Police Executive Reform and Civil Rule in the Philippines
The city council debates making the police chief the real executive head, while the police commission remains a legislative body. Chief Bail is urged to prove his capability under board general orders. Governor Taft’s Philippines testimony highlights civil versus military authority and calls for decisive action to end dual governance and ongoing unrest.
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Police
Bail
Philippines
Taft
Senate Committee On the Philippines
United States
Ippines
Civil progress and Peters Street Viaduct update
The piece argues for a civil governing approach in the Philippines, stressing peace through lawful authority and American guarantees. It then reports a hopeful outlook for early Peters Street Viaduct construction, with city officials pressing railroads to share costs and expedite the bridge over tracks on Peters Street.
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Peters Street
Peters Stret
Woodward
Key
Harwell
Wrights African American leader seeks federal post
The Washington dispatches report professor R R Wright president of Savannahs state college for colored people as a candidate for Deveauxs vacant customs collector post at Savannah The piece criticizes his public political ambitions while praising his educational work and urges him to remain in academia to uplift his race and avoid partisan office seeking.
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Wright
Washington
R. R. Wright
State College For Colored People
Savannah
Deveaux
Wrght
Georgia
State University
Washington Arena
White House
People of
Pateee
Georgia gubernatorial talk stirs disjointed county gossip
State political gossip centers on Georgia gubernatorial race with candidates Guerry Terrell Estill and Brown. Newspapers from Covington Athens Augusta and Savannah discuss campaigns debates platforms and endorsements while Chesapeake style commentary reflects regional tensions and veteran influence.
Washington Denies Political Ties and Posts
The authority of Booker T. Washington declares he is not involved in politics. Reports linking him to southern political affairs or a Vicksburg postmaster appointment are denied as gratuitous by Washington, who says he did not influence candidacy or patronage and does not wish to be seen as an office booster.
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Cuthbert
Athens
Barnesville Gazette
Savannah Press
Staphens
Hill
Toombs
BecDuffe
Colquitt
Norwood
Gordon
Washington
Booker T. Washington
South
Vicksburg
Miss
Booker Washington
Jbe. Dewson
New York
The
Aragon
Biddie
Pittsburg
Soffel
Kendone
H. D. Keefer
Dr. J. C. Brown Medicine Company
Albany
Marion
Keefer
Atlanta
Calla
Passing Throng and the Dangers of Knockers in Atlanta
A Georgia exchange leads with a reflective poem about perseverance amid critics, then recalls a tale of a stranded newspaper man recalling a starving banknote owner, a complimentary Sheltering Arms ticket, and a traveling salesman’s view of a Pittsburg scandal. The column ends with a dramatic telephone harassment incident involving a city woman and a persistent suitor at the post office.
Atlanta Headlines Flip Through Prince Henry Visit Hopes
Georgia papers from Augusta to Athens discuss Atlanta aiming to lure Prince Henry with a grand influx of federal funds, new depots, a vast street railway system, and post office expansion while railroads and local elites debate the city’s image and growth prospects.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Pride Henry
Washington
Augusta
Athens
Georgia
Aucvsta Gay Chronicle
Summerville
Waynesboro
Clay Pete
Bnijay
Carrollton
Prince of Denmark
Balter Thad Adams
Prince Henry
Anti Chinese Bill Debate Spurs Western Seamen Claim
Washington February 4 Senate immigration committee heard more on Chinese exclusion. Ex Governor Budd supported the Mitchell Kahn bill as a codification of existing statutes, while Andrew Forsyth argued Chinese sailors are unreliable in emergencies. He cited navy figures claiming few American ships remained fully manned in war and warned that merchant marine safety depends on avoiding Chinese control. The committee adjourned to meet Friday at 11 a.m.
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Forsyth
Washington
Senate Committee On Immigration
James H. Budd
California
Mitchell-Kahn
Andrew Forsyth
Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Spain
Oregon
Iowa
Texas
New York
Brooklyn
Washington Navy Yard
United States
Pacific
Peeche
Eviday
Senator Clay Pushes County Transfer and Columbus Federal Building Funding
Washington February 4. Senator Clay introduced a bill to transfer Carroll county from Rome division to the Atlanta division, altering where U.S. court business will be conducted. An appropriation of 3000 dollars for completing the federal building at Columbus was added to the emergency deficiency bill as it passed the senate. Charley Hill Major Ralne and H L Malone of Avants are in Washington.
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Byros
Washington
Clay Fodiy
Carrell County
Rome
Northern Circuit
Atlanta
Carroll County
United States Court
Clay
Columbus
Senate
Charley Hill
Ralne
H. L. Malone
Avants
China trade growing after American Philippines occupation
Secretary Wilson received a report by David Fairchild and Lathrop noting improved outlook for China trade, with Shanghai showing strong competition and American exports expanding to canneries, dairies, and dried goods. The Manila occupation spurred higher labor and living costs, while Chinese arms production grows amid rapid Western awareness.
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Philippines
Washington
Wilson
David G. Fairehiiia
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Lathrop
Columbo
Ceylon
Cuma
Shanghai
Fairchild
Canton
China
Hong Kong
Pakcina
Nen-Tsin
Secretary Shaw Answers Sulzer on Bank Deposit Plan
Secretary Shaw writes Representative Sulzer explaining the proposed government fund deposit bill. He details that surplus funds over fifty million could be placed in clearing house banks with a prior lien, estimating a 2 percent return of about 22 million and potential 290 million in expanded credit, while voicing concerns about capital limits and mandatory provisions.
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Sulzer
Shaw
Washington
New York
Elftes
United States
Atlonal
Lesli
M, Shaw
Miles Is Friendly To Labor Opposes Posts Near Cities
Washington February 4 The army post board has completed its task of planning post locations including abandons of worn posts and new camps for training. Secretary Root will receive its report and send it to Congress. Lieutenant General Miles, board president, protests placing posts near large cities arguing it would menace organized labor.
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Washington
Army Post Board
Dri
Root
Congress
Miles
Reot
Oleomargarine Bill Debate Heats House
Washington February 4 The house debate on the cleamargarine bill continues with prospects that a vote will not occur before Thursday. Supporters include Tompkins New York Rab u Missouri Knapp New York Bates Pennsylvania Davidson Wisconsin Driscoll New York Hepburn Iowa while opponents Cowherd Missouri Larhem Texas Gravenor Ohio Kieberg Texas press the measure firmly against the bill.
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House
Washington
Messrs. Tompkins
New York
Rabu
Missouri
Knapp
Bates
Pennsys
Vania
Vania, Davidson, of Wisconsin; Driscoll
Hepburn
Iowa
Messrs
Cowherd
Larhem
Texas
Gravenor
Ohio
Kieberg
Fredericksburg Park Bill to Establish National Militia
General Thesis: Tor rance, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, will be heard by the House Military Committee on February 24 regarding Representative Hoy of Virginia's bill to establish a national militia on the battle field of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Brederickeburg Park
Washington
Torrance
Grand Army of the Republic
House
Hoy
Virginia
Fredericis_ burg
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