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The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
JAPAN ENTERS
SHARP PROTEST
NATIONS HONOR is OFFENDED,
SAYS AMBASSADOR
HANlHARA
SITUATION IS GRAVE
I M N I G RATION LEGISLATION
BRINGS YELLED THREATS
FROM JAPANESE

Washington. Japanese exclusion
sections in the Immigration bill pend
ing before the House and proposed as
amendments TO the similar bill before
the Senate suddenly assumed the status
of an international issue of first i'm
portance.
In II communication unusual in
gravity of expression the Japanese
government through Ambassador Hani-
hara. reiterated its formal protest
against the exclusion of that country
from nations entitled to Il definite
quota and warned of "the grave conse-
Quences' which enactment of the
measure would inevitably bring"
The japanese note, conveyed in a
letter to Secretary Hughes and trans
mitted by him ut once to Chairman
Colt of the Senate immigration COM
mittee, gave for the first time in con-
crete form the terms of the gentle
mems agreement" of 1907, asserted
formally that Japan had scrupulously
observed that covenant, and declared
the very honor of the Japanese gov
ernment was being attacked by those
who contended to the contrary.
"To Japan the question is not one
of eNpediency. but of principle" Am
bassador Hanihara said. 1.-THE impor-
tant question is whether Japan as Il
nation is or is not entitled to the
proper respect and consideration Of
other nations
at is difficult to believe that 1t Is
the intention of the people of your
great country to resort to measure
which would not only seriously Of
fend the just pride of n friendly ma
tion but would also seem to
involve the question of good faith and
therefore OF the honor of their govern
ment."
In transmitting the letter to Senator
Colt, Secretary Hughes stated merely
that it was for his consideration in
connection with presentation of the
Senate immigration bill, which the
Rhode Island Senator has in charge.
The secretary added only that the
view of the agreement held by the
japanese embassy Corresponds with
my own understanding of that agree
ment."
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
Assails U. s.-Japan Agreement

Washington. - The 'gentleman's 8
agreement" between the United States
and Japan regarding japanese immi-
grafton was assailed in the Senate by
Senator Shortridge, Republican, Cali
fornia, in an address supporting the
Japanese exclusion amendment to the
Senate immigration bill. Senator
Shortridge asserted that since the
agreement became effective the Japan
ese population of California has more
than doubled and argued from this that
the agreement was not in fact effec-
tive. Moreover he contended that it
was without legal validity.
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
Preparations Body Accents Report

Paris.-What appeared to be the
dawp OF new solution of the repa-
rations problem broke over Paris with
the unanimous adoption by the repara-
ton commission of the reports of the
experts committee and recommendo.
tlon by the commission that the re-
spective governments accept the find
ings of the experts. The recommends
ton was couched in such manner
'hht 1t seems practically impossible
that the Interested governments can
wade tho Issue
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
New York Central Head Named

New York.-Patrick Il. Crowley, who
half century ago quit his fathers lit
tie farm to become Il railroad messen-
ger boy, has been elected president Of
the New York Central lines, one of
Americas wealthiest and biggest tran
sit systems. He was chosen to fill the
vacancy created II month ago when a
fall from horse killed A. II. Smith.
Mr. Crowley's salary, it was under
stood, would be 100000 a wear.
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
League High Commission Named

Geneva.-M. J. Smith of Boston has
been appointed League of Nations high
position which w. p. G.. Harding, gov
ernor of the Boston Federal Reserve
Bank, was unable to accept, owing to
Ill health.
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
WASHINGTON

