Railroads Propose Pool Plan by St Paul Line
New York July 16 AP unprecedented plan for railroad increases pooling among weak roads urged before the Interstate Commerce Commission. St Paul Line receivers expect Western rate hikes, with stronger roads sharing less while weaker lines gain added revenue under the recapture clause of the transportation act. Western carriers prepare a five percent freight-rate petition as executives discuss the plan with Burlington President Ole Holden noting conflicts with law and urging equal passenger transport regulation.
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New York
Inb
Commission In Boers
Ohioe
St. Paul
Wadérie
Mark W. Potter
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
St. Paul’s
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hughes
Roosevelt
and &Oon
Northwestern
Wille Eldere
Efort
waPort
Ole Holden
Burlington
Western Carriers
The
Commerce Commission
Sixteen Hurt During A Fight At Glynn Colliery
Cardiff July 16 AP Sixteen teen men were injured today in a clash between striking miners and police at Glynnathe rock colliery. Thousands of strikers surrounded the pits, seven hundred miners returned to work as about one hundred police were called to disperse them. The trouble subsided and the colliery quieted afterward.
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Cardiff
Wales
Glynnathe
Warehouse Fire Destroys Continen tal Junk Yard
Salt Lake City fire gutted the Continental Junk Company yard and warehouse shortly after 11 this morning causing an estimated $25, damaged by flames. Fire officials reported extensive damage and ongoing containment efforts.
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Salt Lake City
Continental Junk ‘Company
Cooler Spell Shifts Across Middle States and West
Chicago July 16 AP heat waves persist across central and western states with forecast for much cooler readings Friday. Record temps topple as Salt Lake City hits 104. Rail damage halts lines near Rock Springs due to heat. Crops suffer from record heat while two fatalities are reported in Nebraska and Michigan amid extreme conditions.
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Chicago
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Rock Springs
Wyo
Yeute City
Ariuale
Ot Wraska
Ye Babes
Ik Ste
Parson Skips With Affinity For Third Time
Wilson Culp, former Ohio pastor, deserts his wife and nine children again after promises of reform. Dororthy Culp and his sister-in-law also fled spring homes. warrants issued for non-support, but prosecutions were not pursued. Mrs. Culp believes they fled to Mexico as prior forgiveness collapsed. Previously in Xenia Ohio he allegedly ran off with a choir singer and faced a workhouse sentence for non-support.
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South Bend
Ind
Wilson Culp
Ohio
Ahs
Dorothy Culp
Nappanee
Indiana
Hasepee Culp
Bet
Wil Ip
Wente
Mexico
Culp
Xenia
Metal workers strike expands in Lie district
Twenty thousand metal workers in the Lie district joined the general metallurgical strike, bringing the total to about sixty five thousand. The walkout follows an ultimatum for a five percent wage reduction, triggering wider action among workers in Brussels and allied plants.
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Brussells
Lie
Jewelry Hold Up by Five Robbers at New York Store
Five robbers entered the Stanle jewelry store as the safe was opened and while employees were showing jewelry. They bound three workers with old type handcuffs and escaped with valuables valued around 100000, using an automobile driven by a sixth man. Police freed the bound employees after about twenty minutes.
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New York
Stanle Jewelry
Conference on strike sought in Britain during July talks
London reports the British government under Bridgeman plans a fresh effort to bring coal miners and mine owners to a conference. A. J. Cook and the miners’ federation executive will travel to discuss disputes with the admiralty, acting as mediator. A government inquiry court met at Whitehall to consider procedure.
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Bridgeman
Scarborough
Wisers' Federation
A. J. Cook
Admiralty
Court of Inquise
White Hall
Cutan Weather Ails to an Ov Warm Eat Port
Fragmentary weather note notes warm air tonight with an unsettled pattern. The unreadable OCR section hints at coastal or port area forecasting but lacks concrete locations or precise times.
