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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
THE sHIPBUiLDING SCANDAL.

The interest in the suit which Gov.
Odell of New York has begun against
the promoters of the shipbuilding trust,
increases. The amount for which the
suit is brought is something more than
SIPS, 900.
1t seems he purchased bonds of the
trust to the amount of 100000, but he
didn't pay par value for them. They
were sold at auction. and brought be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Gov. Oden
sold them in that way because he
wanted no question raised as to what
was received for them, since it was his
purpose to bring suit for the difference
received for them.
1t is intimated that there will be
some spicy testimony at the trial. The
promoters of the trust, which, as will
be recalled, was put into the hands of
a receiver several months ago, would
be practically ruined financially, if this
suit should go against them, because
they would have to pay back the mon
ey they received for the bonds Of the
concern. There are good many mil
lions Of these bonds, and the holders of
them would demand the return of the
money they paid for them If the suit
should be decided in favor of Mr..
Odell.
When the trust went to pieces there
was a great scandal. and it is by no
means certain there will not be anoth-
err, and a greater scandal when the
Odell case is heard. 1t wouldn't
be surprising if it should appear that
Gov. Odell obtained the bonds by
methods which. the bond promoters
will undertake to show, we're not strict
ly legitimate. Still, If he were not sure
he came by the bonds honestly II is
difhcult to see how he dared to bring
suit against the promoters OF the COM
pany. No doubt when the case comes
to trial there will be a vigorous effort
made to compel each side to tell all
they know OF the shipbuilding trust.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
THE GOVERNORsHIP OF NEW
XnRK

The contest for the governorship of
New York will have an important
bearing upon the contest for the pres
ideney. That is well understood by
both Democrats and Republicans.
Therefore each party is seeking to
make a strong nomination for Cover
nor.
few days ago it seemed certain that
former Secretary of War Root would
be the Republican nominee, notwith-
standing his letter to Gov. Odell saying
his professional engagements wouldn't
permit him to accept the nomination.
Now, however, it is about understood
that his name has been taken off the
list of possible candidates. That, of
course, is a great disappointment to
the President, who had set his heart
on having Mr.. Root carry the state for
him.
There is much uncertainty as to
whom the Republicans will nominate
Gov. Odell is understood to have a can
didate, but he is distrusted by some
of the Republican leaders. 1t is no.
ticeable that since it has become GER
tain that Mr.. Root will not be the
nominee there isn't as much conf
dence among the Republicans that Mr..
Roosevelt will carry New York, and
they are saying that he can be elected
easily without that state. He may be,
it is true, but the Republicans would
feel a great deal more comfortable if
they thought they were going to car
ry it.
When it seemed certain that Mr..
Root would be the Republican nomi-
nee the impression got abroad that
former Secretary of War Lamont
would be the Democratic. nominee, but
he isn't prominently mentioned now.
A few days ago Judge Parker said to
some Georgians who visited him at
Rosemont, that the Democratic NOM
inee would be in entire harmony with
the Democratic nominee for President.
He did not name any one, but the be-
lief now is that he had in mind Ed
ward M. Shepard, a distinguished law
yer of New York city. Mr. Shepard is
well thought of throughout the state
and would no doubt poll large vote
His nomination would be a good one,
though perhaps he wouldn't poll as
large a vote as Mr.. Lamont.
The time is close at hand when the
nominations will be made. and the
slatemakers, and small politicians are
manifesting a great deal of activity.
The South is watching the campaign
for the nomination, because of the
bearing the nomination will have on
the presidential contest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
Personal.

When the war broke out the Ii
braries on the Japanese ships were
cleared of all fiction and illustrated
papers, only technical treatises being
allowed to remain. This is in signifi-
cant contrast to the Russian ships at
Port Arthur, which were provided
with ping-pong tables.
DIR. Waldo, city of London coroner,
said in a lecture recently that
weapon in the hand of a man. who
had been murdered is always tightly
grasped; so that the fingers some
times have to be severed before 1t can
be released. In the case of suicide
there is no grasp at all.
of all the European countries
France is the most favorable to
longevity. OF every 1000 persons for
ty-four reach the age of 20. In Nor
way the number is forty, in Sweden
thirty-t three, Italy thirty-one, Switz-
erland thirty, England twenty-seven,
Germany twenty-six, Spain twenty
four, Austria twenty-three, Hungary
eighteen.
Ernest Thompson-Seton is chair
man of a society recently formed in
New York for the preservation of In
dian folk songs. The leading purpose
of the New York society is to enable
F. r. Burton to complete his re-
searches into the music lore of the
Ojibway Indians, which will be put
into volume and published, each
member to receive a copy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
WouIdn't Waste His own Time.

