Scopes Found Guilty in Dayton Evolution Trial
John T Scopes is convicted on the Tennessee evolution law charge after a rapid jury verdict. A minimum $100 fine is imposed and bail set at $500 with Scopes to appear in Rhea county for December session. The trial will move to Knoxville for the state supreme court review.
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Dayton, Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Raulston
Clarence Darrow
Counsil
Rhea County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Scopes
Bryan's Dayton Appeal Against Anti Evolution Law
Three photo captions show William Jennings Bryan during his major legal effort at Dayton Ohio. He argues to uphold the anti-evolution statute, drawing national attention to the courtroom battle.
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William Jennings Bryan
Dayton
Enn
Songer Heads Coal River Collieries Board in Huntington
T C Songer of Ashland was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Coal River Collieries Co. in Huntington. G G Huffman of Cleveland was named to the board to fill Warren S Stone's vacancy. Stone had been chairman before his death. The board also named Songer to head the new executive committee with Hoffman and J T Dunigan. H L Porter to draft a death resolution for Stone.
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Huntington
W. Va
T. C. Songer
Ashland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Coal River Collieries Co
G. G. Huffman
Cleveland
Warren S. Stone
Songer
Hoffman
J. T. Dunigan
Collieries Company
H. L. Porter
Stone
Henry Ford Bid Likely Accepted for Scrapped Vessels
The Shipping Board, after delaying action, signaled approval of President Palmer's Fleet Corporation recommendation to accept Henry Ford's bid of 1 706 000 dollars for 200 vessels offered for scrapping. With four members present the board paused and will reconvene Thursday when more commissioners arrive.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Henry Ford
Women Lead Effort to Save Russell Scott From Gallows
Chicago July 21. Women take the lead in efforts to spare Russell Scott from execution next Friday. His wife Catherine Scott and Detroit and Windsor supporters raise funds and seek top counsel, with Clarence Darrow added to pleas. Robert Scott’s whereabouts remain sought as organizers claim new testimony may exonerate Russell.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Catherine Scott
Dorothy Newberg
Scott
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit Club
Joseph Maurer
Small
Detroit
Robert Scott
Russell
Robert
James Sweinwart
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Sweinhart
Detroit News
Scott de
Maurer
Russell T. Scott
Windsor-Detroit
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Lenn Small
Illinois
James Ball
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Company
Ball
Canadian Beer Ordered Destroyed by Federal Judge
Federal Judge F P Schoonmaker ordered G J Simons to destroy over 100 cases of Canadian ale 627 barrels and 727 half barrels of beer stored in government warehouses in Pittsburgh and Erie. The ale was seized on Lake Erie and the beer in raids in this district.
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I Pttsburg
F. P. Schoonmaker
G. J. Simons
Prohibition Forces
Erie
Lake Erie
Virginia Crops Stricken as Drought Ravages Farms
A prolonged drought across the state threatens farmers with losses estimated between 40 and 50 million dollars. Officials warn relief is needed within a week as forest fires burn in Ridge mountains and more than fifteen hundred acres near Castleman’s Ferry lack rainfall since early May. The hardest hit areas are in the southern and central regions.
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Castleman's Ferry
Last Man's club recalls dead at 41st reunion toast
In Stillwater Minnesota on July 21 three survivors of the Last Man's club ended their forty first annual reunion with a water toast for departed comrades. Four members remain, led by Peter Hall who was reelected president.
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Stillwater
Minn
Last Man's Club
B Company
Minnesota
Peter Hall
Atwater
Charles M. Lockwood
Chamberlain
S. D
John 8. Goff
St. Paul
Emil Graff
St. Cloud Florida
Chrysler Dealers Insurance Policy Declared Illegal in Nebraska
Nebraska Attorney General Spillman ruled that all retail Chrysler dealers who collect a delivery charge for fire and theft insurance act as insurance agents. The plan by Chrysler Motor Company to issue policies to new car buyers would be illegal because neither the insurer nor the dealers are licensed to transact in Nebraska. Assistant Treasurer H A Davies of Chrysler said no statement would be issued until at least next week regarding the opinion.
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Lincoln
Neb
Chrysler
Spillman
Chrysler Motor Company
Detroit
Nebraska
H. A. Davies
Chrysler Motor Car Company
Philippi District approves 188000 road bond issue
Philippi West Virginia voters approved 795 to 406 a 188000 bond issue for permanent road improvements. The plan covers about seven miles of paving on six projects including the Clarksburg or Brushy Fork road the Lillian road and the Meriden road with substantial paving on these routes.
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Philippi
W. Va
Clarksburg
Brushy Fork
Lillian
Meriden
Folly to Disarm in Midst Armed World
Washington July 21 A W Frye supreme commander of the Maccabees urged world peace based on self respect and warned it would be folly for America to disarm while the world remains armed He spoke at the national convention banquet and noted a department to foster peace conferences and that peace must be studied like war.
