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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

"a To made OF the dried and
minced leaves OF the tea
plant. grown In different
parts of tho world, while
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

They date back
a good many
centuries. For
instance, the
Egyptians wor-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

"Is the clock going in there. Mary?"
mo num- It's gone Just knocked It often the mantei."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12
CHAPTER XIII.
The Rendezvous.

r was . poss1blnsy that had
uevr eccurrtd 10 use. and
come - ne msch - II I had
strsechA out ~ hand for
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12
How Superstition
Started.

shipped Isis, tho moon goddess. When
the new moon rose they bowed to II
over the right shoulder. Hence the be-
lief that to see the new moon over the
right shoulder brings luck. Do you
knock wood three times when you have
said something raSh7 That custom
originated from tho three hammer
blows on the Cross, whose repetition
was supposed to scare away the devil"
Do you say Bless your whom some
body sneezes? A sneeze used to be re-
garded as an omen. or portent. And,
TO make It a good omen. the ancients
used to call down blessings on the
sneezer. Swapping the fingers when
throwing dice Is said to have been orig
inally a gesture to invoke the aid OF
some favorits deity in behalf OF the
gambler.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

Think said the preacher "of the golden
the pearly gates, jeweled dGdems the
ut up the other
interrupted the pessimst
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

A RE you superstitious! Most peo-
n pie are. DO you know how come
Of the superstitions started?
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18

The states Of Arkansas, Is votes,
and Nevada, 8 votes, are nov ready
TO act finally, both being for President
Taft This means "a additional votes
for Taft and makes the real Taft fg-
ures as follows:
ror ldIt ...............,,.- .fy3
Mr Tart needs. ............,".. A
Adding Arkansas and Nevada to the
Taft total would increase the total Of
delegates elected to 1853 and reduce
the number to be elected to 80. It
affects the Roosevelt table as follows:
Number Of delegates yet to be
eiecte0 .................- .3l0
Mr.. Roosevelt needs ............ ali
Hence, Mr.. Roosevelt has already
lost control Of the convention.
Delegates Elected.
The delegates already elected to the
Chicago convention are either Instruct
ed for or pledged to the various candi.
dates a. follows:
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
THE BEST SERVICE AT
FAIR RATES

The most valuable tele-
phone service is the service
that makes communication
possible with the greatest
number of people. That is
the significance of the term
universal service. The great
Bell System approaches
very nearly this ideal con-
dition. If you have a Bell
telephone, you are connect
ed with a system that serves
twenty million people. Isn't
that worth while?
And isn't it some satisfac-
ton to know that the rates
you are paying are only su&-
cient to cover operating ex-
penses. and pay a fair rate
of interest on the investment?
No bonds on which to pay
interest; no water in the
stock; in fact, and here's the
big thing that commends The
Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company,
for every dollar Of capital
stock issued. there is $l.l5
invested in plant.
Isn't that eminently fair
to the public.
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN CHANG
Appeal Now Taken From People e
the Bosses.

Step by step Theodore Roosevelt
campaign for denomination for Q
bird term IL falling by the way
side. At first Mr. Roosevelt made
a direct bid for instructed delegates
Tor himself This effort met with
such feeble response at the hands
II the Republicans throughout the
country that Senator Dixon and his
other managers undertook to set up
fake contests throughout the south
as an evidence that Mr.. Roosevelt's
campaign was making even greater
progress than 1t really was. Now,
having been defeated in their purpose
u securing majority Of the national
Republican convention, and having
had their contests" In the south
shown up" In their true light, the
Roosevelt managers have turned their
attention to persuading delegates &C
tually instructed or pledged to Pnesi
dent Taft to bolt their instructions
In other words. instead Of living up
W sASAi PiuAVob00 AuUCntlOu dpPChf
Ing to the people, Mr.. Roosevelt and
his managers are now appealing al.
rectly to the political bosses" to help
them out Of q hole.
The work done by Ormsby McHarg
with respect to persuading southern
delegates TO bolt President Taft has
met with warm reception In the
south. The southern leaders Of the
Republican party are thoroughly IN.
suited and incensed at the attitude as
sumed by Mr.. Roosevelt's representa-.
tives toward them and their associ
ates and they declare that southern
Republicans are not mere chatteIs to
be bought, sold and delivered on call.
They have instructed themselves to
vote for Taft by their own free will
and volition, and vote for Taft they
will In the national convention.
Among the Republicans Of the south
who have roundly denounced the meth.
DDS OF Dixon and McHarg are Pope M.
Long and Senator Sloan OF Alabama,
Lee Brock Of Tennessee. Col. Henry s.
Chubb Of Florida, Henry 8. Jackson OF
Georgia and T. L. Grant of South Car.
olina.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
LINC0LN'S SON EXPOSES 7. r.
10 You Want Gettysburg. Speech
Rewrltten7" 10 Asks.

