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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
AN INSANE MAN
KILLS HIMSELF
AND CHILDREN
RUDOLPH UHLMAN. DRIVEN IN
SANE BY FAILURE OF lNVEN-
TON, LOCKED HIMSELF AND
TWO CHILDREN IN LABoRA-
TORY AND TURNED ON GAS.
Special to The Journal.

Chicago, July 22-Prostrated with
grief over the murder of her two ba-
bies and the suicide of her husband,
Mrs Rudolph Uhlman, 1040 South
Grove avenue, Oak Park. will be un-
able to testify at the inquest to be
held today and may even lose her rea-
son as a result Of her loss.
Driven insane by the failure Of his
invention to bring him a million dol
lars, Rudolph Uhlman locked himself
and his two children, Rudolph. Jr., 3
years old, and Julia, 3 years old. in
his laboratory, turned on the gas and
died with his babies.
For nearly three hours the father
watched the death struggles and made
notes describing in detail how the little
children laughed, cried, fought for life
and finally became unconscious. He
described his own feelings and condi-
ton until the pencil fell from his
hand, and he, too, was dead.
Mrs. Uhlman, the mother, returned
from visit with neighbor, heard
that her husband and children were
i'll and at a hospital, and became al
most crazed with grief. Hours later
sheNwas told of their death and was
placed under guard to restrain her
from injury at her own hands. She
may not recover.
This is the death story of the three
as told in the scrawIed notes trans
lated:
11:45 a. nj turned on the gas in
the bedroom. Last regards to all my
friends and especially to Slider and
Mr.. Klima.
u m.-Send my regards to Jose
phine, Tonia and Charles.
1880 p. m.-The electric light and
gas bills have not yet been paid.
1:25- entered my bedroom.
1:25-To my wife: I have baptized
Julia, so that she bears your name, as
you always wished. Therefore you
need not worry about her.
1:30-Rudolph and Julia are playing
about their bedroom. have been
playing with them.
1:S5-Rudolph is getting uneasy.
Julia is laughing
1:40-Rudolph is getting weak. He
is sobbing. Julia is crying for mann
ma. am getting weak also My
strength fails rapidly. My God! what
can l do now? The two children are
motionless on the bed-unconscious-
1:45- am getting dizzy. My mind
fails TO work properly. / no longer
know what l am writing. The pencil
slips from my hand and ] grope for It
2:25-I seem TO hear the children
breathing heavily. II can not be-they
are dead by this time All is over.
Forgive and
The notes we're inteTspersed through
letters which ChIman left, written IN
pencil on his own stationery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
TUESDAY, JULY %. 1912.
A Suggestion For
The Reactionaries.

The Saturday Evening Post which
speaks to a larger number Of intelli-
gent people than any other one pub
lication in the world, and whose edi-
torial policy is pitched on a CORE
sponoingly high plane has this sug-
gest1on to its conservative friends:
The conservatives at Chicago in
sisted upon nominating Mr.. Taft, who
was beaten two to one at the primaries.
The conservatives at Baltimore insisted
upon presenting Judge Parker to the
country as the typical Democrat-the
person most fit to Keynote" Democ-
racy'S aims and ambitions at this juno
ture. AS a presidential candidate, it
may be recalled, Judge Parker was
more overwhelmingly defeated than
any other man who has run for thot
office on major ticket since the civil
war.
Conservative craftsmanship appears
to be an essentially simple affair It's
grand aim consists in discovering and
embracing that candidate whom the
people most decisively do not want.
Some day, we expect, Thomas Fortune
Ryan will learn that Eugene V. Debs
has run for the presidency three times
and never received as many as FIVE
hundred thousand votes; and thereaf-
conservative craftsmanship
insist upon appropriating Mr.. Debs
and putting him forward on all occa-
sions as its ideal embodiment of the
popular will.
Finding out what her boarders would
not eat and then giving them plenty
Of it was the recipe to which a certain
landlady attributed her brilliant sue
cess. Mr.. Ryan and the few others in
whose capacious hands conservative
interests seem so largely to lie have
evidently applied this recipe to poll
tics: but they erred in overlooking a
gentleman who had demonstrated that
he can command still fewer suffrag es
than Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Parker.
The great trouble with the political
moss-bacls to whom our able contem-
porary refers Is that they can neither
learn nor forget.
Men of the Thos. F. Ryan class who
have positive ideas about how the world
ought to be run, and whose toady as
sociates never venture to dispute those
self conferred ideas, cannot learn that
the opinions of the club room are not
the opinions that dominate the world
outside. Nor can they forget that their
own personal interests are not neces-
sarily the interests of the great mass
OF people who do the voting on cleo
ton day.
If our reactionary friends would go
out and commune occasionally with
the man who wears overalls they might
discover two things-'hrst, that there
is another viewpoint in life besides the
one held by them; and, second, that
there are other interests, aside from
their own selfish welfare, that require
consideration.
But thaN navar will
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

