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3 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920 FIRED IN SELF- DEFENSE, SAYS GIRL Young Woman Proves Match for Prosecutor. TRAGEDY DETAILS BARED "He Promised to Marry Me," Says Alleged 'Murderer "I Am One Who Has Suffered. SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. May 19. j (Special.) Late this afternoon Miss Jennie G. Zimmerman, charged with j the murder of her cousin. Dr. Henry j Zimmerman, stepped from., the wit ness stand with her story unshaken in any particular. , - The grilling which began yesterday was the severest that any prisoner has faced in the superior court in a decade. District Attorney Wright plied the frail witness with questions which were frank, almost to the point of brutality. Much of the testimony along this line was of an unprintable nature. Miss Zimmerman made no attempt to condone her moral lapses. At all times she insisted that she had submitted only because she believed that Dr. Zimmerman, despite his many shortcomings, would marry her. The witness denied positively that she had been Intimate with any other man. The district attorney shot question after question with machine-gun rapidity. He jumped from one point in the testimony to another and gen erally to a subject which bore no relation to the preceding question. Seattoned Lawyer Matched, At times his queries came so fast that Miss Zimmerman, asked him to repeat them. In a memory test which would have unnerved an experienced witness, the girl defendant proved herself a match for the seasoned solicitor. Only twice did Miss Zim merman's counsel interrupt the battle of wits. On both occasions Mr. Mc Kechnie protested that the district attorney was misquoting direct testir mony. Miss Zimmerman reiterated previous declarations of love for the man she killed and maintained that she shot him soley In self-defense. The most dramatic part of the cross examination came unexpectedly. Sud denly leaning forward, the district attorney said: "Vou punished him quite severely for it, don't you think?" "No," the defendant cried. "I think I was the one who was punished; I think I was the one who has suf fered." "Then you think he got what he deserved?" the district attorney par ried. "ISO, sir." Shooting Is Not Denied. "Then you say you didn't shoot . him?" the district attorney demanded. "I didn't say I didn't do it." the defendant replied. "Was it an accident?" "I tell you I didn't think of defend ing myself until he put his hand to his hip pocket and said, 'Don't you dare to tell her (Miss Sadie Feld man or I'll blow your brains out.' "I tell you I was afraid of him. He was very angry and 1 thought he meant to kill me. I am telling you what I know. "Then it was an accident?" the dis trict attorney insisted. "I don't know what you would call it." Miss Zimmerman countered, "but I know I was trying to defend my self." The district attorney then turned his attention to the prisoner's motive in approaching the Feldman automo bile in which Dr. Zimmerman was seated with Miss Sadie Feldman. Girl Recall.', Promise. "What did you go down there for?" he asked. "I went to the machine to talk with Dr. Zimmerman," the defendant said defiantly. "To give him one last chance?" the district attorney asked. "No," she replied, with eyes snap ping. I wanted to know if he 1 tended to marry me, if he was going to make good his promises. The defense still has a number of witnesses to examine. The case not expected to go to the jury before J; riday. OREGON VOTES TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) Orejcon primaries Mr. Hoover has at tempted to simplify the situation id this state, arrd he has indicated that he desires his supporters not to gro to Johnson, hut to vot for candidates HOW 10 BUILD UP ENFEEBLED NERVES Hadiant health is impossible as long as the nerves are weak. The nerves have absolute control of the body, they regulate the activity of every . organ, they direct the supply'of nour ishment to every part. The move ment of every muscle owes its origin to a nerve. It is small wonder then that the general health suffers when the nerves fail, as they do when their nourishment becomes weak and in sufficient. The nerves get their food directly from the blood. If the blood is weak and thin the nerves are slow- ' ly starved. The most direct and ef fective way to tone up the nervous system is to rebuild the blood. This can be accomplished by the tonic which Miss Jane Docura. of No. 513 Montana street, San Antonio, Texas, endorses. "I had a nervous breakdown fol lowing the death of my mother." relates Miss Docura. "My health was completely undermined and I was left without ambition or strength. My blood was thin and my appetite was poor. After eating there was a con tinuous throbbing in the pit of njy stomach. I had severe headachos day after day. My nerves were in such bad shape that sometimes 1 . trembled like a leaf. "1 had used Dr. Williams Pink Pills in England several years ago with great benefit so I decided to try them ' again. There was a decided improve ment in my condition after taking the first box. The throbbingin my stom ach stopped and my digestion was so much better that 1 was able to eat a good meal with enjoyment. My head aches became less frequent and then went away entirely. My nervousness has practically disappeared and I feel better than 1 have in a long time. I owe a great deal to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and unhesitatingly recom mend them." Your own druggist