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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

Roosevelt thereupOn inStructing> th'
delegates elected in his name to. ohe%
lie preferential vote.
Senator Crane was born in Dalton.
lass. IN 1873 His grandfather. IenaS
Crane. was the founder of the paper
business of which Senator Crane is
cow the head and which is responsible
for his wealth He entered the paper
mills at the age of sixteen.
Senator Crane became member OF
the Republican national committee in
1892 and. with the exception Of four
years. has been d member ever since
He was delegate at large 10 the Ma
tional conventions of 1892. 1896. 1904
and 1908 and was a candidate this
year, but was defeated in the primaries
In 1897 Senator Crane was elected
lieutenant governor Of bis state. In
1900 he was elected governor and serv
ed two terms. 10 December. 1901, Pres
ident Roosevelt offered him the sec,
retaryship of the treasury. but Gov
ernor Crane declined the portfolio.
Senator Crane has been twice mar
ried. His second wife was Josephine
Porter Boardmau. daughter Of W.
Boardman Of Washington.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
Two Of Ouc Senators
Who Are In Public Eye
Roof Slated fer Chaifu1ae Og
Republican National
Convention

~ENAfOR ELlHC ROOT q New
~ FORK, the choice Of the commit
~ tee % arrangements fos ten
0srasy chairmas Of the Repub
licaa sational convention 70 be held
at Chicago on June -, Ne described rs
q friend OF Colonel Roosevelt and Q
supporter OF President TAFT Hbw
ever, II Roosevelt controls the eenven-
don, another thss Rect b likely - b.
the chairman.
Senator Root n sixty -seven years old
In appearance he Is one Of the young
men Of the dominant coteris OF the
senate. His hair 10 abundant and but
little tinged with gray. A email lock
Is left before each ear. He has q small
mustache. His forehead IL OF average
height. q furrow running horizontally
across IL. His cheeks are somewhat
sunken. his nose regular and chin
small. His eyes are blue. his complex
lon still pinkish-
Above medium height (6vs feet
eight. erect. slender, With slopinx
shoulders, Nj. Boot does not weigh in
excess Of 40 poundA He has aristo
cratic hands, Gith long. slender fingers
He walks like a farmer. His dress In
neat. but not gaudy. His usual attire
is q dark coat and trousers, robin egg
blue tic with the smallest Of scarf
pins, q negligee shirt and russell shoee
He 10 che original shirt waist man IN
official life at Washington. He insti-
tutsd the fashion while secretary OF
var. His belt IS plain black affair.
When be 10 not yeadine Senator Root
takes Oh his eyeglasses. His favorite
attitude 10 to lean his head on one
hand As an orator he IL rather dis
appointing. because his voice is high.
thin and Of inferior volume. He aban-
dops all other effects for that OF i'm
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
THE BATTLEsHIP TEXAS.

speed twenty one knots. which would
have been high speed for cruiser a
few years ago
at is remarkable fact that the
$1,000 horsepower required to maintain
this speed will be developed il the
case of the Texas by twin screw YER
teal. triple expansion engines of the
old type. instead of by turbines. which
have been almost universally adopted
abroad in all naval construction This
machinery is installed because of the
conviction of American naval engi-
neers that the reciprocating engine is
the NEST economical and reliable for
battleship practice
The Texas presents some features Of
interest entirely apart from her great
size. In the first place. her launching
came just about thirteen months from
the date her keel was laid--a remark
able performance for American ship
wrights and a practical demonstration
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

pressiveness. He is a master coupler
of phrases, and his sentences are form
ed by a long succession Of clauses
There are long pauses between his
phrases. He elevates his voice by sue
cessive graduations until the climax OF
vehemence is attained and then drops
to a whisper. His gestures are violent
and made alternately with the right
and left hand
When he entered the senate Mr..
Root posed as the mouthpiece of the
administration. When the Payne-Al-
drich tariff bill was under discussion
he urged senators to desist from fool
ishness and pass the measure
He is faithful attendant in the SEN
ate He gives close heed to all ad-
dresses when the membership is thin.
When it fills up he slips away to the
cloakroom.
Senator Root is known as Il standpat-
ter and an apostle of high protection
His most important attempted leglsla-
ton was the offering of an amend
ment to the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment forbidding the admission Of pulp
and paper until all the provinces re-
moved their restrictions This would
have forever prevented the impOrta
ton of print paper from Canada.
Although Mr.. Root has intermittent
~ sought leadership in the senate. he
has no magnetism or other qualities Of
leadership. He does not practice the
arts of framing and cenenting friend
ships He passes the compliments of
the season with but few. and he avoids
comprehensive. He and Henry F.
Lippitt. the Rhode Island successor of
Senator Aldrich, have become great
chulnS-
Mr. Root likes society. He often
goes out. His wife does not care for
entertaining She prefers life in New
York
The. Washington home of the senator
is in fat so fashionable that it has
no name His apartments comprise
some eighteen rooms. with an elevator
In the middle. He has japanese but
Ter who formerly served on q sealing
'essel in the Boring strait regions.
Mr. Root smokes much
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
oN1 OF THE aAcRDoNIAN's ouHA

