California Settled Policy on Alien Land Ownership Emerges
Telegraph exchanges between President Wilson and California Governor Hiram Johnson reveal a settled California stance to bar land ownership by aliens ineligible to citizenship. The plan faces Democratic opposition and a possible federal challenge, with a Sacramento bill expected to pass despite Washington protests.
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Sacramento
California
Wilson
Johnson
Senate
United States
Washington
Bryan
Hiram Johnson
White House
Assembly
Democrats
Stake Mortally Wounds Miner In West Virginia Shaft
At Sterling Coal Company in Independence a stake slipped from a bundle of timber and impaled Watt Lawrence of Newburg at the shaft eighty five feet down. He was brought to Grafton hospital and is reported living.
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Grafton
W. Va
Sterling Coal Company
Independence
Watt Lawrence
Newburg
Lawrence
Grafton Hospital
San Francisco Police Probe Alleged Cop Ring Embezzlement
Police and the grand jury investigate charges that two detectives two sergeants and a police captain took fifteen percent from a gang that netted $300000 in a year from San Francisco’s foreign population. Maurice de Martini, ring leader, testifies from jail awaiting sentence.
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Rake i
San Francisco
Grand Jury
Maurice de Martini
Ring
Suffragette Victory Passes Senate in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg April 22 suffragettes won a major victory as the Pennsylvania senate narrowly approved a joint resolution proposing an amendment lifting limits on women voting. The action advances a statewide constitutional change and follows months of debate among lawmakers and advocates.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
Woman suffrage resolution advances in legislature
The article reports a 26 to 22 vote on a state constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. The resolution has passed the house and now must be adopted by the 1915 legislature before going to the people for ratification.
Fall of Scutari Considered Imminent
Montenegrin forces press on Scutari with a night attack capturing two lines on the west and east fronts. Early morning counterattacks by Turkish forces fail, and Montenegrin losses are heavy. London reports pending armistice and renewal of efforts to seize Scutari with Servian artillery activity and possible purchase plans. Frontier closure and communications suppression are noted pending fall.
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Cettinje
Scutari
London
Trieste
Belgrade
Former Countess Tries Married Life Again
St. Marys Ga April 22 The wedding of Mrs Copley Thaw formerly the Countess of Yarmouth and Geoffrey Gordon Whitney of Boston took place at Plum Orchard Cumberland Island the bride s sister home attended by relatives and close friends The bride daughter of Mrs William Thaw and sister of Harry K Thaw was previously married to the Earl of Yarmouth in 1903 and divorced five years later after a Pittsburgh ceremony notable for a demand of 1800000 from the Thaw fortune before the ceremony The Earl later became Marquis of Hereford and the divorce settled financial interests in 1908
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St. Mary’s Ga
Copley Thaw
Yarmouth
Geoffrey Gordon Whitney
Boston
Plum Orchard
Cumberland Island
Geo. Carnegie
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Earl Ofarmouth
Pittsburg
Calvary Episcopal Church
Thaw
Earl
Marquis of Hereford
Verdict awards Hall 59690 against Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel D. Hall, a Philadelphia coal dealer, won 59690 in the common pleas court against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for alleged illegal discrimination in freight rates. Hall contends rebates to competitors amounted to concealed advantages. the railroad argues payments were for a coal agent and not the carrier. Judge Martin instructed the jury on rebates and comparable pricing.
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Philadelphia
Samuel D. Hall
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Common Pleas
Hall
Coal Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Martin
Bristol saloon licenses renewals total $43500
All Bristol Va liquor dealers filed renewal applications for the year starting May 1. A total of $43500 was paid into the city treasury for the city and estate. Judge Kelly deferred ruling on the applications until Wednesday.
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Bristol
Kelly
Staunton Church Calls Pastor to Lead
Staunton Virginia April 22 The congregation of the First Baptist church has extended a unanimous call to the Reverend Herbert Cross of the Lee Street Baptist Church in Baltimore to become pastor.
