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VOLUME XXV
BARONESS IS KILLED
111 FULL FROM HOTEL
WINDOW IN HEW YORK
Fall Fatal to Baroness Helen
Zur Muehlen, of Java, Who
Before Her Marriage Was
Helen Carruthers.
WENT TO WINDOW
TO GET SOME AIR
Thought She Must Have
Fainted For She Fell Soon
After Reaching Window.—
Friends Were In Room.
IB; the Associated Pres.l
New York, July 8. —Baroness Helen
Zur Muehlen of Java, Dutch East In
dies, whs killed today by a fall from a
seven-story window of the Rit* Carlton
Hotel.
She struck on the roof of the hotel’s
Japanese Garden, which is on a level
with the second floor. Jas. M. Thomp
son. at one time a close friend of Miss
Millicent Rogers, now Countess von Salm
Hoodsdrasten. was visiting the Baroness
with other friends. He said she stepped
to an open window for fresh air and fell.
The Baroness, who was about 28 years
old, was Helen Carruthers, of San An
tonio, before her marriage to the Baron.
The Baron is at present in Java, where"
he expected to be joined by his wife.
According to the hoteel management,
Baroness Zur 'Muehlen had gone to her
apartment after dancing until late, be
ing accompanied to her suite on the sev
enth floor by a number of friends.
Complaining of the heat she went to
the open wintlow, and to the horror of
her guests toppled over the sill. Police
after an investigation said it was believ
er! she had fainted.
The young woman wns elaborately
gowned and jeweled. Her diamond ear
rings were dashed from their settings in
the full ami were recovered on the roof
by detectives.
Mrs. Gladys Carruthers, mother of the
Baroness, was at the hotel during the
evening watching her daughter dance. She
went home when the Baroness returned
to her suite with her friends. Notified
of her daughter's tragic death she fihrted,
tort quickly autl directed plan* for
the funeral.
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS TWO MEN
One Man Was Identified by Papers In
His Pocket.—The Other Was Not.
Albemarle, July 7. —Two strange men
while walking along the highway at
I-ocust yesterday evening were killed in
stantly h.v lightning. A lady living near
the scene of death was standing on the
)>orcl) at her home and saw the bolt of
lightning strike the men and saw them
fall. For several minutes fire was seen
to burn the clothes and body of the men.
Some of the people of the immediate vi
cinity of the death spot notified Coroner
T. F. Morgan and he rushed to the scene
nnd brought the bodies to his undertaking
parlor in Albemarle.
One of the men was identified by pa
pers in his pocket, his name being Thom
as Carl Burns, of Battery C. Fifth Field
Artillery, of Camp Bragg. Mr. Morgan
got in touch with General Bowley at
Camp Bragg during the night, and the
general ordered that the body of Burns
be prepared for burial. Burns carried
a numbers of papers and letters, and a
picture of himself. Among the papers
found on Burns was two honorable dis
charges from the United States army and
a re-enlistment dated April 15, 1925, at
Fort Bragg. A letter from his sister,
Mrs. R. L. Walker, of 1629 Quarrer
Ctreet, Charleston/ W. Va., was on his
person.
The other man is still unidentified.
He is about five feet six inches in height
with dark sandy hair and weighs about
175 pounds. The man’s body was burned
very badly. It was thought that the
bolt struck him and that Burns was
killed by the shock. Eye witnesses say
that the body burned several minutes af
ter having fallen.
The bodies are being held awaiting
further developments. It is probable
that the unidentified man may be a sol
dier from Camp Bragg also.
Conflicting Reports.
(By the .Associated Press)
Chicago, July B.—The early unscram
bling of the $26,000,000 Grain Marketing
Company into four grain companies from
which it was formed a year ago, has'
been announced to bank creditors here,
and at the same time denied by officials
of the fanners co-operative concern.
Washington Convention Ratified.
(By the Associated Press)
Paris. July B.—The French chamber
of deputies today ratified the Washing
ton elgl>t-bour convention.
j Concord Theatre I
(THE COOL SPOT)
Today and Thursday
JACQUELINE LOGAN \
Malcolm McGregor ajid j
Gloria Grey in
j ‘House of Youth’ j
A Treat For You
Also Sennet Comedy
“SKINNERS IN SILK" j
! 1:30 to 11 P. M.
