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New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Rooseuelf's Mind
On Son, He Refuses
To Discuss Politics

OYSTER BAY, July 19.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt upon his arrival
here tonight refused to discuss the Re
publican situation in New York State.
only mind is not on politics at this
time" he said. "You can understand
what my thoughts are on" In this he
referred to his son, Lieutenant Quentin
Roosevelt, who fell behind the German
lines in France after an aerial fight last
Sunday
Colonel Roosevelt said he had re-
ceivcd telegram from Attorney Gen
eral Merton f. Lewis, in which Mr.
Lewis stated he would withdraw from
the gubernatoriai contest if Colonel
Roosevelt would become compromise
candidate. The Colonel will not reply
10 the telegram now.
Many kilograms urging Colonel
Roosevelt to become a candidate for
Governor have been received, but he
said he would not answer them until
some future date. Among the mes
one from his daughter in-law, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., in Paris. 1t
said:
"Quentin's plane seemed to dive 800
metres. Not in flames. Seen to strike
ground. Could have been under con
troll as did not spin. Chance exists he
is prisoner"
This message rather dampened the
spirits of the Roosevelt household
which had been cheered by cable
gram last night from his son-in law
Dr.. Richard Derby, who also is in
Paris. This cable said Lieutenant
Roosevelt was undoubtedly prisoner
in Germany.
"We have received many hundreds
of kind and friendly kilograms and
letters" said Colonel Roosevelt.
They will all be acknowledged in
time, and | ask the forbearance of the
senders because it will necessarily
take some little time.
II do not intend to make any of
them public. Some were from promi
nent people, some were from people
who were not prominent, some from
old friends and some from strangers.
Ihey were not meant for publication,
but to express sympathy with Quen-
TINS father and mother and sorrow
tor a gallant boy who had been doing
his duty like hundreds of thousands of
young Americans. Many of them, in
deed, think. were really an express
sion of sympathy from the mothers
and fathers who have gladly and proud
~, and yet with sorrow, seen the sons
they loved go forth to battle for their
country and the right. Very many of
them were from fathers and mothers
who have sons at the front, and some
of them from those whose sons have
been killed at the front.
"The kilograms, cables and letters
show the spirit of our whole people"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Wadstvorth, Stu,,g
BY Suffrage Plank,
Defends Position

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Julv
10. - Stung because the Republican,
women members OF the commit
tee on resolutions of the Repub-
lican State Convention forced into
the platform formal request for both
or the Senators to support the Susan
Is; Anthony amendment, Senator James
W. Wadsworth,, jr., before the commit
,ee' to-day made spirited defence of
ms attitude He saia In part:
AS you may imagine, the matter
which | desire to discuss for just one
moment is the plank of the platform
Wnich refers to the so-called Susan B.
Anthony amendment now pending in
the Senate of the United States.
take it that a Senator OF the United
states has two functions to perform.
his hrst and greatest function or duty
Is IS toward the country as a whole
Contrary to the conception of q good
many minds, member of the United
States Senate is not a Senator Of a
state lie is Senator of the United
states, and his first and greatest duty
is to serve the entire Federal Union to
the best of his ability. His second
duty or function, as look upon it. is
TO serve his state, and in that respect. |
take 1T. the manner in which he can
serve MS state is to protect it from
HosNiie leglSldllOn. 10 prevent his state
BENG injured unnecessarily and un-
lustltiably. That is my conception of
the duties of the office.
W hen it comes to a consideration of
the interests OF the other states, can
not help remembering that the states
OF Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, South Da,
kota, if remember correctly, and
West Virginia have by varying ma
Joritles. most of them by overwheimine
maJorities, decided that they do not
want the extension of the franchise to
women. Having in mind that condition
OF affairs, | cannot conceive it to be
my duty as a Senator of the United
States. to vote in that body to impose
either my will or the will of the men
of New York-for there has been no
test in this state as to the women-to
impose the Will of the men of New
York upon those states.
Il nope, that whatever elements NAV
exercise the franchise. whether they be be
ma or woman. from now on none Of
his sef-respect" 'Aiee
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

