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LOAN FROM JOHN 0.
Ml FOR FAMILY
Founder of Iron Range
Left Impoverished.
OIL MAN FIRST "BROTHERLY"
Pound of Flesh Exacted When
Merritts Reject Proposal.
PARSON'S ROLE DESCRIBED
rhmlrman of Steel Trust fommlllw
f-mj rrloe to Humanity H
Iurn Pone by Introduc
tion of Testimony.
WASHINGTON". Nor. It. John T.
rockefeller and hta almoaer. Rev. R.
r. Gates, of Montclalr. N. J . will bo In
vlted by tbo Houn coramlttea Investl
cailnrr the Vnlted States 8tel Corpora
tion, to reply to testimony given yes
terday and today by Alfred and L--r.lrfss
Merrltt. of Iuluth. Minn.. charg
ng that Kockefrller. lhrouh Gates a
nie icrnt. took from them In 1S 110..
jn.OQ- In Mlssab Iron mines and Pu
luih. Msbe Northern Hat'.foad se
curities to satisfy a call loan of $20.
. These securities wrr afterward aold
to the I'nlted States Steel Corporation.
shU-h now holds them.
Sabvru far Rwekefeller.,
After Leonldas Merrlttt had teatlfled
:ndy that he had gone to New Tork
srith S14.oea.000 In aerurtttea. ha met
Ur. Rockefeller and two months later
tad nothing- except a -chance to walk
'torn New York to Duluth on the ties."
he steel committee had an executive
eeslon. Prerloualy Chairman Stanley
iad announced that 11 r. Rockefeller
a-ould be aubpenaed. Tha committee
Jertded merely to aak Mr. Rockefeller
nd Mr. Galea If they wished to ap
pear, and give than an opportunity to
heard.
"If Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Gatea do
not wish to coma before the commit
tee." Chairman Stanley announced, "the
-nmmtttea will not Isaue a aubpena for
.hem."
Teatlaeaay Held Relevaat.
When Leonldas Merrltt had complet
d hla tettlmony. In which ha dramati
cally deacrlbed how Mr. Rockefeller
flrat had captured him with hla pro
posal to form a conaolldatlon of In
tereata In tha Lake Superior region, had
lent Mm money and later foreclosed
on him. leaving him and hla brother
without an equity In properties Mhey
had possessed and financed. Represen
tative Ean forth of New Tork. moved
that the testimony of both brothers be
etriken from the record on the (round
that It waa Irrelevant to tha Inquiry.
This motion waa lost.
"It aeema to me that thla testimony
1 of little value to the committee."
aid Mr. CarJoer. "In getltn at ore
values or freight rates. Kven though
It does perhapa Justly so cast obli
quity on Mr. Rockefeller. I can not see
where It la any value In thla lnveatl
fatlon." "Servloe Dewe liaaaaalty."
Of the same mind were John W. Mur
phy, of counsel for Mr. Rockefeller, and
f. A. Reed, of counsel for the Steel
Corporation, but when the motion had
been voted down Chairman Stanley de
c ared that he thought that, by ad
mitting the testimony of the Merrltta.
he had done a treat aervlce to "hu
manity." LeonMaa Merrltt. In hta testimony
today, deacrlbed how hta father, back
n the '5 Da. had predicted a a; rest fu
ture for the Meaaba region, and how
he and hla father sank the flrat ore pit
n that country. In 1J1. Later, he Bald,
there waa a rush to the territory.
Soon after. Merrltt aald. experts went
over the range and condemned the ore
a useless. That prevented the Mer
rltta from borrowing money.
"These transactions deacrlbed by my
brother yesterday." Mvrltt aald. "cauaed
the downfall of our family."
He further teatlnVd that among the
men he tried to Intereat In the ore
propertlea and railroad project without
success were 1L C. Frlck and Andrew
Carnegie.
lal te Rerkefellrr Dewrrlbe.
' After the completion of the road In
133. Senator Clapp. who waa a stock
holder with the Merrltta and their at
torney, urged them to sell, but they
did not. It waa at thla time that Mr.
Rockefeller waa suggested to them aa
the mm who might be Interested la
the project.
Merrltt related how. in lilt, be went
to New Tork with I'.er. & D. Gates,
Mr. Rockefeller's almoner. Gatea wai
hla constant companion and urged him
to accept the consolidation of Interests
propoaed by Mr. Rockefeller.
