HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 107, 21 September 1912, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(From Australian papers). OXYGEN FOR ROOSEVELT. ilr. Roosevelt anticipates that his election campaign will be a very strenuous one, and he.,,is.providing for it accordingly. [ While stumping the country he will -be accompanied by a doctor, and will take with him two tanks of oxygen, gas to keep his throat in condition.

THE UNION CLERGYMAN. A feature of the Labor Day parade in Seattle was the inclusion of several members of the Ministers' Union in the. procession. ■ Six, of the clerical gentlemen walked, and four others occupied seats in motor cars. This is the first occasion on which the clergymen's organisation, has made its appearance in a Labor Day parade. . .

ROCKEFELLER'S BODYGUARD. Repeated throats against the '.life of Mr. John D. Rockefeller have scared him, and lie has provided himself with a strong bodyguard, and the estate on which he is now living is constantly under the. protection of eighteen negroes, a sheriff's party, and a, squad of detectives. ,

AMERICAN SUBMARINE'S RECORD. Lieutenant James Howell, of the United State submarine Fl, established a world's record last week by sinking Jiiscraft 283 ft, and cruising at. that depth for 10 minutes. The submarine carried a crew of 20 men, and accomplished with ease a speed of six knots an hour.

WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRSHIP. . A new Zeppelin dirigible that is shortly to be built will break all previous records as far as size and speed are concerned. The specifications provide for an airship that will have sufficient power to enable her to sustain a flight of 60 hours, and to travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour 3 'with a radius of flight, including the return journey, of from 1500 to 1800 miles.

WRONGLY CONVICTED. The announcement is made in New York that members of the organisation known as the Industrial Workers of the World, will come out on strike on September 30, as a protest against the imprisonment of two Italians, Ettore and Giovannitti. It is declared that they were wrongly convicted .of the murder of a woman, Anna Lapizzi; who was shot in one of the street conflicts that occurred in connection with the textile workers' strike at Lawrence. The ■ Italians, it is asserted, were fully a mile away at the time, and there is sworn testimony that it was a constable who killed the womaa.

A PERILOUS VOYAGE. From San Francisco to the Arctic and back in a cockleshell of a boat is 'the feat of seamanship that has just been accomplished by two men, 11. C. Slate and P. Peterson. The voyagers started on their venturesome journey last May, in the old 17-ton schooner-rigged scow Alice Stofen. Their equipment of nautical instruments consisted only of a compass and a sextant. Yet they safely sailed their little craft a total distance of 3000 miles without mishap. Slate and Peterson arc well-known Arctic traders, the'former having been in..the business for the last 20 years.

CHANGING COLOR. A white man named Hendricks, living near St. Louis, is turning black. The physicians who have- been attending hiiir are completely mystified. The change was preceded by sharp pains in the abdomen and muscular pains all over the body, and his complexion became dark yellow. The trouble was diagnosed- as biliousness, and treatment was given which relieved the pains, but the change of color did not stop; he continued to grow darker and darker. Some traces of Addison's disease have been noticed.

FATAL GOLF STROKE.

Dr. Joseph Root, of Kansas City, editor of the Western Dental Journal, has died as the result of an internal .injury caused through missing a stroke while playing'golf..