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Washington
A. W. Frye
The
Maccabees
America
Order
Resignation of Bluefield City Manager Filed With Board
Clarence B. Ridley tendered his resignation as Bluefield city manager to the board, effective by September 1. George Dunglinson also resigned as planning commission chair. Directors ordered deepening and enclosing a problematic open ditch with a concrete culvert, to be funded by affected property owners if not completed by September 1, 1925. A storm sewer dispute with J L Kersey was again discussed, with the city noting it cannot spend public funds for individual benefit.
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Ridley
City of
Bluefield
W. Va
Vaughan
George Dunglinson
Dunglinson
Birefield
College Avenue
Albemarle
College Avenues
Jefferson Street
Board of Directors
J. L. Kersey
Bland Street
Kersey
Cross examination narrows on merger plan and rail strengths
O P Van Sweringen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Nickel Plate merger with Pere Marquette Erie and Hocking Valley. He says Chesapeake and Ohio is weak because it relies mainly on coal and has limited diversification. He notes Nickel Plate has weak spots like bridges and single tracks yet strong earnings prospects.
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Washington
O. P. van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. W. Anderson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Erie
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Anderson
Vanaver
Mr. van Sweringen
America
Mickey Shannon Killed in Bout with Harry Fay
Chicago light heavyweight Mickey Shannon dies after a fourth round knockout in Louisville Kentucky. Harry Fay arrested on charge of manslaughter. The Pittsburgh report notes the alias history of Mickey Shannon and prior ring deaths linked to the name.
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Mickey Shannon
Harry Fay
Louisville
Chicago
Fay
Pittsburg
Ray McMillan
Frostburg
Pittsburgh
Bob Roper
Harry Grey
Middlew T
Shannon
Roberts
Newark
Grey
Kansas
Varney Murder Trial Opens in Williamson With State Case Underway
In Williamson West Virginia July 21 the Varney murder trial began with jurors chosen and about twenty witnesses ready. State witnesses include five who were at Crigger’s store during the November 5 1024 shooting amid a political argument after the general election. Crigger’s death followed moments later as Harry Spitzer collapsed upon seeing Crigger’s body.
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Williamson
W. Va
W. R Varney
Tonig Varney
Crigger
Harry Spitzer
Haven dies by own hand at 59 in New York
George G. Haven president of the Metropol itan Opera and Real Estate Company shot himself at his Third Street home after eighteen months of nervous illness. He left a widow, two daughters, and a son, and was a veteran Wall Street director and Yale graduate.
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New York
George G. Haven
Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
eSpera House
Haven
New York Stock Exchange
Strong, Sturgis & Company
Yale
Wall Street
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Southern Porto Rican Sugar Company
Mr. Haven
Frank Evans Dies After West Virginia Shooting
Frank Evans, 32, of Cincinnati, died Monday after a May 2 shooting in a Beckley boarding house. State police seek two foreign suspects who robbed him of $200 to $300. his wife was in Cincinnati, leaving one child and a brother as survivors.
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Charleston
W. Va
Beckley
Frank Evans
Cincinnati
Evans
Bee sting tragedy links mother to infant death
Peterboro Ontario July 21 The shock of a bee sting transmitted from Mrs. Ethel Chapman of Chilliwack to her three month old baby caused the infant's death. Dr Cronke of Belleville said the child lost consciousness and died within an hour after the mother was stung.
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Peterboro
Ont
Ethel Chapman
Chilliwack
Tts
Cronke
Belleville
Rain of Statements After Scopes Trial Ends in Dayton
The Scopes trial conclusion sparked a flood of statements from William Jennings Bryan Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone. Bryan warned of an insidious attack on Bible authority while Darrow and Malone framed the case as a clash of science and religion with sharp personal rebuttals and forecasts for constitutional outcomes.
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Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Bryan
Scopes
America
United States
Abrogation of Wage Agreement Sparks General Strike Fears
Anthracite operators press data on salaries while miners warn of a nationwide strike if wage contracts are abrogated. Van Bittner wires Hoover and Davis urging federal action in northern West Virginia. Parley on the anthracite scale resumes after a three day adjournment as talks hinge on disclose of executive pay.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Coal Mendes Beva Today
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Davis
Coaluators
Northern West
Vkr
van A. Bittner
Bittner
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Ean
Termyer
New York
Jacksonville
Bethlehem Mines
Roc Oteiler
United States
Coal O
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Arles
John Ruane
Rinaldo Capellini
Wilkeshe
Japan Railways Suffer From Decrease Revenue
Tokyo July 21 Aoki vice minister of railways says trade depression has sliced railway traffic revenue. Many freight cars sit idle and unless demand improves soon the budget for the current fiscal year could be seriously affected.
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Tokyo
Japan
Aoki
Despondent Man Shot Self in Fairmont
David Reins, a widower from Fairmont West Virginia, died after shooting himself in the head with a revolver during a personal crisis. Police report he was despondent over business reverses and had just learned of a reversals in his affairs.
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Fairmont
W. Va
David Reins
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Tennessee Supreme Court
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Pointes
Raulston
Mr. Darrow
Gov. Small
Virginia
Last Man
Planning Commission
H. A. Lucas
Clarence B. Ridley
City Board of Directors
Field Limited
Bennet
Varney
George C. Haven
Metropolitan Opera House
Christ
Chris
Malone
Tennessee
van Bittner
Vention
Japan Railways
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