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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-06

gust, 1898. Col. Roosevelt found HIM
idols of the country. The colonel and
his fighters were mustered out the
following month.
Plunging into politics again, Roose-
welt was elected governor of New
York state, holding that office from
Jan. /, 1899, to Dec. 81, 1900. Col
Roosevelt became the running mate
of William Mckinley, and they were
swept into Office on Nov. 4, 1900, as
president and vice president.
When Col. Roosevelt ran for presi-
dent in 1904, he was given the larg-
est popular majority ever accorded a
candidate.
American statesmen were willing
to admit that Col. Roosevelt picked
his own successor when he left the
White House, former Secretary of
War William Howard Taft.
Discussions.
During the next four years. dis
sensions broke out in the republican
political ranks and the progressive
party was formed. largely through
Col. Roosevelt's efforts. But in the
meantime Col. Roosevelt went to
South Africa on a hunting tour.
'alk of running him for president for
a third term, but the colonel frowned
do vn the idea. Instead he interested
himSelf in New York state politics
and brought about the nomination
of Henry L. Stimson as governor
against (he wishes of William Barnes,
Jr., of Albany, the recognized leader
of the republicans in New York state
Stimson was defeated, which was the
first sign that TIE former presidents
popularity and h.s grip upon the
public were weakeninS
Late i'll 1911, and early ~ 1912. Col.
Roosevelt took up politics agSin, turn
ing against his old friend, W. II.
Taft. He attacked Mr.. Taft's arbn. -
ton treaties, and sided with Clifford
Pinchot, head of the forestry bureau
against Sect. of the interior Ballinger.
President Taft sided with Ballinger
who was then regarded as one OF the
foremost leaders of the conservative
republicans. Senator LaFollette was
looming up as the peoples candidate
of the progressive republicans, and
Col. Roosevelt sided with him. The
break between Mr.. Taft and the colonel
was now complete.
When the 1912 campaign was getting
in full swing. Col. Roosevelt declined
to make any statement as to whether
he would run. for a third term and the
matter became a vital issue.
Finally, upon the receipt of a letter
signed by seven governors, Col. Roose-
welt consented to be a candidate, and
a political storm of immense proper
tions broke.
The national republican convention
was held in Chicago. IL was a bitterly
contested fight from start to finish.
When It became evident that a MA
jority of the delegates were going TO
support Taft. the Roosevelt supporters
withdrew. and the progressive or Bull
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CLEAGE DECIDES TO
CONTEST CARRIERS SEAT
LEFT FOR NASHVILLE AT
NOON YESTERDAY.
Took Notice of Contest and
Special Attorney Along
With Him,

Claiming that he was elected state
senator from Hamilton county by
eleven votes, w. B. Cleage, recent
democratic candidate for the upper
house, left for Nashville Sunday
afternoon to enter a contest for the
seat in the senate awarded Finney
Carter, republican, by the Hamilton
county election commission. Despite
the fact that Cleage will contest,
leading democrats and republicans
stated Monday morning that they
did not favor the contest and were
of the opinion that Finney Carter
would be the winner. Cleage was ac-
companied to Nashville by his at
torney, j. Walter Peak, who has
drawn a lengthy petition Of contest.
The petition contains charges of
fraud by the republicans and claims
that the democratic candidate and
contestant is in possession of affi-
davits that will show that Cleage
was the winner in the Orchard Knob
precinct instead of Carter as the Of
fetal vote showed. The poll lists and
tally sheets, it will be remembered,
was stolen from the ballot box be-
fore the election commission counted
the vote, but secondary evidence was
tGken which showed that Carter had
carri.1 the ward by a substantial
majority. "'oaRe and a few of his
friends claim thai - has certain
democratic influences in the sena.@
who will vote favorably to him when
they hear his side Of the case. The
senate is of course overwhelmingly
democratic. The contest will be set
for an early date. The contest for
the Hamilton county seat will be
announced by the clerk when he calls
the roll.
Besides the Orchard Knob pre-
cinct being sent to Mowbray, which
fraud in connection with the Now
bray box. the ballots from Daisy pre-
cinct being sent to Mowbray which
is an illegal action. The contestant
charges that the election at Retro
was held without registration books
and that a large number of Illegal
votes were cast for contestee which
should not have gone to him be-
cause the voters were not legally
qualified TO cast a allot. Various
other general charges of fraud are
made by contestant which he claims
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HOMECOMING
| 0F THIRTIETH
Gen. Pershing Did Not Men.
tion Tennessee ArtiI-
lery Units.
DATE FIXED FOR JAN. 2oI
These Will Be First Divisional
Combat Troops in Battle
Zone to Return.

