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I TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1925.
DARROW PREDICTS RISE . .
IN RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY
THROUGH TENNESSEE LAW
In Passionate Plea for Quashing of Scopes In-
dictment Lawyer Declares If Evolution Be
'A Crime, Our Individual Religious Beliefs
l ’Are in Danger
RHEA COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
Daytonh Tonn.. July 14. — Clar-
ence Darrow hurled bombs into the
“Tennessee Chinese Wall" yester-
day. They were high explosive.
“Bigotry and ignorance!" he
shouted with his bared arm flung
out at William Jennings Bryan.
He concluded with this statement
to Judge Raulston:
"I am not a prophet. but I will
say this: Tire fire of religious bigot-
ry has been lighted in these United
States today. You can take judicial
notice of that. if of nothing else.
"it you can make it a crime to
teach something contrary to our
religious belief in the public schools
today. you can make it a crime in
the private schools tomorrow. The
next day you can make it a crime
to print it in books ’and newspa~
pers.
You can turn Catholic against
Protestant, and Protestant against
Protestant. You will bring us all to
bloody destruction that follows in
the wake of these deep hatreds.
You will do it by yielding to the
dictates of bigotry and ignorance."
Asks Quashing of Indictment
Mr. Darrow was summing up the
argument on the dcfensc's motion
to quash the Scopes induclment.
Earlier in the day John R. Neal had
outlined the defense's dozen rea-
sons for calling it unconstitutional.
Attorney General A. ’1‘. Stewart for
the prosecution had argued for the
statues as a legitimate exercise of
the police power of the state. Mr.
Darrow turned his guns. not only
on the statute and the indictment he
sought to quash. but at the \\'llOlc
spirit of that religious fundamental-
ism that would proclaim difference
between science sand religion. in
Thomas Jefferson's name he lll‘t"tl
a. salvo at the spirit that would
permit the overriding of the consti-
tutional guarantees for freedom ‘of
thought and worship.
It was not the only bitter clash of
the day. Attorney General Stcuart
refused to live up to his agreement
over the admissibility of scientific
evidence. Court opened with the
buttons off the foils. The defense
turned to the motion to quash as
their only device to get before the
judge—the jury was excused—any-
thing more than the narrow legal-
istic view of the case the state has
adopted in spite of Mr. Bryan's
promise that the trial would open
his holy war.
Biterncss flared when old Gen-
eral McKenzie dCClurctI a sixteen
year old school boy could IllIl-f‘lil'l}l.
the statute as well as “experts from
outside." and lawyers from NLW
York and Boston.
Dudley lt‘ield \ialore sprang
crisply to his feet:
“We appreciate the hospitality of
Tennessee." he said caustically. ”but
in this court room we are lawyers
and citizens of the United States
Mr. Darrow began by good im-
moredly taking up the scctionalism
issue that General McKenzie had
raised.
Bryan Also Outsider.
"Mr. Malone came. from )v'cw
York and I cant-s from 1i.lnois to
argue this case." he said. " till we
have on the other side a distin-
guished and amiable citizen of Flor-
ida. He is not only aiding the
prosecution. Ho is rcsponsrblc. we
are told. for this wicked and mis-
O
fchlevous statute which it is ”light
to enforce here."
Bi“ he "Vim! quickly from good
humor to deep passion, He “poke
coatltss. He strode from one cor-
ner of the raised enclosure to the
other. from one microphone to the
other. in the heat his face became
livid. bathed in sweat. lie gestured
violently. He had spoken but a. few
moments before his shirt sleeve tore
at the elbow and his left hand flap-
ped in a flutter of rags.
Power ls Limitless.
The prosecution's theory was un-
covered yesterday. It is simply that
.the state of Tennessee has the po-
lice power to regulate what is
taught in the schools. That power.
Mr. Stewart continued has never
been defined. He said the United
States Supreme court had refused
to define it. and hence it is limit-
less. His speech was full of able
citation of precedent in this state
and in the Supreme court.
lie fought shy o.‘ the religious
issue. Again and again Malone. Ar-
thur Garfield Hayes and other at-
torrries for the defense shot at him
the question:
"Could you forbid the Koran?
