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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-08

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24
Coming to the Local Playhouses

win he n one-reel comedy feature.
while the musical program supple
mented by EIektra Won Dolcke, con-
trnIto. who will sing duet with
Doris Marvin. soprano. VIII appear.
the orchestra members on the hO-stop
organ. incidental picture music and
exit march.
AVENUE.
The Avenue theater announces y
Desperate Chance" the Theodore
Kremer play. founded on the episode
OF the famous Biddle brothers dellv-
cry from the Pittsburg Jail. for next
week The house will be dark 10 It's
patrons on Thursday and Friday: "A
Desperate Chance" was presented last
season and proved a record breaker
guided central characterized ana
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24
CADILLAC.

The Cadillac thcatcr next week Will
present "Deanty. Youth and Folly "A
new burlesaue show which In said 20
offer good singing. dancing and fun
making. The production IL hand
somely mounted with new scenery,
pretty costumes and novel electrical
effects while the company numbers
many players who are faVorites with
Cadillac patrons. James Il. Cooper
and Tom smoke" McRae are the au-
thors OF the two-act burlcsque. The
Treasure Hunters" the story OF
which concerns n tramp and an irish
man who are In search OF "a hidden
fortune The quest leads them 20
Egypt and after n series OF laugh
ahle adventures they are successfuf
Harry Mack and Dan Gracey are the
Includes Lew West Jules Bennett.
Nina schRfl. Fayctte Darling. Ntr-
RlniR Ware. Flo Princeton and a
chorus OF 90 girls. In the olio section
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

with thrilling detail and fine oppor-
tunities given Co Mrs, Carter In the
brother and sweetheart are on OPP
posing sides OF the struggle. when
her sweetheart In captured and about
10 be executed as spy she pleads
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

Jack Biddle--have been surrounded
with an encourage OF distinct types.
There Is the honest old warden with
certain humanitarian ideals which
nave been tempered by experience
win tho lawless class. there Is the
frivolous Mrs. Pearce, the society
woman. who makes her regular visits
10 the jail, the prosperous corner
s s,' Tom Kenny; and dozen
Nalling and Russell Brady will be
seen In the roles Of the two brothers.
Leona slater will impersonate the
Hwsrden,S wife Kate. Lofner; Frank
den; Lynda Earle Will appear as Mrs.
PearSe; Clara will be assigned TO the
Geraldine Herman. Others in the cast
WIZ include Ruth Amos, Gail Satter-
Zee ttche Clarke Russell. Will IL.
gregory Jr, Fred Ford. c. V. Jones
and Harry A. starr
GAyETY.
Billy Watson's big show with Billy
watson matson as the star. viii be in the
tayety theater next week presenting
the screamingly funny burlettas,
krausemeyer in japan" and
krausemeyer's Christening." Wat
son VIII be seen In his familiar char
aGters OF krausemeyer and Philip
Ills, chief aide I'm the comedy line
VIII be funny Johnnie Jess, consider
ed one OF the best Irish comedians
IN purlesque. Besides these two fun
makers the cast is a strong and un-
usual one. and contains the names OF
LAlllan FRANKLIN, Ida Walling. Mar
karet Newell. John West Charles
McCilnnis, and a chorus OF pretty
,Souhs ladies' who can sing and dance
pave been staged by one OF America s
best known producers. No expense
has been spared To make this pro-
auction the best ever seen with an
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24
,c..,l..sa from rr.e.a,ns ras.o

~ Flat and Count Macaroni." will
Thursday, 'Salambo." one OF the most
spectacular productions OF recent
years. with several thousand char
acters taking part. and Numerous
nesday the comedy flm will be The
boarding House Feud' and Thursday
the Chaplin comedy will begin a
three-dayr' run. Friday and Satur-
day besides the Chaplin comedy there
"Compressed Air. the latter the flrEt
Of q new series OF comics based on
The Eeats of Felix"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24
BROADWAY STRAND.

