davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
to Get a Medal

LONDON. Dec. Alt In report
ed that tho order of Merit, the
most exclusive British decoration,
will be conferred on Mrs. Humphrey
Ward, the novelist. The only won.
an hitherto belonging to tho order
was Florence Nightingale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

DR- aBs1E r fflHsfER. f oSf spc>
ciaiist tea Arcade Bldg. formerly
walker Bldg.
ti.po pet month Al. W. Kline. now
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
TAFT TO EAT TWO DINNERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. ff.-Presi-
dent Taft received several delega-
lions at the White House today and
is preparing TO attend two dinners
here tonight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

T. g. q. Endo. Assistant Cashier
OF the above named bank, do sol
omniy swear that the foregoing
statement IN true 90 tho best OF my
knowledge and belief
J. a ENDO,
Assistant Cashier.
Correct. Attest
J. r, KfKuTAKE.
g. NJ MYEDA.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before
mo this 18th day OF December. 1919.
tNatarlhl aeaD a 9. KAifLKE.
Notary Public In and Tor the hfatn
80 Washington, residing al seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Special Notices..

CARD or THAMES
We wish 20 say. no words can oxpraaa
our sratitudo 20 the many friends
who bestowed their Kindness and
sympathy upon us In our great
sorrow through the sickness and
death OF our darling daughter aud
sister. Mr. aud AIRS. Jas. W. Aark-
ley and family.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Funeral Directors.


LnivefNlty Undertaking Fariors. t7ft
isth y. E- North ala w. r. Fork
ner.
u R nuTrEHwohTH sONA.
1871 FIRST Az. Main or Elliott pts.
.oo-o~e-oo.>~G
lundnn. cut flowers funeral ptoCcs
Eilfett ztkt ifis Second Green
house ueauon s1s
sfl1~Cut flowers dsaisns seeds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Business Chances

Du6tItEt9 A~ttduCGr
~~-~s~-~-~e~~e~ree-~->~>S
You can always find a bargain AZ
the office nf West rahst Land Go.
Read this enc carefully. Iso acres
Htth a fine house. good barn. or
Chard. running water. over VI coo
! worth % standing cedar. r. n. ID.
phone. milk route. 90 minutes
drive from chehaiis. tho heart Of
South west washington. $50 an
acre other similar bargains In
smaller farms
WEST COAST LAND CO.
ttfa-tt American Rank Bids
BLACKSMITH SHOP
step quick II you want a. Doing
fine business Sell lot and shop
te00. OF rent shop and sell tools.
Give you rasy terms u you are
competent I am too old for tho
work Cot g nice cottage for sale
too. Come sunday G. y Hogan.
Bo'hell. Wash.
Wanted Limited amount Of capital
for safe. conservative. immensely
profitable business. large market.
great demand for pfodurta. l.. G.
Aimpklnr gas Liberty Hldg
Partner wanted 90 take full charge
Of real estate office; no capital
required. Call Al ag2 Metropolis
nidR
Use nassett'n Native Herbs Tor con-
siipatioa. 50 tablets for 9tc- All
druggistH
n ~ k4tts.ktrr H4f fttt.rt~ ttltsv
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14


Two 1-room flats private bath. Non
arch range. gas plate. paved dis
srtct 14lo " Harrison st. block
from ear Phone Esnt 1910.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
$4,000

J acres just north Of tho Country
Club AZ Ronald station. on tho
Everett fnterurbau3 fine piece ~
land aud priced away below what
$4,000 cash. balance TO years..
No. 1910
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
For Sale - Miscellaneous

VI Cdic - miscellaneous
<sr>N~~~N-o-~~N>,~eNS>~ @-~.~<~o~~~~-~~~
Piano cheap. 1880. fine condition,
walnut case. party leaving city.
Lambert Transfer Co 3O7 Pine.
Phone Elliott 2gs7.
We have large assortment Of
damaged bath tubs. sinks and
basins nustad's. sls Second s.
One SEQ pound horse. III good con-
dition, All sound. Reason for sell
ing. loss Of mate Beacon zfss
For Sale--3z-foot sIoop. l2-foot
beam. Red AnderHon's boat house,
Ballard.
S-paasengsr auto. 1900: will trade
Tor lot Y. n. Bird. North z07.
so0-pound horse. gentle. and will
work any place Beacon zf02.
Xmas trees delivered, zsc and up.
Phone East ss72
New pianos for rent. rent applied on
purchnse. Meyer-Toner. 3ff Union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Furnished Rooms

