California Assembly Rejects Land Ownership Bill for Aliens
In Sacramento on February 3 the Assembly defeated A. M. Drew's land ownership bill 48 to 28 after amendments removing a Japanese clause. The measure, pushed amid fears of the Japanese menace, faced strong opposition including Nathan G. Cole who argued it conflicted with the constitution, hurt labor, and conflicted with national policy. Cole urged Drew to heed President Roosevelt and withdraw the bill.
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Sacramento
Cal
Assembly
A. M. Drew
California
Roosevelt
Root
Drew
Nathan G. Cole
San Francisco
Union Labor Party
United States
California Bill Sparks Fear of Japanese Capital Outflow
The measure faces opposition over potential loss of at least a billion dollars in foreign investment and risks straining ties with Japan. Supporters warn of Japanese land gains and government pressure on California. Two speeches, one for and one against, marked the debate. Assemblyman Grove L. Johnson urged enactment delivering a dramatic show with a golden haired child aloft to signal approval.
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Japan
California
Grove L. Johnson
Sacramento
Nevada Assembly Passes Anti Japanese Resolution Amid Warning
In Carson Nevada the Assembly approved an anti Japanese resolution as amended urging California to enact strict exclusion. Only Assemblyman Church opposed. A telegram from Senator Nixon prompted the amendment and its quick passage is expected to Senate debate tomorrow with possible further changes.
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Carson
Nev
Nevada
California
Assemblyman Church
Lincoln County
Nixon
Senate
Jose De Navarro Dies at 86 Father of Antonio de Navarro
Jose Francisco De Navarro longtime Equitable Life director died at his Forty-sixth Street home after a four week illness. He was born in San Sebastian Spain and 86. His sons Alfonso and Antonio were with him. He built the first iron sea going steamship in the United States and spurred the citys first elevated railway. He also founded the Portland cement industry in this country.
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New York
Jose Francisco de Navarro
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Antonio de Navarro
Mary Anderson
Forty-sixth Street
San Sebastian
Spain
Alfonso
Antonio
de Navarro
United States
Claim girl stole fake diamonds in Providence case
Ruth J. Wells aged 19 daughter of a prominent Providence family was charged with embezzling a large quantity of imported white baton stones a fake diamond. She was arrested and jailed at the central police station alongside two men held as accomplices on the charge of receiving stolen property.
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Providence
R. I
Ruth J. Wells
Daughter of City Contractor Accused in Jewelry Heist
The late Joseph A. Wells' daughter, living with her brother at 436 Plain Street, worked at Ostby & Barton 118 Richmond Street in charge of imitation diamonds. Police report she confessed to stealing 1100 gross stones valued above 1100 dollars, with a lower charge of 495 dollars to ease court handling.
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Joseph A. Wells
Plain Street
Ostby & Barton
Richmond Street
Widow of Dingley sues son over Kalamazoo Telegraph
Salome M. Dingley of Lewiston Maine widow of Nelson Dingley filed a chancery bill in Kalamazoo Circuit Court seeking an accounting from her son Edward N Dingley former manager of the Kalamazoo Telegraph. The suit alleges mismanagement and misapplication of funds with 134000 in books labeled incidentals and Edwards personal account overdrawn by more than 29000.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Salome M. Dingley
Lewiston
Nelson Dingley
Chancery
Circuit Court Today
Edward N. Dingley
Kalamazoo Telegraph
Telegraph
Dingley Family Probate Case Tangles Telegraph Building
In a Maine Probate Court action 77 year old Mrs. Dingley seeks to stop Edward N. Dingley Miriam Dingley and Fred W. Rockwell from disposing of the Telegraph building. She claims funds from her estate helped finance the structure and asserts an equity in the property. Subpenas have been issued and the case arises from the transfer of business from the old Kalama zoo Telegraph Company to a new firm.
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Edward N. Dingley
Miriam Dingley
Fred W. Rockwell
Dingley
Rockwell
Kalamazoo Telegraph Company
School Head Takes On Cupid At High School
At Middleboro High Principal Walter Sampson warned male students against courting in school. He labeled conversations with girls as lovemaking and interviews and urged students to focus on studies, threatening to ban Cupid if romance intrudes.
