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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
Wife Justifes
Act and Joins
Mates Protest

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 24.-Rev. John
Wesley Dickens is on the way to recovery to-
day from bullet wound he says he inflicted
in an attempt to commit suicide in order to
teach the world that preachers are under
paid
Altho the shot did not prove fatal, Rev.
Dickens has expressed belief that thru his
act the nation will be aroused to an under
standing of the poor treatment of ministers
who, he says, have to live better than their
incomes permit.
Mrs. Dickens justi6es her husbands act
despite the fact that his death would leave
her and their four children without his sup.
port.
II feel that Wess life is the price he and his family
bad to pay to improve living conditions for preachers he IS
justified" she
would you be willing work TO support your children
il your husband died result of his act? she asked
." believe should be in the hands of the Lord" she
piled
Rev Dickens received 500 month N
s~e~~" 1T takes much food for preacher and his 3
family for any other family" Mrs Dickens NJ
"A preacher must always be well dressed He always I'D
is expected and forced contribute many char. "
His wife have proper clothing. She enertans and
entertained great deal Naturally she in the best
society in the community.
Despite the strict economies practced salary ale
ways exhausted before it was received"
In Dickens wrote before shooting himself, he
planned the agony OF the life thru which he had go.
~ have slept but little this week and this little has been
irghtul Dreams he Have reished meal In =
week My thoughts hazy mind is dazed believe
would be stark crazy another week grief my family,
burden TO society and misery O myself
The four Dickens children age from weeks
six years :.
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several years. there is no Indication
In any decision to which he was a
party that Root recanted from that
defense OF the corporation manu-
facturers There is sf!il no public
notice that he has done 10.
Enter Roots Partner
Another conspicuous case u the
Tony Richardson divorce case.
Tony Richardson was a squaw man
IN Douglas county. lie returned
home late one night ana took q
shot al q man he szw escaping
from his house thru a window. His
wife secured a divorce. the trial
court allowing her some $40 900 a.
her share OF the property. Richard.
sons attorneys were Merritt X
Merritt OF Spokane.
Wesley Merritt testified before
the Bar Association investigating
committee that Richardson told
him tMerritf) that r. n. Palmer OF
Seattle. Roots former Law partner.
had told him (Richardson) that he
tPaImerl would procure the su.
preme court 10 reduce the verdIc,
to 500 II Richardson would pay
Palmer 5000.
Whether Richardson paid Palmer
the $4,000 was. never actually es-
tablished by the committee. Kenny
Beaton and I chased Richardson
over most OF the sage brush viii.
derness OF Douglas county to get
him before the committee. but did
not succeed. Later q friend OF
Richardson brought him to Seattle
TO appear before the committee.
but he fell into the hands OF Palmer
and disappeared
But the damniug fact conspicu-
ously remains that the decision in
the supreme court was written by
Root and the Judgment reduced to
approximately the sum offered by
Palmer.
Palmer Spent the Money
II was Palmer who. at this
time. as shown By the committees
report. was expendfng for Judge
Root the campaign contributions
promised him by Attorney Gordon
OF the Great Northern railroad.
When the state sought to prose-
cute Gordon for embezziing some
$4,000. Gordon's attorney. Dick
Nuzum. OF Spokane. went East TO
meet Chief Counsel Begg OF the
Great Northern. returning West
with Begg In the latter's private
car. On that trip. Nuzum threat
Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
PREMIER TRIES TO
AVERT G. P. STRIKE

WINNIPEG. Oct 24.-Using an
appeal to patriotism. Premier
Borden at Ottawa today issued an
address TO the Canadian Pacific
trainmen to delay their general
ooast.to-coast strike scheduled for
y. m. tomorrow. The men replied
that n delay now is impossible.
pointing to the roads bountiful
earnings on account OF the war.
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part OF the girls relatives to have
murder charge placed against him
as the result OF mysterious death.
Helsell said that the county
would permit Allen to be sent to
Tacoma Immediately for trial. but
would insist that he complete his
county jail sentence n he was con.
victed on the new charge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
SERBS GO AHEAD

