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ABILENE. TEXAS MONDAY JANUARY 6 1919
NUMBER 26
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A TRIBUTE TO TRE
GREAT COLUMBUS
DKSPITK TOltHRNTIAT UOWNFOnt
MK. UII.SOV I.Alt A WHKATII
AT JUS STATtK
PEOPLE TRIEO . TO KiSS
Htiinlrcds nnd Thousands nt Genoa
surged Arunml President Seek
Jug to Touch Ills Garments' '
its Jle Passed
By Associated Press.
MILAN Jnn.C Prcsldont Wilson
jmirn'oyad from Hotnof to Milan .stop
ping nt Geno on route. Bofarc lcaclng
ucnon President Wilson laid a wreath
at tho stntuo of Coluinbus nnd Btnud-
Ing there In the driving rain mado a
short address.
"Columbus." ho said "did sacrifice
for tho world in discovering America
and now It Is America's pleasure and
prldo to show it WaB lit tho service or
mankind.
' President Wilson's v'Ist of three
honra In Genoa waB marred hv a troD-
Ical ddwftpour of rain which drenchod 1
tho .president and nil of his party The
streets ran rivers and a galo snapped
tho flagstaffs. Nevertheless the
president carried out the full program
including a visit to Alio monuments of
Columbus and MajftOtil and tho city
Mall where he wns given a reception.
Hundreds and thousands of tho com-
mon ncoplc greeted President Wilson.
They fought and scrambled to bo nonr
enough to Touch him and even attemp-
ted to kiss his hand or clothing as he
passed through tho dense fciwds sur-
GREATACTnffY
I RANGER FIEL
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FORT WXIRTH. Jan. 0 Moajlnw
Wqll No. 1 of tno Mld-Kunsns Oil com-
pany southeast of Hanger which hit
tho sand with astrong gas pressure
hint Week hns" Increased ItM gas pror
ducUon to around 10000000 cubic
feet a day nccordlug to lator report
from tho Hold The gad is coining
'frw'Wtoiiuy ITifflrarn deptli or 3lJi
feet '
Moss No. I of tho Ilolvich and others
in Eastland county has reached thq top
of tho sand nt 3 485 foot and tho holler
la being moved back hoforo drilling.
" deepen At a depth of 3.22G feet tho
Jonos well No. C of Culllnnn and oth-
ers Is pulling the outside cnBlng This
Is one of tho Wells of the Juno group
northwest of Itangor
Patton No. 1 of tho Humble OH ft'
Refining company has a fishing Job nt
3450 feet.
Tho Joo Duke No. 1 of tho Magnolia
and Hog Crook company which eamo in
lute Saturday in northern. Com-
anche qounty was still flowing bv
heads Sunday. The production was
conservatively estimated at about 1000
barrels dally.
RANGER Jan. 0. The Pierce.For-
dyo Oil Association has taken a lease
an ton aqros qf the M. II. Hagerman
tract whoro a tank farm will be estab-
lished. The company will build two 55000
barrel tanks.
The Indiahoma Roflnlng company Is
arranging for a loading rack one 55-ooo-barrel
storage tank and four 1$00-
barre! tanks.
MflilETTIS
ERERTLY EXCITED
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FQRT WORTH. Jan 6 Extension
gf the Burkburnett field three-quarter-i
pf a mile is forecast in the report that
the Johnson well in the southeast cor-
ner Qf the Vancleave farm had struck
the sand1 at 1-662 feet The report cre-
ated a sonsation in o'l circles and e-
result prices on Vancleave acreage
have rtseit from 2J0 to ?4j8 an
acre stuff that was offered for $!WW
on aero is said to have sold above
MQ Saturday and Sunday while all
aerpage that changed bands did so at
ait advanced figure
The Cicero Smith well No. 1 on to
larubor yard owned by the Cicero
Smith Company is rsportsd as drill!
n and showing up as good for around
lflflo barrels.
The Art QU Company well on Block
2 Is reported drilled in but no teat of
the production has yet been made
lUIIEffiPIPEI '
BERLIN TIM
OK! IT REBELS
SPARTACIDKS HHI.U ttOI.FP RU-
UVAV OFFICES AMI MllllUR
OV BERLIN' PAPERS.