Charles M. Schwab, on the day he
sailed for Europe on the Kronprinz
Wilhelm, said that he believed America
offered to workingmen more oppor-
tunities than any other country, re-
lates the Pittsburg Dispatch.
1.-The workingmen, though" he add
ed, must be of the right kind. He
must not be like the Greek heard of
recently.
This chap, having come to America,
secured a good laboring job at 81 a
week. But he did not get on we'll
He was continually afraid of do
ing more than he was paid for.
''They say that a gentleman, pass
ing one day the new building the
Greek was at work on, saw him
lying on his stomach on the side
walk. His face was pale, a sue
cession of loud groans arose from him.
What is the matter with that
fellow? the gentleman said.
IAN Irishman replied that he was
sick.
% Well said the gentleman, If he
is sick, why doesn't he go to the
hospital, and get some relief?'
The Irishman laughed scornfully.
DO you think he'd go to the
hospital in his dinner hour? he
said"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

One reason why labor unions lose
so many of the battles in which they
engage is the lack OF honest and COM
petent leaders, for many of those who
get to be officers of unions are lack
ing in all the qualities of leadership.
Consequently Tabor organizations are
pretty nearly always in trouble. Some
of their officers are arrogant ond over
bearing, acting as II they owned the
earth, and making demands which are
unreasonable. Others are lacking in
judgment. They order strikes when it
is next to impossible TO win them, and
they keep employees and employers an
tagonistic to each other. Still others
are dishonest They get the high
offices OF their respective unions for
no other reason than to extort money
from employers.
one Of the alleged latter kind was
arrested In New York on Wednesday.
Philip weinseimer is his name. and
he Is the president OF an organization
OF labor unions. A charge was made
against him by a boss plumber, who
said he had extorted about 5000 from
him. According to the boss plumbers
story Weinselmer threatened 10 order
a strike on job on which he was en-
gagged n the money wasn't paid. II
the story IL true d shows the difficulty
labor unions have in getting che right
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Just Come Here,
James J. Joyce.
Business Notices-$1 Bicycle Tires, G..
w. Thomas: While Your Folks Are
Away, Sommers' Cafe; Uncolored Jap
anese Tea, A. NJ. & C. w. West.
Baseball To-day-Savannah VS.. Co
lumbia.
Specials in Gents Furnishings-Es-
tate Daniel Hogan.
Violet Toilet Cream-Rowlinski
Druggist.
A Sure Cure-Clayton & Russelrs
Blackberry Brandy.
A Delightful Shampoo. T. Shup-
trins.
Fine Fresh Fruits-The Delmonico
Ca.
A Real Pleasant Place-The South
End.
Foods-GraDe-Nuts
am Yours To-day-Fete Daley.
Green River Whisky-Henry Solomon
& Son.
If You Want Your Clothing Well
1IeSSeu-1leu GIOSS LduHuTys
And if You Cut out the Meat
Grape Nuts.
A Good CONFERENCE.-The Solomons
Co.
The Good Ones-At Lattimore's.
LIE Panic Cigars-Henry Solomon &
Son.
Is Still the Place to Find Fancy
Fruit and Vegetables-New York Cash
Grocery.
Medical-Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
A Jnnnnese Protest.

The proprietor of the Japanese tea
store on the South Side had been
much annoyed by the incessant howl
ing of his neighbours dog under his
window while he was trying to sleep.
There came a night when his pa
thence gave way, says the Rochester
Herald.
He raised the window, stuck his
head out and called to his neighbor:
Mist Jones'" he said, will you do
the kindness for request the honorable
dog that he stop his honorable bark i?
II you don't, by gosh, I'll knock his
jam head off"
The student of philosophy will not
need to be told where the native Japa-
nese politeness of the speaker left off
and the demoralizing influence of his
American environment came in.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
He Did His Best.

The high-born dame was breaking
in new footman-stupid, but honest,
says the Sporting Times
In her brougham, about to make a
round of visits, she found she had
forgotten her bits of pasteboard. So
she sent the lout back with orders to
bring some of her cards that were on
the mantelpiece in her boudoir, and
put them in his pocket.
Here and there she dropped one and
sometimes a couple, until at last she
told Jeames to leave three.
Cant do it, num-
"How's that?"
I've only got two 1eft-the ace of
spades and the seven of clubs"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
Determined POIiteneSs.