10—20—30 c p
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The Concord Daily Tribune
Double Life
PPpr. .
■By day he was a college student, a
football star and president of the
:T. H. C. A.— but by night be was a
bUackar. On one of his lawless raids
a polteaman wns killed In Dallas.
Texas. His mum Is William Jen
“tags Bryan Goodman, bis home is
In Talsn. OUa* and test (an be was
• star sod go tbs Dalrsrstty of Tulsa
toot ban team. Be Is under arrcN.
BALTIMORE EDITOR 18
HEARD AT ASHEVILLE
J. Fred Essary' Speaks to Members of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Asso
ciation.
(By the Associated Press’
Ah’aeville, July B.—“ Newspaper men
who expect to be respected must first
be self-respecting,” declared J. Fred Es
sary. of The Baltimore Sun bureau at
Washington, in speaking before the
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Asso
ciation, in session here.
“It is not enough that we should show
a regard for the decencies of life. We
must acquire a sense of dignity as jour
nalists, a dignity which you and I know
is often lacking on the columns of our
papers.” he added. No story is so un
interesting as the story of how a reporter
failed to get the story.
Mr. Essary then told of the hardships
and trial of a Washington correspondent,
telling of the many foolish queries that
are received by them. He cited as an
example one received by a correspondent
which read: “We have information that
there is something in the air. Get it
and send us 1,000 words.”
Straight news is not the only product
that- proceeds from Washington, he'de
clared, for despite the fact that the -cap
ital is the greatest news center in Hie
world, many false and unfounded stories
regarding the presidents and other high
officials are originated there. He told
several «torieß that he had heard of va
rious presidents, which were utterly re
diculous and untrue. One of them told
of the late Woodrow Wilson lavishing
gifts and entertainments on a chorus girl,
when the actual facts were that the
president attended the show, which was
a stock company, and at the end of the
season sent some flowers to the aortess
telling her how he enjoyed her, acting.
Washington aside from being the gov
ernment center, is now the nerve center
of American business and the endless
stream of "copy” that comes from there
furnishes proof of its news distributing
and originating value. The Southern
newspapers have come to appreciate this
fact, he stated, as evidenced in the num
ber of correspondents now being kept in
Washington by them. Ffteen years ago
there were not half a dozen Southern
newspapers who had their own corre
spondents in Washington. Now every
large newspaper in tire South maintains
a bureau there.
MARANVILLE IS MADE
CHICAGO CUBS’ LEADER
Change Becomes Effective at Once and
Swells List of Player-Pilots in the
Majors.
Chicago, July 7. —Walter J. (Rabbit)
Maranviile. appointed manager of the
Chicago Cubs today succeeding William
Killefer, becomes one of the group of
young playing managers in the major
leagues. The new pilot of the Cubs,
one of the greatest shortstops in the
game, joins with “Bucky” Harris, man
ager of the world’s champion Washing
ton club, Dave Bancroft, of the Boaton
Nationals, and Rogers Hornsby, pilot of
tbe St. Louis Cardinals, in making up
tbe quartet of youthful playing baseball
managers.
With Our Advertisers.
In a full column ad. today Fisher’s
mentions some attractive specials for
Thursday morning.. Store will close at
noon.
Jacqueline Logan, Malcolm McGregor
and Gloria Grey in “House of Youth” at
the Concord Theatre Today and Thurs
day.
You wQI make no mistake to place your
order now for winter coal. Read ad. of A.
B. Pounds.
Lowest prices but no “sale” at the J.
C. Penney Co. Read new ad. today.
Get it at Phone 117 if it’a hardware.
See ad. of Ritchie Hardware.
You can cook with the gas turned off if
you have a Chambers Fireless Gas range.
Sold by Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co.
W. J. Hethcox can wire or rewire your,
entire house. See his new ad. today.
Vaudeville at the Concord Theatre on
Friday and Saturday—Kaianis Hawaiian
Troupe. Four native singers and danc
ers.
Picnic Picnic—Thursday morning spec
ials for Thursday afternoon picnickers at
Piggly Wiggly. See ad.
Robinson's—Concord's Better Store—
offers extraordinary specials for Thurs
day morning. Closed Thursday after
noon.
