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...grave Manor, seat of George Washington's family; an Astor garden party; a reception in Westminster Hall by Lord Haldane and four onetime Lord Chancellors-Birkenhead, Cave, Finlay, Buckmaster. Saturday, Oxford and Cambridge Universities competed with the Naval Review at Spithead for entertainment honors. Brasenose College, Oxford, received payment of a 17-shilling debt entered in its books against Lawrence, father of George Washington. Mr. Hughes issued a formal statement of appreciation: "An abiding memory of venerable institutions . . . inexhaustible kindness . . . new appreciation. . . ." He then, with others, entrained for France. At Paris, Messieurs Poincare, Millerand, Doumergue shook...
...During the Boer War, John Hays Hammond Sr. was sentenced to death for his activities. Later, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Finally he was released on payment of a $125,000 fine. Free and healthy, he lived en to become Chairman of the U. S. Coal Commission and now enjoys a plutocratic...
...keep these stories tacked above my desk and seldom lack fresh copy. But since copper can already be hardened as hard as anybody wants it-and much harder than was possible through the use of the one alloy known to the Ancients-the reason for this dazzling payment [of $1,500,000] remains as obscure as the name of the company...
...Liberty bonds went above par and were not used in payment of foreign obligations for interest; the railroad securities heretofore acquired by the Government could be refunded at lower interest rates by the railroads and were, therefore, paid off or purchased, and instead of a net cash outgo in the railroad account there was a net cash income, making a difference of some $120,000,000 over the earlier estimate. The above, with some other minor items, gave a net increase of actual overestimated surplus...
...President also said: "Our country nourishes no dangerous ambition. It hopes only to obtain payment of the reparations which have been solemnly promised and the guarantees of security which will not be illusory. In the Experts' Report, to which, as proof of our conciliatory spirit we have hastened to give our adherence, the problem of reparations seems to be evolving toward a solution. For that, however, it is essential that the debtor give as large proof of good will and good faith as the creditor and that this proof be given by facts and not by simple promises without...