PARIS. Oct. 21--Serbian troops
have resumed the advance against
Monastlr. capturing German.Bulgar
trenches to depth OF half mile,
and inflicting heavy losses on the
enemy. 1t was officially announced
today.
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BY GEORGE MARTIN

United Press staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. "a. - The
hall boy, who had Just had the
mad scene from Lucia" made
over into n new fall necktie.
decided TO permit the reporter
TO interview Miss Hempel
Miss Frleda Hempel. that Is.
the grand opera prima donna
who lost her music to the Ger
man censor at the frontier. She
also lost her equilibrium here
when she saw what the decora-
tors had done to her apartment.
Tho hall boy did his best. but
with . hall boy who can't
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believe that public official private citizen
who has gone wrong and who has repened that wrong
should be allowed to come back believe that the
efforts of the repenant sinner to return to the fold of
moral and political righteousness should receive en-
couragement.
But this is not the issue in the Root case. The
issue in the Root is that Judge Root is an unre-
pentant sinner. The issue in the Root case the issue
that units him for election TO the bench is that he has
given public indication that he has recanted his most
serious offenses against moral political and judicial up
RICHNESS.
bench under fire.
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Ak MURDERER
KILLS WOMAN

NEW YORK. Oct. 2t.-Charged
with homicide. Samuel Tinker. ped
dler. and his son. Daniel. were ar
rested today after tho body OF Mrs
Samuel Linker had been found. ter.
ribiy hacked In her home. Louis
Poiner. who admitted he was an
admircr OF the woman. was held as
a material witness
The woman. hacked with an AZ
and knife. had 81 wounds. A
look OF terror was on her face and
4 lock OF hair grasped In her right
hand told the story OF a frightful
struggle.
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we'll, JONAH WAS
PRODUCED BY WHALE

PORTLAND. Oct. 24.-Three
drinks Of whisky which II 10 al.
legged Andy Thomasser con-
sumed At a lodging house must
be produced In court before
Andy can be convicted OF vio-
iatlno the dry law, according TO
tho claim Of counsel for the de.
fence today.
Judge Sell postponed the case
TO Give the prosecution time to
prepare arguments.
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ELECTION FRAUDS
J IN COUNTY PROBED

Deputy Prosecutor HeIseu,
accompanied by members Of
Sheriff Hodges office, eft for
Snoqualnie Tuesday afternoon
TO investigate charges OF elec.
ton frauds In connection with
the recent primaries.
A prominent county official n
Inder suspicion OF deliberately
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
RumANlA IS CAUGHT
Between 2 ARMIES

In upon Cernavoda itself. The
Rumsnian force that evacuated
Constanza is falling back
hastily to escape annihilation.
On Rumania's western front
Field Marshal Falkenhayn has re-
sumed the offensive. and is carrying
the battle to the Rumanians at sew
eral different places on Rumanian
soil.
1t is believed serious riots viii
occur in the Rumanian capital when
the news OF the loss Of Rumania's
only important seaport is made
public. Mackenzen's east victory
was due partly to the Russo-Ru-
manians' lack OF artillery"
The decisive victory over the Ru-
manians Is expected TO have tre-
meadous influence In Greece.
sitting the allies attempts TO win
Greece's armed support.
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tratng. and they TELL THE TRUTH about "thc
things OF the heart"
The first series OF articles from the pen Of Winona
Wilcox will be three in number and viii in The
Star tomorrow. Their subject will be:
WHAT Is THE NATTER WITH MARRIAGE?
You will not want to miss any OF these. for they
modern upto-shc- minute IN their treatment of the
great Asnerican probicni.". .sss.s.- -s .-
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SAM "nAD" TIME

Sam Cohne. 1907 yesler way. told
the police Tuesday that his Inger-
soil watch. with solid gold chain.
disappeared. along with girl with
whom he flirted Monday night.
II don't care whether get back
the GIRL" said Sam. "bnt the chain
and watch | want"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24