before yistherday, and I insured wild
his company"
That very night 1 met up wild
Barney Casey on the way home,
which was what was expecting wud
happen continued Mr.. Halloran,
raising himself by grasping the arms
of his chair with two capable al
though SCARED hands, and whin
we'd finished wild one another I was
like this!
'Yistherday morning I sent for the
insurance chap, and says l to him
Look at me- says, and estimate the
damages and pay them.
He squirmed right out o. the
door, saying twas no accident I'd
had.
Now, II meeting wild Barney
Casey, after keeping out Of his way
for six months is no accident, I'm
done wild insurance companies, and
the sooner you fave this house the
better twill PLACE me-"
G. g. Meter. the secretary of the
International Pufe Food Association
of the White @gxs. was discussing in
New York q Ssnpaign he has re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
Money Not Everything
In Married Life.

Maybe many feel inclined to envy
the splendor of the $4,000 wedding of
Jennie Croker and the happy pros
pect, SO far as her $4,000. 900 can. go,
with which she and Malcolm Whitman
enter upon their married life.
But let us not make any foolish mis-
take about it. Money is very power
full, but it does not buy either love or
happiness that is genuine.
Cupid is no auditor Of accounts.
When he draws his bowstring he shuts
his eyes, and whether the shaft lodges
in the heart of pIutocrat or peasant
il is all one to him.
Really, income is the least important
thing in happy marriage. and has been
so ever since the red roses of love first
began blooming in the human heart
The things absolutely essential to
the happy home are strangely few.
Chief among them are love and faith.
Neither of these costs money. Neither
can be bought with 1t. But both of
them often fly from it.
Love and marriage mean more to
those in moderate circumstances than
to the ease taking rich. 1t means
wedding of purposes and sympathies
in common cause of anxiety, Of hope,
of struggle, of disappointment, Of sue
cess. 1t means deep experience in
all the profound soul-nourishing emo
tons, to many of which the hearts Of
the rich are closed. For when strug
giles cease sympathies and aspirations
cease also. and the soul stagnates.
So while we may wish the rich
young couple all the happiness their
hearts are capable of absorbing, let
us not envy them; for who is there to
say that they may not often envy the
simple, sweeter joys of poorer folk?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Gently commenced against the French
menu.
Where is the Partisan, Jet alone
the American" Mr.. Meter exclaimed.
who would know the meaning of
'd'ndonneau a la Wall street. or
Pommes Taft, or Poulet a la Sugar
Trust?'
These menus puzzle everybody.
That is frankly and universally ad-
mitted. I said the other day to a
waiter:
Waiter, these dishes are all in
French.
q Yes, sir" he answered, but the
prices are in English. Most people
go by Them"
A wedding party was disturbed by
the crying of a baby belonging to one
of the women guests. One of the
young ladies present remarked to the
bridesmaid: What nuisance babies
are at a wedding" Il should say so,'
returned the latter. and added. with
out very full consideration: When l
send out the invitations to my we'd
ding l shall have printed in the cor
ner, No babies expected"
= In an eulogy of the late supreme
court justice, a Chicago lawyer said
John NJ. Harlan had a way of point
ing an observation with a story. Once
he wanted to rebuke a man for exag-
geration, so he said he was as bad as
a Pittsburg millionaire who was be-
ing interviewed by a New York re-
porter. Where, sir were you born p
the reporter, as he sharpened his
pencil, asked. I was born in Pitts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
The Florida Delegation at Baltimore

