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COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S CONFESSION OF FAITH Advocates Measures Which He 8ays Frankly May be Denounced Either As Socialism or Anarchy. Chicago—Theodore Roosevelt made his "confession of faith" on Tuesday to the National Progressive conven tion. The former president struck »ut boldly Into new ground, advocat ng measures which he said frankly would be denounced either as Social ism or anarchy. The delegates list ened to his speech with the under standing that they must either adopt a platform substantially In conson ance with his views or look elsewhere for a nominee for the presidency. These are the conspicuous points In the Roosevelt program: Recall of judicial decisions. Colonel Roosevelt now advocates its exten sion jto apply to federal as well as state courts. He favors the estab lishment of machinery to make eas ier of amendment both the national and state constitutions. Use of the government to assist workmen to become part owners of the business in which they are em ployed. Control *Af the trustB through re tention of the Sherman anti-trust law and the establishment of an inter state industrial commission. Conditions determining monopoly prices to be controlled where these concerns deal with the necessaries of life. Adoption of a number of measures to secure 'social and industrial just ice to the wage-workers." Legislation to increase popular con trol of all governmental'agencies, in cluding a national law for presidential primaries, election of United States senators by direct vote, the short bal lot, corrupt practiçes acts.aplying to primaries tied adoption of the initiative, refer endum and recall. Woman suffrage. Strengthening of the pure food law. Establishment of a national health department. Creation of a permanent tariff com mission. Measures to relieve the high cost of living. Development by the federal gov ernment of the Mississippi river aB a deep waterway, by use of tne plant employed on the Panama canal zone at completion of the canal. Fortification of the Panama canal. Navy to be built up steadily un.-, re duction of armaments is made possi ble by international agreement. well as elections, quail Baseball Players' Union Formed. New York.—Professional baseball players of the major leagues have or ganized a mutual protective associa tion. with Dave Fultz, former star jout fielder of the New York American League club, and now a New York lawyer, as president. It Is the first time since the brotherhood days that the playing fraternity has been united, and while as yet membership is con fined to players of the National and American leagues, it Is intended ulti mately to take into the fold every ac tive member of the minor leagues working under the present system oi organized baseball. Prisoners Break Jail. Evanston, Wyo.—After Jailer Joseph Fife hand and foot and wrapping him in some blankets, Joe Turner, servfng time for forgery, open ed the cells and liberated all of the prisoners in the county jail in this city on Wednesday. Seven men were in the jail and all but one took advan tage of the jailbreak. Turner Jumped on the jailer and overpowered him, just as Fife and a trusty were enter ing to feed the prisoners. Bert Dal ton. partner of the Whitney brothers, escaped with the others binding Lumber Men Indicted. Spokane, Wash.—A. L. Porter of Spokane, secretary of the Western Re tail Lumbermen's association, who with thirteen other secretaries of re tail lumber dealers' associations, was indicted in June, 1911, on a criminal charge of violating the Sherman law, has been released on his cash bond •f $2,500 by Judge Kennesaw Moun tain Landis of the northern district si' Illinois, and his bond accepted. Permit Agricultural Entry. Washington. — The house public lands committee has reported favor ably the Smoot bill, which has passed the senate, permitting agricultural entry on coal and gas lands, these pro ducts being reserved to the govern ment. Betting on the Election. New T York.—Betting in Wall street on the presidential race was brisk on Tuesday with Wilson a 2 to 1 favor ite. Odds of 5 to 4 and 10 to 7 were given that Roosevelt will beat Taft. Stop Smuggling by Tax. San Francisco.—"If opium were taxed $5 a pound, smuggling would cease and the government would ob tain a large revenue," said United States Custpms Surveyor Duncan E. McKinley in discussing the subject. One Commissioner for Canal. Washington.—Discussion of the Pa nama canal bill occupied the senate Tuesday and the principal action by that body provision for a one-man form of gov ernment in the canal zone. the substitution of. a Confesses Girl's Murder. Bangor, Me.—A confession that he inu:dered Naomiette Mitchell, a four leen-year-old girl, àt North Carhlll, 'was made to Sheriff White by J- Sher f man Gray, who was bound over for ** trial. Back to the Farm Movement. Chicago —A $5,000.000 agricultural ind industrial exposition building, in which aliens will be taught the agri cultural possibilities of the country >_nd the "back to the farm" movement, *&* been planned. ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON CHOSEN DELEGATES SINQ HYMN8 u£AulK5 OF THE NEW PARTY. AS t Two Candidates Depart From Tradi tion by Appearing Before Conven tion to bs Notified and to Voice Their Acceptance. Chicago.—The flrat national conven tion of the new Progressive party was adjourned at 7:27 p. day, after Colonel Theodore . on Wednes Roose velt had been chosen as the party's candidate for president and Governor i •msmt ■ I ; < ■0 Ht mA ■ jgMjpBa™ m K-*. ■* »>>•' ' • ... «i • c i< . >, M T/AfOPOFf' æoayf/fjiT CM.WTHrOOD WSJ* A (/AfiMMOûP /* y. Hiram W. Johnson of California had been selected as his running mate. Singing "Onward Christian Soldier" and the "Battle Hymn of the Repub lic," the delegate« pledged their fealty to their party leaders. Marking a new departure In the pro ceedings of national conventions, the two candidates immediately were no tified of their nomination and in the midst of deafening cheers they ap peared before the delegates to voice their acceptance and to pledge their best efforts to the coming campaign. For several hpurs during the after noon and early evening the throng in the Coliseum had listened to a flow of oratory in nominating and seconding speeches, in which the dominant note expressed was the belief that victory would come to the new party in No vember. Raymond Robbins of Illinois pledged a 100,000 majority for the national ticket in Illinois, and Gifford Plnchot predicted a 300,000 majority for Col onel Rooaeveit and Governor Johnson in his home state of Pennsylvania. These statements were cheered to the echo. % The party formally christened itself "the Progressive party," leaving out the prefix "national" by which it has heretofore been known, but provision was -made for the recognition or "real" progressives in any of the states by whatever name they should be locally designated because of state laws. During the three days it was in se« sion, there was not a roll call nor a ballot. The delegates asked no such formalities, either in placing t/heir candldate.3 In nomination or in voting for them. There was not a voice of opposition, either to Colonel Roosevelt or Governor Johnson. The delay in I Aged Veteran Dies. Elizabeth, N. J.—Colonel George H. Sweet, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, is dead at his home, "The Maples." at the age of 81. He served under General Scott In the Mexican war. After the Beef Trust. Washington.—Soaring prices of beef and other mgats have attracted the attention of the federal government, and may have the effect of hurrying 09 the investigation of the so-called beef trust. Increase in Freight rates. Washington.—General Increases in freight rates on commoditira to be come effective September 2 are pro posed in continental railroads with the inter state commerce commUsion. Turns Down Pension Bill. 'Washington.—The fight to pass the $150,000,000 pension appropriation bill was lost by one vote in the senate on Wednesday and the mea«ure was sent back to the house for further confer m—• tariffs filed by the trans I nominating them was due to the large number of seconding speeches al lowed. Am has always been the case in na tional political conventions, the bulk of the work of the Progressive gather ig was carried on in the commit Only a semblance of a conflict oes. of opinion on the floor wa3 a brief de bate Wednesday os to vhether an •'s recess should be taken. The I point w'as immaterial; but as one del « ato expressed it, "We Just had to ght about something to make it a cgular convention." lever, tn several committee meetings ! and no little difficulty in agreeing There was sharp discussion, how upon the platform as finally adopted. Colonel Roosevelt worked with the suh-cAmmittee in charge of the plat form until late Wednesday afternoon, going over their work of the two pre vious (jays and nights and vigorously helping to mould the draft which at last proved acceptable to him. The platform did not take up the negro question. rt W WT/V// Wa u, m H. W. JOHN80N Mi3s Jane Adams of Hull house, Chicago, was among those who onded Colonel Roosevelt. She was greeted enthusiastically, The new party formally placed it se-lf on record as favoring equal suf frage and further■ recognized the suf Iragette movement by providing for .our women members-at-large on the I national committee. Fighting in China. London.—Severe fighting has broker out at Wu Chang, in the Chinese pro vince of Hu-Peh, according to a news agency dispatch received here from T!en-Ts n The trouble arose over th« disbanding of some of the troops. Linotype President Seeks Divorce. Reno. Nev.—Philip T. Dodge, presi dent of the Morgen thaler Linotype company of New York, has filed a suit for divorce from Margaret B. Dodge who is now in New York. The com plaint charges desertion. Suspected of Murder. St. Joseph, Mo.