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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 170
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
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JURY CHOSEN TO
TRY SCOPES FOR
FALSE TEACHING
JURY CONSISTS OF NINE FARM
ERS. FRUIT GROWER, CLERK
AND FARMER-TEACHER
*‘DID SCOPES TEACH EVOLUTION’
All But One Juror belong to Some
Evangelical Denomination—
“Fundamentalist Jury.’’
DAYTON, Tenn., July 11 (£>)—'The
jury to try Professor John A. Scopes
the Tennessee professor, for violation
of the State law against the teaching
of evolution, was secured yesterday
afternoon. It consists of nine farmers
one teach, one fruit grower, one far
mer teacher and one clerk. The ques
lion of the admission of scientific tes
timony in regard to evolution will be
fought in court Monday when it re
convenes. There will be no session
today to enable the defense to confer.
The only issue in the case will be
“Did Scopes teach that man descend
ed from a lower order of animals.’1
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Attorney General Stewart said today.
He said that the theory of evolution
was not involved in the State’s posi
tion.
Jury Ail Church Members
DAYTON, Term., July 11 (JP)—Court
adjourned until Monday after com
pleting the jury panel yesterday. All
but one of the jurors belong to some
evangelical denomination. Clarence
Darrow said the jury was a fundamen
talist one. One talesman who did not
belong to the church was rejected.
Attorney General Stewart said to
a representative of the Associated
1 Press: “My understanding is that
Scopes will not deny that he taught
students of the high schools of Rhea
county that man descended from the
lower order of animals. If this be true
he is guilty, and all the evidence of
scientists within reach cannot save
nim. He might claim that man is
descended from lower animals by
<jod’s creation, but this cannot make
a difference. The law says that this
cannot be taugh in our schools. If
such evidence is used, both sides will
end in a babel of tongues. Such evi
dence is incompetent and our stand
:s definite and determined.”
BISHOP CRIMONT
TOURS ALASKA
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The Rt. Rev. J. R. Crimont, S. J.f
D. D., Catholic Bishop of Alaska, arriv
ed on the steamship Alaska on his
way to Interior points. Bishop Cri
mont will leave on tomorrow’s train
for Anchorage, thence to the Interior,
Taking steamer down the Yukon river
and thence to Nome. He will endea
vor to catch the steamship Victoria,
leaving Nome the first of next month.
Bishop Crimont has recovered from
a slight indisposition caused by the
influenze, prevalent at Juneau this
‘ spring. He will hold services at the
local church tomorrow morning at 7
o’clock, taking the train at 8.
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MILITARY ACTIVITY IN CANTON
SHANGHAI, July 1. (£>)-—Military
activities in Canton are adding to
the apprenension already felt by for
eign residents in their concessions at
Shameen. One Chinese general boast
ed that he was able to capture Sha
meen in spite of the fortifications.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
SENATOR BINGHAM
PRAISES ALASKA
SEATTLE, July 11 (Jp)—After a fly
• ing visit to Alaska, Senator Bingham
; of Connecticut, arrived here yester
: day. He said: “I did not go there tc
: form any conclusions in either of m>
j committee interests, but I am might}
j glad I went, for I can form more in
! telligent conclusions. I visited tli€
I Army post at Haines. I must say the
! men there are in tiptop shape and ii
is a fine post with a fine lot of mer
garrisoning it.”
Bingham is a member of the com
mittees on Territories and Army Posts
as well as Chairman of the Aviation
committee.
Golden Center Mine
Stock Breaks Record
NEW YORK, July 11 (£>)—'The Gold
en Center mine, whose enormous
turnover was featured Thursday in
fcthe curb market, broke around 6 and
a half. Total transactions were 30,00C
shares. The Engineer Mine broke al
8 point to 80 and rallied at 85.
NEW GOLD STRIKE
AT BABINE RIVER
HAZELTON, B. C., July 11 (/p)_
Charles Ekk and M. F. Burke of Ha
zelton, returned Wednesday, bringing
a bottle of gold dust. They report
striking a rich placer field in the Ba
bine river district, seven miles above
the totem pole at the Kiskijas Indian
village. Both men! declared the strike
was on an easy trail, but refused to
give the location until their claims
were recorded. They said they would
return to the scene of the strike as
soon as they stocked up with sup
plies.
Dance the Rye Waltz at Dream
land tonight, led by two prominent
citizens.
'catholic services tomorrow
I Services will be held in the local
j Catholic church tomorrow morning at
17:00 o’clock sharp, by Rt. Rev. Bishop
• Crimont. Tourists may avail them
selves of this opportunity to attend
these services and catch the eight
o’clock train.
Fr. Bastnagel of Indianapolis is on
i tonight’s train and will probably hold
| services at the usual hour, in addition
j to the services held at 7 o’clock.
QUAKE BREAKS
TAILINGS DAM
GREAT FALLS
THREE HOUSES DESTROYED AND
CHILDREN BURIED UNDER
MUD AND SLIME
GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 11 (JP).
' The earthquake yesterday adding to
the strain from the tremors of June
27 are blamed for the breaking of the
tailings dam of the Silver Dyke Min
ing Company at Neihart, 68 miles
southeast of here last night, burying
two children under tons of mud and
slime and destroying three houses.
