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...John Mitchell, who managed this crisis, was not a man of violence. He had little so-called education, but much breadth of understanding. His eyes were keen, his mouth firm, his forehead high. Inflammatory rhetoric was not part of his appeal. Sympathy and dig nity were his tools. Collective bargaining and arbitration were his weapons, the strike only an ultimate resort...
...manager, corroborated this. "After 16 years he looks better than he ever looked before. And I mean that from my heart." Gibbons also felt satisfied with his training. "That I shall remove Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight, from my path to another meeting with Dempsey, is my firm belief." When the boxers entered the ring they were all smiles. Carp smiled his customary gracious smile; and Gibbons smiled his good-natured smile. At the end of the bout Gibbons was still smiling his good-natured smile. Carp however, was not smiling. Gibbons wore a dark heavy sweater under a dark...
...sell their stock to the foreign companies. Under these circumstances, Sir Henri found it impossible to carry out his plan and he has finally decided to sell out his Union Oil holdings, consisting of 235,565 shares, and employ the funds in the Russian oil fields. The Wall Street firm of Dillon, Read & Co. have purchased the Union shares, and except for a few small subsidiaries Royal Dutch has been prevented from gaining a foothold in the American oil fields. Incidentally, Sir Henri was reported to have sold his Union stock for about $10,000,000 more than he paid...
...Simmons became a member of the Exchange in 1900 and a Governor in 1909; for the past three years, as Vice President, he has been connected with a great number of its special and standing committees. Forty-seven years of age, he is a member of the firm of Rutter & Gross. Mr. Simmons is known in Wall street for his judicial poise, executive ability, unlimited courage. His first three initials are those of the great railroad master Edward H. Harriman, for whom he was named and to whom he is related. The new Stock Exchange head is said to resemble...
...policy prearranged with Mr. Wilson, of treating the Italians as children, lovable or naughty. The measure of his success is the extraordinary reversal of Italian sentiment towards the U. S. Fiume was forgotten. The bitterness subsided, Americans were respected, for Ambassador Johnson showed that he could be firm...