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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
, HANCOCK BREvsJIEs.

Michael Quale of Hancock, left yes
terday for Toronto, Canada, In re-
sponse to a message announcing the
death of his sister, Mrs. Thomas
Stoneham, which occurred yesterday.
c. A. Stringer, of Detroit, formerly
of this city. is reported seriously Ill
from bronchities and a combination OF
diseases. Mr.. Stringer was at one
time in the insurance business In this
CITY, being a member of the firm OF
Wright and Stringer. and he was also
one of the. promoters of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
Karl Lehto. the South Range wrest-
Ter who took first prize at the local
tournament last week. will train In
Hancock for his bout with Germany
Schultz. He has taken up training
quarters In the rear of the Germania
hall building. where he will get HIM
self in first-class shape for the match
A meeting of the Portage Lake Bus
mess Mems Association will be held
this evening In the associations ofi-
ces in the Kauth building. A paper
nv Henry l.. Baer will be an impor-
tant and interesting feature of the
meeting.
A number OF improvements are be-
ing made by the Houghton County Gas
company ut the plant in Ripley.
ST. Demands court OF the Catholic
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
SCHOOL BOARD ARRANGES
THANKSGIVING VACATION

A regular meeting of the board of
education was held last evening. at
which there was a considerable amount
of routine business transacted. The
purchasing committee was authorized
to purchase desks for the new school
now being completed in West Hancock
and known as the Il. l.. Wright school.
1t was decided to purchase the Mime
apolis desks. such as are used in the
new portion of the Central primary
building erected about two years ago.
Three hundred and eighty desks Will
be required to equip the eight rooms
of the new school.
The matter of the Thanksgiving va
cation was discussed and it was decid-
ed to close on Thanksgiving day and
also on the Friday following. There
has been some question as to whether
the Friday holiday would be given
this year. on account of some question
having arisen as to the legality oil
granting the extra day, as pointed out
short time ago by State Supernten-
dent of Education l.. L. Wright The
school concluded that 1t would be &c
the best interests of the school at the
present time to adhere to the usual
custom and give the two days as here
tcfore. This will be appreciated by
those teachers of the local schools who
live at a distance and who were plan
ming to spend Thanksgiving at theii
homes. which they would be unable tt
do If II had been decided to hold ses-
sions on Friday
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
TORCH LAKE NEWS
INDOOR Baseball FANS
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT

Tomorrow evening another big
meeting of those Interested i'm the fra
ternal indoor baseball league will be
held. The league will comprise two
teams from Hubbell and two from
Lake Linden. 1t was decided at the
initial meeting last week that the
league would comprise four teams and
the prospects are favorable for some
interesting games here during the
winter months.
The members OF the St John Bap-
tiste society have elected Edward Du-
puts as manager II their team. They
will meet again tomorrow evening To
select the lineup of players. The So
ciety has large membership and
Manager Dupuis will have good Sc
lection from which to choose his play
ers.
League officers will be elected to-
morrow evening. A committee VIII
also be appointed for the purpose OF
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
EskImos and the Telephone.

"One Of the most amusing Incl
dents in all my experience with Eski-
mos was when first showed them
telephone" Gen. A. w. Greedy, the
Arctic eplorer, says:
"They absolutely could not under
stand It. They tried in every way to
understand the trickery. First talked
TO one and he was sure l was fooling
him in some way. Then ] put one at
each end of the phone and let them
talk to each other. 1t was here that
mystiacatiou knew no bounds"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10

Owing to the high winds there were
n great many boats passing through
Portage lake this morning, taking the
route through the canals instead of go
ing around Keweenaw point. In con-
sequence the bridge was kept open Tor
long periods at a time to let boats
through. there being at one time as
many as FIVE boats passing through
before il could be swung closed again.
Mrs.W A. Washburn left last even
ing for Duluth to visit her daughter,
Mrs. J. T.. Mccarthy, and her son,
j. j. T.. Wertin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Fred Corbett will deliver an inter-
esting temperance lecture at the Lake
Linden theater this evening. The sub
ject to be handled by him will be ION
the Water Wagon" Mr.. Corbett has
been heard in other parts of the cop
per country during the past few days
and his talks have been full of in
terest.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
EASY TO OBTAIN REFERENCES
Woman Complains That overentnu'
sIasm Hss :l-5c Them Prac-
ticaiiy Valueless.

