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. MEDFOTtD, OKlfroy, MONDAY. JUL 20, 1)2
f)lly Twentieth Year.
Weekly Fifty-fourth YttL
NO. 102
DARROW CI
MPT- BY JUDGE
TED FOR'-CONTE
"adc" nniiDT
hit uuuni
'HITS BACK
AT DEFENSE
.Chicago Lawyer bold Under
$5000 Bonds for Remarks
to Court Friday Court
Claims Commonwealth of
Tennessee' Insulted and
Outraged Darrow Smiles.
DAYTON, Tenn., July 20. (A. P )
judge John T. Raulston today
felted' Clarence Darrow, defense at
torney In the Scopes evolution trial
for contempt r
his court and di
rected that .the
Chicago attorney
appear Tuesday
morning to show
. why contompt pro-1
ceeaings s n o u i a
not be Instituted.
Tho judge named
as grounds for the
citation, remarks
of Mr, Darrow to
tho court Friday
when the court
OUOttXtRAUlSTOM
excluded the testl.
' . . mony of scientific
experts from the Jury.
I J . Is
He snld the colloquy occurred last
Friday between the Judge and Clar-
, ence Darrow of dofenso counsel. The
statement Included excerpta from1
the record in which the exchange
was reported. .Judge Raulston went'
-ove- a inumbev;.ot.vremaiitsi.Qf,;,Mr.
Darrow to, the court. .during- Friday's
K session. .' ' : I
"Tire court had withhold any ac
lion until passion has had a chance
to subside and tho Jury has been
kept separate so that no report ofj
this should reach tho ears of Its i
members," said the Judge. I
' .' "Men may become promlnont, but
they should never foel themselves
above tho law," he said. ...
"Unwarranted and unjustified crit
icism of tho court shows disrespect
for the court and the state.
. "Ho who would hurl contempt Into
the records of my court,- insults and
outrages one of the greatest com
monwealths In the union.
in me iace oi wnm is conmuer-
Arl an tin mmI If tA . i-lt lr-1 im tt the
court made by Clarence Darrow, l
reel mat i must protect me uignuy
(Of my -court." '
The Judge then directed that Clar.
enco Darrowi bo required to appear
' in court Tuesday
morning to answer
to n charge of
contempt, direct
ing that tho "said
Darrow" m a-k e a
ball bond of (5000.
Mr. Darrow arose
and said he did
not know whether
ho could mako the
bond.
"I guess you
can," said Judge
Itaulston.
Mr. Darrow was
CMRENCEWWOW smiling. Tho Judge
i. was not Bmlllng. .
After ' the Judge had road his
statement the case proceeded, tho
defense offering a certified copy ot
the governor's message to the legis
lature approving the bill.- The state
objected to the Introduction ot the
document, v r .
The Documents In Evidence.
Part of the colloquy read by the
judge in citing Darrow follows:
. The court: "Colonel, what Is tho
purpose of cross-examination?"
Mr. ' Darrow: "The purpose of
cross examination Is to be used in
the trial."
The court: "Well, isn't It an ef
fort to ascertain the truth."
Mr. Darrow: "No, It is an effort
fcto Bhow prejudice. Nothing else.'
ft Ijiiichterl Hah there been anv ef-
(Continued on Pa Eight)
FOR MILADY WHO ROLLS STOCKINGS
CHICAGO. July 20. (A. P.) Land
sea p In such feminine knee an may
from ijme to time be exposed by
rolled stockmgs and pervrs winds
Is advocated by beauty specialists who
began a week's convention here today.
"Psinu-d kneed are the latent thins"
mid Mm. Ruth Mauler, presiding at
the opening session.
"Hand painted
Receiver Portland
Bank Awarded Fees
Of Quarter Million
PORTLAND, Ore;, July 20.
W. C. liristol .who acted as At-
torney for the receiver of tho
Title Guarantee and Trust coin-
pany, which fulled In 1907, was
allowed $150,718.43 by Federal
Judge Wolverton today an final
settlement of his claim. This is
In addition to $103,827 previous-
ly received, making his total feeB
l263,54li for actlnK In the rocelv-
ershlp. He claimed five per cent
of all the moneys passing through
his hands..
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'S
AND ALMIGHTY
Scientists a Unit in Support of
Evolution at Scopes Trial
Tennessee Geology Declared
Proof of Theory Deplore
Literal Bible Interpretation.