BERLIN, via Wireless to
Sayvllle, Oct. 24.-The Ruma-
nian Danube town OF Rasova,
elqht miles south Of the impor-
tant bridge at cernovada. and
at the railway junction Of Med
lIdia, has been captured by Won
Maokcnzen's armies, II was Of.
ficially announced today.
"The enemy 10 yielding In
confusion before our right
wIng," said the official state
ment.
"The booty, Including that
reported October ~, is rs offl-
GERS. 6,6e3 men, one flag, 27
machine guns, IL cannon and
one mine thrower."
BERLIN. Oct. 2a.--Two pow
erful armies rttaeking from
east and west. threaten to crush
Rumania in a rnIehty Wise. and
put her out Of shc war before
winter.
Field Marshal Maekenzep's
German Bulgarian Turkish
forces have captured nearly a
third Of the constanxa.cerna-
voda railway, and are pressing
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writers OF America. a
woman who has won a
name for herself in tho
world OF journalism as "a
writer Of the human
heart"
This writer is Winona
Wilcox. and her talks on
the matters that spring
from the affections won
her, in a few years. a tre-
mendous following on one
OF the greatest OF Ameri-
cas- newspapers.
Now Mrs. Wilcox's
writings viii appear in
The Star. You will find
that they concern the
things you arc most in
tercsted in. the things that
make YOUR life happy
or unhappy. big or little.
They are keen and pcne-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
BARS DOUBLE PAY

City civil service employees cant
leave their places OF duty to serve
as jurors. and at the same time col.
lect pay from the city. Corporation
Counsel Caldwell opined Tuesday.
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IN this were his only or worst Of
fense. l would now favor Roots
e2scsjon. But II Is not
pts worst offenses were his
.seressions while on the bench
= the Harris case. in which the
inion Was written by an attorney
for the Great Northern railroad.
Hut q whole series Of cases IN
which justice was perverted OF at
tempted 10 be perverted.
West Z sIade Case
Space forbids the enumeration OF
more than one or two. Conspicu-
ous among them Is the West &
Slade mill case. In this case the
court dealt with the law Of careless
murder. The legislature had en-
acted a Law requiring iumbermen
and other manufacturers To safe
guard their dangerous machinery
for the protection OF their en-
ployes. Many manufacturers neg
lected to obey the law. And when
injured employees. who would have
been protected BY compliance with
the Law. brought suits for damages
In the courts. the employers set up
the defense that the injured EN-
ployes knew the machinery was
dangerous and unguarded. and had
therefore assumed the risk. In
short. the employers set up their
avn violation OF the law was de-
vy against these damage suits.
Court Was Packed
y Now IL had been well settled In
judicial law that this defense was
not allowable. The most conspicu-
ous decision on this point had been
handed down BY William II. Taft In
a federal court In Ohio.
To secure reversal OF this rule
In this state. the manufacturers
had packed" the supreme court OF
Washington Z. ~ >s-s. putting on
IL three judges who we're known to
favor its reversal. One OF these
was Judge Root. who. In private
practice. had been attorney for
large casualty Insurance company.
The rule was first raised on a
rehearing on the West 4 Slade mill
case. Four Judges. a majority.
held TO the recognized rule. Three.
In a lengthy opinion written by
Judge Root. undertook to reverse II
in the interests Of the mill com.
panies. In his opinion. Root makes
a labored attempt TO prove that
Taft was wrong.
Aitho he remained on the bench
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
BRITISH BUY FLOUR
At PORTLAND MILLS

PORTLAND. Oct. 24.-Great
Britain has purchased two ship.
loads OF flour in Portland during
the last few days. according to ap-
parently reliable reports today.
British agents are eagerly seeking
more. but are handicapped by lack
OF ships and mills to handle their
orders. They are said to have paid
more than the market price. which
is $3.50 a barrel for patent flour
today
LONDON. Oct. 2a.-Five million
soldier letters arrive In England ev.
cry week from the front.
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or something"
And Is food

