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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
4
A reporter visits Linton's daily Vacation Bible School where about fifty kindergarten children listen to a story of the lost sheep by Mrs Grace Landis Cox. Older youths attend devotional exercises led by Rev QO A Cook and craft activities develop individual growth with no tuition.
President Coolidge returned to Washington from Minnesota arriving at 8 a m. He immediately proceeded to the White House to begin a standard day of work in his office.
Mrs. Amelia Kendricks aged 77, known locally as the sunshine friend, died at her North Main Street home in Sullivan after a three week illness from a paralytic stroke. She spent the past twenty years in the city and was born in Brookfield Ohio. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 1 30 p m.
Wild shouting and hysterical laughter greeted the jury verdict acquitting Abraham Feldman of murdering his father Morris Feldman a wealthy real estate dealer in Lockport as details of the case surfaced from the Buffalo courtroom.
Premier Painleve of France lands in Alicante at 10 10 am on schedule during a flight from Toulouse to Morocco. The United Press dispatch notes the arrival as the French leader travels toward the Moroccan destination.
Former Senator J Hamilton Lewis warned before the Press Club that the Democratic and Republican parties may cease to exist as they were founded. He argued a daily revolution in party politics and public morality shows parties no longer stand for liberty or government justice.
A police arrest in the axe murder of Professor Oscar Turner of the University of Louisiana is anticipated within the next twenty four hours in Baton Rouge.
American hospital in Canton struck as Cantonese and Yunnanese fight for control. Consul Jenkins reports foreigners safe after evacuation of women and children. Fighting worsens across the river with gunboats firing on the city. 200 casualties reported by Hong Kong dispatches.
The Methodist Episcopal board of temperance, prohibition and public morals issued a statement defending prohibition listing Noah, Nero and Alexander as the conspicuous drunks of history. They argued whisky was not made in their day, answering the view that distilled liquors could be banned while beer and wine remain.
A blaze in Center Point near Brazil Indiana today destroyed Louis Vicker general store Lasalle’s garage and Turner barber shop. Firefighters from Brazil and local volunteers battled the stubborn fire and prevented further spread.
Chicago June 10 with only two jurors needed to fill the box both sides in the Shepherd germ murder trial press on to complete the jury tonight State's Attorney Robert E Crowe aims to present opening statements today even if the panel finishes late the trial may not start until tomorrow Crowe plans to show Shepherd killed his ward Billy McClintock to obtain his fortune and to silence Mrs Emma McClintock the youth's mother defense attorney William Scott Stewert seeks to limit testimony to Billy's death.
In Vincennes on June 10 the Knox County Farm Bureau reports saving about $8,640 by spending $325.20 on calcium cyanide gas to kill groundhogs. Two ten thousand plus holes treated yielded 21,600 groundhogs killed, with a 40 cent bounty per animal, implying the net saving.
United Press dispatch from Oslo reports the relief ships Farm and Hobby of the Amundsen Ellsworth polar expedition have not found any trace of the missing explorers. The vessels had departed from Amundsen's base last week to scout the Arctic ice fringe.
In Clinton Massachusetts on June 10, a clash between about 500 Ku Klux Klan members and anti Klansmen left several injured and 36 men under arrest. Police reported the confrontation occurred as both sides faced off in the town, prompting arrests and ongoing investigations.
D. V. Miller, a prominent Terre Haute attorney and major Burke Divide stockholder, died at Union Hospital from blood poisoning. He and his wife had recently returned from several abroad trips and planned another year long journey spanning continents.
Mrs. Henry Frazier, farmer's wife, was attacked by a cow while stitching in the barn at dawn in Clay County. The infuriated animal knocked her against the concrete wall and pressed to crush her before a hired man arrived and drove it off with a club.
Commander F. M. Van Pelt of the Indiana G. A. R. spoke at the 46th annual state encampment in Princeton thanking allied organizations for cooperation and outlining work. He announced reservations for Indiana members to attend the national encampment in Grand Rapids on August 30 and noted two bills: $15,000 for a Vicksburg battlefield monument and a measure to prevent Memorial Day desecration by speedway racing.
