Hindu Peril Said to Be Threatening West Coast Entry
Anthony Caminetti, United States Commissioner General of Immigration, warned in Portland that Hindu immigration threatens the United States with a peril greater than yellow fever. He cited low living standards, wage competition with whites, and a westward push toward California and British Columbia, with cases reaching the Supreme Court. He noted hookworm as an objection to Oriental immigration and described a broad pattern of movement from the Philippines to the Pacific coast, while also referencing Canadian policy and statistics on disease.
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Anthony Caminetti
United States
Pacific Coast
California
British Columbia
Caminetti
Canada
Philippines
Seattle
Tanscontinental
Washington
Minnesota
Cota
Manilla
Manila
Pacific
San Francisco
Supreme Court of the
Hinds
Dominion
Toronto Globe
Congress
Africa
Spain
Parcel Post Weight Limit Rise and Rate Cuts Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves Postmaster General Burleson's plan to raise parcel post weights to 50 pounds beyond zone two, admit books, and lower rates in zones three through six. Rates drop to 6 cents for the first pound in zone three with 2 cents per additional pound, and similar reductions in zones four to six. Effective dates are January 1 and March 16, 1914, with new rules for books weighing eight ounces or less.
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Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Clark
Queer Greetings and Odd Customs From Global Tribes
A compendium of greeting rites shows spitting among the Masai and Akerewe, sticking out tongues by Tibetans, rubbing noses among Burmese and Eskimos, and a tearful welcome among central South American Indians. A Portuguese explorer recalls a guest being wept over as hosts recite recent hardships before the mood shifts to merriment.
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Andaman Islands
New Zealand
Polynesia
Volturno fire disaster at sea fully recorded by camera
From the Grosser Kurfuerst decks official photographer capture the burning Volturno and lifeboats rescuing passengers. The first image shows the vessel as rescuers arrive after SOS calls and the second portrays a lifeboat returning with thirty one passengers to the liner. The Volturno remains a burning derelict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosser Kurfuerst
Lloyd Noe
Rabbit Drive Planned by Pendleton Association
Five hundred men and rabbits are to participate in a rabbit drive today in western county. A corral with wings will receive rabbits driven from two sections of land and slaughtered with plabe. No guns allowed. This begins weekly drives to clear the infested area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton Commercial Association
Oregon
Oregon corn shows lead in national yields and profits
Oregon shows superior corn yields and prices per bushel beyond national averages. The 1918 crop totals 598000 bushels with 28.6 bushels per acre against a U.S. 23. Oregon also reports 25 percent higher yield per acre and 10 percent higher prices. Statewide notes cite strong apple crops from Harry Sayer near Athena and Rome Beauties with low insect infestation.
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Pendleton
O-W. R. & N. Company
Oregon
United States
United States Bureau of Statistics
Weather Bureau
Harry Sayer
Rome
Tanoh
Athena
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A. M. Johnson
Bryan & Meyer
Main Street
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Milton
Walla Walla
Heesya
Taneb House
Gistelet
Yellowstone Park
Walla Walla County
Queer Greetings
New York World
Volturno
Photos
American Press Association
Beary
Byron Baker
Cone
D. F. Baker
Touchet
B. R. Rowext
Walla Dispatch
College Place Macadam
H. Christensen
Badley
Whro
Justice of the Peace
Toy Land
Toyland
FIX & Radtre
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