SThcgHmfs'f^lT^BECAUSE OF BILL

Feature of Legislative ContestOver Nonresident? Holding

City Oft iocs.

UP IN LAST LEGISLATURE

City Employe Vote 1-xcitcd.ltobson and Myers Make

(lains in Campaign.It begins to look as though the prin¬

cipal issue before the voters of Rich¬mond In the June primary, as fni as

members of the lions** of IK-Iocaiesnre concerned!, will be Approval 01 dis- |approval of tin* principle that no one

iigvr. a votet in Richmoiul can liohl a

city office! The fight to dale lias cen¬

tred about Hill Montague, whose po¬sition on this question in the last l,(s-islature was the subject of much com¬

ment at the time.Early In the session Mr Montague

Introduced a bill, having for its pur- ;

pose an, amendment to the law re¬

quiring officers to be residents of theircity or county for one year next pre¬ceding his election or appointment.The change proposed "by him was thatin cities of more than To.mm inhabi-tants. and u> tow ns, officers neerl haveresided therein only thirty days priorto their election or appointmentThe measure was I he outcome of

discussions in Richmond, arising fromlime to time over whether 01 not non-residents should be selected for cityoffices. In some instances, it was

pointed out. where Hie services of atechnical man might be required, itcould conceivably be the case tbat no!suitable person would be available, andno It mittht become desirable to go out-side for a man. Hut the law wouldforbid.

Mnnurr I* l''(lli|tlit.Mr. Montague wot his bill through

the committee and through the Mouse,but somebody flung '<1 it in the Senate.It was then denounced by many people.particular^ by official residents of »theCity Hall and other «-it>. employes, who, jnaturally, did not wish to admit out¬siders to the possibility of taking thoirjobs Further, it was pointed out thatMr. Montague's brother-in-law, Charlesrt Winston, then a resident of Hen¬rico County, was or had been a rati-didate for Superintendent of the Elec-trie riant, and the opponents of the;bill were not slow to impute a per-sonai motive to Mr. Montague's officialaction.A hasty meeting ot the City . 'ounc.il

was helil. nnd a majority voted to in¬struct the Richmond delegation in theCJeneral Assembly to vote against thebill, and this, of course, killed it, sinceit was a local measure, as Richmond isthe only city in Virginia having morethan 70,000 people, according to thelast Federal census

Tried Srruml 'I'lnie.Not long afterwards, anothet bill

made its appearance, bearing the name- . of William Walts, of Roanoke, as pa¬

tron, and so worded as to cover citiesrlown to the size of his own. it wasslated on the floor that City AttorneyHenry R. Pollard, of Richmond, drewboth the Montague and Walts bills,believing them right in principle, andtaking the ground that a city. like abusiness corporation, should have theright to hire its employes wherever it

. could do so to the best advantage.The second bill did not get as far

as the first, but was caught and elec¬trocuted b> James .1 .'reamer, in theHouse.Now. the city employe vote is light-

ing Mi. Montague, and it hits been saidthat he will lost pr.oUcall> all of it.Discussing the matter. In; shows a de¬sire to meet the Issue and to stand hisground on the basis of his belief thatthe bill was right Not improbablythis may be made the feature of thecampaign, which will begin May la.

Fight \\ nnuinft I p.All the candidates foi the legisla¬

ture are busy. Friends i»f era ham P.Hobson predict that he will lead theticket, or. ..at ..Je4ts.fi that he will runsecond only to Edwin I*. <Y.\ CaptainWilliam M Myers is making a verystrong run, his supporters feeling thatii<> Is absolutely assured ¦.!' nomina¬tion. It is aif open question regard¬ing the other positions.The light betw een John 1. Saltci -

field and Wilbur .1 tilings is puzzlingto the onlooker, because of the implicitconfidence the friends of both have intheir success Not .< few people be¬lieve the vote will he \ei . close Thesame statement applies to tin contestfor City Sheriff between J HerbertMercer and Stephen Johnson. Thingsare also wanning up in the tiirec-eor-nercri light foi Commissioner of Kev-ifnne between Henry 10. Tresnon. Fred¬erick Pleasants ami T I'civi Howie.

