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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
6
A Shanghai scene shows American sailors moving cows along the Nanking road while Chinese servants scatter and foreign society women take jobs as telephone operators amid a broad strike. Report also notes possible Soviet involvement and plans for civil conflict in northern China as foreigners feel pressure.
The Peking chamber of commerce rejects a general strike and urges a boycott of goods and bank notes of foreign powers involved in the Shanghai riots, plus withdrawal of deposits from their banks.
Official dispatches from Shanghai and Canton warn of Bolshevist influence fueling student strikes and anti foreign campaigns in China. Reports describe munitions found in Shanghai hotels and Bolshevist literature amid clashes in Changsha and looming Civil War in South China as Sun Yat Sen’s followers fracture into radical and conservative camps.
The navy department said orders to dispatch the cruiser Tatsuta from Sasebo to Shanghai with 300 Marines have been temporarily withdrawn. The government believes the move may be unnecessary pending further developments.
Associated Press reports bomb plots threaten King Alfonso of Spain. A bomb was found on the royal train en route to Barcelona. Other schemes aimed at blowing up an entrance hall during a meeting and killing him on his return to Madrid.
Dispatches report a bomb found in the Barcelona cathedral just before King Alfonso attended mass. Other reports say four priests have been arrested on the Franco-Spanish border area.
Georgia heavyweight Young Stribling and New York’s Jack Stone face arrest if their scheduled bout at the National Capital Sporting Club proceeds tonight in Washington. District Attorney Gordon warned prize fighting violates DC law and the promoter risks arrest. The match was postponed yesterday after Stribling arrived late.
Paris reports a cabinet crisis narrowly averted as Finance Minister Caillaux partially yielded to Socialist attacks on his financial program. The push came from ex-finance minister Louis Louicheur and socialist leader at the peace conference. The premier Painleve urged harmony between the government and the left bloc in the chamber.
Norfolk Va June 5 eight boxes and one trunk containing about 150 quarts of intoxicating liquors were found in the general storekeeper s storeroom aboard the naval transport Beaufort during the court martial of Lieut C W Baker the ship supply officer Testimony showed the boxes resembled those used for shipping supplies and bore free running salt markings
Paris reports the Riffian tribesmen launched their strongest offensive since invading French Morocco. A pitched battle at Taounat on the Middle Front lasted from daybreak to sunset. Abdel Krim's shock troops faced their first real taste of modern warfare, with hundreds of Riffians dead and many prisoners taken.
An inquiry is opened in New York on behalf of Thomas A. Edison regarding the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Heyser Edison Jr.'s mother. Inventor's secretary William Meadowcroft says Edison did not know of her passing, which occurred Tuesday in a modest rooming house and raised questions about burial in a potter's field.
Mount Airy Maryland residents faced a major blaze last night the town of about a thousand was swept by disaster for the third time in twenty years eleven structures were burned causing an estimated loss of two hundred thousand dollars flames consumed a quarter of the town including one bank and the flour and grain mills the town’s main businesses were destroyed and the damage was extensive.
June heat sweeps the East Midwest and South as cities report new records. Montana sees four inches of snow while Nebraska and Iowa face tornado damage from earlier days. Deaths attributed to heat rise. Indiana endures damaging winds and crop harm. forecasters warn two more hot days with possible thunderstorms.
Willie McFarland and Bobby Jones tied at 291 after 72 holes in the national open at Worcester Massachusetts forcing an 18 hole playoff. Jones, amateur of Atlanta, and McFarland, a Scotch born professional from Oak Ridge Country Club near New York, both finished level on 291 prompting the afternoon playoff.
Diamonds and jewelry valued at about $30,000 were found buried in the sands of Coney Island by investigators seeking assets of the bankrupt Morris Seiger and Son. Seiger, head of the firm, leaped to his death from a Times Square hotel just before the bankruptcy was disclosed.
William D. Mitchell of St Paul is appointed solicitor general of the United States to succeed James M. Beck. The resignation of Beck takes effect upon the appointment of a successor and Mitchell is expected to assume office immediately.
Geneva June 6 delegates at the international labor conference voted to send a telegram of sympathy to Chinese workers. The message protested the frequent violence by authorities against workers in the Far East.
Washington reports class one railroads earned net operating income of 66 million dollars in April, up from 62 million a year earlier, while gross revenue slipped. Expenses fell by 208 thousand, lifting profits. For January to April, net income reached 270.1 million with an implied annual return around 4.88 percent.
Berlin reports say the German cabinet discussed the interallied note accusing Germany of failing to meet Versailles disarmament terms. The note demands reducing police from 180000 to 150000 and army to 100000, with evacuation of Cologne only after compliance. British stance reiterates no withdrawal until disarmament is fulfilled.
A detachment of Marines will aid Secret Service in guarding President Coolidge during his vacation at Swampscott Massachusetts. Some Marines from the Mayflower and others with distinguished records will form an additional detail at Marblehead near the summer White House.
Gene Tunney of New York and Tom Gibbons of St Paul prepare for a fifteen round heavyweight bout at the Polo Grounds tonight to decide the crown from Jack Dempsey.
Detroit June 5 The national women s party council meeting here today moved to cast aside man made political subdivisions and consider a district organization strategy. The AP reports the move signals a broader reorganization effort within the party.
In Rome Premier Mussolini told the chamber of deputies there could be no solution to uniting Germany and Austria without Italian participation. Former premier Salandra said he would back the government in opposing any Austria German union during debate on Versailles peace terms six years after signing.
Boston doctors report further definite improvement in the condition of Secretary of War John W. Weeks. A bulletin issued at 8:30 this morning said there had been continued improvement in his condition over the past twelve hours.
A discussion on dividing the organization into four districts aligned with the four United States sections where distinct laws govern women. The proposal links geographic segmentation to legal differences affecting women.
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