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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

AHE story of the star of Bethle-
hem has ever been a favorite
one with painters and poets
and has been subject of seri-
Gus study by theologians and scientists
MANY astronomers have asserted that
the heavenly visitant was a comet and
have even sought to identify it with
some of the comets now known
Churchmen, on the other hand, have
eombated these attempts to ascribe a
natural cause to the phenomenon and
have contended that the gospel text
shows the star to have been sent by a
miracle to guide the wise men to the
Christ Child. One of the favorite theo-
ries In the early days of the church
was that luminous angel shining like
a star led the magi on their way. An
other explanation was that the Holy
Ghost took the form Of a star, as he
afterward did that of a dove at the
time of the baptism Of Jesus by John.
The beautiful tale Of the star Of Beth.
lehem is contained in the second chap
ter of Matthew:
"Now, when Jesus was born in Beth
lehem, in Judea, in the days of Herod,
the king, behold, there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where Is he that is born
king of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the east and are come to
worship him."
Herod is troubled on hearing this
and calls in his chief priests and
scribes to learn where Christ should
be born They told him in Bethlehem
The account goes on:
"Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men, inquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
"And he sent them into Bethlehem
and said, Go and search diligently for
the young child, and when We have
found him bring me word again, that
may come and worship him also.
when they had heard the king they
departed, and, 10, the star which they
had seen In the east went before them
till it came and stood over where the
young child was.
when they saw the star they re-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20
SANITY CLAUS PLANT.
Oh, dear, so many things to do

Oh, dear, so many things to do
Now Christmas eve has come!
Here's fifty thousand Christmas trees
To be delivered across the seas
And half million dolls, if you please,
To scatter through Christendom-
Here's bushels Of sugar cats and dogs
To please the children small,
Thousands of gilded nuts on strings
And jumping jacks and candy rings
And loads on loads of other things
To drop in the chimneys tall.
I'm sure 1 scarce know what to do
With such a monstrous pack.
A billion tons of sugar toys
To give to as many girls and boys
Is really too much for Santa Claus
To carry about on his back.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20
WHOLE NUMBER 558

painted the next year, shortly after
which Raphael went to live In Flor
ence, where most of his Madonnas
were finished. His fame had now be-
come so great that he was called to
Rome to decorate the Vatican. 1t was
not till toward the end of his life that
Raphael developed his own style and
did his greatest work, the "Sistine
Madonna" being his last great paint
ing. He was also an architect and
was appointed the chief architect of
st. Peters in Rome.
The painting of the Madonna and
Child by c. Won Bodenhausen, here
shown, is more modern.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20
The Star of
Bethlehem

~HE story of the star of Bethle-
hem has ever been a favorite
one with painters and poets
and has been a subject of seri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

York city, who will make a speech plac-
ing Col Roosevelt in nomination came
in with the delegation. He was suffer
ing from severe cold. but placed him
self in a physicians care. and said he
expects to be able to serve.
Among the leaders of the Taft faction
We're former Representative Herbert
Parsons. Samuel koenig. former secre-
tary of state of New York. and former
Speaker James w. Wadsworth. jr. of
the New York house of representatives
Managers of the national convention
guard against the use of counterfeit tick
cts and the smuggling of friends into the
convention by doorkeepers.
Besides being copyrighted, every ticket
bears secret Identification marks known
only to the members of the committed
and in addition to these there is another
mark known only to Col. Harry S. New,
chairman of the subcommittee on ar
rangements, and Sergeant-at-arms Stone.
The tickets have been placed In sealed
packages in safety deposit vaults and
will be distributed to members OF the
national committee Sunday morning.
Those receiving them are enjoined from
making final distributions until Monday
to further protect against counterfeiters.
To protect against smuggling non-ticket
holders into the convention, doorkeepers
viii be changed every half hour. Chi
cagoans who were picked for door duty
have been assigned to other work.
Tickets to the press section in the
Coliseum for the republican national con-
vention will be distributed today and to-
morrow by James B. Preston, superin-
tendent of the United States Senate press
gallery. who will be in charge of these
arrangements at the convention.
The tickets are to be distributed only to
those newspaper men whose papers have
been advised that reservations have been
made for them. Every seat has been
allotted and there are no extras. The
allotment was made by the standing COM
mitteee of Washington correspondents
Joseph Mosher, bell hop" who has the
reputation of being an expert in drawing
tips from convention crowds. declared
last night that the present gathering was
the closest in his sixteen years ex-
perience.
i've attended every national conven-
ton for the last sixteen years, and
never found business SO slow he said.
When the delegates fight among them
selves the tips go glimmering.
This year you can run your legs off
and you're lucky to get thank you
I'll bet I've carried enough ice water to
ships with small reward. Some one for
got himself yesterday and handed me
dime. I'm thinking of having it framed.
Conventions We're at one time the best
in the land for picking up tips, but now
there are nothing but big bills in sight.
/ guess the delegates don't bother with
quarters and dimes. I'd rather be hop
ping for a teachers convention in a
small burg"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
Lord Mayors Cooked Hat.
From the New York Sun.

