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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
5
London reports a grave tone across the Far East with fear of a Boxer‑like upheaval. Editorials blame Bolshevist influence via Ambassador Karakhan and warn of anti foreign agitation. Shanghai notes unrest among workers and students and rioting without widespread foreign attacks. Peking notes powers respond to shoots.
Manila reports three hundred Marines aboard the U S S Jason departing Cavite for Shanghai while the gunboat Sacramento and Hong Kong–bound vessels are offered to Shanghai. The foreign concessions note blames Chinese demonstrators, urging calm as the diplomatic corps seeks order. China denies responsibility for the Shanghai hostilities.
Miss Isabel Rockefeller Rockwell becomes engaged to W. Lincoln Jr. they grew up near Stamford Conn and Pocantico Hills. The couple known for a childhood friendship and family ties to Abby Rockefeller connected to David Meriwether wedding plans are mentioned in the report.
The Associated Press reports Lloyd Russell killed eight relatives in a family tragedy in Ohio on June 4, then wounded himself. Victims included his brother’s five children, his mother, his brother, and his brother’s wife. Police arrested him.
The Dayton case centers on the state’s right to set limits on what may be taught in schools rather than on personal beliefs about evolution. William Jennings Bryan, who consulted with the local attorney, states the issue is a legal question of state authority and not a debate over science or religion.
Payment on a basis of 4400 per minute will be made to Gene Tunney and Tom Gibbons for their fifteen round heavyweight bout at the Polo Grounds. If the bout goes the distance, receipts are expected around four hundred thousand dollars with fighters to receive 20 and 30 percent respectively. Dempsey says he will meet the winner if proper inducements are offered.
Governor grants reprieve until December 3 for Geraldt Chapman, convicted at the March term of Superior Court for the murder of a gentleman named Skelly. The sensational trial ended with a harsh sentence, while state officials pursue further action.
President Coolidge urged peace through reason and faith in humanity, backed by sufficient national defense, during his address to the United States Naval Academy graduates. He said officers are ambassadors of citizenship and righteousness and stressed that defense is a duty shared by all citizens.
Plans in Atlanta outline paving the Dixie Highway from Thomasville to Mitchell county line and surfacing the Brooks county leg through Boston with asphalt and rock binder. State pays half. bids next month. Road will become a nearly eighty mile continuous paved section, with concrete jointless pavement planned for long durability.
The American delegation led by Theodore F. Burton and Hugh S. Gibson shaped the arms traffic conference by backing a clause allowing direct export of rifles, muskets, and carbines to rifle clubs and government‑authorized associations. The vote passed 19 to 8, aiming to protect legitimate trade and manufacturing pride while debates over visa requirements for purchases continued, with Belgium, the United States, France, and England weighing limits and government sanctions.
Dr John R Voris of New York warned that withdrawing American relief for orphans and refugees in Armenia Greece and Syria could cause thirty thousand children to starve or turn to theft He said American aid has saved millions of Armenians in Armenia and Russia joining the discussion with newspaper and magazine writers in Chicago.
Carl J. Lotlave the portrait painter who painted King Albert of Belgium and generals Pershing Foch and French will have his ashes interred on the crest of the continent beneath a granite border atop Pikes Peak Colorado. The ceremony includes Wagner music and the site called Colorado's Valhalla an acre of ground set aside for the tribute.
Ptece McFarlane and Lae Diegal fed the open golf champeta tied at 141 after yesterday. McFarlane shot 72 today to take a one stroke lead at 218 through 64 holes. Bobby Jones of Atlanta carded 70 today and stands at 147 after yesterday.
Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury and the coast guard announce a near start to a real offensive against rum row. Field marshal of the prohibition forces says the operation will begin soon as authorities move to disrupt liquor fleets at sea.
Dispatches from Gibraltar indicate Abdel-Krim may allow a nominal Spanish victory at Alhucemas in exchange for peace. This would enable him to focus his campaign against the French.
The 1925 Shrine conclave in Los Angeles will end with two grand parades after days of colorful pageantry. Dana Williams of Lewiston Maine was chosen imperial over guard and Philadelphia named as next year’s convention site in today’s business sessions.
Five men, including John J. McGilligan, were arrested by police and federal agents in Chicago. The group is linked to a suspected international band of confidence men and blackmailers with estimated operations exceeding one million dollars. McGilligan faces indictment in Atlanta for a $16,000 re tapping scheme tied to J. J. Hill of Oklahoma City.
Washington June 4 acting secretary Dwight F Davis asks Governors to cooperate with state and local political authorities and national guard units for the national security plan. The appeal accompanies a telegram requesting support for the defense test muster on July fourth.
Minneapolis residents insist Arthur Lopez Frazier was their son despite federal court verdict that Frazier died in France while seeking to prove himself a World War hero. The June 4 report notes the parents remain unshaken in belief.
A Pioneer reporter in Meshad Persia wires that Mirlaw and Duzdap are threatened by Afghan rebels. The towns lie near the Afghanistan Persian border as tensions rise in the region.
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