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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1924
Page
20
The Agriculture Department probe into wool and clothing prices finds both textile and retail sectors view prices as high. Manufacturers blame wage levels and production costs for elevated selling prices while wholesalers and retailers argue for better retail organization to reduce costs.
A terse obituary note reports the death of Arnold Gidtenty of Woohetos and other relatives. The fragmentary entry mentions reshaping names and dates, with limited context on the deceased’s life or survivors.
Marines at Quantico were reviewed by Mrs Wilbur and Maj Gen John A. Lejeune before a salute to the Secretary. The 3290 men of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments of infantry, Tenth Regiment of artillery, engineer battalion, signal corps, and special units participated. Brig Gen Dion Williams presided. the tour included a doctor’s reception and a later return to Washington.
A Ballston resident was arrested on multiple charges after a deputy sheriff arrested him following a court appearance in Arlington. He faces driving while intoxicated, fined 34 dollars, and a nine year license revocation. The case proceeds in local court.
A West Virginia Wesleyan College leg injury report shows Mr Catshall gravely ill and undergoing surgery at a local hospital. Official statements describe the condition as serious but stable, with medical staff aiming to prevent prison-related complications.
A collage of obituaries and funeral notices from July 1924 lists Mary May, widow of Claris Harri, and several other locals including Harper, Hebbard, Hunt, Hurdle, Washington, Matthews, Roberts, and Robertsow. Entries note ages, residences, funeral times, and local cemetery interments, with private services and family attendance emphasized.
The Department of Labor reported a rise in ice cream industry employment and higher wages. Manufacturing employment grew 3 percent in June versus May, while salaries increased 6 percent over the same period.
The United States circuit court of appeals modified the injunction against Clarence Saunders founder of Piggly Wiggly Stores. It allows Saunders to use improvements from his components in the Piggly Wiggly system but bans using his own name to mislead or erode the plaintiff’s goodwill. The decision allows future orders to further define protections and rights.
Special Cable Dispatch from London reports Mrs Hilt n Phillipsen plans to run for Parliament at the next federal election for family reasons. She announced at a Conservative meeting that she will seek reelection, saying she cannot stay home with her children while many other children need help.
Stewart Fowler died suddenly on Tuesday July 4 at his residence 44 Northeast Willow Avenue. He was the beloved husband of Letele Took Stewart. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM from his residence with burial at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Friends invited.
Gov Gen Leonard Wood tells the Philippine legislature today of full executive cooperation toward constructive legislation aimed at economic independence. He favors cultivating island resources and increasing revenue, notes progress in political development, and cites improving public health. No major laws expected this week as leaders are in the United States amid independence talks.
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed its complaint against Bowers Brosen and associates of Richmond over resale price maintenance in wholesale coffee sales. Names include Lipscomb Russell Company Livingston Company Green ville and others. Also dismissed without prejudice complaints against Southgate Norfolk and Lexington Salt company over misbranding ground rock salt.
Panama's Ricardo Alfaro argues U S Panama ties spark occasional disagreements while urging Americans to see Pimimi as a nation, not a race, and notes Theodore Roosevelt's role in the Colombia Panama troubles as he cites Panamanian notoriety. In Florida, the State Republican convention recessNominates ticket for governor and state offices.
Mrs Lula A Tutle 63 of Greeleyville died aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train between Richmond and Rocky Mount while en route from Philadelphia to Florence South Carolina. Her body was removed at Rocky Mount and sent to Kingstreet for burial.
New York July 1 two police patrolmen and an officer observed a tense scene as angry groups gathered on a block hoping to reach the door and tear down the crepe at the residence. The story follows a long romance between Rose Scala and Salvatore Taub, their Catholic baptism, a hasty wedding, and the parents’ refusal to claim the body for Jewish burial rites. Local authorities kept watch all night while neighbors demanded burial arrangements and protection for a church service at Our Lady of Sorrows.
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon was ordered by Justice Adolph A Heoehling to stop attempting to collect from railroads entering the United States from Canada overtime wage assessments for customs inspectors. The restraining order says the tariff section applies only to ships unloading passengers at seaports after hours. Railroads named include Minneapolis St Paul Sioux, New York Central, Michigan Central, Vermont Central, Boston and Maine, Delaware and Hudson, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Wabash, and Spokane International.
In Cleveland on July 16 Health Commissioner Harry J. Reedwood ordered a quarantine lifted after a vaccination surge across Woodland and Central avenues. About 75 police and nurses roped off streets and conducted a large scale vaccination following the discovery of two walking smallpox cases. Health records show 83 cases citywide since January 1.
Columbus attorney Louis W Josephson, former vice president of Industrial Endowment Fund Company, was to face a warrant alleging he converted at least 92,476 in company funds. The filing, by Joseph F Ferguson, cites an affidavit. receivers were appointed with bonds at 60,000 each.
Richmond July 16 The body of eight month old Jacqueline Christian was found today in an old tank at Haxall four miles below where her mother Mrs Join B Christian had been located yesterday The infant floated near a canal lock as workmen reported to police Funeral services for the mother were held from her late home where relatives and friends say she suffered a nervous breakdown after illness with her four children The police say no inquest was deemed necessary
In Chicago on July 1 a ceremony unveiled a statue of Gen Philip Sheridan north of Lincoln Park. Miss Emily Sheridan pulled the cord marking the $500,000 installation, a Cotton Borough project, reflecting Sheridan’s long residence in Chicago after the Civil War.
Police on Staten Island and Manhattan detectives search for a suspect after the Port Richmond murder of young Francis McDonnell. A man named Harman reported seeing the body and touching it, while witnesses described a tall, unkempt stranger nearby. Autopsy by Dr Mord confirms homicide. authorities doubt a local reader could recall details.
C Stockinger of Asheville reported that stains on Maj McLeary's cap were not bioed, and Charles H Powers of the Department of Justice joined the search for the body as the case continued.
Mrs Louise McLeary wife of murdered army officer collapsed in her hotel room after learning of her husband’s death. She was from Washington and daughter of Capt Leo Lipscomb. The couple eloped to Baltimore and married in 1908 after aviation service. Her sister Mrs Cordiner assisted as news arrived.
Parta July 16 report: Jan Sonon owski, a well known Polish writer, begged friends and attendants at Val Ibjust Sanitarium to end his agony from an incurable malady. His fiancée, Bille Stanislawa Unicuska, shot him in the head but he is not expected to recover. She is years old and noted for Shauty.
In Cleveland on July 16 Marie F Perrin a 42 year old teller in the loan department was arraigned in police court pleading not guilty to embezzling about 19000 from the bank. She was arrested last night. Her attorney waived preliminary examination. Bail was set at 10000 and miscellaneous matters were bound over to the grand jury.
Two workers, Walter McGuire and Wilburn Crisp, Montvale Lumber officials, died instantly in a copper mine blast on Eagts Creek near Fondtawn. Early reports say dynamite exploded prematurely during blasting yesterday, according to local information.
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