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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
Claim Agents and Ambulance ChGsers

People reading the awful OF the Cherry mine horror
shocked by the OF the lawyers OF the ambulance
chasing variety whose agents prowed about the stricken town
soliciting jobs attorneys for the wives and children and
parents OF those lost in the mine,
They wanted make with the survivors while
the eorpses still in that awful hole while the issue OF
life death still unsoved to bring suits for damages on
speculation, and for contingent fees
There time when decent lawyer would take a
case a contingent fee There time when a lawyer
doing subject TO disbarment
be that in many poor
pie were without the power gate their unless al
lowed to mortgage the only property they possessed perhaps
their claim for damages In the interests OF claimants
just people those Cherry the law and practice was
changed allow to be taken contingent ices
The and reputable lawyers take them 1t IS
part OF the universal practice and is part OF
Without it the widows orphans and parents OF work
would have little protection in OF injury or death
For have wortingmens insurance law in this eoun
try, other civilized nations have
And have that complement and mate OF the ambulance
chasing lawyer the corporation claim Not all claim
agents OF the despcabe here referred to- but most
OF them BY the very OF their employment must tend
that way just the personal injury lawyer doing business
legitimately, tends to become ambulance chaser
Mrs. John Love of Cherry, whose husband and three
killed in the mine declared that her sur
viyng several other witnesses OF the acct
killed 800 the Cherry mine have been intim
dated by the corporation claim agents talked to- offered ooe
and finally taken OF town in automobiles
This means il it tina, the thing which makes the
ambulance chases ghouSh profession almost necessity IS
taking place Cherry The widows and orphans and cppes
are being robbed By claim already at work to defeat
justice By tampcng with the witnesses and warpng the ev
dcncc.
In the light of facts if they facts the ambu-
lance chaser useful citizen and admirable person
in comparison with the wtnessehasng claim agent The Tor
er himself into the good graces OF the afflicted per
haps and money through damage suits But he divides
the money the needy He protects TO some extent
poor and suffering But the claim agent who runs
off witnesses brings pressure bear employees to tell false
hoods or suppress the stand nveges mouners to
give receipts in wrong the Of which they do no,
know reptile Sinner than the language OF words to ehsfse
terize And the officers corporations who perpetuae the
system are Shiny as he.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

~WIll we ever have a central
bank Ia this country" correapon
dent Shepherd asked Mr Hill 10
New York
Would the bank BE- a bad idea y
Il will not give my opinion /
only know that the people dom
want H. have been testing pn5llc
opinion and the people will not ac
cept a central bank
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

si0-~they call the private rooms
cells IN the hospital
And ~ be sits in his little cell
today when HE pain and his aoF.
row viii ailaw him TO SIT
Three finEefa are gone off hta
ieft hand He may lose tho other
finger and thumb Ills wife. the
~oman he calls the better halt II
hImaelt. d gone from ibis world
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
HOW TROUBLES NEVER COME SINGLY

And In the home ~ q nnighhoT
81 Montnya. good hearted woman
Who Hives close 10 the one.time
Monioya home in Nonnt Scott. a
pretty little 3ycarold baby Eirl
plays happily about the floor and
pratilea OF mamma and papa
Now. this IL not a human inieres
story
This IL 5nas wha, happened.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal Dec sJas Hl Is the biz the
guiding the nm system Of railroads
Judge Robt Loyett ia the big the guiding genius In tho
Southern Pacific Union Pacific. the Hartman Of rail-
few days New York. James ian said inerest
representative W. shepherd
corning subjects which vital all people
representative this that
recently that
would be interesting ws instructive his We've the
subjects
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

The last person TO learn to under.
stand a man IL himself.
One Of the ways TO have some
money once in a while is not to
own an automobile.
A woman's idea OF a waitress she
couldn't spare Is one who gets her
all the gossip about the neighbors
from their servants New York
Press
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

a tie.0eo. 900 widow pursued by
three foreign noblemen married a
fnsre American Say. fellows. here's
tip. Maybe so many Of our rich
girls marry abroad because you
don't compete.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

THAT. bat she Insisted on pulling u
out In long strings and letting u Tall
back into her mouth again.
Mabel said her mother, In "a
Mortified whisper. Mabel. don't do
that. Chew your gum Ike a little
lady - Every b0dy's Magazine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Dorella. | take a long walk ev-
cry morning for my complexion.
Mordelie. Why, ! thought there
was a drug store just around the
eOrner.--Chicago News.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Does he drink"
Nav, Why. II opportunity we're
tn knock M hts door and aak him
10 come out and take something he
wouldn't DO Houston Post.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

