The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1916, Page 11

| TheValue | Is There and the Style to Boot - and Owing to the many letters | received from Star readers in the Root case, The Star is com- elied to ask that they be kept 0 words each, All st be signed and must be given, This information will be kept con fidential by The Star if the writer so desires. The Star can easily understand why it is hot politic for some people to | antagonize a man who may be come judge here By way of explanation of the Harris e, for which Judge Root Is chiefly criticised, The Star again repeats that Root's dereliction was in the fact that he allowed a railw at torney to write all or part of the opinion for him. In that particular case the judgment Was against tne railway, but | the wording of the opinion was | so phrased, it is charged by | the bar association lawyers, that the railroad would be fa vored in similar cases in the | | future. | Does the Trick Comein Today | and Let Us Show You Editor The Star jsuch form as to leave the impres he Snappiest Woolens in Town leharge without foundation. ithe attorney for the railway com jwas decided against the company Monday's Issue, signed such cases at Olympla. out. I want to see them. Here’s Real Economy Combined With the Satisfaction of quit and do my best to defeat him. would be eliminated. you consider your judgment supe the case. Root are behind i all. those colored and the “Big Corporations.” not a judge. then turned against him. down on knocking Judge Root. of the big and the inst Judge |s er. vicious Root? T will an- ute books, without fear or favor. I have been personally acquaint-| and Jegal ability, honest and fea’ A. Root. 1. A. FAY 61 Cremona St. DECISION WAS RIGHT Editor The Sta! had the opinion that The Star ha: an¢ insidious attacks of |privilege. A Star Want Ad is a money aver. it will get you results from a small investment. MUSEMENTS under the head, Gone Wrong Be Chance which was Twice Das ¥ This ANDREW TOMB : “THE BRIDE # case of Harris vs. the Great Raymond ond with\ern Railway Company, 48 ‘ash., Elizabeth Shirley — De page 437. Witt, Burns and Torrence |” it is a known fact Judge Root de cided against the railway compan and not in its favor, as 1s show from the records. EY the supreme court gave their opin- —Orpheum Travelogue. MATINEE DAILY 10-25 EVENINGS 10 25 50 75% decided the deciding vote and writing the opinion in the case Assuming from your article that Judge Gor- don had a hand in writing the opin- ion in the case, is ft not a fact that the laborer, or plaintiff in the ac- Grerewm Wght, 4:20—-100 10 Eg SA ling the deciding vote, against the railway company? The action in question was THE jor. |brought against the railway com-| vith Harrington § pany by the plaintiff for’ damages alleged to have been sustained by him because the railway company had negligently allowed his goods to be destroyed by fire while in its hands. The railway company claim ed that it had a rate limiting its ability for the loss of household goods, and endeavored to defeat the Afternoons 1:20 to & Today and Tomorrow 2% | mrropnour noap snow No, 7| Plaintiff's claim or limit his recov-| i. Bix Fine Vaudeville Acts and ery to an insignificant sum. Be,| tf Feature Photoplay cause the railway company bad not} 2 Mats. 10¢ cny seat; Eten. and Sun. ise | apprised the shipper that he had a choice of rates, Judge Root held it -| would not be fair to allow the rail-| way company to limit the shippers recovery and ordered the railway and 9 company to pay the full amount Cnet Musical ‘Bods . Company at - claimed by the shipper HIP’ 111 | way company was, of course, dissat- oes SP! HOORAY!!! lisfied with this decision, and asked tat \that it be allowed to re-argue the pW MENACK” \case, which request w: granted, and when the case was re-argued ja poor man led, © © @ A MAN OF HIGH CHARACTER | you, Referring to) Voter,” your article of October 14th, head- ed “Should a Judge Gone Wrong Get Another Chance?” and alsv e 0 jthe answers to the samo, written in| ‘sion that the case was decided in favor of the railroad company: Be fair, Mr. Editor, and state the facts las they are, and you will find your If the case