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Middleboro
Walter Sampson
Cupid
Sampson
Judges Could Face Impeachment Over Steel Merger Probe
House judiciary committee seeks to determine if Southern District of New York judges and the district attorney pressured grand juries to probe United States Steel and Tennessee Coal Iron. Rep Gaines says the aim is impeachment if no action is taken. A judiciary subcommittee member also cites evidence of a manufactured 1907 panic.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
United States
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Gaines
Tennessee
Judiciary
Taft's Undoing: Senate Rejects Cook Nomination
In Albany on February 3 the New York Senate defeated Herbert S. Cook of St. Lawrence University for the minority seat on the State Highway Commission. The 17 to 31 vote cited Cook's past support for Taft and Hughes and displayed Republican lithographs in his home as grounds to say he was not a loyal Democrat eligible for appointment.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Herbert S. Cook
St. Lawrence University
Cardinal Cretoni Dead in Rome at Age 60
Cardinal Serafino Cretoni, prefect of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, Indulgence and Sacred Relics, died of pneumonia in Rome. The Pope gave him the apostolic benediction. Born in Soriano in 1835, he served as papal nuncio at Madrid when made a cardinal in 1896.
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Rome
Serafino Cretoni
Congregation of Sacred Rites
Mgr. Cretoni
Madrid
Soriano
Italy
Chinese corpses bound for Flowery Kingdom to sail from Brooklyn
Five thousand Chinese corpses will depart Brooklyn next Wednesday aboard the steamer Shimosa for burial in the Flowery Kingdom.
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Flowery Kingdom
Brooklyn
Fire damages New York Capitol as gas-sickened firemen aid
Albany February 3 1925 fire in a storage area of New York's 25 million dollar Capitol caused minor damage and sent twelve firemen overcome by gas. The blaze started in packing materials before firefighters arrived. later reports cite defective wiring at Beacon Hill and a desk incident in Albany.
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New York
Albany
Whitney
Beacon Hill
N. Y
Capitol Building Fire Wounds Dozen Firemen
Gas leak melted a four inch pipe as firemen were overcome one by one. Rescued by comrades, several revived in a doctor’s office or hospitals. All expected to recover. Fire halted gas flow. occupants near the fire evacuated. Dr Draper and Lunacy Commission staff escaped. Flames reached Lunacy office. smoke caused alarm other departments. Monetary damage limited to Lunacy offices.
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Capitol
Draper
Education
Fire at State House damages Chief Whitney desk
A blaze erupted from faulty insulation in wires at Chief J. H. Whitney’s desk in the State House yesterday. Clerks quickly smothered the flames with a hand extinguisher and water, causing only desk and personal effects damage while officials avoided broader harm.
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J. H. Whitney
State House
Capitol
Whitney
Neal
Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
Stand pat on wool tariff at 44th annual meeting
The 44th annual meeting of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers adopted resolutions to keep wool and woolens unchanged in the forthcoming tariff revision and denounce a Tariff Commission. Boston was chosen as the meeting site with leading U.S. wool producers in attendance.
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National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Parker House
Boston
United States
William Whitman
Ways and Means Committee
National House of Representatives
English High School '86 Holds Class Reunion
The English High School class of 1886 held their reunion at the Copley Square Hotel last evening. Edwin Hathaway was elected class president, Arthur L Norton vice president, Arthur L Reed toastmaster for the 20th anniversary, to be celebrated in February 1910. George A Dill is class secretary.
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Congress
New England
William Whitman
Boston
William M. Wood
Frederick S. Clark
North Billerica
Winthrop J
Marvin
Joseph Metcalf
Holyoke
Abiel J. Abbot
Graniteville
Charles A. Stott
Lowell
John Hopewell
English High School
Robert EK. Babson
Copley Square Hotel
Edwin ¥. Hathaway
Arthur L. Norton
Arthur L. Reed
George A. Dill
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