davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
'UR COURTS MUST BEHoNEST

Attended with scandal dubbed the rottenest jl-
dietary in the world by great magazines, forced to
defend itself against charges of corruption from var
Gus sources the supreme court of the state-has be-
come an object for scrutiny by the people.
In this crisis, machine politics sought to save the
present regime.
By emasculating the primary law which promised
to put the court in the hands of the people, the ma
chine of the interests framed plan for still retain
ing the grip on the court of last resort. The deal
was worked and in Tacoma the plot was ripened and
the slate went through without a hitch
But it all served only to stir public suspicion the
more and open revolt found expression in the con-
vention yesterday.
Whether the ticket nominated by the convention
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
A spade is a spade.

q Spade is a space.
Awarped Judiciary is warped Judiciary, and the
people not going to stand in merely of silk
gown and judicial dignity in the future.
The tendency of the people to treat the judiciary
they treat any other branch of government in
dicated by the bipartisan judicial convention held
here yesterday, marks epoch in the evolution of
things that augurs tremendous progress toward uti
mate justice.
They tell us we must not criticize the courts;
why, the republican party built on opposition to
a decision of the highest court in the land" said
Judge W.H White, the venerable ex-justice of the
supreme court of Washington, in opening the non
partisan convention yesterday.
And this spirit animated the whole convention. 1t
indicated trend of thought the part of the people
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
BOY RELATES
STORY Of
!. MURDER

The chief witness I'm the MUIR
der trial of Mrs. Belle Johnson
this morning was Earl Johnson,
the 12-year-o1d son of the accused
woman. The feature of his testi-
mony was his confession that
when he saw his mother go to a
closet and return with shotgun,
he cried out warming to his
Uncle Frank" as he called the
murdered man, Look out. Uncle
Frank, ma is coming with a shot
gum"
Woman I'm Tears.
When the young lad took the
stand there was a hush In the
court room, that was broken by
sob, and the mother burst into
tears. This lasted but a moment,
however, and the woman regained
her composure, apparently. except
that frequent calls were made
upon her smelling salts bottle.
However she watched the lad like
a hawk would a chicken as ne told
his story. The story he told was
Iudl lie MdS OIueIGu Out VI thlo
house but did not stay out but a
moment. On his return he saw
the man leave the dining room
and saw his mother folaow with a
gun. A few minutes later he
heard a shot fired.
Woman VIII Take Stand.
The testimony yesterday was
given by the coroner and the sher-
fff who merely established the fact
of the murder.
1t is likely that the state will
finish its case today and that by
Friday at the latest the woman
will know her fate.
It is believed that Mr.. Johnson
will be the first one on the wit
ness stand In her own defense.
There are not great number OF
witnesses for the defense but 1t Is
presumed that Mrs. Johnson win
be at least all one morning on
afternoon sessfon--probabl to.
morrow morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
Have You Got a Kick !?
VOL. VII. NO. 2s1
WISE BALL PLAYER
MAKES HIT WITH
ORPHANS; UMPIRE JEERED

In New York the other day
several hundred orphans
were guests at the Polo
grounds. The Giants were
facing the Boston Doves and
the score was close. Fred
Lake, manager of the Doves,
became incensed at a. deci-
sion which went against his
club, and told the umpire
how wrong he was. The UNI
pire asked Frederick to
chase himself from the Polo
grounds. The orphans cheer
this order and said some un-
kind things to Mr.. Lake,
The manager did not be-
come angry. He . smiled,
walked over to where the or
phans were sitting and, open
ing his travelling bag, began
tossing regulation league
base balls into the crowd of
children. Jeers were turned
to cheers and the umpire
heard everything that Lake
failed to tell him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
Dorothy Dale
Is Welded

NEW YORK, Sept. z7.-An-
nouncement of the marriage of
Ray Long. assistant editor of
Hampton's Magazine, and Pearl
Dillow Schou dorothy Dale)
was made today. The ceremony
took place last night at the home
of Congressman Sulzer of New
York. The Rev. Madison G. Pet
ers officiated-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
. INTERESTS" HOVER
OVER CONVENTION
THREE FACTIONS THINGS LIVELY GATHERING OF
DEMOCRATS.

