Jury Likely To Get Case Late This Afternoon
Chicago August 6 Russell Scott faces a sanity hearing with seven guards of the death watch and four alienists testifying that he is sane. If found insane he will be sent to a state institution. if sane, a new date for execution is set. The defense contends he is insane after ten hours of examination by five alienists.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
Death Watch
W. O. Krohn
Scott
Joseph B. David
Crowe
Krohn
William Scott Stewart
Ralph T. Hinton
Elgin State Hospital
Mr. Stewart
Profits Split Three Ways in Canal Classified Ads
Mrs. Ida DeLind of 334 Rockdale Avenue Avondale describes a successful rental of a furnished apartment after the second insertion. She credits quick results to the Commercial Tribune Classified Ads and urges readers to call Ad-Takers at Canal 6300.
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Commercial Tribune
Ida DeLind
Rockdale Avenue
Avondale
Chimpanzee Chased Through Fifth Avenue By Crowds
A chimpanzee fleeing a throng of ten young women from a Fifth Avenue bookstore caused a traffic tie-up as it darted along Fifth Avenue. The chase ended when a police officer captured the animal near a taxi stand and took it to police headquarters while officials found its owner.
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5Th Avenue
Associated Press
N York
Fifth Avenue
Prohibition Raids Seize Beer And Liquor In Detroit
Prohibition agents raided a Cham p ion Beverage distillery in Detroit seizing two truckloads of beer and sampling kegs. Authorities move to halt liquor sales as Sebastian S Kresge and Pau W Voorhies are named trustees of a building housing a blind pig. Carey Fergus promises action against bootleggers as agents shut steel doors on the premises. drivers held for investigation with more arrests expected.
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Detroit
Champion Beverage Company
Sebastian S Kresge
Pau
W. Voorhies
Walter Visscher
Washington
Carey D. Fergus
James T. Brereton
Prohibition
Liquor in trunk sent as far as Minneapolis
Federal grand jury probes a mail order bootlegging ring. Ben Ross of Minneapolis testified as the only identified witness among a dozen summoned. Investigators say the firm shipped large quantities of liquor in trunks returned by express to clients in Midwestern cities.
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Minneapolis
Associated Press
New RK
Federal Grand Jury
Ben Ross
Ross
United Braces
Manley
John Doe
Wer
Express
Increase in Tum row activity reports by coast guards
ASBAFY PARK New Jersey August 5 Superintendent Rasmussen head of the Fifth District Coast Guards reports greater Tum row activity with four ships two flying the French flag anchored off the coast between Atlantic City and Atlantic Highlands. Small boats are leaving shore in larger numbers marking the busiest period in two months.
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Associated Press
Asbafy Park
N. J
Tumrow
Rassmussen
Fifth District Coast Guards
Atlantic City
Atlantic Highlands
Denaturing Alcohol Reform Moves to Thwart Bootleggers
Washington reports chemists of the Internal Revenue Bureau have devised a new denatured alcohol formula for industrial use. Distillers must mix oil of hay and quinine into every 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol. A related Baltimore case involves John A. Buongore and Jose Furbershaw. a defense plan is noted as Treasury investigates.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
John A. Buongore
Jose Furbershaw
Havre de Grace
Andrews
Internal Revenue Commissio Bilair
J. J. Britt
Prohibition
Carter
Baltimore
Thorugh
Treasury Intelligence Service
Furthershaw
Blair
Buongore
One Killed and Score Hurt in Chicago Trolley Crash
In heavy fog on the South Side two street cars collided head on. The motorman of one car was killed and the motorman of the other seriously injured. A score of passengers were cut and bruised as the fog limited visibility at the switching point.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Forgery Foiled He Emots Three Blocks Traffic
Richard F. Battles, aviator and deputy from Overland Missouri, attempted to cash a forged 987.51 check at Mississippi Valley Trust Company. He seized a watchman’s gun, wounded two officers and a bystander, then fled in a commandeered car, engaging in a running gun battle through downtown St. Louis before being fatally wounded and captured in a barber shop.
