THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Mil
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PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL MUST
BE STATED.
WANTS A PROPERTY MAN
Items of Qenerat Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around .
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Servlcs.
Stato Food Commissioner C. B. liar
man finds that manufacturers of boer
and near boer are placing their prod
uct on aalo In many Nebraska towns,
oepeclally In towns that recently wont
dry. Ho Intends to enforce tho stato
food laws which roqulro the percent
age of alcohol, no matter how small It
may bo, to bo brandod plainly on the
labol. After dealers in drinks comply
with this law thoy run tho risk of be
ing prosocutod under the Slocum law
of Nebraska or boing taken In hand
by federal authorities for Belling in
toxicating liquors without a govern
ment "Hconso." If their goods con
tain moro than 2 per cent alcohol,
they must obtain a permit or licenso
tax from the government. It they
sell drinks containing alcohol they nro
likely to be prosecuted by watchful
local people interested in onforclng
tho state law against tho illegal uso
of intoxicants.
Issues Booklet on Primary Election.
Secretary of State Pool is now ready
to furnish county clerks and other
persons with tho complete vote of No
braska, by counties, in the stato prl
mary election of April 18. Ho has
had the figures printed in pamphlet
form, making a book of 80 pages, be
sides tho cover. This is the first timo
that the primary election voto has
over been officially published by tho
state.
Tabulations givon In tho pamphlet
show that since the first state prl
mary election in 1007 tho total vote
has increased hy 156 per cent. Tho
democratic voto alono in 1916 was a
little largor tMa tho voto cast by all
parties in 1907. Tho total vote in
1907 was 79,27$, and this year it was
192,033.
In the eight years from 1908 to 1916
the democratic primary voto on gov
ernor increased from 32,577 to 79,716
or 144 por cent. In tho same period
the republican voto on governor in
croasod from 50,282 to 94,496, or 88
per cent.
Government Wants Property Man
Governor Morehcad, as commander
in-chief of tho Nebraska national
guard, has been asked by the federal
war dopartment to nominate some
commissioned officer of tho Btate
troops to act as property and dis
bursing officer of tho war department.
The appointment will bo made by tho
secretary of war, upon the govern
or's recommendation. Tho salary to
bo paid Is $700, with additional al
lowance for expenses.
It will not requiro a man's entire
timo to porform the dutios. Adjut
ant General Hall, who has heretofore
boon acting in that capacity, thinks
that not moro than three to five
months' timo in a yoar will bo neces
sary. Whoever gets the place will
do tho work at tho national guard
headquarters in Lincoln, but will not
necessarily llvo hero, Some lively
competition for tho place is expected.
How Dry Ballot Will Appear.
After conferring with representa
tives of tho Nebraska dry federation
and receiving tholr approval, Attor
ney Genoral Rood has certified to tho
secretary of state the title and word
ing for tno prohibitory constitutional
amendment as it will appear on tho
ballot noxt November. Tho law pro
vides that lnltlatod propositions shall
bo printed at tho top of the ballot,
preceding party circles.
Hero 1b tho way the proposition will
show up on the ballot: "Proposed by
initiativo petition. Constitutional
amendment prohibiting tho manufac
ture, sale and keeping for salo or bar
ter, malt, spirituous or vinous liquors."
The voter is asked this simple ques
tion: "Shall the proposed prohibitory
amendment bo adopted?" To express
his choico there-will bo-two squaros
for marking across, ono numbered
"300" nnd followed by tho word "Yes";
tho other designated by tho numeral
"301" with tho word "No" after it.
Tho secretaries of tho stato board
of health havo just finished conducting
an examination of applicants to prac
tico medicino. Twenty young mon oc
cupicd seats in the senate chamber
trying their best to answer tho ques'
tions ot the secretaries. A largo ma
Jorlty wero men Just graduated from
tacdlcal colleges and havo fresh
diplomas In their pockets. Under the
Nobrnska law a diploma mcroly en
titles the holder to a chanco to show
further Evidence of their qualification
by talcing another examination bofore
the secretaries of the stato board
Referee in 2-cent Fare Case.