Earthquake Felt In Portugal.
Liqbon, July 8 (By the Associated’
Press). —Earthquake shocks were felt in I
the northern provinces of Portugal to- 1
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CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1925
SILL INCOME IN
GET ATTENTION IN
QUESTION OF TAXES
President Keeps This Class of
Taxpayers In Mind as Ex
perts Plan to Make Cut In
Income Taxes.
SURTAXES MUST
t BE CUT DEEPLY
Chief Executive Is of Opin
ion This Would Help All
Classes Because It Would
Be Help to Business.
(By the Amoelstrt Press)
Swampseott, Mass.. July B.—As he
watches for long range preparations of
government officials for another slash in
taxes President Coolidge is keeping in
mind tbe man with a family and a small
income as well as business generally.
To him the prosperity of both are inter
twined. The President believes that a
drastic cut in surtaxes not only would
result in increased government revenue
through a consequent stimulation of bus
iness but would benefit the small tax
payer by insuring him steady employ
ment.
Mr. Coolidge holds to the view that
holders of large incomes are concerned
more with avoiding high taxes by pro
tection through investments in tax-ex
empt securities than in attempting to in
crease their fortunes through regular
business enterprises.
SEARCH FOR
NUMBER OF RUM RUNNERS
Alleged That Runners Killed Member of
Posse Which Was Trying to Arrest
Them Sunday Night.
(By (he Associated Press)
Salinas. Calif.. July B.—Searcli for the
suspected rum smugglers who late Sun
day night shot and killed a posse member
and wounded two others, shifted today
from Moss Landing to a range of hills
that divide Salinas and Carmel valleys.
All but fifteen members of the fortieth
tank company of Salinas returner! to na
tional guard camp at Delmonte when it
was decided the men had gone to tbe
hilte. Deputy sheriffs and armed citi
zens remained in the searching party. .Al
though three of the fffin suspects had
been placed in county jail, authorities
have been unable to make them talk.
Sheriff Oyer and Harry Livingston, state
traffic officer, who were wounded when
the posse was surrounded, and N. H.
Rader killed, are in a hospital.
BERNARD M. BARUCH AIDS
WALTER HINES PAGE SCHOOL
Gives $250,000 For Study of Possibil
ity of Keeping Peace by Taking the
Profits Out of War.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, July 8. —For the study of
lt)e possibility of maintaining world peace
by taking the profit out of war, Bernard
M. Baruch has given at least $250,000
to the Walter Hines Page School of In
ternational Relations at' Johns Hopkins
University.
Announcement of the gift was made
by Owen D. Young, associate of Vice
President Dawes in the reparations mat
ters. and chairman of the trustees of the
school. The investigation will be car
ried on at Johns Hopkins and foreign
universities.
The exact amount of the gift will de
pend on the cost of studies over a period
of three years. It may reach $3(k),000.
FIRE AT CHATTANOOGA
(100,000 Blaze Destroyed Plant of the
Southeastern Oil Company.
(By the Associated Press)
Chattanooga, July B.—Fire which
broke out at 9:30 o’clock this morning
has completely destroyed the local plant
of the Southeastern Oil Co., and Is seri
ously threatening adjoining property. The
loss now Is estimated at SIOO,OOO.
The fire started when the driver left
the engine of an oil truck running while
it was being loaded.
Fimds for the School of Journalism.
(By (he Associated Press)
Asheville, N. C., July B.—A subscrip
tion of $80,082.38 toward the establish
ment next fall of the Lee Memorial
School of Journalism as a tribute to the
founder of Journalism, was reported by
John 8. Cohen to the Southern Newspa
per Publishers’ Association in annual
session here yesterday.
The report recited a resolution passed
)>y the S. N. P. A. in Asheville in 1922.
“This year,” it said, “it is tbe pleasure
and privilege of your committee to re
port that the Lee Memorial School of
Journalism will be established next fall
and Professor Koseie B. EUard has been
elected to take charge of the classes of
the next school beginning in September,
Professor EUard is the present bend of
the School of Journalism at Beloit Ool
leee, Wisconsin.”
Os the amount subscribed $10,560 was
subscribed by Mrs. B. W. Richardson, of
Greensboro, N. C., to be used for the em
ployment of a full professor In journal
ism for at Inst three years.