oND o. THE AAcRDoNIAN's ouAA
StataA by Captain Stephen Oecatus
That memorable engagement vas
fought on Sunday morning. Oct. ..
Chg Macedonian suffered terribly In
avery part during a combat OF almost
fwo hours. She eeceived No less thab
100 round shot In hes hull alone. She
bad nothing standing but her fore and
main masts and foseyard All hes
boats were rendered useless elcelR
one OF he@ officers and crew. 300 "
number, thirty-six were killed ana siH
ty-eight wounded
The loss of the United Stat& ~as
only five killed and six wounded
When he took possession Of his prize
Decatur found her not fatally injured
The Macedonian was placed in charge
of Lieutenant Allen. and captor ant
captive sailed for port. Both vessels
made their way to New York. where
they arrived on Jan /. 1913
Decatur's victory produced q pro
found sensa ton in the United States
Public bodies and the legislatures Of
Massac huSetts, New York Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Virginia gave him
thanks. and to these each of the TWO
latter added a sword. The city of New
York voted him the Freedom of the
city. gave him banquet and request
ed his portrait for the picture gallery
In the city hall The national con.
gress. by unanimous vote. thanked him
and gave him a splendid gold medal
with appropriate inscriptions.
From that time Decatur,s name has
been the synonym Of honor and gal
lantry In the estimation of his country.
men. .
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
LORD MERsEY.

which have efficient water tight COM
partments to the satisfaction of the
board Of trade sad mockery Id the
case Of the Titanic. 1t is laid down
plainly that there must be at least
one life belt for each person on boa rd.
But b life belt is u very slender protec-
ton to . man on the Atlantic. and it
would proba bly, take him so long to
swim out of range OF the vast suction
Of such vessel as the Titanic that It
would be useless in an emergency 1t
oaght. In fact. to he the first rule in
vessels of this class. as 1t Is the rule
for inferior vessels. that The boats on
each side of the ship shall be sufficient
to accommodate all persons on board :"
Since an inquiry can extend to all
the causes involving the loss. OF the
vessel and the court has the, ample
powers of magistrate to compel per-
sons to give evidence the law Is sniff
Gent.
Save by censure or suggeStios the
court itself has no power except over
those who by misbehavior or breaking
rules have directly conduced to the
loss of the vessel. In the case of the
Titanic the captain. faithful INTO
death. is beyond any human punish
ment or censure. and 1t may be that.
assuming ships may lawfnlly proceed
full steam ahead, although dangerous
icebergs are near. the accident was In
evitable II SO 1t will be for parlia
ment to consider whether further leg
fslation Is necessary to prevent such
catastrophes and also to ask on what
principle the board ofstrade allowed u
vessel to sail with the certainty that If
1t fonndered the great majority of PEG
pie on board would be drowned
In the case OF the Titanic inquiry IL
was decided that Il higher authority
than magistrate, should preside This
resulted in the selection of Sir John
Righam u-ord Mersey'.
Lord Mersey was born on Aug. 8.
1S4H the son Of John Righam. prom
tnent merchant.of Liverpool He was
educated at the Liverpool institute and
was admitted to the bar In 1870. He
became president of the probate di.
vorce and admiralty division of the
high court. serving one year He was
knighfed when the indgeship was con
serred upon him
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

tor of philosophy and returned to
Brown. There followed four years of
classroom work. and at the end of that
time he was made dean of the uniyer
sity, an almost unprecedented advance
In spite Of the trying duties which de-
volved upon him. he refused to give M
his classroom work and AS a result he
came an associate professor in 100,
and full professor in 1906
Although a man Of medium height
and phySiGue he was an all around
athlete in his college days. PLAYED on
several varsity teams and is still an
expert cricket player. He has been in
tlmately connected with athletics at
Brown during his term as dean 10 a
fraternity man and has worked hard
to improve the scholarship of the fra
ternities at Brown
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