All the railroad employees are get.
ting the raise" habit and. Ia addi.
ton, they need the money.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

II King Leopold should die. there
viii be no great demand for crepe
in the Congo basin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
HILL AND LOVETT TALK ON CENTRAL
BANK PLAN-A STRIKING COMPARISON

II don't think | am qualified TO
express an opinion You aee
while | have sometimes run up
against financial problems good
and hard. haven't made close
enough study OF all elements going
into Thorn 20 warrant me IN ex-
pressing an opinion for publica.
ton
but you have a opinion2"
"Not definite one. Not any
for publication"
"Do the people need central
bank"
n cant annwer that question for
you"
DO the people want central
bank"
Il don't know whether they do
or not"
lie didn't add "and don't care"
Said Hnl In New York
these fellows here In the east"
he waved his arm toward the
Wall n. district can't see the big
problems They can't even see the
tops OF thoir buildings, What thia
country needs IL men who can see
both SIDES Oh II
s,.,,o.
re that an AseaIst. osss' lp 49,,
OF conditions bheh thsfsf "N"'"
judge LoF"tt
Ny "Apsii'hes aas Dp.'' ~
tons. ne Haia' ~ 'hhl Ahe ss"''sn
tinanci"tH oo'npf.h"ha in,F ~
needs OF thr M"a' thl"A 49,
see both sides very eieAfil. ihF'.
may be occasional s1cspllouH
have not ooHTffea any ,snu'",'
ward nhffoNheha 81 f'slon NJ, 10
financial een'eta OF an 'hA''''N
see both Hid"a
| There's AHOtuNF DIX ththAs NAt"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Tho Wright brothers are starting
an aeroplane factory II the time
ever comes TO make II advisable. the
stock will not be watered~-it will
be acrated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Nobody would feel 50 very bad "
the loan sharks didn't have merry
Christmas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
Silk Waist Lengths

HsndsoneIy Boxed for Christmas Gifts
Every year this ham been growing feature with
this store. men in particular prcfcrring TO buy
waist ienrtha ~ this manner We have at *.
eelleni variety in All the new coiora and srien
Prices range from per yard sI25 50 At 55
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Britishers You Americans Joke
about subjects in which there is
very little humor.
Hubble: The subjects of King
Edward. Ell, old boy Boston Tran
script.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Suffraget who tried TO see PreEi-
Dent Taft was turned down She
may have been harmless and an
that. but Bin doesn't want TO start
anything he can't finish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Hostess John. Aunt Jane
brought US that turkey from the
farm.
Aunt Jane. Yes. | raised that
turkey myself with the greatest
care, and n it'aiH't tender III call u
base ingratitude Harper's Weekly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

A central bank sounds a good deal
like a central oil company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

A little girl on the train to Pitts
burg was chewing gum. Not only
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

A commission man may be known
BY the poultry he keeps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Central American rev0lutionlsts
should always have dead Ameri-
can or two on their side.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

Al any rate. Mosf can't avoid doing
yDur Christmas magazine ing early.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

It's John Mitchell who says en-
pIoyers find 1t cheaper 90 ksli than
70 project their men, In an abstract
sense. this may not be an exaggera-
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
Ladies' Knit Slippers

IN all coiorH 10 match klmon0s aud bath robes for
ladies, children and infants. from, per pair
s5e TO s1.s5
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

