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FEELING TOWARD
ASSASSINS TOLD
BY ROOSEVELT
x Writes Sir Otto Trevelyan
- That Public Man Should
Not Have Mind on
Fear of Death.
A new lot of Roosevelt's own let
$rs appears in the October Scrib
ner's magazine. This group of let
ters will not only appeal to those in
terested in important political af-
Jairs, but are of the widest appeal
to men and women of literary and
social aoDreciation. Thev contain
letters written tothe nephew and bi
ographer of Lord Macaulay, Sir
Oeorge Otto Trevelyan, who wrote
what Roosevelt called "the very best
history of the American revolution."
These letters cover a period of 20
years, beginning while he was gov
ernor and coming down to the most
exciting period of the great war. We
are privileged to reprint one of these
letters in full. It is interesting to
note that the Edward Grey men
tioned in the last paragraph is Vis
count Grey, who has just arrived in
this country as British, ambassador.
Letter About Shooting.
. On October 14, 1912, Roosevelt,
while on a speaking tour in the west
as the progressive candidate for the
presidency, was shot and slightly
wounded by a half-crazed fanatic in
Milwaukee. Four days later, when
it was known that the injury was
not dangerous. Trevelyan (wrote him
a charming letter of sympathy.
, In replying to this letter Roose
velt gae expression to views about
the assassination of public men
which his intimate friends had often
heard him utter. It was a frequent
saying of his. "There are worse
deaths than for a man to be killed
in the service of his country."
Expected" Assassination.
Oyster Bay October 29, 1912.
"Your letter touched and pleased
me very much. I shall always keep
it. 1 nave not yet reached the
point where it is wise for me to
write with my own hand, so I shall
only send you these few typewrit
ten lines of srreetine.
. "It is just as you say; prominence
in public lite inevitably means that
creatures oi morbid and semi-crimi
nal type are incited thereby to mur
derous assault. But, my dear Sir
Oeorge, l must say I have never
: understood public men who get
. nervous about assassination. For
the last 11 years I have, of course,
, thoroughly understood that I might
at any time be shot, and probably
would -be shot some time. I think
I have come off uncommonly well.
Hut wnat t cannot understand is
any serious-minded public man not
being so absorbed, in the great and
, vital questions with which he has
to deal as to exclude thoughts of
assassination. I do not think this
is a question-of courage at all. I
'think it is a question of the major
interest driving out the minor inter
est. It is exactly as it is in the
. army. ,1 can readily understand any
v enlisted man bavins: qualms about
his own safety, but the minute that
a man gets command of others and
has responsibilities for more than
5 his own personal safety, especially
when he becomes a colonel or a
treneral. I don't see how, in the mid-
, die of his wearing anxieties, he has
a chance to wonder whether he per
; sonally will be shot. A a say, it
is not a question of trourage; it is
a question of perspective, of proper
proportion. If tomorrow I were to
go fox-hunting I would probably
: feel a little more need of hardening
- my heart when I approached an un
commonly stiff jump than I would
have felt 30 years ago; just because
there would be no responsibility in
- the matter, no duties to be first
considered, nothing whatever to ap
peal to me except the chance of a
. smash-up as balanced against the
fun of the hunting and the gallop
ing. But if I had a division of cav
. airy and were , in battle with it,
. , so far" I thought selfishly at
all, it would be as to whether I were
handling the cavalry creditably. It
. ,vould not be as to whether I was
v in danger of being' shot. So that
I never have felt that public men
. who were shot whether they were
killed or not, were entitled to any
especial sympathy; and I do most
' emphatically feel that when in dan
ger it is their business to act in
.the manner which we accept as
commonplace when the actor is an
-enlisted man of the army or navy,
or a policeman, or a fireman, or a
Tailroad man, or a miner,, or a deep
sea fisherman.
-i "I am really pleased at what you
tell me about Edward Grey. 'I have
' felt toward him almost as I feel
: toward you and that is as strongly
as I feel toward any man not in my
immediate family."
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 2fr 11919
Past-Ak-Sar-Ben Governors
and Present King's Board .
Edgar Allen.
Joeeph Barker.
13. M. Bartlett.
Chae. D. Beaton.
W. R. Benntt.
Emll Brandels.
A. D. Brandels.
E. B. Bryaon.
V. B. Caldwell.
Clement Chase.
C. -R. Courtney.
Geo. P. Cronk.
T. M. Cudahy.
W. L. Dickey.
Thoa A. Fry. 1
William Glass.- .
ilathew A. Hulk
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C. B. Black,
leorge Brandels.
Randall K. Brown.
IS. Buckingham.
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Frank W. Judson.
Jamea II. Hendrle,
Robt C. Howe. ,
Walter 8. Jardlne,
0. E. Haverstlck,
W. J. C. Kenyon.
O.VD. KlpllngeK
' C T. Kounue.
I Kountxe.
J C. Root.
H. Vance Lane.
A. J. Love.
r. O. .Martin.
W. H. McCord.
Fred Met.
F. J. Mortarty.
' A. H. Noyee.
0. J. O'Brien.
B. P. Peck.
H. J. Penfold.
M. C Patera.
Chae. H. Pickeni. ,
A! Powell.
U M. Rheem.
r. Def. Richards.
C. N. Robinson.
K. C. Smith.
Dudley Smith. '-Mel-Vhl.
T. E. Utt. s
X W. Wattles.
3eo. P". Weat.
C. M. Wllhelm. .
R. S. Wilcox.
W. L. Tetter.
Present Board of Governors
T. E. Davidson.
Sould Diets. .
T. W. Gambia.
A. P. Gulou.
W. D. Hoeor
L. C. Naah
C. L. Saunders.
W. R. Wood. .
J. D., Weaver, See.
Treaty Has Interest
For American Inventors
- American inventors would do well
to familiarize themselveswith Sec
"tion.Fart 10, of the Peace Treaty,
t entitled . "Industrial Property."