~ Is.
old and halls from Georgia He was
bought for $500 by Detroit in 1909
from the Augusta tGa.l club He bios
somed out as Il star in 1901 and has
ever since been shining brightly He
is six feet one inch tail and his play
ing weight is l1G pounds
The incident which led to Cobb's
suspension by President Ban Johnson
of the American league occurred ut the
New York grounds when he went ihto
the grand stand and assaulted spec
tator who had abused him in vile Ian
guage Cobb's fellow players Symlm
thized with him and served notice on
President Johnson that they would
play no more until Cobb wills reinStut
ed. The strike WAS. however short
lived A compromise was effected aft
er few days. Cobb inducing the play
ers to recede from their. position In or
der that the owners of their team
might not suffer
President Johnson fined the players
800 each for their. action. and Presi-
lent Navin Of the Detroit club paid the
ines.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

twenty years ago she and her daugh-
ter, Miss Anoie, who IS an invalid. re-
moved to Colorado Springs.
Champ is the logical man for the
place." declared Mrs. Pitzer. land |
am not saying this just because he ia
my bro4her-in-law. He has served his
party we'll and faithfully for more than
twenty years. and he deserves the
nomina ton. He is honest-a more hon
est man cannot be found in public life
and he is unpurchasable. Above all.
be is one of the people and stands for
what the people want, apd he will get
it for them. too, for he is'nOt afraid to
say what he thinks. and. more than
that. he is not afraid to make fight
for what he believes to be right
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
ALEXANDER MEIKLEJOHN.
He Is the New President of Anhers-
HoiIe~a-4ie


CoiIese-His Career.
Alexander MeiklejOhn. who was re
Gently elected president of Amherst
college, is probably the youngest teach
er in this country who ever succeeded
to a post of such responsibility and au-
thority in educa tional affairs. Although
for a quarter of his lifetime he has
been dean of Brown university. an ad-
ministrative post Of first importance in
the college world. he is only forty years
old. Like President Schurman of Cor,
nell and DR.. F. L. Patton of Princeton.
he was born outside the United States.
OF pure Scotch descent. DR.. Meikle-
john came to this country when eight
years old from Rochdale. England.
where he was born on Feb. 3. 1872
He was graduated from the public
schools of Pawtrcket. H. l., and enter
ed~Brown university. finishing In the
class of 90 Two years later he got
his degree of A. NJ. and became in
structor. aud about that time also l,e
gan to take up postgraduate work at
Cornell. He had determined upon
teaching for his life work. and at that
time the Ithaca institution was the &C.
tive home Of the new psychology
After two Years at Cornell. DIR Mel
klejohD took his degree IN 1897 as doe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
Battleship Texas
Greatest OF
Super=DreadnougB

~HE battlesdp Texas. greatest VI
of the super-Dreadnoughts ye.
constructed for the UNITY
~ states navy. was successfully
launched. A. the big hull, gay Will
bunting. started down the ways niue
Miss Claudia Lyon, the ten-year-o"
daughter OF Colonel Cecil A. Lyon ne
PUBLICAN nationa. committeeman NV
Texas, crashed /. bottle of champagne
against The bow.
The Texas With all her stores apoafo
wiz displ.ce 2S.3G7 tons. or 1000 tolts
more than the great Dreadnought At
Kansas. nov about ready for commls-
sion. She is 573 feet long. ninesE-hVe
feet two and half inches BEAM 50
that she will have almost fifteen 1Set
to spare ir passing through the rama
ma canal locks Her draft will be
twenty eight feet six inches and nef
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
Cane Aneou0Ges vhat &c
Viii Not Be Candidate
Fer Reelection
.ENArOR WINTHROP MURRAY

~ENATOR WINTHROP MURRAY
- CRANE o4 Massachusetts. Woo
- secentsy announced that No
would lot be Q candidate fOs
reflection. was appointed to che Unit
ed States senate Oct. u. 1909. anu
was elected the following Jan1a1y 10
iN out the unexPired term Of the late
Senator George T. HOas. He vas ~
elected IN 1907. and his term will e.
pirs on March 3, 1913 He has support
ed President Tar actively In the lat
ter's campaign fos denomination ana
"ofore the recent Massachusetts pri-
lies was quoted ~ raying that be
..~sld retire from politics II Taft did
rh-carry the state. The states dele
.-.ion to the national convention was
split. Taft getting the preferential vot
ana Roosevelt the delegates at large
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
MISS CLAUDIA LYON

