Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — MARRIAGE IS OPPOSED [ARTICLE]

MARRIAGE IS OPPOSED

Girl Engaged to Japanese Harshly Treated In California. San Rafael, Cal., March 26.—Amid hoots and yells, banging of 'tincans and an ironical shower of rice and flowers. Mrs. John Emery, wife of Archdeacon Emery of the Episcopal church, and her daughter. Helen Gladys Emery, engagement to Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, has aroused public sentiment against them, left their home at Corte Madeira. They departed for Tacoma, Wash. The archdeacon opposes the match.