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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1924
Page
15
Fragmented account describes a Detroit era dispute surrounding a young Polish colony woman known as Miss Stopa. The narrative covers a quarrel linked to marriage tensions, a marriage proposal, and alleged actions leading to a tragedy amid immigrant communities. Local names, dates, and places appear in garbled form.
J Z Jakosky assistant engineer Department of the Interior describes a wired wireless system that uses trolley wires mine tracks compressed air water piping and cables for voice transmission to connect underground miners with the outside world. Tests in a coal mine 400 feet deep show messages received when near metallic carriers and the challenge remains making the sending apparatus affordable.
The witness recounts a tangled sequence involving Miss Stopa, Smith, and repeated travel to Cincinnati Detroit and Chicago. He claims Miss Stopa threatened suicide to see Smith divorced, that Smith agreed to pay her $150 monthly to leave Chicago, and that he later learned of a possible killing by Miss Stopa before visiting Rockford and Elgin in a credit agency role.
Norfolk Virginia April 87 William Mattox volunteered to help搬 injured victims from a wreck and stood on the running board supporting a woman's head inside the car A jitney struck him forcing his leg against a door with a hooked L shaped handle The handle pierced his leg and surgeons had to sever the muscle to free him
Notices of deaths and funeral arrangements for Amos Hadley and multiple local residents listed with addresses in Washington D C and nearby areas. Details include names of spouses, children, burial dates, times and venues, and associated lodge communications.
Senator Walsh warns the world court plan is dead unless U S aid is forthcoming and urges active, but cautious, participation through the league or other channels to restore industrial activity and maintain peace. He notes reservations, cautions against entanglement, and emphasizes moral support and limited funding.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts replies to a League of Nations Nonpartisan association complaint about the Senate foreign relations committee delaying the world court proposal. He cites 29 treaties awaiting disposition and 50 arbitration treaties as reasons for inaction, and says he is ready to pursue United States adherence to the permanent court of international justice when desired by the Senate or committee.
Paris talks on reparations hint at limits of US mediation as Morgan heads to London to follow up. Theunis and Poincare discussions may show if political agreement is possible while Washington stays out of political matters. France seeks Dawes transfer changes, with German debts tied to dollar and pound flows.
Secretary Hoover rejected charges of a fish monopoly in Alaska saying the Commerce Department did not aid any special interests and that no cannery or company is operating beyond its previous scope. He noted bipartisan support for legislation to conserve the fisheries and urged immediate enactment to protect Alaska salmon supplies.
A contentious meeting in Washington tackles antiwar rhetoric and militant Americanism. Speakers condemn pacifist and communist influences while defending loyalty to the United States urging support for defense and the army, with representatives from Detroit New York and Philadelphia arguing over war policy and the role of women in peace movements.
The Herald notes a shift in the committee after April 15 excuses from Mr wedge. Within a few days the foreign relations committee moved from delay to action and decided three days later to hold a public hearing on the world court plan.
James A. McFarland, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, rejects endorsing the Women International League for Peace and Freedom. He argues that adequate preparedness prevents war and denounces propaganda urging China by this country. He praises American women who honor the Star Spangled Banner over those who oppose sending boys to war.
New York April 27 Robert J Sanderson husband of Nina Wilcox Putnam author declared today that the alienation of affections charges linked to last winter were utterly false The charges involved an alleged divorce pact and a plan for Putnam to wed her chauffeur secretary Elsworth Bassett of Madison Conn Mrs Sanderson won a Providence decree but the courts nearly voided it on grounds of illegality Sanderson said the Bassett accusations are without foundation after investigating with his attorneys He stated publicly his findings.
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton vice chairman of the Republican national executive committee spoke at a League of Women Voters event in Buffalo Nav April 27. She said she supports peace but rejects the covenant of the League of Nations and agrees with President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes on the issue. She warned that some women see the league as the path to end war and that belief persists.
Scarsdale April 27 charged with highway robbery Mrs Anna Germann and Mrs Judn Van Dyke both 25 of Yonkers arraigned before Judge Seeley. They were released on 2500 bail. Two soldiers robbed of 310 during an early morning Greenburgh automobile ride last January. The party was halted and robbed by three masked men. The soldiers car was driven by Papalardo who with the women is charged with conspiring with the hold up men.
New York April 27. Celia Cooney known as the bobbed haired bandit will seek to withdraw her guilty plea when arraigned for sentence before Judge Littleton tomorrow. Attorney Samuel Liebowitz said the plan. Edward Cooney, husband, will testify in defense while accepting sentence on the robbery indictment. Mrs Cooney said she was rushed and did not know what she was doing.
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