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...East. Both the Donaldsons and the Aliens knew that young Donaldson and Rose Allen, 18, were lovers. Donaldson and her brother had been schoolmates at Haverford and bitterly disliked each other. As the altercation grew heated, Father Allen said afterwards. Francis knocked down Edward. Edward picked himself up, drove five miles to a friend's house for his shotgun. When he came back he deliberately blew a large hole in young Donaldson's stomach...
October is round-up time for the Indians. As the Apaches drove in their herds from the summer grazing, a white cattle-buyer appeared on the reservation. He sat around small fires with them at night, gossiped with the herdsmen in English, kept an ear tuned for mutterings in the native tongue which he gave no indication of understanding. Having heard all he wanted, last week Federal Agent J. A. Street doffed his disguise, went to one Golney Seymour, 21-year-old tribesman, accused him of the murder. Retaining the traditional calm of his fathers, Apache Seymour confessed that...
...Chan-shan. As to how the battle began there were indeed "misunderstandings." Each side charged the other with opening fire without provocation. For three hours there was a battle, but of the peculiar Manchurian kind. Only 15 Japanese were reported killed as their comrades slew 120 Chinese, advanced and drove General Ma's remaining troops flying before them toward Tsitsihar. Later General Ma returned to the attack with a much larger force, dislodged Japanese from their advance positions but did not recapture the bridge, which Japanese continued to repair...
...reputed to own more railroad securities than anyone else: bush-bearded Arthur Curtiss James. Last week, however, Investor James cast worry from his mind, entered the festive spirit that surrounds an oldtime tradition?the driving- of-the-golden-spike.* With a few blows he drove the spike into a specially-prepared tie. linked his pet road, the Western Pacific, to the Great Northern system...
...Mobsmen drove the police first from Sir Ronald's garage, poured gasoline on the six Government cars, burnt them with yells of triumph and great stench of rubber & paint. Next they stove in the locked door of Government house, smashed Sir Ronald's choice parlor ornaments, knifed his oil paintings, fouled his bedroom. Setting fire at last to Government House in five places, Cyprus' Greeks burnt it utterly to the ground, sang as it burned the National Anthem of the Greek Republic...