A favorable report was made by the
Senate territorial committee upon the
bill providing that Porto Rico shall
have the right after 1882 to elect her
governor and giving the insular legis-
lature the right to impeach.
A bill designed to prevent a mo-
nopOly of radio communication was
passed by the Senate. 1t declares the
air to be the ''inalienable possession
of the people" and prohibits licenses
extending more than two years.
Amendment to the election laws to
prohibit payment of deficit for ma
uonal political organizations or can
didates by groups or individuals
seeking to obligate political parties" :"
was proposed in n resolution by Sena-
tor Walsh, Democrat Massachusetts.
Charges that the government was
defrauded during the war by the Du-
pont Powder Company and the Louis
Vile & Nashville railroad were made
before the -Brookhart commit
tee by George w. Stock, a government
accountant, who surveyed the Old
Hickory powder plant in Tennessee a
subsidiary operated for the govern
ment.
Former Attorney General Harry NJ,
Daugherty was advised recently by
friends in Columbus, Ohio, that all of
his personal files for twenty wears
back had been burglarized. The files
were removed to Daugherty's home in
Columbus from his law office when he
became attorney general in 1921. He
said that he did not know what had
been taken from the files and wouId
not be able to determine what was
missing until he had made a persona,
investigation
Senator Hiram Johnson, California
a candidate for the Republican presI-
Dental nomination, declared in n form
al statement that he is not quitting
what he is attempting to do polIti-
cally." That he defined as an effort
to rid the Republican party of "cor-
rupt and reactlonary control" There
was no specific mention of his candi.
dacy in his statement.
The House irrigation committee do
cided to take up for consideration the
second refusal by Governor Hunt of
Arizona to accept request to testify
In repard to the proposed Boulder
canon dam. Governor Hunt was asked
to appear concerning charges by him
In telegram to Chairman Smith that
Secretary Work was using "his posi-
ton" to favor Colorado in the pro-
posed river development. He replied
that he could not spare the time to
come to Washington at present.
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK TIL PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN


A charge of first degree murder
against Beatrice Hunter for COM
piicity in the shooting of two Salt
Lake City police officers by her COM
panion, William Lee, last Jan. Is, has
been dismissed.
Ralph w. Seyboldt convicted of
murder in the first degree by jury
In the District Court at Salt Lake
City for the Staying of Patrolman
David H. Crowther of the Salt Lake
City police force, was sentenced to be
shot to death at the state prison on
Wednesday, June 4, next
The Colorado river conference, which
was to have been held at Ell Centre,
April 1918, has been indefinitely post
Poned on account of the foot and
mouth epidemic, ii was announced in
Los Angeles by the California Real
Estate Association, under whose aus
plces the meeting was to have taken
place.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has authorized the North & South
Railway Company to build a S11,OOO,-
OoO line from Miles City, Mont. to
ilco, Wyc., and from Mills to Casper,
Wyo., reaching into the Teapot dome
oil section. The commission authorized
the company to acquire any lines now
being constructed over the proposed
routes.
The mystery which has surrounded
the death of ]. ]. Mcguire, the aged
blacksmith of Los Olives, near Santa
Barbara, Calf, who was killed by a
dynamite blast on the night of Dec.
16, has been solved according to an
announcement from the office of Dis
trict Attorney Clarence Ward as a con-
fession by Harvey Stonebarger, one of
the men held on suspicion that he had
knowledge of the killing.
Albert Z. Cuthbert, former evange-
list, who sold 75-cent Bibles for S3.75,
Is serving three months term in the
Orange county (Calif) jail. Cuthbert
was said to have built up mail order
Bible business by scanning a newspa-
per death column each day and mail
ing Bible G. o. d. to each bereaved
widow whose name appeared. In
pleading guilty to a charge of using
the mails to defraud, he explained he
found these widows "were in a proper
frame of mind to buy Bibles at his
price"
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
Decorations for Clouuns

Three French clowns have receive
the purple ribbon of the "palmt1
academique" with the rank Of officer.
The profession has been recognized :
France.
The Dolores star., 1924-04-18
Some Hello

1t was four o'clock when the poke
game showed signs Of tagging.
"And I am due at work at eight
remarked Tenspot ruefully. "My wifi
will have good deal to say"
'In that case let's pluy an hour d
two longer" suggested another Of ID,
gang. "Thnt will materially cut dow,
her speech. h."-LOuisville Courier Jous
nal.
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
KHAN SERVES NATION
THROUGH BALLOT BOX
Grand Dragon Of Illinois Makes
Statement on Coming
Primaries

