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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
Colonel Says He viii Make the
Race if Nominated. :
ADVOCATES DIRECT PRIMARIES
One Of His Chief Principles Is
Genuine Rule Of People,

New York, Feb. 26.-"I will accept
che nomination for president if it is
rendered me and l will adhere to this
decision until the convention has en-
pressed Its Preference" is Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's reply to the let
Ter of the seven Republican governors
asking him to stand for nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was given
out at Colonel Roosevelt's Office here
during his absence on a trip to Boston.
It was unexpectedly brief, but definite.
1t follows:
81 deeply appreciate your letter and
l realize to the full the heavy respon-
sibility it puts upon me, expressing as
it does the carefully considered con-
yictions OF the men elected by popular
vote to stand as the heads Of govern
ment in their several states.
Il absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as a whole. l
will accept the nomination for presi-
dent if it is rendered to me and l will
adhere to this decision until the con-
vention has expressed it's preference.
"One of the chief principles for
which | have stood and for which l
now stand, and which l have always
endeavored and always shall %endeavor
to reduce to action, is the genuine
rule of the people; and, therefore, l
hope that SO far as possible the people
may be given the chance, through di-
rect primaries, to express their pref
erence. as to who shall be the nominee
Ct the Republican presidential owen
ton
Replies to Seven Governors.
Governors Glasscock of West V1r-
ginia, Aldrich of Nebraska, Bass of
New Hampshire, Carey of Wyoming,
Osborn of Michigan, Stubs of Kansas
and Hadley of Missouri, to whom Colo
mel Roosevelt's letter is addressed, as
sembled at Chicago two weeks ago
and drafted a letter to Colonel Roose-
welt, asserting that there was a popu-
lar demand for him to be president
again and urging him to declare him
self as to whether he would accept the
Republican nomination if at came un.
solicited and unsought."
! For two weeks Colonel Roosevelt
considered the letter.
Efforts Of Colonel Roosevelt's friends
to induce him to make an earlier dec
laration of his attitude on the presi-
dental question had been unavailing.
His laconic remark to a friend in
cleveland last Wednesday night that
my hat is in the ring-you will have
my answer Monday" was the first real
indication that he had in mind an af-
hrmative answer to the governors let
ter.
f. Secretary Frank Harper gave out
the correspondence without comment.
de said he was in no position to COM
nent and in view of the authors alb
sence in Boston, where he will spend
several days, it was impossible to get
an elaboration of the statements made
IN the letter
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
Harvard Professor Dies.

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 27.-Charles
Robert Sanger, Phi. D., professor of
chemistry and director of the chemical
laboratory at Harvard university, is
dead, following a nervous breakdown.
He was born in Boston in 1860.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
Two Hundred Russians Perish,

Omsk, Asiatic Russia, Feb. 25.-
Probably over 200 persons were frozen
to death during a snow storm in this
district. In Omsk itself %thirty-one
fatalities have been reported, while In
Koktopatavak the death roll totals
thirty-two and In Petrolpavlewsk It
reaches los.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
Attorney General Will Learn if
Laws Are Violated.
PRESIDENT DIRECTS ACTION
Both Houses of Congress Discuss Al
legged Unlawful Acts of Police and
Military Authorities.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The Law
renee mill strike occupied the atten-
ton of both houses of congress, Presi-
dent Taft and Attorney General Wick
ersham. Two resolutions directing
an investigation of conditions by fed
eral authorities yer introduced, but
no action was taken upon them.
President Taft, however, at the re-
quest of Representative Berger, asked
Attorney General Wickersham to learn
if any federal laws had been violated
by local authorities who prevented
the removal of children from the
strike ridden district. The attorney
general instructed United States At
torney French at Boston to investi-
gate.
Both houses of congress rang with
speeches. Senator PoindeXter of
Washington, just returned from a visit
to Lawrence, introduced a resolution
directing an inquiry by the United
oIolSS Of.llilSSlOue VI luDol. L ut-
clared that Lawrence was in the hands
of military autocrats." Senator Gal
linger suggested that Mr.. Poindexter
was too impetuous."
Lodge Opposes interference.
Senator LN1ge objected to any in
reference with the affairs Of his state,
IN which hn ,,o c,DnNrfnH NV Conc
tors Bailey, Williams, Overman and
Chiffon.
Senator Bailey quoted Senator Till
man as saying the Lawrence strike
had revealed conditions in Massachu-
sets similar to those in the slave
states before the Civil war.
"They nave substituted white slav.
cry for black slavery" shouted Sena.
tor Tillman.
"The condition is no worse than
under the Democratic tariff" retorted
Senator Gallinger.
In the house Representative Will
son Of Pennsylvania proposed a reso-
luton to direct the committee on la
Dor, Of which he is chairman, to in
vestigate conditions at Lawrence and
appropriating $4,000 for the work.
Representative Berger spoke on the
subject and read to the house a tele-
gram from the textile workers strike
committee, saying a delegation of chill
dren and strikers would come to
Washington to appear before the rules
anp1, ooiffnn uhon ~ onnci1orc Tho VTi1
son resolution. Mr.. Berger also has a
resolution for an investigation pend
ing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
SENATE WILL CONFIRM HIM
Judge Pitney's Appointment Expected
to Go Through Within Week.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The senate
In secret session referred Chancellor
Mahlon Pitney's nomination to the
United States supreme court to the
committee on judiciary, which prob
ably will make a report within a week.
There was no discussion and no op-
position to the presidents choice of
the New Jersey judge is expected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
Dies at Entrance to Hotel.

