Word: mikado
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Samuel G. Bayne, 79, oil pioneer, banker, astronomer, author; in Manhattan. In 1875 he spent ten days as guest of the Mikado, and later sold the Japanese Government much oil. He organized the Seaboard National Bank, of which he became Chairman. He came originally to the U. S. from Belfast, Ireland, entered the oil business on the persuasion of Col. Amasa Boston, Boston...
Unbreakable glass-"kick it like a football." (P. 19.) Ten days, as guest of the Mikado...
...Christ taught on the subject of non-resistance. In America no one can enter the country without first solemnly declaring that he disbelieves in anarchism and polygamy, and, once inside, he must also disbelieve in communism. In Japan it is illegal to express disbelief in the divinity of the Mikado. It will thus be seen that a voyage around the world is a perilous adventure. A Mohammedan, a Tolstoyan, a Bolshevik, or a Christian cannot undertake it without at some point becoming a criminal or holding his tongue about what he considers important truths. This, or course, applies only...
Tests of pulling power held between an electric locomotive built for the Mexican Railways Co., Ltd., and a big steam Mikado of the New York Central Lines proved that the electric was superior in pulling after giving the steam engine a start of five miles an hour. The two machines were coupled together and allowed to go to it, the electric in reverse. When the steam engine had a start of more than five miles an hour, the electric could not stop...
...industrialist who runs an opera. (P. 15.) A gracious giver?the Imperial Household of the Mikado...