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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1925
Page
1
Moscow reports War Minister Frunze urges expanding the Red Army beyond 562 500 men to deter European attacks. He insists the army must be a mobilizable, armed nation ready to deploy millions of trained fighters and include officers from the masses loyal to the Soviet regime.
London dispatch reports official sources stating the military situation at Jeddah Arabia remains unchanged with shelling continuing. Casualties occur though British losses are not reported, as Ibn Saoud forces fight King Ali’s troops.
Washington March 2 AP The Senate agricultural committee voted 7 to 6 to substitute the Capper-Haugen cooperative marketing farm bill for the Dickinson measure. The substitute follows the president’s agricultural commission and would provide for regulatory federal control of cooperative marketing groups upon voluntary request. The Dickinson bill would have only advisory boards. Prospects for enactment are slim.
San Diego police probe a downtown hotel robbery of two Los Angeles women who lost jewelry valued over $10,000. The unmasked robber fled. the body of an unidentified man was found along a road north of the city. authorities suspect he may have been killed by accomplices during the getaway.
New York March 2 AP details of the marriage of Mrs. Mary Clark Kling daughter of former Senator William Kling to Marius de Brabant of Los Angeles remain secret by relatives. The couple are on honeymoon after a quiet New York wedding. This is the bride’s third marriage with prior spouses including Dr Everett Culver and Charles Potter Kling. Her father endowed her with an annual income of 200000 dollars. De Brabant is assistant traffic head of Union Pacific Railroad.
Mrs. Kennedy seeks release of her husband Lieut. Frank Kennedy U S N from Napa state asylum through habeas corpus in Napa county superior court. James D. Whalen represents the government as U S Attorney officials dispute claims of persecution and railroaded confinement.
The Supreme Court ruled that New Jersey had already given consent for the Jersey Central bridge over Newark Bay. The decision came in a case brought by New Jersey and the cities of Newark and Jersey City to block the bridge construction.
Twelve army planes from Selfridge Field Michigan took off from Macon Georgia en route to Miami marking the last lap of their cross state journey.
Vera Cruz March 2 A quintuple increase in liquor license fees for saloons and similar establishments has forced many to close. The move is described as the first step in a broader effort to curb liquor consumption.
Boise March 2 The legislature moved bills on third reading while the oleomargarine license measure sparked long discussion in the senate. Passed were Middle Fork Game Preserve HB124 armory rent HB106 auditing endowment funds HB249 and irrigation district payment extension HB233. HB302 legalizes children born in later annulled marriages. Governor Moore warns against premature adjournment as deadlocks loom.
Douglas Arizona reports state Albert Witten civil engineer for Arizona highway department was found dead in a Agua Prieta Mexico drug den. Five needle marks on his shoulder indicate morphine caused death. A Black woman drug addict is arrested for luring him and robbing him of valuables. Mexican officials raided the den and six Chinese are jailed amid gambling devices found there.
Testimony in the W E D Stokes defamation trial reveals threats to Helen Ellwood Stokes and family, with notes of a 1906 San Francisco photo and references to Mrs Rita de Acosta Lydig. Boise finance committees agree on educational appropriations totaling about 1.993 million for higher education and related schools.
Washington officials and business leaders met with War Department figures to coordinate rail and industrial efforts for national defense. Secretary Weeks and General Hines outlined plans assigning railway operations to field and interior zones under unified control, with a single transportation corps unit to issue equipment and coordinate movements.
Telegraph reports from the United States Canada and Mexico describe mass Negro meetings held yesterday to seek clemency for Marcus Garvey who is serving a penitentiary sentence for conspiracy to defraud members of his race in an African colonization project. A message to President Coolidge reportedly urged clemency for Garvey.
Tommy Milton romped to victory in the season opening 250 mile race at Culver City California finishing in 1 hour 58 minutes 13 seconds. His average speed of 126.89 mph neared the world record. Peter De Paolo placed second Robert McDonough third and Harry Hartz fourth. Nine of eighteen starters finished amid overheated engines and tire changes on blistering boards.
In Barnsdall Oklahoma on March 2 two men were killed when three stills at the Barnsdall Refining company exploded. Jack McMasters 30 and Si Trank 45 are identified as the deceased. Unestimated property damage occurred as blasts shattered windows across the city and no cause is yet known.
Mrs. Annie Allen Reid, 81, sister of late novelist James Lane Allen, died today at her Manhattan home. She was the last surviving immediate family member of the author, who passed away two weeks earlier.
Washington dispatch reports the final 48 hours of the congressional session begin with a clash in the Senate as lawmakers press for unanimous consent on numerous pet measures. Disorder prompts calls to keep the sergeant at arms in chamber. President Cummins pauses proceedings to restore decorum.
Federal customs official Orville A. Pewster was killed when a bomb exploded in his car in Niagara Falls on March 1. Elmer Whitacre was fatally wounded. The device, hidden in the vehicle, blew the car apart and damaged nearby houses. Police found a metal box with a spring and copper wire in the wreckage.
New York reports artist James Montgomery Flagg is father to a daughter named Faith born February 15, 1925. The announcement card features an eagle, two soldiers saluting, and notes Flagg’s wartime role as official artist for New York state. Also honored are Flagg and Dr. Harry ten stool. Mrs Flagg, Doroth Virginia Wadman, was his May 1924 bride and modeled for his magazine covers.
Havana March 2 AP permission to place signs reading these of Pines is ours along the route travelled by General Pershing and his escort to Havana has been denied by Secretary of Interior Iturralde. He said it was not the proper time for such demonstrations.
Eleven airplanes of a dawn to dusk flight from Macon Georgia landed at Curtis field in Miami Florida. Plane No 2 piloted by Major Thomas Lanphier was first to touch down. A twelfth aircraft had not yet arrived.
Moscow reports a decree by the council of the people's commissars ordering nobles and landlords to vacate all land by January 1, 1926. It transfers property to the proletariat and excludes red army veterans and revolution supporters from eviction. Expelled individuals receive small allotments in distant colonization areas on same terms as peasants.
Des Moines, March 2 AP James F Barton of Des Moines announced his acceptance of the national adjutant post of the American Legion. He succeeds Russell G Creviston of Indiana, who resigns to devote time to the le apelle child welfare endowment live. Barton, formerly Fort Dodge resident and Iowa legion adjutant, is a former attorney and will assume duties in Indianapolis around April 1.
Wyckoff New Jersey March 2 AP a public holiday was decreed for the seventy fifth wedding anniversary of Mr John C Demarest age 97 and Mrs John C Demarest age 92 Schools closed and businesses shut at noon as 250 school children perform songs at the Demarest home a box of wedding cake is given to visitors Mrs Peter Pum of four children survives
In Hangerton Leicestershire the Rev William Bettison was shot in his study by his sister Miss Bettison after a morning communion. A rifle lay nearby as she called a doctor four miles away and then returned to the study. She then fired a second shot as he lay dying saying she shot him to end his pain. Miss Bettison was arrested.
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