Commissioner Caminetti Advocates Exclusion Of Asians
Anthony Caminetti, immigration commissioner, urged Congress to exclude Asians including Hindus as a threat to the United States. He testified before the House immigration committee, arguing that Asiatic immigration endangers public health and national security and urged literacy tests and prohibitive taxes to curb entry. He claimed large Hindu populations in California and the Pacific Coast would overwhelm the country if open doors were allowed.
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Anthony Caminetti
Spittal
Washington
Bryan
of Immigration
Caminetti
House Committee On Immigration
Gryan
Carcinetti
Pacific Coast
Cammnett
Howe
California
United States
Congress
Camiaretti
Hie
Hindo Soflux
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Oregon
Sudhindre Bose
University of Iowa
Wilsons’ President Ill Keeps to Room at White House
President Wilson remains in his room with a cold and misses tonight’s reception for New Jersey friends. Officials say the ailment is improving with treatment.
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Wilson
Washington
New Jersey
Garford Garfield Progressive ticket seeks petitions
Arthur L. Garford and James R. Garfield announce candidacies for U S Senator and Governor on the Progressive ticket. Nominating petition blanks will be mailed to county chairmen by the state central committee. After a banquet in Lima last night the general belief is there will be no contest at the primary.
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The
Americas
Lima
Ohio
Arthur L. Garford
James R. Garfield
United States
Progressive
State Central Committee
Gore to testify in $50,000 damages suit in Washington
Special to The Rasse reports Senator Thomas E. Gore will take the stand Saturday to defend himself in a $50,000 damage suit brought by Mrs Minnie Bond. The case nears verdict as witnesses wrap up and defense seeks to prove a conspiracy link involving James Jacobs.
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Oklahoma
City
Okla
United States
Thomas E. Gore
Minnie BE. Bond
James Jacobs
Winston
Washington
Jacobs
T. E. Robertson
Bond
Senator Gore
Robertson
Gore
Jacob
Mrs Rockefeller Carried From Train in Weak State
Special to The American from Tarrytown New York reports Mrs John D Rockefeller returning from Cleveland and being carried from the train to Pocantico Hills due to extreme weakness. Rockefeller met her in a limousine and she was hurried home to recuperate avoiding reporters at the station.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Phillips Manor
Chicago Pursues Koetters in Murder Case
Captain John J. Halpin and Lieutenant Matthew Zimmer left for San Francisco to fetch Handsome Jack Koetters of Cincinnati, accused of murdering Mrs. Emma Kraft at the Saratoga Hotel. Halpin says there is enough evidence to hang Koetters. Koetters claims he was not in Chicago on November 14, 1912.
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Chicago
John J. Halpin
Matthew Zimmer
San Francisco
Jack” Koetters
Cincinnati
Emma Kraft
Saratoga Hotel
Koetters
Captain Halpin
Koetter
Snowbound Cincinnati Struggles With Transit After Fresh Blizzard
Heavy midnight snowfall crippled Cincinnati yesterday causing streetcar service disruption and dangerous sidewalks. The Weather Bureau recorded 6.12 inches by 6:38 p m with expectations of more. Southbound lines from Hyde Park faced delays as sweepers cleared routes and cities including Cairo Evansville Louisville Indianapolis and Pittsburgh reported snow. Conditions to ease with a high pressure move from the east lake region and a milder pattern expected in a few days.
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United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Evanaville
Louisville
Indianapolis
Parkersburg
Columbus
Pittsburg
Tilthoia
East Lake
New England
Cincinnati
Hyde Park
Weather Summary for Cincinnati Indiana and Ohio
Ophelia reports snow in Cincinnati area with fair conditions later, low near 206 degrees. Indiana sees snow then fair and warmer. Ohio forecast calls for heavy snow and a milder cold spell today.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Ohio
Japan Buying Mexico Land Plans Colony
Mexico City February 1 Japanese residents here allied with a group of bankers met the Secretary of the Treasury to discuss acquiring lands in Mexico for Japanese colonization. The talks come amid U S policy shifts and reports of arms shipments to rebels and tensions with diplomats. General Huerta faces payroll pressure as Federal soldiers await payment.
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Specis
Americas
Mexico City
Fe Moti
Secretary of the Treasury
Mexico
Wilson
United States
Senor Diaz
Miron
el Imparcial
Nelson 7Shaughnessy
Cén- War Department
Japan
Huerta
Huffman Refused Pardon by Board in Ohio
Columbus Ohio February 14 The board today refused to grant a pardon to former State Senator L E Huffman of Oxford serving a three year term for accepting a bribe He was received in 1912 His application was continued Out of forty four applications eighteen paroles were granted Rethea Fowler a woman from Hamilton county received in 1912 to serve six years for cutting to kill
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Today
LE. Huffman
Oxford
Rethea Fowler
Hamilton County
Arnside Steamer Sunderland Sinks with All Hands
Three bodies found and wreckage recovered indicate the Arnside a 5633 ton Sunderland steamer foundered near Lands End in a gale with all aboard perishing.
