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KEY TO LOWER
PRICESOF FOOD
Creasy Bids State Orchardists
Use All the By-Products
BEST FRUIT ALL PROFIT
Live Stock Sell Best Where .Meats
Are Cheapest to Consumer Meeting
of Chief Farm Organizations at
York Is Well Attended.
York. This city as the county-seat
of the State's rich cut agricultural dis
tricts, came into Its own, when the
chluf farm organizations opened their
joint annual convention hero. The
State Horticultural Association, the
Pennsylvania Dairy Union, the State
riant Breeders' Association, the Penn
sylvania Live Stock Brooders' Asso
ciation and the American Berkshire
Congress dlscuHged a variety of topics
bearing upon the advancement of the
Industries they represent. In connec
tion with the conventions there was a
creditable exhibit of fruits, grain, veg
etables, dairy products and live stock.
Pennsylvania State College contribut
ed charts and oilier date of experi
ments along various lines of farming.
There were CO booths displaying farm
machinery and other appliances, fer
tilizers and feeds.
Co-operation in fruit growing was
nrged by "Farmer" William T. Creasy
in his address as president of the hor
ticulturists. Pennsylvania applegrow
ers, be declared, can compute with
the world If they will systematize
their business. He advocated co-operative
canneries, cider presses and
evaporators to turn the surplus and
cull stock into vinegar and other by
products, preserving only choice fruit
for the markets. Thus, he pointed
out, will be accomplished the two
fold advantage of elevating the stand
ard of the marketed fruit and creat
ing a sldo Industry which may in the
pnd represent the profit in apple-growing.
He declared that there Is need of
more cold storage houses, as In case of
a bumper crop the grower will be
helpless to preserve his fruit. From
the number of trees planted In the
last Ave or six years, he said, there
will be a tendency to overproduction,
should the orchards of the State bear
a bumper crop.
K. M. Bailey, of Pittsburgh, presi
dent of the Penpsylvanla Dairy Union,
at the opening session of this body,
warned dairy and creamery men that
unless they take pains to make a
better-flavored butter, oleomargarine
manufacturers will outstrip them.
"York la the only town In the United
States that has solved the problem
of marketing," said E. S. Bayard, of
Pittsburgh, secretary of the .State
Live Stock Breeders' Association, who
addressed the live stock men and the
American Berkshire Congress In their
joint assembly. He explained how
farmers come to five public markets,
besides the curb market here, to dis
pose of their products direct to con
sumers. "That Is one reason for this
city's prosperity," he asserted.
Retires County Bonds.
Norristown. The -annual statement
of Montgomery County finances shows
a remarkable condition. Three years
ago there were county bonds to the
amount of $000,000 together with notes
of the county amounting to $9r,000.
The unpaid and delinquent taxes out
standing totaled $175,000. The out
landing taxes have been reduced to
$x5,OO4.02. The floating notes for $H5,
COO have been canceled aud the bond
ed Indebtedness has been rduced to
$320,000, while there Is in tie sinking
fund $40,000 aud in the treasury a bal
ance of $190,SM6.57.
Day of Big Salary Boosts.
Heading. A general win losale in
crease of salaries was granted by the
Salary Board of the county, alTectlng
every clerk in the Court House, at the
board's meeting. Tho increases are
the largest ever granted an average
of 10 to 20 per cent. County Control
ler Hoch protested in some cases,
where he claimed salary Increases
were not deserving.
Tries to Sell Out Irate Father.
Easton. In revenge because he
was disowned by his father, John Em
ele, aged 19, Bold hundreds of dollars'
worth of goods belonging to his parent
for a mere song, and with a compan
ion, Edward Smith, of Tort Richmond,
Staten Island, was taken Into custody
here and committed to the county
Jail, after a confession.
Arrests for Overworking Girls.
Wllkes-Barre. The first arrest in
this city under tho new State female
labor law were made when Nicholas
Compass and George Marlnnls, con
fectioners, were arraigned before Al
derman Brown, charged with having
girls in their employ under the age
limit and keeping them on duty more
than 51 hours a week.
Enforces Eugenics Law.
