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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
w. H. FORST, MFG.
Poetry Profitable
SCOTTDALE. PA.

w. N. U., MILWAUKEE,, NO. 2e-.1e
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
Y To LAUNCH.
DRIVE FOR
$4,000
Solicitations to Start January
IA and Continue for
Week

Plans are being made by the z.
M. C. A. for the annual financial
solicitation for current expenses
which is to start January IA to
continue one week. Forty-fiv0
thousand dollars is to be asked OK
the Washington public, which Is
about IL per cent of what it costs
to operate for a year. The other
SO per cent is obtained through the
activities Of the association.
Claude w. Owen is to be general
chairman Of the financial solicita.
ton; John Poole, treasurer; and
Leonard w. DeGast, secretary.
Other members Of the committee
include Byron s. Adams, Clarence
A. Aspinwall, William Knowles
Cooper, w. S. Corby, e. II. De-
Groot, jr.; Doctor William J. Sho-
walter, w. w. Everett, Mrs. Will
SON Compton, William Radcliffe
Doctor George Otis Smith, Hugh A.
Thrift.
There are to be $50 workers and
they will be captained by A. l..
Baldwin, L. M. Belts, M. o. Chance,
c. r. Crane, Doctor E. M. Ellison,
n. e. Ellsworth, Lee B. Eynon, b.
s. Foster, T. j. Frailey, Charles c.
Graves, C. LE Harding, G.. s.
Jameson, J. o. Johnson, Guy w.
Lane, Colin III. Livingston, Jerome
M. Ludlow, r. L. McKeever, Edgar
Morris, George w. Offutt, H. L.
Rust, jr., Doctor George T. Sharp.
Secretaries chosen to assist the
various teams will include r. E.
Myers, Belson M. Blake, Page NICK.
Etchison, C. E. Beckett, o. Kellar,
D. A. Dollarhide, E. B. Fuller, H.
j. Ramsey, c. e. Fleming, H. G.
Brown, e. A. Drumm, J., Rankin
Spears, J. A. Bell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
MASONS WILL ENTERTAIN
200 CONGRESS MEMBERS

A banquet will be given Tuesday
at the Wardman Park Hotel by
Cathedral Lodge, No. 40, in honor
Of Masons in the executive, legis-
lative and judicial departments OF
the Federal Government. More
than 200 Senators and congressman
are expected to attend.
The event will be unusual, in that
it will be the first time that the
Masons in the Senate and the
House have been assembled as the
guests of a Washington lodge.
Eugene e. Thompson is worship
full master. The entertainment Is
under the direction of George Pitt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow

Today.
Luncheon-By the Washington prancn
of the Vassar Alumni Association IN 'ne
Grace Dodge Hotel today. ,,L
acknowledgements Eastern star SIuO
OF the Treasury Department at 1SCO ocL
MeetfnK-W ashington Centennial Chap-
ter will meet tonight to select patron;
BaIl-Annual Childrens Hospital Dan
at the willard Hotel at O'CLOCK
Tomorrow.
Dance-Cnder auspices of the Com
munfty Service at 1912 Ninth street
northwest. at $3.50 o'clock: $500,
Dance-At the Elks Club at Scaocn n; n;
Meeting and dance-under auspices ..
the Susan B. Anthony Foundati1In,
the Playhouse, 1914 N street northwest
at g O'Clock -, c,,,A
concert-By oberlin College Glee club
at the First Congregational IN u
Tenth and G streets nor'n"e''
Church, who was taken Ill while
assisting in the watch-night services
at Falls Church, was reported better
today.
A special meeting Of Columbia
Lodge; No. 1885,, A. F. and A. M,
will be held tomorrow night ut 8
o'clock, when the Master Mason's
degree will be conferred.
The degree team Of the Arlington
Lodge, No. 1913, 1. o. o. F., VIII go
to Washington tonight, where they
viii install the newly elected or.
ficers Of Federal Lodge, No. 20 OK
the District Of Columbia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
CONG. GASQUE TO ADDRESS
COLUMBIA CITIZEN GROUP

The Columbia Heights Citizens
Association will meet Tuesday at
o'clock at st. Stephens Hall,
BOLT Fourteenth street.
Congressman Allard III. Gasque,
a member of the House Committee
of the District, will talk on Pub
lie Schools and District Welfare"
Jesse C. Suter, president Of the
Federation of Citizens Association
will also talk,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
ROBIN HOOD CLUB
ANNOUNCES IT'S EROLlc

