Exclusion Amendment Moves Japan Policy in California
San Francisco leaders push to exclude Japanese from the mainland via a Root amendment to the immigration bill. Mayor Schmitz and the school board seek a separate Japanese school in SF to align with U S policy while awaiting congressional action Friday conference with President and Secretary Root.
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Japan
California
Iawaii
Hawaii
Hawai
San Francisco Steel Board
Schmitz
Acc
Sofar
Congress
Gongrese
Jong
Pacific Coast lawmakers back Root amendment on Japanese influx
Members of the California delegation urge enactment of the Root amendment to end the influx from Hawaii and to ease drive for an exclusion treaty with Japan. They argue the Japanese must be excluded from both the mainland and Hawaii, with future negotiations outlining steps.
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California
Pacific Coast
Congress
Hawaii
Japan
WANTS LETTER EXPLAINED IN MOWER EXTRADITION CASE
Philadelphia February 13 Proceedings opened to block sending Dr Richard C Mower back to New York after a letter shown to the court was described as tainting the case with possible blackmail The letter was sent to Mrs Isabella Gray Taylor a prosecutor in H C Woodruff s case It alleged Flower sold 500 worth of stock in a Montana mining concern to Taylor and urged her to assign her claim so Flower could force a settlement Judge Sulzberger demanded an explanation from District Attorney Jerome before surrendering Flower to New York authorities.
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Philadelphia
Richard C. Mower
New York
Sulzberger
Isabella Gray
Taylor
H.C. Woodruff
Flower
Jerome
Contemptible Nation Denounces U S Immigration Stance
In Macon Georgia on February 12 the State convention of the Negro Equal Rights Association convened with former Governor Northen and Rev Dr G A Nunnally slated to speak the next day. The meeting aims to improve the negro's moral social political and educational status and reduce crime while fostering racial harmony. Bishop H M Turner called the nation contemptible and urged immigration as best for the negro. He criticized the U S Supreme Court saying the tribunal has dragged the negro and his citizenship down to hell.
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Gov Northen
G A Nunnally
H. M. Turner
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Supreme Court of the United States
Gramps Big Loss by Fire Delays Shipyard Work
A fire at William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia destroyed pattern shops and two storage rooms. About 7 percent of the patterns, including those for battleships Pennsylvania through Indiana, were lost, delaying work on several vessels under construction. the damage is estimated at 140000 to 150000 dollars. Firefighters were injured by falling walls. origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons
Buldimag Company
H. W. Hand
United States
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Tennessee
Maine
Alabama
Iowa
Massachusetts
Indiana
Calriers’ Association
Julius Gaulsch
Seven Passengers Hurt in Pittsburgh Transit Crash
Seven people were seriously injured and several others slightly hurt when a West Wilkinsburg line double-truck traction car lost control at Penn and Trenton, ran into a trolley pole, and crushed into passengers. Conductor D L Henry fractured ribs and cut head. motorman Joseph Hess jaw fractured. John Kirkpatrick left leg broken. James Walker left leg broken. William Wilkins fourteen had leg injuries and cuts. Margaret Braun twenty had arm injuries from broken glass. Hattie Martin colored shoulder hurt. Anna Beil Jackson skull fractured. Injured were taken to a hospital.
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Pittsburg
West Wilkinsburg
D L Henry
Joseph Hess
John Kirkpatrick
James Walker
William Wilkins
Margaret Braun
Hattie Martin Colored
Anna Beil Jackson
Penn and
Trenton
DUG OUT OF FORTY FOOT WELL NEAR SOUTH OMAHA
South Omaha Neb Feb 13 After being imprisoned at the bottom of a 40 foot well for twenty four hours and receiving air through an iron pipe Herman Frankholdt a well digger was dug out yesterday and found practically uninjured The well caved in Monday morning and he signaled by tapping on an iron ladder after eight hours of digging his signal was heard and he was released
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Herman Frankholdt
Frankholdt
Bill to Prohibit Nudging Nursing Mothers Bill
Representative Timberlake of Minneapolis introduced a bill in St Paul that would ban any person from persuading a mother to stop nursing within a month of birth. The measure, asked by a charitable society, goes to the health and pure food committee for study.
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Timberlake
Minneapolis
Committee On
Reckoning of Larchmont Disaster Death Toll Rises
In Providence a early count shows 188 known dead or missing from the collision of the Joy Line steamer Larchmont and schooner Harry Knowlton. Seventeen survived. Seventy three bodies recovered, thirty eight identified, with one hundred passengers still missing or unidentified. Kentucky arrives with survivors and bodies, survivors recount frantic hours, accusations of cowardice surface, schooner captain blamed by company president.
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Block Island Sound
Misa Sadie Galup
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Sthesa
Hshing Bodts
Fred Hiergesell
Brooklyn
N. Y
McVey
Special Policemen Shootout Kills New York Officer
In New York, special policeman Mannie Frey died at Gouverneur Hospital from a head wound after a quarrel over tips at 180 Suffolk Street near Little Hungary. Gustave Weir, also a special officer, is jailed after the midnight shooting following a dispute over carriage calls and tips.
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Washington Post
Mannie Frey
Gouverneur Hospital
Gustave Weir
Frey
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Second Street
Liberty
East Houston Street
Weir
Lves
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Hungary
Tipa
Buffolk Street
Ieren’y
Beramié
Man Dies on L Train in New York
William F. Howe a 50 year old agent for Central Hudson Steamboat Company collapsed and died on an elevated L train in New York. He lived with his wife and daughter at 1 West Fourth Street and had heart trouble noted by associates. Telegrams found on his body hinted at private matters and congratulations from Albany signed by Wm Thorne. Howe had served the steamboat company over thirty five years.
