France urged to use poison gas in Rif war
Paris July 8 Charles Maurras Royalist leader urges France to deploy poison gas against Abdel Krims Rif tribesmen in Morocco. In Le Action Fran aise he claims gas bombs would force Abdel Krim to surrender within weeks and blames government for restraint while insisting materials for a gas offensive are ready.
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Fee Presa
Paris
Charles Maurra
Abdel Krim
Morrocco
le Action Francaise
Riff
Morocco
Haas
Georgia consider half cent gasoline tax increase
The Georgia House introduced twenty eight measures and approved several local bills while second readings were reported. A new tax proposal would raise the gasoline tax by half a cent per gallon to fund education. The Senate session was brief with three bills introduced, two on stopping vehicles at railway crossings and one to create Hughes County from parts of Laurens Twiggs and Wilkinson.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
House
Senate
Hughes
Laurens
Twiggs
Wilkinson
State House backs intelligent effort regulation in Georgia
Atlanta July 8 a regulation passed today in the Georgia House of Representatives records support for intelligent efforts toward bringing Georgian progress. The measure signals legislative favor toward structured initiatives within the state government.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
Georgia
Baroness Zur Muehlen Dies in Hotel Window Fall in NYC
Baroness Helen Zur Buehlen of Java East Indies dies after falling from a seventh floor window at the Ritz Carlton in New York City. The incident may have been caused by fainting during a late night in the hotel’s Japanese garden area near the second floor. The baroness, 23, was formerly Helen Carruthers of New York. Countess Von Salm Hoogstraaten was with her and described as a guest. Diamonds were recovered from the roof by detectives.
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Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Associated Press
New York
Helen Zur Buehlen
Java
Dutch East Indies
Ritz-Carlton
Zur Muehlen
Bill drafted to curb bootlegging in Georgia
Assistant Attorney General T. R. Gress drafts a bill aimed at shutting off state tax funds to any Georgia county that records a bootlegging conviction in a calendar year. The measure is drafted as a general anti bootlegging tool for possible use in the upcoming legislature.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
T. R. Gress
Georgia
Expansion and Amplification of Air Service Efforts
Authorities outline steps to broaden air service access and improve flight operations. Plans emphasize collaboration among agencies, carriers, and airports to boost routes, frequency, and regional connectivity.
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Air Service
Legislative chaos in New York feared after court ruling
New York July 8 home rule commission warns that overturning the court validation of the home rule amendment and its enabling act could void the amendments dating back 31 years. The laws include the $45,000,000 soldiers bonus, workers compensation and $300,000,000 in bond issues affecting 41 of 66 cities.
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Associated Press
New York
New York State
Home Rule Commission
James J. Hoey
Genna Brother Tony Genna Wounded in Chicago Feud
Chicago dispatch reports Tony Genna seriously wounded in renewed gang warfare among Genna and rival beer runners. He is the third Genna brother struck in six weeks amid ongoing gang conflicts and material gunfire in the city.
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Tony Genna
Chicago
The
Associated Press
Genna Brothers
Treaties Ratified by Chamber of Deputies on China
The Washington conference treaties affecting China were ratified by the French Chamber of Deputies under M Briand after a Communist dispute. One treaty covers safeguarding Chinese rights and the other the Chinese customs tariff. Ratification moves to the Senate with promises of a forthcoming conference in Shanghai chaired by U S officials.
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Paris
China
Chamber of Deputies
M. Briand
Senate
United States
M. Brian
Washington
D. C
Kellogg
Shanghai
John van A. McMurray
Pekin
Silag Strawn
Chicago
Bryan calls monkey fight a death duel over evolution
Dayton Tenn July 8 William Jennings Bryan calls the evolution versus Christianity clash a death grapple as he addresses the Progressive Dayton Club amid Scopes case prep. He backs the prosecution and says the people will ultimately rule, while Scopes and defense counsel move toward federal court injunctive action.
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Dayton
Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Dayton Club
Aqua
Jackson judge among bank case indictments
Jackson Tennessee July 8 The Madison County grand jury investigating the Peoples Savings Bank of Jackson returned indictments against Judge J W Ross of the federal district court for Western Tennessee K O Thomas B Carroll former cashier and his son John Carroll and W L Cawthorn. They were named in a joint indictment containing twenty two counts.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Tenn
Madison County Grand
Peoples Savings Bank of
Jackson
J. W. Ross
Federal District Court For Western Tennessee
K. O. Thomas
Atlanta minister and Syracuse actress wed in Syracuse
A romance began last summer in Atlanta when Miss Ramona Weaver Baxter, a Syracuse actress, married Rev. Ernest John Bowden, pastor of the Atlanta Uni tarian church. After a brief honeymoon they will return to Atlanta to make their home.