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Once Bonsted Military Power VaM
Dwindling With 150 Divisions
Already Demobilized
Is KcporU
By tho Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM Jan. C Tho Sparta-
cus group niado another attempt to
Bo'zo tho reins of power In Berlin oc-
cupying the offlco of tho Wolff Bureau
nnd a halt dozen big newspapers.
The papers seized include tho soc-
ialist Vorwnerts. Tho lat telegram
here from tho Wolff Bureau tho semi
official nows agency announced the
seizure of Its office.
BASEL .Inn. G Tho former German
at my has ceased to exist saya a Ber-
lin iKWspapor.
'"A 'HfllMrtUt ntrd" fifty divisions al-
ready have been demobilized.
BERNE Jnn. C Gormany will
s jowly rocoor. from tho disorders
wrought by tho war and will In time
regain a place amdiig tile nation.! of
tho world hut in d democratic not a
monarchical spirit bald Count Max voi
Montgclus. formorljMn charge of Am-
or can affairs in tho Berlin foreign
office.
This recovery Montgcla's said would
be ondlosBly hard and will require
every ounce of Germny discipline bu:
can be accomplished oljly if the en-
tente givos Gormany a sporting
sporting chance.
TO TEACH SOLDIERS.
COLLEGE STATION Jan. C. A
school of agriculture for tho instruc-
tion of invalided soldiers at Camp
Travla will bo conducted by farm econ
oniint8 of tho Texas A. and M Col-leg-
UADRISPLE TREATY
AT BOTHER PE1EE
DELEGATES SOME
POSITION OF I'MTF.II STATKS TO.
WARD WAR-TI3IK ALLIKD
TKi: VTT IS L'MvhOWN.
CONCERNS ADRIATIG-GOASt
Itusbia Great llrllaln Franco nml
Ituly Kntcred u Treat During
the Earlj Dajs of the
GrcanViir.
By tho Associated Press.
PARIS Jan. fi. -The attitude of the
United Statos toward the treaty be-
twoon Italy and France Great Britain
and Russia relative to the eastern coast
of tho Adriatic has not been clearly
defined.
Whon It came up recently In tno
peace preliminaries the United States
did not indicate how it would stand
when the treaty is considered When
the terms of the armistice were fram-
ed between Austria and Italy the Una
to which the Austrlans must retire was
fixed and accepted by the interallied
confer enee
Colonel E. M. House the American
representative however states that
designation of frontiers in the treaty
between the four nations was not to
be taken as expressing any position.
on tho treaty
lUSEACU
W1LS0N REQUEST
FDD RELIEF Ell
By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Jan 6 President
Wilson's request for congress to pro-
tide 5100.UO0.U4O for relief work iu
Europe outside of Germany was ap
proved today by the house appropri-
ations committee.
The chairman announced be would
.report the bill tomorrow and seek iU
prompt passage- '
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
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DIED MONDAY
IESTTEXIS1S
BEIE
m BIL DRILLERS1
SupplleiJ by tho West Texas Cham-
ber ot Commerce F6rt Worth Texas
Celciiian -This county Is witnessing myself for h ''now profession In the
au era of tho greatest activity in its selection of which my famlllaVlty with
history. Fifty locations have been American poraovorancq and confidence
made in this vicinity find many of the Is proving an Inspiring factor" sold
largest oil producing companies are Captain Boy-Ed former naval nttaclio
planning to put down additional tostfl at tho German embassy in Washing
LuiiipuinH Drilling contracts wore tloh today
closed thlB week for twclvo additional! Tho captain Indicated ho would en-
wclls and this section la bolng given rago in boiiio commercial pursuit.
a tnorougn test tor on. aia.ny geolo-
gists who have gone over tho ground
contend that oil should bo found at n
depth of from 1200 to 2200 feet.
Ranger Sevdnty-flvo wells is East
land county are on top of tho sand
awamng storage anu uig ue eioumema
. - 1 I
are anucipuiuu ui uixy iiiuiuuiu.
Sun Angela The test well which Is
bolng drilled four miles south of this
city la down 3UU0 rcct nmr tno rormn-
tlons. according to oil experts. ar3May 25.50 flat
said to bo very tavorauie. t Middling
Thurbcr A pike road from tllH'xrAW nrlnnna snota 30.75
place w --uangur js duiiik uurtoum
ooji'sldorcd by tho Texas and Pacific
C6al and Oil Co U ha3 proposed to
build tho highway with Texas-made
brick.
