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The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
Having a Hunch

After the recent double tragedy In
the air at Atlantic two Of the await
ors are reported 10 have said they
had a "hunch" that something would
happen. This homely word is OF an
Client and respectable lineage, the
dictionary meanings being hump,
lump or thick piece and thrust or
push, as with the elbow, The, die
tionaries do not mention its current
use in the sense OF promonition, pre-
sentiment, foreboding and also OF
intuition, impression, feeling.
Like trusts, lunches may be either
good or bad. They may give Us warn
ing OF impending disaster or herald
the fulfllment OF our wishes. No
one knows definitely how the word
came TO be used in a psychical sense.
but there are two good guesses. One
is that IL is derived from or in some
way connected with the old super
stition that luck comes from touch
ing hunchback At English race
tracks IL was once the custom for
hunchbacks 10 stand around and, for
consideration. allow themselves TO
be touched by those who had put
money on a horse. What happened
10 the superstition In case two men
betting on different horses touched
the same hunchback. is not related.
In apparent agreement with this
theory OF the use of hunch as a
premonition, and thence as bringer
OF good luck, are the views OF Bal.
zac, the greatest OF psychological
and analytical novelists. who in one
OF his stories sets forth al great
length and not too clearly the pow
erful psychical influence OF hunch-
backs.
The other guess at the derived
meaning of hunch is that II comes
directly from its third original sig
nification-a nudge. jog or thrust
with the elbow. IL is thus only a
mental nudge The wish is often
father OF the thought, Perhaps II Is
also father OF the hunch.-Boston
Globe.
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HON. JAMES S. SHERMAN
COULD BECOME PRESIDENT

whose representatives are Democrats
Even supposing that, for instance, the
old-line Republicans We're willing 70
join hands with the Progressives, a
majority (and here, too, a majority
and not plurality is required) could
not be obtained II the Democrats held
firm. There would be no election by
the house of representatives. What,
we may ask again, would then ensue?
In that case, under the Twelfth
Amendment the vice-president be.
comes president
Would Choose Vice-President.
Meanwhile, the vice-president prob
ably will be declared elected by the
United States senate. as provided un-
der the constitution and the amend
ment. IL there has been no election
OF the vice-president by a majority OF
the electoral college, as We are assum-
ing to be the case, II will be the duty
OF the senate to choose one out OF the
two candidates who stand highest be-
fore the electoral college AS the SEN
ate at present has a Republican ma
jority, and might continue TO hNve
one, even although there were several
defections to the Progressive ranks
from, among the Republican senator's,
! il Is not unlikely that the senate
would declare James S. Sherman vice
president and he would thereupon be
come president for the four years end
| ing March A, 1917.
| The statement OF law and possibili-
ties may, at first sight, seem some
what complicated, but close examina-
ton will convince the reader that the
contingency set forth Is not at all Inn
probable. The existence of such pos
sibility ought to be one more motive
toward urging all progressives to unite
in the party which Is not in the least
partisan. is not at all bound by old
traditions and which represents the
spirit and purposes of all truly pro
gressive voters whether they have
been in the past Republicans or Demo
lcrats.--The Outlook.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
CHAPTER III.
A Skull and a Filtration.


