Plan to Seek New Nipponese Treaty Emerges in May
Officials in Sacramento and Washington discuss a coming treaty with Japan to decide the status of Japanese in the United States. Governor Johnson is not ready to veto the Webb alien land owning bill, but will defend California’s legislative right to act. The administration expects a treaty regardless of Johnson’s veto decision.
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Sacramento
Cal
Johnson
Bryan
California
Washington
Japan
State Department
Webb
Wilson
Arizona moves to curb alien land ownership
Governor Hunt is expected to sign a sweeping anti alien land owning bill passed by the Arizona legislature. The measure bans aliens from owning land or leasing it more than five years unless they declare intent to become citizens. The senate may urge the U S Senate to abrogate the Japanese treaty and allow states to enact own alien land laws.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
Senate
House
California
United States Senate
Union
Treaty likely to define Japanese status to remove menace
Secretary of State Bryan and Viscount Chinda have progressed toward a treaty in clear English to replace the present gentlemen's agreement. The Japanese protest argues discrimination against Japanese due to ineligibility for naturalization, urging federal action. Diplomats say only a new treaty can settle the entire matter with specific terms.
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Bryan
Viscount Chinda
G Llemen
State Department
California
Stillwell Denies Bribery in Grand Jury Indictment
Senator Stephen J. Stillwell pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in a grand jury indictment. Trial set for May 23. Stillwell claimed poverty prevented hiring counsel, with Senator McClelland appointed to represent him after previously being involved in his Senate acquittal.
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New York
Stephen J. Stillwell
Stillwell
McClelland
Senate
Putter Fractures Skull In Accident
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on May 13 Wilfred Loughrea aged 13 sustained a fractured skull when a twelve pound shot he was throwing struck him on the head while at play at the schoolyard.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Wilfred Loughrea
September Morns Window Stirs Mr Comstock in New York
In New York on May 13 Miss September Morn again displayed her undraped image in an art store window on 46th street despite Anthony Comstock moral censor objections. Comstock urged removal after a teacher warned it could affect pupils passing by. the dealer refused, arguing the display should stay.
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New York
46Th Street
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
Chicago
Elopement Foiled as Racine Couple Held by Police
In Racine Wisconsin on May 13 Joe Jaggersberger of the Case Racing team and Amanda Olle daughter of Racine Foundry president were halted in Waukegan at 1:05 am. The lovers admitted plans to marry but offered no details. Father and two Racine plainclothes men followed, catching up about an hour later as they headed back toward Racine.
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Racine, Wis
Joe Jaggersberger
Case Racing Team
Amanda Olle
John Olle
Racine Foundry Company
Waukegan
Waukegan Plade
Escae
Jaggersberger
Wauke- Zan
Davis to Head Bangor County Supervisors Again
R W Davis of Bangor is expected to be reelected without opposition as chairman of the county board. Eighteen new supervisors will join the board at tomorrow's organization meeting. Expected actions include election of officers and appointment of committees with the claims committee report as a key item.
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Bangor
R. W. Davis
Court House
Supervisors
Lipton Challenge Seen For America’s Cup Races
New York May 13 The New York Yacht Club prepares for a special meeting to settle Lipton’s latest challenge for the America’s Cup. Agreement appears likely on racing terms with Lipton favoring the 1902 rules and possible adoption of updated measurement and time allowance standards.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Royal Ulster Club
Thomas
Taft Plans Summer at Murray Bay Cottage
Ex President Taft will spend the summer at Murray Bay Quebec on the St. Lawrence River after leasing a cottage there a friend reports Taft sent a letter today confirming the arrangement.
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Taft
Beverly
Mass
Murray Bay
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Home Made Week set for last May week in La Crosse
Merchants and manufacturers decide Home Made Week will be the week of May 26 in La Crosse. A Landingslag convention and Decoration Day holiday will bring 500 visitors from the northwest. A display-window plan will be allocated by an impartial committee and work starts immediately to make the exhibit the most complete yet. John C Burns invited as city jobbers’ representative.