Attorney Goneral Reed, tho Btato
railway commission and Attorney J.
A. C. Kennedy for the railroad com
pany have agreed on Frank H. Gaines
of Omaha, as referco to tako testimony
and make findings to tho federal court
in the Missouri Pacific 3-ccnt fare in
junction suit. The federal court somo
timo ago Issued a temporary injunc
tlon enabling the railroad company to
collect this rate from its patrons, and
it Is now doing so, except between
cpuipQtltlva points.
II DEALER
OFFICERS' SCHOOL.
To Be Held June 21 ''to 29 at State
University Farm.
Tho officers of tho Nebraska na
tlonal guard, according to announce
mont of Adjutant General Hall, will
attend an officers' school to be hold on
tho athletlo grounds at tho stato uni
versity farm Juno 21 to Juno 29. Last
year tho school was at tho stato fair
grounds. Two years ago tho univer
sity farm was chosen and tho officers
mossed" at the university department
of homo economics. Thoy will do th
samo this yoar. It was with difficulty
that General Hall obtained tho sorv
ices of regular army officers as In
structors this year on nccount of the
demand for officers In tho regular ser
vice in Moxico. Ho has been assurod
of tho services of Cajetain William B.
Wnllaco, Lieutenant P. G. Wright
son ond Lloutonant S. M. Parker, all
of tho rogulur army.
Lays Cornerstone for New Dultdlng.
Prof. Donton Dalos, head of tho
Chemistry department of tho Btato
university, laid the corhorstono of tho
now chemistry building Thursday nfter-
noon. Dean Lyman, of tho college of
pharmacy, Prof. R. J. Pool, head of tho
Botany dopartmcnt, and a number of
instructors and students wore all who
witnessed tho laying of tho corner
stono. Copies of city nowspapors, tho
Dally Nobraskan, tho 1916 Cornhusker,
unlvorsity catalog, and a number ot
photographs wore sealed in tho box
placed within the qomerstono. In
eluded hi the photographs wero pic
turcs of Chancellor Avery, Prof. H. H
Nicholson, first head of tho chemistry
department, Prof. Ituchel Lloyd, tho
second head, and photographs of tho
chemiBtry societies. A number of
chemicals wore also placed in tho
.stone.
Heavy Remittances Increase Funds.
Heavy remittances from county
treasurers coming into the stato
treasury since Juno 1, have added
$180,000 to tho general fund balance
which amounts at the present time to
$432,G3S. This Is within $36,000 of tho
high point reached in 1915, and as
remittances aro still coming, the roc
ord of that year may be overtopped
Treasurer W. G. Uro, of Dougfas
county, who haB been sending his
payments each month slnco the su
premo court finally decided that he
must do so, contributes $101,000 col
lectcd during May, of which $62,000 is
for tho general fund.
It now seems cortain that thoro
will be no need to register general
fund warrants at any time during tho
curront blonnium.
Death of Statfi Hlr.torlrn Paine.
C. S. Paine, secretary of the Stato
Historical society since 1907, died at
hja homo In Lincoln Wednesday
morning. Ho was 48 yoars old. Death
was caused by pneumonia, Mr. Palno
had been troubled with rheumatism
and had not been in good health for
some time, but tho fatal lllnesa was
of only five days' duration. Friends
of Mr. Palno woro awaro that ho had
not beon in the best of health for
somo timo. Whilo in attendance nt
tho convention of tho Mississippi
Valley Historical association at Nash
ville some months ago Mr. Palno was
fakon sick and was confined to his
room at tho hotol. He was later
brought home and recovered suffi
ciently to bo about his work.
