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t-a;-5-alInr-e.7id71iei-r-len! 8IS?iisi.I.e041312191192rttFl4r.I.t-1HV9Iri-tr!I-r-r-r* k-Ifri-Judge Horton confined his comments on the evidence to the two women in the case—Victoria Price, complaining witness against Patterson, and Ruby Bates, who appeared dramatically for the defense, repudiated her story at Scottsboro and declared there was no attack while the two girls were hoboing their way from Chattanooga to Huntsville, Ala., on a freight train two years ago.“Both are women of the underworld, so far as the evidence show,the Judge said. “But the law does not presume from that fact alone that either has testified falsely.”Admitted PerjuryHe added that Ruby Bates had admitted on the stand that sho perjured ber3elf at the first trials and there was evidence that Mrs. Price had testified falsely at the present trial to some of the surrounding circumstances. It was entirely for the Jury to decide which, if either, of the women it could credit and to what extent.Cases of the other nine Scottsboro defendants—two of them juveniles who will not be tried in the state courts—were to be called up this afternoon.Samuel S. Leibowitz, chief defense counsel, said he would insist they be tried separately. He also planned to ask for a continuance before any of the other trials are held.Called Frame-Up.Samuel S. Leibowitz, chief defense counsel, termed the first trial at Scottsboro a Judicial lynching” and the story that the negroes mistreated the white girls aboard a freight train two years ago “a damnablo frame-up.”“The people of the United Statesand the decent people of your community—not the prejudiced rabble—will applaud you if you acquit this defendant,” Leizowitz declared.Attorney General Thomas T2 Knight and Judge James E. Horton received numerous telegrams from New York signed by the International Labor Defense demanding protection for the Scottsboro negroes and Ruby Bates. The message said the defendants and the surprise defense witness were menaced by mobs.After a tranquil night, the townremained unruffled today, and therewas no evidence that the expressedfears were justified. Judge Hortontook no Judicial notice of the telegrams.Dramatic Plea.Leibowitz made a dramatic pleafor “bigotry to be cast aside” and the case to be decided cn the evidence.He added:“There’s little black woman who waits in that witness room, with her hands raised to Almighty God. Giveher back her boy, who is as dear to her as any mother’s boy could be.”The New York attorney closed his impassioned argument, which began yesterday afternoon, with a recital of the Lord's Prayer.Attorney General Knight delivered the closing summation for the state. The judge charged to the Jury was to follow.Pointing at Patterson, who sat along a wall between national guardsmen, the chief prosecutor exclaimed: ‘The evidence shows beyond a reasonable doubt that he Isguilty.”“This case Is not a framed prosecution.” the attorney general shouted, “it’s a framed defense.”Referring to Ruby Bates, the missing state's witness who appeared for defense and repudiated the story she told at Scottsboro of how she and Victoria Price were attacked, Knight said:“Where was Ruby Bates? I say on my oath that I searched the country for her and could not find her.”I-■*►k0i.sOVER MILLION BARRELS SOLD FIRST 24 HOURSContnued from Page 1.elt;l In more men and went on doubleshifts.In many a city the beer was cred-J mhigh school, Junior hifln scnooi ivyi, mn -mugrade* only) in Dubuque and surrounding territory art eligible to compete for prizes. All contestants must remain In school until tha close of the present school year. Four 10-day visits to the World’s Fair with all expenses paid, are the prizes, divided into two groupsas follows:b Group 1—City of Dubuque and East Dubuque. AH pupils attending high schools and junior high schoolsand ether schools of equal grades lt;9th# 10th, 11th and 12th grades only). One boy and one girl, c. Group 2—All pupils attending high schools and Junior high schools and other schools of equal grades (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades only) in any of the following Counties: IOWA—Buchanan, Bremer, Clayton,Chickasaw, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Howard, Jack-son, Jones, Winneshiek; WISCONSIN—Grant, Crawford, LaFayette; ILLINOIS—Jo Daviess. One boy and one girL4— No employes of the Telegraph.Herald and Times-Journal nor any employee of any firm participating in the campaign Is eligible to compete.5—Votes are not transferable and votes previously cast or marked for any one candidate cannot be transferred to another candidate.§—Contestants are not allowed to solicit votes In stores or In front of stores.-All contestants agree at all times to maintain a sportsmanlike attitude and agree to abide by the rules of the contest and agree that they may be eliminated from the competition Immediately upon violation of any of the regulations.S— Election ballots are given for cash sales only on the basis of 500 votes for each even 50c purchase, and 1000 votes for each even $1.00 purchase. Purchases above 50c but less than $1.00 receive only 500 votes. Purchases above $1.00 but less than $1.50 receive only 1000 votes. Purchases above $1 50 but less than $2.00 receive only 1500 votes, etc. Ballots will also be given on the same basis of 500 for each 50c paid on all charge accounts, t—Ballots will not be given on any but strictly retail business; that la, It will not be proper for a fuel company to give votes on the sale of a car of coal to an industrial firm.10— Merchant* participating In the