II was late afternoon when they
came into Lac Balm, and as soon as
Philip had turned over the colonel
and his wife to Breed, he hurried TO
his own cabin. At the door he en-
countered Buck Nome. The two men
had not met since a month before at
Nelson House. and there was but
little cordiality in Steele's greeting
as he went through the formality or
shaking hands with his associate.
I'm going to say howdy to EN-"
explained Nome. pausing for a mo-
ment. Deuce of a good joke on you,
Steele! How do you like the job OF
bringing in an old colonel's frozen
wife. or a frozen coloneps old wife.
eh ?"
Every fiber in Steele's body grew
tense at the banter In the others
voice. He whirled upon Nome, who
had partly turned away. "You re
member--you lied down there at Ncl-
son to get Just such a Job as this"
he reminded. Have you forgotten
what happened-after that?"
Don't get miffed about It, man, -
returned Nome, with an Irritating
laugh. "All's fair in love and war.
That was love down there, pom my
word of honor 1t was, and this Is
about as near the other thing as I
want to come"
(contlnued.)
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The long deadlock at Baltimore en-
phasized the uncertainty OF politics.
Let us consider one not at all remote
possibility. We do not refer TO the
fact that every vice-president may be
called upon to occupy the presidential
office through the death or disability
OF the president.
Entirely apart from this, there ls a
real and serious danger that In 1913
Mr.. Sherman may become, under the
constitution. president Of the United
States. without, we venture 10 say, the
slightest wish of anybody in the
United States that he should fill the
office We do not assert that this stu
alton will arise; butswe do assert tnat
II Is not merely conceivably possible
but that there is a reasonable degree
of probability of its happening.
AT Least Five Tickets.
II is now expected that there Will
be three great party tickets In the
field besides the Prohibition, the So
cialist and other minor parties. The
constitution of the United States re-
louires that. to be elected president, a
candidate should have cast for him
majority mot pluIdhly VI Ne
bers OF the electoral college. Now
with a Progressive, Republican, ano
Democratic candidate In the held, II
each and every one OF them carries
some states, II Is quite possible that
no one of them would have an aoso
lutte majority-that is, more than hall
OF the votes OF the members OF the
electoral college What would happer
in that case? 49,,
! In accordance with the Twelftf
Amendment TO the constitution the
election would be thrown into the
house of representatives, but there
each state would cast but one vote, al
state. II SO happens at this time
that the number OF states represented
in the lower branch OF congress by
delegation the majority OF whom ar'
Republicans Is exactly equal TO th'
number OF those states a majority o
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In spite OF himself he had reasoned
that she would be young and that
she would have golden hair, but
these other things, the laughing beau
ty Of her face, the Turing depth OF
her eyes.
He caught himself staring.
IL was dreaming" he almos:
stammered He pulled himself to-
gether quickly. II was dreaming or
a face, Mrs. Becker. II seems strange
that this should happen-away up
here. in this way. The face that |
dreamed OF is a thousand miles from
here. and il is wonderfully like yours" "
The colonel was laughing at him
when he turned. He was little
man, as straight as a gun rod, pale
of face except for his nose. which
was nipped red by the cold, and with
a pointed beard as white as the snow
under his feet That part OF his
countenance which exposed itsel;
above the top of his great fur coat
alive with good cheer, notwithstand-
ing its pailor.
"GIad you're good humored about
IT, Steele" he cried with an immedi
ate tone of comradeship. We
wouldn't have ventured into your
camp il il hadn't been for Isobel.
She was positively insistent, sir
Wanted TO see who was here and
what il looked like. Ell, Isobel, my
dear, are you satisfied
Il surely didn't expect to find tt
asleep at this time OF the day." said
Mrs. Becker She laughed straight
into Philips face, and so roguishly
sweet was the curve of her red lips
and the light in her eyes that his
heart quickened its beating and the
flush deepened in his cheeks.
It's only Six" he said, looking at
his watch. Il don't usually turn in
this early / was tired tonight
though | am not. now he added
quickly. II could sit up until morn
! ing-and talk. We don't often meet
people from outside. you know
| Where are the others?"
Back there" said the colone!
waving an arm into the gloom. Iso
bel made 'em sit down and be quiet
dogs and all, sir, while We came on
alone. There are Indians, two
sledges, and a ton OF stuff"
Call them said Steele. There
room for your tent beside mine. Col
onel, close against the face of this
rock. It's as good as a furnace"
The colonel moved a little out into
| the gloom and shouted to those be-
hind Philip turned to find Mrs
Becker looking at him in a timi6
| questioning sort of way, the laughter
gone from her eyes. For a moment
she seemed to be on the point OF
| speaking TO rim, tnen picked up a
short stick and began toying with the
Goals
You must be tired, Mrs. Becker,
he SAID. Now that you are near a
fire, would suggest that you throw
off your heavy coat You Will be
more comfortable, and | will brlns
! you blanket to sit on"
He dived into his tent and a mo
ment later reappeared with a blanket
which he spread close against the
butt Of big spruce within half q
dozen feet OF the fire. When he
turned toward her, the coloners wife
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
Still Banging Bill