Allentown. Judge Clinton A. Gro
man made an order in court here to
the effect that before he will appoint
a guardian to give consent to the
marriage of a bride or bridegroom
tinder age all questions relative to
the new Pennsylvania eugenics law
must have been satisfactorily ans
wered. This Is the first judicial no
tice taker, of the lew in this State.
The questions are rigorously pro
pounded by the marriage license
clerk to all applicants for marriage,
but no license has yet been refused.
SNAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmers Busy In Every Locality
Churches Ralfing Funds for Many
Worthy Objects Items of Bust
's ness nd Pleasure that Interest.
All of the 94 converts at Blooms
burg within a week of revival services
arc men.
In obedience to a police order slot
midlines wero removed from Hazlu
tm resorts.
Shamokln's anti-rum force timed
In u great remonstrance a; License
Court, iu Sunbury.
Mrs. Joseph Wargo was struck in
the eye with a hard snow bull at M.i
hanoy City, aud may lose her vision.
Judge Henry K. Weand, because of
seniority, has been re-elected presi
dent of the Montgomery County Bar
Association.
D. II. Watts, of Clearfield county
told the Berks county farmers they
could make better butter than the
best creamery ever turneo. out.
A 23-pound wild turkey wus among
the trophies that Oliver L. Evans, a
Pottstown lawyer, brought home from
a gunning trip in Virginia,
Melvln B. Krause, a Pottstown
molder, lias Invented a stove- lid that
prevents sulphur escaping and mini
mizes the dangers of asphyxiation.
John W. Tlmnies, of Northumber
land, Controller's solicitor, says the
State Is liable for publishing election
proclamations.
Trying to shoot his wife Stan'ey
Iwhuskl, of Reading, made miscal
culations, and the bullet went through
his own hand, and for the deed he was
fined $3.
William Maso, of Blossburg, has be
tween 20 and 30 coon hides, a few
mink, weasel and skunk hides and a
large catamount hUlo for this season's
work.
Sentenced to the county pail at AI
t oon a. Pa., for six mouths for illegal
liquor selling, Mrs. Mary Burns, col
ored, was released for six days on her
honor, to go to a cousin's funeral.
The experts of the New York Bu
reau of Municipal Research employed
by the Beading Chamber of Commerce,
have recommended meters for all wa
ter consumers In Heading.
More than two dozen bottles of
whisky sold to minors, presented as
evidence by temperance workers In
License Court at Blooinsburg, are to
be presented to the Bloomsburg Hos
pital. Foster township School Directors
have registered complaint that the
coal lands of that district are tho
only ones In Luzerne county whoso
valuations were not raised In tho 1'J13
asressment
The Brlughurst Fund, a Tottstown
churity founded years ago, expended
$S00 for coul and groceries for poor
people during tho past year, and has
more than $7,000 In tho treasury from
accumulated rents.
Ex-County Commissioner Harrison
Whet-land, of Lycoming county, lias
15 to 20 teams moving his sawed
lumber from Sugar Hill to Trout Kun,
a distance of 14 miles. As there are
1,000,000 feet to move, and each load
takes from 1,500 to 2,000 feet, It may
be seen that good sledding Is wanted
for several months for this job.
Mrs. J. Haucher, of Liberty, Tioga
county, has as a guest her cousin,
Mrs. Harriet Bacon, of Montana, who
has not been East for 4ti years. Mrs.
Bacon was postmistress at Alma Cen
tre, Wis., for 17 years, until supplant
ed by the rural free delivery system.
Then she removed to lsiuny, Custer
county, .Montana.
Major Richard J. Burke, who lias
been appointed by Mayor Jermyn, of
Scran ton us director of tho new de
partment of supplies, at a salary of
$2,500, was one of tho three appoin
tees to the nilne-cave commission
which has been abolished by Council,
Is a member of the Lackawanna coun
ty bar and Is connected wtih severul
Luslness und financial Institutions, be
ing a director. In the Archbuld Bank
and also of the Keystone Bunk in
Scranton.
Noticing the flickering lights of a
carrlogo on the railroad tracks near
Janna late at night, a Reading Rail
way engineer stopped his train JuBt
in time, as the occupant of the ve
hicle was Intoxicated.
