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ih.il IS -in ul llllil UMUL n-'-r.se Waives Right to 7 'ress -Itiry Judge to - r.-epare Instructions JJARI0N, 111.,' Jan, 17. I By The Associated Press) A11 argu ment the trial -off five men I barged with tie murder of How 4f( j:jffnan; one of the victims tLi lierrin; nois, 4 was euueu u ' lenly today -when Angus W. e;r,' chief counsel v announced tit V-e defense waived Its right toTwresj ;the Jury,. , , ,,r: . f ArnouncroienC Unexpected " " frLe ronexpecteAi "announcement r i wade nef oe7a crowded courts r0 tt,the opehfng o th.after- I ... ..f'iwVni!14ntiMv'" Wdprprt nn R 1 -" "- AVntIL Iff . o'clock to- SiocTCKWOTtiins: o-permit him, tq f Mnare his' Instructions ' to the t'ader the Illinois law attorneys 1 fn tbA defense and prosecution Jt alternate. -in making final argu- menu to the jury. The prosecu tlon is entitled to make both the opening , ana' " closing aaaress. Yesterday, when the state rested. the defense offered to submit the jjse tdthe Jury at' once -without Further argument or-Instructions. The offer 7'. was-refused by the art. ccotion ;. and Otis: Glenn, as gist ant attorney general, told the toz t this morning 4hat the state red bIx . hours tor argument,. Ed ,ard J.Brundage,'.' attorney g er. ral, arrived from Chicago on tfae morning tram witn tne mien tax.4 of making- a brief , statement during the argument on the neces sity 'for law enforcement. ' i - - -., . - - j llr. Kerr refused to make any agreement regarding the 4 . length of argument. - ?;'v''.-V:;'-- ;:; Tie entire "morning session was tat a bp with, the argument of DeMs Doty, " state's attorney of AVn iamson county, who discussed the evidence, explained the appli cation of the statute on murder hj conspiracy t6 th present case, declared s that 'the state had pre red all of the defendants ju:.ty beyond a shadow lofja, rea socabel doubt.'.He 'described the m.'je as a "rat hole1 and said that Its handtu of defenders had with stood a hail of bullets for half a Jday and a night; Jle declared that af:;r ttfey had thrown down their arms, surrendered and -Been as- surel of" thelr7aleiy,- they, were let put of the-pr'and: twenty of f: -them brutally i slain. He declared f V 'that, under the law defining iurt i denbi conspiracy. : it was : not , V ... . . .net v;Bitr- 10 snow laai any 01 m defendants, had W actually taken -part In Hof fman'g mwder. - ' ' ' lef endants "Restless '7. ' ' ' y Tf they iadv led. Hotfman and ths' other men out of the mine, . they anj guilty of mnr dey conspiracy Just as much as thctgh they had participated dl- re ' ly in the killing." he declared. , "L it we have ' proved also 'that they did take part In the actual killing. ' liaire 'shown : these defen dants, either actually engaged rln acta of barbarity that almost pass belief, or were present at the time with- guus. in their; hands." - ., as ine state's attorney, spoke, Peter HJller, one , of the ' defen dants, feanpd forward with his head. In , his hands and others moved restlesssliy. In their chairs racing the Jury. Behind them sev eralhundred spectators, farmers and miirers, in their workine clothes, and many women, listened in Intense silence, j '" v ' More Canes Xater VThe first acjt In the conspiracy that red to these killings did not take place at Ithe mine," he de dared. "First hardware; stores were raided and guns seized and Just a few hours before the shoot ing, commenced at - the mine a truckload of men on its 'way to tfra pit. was fired on by hidden as sassins and three of its occupants were wounded. All of this goes to show the conspiracy that eix- isted." ; 'n t ; 'A. Before departing ; for Chicago tonight. Attorney General Erun dage declared that the case had oeen most difficult. . but. it had been, handled as well as was hu manly possible, t j j 'Uesplte the intimidation of witnesses and, the I environment, the state presented 'every particle of its testimony and did It won derfully well," he added, - More cases growing out of the riots will be brought to- trial as early as possible, he said. Ail-ilUEN, BILL BEING HELD IIP ' " 1 n " ' V; i Portland Opponents Desire to be Heard; Open uom mittee Meeting Soon L. COVERS ,JTH05I IiA.- GRIPPI2, .v'T7as Very bad with LaGripp am' had a severe cough. ' Tried V:ys Honey - and iTar -and H .stcrjed my cough and I got bet ter." writes Mrs. Mary Kisby, Sr:kaae, Washington. ' Coughi iretulUng from LaGrippe- Influ '; en. a. Bronchitis, j Whoopln , Cc h. Asthma, . and Spasmodic CrcaD 'are auicklv relieved-with j Foley's Honey and Tar. Containffbcadell ito v bo , opiates ingredients "' printed J on the- Wrapper.. . Largest selling coujh medicine in the World. Re- for substitutes. Insist on Fo ley '1 Honey and Tar. y Sld every' To permit 1 opponents of the anti-alien' 4 land bUl, f introduced h Representative Huston di Portland and Bailey of Lane county,? and i officially known as house bill . 