Dare Lumber Company Burned.
(By (he Associated Press)
Elizabeth City, July B.—Blackened
timbers were all that remained this morn
ing of the plant of the Dare Lumber
Company here which was swept by a spec
tacular blaze last night.
The plant had been dismantled, and
the loss is believed not to have exceeded
SI,OOO as the building was in poor con
idrtion according to officials of the com
’pany and would hove had to be replaced
• had the mill resumed operations.
How Well Did He Know Scopes?
B 3 WESTER* UNION
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This is what etarted all the evblution trial fuss In Tennessee. It ia a
facsimile of tho telegram sent by George W. Rappleyea, instrumental in
bringing about the Indictment as a test of the anti-evolution law, to tbe
American Civil Liberties Union. Since be gives John T. Scopes’ name as
“Scops”, perhaps ho didn't know him os well an bo baa since indicated’.
HAYNES THRRA’jrENS
TO QUIT DRY POST
Prohibition OhM Angered by Dismissal
of Woman Assistant.
Special to Philadelphia Record.
Washington. D. C., July 8. —Prohibi-
tion Commissioner Roy A. Haynes has
been offended by General Lincoln C. An
drews and is threatening to resign. Af
ter various conferences with E. C. Yel
lowley. General Ahdrews and others to
day, he said it would be several days be
fore he knew what he would do.
For a year or longer Secretary Mellon
and David H. BlairjiavqUot agreed with
M*’. Haynes <m tbe jMliey of the prohibi
tion miff for enwWrMent. Quarrels
have resulted, but they were always
patched up before they became public
property. An efficiency committee, pro
vided by tbe Treasury Department, made
an adverse report on Mr. Haynes and he
would have been let out then had it not
been for the aprpehension that such ac
tion would cause a row between the Ad
ministration and the Anti-Saloon League.
Gradually the Haynes crew in the pro
hibition unit has been reduced and his
duties lessened. A1 lot his he stood for
he liked his $7500 job. But tbe last
straw came when Miss Georgia Hopley,
of Buoyrus, 0.. friend of Mr. Haynes and
the late President Harding, was fired
July Ist. The combined efforts of Sena
tor Willis, Hoke DoUithen, pre-conven
tion manager for President Coolidge in
Chicago: C. ■C. Crnbbe, Attorney Gener
al of Ohio; Mr. Haynes and scores of
other prominent Republicans failed to
save her.
Miss Hopley has been a red rag to
Secretary Mellon and Commisioner of
Internal Revenue Blair tor severul years.
Personally' she was all right, but her job
—one created for her by Mr. Haynes—
was not. She went about the country on
a salary of $2500 a year ami expenses,
beating up prohibition sentiment.
Messrs. Mellon and Blair have held
from the beginning that there was no
legal authority for such employment.
BANK FAILURE LEADS
TO SOME INDICTMENTS
Federal Judge Ross and' Bank Cashier
; Among Thoae Indicted In the Case.
(By thy Associate# Press)
Jackson, Tenn., July B.—The Madison
county grand jury investigating the fail
ure of the Peoples Savings Bank of Jack
don today returned indictments against
Judge J. W. Ross, of the federal district
Court for western Tennessee; Thomas
B. Carroll, former cashier of tbe bank,
his son, John Carrol, and W. L. Caw
tjiern.
T. B. Carrol s Jolm Carroll, who acted
as assistant cadhier to his father, and
Judge Ross were named in joint indict
ment containing twenty-two counts.
Judge Ross also wae named in an in
dictment charging forgery and another
alleging fraudulent breach of trust.
M*» Edith*"Denny Dies at Winston-
Salem Home.
Winston-Salem. July 7.—Miss Edith
Denny, 19-year-oM daughter of Elder O.
J. Denny, died this morning after an
illness which had extended over the past i
several days. Miss Denny was well
known in this city, possessed many j
friends and was held in high esteem'
throughout the community. She is sur
vived by her father, five sisters, and
four brothers.
A short funeral service will be con
ducted at 4 o’clock Wednesday after
noon from the Primitive Baptist church
by the uncles of tbe deceased, Elders C.
F. and S. B. Denny, of Wilson. Inter
ment will follow in Sfflem cemetery.
Gangsters Kill Another in Chicago.