"Gatea took me to Rockefeller." aald
Merrltt. "He aeemed to be a kindly,
brotherly sort of a fellow. He told ma
that my brother and I were all right,
for ha had looked us up. and that we
had done a great work In Minnesota.
He aald that If we would agree to the
consolidation he proposed, he would
take care .of aa. He aald he would be
proud to be my partner and backer.
He also aald he never speculated, and
for that reaaon would not take any
stock In the consolidation.
"He wonld Just keep the bonds In the
tCeacluded en face 3.)
PORTLAND WHEAT
EXP0RTST0 FRONT
PORT WILL LEAD ALL IP GAJX
IS COXTIXCED.
New York Declining In 1-B--1 THo
Montha of Year Baltlmoro '
Already Crowded Back.
OREOON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Nov. 21. Monthly statistics la
sued by the Pepartment of Commerce
and Labor Indicate that by December
II Portland again -will be In the lead of
all wheat exporting cities In the United
Mates. Heavy wheat shipments In Oc
tober advanced Portland from third to
second place, supplanting Baltimore,
and New Tork alone now leads Port
land by little more than 1.000.000
bushels for the paat ten montha. If
Portland'a exports are heavy In Novem
ber and December New Tork will be
forced back to aecond place, for wheat
shipments from that port are now
declining rapidly.
According to official figures. Portland
during ten months ended with October
last exported S.Sft.MO bushels of
wheat, aa compared with 2.2S2.4S4
bu.hela exported during the cor
responding months of 110. being a
gain of more than 100 per cent. Port
land's exports this year are more than
double those of all Pua-et Sound, which
exported during the past ten montha
2.501.77$ bushels. which Is Hill
bushels less than the Sound exported
In the flrat ten montha of 1910.
Portland'a export during October was
1 05.S4I bushels, as compared with
777.151 bushels from Tuget Pound.
New Tork'a wheat shipments for ttie
paat ten montha are given aa C.S7S.293
bushels, and Baltimore's aa 6.154.74$.
Turing October New Tork exported
only 325.211 bushels of wheat and
Baltimore 431.771 bushels.
Portland's export flour trade also
hows a marked Increaae over last
year. During the paat ten montha.
C01.IT9 barrels of flour were shipped
from Portland, aa agalnat 170.001 bar
rela tn the corresponding montha of
1910. Thla la the largest percentage
of gain reported anywhere In the
United States, Puget Sound a flour ex
port waa 1.62$.7$l barrels, as against
119.3(1 barrela In the sime montha
last year.
VOTES BLOW TO CHIVALRY
Paughter of John D. Spreckela la
Fined by Judge for Speeding Auto.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Mra. Grace Hamilton, wife of
Alexander Hamilton, millionaire hard
ware man and daughter of John D.
Soreckela. who is several ttniea a mil
lionaire, today appeared before Police
Judge Weller and pleaded guilty to a
charge of having violated the local au
tomobile speed law.
Mrs. Hamilton waa fined 110. the
Judge pronouncing the penalty after a
nifty little speech In which he said that
in Ms opinion the time had rone when
women might, as a privilege to their
aex. expect leniency when they In
fringed the law: that the" present suf
frage regime had abolished all kindred
conceptions of chivalry. Judge Weller
said:
"Under the old' order of things thla
defendant would have been released
for a reprimand. She has been fair In
her atatementa to thla court, and the
fault waa not great, but now. by the
law of this state, women have all the
rights and privileges that are granted
to the sterner sex and by the same
token she should be subjected to the
same penalties. I fine the defendant
$10."
Mra. Hamilton pleaded the extenua
tion that thla waa her first offense, but
the Judge waa obdurate. The defend
ant waa charged with. taking the De-vlaadero-street
hill at a clip of 27 miles
an hour. The One waa paid and Mrs.
Hamilton departed smiling.
CHICAGO WELCOMES OPERA
Mary Garden Will Sing Title Role of
Carmen" Tonight.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22. The Chicago
Grand Opera Company opened Its seo
ond season of grand opera here to
night before a record-breaking audi
ence. Tha directorate ami management
of the company remain the same aa
laat J ear. and the advance sale of
aeata Indicates a second season of
financial success.
The opening opera was Saint Baens.
"Samson at Delilah." tn French. Mad
ame Gervllle- Roche and Charles Dal
mores aang the principal roles. Hector
DuFranne. Gustave Huberdeau and
Rosina, Gald. as premier danseuse,
were the principal stars.
Mary Garden will appear with Dal
mores In "Carmen" tomorrow night. .
