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Literature it the thought of think'
ing mouIm. Thomat Carlyle.
Harmony wins! Whero? Why, at
tho banquet of tho Philadelphia Music
Teachers' Association, of course.
Tho four things which aro Inter
esting tho collogo undergraduates In
these preparedness days aro reading,
ritlng, 'rlthmetlc c.nl regimentals.
Tho fascinating fact that Justice
Hughes operates a mechanical piano In
oil hours would have been lost to history
If ho had not como Into Bomo prominence
of lata.
Even paupers can bet $10,000 on
their favorite 'candidate theso days. All
thoy havo to do is- to mention tho odds to
"your correspondent" and tho wager 13
recorded.
Weather report: Oyster Bay, N. Y.
-Thick fog fills fringes of bay; storm
warnings possible; heavy winds yester
day did not Impair wiro communication
With points West.
Airs. Thomas A. Edison has come
out In favor of clean streets, according to
an excited correspondent's dispatch from
Orange, N. J. Ho neglected to learn If
She was for Americanism.
Secretary JIcAdoo assures us that
tho now coins will be moro artistic than
the old ones. If ho would make some
that are easier to get ho would earn tho
gratitude of 100,000,000 patriots.
Goorgo Bernard Shaw ought to be
come more enthusiastically pro-German
than ever. The Berllners are allowed to
eat less than two ounces of meat a day,
and pretty soon they will all bo vegetarians.
A harvest blight would ruin Ger
many, it Is Bald. What would savo Ger
many most effectively would be tho re
moval of what (with apologies to the
Kaiser for a slight misquotation) may be
called the divine blight of kings.
Tho country's salvation depends
upon the nomination and election of
Theodore Roosevelt Harry K. Thaw.
There Is some reason to believe
that Mr. Thaw himself, even on an Inde
pendent ticket, would poll a big vote.
The people who think there would
be peace if all the munition factories
were destroyed forget that there was
war before guns and gunpowder wero
Invented. If the man who wants to light
cannot get a gun he finds a stone or a
big stick, and he does not take the trou
ble to speak softly, either.
When Penrose and McNIchoI re
turn from Chicago they will hardly rec
ognize the city that has bestowed upon
them so many honors. The morning after
their arrival they will rub their eyes to
look out upon a Vare world, Wfell may
"Ed" "Von Bethmann-Hollweg "Vare and
"Bill" Hohonzollern Vare repeat the proud
words of the German Chancellor; "If
you want to know the terms of peace,
look at the war map." They have widened
their demesne In the north from river to
river and narrowed their foes' camp to
the section Immediately about City Hall
and a half dozen other scattered wards.
The immediate fruits of this city com
mittee victory will be amazingly trilling,
apparently; a few email fry losing their
little, jobs. Later, more small try will go,
and maybe some big McNIchoI fry, whom
the harmony Mayor smiled on a few
months ago. Every department head will
go about scowling upon his chiefs to de
tect traitors to Vareville; and the chiefs
will go after the heads of,thos& under
them who are not loyal. The city em
ploys may quote bitterly, with aptness,
the old rhyme;
Sreat fleas have little fleas upon their backs
to bite 'em.
And. little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad
Infinitum.
Therola to be a great housecleanlng.
J4 after it Is over the house will be as
fHrti as ever.
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tir)vanlaasy divorce laws on the ground
fftAti w. long as divorce was difficult If
tKtt. impossible In some States there
0fU b other Commonwealths where
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.ritevo th 'euttereni' from the
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A GOOD BEGINNING
UT of the wealth of material at hand
Senator Harding had no difficulty in
filling the time allotted to him for his
opening speech as temporary chairman of
the Chicago convention.
His remarks may be divided into three
heads- First, he dwelt on the Importance
of harmony, and declared that the will of
a righteous majority must be the willing
pledge of all. Then, he set forth the policy
of Republicanism as the policy under
which the nation has prospered. Finally,
he arraigned the Democracy for Us fail
ures. The campaign will be fought on the
issues of the failure of the Democracy
and the ability of the Republicans to
make good. As Senator Harding said, the
Democracy proclaimed the Bacredness of
Its pledges and then profaned them. It
professed economy,1' and then staggered
its own leaders with its extravagance.
