Bryan and Darrow Great Headliners Dayton Interview
William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, stars of the Scopes case, gave interviews in Dayton Tennessee. Bryan recounted his life from Jacksonville Illinois and defended his faith against evolution while warning that evolution weakens religious faith and ethics. Darrow predicted science will win, citing Copernicus Galileo and historical resistances to new ideas. The Scopes case is set for the Tennessee Supreme Court on the first Monday in September in Knoxville. Bainbridge Colby may reappear for the defense. Fran Thompson will represent the state.
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Dayton, Tenn
Dayton
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Mr. Bryan
Jacksonville
Ill
Democratic Party
Union
Mr. Darrow
Copernicus
Gallileo
London
Scotland
Adam
Eve
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Knoxville
Bainbridge Colby
Fran Thompson
Tennessee
Plenty of Parking Space On The Narrow Path
A terse local note from Wiebli Kansas reports ample parking in a straight and wide route described in a brief column. The fragment hints at civic or transit commentary with regional context but provides no clear event or decision.
Widow Sues Grandson for 600000 Over Will Dispute
Mrs Mary Cop ley Thaw sues Lawrence Copley Thaw for 600000 claiming he coerced her into giving the money while he sought relief from his father Harry K Thaw. The suit alleges he caused her old age financial loss in a will dispute.
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Lawrence Copley Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Lawrence
Chicago man shoots family then kills self in barber shop
Paul Orlando, 33, murdered his wife Amelia and 10 year old twin daughters Mary and Louise before killing himself in his Chicago barber shop and residence. Neighbors reported repeated arguments with his wife. Police found four bodies scattered on the floor. the wife had multiple wounds and the girls were shot in the heart. Orlando had been arrested last month on a domestic abuse charge.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Paul Orlando
Amelia
Mary
Louise
Orlando
Noted Americans Captured and One Killed by Bandits in Manchuria
United Press dispatch from Peking reports Morgan Palmer American organizer of the Manchurian Development Co. was killed by bandits on the Sungari river near Harbin. His servant also died. Dr Harvey Howard head of Rockefeller Institute optical dept in Peking is imprisoned. The American consul at Harbin raises the case with Marshal Chang Tso Lin as the legation presents facts to the foreign office.
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United Press Dispatch
Peking
Sungari
Harbin
Morgan Palmer
Manchurian Development Co
Harvey Howard
Rockefeller Institute
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Palmer
Peking Legation
Foreign Office
Rockerfeller Foundation Reports Doctor Captured in Manchuria
Cable from United Press states Dr Harvey Howard head of ophthalmology at Union Medical College Peking allied with Rockefeller Foundation has been captured by bandits near the Amur Sun gari junction Manchuria. His son James is reported safe and the American consul at Harbin has taken up the case. R S Greene proceeds northward to investigate.
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New Dork
Rockefeller Foundation
Harvey Howard
Union Medical College
Peking
Foundation
Amur
Sungari
Manchuria
James
Harbin
R.S. Greene
China Medical Board
Howard
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Canton
Rockefeller Organization
Washington Will Act Demand Grows After Manchuria Killings
The United States confirms the killing of American Morgan Palmer and the seizure of Dr Harvey Howard by Chinese bandits in the Sungari river district Manchuria. Officials say Washington will pursue a stronger central Chinese government to protect foreign lives and property.
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Washington
America
Morgan Palmer
Sungari River District
Harvey Howard
United States
Sungari River
Manchuria
State Department
British Coal Strike Looms As Miners Vote July 31 Action
London July 23 United Press dispatch prospects of a national coal strike at month end loom larger as the miners executive committee says it has decided miners will coal work July 31 rather than accept owners terms.
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United Press'dispatch
London
Cdal
Miners’ Executive Committee
Nine Miners Entombed in Rockwood Mine Blast
United Press dispatch from Knoxville reports a terrible explosion at a Rockwood Tennessee coal mine entombing nine miners. Rescue crews fight to reach them while their fate remains unknown and efforts continue.
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United ‘Pres Dispatch
Knoxville, Tenn
Rockwood, Tenn
Here
Poison Widow Case Heads to Jury Tomorrow Morning
Trial of Mrs. Anna Cunningham of Gary nears end as she testifies for the defense and faces cross examination. The Lake County case alleges she poisoned her son Walter and two other children amid a contested confession. Jurors are expected to hear the verdict Friday morning.
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United , Press Dispatch
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Walter
French Triumph in Fierce Taounat Battle
French forces launch a counter offensive using cannon machine guns and bombs at Taounat repelling Riffians in disarray. In a separate action the French rout entrenched Riffians at Bab zika near Fez after heavy fighting.
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Fez
Taounat
Here
Babzika
Gasser Capped After Fiery Blast In Sullivan County
After blowing sand rocks and boulders a hundred feet in the air for sixty hours the largest gasser ever corked in this section is under control in Gill township Sullivan County.
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Sullivan, Ind
Gill Township
Sullivan County
Italian Seismologist Predicts Terrific Quake for Alaska and Japan
Prof Bendandi, renowned Italian seismologist, via United Press, predicts a “terrific” earthquake in Alaska and North America on July 25 and 26 and a new quake in Japan on the 30th.
