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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-24
SPORTING
CHARLES MURPHY HAS PLAN
TO TEACH NATIONAL GAME
Here's Your Chance, Kids, to Learn
the Fine Points Of the Great Pastime
By correspondence-Already the Mail
BAGS Are Full of Letters Containing
Suggestions.

charles Murphy, owner of the Cubs,
foyors a school of baseball, in which
Fans win be permitted To submit sug-
eestlons looking to the betterment of
the sport and also PROFOUND questions
that have baffled them. Already. the
mail bags are full of communications
addressed to the School of Baseball.
Here are few:
when Detroit is here and Cobb Is
M with the bases full wouldn't he
be forced To answer the telephone if
there was a call at the office for him?
-Bin Watkins, Philadelphia.
Really, can not understand why the
big league owners stand for such a
short schedule. They could easily open
the season on Feb. and close it on
pee. / If they used proper judgment.
WHY in the Orange Free state the
natives play the royal game of buff
wuufnuuf which is strictly an outdoor
pastime, all the year around. Look
this up. Mr.. Murphy.-Percy Mutt,
Matteawan. N. Y.
an chairman of n cOmmitte of 300
wealthy southern planters. formed To
raise $5, 600. 900 TO chase the hookworm
out Of the south. Already we have
received $47500O0, but haven't been
able To get a cent more. Therefore,
We have decided TO turn this money
over to a fund to provide for destitute
wives and children of National and
American league owners. If you are
willing to accept the money. check
viii be mailed immediately.-Beve
Lee Jackson. NatcheZ, Miss.
To improve the game, / would mere
" suggest that a time lock be put on
the tongues of the league owners, so
that they will be silent from oct. |
10 April 15.-Iva Payne. Mahony Plane,
Pa.
am unequivocally in favor of a
longer baseball season. There is not
one of us i'm my immediate vicinity
that would not be glad to be in big
league baseball park, even as late as
Jan. Mike Gum. Sing Sing, N. Y
Baseball, the National league in par
ticular, would be much more enjoy
able if Hans Wagner were debarred
from playing for the rest of his ma
tural lfe.-Frank Chance, Chicago.
We are organizing league i'm Posey
county for next season. Is ii true
that the groundkeeper must be placed
on the reserve list?-Roger Waters
Rapture, Ind.
Do you think that run getting would
be increased If the home plate was
placed near n bar rail?-Samuel Swal-
lows, Lexington, Ky.
II the York team, tailender Of tho
1ri-state league is q Class II club
will somebody kindly figure out what
class the Boston Nationals were IL
last PROF. Hi Browne, Bos-
ton.
National league baseball might be Q
great deal better next year IL the own
ers engaged Long Tom. the Kentucky
giant, for president. He would, al
least, be big enough for the job.-Pet'
McSwatt, Chagrin Falls, O.
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HAS BIG BATTLE CINCHED.
California Regarded Logical Place for
Jeffries- johnson Fight.

New York, Nov. 24.-F'ight follow
ers are paying absolutely no attention
to the offers being made for the JEFF
fries-Johnson fight that came from any
place except California. 1t looks to
be a cinch that either the bid of
Jack Gleason of San Francisco, Jimmy
Coffroth of the Colma A. c., or Tom
Mccarey of Los Angeles will be sue
cessful.
California is practically the only
state where the fight can be held with
out danger of interference.
Nevada could probably pull off the
fight, but the principals themselves are
known to incline to California and the
public, too, would look upon the selec-
ton of this state with greater favor
as IL would know that the fight would
then take place according to program.
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Nov. 10. II, "a; Dec. l..
ATE on NIICHiGAfS

