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Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
Brief Local Items
Case is Dismissed

The case against Lum Stoltz, charged with assaulting the dog catcher and cutting his lariat with a knife. was dismissed when the case was called yesterday. the Mexican dog catcher being unable to produce any witnesses.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
Married Sunday

Balenzuella were united in marriage
 Sunday evening at the home of the
 bride in Brewery gulch, Judge Morris
 High performing the ceremony with the assistance Of Court Interpreter Frank Thomas.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09

has been s and IA cents. On IA i-2 cent copper. even the higher figure would permit a profit per pound of 61-4 cents or about SlS5,00O per month based upon current operations.
 The Miami concentrates have been sih1pped under contract across the Mexican border to the Greene-Can anea smelter, the shelter product be ing forwarded to the Raritan Coppei works for refining Neither smeltine or refining contracts called for sale of copper which privilege the com pany retained for itself.
 Miami has recently sold copper for I41-2 cents f. O. b. New York cash.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09

of cases to he tried at the session of the federal court at Phoenix. left yes. terday for Tucson. Mir. Morrison and his clerk. F. Dupen, will leave Satur- day for Phoenix.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
NOTICE OF SToCKHoLDERS AN.
 NUAL MEETING.

Notice Is hereby given that the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Pitts Royalty company, will be held at the office of I. w Wallace
 on Monday evening, April Sth, 1912 at eight o'clock. 7s
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
Assistant Attorney Leaves

o. T. Richey. assistant United States attorney. who has been in Bis bee for several days assisting U. $. Attorney Morrison in the preparation
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
To Send 6oay Home

The body oi R. H. White, who was accidentally killed at the Sacramento shaft Saturday morning. will bee sent to the former home of the dead man this afternoon by the 0. K. undertak- CTS. Thomas Lerwll. friend. will accompany he body.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
Dauahter Born.

Born to Mir. and Mrs. Dan B. Seed, at the Copper Queen hospital yester- day. a daughter.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
MOTHER OF
 LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Her Health - Happiness For Those Who Take
 Her Advice.

Scottville, Mich. -" want to tell you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
PIANIST

Wishes engagement for orchestra, dance, etc. Mrs. J. r. Sullivan, Phone 552. 70
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-02-13
Solved
by Strategy
Civilian Was Given Commits.
sion That Ranked Him and
tie Quickly Took
the Hint

Bring me a commission Immediately
for Alexander X. Mcclure as asssta Mt
ndjutant general OF the United States
volunteers with the rank of major"
The adjutant general bowed himself
out, when | immediately said to Lin
coin that could not consent to be
subject to arbitrary military orders
that ! desired no compensation for the
work ! performed and | must decline
the honor he proposed to confer upon
me.
In his quiet way he replied: "Well.
Mcclure. try my way. | think that
will get the troops ON without delay
and without treading on anybody's
toes. think II you will take your
commission back to Harrisburg. call
upon the captain In command there to
muster you into the service of the
United States and show him your as
signment to duty there you will have
no trouble whatever in getting the
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-02-13
His Charac-
ter Analysed
by a Presi-
dent, an Ex.
President and
Other Noted
Americans.
By WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT:

r DON'T think II is too much to say
that Lincoln had the most judicial
temperament of any man In MIS-
tory. He considered the arguments of
his opponents with all the fairness of
John Stuart Mill and preserved that
calm judicial consideration of the
views Of every one that became i'm.
portant. and In his disagreement with
them he left nothing more than the
application Of an apt story or clear
Euclidlike demonstration of error with
out sting. With his love of truth. the
supreme trait Of his intellect. accom-
panied by conscience that insisted
on the right as he knew 1t. with a
great heart full of tenderness. we have
the combination that made Lincoln one
Of the two greatest Americans.
The south knows as the north knows
now that there Is no soul that unites
them In perfect amity like that of
Abraham Lincoln. The south knows
as the north knows that every admin.
tstration that removes another cause
of misunderstanding between the sec-
tons OF that brings them closer to-
gether in any way is acting under the
inspiration of him who could love his
entire country with uniiminished ar
dor when nearly one-half was seeking
to destroy its integrity.
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BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT:

