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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
1
Fragmented notes reflect a 1920s editorial collage covering politics, Prohibition jokes, and international affairs. References include President Harding, Borah’s program, Poincare, King George, and Allied concerns with fuel, railways, and neutrality. Scattered items mention a Birmingham gasoline explosion, Tientsin, and church disputes over Fosdick doctrines.
Reports from Tsao Chwang detail gunfire near the bandit camp as government troops tighten the cordon and aim to “dig the bandits out.” Captives from Paotzu mountain are moved deeper into hills while diplomats refuse to negotiate, driving rebels toward terms before harvest disruption. An international commission led by Brig Gen William D Confer will investigate with foreign detachment leaders and naval attaches.
Washington woke to a mile long concert from midnight to 3 am as the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company tested amplifying apparatus on poles along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the Treasury. Scores filled stands and some danced to jazzy tunes in a traffic-free test on the illuminated route.
Florida lawmakers passed a reform to end the county convict lease system by January next year. The measure bans corporal punishment, requires convict wardens to post 2500 dollars and guards to bond 1000 dollars, and allows transfer of prisoners after January 3.
Cumberland Maryland May 24 Mrs May O Connor of Fairmont West Virginia about 40 and her three daughters Miss Kate O Connor 40 Mrs May Rooney and Mrs Jet Grannon all of Fairmont perished with the mother when a cottage they had leased at Mountain Lake Park burned after a bonfire line of leaves spread under the house. Jewelry and watches identified the victims and a $2600 gold stash lay near the bodies. Also noted: four bandits robbed ten men gambling in Louisville taking about 7000 in cash and jewelry as they held up the room’s occupants.
Special cable dispatch from Mants reports locust swarms darkening Manila throughout the morning with insects moving north toward Pangasinan sugar lands. Many large sugar planters fear the visitation may drive them into bankruptcy.
A May 24 dispatch from Grande Anse reports Mrs Florence Leeds openly backing Mrs Anne Stillman’s bid amid divorce and custody fights. Stillman accuses James A Stillman of infidelity and names a new rival, while Leeds departs New York for seclusion after asserting a civil action may follow. The appellate court upheld alimony and counsel fees against Stillman as he faces continued legal battles.
Constance Drexel, renowned American correspondent, will begin a weekly series in the Washington Post next Sunday. The first installment, Not a story of political maneuvers, reports what common people are saying in Europe with intimate observations on living conditions.
In Paris on May 24 Premier Poincare and his ministers offered resignations to President Millerand after the Senate declined to proceed with the trial of Marcel Cachin and others. Millerand refused to accept, saying the vote was judicial and not political. The cabinet remains in office as a political stalemate unfolds.
Officials ponder use of medicinal exemptions to bypass Volstead era restrictions as Treasury and State Department brace for international protests. Lawyers suggested transferring stores or crew rations to ship doctors to avoid direct confrontation, with June 10 as tentative operative date and possible extension for global compliance.
President Harding refined travel plans with Brown of Ohio and Claudius Hunton to draft a definitive itinerary for a trip west and to Alaska. The effort involved frequent consultations with Secretary Christian and others, with changes possible but the general route likely to hold. Brown may join the party or precede it. Huston brings Alaska expertise. a first address in St Louis and a second in Kansas City were noted.
Robert Morris of New York resigns as war claims agent as William R. Day steps down from the Supreme Court role. Hawing Parker of Houston named as the new commissioner while Morris’s successor is to be announced as the American claims agency forms fully. President Harding aims to expedite the commission’s work on war damage claims against Germany.
Index to today's issue highlights a clash near a bandits camp, a new premier's plan failing, and political tensions including Poincare's resignation decline. Also notes progress in Mextan Purley, recovery predictions for Gadde, and preparations for bishop elections with various local and national items.
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