Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1920, Page 4

dorwich Fulletin and @oufied 124 Y EARS OLD —— e rfi-‘fi-flxh-m:l- . > Entared «t the Postoffies of- Nevwic, (van., 23 ecundclase - matier. Teleghsas Cath. Sulletin Business Offies 435 Balletla Editocial fleoma - 53.3. Bulltin 16 Offise 3.2 ~a t Teleohene 105. ®lnmantie Ome. 1, 19030, Norwieh, Tuesday, June ) — MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESH, Asoelsted Prems 1 etclustrery catiiied on of all cewr Campuich- Al righta of republication of epecial dsspateh. rein ere alse wesrved. CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MAY 29th, 1020 THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Mayor, HERBERT M. LEROU. For Aldermen, ARTHUR L. PEALE, WILLIAM S. MURRAY. For Councilmen, TDGAR B. WORTHIN JOHN S, BLACKM GTON, AR, 35 A. HAGBERG, . EUGENE SMITH. For Collector of Taxes, JAMES W. SEMPLE ! Fon City Treasurcr, STEPHEN H. REE\ L “or City Sherifis, GEORGE W. not CHARLES H. RAYNE For Water Comminsloner, HUGH BLACKLEDGE. THE COMING ELECTION. othing arouses the interest and en- sm of at the the electorate in any con- volls more than the knowl- t there has been placed before them candidates who are fitted througl ability and experience to successfully administer the duties that will rest up- ou their shoulders if elected. Tt is just such men as these that the republicans have nominated for offices ¥ government that must be year. They have been se- lected with the idea of giving the busi- ness of the city the full, careful and considerate attention that it deserves, with the idea of serving the entire com- munity and for the purpose of giving this Norwich efficient government on just s cconomical basis as possible. And it is not alone to the members of the party that the candidates nom'- nated should appeal, but to every voter who stands for the placing of the sity government on the same kind of a bu: inesslike foundation that a succes: private corporation would be conducte With the interests of the many in mum that is just what can be expected il of the city next Monday ca llots for the republican cand lates. Norwich government it can get to sce and experience some of the effi- i1s in need of all the good Norwich wants siency that should be displayed in the andling of the people’s money and Norwic s been assured by Herbert M. Lerou, who heads the ticket for may- or, that that is the kind of an adminis- n that will be given if he and those named with himyare placed in office. For every place on the ticket com- essful and well known citi- have been nominated. They should nand the confidence and be given hearty support that they deserve. Getting the best government for the city with the voters. If they are con- clous of their duty in getting the right n into office there will be a large vote Monday and such should insure success of the ticket noted above. OUR WAR BONDS, For some time there have been good sized sales of Liberty bonds. This was because there were ways in which hold- ers of the bonds wanted to wuse the ney that was represented either for einvestment which would net larger return or utilize it in business or other ways. Some of course were afraid that the drop in the price caused by the large number put on the market threatened their value so disposed of their holdings, while others bought at the low fizures as heavily as they were able for thers is no safer investment than t same government bonds. There is nothing to prevent selling h bonds of course any - more than there is to stop dealings in other se- curities. 1f those who are anxious to use their money, represented by bonds, other ways and are willing to dispose of them at the market price that is their right, but it will be most unfortunate if there are those who are led into dis- nosing of their bonds at many dollars less than they paid for them under the bellef that their value is in any way im- paired or that they will not be paid in full both as to interest and principal. Regardless of what the bonds of the various isues may be selling for today, »r what they brought last week; or the week before, or what they may bring in the future, when it is just as prob- ible that they will go above par as there is that it will remain below, there need be no worry on the part of hold- ers. It s for their advantage to re- tain them just as long as possible and certainly it is a wise move on the part of those who want to buy safe securi- ties to buy as advantageously as they can whenever they can. It isn't part of the promise of the government that the bonds will be main- tained at or above par, but it is the promise of the government that they will be redeemed in full and just as long as this government amounts to anything| reliance can be placed in that proraise, them a STRAIGHTENING THE RECOED. Just now the efforts in Maxico seem to be directed toward the establishment of the fact that Carranza coramitted suicide. Such