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The Washington times., 1925-07-16

animals. Science would prove that
monkeys were not OF lower
order"
Cites Newman Statement.
Hayes read a short paper written
by Professor H. H. Newman, dean
of science school at the University
of Chicago, in which the scientist
said that Darwinism meant one
thing to lay public and another to
science.
"The jury should be told this, "
he added.
"Darwinism is the term given to
evolution generally by the lay pub
uc," Hayes quoted Newman. ut
mean an entirely different thing
in science, for scientists look upon
Darwinism as the term for the
theory Of natural selection, one Of
the principal theories supported by
Darwin"
Hayes also demanded that the
defense be permitted to show the
meaning of the Bible"
"Is the court going to interpret
the Bible story Of the divine crea-
ton of man literally word for
asked Hayes. "If your honor does,
such an Interpretation is not writ
ten into the law. We want to show
here just what the Bible means"
Hayes charged Scopes was jeop-
ardized by two laws, one compelling
him to teach Hunters Biology be-
cause 1t was the textbook approved
by the State textbook conf 7isston,
and the other as the State contend
ed, forbidding him to teach II. One
law, Hayes said, ordered him to
teach biology,the other forbade it.
Bryan is Aroused.
This aroused the ire of William
! Jennings Byran, who entered the
debate for the first time. The com
moner's remarks led defense counsel
| to demand whether Bryan had been
entered on the record as an at.
! torney for the prosecution.
| "rhe Tennessee legislature passed
| this anti-evolution law without sus
pending the right of Scopes to tCacn
this book" said Hayes.
| That brought Bryan into the case
Still tanning himself, the commonsr
said: at does not matter if the
book was authorized. if the teach
ing of the theory of evolution was
forbidden, he had no right to teach
it,"
"That is a very good theory,
Hayes admitted. except the defense
holds that If the new law intended
to amend the old one. it would have
said So"
Hayes spoke the name Mr.
Bryan" stopped and asked TIT
court whether he could insert The
commoner's name in his remarks
Yesterday, the court made delens'
attorneys ignore Bryan.
do you mean the younger Bry
an?" asked the court.
mo, / mean William Jennings
Bryan" said Hayes.
The organs. father and son
looked as though they were about
to speak.
Colonel Bryan is here as an as
sociate counsel, believe" the
court ruled.
| Clarence barrow growled some
| thing in the ear of Dudley Field
Malone. Malone arose and de-
Inanded TO know whether the com
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
PHYSICIAN H A s
NEW ASTHMA
ae ~" I'M
RELIEF
His Method Is SimpIe-He
just Cleans the
Bedroom
BY international News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July Is.
Bronchial asthma, agonizing dis
ease that for centuries has baffled
medical science, has at last APP
parently been checked.
Doctor Abelson Epsteen, noted ply.
stefan, member of the Mount Zion
Hospital staff, in San Francisco, is
the man who, perhaps, has con-
quered the distressing aiIment.
His method is simple-now that
1t is known.
1t consists merely of cleaning the
patients bedroom-doing away
with germs which come from mat
tresses, carpets, blankets, pillows
and hangings.
Dust Is Cause.
Bedroom dust" coming in con-
tact with an activating agent
found in sea air has been largely
responsible for the intense suffer
ing of asthn1atic patients, accord
ing to Doctor Epsteen's theory.
In the befrilled, berugged bed
room Doctor Epsteen began his ex-
pertinent. .....s~ ..es~fy.
The symptoms of bronchial asth-
ma are due to- a spasm of the
muscle fibers in the air sacs of the
lungs, the physician said.
Modern medicines conception Of
bronchial asthma, Doctor Epstee: de-
clared, is based on the expert
mental fact that the disease is due
to protein sensitization.
Exhaustive investigation finally
led to the conclusion that tn 2
asthma protein could only come
from the bedroom, and that to do
damage it must come into contact
with some activating agent.
This activating agent, Doctor Ep.
steen discovered, was found in sea
air.
Proves Theory.
Doctor Epsteen then proceeded
to prove his theory.
He stripped a bedroom of rugs,
hangings, wall decorations and
wool blankets. He had the bed
room thoroughly cleaned. He COW
cred the mattresses with bags,
made of ordinary hospital rubber
sheeting, leaving not the least
space for mattress proteins to
escape.
Pillows were also encased in rub
Der. Wool-filled comforters were
substituted for wool blankets; lin
en- sheets, spread and pillow cases
for cotton ones.
He selected a patient--a typical
bronchial asthma case.
Doctor Epsteen took away all
medicines. He opened the windows,
and the wind and the fog poured
in.
Expected Worst.
The man went to bed fully pre-
pared for death by strangulation
before morning.
He did not strangle. He slept
peacefully. and the agonizing
wheeze and racking cough disap.
peared. ..e.. ..-.
Other experiments proved equally
successful. ~. .~.r
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PERIES
MADE Up BY
YOUTH
Handy Man Had Fantastic
Scheme to Make Job
Permanent
BY Internatlonal News Service.

