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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
13
J H Watkins Plumbing and Heating relocates to the Roller building on Market street Kingsport. The new 105 by 25 foot facility provides two sections for office and store with ample space and a complete line of fixtures. Watkins the sole owner has eight years in Kingsport and will specialize in furnace installations with an experienced crew.
In Dows Iowa on December 18 seven bank robbers looted the state bank taking about $8,000 to $10,000 in cash and bonds. They held local officers and residents captive while firing 50 to 100 shots, then escaped after more than an hour. The marshal and railroad operator were detained then released. Two residents were injured.
A note from the foreign duties minister to the Chinese foreign office reiterates foreign powers demand safe unrestricted passage for their nationals from Peking to the sea. It cites the firing on an international train and on foreign-flagged motor cars, pledges restraint from interference, and insists treaties be observed. a train to Tientsin with only male passengers is planned.
Ira D. Perry Jr., son of a Chicago manufacturer, after 47 days on parole, sought incarceration at Menard prison fearing detectives and possible vengeance by five co-defendants. Judge Jenkins called the affair a Chicago coppers' Roman Holiday, while Perry alleged torture to obtain his confession.
In Memphis on December 18 two men robbed the Italian club in the downtown business district, taking an estimated 1500 to 2000 dollars from patrons. About a half hour later Charles Eckelson of Bartlesville Oklahoma was captured after a gunfight with police and detectives. Eckelson was wounded. his partner escaped.
Paris December 18 AP The International Aeronautic Association ratified world records for Lieut Cyrus K Bettis in the Pulitzer race at Mitchell Field and Lieut James H Doolittle in the Schneider seaplane trophy at Baltimore Bettis flew 100 kilometers at 249.337 mph and 200 kilometers at 248.975 mph Doolittle covered 100 kilometers at 234.77 mph and reached a maximum straightaway speed of 245.713 mph
The memorandum states that the new officer of health must belong to a labor union, reflecting the Union Label stance on workers’ representation. It notes the union’s influence on selecting qualified public health leadership and sets a criterion for future appointments.
London A Ainsley loses a lawsuit filed to reclaim his wife who left him due to alleged cruelty. The court ruled against him, noting the wife remained with her family.
Sofia reports two Bulgarians executed by a Greek court martial for Alighting with Comitadji bands. News reached Bulgarian authorities through diplomatic channels as Sofia withholds word from local papers to avoid new anti Greece agitation.
President Coolidge told House Rules Chairman Snell that he favored creating a commission to dispose of Muscle Shoals without requiring congressional approval of any lease. Snell warned that tying lease approval to both houses would push action back to Congress and likely delay a decision.
Six weeks of testimony and argument in the Colonel William Mitchell court martial consumed enormous stenographer work as about 1,600,000 words were recorded. Defense counsel announced closing arguments would be omitted after the defense closed his case with a brief statement.
Mrs. Annie Davenport a jealous widow received prison time for sending poisoned candy to bride Mrs. Agnes Smith in Gloucester England. The act targeted a high profile marriage prompting police action and a court verdict.
Complete returns show the Greek Royalists nearly wiped out as a political force in Athens municipal voting with decisive losses across districts.
A Parisian young woman adopts a contemporary habit by writing letters on stationery adorned with her own silhouette as a personal touch. The detail reflects a social trend in correspondence.
Sir John Milbanke the boxing baronet was defeated in a four round match by Detective Donald Black. Black delivered the victory with steady pace to best Milbanke.
London charges of fraud against Thomas B. Raikes, an Oxford athlete, were suspended on the condition that his father send him out of the country.
In Uckfield England Hayley Morriss, a divorced millionaire, married his housekeeper Miss Florence Roberts in a ceremony noted by local records. The union links Morriss to Florence Roberts as spouse and household head.
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