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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS FEAR OF LOSING BEAUTY CAUSED WOIuAN'S SUICIDE. London, July 12. (By Universal Service.) Mrs. "Nanie" Atherton, known also as Mrs. Arthur Eliot, "died from a gunshot wound in flicted at a time of unsound mind." ;. Such was the verdict rendered by a coroner's jury after the inquest in to the death of one of the most beautiful tind adventurous home wreckers in England and the world has known. While witnesss were heard, the coroner interrupted to read a briei abstract from a handsomely bound leather diary, kept by Mrs. Ather-ten.At-a recent date she had writ ten: , , '"I tm' horrified at my looks. I look deadly." "ft Thus, the dead woman's own thoughs ghosts of her weeks of jnor'.ification and agony came back to plead with the coroner's court for a just comprehension of a woman'., sr.ul. FIT PRESIDENTIAL SHIP WITH NURSERY. New York, July 12. The presi dential ship George Washington, which sails back to France next week, has been fitted up with a nur- tmrtr tr tab- Mm nf flit "iraf hahic" returning on that vessels. Two hun dred "war brides" are scheduld to sail on the transport on its next trip from France to this country and, at the request of Dr. G. A. Ricker, the ("hip's surgeon, the American Red Cross has provided the ship with baby food, milk, clothing and other prerequisites of infantile comfort. With th arrival of the transport Cap Finisterre Sunday at total of 373 "war brides.." with 16 "war babies," will have arrived at this - port in a week. CHARTERS AIRPLANE AT $2 A MINUTE. Seattle, Wash., July 12. Charter sing a seaplane at ?2 a minute for a flight to catch the steamer Kasima Mafau, which he missed when the vessel sailed from Seattle for Ori ental ports today, J. J. Mayer, Se attle Red Cross worker, booked for Vladivostok, succeeded in catching up with the ship near Port Town send, ..Wash., after a 35-minute flight. Mj-yer, when he boarded the air plane to begin the chase of the steamer. ' said he would probably board the boat at Victoria, but the pilot of the seaplane overtook the craft when it was less than half way there and Mayer was taken aboard in Small boat. Seventy-five dol lars is the estimated cost of the airplane trip. DRY HERALD NOT WELCOME IN LONDON. ; . London, July 12. (Universal ' Service.) William E. Johnson, one of the chieftans of the American Anti-Saloon league, who came here to launch a prohibition campaign in London, i has suddenly left for Fin land. This was discovered by Uni versal Service when the correspond ent inquired at the office pi the " American issue, a floor below the Fleet street home of Universal Serv ice, and was told that Mr. Johnson had suddenly determined to answer an "insistent call from influential quarters" and had started for Fin land yesterday. . y The' Daily Mail devotes a column ' to the "field marshal of America's prohibition forces pussyfooting here i with the intent of turning off all joy water on these isles." ; Mr. Johnson has a 23-year lease on his office, so it looks as if he might return after laying John Bar leycorn low in the new republic to . the north. YANKS PUT ON REAL CIRCUS IN COBLENZ. Cnhlciiz. Tulv 12. (By the Asso- riotiwl Press 1 American soldiers t itViA raninrcH Canticnv and scored various other victories against tne . Germans, are performing in a three ring circus this week for the enter tainment of the soldiers alone the Rhine. Hundreds of German civil ians were permitted to witness the performance by the payment of an admission fee of one mark. The First division is presenting ' the circus vat Montabaur, and the first performance was given Friday. . The circus wili continue four days with two performances daily. Ex cursion trains were run today from Coblenz to Montabaur for the bene- ' ft cf Jhe soldiers of the 2nd and '5rd divisions. OFFICER MIXED UP IN DANCER'S FLIGHT. - London, July 12. (Universal Service.) The sudden disappear ance of Lydia Lupokova, the lamed : Russian dancer, which is the sen ' sation of the London stage just , row. was solved by Universal - Service: There is a prominent Russian s officer involved, who, according to Manager Sawyer, of the Savoy, where the dancer's husband and '' manager, Barocki, lived, has been showering jewels and flowers upon , Lvdia for the past month. Thursday morning something " happened. Barocki poured vials of f wrath upon the name of his wife's admirer, whose attentions were en-1 ' tirety ignored by the dancer. Lydia .1.1 1 Jl-lA CAM a V. A . trunks lt night to be delivered at St. Johns Wood, a London suburb. : MARYLAND BEER DRINKERS EASILY KNOCKED OUT. ; - Baltimore, July 12. (By Univer sal Service.) Two per cent beer is ' intoxicating, according to the Balti- more city charter, it Was ruled by .i . - .i c : RHODE ISLANDERS NOT , EASILY KNOCKED OUT. yi j r r T..1-. 