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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 177 SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY’ JULY 20, 1925
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PROSECUTION HAS
FREE REIN 1
SCOPES’ TRIAL
JUDGE SUPPRESSES SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE PRODUCED BY
DEFENDANT
EXPERTS ARE BARRED
Prominent Churchmen Tell Views to
Jury About Religion As Affected
by Evolution Theory
DAYTON, Tenn., July 20 (/P)—Wil
liam J. Bryan declared today that the
Scopes evolution case uncovered a
conspiracy against the Bible and
Christianity. He said multitudes had
been deceived by the term evolution,
but that their eyes were now opening.
Evolution as taught by scientists is
an imaginary process whole unproven
that begins with life, but does not at
tempt to explain life. He asserted
that if the evolutionary process is
true, man has come up through the
animals below him by the cruel law
under which the strong kill off the
weak. Evolutionists bring their doc
f trines before the public in a jeweled
■case, and praise it as if sacred. They
do not exhibit, as Darwin did, its
bloody purpose. They do not boast
that barbarism is the only true ex
pression; they do not tell the public
that Darwin believed in a personal
God and in the strict literal truth of
every v ord in the Bible, but was led
away from Christianity by evolution
and died antagonistic to the true
faith. He declared that evolutionists
were not honest with the public. Even
evolutionist ministers assured their
congregations that there is no incon
sistency between Darwinism and
Christianity. Ministers should tell
their congregations that evolution
leads logically to agnistism.
Prosecution Has All the Innings {
DAYTON, Tenn., July 20 (/P)—!
Kirtley F, Mather, chairman of the |
department of geology of Harvard,!
was a witness for the prosecution at!
the Scopes trial today. He said:
“The Bible is a text book of religion,
not of biology or astronomy or ge
ology. Moreover, it is just exactly
the Biblical spiritual truth concern
ing God, which rings clearly and un
nrstakably through the theory of
V^volution. With it modern science is
in perfect accord. The Bible does
not state the world was made 6,000
years ago, but concerning the time
of early history, the Bible is abso
lutely silent. Science may conclude
the earth is 100 million or 100 billion
years old, buti the conclusion does not
affect the Bible. Another reason for
the modern district of evolution is
the idea that it displaces God. It is
not a power nor a force, but it is a
process and method. God is power
and force. Many believe that science
is truly the discoverer of the evolu
tion process and the methods which
God in his spititual power and eter
nal force hds used to effect his will
in Nature.”
m RESERVOIR
- HIT BY LIGHTNING
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., July 20. UP)
—A huge oil reservoir belonging to
the Pacific Oil Company here is go
ing up in flames ,and five hundred
men are erecting steel barriers two
miles long to prevent the spread of
the burning oil.
Lightning struck one of their tanks
last night which contains 180,000 bar
rels of oil. The loss is expected to
* -^estimate about one half million.
The dance at Odd Fellows Hall,
Saturday night was well attended, by
both Sewardites and tourists. An
other will he held next aturday.
Bandits Secure Loot
Shoot Two To Get It
MT. VERNON, N. Y., July 20 (£>)—
Jacob Schumacher, a railway inspec
tor was killed, and R. I. Nichols, a
conductor was seriously wounded by
three robbers, who held up the spe
cial car of the Westchester Electric
Railway, and took a bag containing
$1800, but abandoned it when their
auto broke down.
CRIPPLED WOMAN
SUICIDES RATHER
THAN BE BURDEN
VANCOUVER, Wn„ July 20 (£>)—
George Adams, of this city, today ex
pressed the belief that his aged and
crippled wife, Ellen, set fire to their
home early yesterday morning, when
she was burned to death. Adams suf
fered severe burns in trying to res
sue the woman. He said she had been
despondent because she believed her
crippled state made her1 a useless bur
den to herself and him.
The couple were sleeping together
when Adams awoke shortly after mid
night and found the bedroom ablaze
and his wife sitting on the edge of
the bed watching the fire as it ad
vanced toward her. Adams said he
leaped out of bed and, seizing his wife
attempted to drag her out of the
blazing rooLa. She jerked away and
ran into the flames.
Blinded by smoke with one arm
badly burned, Adams lost sight of her
after she had dragged herself to a
corner of the room. Adams was forc
ed to abandon the attempt to rescue
her and barely saved himself. The
house burned to the ground.
REPORTED TROOPS
GOING IN LASTR JAS
MANAGUE, Nicaragua, July 20. (#>)
—Dispatches received here say that
armed forces have crossed over from
Honduras and have occupied the Nic
araguan town of Lastrjas, near the
border. If this be true, it is said it
constitutes a violation in Nicaraguan
Territory.
