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Newspaper Page TextPAGE ' FOUR Capital JlJournal Salem, Oroffon kn Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 138 S. Commercial street. GEORGE PUTNAM, Entered as second clans mall SUBSCRIPTION RATES Tiy carrier 10 cents a week, 45 cents a month, $5 a year In advance. By mall, In Murion and Polk counties, one month 60 cents, 3 months $1.25. 6 months $2.25. 1 year 94.00. Elsewhere 50 cents a month, $5 a year In advance. VVhh LKASKI) H'IKK ASSOCIATED I'HKSS SERVICE Tho Associated l'reHs Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not other wise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "Without or ivilh offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." uyron. A Flat Earth A correspondent in the Open Forum the other day asserted that the bible does not say the earth is flat and offers to pay a year's subscription if a statement can be quoted to that effect. The bible does not say in so many words that the earth is flat, but it is the logical inference drawn from what it does say and the church for centuries held that it was flat. The fiat of ecclesiasticism decreed it flat and the inqusition was invoked against those who asserted it round. In this connection The Nation summarizes: For centuries the church when church nnd state worked hand In hand thundered against any man who dared think or ay that the earth was round. Tho bishop of Ccuta nnd the theologians of Salamanca overwhelmed Columbus with quotations from the Psalms, from St. Paul and St. Augustine. When Copernicus mado his great discovery of the revolution of the earth about the aun, Martin Luther and Melanchthon vied with the Catholic dignitaries In abusing the "upstart astrologer." Did not Ecclealastes say that "the earth standcth faHt forever"? When Galileo's rude telescope revealed the moons of Jupiter, con firming Copernlcua's observations, he was told that bis pretended discovery "vitiated the whole Christian plan of salvation." One learned priest argued that If there were other planets they must be Inhabited, since God made nothing in vain: but thoso Inhabitants could not be descended from Adam; therefore they and their planets could not exist. Poor Galileo, after publishing his letters on the sun spots, was ordered to "abandon entirely the opinion Hint tho sun Is the cenlor of the universe, and that the earth moves, ami to abstain from sustaining, teaching, or defending that opinion In any manner whalevcr, orally or by writing" an order worthy of the Tennessee legislature whirh passed tho antl-cvoliitlon bill three hundred and nine years later. Galileo was forced to niiilte the declaration: 'T, GalllTO, being a prisoner and nn my knees, and before your ominenees, having before my eyes t lie llniy Gospel, which I touch with my hands, abjure, detest, and curse the error and the heresy of the movement of the earth. " Ecclesiasticism then, as now, could only hamper scientific truth, it could not halt it. Tennessee to be logical, should follow up its law to preserve as sacred the first chapter of Genesis, with another enactment to prohibit teachings con trary to the first chapter of Ecclcsiastcs, and keep the earth as stationary as progress in Tennessee and as flat ns a Oat tire. That Wise Decision The Portland Oregonian has tardily editorially discovered the Scopes trial at Dayton, Tennessee, which is some dis covery for a fearless newspaper. The "well balanced, judicial altitude" of the trial judge in excluding scientific evidence upon evolution is most highly commended and the Tennessee nnti-evolulion teaching law upheld by the erudite journal. Says tho Oregonian : It Is true that his (Judge rtaulston's) rulings have Invariably gono again.it tho defense in what the defunao has held up as Important Issues, but from the first tho Tennessee case has to us seemed so clear cut that no other rulings could Justly ho made by nn Intelligent court. Further along the Oregonian says "If there is a constitu tional issue at all, it is whether the legislature of a state has the power to forbid the teaching of any subject in the public school" for "the legislature may malic good or bad regula tions concerning the public schools," the "only check being the vigilencc and intelligence of tho people themselves." And the Oregonian sees anarchy in school affairs if the legis lature cannot do as it pleases with public schools. The legislature can only regulate the schools in accordance with the Constitution and not in accordance with its own vagaries. Legislatures have tried this before, a.j in the Nebraska school case, where the teaching of a foreign language was forbidden, and the legislative edict set aside, proving that a legislature cannot "make good or bad regula tions concerning the public schools" unless they comply with the fundamental law. That is the legal issue in Tennessee and the trial judge has ruled out all evidence as to