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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
6
A failed robbery at the Standard Oil Company office on Highland Street ended with dynamite blasts in an eighth attempt to crack a concrete vault. The blast damaged windows and interiors, but the safe remained intact. police call the attackers amateurs.
John Wiebel, a Civil War veteran aged about 72, was struck by a bicycle near 335 South Anton Avenue as he crossed a street. Wilbur Allen, riding the bicycle, knocked Wiebel to the street. Wiebel sustained head injuries but was reported resting comfortably later the same day.
Chicago July 3 A University of Chicago zoologist Professor H H Newman explains twins in humans. He says most people have Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde traits within one person and that bilateral symmetry is a step toward twinning. He notes handedness and hair part may hint at unseen twin death.
Mrs. Coolidge narrowly escaped a motorcycle dash during a Swampscott walk. Secret service guards reacted as four state police bikes pursued, a quick leap to the roadside saving her. Witnesses describe braking, shouting, and the leading machine passing between her and danger.
Eddyville July 3 Harry Armand Nesta was electrocuted in the state penitentiary for the murder of A J Witton Louigvitta Witton Cash and Mrs Fthelyn Witton daughter of the victim Mixson Raby Thomas and Sacha Richardson were admitted to the death chair as witnesses marking the first time a woman observed an execution in the state.
Hagerstown adopts a uniform flag system for Independence Day with 12 foot poles and eight inch sockets. The American Legion post installs the sockets, poles, and four by six foot flags at a cost of 6.50 each, funding post coffers. about 1800 flags have sold in York, Pennsylvania, with more expected locally. Commander John J. Ten leads the installation, aided by L. D. Lowery and others. the system is supplied at cost through Saller Brow and 8. D. Young handles concrete vase placement.
The dirigible Shenandoah departed from the naval air station at B15 on a flight to Bar Harbor, Maine, with Commander Latadowne in command. It was headed for Providence, Rhode Island, under eastern standard time.
MADRID July 3 The Infante Fernando heir to the Spanish throne was under a physician's care at the Royal Palace this afternoon for injuries suffered in a dangerous automobile crash. The young prince's injuries were not serious a cut on the left cheek and a laceration.
Miners from all coal folds meet at a private conference of the Miners Federation in London to resist mine owners proposals for lower wages and the extension of the present hour day to eight hours.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to take over the Virginian Railway under a nine percent year lease. Contracts completed last May commit N and W to assume all Virginian indebtedness and pay six percent dividends on common and preferred shares. Earth tremors were felt in Santiago at 1 28 a m.
State Board of Health orders close watch after a Ferguson family dog bites son and tests positive for rabies. John Ferguson immediately starts Pasteur treatment for his son and the quarantining of neighboring dogs to prevent a wider outbreak. Authorities report fear of a potential epidemic if public cooperation fails.
Russell Brown, in Highfield, arrested about 2 AM after entering his home and charged with robbing the Pen-Mar railroad station yesterday at 9 AM. About 10 PM he was spotted near the station, fled after police ordered him to stop, and a fusillade of shots was fired to halt him. He is jailed pending hearing. Brown is married with a child and recently returned from three months in the lockup for a Waynesboro theft. A suspect, John Helns of Baltimore, 27, was arrested, while another man, Hetung, may be charged with resuming.
Washington county frogs living in mash fed streams in the fln region display increased kicking power. Attorney Joseph W. Wolfinger reports a black and blue mark on his abdomen after a monster 18 inch by 7 inch frog planted its hind legs. A similar incident involved Justice L R Yourtee of the Hagerstown Juvenile Court, who was pulled from a boat on Antietam Creek when a frog seized by the hind legs caused him to lose balance.
A second Santa Barbara earthquake struck at 8 48 4'rhawk injuring at least ten and causing extensive property damage. The Carillo hotel Lincoln high school and a fire station suffered structural damage as residents fled into the streets while emergency crews began tending the injured and securing buildings.
Weather outlook for the North and Middle Atlantic States shows cooler than normal or near normal temperatures midweek and again later in the week. North portions trend below average while southern areas remain near normal.
Baltimore July 3 A rally presented to Attorney General Robinson argues the Maryland Police Service Commission acted beyond authority in arresting two men and seeks the release of a list of grade crossings and protection methods statewide. The motion came after a fatal grade crossing incident at Frederick County College and was backed by railroad workers and local advocates.
Clarence Darrow announced in Chicago that the Scopes evolution case would be taken into federal court by defense counsel. He noted the move aims to challenge the constitutionality of the statute and to delay state proceedings. The plan involves filings in Knoxville or Chattanooga, with hearings possible Monday or Tuesday. Other states reportedly have similar laws, including Oklahoma and South Carolina.
Pipp better sew YORK July 8 Wally Pippo Yankee first baseman who sat cured contusion of the brain when hit by a deterioral ball yesterday is now improved hospital authorities report today He will be unable to leave the hospital for at least two weeks and the possibility of being available for Gilly in a month to invle
New York report notes Florence Ziegfeld’s fallies beauty Luke Bau quale, once a child star in Los Angeles, is expected to return on screen as a bride. Engagement to Samuel J. Warner, Warner Heather: Meares vice president, announced. Contract issues loom. Ziegfeld praises American girls. The star rose under Ziegfeld and began acting at five, premiering as Miss Basquette’s career begins to revive with talks of marriage and film work.
The government’s debt-collection drive under President Coolidge shows no Treasury receipts yet. Still, assurances say about 12,000,000,000 owed by the United States for war loans will be paid. The World War Debt Finding Commission adjourned for the month’s end as nations totaling 6,000,000,000 entered interim agreements and begin principal payments. Ten European rivals, except Russia, are moving toward settlement by year’s end.
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