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...Senate to make the " American " language the official language of Illinois. Said Senator Barbour of Chicago, one of three men who voted against the bill: "I, for my part, do not know what is meant by 'the American language.'" It was argued that H. L. Mencken, stormy petrel of American criticism, has written a learned book on the subject. " The American nation should have a language of its own and have it so designated...
...stormy petrel from Wisconsin has issued a stinging rejoinder. " The investigation was ordered by the Senate," he said. "It covered a period of many months of arduous labor. . . . The report has been published, and the testimony, which fully sustains the report, will be open to the public as soon as the printing is completed. They will be found upon examination to require neither explanation nor defense...
...career of this "stormy petrel" of politics has been one to inspire both respect and fear. Beginning as an uneducated bandit of Manchuria, he rose rapidly to the command of the "hung hutze" or banditti, by force of personality. After aiding Japan in the war with Russia he surrendered to the Chinese government on very favorable terms. His followers became government troops and his promotion to the post of Military Governor was rapid, partially by virtue of good service to the Republic and partly no doubt by reason of the continued loyalty of his troops to their leader...
...Crimson-Petrel battle was a desperately fought affair. Not a run was made until the seventh inning. Jack Morris, on the hill for the little Atlanta School, had a spitter that completely baffled the Cambridge contingent. In addition to that, the visitors were getting all the worst of the umpire's decisions not that Eubanks was making any faulty rulings intentionally but any southern team would have squawked to high heaven had such decisions been make against them...
...NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. "Collecting Fossils in Bermuda," Mr. A. Gulick; "Remarks on the Petrel," Mr. J. T. Nichols. Training Table Room of Union...