Women Fight to Save Russell Scott From Gallows
Chicago reports say women across several cities lead the effort to spare Russell Scott, condemned for Maurer murder. His wife Catherine, Windsor Ontario locals, Detroit clubwomen raising funds, and two Chicago witnesses push for reprieve while Robert Scott remains missing.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Catherine Scott
Dorothy Newburg
Scott
Windsor
Ont
Detroit Club
Joseph Maurer
Small
Detroit
Robert Scott
Russell
Robert
James Sweinhart
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Sweinhart
Thomas Scott
Maurer
Detroit Friends of Scott Seek Defense Funds in Parody Effort
Detroit and Windsor activists raised funds to defend Russell T. Scott, promoter of the Windsor Detroit Bridge, with a planned "save Scott" parade abandoned for lack of volunteers. Over $3,500 was raised for legal talent possibly including Clarence Darrow, while Darrow denied involvement. The police showed little interest as reports about James Ball were denied.
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Detroit
Scott
Associated Press
Russell T. Scott
Windsor
Ont
Windsor-Detroit
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Dayton, Tenn
Scopes
Len Small
Illinois
James Ball
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Company
Ball
Boy, 13, Ends His Life Over Theft Fear
St. Louis July 21 Fear of punishment for stealing $10 from his father drove thirteen year old Jesse Mallory to take his own life by an overdose of medicine. His grandmother Mrs Anna Mallory quoted him as admitting the theft before his death.
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ST. Louis
Jesse Mallory
Sikit
Anna Mallory
Shoppers Guide Classifieds Promote The Commercial Tribune
The Commercial Tribune promotes its Classifieds section labeled Shoppers Guide. It promises ads cover from homes to help wanted and sewing machines to automobiles, urging readers to adopt the classified habit for value from small ads.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Policeman Arrests Father for Beating Mother in New York
Policeman James A. Monaghan arrested his father Patrick Monaghan after finding him assaulting his wife at their East Side home. The elder Monaghan confessed to a fifteen year pattern of abuse as he appeared in Yorkville Court. He was held on $5,000 bail for examination on the assault charge.
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New York
James A. Monaghan
Patrick
East Side
Monaghan
Justice Delagi
Yorkville Court
Miners Warn Of General Strike Looms In Anthracite Crisis
Atlantic City July 21 A clash over wage terms in the anthracite dispute sparks fresh strike threats as miners led by the United Mine Workers in Northern West Virginia accuse operators of contract breaches and intimidation. Negotiations stall with data on executive salaries withheld and talks move to daily sessions starting tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
Scranton
van Bittner
Hoover
Davis
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Samuel Untermyer
D. Warriner
Murray
Bittner
United Mineworkers
West Virginia
Bethlehem Mines Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Consolidation Coal Company
Rockefeller and Watson
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Rockefeller
Seek trio who threw body from automobile in Illinois
Three men in an automobile were sought after the body of a man was found dumped along the Dixie Highway south of Beecher. Two witnesses reported trailing a four man gang, hearing a shot, and the car fleeing while the body was discarded. Police probed if the victim was Frank McErlane, Chicago gangster, after finding a watch with his initials.
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Kankakee
Dixie Highway
Beecher
Momence
Chicago
Frank McErlane
McErlane
Geneva Quake Shakes City in Rare Seismic Event
Geneva felt a seismic disturbance at 1 05 PM today with buildings rocking noticeably. The epicenter remains undetermined as authorities assess the unusual tremor in a city unaccustomed to earthquakes.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World, News Service
Geneva
Teomar Gg World
Ews
Oe World
Press Pub. Co
Man sacrifices arm on railroad obeying Bible command
Thomas Thompson, 48, placed his right arm under a Pennsylvania train near Torrence road station and waited for the wheels to sever it above the elbow, saying the Lord told him to obey the command. He remained lucid, described the motive, and was taken to General Hospital with his arm amputated.