where the withdrawal of Democratic
opposition is concession Of no sub
stance. 1t does not work where there
is chance for Democratic candidate
in either the Senate or the House. In
Wisconsin, in which the Republican
candidate for Senate was engaged in a
life and death struggle with pro Ger
man opposition, the President wrote n
letter attacking him and seeking the
election of warm personal supporter
and Democrat, whom lie had urged to
run. In Michigan, a Republican state,
where there is %iivison between the
Republicans, the President has invited
Mr.. Ford, a former Republican, who
rarely voted, and an extreme pacifist
before the war, to become the Demo
cratic candidate, with view to secur-
ing another thick-and supporter in
the Senate. Politics was not adjourned
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Roosevelt to
Tell Monday
If He VIII Run
Continued from page 1

els Hendricks was won over he hac
received positive assurance from Hor-
ace S. Wilkinson, of Syracuse. a close
personal friend of Colonel Roosevelt
that the Colonel was willing to be a
candidate if there was sentiment to
warrant it,
Another interesting feature of the
situation is that while George w
Aldridge, the Monroe County leader
will stick with the Governor, one of
his townsmen, Francis B. Mitchell
editor of "The Post t-EXpress," is openly
for the Colonel, and has signed the
petition.
Mss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman OF
convention, and the leader of the Re-
publican woman suffragists in New
York, sent the following telegram to
Colonel Roosevelt to-night:
"The women are sincerely behind
Governor Whitman and regret to see
your name being used by the Barnes
Wadsworth- Brown group"
1t is understood George w. Perkins
is fighting hard in the interest of the
Governor, and that he has told friends
of Colonel Roosevelt all over the
United States that it would be dis
astrous for the Colonel, if he expects
1920, to drive the leading candidate for
the Governorship nomination out of
the race. MIR. Perkins is known to be
for Governor Whitman to succeed him.
self and for Colonel Roosevelt as the
Republican candidate for President
two years hence.
Chairman Hays of the Republican
National Committee is much interested
in the way things are shaping, but is
not taking sides. His position is that
it is the business of the national COM
mittee to help elect the candidates
rather than to try to dictate their
nomination.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

in these acts. Such a policy Of So
called non-p -partisanship, if carried to
success, will result in u Democratic
Congress, completely subject to the
discipline Of the Administration, fur
nishing no stimulus to definite policy
and no impulse to prompt action.
"If we had to have 81 Democratic
Congress in 1917 it was better for the
country that the President should be a
Democrat. Otherwise the declaration
of war; proper preparation for it and
the passage of the conscription act
would have been very doubtful But
now the situation is Different Now we
need Republican Congress to call for
and insist upon adequate preparation
and to formulate Legislation to this end
Such Congress will in every way back
up and sustain the Democratic Presi-
dent in winning the war"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

Representatives by tremendous Re-
publican vote. Practically every Re-
publican county committee in the
state has urged it's approval. The de-
cisive plurality for suffrage in this
great Republican state has so clearly
shown the sentiment of the people that
we emphatically call upon the United
States Senator's from New York to vote
for the submission Of this amendment
to the states"
OF Governor Whitman's war record
the platform in part said:
"Tho Republican state administration
has marshalled and mobilzcd the en-
ergy, with resources, and the militant
patriotism of the men and women of all
parties, and has worked hand in hand,
day by day, with the government of the
nation.
Tribute to Governor
eve believe that the ne test which
should inspire and control the action
of every voter, irrespective of party, in
this coming campaign, should be the
nomination and election Of the candi-
dates whose service in Office will best
assure that New York will continue to
do its part in all that pertains to the
war. For ourselves and cur candidates
we shall gladly accept Judgment ac-
cording to that standard, and we chal-
lenge the closest scrutiny of all that
New York has done for the state and
the nation under the leadership of its
great war Governor, Charles S. Whit
man."
After commencing the Whitman ad-
ministration generally, and calling spe-
cifc attention to the Improvement in
conduct and management of the depart
ments having in charge the prisons, the
states insane and feeble minded wards
and the agricultural and financial in
terests, the platform concluded:
"The return to the standard type Of
Democratic state administration would
at any time be pubic misfortune, and
under present conditions it would be a
national calamity. All that we ask is
that the people remember, and see to it
that the present high standards Of
state service are maintained"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
LOOKING THE MARKET OVER
Meats and Fish

