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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
6
London reports detail a high level meeting between Alanson B. Houghton and M. Calllaux with Churchill, as discussions hint at broader debt negotiations and potential US involvement. Washington weather and crop notes describe Maryland rains, cool spells, and ongoing harvests across major crops and fruits.
Daniel Russell, ecologist, told the University of Chicago third annual Institute for Social Research that alcohol-related deaths in the past two years show no increase. His review of Cook County coroners records over twenty years finds no rise, and 1923 24 data indicate most decedents were prominent citizens, not outcasts.
W McDonald a janitor at Winter Street public school fell about 9 am from the coping of the second story onto soft ground, injuring his right arm and three ribs. He was taken to Washington County Hospital by ambulance, with first aid given at the scene. He formerly lived in Williamaport.
Tokyo Aug 28 44 A flood swept across the capital after nearly 36 hours of continuous rainfall. Electric light telephone and streetcar service were impaired and the lower city was inundated with thousands of homes flooded. Casualties were few but heavy damage expected.
Mayor Hylan fires a bitter attack on Governor Smith in a letter to Senator Copeland. The feud signals Hylan's potential independent bid as Hearst backers align against Smith. Walker endorses Smith foe while Walker-supporting Walsh backs Walker.
Colonel Claude B. Sweazey addressed the Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Hamillton praising Maryland veterans and asserting soldiers respect law and authority. He contrasted crime rates, discussed a nationwide American Legion drive to aid 30 000 orphans of war veterans, with Maryland’s quota listed as 60 990.
Logan West Virginia August 24 1924 International organizer for the United Mine Workers W Virginia A Bittner and fellow union officials were served a permanent injunction preventing unionization efforts in Logan County. After service a Logan Chamber of Commerce committee with police warned the party their presence was not desired.
Miss Arling Mantz a telephone operator at C and P Telephones was struck by a motorist in front of a library yesterday evening around six. The driver failed to stop and could not be identified as the street was busy and witnesses were unavailable. Mantz suffered a broken left arm and other cuts and bruises and police investigation is noted.
Prominent Dayton businessman Fred Nickel allegedly robbed a local bank of 41000 after disguising himself in a blue mask and gray mustache. His arrest followed testimony by his niece Miss Helen Sammat, who worked at the bank and reported the disguise to police.
Tony Pannull a merchant of near Falling Waters West Virginia widely known in this city, arrived back after visiting his former home in Italy. He spent five days in France and a week in Rome before New York. He owns two general stores in Berkeley county and remains a respected resident.
Middlemail this morning reports William J. Mack of Georgia faced larceny charges after a November term hearing. He allegedly stole nine valuable lettering pencils worth 16 dollars from W. J. and RM. Bro. suaiereign painters. Bail was posted? committed to jail in default.
One sailor was killed and another seriously injured during a turret drill aboard the battleship Oklahoma on a voyage from New Zealand. The brief Navy Department report offered few details and did not name the men involved. Further details were to follow.
In New York on Aug 26 a guard watched the body of Patrick Donahue 61 as physicians declared him dead again after a prior cardiac arrest twelve years earlier. He had been found on a sidewalk and, recalling his first death, doctors asked morgue staff not to embalm and kept a guard nearby. Donahue reportedly rose from the slab hours later, startling a morgue attendant.
Five year old Muth Elizabeth Newcomer of Rimggeli was crushed when a wagon wheel struck her chest and ribs after she fell from a moving wagon. She died at 8 45 PM at Washington County Hospital. Survived by parents John N Newcomer, four siblings and grandparents. Funeral Thursday at Church of the Heathran in Ringgold.
Boston August 26 Four coast guard cutters rush to assist the Polar Line steamship President Garfield after it ran aground on Half Moon Shoal near Cape Cod. Captain Robert Dollar a company official and many notable passengers including 11 New Yorkers and 18 New York newspapermen are aboard as high water aids efforts to refloat the liner en route to New York.
Secretary Davis returned to Washington from a six week trip abroad and immediately met with Hugh L. Kerwi0, director of conciliation, to get the latest on the anthracite controversy. Observers from the conciliation bureau have monitored negotiations in Atlantic City between miners and operators and filed a comprehensive report for Davis.
Income tax books for 14 will open next Tuesday at the Mintom house with the filing free in Jeolong. The demand from newspapers for first copy at the books has revived from Washington and other cities in the district. Clerical force will supply the requested duty with a ready index to aid actual payments as assumed. The publicity of tax returns day dawned by a decision of the Supreme Court.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Cairo says the French garrison at Deir-Az-Zor in Syria has fallen to Druse rebels. The message notes spreading Druse uprisings against French rule along the Euphrates river.
In Shanghai on August 20 Chinese police opened fire on a crowd of dockyard workers outside a police station demanding the release of four arrested colleagues. Two persons were killed and others injured in the confrontation.
Baltimore August 26 Louie Kwong owner of a Chinese ram taurant on Druid Hill avenue was fatally shot by two unidentified Chinese today. He died en route to Maryland General Hospital after five bullets struck him. Six Chinese suspects including George Chan and Woorlotey of a nearby laundry were under arrest in connection with the shooting. Police linked possible Tong and On Leong associations and noted a conference with Kwong and Charlie Lee prior to the shooting. Witnesses say two Chinese men left in a car after the fatal exchange. Police seized Hin and others as persons of interest.
In a bid to curb a new Chinese Tong war, police in major cities across the Midwest and Northeast heightened patrols. At least four Tong members are reported killed or wounded in 24 hours, with scores arrested and telegrams dispatched to Chinese leaders nationwide.
The MacMillan Arctic Expy edition reports a southward resumption of a voyage after several days of weather hold along Greenland's northwest coast. Aung Washington notes the ship's crew and authorities anticipate steady progress as conditions improve.
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