James Wooding of the Gardner hotel
barber shop at Fargo was found dead
at the north entrance of the hotel.
He was found by two bellboys, who
thought he was unconscious. They
attempted to take him home. They
started down the street with the body,
but halted for a second investigation
and concluded the man was dead. The
police were summoned. Heart failure
was the cause of death. He was fifty
years old, and leaves an aged mother
and widow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
To Appeal Magistrate Fee Case.

There will be an appeal to the SUI
preme court in the so called Van der
Las case, the action in which the city
OF Dickinson is attempting to recover
from its former police magistrate GER
tain fees. In the district court the
holding was in favor of the official, it
being decided that he was entitled to
the fees.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
E-AIDED ATHLETES

Sweden is the only country in which
the practice of athletics among adults
is state aided. The Swedish National
Union of Athletes has. since it's foun-
dation, received an annual subsidy OF
10000 crowns (S4.5O0) from the gov
eminent. The union bestows gold,
silver and bronze badges on all who
attain a certain standard In athletics.
In order to encourage the continuance
of training in later life these badges
are bestowed according to age as we'll
as proficiency The gold badge car
be secured only by men over thirty
two, who can swim two hundred me-
tiers, take long jump OF five meters
put the weight sixteen meters and run
ten kilometers in fifty minutes This
performance has to be repeated an
nually in order to retain the badge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
CAUGHT BY LETTER BOX.

Last winter a well-known Vienna
lawyer went out TO post letter. He
was wearing a large signet ring on
the little finger of his right hand. and
as he pushed the letter through the
slit Of the letter box this caught and
held his hand .lst. All e3orts to re-
lease himself proved fruitless. Within
10 minutes the whole street was block
ed by an enormous crowd and ne was
the center of storm OF chaff- The
police had to come TO the rescue 10
keep the people back, but they could
do nothing to release the prisoner
Not even the police dared NEEDLE WIN
a letter box. 1t was not until authority
had been obtained from the head
postoffice that workmen were allowed
to unscrew the box and take IL 10
pieces and to release the unfortunate
lawyer-The Strand.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
REVIVED AFTER HANGING.

Resuscitatior after hanging Is not
uncommon. IN 1905 a housebreaker
named Smith was hung up at Tyburn.
A reprieve came after he had been
suspended for a quarter Of an hour.
and he was taken down. bled, and re-
vived. One William Duell, duly hang
ed in London in 174O, was taken TO
Surgeons Hall TO be anatomical but
came to life again, and was trans
ported. AT Cook a man hanged in
January, 1867, for a street robbery.
was Immediately after hurried to a
surgery, where an incision was made
in his windpipe, and he recovered and
went TO the theater the same evening.
After Fauntleroy. the banker and for
ger, was executed in 1924, there was
a widespread rumor that he had es-
capped death by the insertion In his
throat Of silver tube which prevent
ed strangulation and that on being re
stored to consciousness he went
abroad and lived for many years.
London Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
WOMAN'S LONG LIFE.