COURT HOUSE, DAYTON. Tenn.,
July 20. (A. P.) Defense attorneys
put Into the Scopes trial record today
statements by scientists upholding the
theory of evolution. -.
Maynard M, Metcalf, zoologist, for
mer head of tho zoological department
at Oberlin college declared:
"There is no conflict, no least de
gree of conflict between the Bible and
the fact of evolution, but litorallst
interpretation of tho words of tho
Bible is not only purllo; it Is insult,
ing both to God and tho human intel
ligence." "The fundamentalist he said, "Is
trying to shut man's mind to God's
ever-growing revelation of Himself to
the human soul."
Evolution is visible today In both
the plant- and animal world. He
cited the development and breeding of
cabbage from tho plunt of tho mus
tard family as an example
There is no such thing as species in
nature, but tho woi s "species,"
"genus," "family." etc., were terms
used to describe tho fact that animals
and plants differed among themselves
and differed to different degrees.
Wilbur A. Nelson, stale geologist of
Tennessee, upheld evolution as shown
in the formation of the state of Ten
nessee. He declared that geology
Could not be taught if evolution were
barred. He said that Tennessee was
once part of the Gulf of Mexico, that
the Mississippi river's mouth was at
Cairo. This was proven by marine
animals and corals being found in the
series of rock layers of Tennessee.
Millions of years were required to
form these rock lnyers. ?
Ho said animal forms became more
complex tho nearer to the present
surface of earth they were found.
Dr. Horatio llackett Newman,
zoologist of tho University of Chicago,
said the evolutionist stands for and
believes in a changing world.
"Evolution Is merely the philosophy
of, flxety and unchangeabllity. One
must choose between these alternate
philosophies, for there is no interme
diate position. Onco you admit a
changing world and you admit the
essence of evolution."
Dr. Winnerton Curtis, zoologist of
the University of Missouri discussed
evolution as tho doctrine of how
things have changed In the past and
how they are changing In tho present.
"The historical fact of . evolution
seems attested by overwhelming evi
dence," he said. "If man is a creature
apart from all animals It Is extremely
dlfficul," ho said, "to understand the
significance of the fact that he Is con
structed along lines so closely similar
to those of certain animals.", .
Dr. Fay Cooper Cole, anthropologist
of the University of Chicago, declared
that anthropologists accept evolution
as tho most satisfactory explanation
of the observed facts relating to the
- (Continue on Fu Eight)
picture- onthe kneea are Intriguing.
Some designs are simple, some elab
orate, some Rfrls prefer a flower or a
group of blossoms. Others like a por
trait or a little landscape." Women
of the United States pnd approxi
mately $6,000,000 a day to make
themselves synthetically hen ut if til,
one report to the convention said.
BRYAN
INSULT TO MAN
Plenty
r
item - nri.rr"
Despite the intense local interest, there are plenty of vacant seats in the temporary stands
. erected! outside the courthouse in Dayton, Tenn., to enable spectators to listen in on the proceedings.
The photo shows a crowd in the courthouse yard following the progress of the trial by means of
ioud speakers..
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SHAKEN UP BY
Peninsula District Alarmed
By Severe Temblor On Sun
day, But No Damage Re-
pOrted Montana IS Shaken
Again Today.
i GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 20.
(A. P.) A slight earthquake was felt
here at 10!07 this morning. It'was
not felt by pedestrians but peoplo In
buildings reported they felt a light
shaking.
HELENA, Mont., July 20. (A. P.)
A distinct earth shock was felt here
at 10:08 this morning, lleyond the
stopping of a clock in a downtown
business house, no damage was re
ported. SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. (A. P.)
Tho sharp earthquake which was
felt yesterday morning In the San
Francisco bay district and south along
the peninsula for a distance of fifty
miles, subsided without causing iiny
damage, although momentary alarm
was felt.
The seismograph at the observatory
at the University of Santa Clara re
corded the shock as commencing at
11:24 A. M. and terminating gradually
five minutes later. For 20 sccondR,
however, the pens on the seismograph
vibrated to their full amplitude of ten
centimeters. The quake was described
as an eplfocal or local disturbance.
Church congregations at San Joso, ap
proximately fifty miles south of here,
hurriedly made their way to the
streets but the excitement soon suli
sided. '
The center of the disturbance ap
peared to be at a point In the Pacific
ocean about 200 miles northwest of
here.
The Noted Dead
QL'HIlKC, Que., July 20. (A. P.)