R. A. DIppel remains as director of
the opera company and Cleofonta
Campanl as conductor.
CHINAMAN DONATES $120
Xes Perce Celestial Helps Swell
Town's rnbllcity Fund.'
Contribution of $120 by a China
man to the publicity campaign fund of
the little town of Nex Perce, on the
Nea Perce Prairie. Idaho. Is reported
by members of the excursion of Lewis
ton business men who returned to Lew
Iston laat night after a two days' Jour
ney Into Interior Idaho. Tom Rich
ardson telegraphed to the Portland
Commercial Club reporting success of
the business men's sojourn, mentioning
Incidentally the largess of Fong Way.
Nes Perce, a town with a population
of not more than 1100. la raising a fund
of $10,000. of which $7200 Is alreaay
subscribed, with which to promote the
Interests of Its section.
TTx-r nnrnnv. TTITTRSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1911. . PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ANCIENT
CAPITAL
10 BE BOMBARDED
Rebels Drawing Near
by Land and Sea.
NANKING POORLY PROVISIONED
Hope Still Exists of Winning
Over Manchu General.
CHANG STOPS SLAUGHTER
Imperial Scout Tear Vp Section of
Railroad Heretofore Held to
Be Neutral Ten War
ships Are on Way.
aTrnms ov ijftc or cktstak
nir.Mir.R rf.poriti in perin.
PRKIN. Nov. IS. According to a
Chinese report, aa attempt waa mad.
to assas.lnste Premier Yuan Slil Kal
last Monday. There have been ru
mors that the Premier's life was
threatened and he has besn solng
about escorted by a guard.
A special dispatch from Bhanchal
ears that not only was the Governor
of Tal Yuaa-fu murd.red. but hls(
wife aad two sons also have been
assassinated. The yamen has been
burned, the Manchu city entirely de
strayed and the whole city looted by
a mob. The president of ghaatune
Republic has sent another message
advising the abdication of the throne.
, and Tuaa Shi Kal haa replied, ac
cording to the Chinese newspspers:
"Watch the Germans!"
NANKING. Nov. 23. A. M. Tha
revolutionary forces are making prepa
rations for the bombardment of Nank
ing. These will be completed with the
arrival of .ten warships on the way to
this place, and an attack will be made
on tha city simultaneously by land and
sea.
A amall body of General Chang's
Imperial scouts last night tore up a
section of the railway four miles to
the south of Nanking. Prior to this the
railway has been considered neutral
jlerrttory and had not been Interfered
with.
Within the city walla 11.000 men hold
a strongly fortified position. They are
said to be well supplied with arms and
ammunition, but thoy are poorly pro
visioned. "
The former Chinese Minister to
Japan. Taao, who Is a warm personal
friend of Chang's, has been endeavor
ing to Induce him to surrender, but
Chang la obdurate.
Tsao, who Is the guest of President
Bowen. of Nanking University, has not
yet given up hope of winning over the
Manchu general. The general has at
least stopped killing those who have
cut off their queues and haa Issued a
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEfTERDAXS Maximum temperature,
decrees; minimum. It degrees.
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness followed by
Jlirht rain or snow; winds mostly aoutn-
easterly.
Foreign.
Nanking to be bombarded by land and sea.
Oome Reyes and Zapata leagued against
Madero. Page 2.
National.
Chief of Army Engineers seeommends ap
propriations of 3.4o2.2SO for waterwae
In Northwest. Page 1.
Portland pmml.ee to lead all t'ntted States
ports In wheat exports. Page 1.
Rockefeller loan proves ruin of family
who founded Iron range. Page 1.
Domeetlc,
McN'amara defense encounters series of ad
verse rulings. Page S.
Mrs. Leeds, who I. said to have rejected
princely suitors, comes home to give so
American training. Page 8.
Carpenter ears he sw Mrs. Patterson km
her husbsnd. Page a. , .
School girl, at dentist's trial, ears he kept
her prisoner In office for 10 months.
Suffragettes not repentant after night in
London 1all. Page S.
Experts' honesty will be attacked In Dr.
Hyde case. Pace t.
Defamers of Kansss schoolma'am bitterly
scored In trial. Pegs 1.
Sport.
Aggies defeat Willamette by ft-8 score.
p, . .
Champion bllllardlst Wright glvea points on
style of plsy. Page S.
Washington meets Jefferson in crucial game
today. Page 6. j
Pacific N'ortbweet.