Abilene Ten tcfitB aro actually
drilling and contracts lot for many
more around Abilene OH men from
all over the country are coming into
this city dally and local hotels are
bolng taxed to their full capacity.
Gordon The crop outlook for this
country was never brighter. Wheat
and oats are In excellent condition
and farmers aro pasturing their gram
JI0IU3 WIIU UUHJ iwiug nu nu. .-
Imals Recent rains have placed a
fine season In the ground
Cisco A now three-story hotel has
been completed and will soon open for
operation. Tho new hostelry is mod-
ern In every detail A flve-Btory bull-
ding to bo occupied by the Texas Com-
pany offices and a bank ia rapidly
nearing completion.
Be Leon The greatest building
boom In the history of De !.eon ia now
under way and hundreds of people
are coming here dally. Business acti-
vity Ib constantly Increasing and bank
deposits are the heaviest in years.
Cleburne An lnteruman une iron
Uhu ritv in tha West Texas oil field
hv tint wnv of Glenroso Is beiBB ser
iously considered. The commercial
club which was recently organized is
behind the movement
Morau This community Is in the
most prosperous condition in Us hU-
tory Prospects for bumper crop3
were never better The oil develop-
ment has tided the farmers oer for
another year and the debt of the far-
I mers around this place is rapidly be
ing liquidated
Browne oed One hundred feet a
day for sixteen consecutive days s
the record set by drillers on the Sin-
clair well near Byrd's store on the
Gains tract A 16-inch hale was sunk
more than 1W feet and reduced to
12 inches for the balance of the depth
Glenrose The Rogers No 1. five
miles south of Glenrose and near tha
Somervslle-Bosque Upe Is to be a deep
test Benedum & Trees who are drill
ing the well have stated that they will
go to a depth of 4500 or 5000 feet s
necessary A group of Dallas men
-. . tfi2iXS7. h1
Tiywi
JANUARY Gth 19ia
BY-ED WOULD
ENTER BBS
IT IS
BERLIN. Jan. J "I.lHcmoatf mr
comrades or tno navy i am preparing
COTTON 3IAKKET.
Now York.
Open Noon
Closo
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Xow Orleans.
Open Koon
Jan.
Juir 20.55-30 .
Sales
133
a
500
Houston spots 30.15
Galvoston spots . 31.25
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORTS
Increased Attendance U SIionu
nt
Churches Sunday Jan. 5.
School Attend- Colleo
an co
First Methodist 159
St. Paul Methodist 212
First Christian 110
tlons
16.40
9.20
5.G0
8 95
1 Presbyterian H2
.; r-iin.U" isn
Qg Heights BaptlBt 2ST
6.35
have secured large acreage In the same
vle'nlty and will start drilling soon It
Is announced
W Ichltn Falls The announcement la
mado that the Texas Golf Refining &
Pipe Line Co will locate a refinery
in Wichita Falls and build a pipe line
connecting with tho Burkburnett field
This will be tho jilnth refinery here.
three of which already aro in operation
while the fourth expects to commence
refining crude oil wpbin the next few
days.
U. S. Department of Agriculture
WEATHER BUREAU
.fr.!.....
For Abilene and Vicinity: Tonight
and Tuesday fair
For East Texas- Tonight fair war-
mer In east and south portions; Tues
day fair.
For West Texas: Tonight fair;
Tuesday fair somewhat colder in the
Panhandle
Temperatures
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Sunrise ... 7:41
Sunst 5:49
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POLES PRESS ON
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REACH TOWN OP CHROSMK AM)
IIEMAM) SIRRENDER OF
MilUlllUHIIXa CITY
mwm IN TROUBLE
Famous PlntilsM'ntrlot nnd Lender of
the Polish Military Forces
Jlutc Untnllsfnclor)
JntorTlevr
Dy lha'Assoctatcd Press.
BERLIN Jan. G.-A-Pollih troops hnvo
occupied tho railway station of Chrot-
nlk four miles from Rcntzchcn nnjl
sent an ultimatum to tho Gorman cam-
mnudor for tho Burrcnderif tho lat
ter plnco.
Tho demand wns rofused tind the
Germans say they will defend tho
plnco nt all costs.
