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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
7
Louis Kwong, proprietor of a Baltimore Chinese restaurant, was shot by two unidentified Chinese attackers who fled. Six Chinese arrests followed as police search for links to Leong or Hip Sing tong amid a nationwide flare up after five deaths since yesterday.
William D. Sheffey, on trial for Luther Wells murder in Blount County, testifies he is innocent of the alleged decade long nocturnal crimes. He says on the fatal night he was with his sister in Maryville and was elsewhere in Knoxville. supports alibi with claimed location and time. The prosecution had presented a letter detailing a string of nocturnal assaults attributed to the suspect.
Cattle two hundred head at slow range with unchanged quotations. Hogs eight hundred head up ten cents, range eight to thirteen twenty five. Sheep six hundred head strong. Lambs at thirteen twenty five. Ewe and wethers thirteen seventy five to fourteen. Sheep unchanged.
Shanghai, Aug. 26. Police fired on dock workers surrounding a police station, who demanded release of four arrested colleagues. Two people were killed in the clash with authorities.
The Right Rev. Charles L. Slattery supports removing the word obey from the Episcopal marriage ceremony to promote mutual love and equality. He argues the change, backed by a commission, will be ratified at the New Orleans general conference and strengthen vows by emphasizing love over obedience.
Paris reports a French note to Berlin on the security question proposing Germany begin negotiations for a mutual security pact based on League of Nations membership and the Versailles settlement. It stresses the Versailles treaty must not be altered and that German entry into the League is the solid basis for regional guarantees.
Delegations from Hawkins and Grainger counties and Rogersville met to discuss the Lee Highway arterial designation between Kingsport and Knoxville. They urged cooperation to complete the asphalt road into Knoxville, addressing traffic and tourist flow issues and seeking state highway department support. The Kingsport group included Dr. O. S. Hauk, A D Brockman, William Roller Sr, S P Platt, and T C Warrick.
New York report by Dr. Lewis S. Mudge shows continued growth for the Presbyterian Church of America. Net gain 42,931 communicant members reaching 1,873,859, with 107,697 added on confession of faith and 74,393 by transfer from other churches. Restorations totaled 12,249, total membership 1,737,657 resident and 136,202 nonresident.
Eight robbers bound the town marshal a traction agent and his wife and another citizen today at Heyworth Illinois blew up the safe of the Heyworth State Bank and taking 2900 escaped Residents were intimidated by the firing of guns and threats.
Winchester Tenn Aug 15 Judge John T Raulston accused Scopes defense lawyers of continuing to attack him for not dominating his Dayton court and for opposing evolution. He posed questions about evidence for evolution and its perceived harms while defending his support for Christianity and saying he will answer via the press.
Field Marshal Baron Franz Von Conrad Hotezen dorf, chief of staff of the Austrian armies in World War I, died today in Württemberg, Germany.
Harbin Manchuria Aug 26 Bandits who hold Dr Harvey J Howard American eye specialist evaded Chinese troops around them and took the prisoner by boat up the Hanchwan river about 250 miles from Fuchin Rockefellow Institute in China reports say
Leon M. Diaz-Garcia appeared in Jefferson Market Court on a vagrancy charge and claimed to be the grandson of the late Mexican President Diaz. He told Magistrate McKinley of a remarkable mix of royal lineage, Oxford education, Harvard study, Johns Hopkins professorship, seven languages, and a French army aviation career, while homeless. The magistrate dismissed the complaint and Diaz-Garcia received a meal stipend from the arresting officer.
The Civil Service Commission said an open competitive exam will be held for chief of the bureau of agricultural economics. Thomas P. Cooper of Lexington Ky was given a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy left by Dr Henry C Taylor at the University of Kentucky following Taylor’s abrupt removal. The commission noted the post is Civil Service classified and requires competitive testing.
Dorothy Ellingston, 17, found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting of her mother, was sentenced in San Francisco to from 1 to 10 years in the state prison.
Washington report on the steamer Norman sinking in the Mississippi on January 15 assigns responsibility to nearly all district officials and employees linked to the boat and its operation. It states it cannot name individuals but holds the highest officer to the lowest subordinate accountable.
The annual camp meeting will be held at Ross Camp on Sunday and Monday with noon and afternoon services. Rev S G Ketron preaches at 11 a m. and 3 p m on Sunday, and a usual dinner on the grounds accompanies the gathering.
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