The Robin Hood Club will hold
its inaugural frolic at the Willard
Hotel on the night Of February "a.
Proceeds will be applied to the
new building fund Of the Shrine
Of the Blessed Sacrament at Chevy
Chase
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-02
D RfF 7 s DELAY.
/ CLARENDON
/ TRAFFIC..
Car DeraiIs atsAriington juno
tion-TeIephone Lines Are
Still Intact

CLARENDON, wa, Jan. with
tracks, trains of the Washington
Virginia Railway experienced con-
siderable trouble during the early
hours today.
With car derailed at; Arlington
function the traffic was delayed
more than two hours. Operators
Of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company and officials
Of the Alexandria Light and Power
Company report that no damage
has yet been done to their lines.
Very few autoists ventured out
with their cars, high drifts along
the roads make travelling very diff
ficuIt.
The machines en- route to Wash
lngton were packed.
All records In the number OF
deeds recorded IN the office Of
William II. Duncan, clerk of the
court, were broken in 1924. A
total Of 4,721 deeds were filed, said
r. e. Remington, deputy clerk.
AT the annual election of officers
D0r the year, at a meeting of the
Ballston Council, No. 221, Junior
Order United American Mechanics,
the. following were elected: Thomos
Edward Smoot, councillor; Joseph
King, junior past councillor; H. L.
McFal1. vice councillor; John Will
lams, financial secretary; Willard p.
Devine, recording secretary; Russell
y. McShea, treasurer; Bernard Tai
bott, inside sentinel; w. F. Miller,
outside sentinel; J. d. Foster, con-
ductor, and Fred Collins, warden.
The newly elected officers will be
Installed by Frank Sanderson, State
deputy, assisted by Howard A.
Smoot, senior past councillor, at the
next meeting, January z.
The condition of William Stan.
holtz. eighteen. years old, who. was
accidentally shot by his brother,
Leslie, twelve, while returning from
Q hunting trip Wednesday night,
vas reported as greatly improved
today.
The Reverend E. L. Smelling,
pastor OF the Clarendon Presbyterian
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THE man on the street is rising
to the realization that his sacred
fights are menaced. When that
sort of realization crystallizes, it
can raise more hell than redfire
and mob excitement.
Those who are behind the prose.
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T ANA G1AL
RULE MAY
RESIQ I
Teacher Fears Bigotry and
intolerance viii Loom If
Case Is Lost
BY WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON,
Intern lionai Nsws services. I'D

80
DAYTON, Tenn, July 81 The
Tennessee vClution case,
testing the right IL any state 10
dictate the limits Of public educa-
ton should be fought out on con-
stitutional grounds, John Thomas
Scopes, youthful defendant in the
legal battle of the century" de-
clared today in an exclusive inter-
view with the international News
Service.
This was the battle issue drawn
by the twSnty-fonr-year-old school
teacher, after William Jennings
Bryan, his leading prosecutor, had
electrified this little mountain
community by predicting a "duel
to the death" between evolution
and Christianity.
Face To Face.
The boy defendant from the hills
and his world.famed and gray.
haired nemesis faced each other
across the banquet table. but
Scopes ignored the challenge. He
declared today it was his wish that
the ist-fundamentalist row
be kept out of his trial.
The issue Is serious enough, he
said. If the. fight is lost to the
evolutionists, Scopes predicted a
wholesale drive by religious, politl.
cal and economic fanatics to force
their theories upon the general pub.
lie by placing limitations on public
school curriculums. In the end, he
warned. there would result a blight
ed national education.
1.-The real issue here said
Scopes, "is whether the anti-evolu-
ton law is constitutional. l be-
lieve it is not because 1t violates
the religious freedom guarantee and
the property rights clause of the
Constitution.
What was your purpose in vol.
UNFAIRLY becoming the defendant in
this case?" he was asked.
II wanted to safeguard our pub
lie schools from Entertainments by
any religious group" he replied
Education means broadening of
the mind. To limit our curriculum
in the public schools of Tennessee,
as this law provided. was to mar
row the field of education, to fos-
ter bigotry and to force the re-
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MOTHER SEEKS
CUSTODY Of
CHILD
StaIen From Home BY Es-
tranged Daughter and Two
Men, She Claims
szszssgssz s:.;::s:3 .s3:'-'s

