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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1925
Page
1
City celebrates lane event establishing a new record as hundreds gather at Kanawha Racing Association Park for National Defense Day ceremonies. Residents flee Charleston to escape heat while military and patriotic groups renew the pledge to the flag amid calm, orderly observances.
Large crowds braved mid summer heat in Charleston to mark Independence Day tied to National Defense Day. Veterans, national guard muster, and a defense program at Kanawha Racing Association Park featured speeches by L. O. Gastineau and Ro Jobo Gane, with patriotic singing and an invocation.
Ossining July 4 John Hulbert the Sing Sing executioner closes a banner year with fourteen executions for murder. He earned 2100 dollars in addition to his Aubury prison salary and year end mise payments totaling a substantial sum.
Norfolk Southern Electric train bound for Virginia Beach with a holiday crew collided at an open switch near Beach Grove, plowing through dirt embankment at the end of the siding. No cars overturned and all passengers escaped with only slight injuries.
Washington reports from nine corps areas say civilian participation in the one day volunteers test is about two thirds of the 11 million enrolled in 1924. Medal officials are satisfied with results given limited prep time and the holiday weekend.
Three people were killed and two injured when a tree they sheltered under was struck by lightning in a New Kensington park. Victims include Andrew P. King 35 his wife Edith Shearer 7 from New Kensington and William 10 and Alles Shearer 4. The other two victims were hospitalized.
Kanawha county voters face a $1,750,000 bond plan to build four Kanawha River bridges with toll-backed debt. Passage requires a three-fifths combined vote, with tax levies possible to cover shortfalls. ballots spell out the proposition and voting regions.
July 6 thieves broke into the second treasure room of St Peters Treasury in the Vatican and stole irreplaceable objects valued at 1 to 2 million lire. Four painters and two laborers arrested, including Giovanio Bellini who slept nearby. residents report three prowlers and an automobile. The loot included a sapphire and diamond ring and several gold crosses and ornaments once associated with Pope Pius Plus and Cardinal Merry del Val.
Oslo July 1 Festive touches for Captain Roald Amundsen homecoming are made. Decorations along the route from the quay to the royal palace are completed. King Haakon and the royal family will greet Amundsen and his party. A nation wide welcome includes banners a choir and flowers for the Arctic explorer party arriving by Horton government steamer.
In Pikeville Kentucky Congressman John W Langley Republican faced a drunkenness charge. A county court ruled he was unsteady due to medicine rather than intoxication after an incident at Mrs Henritze's apartment. Doctor Osborne testified the medicine advised against driving.
President Coolidge celebrated his 58th birthday aboard the Mayflower at Marblehead Neck. He dined with Mrs Coolidge and guests including Mr and Mrs Frank W Stearns and Captain Adolphus Andrews. The party rode to the yacht club, fired a 23 gun salute, and watched fireworks before returning to Swampscott.
In Cape Breton the 12 000 United Mina Workers strike against British Empire Steel faces arson and disturbances amid arrivals of 609 or more troops and special union police. Three company buildings burned in 24 hours and raiders forced a customs official to open the warehouse, stealing 48 kegs of rum seized by authorities. Nova Scotia remains under wartime liquor restrictions.
In Boston, charges loom against Lenora Smith and Ralph Tincher over looting a detective agency, with investigations into checks and payroll cashing tied to dozens of merchant losses. Separately, the Pickwick club collapse in Chinatown killed twelve, trapping many more as rescue teams search ruins near the Hotel Dreyfus.
The dirigible Shenandoah left today at 2 o'clock standard time for a return to Lakehurst New Jersey. Weather permitting it would fly over Camden to honor visiting governors in progress. Arrival at the hangar was expected early Sunday morning.
In Bwampscott Massachusetts on July 4 Mrs Coolidge said she was fine after a motorcycle nearly struck her and James Shalev. The driver, state police man Charlton B Cooley, took blame for the near collision as Mrs Coolidge reassured officers and reporters.
Police chief announced that Summera and Kanawha, Summoars and Virginis, Hale and Virginia, and Hale and Quarrier streets remain open for straight through traffic. Cars no longer must stop completely before entering cross streets. July 10 marks full elimination of the plan in the business section.
An official communiqué reports French troops repulsed attacks by Abd el Krim's Rif tribesmen to the west of Kiffane on Thursday and yesterday after lively fighting.
July Fourth celebration at Tammany Hall in New York featured speakers predicting Governor Smith’s prospective run and stressing state rights while opposing federal education controls. In Atlanta, auto racer 3 Taylor died when his car crashed through a barrier on Lakewood track during the Fourth of July event.
July 4 announces the resignation of Dean French A Yoke from New River State School. He ended ties at the last term and returns home to Morgantown. Doctor Pyle of West Virginia University will succeed Yoke as dean of men at New River State.
Reports from Rochester Martins Ferry and Clairs ville detail a barrage of injuries from fireworks and accidents. A 13 and 15 year old fatally injured near Rochester while bombs exploded overhead. In Martins Ferry a 4 year old suffered severe mouth injuries from a toy cap explosion. others were wounded or blinded. In Belmont County a 66 year old man and a 10 year old boy were killed or gravely hurt by traffic and a crane incident. a Glendale family sustained broken ribs and internal injuries in a rollover crash.
The Northern Baptist convention adopted a compromise after a week of conflict between modernists and fundamentalists. Delegates cheered as a plan to align church polity with Biblie demands passed, omitting mention of Park Avenue Baptist. Judge F W Freeman announced amendments to bylaws linking churches to New Testament fundamentals and immersion baptism. Prison crowding prompts transfer plan for 614 inmates from Leavenworth to Texas facilities.
Paris July 4 General George Washington's claim to the honorary marshal title of France is questioned by French archives experts. Robert F. Skinner says records are incomplete but notes a 1786 order honoring French officers with Washington and the congress president. Rochambeau’s role is cited in discussion of the title’s legitimacy.
Brest France July 4 All charges against Max Jerome Phat an American man connected to a piracy raid on the steamer Mulhouse have been dismissed again. Phat was arrested in Paris in September 1924 and brought to Brest for trial on the capital offense. The case sparked a broad hunt for rum smugglers in New York and across the United States involving many personnel.
An earthquake today damaged numerous houses in a Japanese village near Yonago about 100 miles west of Kobe. The quake also rattled Kobe but caused no reported deaths. Residential structures suffered significant cracks and collapses while officials assessed damage and safety.
South Penn Oil company struck a 409000 foot gas well at Crooked Crapix in Logan county on July 11. The well, described as the region’s mightiest, required midnight work to manage the forceful gas rush. Residents reported a loud rushing noise carried for miles.
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