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I"; !w:ur j: : ' " i 12 THE ROCK ISL.AXD ARGUS. TUESDAY", nai'or tne American Medical Associa tion. 'Today our units are the same, but oar construction Is steel and con crete. We Lave no carpets and dust catchers. Our furniture Is of white enamel. We have forsaken 'a; old The Year 1912 at Home time heat registers, with their Just and soot. We nave steam radiators lb at rive oct bint; Into 'tbe sickroom. We have screens on our window to deny admission to tbe fly and the mosquito and other iD sects that may carry tbe organisms of disease. We know that ; sunlight is one of God's ways of cur- j in uisease una tnat iresn air ts one or the greatest physicians In tbe world, so that we build our moderu - hospitals with window facing to the sun. with air space measured in terms of cubic feet for the sick." 4 If.-.', A VERY. ANCIENT .TUNE. lJJtL K3IBJKK . 31, 1012. I 1 J .. VL-.- 1 -. H'M " The-"Year 1912 'Abroad 1.11 r' ii'Vi. .' - t !. 5. "V .s-V" V K. - . . .;.s',tvf r 1' 1 1 THZODOEE EOOSEVELT, WHOSE SHOOTTKO SHOCKED THE NATION PBESIDE2TT ELECT W00H EOW WILSON THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN TITANIC STRIKING ICEBERG, History of BY JAMES A. EDGERTON. H1 'ERE la another year to" be re viewed. They are going by with ever iurrennlng frequen ry. like ftatlons seen from an express traiu Why is It tliut Father Time seem to sprint faster the older we get? He should be arrewteU for overs pee diuK. ( The chief events of 1012 iu the "good Id U. S. A " were the presidential campaign, the attempted Mitsnsslnntion of Tbeotlore KtxiKeveit and the Tltanle disaster. While lu a tei-buicnl sene the sicking of the Titanic was more of a foreign than domestic happening, there w.re so niany noted Americans who IohI their lles lu the wreck that we sUovtid have the melaurhuly priv ilege of claiming it as our own. ; The unusual fatire.a of the Cght for the praildtucy were the flrnt trial on an extensive scale of the preferential primary, the Roosevelt cnmliilscy. the fierce precouvetition caaipaiifu iu which for the flrnt time in our history a presi dent of the United States wn driven to take the stump in his own defeut.e. the splitting of the Republican party and the organization of the F'rotfres elve party, the K'lik and fierce flcht In the peinorratlc convention ending lu the nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, tbe death of Vice President Sherman and the great plurality given Wilson at the polls. It wsi some time after the announce ment of Tolonel Roosevelt that "my hat la Jn the ring" ere the tide began to shoiv In his favor. He bad pre viously aald that he would not again he a cnndldate. and the renomlnation of President Taft was taken as a mat ter of course. States having the old convenioo system still continued for Taft hut most of the primary states began liwlnring into line for Roosevelt, Illinois and Pennsylvania going with a rush Uat made tbe politicians gasp. TART AU I.USK9. I Roosevelt was oti the stump through out this struggle, and Mr. Taft now .followed him. The two campaigned lalassachuserts. Maryland and Ohio. Massachusetts and Maryland were rlose. Taft carrying one and Roosevelt :t he otter, but Ohio gave a large plural ity to the colouel. J The Republican convention waa pre ceded by an acrlmoiilons struggle In the national committee over contested eats. Rooseve'.t and Ills friends rhlrgd fraud and theft, and the for mer plresldent went to Chicago in per son. In the convention Taft and Sher man irere renominated by a slim ma jority, while the colonel's followers re fused to vote. Ijter they organized tbe Progressive party and held a na tional convention lu Chicago, which nominated Colonel Roosevelt for pres ident aud CJovernor Iltram W. John son of California for vice president. This launching of tiie long expected 'bw party alone makes 1912 historic. Tbe fght lu the Iemocratic conven ' tion was almost as fierce. Obamp Clark led at tbe start, gaining for ten ballots an atual majority, bat lacking the two-tlilrds oecessary to noailnate. W1I liu J, J3rxjojr hg t&4 Xouclit Judxe . . -,v v uraaavasnaai l-i.-Jt-.V..-v'.. 1 VP-W ii M I . 