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Republican
SECOND DAY0T CONVENTION
Coliseum Quickly Filled by Dele
gates and Spectators. '
WATSON'S MOTION AGKEED TO
Proposition to Submit the Contested
Scat to Credentials Committee
Carrie After Three Hour'
Struggle on Floor.
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tarred from the ball yesterday. The sergeant-at-arms
again forced the removal
of the flag, leaving only the poles sur
mounted by the gilt California bean.
Soon after Chairman Root had arrived
on the platform be was flanked on one
!" Si' Governor Hadley, the Rooeevolt
leader, and on the other by Jamea Wat
eon of the Tft force. Ae a prellmnlary
to the day'a expected hostilities all three
shook hands and retired to their corner.
Governor Hadley and WaUon arranged
for an equal division of, the three hours'
debate that was to be allowed on the
Roosevelt proposition to substitute a
roll containing ninety-two Roosevelt dele
rates in place of ninety-two Taft follow
ers seated by the national committee. ;
Before calling the convention' to order
Chairman Root and the other officers of
the convention posed for a series of pic
tures. This helped to delay matters sev
eral minutes beyond the scheduled hour,
11 o'clock. At that time many delegates'
teats still were vacant
, Called to Order.
Chairman Root finally pounded the table
with his gavel at 11:15 and ordered the
sergeant-at-arms to clear the aisles. A
swarm of delegates and alternates wan-
CECIL
LVONl
OF
dered about the hall in search of their
seats.' Surrounding Governor , Deneen s
seat on the floor for fifteen minutes be
fore the call for, order were the Roose
vslt leaders In earnest consultation. In
the (roup were Dixon. Governor Hadley,
William Fllnn and Governor Johnson of
California. ' '
Another fifteen minutes passed before
Chairman Root again took up his gavel,
and with emphatlo blows on the table
insisted upon quiet and order. Much of
the confusion was due to late comers In
the galleries. Then pounding the table,
Root announced: -'.'..(
"The exercises I mean the business of
this day will be opened with prayer by
the Rev, Joseph Stols."
Senator Root announced the unfinished
.business of the day the motion of Wat
son that the convention prooeed to the
, appointment : of the regular committee
' and the substitute motion of Governor
I Hadley that the Roosevelt tlst of dele
j sates be substituted for the temporary
; roll. He also announced the agreement
I to three hours' debate and asked if there
'was objection. There was not
To Fight It Oat. '
It has been agreed in advance that theri
should be no parliamentary Points of or-
I der against the Roosevelt motion, th
Taft forces agreeing to fight the matter
out before the delegates.
As Governor Hadley advanced to th
front of the stage to open the debate a
round of cheers from the RooBevelt forces
greeted him. When the tumalt subsided
iGovernor Hadley began an explanation of
i-the situation confronting the convention
ITHe reviewed th events of yesterday lea.1
1 ing up to the ruling of National Commit'
tee Chairman Rosewater which quashed
fthe Hadley motion to purge the tempo
rary roll.
! ) Claim of Hadley.
"Wa could have met immediately and
forcibly this artbltary and unparliamen
tary ruling," said uaaicy. ana ne was
roundly cheered. "We could hav ford
My insisted on calling the roll on that
motion, and we could have forcibly taken
control. Instead we chose to wait pa
41ently until today."
: Governor Hadley did not attempt to go
Into the details of various contested cases,
saying he would leave that to other
Speakers. He read the '"Indictment" of
I the national committee as uttered by
(Colonel Roosevelt in his Monday night
I speech- in this city and It called .OJt a
'big cheer. "nw.,:- -'-i,.--.
I "It may be true, that there are many
j persons who do not agree with us that
Theodore Roosevelt should be our . can
, dldate for president, but there can be no
1 difference of opinion that his voice today
is the greatest in . th western world,
said Hadley. , ,
He then read a statement from fourteen
members of the national committee, pro
testing against the action of the majority
iq seating many of the delegates, par
ticularly in the California, Texas und
Washington cases.
; 'ot Question of Campaign.
Governor Hadley mad an earnest plea
that personalities be left out of the ques
tion, declaring the question was so clearly
oft of principle that It should not oe
involved by anything else. It was not
a question of any man's candidacy, he
said, not a question of the next cam
paign, but embraced the very existence
ol ine.repuoucan party itseii.
