Anti Cigarette Bill Introduced In California Senate
Sacramento reports an anti cigarette bill drawn by G L Robertson of Los Angeles has been introduced in the senate by Larkens of Visalia with the aim to drive cigarettes from the state. Also recorded is a wireless cross Pacific message linking San Francisco and Choji Shimosa Japan, a 5700 mile relay claimed as a new regional record.
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Sacramento
G. L. Robertson
Los Angeles
Senate
Larkens
Visalia
California
Pacific
San Francisco
Choji Shimosa
Japan
Carnegie Donates Six Libraries to Los Angeles
Andrew Carnegie agrees to fund six new Los Angeles library buildings at 210000 total, 35000 each, if the city council provides 21000 annually for upkeep. Mayor Alexander and most council members informally accept. formal approval to come at the next regular meeting.
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Carnegie
Los Angeles
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander
Stewart
Washburn
Plan to build Canada to Mexico highway chain discussed
Sacramento reports reveal secret senate and assembly roads committees considered cooperating with Oregon to spend 18 million dollars on a continuous highway from Canada to Mexico. A California legislature committee would work with Oregon to study feasibility and reports. In Santa Barbara an Italian man attacked Plaza del Mar wounding two children with a shotgun.
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Canada
Sacramento
Senate and
Assembly
Oregon
Mexico
California
Santa Barbara
Dominico Zurle
Plaza del Mar
Charles Raymond
C. B. Raymond
Akron
Ohio
D. T. Perkins
J. F. Brandes
West Mason Street
Pioche Nevada Teachers Strike Grips School Town
Pioche Nevada faces a near walkout as public school teachers strike over pay. Leader Mrs Katherine M Burke pushes for raises from 125 to 150 dollars for head teachers and from 90 to 110 for others. five hour ultimatum ends with mass resignation except one instructor, Mrs George Sawyer.
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San Bernardino
Pioche
Nev
Board of Education
Katherine M. Burke
Los Angeles
Burke
George Sawyer
Depleted treasury hinders funding for increase
The entity faces a strained treasury and cannot secure the funds needed for the proposed increase, leaving the plan in doubt and delaying any approved raise.
Subdue Flaming Gasser at Elk Hills
The Honolulu Consolidated Oil company well in Elk Hills northeast Bakersfield has burned since Monday. An estimated 50 to 60 million cubic feet of gas is venting as Superintendent Pollard orders eight boilers to generate steam and suppress the blaze. Workmen must stay miles away due to extreme heat and 100 foot flames.
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Bakersfield
Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
Elk Hills
Pollard
First Conviction Under White Slave Law Meted in New York
Dr Samuel Rubin, a sallow faced youth, was sentenced to ten to seventeen years and six months in prison and fined $1 in New York's general sessions court. He is the first person convicted under the new white slave law which makes it a felony for a man to subsist on earnings of women of the underworld.
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New York
Samuel Rubin
Court of General Sessions
Rubin
Women voters recall Seattle mayor in 1909 election
More than half of 22 000 registered suffragettes cast ballots to recall Mayor Hiram C Gill. George Dilling to assume office, claiming 19 074 to 17 124 for Gill from 100 of 153 precincts. Socialist vote around 5 000. Total turnout exceed 60 000 as polls closed after 8 pm.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
Washington
George Dilling
Gill
Wappenstein
Dilling
Prisoners Dig Way Out of Jail Using Button
Sacramento report says two inmates Harry Smith and R Henry escaped from an old jail Sunday by digging a hole in the rear wall using a buttonhook. Both burglars and porch climbers, they were arrested previously and no trace found by late tonight.
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Sacramento
Harry Smith
R. Henry
Smith
Jesse James Mother Dies on Train in Oklahoma
Mrs. Zeralda Samuel aged 86, mother of Frank and Jesse James, died Saturday afternoon aboard a St. Louis & San Francisco train fifteen miles from Oklahoma City while en route to Kansas City from Frank James’ Oklahoma farm near Fletcher.
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Jesse James
Oklahoma City
Zeralda Samuel
Frank
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Fletcher
Okla
Roosevelt Dam Opens March 10 in Arizona Irrigation Project
The Roosevelt dam on the Salt River in Arizona will be opened March 10 as part of the irrigation project. Completion came with the last stone placed in the parapet walls February 5 and a three day opening program. Former President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, along with Miss Ethel and Archie, will attend. The 284 foot high dam stretches 1080 feet across with a 20 foot roadway, and will irrigate over 200,000 acres near Phoenix.
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T. R
Washington
Roosevelt
Salt River Irrigation Project
Arizona
Reclamation Service
Ethel
Archie
Phoenix
Ariz
Toronto Street Railway Abandons Pay-as-Enter Plan
After a riot and widespread criticism, the Toronto Street Railway surrenders and ends its pay-as-you-enter trial for winter. Cars were old remodels lacking features of larger city models and permitted no smoking, fueling public outcry.
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Toronto
Toronto Street Railway Company
Mexican aviation treaty to curb smuggling and aid rebels
Senor De la Barra the Mexican ambassador proposed a treaty to regulate aeroplane flights between the United States and Mexico. The Mexican government has approved it and it is before the state department. The aim was to stop smuggling but another use is feared the movement of information to revolutionists about government troops and rebel forces.
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Senor de la Barra
United States
Mexico
State Department
Black Snow Falls in Alps Over Large Area
In the Emmen thal valley and surrounding mountains the snow turned black after a days long deposition. Fifteen inches of blackened snow depresses the landscape, following gray ash tinting earlier layers. Swiss scientists link ash from Mount Etna's eruption to the phenomenon.
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Alps
Geneva
Emmenthal
Sea
Mount
Etna
Farmers urged to grow hemp in California's new industry
Inventor William G. Schlichten demonstrates a decorticating machine at 716 North Main Street that harvests hemp fiber from stalks at two tons a day. Backed by International Fiber Co, the device aims to build a California hemp industry to replace imported fiber and reduce reliance on jute and sisal. Prospects include $60 to $80 profit per acre with ~100 days to maturity. current hemp mainly from Delta region around Stockton.
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Los Angeles
California
William G. Schlichten
North Main Street
International Fiber Company
United States
Russia
Mr. Schlichten
Delta
Stockton
Manila
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San Antonio
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el Paso
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Ashington
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