Senate Office Building Ready For Occupancy By Congress
The article notes the upcoming Senate office building near the capitol, 80 percent complete and set to house 92 members with suites and baths. It describes a subway link, a 300-seat conference room, dining facilities, and design harmony with the House building, plus anticipated challenges in access and use.
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Senate
Congress
House
Capitol
Melby
Library of Congress
Senate Pia
Eliott Woods
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Talks of an Alliance with America Reported by Vernacular Press
A secret audience notes talk of a China America alliance. Yuan Shih Kai, premier, avoids official comment but praises America for past acts and pledges, while noting China will respond with peace and friendship. Tang Shaoyi to visit the U S as a goodwill envoy.
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Yuan Shih Kai
Wai Wu Pu
America
Summer Palace
China
Foreign Office
Tang Shaoyi
Amerca
Will wed in spite of queen
The marriage of the Duca Degli Abruzzi is announced for December despite strong opposition from King and Queen Margherita and Ducal relatives. Only Conte di Torino supports the match, while the duke seeks permission to relinquish command of the Regina Elena in Florence to travel to Washington.
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Duca Degli Abruzzi
Margharita
Duca a’Aosta
Conte di Torino
Florence
Washington
Queen Victoria Rules Over King In Spanish Court Reform
King Alfonso meets a defiant Queen Victoria who demands reforms to court etiquette. She leaves for the Isle of Wight after clashing with the nobles, and Alfonso shortens the long list of court attaches. He returns to England to plead, then declares a shift toward a more democratic royal household.
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Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Isle
England
Spain
Society Girl Vera Gilbert Sets Newport Swim Record
Miss Vera P. Gilbert daughter of C. P. H. Gilbert of Ochre Point and New York swam 1.75 miles from Sprouting Rock Beach to Hazard's Beach in 1 hour and 10 seconds using the side stroke. She beat all prior records among society women and was accompanied by swimming master Joe Boyer in a lifeboat.
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Vera P. Gilbert
C. P. H. Gilbert
Ochre Point
New York
Newport
Sprouting Rock Beach
Hazard’s Beach
Ciety
Arthur
Scott Burden
Edna Barger
Samuel F. Barger
Eugene Hale
E. Yale Smith
Gilbert
Joe” Boyer
Sea bat caught near Masonboro Sound by William Hewlett
A remarkable sea bat specimen about fifteen inches long and thirty inches wide was netted in Masonboro sound Monday by fisherman William Hewlett. The leather-wing like fish has a threadlike fifteen inch tail two glove shaped fins and a thumblike diversion. It features five holes along the body underside and a slate top with a white belly. A seventy year old fisherman says it is only the second sea bat seen in his life and plans to send the specimen to Raleigh’s state museum.
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North Carolina
Masonboro Sound
William Hewlett
State Museum
Raleigh
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