—A employed at Clarinda, la., was arrest ed here as a suspect in the murder of the Joseph Moore family at Va lisca, la., June 10. The suspect had several small axes In his possession. Teachers Charged With Brutality. St. Anthony, Idaho.—Sensational testimony to the effect that boys were stripped of their clothing and lashed with heavy straps was given on Tues day at the opening of the reform school investigation. ction hand ▲CAO can profitably be grown on only a ■mall area of the earth's surface. The limit is SO degrees, both north and south of the Equa tor, but water takee up a large share of this nar row belt, leering merely a slice out of America and of Africa, with the near-by islands, for consideration. Prac tically one-half of the year's crop comes from seven republics of Latin America; adding to this the amount grown in the de pendent countries of America, it is evident that the Western Hemi sphere produces every year the larg er part of the world's supply. The list is again .headed by those friend ly rivals, Brasil and Ecuador, on op posite aides of the continent, but both south of the Equator; they al ways contribute a generous propor tion of the annual crop, and lead or follow one another closely, with commendable perseverance through the decades. Among the American republics, third place in 1911 must be yielded to the Dominican repub lic, although Venezuela usually holds it. Thome, San (or Sao in Porto gueee) Thome, according to some atlases and geographies, is not to be confused with St. Thomas, in the West Indies; it is a small iBland be longing to Portugal, and lies only 166 miles from the African coast. The area is but 400 square miles, yet the cacao production is enor mous, and Thome cacao sometimes sets the pace and price in the mar kets. Africa, it would seem, has risen rapidly in Importance since the beginning of the twentieth cen tury, for the Gold Coast, the Cam eroon (Kamerun), and Fernando Po have since that time become pro (TO J74M3S- JE'ÆVPZ'/ÎASOCSsOUe -ZSiVFc m / m ■C> « mm : l|i • *:■ ducers. Fernando Po, by the way, Is another small island, of only 780 square miles, not far from Africa. It was once Portuguese, but is now Spanish. The British possessions have become remark able producers of cacao in recent years. In the West Indies they Include Trinidad, Jamaica, Gren ada, St. Lucia and Dominica; in Africa the Gold Coast and Lagoa, while In the far east is Ceylon, which seems to specialize in crops that appeal to the unalcohollc tastes of the modern. The principal constituents of the cacao bean are: (1) alkaloids; (2) starch and sugars; f3) albuminous matters; (4) cacao butter, together with various mineral substances. The alkaloids are complex organic substances which are re sponsible for the stimulant effects of cacao; caf feine is one of them, but appears in lesser amount than in coffee or tea, and there is a variable quan tity of theobromine, which is not very unlike caf feine; starch is present in the proportion of about 7 to 10 per cent, while real sugar (glucose), at least In the bean Itself, shows only about one-half of 1 per cent, although the starch may be con verted as preparation of cacao advances; albu minous matters about 8 to 12 per cent; fats, of w'hlch cacao butter is the essential, from 45 to something over 50 per cent; the mineral sub stances are phosphoric acid, potash and magnesia. Other analyses may be found or made, yet for practical purposes this statement Is accurate enough. There is a delicate substance called "cacao red." which is a coloring matter, and this, with theobromine, Is said to give to cacao Its characteristic taste. Such proportions of nutrient ingredients are by no means a perfect food. It may be shown that 100 parts of cacao nibs contain heat givers equiva lent to 132 parts of starch, while the flesh form ers present amount to about 17 parts; or In other terms, one pound of cacao nibs Is more than equal in flesh-forming constituents to 1 pound of lean mutton chop, but a pound of cacao nibs can not be eaten or drunk at one time—It would be quite Indigestible—so that no argument can be based upon its theoretic food value. The amount of cacao butter, however Important in itself, is also of little service in this connection, although it has other and much higher values In merce; It would therefore be wasted if reserved for food alone. The great advantage cacao has over similar substances, where also experience fails to sup port theory, is the fact that, in the form of choco late, where the fats are retained, the palatability and asslmilability of sugar mixed with It are very much enhanced. Not so many years ago the drink called chocolate was thought to be a reckless dissipation for one who had no regard for his or her stomach. To indulge in chocolate candy was quite as pernicious with quite as much reason, declared a poison, but today they are considered a very wholesome vegetable. Chocolate was once an exotic and bizarre drink, told about by trav elers