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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
1
Senator George K. Wilbur Democrat withdrew the anti land bill in the Oregon legislature saying he did not want to handicap President Viton with parachute Japanese complications during the present international crisis.
Chicago officials report twenty six missing and likely dead after a gas explosion and blaze leveled a three story brick tenement at West Fourteenth Place. Fire crews rescued three unconscious adults and several children amid sounds from the rubble as residents scrambled into the street.
Washington reports show no public change in the submarine crisis before Cabinet met. After a two and a half hour session President Wilson moved to the Capitol to confer with Chateman Meme of the foreign relations committee. no conclusion was announced. Secretary Lansing indicated the St Louis should not sail tomorrow, and Senator Stone said he would be consulted before any break in diplomatic relations.
Japan's representations to the United States regarding anti-alter land bills in Idaho and Washington are treated as serious by the administration. The protests echo early California law disputes, with officials reluctant to disclose details but signaling heightened tensions between Japan and U.S. officials as Congress weighs new legislation.
Washington February 2 Senator Borah and Senator Chamberlain discussed an Idaho senate telegram explaining an anti alien land bill aimed at all aliens not just a target. Secretary Lansing noted the explanation did not change the situation and did not apply to Japan. Oregon legislature may still act as they see fit.
Treasury Department orders customs sectors nationwide to enforce strict checks on vessels leaving ports. Focus on areas of Hawaii and Puerto Rico to prevent ships from sailing without clearance and to stop armed vessels from leaving without permits.
From Cheyenne Wyoming February 2 a blockade near the Unionroad halted traffic and left coal scarce. The legislature weighs adjournment as the capitol runs on exhausted fuel while local plants and rail services stall.
U S Senator Borah changes position on Idaho measures to bar Japanese land ownership after talks with Secretary Lansing and Counselor Park. He warns the bill could prompt government concerns and urges restraint unless essential to national interests. State Department protests reach Idaho lawmakers and the governor.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports that underwriting has been suspended temporarily. The Danish war insurance scheme is affected and a related agent in New York has been ordered to remain there.
Washington hearings on the leak investigation will resume tomorrow at 16 o'clock. George A. Ellis of E F Hutton & Co. likely will be the first witness, after reporting that Connolly warned brokers of the president's peace note. The probe will scrutinize whether Connolly's message reached Hutton's private wire via alternate channels.
U S customs officers were denied permission to go below decks on German steamships in New York Harbor. Collector Malone said the refusal follows shipowners rights and that legal grounds are needed to suspect a law violation. Europe awaits U S action on Germanys submarine policy.
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