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MEDFORD, OREO ON, TUESDAY, JULY 21. 1925
NO. 103
EO; 0 ARROW APPEALS
i
VERDICT IS
REACHED IN
8
Final Arguments Abandoned
'When Defense Admits Court
Ruling Rendered Presenta
tion of Case Impossible
Cameras Snap and Crowds
Cheer Supreme Ct. Next.
COURT ROOM, DAYTON. Tenn..
July 21. (By the Associated Press) 1
A verdict of "guilty" Was returned
in the Scopes case
at 11:28 a. m.. to
day eight minutes
after the jury re
tired.
Scopes was sum-j
mored before . the
bar. Judge Hauls.
ton told him of.
his. conviction byi
the Jury and rend
a copy of the stat
ute to him. - The
Judge then fixed
the fine at 9100.
-wsoKJ..0C0Pcy thin to auy, Mr.
Scopes?"-auk od the Judge. . .
"Your honor, i have been' con-
. .victed of violating an unjust statute,"!
MINUTES
Ulxi
1 .replied Scopes. '.'Any notion other
,Ahan I have pursued would be In vlo-
-latlotl of my idea' of academic free
, Njom." ... - , '- . .. . i ;
The Judge, repeated the,' fino of
1100. , ;
" Bond was fixed at $600. pending
an appeal. ,
Scopes added to the court in his
statement that he would continue
' to oppose the lew in every way in
:f his power, as ho considered It an
unjust law and in violation of the
. 'constitution. .
Dudley Field Malone announced
that bond would be arranged at
once. Mr, Malone also thanked "the
people of this community for their
hospitality and for the opportunity
to try the Issues In this caso.
, Arthur G. Hays, for the defense,
; made a formal motion for arrest
... of Judgment. Judge Rifulaton point
ed out that the law of Tennessee
permits sixty days for perfecting an
appeal. 4- "
. It was announced that the ap.
' peal would be mado to the supremo
-. court, meeting at Knoxville. The
M In which to perfect tho appeal and
said that an extension., would be
i granted If necessary.
The Jury stood and posed for pho-
i- tog rap ha as defense lawyors made
: final arrangements for tholr appeal.
Judge Raulston asked If ' there
were any other matters to be at
tended to. -
Tho only business was the taking
, of photographs. -"Anyone, anything
t ' they want to Bay," asked Judge
Kaulston. , ;
, V There was no response. '
, Later the meeting wns thrown
open for general discussion and a
half dozen Informal' speeches wero
made, thanking the people of Day
i ton for their hospitality during the
' period of the trial.
Tlie Court Posoa.
' Judge Raulston returned to the
bench at 10:45 and, posed for pho
tographers, holding his charge In his
hand.
The Judge began reading his
charge to the Jury at 11:04. He open
ed his charge by reviewing the act
under which Scopes was Indicted.
"Tho state must make but Its case
beyond a reasonable doubt," the
mntt InM trin Inev t . .
The Judge called attention to the
wording of tho indictment In which
L It was charged that the defendant
: taught a theory of evolution, teach-
i K , him JHHii uem viiuBU v num
f Continued on Pave Kurhtl
RATS GNAWING
- DEATH OF FOUR
DALLAS. Texas. July 11. (A. P.)
iItsts gnawing matches ftarted
fire here early today which caused
the death of four and the Injury of
eight persons In a frame rooming
house. The dead are:
. T. E. Young, 20, f tiling station
' employe.
William Brown, 55. son of 1?. E.
Brown of Mineral Springs. Ark.
Anti-Monkey Law
to Be Introduced
Into Congress Next
DAYTON, Tenn.. July 21.
(A. P.) Walter White, supeiiii-
tendent of Rhea county schools
and prosecutor In the Scopes case.
said today that Representative
W. D. Upshaw of Georgia, will in-
troduce an anti-evolution bill In
congress. This bill, to be pre-
pared by Mr. White, he said, "will
provide that fedoral aid be wlth-
held from colleges and schools
teaching thorlcs on evolution.
DUEL TO DEATH
OF
E
Lifeless Bodies of John Tru
den and Henry Kirk Found
- Near San Diego Tell Strange
Story of Men's Fatal Feud
Cause of Enmity Unknowi.