Ale ging that her minor son.
Philip D. Wormeley. jr.. has been
seized by her daughter and two
strange men. Mrs. Lucy D. Worme-
ley. 1927 Thirty-first street north
west, today filed a petition in the
District Supreme Court asking that
PhiliI, l.. Wormeley, from WHOM
she obtained limited divorce May
2. 1922. be directed to bring the
child into court for examination AZ
to his wishes regarding his custody.
Justice Bailey signed an order re.
curing Wormeley TO show cause
July 10 why Mrs, Wormeley's Pc
titicn should not be granted.
Represented by Attorneys Doub-
las, Obear & Douglas. Mrs. Worme-
ley declares that the court decree
gave her husband the custody OF
the child for a continuous period
o. six weeks, to commence July
of each year.
Finding that this arrangement
was announcement TO him. Worme-
ley, according tc Mrs. Wormeley,
in the summer Of 1922 agreed 20
surrender this proviso If she agreed
to let him have the boy every Sal
urday afternoon. She claimed that
the child exhibited a decided All.
tipathy to his father and would not,
unless forced to do so, accompany
him.
About a year and half ago Mrs.
Wormeley said her daughter, Lucy,
became estranged from her and mas
since married, and that Mr.. worme-
ley has since also stopped Visitin :
! her, for which she believes her
daughter Is responsible.
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John D. Rockefeller
Plays Golf (M
Birthday

TARRYTOWN, N. l., Jky 8.
John D. Rockefeller is finding
that golf is keeping him yOung.
He celebrated his eighty sixth
birthday quietly on his est ate at
Pocantico hills today, but man.
aged to get in his daily round
of golf.
He has been playing nine
holes a day for some time and
his friends say his game never
was better. On Monday he
made nine holes in 48.
After his. golf today, Mr..
Rockefeller planned to have
dinner with his family and to
hear an organ recital by the
Reverend John M. Furman, of
the First Reformed Church of
Tarrytown. Reverend Mr.. Fur
man has been invited to the
Rockefeller home.
1t was announced that "Mr.
Rockefeller is we'll and full of
good cheer, and is full of graft
tude for all the blessings that
the coming years holds out for
him."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
WIFE SHOOTER
STILL SOUGHT
BY POLICE
Mrs. B. l. Todd Is Said to
Have Even Chance of Life
at Hospital

HUNTINGTON, Md, July S.
While Mrs. Beatrice Lyons Todd is
fighting for her life in the Calvert
County Hospital at Prince Fred
erlck. the authorities here are con-
tinuing their search for her hus-
band, Ralph Todd. who shot her
and her mother. Mrs. Oden Lyons,
as they were driving him to a bus
station yesterday.
The last time Todd was seen was
yesterday on the railroad tracks
near Upper Marlboro. He is be-
lieVed to have fled to Washington
or Baltimore.
Physicians at the county hospital
declare that Mrs. Todd. who was
shot through he abdomen, has an
even chance for recovery. though
she spent very bad night. Her
mother is out of danger.
Although the authorities feel sure
that Todd has fled from this sec
ton. they and armed posses are
continuing to search the woods
along the Patuxent and highways
OF Calvert county for him. His
description also has been furnished
to police in Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Todd is believed to have been
crazed by the heat when he sud
denly drew a pistol as the car in
which he, his wife, and his mother
in'law were driving along a secluded
road near here and shot them both.
He was on his way back to Balti
more. where he Is a street car
conductor, after spending the week
end over the Fourth of July with
his family.
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Held
FOR HER
SHOTS
Mrs. Edith Davis Breaks Down
I After Badly Wounding Her
Actor Husband
d. 1ns.rnatIonaI Nsws seEvIee.


