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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
1
A fragmented, satirical column notes references to Clarence Darrow, Leopold and Loeb, a New York broker suicide, finance and politics, Wall Street, and President Coolidge. It mentions radio monopoly inquiries, geographies, and various social vignettes, mixing literary lines with current events and odd anecdotes.
The interallied conference adjourned after a night of talks with no full agreement on French reparations and the Dawes plan. American observer Logan hopes a settlement today as experts reconvene. Germany may be invited to London soon pending German acquiescence and final Dawes plan steps.
Paris dispatch reports State Representative Everett of Durham found in Italy a nude statue of George Washington by Antonio Canova. He aims to have the piece sent to North Carolina for the Statehouse display and noted other Canova works unearthed from a cellar, including a Washington figure with fig leaf.
Detroit July 3 Henry Ford may enter the race for the Republican nomination for United States senator from Michigan. A semiofficial Washington report cited by a State official and a Detroit Free Press Lansing dispatch notes dissatisfaction with the current Michigan senatorial lineup. Ford previously sought the nomination in 1918 and was defeated by Truman H. Newberry.
In Arkansas Little Rock on July 31 authorities reported a blue-white diamond weighing 40 carats found at the Pike county mine of the Arkansas Diamond Corporation. The rough stone measured about two inches long and an inch wide, one quarter inch thick, and weighed 6.48 ounces. Officials declined to estimate value. the heaviest prior stone from the mine weighed 20 carats and sold for $2,500.
In New York on July 31 George Stein, 36, a peddler, lifted a 1 1 2 pound silver bar valued at 750 dollars during the unloading outside a safety deposit company. He walked away through a crowded area before being stopped by Patrolman Brown who noted Stein was staggering from the weight.
In Chicago on July 31 the defense urged mercy for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb in the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks. Clarence Darrow argued that humanity should temper the sentence, while the State pressed for punishment aligned with the law and mental responsibility. The debate over whether mental disease warrants insanity as a defense dominated the four-hour session, with the judge asked to consider a mitigating approach rather than the crime itself. CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.
The tariff commission sent its findings on the sugar tariff to President Coolidge, following a 1923 inquiry begun under Harding and pushed by Sen. La Follette. The commission faced debate over whether duties distort prices, with actions resting in the President’s hands within a 60 percent adjustment window, effective in 30 days.
New York July 31 John W Davis Democratic nominee endorsed Gov Bryan of Nebraska for opposing civilian mobilization on defense day He said the aim is peace and work while avoiding unnecessary demonstrations He plans to lead campaign coordination with Spellacy Dixon and Wilson as state and national aides and set up eastern and midwestern offices with Chicago and San Francisco bases.
President Coolidge declines to enter political controversy over Defense Day features despite Gov. Bryan’s opposition and a telegram inquiry. He keeps his reply private, saying public disclosure would blur the line between official correspondence and politics. Major Gen. Hines and other officials visited the White House as talks continued, delaying his notification address. CONTINUED ON BIGRTR Tage
New York July 31 Baron Adelbert von Gontard grandson of Adolphus Busch was wed today at a Fifth avenue home to Baroness Susanne von Schilling after a U S law prevented a ceremony on the steamship George Washington at quarantine. The 20 year old bride aboard the ship neared port and the 24 year old groom boarded from a cutter once anchored there. The ceremony was performed by a Lutheran clergyman at Mrs. Charles Greenoughs home with the barons brother Baron Paul Curt von Gontard and his wife present.
In Gerona near Madrid a parish priest was fined 500 pesetas by the provincial governor after rebuking a girl for a short skirt short sleeves and a low neckline seen on the street. The girl’s father, a local magistrate, appealed and the bishop later appealed to a higher authority.
A small exhibition flight over Crawfordsville ends in tragedy as a plane spirals 1,500 feet to the ground. The dead are pilot Barney Schull, 26, of Laurel Mississippi, passenger Charles Hendrick, 26, of Lulu Mississippi, and Miss Audrey Cates, 19, of Vinson Arkansas.
C A Jackson, chosen by WIP at Atlantic City, spoke six minutes from the ocean floor via a special underwater microphone connected to a boat and land wires to Philadelphia, describing undersea wonders as phosphorescent fish glowed and waters swirled around him.
In Haverhill on July 31 district court sentenced one man to 30 days and fined eight others $10 each for disturbing the peace after a clash between klansmen returning from Groveland and opponents. Eight cases continued to Saturday. Two of four gunshot victims remain in hospital awaiting later statements of their alleged roles. Defendants were followed home by a curious crowd.
A Tokyo youth admits attacking over 40 girls aged 12 to 16 in the past year, confessing to the murder of 17. The crimes include a strike at a mountain resort near Karui Izawa where missionaries from Japan Korea and China towns gathered for a summer conference. He struck victims on the head and strangled those who remained conscious before fleeing.
Tokyo reports a decision by the minister of war and general staff to shrink the army from twenty to fourteen divisions. The cut aims to save about 30 million dollars to bolster the air service and advance scientific warfare methods.
Tokyo reports Stuart MacLaren the British aviator on an around the world flight remains at Petropavlovsk Kamchatka with his companions weatherbound. No further details have arrived, marking the first update on their whereabouts in seven days.
Four deaths attributed to the heat and several prostrations were reported as Philadelphia sweltered. The official thermometer peaked at 86 degrees, well below yesterday's reading.
Bert Smith 42, a traveling man, fell on the fairway of the public golf course while swinging hard at a ball and fractured his leg in two places. He weighs over 200 pounds.
President Coolidge with Mrs Coolidge toured Washington parks facilities including tennis courts golf courses bathing beach and baseball grounds meeting players and inspecting facilities. Col Sherrill and Maj Solbert described athletic programs funded mainly by Congress and minor fees with War Department support. CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
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