BryanQuoted Defense Touts Jefferson in Court Fight
In Dayton Tennessee July 15 a courtroom scene shifts as Dudley Field Malone cites Thomas Jefferson’s views on religion to frame the defense stance. William Jennings Bryan, present in the court, faces questions about referencing his name amid objections from the Attorney General and the judge. The exchange stirs applause and signals Bryan’s defiant stance before the jury.
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Dayton
Tenn
Sco
William Jennings Bryan
Dudley Field Malone
Bryan
A. T. Stewart
Raulston
Malone
Mr. Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Erday
Oneral
Treasurer of Loyal Order of Stags Jailed in West Virginia
Edwin F. Lark twenty six a Negro college graduate and secretary treasurer of the Loyal Order of Stags styled a fraternal beneficiary society was arrested on a state warrant for the theft of thirty dollars from Jon Y estates of Putnam county The Stags offices were closed and records seized Lark posted five thousand two hundred dollar bond but jailed in default awaiting postal authorities investigation of the society's affairs.
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Huntington
W. Va
Edwin F. Lark
Loyal Order of Stags
Putnamcoun
Stags
Lark
G. C. Throw
Westinghouse Electric Co of Japan Organized
New York July 15 The Westinghouse Electric Company of Japan capitalized at 10 million dollars has been organized as a subsidiary to the Westinghouse Electric International Company to distribute Westinghouse products throughout Japan. Guy Kipp, chairman of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, is chairman of the new concern. The staff in Japan will be assembled chiefly from Japanese engineers at the Westinghouse works at Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric Company of Japan
Westinghouse Electric International Company
Westinghouse
Japan
Guy Kipp
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
New Comer. E
Pittsburg
Civil War Breaks Out in Szechuan Province
Peking reports a civil war has begun in Szechuan as General Yang Sen clashes with rival generals near Chungking. Henan forces cross into Shensi and push toward Sianfu, signaling broader regional conflict.
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Szechuan
Peking
Eral
Yang Sen
Chung King
Henan
Shensi
Sianfu
Twenty six Killed in Coal Mine Accidents
Charleston West Virginia July 15 A total of twenty six miners twenty three Americans and three met their deaths in coal mine accidents during June as shown by the monthly report of the state department of mines made public today Three of the men killed were employed in outside stations and twenty three were inside workers Fifteen died in roof and coal fall four were killed in mine car accidents one in a shaft mishap and four deaths were listed as miscellaneous Ten of those fatally injured were McDowell county miners Five were killed in Raleigh three in Fayette and two in Marian and one each in Brooke Harrison and Kanawha
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Charleston
W. Va
State Department of Mines
MeDo County
Raleigh
Fayette
Marian
Brooke, Harrison and
Kanawha
Hartig Testifies In Own Defense In Slander Suit
Chicago July 15 F L Hartig defendant in a $50 000 slander case linked to Albert R Leland divorce suit testified about reports he received that spurred investigation of Leland The case involved Leland naming Rev Carl D Case in his divorce bill and Hartig and a church committee investigated to clear Case Hartig admitted reporting Leland robber in a Turkish bath and father of an illegitimate child while denying intent to injure Leland The witness described conversations with employer C L Craver and noted Leland's friendship with a stenographer.
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Chicago
F. L. Hartig
Albert R. Leland
Leland
Carl D. Case
Oak Park
Lelands
Hartig
Case
C. L. Craver
Stepher
Hart
Abe R
Seeking a Law to Put Germany in Dry Column
A petition with 466000 votes for prohibition was presented in the reichstag by local option promoters. Support for a dry law comes from leaders across parties though some oppose it citing Germany needs alcohol revenue to pay reparations and fear breweries would vanish and increase unemployment.
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Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Huntington Dentist Jailed Six Months for Prohibition Violation
Dr. W. T. Ryan a Huntington dentist was arrested by Deputy Marshal M M Johnson to serve a six month term in Fayetteville jail for violating federal prohibition law. He had been sentenced by Judge W MecClintic at the September term and appealed to the U S circuit court of appeals. The circuit court upheld the verdict.
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Huntington
W. Va
W. T. Ryan
M .M. Johnson
Fayetteville
Ryan
United States Court
W. MecClintic
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit
McClintoge Will Faces Probate Hearing in Chicago
In Chicago on July 15, William Nelson McClintoge's will ends a long contest as cousins press undue influence claims. Judge Henry Horner limits cross examination of William Shepherd, Foster-father and executor candidate. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis aids the contestants.