1 " r. . rrnuifipnrr r . . imv i .1 i rir . Universal Service.) Two and three-quarters per cent-beer intoxicating? v . Certainly not, says Rhode Island. ' The police commissioners of Fr&vidence announced they would issue licenses on the theory that i beer of 4 per cent alcohol in r strength is not intoxicating. Beer containing that amount or less will fce authorized for ale rnless con gress intervenes. ' 1 Several months ago, the Rhode Island state legislature passed a law defining 4 per cent beer as' non-fntoxicating. VOL. XLIX NO. 4. WUVJ BUSINESS U.S. IS TOLD Sir Edward Carson Makes Strong Address at Belfast and Charges Campaign in U. S. Against Great Britain. "FOSTERED BY CATHOLICS, ABETTED BY GERMANS" "Won't Submit to This Kind of Campaign, Whether for Friendship or Other Pur pose," Tells Orangemen. i Belfast, Ireland, July 12. (By the Associated Press.)-r-The 12th of July celebrations were carried out Saturday in Ulster on a large scale, Sir Edward Carson, the Irish un ionist leader, speaking at the Oranere demonstration at Holy- Kwood, Belfast, said: ihere is a campaign going on in America, fostered by the Catholic church, which will soon be joined by the Germans and their funds, in order to create a great anti-British feeling. Heaven knows I want good feel ing between America and this coun try. I believe the whole future of the world probably depends upon the relations between the United States of Amerifa and ourselves, but 1 am not going to submit to this kind of a campaign, whether for friendship or any other pur pose. "Mind Your Own Business." "I seriously say to America today you attend to your own affairs; wc will attend to ours. You look after your own questions at home; we will look after ours. We vill brook no. interference in our own affairs by any country, however powerful. It is not for that we waged the great war of independ ence which has just been concludr cd. What right had an American mission to come to this country come here in a breach of hospitality of one nation towards another to attempt to stir up strife in mat ters in which they were not con nected? Police Foully Murdered. "The encouragement those men Rave the Sinn Fein party has created for the British government far more difficulties than ever before. I be lieve that the visit of these men and the encouragement they gave to lawlessness, which is being preached throughout the land, has added greatly to the campaign of assassina tion of innocent policemen, who were only doing their duty to their king and country and who were foul ly murdered on the roadside, with men looking on who had not the courage to arrest the assassins or give such information as would bring them to justice." Sir Edward Carson denounced Sir Horace Plunkett, who, he said, was elected chairman of the Irish con vention because he was "thoroughly hated and distrusted by both sides,'' and, added the speaker, "a nice mess he made of it." New Yorkers Celebrate. New York, July 12. The 300th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne was celebrated Saturday by greater New York lodges of the Orangemen's Association of the United States with a parade ' and dinner. Grand Master George Weir, who presided at the dinner, introduced asf the chief speaker Past Supreme Grand Master Henry Stewart, who declared that "as long as Great Britain has a gun and a man to stand behind the gun, the Irish will never get the independence they seek." - Men Plunge to Death as Roof and Walls . Cave in During Fire Philadelphia. July 12. Seven fire men arc reported killed and at least 14 others were injured in a blaze that destroyed the five-story ware house cjf Jacob Potash & Brothers in the northeast section of the city shortly after noon today. The vic tims were plunged into the flames when the roof and walls collapsed without warning. ' ' Well Known English Actor Dies in London, England London, July 12. Charles Rock, the4 well-known English actor, died in London today. - Charles Rock made his first ap pearance on the stage in 1885 and in 1892 appeared with John, now Sir John Hare, and remained with him six years. He accompanied Hare on his first American tour in 1895. Rock's reputationwas based on his interpretation of character pirrs in various plays from 1904 to 1913. He was born in India in 1866, his teal name being Arthur Charles Rock de Fabeck, . - mm OWN OMAHA, THE GATE The Omaha Eattrtd MMid-clnn mtttw May 2t, 1906. at Oxahi t, 0. alitor tot at March S. 1879. DENY FRICTION BETWEEN WILSON AND . HITCHCOCK Tumulty Says Reports Without Foundation; Senator's Secre retary Makes Statement. By C E. SNYDER (Staff Correspondent of The Omaha. Bee) Washington, Bureau,' Omaha Bee, Washington, D. C, July 12. Ac cording to a statement given out by Secretary Tumulty today, there is not the slightest foundation what ever in the stories published in New York newspapers of friction be tween the President arid Senator Hitchcock and says that a later d,ate Senator Hitchcock will be called in conference on all the phases of the peace treaty. Earl B. Gaddis, secretary to Sena tor Hitchcock gave out