Hadley was given the closest attention
throughout In closing, he declared that
when the vote on the sub-roll cam he
would contend that, the question sub
mitted, only the votes of those delegates
whose seats .were not Contested be el
lowed to ballot , . , '
, ''Ail law, alt precedents agree," be sa'.d,
"that no man should be a judge in his
own case."-' '.,';,,,,. ,
k Hadley was followed" by W. T. Dovcll
of Washington, who argued in .favor of
the Taft delegates seated by th national
cdmrolttec from Washington. 'ttf.'
Mr. Doveil cnaractertzed a "recklessly
' talse" the statement credited to Colonel
Roosevelt that an effort had been made
i lo "steal" th Washington delegates, aj
I v . vy i li
s rn Chicago Convention Pf dceed According to Orderly Usages
one of the Taft delegates from the state
he declared there was no primary law In
Washington.
Drniea Any Steal.
"The decleration Is utterly false," he
declared, "that the state of Washington
was ever carried by Theodore Roosevelt" ,
Applause from the Taft delegation?
greeted this statement.
The recital of wnat Mr. Doveil said
was "the facts" as to Washington aroused
the ire of Roosevelt delegates. He was
Interrupted with groans from the Roose
velt forces when he said:
"When it was discovered the night be
fore the state convention that the Taft
forces were in control th adherents of
Mr. Roosevelt declined to come to th
convention because they knew they wero
beaten." ' -
The clerk, for the information of the
convention, then read the list of delegates
which the Hadley motion would strlk
from the roll, and the list of those it
would seat '
Wben the announcement was conclude!
Henry J- Allen of Kansas wa presented
to speak in support of the Hadley mo
tion. The chair answered that he had
been allotted twenty minutes.
Mr. Allen discussed the Washington
cases, denouncing W. T. Dovell's state
ment as 'flimsy." .... .',,- .
Allen frequently was cheered by th
Roosevelt delegates and laughed at by
the Taft adherents and despite the oc
casional discourtesy to speakers, It was
apparent the temper of th delegates
was much better than It was yesterday.
The tension seemed to have relaxed
everywhere. '. , ;
, Allen Becomes Pstnrbed.
After being Interrupted several times
Allen shouted. "You haven't got any
thing until this convention is over; then
the Lord only knows what you've got."
'Are you going to abide by the decision
of this convention?" cried a delsgat
from Colorado. ,
Til answer you later." ,
'Answer ro now." ' '
"I'll answer, you I'll answer you,"
shouted Allan, his fact growing red and
bis voice growing husky! The delegates
stopped yelling long enough to hear him.
"I want to support the nominee of this
convention, but"
At .this "but" the cheering and jeer
ing' broke out afresh.
'I'll support hlra," shouted Allen, "only
on the one condition, that his nomination
is not accompanied by fraud and corrup
tion." Delegate Newcomb of New York mad
a point of order against further Inter
ruptions of the speakers and Chairman
Root held it well taken. The chairman
made a special plea for fair play to th
speaker.
Allen dealt In the figures of th pri
mary held In Seattle. He said Colonel
Roosevelt had got ail but about 500 of
the 6,000 votes cast.; , " . ,
:" Hemenway Follows Allen.
A delegate asked him how many votes
there wer In Seattle. Allen admitted
there probably wer more than 100,000.
He denounced the methods of the Wash
ington state leaders at th state , con
vention, saying tho conditions wer such
that all Roosevelt men were practically
barred from the hall. He denounced the
national committee as unfair and prej
udiced and then took a final fling at
th, credential committee, which as yet
remained to be named. '
"They ask us," he said, "why w don't
wait for the committee on credentials to
pass upon our case. Ml reply by asking
you why don't you wait until your horso
Is stolen before you lock the door?"
Allen was followed by former Senator
James A. Hemenway of Indiana, of the
Taft forces, who declared that the work
of th national committee had been don
fairly and regularly.
"You are asked by a mere minority of
the committee to overthrow the work of
th majority," said Hemenway. "Thirteen
members of the committee signed this
protest, thirty-nine hav seated these
delegates. Now they ask you to uphold
that- minority without seeking the evi
dence; getting at the facts."
