Judge Denies Challenge to Tennessee Evolution Law
In Dayton Tennessee July 15 the Scopes trial moves forward as John T Scopes pleads not guilty to violating the Tennessee anti evolution statute Judge John T Raulston upholds the law s validity and denies defense motion to quash the indictment He explains the caption covers the body s scope and finds no violation of worship or conscience rights or public school purposes and orders a recess.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
John Thome
John T. Raulston
John T. Scopes
Raulston
Germaine
State of
Tennessee
Priest Drowns While Bathing Near Stone City
The Rev. Father Thomas R. Hawe, pastor of St. Joseph's church, Stone City Iowa, drowned in the Wapsipinicon river Monday night while hunting with a boy scout group. His body was recovered last night from a deep hole near his boat after searchers found his boat and clothing.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Father Thomas R. Hawe
St. Joseph’s Church
Stone City
Wapsipinicon River
Father Hawer
Ready 10 Count Senatorial Vote
Washington reports preparations for the Steck Brookhart Iowa senatorial contest counting Monday. A large crew of counters will tally every ballot under counsel presence with disputed ballots set aside for committee review. If technical objections are ignored, Steck may gain on arrow ballots from Council Bluffs and elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Washington
Steck- Brookhart
Iowa
Senate
Ernest
Kentucky
Watson
Indiana
Washington Dispatch
Steck
Council Bluffs
Railroads Fight Planned Iowa Tax Valuation Rise
Des Moines Iowa July 15 railroads vow to oppose any move by the state executive council to raise valuations of railroad properties for taxation and will back a reduction similar to farmer requests. They argue current valuations are too high compared with farm land assessments and note previous increases to about 80 percent with cases still pending.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Iowa
Executive Council
Great Western
Rock Island
Despondent Husband Shoots Self After Wife's Death
William F. Lambert of Davenport, 42, is in a critical condition in Ottumwa after shooting himself near noon. His wife died in Trenton, N J, Saturday and her funeral was to be held that afternoon. Lambert was found under a bridge by railroad workers crying out he had been shot and that he threw the gun into the river. Doctors have little hope for recovery.
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Ottumwa
William F. Lambert
Davenport
Trenton
N. J
Court Adjourns Early Reading Opinion Reconvenes At One
The report notes the judge finished reading his opinion and announced the court would reconvene at 1 o clock rather than 1:30. Continued on Page Two.
Abd-el-Krim poised to strike before Franco-Spanish pact
July 15 dispatch from French Morocco reports Abd-el-Krim and Riffians planning an attack prior to Madrid conference outcomes. Defections in the Taza region grow, fighting persists, and a Fez Algiers railroad cut threaten French links. Premier Painlevé agrees in principle to veteran American aviators joining the Moroccan air force.
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French Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Madrid
Taza
Abd-el- Krim
Morocco
Fez-Algiers
Algiers
Paris
Painleve
Short Hog Supply Points To Continued Price Rise
The June pig survey from the department of agriculture notes tight hog supplies for the coming months, predicting sustained price gains into late summer. Hogs near the price cycle peak, with receipts over the next year likely the smallest since 1921 and prices rising despite more corn supply, possibly spurring expansion in 1926 before prices ease.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Injunction Granted Against Iowa Bus Tax Scheme
District Judge Joseph B. Meyer issued a temporary injunction barring the Iowa railroad commission from collecting a passenger and tonnage tax on motor buses between fixed terminals. The action, led by about 40 operators led by Helen Schultz, prevents $4,000 in taxes due today and blocks further collections if bonds are posted.
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
Iowa Railroad Commission
Joseph B. Meyer
Helen Schultz
Iowa
Scientific Work Director Resigns
The resignation of B. D. Ball, director of scientific work of the department of agriculture, has been accepted. He previously served as state entomologist in Iowa and Wisconsin and as professor of zoology and entomology at the Utah Agricultural College and Iowa State College.
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Asanciated Press
Washington
B. D. Ball
Department of Agriculture
Ball
Iowa
Wisconsin
Utah Agricultural College
Iowa State College
Creston Suit Aims to Quiet Title on Local Property
Thomas L. Cheetham of Creston filed suit in a district court Tuesday against Abel B. Crandall and others to quiet title in a Creston property. Clyde Yolton and James Boyd families with spouses and others have returned home from a fishing trip to Lake Wabado in Minnesota, making the auto journey back after a week there.