CHICAGO, ILL, April THAT the
Knights of the Ku Klux klan is not
in politics has again been emphasized
by Chas. G. Palmer, Grand Dragon,
Realm of Illinois.
THE coming primary election in
this state brings many demands upon
our organization" he said, "but they
are not such demands as could be
made upon a political machine The
opportunities for service that come
to us are of an educational and patri-
otic character exclusively.
Zone of the first duties of a Klans-
man is to serve his country. He can
do this, sometimes, upon the fields of
battle, but he can render a continu-
Gus and even greater service in the
election of qualified Americans to of
fee.
"The Klan, through it's educational
courses in the Klaverns, seeks to in
struct Klansmen in the proper func-
tioning of the government and in
the responsibilities of citizenship.
These courses, directed by qualified
men, naturally bring about a demand
on the part of klansmen for the
highest type of public officials and
the proper conduct of their offices.
"As individual citizens and as Kla.is-
men they have the right and the priv
ilege of supporting and voting for
whomever they choose-and they do,
but after months of lectures on the
constitution, American history, Civil
Government texts, ETC., they naturally
vote for the better men,"
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
DEMOCRAT FILES FOR
GOPHER GOVERNORSHIP
Michael Lambrecht's Campaign
Slogan Is. "Let's Blot
Out the War

The first Democratic filing for a
state or national office was made Sat-
urday when Michael Lambrecht, 220
Belmont avenue, St. Paul, went to the
office of the secretary of state and
enrolled himself as a candidate for
governor.
Charles A. Lindbergh, of Little
Falls, formerly congressman from the
sixth district, became the sixth as
pirant to the Farmer-Labor guberna-
torial nomination when he filed Sat-
urday.
When Mr.. Lambrecht arrived at
the secretary of states office, he left
with the office force a package of
blotters upon which were depicted
the national capitol and the slogan,
Let's Blot Out War"
In statement issued by Mr.. Lind
bergh after his filing, the candidate
said:
81 stand on the platform af the
Farmer-Labor party and go further.
Minnesota has been and still is in
the grip of financial panic. The re-
sources of the state are sufficient, if
properly handled, to give us normal
conditions all the time The COVER
nor, due to the immense prestige of
his office, could engage in co-oordi-
mating the affairs of the state, to
make permanent prosperity.
81 propose, if nominated and elect
ed, to do my part in leading the way,
so affairs may be co-ordinated for the
good of all the state. We cannot
wait for other states and the national
government. Minnesota has facilities
to lead, rather than to follow. / have
a plan which, believe, will cause per-
manent prosperity in the state, and
will explain this plan during the cam
paign, with literature and through
speakers
81 urge harmony in the Farmer-La-
Dor party and pledge my support to
it's nominees. A critical period is
upon us, and / urge all my competi-
tors to join me in making the cam
paign one Of its issues and fundamen-
tai principles, rather than one of per-
sonalities. The people have had
enough of frivolities and false prom
ises. They want constructive action
and leadership along the path of eco
nomic reconstruction. II the other
candidates share my views on this,
we can make the 1924 campaign one
that will leave the people better in
formed on the real issues and present
a united front that means Farmer
Labor victory in November"
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
CHARGE RAMSEY
COUNTY FUNDS
BEING WASTED
Taxpayers Forced to Lay
Out $29, ,O96 for $4,000
SmOkeStack
THE NEWS TELLS TRUTH
Consolidation of County and City
Governments Urged as
Remedy Of Evil

As an individual, how would you
feel after purchasing something for
$4,000 that you later learned could
be had for $4,000? Certainly you
wouldn't be very much pleased, in
fact, you would be so completely riled
that yoa would use many nights of
sleep.
As a taxpayer, how will you feel
when you learn that public money
was used for wild expenditures? OF
course you will Immediately demand
some explanation.
Well. The st. Paul Daily News, in
an editorial the other day, calls at
tention to the "rotten county gov
ernment," and presents some figures
that will make you grind your teeth
We quote The Daily News as follows;
Rotten County Government
"St. Paul and Ramsey county tax
payers bought a $4,000 smokestack
for S29,O96.36.
''They were forced to pay almost
treble what the smokestack should
have cost, in order that friends OF
the city and county board Of control
might benefit.
"Here is a brief record which for
fnefficiency in government beats any
thing since the White Bear road job
"Board of control lets contract on
a cost plus Is per cent basis.
mo competitive bids.
"Only one contractor considered.
"Bricklayers paid $3.50 per hour
If the boards books can be believed)
when the union scale was only Sl.1212
an hour and other contractors were
having similar work done for about
81 an hour.
Carpenters paid 81 an hour (if the
books can be believed), when the
scale was 80 cents.
"Bricks and materials paid for at
excessive rates.
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
URGE LEGISLATION
TO HELP CRIPPLED
Continued from page II

