All Asiatic Racial Bar Bill Introduced in California
Washington April 18 An immigration bill by Representative Hayes of California proposes applying existing Chinese exclusion laws to Japanese Koreans Tartars Malays Afghans East Indians Lascars Hindus and all Mongolian or Asiatic peoples. Non exempt residents would must apply for a residence certificate within a year or face deportation. Referred to the committee on foreign affairs.
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Washington
Hayes
California
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Railway man predicts million to visit fair
W J Black passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe says about one million people from east of the Rocky mountains will visit the Panama exposition in San Francisco in 1915 and likely stop in Los Angeles on the way or return. He notes the fair will boost westward immigration and bring substantial freight and passenger business to railroads like the Santa Fe.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
W. J. Black
Santa Fe
Chicago
Black
Imperial Valley gold fever grips Brawley region
Imperial Valley miners from Brawley Holtville and El Centro fan out across the mesa chasing gold after a recent strike. Prospects stretch north toward Imperial Junction as locals stake claims amid mixed results and continued reports of rich yields despite earlier Mexican troubles.
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Brawley
Cal
Imperial Valley
Holtville
el Centro
Imperial Junction
Denver Doctor Declares Surgery Is Now a Mania
Dr J H Tilden Denver surgeon known for reactionary views on surgery visits Los Angeles at the Lankershim hotel He says Surgery is a mania among practitioners and predicts a national wave against excessive knife use with about half as many operations in twenty years
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Denver
Los Angeles
J. H. Tilden
Lankershim Hotel
Taft warns insurgents over border fighting near Agua Prieta
President Taft through the state department warns the Mexican insurgents and the government to keep battles away from the U.S. line after Agua Prieta fighting that killed two Americans and wounded eleven. Troops are ordered to reinforce Arizona posts and to avoid crossing into Mexico while warning all sides to protect Americans.
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Agua Prieta
Mexico
Douglas Ariz
Red” Lopez
Douglas
United States
Washington
State Department
Taft
War Department
Department of Justice
White House
Texas
Republic
Wickersham
Dickinson
Wilson
Hilles
E. P. Grindell
Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines
Grindell
Department of California
Arizona
California
Juarez
el Paso
Department of Texas
Calexico
Mexicali
Sixth Cavalry
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Huachuca
Nogales
Gaujot
Call for Volunteer Soldiers Issued in Mexico City
A Mexico City notice invites volunteers ages eighteen to forty five to serve six months with pay of one peso per day plus clothing and equipment. Advancement in rank and pay is promised for proven volunteers as the revolution show continues.
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Mexico City
Activ
Revolution gains pace across Mexico with southern surge
The movement expands nationwide with rapid growth in recent weeks, especially in Tabasco, Yucatan, and Puebla, while a few states show slower activity. Strong action and ongoing developments mark the nationwide phase of the revolt.
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Tabasco
Yucatan
Puebla
Taft's Data on Japanese Immigration Debated in Congress
Representative Baker of California introduced a resolution demanding all presidential and state department correspondence on Japanese immigration to the United States and its possessions. It seeks details on current restrictions and notes information on immigration via Mexico and Canada, with Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines named. It also requests records of President’s communications with California and San Francisco authorities in the past five years.
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Washington
Baker
California
United States
Congress
Executive Department
Mexico
Canada
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
San Francisco
France Fears Declining Population Across Centuries
Paris reports 1960 projections show Germany nearing 100 million people while France may drop to 25 million. The piece notes historic French worries about population and cites Abbe Saint Pierre, Maurice de Saxe, and a 18th century push for priests marriages, leasehold marriages, and army conscription as solutions.
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Paris
Germany
France
Saint-Pierre
Francis I
Maurice de Saxe
Governor signs 418 bills as several hundred may die
Sacramento reports show Governor Johnson has signed 418 Senate and Assembly bills. Of these, 225 were signed during the session and 193 after adjournment. With 1,032 total bills and resolutions passed, about 614 remain awaiting approval, risking many measures if signing pace holds.
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Sacramento
Johnson
Senate
Assembly
Gillett
Civil War Bank Notes Circulate on Coast
Washington April 19 State bank notes issued before the Civil war are circulating in Pacific coast cities, worrying secret service officials. Convictions have become possible as recent court decisions favor the government. Acting Chief Moran concentrates top agents on the coast to clean up the deceptive bills causing millions in fraud since the Civil War.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Moran
Balm for Defeated Ones in a Glorious Defeat
The note reflects on the value of a hard fought loss as more satisfying than an easy win, praising resilience and perspective. It suggests that true character emerges when defeat is embraced as a teaching moment and motivation to improve.
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Barstow
U.S
Diaz
Menrace
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Department of the Colorado
Duncan
Bliss
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