(By the Associate# Press)
Chicago, July B.—Gungsters’ guns
blazed in Chicago streets again this morn
ing seriously wounding Tony Gena, third
of the Gena brothers to fall in six weeks
in the fueds and rivalries of beer run
ners. -7
A new device is a motor-driven steel
cutting band saw which stops auto
matically at the and of each cut.
MEMORIAL TO HARDING BY
KIWANIANS IN CANADA
Memorial Will Be Unveiled September
17th at Vaneover.
(By the Associated Press.)
Vancouver, B. C., July B.—A unique
memorial to the late American President
Warrent G. Harding will be unvejled at
Vancouver. September 17th to commem
orate his visit to Canadian soil in July,
1023.
The unveiling will take place after
tile International convention of Kiwnnis
clubs under whose auspices the memorial
is being erected. The movement for
(he meutorial was inaugurated by the
KLwanis Clufi of Vancouver, and tfie'sub
scription list was opened to the ICiwanis
clubs in the United States. The re
sult wan that the objective, $35,000, was
soon over subscribed and the clubs in
the United States insisted that they be
permitted to bear the entire expense.
The amount subscribed by the Canadian
clubs then was returned to them.
The memorial will mark an event in
history which offers no parallel—that of
a United States president making an ad
dress on Canadian soil during his .term
of office. President Harding stopped at
Vancouver for a few hours on his way
south after visiting Alaska in 1923. In
ills address he made an eloquent plea
for continued friendship between the
English speaking people and particular
ly between Canada and the United States.
THE COTTON MARKET
Easier During Early Trading, and Prices
Stiffened Later Later on Moderate De
mand.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, July 8. —The cotton mar
ket was easier in today’s early trading.
Cables were relatively firm nnd after
opening barely steady at unchanged prices
to a decline of (1 points, prices here stif
fened up on moderate demand, October
selling at 23.67 or 5 points net higher.
Offerings increased on' this bulge, how
ever, owing to reports of beneficial raius
in the eastern and central sections of
the belt and rumors that the basis for
new crop cotton in South Texas had eas
ed five points during the last three days.
There wae some Southern and local sell
ing which at the end of the first hour
Nent October off to 23.57. making net de
clines of about 5 points on the more act
ive positions.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
July 23.45; Oct. 23.62 ; Dec. 23.20; Jan.
23.17 i March 23.48.
Business Men Can Stop Rum Flow, Says
Speaker.
Portland, Oregon, July 8. —If business
men would boycott bootleggers the eight
eenth amendment would soon be enforc
ible, said Stanley B. Vandersall, of Bos
ton, in an address today at the thirtieth
International Christian Endeavor con
vention.
“Many business men who expect their
employees to respect the laws of this
country are purchasers of bootleg liquors,
and all intoxicating liquor by reason of
the prohibition laws are in that class,”
said Mr. Vandersall. “Without the buy
-1 ing power of the men with money who
.scoff at the prohibition laws back of
{them, the bootleggers could not exist.
‘Boycott bootleggers’ would be a good
slogan for the business men to adopt and
put into practice.”
Bank Reports Show the Country Is In
Splendid Condition.
New York, July 7.—Record breaking
prosperity is revealed by bank statements
issued in answer to a call of the comp
troller of the currency for the condition
of national banks as of June 30th. Re
sources, deposits and undivided profjts of
the large New York institutions ejcceed
i the previous high totals of 1910 and
. 1020 boom years. In Chicago, state
I and national banks showed combined in
i creases in deposits of $127,000,000.
The deposits of the National City
Rank, the largest in the country, ex
ceeded $000,000,000 for the first time.
I The total in the statement submitted to
■ the controller, is $010,003,005, a gain of
more than $80,000,000 since April 6th.
WORLD EDUCATORS TO MEET
Thousand Delegates Expected to Attend
Conference of Education In Edinburgh
Ed,:nburg, Jniy B,—With the depar
ture of the Inst of the delegates and
visitors to the convention of the World's
W. C. T. U., the city of Edinburgh has
set actively to work preparing for the
reception and entertainment of another
world gathering having for its object the
improvement of the condition of mankind.
From July 20th to 27th there will be
held here the annual conference of thf
World Federation of Education AssociaA
tions, and tile indications arc that the 1
gathering will be attended by upwards
of one thousands delegates.