who had ventured into Mexico or Spain, but today it Is even ordered in the sick room, and, at lekst in the form of cacao from which the fats have largely been removed it is considered both digestible and nourishing. Candles and pastry with chocolate were practicaly taboo to well brought-up children, and the adult who indulged to eat tomatoes, and Tomatoes were once Writer Turns the Tables Neat "Take-Off" on Stereotyped Manu script Rejection Sent to Magazine Editor's Desk. Magazines ordinarily return manu scripts with polite printed slips. Below is produced a good "take-off" on one of these slips. It was sent by an au thor with bis manuscript when he dis patched It to The American Magazine. The man who wrote the letter and 35 S 22 S if CACAO of tho W 3 HJ> 4 * ! ■> 'W. Wf* m**'» ••• er* "fM m m TO y : « <•; ", <■ * V, WtJpcwtZ mn m . In such toothsome morsels was ridiculed as a backslider from the lusty diet of red meat and potatoes, on which his pioneering ancestors had grown strong. What a difference . the pclentiflc study of dietetics has brought about Sugar—that is, car bohydrates—is now acknowledged to be a normal part of human food; In certain circumstances a necessary part of it, and any way to get sugar into the system &o that It will be agreeably assim ilated Is to help nature to accomplish her proper ends. The carbohydrates are the accessory In gredients supplying energy to the body above that which may be obtained from the proteids. The harder the physical work an individual performs the more proteid must he eat, and up to a cer tain point the less sugar does he require; but in ordinary 'life the individual requires a dietetic mixture of proteids, fats, and sweets, while der conditions In which muscular tissue has been rapidly exhausted sugar has the faculty of restor ing energy quickly, and therefore of making the heavier foods accomplish better results. The starchy foods like potatoes are useful in all dieta ries, but when immediate results are sought, sugar must be used. Sugar is all right in itself, and commercial statistics show that abundance of It is grown and consumed. Yet plain sugar in a dietary will not invariably be acceptable to the human animal; ho must have his taste as well as his logic satisfied, .and nothing makes sugar so agreeable as a due proportion of chocolate added. Ask any child what kind of candy he likes beat, and the almost invariable reply will be "chocolate candy:" ask an adult what kind of cake he prefers, and with a somewhat ashamed remembrance of youthful days, when to indulge in cake mitted but frequently clandestine luxury, the an swer is "chocolate cake." The schoolgirl makes a proud and self-popularizing accom a seldom per "fudge plishment; the soda-water fountain would go into bankruptcy if the chocolate sundae were with drawn from the list of attractions, and a chocolate eclalre would be a common cream puff if the brown layer were scraped off the top. Chocolate candy is in some cases one of the first of solid foods offered (of course only under the physi cian's orders) to the convalescent from typhoid fever; and some armies supply the field after a severe march, or those the exhaustion of the tropics, with chocolate candy, by no means for the sole reason that it will if only for the time being overcome their homesickness, but for the very dignified purpose of meeting their dietetic wants by introducing sugar mixed with chocolate into their systems. in the posed to In Central America and Mexico the breakfast food of the Inhabitants from prehistoric times has been a preparation of Indian corn with the produce of the cacao tree; this is made into a porridge called 'Ciste, 1 " which is agreeable to the taste and nourishing, for a long journey can be made upon it. In some factories it is admitted that 60 per cent of their chocolate is composed of sugar, and that they really sell sugar flavored with chocolate Instead of chocolate flavored with sugar; the sweeter the article the better it is liked, although the purchaser Is paying two prices for his sugar and is not getting what he asked for. He is buying what he wanted, never theless. a sweet chocolate, and the rule is thus sent it with his manuscript is Charles F: Lummis, public librarian ln Los An geles. Cal.: "Do you know good verse when you see it? "The author regrets that this MS. is not compulsory. It is merely an oppor tunity. "You publish so much literature that It is quite impossible for him to criti cize It personally and show you how much better this is. Except at full rateH—and worth the money. "The obvious merit of (his contribu tion does not necessarily imply any lack of Intelligence In the editors who reject it. Quite thfe contrary. They have to maintain their average. Noth ing is more experimental than variety. "Homing envelope, with wings pre paid. wbh this. Just as though It were an ordinary MS/* Virtue Is its own reward, so it Isn't necessary to advertise it. proved that the cacao product Is