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VOL. XIII NO. 104 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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BRYAN CALLED
TO STAND LATE
fihW
4gureS pjCTl
31U08 "
Bryan on Stand
AFTERNOON
Darrow Calls Commoner to
Stand to Question Him
on Belief in Bible.
APPLAUSE IN COURT
Bryan Says Give Lawyer
Latitude, He's Going to
Have Some Himself
at Later Time.
(AMofbted PrrM Iaird Wire.)
DAYTON, Tann., July 20. The
defence In the John T. Scopes case
called to the witnese etand William
Jennings Bryan aeeoelated with
the state In the prosecution of the
Dayton biology teacher. The proe
ecution objected but Mr. Bryan
said ha did "not In the least ob
ject to being placed on the stand."
The Jury was not In the outdoor
court when the former secretary
of state responded to questions of
Clarence Darrow of defense coun
sel. The first question asked Mr.
Bryan by t he Chicago, attorney
was: "Do you believe that every
thing in the bible Is true?"
Mr. Bryan entered Into a lengthy
explanation, the substance of
vvtilch was that he had full confl.
denca in the integrity of the scrip
tures. "Do you believe that Jonah
swallowed the whale?" asked Mr.
Darrow.
"I would believe It If the Bible
had said It," responded the witness
to this trick question.
Mr. Bryan believed that the Bi
ble should be interpreted "as It
there" not necessarily literally,
"because some of It is figurative
language."
Mr. Darrow questioned the wit
ness as to his belief in regard to
the biblical account of Joshua's
making; the sun stand still.
"Don't you know?" said the ex
amining attorney, "that to do that
It would have been necessary to
lengthen the day."
"I do not know about that," re
plied Mr. Bryan, "but I do know
that with the strength of my puny
hand I can stay the law of gravi
tation and prevent thin glass of
water from falling to the ground.
Certainly then, I would not hesi
tate 10 believe that Almighty Ood
could stop the sun or the earth In
their courses."
A ripple of app'ause followed
each of Mr. Bryan's statements.
The attorney-general objected to
Mr. Darrow "cross-examining his
own witness."
"He's a hostile witness," the
Chicago lawyer retorted.
"You can't cross-examine' your
witness. Colon"! Darrow.'
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GRASS FIRE 15!
BURNING
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RANGE LANDS I
Over Thousand Acres Cov
ered by Huge Fire Up
North Umpqua.
MILL IS THREATENED
VXIIKXTIKIEI llODY
IS WASH Kit ASIIrtR
(Aaortated tnm Ln-rd Win-.') "
MARSHFIEI.D. Ore., July ,
SO. A body was washed av
ashore by the. surf at Port
Orford yesterday. It had a
life belt attached. The body
appeared to be that, of a . j
saiior. no marxa oi wem-.- w
ficatton were found.
EVOLUTIONDDES
NOT DENY BIBLE
SCIENTISTS SAY
Bad Blaze Reported in Lane
County, Whilj Washing
ton Losses Are Said
to Be Heavy.
A huge grass fire covering a
thousand or fifteen hundred acres
Is giving fire fighters consider
able trouble at the Kent, Kohl
hagen and Grubbe ranches across
the river from Sunshine ranch.
The fire started last Saturday, and
apparently was brought under con
trol that night, but broke out
again yesterday, and spread very
rapidly, threatening the buildings
at the Kohlhagen and
IIOHIIF.KH GKT I'AVKOl.l.. I
I
a, Zoologists, Geologists, An-
(Aura-bird l-rna laard Wire.)
MUSKEGON. Mich., Ouly
20. Two men In an auto .
held up a messenger with the
Lakey Foundry Company
payroll today and escaped
with approximately :I3.0HU.
thropologists Give Evi
dence for Records.
UPHOLD APE THEORY
! I,A'lSCAPIX KNK.KS
llrX'I.AIttlD THK IjATKST
!
1 (Anortalrd Ptm Uurd Win.)
! NEW YORK, July 20.
