Mayor Rapped by Withdrawal of Candidate
New York August 15 AP developments crowded the mayoralty race as a third Republican candidate entered the primary scene. A Bronx Hylan designee bolted to back Governor Smith, while Mayor taunted Charles F. Murphy as politics shifted. John J. Lyons joined Frank D. Waterman in a three candidate GOP contest. Christopher C. Keenan refused Tamany designation and backed Smith in the Bronx race.
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New York
Hylan
Bronx
Smith
Charles F. Murphy
John J. Lyons
Frank D. Waterman
Mr. Lyons
William M. Benfight
Tammany
Christopher C. Keenan
Prison riot at Sing Sing linked to Gaffney power struggle
Ossining Aug 15 AP reports a prison fight in the Sing Sing mess hall tied to Vincent Gaffney a reputed boss of the Tammany party. Two convicts hospitalized eight others in solitary confinement after clashes with dishes knives razors and fists. James Cleary and Joan McIntyre sustained injuries with Cleary losing part of his nose and McIntyre stabbed.
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Ossining
Bingi
Vincent Gaffney
Rds
McInerny
James
Gaffney
Sin Sing
Handkerchief Sent Him to Gallows
Chicago August 15 Raymond Costello condemned to die for murder chiefly on evidence of a blue bandanna found around the victim Madeleine White’s throat. The 19 year old was found dead a month ago under an apartment house porch.
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Chicago
Raymond Costello
Pts
Raymond
Madeleine White
Babes Rescued From Fire At Gull Lake Resort
Eight children locked in hotel rooms were saved as La Belle resort hotel at Gull Lake burned. James Milne of Grand Rapids, 76, was rescued with a wire cable by C. W. Dunkley and A. L. Spaulding after escaping through flames. Fire damage estimated at 85000 dollars.
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Battle Creek
Mich
la Belle
Gull Lake
James Milee
Grand Rapids
C. W. Dunkley
Chicago
Associated Preas
A. L. Spaulding
Bre
Milne
West Issues Challenge to Oregon Governor over Convicts
Portland Oregon August 15 West former governor of Oregon issues a bold challenge to Gov Dalrymple and the state penitentary chief to enter Drift Creek canyon where guards believe three convicts are hiding. He describes surrounding guards and calls for a three day search with armed participants and provisions.
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Portland
Ore
Tewald West
Orem
Ait
Drift Creek Canyon
Pierce
West
Dalrymple
Pratum
Voice heard from the north in Arctic shuttle service
An intermediate radio base was established at Flagler fjord Ellesmere Island as the MacMillan Arctic expedition linked with Bowdoin operations. Arthur Collins relayed that John L Reinhart spoke via 16 meter wave length marking a first amateur voice contact over such distance. Navy pilots landed in Flagle fjord establishing a provisioning depot as a mid way shuttle between Hubbard and Cap Mabbard.
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Washington
MacMillan Arctic
Flagler Fjord
Ellesmere Island
Utah
Greenland
Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Arthur Collins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John L. Reinhart
Bowdoin
Bowdoinersonnel Singing
America
Scheur
Bennett
Navy
Flagle Fjord
Hiab
Capé Mabbard
Nashville reporter named successor at Dayton High School
Raleigh F B Valentino Reece of the Nashville Tennessean is appointed to replace John Thomas Scopes at Dayton High School Dayton Tennessee where the theory of evolution had been taught in violation of the state statute.
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Nashville, Tenn
Raleigh
Valentino Reece
Nashville Tennessean
John Thomas Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Governor Peay Receives Wide Range of Evolution Bill Reactions
Letters to Governor Peay on Tennessee’s anti evolution law span praise and ridicule from figures like William Jennings Bryan and J H Ragsdell. Critics condemn the measure as calamitous while supporters hail it as a Christian defense and a landmark reform in education.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Peay
United States
Associated Press
William Jennings Bryan
Chris A
J. H. Ragsdell
Fort Meyers
Fla
Scopes
Sears-Roebuck
Walter White
Dayton, Tenn
James * Maxon
Protestant Episcopal Church
R. E. Canthall
Chicago
Tribal rulers dismiss assault charges over white attire at Taos dances
Federal Judge John Neblett ruled the Taos Pueblo chieftains may regulate tribal customs, including dress, after two young Taos men punished for wearing white man’s clothing at dances received the ceremonial slap. The tradition allows white cloth and cutout trousers with moccasins for dances.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Washington
John Neblett
Six Cents Acre Foot Assessment At American Falls
The American Falls reservoir district sets its 1925 water levy at six cents per acre foot a 25 percent cut from last year. Lands under the falls canal system will pay three cents per acre foot. Directors also received annexation petitions for 112000 additional acres and deferred action to September 8. Meanwhile a Chicago fire gutted the G H Hammond meat packing plant and stockyards causing over a million dollars in damage.
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Twin Falls
American Falls
Falls Canal
Chicago
G. H. Hammond and Company
Utah Weather Brief Says Sunday and Monday Fair
Sunday and Monday provide fair skies with little change in temperature across Utah. No significant precipitation or storms are reported, and regional conditions remain mild.
