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...Lincoln-Shields duel near Springfield, Ill. He said it took place in 1861, when Shields, later Civil War general and Senator from Illinois and Missouri, was state auditor. Letters deriding him appeared in the Springfield Journal. He accused Lincoln, who refused to retract. According to the accepted ver sion of the Lincoln-Shields affair, broadswords were chosen and a site on the Missouri shore some 50 miles away. But friends interceded, prevented the duel...
...decision was welcomed by the New York Central. It marked the Commis sion's first favorable decision on a question concerning vital railroad consolidation. Both the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (the "Big Four") and the Michigan Central have long been New York Central subsidiaries, New York Central owning more than 90% of their stocks. They have been operated as separate units, however, and the New York Central based its consolidation plea on the argument that "the necessity for protecting the earnings of each carrier" prevented complete unification and coordination of the system. A. H. Harris, chairman...
...Hoover deeply in his debt. If the Republicans should win, he would be the Senate's commanding figure and his commands would have to be listened to at the White House. When Sena tor Borah left Missouri it was to go to Washington to suggest that a special ses sion of Congress be promised for next spring to act on the farm problem, if necessary...
...swimming game," thereby placing this activity in the same category with such recognized diversions as "the advertising game," "the cloak-and-suit game," etc. Last week three swimmers attempted to traverse the angry scar of seas between Calais and Dover-Lieut. Col. Bernard Cyril Freyberg, V. C., Mile. Jeanne Sion, Miss Lillian Harrison. Last week's aspirants were veteran swimmers; all, after tremendous exertions, failed...
...Mile. Sion. Last year in July Mile. Sion, then 47, tried to swim the Channel, fell short by seven miles. What difference does the addition of a year make when one is 48 and an athlete? Mile. Sion determined to try again. Accompanied by a tug which contained, among others, Rival Harrison, she took off for Dover in the bright morning. Six hours after her start she was only nine miles from the pale cliffs. But against her, also, the tide turned; the undertow clutched at her thighs; the chill of the seas began to penetrate her courage. Once...