Landsping such' feminine
' knees as may from time to
J time be exposed by rolled
stockings and perverse winds
-a la advocated by beauty spe- e
clallsta who began a week's
e convention here today.
"Painted knees are the
latest thing." said Mrs. Ruth
Maurer, presiding at the
opening; session.
"Hand painted pictures on
the knees are Intriguing. !
Some designs are simple,
some elaborate, some girls
prefer a (lower or a group of
-blossoms.' Others like a por-
trait or a little landscape."
Women of the United States
i
T
(AaocUtcd I'm Lrunl Win).)
20. Don
Defense Places Statements
on Record for Appeal
to the Higher
Courts.
(AMnriatH Pre. IamhI Win)
COI'RT HOUSE, Dayton. Tenn.,
July 20. Defense attorney!, put
into the Scopes trial record" today
statements by scientists upholding
the theory of evolution.
Maynard M. Metcalf. xoologlst,
former head of the zoological de-
de-
spend approximately $0,000,
000 a day to make themsel
ves synthetically beautiful,
one report to the convention
asserted.
ranches, and destroying many
Former-Secretary of State Will- acres of fine range, as well as
lam Jennings Bryan, who was ques-i burning down fences,
tioned late today by Clarence Oar-1 The origin of the fire la not
row, after being placed on witness known. At the Kohlhagen place a
stand upon own agreement to talk. large crew of men was kept busy
The courtroom was in a furore of 1 all day Sunday plowing and back
applause ae a sharp contest devel-j firing to save the buildings, 'i'hey
T r- V" TA r AA -I a
n . , . . u !"t v v "TlPartment at Oberlin college,
v.xr.r, ivu, .... . jditred
pnuiuKrui'ner. duiii great ar vet
Grub bo : eraDS. aD Francis O'Connor, em-
lUJ't-H III OJIlff oi uie nrovKK-
"There In no conflict, no leant
ncpree of conflict, between the
oped between the two lawyer.
E
FELT YESTERDAY !W
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(AnMitd Pro. IUFd Win-.)
SAN FRANCISCO. July
20.
The sharp earthquake which was
Francisco Hay district and south
along the Peninsula for a distance
of fifty miles, . subsided without
causing any damage, a though mo
mentary alarm was occasioned.
The seismograph at the observ
atory at the University of Santa
Clara recorded the shock as coiri
mencing at 11:24 a. m. and ter
minating gradually five minutes
later. For twenty seconds, how
ever, the pens on the seismograph
also fought the tire away from the
buildings on the Orubbe ranch,
andlt Is believed that both places
are safe The fire has swept back
from the river Into the timber,
andcovers a large area.
The forest fire situation is re
ported very good today The only
fire burning In' the county Is lo
cated at Urassy ranch, near Caps
Ilahee, in the Umpqua national
forest. This fire has been burning
for over a week, but Is now believ
ed to be under control. O. C.
Houser, central dispatcher, stated
this morning that a large crew has
been kept on the fire and is now
patrolling it to prevent any further
spread.
Harvey Brown, supervising war-
t nni'w -nm.nnv .i Uible and the fact of evolution
with severe cuU and broken ribs jb'u '"ll Interpretation of the
yesterday when an automobile in
which they were driving was forced
off theroad by another machine
and turned tur'le.
McUnin received severe cuts
CHINK.SE KIRK OS
TWO SHU'S SUNDAY.
CHARGES
DROPPED WHEN
NOTED SCOPES DEFENDER
APOLOGIZES TO RAULSTOU
Was Held Under $5,000 Bond to Answer for Remarks
Made to Court Last Friday Judge Quotes Exchange
Between Darrow and Court Over Ruling to
Exclude Expert Testimony
den. of the county patrol, reported
today that there were no fires
burning In the county aside from
the range fire. Two small fires
were started along the S. P. right
of way yesterday, but the railroad
company fo'ight these fires wlth-
, out calling upon the county patrol,
and both of them were extinguish
ed before any damage was done.
(AMfwtatrd PrtMi LeuH Wire.)
