SLAIN OILS MOGUL KILLED IN OFFICE BY AGED UNCLE
Alexander C. Lawrence, prominent oil and gas operator, was shot to death in his Kanawha Street office after an alleged long-running family dispute over property. William A. DeJournett, 68, surrendered later claiming he sought vengeance, saying he was driven to crime by losses and the threat of poverty. The inquest found death by bullet wounds inflicted by DeJournett.
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A. C. Lawrence
Alexander c. Lawrence
Quarrier Street
Willam A. DeJournett
Boonecoun
Kanawha Barking & Trust Company
Capitol Street
Hisephew
Lawrence
C. S
Lawrence ON & Gas Company
Bampus
Edda Bampus
Mr. Bompos
Dan Smith
Moone County
Seth
Simpson Undertaking
M.D. Good
William A. DeJournatt
J. Bumpus
DeJournatt
Hic. Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Uncle Br
Sixty-Eight Year Old Slayer Declares Avengement in Charleston
An elderly man, William A. DeJaurnatt, confessed to shooting his nephew A. C. Lawrence in a Charleston office to avenge alleged land theft. He remained calm, described long brooding over the loss, and claimed he would act similarly under similar provocation. He is held for murder as police question him in the city jail.
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Wiliam A. de Jaurnatt
A. C. Lawrence
Charleston
Jali
Dunsmith
Captain Smith
Boone County
Yuara
Bay of Die Land
Jose
Aly Nephew
Mayba
Smit
Po- Jice
Britton
Suspect New Angle in Death of Vets Bureau Man
Philadelphia coroner considers new possibilities in the death of Jomeon P. Barlow, appeals officer at the Philadelphia veterans bureau, who fell from a third story window after drinking poison. Coroner Patton said a thorough probe will follow after information from bureau farmers and workers indicated possible pressure and fear of internal affairs.
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Vets Bureau
Philadelphia
Patton
Jomeon P. Barlow
United States Veterans’ Bursaw
Barlow
m_bloyes
Jocal Bureau
Jterest
Miners Wage Meeting Moves Ahead With Daily Sessions
The joint miners and mine owners committee will hold daily sessions to discuss wage renewal terms as the contract due August 31 nears. They waived a one week adjournment to accommodate district attendances, but no agreement on wage changes emerged. Samuel Wariner of Lehigh Coal defends progress and fairness amid disputes over output and demands.
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Atlantic
Alvan Markle
Twelee
Pris
Samuel D. Wariner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Hughes Retained in Railroad Rate Case
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul receivers announce they have retained Charles I Hughes to represent them at the rate inquiry before the Interstate Commerce Commission and to advocate a rate increase. Opponents led by Roosevelt and Sons seek delay in reorganization and object to Hughes assignment.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Todey
Charles I. Hughes
Hughes
Roosevelt and Sons
Freteht Raton
Voxmerds Commisuloh
Presbyterian Pastor Alexander Henry Dies at 74
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Rev Dr Alexander Henry a prominent Presbyterian minister died after a two day illness at age 74. He served 14 years as secretary of the Presbyterian board of publication retiring in 1919 and later acted as general representative of Sunday school missions. He led international Sabbath school work and chaired the resolutions committee at the 1994 world Sunday school convention in Jerusalem.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Henry
Bnown Presbyterian
Doctor Henry
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Department of Sunday School Missions
Dovtor Henry
Jerusalem
Woman Drowns During Outing at Colfax River
Mrs Metelle Satterfeld Hampton wife of Fairmont businessman 4% B Hampton drowned in the Tygart Valley river during an outing with friends near Colfax The body was brought to the riverbank and artificial respiration attempted with no success A ten year old daughter survives Her girlhood home was in Greensboro N C.
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Fairmont
Colfax
Metelle Satterfeld Hampton
B. Hampton
Tygart Valley
Sie
Perp
Beruh
Lome
Greensboro
Dentist Sent to Fayetteville for Six Month Prohibition Sentence
Dr. We' Ryan, Huntington dentist, arrested by Deputy Marshal Johnson and sent to Fayetteville to serve a six month sentence in the county unit for violating the federal prohibition law. He was sentenced at the September term by Judge Geo W McClinch and had been at liberty under bond pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The verdict was upheld by the circuit court.
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Circuit Court
Famous Hoodoo Towboat Tale Ends in Breakup
The Towbund bun Jong fomeun, famed for the Kanawha and Ohio river runs, is being arsonated at Point Pleasant after a history of accidents and coal transport. The vessel carried 45 hergens of Pittaburgh cant and drew in more traffic than any towboat on the Ohio and Kanawha.
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Huntington
Jong Fomeun
Kanawha
Ohio
Sun Lung Service
Poiat Pleasant
Kauswha
Coolidge Visit Highlights Adams Birthplaces in Quincy
President and Mrs. Coolidge toured Quincy visiting the John Adams and John Quincy Adams birthplaces and their burial site. They viewed historic rooms and artifacts at the Adams homestead and observed the church basement tombs of the two presidents. The trip included a shipyard visit and a yacht cruise back to Marblehead with a party of officials and photographers.
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Swampscott
Maas
Coolidge
Quincey
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Marblehead
Cootidine
Fore River
Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation
Mra
Tha
Adams Homestead
Abigail
John
John Quincy Adama
Quincy
World Series Rules Confirmed by National League
The National League meeting in New York today unanimously ratified the advisory council’s amendment to World Series rules. The plan includes fourth place teams in the receipts pool and maintains present split for top players while reducing the players’ share from 76 to 70 percent. Noted losses in average shares for both winning and losing players under the new distribution. The session also paid tribute to four former baseball figures who recently died.
