Arbitration and Japanese shift over California land law
The Pall Mall Gazette argues that arbitration will not force white labor to yield bread and butter to an alien race, warning that California's land law could trigger a broader clash. In Washington, the Japanese ambassador awaits Governor Johnson’s decision on the bill, with officials expecting a response within a week and noting Japan may not pursue constitutional questions.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
California
Johnson
Japan
State Department
United States
Bryan
Wages Compared: UK Needs More Workers and Power
A report prepared for Chairman Underwood shows seventeen industries in Britain and the United States. U S manufacturing has higher efficiency with 2.5 times as many workers and 1/6 more power required in the United Kingdom to produce equal net output. Wage costs to obtain equal value were 19 percent higher in Britain.
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Apenclave Creese
Washington
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Colonel Roosevelt Aids City Explosives Expert
Colonel Roosevelt urged New York City officials to pay Owen Egan’s medical expenses for injuries to his hand from opening a bomb sent to Judge Rosalski. He also sought examination for promotion and a pension. Egan, who worked on explosives, earned $1,500 annually. Jesse G Lawson visited from Ridgeport.
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Amsociated Press
New York
Roosevelt
Owen Egan
Rosalski
Egan
Firemen injured as wall collapses in four alarm blaze
At Huntingdon three men were seriously injured when a wall collapsed during a fire at the K McCoath Ice and Storage Company plant. Assistant Fire Chief Booth suffered grave injuries, Policeman James Whiteman was cut, and Harry Dameron sustained internal injuries. The blaze destroyed the two story building, burned twenty eight horses and three autos, and caused about $35,000 in losses. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
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Imp Associated
Huntingdon
K- McCoath Ice and Storage Company
Harry Dameron
Mire Ghief Booth
James Whiteman
Whiteman
Jury verdict and court notices from Jarvisville circuit court
A jury awarded 25 dollars and ordered possession of three acres near Jarvisville in the case of To dtenza Purner v Oliver Juret. Mrs. Brenda L. Jackson vs Meyer Rosenshine was dismissed as settled. Court appointed five commissioners to appraise the gas pipeline right of way for Hope Natural Gas through Latstetter heirs land east of the city. Commissioners: Samuel K. Harrison Perry Williams Allen D. Fitzrush John M. Pianigan. No jury trials Tuesday.
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Jarvisville
Dtenza Purner
Oliver Juret
Bmad L. Jackson
Meyer ‘Rosenshine
Hope ‘Natural Gas Company
William €. Hickman
Allen D. Fitzrush
John M. Pianigan
Militancy Leader Mrs Drummond Collapses Before Court
General Mrs Drummond, a militant suffragist leader,未appeared in police court on conspiracy charges as a doctor testified she is ill and in a nursing home. The medical prognosis said two weeks to regain fitness for an operation and up to two months before trial.
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Umr Ansocatenraemer
London
Drummond
Huntington Ministers Press Mayor to Enforce Social Evil Laws
A Huntington ministerial association letter to Mayor Chapman urges strict enforcement of vice laws. The group cites statutes to curb conditions and responds to the mayor's pledge for a segregated district while resisting a full crusade.
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Huntington
Chapman
Huntington Ministerial Association
Fetter
City Officials Inspect Crematories in Fairmont and Grafton
Mayor Will H. Cole and councilmen John Kearns J Truman Swager Charles H Patton and city engineer Dudley D Britt traveled to Fairmont and Grafton on Tuesday to inspect the crematories and gather information on operating the cone here.
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Will H. Cole
John ®. Kearns
J. Truman Swager
Charles H.patton
Dudley Dbritt
Fairmont
Grafton
Senate Debates On Underwood's Pension Bill In Congress
Debates over Underwood's pension bill run in the Senate while bonds and war claims are discussed. John Burgess of Antioch and George McLeod of Henderson are listed for pensions. Hiram and John R. Smyth of Barbour County and William Hillett heirs of Randolph County seek payments of 800 and 7900 dollars respectively. Maywood post office in Payette County to be reestablished once a post master is arranged. Representatives Hughes, Moss, and Avis are away or traveling for health or personal business. The House is largely idle.
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Conamarwn Dence
Shington
D.C
Haveeen
Pension Bureau
John Burgess
Antioch
George McLeod
Henderson
Hiram
John R. W Smyth
Barbour County
Ule
Wiliam Hillett
Randolph County
Post Office Department
May-wood Payette County
Hughes
New York
Moss
Parkersby
Avis
Charleston
Promises to Be Protracted as Many Senators Plan to Speak
Washington May ww The tariff fight resumed in the Senate on Sen Penrose motion to refer the Unser wood bill to the finance committee with hearings. Chairman Simmons urged Democratic members to be ready if the question came to a vote and predicted Republicans would be checked on first move. Some Republicans opposed Penrose amendment arguing hearings on a tariff for a revenue bill would be futile and that if written from a protective angle they would back hearings. Penrose and others planned to press the amendment at Jeneth. voting could take days.
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Frese
Washington, D. C
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Simmons
Guase
Jeneth
Union To Build New WCTU Hall In Morgantown
Morgantown May 13 The local Women’s Christian Temperance Union has launched a fundraising campaign to erect a new four thousand dollar building on Payette street near the Kiger lot recently purchased for 312,000 dollars.
