MacArthur Opposes Philippine Independence and U.S. Withdrawal
Maj. General MacArthur testified before the senate Philippines committee explaining his warning that independence and U.S. withdrawal could lead to failure of republican institutions and civil war. He described Philippine society as rudimentary and plastic, needing U.S. tutelage for stable self government and a durable commonwealth.
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Washington
MacArthur
Senate Committee On the Philippines
United States
The
Philippines
Spain
Islands
MacArthur Right on Aguinaldo Capture Statement
General Funston endorses MacArthur's claim of responsibility for the capture of Aguinaldo. He says he devised the plan, submitted it to MacArthur, who endorsed it, and the expedition proceeded to result. MacArthur had made similar statements months earlier.
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MacArthur
Denver
Del
Funston
Aguinaldo
STILL IN PRISON Officers of Chicago face no clemency
Rome April 30 Officers of the United States cruiser Chicago held at Venice remain in prison. An overthrow of pardon was rejected under Italian law which bars clemency for assaults on police. Some papers cite Italian lynchings in the United States as a reason, but it is believed the king may release the prisoners on June 1, the constitution fete.
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Rome
United States
Chicago
Venice
Sophomore exodus at Clemson after Thornwell suspension
Charleston April 30. Following the suspension of Cadet Thornwell, 59 of Clemson college’s 74 sophomores have withdrawn. Two of the remaining five received discharges, and the rest are expected to depart. Thornwell, grandson of a noted theologian, was expelled for taking four glass tubes from a lab without permission. The faculty, troubled by ongoing incidents, warned that future offenders would face strict action and refused reinstatement.
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Clemson College
Charleston
Thornwell
Destructive Hail Damages Crops Near Gainesville
Reports from Gainesville Texas dated April 30 describe a severe hailstorm that devastated 250 acres of wheat and 100 acres of corn and cotton each eight miles southwest of town. Ten windows were shattered, 150 chickens killed, and a boy injured. Farther east in the Cross Timbers area fruit growers lost peaches and apples, with some claiming half the crop ruined.
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Gainesville
Tex
Here
Franz Dudenhoffer
Cross Timbers
Bridal Party Elope in Texarkana Then Father Recovers Bride
A Shreveport couple elopes after obtaining an Arkansas license. On Tuesday the bride’s father forcibly took his 17 year old daughter back to Shreveport. The groom, aged 29, is jailed on a warrant from the young woman.
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Texarkana
Tex
Shreveport
Arkansas
Provisions of Sale Amended in Danish Islands Debate
In Copenhagen the landsting and folketing discussed amending the bill for selling the Danish West India islands to the United States. The majority proposed that cession be approved only if island inhabitants vote by plebiscite, modeled after the 1867 referendum. The report was adopted.
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M. H. James & CO
Lee Riddle Wins Somervell County Primary for Congress
Glen Rose Texas April 30 Lee Riddle carried Somervell County in the Democratic primary with 75 vote margin over Lanham Neal and other candidates. The tally details were incomplete in the fragment but confirm Riddle's victory in the county contest.
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Glen Rose
Tex
Lee Riddle
Congress
Lanham
Neal
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Otto Boehme
Texas
Equitable Life Insurance Company
P. T. Boyle
Bryan, Texas
P. O. Box
Houston
Texas Central
Ss. F. B. Morse
Traf. Mgr
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
Sf Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Minrs. Proctor
Washington and
Burleson Streets
Baptist Church
Say” Opposit
Dewitt
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