1912 in the United States Alton 15. Parker for the temporary i chairmanship, bad written much of the platform and forced through reso lutions attacking the reactionary ele ment, here threw h! Influence against Clnrk Wilson bad been steadily forc ing to the front and was nomlnsted on the forty seventh bsllot. The actual campaign was milder than had been the fight for the nomi nation, and the vote was surprisingly light. Wilson carried the election by more than V..noo.OHi plurality In the popular vote nd by about :uu majori ty In the electoral 'college. Both houses f congress went with him, the senate by a narrow margin. Roose velt led Taft iu the balloting. The So cialists tnuteriiilly Inci-essed their vote. N and woman suffrage captured Arizona. Kansas and Orecon. THE TITAXIC DISASTER. The other big domestic event of the year was the collision of the Titanic with an lceterg in luidocean. sinking with 1.501 out of 2,20 souls aboard. Many of those who perished were men of worldwide fame, such as W. T. Stead, the British Journalist; Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk railroad: Colonel John Jacob Astor. Mr. and Mrs. Isldor Straus, Major A. W. Butt, the aid to the president; Francis D. Millet the artist; Jacques FutreUe, tbe novelist, and many more almost aa well known. The Titanic was the largest steamship then afloat and was making her. maiden voyage. Inquiries Into the disaster were held on both aides of the Atlantic. The shoo Una of - Colonel Roosevelt occurred on Oct. 14 at Milwaukee. Tbe assailant was John Schrank of New Tork, afterward adjudged inaane. The bullet lodged against a rib, which it broke. Despite his wound, the colo nel made a speech to which he was going when attacked and before the month was out waa back on the stump. Tbe death of Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman occurred only a few days before election at his home, In Uttca, N. Y. He was the first Re publican Tic president ever renomi nated. Other Important domestic event of the year, were aa follows: Procl a ma Hon of ststhon1 for Vw VtIsa mil I ArixoBs: Costing of the wreck of the Maine In Havana harbor; appointment of Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey aseo- date Justice of tbe United States su preme court: reslmation of Dr H w Wllev the mire f rwwl miuHar- rkin meat Backers declared not enllt, l. . Jury; passage by congress of the con stitutional amendment for DODOlar j election of Tnlted States senators; the expulsion of WUUatn Lo rimer of II U- nola from tbe senate; opening of the! . . -i - i Dr Alexis Jarl of New Dr. Alexia Carrel of New xork: an- nouncement of tbe resignation of Brit - ish Ambassador James Bryce: dissolu tion of the bath tub trust: the Investi gation of the money trust: the passage of a parcels post law; the report of Explorer Stefacsson that be had found a race of white E&kiiuos on the north- ern edge of the continent, and the'"u" workshop where they are ouwle tr the other pcopie W uetd it fight ever the Panataa canAi to u 1 FSlALW P- w, B. Uuss ui the Jour-i EItEain;e. - Jf. V w-.: r . "v vs. . .. .tii -iS I.AHOK SIKIKIIS AU TlilAI.S. In the world of labor th chief event was the trial of more than forty union officials st Indianapolis ou dynamite charges growing out of the Mr .Samara ; cuse.. Clarence S. Darrow vijs ac,,iiit-' ted on a charge of jury bribing in con- ' nectiuu with the same case. The strike j at Uwrence, Mass.. resulted in the ar- rest of three labor leaders on a murder charge. They were acquil ted. The an- thracite coal strike was ended bv compromise, and a laiaid of ur'uitratioii decided in favor of t he engineers in their fight -with northeastern railroads. HjMirting features were tbe splendid showing of American athletes in tUe Olympic games nt Stockholm? winning! of tbe American golf championship by Jerome D. Travers over tbe British champion and others; the fight for the world's buseball championship between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants. Boston winning.and Harvard de rcanng' laie and Princeton in football. The Russian treaty expired on Dee. 31. America warned Mexico to protect the lives of Americans and sent troop? into Cuba and Nicaragua during upris ings In those countries. Some of the noted Americans who died during the year were, in addition to those already named. Rear Admi rals Robley D. Evans and G. W. Mel ville; General James B. Weaver, Popu list candidate for president; General H. H. Bingham, "father of the house;" Senators R. I.. Taylor. W. B. Hey burn I and Isldor Rayner and ex Senators 11. I D. Money. W. A. Peffer. James Gordon J- B.2 ana jonn r . jones: General 1 rederif 4 ! to take this conductor's word for 115. Dent. Grant: Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the'ooo" philanthropist: Homer Davenix.rt. the cartoonisf; Wilbur Wright. Inventor of the aeroplane: Margaret Sancster; Gen eral Edward S. Bragg; Miss Harriet Qulmby, tbe first