California Assembly Action on Japanese Segregation
The California Assembly passed a segregation act amid national debate. The administration planned to seek reconsideration in the Senate, veto by Governor Gillett if needed, and, if enacted, to challenge the law in Federal courts as violating Japan treaty rights. Ambassadors and officials cautioned Japan to avoid reactions, while California lawmakers defended the vote as representative sentiment.
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Roosevelt Vetoes Census Bill Over Civil Service Concern
The President vetoed H. R. 1694 to provide for decennial censuses, urging appointment by competitive examination through the Civil Service Commission. He warns that spoils-system appointments would invite bias, cost, and fraud, and insists on merit based selection for accurate statistical work.
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Dramatic Capitol Scene Nears Turmoil in Springfield
A Springfield disruption in the Illinois Legislature ends with a threatening woman, believed connected to Browne's foes, seized at the State House. Police detain Florence Miller and Michael Giblin after an attempt to confront Representative Lee O’Neill Browne. The plot allegedly targeted Browne for political gain amid Democratic tensions.
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Nevada Assembly Uproar Calls for Exclusion of Japanese
A Nevada legislative assembly adopts in committee a resolution urging California to resist Japanese influence and to pass strict exclusion measures against Japanese and Chinese immigrants. It asserts no current war threat but calls for terms to deter encroachment and footholds across the United States.
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Nevada
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Commonwealth of California
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Congress
Governor Haskell Indicted for Conspiracy in Indian Lots
Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell and six prominent Muskogee men were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to obtain Muskogee town site lots. Each face up to 30,000 dollars in fines or two years in prison. Trial set before Judge Campbell.
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Bitter Tennessee fight over Carmack slaying sparks prohibition
In Nashville a bitter political clash follows the murder of Senator Edward Carmack. Governor Patterson cites self government as Tennessee moves toward a statewide liquor ban with Senate passage, House approval, and veto battles shaping the fate of prohibition.
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Farmers to Raise Milk Price Protest Assembly
About five hundred milk producers from Minnesota Indiana and Wisconsin met at the Sherman House in Chicago to form a Milk Producers Protective Association. They aimed to standardize the price and oppose costly sanitary milk requirements that they argued raised costs for farmers.
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Supreme Court Rules Continental Wall Paper Trust Cannot Collect
The Supreme Court favors Continental Wall Paper Company in its suit to collect a $57,000 debt from Lewis Voight. The case holds that Voight acted under a trust organized contrary to antitrust law, preventing competition and enabling debt collection. The decision upholds the trust’s invalidity and the broader implications for similar practices.
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United States
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Peckhar
Five Hurt In Valparaiso Class Riot Tragedy
Valparaiso University in Indiana faced a deadly class rush that left one student dead and four others gravely injured. President Case L. Wolfer, a science department leader, was stomped and kicked amid clashes between scientific and law students as police intervened to end the brawl and officials attempted to suppress details.
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Tragic Lion Attack Terrifies Delaware Family
A frightened mother in Delaware California described a boy killed by a monster mountain and a beast tearing the sea from its socket as a terrifying scene near a family tent. The incident left the family in shock as the attacker fled into the night.
California Legislature passes Japanese exclusion measure
The California Assembly, by 46 to 28, approves a bill by Grove Johnson to classify Japanese children with other Asians and segregate them in separate schools. Governor Gillet telegraphs President Roosevelt protesting the act as unconstitutional, while Roosevelt urges court review. The move mirrors San Francisco Educational Board plans from two years earlier and echoes prior Washington talks with the President.
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Eugene ®. Schmitz
Washington
Roosevelt
Fourth Girl Is Slain in Dayton Murders
The fourth slaying in Dayton Ohio over two years was found Friday in Darion with finger marks on the throat from a large hand. Lizzie Fulhar$, 8, identified as the latest victim, was dragged from a cistern behind a vacant house after she came to seek work January 29.
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