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Meanwhile, Mr. LaFollette, like a wise musketeer, withheld his fire until his enemies disclosed their plan of attack. Following their notification speeches, he planned to "open" with a speech in Manhattan. Evidently, Mr. LaFollette is not afraid of Wall Street; but more than one newspaper would pay a pretty penny for a photograph of him parading that thoroughfare?say, in front of the House of Morgan...
Certain M.P.'s were astonished to find a portait of Lady Astor by the renowned artist, Sims, hanging on the wall by the House of Commons staircase. This picture shows the first lady M.P. being introduced into Parliament by ex-Premiers Arthur Balfour (now Lord Balfour) and David L. George. In the Distinguished Stangers' Gallery are seated, with appreciative smiles, Lord Astor and John W. Davis, erstwhile U. S. Ambassador to Britain, now Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the U. S. Strange murmurs were heard among the masculine members of the House. One hundred...
...incompleted or newly-begun projects are: 1) A monument to poet Longfellow in Grande Pré, Nova Scotia, scene of Evangeline; 2) a monument to Commodore Perry, near Erie, Pa., scene of the Battle of Lake Erie; 3) a movement to turn into a National Museum the Sub-Treasury Building, Wall Street, where Washington took oath of office; 4) a scheme for building a paved highway from New York to San Francisco, flanked all the way by monuments, as a memorial to the Americans who died...
...Much of Wall Street's history during 1924 is bound up with Mr. G. F. Baker's vain attempt to take a vacation. Mr. Baker is too important a factor in financial affairs to remain long away from the dingy brick building at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway which houses the First National Bank. Mr. Baker is now en route from Europe-another at- tempted vacation ruined. Again, the cause for his return is the great Van Sweringen railroad mergers. The "Lords of Erie" have in their day been greatly varying types of men. No greater...
...rumor that Henry Ford contemplated entering Wall Street by purchasing some large bank there has perished under malnutrition of facts. Yet it is not generally recognized that Mr. Ford is already a bank president. For some time he has headed the Dearborn State Bank of Dearborn, Mich., while his secretary, E. G. Liebold, functions as its Vice President and Director...