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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1907
Page
1
A Japanese spy in Washington uses sharp rhetoric to challenge the Embassy as tensions rise. Reports describe the action as a bold display of defiance and political maneuvering amid diplomatic strain.
In Washington on July 16 Dr Masaji Miyakawa, accused of being a Japanese spy, denounced the Japanese ambassador and allies as frauds and declared his intention to claim American citizenship and be willing to die if war comes. He spoke from his hotel room near the Treasury and White House, asserting his allegiance to the United States over Japan. He recalled his past cases in California over Japanese rights in schools and noted efforts by the Japanese embassy to discredit him.
Dr Miyakawa declares his American citizenship since 1905 and vows to stay in Washington to expose embassy double dealing while translating Japanese papers for the U S public. He notes his American credentials, college degrees, and long residence, and rejects claims he is a foreign troublemaker.
Distinct earthquake shocks lasting about a minute were recorded by the seismograph at the University of Utah. The disturbance was noted at 11 58 a m today in Salt Lake City Utah.
A legal expert, author of a constitutional text, argues the dispute should rest with local courts rather than diplomacy. He recounts days and nights working with the Japanese consul in San Francisco to keep interstate matters from turning into international affairs, noting the consul’s apparent endorsement of diplomacy over local jurisdiction.
San Frangio Daly Moat announced that no action will be taken to call out operators in other cities while negotiations continue between the telegraph companies and strikers under the oversight of President Small and the U S Labor Commissioner to resolve differences.
A weeklong Zuni mountains prospecting party led by Bowie with Ailis Winters and John Arm found gray quartz with visible gold near a deep gulch about seventy five miles southeast of Gallup. A man wanted for murder in Silver City allegedly hinted at the site, fueling local speculation and prompting a survey plan next week.
Two masked robbers stopped a St Louis and San Francisco freight train five miles east of Cherryvale Kansas early today killing O J Brown and severely wounding another harvest hand as they tried to reach home after working in the Wheat fields of northern Kansas. The robbers opened fire when resistances arose, and prizes were not recovered. The story also notes miscellaneous money market figures from New York with prime mercantile paper at 64 to 66 percent and call money around 3% to 3.5 percent.
In Santa Fe and Alamogordo a territorial suit seeks to annul deeds for about 6 000 acres donated for Rio Grande improvements. Purchasers Schonberg Graden sold 160 acre tracts to Rio Grande Lumber Company. territory argues fraud and illegal secret agreements. Injunction sought to halt timber cutting until the case is decided.
Acting Governor Raynolda named Arthur Seligman of Santa Fe to the territorial board of Wallzation, replacing Chaves of Albuquerque who resigned after failing to qualify. Seligman, a Democrat, served six years on Santa Fe county commissioners and four as chairman. Chaves, also a Democrat, maintains party balance on the board.
Western railroads plan a reduction in interstate passenger fares next Friday. The change lowers east of the Missouri River to two cents per mile and reduces western rates by the same difference, aligning pricing with new proposals from the roads.
The shipboard accident raises the total death toll as three more sailors succumb to burns, bringing the potential total to eleven. Authorities expect to confirm fatalities as the disaster's toll climbs.
Boston dispatch reports thirteen injured from a powder discharge on the battleship Georgia at Cape Cod Bay. Eight died, including Lieut Casper Goodrich. Several listed sailors from Lynn, Berea Onlo, Brooklyn and other ports suffer burns. ship resumes target practice under Navy orders.
The elev enth Criennial review of the supreme tent of the Knights of Maccabees of the World opened in Detroit with 1,000 delegates from about 300,000 members. Reports urge a new ritual with three degrees, bylaw amendments for greater representation, expanded disability coverage, and a Junior Maccabees lodge. The supreme keeper cites 396,000 members across 4,400 tents in the U S Canada. Over three years 110,000 new members joined and 7,044 deaths were paid, totaling 9,800,000.
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