Two furnished housekeeping rooms
near afth and Fremont. 1000
Phone North ise5.
For Rent-iArKe front room. view
hot water. heat bath. iiit eth.
GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL. iiisA
firat itAieA s0e daily and up.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
$4,000

10 acres. 6 acres cleared and seeded
90 Rraes. 10 acrcH aiaHhed and
partly cleared. main county road
running through tho land. only
~ miles from town Now. II you
have lots worth about ~ 900 90,
YOU can exchange for this and
have three years to pay tho ball
anes. IL IN No. proposition,
good land. ana will accept lots IN
tho northern part Of the city. No.
1906.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
JAcKsoN REALTY 4 LoAN GO
Farm Lands

~~y~~s~~~~s~-~4~r~~~ ~Ne~0~.~N~~-~-01~-
AUBURN
t-roofn bungalow just completed. on
aoxies-foot lot. directly opposite
new Northern Pacific roundhouse
at Auburn. Thin place IL handy TO
all railroad work and within s
minutes walk Of the center OF
town. $1,000 90 will buy thfs place
on terms OF ssoo.oo cash and $500
per month.
OLE HANSON a co.
,i.-i6-is-i1 New York Block.
DO you want a snapY II so. come
and see me. for have 10 acres for
$50 an acre that IL the best buy
near Seattle. Come over and /
will show you the land 10 acres
for 1900. I want $50 cash down
and 81 n month. Call for c. Hack
worth. at new building. on ferry
wharf at Kirkland, Wash.
A farm--yes. good one. as acres,
under thorough cultivation. fenced.
cross fenced. s-acrc orchard. G.
room piastered house, : barns.
running water. close TO n town.
s1k acres In all. $4,000 per acre,
some cash. balance , years at 6
per cent.
GABET.. toa Arcade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

Personal.
-~-~~~~~S~~s~~s~N~~ ~<NSN<~s~e-~~~~>e~s~~s
Cut this out for tuck--S send birth
date and iee for wonderful horn-
scope of your entire lie. Prof.
Raphael. 49, Lexington av., New
York.
RUPTURE CURED. permanent. no
operation or dntcntion from labor.
over 200 cases cured past two
years. axes l 10 rs. Harvard Sys-
tern. I'll Eitri Bldg, Seattls.
Harry Ctifs address IL wanted by
mother Of Elmer Jarvis, Phone
Main skns Monday or call at 1906
ipth av. X. Sunday.
iiippodrono Academy. Dancing
taught IN two lessons. private or
class Apply office.
GILLETTE BLADES aharpened. soc
dox rasors. 2sc. etc. 1901 tth sv.
Get Acquainted Society. Names and
addresses T0s Pine II.
Say y saw IL In The star"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Wanted-Real Estate

List your city property with me. l
have buyers Phone Elliott 1890
aie American Bank Bldg. A. s.
RYLAND.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

N~T~Ts|7~f~Nf~N~FNfsf< ~T@feFefNref~fsT@fNNsN~rN
tofflcial Publication
REPORT or TiiE FINANCIAL. con-
dillon OF the specie Hank Df Seat
tic. State OF Washington, at the
close OF business on the zGth day
OF November. 1918
HicAOUNCEH
I.oans and discounts ....tzs.IH7. 30
0vordraftH .,r..sst.s... sga.2a
Bonds. warrants aud other
securities ss.sstsssrssss 5000 90
Ranking house. furniture
and fixtures .4....+. Z. apG o.
Due from banks ......ss. k.22O.ks
Exchange for clearing
house. checks 10 deposit. af13. ob
Cash on hand ...t......, f.iHt.st
Expenses aud other re-
houfenn ..s......s.ssss. $500 70
Total ....,........,..... tgt. ff7.at
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid la LIB 600 90
surplus fund ............. T.G1e.b 80
deposits ssssssss.sss tlssHbi ~
Certified checks ......... 1900
~~e-~=sasaa-
Total ................. fet .iTT.zt
state OF Washington. County Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Houesteads

sr~N@-0N1srer-'~T~rsF
or desert claim rciinauish-
ment. Eastern Washington fruit
belt Greatest bargain ever Of
fered Thomas Craig. 72i Union ct
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

