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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
6
The Roald Amundsen North Pole party arrived safely in Spitzbergen after 24 days abroad. Fuel issues forced freeing a machine and the return flight, then pickup by a fishing boat near King's Bay. They reportedly reached about 88 38 north, roughly 100 miles from the pole.
A Oslo dispatch reports Roald Amundsen's two airplanes reached Spitzbergen on Tuesday afternoon with the expedition members safe. It notes heavy fur usage hindered progress and suggests a new pole attempt may soon follow after the party descended.
Report notes Amundsen's return from near the pole without land news, reducing the unknown Arctic area west of the pole. It confirms expeditions from Greenland Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land found no land north of Europe, while suggesting a possible small landmass between Siberia and Alaska.
Washington reports the death of Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette after a decade of illness including heart disease bronchitis and bronchial asthma. He died at his home and whispered to his son that he had more work to do and loved the people who sustained him.
In Springfield the Illinois Senate approved a federal proposal by unanimous vote to establish a fish game and wildlife preserve on waste lands along the Mississippi River.
In Los Angeles Captain Lowell H. Smith, leader of the world flight, received the Legion of Honor medal from France by presidential order. The decoration recognizes his pioneering aviation achievement and ties with French honors.
Secretary Mellon announced total payments of 69,088,780.69 from foreign governments toward wartime indebtedness due June 15 under funding agreements. Britain paid 68,310,000 in 2 percent notes plus interest and small cash adjustments. Finland 188,650. Hungary 14,905.69. Lithuania 75,225 and 30,000. Poland 500,000 cash plus 135,465.68 from Poland received January 18, 1925.
The National Association of Credit Men at its final session endorsed Coolidge’s economy policy and urged Congress to pass the American Bar Association bill to simplify and speed court processes. They pledged to tackle rising fire losses and announced a $1,000,000 fund to combat credit crime with plans to pursue criminals nationwide.
Senator William Borah, head of the Foreign Relations Committee, says the United States should avoid entangling with China and respect China’s national rights. He favors withdrawing extra territorial rights at the earliest moment and supports recognizing China's nationalist ambitions and territorial integrity to resolve the situation.
Kenton Ohio report says one person was instantly killed and ten injured when a Big Four passenger train left the track at Grant. The engine and three coaches derailed while a diner parlor car and sleeper stayed on rails. Dead is C C Woodward Toledo who was a train news butcher. Engineer and fireman severely injured as the high speed derailment sent the locomotive into a ditch during a Detroit to Cincinnati service.
George Blumenthal, a New York banker, presented the University of Paris with 1,000,000 francs about $50,000 to support the faculties of letters and science in developing French culture. The gift highlights cross Atlantic philanthropy fostering education and cultural studies in Paris.
The Mexican Government plans to issue 60 million pesos in agrarian debt bonds recoverable in 20 years to pay indemnities on lands. The move aims to settle land-related claims with holders.
In Cheyenne Wyoming Judge Kennedy upheld the 1920s naval oil leases granting the Dome to Sinclair's Mammoth Oil. Government appeals planned. Albert B Fall, Edwin Denby, and other parties named in related collusion fraud charges.
Indianapolis announces the American Legion will aid Defense Test Day on July 4 with cooperation promised by national commander James A Crain in a message to legionnaires The date shift from September 12 is accepted to boost intelligent cooperation and stock-taking of national defense efforts. The act underlying the test dates to five years ago and aims to provide data for the War Department to enhance national security.
Delegates at the American Guild of Organists convention described the city’s pipe organ as ponderous and out of place in motion picture theaters. The remarks, though sharp, were made in a kindly vein as part of a broader discussion on organ use in cinema venues.
The First National Bank of St. Cloud, founded 1867 with deposits over 1.5 million, failed to open its doors. No further details announced.
Police raid in Paris uncovers Moroccan front dispatches among Doriot's rooms as Communist leaders face probes. Authorities plan broader sweeps, curb public sedition and placards while coordinating with Britain to bar foreign agitators. Mutiny talk linked to Bolshevists draws government action.
Shanghai reports isolated outbreaks with attacks on foreigners and Chinese targets. British volunteer Joseph Moalem was struck from behind on Piengliang Road. a chopper blow wounded him though his helmet saved him. Strikes persist, unions threaten shop closures, shipping remains affected.
Roy Simmons a 35 year old Secor resident was killed instantly when the Simmons car collided head on with a second vehicle on the paved road between Deer Creek and Goodfield. Seven others were injured with investigators awaiting a thorough vest and blame pending.
Announcement states Temple Co. will hold a meeting here Thursday, September 38, to wind up its affairs. It was commonly known as the hard coal trust. Its stockholders were the hard coal carrying railroads.
Heads National Electric Medical Body in Oklahoma City Dr N A Graves of Chicago chosen president Dr B F Weisener of St Louis elected third vice president The brief confirms leadership selections at the annual conference with named individuals and cities.
Illinois House rejects the prohibition commissioner bill 73 to 60 after Senate passage of a Barbour version. A duplicate house bill failed earlier. the defeat jeopardizes $250,000 Senate-approved appropriations. The session also approved an anti injunction measure, a tax revision effort, and major appropriations totaling over 36 million dollars, including 10.5 million for the University of Illinois and 400 thousand for Camp Grant. The Dunlap state police bill cleared Senate 28 to 8, creating a 455‑strong state police force under a governor appointed superintendent.
Chicken thieves duped Cyril Clark of Rock Island and stole about seventy five fowls. Mrs Elmira Earl Bowen a Joliet telegraphy pioneer died at seventy seven. Winnebago board ends groundhog bounty after no drop in rodents. Within thirty days two people one a girl collected bounty on about four thousand groundhog scalps. John Zaync coal miner of Taylor Springs and his two sons and Helene Bolen were killed at Staunton crossing when a Wabash train outran them. Fire destroyed the Western Packing and Provision fertilizer plant in Chicago with losses around one hundred thousand dollars.
Eight hundred Spanish American War veterans delegates at Decatur adopted resolutions urging a state veterans bonus. They also called for redistricting, a Chicago to Gulf deep waterway, and a referendum on prohibition, racing, and boxing.
A federal crop report from Springfield shows corn as the lone bright spot with oats hay and pastures at their lowest June 1 on record. Wheat holds in some belts but is poor to fair in central areas. fly damage and frost worsen conditions. Illinois spring wheat yields are below average with boosted acreage at 2,272,000 bushels from 1,507,000 last year. Fruit prospects also below average.
A Chicago man died from injuries after a car crash, two others near death. The 1925 Cook county motor death toll reached 314. Baby Martin Leonard, one month old, son of Louis Leonard of Simons-Wolf Lamp Shade Co at 1509 Michigan Ave, was found suffocated in his crib at the Oak Park home.
John D. Carnahan of Mount Vernon was arrested on arson charges in connection with a blaze at the store of John A. Carnahan & Son on April 16. The fire damaged the store and three other buildings, causing an estimated loss of 20000 to 25000 dollars.
In Chicago’s Rialto theater a robber aided by two accomplices with shotguns robbed five officials and ushers in the manager’s office and escaped with 5000 dollars. The incident occurred as hundreds watched the performance.
Oscar Rohling a 35 year old Urbana World War veteran arrested for child abandonment attempted suicide in a Chicago detective bureau cell by swallowing poison. He survived and was treated.
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