STATE OF MICHiGAIS
Houghton
At a session Of said court held at the
Probate Office in the Village of Hough-
ton i'm said rounty on the Sth day of
November, y. d.. 1909.
Present: Hon. George C. Bentley,
Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Or
vile Varnquist. fyI
Anna Naestrom having filed in said
court her petition, praying for license
to sell the interest OF said estate in
certain real estate therein described.
1t is ordered, that the 9Th day of De-
ccmber A. d. 1909. at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, at said probate Office
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petition, and that all persons
Interested i'm said estate appear be-
fore said court, at said time and place,
To show cause why a license to sell the
interest of said estate in said real es-
tate should not be granted;
1t is Further Ordered. That public
notice thereof be given by publication
Of copy of this order once each week
for three successive weeks previous to
said day of hearing. i'm the Calumet
News. a newspaper printed and circu-
lated in said county.
(SeaD. GEO. c. BENTLEY.
Judge of Probate.
A true copy.
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Geo. -. Freeman.
Register of Probate.
Galbralth & Mccormack,
Attorneys for estate.
business address: Calumet. Mich.
Nov. 3, 10. II. "a.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Probate Court for the County OF

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
The Probate Court for the County OF
Houghton. rnJ
At n session OF said Court held at
the Probate Office I'm the Village OF
Houghton in said county. on the End
day of November. A. ID. 1909.
Present: Hon. Geo. C. Bentley,
Judge Of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Lor-
EMO Tabor, deceased.
Joseph stephens. administrators OF
said estate having filed in said court
his petition praying that the time for
the presentation OF claims against said
estate be limited and that a time and
place be appointed TO receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands
against said deceased by and before
said court,
II is Ordered, That four months from
this date be allowed for creditors tc
pre- sent claims against said estate
II is Further Ordered, That the sth
lay of March. 1910, at ten o'clock
n the forenoon, at said Probate office.
1e and is hereby appointed for the ex-
animation and adjustment Of all claims
and demands against said deceased.
and that notice thereof be given by
publication once each week. for three
successive weeks previous to said day
Of hearing. i'm The Calumet News. n
newspaper printed and circulated In
said County.
GEO. c. BENTLEY.
(SeaD Judge of Probate
\ true copy.
leo. ID. Freeman,
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scHREcK is oUTcLAssED.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 24-The police
last night stopped a boxing contest be-
tween Sam Langford the negro mid
dleweight and Mike Schreck after a
half minutes lighting in the first round
on account OF SchrecN's apparent lack
of condition. Langford, in the brief
period of boxing, Knocked Schreck
down twice ana pummtlled him ut
viii.
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POSSIBLE EXPLANATION.

Say, ma" queried little Ida limit,
why do women always cry at n we'd
ding?"
THE married ones cry, my dear,
because they know how 1t is them
selves, and the unmarried ones be-
cause they don't" replied Mrs. limit
Chicago News.
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THE VAMPIRE"

in the off season Neither would the
owner of the Koh-i-noor diamond like
his servant to wear it AT saloon
dance
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TIGERS co TO TEXAS.
Detroit Team Goes South for Spring
Training in March.

Detroit. Mich, Nov. 24.-President
Navin of the Detroit American league
baseball club, today announced that
the team will leave for San Antonio.
Texas. for the spring training trip dur
ing the first week of March next. The
league champions will leave San An
tonic on April and on their way north
will play exhibition games with teams
at Kansas City, Indianapolis, Mem
phis, Nashville. Louisville, Cincinnati
and other points.
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holders of the
OLD COLONY COPPER COMPANY
will be held at the Company's office, i'm
Boston, Massachusetts. at 20 state
Street, Room 81, on Wednesday, De-
cember s, 1909, at ~ o'clock, noon, for
the purpose of choosing Directors for
the ensuing year, and for the transac-
ton of any other business that may
lawfully come before such meeting.
C. ]. MORRISSEY,
Secretary
Boston, November 10, 1909.
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The Annual Meeting OF the Stock
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29
Significance
Of the
CllfllnlinS Revolt

