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...According to Evelyn's testimony under oath, he summoned her from her bed into a great baronial hall, suddenly drew forth a heavy whip and then began furiously to lash her. He would, and did punish her because she had not come to him as a lily of the fields. Harry Thaw wanted everything and thought he had enough money to get everything-even decency...
...mistake*, while the previous bonus was under consideration, in addition to the errors which have crept into recent estimates, I can place no further confidence in Treasury information. This is a form of immorality which, unfortunately, cannot be punished unless the man happens to be under oath...
House of Commons. Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, who was only recently elected (TIME, March 10), created a precedent when he was introduced into the House by his two sons, William and Arthur, both of whom are members. He was loudly cheered when he took the oath and shook hands with the Speaker. The nearest precedent to this was the introduction of Austin Chamberlain 30 years ago by his father and uncle...
...Major John Jacob Astor, proprietor of The Times, returned from Luxor in a hurry. He took his seat in the House and voted, but quite forgot that he had not taken the oath. The penalty for failing to take the oath before voting is loss of a member's seat and a ?500 fine. The matter was treated as a great joke. "We all regret," said W. M. R. Pringle (Liberal), "this misadventure to Major Astor. What is the Government's attitude in regard to the pecuniary penalty?" "They are going to take his money," said the Laborite...
...investigation developed that about the time of the oil leases, Mr. Fall had suddenly acquired considerable sums of money. Mr. Fall testified, not under oath, that he had borrowed '$100,000 from Edward B. McLean, Washington newspaper publisher, and that he had never received from Doheny or Sinclair "'one cent on account of any oil lease or upon any account whatsoever." Then Mr. McLean told that he had given Secretary Fall $100,000 in checks, which in a few days had been returned uncashed. This was followed immediately by Archibald Roosevelt's resignation from one of the Sinclair Oil Companies...