woman to fly across the English channel: General Arthur McArthur; General Homer I.ea. who bad assisted In tbe Chinese revolution: Calbraith P. Rodgers. who bad fiuwn across the American coiuneut, and Rev. Robert Collyer. Sir Humphry Dvy. Blp Hnmrhrr ii.vt .,,,-ni tA ow as pecnliar as himself. His pet af- fectaUon was a lack of time. He was ! ia hurry. He pretended that b'wbad noK leUure.to dres i i when CDanse of Iinea lH?caaie nece9" i Mry b 8lmp,y put oi e sllirt over n i her ,,ntu he wa knowr' to nave on ue or six niiins i a nine, ui course 1 he 001,1(1 not wear this amount of ap parel without appreciably increasing his sii. .nil trl, frlenrt nor in ih.. - cret were sometime surprised to see ' fisb' was mi,st rexn-irkabe mon him fail off in apparent weight twenty ' f r' lt bis t:a,e "e hH'1 ne!rbtr nounds in . rtnv His ;f ,,..t ,.nx. I tau.U. srms. feet nor legs From bis i . .-,. b I,: sbe bad no as- t;lst- discord .M common thi, - j KC d,SCr(J WM a COmUJ)n tl)" - Modern Hospitals. -Tbe modern hospital is a sanitary workshop. Cntil a few years ago It! was a place where sick peopie couid be I kept until they recovered. Nowadays j lt Is Also Probably the Most Popular One In the World. I'e:h:its the most tinnly established popnhir soni; iu the world Is the air fa miliar to Americans as "We Wou't Go Home Till Morning." The orijriu of the tune is obscure, but Louis Klson be lieres th:it ibe music was composed as a love song in the tenth century or earlier by i.ue of I lie tmul:n!ours. the wondering minstrels of southern France. Chateaubriand, the French writer, heard it snuj; by the Arabs, and be siiKsested that it might have been carried to the orient by the French cru saders. It was certainly sung by the French soldiers during the war In which the first Duke of Marlborough won bis fame. It was tbe lullaby of the baby son of Marie Antoinette. It became oue of the uuist popular sonic of the French revolution. Napoleon whistled ( t ana sng it throughout nis lire, f-eetno-veil used it as one of the themes of his "Battle Symphony." It bas iiccn fnr more than a century one of t lie most popular street sougs in Europe. Ai:d there is prolxibly not a -ten-yes r-old boy or jrirl In America who does not know the tune. The French words, beginning "Mai brook sen va-t-en pruerre." were invent ed by some forgotten 1'iencb soldier durtiiK the war of the Spanish succes sion. They describe the supposed (lath and funeral of tbe Duke of Marlbor ough, which death, iu tbe words of Father l'ront. "did not then take place, by some mistake." si live "the subject of the pathetic elesy was at the time of Its -cm!Ku.i;;oii. both nlhe iitnl kicking all before him." I The soii-r bad nearly died out in Frai: -e when Marie Antoinette caught i It up from the readmit nurse she had I employed for her baby: thereupon it j J spread rapidly, as songs do In France. I i Beaumarjhais introduced it Into "Tbe j Marriage of Figaro." and it was used ! by tbe red republicans for Incendiary purposes of their own. I Several sets of wonts have been sung to tin tune in the course of its history. and it lias itself undergone ome tnodi ' ncations But its identity is clear through all the changes. Probibly it Is ' : familiar to a greater number of people , at the present time than any other tune ; lu the world. i o'lth's Companion. WON THE JURY. A Couple of Shrewd Queries and tht Railroad Lost Its Case. j A nuus'ier of years ago Ileujmiii F. '. Butler was h guest of friends in Brook-! iy. During his visit be noted tbe rule of tbe street railway companies coin-j pd ing conductors to register fares as soon as passengers entered the cars and bei'ore the fares were actually col lected Two or three years afterward he represented tbe plaintiff in a damage suit for $l.Ti.(Xl in which a Brooklyn street railway company was tbe de fendant. The principal witness t or the comptiny was the conductor of the 1 car on which the accident occurred, i and bis testimony was so strong aa to make tilings look bad for Butler's cli- j eut But Butler recalled the unusual rule he bad remarked years before. and j ou cross examination he said: "Your company requires you to ring j up fares as soon as passengers enter tbe car. doesn't it?" "Yes." "Suppose a passenger boards your cur and I lien finds be is on the wrong line. Do you state that fact to your superiors, aud do they make allowance on your returns fcf that fare?" "No 1 lose the: nickel." "Do you mean to say tb company wou't take your word for 5 cents?" "No. they won't." "Yet." said the shrewd veteran, turo ing