Treaty Obligations Must Rule
The president sent a fourth special message to Congress detailing Secretary Metcalfs report on San Francisco anti Japanese actions. The document covers the exclusion of Japanese children from schools, boycotts of Japanese restaurants, and violence against Japanese, noting small student numbers and scattering across the city making a single school impractical. The administration directs suit to test the constitutionality of the measures.
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Washington
Congress
San Francisco
Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf
Metcalf
Senate
House of Representatives
Delay in Drafting Indiana Bill by Manufacturers and Shippers
Indianapolis December 18 The legislative committee of the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers association met but may postpone drafting the railroad car service bill until after district meetings with manufacturers and business leaders. First meeting likely at Terre Haute next Friday, with subsequent gatherings in Lafayette South Bend Goshen Richmond Connersville and Evansville. The group now includes 165 manufacturers and shippers plus several independent coal mine operators from Brazil Canton Terre Haute and Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Manufacturers’ and Shippers' Association
E. R. Call
Elwood
Terre Haute
Manufacturers’ and Shippers’ Association
Lafayette
South Bend
Goshen
Richmond
Connersville
Evansville
Anderson
Indiana
Brazil
Canton
Japanese flocking to America from Hawaii say officials
San Francisco Dec 18 Frank P Sargeant immigration commissioner said Japanese are displacing native workers in Hawaii with many arriving in Honolulu and heading to the mainland. The Japanese population in the islands is shrinking as the rush to the U S increases.
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San Francisco
Frank P. Sargeant
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sargeant
Death of Wealthy Roman Prelate Monsignor Adami
Rome reports the death today of Monsignor Adami a highly prominent Roman prelate noted for his wealth and influence. The obituary outlines his long life of service to the church and his standing within Rome's religious community.
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Rome
Monsignor
Adami
Eer
Adam
Seeeks Law Amendment in Aid of the Orphans
Samuel M. Foster leads a drive to amend Indiana law to raise county per child maintenance for Allen county orphans home. Current 25 cents per day costs fuel, clothing, and staff. proposed 30 to 35 cents daily per inmate to support private foster care. Legislature to consider early next session.
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Indiana
Samuel M. Foster
Foster
Allen County
Orphans’ Home
Mayor Bookwalter Visits Indianapolis for Scottish Rite
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter arrived at noon to attend the Scottish Rite convocation in Indianapolis. He said the visit carries no municipal or political significance and plans to stay until Thursday noon.
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Charles A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
City
Bookwalter
Diphtheria Quarantine Placed on George Kallenbach Home
A quarantine was ordered Tuesday at the home of George Kallenbach 1901 John Street due to diphtheria. His young son is sick with the disease.
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George Kallenbach
John
New York Life and Mutual vote fight moves to courts
In New York on December 18 both sides claimed victory in the struggle to control New York Life and Mutual Insurance companies. Samuel Untermeyer vows a legislative probe into campaign methods. Election tallies vary with administration and international committee claims. Voting occurs at company offices under state inspectors. polls run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ballots arrive in sealed steel cases. proxies and in-person voting are allowed. Count may take weeks.
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New York
New York Life and Mutual Insurance Companies
Samuel Untermeyer
International Committee
New York Life
Mutual
New York Life and Mininal Life Insurance Companies
Kelsey
Isaac Fuld
Insurance Department
Ballots for Officers of the New York Life Company
Balloting for officers of the New York Life Company was conducted in New York on December 18 with members casting ballots across key offices. Details on nominees and results were reported as the process proceeded.
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New York Life Company
New York
America and Germany Nearer on Tariff Despite Tensions
Berlin reports say American tariff commissioners show willingness to avoid a tariff war with Germany. German officials express growing confidence in a broad understanding. Coverage notes favorable remarks by Na hum I Stone and praise for American ambassador Tower. Conservative Reichstag leaders call for mutually beneficial trade ties with the United States.
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Berlin
American Association of Trade and Commerce
Nahum I. Stone
Tower
United States
Reichstag
Count von Kanitz
Count von Stolberg
Germany
Judge hints at new ruling on express delivery terms
Judge O Rourke signaled a new trial for Adams Express fined ten dollars for failing to deliver to J E Price outside the free delivery area but within city limits. He indicated the statute may not require universal delivery and whether extra charges can be lawful remains unsettled. The decision puts express firms in a broader liberty to charge extra, pending authorities.