you refer to shows that Judge Root was influenced by “A Voter,” Now, after nearly 24,000 voters! have expressed their confidence |/J in Judge Root, you want to try to defeat him. For what purpose? Do rior to the 24,0007 No, that ts not The facts of the matter are that the old political enemies of Judge Please have itlemen of the wood pile show their hand. Their correct names will be “RASTUS” You also stated that you could forgive a mayor or councilman, but That is too absurd to mention. You forgave Hi Gill and You fell! down, and you are going to fall many Why is it, Mr. Editor, that many corporations’ lawyers elements are Because, when on the bench lhe decided his cases fairly, within} the law as he found it on the atat-/ ed with Judge Root for nearly 15 years, and have found him to be a man of exceptionally high character less. You could not elect a better man for the bench than Judge Milo I have always lconsistenely tried to print facts and play no favorites, and that its high position was to devote its energies for the protection of the rights of Editor The Star: the people against the unceasing! special against Judge Root a few evenings| He claims that bis ago. It is claimed in your article | right that Judge Root went wrong in al-| ALHAMBRA : |lowing Judge Gordon, attorney for| position as in 1909 varae & {the Great Northern Railway Com-| . 7 ORP ny, to have something to do with | change . PA Me EUR TA AEEES the sriting of the opinion in the|ferent-ns a fud jease pending before the supreme) ethics is the s court, which case referred to ts the| doubt, again let an attorney for a Jorth.| railroad write in some words to af-| |fect future cases. Four judges of fons in the case, and it was Judges; ;Mount, Rudkin and Fullerton who} in favor of the railway) . while th {nit hre TOMA NAREES socited seninst, Judce Root casting jtion, won his case when the su-| |preme court, with Judge Root cast-| decided | The rail-| SHALL A JUDGE ‘GONE WRONG BE GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE? o- ——___—____--¢ before all the judges, they all de) believed the old stuff about letting j cided that Judge Root was right, as appears from the per curiam opinion Jappended to this case ired from the bench Ten years have pass To take the measure of the man, go to the commonplace Judge Root r of his home, his work, the people; he lives with, his neighbors, those |he serves and who serve him—they know him for what he really is and esteem him for his ability and char acter You refer in your article to May- or Hiram ©, Gill, who went wrong once and is now on the right path. Did not the people say in the first] Instance that he was wrong and | then again that he was right? Even! if Judge Root did make a mistake, | where is the man who never made one? Shall a judge gone wrong nev er be given another chance? How many of the voters who voted for Mr. Gill were wrong and how many | were right? I say it is up to the people to give Judge Root a chance, just as well! jas in Mayor Gill's case EK. 8, SNYDER, 309 W. Lee St FRIEND OF WORKINGMAN Editor The Star: The letter in paper i misleading. Judge Root is, and always has been a frtend of the working people, the poor nd the helpless Yn the bench, he upheld the eight-hour Jaw twice, after it had beoa #et aside by the lower courts He tipheld the wage law, and mado) decisions ageinst gambling, fraud, viee and crooked dealings of many kinds Of course, some of the “big in. terests” and the vicious elements | did not ke his career, I am a | pany, it seems strange that the case| nephew of the late Chief Justice! {R. O. Dunbar, who was a member |The man who wrote the letter in|of the supreme court for nearly a jquarter of a century. ated that there are more of just|the bench all of the time Judge Trot ‘em/ Root was there, and knew him and {his record all of that time, and for If you can find one you think /20 years before. | points to graft or favoritiem, I shall) He was on After Judge Root left the bench, I talked with my uncle, Judge Dun- The Star also stated that the) bar, and he told me that Judge reason it remained silent during the primary was that it thought he Root was en upright, honest, con- scientious man