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...vigilantes were formed to avenge King of William; and "when Casey's body swung from a rope, law was born." In the next few years the Call and Bulletin together fought many a sensational campaign, notably that of 1875 against financier William C. Ralston, pride of San Francisco, builder of the famed old Palace Hotel. The papers accused him of dishonesty, ruined him, supposedly drove him to suicide, were nearly mobbed by the inflamed populace...
Diabetes Criteria. Thousands of people who have not diabetes are being treated for it and refused life insurance because of it, asserted Dr. John Ralston Williams of Rochester, N. Y. Excess sugar in the blood is no positive criterion of the disease, he said. He proposed a method of exactly measuring the output of the pancreas (abdominal salivary gland) whose imperfect function is an essential factor in the cause of diabetes...
Candidates King and Bennett remained at Ottawa to await the returns. Premier King's Cabinet ministers, however, went to their homes to vote, to impress their constituencies. Three considered themselves re-elected according to early vote totaliza-tions?Col. J. L. Ralston (National Defense), M. D. Euler (National Revenue), P. J. A. Cardin (Marine). Three of their colleagues quickly conceded defeat? Cyrus MacMillan (Fisheries), T. A. Crearer (Railways), W. F. Kaye (without portfolio...
...summer sound of the bay. They are light hulls equipped with motors transposed from old automobiles or bought from mail order houses. They raced at surprising speed, with spray streaming over their bows. Capt. Honest Evans won handily with the Rachel Jane, Capt. Ellwood Johnson second in the Esther Ralston...
...would think that Five-Power Conference in London was a Six-Power Conference, or goodness knows what!" stormed he. "What is the Defense Minister of this Dominion [Col. Hon. James Ralston] doing at this moment as our representative at that Conference? Why should we be represented? We are gradually being drawn into interference with the affairs of Europe. We are posing as a nation, when we are not a nation...