("ould you forbid Contucious? Could
you forbid the teaching of theories
("oiliraly to the holy books? Could
you require. that the theories they
pl‘IHU‘l'rtl be taught in the public
scrim/J"
ilnsts of Common Law.
These. questions he refused to an-
swer. One ire did answer. It was as
to whether he considered the Bible
3. religious book.
“The Bible. the King James ver-
sion." he replied. “is generally ac-
cepted here. It “is regarded, with
Christianity. as the basis of the corn-
rrrorr law of this land."
llut llarrow gave him no peace
on that score. lie made what his
friends here call the. greatest speech
of his long (‘iil‘cI-l‘. Ho tore into the
1theory of the prosrmilon that the
:urtisl'ivolutlou law “no a. constitu-
titzrrul mercise of the police power
of the stale.
"l-Jvolution dorsn't produce crime
or impair the health of the com-
munity. You will have a. hard time
provingit rmpairs public morals." he
challenged.
"This is a criminal law" he shout-
cd. "You are requiring my client to
know thr- two conflicting accounts
of creation contained in the Bible
before he can tell whether or not
he has committed a crime. You are
Ircuurrirrg him to know what all the
Alive hundred sects of Christians in
the l‘uitcd States think it means be-
fore. he can tell whether or not he.
may teach some theory."
Then he tore technical holes
thr- indictment:
"There never was such an indist-
rrrcnt on land or sea." he said. "A
man is entitled to know the crime
of which he stands accused and
when and where committed. All this
says is that he did something in
ltlrcu county. Suppose he is convicted
and plus his fine and goes to jail.
'l'lrclr suppose that the next year
when this case is over—if it is over
tth‘rl~»-s<llile one else comes along
'and indicts him. They may indict
him for teaching in District No. 1
and there’s no way in which he can
plead that he was convicted for that
crime and paid the penalty for it.
“If this is a good indictment, I
never saw a bad one."
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THE CITIZENS TRAINING CAMP
By GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING'
(Written Exclusively for the. Associated Press.)
Article I.
A large number of young men in
the prime of life‘will be out or
doors this summer, devoting from
two to six weeks of their time to
military training. This military train-
ing began with the closing of our
colleges and schools in Julie and will
end about the middle of September.
with July and August as the busiest
months.
Most of these young men in uni-
' form will be civilians. spending their
vacation periods in their country’s
service. We shall have the maximum
number of chilian soldiers to receive
military training since the World
War. Prior to 1917 there was scarce-
ly any of this sort of work. Our his-
tory has been one of unpreparedness
with six important wars. not to men—
tion the skirmishes involved in win-
ning this continent from its original
inhabitant» and the people seem de-
termined t rave a reasonable num-
ber of trait. fl men available should
another emergency arise.
The various groups in this service
will be mombled in sonre 460 camps
for civilians on 240 military reser-
vations. large and small. scattered
all over the United States. The War
Department is endeavoring to place
these camps as close to all centers of
population as possible and every cf-
fort is made to accomodate the
training period to the time that can
best be spared by civilians from of-
lice. shop. and farm.
Fortunately. the slack time in
commercial life is most suitable for
outdoor military training and for the
coordinate development of a better
citizenship. The summer months.
when most everybody is able to get
army from their every-day work for
two weeks or more. are the most
available for a profitable vacation in
connection with military training int
camp. The sort or w'ork done in these
camps constitutes the most ideal re-
creation for men whose occupations
keep them indoors during the fol.
winter and Opring. Certainly no othei'
vacation promises to much in health
or in long life to either the indivl‘i-
ual or the nation.
