Japan Accepts Some US Immigration Suggestions
Tokyo hands Ambassador O’Brien a memorandum replying to American plans for future immigration restrictions. It accepts some US suggestions but declines others as incompatible with Japan’s dignity and outlines tighter emigration controls to America. Washington awaits possible counterproposal as Japan seeks a mutual understanding.
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Japan
Tokio
O'Brien
United States
Associated Press
America
Washington
Japanese Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Canada
Vancouver
Dun's Annual Review of Trade Highlights 1917 Money Pressure
The Dun and Bradstreet Annual Review of Trade credits a $120 million withdrawal from large trust companies as a key factor in turning 1917 from promise to financial distress. It says easier money and revived confidence are needed for recovery, noting prior distress but brighter signs since October. Also reports Birmingham Alabama saloons closing as prohibition begins in counties, with 50 counties closed and 17 still selling liquor for another year. Georgia faces a court challenge to its prohibition law, with a US circuit court filing seeking unconstitutional status and no temporary injunction sought.
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New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
United States Circuit Court
Norman
Knife to Lumber Charges in Minneapolis Market Drop
Lumber prices slide with Southern Pine scarce. Pine list falls from 1 to 3 dollars per thousand, lath reduced 60 cents per thousand, while novelty items show broad declines as the market adjusts after the new year. Trade observers note weak demand and seasonal inventory shifts across mills and wholesalers.
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Minneapolis
Rent Strikes Surge in New York Tenements
In New York a tenant movement spreads as organizers announce 600 large tenement houses have joined to push rent reductions. With typical families of five and twenty to thirty per tenement, landlords face up to 77,000 potential resistors. Labor groups pledge aid and evicted tenants will be sheltered by occupants of the same building while calls for $2 monthly rent cuts intensify.
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Theu
Harden-Von Moltke libel suit hearing resumes
Berlin January hearing resumes as Count Kuno von Moltke testifies he resigned from the army after Harden’s Die Zukunft articles. State attorney seeks four months imprisonment for Harden, alleging he claimed a group near the emperor undermines the fatherland. Harden targets Princes Zu Eulenburg and Kuno von Moltke based on untrustworthy sources from Mrs von Elbe and her mother Mrs von Heyden.
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Berlin
Harden-Von Moltke
Kuno van Moltke
Harden
Die “Eukunft
Isenbiel
Prince Zu Eulenverg
Kuno von Moltke
von Elbe
von Moltke
von Heyden
Fate of Express Companies Arrest of Officers Questioned
Lincoln January 1 R W Breckenridge Omaha representing Adams Express and D Adams representing American Express appeared before the railroad commission with more business information. The commission seeks earnings and salaries data and may order arrests of company men. fines range from 600 to 5000 under the railroad commission law. Druggists Exempt from Food Law Supreme Court overturns Wheaton on patent medicine sale rules and holds the amended pure food law does not require druggists to reveal contents on bottles or boxes.
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Lincoln
R. W. Breckenridge
Omaha
Adams Express Company
D. Adams
American Express Company
Railroad Commission
Pierre
D. D
R. F. Brown
Sioux Falls
Supreme Court
Wheaton
Brown
Receivers Appointed for Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail Line
In Hands of Receivers Chicago January 1 Judge Tuthill named Carter H Harrison Charles G Dawes and Gordon Ramsay as receivers on a Monahan petition alleging fraud in management that allowed A C Frost to gain control of the railroad and allied properties for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail road company.
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Chicago
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Allied Corporations
Tuthill
Charles J. Monahan
Monahan
A. C. Frost
Carter H. Harrison
Charles G. Dawes
Gordon Ramsay
New York Greets New Year Amid Boisterous Snowy Night
New York on New Year 1908 saw a raucous Broadway celebration ending 1907 with confetti swirling through the streets. The revelry cost about three quarters of a million dollars as residents rang in the new year with loud, hazy, festival atmosphere.
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New York
No Seat No Fare Fight In Jersey City Trial
Six cases are on trial in Jersey City police court challenging the no seat no fare ordinance. Mayor Fagin seeks to enforce it arguing riders owe no fare unless a gentleman is provided.
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Jersey City
N. J
Bsix
Jersay City
Fagin
Attorney General Byers Urges Law Enforcement in Davenport
From Davenport Iowa on March 31 Attorney General Byers spoke to a mass meeting over two thousand attendees on law enforcement. He urged temperance and strict mulet law enforcement, condemned Sunday and all night saloons, and proposed five years in prison for saloonkeepers selling liquor to minors or intoxicated persons. He supported local self government and warned Davenport saloonkeepers to close on holidays Sundays and election days.
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Davenport
Mec
Byers
Iown
Cain Slays Himself in County Jail Before Transport
Des Moines December 28 J C Cain awaiting transfer to Fort Madison penitentiary for life for murder of Charles H Morris slashed his throat with a smuggled razor and died instantly. A turnkey found Cain in a water closet writhing in a pool of blood with the razor still in his hand.
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Des Moines
J. C. Cain
Fort Madison
Charles H. Morris
Cain
Clairvoyant Stella Long Ends Her Life in Despair
In Sioux City on December 27 Stella Long a forty eight year old clairvoyant was found dead in her Bolton block office. A stocking filled with sticks and rags hung over her head. Her body was burned with kerosene remnants nearby and clothing largely gone. The scene suggests a tragic Christmas desolation.
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Sioux City
Stella Long
Bolton
Despond
250 Pounder Wife of Many
Des Moines reports three husbands Gordon Perry of Newton and John Carlson of Canada meet in Des Moines over a 250 pound runaway wife they share. They form an investigating group and locate another husband Charles Beckwith of Illinois. They plan photos and a Des Moines convention on April 1 to pursue further marriages.
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Des Moines
Gordon Perry
Newton
John Carlson
Canada
Charles Beckwith
Illinois
Perry
Beckwith
Carlson
Increase in Coal Output Across Iowa in 1907
Final reports from the state mine inspector show Iowa coal output for 1907 rising by about 427,000 tons to a total of 7,445,424 tons. Districts report gains of 194,504 and 747,681 tons, with Folk County producing 1,425,876 tons, up 159,582. Accidents and deaths were fewer than in prior years.
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Des Moines
Dee
Iowa
Stite
Tomsae Cote
Phe
Serond
Folk County
Iowa Sheep Breeders Move To Organize In Iowa
A statewide move to organize Iowa sheep breeders began in Ames after Des Moines talks. The Iowa Sheep Breeders Association was formed with J. L. Plumely as president, O. H. Peasley as vice president, and E. Leonard as secretary treasurer. The first meeting is set for Dec 26 and 27 in Ames, with the next session planned during the following year’s short course.
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Ames
Iowa Sheep Breeders
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Sheer Breeders’ Association
J. L. Plumely
Springville
O. H. Peasley
Indianola
IOWA DOCTOR KILLS HIMSELF AFTER POSTAL CHARGE
Dr. C C J Wachendorf shot himself hours after arrest on postal regulation violation in Sioux Falls S D. He had been a fugitive from southern Iowa since February and practiced recently as a physician in Sioux Falls. US deputy marshals waited as he dressed for transport.
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Sioux Falls
SL. D
C. C. J. Wachendorf
United States
Wachendorf
Southern
Iowa
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