34. to appear and register protests; the house Ju diciary committee will hold an open hearing next Tuesday, night on .this bill. ! " ' Consideration was put, over at the - request of Sanderson Reed of Portland, .who telephoned to D. C. Lewis, chairman of. the committee that members of the chamber: of commerce and other Portland organizations - wished, to ha Vao v a wtA hill X t . 1 '.The pleasure, . which has. the endorsement ' of the---Araericajw Legion as well as" certain- fra ternal organizations, is modelled closely after the ! California anti- allen land bill, with the . added features imposed '! by recent court decisiohsr and bars' all - 'persons net eligible -.tor citizenship from holding property in the state. The committee reported favor ably . on I Representative Graham's bill permitting school districts to exceed ' their "bonded 'indebted-i ness limitation . long enougn u refund outstanding bond '.issues, and on ReprtsentatiTe ; Ham- mond's measure ; providing for the"1 filing of federal liens . in tthe offices'' of county clerks "and re corders 'throughout' ; the state. - 4 Graham's bill arose jrom the fact that practically all .school bonds; are held la pastern bond markets, and, the 4 district . would in . many , instances .exceed j the five per. cent limitation i if it.,ws the;l limit and then issued refunding bonds to take up earlier, issues. ; The bill per mits such an excess only, during the time the bonds arp in traps it between the district , and the holders. CHQQL BILLS LOSE I HOUSE "Against: 7 Bailey. . Bennett, Blowers, Bolton, Buchanan, Bur- dick, -Carsner, Caryii3owgillrCra mer, Ezell, Ford. :Goin, Graham. Hammond, 7 Hesse, Hunter,! ! of Union, Hunter of Wallowa. Hurd, H uston, Jackson; ' Kay; Keeney, Klrkwood,' Lee', Mann; Miles, Mil ler, McMahan of. Linn. 'McMahan of Marlon, ,Mc Phillips, Overturf. Suf frane and Dental niinift Randall, Reynolds,; Schurlmerich n l. nA PN , . Bf ; J aueiiuii, oiuiiu, imuuc, imuiuu, Dllli UU UUWIi DCIUiC Heavy .Majority Wheelr,?tWilsonrf !Kub 44f Campbell, Gordon and By overwhelming majorities the. house yesterday mornlnr swept down to defeat Representa tive Woodward's for. the creation of dental clinics In district schools and the exten sion of ..suffrage at school elec tions to all residents of the dis tricts . The dental clinic bill 'was' de feated by, 4 negative r votes and the suffrage bill - went down1 be fore 56 negative votes. , Blow, to Organization It was upon the suffrage bill that Representative - Woodward who is a director of the Portland school board, ran, for the legisla ture,-and his defeat is considered a particularly crushing blow. There are plenty - of members of the house who see In the ava lanche of negative votes east to day, the breaking' up of all sem blance of ... organization in the Kubli - camp, and-some see th- death knell of the organization in today's vote- . f , ' , 7 Fanners 'Against- Wall The keynote of the opposition was s probably sounded; by Repre sentative Bennett in a speech In - ; ,v "tt 1 Absents Jones 37 ' Vif.' -.W ;AV ? The vote . on the suffrage follows:' ;77v Forr Iritwd;Lv'e'tov76lm- bifls. providing I mnn. wo,. :-t Against: Adams, Bailey, Deals, Bennett, Bolton," Brownell.vBn chanan, Burdick. Carkln,7farsner, Cary3 Cowglll, CramerFletcher, Ford.' Coin, Graham, Hammond Hesse, Hunter of tTnlStt, Hunter of Wallowa; Hurd,' Jackson. JohesT Kay, Keeney; Kuehn, Lackey. Lee. Lewis. , Mannf, Meindl, Mnes,7Mil ler. Mott, McMahan of Linn, Mc Philllps. Overturf,; Peirce, ' Ran dall, Reynolds, Schulmerich, Shel ton. Smith, Throne, rf Watson; Wheeler; Wilson, Kubll 50. ' Absent: . , Blowers, 7 , Campbell, Ezell, Gordon, Hurlburt. McMa han of Marlon C, , 7 FEDERWIOil.Tfl: UMBER fJiEETIT Annuafc.ieetian of s Officers to. Be HeldProminent iMen Are Scheduled I The Maharajah of Coocb. Behar is dead at the age of 36, but there is no (George Lanigan to write of his death as 'he did of the famous AhkOond of Swat. Wonder If there is and hoochr In Coocb? -x- ' ' "ktf urgent appeal was made Wednesday noem at the Rotary cjib funcheon.'vfor 'the business men of Salens to attend the'Marl on' County. Federatlop- meeting at the , Chamber far greater distance, more and better travelers, and an infinitely greater-goal to be ; achieved.. . : , There, ar, 22 7 communities 7 in Marlon county affiliated with' the county federation, and all are ex pected to be represented tonight. A light luncheon.