Word: tientsin
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Word came from China that Hsuan Tung, alias P'u-yi, alias Henry, nicknamed "Harry," once Son of Heaven or Emperor of China*, was marooned last week at Tientsin, city a few miles south of Peking and a convenient jumping-off spot for Japan...
...Miss Lou Henry, of Monterey, Calif., went through Leland Stanford, Jr., University at the same time Herbert Hoover did. He became a mining engineer, and she, as his wife, went with him everywhere. Together they helped defend Tientsin in 1900 (Boxer Rebellion), living for six weeks behind a barricade of sugar barrels and rice bags. Though in constant danger, she enjoyed the sugar-ever at hand for tea. Once she read her own obituary in a Peking newspaper. Said she: "There were three columns of it, too! I was never so proud." She excelled in geology while at college...
Marshal Tsao-Kun, Chihli Tuchun (War Lord), was elected President of China in succession to Li Yuan-Hung, who fled to Tientsin three months ago (TIME, June 25). He received 50 votes more than the statutory minimum required. It was reported that he won the election by bribing Members to the extent of " 5,000 pieces of silver " each...
...former occasion when the election was attempted (TIME, Sept. 24), it was found that the Members of Parliament present were short of the quorum necessary to elect a President. The day was saved, however, by the arrival of a train from Tientsin bearing 38 additional members, more than enough to make up the quorum, who received great ovations from their fellow members. The combined 590 Senators and Members trooped into the Assembly Hall of Parliament and were ceremoniously " locked in." The election had begun...
...President Li Yuan-Hung fled from Tientsin and arrived at Shanghai in Southern China. A new plot to reinstate him was reported. There are some 300 Parliamentarians in Shanghai, and it is hoped that witb their support, together with aid from Dr. Sun Yat Sen, General Li Ynan-Hung will find himself back in the Presidential palace in Peking...