Adjutant General Hall has secured a
promise from tho city administration
of Omaha that the national guard com
panies of that city may use tho audi
torium, now owned by tho city, for
drill purposes whenever it is not ronted
for Somo otheir purpose. If tho national
guard organizations avail themselves
of this offer, however, it will require
an expenditure of $750 or $1,000 of
state fundB to fit up lockers and stor
age space in whhm to keep tho ma-
torial and equipment. Genoral Hall is
trying to, secure tho approval of Gov
ornor Morehead and State Auditor
Smith for the oxpondituro. Ho says it
would bo advantageous to tho state bo-
causo it would savo rental for an
armory.
To Compel a Charter.
A writ of mandamus to compel tho
stato banking board to issue a char
ter to the Nobraska Stato bank of
Sldnoy 1b asked for in a petition filed
in district court by E. M. Woolridge,
H. V. Woolridgo and tho bank. Tho
board has refused a charter on tho
grounds that a new bank is not need
ed in that region, but the plaintiffs
claim there is plenty of room for an
other institution.
Codar county rural users of the
telophone plant at Hartlngton ob
jected so strenuously to paying 25 por
cent "monthly increases on their ren
tal bills that tho railway commission
has consented to cancellation of tho
original rate order and will havo a
hearing for issuance of a new order,
Claim was mado by farmers that tho
Increase was a discrimination against
thoin. While the business telephones
wero listed for the same Increase, the
city residence telephones wero not,
hence the complaint.
Fruit crops In Nebraska are not
promising as well ns thoy seemod to
earlier in the season, according to
a bulletin Issued by Secretary J, R.
Duncan of the stato horticultural so
ciety. Of apples, cherries and plums
less than a half crop is now forecasted,
but strawberries aro yielding four
flftha and grape3 are expected to pro
duce 85 por cent of tho maximum yield.
Rebuilding the Union Pacific bridge
over the Loup river at St. Paul will
enable joint uso of tho structure for
railroad and wagon traffic, according
to word reaching the Btato engineer
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
fcHORT NEWS ITEMS
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Juno 28-29 Intornatldnal Auctioneers
Association Convention nt Omaha.
July 3-4-5 -Mid-Summer Hnco Moot at
Kearney.
July 6 to 8 Stato Golf Tottrnamont
at Omahit.
July 10-1M2 Northwcstorn Hotol
Men's Association Convention at
Omaha.
July 10-11-12 Missouri Valley Yeteri
nnry association convention
Omaha.
nt
July 17 to 22 Nobraska Stato Tennis
Tournament nt Wayno.
July 25 Nebraska Democratic con
vention nt Hastings,
Aug. 7 to 11 Tractor Week in Pre-
mont.
Aug. 7 to 10 Stato Press Association's
North Plattq valley excursion.
August 10. Second annual uaruecuo
lit SOWard. I
Aug. 17-27 Seventh Day Adventlats1
Conference At Hastings.
Aug. 21-25 Mo. Yalloy Photographers'
Association convention ni l.mcoin.
Jay Burns of Omaha, president of
tho National Master Bakers' asBocia-
tlon, urged tho Tmnsmlsslppl Mhstor
Bakers' convention In Omaha recent-
ly, to raise a $300,000 fund and begin
an lmmedlato propaganda to proparo
tho public for a rise in prlco of. bread.
Ho predicted that bread muBt rise in
price In tho next few months.
Tekamah poultry ralBcrs report
that hundreds of their little chickens
have been killed this spring by the
"bluejay." It is Bald they kill a good
many by striking tho chick on tho
head then devouring tho brain. Many
owners of chickens are now proparlng
to kill off the bluejayB Woro all
spring chickens are destroyed.
Eleven women's organizations nnd
every fraternal order In Hastings havo
promised to participate in tho Fourth
of July parade which members ot tho
committee declaro will bo tho longest
and most attractive ever hold In cen
tral Nobraska. Every town in tho
county will assist in tho celebration.
Tho Mystic Workers of tho World
have chosen Omaha for their nqxt hi-
e mnu convention, iu. -mora nro
six lodges in umnua, anu as tno mem
oersn.p ,s princ.pnuy m u.e west, a
m.K u "i , uiuu lu 7
uuiuBnieH, iiwuub wu, . uuuu-
paiea.