tmspsiHtsa from pasnana naitr Nswst
Somebody. away back Ia The dim
dark ages. remarked that troubles
never come sinsiy
A lot Of as have found this oui
IN one way aud another. but here
Is the story OF a man who has
learned the fun truth Of the old
axiom:
Marcus Montoya worked Tor the
Oregon Planning MIN company. at
10th and Vaughn sts
Marcus worked on the 'aticker
lie vas a good. competent man.
and had worked Tor them for nearly
year
oh. just by The way, get oui of
your head right nov the idea that
this Is human interest story.
u isn't
II Is merely the plain. simple
little story Of shat happened
As has been remarked. Marcus
worked as a stickcrmRu.
Marcus vas married. aud lived
at zoe Fir at. Lanrelwood addition.
Mount Scott.
Marcus made fairly good wages
He paid his debts "a they came due.
and he and his wife and the baby
were happy.
Didn't mention the baby befnre7
Well. a baby is q mere incident
Anyway, this Is the situation up
until q eharf fiusa aun
Then Old Man Trouble came
around
Perhaps you have met him n
you did. he Is one Of those acgnaint.
ances you don't like. but can't
shake.
He came around the Montoya
home and made himself real well
acquainted.
FIRST the wife took sick. II vas
one OF those complaints which
come TO women. and she vent 90
the hospital There was an oper.
alton performed.
And one more patient died as
the result OF an operation.
While Mrs Montoya was I'm the
hospital Marcus. tho husband. took
care Of the home
He arose early IN the morning
and built the fire and cooked break.
fast for himself and the little
daughter-by the way. the baby was
girl-aud then he went to his
work In the planning mill
One week ago last Saturday an
accident happened az the Oregon
planning mill. Monioya was the vic.
tim.
II was Just q slight accident
Moutoya overlooked the fact that
one OF the sticker heads was work
ing. and as consequence he lost
three fingers OF one hand. and may
lose the balance.
His fellow workmen took him 10
the Good Samaritan hoRpital--his
wife was already at st. Vlncent's
He waited for little while. and
then had part Of his hand ampu.
tated.
"Come al Once"
His comrades went back TO work.
And then a nice energetic little
subscription was started among the
employees Of the mill. and money
was provided 10 carry Montoya
through his trouble.
And so Montoya stayed In tho
hospital for nearly a week. aud then
one day he received the dread sum.
mons which comes 20 every mar.
ried man at some time-if he ont.
4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

That vas ufi. one giant Of II.
nance
so. 'Nili We ever have cen.
trial bank in this country" asked
Judge Lovetf
why ! don't know. am sure
Judge i.oxett smiled
Ia The central bank. IN your
opinion. a bad idea or a good onef''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
STAR DUST

ST amt what
~e d. but what
ne undo. tina,
makes rauckrak :
ers Of as"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09
Silk Mercerized Pdjomas

9Jus"0S
Dainiiiy Boxed for Christmas Giving
Psjsnss Of Corded SIX. In blue. tan avends,: a
Sizes 1890. t.s'. $500. -............ $40
merosrixed Psismss, In tan. blue and lasenas.,
with silk braid frogs on Jacket. ssy(ve
Pretty Outing Flannel Palamas. In striped or rims
patterns ....... -...... ................ s225
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-09

\ ~ man, cot Of eity--1 Vssr, ga
2 wos.hs, sisYl,g ,Pe9sA' 20.
efflee, ss seeond-oiass matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
ST. ]. 81. {. ANNUAL REPORT.
Net Income of Over $4,000 Wiped Ont
BY Back Interest.

st. Johnsbury, Nov. 6.--The annual
report Of the st. Johnsbury a Lake
Champlain railroad presents some in
teresfing figures though the stockhod-
ers need not expect any dividend for
some years TO come. The gross income
for the yeas sailine june - 1909, was
$333. .5s0s6 as against s3A9, ,7s903. But
the operating expenses were s264, 1925
against 1885 .04375 the year previous.
About $4,000 is charged up to this
road BY the Boston& Maine, which con
trolls ifs stock and furnishes its equip
ment. for rent Of rolling stock, tracks
and terminals. A net income Of $40,
056.34 is wiped out By back interest on
bonds and notes amounting to SS6,s6S,-
III, leaving the present deficit S66,sl .e3.
The road carried 2l2,s1l passengers
az against 2l0,263 the year previous and
hauled sol 300 tons Of freight as against
3ls,759 tons the year before The gross
revenue per mile was practically the
same both years, $3.50, but the man.
anement saved on their operating ex-
penses which were s2,lll4s per mile AZ
aeainst S2.l8T 63 the year before The
balance sheet shows thar the road cost
s4.753 sl6.53 and the capital stock il
Sc 3,606,750 and a bonded debt Of S2,500i-
600. The sheet is balanced BY charge
to profit and loss of 81 $3.50, 1920.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
Four People are Already Dead
and Nearly 200 Injured
In PENN. RAILROAD CRASH
-Four Cars Full Of People Going to Phila
delphia Were Piled in Mass of
Debris When Their Train Hit
Yard Engine.