from the New York Sun.
A curious survival Of medieval custom
is witnessed in London every lord mayor S
day. This is an official visit Of the lord
mayor to the law courts
In other days the sovereign himself
awaited at Westminster the coming Of
the lord mayor in chariot Of state with
sword bearer. mace holder. chaplain
and gorgeously liveried coachmen and
footmen. The forms have been changed
and the visit is now paid to the high
court. but the spirit of the act remains,
for the lord mayor opens his term in the
Mansion House with a ceremonial involv-
ing recognition Of the supreme authority
of the crown.
The instrument used for expressing this
traditional idea Is an old fashioned cooked
hat When the lord mayor. in his robes
OF office, enters the high court with his
retinue in costume he solemnly lifts his
cooked hat three times from his head and
salutes the lord chief justice and the
justices.
The judges wear robes and wigs when
in court. For lord mayors day they have
also fiat black cap which can be slipped
over the top Of the wig. The lord chief
justice and his associates return the lord
mayors salute gravely. but they do not
take off their black caps. Were they to
do this they would place the crown upon
a level Of equality with the municipality.
They greet the lord mayor without un-
covering their heads. and the principle of
the supremacy Of the crown Is safe.
The lord mayor with his retinue sub
sequently visits the judges in other courts
to invite them to the Guildhall banquet
When the rustling noise Of the process
sion is heard each Judge fumbles in a
drawer, pulls out little square OF black
cloth and crowns his wig with it. The
lord mayor takes off his three-cornered
hat three times and the Justice on the
bench bows but remains covered.
In all this byplay of cooked hat and
black cap is preserved the ancient ira
dition of the supremacy of the British
crown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
BUILDING PERMITS.

The following building permits were is
sued today:
To w. c. and A. K. Miller. to build
seven two-story brick dwellings. from
111s to 1l2s Canal street southwest: ar
chitect, ~ T. Halter: builders. w. c. and
A. X. Miller: estimated cost. 5000.
To Charles w. King. jr., TO build four
two-story brick dwellings,. from 80 to 3l8
D street southeast: architect. n. X.
Grimm. builder. Charles w. King. tr.:
estimated cost, $4,000.
To j. W. Carr. to build dwelling at 45l9
Georgia avenue; architect. Conrad NJ.
CLANCY; builder, Conrad NJ CLANCY: es-
timated cost. $1,000.
To Frank Mitchell. to build four-story
brick dwelling at 1918 Q street northwest;
estimated cost, $4,000.
To A. p H. Clark to repair store ana
dwelling at 1S4O-4S 9Th street northwest:
estimated cost. $125.
To F. w. Woolworth. to repair store at
9o3 Pennsylvania avenue northwest: esti-
mated cost. Sill.
To Mrs. A. B. Gardner. to repair store
at 1O1S 14th street: estimated cost. $44s.
To Mrs. Hornmead. to repair dwelling
at 1919 18th street northwest: estimated
cost. $50.
To Union Trust Company. TO repair
bank building at corner 18th and H
streets northwest; estimated cost, 1928.
To Mrs. Darling. to repair dwelling at
5000 10th street northwest: estimated
cost. sos.
To A. ID. Loffler. TO repair dwelling at
119 Rock Creek Church road: est mated
cost, $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
ON THE FIRING LINE.