Prof. John N. O'Brien of Creighton
university. Omaha, was elected prosl-
dont of tho Nebraska State Pharma-
ceutlcal association at tho closing ses-
slon of tho state convention at Hunt
ta NoSh Platte wa7sectVd oveV
T.inrnin nn,i netrlB a the nevt
Lincoln and Beatrice
meeting place.
Fifty thousand conies of a nam-
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songs Have been obtained by the Btato
Woman's Christian Temperance union
I1IIICL UUUUUIIIlli; lirUIIIUIUUIl UUIUUUIKIl
for distribution to "dry" workers over
tho state. The Nebraska Dry Fedor-
ation is furnishing free plato matter
on liquor traffic to stato newspapers,
Boverai bcuooi uisincis in uio vi-
cmuy or Auhurn aro contemplating
tho establishment of a rural high
school. Fred Parker, one of Nemaha
county's host known citizens, has re-
signed his place on tho Clifford school
district board to assist in tho undor
taking.
The French government has placed
an order for the purchase of 10,000
horses with a South Omaha horse
dealer. It is a rush order, and it is
desired that it be filled not later than
August 1 The horses to bo bought R, C. McCulley has sold the Spring- ' ' arran,ng nffalr8( idea In this connection, that the Su
nro for tho cavalry and artillery aerv- vlw Herald to E. G. Pollotir, for- and wh ho roturno(1 ll0 UQCanuj tho Promo court must not bo dragged Into
Ice. morlv nubllsher of tho Wowela. S. D.. . i . t . holitlcs. was sot forth in n lottor wrlt-
The returns of tho realty schodules
submitted to tho Gage county board
of equalization show , tho average
valuo of Gage county farm lands to
l. o rn - ml, ..
be $03.27 per acre. The total acre
age of Gage county fann lands is 334,'
773,901, and tho total vnlUo of the
samo $33,837,292.
$208.33 per aero was tho price pnid
for u 240-acro farm, located between
Stella and Humboldt, In Richardson
county, belonging to M. W. Hnrdlng.
Reports aro that crops in Kearney
county never looked better. Ono of
tho largest crops of nlfalfn is now
being put up. Corn, although small,
is coming along fine.
Omnha was Belected as their-meeting
place in 1917 by the National Fu
neral Directors' association, at Its
annual session In Hastings.
A severe hailstorm and cloudburst
MUtlU MM waw HUI 1 u U & V t J 1 i- I A I
did cohslderable damage to growing ed two moro victims a few days ago, Honry Hnzon Hyde, chief ownor ot tho ca'm' Bbor judgment ovon unuor ais
crops in Brown county. Tho water when Carl Jacobson, 12 years old, and Equltablo Llfo Assuranco socloty, into turD'nG circumstances. It is not Uio
washed out several bridges, covered
up tho corn In tho lister furrows and
drowned several hogs. Tho hall dam
aged small grain badly.
Tho village board of Laurel has let
tho contract for a now slnglo action
trlplo pump ' for tho waterworks do-
partmont. It will bo capablo of
pumping 400 gallons a minute and will
bo operated from tho eJectrlc light
onglno.
In a handicap match at Silver
Creek, Joe Steelier of Dodgo threw
Jess Jordan, a Silver Crook man,
three times in four minutes nnd thir
ty-seven seconds. He contracted to
turn the trick In ono hour.
J. G. Johnston of Holdrego set n
new record on tho highest prlco paid
for a bull leaving Phelps county,
when ho sold Diamond Mist, a 2-yenr-
old bull, to S. E. Campbell of
Orlnque, Kas., for $C00. ,
At a union tabernacle meeting at
David City just recently 300 persons
WOro convorieu.
Nebraska editors, or nt least aa
many of them who can loavo their
print shops, aro going to tako a wock
off this fall and see western Nebraska.
Through tho efforts of tho executlvo
committee of tho Nebraska Press as
sociation, a special train ot Pullmans
will loavo Grand Island on August 7
and during the week will cover tho
greater part of western and northwest-
orn Nebraska. Stops will be mado at
many of tho cities on routo and tho
principal sessions of the association
will be hold nt Scottsbluff and Gerlng,
August 10.