Bcntzchen Is" n town near tho boun-
dary botweon tho provinces of Posc-n
and Brandenburg. Tho enpturo of
Uentzchen py the VPlW would bo. the
most serious blow for Berlin and nil
Roulhcrn Gormany Ita loss to tho
roles howovor would cut tho commu-
nication between Berlin nnd Silesia
nnd could ondnnger tho provisioning
o Frarkfor"t-on-the-Odor nnd all nor-
thern Germany.
By tho' Associated Press.
WARSAW Jan G. Ignnce Padorow-
skl hnB found Jasoph PRStldskl tho
Polish military dictator will not give
up his authority In Poland nt present.
Two Polish lenders have had nn In-
terview which. It Is indicated was un
satisfactory. ' o7
O 'i
TROUDLES OF AN EDITOR
.rnrt!twasUiek 0f ."Juice" Then It
was wire Trouble.
If your paper roaches you late to-
day don't blamo It on tho negligence
of tho mechanical force or editorial
staff.
First tho electric power want dff
far thrco hours In the forenoon stoo
ping tho lfnotypo mnchlnos and pros-
bob. It was a quarter to noon before
tho t)owor camo on ngatu. Second the
Wostcrn union developed wlro trou
bles and tho Reporter's noon "tnko"
of telegraphic "dope' was delayed
moro than an hour
Thirdly but why contlnuo?
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CHILDREN BURIED
IT ANSON sunn
ANSON Tox Jan 0 Oscar Randel.
a.ged 28 years and two daughters agod
4 and 7 yeurs woro burled In the ceme-
tery hero Sunday aftornoon. The bod-
ies of tho two little girls were laid to
rest In one coffin while that of tho
father was In another casket. They
were burled Sn two graves three feet
apart.
Mr. Randel died Saturday about 12
o'clock one of the girls died nt ti p.
m. and the other child passed away at
12 o'clock at night All were victims
Of pneumonia following Influenza and
of only a few day's duration Mrs
Randel and her only surviving child
agod 15 months are bath ill with tho
influenza and were unable to att&md
tho funeral-
Osnor Randel had lived in Jones
county practically all of his life. Ha
was tho son of Dr. and Mrs J J. Ran-
del who have lived In Anson for mapy
years and a brother of District Attor-
ney J C Randel. now residing at Ham
lin and formerly county judge of Jones
county
HENRY FORI WILL
CONTEST SEATING
OF T. NEWBERRY
By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. A Detition
was received by Vice President Mar-f
shall today from Henry Ford and laid
before the senate announcing formal
contest for tho senate seat Ford was
defeated by Truman Newberry repub-
lican in the last election.
Excessive use of ineney In Newber-
L?ys campaign intimidation of voters
improper rejection of billots. "fla-
grant violations" of Miebigan alectlen
laws and many other charges were
made by Mr Pord in the petition
M
R1N
FACE OF E EM
nTHERIIDTWO
FAMOUS EX-PRESIDENT
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
AT OYSTER BAY HOME
lllofrrnplifcnl 'Sketch.
Colonel Roosevelt 'a career has loft
such n vivid Impression upon tho peo-
ple of hli time thnt It I uecossary to
touch both briefly upon some of tho
moro striking phases of his varied. In-
teresting nnd "strenuous" llfo 10 re-
call to tho public mind full dotnlls of
his many exploits and experiences
Called to tho White Houso In lnui
nltor Prosldont McKtnloy had boon
assassinated Col. Roosevelt 42 yoftt
of ago beenmo tho youngost prosldont
tho Unltc.d States has over had. Throo
yours lator ho was olacted president
by tho largost popular vote n pros'-
dont hob rccolvcd.
Thus Roosevelt ROtuotimos called u
man of destiny served for bovoh yonri
as tho nntlon'tt chlof magistrate. I
n subsequent dociidn tho fortunes of
polltlcH did not favor him. for. again
n candidate for prosldont this tlmo
lending tho Progroflslvo Pnrty which
ho hlmsolf hud organized whon ho dtf
fcred radically with Bomo of tho poli-
cies of tho Republican party In 191"
ho wont down to dofoat togothur
with tho Ropubt'zaii candidate Wil-
liam llQwnrd Tatt Woodrow Wilson.
