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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
1
Fragmented chatter mirrors a chaotic late 1920s newspaper page with weather woes and global tensions. It mentions reporters, editors, Mussolini, Italy disasters, Wall Street regulation, political jabs, and whimsical notes about plants, vaccines, and naval programs. The piece reads like a collage of headlines and anecdotes amid hot summer heat.
British and French liners reportedly plan to bring liquor stored in bond into American ports under British seals on return voyages. The Olympic, due in New York midweek, could provoke a confrontation with Volstead enforcement if seals are broken. State Department silent as questions rise over possible seizing and international repercussions.
Laura Johnson, 26, facing a murder charge after allegedly stabbing William A. Branch, was freed by a Cook County court. Prosecutors urged dismissal, arguing divine punishment justified freeing her as she has since gone blind. The judge stated she would never see again to murder another man.
A powerful electrical storm scorched Bristol Virginia with three fires at the Bristol Brick Company and Mineral Products Company plus a residence blaze. Blountville also reported a lightning sparked fire at the Methodist church. Over 58 trees were blown down and extensive residential damage followed. In Cumberland, Flint Stone Agricultural High School suffered lightning damage to two floors and plaster. Severe storm forced farm building and orchard losses near Martins Mountain with hail. John H Dunston Frostburg residence damaged, Mrs Dunston stunned.
Charles Edward Ramey filed a petition for limited divorce in District Supreme Court alleging extreme cruelty by wife Lulu I Ramey of 2344 Prospect Avenue NW. He says she struck him scratched his face and threw water, cites extravagant habits and jealousy, notes she was once a vaudeville performer. married March 3 1908 with three children.
James A Folger, son of a late coffee magnate, shot and killed a burglar at the Folger Woodside residence near Redwood Calif. Jewelry worth thousands was found on the slain man, including much stolen from the Jackling Woodside home during the robbery on June 10 authorities said.
Public ceremonies at Theodore Roosevelt’s grave in Young’s Memorial Cemetery Oyster Bay will be held in the future. The cemetery will stay open for friends to pay silent tribute, with Roosevelt family approval for the change.
The Washington Post prints a farewell letter from Sarah Bernhardt to her lover. The tragedienne pours intense emotion into the missive, dissolving a great love, and the letter marks the close of a remarkable series in the paper.
The Navy Department will request six cruisers four river gunboats and three cruiser submarines for the next budget and Congress. The plan aims to maximize cruiser efficiency within the 10060 ton limit of the four power treaty. The Detroit design is likely for the new ships, with gunboats to patrol Chinese rivers. Submarine types remain secret, but will add tonnage beyond current fleets.
President Harding ordered immediate release or commutations for numerous war law offenders as he departed on a Western trip. The Justice Department announced 158 cases acted on, including 30 conditional and 14 unconditional commutations, one full pardon and 27 restored civil rights, with 84 denials. The action covered espionage and draft violations, IWW members, and broader clemency for offenses from bigamy to bootlegging, amid a record number of pardons.
President Harding made his first speech of the trip at Martinsburg West Virginia addressing two boys who helped him and later greeting railroad workers. He waved from the rear platform as the Zam Peermont Limited fast train continued toward the Pacific coast. The scene recalled his youth by a creek pool as the president relaxed and met train staff during the journey.
Amherst Massachusetts June 2 Amherst college faces a stormy commencem ent as President Alexander Meiklejohn for the first time since his resignation yesterday, denounces trustees for abandoning the ideals and questions the traditional liberal scope of American higher education. Twelve seniors refuse degrees, two faculty resignations follow, and the class of 1922 formally withdraws Meiklejohn's honorary status while the alumni meeting voices support for the retiring leader.
Secretary Denby halted the heated naval debate over merging line and staff to form a single promotion and assignment system. He said the time is not opportune and he has no plan to recommend the change to Congress. The dispute has raged in Navy circles for nearly two decades.
Rangoon reports from the government about ongoing slave sacrifices in northern Burma. A yearly inspection shows six to ten victims annually, rising to 20 or 39 when funds permit, with Indian children most often abducted from Assam used in the rituals. A girl earmarked by Nases was freed by authorities.
The Department of Justice did not submit to President Harding the opinion he requested on the right to use armed forces in enforcing prohibition before he left Washington yesterday. The ruling likely will not reach the President before August as Attorney General Daugherty plans to join the presidential party in California, and it may even be delayed until his return.
President Harding named the American Battle Monuments Commission to oversee memorials for American soldiers on foreign battlefields. The board includes General Perahing, Senator David A Reed of Pennsylvania, Representative John Phillip Hill of Maryland, Thomas W Miller of Delaware, D. John Markey of Maryland, R. G Woodside of Pennsylvania, and Mrs Fred W. Bentley of Sinots. Major X. H. Price was named secretary.
Richard Folsom Cleveland son of the late President Grover Cleveland and Miss Eben Douglas Gailor daughter of Bishop and Mrs Thomas F Gailor were married tonight at St Marys Episcopal church in this city. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Gailor with utmost secrecy and attended by Mrs Cleveland. Reporters learned of the wedding by accident.
The Wisconsin Assembly votes 68 to 13 to pass a general income tax bill, sending it to the Senate. The measure would raise about 14 million dollars annually with rates from 1 percent on the first thousand dollars to 10 percent on earnings over fifteen thousand. Corporate earnings taxed at near present levels with partial taxation of stock dividends.
President Harding reportedly decided not to lower the sugar duty but a White House statement says the remark has no bearing on the ongoing tariff commission inquiry. The commission studies relative production costs at home and abroad and has not completed its findings.
New York June 20 Definite steps to close the doors of many stock brokerage houses against which complaints have been received will be taken in the supreme court tomorrow. John Dwyer state deputy attorney general said injunctions against 1.4 houses would be sought under the Martin act. He would not name the brokers or the number affected. The curb market declined as rumors roared through Wall Street causing sharp losses across many top shares. Zimmerman and Forshay, long standing NYSE members, faced a run and potential bankruptcy despite assurances from Seymour Cromwell that no member firm was in trouble.
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