Several weokH ago tho Department
of Commorco nt Washington wrato tho
public sorvlco club of Broken Bow au
prising them of tho scarcity of papor In
tho country and asked their co-opera-
tlon in tho matter. Tho municipal
commUteo of tho club took hold of tho
matter, looked up n dealer who would
handle tho waste paper and now tho
Boy Scouts of tho city havo taken up
tho tnsk of cleaning the street ot
waste papor and selling It for tho ben-
ofit of their local organization.
Tho committno u. clmrrro of Mln-
1 nn'u fnll fnaHvnl linu mi lintitiitntl n
,)roBram for tho occasion, which Is to
,0 i,i,l tho voek of Honteniher 2S.
Xno pr0gnun consists of a county ton-
n,B tournament, Baseball tourna
ment, tractor demonstration, tug-
of war, llvo stock exhibits, street
parados and scores of other at-
tractions. Tho streets of tho city wNl
bo specially lighted nnd decorated,
with corn taking n most prominent
placo In the decorations.
Traces of tho hoot and mouth dls-
easo aro reported to havo been found
in a herd of cattle of Chas. K. Harrod
near GUtner. Mr. Howard is ono of
Nebraska's biggest cattle feeders, it
m Raid ho will probably loso' about 200
cattle ns the result or tho malady.
Sovon of tho fastest, best known
and most skillful automobile drivers
in tho world, Dario Itestn, Ralph Do
Palmn, Ira Vail, Tommy Milton, Wll-
bur D'Aleno, Arthur Dovlln and C. W.
Thompson, havo signed contracts to
participate in tho gasoline classic
which will bo hold In Omaha July 15
Frembnt's proposed $175,000 hotol,
, 1 T . , . . , '
to be six stories Instead of llvo, iib
was first planned. It will have ovcry
modern convenlonco, including a con
vcntlon linll, which will scat 400
Tho Nebrft8ka Bankers' association
0ma,m aomo Um(J Jn Octouor, xhliJ
was decided by tho association's ox-
mitlvo councii Jn nesslon at Omaha a
fnw ilnvD n irr
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WU1C11 nmnaged tno btato eago team
.vc.r t0 tl10.
commerce u.e oamnco
stands, club house and other
equipment at the ball park.
According to tho reports ot tho pro-
" S.T "I. "rnru'iV "l ,0,;
""- -o- -
r,nl vnliin nf tlin Pirn liolni? S4SO (ISO
total I value ot tho caw being $489,080,
or less than $.150 per car.
F. J. Fontlman, an extenBlve stock-
man and feeder of Jefferson and Oago
counties marketed ninety-llvo head of
cattlo recently which brought him tho
sum oi ?y,uu.
Osceola is proparlng to noiu mo
only Fourth ot July colobration In
Polk county. Judge Sutton ot Omaha
is to bo the orator of tho day.
Crop conditions in Dawes county
are reported as oxcellont Wheat la
coming along nicely and corn is stand
ing up well.
Ray C. Langfor1 of North Platte
was olected president of tho Nebras
ka Association of Elks nt tholr an
mini convention in Omaha
Record.
Fremont's now city diroctory, Just
j8Sued, contains olghty-two moro
nnmos than the 1914 diroctory, and
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gives tho city a population of 14,585
Tho Hobson snloon building at Au
burn has been converted Into a gar
aco. inniting six cstnmismncnts ior
housing automobiles in tho city.
Two new paving districts havo been
established ln Seward and work will
commonco soon.
As a result of the recont heavy
rnlns, many bridges havo beon wash
ed out ln Dawes county.
The Nobraska W, C. T. U, conven
tion will bo hold in Omnha Septem
ber 18 to 22.
A movement Is on foot at Shubort
to establish an electric lighting plant
in tho village
Tho Missouri river at Omaha claim-
his brother, 9, wero carried out into
went down ln an attempt to save his
younger brother.