SEATTLE. July 20. Three for-
vlbrated to their full amplitude of l"'Y"' .I?" " h,,", , "
10 centimeters. The quake was ,aiJ. "l ,d",ferenA ""i n
described, as an eplfocil or local ' ' T'f "M1- ne
disturbance. , 7, . ' in local hospital
words of the Bible Is not only i
puerile, it is Insulting both to Coil i
and to the human Intelligence.
"The fundamentalist." he said.
"Is trying to shut man'! mind to
abu. the h-ad ri'd face, Van Vleef'-od's ever-growing revelation of
suffered fractured ribs. while! nimaeu 10 me numan soul. -O'Connor
was severely bruised. Thet" Evolution Is'Tlslhlo today" In
automobile, a borrowed car, waa ' both plant and animal world. He
wrecked. cited the development and breed-
o ing of cabbage from the plant of
the mustard family as an example.
. There Is no such thing as spe.
cles in nature, but the words
"species, "genus", "family," etc.,
were terms ud to describe the
fact that animals and plants dif
fered among themselves and dif
fer to different degrees.
Wilbur A. Nelson, state geolo
gist of Tennessee,. upheld evolu
tion as shown In the formation
He
(Aminr'atMt Prm t.ar.1 Wire.)
SHANGHAI, July 20.
A wirolesH dispatch from
Luchow from Szechunh pro
vince, reports that Chinese
fired on two vessels which
was escorted by the Ilritlnh
battleship Teal which arrived
to bring down the foreigners
from Chengtuefu and other
parts of Szechuan province. S
The Teal replied with two-
six-nonnders. Tfiere were
no British casualties.
e
MARSHFIELD MAN
DROWNED SUNDAY
tA-aorUtm) pros Lwl Wire.)
MAKSHFIELD. () .. July 20.
A. J. McBrioe, aged 2H. was drown
ed near Myrtle Point last evinlnR
vhile bathi'.g In the river. Mc
Iir de, wh j v as unable to swim, got
beyond his depth when he stepped of ,hp ot Tennnessee.
u-io a oeep noie. i iiuoru Apple-1 declared that geology could not
eate also unable to swim, tried to be taurht If evolution were bar-
urownel. ; r-J. i i,i Tennessee was
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A
ch him
McUrlde's
:K'lirl(le's mother resij
ocl. N. D. .
Mid almost
i-ooy was recoverod.
at Wheel-
MEDFORD BOY IS HIT
BY AUTO SATURDAY
Church eoRgrpftatlnns at
Jose, approximately 50 mlln Muth .h K 1 ' company s noiuinK9.
of hnr. hiirriHv thir wvlano,hpr " burning In atandlnt?
(AanHitnl PreM Leaaed Wire.)
MEIFORD. Ore., 'July 20.
Henry Saudero, 16 -year old non or
Mr. and Mrs. Sauders, who wus
Heriouly Injured .Saturday PlRht.
when struck by an automobile
driven by F. II. Goodhue of Cen
tral Point, was Htfll unronscfou t
today and is
not expected to recover, acrorrt-
onre part of the Gulf of Mexico,
that the Minnissinpl river's moulh
was afr Cairo. Thf was proven
by marine animals and corals be
lli p found In the- series of rock
layers of Tennessee. Millions of
years were required to form these
rock Inyern. ,
He said that animals forms be
came more complex the nearer to
the present surface of earth they
were found.
Pr. Horatio Hackett Newman,
xoolofdKt of the I'nlversity of Chl
cajto. said the evolutlont-t stands
for snd bl ieves In a rhanfclns;
world. "Kvolutlon Is merely the
phllofonhr of ftxiety and un-
MEET DF POWERS
MMnrUIrd Vrrm Uemac4 Wire.)
