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President Harding practically cut in half the number of speeches which he intends to make on his trip this summer. Originally he planned a speaking tour from coast to coast, a side trip to Alaska, then another speaking tour across the country in the reverse direction. This last part of the program was abandoned in favor of a return from the Pacific Coast by water-via the Panama Canal, Porto Rico and possibly the Virgin Islands. In high conclave at the White House (John T. Adams, Chairman of the Republican National Committee; Secretary Hoover; Postmaster General New; Senator Curtis; Assistant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Trip Revamped | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...feet abeam, and carries 12 -six-inch rapid-fire guns. Until now our Navy has been entirely without such ships, although Great Britain and Japan have a great many. It is not unlikely that one of these scout cruisers will bring President Harding back from the Pacific Coast after his trip to Alaska this summer. (See page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Richmond | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...abrogation of the trade agreement and the consequent withdrawal of the British Commercial Mission from Russia. Russia has proved no El Dorado to British interests, so that the entire question ceases to have any grave import. Russia maintains that her territorial waters extend to twelve miles from the coast line, whereas the international agreement on territorial waters states three miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Curzonophobia | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...Crown Prince of Germany, often alluded to as "Little Willie," celebrated his forty-first birthday on the Isle of Wieringen (off the coast of North Holland) by giving the inhabitants signed photographs, souvenirs, sketches drawn by himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Little Willie | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...periodical that circulates among members of the bar, points out that Washington, D. C., has (in proportion to its population) more lawyers than any state in the Union, there being one to every 181 persons there. Excepting D. C., lawyers are most plentifully assembled on and near the Pacific Coast. Nevada (with reason) has a lawyer for every 337 people. California, for every 507; Oregon, for every 550; Washington, for every 606. The lower South has fewest lawyers. And Pennsylvania has none too many, with a ratio of one to 1,285. All the lawyers in the country added together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Supply | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

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