Immigration Bill Introduced by Senator Dillingham
Senator Dillingham of Vermont has proposed a per country 10 percent cap on new arrivals, exempting diplomats and relatives of residents. The bill aims to curb southern and eastern European and Asian immigration while allowing humanitarian exceptions and fast-tracking for professionals. It is unlikely to pass this session, but support will be built for next winter.
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Washington
Dillingham
Vermont
Europe
Asia
Dillingham-Burnett
Taft
Committee On
Immigration
United States
Western Hemisphere
America
Secretary of Labor
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Netherlands
Paroled convict seeks sleep and new life after 20 years
Morgan Wright, freed on parole by Governor Hodges for complicity in a prison guard murder, travels from Cowley County to Topeka to thank the governor. He plans to visit his Shawnee County father and then head to California. Wright says he slept poorly in his first night outside prison and fears the new world.
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Topeka
Kan
Morgan Wright
Cowley County
Hodges
Wright
Shawnee
California
Robber's Plunder Found Strewn Across Kansas City Area
Government inspectors report hundreds of dollars in gold certificates believed to be part of a $50,000 theft by Charles Savage from a mail truck at Union Station five years ago. Residents have recovered at least $1,000 in gutters and yards within eight blocks of Savage relative's home. Investigators consider a tree concealment theory amid high winds.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Post Office
Charles Savage
Union Station
Kansas City
Unexplored Region May Be a Bonanza
Edmonton reports Gardiner plans a trek to the Upper Hayes river district to prospect a gold claim from 1898. The tale recalls three prospectors in the Klondike rush, one killed after a fight with Indians, with rich gold samples found. The unknown lands span 400 miles from Edmonton to Peace River crossing, through Dog Ribs territory toward the BC mountains.
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Edmonton
Alberta
George Gardiner
Ottawa
Hayes River
Peace River
Yukon
Klondike
Gardiner
Vermilion
Arctic Circle
Peace River Crossing
Athabasca
Upper Hayes
British Columbia
Horse Leads Detectives to Warrants in Spokane
Police traced two suspects' alleged robbery plot after a horse led detectives to a suburban house. A gunfight left a detective and the horse wounded. the horse had been abandoned at a lumber yard and later guided officers to the dwelling where the men, already on bond for larceny charges, were said to be residing.
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Spokane
Wasbh
Benway
Ram Grows Oat Crop in Wool
In Galion Ohio a ram owned by farmer David Lynch developed oats tangled in its wool after wallowing in straw. Rain then fell, sun returned, and the oats sprouted, giving Lynch a stray crop he hopes to save if drought hits.
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Galion
David Lynch
Lynch
New Uprising In Chinese Republic Rouses Public
President Yuan Shih Kai edges toward action amid a Shanghai murder and a controversial quintuple loan. Troop movements and two May mandates frame his response as opposition from the Kuomintang tests republican governance and press freedom in Shanghai. The paper notes foreign sympathy wanes and a second revolution looms on the horizon.
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Peking
Yuan Shih Kai
Empero
Sung Chiao Jen
Shanghai
Kuo Mintang
Republian
Sung Chiaojen
National Council
Crazy Woodpeckers Gather Pebbles in Sonoma Mystery
In a Sonoma County observation a UC Berkeley zoology museum report says California woodpeckers store pebbles when acorn crops fail. The study calls the behavior nearly insane, noting instinct should drive birds to food, not stones.
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San Francisco
Sonoma County
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
California
Sonoma Mountain
Pastors Adopt Eugenics Move Against Unfit Marriages
Lynn clergy from Methodist Episcopal Congregationalist and Baptist churches vow to push physical fitness tests for marriage applicants. Rev C Thurston Chase leads the effort saying he will no longer perform marriages without proof of fitness and believes ministers should refuse ceremonies when deemed inappropriate.
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Lynn
Mass
C. Thurston Chase
Central Congregational Church
Wasp Sting Helps Man Walk Without Crutches
St. Louis man Charles Wightman recounts a wasp sting that let him walk unassisted for the first time in 38 years since a childhood injury. He described waking with the sting as he slept after hearing a snake tale from a neighbor.
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St. Louis
Charles Wightman
Clayton
Charles
Praise and Prohibition Echo Public Dinner Stand
Secretary Daniels praised Secretary Bryan for refusing wine at a diplomatic corps dinner and urged youth to pursue total abstinence. He also commended Theodore Roosevelt for prosecuting a libel editor over drinking stories tied to the former president.