The car was entirely empty, with the
exception of one man, says a lady
writer in the Argonaut. but as 1 en-
tered he rose, made an unsteady, but
magnificent bow, and said: Madam,
pleashe be kind 'nough to asshept
thish plashe."
There was nothing else for me to do,
so l thanked him and sat down. And
for twenty blocks that idiot hung from
a strap, swaying in the breeze, with
not soul in the car but ourselves.
Occasionally 1 have been taken for
other women; but 1 never knew before
any one to think that l was carful.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania.
was reviewing the state militia at Get
tysburg. A young staff officer describ-
ed to him in a low voice some unirn-
portant error that had been made.
says the Baltimore Herald. but as
to the cause of the error. sir" he said,
that is a mystery
Gov. Pennypacker smiled.
If it is a mystery" he said, ut is
like the picked pork disaster that be-
fell two Pennsylvania Dutchmen, Hans
and Fritz.
These two men bought a lot of
picked pork in partnership. They put
it in a barrel and stored IL away in
the cellar Of Hans home. Now Hans,
though Pennsylvania Dutchman,
was dishonest. The combination Is
rare.
well the morning after the deal
in picked pork Fritz met Hans on
the road.
Good morning, Hans he said. is
there any news about our picked
pork?'
" Fritz, Hans answered gravely.
there is news, and bad news. A
strange thing has happened. 1t is a
mystery to me-
q" Wen, Hans, tell me all about it,
said Fritz.
Fritz, my friend Il was like this
said HltN. This morning / went
down cellar to get a piece OF pork for
my breakfast and ! put my hand
down I'm the barrel and felt around
In the brine and there was no pork
there. 1t was all gone-all gone COM
pletely. So then / turned up the bar
rel and, as true as you are alive, the
rats had eaten a hole clean through
the bottom and dragged the pork all
out
Fritz was amazed and stunned
Why didn't the brine run out OF
the hole? he asked
An. Fritz, said the other. that's
the mystery. That's the mystery %
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
Song of the Scum.

One evening this spring Mr.. Lewis
Nixon, the shipbuilder, and his wife
were taking dinner at the Waldorf, ac-
cording to the New York Herald. At
the next table Mr.. Nixon saw and
spoke to a young architect whom he
knew. He was evidently entertaining
some out-of-towner. as the latter's ia
BILE manners were not the daintiest; in
fact, he looked like a Westerner.
The following day Mr.. Nixon met the
architect down town and said:
Hello friend! Have a good dinner
last night ?"
Yes, great"
"Hows your friend from Chicago?"
He's all right. But how did you
know he was from Chicago?"
Il overheard him eating his SOUP"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
How He Remembered.

Everybody knew how absent-minded
was Senator Lamar of Mississippi. He
habitually was forgetful of everything
and everybody except his friends, says
the New York Tribune. For years he
suffered untold Affections because of
constantly mislaying his eyeglasses
and SuSpenders.
While an Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court he one day beamingly con-
fided to friend that all of those trou-
bles were over; that his eyeglasses
and suspenders never more would trou-
bic him.
How did you manage it?" inquired
his friend
"Oh, had a pair of eyeglasses sew
ed to every one of my vests, and a pair
of suspenders to every pair of trous-
ers."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
Right One.

You know" said the man on the car.
according to the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, 1--WE have two telephones in the Of
fee, and whoever answers the phone
is expected to say at which one you
ara wanted.
well, we've got a new office boy,
and the bell rang the other day. He
answered it, and went to the manager.
You're wanted at the telephone he
said, by a lady
Which one asked the boss, think
ing of the phones, of course
Please sir, stammered the boy, T.
L think it's your wife"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
TEETH AND LONCEVITY.

There is an old saying that most
men dig their graves with their teeth"
While conceding that there is a solid
basis of truth for the observation, DR..
Roger $. Tracy, in a magazine article,
expresses the opinion that many more
persons do this with false teeth than
with natural ones. According to his
view, the achievements of modern den
tistry are not without their disadvant-
ages, and that a perfectly fitting and
comfortable set of false teeth may act
ually work great injury to the wearer
Mankind is started upon the road of
life without teeth. The infant can di-
gest only liquid food, hence has no
need of teeth. In the course of a few
years, however, the teeth appear, and
the child begins to crave more solid
food. With the coming of the perma-
nent, second set of teeth the digestive
apparatus achieves it's full power. With
advancing years the teeth are lost one
by one. Another change is taking place
in the system, and the dropping of
the teeth is a signal of the fact that
the power of digestion and assimila-
ton is not what it once was; that the
body does not need and cannot take
care of the kinds of food it demanded
at an earlier period. The average time
for the beginning of the falling of the
teeth is about the age of As. though
in individual cases it may begin much
earlier or considerably later.
With the loss of the natural teeth
one has recourse to the dentist who
puts in artificial ones, on plates or
otherwise. The false teeth are hailed
with pleasure, and the wearer imag-
ines that because he can chew with
them, he is at liberty to eat anything
he likes; that all he has to do is to
chew the food and swallow it, and that
nature will do the rest. DR.. Tracy
says this is a mistake. False teeth,
he says, do not rejuvenate the diges-
tive apparatus. The system of the av-
erage person of so years requires soft
foods, and If he puts heavy foods into
his stomach merely because he is able
to chew them with his false teeth, he
does himself harm instead of good. He
gives the dentists credit for excellent
work. and the ability to give an old
! man a good-looking mouth, but holds
that the danger of artificial dentation
lies in the fact that it induces elderly
people to eat unwisely.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20
THE MURPHY-McCARRE TRoU-