The body of Cardinal llegln, archbish
op of Quebec and primnte of Canada,
who died yesterday, lay In state todny
In the chapel of the archbishop's pal
ace. Next Saturday, the son nf a humhlo
farmer, who became a prince of the
Roman Catholic church, will be -burled
In the crypt of the palaro.
Despite his 85 years, the cardinal
had resisted with fortitude an attack
of uraemia with which he was stricken
a week ago.
3 filled In KxpltMlnn
LONDON. July 20. (A. P.) An
agency dispatch from Merlin ays
three were killed and fifteen injured
when a Polish torpedo boat exploded
in Danzig harbor.
. Weekly Revolution It On.
MSBOX, July 20. Three wro filled
'and 15 injured in yegerday'a revolu
tion here. Lisbon Is unde'r martial
law and the situation Is lm.
QUAKES
of Seats Outside at " Ape Trial"
6 ARMY
PANS
WIN
1
CROSS COUNTRY
CHICAGO. July 20.-(A. P.) SIX
iii iny iui nun piitni's wiuun leu nun-
ridge field, Mount demons, Mich., at
hIx o'clock this morning on a teat
flight to the Pacific coast arrived at
Miivu-nntl flfilrl hni-A t.icrht nVl.ifk
Pomml atundard time and took off an
I1UUI lUll'J 1UI UIIlillliL.
MOUNT CLKMKNS, Mich., July 20.
T A. P.) Six army pursuit pianos
commanded by Major Thomas O.
iLunphier left Hel fridge field this mor
ning for tho Pacific coast. Omaha is
tho first scheduled stop. Tho purpose
of the flight Is to test the value of
the air mall routo for national de
fense. Following the schedule approved by
Major General Mason M. Patrick,
chief of tho army air service, the
ships were due to arrive at Maywood,
West Chicago, at 7:15, where they
were to take off fur Omaha, Neb.,
after refueling and Inspection.
The second day is to find the fliers
at Cheyenne and the third day at San
Francisco. Major Ianphler aald he
plans to remain on the coast for two
days before retracing the outward
flight.
In preparation for nn emergency
which might arise In tho flight over
the mountains the ships have been
supplied with condensed rations and
water.
REDDYW
SOLD TO RETIRED
I
A real estate deal of Interest to the
citizens of Mcrifnrd wns consummated
today through tho Frhl Realty com
pany when J. J. Ktelger, a retired
lumberman of K la ninth county, pur
chased the benutlful Iteddy home, 122
Oregon Terrace from J. F. Reddy at
a price which was not mnde public.
Mr. Htelger, tho purchaser, intends
to ninko Medford his permanent home
after having lived in Klamath Falls
the pas; 1 1 years In connections with
lumber business. Jle, his wife and
tH'o children had been spending the
winters ill southern California for
sometime past, and according to his
statement tho beauties of southern
California so pulled on him that he
decided southern Oregon and Medford
espccla lly t he on ly proper place to
live and enjoy life.
The I tod dy home Is one of the fine
residences of the city, was built In
1911, and Is lorated in one of the
choice residential districts overlooking
the city.
The deal was pending some time
before It was finally closed today. Mr.
Htelger took Possession of the home
last Friday, Mil Is at present moving
In. ,
SPIRIT NOTES
TERMED FAKES
BY PORTLANDER
j Ajert Gjbert ,jf Re Cjty
..,u " -i r i
Wh0 Offered $500 for MeS-
sages From Dead Wife De
clares All of Them Are Pal
pable Frauds.
NEW YORK, July 20. (A. P.) A
reward of $500 to anyone who can
communicate with his dead wife, has
brought J. Albert Cillbert, of Portland,
Ore., 133 "spirit messages" but they
are all fakes, he announces In today's
Issue of the Scientific American.
Before Mrs. Cillbert died In 1917, a
password was agreed upon so that her
husband could identify messages com
ing from her after death. A copy of
the password was scaled In a. safe de
posit vault.
Since tho 500 offer was made
thrco years ago Ollhert . has been
flooded with alleged messages from
bis wife, variously signed "Susan,"
"Anna." "Louisa," "Sunbeam," Mrs.
(filbert's name was Florence. The
offer has been renewed.
In announcing his rejection of all
the messages Cllbert said:
.. "Those who knew my ' wife
wbuld certainly not Imagine her
saying: 'Jim, 1 am here, old boy,'
or '(.llll, I love you.' "
Some of tho alleged: messages, Gil
bert said, wero obtained by profes
sional mediums. Some on oulja
boards and others through auto
matic writing, one specimen of
which came ostensibly from tho
planet Vonus.
