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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
8
Great Britain's Napier S-4 monoplane crashed during navigability tests at Bay Shore Park Baltimore. Pilot Captain Henry C. Baird escaped immersion and shock, but the aircraft inverted and sank after wing flutter at about 200 feet.
St. Louis on October 23. Dr Lyman F Kebler of the bureau of chemistry warned that commercial quacks cost the public millions yearly and threaten health. He said government actions to punish promoters of medicinal schemes for breaking federal mail laws are succeeding.
Washington Oct 23 Omaha Nebraska was selected by the Supreme council of Scottish Rite sons of the Southern Jurisdiction as the 1926 meeting place. The date for next year's meeting was sent October 25.
Navy divers recovered two more bodies from the sunken submarine S-51 off Newport Rhode Island on October 23. The discovery was reported briefly and the location inside the craft, engine room, was given. The bodies will be taken to the naval hospital for identification and further handling.
The Pacific Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Berkeley, California on October 23 failed to achieve a majority vote in favor of unification. The motion to unify was defeated amid deliberations by church delegates.
Representatives from about two hundred universities and colleges will attend the dedication of the University of Pittsburgh stadium in Pittsburgh. The stadium accompanies a proposed fifty two story cathedral for learning, with construction to start soon.
Increasing cloudiness with showers likely Saturday and in the northwest portion tonight. Warmer tonight in the east portion. Saturday winds from the east and southeast remain moderate.
Washington dated Oct 23 reports Col. Mitchell faces court martial for insubordination and disrespect toward the War Department. Specifications accuse his San Antonio Shenandoah crash statement of treasonable conduct and condemn later remarks about the aeronautics admin. After service of papers he said nothing, deferring to counsel.
Paris reports the cabinet session closed without Caillaux detailing his fiscal measures or resigning as expected. Talks of frontier tensions from Demirhisar to the Struma valley worsened amid hostile forces and casualties, with Sofia and Athens at odds over blame.
Four men are charged with landing $36 000 worth of liquor at Tampa tied to a Coast Guard plot. L D Austin and William H Chase of Cutter 247 along with Robert Turner and Danton Claremount were held on $3 000 bail each awaiting February trial. The seizure involved 728 sacks of cognac and whisky aboard the Nea Sande eleven miles off Anchlote light on July 22. The Nea Sande was steered toward Havana after storm damage and the coast guard intercepted it ten miles from American shores. Captain John G Berry ordered the vessel to sea to prevent landing contraband.
Rockwood Tennessee October 23 rescue parties entered the Rockwood Iron Company mine to recover eight men trapped by the July explosion. Four bodies were found near the mine mouth this morning but a heavy coal fall raises fears the remaining four are buried beneath the debris.
Washington D C October 23 Governors pressed for repeal of the federal inheritance tax at the House ways and means committee hearings on tax reduction. Governor Walker of Georgia cited state action and argued the tax invades state rights while presenting a resolution passed by thirty two governors seeking repeal. he noted few governors oppose repeal.
Washington reports that the Department of Justice will withhold from the Supreme Court prohibition cases to avoid delaying consideration. Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt announced after Solicitor General Mitchell admitted the government had made an unlawful share through a prohibited search in Cleveland. The case involved Miles W Gibbons whose home was searched on a warrant described by a prohibition officer. Gibbons protested the warrant as issued under false pretenses and sought Supreme Court review, leading to dismissal of the prosecution.
Oscar Mars was condemned by Judge D A R Crum to electrocution on December 7 for killing his wife on July 2. A new trial motion will be heard November 28, and Ball Mars faces an accessory charge at the January term of Ben Hill Superior Court. The trial revealed family quarrels and alleged infidelity as factors in the crime.
Atlanta Oct 28 County officials are not giving full cooperation to the federal prohibition department in northern Georgia says W T Day deputy prohibition administrator for the Northern district He praises Northwestern Central and South Georgia counties for their work and notes increased deputies and harsher chain gang sentences in state courts The improved enforcement comes as sheriffs deputies and prohibition agents work closer together to stamp out whisky manufacture transport and sale in the region
A statement argues that storage in a home does not grant government power for the action taken. The speaker criticizes the case, claiming the Supreme Court is hindered by the Gibbons decision and urges against unnecessary enforcement actions.
Paris October 23 foreign minister Briand presides as League of Nations council head and calls a Monday meeting in Paris to investigate the Greco Bulgarian crisis. Bulgaria protests Greek alleged territorial violation and Petrich is reported occupied with Struma valley tensions.
Nashville dispatch reports that Commodore football coach is rushing to attend an important contest in Athens as part of the team's travel schedule. The AP note confirms travel haste amid preparations for a crucial game.
Texas Republicans plan a vigorous bid to elect a governor in 1926 as party enthusiasm rises amid Democratic dissatisfaction. The article notes the high tension and strategic statewide campaign moves as flankes react to shifting political fortunes.
Four Greeks were killed and eight wounded in clashes that ended with Greek forces retaking post 69 at Demirkaou. One wounded soldier was a captain. The dispatch was filed to the Exchange Telegraph Company in Athens.
Austen Chamberlain will represent the London government at a League of Nations council meeting in Paris on Monday to consider the Greco Bulgarian situation.
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