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...bill in a manifesto signed by such "advanced" writers as Georg Kaiser, Bernhard Kellerman, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann. Inverse Income Tax. Signor Mattia Battistini, tolerably good Italian baritone, appealed to the tax collector of Duisburg (Rhineland) last week, to be classified as a "well-known singer," and deposed under oath: "My successful career as a singer has extended over 50 years...
...there was inaugurated last week, President Washington Luiz, until recently Governor of the Brazilian State of Sao Paulo.* As President Luiz took the oath of office, before the Chamber and Senate in joint session, he became the eleventh Chief Executive of Brazil since the Brazilian Empire was overthrown in 1889. Brazilians and Portuguese reflected last week, with opposite emotions, that the King of Portugal was also King of Brazil until famed Dom Pedro, son of King Joao VI of Portugal, was chosen "Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender" of Brazil in 1822. His son, Dom Pedro II, reigned as Emperor from...
...city owned by the speculators. The money was paid, but the order was not issued. Recently the aged onetime (1914-16) Minister of Communications K. Minoura was thrown into jail on charges arising from the incident. Premier Wakatsuki, called to testify, whitewashed himself and tarred Minister Minoura under oath. The Opposition contends that the Premier perjured himself, began last week with their gruesome gift a campaign to upset the Cabinet...
...regime. To dat, more than half of the states west of the Mississippi have adopted the recall. This piece of political machinery provides that when a certain percentage of the voters of a state sign a petition charging an official (governor, judge, etc.) with violation of his oath of office, there shall be an election held within from 20 to 90 days to oust or support the official in question...
...Later, in 1924, Mr. Stephenson was ousted from the national Klan because he had violated his oath of allegiance and had been "disrespectful to virtuous womanhood." He had already organized an independent Klan, had himself chosen Grand Dragon; and then replied to his old friend, Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans: "The present national head is an ignorant, uneducated, uncouth individual who picks his nose at the table and eats his peas with his knife. He has neither courage nor culture...