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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1924
Page
1
A collage of jokes and wry asides touches on humor in education, psychiatrists in schools, political figures, and foreign affairs. Curated snippets reference Charles Lamb, Pope, La Follette, Coolidge, Bryan, and London talks, with satirical quips about danger, doom, and public life.
Premier Herriot War Minister Nollet and Finance Minister Clemente plan a Paris cabinet meeting halting the London talks. Ruhr evacuation and rail freight issues delay accord. Macdonald travels to Eastbourne. private talks resume Monday. United States to send Kellogg and Logan to allied finance ministers if needed. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
The Bureau of Standards has produced celluloid films only 254,000ths of an inch thick. The films can be packed 254,000 in an inch of space. They are formed by dropping amyl acetate solution on water and letting the acetate evaporate for use in X ray work.
A Detroit man named Charles W Chapin was sent to City Hospital for observation after being arrested for reserving a high priced suite in a Buffalo hotel ordering a motor car and 90 golf sticks and attempting to deposit a 10000 check drawn on First National Bank of Saint Clair against a salt company. Police say Chapin admitted writing the check and had only 2 dollars on his person. A hotel room search found no additional funds.
Waterloo Iowa August 8 The body of 6 year old Mick Maharies not recovered from Cedar river today police report his step mother Marie Maharies said she pushed the boy into the river yesterday She claimed hatred for the boy and said his presence caused her to attempt suicide twice She said plan was to kill him to secure her own execution and death two goals in one
Norfolk and Western passenger train No 16 wrecked west of Hanging Rock Ohio shortly after 1 pm. The Cincinnati sleeper left the rails and overturned, with an express car and the Columbus sleeper derailed. Several passengers were injured including Bermard Harden of Panther West Virginia and W H Neff of Knoxville Tennessee.
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago details the confession plan by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold to strangle 14 year old Robert Franks after rendering him unconscious with a strike to the head. They intended to place the body in a culvert and let hydrochloric acid disintegrate it.
Wall Street hears that Van Sweringen plans for a giant Nickel Plate system may add Delaware Lackawanna and Western Wheeling and Lake Erie and Virginian to the already linked lines Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley Erie and Pere Marquette. Traders push Nickel Plate shares to new highs while five trunk lines are debated for ICC approval strategies.
Atlantic City news from August reports Gen. Calles to be inaugurated in Mexico City next December. A F L executive council met with Calles and Gompers after a luncheon at the Hotel Ambassador. The Mexican president-elect toured New York briefly before leaving for Europe, with political and labor leaders present.
William E. Mitten aged 68 of Goodland Alabama was fatally struck by a switch engine near Revelstoke while touring the Rockies with a friend. He died at Revelstoke hospital. His brother Thomas E. Mitten rose to prominence in Chicago and Philadelphia rail circles. William had long served as station agent for the Chicago and Western Illinois and declined better East posts. The brothers previously worked on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois division and joined this Canadian trip six weeks ago.
The heat wave in Washington is ending as relief begins with cooler temperatures and chances of thundershowers tonight and tomorrow morning. Official highs reached 91.8, with brief spikes to 100 at the weather bureau kiosk, but by Monday conditions should be pleasant and improving.
Managua reports Nicaragua has deployed forces from Chinandega and Hierolal to the frontier to block Honduran revolutionaries from using Nicaraguan soil. Honduras’ provisional government has 2006 troops pursuing General Ferrera after he left the capital with 500 troops toward Lepaterique and Esperanza. An American envoy says Ferrera’s commission probes the Fonseca movement near the border.
Morristown New Jersey August 3. Dr Frederick M Allen head of the sanitarium said Miss Elizabeth Hughes youngest daughter of the Secretary of State was brought in last night suffering a serious relapse of diabetes and tonight he reported she is in no danger and may leave the sanitarium within the next day or two if desired
Santiago L. Hawley a leading Guatemala coffee plantation owner died today in San Francisco after leaping or falling from the eighth story of the Hotel Alexander. He had been ill with a nervous condition and the incident was reported from the downtown district.
New York August 8 The jury found William J Fallon not guilty after a three week trial over bribing a juror in the Durrell Gregory case. Fallon blamed a plot by Victor Watson of the New York American and cited witness complications as key factors in the dramatic proceedings.
Reykjavik dispatch reports that ice conditions off Greenland threaten the around the world flight. Admiral Magruder called a conference with Lieut Smith and Maj Crumrine to decide whether to continue this season. Raleigh will search east Greenland for a landing haven while icebreaker help may be sought from the Quest.
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