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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
1
A circular note from the United States urged the appointment of a joint commission as per the Washington conference treaty to abolish extraterritorial rights in China. The note was delivered to foreign ambassadors and received in London, Paris, Tokyo, and other capitals.
Cape Criznez France July 16 Lillian Harrison Anglo the Argentine swimmer plunged into the English channel at 4 30 this morning in her second attempt to swim the channel which has never been conquered by a woman. The channel was unusually calm with a warm sun. She said I will swim it any walk unassisted up the bank in England.
State Senator Arle B. Mayfield wired the Interstate Commerce Commission for 90 days emergency hay rates to aid drought regions from Waxahachie to Corpus Christi and 180 miles inland. Corn movement is limited and further requests may follow. B C Snow of La Feria Texas visited Rio Grande Valley residents and Texas Christian University ties were noted. Mrs. W F Pagan of Wichita Falls visits her mother, Mrs J A Can.
Lillian Harrison, the Argentine swimmer, abandoned her Channel crossing about five miles from the English shore after battling rough seas. The effort was halted early this afternoon as favorable weather had prevailed along much of the route.
A traveler in Alaska asks a guide how many times a fox can be skinned for its fur. The guide grimly replies three times, noting more would spoil the fox’s temper, a quip found in The Continent. A separate joke about a match and lighting ends with uncertainty from The Third Link.
In a 2000 car caravan the Manecahee lodge plans a July 20 to 24 gathering in Washington. About 10 000 members travel from across the United States to discuss traffic safety and uniform legislation. A. W. Frye serves as supreme commander of the lodge.
Dallas July 16 The court of Manin appeals asked for a speedy test case of the search and seizure act passed by the state legislature by the chiefs of police and city marshals association in convention here The association approved a resolution after rescinding an earlier one condemning the law as tying the hands of peace officers.
In Dayton Tennessee on July 16 the evolution case faces a crisis as lawyers debate admitting scientific evidence on bible versus evolution. William J Bryan is set to address the court in the afternoon, with the judge’s ruling shaping the trial's life. The scene reflects local tensions and sharp exchanges as bootlegger rumors surface.
Washington July 16 Secretary of Labor James Davis will leave for Swampscott tonight to confer with the president Friday on the threatened canthricite and bituminous coal strikes.
The Rotary Club session Wednesday lacked President Bailey who was absent. Vice-president Refanan I. S. Cole presided. Miss Barber demonstrated home work and poetry while Miss Kathryn Inglish performed piano numbers. J. J. Awudson of Ambrose Texas attended as guest of Balph Moor.
Berlin July 16 United Press Staff Correspondent Guenther Tom Berlin reports that prominent German industrialists warn the Dawes plan, while stabilizing currency and budgets, is draining the red capital from industry. Ruhr production slows and unemployment rises as social unrest grows.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that cotton rates to Texas gulf ports from Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Louisiana harmed interior warehouses and favored waterfront warehouses. It ordered a uniform rate within the port switching limit with export rates higher by wharfage charges.
G F Groves, a notable County figure from the Grove Hill community ten miles south of Bonham, cites months without meaningful rain hindering cotton. He urges rain as essential to salvage crops in his area along the Edhube Leonard road. Henry Ford plans a Paris assembly plant to begin operations.
In London on July 16 a police clash with strikers at the Glyneath Welsh colliery left sixteen miners injured as around five thousand demonstrators surrounded the plant. Nine hundred officers were deployed and the action ended when workers joined the walkout. Phillip Wise traveled to Dublin for the day on business.
Tex Rickard announced an agreement with champion Jack Dempsey to meet Harry Wills for the title in 1926. Dempsey also agreed to fight any challenger Rickard designates this year. The papers were to be signed Friday. Dempsey and his wife Estelle Taylor returned from Europe.
A forthcoming plant aims for a capacity between 300 and 500 cars per day, with 500 daily units making it the largest production plant for automobiles in Europe if achieved.
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