Hemenway attacked th thirteen men
who signed the protest. "Why," he
shouted,, "would you leave this matter
to a man like T. C. Dupont, a delegate,
representative of the powder trustt
Hemenway Insisted that only thirteen
members of - the national committee
signed the protest, although Governor
Hadley said that fourteen had signed It.
Taking up the Texas cases, Hemenway
aid that Cecil Lyon bad controlled 5,000
federal appointments in Texas; that his
word had been law, but this year the re
publicans of th other faction had sent
a delegation, not of Cecil Lyon's office
holders, but of Independent voters.
They Start borartning.
From the Pennsylvania delegation cam
a yell "How about Penrose?"
Bending over and shaking hU fist in
th faces of th delegation, Hemenway,
bis lac flushed, shouted:
"Give me Penrose before Fllnn. every
time." ..
Then Pennsylvania went wild. Climb
ing upon their chairs and brandishing
their fists they yelled epithets and vlteu
peratlon at the speaker. Fllnn himself
took a prominent part in the demonstra
tion. )
Throughout th hall cam yells and
jeers and for a tew moments tumult pro
vailed. As th disorder continued in th
Pennsylvania delegation, Senator Root
cam to th front of the stag and point
ing to Fllnn, shouted.
"It the gentleman from Pennsylvania
wishes to commend his cause to th just
and honest members of this convention
and the American people be will cease to
interfere with th delivery of a reason
able and decent argument"
Senator Root .was cheered. 'W', will
have order in" this convention, or the
members responsible -. for disorder will
suffer In the estimation of th American
people," . added Senator Root t
Then la the midst of. a,, new tumult
National Figures afe Chicago
Mw-wnvViLi ,;,sSVt )5s?W irrV4W - J&fiL
Fllnn' climbed ' upon a chair Md de
manded recognition.
"A point of order," he shouUd,
"Stat it," commanded Root
"It Is that the mention of personalities,
Of Penrose and Fllnn, are not In order."
'The gentleman's point is not well
taken. The gentleman will be seated at
once," ruled Root.
Fllnn sat down. , t ,
Hemenway was followed by George L.
Record of New Jersey for the Roosevelt
side of th argument He dealt with the
Arizona and Indiana cases. A double
convention was held In Arlsona, h said.
Hs said that in Marloopia and Cochls
counties, th Taft men had been in the
minority and had then selected their own
delegates to ' the state convention. The
recognition of these contesting delegates,
he said, gave Taft forces control of the
convention. . -:
, Mr. Record declared tho Roosevelt
forces were wlllln gto submit their esses
to the decision of a credentials commit
tee. If all contested delegates, both Tsft
and Roosevelt men, were excluded from
voting on reports of that committee.
The great crowds in the gallerlos be
came restless during Mr. Record's argu
mentit was luncheon time, and as tb
proceeding had , been exceedingly tame
many o fthe spectators wero 'saving the
building. Senator Root appealed again
and again for quiet
Will Not Stop to Eat.
Governor McGovem of Wisconsin satd
the "call of the lunch" appealed to him
and he moved a recess until S p. m.
'No, no," cried hundreds of voices, and
th motion was not put.
"If you recognise the right of th com
mute to pass on th right of state dele
gates to sit in a national convention,"
resumed Mr. Record, when order was
resored, "you hav established govern
ment by minority; you ar submitting to
a partial or packed tribunal, where the
verdict is reached befor th evidence
la submitted." i
An outbreak in the Indiana delegation
followed the assertion of Record that in
one district in Indianapolis the returns
were made up by the officials without
ven opening the ballot boxes.
William E. English, a delegate from
the Seventh district, leaped to his feet,
and th entire delegation broke into an
uproar as he snouted:
"There was no contest in that district,"
wildly, waving his fists in the air. "You
know there was no contest there."
William Holton Dye, a Roosevolt dele
gate In the Indiana delegation, shouted
at English. Tb latter yalled Vack:
"Liar! liar! Uar!" and started toward
Dye, but other members seised the two
men and kept them apart
During a ull Mayor Shanks of Indiana
polls shouted from his seat to Record on
th stag:
"If you keep on, you'll get a scrap out
of me,"
So much disorder had occurred in th
galleries that Chairman Ust ordered a
recess until all who desired to do so
could leav the building.