the follow ing statement, after consultation with the white house: "Senator Hitchcock is spending a few days at Swampscott, Mass., as he promised his family he would do, after the speech by the president. He will return to the city in time for the senate session on Monday. The senator has not relinquished his interest in the league, nor has he had occasion to change his mind with respect to its approval by the senate." Senator Swanson of Virginia also denies the rumor that he has been selected to lead the fight for the league of nations. However, it will be interesting to watch the move ments of those favorable to the league from this one,' and see just how earnest Senator Hitchcock is in having the league and the treaty adopted as it came from the presi dent's hands. At the meeting of the republican members of the ways and means committee Saturday morning, it was agreed that Chairman Fordney should withdra w the committee bill repealing the so-called luxury taxes, which Mr. Fordney did during the session of the house. When asked the reason for this course, Mr. Fordney stated it was done on the recommendation of Commissioner Roper of the internal revenue bu reau wherein he stated that the rev enues anticipated were not likely to be as large as had been expected and that every cent of money was needed to run the government dur ing the present fiscal year. DENIES CONGRESS' RIGHT TO DEFINE AN INTOXICANT Both Act and Amendment Leave Matter for Jury to De cide, Lawyer Testifies. f Washington, July 12. The right of congress to define intoxicating beverages was denied by Samuel Un termyer, a New York lawyer, in tes tifying before the senate judiciary subcommittee, which is considering prohibition enforcement legislation. Mr. Untermyer told the committee that neither under the wartime pro hibition act nor the constitutional amendment could congress say that any particular percentage of alco holic content constituted an intoxi cating liquor. Both the act and the amendment, he argued, left this as a question of fact which could be de termined only before a jury. In support of his contention that beer containing 2.75 per cent alcohol was not in fact intoxicating, Mr. Untermyer submitted affidavits, re ports on scientific experiments and similar data, much of which was used in behalf of the brewers in the recent 2 3-4 per cent beer cases in New York. "My quarrel," Mr. Untermyer said, "is with your attempt to con vert anything you please into in toxicating liquor. The wartime pro hibition act applies only to intoxi cating beer; and 2.75 per cent beer can be shown not to be intoxicating. An extension of that act under the guise of an enforcement measure is v.ot within the power of congress." Dry Amendment Limits Congress. Similarly, he said, the dry amend ment limited congress to prevention of the manufacture or sale of in toxicating beverages. Chairman Sterling asked if con gress had no authority to prohibit the manufacture or sale of even liquids containing no alcohol what (Contlnued on lage Two. Column Five.) Huns Officially Notified ' Allied Blockade Lifted Paris, July 12. (By the Associa ted Press.) M. Clemenceau sent a note Saturday to Baron von Lere ncr, head of the German peace dele tion, officially notifying the Ger mans that, having received official notification of the ratification of the peace treaty the allied and as sociated governments had given or ders that their blockade of liermanv should be raised today. Lansing Leaves Paris on Way Back to U. S. Paris, July 12. Before leaving Paris Saturday night, Secretary Lansing addressed a message to the French people acknowledging the courtesies extended to him during his sojourn! He expressed regret that he was obliged to leave Paris on the eve of the fete in honor bf victory, in spite of the great temptation to remain. - " ... CITY OF THE WEST, OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1919. T TO ATTEND AIR CIRCUS Greatest Balloon Carnival Ever Staged in the United States Is to Be Held at Fort Omaha This Afternoon." EVENTS WILL START AT 3;30 O'CLOCK P.M. TODAY Tonight at 9:30 Three Huge Gas Bags Will Leave to Try for World's Dis tance Record. THE BEE BOMB. The Bee has arranged with commanders of the three bal loons racing for the world's long distance title today to drop min iature "bombs" on towns and cities over which the racing craft will pass. Each "bomb" contains a mes sage. This will be forwarded to the editorial rooms, The Omaha Bee, by telegraph or telephone all along the route of the racers, giving altitude and distance of the balloons, as well as unusual occurrences. Watch for The Bee bulletins. For the people of Omaha, dulled by columns unending of "peace" news in the past eight months, the authorities at Fort Omaha today have prepared a treat an event that that is destined to be historic. Of one of 50 events tonight at 9:30, three monster balloons the spoils of battle on the western front imported direct from France, will be released " from