Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...decision of the United States to deport Ludwig Martens, so-called Ambassador of the Russian Bolshevist Government. When all that was lacking to complete Mr. Vanderlip's gigantic deal was this country's official recognition of the Soviets, the Government blasts all hope of tapping the mythical gold-mine in Russia by ejecting the Bolshevist Ambassador. Why deport a billion-dollar man in this fashion...
Senator Harding in his speech of October 7th is reported to have said: "I understand the position of the Democratic nominee and he understands mine. In simple words it is that he favors going into the Paris league and I favor staying out." In view of the fact that the League of Nations is the vital issue of the campaign, a Cox-Roosevelt Club has been formed for the effective organization of pro-League sentiment among the students of the University. Believing that the League is the greatest moral issue with which the people of the United States has ever...
...business man who makes out checks in favor of king-makers and modern Warwicks makes a poor investment--the chance that he will strike a gold mine is small, and one to be deplored from a public point of view; to say that the motive is unalloyed patriotism may evince considerable doubt from practical cynics...
...Coal Mine Situation in Great Britain" will be the subject of a speech by R. H. Tawney, the noted British economist and author, in Emerson D tonight at 8 o'clock. Through his recent service on the Sankey Coal Commission in England, appointed to investigate the coal situation and the general unrest among the workers, and his training as an economist, Mr. Tawney is thoroughly conversant with his topic. He comes to the University at the invitation of the Department of Economics. The lecture will be open to the public...
...author of books on English economic history, the minimum wage, and similar economic subjects. In 1914 he enlisted as a private in the army, and in 1916 was wounded on the Somme. The Sankey Commission, on which he recently served, was a body of men representing the mine-workers, the mine-owners and the public, and was appointed to recommend to Parliament legislation upon the coal situation. After a long study of the matter the Commission proposed the nationalization of the mines...