QUINCY, Mass, July ia fan.
tastic program carried out by An.
drew F. Newcomb to keep his job
as handy man and factotum of VIII
liam Edwards, wealthy resident OF
Hough's Neck, landed the young
mar in the tolls of the law.
During the three months that
Newcomb was in the employ of Ed
wards, who is a retired merchant,
he led his employer to believe that
the latter was surrounded by secret
enemies and that his life was
threatened.
Nswconib. finally trapped. by prI-
vate detectives, confessed that his
bloGd.curdling tales were manufac.
u1ed from whole cloth for the sole
pul pose of making his job peg
manent.
Wrecked Auto Motor.
The handy man confessed, the
police said, that he once wrecked
the motors in his employers auto.
mobile and motor boat and then
laid the vandalism to the unknown
enemies"
On another occasion Newcomb
fired a revolver through a window
OF the Edwards home, declaring to
Edwards that he was shooting at q
man skulking near the window OUT
side. The enterprising Newcomb
placed some blood drops and {
bloody handkerchief near a. window
to make his story seem real.
Hired Detectives.
The wealthy employer became
greatly alarmed over the dangers
hc thought threatened him, so much
so, ir fact, that he employed a pri-
vafs detective agency to aid in run.
Ming down his secret foes.
The detectives, after an investi-
CATION, centered their attentions on
the former merchants major domo.
Tie sleuths came to the conclusion
tLat Newcomb's stories of dangers
that lurked on every hand were too
much like fiction.
Finally, Newcomb was taken into
custody and after being questioned
confessed.
Newcomb was charged with ma
liciously destroying his former en-
ployer's property.
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AUSTRALIA WILL
FETE FLEET
Of j. 6.
island Continent Prepares
Royal Welcome for "a, 900
American Sailors
By SIR JAMES ELDER,
Commissioner for Australia in the
United States,

Commissioners for Australia in the
United States.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Aus
tralian government and people are
q royal welcome for the
American naval squadron Of fifty
five men-o'-wa which are now
steaming southwest through the
blue waters of the Pacific toward
Page Page, the American naval
station in the Samoan group.
The, fifty-five ships left Pearl
Harbor a few days ago, bent on Il
neighbofly visit to the island CONT
nent of Australia which / have the
honor to represent IN America. Tn
der Admiral Coofltz, coInTnander-in-
chief of the United States navy,
this is the largest naval unit, Of
any nationality, that has ever visited
our commonwealth.
Australia is thrilled at the pros
pect. Australia is almost entirely
AngIo-Sax0n.
splendid reception. In every city
and town which they viii visit a
public holiday will be proclaimed.
Athletic Events Planned.
Your sailors are great athletes
We Australians are keen athletes
also. It was not surprising. there
fore, that Admiral Coontz promptly
accepted challenges issued to your
fleet to meet Australian stars in
series of rowing, boxing and other
athletic competition under strictly
amateur conditions. These contests
should prove an interesting Phase
of the fleets visit.
1t is Australians hope that this
occasion will go far in promoting
the friendship Of the two great
democracies of the Pacific
The fleet is due to reach
Australia on July %. The ships
will visit three cities-Sydney, the
capital Of New South Wales; Mel
bourne, the capital of Victoria, and
Hobart, the capital OF Tasmania
Before the fleet divides for this
purpose 1t will steam in the
vicinity of the Great Barrier Reef
of Queensland.
Notable Sights
Passing southwark, the fleet, as
it nears Sydney, will divide, the
major portion of the larger ships
going into that magnificent harbor
and the rest proceeding further
south into the landlocked waters Of
Port Philip Bay, on which Mel
bourne stands. A portion of the
latter squadron will afterward visit
Hobart.
In Melbourne Admiral Coontz
will officially receive Australia's
welcome from the Governor-Gen-
eral and the Prime Minister.
The American sailors will visit
the Blue Mountains Of New South
Wales and their wonderful caves.
Many will visit the famous Bull
Pass, the Hawkesbury River, the
Dandenong ranges, the gold mines
and the Australian Alps, with their
colossal gumtrees, which vie with
the California redwoods in girth
and height. In Tasmania, the
Great Lakes in the center of the
island will be visited.
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
HISTORIAN HELD
MUSSOL|N|'S
ENEMY
Professor SaIvemini Arrested
on Charge of Spreading
"Anti" Propaganda
BY international News Service.

