The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-12-10
GENERAL NEWS,


his annual report for the fiscal yea
1910 recommends the use or airships
by the navy and states that platform
can conveniently be built on the decl,
of battleships from which aerial era
can be started and on which they ca
alight The report further says
The department recommends IA
authorization 81 the following ado
tions 20 he naval establishment ~
the coming fiscal year Two battle
ships two golfers one gunboat, ON
river gunboat two seagoing tugs
TWO submarines one submarine tend
err The department invites attention
10 the fact that ii is more economics.
10 build new vessels than to continual,
Is repair hose which have outllvot
heir usefulness The department.
Therefore recommends ibe constructors
of gunboa,s each Nearlmtil the exist.
ing vessels of that class are replaced.
Acceptance on rejection OF the term
offered hS Hart, Ssbanncr & Marx
settlement 81 thc garmant workers
strike in 50 fair as their former en-
nloyes are concerned now rests wit
the strikers themselves Indorsemcn
OF the proposed terms was voted b
the Chicago Federation of Labor an
the idle operatives were advised 90 az
cept MANY strikers speakers. nov
ever have SO impressed their follower,
with the idea that nothing could -
gained withoui The closed shop that the
leaders realize thcy Wit have somv
trouble convincing The ranl and NE
that they have won a substantial vic
tory, even without The closed shon.
Dorothy Caldwell 1aylou famous
New York beauty Was terribly biz
ten about The face hy her pei bulldog
The attack occurred While Miss Tas
Tor was IN bed reodiug d newspaper
The do. larre French bull, was
asleep on chair close by. lis heay,
breathing aunoytd his mistress. anG
she turned and spoke sharply TO him
This sudden arouslne evidently
startled the doe and he sprang M anc
leaped with a gtowl NJ the girl In bed
His teeth pierced her lett cheek anC
upper lip When Miss Taylo
screamed ard stluch him che do
jumped from thc he'd and currie,
from ne room
The federal grand jury a Detrol
Mich. indicted thirty two indiyidu
ais and sixteen firms alleged TO con
troll ~ per cent III he annual output
OF hathiubs IN the Uuited States
This Is one OF The biggest hauls Sc
Tar as individual prosecutions are con
cernedthat the department Of Justice
has ever made under the antitrust
law. II the officers are convicted they
will be liable 10 JAIN sentences and the
department will no doubt. bend ever.
effort 10 have such punishment melted
Out instead OF fines. The sixteen com
panes also were indicted as corpor
ate ones.
Thirty millions OF dollars, the bulk
Of the immense estate Of John u,
Barker. owner OF the HaskellBarker
Car company OF Michigan City. Ind
has been bequeathed to his 14.year.old
daughter. Catherine. making her ono
OF The richest girls in the world
The young heiress Is a decided
"home girl" and her friends declare
she Is not likely TO he the least biz
anectcd by such immense wealth. Mr.
Barker died sunday
stephen scott. who Is now under
sentence 10 die IN Columbus. Ohio
i'm Che electric chair al the peniten.
t#ry Doc 81, may be found innocent
OF the crime OF murder for which no
was convicted. Charles Jones of Mia
mi county an accomplish Of SCOTS
Who turned states evidence In tho
case and received sentence OF twenty
years lor manslaughter, has confessed
that he and not Scott committed tho
crime. Il was announced
An explosion al Waban Hill, Boston
suburb was felt iA a dozen towns OF
Greater Boston with al the violence o;
an earthquake and gave rise TO numer'
Gus reports OF disaster u occurred
where the Boston Water Works com
pany is blasting FOR a new water sup
ply tunnel One workman Is believed
10 have been KILLED aud II Is probable
that the damage 20 The halfcompleted
tunnel viii be considerable.
The meeting IN New York City q
! UGlcEAlGE W AAf sNAtibh'i PAANh ~
the Aero Club OF America. held al the
Waldorf. to elect chairman. resulted
i'm such a bitter contest between the
two rival candidates. Cortlandt Field
Bishop and clifford b. Harmon. that
after IN eight-hour session the dele
gates picked Robert j Collier as a
COMPROMISE candidate lest the nation.
al ,ouucfI 10 dfgrt1utpd
At Philadelphia. flames on the
fourth floor of the house OF Robert W
Downing, 1924 Locust street. president
OF the Colonial Trust company and
former controller of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company drove him and his
family ont iulo n snow storm and re-
suited In serious damage 10 the many
costly works OF art which crowded thu
Downing home.