The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST tir tonight and Satur much change in temperatur THE BIS ESTABLISHED 1873 MARCK TRIBUNE [aun] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925 SCOPES TRIAL Southwestern Montan: * LITTLE DAMAGE [sere exam] I$ REPORTED FROM TREMORS People Rush Into Streets as Bricks Be; Toppling From Chimneys LAS TEN MINUTES Great Falls, Three Forks, Manhattan and Billings Feel Disturbances Helena, Mont., July 10.— (By A. P.) — Southwestern Montana again today was disturbed by earthquakes that were felt here, at Great Falls, Three Forks, Manhat- tan and Billings. No wide- spread damage was reported. The quake was most pronoun- ced at Three Forks where it; lasted for 10 minutes. At Manhattan and Three, Hi Forks people rushed ints the ses OER street asbricksbegan toppling| from the ruins of chimneys} left by former quakes. Al- though the quake at Great Falls lasted only a few sec- onds it was comparable with that of June 27 in intensity.) At Billings the inhabitants were unaware that the city had been visited by quakes. workmen on buildings being the first to report the earth’s LEGAL FIGHT FOR FRANCHISE convulsions. Contends Voters of Mandan TREMORS GROW LIG Have No Right to Pass Santa Barbara, July 10.—(#)—For two days past the carly tremors here on Board’s Action have been growing lighter and the two or three felt yesttrday were so; slight as to cause little or no A legal fight in! dan, July 1 the Hughes Electrie company ch citement, Seismologists have ny oe , ce ieht inemurs migie he ex: Of Bimmincck, granied ox elec pected for several days as the sot-| light franchise in Mandan a w er ne vote of the city will contend that the tax pay and citizens of Mandan have no right to pass upon the ac- tion of the city board, loomed today as the next possibility in the fran- chise matter. Attorney J. M. Hanley, represent- ing the Mandan Elec company presented the commission with pe! tions protesting against the grant- y a four to 0 adjusted itself. HOMELESS tling earth re MANY MADE Manilla, July 10—More than 2,000 persons have been made homeless byj typhoon which wrecked hundreds Gf small houses in Camarines pro- vin On the strength of reports received here the Red Cross today sent assistance to the stricken area. on, ing of the new fran to the Hughes Electric company ing for reconsideration and repeal of the franchise, or in the event that the city board refuses to reconsider or repeal its action, that the board or- der a referendum election so that) the general public might pass upon the franchise. In passing the ordinance Wednes- day evening, July 1, the city com- mission adopted an amendment which declared the ordinance giving the Hughes Electric company a fran- chise to be “necessary to the peace, health and security of the city” and an “emergency” measure. Filing of the original _ petition, however, serves ‘to automatically ston the ordinance protested from taking effect. The city commission, following re-} ceipt of the certification from the auditor that petitions contain the requisite number of names to re- quire action, is required in the or- dinary case to order a special refer- endum election, As only 150 names; are required for a referendum at this time and the petitions filed con- tained 529 names, there is little doubt as to the certification. Counsel for the local electric com- pany ‘intimated he had been advised that the four members of the city ‘commission —- Anderson, _Dorfler,, Conroy and Fredericks—who voted for giving the franchise to the Bis- marek firm, would stand pat on the proposition that the ordinance was an “emergency measure” and as such is not subject to approval or rejec- Ha by the people. if the commission does stand pat, refuse to reconsider and refuse to order a referendum election on. the matter, mandamus action will im- mediately be started by the local company to force the election while if the commission does order an election, it is expected counsel for the Hughes company will contest the right of the city board to do so on the ground that an emergency ordin- ance is not subject to review. TO REPORT ON N.D. HIGHWAYS Public to Be Informed on Condition of Roads Every Friday department will make tele- reports to the press and ’ information bureaus of the tourist i Us state concerning the conditions for feaveling on the main highways of fhe state. The preliminary reports will be gathered early Friday by the