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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
14
A wartime era reserve report notes decreased trade and lower prices across auto, iron, and clothing sectors. Food costs remain near steady while production shifts reflect reduced consumer demand and credit tightening. Employment shifts show auto and steel sectors hit hardest, with broader retail and manufacturing layoffs edging upward in a cautious economy.
A passenger train derailed near Bathmore Ohio when a coach split from the train and crashed into a waiting cattle car. Sixteen passengers suffered serious injuries requiring hospital care including lacerations bruises and fractures. Notable injured include Helen Kitchen LeRoy Crye and Mrs Carne Rasot Midland City. The remaining cars stayed on track and the train continued to its destination after wreckage was cleared.
In New York on July 11 a motion by Thomas B Felder to require return of $1000 paid to Samuel Safir and others in the Cragec System Glass Casket mail fraud case was denied by Federal Judge Augustus Hand. Safir claims the money was paid to Nywaeapaahk and other agents to bribe U S Attorney General Daugherty and officials.
Chicago July 11 Miss Sara Carroll Brown Field and her former husband Stanley Field nephew of Marshall Field were remarried here yesterday They were divorced two years ago Mrs Field formerly one of the Brown sisters of Baltimore Married Mr Field January 1922 The suit for divorce was not contested They had two town residences When their daughter Katharine married T Chfford Rodman and Daphne made her debut Mrs Field presided as mistress of the Field family home The engagement of Daphne to Russell P R Kellex and the desires of Miss Rodman and younger daughter Josephine are believed to have brought the parents together again
Powerful electric current and soaked ground around a washing machine caused two deaths and two injuries on a James A Davis farm. Mrs Davis and son Ebbie died, while Mr Davis and Dewey Davis were hospitalized with serious burns after the machine energized by overheated motor. The accident occurred as Dewey operated the machine and neared the hot water pipe. Emergency responders recovered all bodies. other family members were injured but survived. Fort Bragg report notes two soldiers killed and others injured when high tension line current arced to a pipe during construction nearby. The victims include Corp Ernest Brynholsen of Oakland, Calif, and Private Herbert Ward of Charlotte, NC.
Conference attendees urged uniting farm groups into a central body with farm relief legislation. Speakers like Dickinson and Haugen called for parity with industry, broader protection, and a federation approach while addressing internal differences and cooperation. The gathering extended into its second day with a resolution honoring President Coolidge’s grieving family.
Walter Muir of New York was hanged at Valleyfield Quebec early today for the murder of Henry Laviolette last September. He shot after a quarrel in a Valleyfield barroom. testimony said Laviolette struck him, a crony named Joseph Plant aided. Muir claimed no criminal intent and wrote a goodbye letter to his mother. Burial arrangements announced. schedule change notes appended.
Special Cable Dispatch from Berlin reports Herr Haarmann, accused of killing 22 young men by throat slitting and blood drinking, confessed to fourteen murders today. He and an assistant lured victims to his Hanover shop, describing blood rituals, then disposed of bodies into the river. Police faced near-lynching as public anger and mourning swelled.
Rebels topple the Sao Paulo state government placing a military junta led by Gen Rondon and Maj Klingner in power. Brigadier Jeao Francisco commanded state troops as the Santos to Sao Paulo railroad and telegraph service suffer. A severe foreign exchange slump sees the dollar quoted around 10 milreis.
Special to The Washington Post reports Prince de Quince, alias H R H the Emir of Kurdistan, reappears in New York amid new royal titles. The man known as a social hoaxer and con artist earlier fled the U.S. after recall by media, arriving with diplomatic airs and empty baggage. He claimed immunity, cited a Baghdad home, and offered a State Department address, fooling customs and reporters.
Germany signaling a Hughes Berlin visit suggests U S secretary of state will travel to Berlin after Britain and France. The move aims to ease tensions with the allied powers over reparations and to align Europe on Dawes plan terms while coordinating with Kellogg in London and with British, French, Italian diplomats.
Chicago brewery workers faced a year in jail amid a Prohibition era dispute. The article details legal actions, fines, and court orders surrounding the case, naming individuals and mentions of the judge and jury and their rulings.
A fragmented report outlines Herriott pushing debt cancellation amid uncertain political support. The article cites New York officials, timing around July 1, and possible administrative implications for federal and state programs.
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