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New York
Advisory Council
Harold A. Feles
Columbia University
Charles H. Hbbetts
Brooklyn
Edward McKeever
Samy Crane
John Montgomery Ward
Moeting
Treasury conference weighs dollar design and printing reach
Washington July 15 delegates from twelve Federal Reserve banks the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and other treasury bureaus met to discuss how to make a dollar. An Atlas service said the dollar is now averaging a life of seven months and more than a billion seed bills were printed that year.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Bureau of Engraving and Peinting
Treasury Barenaux
Oil Feud Heads to Federal Appeals Court
The government appeals the Doheny interests case over cancellation of leaves in the El Hills oil reserve. The district court ordered the trial record sent to the United States Court of Appeals with an appeal bond set at 150000 dollars. The government seeks a cross appeal arguing Doheny credits for storage facilities built at Pearl Harbor under 1928 agreements.
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Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
Los Angeles
el Hills Maral
California
United States Circuit Chart of Appeals
Paul J. Mccormick
Doheny Company
Bonn
Creeq
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Culp Again Missing With Soul Mate
South Bend, July 19. The preferred target of Rey Wilson Culp of South Bend to end his elopement spree and devote life to his wife and nine children has vanished again. Dorothy Culp, his sister in law of Napanee, Ind, is also missing. The Reverend Culp and his sister in law were united July 7, authorities said. Mrs. Wilson Culp filed a warrant for his support. Earlier he eloped with a choir girl while pastor near Xenia, Ohio.
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South Bend
Ind
Rey Wilson Culp
Lfe
Dorothy Culp
Napanee
Culp
Imateen
Wilson Culp
Chicago
Gnally
Xenia
Ohio
Hatfield Held on Murder Count After Wreck
Hatfield deputy assessor Lewis Hatfield of Mingo county was held to the Williamson grand jury on a murder charge after a wreck near here. Reuben White, 24, of Cinderella, was arrested at the scene. two others were injured, one seriously, in the automobile plunge off a field-mountain road. A second item notes Mrs Virginia C Coneday in New York indicted for kidnapping in Texas, and a report from Rome on a papal audience with Detroit and Chicago pilgrims. A Washington note mentions a new coal information plan by the National Coal Association following a Supreme Court ruling.
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Huntington
Lewis Hatetd
Mingo County
Williamson
Here
Hitfeld
Reuben White
Cinderella
New York
Virginia C. Coneday
Texas
Roacoe
Woes le
Queens Grand Jury
Forest Allis
Washington
National Coal Association
Wott
Supreme Court
Defense Takes Up Cudgels Again In Dayton Ape Arena
Dayton July 16 1925 defense strategy in the Scopes trial centers on the competency of scientific testimony by Dr Maynard Metcalf of Oberlin College. The jury hears parts of Metcalfs examination as prosecutors and defense debate evolution versus Christianity. Testimony proceeds without the jury present to lay groundwork for later arguments.
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Dayton
Metcalf
Oberlin
Scopes
Teno
Aravemants
Selene Tifia
Atata
Maynare M. Metcalf
Ohio
Dr. Metcalf
Beebee
John T. Beopes
Beard Walter White
Beopes
F B. Robinson
Board of Education
George W. Hunter
Winterested
Afetcale
Alateaz
Clarence Dutrow
Will contest delays probate as Shepherd fights for will
In Chicago on July 15 the battle over William Nelson McClintock’s estate continued. Foster William Darling Shepherd, recently acquitted of murder, seeks probate while Iowa cousins press undue influence claims and question witnesses. The judge limited examination to relevant facets, court clocked toward possible probate admission Friday.
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Cricago
William Nelson
McClintock
Milionaire Orphan
William
Darling Shepherd
Hla Foster
Pine Iowa
Shepherd
Henry Harner
Horner
Wit Ja
Supreme Court
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Reichstag Gets Day Petitions for Prohibition
Berlin July 11 a petition with 465 000 votes for prohibition was presented in the Reichstag by local option promoters. The measure aims to place Germany in the dry column. Prohibition supporters seek aid from leaders across parties while opponents argue revenue from alcohol is needed for reparations.
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Berlin
Germany
Nmumieraua
Governor Reuses to Act on Russell Scott Clemency
Springfield Illinois July 15 Governor Small declined to commute the sentence of Russell Scott who is to hang next Friday for the murder of Joseph Maurer a Chicago drug clerk. The governor cited no reason beyond the recommendation of the division of pardons and paroles.
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Springfield
Dempsey Plans Next Year With Mayd Fight Talks
New York July 15 Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion and Estelle Taylor returned from Europe aboard the Homer to New York. He said talks with Maydick firms for a Michigan City bout are possible and that he will decide after discussing with the athletic commission.
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Thiat
Dempsey
Mayd Fitesimmsons
Michigan City
Bartley Madden
Lefora
New York
Jack Dempsey
Pride
Eatelle Taylor
Europe
Homer
Pacific
Monkey Trial Proceedings Slow as Judge Delivers Defense Ruling
Dayton July 15 A crowded courtroom watched Judge Raulston read a defense motion during the Monkey Trial. Attorneys Dudley Field Malone and William Thompson clashed as the defendant sat listening, yawning between legal remarks while police urged silence.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tear
Raulston
Darton High
Judes
Hrgan
Dudley Field Malone
Thompson
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Guent
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Popp
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