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...Hindenburg was undoubtedly elected not for one definite purpose, but for a variety of reasons: he was the one man whom all Germany respected; his reputation did not hang purely on political triumphs; his name was one to conjure back the former glory of the nation. He was thrust into office by an accidental combination of anti-communistic parties...
...York World said editorially : "Time must hang a little heavy in Geneva...
When Chapman was finally sentenced to hang, the editorial pages wound up the affair with: "Served him right," "Thus always with malefactors," "Now will you be good," "A splendid example of American justice," and similar sentiments reminiscent of the great days of Harry K. Thaw, Nicky Arnstein and "Lefty Louie...
...lower house of the Missouri Legislature, last week, passed by vote of 101 to 15 a bill providing that person convicted of robbery in the first degree be sentenced, at the discretion of th trial judge, to hang, to life imprisonment or to a prison sentence of not less than 20 years. The author of the bill Representative Henry, in urging its passage, said : "People are afraid to go to Kansas City, St. Louis and other cities for fear of the robbers and armed thugs...
...Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton. Like his predecessors, Secretary of State Kellogg, George Harvey, John W. Davis, Walter Hines Page, Mr. Houghton has no official home provided by the U. S. Like them, he must rent a suite in a hotel, a private house, anything he can get, and hang out a sign: "Embassy of the United States of America." Several years ago, J. P. Morgan public-spiritedly made the U. S. a gift of two adjoining houses in London for use as an Embassy. Before they could be used, it was necessary that extensive alterations be made. Congress, three years...