Scopes Case Returns To Rhea Grand Jury For Reindictment
Dayton Tenn July 10 The Scopes trial returns to the Rhea county grand jury for a second time amid legal questions over indictment validity Judge Raulston orders jury selection first as Clarence Darrow defends evolution evidence and William Jennings Bryan arrives to assist in prosecution
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Rhea County Grand
Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Rhea County Grand Jury
Secon
A. T. Stewart
Raulston
Scopes
Associated Preas
Dayton
Tenn
Clarence Darrow
Kellogg Heads to Summer White House for Talks
Under Secretary Grew will travel from Swampscott to meet Secretary Kellogg en route to the summer White House. He carries State Department exchanges since Kellogg left Washington for vacation and will present them as a basis for talks with Coolidge on China and debt issues.
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Kellogg
Summer White House
Washington
Grew
Swampscott
Kel
Logg
White House
St. Paul
State Department
Ington
Coolidge
First 1925 General Assembly Law Signed in Georgia
Atlanta July 10 The first law of the 1925 general assembly was signed by Governor Walter shortly before noon. The measure by Representative Ross of Richmond calls for an election in Richmond county on exemption of new industries from taxation.
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Richmond County
Associated Press
Atlanta
General Assembly
Walter Shorty
Ross
Miller
Muscogee County
Montana Feels Earthquakes Across State Again
Earth tremors were reported across southwestern Montana today including Helena Great Falls Three Forks Manhattan and Billings. No damage reported though Three Forks felt the strongest shaking.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Great Falls
Three ‘Forks
Manhattan
Billings
Three Forks
Couple Found Dead In Car In Ward Avenue Shooting
In Rumson New Jersey on July 10 officers found the bodies of Sergeant Detective Henry Walling of Long Branch and Misa Mary A Linzmar of Atlantic Highlands in a limousine on Ward Avenue. Both were shot through the heart. Police will determine if the deaths were murder or self-inflicted based on a revolver found in the car and its compatibility with local police issue models.
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Associated Press
Present tax reduction law falls short of expectations
Washington reports that the tax cut aimed at reducing public levy by 400 million dollars has cut only about half that figure. Treasury internal figures show total tax receipts for fiscal year 1925 at 2.584 billion, versus 2.796 billion in 1924, with a six month 1925 reduction of 212.168 million, prompting officials to doubt full relief as intended.
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Washington, D
Treasury Internal Revenue
Treasury
Bumper Corn Crop Indicated by Forecast
The July crop report from the Department of Agriculture shows a very large corn crop forecast at 3.095 billion bushels, 650 million more than last year, driven by high prices and feeding needs. Wheat prospects rise, potatoes decline sharply, and fruit output falls nationally with Pacific coast gains in peaches pears and grapes.
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Washington D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Russia
China
Pacific
Miners Reject Arbitration in New Wage Talks
Atlantic City July 10 miners refuse to accept arbitration in deadlock during wage talks. United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis presents demands for a 10 percent pay hike, check-off, two year contract, and better conditions for 158000 miners as the anthracite operators warn of market driven reductions. The joint conference adjourns to a six member per side sub committee to begin today.
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N. J
Atlantic
City
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel D. Warriner
Anthracite Operations
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Monkey Trial Receives Bold London Coverage
London newspapers give prominent attention to the Scopes trial in Dayton for teaching evolution. The Associated Press notes long articles and front page pictures of John T. Scopes and William Jennings Bryan, with many cables and special dispatches ready.
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London
United States
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Maj
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Early rush for seats in Dayton court house
Dayton Tenn July 10 Spectators began to find seats in the Rhea county courtroom two hours before the Scopes trial began. By 8 2 o clock the high ceilinged room seating about 800 held a hundred men with a scattering of women observers. Outside throngs included Mountaineers and khaki clad tourists as cameras were placed to capture the principals approaching the evolution trial.
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Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
Rhea County
Scopes
New Bill Proposes Elimination of State Ad Valorem Tax
Atlanta July 10 a Georgia constitutional amendment would bar the state from levying an ad valorem tax for state purposes. The bill, by Rep Bussey and others, allows an income tax to be levied by the legislature for state needs.
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Bussey
Crisp County
Partial solution of union dispute reaches agreement
New York July 10 a partial solution for the building trades war affecting 25 million dollars in construction was reached at a conference of contractors and the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers International Association. A working agreement lets plasterers return to work while arbitration on jurisdiction continues. Contractors agreed to employ members on all jobs pending settlement.
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New York
Operative Plasterers and Cement Finisher’s International Association
Bricklayers International Union
Inter-Union
Edward J. McGivern
The
Plasterers
Pete Cook
Association
Cleveland
Bricklayers
Appeals Filed in Behalf of Veteran Bureau Director
Appeals were filed today in the U S circuit court of appeals on behalf of Charles R Forbes former director of the veterans bureau and W W Thompson a wealthy St Louis contractor convicted in February of conspiring to defraud the government through hospital contracts.
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Veterans Bureau
Associated Prong
Chicago
Charles R.forbes
Xx. W. Thompson
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago Youth Murder Case Prompts Court Debate
Raymond Costello, paroled for good behavior, confessed to killing sixteen year old Madeline White whose body was found beneath a porch. He named an accomplice Mulholland. Attorneys debated admissibility of scientific evidence with the state opposing extraneous testimony.
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Raymond Costello
Reformatory
Madeline White
Associated Arena
Chicago
Pontiac Reformatory
Pocantico Hills Estate Deeded to John D Rockefeller Jr
John D Rockefeller today deeded his Pocantico Hills estate at Tarrytown to his son John D Rockefeller Jr. The home, valued at about 1.7 million dollars, has been his for many years.
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Pocantico Hills
John D. JR
Standard Oil
White Plains
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
Eighty one manufacturers plead guilty in Sherman anti trust case
Chicago July 10 eighty one case goods furniture manufacturers indicted for violation of the Sherman anti trust law today entered pleas of guilty and were fined one hundred eighty two thousand dollars
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Associated “Rern
Chicago
Ill
Utah Man Named Tariff Commission Member
Swampscott Mass July 10 The President has appointed Edgar Bernard Brussard of Utah to the United States tariff commission succeeding William S Culbertson recently named minister to Rumania.
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Associated Prona
Swampscott
Mass
Edgar Rernard Brussard
Utah
United States Tariff Commission
William S. Culbertson
Rumania
Two Thousand Made Homeless By Typhoon In The Philippines
Manila reports more than two thousand people were homeless after a typhoon wrecked hundreds of small houses in the Cararines province. The Red Cross has dispatched aid to the stricken areas.
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Philippines
Cararines
Realt
Red Cross
Associated Press
Manila
Missing Son of New York Millionaire Found in Custody
Roscoe Canady Jr a five year old son of a Forest Hills New York millionaire arrives in San Antonio with his mother Mrs Virginia Canaday and her attorney after disappearing from home last Tuesday custody determined in San Antonio Texas July 10 19xx.
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New York
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Roscoe Canady, Jr
Forest Hills
N. Y
Virginia Canaday
Georgia Weather Fair North, Thunder Showers South
Forecast calls for fair conditions in the north with possible thunderstorms in the southern portion tonight and Saturday. Local residents should monitor outdoor plans and heed any weather advisories as conditions evolve.
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