Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Curiously enough, when uncensored letters were received concerning these dark doings, it was represented that the Fascist leader who had allegedly been murdered without cause, had actually begun the trouble by striking an old Freemason, Cavaliere Bandinelli, violently across the face, while trying to make him divulge the names and addresses of all the Freemasons in Florence. Benciolini, a friend of the old man, had then shot the Fascist, and the harsh reprisals which followed were alleged to have been committed by disciplined Fascist militiamen...
...harbor at San Pedro, the Seattle, flagship of the U. S. fleet, lay at anchor. On her deck Admiral Samuel S. Robison,*sturdy stocky, determined, dark-complexioned with iron-grey hair and a close-clipped mustache, faced Admiral Robert E. Coontz, for two years Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet. Everyone wore his very best bib and uniform, immaculate, ceremonial. There were a few stiff movements, an exchange of salutes and Samuel S. Robison became Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet
Within a few seconds, before ring buoys could be thrown overboard, the submarine had sunk. The searchlight of the steamer began to search the dark waters below-and then suddenly burned out-leaving the sea once again in undisturbed darkness. In six or seven minutes boats were lowered. Three men were found in the water, seamen from the S-51 caught from their bunks and vomitted up through the conning tower by the sea water pouring through the hole...
...steamer circled the spot repeatedly, then sent a message describing the accident. After about an hour, when no other survivors were found, then the City of Rome, her prow only slightly dented, churned her way from the dark spot of oil upon the waters, on to Boston...
...date of the general election in Canada being only a month away (Oct. 29), it seems ever more probable that the slim, dark and solemn Mr. Arthur Meighen will supplant the jolly, red-cheeked bachelor, Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie King, as Premier...