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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
1
A column cites H Sloane of the California Development association urging calm after quakes, noting major insurers and a New York coal strike threat. It recalls Nietzsche, Napoleon, Caesar, Trotzky, and Alexander the Great while warning that slow progress and prudent policy guard nations from abrupt upheavals.
The forecast for Amarillo calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. Temperatures rise from 79 at 6 am to 92 by afternoon with highs near 98 and 92 later in the day. Year ago extremes were 70 and 55 degrees.
The Tri-State Field Trials near Wheeler begin August 10 with a $1,000 Amarillo trophy for the member’s all age stake. Amarillo leaders fund the prize with city and private donations as Chisum Ames and Wheeler back trophies and events attracting entries from seven states.
At the Texas Bar convention in Austin on July 5 the push to condemn Gov. Miriam Ferguson’s pardon program failed when President Robert W. Slayton ruled the resolution out of order. W. C. Wear of Hillsboro, a former chief justice candidate, led the motion which sparked tumult as supporters and opponents pushed for recognition.
Suzanne Lenglen of France won her sixth Wimbledon singles title, defeating Joan Fry of England 6-2 6-0 in the final of the all England tournament played in Wimbledon, Eng.
The Farmers Educational congress will convene at the Amarillo fairgrounds August 26 and 27 with delegates from the Plains, eastern New Mexico and southern Oklahoma. Prize stock contests favor pure bred cattle, with county prizes owned by the winning county. Holmes brothers of Floyd County donated the first animal for a county prize as committee chairs organize sectional meetings and invite state and national speakers.
A series of tremors struck Santa Barbara with a morning quake at 8:58 lasting about six seconds, causing minor damage and scattered injuries. Buildings swayed from east to west, city hall cracked but intact, and other shocks hit nearby Ventura Los Angeles and Pasadena without major damage. An AP operator calmly logged the tremor duration as the quake rolled through the area.
Fire destroyed three buildings in the Cape Breton coal strike region last night as disorder and arson renewed. Police say they have been unable to halt the depredations in Sydney and surrounding areas.
Camden Ark July 3 Aroused by a pantry commotion Mrs W H Mullins found a 23 inch copper head snagged in a mouse trap instead of a mouse. The reptile is believed to have entered through a small hole near the water pipes and wandered into the trap while seeking food. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is famous for food.
Mrs. M. M. Frasier 68 of Lubbock died from internal hemorrhages after a truck with a dead cow struck her car near Raton New Mexico. Her daughter Mrs. J. F. Perry and two grandchildren were en route to Lubbock from Colorado for the children’s health. The truck crowding the car led to the fatal injuries. Mrs. Perry plans to pursue charges against the truck driver. Body sent to Lubbock tonight. survivors include a brother S. H. Guthrie, a sister Mrs. Carrie Skiles, a son W. S. Frasier, and another daughter Mrs. T. M. Harrison.
The County Judges and Commissioners association of Texas features Amarillo in its official publication County Progress. Judge Sam B. Motlow promotes Amarillo as a convention city inviting 500 to 600 attendees to the September 28 29 meeting. Local writers praise the city’s climate, transportation, agriculture, and civic projects.
Mrs. Thomas Howard learned her husband was Charles Johnson and had died yesterday as a burglar after wounding a policeman. Two children shared her shock as officers found a live canary in the burglar’s pocket and jewelry valued at $1,000 looted from the home remains.
Jack Dempsey writes in the Weekly Dispatch that he is unemployed due to a shortage of fighters who can offer a good show for the public. He expects no work before July next year when he is due to meet Gene Tunney and says he will fight on a percentage basis if needed.
Wetsel, a Santa Barbara resident, describes the recent quake's impact with a seventeen dead toll and over 290 injured. He notes a dam break flooding streets with two and a half feet of water, calling it one of his life’s most terrible experiences.
Weather reports show a wide temperature swing with a 4 degree low and 62 high for the day, coats and overcoats popular earlier, but by 3 PM the range reached 44 to 92. Residents wager on rain, betting two inches by tomorrow as is customary for a Fourth of July like this.
Tulia hosts a two day meeting where Fort Worth to Tucumcari backers vow the Texas Panhandle and Gulf railroad will be built and begin a $2,000,000 7 percent preferred stock sale along the 377 mile route. Local towns pledge support as officials, including Col C H Powell and Ireland Hampton, rally crowds and tout gilt edge security.
Amarillo regis tration for the nations second Defense day test grows to rival last year with 4 000 tags printed and 1 000 more ordered. Battery B 131st field artillery to fire 4 000 rounds at Harding's ranch as July Fourth events unfold with banks closed and post offices limited.
Judge Frank A. Youmans in Texarkana Arkansas ruled that pipeline companies operating underground lines between states are not subject to arbitrary taxes set per mile by county improvement districts. The decision came in injunction proceedings filed by Standard Pipe Line Company against Miller County Highway and Bridge District.
Austin and Camp Mabry assumed a war like air as over 2200 Texas national guardsmen detrain for two weeks of intensive training. The 49th infantry brigade and special units of the 36th division arrived by special trains.
In Indianapolis on July 3 the National Education Association defeated a proposed child labor amendment to the federal constitution at its final session. The resolution had pledged ongoing support for its passage.
A. L. Reed of Dallas was chosen president of the Texas Industrial Traffic league at the annual meeting in Galeston. Officers named include H. C. EHargis Beaumont as first vice president BE. P. Byers Fort Worth as second vice president W. J. Johnson Gulf as third vice president and F. A. Leffingwell Dallas as secretary treasurer.
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