Delay of Fifteen Minntes.
The delay totalled fifteen minutes, and
then Record resumed his argument, at
tacking the right of the contested men
of the Indiana delegation to sit In the
convention. In conclusion he said the
party was facing th greatest crisis in
its history.
"Wo don't want to be driven out of
the party either by fore or conscience,"
ha said, and added:
"But if we are to permit an outside
body to pack this convention and to
carry that packing through to a perma
nent nomination, tb conscience of th
American people will revolt"
Robert E. Morris of Arlsona then spoke
In defense of tho Taft delegates from
that state. His description of the "row"
made by the Roosevelt forces in the
Arlsona state convention caused much
merriment He said the Roosevelt people
at the end of the convention marched
out of the hall.
"Bolted," called a voice from th floor.
"Yes, and we remained and passed
very parliamentary move ; that was
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Morris was Interrupted by laughter.
"All that remained Was parliamentary
practice," he resumed amtd renewed
laughter. v
Devine Expresses Opinion.
'Morris soon concluded, tho nett speaker
being Thomas H. Devine of Colorado, a
member of the Taft forces and sUtcd tor
chairman of th committee )n credentials.
Devine cat in th sessions f tae renuo
Ucan national committee an the repre
sentative of Colorado. He derive 1 the
fourteen members of the committee had
"listened" to their master's voice, and
signed a statement th contents of which
they did not know. Hs said Governor
Hsdley told htm hs xpectd "to say some
thing olc abgut th national Mnunltte
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,T y'YzLsz f a
Jtefjwt J&ofevet, on 2ight,oTzt lor za aizto 3pia.
after It seated his Mlssiurl delegation.
'But It seems to have b?n one of those
Missouri gentleman's agreements, which
he stands tor only when It Is to his own
Interest"
A wave of hisses and hoots from tho
Roosevelt forces greeted this attack on
Governor Hadley.
Turning to the southern contests. De-
vine characterized the action of the
Roosevelt men in "stirring" up those con
tests as "a damnable piece of business."
Tnmnlt Stirs Convention.
A round of applause greeted James E.
Watson, who concluded the argument
against the Hadley motion. From the gal
lery came a shout of "Hooray for Sunny
Jim." '
Watson asked whether the delegates
felt able to judge on the merits of all
oases involved in Hadley'a motion. He
pointed out that but few of the contests
had been discussed by the speakers.
"Now you are not in a position to
judge the merits of these controversies,"
said Watson.
A roar of "no" cam up from the dele
gates. "You are in no position you are in
no temper If you will excuse my saying
so to judge these cases."
Watson was Interviewed several times
and there wero renewed calls for Hadley.
The governor appeared and was ac
corded the greatest demonstration of the
convention up to this time. Both floor
and galleries were on their feet whistling,
cheering, yelling, pounding chairs and
stamping their feet
Watson and Root joined in conversation
with Hadley as he stood waiting for the
wild welcome to cease. But the tumult
went on and on. Hats were thrown !n
the air and one enthuslastlo negro dele
gate raised an urbrella and cast it above
his head.
In one corner of tho hall Governor
Stubbs of Kansas, his light hair gleam
ing, waved his arms wildly, leading cheer
after cheer.
The California delegation endeavored
to put up the Roosevelt banners and start
around the hall, but Sergeant-at-Arms
Stone quickly halted the plan and ths
banners were taken down.
First Din Ovation.
The first great ovation of the conven
tion was fairly under way. ,
Governor Hadley retired from his place
on the front of the stage and stood be
side Root and Watson at the chairman's
table. He smiled broadly.
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania fell into
line. Round the big hall came the pro
cession yelling, shrieking, trying to sing,
cheering Roosevelt and Hadley. It took
three men to ca?ry each of the heavy
standards which had been especially
weighted to prevent such a demonstra
tion. -Some of the California delegates .as
they went by the speaker's stand called
out "W want Teddy." A stalwart
Kansan carrying the standard of that
state attempted to thrust It up on the
platform, but was pulled, back.
Missouri's delegates f brought their
standard with its big iron base up in
front of the speaker's stand and did a
"grissly bear dance" there until pushed
on by other delegations.
