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Senator Sheppard nudged his friend. They continued their walk. Said Senator Sheppard: "It would be a fatal blow either to my colleague, Mayfield, or myself to reduce to the extent of 120 pounds. . . . The spectacle of a 40-pound member of the Senate would be a source of endless jest and the Senate has enough of ridicule...
...smashing judicial blow has been dealt by the U. S. Supreme Court at the so-called "third degree." The substance of Mr. Justice Brandeis' opinion -given when a new trial was ordered in the appeal from a death sentence of a youthful Chinese, Liang Sung Wau, who confessed to having killed, on Jan. 21, 1919, one Dr. Ben Sen Wu and two other members of the Chinese Educational Mission-is that no court should admit as competent evidence a confession obtained by "third degree" methods. In the case at bar, the defendant admitted his guilt after eleven almost sleepless...
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...loss of Pringle, who broke his collar bone in practice Wednesday, will be a blow to the Crimson, as he was slated to start in the forward line...
Early, Callahan sustained an injury which will keep him out a good part of the season. This was a serious blow to the line, but until a few days ago Coach Campbell was counting on a strong backfield combination. Then it was learned that Pollard, star Middlebury athlete, and Walling, who came from the North Shore Country Day School of Chicago with an excellent reputation, would both be out of scrimmage for two or three weeks on account of leg injuries. These two players were destined to be halfbacks in the line-up against Andover today. Their loss...