KLUXERS HEADING DENVER
WAY TO PATCH TROUBLES
DENVED, Colo., July 20. 1The
Denver Times says three national ex
ecutives of the Klu Klux Klan are
rushing to Denver by airplane from
Washington, D. C., as a result of the
Colorado klan’s vote to sesede.
EARLY DEMONSTRATION LEAD
MORE STRINGENT MEASURES
VIENNA, July 20. (^P)—The demon
stration against the Jews here last
night, when one hundred members of
the anti-semitic organization invaded
a prominent -cafe and insulted He
brew guests, is expected to cause the
government to take energetic action
to prevent disorders during the forth
coming International Zionist Cong
ress which meets here.
Amerian Athletes Take
Six Out of 19 Events
LONDON, July 20 (/P)—American
athletes captured 6 out of 19 events
comprising an annual two day track
meet at a carnival of British and
American athletic championships.
KEEFE CARTER WINS
DETROIT, July 20 (JP)~Keefe Car
ter, a 19 year old boy from Oklahoma
won the western amateur gold cham
pionship Saturday, defeating Russell
Martin of Chicago three and two.
STICK WITH THE
GAME SAYS COL.
DICK IN SEWARD
ORIGINAL TRAIL BLAZER OF AL
ASKA PLEASED TO MEET
OLD FRIENDS.
TRIP UNOFFICIAL ONE
General Richardson, Retired, Accom
panied by Major General Taylor
and Colonel Steese.
“I am making the present trip, not
only to accompany Major General
Harry Taylor, chief of engineers,
United States Army, but to visit my
| numerous old friends along the way
I—to meet them and greet them. To
' assure them that my interest in Al
aska is just as keen as ever and to
tell them to stick with the game, for
Alaska is going forward.’” The
speaker was General Wilds P. Rich
ardson, better known to his Alaskan
intimates, and that includes literally
thousands of residents, young and
old, in the territory, as ‘‘Col. Dick,”
reached Seward yesterday morning
from Seattle on the steamer Yukon,
marking his first trip to Alaska in
three years. Gen. Richardson is the
pioneer road and trail builder of Al
aska. He was the first president of
the Alaska Road Commission and
served in that capacity 20 years.
During the World War he served
with distinction. He is now on the
retired list.
“It is sad to see the old times
change in the Territory,” Gen. Rich
ardson continued. “A number of the
towns appear to be diminishing in
size and I miss many of the old fam
iliar faces. My faith in the future
of Alaska is unchanged. The Ter
ritory will gradually come into its
own, slowly but surely and not with
a great rush. I think the road work
of the Territory is in very good
hands, under the general direction
of Colonel Jas. G. Steese. About a
week ago, I had the honor and plea
sure of speaking at a broadcasting
station in Seattle. My topic natur
ally, was on Alaska.
“Owing to Major Taylor’s time be
ing limited on this Alaska tour, due
to the fact he must be back in Wash
ington for the coming fiscal year
work, in August, next month, not
more than 30 days will be spent in
the Territory. We will return to the
coast from Fairbanks, over the wag
on road to Valdez, embarking at that
port for Seattle. I expect to see
great improvements on the main high
way during our trip over it.
“My last trip to the Territory was
three years ago when I was made a
member of the Inter-departmental
Alaska Committee and sent to Alas
ka to make a report of general con
ditions for the Secretary of the Inte
rior. The Commission has since been
dissolved. I am accompanying Ma
jor General Harry Taylor, a former
classmate of mine at West Point, on
the present trip to Alaska, purely
in an unofficial capacity. Major Tay
lor is in charge of the general di
rection of roads and trails in the
Territory, also of river and har
bor projects in Alaska. A number
of these projects will be considered
and acted upon.”
On their way to Seward the army
officers stopped off at Cordova where
Major General Taylor and Col. Jas.
G. Steese made a trip of inspection
up the Copper River Railroad, as far
as Childs glacier. It is not plan
ned to stop over at the Copper Gate
way again, only for such a period
as when the steamer lies in port.
During their brief visit in Seward
yesterday, Major General Taylor and
Col. Steese were motored out to Mile
20, by Councilman Harry Ellsworth.
A trip of inspection was made to
the glacier streem where the officers
stopped for a considerable period.
Yukon Official Declares
Reports Are Erroneous
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., July 20 (/P)—
Dr. George Black, a member of par
liament for Yukon Territory today
declared that reports of the influenza
epidemic in the Yukon valley were
greatly exaggerated. He said upon
investigation he found the natives
afflicted with pulmonary trouble due
to the wet spring.
GEN L MOULTON IS
SEWARD VISITOR
General George Mayhew Mountain,
retired since 1907, was among the
disiinquished visitors in Seward yes
terday for a few hours, while en
route to the States. General Moul
tan is just completing a tour of the
Territory, arriving in Seward on yes
terday’s train from the Interior.