gen't what might be called a Mexican trait, and so far as can be seen it is dificult to understand why the undertaker should be reifed up- on to give testimony, considered to be of a convincing nature, to clinch ths fact. Ordinarily 3 would be supposed that there would be others whe would know more about the real facts than the undertaker, whose testimony might corroborate other opinions but who would hardly be regarded from the ser- vices performed as the one to tell whether Carranza had been shot or died from a self inflicted wound. That his aleath was due te a bullet wound is gen- for it. KNOWS WHAT SPLIT MEANS. In' connection which Senator Johnson has ing for the nomiination for president on the republican ticket® thought has turn- ed as to what might happen in case he was not the successful candidate. the idea of krowing in advance what his ideas might be Senator Johnson has been asked if he would accept the nomi- nation of vice president other should be selected to head the ticket. Su¢h bait offered no attraction. To him it i a case of first place or nothing. The fact that Senator Johnson was vice president on the ticket that was named by the bull moosers had given rise to the idea among some that if he led to get the coveted place at the \ands of the republicans he wonld break riy bounds and head a new ticket of s own. His previous action was re- onsible for such a thought, but that . quickly set at rest by declaring that 10 entertained no such idea, that he is a republican and that he will enthusiasti- cally support the choice of the conven- He considers the contest he has béen waging a family quarrel and when that has been decided at Chicago it is f: tion. ended. None better than knows what the effect of even thinking of starting a new party would have up- on his present effort and he knows that it was simply through the splitting of the republicans groups, ber. Senator Johnson takes the right atti- tude when he frowns upoen any sugges- tion of a party split. PRIMARY ‘What if any is going to be the effect; of the present investigation into the ex- penditures of candidates going to have upon the primaries in the future? There remains to be seen of course what the committee is going to have to say and poseibly recommend, but even before that it is evident that while some may have is no candidate but what has had spent for him large excceded others rally agreed upon but it will be estab- lishing a new practice in Mexico for a leader to end his life without fighting That there is recognizéed the import- ance of clearing up all possible detalls in connection With Carranza's end is in- dicated by the efforts being made. not ‘a repetition of the Madero murder, but from such reports as have been re- ceived here there would seem to be need of showing that there was no complic- ity in which Herara was involved that would react upon Obregon. would appear, 1t is had but recently joined Carranza and offered the latter his ser- vices. That of course would have been a grand good way for him to have gotten Into the good graces of the now dead president to get that chance that an as- sassin nééds. Whether such a trick was worked upon Carranza to settle some old score is not disclosed but the new gov- ernment may well be concerned in show- ing, if it was, that Herara was in no way its represenitativé and that it was in no way involved in a plot to being about such an end. There is need of showing that Car- ranza’s successor was ble by means of an assassin's bullet. not made possi- campaign been mak- With in case some Johnson j the final likewise two such as was done when he ran with Roosevelt, that gave us the present democratic administration. be expected that he would command the strong following that Roosevelt did un- der such conditions but success in such an effort could by no means be expected and it would simply have tie effect of helping to defeat the party, from which favors had previously been asked, just because his candidacy had not been look- ed upon with favor by a sufficient num- It is not to WASHINGTON AFFAIRS (Special to The Balletin.) ‘Washington, y ‘31—After 20 years or more of effoft, the government is now to put into operation a civil service re- tirement system. It has béen urged by presidents, cabinet officers and bureau heads as essen to. the efficiency of gov- ernment work. than 360,000 men and women in all parts of the country will be affectéd by it, and the sums they will receive vary from $180 to $720 a year, according to the it | length of service they have seen and thé amount of their annual salary. toward this fund. It includes all employes ployes not technically within the classi- fied service, but the character of whose work is practically the same. fixed at 65, and for railway postal clerks at 62. the law. certificate. be in the hands of the secretary of the treasury. An important feature of the bill is that employes who have served for a period of