NEW YORK, July s.. Maintain
ING stoical silence as 70 her
motive, Mrs. Edith Davis, wash
ing 6n actress toasted along Broad
way a year ago as the most
beautiful girl of the "Vanities, !"
was held without bail today when
arraigned for the shooting Of her
husband, Allen Davis, actor, in q
current production.
Convulsive sobs shook her as
her lawyer, Marks Wolff. entered
a formal plea of not guilty for
her. The courtroom was crowded
with theatrical folk and Broadway
haE,itues.
The pretty show girl. known un.
der her stage name of Edith Park
err" will be held until the extent
Of Davis injuries are ascertained.
He has a bullet in his face and
another in his body.
While. the police have beeyl un-
able to extract from the wife any
reason for her dramatic shooting OF
her husband at a stag dinner
party, they are proceeding upon the
theory that another woman" was
at the bottom of the affair.
When Mrs. Davis heard her hear.
ing was to be put off until FRIDAY,
pending the outcome Of aer nus.
bands condition. she stamped her
foot and demanded of her lawyer:
Why can't this case be disposed
Of immediately"
Asked whether she would tell
what woman. if any. was the cause
of the shooting, she replied:
Il certainly will not tell a thing
until hear how his (her husbands
feelings are towards me-"
Examination OF the revolver in
court showed there were two bullets
iammed in the barrel Detectives
said they believed Mrs. Davis tried
to shoot herself but her attempt
was frustrated when the gun jam.
med.
"Oh, why |. did I do it-why. did I
do it,"
Over and over. pretty Mrs.
Davis, moaned In court.
God. don't let him die" she
cried, IT love him So"
Dinner Interrupted.
The shooting occurred last night
in bedroom of the apartment of
Henry Gribble, an actor, in the
heart of the bright light district.
Gribble and Davis were about to
have dinner together. Mrs. Davis
suddenly appeared and said, quiet
~:
Il want to see my husband
alone"
There was an exchange OF sharp
words-the firing OF two revolver
shots. The promising young Broad
way actor was shot twice
Mrs. Davis fled and was caught
by two policemen.
At the hospital, where he was
taken, Davis told detectives not to
allow his wife to see him IL she is
released after arraignment today.
Il never want to see her again."
ne said.
Mrs. Davis will be held pending
the outcome of her husbands in
juries. An operation will be neces-
sary, physicians said.
Mrs. Davis refused at first to
reveal the cause of the shooting;
but later stated 1t was all over
another woman
Well Known In II. G.
Both Allen Davis and Mrs. Davis
are well known in Washington.
Washingtonians will remember
Cargo" which played here recently.
an actress. In the "Vanities Of
hn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
Darrou Sees Decline
of Tolerance
By JACK LAIT,
Noted Playwright and Short Story Writer.

CHICAGO July SCarence S. Darrow, counsel for the de-
Tense Forthcoming Scopes trial Dayton Tenn
his his law office surrounded by heaps of fan-ma
like movie sar-letters glorifyng vlifyng cheering,
threatening him.
'You see he said ''ths evolution trial. it is known,
whereas nothing of the Sort has aroused the motions and
passions nation And far has scarcely affected
handful souls That is manifestation that America ism t
the superficial grubbng country sometimes folks
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Monkey
Shines
b IntsrnationaI News serviee.

by 1De0R1oeaOm0A News Services
DAYTON. Tenn, July S.-With
William Jennings Bryan en-
trenched here az the 'backbone
of the prosecution, Dayton sat
hack today to await the arrival Of
the worId-famed coterie of at
torneys who will defend John I.
Scopes In Tennessee's anti-evolu.
ton trial.
Announcement was made that
Clarence DarroW, famous Chicago
criminal lawyer; Dudley Field Ma
lone and Arthur Garfield Hayes,
OF New York. would arrive to-
morrow to aid the defense. No
word had been received from
Bainbridge Colby. former Secre-
tary Of state. but be wa6 also ex-
pected tomorrow.
The whole community thrilled
this morning to Bryan's presence.
His startling declaration Of q
duel to the death, between evo-
luton and Christianity launched
an epidemic of sidewalk debates.
1t was the only subject under con-
sideration and the ftndannental-
lists, who dominate this section Of
Tennessee. were ID high spirits.
Sheriff r. b Harris cnntlnle1
the service. OF Hubpoenas on me
Jury panel, chosen by the county
court. A heavy rain, laich
wreaked havoc on the mount
roads, delayed the sheriff's work.
as most OF the prospective jurors
live In the hilly sections OF the
county.
The community chuckIed today
over an invitation extended VIII
lam Jennings Bryan by George
w. Rapplyea, who initiated the
evolution trial. to attend . Day
ton Sunday school next Sunday.
Rapplyea asked Bryan to visit
the Methodist church.
''I don't know" replied Bryan
my father was q Baptist, my
mother a Methodist, while I'm g
Presbyterian. I don't know which
church I'll attend"
That's all right. retorted
Rapplyea, my father was Bap
fist. my mother q Catohlic and
I'm a Methodist. Come with
me-"
John T. Scopes left for Chat
tanooga during the forenoon to
meet his father, Thomas Scopes.
of Paducah, KY, who will at
tend the trial. It will be the
first visit to Tennessee for
Scopes. senior.
The lone movie palace, gracing
Dayton's main street, displayed
lurid posters today announcing
motion pictures of Scopes in.
dictment. Throngs visited the
theater more to see themselves
in the movies than to witness
the events in which Scopes was
starred.
One lonely hot-dog vendor has
stationed his wheeled stand on
Market street. Hundreds moro
are expected before the trial
opens Friday.
A new evolution display APP.
peared in a Market street store
window this morning. 1t showed
the evolution" of an automobile
tire and the glaring announce
ments drew crowds.
They still ride mules to town
in this section, so q new hitch
ing rack has been erected near
the courthouse for the convent
ence of visitors to the trial. 1t
will accommodate about twenty
mountain Fords." as the mules
are called here.
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Be IEVE D
He AIRING
NIBS[QJE
THEM
Commissioner Is Arraigned
Bitterly BY Board Of
Trade Members

