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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
14
A collage of quotes and observations on politics, figures, and events. References to La Follette Wheeler Hoover Dempsey Davis and Debs. Comments on Mexico Canada Morocco and broader international affairs with satirical tone.
Special Cable Dispatch from Teheran reports United States vice consul Maj Robert Imbrie killed by mob and Melin Seymour beaten severely. crowd gathered near a miracle site, police overwhelmed, over 30 officers injured trying to rescue them. Seymour expected to die.
London July 18 AP The Macdonald government was defeated in the house of commons today by 171 to 149 during debate on the unemployment insurance bill. An amendment offered by liberal and conservative members passed despite labor opposition. The reversal is not viewed as important and there is no plan for the prime minister to resign.
A gold watch chain lay at the foot of a tree at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue for four days. Detective James Springman found it yesterday. Moses Wilson, 22, of 1000 Tenth street southeast, is charged with stealing the chain and two watches from Eugene Walker of 137 I street northwest. Wilson says he threw the chain there on Tuesday.
Berlin reports a showman named Roberts alleging he sold a death ray machine to inventor Grinnell Matthews. Robers tours a circus with a working unit, stating when powered four balloons ignite matches and powder. He cites Archimedes as the ancient secret source of such a weapon.
Berlin reports at the Breslau lung sanitarium Prof. Greenmer and several doctors cultivated a dangerous germ. The cook prepared a strawberry whipped cream dessert. Germs escaped causing poisoning in 228 people, including 88 doctors, with one death. Breslau aid arrived. Attendants are affected. symptoms resemble ptomaine poisoning.
The United States informed Gen. Tosta that it will not recognize any Honduran government led by a revolutionary figure. Washington said recognition will follow Article 2 of the Central American treaty of amity, a policy also ratified by the other four nations.
Seven youths aged 8 to 15 from Bridgeport paddled from Fairfield beach into Long Island sound during a gale and were believed drowned. The overturned canoe was found near Middle Ground Light as families at Alva Nordquist’s cottage mourn the loss of Alva Nordquist Clinton Nordquist Ethel Berquist Walter Berquist Alva Anderson Ernest Peterson and Florence Beacon.
Reports to the Department of Agriculture forecast an 286,000,000 bushel cut in wheat from eleven leading northern hemisphere producers. The group, accounting for 64 percent of the world crop, would total 1,913,000,000 bushels this year vs 2,199,000,000 last year, mainly due to Canada’s smaller crop. Argentina posts a large corn crop, 276,756,035 bushels, up from 176,102,739 last year, with an exportable surplus around 199,000,080 bushels.
Boston July 18. Wealthy society figure Eton Leith will marry Miss Mergeret Lebarron a Malden stenographer once employed in a brokerage firm. Leith observed her during a business visit and proposed after a whirlwind courtship. She is part of a famed beauty family with several sisters.
Los Angeles July 18 Edward L Doheny and his son posted five thousand dollars each as bond for their appearance in Washington to answer indictments in government oil cases. Former Secretary of the Interior Albert L Fal also posted a bond recently in El Paso and visited Doheny there but did not attend the proceedings.
Kellogg proposes a safeguard loan plan as France and Belgium clash over Ruhr issues. The move signals attempts to stabilize postwar economic tensions among major powers in Europe.
President Calvin Coolidge is drafting what is described as the most important acceptance speech of his political career in memory of Memorial Continental Hall on August 14. He weighs the general situation, defers on platform specifics, and expects no direct reply to John W. Davis's nomination acceptance.
Gov Flynn said affidavits in hand name William C. Pesky, GOP state chair, as having directed placing a gas bomb that disrupted a June 19 Democratic filibuster in the Rhode Island Senate. affidavits by Thomas Lally and Matthew J. McGovern from Boston allege guards, including “Toota” Murray, placed the device near Lieut. Gov. Toupin’s desk after being asked by John Toomey of Johnston to place it and step back.
New York July 18 Clem L Shaver of West Virginia will manage the campaign of John W Davis Democratic presidential candidate. The formal launch and official notification of Davis nomination will occur at Clarksburg West Virginia on the night of August 11 at 8 pm. Davis will be in Islesboro Maine for ten days to rest and map his acceptance speech.
A young man in Greenville is held on auto theft charges and believed by officers to be Frank Harrell, an alleged accomplice in the killing of Maj. Samuel M. McLeary near Cheraw. The man gave false names and his description matches the suspect. officials await local viewing. The Navy announced Shenandoah’s Pacific coast maneuvers from August to February, with tests in Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound.
Darwin reports that northern Australia hosts uncivilized tribesmen. A native crew tells of the steamer Douglas Mawson sunk after March 1, 1923, with men speared and two women kidnapped to an aboriginal settlement at Port Bradshaw. A government search party is sought.
Hampton Brown of Montgomery received treatment for a serious ear drum injury after a companion tickled his ear with a straw while in a car. Brown reversed speed, struck his ear, and the straw pierced the drum, leaving him unconscious until physicians revived him.
Hector Sinclair of Eldorado Kansas found a second-hand copy of Josephus in Albany for 3.50 and discovered his name on the flyleaf dating back over fifty years. The item appears in Middletown Maryland with a Shenandoah Caverns excursion notice for Sunday July 20 aboard the Southern Ry.
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports Charles W Bryan vice presidential nominee of the Democratic party was once a boxer. It is said he held the amateur middleweight championship of Illinois at age 21 though records have not yet verified this claim.
C D Gibson artist arrives from New York to meet John W Davis but falls ill at his Seven Hundred Acre Island summer home. Dr D E Larabee reports abscess. operation likely but no alarm. Mrs Gibson Irene and guests plan to meet the nominee tomorrow on the island.
The Conference for Progressive Political Action offered Senator Burton K Wheeler the vice presidential nomination on the La Follette ticket. Wheeler signaled reluctance but promised careful consideration while pledging support for La Follette’s presidential bid.
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