Japanese Exclusion Treaty Question Grows More Tense
Washington reports the Japanese issue expanding in danger as debates over an exclusion treaty and pending legislation threaten renewed trouble. President Roosevelt has held talks with California and Pacific coast delegates and is said to have the matter under consideration with hopes for a workable treaty.
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United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Jan
Japan
California
Pacific Coast
Japanese diplomat Ta kahira may replace Aoki in Rome
Washington reports indicate Japan asked the state department about objections to Ambassador Takahira, currently in Rome, succeeding Aoki. Takahira is agreeable to the move if approved.
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Washington
State Department
Takahira
Rome
Aoki
Miner Leads Riot Against Japanese in LA Disturbance
A mob in Los Angeles on January 8 attacked F. Kanowa, a Japanese man, after an earlier assault on a drunken man. The disturbance began when a Goldfield miner provoked with anti Japanese curses, sparking a riot as Kanowa was beaten with blows and kicks.
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Los Angeles
F. Kanowa
Sensational Testimony In Laing Divorce Trial
In circuit court, the divorce suit of Mrs Effie E Laing against Arthur Laing has drawn a packed courtroom. Testimony centers on alleged cruel treatment with defense claiming Mrs Laing abused their child. Neighbor Mrs Ogg described sounds of beating and noted a man entering the Laing home during the husband’s absence.
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Effie E. Laing
Arthur Laing
Mra. Laing
Peter West
Will M. Peterson
Fee
Col
J. H. Raley
Reichstag to Open as Attack on Dernberg Intensifies
Berlin Jan 8 with the reichstag opening today the anti government faction plans a fierce assault on Colonel Dernberg whom they deem nearer to the Kaiser than any other official The attack signals rising political tension in Germany as the session begins.
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Berlin
Dernberg
Kaiser
Emigration Reports Sought From Japanese Seaports
Tokio officials ordered to file counts of Japanese departures to the United States Hawaii and Canada from principal Japanese seaports, with data due for review by authorities.
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Tokio
United States
Hawaii
Canada
Japan
Bryan in Chicago Tonight Banquet Attended by Democrats
W. J. Bryan arrived in Chicago to attend the Jefferson Club banquet with six hundred prominent Democrats expected to be present for the event tonight.
Scientists rush to Naples to study Vesuvius collapse
European scientists hasten to Naples to examine the crater collapse of Vesuvius and the subsequent internal disturbances reported in the region.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Naplen
Bryan Believes Exclusion Best Remedy
Chicago January 8 William J Bryan voiced opposition to unlimited immigration of Orientals and Asiatics, arguing exclusion is the best remedy. He said assimilation with Caucasians in the United States is impossible and that any means to obtain exclusion would be justified in the end.
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Bryan
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Tinsted States
Rescuers Recover Bodies From Estopia Well Tragedy
Rescuers pulled the bodies of John Hager and Harry Joyce from the Estopia well after an eight hour effort. Hager’s head and shoulders were found under curbing, requiring chisels and hammers to remove. The cold draft of air kept the atmosphere below freezing, believed to have caused the deaths.
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Bistopia
Wash
John Hager
Harry Joyce
Estopia
Hager
Will Ladd Help Sarigon Scheme Progress
Irrigon investors urge W M Ladd to assume the defunct Title Guarantee assets and salvage the Irrigon irrigation project. About 22 060 acres with 7000 acres below the ditch hold water and value of at least 100 dollars per acre. Officials estimate 700 000 dollars could be realized to repay depositor claims as land is reclaimed and the townsite partly sold.
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Irrigon
Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company of
Portland
J. Thornburn Ross
Title Guarantee & Tru Company
W. M. Ladd
Townarte
Ladd
Irrigan
Trust Company
Ungon Must Go From Pendleton Chinese Colony
One man remains in Pendleton's Chinese colony after Ungon was taken into custody by Deputy Sawyer and sent toward Portland then abroad. Investigators reveal Ungon claimed a lost residence certificate to gain entry but had allowed his certificate to lapse during a visit to China, leaving him without legal right to remain in the United States.
