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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
7
Washington May 16 Senator Underwood of Alabama twice a Democratic presidential hopeful weighs retirement when his term ends in March 1927. He is under consideration for leaving office at the end of his current term.
Oscar Underwood of Alabama has purchased Woodlawn a 160 acre country estate near Mount Vernon once part of George Washington holdings. The deal comes as discussions about his Senate retirement proceed in Washington D C dated May 15.
Judge James A. Collins overruled a motion to quash the indictment charging D. C. Stephenson former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan with the murder of Madge Oberholtzer and co defendants Warl Klinck and Earl Gentry. The trial was set by agreement for June 2 with pleas of not guilty entered.
Lieut. General Nelson A Miles, Civil and Spanish American War veteran, collapsed and died in Washington D C today while attending a circuit performance.
Tokyo reports the transfer of Northern Saghalien from Japan to the Soviet government with protocols signed and a Russian consulate opened at Alexandrovsk.
Pedro Cano a Mexican national was executed by firing squad at the Utah state prison for the March 1928 murder of June St. Clair in Park City Utah. The Associated Press reports the sentence was carried out today in Salt Lake City.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, noted criminal lawyer, convicted with Gaston Means of conspiring to bribe government officials, was disbarred today by the Supreme Court. Felder, admitted to practice in 1917, previously built a notable criminal-law record in Georgia.
Bernhardt Mylin of Milwaukee and Edward J. Smith of Chicago received twenty five year prison terms for the murder of Russell Sage Dickey an express messenger during an attempted hold up of a Chicago and North Western train. Barnard Smith and Ralph McKee both of Chicago were acquitted by the jury. The prosecution sought the death penalty for Mylin who fired the fatal shot while the defense argued the shooting was accidental.
In Memphis on May 15 Army engineers prepare to blast the hull of the steamer Norman in the Mississippi River to free any bodies believed trapped in the wreck. The vessel sank a week ago with twenty three lives lost and nineteen bodies still missing.
In Memphis on May 15 the Southern Baptist Convention voted 2 103 to 950 to avoid a direct reference to evolution in its doctrinal declarations. The body adopted the committee report for the declaration of faith and message, chaired by Dr B Y Mulling of Louisville, after rejecting Dr C P Stealey of Oklahoma’s minority report.
Secretary of Labor Davis urged discipline tempered with parental affection to curb dissipation and vicious amusements among youth. He spoke at the opening session of the conference of the child welfare committee of America in New York on May 15.
In Philadelphia on May 15 the Dawes plan and international debts affecting world peace were debated at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The session runs through Saturday.
Miss Martha Berry of Georgia founder of Berry schools traveled to Washington with Governor Pinchot and George Bird Grinnell to receive Roosevelt Memorial Association medals from President Coolidge. Berry earned the honor for welfare work among women and children, Pinchot for conservation, Grinnell for promoting outdoor life.
The prosecution rested shortly before noon in the trial of former Governor Jonathan M. Davis charged with soliciting a bribe. Davis is accused of asking money in exchange for a pardon for Walter Grundy, a convicted Hutchinson banker.
New York reports federal prohibition officers plan tighter guarding of the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and the Canadian border following success against Atlantic rum runners. The Pacific coast is cited as a weak spot with ongoing rum running activity.
Abby Rockefeller and David Merriwether Milton began a four month European honeymoon after a New York wedding in which Abby’s vow omitted the word obey. The couple, both from prominent backgrounds, entered seclusion as they started their married life and promised to cherish and honor each other.
New York May 15 Supreme Justice Giegerick dismissed the divorce suit by Mrs. Lillian Duke against tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke. She challenged the finality of a decree granted after a New Jersey trial 20 years ago, but the judge ruled the decree must be recognized as final.
Autopsy by Dr Otto M Schultz on six month old William Winters exhumed from a baby home run by Mrs Helen Gelisen Volk found the skull fractured. Police launch a special inquiry amid reports a nurse said a baby was dashed head against a wall. The mother pressed for investigation into heart disease claim and health records show 44 infant deaths in the homes since 1918. Gelisen Volk jailed on $36000 bail for substituting a baby and housing 18 children beyond license for seven.
Five Atkins Avenue Baptist deacons in Cedar Grove pled guilty to assault and battery and conspiracy to commit assault for the January flogging of Hubert Rampley. Testimony said Rampley flogged due to his relationship with Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Skidmore, who was divorcing her husband and who Rampley later married. The group received seven months in parish jail. C C Oliver, choir director, was among the defendants and had prior conspiracy convictions tied to a separate flogging of John Barker over knickers and bicycle rules.
Tampa Florida May 15 The United Commercial Travelers session covered committee reports and topics of interest to the organization. Georgia and Florida division meetings opened yesterday.
Geneva May 15 The United States spokesperson said Washington does not favor searching ships of other nations for suspected arms shipments and would also disfavor searches of its own vessels. The conference noted a mixed outcome on recognizing foreign governments tied to arms sales and the proposed central office to publish trade statistics remains unresolved.
Miss Abby Rockefeller, heiress to a vast fortune, married David Meriwether Milton in a simple drawing room ceremony at the Rockefeller home in New York. The Rev Cornelius Wohoelfkin officiated, with John D Rockefeller Sr attending from Lakewood New Jersey as about 600 onlookers gathered outside the police guard could not hold back the crowd.
Thirty guests of Secretary of Navy Wilbur will ride the Navy dirigible Los Angeles as it departs from Lakehurst New Jersey over several states this morning. The trip includes a 40 meter broadcast plan and a five course dinner for the invited guests.
French troops under General Count de Chambruin say they have halted the Ruffian advance in French Morocco. The drive yielded the Bibans heights and relieved surrounding outposts while heavy losses were reported on both sides.
In Savannah on May 16 two hundred delegates from South Georgia cities convened to plan a Woodrow Wilson college at Valdosta. D. G. Bickers presided, Allen J. Strickland spoke as temporary board president. Mayors attended. messages from McAdoo Hoover Roosevelt Baker Daniela were read. Governor Walker proclaimed the college a state memorial and urged support.
George W. Peckham a Newcomb college faculty member shot his wife and two children in their home this afternoon then killed himself The tragedy occurred in New Orleans.
Boston May 15 ministers of the Unitarian church who have 20 years active service and reach 65 will get a pension of 800 dollars annually. The plan was announced at the annual meeting of the Unitarian Service Pension Society in Boston today.
Dr M E Dodd of Shreveport La told the Southern Baptist convention in Memphis on May 15 that national life shows nervous unrest revolt against authority lowered moral standards and rising crime He urged more religious teachings and focus on students spiritual life The day also saw a probe into alleged misrepresentation of the convention stance on evolution by an unidentified Mississippi messenger
Paris May 15 Finance Minister Caillaux and Foreign Minister Briand were authorized by the cabinet to study the inter allied debt question to find an acceptable solution. Caillaux urged solving the debt to restore French credit and suggested part of the Dawes plan could be used for this purpose. He did not specify the share but proposed that roughly half of the Dawes receipts might be available. The coming fiscal year plan calls for one billion two hundred million marks, with France's share about 158.6 million dollars.
Washington May 16 reports one half of one percent amortization mirrors the British rate used for adjusting the French debt. Under this basis France would pay about twenty two million dollars annually in addition to interest.
Georgia weather outlook shows fair conditions tonight and into Saturday with mild temperatures and light winds. No precipitation indicated and coastal areas remain dry through the period.
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