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ST. Louis
Richard F. Battles
Overland
Battles
Joseph Dugan
Louis Falkenberg
Rudolph Lange
Charles Gamache
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
James O'Neal
O’neal
Falkenberg
Broadway
Lucas Avenue
O'Neal
Lange
Washington Avenue
Capital on guard for Klan parade
Police in Washington tighten security for a Ku Klux Klan demonstration next Saturday. All officers on duty with reserves ready from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday as railroads prepare to bring in up to 50 000 visitors. Initial plans included a cross burning at the government theater, now likely moved to the Arlington horse show grounds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Evans Aday
Athough Klan
Columbus
Buffalo
N. Y
Jacksonville
Fla
Government Theater
Washington Monument
Arlington Horse Show Grounds
Potomac River
Two Die and Two Hurt in Sofia Rail Station Blast
In Sofia, two killed and two injured by an explosion at the railway station. Buildings damaged but trains ran normally. The blast’s cause is unknown and comes amid a string of Bulgarian incidents including a munitions dump blast near Pleven and earlier cathedral bombing with heavy casualties.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Paris
Plevna
Sveti Kral
Cinderella Adoption Sparks Shopaholic Cinderella Tale
New York social novelty story follows Mary Louise Spas, a Bohemian immigrant daughter, adopted by Edward Browning, who declares Mary just over 16. She buys 40 dresses on a Fifth Avenue tour while Browning plans a wardrobe of 150 frocks with a maid.
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Louise Spas
Edward A. Browning
Fifth Avenue
Spas
Browning
Boes
Mary
Mildred
Denver
Mr. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine
The
Mildred Spas
Mary Spas
Evolution conflict fuels Scopes defense in Tennessee case
Chattanooga report notes Dr John R Neal says the petition for injunction will allege the Tennessee evolution law contravenes the US Constitution by depriving liberty to teach and by using taxpayer funds to block instruction of evolution. Neal calls this a pivotal step in the tol erance fight ahead of the Dayton trial.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Rhea County
John R. Neal
Scopes
Dayton
Rhea Country
Neal
Associated Press
Chattanooga Times
Mail Pilot Crashes Near Bloomsburg In Fog
Westbound mail plane piloted by Harry A. Chandler of New Brunswick crashed at 11 15 p m in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. Chandler is in Bloomsburg Hospital with a fractured skull in serious condition. Mail cargo fell into the Susquehanna River. Fourteen bags of mail recovered from four feet of water after campers helped free him from the wreckage.
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Associated Press
Bloomsburg
Harry A. Chandler
New Brunswick
N. J
Chandler
Susquehanna River
New York
Bellefonte
Night air mail accident marks first since service began
The Associated Press reports in Cleveland Ohio that Harry Chandler, a veteran of the night air mail, was involved in the first accident since the service started July 1. He departed Hadley Field New Jersey at 9 46 p m and was due in Cleveland at 2 20 a m the following morning, with no details yet received at the airport.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Harry Chandler
New York
Chandler
Mineola
L. L
Hadley Field
N. J
Mystery of Mee Coyaremne Alancis death deepens at inquest
In Mattoon Illinois investigators clash over suicide and murder theories in the death of Mee Coyaremne Alancis on her sister's farm. Coroner Schilling weighs position of the body and sends organs for University of Illinois analysis if cause remains unknown. Letters signed by seven Klansmen shed further intrigue as officials await Friday or Saturday inquest.
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Mattoon
Ill
Mee Coyaremne
Alan Cistern
Here
Thomas Seaman
Spinister
Schilling
Boss Lily
University of Illinois
Ed Seaman
Miss Stallman
F. O. Freeman
W. G. Wallace
Humboldt Post Office
Humboldt
Fletcher
John Temple Graves Nears End In Critical Illness
Washington Aug 5 The condition of John Temple Graves veteran Southern writer editor and orator critically ill at his home showed little change tonight. Family and physicians have abandoned hope for his recovery after a decline that has persisted for some time and worsened in recent days.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Temple Graves
Bethlehem Steel chief officials resign in cost cutting drive
Bethlehem Steel announces the retirement of Archibald Johnston H S Snyder and William Tobias effective September 1 1925. They will serve in advisory roles while the firm distributes their duties to others. The move aims to avoid labor wage reductions amid industry strain.
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New York World News Service
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Archibald Johnston
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
H. S. Snyder
William E. Tobias
Lukens Steel Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Lackawanna Steel Corporation
The
Lake Transportation Company
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Cambria Steel Company
Ore Steamship Company
Loretta
Wag
Eugene G. Grace
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Corporation
William Tobias
Messrs
Johnston
Snyder
Tobias
Corporation
Grace
Iowa Contractors Race To Bid On $80 000 Sewer Job
Two Iowa contractors Tom Johnson and O M Gallafield arrived at Kansas City Union Station en route to Lee s Summit to bid on an $80 000 sewer contract. A robbery at the station delayed them and the bid deadline passed at 4 pm. The robbers escaped while the men were held briefly.
