Objection 10 Immigration Bill Removed
Washington scene as Burnett immigration bill faces Senate scrutiny. Critics cite Cipriano Castro’s effortless passage under literacy tests to argue for stronger screening and possible records checks on entrants. Supporters seek quasi official reviews of port officials knowledge and immigrant histories.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Castro
Burnett
Value of Terminals to Harbor City Buyers
E O Burton outlines terminal asset potential showing Pennsylvania Railroad cost to enter New York at 130 million and total terminal value across touched cities near 500 million. He notes New York Central spending 150 million on a new station and cites belt rail lines, Chicago terminal operations with 289 miles of switch tracks, and growing demand for ground and tracks. Terminals in St Louis valued around 200 million, with Texas props including Fort Worth and Galveston assets valued in the low millions to over three million, and Houston belt terminals at several million. The text emphasizes widespread terminal value as commerce concentrates, though the excerpt is truncated at San Antonio with incomplete figures.
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Harbor City
E. O. Burton
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
New York Central
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Terminal Railroad
St. Louis
Texas
Terminal Railway & Union Frees Company
Fort Worth
el Paso
Suthwestern
San Antonio
M. E
Southern Pacific i
P Antonio
Edison predicts talking motion pictures revolutionize show access
In Berlin dispatches dated January 11, Thomas A. Edison forecasts the end of traditional stage shows as his phonograph talking motion picture, the phetophone, would bring dime shows to villages worldwide. He argues barnstormers will fade as audiences flock to see top actors perform for a dime.
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Thomas A. Edison
Immigration Bill and Literacy Test Debate Highlighted
The article discusses Chairman Burnett's push for strict immigration measures including an illiteracy test. It argues for barring the ignorant and criminal classes while calling for an international system to keep out criminals. It notes foreign born responses and predicts the Burnett bill may advance despite Senate hesitations.
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Burnett
Senate
America
Odd Fellows Elect Delegate in Pearsall
Pearsall lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has elected Walter H. Harris as a delegate to the Southwest Texas Association meeting to be held in Beeville on January 16.
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Odd Fellows
Pearsall
Tex
Pearsall Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Walter H. Harris
Southwest Texas Association of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Beeville
Robber Returns Stolen Suitcase After Reading Sermons
An unknown man who took a suitcase from Rev. H. W. Brewer's belongings at a Santa Fe station confessed hunger led to the theft. He returned the grip with a note stating the sermons within moved him to abandon theft and return the property.
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Wichita
Kan
H. W. Brewer
Methodist Church of
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