The federation, instituted two years
ago in the United States, has met with
great support. Its aiui is to promote
international good will through the
schools and colleges of every country,
and to bring into association and sym
pathy ail those whose work in their re
spective areas deals with modern aspects
and aims in education. The president
of the federation is Dr. A. O. Thomas,
state superintendent of public instruc
tion of Maine. The vice presidents are
E. J. Sainsbury, of England, and P. W.
Kuo, of Shanghai, China.
It is noteworthy that delegates to the
conference will come from every part of
the world. The delegation from the
United States is expected to number
more than a score of eminent educators,
together with several other men and
women will known in public affairs.
From Rhodesia comes Sir Francis New
ton, and several members of the Educa
tion Ministry of South Africa are ex
pected to attend. India sends thirty
delegates, most of them well known men
from the universities. German uni
versities and technical schools will be
presented by a distinguished delegation.
The colonies will all be represented, and
France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Bel
gium, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Czecho
slovakia, Switzerland and Greece are ac
tively interested.
All the welknown education societies
and administrative bodies in Great Bri
tain are co-operating, and Ireland, too,
is sending a grotup of delegates. In Scot
land it is said that every education au
thority, university, college and society
in the country will send a representative
to the congress.
The program for the week’s session
is now practically completed. The op
ening will be presided over by Sir John
Gilmour, the secretary for Scotland, and
the actual subjects to be discussed cover
every step of education, from the infant
school to the highest institutions of learn
ing.
Throughout tlie program tbe idea of
international intercourse will be empha
sized, such as international correspond
ence between school children, and tbe
development in the rising generation of
a broader grasp of international rela
tions and Wdrta rtlllHtfnr. ’ CMVtdKF
training will be an important sub-sec
tion in the elementary group and the
subject of geography in its relation to
the teaching of world history will be of
great’ interest.
Educational films used in the schools of
Edinburgh aud Glasgow will be shown in
the Synod Hall, and a film illustrating
school life and work in the United States
will be shown. Concerts will be given
by school students and by one of the
celebrated choirs of Glasgow.
The pre-school education section will
be presided over by Lady Leslie Mac
kenzie Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, of
Kentucky, will be chairman of the illit
eracy section, and Sir Michael Sadler of
that dealing with adult education. The
Duchess of Atholl is chairman of the
section on adolescent education, and Sir
Donald Macalister, principal of Glasgow
University, will preside over the univer
sity section.
Bourse Decides to Close Exchange.
(By (he Associated Press)
Berlin, July B.—The Bourse commit
tee today decided Jo close the exchange
as a protest agninst the decision of the
revaluation committee of the reichstag
to differentiate between old and new hold
ers of paiter marks, state loans, and to
grant the latter a valuation of only 2 1-2
Iter cent, compared with 5 per cent, for
old subscribers to the loans.
All other German exchanges also have
been closed. Bankers and financiers gen
erally are of the opinion it will be im
possible to carry through such differen
tations and they expect German securi
ties abroad will be adversely affected.
Deficit For Postal Operations.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, July B.—A deficit of ap
proximately $40,000,000 for postal oper
ations for the fiscal year 1025 was os’
timated today by Postmaster General
New.
The indicated deficit for the year
which ended on June 30 was attributed
by the postmaster general to the increase
in payment of postal employees and the
chauge in postal rates.
Defunct Company Will Be Reorgaxined.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, July B.—A Chicago creditors’
meeting agreed today upon a new plan
for financial rehabilitation of Dean On
atavia Company under which 30 per cent
of the obligations would be refunded for
deferred payment after a period of five
yeats.
The original plan contemplated a 20
per cent refunding over two years.
Rules With Oil Company.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, July B.—Judge I. M. Meekins
of the United Btates district court, has
handed down an opinion sustaining the
plea of the Standard Oil Company that
the Atlantic Coast Line and the Sea
board Air Line railroads be restrained
from charging interstate rates on gaso
line and other petroleum products from
the port of Wilmington to other North
Carolina points.
Bryan Expresses Regret.
Dayton, Tenn., July B.—Wm. Jennings
Bryan expressed regret’; to4gy when told
that Bainbrldge Colby, would not attend
the Scopes trial.
