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Died. Vincenzo Cardinal Vannutelli, 93, since 1915 Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, thrice mentioned for the Papacy (at the conclaves which elected Pius X in 1903, Benedict XV in 1914, Pius XI in 1922); Papal legate to Eucharistic Congresses at London in 1908, at Montreal in 1910 (after which he toured the U. S., was the guest of President Taft); on many occasions a Papal representative, envoy, nuncio, or internuncio (among them: coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1881, at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee); great & good friend of the U. S. (said he: "America...
...Spectacle of 68 Scenes-Meeting America's Demand For Sophisticated Entertainment." The purpose of at least two of its gaudy interludes is so sophisticated as to become practically unintelligible to most spectators. At one point the stage is filled with grotesque figures garbed as inhabitants of the "Planet X," who burst into an inexplicable ditty about "The March of Time." Even more confused is the 20-min scene "Freedom Ring," which closes Act I. Here several score of young women prance up and down the boards antiphonally chanting "Prohibition! Prohibition!" occasionally leaving the stage free for other mummers...
...Each captain picked his own course, looking for wind. First to reach Hamilton was Dr. George W. Warren's Yankee Girl II of Manhattan, undaunted by a bursting waterspout less than a mile off her course. Class A: first prize (shortest time): John G. Alden's Malabar X; Class B: K. W. Ferris's Malay...
...Navy, in signal flags over the proscenium of the National Geographic Society's auditorium: "Yoke, William, X-ray." (Translation: "Well done...
...anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Martin Luther, who all his adult life suffered with nervous headaches and sometimes with hallucinations, in 1517 posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg. They were an effective protest against "abuses" of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther as a heretic. Emperor Charles V outlawed him. Had he been arrested and convicted for his heresies, he would have been burned at the stake. German princelings, many of their subjects and a few university scholars protested with Luther. There was division in the State as well...