Changes in Chinese Regulations Reported by Metcalf
Washington Feb 6 Secretary of Commerce Metcalf approves a special committee report to revise Chinese residence rules. The measure eliminates the Bertillon system and excludes new officers from boarding foreign ships while expanding appeal deadlines and allowing easier reentry for returning Chinese laborers.
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Washington
Commerce
Metcalf
China
Boeyott
Murray
Sims
Richard Campbell
Bureau of Immigration
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Call on Venezuela to pay in asphalt dispute
W J Calhoun, the president's special commissioner, arrived in Washington and met Secretary Root to discuss facts for his official report. The administration again demands settlement of part of the asphalt company's claims, rejecting Venezuela's claim that the case is res adjudicata.
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Washinon
W. J. Calhoun
Venezuela
Washington
State Department
Root
Des Moines Senator Pushes Direct Election Plan
Senator L W Lewis of Page county will propose in the Iowa senate a resolution urging governors of several states to appoint legislative committees to meet in Des Moines next summer. The goal is to draft coordinated plans for amending the national constitution to issue direct popular election of U S senators. Chamberlain says Ohio considers a constitutional convention to push direct election and Governor Chamberlain backs the idea.
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Des Moines
Chamberlain
Salem
Cleveland, O
Ohio
United States
Toole Backs Convention to Elect Senators by Popular Vote
Helena Montana February 5 Gary Toole replies affirmatively to a telegram from Towa asking if he favors the proposed convention of governors to speed an amendment providing for election of senators by popular vote.
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Helena
Mont
Gary. Toole
Towa
Witte Seeks Peasant Settlement in Russia
In St. Petersburg Count Witte moves toward a agrarian settlement via the Peasants' bank to buy lands and sell on instalments. The plan hinges on large foreign loans and awaits dogma convocation. a separate reform offers to curb capital punishment by shifting some political crimes to court martial. In Washington the Senate irrigation committee backs Heyburn's bill to sell water rights in 160 acre townsites for municipal and domestic use and power.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Council of the Empire
Peasants’ Bank
Washington
Senate Irrigation Committee
Heyburn
Secretary of the Interior
Admiral Togo to Visit America in April With Cruisers
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo will travel to the United States in April aboard two armored cruisers.
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Tokyo
Togo
America
Proverb Comes Out and a Witty Divorce Tale
In a lively parlour exchange Miles recalls Lapleigh who married an heiress then split after divorce. Mrs Biggs notes a divorcee refusing a marriage proposal after twelve previous spouses. Adam Smith and a Edinburgh street encounter end with mutual joking over a proposal and a jesting reply.
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Miles
Lapleigh
Giles
Adam Smith
Smith
Prince's Street
Edinburgh
Roosevelt pear promises fruit revolution for gardens
The London Gardener's Chronicle highlights a new pear from M. Charles Baltet of Troyes, France, proposed as Roosevelt. It is described as a robust, highly productive tree usable as standard or dwarf grafted on quince, with large fruit over five inches in diameter, snow white flesh, light yellow to lemon color, and a October eating window in Northern France.
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London
Gardener's Chronicle
M. Charles Baltet
Troyes
France
M. Baltet
Roosevelt
M. Baker
Physician and Attorney Directory for Aberdeen Area
Paul Smits M D lists multiple office hours at Aberdeen General Hospital and Crowther-Wooding block with various telephones. E H Fox attorney at law rooms 10 and 11 Postoffice Block, and Robert E Taggart, Olympia land office register, advertises legal services for homesteaders.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Aberdeen
Wash
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Calhoun
Iowa
Toole
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Roscoe Torbett
Inon
Aylesbury
Secretary of Agriculture
Paul Smits, M. D
DF. Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
M. Robb Stapp
U. & Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
E H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Heron Street
Jesse F. Murphy
Continental
O. C
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Blum & Crene
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
All Points East
Hoquiam
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
W. Johnson Transfer Co
S. Ff Street
Roslyn Coal
E. J. Bradley
State Bank
Heron and
H Streets
Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
A. Ingebrightsen
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wishkah
Canadian Pacific
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C. Collins
A. B. Calder
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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