Word: dispatched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unwritten law" and the "hip-pocket move" as defenses for killers still bulk large in the eyes of the courts, where they impeach a Governor, elect his wife to the office, and then complain because she follows his advice,--in Texas, they don't believe in evolution either. A dispatch yesterday from the Lone Star State throws light on the mental processes of Texans and their beliefs and disbeliefs...
...dispatch from the Daily Princetonian takes the same attitude of resignation...
...famous dispatch by the Secretary of the Treasury, General John A. Dix, Which contained the direction: 'If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the shot', was transmitted on the evening of January 15, 1861, for the purpose of retaining under the control of the Federal government the United State Coast Guard cutter 'Robert McLelland', then in the port of New Orleans...
...second dispatch is more to the point. The Yale News has conducted a ballot on the issue, and returns from more than eighty per cent of the students show that for every man who favors compulsory chapel, more than seven oppose it. Even if some mysterious benefits do follow from forced attendance, it is now certain that seven-eighths of the recipients of such benefits do not appreciate them and prefer to go without them...
Good defensive work and only mediocre offensive strength were the characteristics of Princeton's eleven in its play against Colgate, according to a special dispatch from Princeton. Slagle's brillian individual performance, and the failure of the strong Tiger air game are other features of the Princeton-Colgate game, mentioned in the dispatch which is printed below...