- will be serged, along with the literary and musi cal features.- ' - ..,' of.. Commerce" to nights." The., annual election ot officers will "be ;one' of ; the , first items1 bf7 business, but the' really big'; thing will; be the - Important guests, who-arer-to" attend; One of these will be"BlIl' Hanley, of ' Bead,'' president 'of '- the state chamber of; commerce, who will tell about Central', Oregon ; "and what' the state wants in the way of . better; railroad facllltfes, as well as ot the : work of the state chamber, and of the Oregon Devel opment4 League. ;:' '; ' ! Walter BV MeachamV president of the Old ' Oregon Trail associa tion1 and a poet and word, wizard extraordinary. Is expected to be there to - tell about the old ' trail over which most of the original Oregon fans came to the state. It is a beautiful, thrilling story,, and as Mr! : Meaehatn tells it ' It be-' corned another Odessy,' only with Heavy Rain Sends Amazon Slough Out of f3ank& Again EUGENE, Ore.. Jah. 17. A heayy, wind) storm early today caused, damage'. , to ; power, tele phone and telegraph lines in th part of Oregon. Nearly two Inches of raia fen during the-24 hours ending tonight at 6 o'clock and as a result the riyerg again are ti ing, but it is not - thought there will .be a; repetition ot the, freshet of a few days , ago; The i Amazon slough in - the .southern part of Eugene was out of its; banks: to day and many yards were .under water; ' :!..- 1 ' ? i oonm m nnnn .IlilllVLI IIUUU BILL PASSES Measure by Strayer One of 1 Important Highway Pro posals of Session f , , .the di- An eminent Scottish preacner was , trying, to explain to an old lady the meaning of the Scriptu ral expression, ''Take up thy bed and walk." He informed her that the bed was simply a mat or, rug easily taken up and' carried away. ; ,"Na, na. waa" her reply: "I eanna believe that. The bed- was aj regular,, four-poster. There would be no miracle- fn walking away wi a bIC o mat or rug on your back." Presbyterian Witness.- ,--f .".' '-' --; ' - ! The senate yesterday passed Sena tor Strayer's measure 7. pro viding that' the constitution: ot market; roads shall be exclusive-, ly7 under the control and super vision "of ; the county 7 courts ot the respective counties. V. .. This is considered one of - the Important' highway : bills of the session; and 7 is expected greatly to enhance Market road develop ment. As amended to eacclude 1 the Columbia- River hlghway-and Old Oregon trail, ... the.. Pacific highway and West Side Pacific highway, and Mount Hood loop. The' bin had the unanimous ap proval of. the. senate road ana highways committee; k - v 5 The Strayert amendment strikes out ' from. the . old Jaw the! pro? vision, that U shall be the duty of any county court, to request the state highway commission to furnish plans and specifications for the i construction of any pro- r.naed market roads. and' to su- grades, and that in thst evf the commission shall furnish tr.a- plana.andi specifications .to . t: county and supervise the surrey and. -establish the'? grades, tr " ' expensej ,to be; paid from market road ' fund. i. . Senator Strayet 1 aald . that rtst of the bill Is th at 1 1 vorces market road . consiraciion from the state : highway depart ment. It changes the present system In ; that it will ailow county 4 courts -to apply market . road money, to market roads ttiat have 'been- designated as atata highways..; 77 ; ? T--; -7 ; T All members . voted for the b4 H . except ' Corbett. 7 Dennis, . Robert son and Smiths - " W ' Benton to Represent firpnnn m Afnumrnt The public . service commission " and the interests of Oregon. w HI ; .. be represented in the Southe-u Pacific-Central Pacific' argument- before: - the-: interstate ; eommercn " commission 4 Friday of. this week. pT "John E.' Benton of Washius , ton,. D. C who represents a num ber of public utility commissions: In th national i capital. , .. . : i;Benton is -urged, to read tL Oregon .commission's r brief . care fully, and telegram cent to hlrv later, last 7 night urges that loiat. use of the Central Pacific Into th. Willamette valley. Is essential to ' Oregon's development, ; Mr Bezw tm TepJUdL 14 ajr telegram today r that -hf? wswld present Oregon' pervise- the ' surrey and . estaMisn case. ' r "; f AS ,4 which." he pictured' the taxpayers fV'Wflww!!!!!)