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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1925
Page
1
Labor Day events in Charleston and Dunbar proceeded with picnics, speeches, and band music despite a sudden rainstorm. Union leaders and officials adapted after the downpour, while crowds gathered at Splash Beach and Kanawha Valley sites as city celebrations continued with fare, fireworks, and official declarations of prosperity.
Babe Roth faces a fresh setback amid a $5,000 fee from Yankees manager Miller Tugeins as he contemplates a return to the field after a suspension by Hugh Fins. A separate incident involves Roth's dog killing a neighbor's tree on his Sudbury farm, prompting neighborly anger and talk of bringing a salt claim.
Mrs Evelyn B Burnette of Nashville was killed when a car driven by her uncle J A G Sloan president of the Southern association club overturned on a curve of the Dixie Highway near Tullahoma. A second occupant, Miss Homay Patten, was bruised.
Caldwell Ohio September 7 Commander Jacek Kieln in charge of the Shenandoah wreck investigation appealed for copies of photos of the control cabin taken shortly after the disaster. The cabin was the first ship section to fall and seven men died there. Photographs could clinch the investigation’s theory. prints should be sent to Kieln at Columbia Hotel Caldwell. Navy crews continue examining the wreck as bids for junking parts are opened.
Washington reports on Miss L. Torrey of the Bureau of Standards, a leading radium expert. The piece notes women increasingly enter chemistry as a vocation, with many taking roles in medicine, public health, pharmacy, nursing, and agriculture, and significant impact in home economics and nutrition research.
Davis argues for economic consolidation to combat unemployment from overdevelopment. He cites coal mining as critical and urges centralized control to stabilize output and prices. He contends local laws hinder remedy and warns against criminalizing corporate coordination while stressing national advantage.
President Coolidge ends vacation at White House with Mrs Coolidge and son John celebrating his nineteenth birthday. He plans to travel to Washington by train from Salem, expected to meet the cabinet Friday after a three month recess. Key issues discussed include naval disarmament funds and Col William M Mitchell's fate over aviation criticism.
Referee halted the scheduled middleweight bout after six rounds as Tiger Flowers of Atlanta attacked Ted Noore of England with punches to face and body while Noore appeared in poor condition and refused to continue.
A speech by William Creron, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces autocracy and communism as enemies of labor. He urges unified organizing efforts, condemns wartime dictation by employers, and calls for workers to join with fellow workers to uphold standards and rights.
A fragmented speech by Labor President Veallara declares organized labor will strike back at communism. He accuses communists of challenging the hosts of labor and seeking control of the trade union movement, pledging decisive measures to protect the movement and its members.
A fragmented report describes a disaster blamed on misplaced priorities over helium, with references to Vanderbilt and a fatal incident. The readable passages show concern for safety failures and a hypothetical link between helium concerns and the calamity, implying a tragic consequence from poor risk assessment.
In Honolulu and nearby waters navy units carry on the hunt for Commander Rodgers and four crewmen after their seaplane vanished during a flight from Fun Frtnesses. Ships and submarines scour the sea to the north and west while destroyers reinforce from abroad. Adm. Moffett urged continuation of rescue efforts as hope wanes.
Paris reports a wreath tribute with a German ribbon was found at the Unknown Soldier tomb on the Arc de Triomphe. French veterans lighting the remembrance flame protested as police removed the ribbon with authorization from higher officials. The wreath bear was missing this morning following the incident. Also noted are charges of malfeasance in Huntington where a street superintendent's case was dismissed after a lengthy hearing.
Washington Sep 7 Participants in the interstate commerce commission rail merger fight assembled in Washington and will resume tomorrow the presentation of evidence. No sign of compromise appeared as the three week session continued. W A Colston counsel for Nickel Plate railroad and M J Van Sweringen pledged the contest would be pursued to a decision settling all stockholder differences.
International union official Kennedy defends the coal industry checkoff as a stabilizer and legal, saying it protects miners, operators, and the public. He cites 400,000 union members behind cooperation and notes courts have upheld the voluntary agreement despite some operators arguing illegality.
A cloudburst in the Squislichuck mountains Saturday evening caused a flood over South Wenatchee. At least seventeen lives are reported and recovery efforts continue as bodies are found. Apple Yard parking debris and autos damaged, Great Northern terminal washed out, and traffic halted. Orchard damage across the Wee Matchee valley runs into hundreds of shiploads of apples.
Governor sends a representative to Essex County hospital where Noel escaped to obtain a record of his sanity. The 20 year old son of a prominent Montclair family was charged with kidnapping eight year old Mary Daly and earlier confessed to killing Raymond Pierce the chauffeur. He pleaded not guilty to the murder and will be arraigned for Mary Daly's death. Noel claimed he killed Pierce to obtain a car for the kidnapping. He is jailed in Newark and faces further charges in Mountain View and West Patterson. Experts to review his mental state as a commission is requested by Prosecutor Bigelow.
In Columbia South Carolina rain fell after a day of prayer proclaimed by Governor McLeod to honor a drought relief effort. The Piedmont region saw showers easing dry conditions while central areas reported breaks in a long dry spell and a high temperature near 105 degrees in Sprinberg with a 102 degree mercury reading.
Washington sept 7 decision as to action by the war department on charges by colonel william mitchell former assistant cadet of the army air service against the air service administration of the war and navy departments awaited the return of acting secretary dwight f davis. officials kept silent while no official record was disclosed and possible disciplinary steps hung on reports from major general ernest hines and from the eighth corps. mitchell expected to return to san antonio as davis returned to dc.
Caldwell Ohio September reports a large crowd visiting wreck scenes inflating fees, while farmers suffer unemployment. Business activity rebounds toward labor day as hotels, gas stations, stores, and services resume. A squirrel named Billy entertains crowds as a bear show returns. Open air services resume at night.
A late night slaying on Pryden street left Maggie Rucker 30, a local resident, dead from a single knife thrust to the face and jugular. Police hunt a youth known as Gelteb, last seen near Fry's Alley, who fled through Dryden Street after the crime. An inquest is set with Coroner Gond to determine details.
A single engine plane piloted by Lloyd Oy Yost of Palmyra with passenger Veale a local auto dealer crashed on Buck Mountain near Hazleton as fog reduced visibility during a flight to Altoona. Veale was trapped in wreckage, the pilot unharmed, and doctors could not yet determine injuries. The mangled craft had parts carried away by passerby and rescue teams arrived at dusk.
Howard W Spratley father of William Spratley 26 a mechanic killed when the Shenandoah wrecked over Ohio telegraphs Secretary Wilbur protesting the condition of his son s body receiving and the lack of escort The body was sent with express charges collect and placed in a wooden box like casket barely clothed and poorly embalmed
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