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...date line of this despatch read "March 3, 1925." It was the Chicago Tribune's story, a "scare head" devised by Arthur Sears Henning, famed Washington correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scare | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

...excerpt from a Philadelphia despatch in the Democratic New York Times: "Last week hurried conferences on the subject of finance as well as organization were held by the party leaders here and in New York. Chairman Butler conferred with E. T. Stotesbury, the Philadelphia partner of Morgan & Co., and plans were immediately set afoot in Pennsylvania by W. T. Mellon of Pittsburgh and Joseph R. Grundy of Philadelphia to raise $600,000 in that State for use elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corruption | 10/27/1924 | See Source »

Then they sent a message to their enemies, so the despatch ran, stated that the latter might return to the Holy City without fear. They did return and gave the invaders a hearty welcome. The only looting reported was at the royal palace and in the homes of the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEJAZ: In Mecca | 10/27/1924 | See Source »

...Mecca, King Husein last week abdicated the Throne of Hejaz and the Califate-Islam was again without a Calif for the second time within a year. King Husein, tears in his eyes, declared that his abdication was a temporary measure designed to protect Mecca from possible destruction. A despatch from Cairo stated that the royal signature to the document of abdication was affixed only after "he had spent many hours in prayer and wireless communication with his sons," Faisal and Abdullah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEJAZ: Religious War | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...failure of the French Governor of Guadeloupe to make a report on a recent bombing outrage, which occurred during an election, caused the Minister of the Colonies to despatch last week a warship to the island. Meanwhile, the Governors of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana and Reunion have been summoned to Paris for a conference on reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Notes, Oct. 6, 1924 | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

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