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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

THE convention. According 10 the in
formation received here the Roosevelt
adherents went to one corner OF the hall
after the administration supporters had
by an overwhelming majority elected the
temporary chairman OF the convention.
They sat In a Corner.
From their place in the corner Of the
hall. so IL is asserted. the Roosevelt bolt
ers attempted TO break up the convention.
The Taft managers anticipate that such
schemes Will be repeated in a good many
Of the southern conventions during the
next few weeks.
Much surprise Is expressed here that
George W Perkins Of the steel trust
and the harvester trust was not assigned
an important place in the management Of
the Roosevelt candidacy. Thus far he
has been the head and front Of the Roose-
welt movement lie has furnished most
Of the 'sinews Of war" and Is really re-
sponsible for whatever has been done In
the way Of organization OF various states.
The La Toilette people thoroughly un-
dcrstand this. In a statement given out
on the Pacific coast yesterday, W. L.
Houser. manager Of the La Toilette cam
paign. declared that Roosevelts chief
hackers are Perkins, Frank A. Munsey.
Dan r. Hanna. the Cleveland steel man
indicted for Relating. and others. who
are either directors or large stockholders
In the steel trust.
As II Is. the so-ealled Roosevelt ma
tionsl committee, Of which Senator Joseph
A. Dixon Of Montana 10 TO be the ''eom-
mander-in-chief." is largely made up Of
men who turned on President Taft be-
cause he did not appoint them to office.
or did not otherwise favor them as they
thought they should have been favored.
II Is taken for granted here that Roose-
welt picked the members Of his national
committee. General surprise Is expressed
that this committee did not contain the
name Of a single insurgent or progress
slve republican with the exception Of
Senator Dixon. the "eommander-in-chlef
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Domestic Troubles
and Financial Worry
Cause Of Suicide

OXFORD. Neb.. March 3.-tSpecial
Telegram -Joe Robertson. a second
hand dealer. who came here from Brush.
Colo, about four months ago, committed
suicide by shooting this morning. Coroner
Hopping Of Beaver City ordered an in
quest II IL said the cause Of the sui
eide was a combination Of financial
troubles and domestic difficulties. The
county attorney was ordered to make a
further investigation here. but it is re-
ported he formerly lived at Paxton.
Neb.. coming from Ohio 10 that place.
II is said that ne has a wife and two
children living in Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Delegates for
Taft Elected Already

washInston cOrrespOnaenoe Of the InaianapIn. News
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

CoZAD. Neb.. March 2-tSpeeiaL THE
cozaA Commercial Club and the Retail
Dealers association a. give joint good
fellowship banquet Cd the evening OF
March =. Several speakers Of note will
be on the program and piAss for boosting
the town for the coming pear viii be
considered
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
harrington Bu.ine.- ooIieEe Open.

HARRINGTON. Neb., March 1-fspe-
clall-The Harrington Business and Nor
mai college win open In this city Monday.
March IL with an enrolment Of fifty
Students The college embraces instrue-
ton In business. agriculture and normal
training. 7. @. BogEs and W. J. Palmer,
recently Of the Aosher q LAmpman Com
mereial college Of Omaha, will have charge
Of the school
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
Too Much Freight


~ only supply
papers every
n
All the big hard pushed for but it the
particularly
through traffic.
loaded while the big
pretence them for their
this situation become that of the short
Teloading functions
spite unprecedented freight
with dispatch less congestion than
muthf individual
railroads Ss55ooooo without
efficiency hand and afterwards
to reply railway
good thinking
attention railroad operating officials
the plant to the practical limit
efficiency of the unit, viii
saving
mot all
previous
factory points
precedent everywhere
series Of fat year-un somebody puts sand in the cylinder
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
THE ARTFUL ONE
CBy F. St. 1Iars.)