II INCOLN saw into the future with
the prophetic imagination usual
ly vouchsafed only to the poet
and the seer. He had in him all the
lift toward greatness of the visionary.
without any Of the visionary's fanati-
cism or egotism, without any of the
visionary's narrow Jealousy of the
practical man and inability to strive
in practical fashion for the realization
of an ideal He had the practical
mans hard common sense and will
ingness to adapt means to ends. but
there was In him none of that NOR
bid growth of mind and soul which
blinds SO many practical men to the
higher things of life. No more practi-
cal man ever lived than, this homely
backwoods idealist, but he had moth
Ing in common with those practical
men whose cOnsciences are warped un-
til they fail to distinguish between
good and evil. fail to understand that
strength, ability, shrewdness. whether
in the world of business or of politics,
only serve to make their possessor a
more noxious, more evil member of
the community II they are not guided
and controlled by fine and high NOR
al sense.
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81 HANDED HIM MY COMMISSION. ="


troops organized and forwarded as
rapidly as you WISH Now try It. won't
your
saw the wisdom Of the suggestion
and well understood why the president
desired to avoid the offense that would
have been given by the removal Of the
military officers. and agreed to try
his plan. When I returned to Harris
burg the next day l sent for the senior
officer to come to my Office. He came
In with all the dignity and arrogance
OF an offended Caesar and spoke to me
with bare civility.
quietly handed him my commits
sion. requested him to muster me into
the military service and also exhibited
the order assigning me for duty at
Harrisburg, When he saw my com
mission his, hat was Immediately ne
moved and he was as obseQuiOus as he
had been InsoleDt before.
When he had finished mastering me
into the service | said I'd him; II pre-
sume you understand what this means.
I don't propose to make any display
of military authority or TO interfere
with anything except that which l
have Immediately In hand. There must
be u regiment OF troops mustered and
forwarded from this state every day
until the troops In camp are all sent
TO the field. Good morning" He I'm
mediately bowed himself out saluting
In military style as he did so, grace
that had not yet mastered sufficient
ly to return. and from that day until
the camp was emptied OF conscripts a
regiment OF troops was mustered daily
and forwarded to Washington.
That was the only military authority
] ever exercised, and few knew Of the
military dignity I had so suddenly at.
tained, When the troops We're for
warded to the field and the accounts
settled resigned my commission as
quietly as | received II and sent my
resignation 10 the president, who, as
he had voluntarily promised. ordered
its immediate acceptance,
The officer who was thus 50 unex-
pectedly superseded and who was so
promptly made 70 render efficient serv-
Ice TO the country by Lincoln's admlra-
BILE strategy IL no longer among the
living. and omit his name. He learn
ed how Lincoln could discipline sol
der. and he profted by the lesson
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,gaAlne them promptly | would return
snA antsh the work: " not. would
kAandon II and 40 home.
k4ac0in was greatly panied at the de-
vcAopnent. but he understood that n
SShAAge OF military officers at Harris
't&arg such as this occasion seemed TO
aeGaand would involve serious political
essnptlcations. He was OF all things
nnest desirous TO strengthen our shat
tRxea armies. and II was evident very
econ that he meant TO do so In some
way, but without offepse 10 the pOliti.
cal power that controlled the military
assignments at Harrisburg,
without intimating his solution Of
the problem he rang his bell and In
structed his messenger 10 bring Al
1ufant General Thomas TO the execu
dive chamber. Soon after the adjutani
sgenerai appeared. und Lincoln said
-General. what Is the military rink OF
ahe senior officer at Harrisburgf" Il
HNhich the adiutant general replied
captain. sir" and naming the officer
4 xlncoln promptly said In reply
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By HENRY wATrrRsoN:

