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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-10
SIGNIFICANCE OF SAMPLES
 ELECTION.

TT SHOULD not be taken for grant
 ed that the success of former May.
 or Gill and the defeat of J. D. Trenholme in the recent Seattle cleo tion was a deliberate decision on the part of majority in that city to for sake a regime of decency for one of indecency. The election of Gill was brought about because the opponents of J. D. Trenholme made the charge of capitalism" and Big Business"
 stick in the public mind. and the Ia. boring classes. the Socialists and many independent progressive people who did not know to the contrary refused
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-10

The Progressive Governor of Cali fornia was also aggressive in the treatment he accorded Gen" Kelly's Army of the Unemployed"
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-10

We'll ventilated rooms and board at the St. George House. formerly the Simpson hospital. 10.3.tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-10

If you do not agree with the public plans and policies of those in temper. ary authority say so and why, and offer better plans if you can. Your ideas might be adopted. At any rate iJ would be worth while to try some thing Of this sort before calling those with whom you disagree horse thieves and lunatics.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19
State To Stand Behind
Liquor Prosecutions

Nashville. june 10. In speaking 81
the nuisance law injunctions issued here
yesterday against thirty-one Of the up
town saloons, Gov. Hooper to-day said:
The State Of Tennessee il squarely be-
hind these cases with all the resources
at her command for the vindication OF
her laws" He said conditions ia Nash
vile had been different from those in
Memphis as al the time the nuisance
law became effective there was an at
tempt being made in Nashville to close
the saloons and prosecutions were insti-
tuted in the courts, but that recently
such attempts had died down and for
the past seven weeks the saloons were
reported running wide open, without
molestation from city or county author
tiles.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19
Escaped Convict Caught.

Tptonyille, Tenn, June 15. John
Vaughn, q white convict who escaped
from the State penitentiary few days
ago, was captured at his former home
near Ridgely, in this county. by Deputy
Sheriff /. w. Reagor, and was brought
to the county jail At Tiptonville to await
the State prison officers who will take
him back to Nashville.
Vaughn was sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary at the March term
OF Circuit Court Or violating the age
Of consent" Law. Vaughn was trslsty
at the State prison, which afforded him
the chance 10 gain his freedom.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19
ADLAI STEVENSON
ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS.
Vice-President During Cleveland's
Second Term.

Chicago, June 13. Adlai Il. Steven
son, Vice-President Of the United States
through the second Cleveland adminis-
tration, died tonight at hospital here
after an illness Of several months. His
three children were at his bedside.
AdIai Ewing Stevenson. once Vice
President of the United States, bad o
long and honorable public career. He
was Vice President from 1894 to 1897
under President Cleveland. I'd 1900 he
was again nominated by the Democratic
party for Vice President and ran with
William ]. Bryan, the party's candi-
date for President, but was defeated.
He served as member OF the Forty
fourth and Forty-sixth Congresses, and
from 1885 to 1889 he was First Assistant
Postmaster General under Cleveland.
His last appearance as candidate
for public Office was in 1908, when be
was nominated for Governor Of Illinois
by the Democratic party, and was de-
feated by Charles s. Deneens Repub-
lican.
Mr.. Stevenson was born in Christian
County, KY, Oct. 20, 1886, Of Scotch
Irish parentage. In 1862 his parents
moved to Bloomington, Ill. He at
tended the public schools and the uni-
versity Of Illinois.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19
Reduction Effective on July /.

AN@&ANS~CAA ~~s@A@(NAN( OSN J~AJ -
Nashville. Tenn, june 15. To-day
the passenger tariffs Of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad and the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis Railway were
fled with the Tennessee Railroad Com
mission. reducing the interstate rates
on these roads effective July j. The
intrastate rates on these lines we're re-
daced May /, 1914. The interstate
rates affect Kentucky, Alabama, Geor-
gia and every State in which these roads
operate. The reduction in interstate
rates amounts to fraction over 16 per
cent from the former rates.
The illinois Central Railroad has not
yet filed its tariff with the railroad COM
mission.
Reduction in interstate rates by the
railroads named is in accordance with
arrangements reached between the rail-
road commission and the roads Last
February.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-06-19

