Evolution education under suit in District Supreme Court
A test suit filed by Lauren H. Whitmer seeks to restrain DC schools from teaching evolution and related sciences, tying funding to biblical restrictions. Justice Siddon orders response by July 28 with Frank Ballou and W P Hay to answer.
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United Press
Washington
District of Columbia
District Supreme Court
Lauren H. Whitmer
Justice Siddon
Frank Ballou
W. P. Hay
City Bills Debate as Ray Demands Itemized Accounts
Otto Ray, leader of council rebels, asks for an itemized statement of city bills and payrolls. He warns the $500,000 general fund loan may go to hiring 150 to 200 staff aiding John L. Duval for mayor, amid Indianapolis facing a $200,000 shortfall. Police press dog license fee drive. 31 arrests yield about $8,000.
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Otto Ray
T. A. Bowser
Ray
John L. Duvall
Bowser
Indianapolis
Shank
Bribe Charge Renewed In City Court
Herschell Woody and John Price, both colored, are connected to a bootlegging arrest by Patrolman Admiral Harris and Patrolman Charles Carter. Woody accuses Harris of offering a ten dollar bribe. Harris and Carter deny the claim. Judge White took the case under advisement after Monday inquiry by Police Chief Herman F. Koff.
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Herschell Woody
Thirteenth St
Admiral Harris
Harris
Woody
John Price
Mill St
Charles Carter
White
Carter
Herman F. Koff
Weather Update With Hourly Temps and Conditions
Hourly readings show 66 degrees at 6 AM and 68 degrees by midmorning with 90.5 percent humidity. Noon temperature around 74 degrees and conditions noted as clear with light winds.
Defense Attorneys Fail to Appear in NoblesvilleCourt Adjourning Session Opens
Hamilton Circuit Court in Noblesville opened an adjourned session as D C Stephenson Earl Klineck and Earl Gentry face murder charges in Indianapolis. Defense lawyers did not appear to press bail motions or seek other actions though a new bid for a change of judge may come next week. If successful, a habeas corpus petition for Stephenson could follow before a new judge. State opposition is anticipated and the adjourned session is expected to last about two weeks.
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Blythe Q. Hendricks
Noblesville
Ind
D. C.stephenson
Earl Klineck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Fred E. Hines
Hamilton Circuit Court
Stephenson
Ephenman
Hines
Inman
Evolution Debates Draw Crowd At Market and Illinois
A crowd gathered at Market and Illinois Streets around 9 30 Tuesday night for an informal debate between an evolutionist and a fundamentalist. The event caused near traffic blockage as participants argued the topic in the street.
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Market
Illinois Sts
Thugs Menace Café Patrons In Downtown Robbery
United Press reports three young men robbed the Mandarian Inn in Chicago after forcing diners to the rear. They looted the cash register and fled in a car, injuring musician George Simons with a revolver blow as patrons were coerced. The raid occurred while more than fifty people danced and ate.
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Mandarian Inn
George Simons
Lee Given 15 Year Term in Tennessee
Ralph Lee, 26, Indianapolis, who escaped jail in Franklin Indiana, has been sentenced in Knoxville to a fifteen year term for two highway robberies. Indiana extradition failed, with Tennessee not returning him. another case may add fifteen years. His wife and mother reside in Indianapolis.
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Ralph Lee
Indianapolis
Abner Peek
Speedway Ave
Knoxville
Tenn
Lee
Franklin
Ind
Indiana
Tennessee
Wiliam H. Remy
Knoxville Dispatches
Mary Lee McIlvain
Cornelius Ave
Dora Carmackle Lee
Concord St
Indianapolis school budget shows 3 percent rise for 1925 26
A tentative Indianapolis school budget for 1925 26 totals 10 302 177 with a 3 percent operating cost increase to 5 295 055 from 5 145 542 53. Capital outlay stands at 3 761 690 debt service 481 550 and sinking fund 764 882. The plan includes a 2 460 000 bond issue not affecting the tax levy while assessable value and final approvals are pending.
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Indianapolis
School Board Budget Committee
Finance Committee
William H
Five men cleared in city manslaughter cases
City Judge Delbert Wilmeth discharged five defendants charged with involuntary manslaughter stemming from fatal accidents on July 5 and June 28 and in related interurban collisions. Names and addresses of the defendants are listed, with victims identified in the incidents.
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Delbert O. Wilmeth
Miss Hathaway
William Hoppe
Holbrook St
Bluff Rd
Troy Ave
Hawkin
Luther Howard
S. Pershington St
Oliver Ave
Belmont St
Clarence Hawn
S. State Ave
Road Bonds Denied for Marion County Roads
State tax commissioners denied 52000 in bonds for two Marion County roads. Grover Parr road in Washington Township faced 44000 and H Lefforge road in Lawrence Township faced 8000. Remonstrances heard July 6.
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Marion County
Grover Parr
Washington Township
H. Lefforge
Lawrence
Eleven Bondsmen Sued in Multiple Superior Courts
Prosecutor William H. Remy filed eleven suits across five Superior Courts against eleven bondsmen and eleven defendants to recover $5,725 in bonds after alleged no shows in criminal court. The suits seek payment on bonds tied to pending charges and nonappearance.