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Staunton
First Baptist Church
Herbert Cross
Lee Street Baptist ‘Church
Baltimore
Senate panel bars public hearings on tariff bill
The Senate Finance Committee votes to deny public hearings on the tariff bill while allowing briefs or statements. Debate opens in the House tomorrow at 11 o clock with aims to limit general debate to five days. Democratic Leader Underwood seeks twelve hours of daily work to speed passage after May 5.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Western Tri-State League Opens Championship Season
The Western Tri-State Baseball League started its championship season with games in North Yakima Walla Walla and Boise. La Grande Pendleton and Biker opened at these sites marking the league kick off.
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Boise
Ida
North Yakima
Walla Walla
la Grande
Pendleton
Strike of School Children Rages Through Pittsburg
Pittsburg, April 22. A citywide school strike against Superintendent Heeter paralyzed traffic as hundreds of pupils marched through neighborhoods. A girl was run over and killed by a street car amid the demonstrations. Police arrested several adults including Chas McCool for disorderly conduct and William Slater for inciting riot as banners denounced Heeter.
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Pittsburg
L. Heeter
Heeter
Pittsburg Board of Education
Chas, McCool
William Slater
Slater
Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia expects fair weather Wednesday with shower chances and cooler temperatures. Thursday brings showers and cooler conditions. Virginia forecast shows Wednesday fair, followed by increasing cloudiness and showers on Thursday.
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West Virgini
Virginia Fair
Hundred Thousand Expected to Suffer from Mississippi Crevasse
In Vicksburg Mississippi on April 22 Capt W B Baker U S A issued one hundred rations for about ten thousand people at risk north of the city due to the Woodlawn crevasse in the Mississippi river levee. Relief comes from the Nokomig steamer at the scene as water reaches Maversville Rolling Fork and nearby towns while the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad suspended north of Ser e. Ships deliver stock and evacuation is urged.
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Vicksburg
Miss
W. B. Baker
Here
Woodlawn
Mississippi River
Nakomig
Maversville
Rolling Fork
Yazoo
Governor Hatfield urges coal miners to accept strike settlement
Governor Hatfield addressed a West Virginia miners convention in Charleston and urged acceptance of earlier recommendations for a countywide coal strike settlement. The plan calls for a nine hour day a check weigh man a ton of 2000 pounds and nondiscrimination. Miners planned executive session and a decision was expected the following day.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
West Virginia
Kanawha
Miners’ Convention
Military authorities round up gang in Jarrolds Valley
In Charleston on April 22 military district authorities arrested Frank Bond Pose Bond Crockett Webb Alfred Webb Avil Webb and Bum Webb. They were rounded up for shooting and general disorder. Detainees were taken to Pratt for trial.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jarrolds Valley
Frank Bond
Pose Bond
Crockett Webb
Alfred Webb
Avil Webb
Bum Webb
Pratt
Double Murder in a Construction Camp Near Youngstown
Two B and O workers at Lowellville were murdered in a box car early today. Frank Stanc died on site and an unidentified man died at Youngstown City Hospital. An axe was used. robbers are suspected as motive. Bloodhounds failed to locate suspects due to crowd presence.
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Frank Stanc
Youngstown
Baltimore and Ohio
Lowellville
National Daughters of 1812 Hold Wilmington Meeting
The annual meeting of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 began in Wilmington Delaware with headquarters at the Hotel Dupont. Sessions run four days featuring social events and visits to historic sites including the Brandywine battlefield in the surrounding area.
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Daughters of 1812
Wilmington
Del
National Society, United States Daughters of 1812
Hotel
Dupont
Brandywine Battlefield
Good Roads Bond Appeal Draws Mercer County Attention
Lectures at city hall promote a county bond issue as the only way to secure better highways. M O Eldridge argues with illustrated contrasts that wholesale road building via bonds is economical, Judge Cassell extols roads, and Secretary Boykin outlines the bond plan with figures showing minimal tax impact.
