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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
8
Spongberg urges caution as union backs a world conference to craft laws for a future world court. He warns the League of Nations faltered and questions enforcement, while urging careful action and Senate guidance amid fears over mandates and Monroe Doctrine conflicts.
The article describes a plan where a delegate would resign to let Colonel Mitchell act as endorsed delegate and pursue an air service department in Congress. Captain Peyser cites about a dozen Mitchell supporters backing the proposal. The Legion aeronautical committee, with Reed Landis as chairman, will meet this afternoon to address policy on the Mitchell matter.
An unofficial canvass of state delegations lists John R. McQuigg Edward Spafford and Howard P. Savage as top contenders for national commander. Each is backed by a unanimous state delegation with Philadelphia seeking the 1926 convention, while California and other coast states have not advanced a candidate.
Colonel Mitchell starts a formal inquiry into the Shenandoah disaster with an air service focus. Major figures include Colonel C G Hall and Brigadier General James E Fechet, with Mesor M Patrick as chief. A court martial likely not convened before next week as Beeretag Davis tours Ohio.
The inquiry reports Captain Anton Heinen a veteran air pilot of Germany as a factor in the disaster. Navy officials Lansdowne and Captain George W. Steele Jr approved the findings. The midwestern flight ordered by the navy to tour fairs started September 2 despite a recommendation to delay. Weather warned of thunder squalls over Ohio yet the craft was destroyed by a localized disturbance over a five mile area, invisible on forecasts. Survivors say the event could not have been foreseen or observed before impact.
Fragmentary report notes the Legion discusses a four federal law approach to peace and war. It mentions mobilizing manpower and financial power to sustain national effort. The text is incomplete and standards of policy are unclear.
President Coolidge travels by special train through southern Ohio Indiana and Illinois toward Omaha. He will address the American Legion veterans in Omaha and participate in a luncheon and parade before returning to Washington.
Eugene Oregon police placed Arillo alias Mike Corie a Southern Pacific road construction laborer under arrest on a Shoshone county Idaho warrant charging murder. Details of the crime are not known here.
An Essex parish advert cites preference for a sportsman over a student to fill its pulpit, highlighting local tensions about leadership style and background.
Chicago witnesses a surge of so called physical training schools used to stage prize fights disguised as exhibitions. Courts issue injunctions while officials push to ban these “blind pig” venues and lawmakers discuss legalizing prize fighting at next spring’s election. The fight scene could shift if Wills and Dempsey relocate from Indiana to Chicago.
Boise October 5 Governor Moore endorses President Coolidges National Fire Prevention Week from October 4 to 10 and urges action to curb the annual fire losses. Idaho reports 20 lives lost and $1,500,000 in property damage from January 1 to September 1, 1925.
The Supreme Court began its new term with an unusually crowded docket as cars increased over summer. The court’s discretion to hear cases was broadened by new rules, and a traditional White House visit to honor the president was canceled because President Coolidge was absent attending the American Legion convention in Omaha.
Puzzle text lists numerous cryptic cross word clues with partial reads and many OCR errors. It notes solutions will appear in tomorrow's Tribune, indicating an upcoming solution reveal and no completed grid in this issue.
M Stewart of Jerome receives medical treatment at a local hospital. Mrs A E Ellis of Driggs underwent an operation at St Anthonys hospital. J Kelso of Aberdeen had a serious operation this morning. E M Rose of Grace was in the city on business yesterday. Henry Petticord of Lava visited local physicians yesterday. A De Vengenzo east of Inkom consulted doctors yesterday. Chas F Turner of Arbon spent Sunday in Pocatello. Robert Taft confined to hospital went home yesterday. E 8 Stanley of Crystal in Prcatalo yesterday consulting physicians. Frank Kyselka chief clerk at Fort Hall injured in an accident and returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Thor Jensen suffered severe injuries to her right shoulder when the brakes slipped and the car rolled a short distance after she stepped onto the running board near American Falls. She fell onto a rock, breaking and shattering the shoulder joint as the Jensen family prepared to return to Pocatello.
Denver deputy marshal J. H. Hunter arrives in the city today escorting a prisoner. Details on the inmate and destination are sparse but the official is transporting the detainee to the next jurisdiction.
The article notes Mr. Hunter met his brother R M Hunter a Short Line freight house employee at Blackfoot for the first time in 31 years, marking a unique personal reunion yesterday.
Washington October 5 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at close of business Monday September 28.
Moscow reports Russia fully lifts liquor ban after eleven years. Private production and sale of vodka and strong beverages resume in cafes, restaurants, and stores. High alcohol content prewar spirits released for sale at about 14 to 16 dollars a quart amid government revenue needs. Prohibition opponents include Lenin’s widow. policy shift stems from wheat use and illicit trafficking concerns.
A new method could produce an alecho suitable for motor fuel from prickly pears. The report notes the potential for alternative biofuel sources and points to ongoing experimentation.
In Washington on October 5 the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference reopened in the House of Representatives chamber to debate world tariff barriers. Dr Adolph Braun of the German Reichstag urged a resolution for a customs understanding among European nations to ease tariff disputes and promote prosperity.
Albert C. Gardner Huntington city marshal travels to Arizona to meet his brother for the first time in his sixtys. The two brothers, separated by their parents long ago, have lived apart since birth and never met before this trip. Gardner has spent nearly his entire life in Huntington and maintains a large local family.
William C. Bradbury longtime contractor and rancher who helped build more than 700 miles of railroad reported to have died at his Denver home at age 76. He led projects on the Pecos Valley Texas Mexico line and the Chihuahua Pacific in Old Mexico and built irrigation works across Colorado New Mexico Idaho and Wyoming.
Helsingfors Oct 5 AP three officers and fifty men drowned when the Finnish torpedo boat 82 foundered in a violent storm during naval maneuvers. A dispatch via Copenhagen and London said a Finnish gunboat unnamed had foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia.Three other vessels sought refuge off Swedish and Finnish coasts.
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