At all of our military“ camps will
be members of the Regular Army.
i'ul capacities. The Regular Army is
devoting its best effort and the best
military months of the year to the
training of our ci\'lllan soldiers. Mll-
itury science has becerne more com-
pliczrted and ruost exact as civiliza-
tion has developed, and more time
is requin d for learning the varied
duties of a soldier. Instruction has
to be given in the tactics of Infantry
Cavalry. Field Artillery. Coast Artil-
lery. Air Service. Engineers. Signal
Corps. and Chemical Warfare Ser-
vice. Weapons have become intricate
and their use requires special skill.
Our new citizen army. created by
the National Defense Act of 1920. is
the logical product of our bitter
World War experience in unprepar-
edness. It will muster in. summer
training this year‘ in the United
States a very small Regular Army
contingent of 91,000 men: National
Guardsmen. spread over the forty-
clght states. of 162.000; and officers
of the Organized Reserves. 17,000.
or about one-sixth of the total num-
ber of reserve officers. Those three
components constitute what ll called
the Army of the United States.
In addition. there will also be
some 8,000 young men from our col-
leges and schools in Reserve Officer
Training Corps (Camps. and about
35.000 from all classes and commun-
ities in the Citizens' Military Train-
lng Camps. None of these. however.
will be members of our new citizen
army. as they are merely its pupils.
learning the practical lessons of con.
structive citizenship and patriotism
through preparing themselves as
individuals to fulfill the most sacred
of all citizenship duties—defense of
home and country. They can qualify
it they wish, to be officers and non-
commissioned officers in our new
citizen army. by completing certain
prescribed courses This action is
left entirely to their decision, as the
training exacts no obligations from
t em. .
This, briefly. is a description of
what some people have been pleased
to criticise as “new militarism of
the United States." It is true that
the citizen Army of the United
states. composed in the main of
THE EVENING SENTINEI)
BRYAN CENTER or lNTEREST AT SCOPES TRIAL;
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IGNORES COURT DIGNITY AND SHEDS HIS COAT;
‘ ' ,Cievhtral PRELJIQl
at Dayton, ’l‘cnn.
merit. Bryan.
ure of military defense this nation
has ever had. Before the World War
there was in addition to our small.
but efficient Regular Army. only the
forty-nine separate and distinct mt-
tional guards of our several states.
but they were in such poor shape
that they had to be reorganized and
trained for many months before they
could be used in that conflict. To
all Intents and purposes, the Organ-
ized Reserves, the (‘itizcns’ Military
Training (‘nmps and Reserve Offi-
cers' Training Corps are new ele-
ments ln.our available military for-
ccs. ‘ .
No further proof of the WW detri-
ocratic character of our new arm:
is needed to satisfy any fair-minded
person that it could not be readily
used for aggression. it would be
many months before our civilian
soldiers could stand the rigors of a
military campaign.
A visit to airy currrp fills summer
should convince any fair-minded per.
son that the young men in attend-
ance are most interested in keeping
our national peace and in obeying
our country's laws. They lune no
desire to bring war nor break inter-
national agreements. They believe irr
law and order and they thenrselvcs
ar the surety that law and order will
be maintained and honorable pcucc
preserved.
lly way of contrast with our sunr-
mcr training activities. 1 would like
to call attention to other lands then
ours. Our total military
ment is only 1.6 per cent of the or-
gunized military forces of the world.
and 2.2 per cent. of the organized—
military forces to be found in Eur-
ope alone. The active armies of Env-
ope total 3.736.862. while our lieg-
ular Army numbers llcss than 125-.-
000. Tire organized military
of Europe aggregate 18.627.lso. :1
larger number of real” thoroughly
trained soldiers than this nation
could produce it" all its utullnlllc
manpower was organised and train-
ed. .
Our military system is based up-
0n the theory of it relatively small
regular force supplemented by a par-
tially trained body of civilians. so
organized that lit the event of an
emergency they could be given the
additional training necessary to
make them efficient soldiers in the
minimum of time. it is a system
which from its.ver_v nature is whol-
ly devoid of the slightcst tinge of
militarism. In really. it
just.‘ the , opposite, because
is so essentially democratic.