ElGH GRADE cornfed beef is scarce at any price but
thefe IS glorious reason for it. Uncle buying
up the best cuts direct from the packers and sending
them to our fighting who need red meat Anybody
would rather eat steak these days than the
Front has idea of pleasure there were anv the price
would XIII IT. You 35 to As pound for sron
RIB roast and 49 for average wholesale price
on beef is "a to 27 cents pound
veal prices continue to be the reasonable 25
Tor stew 2o for shoulder and SO for chops the downtown
market). ~
The fish ready and willing substitute for meat if you
Will let em but folks not buying proportion
supply 10 eat hsh IN warm weather to be too much
expect even OF patrotism This mstakeand
the fish shfuly cooked Zone not fry fish gus
tora mistake well. With mackere at 20 cents pound
founder at 49, whiting at 12 haddock at h seabass at
20 pity to 45 cents pound poor beef Cold fish
and baked fish with appetizing
hler eaUlng WIN fresh vegetables or salads
Fruits and Vegetables
pheo ana cofiespondngy reasonabe-12 cents pound
chea for fresh vegetable days with corn five
ear hat-oo cents dozenand peas cents pound and
rather poor quality that
cucmber from two for to five or ten cents nece accord
hg 10 size tomatoes Is cents
reaches are the leading fruit the market both to
supply ana oe1and and the retail margin fair selling 45
cents lor WOquart basket Caneoupes at from to 25
apiece and hckeberres and backberres at 2 cents quart
ana rspberres at from Is the centre of the stage
with the cantelOupes. 80 - - 49,
among M the fruits we do not buy might mention grape
lu a ~ cents each oranges dollar Dozen and red
bananas the same (yellow skins onv p 30 cpnts) water
melons 20 TO 20 cents apiece Down the little town of WASH
~ C winch is surrounded by the market gardens Of
niynd and Virginia. and is moreover the dwelling place
So why complain? 'e ~ " ~ " ~
ponl o the Nen York office Breau Of Markets United
nd o. ligfpctuae The discussion market ph
York Federal Food Board0 ' " 'o"@00'ae0" ~"" '"' W
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Urges Republican Harmony
Jersey Leader Warns Against
Patronage Abuse

SEA GIRT, N. j., July Pleading
for party harmony, and declaring that
the Republican party is in danger of
dlsintegratlon, unless the leaders bark
en- more to the advice of the party as
a whole and pay less heed to the an
polntees and Office seekers, Austen Col
gate, who conferred with Governor
Edge and political leaders from Essex,
Passaic and Bergen counties here YES
terday. issued a statement to-day.
He also declared dissatisfaction was
spreading throughout northern New
Jersey over the fact that South Jersey
had usurped all the official positions in
the state, and that the more populous
sections Of the state have little repre-
sentation.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

lThe market eolssnn agpears ON saturdaua,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

The platform will contain munich
pal ownership plank. and there is a
of the platform makers to urge the
government to retain for all time its
hold on the railroads and other ma
tional industries it contemplates talk
incr ovar
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
HAD BEGINNING IN ROMANCE
Pretty Legendary Story Concerning
Tea That Dates Some 1000 Years
Before Christ.

