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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
4
A collection of quips and observations on politics weather culture and society from editor George Rothwell Brown. It riffs on Indy humor New Year musings Coolidge naval cuts and pacifist debates while weaving literary references and satirical asides about public figures and events of the era.
Mrs Kate M Gessford 65 wife of former police chief Harry L Gessford died from burns when her clothing ignited from a gas heater during a Christmas family gathering at 3123 Thirteenth Street Northwest. Husband severely burned assisting. Fire spread to paper hangings. revival efforts by a neighbor ended as she passed away. Contnued on first page.
Radio amateurs in Atlantic Mass report the first two way wireless telephone link between England and the United States on Christmas Eve between 7 and 8 15 eastern standard time. Sheldon Heap communicated with B B Clapp of Coulsdon Surrey England using wavelengths near 100 meters. England station operated about 1 009 watts versus 450 watts in Atlantic. Signals were strong enough to copy the phonograph on the operating table.
Harold P. Williams, district attorney of Plymouth and Norfolk counties, was endorsed for the U S district attorney post in Boston. The vacancy follows the removal of Robert O. Harris after disputes with the Department of Justice, and the nomination was submitted by the Justice Department to President Coolidge. Williams is the first major Massachusetts appointment touted on Senator Butler’s recommendation.
In Middletown Mann detective Caspar Schmidt is accused of murder after his wife was shot at their home. He says he slipped on a banana peel while cleaning a shotgun and the gun discharged, striking Mrs Schmidt in the breast as it recoiled through a window. Neighbor Mary Lamb recalls hearing a crash of glass about five minutes later.
Minnesota Supreme Court holds a workman who loses an eye is entitled to compensation even if that eye was blind from infancy. The case of N C Mosgard of Minneapolis overturned a denial after the Industrial Commission had awarded him 18 dollars per week for 102 weeks.
In Los Angeles on December 26 the jury in the Kid McCoy murder trial stood 11 to 1 for acquittal late today. Court attaches noted a possible deadlock as Judge Crail called the panel to conference. Jurors debated notes taken during the trial while McCoy interacted with jailers in the reception area.
Chicago December 26 autopsy shows typhoid germs present in William Nelson McClintock but fails to confirm death cause. Foster parents Mr and Mrs William D Shepherd and fiancé Miss Isabelle Pope figure in controversial inquiry. Coroner Wolff and state attorneys pursue multiple leads including Dr Olson and F T Breidigan at Illinois Laboratories as Shepherds are questioned.
President Coolidge disclosed an immediate push to modernize and expand the U S Navy funded by existing money and future appropriations. He ordered budget bureau review to estimate immediate needs and said Congress authorization limits will guide construction and armor updates under the recent act signed December 18.
In Roberdell near Ware Hamlet, three Martin children Arthur 16 Ethel 11 and Willie ? were killed when a high power line severed by a rifle bullet fell to the ground and touched by their rescue attempts. The incident followed an attempt to shoot a target earlier that day.
Paris dec 26 allied ambassadors meet tomorrow to confirm European powers decisions not to evacuate the cologne bridgehead on jan 10 They will also forward a memorandum to berlin awaiting the military control mission final disarmament report which may arrive late january French and British views diverge with france pushing deferral of evacuation while britain leans toward evacuation once the report is ready Herriot faces parliamentary resistance if he backs evacuation despite new arms discoveries and france vows vigilance as it awaits the mission’s final findings continuation noted on page thirteen.
A northwest wind and drifting snow trap the passenger train aboard the Chief Wa wabatham ferry in the Straits of Mackinac, two miles offshore, with 30 mph gusts hindering rescue efforts. Tug Abner C. Hardin departs Detroit with fuel and food for the freighter F. B. Squiers trapped near St Clair, crew at risk from exposure.
Roanoke Va December 26 Roanoke and surrounding areas were jolted by severe earth tremors shortly before midnight. Pictures fell from walls vases dropped from tables and buildings rocked. A Viscose silk mill watchman said the floor and furniture bounced as he patrolled. No shocks appeared on Georgetown Universitys seismograph.
Lieuts Oakley G. Kelly and H Miller, who departed Vancouver barracks Washington for San Francisco yesterday, landed in San Francisco at 11:55 a.m. They were last tracked near Red Bluff California at 8 p.m. and paused at Marysville due to darkness. The delay unsettled air circles as the pair were expected last night.
New York police report Mrs. Besnie Katz 28, who killed her twin baby boys on December 2, was freed today by a magistrate after the infanticide charge was dismissed. The court heard she was temporarily demented when she threw the twins from a third story window and then jumped after them. She had recovered enough to testify in court.
London December 26 Great Britain has declared an embargo on American potatoes to prevent Colorado beetle. The agriculture ministry issued an order prohibiting landing in England and Wales of any US grown potatoes. A separate brief notes schedule change for Seaboard Air Line service with December 29 adjustments.
Washington notes a mild day with clouds and a 20 degree low after a cold night. A late cold wave spreads from the northwest with brisk south and southwest winds. A reflected pool at the Lincoln Memorial is flooded to create a smooth ice surface for skating.
New York dates describe twelve hundred blind men women and children seated in a dark theater to experience a film through atmospheric narration rhythmic music and blind friendly presentation. The hero is a blind lighthouse keeper and the producers plan another picture tailored for band audiences.
Special to The Working in Post, Chicago. December 26. County hospital surgeons operate on Max Peck, remove a bullet from his lifted heart, reinsert it, and sew him up. Peck likely to recover. A firearm maker by trade, he had plotted suicide with improvised device after Christmas Eve rooming house despair. Dr. Carl Meyer opened the chest, halted the heart, then resumed beating as the heart settled back in place.
President Coolidge seeks amicable, peaceful settlement of the Cologne evacuation dispute between the Allies and Germany under the Dawes plan. U S influence is urged to aid harmony while France weighs continued occupation. looming risks center on German disarmament and shifting political power in Germany's Reichstag.
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