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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
13
Prohibition officials report beer valued up to 9 million dollars shipped into Chicago from eastern breweries with railroad connivance. A half year investigation alleges five railroads and their officers, along with Chicago police and enforcement agents, were involved. Names are suppressed.
In Jurgy, Yonne, France, Judge Ernest Le blanc, aged about 70, killed his wife 73 and his seven year old niece Marie Louise Kollon before hanging himself in his office as he faced retirement and poverty. Police say the bodies were found upstairs. A note expressed despair over life.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson orders suspension of payments to major surfacing work. The action follows a demand to cancel specified highway contracts and directs the Texas highway commission to use all legal defenses. Attorney General Dan Moody calls it a belated move to avert condemnation fallout. Moody denies agreeing with the American Road company to refrain from prosecutions.
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports a new world record for weekday news and advertising space. The paper claims its regular weekday issue exceeded a large measure of columns, underscoring high demand for its news and ads.
In Uttangi near Bellary three people were killed and many injured as Lingayat factions clashed during a religious procession. Police, including a deputy superintendent, faced stones and buckshot from about 1,000 villagers after they intervened.
E. W. Howe, Kansas author and journalist, lauds John D. Rockefeller as the world’s most useful citizen. He praises Rockefeller’s achievements while noting that true learning comes from personal effort.
Prohibition agents raided T-Bone Riley's cafe where owners testified that patrons received beer for ukuleles and gin for a piano while wine arrived with a saxophone. Frank Hogan held for trial in federal court on Volstead Act violation charges.
Paris reports the League of Nations acts to halt escalating hostilities between Greece and Bulgaria. Briand chairs a League council meeting to investigate the dispute begun along the Struma valley with towns bombarded and forces facing off on both sides. Greek advances prompted Bulgarian evacuations as Vienna reports Petrich burned and others shelled.
Ralph W. Seyboldt, the youth who killed Patrolman David H. Crowther in Salt Lake City, did not face execution as scheduled. The Utah board of pardons met in a special session and granted a reprieve so Seyboldt’s plea for commutation can be reviewed at the November meeting. Four previous attempts at firing squad were unsuccessful. Seyboldt and two companions robbed, killed Crowther, and fled to California in the officer’s car before being captured and returned to Utah for trial. Seyboldt faced death. his companions received life terms.
New York Oct 23 The Bank of America finds a steady rise in business volume in most key industries. The uptick is described as sensational yet supported by growth in trade and finance, indicating an upward trend for the near term.
Fragmentary text notes an older timer missing with hints about a driving incident involving a dasie or dasy, paces, and unclear context. The readable words suggest a puzzling old timer reference rather than a complete event.
A Beijing conference of central province military leaders elected Marshal Wu Pei Fu as commander in chief of the central alliance against Peking. Chang Tso Lin’s supporters claim control near Hsuchow, while Wu’s forces advance from Nanking toward the city. Foreign diplomats ignored Wu’s request to postpone next week’s conference. General Feng Yu-hsiang declares cooperation with Wu against Chang Tso Lin, noting Wu favors national unity over personal rivalry.
Newport R I Oct 23 Two bodies were recovered today from the sunken submarine 8 51 by navy divers. They were found in the engine room and will be brought to the surface this afternoon. Fingerprints may identify the crew. J H Taylor from Washington is en route. The effort aims to raise the sub with pontoons after locating all bodies.
David Summers, a restaurant employee from Onion Utah, will lodge at the county jail for 30 days while continuing to work. He pleaded guilty to driving drunk but said jail time would cost him his job. He must stay in jail from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. each night and is forbidden from driving for one year.
Beett's Bluff Nebraska Oct 23 AP John Kellum of Morrill Nebraska harvests a 32 pound beet he says defeats a Fort Morgan Colorado farmer's claim of the world's largest sugar beet. Colorado beet weighs 26 pounds per reports received.
Engineer Jim Liddell of Des Moines was slightly injured when Chicago Great Western train No 566 derailed near Hudson Iowa eight miles south of Waterloo at 1 30 this morning. Eleven tiger day coaches and nine sleeping cars were shaken. none overturned. Liddell was hospitalized with a minor injury as the train bound for Chicago ran about an hour behind schedule.
A report from St. Louis states valuables worth about 34.5 were turned over to police by a wealthy woman. The items were described as coming from her husband and identified under the name John W. Weldemeier. The details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Partial text indicates plans to expand the Loyal Order at Mooseheart, Illinois, with details unclear due to garbled OCR. The note references labor leader James J. Davis and a potential meeting or reestablishment event tied to the Moose organization in the area.
Col William Mitchell is charged in a court martial with conduct unbecoming and contemptuous statements about the war and navy departments. The specifications allege statements after the Shenandoah crash and later remarks questioned aeronautics administration. Mitchell awaits trial as his counsel handles the case.
Philadelphia reports no surface signs of resumed production as the eight week stoppage continues. Rumors of a ten percent wage rise for contract men clash with operators’ talks and union leaders as the vast northwestern coal region stays quiet.
United States reports August unemployment in Great Britain rising with notable impact in coal mining, textile manufacturing, and tin plate milling. September figures show 1,418,000 people out of work, up from 1,101,000 a year earlier, per the Office of the Comptroller.
Biber H. Gary chairman of United States Steel Corp told the 28th general meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute that the industry will enter a great prosperity era. He said within another IISI gathering there would be no room to take more orders as business would be booming.
At the American Public Health Association session in St Louis Dr Lyman Kebler warned against commercial quacks draining millions via fraudulent mail order cures for measles and other diseases. He cited government efforts to curb such schemes and noted enormous fraud losses. Dr Abraham Zingher proposed parental blood immunity transfers to lessen childhood measles impact while discussions on pneumonia and colds highlighted isolation and handshakes as disease vectors.
Osborne Cutler Wood, once aide to Major General Leonard Wood, claims to have earned about 100000 dollars in Tampa real estate after six months in Florida. He first arrived from Cadiz with little money and worked as a real estate salesman for 50 dollars a week. He notes prior Wall Street losses and plans to avoid risky lending again. He also mentions potential legal action in Wilmington, Delaware.
Salt Lake City reports Senator Reed Smoot, returned from Washington, hopes Congress will fund a new United States veterans hospital in Utah and prefers its location in Salt Lake City. He also discusses tax policy, advocating reductions and restraint on surtaxes, inheritance tax, and related reforms.
In New York on Oct 85 a private ee incident led to a four count indictment involving an unidentified figure named Deer grand Se tor. The report notes Nosl as a connected party in the event.
Paris urged immediate action to settle disputes under the league covenant as Bulgaria reports Greek troops entered Bulgarian territory. Greece and Bulgaria accuse each other of aggression with troops skirmishing in the Struma valley and Greek air forces targeting a bridge near Levounovo.
Frontier reports Greek forces pushing along the Struma River with a 15 kilometer front on the left bank and a 20 kilometer advance on the right bank. The crossing yielded bridgeheads and several casualties as troops retired after initial gains.
London reports a disaster at a major Egyptian ceremony in Tanta with fifty four killed and many injured. Early accounts vary as authorities seek cause and specifics while crowds pressed for updates.
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