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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1923
Page
1
Morning briefing sketches a mix of light social notes and tense international headlines. References to tariffs, U S Ottawa talks, a New York visitor, and diplomacy collide with labor unrest in Chicago, Soviet cautions in Moscow, and a Ukraine assassination scare.
Twenty Ostermoor & Co manufacturero employees held up by three armed bands. They robbed the payroll of about $1,500 as they forced workers to the wall. Police head Guaxec led the investigation, with officers pursuing the suspect vehicle two blocks from headquarters.
Twenty four ministers and eight elders of the Philadelphia Presbytery signed a letter disapproving the action of their body toward preacher Fosdick of New York. The General Assembly meets in Indianap lis next week. Fosdick defended his preaching as in accord with evangelical faith and rejected calls to restrain him from preaching in Presbyterian pulpits.
George Harvey American Ambassador to Great Britain arrived in New York on vacation and faced questions about a potential resignation and a return to U.S. politics. He denied plans to resign, noted he would handle general matters, and suggested his visit included rest in Peacham Vermont before returning to Washington.
An 11 year old Massey boy returned home from school and alerted authorities after detecting a gas odor in his mother Mabel Massey’s home. He forced entry when the door was locked and found his mother in bed with a tube in her mouth connected to a tear gas canister. She was rushed to emergency hospital and in serious condition.
In a memorandum to Secretary Weeks, Panama urges the United States to declare it holds all lands needed to protect the canal, seeks safeguards against expropriation, and asks that canal-employee imports be taxed. It also calls for Panama Railroad Company duties, urban rent taxes, heavy construction on strategic highways, and US funding for road maintenance.
William G McAdoo former secretary of the treasury telegraphed to Secretary Mellon about attending ceremony marking the erection of a Hamilton monument in Washington. The project gains support from a New York donor who prefers anonymity, with funding previously delayed by World War I and resumed under new arrangements.
Amid rising flames sixteen Sisters of Saint Petites Boeurs Franciscannes de Marie freed patients as 260 male inmates moved from the burning north wing of the Atana hospital for the insane. No injuries reported and the fire risk was managed without harm. The incident caused an estimated $356,000 in damages.
AP dispatch from Tientsin reports Maj. Roland Punger of the USA envoy's party sends a plea from Suchow bandit stronghold for troops withdrawal and bandit leaders insistence on their terms. Negotiations stall amid enmity between outlaw chiefs and Chinese commander. prisoners rumored to include former officials. Governor seeks punishment for negligence as stalemate continues into Shanghai release talks.
President Harding announced appointments to four railroad offices, naming Barton and Baker to the railroad labor board as public and management representatives, respectively, and Grable as labor representative. Frank McMenamin was named to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The moves complete a reshaping of federal rail oversight with long-awaited selections.
President Har ding defies opposition to appoint HM Stown farmer Wr Stow as postmaster at Bedford Virginia. The White House says the choice honors a former neighbor and old friend. Stowe is described as well qualified though a Democrat. the decision is said to avoid a political conflict.
Cape May New Jersey May 11 Three giant Martin bombing planes arrived at Sewalls Point from Langley field. The War Department furnished the planes for a 200 officer and enlisted unit to form a combat squadron patrolling the New Jersey coast to deter rum runners. A large Navy dirigible under construction at Leeward Island yard will be sent to cooperate. Army air service officers inspected the Benalis Point site with plans to buy it for government use. The squadron will patrol as far north as Sandy Hook.
A protest by the American Federation of Labor executive council challenged the award of reconditioning the steamship President Buchanan to a private yard over a navy yard. President Harding urged Congress to allow navy yards to bid on such work, arguing the Shipping Board favored Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company with a higher bid by about 400000 dollars.
American commissioners Max llen 4 Pym Sarles Bo Warren and John Barton Payne arrived to negotiate friendly relations with Mexico. They were greeted by Mexican officials Ramon Rosa Fernando Gonzales Roz and George S. Summerlin, with staff. Matthew E Hanna and Rodolfo Neryo, officials in Mexican affairs division, accompanied them.
A conference at Epiphany Parish house heard plans to back Boy and Girl Scout movements as key for proper youth recreation. Willard D. Birelow urged a recreational centers survey and summer access to popular amusements. Miss Helen Bary discussed organized recreation in Porto Rico schools.
More than ten were severely wounded in Messina during an antifascist demonstration. Deputy PeNegrenta, linked to the case, was arrested amid protests to authorities. Premier Mussolini sent a message urging restoration of peace at all costs.
The Post arranges for a ringside wire service from New York today covering the Williamson Johnson and Firpo McAuliffe bouts for publication tomorrow. WO McGechan writes the boxing reports, with additional human interest piece by W Davenport, both noted authors.
Railroad brief notes that the Chesapeake and Ohio line serves Washington with a 6 percent domestic fare change and arrivals in Cincinnati. Ticket office details are listed at 714 1eth Rh Main, with additional routing through Main Street.
Lausanne May 11. The Vorovsky tragedy alarms Near East delegates as delays threaten peace progress. Greece hints at a separate peace with Turkey if the conference stalls, while Switzerland and the great powers refuse to link the attack on the Russian envoy to Soviet Russia. Vorovsky's replies focus on the Turkish straits issue and a letter to the Tatian government.
A Caribbean fleet plans maneuvers with US forces and Marines. The operation targets January ground exercises and preparatory drills for 1224, with Hawaii reportedly under consideration as a staging option.
A gusher in Santa Rena about sixty miles southwest of Guayaquil opens an oil field. Anglo Ecuadoran company reports an estimated daily capacity of 000 barrels. Prospecting has continued for two years with some wells drilled and abandoned amid limited tankage and supply constraints.
New York May 11 Dr Leonard K Hirshberg formerly of Baltimore was convicted with Winthrop Annie for using malls to lure investors into a blind pool scheme. Federal Judge Learned Hand sentenced Hirshberg to four years in Atlanta prison. Smith received one year. Jeley, also connected, got nine months. Caldwell and others faced lighter terms in Essex County jail. They allegedly defrauded investors of about 1 million dollars by enticing them into pool investments tied to securities promises.
Baltimore May 11 A convict Rayner at Maryland Penitentiary scored 205 on a Johns Hopkins test, rivaling top college mean. Rayner, once a journalist, now teaches night school and edits the prison magazine while shaping plans to write after release.
Cleveland Ohio May 18 Patrolman Pennie Griffin of the Collinwood Station vanished after an all day search by more than 100 police. He was last seen in a car with a suspect in a holdup and auto theft. A roadster was reported speeding east with the officer and captor. Police fear the officer was murdered.
A special report details a New York city tally of venomous letters sent to about 140 people across New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo and other cities. The letters trigger several divorces and at least one death by suicide, with Maxwell and associates denying involvement while investigators pursue writers.
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