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ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 4. 1 925.
VOL. XIII NO. 70 Of THE EVENING NEWt
INSANE NAN
KILLS S THEN
SHOOTS SELF
Slain Are Mother, Brother,
Latter' Wife and Their
Five Children.
OWN WOUND SLIGHT
Surviving Child Escaped
Death by Hiding in Bed .
at the Sound of
Shooting.
(Aaorlattd Prtm Lwfd Tin;)
HAMILTON. Ohio. June 4.
necoming violently Insane, Lloyd
ItuBsell early today shot and kil
led eiKht members of his rurally,
according to the police, who ar
rested him after he had shot and
slightly wounded himself. Ills
victims are the five children of
his brother, his mother, brother
and sister-in-law.
Russell Is In a padded cell In
the county Jail. The dead:
Mrs. Hose Russell, 60, mother.
John Lowell Russell, brother.
Kmma Russell, 35, wife of John
Lowell Russell.
Julia. 12; Robert. 8; George
Francis. 6: Paul Lewis, 3; and
Richard. 4 months;- all children
of Mr. and Mrs. John RUBsell.
Dorothy 10, saved herself liy
hiding In bed when she heard
Bhots. Russell then turned the
weapon on himself, shooting him
self In the left lung. After the
shooting lro riddled the bodies
of several of the children with
bullets. He had talked Incoher
ently about a mortgage on the
house and said he would shoot
the pictures off the wall. Russell
Is 43 years old.
Most of those killed were
Bleeping.
Robert Leonard and Louis Kel
ler, policemen, and Captuln Wes
ley Wulzen, deputy sheriff, woro
summoned.
As they approached the house,
Rus?ell, who was employed as a
laborer, appeared at a window
and told a story that a $1600
mortgage was due on the place,
and that they would have to move
today.
"Ml shoot the pictures off the
walls and then surrender," Rus
. sell told the police.
With that the slayer turned
about and fired more bullets into
the bodies of the children lying
in the room.
Russell then appeared at an
other window and the police broke
In a door. Russell then turned
the pistol on himself. He fired
one shot before the police could
reach him and the bullet pene
trated his lung, near th'j heart,
hut he will live, according to
reports from the jail.
"I made a poor Job om myself,"
Russell said, when taken into
custody.
KLAMATH INDIAN
WOMEN SUE FOR
DEEDS AND CASH
Mandated Pros Lcaatd Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore., June 4.
Maggie John Mall. 21. and Rosetta
Crawford, 19. members of the
Klamath and Modoc Indian tribes
living on the Klamath reserva
tion, have filed suit seeking to
force the government to give them
title to allotments which they al
lege were made to them In 1906.
The government, the complaint
set forth, has refuted to give title
to th-a land upon the grounds that
It was part of the timber hold
ings. The two Indian women
charged that their holdings also
were valuable as grasing lands
and that they had been occupied
and Improved since 1906.
Title o the allotments, an ac
counting of the funds, received
by the government for use of the
land since 1906, return of this
money to the complainants and
other relief Is sought.
of armT
Whet. Died
.. r--ii-ihMi.ift-ssfr.- aMHSH
Esther Garrett, nurse at the
New York "baby tanu" of Mrs.
Helen Gciscn-Volk, is belli bcld)
as au important witness against
Mrs. Volk, wbo is. under charge
following the discovery of 23 in
fant deaths at her place
REUNION
TO BE
HELD AT WILBUR
NEXT SATURDAY
Large Crowd Expected at
Meeting of Students of
Pioneer School. ,
PROGRAM IS GOOD
Address to Be Made by
Dex'er Rice, Memorial
Eulogy by Judge
Hamilton.
T
TF
THIRD Mr GALE
HITS NEBRASKA;
DAMAGE HEAVY
Injured List Increased 7,
$100,000 Added to the
Property Loss.
The annual reunion of the Ump
qua Academy association will be
held on Saturday at Wilbur, and
from all indications will be at
tended by a large crowd, providing
me weatner Improves. The associ
ation includes former students and
.teachers of the Old Unipqua Aca
demy, the first school of academic
grade south of Salem, being estab
lished in 1S&5 by Father Wilbur, an
early missionary of the Methodist
faith. The association is also open
to students of the Wilbur high
school.
The program will open on Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock with the
song "America" by the assembly.
following the invocation by Rev. I constantly exposed to attacks from
A. F. Grissom, the address of Wei-1 the Spanish aviators and mobile
(assoefeUd Fna last Win.)