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la Crosse
Merchants and Manufacturers
la Crosse Club
Ed Dittman
Retail Merchants’ Protective Association
N. M. Scott
J. J. Felber
C. A. Krebaum
Board of Trade
A. P. Funk
L. H. Martin
H. J. Hirshheimer
W. R. Montague
C. P. Thompson
Northwest
John C .Burns
Chicago to Probe Noises From Sirens to Skirts
Chicago aldermen move two resolutions to council committees to curb excess noise. One targets streetcar gangs and car sirens while a Bathhouse John Coughlin proposal seeks regulation of women's dress noises, aiming to reduce frivolous sounds and smother unnecessary gibes.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Nance
John’ Coughlin
Senator Thomas Faces Protests Over Sugar and Wool Tariffs
May 13. Senator Thomas of Colorado received letters from constituents bearing large black faced labels accusing him of disloyalty to the state. He did not comment on the pastors but said the actions suggest a crusade by sugar and wool interests to push him from supporting free sugar and free wool provisions in the Wilson Underwood tariff bill.
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Washington
Colorado
Thomas
British Methods Expensive inProducing Goods for Tariff Fight
Washington May 13 The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce reports that in Great Britain one sixth more power and 2 percent more workers are needed to produce a net output of equal value. The study was requested by Chairman Underwood and co authored with the tariff bill’s president.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Great Britain
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tragic Death Of 3 Year Old In New Jersey Fire
A mother recovering from surgery in New Jersey learns of her daughter Alice death after a fire on a hill near Harrison station. Onlookers watched as the child burned to death while bystanders failed to reach her. A wagon driver rushed the girl to a hospital where she died shortly after.
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New York
Thomas Ford
Alice
Harrison
N. J
Penrose presses for tariff hearings in Senate
The Senate plans a clash on whether the finance committee will hold hearings on the tariff bill. Democrats expect to block Republican attempts to force hearings, while Penrose leads a Republican push for full hearings. The chamber, voting 48 to 34, goes into executive session delaying action on hearings and the tariff measure.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Penrose
House
Chicago
Cummins
Borah
Kenyon
Finance Committee
Illinois graft probe seeks attorney general opinion
Springfield May 13 A resolution from Senator Madigan calls for an investigation into the employment of legislators by W H Stead while attorney general and is sent to Attorney General Lucey for his opinion. Madigan denounces the arrangement as the worst form of bribery and questions if lawmakers can hold two state paid roles.
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Springfield
Ill
Madigan
W. H. Stead
Lucey
Stead
State Department
Prussian Officer Killed in Munich Assassination
Berlin May 13 The war office reports the assassination of Major Von Lewinski Prussian attaché to Bavaria in Munich by a supposed lunatic. The attacker, named Straffer, also killed a police lieutenant who tried to aid the general amid a crowded street incident.
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Berlin
War Office
Munich
von Lewinski
Bavaria
Straffer
Lewinski
Bondholders oppose Alaska railroad state ownership
F. C. Jemmet representing the Alaska-Northern railroad bondholders told the senate committee that government ownership or operation of railroads has failed in Canada, arguing against federal control of Alaskan railroads amid ongoing construction plans.
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Washington
F. C. Jemmet
Alaska-Northern Railroad
Senate Committee
Canada
Johnny Evers Suspended by National League
Chicago Cubs manager John Evers was suspended for three days by NL President Lynch for holding his nose in protest of umpire Orth's decision. Evers misses two games against the Giants and the first game with the Phillies, with Joe Zimmerman leading the team in his absence.
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Johnny Evers
New York
John Evers
Chicago Cubs
Lynch
National League
Orth
Evers
Phillies
Zimmerman
Cub
Bryan to Speak in Harrisburg Jeffersonian Banquet
Secretary of State Bryan left Washington for Harrisburg Pennsylvania to deliver an address at a Jeffersonian banquet tonight after noon departure.
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Bryan
Washington
Harrisburg
Colored Minister Takes the Stand in Milwaukee Trial
Rev Henry Alexander, president of the Colored Divinity and Industrial School of Milwaukee, testified he collected funds across Wisconsin for a school long inactive. He admitted signing Bishop Jackson’s name with permission and said donations dated back about twelve years, with some gifts up to $50. Police and witnesses described the school as having few pupils. The trial's outcome and related theft verdict were awaited as witnesses testified.