ROME, July 16.-Professor Gae-
tano Sa1vemini. one of the most
brilliant historians in Italy and pro-
fessor Of history at Florence Univer-
sity,>has been arrested charged with
publication of anti-Fascist leaflets.
Many other Well.known Floren-
tines are also declared to be irnpli.
Gated in the clandestine printing
and diffusion Of these leaflets. called
Non Mollare." which have obtained
much notoriety since the opposition
press has been muzzled. H@
Professor Salvemini, after Al night
spent in the famous Ara Coeli prison,
under the same roof with the men
implicated in the ASA ssination Of
Matteotti, has been sent to Florence
and imprisoned in the Murat while
awaiting trial.
He declares that he can clear him
self OF the charges brought against
him, and the testimony upon which
he has been accused is regarded as
very slender and unconvincing.
In the meantime the Fascist news.
Dapers seem to take it for granted
that he is likely to remain where
he is and make no secret Of their
it1biIation
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO BAR TESTIMONY OF SCOPES
Man to Divorce Wife
Who Caused Him
To Be Lashed

FREDERICK, Nd, July Ia
Declaration that he would file
suit for divorce against his wife
was made today by Robert
shroyer, who yesterday was ad-
mintstered a whipping by the
State.
Shroyer's conviction last Mon
day, for wffe-beating aroused the
wrath OF Magistrate Guy X. Mot
ter, who declared that he would
make an example OF Shroyer, for
other wife.beaters.
The courts dictate was car
ried out late yesterday afternoon
when Ehroyer, tied to an Inn
provised whipping post, was
given ten lashes on his bare back.
He came out OF his ordeal weak
and pale: shook hands with the
sheriff who administered the
punishment and declared there
was no III feeling toward anyone,
except his wife, whom he de-
clared today he would attempt to
divorce.
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nloner's name was entered on the
record. The court said Bryan had
been duly recognized as one of the
States counsel
Hayes Avoids Name.
well. then. the leader of the
prosecution" Hayes began, when
Bryan again interrupted him.
"It might be WELL" the COM
moner declared. ito recognize, that
while the defense is seeking to
make me this case, that the fact
is the attorney general (StewarD is
in charge Of the case. / am only
an associate counsel.
Everybody bowed, the commoner
sat down, but Stewart arose and
announced that "in questions OF
law" he was referring to the
superior judgment Of the conmoner.
Hayes finished a moment later
without again referring to Bryan.
The master minds of science
Metcalf and others-hope to testify, II
permitted, that the scientific theory
and Biblical story do not conflict.
They will say, If permitted, that the
two are reconcilable. But the State
will not permit them to answer
except over a pile of objections, and
the indications were that somewhere
the court will sustain an objection.
The State took this stand on the
ground that the testimony by sci.
entists about evolution was "incom.
potent and irrelevant because it
rested solely with the jury to decide
whether the evolutionary theory
conflicted with the Biblical story
of the Divine creation of man."
To this premise, the defense
offered vigorous objection. They
pointed out that the twelve good
men and true all have testified,
when questioned as veniremen, that
they heard little discussion about
evolution, had not made up their
minds what it meant and were open
! to being convinced one way CT the
other on it's relation to the Biblical
origin OF man.
Jury Still Is Barred.
The defense further charged that
of all the spectators at the trial,
! these twelve farmers should be the
first to learn about evolution. Up
to this moment, the jury has been
barred even from hearing the eVo-
lutionary discussions between at
torneys. And they have heard not
one WOEO Tie SCAShbASeS' SNCAi
though. ultimately, they will be
called upon to decide whether Scopes
! taught the thing and If he aid
whether his particular lesson con
flicted with the Divine story about
the beginning of man.
With the jury sitting on the lawn
outside, herded away from the radio
by deputy sheriffs. Metcalf told the
| IawverS and visiting fans that the
world js 600 ,000.0 900 years old; that
evolution is the most difficult
