Nevada Assembly Views Anti Japanese Measures Rise
Nevada and California legislators debate anti Japanese bills amid moves to bar aliens from land ownership and to segregate Japanese in schools. Assemblyman Drew backs a land bill amended to target aliens broadly, while Johnson pushes bills to ban aliens from directing corporations and to segregate Japanese and Mongolians. Roosevelt pressure and a cautious Senate loom over passage as lawmakers weigh constitutional concerns and federal stance.
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Sacramento
Drew
Carson
Assemblyman Drew
Fresno County
Roosevelt
Morgan Named Intermediary in Major Merger Deal
A broker reveals that sixteen men formed connections to control the Coal and Iron Company and that absorption by a larger corporation followed after consulting President Roosevelt to relieve 1907 strain.
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Coal and Iron Company
Greater Corporation
Roosevelt
Secret Syndicate Formed to Control Tennessee Coal and Iron
Grant B Bchey of Moore & Schley testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee detailing a 1903 syndicate that aimed to control Tennessee Coal and Iron and the later sale of stock to United States Steel through J Pierpont Morgan & Co. The group, comprising 16 prominent men each holding substantial shares, borrowed and invested heavily to gain majority control, with plans to develop the property and avoid quick stock sales for two years.
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Grant B Bchey
New York
Moore & Schley
Witheas
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Schley
Sftso
Alock
Steel Corporation
J Pierpont Morgan & Co
Sfossa
Aml
Association of Business Men
Bchley
United States
Count Hatton
Bank calls on Moore and Schley stoked panic in stock street
Schley testified that banks pressured Moore & Schley over Tennessee Coal and Iron stock, calling on them so persistently it threatened the firm and others nearby. He described visits to Lewis Cass Ledyard and talks about a merger plan with United States Steel, noting the crisis forced drastic action to relieve the situation.
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Mr. Schley
O H Payne
L C Hanne
G B Schley
J B Duke
EB J. Serwing
J. W Gates
A N Brady
G A Kessler
Oakleigh Thame
W Ogleway
H S Bindk
D Stout
J W Simpson
G W French
Cooper
J A‘ Topping
Schley
Tennessee Company
Culberson
Tennessee Coal and Iron Steel
Schiey
Moore & Schley
Moore & Schley A
Morgan
Airm
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Tennessee
Senator Culberson
Steel Corporation
Ioana
Strat Corporation
Sehly
Mr. Overman
Moore & Schl
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Ledyard
Pierpont Morgan
Messrs
Thingham
Hi S
Senator Culpernon
Kisses at ten dollars each in court ruling
Chicago judge fines John Fallon thirty dollars and costs for stealing three kisses from his landlady Mrs Edna Carameili. Fallon claimed to be the son of a New York millionaire real estate dealer, Julius Levy, of 16 Beekman Place. He later said his father was Al Levy and gave an alias.
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Chicago
Julus Levy
Agg
al Levy
Beekman Place, New York
Will Be Biggest Bank In World From City Bank Merger
Plans near completion for the consolidation of National City Bank and National Bank of Commerce. Combined capital and surplus about 80 million dollars, deposits around 10 million. Frank A Vanderlip to head the merged bank. Valentine P Snyder leads the Bank of Commerce. National City reports 25 million capital and 21.6 million surplus. deposits over 20 million. Bank of Commerce adds 5 million capital, 16.25 million surplus, about 20 million deposits.
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Washington Post
New York
National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Easd
Bank of Commerce
National City
Morgan
Kuhn-Loeb
Kuhn. Loeb & Co
Injunction Against Oklahoma Gov Haskell Issued In Gas Case
Federal Judge R B Campbell granted a temporary restraining order blocking Gov Haskell Attorney General West and Oklahoma from interfering with Kansas Natural Gas Company and other foreign concerns piping gas through the state. The suit, brought by T Barnsdell president and partners from Ohio and Pennsylvania and the Barnett Mining Company of West Virginia, charges interference with interstate commerce. Also notes improved rail service to Aiken and Augusta with exclusive drawing room and compartment cars on Southern Railway schedules.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Ohio
Del
R. B. Campbell
Haskell
West
West Virginia
United States
Court Will Hear Patrick Habeas Corpus Writ
New York February 2 Justice William J Gaynor granted a writ of habeas corpus calling for Albert T Patrick from Sing Sing where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of William Marsh Rice. The argument centered on Governor Higgins commutation shifting Patrick to a punishment not authorized by statute.