Rocords at police headquarters show
that no arrests wero. mado In Kearney
for drunkenness from May 31 to Juno
10. It Is no extraordinary occurrence
for a city of this ulzo to have from
four to ten cases of this naturo Jn po-
llco court each morning.
Tho Union Pacific ia rebuilding its
bridgo ovor tho Loup river at St.
Paul and in tho reconstruction nn
arrangement has been mado with tho
commissioners of Howard county by
which tho structure will bo used for
general traffic.
At a special oleetlon at Winnebago
the water and light bonds cnrrled by
a voto of 51 to 11. It is expected
that n steam plant will bo instnllcd.
Ten thousand dollars wnB voted.
Tho loss of cattle by clover bloat In
Bouthoastern Nebraska has beon heavy
UllS spring.
PUBLIC
S
He Works Hard and Enjoys Out-
door Recreation.
TAUGHT LAW AT UNIVERSITY
Dishonest Gas Trust Rout nnd Life
Insurance Scandal First Put Can
didate In Limelight and
Party Favor.
Tho Ropubltcan cnndldato for presi
dent ot tho United States mado htm
Bolf famous by investigating and
breaking up tho BcandnloUB gas com
bine In Now York. Noxt ho tackled
tho crooked lnsuranco pooplo nnd
drovo a dozen or moro "big" flnnnciorB
into oxllo. As govornor of tho Kmplro
state ho mado an excellent record tor
tho causo ot lionoat government by
honest pooplo. Tho politicians aud
gamblers and rnscals know him for an
enomy that novor forgot nnd novor
rested.
Tlnrlinn rnmnft nf cood stock. Ills
fathor, Rov. David C Hughes, who
was n BnntlBt minister, nnd Ills moth-
..... w.. - J I
cr, whoso maidon natuo was Mary C.
Connolly, woro of moro than usual cut-
turo and Bhapod tho boy'B early odtlca-
tlon with tho objoct of proparlng him
for tho ministry.
Charles was born at Glens Falls, N.
Y.. April 11. 18C2, but when ho was
very young his parents romovod to
Nownrk, N. J. Hero tho boy nttonded
tho public schools, from which ho was
graduated in 1873. Too youthful to
ontQr coHog0i nIa fatncr tutored him
for a ye!ir tll0 tltontlon boing that
charis BUOuld ontor tho College of
tho City of Now York whon old
onough.
Has. Fine Education.
whtli 18 now known as Colgate unl-
I nr aUv nomn,n,n w until 1878.
:".",, lirrIctlhim o
Brown unlvorsity would I suit him bet,
tor, nnd thoro ho ontorod and was
graduated In 1881, Ills degroo of A.
M. camo in 1884, tho samo yoar in
Mh hQ w Brnduntod from tho Co.
humbla law school.
At tho close of his collogo dayn
I TTitrviina tfna rf nvtrnnmlv frnll nnnnnr I
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In 1884 Mr Hughes was
to tl o tar in Now York pracucoa
"
"r year of hi. term u student
J m ann,n T. Wnnilfnwl
" "u ""'" ul uwu"
Un,to(l st(Uea datrct nttornoy ,
1R8, . ,.ocnmo m tho ofnco8
of chnmborlaln, Cartor & Hornblowor.
0n Dccombor 5, 1888, ho married in
Brooklyn Miss Antolnotto Cartor, tho
daughtor of Waltor S. Cartor, n mora-
Dor 0f tho Arm.
His tendency to teach was Btlll
ntrnncr tvlthln him. nnd doanlto tho
protests of hlB fathor-ln-law, -who
wished him to continuo with tho firm,
ho accepted a chair in Cornell unlvor-
slty law school.
To Oregon for Bondholders.
