-chance,at the trial
, was not present.
. for him. however. and he
”with tie theory that biology would
.. have to be taken from the schools
' pils,
' Special
'hesvy
Intuition are pouring into Juchitsn
.,, find 'rehuantepec. the two
f‘w-‘towns on the ma.
' Penetrations : _
liliDlliANNEREil
.scouas iS Now
‘DOlNG’ BIG cm
Evolution Teacher ’Ad-
mits H e Hasn’t a
_ lChinaman’s Chance
; 'At Coming Trial
SERIOUS LAD
Only Twenty-four and
I s W o r kin g 'A 8
Teacher to Pay for
. Future Study
By ROBERT T. SJIALL. 4‘
..~‘ Special Correspondent I
. 0f Tho Evening Sentinel.
(Copyright, 1925.),
NEW.YORI{. Juno 10,—John T.
Scopps. the young Tennessee teach-
er. who has suddenly become the
focal point of all the controversy
over evolution or a strict acceptance
of all that is set forth in the Bible.
impresses you when you see him as
lust another youth who looks wide-
eyed at the world. The wide-eyed
illusion. or impression. is heightened
by the big horn-rimmed glasses
which cover the blue eyes of the
youth. He is only twenty-four—a
mere stripling—and he looks parti.
cularly wide~cyed here in New York.
which is somewhat of a. far cry
from Main street. in Dayton, Tenn.
Professor Scopes. if one so young
may be called professor, is here to
confer with his rapidly accumulat-
ing counsel. It is a sort of council
of war—war against the stand-pat-
ters and'the fundamentalists. There.
really is not much to confer about.
however. for all the confcrees gath-
ered around the Tennessee teacher.
fires in their beliefs and doctrines.
Furthermore they all agree that
in the parlance of the street the
young' professor hasn't a Chinaman’s
which starts
July 10. The professor himself
frankly admits that. he can't see. how
the jury they will gather from in
and around Dayton can do anything
else but convict him. Constitutional
arguments will go entirely over their
heads. Theories of‘ evolution will
escape their set minds. But the plea
of “stand. by the. Bible." which will
come from William Jennings Bryan.
a other notables. which have the
dé ermtnlng weight.
The council of counsel which be—
gan here yesterday may reach de-
sion to plunge on the move to
squash the indictment on the ground
of both vagueness and tho uncon-
stitutionality of a law which it is
claimed transgresscs the fundament-
.al principle of the right of freedom
in religious worship. Thus the big
arguments of the big guns and the
big battle of Dayton would be
waged before Judge John ’1‘. Rant-
ston rather than before a bewildered
jury. If the court holds the indict-
ment in good form and the law con-
stitutional then the trial itself prob-
ably would be. brief and formal.
Professor Scopes might even plead
guilty, for he admits violating the'
law as it stands. A guilty pica would
hurry the appeal to the higher tri-
bunals where the real battle of the
modernists will be waged against the
ramparts of the fundamentalists.
Meantime young l’ilr. Scopes is
rather enjoying the. situation. He is
a. serious youngster. as any lad of
twenty-four, compelled to teach
school. would be. But the school
room has not taken all of the twin-
kle from those blue eyes. To New
Yorkers young Scopes appears to
have a delightful southern draw].
but to the southern interviewer it
Is not so apparent.
Scopes is not a native of Tennes-
see and his stay in Tennessee is
more or less transient. for he has
been teaching there merely to so-
cure funds to enable him to pursue
higher studies. Young Scopes was
born in Kentucky—in I‘aducah.
which produced that. eminent joke-
smith. Mr. Irvin Cobb.
Young Scopes is no radical. He
merely is a student of biology and
says no one can be, a biologist and
believe in anything but evolution.
He has brought with him here to
New York some of the text books
approved for the schools of Tennes-
see. The books were approved be-
‘loro the anti-evolution statute was
enacted and they show that either
the statute must be repealed or ig-
nored or the list of approved books
must. be cut down. One of the bodks
“A Civic Biology" definitely deals
with evolution and says:
"We have now learned that ani-
‘ ml! forms may be arranged so as to
begin‘with very simple one-cellcd‘
forms and culminate with a group
which contains man himself."
That. says Prof. Scopes. is all he
I has taught in school—just what the
approved books stated.
It is rather amusing to hear Prof.
Scopes tell of how the whole affair
which has engulfed him started in a
drag-store argument at which he,
Some friends sent
agreed
under the anti-evolution law. He
made similar statements to his pu-
explained biological laws to
them, and. figuratively speaking.
wits hauled off to the hoosegow.
“Tell it to the judge," said the
Do. .on police force. who served the
pap rs all alone.
Prof. Scopes is going to do the
met polls for about ten days. then
‘ return to the firing line.
Many Made Homeless
By Floods in Mexico
'MEXIco CITY. June 10.—(AP).
dispatches from Oaxaca.
b ed on official information, state
tha‘ no toes of lives had been re-
ported in the floods in the isthmiam
region.
Prop rty damage.“ however. is
d hundreds of homeless
largest
pustular-
. and the
1%
1.
