Orientals in British Columbia a Growing Land Menace
A colonial assembly delegation from British Columbia pressed for immediate data on Oriental land ownership to curb Japanese and Chinese control of farmland. Farmers warn of rising holdings and urge action to inform Canadians and influence the 1923 treaty renewal. The provincial minister of agriculture said tax lists provide ownership figures and the issue will be presented at the imperial conference in London next June.
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Vigtoria
B. C
Columbia
Noe
Agricultural Committee of
Canada
L. E. Taylor
Kelowna
H. G. Perry
Prince George
Vancouver
A. D. Paterson
Delta
C. BE. Whitney Griffiths
British Columbia
Piritish Columbia
KK. C. MacDonald
North Okanagan
FE. DP
Barrow
Imperial Conference
London
Japan Plans Compromise on Yap Cable Mandate
Paris dispatch reports Baron Ishii telling the League of Nations that Japan would concede U S control of cables on Yap while retaining the mandate. He said Japan would prioritize the league’s interests and accept a just compromise, with the note on mandates to be given to Ambassador Wallace.
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Paris
Japan
America
Yap
Baron Ishii
League of Nations
Ishii
League
United States
Wallace
Allied Supreme Council
Ald
Auto speed device measure postponed
Olympia March 1 Automobile drivers will not be required to employ automatic speed regulating devices on their cars for at least two years. A bill providing for the use of such devices was indefinitely postponed here yesterday.
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Olympia
Times in Those Years Hard Yet Enterprising Tuition Tale
In Olympia on March 1 Senator Warren Karshner noted the University of Washington faced tuition fees amid tough times. He recalled a 1930s student who spent only 35 dollars for a full year at the university, illustrating lean costs of the era.
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Olympia
Warren Karshner
University of Washington
Chamber Opposes Free Milk Bill
Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing Senate Bill No. 24 known as the free milk bill. It would require school boards to provide each pupil who asks with one-half pint of milk at lunch, paid from school funds.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butcher Fined for Moonshine in Meat Market
Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer questioned two demijohns found in Herman Ohsann's shop. The defendant admitted moonshine in the butcher shop along with seven empties. He was fined 250 for the incident recorded Monday afternoon.
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Jeremiah Neterer
Herman Ohsann
Herman
Permits Issued for 66 Claims in Coal Bay District
The Interior Department issued development permits covering 66 unsurveyed coal claims in the Coal Bay district, authorizing exploration and extraction activities under federal oversight.
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Washington
Interior Department
Baby Gloria O'Dell: Five Months In Auburn Prison
A five month old baby, Gloria O'Dell, remains in Auburn prison with her mother Pearl while father James faces possible execution. The infant's birth within prison gates and ongoing care under guard raises debates over punishment, parole, and the state's handling of motherhood amid crime. The case ties to the Rochester murder of Edward J. Knelp and Governor Miller's potential clemency.
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Gloria O'Dell
Gloria
Auburn
Edward J. Knelp
Rochester
James
Pearl O'Dell
Knelp
O'Dell
Baby Gloria
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
O'Delle
New York State
Horn
Mercy Hospital
Tiaby Gloria
Bhe
Edgar
Jennings
Mra. M. Kt. Daley
Mys
Pearl
Ashe
Nathan L. Miller
O'Della
London Character at 100 P. C. Club
Dr. Frank B. Whiting, original of a London character in Jack London, was to be guest of the One Hundred Per Cent club at noon Tuesday at the Aronde annex.
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Frank B. Whiting
Jack London
One Hundred Per Cent Club
Aronde Annex
Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles in City Incidents
165 William Gilroy’s auto slightly bruised a woman while backing from an alley near Fourth Ave. Gilroy resides at 510 Bellevue Ave. N. 166 Tilly Wight of 1556 64th Ave. W. was bruised when struck by St. C. Tower’s auto on 64th Ave W while dodging another vehicle Monday night.
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William Gilroy
Fourth Ave
Gilroy
Bellevue Ave
Tilly Wight
64Th Ave
St. C. Tower
W. Ewing St
Wilson Denies Copper War Profiteers Inquiries
President Wilson today addressed a letter to Representative Garrett of Tennessee denying charges that Bernard Baruch and John D. Ryan profited by price fixing in copper during the war while serving on the War Industries Board.
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Wilson
Garrett
Tennessee
Bernard M. Maruch
John D. Ryan
War Industries Board
Pair May Face Robbery Charge In Seattle Case
Detectives say Nelson Shuman and G C C Lanceford may face robbery charges after a brutal assault on William D. Streeta in a West Seattle home Sunday night. Streeta, bloodied, identified the pair. a $500 Canadian war bond taken from him was found in a patrol wagon. Streeta is hospitalized.
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William D. Streeta
Seattle
Streeta
George Fuller
Sick Soldier Not Robert Service in San Francisco Claim
San Francisco reports dispute over a self styled Robert W. Service imposter at the Latterman hospital. J L Heirshberg, a Service associate, says the Presidio visitor is not the poet and bears no resemblance. Doctors attribute the claim to hallucination.
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Robert
San Francisco
Robert W. Service
Yukon
Iit
Latterman Hospital
J. L. Heirshberg
Service
Heirshberg
Presidio
Armed Posses Seek Colorado Robbers
PUEBLA Colo March 1 Armed posses today searched for bank robbers who last night blew open the Citizens State and Savings Bank at Boone near here and escaped with 4000 dollars in money and bonds. The robbery was not discovered until the bank was opened this morning at 9 o clock. Entrance was gained to the vault by an electric drill. The safe within was blown open.
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Puebla
Colo
Citizens’ State and Savings Bank
Boone
At & O
Marked-card cheating case against Louis Krohnberg dismissed
In New York on March 1 taffect ment year ago Louis Krohnberg a Manhattan waist manufacturer faced charges of cheating with marked cards in a stud poker game The judge ruled the evidence insufficient and dismissed the case while allowing the district attorney to resubmit The defense argued that playing with marked cards is not an offense unless used with intent to cheat or fraud and the evidence suggested the defendant only possessed the marked cards
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New York
Louis Krohnberg
Manhattan
McIntyre
Krohlenberg
Meln
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