The following 10 an excerpt from q
statement issued by Robert T. Lin.
coin. son Of President Lincoln, in
which he protests against the distor.
ton OF his fathers speeches by Theo-
dore Roosevelt:
MY personal feelings are unimpor
tant. but am not only impatient, but
indignant. that President Lncolns
words and plain views should be Der.
verted and misapplied before trusting
people into support OF doctrines which
believe he would abbor. living. :.
These often quoted words of Presi.
dent Lincoln are now deliberately al.
tered, and argument founded on their
altered form.
III may be permitted to say 1t,
do not think the public wishes the
Gettysburg speech to be rewritten and
its words changed by any one, how.
ever distinguished, for any purpose,
least of all In order to support propo.
sition that President Lincoln would
not possibly have In mind.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
DR.. WILEY FAVORS
Tells How Roosevelt Undid
Through Remsen Board.

An Interview In the Boston, Herald,
April 23. 1912. with DR.. Wiley Is a.
follows:
Yes, l said It. Why shouldn't
have said III Would | not be an In
crate from my toes up to my head
from my head down to my toes-if
did not say til"
Thus did DR.. Wiley. pure food cham
pion. until recently chief chemist a
the department of agriculture. reiter.
ate today his hope that President
TAFT would be reelected. He reiter-
ated, when shown a copy of a state
ment, which he had been represented
as making In Cincinnati a few days
ago. That statement ran as follows:
President Taft Is the one man who
stood between me and destruction at
Washington. When efforts were being
made to assassinate me, Taft proved
my only protector. He stood by me
and am grateful to him. hope he
will be reelected"
viii you tell about the origin Of
the Remsen boardf" was asked.
Why, guess So" came the an
swer promptly. II wore a muzzle b.
comingly for long time. Perhaps the
truth ought to be told about that board
right now.
1t was appointed by Mr.. Roosevelt
az president Of the United Statea
either on the suggestion to him OF the
secretary OF agriculture or by his own
suggestion to the secretary. The &C
tuai announcement was made by the
secretary OF agriculture. | was told
that Mr.. Roosevelt selected DR.. Rem
sen. and that DR.. Remsen selected his
associates.
What about the appropriations foi
the support Of the board and the au
thority Of law for its appointment!
was asked,
The appointment was by the q
scutive order Of President Roosevelt.
replied DR.. Wiley. Every dollar paid
to the Remsen board for all Of tt
work has been paid from appropris
lions made to the bureau OF chemis
Try for the purpose of enforcing the
'ood and drugs act.
The Remsen board was appointed
n 1903 continued DR.. Wiley In
little less than year, on January
%, 1909 (well toward the end Of
President Roosevelt's administration,
he Remsen board rendered its YER
iict favorable to the use Of benzoat
u soda In food products. The opinion
was publicly promulgated some two
Dr. three months later. The Remseu
BOARD has been investigating sulphur
iioxide all the years since then and
has not made Its report yet"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
FAIRBANKS FOR TAFT
Campaign Lie Nailed by Former
vIcs-PrssIdent.

