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...Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament defeated the Naval Bill (TIME, May 19, Aug. 6) by 50 votes to 49. Had it not been for the fact that one of the 100 members which forms the membership of the Second Chamber was missing, the result might have been a draw. Premier Jonkheer Dr. C. J. M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck tendered the resignation of the Cabinet to the Queen, who requested the members to remain in office until certain items on the Parliamentary agenda had been settled. A new Cabinet is, however, inevitable...
...Quezon (President of the Senate), Speaker Roxas of the House and Senator Osmena, former Speaker. He read them Mr. Weeks' message. On behalf of the Coolidge Administration, it confirmed in whole and in part the legality of the Governor's acts protested by the Collectivist Party (TIME, July 30, Aug. 6). It said that there was no question except the legal question. Any hopes that Quezon and Osmena had of their attitude's favorable reception in Washington were completely dashed...
Prince Kojo Tovalou Houenou, nephew of King Behanzin of Dahomey (West African province), received one franc (about six cents) damages for having been thrown out of a Montmartre cabaret (TIME, Aug. 20). The cabaret manager who ejected the Prince was fined 200 francs ($12) and sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment, but the sentence was suspended. Witnesses for the defense stated that the Prince and his brother were thrown out of the establishment, not because they were black, but because they were not in evening clothes. They also stated that no violence was used. The Americans who were alleged to have...
Berthellyn Cup. Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Pittsburgh, formerly national and international champion, whose husband (Jack V. Hurd, steel man) named Golf corespondent in his divorce suit (TiME, Aug. 6), had a successful conquest on the Huntingdon Valley links and journeyed home to enjoy the Berthellyn (invitation tournament) Cup for another year. The qualifying round Mrs. Hurd also captured, with 80 record-breaking strokes...
...rose almost every month, until a high point of 7,403,332 tons was reached in March, 1923. Since then a decline has occurred every subsequent month, as follows: April 30, 7,288,509; May 31, 6,981,351; June 30, 6,386,261; July 31, 5,910,763; Aug. 31, 5,414,663; Sept. 30, 5,035,750. The drop from last March thus amounted on the latter date to about...