The Chinese claim to be the first
users Of tea as drink, and how it
riginated is told in a pretty little
legend that dates back 1000 years be-
fore the coming Of Christ.
A daughter of a then reigning SOW
erefgn fell in love with a young noble
man, whose inferior birth excluded
him from marrying her. They man
aged to exchange glances, and he oc-
casionally gathered a few blossoms
and had them conveyed to her.
One day in the palace garden the
lovers met, and the young man en-
deavored to give her a few flowers
but so keen was the watchfulness of
her attendants that all she could grasp
was a little twig with green leaves.
On reaching her room she put the
twig in water, and toward evening she
drank the water in which the twig
had been kept. So agreeable was the
taste that she even ate the leaves
and the stalks. Every day afterward
she had punches of the tea tree
brought to her, which she treated in
the same way. --
Imitation being the sincerest form
OF fattery, the ladies of the court tried
the experiment, and with such pleas
Ing results that the custom spread
throughout the kingdom-and the
great Chinese tea industry became one
OF the greatest businesses in the
world.
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came from coming to live with her
aunt instead Of going back to teach
the country school, as she had
planned. OF course it would have
been foolish to have turned down the
chance of becoming heiress to her
aunt's immense fortune, but she won
dered If it had made her happy.
Kathleen jumped to her feet hastily.
1t was useless to sit there getting SEN
timental. She looked at her engage
ment pad YEARLY. "a Red Cross tea
at Mrs. De Vain's" for that afternoon.
Another bore, she reflected, as she
rang for her maid to assist her to
dress.
Mrs. De VANS tea dragged through
the afternoon. 1t was hot on the lawn,
and Kathleen had just about decided
to feign illness as an excuse for leav-
ing, when the feature Of the after
Moons entertainment was announced
an address from Miss Marshley, a
returned nurse from the front Miss
Marshley had a gripping personality
and a great story to tell. Kathleen
did not miss word of It.
you have no idea what is going on
over there" Miss Marshley said as
she neared the end of her address.
"How lucky we are to be safe here
at home enjoying entertainments like
this one while the boys are bleeding
on the fields of Flanders! Every one
of us should do something to bring the
war to an end-things worth while.
We can. and we must! Pleasure must
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
METHODS OUTLINED
TO MAKE CORDWOOD
Common Plan Is to Cut Trees
Into Four-Foot Lengths.
Saving 10 Usually Done by Machines,
Driven by Gasoline or Electricity
Small Pieces Can 30
Packed Closely.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The most common method of max
ing cOrdwoOd is to cut the trees into
four-foot lengths with the ak and split
the larger pieces. The pieces are then
piled in a standard cord, which is
eight feet long, four feet high, and
four feet wide. The contents are 1913
cubic feet, of which about 20 per cent
is wood and 80 per cent air. Wood
cut four feet long can be sold to brick
yards, lime kilns, metal working
plants, and other industries, but is
too large for household use. This
method is used chiefly where the tree
growth is comparatively small, as In
second growth, because such wood
splits easily.
Another method, and one better
adapted for old growth hard woods,
which are difficult to split, is to saw
the tree into logs of convenient
lengths, say from 10 to Is feet. These
are "snaked" out to the edge of tie
woodland and there sawed and split
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
PLAN TO STORE VEGETABLES
Economical for Those Who Grow
Them In Sufficient Quantities
for Family Use.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
The storing Of late vegetables is an
economy for those who grow them in
sufficient quantity for the needs Of
the family.
To care for the surplus vegetables
In many cases requires nothing more
than the use of existing facilities in
or near the home.
Often the late vegetables from q
small garden may be stored with no
outlay Of money.
When considerable quantities Of
vegetables are grown it is frequently
advisable to construct permanent stor-
age facilities in the form of a storage
room in the basement of the dwelling
or under an outbuilding or to build an
outdoor cellar of wood or masonry.
If permanent facilities are not avail
able late root crops can be kept in
outdoor pits or banks, requiring no
cash outlay except for labor.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
ing press has recently been designed for

ing press has recently been designed for
joining and soldering the sheets into
continuous strip for roofing pur
poses. One man can operate the ma
chine, hooking the sections of tin plate
together and operating the solder and
flux on the seam. ia capacity is four
seams a minute or 20 boxes Of tin
plate a day. Tt is claimed that by
use of the machine better and more
durable seam can he made than by
hand and that 1t will be solid and uni
form on both sides, the solder pene-
trating and welding all parts of the
seam. The economy and convenience
to the roofer from the tin-plate roll
thus produced need not be pointed out.
The process Of roofing with tin be-
comes Identical with that of the roofing
with taxpayer rolls,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
WAS ELEGANT SCHEME, BUT
Great Detective Had Overlooked One
Possible Happening, and the
Witness Had Not.

