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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19

employed in building high class pub
lie roads. The prisoners will be on a
sort Of trusty basis: their striped
suits will be removed and there will
he no guards. They will be put upon
their II If there is any merit in
the argument of the advocates of out.
ward swinging prison doors this con-
dition for the prisoners is ideal--open
air. reasonable labor. good food, no
prison marks and the honor system.
The building Of good roads does not
not compete seriously with free labor,
and reduces taxation by doing with
prison labor that for which the public
would be otherwise taxed. This condi-
ton. too, is ideal from the standpoint
Of those who do not believe honest
and industrious people should be tax
ed 10 support those who break tho
law.
IN" counties are To pay To The state
'ilN cents :; day for each prisoner in
addition To his keep. The state does
not seek to make Il profit out of the
criminals and SO lets the counties have
them at cost. The fifty cents per day
is divided, half going to the fam
lily Of III" criminal. if he has one, and
the other half 10 the prison fund
which is used To- help prisoners in get
iInE " new start after they have scrv-
ed their term. The provision for tho
family is ideal in thai it is. so far as
We can recall. the only instance whore
Il regular return is made possible for
tn" prisoner 10 those dependent upon
him.
III" counties get lalnrcrs at fifty
cents = day ana koep-possihly n dol
Ian Il DAY all lold--that would cost
III the open market Two OF two and
81 half IlmcS that amount. The only
~ in the ointment is the fact that if
IN" lllS"n"rS were not employed. the
w"r( would he done by free labor.
Eu hon i, is recalled that all the
p"oll" of the COMMITTEES are benefited
by iii" cheaper labor by means of
"Wrr taxes, this NOR" than offsets
'h" ~adNantaG" that would come to
ir"" labor.
Georgia has for years worked her
l'"nil"nriarN conNicts on tho public
highways. with III" reslll, that the
roads "f h a state are among the best
IN the nation. l:lt the horrible con-
'!lti"n of these road cnnvirt camps
HIS given III" state !; rather unsaNorN
Reputation. Criminals of all classes
Fave been put int" the r;tnps. many
of thcm in chain gangs. and all of
them in prison stripes. while the arm
cd guards that patrol tho camp dur
ln& tn" day and guard the sleeping
quarters at night do no add to the
s"mi-frccdom that tn" outdoor life in
dicttcs l:nt the prison authorities
answer these objections With some
show of reason thai tho conditions
~" n" more offensive to the sight than
;r" the conditions in the ~pcni,entiar-
les themselves. while the outdoor life
is far better for the prisoners than
the routine. lorkstcp and cell hunks
which would he their portion inside
of prison walls.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19

greatest Office in the gift of the nation
Is this:
Give the people Il chance to pick
their standard bearer. Use tho pri-
mary law where it exists and create a
substitute for it where it does not ex-
ist. 4 man so chosen will ha"u Won
half the fight for election
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
The Only Man.

(Wahpcton Globe-Gazettc.)
The year 1912 is to be an election
year with a vengeance. We will have
to so to the polls three times this year
before ge get through selecting the
officers who will run things for us the
next four Years. The fellow who likes
to 'argyfy'' politics will be in his
glory. He will have something to ar
que about from one years end to the
other.
Our first election is little less than
ten weeks off. At this election the
voters Of North Dakota will nominate
presidential electors. elect members OF
the national committees of the two
great parties. elect delegates to the
national conventions and signify their
preferences for candidates for presi-
dent and vice president of the United
States. The selection of candidates
for president and vice president by
popular vote is a new thing. 1t has
never been tried before but will be
tried in six states this year. OF these
six the election will be held in North
Dakota first and the result here will
v its influence on the national con-
%ventions. Of both parties as the senti-
ment of the people Of this state as ex-
pressed by the vote will be considered
to a greater or less extent the senti-
ment. Of the people Of the whole,
northwest.
On account Of the dissentions In the
Republican party and the strong OPP.
position In the party to- the fenomina-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19

