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...perhaps 200,000 members, but probably not over 50,000 at present. It has wielded great political power, but this is waning, although politicians in general steer clear of incurring its wrath. In recent municipal elections it succeeded in some cities and failed in others. Its former Grand Dragon is serving a life term in prison for murder of a girl...
...Seitz's article, and the Outlook's comment upon Mr. Seitz. He noted with joy that Mr. Seitz had offered criticism on some of the more unfortunate elements of modern life-the very elements of which the News is Herald and High Defender. Ha! here was dragon's meat indeed. Class prejudice could be stirred up like a muddy puddle. Ignorant and penurious people could be made to feel that they had a grievance. They could be made to hate the "highbrow" Outlook, to distrust the "capitalist" New York World, to scorn Mr. Seitz. The News push...
...motion similar to that of water following the stern of a moving ship). In the case of the earth, the ether is subject to a 95% drag, but slips away again 50%; 3) That the whole solar galaxy (group of planets) is moving toward the constellation of the Dragon at a rate of 120 miles a second. The significance of the ether-drift calculations in brief is: The man who made them, Dr. Dayton C. Miller of the Case School of Applied Science (Cleveland), President of the American Physical Society, participated in the original ether-drift experiments of Professors Michelson...
...search for the princess Kremhild; the pact to trick Brunhild into marriage with Kremhild's brother; and the death of Siegfried are chief incidents. The magic of ancient imaginations lives again in the magic of the modern camera as Siegfried wanders through the enchanted wood, slays the dragon, becomes impervious to weapon wounds, captures the web whereby he can change his shape at will...
...membership. He did this, he declared, because the Klan had attempted to dictate to him the removal of a Deputy Secretary of State, a son-in-law of the Internal Revenue Collector in Denver who recently investigated the income-tax returns of the Colorado Klan's "Grand Dragon...