The report that former Woe Prssi-
! dent Fairbanks Of Indiana will MOI
serve ~ Tar delegate-at-iargs from
Indiana at the Republican national
convention at Chicago. in June. IL .
campaign canard made out Of the
whole cloth. Mr.. Fairbanks himself
never authorized or suggested any
such statement Of his position. but, on
the contrary, he has authorised Col
Harry 8. New, Republican national
Committeeman from Indiana, and
chairman Of the committee on arrange
ments Of the Chicago convention, to
say:
THE report II without any founda,
ton In fact. Mr.. Fairbanks has not
declined and will not decline to 20 az
delegate.
This report Of Mr.. Fairbanks alleged
determination not to go to Chicago as
delegate originated with and was
circulated In Indiana by newspaper
which prepared. set up and printed
and circulated In the state an hour
after the polls opened on primary day,
a charge Of fraud In that primary. Not
content with laying the groundwork
or trumped-up contest on behalf
OF Mr.. Roosevelt In Indiana the Fair
banks canard has now been added to
the achievements Of this newspaper In
this campaign.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
WOMEN COMMEND TAFT
Praise Appointment Of Woman ts
Head Child Bureau.

President Taft's appointment Of
Miss Julia Lathrop Of Chicago to head
he new child's bureau In the depart
ment OF commerce and labor has met
with nothing but universal commenda
lion ever since the announcement OF
he appointment was made. Miss La,
throp has long been associated with
Miss Jane Adams Of Chicago in set
.lement work and has most enviablS
constructive record along the lines
upon which the new child bureau will
be administered.
One OF the most interesting features
of the Communications which the presi
lent has received upon choosing q
woman--the first woman to hold a bu
reau headship under the government
for this important work has been
The voluntary expression from women
of the highest rank in the nation for
human conservation. Among thOss
who have expressed themselves In the
highest praise Of the act OF President
Taft are Rev. Anna H. Shaw Of New
York, Mrs. Philip NJ Moore Of st.
Louis. president of the General FEEDER
alton Of Women's Clubs: Mrs. John
Miller Horton Of New York. vicepres-
ident general Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution; Mrs. Margaret
Dye Ellis, secretary Of the National
Women's Christian Temperance
Union; Miss Mabel T. Boardman, sec
rotary Of the American Red Cross;
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. chairman
OF the women's welfare department Of
the National Civic Federation, and
Miss G. 4. Mason Of Tarrytown. N. Y.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18

Note.-Senator La Toilette has 10
delegates In North Dakota and rs in
Wisconsin,: total. 36.
Senator Cummtns has 10 delegates
In Iowa.
The states yet to elect delegates
not including Arkansas and Nevada,
are as follows:
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18

Thus 1t Is apparent that President
Taft's denomination Is assured and
that further opposition to him Is
hopeless. From now on the contest In
the Republican party II . mere band.
wagon procedure.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18

Don't be surprised II you have an
attack of rheumatism this spring.
Just rub the affected parts freely
with Chamberlain Imminent and 1t
will soon disappear. Sold by The
Roscoe w. Smith Co.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-18
TAFT IS winner
Of REN0MINAT ION
Roosevelt Absolutely Defeated
for a Third Term
BAY STATE TELLS THE TALE
Former President Needs 31f Deieaatea
TO Win and Only $40 Remain 70
Be EeIectsd-rabies Tell
the etory.

| Theodore Roosevelt has AREA dy lost
oil chance OF denomination for q third
term by the Republican NATIONAL CON.
vention at Chicago In June On Sat.
urday night. May I, he needed 31l del.
egates to control the convention and
on that day only $40 delegates re-.
mainsd to be chosen. The IA dele
gates already elected are INSTRUCTED
Tor or pledged to President Taft, Colo
mel Roosevelt, and Senators La Fol.
lette and Cummins, and OF this num-
Der President Taft has almost two.
thirds for his denomination.
The plain defeat Of Colonel Roose.
welt In Massachusetts, practically took
him out Of the race. and the action of
the Thirteenth Missouri district in
sending to Chicago delegates pledged
to Taft proved his unlucky undoing.
In Massachusetts, tho contest was
fought under 4 presidential pref erence
primary law which had MI. Roosevslts
complete approval. The issues raised
were issues sQuarsly between Presi.
dent Taft and Colonel Roosevelt them
selves, and the vote showed this re-
suit:
President TAFT carried the presi.
dental preference primary by 1000
plurality and had An actual m q jority
over both Colonel Roosevelt and Sem
ator La Toilette.
The president carried nine OF the
fourteen congressional districts In the
state.
The Taft alternate ticket was elect
ed by plurality as large Al the presi-
dents on the preference vote.
The Taft delegate ticket was defeat
ID through technical error ON the
part of the voters, who were confused
by the presence of an Independent.
Taft candidate on tho ticket This
fact caused more than 1900 voters
TO vote for nine instead of eight Taft
ielegates-at-large, thereby lnvalidat-
ng their ballots, although their prefer
ence was plainly shown. 1nre cogni-
ton Of this fact Colonel Roosevelt
himself has waived his claim to these
delegates.
Taft's Widespread suppprt-
The overwhelming victory of the
president has been hailed by Republic
ans everywhere as tho end Of the fight
and his denomination is now con eded.
The president will verify the claims
Of his campaign managers made early
In the contest In that he will havesa
majority Of the delegates at Chicago
from the north, south, east and west.
The president has already carried the
rock-ribbed Republican states Of New
Hampshire, Vermont. Massachu sets.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York.
Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Ken
lucky, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.
The Republican states yet to be heard
rom include New Jersey, Ohio, Min
nesota and most Of the mountain and
Pacific states, all of which are lean
Ing to the presidents support
The figures to date, showing the
after hopelessness of Mr.. Roose vslts
campaign for denomination and the ab-
solute certainty of the renomin alton
II President Taft. are conta lined in the
following tables:
The Washington times., 1912-05-02
Injunction Action
Filed Against |. C. C.