The Democrats are getting :: little
nervous for fear that Thee. Roosevelt
will be the next president. Col. Nat
tcrson Says that if Teddy ever gets into
the white house again the only way he
can be got out again is to carry him
out feet first. On the other hand
some of the rapid La Toilette men say
that this talk of Roosevelt is Il rrse to
draw attention away from l.aFollette.
This is all the rankest kind Of folly
and shows that people are not putting
their ears To the ground to hear the
voice of the people. This talk of
Roosevelt is inspired by men all over
the country who think the eX-presi-
dent is the right sort of a MAJ for
the job-a man Ii caters to no
n who fears no one. He may swing
the big stick s~trcnously and in our
opinion that is the sort Of administra-
ton this country needs. If Theodore
Roosevelt is nominated for president
in 1912 The Democratic party might
as Well III To wear Mourning,
because it will he all over but the fu-
nera!-and they know it only too we'll
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
Growing Demand.

! I'IIC'l.
North DakotHnS are more than in
ter"sted in the growing demand that
the name If Theodore Roosevelt he
placed on the primary ballot in the
March election. There are thousands
of Republicans in this state who are
l~ukewarm!y supporting Taft because
they believe he has c%ndcavored to full
ill the duties of his office honestly.
There are thousands moro who are
giving a passive support to I>aFollcttc
because he stands for certain ideas,
and Yet who can hardly 60 the whole
l.aFollctte menu of reform. What is
true of North Dakota Republicans is
true all eel tho country.
Roosevelt represents more nearly
the ideals of the great mass Of people,
than n other party leader. He is q
North Dak"tan by adoption: his ag-
gressivc spirit WAS nurtured and fos-
tered in sunny western North Dakota,
and the growing demand that his
name be placed on tho ticket in tho
March primaries cannot be ~sequclch-
ID.
North Dakota is the first state in
TIL" union ~ hold its presidential
primary: the eyes of the nation are
IN the llirkcrtail state. and with
North Dakota casting it's ballot for
~ VIZ, ~ S'NGh lIN
opportunity. n tidal wave will sweep
tn" country for the former president
and North Dakota will have nominal
ed 4 president.
The Chicago Tribune which has
stood for I.aFollette or rather moro
for the progressive idea than for any
individual urges that the people he
given an opportunity to vote for
Roosevelt. on the ground that the
y vi ,,,,, lo,- .r,.c1,c,fx. %o
pie the right to express their choice.
1t SAYS:
LAS the Tribune understands the
spirit and purpose of tho primary. i,
is designed to give the people a chance
to choose their candidates for office.
1t was horn Of a desire to rid city,
county, state and country of boss pick
ed candidates. 1t was. in fact, the
voters emancipation proclamation
The primary law is primarily for the
benefit and use Of tho people. to make
possible entire freedom of choice and
only secondary for the convenience OF
some of the citizens OF Nebraska,
California, North Dakota. Oregon,
New jersey. Kansas and other states
want to put the name Of the former
president on the primary ballot. why
shouldn't they go ahead and do it?
Why write oyster Bay about it? They
will be utilizing the primary law in
the way it was intended. II the vot-
ers of any state have a preponderance
of feeling for Mr.. Roosevelt they have
the right to use the law to make that
fact known. If. on the other hand,
the adherents Of Mr.. Taft. or Mr.. La
Toilette are in the majority. they
equally are entitled to explode this
sudden recrudescence Of enthusiasm
for the guardian, Of the big stick and
the square deal. In. the states that
lag behind the progressive procession
doubtless means will be found to
plumb the depths and sound the sem
timent. The Tribune's advice to the
friends If Messrs. Taft. LaFollette and
Roosevelt. and to the adherents of any
other man worthy. of holding the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
Am ASTRONOMICAL NUISANCE
MOON GIVES ASTRONOMERS MORE TROUBLE THAN ALL THE
OTHER HEAVENLY BODIES COMBINED.
makes a division of opinion about tn,
ecliNSc nov

