Wilson plans independence stance sparks Philippine debate
The dispatch reports President Wilson’s view that U S policy toward the Philippine Islands should serve their best interests, with no immediate push for independence. It also details Commissioner Worcester’s report on peonage and slavery in the islands, noting grafts in the law and opposition within the Philippine assembly.
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Philippine Islands
Wilson Harrison
White House
Philippines
Manila
Repre
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War Department
China
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Philippine Assembly
Philippine Constabulary
Forbes Resigns as Philippines Governor General
W Cameron Forbes resigns as governor general of the Philippines effective September 1 after serving since 1909. Francis Burton Harrison of New York is named the successor. Forbes responds to attacks by Representative Jones defending the U S insular policy and defending the country's representatives.
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Manila
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Washington
Virginia
Forbes
Jones
Sea trip for derelicts on yacht Breeze
August 25 New York harbor trip for Humane Derelicts Protective Association members aboard the Breeze. Led by blind president Philip Kenna, 16 crippled men boarded at City Point, guests of William Joyce of Scituate. A crowd watched as Tim Carrigan and Long Dick assisted the party, Joyce steered.
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New York
Humane Derelicts Protective Association
William Joyce
Scituate
Philip Kenna
City Point
Thomas Green
Tim Carrigan
Long Dick
Patrick Kelly
Joyce
Weather Summary For Tourists Observed In Early Morning
Observations across major cities report temperatures from 60s to 70s with clear to partly cloudy skies. Winds mainly from the south, southeast, or north, with fair to warmer conditions and the daily low temperatures noted.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington, D. C
Hindu Marriage Ends Romantic Courtship in India USA
Princess Indira daughter of the Baroda Maharajah and Prince Jitendra of Cooch-Behar united in a private ceremony in London. Civil rites followed a Hindu wedding. The Gaekwar’s consent was not present. Bride's family has strong ties to the United States including Shrimal Jaisingrao and Harvard, while the Maharani wrote on Indian women.
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British India
Indira
Maharajah Gaekwar
Baroda
Jitendra
Cooch-Behar
India
Bombay
Engand
Kendra
Gaekwar
Shrimal Jaisingrao
United States
Harvard
Maharani
New Texas Revenue Chief To Assume Office Soon
A. B. Walker, recently appointed collector of internal revenue, is expected to take charge around September 1. His bond is pending and he plans to move to Austin for the post. Walker resides on a farm near Leander in Williamson County. Gen. Webster Flanagan, longtime collector, will return to Henderson for his home.
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Austin
Tex
Aus
Walker
Internal Revenue
Leander
Williamson County
Webster Flanagan
Henderson
Picking Your Newspaper Why buy this paper The Light
The article argues readers should buy The Light because it serves their interests and is well run. It highlights bright, clean presentation and vigorous effort, plus valuable advertising columns offering wealth of news and information.
Indictment Sought for Murphy Levy and Frawley in Sulzer Plot
Albany publisher L. I. Arnold urges New York and Albany district attorneys to indict Charles Murphy Aaron Levy and James Frawley over an alleged conspiracy to oust Governor Sulzer. Arnold says testimony from ten witnesses and other evidence, now with DAs, supports indictments. He notes his paper backed Sulzer and that more testimony is forthcoming.
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Charles I’. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Aaron J. Levy
Assembly
James J. Frawley
Sulzer
Albany
L. l. Arnold
Arnold
Judge Arnold
Knickerbocker Press
Murphy
Levy
Frawley
Whitman
Albany County
Murder Probe Underway for Holbrook Slaying in Turkey
United States vice consul Lewis Heck travels to Soushehlo, Asiatic Turkey, to investigate the murder of American missionary Dr. Charles H. Holbrook, a Lynn Mass native. Officials say two Turks shot the sleeping doctor in a garden suspected of involving Armenian provocations. private reports dispute the official version and say the murder was deliberate. The suspects have been arrested and await trial.
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Constantinople
United States
Lewis Heck
Charles H. Holbrook
Soushehlo
Turkey
Bible House
More Freedom Sought for Use of Militia Abroad
Washington Aug 25 More interpretation of the constitutional provision on militia dispatch abroad will be discussed at a conference between War Department staff officers and state militia officers. Officials deny urgency, noting aims to make regular army and militia a more effective unit. Military lawyers debate whether the constitution allows militias to execute national laws in foreign countries.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Roosevelt Returns Fast In Kansas City Visit
Theodore Roosevelt spent ten minutes in Kansas City last night on his way East after a West vacation. He said he would be very busy preparing for his South America trip next fall and would leave New York on October 4.
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Roosevelt
Kansas City
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
New York
Frank Case Goes to the Jury in Mary Phagan Murder
Leo M. Frank trial reached the jury at 12 45 P M in Atlanta Georgia as Judge Roan overruled a mistrial motion on six counts prompting final arguments and jury deliberation on the murder charge concerning Mary Phagan.
