Word: martially
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...After disturbances a fortnight ago Haiti was last week quiescent. Political organizations asked President Hoover to supply U. S. supervision for the April elections, as was done last year in Nicaragua. Arrests were only for violation of the 9 p. m. curfew under martial law. President Borno's daughter Madeleine was ceremoniously taken to wife by Daniel Brun, architect. Additional Marines dispatched aboard the U. S. S. Wright were diverted to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while the U. S. House of Representatives moved to give President Hoover the investigating commission he had asked for (TIME...
...Port-au-Prince customs house, under U. S. control, native employes rioted, broke office furniture and equipment, manhandled U. S. agents. A mob gathered before the National City Bank branch, jeered, threw rocks. Promptly the U. S. High Commissioner, Brig. General John Henry Russell of the Marine Corps, declared martial law, stationed Marines with machine guns on President Borno's palace lawn. President Borno announced that he would not seek a third term...
...capital, Nanking, no one knew whether or not to believe reports that President Chiang had resigned. Martial law was in effect. Several mutinous army divisions were menacing the capital. China was another name for Anarchy. In the vast city of Shanghai, peopled by nearly two million Chinafolk, it was impossible to take a train or send a telegram to Nanking, Peiping or Hankow, "Chicago of China." Wires and rails had been cut by men with guns who might be described as soldiers, mutineers, revolutionaries or bandits as one pleased. They all looted indiscriminately. Chaos grew so complete that leading Shanghai...
Playing for the Cadets were C.D. Coady '28, J.P. Crosby '28, and J.L. Combs '26; in the Battery A loneup R.F. Cordingley '25 and C.H. Bradford '26 saw action. Martial strains from competing bands added to the excitement of the traditional contest, which was attended by large representations from both camps...
...other notes are entitled "Evidence of Statements Made in the Presence of a Party" and "Death Duties Affecting Martial Property Rights," while the fifth, discussing "The Rights of Privacy Today," has a history concerning the Law School. Thirty-nine years ago, Justice Brandeis of the United States Supreme Court and C. G. Warren, wrote an article in the Law Review which spoke of the right to privacy. This had great influence in recognizing a new right, and affected the growth of the law. The note reviews decisions on points since the article was written 39 years...