wF Senator Albert Baird Cummins
of Iowa. former governor of the
Havkeye State and father of the
% Iowa idea is to have his way.
the insuroent movement against the
PAYNE tariff bill is not to die with the
massage of that measure. Rather it is
to be extended to the entire country.
is to be injected into every Republican
convention where ii has any show OF
success and is to be fought out on the
floor of the national convention in
1912. The issue as framed by Cum
minis is not exactly on the tariff. but
rather on the broader and more funda-
mental principle of carrying out plat,
form pledges. SO far as the tariff is
concerned. the Iowa senator will be
satisfied with commission of experts
and a revision on individual schedules
as occasion seems to demand. He
makes it plain that he stands on the
protective tariff principle, that he sup
ports President Taft and that he
makes his fight within the Republican
party, but be want4 it understood that
nGntplOGln anu IOi6N I'll d p1ity PAOLh-
Use means a party performance. On
that issue he has planned a three
years campaign and has gone so far
as to announce his own possible can
didacy for the presidency.
The declaration has added force and
significance because of the character
of the man making it and the enthusi-
astic reception given him by the peo-
pie on his return to Iowa. Cummins
fought the railroads and the former
leadership of his party in Iowa and
beat them in three successive cam.
paigns for the governorship, defeated
them again when elected senator, ia
yored for years the removal of the
tariff on trust made goods and OPP
posed the PayneAldrich tariff bill to
the end. voting against it as framed
by the senate and again as it issued
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29
SAN FRANcIsco's PRIZE.
Anundsen's Famous Vessel to Lie In
Golden Gate Park.

Anundsen's Famous Vessel to Lie In
Golden Gate Park.
The placing recently in Golden Gate
park, San Francisco. of the steamer
Gjoa has revived interest in Captain
Roald Amundsen and the famous lit.
tie vessel on which he sailed through
the northwest passage. Born in Chris
tiania. a Norwegian of the Norwegians,
Captain Amundsen first came promi-
nently before the public as member
of the antarctic expedition of the Bel
gica, which vessel in 1879 cruised in
the south polar seas under NJ. Gerlach.
Returning from this expedition. he con-
ceived the idea of an arctic explora-
ton, the object of which would be the
discovery of the northwest passage
and the location of the magnetic pole.
Amundsen told his friends hansen.
the explorer, and Professors Schmidt
and Neumayer OF Germany his hopes
and laid before them in detail the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29
Target Work
OF Uncle Sans
Big Ships

S~ HESE are the days when Fa-
Their Neptune is nursing a Sc
we're headache and the mer-
maids have gone abroad 10
take the rest cures. for Uncle sam ~
pianr hattIeships of the north Atlantic
feet are out at sea. thirty miles on
the Virginia capes. where for some
time they will practice drilling ana
+aropf uracfirp. The cost of this work
is enc of The heavy items that go 10
make M that huge naval budget thar
is often cause of annoyance TO fhoseA
who fail to see the need of d big navy.S
but the officials take the position that
no amount of money. no matter how
great. is wasted if it results in giving
the navy'S marksmen the skill that
wins battles. Without this certainty
the wao,e establishment is rendered
useless.
One day on a battleShip during tar
get practice is enough to bring home
to the IayiHan an appalling idea OF
what Il modern naval battle must be.
All being in preparation. the ship
Steaul$ around past the target into the
range. The FIRST guns fired are gen
orally the smaller ones. the Colts auto
matte and one Founders. Two of these
can fire ut once that is, each trip
across the range. distance OF 1.GO0
yards The Colts are very danger
Gus guns and fire $50 shots per min
ute. The smaller guns of the main
battery. four. five and six inch. are
next fred. 1t is among this class of.
guns that all the competition and en-
thusiaSm are worked up. for they are
the more numerous and the records
necessarily harder to break. When the
six inch open I'D every one knows tar
get practice is being held and gets in
tereSted.
For noise and heat the six inch are
about the worst in the navy. for they
are the largest guns out OF turret-
The crews have pn protection from the
muzZle of the CUR unless the gun port
is very small leading into the gun deck.
but they are not small. The crew must
face all the jar and rush OF heat as
best they can. A spar deck gun IS
altogether unprotected. and the only
refue. for the crew is 10 get as neaf
as pasSiblp to the breech. All stuff
their ears with COTTON. for the report
| would break the eardrum were it ex-
posed.
Fhe eight and twelve inch guns are
| next fired under the same conditions
as the FIVE and six inch. There is not
so much team work necessary in
manipulating these since most eYry-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29