PARIS, June 4. Firmly held by
the center, AbdEl-Krim Is seeking
to extend his front to the east, ac
cording to the latest advices from
French headquarters in Morocco.
The Rifflan chief baa been made
wary by bla defeats when attack
ing in force, however, and is re
verting to guerilla warfare and his
previous tactics of filtering be
tween the French outposts.
Meanwhile active preparations
are being made by Marshal Lyau
tey, the governor-general of French
Morocco, and the government in
Paris to put a definite end to the
Rifflan activities.
It was learned that Foreign
Minister Briand will continue daily
conferences with the Spsnlsh am
bassador regarding French-Spanish
co-operation In Morocco.
Premier Palnleve told the cabin
et the war situation in Morocco is
stationary. He said there are only
minor engagements.
NEW YORK. June 4. A new
angle to the Moroccan situation,
was seen today In dispatches from
Gibraltar indicating that Abd-El-
Krlm was prepared to allow the
Spaniards a new victory in their
forthcoming attack on Alhucemas
in return for peace and an appoint
ment as chief of the Riff district
under Spanish supervision.
This, It was pointed out, would
leave him free to pursue bis cam
paign against the French protec
torate without naving nis lianas
HOUSES, ROOFS SUFFER
No Immediate Relief From
Hot Wave Forecast, and
More Thunderstorms
Will Follow.
(Amelated Pre feuf Wire.)
OMAHA, Neb., June 4. Seven
Injured and $100,000 property
damage was the score for the ele
ments yesterday, when, for the
third successive day, violent wind
storms, called baby tornadoes in
the Missouri valley, swept scross
northwest Omaha, levelling trees,
houses and wires. While the death
toll in Nebraska for the three
days debauch of the storm king
stood at four and the injured
numbered over a score, additional
reports of violent weather con
tinued to reach Omaha. Millard
and lllalr, Nebraska, and other
isolated points reported wind and
rain.
Three deaths near Madison,
Neb,. Tuesday and one at Or
chard. Neb.,- the same day com
prised the fatalities.
Yesterday's storm unroofed and
In some cases razed several hou
ses.. CHICAGO. June 4 Little hope
for cooler weather was held out
today by the weather bureau to
a nation sweltering, in many
places, from the greatest heat in
many year.
Continuation of high tempera
tures, prevalent from the rockiea
to the Atlantic ocean for several
days, was forecast by the weather
observers for at least 4 8 hours
longer at many points. Particul
arly were tire middle Atlantic
states, where the heat had been
(Cnntlnnen n rage stx
come will be given by Miss Maxle
walker, or the Wilbur high school.
The program also Includes a vocal
solo by Mrs. Lulu Craig Uorrell, a
response to the address of wel
come, by iltrs. Kffle Chapman
Shrum; vocal solo by Warren
Burt, and the reading of an original
poem written by Hon. Austen
Mires, by Mrs. Emma Bridges Mil
ler. The annual address will be msde
by Hon. Dexter Rice of Roseburg.
The morning program will be fol
lowed by a short memorial serv
ices In memory of the members of
the association, and of the old stu
dents of the pioneer academy who
have passed away.
At 12 o'clock a basket lunch will
be served In the gymnasium of the
Wilbur school. Coffee, cream and
sugar, are to be furnished, and
those attending are urged to fill
their baskets sufficiently to pro-
columns. The dispatches, however
are based on reports circled In
Mellilla, In the Spanish tone, and
lack confirmation.
li. S. AND FRANCE
ASKED TO AID IN
E
f(AsncUtod ma Usatd Win.)
NEW YORK. June 4. A sug
estlou for American and French
o-operatlon lu the search for the
missing Amundsen-Ellsworth Po
lar flying expedition is made in
dispatches from Oslo, the Nor
wegian capital.
' Two Norwegian seaplanes, un
der .the command of Lieutenant
Luttow Holm, are being shipped
to Spitsbergen on a steamer which
ft expected to leave the Horten
air base, near Oslo, tomorrow.
The Norwegian suggestion,
which thus far does not appear to
kave any official backing, is that
Lieutenant Holm operate from
Spitsbergen to East Greenland;
Donald 11. MacMlllan. American
explorer from Etah to Cape Co
lumbia . and Dr. Jean Charcot,
French explorer, along the east
Greenland coast.
