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...past the defense and tried a shot he does not follow the puck like his bald teammate, Ivan ("Ching") Johnson, but skates gracefully back, content that he has made an effort. Last Saturday in Boston young Murdock got angry when Indian-faced Hitchman of Boston, wearing a patch of plaster over each eye, had thrown him against the boards. Three times Murdock went down the ice, scored twice in thirty-two seconds, earned his team a tie with Boston...
...International Dental Foundation for Chicago to cancel a symphony concert for charity which His Royal Highness was to have conducted in Manhattan. "We feel so disappointed.'' radioed officials of the Foundation to Prince Joachim Albrecht. He radioed back: "News excites me very much," and was expected to patch up the concert arrangements...
...western patch of the bituminous mess, in the coalfields of South Eastern Colorado (TIME, Dec. 5, Jan. 30), still smoldered...
Fish v. Hogan. One purple patch shone forth in a side-argument between Lawyer Frank J. Hogan of Washington, D. C. and U. S. Representative Hamilton Fish of New York. Mr. Hogan, attorney for Edward L. Doheny in the Fall-Doheny phases of the oil lease litigation, heard that Representative Fish had publicly listed jury-tampering among Dr. Doheny's doings. Since Mr. Doheny has yet another trial to stand, Lawyer Hogan remonstrated with Representative Fish lest his client be further misunderstood by the public. Representative Fish denied having cast upon Mr. Doheny any aspersions in addition to those...
Describing Rasputin, Prince Yussupov says: "He was of medium height, thickset, yet rather thin, with long arms. His big head was covered with an untidy tangle of hair. Above his forehead there was a bald patch which, as I subsequently learned, came from a blow administered to him for horse stealing. He seemed to be about 40 years old. He was wearing a long coat, wide trousers and long boots. . . . His whole bearing attracted attention; he appeared unconstrained in his movements, and yet there seemed to be something dissembled about him-something suspicious, cowardly and searching...