Mrs Leslie Carter. one OF Americas
foremost actresses, VIII be presented
in the Broadway Strand next week
in a six-reeI version OF her famous
success THE Heart of Maryland. a
especially for her decade ago by
David Belasco. Both role and back
ground are admirably suited TO mo-
ton picture presentation, the clash
OF armed forces Being worked out
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24
WARRINGTON.

daring riding, exciting conflicts.
spirited horses. and a perfect repro
duction OF the missions OF southern
California, there Is a. treat In store
in Captain Courtesy TO be shown
In the Washington theater next week
starting Sunday noon. Dustin Far
mum enacts tho title role and IL as
listed by Herbert standing . as the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

entertainment OF this kind. One OF
the many features Of the show will
be the French quadrille dancers.
from the Follies Bergere. The dane
ers Will cause a sensation with their
wonderful terpischorean feats.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

aids hiA escape, preventing tho sound
Ing OF the alarm by clinging TO the
clapper OF the great bell. Mrs. Car
ter has recently returned TO Mr..
Helasco's management and will do no
more moving picture work for sew
cral years as Belasco will soon have
n new play ready for her. supple
menting The Heart OF Maryland"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

specialties viii be contributed by
Nina Schail. In popular songs: Lew
West In a monologue and PAROLES;
wnlthour ana the Princeton sisters,
sensational cyclists, and Azeta, orien-
raj dancer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-24

an orphan. who has been sheltered
by the padre after her parents were
killed by the Mexicans. Courtenay
Foote who will he remembered for his
.Hypocrites." has the part OF an
American SPY In the service OF the
Mexicans Mr. Farnum In sure 20
create a furore In his daring riding.
In addition TO this feature produc-
ton the management announce the
nrst OF n travel series OF pictures,
taken In the ever glades OF Florida and
In South America.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13
The Strange Story Of the Petitions for
the Outlaws Pardon

When the patient recovered conscious
ness he told the hospital authorities
that he was Leslie Dietz, OF Winter,
Wis, son OF the famous outlaw OF Cam
eron Dam. For the past twenty-five
months he had been engaged in secur-
ing signatures to q petition for the par.
don OF his father. From State TO State
he had tramped, enduring all sorts of
privations and covering over $4,000
miles on foot in the course Of his pill
grimage.
SO intent was the pilgrim on his mis-,
sion that for days he went without
proper food. and starvation. combined
with his exertionB. often weakened him
10 such an extent that he dropped in his
tracks. That was how he had come to
fallsin Colonial Park
The story the patient told was so
pathetic and so convincing that most OF
the newspapers throughout the country
printed q sympathetic account Of the ac-
cident which had befallen the pilgrim
from Wisconsin. whose flial labors. It
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

covered. for no one has ever suggested
how / could possibly benefit by repre-
senting myself as the son of a convicted
murderer and working for his pardon as
have done these past twenty-five
months.
During those twenty-five months
have had some pretty rough experiences.
! have gone without food for days.
have slept in the snow when the tempera-
ture was 10 degrees below zero. ! have
worn out twenty-five pairs Of shoes, and
for days at time have walked bare.
foot until l could earn enough by odd
jobs to buy shoe leather
In some cities that have gone through
| have been arrested as a tramp and a
vagrant but. for the most part, my mis-
sion has secured me against such mis-
fortunes. When i started on my errand
| weighed l70 pounds. To-day weigh,
only 1856.
Il have been through nearly every
State In the Union.
Il was born In Green Bay. Wis, forty.
nine years ago. was about four years
old when my father built his log cabin
at Cameron Dam on 100 acres which he
had acquired In the regular way.
my father is now seyenty-six years
old. have had only one brother and one
sister. My brother is Clarence Dletz, now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

was found. had already resulted in the
communication OF the outlaws sentence
from life imprisonment to twenty years,
and who was continuing hts arduous task
In the hope OF securing his fathers Inn
mediate release.
These stories were read with Interest
In Wisconsin, where the adventures Of
the Dletx family were part OF the his
tory Of the State, and word was at once
sent 70 New York that Leslie Dletx, son
Of the outlaw, 10 now engaged In run
ming q grocery store at Mayvile, Wis.,;
that he had never made any attempt 20
secure the pardon Of his father by petl.
tlon; that, In fact, he had never been
further east than Michigan In his life,
and that the man In the Washington
Heights Hospital claiming 70 be Leslie
Dietx must therefore be either q dellbe-
rate lmpostor or suffering from . mental
deluslon.
When this startling information was
received the Leslie Dietz" at the hos
pital was further Intercepted, and here
Is the story he told:
$50 they say l am an impostor-that
] am not Leslie Dietz, son of John r.
Dietz, the outlaw. OF Cameron Dam, at
ALI
III l am an impostor, am certainly
the most unusual impostor ever dis
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13
How Psychology Explains the Strange Oesion of Leslie De

