Nixon declares stance on Japanese segregation in schools
In a Washington to Las Vegas Gazette telegram Senator Nixon of Nevada says he agrees with anti Japanese sentiment and supports state power to enact segregation in schools. He notes Japanese labor and trade impact, and that California citizens favor segregation, urging slow action pending negotiations between governments.
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Washington
Lesp
Nixon
Callj
Nevada
Commonwealth
Pacific Coast
California
Law Enacted For Government Of Canal Zone
The House of Representatives approved by 203 to 101 a bill to provide for the government of the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the canal. The measure, discussed at length, now advances in the legislative process.
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Government OF Canal Zone
Washington
House of Representatives
Panama Canal Zone
Wheat market reports from Chicago and Tacoma
Chicago market quotes show May at 1.11 3 4, July 1.00 5 8, September 0.96 1 8, December 0.96 3 8. Tacoma mills list export blue stem at 1.12 1 2, club at 1.10, red at 0.98.
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Chicago
Tacoma
Orleans Prepared for Taft Visit Preview
New Orleans on February 10 anticipates President elect Taft arriving around three o clock Thursday afternoon after transfer from the North Carolina to the Birmingham cruiser. A banquet at twenty five dollars a plate is planned as a key event. Wireless dispatches place Taft and party about one hundred miles off the Mississippi mouth, due at South Pass at midnight.
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New Orleans
Taft
North Carolina
Montana
Birmingham
Mississippi
South Pass
Japanese Expo Entry Not Barred by Seattle Vote
Olympia Feb 10 By a unanimous house resolution the governor may tell Secretary Bacon that Japanese attending the Alaska Pacific Yukon exposition need not post return bonds. A bill barring aliens on public works is under review and may be postponed. The final passage vote on the measure will come later. The president urged Congress to require ocean steamships carrying many passengers to equip wireless telegraph gear.
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Olympia
House
Robert Bacon
Three Normal Schools Favored by Legislature in Debate
Salem Feb 10 Advocates win opening skirmish as measures to fund three normal schools at Monmouth Weston and Ashland advance. A separate three school bill seeks 320000 while a single Monmouth plan was rejected. Debate centered on funding one large school versus three smaller ones and potential referendum effects.
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Salem
Ways and Means
Central Normal School
Monmouth
Weston
Ashland
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lane County
Jones
Lincoln & Polk
Hawley
Calkins
Barrett
Payton
Altman
Buchanan
Carter
Mahone
Dimick
Brandon
Reynolds
ENGINE BLOWS UP ON OWL TRAIN NEAR MUKIKO
Great Northern Everett Wash Feb 10 The engine on the southbound Owl train blew up half a mile south of Mukiko. Engineer John Lenahan Ballard and Fireman Karl Bloom Inter Bay died. Bloom's body not yet found. Train at ten mph no passengers hurt. Engine demolished baggage car wrecked. Lenahan died after rescue.
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Everett
Wash
Great Northern
Muki Iko
John Lenahan
Ballard
Qar! Bloom
Inter Bay
Admiral Evans Rules Out War With Japan
Milwaukee news reports Rear Admiral Hobby D. Evans ridicules the idea of war with Japan. He urges sending the battleship fleet to the Pacific as a precaution, stating the navy need not be represented on the Pacific coast due to current prospects of trouble, though warnings remain.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Japan
Hobby D. Evans
Pacific
Evana
Official Canvass of Electoral Vote records Taft Sherman win
Washington February 10 Taft and Sherman were officially declared elected president and vice president for four years starting March 4 1909. Taft and Sherman each received 221 electoral votes while Bryan and Kern had 162. The result was entered on the journals after the joint session.
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Washington
Senate
House
William H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
Benator Burrows
William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Fairbanks
House of Representatives
Largest anthracite lump mined from Panther Creek valley
A seven ton lump of anthracite coal, described as the largest ever mined, was removed from a Pennsylvania Panther Creek valley mine. It will be exhibited in a museum in Philadelphia or Boston, according to officials.
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Panther Creek
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Boston
lL. Hoselton and wife in Crow region report
Local brief notes lL Hoselton and his wife from Crow are mentioned in a fragmented domestic context, with sparse identifiers and no further details to clarify event or status.
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Ll. Hoselton
Crow
Portisad Schools Named Amid Debate Over Pacific Fleet
The report notes districts and schools including West St Lincoln, East Side Washington, Albina Jefferson as part of a broader civic mention. It discusses naval readiness and plans to repurpose parts of a fleet for Pacific waters, with caution about potential tensions with Japan.
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Portisad
West Sf
Lincoln
East Side
Washiton
Albina
Jefferson
Anti Japanese Legislation Faces Setback in State Assembly
Sacramento February 10 A coalition of Governor Gillett and supporters failed to compromise on anti Japanese legislation. In the senate a resolution backing Senator Perkins on the Japanese controversy was sent to the judiciary committee. Assemblyman Transue opened debate by introducing a resolution to withdraw Grove Johnsons bill requiring Japanese to attend separate schools.
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Sacramento
Gillett
Stanton
Grove L. Johnson
Toda
J. P. Transue
Johnson
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Senate
Perkins
Jamese
Judiciary Committee
Trasue
Groves
Assembly
Clanton
Transue
King Edward Guests at Berlin City Hall Reception
Berlin February 10 King Edward became the first foreign monarch to be the guest of the Berlin municipality. The town hall reception included government officials and the mayor with thirty Socialists absent. The King expressed a wish for always strong Anglo German relations. Ambassador Coschen hosted a luncheon at the British Embassy for the King and British colony members, urging them to show Germans the sincerity of the friendship.
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Berlin
Edward
Askathe
Coschen
Rumored tidal wave feared in Caribbean town damage
Galveston reports say tidal wave rumors cannot be confirmed though land slides severely damage Port Limon with loss of life and heavy property damage. A later wireless dispatch from Port Limon Puerto Rico denies any tidal wave.
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Galveston
Port Limon
New York
Western Union
Porto Rico
Heney's Illness Postpones Calhoun Case
In San Francisco on February 10 the Calhoun case proceedings are postponed as Francis J. Heney is ill and confined at home with a slight ailment, delaying peremptory challenges planned for this afternoon.
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Ban Francisco
Calhoun
Francis J. Heney
Weather outlook for Oregon Washington and Idaho
Western Oregon and Washington to receive rain while eastern areas expect rain or snow tonight and Thursday. Brisk southeasterly winds near the coast with lingering precipitation across Idaho.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Jenkins Visits City as Traveling Passenger Agent
W. H. Jenkins, traveling passenger agent of the 8. P. Co., was in the city today visiting offices and meeting local staff to discuss routes and service potential.
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W. H. Jenkins
8. P. Co
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America
Paris
Broidery
Foster
Gordon
Hampton Bros
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Polk County
Bean
Brooke
Campbell
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Public Instruction
Duniway
Sunder Fim
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Abraham
Bob
Admiral Evans
Atlantic
Heney
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