Commissioner Frederick al. Fen.
ming today denied attempting TO
influence the Chambef Of Com
merce ii the case of Captain AZ
lht ]. Headlsy, denoted police
ihs actor.
81 believed . courtesy due
/ the board ii directors 81 the
chamber to advise some Of It's
members that the action Of the
Commissioners was taken ad-
| yisedly and after due considers
ton" he said.
There was no thought in my
mind OF influencing the action Of
the board"
| Chamber Demands Action.
IN q resolution passed. the
Chamber last night demanded that
the Commissioners reinstate Cap
tain Headley as Inspector In charge
of the Traffic Bureau and give him
q hearing to substantiate any
charges against him.
Commissioners Fenning made 1t
known that he did not believe that
some members Of the board appre-
ciated the courtesy which he showed
yesterday by comforting with four
of the directors on the Headley
case.
II am constrained to believe" he
said, that after mature considera-
ton, the board members will APP
preciate the spirit in which made
certain statements to several direc-
tors
Commissioner Fenning also stated
he made no attempt to communicate
with Charles w. Darr, chairman of
the police and fire committee of
the chamber. who last night led the
fight for the adoption of the Head
/ ley resolution.
IT did not discuss the case with
Mr.. Darr because he has never
communicated with me on the sub
ject." Commissioner Fenning said.
The Commissioner reiterated his
statement that the Headley case
was closed incident
However. If / personally receive
any communications on the mat.
ter, / will refer them to the board
he said. "I know that the board
communications
ceived by me and it due consid-
The Commissioners would not
comment on the action of the
chamber last night, nor would he
verify the statement of several
directors that he told them M. ..
Eldridge, Director of Traffic, had
stated that either he (Eldridge) or
Headley must go. }
Resolution Demands Action.
. The session at the Chamber of
Commerce resulted in the adoption
Commissioners that Headley be
given back his inspectors, job and
that he keep the higher rank until
the charges which caused his de-
motion are substantiated.
One surprise followed another at
the chamber meeting.
It was revealed that Commits
siOner Fenning had talked with
four members of the board of d.
reCtOrs on the Headley case. Two
of the directors were summoned 10
he visited, and the fourth just
happened in" They were Martin
A. Leese, Colonel w. v. ShipIey,
John H. Hanna and G. Manson
F6Ote.
Mr.. Foote told the board that
Commissioner Fenning revealed to
him the reason for Captain Head
ley's demotion. Mr.. Foote said:
Reason for DemOtion.
Shortly after o'clock I was
called to the District Building by
Commissioner Fenning. It was the
first time I was aware the Com
missioner knew of me. When
went into conference with him he
reminded me that there was tn 10
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Well Known In u. G.

Both Allen Davis and Mrs. Davis
are we'll known in Washington.
Washingtonians will remember
Davis in the company of the White
Cargo" which played here recently.
Mrs. Davis was Edith Parker"
an actress. In the "Vanities Of
1924" she was selected a. The
most beautiful girl.
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bic DRIVE IS ON
To GUT DOWN
SURTAXES

SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. July s.
A new Administration drive to
educate the general public to the
need for drastic reductions in the
higher income tax brackets was
under way today. personally directed
by President Coolidge from his gum.
mer White House here.
The President and his financial
Continued ON Page 2, Column 81
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SCOPES SAYS FANATICS WILL RULE IF He LOS
OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow /;
not much change in temperature. Temp.
erature yesterday Highest, 90; lowest, "a.
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Service has the exclusive rirb+.
TO usa for republication, in form, of ali news
dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited
republication all the local or undated news n1b
lished herein. as wen all specta dispatches.
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Accident, Police Say.
Pass / in 8 Chiropractors

ASBURY PARK, n. j., July s.
Determination Of the State Board
OF Medical Examiners to practice
caution in granting licenses to chiro-
practors was demonstrated when the
board at its annual meeting only one
of eight who applied for licenses
this year passed.
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,ution are honest. They believe
with the zeal Of the crusader and
have no doubt they are right. The
less men know, the fewer doubts
Continued on Page 2, Corulnn ~
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They still ride mules to town
in this section, so a new hitch
ing rack has been erected near
the courthouse for the convent
ence of visitors to the trial. 1t
will accommodate about twenty
mountain Fords." as the mules
are called here.