- 'VsAsVsHfhs.
And is food"
Yes. yes; there is a food
shortage In Germany. Food is
so scarce that the German wom-
en- are becoming thin and ele-
CANT. Everything Is scarce In
Germany. but then. things don't
seem to be so plentiful and
cheap here, either.
"Still, YOU don't have the
card system here, as they have
In Germany. II is very tire
some. Father wanted n new
pair Of pants not long ago. and
he spent "a solid hours getting
pants cards certified 80 he could
get them"
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CHICAGO. Oct. 24.-''l've an In.
jury to my leg and can't work."
said John Sanders. charged with
nonsupport. His wife testified ho
was able to dance all nlnht.
"0ulIty."
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PORTLAND. Ore. Oct. 24.-Fif.
teen million feet OF lumber must
be supplied by mills OF Oregon.
Washington and Idaho for the con.
struction OF $500 freight cars or.
dered today by the Union Pacific.
A number Of big firms here viii
bid on the contract One thousand
five hundred box cars and 1000 au.
tomobile cars are required.
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MRS. r. w. EARLE OF New
York is here from a hunting trip
in British Columbia. with n hide OF
n grizzly bear.
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ROOTS NOT RECANTED:
that's MAIN issue.
Says NOTED WRITER

ia
ell
yh~ n
n a.
ss - Edtsr. <sf~
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She Writes Of Love
Are you interested in LOVE9
Are you interested in MARRIAGE?
Are you interested in the PROBLEMS OF SEx3

Then you will be vitality interested in the
mcn that The Star has Just added to its staff one OF
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speak German and n maid who
wouldn't speak English. an APP
peal to janitor with a deep
bass beard was necessary.
Elevator Man Called

Thus, by the aid OF n funereal
elevator man with face as
long and monotonous az n List
symphony. was Miss llempel 10.
Gated In u flat. in the middle
OF high note and n now neck.
She stopped singing. and,
threading her way carefully
among the decorators who had
torn up everything and were
playing ragtime with the furni-
ture. came out.
Il cannot talk to you" said
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The Presidents Corner
ns PRESIDENT WILSON

Tfere IL only holding the confidence Of the
Ainctiean public. and that H.
tub efrvuloais N"'N ~ ""N fN'''''" - '''
Wvnl he dusty road ana ntt their the numned
tFF"m wit and Wisdom ot Woodrow wilson, copyright
1919 by Doubleday PAGE col
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NIGHT EDITION

VOTE NO" on ALL THE REFERENDUM PRoPO-
SlTIONS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
AND THE INITIATIVES FAMlILARIZE YOURSELF
WITH THE VOTING MACHINES. THE WEATHER
MAN SAYS "FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY:
LIGHT FROST TONIGHT"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-07
CROP FORECAST
l4,366,O0O BALES

Washington. July High prices
Of cotton and cottonseed has en-
couraged farmers in the cotton belt
to increase their acreage this year
substantially over last years area,
resulting in total Of 35,994,OO0
acres according to the official esti-
mate Of the department of agricul-
ture, announced today. The condi-
ton of the crop, 81.8 per cent Of a
normal on June Is, indicates that
the total production of lint this
year will be about IA, ,266,00O equiv
alent 500.pound bales, the bureau
of crop estimates calculated. That
yield would place this years crop
the third largest ever grown, being
smaller than those of 1911 and
1914,
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SEEKING TO PRE-
VENT MEETING

Trenton, Tenn, June 30.--An ef-
fort is being made by the city coun-
Gil Of this city to prevent meet
ing Of religious sect commonly
known as the Holy Rollers. This
meeting has been advertised to be-
gin the second Sunday in July.
Numerous complaints have been
made against the meeting and the
city attorney has been ordered to
draw up an ordinance restrainien
them from setting up their tent in
the city limits. 1t is claimed by
some that the noise made by the
shouting, which lasts until late at
night, keeps them from sleeping
j. W. Corley, MANAGER Of the Lovera
cotton mills, asks that an Injunction
be granted against the meeting.
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COTTON BREAKS OVER 81 A BALE