Among other things this section
provides thatN patients held by citi
zens of allied countries at the be-
ginning of the war shall be restored
to the original owners as from the
coming into force of the treaty.
; Other paragraphs consider allied
use- of German-patents, failure to
, work catients durinar the war. and
: steps necessary for the prosecution L
cr 'ppiicnt- r ocin 'iig since the be
jrS cAihFconflict
BELIEVES BIRD IS
WOMAN HE KILLED
NINE YEARS AGO
Mad Italian Prince Sees in
Bird Reincarnation of Count-
, ess He is imprisoned for
( Murdering.
'BY EDWARD, C. STRUT0
(International Mew Service Staff Corre-
t. tDitV-nt.)
Rome, Sept 27. Prince Enzo di-
Paternowho has been imprisoned
smre 1911, when he brutally mur-
Jcred the Countess J'rigona, lady-
in-waiting to Queen Helena, has
gone 'stark mad and now believes
that a littje bird he found flying
about his cell is the reincarnation of
the beautiful countess who has re
turned to grant him pardon.
The circumstances of the murder
were particularly revolting and cre
ated a sensation ecause of the po
sition of the victrtn and the esteem
in which she was held by the queen.
Countess Trigona was madly in love
with the prince, -although married
to the Lount Irigona and the
mother of two tfttle girls. She at
tended a love tryst in an obscure
hotel and was slain by Paterno be
cause she refused to give him $6,000
to recoup his gambling losses.
Paterno shot himself in the head.
The bullet lodged in the brain, but
did not prove fatal, and after a long
trial he was sentenced to life im
prisonment with seven years solitary
confinement, y v. N t
The mentaic0ndition of the once
brilliant young cavalry officer be
came apparent vwhen he was ri-
moved this wee from the peniten
tiary of Portolongone to Pisa, where
he is to undergo an operation for the
extraction of the bullet, which
caused him acute pain. He stepped
off the gangway at Leghorn, a walk
ing skeleton, clinging tightly o a
square parcel covered with light
gauze. x -
The wardens pounced upon him
and seized the parcel. Upon open
ing it they found a small cage and
in the cage little bird. Paterno he-
came hysterical when the cage was
snatched from him and cried: "Give
me back my countess Give mcback
my darling r
Though prison regulations strictly
iofdio. tne Keeping ot nets, the or s.
on doctor recommended that the
oird be restored to the mad prince
Want 200-Ltv Blond
Heroine fqr Rescue'
Work of Firemen
iiiidgu, oeui. it. riere is a
chance for a 200-pourid heroine.
It's imperative that tht Oak Park
fire department have a 200-oound
er. toact as heroine at imaginary
nres. it sucn a neroine is not found
in tne very near future the whole
wurKs win go on strike. Here s
why: t
Part of the dai v drill of the Oak-
Park Fire department is to "rescue"
a comrade and run up a ladder with
mm. up, mind you. not down.
Lately it has been Cantain
Water's turn to be rescued. The
captain weighs 240 nounds. Also
the crew drops him on the floor
wun a ami tnua, or should one
say s-q-u-a-s-h, after he has been
rescued.
rtt . ...
ne captain . ana the crew sav
they are done with this style of
practice that unless some niftv-
looking 200-pound blond heroine
ca be found to be carried not only
up the ladder but, the firemen add
gallantly, "down as well."
Weds to Give Her
Expected Child a Name
New York. Sent. 27. Is a woman
justified. in defrauding a man into
marrying her in order -to give a
name to her expected child that of
another man? : ,
This is the oroblem oresented in
the circuit court here, in the filinsr
of a suit for annulment of marriage
by William . Hoppe against Stella
S. Hoppe.
Hoppe marri.ed the girl on June
IS, 1918 and a child was born on
January 23, 1919. Hoppe swears it
was not his baby and charges that
"a physician" and the eirl he mar
ried tricked him into marriage in
order to give her child a name.
The husband has an affidavit from
his wife bearing a confession of her
misaeea prior to- her marriage.
Counts Broke, Wealthy
Widow Betrothed to One
New York, Sept 27. "You know
the counts are all .broke now. I
have the money, so -why shouldn't
I bring one home with me," said
Mrs. Marie D. Bustanoby to a num
ber of friends when she sailed for
Europe two months ago.
Mrs. Bustanoby will arrive back
shortly bstrothed to .Count Rossolo
di Riccolo,. a member of a well
known. Italian Jamily. It is not
known whether ..she is accompanied
by her-future husband or not.
Charles II. Left Nell
Gwynne In Hard Luck,
Old Baiik Book Shows
London, Sept. 27. Nell Gynne,
best ' beloved of Charles II., died
not only of a broken heart, but with
a broken bank account as well, ac
cording to evidence given before
a select committee of the House of
Commons during an inquiry . into
dormant bank balances. t -
F. W. Fane of Child & Cos bank
started in 1559 during the reign of
Charles, disclosed this hitherto un
known information. Even in those
romantic days bank accounts and
balances were the bane of the court
iers' lives, and Tv'ell was one of the
most extravagant of the court beau
ties in her heyday.- ' -
That Nell -ever bothered about
finances opens a new chapter in her
history, and even at this late date
one . can imagine this proud court
esan, bank book in hand, wondering
if she had enough cash to purchase
a new gown withvwhich to dazzle
the eye of her lover.
Nelj died poor, according to her
historians, but it was never imagin
ed that Charles left her absolutely
pennuess. ine ngures ot her ac
count, however, disclosed after hun
dreds of years, show that even then
it wasn't wise to "put one's faith in
princes. ,
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