the fort campus to try for the world's long distance balloon record, i Science has combined with the dash, brilliance and daring of the army to bring about within the pre cincts of Omaha a feat that will long be remembered. Admittance by Passes. Firing of cannon within the fort at 3:00 o'clock will announce the opening of the gates. Admittance will be gained only by passes pub lished in the three Omaha papers. From the first minute at 3 to the last at 9, there will be something doing all the time. Though the program includes a long list of events, athletic meets, band concerts, balloon drills, flag raising, balloon jumping contests, exhibitions of war prizes, races, etc, the principal features will be: 1. The balloon race. 2. Talk by Lt. Col. J. W. S. Wuest "from the air." 3. Release of 1,000 balloons. 4. Exhibition of captured Ger man "sausage" and American "prop aganda" balloons. The "christening" of the racing craft will take place just after the speech by Colonel Wuest, com manding officer at Fort , Omaha. Four Omaha girls, Miss Esther Wil helm, 3623 Jackson street; Miss (Continued on Fajce Two, Column On) Ruth Law, Aviatrix, to Act as Sponsor at Balloon Races Today Ruth Law, America's famous avia trix, who recently announced her intention to fly across the Atlantic ocean, arrived in Omaha yesterday, coming by train from Malvern, la., where she Saturday descended in her airplane, en rout from New York to San Francisco. Miss Law dined with A. Leo Stev ens, chief balloon instructor at the United States Balloon school at Fort Omaha, at the Hotel Fontenelle. She accepted an invitation to be a sponsor at the' balloon races today at Fort Omaha and will be on the field this afternoon and evening. The aviatrix recently returned from a year's tour "in an. airplane" in the Orient, where, during the war, she daily gave exhibitions urging ad herence to the allied cause, she re turned to the United States a month ago by way of the Pacific ocean. Brand Whitiock Named U. S. Ambassador to Italy Paris. July 12. Brand Whitiock has been named as American am bassador " to . Italy. Mr. Whitiock, at present holds the post of min ister to Belgium, to which he was aonointed-in 1913. He succeeds Thomas Nelson Page, who recently resigned. - Ella Wheeler WUcox Sails. London, July 12. (By Universal Service.) Mrs. Ella Wheeler 'Wil cox, the famous poet, sailed on the Aquilania for- the United States Friday. Mrs. Wilcox was conveyed in an ambulance frefm Bathr" where she has been- seriously ill for weeks, to the dock at Southampton. km OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. Sunday rvn UU POLICE CHIEF ASKS CHANGE IN SURGEON PLAN Eberstein Requests Ringer to Keep Physician at Sta tion to Answer Emer gency Calls. Public criticism following a num ber of deaths by drowning during the past few weeks, because the city has neglected to keep a physician at the police station to respond to emergency calls, has prompted Po lice Chief Eberstein to request Com missioner Ringer to change the sys tem under which accidents are being handled by the department. Mr. Ringer, Chief Eberstein and Dr. E. T. Manning, health commis sioner, are all agreed that some pro vision should be made to keep a phvsician at the police station. The recent deaths resulting from failure to take this necessary pre caution at last has convinced the de partment heads that something should be done to guard against rep etitions of tragedies like the River view park drownings. Both Eber stein and Dr. Manning have put it snuarely up to Commissioner Ringer. The police commissioner admits a change from the present system is imperative, but declares he has not yet decided just how the police sur geon's work is to be handled. , Pay Three Surgeons. Three police sureeons are now on the city payroll. None of these re main at the station during the day. Dr. J. C. Follmann and Dr. Shook happen around the headquarters oc casionally. They are seldom on the ground when an emergency call is received, and about nine times out oi ien, wiieii tancu they are found to be out of their of fices either attending to their private practice or looking after other per sonal matters, according to the rec ords. It is a very rare occurrence for either Dr. Follmann or Dr. Shook to resoond promptly to an accident call. It is their custom to arrive on the scene of trouble anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half after the. accident, according to the reports on cases where they have been called. - Dr. A. T. Edstrom is charged with the specific' duty of remaining at the police station at night. He is sup posed to hold himself in readiness at any hour to reoond to an emer gency call. Dr Edstrom, when he sleeps at the police station, occupies a room in the upper part of the building in which police headquar ters are maintained. Ignore Wounded Man. No policeman could be found yes terday to 'explain why Dr. Edstrom was not callod. or why he did not appear, or soTe other physician did not appear in his stead, to drss the bleeding woi rids of Tony Purruc cello last Sund?y morninar when he was beaten up hv Detectives Herd 7nx and Thestrun for resenting their entrance to his home without a warrant. Perruccello remained, in his ceft at the city jail from' 3:30 until 7 o'clock' in a semi-conscious condition, the blood gushing from a, balf dozen wounds on his head, vt Shout medical attention. v Whether or not Dr. Edstrom was at' ihe station at the time of Perruc cello's arrest could not be ascer tained. Frequently, it is said. Dr. (Continued on Fas Iwo. Column EUht.) . Bee Mall (I yaarl. Dally. 