Word: cantons
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Floods at Canton in the extreme South and at Kalgan in the extreme North caused much damage. In Canton, the Chu-Kiang river overflowed and serious apprehension for the safety of the city was entertained. At Kalgan, a commercial city on the Mongolian border, 700 lives were lost and over $1,000,000 worth of damage was done...
...business meetings were held by the Grand Lodge members. John G. Price, of Columbus, O., was singled out and installed to succeed James G. McFarland, of Watertown, S. D., as Grand Exalted Ruler. John was described: "a self-made American . . . formerly a letter-carrier in Canton, O., the home of President McKinley. . . . He counted the late 'Chief Executive among his friends. When Mr. McKinley went to the White House he made a place for Mr. Price in the Post Office Department. While filling this position (a minor one) Mr. Price studied law at Georgetown University, and later took...
...Reading, Pa.; N. C. Fassett 2G., of Leominster; J. W. Gould, of Greenfield, III.; R. C. Hackett 1G., of Livermore, Ky.; P. L. Julian 2G., of Greencastle, Ind.; D. E. Lee of Rochester; N. Y. M. F. Pratt 1G, of Winter Hill; R. L. Steinberger 2G., of Canton, Ohio W. E. Vaugban 1G, of Newton Centre; D. E. Whitford 1G., of Phonix, R. L.; E. R. Alexander, of Montreal, Quebec; J. P. Bethel, of Montreal, Quebec; M. M. Crow, of Imperial, Pa.; Hymon Diamond, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; R. H. James, of Wilmington, N. C.; T. L. Jennings, of Moscow...
...prove that he is alive (TIME, May 19), Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Canton Tuchun (War Lord), exiled for ten years the Chinese editor responsible for the false report of his death...
Captain Pelletier d'Oisy, flying from Paris to Tokyo (TIME, May 12) arrived at Canton, China, was greeted by President Sun Yat-Sen* of South China and members of the French Colony. His total flying time from Paris was 80½ hours. D'Oisy reported heat waves and sand storms from Calcutta as the chief obstacles and predicts the stretch he has just crossed will be the most difficult for the American flyers...