Washington, Jan, 6.-(Special.) y
The cablegram from Gen. Pershing,
on which was based the war depart
ment's announcement of Saturday
that the Thiriteth division had been
designated for early convoy home, did
not state whether the Fifty fifth ar
tillery brigade, which contains the
Tennessee artillery units, would he
Included. This artillery brigade is
composed of the 113th, Hath and
1l5th regiments.
The impression at the war depart
ment is that only $4,000 men are
given as the total of the three di-
visions. the Thirtieth. Thirty seventh
and Ninety first, and the headquar-
tnrs,of the Second corps. The Thir-
tieth. Thirty and Ninety first
are the first divisional combat troops
in the battle zone designated for re-
turn home. Other combat troops
have been returned to the United
States, but they have been isolated
groups, the vast majority of those
which have returned up to this time
being depot brigades or combat units
which had not reached the battle
lines when the fighting stopped.
I The Thirtieth division is scheduled
to start home about Jan. 20. AT least
1t will reach the port Of embarkation
about that time and sail as soon
thereafter as shipping is available.
1f4th at Newport News.
/. Newport News, Va, Jan. Ere
turning soldiers are being sent at
once to camps near their homes, 1t
was said today in an announcement
OF schedules which showed that five
detachments left Camp Stuart yes
terday, one was due to leave today
and FIVE more Jan. 9. Troops leav-
ing yesterday for Camp Pike. Ark,
were a detachment Of the 114th am
train. two officers and II
men, and a detachment of the 141st
machine gun battalion, IL officers and
327 men. Three detachments left for
Camp Funston, Kan; a detachment
OF the Fifty second coast artillery
corps, 25 officers and 706 men; a de-
tachment of the Hath machine gun
battalion, two officers and II men.
Another detachment of the Fifty-sec-
ond coast artillery corps. 23 officers
and 702 men, leave today for Camp
Eunston, Kan,
Thfue sfetsBfrments will feave- Jane
uary for Camp Beauregard. La;
OF the Hath ammunition
train, twenty-five officers and 7S9
men: the Thirty ninth division
cadre, eleven officers and eighty-one
men and g. detachment of the 141st
machine gun battalion, four officers
and 119 men. Two detachments will
leave for Camp Taylor, KY; de-
tachment of the 140th ammunition
train, nine officers and 2s7 men; and
a detachment of the 141st machine
gun BATTALION, four officers and 11s
men.
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TELEGRAPH Notice.


