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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
SENATOR MARTIN RESTS
WELL; MAY HOLD GAINS
Family and Friends, However,
Still Anxious as to Out
come Of Illness.

CHARLoTTESvILLE Va. October
Ex-senator Thomas s. Martin was
reported this morning as having rest
ed fairly well last night and seemed
cheerful when greeted by q few
friends. Those who saw him today
said he may continue to maintain his
improvement of the last two days for
a week or more. The democratic
leader was again able to take nour-
iShment this morning.
Among those who have been at the
senator's bedside within the last two
days are his brother, John S. Martin.
of Fairview; Senator Claude A. Swan
SON. Frank J. Merkling, the i'll sena-
tors private secretary: Representative
Flood and Alfred p. Thorn.
While Senator Martin still seemed
in no immediate danger today, his
condition was such as to cause his
relatives and friends anxiety, his ILL
ness having greatly weakened him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Retired After 40. Years Service.

Col. Thomas Ridgway,, Coast Artil-
Iery Corps, has been placed on the
retired list Of the Army after more
than forty years service. He is from
New York and was, graduated from
the Military Academy in June, 1888,
and from the Artillery School in 1896.
His entire service has been in the
artillery arm. in which he reached
the grade of colonel in January. 1912.
He recently returned to the United
States from service in Hawaii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
BOLTON A. CAREW DIES.
Former Letter Carrier at City Post
Off for Fourteen Years.

Bolton A. Carew. former letter car
rier at the city post Office for four
teen years. died Wednesday night
at his home, TAI Harvard street. He
was the son Of Johanna and the late
Albert J. Carew. who was also con-
nected with the post office, serving
there nearly twenty-five years. The
son entered the service as carrier in
1900. and remained there until 1914.
Funeral services were held this after
noon at st. Paurs Episcopal Church.
Interment was in Rock Creek cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
5000 SOUGHT FOR cHoRus.
Seven Hundred Attend Rehearsal of
Community Voices.

Seven hundred members attended the
rehearsal of the National Community
Chorus at the Mount Vernon Place
NJ. L. Church South early in the week
Hollis Edison Davenny. director of the
department of community singing of
the District War Camp Community
Service. announced today. 1t is hoped
that a May festival next spring with
chorus of 5000 voices may be real
lied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Camp Shelby Closed.

HATTIEsBURG. Miss. October Is
Camp shelby. built here for a Nation
a, Gkard division at the beginning of
the Mar, is officially closed today ex-
cent for the few remaining guards
1eft tx, protect the unsold property.
cant. joseph Golden. Quartermaster
corps ha de a%aitinu tn neds remaining
vious bids on the camp were rejected
and are to be advertised again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Baron des Planches Arrives,

NEW YORK, October 25.-Baron
DIES Planches. former Italian ambas-
sador to the United States and now
commissioner general of emigration
and head of delegation to the in
ternational labor conference at Wash
;neton. arrived here today on the
steamer Giuseppe Verdi from Italian
ports. Col. Mervin c. Buckley, military
ppttache of the American embassy at
rome, also arrived, having retired
from his post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Date of Ratification Discussed.

PARIS, October 25.-The supreme
council this morning discussed the
possible date for the formal ratifica-
ton of the German peace treaty. No
definite decision was reached, but it
was said the date probably would be
fixed at nexe Tuesdays meeting of
the council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

What gifts us is why a teller
that's maxim forty or fifty dol
lars a day should care whether
anybuddy recognizes him or not.
TIL best advertisement fer any
town is good cup o coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Young Widow Sent to Prison.

Mrs. Lillian II. Joyce, a young
widow, was sentenced yesterday by JUS
tice Could to serve three years in the
penitentiary Tor four cases of grand
larceny; The young woman took four
a at leLt by their owners on
sel anu disposed Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Pass the Anti-Vivisection Bill!