Idaho courts kept busy In last six years with
banking and conspiracy cases. Psge
Vancouver Pank case to be beard at Kalama
today. I'age 6.
Bernard Marvin, man of dual personality
"makes good" with Wendllng Lumber
Company. Psge 6.
Committee of three may be named to con
trol big Eastern Oregon Irrigation project.
Page 7.
Tax levy high ln Washington, g.19 mills
would be cut oft. Psge T.
Virgil Nolan d. popular Oregon 'X football
star, burned to death by electric bath
robe. Page a.
Commerrtal aad Marine.
Sheep firm at Portland atockyarda tn aplte
or large receipts. Page 19.
Black rust reports from Argentina lift wheat
prices at Chicago. Page 19.
Stocks sdvance early and then decline on
proflt-taklug. Page 19.
New York engineers to select dock site tor
commission will bs In Portland next
month. Page IS.
California supply of lima beans being rap
Idly depleted. Page 19.
Portland and Vldnlty.
Mayor declares he will veto all ordinances
calling for rises In salaries. Page 1L
Leagal profession advised to awaken to
shortcomings of Judicial procedure.
Page 8.
United States District Attorney MeCourt
makes rousing address before State Bar
Association. Page T.
Gipsy Smith addresses Ad Club. Page It
Reduced round trip railroad rate are grant
ed for Elks convention. Rose Festival
and other eventa. Page 13
Taking of evidence la completed In antl-
.,....( f ...n il ii m . . . Pin Q
Olpsr Smith says his foes hsre are like Cog
nil yc.il woen niu rn .
Boy tied snd gsgged by robbers, knocks
down phone and yells for help; central
tells police. Page 1.
Anarchistic street speakers harangue un
employed to revolt and Jeer at unlona.
Psge 4.
Glrl-whlppIng ease beard and report Is due
December L Page 4.
Sullivan ac Consldlns plan new Portland
theater within six montns. Page 12.
Oregon producta not entered In New Tork
land show. Page 18.
PACKERS FORWARD APPEAL
Lawyers Leave for Washington to
. Appear Before Chief Justice.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22. Counsel for the
nine Chicago packers Indicted under the
criminal clause of the Sherman anti
trust act, left today for Washington,
where It la expected they will submit
an appeal to Chief Justice. White of the
Supreme Court tomorrow. Attorneys
John S. Miller and Levi Mayer were
their leftal representatives.
STILL A JONAH.
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ADVISES
MILLION FOR JETTY
Further Continuing
Contract Urged.
WORK IN NORTHWEST OUTLINED
Congress Advised to Appropri
ate $3,452,250.
DREDGE PLANS UNDER WAY
Chief of Army Engineer Believes
Congress Will Favor 30-Foot
Channel Work at Celilo
May fie Hastened.
TETA1XJU ESTIMATES OP AP
PROPRIATIONS FOR WATER
WATS IX NORTHWEST.
Mouth of Columbia River, 11.000.000.
Willamette and Columbia. Portland
to sea. 1475.000.
Celilo Canal. (600.000.,
Columbia, above Celilo, 130.000.
Columbia. Bridgeport to Kettle Falls.
125.000.
Willamette, above Portland, $20,000.
Sluslaw River. 1120.500.
Snake River, (22.000.
Cowllts and Lewis Rivers. $5500.
Coos River. $3000.
Tillamook Bay. $5000.
Clatskanle River. $1000.
Entrance to Grays Harbor. Waslw
I50O.000.
Wlllapa River and Harbor. $75,000.
Lake Washington Canal. $400,000.
Tributaries Puget Sound. $25,000.
Snohomish Rlvsr. $75,000.
Skagit River. (15.000.
Belllngham Harbor. $52,230.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Waah
lngton, Nov. 22. If Congress, In fram
ing the river and harbor bill this ses
sion, follows the recommendations of
the Chief of Army Engineers, as con
tained In his annual report, made pub
lic today. It will appropriate not less
than $3,452, 250 for continuing the Im
provement of waterways tn the Pacific
Northwest. The largest appropriations
recommended are for, the Columbia
River.
The report of the Chief of Engineers
does not cover any new propjects which
have not yet been approved by Congress
and If any such projects are adopted
this Winter appropriations made for
them will be in addition to the fore
going amounts. Only such new proj
ects will be adopted as have favorable
recommendations from the War De
partment. Jetty Work Outlined.