These emissaries also have sug-
gested another scheme in the ma
ture, of a compromise by which
the lion and the lamb could lie
down together with the usual re-
suit that the special interest lion
would be a winner. 1t is suggest
ed that the convention accept the
three democrats, Moore, Troy and
Tollmans of the convention yester-
day and then put on Rudkin and
Fullerton of the republican ticket
for the two republican embers and
call ii a non-partisan Judiciary.
This scheme is not getting
much support.
A third faction in the party dif~
fering from the stand-patters, and
the friends of the licked named
yesterday is for a non-partisan
m
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

AGROUND

(By United. Press Leased Wire.)
BERLIN Sept. 27.-The Gers
man torpedo boat $3.50" was re-
.floated today at Kiel, having gone
ashore late yesterday during flo
tilla evolutions.-
The craft carried 16 men. It
sustained slight damage. An
earlier report enormously stated
that two torpedo boats had sunk
in the roadstead near Kiel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
Hearst Would
Support T. r.

(By United Press Leased Wire.3
NEW YORK. Sept. 27.--That
he is willing to support Theodore
Roosevelt on progressive plat
form, was the message cabIed to-
day to the New York World by
William r. Hearst, who is in
Paris.
II much prefer to support
someone in whose sincerity and
stability ] have more confidence, I"
the message said. II approve OF
President. Taft's methods more
than ! do those of Roosevelt"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
Alpine Voyage
Fatal to
Aviator

(By United Press Leased wire.)
DOMODOSSOLA. Sept. 81
George Chavez, the Peruvian avia-
tor, died. here at 1880 o'clock to-
day. He suffered agonies until
shortly before his death, when he
iapsed into state of coma, from
which he did not rouse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
The Grand iury Is stlli hearinl

The grand jury Is still hearing
witnesses who have something to
say about the peculiar methods of
Hillman, the Seattle real estate
millionaire. Since the investiga-
tion started so many people, have
volunteered Information that 1t Is
taking a long time to finish the
testinupnu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

"Cute-ums" Is what they called
this little boy. because he was so
cute. He was a happy. playful
creature.
One of his STUNTS was driving
nails in things. Another was slid
Ing down the banfsters.
1t never occurred TO hin. to pull
out any OF. the maths.
This is why. on bright and
beautiful day, fhe slid down the
banfsters when there was To-
penny spike contesting the right
of way.
Zip! R-rTrp.
(THE END.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

OTTAWA. Sept. 27.zThe Cam
ada Gazette announces the sum-
moning OF parliament for No
yember 5, but the opening date OF
the session will probably be
Thursday, Nov. IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
tBy United Press Leased wire.)

fBy United Press Leased Wire }
SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 27-
Before the opening of the republi-
can state convention today, which
is expected to develop the most
bitter struggle between factions
that political party In New York
has ever known, Theodore Roose-
Welt, head of one faction, issued a
statement denouncing the boss
controlling the other faction.
The statement follows last
nights session of the state COM
mfttee in which, after hours of
bitter wrangling, the -committee
endorsed Vice President Sherman
for temporary chairman, declaring
that charges of trickery had been
used to secure his election in the
first place we're false.
In his statement today, the
colonel declared that the action Of
the state committee puts in its
clearest light the real nature of
The contest today.
The statements of Committee
men Griscom. Krulevitch. Wanna
maker and Henkel. before the
committee. proves conclusively
Continued ON Page Six.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
COM MISSION
PLAN FOR
SPOKANE

(By United Press Leased Wire.l
SPOKANE Sept. 27s--An cleo
ton Is being held here today to
choose a commission OF fifteen
freeholders, who shall revise the
charter of the city, giving Spokane
a cmmission form Of government.
There are. however. two strons
opposing factions represented in
the election and the contest is Bit
ter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27
.(By United Press Leased Wire.