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Thomas L. Cheetham
Creston
Abel B. Crandall
Clyde Yolton
James Boyd
Horace
Bernard Stearns
Ruby
Ralph Brooks
Lester Hardman
Lake Wabado
Minnesota
Meek Confesses to Garden City Girl Murder
Winfred Meek 21 of Garden City pleaded guilty to killing Byrie Healy 17 of Garden City. He was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for the remainder of his natural life in the state prison at Sioux Falls after admitting the crime in circuit court. State's Attorney H Hanson of Clark County announced the confession and the charge of first degree murder.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Winfred Meek
Garden City
Sioux Falls
Byrie Healey
Stete
H. Hanson
Clark County
Byrie Healy
Meek
Births Exceed Deaths In First Six Months 1926 in Union County
Vital statistics from the county court house show ninety three births in the first six months of 1926, thirteen more than deaths. February March May and June all saw more births. January had equal births and deaths, and April recorded two deaths for each birth.
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Union County
American Minister To China Presents Credentials
John Van A MacMurray, newly appointed American minister to China, presented his credentials to the Chinese president in Peking. He conveyed to President Tuap Chi Jut the policy of the United States toward China and spoke in the ceremonial setting with outriders and guards in attendance.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
John van A MacMurray
Yuan Shi-Kai
United States
Tuap Chi Jut
Body of Harry Pontow to Reach City Tonight
The body of Harry Pontow of Creston who died Monday at Fort Lupton Col will arrive at 10 40 tonight. Funeral arrangements are pending with burial to take place here.
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Harry Pontow
Creston
Fort Luon
Price Record for Beef Steers Smashed Again
The Chicago market faced a beef steer shortage due to high corn prices and grass-fed supply. Top prime cattle reached 14.25 per hundredweight, up 2.60 since May, with overall meat animal prices climbing 1.25 in two weeks.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Klan Aids Negroes To Lift Church Mortgage
In Mason City Iowa on July 15 the Betsy Ross klavern presented St John’s Negro Baptist Church with a 50 dollar check to help lift the church mortgage. The Klansmen entered during a service and laid the money on the altar as announced by Rev J C Bothie pastor.
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Mason City
Betsy Ross Klavern
Ku Klux Klan
St. John’s Negro Baptist Church
J. C. Bothie
Bureau Denies Report Of Crop Damage In Iowa
Des Moines reports heat waves denied 20 to 30 million bushel crop loss figures. Weather bureau director Charles Reed says surveys show no such condition. The weekly crop report notes hot, dry conditions wilt and scorch corn in over half the state, oats affected, with three days at 100 degrees. Threshing begins in southern counties as hay quality remains good but yields fall to one-third to one-half normal.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Weather and Crop Reporting Bureau
Reed
Eau
Creston Group Heads to Niagara Falls Trip
Creston residents including Mrs. M. J. Howell and Miss Ethel McKenzie depart for Shenandoah then join a Niagara delegation for a three day excursion to Niagara Falls Buffalo and Canada. Four trains carry about 1600 people with Detroit sightseeing calls. trains leave Shenandoah Thursday morning and return Sunday.
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Creston
Shenandoah
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Bufallo
Canada
Shenandoah Kiwanis Club
M. J. Howell
Ethel McKenzie
Rose King
Ruth
Inez Porter
Sherman Rex
H. M Stanley
Margaret Ball
George Bartle
Rada Ahern
Craig Armstrong
O. D. Tyler
Detroit
Detroit Kiwanis Club
Convention Bureau of Detroit
New Official Register Copies Received Here
The 1925-26 Iowa Official Register is off the press and distributed by the state printing board in Des Moines. Residents may obtain a copy free by applying to the board, with contents including the U S and Iowa constitutions, governor and officials, Congress members, election figures, judiciary and county statistics.