less than years but who become totally disabled by disease or in- jury not attributable to their own fault will be retired under the law. The flat statement that “the house passed the bonus bill by a vote of 289 to 92" doesn't tell the story. Sparring for parliamentary advantage, recriminations as to loyalty to the soldiers, charges of playing politics and personal attacks so bitter that it is a wonder they Were per- mitted to remain in the records, marked the day the measure was adopted. The galleries were crowded ; practically every member of the house was in his seat. In the morning several test votes showed decided opposition to the bill by nearly the entire democratic side of the house. Bitter speeches were made by democratic leaders accusing the republicans of put- ting the bill over as a partisan move to get the soldler vote, and to judge from the speeches one would have thought every man on the demderatic side would shout “No!” when his name was called. But did that happen? Not a bit of it. Democrats and republicans alike scram- bled to get into line and scores of men who had indicated by word and previous vote that they opposed the bill shouted “Yes!" and registered in its favor when vote was taken.. While the debate, limited to 40 minutes, was under way, the sceme in the house was un- precedented. Disorder reigned, catcalls, jeers, interruptions, shouts of derision and stamping of feet by the democrats made the talk of republicans entirely in- audible to men three feet away. Official reporters, book in hand, ran ‘round" the great hall trying to keep within earshot of the men speaking, many of whom had been allotted only one minute, or perhaps a half minute, in which to register their opinions. Finally Frear of Wisconsin, re- publican, who has a voice that makes a lion's roar belong to the piker class, got the floor and Tebuked the noise-makers in a way that proved effective—and so put an end to the confusion. All the while thé speaker's gavel kept up a continuous pounding, and it wa sa close call that the sergeant at arms was not required to quell the disturbance. Congressman John Q. Tilsom stood by his guns and voted against the bonus bill when it came before the house Saturday, making a strong speech stating his posi- tion just before the vote was taken. Col- onel Tilson urged waiting until the De- cember session before taking action on tae ground that the present bill was not only unsatisfactory but that as it could not become operative for more than a vear there was nothing to be gained b- passing the present measure. He followed the same line of argument he had ad- vanced earlier in the session and said with great earnestness that the bill was sums of hi sown or others' money. And; “nothing but a little pension lasting only all of this has been encouraged by the primary system and the necessity each candidate making much the same kind of a fight characterizes an election campaign. Throughout all the testimony that has| been given relative to the contributions| to the campaign funds there has been no indication and no suspicion of improper The money has been of publicity. numerous use of the funds. used for the Some have resorted to more and more expensive ways than others and some have had more to do With than others but there is nothing to show but what the expenditures have all been for legitimate purposes. ever, where it séems to be considered necessary in order to be a candidate for the office of president to secure as large a fund for the primary contest as for the election. Certainly the primary has not result-| {h* ed in a reduction In the use of money. It| has in fact tended the other way and there is no hesitancy in telling about it. Favorite son booms are about the only ones that have not been accompanicd by fat funds. tion system? EDITORIAL NOTES. The weatherman couldn’t have done a better job than he did on Memoria day. The man with the hoe finds the weeds will grew as fast as the grass on the new mown lawn. Mr. Wilson has approved the resolu- tions of the Virginia democrats and they of course approved the administration. ‘Why of coursel Congress still has plenty of business before it in the few days that remain It is a case, how- But what is going to be the effect of this? Is it going to mean | he that the primary is meeting the purpose aimed at and we can expect to see the practices extended or is it going to mean a clamor for the return of the conven- 1t deesn’t seem, however. that the present arrangement can be re- garded as ideal. two and a half yvears” and that it dealt of | very unjustly with soldiers who had borne the brunt of service, as the 26th division had done, for it gave them no more than it gave men who had served a much shorter time. The Connecticut delegation cast its final vote as follows: Against the bill, Tilson, Freeman, Merritt, Glynn. For the bill, Lonergan. A great majority of the New England delegation voted against the measure. The combined vote of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampehire and Connecticut in favor of the measure was only 7 out of the 26 cast. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts has put a resolution before congress asking that the interstate commerce commission investigdte the coal shortage in the country and report to the senate. He urged an embargo on hitumihous coal un- less a_commissioner is appointed to look into the situation and protect Ameriean industries. Senator Walsh stated New } Englana suffers more than other parts of country and that her industries will o susrended unless help comes. He at- tributed the present shortage to three factors—the ecar shortage, the underpro- duction at the mines and the extraordi- nary increase in exportation of coal to foreign countries, especially Great Brit- ain. Mr. Walsh showed by figures which said had been officially verified that the mines are producing less than 40 per cent. of their normal supply, while the shipments to foreign countries is as much even more than when the mine output was 100 per cent. The Massachusetts senator said that some of this coal is being carricd to Cuba, where it is ex- changed for sugar, which in turn is taken to England. This is done by shipping in British bottoms. “We have permitted foreign agents,” said Mr. Walsh, “to buy up our coal at prices prohibitive in this country and ship it to foreign countries, while our own industries are suffering to the. point of cessation.” Mr. Walsh said it required not less than one million tons of bituminous coal a month for New England, and that less than that cons tuted n shortage. He added that while New England industries suffered for lack of that amount more than three million tous a month is being shipped to foreign ccuntries. He urged congress to secure an investigation and put the official facts before the president, in hopes the execu- tive would then order an embarso on foreign shipments or take some decisive before the recess for the conventions and|S‘er to protect American industries now the hot weather. The percentage doesn’t amount to so much these days, what the fellow get- ting a drink wants to know is the mule| power back of the kick. The man on the corner say: screen doors are kept up the year round lto stop the first flies it isn't being very considerate of the flies. The one great disappointment in con- nection with the Bergdoll case, from the failure to capture him, is that the war department didn't give permis- sion to have the whole affair filmed. ‘When it is stated that there would be 40,000 immigrants brought to this coun- try weekly if there were ships enough it looks as if they had heard of the need of help over here as well as the wages waid. It seems a bit peculiar that the American Woolen Company and its pres- indicted for profiteer- ing when it was only a short timé that the latter opened up a company store to protect his help from the prof- fteering dealers in foodstuffs and other commodities. . ident should be When aside ago suffering “because our coal is being used to aid foreign industries.” Senator Walsh is a prominent leader on the democratic gile of the senats chamber. Next Saturday will undoubtedly see an adjournment of congress. Probably there will be no session between that date and the opening of the regular winter session ups which have occurred in years past regarding a getaway, no one is willing to make a positive assertion until the vote for adjournment is actually taken by both senate 3nd house. A new ques- n has arisen: If congress adjourns, the president can summon it back in extra session at his will and pleasure. Can that also be done if it is in recess? The constitution states that “in case of extra- ordinary exigency” the president may eall congress together” at an earlier date than that fized for its assembling. It hinges on whether a congress in recess is ai- ready in session. Opinions vary and it is a matter of interpretation. It covers much more than a mere quibble, for dur- ing the period between adjournment and the convening of another session the the end of the following session. would give the president in power to appoint men to high office with- entire period of his term, which ends March 4th, 1921. in classified civil service in the United | to make. States and certain other classes of em-|Saying so, as I never have madeé uncom-. fortable comparisons, although I've Some- times thought :{dmu The retire-! méat roll like ment age is fixed at 70 years except for| mother's sponge cake! mechanics, city and rural lettér carriers| télling you. My stars! ! and postoffice clerks, whose age limit is|cake like that nowadays. Bessie—' “Careful, dad!” advised the récently A minimum of 15 years’ sefvice is| éngaged young person. 