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Ramona Weaver
Ernestx. Weaver Baxter
Bowden
Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Atlanta
Ramona Weaver Baxter
Colby Unable to Attend Dayton Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow in Chicago received a telegram from Bainbridge Colby former secretary of state advising he could not attend the Dayton trial due to a New York home rule statute ruling. Colby cited a complex municipal affairs situation and sent best wishes for the proceedings.
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Wrens
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
John T. Scopes
Bainbridge Colby
Dayton
Colby
Appelate Division
New York Supreme Court
New York
John R. Neal
Scopes
Dayton to Welcome Defendants at Scopes Evolution Trial
Dayton Tennessee prepares for visitors in the Scopes evolution trial scene. City police install a special detail to enforce liquor and disturbance ordinances and marshal a squad from Chattanooga and Knoxville to aid in crime detection.
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Dayton, Tenn
Dayton
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Defense counsel links Bryan address to new Tennessee amendment
Dayton defense counsel says Bryan's Dayton Club speech signals a plan to push a constitutional change. John R. Neal states the address forecasts moving from the lower court to Tennessee's Supreme Court and then to the U.S. Supreme Court, aiming to erase religious and educational liberty guarantees via a new amendment.
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Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Progressive Dayton Club
John R. Neal
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Bryan Jr. to Assist Prosecution in Scopes Trial
Dayton Tennessee July 8 William Jennings Bryan of counsel for the prosecution in the Scopes case announced the addition of another lawyer. William Jennings Bryan Jr now living in Los Angeles and formerly an assistant United States attorney is expected to arrive tomorrow to join the prosecution.
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Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
John Scopes
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
United States
Dayton Trial Said to Suit Big Issues of Education and Religion
Bryan argued in court that Dayton’s size should not matter for a religious case. He linked Christianity’s small-town origins to the trial, saying education and religion are the two great human concerns. He noted the defendant’s biology text juxtaposed a crowded city street with a rural farmhouse.
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Bryan
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Bethlehem
Nazareth
Sugges
Rockefeller 86th birthday celebrated with golf and family
John D. Rockefeller marked his 86th birthday in good health with a private golf round at his estate course and a family dinner. A message praised his cheer and gratitude for the year ahead. A tale recounted a wagon wheel creak as he prepared for a shot, joking about being an old king.
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Associated Preas
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Postal deficit of forty million for 1925
Washington July 8 The Postmaster General New estimated a deficit of about forty million dollars for postal operations in fiscal year 1925. He attributed the shortfall to higher postal employee pay and changes in postal rates.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
New
Wheeler Victor Wins Pickens County Seat Contest
In Atlanta on July 8 the committee on privileges and elections awarded the Pickens county seat to Dr. W. Wheeler Republican after contested votes were reviewed. W. J. Ballew Democrat challenged the results, with both sides claiming illegal ballots. Judge Newt A. Norris represented Wheeler and the panel deliberated, admitting evidence from a three week hearing before reaching its decision.
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Atlanta
Pickens
House of Representatives
DR. W. Wheeler
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Mr. Wheeler
W. J. Ballew
Gov. Hardwick
Mor
Wheeler
Plasterers Strike Threatens Half Billion in Construction
The plastering industry strike continues in a deadlock after arbitration proposals were rejected by the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union of America. The stoppage risks delaying up to five hundred million dollars of construction in multiple cities. Secretary Davis had convened a conference to seek a settlement.
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Washington, D. C
Davia
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterer’s International Union of America
Operative Plasterera International Union
National Capital Great Fermentator of Gossip
Asheville July 8 The national capital is a great fermentator gossip and whisperings regarding the great and near great declared J Fredss ry president of the Gridiron Club and Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun in an address before the final session of the twenty third annual convention of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association this morning Essars address and a speech by Russell T Edwards of Washington director of the educational section of the American Tree Association were the chief features of the closing program
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
National Capital
J. Fredss@ry
Gridiron Club
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Essars
Russell T. Edwards
American Tree Association
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