September 1925

September 1, 1925 (Tuesday)

  • Nicaraguan President Carlos José Solórzano declared martial law in the country as it was unclear whether the rebels would uphold their promise to vacate the mountain-top fortress of La Loma.[1]
  • A Spanish troop transport carrying 1,000 foreign legion troops was sunk in Alhucemas Bay by Rif shelling.[2]
  • Danish seamen went on strike over their employers' refusal to raise wages. With seamen also on strike in China and across the British Empire, a large portion of the world's commerce was disrupted.[3]
  • John Rodgers' seaplane touched down in the Pacific Ocean short of the goal of Honolulu due to a lack of favorable winds. Although naval ships were stationed at intervals along the route, the plane ran out of gas trying to locate one,[4] and the seaplane's fate was not known to the public at the time.[5]

September 2, 1925 (Wednesday)

  • The Australian government announced new tariffs that included preferences for British goods.[6]
  • Ship owners told Australian seamen that they would face no reprisals for their outlaw strike if they returned to duty within 48 hours.[3]
  • John Rodgers and his crew stripped the fabric off their seaplane's wing, rigged it for sailing and headed for Hawaii.[4]

September 3, 1925 (Thursday)

September 4, 1925 (Friday)

September 5, 1925 (Saturday)

September 6, 1925 (Sunday)

September 7, 1925 (Monday)

September 8, 1925 (Tuesday)

September 9, 1925 (Wednesday)

September 10, 1925 (Thursday)

  • John Rodgers and his crew were spotted by a U.S. submarine as they sailed their disabled PN-9 seaplane toward Nawiliwili Harbor at Kauai, nine days after they had gone missing when it went down in the Pacific Ocean. The minesweeper USS Tanager was dispatched and towed them to shore.[4][20]
  • French troops led by Marshal Philippe Pétain launched a new offensive against the Rif rebels north of the Ouergha River.[21][22]
  • Born: Boris Tchaikovsky, composer, in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1996)

September 11, 1925 (Friday)

September 12, 1925 (Saturday)

September 13, 1925 (Sunday)

  • Western Union Telegraph announced it had established direct unbroken contact between San Francisco and London through a new invention enabling the automatic repetition of signals. Prior to this development, operators at interim points had to copy the message and send it on to the next relay point.[25]
  • Xavier University of Louisiana, the first Catholic university for African-Americans in the world, opened.[26]
  • Born: Mel Tormé, jazz singer, in Chicago (d. 1999)

September 14, 1925 (Monday)

  • The stage production of The Jazz Singer opened on Broadway. George Jessel played the starring role which Al Jolson later made famous in the 1927 film version of the same name.[27]
  • Rif pressure on Tétouan was relieved as Spanish reinforcements broke the siege.[28]
  • The Byzantine cross appeared in the sky over the city of Athens during an old calendar service, which at the time was being persecuted by the Greek authorities. The Police sent to end the service found themselves weeping alongside the thousands of others who witnessed the miracle. This event attracted many to the cause of preserving the old Greek Orthodox calendar and reinvigorated the faith of many embracing the secularity of the times.

September 15, 1925 (Tuesday)

  • Crown Prince Umberto of Italy automatically became a member of the Italian senate, as per the country's constitution, upon his twenty-first birthday.[29]
  • Born: Helle Virkner, actress, in Gammel Rye, Denmark (d. 2009)

September 16, 1925 (Wednesday)

September 17, 1925 (Thursday)

  • The American Civil Liberties Union sent a telegram to Secretary Kellogg protesting his decision to ban Shapurji Saklatvala from entering the country. Idaho Senator William Borah also criticized the decision, saying, "We have laws in this country to protect ourselves. If Saklatvala violates them he can be arrested. If he incites Americans to commit crimes, put him in jail."[31]
  • In Mexico City, eighteen-year-old Frida Kahlo was almost killed in a serious accident when the bus she was riding in crashed into a streetcar. Kahlo sustained numerous injuries, including a fractured spinal column, which she never fully recovered from. It was during her two-year recovery in bed that she first began to paint.[32]
  • Died: Carl Eytel, 63, German American artist

September 18, 1925 (Friday)

September 19, 1925 (Saturday)

September 20, 1925 (Sunday)

September 21, 1925 (Monday)

September 22, 1925 (Tuesday)

September 23, 1925 (Wednesday)

September 24, 1925 (Thursday)

September 25, 1925 (Friday)

  • The U.S. submarine USS S-51 was sunk off the coast of Rhode Island in a collision with a merchant steamer; only three of her crew survived.

September 26, 1925 (Saturday)

September 27, 1925 (Sunday)

September 28, 1925 (Monday)

September 29, 1925 (Tuesday)

  • The British Foreign Office said that the Treaty of Versailles, particularly Article 231, would not be up for revision at the upcoming Locarno conference. A communique about the conference included the statement, "The question of Germany's responsibility for the war is not raised by the proposed pact. We are at a loss to know why the German government thought it proper to raise it at this moment, and are obliged to observe that the negotiation of a security pact cannot modify the Treaty of Versailles nor alter the judgment of the past."[43]
  • At a party congress in Liverpool, Britain's Labour Party overwhelmingly voted against a merger with the Communist Party of Great Britain and to exclude communists from their membership ranks.[6][44]
  • Born: Paul MacCready, aeronautical engineer, in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2007)
  • Died: Léon Bourgeois, 74, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

September 30, 1925 (Wednesday)

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  11. "Force Sailors to Sea, But Refuse to Work". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 7, 1925. p. 3.
  12. "Denmark Sets up "Built to Order" Greenland Town". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 7, 1925. p. 2.
  13. "Spanish Leave 500 Dead; Flee Guns of Moors". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 8, 1925. p. 1.
  14. "British Fire on Shanghai Crowd; 3 Chinese Hurt". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 8, 1925. p. 17.
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  29. "Italian Crown Prince, Now 21, Made Senator". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 16, 1925. p. 18.
  30. "U.S. Will Keep Out Red Member of Parliament". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 17, 1925. p. 17.
  31. "Ban on Reds Starts a Row". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 18, 1925. p. 1.
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  36. "Telegraph and Phone Strike Cuts Off Paris". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 22, 1925. p. 15.
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  38. "Tanks Smash Suedia Walls, Free French Held 66 Days". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 25, 1925. p. 1.
  39. "Senators Cinch Flag by Double Win Over Indians as Macks Lose". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 25, 1925. p. 19.
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  46. "Priests of Rome to Eject Women in Scanty Garb". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 1, 1925. p. 25.
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