Commander MacMlllan heads
the all-American expedition,
which is leaving lloston for the
notth this month.
FEDERAL TITLE TO
CHANGES MADE
By ADVEHTISTS
IN CONFERENCE
Nominating Committee Sub
mits New Names for
Department Heads.
ACADEMY MAY MOVE
Site Near Roseburg Being
Investigated Today and
Headquarters May
Be Moved.
Murder Charge
Grows Out of
Story of Wife
FEZ, French Morocco, June 4.
An official communique today an
nounced that the Rifflan losBea
from French aerial bombardments
May 21 and 22 were 250 killed and
300 wounded.
The communique stated there
had been sharp skirmishing in the
central sector today with attacking
Rlfflans repulsed.
Ab El-Krlm was reported to be
urging various tribesmen who have
not heretofore been fighting to or
ganise against the French.
WATCH THEFT CHARGED
John Chandler, who has been In
this city for some time, staying
vide for the guests from a distance I ?Me" ,"",n'1 ,he 8?,v"?n Arm;
who will be unable to prepare baj. headquarters, was brought back
ket lunches for themselves. fm SJlem,1wh're.h.e,w", ,m" 5
No after dinner speeches will be ,cnared1Jw,'n t.he of w.a h
., ,t, . k", ! from Adjutant Anderson, local
(Assxbted Tnm Uued Win.)
SALEM, Ore., June 4. That
the question of the State of Ore
gon or the federal government is
the rightful owner of Sand Island
in the mouth of the Columbia
river will be determined In court
became certain yesterday, when
the state land board granted to
the Columbia River Packers As
sociation a lease to the fishing
rights of the Island. The state
Is to receive 60 per cent of the
proceeds of the fishing operations.
Dlnce 1864 the federal govern
ment has had control of the Is
land and hus leased out the fish
ing rights. In that year the state
ceded the Island to the govern
ment, the terms being that it be
used for military purposes. It
never was used for military pur
poses hence the states' claim thut
title should now revert to the
state. The federal government is
At the Wednesday session of the
Southern Oregon Conference of
Seventh Day Adventlsts at Suthei
lln yesterday, where the annual
camp meeting and conference is be
ing held, reports of the nominating
committee wero read at the after
noon assembly which made drastic
changes in the personnel of the of
ficials for the coming year. The re
port was a distinct surprise to
most of the constltutency in atten
dance, but after due consideration
by the delegates, was adopted. The
big pavilion tent was well filled at
this business session. Utmost har
mony and good will prevailed
throughout the deliberations, the
retiring officials being given ex
pressions of sincere appreciation
for their faithfulness in the oast
nine years of their service here.
The result of the election follow
ing the reading of the committee
report places Elder J. Rouse, of
Spokane, In the presidential chair
of the conference. Elder A. V.
Rhnads being the retiring officer.
J. J. Judy, of Rutherlln, was elect
ed secretary-treasurer In place of
F. A. Lashler, who has held the
post for more than four years. F.
Itlttenhouae, who has been a teach
er at Sutherlin for the past year,
was named by the committee for
the post of educational and young
peoples society secretary, the
work formerly being under the Jur
isdiction of H. L. Rudy, who will
sail for the southern European mis
sion fields during this month. Miss
Ada Hartman, who has served
expected immediately to start suit (Sabbath school secretary for the
made from the previous practice of
having short talks st the noon
lunch. Instead the time' will be
given over to a "visiting hour," in
which the association members
may get together to talk over
events of past years, and enjoy vis
its with each other.
This will last until S o'clock,
when the annual business session
will be called to order. Following i
a song, there win be the address
by the president, reports of the sec
retary, treasurer, and librarian,
election of officers, committee re
ports, and a general discussion of
'. business. ' l
I At G o'clock there will be a May
pole dance, presented by the stu-
dents of the Wilbur school, and at
i ociock tne annual camptire ses
sion will be enjoyed. This is al
ways one of the most enjoyable
parts of the day, for at this pro
gram there are always called up old
memories of bygone days, when the
stories of school days are once
more brought to mind and tbe Joys
or past associations recalled.
The day will conclude With the
presentation of a comedy "The
Raahful Mr. Bobbs." by the young
folks of the Wilbur high school.
commander of the Salvation Army
corps. Chandler claims that the
watch was loaned him by the offi
cer In charge, and that it was not
stolen, and would have been re
turned. He claims that he has bor
rowed the watch on other occas
ions. He was to be arraigned late
this afternoon.
against the state, and in this way
the title right will be tested. The
Barber Packing Company recently
received a lease on the island
from the government.