It professed belief In Jeff ersonlan princi
ples, and vpted millions out pf the treas-
I ury for Government enterprises which.
would drive private enterprise out of
business. And so' on down the long list
of acts which have proved that the De
nwcr&cy l bath dlslojral to its own past
professions Mi Incompetent to manage
tiw mit Qt ft gwM nation.
Th Mserd -of RepUflW; achiremnt;
te pft fc i -mmm t ww that jt mae-
GERMANY'S MAGIC CIRCLE
Germany has made offlelal confession
(lint the Is hunsry. Iter treat struggle
Iienretortli Is Hllh lieraelr.
THE armies of Germany He In a vast
magic circle around tho Toutonlo Em
pires. Tho wizard of militarism has drawn
that circlo with tho point pt tho Bword
and flames leapt up as tho circumference
was established. Against It tho Pledged
Allies have thrown themselves In vain,
and have reeled back shuddering nt its
magic power.
Tho fatality Is that tho Incantation was
by black magic, and that nnothor circle
has sprung Up around tho first. If the
enemies of Germany cannot break Into
tho circlo, Germany cannot break out of
It. Tho second circlo has Germany as
its centre and tho world as its periphery.
It Is composed of the British floct. To tho
wavering multltudo at homo tho German
militarist has shown tho Inner circlo, has
shown It oven oxtcndlng Its radius, Im-f
pervious to shock, incapablo or a broalt
down. It has asked Germans to look for
ward, In tho hope thoy would forget that
tho wizard may dlo of starvation In his
own castle. Now Germany is looking in
ward. Until this week ovory refcronco to tho
gnawing at Germany's vitals has been
coupled with an attack on England.
Shortage- of milk, moat rations, bread
tickets, all wero tho visible signs of Eng
land's Inhumanity, the Justification of tho
submarine. Tlio speech of tho Imperial
Chancellor on Mpnday was tho first sig
nificant uttoranco which was directed
wholly and Intensely Inward. It hardly
mentioned tho blockade. Of tho subma
rines Von Bethmann-Hollweg only said
that his Government never would break
off communication with tho United States
in their favor. Unquestionably tho Chan
cellor had heard unpleasant things con
cerning his previous speeches, his feelers
for peace, and tholr Indignant repudiation
at tho hands of Brland and Sir Edward
Grey. His roply Is a warning and a threat.
In so many words ho says, "If you will
not let mo dicker for peace, you will havo
this!" "This" is hunger.
To bo sure, tho Chancellor attempts to
repeat tho words of Incantation, and his
rhetoric is excellent. His assurances that
Germany can storm the barren heights
of hunger as she storms the wooded hills
of Verdun wore Inevitable. Tho tonor of
tho entire speech, so defiant In prlnclplo,
is mild. It is at last admitted that Eng
land has not been beaten on tho seas. And
It Is this mildness which gives emphasis
to the Chancellor's words:
The men who fight out there around
Verdun, who flght under Hlndenburg,
our proud bluejackets who showed Al
bion that rats bite, are fashioned from
a breed that knows how to bear priva
tions also. Theso privations aro here.
I admit It calmly and openly, even to
foreign countries, but wo will bear
them. In this flght against hunger we
will also make progress Gracious
Heaven allowed a good harvest this
year. There Is no external
Influence which can shako our unity
even in tho slightest degree.
Bothmann-Hollweg's speech camo at
the end of a long series of attacks, In
which one of tho great parties of Ger
many, tho Conservatives, has been his un
sparing enemy. Tho enmity continues.
There is a great mistake in psychology
Implied in the idea that the Germans at
homo will flght one battle while those In
the field flght another. Tho two are not
comparable, and tho two aro but parts of
one. The physical exhaustion, downright
hunger, of Germany at homo must affect
tho armies. Tho pressure for more and
moro decisive victories will come just
when the opportunities grow less. Gert
many is already in a state of slego. Ilk
may happen that tho beleaguering forces
will begin to batter.
