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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-04-18
Interesting to the Ladies

OF fickie fashion. aud actually some of
them are finished in aaring ruche1
and double aud treble rulings ON
their ankle length edges. II will OBJ
yiously take the hobbicd aud mincing
step maiden OF the last fe~ seasons
some time to get her stride in the
newest short and almost wide skirts.
And just TO prove that the old ad-
age N place for everything and every
thing in its place" has no standing in
the realmes Of the mode. back combs
are now being worn In front. II you
please. It's the very smartest place
for them. nesting right over your
forehead fringe in the front fa6 Of
the correct new high coi6urc.
Whether you choose the zebra or q
stick OF peppermint candy rs your
model. II little matters II you are
Just striped. To be right in line with
the style you must be heavily lined In
two-toned stripings or the variEated
hues of the Roman silks. Black and
white stripes running up and down
are very chic with the combination Of
blue and green as close rival.
Striped skirts In combination with
plain jackets OF taffeta or moire are
decidedly good. while Russian blouse
zuit with the plain blue toned duyctyn
blouse finished around the hips in
tunic Of striped green and blue taifeta
and silk sleeves Of the same are stun
ming with the plain duvetyn skirt.
Stripes have even stamped themselves
upon the smart spring hosiery mostly
In black and white effects.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-04-18

Housekeeping rooms. near bridge
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-04-18