BRAWLKY, Cal.. July 21. (A. P-)
Hatred longer than tho passing
years and stronger than .man's love
of life drove John Truden and Henry
Kcndig Kirk Into the duel and sui
cide, pact revealed yr'-rday. in the
finding of their bullet-pierced' todies
and a letter by Truden relating how
they .had died. What caused that
bitter hatred, however, was as deep
a mystery today as It was when the
lifeless Truden was discovered prop
ped ngalnst a rock near the Jacumba
bathing pool near Son Diego. The
letter stuffed in Truden's pocket
told "all whom it may concern that
H. Kirk and J. Truden of the Im.
perial hotel. Imperial, Cal., met tho
night of July 17 to fight out their
differences with .38 caliber Colts re
volvers purchased for that purpose."
At the break of day on July .18
they turned their backs on each
other with the agreement that at 12
paces they were to turn and, when
Truden had counted three, to fire at
will until one of them was dead.
"At the word two, Kirk opened fire,"
said tho letter, his shot grazing my
right hip so that I could feel it. At
three I fired and missed. Kirk fired
again and missed and ran a few
paces with me after him. He turn
ed and we fired at the same time.
My bullet scored the mark."
Explaining that they had been
enemies for six years,' but dropping
no hint of the origin of their feud,
Truden concluded his letter with the
remark that he intended to fulfill
his promise for the suicide duel con
tract and kill himself, "as soon as I
leave the valley," the heat of which
he lamented, "even though I am
headed for a much hotter one, ac
cording to 'William Jennings Bryan.",
A stranger who was arrested when
he walked into the coroner's office
asking to sco Kirk's body at an hour
whon tho general public had no
Inkling he was dead, was later re
leased when ho acknowledged he had
learned of the affair through the
landlord of the hotel where Kirk
stayed.
BRAWLEY, Cal., July 21. (A. P.)
Police and sheriff's Investigators were
making slow progress today In the
Imperial valley In tracing the antece
dents of John Truden who killed him
self yesterday and of H. Kirk, who
was killed In a duel with Truden last
Saturday near JncumBa.
In the torn lining of Kirk's cont
the police discovered an envelope ad
dressed to a woman In Honolulu
which contained no writing from Kirk
but enclosed a letter he had received
from Honolulu signed with an Ha
waiian "pet" name.
This missive read In part:
'Cnntlnufwf on F-kk Klffht,
PEOPLE, 8 INJURED
Lloyd
Short. , 23, barlier, Cisco,
Texas.
Joe Dunaway,
25. barber, Cisco,
Texas.
The. house was operated by Pa
trolman and Mrs. S. S. Oarrett. Mr. I
Garrett and her two sons, William
Carter and C. A. Carter, wore In-
mis POWER
HUMAN HAT
Jured. (discovered biasing at II a. m. today
The Carter brothers received burnrtm the alley between North Central
In attempting to arouse sleeping avenue and North Front street, and
roomers. . clow to Hlxth street. The prompt ar-
COCOANUT KING
ASKS PUBLIC TO
SPENO HIS CASH
Leopold Schepp, 85 Yr. Old
Multi-Millioniare Wants the
People to Give Suggestions
How He Can Best Give His
Wealth" Away. ' .
NEW YORK, July 21. (By Associ
ated 1'resn.,) Leopold Schopp, 86
year old philanthropist today naked
tho public for suggestions as to tho
best way ho could distribute his mil
lions. He recently established ' a founda
tion with a $2,500,000 trust fund to
assist deserving boys. In addition he
has distributed some $3,500,000 in In
dividual donations, lump sum gifts
and pensions.
Now he wants to accelerate the
distribution of other millions and
wants to canvass public philanthro
pists to determine which way will af
ford the quickest and surest relief to
those who need and merit help, at the
same time offer some permanent good
to society.
Sitting in the office v on Hudson
street where the headquarters of his
cocbanut concern has been located
more than sixty years, Mr. Schcpp an
nounced his Intention to retire abso
lutely from commerce and to devote
his time, attention and money to
philanthropy. ,
"I wish to, make philanthropy a
study," he said, "and will be glad
to entertain any suggestions that .
can be made on the subject.