DEvILED even as the Man Of Gah-
IN lee. slain even as the Man Of Cali
lee. yet as gentle and unoffending.
man who died for menI Roll the
stone from the grave and what shall
we seer Just an American. the Dec
laration OF Independence his confession
Of faith. the constitution of the United
States his ark and covenant of liberty,
the Union his redoubt. the Tag his
shibboleth.
Called like one of old. within hand
ful OF years he rose at supreme mo-
ment to supreme command. fulfilled
the law Of his being and passed from
the scene an exhalation OF the dawn of
freedom. We may still hear his CHEEKY
voice bidding us be of good heart, sure
that fright makes might" entreating
us to pursue with frmness In the
right as God gives us to see the right"
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several OF his old nelghbors, who. con.
tradlct these unwarranted Statements.
maintaining that his home life, was a
thoroughly happy one and that his
marriage was in no sense Il mistake.
John W. Bum. president or the
Springfield Marine bank. knew Mr.
Lincoln, well from the time he went to
Springfield as law student In 1897
untit the. time OF his assassination In
1861 Itk q recent interview concerning
this matter he said: ~ ~
.'It ;s downright mean the why peo
pie. who ought to be In better busi
ness -they know better. believe--do
lie aboiit the Lincoln family Mrs
Lincoln was a pretty woman. cult
waited and witty. a model OF motherly
devotion and the soul OF southern hos
pitality, She came TO Springfield from
Louisville, KY. but her sympathies
were not with the south. as has so
often been stated She married Mr.,
Lincoln instead Of Judge Douglas. and
her self sacrificing ambition did more
than nny other Influence to make Abra
ham Lincoln president"
Speaking OF Mr.. Lincoln's bearing
before the community and OF his so
slai standing. Mr. Bum denies chat he
Mas ever treated with vulgar familiar.
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at him. This was more than the little
sumed the entire responsibility of the
matter. and the challenge followed,
and Lincoln would have his fun with
Shields even to the extent of duel.
"The upshot of 1t all was" continued
the doctor. that Miss Todd became
feconciled to Mi. Lincoln THEY were
believed to have been engaged-at least
there had been an understanding be-
tween them. and they had quarreled
He was sensitive and morbid. and she
was sensitive and high strung. and so
trouble had ensued. After Mr. Lin
coin had 30 gallantly risked his life
to shield Miss Todd. however, she re-
Tented. and they were married in the
fall Of 1912
ut was about the first time the
Episcopal marriage service was used
here, and old Judge Browne, hearing
the groom promise to endow his wife
with all his worldly goods exclaimed
as soon as the ceremony was over,
Grace TO Goshen. Lincoln. the statute
6xes all thatr" When the doctors at.
tention was called to the story that a
previous date had been set for this
ceremony and that Lincoln failed to
put in an appearance he said: mo,
know Of no such occurrence. None
Of us ever heard Of 1t. The story came
out long after Lincoln's death and
Mrs. Lincoln's hopeless illness, True.
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SENATOR CUllOM'S ESTIMATE
OF iINCOlN'S APPEARANCE

Mr.. Lincoln was regarded generally as
IN ung,unly man, and yet on occasions
hc appeared TO me to be superior In
dignity and nobility TO almost any 9TH
or man whom ! have ever seen. was
present when the committee from the
national convention that gave him his
first nomination for president came to
Springfield to notify him OF his nomi-
nation, remember that he stood in
the rear of the double parlor OF his
home, and as Hon. George r. Ashman.
president OF the convention. present
ed the delegation one by one to him
{ thought that he looked the superior
man that he gas to any one present.
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Mrs. w. B. Mccoy has returned to
her home on East Chestnut street af-
ter a several days visit with relatives
in Upper Sandusly and other points in
the northern part of the state.
Mrs. Robert Grimm of this city has
received word of the serious illness
Of Mrs. Mary White of East Vine
street who is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Wells. of Lima, Ohio.
Mr. Scott Hardesty and Mr. James
Graff went to Bellville Saturday morn
ing on business.
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BY Justice CHARLES e. HUGHES

