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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
1
The Scopes trial ends with a conviction and a $100 fine, stirring lasting chatter. The piece weighs Darwin, Darrow, Bryan and biblical literalism, noting Bryan’s flood date claim and scientific explanations for Joshua’s sun standstill.
A damaged OCR fragment shows scattered time phrases like a.m. and noon plus a range of numbers including 67 to 88. No coherent event or names are readable to identify a clear news item.
At his New Canaan country home 83 year old philanthropist Leopold Schepp faced a flood of advice and requests after his public call for ideas on how to spend his fortune. Three thousand letters poured in and more were on the way as donors proposed funds jobs cures and various ventures. Schepp, famed coconut magnate, began packing up and left for quiet after reading the whistles of offers from all over the country.
Four persons were killed by lightning in metropolitan New York and South New Jersey during a severe storm. A 14 year old boy in Brooklyn died while trying to dislodge a kite from a tree. A worker at a sewing machine in Somers Point and a laborer under a tree at Siwanoy Golf Club also perished, and a soldier on duty at Fort Slocum was killed. Crops including tobacco hay and grain were flattened in New England and upstate New York.
Greenville July 23. Six residences burned at Commerce fifteen miles north of Greenville. Fire near East Texas Teacher College. Greenville Fire Department appealed for aid and sent equipment to Commerce as the blaze raged unchecked at 1 p.m.
Sherman Tex July 23 The North Texas district convention of the Texas Farm Bureau federation convened for two days with about fifteen counties represented. An estimated 2000 people were on the grounds during the day and all prominent state officials attended.
Honolulu July 23 The Navy faces a monumental task as it plans a nonstop flight over 2000 miles with three seaplanes from California to Hawaii. Commander John Rodgers will lead the flight unit and pilot a PN9 aircraft while Captain Stanford E. Massey MaSes commands the project from Langley. The route runs from San Diego or San Francisco to Maui and then to Honolulu depending on weather and conditions.
A Bolshevik officer tried to convert a Polish patrol to Bolshevism at the Russo-Polish border. He crossed the line after the patrol remained silent and was shot by Poles. The unit then withdrew as Russians retrieved the officer's body.
Springfield reporters note C W Bidwell and A W Kettles, attorneys for Russell Scott, who is to hang in Chicago, arrived with Mrs Scott and two other women to present new evidence to state officials seeking a reprieve. Governor Small arrived from Michigan City Ind for the case.
Swampscott July 23. W Irving Glover appointed second assistant postmaster general succeeding Paul Henderson who resigned. Robert S Regar named as Glover's successor as third assistant postmaster general.
In New Orleans a leper indicted for wife murder faces trial in a glass cage if allowed. In Austin Texas Mrs Minnie Nickels, a gypsy, seeks extradition from Texas to Flint Michigan on theft charges and alleges her earnings for her tribe amount to 10 000 to 15 000 dollars.
Trinidad Colo July 23 Fair skies greet residents returning home to assess damage from yesterday’s cloudbursts. No casualties reported but property losses could reach 400000 as washouts close bridges and highways and flood basements. Train service on major lines eroded with washouts cutting tracks between Trinidad and Raton and impairing routes from Chicago to California.
Mable Butler a 14 year old girl was released to her father while Oscar Bottorff was taken to Lawton Oklahoma to face kidnapping charges. Both suspects were arrested late Monday and confined in the county jail until today. Butler is a farmer’s daughter from Comanche County near Lawton. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo is "Wamous For Food."
Chicago reports the government cotton forecast at 70.4 percent of normal with a projected yield of 3,588,000 bales. Prices rose over 100 points on futures markets after release, closing with gains across July, October, December, January, and March contracts. Scattered showers were noted in Oklahoma and the south Atlantic states.
The miners' executive committee in London announces a general strike of all British union coal miners will begin July 31. The action follows a meeting held tonight to decide the course of industrial action in the coal industry.
An indictment for negligent homicide is returned against William L. Canne of Harlandale for the June incident that electrocuted 5 year old George T. Harris after a fence was charged with electricity and neighbors were not warned.
Plainview Tex July 23 The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Texas rail extensions featured Sam Lazarus president of Quanah Acme and Pacific proposing a patchwork system linking Gulf Texas and Western with Quanah Acme and Pacific and Santa Fe to give Fort Worth and Dallas a direct line to the Plains He cited a 1609 mile construction cost about 900000 dollars and said construction could start within two weeks of permission He argued the shorter extension would serve more people than the Denver plan and noted ready funds He also cited cotton transport needs and optimistic growth prospects for Texas Tech College at Lubbock with enrollment projected over 1000 next September.
The United States named as defendant in the Court of Claims over land claims totaling 68 707 343 dollars by Indians in Montana Wyoming Idaho and Washington. Lands include segments of Yellowstone and Glacier parks and claims rest on 1855 treaty rights in the Southwest Montana and Northwest Wyoming hunting grounds.
A series of explosions at Bryson Dip on Roane Iron company coal mine No. 7 entry traps seven or more men, with the superintendent William J. Snow and six others among those missing. Rescue efforts are underway as officials and federal experts respond to the worst accident in fifty years.
Izzy Einstein, famed prohibition agent in disguise as Ethelbert Santerre, joined a Liberty theater crowd to gain entry at a Roaring Forties club. He introduced Moe Smith and two other agents as fellow actors, ordering four whiskies at 60 cents each. Charles Burns the club manager and a waiter were arrested along with another supply source entering with a half gallon jug.
Admiral Robinson commander of the United States fleet arrived to day to cheers and a seventeen gun salute. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony as 2 000 officers and men paraded past at Sydney N S W the parade followed a day of official calls. The welcome was a thrilling spectacle with spectators lining the march.
The Mission Coffee Show invites visitors to view photos. Located at 315 Polk Street, attendees are encouraged to see visual displays and enjoy the cafe atmosphere.
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