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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. Until the.
political situation was composed, in
his opinion, - Chinese business would
not be up to normal.
More Money Requested.
WASHINGTON. May 19. Secretary
Houston asked rhe senate today to
increase appropriations for the cus
toms service from $10,300,000 to $11.-
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School Principals Re-elected.
THE DALLES. Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) City Superintendent- R. L.
Kirk. Principals F. Moore and F. S.
Knight were re-elected to their re
spective positions for the coming year
at last nigrht's meeting of the board
of school Directors of the local dis
trict. All of the instructors are known
to have been offered other positions
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