, .J.'Wo .are how. paying i ,up4 to..
$46,000 a Srfanth fifoin 'file foun-'r.
dation's fund but' if la not-mov-
Ing fast enough to suit me, and I
want to broadon the scope of tho
work. Just how to go about it
so that the most may be derived
by the beneficiaries is the great
problem." ' ' ' ' '
Intensely Individualistic In his phil
anthropic work, Vlr, Schcpp has given
his personal attention to the hundreds
of cases in which he has extended aid.
In the ledgers in which these accounts
are kept appears pago after page of
items ranging from $50 to several
thousands and In each the merchant
made his Inquiry before determining
the amounts. His ambition for the
remainder of his life Is to have some
small part in the distribution of his
money toward "easing the hurts of
those caught between tho millstones
of life."
"The custom of leaving large
sums of money to a few people, is
wrong," he said., "It makes the
recipients lazy in mind and body.
It would be so much, better, I
thought, to spread It out with a -view
to equipping a number of
people or of re-oat a b 1 is h i n g
those who are now handicapped
so they may face the require
ments of life with a better chance
of making a real success of It. If
wo can affect this object In some
way which at the same time will
lay a foundation for permanent .
betterment of society generally,
that of course would be wonder
ful." As Illustrating tho type of sugges
tion he hopes to obtain, he said he
had considered some general scheme
of assisting young women now equip
ped only for positions as clerks or
cash girls, to become governesses,
El
OF TOLEDO MOB
EUGKNH. Ore., July 21. All per
manent officers of the Presbyterian
synod of Oregon wer re-elected at
the final meeting of the 35th annual
session here thin afternoon. Tho offi
cers arc Rev. D. A. Thompson, D. D
of Portland stated clerk; Ifev. W.
Howe Lee, D. D of Albany, perma
nent clerk, and Rev. J. W. Large, of
Eugene, treasurer. This session thin
afternoon replaces that scheduled for
tomorrow morning and aftbr the
evening services the synod will ad
journ its meeting until next year.
Tho synod adopted a resolution
commending the Portland council of
churches for making a thorough In
vestigation of the deporting of Jap-
kanrfi from Toledo, recently, .and
agreed to co-operate with this body
In evpry way to further International
relations and prevent 111 feeling.
IxmuI Fire EfHngtiMiPd
An old shed covered with corrl
gnted iron, and used as a garage was
Now the Men
Try to. Drown
.Much is written ci-JtJjf, good "
.looking male lifcgimrdi -at the
summer beaches. The . .Goody
koonts sisters,' Axid on Mary
Elizabeth's shoulders, are life
guards at Balboa, Calif. And -the
men folkare awfully care
less about going beyond their
depth.
AUTO ACCIDENT
PROVES FATAL
TOH S.STUDENT
Henry Sanders passed away last
night at 8:80 at the Sacred Heart hos
pital, nover having regained con
sciousness since Saturday night when
struck by an automobile driven by V.
B. Goodhue on Bout! Lane, about
three miles north of Medford.
The youth was 15 years, four
months, of age having been horn
March 10. 1010. He leaves to mourn
his loss his moiTier, Mrs. R.B. Wolfe,
me sister and stepfather. He was a
member of the South Methodist
uhurch, a member of the Builders
class of the Sunday school of the
same church, and a student at the
Medford high school. The funeral
sorvico will bo held, Wednesday after
noon at 8i30 from the Perl Funeral
Home with Rev. J. 11. Coan officiat
ing. Burial will take place In tho
Jacksonville cemetery. , !
Henry Sanders was struck down
Saturday night about 9:46, a short
distance from the homo of Ashury
Beall, as he was walking to visit some
friends not far distant from tho Pa
cific highway on Dealt Lane, when
F. B. Goodhue, a well known rancher
of the Central Point district, came be
hind In a Ford enrnute home on tho
hill road, hitting htm on the side,
knocking the hoy to the rocky ground
causing concussion of the brain.. Tho
tragedy,' according to Mr. Gondhue,
was due to tho fuct that the boy was
walking on the wrong side of the rond
and that Goodhue had dimmed his
lights for an approaching car making
it Impossible to see clearly ahead.