division engineers, scattered over the state, for their respective dis- tricts. These reports will then be telegraphed to the main offices of the state highway commission at the State Capitol in Bismarck. The lat- ter, in turn, will then collate and arrange these district reports and issue a weekly statement by tele- graph to the newspapers of the state and information bureaus. ; ‘As the press will be supplied this information time for their Fri- dav night’s issue, this arrangement will supply the traveling public with the approximate condition of the main highways of the state for their use for Saurday half holidays or Sunday auto-trips, The first report will be issued August 7, which is the first week of that month, and will cover the fol- lowing highways: State Highway No. 8, or the Roose- velt highway. No, 3, ‘or the National Parks High- wiX5, 16, Yellowstone trail, No. 1, the Meridian. No. 9; North Star trail. Ae Se eee No. 4, Black trail. { { Highway No. 6, however. will be Weather Report i corered only from Bismarck to covered hese reports in the begin-| Temperautre at 7 a.m, . 66 Minot sul be in the nature of an ex-| Highest yesterday . 88 periment, which, if the same should prove satisfactory to the auto pub- Tic. will be expanded and improved. The work of collecting and making these weekly statements ,will be handled by the maintenance division af the highway department under Lowest last night . Precipitation ... 4 Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicin tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight yught into his office 1 ty replace demon rum with t his countrymen, direction of T. G. Plomagen, The thes of the state have Msignitied jed| and Saturday. Not much change in their willingness to cooperate in dis- temperature. General Weather Conditions tributing this information each Fri- day evening in a special news column} No high pressure appears on the for that purpose, map this morning and the lowest ‘The issuance of these weekly re-| pressure is over the Canadian Prov- inces. Precipitation occurred from the Great Lakes region southwest- ward to the southern Plains States. where the weather is generally {air “Temperatures are somewhat higher in the northern Plains States this morning and warm weather pre- vails in all stctions. ORRIS W. ROBERT! Official in Charge. ports was initiated by Chief En- gineer and Seer ry W. G. Black. WISE WIRE CHIEF | Glen Ridge, N. J.—When fire de- stroyed a tailor shop here, $20,000 worth of slptben Bebposine to Ithy people, were burned. wen ty ait saved belonged to the chief of the fire department. ANSE ROR ER SPE RAE arty 5 btm tn BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN TAKEN FROM RIVER Peoria, TM. Ju (Py believed ‘to he t ‘ ak, 35, who has been missing since Monday from ber home at Liverpool, Ill, was found in the Mlinois river three miles south of Ha- Marks on the body — indicate had been slain, 10. she COUNTY BUDGET OF $133,729 RECOMMENDED Auditor Frank Johnson Sub- mits Figures to Bur- leigh Board Appropriations recommended for county departments during the com- ing year, exclusive of sinking d int total $ 3, according to reports submitted to the county mmissioners yesterday afternoon by Frank Johnson, county auditor. This amount is about $30,000 less than the final levies of the past fis- cal year. General governmental _appropria- tions for the coming fiscal year, which began on July 1, included in the auditor's recommendations are $88,240. The appropriation recom- mended for maintenance of the court house and jail is $4,000, for chari- ties is $29,600 and for education is 65,500. The estimated uncollected taxes to be collected, receipts from other cources and ledger balances amount to $67,121.10, making the total amount to levy under the budget for the general fund $90,218.90. The appropriation recommended for county roads and bridges is $55,000. Unpaid bills in the road and bridge department amount to $30,- 000. The estimated amount of ung collected yoad and bridge taxes to be collected is $41,489.24, making the net amount to levy for roads and bridges under the budget $43,510.76. ‘The appropriation recommended for unorganized township roads is $3,100. ‘ ‘The county commissioners will meet at the office of the city audi tor in the court house at 10 a. m. O00. on July 15 for the purpose of hear- ing any taxpayer who shall appear in favor of or against any proposed ex- penditures or tax