SARATOGA, Sept. 27.-Roose-
veH reached the hall at noon and
was seated with the Nassau county
delegates. He was cheered vocif-
erously as he entered.
Vice President Sherman came
in a little earlier. He was cheer
ed by the delegation from Utica.
Roosevelt appeared confident
and smiling. Members of the
New York delegation approached
him, pledging anew their support.
The hall became so packed with
spectators that Chairman Wood
ruff was forced to call the police
to clear it.
The motion to elect Roosevelt
temporary chairman brought Abe
Gruber to his feet with a bitter
of the colonel.
Twelve years ago l warned
the republican convention" cried
sGruber, against turning the
White House into a shooting gall
lery. The advice was unheeded
and since then the man who has
ever since been shooting has seen
the party divided, candidates de-
feated and business depressed.
"a man may, under the spell
of first intoxication, speak words
which in sober moments he might
regret, but when a man offends
and again offends and keeps on
offending, he must be considered
an habitual slanderer.
Lincoln and /; Taft and | did
the same things cries the shoot
er. 1t should be Bryan and /;
Hearst and l."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

you've missed your calling,
old man." said the patient. You
ought to have been nerve spe-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

A tree recently was feIled in
California that had been growing
since before the time Of Christ.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

E1uNG0

George. and Bessie Toennius,
who were married August ~.
1900, lasted quick, according to
a divorce complaint filed today by
George. Bessie t'beat it, just six
days after the wedding, so George
got a divorce through an order of
completely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

The Chinese have flower
which is white at night and red
during the day.
"Your bill is $780," said the
Doc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

The culver in girls voice is
often used to draw a beau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

Fair tonight and Wednesday;
light northerly winds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

81 MELBOURNE, Sept. 27.-The
fasting cure, so popular in the
United States has caught on here.
A dairyman suffering from indi-
gestion went without. food for AZ
days, his only sustenance being
three cups of coffee day. He
lost in weight, but at the end of
the. fasting period was cured
completely. n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

The New York bureau OF
weights and measures has an ex.
hibit at Madison Square garden,
where the names of grocers and
butchers suspected of dishonesty
are made public. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-27

Continued on Page six.)
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
Dresden China.

Judging by your recent note, writes
a correspondent, it seems that the
geographical knowledge possessed BY
girl typists is about on a level with
that possessed by the damsels who
represent the postmaster general be.
hind the counters of our suburban
post offices. Having occasion recently
to telegraph funds to a town in Ger.
many, it became necessary for the
clerk to consult the post Office guide.
After a long and fruitless search !
ventured to suggest that she was not
likely to find the town wanted in the
section devoted to the celestial EN-.
pire. where she was looking. mot
under China" she retorted supercili.
ously. you said Dresden, didn't
.you?"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
STOMACH MISERY vANIsHEs
Indigestion, Gas, sourness and Dys.
pepsia Go and Your Stomach Feels
Fine In Five Minutes.

If your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems to fill
you, or lays like lump of lead in
your stomach, or If you have heart
burn or a sick, sour, upset or gassy
stomach, that is q sign of Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take q
little just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching
of undigested food mixed with acid,
mo stomach gas or heartburn, fullness
,or heavy feeling in the stomach, Nau.
sea. Debilitating Headaches. Dizzi-
ness or Intestinal gripping. This viii
JAIL go, and besides, there will be no
undigested food left over in the stom-
nch to poison your breath with nause.
ious odors.
/. Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure for
lout-of-order stomachs, because it pre-
vents fermentation and takes hold of
your food and digests it just the same
las It your stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all stom-
,ach misery Is waiting for you at any
drug store here IN town. l
These large 50-cent cases Of Pape,s
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
to thoroughly cure any case Of Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Gastritis or any
other stomach disturbance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25