Some of th state .found their stan
dards so securely fastened to the floor
that all efforts to dislodge them proved
futile. Massachusetts peopl tugged at
theirs for ten minutes and then brok tt.
The New York delegates climbed on
the chairs when the demonstration had
been in progress seventeen minutes, but
they did so to observe and not to take
part
Over In the Kansas delegation a deep
throaty yell punctured the demonstration.
"W want Tddy,: "We want Tddy,"
cam the yell, and soon it .developed into
a deep droning chant that rose above th
flood of sound. . a. ,
California's bear surmounting, a pel
joined the parade and the Massachitts
delegates hoisted a big black hat on their
broken standard. During th demonstra
tion, Barnes of New York, said: "I'm
not disturbed. Reason eventually will
be restored."
Mrs. AUc Longworth. from her seat
near the press stand, stood up when the
demonstration beean and looked out over
the sea of waving hats. She turned and
spoke to .Congressman Long worth and
he rose also. She showed no excitement
over the demonstration. Mrs. Longworth
was leaning over the rail talking with a
friend when the chant of "Wa want
Teddy" begand sounding much like, "We
want iiariey." . sue straightened up and
waved friends aside to catch the cry;
then turned and smiled at her husband.
W. H. Coleman of the Pennsylvania
delegation, flashed to the front of the
stage with a megaphone and shouted:
"Hadley, the next president. Three
cheers."
Coleman leaped up and down on the
platform, waved his arms and yelled
for cheers for Hadley. He got the cheers,
but the sergeant-at-arms got him and
he was led off the stage. ,
Soon after this incident a pretty girl
in white in the galleries suddenly stood
up and waved a lithograph of Colonel
RooBevelt. She was at once th cAntAr n
attraction, she stood waving the picture
in on hand and a handkerchief in th
other, smiling all th while.
Finally she dropped th picture, but
many of the ayes that turned hnr wav
wst none or tneir interest when the Theo
dore Roosevelt likeness disappeared. The
girl herself was a sufficient treat. Thn
some one found the picture and returned
it to her and the cheering, which had
died away for the Instant was renewal.
Th California "teddy bear" standard
and several state standards were carried
to her side. Reporters made a rush to
rind out who she was. It was Mrs. W.
A. Davis of Chicago.
Old-timers sav thev mniimW tint H
ing like this sine Minnie Murmv tit Tnwa
th "famous woman in white," stampeded
me aemocratie convention in MM.
Mrs. Davis was brought to th fionr k
several delegates and an attempt was
maa w urt ner to the stage. The sergeant-at-arms
StODDed this. hilt frm
Davis, from the press section, led the
cneenng, still holding her precious pic
ture and trying to make a speech.
Chairman Root made
to stop the demonstration for a long
wnuo unui it sas been in progress forty
minutes and Mrs. Davis had disappeared
from th floor.
Sergeant-at-arms Eton and Assistant
t-nier bcnuettler of th police department,
patrolling th center aisle, succeeded In
retting most of th delegates in their
seats by S:S7 o'clock.
Policemen in the gallery wer endeav
oring to restore quiet In th vicinity of
Mrs. Davis, who had returned to her gal
lery seat amid another wave of cheering
She withdrew for a moment in th com
pany of an officer and the crowd hissed
what they thought was a forcible re
moval of the feminine enthusiast. In a
moment sh returned to her seat to re
ceive another storm of applause.
When quiet had been restored and after
Governor Hadley had made a brief state
ment Watson moved to refer to th cre
dentials committee the motion to seat the
ninety-two - Roosevelt delegates. .
Governor Deneen 'moved to amend so
as to provide that no contested delegates
should vote , on th. membership of tho
committee on credentials, or on its re
Port, Mr. Watson moved to table th motion
of Deneen.
"ISo. no," shouted some of th dele
gates, while som of those in the gal
leries hissed.
. "The motion Is not debatable; are yon
ready for th question?" called Chairman
Root . -
Former Representative- Harsoas of- New
York, asked that the parliamentary sit
uation be explained by a clerk and this
was done.
Oa Motion to 'Table.