14.50: Sunday. Dally and Sua., 13.50; autilda Nib. poitaaa r- : '. FLIGHTY! Real Estate Sales For First 6 Months, 84 Per Cent Larger Than Same Peroid Last Year Biggest Boom Omaha Has Ever Seen Crying Demand for Large Warehouses City's Population Now Estimated at 225,000 Platted Several Large While no one believes that Omaha is entering upon a real estate and building boom, every person who has given the matter any attention, or thought, will admit that not in 30 years has there been so much ac tivity in sales, or building, as at the present time. Up to July 1. this year, the sales of city real estate for the preceding six months had aggregated $17,441, 361, as against $9,461,295 for the cor responding period of 1918, a gain of 84 per cent. During the first six months of this year the building permits numbered 988, representing an expenditure of $2,668,727, as against 467 permits is sued during the corresponding per iod of 1918, representing an expen diture of $2,081,815, a gain of $587, 212, or 28 per cent. Exceeds All Expectations. People had anticipated that fol lowing the close of the war there would be a period of increased activ ity in the movement of city real estat? and consequently an increase DIRIGIBLE MAKES A SAFE VOYAGE BACK TO BRITAIN Passes Over Ireland at 4:10 P. M. Saturday Heading, Presumably, for London. London, July 12. (By the Associ ated Press.) The British dirigible R-34 passed over Clifden, Ireland, at 20:10 Greenwich mean time (4:10 p. m. New York time). The air ministry calculated at mid night that the R-34's landing time would be about 8- o'clock Sunday morning. , After passing the Irish coast Ma jor Scott, in command of the dirig ible, did not communicate with the ministry for hours. His last report was that the R-34 was crossing Ire land high up in a clear sky, with a following wind. Ships Sunk and Damage Done by Storm in Chile New York, July 12. A number of ships have been wrecked, several sent to the bottom and enormous damage done along the seacoast of Chile by a heavy snow and sleet sto-ni which is sweeping the south ern portion of South America, ac cording to advicesveceived here to-' day. The latest reports say the wind is moderating. No informa tion is available in regard to loss of life. - Britain Licenses Trading With Former Enemies London, 'July 12. With a view to raising the blockade, the board of trade has issued general licenses under trading with the enemy legis lation, authorizing, with certain res ervations, the resumption of trade with Germany and German-Austria. FIVE CENTS. .9 Many New Additions Buildings Under Way. in the number of buildings erected. as compared with a year ago. How ever, no one had an idea that this increase would take on such pro portions and continue to such an extent. Real estate men, manufacturers and merchants are unanimous in the opinion that nothing approaching a boom is in sight, but instead, that the activity is brought about by the recognized fact that Omaha is des tined to be one of the greatest cities of the great central west and that shrewd business men and capitalists are flocking here in order to get in on the ground Moor, so to speak. Population Estimated at 225,000. As to population, there is no ques tion but that Omaha has experienced a wonderful growth during the last six months. Keal estate deal ers and rental agents are pretty unanimous in the opinion that with in the confines of Greater Omaha at the present time there are close to 225,000 persons and that 25,000 to (Continued on PKe Two, Column Four.) WILSON RESCUES DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT FROM REPEAL Veto of Agricultural Bill Will Come to Test in ;the House Monday Washington, July 12. The day light savings law was rescued from repeal Saturday by President Wil son's veto of the agricultural appro priation bill. The president also vetoed the sundry civil appropriation bill be cause, he said, by restricting funds, it crippled the work of rehabilitat ing and restoring disabled soldiers and sailors to civil life. The latter veto apparently was accepted by congress without con test and the sundry civil bill went back to committee to be reframed. Veto of daylight saving was not accepted so readily, although the prevailing opinion was that a nec essary two-thirds vote to repass it over the president's hea'd probably would not be mustered. The