When, several weeks ago, the Chancel
lor pointed to the map of Europe, with
the black lino of Germany's conquests
upon it, as the basis of peace terms, he
spoko with frightful accuracy for Ger
many. The map of Europe Indicates that
two nations, richest In resource, are Just
beginning to put Into the field their
wealth of men and stores, Tho map indi
cates that Germany has spread herself
thin. It indicates that at Verdun "they
shall not pass" except at a cost Incalcu
lable In human terms. Three days ago
the earth began to rumblo In the East;
the huge mass of Russia has shaken It
self Into action. The army perfected by
Kitchener for use in the West may not bo
quite ready, but It grows In strength with
each day. Of the quality of French re
sistance It is as impossible to speak as of
the quality of Germany's attack.
Before the Chancellor's speech these
things were known, but they were dis
counted by tho evident prejudice in favor
of the Allies which inspired the critics.
Today these are the words of Germany,
with only the hope of a great crop to sus
tain her. The hope itself la an obstacle to
peace. It may bo the last.
Tom Daly's Column
KlTailEXER OF KUAllTVM
IroniI Death to Ictido you
There, where a. ioall urns denied iou
And a segment of fighting room,
With feet firm fixed on the land.
Your knlghtlv word In vour hand.
Your calm brow fronting vour doomt
s
I
The cold sea In vour throat.
In that last moment, smote
Hot desert sands, remote, r
01 Kitchener of Khartum.
AFTER all, It's hard for some of us to
A work up real tears over England's
roverses, however much wo may admlro
somo of tho EngllBh Individuals who have
died in that country's sorvlce. And when
we say "us" we mean V. S.
Ono of our well-meaning contributors
In writing to us the other day, com
mitted this crime: "But tho man of
whom I speak Is a cockney, tho lowest
of tho English, nnd 1 know what that
means to you, an Irishman." Lot's sottlo
this thing now nnd we hopo for all
time. Wo aro not Irish, Wo are Amer
ican. Our pcoplo came over hero long,
oh, long beforo tho "native Americana"
wero burning tho churches In 1844, but
wo know Intuitively certain things about
Englishmen and hero aro somo of tho
things:
Few Englishmen come to America of
their own choice, and, thcrcforo, many
who do coma aro not "choice" English
men. Mighty few of them mix perma
nently with us.
Thoso English who remain at homo aro
Insular. Nothing of any moment hap
pens outside their Island. Centuries of
culture English cultur aro responsi
ble for this state of things.
Now tho cockney Is tho least cultured
of all tho English, so we, with our
democratic (with a small d) American
notions have no difficulty whatover In
working up an affection for tho cockney.
Wo trust, dear children, that wo may not
havo to speak to you again upon this
subject.
GETTING AN EARFUL
IN VIEW of tho tiresome monotony of
tho felicitous phrases that accompany
commencement presents, permit mo to
offer ono of my own make:
I hopo your feet will never freezo,
I really wish you well;
I hope that you'll rise, by degrees.
Until you feel llko merry Well, how-Ju-llke-lt?
P. Villain.
Sortinly, Sor, Give 'Er Tin o' Thim
Would it be proper to givo one's wife a
Ford for a tin wedding present?
F. J. S.
A real decaloglst might find moro In
this, but oil wo see is an acrostic, so let
it go at that:
HHHOU shalt speak no name in rever
ence but mine.
"DEMEMBER, voters, to defer to my
opinions wholly.
QNLY my voice is of consequence in
tho land.
QTHERS
to.
thou shalt not give ear
OEMBLANCE of truth is not TRuth un
trammcled. TRust me only.
"RiACH day give thanks for my. exist
ence. yTERACITY ascribe to none but me.
"PEARLIER prophets wero but crude, I
only am perfect. Believe me.
T EST devastation smite tho land, let not
pussy-foots mislead thee.
rpHE Odor ot Brimstone I am called by
Lucifer. It shall bo overlastlngly in
your memory should you heed not my
voice, now rampant in the land.
W.B.F.
WS
E ARE a typical Phi!adolphJ.an.
