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...Premier called the roll. Each Deputy arose to take his oath of allegiance to the King. This ceremony over, the King rose (vivas) unrolled a manuscript, began to read an address allegedly censored by Benito...
...inclusive, was up for second consideration. It had been passed by both Houses and vetoed by the President (TIME, May 12). Mr. Bursum had summoned it up again to try to override the veto by a two-thirds vote. In the brief debate, which preceded the roll call, Senator Bursum, a Republican, led the fight for the bill and against the veto; contrariwise, Senator Dial, Democrat, led the group who attacked the bill and supported the President's veto. This fact was significant of what was to follow with the roll call. The vote was taken: For bill, Against...
...voted for the bill originally except Harreld, who had been absent. At two in the afternoon the bill came before the Senate. The clerk read the President's veto message. No one listened ; everyone knew it too well. A few more words, and the bell rang. The roll call began. Five Republicans previously in favor of the bill changed their votes-four of them had breakfasted at the White House. One Democrat, Ramsdell who had voted for the bill originally was paired against it. Senator Lenroot who has been ill, walked into the chamber apparently hale, and voted...
...continuous." This scene allows the introduction of the vaudeville team of Hackett and La Marr (Sam White and Renee Noel) who bounce through a demonstration of their new and excellent dancing act, supplying much slang and local patter. The chief feeder to Fields is Jules Jordan, in the roll of Dave Loeb, attorney whom Henkel employs in his lawsuit against Tyler for the recovery of the rights to Moonlight Mama...
...that Colonel George Harvey would resume the conduct of the North American Review. He had bought the Review in 1899 and edited it until 1921, when he departed for the Court of St. James. It was already an ancient paper when he bought it- founded in 1815. On its roll of editors were such names as William Tudor, Richard H. Dana, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton, Henry Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge, David A. Munro. During some 60 years of its existence the Review was a quarterly. Colonel Harvey proposes to return it to this periodicity...