New York, July IA break Of
81 a bale followed the publication
Of the governments crop report in
the cotton market here today. Re-
cent private reports had indicated
a crop condition Of about 1853 per
cent on the average, but the gov
ernment's report made it 61.1, as
compared with IT'S last month and
a ten-year average of 8O2 per cent,
while the official acreage estimate
Of 35,94O,00O acres, or 12.1 per cent
over last year. also appeared to be
larger than had been generally ex-
pected.
Prior to the publication Of these
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-07
COLUMBUS RAID
ERS ARE HANGED

Demine, N. M, June 30.-Four
Villa bandits who took part in the
Columbus raid we're hanged in the
county jail here today.
The men we're put to death in
pairs. Ensevio Retteria and Tauri-
no Garcia were hanged first, and
then Jose Rangel and Juan Cas-
tillo
N.The four men were calm. Jose
Rangel smoked cigarette as the
moose was adjusted. None would
say anything except Garcia, who
exclaimed as he was led to execu-
ton: Il hope God will forgive my
enemies
This completes the disposition Of
the cases Of the Columbus raiders,
as Jose Rodriguez recently was
granted a stay of execution and is
serving life sentence.
Company D, New Mexico nation
al guard, vas held at the armory in
case Of an attempted demanstra-
ton. Banner.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-07
MEXICAN CRISIS
SEEMS PASSED:
RUMOR PERSHING
IS WITHDRAWING

While Uncle Sam has been rush
ing troops to the border line between
the United States and Mexico, and
had perhaps made up his mind that
war was inevitable, General Car
ranza seems to have partially real
lied theSfolly Of his attitude and
has written to this country note
regarded as conciliatory in tone.
Reports from Washington on the
4th indicated that the general feel
ing in the national capitol was that
the crisis and imminent danger Of
war had passed.
The enormous expense and work
Of getting to the border the troops
to be depended upon to defend the
line between the two countsies have
been incurred and this country will
doubtless be in no hurry to remove
the troops further than the border
even If the danger of war with Car
rama shall have passed, This coun-
try has at least learned that Carran-
"a will not do to trust and that
something more stable than his
word will be required before our
troops shall be returned to their own
states. The troubles between this
country and Mexico may or may
not be over-but they have brought
US something more than the nucleus
Of an army worth while in the event
that one shall be needed.
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figures the market was quiet and
steady on scattered covering, with
October contracts selling up to 1928,
or about three points above last
nights closing figures. The report,
however, was Immediately followed
by heavy liquidation and selling
was very active and general on the
decline, which carried October off to
1885, or 43 points under the high
level of the morning and 35 poin IS
under Fridays quotation. Rallies Of
6 or 7 points followed on covering,
but the final tone was barely
steady, with prices showing a net
decline Of rs to 20 points for the
day.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-07
OFFENSIVE BEGUN
BY ENGLAND AND
FRANCE ON WEST

The long-promised offensive oi
the British and French forces in the
Northeastern part of France against
the German army, began last Satur-
day morning after an advance
bombardment Of a week on a front
of sixteen to twenty miles.
So fierce and determined was the
assault and so effective was the ad-
vance cleaning up by the million
shells per day fired during the week
preceding, that the British and
French soldiers were able to pene-
trate as far as five miles into the
German lines, taking the first and
into the second lines of trenches oc-
cupied by the Teutons.
In two days ten thousand Ger
man soldiers were captured and the
loss on both sides was unusually
heavy. The offensive has since been
cantinued with modified success,
but by Monday Of this week the
resistance had stiffened. The sue
cess of the attack which began on
last Saturday caused great rejoicing
in London and the British Lion
seems at last fully aroused.
In Gallicia, the Russians have been
somewhat checked, but right recent
ly their capture of Austrians in the
main but some Germans has run
considerably over 100000. The
present outlook for Germany is not
good and the entente allies all as
sert that the war will be continued
until Germany shall have been
taught a lesson will be long remem-
ed. This government is neutral,
but in the main our people are re-
joicing with England and France
over the success Of the. present Of
fensive movement in France.