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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
6
Judge Raulston rules it is unlawful to teach human descent from animals under the act. Defense chief Neal calls the ruling end of hopes for trial as affidavits will be recorded for appeal. The decision comes after a stormy session with Clarence Darrow and Arthur Hays.
Frederick Hoelzel of the University of Chicago physiology department promotes alternating eating with long fasts for health. After a 33 day fast he reports no ordeal and says he feels better than ever, having lost about thirty pounds and regained most of it within eight days.
Dayton Tenn July 17 Judge Raulston retired to his chamber to decide a pivotal issue on scientific testimony. After a day of arguments on competency the court kept the motion to quash pending. Excluding experts could shorten the trial. admitting them would likely extend it.
The Georgia Senate and House approved a measure to grant five year tax exemptions for new industries with possible extensions after local referendums. The session also saw twenty new bills and appropriations totaling 130000 dollars and passage of the naval stores bill. The House then debated a railroad crossing stop bill and a proposal to fund the Georgia State Woman's College at Valdosta with 15000 dollars.
Marshal Petain commander of the French armies arrived in Alicante on a morning flight from Toulouse via Barcelona. He will fly to Rabat to confer with the French Governor General of Morocco on plans to crush Rifian insurgent leader Abdel Krim.
The French tally from the Rif War cites 4 148 total casualties with 707 killed 2 775 wounded and 666 missing as reported by The Petite Journal Fez dispatch. Marshal Petain says reinforcements arrive and plans to defeat Abdel Krim's forces and push them back into the Rif.
The flotations of a seventy five million dollar loan for the commonwealth of Australia was announced today in New York by the J. P. Morgan Company.
The Thomas County Tobacco Warehouse prepares to open as growers rush tobacco to a modern facility. Buyers from Imperial Tobacco Co Export Leaf Tobacco Co R J Reynolds Tobacco Co American Tobacco Co Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co J P Taylor Co Wright Hughes Co will visit next week. Staff include Guy S Jones manager John W Glenn sales J B Taylor auctioneer C H Hight bookkeeper.
Early today a blaze swept the Randol Hotel and four adjoining stores in Adore Oklahoma causing an estimated three hundred thousand dollars in losses. The article lists several North Carolina staffers and tobacco warehouse personnel involved in operations and unloading duties, asserting strong service expectations and competitive local prices in the tobacco belt.
A severe electrical storm disrupted the East with five deaths, uprooted trees, damaged crops, and crippled utilities. In East Wheeling West Virginia two men drowned as rains felled bridges and roped roads. A Pittsburgh man was struck dead by a lightning hit on his radio aerial. Riverside New Jersey saw over twenty buildings unroofed and orchards wrecked in the peach and apple belt with losses estimated at two to three million dollars.
Chicago judge Horner refused to admit William McClintock's will to probate citing a presumption of undue influence. William Shepherd, recently acquitted of murder in McClintock's death, was the principal beneficiary while Isabelle Pope, who received an eight thousand dollar annuity, joined cousins in opposing probate.
Cross City Fla July 17 Thomas Higginbotham former Dixie county lumber camp whipping boss today was found not guilty by the circuit court jury of a second degree murder charge in connection with the alleged slaying of Martin Tabert North Dakota youth A year ago he was found guilty as charged but a new trial was granted by the Supreme Court decision
Wabash Ind July 17 police held a man giving the name Bob Jackson of Kansas City Mo and began to identify him as Philip Knapp alleged murderer of a taxicab driver in Mineola New York.
At Chalon sur Saône France on July 17 three aviators were killed when two training planes collided in mid air at the aviation school.
Dayton Tenn July 17 William Jennings Bryan stated he has no doubt about the constitutional idea behind Tennessee's evolution law after a judge excluded expert testimony in the Scopes case. He said he believes courts will not deny Tennesseans the right to shield their religion from minority attempts to impose views on their children.
Swampscott Mass July 17 The government will intervene in the anthracite coal field wage talks if no agreement is reached and a strike is called for September first A three hour conference including President Coolidge and Secretary Davis discussed the plan though specifics were not disclosed.
Atlantic City July 17 The anthracite miners pressed operators to reveal salaries of presidents directors and high priced lawyers to guide labor cost calculations in production. Operators refused as irrelevant and the scale conference adjourned until Tuesday.
Atlanta reports Anthracite miners urged mine owners to submit hard coal prices to public investigation to determine if savings could finance lower fuel costs for the public and higher wages for workers.
Atlanta business men declare the Southern air mail service likely to become permanent after an experimental flight from Nashville to Cleveland carried mail and bank clearances in three hours. Mail from Birmingham and Montgomery was ferried to Nashville by plane and then joined fast trains to New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, reducing the trip time from twelve hours to three.
Brussels reports the Belgian government has agreed with France and Britain on early evacuation of Duesseldorf Duishurz and Ruhrort, to run in parallel with the evacuation of other Ruhr locations.
Miners argued against naming the Interstate Commerce Commission as an eligible investigating body. They warned the commission had already conducted a similar inquiry and urged deferring action until its hearings report is released.
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