Hear that sizzling, spluttering, fry
Ing sort of noise over westward?
Well, it's Hiram Johnson heating the
grease to cook em brown and crispy-
like in the state Of California, where
Hi Is governor.
Hiram proposes to use his own pri,A
Vate steam roller bit, but after he's
got em all nicely rolled out into pie
dough, he doesn't propose to eat 'em
raw "a la Teddy"
Hiram proposes to use his organiza-
ton, which Is a corker, to put Roose-
welt electors on the ticket under the
regular Republican party designation
so that Taft electors will only be aufe
TO get on the ticket by petition.
TO thus make a lot OF heightened
standpatters publish themselves as a
parcel OF nondescripts, also-rans with
Socialists, prohibs and so forth, is
creating howl in which the close
listener can hear such familiar latter
day terms as murderer" thief"
liar violated honor" etc. But since
Hiram learned at Chicago how to
chauffeur steam roller he's In a posi-,
tion to conduct his own political Joy
riders.
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had thrown off her coat and turbin
and stood before him, a slim and
girlish figure, bewitchingly pretty as
sne smiled her gratitude and nestled
down into the place he had prepared
for her. For a moment he bent over
her, tucking the thick fur about her
feet and knees, and in that moment
he breatned from the heavy coils of
her shining hair the flowerlike
sweetness which had already stirred
him 10 the depths OF his soul
Colonel Becker was smiling down
upon them when he Strengthened vi,
and at the humorous twinkle in his
eyes, as he gazed from one 10 the
other, Steele felt that the guilt OF
his own thoughts was blazing in his
face. He was GLAD that the Indians
came UP with the sledges just at this
moment, and as he went back to help
them with the dogs and packs ne
swore softly at himself for the heat
that was in his blood and the strange
Madness that was firing his brain.
And inwardly he cursed himself still
more when he returned TO the fire.
From out the deep gloom he saw the
colonel sitting with his back against
the spruce and Mrs. Becker nesting
against him, her head resting upon
his shoulder, talking and laughing up
into his face Even as he hesitated
for an instant, scarce daring to break
upon the scene. he saw her pull the
gray-beared face down to hers and
kiss 1t, and in the ineffable content
inent and happiness shining in the
two faces in the freight Philip
Steele knew that he was looking upon
that which had broken forever the
haunting image of another woman in
his heart In its place would remain
this picture OF love-love as he had
dreamed OF II, as he had hoped for
it, and which he had found at last
but not for himself-in the heart Of O
wilderness.
He saw now something childishly
sweet ard pure in the face that
smiled welcome to him as he came
noisily through the snow-crust; and
something. too, in the colonels face,
which reached out and gripped at his
very heart-strings, and filed him
with warm glow that was new and
Stidh6C " Allhp anu WhlSH was dillOol
the happiness of these two. 1t swept
from him the sense Of loneliness
which had oppressed him a short
time before, and when at last, after
they had talked for a long time be.
side the fire. the colonel's wife lifted
her pretty head drowsily and asked
IL she might go to bed. he laughed in
sheer Joy at the pouting tenderness
with which she rubbed her pink cheeL
against the grizzled face above her,
and at the gentle light In the col.
oners eyes as he half carried her
into the tent.
For a long time after he had rolled
himself in his own blanket Philip lay
awake, wondering at the strangeness
Of this thing that had happened to
him. II was Her hair that he had
seen shining this night under the old
spruce lustrous and soft, and coiled
In its simple glory, as he had seen
| 1t last on the night when Chesbro
had broken in on them at the bail
II was very easy for him to imagine
that it had been Her face, with SOU
and heart and love added to its beau
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
THE IMPORTANCE OF STRONG
BODIES TO THE COUNTR US FUTURE