"How in the world do other folk
liver"
"what other folk?" asked her friend.
"why, the other folk who write the
references. Take that last cook had.
She gave me the best written refer
ence I ever saw, and also the tele-
phone number Of the woman who gave
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
HANCOCK
BARNES QUIT The GAME
and ElkS BEAT MILITIA
.. iaht Infantry Pitcher Takes offense
and Leaves the Diamond When his
Team is in a Critical Condition,
placing them at Mercy of EIks Who
Win by Score Of to 5.

The Elks indoor baseball team de-
feated the militia last evening I'm Ger
mania hall. The score was seven to
five, and the match was one of the
hest played here this season. The mi
litia were placed at n disadvantage by
the peculiar conduct OF their pitcher,
George Barnes, who deliberately
walked from the floor and deserted
his companions just as the Elks had
begin to gain. and left the soldiers
at the mercy of the Elks. Charles
Anderson was brought I'm from second
base and he pitched the remainder n
the game.
Neither team scored until the
fourth inning, when the militia got i'm
n run, and later Ross forced in two
runs in the sixth inning by giving
masses. The contest throughout was
n pitchers battle, and il was a first
class contest from start to finish, both
teams playing good ball. The action
of the militia's pitcher i'm quitting the
game dsheartened the soldiers some
what and they did not appear to put
as much spirit into the final innings
as earlier i'm the game. The soldiers
wore their new uniforms last night for
tho first time.
A summary of the game follows:
Elks 800. ....O0001 023-7 10
III. L. /. ........0001 0201 1-5 IL
UJmpires-Bakken and Brand. Bat
Anderson and Croze. Two base hits,
Finley, two: Obenhoff, two; Haas and
G Anderson, one each. Struck out
by Barnes II; by Anderson /; by Ross
Is. Base on balls off Anderson 1; off
Ross q.
Reserves WaIIoped Again.
The Naval Reserves got another
drubbing last night. when the knights
of Columbus handed il to them to the
tune of IS to 3. only five innings
were played, but that was enough,
the knights of Columbus being nearly
winded from running around the bases
so often. The match occasioned much
amusement, but was hardly n good
game from the standpoint of skillful
ball playing. summary of the game
follows:
X. c. - ........0 | BIB II
Reserves. :. 100 o
Ratteries-Maier and Brand; CAR
lin and Coon. Umpircs, Bakken ana
Montgomery Struck out by Claflin'
3: by Maler, 4. Bases on balls OIL
Clann, 4; of Mailer l. Two base
hits, Brand and Delaney. Double
plays, Brand to Dooley; Delaney to
Dooley and Erickson to Finch.
The Foresters and Eagles ana th'
IIibernians and Naval Reserves WI
play Friday evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10

drafting the schedule OF games. II is
expected there will be large number
present.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10

Mrs. III. L. Foster of Reed CITY,
Michigan. is visiting at the nome Oh
her sister. Mrs. T.. j. Leach.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10

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The Washington times., 1909-04-26
HAIR REMOVERS
ARE DANGEROUS
DR.. Wertenbaker Says:-"DOn't Use
Poisonous DepilatOries."

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The Washington times., 1909-04-26
O'BRIEN COMPLETES
DIPLOMATIC TASK
Coming Home on Leave,
After Having Negotiated
Two Treaties.

Edward c. OBrien, United States
minister TO Paraguay and Uruguay, is
soon 10 sail for this country on leaye
of absence, after having negotiated two
treaties which will have an important
bearing on international peace and the
consummation of which IS proving graf
flying to the minister, his friends, and
the two countries affected.
Paraguan newspapers just received in
Washington speak in laudatory terms Of
the American minister's work in this
respect. One of the treaties to be re-
Gently signed is an arbitration pact.
the other relates to extradiuon- Both
have an important relation to South
American politics. and Minister
O'Brien's diplomatic task, now success
fully accomplished, viii be one far
reaching in it's results.
Minister O'Brien, according TO the
press of Paraguay. is being especially
complimented upon the drawing up OF
the arbitration convention. The states
men and editors of that country be-
lieve it is a step far in advance Of other
smaller nations and gives Paraguay
prestige with other world powers in its
relations with the United States.
The American minister, as dean of
the diplomatic corps I'm the countries
mentioned. came into public favor q
year ago when through his personal
efforts Internal strife was avoided, or
der restored and the political differences
OF the factions were adjusted.
Minister O'Brien probably will arrive
in Washington early in May.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
TWELVE ARTICLES PAY
MOST OF THE TARIFF
Cotton Silk, Wool Iron and Steel and Fiber Manufact
mes, and Tobacco Head the List and Furnish $780,
100000 Revenue Out of $329,000,000

