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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1924
Page
1
A collage of quotes and wry observations on politics, industry, and society. Topics include Coolidge’s inauguration, Congressional traffic, navy spending, Britain’s alliances, and farm policy. The piece blends humor with sharp commentary on governance, media, and international relations.
London December 9. King opens parliament as Baldwin outlines government aims and Lloyd George streets concerns on interallied debt and Egypt policy. Labour and Liberal leaders urge amendments opposing Egypt and Russia treaties while pondering Geneva protocol and US entry implications. Premier stoutly resists tariff moves.
Jefferson City Mo Dec 9 The king of the ivories who gained radio fame while inmate at Missouri State Penitentiary will be released January 16. Harry M Snodgrass serving three years for robbery at St Louis has headlined WOS Monday night programs for the State marketing bureau. He won a national contest as the most popular radio entertainer and has a wife and five year old son. Gifts totaling over 300 were reported today. He has received offers for vaudeville circuits.
Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia, wife of the self styled emperor, heads to Washington for a two day visit with police escort. She is not officially announced by the White House or State Department and is expected to attend a Baltimore luncheon before appearing in the capital. Attending with her are Gen Orloff Mme Makaroff and Admiral Petroff. Accommodations are at the Willard. This evening she will be guest of honor at a Willard concert benefiting Russian refugees.
London censor forbids a vaudeville piece titled Mr A or a Matter of State from using Rajah Hari Singh as a subject. The Robinson blackmailing case figure was to be satirized, but the censor rules the portrayal cannot be presented. The producer must withdraw the work despite Mr A being a current jest in London revues.
Dr. W. E. J. Gratz, editor of the Epworth Herald, told the Epworth League council that unspanked parents, not youths, cause today’s troubles. He asserted the current youth is sound, though it faces temptations and shortcomings, and outpaces past generations.
Copenhagen December 9 A six hour hearing led Judge Pihi to remand Rev Dr Anton Bast American Methodist Episcopal bishop of Scandinavia for three weeks without bail. He was arrested last night on a charge of misappropriating charity funds.
Tetbury England Dec 9 The Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire formerly Dale Leiter of Chicago suffered two broken ribs after a horse fall while hunting near here.
Paris December 9 The chamber of deputies voted confidence in Premier Herriot’s government by 319 to 29 with many opposition deputies abstaining.
Diplomats from North South and Central American Republics joined Dr Hernan Velarde Peru's ambassador and Secretary of State Hughes in celebrat ing the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho. Hughes linked Washington Bolivar Miranda Hidalgo and others to the unflagging fight for independence and unity. A brilliant official assemblage filled the Pan American Union hall with flags and palms as the event continued on the second page.
Chicago reports Elias H. Mortimer, the first government witness, testified he handed Col. Forbes $5,000 in cash at a Chicago hotel on June 20, 1922, tying the money to Thompson and Black’s bid for hospital contracts. He described arriving June 20, signing a $15,000 note, receiving $10,000 in $500 bills, and paying Forbes within an hour, while noting inconsistencies with earlier Senate testimony and highlighting Vanderlip as a go-between for Senator Wheeler. The defense subpoenaed Frank Vanderlip for further questioning as the trial proceeds.
White House stage show by Howard Thurston amazed President Coolidge Mrs Coolidge and about twenty guests as pigeons ducks and rabbits disturbed a 18 by 24 foot east room set in a magic act Thurston produced a loaf of bread to reveal the missing gold watch concealed inside the crust after a dramatic hammer blow and a sly wink from the magician
General McCarl warned in his annual Congress report that inefficiency and unbusinesslike methods in executive agencies hinder proper public funds use. He criticized bonded disbursing officers and obsolete statutes, but noted some cooperation emerging as 82,000 claims totaling over 50 million dollars were settled last year while nearly 9,800 claims remained pending.
A Woodall power boat of Marine Transport Corp burned to the waterline en route from Philadelphia to Baltimore. The eight crewmen were missing after Coast Guard rescue efforts near Chesapeake Bay. Bodies of Frederick K. Nelson and G D Kinnesmill washed ashore near Betterton. death listed as exposure per Dr. Harry L. Dodd, Kent County coroner.
War Secretary Weeks announced receipt of a tentative proposal to build a hotel at Old Point Comfort Virginia. He aims to attract private enterprise for a modern hostelry on the site of the Chamberlain hotel destroyed by fire years ago. Weeks expected more proposals soon and did not disclose the proposer’s name.
In Trenton New Jersey Princess Elaine Hale von der Lippe Lipski won a temporary injunction from Judge Bodine halting foreclosure on her Atlantic Highlands summer home furnishings. The mortgage is held by the Federal Acceptance Corporation of New York. The princess says she delivered 55000 in bonds and mortgages to the firm and received credit for only part.
Representatives of 35 large material producing concerns invited by the Secretary of War to meet in the city January 16 with constructors and War Department officials to work out a peace-time and emergency building program for the army. The conference advances industrial mobilization, following October’s meeting of leading constructors and contractors who aided the War Department in planning building programs. Florida Atlantic Coast Line advertises five through trains with convenient schedules, 1418 H St NW.
Diplomatic representatives in China from the United States Great Britain France Japan Belgium Italy and the Netherlands pledged full support to the Peking provisional government if it honors all treaty conventions and engagements. They noted the provisional government was formed with the consent of the Chinese people to govern while awaiting a formal nationwide administration.
Miss Helen M. Gray a Central High School teacher living at 1212 Emerson Street Northwest was seized by an unidentified man on Arkansas Avenue at Delafield Street Northwest last night and thrown to the pavement. A letter of introduction to Superintendent Ballou and a pocketbook were stolen.
J Will Taylor of Tennessee was driving on Sixteenth Street Northwest when he struck attorney Donald McVann 36. McVann, a Meridian Mansions resident, was treated at Emergency Hospital and released the same night.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles present opening statements to a nine woman and three men jury charging Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy with murdering Theresa Mors last August. They allege jealousy motive and theft of $30,000 in jewelry, with McCoy drunk and violent the night before the body was found.
Reports from various isolated Arkansas sections say five people died as wind and rain from Sunday storms blamed on a weather system swept the state. Weather, geographic fragments, and scattered casualty notes appear in the dispatches, with unclear local streets and names intermingled in the fragments.
Secretary Wilbur tells House naval affairs subcommittee that the United States lags Britain and Japan in fleet efficiency due to aging ships and slow modernization. He stresses the 5-5-3 treaty ratio reflects fighting capacity, not simple tonnage, and urges replenishing and upgrading capital ships, boilers, and cruisers to restore parity.
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