Immediately Mr. Goodhue stopped
his car, which had not been going
faster than ten miles an hour whon
ho struck tho boy, picked tho lad up.
hnillng a passing motorist, and
brought him to the hospital, whero an
operation was performed yesterday
upon his skull to relieve pressure on
the brain. ...
According to reports at press time.
It had not been decided whether or
not to hold an Inquest.
rival of the fire department resulted
In quickly extinguishing the flames
after the structure, which Is owned
by Noah Lyons, had been badly
scorched. The origin of the fire Is
unknown, but it Is thought was caused
by small boys playing In the shed a
short time before the fire. An auto
mobile wns removed from the shed
without damage shortly after the fir
was discovered,
T
IN ARE GUILT Y.i
Hodges and Dawson Given
Heavy Sentences By Judge
C. -M. Thomas Local Junk J
Dealer Sentenced to 20.
Years for Statutory Crime.
B. H. Hodges and R. Dawson, of
Klamath Falls, In a Boaled verdict, op-
oned this morning by tho court, wero
found guilty of possession of liquor.
Their wivoH. tried as co-defendants,
wero ncqulttod.
Tho jury deliberated less than ten
minutes. This was the third convic
tion In a week for the two men. The
trials grew out of a raid on "The Hut."
a candy store located near Camp Jack
son, during the National Guard en
campment last June.
Following the verdict Judge Thomas
sentenced Dawson and Hodges to
state prison, the county jail, and pay
ment of fines.
On tho conviction of selling liquor
whllo armed, both wore given terms of
three years In the penltontlnry. This
is a felony, and thought to be the
first conviction and sentence, in tho
state under the law passed by the lost
legislature, prohibiting gun toting and
bootlegging as allied crimes.
For transportation, and possession
of liquor, both received sentences of
six months in the county jail, and flries
of $500.
The two men took their sentences
without a shadow of emotion, but their
two young wives were visibly affected.
T, Edy, locnl junk, dealer, aged 60
years, 'convicted , of aV statutory ofi.
fenso, Involving a tcai;yoar old Gold
Hill girl, was sentenced to 20 years In
the state prison.1.
Edy before the sentence told the
court he was Innocent, and bowed his
liead and trembled, when the fateful
words wero spoken from tho bench.
The court. In reply to the plea of Edy,
said he-had no alternative under the
law, but to Impose this judgment.
Edy Is well known in this city, 'and
Gold Hill, whoro ho formerly oporatcd
a movie theater,
Mrs. Dawson Is 21 years old, the
dnughtor of a woll known Lakovlew,
Oregon, family, and her throe children
are aged four and two years and three
months. Mrs. Hodges Is 25 years old,
was raised near Fort Smith, Arkansas,
and her three children aro six, four
and two years of age.
Regarding, a statement signed by
Mrs. Dawson, on the night of her ar
rest, In which tho allegation was mado
"that we wore to recelvo a dollar a
gallon, for every gallon of liquor de
livered, with Hodges," Mrs, Dawson
testified "I was too excited about my
bnbles to know what 1 wns signing."
Mrs. Hodges testified that she In
vited tho Dawsons to niako tho trip
to Medford, and did not know until
they stopped on a road near Kcno,
Klamath county, that moonshine was
to be carried on tho trip." I was raised
to go to Sunday schol and church, and
heve always been a good wife and
mother," was ono of her replies to a
state question. She also testified that
she had always told her husband "to
go ntrafght." 1
Mrs. Dawson testified that when she
saw the moonshine boing loaded in
tho rear of the auto, she expressed n
desire to go home, and refusod to ride
In the back seat, and that she was
fearful, all through tho journey, both
women testified that they had known
each other but a week.
Hodges on ihe stand admitted tho
ownership of the 30 gallons of moon
shine seized in the raid, and that
neither of the women knew his mis
sion, or the contents of tho keg. He
told of loading the Illicit cargo, and
its seizure during the raid.
Tho conclusion of the presont trial
marks the close of the present term
of the circuit court, on criminal cases.
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK, July 21. The closing
was steady. Oil, motor and accessory
shares yielded to profit-taking; but
gains of one to six points wore regis
tered by General Electric, National
Lead, Universal Pipe Issues, United
States Cast Iron Plpo, Certalntoed
Products and Foundation company.