Several Grand Juries in Elk county
having condemned the Clarion River
bridge, a county structure In tho bor
ough of Rldgway, the County Commis
sioners have made arrangements to
have M. M. Clay, of Ilarrlsnurg, an
expert on bridges, to look over thd
structure.
IFARM SCHOOLS
IIOLDJNTEREST
Attendance at Institutes This
Winter Surpasses all Records
BOYS AND GIRLS CONTEST
State Provides No Money for Prizes
Local Farmers Raise Funds to En
Courage Children to Cultivate
Com and Vegetables.
(Speciul Harrlsburg Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg. Attendance this winter
at the movable schools and the farm
ers' institutes, conducted by the State
Department, of Agriculture and under
the direct supervision of Deputy Sec
retary A. L. Martin, hus surpassed
all records of the past years. The
movable schools, which bring the ex
ports of the department and the lec
turers into close touch with the farm
ers and their families have ended, the
institutes will continue until the mid
dle of March. Tho institutes have
also resulted this winter In many
eager contests among tho boys and
girls who have taken an Interest In
agriculture, and, while the State pro
vides no mouey for prizes, the farmers
of many communities have raised
funds to encourage the children In
their displays of corn und vegetables.
"Considering the bad weal in-r the at
tendance at the Institutes and movu
ble schools has been phenomenal,"
raid Mr. Martin. "At Bloomsburg the
Columbia County farmers turned out
by hundreds to attend the movable
school when the thermometer wus
down below zero. It shows tho in
terest in the movement when farmers
will drive over rough roads with their
families for miles through the zero
weather. The six-day meeting we
held there was one of tho best In
the Stale. The ten meetings at In
diana County recently brought out a
total attendance of 7,000 farmers and
members of their families, and In
Cambria County four-day meetings
were so well atended we had to hold
overflow meetings. During the heavy
snows, rain and excessive cold weather
the attendance has kept up unabated,
and the toal records for attendance
this season will establish a new rec
ord. Four days of Institutes at Frank
lin, Venango County, resulted In big
attendances, and at Westfleid, Law
rence County,, where there is not a
hotel, farmers came for four days
through two feet of snow to listen to
the lectures."
Jackson Heads Engineers.
At tho annual meeting of the Engi
neers' Society of Pennsylvania here
John Price Jackson, State Commis
sioner of Labor and Industry, was in
stalled as president. The society has
a membership of 716 and President
Jackson predicted that because of Its
wide interest in State engineering
problems, It would before many years
have a membership of 5.000. The
other officers Installed were: F. Her
bert Snow, chief of the engineering
division of the State Department of
Health, first vice-president; Thomas
B. Kennedy, Chambersburg, second
vice-president; Edward R. Dasher, sec
retary; R. Boono Abbott, treasurer;
Robert H. Irons and Paul Cuenot, resi
dent directors.
Coal Output Increases.
The coal production during 1913 is
estimated at 258,000,000 tons, which
exceeds the record of 1912, which wns
approximately 244,000,000 tons for this
State. The production of anthracite
coal for 1913 is estimated by State
Chief of Mines JnmeB E. Roderick nt
90,000,000 tons, the Seventh district
leading, with 6,600,000 tons, while the
production of bituminous coal Is given
at 168,000,000 tons, the Second district
leading, with an estimated output of
8,900,000 tons. The number of em
ployes In tho anthracite field Is given
as 180,000, and in the bituminous as
185,000. There were 526 fatal acci
dents in the bituminous district, and
615 in the unthraclte.
Tramps Must Saw Wood.
Tramps are steering clear or Nan
tlcoke, because they are learning that
they must saw their way through a
number of hard railroad ties to free
dom since Burgess Frank Madajewskl
went Into olllce. The Burgess has is
sued an order that all tramps caught
In the borough shall be arrested. Be
fore they gain their freedom they are
sent to the municipal wootipllo, there
to earn the meals they get before be
Ingrdered out of town.
Attend Fisher Funeral.
President Pro-Tern Kline, of the
Stato Senate, named this committee
to attend tho funeral of Senator John
T. Fisher, at Shamokln. Senators
Sones, chairman; Boldleman, Catlln,
DeAVltt, McNiehols, Hall, Snyder, Mar
tin, Washers, Huffman, Miller, Morgan
aud Nulty.