makes a DIVISION OF opinion about the
eclipse now.
Prof. Mitchell says that in all
probability neither school will be
found to be absolutely correct. When
was in Spain in 1901 photographing
the total eclipse visible there" said
Prof. Mitchell. the moment of eclipse
came ton second > Don err than had been
calculated. This was not because
there had been amy ~inaccuracy in the
of the erratic motion of the moon,
which made it impossible to tell with
c~Nactness just how she would move"
The position of the planets, the
shape of the earthly and many other
things have an influence OF the mo-
ton OF the moon. Not only does this
erratic conduct interfere with astro-
nomical calculations, but the moon
makes it impossible to study the stars
for the part of the time and blurs
photographic plates and generally
makes itself objectionable. Its sur
face has been thoroughly studied, no
change can be observed, no astron-
as an object of observation and. in
short, our old friend could be done
away with without Il sigh from any
student of the heavens.
1t is. of course. Very important to
know exactly when and where total
cclipses are going to occur. There may
be as many as five cclipscs of the sun
in a Year.. but a total eclipse of the
sun that may be observed in some ac-
ccssible place is a comparative rarity
and important scientific work depends
on what is accomplished during the
precious minutes of comparative dark
moss.
so way has been vet found in which
the suns corona with its unknown
gases may be properly studied except
during II total eclipse. Tho wonder
ful halo tina the sun wears is
of tho most Interesting objects in the
heavens to astronomers and it is i'm
/ portant to know all that can be known
about these strange lights that shoot
out millions Of miles beyond the sun.
No eclipse can ever last more than
seven minutes II t~ifty-eight seconds.
That is brought about only when the
sun is ms far from tho earth as it eve
gets. and the noon is AS near the earth
as it ever gets. and such a combination
of events will occur only once in a
thousand years. The longest recent
eclipse lasted six minutes, and that was
considered Il wonderful length Of time
to have to work in. Everything. of
course is done by Photographic. The
astronomers and their assistants arc
We'll drilled and all the work that can
be crowded into so short a space of
timo is accurately done. The Paris
eclipse will he Il very short one and
little attention will he paid to it By,
astronomers. One much more inter
esting will occur in South America
in October.
Eclipscs have been calculated from
the year 1907 r. G. to 2l62 a. D. There
is always. OF course. the possible error
Of Il few seconds of time or account
of the erratic noon. II she attend
ed to he" revolutions in IL business
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
New York Worldly

Up in central New York for four
Years a remarkable law case has been
going on.
Frank r.. Townsend for four years
has been trying to prove that ne Is
the legally adopted son of rich OLD
Cyrcni ,us C. and Mary Jane TOWN.
send.
one Of the most important G
ments in the case is a time-Worn, ny
stained slim IF paper dated Jan. 2s.
1862.
The defense has attacked this on
/ various grounds.
That the signature is not genuine:
That the paper contained WOOD
| pulp and that wood pulp was not used
for paper until 1870. and
That somebody sWeetened n paper
to make flies light on 1t ana give II
the appearance of age.
Townsend. the contestant. IS the son
Of Harriet -..ares. q; widow With tour
children. who was taken to the aims
house f%orty-nine years ago.
The Townsends. who had no chill
dren, had the almshouse physician
| bring one of the Eaves boys to their
| home. He was returned in a few days
and a brother was substituted. rms
ono they ept. and he. now a man
over 50 years OF age, is trying to prove
that he was legally adopted.
The Townscnds sent him to the dis
their W child. Cyrenie"s Townsend
frequently talked about his boy" AS
Frank grew to manhood he worked
his foster parents home farm and
subsequently, took charge OF an adj
joining farm owned by Cyrenieus. and
later became a carpenter. He was
entered on the census and school re-
ports as the son of the ToWnsends.
In 1905 Mary Jane Townsend died.
and a month later Cyrcnieus followed
her. They had had no. children and
both died without making n will, and
a. horde of Townsend heirs appeared
as claimants.
They were on the eve of getting the
property and sharing it when the adj
ministrator of the estate found a deed
made by Cyrenieus conveying his
property to his wife in 1890. Then
followed a bitter litigation between
the heirs of Cvrenieus and the heirs
of Mary Jane. whose maiden name
was Perry. which resulted In the Per-
rvs getting possession.
Frank made application to the sur
rogate's court to he appointed admin
istrator. as son. of the estate. The
application was denied. proof being
lacking Of legal adoption.
Immediately after the Perry-Town-
send suit ended Frank began in ear.
nest to make inquiries. He sought
out old men who had been intimate
with Cyrenieus Townsend n from
them learned of remarks that his fos.
ter father had made.
He was told hat one Of Townsend's
nieces had something Of value to him,
and. according to tho story told In
court. at her home found two SOAP
boxes containing old documents.
The day following the search Frank
appeared before Attorney Thomas
Carmody with a paper apparently
faded and time stained. which read:
Agreement made this cath day OF
January. 1852. between Cvrenieus C.
Townsend and Mary J.. Townsend. OF
the town of Jerusalem. Yates county
\. v, parties of the first part. and
Harriet Eaves. party of the second
part. in consideration of dollar
parties Of the first part agree to take
Charles caves. son Of Harriet caves
and give him a good education and
at IL death he Is to have all Of oui
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
lPhiladelnhia LedSer)