Pensacola Because his place of res
idence and public activity is so far
removed from the eastern section OF
the state, Mr.. Mayes is not so well
known in Palatka, except to the few
who keep in touch with progressive
opinion as 1t comes fresh from the
brain pans of the scattered leaders of
political thought in the South. Mr.
Mayes is one Of these leaders, not be-
cause the News, in its desire TO say
something nice of a guest, chooses so
TO credit him, but because his utter
ances through the editorial columns Of
his paper, The Pensacola Journal, long
since compelled such recognition at
the hands of political leaders in all
parts of the South. He has made Of
his paper an honest news vendor, and
not the organ of the interests" 1t is
q peoples paper as near, perhaps, as
it is possible to make one. If the peo-
pie Of this section of Florida could
have the daily privilege Of reading
paper of The Journals class they
would have a better opinion of man
kind in general and editors in par
ticuIar.
Mr.. Mayes is one of the delegates
from the Third congressional district
of Florida to the Baltimore convention
and after he has voted for Underwood
long enough to satisfy the demands of
duty, he will switch to Wilson. He is
the original Wilson man in Florida and
had 1t not been for the Underwood
forces coming in and dividing his FOL
lowing on sentimental (southern BIRTH
grounds, Wilson would have been Flor
ida's choice for president.
The News hopes for the day when
men Of the Frank L. Mayes stamp will
dominate in affairs OF state.-Palatka
News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
DINNER STORIES

Representative Sulzer, in an inter
view in Washington, compared Rus
sia's silence on the passport question
to an unusually silent, uncommunica
tive man. This man." he said, hated
to talk as Russia hates all passport
talk He went into a barber shop the
other day to be shaved, and, before
seating himself in the chair. he handed
the barber a dime. oh, thank you,
sir said the barber. I don't often get
my tip before I begin. Thank you, sir.
the silent man, sternly. It's hush
money"
It was a small town in central In
diana. The village storekeeper was
ticket agent, baggage master and
telegrapher of the little flag station,
past which two fast mails Numbered
each day. At last, growing tired Of
the monotony of life, he went out
and pulled up the flag. The train
slid in and came to a stop in front
of the tiny station.
Where's your passenger" de-
manded the busting conductor.
WAL" drawled the agent, Il dun
no as thar is any one wantin' to git
on, but I kinder thought mebbe some
one might wanto git Off"
Macklyn ArbucIe has a country
place and likes to regale his friends
at the Lambs club with wonderful
stories of farm life. and whenever he
begins to talk on this subject is al
ways assured of an interested coterie
of listeners. Recently he began dis
course on his favorite subject. But
he concluded, during the last sum
h.,
stopped laying" Marck Klaw fell"
What was the cause?" he anxiously
inquired. Mr.. Arbuckle' smiled and
answered nonchalantly: "Automo-
biles."
Edgar NJ Church, the famous foot
ball veteran of Philadelphia, was
talking about footballs charms
When I was playing in els class
games" said he, there was a 81
chap who lost a dear relative. The
funeral took place the day we played
's2, and, at the games end, as l was
crossing over to the college, the flu
neral procession glided slowly spast.
All of a sudden a head was thrust
out of one of the mourning coaches
and a voice said:
Have we licked 'em, Churchy?'
Yes said I.
'Hurrah! shouted my classmate,
and drew in his head again, and
drove on sorrowing:"
IT want somebody to show me
where to unload this coal" said the
grimylool5ing man at the kitchen
door.
You needn't ask me about that"
retorted the young woman. I don't
have anything to do with unloading
coal; I'm the kitchen lady"
I can't help that" he retoined.
I'm the coal gentleman and the ia
Their of three kitchen ladies, one
laundry lady, and one chamber lady.
and If you don't show me where to
put this coal I'll call the woman of
the house"
TN show you, sir she humbly
replied, and led the way to the coal
cellar.
Mr.. Halloran surveyed the in
surance agent with a dark and hos
tile countenance. The fact that one
eye was concealed by a somewhat
grimy bandage did not add to the
attractiveness of his expression.
Haven't you made up your mind
1 yet to insure with us?" INQUIRED the
| agent. You told me I might call
again in a few days"
There was two of you at me TO
get an accident insurance policy"
said Mr.. Halloran. breathing heavily.
Il told you and him both you might
call in again, and he come first. day
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
How's This +?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable In ell bust
ness transactions ana financially able 10
carry out any obligations made by his
firm.
wALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and u11I-
cous surfaces OF the system. TeSTi-
monials sent free. Price IS cents Der
bottle Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constip
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
But they never will.