Witness and Juror Missing.
The trial of Jacob II. Eckert, whose
liquor license was recently revoked by
tho Dauphin County Court, was con
tinued because one of the jurors, W.
P. Howard, a farmer, had disappeared.
Tho session of Criminal Court was
sturtcd and the Eckert case about to
be resumed, when It was seen that but
11 Jurors wero In the box. A witness,
Hiram Simmers, a former clerk to the
Mayor, was also absent, and Judge
Kunkol Issued an atachment Eckert's
beer garden was raided early in the
crusade here against vlco. '
Secretary Wilson Would Close
the Doors to Them.
INFLUX BECOMES ALARMING
Injury To the Laboring Men On the
Pacific Coast and the Possible
Extension Of Their Activities
To the Southern States.
Washington. Secretary Wilson, of
the Department of Labor, suggested to
Congress that the doors of the United
Slates be closed hereafter to the Hindu
laborer. Injury to labor conditions on
the Pacific Coast of the United States
through an already unaccountnblo in
flux of Hindus and possible extension
to the Southern States were the rea
sons given by Mr. Wilson for urging
their immediate exclusion.
The Secretary's views were ex
pressed in a letter to Speaker Clark in
response to a request from Chairman
Burnett, of the House Immigration
Committee, for information on pending
bills. While the Secretary did not dis
cuss with President Wilson the ques
tions brought up in the letter, he
wrote, he said, after Commissioner
Ooneral Caminetti, of the Immigration
Bureau, bad consulted John Bassett
More and learned that no treaty
would be violated It the recommenda
tions were carried out
The Secretary suggested that the
term "Asiatic laborer" be defined as
including all aliens east of a certain
boundary line, except those such as
Japanese or Chinese whose immigra
tion already is regulated by agree
ments or understanding between the
United States and the governments In
the Far East
Suggests Army Test
To solve the problem of Asiatic Im
migration not covered by existing re
strictions, Mr. Wilson proposed that a
physical test, such as is required for
recruits to the United States Army be
administered before any Asiatic labor
ers, as the term is to be defined, ore
admitted. Physically defective aliens
from Persia, Turklstnn, Afghanistan,
Slam and other Asiatic countries could
thereby be prevented from entering
into competition with American labor
without violating any treaties, Mr. Wil
son believes, as there would be no
discrimination agnlnst any particular
country. Ho suggested also that per
haps all Immigrants intending to do
manual labor might well bo subjected
to a physical test, but did not develop
this point In his letter other than in
reference to Asiatics.
Secretary Wilson says that a con
certed movement exists in India and
elsewhere to gain admission to the
United States; thnt Canada has legis
lated even in more drastic manner
than is proposed in bills now pending
in Congress, and that if the Hindu
movement is not checked by legisla
tion not only California and the West
will be affected, "as climatic and in
dustrial conditions, In the Southern
States and other sections of the Union
offer an extensive field for a people
who can come in practically unlimited
numbers If, by failure to do as Canada
and other British colonies have done,
they are tacitly Invited."
PENNSY'S COAL TAX.
Suit Brought To Test Constitutionality
Of the Law.
Harrlsburg, Ta. The first suit to
test the constitutionality of the anthra
cite coal tax was begun in the Dauphin
County Court by the People's Coal
Company, of Scranton. Tho bill in
equity tiled in the cases contends thnt
the act is unconstitutional in that it
violates the provision protecting prop
erty. Tho net, passed by the last legisla
ture, provides a tax of two and one
half per cent, on the vnlue of each
ton of coal prepared for market, which
amounts to a little more than five
cents n ton. After the law became ef
fective most of the producing com
panies ralRed the price of coal to meet
the tax. It is estimated that the tax
will bring to the State between $4,
000,000 and $5,000,000, half of which
Is returned to the anthracite producing
counties for distribution among their
civil divisions according to population.
TO DINE 500 BOWERY OUTCASTS.
Plan Of Mrs. Shepard To Celebrate
Wedding Anniversary.
New York. To celebrate her first
wedding anniversary Mrs. FInlcy J.