(Psid Advsrtissmsat,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-04-18

Jesus did not like ,hls spirit ol
narrosnsss This cold. formal spiri,
which produced only tho most bitter
fruli OF srinshnexs tie lifted up hi,
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Judge Charles F. Parsons Of the
fourth circuit court, IN delivering q
charge to the new grand Jury In HiIo,
criticized at some length the present
judicial system. In no uncertain man.
ner the jarist scored the reversal Of de-
cisions on technicaIities and the EN-
ployment Of petty subterfhges TO de-
feat the ends Of Justice. The charge
III full follows:
Gentlemen Of the Grand Jury:
Your roli-can is reminiscent OF for
mer terms, With few exceptions your
members have served. not once but
many times and at least five CT your
number have acted as forelnen Of
ether grand juries. The proceedings
OF the grand jury room and the rules
governing these proceedings are, as
well.known to you as they are to the
prosecuting officer and the Court.
What is to be said to you today re-
lafes not so much to your powers and
duties as grand Jurors. as it does to
certain legalized abuses which you,
the trial jury. counsel and court may
aid in remedying. / refer to abuses
made possible by a system of tech
nical procedure, which Goddess Grim
inals, which hampers inquiry into es-
sential facts, which is dilatory, expen-
sive, frequently productive OF abb
srrd results, and which is still re-
tanned despite the protests of liti-
gants, press. public and judges who
are its interpreters. The unsatisfac-
tory working of the system has been
shown in many instances but seldom
more clearly, so far as examples In
this circuit are concerned, than in two
sets, of cases which have occupied
much of the time Of the court and
different juries for more than two
months past. In the first instance,
the defendant was a county officer
charged with false certification, for
gerry and embezzlement; in the second
there were two defendants charged
with larceny in the first degree. After
the commitment OF the county officer
the authority of the judge to act in
any manner was tested in q proceed
ing before the supreme court. Then
the grand jurors were challenged in
dfyidually and collectively. Indict-
ments were found in IL cases. To
these indictments pleas in abatement
were interposed and demurrers were
filed TO the pleas in abatement, which
were followed by demurrers to the
indictments. In the false certifica-
tiCn and forgery cases the demurrers
were sustained and the defendant was
discharged, without any legal posi-
bility of inquiry before the jury then
in session as to whether he had
or had not committed the grayer of
the offenses charged. In the five en-
bezzlement cases the demurrers were
over-ruled and the defendant was re-
quired to plead. He plead not guilty,
and his plea upon trial proved to be
q technical one, for one of the de-.
lenses relied upon was that the proof
showed that he had come wrongfully
into possession of property which the
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Indictment charged had been zen
trusted to his keeping. The defend
ant awaiting himself of his constitu-
tional privilege, did not testify, from
which fact under the law no infer
ence of guilt could be drawn. No
testimony was introduced contradict
ing the evidence of the prosecution.
The trial lasted six days Upon au-
thority. Of q few cases apparently APP
proved in dictnm Of the supreme
court of this territory, the jury was
charged in effects that the alleged
wrongful acquisition of the money by
the defendant could not avail him in
q criminal action for its subsequent
misrepresentation, If it appeared that
he collected the same under pretense
Of being authorized so to do by the
county The jury was also given 90
instructions requested by the defend
ant. After several ballots the jury
returned a verdict of guilty, which
verdict was excepted to by the de-
PENDANT as being contrary to the law,
the evidence and the weight of the
evidence. Exceptions were taken to
adverse Rulings during the trial. and
the case is soon to be taken to the
supreme court.
In case so closely contested, ex-
tending over a period of six days, err
ror is practically certain and revers-
ible error Is not improbable. If the
latter is found the judgment will be
subject to reversal without reference
tC the guilt or innocence OF the de-
PENDANT.
The second set of cases referred to
are known locally as the Hamakua
Cattle Stealing cases Two men, one
of them a. butcher VINO mad stolen
cattle many times before and who is
now serving sentence for two such
offenses, and the other a plantation
employee well acquainted with the
derelictions of his associate, at dead
of night took from the plantation pas
ture, without the knowledge or con-
sent of the owner, a dairy COW and
heifer, the property OF the plantation,
valued at $135.00. The animals were
slaughtered. Their loss was discovered
and their hides were found in the
possession of the butcher and identi-
fed on the following day. These facts
were proved and were undisputed in
each case. The plantation employee
said that he believed the cattle to be-
property of the buthcher;a the butcher
said that he believed them to be the
property of the employee. Each
claimed, to have been misled by the
Misrepresentation of the other. After
two trials consuming four days each,
the plantation employee was ACQUITTED.
After two days trial and and nine
hours elaboration in the case against
the butcher, the Jury reported a dis
agreement and mistrial was entered.
The case was afterwards nolle pressed.
After the trial of the first case special
vcnires We're required to produce
qualified jurors. At different times
there were in attendance from four
teen to forty-four veniremen, who
were each paid $500 per diem. Their
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fees while in attendance upon these
cases aggregated 100000 and statu-
tory witnesses fees amounted to $311.-
80 more Counting the value of the
time of the Government officers en-
gagged in different capacities in the
trial of this case, the acquittal and
discharge of these two defendants has
cost public approximately $1,700.O0 in
! the Circuit Court alone, to say nothing
of the amount which it has cost the
defendants.
While these cases are perhaps ex-
treme illustrations of the excessive
cost of criminal litigation, they are, in
ia measure, typical. Since the LIST day
of July last there have been disposed
of before juries in this Circuit sixteen
criminal and one civil cases be-
sides 134 cases without juries, in
Guiding equity, probate. divorce and
other Chambers cases. OF the 1900
appropriated for Court expenses a bal
ance of only about $l,400.00 remains to
carry us through the fiscal period; a
sum insufficient to pay for another ex-
perience like that of the Cattle Steal
jury waived, remain to be tried during
that period
Part of the blame for this state of
affairs is unquestionably due to the ju-
ry system Many of the jurors listed
for this year have never served before;
several were excused for statutory
|disqualifications; a few were men of
experience, but against q large proper
tion of these latter peremptory chal-
lenges were exercised. The result
was what might have been expected
The testimony Of witnesses was not in
all cases skilfulIy sifted and weighed.
The specific issues of fact were too
often lost sight of in the consideration
of immaterial matters and legal rules
apparently were not always applied to
the facts. found The outlook, how
ever, in this regard is not necessarily
discouraging, for former years have
demonstrated that with repeated ex-
perience unframed Jurors may develop
into experts. If this process is repeat
ed and no substantial injustice results
we can well afford to regard with
complaisanee the cost and the few I'M
warraltable acquittals which accom-
pany it, in view of the educational
effect which the experience shall have
had upon SO large a part OF the public
The principal cause of the condition
complained of and others equally de-
plorable. is our archaic procedure.
Devised originally to alleviate the bar
barities of the law of England. adop-
ted here where these barbarities have
had no considerable place and retain
ed long after its abandonment in the
country of its origin. where the last
reason for its existence has ceased to-
be. Some of the technicalities of our
criminal and civil procedure have no
counterpart in the laws of England or
her Colonies, or in the laws of any
country of Europe, but so firmly en-
trenched are they certain of them be-.
hind constitutional guaranty and
others behind Statute and decision
that their disIodgement seems almost
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impossible. The task is one which
is engaging the energies of some OF
the ablest men of the legal pro
fession. The American Bar Associa-
ton has taken, up the work, as have
also the Bar Associations of different
States and these bodies have been alb
ly assisted by the press, the maya
zines and College lectures. The
Worlds Work" is now publishing
a series of articles by George w. AL
ger, entitled Swift and Cheap Justice
and the lectures of Moorfeld Story
and Frederick N. Judson have recent
ly been issued in, book form by the
Yale University Press under the til
ties ''The Reform of Legal Procedure"
and The Judiciary and the People,
respectively.
Among the reforms advocated are
the following;
/. Simple indictments;
2. The right of the trial judge to
charge upon the facts;
8. The right to comment upon the
defendants failure to testify in his
own behalf;
4. Reversal upon appeal for errors
affecting the merits only;
5. Final judgment in appellate court
instead of order remanding for new
trial;
s. Findings of fact instead of gen.
eral verdicts by juries.
Each of the proposed reforms above
enumerated. with special reference
to the above-named authors views,
will be considered briefly without any
attempt to deal at length with the OBJ
stacles, real or fancied, to the adop-
ton of such proposed reforms.
/. Indictments
To accomplish Its purpose" says
Mr. Storey. criminal procedure
should be simple, prompt and effec-
tual. The guilty should feel that the
arm of the law is sure and strong.
Today the law as administered throws
around the criminal protecting wall
which may have been necessary when
the power of the English crown press
ed despotically upon the subject, but
which is wholly unnecessary today.
1t is the community that now needs
protection against the criminal, not
the innocent man who must be saved
from unjust prosecution. Today it is
said with a certain bitter. truth that
the only man whose life Is safe is he
who has been convicted Of murder.
What are the difficulties? The de-
lection and arrest of the criminal are
for the police, and with the difficultic-
which beset these the courts have lit
tie to do. We viii assume that the
accused has been caught and the evil
dence laid before the grand jury. The
first step is to find an Indictment, and
to this the defendant is required to
plead.
Now the whole object of an indict-
nnent is to inform the court. the ju-
and the prisoner Of what the charge
against the prisoner is. As rule no
enc knows SO well as the accused ex-.
actly what he has done. and what the
Indictment means. There is no rea-
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, son why the indictment should not
state the charge in the simplest and
most direct Language. as for example,
why an Indictment for murder should
not, be in as few words as the follow.
! ing
The grand jurors charge that A
on the 1st day of March at Boston
in the county of Suffolk did commit
murder by killing B.
"A form substantially like this is
now used in England and her colo
MES, and there is no crime which can
not be charged with equal brevity.
Such an indictment informs the ac-
cused of exactly the charge against
him, and accomplishes every purpose
of an indictment. If 1t is insufficient
and he wants further information in
any case, he can be given the right
ito move for specifications, and in a
proper case the court would grant
them, or the prosecution should be
allowed to amend, but whenever the
jury is impanelled all questions as to
the nature of the charge should be
regarded as finally settled
Under the practice which now pre-
walls almost everywhere in this coun-
try. the Indictment is used as a trap
for the prosecution and a buIwark
for the defense. The ingenuity Of
the states attorney is taxed to the
utmost in the effort to be sure that
his indictment complies with every
technically, while the defendants
counsel exerts every faculty to find q
flaw in his opponents statement, so
that instead of trying the guilt or In
nocence Of the prisoner, the trial too
frequently Is reduced to question
as to the necessity of few absurd
words in an Indictment The social
ed flaw in the Indictment is uniforms
" the resort of a convicted criminal.
If the trial ends in an acquittai. either
by order of the court or verdict Of the
jury, the prosecution can not appeal.
since the defendant can not twice be
placed in jeopardy. It is only after
a trial in which all the evidence has
been sifted and the question Of. guilt
or innocence thoroughly argued. a
trial in which the defendant has
known exactly what he was charged
with. and where the verdict has been
50 clearly right that either the
defendants counsel has not asked the
trial court to set it aside. OF the mo-
tion has been made and denied, that
the appellate court is asked to reverse
the judgment, not because the defend.
ant is not guilty, and not because he
has not been fairly tried, but because
an indictment Sufficient To inform
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and to charge juries in regard to its
weight and credibility In Hawaii
there is a. statutory provision to
the effect that the Judge shall. in no
case, comment upon the character,
quality, strength. weakness or credi-
bility of any evidence submitted or
upon the character. attitude appear
ance, motive or Reliability of any
witness sworn in the case At
the close of the evidence it is the
custom, under statutory provision, for
counsel to present to the Judge re-
quests for instructions which are
passed upon, usually In the abb
sence of the jury, and are then read
to the jury as the instruction of the
court. In some Of the circuits of the
territory it has not been the practice
of the judges to give instructions other
than those requested By counsel. The
Judge, by statute, is prohibited from
making any oral comment upon or
modification OF the instructions re-
quested The result is unsatisfactory.
The Instructions of each party are. FREE
quently for the purpose Of giving to
its side Of the case as favorable an
appearance as possible 1t must be
apparent that large number of in
structions tthere were fifty-three re-
quested In a recent case given
to the jury on behalf OF one party
must create IN the minds Of uutrain-
ed men wrong impression as to the
law IN the case. The federal prac-
ftce is being strongly endorsed In
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PACKARD Man SAYS BARGAIN
TRUCKSNOT UP TO STANDARD

