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The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06
j.. c. R." TESTIMONY

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this man having been identified by
Mrs. Pitkin as her son? A. Yes, sir.
Yes, sir. u
@. Did you see an account publish
ed in which she stated that his name
was Earl w. lies? A. I believe I
did read something of the kind.
@. Did you e read anything
about his having been at Rochester,
Minnesota? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever read of his having
had an operation performed on his
head at that place? A. Yes, sir. By
one of the doctors of the Mayo clinic.
@. Did you also hear of his having
been at Waseca, Minnesota? A. I
read Of it.
9. You heard of his having been
picked up there at the station plat
form? A. I read of it.
@. Do you remember in the year
1906, about December, of Jay making
a trip away and leaving home at that
time? A. l wasn't home, Mr.. Burnett.
O.. Well, did you know of Jay hav-
ing left Stark county and the state
of North, Dakota at that time? A.. I
know that some time in 1906, that
time there, he went to California, he
went west, but I couldn't say when it
was.
@. How long was he gone, if you
know? A. About two months.
@. He went away the 26th of De-
cember, didn't he? A. No, it was in
January.
@. What date in January? A. I
think it was the 9Th, I amt certain,
but l am pretty near sure it was the
9Th.
@. Of course, those dates, you did
MT see him go away and you don't
know A. Ny husband took him in.
@. He came back in April, 1907?
A. In March.
9. I hand you an envelope mark
ed Exhibit ~" and as you if you can
tell whether or not that is in your
brothers writing? A. That looks
like jays writing.
@, Are you familiar with jays
signature? A. I think so.
@. I hand you a check marked "Ex-
hibit 10 and ask you if that is jays
signature to that check? A. Let me,
look at the top of the envelope. A..
I could not tell you by this one.
@. What did you want to look at
the envelope for. A. I want to look
at the envelope. 1t don't look like the
same writing :. Envelope Exhibit
12) is handed to witness) I guess it is
his writing.
@. This check to May A. Luff, dated
December Is, 1906, was that your
name at that time? A. Yes, sir.
@. Is that your endorsement on
the back of the check? A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you get some other checks
from Jay? A. I couldn't tell you.
@. I hand you another check, Mrs.
Moran, marked Exhibit IA" for iden-
LITIGATION, and ask you if that is jays
signature to that check? A. It looks
like it.
@. That is a check dated April %,
1906, for one hundred dollars, payable
to May L. Luff; was that your name
at that time? A. Yes, sir.
O. And is that your endorsement
the back of it? A. Yes, sir.
@. When he came back did you
talk with him about his trip? A.
@. What places did he tell you he
had visited? A. He was in St. Louis
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06

H. A. Mackoff, 20 years of age,
Stark county lawyer who is making
his debut at this term of the state
legislature, up until Thursday even
ing is the only n of the county's
three representatives in the lower
house who has landed an important
committee appointment. He was
named chairman of the Rules COM
mittee, and he is already busy with
the creation of a new public utilities
committee, which will consist of nine
members. Chairman Mackoff has an
nounced that the 25th day of the ses-
sion will be the last on which appro-
priation bills can be introduced, and
the 35th day for any other bill or con-
stitutional amendment.
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06

0011 :"'''--.:- Y1,1lo,0OO YO0I,O00
These figures show that the amounts
required for the old institutions for
new buildings, improvements and re-
pairs, remodeling and equipment to-
tai $581,0O0, the other big increase
coming from the new normal at Dick
inson.
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06
REGENTS urge
BIG SUN FOR
new NORMAL
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istry building at the university and
the immediate necessity of another
unit to science hall at the %agricultur-
al college.
Amounts Asked
The following table shows the
amounts asked for by the institutions
and those recommended by the state
board of regents:
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06

FOUND-In the Farr furniture, store,
a lavelliere. Owner may have same
by Identifying the article and pay
ing for this ad. It
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-06

A summary of the testimony of
each witness to follow the foregoing
will be given in next weeks issue.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Not a Poet.

