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In regard to the World War, let that nation which is without sin cast the first stone. Individual acts and words, however, make a bridge for international understanding. Last week, before 5,000 German-Americans, Cardinal Michael Ritter von Faulhaber of Munich, admitted freely that his countrymen and the Imperial...
Because he attended his mother's funeral, D. J. Hickey, secretary to the warden of Sing Sing prison, missed witnessing his first execution in 30 years. (He has seen 190.)
At the time of the execution of Austin Hall the building was expected to furnish accommodation for 50 years, but according to the report of the Dean in 1891, it was already overcrowded. The reading room was enlarged, which relieved the situation for the moment, but the authorities realized that...
" The Department of State has canceled the authorization for a visa for Mme. Kalinin, wife of the President of the so-called Soviet Republic of Russia. The presence of Mme. Kalinin in this country is rendered wholly undesirable by the deep feeling which has been aroused by the execution of...
Jacquelin Van Til of Brussels, cellmate of Edith Cavell till the time of the latter's execution, lectured in New York.