For the explanation Of this strange case
let US go back to one OF the earliest
manifestations Of the same complex IN
childhood. Many children gifted with
imagination invite punishment for lying
when they are not consciously lying at
all. A child Will invent some wonder
tul invention and he win then tell his
parents that he has actually gone through
this adventure. He will hear OF some
thing which inhames his childish eimag.
nation and he viii promptly claim 70
have seen or 90 have been a part OF this
same happening. The child really be
lieves what he says. His INSTALLATION Is
80 perfect that he actually eonfuses real.
lily with the unreal.
Another manifestation Is the very ex.
traordinary one that all psychologists
and criminologists know THIS Is tie
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

self-accusation OF perfectly innocent
people whenever any crime whose ele-
ments are adapted TO impress the imag-
tnation Of these particular people. occurs.
Every magistrate knows that following
any particularly atrocious murder men
and women win write letters accusing
themselves OF the crime. In many cases
men. and women. too, have actually APP
peared before the police and given them.
selves up as the slayers. These people
90 into voluminous detail as TO just how
and why they aid the murder. They
actually believe that they are the Grim
mails. Even when confronted with the
absolute facts that they could not pos
sibly have been at the scene OF the
murder at the time II was done. they
still persist In their self-aecusstions and
Immediately invent plausible sKplana-
Copyright 1915. by the Star Com
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

YoHN F. DIETZ. lumber-jack, home
steader and woodsman, OF Winter.
u Wisconsin, became famous some ten
fight he waged against powerful lumber
interests, who. he claimed, were op-
pressing him. Dietz is a curious survival
Of the old-time pioneer.
The trouble first arose In 1904. when
pietz's wife acquired a tract Of land at
Winter, on the Thornapple River. Rest
ing on this land and crossing the river
was Cameron Dam, which had long been
used by the lumbermen to raise the
water OF the river to a sufficient height
to enable them to float their logs from
HE forests to the mills below.
Dietz believed that ne was entitled to
compensation for the use OF the river
flowing by his land and notified the Chip
pewa Lumber and Boom Company.
whose men were about to float millions
Of feet OF pine logs down the river that
they could not do so unless they paid
him for the privilege.
The company appealed to the courts.
They obtained an injunction. Dietz
lvaded service.
Successive attempts were made to
serve Dietz. but he defeated them all.
Dietz became known throughout the
country as the OUTLAW of Cameron Dam"
After three or four years OF deadly war
fare the lumber interests capitulated.
The trouble would probably have ended
tkere, but in 1910 Dletz got into an al.
tercation with man at primary cleo
tion and In the scuffie which ensued q
peacemaker named Horel was shot and
slightly wounded.
A warrant charging him with assault
with intent to kill was issued and Sheriff
Mike Madden prepared to serve It.
A terrific battle ensued. Over thou
sand shots were fred One OF the deputies
was killed and Dietz and his son Leslie
were wounded. Realizing at length that
his fight was q hopeless one and fearing
10 risk the lives Of his family by fur
Their hostilities. Dietz decided TO sur
render. Handing a sheet to Helen. his
sleven-year-o daughter. he sent her out
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

ing to himself: what would have done
II had been In Dietzs placer" or he
may have said: what would ! have
done II were Leslie DietzT In minds
Of this character, the step from thinking
what he would have done II he had been
In Leslie Dietz's place to actually believ-
ing himself in Leslie Dietz's place. is a
small one. Suddenly he found himself
saying, perhaps with surprise at first:
why. l AM Leslie Dietz." The obses-
sion was now complete.
The actual facts OF his past would begin
10 fade from his life. Every day he
would feel himself more and more to be
Leslie Dietz. and his mind would busy IL
self building up all kinds OF details to
support its own Illusion. AS this new
structure OF personality arose his oldeE
one diminished In exact proportion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