CHICAGO, June 15.CaIifornia's delega-
ton, shouting for Roosevelt, arrived to-
day and. headed by a. band, marched to
the Roosevelt headquarters, where they
received a rousing welcome. The repub-
lican national committee was denounced
for unseating the two Roosevelt delegates
from San Francisco by members of the
delegation.
Many banners were carried by the west
erners bearing inscriptions of various
kinds.
California refuses to try title to prop
erty-before the thief who stole it, and
one, and let the people rule" California
for Roosevelt by 10000" was another.
Accompanying the California delegation
are two women, Mrs. Francis Porter Col
Inns Of Los Angeles. and Mrs. Charles d.
Blaney of San Jose, the first women to
attend a republican national convention
as delegates
The New York delegation. with ninety
votes in the convention, arrived today.
Both the Taft and Roosevelt headquarters
made widely differing claims as to the pro-
portion of what it would capture. The mat
ter probably will be settled tonight at a
conference of the delegates. 1t was re-
ported however, this morning that the
Brooklyn delegation, with eighteen
national committee decided the Wash
lngton contest in favor of Taft.
w. A. Prendergast, controller of New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
An Ingenious Fire Box. y

From the Wide World Magazine.
very simple, but nevertheless effec-
tive. method of making fire is used in the
Arfak mountains in Dutch North New
Guinea. The natives cut a section of
bamboo. usually about nine inches long
by two inches in diameter. and into this
Is put a supply of finder and a small
fragment OF anything Independently a
piece of china, If the natives can get
hold OF II. The finder is covered from
the wet by a piece of bark and the
fire box" is then ready for use when
ever IL is wanted To get a light the
Iative merely takes the piece of china
and a lump OF finder between his thumb
and first finger; then. holding the bamboo
I'm his left hand. he strikes it's surface
sharply with the china. causing sparA
which soon ignites the finder. Even the
white man soon acquires the knack OF
doing this. and the process IL much more
effective and infinitely less laborious than
the usual method of producing fire by
friction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
NEW PLAN IS PREDICTED
TO NOMINATE ROOSEVELT
Failing Success at Chicago,
Convention Will Be Held in
New York City.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 10
Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated
for President at a convention of his fol-
lowers which will be held in New York
city within seventy-two hours after it
becomes apparent that the colonel is not
to get square deal in Chicago" was the
assertion last night of DR.. David Wagner,
a we'll known German republican poll
tician.
DR.. Wagner, who has known Col.
Roosevelt since the former Presidents
boyhood days. has within a day or two.
he says. received letter from the
colonel bearing upon the proposed New
York convention.
When pressed by correspondent to
divulge the contents of the letter DR..
Wagner said: 1T Is impossible. It is a
matter of honor now. Later there will be
no objection"
DR.. Wagner asserts that anything
short Of the nomination Of Col. Roosevelt
by the Chicago convention will not be a
square DEAL and that to prevent a
sanguinary conflict on the floor of the
convention hall it may prove advisable
for the Roosevelt delegates to withdraw
before the first ballot is taken.
The leaders of the Roosevelt delega-
tons in every state in the Union. DR..
Wagner says. are aware of the plan Of
a 'rump'' convention. and the trusted
Roosevelt delegates are going to Chicago
prepared to make a side trip to New
York to nominate the greatest Amer
ican."
Dr.. Wagner says that New York
Roosevelt delegates are doing the work.
incident to the New York convention.
The colonel is kept advised of the plans
and has expressed his willingness"
mate Roosevelt" said DR.. Wagner. New
York city is the spot to do the job. and
that is where we are going to do it,
DIR. Wagner says that his old friend
Theodore Roosevelt is going to be elect
ed on an antitrust platform, and that
he personally knows a number Of mil
lionaires who will help finance the prof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
MISSISSIPPI DELEGATE
QUITS THE TAFT RANKS
Returns to Director Mckinley
Money Given to Defray
Travelling Expenses.