The Jackson Leader is the name Of
the new paper published at Mariana
by H. G. Sparkman and the initial
number IS on The Journals exchange
table. The paper is neat typographi-
cally, possesses a fine showing of ad-
vertising patronage. and is ably and
vigorously edited Mr.. Sparkman is
one of Florida's Democratic presiden-
tial electors this year and is known
over the state as an able exponent of
progressive Democracy He ought to,
and viii, make a success of his new
Jackson county paper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

For the sixth time in a half dozen
years the stork is to pay a visit to the
palace Of the king Of Spain. In the
language OF the baseball world. that is
what We would call batting a thousand
percent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
The Florida DELEGATES.


The Florida delegates continued
steadfast to their instructions and
voted for Underwood up to the foriteth
ballot, when Messrs. Mayes and Griggs,
of the Third district, correctly believ
ing that Underwood was out of the
race, went over to Wilson. On the
next ballot, Gov. Gilchrist voted for
Wilson and then, on Underwood being
formally withdrawn seven of the dele
gates voted for Wilson and five for
Clark. These five voted as they did
because they felt that Clark had been
wronged, and not because of any ami
mostly or resentment towards Wilson.
Before the final roll call was ended,
however, they asked that their votes
be changed to Wilson, and now they
will follow the exampe of that great
Democrat, Oscar Underwood, and do
all they can for the success Of Wilson
and Marshall-Punta Gorda Herald
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
A Progressive namnorat.

Frank Mayes, on every ballot, obeyed
his instructions, but on all PROPOSE
tions before the convention he proved
himself to De true progressive DEM
ocrat. Mayes was the shining light OF
the delegation. Cooper Griggs at heart
was for Wilson but his hands were
tied, but Mayes was the only delegate
to stand by Bryan in his fight against
Parker-Dixie.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

One redeeming feature in Boss Muir
ply which the Birmingham Age Her
aid has found, and which we gladly
publish, is his dislike for golf. Murphy
isn't all bad after ALL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

If you are a housewife you cannot
reasonably hope to be healthy or beau
tiful by washing dishes, sweeping and
doing homework all day and crawling
into bed tired at night Eou must get
out into the oren air ana sunlight If
you do this every day ard keep your
stomach and bowels i3 good order by
taking Chamlerla,r'g Tablets when
needed, you should become both
healthy and beautiful. For sale by all
dealers
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

In ten days Governor Wilson will be
notified Of his nomination. Such sud
den shocks are enough to make him
lose his equilibrium.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

The boss says while the convention
was in session coats and vests were
taken off. IL the pictures of the wom-
en- delegates were good ones, hanged
If the stay homes missed much af-
ter all.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Wife-Don't you think that the cho-
rus girls are rather pretty, George?
Husband-Yes, but they haven't got
anything on the bathers at Atlantic
City.-Exchange
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Here's hopin' the boys at the cleo
toral college won't try to haze Wood
row when he enters there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
All Exesnt ApnIsYard.