levies. STATE DEMANDS THAT BIRTHS BE REGISTERED The state health department will within the next week commence ac- tion against physici ians and midwives who during the last year failed to comply with the North Dakota birth registration law, Dr. A. A. Whitte- niore, state health officer, announced today. Fifteen per cent of practicing phy- sicians of the state are failing to turn in birth records in accordance with the state law, Dr. Whittemore mated. The health department intends to prosecute negligent physicians in every county of the state, it was an- nounced. The department will con- fer with district attorneys and action will be instituted against offenders before the end of the month, “The only way we can secure full cooperation of North Dakota physi- cians in recording births is by mi ing an example of offenders in each county,” Dr. Whittemore stated. Penalty provided for failure to comply with the state law telating to birth registration is $50 for the first offence. ‘For more than 1,200 miles the Eu- phrates River is navigable. | STATE BOARD OPENS FIGHT ON RATE BOOST Asks U. S. Commission to Investigate Proposed Raise on Grain WOULD HARM SHIPPERS | Discrimination in Favor of Minnesota Is Alleged in Affidavit The North Dakota railroad com- mission toda filed with the inte: state commerce commission a peti- spension and investigation ‘ate increases ranging from : cent on grain, grain prod- = | and millet seed, ef- e Aug. 10, as announced by the Great Northern, the Northern Pacif- ie und Soo lines. The petition, which names the Soo! defendant, alleges that “no! Corresponding increases are propos-! ed in the Minnesota Intrastate rates So that if the proposed interstate | rates between North Dakota and Minnesota are allowed to become effective, the already existing di crimination North Dakota shippers in favor of Minnesota shi pers will be greatly increased to the herious detriment and harm of North Dakota shippers and producers.” | In its affidavit, the railroad com- mission points that North Da- kota is the la producing , state in the union, and the second largest wheat-growing state. “ Large Wheat Crop “The cd States department. of, agriculture estimates that North Da- kota will harvest the largest crop of wheat of any state in the union, and that Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota, are the principal markets for h Dakota wheat,” the affi- davit sets forth. “Corn, rye, oats and barley are produced in North Dakota in sub-| stantial quantities, a large part of which is shipped by railroad to the terminal mackets of Minneapolis and Duluth, Sarload shipments of these com- modities origi Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway in North Dakota for the y 1923 and 1924 are us| follows: 1922 Carload Tons Wheat . 20,506 Corn 42 Outs 256 Other 5,700 1923 Carload Wheat .......... 14,867 Corn 170 172,203 | Tons} 853,939) 3,778 | 26,774 Other Grain 227,797 “No corresponding increases are} proposed in the Minnesota intrastate rates, so that if the proposed inter- state rates between: North Dakota and Minnesota are allowed to become effective, the already existing dis- crimination against North Dakotu} shippers in favor of Minnesota! shippers will be greatly increased | to the serious detriment and harm | of North Dakota shippers and pro-! ducers. “No showing of any kind is made| by the Minneapolis, St. Paul andj Sault Ste. Marie Railway company that its present rates are unduly low or that the proposed rates are just ‘and reagonable and to allow the proposed rates to become effective) Oats without any justification or showing | 73. as to their reasonableness would work a serious injury and hardship on North Dakota slit ppars and pro- ducers and citizens of the State as a whole, and would be in direct con- flict with the will of the United States Congress expressed in its joint resolution, known as the Hoch- Smith Resolution, Interstate Com- merce Commission, Docket No. 17,- ‘The petition closes with the plea; that the Soo Line be enjoined to con- nue in force its present rates on grain and flax. Copies of the petition have been mailed to shippers and producers fected by the tariff increase. They will be asked to filed complaints with the state railroad commission. LITTLE DANGER OF MUCH DAMAGE FROM BLACK RUST Black stem rust is present in wheat fields throughout central North Dakota, but has so far caused negligible damage, Daniel E. Willard, crop expert on the staff of the North- ern Pacific bureau of public rela- tions, declared here today. Willard~has completed a tour of the wheat regions lying between Bis- marck, Minot, and Denhoff. “In practically every field I enter- ed I found traces of black rust,” Willard stated. “Nowhere has rust ny great damage. If prevail- ing weather continues, there is little danger of any substantial loss from black stem rust. Willard said wheat in the vicinity of Bismarck is heading and is nearly two weeks in advance of crops in the northern part of the state. DOGg COST HER FINE Farway, Eng.