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Daniela
Bryan
Roosevelt
Washington
Secretary Bryan
Diplomatic Corps
Secretary Daniels
District of Columbia
Daniels
Theoore Roosevelt
Cornell boys in kitchen study domestic science course
Nine male students at Cornell State College of Agriculture Ithaca N Y have entered the domestic science course for the first time. Miss Brownell reports they spend hours in the kitchen kneading dough and doing other work with the women. Among the men are Watson from the varsity baseball team and C L Whitney of Rochester glee club member.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell State College of Agriculture
Miss Brownell
Watson
C. L. Whitney
Rochester
Glee Club
Woman to Manage Her Own Mine in Slate Creek
Miss Elizabeth Marke of Rapid City has bought controlling interest in the Black Tom gold mine in the Slate Creek district and will manage and develop the property this summer. The mine is described as the best producer in the district with backing for extensive work.
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Deadwood
Elizabeth Marke
Rapid City
Black Tom
Slate Creek
Wilson Defends Labor Department Role and Open Partnership
Secretary William B. Wilson argues capital and labor are partners with equal voice in terms of the partnership. He favors avoiding strikes but accepts they may occur, and says the new Labor Department aims to foster social justice through fair profit division and amicable dispute resolution.
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Washington
William Bauchop Wilson
Blantyre
Scotland
Tioga County
Arnot
Mine Workers’ Union
Department of Labor
Wilson
Department of Labor Jas
Jisheetn
Ghat
Aiso
Missouri Ax Murder Suspect Linked to 25 Slayings
Henry Lee Moore, serving life in Missouri, is tied to about 25 ax murders across Missouri Kansas Colorado Iowa and Illinois per M W McClaughry a Justice Department agent after reviewing the cases Moore was convicted of killing his mother and grandmother in Columbus Missouri last year while he studied famous crimes including the Crippen case in England
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Missouri
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa
Henry Lee Moore
Missouri Penitentiary
M. W. McClaughry
Department of Justice
McClaughry
Unusual Mortgage Recorded in Wilkes County
In Washington Georgia a Wilkes county clerk records a mortgage described as the most unusual in the area. The security lists nine chicken hens two sow hogs and an 82 caliber pistol for a debt of 23 dollars with sale of the property at public outcry if unpaid. Home stead exemptions are waived. The note raises questions about hog and hominy propaganda or general land stringency.
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Washington
Wilkes County
Tabloid booze hits Maine with fake liquor tablets
In Bangor Lewiston and Portland a tabloid booze seller offers tablets and bottles that imitate whisky and beer. Buyers mix tablets with water to create a drink that resembles liquor at low cost, though quality and safety are uncertain. The tablets are sold in small boxes or bottles with prices as low as 13 cents per item.
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Bangor
Maine
Lewiston
Portland
Whistling Cat With Harelip Attracts Springfield Attention
Springfield resident Stanislaus Czynszky reports his cat from Prospect avenue West Springfield whistles like a boy yet cannot mew. Neighbors joke the animal may inspire catgut violin strings while the owner calls it a musical prodigy despite its odd flaw. A separate item notes Mrs Harvey Alexander of Vancouver Washington owns a tiny fifteen grain egg laid by a live hen weighing half as large as a hazelnut. the egg has a soft shell and contains a tiny perfect second egg inside.
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Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Czynszky
Prospect Avenue
West Springfield
Czynszky
Vancouver
Wash
Harvey Alexander
Eleventh Daughter Born to Indiana Couple in Miller Township
Lawrenceburg Ind. Eleventh daughter of Mr and Mrs Silas W Jackson of Miller township born weighing nearly ten pounds. The mother is the eleventh daughter in a family with no boys. The baby is thriving and well.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Silas W. Jackson
Miller Township
Jackson
Tariff Bill Vote To Be Close One In Senate Debate
Washington in early debate on the Underwood tariff bill as Senate leaders anticipate a tight final vote with a potential tie broken by Vice President Marshall. Farmers unions urge Democratic senators to stay in caucuses to influence free list transfers and tariff changes. Senator Burton warns the proposed reductions are too sweeping and cites past duties under Payne Aldrich and Dingley laws.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Marshall
Farmers’ Union
New Orleans
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Burton
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