Wilbur backs ban on guns rise amid London protest
Washington reacts as Britain protests any rise in battleship gun elevations under the Washington treaty. Navy plans to resubmit modernization to Congress face silence from State Department officials.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
18
Washington reacts as Britain protests any rise in battleship gun elevations under the Washington treaty. Navy plans to resubmit modernization to Congress face silence from State Department officials.
An albino opossum sent from Manassas Virginia to the National Zoological Park amuses apes and orangutans, which had never seen such a white creature. The pink eyed guest pretends to be dead when teased, while monkeys remain skeptical. Gift to the zoo by T E Counts of Manassas.
The defense challenges the insanity plea as jurists discuss whether moral insanity or mental disease can mitigate punishment. Judge Caverly presses for legal precedent while State and defense clash over mitigation, sanity, and the proper scope of testimony in the Loeb and Leopold murder case.
An 80-year-old woman died and about 50 others were hurt when three Port Washington trains jumped the Long Island Rail Road switch at Laurel Hill Avenue in Woodside during rush hour. The seventh car was crushed, many trapped under seats, and traffic halted for hours. Assistant Engineer James J Moore was arrested on homicide charges after allegedly unlocking the switch. Miller Buck of Flushing died at New York Hospital.
Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York warned at the Chautauqua Institution that centralization risks a vast incomprehensible federal bureaucracy. He cautioned Washington overreach could erode the federal union, democracy, and state responsibility, urging limits to preserve the nation’s foundational structure.
A 200 strong Pennsylvania State College agricultural delegation from 15 counties arrived by auto to inspect government farms at Beltsville and planned to leave for York after the tour. A fatal autos accident near Columbia Falls, Maine claimed the life of Robinson of Mount Rainier, Maryland. The body was sent to Hyattsville for burial.
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