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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
12
The Washington Shrine convention ends with the fezzed pageantry folded away. Officials estimate costs near 1 million dollars and say the city will take up to two weeks to return to normal while salvaging thousands of cots chairs and lighting equipment for reuse.
A fragmented report notes the Shriners convention drawing large crowds to Washington with 300000 to 400000 visitors. Hotels and homes reach capacity while businesses face high demand and taxation as the public bears the excess costs.
Mrs Harding visited Camp Mecca, home of the marine battalion in Washington for Shriners ceremonies. She and her party toured the camp in a White House car, was greeted by Maj R Keyser, and praised the neat, orderly layout, expressing great pleasure at the visit.
In East Fourteenth Street known as The Wigwam the aging Tammany Hall may yield to a larger uptown office as bids from rural operators surface. The 1867 purchase price was $80 000 and bid amounts were not disclosed.
At the Army Medical-Dental School commencement, Assistant Secretary of War Dwight W. Davis praised the World War record of army medical units in reducing disease deaths. He cited figures from civil, Spanish American, and Philippine conflicts, noting far fewer malaria and smallpox fatalities in the World War and presenting diplomas and medals to graduates.
President Watling and John T Adams discuss widening women’s influence in the party. The plan may start with one woman from each state serving in an advisory capacity to the Republican National Committee, with fuller participation likely at the next national committee meeting. The talks also covered world court proposals, publicity bureau attacks on Allied governments, Rhineland costs, and related items, which Adams described as largely resolved or dead issues.
In Chicago, Billes awarded $1000 by jury in a suit against Miss Vorie and her mother over an engagement ring. He claimed the ring cost $1000 and interest from 1936. she ended the romance and refused to return the ring. Voris attorneys moved for a new trial.
President Harding plans a conference with prohibition enforcement officers before his Western trip as New York enforcement tightens. The federal unit aims to bolster action against violators, with padlock closures for eateries selling liquor and broader governor talks delayed beyond Almaka trip.
Charles B Strong longtime Interior Department official died at his home on Jocelyn Street after a 40 year career in federal service. Born in Little Rock Arkansas he moved to Washington in youth and was educated in public schools and Spencerian College. He rose to chief clerk of the general land office before his death and leaves a wife a daughter a grandson and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at the family residence with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery.
China’s foreign office sent two notes to Tokyo demanding an official apology and indemnity after Chinese supporters of a Japanese boycott were shot in Changsha, Hunan. The notes call for punishment of the Japanese commander and marines aboard the gunboat Fusai m and withdrawal of Japanese gunboats from Changsha, with guarantees against a recurrence. Chinese rioting followed in Chanwane and Shant provinces amid broader anti Japan boycotts linked to Japan’s repudiation of the Twenty One Demands.
British Royal Air Force near solving helicopter aer problem with a machine able to hover over a fixed spot for over fifteen minutes. Inventor Louis Brennan of Farnborough leads guarded tests in airship sheds, claiming height control and potential for horizontal flight research.
The White House announced the American delegation for the seventeenth annual International Congress Against Alcoholism to be held in Copenhagen in August. Wayne B Wheeler heads the group with former Representative Andrew J Volsfeid and Dr Edwin C Dinwiddie among others, including Ernest H Cherrington, William S Bennett, E L Catkins, W T Albert Sutcliffe, Miss Arvangeline Booth, P J OCallaghan, and Miss Cora Frances Stoddard.
After a 14 hour fight against the elements, the AC-1 semirigid dirigible returned safely to Beattie field, finishing a 326 mile trip from Dayton field. The crew endured a ruptured rudder control, fierce winds, and a torrential rain while navigating by compass before landing two hours after breaking free from a nine mile per hour head wind.
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