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Show CROP FAILS. HE ! TURNS TO STILL But Venture Cosft This Japanese $299 in City Court H. Nakamo, Japanese, pleaded -i. il-tv il-tv thli morning to a eharg or nav-l Imk liquor In hl posaes!ion in t!i dty court, and was given the maxJmui i sentence of a fine of $299 or ISO iavb , In Jail. He paid the fine. Nakamo was arrested recently i,v I rioteive Kd Butterfield nd Uverett Noble, followlnp onrisculion of a c om - i plete distilling outfit and a qtiar.t:ty ' of raisin mash which wn dlscorored In a "mnll shack In Wo-t 0(deti Attorney Charl Holllngswori h an- pea rod as counsel fur Nakamo II Is alleged that N.tkamo who Is n farmer by profession, experienced' a crop failure last season and resorted resort-ed to the manufacture of Illicit liquor! as a means of obtaining ;1 Uvelll .luring the wilder months WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON Feb. 10. A bill limiting Iflinilgratlon from any ore country to five per cent of alien of such country in the l'nlted States when the last census was taken, wu.f approved unanimously today y the senate immigration committee. It is a .substitute for the house measure which wai designed to practically stop immigration for one year. HARDING'S NEW Per WASHINGTON. Feb. 0 A Florida alligator, with a lx-fooi smile, more or less. Is to succeed as White llouie pet former President Taft s famous cow. I'aullne, the pony that rode, in an elevator In President Roosevelt a itdmlnlstratlon and more recently, President Wilson flock of lawn mowing mow-ing sheep. Senator Trammell carried word to White House offices today thai President-Slept Harding had al-ready al-ready accepted a "fair alxed pator" from Henry M Bennett, of Jaakson-ville. Jaakson-ville. UF.Aiyril KILLS U.NOREl) WASHINGTON, Fob. 10. Figures were laid before the houso immlgra- tlon committee by the public health service to show that out of 10,002 Immigrants Im-migrants who arrived at Ellis Island In the last half of 1 !. and who the health service certified as unable to earn a living because of disease or physical .lf.-cts. 9,7519 were admittrd by Immigration officials The 'itsuro !a presented also showed that out of I 112 person.-- certified ;is has lux mental men-tal defects, jo were admitted ami th'.t 1 out of 635 persons classed :. having hav-ing loathsome or contagious diseases, 167 were, allowed to land. PACIFIC N W VI, BASES WASHINGTON. Feb, 10. An Initial In-itial appropriation ot 55,600,000 to bcirln work on the proposed now Pacific Pa-cific coast naval base at Alamenda, Cab, will bo requested by Secretary Daniels. He also advised the senate naval committee be would recommend recom-mend $1:500,000 for the San Pedro. Cal , submarine base. His estimates were made at the request of Senator Phelan. Democrat, California, following follow-ing recommendations of the Joint conKre.xfllonal committee on location of the Pacific coast naval base sites. P'or the Alamenda fleet base. Secretary Sec-retary Daniels estimated $1,600,000 should be provided to start work on razing, excavating and grading; $1,-600.000 $1,-600.000 for water front development J 1.000.000 for construction of one ,ir I dock; $1,000,000 for construction of a supply base, and $500,000 toward a ! destroyer and docking base. GO MP IIS OBJECTS WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Organ 1 I'lsed labor Is apprehensive,-' lest the price fixing powers proposed in the I Calder coal regulation bill be directed! I against orKanlzatlons of workers, 1 Samuel Gompers declared before the: i senute committee considering the measure. "I am influenced largel) in my Judgment by the interpretation which the courts have placed upon similar! regulative statutes," he said. "Laws (designed to prevent combinations In1 I Industry have been applied to limit tne activities of workers seeking toj promote their Individual rights by collective action." BODf ft HEStORl WASHINGTON, Feb 10 Military honors of a general officer would bal i accorded an American soldier sleep-j ing with the unknown dta-d.ln Franco under plans outlined today by Sccre W.ry Baker. They were communicated la congressional military committees In connection with formulating estl mates of the cost of returning tho body for burial In Arlington National cemetery as a tribute, to tho hero dead Mr. Baker approved use of Admiral Dewey's flagship the cruiser Olympia. First honors would be paid In New fork with the main ceremonial her.-, 7. 500 soldiers, sailors and marines taklnK part. The cost, Mr. Bakei said would be $1.7uo.0oo. BIG P W V M t 1TEJD W ashington. Feb. 9 -An American Ameri-can navy "at least equal to that of any other power" Is advocated In a report of the senate naval committee filed today In the senate The c.om-nnHee c.om-nnHee replying to the Borah resolution resolu-tion said ' It II not practical and is not a sound policy to suspend naval construction for six months nor at all " It urged completion ot the great 1910 naval program, except that two huge naval aircraft carrier should be built with the several destroyers and submarines which have been authorised author-ised but not yet contracted for. PI IS lis FOK VSTBANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The sundry sun-dry civil appropriation bill was passed pass-ed by the senate tonight carrying $412,350,000 of which about $250,000.-000 $250,000.-000 Is for war veterans. Among principal Hems was $18,600.-000 $18,600.-000 for new hospitals and enlargement enlarge-ment of hospital facilities for serirrt men as requested by tho American legion Funds for compensation and v ocational training of the service me 1 also were carried. The appropriation of $10,000 000 for development of the Muscle Shoals. Alabama, Al-abama, waterpower project was retained re-tained . 1 00 |