Excuse mel Do l see the manag
ing editor, Mr.. Quill?" asked a brawny-
looking female of the proprietor of the
Jabrille luminary.
I'VE don't wish any poetry, thank
you"
Il don't"
YES, yes; I know. 1 can't stop to
hear it just now"
But l tell you 1 don't"
"Well. it don't make any difference ;
l have barrel full of gushing effu-
siOns on unrequited love in the cellar
already"
you misunder-"
Look, here, madam. How'd you get
in here? I've got a man outside that
I pay six pence a head to throw love
poets down the stairs"
You idiot! I'm no poetry fiend.
just took your man and left him stick
ing head down in an ash barrel. If
you say anything more to me, I'll
wedge you in alongside of him. I'm u
nurse. 1 am. The doctor told me to
run down here and tell you, if you are
Mr.. Quill, that the baby is d boy, that
he weighs nine pounds and your wife
wants you to come right home and
see it."
Great CaesarI Why didn't you say
so at first? Where's my hat"-LOn-
don Tit-Bits.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
HER WORK NOT APPRECIATED
Cook Thought Efforts Wasted Because
Master Was Not Laid Up Peri
odicalIy From Overeatina.

A lady had a cook who gave her ev-
cry satisfaction, and she was under the
impression that the cook was equally
satisfied with her place. But one morn
ing, to the lady's intense surprise, the
cook told her she was going away.
Whatever do you want to leave for,
Jane?" asked her mistress. 81 am very
pleased with you, and 1 thought you
were quite comfortable here"
eyes, mum, I'm comfortable enough
in way, but"
The cook hesitated and fidgeted
about.
But what?" queried her mistress.
swell, num-" she blurted out, "the
fact is, master doesn't seem to appre-
,ciate my cookery, and can't stop in
place where my efforts to please are
wasted; so I'd rather go, num-"
"But what makes you think that
your master doesn't appreciate your
cookery? Has he ever complained to
your" asked the lady.
mo, mum; but my last master was
always bein' laid up through overeat-
ing-he said he couldn't help doing so,
because my cookery was so delicious;
but master here hasn't been laid up
once all the three months I've been
with you, and that's just what bOthers
me so, NUM-"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
NEGRO SOLDIERS
FIRE ON OFFICERS
CLASH WITH POLICE LEADS TO
RACE WAR, TWELVE WHITES
BEING KILLED.
General Battle Is Started When COL
ored Soldiers on Guard at Hous-
ton, Texas, Fire Upon Passing
Ambulance.

Houston, Texas.-TrOUble which be-
gan between one of the military pO-
lice of the Twenty-fOurth (cOlored) in
fantry and a police officer late Thurs
day afternoon resulted in a riot in
which about $50 negro soldiers
mutinied, fired upon their officers,
killed twelve Houston policemen and
civilians and wounded twenty-One
others. Three of the negroes were
wounded.
At 1 o'clock Friday morning Gov.
Ferguson declared martial law in
Houston and the affected territory and
General Parker placed Brigadier Cen
eral Hulen in command. At that
time most of the negro soldiers were
in camp with a strong guard over
them. About seventy of them still
were at large and there was reported
great unrest in the negro section of
the city.
Most of those killed were close to
the camp of the negro soldiers, but as
the mutineers left they went through
negro section and it was there that
most or the pOllcemen were hlIleu anu
wounded.
Captain J. w. Mates, A battery,
Second Illinois field artillery, was
among the dead, being killed when he
tried to demonstrate with the negro
soldiers, who were running rampant.
The firing began when an ambul-
ance started through the section Oc-
cupied by the negro soldiers. They
stopped the ambulance and, firing a
vOlley, riddled it. 1t was this vOlley
that. wounded a 16-year-old white girl
standing in her fathers store.
Police reserves were sent out and
were met by volleys from the negroes.
Civilians went to the assistance of the
police officers and firing continued for
an hour and a half.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
JAPAN WILL AID
ALLIES IN WAR
is IN WAR WITH EVERY OUNCE
@, OF HER STRENGTH AND RE-
SOURCES, DECLARES IsHii.
Head of Mikado's Special Mission
Pledges Eternal Friendship of His
Nation for America and Prom
Uses Substantial Aid in War.