from the conference committee, and
now has carried the war to the coun-
Try with the announcement that quar-.
ter will neither be asked nor given.
Such declaration from such man
insures finish fight.
On the mere issue of carrying out
platform pledges there can be. OF
course, no successful opposition to the
Cummins program. But that is mere
~ the academic statement of the case.
The issue really involved is the inn
piled charge that the present leaders
of congress did disregard platform.
pledges by passing the Payne Aldrich
bill and therefore should be retired.
There is the crux of the matter, and
so the whole thing hinges not so much
on question of principle as on a
question of fact in the application OF a
principle.
On this issue Cummins is fairly sure
TO have the backing of the entire in
gurgent group in both houses and OF
a considerable portion of public senti-
ment on the outside. Even those In
surgents who voted for the bill on
fnal passage did so with mental reser-
nations and on the general issue are
liable to join with their former COM
panion in arms and to continue the
fight on eAldrichism," as standpatism
has come to be called. In the senate
there were six besides Cummins who
voted, against the Payne bill on final
passag eG Beverage of Indiana. Mel
son and aglapp of Minnesota. La Fol-
lette1Iofs Wisconsin. Dolliver of Iowa
and Bristow of Kansas In addition
to these We're Brown and Burkett of
Nebraska, Crawford of South Dakota
and r8eEabl bf atIaho, who had been in
instruction all the time, but who final
" voted for the bill in response to the
appeal of President Taft.
Of itsisI GROUP La toilette has gen
orally been regarded as the leader.
Since tie sliventl f6f GuLdmins in the
senate. howeEer.t3 the Iowa man has
gradually forged 10 the 'front.' and now
his actin in dssuipg his defiance to the
powers that be viii doubtless make
him thes bbplRr Sfgufe among those
who esnonse, the gnewe ideay SIZE is
man of stirling and handsome appear
ance. fl lefActivep Speaker Of wide
culture and t1oroughs lcofla ma nd 9soi
facts and d nnah whom friend and
foe alike regard as being answering
and Ipcor.ruptible.
n6s IsJllA EDGERRoN.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29

ticed the letters ~. D. b. on them.
You thought this was all right. OF
course, as long as you could get full
value for your money, but the head Of
Uncle Sans treasury is of differ
ent opinion. After 100000 were
struck off recently he decided that only
the initial CD" should appear on the
penny. Mr.. Bremen, however, insists
that his three initials ~. D. B." show
on every Lincoln coin issued and says
he will take the matter up to Presi-
dent Taft if necessary.
Whatever the outcome, the fact re.
mains that the new pieces are in great
demand and have been sold on the
streets in various cities for many times
their value. The face of the penny,
besides the Lincoln profile, has the
word Liberty and the date. while on
the reverse side are the notices Gin
God We Trust" and sc Pluribus
Unum.' surrounded by two curved
feathers. These pennies eventually
rrillI replace the Indian head pennies
altogether as no more of the latter
will be coined
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29

egress from it are barred by the char
acter of the surrounding country. The
only entrance to. it is through pass
held by IA tribe of gigantic ants. the
climbing DOOM which overwhelm,
travellers and whose bits is death. The
pass is strewn with the bleaching
bones of those who have attempted
its passage. The Americans of the
story were able to get by these insects
with the loss of only one of their num-
Der through the scientific lore of one
of the expedition who was delighted
on arriving at the Inca city to find
such wealth of material before him
for chronological aud historic research.
The queen marries one Of the ad-
venturers. big fellow from Ohio. aud
after some wears the Yankees make
their escape from captivity in the re
mote and ancient city through a series
of weird happenings, the king by mar
riage CARRYING off his baby daughter
What happens when this daughter
grows to womanhood forms another
part of the romance.
The plot is certainly ingenious. and
the adventures of the Americans are
diverting. The author dedicates his
story to his mother. Julia Ditto Young
of Buffalo. poet and essayist, and it
is interesting to learn that be began
work upon it as he lay upon sick
bed. condemned. rs it was thought to
die
ITO die with nothing accomplished
said he as he heard the verdict of the
physicians. lis out of the question.
will write book His conyalescence
followed. and The Climbing Doom
was the fulGlimpm of his promise.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29