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Morgantown
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bss
Payette Street
Boy Loses Legs In Train Accident
Grafton May 12 Leslie Martin six year old son of Mr and Mrs William Martin of Camdenon-Ssa ley had both legs amputated after injuries from falling from a moving freight train while stealing a ride.
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Grafton
Leslie Martin
William Martin
Camdenon-Ssaley
Charleston man named midshipman at Naval Academy
Spenceing ConnzEronden Prean W of Charleston, son of West Virginia assistant attorney general, was appointed by Congressman Avis as a midshipman for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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Washington, D. C
Prean W “Ively
Charleston
West Virginia
Avis
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Lightning Strikes Knox Church Killing Officials in Stratford
Stratford Ontario May 13 A lightning strike on the Knox Presbyterian church spire ignited a blaze that killed police chief J A McCarthy fire chief Hugh Durkin and officer Matthew Hamilton. Fireman mortally injured was among those trapped beneath the falling belfry. Loss about 50000 with the blaze burning through the heart of the church.
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Priine Stratford
Ontario
Knox Presbyter
J. A. McCarthy
Hugh Durkin
Matthew Hameton
McCarthy
Durkin
Hamilton
Power costs and freight shift iron trade to India and China
In a dissolution case President Farrell of United States Steel Corp testified that production costs in America exceed those in Europe. He cited 37 percent higher wages and lower freight abroad, noting Indian pig iron could land in Calcutta for 5.88 a ton and San Francisco for about 11.50. Chinese pig iron could reach San Francisco for 19.78, versus Pacific market price of 21.50.
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New York
America
Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
India
Calcutta
San Francisco
Pacific
Peonage Charges Stir West Virginia Coal Field
May. Charges of peonage, medical feudalism, and worker oppression in the Paint and Cabin creeks coal fields were presented before Senator Kern by State Federation of Labor and miners union representatives. The senator plans to use the charges to back a resolution for a congressional investigation, alongside coal miners resolutions asserting church organization required consent of mine owners.
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Washington
Paint
Cabin Creeks
West Virginia
Kern
State Federation of Labor
Miners’ Union
Victim Stabbed In Brooklyn Home Robbery
Two men entered the Brooklyn residence of Mrs Marie Toia today demanding valuables. They beat her and stabbed her multiple times then ransacked the apartment. The assailants fled with 1600 dollars found under a mattress. authorities say Toia is expected to die.
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Say
New York
Marie Tola
Brooklyn
Toia
Demand for Money Stirs Lynching in Georgia
In Hogansville Georgia Samuel Owensby a Black man shot Brooks Lane a young farmer then was lynched from a jail tree. The motive cited is a money demand tied to cattle trading disputes. At Mt Clare a man named Sirard allegedly demanded money from Poerino leading to a fatal stabbing. coroner’s jury ruled Poerino killed Sirard with a breast wound. Funeral services followed at Cilford-Osborn mortuary chapel and burial at Holy Cross.
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Jay
Hogansville
Samuel Owensby
Brooks Lane
Lene
Vincensa Sirard
Black Hebbert
Mt Clare
Ratmetl Poerino
Tursday
Sirard
Tim
Sirarai
Foerlbo
Sirardi
Poerino
Siraral
Samuel Lobets
Dominick Poerino
Dominick
Rattaeth
Tr Wae
Raffael
Sirardf
TC. Nicewarner
William Swiger
John M. Flanigan
A. J Fletcher
Vinceriza Strardi
Raffaeli Poerino
Cilford-Osborn
Holy Cross
Shriners Converge in Dallas for Imperial Council Session
Thousands from across the country, about 50 000, gather in Dallas for the Shriners annual convention as Imperial Council sessions begin. Abba Temple seeks permission to induct novices at a Panama Canal lock. Two arrests for street drunkenness reported. Mayor Cole presides. Elks lodge to initiate at 6 50 this evening.
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FREER
Dallas
Tex
Order
Imperial Council
Abba Temple
Mobile
Panama Canal
1Wui
Cole
Officers Slain by Supposed Lunatic
In Munich Bavaria Major General von Lewinski was killed by a supposed lunatic who fired three revolvers at him in a crowded street. A police sergeant was also killed in the attack as the assailant was seized by a mob and later rescued by police.
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Omy
Munich
Bavaria
von Lewinski
Shim
Strammer
Republicans Seek Unified Appeal to End Reorganization Convention
Republican senators who attended the progressive conference in Chicago returned to Washington determined to exert influence on the national committee. Senator Cummins said written appeals from many states would be laid before the committee when it meets on May 24. He added that they feel encouraged by the response.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
National Committee
Cummins
End of the Second Diamond Ring Period Noted Monday
The report records the end of the second diamond ring period on Monday. It notes a promotional offer Eleven Days to Win with a 5000 bonus vote until Saturday May 17 at 9 o'clock. The Roll of Honor lists Mrs. D. CG Straight 114,004 and Mrs. W. J. Ashcraft 101,487 for the Second District.
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D. CG. Straight
Great $6,000 Prize Voting Contest Nears Finish
In Monday close daily telegrams Great $6,000 prize voting contest, contestants push to win a second period diamond ring and secure new business. The race enters the home stretch with three periods, urging persistence, confidence, and will to overcome any obstacle as winners are forged by daily effort and community support.
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Schoortp
Daily Telegram
Aroun
Real
Earnest Camshould
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