Twelve articles or classes Of articles
pay three-fourths OF the $SOO.0O0,OOO per
annum collected as tariff duties by the
United States Government.
The duties collected under the Dingley
tariff law have averaged $500, 100000 per
annum during the past three years, the
largest sum being in the fiscal year
1907. when the total collections amount
ed to $329, 100000 in round figures.
In that year the bulk Of the duty was
paid as follows: Sugar, 0,O00, 600; cot
ton manufactures, sS9. 100000; leaf to-
bacco, S22.O 900; manufactures Of fibers,
80. zoo, ,O0O; manufactures of silk, 20Oo0,-
900: Manufactures Of wool, 1900 900;
raw wool, SIG. 100000; spirits, wines. and
malt liquors. SIC, 200, 600; manufactures of
iron and steel, S12. 900, 600; earthen and
china ware. 5000. 600; chemicals, drugs.
and dyes. s.. 7.5OO 900, and fruits and nuts,
S7.000. OOO The total for these twelve
articles or groups of articles was $780,
00O. 900. or just three-fourths Of the $329.
OO0. 90 of duty collected in that year.
These figures were issued today by the
Bureau OF Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, in connection
with an elaborate statement covering
the history of the tariff for eighty-eight
years. The remarkable growth of the
country and the development of its in
fant industries is reflected in the figures
which show the increasing tariff collec-
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
WILL KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH SECRETARIES
Officials Favor Detail Sys-
TEN" For Attaches in the
Diplomatic Service.

The question of instituting the de-
tail system, by which secretaries in
the diplomatic service may come to
Washington for short pert DIS to
bring them more closely in touch with
the policies and methods of the State
Department, has been taken under
consideration by the present R9minls-
tration and the plan will be adopted
If a way can be found to do it.
Many Of the secretaries have been
away from the United States so long
that they have lost the American
point Of view Those who, while un-
der the eye of the department., fail to
measure up to the standard expected
of them viii probably go by the
board. There is a decided opinion
among the State Department officials,
said TO be shared in by the President
that IL is time for a general shaking
up among the secretaries.
The plan would also be aCVantag-
eous TO the department in the way
OF having close at hand men familiar
with certain foreign situations. This
was notably true in the case Of Secre-
tary Gregory, of the legation at
Managua. Nicaragua. who came to
Washington recently to see the de-
partment concerning affairs in that
country.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26

tions in this period of eighty-eight
years. These figures follow; customs
collected in 1871, $19,0OO,OOO; in 1890. $2S.-
000,0O0: in 1850. $4,000, 900; in 1S6O S,OOO,-
600; in 1870, 1892 900 OOO in 1850, SI33 600 600;
in 1890, S22l, 100000: in 1900, S229, coo 900.
The share of the imported merchan-
disc which paid a duty on entering the
down to 1883 less than 10 per cent of
the merchandise entering the country
came in free of duty. Beginning with
1879, the share of merchandise imported
free of duty steadily increased, COM
mencing with q per cert in that year
and reaching Sc per cent of the total
In 1892, 80 per cent in 1894, 4Sk per cent
in 1886, AZ per cent in 1906 and 441s per
cent in 1908.
were collected as internal revenue. sell
dom, however. reaching as much as
Sl.O0O,Oo0 year. In 1868 the present sys-
TEN OF internal revenue collection was
established, the receipts therefrom in
that year being about $2S, 900, 600, while
the customs receipts were So, 900, ,00O
v is not to be assumed, however, that
because dozen articles pay three
fOurths of the tariff duties collected. the
making of a tariff and the determination
OF rates Of duty and the amount of
any means a simple matter. The rates
of duty levied are not apple merely
to groups of articles as e, but
apply at different rates and l.. ifferent
terms to various grades and qualities
of articles forming each group, and in
many cases TO the various grades of
material bearing single name.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
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The Washington times., 1909-04-26
RETURN OF FLAGS
A LOCAL AFFAIR
Ohio @. A. R. Commander Rules
That 1t Is Not for Organiza-
ton 10 Decide.

TOLEDO. Ohio. April Estate Com
mander George a. Hall, of the G. a. r.,
today sent communication TO the Gin
cinnati veterans who early this month
applied 10 him for ruling as TO the re-
turn of Confederate flags captured in
the civil war.
The Southerners petitioned for the re-
turn of the flag and the Cincinnati men
evidently did not want to return IT,.
Commander Hall issued a ruling which
IS expected 10 become a precedent. to
the effect that in all such cases IL is
purely a regimental question and should
Northern veterans desire to favor the
Southerners, IT is a question of courtesy
and not one in which the @. A. r.
should figure as a party.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
CRUISERS TO MEET
OUT IN MlD-OCEAN
North Carolina and Montana Must
Pass Close by Chester and
Birmingham.