Democrat was elected
' 'Col llooaovoUV enomtes agree 1
with his friends thnt his life his char-
acter and hlB writings represented
high type of Americanism.
Of Dutch nnccstry born In Now
York City on Octobor 27 1858 In a
houso In EnBt Twentieth Street t'10
baby Theodoro wnB n weakling. He
was 0110 of four children who camo to
Theodore and Martha Bultoch Roose-
velt. Tho mother wan of Southern
stock anil tho father of Northern a
situation during tho early yoafs of
Theodoro Jun or'a boyhood wns not
allowed to Interfere with tho family
llfo of theso chlldron during the Civil
War days.
So frail that ho waB not privileged
to assoclato with the other boys of
tho neighborhood Roosevelt was tut-
ored privately in Now York and dur-
ing trnvdls on which bis parents took
the children abroad. A porch gymna
sium at homo provided him with phy
sical exercise with his ho combattud
n troublesome asthma. Ills father a
glaHH Importer and a man of liiuaiw.
wns hiH constant companion; ho nop
a diary; ho read so much history nnd
fictional books of adventure that h
wns known as a bookworm; ho took
boxing Ioskour; ho was an amateur
uftturullst and nt tho ago of 17 he
ontered Harvard University. There
he was not as iiromltiutit ns somo oth-
ers in pn athletic way as It is not ro-'
corded that ho "made the baseball or
lootuaii teams out ins puny uouy nnu
undergone metamorphosis and before
graduation ho became 0110 of tho cham
pion boxers of tho college This r-
markublo physical development wan
emphasized by something which too't
placo shortly after ho left Harvard li
IfcSO. Ho wont to Eurupo cltmbod tho
Mattcrhorn. and as a result wub elected
U member of tho Alpine Club of Lon
don nn organization of men who had
performed notable feats of adventure
Wns 'i'nico Slurried.
A few months after his graduation
Roosevelt marr ed Miss Alice Lee ut
Boston Sho died In 1881 leaving quo
child Allco now tho wife of Repre-
sentative" Nicholas Longworth of Ohio
In 18bC Roosovclt married Miss Edith
Kermlt Carow. of New York and to
them five children were born Edith t
now tho wife of Dr Rchard Derby
and four sons. Theodoro Jr Kermlt
Archibald and Quent'n
Tho public career of the man who
was to becomo president began not
long after ho left collogo. His profes-
sion was law but that activities that
were to como left him no time in whleh
to practice it. In 18i2-83 and 181
ho was elected to tho New York Stata
Assembly where his efforts on behalf
of good government and civil serv.ee
reform attracted attention When tne
Republican National Convention f
1884. was held in Chicago he was
chairman of the New York State dele-
gation. After thlB experience he dropped out
of polltlqs for two years Going West
htr purchased ranohss along thoUtttlu
Missouri river in North Dakota aud
d vlded his time between outdoor
spocts particularly bunting and lit-
erary work Here he laid the founda-
tion for bis bOFies of books The Win-
ning of the Wast" which was publish-
ed from 1889 to 1S96. aud of other vol-'
uines of kindred character.
Returning to New York be hecanw
the Republican candidate for mayor.
In 186 He was defeated President
Harrison in. 18i9 appointed him a niaai-
ber of the United States Civil Service
Commission and President QlevelaHd
continued him la this office which as
resigned in 1895 to become New iorK
City police commissioner
"A thing that attracted me to tlus
office." Roosevelt said at the Viae he
accepted the appointment "was that
it was to be done in the hurly-burlv
for I don't like cloister life." Hoa-
esty was tho watchword of this ad-1
ministration and the two years of an
uccupany became memorable through
By the Associated Pre1.
NEW IORK. Jan. . Colonel
Theodore 11ooptoH died nt hit
home nl OyMcr Bnj today. He suf-
fered nn ntlnck of inflnmntory
rhennintlsm "Sow Ycnr'dBT nnd
since then had b?cn confined to
lih room
WASHINGTON-. Jnn. fi. Colonel
HnomiTtll'i Illness niny (to Mid to
dnte from last Felirtinry when lie
wns operated upon In New York
for enr trouble. .Enter ho tinder
Mont tno moro operations for (Iio
enr nnd wns mlmllicd In lie seri
ously HI. In JIny nnd Jtmo ho
made n spenkliifr touf when ha
suffered from erysipelas.