to the jury, "tbe company asks you Butler's client received a verdict. Brooklyn Eagle. "Spanish Mutton." Dog meat, we learn from tbe Frank furter Zeitiine. Is largely sold lu Ger many, and more esiecially in Saxony, but rarely under Its own name. Trad ers describe it as Spanish mutton, and their customers are less chary of ask ing for It. v.aiusn in cngiana is ireatea m ine same eupueiiiisuc way. j uere was a ' tin,e "llen ,his fisn "as ni'ver !een ln i the suo,s Tnen. ,nie nshniongenn genius mventexl tne name or rock .salmon." aud bestowed it upon tbe despised catfiisb.' which now has an es- tab!U-hed place in tbe market- Londou Chronicle. ' The Man Fish. , r . l. i. i . i j I ouvuioger. meiuioneu .u oiu I t";-"a wouuer Doots as me mau "uiue.T crew iwo nnnue excres- ' T th! ! lidiess eyes characteristic of tbe fish J soecies :i::d a aueer :ickered mouth atd no ears. Tr.o.e Horr.d Cred.tars. rare Father ito son Its astonish iDK. poree. rmiv much monev von .need: s..u-l don t t.ed anv. father w .r i i. .OfCr j . !' s t ' Easg"-aaL'L'7ntf. njatr.'.--.TT-ii'iii run i rrra ir-rra rr. : i - i a i i , : x (noio by Jtmancsn Prsss Assooiauon. EULGARIAN TROOPS CAMPAIGNING AGAINST TURKEY AMUNDSEN, DISCOVERER OF THE x SOUTH POLE MUTSUHITO, JAPAN'S LATE EMPEROR OLYMPIC GAMES IN SWEDEN. History BY JAMES A. EDGERTON. THE chi?f events of 1012 abroad were the Balkan war, the per- : manent establishment of the ' Chinese republic, the an-! nounceiueiit of the discovery of the 1 south pole, the death of the mikado of Japan, tbe sutitling out of uprisings in Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua, the as- ' Bassination .of Premier Canalejns of Spain, tbe Olympic games at Stock holm ami the home rule tight in the British parliament. It certainly was a disastrous year for Turkey. In closing the war with' Italy she was forced to give rip Tripoli, the last of her African provinces. She had an earthquake th-it destroyed 3.M):J lives, a cholera epidemic, a near revo lution and a war with the Balkan allies that has cost her nearly ail of her provinces ln Europe. She has had nearly everything the matter with her except mumps and housemaid's knee Her harems have fled to .Asia Minor. and her s iidicrs hive fled wherever the fleeing w as good. She declared war on Oct. IT and ouly regained conseioui--iipss in tid'.e to tail: peace with htr conqnoi'or.-;. SHORTEST W AU O.V ItlK OItll. T. .,ui it is known as the "thirty days"" war, the sbuttest on record. Every one of the allle wou impor tant victories, and won them in sin !i rapid succession that tbe world looked on amazed. The reputation of tie Turkish army crumbled ovemigl t The first clah occurred on Oct. 4, at.d four days later little Montenegro de clared war. capturing Deb-hitch moun tain and investing Scularl. The Bul garians snlashed the lurks in a ds astrous deTer.t.ut Ki:-'.; Kilit-e. le sieged Adrianople end Invested tlie last line of Turkish 'defense before Constantinople. The Servian amy drove all before It aa.l participated in the capture of Mor.astir and o;l.cr strongholds. The Greek won a suces sinn of victories and took the hist ric city of SSIonikl. It was at shout this time that Turkey recovered conscious ness and asked for an 'armitice. The meeting for peace negotiations was held in London. The insistence of Sorvia on an Adri atic port as a restilt of her-vi'-iories arouse; opposition in Austria, and for a time there ws? widespread fear of a general European war. which had not entirely disappeared at tbe en I of the year. The work of the Chinese revi: which started last year was I completed, and the republic Is t fixed fact Dr. Pun Yat Sen w augurated ob provisiu'aal jr(sid Jan. 1, but ucse'flslily resuneil vor of Yui:n SUih Kai 'twonuoot: er. Tbe Mauehu dynasty ajlxlica Ffti). 12, and three doyi Iairr thi tion of Yuan occurred. Ilia itangu taking place on Mar h 10.; A a of the soldiers about PeW.n? was put down, and the fiti.Tcc'Sl Ir was temporarily solved .y itdepe foreign loans.. Wonir.1,, Rirag otjher advanced measr in some of the pro' e pre vir' - f of 1912 in Foreign Lands i rally made oa Dec. 17, 1011, but the f tinounceuient was deferred uutll larch 7. 1012. when the discoverer. tptatn Ronld Amundsen, returned to jvlllzattoii. (The dtath of Emperor Mutsuhlto of .(apan, under whom Unit wonderful na ilon has been transformed from scrul tiurbulisiii to a place in the front ruiik of tiatloiis, occurred on July 30, imd his lan.YosM'ilto. necended the throt c. The funeral of the deml mikado was ac companied by oriental pomp and was attended by representatives, from the whole world. A sensational aftermath was tbo suicide of General Count Nogl and his wife. Nogl was the command er who took Port Arthur. I.AT1.