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Chicago
William Nelson McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
McClintwey
Shepherd
Henry Horner
Horner
Supreme Court
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Dr Alexander Henry Dies at 74 in Philadelphia
The Rev Dr Alexander Henry a widel known Presbyterian minister and long-time church official died after a two day illness. He was seventy four. He served fourteen years as secretary of the Presbyterian board of publication retiring in 1919 and then led Sunday school missions. Henry chaired the 1904 World Sabbath School convention resolutions committee in Jerusalem.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Henry
Dr. Henry
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Department of Sunday School Missions
Jerusalem
Pope delivers first English address to pilgrim group
Rome July 15 The pope gave his first English address as he received ninety pilgrims from Detroit and Chicago led by Father Claude Mindorff of Cincinnati Mindorff relayed the pontiffs words in an undertone to the group during the audience
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Rome
Detroit
Chicago
Claude Mindorff
Cincinnati
Mindorff
Coal Association Proposes Soft Coal Trade Information Program
Washington July 15 The National Coal Association announced a plan to collect trade information on the soft coal industry and distribute it in summarized form. The Supreme Court ruling in the maple flooring and cement cases was held to permit the plen.
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Washington
The
National Coal Association Today
Supreme Court
Mrs Canaday Indicted on Kidnapping Charge in Queens
Queens grand jury indicts Virginia C Canaday and two men Richard Roe and John Doe on kidnaping charges in the Roscoe Canaday case. Detec tive to Texas to locate Roscoe Jr. Accused of taking him from Forest Hills lawn, custody awarded to father Joseph Canaday.
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New York
Virginia C. Canaday
Texas
Roscoe, Jr
Queens County Grand Jury
Forest Hills
Richard Roe
John Doe
Newcombe
Walter C. Linder, Jr
San Antonio
Canaday
Richard
Nee
Josephine
Roscoe
Mary Canaday
Hard Goal Scale Negotiators At Grips On Wages
Atlantic City July 15 The anthracite scale negotiators moved into full speed today with daily two sessions and no adjournment until Friday. The miners and operators grapple over wage increases in renewal of the contract expiring August 31. Warriner of Lehigh Coal and Navigation contends miners deserve time to press their demands while executives note interruptions from absent leaders.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Alvan Markie
Merkle
Samuel D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Indianapolis
Warriner
Lewis
Murray
Governor declines to commute Scott sentence in Chicago murder
Springfield July 25 Governor Small refused to commute Russell Scotts sentence for the murder of Chicago drug clerk Joseph Maurer. The action follows a recommendation from the division of pardons and paroles and gives no further reason.
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Springfield
Ills
Water Quality Improves in Blue Field
Health official C J Reynolds reports improvement in the Blue Field water supply and hopes it will be safe in a few days. Additional tests are underway to confirm safety, and residents are urged to boil drinking water until further notice.
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Bluefield
C. J. Reynolds
Uncle Kills Oil Operator in Land Dispute
Charleston West Virginia July 15 A coroner jury returned a murder verdict against William A Dejournett sixty eight year old uncle of A Lawrence an oil and gas operator shot seven times in Lawrence office over disputed land titles Dejournett said he was robbed and victimized and this led to the killing He is held without bail awaiting formal murder charges by prosecutor Frank C Burdette.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. ©. Lawrence
William A. Dejournett
Lawrence
Journett
Priliy
Dejournatt
Propery
Frank C. Burdette
Young Architect Percival Goodman Wins Design Prize
Percival Goodman aged twenty one wins a 3000 prize for architectural design in New York. His entry proposes a summer capitol for the United States on a lakeshore site and earned the Beaux Arts Institute of Design fellowship in Paris. Noel L. Flint of Armour Institute is runner up with 100 dollars.
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New York
Percival Goodman
Greenwich Village
Paris
Beaux Arts Institute of Design
United States
Goodman
Noel L. Flint
Armour Institute of Chicago
East Central NEA forecasts officers at convention
The East Central division of the National Electric Light Association forecasts W. R. Power of Huntington West Virginia as president and D. L. Gaskill of Greenville Ohio as secretary at the convention in Cedar Point Iowa. Voting is scheduled for Friday with light and power men from West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky in attendance.