The scout cruisers, Chester and Bir-
mingham, which sailed yesterday from
New York with the Lioerian Commis-
sion bound for Monrovia, and the ar
mered cruisers North Carolina and
Montana which left Guantanamo. Cuba,
bound for Turkish waters. Will meet
In mid-ocean Wednesday, probably
about 10 o'clock. and II is estimated at
the Bureau OF Navigation of the Navy
Department that they viii be within a
stones throw of each other at the time
Of crossing.
The North Carolina and Montana are
going east by north at fourteen knots
and the scout cruisers are going east
by south at eighteen knsot, consequent
" they viii cross in mid-ocean. There
VIII. be the usual exchange of greetings
as the swiftly moving vessels pass each
ether.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
SAY EARL'S BROTHER
SUDDENLY INSANE
Family of ison. Ronald Ramsay
Denies Love Affair With
American Heiress.

LONDON. April 26.-F'urther investi-
cation today Of the suicide Of the Hon.
Ronald Ramsay, twenty-four years old,
brother Of the Earl OF Dalhousie, who
leaped overheard Friday night from the
Hamburg-American liner Cleveland, en-
route from New York to Liverpool
members of the family say, convinced
tfIem he ended his life while mentally
unbalanced.
he took his life as the result Of a love
AFFAIR with an American heiress.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
VIRGINIA GIANT
KILLS HIMSELF

LOUIS, Va, April 26.-Benjamin Fran
cisco lies dead at the home Of his sister
here from a shot fired by his own hand.
He had been In poor health for several
years, and the family feared that he
might end his life.
Francisco was fifty years of age. and,
like his ancestors, was noted for his
physical strength. His grandfather was
Peter Francisco, who, during the Revo-
tuition, welded the heaviest sword in the
army. All Of the mans relatives were
almost giants.
The Washington times., 1909-04-26
CHECK PROHIBITION,
BARTHOLDT'S PLEA
Turner's in Session Here Are
Urged TO Aid in Liquor
Fight.

Germans gathered as delegates to the
meeting of the Philadelphia Turn Dis
trict at Columbia Turnverien Hall were
warned against the evils and unsatisfac-
tory results of prohibition by Represent
ative Bartholdt of Mis.l uri, who asked
the German gymnasts to exert them
selves IN every way TO prevent pro-
hibition from getting a hold in Wash
ington.
The convention, held yesterday sf-
ternoon, was attended by delegates from
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilmington.
and other nearby towns Representative
BarthoIdt told his hearers that expert
ence had proved that prohibition did not
prohibit. that there was more drinking
in dry States than in wet" ones, that
muck revenue was lost to the Govern
meat by prohibition, and that it caused
the loss OF thousands TO investors as
well as begetting hypocrisy and dis
honesty.
Calls Meeting to Order.
Conrad l.. Boecker, of Philadelphia,
called the meeting to order. and Prof. \.
Werner SpanhOofd, president of the
Columbia Turner's, made a welcoming
address on behalf of Washington gym
nssts.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Conrad L. Boecker. Philadel-
phia, president; Heinrich Hoferbert,
Baltimore, vice president; Otto Gunther,
philadelphia, secretary, and Charles p.
Meyer, Philadelphia. assistant secretary.
William A. Stecher, director Of phys
ical culture in the Philadelphia public
schools, reported that turning was being
rapidly introduced in the public schools
and was receiving the support of older
teachers and principals heretofore indif-
ferent.
For Fairgrounds.
A resolution was passed to support
the public Fairgrounds movement in
every way possible. Affiliations with
the German-American Alliance were
urged with a view of protecting personal
liberty and defeating the plans for pro-
hibition.
A discussion arose over TIE question
of the best means of raising revenues
for turn societies, one speaker declaring
the refreshment features did most TO
aid financially. This was disputed by
Mr.. Stecher, who regarded the greatest
asset OF a society its physical director,
saying those societies having the most
proficient instructors increased their
membership and income. This was
adopted as the sense of the convention.
The board OF directors Of the Wash
1ngton Saengerbund met last night and
made tentative plans for entering the
national saengerfest in New York next
June. To defray expenses Of the triD the
SaengerbuDd soon will run an excursion
to Chesapeake Beach.