Somo day, wo feel, there will bo a
tablet on tho front wall of 2308 Fair
mount avenue announcing that we yere
born there on such and such a date, but
this will be long after we're dead. In the
meantime we learn little of local history,
except when friends from out of town
call to see us. Two such blew In upon
us yesterday. One was Barry Byrne, a
Chicago architect who has yet to make
his name, and tho other was J. W, Foley,
a United States poet of moro or less no
toriety. These two reminded U5 that the
Cradle of Liberty Is located here and they
said they wanted to see It. Wo took
them there and showed them the" room
whero the Sinn Feiners of that day put
their Johnhancocks to a scrap of paper.
While we were In that room the thought
occurred to all three of us quite simul
taneously that the difference between a
rebellion and a Revolution (cap R) Is
that tho latter Is successful. But what
we feel we should say to you is this:
Independence Hall, which, wo distinctly
remember, is the place where City Coun
cils used to pass ordinances loaded with
Bnakes twenty-odd years ago, Is full of
other and bigger memories and really
worth visiting.
Sir May it not be interesting to Inquire
"Who undertakes the undertakers?" Or
do they dleT All o' them In this town are
"live,' Last fall when the G. A. R. en
campment was here one of them placed over
his doorway an attractive sign which read,
"Veterans Welcome!"
RATIO STUDIORIUM.
Washington. D. C,
WHICH reminds us that a Jolly under
taker told us recently of a professional
brother of his in Dublin. The daughter
of a "patron" called at the shop to pick
out a shroud for the Bald patron who 'was
tobe buried on the morrow. The young
woman was economical and chose the
cheaper of the two grades offered. "Glory
bet" said the undertaker, "your fathered
have his toes through that in a fortnight!
Take the other, acushla."
IT HAS always seemed to us that the
weather in the neighborhood of Oth and
Chestnut streets has always been more
inclement than other sections of the city
suffer. Oh, very well! Then how do you
account for this? Whenever we are out
at Stenton or some other beautiful sub
urb playing golf the weather Is delightful,
but when we stick around the office of an
afternoon if raining or something. This
used to puste but yesterday the lstter
carrier oq thi bsaf solved the thing for
us. TSm ttfl m that in always fliwto gaow
put rWt Ml Cfeinut straa
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE '
The Secretary of the Salvadorean Consulate in New York States
His Position A Demand for Real Democracy.
Other Matters
What Do You Know?
This Department is free to alt readers who
wish to express their opinions on subject of
current interest. It is an open forum: and the
Fvc7ino Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views of its correspondents .
MR. PERALTA'S POSITION
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I am writing to you today, nnd havo
requested the lion. Juan B. Cayrasso, Con
sul of El Salvador In your city, to deliver
the Iqtter personally to you, because I havo
had the disagreeable surprise of having
seen In your edition of the 24th instant, and
purporting to bo the expression of my opin
ions, an article entitled "Latin-America
Fears U. S DaBh Into Mexico."
I must state that a reporter of the Evek
ino Ledokr approached mo in your city
and asked mo tho following questions:
First, Aro you visiting Philadelphia on offi
cial business? Second, What Is your opin
ion with regard to tho present action of
the United States in Mexico? And, third, Is
the Republic of El Salvador In any way
interested in Mexico?
To tho first question I answered: "My
visit hero Is for the purpose of seeing tho
several Salvadorean citizens who are pen
sioned by our Government In order to make
their studies in various American schools."
To the second I answered, "No 'Mexican
would probably look at intenentlon by a
foreign Power in their affairs with benevo
lent eyes, and the United States them
selves would perhaps also resent the act of
a nation seeming to interfere In the affairs
of this country," In this way I only in
tended to Interpret the opinion of the aver
age Mexicans, aa I know them.
To the third I said: "We have no special
Interests of whatever nature binding us to
Mexico, as wo are a long way from that
country."
I, therefore, openly disavow all that has
been published in the said article pretend
ing that has been uttered by me, and re
quest of you to have the kindness to pub
lish this letter of mine In your next issue,
In order to correct the erroneous Idea con
voyed to the readers of your paper by the
writer of the said article, and, also, because
it is of the greatest Importance to me that
the truth be fully established in this respect.