Shepard, who was Miss Helen Miller
Gould, will provide dinners for 500
Bowery outcasts and 200 beds for the
homoless. The dinner will be served
at the Hadley Rescue Hall, where Mrs.
Shepard entertained 1,000 at dinner on
the day of her marriage.
SOUTHERN TRAIN HELD UP.
Telephone Message Says Three Men
Robbed Mail Car.
Chattanooga, Tenn. It is reported
here that Southern Railway Train No.
41 w as held up and robbed at Facklcrs,
Ala. Bloodhounds were sent from
here on a special train in charge of a
number of deputies. A telephone mes
sage sold three men boarded the train
at Facklers, cut the engine and mail
car and forced the engineer to run six
miles from the scene of the hold up.
TO PERPETUATE CELEBRATION.
Declaration Of Independence Organiza
tion Formed.
Charlotte, N. C To perpetuate the
celebration of the Mecklenburg Declar
ation of Independence, an organiza
tion has just been formed here to be
known as the Mecklenburg Declara
tion Society. F. Brev&rd McDowell
and Dr. John L. Caldwell are president
and secretary, respectively, of the new
society. Both are lineal descendants
of signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration.
(Copyright)
ANTI-TRUST BILLS
SI
Program to Carry Out Presi
dent's Ideas. '
A CHECK ON M0N0PLY.
Bureau Of Corporations To Be Super
seded By Trade Commission,
Which Is Given Full Control
Over All Corporations.
- Washington. Four of the proposed
bills to supplement the Sherman Anti
Trust Act suggested by President Wil
son in his recent message to Congress
were made public, ouo of them, the
measure to create nn interstate trade
commission, having been introduced
In the House by Representative Clay
ton, chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee. Throe other measures prepared by
the House Judiciary Subcommittee,
for submission and consideration by
the full committee, were given to the
public in accordance with the Presi
dent's program of publicity. Hearings
will be held on all of them.
The three bills embrace the following
subjects:
Prohibition of Interlocking di
rectorates of industrial corporations,
railroads, banking or trust companies,
to be effective two years after ap
proval. Deflntlon of the terms of the Sher
man Anti-Trust act, to specifically in
cludo within the meaning of "con
spiracy in restraint of trade," every
contract, combination Jn tho form of a
trust or otherwise within the meaning
of the word "monopolize" certain
definite offenses, all of which would
be prohibited and fixing guilt upon in
dividuals.
A trade relations measure designed
to prohibit "cut throat" competition
through price discriminations, dis
counts, rebates, territorial restrictions,
etc., and giving to Individuals injured
by reason of anything forbidden In the
Sherman act the right to bring suits
in equity against corporations against
which decrees have been obtained by
the government.
Chairman Clayton announced that a
fourth projected measure which would
provide for government regulation of
railroad securities had not been
drafted and would be taken up by the
House and Senate Interstate Com
merce Committees.
TEXT BOOK PUBLISHER DEAD.
Edward Glnn Also Founder Of Peace
School.
Boston. Edward Ginn, publisher of
school and college text books and
founder of the International School of
Feace, died at his home in Winchester,
aged 76 years. He had been in fall
ing health for several months. In ad
dition to his labors in the cause of
universal peace, Mr. Glnn had been
I prominent in an effort to establish
more harmonious relations between
capital and labor and in promoting bet
ter housing conditions.
EXPLOSION ON DESTROYER.
Member Of Roe's Crew Hurt At Phila
delphia Navy Yard.
Philadelphia. An explosion of an
oil tank below decks on the torpedo
boat destroyer Roe seriously injured
one man and caused a lot of excite
ment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The injured man is M. J. Carmandy, a
water tender, who was badly burned.
WASHINGTON HOME BOUGHT.
British Peace Committee Acquires Old
English Mansion. .
London. Sulgrave Manor, North
ampton, the ancestral borne of the fam
ily of George Washington, has passed
I Into the hands of the British commlt
jtee for the celebration of the cen-
tenary of peace between Great Britain
and the United States. The deeds
were signed at a meeting of the com
mlttoe in London. The price paid was
$42,000.
TANGO CAUSE8 LOSS OF LIFE.
Girl Says Man Broke His Head Strik
ing Door In Dance.