evolution that would prove that by excluding it from the curricula, the legislature had exceeded its authority and violated the constitution and the court's action meets the unctions approval of the Oregonian, which has timidly thereby alligned itself with the fundamentalists. The Scopes' case is of interest in Oregon because the fundamentalists plan to force a similar law through here and the indications are that when the issue arises, the Oregonian, if it lakes sides at all, will be found lined up with those who are making the nation ridiculous. One Wife on Approval Hy Violet THE MAY HOME "Yes, vo nun'h that 1m' ton o fume to unswor tlicm," wlorlod Cynlhl.i, mill lumjT up the revolver Cynthia moved into Nool (iard ni l's rtp.ii ttnptit the next cl.iy. Her slslcr-in-Jaw had called on hfr the I'voniiiK lcfnn itii'l wpont tun hour try In if tn jiisuadc hor imt In d no. ( ilhin t ion ninllKT lliat you wvvo rmnhiK hore, licivnno didn't want to pll her whole trip." Louella hail said. "Why. sh. wouldn't hnvo pone to Honolulu with Jim If nhc'd known ti nt ynu pin n nod t o do 1 li Is. I ca n't u n derfdond your befntf so foolish. Cynthln. Nool (lordlier hn& Just been divorced; (he whole town talk cd nbotit lilm because of the way ho went nround with (Velio Mai colrn before bin wife divorced him and now Ihnl he's back they're talking AKftlhf And then for you dollbcrntcly to tnke the npartment thrtt ho nnd his wife hnd. nnd to liipuh with him nnd piny golf with him " "Both Jim nnd your mother urg ed rue to give tip out houne while Jim In awn'y neemwo of the coat of ktfepJng It open," Cynthlrt retorted. "Wo I'm closing It, nnd giving up the pervnnt, nnd tnklng tho only ftlinriment I've been able to find trrhf! was possible, nnd paying the rout out of my own Income. I don't Telephone tfi; news Editor and Publisher matter at Salem, Oregon Dare eo that I've Kiven ynu any r.ur lo find fault with nie though you find fault with me no m:llor wha T do! If Noel (i.inlupr has heei lalked nlxait, and dlvnrred by hi wife, that doesn't afreet me In tin len-d." Hut l.nuetla had not airreed, nnd hail fin illy departi-tl for homo in iai:e, and Cynthia hid wept a bit over her p.irkitiK. Established in her new home, Imwev.'r, (die tliew n Ion breath of relief. It wan ple;i;itit to have a home tli it wn nut dominated by her mot her-in -law, ono In whieli every piece of furniture had not been selected and placed by Mad amp 1, eland. Cynthln rear ran sed Noel Cardnei ' thing, wondering nn she iiij o whether he and his wire had chosen the fumMilmis for their apartment together, nnd what flort of person Mrs. (iardner was. That afternoon Ceello Malcolm and her chum, Helena Jordan, dropped In. 'Had to make you welcome In your new home." remarked Ceelle, who wm sauntering about the liv ing room when Cynthln entered. Well, I certainly don't blame you for Inking lhl Apartment. I've al ways heard that It mm a-atunnlng place unfortunately, Noel's wife and 1 were never on good enough term for her lo njk me here. Cer- talnly had good toate, didn't she." "Oh, 1 think it wuj) Noel who had the good taste," commented Mrs. Jordan. "He's always been known for his taste In everything, from good furniture to pretty wo men," with a glance at Cynthia and a little laugh. "I'm so glad that you came to day; we can christen my new home by having tea together," exclaim ed Cynthia, determinedly changing the subject. Frances brought the tea things at once, but set them down hurriedly to ana we r the door bell. A moment later she had de posited a florist's box on a chair beside Cynthia; within It were mawios of pink roses. And without mining from her chair, Helen Jor dan could read the curd that lay on them "Noel Gardner." She did read it, aloud. "i told you Nool had good taste," idle remarked. "Yes, hasn't ho? Ru.ssell rosea are tho love!Ic-t flowers there are," answered Cynthia. Mrs. Jordan rais ed her eyebrows, and smiled quizzi cally, but said nothing more. "Noel always rushes a new wo man right off her feet," murmured Cecile, glancing disdainfully at her tea cup. "Honey, would you mind If Iliad a cocktail? Tea doean't In terest me any more." Cynthia blushed. "I'm afraid there's nothing In the house to make one of," ehe said. "It didn't occur to me to bring any of Jim's private stock over here with me " 'Oh, Noel must have everything In the world tucked away in hla liquor closet; do call him, up and nk him where ft Is," Cecile cut In. "I'd rather not; I hardly think " "Nonsenao. He always comes to the rescue of his famished friends. Where's the phone? I'l call him if you don't want to." Without waiting for a reply she ran Into the adjoining alcove and picked up the telephone, gave No(f's number. A moment later eho was talking with him. "Noel, this is Cccilc, I'm calling from your old homo and Cynthia Lcland's new one this is an S O S call from her, really; she doesn't know where you keep your gin. It goes with tho apartment, doesn't it? Oh, that's a darling. Hurry!" She came back to tho tea table and established herself beside Cyn thia onco iiioio. "lie says ho'II come up and mke us somo cocktail himself," she an swered airily. "Said he wanted to beg your forgiveness for not tell ing you where he keeps his liquor. 