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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1914)
TTTE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 23, 1914. LAWYER FOR POOR PROPOSED IN BILL Thomas McCusker to Suggest Public Defender for Big Counties of State. JUSTICE THOUGHT AIDED Scheme Tried in los Angelea Proves Bnocessf nl and Economical Drys Appeal to Jjafferty to Vote . j tor Hobson . Amendment. A public defender for Multnomah County and probably for some of the Other more populous counties In the state Is provided for in a. bill now be Jnjr drafted by Tnomas McCusker, of Portland. The measure will be presented to the Legislature In an effort to secure the creation of the office early In the year, Whether It shall be an appointive or an elective position has not been de termined, however. "There is just as much need of for a public defender in counties the size of Multnomah," saidl Mr. McCusker yes terday, "as there is for a. public prose cutor. Under present conditions Jus tice frequently miscarries. A prose cutor naturally Is ambitious to make a good record for himself. He tries to secure the maximum number of con victions. Frequently he disregards trie elements of pruilt and innocence and consequently becomes a persecutor In stead of a prosecutor." Mr. McCusker's bill does not make it Incumbent upon the public defender to defend every person arrested on a crim inal charge. When there is no doubt of a man's guilt the public defender is ex pected to remain passive. He may ad vise the accused on questions of legal procedure and the like, but is not expected to take time to defend an accused man whom he knows is guilty. "It Is apparent that the office will pay for itself," argues Mr. McCusker. "It will he possible for the defender and the prosecutor to get together in numerous cases and agree upon the disposition of a case without bringing it to trial. Large sums can be saved in this way. "It will not bo necessary, either, for very person accused of crime to accept the defender's services. Well-to-do per sona brought up, on criminal charges can employ their own counsel as they ido now. The officers would he in tended principally to defend persons who otherwise could not employ counsel. "The public defender could be of still further service. He could offer free legal advice to poor persons who be come entangled in civil suits." Mr. McCusker has been in corre spondence recently with the public de fender at Los Angeles, who has been conducting his office successfully for the last few years. He has information and statistics to bear out his conten tion that the public defender is a nec essary official in all cities the size of Portland or larger. While the proposed bill provides only for a public defender in Multno mah County, it" Is possible that this service eventually will be spread Into other parts of the state. The experi ment at Los Angeles, it is reported, has worked out successfully. While euch an official will have all he can do in a larger city, it is apparent there would not be sufficient work to keep him busy in the less populous districts of the state. It Is pointed out that a prosecutor might be named to serve in a district embracing "three or four or more counties. The coming Legislature will have for Its Consideration the proposed lease re cently entered into by the State Land Board with the New York capitalists represented by Jason C. Moore for the lease of Sumner and Albert lakes, in Lake County. The lessees propose to extract the chloride, sodium and po tassium salts from the beds "of these Jakes and to market them for com mercial purposes. Title in the prop erty remains with the state and the state is to receive a royalty which has e. fixed minimum of $25,000 annually. The following telegram of protest was sent yesterday by a committee of dry" workers in this state to A. W. Jjafferty. Representative in Congress from the Multnomah County district, who recently announced his intention of voting "no" on the Hobson amend ment providing for National prohibi tion: "Tour statement that you propose to vote against the Hobson amendment Jn violation of your convictions be cause Multnomah County official vote eeems wet by a small margin In re cent election Is unreasonable. You know perfectly well that thousands who were or are not against state wide prohibition are in favor of Na tional prohibition. Even had they known that Washington was to vote dry, thousands more would have voted dry than did. And many thousands more voted wet only because they thought this a bad year because of Siard times. If you have the slightest thought of voting the expression of your constituency, you will support the Hobson amendment with all your souL The people of this county are watch ing your vote. Copies of this message have been given to the press, as your reply will be also." The message is signed: Committee of One Hundred, by J. E. Wheeler, chairman: Oregon W. C. T. TJ., by Mrs Jennie Kemp, president; Prohibition "Porty of Oregon, by J. P. Newell, state chairman; Anti-Saloon League of Ore eon, by Samuel Connell. president. Oscar W. Home, a member of the Multnomah County Representative del. egation, has just returned from Great Falls, Mont., where he was detained on business for three or four weeks. Mr. Home proposes to devote moBt of his time from now until the Legis lature meets to a consideration of measures and amendments that are brewing for the forthcoming session. "Jim" Kyle, the popular Mayor of Btanfield, was in Portland yesterday. He proposes to return for the Irriga tion Congress week after next, and may run up to feaiem tne week after that to see the wheels of government turn around. W. P. Klmore, of Brownsville, a member of the Linn County delegation In the House, was in Portland yester day. Mr. Klmore Is an ardent Prohi bitionist, but was elected as a Demo crat. He Is interested In the proposed "dry" legislation. He is ex-Mayor of Brownsville and served in the House In 1S93. If the appropriation for the State Immigration Commission Is continued "by the coming Legislature, it is prob able that the permanent" exhibits now in possession