The work will be done in co-opera-
tion with child welfare organization
everywhere. Mrs. Jones is sending
out an official urge to every state re-
lief corps president asking that a
committee be appointed to investi-
gate state laws regarding children,
find out if they are adequate, If child
life is safeguarded, IL laws are en-
forced, and If not, the cause.
1--WE should be awake to the act
that the only tribute that will live
is our contribution to the child life
of America" says Mrs. Jones. I'VE
must find the needs of every state;
make a survey of the number of Grip
pied children in every community
and report their needs. There is a
way to help every crippled child, if
not back to normality, at least to
more comfort and greater degree
of independence industrially and So
cially. Every county in in the Unit
ed States has its crippled boys and
girls who can be helped If the women
will do it,"
Mrs. Jones will attend the national
woman's relief corps cronvenltion to
be held in Boston, Massachusetts,, next
June, and will make recommenda-
tions for work by the national organi-
zation and every state relief corps
body. She addressed the last session
of the National Vocational Education
convention at the request of the Fed
eral Board Of Rehabilitation on the
Care and Education Of the Crippled
child from a Social Workers View
point"
1t was through Mrs. Jones' work
that the last session of the North
Dakota legislature passed an appro-
priation to care for crippled boys
and girls. Mrs. Jones is supervising
most of these cases heself She be-
gan the work because Of the results
of treatment of her own daughter,
crippled from infantile paralysis and
now an honor student in Simmons
college, Boston.
There were more than 800 cripples
in North Dakota alone when we made
our survey" Ms. Jones said, "and it is
probable that every state has num-
ber proportionate TO it's population.
Economically life is worth $1,000,
so that by curing the 100000 crippled
children which we have In our land,
we should be adding Sl,400,000 to the
productive power OF society" Mrs.
Jones Is working with the Shriners,
having many Of her cases cared for
at the Shriners' hospital In Minneap-
oils, and her work is also supported
by the Kiwanians. She plans 20 visit
relief corps Of Minnesota again and
speak on the need OF the work
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
'ANTIS' DRUBBED IN
OKLAHOMA ELECTIONS
Pro-Klan Mayor of Capital City
Goes Back to Office With
Large Vote
Especial to The Fiery Cross)


OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, April 3.
--Okiahoma is still in control of the
American voters, for they spoke in
no uncertain terms on Tuesday, April
/. To use slang phrase, they "went
down the line" from mayor to the
humblest office in the city elections
held on that date.
In many larger cities the issue was
clean cut "Klan or anti-Klan," and
the voters, in their sovereign power
said "Klan." 1t was a clean cut vic
tory for the forces of Americanism.
The heaviest fight centered in Tul-
sa, where the anti-Klan forces lined
up behind John r. Hadley, while the
Klan forces marched to victory be-
hind Herman Newlock, incumbent
The vote was decisive, Newlock scor-
ing 1884 to 6,5l8 for Hadley. Party
lines were not drawn, the sensational
papers having the issue and the antis
taking it up-to their sorrow.
When the victory was announced
in Tulsa, the clean, law-abiding negro
voters held huge parade celebrat-
ing the Plan victory, as the real
American negroes realize that they
have a friend in the Ku Klux Klan.
Ell Reno Goes Over
In Ell Reno, the issue was likewise
anti-Klan and Ku Klux Klan. Mayor
A. ]. Kivett, backed by the Klan, had
a clear majority over two opponents,
one a neutral and the other avow-
edly anti-klan. Kivett won with 1910
votes to 887 for Collins and lis for
Rtames. No party lines were drawn
in Ell Reno.
0kmulgee Elects Republican
Okmulgee put over the real politi-
cal surprise by electing a republican
on a Klan ticket in a Democratic
stronghold as mayor and then send
ing in a Democratic council, all back
ed by the Klan. Republicans and
Democrats alike voted the Klan tick
ct straight" Carpenter (Republi-
can and Klansman) received 1858
votes to 1,126 for Dickerson (anti-
Klan Democrat.) Embree, running
on neutral" platform, received 637
giving Carpenter a majority of 100.
The remainder of the Democratic
ticket (all backed by the Klan) were
reelected.
No Isuue at Shawnee
At Shawnee, there was no issue,
but strangely enough a Republican
was elected mayor and the remainder
of the council elected were Demo
Gratis. The mayor-elect is friendly to
the Klan, and thereby hangs a tale.
All of the councilmen are friendly to
the Klan.
From over the state comes news Of
other victories favorable to the Klan.
Only in towns and cities where the
rabid newspapers made the issue, did
the Klan take any part as political
body. At this writing only one an
ti-Klan mayor has been returned and
that was in a small town in the
southern part of the state.
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
FREE TEXT BOOKS
- URGED BY KLANSMEN
Volumes As Necessary As Are
State Paid Teachers, Says
Georgia Leader