aThe lines are being drawn more
closely about the so-called bargain
truck says G. r. Norton, truck sales
manager Of the Packard Motor Car
Company. by a bargain truck I
mean one sold at a price so reduced
as to necessitate sacrificing an essen
tial factor such as quality and ability
of the truck, service to the customer
or profit to the dealer And no pur-
chaser can possibly feel secure when
the price does not provide for all OF
these requirements.
Even granting that the bargain
truck might possess ability, still SER
vice and legitimate profit for the
manufacturer and dealer remain to
be accounted for because even the
best truck must have service, and
anyone remaining in business must
have profit II is not reasonable to
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against himself. Originally the cri-
minal could not testify at all. but sta
tutes have given him this right, and
have coupled 1t with the provision
that IL he elects not to take the stand
no argument shall be made or infer
ence drawn against him on account Of
his refusal.
.sThe nractieai ahsnrditv II thle
nrovision h ilinsfrafed ~ The eharo1
given bv very able nudge n Mae-6-
ebusetts. who was aslked 70 inefrrci
the fury that no inference couid IS.
drawn from the fact fhat the defend
ant did not take the stand.
ssYes, be said. .eentIemen. fhat.s
the law and We are ali bound Ia obev
the law r. the iecislature we're r.
mass ! law fhaf when Won waik down
State street and see ne sbado~ 81
tIle old efafe bouse . fbrown acrfee
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suppose. nor will anyone who thor
oughly studies the subject admit. that
all three characteristics can be oh
tanned in the bargain truck as wen
as in the maximum service truck.
In one respect at least. the truck
business IS not any different from any
other business. that Is. you get Just
what you pay for. When you enter
the cutprice field. you have to steel
yourself against the fictitious. abnor-
mally high list price on the one hand
and the bargain truck on the other.
In the first case the prices are listed
at high figures with the avowed inten.
ton Of being able to offer big dis
counts. and on the other hand. TIE
plan is to make the price so attrac-
tive that you will buy. thinking you
will get that for which you are not
even asked to pay"
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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-26
THE NEW YEARS EVE FATES
How Curious Maldens Can Find Out
WHAT Is in Store for Them
An Italian Custom.