1 wish ho d told me he wanted to rent thl.s apartment," she conclud ed fretfully. "I'd have taken It my- HClf." Blushing. Cynthia ald nothing. Not for worlds would she have had Nool Cardner think that she meant to make free of his belongings In this way. fihe wondered how Bhe could convince him of that. Monday A Cny IIoumq Wa ruling. BRINGING UP FATHER ( i cw-f vto rL-: rve cot to fimo ) ' ' ' J ' $$&&$$ THI HfcAT rviucH I VQU COOL PLWfi .. WHERE T Jlr'larv-- ftS-ft UONOEGI l COULD . TMA.T'b ML THERH , 5 I WHT STi' COOK. A-4 CCC ON A j IS TO IT 1 J i , SmZr$ COULO ' V'vpil j?0r, - 0Km h--asaH mmS p m jg BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG TT. fi PTT. . "r J-'-?'i; afAH ftwStfr. 8C6V.S. 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CooUdgs an shown tearing the Technology Bunding at Cambridge, Mass, after -witnessing an lmprcssire pageant commemorating the ISOth annlrersarr ot Washington's acceptance of the command ot the revolutionary army. Dayton Th under-worked Jury In the Scopes cose was having a full holiday today. Being a member of the jury haa not Interfered serious ly with the activities outside tho courtroom. The jury has spent lit tle time in court, most of the pro ceedings being not for the mem bers' ears. The jury heard four witnesses testify for the state and Lr. Maynard M. Metcalf give his biographical sketch. "I got here too late," were and words In Dayton today. Many persona, unaware of the receaa over the week end motored in to be present as the case waa tried In tho Ithea county court room. De prived of a chance lo hear a de bate of opposing counsel the 'vis itors looked at the court room, visited the drug store "where It started," and wondered If every passing bareheaded man -was John T. Scopes, the defendant. Scopes was apparently not per turbed by Judgo Raulfiton's decis ion to keep scientific testimony out of the case. He did not change expression as the judge renderod his decision and he waa able to go swimming In the afternoon. Scopes Haid today that he has made no X ALVUAYS FC-CL AT 1 VwHeW I M IN SAW .i AMTOMlOi MY GReATv- mm Qm San anTokuo.' K Sidelights nlans for his nroeram "after the Scopes case ends." Around the counsel tables In the arena where the evolution suit is being held accumulations of mail littered the floor. One letter from a would-be counselor to the young school teacher announced that If the defendant would present to Judge Haulston the Inclosed "mo tion" the court would "Immediate ly release him"- and end the trial. Pamphlets, booklets, leaflets, and folders, discoursing on many phases of legal and economic sub jects, flood the desks of the princi pals In the evolution case. All the senders hope to be of some "as sistance" to tho representatives of one party or the other. In the custody of the court Is a bundle of letters and circulars ad dressed to members of the jury by name aa "juryman in the Scopes trial." Music by the Dayton high school band, whose origin John T. Scopes aided, floated last night into the Judicial hall where the biology In structor Is on trial. The band, which includea both boys and girls played for an appreciative audience Barney Wins On They're Gctlin? Free Gas, FRED HERNJDOtO SY1 FOR UJ vu DC: Utcti .1 o JCr Trie KflNtscw flALftMo; MISSION rtMUTDNl6M we TIN WITH TWO i 'A stretched out on the court house lawn or seated on the rough plank seats of the airdome. The youth ful musicians have given several concerts since the trial haa been In progress. The mountain roads and tree grown elopes around Dayton were visited today by scores of court at tendants who have ben so closely occupied by the trial for attention of the Impressive beauties of na ture. A large part of the corps of newspaper reporters went into Chattanooga for the week end or went off to one of the many moun tain resorts In this or adjacent counties. Some took a more ex tended sight seeing trip to the Smoky mountains, leaving this morning expecting to return tomor row afternoon. NATIONAL LEAGUE TO FOSTER LOCAL TRADE Chicago Believing that nation al prosperity depends upon local prosperity and that every town's progress rests on the development of its civic and commercial Inter ests, the Local Loyal League of America, with headquarters here, has Inaugurated a movement to stimulate a hearty trade-at-home community spirit throughout the country. the Last Lap Free Eals and Free Everything FIN61. F1 6P6AT- GRANb-DAt l"TriCR'S UllTH TJAUY CROCkCTT WITHlW THOSC GRry STOWS WALLS. IGSS THAN loo TGXAMS Fought 4000 Mexicans UMDGie SAHjTA AMWA. OPEN Contributions to l'ols Column must 03 plainly wrliten on one jlde ot paper only limited to 800 words In -length and signed with the name or the writer. Articles no', meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. To the editor; I am "puz.loJ" lo know why Intellectual coiupi tente, from either independent ur fundamcntulist standpoint have ? . much difiiculty in discovering Die ovolui'.vn that has taken pi i.