OZANAM CELEBRATIONM, I'rirr'i ( tinforrner (llixcrvi-K I eil-

leticiliil Willi 11 i (c \ I leiiilftnrA eiowd thai occupied .ery seat

in tin- auditorium ,.i the Met;ill Cath¬olic l.'llion t irile'J out last tll^ilt to ill-tend 1 hr exercises in cH-brallon of theone hundredth anniversary of the'.irlii u! 1 'i eib : i'U O/.aiiam, foundei <ilthe Soil ty of Si. Vir.eem q- Pmii.S, 111 u la lle.jus! \ with the one in Rich¬mond. celebrat .<¦ lis w . held in prac¬tically every important Catholic ren¬in n ii" vvorlb

Th. . \» rC'.- s w"ie it, :<i under thea )«pl< es «if lb- St. lr s Conference. >f the .-o'lei> ..f st. Vincent le Paul.President . 'avail., ugh. .if ;liat o.-ganl/.alioii. pt esidf <i. The speak,-is otthe evening w.-t, P.ishop I'ennts. >'t "onn< 11, of the Itioe.-se of Rihiiiorid,V. ho SPOkt- ii| the - lO .-et illHis l»lfe iiiitl Wml; .Itilin .' lligatiw ho spoke of t :ie h..-to: \ mm workof the St I'f ti! .s, Conle: , III e> and I «rJames Bii iian.ii. v. !to di.-c ss. ri tnework of ih< As- " i.. eii Cnar111. s ;iRichmond In addition to- the mldresses. there was -i mush al programunder the direction f Mi> P i.A relief.

Tt-.ke care of the future Thesurest way to do this is to havesome money saved up.

Oti« dollar stitits ;tn acconniwith us.

UNITED S+ATES DEPOSITORYFt)R POSTAL SAVINGS FUNDS

JOSEPHUS DANIELS QUEERSJOE DOPE'S JOB IN PANAMA

Has Canal Zone Appointment Cinched', but LosesOut When Laundry Sends Over Secretary's Col¬

lars Instead of His Own.Will AdoptName of Armageddon.

Joseph Dope stepped off the mid-niuht train from Washington lustnight. deposited his leatherold suit-vast- in a laxi. and arrived at tin* of¬fice ten in I nut oh lut er. It was clearfrom his flushed appearance and theset of Ins jaw that he was nursing: agrouch. Crouches are always nurse-i.they never khuv hip enough to be

wea nod."I want to change my name.'' he

announced. "I never dreamed when 1worked "ii the peanut farm in oldNanseinond that 1 would ever have anyuse for any other name than Just plain.toe Dope. The girls always said Itwas elite. When I pot my diploma atthe Suffolk I hull School an-l sawJoseph Dope wrote in cliuncky letters inthe blank space that follows 'Knowall men l>\ These Presents," believemo, I vPouldn't have swapped thatname for Duke I). Abroozy or evenWilliam Jennings Bryan. That's theway 1 feel aliout it. But 1 got tochange it.""What's happened now? Doesn't

Cinderella like it?'""Cinderella is a dootiful daughter

even if she Is turnin' thirty-nine.' re¬plied Air. Dope a trifle hurt, "and .she-likes everything i^hout the house, in-elnodi'h' the pailor portrait of grand¬father Curtis .looms Dope done in cray¬on by Jin eminent artist. It ain'tCindy. its the Secretary of theN a vy.""The Honorable .losephus Daniels?"None other, ho." said Mr. Dope re¬

lapsing into the street vocabulary thatalways heralded the recounting of agrievance. *'l hate to speak harshwords of a man who has just lost hisplace of business by Ore, but all thesame it was that Rink that causes meto-night to lose «ii appointment withPresident Wilson, and, besides. In ad¬dition to pay f.tl cents in I'nited Statesmoney to a rummy taxi shofer todrive me f i>mu the B.vrd Street Stationto i his office. Do love the Secretaryof the Navy for that? Yes, 1 do not."Here I leave Ulchmotid Saturday

morning with a letter of introductionfrom my Congressman to the Presi¬dent. recommending me for a goodcinch job in the t'Hiial X.o'ne, and justwhen everything is fixed for me toput my John Hancock on the papers,comes along a package of laundry forJoe Daniels and queers everything."Joseph Dope possesses the story¬

telling art. He relinquishes the grandclimax only after tantalizing hislistener with a string «>f preludes andprologues."Vou see." he continued, "it was too

late to see the President Saturday. Hegets a half-holiday Saturday afternoonand was off fishiu* on the Potomac.But f showed my papers to Mr. .Tu¬multy. who said it was a cinch that

