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...Sterling, Senator from South Dakota, will introduce a bill similar to the Towner-Sterling Education Bill, which was not acted upon by the last Congress. Horace M. Towner, Iowa Representative who formerly collaborated with Senator Sterling, is not on hand for the battle, being at present Governor of Porto Rico (TIME, June 25). But the new measure has the support of many educational societies behind it, representing between two and three million members...
...giving Porto Rico the status of a state...
...Colonel Webb C. Hayes, who served in Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and in the China Relief expedition and has a Congressional Medal of Honor among his decorations. He also saw service in the World War. He has been for years head of the Commission which has marked the sites where our troops fought or served in Cuba and China. A few years ago he deeded his father's old home and grounds, 'Spiegel Grove,' at Fremont, Ohio, to Ohio, and the State erected an impressive building, 'The Hayes Memorial Library and Museum,' in which...
...Rhode Island 10 12 S. Carolina 11 4 S. Dakota 10 12 Tennessee 20 26 Texas 23 17 Utah 8 10 Vermont 8 10 Virginia 15 16 Washington 14 16 W. Virginia 16 18 Wisconsin 26 28 Wyoming 6 8 Alaska 2 2 District of Columbia 2 2 Porto Rico 2 2 Hawaii 2 2 Philippines 2 2 Total...
...this end. In Washington last week Secretary of War Weeks fortified himself for the visit of the Commission by consulting with Major General Mclntyre, chief of the Insular Bureau. Doubtless he will give the islanders a cordial welcome. But he expressed the opinion that under the present regime Porto Rico is enjoying unparalleled prosperity...