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Faenza
Italy
Bendandi
United Press
Alaska
North America
Japan
Lesson to Teamsters
Henry Myers an 85 year old teamster was killed when he fell asleep on his wagon and the wheels passed over him in Greencastle Indiana. The driverless team returned to the barn after the accident.
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United Press Dispatch
Greencastle
Ind
Henry Myers
Duel Ends in Death Over Widow in Henderson Camp
A fatal duel near Henderson Kentucky results from a love dispute over a widow. John Braether and Ianes Shuck each fired once, killing themselves in a lonely fishing camp.
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Henderson
John Braether
Ianes Shuck
Evolution knees of Omaha flapper ends in spanking
OMAHIA Neb July 23 The first pair of evolution knees were wrecked on the rocks of parental discipline. Mary Bell 17 year old flapper appeared on the streets with portraits of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan painted on her knees. Her mother said she was spanked and sent to bed after her father reacted to the images, ruining plans for a fashionable dance.
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United Press Dispatch
Omahia
Neb
Mary Bell
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Mary
Clarence
Bill
Bryan
Darrow
Two Burnett Brothers Held in Beech er Murder
Indiana investigators seized Lawrence Burnett and Joseph Burnett, aged 24 and 80, as murder suspects in Norman Hamilton's death near Beecher Tl Illinois reports had led to their arrest warrant. Hamilton, killed by gunfire after a chase, had ties to bootlegging and hijacking history.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Lawrence Burnett
Joseph Burnett
Norman Hamilton
Beecher
Illinois
Hamilton
Burnett Brothers
New Monkey Case in Nations Capital Tests Old Law
In Washington the justice department will defend the District of Columbia in a suit challenging the legality of teaching evolution in public schools. The case targets a law forbidding teachings disreputable to the Bible and seeks to halt payment of teachers by the Treasury. Francis Stephens to direct the case, with arraignment set for next Tuesday as Loren Wittner sues to test the act’s validity.
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Nations
Washington
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Frank White
United States
Francis Stéphens
Stephens
Loren Wittner
Marriage License Issued in Sullivan County
Charles H. Ridgeway, county highway superintendent of Sullivan, son of the late Richard Ridgeway, and Mrs. Mary S. Yates of Sullivan, daughter of the late John Sisson, were granted a marriage license by Circuit Clerk Blaize on Wednesday. The groom’s first wife died in 1913 and the bride’s former husband died in 1924.
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Vincennes
Blaize
Charles H. Ridgeway
Sullivan
Richard Ridgeway
Mary S. Yates
John Sisson
Mt Mellick Club Picnic Set At City Park
Mt Mellick club members plan their annual picnic at City park Friday afternoon. Members assemble at 4 o clock and bring their own table service for the event.
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Mt. Mellick Club
Woman Sent Up for Gruel ty to Infants
Mrs Helen Geisen Volk proprietor of a home for infants was sentenced to three and a half to seven years in Auburn prison for baby substitution. A probation report described her as a conscience-less woman who strangled frozen and disposed of infants for financial gain. It alleged since February 1918 at least 53 infants died under her care.
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New York
Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk
Auburn
Geisen-Volk
Evolution Settled In Different Way By Chicago Workmen
In Chicago Tennessee native Charles Humber and iron worker Frank Clayton clash after a Scopes trial talk. Humber hits Clayton after a dispute about evolution and Bryan. Patrolmen arrest both men. Clayton files assault warrant.
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Chicago
Tennessee
Charles Humber
West Monroe Street
Frank Clayton
William Jennings Bryan
Humber
Clayton
Bryan
Kneiver and Sullivan
Desplaines Street
Girl Meets Man On Train Ring Missing In Logansport
Miss Elma Gramence 26 of Fort Dodge Indiana says a stranger she met on the westbound Wabash train wore her $125 diamond ring for a time and then vanished. Police seek both the man and ring as she waits twelve hours for a transfer in Logansport en route to Springfield Ohio.
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Logansport
Ind
Elma Gramence
Fort Dodge
Russell Scott Faces Hanging as Efforts to Spare Him Continue
Springfield reports attorneys for Russell Scott arrived seeking a last interview with Governor Small as appeals pour in from Mrs Catherine Scott and others. A radio appeal by Mrs Scott urged Robert Scott to return with new facts, while governors aide warned no reprieve will occur. The sentenced former millionaire faced execution at sunrise unless Robert appears.
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United Press Dispatch
Springfield
Ill
Russell Scott
Chicago
Small
Hope
Russell
Death Watch
Calite
Robert
Catherine Scott
Thomas Scott
Rama
Detroit
Swampscott
Mass
George Sutton
Mauda Gauthier
Sandwich
Ont
Sutton
Mrs Millard Heads Home From Hospital
Mrs Bob Millard returned home from the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis after a three week stay. She plans to return to Indianapolis in about four weeks for an operation.
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Bob Millard
Hex
Mathodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Indianapoli
Whic
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Treasury Department
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Linton
Etty Jerome
Jewell Jerome
San Francisco
Frank C. Grubel
Kansas City
H M. Holdworth
University College
H. R. H.prince
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