Mr. Wilson would give me the Panamajob. anil thai :t 11 I had to <lo was tosit tight and show up at the WhiteMouse Suiidn;. 11 i^)it to sign up."Well, I hunn around Washington.'

all day Saturday, and believe nie, thattown was hot. I soaked down, everycollar I had ii/ the world. By 5 o'clockin tlie afternoon every store in town |was closed to allow the clerks to goto the ball saint', and 1 took my fourwoor.y collars, which was all I hadexcept the one on my neck, to the rushwindow in a laundry station and left

'orders for them to bo sent up to the jNew Willard by midnight."I kicked in four bones for a room

and went to bed. Kour bones is riehtstiff, but you can't be a piker whenyon got a date with the President of)the t'nited States. I got up at 11o'clock Sunday morning and looked fortin- collars outside my door, but theywasn't there. I raised a kick with theollice. but' didn't net no satisfaction, soI put on my last soiled collar and wentout and 'got breakfast. You don't,catch me dhiin'' in the New Willardwith a bum collar. I hunted tip thelaundry oftice. but it was locked uptijjht. so I went back to nty room andwaited. It was the only tiling i coulddo. t

"At n o'clock the oflice rniikr andsaid my laundry \%*as come. Aly ap¬pointment at the White House was atS:30. 1 figured that by getting a taxiI could just make it. Well, what doyou reckon I found in that package?!Kit;lit No. lfi collars, when m> regular!size is II 1-2. But tie- heatenest thingabout it was that they had my liiun-dr> piark.J. D."

"Balled up in the laundry. I euess.""Balle<l up nothin'." replied Mr. Dope I

disgustedly. "Them collars was in-]tended lor .losephus Daniels, who hasthe same initials as me, and does hiswasliin* at the same laundry. Therewas a pair of hole-proof socks, too.with his full name sewed inside and awhite bow lie. like you wear in thenavy. I'an you beat that for luck?"

"But just think of Mr. Daniels withnothing to wear but your fourteen and

!a half's.""I should worry about .losephns,"

said Mr. Dope, "when he can go oft onhis government yacht and wear amiddy blouse. I.ook what lie done forine. i'an you see me callfn' on Presi¬dent Wilson in a collar built for theSecretary of Hie Navy? Nit. It wouldhave queered me forever. I look thetrain back to llichmond to set you toprint this notice in lo-murrow's paper."The notice follows:"I. Joseph Dope, of Henrico County,

hereby serve notice that I will applyto .ludge It. Carter Scott at the nextterm of the Circuit Court for permis¬sion to change my name to JosephArmageddon Dope."

Greek Establishments ClosedYesterday in Celebration

of Easier.All liici'k est ablish tin n t s in Rich¬

mond. snvo eating places were closedyesterday. Yin* public round il outvery early in the flay, when to its sur-prise the shoe shining "parlors" worefound closed and il(i'tilili> locked. Thou¬sands of hands tried these doors dur¬ing 11 if morning and afternoon hours,hut to no avail and there were manycomments on tin situation Inasmuchas tie business of shining shoes is al¬most monopolized in Richmond hv thesons of (Irci'i'c, their absence fromthese places yesterday caused no smallamount of disappointment.

Impressed with tin* sense of some¬thing' unusual, and painfully regard¬ing tin cubist dust on his ifoopietricallast tail's shoes, a reporter for TheTimes Ms-pafch repaired I"' the near¬est Creek restaurant. and inquired whythere was a holiday, "t;reels Master,"was the immediate response. Wheninquiry was made as to why the CreekMaster did not conn- <>u the same d-aywith the American Master, live weeksa bo, the restaurant man said thaiCharlie Johnson had passed the wordaround thai this was the day to hei . lei.rated.The reporter was at otue invited to

a rear room, where then was set he-fote'-liini a collation of Master meats,eggs colored just lik< the I'nitedStates variety, and liquid chasers.

