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Last Week, the Turk deported His All Holiness Constantinos VI, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, because he was not a Turkish citizen. The Treaty of Lausanne (TIME, Aug. 6, 1923), which ended the Greek War and the War between Turkey and the Allies, stipulated that Turkey should in no way interfere with the Patriarchate. To this the Turk now replies : "I have not interfered with the Patriarchate but with the Patriarch...
...past year saw the Republic of Honduras twice in revolt against its Government (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq., Aug. 11 et seq.). Bloody ructions occurred; the U. S., in February, severed diplomatic relations in accordance with its policy of frowning upon Latin-American revolts...
...Francisco Perez, alleged to be the third assassin of the murdered Englishwoman, Mrs. Rosalie Evans (TIME, Aug. 11), was captured last week in the State of Puebla. He was taken to Puebla City for trial...
Then Prof. Michelson proceeded to describe an experiment which has been in progress for some months on a prairie just west of Chicago (TIME, Aug. 11). There a rectangle of 12-inch pipe, almost a mile in perimeter, was laid down. Its greater dimension extends from east to west. This pipe was sealed and the air exhausted. Mirrors were placed in the corners so that a beam of light would be reflected completely around it. In one corner an arc light was placed, the beams of which, split by mirrors, were reflected around the rectangle in opposite directions...
According to Nicolay and Hay's Abraham Lincoln, crowds rushed from the theatre after the assassination to the White House, burst "through the doors, shouted the dreadful news to Robert Lincoln and Major Hay, who sat gossiping in an upper room." Born Aug. 1, 1843, Robert Lincoln lives at No. 3014 N. Street N. W., Washington...