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Among those who attended a civic luncheon in honor of Mr. George was Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota. The Senator was full of praise for Mr. George and his remarkable speech, in which he called attention to the great influence for peace that the U. S. could exert. Said Magnus to newspaper reporters...
...reply was considered in Peking as fairly satisfactory. Coming soon after the new President's inauguration, the note was apparently indicative of a new regime of responsible government; it is too soon, however, to say whether the Government will be able to exert its authority over the provinces, as that will depend largely on the outcome of the struggle between Tsao-Kun and the other Tuchuns for power...
...Both parties must agree to arbitrate before the League can act, except when Article XVI Is Invoked against a nation which resorts to war in defiance of the Covenant; then the remaining members can exert pressure against that nation...
...Moines. By means of a hydraulic wagon, or dynamometer, recently invented, the "tractive pull" of horse teams was determined with scientific accuracy for the first time. This is the kind of energy required to pull a varying weight out of a hole in the ground. The winning pair exerted a maximum tractive pull of 2,300 pounds. Such a team would pull 10 loaded coal wagons on pavement. On different types of roads varying loads could be pulled, grading from concrete through brick and asphalt to dirt. The two horses weighed 1,725 and 1,905 pounds respectively. They could...
There are definite earthquake zones on the surface of the earth following definite rift lines. They occur where mountain-making is in progress. Large segments of the earth in adjusting themselves in equilibrium exert tremendous pressure. By this process mountains are raised in the course of a few million years, a comparatively short time geologically speaking. From time to time under the huge stresses which fold and warp rocks, the strain becomes too great in the earth's crust, something gives way and the whole earth shakes. No exact, scientific explanation of these movements has been reached...