3 required ‘to become a beneficiary under|give you this once, as sfie knows I'm Particularly efficient workers | open for all sorts of hints on cooking. may have an extension of a two-year{know you will bé wonderfully eloquent period if they are recommended for it by | When you fackle the sponge cake. The administration of the law [ hope you have an will be under the commissioner of pen-|Sleeve, as I'm perfectly positive sions, the eivil service commission is to| grandmother's called for at least one keep record of service, and the funds will | dozen. out confirmation by the senate to fiil the| in In a recess he has no|and parried. auch power. After adjournment a mresi-| protest that he is not & cruel husband, ¥ It is estimated no less| thing I —thi law is contributory and worur; must g:?m‘: meat ! ive 2 1-2 per cent. of their annual sal o look af T . fo o as good as mother used 1 Know you won’t mind my “This surely that meat roll? “I'd like to,” sald the recently engaged er. “It's great! candid opinion is that you should be de- voting vour time to preparing dishes like it, and other good, Wholesome things such as your mother has been blessing us with instéad of gallivanting down to Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm afraid a diét of salads and con- somme would drive Jimmie to drink if we weren't all living In a second Sahara ou a pair of silk stock- ings that the two of you will be racing over here on an average of three times young person’s fath: lately, the cocking school. degert. TI'Nl bet dent is a free lance and congress has no way to strike back If it doesn’t approve his methods. “You see, I don’t belleve that Jimmie and I—our finances, T méan—could afford one dozen éggs in o6ne single cake unless you guarantee to supply them. Now—I say, dad, are you going to eat all of ting ,a little old And then there was Some cake, I'm You never taste “Mother will for- 1.0 less recipe up your that My a week to get a good square medl” “Would you mind making it three pairs, person. “Not at all,” said her father. “You'll need all the checks you can get hold of if you are going to follow some of the crdzy recipes 1 found lying around the other evening. One dessert, dolled up with & French name, called for one quart of XX cream and about seven other ridicu- lously expensive items. What is XX eréam? Higher priced thay ordimary eréam? Good night! Do you call that fine old sponge cake extravagant in com- parison to your XX cream dope? Anyway, that cake wouldn't hurt 1 baby, whiie your rieh truck—say, do you thin% you'd have had me for a father if my mother Wad fed the family on such stiff? We'd have died voung. “But, dad, you see the recipes yowve been talking about are not—" “You're making a study of them, arer't you? Well, doesn't that indicate what you're going to put that uniortunate young man against?” 1 ut, da said the recently engaged young person, “let me explain. “Not until you've prémised to stay away from that cooking schoul to devote your attention to sensible dishes, like The one that was in front of me. Exgariwient on us if you like. “T have” said the recently engaged young person. “Have what?" “Experimented. You goose! If you'd only let me get a word in edgeways once in a while! Why, I've prepared all the dinners for the 1Ast week. Furthermore, by economical methods I've saved you fully $5. And it was at that old cooking school that I learned to prepare the meat roll you've been raving about. It's a wonderful place !" The recently engiged youns person's father was game. “I raved all right.” he admitted. “And T'm glad the cooking School is intelligent. 1 think you have earned the silk stock- ings, or their equivalent, and it's a good thing for Jimmie. 74 hate to see him die young !"—Chicage News. Five Minutes a Day With Our Presidents Copyright 1920—By James Morgan Y e ———d) LXVIIL—A BRIDE AND GROOM IN 2 THE WHITE HOUSE. 1864—July 21, Frances Folsom, horn in Buffalo. 1885—Gradoated from Wells Col- lege. 1886—June 2, marr] jed President Cleveland in thé) White House. 1913—February 10, married Prof Thomas J. Preston at Prince- tan, N As the democrats had lost power un- der a bachelor presidént, James Bucha- nai, they rogained it after a quarter of a century under anotheér bachelor presi- That strange brougnt to an end by Cléveland's mar- riage in the second year of his admin- dent. istration. Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, a spinster ister, had fa thfully held her place in White ifouce by the But Miss Cleveland's literary than social. By her own confession, she relieved the toredom of at least one function hy con- jugating a Greek verb behind her com- bacheélor brother. tastes ‘were more vany smile. From the day Cleveland entered the execative mansion at Albany, Lusily made matches for him with one after anotheryof the eligible women wha arpeared at his recéptions. A special fa- vorite of those persistent rumors was pretty widow of ome of his old {ners, Oscar Folsom, whose home Buffalo was law was one of the few homes in 1 where this unsecial person had been in the habit of visiting. pected that all aleng his own choice had been the daughter rather than the mo- ther. When -she was a little girl, Frances| ... Folsom used to climb up in the lap of “Uncle Cleve,” who bécame her guardian at her father’s death and finally her be- in her relation- ship to him teok place so gradually that it was unseen even by the spying eyes of her sistér students at Wells college. They envied her the beautiful flowers with which the thoughtful governor and president remembered special occasions But they did not dréam that she was to have the distinc- tion of being the first college-bred mis- trothed. This cha in her school life. nge coincidence sid> of It was not s tress of the White House. Mrs. Felsom and her daurhter were guests of the president and Miss Cleve- ‘rst month at the White House. Even the wiseacres of Washing- that the young girl Who was present at a recep- in white—would in land in their ton did not guess tion—all year be the bride of her host. Miss Folsom had graduated and was traveling in Europe when the country was set in a flutter by the announce- ment of her engagement. home to meeét such an ordeal as no oth- er American girl of 22 ever has faced. Her name was oh every tongue in Afher- ica; her portrait was in every paper and the press boats crowded about her smuggled avoid the ship from which played love tunés. Thére to be married. The wedding in the Blue Room was extremely simple, the only guests being a few relatives of the bride and groom and the members of the cabinet. After the cake had been cut in the state din- ing room, the bridal pair succeeded in stealing out the back door under cover of darkness to a waiting train in switch yard. They had eluded the cu- rious erowds nt!sereg‘ hnl (l:om hc;tt :‘):; at the station, i 7 ss, whose locomotive nder gteam and in readiness to ;n‘:!\l: lhelll,"{fl\ a trainlead of report- 1st, but, remembering the many slip-| ars, te their honeymoo: the ubiquitous pres Maryland mountain eland, who never had known the wgl;:nh“ 'a house of his own, disliked the publicity of the White House and had bought a suburban dwelling in what ‘was then a remote and inaccessible cor- ner of the District of president ever has been quite so of his privacy and none out of the occasion. n a president was to marry in the ‘White she rd a revenue cutter to :flb:izous crowd at the New TYork dock. While she watched frem behind the cur- tains of her hotel window the president reviewing a Memorial Day parade the square below; the marching bands mere from Hs invasion. The continued attention of a vigilant ‘wherever the presidential couple went was indignantly resented by the bridegroom, Who ‘hotly denounced the “ghoulish glee” with Which his was had been only one marriage of ident, and John Tyler was a wid- :w‘:;ul:';?;h Iv.oak some of the romanc!zrecelved their orders at the same time. : Both got what they ordered, the short fellow having a_modest portion and the House, As Miss Folsom's mother had!tall fellow a well loaded plate, with sev- | 'S given up her home and as her grandfa- ther's house was in mourning for his recent death, like the afflanced of a sov- ereign she went to her husband's home For the first time n retreat in the Columbia. No Jealous suftered has famil was her gossip beautiful another She returned or the begetter of children blighted at birth. Cleveland was obliged te6 endure the torture in silemcé—something worse than assassination, as he declared in : circle of friends. Mrs. Cleveland is said on one occasion to have given a pathetic hint of what the strokes airned at the president through her little ones meamt to a mo- ther. ~ With childlike bashfulness a daughter wae holding back from the greetings of a small company at the ‘White House, when Mrs. Cleveland said, “Speak up, dear or the people will be told that you are deaf and dumb.” Mrs. Cleveland herself was spared. At first her girlish charms, afterward her womanly dignity and her maternal devotion made this most youthful the most beloved mistress of the White House. Although sfie has changed her remarry—as Mrs. none the less to hold her special place in the kindly interest of her country- men. 3 Tomorre: The Second Harrjson. SNAP SHOTS OF G. 0. P. CONVENTIONS Copyrighted by G. M. Adams Service Thirteenth Convention The thirteenth republican national convention met at Chicago Jume 21, 1904. Mark Hanna—chairman of the National Committee, and perhaps the life—had died February 15 previous. ana the gathering was called to order by Vice Chairman Henry C. Payne. Elihu Root of New York was temporary chair- man and ncle Joe” Cannon was perm- anent chairman. contest stirred up in’ the three days' ried by the close division of 485 to 480, The assassination of McKinl eminently successful and popular considered for first place on the ticket. He received 994 votes—the convention total. presidency was foreclosed by Charlés W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Speak- er