Run Runner slain in Hattiesburg gun battle
In Hattiesburg Mississippi at about 4 AM a pistol duel ended with Southwick Erion dead. Braun, the alleged liquor smuggler, was captured with 118 quarts of contraband liquor and charged with possession and firing on officers.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest County Sheriff's Office
Southwick Frian
Butwiler Street
Memphis
Biloxi
Erion
Gulfport
Braun
Duncan McGilvray
Brion
Hardy Norsworthy
Darrow Calls Bryan Easy Opponent In Evolution Trial
Clarence Darrow, preparing to oppose William Jennings Bryan in the Tennessee evolution trial, says Bryan would block enlightenment by law and argues Nero failed to suppress science. Darrow and Dudley Field Malone offer to cover defense expenses, while Bryan helps prosecute. Local Tennessee lawyers are deemed capable on their side.
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New York
A. P
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Nero
Bryan
Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
J. T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Will Bryan
Tennessee
iNero
Mr. Bryan
Many Tests In View Brighten Urania Oil Field Prospects
Urania Louisiana experiences renewed drilling activity eight weeks after the discovery well. New tests by Love Brothers Gould et al and Helm and Burch progress with casing and core samples as operators pursue promising sands and deeper prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. King
Urania
Love Brothers
Gould Et al
Harper Jease
Helm and Burch
Olla
Urania No. 1
Zeigin Et al
Gulf * Refining Company
Gulf
Imperial Oil and Gas Company
Imperial Company
Urania No. 6
Imperial
Death penalty sought in Foster son murder trial Chicago
William Darling Shepherd faces murder charges in Chicago with prosecutors asking the death penalty. Co defendant C C Farman admitted supplying typhoid germs and tutoring Shepherd in administering them. Faiman, linked to a twenty year plot, testified as key witness.
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Chicago
A. P
William Darling Shepherd
William N
Billy) McClintock
Charles C. Farman
School of Sciences
Shepherd
Billy
Robert Crowe
McClintock
Nelson McClintock
Harry Olson
Oscar Olson
Julie Graf Shepherd
Junze Olson
Faiman
Cardinal Hayes to Return to New York Tomorrow
Cardinal Hayes archbishop of New York, visiting New Orleans as a guest of Monsignor L J Kavanaugh, will conclude his stay and depart for New York tomorrow, an official notice announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
New York
L. J. Kavanaugh
Louisiana Trap Shoot Opens in Baton Rouge
Shooters from all sections of Louisiana and expert marksmen from neighboring state began the annual trap shoot of the Louisiana Trap Shooting Association in Baton Rouge. The event runs through Wednesday with more than 100 marksmen competing for cash prizes and silver trophies in various events, including a keen interest in the five man team and clubs vying to send their state team to the North American handicap shoot in Dayton Ohio.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Trap Shooting Association
Dayton
Ohio
Forty Three Dead in German Mine Disaster
In Dortsfeld Germany the death toll rose to 43 with 27 injured after a mine explosion. Rescue teams battled gas and narrow tunnels. Oxygen gear had to be dragged through passages, making the recovery of bodies and treatment of the wounded a perilous effort amid heroic mining history.
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Dortsfeld
Germany
A. P
Galveston Bathing Girl Revue to Close With Pageant
The 1925 Galveston Bathing Girl Revue and Beauty Pageant ends tonight at the auditorium with 36 Southland beauties in evening gowns for final judging. Winners to be announced tomorrow as the event closes this three day beauty carnival that drew large crowds from Dallas Shreveport Monroe and Tulsa among others. Local supporters cheered on the contestants during promenade along the boulevard and gala routes on Galveston avenues.
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Galveston
Southland
Dallas
Jessie Rogers
Monroe
Avonia Ombarger
Shreveport
Lou Ella Porter
Natchtoches
Odessa Houston
Sue Starkey
Tulsa
Okla
Institute Boy Drowns During Ouachita Swim
Aubrey Britt a 13 year old from Shreveport drowned Saturday afternoon after being swept into a deep washout under an Ouachita river sand bar near the Louisiana Training Institute. Despite two hours of resuscitation by Red Cross expert Barney Oakland and others, efforts failed.
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Ouachita River
Louisiana Training Institute
Aubrey Britt
Shreveport
Gill
Institute
Britt
Walter Coolidge
Coolidge
Barney Oakland
Fire Department Central Station
Frank J. Roddy
May Britt
Sycamore Street
J. L. Wilson
Thurman Harris
Longino et al start new test near River Bend
Announcement noted a new test well to be drilled near Riverton near the Coco Bend of the Ouachita river. Involved are former Mississippi Governor A H Longino J E Doughtie T S Scholars and Rush Culver. Work is to begin soon with geologists favoring the site and Mississippi capital pledged to aid Riverton development.
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Riverton
Coco Bend
Ouachita River
A. H. Longino
Mississippi
J. E. Doughtie
T.S. Scholars
Rush Culver
Longino
Monroe
Cane Hill
Columbia
Dixon Et al Well
John D. Dixon
Dixon
Twenty Killed in Sunday Highway Crossings Across Nation
Chicago dispatch reports nearly 20 dead and many injured in automobile crashes at railroad crossings nationwide. Additional accidents include a boiler explosion near Jerome Arkansas and two head on freight train wrecks near Eldorado Arkansas.