To the Editor of The Star:
l noticed in Sundays paper that a
mass meeting was soon to be held
to promote interest in the Senate bill
for the exemption of dogs from vfvi-
section. No cause seems to me more
worthy of support. To be sure there
will be protestations in the name of
science against the bill. but such
protestations emanate from the vivi-
sectors and are the manifestations
of self-interst. Consequently they
should not deter any person with
humane instincts from supporting the
bill. If we have learned one thing
from the war it is that the achieve
ments of the intellect must not be
secured at the price of heartlessness.
That lesson if applied will save our
noble friend the dog. May the good
folks of Washington do their part in
his behalf. NJ. e. COURSEY.
To the Editor of The Star:
A couple of months ago l saw sew
eral letters in The Star advocating
the passage of the bill introduced by
Senator Myers providing for the ex-
emption of dogs from vivisection in
the District of Columbia. l under
stand the measure has not been acted
on by the Senate committee of the
judiciary, to which it was referred.
Dogs have done so much for the
human race through all the ages of
recorded history that our debt to
them is simply enormous. If only a
small fraction of it were paid it
would at least demand that we res
cue them from the cruelties and tor
ture of vivisection. Now is an op-
portunity for us to show our graft
tude by securing the passage Of the
Myers bill. FRANCIS D. SCOTT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Col. Gray to Be Treated at Reed.

Col. Alonzo Gray, 14th Cavalry, at
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, has been
ordered to Walter Reed General Hos
pital. this city, for observation and
treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
Col. Scales Sent to Hoboken,

Col. Wallace B. Scales. Motor Trans
port Corps, stationed in this city. has
been ordered to Hoboken, N. j., for
duty as motor transport officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE DEPARTMENT. OF POTOMAC (w. r.
c. with hold a rummage sale Oct. 3o-31, Nov.
]. at 1I15h 7tb st. ny 26s
AUDITOR, BOOkKEEPER OFFICE MAN
ager; wsshingtonian: 20 years experience;
now enga ged; will change. Address Box 120-R.
Star office. 27s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

Motormen and conductors also in
hale an increase of 3 cents an hour.
That is the only gravy in the soup
that appeases the feelings of the in
discriminating public. OF that gem
erous bonus the patrons have no fault
to find with the company in that they
couldn't have done less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

No question now. though. but what
nickel neatly injected into a slot
box will purchase greater amount of
chagrin than cents tossed at a naph-
tha-burning street launch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

Zone system got knocked for a
clotheSline full of tides. The uncul-
tured might intimate it was knocked
to the torrid zone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

Best the government will do is to
give you one war savings coupon for
quarter. Nice, kind, benevolent, be
whiskered car OWNERS will give y'u
four coupons for that same disc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

Telephone works ought to get rich
off of the new street car fricasse. Used
to be a toss-up with wrens and rob-
ms where they could buy the = most
indignation for a nickel. Some would
choosesa telephone booth to get sore
in and others leaned toward a pay
as-you-enter and suffer later"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25

Evenrso, a lot of our tax dodgers are
going to continue to walk. Company
can't entice us into walking by max
ing us think that rides are now worth
7 cents. IL they boosted them to 20
megs lot of US would still flag dog it
to and fro. possibly a little more to
than fro
Smyrna times., 1919-03-05
COURT DECISION, DIVORCE CASE
Kent Ounty Superior Court Recoo-
mzes Common Law Marriage of
Another State-NOt Valid Here