An Injunction suit against the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and the
trunk line railroads of the country. to
restrain the commission and the rail-
roads from complying with the commits
sion's rule against the division of rates
with the Tap Line" railroads, has been
filed in the st. Louis courts, according
to information received by Secretary
Marble, of the commission. today from
j. ID. Watson, assistant general freight
agent of the ST. Louis and Southwestern
railroad
April q, the Interstate Commerce
Commission gave a decision in the tap
line cases, declaring these tap lines,
(short haul roads, owned or controlled
corporations) were not common car
riers in the sense OF the Interstate Com
merce law, and forbade through rates
over them and a division of these rates
with them. This decision was welcome
to the big roads, but the tap line people
claimed they would lose a minimum of
$1,000 a week thereby. BY injunction
they seek to prevent the big roads from
cancellng their through rates.
According to the decision Of the COM
mission the cancellation OF through,
rates over tap lines became effective
at midnight. April 70. and all of the
trunk lire roads published new tariffs.
4 temporary writ was returned bv the
Missouri State court in st. Louis. re-
Secretary Marble, Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. says tap lines
aud through lines that participate in
through rates render Themselves liable
tC criminal prosecution for violation
of the interstate commerce law.
The Washington times., 1912-05-02
Grants Certiorari
In Murder Trial

Argument was completed In Supreme
Court of the United States this aft
ernoon on the appeal of Arthur John
son, colored, who was convicted of
the murder of John Osenstein, a New
York avenue blacksmith. on Decem-
Der 8. 1910. Paca Oberlin represented
the appellant and Solicitor General
Lehman the Government.
The argument had to deal solely
with the legal question involved in
an Interpretation of the criminal code.
The jury in this case was inclined to
bring in a modified verdict, finding
Johnson guilty of murder in the first
degree, but recommending he should
not hang. Justice Wright decided II
a first degree conviction were had
the penalty must be death and moth
ing else under the law II was on
this point that the case was carried
up, the Supreme Court granting the
writ OF certiorari sought by John
sons attorney.
The Washington times., 1912-05-02
Unanimous Vote to
Help Titanic Victims

BY unanimous vote the House today
adopted an amendment TO the Postof-
fice appropriation bill which approp-
rates and makes Immediately ayailab Bile
$4,000 each for the widows OF the
three mail clerks who went down on
the Titanic. The payment is to be
made to the next OF kim" II any
clerk has no widow.
The three clerks who lost their
lives on the Titanic were o. S. Woody,
J. S. March. and w. L. Quinn. The
former was a Washington man.
The amendment was offered by Con-
greSsman Reilly OF Connecticut, and
met with no opposition in the House.
The House then proceeded to roll calls
on the legislative features of the Post
office appropriation bill which were
adopted while that body was in Com
mittee of the Whole last Thursday.
Congressman Mann demanded a sepa-
rate vote on the Shackelford amend
ment. which provides Federal aid 70
good roads by levying a toll against
the General Government for the use
of roads over which the rural mails
are carried. The amendment was adopt
ed by a vote Of 40 to Sc, divided along
non-partisan lines.
A separate vote was also demanded
on the Barnhart amendment requiring
all newspapers and periodicals to pub
lish the names, once a week, of their
owners, publishers, and stockholders.
The Washington times., 1912-05-02
Bay State Delegate
Visits Roosevelt;
Promises Support