—For falling to care for a large number of dogs, Mar- jorie Whitehead, a about $76. She ha: rmer, was finet appealed the T ‘the corn belt the crop wa Wheat prospects increased 19,000, ‘month but ting at points on the’ )* d | duel PRICE FIVE CEN’ —_— Again Disturbed by meee STATE WHEAT ESTIMATE IS GIVEN BOOST July Figures of Governmen' ow Big Gain in Pro- duction in N. D. CORN CROP ENORMOUS! 4"! Indications Point to Third! jsion, the second chapter of Genesis, t! the dust of the ground, and breathed and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted iden eastward in Eden; and there |put the man he had formed. . the Lord God_ tool into the and put him Eden to dress it and keep it. DO THESE STATEMENTS CONFLICT? Two Stories of Man's Origin; From the Bible and From the Ene! From the Bible, King James ver-; into his nostrils the breath of life; a gare he _the man suner-heated ph n | And the Lord God commanded the’ universal s man, saying, Of every tree in the} garden thou mayest freely eat; but! chemical law yclopedia From the New International » eyclopedia, volume eight, page 230- 23 ;.. And the Lord God formed man of; Life appears to have been a_nee- | essary and inevitable result. of in- organic or cosmic evolution. Ti came into being on our planet in the most natural way as soon as {the temperature of the origin ma anetary sufficiently lowered, and the ga ter had become condensed into a arden of It arose by the action of physico- through what we call the Largest in History of of the tree of the knowledge of good | spontaneous gener: mater- si land evil thou shalt not eat of it; !ials for the form of the first United States for in the day that thou eatest there [vit of living protoplasm being ready ae eae surely iss fat hand. . — —— nd the Lord God said, It is not! After the earth became stocked Washington, July 10.—()—Indi-' good that man should be alone; I with even a f rr eowigaraively sine cations of an enormous corn crop, wl make an help meet for him. ple forms, the selective principles in probably the third largest ever} “And out of the ground the Lord nature began to ope resulting in grown, slight improvement in pros-! God formed every beast of the field the preservation of the fit! eee pects for wheat, prediction of the and every fowl of the air; and The proof of man’s origin from smallest potato production since 1919, and unfavorable fruit forecasts were set forth in the July crop report sued by the departmént of agricul ture. With a higher condition than the 5 corn ge 1 10 year average and an acre per cent larger than last year’s brought them unto Adam to he would call them; and whatsoe) - Adam called them, that was the - thereof. And Adam gave names to all cat- tle and to the fowl of the a every beast of the field; Adam there was not 1ound but for an hey some other primate is now past dis- pute. In fact: "s de ‘ientist now doubts . from ol lower forms of life and more im- mediately from a common ancestor with the anthropoid Anatomically he pr nts no abso- crop production was forecast at 3,- meet for him. lute differences from the anthro- 195,000,000 bushels, or 650,000,000 bu-, And the Lord God caused a deep poid apes except in the organs of shels more than last year. Among sleep to fall upon Adam, and he speech. the causes listed for the large in- slept; and he took one of his ribs He passes through the same em- crease were the high price of corn and ‘closed up the flesh instead phases as the higher and a tendency to increase feed thereof; vestock. The condition o from average to ex: crops for 1 the ¢ s, Oklahoma and Kansas. 