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Early in the morning of July 5, 1922, a few hours after Brazilians had finished celebrating U. S. Independence Day (declared a holiday that year by President Epitacio Pessôa), the people of Rio de Janeiro were awakened by the boom of cannon, the rattle of machine guns, the noise of troops tramping through the streets. News spread that Fort Copacabana had revolted, was shelling Rio's other forts and the Ministry of War. Artillery Lieutenant Siqueira Campos became the first hero of the Revolution of 1922 by dropping a shell squarely into a wing of the Ministry...
Died. Mrs. Simeon D. Pess, wife of the junior U. S. Senator from Ohio; at Washington, D. C., of pneumonia...
...Granting that an international copyright is desirable, the present bill should not pess, because: (1), the bill contains protective measures. e. g. Foreign authors are compelled to employ American publishers.- Senate bill 262; Critic, vol. 15. p. 331; Nation, vol. 46, 522. (2). The bill compels American authors to publish their books at home or loose their copyright.- Nation, vol. 46, 522. (3), The bill secures a monopoly to American publishers-Forum...