LONDON. July 20. Oermany's
security note, delivered to tho
llritish and French governments
today. Is understood to propose
a conference of the powers to at
tempt to reach an agreement for
permanent solution of the disarm
ament question and for security
of the frontiers of Western Eu
rope. If this conference la successful,
the note Is understood to suggest
that the military strength permit
ted Germany under the trenly of
Versailles he more exactly defined
and that the conditions of the
Hhinelund occupation be made
easier for Germany.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
COURT ROOM. Dayton, Tenn.. July 20. An
apology by Clarence Darrow, acceptance by Judge Raul
ston and exchange of handclasps at the afternoon session
of the John T. Scopes trial, ended the incident of the
morning when Mr. Darrow was cited for contempt by the
court as an aftermath of his remarks to the court Friday.
As soort as this incident was ended Judge Raulston
announced from the bench that the great crowd literally
packed into the court room, made the buildinn unsafo
and he ordered the proceedings adjourned to the lawn.
Judge Raulston, Clarence Darrow, William Jennings
Bryan, Attorney-General Stewart, Dudley Field Malone
and Arthur G. Hayes, posed for a "good fellowship
photograph as the crowd fought its way out of the court
room onto the lawn below. .
The exchange of kind words 1 and nothing else and can be noth
seemed to restore a general oplrlt1 ing c'se.
of rood cheer aiunng attorneys on! 'he Court I will say this: If the
both sides of III; i. -we and the com 1 1 defense wants to put their proof
and attorneys were In good humeri n the record In the form ot afflvda
as the scene was shifted to the ji,, 0f course they can do that. If
open air. Itlu y put the witnesses on the stand
As court opened fur the atier-llhe state deslrea to cross-examine
noon' session, Uarrow waa recomiii-! them. 1 shall Mpeet them to do so."
ed by the court to make o stale-1 Mr. Harrow We expected it and
ment. He said that he did not take an exception.
know how hard his words of Kil- The Court Ves, sir; always ex-;
day locked until he had seen the pect tills court to rule correctly,
minutes. He said that he was I Mr. Darrow No, sir, we do not
sorry. He said that In his slay in (Laughter).
hayion and vicinity he had ueen The Court I suppose you anticl
inal, cl with great kindness and i paled It.
appreciated lliis consideration. I Mr. Harrow Otherwise we would
"I don't think any surli occasion 1 not be taking our exceptions here,
ever arose before In my practice." ' yoir honor. We expect to protest
he said. "So fur as Intending to In-1 our rights In some other court,
suit the court, I never meajit any-; Now, that Is plain enough, isn't itT
thing of the kind." Then we will make statements of
j what we expect to prove. Can we
DAYTON, Tenn., Ju y 18 -Jndge ! have the rest ot me day to aran
John T.
Ing to attending physicians. The changeaMlitr. One must choose
dimming of automobile headlights between these alternate phllosop-
10 the streets, but the excitement!.. ' ,.V,"1. ' . ' I was given as the cause of tile a- hies, for there Is no intermedium
buildings reported they felt a light '
shaking. j
court Interjected, "but I m going
to let Mr. Bryan direct the extent
of this questioning himself
M. Ilryan arose from the wit
ness chair.
"I want Mr. Darrow to have all
the latitude he wishes In examin
ing me.' he said, "for 1 am going town business house
I Continued on page 3.) was reported.
soon subsided. , " " -- "';;''' ' cldent by Mr. Goodhue who also
The center of the disturbance Je,fr"on, cou1nl-' and, thP, Mra : said the boy was walking on the
appeared to be at a point In the a blazing In the edge of green ;wr0 ', , un
I'aclflc ocean about 200 miles Ub-r in the Doty Lumber com-
northwest cf here pany s noiutngs in lwis county
1 i after destroying one of the com-
GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 30. 1 Er""" "nd con"1,'r''ble M'
n fiiiKiii euiiumiHKH was nere i wnrfl ,,. 1nft i-n
at Lyman in an effort to check the
blaze from sweeping through the
Kreen timber. It was reported that
the flames had burned a mile into
the timber.
The fire In the Doty Lumber com
position. Onre you admit
chanKfntr world and you admit
(Continued on pace 3 i
he
AUSTRALIAN LOAN
FINDS MANY BUYERS
(AtanrUtod Pr-Mi Ia) Wlt-tv)
NEW YOHK. July 20. The 75.