n ETWEEN the tall columns of the
birch and oak and ash touched
- here and there to a darker shade
by the deep green of Scotch fir, the
warm autumn sunlight filtered down.
Emboldened by the qutetness, a grand
old cock pheasant suddenly stepped out
into one of the almost lawn like grass
rides" which +tk keepers kept cut in
the woods - assist in trayersing the
leafy--glades. He looked a grand bird
ind n as he stood there clad in his
beautiful dress of fiery copper red,
PICKED out with purpliSh penciilings.
dainty buff, leaf brown, and bronze,
Tith his green head purple neck feath-
ers, white collar, blood red spectacles,
long banded tail, and strong Wickedly-
Spurred legs. We have said, too. that
he was an old bird, and that in
the wild means necessarily a cunning
bird, for there is no health in innO-
cCnce in the wild.
The old cock had been standing just
within the shelter of the hazel Wands
OF the edge of the ride" watching and
listening, and mOtiOnless as a statue.
He knew, you see, that all this appcr-
ent peace was only make believe. Now
he dainty, slowly stalked about
hunting, fowl fashion for acOrns and
the bulvOus roots of several plants he
knew OF. Apparently he found quite q
banquet among the moss under most
aged oak but he never forgot himself.
Every few seconds his head went up,
and he stood as still as q tree root, lis
tening.
W-r-rrrhi Thump-
The cat landed, with all her claws
OGtspread, bang on the spot where the
pleasant had stood, without warning,
without any more sound than quick
rustic.
But the pheasant wasn't there. His
keen alertness had given him just
seconds warning in which to move and
he had taken a sharp little run to one
side. This did not give him time to
rise, however, for the cat was round
and upon him like a flash. but it
knocked out the cats usual old trump
card, the element of surprise. He was
ready. He had time to know what was
Coming-Warning to face the rush. And
he did, for he was no coward, our old
cock pheasant though very careful Of
his skin.
Now that cat was rather young and
inexperienced. It was her second slip
from virtue in the paths of pOaching.
In her first she had killed a very young
cock pheasant rather easily Therefore,
I think, her surprise with this. old bird
was the greater.
As the cat reached him, the old
pheasant jumped up in the air about a
foot to meet her, and struck, quick as
a flash, with his long, sharp spurs,
straight at her face, just as a game
cock will The cat, nearly blinded and
amazed, stopped dead, forgetting to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
The Herald's Daily
ShortStOry

spring clear, and instantly her head fell
under such a rain of tearing, ripping
blows that 1t was a marvel how her
eyes escaped at all. Indeed, had not the
instincts of her race come to the res
cue, causing her to roll over at once
upon her back and strike with all four
feet at once, she must have lost her
eNeSfght Even, then, however, she had
a lively two minutes with the old cock
now fairly worked up into a rage, leap
ing and dancing in and out, and striking
with those rending spurs of his, be-
lore she saw an opening, and, leaping
to her feet, bOlted into the underwood
for dear life. Then the fine old bird
drew himself up erect and, Tapping his
wings crOwed Justify.
1t must have been about two hours
later when the old cock pheasant saw
some men climbing over a gate, and ran
back, crOuching, to the cOpse.
He mad not much iear of the ordinary
farm labOrers, but these men We're so
many, and so quiet and had dogs with
them.
Half an hour later when he was
prospecting for beach mast in the heart
Of the cOpSe, he became aware Of the
fact that the wood suddenly began to
talk-to speak in tap tappings, as If
there were many telegraph receivers"
all working at once. He put his head
to listeni perhaps he recognized the
SOund.
In few minutes rabbit passed him,
its eyes starting with terror. A min
ute later a fox went gallOping by, and
q minute after that three more rabbits
came along lien suddenly he realized
that he could hear all the wild folk Of
the wOOds-rabbits, foxes, stOats, pneas-
ants-passing him on either hand
stealthily and alarmed-au going in
one direction. And next moment the
bushes heaved apart, and a man-ap-
peared- The man had Il stick, with
which he was tapping the trees and
bushes. Another man could be seen to
the right Of the first, and others to the
left.
The old cock pheasant turned and
ran quietly through the tangle till he
reached the edge Of the corpse. Then
he stopped, for he found a chaos of ter
rified rabbits and pheasants racing up
and down.
Peering out, the old pheasant instant
~ took in the situation. Some half
dozen men with guns were waiting in
Silence. A pheasant rose in front Of
those tapping sticks, and others fol-
lowed.
Then the man outside sprang to life
guns flashed and Numbered every
where: pheasants came down headlOng;
rabbits fell and died.
But our old cock pheasant was not
there to see. He had turned, and, with
head and tail low, raced straight back
through the line Of men with sticks,
who were beaters, till he was safe be-
yOnd. This was not the first pheasant
drive he had seen!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15