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Mercer County
Ito
M. O. Eldridge
Agricultural Department
Washington
Cassell
Radford
Boykin
Chamber of Commerce
Belgian Government Accepts Masson Plan to End General Strike
Brussels reports the government has accepted a compromise proposed by Liberal leader Masson to end the general strike for manhood suffrage. The cabinet approved the plan, and the Socialist Labor party plans a national congress of about 1,300 union members to authorize ending the strike, while some rank and file feel the wait for reform is too long.
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Brussels
S. Masson
Chas
de Broqueville
Chamber of Deputies
Masson
Socialist Labor Party
Readers demand end to strike as coal miners threaten
Readers favor ending the strike with broad support for a settlement by Monday. A possible exception exists among coal miners who threaten to strike for higher wages, casting uncertainty on the surrounding labor dispute.
Millionaire No Warrant Issued in Enslavement Case
Los Angeles April 22 Deputy District Judge McCarthy refused to issue a felony warrant against George Hi Bixby a wealthy Long Beach magnate in the alleged enslavement of two young girls. Police Chief Sebastian demanded the warrant after Irene Brown Levy testifies of enticement to a lodging house. Additional girls Janette Ellis and Marie de Vaughn supported the case leading to arrests of Bennie Bosie and W H Wood on pandering charges. Bixby asserts blackmail scheme targeting him as head of two banks and director in numerous firms.
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Los Angeles
Cal
McCarthy
George Hi. Bixby
Long Heath
Sebastian
Irene Brown-Levy
Josie Rosenburg
Janette Ellis
Marie de Vaughan
Bennie Bosie
W. H. Wood
Bixby
Mrs William Sites Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. William Sites of Harpers Ferry West Virginia died here April 22 after a lengthy illness from dropsy and heart trouble. She was a prominent resident and is survived by her husband six daughters and one son.
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William Sites
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Congressmen consider Cobb contract peonage probe
Georgia lawmakers Hoke Smith and T W Hardwick plan to ask Congress to probe the National and American baseball leagues over Ty Cobb contract terms they allege resemble peonage or slavery. Cobb seeks higher pay or release amid Detroit Tigers dispute.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
T. W. Hardwick
Georgia
Congress
National Baseball Association
United States
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Messrs. Smith
Hardwick
Senate
House
Cobb
Detroit
Senator Smith
Mr. Hardwick
Not to be opened for a century event in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City on April 22 buried a century chest as part of the Natal Day celebration. The Ladies Aid Society of the First English Lutheran Church devised the idea and placed items of today in a vault under the church to be opened on April 22, 208. Contents include women's and men's clothing, copies of present laws, and a greeting to Cherokee and Chickasaw descendants.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Ladies’ Aid Society
First English Lutheran Church
Wilson to Campaign in New Jersey for Jury Reform Bill
President Wilson will travel to New Jersey the night of April 30 to campaign two days for the jury reform bill. He will speak in Patterson on May 1 and in Jersey City on May 2, returning to Washington the night of May 2.
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Wilson
Jersey
Washington
New Jersey
Patterson
Jersey City
Yale Students Barred from Sunday Ball at Sheffield
Bar Sunday Ball by Yale Men at Sheffield Scientific School condemns student participation in Sunday baseball with suspension likely for any student involved. In San Francisco Baker, ex assistant cashier of Crocker National Bank, gets ten years in San Quentin for $207000 peculations insured by blanket policy.
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Yale
New Haven
Sheffield Scientific School
San Francisco
Charles Fr. Baker
Crocker National Bank
United States District Court
San Quentin
Baker
Public utilities law shapes Bluefield water rates and service
A WisconsinWisconsin inspired view on West Virginia public utilities law emphasizes public control of water services. It notes municipal and private plants share costs, with fire protection and public uses raised for broader rate fairness. The Ashland case shows shifts in city versus private consumer burdens and the need for clear cost allocation.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Wisconsin
New York
Wisconsin Commission
Boundry
Embarges
Ashland
Madison
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