In a few moments a dozen Creeksentered, headed l»y .lohnson himself,who Is at the head of the colony inRichmond. Simply and reverently, andwith rather surprising dignity, theproprietor greeted each arrival witha handshake and with the salutation,

II res t os anc>-(: "Christ is i-Isey."To this rat'li man as quietly replied,Alithinos anesly lie is I isen, »in-

d< ell.'*Charlie Johnson explained that Hie

dilferenco in time between the conn-iiies is responsible lor the differenta rival of Master Yesterday wasApril 1" in tin ci ". and in making theustii.l calculation for Master accordicg to the moon's changes, the feastcomes tlu ee years out o'f every fourin the Creek Church on a different dayfrom t ha t In A in«*i ica.Norfolk lots a priest <>f the Creek

I'lntrch. nun's to Richmond some¬times to hold services.Johnson sent a number of telegrams

yesterday friends in other placer,in Virginia and else where. Macli horethe words, "Christ is risen.' and eachbrought, the response. "He is risen,indted.

Held nn Dritrrtt'r.Joseph II I'erry. thirty-six yea i s old,

was arrested yesterday by ratrolnicnKoikes and llairis and locked ui> atthe. Mirst Police Station as a deserterfrory the I'nited States Navy. He issaid to have been an enlisted man.ibuaril the batthsliip Vermont.

*n» lie It it ii ''Itllnil '1'lger."lanes Patrick, . i,lor> d wa arrested

; i sti ulii) ay I >i t cct Ivfs Krenget,\N" i 1 .. y and smith on tin chatge otselling ii'iuor w it lioui a license yt J a -tMast Uuval Street.

ArrmtMl for I'erjiirj.Robert Taylor and Joseph Stuart,

both colored, were arrested yesterdayou, warrants chaiging them with per¬jury They are alleged t*i have swornfalsely i."fore Special Commissioner A.It. Courtney iii tile I,aw and Mqi.tityCourt when the* t< stilled in behalf'of Willi tni Mddlcton colored, who Issuing his wife for a divorce. Mddle.-ton wan arrfrpted several days ago onthe charge of persuading Taylor and

| Stuart to swear fnlaely. i

EGGLESTON GIVENHIGHEST RATING

Led 169 Others in Civil ServiceExamination for Federal

Position.A11 lioup li the result of the civil ser¬

vice 'Nomination f« . Chief of I'ieldWork in Kllfal Schools Is of no con-

Ket|ticne»- tn .lose pi; I'. KgRlestan. as

far as his position with 111o i'li'tmlStates liurca u of Kducation is ».*» 11 -

corned, his ft '' nds have been wratt-tlcd to learn that he |>as.se(l at the

verj top of the list of 17«» applicants,there iieinu a comfortable tniu'Sin be¬tween 111 in and the next man. Some<>f the men who took the examinationare well known in the educationalwot In. ami are iraders in colleges anduniversities, or in 111 . public schools.

'I'll, appoint iiient as eh'cf of ;!ir»rural work was at lirst teniporary,li.'ivms iiren made h\ I'. I'. I'ia.xton,flitted stati.s Commissioner of Kduca¬tion pcndiim tin* civil service exam-ination required by law. All persons'who desl:,-d to (oiii|ietr took the ex¬amination, the total being; 17a. It tsnot the policy of tiie I'ivil servicet'oin til issioli to divulge details as 'opercentages or names of iiimi whotirade low. Mr. Mss lesion himselfhas 110 olliciaI information 011 the s>ii>-ject. I in t it is known that lie tinisln dlirsi.

Since liis election as president 01the Virginia Polytechnic Institute ,lmhas been reappointed hy 1»I", ''laxiotito serve until .1 nI\ 1. the tiin . w.ieulie will take up his new work in litisState. At that time it will !>«¦ neces-sary for the liut-eaii to select one ofthree men certified as standing 1 iik. >-

est' hy the i'ivil Service Commission.

¦¦¦¦¦«¦¦¦¦¦ BBlg^gggggggBiggigBlgiaB"( )ld Time. in whose hank wc deposit our notes,!s a miser who always wants guineas lor groats;lie keeps all his customers still in arrearsI»y lending them Minutes ami charging them Years."

. I Mines.Do you want to know what the writers of the world of

all ages have had to say about the flight of Time?\\ e have compiled for the use and pleasure of our

customers and friends a handsome souvenir huok,"TEMPUS FUGIT"

which wc will send to YOU postpaid if von will return thecoupon attached. This hook contains 150 quotations, handillustrated, and is issued in order that the stroke of the newchimes clock which we have placed on the

American National Bankmay he more fully appreciated.