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Thomas Thompson
Torrence Road
Cincinnati
General Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
East End
Thompson
Indianapolis
David Richards
Richards
Berlin Seeks Treaty Changes Through Parlays and Arm Troop Provisions
Berlin presses for equality and reciprocity in security pact talks with France and Britain. Dr. Stressmann outlines three aims: how pact relates to existing treaties, arbitration guarantees, and Germany’s League of Nations position. He warns against forced action without arbitration and seeks interim adjustments to Versailles terms given Germany’s disarmament and strategic position.
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Berlin
Stressemann
Germany
League of Nations
Covenant of the League
France
League
Great Britain
Rhineland
Trains Hit Autos Killing Two Women In Ohio Crash
Two women, Mrs. Ray Allen 35 and her mother-in-law Mary Ann Allen 60, were killed when a passenger train struck their car at the T and O crossing near Lime City Ohio. Ray Allen died at Bowling Green Hospital after the crash.
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Toledo
Lime City
Ray Allen
Mary Ann Allen
Bowling Green
Two New Death Mysteries Surface in Cincinnati Area
Officials faced two unidentifiable deaths, a white man found in the Licking River near Newport and a white woman about 68 found in the Ohio River at Cincinnati. The man had bridgework teeth and likely drowned two months prior, while the woman showed signs suggesting foul play but lacked conclusive proof. identification hinges on further details.
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Greater
Cincinnati
Licking River
Eleventh Street
Newport
Ohio River
Baymiller Street
Robert Hamilton
960
West
Fifth Street
Hamilton
C. A. Smith & Son
Monmouth Street
Walter L. Hughes
Campbell County
Hughes
Walter Orr
McCullough Street
J. W. Harrington
West Seventh Street
Train strikes car. two dead in Minnesota crash
At Randall near Oe Falls two men died when their automobile was hit by a Northern Pacific train. A third man died three hours later from injuries. Two other occupants escaped by leaping from the car. The men were employed on a food job near Randall.
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Oe Falls
Minn
Northern Pacific
Randall
Here
Car Passenger Killed When Train Strikes Truck Near DesPlaines
Thomas Burns aged 30 who took a ride from Portage Wisconsin in a car driven by Thomas Kelly 75 of Grand Rapids Minnesota was killed instantly and Kelly injured when their car was struck by a Soo Line train near Desplaines today.
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Chicago
Thomas Burns
Portage
Wis
Thomas Kelly
Grand Rapids
Car Crash Near North Jackson Kills Woman in Pittsburgh Party
Mrs. Catherine Clark of Pittsburgh was killed and six others injured when an automobile overturned near North Jackson while traveling toward Youngstown. Sam Stone of Mineral Ridge and Mrs. Alice Rose of Pittsburgh suffered probable internal injuries.
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Youngstown, CO
Catherine Clark
Pittsburgh
North Jackson
Youngstown
Sam Stone
Mineral Ridge
Alice Rose
Car Plunge Sends Four Hurt Near Milford Center
Four people from Milford Center are hospitalized after their car overturned from a twenty foot embankment on a Lancaster road while en route to Cincinnati. Injured are Charles Tetters T Madden and their wives.
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Lancaster
Charles Tetters
T. Madden
Milford Center
Cincinnati
Grain Slips on Chicago Market After Late Trading Drop
Grain prices fell late on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat down 4 to 5 cents, corn 1 to 2 cents lower, oats 0.5 to 1 cent lower, and rye 2 to 3 cents lower. July wheat closed around 1.63 dollars, July corn about 1.00 and three quarters, oats 43 and a half cents, rye 94 and a half cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Work Without Pay to Aid Export Competition in St John
Employees of James Pender & Co Ltd a subsidiary of the British Empire Steel Corporation agreed to work overtime without pay to help the company compete abroad. If profits arise they will share 75 percent to employees and 25 percent to the firm. Eighty workers will begin three unpaid hours on alternate evenings for export work.