his four associates we're elected. The
seat / hold was, as conceive, thus ded-
icated by the people to independence and
freedom from partisan test for eight
years, not four. Ait whose instance, and
for what reason, is the position to be
forced back into politics in mid-term2 |
ask for the fragment Of that term as a
nonpartisan candidate. Will it not be
time enough to apply partisan test
after the period OF dedication is passed?
WHEN DEMOCRATS ApPLAuDED
The Democrats Of Tennessee APP
proved and applauded the acts Of Repub-
lican Presidents when Harrison appoint
ed Howell Il. jackson OF this State to
the bench Of the supreme court Of the
United States, and when Taft raised
Judge Lurton, Tennessee Democrat,
to the same bench. Tennessee Demo-
Gratis, least OF all, have reason TO decry
partisan standard for the judiciary.
Will they apply stricter, purely fac
tional test, and disrobe State Judge
who has been lifelong Democrat, on
the ground that he is not their particu-
lar sort of Democrat on certain issues?
For my part, believe that vast num-
ber Of them viii decline to depart from
the Buchanan prededent; that they have
no desire to take and not give, to ask
and not yield in return. To them | APP
peal.
To those who have been in the ranks
OF the independent Democrats, whether
they be at this time harmonizers or not,
/ call attention to the fact that the in
dependent Democratic movement orig
mated in the campaign Of 1910, the
fundamental principle Of which was that
judges Of the higher courts should not
be made or unmade at the dictation or
behest OF the politician; and that the
supreme bench above all should be freed
from the demoralizing influence OF the
denomination Of any faction or boss.
Upon Republicans my chief claim
for support lies, ! repeat, in the pledge,
duly to be kept, that If am honored
by the people in an endorsement OF my
record / shall devote my best energies
to office as a servant OF no party, but OF
the whole people, intent only on its du-
ties and on seeing that as little as posi-
BILE Of the politician shall appear in the
judge.
Eighteen months absence from
home ID the service of the State serves
to dissipate ones professional practice
and to give wrench to ones private af-
fairs, as my brethren of the bar readily
understand.
Any injustice that might be done to
the individual by refusal to so indorse
would be insignificant, however, as COM
pared with the harm that would be in
flicted on the judiciary II the Buchanan
precedent should now be reversed, and
another established that puts on ap-
pointees to the appellate benches, the
expenses and strain Of a campaign dur
ing and following year OF grinding
court service. Many lawyers hesitate to
accept an appointment under such con-
ditions. In all fairness should anyI
Judge, il be has done his duty, be thus
subjected2
1t is for the bar and the people to
decide. II ID submitted 10 their arbitra-
ment. Truly,
(Higned) "HAM @. WILLIAMS. II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

"fool at the other end of the wire
LA, la! Let me have my little joke
with the old reprobate," said Mrs. Peter
sen. you know, Duckie, that l love no
one but you, and never have"
"You darling!"
These two words were uttered In the
voice of Egstrom.
Petersen sat up In his coffin. Mrs.
Petersen and Egstrom, not two yards
away, were clasped in each others arms.
AT that instant the butler entered. The
exposure was complete, witness included.
Caught" Numbered the corpse, with
bony finger pointed at the deceitful
couple.
Mrs. Petersen, beholding the fearsome
spectacle of her departed husband sitting
up in his coffin and SO justly denouncing
her, tainted in dead earnest.
Egstrom was so scared that he let her
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

After breakfast the unsuspecting couple
entered the library. carefully closing the
door after them. They barely glanced at
the coffin, never once looking inside,
where Petersen lay with most undeath-
like flush of evaporation on his counte-
nance.
Mrs. Petersen went directly to the tele-
phone. Petersen heard her calling up one
of his most intimate business associates.
In tones that were SO cheerful as to be
almost gay she announced the joyous fact
of her husbands death.
1.-THE will leaves everything to me, you
know" telephoned Mrs. Petersen. II shall
be rich-and you know what that means,
naughty boy!"
Petersen could hardly restrain himself
1t was lucky he did, for now he heard the
voice of Egstrom tenderly rebuking Mrs.
Petersen for holding out false hopes to the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