One of the most remarkable In
stances Of long life was that of the
countess of Desmond. This merry
widow died in 1894, having survived
her husband, the twelfth earl, seventy
years. She retained her faculties to
the last. could walk ten miles day
until week of her death. at the age
of 140, and, according to the inscrlp-
ton on her portrait at Muckross aD-
hey, Killarney, Gin We course or her
long pilgrimage renewed her teeth
twice" The countess appeared ike
" to beat all records for longevity
when, relates Sir William Temple
"she must needs climb nut tree to
gather nuts; so, falling down, she hurt
her thigh. which brought fever ano
that brought death"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
HANDS TTCHED AND BURNED

AbbotsfoTd, Wis.-My son had &C.
xema on his hands for about one year.
The eczema started with a rash. His
hands were sore so he could not close
them. and when he wet his hands they
hurt him SO he could hardly wash. His
hands itched and burned just terrible
and II he would scratch them, they
would break out into sores. He could
not get any rest or sleep, and his
hands looked quite bad.
I'VE had medicine and salve and 1t
kept getting worse all the time. got
some Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and after washing his hands with the
Cuticura Soap and putting some OF the
Cuticura Ointment on two times day
and tying cloths on them for about six
months they got we'll and have not
broken out since. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured him entirely" (Sign.
ed Mrs. Lawrence Kiehl, Feb. 49,
1912
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston.
Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
VEGETABLE ELECTRIC BATTERY

Scientists tell us that there has
bsen discovered in the forests of In
dia a strange plant which possesses In
a, very high degree astonishing eiec-
trio and magnetic power. The hand
that breaks a leaf from it receives IN
stantly a shock equal to that which Is
produced by the conductor or an IN
ductive coil. At a distance of six me-
tiers a magnetic needle is affected by
it. The energy Of this singular force
varies, but In times of storms Its In
tensitv increases in striking proper
ton. One never by any chance sees a
bird or an insect light on the electric
plant; nature seems to warn them that
they would find their death.-Chris
tian Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
"EEEDLE IN HAYS STACK"

"a bottle of hay" was formerly
much used in Derbyshire. England.
and probably is so still, to denote
bundle of hay. which was taken from
a rick to fodder cattle in field. When
it was difficult to find anything that
had been lost, the farmer folk were
wont to say: "You may as we'll hunt
for it as for a needle in bottle OF
hay"
Sometimes the rope tied around TIE
hay had a piece of wood with an eye
in it at one end, through which the
rope was passed to tie up the bundle
and sharp point at the other end
and this piece Of wood may have been
called a needle; If SO needle OF this
kind may have been referred to III
the proverbial saying.-Ave Marie
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
ADVERTISING BY AIRSHi?.

A novel form of advertising has just
been inaugurated by large retail
trading firm in Berlin. Every other
evening a large dirigible balloon flies
over the leading thoroughfares or the
city. Magic lanterns, placed on each
side OF the car, project advertise
NETS of the various goods on to
sheet of canvas fastened to the en-
velope Of the balloon. These adver-
tisements can easily be read from
the ground below. =
The attention of the people In the
streets is attracted by the noise or
the engine and By powerful search
lights, which are turned on in the car
between each advertisement. the sen
sation caused by so unusual sight Ia
mid-air can be easily imagined.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
IN PREVAILING STYLE
SHORT CHAT ON THE FASHIONS
OF THE MOMENT.
Frocks Are Longer, Though NOT 10 Any
Marked Extent-"Fur" Shades
Have Displaced Black and
White in Millinery.