CHICAGO. June Ex-senator Dixon, di-
rector of the Roosevelt campaign forces.
by way of replying to the Mckinley
charges Of Roosevelt bribery. sent forth
Wednesday. gave out a letter yesterday
afternoon signed by Charles Banks of
Mound Bayou, Miss, a Taft delegate at
large from that state. In the letter
which was addressed to Director McKin-
ley OF the Taft bureau, Banks says:
Returns Expense Money.
Il am returning to you herewith the
money placed in my hands, at YOUR sug-
gestion, to defray travelling expenses of
some of the delegates from Mississippi
You can do as you see fit The insinua-
tons thaS l can be or ever have been
bought are known to be untrue and un-
founded by no one better than those con-
nected with your campaign. / have never
asked any of you for one cent. A man
worth $4,000 in his own right, elected by
his own people to a position which entails
handling nearly 100000 per annum, and
whose credit is up In the thousands is
not apt to allow you or any set of men
to buy him with a few hundred dollars"
Denies Violating Instructions.
I'm turning from the support of your
candidate 1t may be urged that / have
violated instructions. / shall say nothing
of the conditions under which the con-
vention issued instructions unless later
developments require it, but no member
OF the delegation from Mississippi will
say with justice to his conscience that
| was elected on the strength of or al
lance with any particular candidate"
Flat denials are made by the Taft man
ayers that the money was ever given a.
bride. and Banks own letter is quoted to
show that Chairman Mckinley Thursday
suggested that it be returned.
The reply of the Taft headquarters In
the form Of remark from Mr.. Mckinley
was brief and oracular. Mr.. Mckinley
said:
Il hope every republican will read the
Banks letter with extreme care. and then
draw his own conclusions. It's disclosures
are illuminating. It's issuance from the
Roosevelt headquarters is significant
1t was more than intimated that this
was merely the forerunner of more spe-
cific material to be issued from the Taft
headquarters today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
A Harmless Sweetener.

g..
Some people can't eat sugar, particular
ly those who have diabetic trouble. Up
to thirty-three years ago there was moth
ing such persons could use to satisfy the
natural craving for sweets In 1870
chemistry came to the rescue, as so often
it has done. in the discovery of saccha-
rim. product Of coal tar, by DR.. Ira
Remsen. one Of the worlds greatest
chemists. We now find soEoe newspapers
going SO far as to class as a poison this
substance which diabetic patients can
freely use when cane sugar would be
fatal. This was not the finding of the
Remsen board. nor has any scientific COM
mission representing any European ma
ton ever found 1t to be a poison. 1t Is
true that Germany and some other coun-
tries have enacted arbitrary revenue laws
to restrict the sale Of saccharin-not,
however. on the ground that it was in
furious to health. but solely for the pro-
lection of the cane and beet sugar indus
tries Of these countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

and it is up to Bieber to make remarks
about them If he entertains any suspi-
cions of their fairness.
The Virginia contests have been con-
solidated. The synopsis OF the brief OF
the Taft contestants says:
THE state convention for the election
of delegates at large to the national re-
publican convention, as well as all the
district conventions for the election of
district delegates. were called by the
tees. IN strict conformity with the ma
tional call. At the state convention
there was but one real contest OF merit,
and that was from the third district The
Slemp people, one Taft faction. COM
promised this contest in such way that
Mr. Cabell Of the other Taft faction was
chosen as delegate at large. All the
other contests arising in the different dis
tricts and presented at the state conven-
ton and all other contests arising in the
district conventions were pure invention
and afterthought. The contest had arisen
after the proper delegates had been
chosen, and all were manufactured out
of pure fiction. In all the ten districts
conformity with all the requirements set
forth by the national committee"
Senator Bradley Of Kentucky, arrived
from Washington today. The senator
delegates. and. being a practical politi-
clan. the noise and clamor which Is al
ready being whipped up for Roosevelt's
arrival does not disturb him.
Taft will be renominated without
question" said the senator, for the very
simple reason that he has the delegates.
OF course, / know there Is a lot Of shout
ing for Roosevelt here and that Roose-
Welt will add his own mellihuous voice
to swell the sound today, but votes nomi-
nate a candidate for President
A Bird's-Eye View Of Situation.
One is likely to get cross-eyed trying
to get bird's-eye view today. The
glooms and joys chase each other around
and cross and recross the contending
lines with bewildering inconsistency.
wait until T. r. comes and he will
show you what's what!'' shout the
Roosevelt men.
Let him come.'' growl the Taftites,
and go plumb to thunder
The lobby orators hold forth, frothing
at the mouth. and fist fights enliven the
outskirts Of the audience.
A blanket of humidity settles over the
town and mems tempers get on edge, I'M
til everybody seems to have a chip on
his shoulder.
The bread line for convention tickets
has formed and men fight like wolves for
admission to the big show In the main
tent next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
Never at a Loss.