but managed to gasp out, Ger
trude!"
Good Lord" a mans voice ex-
claimed, just beside me. And then I
collapsed. I felt myself going, felt
some one catch me, horrible nausea
that was all I remembered.
When came to it was dawn. I was
lying on the bed in Louise's room,
with the cherub on the ceiling staring
down at me, and there was a blanket
from my own bed thrown over me. I
felt weak and dizzy, but I managed to
get up and totter to the door. At the
foot of the circular staircase Mr.. Win.
tiers was still asleep. Hardly able to
stand. crept back to my room. The
door into Gertrude's room was no Ion.
ger locked; she was sleeping like a
tired child. And in my dressing room
Liddy Rugged cold hot-water bottle
and mumbled in her Sleep.
There's some things you can't hold
with handouts" she was muttering
thickly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
ggKMRyt =
R0RE.RT5
AlUezZ4RT
1 zz!sz2 g! 9 s'. 5y R2wlf'za
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Innes, spinster and guardian Of
nsr headauarters at sannys ID Arnold y, ID
the hall. Gertrude and her fiance. Jack
Bailey. had converted in the billiard
room shortly before the murder. Detec-
tive Jameson accused Miss lines OF hold.
ing back evidence. Cashier Bailey Of Paul
Armstrong; bank, defunct, was arrested
for embexzlement. Paul Armstrong;
death was announced. Halsey's fiancee,
Louise Armstrong. told Halsey that while
she still loved him, she was to marry an
other. 1t developed that DR.. Walker was
the man. Louise was found unconscious
ct the bottom Of the circular staircase
She said something had brushed by her
In the dark on the stairway and she
tainted. Bailey is suspected of Arm
strong's murder. Thomas, the lodgekeep-
er, was found dead with a note in his
pocket bearing the name "Lucien Wal
lace" A ladder found out of place deep
ems the mystery. The stables were
burned, and in the dark Miss Innes shot
an intruder. Halsey mysteriously disap-
peared. His auto was found wrecked by
freight train. It developed Halsey had
an argument in the library with woman
before his disappearance. New cook dis
appears. Miss lines learned Halsey was
alive. DIR. Walkers face becomes hvid
at mention Of the name of Nina Caring
ton. Evidence was secured from q tramp
that man, supposedly Halsey, had been
bound and gagged and thrown into an
empty box car.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25

did not receive one good nights rest.
The kidney secretions were suppressed
and the bladder burned and panied.
Fifteen physicians treated me with
out benefit. Then began using
Doan's Kidney Pills and was relieved
from the first. Continued use cured
me-"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents q
box. Foster-Milbur Co.. Buffalo, N. Y,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
kidding Worse Than cutting.

t
Talk about making good with your
friends, New Orleans man told
everybody he knew that he was going
to Philadelphia for the dual purpose
of seeing the worlds baseball series
and having slight surgical operation
performed. Reaching this city, he
consulted specialist, and was told
that an operation was not necessary.
But, DOCTOR" the New Orleans
party urgently interposed. 1T must be
DONE"
why must IT." wonderingly quer.
led the surgeon.
Because" was the startling re.
joinder of the southern man, II told
all the boys at home that was going
to have an operation performed, and
If don't make good they will kid the
life out Ct me."-Philadelphia Tele,
graph.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion of the There is only ono way to
cure Deafness and that is by constitutional remedie
Deafness is caused by an nflamed condition OF the
mucous lining Of the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube Is infamcd you have rumblng sound or i'm.
perfect hearing and when It Is entirely closed. Deaf
ness the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
tion' hearing viii be destroyed forever nine cases
but IN infamcd condition Of the mucous surfaces.
.. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
W Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
CHAPTER xxx.
A Scrap Of PAPER.