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William H. Remy
Losche Seeks $2500 For Election Board Service
County Clerk Albert H. Losche said he would urge the county council to appropriate 2500 dollars claimed for services on the last primary election board. The council, in a special meeting Tuesday, refused to approve the request.
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Albert H. Laosche
Losche
Flapper Fanny Praises Radio For Quiet Husbands
Flapper Fanny claims radio is a wonderful help for husbands who are too meek to talk back to their wives, suggesting the device channels conversation and house harmony.
Alcohol rules given under new Treasury plan
Treasury Department announces revised rules to curb bootleg alcohol by transferring supervision from internal revenue collectors to twenty two regional directors under a decentralization plan starting August 1.
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Bu Unitel Press
Washington
Treasury Department
See Indiana First Says Woman Hiker
Nell Gordon leaves on a solo walk across Indiana in street clothes and a light bag. She plans to hitch rides from kind motorists and document her journey for the Times, describing Indiana through a walker’s eyes and her life as a tramp. Her first article appears in the Times Thursday.
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Nell Gordon
Indiana
the Times
Darrow declares disbelief in miracles and God
Clarence Darrow, in the Scopes trial in Dayton Tennessee, says he doubts Biblical miracles and questions the nature of God in response to William Jennings Bryan's questions. He notes uncertainty about how God is described in the Bible and seeks a clearer definition.
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Darrow
God
Thorugh
William J. Bryan
Scopes
Woman seeks legal separation under forgotten law
Mrs. Jean ette Langer, 20, filed for a one year legal separation from her husband to allow him to repent his alleged cruelty. The action was brought in Peru Indiana under a nearly forgotten State statute.
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United Press
Peru
Ind
Jeanette Langer
Whisky Libel Suit Aims to Seize Remus Whisky Hoard
A libel case brought by United States District Attorney Albert Ward against about 1500 cases of bonded whisky once owned by George Remus will be heard Thursday before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The government seeks to destroy the liquor valued about 200000 dollars, alleging it was used in a conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The whisky was stored at Squibbs Distillery warehouse in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Remus and others were convicted and the suit centers on possession and transfer of the stock.
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Lbert Ward
George Remus
Hursday
Robert C. Baltzell
Squibbs
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Remus
Farmer’s Pay Is Low Average Income Mildly Higher Than Hired Men
Washington July 22 The Department of Agriculture reports that the average income of farmers in the United States was only a few dollars more than the salary of their hired men for the year ended June 30. Farmers grossed 12.136 billion dollars, the highest since 1921, but the net average per farmer was 876 dollars while the average farm hand earned 569 dollars.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Broad Ripple Bank Sold to Fletcher Savings and Trust
The Broad Ripple State Bank, organized in 1911 and led by president William H. Dawson, was sold to interests connected with Fletcher Savings and Trust Company. The bank will join the trust company branch network, following a directors meeting Tuesday night at its 6235 Bellefontaine Street location.
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Broad Ripple State Bank
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Broad Ripple
Trust Company
Bellefontaine St
William H. Dawson
Reward Scrub Woman Newsly Finds and Returns $100
Mrs Jen nie Byrnes a scrub woman whose husband is jailed and who supports two children found $100 on the floor of an office she cleaned and returned the money. She received a $5 reward. Anonymous New Yorkers later contributed $276 to aid her.
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United Press
New York
Jennie Byrnes
Woman pardoned after 21 years in Indiana prison
Mrs Rae Krauss 46 who fed poison to her stepdaughter Crystal died in Hartford City Indiana now to be released after Governor Jackson granted an absolute pardon. She has cared for her aged father in Hartford City and Buffalo and will join him in Buffalo when she leaves prison.
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Rae Krauss
Mrs. Krauss
Krauss
F. W. Auderman
Hartford City
Buffalo
N. Y
Milas Eliott
Miss Elliott
Miss Eliott
What Mrs. Krauss Has Not Seen
A compact list of items Mrs. Krauss has not seen including busses on paved highways airplanes Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik radio sets Indianapolis skyscrapers bobbed hair women in prison required to wear their hair long women voting prohibition automatic telephones silent cops and soldiers marching to war or Armistice celebrations.
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Rudolph Valentino
Indianapolis
Mrs Krauss’s Bid to See Aged Parent Behind Prison Walls
The piece describes Mrs Krauss receiving a chance to dress well have money and an autos ride to a rail station for a first car trip through a 1904 business district. She longs to be beside her aging parent and plans sewing work to support him and ease past hardships.
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Mar, Krassaw
Krauss
Miss Eliott
Poison Widow Faces Ordeal in Gary Case
Crown Point Indiana July 22 Mrs Anna Cunningham of Gary prepares for a second testimony in the trial on poisoning charges against her son Walter Defense plans to place her on the stand again if doctors deem her able Her prior testimony denied a confession of poisoning Walter and two other children Alienist testimony sought to prove mental irresponsibility Her neighbors reported fainting spells and comas.
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United Press
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Walter
Myra
Cunningham
Speells
New Fifth Corps Commander Arrives for Official Call
Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Wowze arrives to meet Governor Jackson and Adjutant General Kershner on arrival. He will inspect the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Thursday and then proceed to Camp Knox Kentucky.
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Robert Lee Wowze
Fifth Corps
Jackson
Adjt
William H. Kershner
Citizens Military
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Camp Knox
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