In submitting the foregoing esti
mates, the Chief of Engineers explains
that the $1,000,000 recommended for the
mouth of the Columbia will be applied
to completing the south Jetty and to
the protection of the Jetty by the con
struction of groins and by the addi
(Concluded on Page Five.)
BOY TIED, GAGGED,
YELLS INTO PHONE
CENTRAL TELLS POLICE AND
AID IS RUSHED.
Lad in Dental Parlors Refuses to
Tell Arnied Robbers Combination
"of Sare Loot Is Little.
Bound with wire and gagged by two
burglars last night, Leland Whetstone
was left on the floor of the Yale Den
tal Parlors, at Second and Morrison
streets, by the thugs, who rifled the
place. When the burglars departed
Whetstone struggled to his feet and
brushed the telephone off a desk with
his shoulder and yelled "Help" through
the transmitter. Central notlfled po
lice headquarters and a squad of pa
trolmen hurried to the scene of dis
tress. The burglars had fled half an
hour before.
Although scared and weeping, Whet
stone, aged 19 years, braved revolvers
In the hands of the two burglars and
refused to tell them the combination of
the safe. Disgusted with the small
amount of gold loose In the place, and
believing that the boy told the truth,
the two robbers left the place, without
being able to open the safe, which held
$40 In money and $200 worth of gold
nilings and made-up dental work.'
Young Whetstone was alone In the
front room of the dental parlors when
he. was brought to the reception-room
by the ringing of a call bell there.
When he opened the swinging doors
between the rooms he faced the re
volvers pointed by the two men, who
were masked.
The robbers bound the boy with wires
which they found in a cupboard and
gagged hlra with a towel, leaving him
lying on the floor of a small office off
the reception-room.
The men entered the place shortly
after Monroe Whetstone, the. proprie
tor, had left and while persons were
passing by the door, going to a dance
held In a hall on the third floor of the
building.
TAFT MY AMEND TREATY
Some of President's Advisers Coun
sel Against Abrogation.
WASHINGTON", Nov. 22. There was
a well-defined report here that Presi
dent Taft in his message to Congress
might have something to say on the
subject of negotiations between the
United States and Russia, looking to
a revision of the treaty of 1832, prin
cipally to remove the restrictions on
the rights of travel and domicile of
American Jews In Russia.
This was coincidental with the begin
ning of the official calls of George Bak
metiff. the Russian Ambassador. Mr.
Bagmetleff had a long talk with Sec
retary Knox and aoon will present his
credentials to the President.
President Taft has received many In
sistent suggestions that the treaty with
Russia be abrogated. On the other
hand, some of the President's advisers,
it is said, have counseled against such
drastic action. They take the grouiia
that to cut off all treaty relations with
Russia would leave the situation In
worse shape than at present and that
in the abrogation of the treaty the
United States has everything to lose In
the way of tariff concessions and other
considerations, while Russia would lose
virtually nothing.
CHILDREN KILLED AT FIRE
Boys, 7 and 5, Run Over by Mar
shal's Buggy.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 22. Two children
were fatally injured. and several men
were seriously hurt when Are totally
destroyed the plant of the J. Baum
Safe & Lock Company tonight.
The loss will be in the neighborhood
of $150,000, fully covered by insurance.
Two hundred employes were In the
building when the Are started and the
flames filled the exits in such a short
time that nearly all the employes es
caped from the building through other
channels.
The two children, Thomas Schaal,
aged 7, and his brother. Walter, aged
5, were sitting on the sidewalk when
the marshal's buggy dashed by.
The children attempted to cross the
street In front of the buggy and both
were run over. They cannot live.
CLERKS ALLEGED ROBBERS
Seattle Grocery II rm Loses $15,000
in Stock Stolen.
SEATTLE. Wash:, Nov. 22. Sytem
atic pilfering of the wholesale grocery
etock of Sylvester Brothers Company
to the amount of $15,000 is alleged la
the indictment of a number of men as
sociated with the gang. Hardy Bur
bridge, a former shipping clerk of the
firm, is now in the county Jail, charged
with grand larceny and others are be
ing sought on the same charge.
Fake orders for sacks of sugar,
flour, canned milk and tobacco were
sent out by the shipping clerks and
passed to the 'porters and stockmen for
filling.
IDAHO COUNTIES GO WET
Women Take Active Part in Spirited
Elections on Liquor Question.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 22. After a
most spirited contest, in which women
took very active part, today Kootenai
County, Idaho, voted wet by 2444 to
3343. Coeur d'Alene City is In Kootenai
County and gave a large wet vote.