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U.S
Brakeman Killed in First Run on Missouri Pacific Train
Cecil M. Purkett of McComb Mississippi died in a wreck on the Missouri Pacific near Jerome Arkansas. Fireman L C Cobb engineer Cliff Taylor and conductor J A Anderson were injured minutes after a boiler explosion at 6 29 am and the locomotive lurched off the track. Earl Matthews escaped uninjured from the crew.
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Missouri Pacific
Jerome
Ark
Cecil M. Purkett
McComb
Miss
Monroe
Earl Matthews
L. C. Cobb
McGehee
Cliff Taylor
J. A. Anderson
Burkett
Anderson
Cobb
Taylor
Trains Collide Head On Near El Dorado Injures None
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on 25 miles north of El Dorado. More than 40 oil cars derailed and were thrown onto embankments. Both locomotives were demolished but no crew members were killed.
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EL Dorado
Missouri Pacific
Baccalaureate sermon at Ruston High marks graduation
Sunday service at Ruston High School Auditorium featured Rev. P Sq Goodrich delivering the commencement sermon to 65 graduates and a full crowd. The sermon titled Life and Its Supreme Significance drew from James chapter four and described life as a trust and opportunity.
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News-Star
Ruston
High School
P. Sq. Goodrich
First Methodist Church of
Shreveport
Ruston High School
James
Rev. Goodrich
Weekend auto crashes cause minor damage no injuries
A series of weekend automobile accidents left several cars badly damaged but no injuries reported. Street car No 8 hit a Ford owned by Mrs H J Wingfield in front of a church on Second Street, sending Wingfield’s car into Miss D C Gunby’s Star coupe. Leslie Webb’s Ford coupe rolled over on Jackson and Calypso after a swerving Dodge driven by Mrs Austin. A collision at Fifth and Washington involved C H Gassett and L H Hicks. Griggs’s car collided with Walls’s car at Walnut and DeSiard as Griggs tried a turn.
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H. J. Wingfield
Bastrop
D.C. Gunby
Christian Science Church
Second Street
Fifth
Washington Streets
C. H. Gassett
Hart Street
L. H. Hicks
Pine Street
S. E. Walls
H. W. Griggs
Calhoun
Walnut
DeSiard Streets
Griggs
Grigg
Richard Barthelmess and Mary Hay Separate After Shocking Split
Renowned film star Richard Barthelmess and dancer Mary Hay have separated amid an agreement to disagree. The couple, once viewed as real life lovers, face possible custody action over their daughter Mary Hay Bauarthelmess. Mrs Barthelmess reportedly planned a Paris trip with her dancing partner soon after the separation.
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Richard Barthelmess
Mary Hay
Screen
Mary Hay Bauarthelmess
Saint Therese Becomes Saint in Rome Canonization Sparks Dome Lanterns
Crowds of about 60 000 gather at St Peters Rome for the beatification and canonization of Sister Therese of Lisieux known as the Little Flower. Lanterns lit atop the dome, a 300 men ascent, trigger a worldwide outpouring of joy and prayers for the Catholic Church.
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New York
A. P
Therese
Lisieux
France
Flower of Jesus
St. Peter's
Rome
Vatican
Italy
Garibaldi
Jesus
St. Peters
Church
Pope
Saint Therese
Boys rescued from swamp after drink dare in Florida
Seven boys from the First Baptist church Sunday school were rescued from swamps near Lake Thonotosassa, 15 miles north of Tampa. County officers hunted three unnamed men alleged to have forced the boys to drink whiskey and dance at gunpoint. Doctors said waterborne exposure and mice did not threaten the youths. The missing trio fled into the swamps as the boys spoke with officers.
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Plant City
Fla
First Baptist Church
Lake Thonotosassa
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Fred Knight
Jack
George Tanner
Jimmy Coble
Charles
Oliver Daugherty
J. C. Harringon
Double shooting at Bohemia hotel leaves two wounded
Adolphus Williams deaf and mute shoots at Mike Murphy after a coffee spill. Murphy and waiter Adam Mordecure are wounded. Williams is arrested and bond set at 150 dollars. Mordecure is hospitalized. Murphy jailed on investigation charges.
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Mike Murphy
Breard Street
Adolphus Williams
West Monroe
Murphy
Bohemia
Williams
Adam Mordecure
Sheriff's Department
McCabe
Lenard
Fleming
Mordecore
St. Francis
LeJeune
Ollie Shaderick
Coverdale
Geology Students From LSU Plan Rocky Mountains Expedition
LSU geology department will lead a summer field trip to the Rocky Mountains after commencement. The party includes Warren Jackson Karl Young G O Grigsby R W Harris C E Wilkinson E Tatum W P Stringfield Harold Schwartz and Henry Niles Toler with Dr I Howe supervising.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Department of Geology
Louisiana State University
Rocky Mountains
Warren Jackson
Karl Young
G. O. Grigsby
R. W. Harris
C. E. Wilkinson
E. Tatum
River Stages Report Across Cities
Ohio Caion at 22.2 with rise 1.8. Mississippi Memphis 13.4 fall 0.4. Vicksburg 20.5 fall 0.6. New Orleans 3.6 stationary. Red Shreveport 18.0 rise 2.6. Alexandria 12.0 rise 1.8. Quachita Camden 7.0 fall 0.6. Monroe 14.8 rise 4.0.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Fall
Monroe
Meet the Water Water safety tips for Monroe pool
News-Star publishes a series on lifeguarding and water safety written by a Red Cross authority. Daily tips. guidance for beginners and seasoned swimmers to prevent accidents this summer at Monroe’s pool.
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Monroe
International News Service
The
News-Star
Red Cross
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