If the state wins It Is estimated
that Its returns from the fishing
operations will be more than 150.
000 a year.
U, Bn.l Mrs H li1 Mnrthnin nntl
family returned to their home at,,n Koseourg, ss
Wllhni. ve.ter.lnv ovenlnr .fr Series Of lectures
spending the day here on business
and shopping.
F
E GREAT
AT ACE DF FIFTEEN
Maine Prisoner Admits Murder of
Two Women and Arson After False
Story Fails to Deceive Officers
E
FACES CHARGE DF
THEFT AND UP
I'xanrUteS Press twH Wln.1
PARIS. June 4. Camllle Flam
marion, the noted French astrono
mer is dead.
Camllle Flammarlon, the French
post-astronomer, made astronomy
popular to the layman. He sugar
coated astronomical facts, but
while he won applause from the
layman some of his serious-minded
contemporaries in the study of as
tronomy attacked many of bis the
ories as pure fancies.
Flammarlon. when a boy nine
years old, witnessed the sun eclips
ed by the moon. Owing to the phe
nomenon, bis chief concern was In
how astronomers who predicted
this event wereble to tell. There
after, the lad could usually be found
at sunset on a neighboring hill
watching the departing orb and
waiting for the appearance of the
stars.
In his 15th yesr, he wrote a book
on the origin of the world, but. In
AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4. Pre-
cautions sre being taken to pre
vent Harry A. Klrby, confessed i
murderer, from killing himself.
Through the bars of his cell In the
county Jail here yesterday he ad
mitted to County Attorney South
ard that he strangled to death I
Miss Aida Havward, shot her aunt I
Mrs. Emma M. Towns, and then
set fire to their cottage at Lake
Maranaconk, Win thro p. Maine, the ,
night of Mar 19. Klrby after the I
confession threatened to commit
suicide. I
He said he was drunk when he
entered Miss Hay ward's cottag
and shot down Mrs. Towns. He
admitted that bis story of finding
Miss Haywnrd'a body in the woods
and carrying it to the cottage was
a He. Instead, he said he carried
her to his house after shooting her
aunt, and left her bound and gagg
ed while be returned to set the
cottage afire. He said he was
still drunk the next day when he
choked Miss layward to death
"beeause she screamed." Mean
while, he admitted, he went back
to the blazing cottage with the
rest of the townspeople and Joined
for a while In the hunt for the
missing Hayward (irL
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 4. Har- stars.
ry E. Wochnlck, for five years an
employe of the receiving depart
ment of Bwltf a) Company, was ar- his own words, "li luckily never
rested today on charges of de-1 met a publisher."
Ifrandlng the firm out of J7500 to He entered the famous Paris Ob
1)10.000. jaervatory. and became an assls-
Although on a salary of slightly ttant aatromomer to Le Verrler. and
'more than $100 a month, Wochnlck wrote his first published book at
j has been living at an expensive nineteen years of age. It was trans
I hotel, riding about In an expensive Isted at once to almost every lan
I auto, according to Deputy District i gunge.
Attorney Leon Dehrman. He soon assumed direction of
Officers who arrested blm re- the scientific review "Cosmos," snd
ported they found a quart of gin also published his second scientific
'on his blp. Possession of liquor work. "The World Imaginary and
charges were also placed against. the World Real."
I him. With the famous Aeronaut flod-
; According to Deputy District At- ard. the young astronomer ascend-
torney John Mjowry, a confederate ed -In balloons to study the hesv
I who delivered crsckllngs to the. ens. These observations extended
Swift plant, cashed fictitious re-! over a period of five years.
ceivlng Invoices supplied by Woch-1 During the Franco-Prussian war
llck and split the proceeds. In 1871. be demonstrated the prac
tical application of his knowledge
of astronomy and telescope. Hid
den in an observatory at Passy. as
captain of a special corps, he com
missioned other astronomers to as
sist blm In studying the Prussian
troops banked around Paris.
