Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1925, Page 5

THE EVENIN BRYAN'S REMARK CREATES TUMULT Malone Brings Commoner to| Feet for First Time During Trial. |State Begins Fight to Ban st_Page.) if the evidence should be 'he court requested Dr. opposition to the admission of the ex-| tand aside. |pert testimony. He 'contended that | the question of scientific testimony was outside the issues involved. The ques- tion of when Judge Raulston will rule on the question came up Yust before Mr. McKenzie started to speak. Judge Admits Quandary. Clarence Darrow stated Bible was not in conflict theory of evolution. *Wi show what evolution 1 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1925. Experts as Witnesses for Scopes| posing to put him on the stand again admitted. Metcalf to Darrow Explains Aims. then that the defense expected to show that the with the expect to saild the swearing in of the jury—chosen four days earlier—and the opening state- ment of defense counsel, presented by Mr. Malone, immediately preceded the calling of the State's witnesses. Mr. Malone announced to the court and to the jury that the defense would seek to prove that primarily the theory of evolution was not in conflict with ~Christianity, and, secondaril that Prof. Scopes was not guilty charged. He asserted that the oul |lawing of the teaching of evolution would put a ban on geology, phys ©ogy, biology, astronomy and other ntific studles, and would cripple the progress of agriculture and other industries. JARDINE ACCEPTS BALL RESIGNATION Praises Work of Scientific Director in Department of Agriculture. » 5] | that business conditions in the coun- try had come up in the discussion. Mr. Hilles said that he had not | been ‘suggested for a cabinet or am- | bassadorial place and that these and any political matters were not touched : | upon. He believes that Senator Bu |ler of Massachusetts will continue a chairman of the national committee. t here is a general improvement in business so far as I can judge by my rometer,” Mr. Hilles said. “There | been some apprehension about hh-qn(-~ but all observers are now inclined to believe that the improve: ment is permanent. Later this afternoon the President Il formally receive Mahmoud San Resignation Accepted | | |ing whether I had s ing over studying the charts and the compass. All the while he was wear ing his admiral’s cap and appeared to enjoy himself thoroug! elville E. Stone, counselor of the ted Pre guest at - White Court, was wandering around the grounds this morning looking for t “hoy. as he called the ne men covering the President’s vz He came down to the gate of White Court and regaled the newspaper men | with some interesting stories about big stories of the past Mrs. Coolidge aske. ‘me this morn ept well?” Mr l. tone said. ad to reply that T did not know, As his witnesses, Attorney General Stewart called to the stand Walter White, superintendent of Rhea County schools, and designated as offici: prosecution in the case; two former puplls of Mr. Scopes, Harry Shelton and Howard Morgan and F. E. Robin- son, chairman of the country school board. Mr. White told of a conversation he had had with the defendant, in which Mr. Scopes admitted to him that he had taught the theory of evolution to his science class in the high school, employing as a text the State's au- thorized volume. Quotes Scopes Remarks. Mr. Scopes, he sald, told him that he had reviewed the text in the last three weeks of the recent school & sion which closed early in May, and that this book contained w theory of | evolution which set forth that man| v not be able to decide this aid the judge. you will decide at onc said Mr. Darrow. Mr. Malone broke in: we have brought witnesses, a great distance. They are busy and we would like to have this settled at once.” “Well Chicago law ause I did not wake up to find the newly appointed Minister | untry from Egypt. The on ‘this occasion present | We subm he said, “that the Jury nnot decide the case intelli- gently without knowing what evolu- tion i It was announced that Arthur G. Hays of defense counsel would make the argument for the defense and this led to a discussion of the order in which the arguments would be deliv- ered. During the discussion between the attorney general and Mr. Hays the court admonished the attorney: to address the court instead of each other. Parents Hear Bryan, Jr. When WHiiam Jennings Bryan, Jr., began his argument in support of the State’s effort to exclude expert testi- mony, his father and mother listened alertl Mr. Bryan from Los Angeles spoke in 50 low a tone that he was requested at intervals by counsel and the judge to raise his volce. His tones gradually became more audible as he “warmed up.” The entrance had been closed and no more spectators were being ad- mitted. The room was thus less crowded than on all former days, al- h every seat was occupied. ak up, Mr. Bryan,” Mr. Dar- row suggested to the young attorney. The spectators rose up and took a seventh-nning stretch as Mr. Bryan ed his argument and the court ared a brief recess. The Los Angeles lawver was congratulated by his associates. Photographers, held at bay far today, trooped into the room began to operate their machines Minister Identified. It became known that the minister who offered the opening prayer was Rev. James A. Allen, pastor of the Crowd Ts Limited. Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ, For the first time in the trial the | Nashville and editor of the Gospel number of spectators in the county | Advocate. Mr. Allen sald he was a courtreom were limited as the legal | fundamentalist. St By the Assoc DAYTON, Tenn., which has set ble of t Jennin, tha e Secretary Jardine has accepted the resignation of Dr. E. D. Ball, direc- tor of scientific k, Department of | Agriculture, effective August 1, it was announced toc by the department. The Secretary wrote Dr. Ball, in ac cepting the res fon, th y appreciates “the splendid contribution you have made to the scientific re. search work of the Depar! Agriculture as the first d scientific work and as Assi: retary of Agriculture. I am particu- larly grateful to you for your efforts 5 i | in fostering closer co-operation, co- ; : | | ordination and understanding between . the department and agricultural col-! es and experiment stations. You ve laid the foundation for effective work in the future.” | Dr. Ball's new duties will be with | | the Florida State Plant Board. He| was descended from a lower form of | Will ms xtensive study ofthe | | celery and other insect | lite. | pests cry in the Sanford and|_ The prosecution, through all its wit- | other growing sections of that nesses, sought to fix the time of theé | State. alleged offense in the latter part of [, DUring the past . 2 Ball has been direct of all research April, the last three weeks before | work in Hereibneaty P the close of the school year. a number of insec Two schoolboys testified that from g the text book and in lectures the de SEariia Gionk i fendant had taught them evolution, | (n cts, the depa t said, | telling them that human beings had - to growers evolved from a single cell and that the first life had been in the s Cross-examined by Mr. Darrow, the were unable to recall that thel teacher had told them what a mam mal was. The defense lawyer read | portions of the text and the boys ac- | knowledged that these parts, which “Your honor, July 16.—Silence, any from the State counsel ta- | trial with William , departed yesterday:. moment, but rture and the shattered charged an arose from the Coolidge up and| |about a trifle earlier today than usual. Although he did not undertake h customary two or three mile walk, he slowly paced up and down the attrac | tive little walkways in the flower | when he spied Mel- | ville E. ral counselor of | the Associ , who is a house | guest at White Court, in another part | of the grounds, he joined the latter and they strolled and talked for 15 or | 20 minute: The President retired to his desk in |the study at White Court, where he ve his attention to a large pile of | papers dealing mostly with routine | business, and made ready for one of his “biggest d: so far as engage: ments are concerned Since es€ablish- | the Summer capital at Swamp- There was no mistaking the dent’s enthusiasm over his visit |to Quincy yesterday with Mrs. Cool- | and Mr. Stc He said afier- that he not only enjoyed the aboard the 3 Mayflower, which afforded him another opportu. nity to get another slight touch of the bounding sea, and to study the ob- cts of interest along tk ay, but he tly interested in his ride downtown section of Salem | pection of the birthplaces John Adams and John Quincy ams and the old First Parish Uni n Church, under which the bones of the t Adamses and their wives are entombed. Althou the visit n was unofficia notic aid the court, “‘we'll see. I will hear you, Gen. McKenzie. The courtroom was thrown into laughter~by the speaker's emphatic denial that the language of the Bible was amb Quoting from the story of divine creation, the speaker | said: “This is 2 much more re le v to me than that God threw a stance into the sea and said: ‘In rs I'll make something out of you.'” The speaker, in telling “what my Bible teaches me,” discussed the teachings of the Bible in some detail with attorneys for the defense. Mr. suggested to the court that was testifying as an “on the other side” when ex- timony had not been admitted. on lawyer countered with the 5 2 | the statement that Mr. Malone made Quotes Tr 3 |a speech on evolution ¢ while Then the d pparently stating th in the from a tribu succee the the and court. During t on course of Dudley Field DR. E. D. BALL. COOLIDGE PLANNING CAMP DEVENS VISIT TO INSPECT TROOPS of celer The Best Help of All Sorts —will be obtained through a Star Classified ad. If you will describe the position you want to fill —and state its re- quirements as to expe- rience, etc., clearly— your applicants will be those best qualified. three yvears Dr. quoted | Thomas Jefi Attorneys in Word Clash. Questioned by Mr. Hays during his Mr. McKenzle asked Mr. | in > compel people to| rine by act of | argument, Christians but | Ha. le said, too, that ize who was se and try , for aid, , but of the e, Ng| At the sugges: one | OEles were exchanged >l two lawyers iwic, charge d legation; J. Butler Secretary of law was to ot tas ! ‘Do you believe the divine story of ion?” hat is none of ted Mr. Hays. “Then don't ask me any more im- rtinent questions,” said Mr. Mec- \\llL,h! A 'u S. COLD TO MOVE : ’ | IN BELGIUM TO PASS |: clor ot ‘the As Press, who is spending seve DEBTS TO GERMANY |, nun Before luncheon the described the evolutionary tree and | ST O s ChEnleS e ; the types of mammals, had been | (Contigued