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, May "A dele
cation of four Roosevelt leaders from
Massachusetts,, headed by Matthew
Hale, who was the colonels chief aid
in Mondays primary battle, came to
Sycamore Hill this afternoon to serve
notice upon the former President that
despite his mandate to the contrary,
the eight delegates-at-larg from Massa-
chusetts would go to the national con-
vention determined TO work and vote
for him for the Presidential nomina-
ton.
1t has been expected that the. eight
delegates-at-large would visit Colonel
Roosevelt today and thresh out the
Massachusetts situation with him, but
the committee OF four came in their
stead. Beside Mr.. Hale there were
Arthur Hill, former district attorney OF
Boston; E. Fl. Hooper, secretay of the
National Roosevelt League, and Charles
H. Thompson.
Just before they went into session
said:
II am not authorized to make any
public statement for anybody but my
self at this time, but I will say that
Chicago determined to do everything in
their power to have Theodore Roose-
welt nominated for President. They are
Roosevelt men through and through,
every one of them, and they conceive
that they were elected to vote and
work for him at the convention and
they purpose to do it..
I'VE hope to bring Colonel Roosevelt
to this view Of the situation. but even
II we don't / am sure that the result
will be the same. l know that the dele
gates don't fell they should accede to
Colonel Roosevelt's chivalrous request
to vote for Taft"
Before the Massachusetts men ar
rived Colonel Roosevelt declared he
was firm in his determination to have
the Bay State delegates-at-large vote
for Taft and that he would exert every
means in his power to have them do So
THAT Is my idea of square DEAL"
he said, "and / propose to live up to it,"
The Washington times., 1912-05-02
TAT SUPPORTERS
ARE SURPRISED BY
SOUTH CAROL|N|ANS
District and Congressional
Conventions of Republi-
cans Called Off.

There was an interesting development
here today I'm the political situation
which seems to have been a great sur
prise to the Taft headquarters, but no
surprise whatever to the Roosevelt
headquarters. 1t seems that Major
Blalock, chairman of the Capers-
Blalock wing of the Republican party
OF South Carolina, by the consent of the
executive committee Of that faction,
has called off the Congressional district
conventions. and the State convention
or the Republican party, in South Caro-
lima, all booked for Saturday.
Little reason seems to be assigned for
this action at the chairmans notice is
simply in these words:
Il have been in Washington for sew
eral days, and after consultation with
our friends, and with the consent of a
majority of the State executive commit
tee' we have decided to suspend, for
the present, all efforts toward holding
our state and district Republican con-
Nention as called for early in May"
captain Capers, the South Carolina
member or the national committee,
necllned to discuss the matter further
than TO say, as one of the members of
the state executive committee, he had
~SNPi Voecu Ills Willingness to abide by
the decision of the State chairman
and would act accordingly Captain
Capers, further stated, as a member
or the national committee. he expected
70 be in Chicago from June until
'he convention adjourned performing
the duties of that office.
In view of the fact the Taft head
quarters were taken entirely by sur
prise, 1t would seem the Roosevelt
men in the Capers- -Blalock organiza-
ton were satisfied with the Roosevelt
attitude of what has been supposed
to be the Taft delegates already elect
ed and hence no necessity to elect ad =
ditional Roosevelt delegates. Unuues-
tlonably, however, on the other hand.
there are some Taft men in the Ca :
pers-Blalock faction.
The other theory Is these men found
mat unless the party was all white il
would not work in South Carolina, and.
on the other hand, If ii was all white.
Its delegates could not be seated at Chi
cago.
In answer to a telegram to Goldyille
Chairman Blalock would only renIv
his faction would suspend action for the
present, but expected to maintain its
organization and demand recognition at
a later period. He added, however, he
expected to be at Chicago himself The
best Information Is the Roosevelt men in
the Capers- Blalock organization are per-
fectly satisfied with the situation as IL
now stands. as far as delegates to
chicago are concerned.