Address Department A.AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK

RICHMOND, VA.

AMKK1CAX NATIONAL BANK, Richmond, Virginia,Department A :

Realizing that economy of Time means economy in everyphase of life, I ask that you mail your hook, "Tcmpus l;ugit,"t«>

Council Will Be Petitioned toPay Railroad Fares to Gettys-

burg Reunion.

WOULD TAKE OLD SOLDIERS

National Government and Penn¬sylvania Will Defray All l£x-

penses on (»round.

Application will be made to Uu? CitvCouncil at an early day for an appro'-i" at Ion of not exceeding 52,000. andperhaps not more than ? 1.500. for tliepurpose of defraying- the traveling ex¬

penses Of every Confederate veteran InKiel,n,0.,i who ls .ol liluini.|any ab,eto pay his way to Gettysburg to at¬tend the fiftieth anniversary of the

,;,ttle; " '* ,u'l»ed that every man in' citv who f<>«nht in the War Bu-

tween (he States, and who is physically«»¦ «¦ to stand the trip, will bo on the

whe,» the cornerstone of the PeaceMonument is laid hy President Wilson

Tl.n claim of the veterans was de-before Lee Camp at Its last

meet np by Quartermaster D. A. BrownJr. "The State of Virginia." he said'is spending Sfio.ouo a year in Bich-

inond in pensions to soldiers. This cityhas had within its border for manyyears the Soldiers" Home, which hasspent its money here. Besides the° doVs "ut I'esitate at anv time" appropriate 51.000. $2,500 to enter¬tain a single convention, and some of

cho bod.es spend very little. Wethink we ought to have this inonev

fo. itV° Kv! ROl"R ,r' ask ''"unciI

S'men.^rr-bour^ 0',K"*

Within the next two weeks the fin.l

:s"«." ;"«. v.'.iy...,ci II

' cha,'P« the pi epa rat ions

,'he reunion, will be held it will

Hrown°nnfo1 ^ . <;eneraI .' Thompsoni,. i.s

' isioii commander, ami'»> l"s adjutant. Colonel W B Weema n.

"

A*k l.oeul Altl..M" .xp.-nses save railroad fare will

mi? .r?:r?>.y ". tat. .r ennaylvjinia. and that State

«iV" lie«-"^ thu ,raasportation oflo.tuu, ,,i |,c. own veterans General

:r te,,;"',rk;eilM i! V

supervlsftrs and ritv «'o,in-

«" «..».} "J®./ "PProprlaline monev

...

vol-rai'R lo (Jet t v sbti re, andM.tnv i.i them have responded. The

1:1 "H>t ureal in anv instance

;m I'ld,V\tV\,,.lvbn V vef,',a"* ,ivi»8 andn,ini» to pu\ their own wav is irrow-

"!f rr", 'i'ehmo»:d wlli ,i,ilv be. Ked to do what many other locali

The"-.! l,Rvt! »> "OMO' runk Line Passencrer Assocla-has granted a orn- and three-nfi

trip rate. ,.od between JuneJ.'. .' ,

} .'»»!>' 1 Will l,e Vet-

. llri'etlo |,a'of *||"' *,vert''«es under thetic i <if the commanders-in-chirf

.r 1 he Grand Army of ,.e Kepubnc andhe I n.ted confederate Veteran- M M«ry nHy will come .Inlv 2. directed bv

the chief of «tnff of the Tnlted Status.*rmy. July will be Civic !>av ?,?(!., tl,e ,;"vo,'nor.s of die States will

on luiv j vHh ^'d«es willi

-Vilional Dhv, whrii Chiof

I 'reVuie n t Wi I"** "n"'" -in presidelit Wilson will speak, and tb.»

°r ,h" ,,eacc

I he mammoth ni^^tlnc oA.,,?

WZ 'To'"Iunions by sections as it i . i- , .

'-to separate enclosures.'

....

