More Money for Railroads to Meet Future Needs
Illinois Central president Charles H. Markham told graduates at the University of Chicago commencement that greatly increased investment will be needed for railroads to handle future transportation demands. He traced rail progress from steam era origins to modern era, noting rail jobs and sizable payrolls and taxes amid global supply and demand shifts.
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Chicago
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad
University of Chicago
Markham
Santa Fe Railway
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Conspiracy Trial Opens in Knoxville For Interstate Looting
Leon Pamberton the first of ten alleged conspirators goes on trial in Knoxville Tennessee for robbing interstate freight shipments on the Southern railroad. The second group faces trial in the half million dollar clean up with several gang members already sentenced to Atlanta federal prison. Investigators say looting spanned five years and involved many merchants across the country.
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Knoxville
Tenn
International News Service
Leon Pamberton
Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Freight traffic fuels railroads with rising income
A speaker noted freight traffic now provides three-fourths of railroads income, has risen eightfold in forty years and doubled in the last two decades, underscoring its growing role in industry.
Professor Guilty of Transporting Liquor Fined Fifty
University of Virginia trustees delayed action on resignations of three professors after one was found guilty of transporting liquor and fined 50 dollars plus costs. Dr. John Lefore was convicted. Drs. W. S. A. Potts and C. F. Howze acquitted.
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University of Virginia
John Lefore
A. Potts
C. F. Howze
Commonwealth
Ellis
Lefore
Charlottesville
Girl witness in Shepherd trial grilled today
The testimony centers on Miss Pope who shows the jury how Billy McClintock’s engagement to her affected the Shepherd family. Defense questions probe prior statements about typhoid, oysters, and letters, while prosecutors seek to anchor the couple’s ties and alleged motives. An appended note states: every year 88 million dollars of residential property is destroyed by fire and 15,000 lives lost.
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Stockton & Lington
England
George Stephenson
United States
Billy
Shepherd
Joseph Savage
Miss Pope
William Scott Stewart
Defense
Pope
Stewart
Savage
Young McClintock
Chicago
Billy McClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Shepherds
Sheph
Darrow to Visit Dayton Monday in Scopes Case
In Chattanooga Tennessee on June 16 Senator John R. Neal said Clarence Darrow will visit Dayton next Monday to acquaint himself with the local scene before the Scopes trial. Neal claimed defense plans will be fully presented, and witnesses from many scientific fields will be cross examined by Darrow. Dayton officials also served formal notice inviting Governor Austin Peay as a prosecution witness for July 10.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John R. Neal
John T. Scopes
Whea County
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Dayton
Darrow
Neal
State Bar Association
Supreme Court
John T. Houlston
Austin Peay
Walter White
Scope
R. B. Harris
W. J. Bryan
Atlanta
White
Peay
Nashville
Scopes
J. G. McKenzie
Sue K. Hicks
H. E. Hicks
W. C. Haggard
Mr. Bryan
Florida
Professor Scopes
Coal Creek
J. M. Cox
W. W. Lindsay
Robert D. Lindsay
M. H,rwin
First National Bank
Tom Martin
H. H. Horter
Sam Watts
Bank of Coal Creek
Joe
Woman Hails Back Relief From Pinkham’s Remedy
Mrs. Price of 147 W Summi Avenue St Paul Minnesota reports severe back pain dizziness and nausea eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She says the treatment strengthened her and helped her care for her three year old daughter and invites other women to learn of her experience.
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St. Paul, Minn
Herbi
Lydia E. Pinkham
Asare
Pink
Dayton Plans Billboard Drive for City Welcome
Scopes faces a pending controversy over a teaching contract while rumors spread he received film offers. Dayton prepares for crowds with three large billboards at city entry points and the Southern Railway depot bearing the legend We try to please you Dayton.
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Carden
J. K. Hutson
Charles Nelson
R. L. Leach
John Dyer
Scopes
Crands
Dayton
North
Youth City
Southern Railway
Confession Reported in Samson Murder Case
In Samson Alabama on June 16 a man named Will Weeks confessed to sheriff R. G. Weeks that he killed his father W. F. Weeks with a hammer. The statement came during questioning with his mother present.
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