000,000 commonwealth of Australia
five pr cent external loan, floated
by a banking group headed by J.
I. Morgan Company, was over
fuhncrlbod within one hour after
the bonks wit1 opened today.
Kauintoii tod.ty cited Clar
ence Uarrow. -aercnsH attorney in
the Scopes evolution trial, for con
tempt of his court and directed
that the Chicago attorney appear
Tn nail ii tr i w-,rr I ii tr In uhnur whv ffin.
tempt proceedings should not be statements here of what we expect
Instiuted. to Prove. I do not understand why
. '. . . I every request of the state, and
The judge named as gro. nda for of lhe vrotecu.
tne citation reniarss 01 mr. n'lr-1 - . . ... . m,,
them?
The Court I would not say
Mr. Darrow If your honor takes
a half day to write an opinion--.
The Court I have not taken
Mr. Darrow We want to matte
at 10:07 this morning. It was not
he j felt by pedestrians, but people in
Ape Trial Will Be Moved From Court Room
To Platform On Lawn; Building Weakening
row to the court Friday when the ,
court nxcluded the testimony of i
scientific experts from the jury.
The Chlcaso lawyer was directed 1
to make $.000 bond for his ap-j
pearance to answer the citation .
tomorrow. I
"On last Krldav," the Judge sai'.l,
"contempt was committed In this j
court.'' He quoted from 4he rr- J
ord Mr. narrow's exchange with
thi rmirt tin it thi liriitttiin AfttT !
Jtidg Raulston fxc aided expert C0trKT ROOM, Dayton, Tenn.,
testimony. 'July 20. ..As soon as the Scope
"Until passion has had time to case openpd this morning, Judgn
subKlile, the court has wlihhedUohn T. Raulston began reading;
grant of time, and a bare sugges
tion of anything that Is perfectly
competent on our part, should be
Immediately overruled.
The Court I hope you do not
mean to reflect upon the court.
Mr. Darrow Well, your honor
has the right to hope.
The Court 1 have a right to do
something else, perhaps.
Dr. Darrow All right, all right.
HELENA, Mont., July 20. A
distinct earth shock was felt here
no damage I
at ncOfl this morning, llevond : ptt' ' " rnuny nigni
the stopping of . clock in a down- !?"a n,K" nonneny -wina causm
la large section of logged off land
land nearly 600.000 feet of cedar
logs were destroyed.
A big crew of men Is fighting
the Qullcene fire In an effort to
check Its course.
Cntll Saturday, the flames vere
to logged-off land on the
the company's holdings,
hut a change In the wind swept It
across the boundary Into the Olym
pic national forest reserve.
Messages From Dead Wife All Fake
Declares Man Who Offers $500 for
Word From Her; All Wild Guesses tt1
' i edge of
messages, Cllbert said:
; "Those who knew my wife would
certainly not imagine hr saying:
" "Jim. I am h re, old boy,' or till
I love you.
I Kome o
El'OENE. Ore. July JO A for
est fire which broke out yesterday
(AMOrlatM Prm Leued WirO
NEW YORK, July 20. A reward
of $500 to anyone who can com
municate with his dead wife, has
bro-iKht J. Albert Gilbert, of Port-
lanu. Ore., 139 "spirit msages". j Some o the alleged messages, afternoon threatened a sawmill on
but they are all fakes, he an- 'Gilbert said, were ohi.-iineri hv nm. i the coast fork, soutb of Cottage
nounces In today's Issue of the jfessinnal mediums, some on oulja Grove, and burned a donkey en
Hclentific American. boards and other throurh automa- ine, according to meagre word re
lit fore JIM. Gilbert died In 1917. , tic writing, one specimen of which I celved here this morning. Fire
a pnsiworn was agrees noon so e-ime ostensibly from the plan -t , "gnters reported the blase to be a :
that her husband could Identify Venus. stubborn one.
messsges coming from her after! ytml of the messares submit-1 Forty men fought the blase on
death. A copy of the password ttd." he added, "were claimed to i Calp creek all day yesterday and
was sealed In a safe deposit vault, have been obtained directly from Howard evening reported that the!
