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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1925
Page
7
President Coolidge authorized withdrawal by the American delegation amid an inability to reach a satisfactory agreement. The Geneva opium conference saw the United States decide to come home, signaling a formal pullout from the talks. Delegation chairman Porter was informed of the option to withdraw.
Representative Porter and associates will leave Geneva tonight and sail home next Thursday on the steamship President Harding. Porter informed the conference that after more than two months of debate and adjournments, the stated objective of the gathering could be achieved.
Moe Turman a 26 year old financier who turned a $100 loan into about $2 000 000 in obligations pled guilty to second degree forgery and was sentenced to five to ten years in Sing Sing Judge Talley criticized foreigners abusing privileges and recommended deportation at term end as Turman is not a U S citizen.
Floyd Chilcott a 30 year old married man from Woodstock Virginia shot himself in the leg with a revolver at his North Market street home. He was taken to Memorial Hospital where surgeons treated a flesh wound and removed small fragments from his clothing. Chilcott claimed the gun fell and discharged striking his leg.
Washington Feb 6 Initial steps for a 1923 celebration of the 200th birthday of George Washington were taken at a White House breakfast attended by eight congressional members of the planning commission. A full commission meeting will be held at the White House in about ten days to organize to consider public suggestions. Members include Senators Fess Spencer Glass Bayard and Henry Ford and President Lowell.
Washington dispatch reports Roland C. Ryan and Wilbur E. Cather as the two Winchester candidates named by the United States Service Commission for postmaster. Joseph L. Crapper, chairman of Virginia's Republican state executive committee, is to choose between them as federal patronage referee and forward his recommendation to Washington. The Senate would then consider the chosen candidate for confirmation by President Coolidge.
NEW YORK February standard stocks and specialties resumed leadership with oils and rails slipping briefly as high priced issues surged. Call money renewed at 3 percent as industrials and specialties pushed ahead in a forward price sweep.
Mrs. T. J. Bowlker, sister of Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell, fell from a fifth floor hotel window at the Vendome in Boston and was killed instantly. A maid reported she had been on the window sill watching city workers remove ashes when she presumably lost her balance and plunged to the pavement below.
Public sale under deed of trust authority for 73 acres in Frederick County near Winchester Virginia on Red Bud Creek. Property includes brick dwelling, out-buildings, 11 acres creek bottom, 4 acres bearing orchard, 6 acres timber. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual payments with bonds and tax and insurance provisions. Auctioneer Swanson. sale adjourned to Feb 11 1925 at 11 am. Trustee Herbert S. Larrick.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tastier alternative to cod liver oil claiming stronger, healthier bodies and rapid weight gain. It promises a 6 pound increase in 30 days with a money back guarantee and lists Franck Baker and Son Boyd Drug Co as points of sale.
A long list of sale notices from February to March detailing buyers and items. Entries include farms with stock and implements, household goods, hay, fodder, and feed. Locations span Berryville, Glengary, Clearbrook, Stephens City, and surrounding areas, with names like Marple Reed Farm Warren Shoemaker Harwood Duham and others.
A series of auction notices list dates and sellers for stock and implements in March. March 11 W T Willingham Berryville. March 12 C R Rogers Charles Town WV mule sale. March 17 C C Bauserman Middle Road stock implements. March 24 W B Royston Ripman stock implements. March 25 C H Light Senseney.
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