FOR Sdie--F Oultry
white Orpingtons. s fine pullets. Z
yearling hens and year cock o.
erels, fine birds. seT00 for the lot
Ralph u. Young li9 w, 10th ~,
A few nice Buff Orpington cockerels
and pullets for sale very reason
able A. Fred Fluckiger. George
town.
Pure bred Ruff Leghorn pullets, st.00
each. John Walls. Greenacres,
end OF Fnuntleroy ear.
Good incubator. about half price.
Beacon lS49.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Lodge Notices


English women Daughters Of 81
Gaotge meet tho second Thursday
afternoon and the fourth Thursday
evening tn Washington hall. cor
ner itth and ~ Fir AZ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14

s-room cottage. with bath. IN good
repair. fine ncixhborbood. close 10
good school, blocks west OF Co
tumbia A.. on Old lteuton car line.
renta for $40 90 por month.
ELWODD LuNuEu a TIMBER co.
737 Henry bldg
G-room house. large cement base
Inent. minutes from Pike st. ".
Queen Anne cars 90 Valley st. In
quiro Tgk THIRD av. n. Phone
Queen Anne 2f7s Cheap rent,
For hrnt--s-r0om cottage. beacon
zi07
Groom house. electricity, gas, tff
month. West Seattle. Phone West
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
10000

ifh acres adjoining town. poHtof-
flee located on the land. ali clear
81. orchard. garden and meadow
plenty OF good water for stock
good house. barn. store room. post
office, passenger trains a day
stop AZ this place. $1,000 90 cash.
No lisa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-14
Board and Room

siS1Sii aid csSffsd fSr' 'csii an iSls
N. 10. cor. ssth, Ravenna car.
Best OF care, day. week or month.
Ballard 1853 i448 w. cath.
Children boarded, private homo. sid
ney 1919.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16

other day came back: a brakeman kicked him from the train INC sbooed
him oc III railway track. He's working ow in Punpheads store and
draws less wage so they tell, than he paid five years before, Just
when his head began to swen."T larger field" poor Bulger signs,
still lures the village chumps elsewhere; they leave a land of uea n
pies to live on husks and shredded air"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
NEWS WHEN IT is NEWS.

The EVENING NEWS easily upheld its
reputation Of giving the news when it is news
yesterday . -Four editions were issued, includ-
ing the two regular ones. The first appeared
about 1890 o'clock, giving the result of the
consultation held by the doctors after Colonel
Roosevelt had been taken into the operating
room at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Then
with a final baseball extra at 1870 O'Clock, Civ
ing not only the baseball result of the game in
the worlds series, but also the latest bulletins
regarding Colonel Roosevelt's condition.
While elsewhere were being published mere
rumors and a rehash Of the early editions of
the New York evening papers, our issues con
tanned real news by direct United Press wire.
Besides giving the bulletins issued by the
doctors at Roosevelt's bedside, the EVENING
NEWS gave the messages sent by President
Taft to both Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt, a de-
cided feature in themselves. The message
sent by Governor Wilson was also published
by the EVENING NEWS and not elsewhere
in Perth Amboy; the statement issued by
former GOVerlOt TOTl, Tue L PROGRESSIVE ltduei
in New Jersey, was included. Besides these
features, not to be found elsewhere for hours
afterward, were an account of how the news
was received in Europe; the remarks of Gov
ernor johnson, who is Colonel Roosevelt s
running mate; comments by the Progressive
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts,; the
would-be assassin's Bowery record, and the
important fact that Mrs. Roosevelt had start
ed for Chicago to be with her husband. Then,
too, the EVENING NEWS was alone in Civ
ing the fact that Schrank, the Would-be as
sassin, had been placed under $1,000 bail.
These were just a few Of the features the
EVENING NEWS gave it's readers exclusive
ly yesterday. If you want all the news when
it is news it is more than ever certain that
YOU must read the EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16