Boston. William II. Brown lost his
life as a result of dancing the tango,
Judge Ely ruled in the police court.
MIbs Ollle Thompson, testifying at n
hearing on a charge of manslaughter
brought against Daniel Spencer for
having caused Brown's death, said that
Brown was "tangoing" with her when
he struck his head against a door and
knocked out a panel, fracturing his
skull. Speucor was discharged.
ARTEDWITH RUSH
MILUONSFORTHE
CURE OF CANCER
Philanthropist Would Buy 100
Grams of Radium.
PLANS TWENTY HOSPITALS
J. M. Flannery, . In Opposing With
drawal Of Ore Lands, Tells Com
mittee That a Wealthy Friend
Is Considering Such a Plan.
Washington, D. C A complete sur-v
prise in the American radium situation
was sprung upon the House Commit
tee on Mines and Mining by Joseph M.
Flannery, of Pittsburgh, president of
the Standnrd Chemical Company, of
that city, the only concern in this
country that has been successful in
the extraction of radium from
carnotlte ore.
Mr. Flannery told the House Com
mittee that he had a wealthy and
philanthropic friend who was thinking
of giving $15,000,000 for establishing
radium institutes throughout the coun
try for the free treatment of cancer.
According to Mr. Flannery's testimony
this anonymous friend was considering
a project that would result in the
establishment of 20 radium institutes
In the United States, and the purchase
of 100 grams of radium to be dis
tributed among these institutes at tho
rate of five grams per institution. The
name of this prospective benefactor
was withheld.
Radium is now selling for $120,000 a
gram, but cannot be obtained In any
quantity even at that price. Dr. How
ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, in his
recent testimony before the House
Mines Committee, told its members he
was in the market for more radium,
but could not obtain it either at home
or abroad. To obtain the necessary
100 grams of radium to supply the 20
institutes mentioned by Mr. Flannery
In bis testimony would, nt the current
price of $120,000 per gram, involve an
outlay of $12,000,000 for the radium
alone. On the basis of a contribution
of $15,000,000 for the 20 suggested
radium institutes, if $12,000,000 were
paid for the radium, $3,000,000 would be
available for establishing the 20
radium institutes, or $150,000 for each
institute.
30 Grama In World.
According to the exports of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines the world's pres
ent census of radium Is 30 grams, ac
cording to the very best obtainable
Information. If the project discussed
by Mr. Flannery before the House com
mittee were realized it would mean
the equipment of the projected radium
institutes with more than three times
the quantity of radium now in use.
Mr. Flannery was testifying in opposi
tion to the Foster-Ferris bills provid
ing for the withdrawal from public
entry of public lands containing
carnotlte, pitchblende and other radio
active ores as proposed by Secretary
Lane, of the Interior Department
WILSON TO BE INVITED.
Alexandria Wants Him To Assist In
Washington Celebration. .
Alexandria, Va. President Wilson
will be invited to participate in the
Washington anniversary celebration
here February 23, when a parade will
be held under the auspices of the
George Washington Birthday Associa
tion. Representative Carlin has been
requested to arrange an appointment
with President Wilson, when a com
mitee representing the association will
invite the President to attend.
LANKFORD'S DEATH ACCIDENT.
Coroner's Inquest Verdict Is "Unavoid
able Asphyxiation."
New York. A coroner's inquest in
Brooklyn found that Richard D. Lank
ford, vice-president of the Southern
Railway, came to his death by "un
avoidable gas asphyxiation." Lank
ford was found dead in his apartment
recently, two days before he was to
have been mnrrled. The coroner found
nothing to support the suicide theory
first advanced by the police.
GETS FAMOUS PORTRAITS.
Those of Garabaldl and Mazzinl Pre
sented To New York.
Antwerp. Portraits of Garibaldi and
Mazzinl, painted from life by Francis
Eugene de Block, the famous Flemish
portrait painter, were presented to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York by his son, Edward de Looz
Block, a descendant of the royal line
of llalnaut and Brabant A picture of
the donor's mother, the lute Dowager
Princess, also was included in the
gift
Brown Men Aroused Because
Third Note is Unanswered.
RESORT TO OTHER METHODS
Members Of Parliament Assert Too
Much Reliance Has Been Placed
On the Good Will Of
America.