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Iowa
State Printing Board
Des Moines
United States
Iowa Democrats Plan August Conference in Des Moines
Democratic leaders in Iowa schedule a conference in Des Moines in mid August to map campaigns for the next year. National committeeman Clyde L. Herring says Representative Oldfield of Arkansas will attend during his tour. Iowa Democrats aim to field strong candidates for Congress next year.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
National Committee
Oldfield
Arkansas
Mail Carriers 1926 Meet At Davenport
A. W. Moore of Sioux City was re elected president of the Iowa Association of Letter Carriers at the twenty eighth annual convention in Dubuque. Officers named include O J Hohne Des Moines A A Miller Cedar Rapids O Berry Webster City Glenn Kemp Kansas J P Johnson Council Bluffs. The 1926 session will be held at Davenport.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
A. W. Moore
Sioux City
Iowa Association of Letter Carriers
O. J. Hohne
Des Moines
A. A. Miller
Oder Rapids
O. Berry Hill
Webster City
Glenn Kemp
Entine
KE. J. Strater
de Moines
Iowa City
J P. Johnson
Council Bluffs
Exerse
Davenport
Polen Waives to Grand Jury in Fatal Accident Case
H M Polen waived prelim hearing on manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges in the death of Bessie Burns near Creston. He was bound over to the grand jury with a $1,500 bond after a Diagonal warrant. arraignment not held as he waived to the grand jury.
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H. M. Polen
Bessie C .Burns
Afton
Grand Jury
Diagonal
Sherif Fred Collings
Polen
Justice of the Peace
E .C. Baldwin
Creston
Injunction Issued Against Lorimor Show Operators
A district court issued a temporary injunction restraining 8. C. Warren and M. H Jordan, Lorimor moving picture exhibitors, from removing theater property installed in the Lorimer Community Building. Judge A. R. Maxwell signed the order at the Lorimer Community Building Association petition. The association says Warren and Jordan leased the building in 1924, paying 27 dollars monthly, with four months of rent overdue.
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C. Warren
M. H Jordan
Lorimor
A. R. Maxwell
Lorimer Community Building Association
Warren and Jordan
Golf club awards weekend prizes at Crestmoor
Crestmoor Golf Club announced prizes for a weekend tournament. Alex Roseberry finished fifth and received golf hose from Reckner and McCoy. Carl Boone placed fifteenth and earned coffee from Reckner's Grocery. Walter Koerner came twenty fifth and won gasoline from Standard Oil Company.
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Crestmoor Golf Club
Alex Roseberry
Reckner & McCoy
Carl Boone
Reckner's Grocery
Walter Koerner
Standard Oj Company
Bite of Insect Causes Death Of Woman
Mrs Joseph Smiddy of Gregory Missouri died in a Keokuk hospital from a poisonous spider bite to the lip suffered in a garden last Thursday. The infection grew virulent, doctors said. She was 27 and survived by her husband and one child.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Joseph Smiddy
Gregory
Smiddy
Riot Between Klansmen and Anti Klansmen in Leicester Mass
Police expect results of investigation into the riot between klansmen and anti klan sympathizers in Leicester Massachusetts last night. Many were bruised by missiles and automobiles were damaged. two unconscious persons are unidentified. It marked the first hostile clash involving the Klan in the town.
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Associated Press
Leicester
Mass
Olice
Union County Receives Two-Thirds Gas Tax Share So Far
Union County has received 2754.22 of its two cent gasoline tax share for April and May. Two-thirds is sent to the county road fund and township funds, with one-third to the primary road fund. The May payment was 2130.51, transferred June 3, and the April payment 623.61, received July 3. Projections suggest the county road fund could grow about 12783 this year, from May gas tax receipts, with transfers to township funds.
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Union County
State Highway Commission
Guy H. McCornack
McCornack
Highwayq Commission
Perry
Ital Fach County
Lund
Man Under Indictment Starts Divorce Suit
Willis Bray, charged in two indictments, began divorce proceedings from Grace Bray in district court. He alleges he and Grace lived at a private home in Arispe until she deserted him on April 1, 1923. Bray is out on $1000 bond and has two children in the mother's custody.
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Willis Bray
Hazel White
Arispe
Eui T
Grace Bray
Iowa
Bray
Marion County
Kansas
Detectives Uncover Counterfeiting Plot in Brooklyn
Investigators from local secret service agents arrested 89 people in Brooklyn over the past 13 hours amid what officials call one of the largest counterfeit schemes uncovered in the nation. The sweep included several women among those detained.
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Associated FP
New York
Brooklyn
Secret Service
Mows
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