Cannon had at first been considered, be used. Fairbanks decision until the eleventh hour. candidates were even considered. The platform again made legiance to the gold standare legislation to build up the American mer- ternational differences by demned unlawful combinations of capital and labor, and vigoously approved Roos- evelt's foreign policy, as in the acquisition of the Panama Ca- nal. the Fourteenth Convention.) Stories That Recall Others in Soma Consultation. had met in the restaurant. pened to arrive at the same time and eral side dishes. glad there isn't as much of me to fill up as there is of you.” He Knew. teacher. ishment. They time I see her hand coming my way I ‘Special Delivery. SHARKS, AND SHOES, AND SEALING WAX ‘Modern science is helping to con- vert another of man's traditional en- friend,” according to a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. ‘Already sharks are food, gelatine, and oil for many pur- poses, to appease the ever more com- plex needs of mankind, and now they are being experimented with a a prob- able source of shoe leather. “Not many years ago the cattle on 1y | the western plains and on the farms name—the only widow of a president to Preston she continues most cartooned man in American publie So thoroughly pre-ordained was the convention’s routine, that about the only|of the next row take their place. aii to | tWo delegates—a motion which was car- and the suc- ion of Theodore Roosevelt, made n inevitable that his name alone should be Possibility of argument over the vies- advance agreement that the place should go to but flatly refused to allow his name to likewise postponed But when his consent was obtained, no other tariff pro- tection a paramount issue: renewed al- favored chant marine and a powerful navy: de- clared for the peaceful settlement of in- arbitration ; declared for the vigorous protection of American citizens in foreign lands; con- particularly emphasized in the Venzuela case, in the Orient, along the Alaskan boundary, and (Continued tomorrow with the story of The short fellow and the tall fellow They hap- “Gee, George,” remarked the short fel- low pleasantly and thankfully, “I'm sure The children were discussing the new She was strict and had resort- ed on several occasions to corporal pun- all said that she was unusually proficient in the art of “lick- feel sure that it is being sent marked emies, the shark, into his serviceable contributing The new cereal foud. of the corn—finely wholesome dish. Less Than a Penny a Serving The Patent Cereals Co. (Established /883) New York, N.Y,' Made from the mille ground. , Makes a necessary shoes for the tests. “Sharks are regarded s the most rapacious, bloodthirsty and cruel of all the inhabijants of the sea, all of the sea, all of the known species, with four exceptions, being flesh-eating. They are long and cylindrical, the hody terminating in a sharp snout in front and a long and flattened tail behind. The mouth is placed crosswise and usually is on the Jower surface of the head, some distance behind the tip of the snout. Almost all sharks are mar- ine, ,though many occasionally follow their prey into the mouths of rivers. Their teeth are arranged in formidable triangular tiers, the first or outer row alone being used while the rest are turned back out of the way. When those of the first row are lost, those “The fins, with their abundant car- tilage, form the basis of the supply of gelatine in China. “The livers are taken for the oil they contain. They are placed in water and cooked either by steam or by fire, and then the oil kimmed off. In for- mer times they werz ‘sun-dried'—plac- ed in water and allowed to stand in the sun for eral days. The quality pro- duced by this method (which is still pursued in Labrader and Newfound- jand) is much better than that ebtain- ed by the more modern methods, but the difference in quantity is consider- able, Quantity and quality vary con- siderably with the season. The oil is of value in dressing leather, soap-mak- i sh glue, paints, and for medicinal purposes. The yield varies from less than a pint in some of the smaller sharks, to about 125 gallons in the larger sizes. “At one time large quantities of the hides, cleaned but not tanned, were used for polishing wood, ivery, and metal. With improvements in methods of preparation of sandpaper and emery. these have largely replaced animal hides. Small quantities of certain classes of skin are still in demand among cabinetmakers, and have other special uses, as in the manufacture of optical fittings. Peculiar markings. such as transverse bands or elongated spots, and the character of the small, close set, variously sculptured lime- like particles which cover the skin, have adapted some to uses for sword grips, card cases, jewel boxes and other novelties. The demand for sword gripe is at present unusually large and dif- ficult to supply with satisfactory ma- ithin the last