Damage is estimated at $15,000.
Merrill Ricker, father of the dead chil
dren, with his wife and another child,
climbed over the debris which the
flood of water and piled piled up and
escaped.
The company’s storeroom and pump
ing station were wrecked.
KELLOGG TO VISIT COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11. (£>)
—Secretary Kellogg abandoned his
vacation trip and instead is arriving
at Swampscott today to visit Presi
dent Coolidge. It is believed that
some development more than or Ji
nary importance has arisen.
CHANGE PASTURE HELPED
NEW YORK, July 11. (£>)— Stan
Cloveskie, veteran American League
hurler cast off by Cleveland in the
winter, is proving to be the sensa
tion of the American League, having
won eleven games for Washington
while losing but one. _
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EMERY VALENTINE
AT DEATH’S DOOR
i JUNEAU, Alaska, July 11 (/P)—
' Emery Valentine, pioneer jeweler
and politician, is in St. Ann’s hospital
in a critical condition following a
stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Valentine has
been in a comatose condition since
Thursday, and physicians last night
held out little hope for his recovery.
Mr. Valentine has been identified
I with the business interests of Juneau
for many years.
Two Miners Killed When
Drill Hits Missed Shot
EUREKA, Utah, July 11 (/P)—'Two
miners were killed yesterday by an
explosion in the Apex Standard Me
tal Mine, attributed to a drill hitting
a missed shot.
PRIMITIVE SKULL
FOUND TIBERIAS
JERUSALEM, July 11 (£>)—Director
Gartland of the British School of Ar
chaeology confirmed the scientific
value of the discovery of a primitive
skull at Tabagha, near Tiberias. The
supraorbital prominence and depress
ed forehead characterizes the skull,
which is more like that of the Euro
pean Neanderthal than any yet dis
covered.
WILL MATCH FILIPINO
LOS ANGELES, July 1. (JP)—Ed.
Churchill, manager of Pancho Villa,
the flyweight champion of the world,
arrived here today for the purpose
of matching the Filipino against Fi
del for a title bout here on Labor
Day.
An explosion of a gas tank near
Thomas Cogshall, British war veter
an restored his hearing which he had
lost thru shell shock.
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PRESIDENT OF
ALASKA COLLEGE
SEWARD VISITOR
CHARLES E. BUNNELL. HEAD OF
ALASKA COLLEGE RETURNS
FROM THE EAST.
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GIVEN L.L. D. DEGREE
Announces New Members of Faculty
for Coming Term; Secretary
Is Appointed.
President Charles E. Bunnell, of the
Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines, returned to Sew
rhis morning on the steamer Alaska,
and departs tomorrow morning for
Anchorage en route to Fairbanks,
where the college is located. Presi
dent Bunnell has been in the East
for the last month and a half, dur
ing which time he was honored by
the Board of Trustees and faculty of
Bucknell University at Lewisburg,
Pa., with the degree of Doctor of
Laws. The honor was conferred up
on him at the Annual Commencement
Exercises of the University, June IT.
New Faculty Members.
While in the East, President Bun
nell secured the services of several
new faculty members for the coming
term of the Alaska College. Among
these are Miss Lydia Jacobson, of
the Iowa State .College, who will* be *
Professor of Home Economics; Miss
Martha A. Parks, of the University
of Illinois, as Instructor in Home
Economics; Miss Grace Clarke. Di
rector of Physical Education and also
Librarian. Miss Clarke is from the
University of North Dakota and was
formerly a high school teacher at
Fairbanks. A Professor of History
has not been selected as yet. Miss
Frances Carnall, of Fort Smith, Ar
kansas. has been appointed as sec
retary to President Bunnell, and will
probably arrive in Seward within a
few weeks, en route to the college
to enter upon her new duties.
College Opens Sept. 14.
I he Alaska College will open Sep
tember 14, President Bunnell stated,
and from all indications a much larg
er enrollment will be in attendance
this year. The new buildings are
progressing satisfactorily, and in this
respect, a quantity of building ma
terial and equipment was recently
purchased in Seattle and will pas3
thru Seward shortly. Ten days were
spent in Seattle by President Bun
nell, in the purchase of the addition
al supplies.
Mrs. Bunnell and daughter, Jean,
aie now visiting in Pennsylvania
and will return to Alaska in Aug
ust.
MUST RESPECT CONDITIONS
PARIS, July ll. (jp)—Painleve, in
reply to communist criticism of bis
Moroccan policy, said that he didn’t
want to utter threats but if Ab-del
Krim does not "respect the condi
tions offered him, we shall reply to
his refusal with the severest military
acts ever enforced.
w. T. LOPP GIVEN
DEGREE OF LL.D.
SEATTLE, July 11 (/P)—Word was
received today that Hanover College,
in Indiana, had conferred a degree of
Doctor of Laws on W. T. Lopp, for
merly head of the Alaska Bureau of
Education. Mr. Lopp has gone to
Baffin Land, to organize a reindeer in
dustry for the Hudson Bay Co.