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Although Senator La Follette is dead (TIME, June 29, CONGRESS), his publicity agency goes marching on. This agency is entitled the "People's Legislative Service"; its headquarters are located in Washington, and it is under the direction of Basil M. Manly...
Alleging that white men had made new regulations for Indians in British Columbia, most westerly Canadian province, a powwow of 31 Chiefs at Shuswap sent Chief William Pierrish, Basil David and Johnnie Chillichitsa to lodge a protest with "the grand Chief whose wigwam is Buckingham Palace." Last week they arrived in London and set about securing an audience with "the biggest Chief of all." The Duke of York signified his "sincere pleasure and grateful thanks" by accepting invitations to become the Honorary President of the Yorktown World Forum,* Yorktown Country Club and the Yorktown Historical Society. The acceptance of these...
...chosen by the Dramatic Club for presentation on Saturday night. The performance will have nothing to do with the new Yale School of Dramatic Art, headed by Professor Baker, and is being presented by the Yale Dramatic Association unaided. The translation used will be an original one prepared by Basil Davenport, a Yale Junior...
Later, the congress listened to the man whom Sir Basil Thomson of Scotland Yard called "the best scientifically equipped man in the police profession." This was Dr. Salvatore Ottolenghi, who established the first police school in the world...
...LaFollette progressives were counted out at the polls last fall, but they have by no means been silenced. Basil M. Manly, LaFollette disciple and mouthpiece, and director of the People's Legislative Service in Washington, last week attempted to revive the old attack on the General Electric Co. as a monopoly in the manufacture and distribution of electric light bulbs. Samuel Untermeyer started the assault with a letter to Mr. Manly on the subject, which the latter made public. The Manhattan lawyer asserted that the General Electric Co. had been allowed to escape prosecution on alleged criminal and civil...