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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1925
Page
1
The piece notes French air operations against Rif tribes, then shifts to religious and scientific topics. It cites the Scopes trial and evangelical reactions, the Johns Hopkins insulin work, and arguments about capital punishment versus poverty as a sign of civilization.
Dallas jobbers push a $6.5 million Dallas market plan via Fort Worth and Denver extensions. Santa Fe counsel claims the Plains will gain. Dallas Chamber argues Denver line serves the region and cites six day freight from Dallas, urging federal transportation act constraints.
Tyler Texas July 22 Texas is harmed by the Esch Cummins transportation act Senator Earle B Mayfield told the Texas Rural Letter Carriers association at their twenty third annual convention in Plainview today He said the railroad hearing there proves the act injures Texas and noted rail extensions require ICC certificates of public convenience and necessity under the 1920 law.
Forecast shows unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday in Amarillo. Temperatures by the hour range from 2 PM to 3 PM with notable extremes compared to last year 82 and 66 degrees. Total precipitation to 3 PM today measured 1.36 inches.
Washington reports a substantial accord among powers on a formula to handle the Whole Chinese problem. Formal acquiescence by some elements is pending though Beijing diplomats are expected to submit the plan to the provisional Chinese government soon.
Dayton Tenn July 22 The Scopes case ends adding work for defense chief John R Neal as he prepares the conviction record for the Supreme Court. A Knoxville federal filing may challenge the anti evolution statute. Scopes plans a lecturing tour after his return.
Lawrence, July 22. Three mills in the Lawrence district announce 10 percent wage reductions, following the American Woolen company and others. The mills employed about a thousand people. International Worsted mills and Selden Worsted mills in Methuen cut wages July 27, while Smith and Dove Manufacturing in Andover sets August 3.
Charges of aggravated assault have been filed against Duff Stanley in county court after an affray with policemen Doug Hamond and Dick Myrick in the police station Monday night.
In New York on July 22 Cincinnati to New York game postponed due to wet grounds. Also Chicago visit Boston postponed for rain while Amarillo Texas hosts the Panhandle's meeting place.
In New York two men, Jacob Kir schenblatt and Sol Damsky, were indicted on 480 counts of possessing counterfeit internal revenue stamps tied to a bootlegging ring that shipped liquor to 20,000 customers in 29 states. Federal agents probe liquor sources and truck records while Irene Griffin testifies to the ring’s reach. In Dayton Bryan announces he will not debate or lecture, citing time constraints and a desire to defend Christianity without compensation.
Mrs. Helen Geisen Volk, operator of an East 68th Street infants home in New York, is sentenced to three and a half to seven years in Auburn prison after pleading guilty to baby substitution. A probation report described her as a confidence lacking caretaker who disposed of infants, with at least fifty three deaths since February 1918 among those in her care.
Detroit July 22 A million dollar fire roared through the Gladstone Linwood Avenue section driven by high winds. By 3 30 p m seven buildings including five apartment houses were in flames and about 200 families were forced from their homes as firemen fought the blaze.
Salvador Jacquez of El Paso was sentenced to death for the slaying of policeman J. J. Coleman. Governor Ferguson commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment, sparing Jacquez from the electric chair.
The city commission held an informal talk on buying the water plant from Southwestern Public Service. Officials said no action could occur until company heads return, expected soon. The panel approved advertising bids to rebuild the city incinerator and let the Twenty-Sixth Street excavation to John McKnight. A $500 municipal bond appropriation request was denied. An ordinance authorizing $100,900 in funding warrants at 5 percent was passed.
A Washington court ordersTreasury officials to show why school officers salaries should not be withheld over teaching of scientific doctrines in conflict with Bible. Also report notes Globe well near Shamrock gas flow breaking through oil sand. gas flow halted expected soon, oil production to resume.
New York July 22 The bantam weight championship at the velodrome featuring Charlie Rosenberg defending against Eddie Shea of Chicago has been postponed to tomorrow night due to rain.
Local eatery named Famous For Food while patrons seek dining spots. The message references a shop on Polk Street near 215, with a playful query about when and where to eat.
A Tomahawk Wisconsin resident appeals to the Postmaster General after reading about money found in dead letters. He asks for a bank draft within ten days, hoping for a share of sixty to seventy thousand dollars and prayers for blessings.
Federal prohibition officials prepared for their most difficult problem in the dry reorganization selection of men to shoulder enforcement in each of twenty four districts. Bulging files hold thousands of applications recommendations protests and personal appeals as a conference convenes on the return of Assistant Secretary Andrews to Washington.
Chicago July 22 Only Robert Scott can save his brother Russell from execution slated Friday morning. Relatives and friends press urgent appeals including radio pleas, wire requests to President Coolidge, and a Detroit fund of 2500 for legal talent. Clarence Darrow reportedly offered clemency telegraphically. Dorothy Newburg defends him.
In Los Angeles the Mary Pickford kidnapping case goes to trial with Miss Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks among subpoenaed witnesses. Defendants Charles Stevens C A Holcomb and A J Woods face charges of conspiring to abduct the actress for 100000 dollars and ransom. Police alleged confessions describe a plan to disguise as Shriners during a city convention to seize Pickford from a limousine.
A sweeping rain across the Panhandle region including eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma lifted spirits of cattlemen and farmers. Reports show 1 to 5 inches with Wildorado leading, aiding fattening cattle, wheat planting, and potential bumper yields of grain sorghums. Hereford and Deaf Smith county note significant soaking rains improving cotton and feed crop prospects.
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