fall to the floor. Then he ran from the
room and dashed, hatless, from the house.
Petersen crawled out of the coffin.
Aided by the, butler, he carried Mrs. Peter
sen to her room and sent for physician
for truly she needed one.
When Petersen had RECALLED himself with
a bath and a large steak with plenty of
fried potatoes, he went back to the city
and started divorce proceedings
The trial. which promptly freed Peter
sen, created a sensation. Egstrom nearly
collapsed on the witness stand. He Is
said to be travelling abroad for his health.
The divorced Mrs. Petersen is living in
strict retirement.
1t is reported that the shock Of that
Grand Guignol" scene showing her de-
parted husband sitting Up In his coffin to
accuse her has transformed her from .
beauty into nerve-racked old woman.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

"Calm Yourself" said the physician.
your poor husband suffered very III
tle"-
"oh he's deadl MY darling husband
"a dead" exclaimed Mrs. Petersen.
The grief of the housemaid told all.
Egstrom. the family friend, quietly ef-
faced himself, for the time being. The
physician conducted the Borrowing wife
into the library. He received her faint
ing form in his arms-for one glance at
the white face in the coffin assured her
that fainting was now In order. linen ne
carried her to her room and delivered
her over to the ministrations OF the sim
cerely sorrowing housemaid.
Mrs. Petersen was too much overcome
to appear at dinner. The physician found
it convenient to remain for the night. 1t
gave him secret pleasure to dine with
Egstrom and listen to that gentleman's
mournful acknowledgment of the late
Petersens innumerable graces of mind
and heart
Mrs. Petersen did not leave her room
that night. Egstrom retired early to the
chamber allotted to him.
The butler busted himself in the kit
chen behind closed doors preparing
nourishing broth that could be safely
taken by q dead man without bringing
any tint of life to his cheeks.
The physician watched beside the cof-
I'm. Toward midnight he was awakened
by loud yaWn. For moment, con-
fused by drowsiness he was startled at
the sight OF Petersen sitting up in his
coffin and drumming impatiently on Its
lid with his fingers.
Did she Gomez" asked Petersen, who,
In the interests of the conspiracy, had
lain all this time unconscious under the
influence of drug.
"She came" said the physician. when
she gazed on your dead face she tainted
as l was there ready to catch her. We
took her to her room, and she hasn't left
it since. Egstrom was with her, OF
course"
did the fellow stay?" asked the
CORPSE" eagerly.
"He did. We dined together and he
recalled all your excellent qualities"
Good" said the corpse. Nov kindly
tell Olesen to bring me that bowl Of broth.
I'm famished-and it's my only dead
mans chance to eat"
Sitting up in his coffin, with the folded
lid for a table, Petersen consumed his
broth with evident relish.
How about a bit Of steak?" he inquired.
The physician promptly vetoed solid
food and advanced with his hypodermic
needle
mot yet" pleaded the corpse 'In fact,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

clogging the latter. These troubles
have either been eliminated or re-
duced to a minimum in the Benet-
Mercier gun. A sandstorm has been
known to put a machine rifle out
Of commission Temporarily.
1t is ingeniously cooled by the cir
culation of air around the barrel.
A machine gun is of necessity
very complex piece OF mechanism.
For portability, it must be made light
in weight, yet it has to operate under
the most trying imaginable conditions,
enduring enormously high pressure
from the powder charges.
Even now a competitive test is go
ing on at the Government arsenal
at Springfield, to see IL any gun
can prove itself better than the Benet-
Mercier. In this competition are en-
tered two machine rifles from Eng
land, one from Denmark and two
from the United States. Our own
War Department would rather have
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17
How One Man Can Manipulate the New Deadly ARM