\ dispatch appeared this week tell
ing of the eclipse of the sun that is
of April and mentioning Il division OF
opinion between English and French
astronomers as to whether the eclipse
would or would not be total.
T Ii there is to the average person
one thing moro mysterious than am
other. it is the calculations of as
tronomcrs. but that there should be Il
marked division OF opinion nmong
them on Il subject so much discussed
as that of eclipses is a surprise to most
people. Why should there he spccu-
lation as to whether the coming
eclipse will be total or annular, wheth-
er the disk of the sun will be quite
ohscurnd or whether a ring of its sur
face will shine at the darkest moment
of the eclipse.
Ii all ONE down, of course To n
French and English authorities dis
agree SLIGHTLY rs to the diameter of
the moon and the calculations of
American and German astronomers
are not exactly like either the French
or tho English. 1t is. however,
between these last that there is the
-, greatest divtrgcnry of opinion. 1t
is only - Very small divergence, be
it understood. hut under certain con
tito amounts to the difference be-
tween Il total and annular eclipse of
the sun.
When one comes to look into the
matter still further it will he found
hat the trouble arises NOT from II
disagreement as To the methods that
should be used TO measure the moon.
but bcrousc of the crratic motion OF
that orb.
Tho MOON" said Prof. S. l. Mitch
| ell of Columbia university, lis an as
economical nuisance. 1t gives moro
trouble tina all the rest of the hcav-
emily bodies put together. If we as
= tron"mcrs had our way We would
, abolish it,"
The distressing truth is that OH,
good old family moon, with which we
were brought up and OF which we have
always looked with such affectionate
familiarity, is anything but Il steady
going and reliable body. There may
be little that is certain in the uni
Verse but the moon is a good candidate
for the position of its most Eighty
thing.
Astronomers never know just where
tho moon is. Tho result is that when
tho moon is measured they do not
know exactly what to Civ as the dis
lance of the earth from the moon at
that particular moment. Tho distance
is calculated n little differently i'm diff
fcrcnt countries, not very differently
but lust enough to make uncertain the
question whether the April eclipse will
or will not be total.
OF course, the nearer the moon is
tn the earth the bigger it seems. The
truc semi-diamcter of the moon is cal
rllatcd by English astronomers at
fifteen minutes and 1924 seconds and
by French astronomers at fifteen min
utes and 1913 seconds. This very
small difference in calculation is what
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
FLIES AS AM A0D TO FORGERY
CLAIM INSECTS WE'RE USED TO HEI1 GIVE DOCUMENT THE
APPEARANCE OF AGE.

dren of our own. and if we do have
children then he shall share equal
with them.
1t is further agreed that Harriet
Eaves gives up all claims on her son
and will not try to get the boy away.
-'Cyrcnieus c. Townsend.
MARY Jane Townsend,
-"ffarriet A. caves"
In tho long litigation that has fol-
lowcd-appeals and new trials--thcre
have been witnesses and handwriting
experts. galore.
The case is now on appeal in the APP.
pellate division. which among other
questions will have to consider the
startling theory proposed by Expert
Hamilton:
That for the first time in history
flies helped to forge q document.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
NO ONE ToR BURNS

Sacramento. Jan. 1s-The applica-
.,on OF William J. Burns for the re-
sembly for the arrest and conviction
Of the Los Angeles Times dynaniiters.
was rejected today by State C%,ontroller
y because. he said, there was not
10000 In the assembly contingent
fund Nye suggested in a letter to
District Attorney Fredericks Of Los
angeles that Burns proper course
would ne TO have a claim bill introduce
sion. ~ sSS
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19

like way, eclipscs would occur always
in the same part of the world. but
owing to the fact That she jumps about
the small point that her shadow
throws on the earth travels over sea
and land and has to be. chased thou
sands of miles by the astronomers who
wish to study the suns corona and 9TH
er phenomena which can be best OBJ
served during an eclipse.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19
CONvICTs AND GOOD ROADS.