tons. II has been noted that always IN
such cases the subject is hazy as TO the
real circumstances Of his life.
These people are not liars; they actu-
ally believe In what they say.
This man Leslie Dietz was a lumber
jack. He may have come from the same
locality as the real Dietz He may not.
But all his experiences in life. without
doubt. ran along the actual everyday life
experiences of Dietz. He had lived IN
the same kind OF surroundings he had
fought the same kind OF fights. and. no
doubt. he had seen and sympathized with
the struggles OF the later day pioneers
against the great lumber interests.
When he either heard, or was told, Of
Dietz's night and imprisonment Il aroused
In his mind ell his own sleeping griev-
anees. He may have started In by say
!. Great Britain Rights Reserved
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13
By DIR. A. X. Vandegrift,
the pIstInauIshed PsYehoIoaIst.

THE case Of the man calling himself
Leslie Diets belongs 10 a we'll
a known group OF psychological phe-
nomena, and Is also one OF the rarest
forms Of its own group. There can be
no question that this man, whoever he Is.
thinks himself Leslie Dietz and actually
thinks az he would II he really were
Leslie Dietz In other words, he has no
conscious memories OF any past except
that which he has invented on the line Of
9he Dietz Naturalization. He IL IN a
hream. But with this difference-that
he Il q conscious moving agent who,
while keeping the illusionary framework
o. his dream intact. directs II according
% his own win.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

A HALF-STARvED and rain-soaked
a man fell from exhaustion in Co
= = lonial Park. New York City.
few weeks ago and fractured his skull
He was taken unconscious TO the Wash
ington Heights Hospital
The only clue to the mans identity at
that time were two stiff-covered note
books found In the pockets Of his tat
tered clothes On the inside front cover
Of each Of these books was pasted a slip
of paper bearing the following typewrit.
ten words:
"A petition for the pardon OF John
r. Diets. known as the outlaw of
Cameron Dam. for defending his
family and property.
LESLIE n. DIETz.
Cameron Dam. Wis"
Both books were filled with sigma
lures, about eight TO the page. There
were some 1000 OF them in each Of the
books.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

This man, whoever he is, became to an
intents and purposes the son of the out
law OF Cameron Dam, wandering about
the country. suffering hunger, thirst and
other prtvations in pilgrimage to save
his father. And so intense was his belief
In himself that he has impressed it upon
everyone he has met, and has actually
through his Authorizations done the thing
that the outlaws own son could not do
have his fathers sentence committed
from life Imprisonment TO a short term
OF years.
Undoubtedly here we have one OF the
strangest phenomena OF the human MIND
II parallels In its workings out the
gigantic enoFts of the inspired" deIu.
sionists who have assumed other per.
sonahtles and changed the destinies Of
the world scores Of times. y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

to the Sheriff to announce his willingness
to surrender.
Dietz, Mrs. Dietz. and Leslie we're al
rested, indicted and tried for the murder
OF the Deputy, but only Dietz was found
guilty. He was sentenced to life Inn
prisonment, the death penalty not pre-
vailing In Wisconsin.
Last December, Governor Meoovern
eommuted DIetz's term to life lmprIson-
ment. Under the parole law, Dletx may
now be released In four years. The Gov
ernor's action was largely influenced by
the receipt OF petitions signed by hun
dreds Of thousands Of names which came
from every State In the Union.
The strange origin Of these petitions
has just been revealed and IL told here
for the first time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

John p.
pIetz,
the Outlaw.
and His
Son, the
Real Leslie
pIetx,
Photographed
After Their
Arrest In
1910. and
Below
the Cabin
In Which
They pehed
the Authorities
for Six Years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13

sentence for the mans he
may never have seen pre-
sents one OF the most
striking phenomena ever
brought to the attention
Of psychologists. How they
explain Il is told here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-09
Allies Believe There Is Chance
of Turning Tables on Invad-
erS of Serbia.
LARGE FORCES AT SALONIKI
Russians Prepare to Make De-
scent on Bulgarians From
the East.

