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Less than a year later Whitehurst died, leaving an estate of $280,000 and no will. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals decided that this marriage was valid under the laws of New York, that Claire Ulrich was, by common law, Mrs. Whitehurst. As his widow, and over the objections of his mother and brothers, she was entitled to administer and share in his estate...
...true that the ship in question may have been violating the laws of the United States, but the offense did not warrant its being sunk beyond the twelve mile limit. Such an action offers the British government excellent grounds for protest and leaves this country without a valid excuse. The enthusiasm of the coast guard in executing their duties might be satisfactory to the W. C. T. U., but their breach of international etiquette certainly will not find favor in diplomatic circles...
...Supreme Court is asked to interpret the words "by their adjournment." The pocket veto is indisputably valid when Congress, by final adjournment, expires on March 4 of odd years...
...persons unfitted for promotion to Sophomore standing one must be continually supplied at the beginning of Freshman year with more and more incapables. To say that the low standing of any given class is in a measure due the large number of dropped and readmitted men is of course valid, but it is fallacious to point to a continued increase of poor records as the result of this condition unless the increase in the number of these men can itself be explained on external grounds...
Faults. The great lords of trade and peers of the realm thus addressed are not accustomed to being told that they have faults. Several sat up palpably bristling as Edward of Wales laid down two premises which, if valid, lead straight to the conclusion that even Tycoons may be slothful, obtuse, incompetent...