thing in the world to define" and
that man Is not az highly evolved
as some other animals. He de-
scribed evolution as the change OF
an organism from one set OF char
acteristics into different Condi
ton. with differer; characteristics
| With the scientists barred. the
trial should end Saturday. but may
drag over until Monday.
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IN BOUT
HLANYER
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'e CONTINUED from First Pagel
spoken harsh words before and
asked him to guard his tongue.
Siegal's talk yesterday was ap-
parently the last straw for Rakusin,
who lost two cases in which Siegal
appeared.
I So it happened. by the merest
chance, that the two met on the
court house steps today and the
fight ensued.
The lawyer abruptly concluded the
unlicensed boxing exhibition by re-
treating to Police Court, where he
obtained a warrant for tho arrest
of the narcotic agent. Headquarters
Detective Serivener was sent out to
serve the paper.
In the meantime Mr.. Siegal is
preparing to hale Rakusin before
Justice Bailey for contempt of
court. Rakusin himself has indi-
Gated no plan CT further action.
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not be called upon to speak up)n
any point of law. If he does speak
it will be on evolution and it's re:a.
lion to the Bible, which the defense
las been trying to inject into the
trial.
May Have No Subject.
If the defense fails in this effort,
as was widely predicted today, the
great commoner will be without a
subject for the first time in his
life.
He will have come from Florida,
dropping his chautauqua engage
ments merely for a vacation in a
heat-stricken community, far from
the luxuries of life.
For if the scientific evidence is
forbidden by Judge John r. Raul.
ston, Bryan will likewise be pro
t.ibited from touching upon eVolsi
ton. from attacking the modernls;
cause, from defending fundamental
ism and even from indorsing thC
Piblical story Of the Divine crea
ton of man.
These subjects eliminated, the
conmoner might just as we'll have
remained in. Florida. His speech il
he makes one under these circurl
stances, could deal only with the
testimony of two fair-haired high
school youngsters who said Scopes
taught something or other from
page 1855 of Hunters Biology. Ant
even a Bryan can't use that for q
new "cross of gold" speech.
Stewart Makes Statement.
That the commoner would moi
speak on law points was revealed
by Attorney General A. Thomas
Stewart, head Of the prosecution
He said Bryan would speak only
when the state sums up and with
no subject, it's almost a safe predic
ton the commoner won't speak al
all
Defense attorneys plan to shut
him out entirely if the scientific
evidence is barred.
I'VE will make Bryan stick to
the testimony il he does speak. p
said Doctor John r. Neal, chief OF
defense counsel, land we will op.
pose with all our power any at
tempt by him to talk upon other
subjects. If he does so, we will
object to every sentence at the end
OF every sentence"
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
VETERAN To PAY
OLD DEBT
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only food left in the house was
three bags of meal.
He asked girl. who answered
his knock upon the door. for food.
She gave him q leaf Of fresh-baked
bread, explaining that he must keep
it q secret. Hill returned to the
house two nights and each time
got a loaf of bread. Then the
Union forces broke the Confederate
lines and he was rescued.
Hill said he was going to near
Lovettsville. Va, where the incident
Of many years ago occurred, hop
ing to find members Of the family
and pay the debt before he dies.
Hill said he paid another war
debt last year. He was wounded
at White Post. Va. a bullet crash
ing through his shoulder. and left
at the home Of q family named
Reardon to die. He was nursed
back to health, but the bullet was
never extracted and Fill gives him
pain. To show his appreciation
Ct tie service rendered by the Rear
dons, Hill went to White Post last
fall and strewed flowers unon the
graves of Tom Reardon. his daugh-
ter. and Mrs. Funkhouser. who
r1'nistered to him when he was
wounded.
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
HIDE FATE FROM
SON, SLAYER
Bees
Russell Scott and Wife Bid
Final Adieux As He Faces
Doom on GaIIoWs
BY International News Service.

