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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1925
Page
4
Indiana trustees show little appetite to ban evolution in classrooms. State officials say local trustees hold hiring and firing power, and four Blackford county trustees pledge to discharge any instructor teaching evolution. Local leaders discuss using Creation readings to counter Scopes trial publicity.
Mary Newlin, trustee of Calumet township in Lake county, Indiana, declares she will not permit any township school instructor to teach evolution, expressing strong opposition to the theory.
Goshen Ind July 18 no dismissal of teachers in Elkhart county for teaching evolution is contemplated say county school officials today.
Vincennes Indiana July 18 Knox county trustees voiced support for teachers who prove proficiency and conduct themselves as educators. County superintendent W. W. Carter said officials had not officially discussed evolution.
Terre Haute, July 18 United Press Dispatch. Trustee William McGuirk of Harrison township refuted claims of teaching monkey business or evolution in local schools. He said only state board prescribed subjects are taught and he has not fired anyone over the issue.
Grant Bredeweg leaves the Joe E. Beasley real estate and insurance agency after two and a half years to take a position at Linton Finance Co. He will oversee real estate and insurance departments, resigning next Saturday and starting August 1. Cravens, former finance secretary, plans to move to St. Lauderdale, Florida for real estate work.
Tokio dispatches report Seoul the Korean capital with half a million people is inundated and five thousand isolated on high ground. Three hundred people are drowned and many more are at risk as rising waters submerge Tokio island and Yong San city. Troops have been called out.
Swampscott police chased rum runners to the yard of President Coolidge's summer White House at Little's Point. A night officer reported liquor entering from rum row, prompting a fast patrol that found no smuggling.
One hundred new Chicago surface lines street cars cost a little over 15000 each, over double the 6500 paid ten years ago. The firm notes that private Pullman cars in 1914 cost about the same as these street cars. This year the company’s operating expenses run 2.25 dollars for every one dollar in 1914.
United Press dispatch from Dayton Tennessee reports the Scopes trial nearly finished after Judge Raulston barred scientific evidence. Defense affidavits remain under review with verdict expected by Tuesday night. Clarence Darrow faces potential contempt while Scopes awaits a likely $500 fine.
Virginia Lee Cookston, wealthy author, was taken to a sanitarium after reaffirming her claim of being kidnapped and forced into dope smuggling and vice dens by brigands. Officials doubt the white slavery tale but she insists every detail remains true.
Arthur Brown of Grand Rapids Michigan secretary of the National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers was sentenced to thirty days in jail for refusing to hand over alliance records to federal authorities as proof of a furniture trust.
One hundred passengers were shaken when four cars of the New York to St Louis flyer on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this morning. No further details were provided in the brief dispatch.
Mrs. Delbert Shepherd of Bloomfield underwent an operation this morning and is progressing well.
A still exploded at the Collier Chewing Gum factory in Covington RI causing a $250,000 fire. The company president was arrested but denied knowledge of the still’s ownership.
In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, twenty people including nine firefighters were seriously burned or overcome when an ammonia tank exploded in the basement of the William Penn hotel this morning. The blast caused flames and smoke, with emergency crews from nearby stations responding to contain the blaze and aid victims.
The annual Dyer Brown reunion gathered at Linton park last evening with six carloads of relatives from Carrollton Dugger and Sponster Station. Attendees enjoyed park amusements and a bountiful supper before planning visits to Spencer Bloomington Worthington and Daviess county with relatives accompanying them home. Mr Dyer is a nephew of Mrs Brown.
Chicago July 18 William Shepherd challenged the will of millionaire Billy McClintock arguing undue influence. Probate judge Horner ordered more evidence before probate. Shepherd aims to circuit court then possibly the Illinois Supreme Court while Miss Isabelle Pope contests dower rights. The estate remains with Northern Trust until a probate decision.
Indianapolis officials announce a change to traffic signals next week. Instead of the standard change signal the word walk will appear to indicate when pedestrians may cross between traffic directions.
Crown Point Indiana July 18 The state to finish its case today in the trial of Mrs Anna Cunningham the Gary poison widow She will be examined by medical experts to determine her sanity The confession that she killed three children with arsenic would complete the prosecution case David Cunningham her son paralyzed by arsenic testified briefly in court before the jury and his mother wept kneeling beside him as she heard his remarks
The Indianapolis chamber of commerce argues a local hospital for disabled veterans would save the federal government about 60000 dollars yearly in railroad fares. The plan targets patients from Indiana and nearby areas now sent to distant hospitals, with John Reynolds urging Congressman Updike to back the push at Congress’s fall opening.
In Loogootee Indiana a 17 year old schoolgirl was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill connected to the death of her 85 year old mother. She was jailed in default of a 5000 bond. The state says the girl attacked her mother during a dispute over a box key for a pencil. She had earlier been acquitted of a similar charge in the same case.
In Elkhart Indiana on July 28 a large trunk with leaky contents was left unclaimed at the police station. The trunk had been unloaded from a baggage car at New York Central and liquor leaked from it. A local store owner to whom it was consigned denied knowledge and authorities seek the sender.
In Columbus Indiana on July 18, Robert Mattingly a one legged man was jailed after signing contracts to buy three cars. The salesman checked and found Mattingly could not pay for his next meal, revealing no money to cover the price.
A report notes a man in Australia reportedly walked 50 miles while asleep. The piece mentions confusion over his return and references a sermon that was not completed.
A Duluth Herald snippet presents a terse quotation in a domestic context as a humorous or pointed closing remark. The line suggests a male assertion of final say in a marital dispute.
Hartford City Ind July 18 Rural schools in Blackford county will not teach evolution. Township trustees pledged to dismiss any teacher who presents the theory and a trustee announced plans to read Genesis chapter one in all schools on the first day of the September term to counter Scopes trial publicity.
William M. Cannon receiver for Dean Onatavia & Co. was discharged by Judge Hand as creditors withdraw the bankruptcy petition. The firm, once reported to owe 30 million, was deemed not insolvent in New York on July 18.
Morton Hawkins, convicted president of the Hawkins Mortgage company, appeals in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago for a reduction of his fifty thousand dollar bond while awaiting further action on his case in Indianapolis.
Chicago July 18 Fresh hope to save Russell Scott former millionaire came as friends and attorneys sought witnesses and evidence under Governor Small eleventh hour reprieve. Ball Detroit telegraph operator claimed he witnessed the slaying and offered further testimony if transit could be provided. Governor Small's action gave six days to raise reasonable doubt that Scott killed Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk. prosecutors remain confident.
Mrs. Sarah Ball says her husband James M. Ball acted strangely before leaving home July 18. She reports he had read about the Scott case for days and warned nothing to his wife about a Chicago killing. The telegram from Detroit saved Scott’s life, but Ball has not been seen since Thursday night.
A telegram from Orangeburg South Carolina announced the arrest of a man believed to be Philip Knox Knapp an army deserter and alleged thrill slayer. Captain Frank E McChain of Nassau County police received the message signed by Orangeburg Chief of Police Blackman.
The half-eagle of 1797 with 10 stars sold for 470 dollars at a New York auction, the highest price of the event. The next top bid was 280 dollars for a 1792 eagle with 18 stars, per Roys' World.
Oshkosh facility claims to be the fr center of the nation noting about 2000 frogs are shipped from nearby frog farms each year.
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