thing is done by mechanical power
The ammunition is put upon ear by
the men in the handling room under
the turret: ii is raised by an electric
hoist aud rammed into the breech OF
the gun by an electric hammer. All
that the members of the crew do IS
turn small levers. somewhat as q
motorman OH street car.
OF course the two pointers must keep
the two guns on the target One at
tends to the elevating. the other the
training. The plug must be opened as
quickly as possible with the large OBJ
Grating lever. which is about the most
difficult task turret. This does
not mean that is no skill re-
qnired in effective work with these
guns, for there is great deal required.
The percentage of hits made is mneh
less than with the smaller guns. owing
to the incumbrance of the details. Inc
crew is usually composed of men OF
mechanical skill
The firing of the big guns jars the
ship a great deal and does some dam
age to small furnishings if precautioD
is not exercised The conclusion =
tremendous. Were it not for the thlek7
ness Of the turret walls no man colla
stand close enough to the gun to signt
and fire it. As it is. the close little fat
| trap of a turret resounds and trenibies
In frightful manner. To those VIII
In the whole earth is in IN uproaF
They feel secure, however. from every
danger except a bareback. This is
lingering Game in the tube Of the gun
| which leaps out at the breech WheB
the plug is opened. A bareback some
times ignites the fresh powder charge
coming up on the hoist. blows every.
thing in the turret to pieces and burns
the men to death
In an address to the officers OF tn5s
battleship fleet upon its return from ils
world girdling cruise Roosevelt strong.
~ recommended practice with the pig
guns in stormy weather. and their ehf
cheney while the ships are rolling heaY'
| lily will be given a thorough tryOut pc
fore the combined squadroas again ~
turn to port.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29
heWOrld
OF Books

WM ECENTLY Rider Haggard had
- the experience Of giving his
IN daughter in marriage to Ma
jor Cheyne of the British
army. In a silk hat and other attire
that is conventional for matrimonial
occasions Mr.. Haggard looked to be
quite a young man, although he is now
ffty-three years of age. 1t is probably
as the author of "She" that he has
gained his greatest fame. and in speak
of his early work recently be said:
MY entrance into literature was
purely an accident. Even after my re-
turn from Africa l had no idea of en-
tering the profession. l went to At
RIGA as secretary to one of the gov
ernors. l was in the country at the
time of the war and left disguised at
the outcome. While in Africa | made
a close study OF the habits of the ma
tives and the country generally. In
consequence when | returned to Eng
land l was in a position to describe
what l had seen and heard. These
materials. with a sufficient amount of
romance blended with them. are made
use of in my tales of African life.
LAS | have already stated, my en-
trance into literature was due to
chance. While practicing at the bar
| conceived the idea of writing a work
on politics This. my maiden effort.
proving successful, l was induced to
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29

plans which, If followed. he felt con
WINGED would solve two of the three
greatest of arctic problems These
friends. thoroughly believing in
Amundsen. realized at once the merit
of his arguments and unhesitatingIy
fndorsed his scheme. Accordingly the
Gj oa. single masted sloop of forty
seven tons, was designed and con-
structed to weather the toughest of
arctic. storms and seas, and on June /,
1903. she sailed away from Christiania
harbor on her long voyage to the
frozen north. and after suffering great
hardshfps Amundsen gained undying
fame by being the first to sail YES
,sel completely through the northwest
passage.
Recently the famous little vessel
was beached near the Cliff House, San
Francisco. and moved on rollers to a
pond ID Golden Gate park, where it
will commemorate its own and
Amnnasen's deeds. having been pre-
serted TO the city ny the Danish citi-
gems
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-29
EQUINE HEADWEAR

OF Course the 1909 Styles Include the
Peach Basket Variety.
The number Of horses Frustrated IN
hot weather reaches well into the
every year, and in many
cases the animals might have been
saved had their owners or drivers
been careful. When horses first began
wearing hats it was considered some
thing of a joke, but it is now well
known that they are great protec-
ton Oh a not day. In fact, the So