< nrli,K for Vetera.,...eamp comprises I'f-n acrc«= <i,n

;»<.<.«),n niod.a lions f,.. .! 0.000 soHier^'h veteran will be .s,,.t)|iod with »

separate cot blanket and mess hit ,,deach tent will have a bucket tvn.V.nicns'ls. lanterns and candles, 1,'aviHitors'Ho.r'li^r',,.!: ",OVi"e" "v

allowed.<Ksa«e will be

Meals will be served hv iim «, ¦ »

l'onns\ I'. auia. fre. ,.f cha,^ n ^tents adjoininb the kitchens'tbaI win

1,1",o c"" °r; t 1 I'e first meal will be «ei-vn°iir. the evenlnc of Sunday. .iun.. ->'-i !;:,dSi,:,l,bc ,"e,,kr""1 «"«.-"«tl.?s\alV®lTm be

"«"vee,.; J*"1 admitted to tiif.«P

a c iimodalions, ..d no woman .rMilri. noi* man not a voioi-m u-m »

camplC,'U1- U"1

... 1Th,,lk Murderer.

e,l \Z,Z,:[?h?SO!'' co'°' c«- «-H» a n estt id.iv bj Patrolmen Volt'/. Tin

.

a"f' Hooker, and held as i s'us*Plcious charade,.. believed to i,< oinniitted nit ,d. I- i. prL1,!havft

anthorin,,,v"h

'oniiiiij the prisoner.

Director of International Hospitalat Tokyo Says W e HaveWrong Idea of Japan.

SPENDS DAY IN RICHMOND

Regards Passage of Anti-JapaneseLegislation by California as

Most Deplorable.Dr. Rudolph 13. Teusler. a native ot

Richmond, who. as a very young man.I practiced medicine here until lip feltthe call to labor In foreign fields, aml

I went to Japan as a medical mission¬ary. where for fourteen years lie hasworked with such brilliant success asto have become the head of .lapan'sgreatest hospital, spent yrsteroay InRichmond with the family of his wile,who is- the daughter of the late \\Minor Woodward. He is director ofSt. Luke's International Hospital at

j Tokyo.To a reporter for The Timcs-Dis-

patch. Dr. 'Teusler expressed his pro¬found regret at the many jingoisticstatements that are constantly appear¬ing in the press of this country, mostof whioh, he: declared, have bee>< madeunder an entire misapprehension otthe true conditions obtaining in Japan.The following statement t-y I'r.Teusler corrects a number of the false |impressions created i>y declarationsbased, according to l>r. Teusler. uponignorance of facts: jHaving lived and worked in Japanand among the Japanese for the lastfouHeen years, | would be doing less]than my duty if I allowed certain in- |accurate statements which have re- |cently appeared in several of our lead-ins American newspapers to go tin- jchallenged.

I'nder Japanese law. there are at!least two methods whereby foreignersmay own land in Japan. The firstIs b.v the right of superficies. Thisgives the title clearly and legally t"the purchaser for I«!»0 years. The only| possible restriction on this l'orm ot jownership which might ails, wouldbe If a mine or oil were discoveredthe property. That is. as the title in-dicates, the owner, under this form "fpurchase, has all rights to the use otthe .surface of the ground. lie may

| build on it. use it for agricultural pur-| poses, or use it In any other way thatj he likes. Should lie ever llnd a mineor oil on it. some special arrangementwould have to be made with the gov-

; eminent.The second wav for foreicneis to

hold land in Japan is hy the fot tilingJ of a "shadan." This is a group otthree or more foreigners, leg illy in-corporated and constituted to hold !

| land in simple anywhere In Japan forthe purposes mentioned in the articles ir.f

->uof incorporation. There are several"shad ants" now existing in Japan,holding extensive tracts of land allthrough the countrv 4- "

a nd

mruugn the country. As alreadystated, full title to the land i^ given Iunder the laws regulating the forma-1tion of the "shadan." or juridical pei-son. and the land Is held peimanenl-l.v.

for all practical purposes, the titleto land for years is permanentpossession.

I myself own land under tVio titleof superfigcies, and have many friendswho hold land under the same form.

Therefore, the statement tii.it for¬eigners cannot own land is not true,and should be corrected.

