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Acting Governor Butte of Porto Rico last week denied an application by one Manuel Garcia. Señor Garcia wished to arena a bull fight. The acting governor held: 1) That a fight between man and beast was likely to be cruel; 2) That it was likely to have a deleterious effect on public morals. The bulls of Porto Rico will continue to be slaughtered only to increase the world's food supply...
...Senator Santiago Iglesias of Porto Rico presented to Mr. Coolidge a petition purporting to come from 13,000 Porto Ricans, alleging that the island is dominated by a political machine and oppressed by taxation, that four-fifths of its 800,000 laborers are without permanent employment, and that drastic remedies are called for. ¶ Governor Len Small of Illinois called to request the President to favor larger appropriations to aid the states in eliminating bovine tuberculosis, although the President is known to be opposed in principle to Federal aid for states. ¶ Senator Arthur R. Robinson, newly appointed Republican Senator...
...Dorchester; Douglas Huntley Gordon of Baltimore, Md.; Henry Melvin Hart Jr. of Spokane, Wash.; James McLeHand Hawkes of East Lynn; Israel Klein of Brockton; Stanley Jasspon Kuaits of Worcester; Chester Tevis Lane of Richmond, Surrey, England; Harold Joseph Mallison of New York City; Antonio Ortizy Ortiz of Hottiacao Porto Rico; Oscar Moore Shaw of Washington, D. C.; Elliot Barker Spalding of Cambridge; Jule Elias Stocker of Detroit, Mich.; Kirke Marshall White of Oswego, N. Y.; Dean Earl Wood of Kansas City, Mo.; Redmond Stephens Wright of Chicago...
...Juan, Porto Rico...
TIME San Juan, Porto Rico...