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Utah
Debt talks with Belgium reach standstill in Washington
American and Belgian debt commissions stall as officials hope for progress. Rumors swirl about debt cancellation, but officials deny such demands. Belgium may need to modify proposals for any accord acceptable to the U.S. Congress under Versailles terms. The president holds primary authority to bind the United States.
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Seine
Mae
Neges
Semnst
Bret
Smoot
Mony
Ted
Belgium
American Congress
American Commission
Germany
Wilson
United States
Des Moines Mystery Deepens As Arrests Queried
Des Moines authorities questioned Oliver Dawson after his arrest for several days of inquiry. They say Dawson admitted knowing a girl at a small hotel sharing the victim’s surname, Jeanette Miller, who vanished the night the straw stack burned. Deputies promise further arrests on new leads, with Sun-day or Monday timelines.
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Des Moines
Oliver Dawson
Dawcon
Nettie Miller
Jeanette Miller
Dawson
Rich Anderson
Polk County
Carlisle
Rapher
Fire fires rage as five story building threatened to collapse
Firefighters from forty five companies battled a blaze that imperiled a five story building. The G. K. Umenend company is linked to Swift and Company.
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G. K.umenend Company
Swift and Company
Steck Makes a Slight Gain in Iowa Senate Contest
In the third week of the Iowa senatorial recount Democratic candidate Daniel F. Steck leads Republican Robert Brookhart by 805 votes across 51 counties officially tabulated. The gain includes additional counted votes not in earlier totals, with Steck at 211,218 and Brookhart at 199,113, plus 1,117 Stock and 3,648 Brockhart ballots challenged. Recount in Montgomery O Brien and Osceola counties neared completion with no major shifts for either side.
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Washington
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Committee
Senate Committee
Stepk
Brockhart
Montgomery
O' Brien
Osceola
Chautauqua in Twin Falls Abandoned Under Threats
Twin Falls officials abandon the Chautauqua feature play Daddy Long Legs after Rev. Arthur P. Pearson warns of criminal warrants. The show was not staged last Thursday due to a storm wrecking the tent and organizers plan either a return of the company or a different dramatic performance at a bar.
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Twin Falls
Arthur P. Pearson
Pearson
Calles Warns Anarchists in Mexican Agrarian Policy
Mexico City reports Calles vows no tolerance for anarchist practices in agrarian law enforcement. Government warns employers to follow national land policy and workers' rights while radical strikes waver after a pact with authorities. Sixteen cotton factories affected as the Communist confederation’s general strike fades.
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Mexico City
Callea
Regional Confederation of Labor
Calles
Luis Leon
National Agrarian Commission
Communist General Confederation of Workers
Ericson
Federal District
Board of Inquiry Blames Steam Engine in Sausalito Wreck
A board of inquiry blamed the engineer of the Northwestern Pacific railroad steam train for a Sausalito collision that injured twenty seven passengers, four seriously. The south bound train from Healdsburg hit the electric train as it waited for block signals near the ferry dock.
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San Francisco
Sausalito
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Healdsburg
Bruce Picked as Candidate for Milwaukee Seat
Milwaukee authorities announce William George Bruce, president of the Milwaukee harbor commission, was chosen by the Democratic state conference to carry the party for the vacant seat left by Bert M. Brie in the Enterath centers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William George Bruce
Milwaukee Harbor Commission
Democratic State Conference
Bert M. Brie
Missing Bandit Pressed by Armed Men in Muncie
Police, aided by riot-armed officers, left the station on a raid in two apartments after tips that George Anders on known as Dutch was spotted. no trace found. Officers were kept at headquarters all night amid government claims of a definite lead.
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Muncie
Ind
Loe
Ich
George
Anderson
Accus
Ben Hance
Here
Randolph
Chadolph
Muneie
Quiet Sunday at Coolidge Homestead
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge spent a tranquil day at their family home near Swanton Vermont. They visited the cemetery tomb of their son Calvin and received a trout meal from Earl Kinsley as onlookers lined a nearby deadline. The day included a porch sit and a church service with Rev. John White ahead of discussions on the Belgian debt with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot.
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J. R. Jewett
Mr. i
Woodstock
Calvin
Coolidge
Earl Kinsley
Rutland
Vermont
Silwan
Mellon
Smoot
Swampecott
Walker Signs The Contract For 16 Round Showdown
New York July 15 Walker of Elizabeth welterweight champion escapes suspension by signing to meet Dave Shade of California in a 16 round bout at Yankee Stadium in September Promoter Tex Rickard will stage the bout The contract was delivered to the New York state athletic commission by Jack Kearns and signed by Walker at Summit New Jersey.
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New York
Aum
Are Walker
Elizabeth
New York State Athletic Commission
Dave Shade
California
Yankee Stadium
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Walker
Summit
N. J
State Athletic Comminssion
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Leo P
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