year American tan- ners have experimented in the produc- tion of leathers from these hides with excellent results, and there now exists a demand for large quantities of raw materials. In tensile strength, leath- tested compare favorably with those made from mammal hides, and the market for these products appears assured. Special seines, 600 feet long and 18 feet deep, with a four-inch mesh of extra heavy twine, are constructed to capture these fish. One crew, fish- ing off the southern coast, has cap- tured 200 sharks in & day. A hide will produce from 10 to 40 square feet of leather suitable for shoes. Five hun- dred skins a week are said to be han- dled at one tannery,. the output of % | ng.” which is to be greatly increased dur- The eon of the postman spoke up.|ing the next year. 5 “Yep,” he agreed, “she is, why every “The meat of the shark is white and edible, resembling halibut. It is can- ned, and dried for shipment to the mar- kets.” A BURMESE CHALLENGE FOR SPORTSMEN “If there is a sportsman in the Unit- ed States who prides himself on his workmanship, and who thinks he can bring in a bigger bag of game than an illiterate, half-naked Burmese hunter with a cressbow and arrows, there's such a hunter ready to ‘take him on’ any time he chooses to journey out Burma way. And if the sportsman is not a marksman of the order of Buf- falo Bill or Annie Oakley, he had bet- ter think before challenging the heath- en_hunter. Thus spoke M. L. Patterson, a min- automobile spot light. With this he goes into the jungle at night, and ef course the eyes of the jungle animals glare as their owners crouch at the hunter’s approach. “His crossbow is a fearfully and wonderfully made weapon. The bew is =0 strong that I have never been able to bend it far enough to get the siring in place for a shot. He, however, puts his foot on the bow, and with a sudden jerk is able to bend it far enough to get _the cord in “firing’ position. “For ammunition he uses polsonad arrows. He first prepares vegetable poison, and after the arrow tip has been dipped in that, it is stuck into a piece of decayed deer liver. Death en- sues very ehortly after the arrow bas struck home. “The arrow is entirely of wood, bam- boo, with the tip hardened somewhat by exposure to fire. 1 have seen my old hunter. shoot one of these arrew: clear through an inch board. The ni tives eat white-faced monkeys, on the theory that whoever eats their meat is immune from tuberculosis. 1 have seen the old man send an arrow through a monkey’'s body as if it were a bullet fired from a Mauser rifie. “The Burma government forbids the natives to have guns in their posses- sion, and prohibits trading in arrows and ammunition. But the native's in- genuity enables him to get around this. He will find a piece of gas pipe somewhere, fit a rude stock te it, and a crude primer and hammer, and will use safety matches in lieu of powder. He cuts off the heads of about twe boxes of matches, and puts them iato the improvised barrel. He then rams his shot home and is ready for busi- ness. “And let me tell you, if you never tried to shoot with such a gun dem't ever do so. Why, an express rifle is about as kickless as a twenty-two cal- ibre flobert compared with this im- provised shot gun! I tried shooting one once upon a time and the thing almost kicked my shoulder off” What Does It Mean? It's getting s0 a man can't go Inte & store and ask for a bottle of grape Juice without being offered yeast and ‘a package of raisins.—New York Tele- graph. L Immune to That. In the face of Postmaster General Burleson's continued refusal fo resign, one begins to doubt the power of mass suggestion.—Chicago “The play doesn't give me a fair e 0 play can. There is only one ve- hiele that will give an actor of your abil- ity a really fair chance.” “What is that?" “A monologue."—Louisville Courler- Journal. 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Such attacks were ¢oo low to be met A president hardly” can Pt s SR R S e and which the averaged about one animal to each per- son in the United States, but today there is not much more than half a eountry, and the import of hides is negligible. y “The completed arrangements to made from sharkskin compared with that from calfskin and cowhide. The cooperation of the shoe manufacturers beef animal for each inhabitant of the . S. Bureau of Standards has test the comparative durability of upj er leather ing engineeer of Washington, D. C., Lansing, Michigan, and Mergui, Burma, in an interview for the National Geo- graphic Soclety, before embarking for Burma, after his first trip home in more than seven years. “The old man” continued Mr. Pat- terson, “takes an oil tin—the top of whicgl has been cut out—and straps it on \:;ol his head, as a girl ties on a sun\nnet. In the tin he places a little kerol&ge lamp—which makes it a somewlwt clumsy counterpart of an cesses of any kind. 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