All overtures for public offices
after' the war were refused by
Flammarlon. He devoted himself
to studying double and multiple
stars, their colors, and proper mo
tions and sun-spots, the branches
of the science in which he special
ised. Most of his great achievements
during the later part of his life
were accomplished In his observa
tory at historic Juvlsy. It was cal
led the "half-way house of kings
and courtiers." Here Napoleon had
received the news of the fall of Par
Is and from here be departed to
Fontalnebleu to bid adieu to bla
army. In 1814. The estate was a
gift to Flammarlon from an admir
er, Mr. Meret.
Flammarlon will be remembered
past year, was reelected to that re
sponsibility. Miss Hartman is the
only one of the conference office
officials to be reelected at this ses
sion. Mr. Alva Walker, of Klam
ath Falls, was chosen for the carry
ing on of the work of the home
mission and field secretary. This
work was formerly carried by H.
L. Rudy. T. L. Thuemler, of Orants
Pass, well known to many people
he conducted
In the tent on
Rose street last summer, v-s olect
ed religious liberty secretary.
The executive committee chosen
for the ensuing year la composed
of Eltler Rouse, chairman; Elder
Thetimler, Orants Pass: J. J. Jut
zy, hitherlln; J. B. Mehan, Med
fnrd; F. L. Pahrenfus, Eugene;
Harry Tippet, Sutherlin and A. O.
Walker.
Elder Rouse, the newly elected
president, will soon move to south-
! ern Oregon with his wife to take up
' his duties in connection with this
conference. The gentleman Is quite
well known by a goodly number of
the constituency In this part of the
state, so thst he will not be, it was
stated, an entire stranger to this
field. "
Another Important matter that
came before the conference yester
day was that of relocating the
academy. This Institution has been
conducted ' at Sutherlin for six
years, the building that was form
erly erected by Frank Walte for
tbe Sutherlin Hotel was occupied
by the academy. The upier floor
was used for a dormitory. This
was found to be somewhat unsuited
for the purpose, so a few months
ago was sold to Mr. Schmld, who is
reopening It soon for a hotel. Ow
ing to the sale, and later to the
disposal of a 100-acre tract of land
a part of the Walte place adjoining
Kutherlln, is necessitated another
place being found for the academy.
A good many of the constituency
were of opinion that the Institu
tion should be located upon a farm
some four to six miles from a town,
where Industrial pursuits could be
I undertaken and taught, giving the
boys and girls an opportunity of
! helping themselves along In sc
an education. I ne only
r !
n A" V' k
f?civ'-yk
mXJH
Information Inadvertently giv
en by Mrs. H. A. Klrby (shore)
wife of the man being bcld a
Wintlirop, Me., for the alleged
murder of Aid Hayward, kid
naped girl, has caused police to
link Kirby with the slaving of
Lillian White in Nysck., N. Y.,
la 1910.
VOT
SWAPPING
E
METHOD HIT BY
E1
Resolution Aims at Custom
of Choosing Officers
of Legislature.
SCHOOLS GET NOTICE
investigation or bourses
That Overlap Asked of
Governor I ncome
Tax Demanded.
(Anoetattd ma Iwl Win.)
DALLAS. Ore., June 4. The
fifty second annual convention of
the Oregon State Orange, which
has been declared to have the
largest attendance on record, was
marked today by the annual
memorial services for departed
memlwrs, and exemplification of
juvenile degree work. Degree
work will be put on tonight with
Evening Star grange team of
Multnomah county in charge.
Meantime committees were at
work on a mass of resolutions
troduced yesterday, and nomina
tions to fill two stute offices made
i vacant by death were before the
convention.
One resolution, that condemn
Ing the selection of the speaker
of the state house of representa
tives and the president of the
senate by trading of committee
positions for voles, was sdopted
yesterduy.
A resolution Introduced late yes
terday requests the governor to
appoint a speciui committee to
Investigate and report on over
lapping courses of the l'nlverslty
of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural
College and the stara normal
school.
A flock of resolutions from var-
(Continued on page i.)
for his many books, written In
poetic and philosophic vein. While quiring
great secrets of the universe are concrete proposition that was plac-
thereln disclosed, they are clothed ed before the assembly yesterday
in language that Is ss entertaining was from Roseburg. This propos
as a novel. It Is on this that bis i al submitted a part of the Ueorge
popular fame rests. Kruse ranch, 4 miles west of the
Flammarlon himself had said: jelty on the Melrose road.
