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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
1
A garbled column presents a collage of 1920s public discourse with references to President Harding calling for patriotism, the Star Spangled Banner, and debates over culture. It wanders through stock market chatter, Mussolini, Balkan politics, and uncertain world events, ending by noting a photogrpaher counterfeiter nabbed in Cleveland.
Albert W. Fox reports the Harding administration aims to ease prohibition enforcement for foreign ships by negotiating treaties with maritime powers. Secretary Hughes seeks changes to allow sealed liquor transport under strict conditions, arguing the current Volstead act creates absurd, embarrassing conflicts with international law and commerce.
The Washington Post reports divergent medical opinions on life expectancy, noting advances in dental, eye, stomach and foot care plus gland studies. Dr A C Eyergeskymer cites long-lived cases and predicts future longevity reaching up to 160 years with further gland research and medical knowledge.
Brussels June 14 AP The Belgian cabinet resigns after Senate rejects Baron de Broqueville’s plan to add Flemish alongside French at the University of Ghent. The King accepts the resignation amid cabinet splits. George Theunis leads Tolering cabinet formed in December 1921.
In a dispute over transfer, Lauderbick argued he prefers serving time in Kansas to remaining in California. The warden refused to admit him, warning him away from his old Douglas county home. Lauderbick insisted prison is better, signaling he would resist resubmittal to California. The case hinges on custody and residence concerns as authorities weigh where he should serve his sentence.
New York June 14 The case of Capt Ober F Jennings former Shipping Board officer who took a year old Ruth Smerng of Brooklyn to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington last week was presented to the grand jury Ruth and her mother Mrs Emma Smerling were called Mrs Hannah A Price Jennings fiancee was in the courthouse but did not testify A letter from Jennings asking forgiveness for taking the child without consent arrived yesterday from Mrs Smerling
The Majlis approved a bill authorizing negotiations with an American company for an oil pension in Gilan Mazanderan Astrabad and Azerbaijan provinces to secure a loan of 10 008 000 dollars. The vote tally was 59 to something unspecified.
James Shériden of the Bronx, a former uniformed page and later a telephone clerk, paid 1 1 006 at the New York Stock Exchange to become a member. He entered exchange service in 1906 and served with the 226th machine gun battalion overseas during World War I.
Albert L. Lasker, head of the United States Shipping Board, rebutted Democratic charges that the Leviathan trial trip is a $1 million junket. He said government costs for inviting guests are about $13,086 and total trial expenses around $120,000, justified as part of expert plans from December 1913 under Payne.
Li Yuanchung resigns as president and transfers authority to cabinet leaders in Peking as Li and his wife Madam Li surrender seals to officials. Chauvinist forces press for Chang Shaytgeng’s return to premier post. Tientsin stay as power center amid provisional government talks and police order pledges.
An odd tale recalls Bernhardt charming a Hoosier town mayor and earning an extra fee from a dreva rehearsal. The piece notes the famed performer’s influence on the audience and the late night outing of church members after attending a theater show.
Six firemen overcome by carbon monoxide fumes while battling a theater fire on Ninth Street Northwest. The Raphael theater crowd evacuated calmly as crews contained the blaze in the furnace area. Officials say all injured will recover and most men were treated and released from Emergency Hospital.
The piece describes a June 1 ceremony at Long Island's Dyster Bay honoring Theodore Roosevelt with a rally critiquing anarchists and masked groups while urging unity and Americanism. It shifts to French politics as Premier Poincare faces interpellations in the chamber of deputies, with coalitions and debates shaping postwar governance and electoral strategy.
William and Beam of Paterson sue President Harding in the District Supreme Court seeking a writ to force action by the Attorney General and the comptroller of the currency to reverse the reorganization of Paterson Safe Deposit and Trust Company from a state bank to a national bank. Beam testified before the grand jury and claims correspondence with the President’s secretary and the comptroller. no ruling yet.
New York reports a 3 day old infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Samuel Schwartz, saved by X ray treatment after 24 hours of artificial respiration. Doctors say the thymus gland, normally atrophying after birth, may influence prenatal life and enabled the infant to breathe again following X ray therapy and oxygen support.
Former assistant attorney general John W. Crim’s remarks at the William and Mary alumni gathering criticized federal involvement in local policing and called for the attorney general’s tenure to be longer or lifelong. He warned that political influence weakens national crime enforcement and federal detectives flood local affairs, stirring debate within the Department of Justice.
Tyrone Power, actor, was arrested late last night on a warrant charging failure to support two minor children by a former marriage. He was released on $1,500 bail pending a hearing. Powers former wife, Emma R Harper, actress, swore to the complaint.
Managua Nicaragua June 14 tug Luzline long overdue on a trip from Mosquito Gays to Sluefields with 156 laborers aboard towed into Buefelde in a disabled craft. The tug struck wearers and was cone nor at Teed Nes were set.
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