Ho rilumcd to the hospital In
"NoTOrnbcr for trrnlmcnt for sciati-
ca and rheumatism.
Both Itoiists of congress ad-
journed today as n mark of re
spcrt rficr adopting n rcsolnjlnn
of rttrrct at the drnHt of Colonel
Hooscrclt and naming n commlttco
to attend hl funeral.
OYSTER RAY Jan. 0. Colonnl
Roosetclt died wlillo nslccp curly
today nt his home on Sngnmorn
Hill. Death wns duo to pulnioii
nry embolism or 11 lodgment in
tho lung of u clot of blond from u
broken icln pliysla'aus Midi.
Tho former president sat nu
Sunday nttd retlrci) nt 11 o'clock
Inst night. At four o'clock this
morning 3frs. Rooseiclt .went to
her htiMbntid's room nnd found that
hi; hud died during tho night.
Telegrams norc immediately dis-
patched to -Colonel Hoo.scToll'rf
children "who were In nil pnrN of
the country. Details of the fun-
eral luno not been arranged. Tito
former president camo to Snffa-
moro Hill from the RoosoTfJt hos.
pltnl Christmas day.
Tho hour for Roosevelt's funeral
was officially fixed nt 12iI5 Wed-
nesday nt Christ Episcopal church
licre.
WATinXflTOff. Jan. . Flags
were 11 1 half must on the cnp'tol
nnd public buildings following nn-
iioiineenient of Colonel Hoose-
Tclt'rt dcntlt.
Secretary Daniels and (Jencnil
March ordered nil shore stations
nn.17 posts uml ships to do the
hntiie.
tho reforms he Inaugurated attracting
the nation's attention w.hilo hold ng
u position which was obscure In com-
parison with tho events to come. IPi
clt liquor traffic gambling Uco in
nonoral of theso ovtls ho purged Ho
city in tho faco of corrupt pol t ctl
opposition and tho reputation he vj-j
as a reformer won him the person"!
flolectlou by President McKinley us
assistant secretary of the navy ia
1S07 A year lator the Spau!-h-Amr
icon war broke out
Tho Roosevelt temperament did n it
allow tho man to retain a deputy cab-
inet position with war offering 6om-
th'ng moro exciting. Leonard Wool
now Major-Genera! was then Pres-
ident McRlnloy's physician and one
of Roosevelt's stancbost friends
Tho Rough Riders.
The famous Rough Riders were or-
ganized by Wood and Roosevelt .1
band of fighting men tho mention nt
ivhoso name today suggests Imme-
diately tho word "Roosevelt" Th-v
came out of the West plainsman
miners rough and ready fighters w!u
were natural marksmen and Vool
became thoir Colonel and "Teddy ' is
he had beoomo familiarly known ti
the public tho Lieutenant-Colonel In
company with tho regulars of tho
army they took transports to Cuba
landed at Santiago and were soon l'l
the thick of the battle. Among ho
promotions which this hardy res
meat's brought about were those o'
Wood to Brigadier-General and Roose-
velt to Colonel and this title Theo-
dore Roosevelt cherished to the and.
Some qf the Rough Riders formed tlo
military escort when he was elect 3-1
president a few years later
When Cuba had been liberate!
Rooseelt returned to New York A
gubernatorial campaign was in swing
utth th& Republican party in. ceedil
a capable candidate Roosevelt was
nominated. Yan Dyke hts Democra-
tic opponent was defeated The re-
foruib Roosevelt had favored as As-
semblyman he now had the opportt-
nlty to consummate together wi h
others of moro importance ana U
was during this administraton thv
he Is said first to uae earned tho
hostility of corporatioos Wbea tha
Republican national convention W43
held in PhUadelpala in 19W Ms parfY
In New York dBiand4 aad atta ned
hU noumatioa for vlc prsM)Bt a
the ticket with William McKlaley pi
Novewbsr of that year this tlcset w.
elected.
Upoa th death ot President McKI'j
ley Uoo0yeU because president and
a ihuqU as two years Wfor the pres-
iaaHiial elsctiOB U 1M4 Rpublxcai
orgauizatfeas lador4e4 Uti for p3
ideat
At the height ot his pufetle asd poll-
iCoatinusd on Pg Three)
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, January 6, 1919, newspaper, January 6, 1919; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth317619/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.