California Alien Land Law Clears Senate to Go to Governor
The Webb alien land holding bill passed the state senate 36 to 2 after long debate. It would restrict ownership by aliens ineligible to citizenship, with leases limited to three years and provisions to sell on death. Only Cartwright and Wright opposed, while Democrats largely broke with Bryan's stance. The bill now goes to Governor Johnson for signature.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Johson
Cal
Webb
State
Cartwright
Wright
Bryan
Wilson
United States
Japanese Feel Offended Over Webb Act Provisions
Washington reports the Japanese government finds the Webb act in its present form unsatisfactory and awaits Secretary Bryan's return to Washington to pursue diplomatic steps. A legal test of constitutionality may be sought, with arbitration at The Hague as a possible formal request by Japan.
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Washington
Webb
United States
Japan
Jagin
Hague
Militant suffragists suspected in Bradford rail shed fire
At Bradford England extensive Midland railroad sheds burned destroying freight worth about 500 900 dollars. Nineteen loaded freight cars and carpets were consumed. Fires earlier on three Fridays led to arson suspicion. Pope Pius X in Rome continues to improve, spending hours daily in his library.
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Bradford
Eng
Midland Railroad
Rome
Pope Pius X
Mrs T J Preston Wife of Fecmar President
Mrs T J Preston is identified as the wife of Fecmar who holds the title of president in the society or organization referenced. The note confirms her relation and status within the context of the society.
Opposes Woman Suffrage: Mrs Preston Named VP
Mrs Preston, former Mrs Grover Cleveland and wife of Princeton professor Thomas J Preston, elected vice president of the New Jersey Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Her rise signals interest in the group's work rather than a personal stance shift.
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Preston
New Jersey Anti Society
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Thomas J. Preston
New Jersey Association
White House
Passenger and Bandit Duel on Kansas City Train
A lone bandit robbed a Kansas City Southern passenger train after departing Kansas City, taking $1,000 and a diamond. Joseph M. Short of Joplin, a mine owner, was awakened and fired on the bandit, wounding both. Short was critically wounded. The intruder fled, leaving a blood trail within the city limits.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Joseph M. Short
Joplin
Short
Teg
20000 Miners Strike in South Wales Pit Work Stoppage
Cardiff May 4 Twenty thousand coal miners laid down tools at pits across South Wales in protest against nonunion workers employed in mines.
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Cardiff
Wales
South
Biovanitti Arrested for Violating Hopedale City Ordinances
Arturo Giovannitti Joseph M Caldwell and Caleb F Howard Industrial Workers of the World organizers leading a Draper foundry strike in Hopedale Massachusetts were arrested on charges of violating town ordinances Ettor Giovannitti and Ettor were previously tried and acquitted in the Anna Lopizzo murder case in Lawrence over a year ago
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Hopedale
Mass
Arturo Giovanpitti
Joseph M. Caldwell
Caleb F Howard
Draper Company
Giovannist
Joseph J. Ettor
Anna Lopizzo
Lawrence More
Americans Compelled to Pay Ransom in Mexico
May 1 Washington reports Mexican Constitutionalists at San Dimas forced Americans to pay eighteen thousand Mexican dollars and seized their arms. Mazatlan dispatches say unrest grows among American residents as Suerta forces are deemed unable to protect property.
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Washington
San Dimas
Mazatlan
Suerta
Canal ready in October for first battleship transit
Washington officials of the Isthmian canal commission said the Panama canal will be ready for the first battleship to use as a transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with efforts focused on completing the waterway locks and gates by next October.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Isthmian Canal Commission
Silk Mills Ground to Standstill by New Jersey Strike
About fifteen thousand silk workers in Hudson river towns joined a sympathetic strike in Paterson New Jersey. Organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlos Tresca rallied workers in West Hoboken Weehawken Union Hill North Bergen and nearby areas, pulling in nearly all silk makers. Mill owners offered wage talks but workers demanded I. W. W. leadership. Talks failed and deadlock continued.
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Paterson
New Jersey
Hudson
West Hoboken
Weehawken
Union Hill
North Bergen
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Carlos Tresco
Millionaire ranchman Bixby arrested in California case
George H. Bixby of Long Beach was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. Warrants served at his ranch. he posted 10,000 bail and was released. The grand jury also indicted Mrs. Josie Senberg on pandering charges. she remained jailed in default of bond.
