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...stock holding of the so-called ice trust that had at that time a contract with the city of New York, and there was a hue and cry raised at the time ?they wanted to hang the Mayor of New York at the nearest lamp post, some people did???and when the matter was brought before Theodore Roosevelt he said this: 'The power of removal from office of elective officers should be treated much as we treat the power of impeachment, it is an extraordinary and not an ordinary matter. . . . ' And he dismissed the charge...
Samuel Mather is the country's second largest contributor to community chests. Largest is Senator James Couzens of Pontiac, Mich. Henry Ford gave Detroit's chest nothing this year. But Edsel Bryant Ford did???$115,000. Senator Couzens, chairman of the Detroit chest, topped this with a gift of $120,000, also giving Washington and Pontiac other sums. The Couzens and Ford money, plus the gifts of the seven Fisher brothers ($125,000) and General Motors ($100,000, tax deduction or not) provided the bones of Detroit's latest $3,657,432 campaign...
...Democrats get upon the floor and stick pins in them. We deliver homilies about the President's riding a hobby horse. It is the most innocent thing he ever did???and the most commendable...
...What did??? King George do when he heard at 2:40 a.m. that his first granddaughter had arrived? (See COMMONWEALTH...
...attended Amherst College. Later, he was a teacher, wrote short stories. There followed War pages?pages bright for him?and finally peace. His stories did not sell. One day Jane Cowl wondered if he ever had been an actor. No, but he'd try it. And he did???with indifferent success. Presently, Mr. Emery turned his hand to playwriting. Writer of The Hero and Tarnish, actor in other plays, he has finally consolidated. With some regret, it must be stated, neither his best acting nor his best writing have gone into Episode...