Dayton Scopes Evolution Trial Opens Amid Global Attention
Crowds pack the Rhea county courthouse in Dayton Tennessee as Judge Raulston opens the State of Tennessee v John T Scopes trial. William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow join the defense in a high profile case watched by national and international eyes. The day includes divine guidance prayers and jurors seated after a morning rush.
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United Press Dispatch
Dayton
Tenn
Rhea County Court House
John T. Scopes
Raulston
Ball Park
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee Valley
Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Darrow
Cartwright
Tennessee
State of
John Thomias Scopes
E. T. Stewart
18Th Circuit
Stewart
R. B. Harris
Indianapolis Storm Triggers 50000 Fire at Junk Company
A violent electrical storm hit Indianapolis with heavy rain. Four small blazes and a major fire at Falender junk company caused about 50,000 dollars in damage after a lightning strike. Eleven fire companies fought flames for five hours to control the blaze. Rain cooled the state, with Lafayette receiving nearly 2.5 inches and Indianapolis about one inch.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Falender Junk Company
Mountaineer Electrocuted in Virginia Prison
Rodney Hoke, a primitive mountaineer, was executed at the Virginia penitentiary for a murder of an unidentified old man found near a moonshine still. Governor Trinkle refused to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
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Tuined Press Dispatch
Richmond
Rodney Hoke
Virginia Penitentiary
Trinkle
Operators Spurn Miners Wage Increase Proposal
Atlantic City reports the United Mine Workers reject the operators' wage rise plan. Six‑member sub committees push talks, but Ellis Searles says a settlement appears unlikely and warns of a possible August 30 lockout if unresolved. Arbitration option dropped by miners.
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Atlantic City
United Mine Workers
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers Journal
Searles
Wage talks in sub committee in coal dispute
The joint anthracite wage conference moved into sub-committee after miners demanded higher wages and operators rejected. A six member sub committee from each side now handles the dispute as Samuel D. Warriner speaks for the operators.
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United Press Dispatch
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel D. Warriner
Murder suicide mystery near Rumson with two deaths
Police found Detective Sergeant William D. Walling Jr. and nurse May Lynsmeyer dead from gunshots in Walling’s sedan in Rumson New Jersey. A .82 caliber automatic revolver, belt, holster and blackjack lay nearby. Witness reports three rapid shots before discovering the bodies in the rear seat.
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United Press Dispatch
Rumson
N. J
William D. Walling, Jr
Long Branch
May Lynsmeyer
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Walling
Serge Meidendorff
Three Men Sought in Murder of Chicago Teen
United Press dispatch reports Chicago police seek three men in connection with the murder of 17 year old Madeline White. Raymond Castello Yests, 20, confessed to attacking and killing White and hiding her body under a porch last night.
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United Press Dispatcit
Chicago
Raymond Castello Yests
Madeline White
Police hunt trio in Chicago murder of 17 year old Madeline White
In a south side residence, Miss Madeline White was found murdered at dawn with severe bruising. Her sister Genevieve says Madeline went out with three men, naming only one. Police consider it a criminal attack as they search for the suspects.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
South Side
Madeline White
Genevieve
Carnival monkey causes campus chaos at Heidelberg University
A fugitive carnival monkey rushed into a Heidelberg University classroom in Tiffin Ohio and toppled a bookcase before being knocked unconscious by Darwin’s Origin of Species. No injuries to students were reported and the animal escaped.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Heidelberg University
Charles Darwin
Furniture Makers Plead Guilty in Anti-Trust Case
Chicago July 10 Two hundred eighty two furniture manufacturers pleaded guilty to Sherman act violations and were fined a total of 186000 dollars. The defendants produced household furniture and case goods.
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Chicago
Montana Shaken by Minor Earthquake in Big Belt
A half minute earthquake rocked the Big Belt mountain district near Great Falls Montana today causing terror among residents but no damage was reported.
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Great Falls
Mont
Big Belt Mountain District
Romance grows after Gary tragedy ends in marriage
Mae Cunningham, 18, married Howard Brown, former dance hall manager, after aiding her jailed mother Anna Cunningham during the arsenic poisoning case. The couple wed June 29 at Rankin, Illinois, amid the Cunningham murder trial in Crown Point.
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United Press Dispatch
Gary
Ind
Cunningham
Mae Cunningham
Howard Brown
Anna Cunningham
Brown
Chicago
Rankin, Il
Crown Point
Railroad Conductor Killed In Freight Car Accident
O L Fultonwider a Big Four conductor from Indianapolis fell between two freight cars in Anderson Indiana last night and died en route to the hospital. Both legs were crushed in the incident.
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Anderson
Ind
O. L. Fultonwider
Indianapolis
All Avenues Closed for Steve's Release
Noblesville Indiana July 10 AIL possibly Bagh Stephenson former Klan trial and Earl Gentry and Earl Kleink being tried in Hamilton county court before October.
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Steve
United Press Dispatch
Noblesville
Ind
Ail
Possibiy Bagh
Stephenson
Tiriai
Earl Gentry
Earl Klenck
Hamilton
Destructive Fire Threatens City At Ashby Studio
A major blaze at the Ashby photographic studio on North Main street caused about 2000 film losses and roughly 2000 in equipment damage. The fire, likely from defective wiring in the dressing room, gutted the operating room and threatened nearby Ax Fry Grocery until the Bovenschein building owner and firefighters contained it. Ashby plans to reopen quickly.
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Ashby
Bovenshein
North Main Street
Ax & Fry
Mingien
William Bovenschein
Los
Leitzel Bros
Defense Hopes Fade as Court Ends Murder Case Move
The judge ordered the criminal docket closed until October ending any chance for an adjourned session. The defense met at the county jail with Stephenson to decide next steps. Habeas corpus petitions before the state supreme court remain the main option to keep the three men out of jail this summer.
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Ber
Madge Oberholtzer
Hines
Stephenson
State Supreme Court
Seph Inman
Panama engineer dies by own action in Muncie
Earl Banta a 50 year old civil engineer and assistant chief engineer on the Panama Canal project killed himself with a shotgun at his Muncie home Goshen Indiana today. He died instantly.
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Goshen
Ind
Earl Banta
Panama Canal
Banta
Coolidge Sums Kellogg and Grew Over Chinese Crisis
President Coolidge rushes Secretary of State Kellogg from Minneapolis and Under Secretary Grew from Washington to the summer White House at Swampscott to discuss a serious worsening of the Chinese situation.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Minneapolis
Grew
White House
Swampscott
Hutchens Fights State Board Over Inspector Removal
C L Hutchens a fourteen year state board of health employee in South Bend Ind announced he will contest his removal as state food and drug inspector Resignation was demanded by the board in Indianapolis with efficiency cited Hutchens calls action a political move aimed at Dr William F King secretary of the board
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South Bend
Ind
C. L. Hutchens
State Board of Health
State Board
Indianapolis
Hutchens
William F. King
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Helen Carruthers
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