Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-24

OnQ DOSS SLEIke Ohe DOy tWtCe anu Cut another in the mouth with a knife. Others interfered. He did not see fight outside. Did not see any of the ac- cused outside.
 | Antonio Marin, another of the ac- cused, was the next witness. Did not see first fight. Saw second boss sur rounded by crowd when he came down stairs. Asked second boss what trou- ble was. Boss slapped him. Crowd l took after second boss, who ran. He followed crowd and saw second boss on other end of walk, near cannery wit hclub in his hand. He did not see any of the fight outside. Did not see Lacsamana outside.
 Felix lasas was recalled by defense and without aid of interpreter was asked regarding his testimony of the morning, and confirmed the transla- tion of his testimony as given by the interpreter The defense rested and the government called Vincente Cas- teneda in rebuttal. He testified that at the meeting of the Filipinos after the killing, Lacsamana told him he had killed Cunningham. and that lat CT he told him so again.
 Elisio Require, the second boss, was called. Testified that he was not arm ed at the time of the quarrel in the China house. He did not stab Cum ningham. Was stabbed by Lacsamana twice. and then ran to the cannery. Here the government rested and the defense rested. Argument by counsel was then had, District Attor- ney Munly opening for the prosecu- tion. He was followed by Attorney | Lyons, for the defense and then by F. E. Ritchie for the defense. Argu- ment was closed by Assistant District Attorney A. J. Dimond. The jury re- | tired and in about half an hour re- turned verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner was given the statutory time ! before sentence.
 At this mornings session of the court the grand jury returned in- dictments against 40 persons for viO- lation of the registration law. These were men principally from Anchor age and from points along the govern ment railroad in that vicinity. and were with few exceptions of Russian birth. They were arraigned and thirty nine of the number, waiving time for pleading. pleaded guilty to the charge. They also waived time for sentence. and Judge Brown sentenced each to three days in the federal jail at Val dez. Before sentencing the men Judge Brown made the following address to the prisoners:
 "The situation in which you find yourselves is one due to the world wars which in the last few years have totally changed all past rules of hu- man conduct in nearly every civilized country of the world. The United States during three years kept out of the European war by the exercise of the greatest patience and forebear- ance. The President of the United i States made great sacrifices for peace and many citizens of the United States have been willing to make great sacrifices for peace, but forces stronger than any one man or set of men have at last involved the United States in this titanc war. The great majority of the people of the United States are ready to give their prop erty and their lives for the success full carrying on of this war.
 "The United States is a democracy, where the majority must rule. What you or may think individually in this war crisis ceases to be of importance , if we are against the majority. We call the United States the land of lib- erty. but liberty does not mean that every man can do as he pleases, but for the fullest enjoyment of freedom and liberty, considerable sacrifice of personal opinion and personal self interest must be made. If each man