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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
7
Reports that Kinnie Wagner was captured in Birmingham fade as identification experts and officials question the claim. A woman who sheltered the man says he looked different from Wagner, while Bristol officials delay sending papers and others doubt the capture. Wagner, a wanted killer, has a long history including jail escape and multiple murders across Mississippi and Tennessee.
A man arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of being Kinnie Wagner, wanted for the Bristol Tennessee officers’ murders, was identified by a black prisoner who said he had roomed with Wagner in Knoxville. The arrestee initially admitted being Wagner but later claimed to be D A Wyras dick and denied the identification.
President Coolidge appoints Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa as assistant secretary of war completing the department reorganization after Weeks resignation and Davis advance. MacNider and Dwight F Davis now oversee army affairs as World War veterans.
Stockholm reports Sweden’s breadstuff harvest this year more than double last year, especially rye and wheat sown last autumn. The milder winter boosts yields, reducing estimated imports of American wheat flour from 339000 tons in 1923 to about 180000 tons, the largest harvest since 1921.
In The Times a lively want ad column connects casual sellers with bargain hunters. Readers post items for sale and buyers seek affordable goods, from household goods to collectibles, highlighting quick sales and local bargaining.
Toledo Ohio reports General Isaac R Sherwood aged 90, Civil War veteran and retired congressman, died at home after days of unconsciousness. He rose from private in the Fourteenth Ohio to brigadier general of volunteers, serving in 43 battles and earning six commendations before mustering out June 27 1865. He served multiple terms in Congress and spoke against the Volstead Act in 1925.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes spoke in Atlanta urging elimination of filibusters in the U S Senate arguing a majority should vote on ordinary measures while minority obstruction and the Force bill debate are criticized He called for rules allowing limited debate only on issues involving constitutional rights and noted the need to curb minority hold-ups.
Markets Louisville Ky Oct 16 cattle three hundred slow steady hogs three hundred steady seventy five higher sheep one hundred steady.
Washington Oct 15 The naval court of inquiry into the Shenandoah airship wreck heard the designer, a Bureau of Aeronautics engineer, and the Aluminum Company of America’s tech director. Tests by the Bureau of Standards will take a month, delaying the final finding.
Locarno Switzerland Oct 16 The security conference adopted arbitration treaties bearing on Germany eastern frontiers and set up a framework for settling all disputes among signatories. The lead delegate said the aim is to render it impossible to draw a sword.
Pasadena scientists report Mars would require water and air for any life. Dr. Charles E. St. John from Mount Wilson says Martians would use home brew as a necessity, given Mars has only about one twentieth of Earth's water and 60 percent of Earth's oxygen. Heat on Mars may be comparable to Earth, absorbing nearly all sunlight similar to conditions here.
Milwaukee authorities arrested Howard J. Pratt for questioning and two Kenosha suspects as the search for Madelyn Latimer and James Sears continues. Latimer’s twin Evelyn said her sister lived in fear of a Milwaukee man, and friends suggested a jealous woman may have been involved.
The 1926 national campaign opens December 1 as South Dakota parties meet in Pierre to designate candidates for U S Senate, Congress, and state offices. Delegates vote to form majority and minority tickets, with primaries set for March 23, 1926.
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