one of the best known associates of sugar. As an Inhabitant of the polar re gions craves a fat of some kind, and another In the tropics enjoys hia fruits and his hot peppers—both na trre hints in regard to diet—do the inhabitant in the temperate zone consumes sugar and is unharmed thereby, providing that there is no overindulgence. That explains why so much sugar is carried from the tropicB to the north; It is a food cessity. It explains also why the manufacturers of cacao and the chief consumers are in the coun tries where no production is carried on. Proximity to the consumers la a recognized rule in manufacturing. The United States heads the table of cacAo users, for the people num ber the moBt, but In proportion to population this country takes no more than Its share. Germany, France and England consume an nually considerable quantities of cacao, but Holland and Switzerland use an amount far In excess of their inhabitants. Figured out in pounds per capita, the importation of cacao, for It amounts to that, Is qqite striking. The United States uses about one and one-half pounds of cacao each year for each Inhabitant: Germany about three and two-thirds pounds; and one France, a little over half pounds; England, about ono and one-flfth pounds; Holland, al most nine pounds; Switzerland, a lit tle over five pounds; and Spain not quite six-tenths of a pound. Much of these quantities go Into the prep aration of cacaos and chocolates to be used for beverages, but an ever increasing total Is manufactured di rectly Into sweets, dulces, and bon bons, thus distinguished according to the nationality of the people, or what I» called candy in the United State» Import» quantities of cacao, choco late and confectionery from Kuropean countries, and itself export» quantities» abroad, It« market» Including every country In America, even those in which cacao growing for export is an established industry. Is may be prophesied that tb« time la coming when the eupply of cacao will not equal the de While there are untouched areas in Latin mand. America, In Africa and the East Indies, yet thia is rather sharply defined and by nature lim it Is not so extensive as might be guessed area ited. by merely looking at the map, for the climatic factors of temperature and humidity must be favorable, or else the tree will not bear for com mercial profit, although within a few miles of suc cessful plantations. Probably America has larger resources of virgin land than the rest of the earth, and will always hold the lead In production. Thia should surely be the case If improved methods of cultivation and transportation increase the yield and the profit from the crop. i The area for cacao production, as has been stat ed, is limited, while population is growing at a rapid rate, and in addition the value of cucao is becoming recognized with greater clearness each year. As is the case, therefore, with other great staples of the world—for cacao must now be con sidered an agricultural staple—like meat, wheat, corn and cotton, the price is slowly rising as a larger food supply must be gathered for the world's needs. By the middle of the century the result may be expected that the supply will be as proportionately meager in relation to population as it at present appears to be ample. Existence on a cacao plantation can be health ful and pleasant; it is a tropical life, but the sur roundings may be made thoroughly agreeable, and the reward can surely equal the amount of energy expended. Much scientific study has of late years been given to the botanical characteristics of the tacao tree, the methods of propagating it, its diseases, and the best manner of shipping and marketing (he crop. Since the success of the valorization control of coffee in Brazil, plans have been pro posed to valorize In Brazil, and Ecuador alao, so as to prevent violent fluctuations In price and to give growers some sense of security concerning values. The outcome of the plans can, however, be of only temporary commercial significance. The essential status of cacao in the world's food supply is bound to become progressively more im portant. KINDLY MEANT Mrs. Jenkins—Mrs. Smith, we shall be neigh bors now. I have bought a house next you. with a water frontage. Mrs. Smith—So glad! I hope you will drop in some time.—Everybody's Magazine. A3 TO AFFINITIE8. "Do you believe that for every man In the world there is a certain woman who is his real affinity?" "No. There are some men who would never consent to be henpecked by anybody." Chapel In Coal Mine. Iq the Mynydd Newydd colliery, at Swansea, South Wales, at a depth of 750 feet below the surface, is a notable chapel. It is claimed to be the only such chapel especially pre pared and consecrated for worship, ft is a long, low room, fitted with rough wooden benches, capable of accom modating between 150 and 200 men Services are held before work every Monday morning in the Mynydd Newydd colliery, and have been held regularly since 1867