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Pendleton
Angens
Sawyer
Portland
China
United States
Ung
Cavalrymen Pass Through City En Route to Fort Walla Walla
Forty members of the 14th Cavalry marched through the city this morning under Sergeant Meyers on their way from Columbus Ohio to Fort Walla Walla for permanent stationing. A portion of the troop remained at Fort Boise.
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14Th “‘Cavalry
Meyers
Columbus
Ohio
Fort Walla Walla
Fort Boise
Duel to Death in San Francisco
In a Sangome street saloon rear room a duel to the death occurred between Frank Cochran and Frank Bell. Cochran died after six shots. Bell was likely mortally wounded. Both men were Seattle locals connected to gambling and a disputed affair involving Cochran’s wife Ella Cochran. Bell’s supposed attraction to women is noted as a motive.
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Sansome See
Soutle
Cochran
San Francisco
Bell
Sangome Street
Frank Cochran
Frank Bell
Jesse Duryea
Seattle
Junead
Ella Cochran
Goldfield
Heinze pleads not guilty in federal fraud indictment
Augustus Heinze was arraigned before Federal Judge Chatfield on an indictment charging fake certificated checks. He pleaded not guilty and his hearing was set for January 20. His attorney reserved the right to withdraw or substitute any proper motion.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Chatfield
Unknown U S Torpedo Boat Intercepts Smugglers
Santa Barbara reports a U S torpedo boat maneuvering in the channel for 24 hours then speeding along the coast before turning to sea. Observers think the vessel went out to intercept smugglers amid heightened tension in the region.
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Santa Barbara
Gea
Powers requests petition for release after unfair trials
Lexington Kentucky January 8 Caleb Powers issued a statement urging the public to sign a petition for his release. He argues he was tried three times unfairly and notes that in the latest trial ten men voted for acquittal.
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Lexington
Caleb Powers
Bankers Given Eight Days to Plead
San Francisco January 8 Walter Bartnett and J Dalzell Brown must plead by January 15 to indictments accusing them of embezzling Colton state securities from the California Safe Deposit and Trust bank.
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San Francisco
Jan
Walter Bartnett
J. Dalzell Brown
Colton
Taft Endorsed by Oklahoma Republicans in Guthrie
Guthrie Oklahoma January Taft gains endorsement from state Republicans seen as his biggest victory to date despite controversy over his last fall speech on the constitution.
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Taft
Guthrie
Okla
Thaw Trial Adds Jurors as Schawb Aids Defense
The New York Thaw trial resumes with veniremen examined for bias while John H. Robert tentatively becomes juror eight and John Interwhistle juror nine. Reports say Charles M. Schwab offers funds to assist Mrs Thaw, who awaits defense support for Harry. Three key witnesses from the first trial are subpoenaed by Littleton to challenge insanity claims.
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New York
John H. Hobert
The
Spring Water Company
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Company
Willam Thaw
William Mahon
Thaw
Littleton
Hia Ellent
Herrin machine slate named for state delegates
San Francisco report states Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles Governor Gillette George Knight and M H DeYoung will head the Herrin machine slate as state delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago next summer Otis is publisher of the Los Angeles Times Young edits the San Francisco Chronicle Knight is a renowned orator who seconded Roosevelt at the last convention
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San Francisco
Jan
Harrison Gray Ouls
Los Angeles
Gillette George Knight
M. H. DeYoung
Herrin Machine
Chicago
Otis
Los Angeles Times
Young
San Francisco Chronicle
Knight
Roosevelt
Fowler plan backs national bank guarantee by credit notes
Washington January reports the house sub committee on banking approved Chairman Fowler's measure to guarantee a national bank with credit notes, levy a tax on all currency, and abolish sub-treasuries. The bill faces Democratic and some Republican opposition. Also an earth slide near Vancouver on the Portland and Seattle line killed one and injured two.