I must add that, in reference to what I
said about the development of agriculture,
commerce and Industry In El Salvador the
said writer keeps perfectly silent, and that
was the only toplo in which I gladly gave
him full Information and in which I am In
terested. I must state that I never expected a
member of your staff to twist my answers
in such a mischievous way, expressing with
regard to the American Government and to
the Mexican people opinions that I have
never entertained and could never have ut
tered, the more so as the Government and
people of El Salvador entertain tho most
sincere feelings of friendship and high
esteem towards the United States.
Thanking you in advance for your kind
ness in giving truth Its proper place bj pub
lishing this letter in your earliest Issue, I
am, dear sir, ,
Vours very respectfully,
MANUEL PERALTA,
Secretary of the Consulate of El Salvador
In New York.
New York, May 25, 1816.
Mr. Peralta was interviewed by a thor
oughly reliable reporter, who declares;
"Mr, Peralta spoke English with difficulty,
and I took pains to repeat his statements
and secure confirmation from him before
deciding to use same." As it is evident,
nevertheless, that Mr. Peralta feels himself
to have been put In a false position, the
courtesy of our columns is extended for the
publication ot the foregoing communlca
tlon. Editor of the Evsnino Ledobb.
LET THE. PEOPLE RUlij
To th Editor of Evening Itdgsr;
Sir -Your correspondent, M. T. L., In the
Eve Nino LpoosR of June 1, makes many
strong statements of facts, hard, unpleas
ant truths that strike home to the "many,"
the common people. The Congress makes
our laws, but It Is the sworn duty of the
President to enforce them without fear or
favor and with vigor. Can any one hon
estly maintain our Presidents have done
this? Take an instance. The present in-i
come tax produces about ?8O,O00.OOO an
nually? It should produce '1100,900,000,
There are 250.OOQ taxable incomes that do
not even make a return to th Government;
evasions by corporations alone amount to
130,600,60 .annually state Socrtt&rr of ths
Twwusy Ha430. WJm istba rmsdiftj
tMs tisnMua sbortan? Thfr ,
Im-vv uvite pif4 jiutoiK yjl ZL
come tax returns nnd thereby double or
treblo their amount, but ho wants to re
main President nnd must not harass tho
2 per cent, of tho adult population which
owns two-thirds of the wealth of tho coun
try. In another column on the editorial pago
you tell us of "The roast beef of old Eng
land raised nowadays chiefly on tho Amer
ican prairies." Why, in God's name, do we
send abroad what is so sadly needed at
homo meat, wheat, corn, shoes, clothing,
coal, steel, machinery? Is our country
mortgaged to a few plutocrats and the
great mass of us In the condition of a poor
farmer who daro not cat his own products,
but must sent to market his eggs and
chlakens and bacon and beef and feed his
children mush? M. P. L. talks straight.
Let us prepare for real democracy and ab
solute control of our country's vast wealth
for tho good of all Its people, not to enrich
a trifling minority, no matter how brainy
or "good." Perhaps "Jim" Hill was both,
even If he left a quarter of a billion; but
he kept a heap of children out of high
Bch-0,01, ., H- p- BUTTER.
Glenolden, Pa., June 2.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
To the Editor of Evening Ledger
Sir I have read that note of "Jamie"
MacNell, which warns us to differentiate,
for somo mysterious reason, between the
two kinds of Irish flowing to our shores.
And merely because sometimes he spells
his name with a "Mc" or without a "Mac."
Anyway, what does a Frenchman know
about Irish names? I am assuming that,
by his own admission, "Jamie" is Wrench.
If he were Scotch, he would sign his name
"James." If he were Irish, he would sign
his name "Jimmy," although tho "Jimmy"
is a Scotch invention.
Which reminds ma of tho late General
Raymond, who was rather proud of two
things, one being his French ancestry, and
the other his tull-nowlng name. At least,
he waB proud of the latter until he was
sent out to the Paclfla Coast to help an
other officer, said "help" being the signing
of the pay checks mainly. The first thou
sand checks were signed Charles Walker
naymond. The second thousand, Chas.
Walker Raymond. The third thousand,
Chas. W. Raymond. All the checks there
after were signed C. W. Raymond.
"Then It's too long," said the General
one day, "My parents should have called
me Charlie On. In that case, all I would
have to do would be to put a "C" on the
'"J;.. ?etter th?n that- th0USh. my father
might have said a few swear words when
he was asked what name I was to have"
"Swear words, qeneraj?"