"Within the last quarter of a cen- In resiionse to this proposition a
tury our sublime science has been committee of denominational lead
wholly transformed. Instead of era and the laity spent a part of to
watchlng Inert masses in motion day examining into the merits of
through the void of space the study the proposition. The findings of
of the evolutions of the stars and the committee will be submitted to
life bad taken Its place. It la a the conference at Sutherlin this
signal advance over the old school, afternoon or tomorrow, and hope
and may be looked upon as likely was expressed yesterday that a aat
to prove the grandest feature of ss- Isfsrtory solution of the relocating
tronomlcal science in the nesr fu-, problem might result from the re
turn." I (Continued on psge I.J
DENIES
RIOTS
Representative of Soviet
at Shanghai Declares
Charge Falsehood. ' ' ,
TRUE SAYS ENGLAND
Bolshevism Openly Blamed
by British Press Lack
of Strong Ruler Is
Keenly Felt. "
SHANGHAI. June 5. (Friday):
Shanghai was quite this morn
ing except for a few minor out-
breaks. It was not the normal
quiet however. Developmenta ot
the last few hours included,: Chi
nese police, meeting at the Cha
pel station, decided to strike at
lip. m., but when tbe hour ar
rived only a few of the two thous
and attached to the foreign set
tlement police department actu
ally turned In their arma. It la
believed that the force aa a whole
will remain on duty. Efforts of
agltatora to force a strike of the.
Chinese manned fire department,
apparently failed.
Five were reported wounded in
an outbreak in Pootung auburb,
just scross the Wbangpoo river,
Shanghai's harbor. A mob was
said to have attacked the mill ot
the Japan-China Spinning and
Weaving Company Limited. Jap
anese overseers on duty there re
sisted the mob and opened fire
after the company a offices bad
been Invaded. The Chinese con
stabulary later dispersed the
crowd.
American Jazs musicians fat the
Astor House, the leading -hotel,'
most seriously affected . by the
strike of domestic labor, dropped
their Instruments and took the
places of striking Chinese waiters.:
Soviet Consul-General Osarnln
denied reports that bis consulate-
had any connection witn uninesa
strikes or strikers. ,
Settlement authorities conduct-
ed a number of raids against susJ
pected communists centers, in
cluding Shsnghal University. .
The strikes In Industrial plants
throughout the city today ware
reported slowly spreading. Ileal
available estlmatea placed the
numlwr quitting work so far at
60,000. . '
The strike In the .Japanese cot
ton mills, which waa the cauae of
the rioting here, la spresdlng bnt
no further attacks on foreigners
sre reported. ,
The strikers sre now estlmatea
to number 100,000 most of them
the "coolie class." ' "
Police today raided several .re
ported bolshevik nests, made sev
eral arrests and aelied quantities
of literature.
Although the strike Is spread
ing, Ihe majority of the workers
sre reported to be evading efforts
(Continued on Page 3.)
Trie Weather
Ml U-
Highest temp,
ysstsrday S3
iffST last night 4S
Probably sKow.
era tonight; Fri
day fair ana
warmer.
IN THE YEAR 2000
"How's tbe weather today, old
boy?"
"I haven't been able to find out
myself since that aerial parade us
I there started."
Bryan Regards Oregon School Law
Decision as Aid in His Tennessee .
Scrap; State's Governor Disgusted
CHICAGO, June 4. William
Jennings Aryan's "swan song" of
oratory probably will be heard at
the Tennessee evolution trial at
Dayton, July 10.
The great commoner announced
at Springfield. III., that he Intend
ed to retire from the lecture plat-
form to devote his time to writing
his memoirs.
Mr. Hryan msde only a brief
reference to the coming evolution
fight In a speech yesterday at
Jacksonville, Ills., his former home
before continuing to Nashville,
Tenn.. where he will be Joined by
counsel for the prosecution of J.
T. Scopes, Indicted Dayton achool
teacher.
Speaking to old friends and
neighbors at s celebration of the)
city's centenary, Mr. Bryan men
tioned the recent decision of tho
supreme court In the Oregon
school case, Indicating that It was
significant of what might be ex
pected In the Tennessee trial. Ho
said the decision gave parents a
right to safeguard the religion of
the child, snd also affirmed the)
right of the state to regulate the)
schools and what should be taught
In the schools.
The evoiutlon fires also wear)
kept burning by a atstement of
Governor Austin Peay of Tennes
see st Clsrksvllle, his home town,
that "evolution waa all bosh," eod
that he expected to get aa far aa
possible from the Scopes trial.