There is no military system sim-
ilar to ours in character. There is
not even any common ground for
comparing our cit‘zen army with
those maintained by the other na-
tions. The more than eighteen mil-
lion soldiers of Europe have receiv—
ed at least two solid years of in-
tensive instruction instead of a few
weeks. The nearest approach to our
system is the Swiss. except that it
has compulsory instead of voluntary
training.
Is
it
Art lclc 1! tomorrow.
Bowdoin' Propeligr
Breaks; to Be Beached
WASHINGTON. July 14.—The
Bowdbln, one of the ships of the
MacMillan Arctic expedition. has
been compelled to turn back to
Hopedale to repair a propeller.
sentIto the National Geographic so-
ciety here by radio from. the Bow-
doin.
JERSEY CROPS SL‘FFER.
TRENTON.‘ N. J.. July 14.—(AP)
Extremely hot weather and a pro-
longed drought during late Spring
and early Summer havezaffected
New Jersey crops unfavorably ac-
cording to a. report issued today by
the State Department of Agriculture
giving the present state of farm
products and their probable yield
for the seasons Truck and fruit
crops in particular. from which the
farmers -of this .state derive most of
their income have been hard hit by
the warm. dry Summer. While po-
tatoes hate given relatlveiy light
yields.‘ and this crop is estimated
at only M .per cent of a normal. in.
dicating a_ total number of 6.760.000
bushels. le- than one it the yield‘
young men who only train intensive.
both officers and enlisted roan, aet-
III I- WM sails other heig-
v
ly from two to six weeks during the
gamer months. is the large-t meas-
of last‘year. which was 11.464.000
bushels: Sweet potatoes. likewise.
have Inflated “switch
ILA.
estulrli:m.t
fnl‘ccs‘
Information on the accident was '
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Norwalk Man Gets
Judgment of Sr" .07
IlRlllGltIl’Ull’i'. July
\\’ilkcns of
John
to re-
the suit of Barry L‘.
Norwalk against Louis and
anherson of the same )ililt‘t
cover a balance 01' 8.3.07 was nltcn
yesterday by Jiltlge lt‘redcrl-lt W.
Iluxt'ortl of the Collllnoll l'leas
(curt. The court finds for the plain-
tltl‘. on the, complaint. for llll' sum
l-f $371.91. and for the defendant on
the countcr claim for $76.95. which
'L'lre stilt was over the terns; of a
contract for rcnoruttlu: :r Still-s
the joint uses of the parties.
Patent Office Has
WASHINGTON. .luiy lil.——(.\i‘i
Business at the patent oflico now Is
gaining ground in its race with the
calendar. I‘atcnt t'olnnlisslnncr Ilo‘
bertson has informed Secretary
Hoover. to whose department tlrc
otlico recently was tl‘anst‘t-rrctl.
At the cud of the fiscal your on
June 30, 43.000 patent applications
were pending at the bureau us cobr-
pared with 5.9.0.00
72.45? on June :w, 1923.
New patent applicants
decided generally within 2
and not longer than
after filing and the
bellows this pu-r-iod of delay would
be shortened with continued accel-
eration at the bureau.
nrontlrs
five months
makes is nntclrcd closely.
il.--~~.lu.l::~‘
merit in favor of the defendant in.
really ulvcs the defendant Illf‘ slut.-
Fewer Claims Pendingl
a year ago and.
now arc '
colrrmissioller:
William Jennings Bryan is the center of attraction at the daily session of the Scopes evolution trial
livery more the Commoner
biblical authority and chief of state's counsel. lcpncd across the trial table to whisper
to Clarence Darrow. noted criminal lawyer. and chief of the defense counsel.
broken from the usual court dignity and removed his coat.
Tito not above drew much colit-
llrynn. like others. has
Arrow points to Bryan as he talks to Darrow.
rcxrrctvr rortlcbmsutn.