and fudge, and was an able lawyer, and had rendered excellent service on the bench. idge Dunbar was a specially good friend to poor people, and working people, and he would not have thus | spoken of Judge Root, if the latter thad been biased in favor of “big as against the working | interests and poor people I understand the other judges “et he left the bench. Judge Crow (who was himself a splendid man), in answering a bust-/ ness man's inquiry, a fow years aft. | mitted er Judge Root had left the bench, used-this language: “I have known Judge Root for | fire. years, and for four years | that he could prove himself blame-| as one of his associates on the |less, he had no right, either in the/ supreme court bench of this state.|interests of his I can, without hesitation, say that | state, he is a man of clean private life, beg the case. For six excellent personal habits, strict in- tegrity, and of bigh standing as a/ has allowed the state to believe what was charged of him. His quitting under fire state in believing thet thing wrong in his co he comes to the voters of King | county and says he was innocent! closely in hand. The powers of al} of all wrong. ery well, then. case now. Let him produce all of the letters and transactions he had with the|our present system of almost ar- Great Northern railway argue that they were right. Hel judges—4s the worst powerful fac- in 1909 rather than presentitor for evil. Even if he should a defenne, defense now, But if be was wrong, he does|/now than he was in 1909, the: not deserve another chance as al are many candidates, many law lawyer.” Both Judge Dunbar and Judge Crow knew all about Judge Root's trouble, and of his good motives in} resigning. They knew the “inside” and the “influences” and the “In- | terests” that were back of Judge Root's persecution. When such honest, high-minded, faithful Judges as these (having an opportunity to know, and knowing all about Judge Roo’ record and trouble) could think and talk as they always did in his favor, I do not think we need pay any atten tion to the abuse of Judge Root by such men as “A hae . WARD, iiss Third Ave TRIED TO SNEAK IN You ask “Shall a Judge Gone buns and rum-soaked gentry run the elty When Gill saw the light, when he appeared sincere in the conviction that he had been wrong, and frank | ly asked for another chance, the ety) responded to his candor. Is that the case with Root? No. He tried to sneak tn want the old case revived. | | Why doesn’t he stand on hie rec ow ord one way or another? | If he was not wrong, why doosn’t| he air it? Why didn’t he air it in Why don't he tell the real facts? | If he was w enough to admit, thank the people of the state they didn't deal any harsher with him, and frankly ask a himself? If he was crooked and reformed, If he wasn't crooked at all, all | the better! But Judge Root must take the e into his confidence, instead of trying to sneak in them Just what's what. He certainly does not | to sult ratiroad compant dictation, and passes, he still ts of the opinion that he acted right Monday, signed, “A| | THOSE R. R, PASSES Editor The Star You can tell the fibre of a man by his ethics rather than by his be havior under strict observ Judge Root admits he solicited railroad passes from the (reat | Northern while he was a judge of upreme court. He solicited }and got tickets not only for bim-| self but for a brother, That was bad ethics. wasn't big h regard for his position and | for moral right sop of railroad pas He says he ac the law permitted it what his moral instincts should tell) him, be fs unfit HE QUIT UNDER FIR Editor The Star: "Shall a Judge Gone Wrong Be| Given Another Chance The Star, and it ts properly put It does not matter whether Judge mained friends of Judge Root after | Root {s a good man now or not; One of them,! whether he ts honest; whether he) is correct In his habits, The big potnt is this: least harsh term possible, which, compelied bim to resig If he had been so Innocent iife ‘and property of the f the people too too! bench COME AND LAUGH! Wrong Be Given Another Chance?” That is beside the question in the) It is therefore with amazement | Root case, it seems to me. | that I have read The Star's article, | “Shall a Judge| wrong in 1909; at least he pretends Given Another | to be sore! directed | questions bis integrity as a judge Judge Root does not admit he was offended now if anyone were all In other words, he is in the same! He has the He has not His moral tone is no dif His sense of good me. He would, no same frame of mind. When Hi Gill tried to come back against Cotterill he failed. Why? He had not seen the light. He still 2 Days More EMILY STEVENS —IN— “The Wheel of the Law” M. Guterson’s Famous Russian Orchestra Musical Program Selection—"“Canary Cot- tage” . 