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New York World News Service
Kansas'city
Iowa
Tom Johnson
Eagle Grove
O. M. Gallafield
Forest City
Union Station
Lee’s Summit
Pullman
Lenherts
Lee's
Kansas City
Kiowa Floods After Cloudburst Sets Water Record
Kiowa Col residents faced a rapid flood when Kiowa Creek rose to a record height. About sixty of seventy buildings were damaged with four feet of water, ten minutes of rising water gave 250 residents little warning. Initial losses estimated at $10,000 as several bridges were swept away.
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Kiowa
Kiowa Creek
Rise of Continent in Atlantic Ocean Forecast by Savant
Paris August 5 Prof Alphonse Berger of the Ocean ic Institute weighs a continental rise in the Atlantic. If ocean floor lifts, an oval landmass could span from Africa to the Azores. A full reversal to historic levels might create land from Africa to the Caribbean islands, with Bermuda as a principal outpost.
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Atlantic Ocean
Savant
Arno Doech-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Atlantis
South Atlantic
Alphonse Berger
The
Oceanic Institute
Bay of Biscay
Berget
Africa
Azores
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Cuba
Bermudas
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Publishing Company
New Yorker Sought as Identity of Dead Cellulose Lab Victim
San Francisco police pursue New York leads to confirm the victim of a laboratory explosion at the Pacific Coast Cellulose Company was not Charles Henry Schwartz. Mrs Schwartz disputes, while investigators note life insurance and a known alias. Witnesses link a stranger from New York to the plant and reveal letters and missing personal effects.
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New York World News Service
San Francisco
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Coast Cellulose Company
New York
M. A. Ray
Theodore Benetis
Ray
Schwartz
Esther Hatfield
Hatfield
Adele Stein
Walnut Creek
Berkeley
Veale
Tinning
Scchwartz
Leon Henry Schwartzhoff
Demand For Insurance Payment On Chemistry Chief
In San Francisco on August 5, Mrs. Charles H Schwartz claims the body found in the Pacific Cellulose laboratory wreck is her husband, chemist and inventor of the artificial silk compound. Dr Alfred Rude supports the identification as the chemist. Attorney E S Bell says a demand will soon be made on insurers for 180000 dollars in policies.
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San Francisco
Pacific Cellulose Company
Charles
Henry Schwartz
Alfred H. Rude
Schwartz
E. S. Bell
Widow sues for separate maintenance in Gustine case
Mrs Belle King Gustine widow of Ben King files suit for separate maintenance against Henry W Gustine 88, the Civil War veteran and newlywed 66 year old poet’s widow accuses him of miserliness a master in chancery was appointed to review Gustine’s financial status.
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Chicago
Belle King Gustine
Ben King
James Whitcomb Riley
Michigan
Henry W. Gustine
Gustine
Miners Lift Strike Power as Talks with Operators Seen to Resume
The Scale Committee of forty authorized a six member panel led by John L. Lewis to issue a strike call effective September 1 and arrange safety measures. The action signals moral impact while pledging to meet operators if negotiations resume, with no change in the miners' wage or check off positions. Major Inglis and officials from other districts joined late as operators prepared for further talks in Philadelphia.
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John J. Leary, JR
New York World News Service
Atlantic City
N.J
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Lewis
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kennedy
Andrew Mattey
Hazleton
Rinaldo Cappelini
Pittston
State Committee
Lee Hall
Ohio
John P. White
United Mineworkers
Samuel D. Warriner
Philadelphia
Scale Committee
Asada
Pennsylvania
Golden of
Shamokin
William W. Inglis
Alvan Markel
Warriner
Major Inglis
Union
Indianapolis
Congressional Action on Mine Strikes Hinted
Swampscott Mass August 5 Legislative action in the next Congress to protect the public from recurring coal strike disasters is anticipated after negotiations between miners and operators at Atlantic City broke off. The outcome may trigger a strike in the anthracite field or not, but the public remains vulnerable to sudden disruption.
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New York World News Service
Swampscott
Mass
Atlantic City
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