Idaho County,. Idaho, also voted wet
by a majority of 112, according to
present returns. Many precincts, how
ever, are remote and the result Is not
absolutely certain.
DEFAMERS OF GIRL
BITTERLY SCORED
Punishment of Guilty
Persons Demanded.
CASE UP TO JURY TODAY
Prosecutor Makes Ringing Adi
dress in Court.
LETTERS NOT INTRODUCED
Touch of Romance Given Trial of .
Trio as Members of Tar Party
When Schoolma'am's Beau
Goes on Witness Stand.
LINCOLN CENTER. Kan., Nov. 22.
With only the closing arguments to be
delivered, the Indication tonight ia that
the "tar parts'" case will be In the
Jury's hands by tomorrow noon.
The day's developments In the trial
were marked by tha prosecutor's stir
ring address to the Jury, in which he
demanded that the severest punishment
possible under the law be administered
to the men who tarred Mary Chamber
lln, .the Shady Bend schoolteacher.
"To think," he thundered, "that a
crowd of men should attack a defense
less girl! Even a dog deserved better
treatment. During my practice I have
sent men to the penitentiary for fel
onies, hut I never have had a case
that could equal the one at the bar
in enormity of cowardice ad brutal
ity." Letters Pfot Introduced.
None of the letters known to be in
the hands of the defense, which Ever
ett G. Clark, a confessed member of
the tar party, is said to have declared
on the night of the tarring would
clear the defendants, was Introduced.
In an interview today, Everett Clark
said he was holding these letters for
use in case of a civil suit.
After the testimony was all in, Clark
was willing to talk of his share in the
affair more fully.
"I know that persons who don't live
in Shady Bend think we were fiends,"
he said. "Maybe we should not have
tarred her. Perhaps we would not do
it again."
Defense Is Complacent.
Attorneys for the defense regard the
Judge's instructions to the Jury aa
highly favorable to their clients. They
say the defendants might be found
guilty of aiding and abetting in the
crime even if they were not present,
but say there is not sufficient grounds.
The courtroom, which was less than
half filled this afternoon, was again
crowded when Prosecutor McCanlesa
began to speak tonight. Many persons
brought their dinners with them In
baskets and remained In their seats
during the recess preceding the night
session.
Mother Girl's Companion.
Miss Chamberlin occupied a scat
near the Jury box, where she had a
full view of all the Jurors. Her mother
was with her. The three defendants,
A. N. Slmms, Sherill Clark and John
Schmidt, also switched their chairs
around so that they faced the Jury.
Slmms' wife sat by his side. The other
two men- were unaccompanied.
Schmidt and Clark were the chief
witnesses today. Both corroborated
the statement of Slmms that the three
defendants had never Intended to be
parties to the "tarring," but they ad
mitted that they had made an attempt
to reach the scene of the crime.
Touch of Romance Given.
A touch of romance was Introduced
Into the trial when Homer Hofllck was
called by the state in rebuttal. Ha .
has been friendly with Miss cnamDer
lin during the last five or six months.
In fact, he said, he had been "keeping
company" steadily with her.
Prosecutor McCandless, in his address!
to the Jury, said In part:
"I regret indeed that our laws are ma
lame, our Legislatures so lax. that we
find it necessary after an offense of
this nature has been perpetrated in our
midst, that we must be content to send
the offenders. to Jail or heap upon them,
an insignificant fine.
"Tar and feathers! A rello of an
cient times! Tarring a girl; think of
It! One of our own girls; one of our
citizens: right here in the center of
civilization.
Reputation Not Issue.
"It has been intimated through tha
conduct of this trial that Miss Cham
berlin is not a girl of good reputation,
or character. This I would challenge
most strenuously if it were necessary;
if her reputation were an issue in this
case. But it is not an issue. I care
not who Mise Chamberlain is. nor what
she is. She may be the vilest character
on top of the earth, yet she is Just aa
much entitled to the protection of our
laws as If she were an angel.
"Gentlemen, this girl is our Bister;
this girl is one of the daughters of
Kansas. 'This girl calls for the protec
tion of our laws and our state. It ia
your duty to give It to her. You can
if you will. Will you. '.n your verdlrt
today, blot from the spangled banner
the star that glitters to the name of
Kansas and leave the Ftrlpe behind, a
fit emblem of her degradation? Or will
you, by the word 'Kuilty,' continue to,
(Concluded oa Pass $