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Los Angeles
George H. Bixby
Long Beach
Josie Senberg
Valued at Fifty Millions The Morgans Great Art Estate
Art treasures totaling fifty million dollars are listed in the late J. P. Morgan collection. A preliminary survey by New York financiers divides the estate into three sections: ten million in the Metropolitan Museum exhibition, nine million in storage at the Met, and one hundred thousand in the Morgan Museum.
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J. P. Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgi
Metropolitan #9
Morgan. Museum
Record Immigration Through New York Surpasses Previous Year
April brought 108,080 aliens entering New York, signaling a likely peak for the year. The four months total reached 268,087, an increase of 65,110 from the 202,977 noted in the same period of 1912, with 605,409 total arrivals for the prior year.
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New York
Real Estate Transfers in New Ulm and Comfrey Area
Realty transfers list numerous deeds from Emil Meister to Wener at TLewes Add and from Adolph Eggensperger to M. M. Radi with parcel details and prices. Additional transfers include Arthur Halgren to Wallace Cady, Nels Erickson and Jens Anderson to Fred Aufderhelde, and many others across Comfrey Sleepy Eye New Ulm and Springfield with values from 150 to 51 2000 dollars. The sequence shows property parcels, lot lines, subdivisions, and beneficiary names.
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Emil
Meister
Wener
Tlewes
Adolph
Eggensperger
M. M. Radi
Adolph R. Eggensperger
Alice
Hanska
Pfaender Realty Co
Friederich Fehlbacher
New Ulm
Arthur, Halgren
Wallace Cady
Emmerich
Fred Aufderhelde
Charles M. Erickson
H.D. Reed
Outlet B
Comfrey
Otto Wiedenmann
August J. Backer
Andrew Lee
Clarence M. Moe
Ain
Joan Sward
Jorgen Fladmo
Hanski
John Sward
J. A. Ringwell
Bai
Rachel Nellie Deters
John Schulz
John W. Benson
Bernhard B
Joseph Fecker
Theodore Kroening
Springfield
Henry C. Warnke
Fred Goltz
Asmus Heoningsen
Ed. H. Larrabee
Emma N. C. Reld
John Youngmad
Jakob Schneider
H. H. Brueske
Outlet
Elizabeth Schmid
Bertha Kantzenbach
Theo. Mueller
Augusta Black Zimmermann
B. J. Wentworth
Allison's
Dayton
Sleepy Eye
Winona & St. Peter Land Co
Nicholas J. Schmidt
Tlos
John Franta
Michel Weninger
T. Z, Bal
State Bank of
Union Hospital
Ass'n
Elizabetha Zeller
Cecelia Schilling
Anton Ochs Et al
Colon Hospital
For Sale Lot 3 Block 31 North of Center Street
Property for sale includes lot number 3 in block 31 north of Center Street with a dwelling on the site. It lies north of the old vinegar factory. Sequire of Jos A Eckstein. 18 21.
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Foast
Center Street
Sequire
Jos
A. Eckstein
Land prospect advertisement from New Ulm and Upper Michigan trip
Five men pictured Alfred Rein Andrew Nite Carl W Englebert Ilenry Pfister of New Ulm and John R Schmidt of Springfield inspect Rudyard Chippewa County Upper Michigan lands on Dec 11 1912. Describes farming country water soil and terms one third cash balance in twenty yearly payments six percent interest. Excursions leave New Ulm every first and third Tuesday to Upper Peninsula Michigan round trip fare refund to buyers maps and booklets available from Kretsch Reinhart Agts New Ulm Minn.
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Alfred Rein
Andrew Nite
Carl W. Englebert
Ilenry Pfister
New Ulm
John R. Schmidt
Springfield
Rudyard
Chippewa County
Upper Michigan
Upper Penninsula
Michigan
Kretsch & Reinhart, Agts
Minn
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T. J. Preston
Fecmar
Passenger
Biovannitti
Mexico City
Zayatistas
la Casada
Morelos
Whjeh
Hialo
San Luis Potosi
Matehuala
New Ulm Hardware Co
New Ulm Roller Mill Co
N. Henningsen
Western Land Securities Company
Gilfillan Block
Corner Fourth and
Jackson Streets
St. Paul
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