000 bushels dur of — 680,000,000 made for this season. lost. 3,000,000 bushels ing June, a forecas Winter whea during — th spring wheat prospect 2,000,000 bushels, otal Is Less Production of wheat in 11 coun tries of the northern hemisphere, cluding the United States, increased northern hemisphere crop and 6: per cent of the world crop outside and China, was estimated on is of latest advices to the de- Ru: the bas partment at 1,568,000,000 bushels, 0 000,000 bushels less than Ir, Indicated production of potatoe: 00,00 less than the t year. crop of 1907, was attributed to loss heavy production a year ago. Fruits Are Off The season’ has been unfavorable for fruit production throughout most of the country, except on the Pac coast. and grapes over last year in that re sion, however, was sufficient to off. set the decrease in the rest of than last year. Production of barley, rice, swee potatoes, tobacco and peanuts prom ised to be larger than last year, but smaller crops of oats, rye, flaxseed and hay were indicated. Sugar beet acreage was placed at 776,000 acres, and the condition of the crop 79.7 per cent of normal, with the forecast of production 6,195,000 ide of drought areas in In thriving. bushels now being which | product normally 59 per cent of the 2 last 0,000,000 bushels, which would large | A great reduction in acreage, which is the lowest since 3 suf. fered by producers as a result of the The gain in peaches, pears afl | country and nearly sufficient to do so in the case of commercial apples. The total apple crop was forecast at 157,000,000 bushels or 22,000,000 less f And the rib, which the Lord God - had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto ma: - of my bones and flesh of my fle it and she shall be called wom: cause she was taken out of m it: e | “ JARDINE URGES LOWER TAXES Reduced Freight Rates in Iowa Address (P)—Reduction property and of Ames, Ia., July 10. of taxes on farm railroad freight rates were favored by Secretary William M. Jardine of ulture in an at Towa the department of agr address today. He spoke state college. “To restore the purch of the farmer,” he said, of taxes, freight rates enter the debit the matter and other items tha side of the farmer's ledger. ‘on farm property arc high. Between 1914 and 1923 there was an increase of approximately 140 per cent in farm taxes, whereas the value of farm products in the same period increased only 60 per cent. The federal gov- ernment under the leadership President Coolidge has attacked the tax problem in a definite way. Quite apart from this angle is the local tax problem, which should receive atten- t tons, compared with 7,651,000 85% tion if we are to receive further 1 : Crop Statiaties lief. I also believe we must have Acreages “af principal crops not! substantial readjustment | in the heretofore reported were announced ag follows: Corn 106,621,000 acres; flaxseed 3,- 466,000: rice 998,000; white potatoes 3,453,000; sweet potatoes 1,014,000: tobacco 1.693,000. The condition ‘of the crops on July freight rates. Freight rates the coun- try over have grown up in a hap- hazard way and as a result of all sorts of local considerations. It has been my opinion that a careful study should be made of the entire freight rate structure. On the basis of such a 3 | 1 was: dy it would be possible to make Winter wheat 65.9 ner cent of aj rate adjustments that take into ac- normal; spring wheat 88.1; all wheat| count the market value of farm prod- 4; corn 86.4; oats 7 barley| ucts as reflected over a reasonable 2} rye 76.8; flaxseed 81.6; rice period of years, and likewise the in- 87.0; white potatoes 84.1; sweet po-| fluence of freight rates on the eco- tatoes 77.2; tobacco 79.8; hay (tame) 72.2; hay (wild) 78.5; pasture 74. apples 52.3; peaches 50; pears 58.7 grapes 3. sorghum (for sirup. 76.6; peanuts 81.0. ‘The condition on July 1 and fore-} cast of production of the principal crops by important producing states, include: Corn Minnesota 81 and 140,602,000. South Dakota 88 and 142,780,000. Spring Wheat Minnesota 76 and 24,368,000. North Dakota 89 and 103,884,000. South Dukota 84 and 27,103,000. Oats Minnesota 85 and 149,940,000. White Potatoes Minnesota 84 and 24,675,000. CHINESE PLAN NEW ATTACK “ON ALIEN: Canton, July 10.—C?)—All foreign | women and children here were forced | by the British consul to leave fo Hong Kong immediately. A Chinese flareup against foreign- ers has developed into a contemplated attack on Sham cession, the » the foreign col The consul added that the danger of | attack from the Chinese quarters had developed within the past few days. Military activity still continues. 