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...Cabinet, mostly composed of quick-trigger army officers, assembled with Dictator-Premier Ibanez and despatched a verbal ultimatum to the President. President Figueroa had no option but to issue a proclamation as follows: "Serious personal motives compel me to absent myself from my constitutional duties for a period of two months. During this time the Minister of the Interior (Premier Ibanez) will rep)ace me in the Presidency with the title of Vice President of the Republic, in accordance with Article 66 of the Political Constitution of the State...
...None belonging to the College, except the President, Professors and Tutors, shall by threats or blows compel a Freshman or any Undergraduate to any Duty or Obedience...
...Federal District Court of Southern Ohio released Mr. Daugherty; said that the Senate was usurping judicial power. Last week the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the lower court and gave to Congress sweeping powers. In order to legislate effectively, Congress has the right to summon witnesses, compel proper testimony, punish recalcitrant witnesses-said the unanimous,* emphatic and comprehensive decision handed down by Associate Justice Van Devanter. This decision, besides authorizing the Senate to act on the case of Mally S. Daugherty, is of immediate concern to several other gentlemen: Harry F. Sinclair, who refused to answer...
...offense in 1908 consisted largely in the quarterback guessing a play. Then followed the period of a definite, scientifically planned offense. Finally the development of defense nullified these scientific methods of play selection. To put the offense again in the ascendancy, various coaches developed shift plays in order to compel the defense to change its alignment after being prepared to meet the offense which threatened before the shift took place...
...Grand Island, Neb., a Nazarene preacher's daughter obtained a decision from State Attorney General O. S. Spillman that the Grand Island school board could not compel her to participate in gymnasium classes, least of all compel her while doing so to wear a garment discountenanced by her father's church: bloomers...