'O-ANOC Vald Here
A declcion was handed down. in
Kent County Superior Cour at Dover
Thursday, in the divorce case of Mary
Petras from Adam Petras, which was
heard at the present term. The points
raised being the first of their kind in
Delaware. The opinion of the Court
delivered by Chief Justice Pennewill
was as follows:
The ground or cause for divorce in
his case is extreme cruelty. This ale
cation is clearly proved and is not con-
tradicted by the defendant. The de-
tendant does, however, deny that
there is any evidence showing that the
plaintiff and defendant were ever
legally married.
"The plaintiff testified that her
marriage to the defendant was SOL
emnized by a notary public in 1904, in
the state of New York, where thew
resided. at the time and where thew
continued to live until about 1914.
when they came to Delaware. Under
the laws of the state of New York. a
notary public had no authority to per-
form marriage ceremony; neither
was a common law marriage recogniz-
ed there in the year 1904. Accord
ing to a law of the state that became
effective January 1, 1902, marriages
were required to be sOlemnized in GER
tain specified ways, and common law
marriages that were valid before were
no longer recognized, the law provid-
ing that no marriage claimed to have
been contracted on and after January
1, 1902, within this state, otherwise
than this article provided, shall be
valid for any purpose whatever. But
this law was repealed by a statute
passed in 1907, and the courts have
construed the repeating act to make
common law marriages valid in that
state. In the case of Hinnan, 147
N. Y, App. Div. Rep. Sup. Court, 452
decided in 1911, the court said: 81
think the repeal shows the changed
public policy of the state, and that the
Legislature became satisfied that the
provision making marriages void m
less performed in particular manner
was against the public policy and pub
lie morals, and that repeal was in
tended to and did make common law
marriages valid in this state.
$50 that we may assume, in view OF
this statement of the law and the tes-
timony, respecting their cohabitation
admissions and repute subsequent tC
1907 in the state where they lived
that there was a common law mar.
Smyrna times., 1919-03-05
Buy Fertilizers Now.

The State Board of Agriculture at
Dover advises farmers to buy their
fertilizers without further delay. 1t
is not likely that fertilizers will be any
cheaper than they are now until too
late in the season for spring crops.
They will be cheaper this fall. In view
of the high prices of all classes of fer
tilizers farmer swould buy fish scrap,
tankage, and nitrate of soda as the
sources of ammonia, and 16 per cent
acid phosphate as the cheapest source
of phosphoric acid. These materials
are easily mixed in any proportions
desired. Potash is too high for gen
eral crops but can be purchased for
such special crops as potatoes, or for
any crop on land that requires it.
Information about formulas for mix
ing fertilizers will be given free of
charge by the Board upon application
to the office at Dover.
Smyrna times., 1919-03-05

rage, which was valid in that state,
and that the plaintiff and defendant
were husband and wife under its laws
when the plaintiff brought, her action
there. The only question, therefore,
that the court is required to determine
is whether, in view of the fact, the
plaintiff and defendant shall for the
purpose of the case be regarded as
question is not whether a common law
marriage shall be recognized in this
state, but whether a marriage that is
entirely valid under the laws of a
state where the parties lived and from
which they came shall be recognized
by our courts in an action of divorce,
even though such marriage was a
common law marriage.
"ln every action for divorce it must
be proved the plaintiff was legally
married to the defendant, but the
the marriage was sOlemnized accord
ingo the law of this state. The es-
sential fact to be proved is that it was
valid, according to the laws of the
state or country where it is alleged to
have been performed or consummated.
"There is no doubt that the plaintiff
and defendant were legally married
under the laws of the state of New
York, and we can see no escape from
a recognition of such marriages in
this proceeding of such marriages in
this proceeding if we are to recognize
the validity of a contract or marriage
relation that is perfectly legal ac-
cording to the laws of a sister state.
This does not mean that the court
would recognize a common law mar
riage claimed to have been consum-
mated in this state.
"a decree nisi is granted"
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

One of the hopeful signs of
the times is that the whole
people of the United States take
the rantings of the anti-Wilson
lunatics in Congress as a joke
or let It go as inconsequential.
Politics, when it is driven TO
such desperate straits, does not
interest the citizen who has
business Of his own to attend to.
The record of accomplishment
which the present administra-
ton has made talks louder to the
common people than all the
rantings of all the political
shysters in the Senate can ever
do.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14
New Church

Father Vachon expresses
pleasure at the result Of the
meeting held at the Catholic
Church last Sunday concerning
the building Of a new Catholic
Church and the School building.
He is now looking for a Con-
tractor who will bid on the work
While waiting for conditions to
get right for building the Padre
and his people have not been idle
and they are ready to get busy
now.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14
Assessments
20