IiAlt'l‘lr‘tllti). July 14. (AR)—
lozrdholders of the Hartford and
Springfield Street lizrilway company
are expected soon to fort-close on
the property of that corporation.
l‘l'uncis l'. Cooley, chairman of the
llond Holtlcrs' conunittee indicated
yesterday. This statement was made
following rccclpt of a letter from
Judge lirown of the Superior court
in which the latter pointed to the
ruontlrly losses under the receiver-
ship plan and said the receivership
should be lerlllillated by January 1.
The colrrpany should not continue
to do business on the credit of the
court. Judge Brown said. At the
1recent session of the General As-
\
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for sttnbly the Hartford and Springfield
'l‘r-unsportntion company was char-
ilfl‘t'tl at. the request of a group of
. the bond holders and it is expected
.lhtit after foreclosure the control
and operation of trolley and bus
lines between here and Springfield
twill be turned over to the new cor-
I poration.
lililrl) Al’fl‘llt l'IXl’lrtif'ION.
: Nl-ZW HAVEN. July it. (AR)—
i.\rr Allingtown produce illitll. Gioglo
Allluno. was til'l‘cSlt‘tl yesterday on a
Atlrnrgc of manufacturing liquor.
.alicr he was identiticd as the man
gulro drove away frotrr the Cohen
lpmpertv in liver-green aretrue last '
l'l‘lrursduy. shortly after an explo-
sion of a still ’whiclr (-ztllst'll the
witnrtlr of one man. He was releas-
Id in bonds of $1.500 for a hearing
.iuh-r in the week. )lilttno denied
Illrut he “as on lsivcrgrccn avenue
:1!" the (lay of tile cxploa‘iull. After
'lllc explosion ptlllt'f' found parts of
.slllls and other articles used in
rrrnnul'acturlrrg liquor in the house.
REAL ESTATE
MEN URGE MANY
CUTS IN TAXES
National Association
Wants Inheritance,
Estate and Gift Rev-
enues Abolished
Abolition of all Federal inherit-
ance. estate and gift taxes is urged
by the National Association of Real
Estate. l‘tonrds as a step toward a
more suitable distribution of taxa-
tion. State and local.
The association further declares
its belief that the imposition of an
estate tax as such is unsound and
unfair. and that such succession tux-
es if levied should be by way of-a
tax upon the legacy received. and
not. a tax based upon the total
amount of the estate left by the de-
yCCtlvllt.
The association. in resolutions
passed at its recent annual conven-
tion in Detroit. Michigan. outlinesits
immediate legislative objectives in
regard to taxation adjustment. The
resolutions follow thb general nu-
tlorral program for tax adjustment
adopted by the national realtor body
at its annual meeting in Dallas, Tex—
as. in January of the present year.
it calls for relegation of inherit-
ant-e. taxation to the respective
States. for the segregation of taxable
property so as to give the States and
tho, local governments each their
own sources of revenue. for the tax-
ation of property belonging to char-
itable. religious and educational in-
stitutions when such property is held
for income producing or investment
purpOscs. for a further general re-
duction of the Federal income tax.
for abolitloh of income tax publicity.
and for a reduction of the tax on
capital gains at least in proportion
to the reduction heretofore made or
to be made Tn connection with taxes
on income pl‘opcr.
Mrs. Samuel Newman of Seattle.
Wash. associate director of the
Near I‘Ittst Ito-lief Agricultural 1n-
stttute of metal-Oghll. Armenia. has
been aperrted official inspector of
agricultural education at this post.
Farming is taught here to 1.200 or-
phan children. Mrs. Newman is a
graduate of Oregon Agricultural
t'ollege. with the degree of bachelor
of science.
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R. A. BENEDICT
22 Wall Street 1»
Norwalk
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Grant's: Oran” Hemp Ring 5m
rlu': slant and ill: 02me “ rugs
Bloom". Nose malls without at...
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(by,
MAIN AND WALL‘S’I‘S.
some are slightly imperfect.
of colors and all sizes.
0‘
Regular 81.1 9 value.
$1.00
25c
Pie shrunk Irish dress linens.
of summer's newest colors.
The better quality.
I»
WOMEN’S F. F. SILK HOSE
$ 1 .09 Pair
This is a special lot of salesman's samples:
Complete range
Regular “.05 pair.