Texas has in a small way solved the
problem of the use of convicts in the
state ~penttentiary SO as to make their
labor productive to the state and not
compete with the labor of honest and
law-abiding men. The state win hire
out the convicts to- two counties to be
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-19

mary law where it exists and create a
substitute for it where it does not ex-
ist. \ man so chosen will la"u Won
half the fight for election"
Feasible Solution.
(Michisan Arena.)
With a fine eye to the dramatic
President Taft has declared that
nothing hut death" will keep him out
of the fight for the Kepnhlican nom.
nation. a sentiment which would he
perfectly appropriate if coming from
Colonel Roosevelt. ii smacks of Fall
sta1tlan comedy when employed by the
present chief executive. and might
We'll have been left unsaid without
detriment TO his already failing cause.
one thing it seem to indicate though,
as simple straws may show tine wind.
and that Is the awakening of Taft to
the possibilities of his %quandom adj
visor. the pcppery cN-president. Thco-
dorc. When the first umO ancnt tho
possibility OF Ito%osevnlt's candidacy
was blown about, it was greeted by
general disbelief. and II little. very lit
tie ridiculc. from the timorous camp
followers of Taft. Since that time it
has grown in certainty until the pres
ent; fos,ercd by the asserting, silence
of Mr.. Roosevelt, and indicated by the
moro public conduct of his closest
friends and political retainers. In
decision has no place in the cosmos
of tho colonel. and it is fully appar-
emf that he is but awaiting the high
tide OF popular sentiment which will
bear him blushingly forth to again
contest for the leadership of his par
ty. In the event of his reassuming
charge Of destiny the ex-prcsident
very properly prefers to be sought
rather than to seek, a consistency of
character for which he is to he much
admired. 1T is typically R~ooscveltian.
AS events are now shaping it will be
hut Il very short time. indeed. before
the public pressure reaches that point
ut which the colonel is ready to shy
his castor into the arena. divest him
self of literary pretcnsions. and lead
the charge upon the haplcss camp Of
big business. We cannot sinceely say
that We are sorry tn see it. though the
force of the impact shatter every
mllsty precedent of Il century. Ad-
mirahle though Senator Lal'ollette
may hc-ratlcr as he undoubtedly is
through no lack of merit is it that
he does not possess the popular fancy
as does Roosevelt. and would be prac-
tically certain of defeat for the Re-
publican no'nination-contributing in
this wise TO the selection of Taft and
the sure defeat of the Republican
party in November. The Roosevelt So
luton Of the party situation appears
more than feasible, and certainly ere.
ates an apprehension in the present
administration never o~ccasioned by
the intentions Of Senator LaFollettc.
1t may well do so.
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Help your husband make his choice
of an auto bv keeping tab on the
want columns. Some excellent bar.
gains in = as good as new.
The Forrest City times., 1912-06-21

dentiais. and. Tn fact. no credentials are before fl. The motion is there fore out Of order" the statement con. cluded
 Rosewater then announced he would rule
 The chair sustains the point of order he said. and declares the motion Of Governor Hadley out of or. der. Hadley was standing not ten feet away.
 T appeal from the decision of the chair" he shouted.
 We don't need one now" said a man in the gallery"
 What is the relation of the nation at committee to the national couYen- tion 2a asked Watson.
 .Robbers.a came shout from the gallery.
 The national committee since lSsS. continued Watson. has always furnished a temporary roll. Chairman Resesater Is not here as your chair man He is simply here as your pre- siding officer for the time being He may only recognize the motion
 T nominate Eiihu Root for tempo rary chairman.
 4 storm ef applause swept The floor and galleries d the mention of Roots name
 Ar. watson said Chairman RosaNa= ter's only other duty iu addition 70 the name Of EHhu Roo was to ask for any other nomination that might be made Then tta eHaz yeution could aelect it's own chairman according Co custom
 If Governor Hadley's motion should prevail where are we?" asked Watson