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Port Iva
Yankee Fliers Enter Service of the Sultan
A Lafayette Escadrille of American fliers formed to aid France against Moroccan rebels has sanction to depart Toulouse for the front. Ten janes and 12 pilots base at Fez, with veterans Pollock Kerwood and others among the crew. They enlist under the Sultan of Morocco for the duration of the present emergency. Abd el-Krim plans another French offensives while autonomy talks continue in Madrid and Madrid-Spanish Moroccan talks.
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Paris
Lafayette Escadrille
Granville A. Pollock
New Orleans
Charles W. Kerwood
Philadelphia
Major Rogers
Ae. Pa
Charley Sweener
Seattle
Wash
Paul Rockwell
Atlanta
Pollock
Kerwood
Morocco
Foreign Legion
Abd el-Krim
Madrid
Abd-el-Krim
Inaiatim
Nish
Petain to Lead French Morocco Campaign Plan
Paris reports Marshal Petain will depart immediately for Morocco to confer with the governor and outline details of the French operation against Abd-el-Krim and the Riffian forces. He will fly from Paris to Tourose then Rabat to set campaign plans.
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Paris
Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Marshal Petain
Marshal the
Tourose
Rabat
French Morocco
Germany signals conditions for joining League over evacuation
Berlin reports indicate Germany’s reply to the French note on a western security pact will show readiness to join the League of Nations under conditions. The cabinet has completed a draft outlining that allied evacuation of occupied areas must be completed, as newspapers note.
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Qely 16
Germany
Rlin
League of Nations
Gunmen Active in Chicago Violent Feud Claims Several Lives
Chicago police report a flare of gun violence in a 12 hour span ending July 16. Alleged robber Albert Grossman died after a confrontation with Police Sergeant Frank Cunningham. Detective Alfred Lauterdale pursued two youths, firing on their car. passenger Steve Wagner, 18, died, while the driver was wounded. A Wealthy merchant’s son, Town Compagno, was shot in a parked car during a feud, sustaining injuries.
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Chicago
Frank Cunningham
Albert Grossman
Cunningham
Grossman
Alfred Lauterdale
Gainello
Women bandits sentenced in Chicago court
Chicago July 16 AP reports two teenage girls aged 17 and 8 were arraigned for taxi cab robberies. Chief Justice Hopkins declared a woman bandit is no better than a man and sentenced them to one to ten years in the penitentiary. Five major companions received similar terms.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Hopkins
Russell Scott to be Executed in Cook County Jail
Chicago July 16 AP Russell Scott the Canadian born author once rated a millionaire faced execution for the murder of a drug clerk in a holdup after his final appeal failed. He denies guilt naming his brother Robert as the killer and vows to haunt witnesses if possible. His wife and father urged the state board of pardons but the governor did not intervene.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Cook County
Robert
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Springfield
Scott
Pardon Boards
Mystery Blast Kills Farmer's Family on California Farm
Reediey California July 16 AP H G Schroeder and his four children Myrtle 24 Sarah 21 Louise 18 and Arnold 16 were killed in a mysterious blast that wrecked their home on a farm near Reediey. The house then burned Mrs Schroeder is in Kansas City and another son Edgar 17 is in a Fresno hospital.
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Reediey
Calif
H. G. Schroeder
Chi
Myrtle
Sarah
Louise
Arnold
Planter murdered in Philippine province
Manila July 36 AP report says William J. Bear an American owner of a large coconut plantation has been murdered in the province by suspected bandits. A constabulary detachment is pursuing the alleged attackers.
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Manila
William J. Bear
Mors Barkita
Jury Finishes Probe Of Pickwick Building Collapse
Boston July 16 The grand jury that investigated the July 4 Pickwick club building collapse which killed 44 finished its labors. Twelve persons indicted last week on charges of slaughter will face trial Monday.
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Boston
Pickwick Club
Miss Harrison Sets Long Channel Distance Record
Paris July 16 AP reports Miss Lilian Harrison failed to swim the English Channel today yet is credited with a longer distance in that water than any woman swimmer had ever covered.
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Paris
Lilian Harrison
English Channel
Hornsby Hits 24th Home Run in Key Game
New York dispatch reports Rogers Hornsby, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, belted his 24th homer of the season in the fourth inning of a game with the jants, while opposing pitcher Dean struggled. Multiple AL and NL games feature heavy scoring as Boston, Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, and other clubs clash, with varied line scores and relievers noted.