campaign also agree not to allow any of their sales people to exert any undue Influence In favor of any one of the contestants.11—VOTE AWARDS UNIFORM. No merchant in this campaign It permitted to give more vote certificates for the same amount of purchases made than any other firm co-operating In thla contest. In other words, merchants must follow the same vote schedules.11—AH votes must be deposited In the official ballot box located in the office of the Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal or mailed to the Contest Editor.1t—The contest editor of the Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal will make all decisions and contestants agree to accept theee as final. The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal will appoint seven Judges who will make the official tabulation of all vote*. Their decision will be final. For any information call the Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, 2600, and ask for the Contest Editor.all widest” breweries close, bootleggers halting operation and speakeasy owners rushing for city licenses.Here are the reports from othersections:Philadelphia—$270,000 collected In federal tax; restaurants and Ice companies report business increase; ail breweries taxed to limit and all report increased employment.Can’t Supply DemandNewark—Northern New Jersey federal receipts to noon, $216,000.Los Angeles—Brewery supply exhausted; ten orders waiting for every bottle turned out; 250,000 cases and 1,600 barrels sold so far; government revenue to date $150,-000; state revenue $16,000; Central Labor Council estimates work provided for 10,000 men directly and indirectly, a $275,000 weekly IncreaseIn payrolls; sharp Increase in general business reported.St. Louis—About $116,000 lected In eastern Missouri by federal government.Colorado—75,000 easee and 600 kegs sold in two days; breweries working night and day; estimate 600 given employment In breweries, barsand cafes; general business buoyant, with newspaper advertising increased; two-day federal revenue estimated at $25,000; state revenue at $26,000.Kentucky—Federal revenue over $250,000; Louisville revenue $20,024; merchants report “better than normal business”; two breweries have soldo 1,500,000 gallons and unable to fill demand; running double and triple shifts.col-TOM MOONEY CASEMAY BE TAKEN TO I the Hatchers,”SUPREME COURTtrial. Billings Is serving a life sentence at Folsom prison. Mooney always has contended he was “framed” and “railroaded” to jail.In connection with his plan to carry the Mooney case to the supreme court. If necessary, Walsh disclosed that John F. Finerty, a prominent attorney of Washington, D. C., has Joined the defense counsel and will take part in the trial.“I think we will be able to produce 50 to 75 witnesses to completely refute all charge of Mooney’s guilt and to prove he was nowhere near Steuart and Market streets in San Francisco when the bombing occurred,” said Walsh.Calls It FarceWalsh took issue with the contention, reported In dispatches as having been made by District Attorney Matthew Brady, that the new Mooney trial will be “a hollow gesture and farce” because of the difficulty of finding witnesses and exhibits which played important parts in Mooney’s conviction seventeen years ago.AH the vital witnesses with theexception of Frank C. Oxman, the Oregon cattleman, are alive,” Walsh declared. “We will agree that the state can read into the record Ox-man’s testimony which played such an Important part In convicting Mooney.“To refute Oxman’s testimony we will put the Hatchers — Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Hatcher of Woodlawn,1 Calif.—on the stand. Through them yre will show that Oxman was not in San Francisco at the time of the explosion and therefore not an eye witness. We will show he was in Woodlawn 90 miles from San Francisco. taking a train after visitingbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland ail saw much beer advertising, as did many other cities. Some newspapers adhered to a policy of excluding beer advertising.One Boston brewer announced he had put 500 men to work; another In St. Louis hired an additional crew of telephone girls to handle orders. While full brewery crews labored night and day, other men rushed Installation of new equipment.At Denver the first day’s beer business was estimated at $150,000. Bar men and maids were hired; railroads hired more crews for beer trains. A bottle shortage forced glassworks insouthern Pennsylvania and West Virginia to put on night shifts. Clarksburg, W. Va., reported draft horses are at a premium for eastern breweries.Several hundred men went to work remodelling breweries in five Indiana cities, and in factories supplying caps and cases. A St Joseph, Mo., brewery has 500 men in contrast to 225 a few weeks ago. A survey of Newark, N. J., showed that beer had sent an estimated 2.000 people back to work. In Baltimore newspaper advertising increased as vendors of rye bread, cheese and other accessories hastened to place their announcements alongside beer “ads.” The demand for keg staves gave a boost to some lumber men In northwestern Arkansas.A Harrisburg, Pa., newspaperprofited two ways from beer. Some advertisements announced beer for sale, while on restaurant took apace to say It would not sell beer.ALABAMA NEGRO ASSAULT CASE IS GIVEN TO JURYContnued from Page 1.eight other negroea charged with a similar crime, the mixed crowd in the court room, the attorneys and the accuser.