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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1924
Page
17
In Mexico City packs of students and demonstrators protested a dress code by forcibly cutting the hair of bobbed girls outside rail stations and hotels. Authorities and church leaders urged restraint as crowds clashed over the practice and its political symbolism.
Five sailors died when a vessel was blown over by a gust on the Mississippi river race. Named among the drowned were Felix Legendre Lewendis Mitton Pachaussa Rampocclias Rigders and an unnamed white man. The incident followed a series of earlier reports of a ship mishap near Teckport, La. Meanwhile Frank Isl mor es, executive secretary of Actors Equity Association, collapsed and died at a hospital after suffering a nose hemorrhage attributed to overwork.
The inquiry into prohibition enforcement by the internal revenue bureau began last winter as the Senate debated extending the probe. President Coolidge sent a special message, Senator Couzens fell ill and was hospitalized, and Heney’s leadership sparked controversy as Pinchot urged California’s selection. Wheel er led debates on the probe while others opposed broadening the inquiry beyond tax and Treasury matters.
Suburban Riverdale relief event Saturday August 3 at new firehouse. Fire Chief William Gray and department president William Kneoss lead. proceeds fund equipment for two companies. Home cooked supper directed by Mrs Herbert Roby with assistants named. Delegates to Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire Association convention listed. county women allowed in department. Local association elects officers and outlines community improvements under P W Browning and others. County plans bond issue for public school buildings across several sites. Montgomery leads state in building permits. various motor and construction fines noted. State game and hunting estimates announced. Maryland National Guard unit from Silver Spring to camp at Virginia Beach. marriage license issued for John B. Guitlard and Pearl Cale.
Prohibition officers raided a peach brandy operation near Joplin in Prince William County. They seized a gallon still, 19 gallons of peach brandy and 240 gallons of peach wash. one man fled and two others were arrested amid a tense pursuit. Bond issues and jail remodeling plans dominated county political news.
In Luray near Tory Run Hubert Ells Fox and wife Mrs Fox faced a blaze that trapped Lioyd and Ethel Fox ages 3. Mrs Fox hammered a large opening in the burning wall allowing the boy and girl to crawl out. The father, in a field, arrived too late to save the farm. Three hundred bushels of wheat, a horse and an automobile were lost.
In Petersburg Virginia on July 25 Mrs Aby Camp Acres wife of L S Acres died at Petersburg hospital She was daughter of Mrs Mary Ashby Camp and the late W H Camp and survived by her husband and three children Also Mrs Anns C Decker aged 69 widow of John H Decker died last night at her Dinwiddie home and was survived by a son The body will go to Findlay Ohio for interment Mrs Louise Watts aged 33 died last night at her home Survivors include several sisters and brothers
Regatta crews from Arie and Arundel of Baltimore Virginia boat club Richmond and Potomac boat club Washington plus Old Dominion club arrive in Alexandria to race from 2:30 pm with a banquet at 7 pm and a dance at 9 pm. Edwin J. Carver presides. A duck race and tilting contest highlight events. The Woman’s Missionary Unions conference is noted.
Potomac Habitat association, now dissolved, chose Warrenton as next year’s meeting site. Elected officers include Mrs Helen Macks Pasenian Springs superintendent Mrs Jenni Far Broaddyn Del Ray secretary Mrs G W Hawxhurst False Church treasurer Mrs J L Crupper Falls Church mission study chairman and Mrs Ryland T Dodge personal service chairman. Group leaders include Mrs J C Rogers Round Hill Mrs J A Carpenter Del Ray Mrs BE Reynolds Marshall Mr J W Cole Remington Miss Ruth Halfish Haymarket Miss Georgia Tilbert Springfield Mrs J W Jeffries Warrenton and Mrs Westwood Hutchinson Manassas. James Johnson colored, wanted over two years for shooting Walter Robinson colored in the leg, was arrested and held on $1000 bail after a preliminary hearing. The shooting occurred March 13, 1922. Robinson claimed it was accidental, Johnson denied it, and Robinson notified police. The George Mason Hotel Corporation, aided by Alexandria city and Arlington county real estate boards via Nelson T Snyder, secretary, has located a site for a hotel building.
The president cites reverence for law and for God, urging boy listeners to aim high and pursue public service. He recalls boyhood town meetings, sees future leaders in his audience, and emphasizes courage, sacrifice, and faith as foundations of American opportunity. He declares great men need belief in a divine power behind us.
The courtroom heard Leo pold describe his early life and philosophy of crime. Gortland testified that Leopold boasted of Sunday school and claimed murder is not a crime in his code. Witnesses noted Leopold’s lack of remorse and his questions to professors about criminal intent. The day ended with the defendants displaying a calm, classroomlike demeanor as Judge Caverly observed.
In a speech stressing belief as a motive force, speaker urges Scouts to live by truth and contribute to global understanding. The note adds Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina was reappointed by President Coolidge yesterday to the Federal Farm Loan Board.
A farmer's wife defends supporting the mob accused in a chain of attacks on women in Frederick County. The court outlines potential penalties up to ten years while sheriffs prepare to round up more suspects as evidence cites barbarous acts including tar, feathering, and assaults linked to local tensions and a harrowing home invasion.
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