line or steam. is now being furnished
by electricity. The difficulties Of
short charges, sudden exhaustion and
kindred troubles are receiving the
consideration OF experts and are being
overcome to surprising degree A
recently published test of the cOmpar-
ative costs Of a delivery operation
show the diminished cost of opera ton
to be secured by electric over that Of
horse power. According to the test
OF a 1900 pound load the cost per ton
mile was .446 ceEts for horse power
and .276 cents for electric power. In
tests of twO-tOn and five-tOn loads
the difference was much greater, the
cost of electric power being little
more than half that of horse power
The speed is greater and the cost Of
Stabling less
One Of the matters to which cleo
trical workers have been giving mucn
attention during the past few years
has been the provision of greater pre-
cautions for the safety of the men
working with electrical apparatus.
Special shields are now supplied which
protect the linemen from shock in any
accidental. contact with live wires
From a financial, as well as human
itarian point Of view, their use is be-
coming generally accepted
Power for Manufactures.
The utilization of electric power for
manufacturing purpOseas is increasing
daily. There are now electrical Dah-
factories of every description which
are operated entirely by electrical
power. The utilization Of a single
electrical plant for the three purposes
of power, heat and light represents
an economy which is each day becOm-
ing better understood. One of the fea-
lures Of the electrical shows Of the sea
son is the reproduction of a sewing ma
chine factory showing the different
processes in the manufacture Of a well
known sewing machine and all done
by electric power
Another use of electricity which
nay properly come under the head OF
illumination is the electric sign which
has made such enormous strides in
popularity as a means Of Advertising
In every city there are electric signs
to be seen for miles. which not only
add materially to the illumination OF
the streets. Sut are aedecided attrac-
tiOn to the streets in the eyes of the
public Some of these signs are
chahgeable and give variety of ef-
fects. A cat wrestling with bright red
silk threads which she cannot break
is a model Of a type Of changeable
and apparently living electric pic
lures of which not only every large
city but every small city now boasts
some variation In very truth, this
is the electrical age
Tomorrow: The Smoke Nuisance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
a T.: :: = =: 4s = To- o.,

John Rooney, a prominent cattleman
from Alpine, is in the city on business.
Contractor QuaiIey, OF the Chihuahua
& Pacific, is calling for 125 stone cut
ters-
Captain J. R Hughes was a passen-
ger today on the T. P. bound for
The tank of engine $40 Of the G. H.
has been dressed up in artistic colOrs
BY the painters.
Charles W. Baine left today on the
Santa Fe for SOcOrrO, n NJ to be gone
for a few days
Railroad news is quite scarce and
almost every one is wondering where
the railroad people are
c. T. KelIog and wife were among
the arrivals on the T. P this morning
from a trip down the valley
Vice president and general manager
Atkinson, Of the JicariAa COncentrat-
ing company, left for Chicago yester-
day
Five cars Of oranges came in over
the Central yesterday and were turned
over to the Santa Fe for shipment
north.
The wrecking train from here was
called to Strauss Saturday night, to
place two cars on the track, which had
jumped
Bowman Phillips came IN on the
Northeastern last evening for eastern
DOna Ana county, and reports extreme
dry weather.
This morning president Eddy. OF the
FL PasO & Northwestern, took party
of the White Oaks route up that line
in his private car
A number of new books have arrived
at the city public library, 119 Sheldon
block. The remainder Of the cOnsign-
ment viii be later in the month.
District clerk J. A. Escajeda VIII
turn over his office tomorrow 10 his
successor. Ike A1derete, who has given
him official notice that he is ready to
take hold
The work Of the new furnace No.
at the smelter is progressing swiftly.
Six men are employed taking the down
take pipe for the flue dust and smoke
Furnace No , win shortly be shut
down for repairs
The county commissioners court re-
sumed work this morning and began
work by approving the rolls Of the as
SCISSOR. which amounted to $3.50, 060.
A petition was read from Mrs. Katie
Patterson, asking that her taxes be
reduced
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
No Flies On Bohemia