Find Jiipanene fitment.The old statement that as a nationthe Japanese are not honest, we fre-

qtienlly see quoted In American papers,This statement will not bear anythinglike honest investigation As a phy¬sician 1 have come intiuiatel\ into itouch with thousands of Japanese inthe last fourteen years in all walksof life, and I certainly have found themquite as lionest as Americans I havedealt with in my own country, if nota little bit more so. It Is surely a fact,which cannot be disproven, that graftand dishonesty on the large scale aswe know it here in America does notexist in Japan in any circles.The old stor.\ that Japanese employChinese in their hanks because they| cannot trust their own people is abso-

lulely untrue and silly.Recently, while on the Californiaj const, f was lold that ihe Japanese

were overrunning the whole of the; State, and it was intimated that unlesscertain legislation was instituted they1 might some day own all of the State.After careful investigation I cannot

j find that they own as much as L'ti.OtiOacres. What is "O.uOO acres in a Stateof 15$,260 square miles, containing HM,-350.401) acres'.' and It has taken them 11 twenty live years to acquire this much. jThe problem from that standpoint doesnot seem very alarming.

Tt should be remembered that Japaniia,s her own recent possessions to col¬onize. and does not favor, but quite thecontrary, strongly opposes her citizenscoining to America. I was anxious to jassist a Japanese to come with us'to America two months ago that lie'might pursue his studies here. Though1 tried for two weeks to get. hint aj passport, I failed to obtain it, and itjvas the Japanese government whichprevented his coming.-this becauseJapan a few years ago assured Ainer-ica that she would limit the emigra-tion of Iter people to this country asfar as she could within certain lines,

I And Japan is keeping her paVt of theagreement, as well as the spirit of thecompact.The aggressive attitude of the t'all-

fo^nia politicians back of this move-incut to enforce discriminating andoffensive land legislation is one of themost deplorable sides of the question.

| They frankly state that the bills areanti-Japanese, and they lose little op-portunlty to make themselves offen-sive and discourteous. This race pre-jhidlcc attitude and crude handling of!the problem has done more than any-thing else to excite and antagonize theJapanese people, and it is .only to be

I expected.If any anti-Japanese bill passes the

California Legislature the results willbe most deplorable.

It is an international question andnot a States' rights question.Tokyo cannot deal directly with Cali- jfornia in this matter, hut California

can enact Jaws, which, if passed, will,at the very least, seriously impair ourfriendship with Japan, our coinmer-cial relations and conceivably may in- jvolve the two nations in war.To allow or countenance dlscriniina-

tion against the Japanese will be a'highly discreditable act on the part ofour nation, Irrespective of the opinionof California as a State.

Thlps cr'eates a very serious condi¬tion of affairs, and it is high time we !have laws enacted whereby our mi-tional government be empowered toenforce treaty rights as well as makethem. The prosperity and peaci* of-all the United States are surely moreImportant than compliance with therace antagonism of one small part ofit. 1

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New Methods of PhilanthropyContain Essence of Practical

Religion.Contrasts between tlw old and new

methods of philanthropy and the oldaii'l new conceptions of applied relig¬ion. were drawn last night hy lie v.II. I». O. Mncluchlun in his sermon allSeventh Street Christian t'hurch. lie'not only gave hearty approval to mod¬ern npiilt movements, but character¬ized them as tanfeiblc. practical pietyand religion. These things. howev»r,lie s;ild, should not he pursued as a

fad, nor should they bo regarded asa panacea for all the Ills tlis*t may beproperly chargeable to one tiling--the;degenerate heart.The old philanthropy, said the min¬

ister. would give money to th - streetbeggar; the new organiv.es associatedeliarltieSi and gives it the money toused with the knowledge as towhether it is to h». spent for bread orfor liquor. The old method would put |the child in jail for delinquencies; t li'.in w establishes juvenile courts, anatries to dovise the best way of mnknig a good < Ui;:"ti. The old philan¬thropy would pay a doctor to attend(lie poor; the new would, throughhoards of health and such agencies,teach the poor how to keep dean andWell.Xni"ty-elght per cert of the hymns

of former days contain the individu¬alistic touch, but the service of to-daylies iii doing for tiie suffering amithe afflicted and the morally delin¬quent of the hour. The religion nito-day tiuds expression in oiganlzedcharity, in cienn-up days, in 111.- man¬ifold fo! nis of uplift to it" found c in¬

stantly springing up'If you have s= . n the play. 'The

Servant in the Mouse. and | hopeyou have all seen it." said Mr. Mac-lachlan. "you know that a charactersays theie are brothers at work altthe time that people know nothing of.

