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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
4
Greene county farmers report ideal conditions after recent rains and hot days, predicting a top corn crop. Ears are large and well filled with many reaching lengths described as extraordinary. Clover threshing continues as farmers also tend vegetables while awaiting harvest.
Terre Haute authorities impose curfew on Vigo county barbecue restaurants and dance halls, dark by 1 30 a m or face permanent closure. Sheriff Ray Funcannon orders special deputies at these venues to prevent liquor sales and deter “taters of flasks.” Curbs follow repeated early morning disturbances and a notable incident blamed on a “gan Rats” crowd.
The Italian 900 ton submarine Veniero with fifty five aboard has been missing three days. The navy says searches are ongoing after reports of oil in the area fueled rumors of a possible wreck. The Veniero took part in recent naval sham warfare and was last sighted off Cape Passero.
Twelve persons were injured in a Chicago street car collision today. Physicians said none will die. Two cars stopped at an intersection and started simultaneously, crowds jammed the intersection and a panic followed the crash.
Acting federal administrator B. L. Ewing announced Bert Morgan director for Indians is named deputy administrator for the entire state of Indiana as a temporary measure pending a permanent Ilinois-Indiana-Wisconsin territory plan.
William Mitchell former assistant chief of the air service narrowly escaped serious injury when his aircraft was wrecked during a forced landing near San Antonio Texas. The incident was reported in the Russ dispatch dated August 81 with details of the crash and the pilot’s condition.
Unofficial results show Senator Brookhart, a Republican, leading Democratic opponent Daniel Steck by about 200 votes in the Iowa senatorial race after complete tabulation.
President Coolidge announced he will attend the American Legion national convention in Omaha in early October.
Mrs. Imogene Remus wife of Cincinnati bootlegger George Remus filed for divorce charging extreme cruelty while he was to be released from Atlanta penitentiary this week.
Union leaders ordered a nationwide stoppage in the anthracite fields with 158000 miners to strike at midnight. About 7500,000 tons of coal sit in storage, limiting immediate shortages while 10000 railroad repair workers may face idle time as production ends.
United Press dispatched report from Chicago dated August 31 describes Babe Ruth, the famed slugger, slumping in status after a training infraction. A Chicago hotel bellboy failed to recognize him, prompting Ruth to demand his suit be pressed while sparring with reporters on his room’s telephones.
Vice President Dawes marked his sixtieth birthday Friday by dining with the Japanese ambassador in Chicago. Meanwhile Thomas L. Higsen, critic of Standard Oil and former presidential hopeful, has died in Springfield Massachusetts. Also Ruth Malcomson of Philadelphia, Miss America, faced family arrest after a truck incident, and Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School was named president of Ohio State University.
Indiana expects relief from a long anthracite strike as operators and miners in the state see potential gains for soft coal. Overproduction and competition from non union mines in West Virginia and Kentucky leave about 200 mines and 30 000 miners idle or underutilized.
Mt Carmel and Shamokin district miners begin tool removal as strike order looms. About 15,000 workers affected with many seeking work in soft coal regions or applying for passports to Europe to stay abroad until the wage dispute is resolved.
Two large naval seaplanes will depart San Francisco at 2 p m for a record nonstop flight to Hawaii. They will cross the Pacific with prows westward after lifting from San Francisco Bay. The PB 1, due to join, reported internal troubles and plans solo flight later this week.
District 21 of the United Mine Workers representing 3000 union miners in Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas will strike at midnight in sympathy with Henryetta miners who have been on strike for over two months.
Overnight thunder showers brought slight relief to mid western heat as temperatures remained around nine ties on Sunday and began rising again after a brief night wind and rain.
Petersburg Indiana August 31 John Evans 17 son of Mr and Mrs John Evans Winslow this county had a narrow escape from death while sliding from a gob pile top at No 7% Ayrshire mine two miles south of Winslow The group used a wire rope pulley when the cable broke Evans fell sixty feet unconscious later treated at a physician’s office with a fractured left arm two bones mashed heel broken ankle and other bruises sourced from local mine area.
Fort Wayne Ind Aug 31 Dr A J Erwin 70 Republican nominee for mayor of Goshen Ind drowned when the boat he and companion J J Snyder 50 Goshen contractor capsized during a sudden Lake Wawasee storm yesterday. Snyder was rescued with difficulty as others on the lake faced danger.
Indianapolis August 31 rumors circulate that Judge Louis Ewbank of the state supreme court may resign to enter private law practice. The governor’s office says no resignation has been received.
In Decker Indiana on Saturday Sam Bedell killed a bald eagle described as six feet across the spread while squirrel hunting. The bird was on the ground at about 100 yards and was sent to Vincennes for taxidermy preservation, a first known sighting in the area.
The Indiana State Public Service Commission issued an order to safeguard travelers by limiting bus drivers to nine hours of work in a 24 hour period. Only emergencies permit more than six hours without rest, aiming to reduce driver fatigue and prevent accidents.
Babe Ruth seeks appeal after Miller Huggins fined him 5000 dollars and suspended indefinitely. Ruth claims Huggins unfairly blamed him and vows to press his case before Judge Landis within ten days as Ban Johnson supports the punishment and awaits further action.
New York August 31 Ruth is not the manager of the Yankees and he does not have control of the club. As long as he is not for me he will have to do as I tell him. CONTINUED ON PAGE
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