BOYS’ WASH SUITS
Of cliambray. jean cloth. rep and poplin. mid.
dy. Oliver Twist and flapper styles.
Sizes 3 to 8.-Special
TURKISH TOWELS
18" x 36" Turkish single and double thread
bath towels. in plain white and stripes.
______._\
FANCY PERCALES
16%c "a”
Over 600 yards in this special lot of 36 in.
dainty new percales.‘ Figured and stripe effects.
DRESS LINENS
49 c Yard
Complete range
We yard value.
PHONE 1008-1023
NORWALK, CONN.
l
6
ed muslin.
390 each.
All colors.
bleached sheet.
' 5
as an ordinary
our sales ladies.
I
Special offering of 72"
season's popular stripe effect.
Store Closed Wednesday A fternoon
WedneSday Marning Specials
PILLOW CASES
M $1.47
Special '45" x 36" Pillow Cases, full cut bleach-
Buy for future needs.
Regular
SAMSON SHEETS
69c
x 90" in full size
Free of dressing. $1.00 value.
3,6” WIDE LONG CLOTH ‘
Yards 89 0
Special for Wednesday morning only 5 yards
of 36" long cloth for 89¢.
STRIPED BROADCLOTH
DRESSES
Fine quality.
$1.19
Lovely wash dresses at $1.10 as low priced
Styled in the
See them on
house dress.
PRINTED SILK DRESSES
$3.98
20 beautiful printed silk dresses. special for
\Wednesday morning.
. tractiveiy tslmmsd. newest colors.
O
Straight line models at-
Storekeepers Who .-
Close‘ Tomorrow
The following stores have agreed to close half
a day Wednesday during July and August:
Boston Store '.
Tristram & Hyatt -
Rogers & Stevens
H. Krieger & Co. ‘
Frank Jacoby
M. Josem & Sons .
I. Feinsod
Paris Cloak & Suit House
Leon Golden
The Ideal Shop . .‘7
Waldner’s . ‘ '
The People’s Store
Miss Claven -
The New York Specialty Sho
Travis Shop
Priscilla Shop
E. P. O’Meara .
. Palace Clothes Shop . 5'
Louis Prensky .1
Main Clothing Store . .
Rialto Clothes Shop
Asher Glickson
Phil Prensky '
Besse System Co. .
The Munsie Co. .
The Standard Cotton Store
The Textile Store
The Silk Shop
The $0. NOrwalk Florist
The Army and Navy Store
Sterling Furniture Co.
Angevine Furniture Co. ;
A. J. Colliik Furniture Co '
Alexander Furniture Co.
A. Polhemus . §
The French Shop .}
r The Smart Shop ' ‘
The Sally Shop ." j.
S. Molner ' '
Somers & Somers Paint Store
E. L. Greenberg Children’s Store ‘_‘ ’~
The Fair. Department Store ' ’ ‘
Irving B. Stone '1
Mme. Jeannette '
N. E. Ryan
J. I. Mallette ' . .
Almo Specialty Shop
The Roller Store
The Mill Outlet
Alfred Gehebe
Briggerman’s
Rosenfield Bros. . '
Frank Lauder '5
Richard Noack ’
0. B. Jackson
Robert Benedict
The Clifford Jewelry Store
Clifford Shoe Store
Mark-Off Shoe Store
Charles Levy
Louis Avrick
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PAGE THREE
George Keeler
Wall St. Shoe Store .-
The Norwalk Boot Shop
The Quality Shoe Store ’
The W. L. Olsen Shoe Co-
Joseph Scalise r
Beck Hazzard Shoe Co., Inc. .
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
William Miller, Grocer ' ‘
R. J. Hennessey, Electrician
Ray Werme'
White Electric Co.
F. M. Cullen
C. D. Chamois
' hasn‘t-Ail:
Trojan Beef Co.
F. W. Woolworth 10c Store
G. B. Worth
J. J: Newbury 10c Store
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