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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
1
Costa Rica notified the League of Nations of resignation on January 22, sending a check for back dues covering 1921 through 1924. Officials noted the move as the first resignation from the League, while signaling hope Costa Rica might reconsider and resume membership in the future.
The Nebraska House of Representatives voted to congratulate Wayne Munn on winning the world heavyweight wrestling title from Strangler Lewis. Munn, introduced by his brother Representative Monte Munn, thanked the house and called rumor of the win having no basis. Each member received a ticket to view the champion’s vaudeville skit, to be staged at a local theatre.
San Francisco AP notes delegates at the sixtieth annual National Wool Growers’ Association convention debate grazing on public lands. Proposals include permits, grazing fee increases, and credit rule changes. F. J. Hagenbarth of Iowa is slated for reelection Friday.
Galesburg January 22 A retroactive pay increase for Chicago Burlington and Quincy engineers firemen and hostlers along the system is announced by Mannie Larson general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The raise applies to passenger service 24 cents per 100 miles freight 36 cents per 100 miles and yard service 32 cents per day. Guaranteed minimums rise to seven dollars for engineers and five dollars and twenty five cents for firemen. About four thousand five hundred to five thousand workers are affected.
Washington January 22 AP Thomas F Woodlock a New York financial writer is at the forefront of names under consideration by President Coolidge for appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission to succeed Mark W Potter who will retire soon
Julia Stanley, traveling with an Ohio licensed party, confessed to borrowing and stealing clothing and jewelry from Mrs. M Montion in Douglas Arizona. She was jailed fifty days and fined 150 dollars after describing a staged hypnotic routine used to obtain items.
Boise Jan 22 Republican leaders plan caucus over a criminal syndicalism bill defining sabotage as acts to hinder property or slow work. Labor reps fear the measure could jail innocent people and curb strikes. governors Moore adviser notes no anti union intent.
Relic of a failed treasure expedition, the British steamer Gunner, reached San Pedro harbor after eight months of fruitless search for gold and gems on the Cocos islands. Captain P O Polkinghorne, owner and navigator, faced mounting repair bills and an auction sale by US Marshal Al Sittel. He still holds manuscripts claiming a treasure hoard but will not sail the Gunner again.
The war department operation bill was reported to the senate by the appropriations committee. It carries 332,352 dollars, 172,921 more than the House approved, and adds 100,000 for long serving enlisted pay and 110,000 for coast artillery fire control stations and general communication.
New Orleans January 22, Judge O'Donnell refused to grant a change of venue for the Nellie D. Dawson Wright trial. The Des Moines resident is charged with receiving loot from her slain bandit husband. The state sought a different venue citing public opinion influenced by local newspaper sob stories. District Attorney Marr filed an appeal.
The Presidents agricultural commission expects to submit next week its recommendations for agricultural relief. Sections of the report are being drafted and members decline to reveal conclusions. A preliminary report given earlier suggested relief for the livestock industry and the group has since studied marketing export problems tariff protection and freight rates.
Betty Becker Pinkston world fancy diving champion now living in Los Angeles was suspended today by the Middle Atlantic association registration committee of the Amateur Athletic Union for alleged failure to file an expense account for her recent Pacific coast exhibition trip.
Madison officials report that Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School was elected president of the University of Wisconsin at a regents meeting, effective immediately. The move marks a notable shift in the university leadership as Pound assumes the helm.
The Chinese football supremacy of northern California will be decided at Ewing Field in San Francisco Sunday afternoon with a match between the Fresno all Chinese eleven and the Wa-Ku Club of Berkeley.
The Department of Justice moves to transfer the Wheeler case from Montana to Washington as it reassembles testimony for the charges of accepting a post election fee regarding leases. Witnesses from Montana are being summoned and evidence will be submitted to a Columbia District grand jury in February.
Tucson January 22. Sheriff Bailey heads hunt for F. D. Hastings postmaster of Red Rock killed in his office. Slayers believed to have fled toward the area. one man six feet tall with light mustache, another five seven with dark wool shirt and armed. Two tramps sought food at Hastings store before a gunshot ended Hastings life.
Rome reports from Cagliari that unidentified assailants invaded a home and killed eight members of one family while they slept. A search for the criminals is under way as motives remain unknown.
Boise Jan 22 AP The progressive direct primary bill died in the house last week but was revived in the senate by Kirk Patrick and Rigney third party leaders. The house under a caucus rule refused printing and the measure would open nominate all state and county candidates while removing judiciary from politics.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth arrives in Chicago for an anticipated early February event. She is accompanied by a physician helper and will be joined later by Representative Longworth. Though not interviewed, she says she feels well and planned hospital plans but stays at a hotel.
Moscow reports Foreign Minister Tehitcherin cites the Peking Russo Japanese accord as strengthening Soviet influence in the Far East and providing Japan with support in trouble. He notes the warm welcome for M Joffre as the first Soviet representative to Japan and says it shows Japanese mass sympathy for Sovietia.
Vada Watson, 19, a Kansas farm maid from Hutchinson, leaves for Washington to present President Coolidge with a sack of hard wheat harvested by Harding on a Hutchinson area farm. She carries a message claiming Korea grows the best wheat, noting the grain recently sold for about $2 a bushel.
A Great Northern passenger train out of Yankton struggles as travelers ignore disembarkation and remain absorbed in a crossword puzzle reported by a conductor. The incident highlights the puzzle’s grip on riders as they reach their destinations.
The senate considered a postal salary bill with a drastic rate revision. Aimed to make pay increases retroactive to January 1, not July 1 last year, the move gained headway but no final decision. An amendment to block rate hikes for newspapers with 5 000 circulation was debated and messages from editors urged against the raises.
Prosecutors disclosed that Moses Turman admitted forging about 1.3 million dollars in a finance scheme after nearly 600 thousand dollars passed through the accounts of two prominent New York attorneys. Wm L Ransom received 268 500 in 31 checks plus 30 000 cash. M N Koven got 313 379 99. Archibald Palmer reported 11 200 from loans.
Boise January 22 report from the house committee on educational institutions favors the four year college at Pocatello with support from Pond Mood Madison and Elison while Anderson opposes and a minority report follows. Fireworks stem from the vote as party lines may split.
Nine passengers were injured when Denver and Rio Grande Western Train No 1 wrecked at Mack Utah after a broken rail. The Scenic Limited left Denver for San Francisco. A relief train carried nurses and doctors to Grand Junction. Injured include Frank Burkhalter 15 Clifton Utah with concussion and critical condition. others listed with sprains and cuts.
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