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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1925
Page
1
The piece argues Britain will spend five billion dollars to boost colonial goods with quality and advertising. It cites a Vanderbilt marriage weaving Catholic and Protestant dynamics and extols mothers as church pillars. It ends with a call to curb licensed brutality amid street violence.
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy. Hourly temps rise from the mid sixties to the low seventies. Also an event titled Old Home Week featuring Thomas Meighan is scheduled for Friday at Mission.
July 29 Associated Press reports dramatic testimony in the Mary Pickford kidnapping trial era, with defendants Claude Holcomb and Charles Stevens alleging police brutality to force confessions. Holcomb says he was beaten and pressured to sign, while Stevens claims broken ribs occurred during interrogation. Douglas Fairbanks testified briefly about studio surroundings, not recalling street numbers.
Girl Scout camp on the H. Deleater place is in full swing after a rain delay. Fourteen girls from troops Nos. 1 2 and 5 arrived this morning for a fourteen day stay with more expected tomorrow. Camp duties are led by Dr and Mrs M L Fuller with Lois Tollison as swimming instructor and Harv ey Nall along with Mr and Mrs Earl assisting. Jack By num cooks for the Boy Scouts and is at the Girls Scouts camp.
Tallulah La July 29 An outbreak of the cotton leaf caterpillar or army worm sweeps Louisiana with indications it has reached Mississippi and Arkansas, reports from the government delta laboratory in Tallulah.
In San Antonio on July 29 Governor Miriam A Ferguson will receive flowers from the Mexican Blue Cross in appreciation of her recent act commuting Salvadore Jacquez death to life imprisonment. A Blue Cross committee will present the flowers. Jacquez was condemned for the murder of an patrol officer.
The Fort Worth and Denver bridge across the Canadian river at Taécosa suffered the loss of five piers between midnight and 6 am as floodwaters rose after heavy rains. Passenger trains were rerouted via Dalhart on Rock Island while repairs were expected by this afternoon and traffic to resume tonight. The bridge lies a few miles from Taécosa, about thirty miles northwest of Amarillo.
Rain fell across the South Plains with widespread totals from Fort Worth and Denver to Childress about one inch. Lubbock reported one inch, Meadow west of Lubbock saw two and a half inches, and other towns such as Slaton Sweetwater Happy Kress Lockney Littlefield Texico and Muleshoe ranged from one quarter to one half inch. The Santa Fe report marks the heaviest rainfall so far this morning.
The Associated Press reports scattered rain cooled parts of Texas after a heat wave. Ample rainfall favored the Panhandle and Texarkana while Central and South Texas saw little relief. Dallas logged 0.92 inches with other totals including Mount Pleasant 0.10 and Amarillo 0.26 inches.
Heavy showers hit Panhandle and West Texas causing railway disruption and washed out piers on the Fort Worth and Denver line near Tascosa. Trains from Dalhart to Amarillo were detoured via Tucumcari. Reports say telegraph wires stayed up but service slowed amid ongoing downpours.
Mrs. Guinevere Sinclair Gould widow of George J. Gould wed Viscount Dunsford, heir to the Earl of Middleton, in a quiet Montreal ceremony. The pair—she a former musical actress, he a WWI veteran and London contractor—swap vows as New York society watches to see if a warmer reception awaits in Britain.
Consular reports say brigands captured Dr Harvey J. Howard of the Rockefeller Hospital in Peking and now demand ransom in money and cart ridges. American consul Samuel Sokobin at Mukden is handling the case with General Chang Tso-lin to secure Howard’s release. Morgan Palmer, a New York native and ranch owner, was killed the day of the capture.
Chicago reports scant belief the unidentified man who shot himself in a Reading hotel is Robert Scott brother of Russell Scott who was sentenced to death for the drug clerk holdup. Police had sought Robert since the killing claimed by Russell.
Brussels July 29. The mission to Washington to discuss Belgium's debt to the United States left this morning for Cherbourg to sail for New York on the steamer Olympic tomorrow, a step in advancing the settlement negotiations.
A trade closed this morning with Pat Landergin purchasing 2,400 head of three and four year old steers from the Burkburnett estate. Cattle will be delivered August 31 and September 1, winter on the Landergin ranch near Amarillo, then sent to Kansas for fattening next spring. The deal, arranged through Fred Horsburg and Ed Dawson, exceeds $150,900 and is the region’s largest in years.
Midland cattleman Wil Brunson voiced strong support for Lee Satterwhite as Texas governor. He credited Satterwhite’s record as speaker of the house and predicted the southwest region would deliver a landslide win if he enters the race. Brunson planned to urge Satterwhite to run.
Dr and Mrs Arthur L Piper returning to New York after twelve years in the Congo Masumba district report astonishment at American women’s dress and dancing. They contrast moral conditions, noting two daughters born in Africa and Piper’s role with the Congo mission conference.
Austin reports the Texas railroad commission issued a permit to Joe Heydon to reopen an oil well he claims Spaniards dug in 1549 in Wheeler County. Heydon, a former city trooper, says the shaft was a silver mine shaft that oil filled to within twenty feet of the top when opened, with cement made of gyp rock and oil discovered from aged Spanish documents.
Dayton Tenn July 29 John T Scopes the biology teacher in the famous trial and William Jennings Bryan figure in courtroom history visited the home where the body lay in state He stood in silence and then left Dr John R Neal senior defense counsel viewed the remains and expressed sympathy staying with the family for hours The scene marked the passing of a notable opponent in the long controversy over evolution.
The hard surfaced pike from Mineral Wells to Palo Pinto, part of the Bankhead highway, is about sixty days from completion. Only about one mile of the twelve mile stretch remains. Completion will improve travel to Breckenridge Ranger Abilene and other West Texas points with a potential formal opening celebration.
Superintendent McIntosh anticipates a 10 to 15 percent rise in Amarillo ward school enrollment when classes begin in September. Last year 3,665 pupils were in the first seven grades and more than 4,900 are forecast for this year. Several campuses and principals are listed with current enrollments including Woodrow Wilson and Fred Douglas.
A local note advertises Lon Chaney starring in The Monster at the fair on Monday. Also mentions a screening option at the Mission for those seeking pictures. An American Warehouse Company offers merchandise storage with phone contact 101.
The Bryan funeral party arrived in Chattanooga at 1 o clock CST for viewing aboard a special Pullman car. A crowd of about 1500 pressed the station barriers as police kept order while mourners viewed the casket. The widow remained nearby as flowers and tributes filled the car. The body then began its journey toward Washington from Dayton with a guard escort and private carriage procession.
Georgia representatives defeated an amendment aimed at banning evolution teaching in common schools amid broad opposition. The session yielded a clear call against the proposed restriction, reflecting GOP era debates on science education.
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