. kilograms have been sent from the
Roosevelt home notifying relatives
and friends of the colonel's death.
Many of the relatives and friends
are already on their way to Saga
more Hill.
Oyster Bay residents were deeply
affected when the news of the COLO
nel's death became known. The colo
ynels death was the principal topic of
conversation on the streets. There
-. were tears in the eyes of many per-
sons as they spoke. One report said
that the colonel passed away while
asleep.
Col. Roosevelt. statesman, soldier
and author, and the twenty sixth
president of the United States, was
the most spectacular and picturesque
figure that ever appeared upon the
stage of American public life.
Long in Public Eye.
For upwards of thirty years Col.
Roosevelt was in the public eye in
one role or another, and he was per-
haps the best known man of his day.
4 man of tremendous personality,
his magnetism won him a host of
followers. who stuck by him through
the ups and downs of his long and
historic political career.
Col. Roosevelt was born in New
York City on Oct. 81. 1858, being the
second son of Theodore Roosevelt. a
merchant and philanthropist. The
colonel could trace his American an
cestry back to 1914. when the first
of the Roosevelt family came to this
country from Holland.
Turned to Politics.
Col. Roosevelt turned to politics as
soon as he had been graduated from
Harvard. in 1880. and his aptitude for
public life made itself apparent at
once. He worked his way through
the New York state assembly and
the governorship, to the vice-presi-
dency of the United States, and
finally became the twenty-sixth pres
ident in 1901. The colonel was not
elected to his first tenure of the pres
idency. having succeeded President
Mckinley when the latter was assas-
sinated by an anarchist in Buffalo.
Y. Y. But in 1904 he was elected
F. president as the popular choice of
the people.
The early years of the former pres
ident were those of a weak and sickly
child. but by the sheer dominance of
his own wilt he overcame physical
weakness and grew into a sturdy
man.
Benefit OF Health.
In 1884 Col. Roosevelt went west
for the double purpose of benef1ting
his health and of studying nature.
outdoor life had always appealed to
Roosevelt. so he settled in North Da-
kota on the Little Missouri. and there
gathered material for a number of
books on western life.
Not content with the work of
single ranch. Col Roosevelt took over
two cattle ranges. the Chimney Butte
and the Elkhorn. Those were still
the days of Indians. bad men and
buffalo. and 1t was a good field to
develop the strenuosity which the
colonel used to such good advantage
when he returned to the east and
engaged again in. politics.
Col. Roosevelt was married twice.
His first wife was Alice Hathaway
Lee. to whom he was united on Oct.
-. 1850. She died four years later.
Married Edith Kermit Carew.
Two years later. Col. Roosevelt
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PADEREWsKI OPPOSED
Polish Military Dictator Will
Not Give Up Power,

Warsaw, Jan. IA. PO-
Ignace Jan Paderewski has
found Gen. Joseph Pilsudskim,
Polish dictator. will not give
up his authority In Poland at
the present time. The two Pol
ish leaders had an interview
which. It Is indicated. was un-
satisfactory.
Paderewski came to Poland
as the representative of 4.000,-
600 Poles, from whom he has
received plenary powers. he
says. He claims to have the
power to make loans to the
Polish government and also to
be the representative at Paris
of the Polish committee. He is
said to have borne messages
from the allies to the effect
that the Pilsudskim government
is not to be recognized, as it
represents less than one-tenth
of the people, 1t is alleged. Gen.
Pilsukskim Is said to have fatty
refused to form a new cabinet
and Paderewski has announced
that he will be unable to work
with Pilsudskim.
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DEMANDS PEP

Chicago. Jan. 6.-I. Shulman called at
police headquarters early today and in
sisted that the police put a little more
pep into their efforts to land a
bomber who during the past year made
four attempts to dynamite his home.
The fourth attempt. made late Sunday
night. would have met with success but
for Gustav Goettsche. who. finding the
bomb in Shulman's doorway. picked it
up and tossed I into the street The
explosion that followed blew off The
fingers on Goettsche's left hand. Sssss,,-
man blames business enemies for inc
bombing attempts.
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DIED WHILE ASLEEP.

The former president is re-
ported to have died in his
sleep, from emboli sm--a blood
clot affecting the passage of
blood through the heart-su-
perinduced by a number Of
maladies from which he has
recently been a sufferer.
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CABINET RESIGNS