Washington.-Stan beside the
tomb of George Washington, on Sun
day, Viscount Ishii, head of the special
japanese mission, pledged the eternal
friendship of his people to the United
States and voiced a message TO the
world that Japan is in the war with
every ounce of her strength and re-
sources and will fight to the bitter end
for her allies.
There is no gulf between the an
cient east and the newborn west too
deep and wide for the hearts and the
understandings of her people TO cross
declared the japanese diplomat. A
minute later, with his eyes raised to
the blue vault above, he said:
Japan is proud to place herself be-
side her noble allies in this high re-
solve to fight for justice and against
aggression, and here, in the presence
of these deathless ashes, she reaffirms
her devotion to the cause and prin-
ciples for which they waged battle,
fully determined to do her whole part
in securing for the world the blessings
of liberty, justice and lasting peace"
When he ceased speaking, Viscount
Ishif stepped into the tomb and rever-
emily laid an immense wreath along
side the tributes from France, Great
Britain, Belgium and the other ma
lions which have sealed their prom
ises of devotion to the common cause
of justice and humanity on the spot
where rests the ashes of the i'm
mortal Washington.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
What's the Answer7

short time ago Prof. 81. B. Cough,
head of the pubIic-speaking depart
ment at DePauw university, delivered
a talk in a small town in Lawrence
county. near Bedford, says the Indian
apOlis News. He was being congratu
lated on the talk when one farmer in
the audience edged his way to the
speaker and asked whether he was In
a hurry. Professor Cough, who had
to make a certain train, said no, other
than he wished to get home at a GER
tain time. The farmer, instead of in
Yiting him to a fine fried chicken din
ner, said: "Say, my boy and me heard
your talk and we wanted to know
whether it was a sermon or an adj
dress" Professor Cough made his
train and reached home without par
taking of any fried Chicken. =
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Horrors of War.

They were in the squad under train
ing at a certain military center and
furnished a contrast not uncommon
these days. One was tall and why,
the other short and puffy, and an hour
of Swedish drill had set the lesser of
the two blowing hard.
Il can't stand much of this" he
whispered. I'm simply all in and at
that moment the drill sergeant init
mated that he would give them an
other spell before they were dismissed.
This was too much. The podgy pa
triot felt it was time to protest
I'm really awfully sorry to seem
unmilitary in addressing you, sir" he
said, but this Swedish drill is more
than I can face in my present condi-
ton; besides" he added dolefuIly, Il
never knew we We're at war with
Sweden"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Had a Warm Job.

The fact that half of the world
hasn't thought of how the other half
is living has been pretty well estab-
lshed, but even how the details of old
and depressing duties and routine is
of interest. A remarkably pretty girl
SwOoned while standing at the side of
a bench on a subway platform, says
New York news letter. She fell heav-
fly, and soon from the rush hour
thrOng several women had gathered
about her. She revived quickly and
looked about rather alphabetically.
'sThank you" she said to a woman who
was holding a wet handkerchief to her
forehead. 81 just got dizzy for mo-
ment." She closed her eyes again and
looked very white and weak. Il guess
I'm all right" she said after a little.
@'rm tired and warm. I'm working as
cloak model downtown and all day
I've been trying on fur coats. I'm just
tired"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
AUSTRIANS UNABLE
TO HALT ITALIANS
CAPTURE OF PRISONERS AND
WAR STORES BY ADVANCING
ITALIANS HAS BEEN LARGE.
British and French Troops Continue
Gains Against Germans and Thwart
Furious r-Attacks.-German
Advance Toward Riga Stopped.