30 MILLION NEW TREES London—More than trees have been ish government 30,000)00¢ Planted by the Brit: uring the last year nomic development of regions and of the country as a whole. i “I realize the cost to the carriers must be adequately reasoned, as rail- roads are indispensable to profitable 1, 8griculture. What I have said with regard to reducing freight, applies ot other items which enter the far er’s budget. I believe we agree that the system of distribution needs con- siderable attention. I believe thi widening spread is in part due to in- creasing costs. I also believe there are duplications and waste in mar- keting our products 1 ' Bernard Brussurd of Utah to be Imember of the U. S. Tariff commis- sion succeeding Wn, F. recently appointed minister to Rou- mania. GIRL KILLED, Yr consul said yesterday. BODY PLACED UNDER PORCH Chicago, July 10—UP)—The body of a girl about 18, apparently mur- dered, was found under a porch on the south side by a milkman deliver- A handkerchief had been forced in her 10 ing along his route early today. to make up for the depletion of for-! mouth. ests during the war. RAMS IN DUEL a Mayport farmer fo fiercely that th mals were brok necks ef the ai PARIS SNUBS SOVIET ] Paris—Paris society still ii 9 London—Two rams belonging to ing to eeoeniap ye ceil Se Pekan, t a fierce! Mme each charging the other so Kri Krassin of Soviet Ru: the be-j wood, and the fi - FOR FARMERS Cabinet Officer Also Favors essential that we give attention to Taxes of | U. S. TAX BOARD Swampscott, Mass., July 10.—(@)— The president has appointed Edgar, a Culbertson, Mme.| given two tea,| some day that br a social being: erect posture, large brain, hands, were so well adapted rying out ithe suggestions of his developing in- And Adam said, this is now bone tellect, that he was ‘the first tool- | maker'and worker in stone, bone and to tame the being to cultivate ‘st ot animals and nA These dominate all other anim i} qualities enabled him to |FORBES FILES NEW APPEAL OPENS WITH PRAYER Earthquakes LINES DRAWN FOR BATTLE ON EVOLUTION Bryan Given Ovation He Enters Court Room for Hearing as NEW INDICTM’NT DRAW. Crowd Outside Court Room Sing Hymns as Trial of Teacher Begins Dayton, Tenn, July 10—()—With a prayer by the Rev. William M. Cartwright, pastor of the Dayton Methodist Episcopal church, South, a special term of the Rhea county cir- cuit court was convened here thi morning at 9:10 o'clock for the trial of John Thomas Scopes, charged with violating the so-called anti-evolution law of Tennessee, The opening of the court was marked by what was expected to be the first of many demonstrations, when the entrance of William Jen- nings Bryan provoked a burst of handelapping. After the prayer, Judge John T. Raulston wrapped for order at 9:14, Sheriff R. B. Harris announced that court was duly in session. Activities of the court were held up for a few minutes while counsel for both sides posed with the judge on the stand. A dozen photographs were made. Darrow Without Coat Clarence Darrow was in his sleeves. The others wore Judge Raulston posed holding gavel aloft. The judge instructed the sheriff to seat all spectators and permit others to stand against the walls. _ "Mr. Attorney General, I am call- ing the case of the state of Tennessee against John T. Scopes,” announced Judge Raulston, The attorney general asked that shirt coat his IN U. S. COURT Chicago, July 10.—()—Appeals in jbehalf of Charles R. Forbes, former {director of the Veterans’ Bureau, and J. W. Thompson, wealthy St. Louis contractor, convicted last February of conspiracy to defraud the govern- ment through hospital contr: isin filed today in the U. S. cireuit court of appeals. WALTER CURTIS ELECTED STATE LEGION CHIEF Dickinson Is Chosen Next Meeting Place 1 of N. D. Veterans Valley City, N. D., July 10.—Wal- ter G. Curtis, Lisbon, was yesterday named commander of the department of North Dakota of the American Legion, meeting at its annual con- vention at Valley City. Other offi- ers are: A, J. Rulland, Jamestown, vicecommander; Jack Williams, Far- go, state adjutant; Rev. Si Fairham, Drayton, chaplain; William Jones, Lisbon, historian; Roy Baird, Dickin- son, finance officer, and T. E. Whe- lan, St. Thomas, reelected for a three year term to the executive commit- tee. Dickinson was chosen as the meet- ing place for next year. illiam Stern, Fargo, was chosen national committeeman for the next two years in accordance with the amendment to the constitution and by-laws passed at today’s session. Walter