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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, was en route to Russia aboard H. M. S. Hampshire on June 5, 1916. So much and no more the world knows of Kitchener. Why the Hampshire sank is not positively known, though conclusive evidence has been adduced to show that she sank as a result of the explosion of a submarine mine. Because so little is known, or because there is so little to know of the presumptive death by drowning of Lord Kitchener, the press has been flooded with recurrent rumors that: a) He was seen in an open...
...President and his wife walked up to their old homestead, where they were warmly greeted by the housekeeper, Aunt Aurora Pierce. After a light supper at candlelight, they sat silently on the porch as the sun sank behind beloved Vermont hills. Now and again old-timers would stop in to pass the time of day, whereupon the President would rise, shake hands, sit again-rock-rock, rock-rock...
...grin, holed a birdie 4. Smith, who sometimes falters, shied his drive into the rough; Sarazen, who swings with compact precision, banged far down the fairway. "Ho ho!" cried hasty ones, "You see how this will end!" But Smith, whose wrists are wiry, winged a shot home and sank his putt for a 3. He missed another birdie by an eyelash, then holed a long side- hill recovery putt. He sized up putt after putt thereafter, over expanses of Long Island real estate that sometimes extended 40 and 50 feet, holing a long series of incredible shots. Sarazen, grimly grinning...
...inrushing torrent. In the choppy waves struggled sailors knocked overboard by the impact. Sinking fast into the ocean were the men caught below, clambering frantically up onto the pipes as the black water pursued. Deadly chlorine gas swirled from the battery compartment. With a swish the glistening submarine sank beneath the moonlit waves. Three were saved...
Meanwhile a private concern, the National Potash Co., has discovered that oil wells at Paducah in western Texas yield 22% of potash. They sank a 1,600-ft. well, hoping for a yield of clean potash, but got too little for profit. They will sink five more test wells, they said last week...