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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
1
A sprawling 1920s style digest notes shifting British cabinet signals and world court talk. Prominent names like Curzon Lloyd George and Baldwin appear amid social upheaval and strikes in Europe. A sea monster is rumored off Florida while Ruhr tensions rise and currency fears loom.
London May 23 Premier Baldwin negotiates with party leaders as his ministry takes shape with four confirmed posts. Foreign secretary place offered to Marquin Curzon, Derby to war, Hoare to air, Wilson named chief whip. Sir Robert Horne declines future office while Austen Chamberlain may become chancellor. Lord Robert Cecil could join the administration. News praise Baldwin amid mixed Conservative reception and debt-term critiques.
Special to The Washington Past Norfolk reports a massive sea creature weighing 18 tons with 7400 pounds of food in its stomach brought by the steam yardr Tamiami It measured 40 feet long and 24 feet in girth It swallowed an octopus 490 pounds and 1500 pounds of rock coral Scientists deem it a prehistoric species non flesh it will be sent to the Smithsonian Institute
New York May 3 thirteen persons including cast and producer Harry Weinberger were convicted by a jury of producing an immoral show in the play God of Vengeance. Rudolph Schildkraut led the cast. Miss Virginia McFadden and James Meigh were among the twelve condemned and not present when verdicts were read. Judge McIntyre said sentences should not be severe. maximum three years or $800 fine. Defendants released on $300 bail each for sentencing June 22.
A new turn in the case of Private C. O. Seagroves at Quantico led Col R E Byrd to Fredericksburg to swear out a warrant against Deputy Bergt McGhee for assault and battery on Seagroves. Attorneys for McGhee will confer with Byrd to set a police court trial date in Fredericksburg. The matter centers on an alleged clash between the policeman and Seagroves in Fredericksburg weeks ago. the case was previously in corporation court and dismissed by court order with McGhee held diametess. Marines at Quantico supported their partner and hired legal aid to fight the case.
Plans for welcoming the Leviathan on its first U S voyage per British Shipping Board sources include a Southampton event with ship executives, a July 11 dinner aboard the ship, and a London dinner the next day for honored passengers such as Ambassadors Harvey and Mellon officials. Premier Stanley Baldwin may speak.
A general mobilization plan, nearly complete after thorough study, will be handed to the War Department chief of staff in June. It outlines the mobilization of companies and smaller units, National Guard forces, and provisions for voluntary recruiting in wartime, pending a draft act.
A State Department dispatch from Peking reports Chinese bandits hold foreigners, with 150 brigands and 47 prisoners killed in siege. Diplomatic efforts aim to outlaw leaders and secure safe release as international probes prepare to investigate the situation and relieve conditions atop Paotauku.
Washington will sell handmade poppies on Monday and Tuesday to fund auxiliary expenses. The pins, crafted by American Legion Auxiliary workers led by Mrs Mamie Palmer Dorsey, total about 10 000 pieces in two sizes. Other crafters include Mrs Roberta G Fawcett Mrs Irene Arnold and Mrs Louise Whites.
Frank Russell White a leading Washington architect of Wardman and Masonite fame faces an absolute divorce suit filed by his wife Enla G White after claims of misconduct and separation. The petition cites White’s residence at 931 G Street NW since April 4 and alleges relations with several women. White, longtime consultant for the Masonry Temple plan and part owner of local apartment properties, reportedly earns about 40000 dollars annually.
Joe Buckley Louris 38 formerly of Kirby Knobbs Kentucky confessed to police that he killed eight revenue officers in an April 1908 Kentucky mountain clash. Louris said he was 16 at the time and that after the slayings he and his brother Charles fled, remaining together until two years ago after years in prison.
May 23 reports from Mexicali cite Mayor Juan Loera saying thirty deaths confirmed after a fire swept a city section. By night, twenty corpses were taken to morgues, unrecognizable, surface-found. Fire destroyed about thirteen thousand buildings and large quantities of merchandise and liquor. About 1,560 left homeless. no external aid requested.
A Washington Post excerpt previews Sarah Bernhardt's forthcoming love letters about an Oriental giant. Bernhardt notes she would have accepted if he proposed, preferring him as a husband over mere house decoration, revealing her romantic intrigue in the famed era.
Indianapolis May 28 Fundamentalists led by William Jennings Bryan moved to bind First Church New York to Presbyterian doctrinal standards. The assembly passed a five hour fight 489 to 359 substituting a conservative resolution over a liberal report. The meeting also rejected a World Court overture in favor of endorsing American membership in the World Court as proposed by President Harding.
Page index lists items across the issue including arrivals of Shriners in the capital, church rebuff for Fosdick, captives dealing with bandits, and other prominent notes. It previews sections on crimes, society, weather, and sports with brief entries and page numbers.
Dr Rufus Cole reported at the Waldorf Astoria that antipneumous serum treats lobar pneumonia with about 93 percent success when properly given. Of 221 treated since 1911, only 4 deaths occurred, yielding a 1 mortality of 10 percent, with six deaths attributed to pre-treatment complications. Actual mortality thus about 7 percent he said.
At the funeral of dosenn T Davis in Indianapolis two wives, Dorothy Davis aged 47 and Mabel Davis aged 26, attended silently. A policeman guarded the service as the coroner announced an inquest for tomorrow to clarify the domestic dispute. Dorothy said she knew of her husband’s second marriage but did not report it to avoid trouble. both wives said they had never met until the funeral.
Company D of Eastern High led the Washington high school cadet brigade drill with an 86.1 general average. Cadet Capt L L Suse received the Allison Nailor medal as prize for the winning company. Second place went to Third regiment, Third battalion Western High School’s Company L. Company I of Western High won last year’s drill. Third place was Company D, First Battalion, First Regiment from Central High. fourth place was narrowly missed. About 20,000 spectators watched as Maj Gen William Leasure reviewed the corps and a new silk American flag was presented by McKinley High School students.
Amid upcoming Shrine convention crowds, Maj Sullivan imposes strict traffic bans on Pennsylvania Avenue from Peace Monument to Seventeenth Street between 7 PM and midnight daily. East and westbound traffic except streetcars barred. crossings allowed at intersecting streets. Lights along the avenue will illuminate from sundown to midnight during the event, with the area fenced for pedestrian safety and stands seating 43,000.
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