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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
1
A jumble of 1920s era notes lacing social commentary, political caricature, and media gossip. The item references Wall Street speculation, Prohibition debates, the Pope and global powers, Eva Tanguay, and Secretary Hughes as they rail against crime and foreign policy.
June 13 reports from Duisburg Recklinghausen and Dortmund describe French court martial actions against German saboteurs and officials, with executions and prison terms amid curfew crackdowns. Troop patrols as well as rail and telegraph sabotage are blamed on nationalist cells behind a castle HQ east of Nortmann in occupied territory.
In New York June 13 Special to The Washington Post a hotel room tip to a girl shown by George A. Wheelock’s will contest testimony. Dedaker, a niece of the late Metropolitan president, said the tipping occurred in December 1921 in a New York motel. Wheelock’s widow remains central in the will dispute.
London reports a British government note to Leonid Krasin marks the end of a long quarrel over the trade pact. The accord covers trawler compensation, fishing rights within the 12 mile limit, propaganda rules, and transfer of the Rus sian representative from Kabul to another post.
Oklahoma City braces for its worst flood as the reservoir dam near the city crest spreads water 24 inches over the embankment. Officials race to shore up the by pass while residents flee lowland areas and transit routes near Waterworks and Walnut Grove, fearing further damage after weeks of prior flooding.
George Harvey United States ambassador to Great Britain returned to Washington for a several day stay as a guest of President and Mrs Harding at the White House. He hopes to visit Peacham Vermont before returning to his post July 4. Also American ambassador to Belgium Henry P. Fletcher joined discussions with Secretary Hughes during the day.
New York June 13 reports that John P D Rockefeller and John D Rockefeller Jr denied selling their town houses on West Fifty fourth Street. Representatives for the Rockefellers and Mundelein Ehrich Corporation, named as purchaser, stated the families still own the six and nine story residences to preserve the street’s residential character.
Dramatic morning events report Li Hung Chang or Li Yuan Hung, leader of the Chinese republic, captured aboard a special train en route from Peking to Tientsin. Troops under Wang Chen-png surround the rail cars, with British and American diplomats kept from approaching. Cabinet members meet to govern in the absence of a named president while a militarist takeover looms.
The British steamer Santa Theresa from Havana reported five stowaways suffocated in a reserve coal bunker and buried at sea. Two others were in serious condition, nine stowaways aboard, four survivors placed with immigration officials. Two men managed to escape the bunker to signal their plight before death.
Dispatches from Sofia report King Borys staying at his palace and not seen in the city while tensions rise as Premier Zankow pledges restraint. Reports of mobilization, border reinforcements, and peasant sentiment surface as Belgrade warns of possible regional intervention and a broader civil conflict.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is entitled to a final federal guarantee payment of 3,693,624 dollars after advance payments, closing the earnings-guarantee account for the six months post federal control.
The district attorney says injunctions will seal and close venues for a year to stop liquor sales in Washington hotels cafes tea gardens saloons and related spots. Writs of the drastic order will target repeat offenders and may shutter establishments entirely, with prosecutions stepping up during Shrine week and bootlegging crackdowns.
A jumble of fragments details a Paris budget surplus and comparisons to American and British budgets. The text references a mother and children traveling, with unclear ties to the budget item. It reads as a newswire mash of figures, names, and travel notes without a clear cohesive event.
War Department officers said the United States army is not dependent on Germany for sabers or other gear. Some sabers used by officers were imported from Germany for cost, but there are no rules mandating source. Sabers are made in America, by private firms, or imported by dealers, purely an economic question.
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia will send a mission to America in October to discuss repayment of war debts to the United States. Finance Minister Stoyadinovich told parliament informal talks indicate negotiations may open for funding a wartime debt of about 60 million dollars. Original cash borrowings of roughly 50 million were reduced by payments to about 56. million, with interest increasing the total.
President Harding signed the commission reappointing Frederick J Thompson of Alabama to the Sparing Board for a one year term. Thompson, a former Wilson appointee, will map a new operating policy and serves as owner of four Alabama newspapers.
Confidential reports on the Maryland 16 inch guns tests reached the Navy Department. Trials described as very successful aimed to gauge main battery elevation and range, informing the debate over matching British fleet firepower as Maryland prepared to sail June 15 from Hampton Roads to Puget Sound as home yard.
Police seek a bobbed-hat girl who pretended to be male and acted as chauffeur for two bandits in a Brooklyn drug store robbery. She waited at the wheel of a gray automobile with a cigarette as customers were held at gunpoint. The bandits fled as the car sped away, leaving officers to pursue the getaway vehicle.
United States envoy Hughes outlines a proposed treaty to modify Volstead era maritime law, offering concessions to foreign powers in exchange for permission to allow sealed liquor on ships entering American ports. The plan discusses right of search and seizure limits, reciprocal trade considerations, and the broader aim of harmonizing enforcement with international comity amid protests from Britain France Japan and others.
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