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London
Lands End
Runaway Boys From West Virginia Detained After Police Call
Roy Miller 17 and Ray Keefover 17 from Fairmount and Robert Marrifield 8 from Fairview in Cumminsville police station after running away from home. They claimed well to do parents and were held while authorities contact families.
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Roy Miller
Robert Marrifield
Fairmount
W. Va
Raymon Keefover
Fairview
Tenth District
Cumminsville
Hikes With Bride Across Continent For $3000
Gilbert Moore and his wife set out from Rend to San Francisco aiming to hike 3000 miles in six months. The uncle in New York offers $3000 if they complete the journey and pay their expenses. They plan a southerly route selling postcard photos and visiting the Panama Pacific Exposition.
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San Francisco
Aiden Gilbert Moore
Moore
Rend
William Maogie
New York
Metropolie
Beaten With Pistol Foiled Robbery at Shoe Store
Hilda Blum 29 of Poplar and Linn streets aided after hearing gunshots during a cash register robbery attempt at a shoe store. Herman Kramer was stabbed and shot at but escaped harm. three men fled with a single pair of shoes as Kramer led police to the scene and took him to City Hospital.
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Hilda Blum
Poplar
Linn
Miss Blum
Rai
Herman’ Kramer
Kramer
Snow Halts Firemen at Fourth Street Blaze
A fire at 115 East Fourth Street was discovered in the cellar by Patrolman Brown and extinguished with an estimated loss of 300 dollars. Heavy snow hampered crews as onlookers packed Christ Church steps and streets nearby. The tenement, owned by Charles Mayer of Madison, faced salvage delays due to a vandalized salvage machine and chained wheels.
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East Fourth Street
Christ Church
Patroman Brown
Charles Mayer
Madison
Friday the 13th Licenses Recorded in Cincinnati
The entry notes that on a Friday the 13th, six licenses were recorded in Cincinnati. The passage contrasts unlucky dates with freedom wishes and suggests snow did not hinder a person seeking separation while sweethearts debated the day’s value.
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Cincinnati
Airships Planned to Aid 100 on Icebound Vessels
Aviation crews prepare for a night rescue on Lake Michigan to aid the steamers Kansas Arizona and Alabama of the Goodrich Transit Co caught in ice floes near the harbor entrance since yesterday. Crews and passengers expect delays but are kept well provisioned as wind may shift and slow progress.
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Muir Ehil O. T. Tinns
Kansas
Arizona
Goodrich Transit
Michigan
Alabama
Chicago
Aviators
M. M
Storm Brings Snow and Cold to New York Harbor
The extreme cold and snowstorm shut in as ships struggled. Oceanic entered ice crusted after a tense, two day overdue voyage. Lenape, a Clyde liner, reported navigating Sandy Hook at five knots through a blinding snowstorm.
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New York
White Star
Oceanic
Clyde
Lenape
Sandy Hook
Eleven Boats In Ice on Lake Michigan Off Milwaukee Shore
Eleven Milwaukee vessels are fast in the ice driven to the west shore of Lake Michigan by easterly winds on February 13. Eight boats lie near the Milwaukee harbor entrance while three are between Milwaukee and cones. None are in danger though the ice is packed tightly by the wind.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Harbor
Vessel on rocks off Georgia coast near Savannah
An English steamer named Taina with phosphate rock aboard is in distress on the rocks midway between Fernandina and Brunswick near Savannah. Captain Boutter is in command. The ship Tiffiny nearby is said to be in danger but in an easy position.
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Savannah
Georgia
Fernandina
Brunswick
Boutter
Liden
Cincinnati Men Hear Atlanta Bank Plea
Atlanta bankers and business leaders urge a regional Federal Reserve Bank for the southeast during hearings in Atlanta. The organizing committee plans to move to Cincinnati Sunday, with evidence expected Monday, as observers from the Cincinnati Clearing House and Fifth Third Bank study the bid.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve Currency System
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Clearing House¢ Association
Charles. A. Hinsch
Fifth-Third National
Bank
Passenger Injured as Lockland Cap Strikes Wagon
On Main Street between Eighth and Ninth yesterday a lockland cap struck a wagon. John Mullaney aged 22 of 414 East Third Street was thrown to the floor with a fractured right arm. Other passengers were badly shaken up.
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Main Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
John Mullaney
East Third Street
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Garford
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Ophelia
Huffman
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