“I am sorry to hear it,” said Mr. Bry
an. “Colby is m fine teWw and I have
looked forward With pleasure to having
him on the other side.”
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NO. 162
COLBY HOT ID DID ,
111 SCOPES TRIAL
JBJWKSEII
.. yrfll Be Impossible
FbrHim to Get Away From
New York City For Open
ing of the Trial.
MAY GO LATER TO
AID THE DEFENSE
Dayton Keeps at Work Get
ting Things Lined Up For
Opening of the Case in the
Court There Friday.
<3y the Ametotnl Press)
Chicago, July 8. —Clarence Darrow, of
Chicago, associate counsel for John T.
Scopes, received a telegram today- from
. Bainbridge Colby, former secretary of
state, advising that he would not be pres
ent at tbe Dayton trial.
Mr. Colby said the recent decision of
the appellate division of the New York
Supreme court invalidating the New York
Home Rule statute brought about a sit
uation which prevents his leaving that
city for some time.
He expressed hiR regret and sent his
best wishes for the success of the pro
ceedings.
What Bryan lltinks Evolution Is.
Dajyton, Tenn., July B.—Wrn. Jen
nings Bryan's definition of evolution is
"Guesses strung together.”
Mr. Bryan, who continued his prepa
ration here today to take part in the
prosecution of John T. Scopes for vio-j
lating the Tennessee law for teaching of
evolution in the public schools, gave this
definition of evolution last night at a
dinner given in his honor by tbe Progres
sive Club.
The defendant and the former Secre
tary of State chatted in the lobby of the
hotel when the banquet was served before
the dinner, and Scopes sat d ! rectly across
the table from the speaker. Mr. Bryan in
his address referred to the fact that
Scopes received his high school education
in the speaker's native town, Salem, 111.,
and was a member of the high school
graduating class addressed by Mr. Bryan
at commencement.
Attorneys expressed the belief that ill
-his -address last, night Mr. .Bryan defi
nitely had recounted his reaction to the
case.
See Chance of Constitutional Amend
men* Move.
Dayton, Tenn.. July B.—A move for a
new constitutional amendment was seen
today by defense counsel as the out
standing inference to be drawn from
the address last night of Wm. Jennings
Bryan before the Dayton Progressive
Club.
In a statement issued by Dr. John R.
Neal, chief defense counsel in which he
summed up the inferences drawn by de
fense attorneys from the address of Mr.
Bryan last night, he declared.
"He forecasts that he will move rapidly
from tile lower court to the Supreme
court of Tennessee, then to the Supreme
Court of the I'nited States, and having
lost his fight on account of existing con
stitutional guarantee of religious and edu
cational liberties, he intends immediately
to wipe out these constitutional immun
ities by a new constitutional ninened
ment.”
W. J. Bryan, Jr., in Case.
Dayton, Tenn.. July B.—William Jen
nigs Bryan, of counsel for the prosecu
tion in the case of John T. Scopes,
charged with violating the Tennessee law
by teaching evolution theories 'in public
schools, today announced another lawyer
had been added to his side, William Jen
nings Bryan, Jr.
The young Bryan now is living in
Los Angeles, Calif., but formery assisted
a United States attorney in Arizona. Mr.
Bryan said his son now is on his way
to Dayton and should arrive tomorrow.
Warm Reception for Law Violators.
Dayton, Tepn., July B.—A warm re
ception is being prepared for offenders of
all types who may choose to attend the
scene of the Scopes evolution trial.
Dayton police officers* today were in
stalling a special detail of local men to
‘Mook after” violators of the ordinances
against liquor buying and selling and the
ordinary trouble makers of non-profes
sional type.
The town marshal has arranged for a
squad of trained experts from Chattanoo
ga and Knoxville police departments to
aid them in crime detection. >
Federal prohibition authorities have
already Bet up machinery by which they
expect ti> defeat efforts of bootleggers to
trade in illicit wares. A special exami
nation of the mountainous wooded slopes
around Dayton will be made for stills,
they say. Their usual monthly seizure
of stills in this teritory is four or five.
Dayton itselg, is without a prison, but
Rhea county has offered the use of a com
modious jail in which offenders against
federal, state and local regulations will
alike be housed.
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