can supply you with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on re ceipt of price, 60 cents per box. Write the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schen ectady, X. Y., for the free booklet. . "Diseases of the Nervgus System." Ad, favorable to a league of nations. The supporters of the league are divided between Wood and Lowden, which, on the face, would appear to give John son the advantage. Heroic and forensic efforts have been made by the Johnson cohorts to carry Oregon. A swarm of workers have invaded Oregon from California and other states, and they have been doing missionary work among the farmers ana in the industrial cent era A big drive has been made to bring into the Johnson camp all of the or ganized labor vote, and to this end special pains have been taken to preach the cause of Johnson in the towns where there are industries, such as Klamath Falls, Bend, Asto ria, St. Helens. Coos Bay, Oregon City and Portland. Supporters Go to Wood. In the last few days there has been a noticeable swing to Wood among former Hoover supporter - on the theory that Wood has - the best chance to defeat Johnson in Oregon. The Lowden strength, however, has also displayed improvement, drawn likewise from the Hoover following. Taken from any viewpoint, the three cornered race for the indorsement of Oregon is making the presidential contest one of surpassing interest. If the republican presidential race is warm, the democratic contest for the nomination for United States sen ator is red hot. The issue in the democratic primaries is not as to the respective merits of Senator George E. Chamberlain and Harvey G. Stark weather, his opponent, but whether President Wilson's ultimatum that the treaty of Versailles shall be adopted without the dotting of an "i" or the crossing of a t." Mr. Wilson has written a letter to the anti-Chamberlain faction declar ing the treaty be brought back from Versailles is the big issue and yard stick by which democratic loyalty is to be measured. Senator Chamberlain voted for the president's treaty until the cause was hopeless and then voted, on the advice of William J. Bryan, to compromise by supporting the Lodge reservations. Treaty- Is on Trial. Based on this statement of Mr. Wilson to County Chairman Hamaker, the anti-Chamberlain democrats have brought out a direct issue, fashioned direct from the typewriter of Mr. Wilson himself. The anti-Chamberlain faction is using the president's letter In an effort to defeat Senator Cham berlain, and the real effect is that President Wilson's personally con ducted treaty is on trial before the voters of his party in Oregon. If Senator Chamberlain Is nominated, it will be a repudiation of the presi dent's insiatance that only the Ver sailles treaty shall be accepted, and it will be a vindication of Senator Chamberlin's vote and of the policy advocated by Mr. Bryan. The nomi nation of Chamberlain also means that the delegates at the San Fran cisco convention will not be under the complete domination of Mr. Wilson and that Mr. Bryan will have a hand in the naming of the nominee. Chamberlain Foe Spend Money. Someone has raised enough money to pay for printing, postage and cir cularizing some 60,000 democrats in the effort to defeat Senator Chamber lain. Friends of Chamberlain are confident of his nomination and wag ers were offered of 2 to 1 that he will defeat Starkweather. One man of fered $100 against $10 yesterday that Chamberlain will be nominated, but found no takers. Anyway, democracy la stirred up and will turn out in greater numbers than in any previous primary. - There are not many ' subordinate contests. There is a scramble for the republican nomination, for secretary or state, seven candidates being in the field, and there . is a slight stir over the nomination for sheriff, coun ty commissioner and constable, but aside from these and the usual legis lative mix-up, the primaries are quiet. Of the many candidates for the legis lature, the contest had narrowed down to less than per cent. Most of the aspirants are on some "ticket" or other and some are fortunate enough to be on several, albeit tomi or the tickets carry little weight. GOOD KOADS ARK BIG ISSUE Several Candidates Run on Record for Highway Improvement. Good roads are playing a part in the primary campaign. K. I. Ballagh made such a capable representative for Columbia county that there are several now seeking to duplicate the glory. Mr. Ballagh, whose county has been generously treated by the state highway commission, is a good roads man, but opposition has developed as a backwash of the fight against the road, programme conducted by a small Portland group. Representa tive Crawford of Yamhill, who criti cised the state highway commission and its work in his county, is said to have discovered that his line of policy is proving detrimental to his campaign. W. B. Dennis "of Yamhill, who is candidate for senator from Yamhill, Tillamook, Lincoln and Washington, is running on his road record. Mr. Dennis was chairman of the house committee on roads and highways and had the reputation of being the most industrious member of the legis lature along that line. W. H. Goreaof Douglas and Jackson is a candidate for re-election on his good roads record and so is Loyal M. Graham of Yamhill. Delegate Are Favored. The anti - Chamberlain democrats are not only trying to defeat the sen ator but they are backing certain can didates for delegate to the nominat ing convention. Among them is Mrs. Bessie M. Richards, who