first test will come in the .house Monday when, according to announcement. Republican leader Mondell or Chairman Haugen of the agriculture committee will move the repassage of. the bill, with the daylight saving repeal intact, over the presidential veto. Both bills provide funds for which agencies of the government long have been wanting. They already are months behind schedule because they failed of ordinary passage in the last congress. Queen Coming to U. S. New York, July 12. Reports that Queen Marie of Roumania intends vo visit the United States are con firmed in advices received by the Atlantic division of the Red Cross from workers in the Balkan king dom. ' i 12.50: axlra. to , , THE WEATHER: Generally fair and con tinucd warm Sunday and Monday. Hourly temperature; 1. ? a 9 10 It J ...13 ...fS ...14 ...Id . ,.7 . . .80 ...M t S 4 S 7 ,.. ...so . .. ...M ...01 ...00 ...as u CONSPIRED TO TEACH DISLOYALTY Townley and Gilbert Convicted" by Jurors in Minnesota After. Former Refused Permission to Argue His Own Case. TOLD -JUDGE HE HAD nisiimcFn rmirdSPi' Court's Charge Related to Fact That Guilt of One De fendant Is Considered Guilt of Both in Eyes of Law. Jackson, Minn., July 12. The jury in the trial of President A. C. Town ley and Joseph Gilbert of the Non partisan league late Saturday night found the defendants guilty of the charge of conspiracy to teach dis loyalty, in violation of the Minne sota law. v The jury was out two hours. Neither Townley or Gilbert showed any emotion. The jurors announced that they took two ballots. The first was nine, to three for conviction. The second was "unanimous for conviction. After receiving the verdict Town ley made the following statement: - "Judges and lawyers may quibble, but in the court of public opinion the common sense of the people will never annrnve a rulinir that savs a man may merely deny he is disloyal and is forbidden to prove by con structive testimony that he is loyal." Grants Stay of Sentence. Judge E. C. Dean granted a" stay cf tentehce until September 15, to permit the preparation of the court record and; the making of motion for n new trial. The other two criminal actions against Gilbert were continued until the January term of court.' He was continued in justice court at Lake f.eUl of unlawful assemblages, sen tenced to Tiinety days in jail and ap pcaltd ' to district court. Both charges are based upon, the speech which Gilbert made at Lakefield, June 23, 1918. - Wished to Argue Case. When Prosecutor E. H. Nicholas rnmnlptprt his arffnmriit Saturdav night, Townley made a personal plea to the court that he be permitted to argue his own case to the jury. Townley told the judge he had dis missed his attorneys and that the co defendant, Gilbert, had waived the right of further representation by counsel and asked privilege of speak ing on the ground that he felt the Nonpartisan league was on trial. Judge Dean denied Townley's rt quest to address the jury. Townley, after conferring with his attorneys, announced he had decided to rest his case without argument. Judge Dean began his charge to the jury at 8:55 p. m. Says Conspiracy Proven. Prosecutor Nicholas, in his ad dress to the jury, charged that the state had proven its conspiracy charge against the 4wo Nonpartisan league leaders through the testimony of witnesses who had heard various speeches made by the defendants. .1 1. I ' . L - I - C uuuugu cviucnic in me lurm ui league literature and through the testimony of the state's leading wit-' nesses, one of whom was F, A. Teigen, a former member of the league, who declared that Townley told him in 1917, "we are against this war, but can't afford to advertise it." After Nicholas closed his argu ment, Townley stepped before the court. "Your honor," he said. "I have, dis charged my counsel. I fet that: I and the organization are on trial and that I can handle this defense bet ter than my attorneys. I do not know what Mr. Gilbert is going to do about it." At this point George Hoke, who has been chief ' counsel for the de- fendants. announced that Gilbert had by counsel. , Wished to Plead in Person. "I ask your honor that I may be permitted to make my own plea to the jury. The attitude of more than 250,000 farmers and a million of people throughout this northwest will cepend upon the decision of the jury. Juvlge Dean questioned whetheii the law would permit one of th defendants to try his own case an action of this kind, without 1 gaily representing the other defen ant. Jownley is not a lawyer. Assistant Attorney General Mar1 ham objected, holding that tlf onrt could not properly grant tai defendant's request. Judge Dean then asked the attorney to submit authorities on the issue and Town ley took his -chair while the lawyers argued. The case went to the jury at 9:43 p. m. Much of Judge Dean's charge related to the question of conspira cy and the fact that the guilt of one defendantin a conspiracy action is considered the guilt of both de feudint. -4 . ,