London. Nov. 8.-The political
crisis in Greece. which has clouded
the Balkans finally has been over
come, M. Skouloudis having accept
ed and performed the task of or
ganizing a cabinet which. being com
posed of all the members Of the
Zaimis government with the excep-
ton of the ex-premier himself. will
carry on the former governments
policy of maintaining neutrality.
The new cabinet is at the mercy Of
the Venizelos majority in the cham
Der. but the impression in that no
attempt will be made to turn il out.
thus avoiding dissolution Of parlia-
ment and consequent election. the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-09
ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Has Been Elected According to-
NJ. N. Logan.

Frankfort, KY. Nov, S.-That the
entire Democratic ticket is elected Is
the statement made here by Assist
ant Attorney General Logan. He
says his majority with ll6 counties
complete added to the unofficial vote
in the remaining four counties is s.
507. Tabulations have been mszSe-
in the auditor and treasurer Office.
With ia counties officially countet,
added to the unofficial vote in the SIX
remaining counties, Logan says +. L.
Greene's majority is 4 900 and SHEER
man Goodpaster's majority is 5,oo0-
The majority of Barksdale Hamlets
is placed at ], 800.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-09
While Racing With a Train to
Pembroke Late Saturday
Night.
TAORNE HARRIS THROWNOUT
And is Terribly Injured But
He is Expected to
Recover.

A party of young men who left this
city for Pembroke late Saturday
night in an automobile ran into a
telephone pole and one Of them was
very seriously hurt. The injured
boy was Thorne Harris, aged %, a
son of Mr.. j. M. Harris. The other
occupants we're Guy Dority, Harry
Ragsdale, Guy Croker and Lucian
McCarley. The Cadillac car belong.
ed to Dority, who was at the wheel.
The young men left here with the
midnight train on the L. & NJ, and
were trying to beat the train to Penn
broke on the l0.mile run. They
were going at an estimated speed Of
80 miles. according to a statement of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-09
MAJORITY OF 331.

result of which could be predicted
while their army remains modified.
While the allies can have little
hope of Greece aiding them in the
defense of Serbia the belief persists
here that it is not to turn the tables
on the invaders. The departure for
the east of Lord Kitchener after
conferences in Paris with Premier
BRAND, General Gallieni, war min
lister, and General Joffre. command
er in chief of the field forces, has
given confidence that the campaign
is to be carried on theoretically by
the man who knows the east better
than almost any one else.
Advices from Saloniki and other
points show that much larger forces
than were thought to be near the
scene are landing at Saloniki and
proceeding to points where it is be-
lieved they can do the most good.
Troop trains are continually leaving
Saloniki. but SO much secrecy is
maintained that it is impossible to
compute the number # men.
One report says that an Anglo
Italian army has landed at Valona
(Avlona) on the Adriatic. with the
purpose of crossing Albania. The
Russians are still csntrating in Bes-
sarabia to be prepared to make de-
scent on Bulgaria from the east.
BIG BATTLES IN PROGRESS.
Meanwhile in northern and eastern
Serbia and on the Montenegrin
frontier. big battles are 10 progress.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-09
With Official Vote Of Every
County With Exception Of
Jefferson and Laurel.
DEMOCRATIC TICKETALL SAFE
Contest Is the Closest Ever
Known for Governors
Office in State.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 8.-With the
official vote from every county eU--
cept Laurel and Jefferson received,
A. o. SANKEY'S majority in his race
for governor stands at 331. The OFF,
cial vote received from Powell, Hart,
Davies, Mead and McCracken gave
Stanley an increase of four votes. In
McCracken, Morrow gained six votes
and four in Daviess. Stanley gained
three votes in Hart, one ~ Mead and
ten in Powell, making his majority
up to 535. %
In Laurel it was announced thaA
Morrow's majority there will be l.
124, as previously reported. There
are only twelve votes in contest
there. In McCreary county there
were 1877 votes in contest. However,
the contested votes are placed to
Morrow's credit The Republicans
claim that the official vote in Jeffer-
son county will show that Stanley
carried it by only 1896 instead Of
2, ia, as reported by county Clerk
P. S. Ray.
WOULD STILL LEAD.
1t was pointed out that, eVeE
though the Democrats allowed every
claim of the Republicans, Stanley
would still have majority Of l1s4
The claims of the Republicans are
40S votes in Jefferson and twelve IN
Laurel. However. the Republicans
refuse to concede the defeat Of I'd
win P. Morrow.
The race is the closest ever known
for the office of governor,