innings w tiiuAa "a ~ r~J any Heeu OT leei any
concern over my own death. Now I would not
speak to you insincerely within five minutes
of being shot. I ann telling you the literal
truth.
say that my concern is for many other things.
1t Is NV DA Vac leasC lor nJ own ire.
81 want you 20 understand GilaV / am ahead
of the game anyway, NO man mas had a hap
rlsr ire than l have had, a happier life i'll
every way. L have oeeh aoie 10 do certain
things that ] greatly wished TO do, and | am
interested in doing other things.
IT can tell you with absolute truthfulness
that ! am very much uninterested in whether
l am shot or not. It was Just as when l was
colonel of my regiment I always felt that q
private was TO be excused for feeling at times
some pangs Of anxiety about his personal safe
ty, but / cannot understand a man fit to be
colonel who can pay any heed to his personal
safety when he is occupied as he ought to be
occupied with the absorbing desire to do his
duty.
II am in this cause with my whole heart
and soul; I believe in the Progressive move
ment-a movement for the betterment of man
kind; the movement for making life a little
easier for all our people; a movement to try
to take the burdens off the man, and especially
the woman in this country, who is most OPP
pressed.
81 am absorbed in the success of that move
ment. ] feel ~uncommonly proud in belonging
to that movement. Friends, / ask you now
this evening to accept what I am saying as
absolute truth when I tell you I am not think
ing of my own success-I am not thinking of
sonally."
Are they the words of a charlatan whose
first thought is of himself? Truly, Colonel
Roosevelt has been put to the acid test and
he has been found still pleading for the cause
of the people even with his life blood flowing
from an addressed wound; still leading in the
fight regardless of personal consequences
like the true soldier that he is. Is it any won
der that he is beloved by the great common
people?
The colonel has withstood the test of sin
cerity and personal sacrifice in a manner that
las convinced his millions of friends of what
hey had --dy believed; he has closed the
mounts o. mr. s1andefers so that there is
for them to do but join in the one
fervent supplication to Almighty God to spare
this great leader that he may continue his
noble work for humanity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16

Prominent center for troll
leys 20 all parts Of the state.
Richest clay deposits IN the
country in tho immediate Vi
clnity.
Splendid theatrical advau-
tages.
Some OF the leading Indus
tries are American Smelling 8
Refining Company's smelter;
Ftafitsn Copper Works smclter;
Barber Asphalt Works: United
Lead Works; United States
Cartridge Company; Architect
ural Tic K Faience Co, G.
Pardee Steel and Tile Works:
Atlantic Terra Gotta Co: Fed
eral Terra Gotta Co.; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Co; three
plants Of the National Fire
proofing Company. and other
similar industries within the
immediate vicinity; Ceramic
Works; Chesebrough Vaseline
Works; Marcy Stove Works;
two drydock companies, to-
gether with s~hipyards and
marine railways; Standard
Underground Cable Company;
Roessler & Hasslacher Chem
ical Works; emery mills, coke
and cigar factories; cement
stone works: coal shipping
piers; handkerchief factory:
cement works; machine shops
and iron foundrles.
For further particulars ad-
dress:
George st. Andrassy. Secre-
tary of the Board OF Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
QEHO ONX0 O0W
&SO0vA00 O.
COMING EVENTS.
90 SMITH STREET


Oct. 17-Grape gathering festival
Washington hall.
Oct. 22-Bazaar, Woman's Guild
of the Church of the Holy Cross,
Moose hall.
Oct. 23-Parn dance, beneft IT
Goodwill basketball team, Goodwill
hall.
Oct. 24-Firemen's parade.
Oct. 25.-Ball of Ladv M~accahees
Oct. 26-Annjversary Entertainment
Dana Relief Society, Washington
in Washington hail.
Oct. 31-Ball, Singing Society
Frem in Washington hall. 2
Nov. 2S-DaIce CT Goodwill Camp
No. 81. w. of w, in Dana hall.
October 30-Ball, Star of Grace
Lodge. Ne. II, Shepherds of Bethle-
hem in Washington hall.
"o'~'>ov 9-72-F'aH meeting Of 81.
Stephens Ladies' Aid at the church
IN Broad street.
November bail, Court Standard
No. III, Foresters of America, in
Washington hall.
Nov. Ball Social Twenty in
Kroeger's Auditorium.
Nov. 15-Masquerade ball. Com
Danion's Order Foresters of America.
1886. WashiDeton hall.
December 5-6-Faif, Ladies Aid
Society of st. Stephen's Danish Luth-
eran church in Washington bah.
Dec. 12-Bazar, Ladies' Aid Society,
Danish M. r. church, Dana hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
PROPOSALS..