A BRAHAM LINCOLN was an
"A acute man. But we erect no
monuments to shrewdness.
Lincoln was man of principle.
He ever sought for the foundation
principle and built upon 1t with sure
confidence that the house which was
founded upon the rock could not be
destroyed by the storm. He was pro-
foundly an apostle Of liberty. but for
liberty under the law. developed and
applied In accordance with constitu-
tional principle. He was man who
met each demand as It arose. To the
radicals he was too conservatives: to
the conservatives he was too radical.
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fly by the people here. Those who
profess TO ha'ye been familiar with
Mr.. Lincoln add speak of calling him
Abe are presuming on ignorance. The
people Of Springfield knew him only
as Mr.. Lincoln He was young
lawyer when he came here In the
spring of 1897. but he had been, a
member of the Legislature for two
terms and as the leader of the Long
Nine had done more than any, other
man to bring about the removal OF the
state capital from vandalia TO Spring.
field They may have called him Abe
In Indiana and out here In New Salem,
where he spent his boyhood and youth.
but not in Springhelds~ Naturally many
hnve wished to make 1t appear that
they We're intimate with Mr.. Lincoln.
80 in their imaginary conversations
which they repeat they disprove. In
stead OF prove. by telling how they
called him Abe and the like. MIR. and
| Mrs. Lincoln were both charming peo-
pie. 1t Is outrageous the way they
have been maligned"
Another friend OF Lincoln's still liv-
ing Ia Springfield. who met him first
in 1896 and who knew him intimately
after he became president. is DR.. Will
liam Jayne DR.. Jayne. by the way.
was territorial governor Of Dakota
under Mr., Lincoln during his first nd
ministration The doctor said:
II 6rst knew Mr.. Lincoln In 1896,
seventy.6ve years ago He was still
living In New Salem and was deputy
surveyor and postmaster of that vii.
lage, had served one term In the legis-
lattire ana was a candidate for re-
something about the ungainly and
poorly clothed young man that foretold
to an observing person a bright future
In public life NV first sight of him
was ut the dinner table In the common
dining room of the Rutledge tavern.
where he always stopped when in
Springfield
AFTER dinner drove with my fnther
to Huron-a little town not far out
from Springfield where my father
owned store In partnership with N.
w. Edwards, afterward Mr.. Lipcoln's
brother-in-law. In conversation with
Mr.. Edwards my father said to him.
] remember, That young man Lincoln
will some day be governor Of Illinois,
! was then boy of ten and thought
my father must be jesting. for | had
seen In Springfield two governors OF
Iilinois-Einian Edwards of Relleview
and Joseph Duncan OF Jacksopyille.'
They were both well dressed men.
drove In their own carriages, with fne
horses and colored coachmen. MT.
Lincoln certainly did not look much
like these men. but my fathers fore.
sight was better tban his sons. for In
a little over twenty years Mr. Lincoln
was president OF the United States.
81 was present at the marriage Of
Abraham lincoln and Mary Todd. and
n pretty Wedding II seemed to me. then
a lad OF sixteen. My sister was Mary
Todd's bridesmaids: they were insep.
arabic friends. II wns this same sis
ter, Julia, and Miss Todd who wrote
the second letter signed 'Rebecca OF
the Lost Townships that so enraged
Mr. Shields that he challenged Lin
coin to fight that ridiculous duel about
which 50 much has been said and writ
ten Mr.. Lincolp had written the first
'Rebecca' letter poking fun ut the
Democrats. but Mary and Julia's letter
was too personal. ridiculfng Shields
! sanity and setting everybody laughing
& IL .
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How Lincoln
Problem
Recruiting Officer Who Was
Slow About Moving Troops
Received Effective
Lesson

tcoionei Alexander X. Mcclure, for
eneny years. editor Of the Philadelphia
Times, was closely associated with
President Lincoln during the civil war.
The accompanying narration Of a little
known episode that shows Lineoln's
quick wit and tact is taken from Colo
pel MoClure's book. "Lincoln and Men
ik War Timss."l
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q, ALEXANDER X. MCCLURE.


~ RECALL a pointed illustration OF
LncOlns rare sogacity when
confronted with embarrassing
political complications that oc-
ousred In 1862. when ! was in charge
ef the military department OF Penn
xyiyauia. pertaining to the draft for
xreops made under the state law.
Harrisburg was an important center
~ military supplies, as well as the
poiiticai center Of the state. Immense
Aarmy contracts were there awarded
and executed under officers assigned
% duty at that PLACE.
After the draft had been made the
eDascripts began to pour into the cap
Atai by thousands, and. as the demand
FOR re-enforcements In the field was
very pressing. i called upon the mill
cary officer iof the city and urged upon
tzim the necessity of mastering the
new men as promptly as possible. To
xny surprise. he mustered only two
companies the first day out Of thou
aaand men. On the second day. not.
understanding my earnest appeal to
ihim. he mustered no more than two
companies. and ON the third day. when
IL had over 5000 men In camp. mere
snob. without organization or disci-
'pline the same tedious process OF mus
Tering was continued.
I I telegrapbed Secretary Stanton that
n bad many men In camp and that
sthey were arriving in large numbers
Iont TINT / could not have them mus.
eered-that could forward n regiment
rsf troops every day II the government
would furnish the officers to muster
sand organize them. A prompt answer
came that 1t would be done. The fol-
1pwing morning a new officer appear
cd. OF course subordinate to the com.
mandant of the place who had charge
Of the mastering, and he promptly
mustered an entire regiment the first
day on the, following morning he
wRs relieved from duty and ordered
~efsewhere. and the mastering again
dell back to two companies day.
In the meantime over 1000 men had
was evident that the question of sup
plying the camp and the interests of
,cUntractors Ind become paramount to
che reinforcement Of the army. tel
'-egrapbed Lincoln that would see him
On Washington that night and hurried
<sn u correct the evil by personal con-
sterence with him. The case was a
ssry simple one. and he readily took
On She situation. He knew that | had
aabored day and night for two months,
without compensation or the expecta.
NaaoR OF 1t. TO hasten the Pennsylvania
HrSops to the aid Of our soldiers In the
0eid, aud | said to him that II he
FwOald send mastering officers to or
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-02-13
By BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ,
MY first knowledge Of Abraham
WV Lincoln came in this way:

Uk brst knowledge OF Abraham
IVA Lincoln came in this way: I
wns awakened early one morn
ing before the dawn OF day. as lay
wrapped in bundle of rags on the
dirt ;ioor OF our slave cabin. by the
prayers of my mother. just before leav-
Ing for her days work. as she was
kneeling over me. earnestly praying
that Abraham Lincoln might succeed
and that one day she and her boy
might be free. . As an individual.
grateful as | am to Lincoln for free
dom Of body. my gratitude is. still
greater for freedom Of soul. the iIber-
ty which permits one to live up In that
atmosphere where he refuses to permit
sectional or racial hatred to drag down
10 warp and narrow MS soul. .
Lincoln lives today because he had the
courage which made him refuse to
hate the man at the south and the man
nt the north when they did not agree
NTH him
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'Herndon gives II currency In his Life
Of Lincoln but there must have been
a mistake somewhere. The Judge and
Iwere friends. He claimed that Mrs.
Lincoln told him the story herself. but
he and she We're never very friendly.
II is simply one OF those occurrences
no one can explain"
The Lincoln home in Springfield re-
mains very much ms II was when the
Iincolns occupied II. q number Of the
rooms having in them the same rurni-
ture used by them before they left for
Washington, The house is owned by
the state and is occupied by the fami-
ly ~ A. s. Edwards. son OF n w.
Edwards. who was Mr. Lincoln's
trother-in-law. The house is open to
tie public.
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FOUND GUILTY
OF MURDER

Scranton, Pa, Feb. 10. - william
Bishie, 1S, who shot and killed irwin
Berger, an express messenger, while
riding an express car on the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western rail.
road last November, was convicted
II p;urder ia the first degree.
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DOMESTIC LIFE
OF Mr.. LINCOLN
90 Hfw 80 rvv"W ~ nmpSFM on
BY J. II. ROCKWELL.

Copyright by American Press Associa-
ton. l9i2I
~ many misstatements have been
- made touching the domestic
~ life Of Mr. Lincoln as to create
u very general impression that
his mariage was most unhappy one
Just how these falsehoods got into
print 1t is somewhat difficult to say,
but there are still living In Springfield
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-01
NOW Up
To TIL:
GOVERNOR
CAPITAL PROPOSITION IS
TRASMITTTD BY SECRE-
TARY TO EXECUTIVE

Guthrc's state capital proposition
is now up 10 Governor Cruce to issue
thc election proclamation according "a
the lollowine notification received
last night by 49, Guthrie Chamber oi
Commerce from Secretary OF state
Harrison
70 Ills Excellency The Governor OF
Oklahoma Sir
This is 10 certify that on Juty r.
1912. there was filed ia the office OF
the secretary OF state OF tho state of
oklahoma an initiative petition
STYLED state Question So % lniria-
tive Petition No 81 with a ballot title
as follows:
"Ths gisl of ibis proposition is 70
locate the capital of the state of Ok
lahoma at Guthrie. Oklahoma The
petition has 5l.5i3 signatures AZ
greater number than is necessary 70
initiate a bin according TO law. VIII
ress my hand and official seal this
Goth day of july A. D. 1922. Ben. h.
Harrison. secretary of state.