Night of Auto Crashes Leaves Several Hurt
Five automobile wrecks were reported in the city and county last night. Injuries affected two people and damage was estimated at around $1,000. Sam M. Bailey, 9, suffered cuts and bruises in a collision at Lexington Avenue and Congress Street. F L Watson causedreckless driving charges as his car collided with the Baileys. Max Ripps and C W Peets were also involved in a crash on Cedar Point Road, with Ripps charged with reckless driving after his car struck Peets, driving them into a ditch. Deputies reported several passengers narrowly escaped injury. A wreck on Hall's Mill Road left a car in a ditch. driver unnamed.
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Sam M. Bailey
B. Bailey
Lexington Avenue
Congress Est
Broad d- Elmira
F. L. Watson
South
Conception Street
Bailey
Inge-Bondurant
Watson
Max Ripps
Kennedy and
Congress Streets
H. Ripps
C. W. Peets
Focal Office
The
Shipping Board
Cedar Point Ad
Elmer Pugh
Ripps
Peets
Hall's Mill Road
George Moslander
Tilden and Richards to clash in Metropolitan final
The Metropolitan clay court championship final features William Tilden II and Vincent Richards after semi finals. Tilden beat Jack Wright 6-3 6-2 6-1, Richards beat Manual Alonso 6-4 6-4 6-1, with doubles pairings Vincents Voshell and Richards to meet Boneau and Bilt ehik while Tilden teams with A Chapin Jr to face Von Bernuth and Goliff. The final is set for Chicago.
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New ,York
A.P
William T. Tilden II
Vincent Richards
Tilden
Jack Wright
Montreal
Richards
Manual Alonso
Spain
Steward Voshell
New York
Igo Hardeman
J. E. Hall
F. M. Boneau
I. Biltehik
Voshell
A. H. Chapin, Jr
Springfield
Mags
Anton von Bernuth
Carl Goliff
Chicago
Burbank declines Darrow invitation to testify
Luther Burbank the renowned plant culturist said he declined an invitation from Clarence Darrow to serve as an expert witness at the Scopes evolution trial in Dayton Tennessee. He telegraphed Darrow that he supported evolution but could not appear.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
A.P
Luther Burbank
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Dayton
Treasure hunters stand by wreck off Cape Charles
Salem Md June 19 The Ward Liner Merida wreck 50 miles off Cape Charles Va draws a new expedition seeking about 14 million dollars in gold silver bullion and precious stones. Wealthy sport circles in New York and Philadelphia back the hunt as Foam and Spray commanded by Captain John F O Hagan employ deep sea diving gear to recover valuables from the May 12 1911 collision with the Admiral Farragut en route from Vera Cruz to New York.
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Salisbury
Cape Charles
Salisbury Evening Times
New York
Philadelphia
Merida
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Admiral Farragut
United Fruit Company
Capes
John F. O'Hagan
Belgian balloonist Veenstra wins Gordon Bennett cup
Veenstra, the Belgian balloon pilot, arrived from Spain and was escorted through Brussels streets as the Gordon Bennett cup race winner. In Indianapolis the American Legion pledges full cooperation for July 4 defense test day. In Tokio the ailing emperor’s condition worsens slightly but not dangerously. A hurricane in Altai kills 28 and destroys 130 houses in Moscow province.
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Brussels
Veenstra
Spain
Indianapolis
American Legion
Drain
Education urged to end disputes over evolution in Tennessee
Norman F. Coleman of Reed College told AAAS delegates in Portland to address the Tennessee evolution dispute through education. He urged calm and to strive to set disputing sides aright. Dr. B A Ross and Dr. Arthur L. Day questioned relativity, saying recent discoveries virtually discard Einstein’s theory and call for new explanations of light beam binding in space.
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Portland
Ore
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Norman F. Coleman
Reed College
Tennessee
Coleman
Stanford University
Arthur L. Day
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of
Madrid General Palanca Dies. Ex Governer of Catalonia
Madrid report says Lieutenant General Carlos Palanca, veteran of the Spanish American War in Cuba, died today. Palanca served as military governor of Catalonia in 1920, succeeding General Weyler.
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Madrid
Carlos Palanca
Cuba
Catalonia
Weyler
Rawlings Suicide Shocks East Lake Park
D R Rawlings a 59 year old member of a prominent Chattanooga family killed himself in East Lake park by drinking poison. He was reportedly in ill health and faced mounting troubles.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
D. R. Rawlings
East Lake Park
Lynching in U S Declines as Public Opinion Shifts
Washington June 19. A P reports a Federal Council of Churches race relations commission notes slowly growing public opinion against lynching. In 1924 the commission prepared to prevent threatened lynching in forty five communities, with sixteen lynching cases the lowest since records began.
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Washington
Commission On Race Relations
Federal Council of Churches
Purification of the System with Calotabs
Physicians affirm perfect purification of the system as health’s foundation. Purify your health with Calotabs, taken once or twice weekly for several weeks. A family package with directions costs 85 cts, trial 10 cts at any drug store.
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Nature
Record of public official responses to lynching crises
The report notes last year’s lynching figures and compares them with 1914 counts of 62 lynchings and 17 preventions. It highlights typical cases showing how public officials confronted lynching crises, embodying the era’s tensions and responses.
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Louis G. Fechter
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