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The entire stock, consisting of thousands of dollars’ worth of Furnishings, Fine Clothing, Hats, Shoes, for men, women and children, is being sacrificed to meet all outstanding indebtedness. If you care to save money on your Fall outfit, join the crowds here to- | \ morrow. Saturday will be another big day here. Extra salespeople have been engaged for the big rush. Come. Thousands of people have benefited by this great sale, and there is no reason for you not doing the same. Be here tomorrow, or next week, sure. Sale Starts Saturday,10 A.M. “Gg SENSATIONAL BARGAINS IN an were MEN’S CLOTHING [$1.98 Men's and Youths’ Suits, worth to | Bultse perfectiy tailored—it seems a He didn't Men's Suspenders, Why did he wait six years’ regular to 25¢; «, why ien't he man 25¢ Kant Krack He must CANDOR. 00, he for another chance 12 Te peice $4.85 | %s25.00" eo "$9.95 Fine Suits, made of fine tweeds, | 92/¢, | worth to $15.00, ha soba Hy Sy gpa and Overcoats; Se Rubens: Infant id price 9 ee acces [Om Oteee:« bee .$6.95 ue eo, Tw an " ests Suits, Suite that sell up $9. 45 Lop ay worth to $1 85 Brassiores 19c to $22.50. Sale price.: Men's finest Dress Pants that sell to 19c Finest Sults for best dress wear, and | $5.00; now $2. 5 : One Lot Sweater those fashionable gray and brown ef- | at . 4 26 . Set nek seeeere Si Coats, worth to $2.00, i fects; finest hand tailoring; worth up | Extension Suit Cases, worth to $7.50. rg 500 toe tm o seaet wee new wo $3000. se $14.95 | No" 488 Ga Ls ae 89c price... ° * EOF 3 ° 14c accepting thelr Stop and Consider What This Sale Means to You oat te Right in the heart of the Fall season. You have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy dependable merchan- dise at prices that you never dared to hope of buying before. Come with the crowds. Think of buying well- known, nation-wide advertised brands of merchandise of this caliber at ridiculously low prices, such as L Sys- tem, Kirschbaum, Hirsh-Wickwire, Adler-Rochester, Sincerity Brand of Clothing, Arrow, Monarch, Green Hood, Manhattan, Bates-Street Shirts, Stetson, Kingsbury, Hardman, etc., Hats; Hamilton-Brown, W. L. Douglas, Packard, Zimmerman-Degen, Selz, Buster Brown, etc., Shoes. SALE OPENS TOMORROW (Saturday) 10 a. m. tion, | 50c and 75¢’ Ladies’ and Misses’ Union Suits, now 33c $1.25, $1.50 Ladies’ Night Gowns, now 79c Men's and Youths Pants, worth up to Big Stock of Shoes Sacrificed $2.50, now 98c tne tare. $1.98 ie tee 79c Wonderful Bargains in Furnishings Dress Shirts, worth Judge Boot! enough to holt a high : a Lai Oxfords, and he fell for the Boye’ Overcoats, wan oe”. worth to $500, now H men's Shoes, pted them while When the law| sed against public official; y and leath- . accepting railway passes, stopped, he says. Ties that sell to 35c, ‘ .. $2.98 seene . Mei Balmacaans If it takes a law to tell Judge Root now Sadnetenn: Bhirta; weeds and Overcoats, worth 98c $1.98 to $25.00, now temnatann Shite, enh Ga wool Union Suite, $1.48 $9.95 worth to $3.50; now Boys’ Suits Hats Sacrificed $1.00, now Sacrificed Big line Soft Hats, worth up to 69c Boys’ Suits, worth to $3.50. Sale $6.00; now . $2. 95 price : $1.45 President Suspende One lot of Children's Suits, worth [Men's Soft and aad thir aa te $3.00; now he 35 worth to 50c, now .. 