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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1925
Page
1
President Coolidge outlines a four year policy to curb government spending and cut the budget to three billion dollars excluding debt service. He tells executives and officials a surplus of 373 million in 1926 justifies further tax reductions next fall. Brig. Gen. Lord repeats the goal of reducing annual outlays by 362 million as the immediate budget task.
Washington reports an economy move standardizing government supplies will use white string instead of red tape. Brigadier General Lord, director of the budget, says red tape costs more and could affect procedural psychology, signaling a broad elimination of tape in federal service.
Leon Raymond Carlstedt who killed himself as Los Angeles authorities pursued him for swindling was buried in Oeden with four mourners present. Dre Florence Lent, her young son, and her sister accompanied the mourners as they left for Chicago.
Washington January 27 AP The Interior Department reports a dramatic drop in public land sales by about 85 percent from 1904 to 1905 with receipts falling from 8 705 000 to 1 235 000 and land entries declining from 69 175 homesteads to 52 000.
Paris Jan 27 Leon Daudet royalist leader charges police in a case tied to his 14 year old son Philippe, who died after being found wounded in a taxicab in 1923. He alleges a shell was later planted and implicates officials in a raid on M Lafoutter’s bookshop to silence him.
Charles W. Waterman of Denver rises to the new national defense counsel board after serving as President Coolidge's campaign manager in the pre convention period. He is based in Washington DC as of January 27 AP report.
Washington January 27 AP Republicans will caucus February 27 to select their speaker candidate and a floor leader. Longworth of Ohio and Madden of Illinois are contenders and invitations may extend to nonmembers of the 69th Congress. La Follette insurgents may be barred from attendance.
Berlin, Jan 27. The German government handed its reply to the council of ambassadors regarding the Cologne zone non evacuation to entente envoys. The note will be public tomorrow and centers on interpretation of German aims and the political effect of the current stalemate.
Representatives of foreign powers delivered a note to the Chinese foreign office urging the government to protect lives and property during renewed clashes near Shanghai. The message asks for telegraphic orders to Chi Haieh-Yuan and Lu Yung Hsiang to keep troops away from foreign residences and promises an early assurance.
United States deputy marshals in Los Angeles began a hunt for Teddy Hayes, trainer for Jack Dempsey, on a New York warrant charging him as a fugitive in a scheme to transport Dempsey Carpentier fight films on July 5, 1921.
In Herrin Illinois an inquest into the deaths of S Glenn Young and Ora Thomas is planned for today with coroner secrecy. War casualties include Edward Forbes and Homer Warren and burial details for Young and Thomas are outlined amid tense public reactions.
Four guns a cartridge belt and a holster were the first exhibits in the coroner's jury in Herrin Illinois into the deaths of 8S Glenn Young Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and two others. Young's guns included two pearl handled .45 autos and one empty gun with notched grip. The other weapons were a .32-20 and a .38 frame. Hobart Warren’s potential weapon was not found. The inquest opens amid warnings reporters to be fair and funeral plans forecast a large crowd.
The House sent the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill to conference after a two hour debate with a vote of 181 to 41. Proponents say it clears the way for final action authorizing private leasing of the property. House conferees named include Speaker Gillett, McKenzie, Morin, and Quinn along with Senate appointees.
William Mathies a 64 year old messenger was held up by several men who escaped with a mail pouch believed to contain 15000. He was en route from the railroad depot to the Collinsville state bank to cash Lumaghi Coal Co Revver checks of St Louis for the mine payroll.
Manila January 27 AP Pagumpa tan a Moro outlaw who terrorized Lanao province was shot to death today with seven confederates when they barricaded a fortress and fired on officers. The outlaws used home made guns and bolos in their defense. There were no casualties among the attackers according to the constabulary. Pagumpataa was sought on a murder charge.
A radio voice crossed the Pacific and reached Australia as Westinghouse and KDKA officials hailed the test as the greatest in radio history. Messages from AP president Frank B. Noyes and other editors and publishers were aired, with Australians hearing the broadcast between 5 and 6 a m local time. The test will continue through the week as reception faced atmospheric interference.
Detroit with 31 below marks the coldest in the lower peninsula and Sault Ste Marie records 24 below in Michigan. Elsewhere in the region temperatures range from below zero in Kansas and Missouri to a few degrees above in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.
Five people died in a Barnum Minnesota farmhouse fire that destroyed the home of Mrs. John Gerard. Three others escaped. The dead include Mrs. John Gerard, her two children Ruth 14 and Russell 12, and two grandchildren Bethel Walberg uree and Arthur Jr 1.
London reports a strike by eight unions shutting electric lighting and heating at Buckingham Palace the House of Parliament Hampton Court and Kew Gardens. Two hundred workers walked out over a non union hiring dispute and as many as 900 may join. volunteers will keep essential power but no staff after 10 pm in government offices museums and Chelsea Hospital, with mass meetings demanding a full settlement.
An unanimous verdict finds Charles P. Senter a wealthy bachelor not liable in the $200,000 breach of promise suit brought by Ella Mae Campbell, owner of a beauty parlor, in St. Louis.
Former attorney general Harry Daugherty, testifying for the defense in the Meanses trial, was denied permission by Federal Judge Lindley to describe the situation in Washington during the events leading to the Glass casket indictments. He denied talking with Felder or Means about pending indictments and said he had known Felder for years.
Boise January 27 The Idaho House votes 30 to 26 with six not voting on House Bill 15 to establish college courses at the Idaho Technical Institute in Pocatello The debate centers on expanding into higher education for southeastern Idaho and the bill’s cost and coordination with existing institutions.
The incoming and outgoing shifts at the U S Department of Justice include Augustus T Seymour of Ohio expected to resign as assistant to the attorney general around March 1 and return to Columbus law practice. Other key posts and names appear in the ongoing turnover as President Coolidge contemplates reforms.
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