One of the most of the movement
III this country the estimate placed the vital relation of health
and rugged bodies to citizenship
On Torch lake maintains boys camp and from
SO to rs Detroit annually in its benefits
Here the advantages by city boys the OF fresh
privilege rOughng for few weeks each year are most
both lucky and the Detroit Young American VINO
qualities for the opportunity
Exercise under possible conditions provided rowing and
swimming latter being trip to charlevOn and
return miles and made day and night
there also baseball diamond
Lang practice INDUCED and first aids to the injured and
ugwaggng of the outdoor utage
An insight given the arduOus duties that fall
they called to do the necessary hOusework consisting
making washing dishes sweeping floors and keeping things neat
and tidy.
The service rendered by this work finds these
ing citizens city minds clear and fertile ready for their
teaching and with muscles strengthened and hard
Sadly mistaken who would withhold of the sup
port possible give association which manifes such in
terest in growing Americans
COmmerdatiOn department of Y NJ c. A. movement is
prompted few lines read few days in dispatch from
Sea Girt New Jersey, the home of Woodrow Wilson.
Wilson taking the
campaign that the physical fitness of the
nominee questioned Wilson exceptionally well
fitted respect undertaking He has cut out the train
ing his college days he uses the opposite
a Pullman for parallel bars while travelling
may necessary the nominee to tour the states
prospects his election by convincing
t may his make dOuby by
him. face face with the people, the great principles of progress he per
sonifes
big politics this time the emancipation of the many
from rule by the few.
the Democratic of this Is and inviting and
party platform suppose that ABSO
LUTELY DEPENDENT THE PRESENCE OF THE CANDIDATE
UPON STUMP.
suppose candidate had neglected his body
should advise of the
country.
The result would that would down to defeat and
threatened body
the relation lungs sound flesh and hard muscles
to the we'll being of these United States
And such the sympathy the Young Mems Christian association
the maintenance of its boys camp.
One the freehanded the associations supporters has BEEN
called away the death of J. L. Hudson
Few would be able to help the work he did
Many will needed the loss and have
department in the hope enisng
The cooperation EVERY CITIZEN who a
low and his country
UP ONE noble
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
From Another Point of View

the other events taken by the ether countries
Boston We glad to hear It,
wild saying
"yes" candidacy E. o. Wood
Of that be
candidate succeed himself
them
muzzed?
be to
talks
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
I'm IN RACE TO WIN"
Il SAYS EDWIN o. WOOD

FLINT, Mich, July 17.-"Now that
I'm in the race, I'm in to win II pos
sible," said E. o. Wood, commenting
on the action OF the Democratic state
central committee in selecting him as
candidate for governor. He arrived
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
IL Copyright, 1871, The Bobb.- Merrill Company,

ban. and he saw that her hair was
the same shining red gold that had
come TO him in the letter, and that
her lips and eyes and the glorious
color in her face were remarkably
like those of which he had dreamed
and OF which waking visions mac
come with the hyacinth letter 10 nj
him with unrest and homesickness
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ty. More than ever he knew what
had been missing for him now, and
blessed Chesbro for his blunderings
and fell asleep to dream OF the new
face, and to awaken hours later to
the unpleasant realization that his
visions were but dream-fabric after
all. and that the woman was the wife
OF Colonel Becker.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17

late yesterday from Chicago.
While | am yielding to the solic.-
tation OF friends, l am dong so ar a
great sacrifice" Mr.. Wood added.
He has received many messages OF
congratulation.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17
CHAPTER u.
A Face Out Of the Night.
(Continued),

Steele felt a slow fire burning IN
his cheeks as he encountered the
beautiful eyes glowing at him from
behind the colonel. The woman was
smiling at him. In the heat OF the
fire she had pushed back her fur tur.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17

BusiBess-like Printing. no fuss ana
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co.. iE
John R-st Phi Main 1893 or City 33sG
The Detroit times., 1912-07-17

Busrpess-IiI<e Printing. NO russ ana
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co. IL
John p st Pm. Main 14ss or City sssS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
THE NEWS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1912
INDIAN THORPE WINS
A1L-R0UND CROWN

NEW YORK Sept. against adverse
weather conditions, wet track and field
jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian, who
holds the Olympic decathon and pen
tathlon records, won the allaaround anna
teur athletic championship of America at
Celt park.
He was first IN seven OF the ten events
which made up the contest, and finished
second to John Bredemus. of Princeton,
in the other three-the pole vault, one
half mile walk and 16-pound hammer
throw. His total, 7,476 points, is new
record for this competition, beating the
previous record of Martin Sheridan, made
three years ago, by 81 points. Bredemus
was second, with 6,3OS, and B. Bredd,
Irish-American a. c., the only other con-
testant, scored 1856 points.
In the running high jump Thorpe clear
ed feet l Is inches, new mark in the
all-around class. His other winning marks
were:
One hundred-yard dash, 10 3-5 seconds;
putting l6pound shot, A feet 81 inches;
l20-yard high hurdles, is 20 seconds;
throwing 56-pound weight, &c feet .
inches; running broad jump, % feet 3
inches, and one-mile run, minutes 26
seconds
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
DEFEATS
RIVERS; AF TER
NOLGAST

