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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
1
A collage of sensational snippets notes rumors in Chicago politics and society. It cites Latimer backing naval bills, Kellogg retirement rumors, Me Dill McCormick, and Latimer. It comments on journalism prizes and a Bobbie Franks murder reward split. It lampoons Congress, pacifists, and Lady Washington’s thrift, with hints of aviation, ships, and prices.
London reports that Chancellor Churchill insists Britain must be reimbursed by debts owed to the United States in any interallied debt settlement. He stressed that payments by British debtors to U S creditors should be matched by Britain’s own payments abroad. He defended the Baldwin settlement and cited the Balfour note as guiding policy in interallied debt discussions.
Special to The Washington Post Chicago Dec 10. At Ida Noyes hall 75 University of Chicago coeds confessed they are cheaters in school and pass exams by cribbing. They cited the honor system and lack of supervision as easy to cheat under, plus social life robs time for study and honesty.
Baltimore duo involved in a high speed pursuit ends with Luther Johnson shot in the right shoulder by Motor cycle Policeman J. G. Helm. Johnson, 24, and companion Albert Williams, 24, are tied to transporting liquor. Sixty gallons of corn liquor found. Johnson under hospital guard awaiting arrest. Williams jailed on liquor charges.
Chicago dispatch reports Dorothy Hillman wife of Edward Hillman Jr of a rich family has returned to Chicago with her mother after fleeing to New York a week earlier. The journey ended with a quick car dash through the city and a taxicab full of reporters. She offered no statements and went to her mother's Evanston home.
Canton report says Chinese troops under General Li Fublin routed bandits who had seized students travelling by launch to a Christian college. Twenty two of the captives were returned, two found alive this morning, eight remain held.
Reported on December 10 from Montevideo about an armed clash near Rivera on the Brazil Uruguay frontier between Brazilian forces and a Uruguayan cavalry party. Casualties listed as one killed and fifteen wounded as frontier advices arrive. Also notes threats against Rev. George Bennett in Jersey City linked to a police corruption probe. Florida East and West Coast Resorts advertised.
Baron von Maltzan, under secretary of state and a leading German diplomat, chosen to succeed Dr Otto Wiedfeldt as ambassador to the United States. Announcement expected from Berlin soon. he will assume charge before March 4 and arrive within weeks.
Secretary Wilbur presses immediate construction of 10,000 ton cruisers to reach a 5-5-8 ratio with treaty powers. Navy ordnance men claim an advanced 8 inch rifle increasing shell velocity and range. eight to twelve ships are eyed, with eight to ten 8 inch guns likely per vessel.
Maj. August Belmont, 71, financier and turfman, died at his New York apartment after a brief illness. Survived by wife and son Morgan. another son Capt. Raymond Belmont was in Virginia. He collapsed after a day of illness, underwent four surgeries, and died at 4:30 pm. Funeral plans incomplete. body to be buried in Newport, Rhode Island after services at St George's Church.
Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer judge advocate general of the navy caused a House clash yesterday during naval bill debate when he appeared in the cloakroom doorway. Texas Democrat Tom Connally protested, Rep Britten defended, and Speaker Gillett ruled after Garrett forced the floor to be in order. The episode led to Latimer’s removal from the floor.
Berlin December 10 The cabinet agreed to resign with the date to be fixed by agreement between Chancellor Marx and President Ebert If Ebert does not ask for a continued term the next week may see a new bourgeois ministry with nationalist influence dominant in the Reichstag The cabinet declares it is not repentant about the party lineup after Sunday's election
Paris reports Premier Herriot who had a serious grip attack remained in bed for another day but improved in the afternoon. He had been ill for over a week and resisted rest, continuing engagements despite doctors’ orders.
Airplanes carrying Vicente Blasco Ibanez's manifesto against King Alfonso flew over San Sebastian Burgos Pamplona Varea and Barcelona dropping thousands of copies, per Spanish Writer's Headquarters in Paris. In London Col Josiah Wedgwood asked about steps to curb sales. Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks said he wished to read the book first.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a will by financier John Andrew Heck outlining eight words. The document disposes of an estate valued at about $1.6 million, with the line reading I leave all my belongings to my family. He was a board member of numerous banks and oil and gas concerns.
President Coolidge met last night with Senator Curtis of Kansas to review the Senate’s legislative outlook. The Republican steering committee in the Senate has adopted a program for the session, and the conference reportedly focused on this plan.
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Gwendolin Caswell, 22, deaf and dumb since age three, spoke and heard after an airplane flight with Burt D. Burley in a hospital plane. Altitude changes allegedly triggered speech and hearing restoration, though experts caution it may be temporary. Caswell described the noise as very loud after nineteen years without speech.
Fort Worth Tex Bee reports the American Petroleum Institute board of directors approved a resolution to spend one hundred thousand dollars annually to publicize the oil story to the nation. The decision marks a coordinated effort by U S oil interests to shape public understanding.
Asa G Candler, Coca Cola magnate, reconciles with estranged wife Mrs May Little Reagin Candler. The couple, separated earlier this year, reportedly mend ties at the Candler mansion in Atlanta. Divorce proceedings remain pending in De Kalb County courts.
George W. Hunter formerly cashier of a Williamstown bank in Sa. Va. was arrested by Justice agents and deputy marshals after eleven years as an alleged money thief. Bond set at 15009 dollars for a hearing next Thursday. Indicted in Wood county and Psting for stealing more than 30000 dollars with 454.29 found in the tank.
In San Diego the H-16 seaplane on target practice plunged 1200 feet into the Pacific. Five officers and enlisted men were killed. three others severely injured. Pilot Lieut Giochino Varini survived. Causes cited include possible control jam or wire failure during a right vertical turn near Point Loma.
Belatade December 10 refugees report a revolution in Albania with Premier Fan Noli said to have fled Tirana. Panic grips the capital as the upheaval unfolds and neighboring Yugoslavia hosts asylum seekers.
Miss Catherine L Hodges a 24 year old Treasury Department clerk living at 1380 Vermont Avenue NW was found writhing in Franklin Park and told physicians at Casualty Hospital she had swallowed poison. A man walking through the park found her and took her home then to the kept hospital. She offered no reason for the act and police were told her heart had been failing.
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