LOndon.-With Monte Santo secure
ly in their possession, the Italians are
continuing their drive eastward over
the BainsiZza plateau. notwithstanding
the violent resistance of the Austri-
ans. Italian airmen are lending Won
derful aid to General CadOrna'S forces,
dropping bombs or using their machine
guns with telling effect on traNp con-
centrations behind the line,
The number of prisoners taken by
the Italians is mounting, the latest re-
port showing that 800 officers and
$1,000 men have been captured. The
capture of war stores by the Italians
has been enormous, including guns Of
all calibers and arms. ammunition,
horses and motor tractors.
On both sides of the Meuse in the
Verdun sector French troops continue
their gains against the Germans, hay
ing captured positions over a front Of
two and a half miles to depth Of
two-thirds of mile, taking the fosses
and Beaumont wood and reaching the
environs of the villages of Beaumont
and BethincOurt.
The Germans in cOunter-attacks
twice have endeavOred to retrieve lost
ground on the heights of the Meuse,
but each time met with repulse and
heavy losses.
Aside from artillery duels, especial
Is. severe east of Ypres and in the
neighborhoOd of LOmbaertZyde, there
has been little activity on the British
front. Field Marshal Haig's men,
however, have carried out several
small trench raiding enterprises with
success and repulsed German coun-
ter-attacks.
Evidently the German advance to-
ward Riga, Russia's big port and ma
val base on the Baltic, has ceased, for
neither the German nor Russian Of
fetal communications mention the OPP
erations in this region. To the south,
however, the Russian and Russo-Rou-
manian armies are keeping up their
strong resistance against the Ger
mans. Near Northumberland Ger
man attacks have been repulsed while
on the Roumanian front attempts by
the Teutonic allies to advance have
been frustrated.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
RUSS To PURSUE
WAR TO THE END
PLEDGE MADE TO PRESIDENT
WILSON THAT NO SEPARATE
PEACE WILL BE MADE.
State Department and Russian Mis-
sion Insist That Position of Rus
sian Armies Is at Least No
Worse Than 1t Has Been.

Washington.-Th veil of mystery
about the Russian situation has been
lifted little.
Word from Ambassador Francis has
encouraged the state department on
the success of the provisional govern
ment and a further loan of 100000
900 has been made through the new
ambassador, Boris Bakhmetietf.
Secretary Lansing made a clear-cut
and very optimistic statement on the
whole situation on Friday.
The state department has made
public a letter sent to the Russian ann
bassador ten days ago, in which Pres
ident Wilson acknowledged receipt of
the pledge of the Russian government
that it will make no separate peace,
but will pursue the war to the end.
The completion of the Russian rail
way line to KOeli on the Arctic sea
may be the fact that will save Russia
to the entente forces during the COM
ing winter. This railroad means that
Russia can be supplied freely despite
the closing by ice of the port of Arch
angel.
While no authoritative revelations
of the military situation have arrived
in Washington, both the state depart
ment and the Russian mission insist
that the position of the Russian armies
is at least no worse than it has been.
The great difficulty with the Rus
sian armies once more is Il shortage
of munitions. The ships provided by
the shipping board and the opening of
the Koeli railroad line will, it is eX-
pected, meet this difficulty in time.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You say to the drug store man
"Give me a small bottle of freezone.'
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or caIlus from ones feet.
A few drops of this new ether COM
pound applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn relieves the soreness in
stantIy, and soon the entire corn or
CaIlus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid ones feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezOne dries in
a moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to order a small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.-adv.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so took second
and third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
Just as well as any other woman. l ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and / am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE j. VAN DER SANDE, So No.
York St, Paterson, N. j.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co, (confdential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
May Reduce SUGAR Prices.

WashingtOn.-An agreement by the
country's beet sugar producers to lin
it the price of their product so as to
effect u reduction of about one and
a half cents a pound in the present
price of sugar was announced Sunday
by the food administration, with u no.
tice to the public that this should
mean a saving of $3O,OOO,OOO between
now and the first of next year. 1t
also was announced that the whole
sale grOcers had agreed to limit dis
tributiOn charges to prevent eXorbi-
tnnt prices.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
scientists lace PeriI Of Death.

San FranciscO.-Bradley Jones and
Daniel NJ. Wise, noted scientists and
explorers for the Carnegie institute,
who left this country last year for
South America, were awaiting death in
the heart of u jungle near the head of
Amazon river on June %, according to
a letter which reached here. The
message, mailed ut Lima, Peru, gave
no indication of the destiny that met
the two men.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
SLAYER Freed on Second Trial.

BrOokville, Pa.-Ernest Haines.
boy OF 16, convicted and sentenced to
the electric chair for the murder of
his father, William Haines, but who
was granted a new trial at the re-
qeust of Governor Brumbaugh few
days before the sentence was to be
executed. was freed Saturday. After
ninety and one-half hours,
a jury in the retrial of the case found
HaineS not guilty.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Almost Correct.