"Most of tho messages submlttc1,"
ho added, "wore claimed to have boon
obtained directly from Mrs. Gilbert.
Many of thm described hallucina
tory Images of Mrs. Gilbert as she ap
peared to deliver tho password. De
tails of her dress and general appear
ance were given." ,
Descriptions varied bo widely, Gil
bert said, "they bordered on tho ridic
ulous." Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y July 2f).
(A. P.) One man was killed and
another dangerously Injured today
when two robbers hold up a special
car of the Westchester County Klcc
trlc company.
Jacob Schumacher, a railway In
spector, was shot and died In a hospi
tal. , R, I. Nlehol, conductor, was shot
and Is In a crltkal condition. The
robbers took a Jig -containing about
$1800 from Schumacher but aban
doned It wln their automobile broke
down.
ML'SK GOON, Mich., July 20. (A.
P.) Two men In an automobile held
up a messenger with the Iskey Foi
dry ' compnny payroll' today and
escaped with approximately $33,000.
Harry Thaw's Mother
Sues for $600,000
She Gave Grandson
NEW YORK. July 20. (A. P.)
Mm. Mary Copley Thaw, mother
of Hurry K. Thiiw, filed suit tn-
day In. tho federal court against
Ijiwrcnco C. Thaw, her gi'aiul-
hod. for the return of SClMj.lMMl
which she alleges she gave him
4 on his representation that he had
! been unjustly discriminated
0 against In his father's will.
Great COmmOner Applauded
As' He Answers Darrow On
Cross Examination Also
,
the
Thinks Joshua Made
Sun to Stand Still.
DAYTON, Tenn., July 20 'IA. P.)
Tho defense In the John T. Scopes
enso called to tho witness stand
William Jennings Bryan, associated
with the state In tho prosecution of
t ie uay ton mo ogy teacher. ine
'prosecution objected but Mr. Bryan
bald he "did not In the least object to
ui.. ..i .1 i. ... i '
outdoor
Tho Jury was not In tin
court when the former secretary of
state responded to quastlonB of Clur-
lenca- Darrow of defuuse counsol
mu- - .i am., n..
btn". Chicago .itorJoV was "Do'Jou
ihellovo everything In the lllblo l!
true?" '
i Mr. Hryan entered into a lengthy
explanation, the substance of which
W that he had full confidence In the
BRYAN BELIEVES
IN JONAH STORV
IE TELLS JURV
integrity of the scriptures. ...... .......
"Do you .bellevo that Jonah swal- wn seriously 111 hut would give hlm
lowert the whaler asked Mr. Darrow. " un fl "n "8 wm able
"I would believe It If the lllblo had' 8co" 8 a"0"ieya -till are njnnlnff
faflM Iff Maiwinrinrl l.r. uiltnos. to Mlto
question.
Mr. Bryan believed the Hlhle Bhouhl
he interpreted "as It is there," not
neeesHarlly, literally, "because some of
It In figurative language" ,
Mr. Darrow questioned the witness
. ki. t,iif i -Tr. .i iiii.il
nZ, .,;..; , ;...;. n LiL 7i. . n
'stand still,
"Don't you know," said the examin
ing attorney, "that to do that It would
have boon nocessary to lengthen the
!y?"
"I do not know about that," repliod
Mr. Bryan, "but I do know that with
the strength nf my puny hand I can
stay the law of gravitation and prevent
thlB glass of water from falling to the
ground. Certainly then I would not
hesitate to bellevo that Almighty Ond
could stop the sun or the oarth In
their courses."
A ripple of applause followed each
of Mr. Bryan's statements.
The attorney-general objected to Mr.
Darrow "cross-examining his own wit
noun." "Ho's a hostile wltnoss," tho Chi
cago lawyer retorted.
"You can't cross-examine your wit-
hens, Colonel Darrow," tho court Inter
jected, "but I am going to let Mr.
Hryan direct the extent of this ques
tioning hlmsolf."
Mr. Bryan nrose from tho witness
chair. "I want Mr. Darrow to hnvo nil
llio Intltudo ho wishes in examining
hie," he snld, "for I am going to have
Ksome latitude mynolf later."
Tke attorney-general suggostod that
the entlro proceeding was not rolevant.
Amidst applause Hryan faced Judge
Itaulston and told hlni that the defense
attorneys had not come to Dayton to
try "a lawsuit," hut to dlroct an attack
against "revealed religion, and I'm
ihere to defend It."