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Adams Express Company
J. E. Price
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Consignee
Consignor
S. J. Morris
B. Ninde
Express Companies
Ninde
Pacific Express Company
George Clapsattle
President Roosevelt seeks remedy for car shortage
President Roosevelt, at the White House, takes strong interest in legislative action to ease a regional car shortage threatening Northwest residents with freezing and hunger due to railroad transport failures. He asked Senator Hansbrough to assess the severity and promised personal attention to immediate relief and a lasting fix.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Northwest
White House
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Hans
Refused Pass Blocks Hospital Supplies in Shea Trial
Chicago December testimony shows pickets of the Teamsters' union blocked deliveries of hospital medical supplies and instruments. J A Sheehan and Forbes described refusals, the need for life saving deliveries, and assaults during the strike, including brick and bottle attacks. A union business agent warned to stop driving teams.
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Chicago
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
J. A. Sheehan
James Barry
Miller
Barry
Forbes
Forbes Teaming Company
Jerry McCarthy
Truck Drivers’ Union
Japs plan Asia market closure for American wheat and cotton
Dr. J E Jones United States consul at Dalny says in a Chronicle interview that Japan aims to close Asia as a market for American wheat and cotton by colonizing Manchuria to grow wheat and test cotton in Korea. He notes tariff hikes lift living costs by 20 percent and raise wages, while living standards improve.
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San Francisco
J. E. Jones
United States
Dalny
Chronicle Today
Asia
Manchuria
Korea
Dr. Jones
Japan
Secured divorce from husband who had been killed
Bryan Ohio December 18. John P Long a prominent druggist vanished July 30. He was believed alive and his wife won a divorce on September 10. Long was killed by a train August 30 and buried in Camden New Jersey Potters field with peculiar circumstances. The divorce alimony of 900 is void. Dr Harriet Macbeth has returned to Vietnam with her parents.
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Bryan
John P. Long
Long
Potters Field
Camden
N.J
McGrew
Charles S. Smith
William E. Hecken Lively
Charles Beckholt
Griffin
Startling Testimony in San Francisco Bond Case Testimony
Rudolph Spreckels testified before Superior Judge Dunne that Abraham Ruef proposed forming a syndicate to buy city bonds, threatening a general streetcar strike to block outside bids. Spreckels added Ruef asked to be kept as attorney for the San Francisco Gas and Electric Co. in the matter.
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San Francisco
Rudolph Spreckels
Dunne
Eugene ©. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Spreckels
Ruef
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Russian Refugee Lands After Escape From Vladivostok
ITeslar Petrovsky a former Vladivostok lieutenant colonel and Russia critic arrived aboard the Nippon Maru in San Francisco with his wife. He was jailed after a riot, escaped from Vladivostok to Nagasaki, then to Honolulu, claiming political persecution. The couple remained detained aboard for investigation by authorities.
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San Francisco
Iteslar Petrovsky
Petrovsky
Vladivostock
Nagaski
Japan
Honolulu
Scottish Rite Class of Twenty Gets Degrees
The fall convocation of the Scottish Rite Masons opened at Masonic Temple after a fire five weeks earlier. The first class of twenty members includes Fred A. Phillips and J. N. Lesh among others from Albion Elkhart Goshen Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne lodge of Perfection conferred degrees four through fourteen, with banquets at the temple. Darius Council will confer the fifteenth and eighteenth degrees, Emanuel Chapter Rose Croix the seventeenth and eighteenth degrees, followed by another banquet to close the event.
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Masonic Temple
Fred A. Phillips
Albion
Bert Thomas
Elkhart
J. N. Lesh
Joseph M. Terrell
Goshen
Robert D. Ramsay
Angola
Fort Wayne
Samuel S
St Vincent's Orphanage Entertainment Aims to Show Improvements
Tonight an event at St Vincent's Orphanage, led by the Sisters, highlights how funds have improved the institution. Children perform for visitors to witness the changes and progress funded by the fundraiser.
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St. Vincent’s “Orphanes
Sisters of the’ Institution
G R E W JURY AT ANGOLA CONVICTS MANSLAYER MCCREW
The Steuben circuit court jury in Angola Indiana after almost twenty hours deliberation found John McGrew guilty of manslaughter in the September 18 Pleasant Lake saloon brawl killing Fred Griffin. The verdict carries a sentence of two to twenty one years in state prison.
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Sentinel
Angola
Ind
Steuben
John McGrew
McGrew
Fred Griffin
Pleasant Lake
Japs in fear Maine disaster will be repeated
Honolulu reports the Japanese consul says the visiting squadron arriving in February will not proceed to San Francisco due to fear of a Maine disaster repetition amid alleged overwrought American sentiment.
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Maine
Honolulu
San Francisco
Noted Methodist Prelate Faces Lapse in Health
New York December 18 Bishop C C Mc Cabe of Philadelphia, hospitalized after apoplexy, remains in a precarious condition this forenoon. He is very low and gradually sinking after noon, with consciousness wavering and the likelihood of death possible by evening.
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New York
Philadelphia
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