Premier Lloyd George Given Free Hand
TO Construct New Ministry.
London. Jan. 6.-All Of the members
of the British cabinet have resigned to
give Premier Lloyd George a free hand
in the construction Of a new ministry.
the Daily Express states today. The
designations were rendered on Satur-
day, IL was said.
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ON MOROCCAN AFFAIRS
Wilson Summons American Reers-
sentative, Maxwell Blake,

tLondon Times Phil. Ledger Cop. Cabse.1
Tangiers, Jan. 6.-Maxweii Blake. the
American representative at Tangiers. whcss
knowledge OF Moroccan afairs is profound
and who has Always held himself aioof frou
ali local intrigues and jcslOusles. has been
summoned by President wilson to Paris. un-
donbtedly 20 be consulted Gu the Ndreeo.
question. Biakes coming 10 Paris = nat
ter OF sincere congratulations rT ali who wlSn
the Moroccan qncstio7 treated with iusttc-
and imrartiality.
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when properly counted will
give him 2.404 votes to the republic
can candidates 2.3s3. a clear ma
jority for contestant Of eleven votes.
A number Of leading republicans
and some democrats who are ind:g-
nant at the contest being brought.
win leave to be present at the con-
test.
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this morning. "A complication of diseases, born of an
exploring expedition into the wds of South America is
believed to have been the cause of DEATH
During the past eighteen months the former pres-
dent had been treated by the foremost surgeons and
medical Of the country, but the maady bafled the
skill Of the SCIENTISTS.
It is believed that the death of his youngest son.
Quentin, who was killed in France few months ago
during battle in the air with German pilots, affected
the former president deeply and fastened his end.
Wife Frustrated.
Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Douglas Robinson, sister OF
the former president, reported to be FRUSTRATED
= The beginning of Mr.. Roosevets indisposition came
shortly after his return from exploring expedition
into the wds of South America, where he is believed to
have contracted the peculiar malady which challenged
the skill of American surgeons and physicians.
About year ago the former president went to
Roosevelt hospital and had series of operations per-
formed principally in the region of the mastod process
where number of malignant ulcers had formed. After
long siege the doctors stated that the condition was
corrected, but that they could not guarantee pe1a-
nent cure.
From that time onward the former president has suf
fered almost constantly from affection another
At time it reported that the assesses had ap-
peared in both buttocks and another time in the region
of the kidneys. It is believed that Mr.. Roosevets sys
tenn was filled with poison during the South American
expedition.
The death of Col Roosevelt at time when he
said to be preparing statement announcing that he
would not be candidate for the presidency in 1920.
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HOLOCAUST OF STREET
FIGHTING RACES IN RIGA
Great Russian Port Scene of Struggle Between
B0lshevik and Anti Bolshevik Troops The
Former March On Poland - British
Warships Bring ReinfOrcements.

London, Jan. GA holocaust Of street fighting Il
raging in the great Russian port of Riga between
shevk and anti-bolshevik troops, says Copenhagen
dispatch to the Daily Mail today.
Bolshevik armies are approaching both Wilma and
Grodno in their march into Poland
Reinforcements of anti-bolshevik soldiers being
conveyed down the Baltic by British warships.
International Fugitives
Copenhagen, JAM GA fearful situation exists in
Riga. Three hundred international fugitives who ar
rived here today the British armed liner Princess
Margaret declared that bands of bosheviki are
ing the country about Riga, killing, burning and plum
dering.
These the last fugtives to leave Riga. At the
moment of their departure strong wel-organzed force
of boshevik troops, led by old system officers, had
reached Riga, but had not yet occupied the city.
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For IS cents week brin1
world before your eyes
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SUDDEN CALL COMES TO
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Distinguished Ex-President Dies at His Home
at Sycamore Hill Brilliant Career of Sage
, of Oyster Bay Comes to End-Sketch
Of One of Nations Greatest Men.

Oyster Bay, Jan. 6.-Q. N. sD-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt former president of the United States and
one of the most picturesque and forceul figures
known in American public fe died at his world
country home at Sycamore Hill shortly after o'clock
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-11
NO FREIGHT is MOVING
ON NORFOLK & WESTERN
Even Passenger Service * Being Con-
tfnued With Great Difficulty
on System.
IBy Associated Press.