"Yes, you know, you can't write or print
those. You simply put three dashes."
Names "are Just what you make them..
If "Jamie" MacNell had been baptUed
"John Demi" he would have been "Dear
John" to his best girl, no matter what he
might have suggested to those familiar wjth
the contents of little brown Jugs. Names
do not make you. I know a very estimable
woman who named a fresh-born "Victor
Herbert," with the hope that it might cure
the child s deafness. And, you know. Mr.
Editor, there are a great many who think
that by naming their children "George
Washington" the said children may found
a new country, SHON REA.
Philadelphia, June 2.v " lituA-
THE PRESENT CHANCE ,
There may be other lives for me.
But that I do not know.
And other worlds for me to sea
And otfier paths to go.
It may be I shall coma again
Upon this earth to dwell.
But knowing not what will be there.
This life I would live well. '
It may be souls of men return.
Though none can truly say,
To win perfection and to learn
Life's lessons day by day.
But all I know beyond a doubt 1
Is that my chance to be I
Of worth is quickly slipping put
Toward that mysterious sea.
And if, perchance, some distant day.
My soul should corns again
The dsvlous paths of earth to stray '
And know ths haunt? of nn,
i think that I could face tha strife
Awl Jays and suffering, too,
it! taut BtwI my pMvtas nt
"jjpto imbm J Jounr.
B" sisi -h-m- , s9lJPWM
Queries of central interest will be answered
in this column. Ten Questions t the answers to
which everv welhinformed person should Know
are asked dally, mmm
QUIZ
1. Name the officer who rommnmlcil the Ger
man fleet In last Wednendar'a battle.
2. What la meant, nmons the Irish, by "the
coad people"?
3. Where la Fnlestlne?
4. What Is a pedometer?
5. I)o beea Buck honey from flowers?
0, What are the "cups that cheer but not ln-
brlate"?
7. Under what line did the flrst steamship
cross me Atlantic nccon?
8. Where In rhllailelphla la the section known
aa "the Uattle.af Waterloo"?
0. Wbnt Kmcllsh ruler first assumed the title
of KrupiTor or Empress ot India, and
when?
10. What Is sUnmed by the abbreviation "MS."
"MSS"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Kitchener's elder brother succeeds to his
earldom.
5. Yuan Shl-kal. late President ot China.
Okuma, Premier of Japan.
3. Wllhelmshaten Is a German naral base
near the mouth of the Ueser.
4, The strict meanlns of "cockney" is a native
of London.
6. Tho Constitution saya that neither ot the
houses of Conirresi shall ndjourn for more
than til wo dujs without the consent ot the
other.
0, Napoleon I was "The Utile Corporal."
7. Elgin. Marbles 1 a celebrated collection of
cuiDtures brouiht from tireeen to Ens
land by the seventh Earl ot Elgin.
8. Macyara are n larce section of the Hun-
farlan population. Tbey are as a rule the
andowners;
0. Tho 42d Word la called "McCartemtlle."
10. Charles Dickens wrote "Little Dorrlt."
A Mystery of Moles
Editor of "WAac Do You Know' J would
like some Information on where a mole
comes from; for, although wo see Its ridge
in the fields, we never see the hole where
it goes under tho ground. G. B. L.
When in pursuit of earthworms, which
are their principal source of nutriment,
moles often travel long distances under
ground, and frequently so near the surface
that the earth becomes raised above the
tunnel which they make. These are the
ridges you have seen. The mole has not
entered or left the ground at one end ot
the ridge, as one would naturally suppose,
but at some distant place. Evidently, near
the spot where they enter and leave iho
earth, the tunnel Is farther below the sur
face than when they are on hunting expe
ditions, and, as the mole Is a small ani
mal, this hole is not large enough to at
tract attention.
Philadelphia Maneto
J. M. In the city's motto, the word
"maneto" is the third person singular, fu
ture Imperative, of tho Latin verb "maneo,"
to continue pr remain. The translation is
"Let Brotherly Love Continue," or "Let
Philadelphia Endure."