Sealed bids and proposals win be
received by the Council of the city of
Perth Amboy, N. j, FOR the grading
of Neville street from Cornell street to
Groom street, on October 21st, 1912, at
$3.50 P, mr. in the Coun-iI Chamber at
the City Hall.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order of
the City Treasurer for $4,000.
Thirty working days will be al
lowed for the completion of the work,
Plans and specifications may be. OBJ
tanned at the Office of the City SIR
veyor
Tho Council reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids as may best serve
the city's interests.
1899 GEO. NJ. ADAIR,
ll652-lo-1l-9t Street Com sslAner
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
NEw Jersey CENTRAL.

TRAINS LEAVE PERTH AMBOY.
For New York, Newark. and Eliza
beth, at s:2s. 7:i2 KISS. 1858, xs:ss. $3.50,
9:4e, 1905, 1882, Has a, NJ; l2:e7, lg;ss,
2.t7. s:14. 4:40, sos. Q 02. s:14, 1925,
stl 100 p. M; sundays; s:ss. s;2s a. m; lisa.
sos, 8:52, e:27 J. IN.
Knew York only.
saturday only.
For Philadelphia ana trenton. VIA
Bound Brook: 6.ss. 7.1a. s!47. 1905. Has,
a. m, 1888, a:47. sos. s;os. s:1< p. m.'
Sundays. s:37, o:2s a. M l:2a, SOS. e;Ss'
e:27 p. m. -
For Ions Branch. Asbury Park,
Ocean Grove. etc.. b.1o. 500 a. NIL is.ea,
3 1905, ass, sos. asa. si6t, is,sl p. M J
For Freehold. $40, 1.o1. t:W a M;
'N.oi, a,21. B.ss. eos, tist ?. nj 6uadaysi
II ,Qy 4 M, t,St, 1osei p n
W, q 0U1LDR, Y. J. 4 q. H
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
FROM NEW YORK

Leave New York Daily
500; 1900: 500: 500; 10 800; 11:20 A. M
1880; 1870; $40; $40; 4:4o; 6:15: $3.50
5:45; CHS; $50; 700; 7;4o; 900 1880
1880 P. M. 1880 A. NJ.
Sundays and Holidays--
1880; 800; 1900; II 100 A. NJ. 1900 Noon
1;00, 2:00; 3 90; 4:30; $50; ESQ; 1880
s:3e: 1900; 1t:S0 p. M, and Holiday Night;
Only IL $50 A. Nj.
" Express
GEO J. BROWN,
Geperal Ira file Agent,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
p f. a Nj 3 OY
Population S2,f31.
23 miles from New York.
No. 800, q 20

Population S2.1S1.
rs miles from New York.
Tax rate zoe.
On St0ten Island Sound, at
the mouth of the Reritan river
and at the head OF Raritan
Bay.
Ocean steamers can dock in
from rs to 40 feet Of water.
Channel 81 feet deep at low
water, leading up the bay from
Sandy Hook.
Daily steamer service to New
York.
-Four Tailroads--the Pannsyl-
vania. Central Railroad of New
Jersey, Lehigh Valley and the
Staten Island Rapid Transit.
Branches :unning in all direct
ions. affording almost an un-
! limited number of excellent
!, factory sites.
! Has two telegraph and two
telephone companies.
Electric light and gas COM
panies.
Two daily newspapers.
Federal postofice building.
Public Library.
Nine grammar schools and
one high school. which is on
the approved list OF all the
leading universities In the
country; four parochial schools
and a business college,
Churches of all denomin-
ationa.
City Hospital.
Municipal water works.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
FIRE ALARM UOXES