Delegate Fllnn of Pennslyvanla de
manded a roll call on the motion to
table. It was seconded by New Jersey,
Missouri and other states and was or
dered by states. Tho roll call was to
fumlsh the second test of the convention
and caused much excitement
Alabama led off with 22 ayes and 2
noes. Arizona followed with ayes. Ar
kansas' vota of 17 ayes and 1 nay, an
nounced by the chairman, was chal
lenged and th delegation was polled.
It showed H ayes, 1 nay, 1 not voting.
When California waa called Governor
Johnson answered: "California easts 26
votes no." - -
E. H. Try on, one of the contested dele
gates from the Fourth district, rushed
to the front of the patform and shouted: !
"I challenge that vote."
"The vote of California is challenged,"
said Chairman Root; the delegation will
be polled by name.
Governor Johnson's name was the first
called. "Who challenges this voter'
he demanded. "Wher ar th men?"
"They are on the platform," answered
Chairman Root
Governor Johnson again attempted to
cast the solid California vote of 26. The
polling of the ' delegation began, When
the names of E. H. Tryon and Morris
Meyerfleld, Jr., the two Taft delegates,
were called, both answered "aye" from
the platform.
Governor Johnson Loses.
Governor Johnson and other members
of the California delegation shouted their
protest, declaring neither of the con
tested men were entitled to a vote.
The clerk announced the vote as 24
noes and 2 ayes and it stood.
"We'll get a lot of good democrats out
of this," shouted Johnson, and added,
"It those men are allowed to vote on
their own case, wnat's th us of calling
the roll?" .
Colorado, Connecticut, ' Delaware and
Florida voted solidly for the Taft propo
sition to lay on the table.
When Georgian waa reached the first
change from yesterday's vots was noted.
Yesterday Georgia gave Senator Root 22
and- today voted 24 ayes to 4 noes.
Illinois showed a change. Yesterday it
divided, 48 to 9 on the temporary chair
manship, favoring the Roosevelt candi
date. Today it divided 61 and 7, one being
absent yesterday. This was a Roosevelt
gain of three, as against the Taft gain
of two in Georgia,
Taft Gains One in Indiana. '
The Taft people gained a vote in the
Indiana delegation because of an ab
sentee, getting 20 ayes to noes. n.
against 20 and 10 yesterday. Iowa and
.Kansas showed no change. ,
Kentcky, 23 to 3 yesterday for the Taft
chairman, went 24 to "2 today.'
The Maryland delegation spilt 8 to .8
yesterday, today stood 9 to 7 against the
Taft proposition, but Michigan, 19 to 10
for the Taft forces yesterday, was 30 to
10 today, 1
Massachusetts, still deadlocked, voted
18 to 18, as yesterday.
New Mexico gave the Taft people a
gain, voting 7 to 1 as against 6 to 2 yes
terday. The New York vote, announced 78 to 12,
was challenged and there was a call of
the delegation. Yesterday the delegation
divided, 76 to 13. The poll of the delega
tion showed 75 to IS and there was great
cheering when this gain- of two to the
Roosevelt forces was announced.
In North Carolina the Roosevelt forces
gained one vote over yesterday. The del
egation divided on a roll call, S for the
resolution and 22 against it.
North Dakota s 10 La Follette votes
were divided, 2 ayes, 8 noes. This gave
the Taft forces two more than they se
cured in the delegation yesterday.
Ohio voted 84 noes to 14 ayes, tne same
as yesterday and Oklahoma voted, aye 4,
no 16. unchanged from yesterday, while
in Oregon the Taft forces gained two.
The vote was 6 to 6.
Vote of Other States.
William Fllnn reported the Pennsyl
vania vote as 11 ayes, 65 noes. The vote
was challenged and on a roll call gave
the Taft forces 12; Roosevelt, 64. John
Wanamaker, who was absent yesterday,
voted aye.
Rhode Island gave the Taft forces 10.
South Carolina gave the Taft forces 11,
Roosevelt, 6, one not voting. Thl was
a loss of one for Roosevelt
NEW GUN WITHOUT BULLETS
It Shoots a Blinding Gas and Will
Be Carried by Secret Serv
ice Men.
. The bulletless gun has at last mad its
appearance. It is a German Invention,
and, instead of bullets, it shoots a gas
which temporarily blinds and chokes the
victim.