foreign gun II It is superior 70
an American gun. We want the best
possible weapon. The Benet- Mercier
Is made by French company, though
Benet, one of the inventors, is an
American. Our government has Be-
cured the right to manufacture 1t at
Springfield; and the Colt Company.
at Hartford, is equipped for turning
1t out.
q Strange, thought 1t may seem, the
regular army Of the United States
possesses no machine gun companies,
simply for the reason that they have
not been authorized by Congress as
yet. With every regiment Of infantry
or cavalry in the service, however,
is a so-called machine gun platoon
consisting of twenty men detailed
from different companies. Each pla.
toon comprises two sections" Each
section has one mule, carrying one
machine gun and 1000 rounds Of am
munition; also two additional mules,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17
Our New Gun That Can Shoot Mexcans Never Get Hot

solute deadliness of TIE machine
gun was its liability to jam occar
sionally That has been almost en-
tirely overcome in the Benet-Mer-
cier gun.
This gun weighs only twenty-nine
sounds and needs no tripod like
the older machine guns. In an
emergency 1t might be rested on the
shoulder of one man and fired by
another. But under ordinary cir
cumstances the soldier who fires 1t
lies on his stomach ON the ground,
holding the breech, while the muz-
zle is upheld at the requisite eleva-
ton by a pair of steel prongs.
Only two men are needed to
operate this marvellous weapon. One
aims 1t and pulls the trigger, while
the other replaces the spent clips Of
cartridges with fresh ones as fast
as they are used up. Two addi-
tional men are required, however,
for bringing supplies of the car
tridge-clips, each one of which con-
tains rifle cartridges with conicai
bullets.
Theoretically, the gun is capable Of
firing 900 bullets a minute-that Is
to say, at the rate Of ten a second.
In actual practice, however, 1t can
discharge only 400 per minute, be-
cause some time is lost in replacing
the spent clips with fresh ones. But
400 per minute means 24,000 man
killing projectiles per hour--at which
rate the entire population Of greater
New York might, theoretically speak
ing, be wiped out by a single Benet-
Mercier in a battle over eight days Of
twenty-four hours each.
The Benet-Mercier Is an auto
matte gun. 1t is gas-operated. The
gas from each powder charge, fol
lowing the bullet as 1t goes through
the barrel, passes through a hole
In the bottom of the barrel into the
chamber beneath the latter. Its ex.
pansion In the chamber presses back
a piston with coiled spring, the
recoil Of which elects the empty cart
by the Star Company. Great Britain
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17
A Grand Guignol "7hriller"
in Real Life, This Unusual
and Uncomfortable Stratagen
bv Which a Rich Swedish
Merchant Secured DiUorce
from the Wife Who
Loued Another

I won't need any more of your dope.
There won't be any more attention paid to
me-not till l play my little Joker"
"If you fall asleep naturally you may
snore," warned the physician.
Naturally won't fall asleep" said the
corpse. From now on this is wide
awake job
Nothing can happen for six or eight
hours yet" observed the doctor. You'd
better get some sleep while you can"
But Petersen was restless in his narrow
quarters, and to get out to stretch his legs
and to get back in again would disarrange
the coffin's upholstery. So he suggested
a game Of cribbage.
"Fll play you for the amount OF your
BILL" he said with grim smile.
(Which bill? Doctor or undertaken"
"Both, in their natural ORDER" Petersen
came back at the facetious physician.
So the doctor brought cards and crib
bage board, placed them on the folded cof-
fin lid, and the game began. The corpse
"pegged" rapidly away from his opponent,
winning three straight games.
THAT settles the doctors BILL" he said.
Reach into that box on the desk and give
me cigar
They lighted cigars and proceeded with
the other half of the contest-best two out
of three. AS the coming dawn revealed
itself through the window the doctor
threw down his cards, beaten.
"And that disposes of the undertaker's
BILL" remarked the corpse with much sat
isfaction.
Right here Oesen, the butler, entered
noselessly and whispered
''Mr. Egstrom is up, ready for break
fast. Mrs. Petersen has ordered her
breakfast in her room, sir"
The corpse bobbed down into its coffin,
white hands folded across his breast. The
doctor threw himself into an easy chair,
H. ,,-&1 ,,,1.v p-oa fonr 30 m
count for the unfunereal atmosphere OF
the room.
But these precautions proved unneces-
sary. The Petersen country house being
isolated. there were no callers. Mrs. Pet
ersen and Egstrom went out for drive
Immediately after breakfast Mrs. Peter
sen was sure that the doctor would make
all arrangements. She was too overcome
to be of any use" She and her kind
escort" probably would not return until
evening.
The corpse spent long day between
unsatisfying cat maps and bowls of most
inadequate broth. Egstrom and Mrs.
Petersen returned barely in time for din
ner, after which they retired to their re-
spective rooms. The physician agreed
with the corpse that it might excite sus-
picions If he remained any longer So he
departed Immediately after dinner.
Good Lord" sighed the corpse AN
other night of it."
But he stuck to his resolution not to
risk anything by getting out Of his COT
fin. During this long second night the
butler was his victim at cribbage. At
dawn the poor butler was as nearly dead
from lack of sleep as the corpse looked
once more serenely stretched out in his
coffin awaiting developments.
Those developments came early-imme-
diately after breakfast, which Mrs. Peter
sen and Egstrom took together in the
small breakfast room adjoining the library.
Petersen could hear their cheerful CONVEX
eatiOn.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