Diseased tonsils aro catch basins for
disease (jerms.
HAI,I:M. Ore., July 20. Investi
gation into tho rntes and charges of
a number of truck and stage lines
operating In Oregon was Instituted
by the public service commission to
day on Us own motion. The lines
under Investigation Include the Whit
tle Transfer company operating In
Washington county, tho Hlllshoro
Transfer rompitiy; Coast and Rose
burg, Oregon stages, operating from
Portland south over the Pacific
highway: Portland. Hlllsboro-Mc-Mlnnville
stages; Howard and Urlmcs
CONFESSION
ADMITTED
TO BE A FAKE
Detroit Telegrapher Confesses
Concocted "Story for the
Sake of Humanity" Which
Gave Condemned Man a
7-Day Reprieve Scott's
Lawyers Still Hopeful.
CHICAGO. July 20. (A. P.) An
other ray of hope that of tho amazing
last hour developments that saved
lil, ii fi-mn riailh nn t tin irnllmva Inut
Friday would become tangible enough
I to prove his Innocence during a seven
s"ttre"r'cve hns BOne out for KuB8C"
James M. Hall, a Detroit teleRiaph
cr. who last Friday declared he wlt-
'nessed the shootlns of Joseph Maurer,
ChlcnRO drux clerk, and that Russell
.was Innocent of tho slaying, has ad
mitted that the Btnry was a romance,
conrocted "for tho sake of humanity."
nail said that tho told a Ho to "savo
one -whom I believe Innocent," but
when ho found his story was not ac-
complichlnK anything ho decided to
"""V," tne '?;k0' . . . ' .. . '
Hls wa ,h0 cond blow that Scott
r "'" """',""'
l,. . . -
ho stay of exenut on was ordered I by
"""" - "
from Detroit purporting to he from
ft",,ort Hott. the condemned man's
iiroinur, coiiiwumiK l"u mui uvr wuo
received to 'Russell's story, Hubert
Scott,' also under Indictment, did tho
shooting. " . .,
The drf.t the tele gram promised
T" or v , " 1 ' IZi
developed. Various other comniunl-
cations were received, however, one a
ln"or p" , . . i ,
"' nm"8d hlKD0,7S Z
n" Ior COmmuiHUUIl "11 KI 11UIIVU w
they said they had from two unnamed-
women, declaring to have been In the
drug store at tho time of the shooting.
So far as known, no official action
has been tnken In the caso. ;
Rail Indicated that he may have been
j inn on
the one who sent the Detroit telegram
to tho Kovernor. Declaring that Boom's
predicament preyed on his mind, ,tho
operator said he first decided to con
coct a telei?rnm purporting to bo from
Russell's brother, "but I thoUKht It nut
, little further and Inatly struck the
Idea of naming myself as a wltne'ss.1
Passing of the Early
Pioneer '
PORTLAND, Ore., July 20.-r-Mrs,
Elizabeth Bager Holm, 88, one flfc the
survivors of the Whitman massacre
In 1847, died yestorday at thof homo
of a daughter at Courtney, a euburh
of Portland. She was one pf a;
family of seven children whwo; nnr-;
ents died while erosslng the plain' ,
and she was at tho mission "cornlicL.
ed by Dr. Marcus Whitman nnjj il
wife whon the massacre occurred.
Only five other survivors of tho mas
sacre aro still living. They '(nre
Mrs. N. A. Jacobs and Mrs. O, N.
Denny of Portland; a sister of lt'.
Holm residing- at Bugono; Mrs.tMa)-y
Copley of Riverside, Cel., and th(-r
sister, l-oxld Ing In Oakland, Cal.
President CnmplH-ll "No Worms"
KtlOENB, oro., July 20. The con
dition of President P. I. Campbell
of tho University of Oregon, who
has been III for many months, was
reported today to bo "no worse," his
condition having remained the viame
fur the past sovernl weeks.
OF LOCAL MOTOR -RATES
ORDERED BY STATE
operating between ' Medford and
Klamath Talis; Interurnan Stage
company, operating between Ashlanif
and Rosehurg; Camas Htage com
pany, operating between Portland
and Camas; Coast Auto Lines, ope
rating , between Cnqullle, Crescent
City and points easft Portland, New
burgh, McMlnnvllla and Coast stage;
Portland-Halem-Albany stages.
The Investigation follows the re-
celpt of numerous complaints to the
effect that rates and charges ot
these companies arr unreasonable. t
o