The fight going on between Mr.. Muir
| ply. the Tammany leader, and Mr. Nc
Carren, the leader of the Kings Coun-
~ Democracy, is beginning to give the
! Democratic leaders of New York some
| uneasiness. With the exception of
| that fight the outlook for a Democratic
victory in New York at the next cleo
ton is extremely favorable 1t is said
Mr.. Murphy is just as hostile to Judge
| Parker now as he was before the lat
ter was nominated. II he were not, he
would be in consultation with McCar-
rem for the purpose of devising ways
and means for bringing out the biggest
vote ever cast in Greater New York. In
stead of preparing for a successful
campaign he is doing practically moth
ing, except to conduct a fight on Nc
Carren.
He is insisting that McCarren shall
withdraw from the Craftsmanship of
the Executive Committee of the Dem
ocratic State Committee, and he is
trying to make the National Demo-
cratic Committee and the friends of
Judge Parker join him in the war on
McCarren. OF course the National
Committee isn't going to mix up in
local fight, If it can avoid doing so, and
IL is unreasonable to expect Judge
Parker and his friends to become in
volved in local political contest in
which there is much feeling.
Mr.. Murphy threatens to make big
scandal if McCarren doesn't withdraw.
According to what is appearing in the
papers he will undertake to show that
McCarren has long been a protector Of
vice and crime. 1t may be that Nc
Carren is prepared to retaliate, though
there is no announcement that he will.
1t is impossible for this war between
Murphy and McCarren to go on with
out injury to the Democratic party in
New York. The Tammany district
leaders recognize that, and. hence
they are almost to a man in favor of
calling 1t off until after the election. In
some of the Democratic papers of New
York the suggestion is thrown out that
it would be advisable to remove Muir
ply from the position he holds as the
head of the Tammany organization.
There is no doubt that Judge Parker
will need a very large majority in New
York city to carry New York state.
Murphy and McCarren can give him
that majority If they will abandon
their quarrel until after the election,
but how to get them to abandon it is
one of the problems that no one has
yet been able to solve.
1t must be said in McCarren's behalf
that he is not making war on Murphy
He is simply defending himself and
endeavoring to retain his Brooklyn
leadership. Neither Judge Parker
nor the National Committee has an ex-
cuse for interfering with him, and it
seems certain they will not permit
themselves to become involved in the
trouble. They are becoming anxious,
however, to have the differences be-
tween Murphy and McCarren settled
because a continuance of the fight may
cause Judge Parker to lose New York.
Without that state he hasn't of course
any chance of being elected President.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

In looking into the causes Of the pol
hutton Of the Potomac river at Wash
ington. Maj. Sylvester has discovered
that much of it comes from the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing, part
of the Treasury Department. What
would have been the effect II the Post
Office Department had been situated
near the river is a question yet un-
solved.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

Acting Secretary of Navy Darling
seems to have hit upon plan of solv-
ing the liquor problem. He refused to
grant the request of the Connecticut
w. c. T. U. that. the new battleship
named after that state be christened
with water. Secretary Darling in his
reply to the request states that the la
dies should be happy because the wine
which is broken on the bow of the new
vessel can do no harm to any person.
He further suggests that it might be
a good idea to wash all the battleships
in wine. Beyond doubt Mr.. Darling
is not opposed to wasting good
liquor" but on the contrary. seems to
believe that the more there is of it in
the sea the better off the world would
be-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

Newport society is in revolt because
all the men who attend the ball given
by Mrs. Herman Oelrich must wear
knee breeches. This order was TOO
much and Newport is again trying TO
share attention with the presidential
campaiRn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

A man arrested in New York for
bigamy had for his only excuse lapse
OF memory. He claims he forgot he
had another wife. That first wife must
be an exceptionally quiet woman to
be so completely forgotten by the man
who lived with her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

Mr.. Theodore Cox, ex-president of the
New York State League of Republican
Clubs, has announced that he will
support Parker and Davis this fall.
At the same time Mr.. w. G.. Choate
publicly states that he is going to do
all he can to further the election of
Parker. And Mr.. Choate is a brother
of the ambassador to England. Both
gentlemen are attorneys of note in
New York city and they give as their
ground for boiling the party they have
always supported heretofore, the fla
grant disregard of the constitution
shown by the chief executive.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City has fined
a man SIS for kissing his wife. Evil
IDENTIFY the Atlantic City Mayor has
considerable sympathy for the Western
woman who applied for divorce be-
cause her husband was too loving.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-20

kind Of men to manage them. There
are but few such labor leaders as the
late Mr.. Arthur. the chief of Locomo-
tive Engineers, was. With such lead
ers as he was there would be very
few differences between labor and cap
ital