ridge case, feeds In a new cartridge,
and fires 1t. Thus the process re-
peating itself with almost inconceiv-
able rapidity, the bullets are dis
charged In a continuous stream like
water from hose.
Nothing to compare with the Benet-
MERCER has been known up to the
present time. Yet the War Depart
ment does not consider 1t beyond
improvement. As matter OF fact,
the perfect machine gun has not
yet been developed. All such weapons
give trouble now and then with
"tams." due to stoppages Of the me-
Ollanism. Such jams my be caused
by heat caused by the enormous ac-
tivity Of the mechanism, by dirt ac-
cumulated from the firing. by break
age Of parts, due to rapidity fire, or,
in other instances, to irregularities
In the cartridges. Once in q while
1t happens that the primer drops
out Of cartridge into the mechanism.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

~ HE machine gun is the most
deadly weapon ever invented.
4 The United States Army pos
sesses the most deadly Of all ma
chine guns. 1t is called the Benet-
MERCER gun.
The Benet-Mercier gun is capable
of killing 400 men a minute. It
would kill 400 Mexicans a minute
IL they got in the way. The Mexi-
cans also have some machine guns
but they are of a very inferior type
to the American, and those half
civilized people are not capable Of
keeping the mechanism in good run
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

ming order as bright, ingenious
American soldier would do.
A machine gun is a device that
Ares rifle bullets continuously and
automatically. All the soldier has
to do is to pull string or press a
lever and then the bullets fly out.
The man in control can play the
stream of bullets over a field just as
you scatter the jets of a watering
can over the garden. 1t is impos-
sible for any man to remain alive
in an open space over which a ma
chine gun is playing its death rain.
The only imperfection in the alb
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

thrown back on its hinges, 80
that sorrowing relatives might
view the features of the dead
merchant.
These preparations were COM
plete some time before the ar
rival Of Mrs. Petersen. She ar
rived from the railway station
in an acknowledgements by
the faithful Egstrom. The ply
sician met them at the door.
"My poor, dear husband"
said the wife. do tell me that
he Is better"
A housemaid. visible in the
hall, threw her apron over her
face and burst into tears.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17

Britain Hashts Reserved
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-02

At the last session of the Legislature
an act was passed permitting any legal
voter who is absent to cast his ballot.
The act referred to will be found on page
2O6 OF the session laws of 1913. and on
page l2O of the popular edition of that
year. This law was enacted mainly at
the request of the travelling men, but it
appeals to any and all who may be- away
from home at the time of any election.
This spring a large number of Scandina-
VANS from this state are going to Nor
way to attend the big celebration ia that
country, and will be there when the
primary elections are held in this state
IN June. The absent voters ballot must
be printed at least fifteen days prior to
the holding of an election, and any time
after they are printed they may be pro-
cured In the manner provided by law,
and after being marked and sealed, re-
turned to the auditor of the county 10
which the voter resides. These may be
sent to the auditor before election day to
be kept by him and turned over to the
inspector OF election of the precinct in
which the elector votes. Any voter who
expects to be absent at the time of an
electlonsshould fully inform himself on
this subject so he will not lose his right
to vote.