Frocks, as a general thing, are longer.
The trotting frock clears the ground
we'll. but is not exaggeratedly short
and all other frocks touch, though
their narrowness often makes them
roll up when the wearer walks, so that
they do not really look long, writes
Florence Fairbanks In the chicago
Evening Post There are good many
trained frocks too; tho trains usually
separate from the narrow understands
and most frequently square. though
rounded. pointed and fish-tail trains
all appear and are likely to trail OH at
almost any angle instead OF falhng de-
murely in the back
Unevenness of skirt bottom line is
one of the features of the new modes
and has been the subject of consider
able experiment during the summer.
Many OF the clevere3t drapery schemes
! demand such unevenness, and skirt
revealing the foot and ankle at some
point where the drapery Is ll1ted OF
where the skirt is opened UP little
way no longer seems unusual.
Black and white, SO long the supreme
favorite In millinery, has been dis
placed by the new fur shades which
promise to be a veritable craze this
autumn. These shades, which in Paris
are called eclipse colors,' <include
seal brown, mole. fawn, taupe and all
the grays from pearl to dark metal
shades.
The ordinary felt hat is at discount
tf csc days, for most Of the striking
Tell models seem to be made OF silk
velvet or fur. or OF all these materials
combined. Rarely is hat made o.
one material only. If it is, it is sure
10 be trimmed lavishly with some 9th
sr fabric
There Is an unusual variety Of ia
orics used in fall millinery, including
corded silks These are in charming
.wo-colored effects and in metalli
combinations, like gold and silver, gu
metal and copper, brass and stee
In some of these fabrics uncut velve
initiated to perfection, while other
ire quite heavily ribbed, looking NOR
ike corduroy or Bedford cord. Moir
n black and all leading dark shade
will be profusely used.
Maltine hats are great favorites. an
are shown In black, white, corbea
blue, copper, forest brown, combin;
lions of peach and black. old gold an
: rational blue, turquoise and white, an
black and white.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
Sunset SYMPHONY,

A wonderful symphony OF color is a
gown IF Indian crimson silk yelled
with terra Gotta chiffon, the Indian
crimson breaking out here and there
in the form of embroideries or pipings.
Yet again, an interesting and beauti-
full dress is Of chestnut cloth embrold-
cred in amber and purple and trimmed
with fur-brown marabout
1t has a short skirt, edged with mar
about. and is thus suitable for outdoor
wear in the afternoon.
For this purpose long coat accom-
panies IL Of sable brown velvet, faced
all round with broad band of mara
bout. and lined with amber satin. A
toque Of marabout goes with the cos
tune, with a plume at one side taking
| up the bright and dark brown, amber
and purple, and adding touch Of the
most brilliant red as we'll.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
Accelerated Brain Activity.

IN the early days or Wisconsin, two
of the most prominent lawyers of the
state were George b. Smith and /. >.
Sloan, the latter of whom had habit
OF injecting into his remarks to the
court the expression. Your honor. l
have an idea" A certain case had
been dragging along through a hot
summer day when Sloan sprang to his
feet. with his remark. Your honor. |
have an idea"
Smith Immediately bounded up. as
sumed an impressive attitude, and in
great solemnity said:
May it please the court, l move
that a writ OF habeas corpus be is
sued by this court Immediately to take
the learned gentleman's idea out OF
solitary confinement. Popular Maya
zine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
JAPS AND AZTECS.

A party Of Japs blown across the
Pacific in gale, after fearful priva-
lions landed on the American coast
and were Immediately arrested for
landing without inspection. That
seems q rather unreasonable enforce
ment of the law. BY the way, the incl
dent seems to confirm what the Japa-
nese scientists hare claimed, that the
original Aztecs of Mexico were Japa-
nese who had been driven to this
country in a gale and IN the course OF
generations founded race. Relics OF
the Aztecs in Mexico bear witness
say the Japanese scientists, OF Kin TO
a similar religion and customs held by
the japanese in their early history.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
DEAN SWIFT AND ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus was a great dish WIKI
Dean Swift. Dining with him one day,
George Faulkener, the Dublin publish
or asked for a second helping of his
fayorite vegetable. but Swift pointed
to the stalks on his guests plate ana
said: "Sir, first finish what Is before
Won" What" exclaimed Faulkener,
"eat my stalks?" Aye, sir" beloved
the imperious dean; "eat your stalks,
or you will get no more. King VII
liam III. always ate his stalks. Asked
once when he was telling the story,
whether he really did eat his stalks,
Faulkener replied: Yes. certalniyi
and IL you had dined with Dean swift
YOU would have been obliged TO eat
YOUR stalks. too."-Dundee Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
FASHIONS IDEAS IN C0L0RS
Many Pretty New Shades, Though
Care Must Be Exercised in
Their Selection.