has been a resident for nearly four years. Campaign Card Are Flood. If candidates have left anything un done, this is the last day to plug the weaK spots and fix up their fences. A veritable rash of campaign cards speckle the sidewalks and banners on automobiles are becoming as common as roses. The Portland Metal Trades Council indorsed Johnson for presi dent at the regular meeting Tuesday night. HOOD RIVER FAVORS WOOD Indications Are That Hoover Vote ' Will Go Tor General. HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) With R. E. icott, secretary of the Hood ltiver Hoover club, and rep- esentatives of this county on the Oregon Hoover committee and other prominent Hoover supporters urging that local voters who have been sup porting Hoover cast their ballots for Wood, indications now point to an overwhelming vote here Friday for Leonard ood. I following Hoover's recent appeal to Oregon republicans to vote for Wood or Lowden, local sentiment has changed rapidly. "Events have so turned." said Mr. Scott, "that I fully expect to see Wood far the strongest candidate for the presidential nomination in Hood River county." KnoxTille, Tenn., Joins More. KNOXVTLLE, Tenn.. May 19. One oC the largest department stores yesterday announced a 20 per cent discount on its entire stock except a few contract priced articles. A shoe store here has announcved a similar reduction on its entire stock. S 11- green stamps for cash Holman Fuel Co. Main 353, 560-21. Aiv . COMMISS GO EAST TO HEARING Public Service Member Represent State. to WEST VITALLY INVOLVED Application of Railroads for In creased Rates Said to Mean Much to Manufacturers. SALEM, Or., May 19. (Special.) Upon receipt of a telegram here to day that all efforts to postpone the hearing of the application of the rail roads for an increase in rates were futile, the Oregon public service com mission announced tonight that ij would be represented at the confer ence by Fred Williams, a member of the commission. - , Information received from the in terstate commerce commission indi cates that the application of the of ficial classification territory will be taken up first. This will be followed by hearing of the application of the railroads of the southern classifica tion territory, and later the applica tion of the carriers on the western classification territory. Testimony of a general character applicable to all the territories in opposition to the proposed Increase in rates will then be heard by the commission. Data Befnfr Completed. The Oregon public service commis sion Is now compiling data connected with the case and is in communica tion with representatives of the lum ber, fruit and manufacturing inter ests. It is likely, according to mem bers of the commission, that practi cally all of those interests will have representatives at the hearing. The local commission today received a telegram from John E. Benton, gen eral solicitor of the National Associ ation of Railway and Utilities Com missioners, in which he said the in vitation of the interstate commerce commission to have representatives of the various state commissions pres ent at the conference had been ac cepted. In reply to this telegram Fred G. Buchtel, chairman of the Oregon pub lic service commission, sent Mr. Ben ton the following message: In compliance with your telegram we earnestly request appointment of our commissioner, P'red A. Williams, on representation. He is now a mem ber of rate committee." Hearing """Vitally Important.'' Copies of the applications of the railroads were received at the public service commission offices today, and. according to Commissioner Williams, the outcome of the hearing is of vital importance to every producer and manufacturer on - the Pacific coast. This is especially true, he says of those who find a market for their products in the east. Commissioner Cleland of the Wash ington public service commission will represent the Oregon commission at the conference of the utilities com missioners of the United States to be held in Washington on May 22. The increase in rates for western classification territory,, as set out in the application of the railroads, is 23.91 per cent, as compared with 30.95 for the southern territory and 30.43 per cent for the official, or eastern, territory. In commenting on the proposed in creases, Mr. Williams said: This bears out unquestionably the contention on the part of the western shippers and Industries that the freight rates of the west were ad vanced previously 25 per cent too high in comparison with those of the east and south. "Without argument at this time as to the necessity for some additional revenues for the carriers. said statement given out by the public service commission here today, "this commission's primary interest will be to see that such advance as is per mitted, if any, will not be an in equitable assessment in comparison with the southern and eastern terri tory, and in other words our extreme ly long hauls cause a greater relative increase in dollars and cents than will be found in the other territories. PRICES STILL FALLING (Continued From First Pasre.) cial.) The present drastic reductions in price of ready-to-wear garments does not indicate a break in the high price situation, declared local mer chants today. The price reduction does not even indicate the trend of the market, say The Dalles mer chants. The same manufacturers who are slashing prices on ready-to-wear good3 for spring are sending out fall prices some 35 to 50 per cent higher than