Court Debates Admissibility of Evolution Testimony in Scopes Case
Dayton Tenn July 16 AP Argument on whether scientific testimony may be admitted in the Scopes trial occupied the morning with Judge Raulston ruling that the state would open and close. Attorney General Stewart urged the act precludes expert testimony on whether evolution conflicts with divine creation while defense attorney Arthur Hays argued for factual testimony. William Jennings Bryan Jr opened for the prosecution and condemned expert testimony as weak and dangerous. The defendant John T Scopes listened as Bryan cited Tennessee Supreme Court authorities.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Arthur G. Hays
William Jennings Hrgan, Jr
Herbert Fe, Hicks
Ben T. McKenzie
Maynard M. Metcalf
Metcalf
Clarence Darrow
Stewart
Arthur Hays
Hays
Dudley Field Malone
Raulston
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Maynard Metcalf
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Arthur Garfield Hays
Scopes
Seo
Han Pene
Rauleton
Tes
John R. Neal
Bopton
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Herbert E. Hicks
Hicke
Hoe
Iseaes
Forest fires in Idaho rise from lightning across regions
Boise reports 40 fires sparked July 10 across southern Idaho forests, with most controlled except two in the Idaho forest and ten in Payette. Crews exceed 100 battling three large fires in Challis national forest, plus others near Knox and Idaho City. Over 200 men fight 65 fires in Kaniksu Nerentin while debates erupt over scientific testimony in a court case.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Forest
Payette Forest
Challis National Forest
Knox
South Fork
Salmon River
Boise Forest
Idaho City
F. Evans
Idaho Hills
Ogden
Idaho Forests
Kaniksu Nerentin
Ford bids top money for 200 scrapped ships in July bid
Washington reports Ford offered 1706 dollars for 200 shipping board vessels set aside for scrapping, topping the 1,370,000 bid from Boston Iron and Metal. Boston protests receipt of new bids, urging reauction under new terms. Water Side Salvage agrees. Ford plans to keep some hulls for Diesel propulsion.
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Ford Beslay
Shipping Board
Boston Iron and Metal Company
Baltimore
Baltimore Company
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Ford
Boston Iron and Metal Couny
Water Side Salvage Corporation of
New York
Keamey Metal Supply Company
San Francisco
Gave Wife Away to Another Man
In Omaha an AP report states Frank Zack and Arie Roach were arrested after applying for a marriage license in Council Bluffs Iowa when Maggie Roach was described as given to Zack by her husband Tony Roach for a dollar. Mrs Roach says Tony forced her from their home and arranged the match, and she had married Zack without divorce.
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Omaha, Neb
Frank Zack
Arie Roach
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Maggie
Frank
Tony Roach
Shenandoah Missing On Coast Hoping For Arrival
Newport News July 16 AP The Shenandoah due at Hampton Roads at noon today had not arrived by 2 30. Government wireless stations report no contact with the craft and officials assume she is steering down the coast or has possibly gone off Cape Hatteras where fleet maneuvers she is to join may soon be staged.
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Newport News
Shenandoah
Hampton Roads
Capes
Explorers In Wilds Radio Message From Kashgar
In Simla July 16 AP reports a radio message from Kashgar to Chicago's Field Museum expedition says the party, minus James Simpson vest, is five stations away and expected to reach Yarkand soon in Central Asia.
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Simla
India
Kashgar
James Simpson— Vest
Central Asia
Field Museum of Chicago
Yarkand
Santa Barbara Police Return To Normal Duties After Earthquake
Santa Barbara California July 16 Police have resumed normal duties with ten more officers authorized by the city council since the June 29 quake. Fifty Marines left as three other units returned to San Diego to guard duty so police focus on crime prevention. Sheriff James Rows surrendered authority, saying police can handle the situation. The mission and damaged mission buildings will be preserved, including the adobe walls, to ensure the structure remains for future earthquakes.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
San Diego
James Rows
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