ATLANTA, GA, April A Klan
program for the Realm of Georgia
in support of free text books for ev-
cry child in the state, regardless of
race, creed OF color; providing the
books are used in the public schools,
is promised by General N. B. Forrest,
Grand Dragon. The matter will be
laid before the Klansmen of the state
at the several Province klonverses to
be held within the next 60 days.
In discussing free text books legis-
lation and the opposition such meas
ures have met before the general as
semblies of this and other southern
states, the Grand Dragon said:
There is no denying that free text
books are just as essential to free ed
ucation as are state paid teachers
and state owned buildings. Those OPP
posing the measure have used as an
argument to Klansmen that if the
state furnished text books to white
school children it would mean fur
nishing them to colored children as
we'll. But this is no argument at all,
so far as Klansmen are concerned. l
might point out in this connection
that the individual Klans Of Georgia
haYe, on their own initiative, adopt
ed a policy of furnishing free text
books to needy families, whether that
family be white Protestant, colored
Protestant, Catholic or Jew. The on
ly stipulation in each instance being
that the children attend public
schools"
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
"S1,500 paid to an architect.

"$1, 500 paid to an architect.
Nv. E. Boeringer, l.. c. Hodgson
and Mrs. Hurley are the members of
the board of control who permitted
this waste of money. Mr.. Boeringer
and Mr.. Hodgson are candidates for
election to the city council, and Mrs,
Hurley wants to be reappointed to
the board of control.
Consolidate Governments
"Some day the county of Ramsey
and the city of St. Paul must be con-
solidated. That is the logical meth
cd of stopping the rotten misgov-
ernment for which the county has be-
come notorious. Such consultations
have been effected successfully in Los
Angeles, St. Louis and other places.
ut is long process, requiring
much legislative action, however, and
if taxpayers wait for that, much more
of their money will be squandered.
In the meantime, steps should be
taken to have all purchases made and
contracts let through a purchasing
agent This also will require legis-
lative action, but it is a comparative
ly simple process.
Inc city DuyS III tHlS way, anu the
old habit of dividing among friends
the fat contracts and orders for sup
plies has been done away with by an
efficient and honest purchasing de-
partment.
The city and county board of con-
troll has long been suspected of the
practice of buying supplies for the
county farm and for the city and
county hospital from their own ia
vored friends or from friends of the
board of county commissioners, which
appoints two of the control board
members.
"It is unfortunate that the recent
grand jury, which had the right to
subpoena witnesses and get at the
bottom of the situation, did not see
fit to exercise the power"
The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
THIRD PARTY TO
MEET IN ST. PAUL
Continued from page -

Continued from page IL
'The conditions have developed a
widespread movement by the farmers
and workers to reorganize a political
party and challenge the continued
rule of the privileged class in this
country"
There are five points in the plat
form announced in the call, as fol-
lows: public ownership of railroads,
control of money and credits through
government and cooperative banks,
public control of all natural resourc-
es, restoration of civil liberties guar
anteed by the constitution, and the
abolition Of the use of injunction in
labor disputes.
Representation Basis
Representation in the convention is
announced as follows:
Each state to be allowed votes equal
to its electoral vote, plus one vote
for each 5000 votes or fraction there
of, cast for the progressive candidate
receiving the highest mum ber Of
votes in the 1922 general election.
Also, each national political organi-
cation shall be entitled to five votes,
provided such organization has sub
scribed to the fundamental princi-
Piles announced in the call; each state
federation, central body and local Or
ganization of farmers, business or
professional men shall be entitled to
one vote. Also any group of 25 or
more farmers, not represented by an
other organization, shall be entitled
to one delegate. Each state political
organization, having standing under
laws governing political parties, shall
be entitled to five delegates; where
no legal standing exists such organi-
cation shall have but one delegate.
The national convention will be
unique in that there will be series
OF conventions within the conven-
tion, in sense. All the state dele
cations will have separate meetings
in various halls, either to start or
perfect organizations for the future.
The big convention will be held in
the st. Paul auditorium.