We wonder how long it will be
possible to stand for the injustice
in taxation we are meeting with
again. We have had bad enough
conditions all around and have
suffered persecution enough for
protesting against it but the
time is coming when these per-
secutions will bring their own
answer.
We have in mind two town
lots in Roy which have been
assessed at $500. and taxed at
that price for years altho they
would not sell now for that
amount and never would. The
assessment has been raised $3.50.
more according to notice receiv-
ed ten days after the County
Commissioners were to meet as
board of Equalization.
Eight Of the best business lots
in Roy sold recently for $500.
These same lots are assessed at,
and the owner has to pay taxes
on over So. 600. for them. That
is one of the things which
should cause a strike among
citizens Of Roy. No one objects
to pay ing his fair share of taxes
but neither does any red d-bIooded
American like to be robbed that
some people may escape their
fair share of the public expense.
Just how the parties respon-
sible for this kind of piracy can
get by with it in the face of
some other assessment matters
we happen to know of is hard to
figure. The proof that they can
is only that it has been done.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Agent H, A. Gray Of the Roy
Depot, has been placed on an 8
hour a day schedule and will
have the office open for business
from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. in
future. He now has helper
Mr.. Dudley Catterson, a son of
DR.. Catterson of Tucumcari, who
is learning the business (or is it
a trade or profession)
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14
Officers

The Odd Fellows Lodge elect
ed officers at'their regular meet
ing Wednesday evening as
follows
Edgar Floersheim N. G.
Alfred Davenport V. G.
Irwin Ogden Sr. Treasurer
VIM G. Johnson Secretary
Tom Blankenship Trustee
VIM. Davenport Rep. to G. L.
J. Floersheim Alternate Rep.
The lodge has disbursed over
$4OO. the past term in sick and
death benefits and other
activities and is still in good
shape financially. They will
move to the Masonic Hall as
soon as their lease expires in
the old hall next month and plan
for an active term.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Soldiers who fought in the war
with Spain lost in weight on an
average of twenty-five pounds
each, the average American
soldier at the end of the fighting
in 1918 weighed twelve pounds
more than when he went into
the army. Contrasting the work
of the quartermaster and the
medical and the sanitary depart
ments in the two wars isn't
exactly comforting to the pres
ent-day critics.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14
July 4th at
CarriZO

A Grand Fourth Of July Cele-
bration will be held at Carrie
N. M. at the place of Leandro
G. Gallegos. Everybody is
cordially invited to participate
in this Celebration, there will be
plenty accommodation for every
body. We will have a long Pro-
gram for the occasion Patriotic
addresses and among other
things there will be several OF
the gallant soldiers who fought
in France and who will have
some interesting stories about
their experiences on the firing
line. We wish to invite most
specially all the soldier boys who
have returned from the front.
Program Will commence at 1O
O. clock A. M.
There will be an open dance in
a big wall tent which has been
secured for the occasion also q
Barbecue.
The dance will start promptly
after dinner and the music viii
be furnished by the Tafoya anC
Gonzales Orchestra, admission
one dollar,
Gallegos and Sandoval
Committee
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Mrs. E. ]. Hepburn writes
from Atascadero, California for
the S-A. She and her daughters
are comfortably ensconsed in a
modernbungalo on this new fruit
farm enterprise and the girls
both have good Office jobs. She
finds the place all that the pros
pectus she showed us claims but
still wants to hear from her
friends on this mesa.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

The Base Ball game with
Solano at the Roy Diamond re-
suited in a eof 1912 in favor
Of Roy. A large crowd attended
the game which was interesting
and both teams received merited
praise.
The game was called at the 8th
ming on account of the threaten
ed storm.
The dance given by the Pali
team at the Hall Saturday night
was a pleasant social affair and
IS tickets were sold.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Randolph Grouse and wife. of
Vallejo Calf. arrived last week
at the parental S. R. Grouse
home at Mills, called in by the
serious illness of Mrs. S. R. Grouse
who has been i'll for several weeks
They think they must hurry
back to the luxuries of their city
home which are not in evidence
here.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

