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...Galloping into the White House grounds and leaping from her horse, Gwendolyn Lazier completed a 700-mile ride to give Mr. Coolidge an invitation to attend the 140th anniversary of the settlement of Upper Canada. The President said that he probably would not be able...
...hearts of the four Bolshevik delegates, in London to negotiate a settlement of Anglo-Russian differences, fluttered when they were commanded to attend a levee in St. James Palace. Did they refuse...
...Ruhr, still occupied by French and Belgian troops, miners were locked out. During the week, numerous meetings took place between employers and employes. The Government intervened and busied itself with trying to effect a settlement of whether or not the miners should work overtime on regular pay, and whether or not they should work eight or nine hours...
Jean Hateau, citizen of Metz, is reputed to be Victor Hugo's Jean Valjean come to life. Having escaped from Cayenne, French penal settlement in Guiana, in 1904, returned to France under an assumed name, made a modest fortune, become well-known and respected in Metz, he was found out and sent to prison. Fifty prominent people of Metz petitioned the Minister of Justice in Paris for Jean Hateau's release, stating that they wanted him back as a free...
Prolonged sporadic discussions followed. Britain agreed to cede a larger portion of her holding in East Africa, if Italy would accept the adjustment as final settlement of all issues, affecting Italy, that were raised at the Peace Conference. It was this final British condition that delayed Jubaland negotiations to the present date...