of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce and on display in the Commercial Club building will become the property of the state. A tentative offer to this effect has been made to members of the Legislature. A formal bill will be presented at Salem. That the work of the Immigration Commission and the results that it has accomplished Justify the disposition to retain it is the contention of the Cham ber of Commerce . and Commercial Club. A mass of information is be ing prepared and will be presented ti the Legislature to prove these con tentions. Consideration of the pro posed tax bill prepared by the special committee on taxation will be a spe cial order of business at the Multno mah County legislative meeting next Monday night. The proposed bill pro vides for semi-annual payments and a penalty of 1 per cent per month - on oeiinquencies, together with an addi tional penalty of 6 per cent for de linquencies beyond the second-payment period, borne members think the pen alty too high; others not high enough. A compromise probably will be attempted. VOICE IN PEACE IS O. ST. BLACK MAKES PLEA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Diplomatic Intervention of the United State In Final Terns TXrged to Gain National Integrity. A plea for the diplomatice interven tion of the United States in favor of religious freedom and national integ rity, to remove for all time the prin- George N. Black, of Ix Anselea, Who I7rsea Diplomatic Action by United State to Obt Peace In Europe. i aln j cipal causes of war, is made by George N. Black, of Los Angeles, former presi dent of the California State Realty Federation, and past grand president of District No. 4, Independent Order of B'Nai B'rith, who is in Portland with Mrs. Blaclc visiting his mother, Mrs. Charles Kohn. "We cannot hope to abolish war merely ' by writing so-called 'peace treaties, "asserts Mr. Black. "No treaties will ever beget peace," he continues, "unless the nations of the earth are willing forever to forego territorial conquest, religious bigotry and national greed in favor of magna minity and righteous dealing, religious toleration and equal justice. "When the fighting ends and the reckoning begins in Europe, as soon it must, shall we let things drift along in the same old slipshod fashion and permit our children to. blunder blindly STORE OPEN EVEXISGS. 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First quality.. 0iUU Jumbo knit, full fashion, i ruirneck. special... Assorted Sweaters In Shaker ruiin ecKs, regular $5.00 and 17.00. Special. HATS " Multnomah " H a t s now QQ Stetson Hats Trimble Hats $4 to $10 $4 and $5 $5.0(3 h a k e r $3.25 SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service, Northwest Cor. 3d and Morrison STORE OPEX EVENIXGS. into a perpetition of these cruel and devastlng conflicts? "It Is quite fitting for our country, which Is friendly to all nations and hostile to none, to assume the . Initia tive in organizing the public oulnion of the world, to intervene diplomatically when peace negotiations begin, and to demand of the present warring powers that the terms of peace include primar ily a universal grant of religious free dom and a universal charter for each race and nation to govern itself un molested within the fixed limitations of its natural geographical bounds." Simpson Girl Made Court Ward. MAKSHFIELX). Or.. Dec. 22 (Spe cial.) In the Juvenile Court at Co quille today Miss Ruby Simpson, noto rious in suits over kidnaping and liquor, was declared to be an incor rigible. Judge Hall said he would not send the girl to the reform school, but remanded her to the custody of her parents, subject to the Juvenile Court, until she is 21. PRISONER TRIES TO DIE HIDDEIT POISON TAKEN AFTER AD. MITTISO S1743.60 THEFT. Man Canarlit With Ixot Stolen From Employer Falls In Suicide Attempt and la Held to Face Ohirce, Arrested with $1543.60 in cash and Jewelry valued at $200 that he con fessed he had stolen from the Vienna Bakery, of Sacramento, in his posses sion, as he stepped from a Southern Pacific train Monday night, Joseph "Wagner attempted to end his life yes terday, when he swallowed about 25 grains of morphine at the City Jail. He was treated at the Emergeny Hos pital, where It was announced that he would live. The police said he woula be held for the California authorities. The drug had been secreted in the lining of Wagner's trousers and was not discovered when he was searched at the Jail. Just before he took the mor phine Wagner offered some to George Baldwin, his cellmate, who was one of the trio of alleged highwaymen arrest ed Monday night, but Baldwin refused with thanks. According to the story Wagner told to the local authorities, he had been working for several months at the bakery at Sacramento, but had recently learned that he was in danger of being discharged. He decided to leave with some money before being dismissed, and bored a hole through the partition of his room, by which he obtained a good view of the safe. . He watched the proprietor unlock the safe and learned the combination. Saturday night he opened the safe, took $1543.60 in money and the jewels, valued at $200, and boarded a train for Portland. His description was tele graphed north and from it Patrolman Welch recognized Wagner as he left a Use I S CO ForFitying-Foi Shortening for iajce jracing When you fry with Crisco you have a kitchen free of smoke. And there is no odor from the fat. Crisco does not smoke at frying temperature; you need not wait until it becomes 'smoking hot." In deep fry ing, test for proper temperature with bread crumb or bit of dough before placing the food into the hot Crisco. There will be no more burned specks in the food. Foods fried in Crisco are more wholesome; the crust forms immediately and then the- inside bakes instead of soaks. Crisco is all vegetable. It is a rich fat that readily digests. It is used not only for frying and shortening in place of lard, but for rich cakes in place of butter. Less is used in each recipe, because Crisco is so much richer. It stays fresh and pure in ordinary room temperature. ImA It! 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