Republican Conventions
Editor of "What Do You Know" Where
were the various Republican conventions
held, who were the nominees and how
many ballots were held? ELECTOR.
Eighteen hundred and Hfty-slx, Phlladel
phla, Fremont, one ballot: 1860. Chicago
Lincoln, three ballots; 1864, Baltimore,
Lincoln by acclamation: 1868. Chicago
Grant, one ballot: 1872, Philadelphia
Grant, one ballot: 1876, Cincinnati, Hayes
seven ballots; 1880, Chicago, Garfield 36
?ol!,.otaU?.84, Cnlca,BIane. four bal ots;
1888, Chicago, Harrison, 'eight ballots1
1893, Minneapolis. Harrison, one ballot5
1896. St Louis. McKlnley, one ballot : 1900
Philadelphia. McKlnley 'by acclaniation
190,. Chicago, Roosevelt by ace aat S
1908, Chicago, Taft, one ballot; 1913 5u
cago, Taft. one ballot " '
How "Alda Was Written
Bdltor of "What Da You KboW'Jb there
S?'.0 .'.". "lf ,n "" rlBl 0 opera
"Aid "T I believe some king ordered, u
written. q tj
The opera was composed In 'isaa ,
Giuseppe Verdi for the newly bum 0rana
Opera House at Cairo, at the reauS
ths Khedive of Egypt, who paf t
HO.OOO for the score of th. opira na of
fered an additional tlO.OOO if Verti wotSd
conduct the first performance But the
compter refused to go. partly torouS
fear of crossing the MedlUwaneii Xd
partly because of the aottoa udt, thTjsKS
Hans might make a mummy of; hi fg:
prat OTWlugSett a UItM . Hf
7mSi?&tiC
By JOHN ELFRETH WAT&N31
lopyriini, 1810,
JTTUS nn unwise mother that knowi wl
Fifty years ago Henrietta, Laay T. .1
borne, widow of Sir James, baronet of Jft
name, fell up'bn tho neck of a prodigal TrWf
sno identified as tier lost offspring, ly!
heir to tho Tlchborns title nn,i ..(.i if
And thereby her ladyship precipitated t?
woriciwiao sensation, also a trial lasting Iki
uua unu costing ifuuv,uuv, 11 yr&& IW
longest English trial bf record. (
The strange story begins a century tV
with Sir Edward Tlchborne, baronet, W
c&tato yielded $iou,uuo a year. There bel
no sons to bless him, his heir to the flu
was a nephew, James, with two sons, EottrJ
ana Aiirea two rarisiamzca youths,
mother hated England, Roger, the tir
boy, prospective heir to the Tlchbortl
oaronetcy and estates., waB Dctrothed to Iff
Cousin Kathcrlnc, but, being as will 1
young subaltern ns over wore a sword i'
his nip, was required to go abroad for J
couplo of years' probation before he lj
claim the hand of his lovely fiancee.
Thus it was, In 1852, that young Raiitl
resigned his commission In tho army c4';
sailed for South America to begin life antrV
In tho open. For moro than a' year f
wandered restlessly from place to plaesl1
through Latin-America, until hearing thijj
his granduncle had died, that his father hJf
succeeded to tho baronetcy and that Uj
was now heir to tho title. Thereupon tag
saueu nomewnra irom 1110 Janeiro on the 1
ship Bella, which never camo to porL HJi'f
mother, the aforementioned Lady Henrletu,
absolutely refused to believe that he hi J,
failed to cscapo whatever 111 fate mltktj
have overtaken tho Bella. She had a "pre-l
sentiment" that ho was still alive and Uut
ho would one day return to her, but whns
aho continued to reiterate this belief and to'
persistently advertlso for him, offering ,
handsomo roward for knowledge ot W
wtirnnhnlltR. htr hllRhnnri rllArl tatiirln, 4k.T
hnrnnntrv to her 'vnuncer Ron. Alf-.t .
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minor.