! mmm 'miwM''m'' of the state, their backs against j''"'"1" MiiiitiliwiiiwiiiiiiiHHiiuii.iii i. A NEW MANNER OF BUILDING CHURCHES. v T ,!., , . i ii . i .. .in in in. i .iiiiiiiwiiJi'nn1 ' in-unluinm"WJ"i '"V 1, -' 7 J- ? ' "'r '7 r f I - - Tr ' V ' I . - - ."j'f ' V ""':n,iA'U y. A-1.- 7 . L ,.silf it, U 5 -i .-5; VtsUJ Vt. (; ' r - .-'Hll r'Ml ' -Bl,l hi. V ' I J y . ' J ; ;? ik. . , i.. ua a e..'w' -77 t.VKtM;n'f t ' churches alone more modern Ideas and pUns. The present churches are of steel f"c";e' the steel framework being erected first before the concrete work . Is begun. The steel framework is said to male cthe churches safe irwra possiDie aamage w case va mvjv. the wall, fighting for the exist ence of t their . farms and homes. from the encroachment of. taxes already almost more severe' than they can bear.' I . RepresentativeFord of 7Grant, an ex-school - teacher, argued that the dental bill was a, step toward paternalism and that it opened the' way rfor medical; inspection. optical - Inspection and the in spection of the feet, and corns, k ' i . Promises Recalled " ? "When you , were elected, said Ford, 'you pledged, yourselves, to not increase taxes, and I call upon you to turn back to thaf; pledge and'-, read : it again. ; I made only" one pledge, and . so - help me God, I am going, to keep it if I can.": ' In support ot his dental: bill Woodward ;argued that it was in no sense 7 mandatory, f that it' did not make f any additional - appro priation and that experience lth a similar Jaw in Multnomah, coun ty had proved the value of such Inspection and treatment, A , , . Representatlye Lovejoy X also spoke In support of the dental bill and said that his only objec tion was that It i was not manda tory.': ' ?.' - ? 1 r ; 7 Limitations Itefosed 7 ; : Woodward emphatically, refused to limit the Operation ot the ' bill to MultnOniabVeopnty by Hhe ad dition of ' clause limiting it tto counties of 100,000 ' population, suggested by ' Representative Car kin, s- . t - Following the -defeat ot the dental bill, Woodward realizing what had happened to the organi sation of the house, moved to have the 'suffrage bill made a' special order of : business for 'next Tues day, which - was countered' by a proposal to indefinitely postpone the bilU It was finally agreed that the" bill should come up for final rote. , ' ', In support of his bill Wood ward "argued that many , mothers of children have, no opportunity If to vote on matters of finances-in connection with school districts. despite, the fact that their1 inter est is probably the greatest I of any. He also argued that wealthy property, owners, without interest in . the school children could nulli fy the' action of those who would mprove school buildings and pro. vide additional facilities. ; I ; Representative' Lovejoy in sup porting Woodward, - argued that to be consistent: it nothing else, the same' voting' privilege should be extended ' on school financial affairs -.. as Is granted : on ' other bond issues. 1 School teachers., probably the most vitally interested,; Repre sentative Keeney argued,' hold lit tle property and probably only about 25. per cent - are- property owners,, which would be a dan gerous feature, he said. .1 In voting for the: suffrage bill Representative Huston ot Mult nomah explained that he bad agreed t6 vote for this measure during the campaign and for that reason voted yes, and 1 Represen tative ' Lewis ; explained that he would have voted In favor of the bill if it was amended to include only citizens who could' read and writ; English, ' ' ri;:. "Kay Talks ' Before easting his, Vote against the suffrage bill, Representative Kay ot i Marion1 stated ' that two years, ago .Woodward had aided in a ' move - which extended suffrage In these elections to the head ot a house, whether property owner or not, which ' was answered by Woodward 7 with the statement hat this ; revision of the law ap plied only to districts of the third class, and that first and second class districts were - not - involved. . 1 The vote on the dental bill f ol lows: ;T;;; i For: Adams, Beals, Brownell, Fletcher, Hurlburt, Kuehn, Lack ey, Lewis, Lovejoy, Meindl, Mott, Simmons. Woodward 13 1 1 -Mh' - . V 1 i : in 4 .v.y-. t ' nmin y, '-" r . . ' UVTF I WERE AN VERTISER - 4 I would buy CTOulationLarge Girculation-wherever I could. But I wouldn't if buy circulatioh alone.' i7 WU'D BUY READERS-but I would fli not tuy Readers alone; Fd buy Interested readers. I 1 V. I V ' i L Uu Is the Paper of Interested, Readers s4 ',t i ' 1 1 'Hi; If . 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