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ST. John, N B
James Pender & Co., Ltd
British Empire Steel Corporation
Circular Mausoleum at Marion for Harding Memorial
The Harding Memorial Association announced a circular granite mausoleum eighty feet in diameter and forty nine feet high will be built in Marion Ohio to house Warren G Harding and his wife. Designed by Henry Hornsbostel and Eric Fisher Coe of Pittsburgh the structure features two colonnades no roof Greek Doric exterior and Greek Ionic interior. A willow tree will be planted near the center cloister home to sarcophagi with Memorial Day 1927 target. a $200000 fundraising drive will fund landscaping and park upkeep.
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New York
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Henry Hornsbostel
Eric. Fisher Coe
Pittsburgh
Harding Memorial Association
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Wisconsin Professor Disappears in London
Prof. Joseph Victor Collins of Stevens Point Wisconsin a delegate to the World Federation of Education Association vanished in London Scotland Yard conducted a 24 hour search without results. He had planned to take a late train to Edinburgh where the educational convention was in session. His daughter last saw him at the railway station and his son Paul is an air service pilot out of Cleveland.
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Associated Press
London
Scotland Yard
Joseph Victor Collins
Stevens Point
Wis
World Federation of Education Association
Collins
Edinburgh
Paul
Cleveland
Scopes Fined and Appeals as Test Case Moves On
Dayton Tennessee July 21 The State of Tennessee against John Thomas Scopes ends in conviction for teaching evolution in public schools. Scopes plans appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court while Bryan comments on defense strategy. The trial closes with prayer and adjournment sine die as the case shifts attention to the state’s high court.
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Dayton
Tenn
State of Tennessee
John Thomas Scopes
Rhea County
William Jennings Bryan
Dudley Field Malone
B. T. McKenzie
Aoe
Bryan
Europe
Australia
United States
Mickey Shannon Killed in Ring in Louisville
Chicago light heavyweight Mickey Shannon was killed in the fourth round of a boxing match with Harry Fay in Louisville. Fay was arrested on manslaughter charges after Shannon’s head struck the floor and he died soon after at a hospital. Shannon, 25, had previously fought in Cincinnati and Redland Field.
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Louisville
Mickey Shannon
Chicago
Harry Fay
Fay
Shannon
Marvin Hart
Eddie Heavrin
Bryan Darrow Bible Debate Reaches Reversed Roles
Dayton Tennessee July 21 William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow continued their Bible and religion exchange with roles reversed Bryan asking questions and Darrow answering The dialogue covers belief in God Biblical inspiration miracles immortality of the soul and life beyond death with Darrow denying prophetic or supernatural claims and urging reliance on universal laws
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Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Bryan
Darrow
Mr. Bryan
God
Bellef
Christ
Bryan Vol
Scopes Is Fined In Dayton for Teaching Evolution
In Dayton Tennessee on July 21 John T Scopes was fined 100 dollars plus costs for teaching evolution and placed on 500 dollars bail pending appeal The trial featured Bryan and Darrow with jurors returning a guilty verdict after a brief deliberation and the judge noting a whisky precedent for minimum punishment.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Scopes
Raulston
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Rhea County
Bryan
Darrow
North
Nazareth
Dudley Field Malone
Ben B. McKenzie
Commonwealth
Arthur Garfield Hays
Charles Darwin
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Darrow
Supreme Court
Messrs. Darrow
Stewart
Costs Mounted in Scopes Case Despite Small Fine
Dayton Tenn July 21 A misdemeanor trial of John Thomas Scopes carried a $100 fine yet incurred about $25 000 in costs for the defense. Court costs exceed $300 and the expense roughly triples the fine largely due to expert witnesses who were not allowed to testify. Attorneys for both sides bore their own expenses and worked without fees.
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Dayton, Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
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John J. Leary, JR
Minot
N.D
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Ohio
Harding
Wisconsin
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Toquiz
Floridan
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