Soon nftor Mr. Hughos' resumption
nf tlin rlntlna nf npHvn nrnntlpn tin vrnn
sent to Oregon as tho representative
f H,n 1,nn,n.nt,lnru nf nr, lirianoapflll
!!,, A n,ii.t ioo
ku moit , rnfninn,i iia lnArna,u ln
nnrnnii law srhnni whom hn frnmmnt.
iv nnnnnred n nneMal looturnr
I -
nnn t.n., tTnrH
IF. Dwight died, tho title ot tho
law firm was changed to Carter,
Hughes, Rounds & Shurman. Tho
death of Mr. Cartor caused nnothor
chango, nnd tho firm bocamo Hughos,
Rounds & Shurman, with oIHccb at 90
Broadway.
Gas Investigation Stirs.
This brings Mr, Hughes career
down to tho beginning of tho gas In
vestigation in Now York an investi
gation that stirred tho metropolia aa
nothing had stirred it olnco tho Tweed
ring oxpoouro.
Prnlwihlv mi nnn nlnirln InvnaHnUnn
nver nrochmnd nnr.li fnr.rnnrl.ln rn.
mn a ii, inH,ir nPni, n j,
oxllo in Europo and Its prosldont. John
II. Aloxandor, into oblivion. It drovo
McCall into hlB gravo. . It oxllod
Richard H. McCurdy. It exposed
Andrew Hamilton, tho InBuranco
lobbyist. It oxposed tho graft in
tno printing contracts manipulated by
"Andy" Field. It broko up tho lnsur
anco lobby at Albany. It stoppod tho
practlco ot groat corporations making
gifts of money to political campaign
funds. It stopped tho Jugglory of trust
funds between lnsuranco companies
and banks.
Charles Evans Hughes is tho man
responsible for stopping this crooked-
noHB. Even tho gna and lnsuranco
crowds admitted that.
Is Strong and Earnest.
In appearance Mr. Hughes Is not ro-
bust. Ho is about live foot ton Inches
in height, of slight but well propor-
tioncd flguro. Ills hair is brown and
is becoming thin on top; ho wcacaa
full beard, streaked with gray. Tho
high, rather narrow forohcard lndl
I r.fltnn Intollnrtimlltv of a hlch ilnirrnn.
nnd tho blue eyes aro wldo apart and
doop sot. Tho noso Is small, straight,
nnd tho nostrils oxpross roflnomont;
tho mouth is largo, full-lipped, nnd tho
tooth aro largo, regular and whlto. In
roposb thoro la nothing striking in tho
faco, but when Mr. Hughos becomoa
Intorcstcd in conversation ho pos
sesses a goodly emtio and his cyea"
la confident of his powers.
xo rlso ot ChnrloB Evans Hughos
was rapm ana ramarKama. sxoi many
years ago ho was n practically un-
Is ti rt tt 1(ttta tin ltit M nttt ItAAtl ft
politician. Ho had never joined In
cnmpnlgn work. Ho had not boon a
corporation lawyor. Ho waB simply
hard-working, hard-hoadod nttornoy
with a moderate practlco.
Mr. Hughes took offlco as govornor
January 1, 1907. Ho secured tho paa
sago of laws placing public utility cor.
porntlons uudor tho control ot Btato,
public service commissions, stoppod
race-track open gambling, and insti
tuted notnhlo roforms in tho consid
eration and conduct of public affairs
at Albany.
Vetoes Over Two Hundred Bills
In his flrBt yenr ot offlco ho votood
moro than two hundred bills which
tho leglBlaturo had passed, explaining
in each cano hlo roasons for tho voto.
ab a result tho volumo of legislation
was much docroasod, nnd tho quality
markedly Improved.
Governor Hushes was tho choice ot
- ...
tho Now York dologatlon to tho 1908
Rcnubllcnu national convention for
president. Ho was n leading posslbil-
ity for tho vlco-prosldontlal nomina-
tlon on tho Taft ticket, but declined to
consider tho proposition. In 1008 ho
waB renominated for govornor and
again elected. Ho did not llnlsh ma
second torm. On Mny 2, 1910, Prosl-
dont Tnft appointed him an associate
Justlco of tho United Stntos Supreme
court.