Af w.ui.i.ua,.' 1'1'..,0
a ourteen years auer juaay -ricnDorne til
bid her son Roger farewell ono of her iJ-J
vertlsemonts brought her a clue. A win.?
derer located In Australia nnd clalmlnr foj
be one Thomas Castro was said to beortai
unmistakable resemblance to her vanbhtif
Roger. Through a detective agency he wu f
brought to her In Paris, and here 'it xmi
sho fell upon tho nock of her alleged prodl-l
gal son, for whom tho fatted calf wag not,
only killed, but basted, garnished and
cooked to a turn. Lady Tlchborne htl
faced no danger of having the estates -
out of her Immediate family, Inasmuch u.-
her Bon Alfred was already the recogrvuwl't
hoir to tho title. But her Identifying 0a
man from Australia aroused a storm of:
resentment, resulting In the famous Ttcn-
bomo trial, which sho did not live tovl
witness.
At this dramatic hearing' many of ths tl
lost Roger's friends, relatives and Brother
officers, also men who had served' unitr al
him In tho ranks, Identified tho QuonSam,!
Castro as unmistakably the lost Tichbomej
hoir. To tho witness stand, In htsbenalll
also camo sailors from tne ueua wno swore;
I
that they had taken him from the wreck ef
that vessel. Ono Jean Lule, a Bane, swor
.1... trt 1.. J l.A.. .. ...4 ,tA A.W lM.
luai JUS liau UQCU Dkowtiiu Ui ura nwwiw,
ship Osprey, which, some 5000 miles !t'
Brazil, in April, 1854, had picked jip a
ship's boat from tho Bella, containing Art
sailors and a delirious, helpless man wist
later called himself "Rogers." The 0pw
had landed this man at Melbourne, Aus
tralia. He and the claimant to the TlchA
borne baronetcy wero positively one anltt,
same. Other witnesses Identified a wound
on tho head of tho claimant, also a browid
mark upon his side, as having been borau
also by the lost Sir Rogor. i
T)lif nfta. nil rf ilifo ..nnvlnMnf. f0RtlmOtiV
had seemed to filch the title and estate
from the young lad, Alfred Tlchborne, that
lha.ativ Miienil (Via t,itnrifA.Ya nf RneetAtOlf
In the courtroom to sit with bated brtt&5
It was a sealed envelope alleged to h
been given by Roger to his Cousin KatherlSjl
when he salted for South America srftl
which had never been 'broken open. Tat
man from Australia when asked to descrlty
lt3 contents swore that before his a
appearanco ho had betrayed his fiancee wdj
that the envelope had contained instructloMJ
for her care In case of certain eventuslltie!
Tho Fraud Uncovered
The counsel for the defense then cti
flantlv broke the seal, ooened the packtil
and produced a note which read:
"If God spares mo to, return and rasntj
my beloved Kate within three years, I proo-j
Iso to build a church and to dedicate it taj
the Blessed Mother."
This disclosure lost the suit to the allt3
Sir Roger. Branded as a vlllfler, a dt
famer and a cad, he was tried for perj
and. being 'found guilty, spent ten ye"
prison. After gaining his freedom he W3
to New York, embarked upon aJecture tour.
failed In the enterprise, became a barteBdlJ
in a Chatham Square saloon, returned peaM
less t England and there saved hus
from starvation by accepting a cominlSWg
from a newspaper to write his "confeaslwM
an extravagant statement whose details f
believed, although It admitted his claim. tl
the Tlchborne titles to have been fracas
lent.
Somewhere between this man's eitrva
gaftt admissions of guilt and the story flay
Roger 'Tlchborne had been ost at s !
the truth. What was it? And why saosMj
the lost Roger's mother have tried to fol
hlra upon British aristocracy if by so dolp
she would have taken 1100,000 a year J
a baronetcy from her own sonT
The Tlchborne claimant died on April .
1888. leavlntr n. dauarhter. Theresa. vM
.. . H -. . ..-...,
three years ago still entertained such 1
terness over her father's loss of his H3
that she sent a threatening letter to tfl
fiancee of Blr Alfred's grandson, the
ent baronet.
What was the secret behind Lady '
home's recognition of ths prodlsl frwy
Australlat It seems to have dl4 with 1
woman of mystery.
ANSWER NOVEMBER 1
. " 3 ny wonder that neonl
in mat Mr Wfius tm T.rtn fats
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