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...function, it was as stable-companion to statesmen, whether they liked it or not." Over the Adams threshold daily came John Hay, "the roving diplomat," Secretary of State to Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, Adams' great friend. Here came Clarence King, a professional geologist of rare spirit, who "knew more than Adams did of art and poetry . . . knew America west of the 100th meridian better than anyone . . . knew even women-even the American woman, even the New York woman, Which is saying much." Here also came the young President Roosevelt, "of infinite dash and originality," glad of admittance. Here Richardson...
Having found that the accuracy of his observations was questioned upon previous occasions, Mr. Marsh added several scientists to his party when he started south last Winter. Among these were C. M. Breder of the New York City Aquarium, Prof. Fairchild, geologist, of Rochester, and Dr. Baer, anthropologist, of the U. S. National Museum at Washington. The two latter scientists, finding themselves unable to endure the hardships of the climate and of jungle travel, returned several months ago, while Ichthyologist Breder, though young and strong, has occupied a Panama hospital since May. Thus no scientists remained to comment upon...
...Ralph W. Bickel, geologist and President of the Advance Oil and Gas Co., asserted to reporters in explaining the foundation of the Coolidge Fourth of July Club of which he is President: "There are more than 100,000,000 Americans who don't know that President Coolidge was born on July 4. Every public act of Calvin Coolidge has been that of a real American...
...feet below the surface. The strata are of the Pleistocene age, antedating the last great ice age, which ended at least 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. Several trained scientists happened to be near, including Dr. John C. Merriam, President of the Carnegie Institution; Dr. Robert T. Hill, geologist; Dr. William A. Bryan, Director of the Los Angeles Museum; Dr. Chester Stock, of the department of paleontology, University of California. Their reports seem to indicate that the remains are not only the oldest of the prehistoric man in America, but that they belong to the "true men," i.e., contemporaries...
...Sarderson, geologist from Minnesota, was called upon to testify in regard to Teapot Dome. He asserted that oil wells in adjoining fields might draw off most of the gas in the reserve, but could not drain away any considerable portion of the oil. C Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Dome, who refused to testify before the Committee when summoned for the sixth time, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for violating Section 102, of the Revised Statutes-contempt of the Senate by refusing to testify on the grounds that the Public Lands Committee had no authority to require...