-A1II-:H!'A lMHIIKniU.S. The Mexican revolution against Pres ident Madcro made considerable head way early In tin; year, the rebels cap turing the city of Juarez on Feb. 27. Later the federals gained important victories, driving the insurgents into the mountains. A new difficulty oc curred when Vera Cruz arose in Insur rection, led by Felix Diaz, nephew of the former president. TiiK uprising was speedily suppressed, however, ami Diaz, with his other olHcers. was cai tured, two of his lieutenants being put to death. There was also nn Insurrection In Nicaragua. American marines were landed to protect property and lives of our citizens. On Sept. 2ii General Mena. alender of the Insurrection, sur rendered to the federal and American forces. A rebellion of the negroes ln one of the Cuban provinces also caused the landing of American forces, and there was some talk of interveni on. but tbe disturbance was soon r,ie!Ied. Cuba held her presidential election in tbe fall without the presence of American troops. The r.pw president. V:enral Mario Menoeal. is friendly to the rutt ed States. KI OF TlltKO-H M,l W R. The war between Italy and Turkey dragged on through the eirly part of the year, with no very heavy fighting On either side. Tbe Italian rinvy took the Islands of the Aegean. The use of the aeroplane In war had further dem onstration, Italian aviator dropping bombs in a Turkish camp, killing te On Oct. 15 the peace protocol was sign ed lwtween the two countries. By it- terms Italy gained practical control of Tripoli, but gave up the Aegean Islands that Greece Is now battling to free. In Great Britain the most notable event of the year, aside from Eng land's part lu the general Euroean sit uation, were the coal -strike lu Febru ary and March.' the continued dis turbances by the suffragettes and tbe home rule fii?bt. Tbe coal strike threw out of employment upward of 1.000.000 workers and threatened for a time to become worldwide, there being also a strike In Germany and trouble threat ened In France and the United States. The British government interiosed. and the contest was finally settled by the passage r.f minimum wagclaw satis factory to the miners. n.i,rSte issV'-j FKtMu si unit: MOHotco. There was some friction between France and Spain over the division of Morocco, but It was finally adjusted, France retaining control of all of It, except some towns and a small amount of territory nearest to Spain. Mulul Hafid abdicated as sultan. Among the sporting events abroad were the quad.euulal Olympic races at Stockholm. In which the I tilted Stutes tooK most or fie track and field eveuts. and the animal boaj race between Ox ford and Cambridge, Oxford winning. Other events of the year were tbe honoring of William Marconi, Inventor of wireless, by a life seat lu the Ital ian senate: the completion of the Al pine tunnel thmugh the Ali mountain, six find three-piarter miles long; tbe sinking of tin steamer Texas under the Turkish flag, sixty-six passengers being drowned, and the review of seventy-two war aeroplanes and dirigibles at Paris. Among the noted dead abroad were Alfred Tenuys m Dickens, ln New York to celebrate lb'- centenary of bis fa ther's birth: lienry Lalioucbere, the bVilliaut IlH'i .'i editor and statesman; Abbe Charles l.nyson il'ere Hya cintliei: W. T. Mead, the famous Lon don editor, wlio went down lu the wreck of the Titanic; Count von Aebrenthal. A'isirlan premier; Edward Terry, the English actor; Bram Stoker, London auihor and manager; Justin McCarthy, the famous author and statesman; RoU'it W. B. Browning, only son of the ets RolieVt and Eliz abeth Barrett Browning; Henri Poln care, celebrated French matheuiati- clan; Andrew I.nng, poet aud novelist; j Massenet, the -omposer; .lobann M. Schleyer. Inveiii .r of Volapuk, the lan guage having (did before its author; Rev. William Booth, founder and head of the Salvation Army; Baron Mar scbnll Ton I'-ieb-rstein. German diplo mat; Rev. Aug:-nis Orlebnr. original of "Tom Brown:" Robert Barr, tn4 Scotch novelist-: Laurence Alrna-Ta-dema. tbe fm is artist, and Premier Canale.lasi of S.iin. who was assassi nated by an ananhisL Answered. Schoolteacher VM . I farm paper does vour fafi. r tnl;e? Son of the Village Tlglitv.i d-I list mortgages'. Pttck. nope shall b'icbten days to come tad memory gliJ Mie past .Moot MJiii iimf-f in ii B1.1 i i tun -n. m. mm L A i 4 3k !