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Washington
Jan
House
Fowler
Vancouver
Wash
Portland and Seattle
Birch Creek district tax levy failures threaten schoolclosure
The Birch Creek No. 27 district fails to file Levy notice by January 1 as required by law. County Clerk Saling refuses to accept late reporting, jeopardizing 400 dollars in funds and risking a mid term school closure. Former clerk E F Straughn is blamed for not reporting the levy.
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Birch Creek
Saling
E. F. Straughn
Straughan
Motion to disarm Japanese not adopted in Vancouver
Vancouver council approved a resolution to disarm all Japanese, but police commissioners rejected action as the measure was not formally presented. The city solicitor calls the resolution illegal. Morikawa, the Japanese consul, plans to stay a month to aid his successor and be on hand if unrest occurs.
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Vancouver
B.C
Morikawa
Japan
Trouble in Y. M. C. A. League disrupts north west
Charges of professionalism threaten the Y M C A basketball league in the north west. Earlwine of Bellingham faces AAU action in New York. if sustained, players from Tacoma Seattle and Everett could be ruled out.
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Bellingham
Jan
Y. M. C. A. Basketball League
Northwest
Earlwine
New York
Tacoma
Seattle
Everett
Settlers Seek Delay on Umatilla Irrigation Land Payments
Interior department may be petitioned to defer at least two payments on land cost until cultivation yields income. Most settlers are poor men, needing time to clear land and build homes. A two to three year respite is requested, as cash for the initial 6 per acre and 1 per acre maintenance fees is infeasible for the first years. History shows other projects delayed payments until after a crop is produced.
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Hermiston
Jan
Interior Department
Umatilla
Suit by widow over neckyoke strap fault in fatal livery ride
Mrs Helen Stoessel sues Lang and Russell livery firm seeking 7500 damages after her husband Emile Stoessel died in a Birch Creek runaway in September. Complaint alleges worn neckyoke strap caused the accident and states the husband could earn 5000 yearly, with life valued at 25000, but Oregon law allows 7500 damages.
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Lang & Russell
Helen Stoessel
Emile Stoessel
Birch Creek
Oregon
Safe-crackers loot Bender Lumber office in Bremerton
In Bremerton Washington last night safe crackers entered the Bender Lumber Co office and blew open the safe securing about 200 dollars. Police investigate motive and suspect details remain scarce.
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Bremerton, Wash
Bender Lumber Company
Three men get eight years for robbery near Eugene
John Lewis M Ts Banks and Charlies Sharp three Black men were sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary at Eugene yesterday for holding up and robbing an old man.
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John Lewis
M. Ts. Banks
Charlies Sharp
Eugene
Pendleton City Finances Show Rising Expenses and Revenues
The city’s regular running expenses totaled 34 422 43 for the past year, up from 29 176 The rise is offset by liquor license receipts about 10 000 higher than the prior year and increased fines. Police, streets, and debt interest were major costs, with 32 067 25 spent on levee improvements and 46 222 12 borne by property owners for paving.
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Pendleton
Warren Company
Main
Court Streets
East Court Street
Work resumes on O R and N cut off west of city
Confidence returns to eastern Oregon as two work trains with about 60 men resume finishing the O R and N cut off on the main line west of the city. Crews were idle during retrenchment but will now push completion quickly. Repairs are needed on the Wallowa branch where rains and high water damaged much of the new grade.
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Oregon
Harrisman
Wallowa Branch
Wallowa
Grant County Horses Sold Here by I. G. Bogard
I. G. Bogard a Kilbride horseman arrives in the city to deliver a number of horses sold here and to take supplies to the Grant county ranch. He traveled two days and notes excellent road conditions for the season.
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Grant County
I. G. Bogard
Kilbride
Ontario man of 30 dies from self-inflicted gunshot
George Williams, 30, unmarried and despondent over job loss, shot himself in the head with a pistol in Ontario yesterday and died instantly.
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George Williams
Ontario
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Reichstag
Will Ladd
Sarigon
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J. Thornbourn
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Ungon
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Heinze
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Schwab and Steel
William Thaw
Schwab
Herrin
Draver
Birgh
Y. M. C. A. League
Helen Stoesel
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