Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-02-21 | Page 2 | Would Forbid 'Japs' to Wed White Girls |

Type	issue
Date	1917-02-21
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Would Forbid 'Japs' to Wed White Girls
Type	wedding
Date	1917-02-21
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	2
OCR Text	Show WOULD FORBID 'JAPS' TO WED WHITE GIRLS Boise, Ida., Feb. 20. Following the relntroductlon of the antialien land bill In the Idaho senate yesterday, a bill was Introduced today to prohibit the marriage of "white persons and Mongolians." Application of a Japanese for a II-censo II-censo to marry a white woman ut Twin Falls caused the Introduction of the bill The county clerk ret used to is-j is-j sue the licenee, holding that the Japanese Jap-anese was a mulatto. The clerk in a letter to the senator I from his county wrote that the Jap- anese, when he applied for the license I was accompanied by C. M. Booth, the attorney who Is to appear before the state senato tomorrow to answer affidavits af-fidavits whleh quoie him as saylne that he caused tho Jauam.se em Lad j i J. ife A A A protest against the Idaho autialien , land bill
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