Offering good resistance to scat
tered profit-taking and short selling
prompted by a rise In money rates,
the stock market crept slowly ahead
today. Trading was featured by tho
strength and activity of high priced
Industrials, though considerable irreg
ularity appeared. Sales approximated
1,650,000 shares.
Nc'k Nrtikim, HUH Lives.
PORTLAND. Ore., July II. Jacob
Hoffman, 15 year old Cornelius boy.
who broke his neck whon he dived
Into a swimming hole In the Tuala
tin liver Bundny Is still alive at a
hospital here and itay live.
Tie Is the jnn of Mr. and Mrs.
Adnlph Iloffn"
lUn of Cornelius. !
H WIVES
ACQUITTED
BUT
Schlesinger Sons
Buy Another Big
Coast Dept. Store
LOS ANGELES. July SI. (A.
P.) Purchase of It nodes do- 41
partment store In Tucoma by B.
F. Schlesinger and Suns, opera- 4
tors of a chain of stores on the
Pacific coast, was announced here
by George H. Burr. Conrad and
Broom, investment bankerH. 4
H. A. Rhodes, who establish-
od tho Tacoma store In 1892. has 4
been elected a director of tho 4
Schlesinger organization and will 4
continue In active management 4
of tho northern concern. -
L. A. WATTLE
Local P. 0. Calls for Bids On
Service Scheduled to Start
October 1 Schedule Calls
for 2 tir. 55 Minutes to
Portland.
In common with all poslntflcca In
the United Htatos on tho air nmll con
tract routes tho Modford postoffico
yostorday, posted udvortlsomonts ask
ed by 'the- 'poatofflcd department on
those eight routes iivvarious parts of
the country.' The routes are open to
bidders regardless of residence, nnd
any -individual or corporation may bid
on on or more routos.
The proposed bids must bo In by
September 15 next, as the proposed
service Is scheduled to start Octo) er
1st. A bond of (2000 Is rcqulrod w Hi
one hbid.': Schedules have been r 'o
parod calling for a spocd of approxi
mately Op miles an hour.
The government advertisement for
bids show that Medford wljl be Indi
rectly connected with the transcon.
tlnental air routo, together with Port
land, and that these two are the only
Oregon points son honored, and aro
Included ' In the Los Angeles-Seattle
route, connecting with the transcon
tinental route at Los Angeles. Tho ad
vortlsoments1 for bids for the various
routes calls for round trips, not more
than six a week.' The above routo Is
designated In the advertisements as
follows:
Seattle, Wn by Portland and Mod
ford, Oregon, Sacramento, Han Fran
cisco, Fresno and Hakersfleld, Califor
nia, to Los Angoles, California, and re
turn. .
"The flying time scheduled between
Medford and Portland Is 2 hours and
55 mlnutos. or an average of 90 miles
an hour. Further detnlls will bo an
nounce dfrom time to time hoforo tho
air service routes bogln actlvo opera
tion on October 1.
The schedule named In the ndvor
tlsemont posted hore yesterday by
Postmastor Wm. J. Wnrncr, Is as fol
lows; ) ,
Leavo Seattle, 9 n. m. Lenvo Port
land 10.55 a. m. Leavo Modford, 1:50
p. m. Teave Sacramento 5:25, p. m.
Arrive San Francisco, 6:20 p. m. lAmvo
Sun Francisco 12, midnight. . Leavo
Fresno. 2:10 a. m. Iave Tlakersflold,
3:55 ai m.'Arrlve J. on Angoles, 5:25 a.
m. Leavo Los Angeles, 12, midnight.
Leave Bakersfleld, 1:45 a. m. I.cavc
Fresno, 9:30 a. in. Arrive Snn Fran
cisco, 5:25 a. m. Inve San Francisco,
5:00 a. m. Lenvo Hncramenln, 7:05 a.
m. Leave Medford, 10:36 a. m. Lonvo
Portland. 1:30 p'. m. Arrlvo Seattle,
1:ID p. m.. i ,
Senator Charles McNnry wns Influ
ential In securing Mndfnrd on tho air
ninll route. .
