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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1925
Page
4
Reports from Canton to Shanghai describe student demonstrations demanding end to imperialism. Foreign officials seek naval protection. 2,000 troops and additional warships are ordered as unrest spikes near foreign legations and water facilities.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern de nauseated calomel tablet for biliousness constipation and indigestion. It claims the tablet cleanses the liver without the old calomel’s nauseating effects and guarantees customer satisfaction in marked packages priced at ten and thirty five cents.
Lowell Fynskov of Owatonna Minnesota fools the ladies with long hair and falsetto. Local tea hosted by Mrs C W Cowey wife of Chatfield mayor honored him as Madame Madelone. He can hit high A in singing.
In Shanghai on June 3 police and foreign marines opened fire as rioting spread from Peking to Canton and beyond with two killed and many wounded. Banks closed and food rationing began as Chinese students mourned dead confederates and awaited further demonstrations after days of anti foreign protests. American volunteers fortified patrols to deter sniper fire and searched two major department stores linked to hotels.
Riffian and French forces show comparative calm on the front with Abdi Krim increasingly indifferent. A Sebid-Rhona raid by Riffians was repelled by native levies. Bibane sector remains lightly shelled, first artillery engagement of the campaign. Paris reports alleged Abd El Krim communist cells at Rabat. General Colombat’s column repulsed a Riffian attack in Beni Zeroual with European-led troops and French uniforms among attackers. French casualties described as numerous.
Miami Beach businessman William E Walsh announces a new University of Miami with an endowment of 15 million dollars or more to be built in Coral Gables near Miami. Yale professor William Lyons Phelps is offered the presidency. incorporators include Wm J Bryan James M Cox Ruth Bryan George E Merrick Frederic Zeigen and others. Construction to start soon after architectural designs approved.
August Herrmann owner of the Cincinnati Reds and seven others were booked for a preliminary hearing on a charge of illegal possession of liquor after a raid at Hotel Statler. Eight were arrested and released on bond as the raid followed a scheme linked to Royal Red Rosters beginning August 22.
Meridian Mississippi jurors return a murder verdict after deliberation in the Dekalb case. Judge pronounces sentence immediately. Gusla and George await change of venue to Clay County for later trials. Rugh’s murder at night involved robbery and the shop owner’s death.
The Carolina School is discontinued after years of preparatory studies for access to major universities. Former students from many states pursued higher education at prominent universities.
Thomas B. Smith sues Gordon Cole man for 10000 dollars in Mobile County alleging personal injuries after being struck by an automobile while walking in Bayou la Batre on April 20. Webb and Shepard represent the plaintiff.
Reports indicate Ivan Christoff, alleged chief of the group that shot at King Boris on September 14, was captured last night. Police say the city remains unsettled with officials continuing to search for accomplices believed hidden and more arrests expected.
New York dispatch notes Governor Al Smith unable to address supporters after being refused admission to his room at the hotel. The incident follows a tense scene as aides and guards kept onlookers away while Smith remained silent.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver remedy that cures sick feeling, nausea, and sluggishness without salivation risks. It contrasts it with calomel, claims high efficacy, and urges readers to buy at their drug store with a money back promise.
The caddy at Bellemeade, Cutfordins, died today after being struck at the base of the brain by a golf ball hit by Howart Frost. The fatal injury occurred on the course and the incident was reported from Tenn. on June 3.
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