TIL curse iv tn dimmycrat party has
always been its lack iv culture Often
vhn confronted with N-reat issues
we've been enable to think Nv anything
bad enough to say about each other"
says Mr.. Dooley But tn republican lead
ers ARE niver at loss FIR wurrud |
wondher who ar-re tn professors Nv per-
sonal abuse at Yale an Harvard. They re
good min whoiver they are" Read
"Dooley on the Convention in The Sun
day Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
WILL HOLD ON TO OFFICE.
Wilson Will Not Resign if Nomi-
mated at Baltimore.

NEW YORK. June 15-Robert Hud-
speth. vice chairman OF the democratic
national committee. announced ydsI
terday that Gov. Wilson probably
would not resign as governor II he is
nominated for President. Mr.. Hud-
speth is closely associated with the
governor. and the announcement is
considered authoritative by friends of
Mr., Wilson.
Gov. Wilson's term expires January
1, 1914. and IL he does not resign fol-
lowing his nomination, there will be
no gubernatorial election In New Jer-
sey next fall.
Several important appointments will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
Last Lecture of Season.

Washington. Our City and Surround
ings." particularly In their relation TO the
milk and cream traffic, was the topic or
lecture at AT Pennsylvania avenue
northwest this morning by E. p. Coweii
of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
1t was the nineteenth and last lecture Of
the season in the free educational course.
to be resumed next fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

Ralph E. Hicks, a horse trainer OF
Brooklyn. N. Y. was arrested this morn
ing in Washington by Detectives Spring.
mann and O'Brien on a warrant issued
by the marshal of Baltimore county.
Md. Hicks is charged with assault and
carrying concealed weapons the alleged
acts said to have been committed at
Electric Park, Baltimore. Through his
attorney, F. Edward Mitchell, Hicks has
demanded a hearing here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

All the street cars in Richmond,
Petersburg. Suffolk. Portsmouth. Nor
folk and other places in Frank J..
Gould's electric railway system were
stopped one minute yesterday during
the funeral OF William Northrup,
Gould's head man. who WIS fatally in
jured by cranking his automobile on
high gear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
SHERMAN OUT OF RUNNING.
Reported That Vice President Does
Not Want denomination

NEW YORK. June 15.-A Washing
ton dispatch to the New York Times,
under yesterdays date. says:
ut was stated here today on excel
lent authority that Vice President
Sherman has decided that renomina-
ton for the vice presidency has no at
traction for him. This was the most
significant of today's developments at
the Capitol.
"Mr. Sherman out of the running. 1t
is said, the Taft managers will make
haste to bid for the progressive vote
by putting a progressive in his place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

T "a

From the Boston Transcript.
Manager-Yes, We need a man: It's In
our packing department. Had any ex-
perience?
Applicant-rve taken lessons in boxing.
sir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
A Sharp Shopper.

From the Boston Transcript.
Salesman-Now. here, madam, is a piece
of goods that speaks for itself; L
Customer Gnterrupting)-The suppose
you keep quiet a moment and give it
chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15

southern delegates aside and try to show
them. kindly but forcefully. a verbal
picture of the remains Of the republican
party after a Taft campaign next fall.
If his suggestion is adopted Chicago
will become full of little white-hot spots
in the center of which Roosevelt and
Taft delegates are talking things over.