Word: telegramming
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...telegram, signed by Lawrence Richey, secretary to the President, read as follows: "Your telegram of February 26 has been received and will be laid before the President. As our delegation has been unceasing in its support of every proposal and every possibility of reduction in armaments, I am anxious to know who has given you information otherwise. I should like to correct this misimpression at its source, and will be indebted to you. If you can give me information in confidence as to who it is who inspired your action...
...President Hoover last week the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sent a telegram criticizing the warship construction program of the U. S. delegation at the London Naval Conference, asking him to change their tactics. The President did not reply...
...years ago Exhibitor Florence B Ilch got a telegram that said: "Your son died this morning." Mrs. Ilch fainted beside her collies at the Westminster Kennel Club show; later learned that her son was alive and well, that the telegram had been a fake. This year Exhibitor Madeline Frank's collie, Black Pirate, lay down on his bench, vomited, and after a convulsion of his sleek body, ruffled with white at the chest, closed his eyes and died. Exhibitor Frank said she was sure he had been poisoned. Aside from this incident the show went on with proper dignity...
William Crapo Durant sued the New York Telegram and eight other newspapers and news services for $45,000,000, the biggest libel action ever based on one story. The publications had carried a story which he interpreted as connecting him with shady stock deals resulting in heavy market losses to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hudson...
...Author. Author James Joyce celebrated his 48th birthday last fortnight in Paris. To him came a congratulatory telegram signed by his great & good friends Author James Stephens, Lord & Lady Astor, Playwright George Bernard Shaw. After the birthday dinner Joyce went to the Opera, heard Tenor John Sullivan sing William Tell. Passionately fond of operagoing, Author Joyce always sits in the front...