McGahey, Williston, was chos- en alternate national committeeman. Delegates chosen to represent North Dakota at the national con- vention in Omaha next fall were: First district, Harold Barnes, Grand Forks, with alternate, Orrin Pierce, Valley City; second district, Webb, Grand Yorks, with alternate, F. E. Henderson, Lawton; third district, Elwood Patterson, Wahpeton, with alternate, J. W. Ackerman, Wishek; fourth district, Dressen, Spiritwood, with alternate, Grewer, Kensal; fifth district, E. 8. Person, Minot, with al- ternate, B. H. Linn, Parshall; sixth district, Frank James, Bismarck, with alternate, Clarence McDonald, Kil- deer. Delegates at large are: McLean Johnson, Hillsboro; Ben Iverson, Washburn; R. A. Néyes, Beach; Rev. §. O. Ensrud, Starkweather, and C. B. Aamodt, Bottineau. Alternates at large include: S. M. Frank, Beulah; Jerry of Edinburg; Homer Batty, Mott; Walter Sather, Bismarck, and A. E. Welo, Velva. JOHN D. DEEDS OLD HOMESTEAD TO HIS SON White Plains, N. Y., July 10.—()— John D. Rockefeller today deeded to his son, John D. Jr. his Pocantico Hills estate at Tarrytown, his home for many years, valued at $1,733,500. The deed was filed with the West- chester county registrar. “ YOUNGER GENERATION A bulldog at Macon, Ga., hi aby tis been Sh foe ing feel. just ae. mest. do now.—American teeteree the grand jury be drawn and in the meantime counsel from outside the stute were introduced to the court and welcomed to the courts of Ten- nessee by Judge Raulston, who a sured them that they would be a corded all privifeges of resident law- yers. _ The calling of the names of grand jurors proceeded. Suggestions of “let's have orde came frequently from Judge Raul- ston. A tow-headed two-year-old boy sat on Raulston’s desk and drew the jury panel. Early End Predicted The judge broke his eye glasses and was forced to leave the bench to get Mrs. Raulston’s assistance in re- pairing the damage. The operation vi uccessful. hen the grand jury box was filled the judge asked if any were so sit- uated at home that they could not serve on the jury, the judge suggest- ing that not more than two hours would be necessary. Attorney General Stewart amended this by a suggestion that 45 minutes would be sufficient time. At this assurance one reluctant grand juror withdrew his objections to serving. Judge Raulston administered the formal oath. NEW INDICTMENT Dayton, Tenn., July 10.—@)—A new indictment based on the evidence responsible for the old document was returned against John T. Scopes by Ray county grand jury here today. The indictment charged violation of the recently enacted Tennessee law prohibiting teaching of evolution theories in public schools. The tech- nicality involved was the lapse of time in the summoning of the grand jury in special session and the meet- ing of that body. Thirty days should have separated the two. Today’s in- dictment cured this defect. On the motion of the attorney general, the former indictment against Scopes was quashed, having been superseded by the second official document in the case. Boys Testify Several school boys, former stu- dents of Scopes, were called before the grand jury to testify. They were followed by the presentation as evi- dence of Hunter’s biology, the text book used by the defendant, and the testimony of Walter White, superin- tendent of the Ray county schools and prosecutor of the case. As Judge Raulston was convening court, a blind musician stationed his organ on the courthouse lawn and began playing old-fashioned hymns. A crowd assem- bled around him and began singing tunes. As the music continued others were attracted to the scene and while the grand jury was being impaneled in the court, the faint sound of old- fashioned gospel hymns drifted through the court room windows and during the intermission the crowd poured out on the lawn and discussed developments. CONTRACT LET FOR ROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY A contract for ding five miles of the Yell watone trait southeast of Haines was let at Hettinger, coun- ty seat of Adams county, on July 8. The successful bidders were ‘Shelp and Malloy of Lemmon. Their con- ald bid was enrarty aad the rk covers not only the ling of five » but also, all contrete work me Haines and Hettinger was graded and three miles of ecoria surfacing placed. With the letting of this contract, fourteen miles out of the ninety miles of the Yellow- have received federal and state aid. as that