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Johanniterorden. Prince K. Eitel Friedrich, second son of the Kaiser, Grand Master of the German section of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Deutsche Johanniterorden), officiated at a meeting of the Order in Potsdam. Der Feld-marshall von Hindenburg, as Sword Bearer, was in attendance. The Prince, clad in a black robe and " decorated with flashing crosses," raised six members, chosen Monarchists, to knighthood in the Order by tapping them on the shoulder with a sword passed to him by the Sphinxlike Hindenburg...
Antwerp, where Rubens lived 300 years ago, has added to its immense collection of the master's works a painting depicting his conception of the Roman philosopher, Seneca...
...course, as the great friend of the People. Horatio Bottomley, its notorious editor, led many " patriotic " and " humanitarian " enterprises during the war, and finally went to prison for peculations of their funds. But John Bull goes on with all the devices of American yellow journalism and a few master touches of its own. The contents of its current number includes: " The World, the Flesh and the Devil" (tabloid editorials), "Who Shields the Wicked Woman," " Houses Exchanged for Girls," " Candid Communications " (open letters from John Bull to his friends and enemies), "Human Documents" (an enlarged and unexpurgated version of Beatrice Fairfax...
...presence of 600 guests will cost the Government only $6,000 and will be worth more than $1,000,000 in advertising. The object of the trip is to give the Leviathan 20 or 30 trials at various speeds over a measured mile course to furnish her master with accurate data on the efficiency of her new oil engines and work out a "performance curve" which he may use in maneuvering his vessel. The mile course requires special conditions; it must be close to land so that accurate measurements of speed can be made; it must have very deep water...
Among the witnesses called by Garvey were "Sir" James O'Mealley, a master of Calaba College, Jamaica (sent by Garvey as a delegate to the League of Nations), the Rev. Frederick Augustus Toote (a director of the Black Star Line), "Lady " Bruce, "Duchess of Uganda" (titles conferred upon her husband by Garvey), James Hercules (a boatswain of one of the Black Star Liners) and Amy Jacques Garvey (the defendant's second wife...