The Boy Scouts of Roy in
charge of Scout Master 0, W..
Hearn and Llet, Homer Holmes
went on a Hike" Monday. The
first trip was to Mills where they
secured re-enforcements from
the Mills Camp and went on to
the Mills Ranch on Red River
where they are roughing it this
week.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Bias Sanchez, Road Supt. came
to Roy Wednesday to start road
work here. They have arranged
with Paul Anderson to pull the
pIow and grader with one Of
their tractors and will grade up
the mudholes on the roads lead
ing into Roy first.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Miss Fanny Blevins, teacher in
the Roy Schools the past year,
went to her home in Oklahoma
recently for vacation but found
it so hot there that her longing
for the cool mesa breezes brought
her back. She will attend
Summer School a short time and
remain here for her school
work again this fall.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Justice are
the proud and happy parents of
a fine baby girl, born Friday June
9Th. Her big brother, Donald,
is also much interested in the
little sister and friends are con-
graduating them all.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14
Lightning Kills

Last Friday June 9th Eu2lio
Romero the IA year old son of
Dolores Romero, was struck by
lightnicg while herding sheep
near his home near Carrie. The
body was burned almost to a
cinder. The mother and three
lite sisterdiscovered the body
soon after the accident. The
funeral was at the Carrizo Gene
terry Sunday.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

A. C. Truiillo, Sheriff of Mora
County was a pleasant caller at
this office Tuesday morning from
his ranch at Solano. He came
Just when we had received
notice Of assessment raises that
made US rather bad company for
an administration official.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Johu Baker wife and baby,
drove down from Dawson last
week with a horse and buggy
and left their horse here, re-
turning OH the train Saturday.
John has been sick for the past
three months and the doctors
and a specialist at Denver have
been unable to discover his
trouble. Friends will hope with
them that he may soon recover
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Edgar Floersheim's house is
nearly ready for the Stucco COW
ering. 1t has been covered with
tar-paper and metal lath and will
be a most attractive home when
finished.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

A picnic party was arranged
at Sunday School last Sunday and
several cars went to the Red
River canyons in the afternoon.
AS usual the late ones failed to
find the rendezvous so all did not
picnic together but all had a
pleasant outing.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Sunday morning June Is, Rev
J. Clyde Keegan of Raton will
deliver an address at the Chris
tian Church on the Methodist
Centenary movement, subject,
Zone hundred years of achieve
ment." Rev. j. M. Wilson, Pastor
M. E. Church will preach in the
evening.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

w. A. Maib arrived Sunday
from Wichita Kans where he
spent the past several months,
After a short visit he will re-
turn to Kans. and get ready for
the threshing season which is a
month nearer there than here.
Mrs. Maib has completely recover
ed her health.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

A party was given by the
Victor and Bible-Students classes
Of the Roy Union Sunday School
and a few friends at the Masonic
Hall, last Tuesday evening. A
very pleasant time is reprrted.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

Casey White is rejoicing
over his new well. He has
drilled eight d y holes to a low
level on his farm in search of
water. He finished the eighth
well Saturday, moved the ma
chine a few feet and drilled
again. Also feet he struk water
which raised instantly fifty feet.
He came to town Wednesday for
a pump and windmill and will
quit borrowing water henceforth
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

The Trades Union strike last
week resulted in nothing at all.
Grant can finish any old build
fiigby himself when he cant get
men to work.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-14

A dance was given in the big
barn at the F. B. Misner ranch
near Mills Tuesday evening for
benefit of Mills Base Ball Team.
There was a large crowd in
attendance it being quite a
social event as we'll as raising
$48. for the team. The official
management of the team is as
follows.
F. O. White Manger
Cha's Weatherill Asst Manager
Euplio Baca Captain
Miss Alice Jackson Secretary,
Mrs. Ethel Harper Treasurer.