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It’s always interesting to look at the newspaper archive and see what was happening exactly 100 years ago. From the Seattle Daily Times front page for May 28, 1924:
- First woman to be convicted of vehicular manslaughter in San Francisco.
- Japanese government protests new US immigration law barring Japanese immigrants.
- Rum smuggling ships play havoc with transatlantic cables.
Attachments:
- Woman Convicted Of Deaths in Auto Wreck. San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28: Miss Lavina Perry of San Carlos was convicted in Superior Court here today of manslaughter because of an automobile accident in which two persons were killed. Miss Perry is said to be the first woman ever convicted in a similar case in San Francisco. (remote)
- Tokyo, Wednesday May 28: Foreign Minister Matsui today asked and obtained the assent of the prince regent to the forwarding of Japan's protest against American enactment of the immigration bill barring Japanese. The proceeding was extraordinary and is interpreted as indicating unusual importance was attached to the document. (remote)
- Liquor Fleets Play Havoc With Atlantic Cables. New York, Wednesday, May 28: Rum fleets anchored off the New Jersey and Long Island coasts are playing havoc with submarine cables to such an extent that officials of two transatlantic cable companies said they had protested to the Treasury Department at Washington. Another company is contemplating similar action. (remote)