Retailers Plan For Co-Operative Buying In Texas
Stock subscriptions are being solicited among local retail grocers for the Dealers and Producers Mercantile Company of Texas now forming. The co-op aims to supply grocers at lower prices than wholesalers, with Dallas as headquarters and a $1,000,000 capitalization. Subscriptions in this city total $50,000, and after $300,000 is sold the charter will be sought and officers elected from stockholders. A branch may open here and a wholesale firm could be bought to operate as a cooperative.
Fraudulent society man nabbed for jewel theft scheme
Atlantic City August 25 Harry H. Simonin arrested for stealing several thousand dollars in jewelry from a Philadelphia home and held for extradition. Police say he posed as a society man with Narragansett Pier and Newport ties while amid claims of aristocratic lineage. Pawn tickets totaling small sums and $1.15 found on him as investigators probe links to larger robberies in New England.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Harry H. Simonin
Philadelphia
Narragansett Pier
Newport
Pennsylvania
Simonin
New England
William Oliver
Oliver
Old Star Gazer of Madison Square Dies in New York
Death of Frederick J. Seybold, once a University of Illinois professor, revealed at his grave. He later promoted S typewriters and stylographic pens and sold views of the moon in Madison Square. A few attendees witnessed the burial while friends seek his relatives.
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New York
Madison Square
Frederick J. Seybold
University of Illinois
Senate panel shapes law to extend state election rules
Washington Aug 84 The Senate elections committee plans a bill to extend state election laws for selecting representatives to cover senators. Senator Walsh of Montana and a sub committee seek to allow governors to call special elections for vacancies and authorize Senate elections at the regular election. The move aims to implement the direct election amendment where some states lack machinery.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Elections Committee
Walsh
Montana
Coins for Exhibition Opens A Numismatic Show in Detroit
The American Numismatic Association holds its twelfth convention in Detroit with about a million dollars' worth of rare coins on display. Visitors from nearly every country are expected to attend as the exhibition opens.
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Detroit
Mich
American Numismatic Association
Light of Astonio’s Lease Wire Day Report Highlights
The Ban Astonio Light publication relies on the Associated Press leased wire service for daily news. This wire delivers about 20,000 words of general coverage each day, supplemented by the paper’s own sizable special news content.
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Ban Astonio
Associated Press
iLight
Thaw Awaits Arrival of Allies for Canadian Case
Sherbrooke Aug 25 A week after his dramatic Matteawan escape Karry K Thaw remains jailed in Sherbrooke awaiting arrival of two key backers William Travers Jerome former New York district attorney and Roger O Mara Pittsburg detective. Jerome travels via Colebrook N H toward Sherbrooke as Canadian counsel prepare for Thaws habeas corpus arraignment in Superior Court. Jerome will aid extradition and insanity discussions while O Mara supports Thaws family in Canadian proceedings though not a lawyer.
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Matteawan
Karry K. Thaw
William Travers Jerome
New York
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
Thaw
Harry Thaw
O'Mara
Jerome
Stanford White
New York State
Samuel Jacobs
Vermont
Night watchman murdered near Marshall foundry
James Mott, night watchman at a Marshall foundry, was killed Sunday night in view of passing trainmen. A man was seen striking with a club as Mott toppled 80 feet from a platform. Police report a clue as investigation continues.
Highway League delegation heads to Oakville meeting
D. Fe Colp secretary of the High way League led a delegation of good road boosters by automobile to Oakville for a Uvalde Corpus Christi Highway Association gathering. The Oakville session is pivotal for the Nueces valley highway project.
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D. FE. Colp
Highway League
Oakville
Uvalde-Corpus Christi Highway Association
Nueces Valley
Penitentiary Adrift in Rusk Debate over Reform
W H Imboden ex district attorney of Rusk urges abandoning the penitentiary there and selling land. He attacks soft treatment of convicts, praises punishment as necessary, cites guard limits and danger to citizens, and notes many Negro inmates as unmanageable. His San Antonio trip aims to enroll his son in a military school.
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Rusk
W. H. Imboden
Distri Orney
Gunter Hotels
Imboden
Texas
San Antonio
House Navy for Postmaster
WASHINGTON August 25 President Wilson announced nominations for postmasters In Houston Tex John Dunlop for Houston Heights Tex and other posts in the Navy department family designation not specified in readable text
Speaking in Figures The Light Reaches San Antonio Homes
The Light reaches twelve thousand homes in San Antonio and more than ten thousand homes direct by carrier daily, nearly every reading home in the city. This circulation doubles any other local paper and enhances paid home circulation as the strongest driver of buying and selling power, making Light classified ads highly effective.
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San Antonio
Huerta Has 24 Hours To Change Mind
In Hermosillo Aug 5 a Federal cavalry moved from Guaymas to engage Constitutionalist outposts at Mazatlan as Huerta faces a 24 hour deadline before President Wilson plans to address Congress. Diplomatic activity shows foreign powers backing US peace efforts with Huerta, while France Britain Japan and others display varied recognition signals amid Mexico’s crisis.
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Sonora
Guaymas
Washington, D. C
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Mexico
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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