from First Page.) U‘n“. ‘h““"""‘”"“_’(:' "\?;"fl ’!:"f"“”';_"";” o taught them by Mr. Scopes. | to i, jandvseiaithen torraer Far k. osl s Sans s fer TR0 ST e The youths admitted they had never | eign minister: cabinet appointment, and Mrs received, to their knowledge, any in-| ~We Who 476 Oh & otor ot dn fi jury from the instruction. { am cons e T attle was resumed tod Judge Raulston today received this|” Mr. Robinson recounted a discus. | ington s elerg palleg Officers announced telegram from Malcolm R. McAdoo, [sion at his drug store in which the - for whom seats were available would | New York: defendant announced that he and | be permitted to enter. That would | “Permit me to congratulate you in|every one who taught the adopted | reduce the daily attendance by sey-|vour decision upholding the rights of | text on biology were violating the re to control | eral hundred. the people of the Volunteer State. It |cently enacted Tennessee statute. The t that He| To prevent the loss of press chalrs | Was so sound that no morning paper |defendant had said, the witne : > mind or |to the spectators, which occurred yes- | here published it.’ |ed, that no one could teach t aivi one reporter brought in a| In resuming the session the judge|without violating the law. { ed t ) 1in and padlock to secure his | warned against any applause. The| On cross-examination Mr. Robinson | of love | seat today floor of the room was already bur-|testified that he, hairman of o | ¢ 2 The morning prayer was offered by | dened, he said, and any undue vibra- | county school board, had sold at h the Rev. Dr. Allen, a visiting church- | tion might “cause trouble.” ore the text book in question for man. “Some of these attorneys are en-|“six or seven years." | Dr. Metcalf was the first witness. | dowed with a ilttle bit of wit,” he said.| Mr. Stewart, at the beginning of al | Before Dr. Metcalf could answer |“I will not permit any demonstration |the State's testimony, introduced as \d | Clarence Darrow a first question on | by the spectators.” SREInIE 151 th6 e lnny? e Bolio his | evolution, Attorney neral A. T, | text on biology used by the defenda tewart objected to continuation of | land a Bible. On the introc s this testimony, the State claiming the . |the Bible Mr. Hays, for the defens [length to show the nature of the |ide T4 wwhether the young 2 purpose of the defense to force it Z | test o | structor ta i ol prosecution to show wha b was t 1 torney [ and attorneys were not in full accord | g\ 2%:er’ s ‘hrief examination of four | under which Mr. Scopes w appeal. |as to the procedure in the case of | G331 23teT | He pointed out that there are that no | the “test witness,” the defense pro-| " mpa"yrosecution’s proof was offered | versions the Scriptures and th: e |after court had overruted the defend-|many sects have Bibles which diff ant’s motion to quash the indictment. |among themselves in number i the frank declaration that|books and in numerous other partic every word spoken by the State's wit- | ulars. He insisted that the State S was true, Mr. Dar would have to introduce ibi Neal and their as the Bible which the words of the anti counsel, immed ely ¢ revolution statute referred seven scientific experts and h;u‘li The bible entered as e. \hH»l sworn together. A moment | King James version when the Chicago lawyer sought |to have the first of these explain the {theory of evolution, Attorney General | A. T. Stewart objected, and the issue s joined. The jury was excluded while Dr. Metcalf, professor and research zoolo- gist of Oberlin, Ohio, told for the ben { efit of the State and the record his| definition of evolution Young Scopes’ plea of not guilty, your business,” thus to this historic | nd less than 24 that it would “oolidge was ex h hours’ n of the court apol- . between the President Hilles of New Yc re. The MORE > quaint two-story which John Quiney born, the President and were given some re-| the form of homemade | nd a bottle of pop. ! and ovie machines | on the trip, either. Thl" snapped in a varied lot He was ‘“shot” at the looking through binoc- | glasses, also while bend Star Cla convic: was hat which 1 It wa: 1 to the| out that hnuts meras justice and the mor: t only those | g opinion Hilles conferred with President e for three-quarters of He declared af was purely “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office L_-—._____ “pose: wh sp Th" E===——= Y omplete Jration Germany | the compe where, in this part res unde jrfiw AVENUE o NIN were written 20 3 of the prosec 1 ir 1 have described as the spokesma the we of the defense fundame philosc when point of view evangel; secution appeal from Prosecution Rests Case. ist to 1id, however, that the court indicte 0il Runs Almost Ice Cold. that con instructed the be made . your honor,” Mr. Malone re- sponded, “but I do mnot think Mr. is in the least sensitive about how the gentleman | just where I did wothing to do with shall be that I stand today then, but that has !lhe case at bar.” | able to ok his palmetto leaf ht- pond- A burst of applause such as seldom | ‘ heard in any courtroom swept the echoing down the corridors | The policeman pou: led for order. .| Other courtroom aches sounded | admonitions: |, The judge's volcc above the disorder “I will have to exclude you gentle- men if you persist in this. 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