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Show Iegon closes' PAmSHSCHOOLS Sharp Religious Struggle Results in Majority for New Measure SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 13. ( By 4ho Associated Press) California's adoption of prohibition enforcement Oregon's restrictions upon nearly all church parochial schools and other private schools, Nevada's decision not I to change Its divorce laws ami Montana's Mon-tana's probable authorisation of iim- parl-mutUC system of betting on horse races are among the outstanding decisions de-cisions on legislation taken by tne voters In f;r western states at last Tuesday's election California's measure makes the eighteenth amendment to the federal 'institution and the Volstead act or whatever other enforcement legislation legisla-tion may be passed by congress, parr of the California statutes. Despite the fact that grape growing interests and others fought the step and that the cities of San Francisco and Saerai, u nto n-to voted 'wet" nil the other large cities all of southern California and me'st of the great San Joaquin and Sacramento alleys combined to carry i he measure. RELIGIOUS s i lv I GGLE Oregon's new law requires children I" luvon the age-, of 8 and 16 years to attend public schools that those physically phy-sically incapable, those who have completed com-pleted Hi" eighth grade and those who in at inebnvlcnlent distances or are taught by parents or private teach- i s arc exempts These, however must have their education supervised by the slate. A majority of more than 15.000 was given this act, despite vigorous opposition of Catholic societies and laymen and many Protestant clergymen clergy-men and representative citizens of various va-rious faiths. The catholics termed it s dlrei t Map at their denomination and Its educational methods The Masonic Ma-sonic order took no stand In the controversy, con-troversy, but many champions of the me. lire u , i . Si "t tiSh Kites Mason- The Ku KlUS Klan admittedly was In favor of the proposed law, A proposal to make the Nevada res-Idi res-Idi rice requirement before divorce one ear instead of six months, as at present, pres-ent, was beaten by d tuajdrity estimated esti-mated it mure than 37uo, while anom-er anom-er proposition on the ballot, which In effect, ratifies the present Nevada dl-vorce dl-vorce laws and forbids altering them for a period of five years, had a majority ma-jority of about 3200 The Montana initiative measure lo allow the use of parl-mutuel betting machines for horse races at state and county tairs apparently was carried as It had a majority of 31 S3 with 45,-100, 45,-100, votes reported, veterans' welfare legislation was hbbiui iii ooi ii .Moiuana anu an- ' fornla. A soldiers' bonus passed b the Montana legislature had a ;;,ioi majority on a referendum vote, a,nd the California voters approved acts Ol the legislature calling for the Issuance Is-suance or bonds up to $10,000,000 to j enable veterans to buy farms and homes on easy terms. On the other hand, an effort In California to huvr the tax exemption of I1&Q0 allowed all other veterans extended to those veterans vet-erans who were released from active duty under honorable conditions, but I not actually discharged, was beaten. The voters in .several Tar western States expressed their opinion on questions ques-tions of nodical attention and public health. Osteopaths and chiropractors won the right in California to have In ns. :, isiui d b examining hoards ot their own .Instead of oy the state ; board of medical examiners. Antl-j Antl-j vivisection measures were defeated In i California and Colorado, and an at-. at-. tempt In Washington to prohibit the physical examination of school children, chil-dren, , xci pt with lhe parents' consent was' also lost- "Dltl L Ws VOTED DOWN NEW YORK, Nov. IS. Defeat of the state prohibition enforcement act and of another measure providing for ytate regulation of motion pictures by , the voters of Massachusetts were two Of the most Important referendum questions decided in the northeastern northeast-ern stales at Tuesday's election. The I same state also adopted an act providing provid-ing that voluntary associations might I sue, or be sueil, which was opposed by 'the labor unions, and an act providing that district attorneys must be mem-la mem-la rs of the har. which was passed by (the legislature after the removal and disbarment Of District Attorney Pel- I letler of Boston. Pennsylvania adopted by a lrrge I majority, an amendment to the state constitution, giving municipalities the rlht to amend rio ir vn barters. |