CHICAGO, July 16.-With six
feet of space between them, ami
with two guards present, Russell
Scott and his wife, Catherine, bade
their last adieux today
Scott Is to be hanged tomorrow
MOI ming for the murder of Joseph
Maurer, a drug store clerk
Governor Small yesterday denied
by Mrs. Scott and Scott =
father that he intervene in the
execution. .....
Mrs. Scott watts in tears. Il did
verything / could she said. Il
have done everything, everything"
Scott, a jerking, tWitchl1g bun
die Of nervous despair. made a
pitiful effort to console her.
Il know you did," he said. IT
know you did. Yes, you've done
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
ARGENTINE GIRL FAILS
TO SWIM ENGLISH CtiANNEL

BOULOGNE, France, July t.
Miss Lillian Harrison the Argen-
tine girl swimmer, failed today in
her effort to be the first woman
ever to swim the English Channel,
according to reports reaching this
port.
Strong northwest winds were en-
countered when the girl was more
than eighteen kilometers out.
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
Bryan May Be Barred
From Making His New
Gross of Gold" Speech
international News Service

DAYTON. Tenn, July 16.-Wh-
liam Jennings Bryan, hailed as the
evangelical leader of the prosecu-
ton" may be barred from making
a new "cross of gold' spAech in
the Scopes anti-evolution trial, in
ternational News Service learned
today.
Although he has waited in INC
stuffy courtroom for week. fal.
ring himself patiently, while Other
orators held the spotlight, Bryan
may be counted out in his chair.
Under the prosecutions present
plans, 1t was learned. Bryan will
The Washington times., 1925-07-16
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SOURCE
New York BootleggeFs Now
Depend on Own Brew,
Survey Shows
BY DAVID sENTNER
r..4..n.4lnna1 Nnwa RervIcn


NEW YORK, July l6.A-With
the wiping out of rum row, boot
leggers Of Long Island, the liquor
funnel of the East, have borrowed
a page from the southern noun
taineer's illegal book and entered
the distillery business on an or
ganized basis, survey disclosed
today.
Along the scalloped coast line
of the south side Of Long Island,
former haunt of the Elusive rum
runner, there is now \ cracking
"stiIl' to almost every. mile,
laboring on q twenty-four hour
shift to relieve the thirsty Of
New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and adjacent points.
Evidence Of Activity.
Rockaway peninsula, with its III
charted inlets and desolate strff
of beach, appears to be the cen.ra
link in this chain of 'stills" whic
stretched for fifty miles from Fir
island to Rockaway point.
The ruins OF 50-gailon ''stiiI
which recently exploded near Il
wood, is public evidence Of IL
illicit manufacture.
In. most cases the stills a.
isolated in shacks on the outskiF
of towns. In some instances II
distilling is performed in an, or
house or cellar of the pretentios
homes Of lieutenant bootleggers.
Disguised As Oil.
The product Of the .'bubblin
mash is shipped in highspee
trucks along the RockaWaY turn
pike into New York. The goods
are generally disguised in five-gal
lon gasoline cans, bearing tn
forged name Of popularity known
oil company. incidentally, boot
Ieggers have learned there is les.
danger running the gauntlet" !,
daylight than at night,
The coast guard has nagged W
off the ocean for the time being,
today confessed Captain *" vetefa
field agent for a boof4eSgil..
even got airplanes checking up or
the coast guard at Fire Island and
other places. A
within five years the colntr!
will no longer be dependent on for
eign importations, for liquor but can
count on the domestic. output. Can
we make as good. stuff. IN 9 still?
Perhaps now the goods are a little
green but we have the best chem
lists we can hire working for Us"
State Commissioners OF Health
Matthias Nicoll reports deaths from
alcoholic poisoning in New York
ARE increasing steadily. Commits
sioner NicoIl said the official deaths
recorded only a small portion II
the persons who died from bad
liquor"
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isn't your faul..

everything. 1t isn't your fault.
Oh. | know it isn't your fault.
"Well don't let the kids know
not while they're young. anyway.
"lt'S all horrible mistake.
They'll hang me-yes. And then
they'll find out what a mistake
they've made. Some day the truth
will be known. Oh it's all wrong.
It, all wrong. Try to keep it from
the kids. especially from Robert.
Don't let him know that his daddy
was hanged on his seventh birth
day"
Scott has three children. all Of
whom are in Rocheste, N. Y.
Scott did not sleep much last
night, according to his guards. He
sat up, they said, telling them his
life history. For breakfast, toast
and a cup Of coffee sufficed.