£110
u. 5. Ships Ford step, Called “Junk,” Ready for Service
Right, the perfectly-kept engine
room of the Ice King, one of tho
vedsels shown above tied up in
the Hudson “mi 128 others.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—In stor-
ies concerning the proposed sale to
Henry Ford of some of the 120
Shipping Board vessels tied up in
the Hudson river at Caldwell, N. Y..
the ships are. referred to as “junk.'.'
suitable only to be scrapped.
But the vessels are. far from Junk.
according to knowing officials. Prac-
tically all of them could be put into
service within twenty-four hours. it
is declared. .“ force of 800 men is
continually at work on them. scrap-
ing, cleaning, polishing. painting.
etc. Every day each marine engine
is turned over by hand.
The Shipping Board is preparing
to sell. to the highest bidder. for
Junklng. 200 Government vessels now
tied up. ,
Vessels recommendul for scrap
aggregate 817.130 deadweight tons
and include 150 coal burners and
fifty oil burners, the latter ranging
from 5.070 to 5.340 deadwelght
tons. 'Of the late type ships listed.
fifty-one are of 4,165 tons. All
other vessels listed are. 3,364 tons
or smaller. with the exception of
one 4,]55-ton‘occan carrier.
Chairman O'Connor is still hope-
ful of selling some of tho vessels1
to Ford. The understanding is that!
Mr. will
Ford
competitors in the field for Vessels
illlti
offered for scrap. A Chicago con-
cern has discussed the matter ten-
tatively with members of the
board, but it is interested in not less
than L‘Im ships and prefers more.
(inc. oi‘ the large steel companies
also has made inquiries.
“Now that the scrapping of use-
less ships is definitely under way,"
said t‘hairman O‘Connor the other
day. "we shall turn our attention
“[10 Or more.
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to useful active ships, and make
everyvpossible effort to get bids
from private American citizens.
who will make the ships more use-
ful."
Private operators who agree to
Diesellzo shipswthat is. convert
them from steam to oil burning
ships with Diesel engines, and oper-
ate them under the American- flag
for a period of years. are assured
of very favorable prices and terms
of payment.
LOSES SUIT OVER AUTHORSHIP
0F JEWISH HYMN, “Elli Ell”
NEW YORK. June10.——'Federal.
Judge Knox in United States Dis-
trict Court yesterday dismissed Ja-
cob Koppel Sandler‘s suit to prove
his authorship of the famous Jewish
hymn. "Bill. Hill." and to restrain
Joseph P. Katz of No. 181 East
Broadway. and others. from publish-
ing it. The gist of Judge Knox‘s
opinion was that if Sandlcr really
did compose the masterpiece in mad.
as he contended. he hurl put ott’ as-.
sorting ownership too long for the!
purpose of legal ercdnlity.
Mr. Sandler and his lawyers. Jack-
son & Brock of No. 5'.) William
street. had valued the song at $5.00.-
000 and planned to recover royalties
from several other publishers said
to have reaped a harvest from “i-lill.
Elli." Although Sandlcr said he
wrote the piece for a historical
drama. “The Sons of Moses." pro-
duced in the old Windsor Theater
nearly thirty years ago and that its
popularity 'fmade“ the play. he did
not. have it. copyrighted until 1919
after Sophie Breslau sang it to great
acclaim at. the Metropolitan.
Last night the tired old composer
who had lost his fight for recogni-
tion as the creatOr of the plaintive
lament of his race realized that his
mvn life reflected much of the trag-
edy it depicts.
"It hurts me, yes, to lose." he
said. “but it is not so much the
money. They aren‘t taking any of
that away from me. because I never
had any; what I fecl"—- ho paused
helplessly. "ls—ls like a father that's
told he can‘t have his own child."
Jacob Sandler has collected only
$70 in royalties from “lilll. Hill."
and this largely thrqngh the gener-
osity and insistence. of friends. He
knows he is an impractical man.
WANTSAD
, EVlLS BROUGHT
Iain BAN
Richard Oppel Lays
Plans for Better
Business Bureau in
Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, June lit—Richard
Oppel, president of the Hadley Fur—
niture company. police commissioner
and a leading worker in the Retail
Board. laid the groundwork for the
establishment of Better Business
bureau with a stirring address on ad-
vertlsing abuses at the Bridgeport
Advertising club's luncheon in the
Stratfield at noon yesterday.
' Misrepresentation and exaggera-
tion have been so frequently employ-
ed in advertising that the public at
large, readers of newspapers adver-
tising. does not respond as once it
did to this type or sales appeal. said
Opp’ei.
A
“We have all heard complaints '
that the public does not respond as
it did to newspaper advertising."
said the speaker. “This is certainly
not the paper's fault; they have
more circulation and more .xeaders.
It is due to the fact. that the public
does not believe the advertisements
they read. .
"If we analyze the situation the
public cannot be blamed for not be-
lieving."‘0ppel declared in pointing
out that. price comparison which is
inconsistent and illogical has made
the buying public dubious of adver-
tficd prices and that not until con-
fidence is again restored by honest
advertising can public faith in ad-
vertising be restored.