A Scrap OF Paper.
For the first time in 20 years kept
my bed that day. Liddy was alarmed
to the point of hysteria, and sent fol
DR.. Stewart just after breakfast. Ger
trude spent the morning with me
reading something-I forget what.
was too busy with my thought to lis
ten. had said nothing to the two
detectives. If Mr.. Jameson had been
there I should have told him every
thing, but I could not go to these
strange men and tell them my niece
had been missing in the middle of the
night; that she had not gone to bed
at all; that while was searching fol
her through the house I had met a
stranger who, when tainted, had car
ried me into room and left me there
to get better or not, as it might hap
pen.
And there was something else: The
man I had met in the darkness had
been even more startled than I, and
about his voice, when he muttered his
muf1ed exclamation, there was some
thing vaguely familiar. All that morn
ing, while Gertrude read aloud, and
Lddy watched for the doctor. was
puzzling over that voice, without re-
suit.
DR.. Walker came up, some time just
after luncheon, and asked for me.
Go down and see him." instructed
Gertrude. "Tell him I am out-for
mercy's sake don't say I'm sick. Find
out what he wants, and from this time
on, instruct the servants that he is
not to be admitted. I loathe that
man."
Gertrude came back very soon, her
face rather flushed.
"He came to ask us to get out" she
said, picking up her book with a jerk.
"He says Louise Armstrong wants to
come here, now that she is recover
ing
"And what did you say?"
II said we were very sorry we could
not leave, but we would be delighted
to have Louise come up here with us.
He looked daggers at me. And he
wanted to. know If we would recon-
mend Eliza as cook. He has brought
q patient, q man, out from town, and
Is increasing his, establishment that's
the way he put It,"
4 IT wish him Joy Of Eliza ;, said
tartly. did he ask for Halsey7''
Eyes. told him that we were on
the track last night, and that It was
,nnlv = n,,natinn ~ tiYno ne. .oa,A = =
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25

There were several things that day
that bewildered me. About three
o'clock Mr.. Jameson telephoned from
the Casanova station and Warner
went down to meet him. I got up and
dressed hastily, and the detective was
shown up to my sitting room.
mo news?" 1 asked, as he entered.
He tried to look encouraging, without
success.
1T won't be long now, Miss lines"
he said. II have come out here on a
peculiar errand, which I will tell you
about later. First, want to ask some
questions. Did any one come out here
yesterday to repair the telephone, and
examine the wires on the roof?"
"Yes," said promptly; "but it was
not the telephone. He said the wiring
might have caused the fire at the
stable. went up with him myself,
but he only looked around"
Mr.. Jameson smiled.
Good for you!" he applauded.
Don't allow any one in the house
that you don't trust, and don't trust
anybody. All are not electricians who
wear rubber gloves"
He refused to explain further, but
he got slip Of paper out of his
pocket-book and opened it carefully.
Listen" he said. "You heard this
before and scoffed. In the light of re.
cent developments want you to read
it again. You are a clever woman,
Miss Innes. Just as surely as I sit
here, there is something in this house
that is wanted very anxiously by a
number Of people. The lines are clos
ing up, Miss Innes."
The paper was the one he had found
among Arnold Armstrong; effects,
and recall it again:
by altering the plans for
| rooms. may be possible. The best way,
in my opinion, would be to-the plan
form one Of the-rooms-c Chin
ney.
Il think understand" said
slowly. "some one is searching for
the secret room, and the invaders
"And the holes in the plaster"
"Have been in the progress of
his"
"Or Neutrality-suspicious."
"Her?" I asked.
"Miss Innes," the detective said,
getting up, II believe that somewhere
in the walls of this house is hidden
some of the money, at least, from the
Traders bank. I believe, just as sure
~. that young Walker brought home
from California the knowledge of
something of the sort, and, failing in
his effort to reinstall Mrs. Armstrong
and her daughter here, he, or a con-
federate, has tried to break into the
house. On two occasions think he
succeeded"
ION three, at least" I corrected.
And then told him about the night
before. II have been thinking hard"
I concluded, "and do not believe the
man at the head of the circular STAIR
case was DR.. Walker. I don't think he
could have got in, and the voice was
not his"
Mr.. Jameson got up and paced the
floor, his hands behind him.
There is something else that puz-
zles me-" he said, stepping before me.
who and what is the woman Nina
Darlington? II It was she who came
here as Matte Bliss. what did she
tell Halsey that sent him racing to
DR.. Walkers, and then to Miss Arm
strong? II we could find that woman
we would have the whole thing"
"Mr. Jameson, did you ever think
that Paul Armstrong might not have
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25

0x1Bt6 In OU0U =
Kidney Pills. They
permanently cure all
kidney ills.
Mrs. M. O. Morris,
646 Pacific Ave-, Ala
media, CAL, sayst
"For twelve years I
suffered from kidney
trouble. MY back
ached so intensely /
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-25
lame
Leg !
VVell''

81 wish to
say that I
have used
Sloan's Lini-
ment on q
-