Chicago Whrat Drops
r'ltff'Arin !).. vi a ti i 0.
veto setbacks In the price of wheat
took place today, 5 It cents a bushel
In some, rases, Heptsmhoi) dellvory
touching II.49K.
MEDFORD PUT ON
Ml
ROUTE
LOST BRIDE'S AFFECTIONS IN FOUR
DAYS PORTLAND DEFENDANT CLAIMS
PORTLAND, Oro., July 21 (A. P.)
Juslen, A. Dawley today filed suit fur
I IS, 000 damages against Thumas n.
Coffclt, alleging that Coffelt stole the
nffoctlons of Dawley's wlfo four days
after Dawfy was married. Tne com
plaint states that Dawley married his
brldt July t at Vancouver, Wash. By
July I, the complaint states, Coffelt
CLUB! WOMEN
RAISE FUNDS
FOR DEFENSE
Women in Detroit Raise $3500
x -ft .
in Few Hours to Defend
Russell Scott, Condemned
to Hang and Reprieved for
Week By Governor Small
May Produce Brother.
DETROIT. Mich.,
oh., July 21. (A.
igage a famouB Chl-L .
wyer In a last at-
P.) Money to engage
cago criminal lawy
tempt to save Russell T. Scott froni
the gallows In Chicago is being rnls-i
ed In Detroit today by groups of club
women. At noon 33500 had been t'
pledged and the goal of 15000 ""'i ,
in sight, leaders said. The father 'of '
the condemned men addressed -ther'.,
group of Scott workers at a noon-,
mooting, reviewing tho caso. ;' " i ,
"Mr. Scott said his son is going to.'
die because "ho crossed the m lino.'
established by the bootleg - ring- of ; ,
Chicago."
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. July 21. (A.
P.) (lovernor Small today reeelved-
a telegram irom .james Bweinnurv
Detroit, asking where he might con
fer with the governor Wednesday for
tho delivery of Robert Scott, hrothor
of Russell Scott, condemned to hang
In Chlcsun . liVldav. ,. . ' ;' V '
Swolnhart requested' an answer In
care of a Detroit newspaper ,,.;:,.'!
DETROIT, . Mich... .July
P.) James swelnhart,
21. (A. li
Detroit f
ment today on the Springfield, HI..
dispatch that he had wired Gov-
ernor i.en small he would deliver
Robert Scott to Illinois authorities.
Other members of the News edl- .j,
torlal staff professed Ignorance of 'V
tho 'whereabouts ot Robert 8cott.
They said that Swelnhart had been
working on the story. .
AUTOMOBILE SALE
SCHEME ILLEGAL
LINCOLN, Nob., July 21. (A. i.i ,;,
Retail denlers selling Chrysler' auto- '
mobiles and collecting a ""dollveey
charge" to covor cost of fire, thoft lH
surance policies are defined as lnsur- . ,
ance ugents In an opinion given tuduy j
by Attornoy General Hplllmnn. , A v
The plan of the Chrysler Mnttif '
company of Detroit to Issue the poli
cies to purchasers of new cars there-;
fore would be Illegal In Nebraska be.' ,
cause neither tho company which tp '
automobile firm contracted wlth-tj ,
furnish the policies, nnd the doaliyf ''
acting as agents are licensed to 'do'iuj
transact business in the state tlr
opiniun said. f
I
NEW YOHK, July 2!.A. P,5
George O, Haven, president of the
Metropolitan Opora and Real Esltf1
company and prominent In New Yorlj
banking circles, committed suicide V
day at his home In KaHt 63rd streot ly,
shooting himself. . '
Ho was a member of tho New York '
stock exchange firm of Htrong, ritiirv
gis and company: a director of tho
Denver and Hio Grando railroad and
a director of the Texas and Pacific
railroad. Ho was a graduate of Ynto
and belonged to several exclunive clt .
clubs. ' ' , -j .
had so won ; the affections of MrJ.,
Dawley that she went to live, wlih
him. Coffelt won her, Dawley alleges.
by tolling her that he (Dawley) at- ,'
ready had two wives In the east and ,
by promises to deed property to her
If she would leave her husband. 0(1
July 10, the complaint says, Dawh-y
won his bride back, but lost her again,
on July 14.' : ,' y
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