All Except Appleyarc.
While suffering from the exhausting
heat and exasperating uproar in the
Baltimore convention, Ed Lambright
said that he felt like licking the fell
low who first suggested that he run
for delegate. Several others felt the
same way and doubtless all of them
except Appleyard then and there
"swore off" from ever attending an
other convention. Appleyard has the
convention habit which has reached
the incurable stage.-Punta Gorda
Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

The letter Z is a GURUS part of
speech. At first a mere letter, it be-
comes prOnoun.
Yes" replied the plain person, and
then it gets to be a Notwithstanding
ton Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

If the Bull Moose should appear on
the new coins 1t wouldn't be so bad for
a fellow to hand you the bull.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

The photograph might be able to re-
produce the billin' and cooin' of lovers
but 1t couldn't reproduce that love- sick
smile.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

New Jersey has a book agent a hun
dred years old, but it is useless to add
that no one he visits ever lives to
that old age.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Be satisfied with biting a peach
| without trying to eat her up.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Let us set aside a day in which every
Pensacolian shall kill a rat and carry
it to the city hall-make a pile of
thirty thousand rats just to see how it
would look.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

A Pennsylvania man wants a uni
versal weekly payday which is alto
gether bad. One friend of ours who
gets paid of on Monday is always good
for a touch about Wednesday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Detectives uncovered Blease, but
Mary Garden needs no one to help her
uncover,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
A. R. JONES,
President.

A. R. b GUTTAIANN p. WENTWORTH,
N c. MCMILLAN,
Escambia Realty Co.. Inc.
Capital
oS and 2o4 American National Bank Bldg
une 18th, 1912.
Knowles Bros, General Agents
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the T. S.
Pensacola, Florida
Gentlemen
[ acknowledge receipt today through you of The
Equtables check in full settlement of the value of
my policy taken with you twenty years ago. l
much pleased with the settlement of this policy, and
| notice that after nsurng for twenty years, the
Society is now giving me in cash a much larger
amount than the face of my policy.
You may use this letter just you wish
Yours truly,
A. R. JONES.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

At least the Bull Moose convention
won't have to be governed by prece-
dents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

All that foams is not beer-Heyburn
is still living, you know.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

"A kiss is a solemn, tender, holy
thing" says Laura Jean Libbey. Wei,
Laura, outside of that it goes pretty
we'll. doesn't it?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

burg said the millionaire. And when
did you first-er-see the light of day|
When I was nine the millionaire re-
piled. My people then moved to
PhiladelDhfa' >"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Tell us someone, will the colonel,
Woodrow or the president have Sen
ator Lorimer to make speeches for
him7
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

The Gentleman From Pensacola.
Probably one of the most distin
guished of Palatka's editor guests to-
day is the Hon. Frank L. Mayes Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Speaking of men who missed the
mark, do you remember Norman E
Mack's prediction four years ago that
the Democrats would be successful.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
Inset Rita Costs L a.

A Boston man lost his leg from the
bite Of an insect two years before. To
avert such calamities from stings and
bites of insects use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve promptly to Kill the poison and
prevent Inflammation swelling and
pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles,
eczema, cuts bruises. Only 25 cents
at w. A. D'Alemberte's.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Real soon million or two bales of
cotton will go through the port of
Pensa cOla-that is If we don't decide
20 manufacture it here before it goes
across the water in it's finished form.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23
The BRIGHTEST in Florida.

Ed Lambright is back on the Tri-
bune after a few days of rest. recrea-
ton and other things not necessary to
mention The last sentence is pretty
comprehensive, but we hope that
whatever these things" were they
have put the brightest editorial writer
in Florida in good shape for another
fine years work on the Tribune.-Lake-
land News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Bayview Park is a place where
healthful recreation may be enjoyed
Under uplifting environments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

There are very few model husbands
because the artists prefer to paint the
other sex doncherno!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

woodrow feels the effects of the Bal
timore convention and so do the reac-
tionaries.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Since Cone Johnson does not want
to be governor the League has decided
TO give him the postoffice. And if
there is anything else you want, Cone.
the League is with you to the finish.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

Really this is the season when a
fellow can go without his coat and not
feel any discontinue therefrom.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-23

That association Of Bible students
who claim to have abolished hell must
prove what they say or else take to
the tall and uncut