the came goods bore last au tumn. The manufacturers In the cast are suffering enormously just now from lack of re-orders on merchandise, due primarily to the backward season. The cuts in price evidence a rush to get out from under'and save what is possible, in the crinion of local busi ness men. SPOK.VSE STORES REDUCE Only Goods Involved In Contracts Are Not Included in Sale. SPOKANE, Wash.. May 19. One of the city's largest department stores today published advertisements an nouncing a 20 xer cent-reduction on til its stocks except a few lines, prices on which were fixed by the manufacturer. Representatives of other local stores declared they would be forced to meet the reduction if it was continued in effect. Later today officials of a second large department store announced that beginning next Monday prices on its principal lines would be reduced 20 per cent. PRICE CUTTIXG DESOCXCED Newark Store Scores Sale bnt An nounces One Itself. NEWARK. N. J.. May 19. Price cutting by department stores through- HARVEY WELLS Candidate Republican Nomination FOR REPRESENTATIVE VOTE X 120 (Paid Adv.) . READ PAGE 11 MOTHERS' APPEAL Faad. AiivatljT mral. out the country was denounced as "an economic mistake" in a newspaper ad vertisement inserted today by one r f Newark's large clothing concerns, which itself offered suits at $29.50. "There is absolutely no reason for this sale." the advertisement retds. "As business men, you will agree with us that it is economically unsound to sell merchandise today for a price which is less than we can buy it from the makers anywhere. "We haven't the slightest idea that this event, as great as it is, will bring down prices generally." Meat Prices Down. CHICAGO. May 19. Chicago, meat center of the world. Is eating meat Imported from Australia and New Zealand. The price of lamb has been forced down 2 cents in the Chicago market, packers Bay. by large impor tations' of frozen lamb from the An tipodes. Salt Lake Prices Fall. SALT LAKE CITY. May 19. One of Salt Lake City's largest department stores today advertised a flat 20 per cent price reduction on its entire stock with the exception of a few staple articles, prices of which are set by the manufacturer. Aberdeen Goods Cut Half. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 19. Re duction of 20 to 60 per cent were an nounced here today by two of the city's leading dry-goods and mens clothing stores. DIRECTORY MAKER HERE R, Jj. POLK TELLS OP DIFFT CCLTIES OP TASK. Paper Shortage Causes Many Cities to Suspend Work for Time, Asserts Publisher. The shortage of paper coupled with the increased cost of everything in eluded in manufacture of books, has caused suspension of the regular an nual editions of city directories in some of the large cities of the coun try. There has been no issue of the Chicago directory since 1917 and ac cording to R. La Polk, of Detroit, Mich., pioneer directory publisher, who has been a Portland visitor since Monday, the difficulties of the di rectory man have greatly multipl'ed in recent years. "The sale price of old directories indicates their value as historical documents," said -Mr. Polk. "The first directory of New York was printed in 1786 and a copy of the small quarto volume was sold at the Hoe library sale in 1911 for 227o. laere is no other work that so clearly portrays the people and their institutions, business, civic, political and religious. A copy of the first London directory sold for $4000. "Thoroughness is essential to di rectory work," said Mr. Polk, who for more than 50 years has been Issuing directories of American cities, "and It is only possible to attain satisfactory results by employing men in the field work who become expert. It Is im possible for the entire population to be listed by a count such as is made by the census foi the reason that it is done too hurriedly and by persons not trained for the task. It cannot be thorough when done under the stress of the short time limit and without the incentive of adequate compensa tlon to keep the enumeratprs at.i until their work Is complete." f I BROKER DISCUSSES SUGAR Action of Government Blamed for Present High Price. NEW YORK. May .19. Blame fo the high price of sugar was laid at the door of the government today by A. M. Lamborn, New York sugar broker, who testified before the join legislative committee which, afte having investigated radicalism In this state, now has turned its attention t prorireering as a cause or social un rest. Denying that he ever had heard of a "gentlemen's agreement" existing In Cuba as to price control, and as serting that the law of supply and de mand governed the price, the witnes declared the government should have acted last year on the suggestion of the sugar equalization board, which advised purchase of the Cuban supply or raw sugar. AMERICA TRADE LEADER Business in Hong Kong Surpassed Only by Countries of Orient. SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. Amerl can trade through the port of Hong kong in 1919 was surpassed o-rtly by China itself, Japan and Indo-China. according to George E. Anderson. United States consul-general at the port, who arrived today from the -far east. American iron and steel, ma chinery, pumps and other, products are being imported into southern China in increasing quantities, he said. Possibility of compromise between the northern and southern Chinese factions was more hopeful at the time he left than it had been for many months, Anderson stated. 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