Jersey City, N. j., Nov. 0.--Four peo-
Srple were killed and upwards Of two hun
dred people were injured here to-day
when Philadelphia local train on the
Pennsylvania railroad ran through an
open switch at the edge Of the railroad
yards and crashed into yard engine.
-Four cars filed with commuters" were
piled into heap and smashed to pieces.
Bvery ambulance, police patrol and fire
wagon was employed TO take the injured
to the hospitals. II Is said that many
Of the injured are in serious condition.
The dead already are the engineers Of
both trains, one fireman and a track
walker who was sitting in the cab OF
the yard engine when the passenger
train crashed into it.
The list Of the dead il as follows:
John Munroe Of Perth Amboy, NJ j.,
an engineer
John Mclean of Newark, a fireman.
John Splle Of Trenton, an engineer.
Spencio Diogose OF Jersey City, a
track walker
This forenoon, after an examination
Of the wreck, Daniel Caring. the tower
man, who was in charge Of the block
signal, was, arrested and held as re.
sponsible for the wreck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
ALL REPRESENTED.
At the Annual District Meeting Of Odd
Fellows Encampment

The annual meeting Of district No. 8
Of the Odd Fellows encampment was
held last evening in this city with Min
nehaha encampment, No. 2. All Of the
seven encampments in the district were
well represented, and there were also
several grand lodge officers present,
making an attendance Of about 100,
Alex. Duncan Of Barre, the district dep
uty grand patriarch, presided, and tne
grand lodge officers present were 2. w.
Harwood Of Bennington, grand patri-
arch; L. G. Jones Of Island Pond, grand
junior warden; II. w. Scott Of Barre,
grand inside sentinel; j E. Foster Of
Waterbury, grand outside sentinel.
The meeting was opened at 4:30
O'Clock by Minnchaha encampment and
at o'clock the patriarchal degree was
conferred by Eureka encampment Of
Mortified. At the close Of the work,
supper was served in the banquet hall
BY the ladies Of Bright Star Rebekah
lodge No l8 A reception to the grand
officers was held at and an address Of
welcome was delivered by Frank w.
Jackson Of Barre H. G. Cutting Of
iAttNfHt VI 1fAHNfA
sponded. The golden rule degree was
then conferred by Thomas Wildey en-
campment No. II Of Montpelier, and the
royal purple degree was conferred BY
Minnehaha encampment
Next came the nomination Of a dis
trict deputy grand patriarch to be rec
commended to the grand patriarch for
appointment at the annual meeting next
May, and the present deputy, Alex. Dun
can, received the nomination for reap
pointment. After interesting remarks
BY the grand officers and patriarchs pres
ent had been enjoyed, the meeting was
closed BY Minnehaha encampment The
encampments in the district are as fol-
lows: Minnehaha No. 2, Barre; Eureka
No 10. Mortified; Thomas Wildey No
ii, Montpelier; AIhambra No 20, Wa
terbury; Excelsior No "a, Randolph;
Granite No. 20. East Barre; Halcyon No.
33, PIainfeld
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
CAUGHT IN PRINTING PRESS.
Man Hurt While Installing New Machine
in Burlington.

Burlington. Nov. 6--James Reed of
Brooklyn, N. Y., hut connected with the
Battle Creek. Mich. concern who are in
stalling new press in the Daily News
office, was seriously injured yesterday
afternoon. receiving severe cut upon
the left leg and forehead besides sus-
tanning bad cuts on both wrists Reed
was inside the press, when the power
was turned Oh unexpectedly, A lever
swung with great force and hit him in
the forehead short distance from the
temple lie ~arew up his arms to shield
himself hut the lever came back cut-
ting large gashes in both wrists. One
leg was also injured He was taken to
the Office OF Or. s. i. Maynard, where
the wounds were dressed. Reed, while
he will be incapacitated for work for
some time, is at present only suffering
from severe lameness. although sew.
eral bad scars viii be left as reminders
OF his experience.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
SUCCESSFUL vERMoNTERs.
Hsrv c. Mutt, Native Of Montpelier, a
Railroad Vice President.