~ TO strictly accurate,
is in
Bohemia
In
In very flies
buildings along
granite
al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
Prevention Talk To Children

tuberculosis day have been added to the curriculum
instruction
regularly throughout the school it is well
and public health safety and economy brought dy
with fire. safety matter Of prevention rather than
of treated
through
be saving all wealth.
capita small fraction of what it
in
carrier enforcing gdly general regulations
10
million school day with in
against
tckle
ana makef enlightenment somewhat
public problem
private charity
national take combat the spread Of
cry;
establish its andtubercus
other public fifth the duty charities connection with
directing attention of deserving
requiring extended
private charity caring Of
intentions
charity undertaking
cdrens
only complete
public assumption Of this crushing burden
weekly Iun cham0f commerce are necessary institution
Thursday
winter.
Evening writing up
geOgTaPhers Arizona, repeatedly
Canyon Colorado" equivalent Evening
Post building in Manhattan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15

letters that can be read a hundred feet
away. Yet every day some one strolls
up and blandly inquiries:
rs this the information bureaus?
It is an ancient jest-that one about
the RUDE who asks. What time does
the eight o'clock train leaveZ' but the
regularly. Here is one that was. handed
to a gateman: DO you let people get
on the trains before they start?" The
answer is yes" And also. this one 3.
ssWfu it be pleasant when we get to
New Orleans% An excited husband
wanted to know, Have you seen my
wife," "How - she dressed and what
does she look llkeL' asked the gateman.
shes plump and pretty, but she didn't
say anything about her dress" And
he thought the service deserved cr1tl-
cism when the gateman confessed that
he was unable to recall her
Railroad time is about as near cor
rect time as astronomers and clock
makers can devise in collaboration.
Most people know 1t, but It IS OF ire
quent occurrence at the depot TO be
asked. rs that the right timer They
are used to that, but here is one that
was new within the fortnight: Is that
United States time2"
Ask the street car conductors. They
will tell you that to some of the pas
sengers the sign of destination is use
less. A passenger viii stick on a cor
ner until a car marked the route they
wish to travel comes along. board it
and then ask: is this the Fort Bliss
carr" and Fort Bliss" is all over the
outside of it.
Nor is the newspaper exempt. That,
however. is to be expected The edl-
tOrial offices are naturally sources CT
information on all manner of subjects,
and when what is wanted is not at
hand. the staff is glad to dig it up for
the inquirer But that doesn't prevent
scme queer ones coming in occasionally.
The sporting editor got this one over
the phone Tuesday: How can ! cure
a red nose2" If il had been man, he
probably would have cOunselled prOhi
bftion: as it was not, he politely con-
fessed his ignOI ance and promised to
refer it to Miss Ayers. What had L
ought to get for "A poem?" We know
the answer to that: -Four years and
no time off for good behavior"
Foolish questions. Do you ever ask
emp Huh?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15

Foolish questions. FOOLISH questions, one
hears them every day,
What time does the eight o'clock train
80 out? What is the color
will it rain in Tucson when the train
gets there?
DO you love your honey? How much
There are foolish questions every
day, and
every
where.
old Song by Anon.
When the Anon person, who by the
way is some prolific author, typed the
song words, he uttered a truth. Fool
ish questions? Ever ask any? Honest?
Now, honest-never mind, you needn't
answer. Somebody did. And somebody
is doing it every day. Get the plaza
policeman to tell you of the well dressed
chap who stood beside him one day
this week and tilted his head for q.
straight up and down look at the Mills
building. After a prolonged gaze he
whispered to the officer:
Say, how am / going to get to the
eighth floor of that building?"
What do you know about that2 Pa
trOlman Letcher has lost count Of the
number of people who have asked him
If the alligatOrs are real The other
day a stranger wanted to know where
the alligatOrs laid their eggs, AMI il
they were served in FL Paso restaurants.
How can 1 tell when the car to Mex
leo comes? I can't read Spanish was
another STARTER that he got
And the weather man gets his but he
refuses to tell them. Says it is a public
office and he fears he might offend. In
other cities women dress by the wealth
er bureau office, not literally, by no
means, but they consult the forecast
before deciding what gown viii be
suitable for the day. One young matrOn
"
preliminary inquiry and jOlted a fore
cast official with this:
Can I change and put on a light
gown tOday?'
Lock the doors and pull down the
blinds and I presume you may safely
do it," was his advice.
Down at the union station there is an
information bureau with sign in gilt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
One-Sentence Philosophy
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
lPhiIadelphia RecOrd.)