The cartridge used contains several in
gredients, which, when exploded, combine
to form a vapor of a peculiar character.
The gun itself differs very little in ap
pearance and mechanism from the ordi
nary double-action revolver. It holds five
cartridge.
The action of the vapor may best be
imagined by considering the position of
the person shot at The appearance of
the weopon, the report and the flare of
the powder combine to convince the vic
tim that he has been shot at with an or
dinary firearm. His eyes and mouth open
in surprise, and the gases generated by
the combination of the chemicals envelop
bis head completely, penetrating his eyes
and affecting his sight
For several minutes he is practically
blind. Simultaneously the mucous mem
brane of the nose and throat are irri
tated and th victim sneeses and chokes,
For a minute or two the victim finds it
almost impossible to breathe.
It la obvious that no individual, even If
he were as strong as Hercules, would be
In a position- to put up much of a fight
while in such a condition.
The shotless gun is intended principally
for the protection of tourists, commercial
travelers, doctors, cyclists, automobillsts,
bank officials, mall carriers, watchmen
and policemen. No one wants to kill a
criminal unless it is absolutely necessary
for one's own preservation, and this in
vention is Intended to make such a course
unnecessary.
ChteC William J. Flynn of the United
States secret service has decided to adopt
thlc weapon for use in the service. In
rounding up bands of counterfeiters and
other offenders against th federal laws
tho chief believes the chemical gun will
prove just as effective and at the same
tlmo more humane than the ordinary
weapon, which frequently kill the pris
oner. Overpowered by -the fumes of this
net? gun, any criminal, however danger
ous, may be readily captured, and by the
time the effects of th vapor hav worn
of; the prisoner ia safely manacled.
Cleveland Plata, Sealer
MEDICAL VALUE OF SPICES
Rich in Aromatic Substances and
Essential Oils, They Lend Zest
to Nntrltion.
The spices are a very interesting group
of substances; they are the foundation of
a considerable industry; they have their
medical uses and finally are of special
importance in dietetics.
Their value resides in their richness in
aromatic substances and essential oils;
strictly speaking, they are not foods,
but often enough they are essential ele
ments in the diet Spices have been the
subject of classic research, as, for exam
ple. In the clever and Important investi
gation which Pawlow undertook as to the
psychio influences of food and as to the
value of zest in nutrition.
Spices were shown to arouse appetite
and to promote the secretion of the gas
tric juice, and the role they play, there
fore, in dietetics Is a very important one.
The medicinal action of some of them is
further of value. Allspice, for example is
used as an aromatic and has been suc
cessfully administered for flatulency or
for overcoming griping due to purgatives,
and occasionally It Is reported that the oil
gives relief in rheumatism and neuralgia.
The medical uses of cinnamon are well
known. Cardamons are used in the form
of a tincture as aromatic and stomsI.lc,
and they are also employed as a flavor
ing agent In curry powder, cakes and liq
ueurs. The applications of capsicum and
the peppers generally are well known.
Cloves are aromatic, carminative and
stimulant and have been used in dyspep
sia, gastric Irritation and in cases, of
vomiting In pregnancy.
Oil of cloves Is also a popular remedy
for toothache. It has also Its uses in
microscopy as a preservative and for
clearing sections. The uses of nutmeg
are wide; vanilla has an enormous appli
cation as a flavoring agent while tur
meric enjoys a similar patronage on ac
count of Its bright yellow color and pleas
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rttstiWt" Wadd Hare Sard It
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If you want to avoid
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Remember that the use of
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POLARINB OIL gives
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It keeps Its body and
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It does not carbonize
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What Polarine Oil means to
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Greases mean to the other
wearing surfaces of your car
efficient uniform; reliable
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Standard Oil Company,
Nebraska
Omaha.
PHYSICIAN
Dr. C. S. Shepard, 1018-19 Omaha
National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
Hose, Throat and Ear Diseases;
Affections of the Lung and Diges
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(seated) ailments, requiring a Sys
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triclty employed In soltabls cases.
Moderate fees, rstablished la 1891.
Out-of-town residents invited to writ
for information.
Office Honrs: 10 to 4; ondays, la
to 1; Tuesday and Priday Evenings,
7 10 Oe
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.
Ms A. 7Txri"twsi Smw.a .
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