2S-Raritan Cope Works.
24-Market and sheridan SITS.
25-Smith ST, add G. r. K.
26-High and Lewis SITS.
27-Madison~Ave and Paterson st.
2S-Market and First SITS
35-.-Smith and High SITS.
56-N. Brunswick Ave. and New st.
37-State and Smith SITS.
43-Buck'ham Ave. & Hartford st.
45-Commerce and Front SITS.
46-State and washington SITS.
47-High and Washington SITS.
54-State st. and Buckingham Ave.
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
57-State and Wayne SITS.
os-Near United Lead Works.
59-Lanrer.
Decentralization and First SITS.
63-N. Brunswick Ave. and Elm st,
64-Smith ST. and Watson Va
65-Commerce and State SITS.
72-Front and Smith SITS.
I 73-Water and Gordon SITS.
! Tx carney ave. and Gordon st.
I 82-Snith and Herbert SITS.
S3-Amboy Ave. & Washington st.
! S4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford st.
{ S5-Near City Hospital. .
) S6-Cleyeland and Brace AYES.
I e7-Amboy and Hall AYES.
: s2-Amboy Ave. and Inslee st.
I 94-Neville and tombstone SITS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
ID RAPID TRANSIT,
} ~ E,W YORK
STATEN

Non'u anp DO
oV-aiA k1cHtt iS.Vu
Monthly Communication 100
Timetable in Effect September so, 1919.
TO NEW YORK
Leave Perth Amboy Daily
6:05; $50; 1900; "7:29; 1929; $500: $500
$3.50: $50; 1l:10 A. nj. 1915; 1853: 2;50,
$40; 4:25; 5:25: 6:2e; 1851; 900; 1912.
1880 p. n.
Sundays and Holidays
6:15; 7:4e; sac; 9:45; 1916; 11:46 A. NJ
l2:46: 1916. Sos; 4:e5; $40; Gas; 7:16,
s:15; 1900 p. M. and Holiday Nights On.
1i:3G T.. M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
THE ACID TEST.

Colonel Roosevelt has been called a pre-
tender. He has been termed the most am
bilious man in America. He has been classed
as one seeking self glori6cation, working for
his own interests all the time-a man who
would brush aside friendships and assail the
most exalted character to accomplish his
selfish purposes.
At last he has been put to the acid test. We
now know how he considers his own personal
welfare when his own interests are pitted
against the cause for which he is working. We
have had demonstrated to us in a most un-
expected manner his sincerity of purpose and
the high aim he has in life.
To tlousands-yes, millions of people, this
test was not necessary. The masses believe
iixSse1 esse sSerr-wtth < faith that cannot be
shaken. Blu still there were some who
doubted. For the benefit Of these d~oubters,
therefore, we have only to point to the hap
penings in Milwaukee Monday night.
Colonel Roosevelt was shot by a cowardly
degenerate. In his breast was imbedded a
3S-calibre bullet fred from an old rusty six
shooter. While three doctors took a hurried
glance at the wound, men in the colOnel's
party who love him with an admiration such
as Napoleon won from his old guard, stood
with tears streaming down their cheeks as
the colonel insisted on speaking to that Mil
Waukee audience.
"I'm going on" he said. ut may be my
last talk"
Is that the way selfish men act under such
circumstances? Would any man who put self
preservation above everything else ignore en-
treaties Of physicians and friends to deliver
a message to the people which he believed
gravely affected their well-being?
"Harry, he's spanked me-" was Roose-
velt's characteristic remark to Harry Coch-
ems, chairman of the Progressive speakers
bureau, as he settled down in the back seat
Of the auto, as the machine left the shouting
mob that was trying to wreak vengeance on
the assailant.
"Did he get your" asked Cochems
anXiously.
eyes, but we won't say a word about it,
replied the colonel.
Cochems appealed to him to so to a hos
pital.
'No, that audience is waiting" was the
reply. II may not have another chance tt
give a message. Let me give it now"
The nation, under the circumstances
would not have considered it a selfish thing
for any man to have gone to a hospital III
stead of to the auditorium-to have submitted
to medical treatment instead of delivering 8
ffty-minute speech. Yet Roosevelt's thoughts
never for a moment rested on his own safety
1t was as if his life was dedicated to a cause
and he must present that cause before the
waiting audience even if it should be will
his dying breath.
But read these words of the colonel as he
discussed the situation with the vast crowt
seated before him:
"And now, friends, / want to take advant
age of this incident to say as solemn o word Of
warning as I know how to my fellow-Ameri
cans. First Of eli ! want to say this about my
,elf; I have alscgethar too many important