larry G Mutt, son of the late Col. Fl.
G. Mutt, native Of Montpelier, who
since the spring of 1907 has been gem
eral manager Of the western lines Of the
Northern Pacific railway compeny, was
in the shake up of the officials Of that
company last week, promoted to the
fourth vice president and continued as
general manager Mr.. Mutt began his
railroad career with the Chicago, Bur
Iington 4 Quincy In the engineering de-
partment in 1850. After being promot
ed to train master and division superin-
tendent Of that road, in 1906 he went
to the Michigan Central as its general
superintendent. year lster he was
called to be general manager Of the
western division Of the Northern Pa
eific, position which he still retains
in connection with the new office that
has been created and which he has been
called to fill. This transcontinental
system created the office Of fourth vice.
president to give Mr.. Mutt powers moi
delegated to the general manager His
headquarters win still be at Tacoma
Wash.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06

Three Rutland Druggists Have Loop
hole to Save Certificates.

Rutland. Nov. d. Owing to the fall
ure Of the indictments TO specify the
oflenses, II secms likely that the Rut-
land druggists who recently were fined
Of a violation Of the liquor law, will
continue in bnsincss and as licensees ex.
actly as before. Such Is the opinion Of
William y. Warner Of Vergernes, q
mculber Of tho state board Of pharmacy,
who was in this city yesterday TO take
action on the cases Mr. Warner finds
that the indictments are now made out
in the form which has prevailed for fifty
years, sort Of blanket indictment for
selling liquor Illegally, whereas the Of
fenses Of the recently fined druggists
were specific violations Of the condi-
tions Of their license the statutes gov
erning their cases containing specific
penalties.
Mr. Warner finds that the indictments
do not specify the place Of business,
the date, or make any reference to q
violation Of the fifth class license, 50
that there appears TO be nothing on
which TO base a complaint TO the state
board.
II would be entirely possible for the
licensees to assert that the violations
Of the liquor law occurred before their
fifth class licenses were taken ont, and
there Is nothing in the court records to
show differently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
FIFTY CONVICTS
KILLED BY CRUELTY
Conditions in Texas Worse Than in ST.
IBERIA Declare State Inves-
tigators

Galveston, Nov. 6.-The legislative
committees investigation of the state
penal institutions and the treatment Of
the convicts on the farms reveals the
fact that more than fifty convicts have
been killed by cruelty and whippings
within period OF three years OF less.
The record may be larger, and probably
is, but the board of inquiry finds it al
most impossible to wiring evidence from
the conyicts whom they examined.
The majority Of conviets who could
give positive evidence Of specific cases
are afraid to tell because they fear they
will incur the hatred Of the guards at
the pententiary. On the convict farms
the whipping of servants until their
bodies were a mass of bleeding wounds
with leather straps two feet long and
three inches wide, numbers more than
four hundred that the commission has
positive evidence Of and the inquiry is
not yet completed.
The commission declares that the
crueties inflicted upon conyicts by the
state prison officers and guards as re-
vealed by the investigation are worse
than those Of Siberia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-06
DIED LAST EVENING.
Mrs. Len M. Avenll Passed Away After
Second Operation.

Mrs. Len M. AverilI died at 7:l5
o'clock last evening at the City hospital,
following second operation, which was
performed at 1880 o'clock yesterday af.
ternoon. Mrs. Averill was operated on
for appendicitis on October l9s and at
that time 1t was found that her condi-
tion was very serious. Later a structure
of the iutestines developed. and q second
operation was forced as the only means
of saving her life. Her condition was
too weak to Withstand the shock of a
second operation, and she passed away
soon after coming ont Of the ether
Helen Hazel Williams was born In
Glover and was q years Of age Novem-
Der l. She was the only child Of Mr..
and Mrs. Merrill E. Williams Of Crafts
bury She was graduated from the
Craftsbury academy IN 1905 She had
Taught in the village school there before
hen graduation and also afterwards until
she was married 10 Mr. Aperiil on Nav
4 last When taken sick about October
first she WAS teaching in the BENJAMIN
Fails district in Berlin.
Besides her husband, she leaves to
mourn her loss her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs NJ r. Williams Of craftsburv and
her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs Sylves.
ter Cameron Of this city, and grand
mother Mrs Eliza Lother Of Newbury.
The funeral will be held from the home
Of her aunt, Mrs Alex coburn. Of 8
Orange street. Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock The Rev. r. o. Thayer. pastor
Of the Holding M F church, win oifi-
ciate. The body win Be taken Monday
morning to Craftsbury for burial.