Every maiden wonders what the fu.
ture has in store for her, and this is
what she must do on New Years day
to learn her fate
Turn the pillow at midnight the
3lst Of December, and you win
dream Of the man you are to marry.
Or let her take her hymn book to her
bedroom!tblow out the lamp, open the
book and mark hymn lin the dark,
put 1t under the pillow and sleep on
II, Next morning when she reads the
hymn she will find its text viii ind!.
cate the event of the year.
On New Years eve the Italian maid.
en- places In one corner of her he'd.
room thimble, in another water in
third ashes and in a fourth a ring
Upon waking in the morning, IL she
sees the ring first she will be married
that year; If she sees the water first
the year will be unlucky: II the
thlmble, fortune will smile on her;
If the ashes, she will die.
On New Years eve, IL a maiden
wishes to know her fate during the
coming year, she must go into the
open air with a psalm book in one
hand and a piece of silver in her
mouth She must allow the book 10
iall open and If il opens at the death
psalm che will die; II 1t opens at the
bridal psalm she will marry, and what.
ever else 1t opens TO will indicate her
fate.
On New Years eve. while the clock
Is striking twelve, repeat three times
Good St. Anne. good ST. Anne,
sehu me a man as fast as you can
And you will be engaged in a year
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-26
FOR NEW YEARS EVE
Toy Noise Producers and How to
Make Them.

MO one objects to a moderate
~ amount of noise in welcome to the
incoming new year. and | am sure
that you will agree with me that the
following are splendid noise produc.
ers. Each will require but a few
minutes time 20 make.
The bell rattle shown in Fig ! IS
made with tin can. common thread
spool, two short sticks and two screw
eyes. The tin can forms the bell
portion of the rattle, and a short piece
OF broomhandle, or other stick whit.
tied round, fastens TO It for a handle
This handle stick GA, Fig p is Sc
cured to the bottom of the can by
piercing a hole through the tin and
screwing n screw-eye from the in.
side OF the can down into the end Of
the stick Figure shows how the
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tongue OF the bell rattle is prepared.
The length of the tongue should be
equal TO the inside depth of the can.
Cut stick of this length and whit.
tie down one end to fit the hole in
the thread spool you have obtained;
then screw screw-eye into the other
end Gig. 81. Fasten the tongue in
place with piece of string, passing
the string through the screw-eyes in
tongue b and handle A, and tying
them loosely with firm knots. This
completes the rattle.
The odd-shaped rattle shown in
Fig. requires short stick for han
die A, and two tin cans out of which
to make the wings. pieces h and C.
The bottoms OF the cans must be re-