Unidentified man found in the Hackensack River at Secaucus wrapped in comforters and sheets of lead. Police believe the victim was burned to death and tortured by murderers possibly linked to hijacking or rum running. body nude aside from coverings, no identifying features.
Washington June 10 The total wheat crop of the United States forecast by the department of agriculture at 661 million bushels is the smallest since 1917 and 212 million bushels less than last year. The crop reporting board says domestic consumption needs do not greatly differ from this amount, signaling little or no export wheat this year.
Purdue experts announce first Indiana army worm report of the year from Fulton county agent R S Lundin and entomology head J J Davis. Farmers should monitor for worms now and begin eradication at first sign to prevent rapid statewide spread and damage to corn and small grain fields.
United Press Dispatch from Wellesley Massachusetts reports fifteen year old Priscilla Amidon and her sweetheart Sterling Mills ended their lives in a death by own action pact after parental objections to marriage. The pair were found in a wooded area near Wellesley late yesterday. the girl died and Mills faces possible fatal consequences.
The Indiana Democratic Editorial association will host a two day midsummer outing in Terre Haute on June 25 and 26 featuring an automobile tour to local sites. John C. Gorman of Princeton, president, announced details.
Loganport Ind June 10 Charges of bank robbery were to be filed in circuit court today against Lawrence Bennett 22 who was captured by a posse of farmers last night after entering the state bank at Twelve Mile north of here Bennett failed to reach the funds of the bank but a draft issued by the bank was found on him He was captured in a tree in dense woods near Twelve Mile after a farmer shot into the tree Bennett received 22 gunshot wounds before he surrendered.
In Cleveland on June 10 J E Russell former Ohio prohibition director M B Copeland his assistant and Warren E Bennett Columbus attorney and politician were found guilty in federal court of conspiracy to violate federal prohibition law They aided a gang of Ohio bootleggers to withdraw 22 000 gallons of whisky from the Hayner distillery at Troy Ohio three years ago.
Washington June 10 The census bureau reports total state government payments in 1923 for operation maintenance interest and outlays reached 1.3103 billion dollars or 11.95 per capita. General departments spent 895.782 million with 223.241 million for education and public service, 60.446 million for debt interest, and 353.578 million for permanent improvements led by highways and waterways.
PIKEVIEW Ky June 10 Congressman John Langley Republican completed a ten hour jail term for contempt of court then faced a drunkenness charge in the city prison yard. He denounced a woman swearing out the warrant as a liar and was fined ten dollars for contempt before being jailed for ten days. Langley already faces a two year sentence and ten thousand ninety hundred dollar fine on a liquor conspiracy case with an appeal pending.
James Robinson, alleged rum runner, was jailed in Williamsport awaiting Warren County action after state police seized his car containing 150 gallons of beer and 205 gallons of alcohol near the town. He claimed the liquor was destined for Evansville.
Three planes departed Philadelphia for Boston to assist MacMillan Arctic explorers hunting for Captain Amundsen and the missing North Pole fliers.
John Thomas Scopes, the Dayton Springs country schoolteacher at the center of the evolution debate, leaves New York for Dayton, Tenn. tonight. Clarence Darrow and other legal figures join his defense as they prepare for trial on two major questions: whether evolution contradicts Biblical teaching and whether a state may proscribe science education.
George Bernard Shaw described William Jennings Bryan as having an extraordinary uplift but no brains, calling his fundamentalism infantilism in a pathological sense during a debate with Hilaire Belloc on evolution. Shaw also criticized churches as tied to tiresome crowds and admitted he is an evolutionist.
John Galen Leake grand dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan was held in contempt by Federal Judge J Foster Symes for failing to produce financial records in an IRS income tax probe. He was remanded to U S marshal custody until a penalty decision. The judge rejected the claim that books were lost.
Richard Loeb, one of theFranks slayers, shows marked improvement at Joliet prison hospital after post infectious delirium from measles. Doctors report spells of rationality, straps removed, he sits up and chats with guards. Dr. W B Martin expects full recovery.
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