39¢ 19c Work Shirts to 75 29c Look for the Name Above the Door Before Entering 716 First Ave. Open Sat. Night Ti! 10 SUBSCRIBER. Shoes, worth to $4.00... Hose, worth te 25c, wHy?) is the question asked by| regular Boys’ worth to $100)" 5 now. The People’s Store 716 First Avenue He iol ch an error, to use the) under, Look for the Name Above the Door Before Entering 716 First Ave. Open Sat. Night Till 10 family or the! to quit. He should have! years now, Judge Root! Three Doors From Columbia Street justified the was some eer, Now been since the civil war, and it "BABY NURSE OF ‘61 ||BENSON WARNS OF wi et ccee acai higher betore OPPOSED : oO WwW AR} HIGH COosT OF LIVING | paid ry unless exports shall be YUMA, Ariz, Oct. 20.—Allan L. Benson, socialist candidate, ae | BANDIT HUNT GROWS his campaign into Arizona today. After a tour of speech-making in | BLISS, Okla., Oct. 20.—The man- California, Benson, on arriving| hunt for six bandits who held up here, declared that unless immedi: |a Santa Fe train, dynamited the ex- ate federal action is takén and an press safe and killed Percy Nor- embargo of food exports is clamped | man, mail clerk, yesterday, has down, a famine will resul: |spread all over Northeastern Okla- “A halt must be called,” he said,|/homa. Posses are pushing sep ‘or great disaster will overtake | arate clues, but the prevailing idea this country, is that the bandits are hiding in “Flour is now higher than it hi the Osage hills. $9.50 oiaecce Toric Lenses Widen Vision The Deep Curved form of the TORIC LENS entirely does away with the unavoidable hazy vision at the margins of the ordinary flat lens. Toric lenses are an Flat eve. Toric Lens, {™Provement over the flat lens, Sreatly increasing tne efficiency of the eye. MARCUM OPTICAL CO. mayor or the council, or the gov- Let's alr his) ernor, or the legislature, are small Lat's have all the facts.| compared to the judiciary. And a judge gone wrong—under Let him] pitrary power in the hands of let him present that) prove a good man now, and Judge Root does not claim he is better The judiclary holds the) vers, yes there are judges on the now—Judges Smith @# Jurey—against whom there i# no \such malodorous record. Why \exchange elther of them for Root? |Why? Why take a chance? | A Cc IT IZ! BILLINGSLEY IS FINALLY TAKEN Logan Billingsley walked into Sheriff Hodge's office late Thurs- day afternoon and asked to be al- lowed to post his bail on a new warrant issued against him in con- }nection with liquor found last July jin his warehouse on Westlake ave. | Deputy sheriffs had failed to ar- |rest him, tho he was around his |headquarters at the Planters’ ho jtel for two days. Billingsley said he understood that prosecutions against him for |past actions were to have been dropped. Home of the Best and to See 917 First Ave. Near Madison. Mrs, Cochran Mrs, Cochran of Troy, N. Y known as the “baby” of the corps of Civil War nurses, who saw ac tive service in 1861 to 1865, she is for “anything but war." As a bride of 18, she entered th« In a chest a Wooster, O., man . bought at express sale for 30 cents | fervice as hospital nurse at Ker he found $27, two new sults of/ Kuk, Ia, She ts 73, and says Pres Clothes and a kit of burglar tools, | dent Wilson {s one of the nation’s greatest heroes for keeping out of war, “THE 6 CONVICTS TAKER OSSINING, N. Y., Oct, 20.—All of the six convicts who escaped from Sing Sing yesterday on a motor truck are back behind the bars to-| day. | Alfred Steinauer, sentenced to 20 | {years for forgery, was the last of the prisoners captured He was r the Po John D. SEND FOR FREER CATALOGUB how Few of the Real Bargains Offered at This Interesting and Most Unusual of Stores White Dregs Shirts Canvas Low_ Shoes Roys’ and Youths Wool Overcoat only nants of Blue Broad $4.50 per va Shirts, made from all wool broadcloth coats outwear any flannel shirt $1.00 tton Thread. Winifred Canvas Gun’ Covers ntico Hills estate of ut. vard Or, 3. BM. Binyoe, Jr are ground in our Alec Steve ‘axperta, workin, Mr. and Mrs, Alec Stevens, had his tists, Al head crushed and died two minutes antesd: Ip pep ally later, as the result of being run all patients, and do not pre= " Geis kar tla Unless abbolutely nénes ll Ove. by an auto driven by Carl \Johnson, a high school hoy Binyon Optical Co.}) 1116 yo Ave., near Seneca Feature W. S. KIRK’S Navy Store . Seattle, Wanh, Rag doll a Fresno, Cal., woman {had kept 20 years burst, and inside she found $180 in gold her mother had concealed there,