-.c ti..ii-hnnt tli.. rmintrics in Chris tian theology lirst alous the year when tbo teachings of Jesus were evoivlug into medieval ino oloBy, an. I then more rapidly in the more i ctont years when niuth ot medieval theology harf I";-'" modified or abandoned In t li -3 ef fort to return to simplified pel t'hcoloKV as it may be ta.i mi iniollifnnriv from the teachings of Jesus acd His immediate follow ers. present i'ay theology in Its I'. w out dav orthodox terms Is realHy accessible In cur libraries m encyclop-x'ias o! religion and men i.. Dnxi.nc or.vr.innprlii!4i Pro gressive tnluhers may readily tin.i that the i'.upcucs nave uoi imhj modified llieeir theologies, nut nln in lllfO-a mpHKIll-fl l'i10- gated their evolving creeds to a position ot very real suooru.uu- ii ... fIIH.lamanl.l fthmt ot exemplifying the teachings of the Christ wno saves, ana iiimm,, Into their fellowship all who sc;k CALIFORNIA HEAT CAUSES FOUR DEATHS (Continueo. from Page One) and Luke Krlkor, Seattle, were burned severely while fighting the same fire. Fifty men are fighting a fire in Hooper canyon, Ventura county, Cal. Tho same fire was reported earlier in the week and Is now rag ing anew having already burned over 500 acres. The fire has pen etrated the Santa Barbara national forest, Forest Supervisor Chester R. Jordan announced after a sur vey of the situation from an air plane. IJiihtniii- fiets Fires Brush and forest fires were rag Ing today In the farm district.-! near Templeton and Eureka, Cal. Fighters are battling the blazes to keep them from reaching fields and farms. It was estimated that six thousand acres had been burn ed over. ' , Electrical ntormaset more than fifty forest fires In the foothill country in the eastern San Joaquin valley, Cal., from Kern county on the south, to Madera county on the north. Reports from Huntington Lake that several small timber fires were burning. The other fires were chiefly brush nnd stubble blasts. Scyeral deaths In California yes terday were attributed to the heat while high temperature establish in San Antonio t)ieD AWT MeuGK Fo(?GlleM THe , MEXICANS Foli j THA.TMASSAcP?.' 1 1 SATURDAY, JULY. 18, 1925 FORU to follow li'm. A few independent so-called fiuidaineM'nlltst churches whose members have not found comti rt with today e o-thology as It domi nates lii-3 older dc!!onilnati..'iis have dravu their Iittlo circles nnd are shutting out as best they '.an ilie grente.- nmnuer of this gener ation of tlic-ir it-now Christians. As lias uei'ii sai-.l by a leading evangelical denominational pup'jr too many I'loLeslcnt popes are ix commtinl.Niiing their brethren. I'rutealair.isiu was and' is a pro test again it tlio finality of hum in authority in religious thinklui;; and any appeal to what the Dlble ;ays may rai:;e the question i.f whom It sa.vs it I.e. tho human clement inevitable and necessity lo tho reading of It. Tli is generation Is reading Ita own biul? reading it as It naver lias been read before and finding it to bo Clod's lnt-pired and Inspir ing word to It. But to the neiv minds it ie a new book. Even if one must close his mind to bio logical ovolution, why close It to the religious evolution ot one's own age? F. G. FRANKLIN. Salem. Ore.. July 17, 1926. ed new records tn many parts of the state. P. Ortega collapsed while work ing on a ranch near Stockton and later died. E. L. Hall of Los Angeles suf fered a sunstroke at Chlco which resulted In his death. A three months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall of Taft died of heat prostration accord ing to a report from the coroner. The ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Garcia of River dale was stricken with heat pros tration yesterday and died despite medical 'aid. Temperatures of over 100 de crees were registered both In the southern and northern parts of the slate. Dynatniic Starts 111a c Eugene, July 18 Timber hold ings of tho-Andoi'son and Middle ton Lumber company and timber along Onlp creek in the Cottage Grove district are seriously threat ened by a fire which started yes terday afternoon when a charge of dynamite ignited dry slashings, ac- cording to word received here. It is thought this morning that the fire can be held under control by the force of 75 men who fought It yesterday nnd last night. Workmen who wore extending a railroad line were responsible for the blaze. The flro was only about a mile and a half from the Ander son and Mlddleton camp, but prompt work of fire fighters saved the camp from destruction. Bv Gcnnre MrManus By Billy de Beck By lliid I'lslHt WGLL'. THA I MAKGS ME evM (WITH I 0 V. ON OF VTHei 1 c f- -i o.