That there is no supervision over
the representations made by com-
mercial businesses in Bridgeport ad.
vertising was the point made by the
shaker in leading up to a definite
suggestion that the Ad club under-
tsko such a task through a Better
. as bureau to be financed by
- -- of the city.
you lag-s” ..
combined meeting later of the lie.
tail Board and Advertising club rcp-
rcsentativcs with a Business bureau
rxpcrt looking toward the inaugura-
tion of the local bureau and its work
along lines aimed to cleanse adver-
tising in Bridgeport of misrepresen-
tation.
President Hoyt Catlin assured Op-
pcl of the Ad club's interest in the
Better Business bureau and that
members would be named to repre-
sent the club at the coming con-
ference on the project.
The State Pharmacy-
Board Elects Officers
HARTFORD. June 10. (AP)——Thc
State Board of Pharmacy held its
annual meeting in the state capitol
yesterday and organized for the com‘-
ing ytar. The following were elect-
ed officers: J. W. Marsland. New
Britain, president; John B.‘Ebbs,
“'aterbury. vice-president; and Her-
bert \V. Iicron. Norwich. secretary
and treasurer (for the eighth term);
I‘. J. Garvin, New Haven inspector
of stores.
The'board held examinations for
full registration licenses and for as-
Forty
sistants certificates. candi-
scnoor an
DIES; CHUltl
lS NEAR DEATH
Suicide Pact Police Be-
lieve-J‘I Had to Do
It,” .Says Boy ‘
WELLESLEY FARMS. Mass.
Juno 10.——~(AP). The pull of tragedy
hung over this town today.'for pret-
ty sixteen year old. Priscilla Amidon
died from a bullet wound last night
and her one time chum. Sterling
Mills. lay seriously wounded in a
Newton hospital. Only yesterday
their high school comrades saw
them walking toward the woods to-
geilier——it was the. .last time they
saw “Pussy" Amidon alive.
A suicide pact. half accomplished.
or a murder and attempted suicide-—
these were the theories upon which
the police were working. They
found Mills. a junior in the \Vclies-
icy High school. lying by the side of
Glen Road late yesterday. A hun-
dred yards from him they came
upon the unconscious form of the
Amidon girl, a student in the junior
high school.‘ a bullet. wound in her
head and her father's revolver by
her side with three shots fired from
it. The youth. the police say. told
them ho had shot imself "because
I had to." but the girl had told a
school mate in the morning that she
would never be in the school again.
She never regained consciousness
before she died. and only Mills' tes-
tlinony could solve the mystery.
The police said last night they
were convinced the shooting was the
result of a suicide agreement. and
that the girl had probably shot her-
self and then the boy. They had
been friends for years and had been
“keeping company" for the last
month. They seemed happy. and
that was all their comrades knew.
dates took the examination for full
registration and seventy for the
right. to practice as assistants. There
are at the present time 1.468 licens-
ed pharmacists, 392 assistants and
677 drug stores.
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caramel:
New York’s “Silk
Stocking” District
May Have Feminine
Candidates on Side
SOCIAL LEADERS
Mrs. Chas. Dana Gib-j
son, Miss Elizabeth
Marbury, Mrs. Elkus
Favored
NEW YORK. June lit—It may be
woman against woman for the po-
sltlon of Alderman front the 16th
District.
The day that Mrs. John T. I'ratt
was named by the Republicans of
this “silk stocking" territory Tam-
many llall leaders were asked if
t ey also would nominate a woman.
“Nothing doing." they said.
Since then those who made the
announcement have been hearing
from the other sex. Friends of five
well known women actively are urg-
ing their availability, and Leader
Frank ilriarly has been almost, if"
not quite, won over to the idea. of!
turning thumbs down on tho mas-
culine candidates.
Those whose names are being
considered include lillss Elisabeth
Marbury, Mrs. Charles Dana GibsOa.
sister of Lady Astor and, as one of
the Virginia Langhorns, reputed or.e
of the most beautiful women in
America; Mrs. Maurice O'Connell,
eo-leader of the district; Mrs. Abram
I. Elkus, wife of the former Ambas-
sador to Turkey, and Mrs. Maurice
B. Blutnenthal. wife of the former
Deputy Attorney General and pres-
ent Chalman of the District County
Committee.
Mrs. Blumenthal is now in the
lead if she can be prevailed upon to
take the nomination. She is the only
One on whom the various factions
have been able to unite. and it is
understood would be acceptable to
Briarly and Mrs. O'Connell.
Mrs. Blumcnlhal has been active
in politics as an independent Demo-
crat. She declined. however, to take
the co-lcadership of the district
when it was offered her about a )‘t‘fll‘
ago. Mr. Biumenthal is said to be op.
posed to his wife‘s taking the re-
sponsibiiity.
A conference of the leaders will be
held shortly. probably next Sunday,
to decide definitely who the nominee
is to be. Since. the Woman's Demo-
cratic l‘nion has insisted that Tam-
many nominate at least one woman1
on its Aldermanlc state. the belief is
that the choice will fall in this dis~
trict.
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lot the yacht Mayflower. will com-
mand the Marines who will watch
over President Coolidge during his
summer stay at Swampscott, Mass.
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