This is the time Of year when col
ors change just as hats and gowns.
Court blue Is one Of the latest Il
is cross between electric and
gendarme.
Taupe has shed It's brown tinge, and
has acquired tint like elephant gray.
One of the prettiest blues is blue
Wig. a deep and yet bright shade.
Shrimp is the favored pink.
A glorious red which looks extreme
~ we'll with white is called rouge
Venitian.
Chalk white Is IN vogue
Amaranth is a claret shade
Caramel is another pretty edition
of brown
Verdlgris is one of the smartest
greens.
Mimosa is a yellow that verges or
orange.
Petunia is the successor of the
fuchsia medley. with the purple ant
red tints predominating
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
SHALLOW NORTH SEA.

The North sea is so shallow that
vessel can sail from London to Ham
burg in water not more than 120 feet
deep, except for one short stretch. II
this depth could be decreased one-half
that is. the bottom OF the North sea
raised sixty feet the island OF the
Tristan shore would be linked togeth-
or in an even coast line, belt OF land
ten miles broad would be added to the
Danish coast, a multitude OF low isl
ands would spring up of the English
and Belgian coasts and great island
would rise up In the Dogger bank
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
COINS OF A BRIEF REIGN.

The civic museum OF Bologna
which Is rapidly becoming one OF the
richest collections of medieval historic
records in Italy, has just become pos
sessed of a double golden scudo coin
cd at Bologna In 1891. during the phe-
nomenally brief reign of Innocent lA'
which lasted two months and one day.
The double golden scudi are the only
coins known to have been turned out
during that period. The engraver was
Alexandra Menganti, who has been
called the unknown Michaelangeio
Co rare have the scudi become that
onlv three specimens are known to be
IN existence.-Christian Science Moni
tor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
FELL AT LIMERICK.

Workmen engaged in excavations
mar st Johns cathedral. Limerick
roland. discovered some human re-
mains including perfect skeleton.
which however, became disjointed
shortly after exposure. The bones are
eunnosed TO be those of soldiers OF the
army which laid Siege TO Limerick
over two centuries ago. The burlals
were 4 #. below the surface. and were
presumably those of officers and sold
iers Of note. as they were apart from
the great body OF the slain who were
inferred after King William Of
Oranges unsuccessful assault on tns
city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN JUDGE.

Miss Nancy Isaacs, whose appoint
ment as associate to her father. a
high court Judge in Australia. we re-
Gently chronicled, has just taken her
seat on the bench. The press Is In
c,ined to be eulogistic on the way In
which she performs her duties. and
she has been especially congratulated
on her manner OF administering the
oath. which is said 70 stand out In
sharp contrast with the prosaic and
careless method with which that cere
mony Is usually performed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
eEEs IN ENGLISH CHURCH.

Several thousand bees and a store
~ honey weighing. 1t is estimated, at
Toast a hundred weight. have been dis
covered among the rafters OF Roxeth
narish church, Harrow. During the re-
cent hot weather members of the con-
cregation noticed honey trickling
down a wall of the church and this
lad 70 the discovery OF the bees and
their store. The honey was afterward
removed In pailfuls and the bees were
h,yed Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
New Hat.

A rather large and very smart type
OF hat which is being worn by we'll
dressed women, is OF a good make OF
white felt. and is shaped something
like an inverted soup plate, the brim
being turned down all around. This
is trimmed with rather broad rib
bon in bright Coalport blue with a
black shipping" at the extreme edge.
while the same shade OF blue In fine
straw provides the lining OF the brim.
and makes pretty frame TO the face
o. the wearer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-08
Boat Hat Is New.

One Of the most distinctive OF the
autumn hats is the new boat" hat,
which is small, with a rounded crown
of medium height and a brim that
turns up abruptly, the greatest height
being at the back, where 1t is three or
four inches deep, gradually lessening
toward the front, where 1t makes a
sharp angle like the prov of boat.
Velvet and MORE are the materials
most favored for this hat, which bids
fair TO gain in popularity.