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...Captain E. F. Toby of Troop K, New York State Police, appointed four husky troopers to act as the Prince's bodyguard. He said that they "would not leave the Prince's " during the whole time he is in N. Y. State...
Arrangements have been made for officers of the law, acting under the direction of the Chief Sergeant-at-arms, to prevent disorder among the delegates and spectators; a number of boy scouts of Troop 10, Boston, to act as ushers and pages; and in addition to the regular reporters, a stenographer to take a verbatim record of the proceedings...
...girl shows in particular are grossly indecent. At one of these shows, girls do dances while practically entirely naked. At another show, which is offered by a man famous in theatrical circles and which is shown at a most prominent theatre, girls troop down to the footlights, naked from the waist up and practically naked from the waist down-don't call it nude, just plain naked...
...real question of whether the trial trip is a junket, Mr. Lasker made three pertinent statements: that when the Leviathan was converted into a troop ship (undergoing changes "minor compared to those now made") she was sent on a five-day trial cruise in southern waters; that the cost of the trial trip will be $120,000, of which $13,000 will be caused by the presence of guests, and that the experts "insisted" that there should be between 400 and 500 guests to test the " complex organization and service machinery " of the ship...
Among the most interesting of the demonstrations was that in which troop 9 of Boston put 12 men over a wooden wall 15 feet high in 35 seconds. In the fire making contest without matches, E. D. Davenport of Troop 4 won the championship, adjusting the bow and string and whirling the pivot until he obtained a spark to light the flame all in 43 seconds...