HaAoo SLa ObiA
OF their ability to turn out warShips as
rapidly as any nation la the world
under proper incentive
In the second place. the Texas will
De the first ship in the world TO carry
fourteen inch guns She will have ten
or them distributed in five turrets ar
ranged on Il central line from stem
TO stern. In addition % these mon
ster guns the new Apsrican ship will
carry no less than sixteen tvpinch
rifles in place of the little three and
TOUR inch guns that were sormprIy re-
garded as sufficient for shr secondary
battery. The increasing size and pow
er or the torpedo hcns dt> Troy ~ ems
the enormous speed OF the nhlin I!gh''
ming cruiser have srooghs about this
doubling of the power Of the - 'ondar'
battery. which nsuSt o. scl,'G upon foE~
very quick work 10 snrrtiu& tneSe al
tacks.
The Texas will g. clsst"d with nrrnof
10 plenty. not only s.sr hey vlta!S' o~'7
even the ordinarily sS.o~sd ends o! Tue
snip. but the details ~ its thirkness
and general disposition are wi;hne"
from publication
The Texas will sos be ready to 70
into commission unsi tec II nex'
year. As she energies from tte bnlio-
ers hands her totas sect will be about
100000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
RelE or TIC WaR CO 1s,a

Gse Tohen eesm ss,s easseh eseass
AscedsNisa.
Tses D . htsk Paot u sawo W s's
Ne~ Vosk savy yard kDowe 40 'vVS
ply eatcA." where eeposs eeiscs ~ eiH
Nms Gghts ArDoag the more teteeess
i0e II these sesicr sRe seveo eishsees
pouadees eakee from The English Gig
sts MscedooiaD BY the United states
frieatp Csisa1 Stasss O che ses -
1914
TIE AacedeaaaD vas ce0nasded D.
CaotsaD loho &. CapdeA. the Cpita0
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
EngIand's
Titanic
Inquiry
N England apc1 @aapisieD @ ssas
now being eeRdu It'd esSso shs "
TAME disaster sab9 STAGE Undes

HN England apcS esapistss O. ssss
nov being eeaau It'd szsso shs n
TAME disaster sabs psaes sndes
powen sonGesved ~ Ae Des
chant shipping ects enc aes sesulstsd
partly by those scss snd Vasslg ey
rules Of vanous authNstes aRxas o.
der them.
The first business - sucA Seasn Of
inquiry. in ease OF a. scctaeAs = q
ship. is to Snd whether al the rules
for safety Gave been observed and
whether the accident has come about
By reason of the negligence o. miscon-
duct of any officer or seaman.
The Jules as to such Inquiries are
made by the lord chancellor under one
section of the act OF 1894. The board
Of trade rules as to safety are made
under another In a different part OF
the act. When the latter rules were
formulated In 1902. under the auspices
Of Gerald Balfocr. the giant ships of
the present day were by no means In
conceivable. and table carefully
graduated to 10000 tons and then
stopping abruptly did not show much
foresight.
Under these rules It Is somewhat
difficult for a nouexpert to work out
the minimum requirements. In the
table sixteen boats of not less than
$500 cubic feet capacity are required
for the largest vessels. and since. by
another rule. one person may be car
ried for every ten cubic feet. this only
provides for $50 people. But II there
are more people there must be addi-
tional boats. though only up to Is per
cent, and this Is qualified for boats
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09

ohIy Women Deteoate Elected to to
Eomosrat.c Major al Convention.
Mrs. Annie Hamilton Pitzer Of COLO
0lo Springs. who has been chosen 4
delegate to the Democratic national
convention Aom the Second congress
s1onal district of Colorado. is a sister
h-la~ OF Speaker Champ Clark. Mrs
Pitasr'a maiden name was Annie Ram
iltOp Bennett, and she is Motive ~
Columbia. Mo. Her HUSBAND WAS Il
0rowtnens lawyer. and after his 6satA
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-09
TY COBB.