“We are not trying whether thedefendant Is white or black.” said the judge. “We are not trying law-yers. We are not trying state lines. The great thing the court desires to see done, is Justice.”He referred to numerous telegrams he had received and called them “baubles.”In Forcible Pleaquirru iuuo; w --------form bank organization bill to work.Governor Herring’s signature to the measure was only a matter of routine, however, as it was introduced and sponsored by the admm-1 istration.The measure was passed late Friday by the house by a 94 to 9 vote. The form was not changed from that which earlier had received the approval of the state senate.Under its provisions trust certificates would be issued to depositors In exchange for waiver of withdrawal rights, the certificates to draw dividends on the net earnings. Assessment of stock holders would be supervised by the banking department and the governor.The final draft of the bill alsoprovides that it shall not abrogate any unexpired waivers or depositors agreements now in effect between banks or trust companies and theirdepositors.Amendments which had been filed in the house largely were withdrawn when the bill was explained from the floor.Among the amendments which had been filed were two which would have exempted officers and directors from liability for assessment and would have permitted a reduction in the capitalization of the institution involved in lieu of an assessment.Continued from Page 1.in 1916, in which 10 persons were killed and 40 injured.The Indictment on which Mooney will face the court late this month is the last of several against him which grew out of the bombing. Mooney and Warren K. Billings were both convicted at the originalPABST, SCHLITZ, RLATZMilwaukee, Wis., April 8.—(U.R)— A wild boar imported from Germany for the Washington Park Zoo gave birth to a litter of pigs Curing the celebration marking the return of beer.The board was christened “Three Point Two.” Three survivors of the litter of five were named Pabst, Schlitz and Blatz.Attorney General Knight closed the state’s plea. “We aren’t lynching people In Alabama legally or illegally,” he declared. “But the name of Alabama has been lynched.” Samuel S. Leibowitz of New York, whose volunteer services were accepted by the defense, close for thatside.There would have been no ScoUs-boro case if it had not been for the stupidity of negro and white hoboes,” he said. “• • • The whole damnable thing is a frameup of two irresponsible women.” The Judgetold the jury it must consider thecontradictory testimony of Mrs. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, the girl principals in the two-year-old case that commanded international attention since the women told a story of attacks aboard a freight train they were riding—-Alabama bound from Tennessee.Mrs. Price testified for the state and said she was assaulted by Hey* wood Patterson, the defendant. Ruby, who two years ago said she also was assaulted, repudiated this oath and swore this time she was not molested by the negroes and added thats he did not see Mrs. Price harmed.Woman Shows UpMiss Bates was missing for some time, but returned dramatically to the courtroom two days ago. She had been in New York, she said, where Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdlck had counseled her to go back and“tell the truth.”Ruby, the judge said, “admitted onthe stand she perjured herself.” Mrs. Price, he said, was sworn by evidence to be a “woman of easy virtue.” “Evidence was introduced toshow that she made false state-statements,” be said.Ruby testified she told her first story because she was. excited.” Mrs. Price has clung steadfastly to her story in both trials that she was attacked by negroes.National guardsmen of Alabama were on duty today, their arms glittering in the sun.There have been mmors of mobs and cries of prejudice during the trial, but there has been no mob and the Judge said there must be noprejudicaAllege Framed” TestimonyLeibowitz declared that the state did not place on the stand Orville Gilley, a white boy who Mrs. Price said was present when the negroes attacled her. Knights said the defense had “framed” its testimony.He asked that Patterson be given death.It was two years ago tomorrow I that Patterson and seven other ne-[ groes were sentenced to death on1 charges of attacking the two girls The U. S. supreme court, however, ordered new trials. The Interaatioa-1 al Labor Defense interceded for the negroes and supplied Joseph R. Brodsky of New York and George W. Chamlee, Sr., of Cattanooga as counsel for the accused. Leibowitz volunteered his services.State NewsMaquoketa. Ia., April 8.—Special; Frances Duhme, 12, of Fairfield Township No. 3, champion last year, won the Johnson county spelling contest in the seventh and eighth grade groups Saturday. She will go to Des Moines May 6 to attend thestate meet. Ruth Sullivan, Wyckoff-Independent township, was second: Ruth Moyle. Maquoketa, third, and Thomas McConnell, fourth.Jane Banghart was the winneT of the fifth and sixth grade group. Harriett Fank, Green Island, second; Robert Byrne, Butler township, third, and Donald Irwin, Andrew, fourth.Frank E. Ellis, president of the Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce,presented the gold and silver medals.MISS NETTIE N. GOODRICHMiss Nettie Goodrich, 844 W^t Main street, Plattevilie, died at Schilling hospital, Plattevilie, Wia., Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock. She was 69 years old.The body is at the Gaal-Hauden-shield funeral home In Plattevilie. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.The deceased 1s survived by one brother, Orville Goodrich, Chicago.
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