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January 19, 1929

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VICE PRESIDENT DIES AS ARMY GETS WORD OF BOOTH INJUNCTION; Lieut. Commissioner Haines Succumbs After His Attack in Council on One-Man Rule. GENERAL HALTS OUSTING He Wins Court Order Restraining Council From ChoosingLeader to Supplant Him. DELEGATES ARE STUNNED Salvationist Commander AlienatesSupporters by Resort to Law--Hearing in London Monday. Court Order Is Announced. Move Astonishes Council. DIES AS ARMY HEARS 0F BOOTH INJUNCTION History of Deed Poll. Deed Held Violated. Refers to Doctors. Tributes to Haines. Five Candidates Mentioned. Haines's Army Career.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.Associated Press Photo

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BYRD'S FORCE TOILS FURIOUSLY TO SPEED STORES TO THE BASE; Men and Dogs Push Over Rough Ice Trail in Teeth of Wind and Swirling Snow. HAUL 8 TONS IN SINGLE DAY Cache of 180 Tons Is Now Amassed and Second House Built by Ceaseless Labor. STIR NORSE ADMIRATION "Nobody Could Do It but Americans," Veteran Says; "They Go,Go; All the Time They Go!" Men as Tired as Dogs at Day-End. Norse Tribute to Americans. Spirit Imbued in Men by Byrd. Big Cache Already Amassed. BYRD'S FORCE TOILS PROVISIONING BASE Heavy Loads Pulled at a Trot. Pack Ice Heaviest Ever Known. Getting Attached to the Antarctic. All Colors Born of Pure White.

By Russell Owen

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Notable Deaths

Liang Qichao

1929Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (born 1873)[†]

Liang Qichao was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual. His thought had a significant influence on the political reformation of modern China. He inspired Chinese scholars and activists with his writings and reform movements. His translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese further introduced new theories and ideas and inspired young activists. Liang was of Taishanese descent.