No woman can manage man if she
let's him know she's doing it.
The baldehaded man realizes that
you can't lose all your hair and have
a part.
We never suspect the good qualities
Of some people till We read their obit-
uaries
When an opportunity fails it may be
because it has picked out the wrong
man.
Perhaps ignorance and bliss are a
better pair to draw to than folly and
wisdom.
No MaUde, dear; just because a dia-
mOnd isn't sold at cut rates, it isn't
necessarily an uncut diamond.
The purple and fine linen of some
people, says the Manayunk Philoso-
pher, always reminds me Of putting 2
$40 collar on a 80 cent dog"
First Critic understand YOU saw
Scribbler's new comedy last night?
VINO played the hero2 Second Critic
1 did, ] sat through the whole thing,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
JURY DUTY AND MEALS.

Editor FL Paso Herald:
FL Paso, Tex, Nov a.
Am much interested land amused) IN
the very recent discovery and an
nOunCement, that all county jurors
must, in the future, pay for their own
meals, regardless of where the county
decides they must eat
It IS strange Tor one thing, thaL II
has taken 20 years to dig up this point
Of economy; it is strange that buSi-
ness man, who is willing to sacrifice
his own personal interests, is COM
PEELED to be locked Up for days and
nights. except when he is driven
through the streets, haggard, unshaTen
and generally musSed up like a tramp
or newly arrived emlgrant, to where
the county says he shall eat or sc
hungry, and then pay for meal
which, in many cases, is repulsive 10
him
There are restaurants and restau-
rants, and here is one citizen who has
baked at some meals which the coun-
" paid for
Anyone who has ever been confined
in the saith district court as a juror.
for a period of six to 10 days, knows
that it IS far from a picnic The pay
at best is niggardly, even now that
jury scrip is on a cash basis The &C
commOdatiOns at night, while locked
up, are far from home comfort
The writer. few years ago, put IN
nine days of close confinement" in
the 34th court, and hasn't forgotten
it yet; when washing up in the morn
ing one juror would pull the chain in
the toilet while another would wash IN
the vase
1t seems odd that man who is accept
able to both sides in q. case cannot be
trusted to sleep at home. at least. as
jurors in the 41st court are allowed TO
do. But aside from this, il seems like
rubbing it in to compel man to neg
leCt his occupation for days, for the
exquisite pleasure Of spending his
prospective jury scrip.
Please don't publish my name as I
might be punished as an example to
other kicl1ers-
Citizen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
THE SINGING HEART.

There are days when the breeze makes
a sigh in the trees,
When the raindrOps like weary tears
start,
But there's never a day can be gloomy
or gray
Where is one with a singing heart
o, there's never a spot in the wide
world I WOt.
In the highway, the field, or the mart,
Where there is not a place for the com
fOrting face
OF the one with the singing heart
c. DuFay Robertson.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
UNCLE WAITS
DENATURED POEM
The Iron Men By Walt Mason


w and the colds fierce that right
bones to 81 by andk
while the needles an oft iron the shining the village
bank When
when the for grub and clothes though nothing
a
spank how sweet think Of the bunch hn
cold the is
of hals in
is softer fo
tofa
rodwh ucks
zen in village bankI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15
MISSIONARY is a person who
goes forth to convert the raven
ing heather and make him live


~ goes forth to convert the raven
ing heather and make him live
a better life
This is not an easy lob, and is not
One-half as pleasant as leaping from
parachutes or lion tanning. The mis-
siOnary has to win the love of the
heather by signs and then teach him
to lay aside his war club and dress up
in his beads while attending church.
However. this Is not as hard to do as If
the heather carried a war club instead
OF a golf club. This Is one reason why
missionaries 90 many thousands of
miles away to convert heather instead
of doing it at home.
Generally the missionary wins the love
of the heather. but sometimes the latter,
in his poor, benighted way. takes the
missionary apart and then does not sue
ceed IN putting him together again The
wear and tear on missionaries IS very
great, and Young men often have to rush
forth to the work only half Theological
in order to fill the vacancies
The missionary does not earn money,
but depends upon the missionary So
cieties at home for his support. Often
he IS $4,000 miles from his base of sup
plies, and many missionary has sat
patiently sUbsisting on faith and belt
full of holes, while the missionary So
eiety at home is enjoying dissensiOns in
its ranks.
1t viii thus be seen that the mission
airy Job Is no slnecure. 1t Is not mGdlY
sought after by the frivolous. but is
taken by young men and women full OF
courage and endurance. Sometimes it
seems almost shame to snip so many
brave and enduring young men away