LOSES MONEY AND WHISKEYMnn (ilvm Wyro .*!. to liny lloo/r nnil

ll»e I,niter Knll* lo Itrtiirn."1 want to make a complaint." said

a man. who did not give his name, toDesk Sergeant .leter, at the First Po¬lice Station, last night."What is it'.' inquired the ollieer"A coloi-fl man .iust stole J.', from

tnc." he replied. "I was standing ona corner not far from here when anegro eame up to me and asked wheth¬er I wanted a drink I did, and hesaid that for 50 cents he could get inesome lii|uor. I had only ,i note, lietold me he would get it (hanged andbring the liquor to me at oncewaited half an hour and he did notturn tip, so I came here to .see if youcan help me get my money hack.""Nothing doing." snid the sergeant.

"You don't know the name of the darkyand can't get a warrant for him. and. Ibesides, you ought to get stung foritrying to get a man to break the liquor 'lav." These remarks from Sergeant.leter were impressive, and the stran¬ger ai ome left the station withoutfurther comment.

Sji; Niie 11 ml t'ocninr.Nora Itailcy, colored, nineteen " ears

old. was arrested yesterday by Patrol¬men Tanner and .1. .1. Smith on Un¬charge of having cocaine in her pos¬session.

Southern Itnlhiny Knrnlng*.Kstiinated earnings of the South* rn

Itailway for the third wr- U Aprilshow an increase of >12.:!i'l. as com¬pared with the corresponding weeklast year.

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Richmond Hotels."Time nnil Trouble >>nvrr*"

Nearly Kifty Years in -Business.

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LYNCHBURG HOMEOF OWEN AND GLASSAuthors of New Currency Bill

Were Born in Same TownIn Virginia.

Thip world Is only a small place,after all. as Peary said when he foundDoc Cook writing his lecture In theshadow of I he North Pole. Two menborn side by side may enter widelydifferent spheres, may live far apart,and yet be brought together by forceof irresistible circumstances.After which moralizing, the story

will proceed.There will fo(.n he before Congre«s

a currency bill, designed to make itpossible for an ordinary citizen to bor¬row money In a bank when he needsit At least, that ls> what everybodyhopes. President WWson is said toregard a solution of the currency ques-tion tiie most important of the manyproblems that will he»et his admin*istration, save and except tariff legis¬lation.

Tltis bill, 'it Is now apparent, willin i.i»e Joint product of Robert l.athamOwen. Senator fiom Oklahoma, andCnrter Class. Representative from Vir¬ginia.

Th«- plot «o far is rather obscure,but will now be revealed. lloth Sen¬ator Owen and Congressman Glasswere horn in i.ynchburg, Va., and, fora time they lived in adjoining houses,lifty-odd > ears later, they are In Coil-Kress from widely separated State.*,are respective chairmen of the bank¬ing and currency committees of theiriiou!i<s. and are collaborating i>n ameasure of world-wide importance, to)>e known as the Owen-Glass bill.

Robert 1. 1'iwen was born on Feh-i nary IS.'.e, Mis father, of the samename, was president of the Virginiaand Tenncssrt Railroad, while hismother was Narctssa Chisholm. of theCherokee Indian nation. ContemDor-ar.v history, in the shape of the Con¬gressional Director-', talis to recordtiie date of birth of Mr. (Jlass. butIn- is supposed to he about two ; earsyounger than Senator Owen.

State Insurance Commissioner JosephH'.tton remembers when (lie two boyswere next-door neighbors, and wheniu lived <iirectly across the street,from them.

Paragraph Pulpit'I'hr U'orlil'n Need.

The world needs in religion to-daya living faith in living facts. Kvery-wi'cie men are giving up old forms ofbelief foundations are slinking totheir fall beneath tiie stumbling treadof honest doubt. «>ld religious growthsare ceasing to blossom into flowers ofliving faith. Tradition and truth areparting company in the minds of men.The swelling kernel of convictionslowly but surely sheds the husk of. . ceil Many old-time conceptions arogrowing obsohte In tiie realm of je-iition the modern «'lin ractcristics a reuncertainty and unfaith. The nlgiitwill grow vet darker and then.thedawn' i'nitarian Publicity Committee.-Advert isement.

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