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Cedar Point
Iowa
W. R. Power
Huntington
W. Va
D. L. Gaskill
Greenville
Ohio
East Central
National Electric Light Association
Light and Power
West Virginia
Kentucky
President Coolidge Visits Adams Birthplaces in Quincy
President and Mrs. Coolidge toured Quincy Massachusetts visiting the birthplaces and tombs of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The party saw the Adams homestead church and older frames while photographers followed aboard the Mayflower cruise. PMID
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Quincy
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Marblehead
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Adams
Abigail
John
Mrs. Jackson Resigns as Elkins Orphans Home Head
The resignation of Mrs. Ernestine Harrison Jackson as superintendent of the state orphans home at Elkins was announced today. The governor contemplates appointing her successor, following Mrs Jackson's recent marriage.
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Jackson
Head Orphans Home
Charleston
Ernestine Harrison Jackson
Elkins
State Board of Control
Reappointment to West Virginia Game and Fish Commission
Charleston WV July 15. Reappointment of Charles A. Cabell of Kanawha county to the state game and fish commission was announced at the governor's office. Cabell has served since the commission’s creation. The executive office also announced Dr. W. M. Stanley of Charles Town to the state veterinary examining board.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles A. Cabell
Kanawha County
State Game and Fish Commission
Cabell
W. M. Stanley
Charles Town
State Veterinary Examining Board
Rev Wilson Culp Disappears Again in South Bend
South Bend residents report the Rev. Wilson Culp missing again after last seen July 8 with his sister-in-law Dorothy Calp of Napanee Indiana. Mrs Culp has filed a non support warrant and authorities note past elopements with a choir girl near Xenia Ohio and a later Chicago elopement.
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South Bend
Ind
Wilson Culp
Dorothy Calp
Napanee
Culp
Wilson Calp
Chicago
Xenia
Ohio
Plea of Doheny Oil Co Granted in Lease Case
The Doheny Oil Co wins permission to appeal a ruling on canceling leases in the Elk Hill naval oil reserve. District Judge McCormick set appeal bonds at 380000 dollars as the government pursues a cross appeal. Records move to the U S circuit court of appeals for review of the trial court’s credits for storage facility costs at Pearl Harbor.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Doheny
Elk Hill Naval Oil Reserve
California
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Paul J. McCormick
Doheny Company
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Spem
Death of J. P. Barlow to be investigated
Philadelphia coroner will thoroughly probe the death of J P Barlow an appeal officer of the Philadelphia veterans bureau who fell from a third story window on July 3 after taking poison Informants from former bureau employees say he was grilled for two hours the day before about leaks in the bureau and left the inquest highly agitated The case stems from pressure alleged by officials over inside affairs suspected by investigators
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Philadelphia
Patton
Ar P. Barlow
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Barlow
Hughes Retained by Receivers for St. Paul Rail Line
Receivers for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad announced they retained former Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes to represent them at the rate inquiry before the Interstate Commerce Commission and to advocate a rate increase recently proposed. The move was prompted by opponents of the St. Paul reorganization led by Roosevelt & Sons.
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New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Charles E. Hughes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hughes
St. Paul
Roosevelt & Sons
Pershing on National Guard and Organized Reserves
General Pershing outlines the 1920 act created National Guard and Organized Reserves, their training plans for summer 1925, and the expansion of Reserve officers and enlisted pools. He notes improved efficiency, the skeleton structure of Organized Reserves, and the aim to develop leaders and cohesive units nationwide.
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Washington
Army of the United States
Associated Press
John J. Pershing
National Guard
Organized Reserves
Guard
Regular Army
War Department
United States
Reserve
Evolution a Fact but Theories of It Often Untrue
Dayton Tenn July 15 The state rests its case in the Scopes trial as Dr Maynard Metcalf an Oberlin College geologist testifies on evolution He defines evolution as a change in organisms and notes many theories exist some false or mistaken He says evidence supports evolutionary change and suggests life began in a long sequence moving from simple to complex forms with plants first then animals in water and on land
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Mr. Bryan
Mr. Malone
Floridan
Dayton
Tenn
Maynard M Metcalf
Geolosy
Oberlin College
Ohio
Walter White
Scopes
F. FE. Robinson
Board of Education
George W. Hunter
Dr. Metcalf
Metcalf
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