Proceedings in Brief Show Bill On Bankruptcy and Allison Eulogies
The record notes a bankruptcy bill restoring 1867 language to allow any municipal, railroad or banking corporation to file, aiming to harmonize circuits. Senators praised late Senator William B. Allison with nineteen speakers. Roosevelt faces obstacles with New Mexico and Arizona state measures. opposition in the senate hinders passage this session.
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Aftar
William B. Allison
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Allison
Wilson
Mr. Pinchot
Forest Service
Mann
Illinois
Weeks
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Arizona
Roosevelt receives sea safety report and wireless clause urged
President Roosevelt reviews a commission’s safety at sea report pushing wireless gear on large ships. Burke fails to move his bill requiring passenger vessels to be wireless equipped, subcommittee rewrites to cover ocean vessels only. The captain and owner face criminal liability for sailing without wireless gear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Burke
House
Taft
Secretary of Agriculture
W. D. Crum
Charleston
D. C
Senate
Smith
Michigan
Dixon
Beveridge
California Segregation Bill Sparks Presidential Clash
Washington reports the California assembly passed a bill to segregate Japanese school children prompting a sharp rebuke from President Roosevelt who calls the measure the most offensive and un constitutional. The president reiterates a belief that Japanese and American schools should not be shut out from common education.
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Washington
California Assembly
Roosevelt
Gillett
Congress
San Francisco
Rnia
Japan
Import Receipts Decline in 1908 Commerce Report
Washington reports a sharp drop in New York merchandise receipts for 1908. The appraiser’s statement shows total appraised imports at 674,108,168 dollars, down about 200 million from the previous year, per the Bureau of Manufactures.
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Washington
New York
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Modoc band to return home after long exile
Washington reports Captain Jack's Modoc Indians may be allowed back to their homeland after decades in exile. The group, driven from Oregon by 1874 conflicts, has dwindled from 271 to 49 members over the years.
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Washington
Captain Jack
Oegon
Indian Territory
Quapaw
House and Senate Clash Over White House Automobiles
Washington reports a senate house battle over funding for White House automobiles with a 60 to 80 vote to strike the $12,000 request. The aeronautics budget faced cuts, while the army appropriation bill passed and agricultural debate began. Senator Tillman urged delaying action on a customs collector nomination as party lines hardened.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Larrinaga
Porto Rico
United States
Ree Ae
Goome
New York
W. D. Cram
Charleston
Legislative Busi
Tillman
Anti Typhoid Vaccination Planned for Army Camps
Washington February 4 immunization against typhoid in army camps will be undertaken by military authorities. The matter will be presented to the army and individuals will be invited to volunteer. No soldier or officer will be compelled to vaccinate, but lectures and examples will show the advantages of doing so.
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Washington
Germany Signs Treaty With Venezuela On Commerce
Caracas reports Baron von Seckendorff Germany's minister and Foreign Minister Guinan signed January 26 a treaty of commerce and navigation between Germany and Venezuela. The pact covers trade relations and mutual economic cooperation.
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Germany
Caracas
California Legislature Passes Anti-Japanese School Bill
Sacramento February 5 assembly passes a trio of anti Japanese measures. The bill classifies Japanese with other Asiatics and requires segregated separate schools for Mongolian children, provoking presidential comments and a pending governor response.
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Sacramento
Boards of
Boards of Supervisors
Pate Soo
Velt
California
Gillett
Secolaa Cemett Ra
Ba Secon
Grove L. Johnson
Board of Education of
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Washington
California Senate Passes Walker Otis Anti Race Betting Bill
The California senate approved by 83 to 7 a bill prohibiting pool selling and bookmaking on horse races. The measure, awaiting gubernatorial action, faces a 60 day window for closing existing bookmakers, with penalties including imprisonment and heavy fines.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Senate
Gillett
Emeryville
Santa Anita
New York
McLoughlin Relics Found by Oregon City Workmen
Workmen digging on the site of the old McLoughlin home in Oregon City unearthed valuable relics said to belong to Dr. John McLoughlin. Among the finds were an English shilling dated 1801, a silver dime of 1836, old buttons, a copper and brass vase, and a sword used as a stove poker. The items will be preserved and possibly added to a city museum collection if the house becomes a museum.
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Oregon City
John McLoughlin
McLoughlin
Hawley Pulp & Paper Company
Edward Surfus
George III
Frostbite Fatal Risk Sorrow in London Nobleman
Hon James Knivett Howard of London lies near death at the Waldorf Astoria after a wilderness hunting accident in British Columbia. Doctors say his left foot and several fingers must be amputated. Howard is the sole brother of the Earl of Suffolk who wed Miss Daisy Cago.
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New York
James Knivett Howard
London
Waldorf, Astoria
British Columbia
Howard
Earl of Suffolk
Daisy Cago
Wireless saves Mexican ship near Culiacan harbor
Mexico City reports the revenue cutter Jose Yves Limantour broke down 50 miles off the coast near Culiacan. Wireless telegraphy aided in sending help, and the Alamos located the disabled vessel and towed it safely into port.
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Mexico City
Jose Yves Limantour
Culiacan
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