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Milwaukee
Henry Alexander
Alexander
A. M. E. Zion
Oshkosh
J. Christianson
Christianson
D. S. Law
Frank Winter
Joseph Jackson
St. John’s A. M. E
la Crosse
Gund
Karl G. Kurtenacker
Gund Brewing Company
Rev. Alexander
Frank Malin
Gund Company
Chicago
John Kelley
Dick Williams
Williams
Corcoran Hotel
Kelley
Asylum Matches Form in Bensonville Home
Rev Julius Kircher secretary of the German Evangelical Orphans and Old People's Home at Bensonville described the institution as a matrimonial bureau before the Curran legislative committee today. He testified that many youths who grow up there marry after leaving the home and that many former inmates are now good parents.
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Chicago
Bensonville
Julius Kircher
Curran Legislative Committee
Creditors Dismantle House in Racine Theater
Thomas B. Keyes manager of the White House moving picture theater was arrested for abusive language to cashier Mrs. Jessie Hunt who claimed to have invested $2,000. While jailed for bail, creditors seized the theater lighting fixtures and draperies, and the house closed.
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Racine, Wis
Thomas B. Keyes
White House
Moving Picture Theater
Jessie Hunt
Hair pulling duel stopped by police in first round
Mrs Sing Lee and Mrs Sadie Hayner clashed in a suspended bout on South Third Street. Police halted the fight after hair pulling with hair pins flying. Both women fined $12.50 by Judge Edward Cronon.
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Sing Lee
South Third Street
Sadie Hayner
Lee
Hayner
Edward Cronon
Balkan War Peace Treaty Outlines Terms for End
London May 13. A proposed six section treaty to end the Balkan war would be laid before plenipotentiaries of Turkey and the allies when talks resume. It promises lasting friendship among the sultan and the kings of Greece Bulgaria Montenegro and Serbia and sets frontier and Albanian disposition to be decided by a powers commission. Turkish cession includes Crete and other Aegean islands. Albania, finance, debt, and prisoners provisions also addressed.
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Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Servia
Europe
Enos
Aegean
Midia
Black Sea
Albania
England
France
Russia
Crete
Gallipoli
Supreme Court Hears Ekern Case Arguments
Madison May 13 Furth er arguments were heard in the Ekern and Anderson case before the supreme court The court asked four questions about due process in removal proceedings including notice hearing evidence and cross examination to justify removal and whether the order would stand without these protections.
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Madison
Wis
Ekern-Anderson
Supreme Court
Ekern
Auto crash claims pastor and injures siblings in Attica
Rev. Robert Carlisle of the Atlanta Methodist church was killed when an automobile overturned after striking a sandy spot in the road. His brother J A Carlisle and sister Ethel Carlisle of Winfield were injured in the collision occurring near Attica Kansas this morning.
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Attica
Kan
Robert Carlisle
Atlanta Methodist Church
J. A. Carlisle
Ethel
Winfield
Congress Clock Toll: Senate Meets at Noon
The Senate convened at noon while the House remained out of session. No further actions reported.
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Congress
Senate
House
Will Open Hixon Manual Training Addition Friday
A special meeting is planned for Friday with a program by student speakers. Pupils will express thanks as the new Hixon Manual Training Addition opens and more space becomes available for classes.
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Hixon Manual Training
Dedication set for new Madison manual arts building
The Madison high school announces dedication events for the completed manual arts building. Prof. Frederick B. Crawshaw of the University of Wisconsin will be chief speaker, with student bodies leading the ceremonies and tours for the public.
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Board of Education
Hixon
Frederick B. Crawshaw
Manual Arts
University of Wisconsin
Crawshaw
Northwest
Department of
The
University
Farrell Says U S Steel Gave Government Preference
President James A. Farrell testified in the government suit against the trust that U S Steel consistently gave the government preference on shipments. He detailed the manufacture and uses of the steel company's products during the hearing.
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New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Trust
Steel Corporation
Wife sues for divorce over flies in home
Mrs. Earl Tinney, 24, filed suit for divorce in Minneapolis today claiming her husband removed the screens and let flies into the house.
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Minneapolis
Earl Tinney
Unsettled Weather Across Midwest With Showers
The past 24 hours saw La Crosse reach 76 degrees high and 48 low with 0 precipitation. Showers are expected tonight and likely Wednesday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with cooler north portions and brisk winds. a southwest low energy storm centered in Colorado and western Kansas drives unsettled conditions.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific States
Dakotas
North Atlantic
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