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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
4
In Chicago on May 19 the Shepherd murder trial faces a major blow as key witness Robert White vanishes, prompting detective hunts and questions over the typhoid germ plot linked to Billy McClintock's death. Judge Crowe presses juror screening while photographers snap from hiding.
Rabat dispatch says the French admit setbacks in a Monday night communique on action against Riffian forces in Morocco. The enemy is massing in the west and center as General Colombat presses forward with difficulty and Riffians penetrate the Boutoumir zone while reinforcements arrive in the east.
Jasper Myers 71 was found dead in the Shelburn bank where he had served as janitor for twelve years and previously as bank janitor and four years as justice of the peace. He was a member of the First Methodist church and survived by a wife four sons and one daughter. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at his home with burial in Pleasant Green cemetery.
Linton high school presents the senior class comedy Honor Bright in the auditorium Wednesday evening. Miss Kathryn McKissick directs a cast of graduating students with Watts O'Brien and Richard Barrington among leads, followed by an evening of solos, pantomime, and songs by the high school orchestra under Eva Danagher.
William Cavalier, 16, who murdered his aged grandmother in Pottsville Pennsylvania, was sentenced to the electric chair by Judge Koeh in county court. He showed no emotion during sentencing and said he expected to escape death. His attorneys began an appeal to the state supreme court, with possible steps to the board of pardons and Governor Pinchot as a last resort.
United Prines dispatches report a frost damaged fruit and vegetable crops from Nebraska to Ohio. Northern Illinois and Michigan orchards and truck crops suffered the worst with blossoms dropping. Forecaster C A Donnell says warm weather is returning as the cold spell wanes.
A rush hour subway train caught fire in New York today injuring 28 people including 18 women as crowds stampeded to escape through doors and windows.
The $125000 damage suit filed by D C Stephenson against Hiram W Evans former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was dropped in federal court today after Stephenson's attorneys failed to appear. The case arose from the burning of Stephenson's yacht at Toledo last summer.
Morgantown West Virginia May 19 Van A Bittner international organizer of the United Mine Workers was cited to appear in circuit court Friday for alleged contempt of court in the conduct of the bituminous coal miners strike.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks, resting at his Washington home after a April thrombosis attack, has now suffered a gall bladder colic. Doctors describe his general condition as very good but warn of potential surgery if pain prolongs. Weeks may resign once a suitable successor is found, White House denial aside.
New York May 19 Mrs Helen Geisenvolk a baby farmer has been indicted for substituting babies at the farm amid a case of alleged infant swaps and care irregularities.
The Linton Stockton High School annual revue is ready for distribution with a mottled gray cover. It features clear individual and group photos, clever class prophecy and will, new jokes, and extensive reviews of football basketball baseball track and wrestling. Ads are well written and it notes printers and binders did neat work. Foreword reflects school spirit and dedication to parents and the future pupil body.
The May analysis from USDA shows five major wheat surplus countries retain about 210 million bushels above needs. With May–June exports, July 1 carryover nears 125 million, far below 2023 and 1924 levels, while spring wheat and North American conditions hint at a modest U.S. and Canadian crop rise and earlier harvest potential.
Indianapolis May 19 Criminal prosecution looms over individuals exploiting the Moorehead bus bill to prey on bus and truck owners. Public service commission officials say unauthorized transportation services collect 25 dollars to assist with operating certificate applications, doing little beyond paper work. The commission and Marion County prosecutor plan a grand jury probe into these activities, which lack lawful authority under the Moorehead law.
Indianapolis May 6 decreased business in mails leads to higher rates across several classes. W G Glover third assistant postmaster general said at the Indiana branch National League of District postmasters annual convention that the drop may be temporary or permanent and the department has not determined which.
Peter DePaolo, driving a Dusenberg Special, clipped 111 miles per hour in a practice run at the Indianapolis Speedway. This marks a new lap record for the venue reported by United Press Dispatches from Indianapolis on May 19.
In Indianapolis on May 19 Judge Baltzell dismissed a suit for a permanent injunction to restrain United Mine Workers officials from interfering with cooperative coal mining in Indiana due to lack of federal jurisdiction. John L. Lewis announced co operative miners will be dropped from the union.
The Pittsburg Coal company announces a complete shutdown of every mine it owns in western Pennsylvania as it cannot compete with open shop mines in West Virginia.
May 19 Indianapolis Harry Webster superintendent of the Indiana Bankers' association announces that two men and two women are held at Benton HL for robbing the Farmers State bank at Wadesville Indiana.
Universal Indiana May 19. The United States Fuel company will close Bunsen mine No 4 in Universal west of Clinton. The mine, one of the largest in the Clinton field, will shut down in a few days after workers finish cleanup. Over 200 men employed. merchants fear reduced trade as workers seek jobs elsewhere.
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