Bail Player Whose Suspension Caused
His Teammates to Strike.
Tyrus Raymond fTy, Cobb of the
Detroit baseball team of the American
league. whose suspension caused his
teammates to go on strike" Ia one
of the most dazzling stars baseball has
ever known He Is twenty-five years
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

Some of the Senior boys have small black spots on their finger. These are the results of chemical experiments with. silver nitrate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
GLADsroNE,s SHORTHAND

Discussion of the budget leads the London Daily Chronicle to recall that Gladstone was the inventor of the ab- breviation for million which is much used in England. Since ''m' was aI- ready reserved for thousand, he made a million sign out of it by curl ing the tail of the "m'' over the body of the. letter, and once declared that posterity might be more grateful to him for this than for his political work He was much addicted to la bor-saving devices, and was proud of his system of recording responses to invitations When an Invitation was sent, the name was marked in his list with a minus sign. In case of ac- ceptance another stroke made it a plus sign. while refusal was marked with a sign of equality. A circle about plus sign showed that an ac- ceptance had been recalled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

| The Commercial baseball team met a couple of afternoons ago and de cided to purchase baseball suits. The colors selected are red and black, the colors of the school
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
BEFORE HEIR WEDDING DAY.

This maiden she is dead, is dead be-
 fore her wedding-day They lay her. in her shroud, hel
 shroud as white as flowing May. They bear her to the earth, the earth
 while yet the dawn is gray. They lay her all alone, alone down ir
 the chilly clay. They come back merry, merri1y a.
 singing all the way. we too shall have our turn, oul
 turn" a-singing glad and gay. $ This maiden she Is dead, is dead. be-
 fore her wedding-day. They go to till the fields, the fields as
 they do every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

All the members of the Junior Com mercial class receiving Palmer certi- ficates in penmanship will be excused from the examination in that subject. This is something which is worth working for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

Providing the weather is fair. sev- eral of the fellows including Charles Brody, Max Amsel, and George Le- benthal will take hike to New Ha- ven tomorrow morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
MOTHERS DAY" AT
 FIRST M E. CHURCH

Mothers Day" will receive special recognition at the First Methodist Church, Sunday evening. and an at tractive program will be rendered hav- ing special reference to the observ- ance of this day. which each year is receiving additional attention. Mrs. Florence Legere Hayes, contralto, will sing Mother O. Mine, and the choir will render special anthems and oth- CT selections especially fitting to the day. Rev. George, M. Browns ser mon will be appropriate to the occa- sion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

The old bicycle shed is rapidly be- ing demolished. There are only a few more days remaining to get 8 last look at the historic old struc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
Students Of B. H. s.
 And Their Doings

The members of the Senior Com mercial class held special meeting, Thursday evening after school. It was decided to hold the picnic of the members are looking forward to this outing with pleasure. A committee to make decoration for Senior Day was also appointed. 1t consisted of Louis Cohen. Henry Cosier, Gertrude Sheehan. Kathleen Kelly, Elsie Fan cher and Katherine Cooney.
 The old bicycle shed is rapidly be- ing demolished. There are only a few more days remaining to get 8 last look at the historic old struc- ture. sss
 There was meeting of the printing committee of the Senior class, yester- day after school. The members of this committee are, Chairman, Lorin Willis; Arthur Swanson, Isidor Selt- ger. and Arthur Weiss, Helen Pentice, Gertrude Kane, Majory Boyden, Hell en Cushman and Lydia Landsman.
 Gabriel Moscovitz, organizer of the Junior Commercial Glee club. has al- ready received the names of many members of the class who wish to join.
 As the election of the members of the Athletic Association executive board is drawing nearer the mem- bers of the afternoon classes feel more and more that they ought to have at leaDt one representative on the board For this reason it is very likely that to be taxed next fall.
 Providing the weather is fair. sev- eral of the fellows including Charles Brody, Max Amsel, and George Le- benthal will take hike to New Ha- ven tomorrow morning.
 The Commercial baseball team met couple of afternoons ago and de cided to purchase baseball suits. The colors selected are red and black, the colors of the school.
 Some of the Senior boys have small black spots on their finger. These are the results of chemical experiments with. silver nitrate.
 All the members of the Junior Com mercial class receiving Palmer certi- ficates in penmanship will be excused This is something which is worth working for.
 One of the fellows in Room IA was pulling some books from his desk. yesterday, when an ancient egg fell out and collapsed on the floor. All immediately remembered appoint ments in other rooms. Efforts made by one of the teachers to find the offender proved unavailing and the affair remained much of a puzzle. The writer does not profess to be a Sherlock Holmes but he offers the following explanation to clear up the mystery. First, it is we'll known that no one in the school would inten- tionally bring an aged egg to school. Teachers shouldn't suspect such things. The egg might have been brought as part of a recess luncheon some time last fall and forgotten in the desk. When the books were hur- riedly taken out yesterday, it fell out and broke, diffusing it's odors over the roorh Simple, isn't it?