Simplicity is tho koynoto of tho
homo life ot Mrs.'.Charlos B. Hughos,
Her homo Is elegant but unprotontious.
with n quiet, restful prcaonco which
makes tho privilege ot entranco one
to bo courtod., Mrs. Hughes is not in
any sense a clubwoman. SIiq Is dovot-
od to her husband and family aud has
nrn M . nf thn flpn
. Jho7 .nro. parent! of tho flrBt
W t0.H? 0Ta L 110 S".CIIUW mnn'
bpoctlvoly( Charloa BvnnB( Jr( IIo'lou,
Kathcrlno and Elizabeth. Thoy woro
married In Brooklyn whon Mr. Hughes
was twenty-oix yoara f ago and four
years after ho had graduated from Co-
InmMn T niw n ri rvl V nrA la n atnfV
. . vn' lnwvn
cad ttt uomo r U!0H M,8B
Antolnetto Carter until after thoy woro
engaged. Hughos was too proud to
W formal attention to tho daughter
of tho man whoso salaried omployoo
ho nnd B0 courtBhlp waa In
8USpoildod untn tUo young man
had won a placo in tho firm.
Huahes Ernod Bl
Big Fees.
i 1 ... it
uugllUB WUU UUl uuiikuu io wuii. vuijr
fop now d , Qf lUoa
, . , . ,.,, tUnt .... ,
nll tho moro intrlcato portlna ot tho
j0Bai work ot tho firm wore trans-
forrci to him. From tho outset, Mrs.
Hughes, who is a graduato of Wollos-
ioy, and, of courso, comos of a legal
fnmiiv. was of real nsslstanco to her.
I i,m,.i i AiHimmii)
Hughes, whon comparod to many loss
ui0 legal HghtB has novor beon much
of a moncy-gotter, ho was ero ho' had
reached his thlrtioth year receiving
an income ot $20,000 to $30,000 per
year.
Justlco Charles E. Hughos was wlde-
U? "ou"d ta PWBldontlal candi-
UaiO in IV 16, UUl HO ruiUBUU KUUHWWUl-
ly to allow his namo to bo used. His
ton by Rabbi Stophen S. Wise of Now
York, a porsonal friend.
" way not bo generally known that
Mr- Hughes Is a trustoo ot tho Unl-
vorslty of Chicago, n position to which
ho was elected in Fobruary, 1914. Hia
election waa to fill Uio vacancy cauaod
"l0 resignation of Dr. Thomas W.
uoouspoou anu Wu uautuuup
Ul rul0B of tho Institution, which ro-
-ulr0 tUo Presence of at loaot fourteen
Baptists on tho board.
Somo Views by Hughes.
"I believe ln work, hard work and
long hours of work. Mon do not break
down from ovorwork, but from worry
and dissipation.
"I notico that most successful mon
aro thoBo whoso minds aro always
OOOl, Who, 110 matter llOW BWlft the
movements Of tholr bodica. aro ablo
to dolibornto coolly and to produco
IIlu" yf,,u luu-uuo l"" D'
w,nD- lat tho ma,n nows exactly
what ho is going to do when ho
reaches tho corner.
"1 regard a successful man aa ono
who baa utilized to its fullest oxtont
tho best ability ln him. Ono man may
havo great ability as a monoy-makor;
then ho would bo successful when ho
had mado much money. Another man
may havo ability as an artist; ho is
successful when ho has won famo by
his art. It a man leaves any ono of
his talents to Ho ldlo ho ia not a suc
cessful man. Mero money-making ia a
poor Bort of succoss.
"My vlowa on rollglon nro not what
most of my church frlondB would ro
gard as orthodox; ln fact, I havo rath
er froo vlowa, but I recognize thut we
havo ln tho church tho groatost con-
servatlvo forco in our affairs, and if
for no othoc reason than this, I feel
that it should bo supported. There is
jL.lot.nf cant about it, but It Jias n great
power for good, whothor ono agrees
- or not with tho teachings of ita mln-
Idtni-n "