Gen. Mountain, while commanding
a regiment in 1898, during the Span
ish-American war, is credited as be
ing the man who lowered the Cuban
flag and raised the American flag
on the island. In 1898 and 1899 he
organized the Havana police patrol.
He i3 a prominent mason, and has
held nearly every office in Masonry.
Of late years he has been associated
in the insurance business. His trip
in Alaska has been one of intense in
terest, he stated yesterday, and one
of keen enjoyment. He hopes to re
turn again som day.
Chicago Grain Broker
Jump To Pavement
CHICAGO, July 20 (jP)—E. W. Wag
ner, formerly one of the biggest fig
ures in the Chicago grain trade, whose
firm failed for $4,000,000 a few years
ago, plunged from the fifteenth story |
of a central business block yesterday, j
dying instantly.
Seventy-Fire Million
Loan for Australia
NEW YORK, July 20 (JP)—A sev
enty-five million dollar loaH to the
commonwealth of Australia, at five
per cent, was floated by New York
bankers today, headed by J. P. Mor
gan & Co. The loan was over-sub
scribed within an hour after thcj
books were opened.
Gasoline Barge Explodes
In Chicago Waterway
CHICAGO, July 20 (flP)—A terrific
explosion of 135,000 gallons of gaso
lines and oil aboard a barge of the
Texas Oil Company, anchored in the
north branch of the Chicago River,
caused a^damage of $300,000 and great
excitement today. The barge and tug
alongside were destroyed.
Several factory buildings were de
stroyed and the flaming gasoline
turned the river into an inferno which
threatened to consume the docks and
bridges, The flames were extinguish
ed after a desperate fight by the fire
boats.
PITTSBURGH, July 20 (£>)—'The
New York—St. Louis express, an all
Pullman train on the Pennsylvania
railroad was derailed near here early
today. Four cars left the track but
no one was seriously injured.
Col. Steese took up the matter of
a shelter for small craft, enlighten
ing Major General Jaylor, with the
local conditions in this respect. Col.
Steese stated, ..prior to the party’s
departure, for Fairbanks yesterday,
that he was returning to Seward in
three weeks, at which time a state
ment, regarding local improvements,
would be made public.
EARTH WAVES HIT
SEVERAL PLACES
COAST DISTRICT
SHARK SHOCKS FELT AT SAN
FRANCISCO BUT NO DAM
AGE TO PROPERTY
MONTANA IS SHOCKED
Worshippers Run From Churches at
San Franciso and a General
State of Alarm Felt
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (/P)—
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
though the San Francisco bay region
Sunday, but no damage was reported.
The tremor was plainly felt in San
Francisco and Oakland and shook
buildings in towns along the penin
sula south of San Francisco as far
as San Jose, 50 miles away. Wor
shippers ran from the churches in a
panic and a general state of alarm
was felt all over the region. Shocks
were felt at Vallejo, 30 miles north
of here.
Shocks Felt at Great Falls
GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 20 (ff)—
A slight earthquake shocks was felt
at 10:07 o’clock yesterday morning.
The shock was not felt by pedestrians
but people in the building reported
distinct vibrations.
Quakes Felt Great Distance
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (&)—A
sharp earthquake shocks which was
felt yesterday in this district, is said
to have been felt over a range of
100 miles north and south. No dam
age was done, although momntary
alarm wras felt.
Clocks Stopped at Helena
HELENA, July 20 —Distinct earth
tremors were felt here at 8:10 yester
day. Beyond stopping clocks in down
town business houses no damage was
reported.
Two Deaf Mutes Drown
When Canoe Overturns
SEATTLE, July 20 (/P)— Roy Graff
and Leonard Wills, deaf mutes, were
drowned, one in an attempt to save
the other, and the third narrowly es
caped when a canoe overturned in the
middle of Angle Lake, south of this
city last night. Grff, who was a good
swimmer, went to the assistance of
Wills, who, was unable to swim. Wills
obtained a strangle hold on his res
cuer, both drowning.
Leo Thorpe, the third member, was
rescued by witnesses.
Three Seattle Women
Grow Weary of Life
SEATTLE, July 20 (£>)—Three Se
attle women were jailed yesterday,
after unsuccessful attempts to com
1 mit suicide.
China Owes America
for Boxer Indemnity
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20
A balance of $6,137,552 is due the
United States from China, as indem
nity for the Boxer revolution. This
was remitted today by President
Coolidge under congressional author
ity granted him in 1924.
CLEAN UP ARRIVES
FROM NUKA BAY
Otis Harrington, one of the original
locators of the Alaska Hills Mines
Corporation at Nuka Bay, arrived in
Seward the latter part of the week
with good size clean-up from the
company property. Mr. Harrington
arrived on the gas boat Rolfe IL