Mrs. Gilbert. Many cf them de- situation was more hopeful The i
scribed hallurlnatorv Images of fire Is the worst so far reported
Mrs. Gilbert as she appeared to de- ( this year.
lever the password. Ital a other
drss and appraranre were i.en " MEDFORD, Ore., July 20. AI-
I'r.cripuons tried so jj ldely. I ihottrh the valley la haty with
"they bordeiT-d orasmoke today, it doea not
Since the $."00 offer was made
thr'e years ago. Gilbert has been
flo sled with alleged messages from
hla wife, vsriously signed "Susan ,
"Anna. "Louisa", Sunbeam.
Mrs. Gilbert's name was Florence.
The offer has been renewed. In (Gilbert
announcing his rejection ot all the ridi
said,
I asWJairaj-Jai
. I 1! '-at J '!
i i! -r- " " :
i t ni 'f twAHtfk-m -v tfaftiaaTMiirafs ;nUtti 1 MM
any action, thf juugw rend. "I (
f id It is now ilme to speak . j
"Men may becntne prominent,
but Iht y nhouM nt ver holf them
selves superior to the law. j
"He who would hurl contempt
a statement in which he stated
one of the responsibilities of a
judge Is to avoid exciting pa'slon
or prejudice; among any persons
particularly among the Jurors.
He then said, a colloquy oc
curred hvt Friday between tho
at my court, Iimilts and outrages jl((E( am VUxTvnvft uarrow of d-
KMuitoti niunl this r-;the suge of arguments was rearh
(Continued on page f )
July 20. With the crowd 'oscklnK bulldlnr considered nnsMfa,d ,h" c,,urt roo,n "c"n 0,,,,l 0P
come (the court room so that the court and plastering was already crack-i transferred to twplatform on the
ousinesa waa almost flocked, lug on the celling beneath when court bouso grouoda.
one (if tli greatest commonwealth
In the country.
"I feel that further fon bearance
would eean to be a virtue,' j
The court received a guarantee .
of Mr. Darrow's suretv, and the
trial procei-fled by tf forts of the
defence t'j Introduce dorumentary
'vld nee In the absence of lhe t
Jury. In announcing the contempt
citation. Judge Rati slon read from
the record of Friday's proceed- i
lugs. Mr. Darrow frequently smll- :
ed snd eh tickled as the court read, j
I'Hit of lhe colloquy read by the
Judge In citing Mr. Darrow follow; j
The Court Colonel, what Is the j
purpose of cnift4xarninallnn? i
Mr. Darrow The purpose of
cross-rxanilnatlon Is to bo used on
the trial. !
The Court- Well. Isn't it an
effort to asce
Mr. I -arrow
to Hiow prejiifi
ITn there been any effort to as
fertalu the truth In this ?aac?
The Couit Courts are a mck-rry-
Mr. Darrow They are often that,
yotir honor.
The Court When they permit
rront- jtsnilnatlon for the purpos-n
of fri sting prejudice.
Mr Darrow I submit, your hon
oi. tiii re Is no sort of question that
they sre not entitled to er0
exaie, that all this evidence is
to s.iuw hat expect to prove
fense counsel. The statement -in
cluded excerpts from the record
In which the exchange was re
ported. Judge Kattlston went over
a number of remarks of Mr. Dar
row to the court during Friday's
session.
"The court had withheld any
action until pan! on has had a
chane to subside and the jury -has
been kept separate so thut no
part of this should reach thn
esrs of the members,' said the
Judge.
"Men may become prominent,
(Continued on fane 8")
The Weather
Y-t en, mn i ii an
rtaln the truth?
No. It Is an effort i s.
ud Ice. Nothing ehe. vA iw
1
Hlghttt tamp,
yastarday -19
Lowest temp,
last night 64
Fair tonight and
Tuesday; mild
temperature.
phase refrain
From falling 'till my lady vain
I ller bonnet new has worn again.
Or my life won t be the tame.
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