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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
1
Chicago and Kansas City report No. 2 red winter wheat hitting $2 a bushel in selective car trades. Analysts say the level reflects a premium for millers and speculative delivery contracts, with broader market activity lagging and prices for poorer hard wheat around $1.71.
Washington January 13 AP The American Short Line Railroad Association opposes the Van Sweringen plan to consolidate East trunk lines and to omit several offshoots. B Cain testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee arguing against compulsory consolidation and urging study to prevent weakening weaker carriers amid the mergers.
In a fierce blizzard near Estes Park Colorado a woman Miss Agnes W Vaille died frozen and a male rescuer Herbert Sortland is missing in the snowbound canyons of Longs Peak as parties search amid fifty below zero temperatures. Vaille, Denver chamber of commerce secretary and daughter of F O Vaille, was with Walter Kiener of Denver on a mountain ascent when disaster struck.
Coast guard cutters Tampa and Acushnet stand by the submarine 8 19 after it ran aground on a clay bank near Orleans. Dense fog and heavy seas hinder approach while crews await better conditions to attempt retrieval. The vessel, bound from Portsmouth NH to New London CT, lists 20 degrees with waves breaking over its bridge.
Alanson B Houghton of New York currently ambassador to Germany has been chosen to replace Kellogg as ambassador to London. At 61 he has long involvement in European diplomacy and rehabilitation talks, and has signaled readiness to take the post once Kellogg moves to the State Department. Cable exchanges confirm Washington Berlin talks and the transfer timing.
Amb Houghton must clear Senate confirmation for the London post though the president could use a recess appointment if the nomination is not sent before March 4. Congress will not be in session then.
London Jan 13 AP Howard Carter the Egyptologist reaches government agreement to resume excavation at the tomb of Tutankhamen. Carter will not retain discovered artifacts but will be paid by the government upon completion of the operations.
Fire yesterday destroyed cane fields on seven sugar plantaciones near Amarillas in Matanzas province. About 1,200,000 arrobas roughly 30 million pounds of sugar cane were burned. Oxen perished and several houses were destroyed. El Mundo dispatches say fires are of incendiary origin.
In Henrietta Oklahoma under a large mulberry tree in the Brown yard three people have died by violence. Rosanna Brown’s son Joe Brown killed himself there after telling his mother he would retire for the night. Eight years earlier her former husband Frank Lynch was shot and killed under the tree. Cornelius Nail, her son by another marriage, fled and never returned. Twenty three years ago a unnamed woman was murdered under the same tree.
London readers report the cross stitch hat as the new fad for women. After the crossword craze, it returns to the old world charm with hats fashioned in open square forms, cross stitched with embroidery or colored straw in varied patterns.
Denver, January 13. Judge Ben Lindsey accuses Colorado Klan of retaliating against him by proposing in the state legislature bills to abolish the Denver juvenile and family court and transfer duties to the district courts. He says Klan sponsors are members of the Denver Ku Klux Klan.
Rome January 13 AP report on a bill to ban secret societies presented by Premier Mussolini and aimed chiefly at Freemasonry. Reactions split among fascists Catholics and press with Messaggero warning persecution may backfire, boosting Masonry's appeal abroad.
Berlin reports a Berlin Cologne express crashed into a stationary train at Herne Westphalia. More than 21 bodies recovered from debris after ten this morning. Three cars were destroyed with numerous injuries as rescue work continued. Herne lies five miles from Bockum in the Ruhr valley.
Kansas bank commissioner Carl J. Peterson faces an inquiry after an affidavit alleges he solicited four thousand dollars for parole and later offered a pardon for Walter Grundy. Attorney general C. S. Griffith demanded his resignation, with ouster proceedings to follow, as Peterson denies the charges and cites the Oswald affidavit as untrue.
Tokyo reports that Seoul announced famine figures of 3,000,000 are greatly exaggerated. Officials acknowledge famine conditions from rice crop failure but minimize suffering and say adequate relief measures have been taken.
Cincinnati January 13 AP Arch bishop John J Glennon of St Louis warned the nation faces a tidal wave of crime against life saying the country is becoming the most murderous on earth He lamented the growing tendency to rob human life of its sacredness and questioned society’s indifference as millions die unseen.
Los Angeles report says Jose Seratta died of lead poisoning after drinking from a long unused hydrant. Physicians cite chemical analysis showing traces of lead salts in the water.
A bill by Representative Fish of New York proposes replacing the granite tomb slab at Arlington National Cemetery with marble. The plan seeks an appropriation to cover the change.
Emergency measure allows automobile licenses to be secured up to March 15 and is now law. Party lines appeared as 44 voted for using an attorney to aid bill drafting, 17 against. Stephan of Twin Falls introduced two bills on slaughter houses and meat markets cafes and restaurants. Morning focused on committee rules and new restrictions on bill introductions.
Norman Taylor, a long-time Omaha burglary suspect, is held after police traced him from a radio broadcast to a Marietta Ohio incident. He sought hospital treatment for a gunshot wound to the left arm, with his wife and brother detained in custody. Local officers traced the call after a description broadcast by Marietta police. Taylor reportedly rode to Omaha by rail after first aid at a hospital in Mankato.
Kraft of Chicago says Idaho could become the nation’s leading dairy state within ten years. He speaks at the Pocatello Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Bannock, praising former Governor Davis and outlining Idaho’s dairy potential observed during his initial visit.
Washington reports show the revised Norris substitute for the Underwood bill failing 40 to . A Washington candidate later backed a Jones substitute to send the Muscle Shoals issue to a commission. The Jones plan passed 46 to 33, signaling the defeat of the Underwood bill. Norris then offered a new substitute with mixed party support.
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