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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
1
The piece discusses appraising trial rights like Scopes in dollar terms, cites historical trials, and praises American aviation plans backed by Rockefeller and Standard Oil. It notes Kellogg with Coolidge support pressuring Mexico to protect American rights amid fears of foreign takeovers, referencing clause 33 and historic expropriations.
Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy. Hourly Amarillo temperatures list from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. showing 72 to 98 degrees. Last year extremes were 60 and 64 degrees.
D L C Kinard, vice president last year, was chosen president for the coming year at the Panhandle Bankers association closing meeting in the Migsio theater. Officers named include C W Carson Jr Spearman as first vice president FP M Butler Plainview as second vice president Norman Kennedy Clarendon as secretary and O Nicholson Shamrock as treasurer. Discussions covered cotton accounts and market stability with remarks by W C Dickey Hall County National Bank Memphis and talks planned by A Norman Lubbock and William Z Hayes Dallas. The 1926 meeting place selection and officer reports concluded the session. Golf at Amarillo Country Club was planned for this afternoon.
Police seized six leather bound books from the Genna Brothers raid that detail receipts shipments and prices in Chicago’s liquor ring. State's Attorney Crowe says the documents show enough evidence to purge the Genna gang from the city. federal agents launch a parallel nationwide alcohol control drive targeting Chicago under government permits to cut volumes by at least five percent.
Rigging material hauled to the Midway Oil Company's first well site in Wheeler county near the northwest corner of section nine, offset to Globe No 1. Globe No 1 is reported to be producing five to ten million cubic feet of gas at about 2000 feet. Drilling on the Midway well will begin soon.
Dispatches from Puebla report W. C. Jenkins former United States consular agent who was kidnapped by Mexican bandits in 1919 has hoisted the American flag over all his Puebla state ranch properties. The move worsens tensions as Mexicans view it as a taunt and fears of disorder grow.
Gas fire at Prairie Oil and Gas Shaw No 1 well blazed from lightning Thursday night. Nitro shots at 4 am finally extinguished the blaze after three failed attempts Sunday. Water shortage and equipment heat delayed initial attempts.
Izaak Walton League members at Panhandle city hall call for stronger chicken protection. They endorse empowering volunteer wardens to act in the field and urge citizens to enforce closed seasons and bag limits. Reports from Bob Ames and Carley Weppin on state and national meetings were shared.
In Sydney Nova Scotia striking miners looted and burned facilities as troops and miners police guarded sites. The Wab colliery bankhead screen at New Aberdeen and forges of two former employees burned. private stores at Brus D Orc and Florence were looted. mines appeared as armed camps with troops en route from Ottawa and Toronto.
Potter County Singing convention officials report the June 28 meeting will be held in the Municipal auditorium after a committee of M Williams A J Crowe and Rev Z F B Pirtle secured the venue. Singers are practicing hard and organizers urge all to attend for a night of real music with a worthwhile program.
London protests escalate after the shooting of William Mackenzie English subject in Shanghai rioting. The incident arose during an attack on a motor car by seven men in coolie dress. Miss Mary Duncan was wounded but reached the British settlement.
Lewis Robinson badly cut Lilly Robinson his separated wife and Bert Wood were slightly wounded in a dining room affray at the Denver railway station about six yesterday evening. All three face affray charges in police court. Sally to appear at the Fair on June 22. American Warehouse Co offers storage services.
Delegates from Dublin and Belfast put aside Republican and Free State differences and signed an invitation to Rotary International to hold the 1927 convention in Dublin. The document bears signatures including Cosgrave of the Irish Free State, Lord Mayor Lawrence O Neill and Lord Mayor Wr Turner of Belfast. The invitation was presented at the Rotary International sixteenth annual convention opening session.
C A Juan Hernandez his son Phillip and daughter Elizabeth owners of Panaderia Las Victorias the largest bakery in Guatemala guest of Walter Barlow of the Great West Mill and Elevator company say they will use Amarillo flour exclusively. They will travel to Chicago for several months in the United States and express delight with the Panhandle region.
A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western emigrant special derailed near Rockport after an earth slide in last night’s storm. Twenty-nine dead, sixty-nine injured, with many more dying in hospitals. names listed include Helen Wagner and Martin Jieniga among the identified.
Los Angeles dentist Dr Thomas W Young confessed to killing his wife Grace and concealing the body in a cistern after she slapped him in a cafe. District Attorney Asa Keyes planned to present the case to the grand jury with evidence of a premeditated murder tied to a fortune from Grace’s former husband Patrick Grogan.
Five workmen were killed and seven seriously injured by an explosion today at a distillery near Oporto Portugal. Reports say the blast caused extensive damage and emergency crews responded quickly.
Paris reports Camille Flammarion the famed astronomer wills his heart to be removed and offered to his birthplace Montigny Le Roi where it first beat He leaves 10 000 francs his bust and his portrait to the village as part of the bequest
Special to The Gabe Childress June 16. Childress officers shoot down stray dogs as a rabies scare grips the city. Six children bitten receive serum treatment. three grandchildren of J. Good bitten after dog returned home. Dog dies from rabies. mayor orders muzzling and killing loose dogs for 30 days.
Jack Wetzel 27 a laborer on the Amarillo project was injured when a material elevator carrying him fell about thirty feet to the ground. He was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital with non fatal injuries and is expected back to work in two days. Wetzel lives at 210 Pierce Street with his wife and five year old son. a brother worked on the building at the time.
Miss Isabel Pope testified in Shepherd murder trial that Billy McClintock's $1,000,000 estate would be split fifty fifty with Iowa cousins of his deceased mother. She said $100,000 would go to Mrs. William Shepherd if the pact with the relatives was carried out.
Local notice advertises Mission Coffee Shop at 315 Poll Street asking patrons when and where meals will be served. The brief hints at a dining event or open hours for a cafe in the town.
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