Arizona republican., 1917-07-13
MINIMUM WAGE
 TECHN|CAL|TY
 POINTS MANY
No Evidence of Fraud Is
 Introduced in Evidence
 so Far; Case Goes Over for Consideration Today

On Wednesday. Judge Stanford dis
 missed the jury permanently expect
 ing to devote the next few weeks to
 non jury cases He gave the womens
 minimum wage case the right of way
 over other matters to claim his atten-
 tion before the close of the summer session, but if it progresses as rapidly as it did the first day. Judge Stanford need not count on a vacation in Aug
 ust. The only speed exhibited was in the objections offered by the counsel
 and they came fast and furiously and at times entertainingly. Entertainment
 was in fact the chief feature of the proceeding.
 The labor organizations are seeking | to prevent the secretary of state from 1 placing tlse referendum on the ballot ] at the next general elction, year from l November and the fraud and misrep- 1 resentation that has been alleged did
 not develop yesterday. These charges were made against the Merchants and l Manufacturing association by the la l Dor organizations, the real plaintiff in
 the suit of the state of Arizona, by At
 torney General Wiley E. Jones, versus
 the secretary of state The Adams Ho- tel company is the intervenor.
 Ned Creighton was the first witness l called and testified that he had been l VI.
 to be circulated the referendum peti-
 tions. The Bess agency, he said, had
 been secured for the work. Creighton
 admitted that he was the author of the
 petition which was circulated through
 out the state
 Assistant Secretary of State R. E. McGillen produced the petitions which gave Struckmeyer for the plaintiff and . Bullard for the proponents of the ref erendum an opportunity to Wrangle over the question of withdrawals. Mr
 Bullard contended that the secretary o1 |. state could not withdraw a name iron |. the petition if the request for with z drawal had been made after June 6 . while the opposing counsel claimed . that withdrawal could be made un !. til the certification by the secretary O /. state. The evidence showed that ove :. 200 people wished to withdraw iron :. the lists whose names did not appea , 1 on the petitions.
 , Judge Barnum, personal counsel fo 7, the secretary read from a letter to tn a official from the attorney general. Mr , Jones said in part:
 , 1 Referendum petitions, under tn , i Arizona law are permitted to be file' up to the expiration of 90 days iron the adjournment of the legislature an, ,' in this case the time limit. for sucl petition, expired a midnight the siXtl !, of June"
 - There were some half dozen wit , nesSes whose testimony added little t /. the outcome when Mrs. E. J. Bess wa /, called to the stand.
 :, Did you give any instruction to an '' petitioner" asked Mir. Jacobs. C. Here MT. Struckmeyer who had beel /. alleging fraud and misrepresentation 1' made a strenuous objection. .' There has been no evidence to shoy c. fraud and misrepresentation, he saio -' ''I have been very careful not to asl c. that question"
 Mrs. Bess said that her business wa c. to circulate petitions and a year ag I' she had put in circulation three initi ). ative petitions for the state federation Z. of labor
 c. A Mrs. Woodward, became naturall C. confused while she sat on the stan z. and listened to the objections as { z. what she should and should not an z swer. Finally she turned to the court Z. Judge. what is hearsay?' she in z. qured.
 z. Before Judge Stanford could reply z. Mir. Struckmeyer. whose witness Mrs Z. Woodward was, thundered,' "All yo z. have to do is to answer the questions z. ask you. The lawyers will fight tha Z. out.'
 Z. The case was continued until 9.3 c. o'clock this morning.