Toklo. Japan regards as unsatisfac
tory the xeplles made by tho United
States to her protests in connection
with the California alien land owner
ship legislation, according to a stato
mont mado by Baron Nobuaki Makino,
the Japanese Foreign Minister, In the
course of a lengthy summary of the
Japanese-American negotiations given
In his annual address to Parliament.
He continued:
"Japan recognizes the necessity of
elaborating other plans for the solu
tion of the question. The nature of
these plans I am as yet unable to re
port" Baron Maklno's declaration that "no
answer whatever" had been mado by
the United States to Japan's third
protest presented in August was the
signal for an attack on the Govern
ment by several members of the oppo
sition, who alleged that too much re
liance had been placed on the good
will of America.
NO FORMAL COMMENT MADE.
But Washington Thinks Japan Refen
To New Treaty.
Washington. The address of Baron
Nobuaki Makino was cabled in full
from Toklo to the Japanese Embassy
here.
Although the address elicited no
formal comment from the State De
partment, the condition under which
the statement that Japan's last note re
mains unanswered was made will, It
is understood, serve to again direct
attention of the State Department to
this subject, from which it has been
almost completely diverted for the last
four months.
By mutual agreement the two gov
ernments have kept from publication
the details of the negotiations, but it
hns been understood here that the
negotiations came to nn end because
the principals had arrived at an "Im
passe." The last Japanese note, It is said,
could not technically be described as a
protest; It was a refusal to accept as
convincing the argument laid down by
the State Department In support of Its
contention that the California legisla
tion was not in derogation of Japanese
rights, either under the existing treaty
of trade and commerce or those Japan
enjoys in common with other na
tionalities under the terms of interna
tional law. Each side had stated prop
ositions to which the others could not
subscribe, so there was no longer room
for argument.
TO CLIP BLEASE'S WINGS.
Resolution To Strip Him Of Power Of
Clemency.
Columbia, S. C Governor Cols
Blease's record of having pardoned,
paroled or commuted 985 convicts dur
ing his three years of office was re
called by the introduction In the Gen
oral Assembly of a resolution to amend
the State constitution to strip the gov
ernor of tho nower of clemency ex
cept upon recommendation of a Stat
board. It proposed further that cas s
In which the governor does not accept
the recommendations of the board
must be referred to the legislature.
12-POUND RADISH TO BRYAN.
Vegetable Was Grown By Japanese-In
California.
Los Angeles. A white radish 3 feet
high, 36 Inches In circumference and
weighing 12 pounds, was forwarded
from Los Angeles to William J. Bryan,
Secretary of State. The radish, which
Is said to be the largest ever produced
in Southern California, was discovered
b the secretary of a produce concern,
who, knowing Secretary Bryan's fond
ness for white radishes, decided to ship
it to him. The vegetable was grown
by Japanese truck gardeners and la
one year old.
MAN CORE OF SNOWBALL.
Rolled 150 Feet By Locomotive; Ex
pected To Die.
Penbody, Mass. Alexander Mc
Gregor, an elderly man, was rolled
through wot snow in front of a loco
motive for 150 feet. When assistance
reached him he was In the centre o(
a snowball six feet in diameter. 11
probably will die.
A NOVEL WANT AD.
Man Desires Someone To Shovel Sno
Off Wife's Grave.
Bridgeport, Conn. The following
want ad appeared In a local newspaper
here:
"Wanted: A young, well educated
man, must be strictly sober and good
looking, to shovel snow off of mf
wife's grave. A colored man preferred
on account of deep mourning. Steady
work to right party if thore is plentf
of snow. William Lundberg."
CAPE HAITIEN OCCUPIED.
Revolutionists Score Again
thl
Haitlen Revolt.
wooMno-fon An undated radiocr"1
to the State Department announced H"
occupation of Cape Haitlen, on i
northern const of Haiti, by the revoW'
tlonlsts, who were resisted. Preside"
Oreste has called an extraordinary
slon of the newly-elected congie
when a drastic program will bo uude
taken to crush the revolt The seism
of Cape Haitlen gives the revolutl
ists a much-needed base of snpuli'"'-