ROANOKE. VA. June 1o-No de-
Xeiopments occurred in the Norfolk and
western strike situation today, accord :
ing TO statements given out this even
ing by Federal Manager \. G. Needles,
OF the road, and Secretary j. $ Shoe
maker. of the Norfolk and Western
system federation
Freight traffic on the Norfolk and
western is at standstill. and pas
senger trains are being operated under
difficulties.
Letters calling for sympathetic
strike Of railroad employees on other
lines are being mailed today, il was
stated at noon by j. T.. Shoemaker.
treasurer of the advisory board of the
Norfolk and Western system federation.
Strike leaders claim that employees
on other roads. particularly in the
Northwest. have offered to strike in
sympathy with the Norfolk and West
ern shop crafts II the men at Wilcoe
are not reinstated.
Shop crafts of the Virginian Railway
were appealed to today to join the
strike. and should they do so traffic
in Western Virginia would be COM
pletely tied up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-11
R-BORN INDUSTRIES
CALL FOR Protection
Newl! Developed Potash Enterprises
Threatened With Extinction by
Foreign ImportatiOns.
NOT YET FULLY ORGANIZED
Bureau Of Mines Official Declares in
Five Years This Country Can Pro.
ducc All 1t Needs as Chcaply as
Competitors in Europe.
tBy Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON. June l0-Protection
OF the potash industry in this country
through establishment of a govern
ment-controlled licensing system was
urged before the House Ways and
Means Committee today and by rep
resentatives of the industry, the
Bureau of Mines and the Geological
Survey. They declared the fate OF the
industry depended upon action by
Congress. as it had not been developed
sufficiently TO meet successfully for
| eign competition.
There is s5o,ooo,0oo invested in this
industry" declared Myron NJ Parker,
attorney for the United States Potash
Producers Association, and unless
something is done immediately the en-
tire industry will be dissolved and
thousands Of employees thrown out Of
work; Furthermore. the country will
be dependent again upon foreign
countries for the material, as it was
before the war
made some time ago for shipment of
large quantities of potash from Ger
many In exchange for food. but that
the plan was abandoned after pro-
ducers here hid shown this would ruin
the industry. He added that the situa-
tion again was critical. as contracts
tons from Alsace during the next three
months.
: \; G. White, OF the Bureau of Mines,
potash needed by this country was
produced here at a cost of about %
per cent higher than the foreign pro-
duct. He added. however, that within
five years potash could be produced
in the United States as cheaply as in
any other country. because there were
great deposits in the Western States.
The need for restriction on the i'm
portation of oXalic acid was urged by
Lewis Emery, Bradford, Pa, OF the
American Alkali and Potash Company,
who declared this industry was in the
same stage of development as the
potash industry.
which grew up during the war will
appear before the committee tomorrow
TO recommend favorable action on pro-
tective lcgiSla ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-11
DECLARES THAT LEAGUE
IS KEYSTONE IN ARCH
OF WORLD WIDE PEACE
Oscar S'ruus Says II Stands as
Greatest Political AchieUe-
menf in History.

NEW YORK. June lo,-"The league
OF nations is the keystone i'm the arch
of peace. Without it we should re-
turn to the same chaotic conditions
which existed before the war" said
Oscar Straus today on his arrival from
France on board the steamship Mount
Vernon. Mr.. Straus, who formerly was
United States minister to Turkey. went
10 Paris as a delegate OF the League
to Enforce Peace.
The league is not yet perfect" he
added. but as it stands it is the
greatest political achievement in the
history Of the world, 1t has brought
together th!rty-two nations with all
their various idiosyncrasies and. taking
this into consideration, it is a great
and masterful document which may
well be called covenant of the ma
tionS.
DR. Sidney Mezies. president of the
College of the city of New York. who
has been serving on the commission of
experts engaged in the preparation of
national, racial and geographical data
for the peace conference. also arrived
on the Mount Vernon. He said the
immensity and complexity OF the prob.
lens confronting the peace delegates
has not been understood by those who
have found fault with the slowness of
the progress made. He had the high
est praise for President Wilson.