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New York
Wiliam J . Gaynor
Supreme Court
Patrick
Convention Rebukes Lewis Over Report on Osage County
In Indianapolis on February 2 the United Minor Workers Convention rejected a paragraph commending President Lewis for declining to back the strike in Osage county. Lewis defended his stance, but the motion failed. An unverified letter accusing Ohio district officers of "selling out" was not addressed. authorship is under investigation.
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Kansas Stake
Indianapolis
Ind
Lewis
United Minor Workers
Osage County
Kang
Ohie
Justices of the Peace
DHS
Inferior Court of Justice of the Peace
Municipal Court
District of Columbia
Dlem
Water Department
Senate
National Guard
House
Tral courtroom shooting shocks crowd as woman opens fire
In Gatesville Texas Verna Ware drew a revolver during a trial and fatally shot Jon Hanes before wounding three witnesses. Her attorneys tackled the weapon and she, after firing, collapsed in a chair as crowd panic swept the crowded courtroom. Hanes died, three witnesses were wounded, and Ware was taken to jail in critical condition.
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Gatesville, Tex
Verna Ware
Jon Hanes
Hanes
David Ross
James Smith
Whtey
Miss Ware
Ross Smith
Wiley
Had to Jump His Bail Broughton Brandenburg Explains Bia Flight
New York February report shows fugitive Broughton Brandenburg missing bail after failing to appear for trial on forged Grover Cleveland letter charges. He issued a statement via his wife claiming financial inability to hire counsel, pledging to return once funds are secured to avoid default.
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Broughton Brandenburg
Bia
Washington Post
New York
Tram
Grover Cleveland
West Ninth Street
Hamuet Bell Thomas
Heiress Weds Salvationist In Civic Ceremony
Mizg Marton Fergus Woolman heiress of Burlington wealth marries Capt Alexander Romuel Hewitt of the American Salvation Army. After a brief wedding tour they will head to Plainfield to lead slum work, with her fortune largely devoted to Salvation Army causes. The bride’s family is described as among the city’s proudest.
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Spelial
Washington Post
Burlington
Mizg Marton Fergus Woolman
Alexander Romuel Hewitt
American Salvation Army
Plainfield
Woman testifies in Dunphy theft case against broker Giles
Mrs Martha Mabell Dunphy, wife of a Boston physician, testified in Chicago court that Charles E B Giles, a Boston broker, pursued her after she borrowed funds. She claimed Giles forced loans, kept jewels and stock, threatened to ruin her husband, and followed her to Montana and Iowa before returning to Chicago.
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Doctor's Company
Giles
Chicago
Martha Mabell
Dunphy
Boston
Bedworth
Charles EB Giles
Clifford
Graat Northern
Questioopy
Onete Gilles
Taft Views Gatun Dam Plans Change in Canal Work
President-elect Taft with Lieut Col Goethals reviews Gatun breakwater redesigns and dam height options amid surf from a norther. Engineers propose $10 million breakwaters to guard the Caribbean entrance and shift to a lower dam, citing settlement as normal. Taft inspects the Pacific locks progress as colon work continues and native factions mingle at a reception.
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Panama
Taft
Goethals
Culebra
Colon
Point Toro
Caribbean
Coriad
Gatun
Pacific Locks and Channel
I. Limon Bay
Col Goethals
Ale
Squiers
Obaldia
Yerkes Executor Case Heated In Probate Court
Chicago February 2. Louis S. Owsley testifies in probate court against Mary Adelaide Yerkes petition to remove Charles T. Yerkes as executor. Owsley rejects claims of self enrichment and alleges malicious falsehoods intended to acertain property transfer to Mrs Yerkes with a 6 percent payoff.
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Chicago
Louis S Owsley
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Falaehood
Karight
Senate Appropriations Boost District Budget and Penal Plan
Senate appropriations committee enhances the District budget for the new fiscal year by about 4 million, adding funds for a proposed workhouse and reformatory, police hires, snow removal, schools, playgrounds, and public stations. The bill includes a 6 500 salary for the District commissioners, a 48 thousand dollar rise for police pay, and a 15 thousand dollar grant for public playgrounds, with limited reductions and new authorizations for temporary advances to cover expenses.
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Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Senate
Gallinger
House
Congress
Maryland
Virginia
Reformatory
National Bureau of Criminal
Msteic
Washington
Senate Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
United States
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Dills Tin
Speed
Campbell
Roogevete
Assembly of Novia
Cal Firnia
Jlice
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Atlantic Coast Line
Japan
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Russia
France
Germany
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Count Kiomura
Count Hatters
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Overman
Steel Corpo Pratigi
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Vanderlip
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Aiken
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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Great Highway of Commerce
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