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Washington Post
New York
William F. Howe
Central Hudson Steamboat Company
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Ninth Avenue
Bancroft
Roosevelt Hospital
West Sixty-eighth Street
Albany
Wm. Thorne
Steamboat Company
Pier
North River
Howe
Fire Drives Girls From Wabash Building Roof Fire
A blaze at 311 315 Wabash avenue in Chicago forced 35 girls from a top floor school of physical education to flee in gym outfits. Firemen fought the renewed blaze, with engines called in as losses mounted to about 60 000 dollars.
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Chicago
School of Physical Culture
Wabash Avenue
Two major Brooklyn fires cause heavy losses on docks and Bush Terminal
Brooklyn fire crews battled two blazes in late February. The New York Dock Company buildings at Red Hook Point were nearly destroyed with losses around 3200,000. A second blaze hit the Bush Terminal Company warehouse at Forty-eighth street, a large one-story lumber and jute building, also destroyed with substantial damage.
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Knight
New York Dock Company
Red Hock Point
Bush Terminal Company
Forty-eighth Street
Half Million in Securities Missing at New Britain Bank
New Britain officials say William F. Walker, treasurer, removed over half a million dollars in securities from the Savings Bank vaults. Directors expect most losses to be recoverable. Mayor Landers demands removal of Bank Commissioner Kendall for alleged neglect and improper delay in examinations. Walker reportedly fled to New York while a woman linked to him sought to recall police alerts.
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Wiliam. F. Walker
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Mr Walker
Walkers
Hughes And The Presidency In Albany And Beyond
Albany reports Gov. Hughes shows signs of national ambition as he speaks in Boston on national affairs and plans Michigan talks. He may entertain invitations from other states and has attracted Washington interest seeking a candidate who could alter Roosevelt’s plans. The governor’s favorable start and luck draw attention from political bosses and outsiders aiming to influence his future.
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Albany
Washington
Spain
Japan Hopes for Agreement on School Question
Tokyo reports confidence in President Roosevelt settling the school dispute with San Francisco authorities. A credible source abroad says the war talk is anti Japanese agitation by emissaries of a hostile power, and that a settlement is expected through diplomacy rather than conflict.
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Lady dies after bulldog attack in Philadelphia home
Mrs Lena Smith of Philadelphia was killed by a vicious bulldog that attacked her as she brought it meat in her kitchen. The dog had shown resentment after being whipped days earlier and was killed by her husband with a poker when she cried out for help.
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Philadelphia
Lena Smith
Italy Faces Population Decline and Immigration Strain
Rome reports five year trend of falling population with deaths surpassing births in key provinces. Immigration blamed for depopulation and labor shortages. Government plans restrictive measures to curb immigration rather than encourage it.
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Washington Post
Rome
Italy
Berlin Police Arrest Three Anarchists Over Violent Leaflet
Berlin reports three anarchists including a Dutch native, a Belgian, and a German former editor were arrested. Police found 15,000 copies of a violently worded leaflet titled The Soldier's Breviary at the German's lodgings. The cover bore Prussian insignia and claimed publication by the War Ministry.
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Berlin
Holland
Prussian War Ministry
Great Sun Spot Found by Brashear Sparks North American Buzz
Pittsburg Feb 13 Prof John A Brashear of the Allegheny Observatory announces one of the greatest sun spots seen in years. He says electrical disturbances may affect telegraph and telephone services tomorrow night and aurora borealis could appear. The spot measures about 118000 miles long and 3000 wide covering roughly 5560000 square miles and is visible with smoked glass.
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Pittsburg
John A Brashear
Allegheny Observatory
Brashear
George H. Peters
United States Naval Observatory
Brashears
Peters
Deadlock Persists in Senate Ballot in Providence
The twenty ballot for United States Senator failed to break the deadlock at the Providence general assembly joint meeting. Goddard leads with 41 votes, Colt 36, Wetmore 2, Utter 1, with five absent due to steamboat disaster rescue efforts. One or two more ballots expected tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. L
United States
General Assembly
Goddard
Colt
Wetmore
Utter
May Try Thaw Mistrial In Thaw Case
Jerome Thaw may seek a mistrial or a permit to introduce the prisoner's will after disposing of a document. Evelyn Thaw will resume her testimony as Dr. Evans describes Thaw’s unexplained depression and symptoms of nervous disorders. No signs of a drug habit are shown and illness interrupts the trial today.
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Thaw
tIllness
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Will
Gury
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw trial paused by juror's wife illness sparks delay
The Thaw murder trial faces a possible mistrial as juror Bolton's wife suffers double pneumonia. Court sessions are trimmed while doctors say her condition is very serious. If Boltons's status cannot improve, proceedings may be postponed or a verdict aimed with eleven jurors could be pursued. Evelyn Thaw wards off curious crowds as the case hinges on juror availability and potential continuance.
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New York
Jo Pi BB Bolton
Bolter Wi
Jerome
Balton
Bolton
Wfe
Mrs M Bolton
Evelyn
Leonard Street
Dan O’reilly
May McKenzie
O'Reilly
Britton D. Evans
State Hospital For the Insane
Morris Place
N. J
John T. Deemar
Kittanning
John Ross
Harry Thaw
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