Charles was an only child and al
ways associating with his very learn
ed parents he sometimes talked like a
book.
MY father is a sociolOgist," he told
Petey, who lived in an alley and had
met plenty of sociOlOgists but had
never learned to classify them.
"A what?" asked Petey.
"a sociOlOgist, and he is very much
interested in studying the conditions
of the mentally deficient"
Petey considered for a moment
and then asked: SIS he in bug
house?"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
cUTICURA is so SOOTHING
To Itching, Burning skins--lt Not Only
Soothes, but Heals-Trial Free.

Treatment: Battle the affected sur.
face with Cuticura Soap and hot wa
ter, dry gently and apply Cuticura
Ointment. Repeat morning and night.
This method affords immediate relief,
and points to speedy healment. They
are ideal for everyday toilet uses.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdV.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Good Memory for Dates.

DO you know what day this is?''
asked Mrs. Occy WattIes. sweetly.
"Uh-huh," replied Mr.. Wattles.
"Sure. It's-ah--"
We were married just four years
ago this morning" Mrs. Watles went
Oh.
Yes, sir. remember just us though
it was yesterday. And-er-its next
week our lease on the fiat expires,
isn't lt?"-Kansas City Star.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Bio cantonment Work Halted.

San FranciscO.-WOrkO on the Men
low Park cantOnment for national
guard troops was suspended Wednes-
day under orders from Washington,
when the state board Of health COM
planned that the camp was being CON
structed without sewers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
War Department Awaits Report.

Misunderstanding Baker will
take no action on the riOting in Hous-
ton, Texas, in which negro regular
troops were concerned, until the re-
port of the board of inquiry into the
Incident has been received.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Lapan wln Reiect ProposaI.

Tokio.-The pope's plea for peace
in the great European war will be
rejected by Japan, it was officially
announced on Thursday. Japan will
join with the allies in turning down
the pOntilf's plea for peace.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
TEN PER CENT MAY RETURN

Not Expected That All Drafted Men
Will Pass Final Physical Test.
Washington.-Arm officials are
now estimating that fully 80 per cent
of the men passed for service as ply
sically fit by the local boards will be
accepted after examination at the mo-
bilization camps by army surgeons.
This means that approximately 6S,7OO
men will be sent home from the mobil-
ization camps. Local boards will be
ordered to call up new men immedi-
ateIy to fill each vacancy in their jur-
iSdiCtiOn.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Good News From Mexico.

Washington. - Ambassador Fletch-
er's reports to the state department
from Mexico City contain assurances
that German propaganda in that coun-
try appears to be having little effect
on President Carranza or members of
his official family.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Chicago Wheat Pit Closed.

Chicago.-The wheat pit Of the Chi
cago board of trade closed Saturday.
The action Of the directors in closing
the pit was due to u request of Her
bert c. Hoover, food administrator,
that trading in wheat futures cease at
least for the period of the war.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
LeyIand Liner Sunk.

BOstOn.-The Leyland liner Devon
ian, which left an Atlantic port July
%, has been sunk, presumably by a
German submarine. Officers Of the
line stated they had received no word
as to the safety of the crew.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Russian SAC Council opens.

MOscOw.-The state council. which
promises important results in the ma
tional life Of Russia, opened at }
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the grand
opera with that soIemnity and Old Rus
sim pomp characteristic Of Moscow.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
Wartime Economy.

Temperance Reformer-And where
are you taking that beer, my little
girl2
Little GirI-Ome to father, sir.
Temperance Reformer-But your IA
Their surely doesn't drink beer at ten
pence pint? -
Little Girl-Oh, no, sir! e don't
drink it; e only soaks is bread in it.
Passing Show.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
| M "a Members Remain in JaiI

Spokane.-A petition for a writ of
habeas corpus in behalf Of james
Rowan, district secretary of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, and
seventeen others arrested, August is,
was denied in the superior court.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-30
suffraoist Condemns Picketinu,

Hartford, Conn.-NIrs. Ernest Seton
Thompson, wife of the famous natur-
alist, has caused schism among
the Connecticut suffragists by con-
demning the White House pickets.
She urges concentration on war meas.
ureS