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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1924
Page
1
A collage of 1920s quotable lines and notes on politics culture and events. Mentions Secretary Davis education Dawes plan Dawes conference Vienna antiwar protest Lodge surgery and various public curiosities. Includes references to La Follette Florida Reading railroad accidents and naval imperial imagery.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge III, senior Massachusetts senator, underwent emergency bladder surgery in Cambridge after a long illness. Despite pain, he remained conscious and doctors called his condition serious though hopeful for recovery pending age-related factors and a planned later procedure. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr accompanied his father to the hospital and stayed post operation.
The Government Club announced a banquet in New York to honor Gen Pershing before his retirement this fall. President Mrs George FE Owens said 1200 reservations had been made, with attendees including James Pershing, James W. Gerard, John Hedges, Willis Hays, Rodman Wanamaker, and Adolph Ochs.
Alfred Biggers of Marshall N C drowned on his twenty fifth birthday in Mountain Island dam on the Catawba river near Mount Holly N C His body was not recovered by 9 PM at an estimated depth of 20 feet He is survived by his mother a widow who resides in Marshall He was to be married next month.
Biloxi Mississippi July 27 Mrs Mary Saunders 74 today became the bride of A J Fuller 56 Both were inmates of the Confederate Soldiers home and were married in the presence of several hundred persons The bridegroom was the eighth husband of Mrs Sanders
Conway Ark July 27 Sam Cleveland 22 of North Little Rock Ark was killed tonight while performing trick driving before a large crowd when his motorcycle skidded and threw him to the pavement.
Mrs Louise Cahill Cohill of Cumberland Maryland, a Hanover family leader and horsewoman, was badly bitten by a German police dog named Wolf at her home. The dog attacked when Adele Cahill held a poodle. Mrs Cahill suffered deep chest and hand injuries, was in bed, and shocked from blood loss.
Memphis municipal zoo superintendent Wm Cullen his wife and their 6 year old son John and his brother Hugh drowned during a river outing 25 miles from Memphis. Cullen fell into deep water while bathing. Mrs Cullen and Hugh jumped to help. All four bodies recovered.
Special Cable Dispatch from Vienna reports a night of intense flames in Saloniki as a high wind drives a large fire across the city quarter housing key factories. Fire crews struggled to halt the blaze, with damages running to several million dollars and American tobacco firms among the hard hit.
Special to The Washington Post reports that Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr confess in detail how they killed Bobby Franks. Psychiatrists say both were mentally irresponsible from youth, with Loeb as mastermind and Leopold as follower, craving supreme thrill and mutual praise. The confession will be presented to Judge Cav erly as the state's case nears completion.
In Texas Democratic primary returns from 205 counties Judge Robertson leads with 91 155 votes while Miriam Ferguson from Temple outsDr Lynch Davidson for second place Ferguson would be the first female gubernatorial candidate in Texas history If the results hold Ferguson totals 72 419 Davidson 68 502 in gubernatorial tally Howards leads Miller for lieutenant governor by 3 148 with Dallas Denton leaders among the vote count Sheppard maintains reelection bid with 117 141 to Fred Davis 44 012 and Maddox 20 368.
John W. Davis plans a campaign focused on speaking tours from Maine to New York with Clem L. Shaver handling national operations. After 16 days at Seven Hundred Acre Island he prepares to depart for New York and Harrisburg for the acceptance address and pre campaign arrangements. Mrs Davis and guests joined him at Islesboro while a birth card from Clarksburg announced the new Starkey child of H D Starkey.
Special cable dispatch from Calcutta reports abnormal monsoon flooding across South India. Railways washed out bridges submerged and cut off areas, thousands of houses swept away, several hundred lives lost, European planters missing, Cauvery river rising 34 feet, many villages isolated with residents starving.
President Coolidge plans to complete the notification address this week or by early next week. Secretaries will trim engagements to free mornings and early afternoons for writing. On Sunday the First Congregational Church service was attended by the President and Mrs Coolidge.
Philadelphia July 27 A Babylonian bronze scepter once thought to be a bell clapper is identified as the royal scepter of Dungi ruler of Ur around 2700 BC The artifact weighs ten ounces and measures six inches with cuneiform inscriptions It was kept in the University of Pennsylvania Museum vault for 17 years and decipherment confirmed its royal provenance by Babylonian scholars.
Four people were killed when a new cabin monoplane from California crashed during an exhibition flight witnessed by spectators. The victims include Osmand Belter, his wife, his eight year old son, and pilot Al Sele. The craft, built with woven wood and cardboard, made a single circuit at 509 feet altitude and 124 miles per hour before failure. Witnesses blamed a defect in the movable wing tip control mechanism.
Reports from Buenos Aires indicate heavy clashes in Sao Paulo as federal forces bombard outskirts. Rebels counterattacked, driving back troops at points while civilians flee or aid the rebels. Brazil’s president reportedly extended the Sao Paulo moratorium to August 6. Local train and car collision in Philadelphia area claims multiple lives and injuries.
Skeleton believed to be King Richard IIIe unearthed and given to Leicester Museum. He died at Bosworth Field in 1485 and took part in the Wars of the Roses final stages. He is linked to royal plots and the murder of Prince Edward and Henry VI.
Secretary Toshihiko Taketomi of the Japanese embassy and Mme Takehomi escaped injury when their automobile collided with another car ten miles from the city on Gettysburg road. Both vehicles were damaged but could proceed after the incident.
Vienna July 27 A court ruling in Austria holds that verbal insults over a telephone are not public slander if no third party overhears. The case involved a merchant who called another a vagabond from a private booth. The judge ruled the operator present did not count as a third party, so no slander occurred.
In Downing Street the conference scene shifts as delegates press toward a Dawes plan decision. American and British officials, including Charles Fov and Raimay Macdonald, prepare to present positions while the French and German sides seek a workable formula. The meeting resumes after a weekend of talks, with observers noting a potential political realignment depending on the plan’s adoption or failure.
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