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Prosecutor of the 68 culprits is Victor E. La Rue, First Assistant U. S. Attorney. He is used to wholesale liquor cases. At Rockford, 111., he recently tried a batch of 43 'leggers, convicted 36. But the driving force behind the Federal battering ram against Chicago gangdom was softspoken, bush-haired U. S. District Attorney George Emmerson Q. Johnson, born and bred on an Iowa farm 56 years ago. When he was graduated from Lake Forest College of Law, he put a Q meaning nothing into his name to distinguish him from all other George E. Johnsons. He has practiced...
Died. Levi Lingo Rue, 70, famed retired board chairman of Philadelphia bank; of heart disease; in Philadelphia...
From the address 27 Rue De Fleurus, 6, in Paris under the name of "The Plain Edition," the unpublished work of Gertrude Stein is being printed in limited editions of 1000 copies each. The first volume to be ready is called "Lucy Church Amiably". This is to be followed by "How to Write Series" in two volumes. It is to be hoped that Miss Stein will here explain some of her peculiarities along these lines...
Paris put on an even greater demonstration for the fugitive King. Smiling wanly, he pushed his way through the crowd, drove to the swanky Hotel Meurice on the Rue de Rivoli where he had reserved an entire floor for his family and his followers at $600 per day. After Paris police warned that they could not protect him adequately in the city, the King moved with his entourage to Fontainebleau, 15 mi. distance, took quarters in the Hotel Savoy. Soon the $20,000 which he had brought with him was nearly exhausted by loans to his companions who, in their...
...perform for France, except to ride through the streets of U. S. cities in 1917, cheered to the echo, inspiring men to volunteer and fight for Democracy. Again last week the crowds of Paris saluted "Papa" Joffre, but in heart-wrung silence. They stood in a drizzling rain in Rue Oudinot, outside the hospital...