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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
1
Tonight plan street carnival and dance features a horse show and polo games. Laidley Field will admit all school children free of charge as part of today’s celebration.
A large committee announced events for Come on Chariratom Week in Charleston with free entry for youngsters. Activities include a carnival dance on Lea Street with the Municipal Band, police protection, corn meal covered streets, and a dance start at 8 pm. City officials note traffic and safety plans as crowds gather for horse shows, polo games, and airplane demonstrations in the ongoing festivities.
A group of brewers announced a campaign to legalize beer and reduce prohibition, citing potential tax and employment benefits. The organization, led by a president candidate, proposed a 95 percent turnout target and urged civic bodies to back the reform. A resignation and new committee formation were noted as part of the ongoing internal realignments.
Commander John Nadeera and four crew members of ENF No. 1 returned to San Francisco after a non stop flight to the Hawaiian Islands. They were greeted by police, marines, sailors, and an army band on Market Street and received medals at a hall ceremony. The aviators later attended a luncheon at the Commercial Club and plan further testimony in Washington on the air inquiry.
Egan Sept 24 A coroner s jury tonight recommended that Arthur Holt be held to the grand jury with bonds on murder charges in the death of his wife who was shot at home last Sunday evening. The jury also recommended that his step-daughter Mrs Clara Barey be held as an accessory before the fact to murder.
The Federal and State Employment bureau reports shrinking unemployment in Charleston and Kanawha county. Miner demand has grown, allowing pick and shovel labor to be absorbed by road work, with carpenters and trades seeing better conditions and wage notes, while winter outlook and plant reconditioning drive work.
French Finance Minister Caillaux and a joint Franco American debt commission discussed a settlement to France four billion dollar debt. No official US proposal was presented while French suggestions drew some American disapproval. Leaders then met at the White House for dinner as talks continue.
London reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin backs mine owners in the wage dispute with the miners' federation. A two day conference at No 10 Downing Street failed to settle the disagreement. A J Oak announces the miners will not participate in the royal commission into the mining shutdown, urging the labor movement to support miners if wage cuts resume in July. The subsidy to the owners would continue wage agreements for months, risking a renewed truce violation. Prices for pentron rise in Buffalo district, while a woman in Wontmont witnesses birth of her 17th child in a local hospital.
The War Department and Navy air services officials prepare to testify as the presidential air board expands its inquiry. Col William Mitchell arrives with 800 pounds of documents from Texas. Admirals Coontz and Robinson may offer opinions as manufacturers seek hearings.
General Aultman told Charleston Masonic Open Forum that experts agree America remains unprepared for a ground war and must rely on a larger trained army with officers. He argued air power and artillery are auxiliaries and called for stronger national guard, reserve officers, and better preparation to avoid World War I mistakes.
Col William Mitchell moves toward Washington to testify before a policy committee about air service issues. He arrives from Muskogee Oklahoma and notes he has little new to add. Also: Kentucky pair John and Jesse Rito join the Pittsburgh Pirates after signing with the club.
Miners at the New England mine of Consolidaded Coal apply to Judge Meredeth tomorrow for an injunction against Van A Bittner and all United Mine Workers officials and representatives. They seek protection from picketing and harassment affecting workers at Monongan and Watsonville as the non union operation resumes. Attorney John S Watt represents the miners in this case versus union leaders.
Geaphas Meéretous, 22, a Haitian, confessed in Huntington that he shot and wounded John Weekly, 31, a Chesapeake and Ohio railway employee, during a gun battle near Barboursville. He was captured by railway chief agent Gearze Kens and jailed. Weekly died from wounds after being admitted to the hospital.
Shenandoah survivors and naval court witnesses testified that engine failure likely aided the ship’s destruction in the storm. Col. Halk said two engine failures increased chances of being drawn into the vortex, while the ship began breaking before the control car fell with Lansdowne aboard.
Charien MacVeagh of New York was named ambassador to Japan in a vacancy created by the death weeks ago of Edgar A. Rapacore of Chicago. MacVeagh is a lawyer with cabinet-level experience and former official service. his confirmation was noted as acceptable.
A council committee approved a resolution to send a spectral league commissioner to Mosul to investigate British charges that Christina Chaldeans faced ill treatment by Turks. Ruddl Bey argued the area north of the Brussels line is Turkish and not part of the Mosul dispute, while Col. Amery pressed for a full North Mosul inquiry.
Huntington report details the bankruptcy trial of W. E. Dotson of Thacker Virginia, with defense witnesses contending goods were household items bought by his daughter and witnesses placing him near the store during the night of the alleged robbery. Prosecution claims goods were shipped after the alleged robbery and questioned Dotson’s filings. The day-long hearing ended with no closing verdict, as further questioning was pending.
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