There were just 13 guests at Mrs.
Hyphen Ramrod's party. She thought
it would prove unlucky and when she
missed her $4,000 tungsten ring she
knew it was. She telephoned Sheer
luck Bones, the great detective, imme-
diately after the discovery and few
minutes later he arrived.
Ladies and gentlemen" he an
nounced in his cold, clear tones, "a
tungsten ring worth $4,000 has been
stolen and one of you is the thief,
not to use a harsher word. Mrs. Hy-
phen Ramrod wishes me to spare the
culprit's feelings, inasmuch as he is
kindly assemble about the dining
table will cause the lights to be ex-
tinguished and slowly count fifty.
That will give the guilty party ample
time to lay the ring on the table, un-
der cover Of the darkness. Otherwise
shall be obliged to search you all.
But should like a witness to be
present. Mrs. Ramrod, kindly procure
Witness"
Mrs. Ramrod left and returned with
a passer-by, tall man with side whis-
kers and vacant stare. The great
detective waved his hand, the room
was plunged in darkness, and slowly
he counted fifty. At "forty-eight" the
unmistakable tinkle of tungsten
against wood was heard as the stolen
ring was tossed on the table. I'M
mediately aftcrward there was a vio-
lent crash as Of breaking glass. The
great detective turned on the lights.
The ring was not there. Neither
was the witness.-Detroit Free Press.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
Things
Worth While"
@0
b. VINCENT q. PERRY

Teas, dances, house parties, masquer-
ade balls. golf, yachting, motoring
Kathleen was tired Of them all. No
sooner had one finished than another
started. Her aunt had accepted invita-
lions for her that extended months
ahead. There was hardly day that
she could count on as her own. The
thought Of what lay before her bored
her. There would have been some
variation If Aleck had been going to
be there, but she was sure he would
not be. Something terrible had hap
pened to Aleck, she was convinced.
She had heard nothing Of him for
nearly a month, and to think that
they were engaged, tool He had
probably met some other girl he liked
better, and had, perhaps, married her
and was on a honeymoon. She deter
mined not to feel melancholy about it,
for, she assured herself, their en-
gagement had been nothing but a
farce, anyway. He had intended mar
rying her for aunt's money, and she
sought the social position that his
name would bring her. Besides, 1t
had been considered a good match.
Love? Why, that was only for coun-
try girls and story books!
Just the same Kathleen did feel
melancholy. Aleck was different from
the other men she knew. He was not
nearly 80 artificial as the others. Per-
haps that was why he had forgotten
her. She couldn't help acknowledge
ing that she was artif1cial-her every
movement and word had been part
of pose while in his company. No
wonder he had wearied Of her. Oh.
to be the little country girl she had
been before she went to college! Oh,
to have the dreams she had had then
Her college course was not to blame,
she told herself in fairness. 1t all
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three runs are theoretically equivalent
to one cord. Actually they contain
somewhat more wood, since small
pieces can be packed more closely than
larger Ones
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
HELP COAL SHORTAGE

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agricultural
Munition plants cannot burn
wood, warships cannot burn it,
nor, because Of the transporta-
ton problem, can people living
in cities. 1t Is up to the farm
ers and people living in villages
and small towns to use all the
wood they can and help meet
the coal shortage.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
Libel on Quartermasters.

Az army padre tells this story
There was once quartermaster who
went to heaven. And he got big JOB
at Once-because there were no other
quart ermasters there
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
Temperature for Potatoea

Potatoes should be kept in temper.
AZURE Of about 38 degrees. If the air
Is dry, cover with sand, and they should
also be kept from the light.
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into lengths proper for the stove OF
furnace. The saving is usually done
by machine, driven either by gasoline
or by electricity. The wood is piled
four feet high and eight feet long,
such pile being called q "stove wood
Or running" cord or "run." When
the wood is sawed into 16-inch lengths,
as Is customary with stove material
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22
Tin Plate In Rolls,

Tin plate In the shape Of continuous
rolls, like tar paper, instead Of in the
shape of flat sheets as at present, Is
now possible. A poMer-driven solder
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