,os ANGELES. Sept. S.-"Cham-
.,on Ad Wolgast is the next man l
s-bt" This was the declaration made
%. nv Toe Mandot, the New Orleans
,.,br,reight. who defeated Joe Rivers,
.ta Nexican. in their twenty round
AN, at Vernon. Rivers is clamoring
81 return engagement, but it is
5,,,btfuI if he gets it. The Pacific
,tbIetic club. which staged the contest
took in $1L449.
Nandot had the better of every round
I'm, three. and won the decision by a
Wide margin. Rivers seemed a mere
rovice in the hands of Mandot and
showed to advantage only in the in
4chting In the closing rounds Mandot
ron ont fought him in the clinches
Rivers weighed in at 1873, Mandot at
1871
uandot solved Rivers defense early
IN the bout ,anding straight lefts to the
faca almost continuously without re-
urn In the eighth he began rocking
Piyers head with right and left swings
and IN Utdi ~ car Il CiiC VI liiC SutOStb-
ing rounds he followed this attack. He
showed great cleverness in blocking
and countering.
The boys spent much of the time in
clinchcs and Referee Eyeton'was COM
pfned frequently to pry them apart
Rivers had a little the better in three
rounds, the fourth, sixth and eleventh
In the thirteenth Mandot nearly closed
the Mexican's right eyes with left
swing and in the next round he pun
isred him severely with straight lefts
and rights Mandot appeared to be tir-
lng in the sixteenth round and in a
fierce smuggling match at long and short
range Rivers earned even honors for
the round.
The seventeenth was almost repe-
tilon Rivers roughing it toward the
y lose and wrestling Mandot to the mat
at the bell The nineteenth was Man
dots. .....
Rivers tried his best to put away the
Southerner in the last round, but Man
dot cleverly eluded his rushes and
swings.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
HEAD OF NEW YORK
POLICE DEPARTMENT
BOLD THIEF'S VICTIM

NEW YORK, Sept -.-Despit Efforts of
the police department to keep the fact
secret it has Just become known that
Commissioner Waldo was robbed recently
in a subway train While he was riding
southwark with d friend from Ninety
sixth street some one slashed the com
missiorer's trousers on the right side and
extracted from his hip pocket a wallet
containing cash and some valuable papers.
The thief escaped.
Commissioner Waldo left the train at
the Forty second street station. and then
he discovered he had been robbed. He
was furious Ascending, to the street he
accosted a policeman, told him he was
the police commissioner, and the victim
of a thief. After instructing the patrol
man to report the incident TO the detec-
tive bureau, the commissioner rescinded
the order and told him not to say q word
about it to any one
The policeman did as he was ordered,
and Mr.. Waldo reported the loss the next
morning Since then the most skillful de-
tectives in the department have been at
work trying to recover the commissioner s
wallet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
FLYNN WINS IN Is
RDS.; M|LLER'S
RIBS BROKEN

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3-Charley
Miller, the giant motorman." will be
laid up for some time as the result Of
ten broken ribs sustained in his twen-
ty-round boxing contest with jim
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, at Daily
City yesterday. Because of his injury
Miller was compelled to quit at the end
of the fifteenth round and the victory
went to Flynn.
Miller gamely stayed through the
fifteenth round, but, claiming that two
of his ribs had been fractured and that
he was barely able to walk, he ignored
the gong for the sixteenth. His con-
dition plainly was such that he could
not continue
Except in some of the earlier rounds.
Flynn administered a severe beating
to the championship aspirant. He closed
his former sparring partners left eye,
and drew blood from the face more than
once. During the last five rounds he
had Miller staggering part of the time,
and four times almost put over
knockout.
Miller was willing at all times, and
forced the fighting through many Of
the rounds. He stood and exchanged
punch for punch with Flynn, and
started several rallies that brought the
crowd to it's feet. Flynn used an ef-
fective right uppercut and jolted Mil
Ter with head punches. He also landed
frequently on the body.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
MATCH PLAY ON TODAY
FOR NATIONAL TITLE

CHICAGO Sept. 3.-The first match
round in the national golf championship
play started on the links of the Chicago
Golf club at $3.50 O'Clock this morning.
The first round was at IS holes. Thirty
two players who qualified out of the field
were ready for the play today.
In spite of the heavy rain that drenched
players and gallery during the opening
round of the match, good scores We're
made yesterday. Chick Evans and Har-
old H. Hilton. present national champion,
tied al "A in the morning round and rs
in the afternoon.
Today the course is in excellent con-
dition. The weather more favora BILE, and
experts expected better marks.