White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-31
Worlds News

DAYTON, Tenn.-A verdict OF
guilty was returned in the John
Thomas Scopes evolution trial last
week, nine minutes after the case
was given to the jury.
Judge John T. Raulston fixed the
penalty at 500 fine, the minimum
under the new state law which for
bids the teaching Of the evolution
theory in the public schools OF Ten
nessee. Bond was fixed at $500 pend
ing appeal of the case to the higher
courts.
'Have you anything to say, Mr.
Scopes?' asked the judge when the
verdict was read
Your honor, have been convicted
of violating an unjust statute" re-
oiled Scopes. "Any action other than
| have pursued would be in violation
of my idea of academic freedom"
He added to the court that he would
continue to oppose the law in every
way in his power, as he considered it
an unjust law and in violation of the
Constitution.
Arthur G. Hays, for the defense,
made formal motion for arrest OF
judgment. Judge Raulston pointed
out that the law Of Tennessee permits
go days for perfecting an appeal.
h.
would be made to the supreme court
meeting at Knoxville. The court gave
the defense 80 days in which to per
feet the appeal and said that an ex-
tension would be granted if neces-
sary
TORONTO, Ont-While scientists
often have thought they had their
fingers on a vitamin, "there is not
known to be single vitamin in cap
tivity," DR.. w. G. Dawes of Bozeman,
Mont, told the American Osteopathic
Association at it's convention here.
DR.. Dawes argued for the use Of I'M
cooked foods, pointing out what he
regarded as disadvantages growing
out of modern methods of food prepa-
ration. DIR. w. Curtis Brigham of Los
Angeles said osteopathic teaching has
affected, to some extent, the cur
riculum Of every medical teaching in
stitution in the world. In an address
before the section discussing diseases
of children, Dr. Earl ]. Drinkall de-
clared that food manufacturing pro
cesses of today are at the root OF
most of the ills of childhood.
LOS ANGELES-Americ is today
enjoying the greatest prosperity in
it's history and the nations well-being
is the greatest Of any country at any
time in the history of the world, Her
bert Hoover, secretary of commerce,
declared here. Foreign trade is in
creasing so rapidly greater Pacific
Coast harbors will soon be needed,
Hoover said.
Chicago.-John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
has contributed $1,OO0,0OO for endow
ment of the Divinity School of the
University Of Chicago. This contribu
ton did not apply to the $17,50O,O00
fund which the university is attempt
ing to raise this year.
ALBANY, Ore-Eighty-thr straw
berries, brought to Albany from the
patch of S. G. Hyde, weighed exactly
six pounds.
TOKYO.-The foreign office here
has admitted that on July 10 Japan
sent note of friendly advice" warn
ing China that all treaties must be
carried out, that order should be
restored as soon as possible, that for
eigners should be fully protected and
that petty attempts to disrupt cooper
alton among the powers should be
avoided The note pointed out Japan's
sympathy for China, but declared it
was impossible to revise the foreign
treaties while anti-foreign disturb
ances were rampant.
NEW YORK-Girls stood pre-em1-
nent in the national prize essay con
tests for young students of chemistry
winning four of the six scholarships
offered by the American Chemical
Society, the awards committee headed
by Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, announced last week. The
girl winners will study at Vassar and
the two boys at Yale, each receiving
tuition fees throughout the four years
of college and $500 expenses annually
from a fund established by Mr.. and
Mrs Francis P. Garvin of New York
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