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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
TONNAGE TAX
BILL Will FAIL
ALTHOUGH MEASURE is PASSED
BY HOUSE, 1T is SAID 1T WILL
Be KILLED IN THE
SENATE.

Lansing, Mich, March 1.-At. $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon a vote was
taken in the House on the tonnage tax
dill, resulting in its passage by a
vote Of "a to 81. The measure win
now go 10 the Senate, where il is ex-
peeted To go TO the Senate. where IL
is expected it will be killed in
committee or on the floor. Even
should the bill be success ful in the
Senate il would be vetoed by the
governor.
a motion to have action on the bill
postponed a week, introduced by Rep
resentative Bierd, for Speaker Baker,
was defeated IN the House yesterday.
Speaker Baker was absent and wished
a chance TO vote.
Representatives from the upper pc
ninsula fought the measure hard.
Representatives Lucas, Edwards, Field
Happier, Knight Symonds and whe-
Ian speaking against it, Representa-
tives Graves. Haviland and Yoe spoke
for it.
The vote on the bill was as follows:
Yeas - Baldwin, Bierd, Bricker,
Burnham CaSin, Chamberlain, Cham
bers, Chandler, Currie, Decker, Dunn
Dusenburg, Farmer, Fisk, F'ralick,
Gard Giles, Glasner, Graves. Hale,
Haviland, Holcomb, Kalmhach. KIM
merling. Mcbride. McNaughton. Nc
Nit, MililIin, Morrison, Myers, Ar
thur O'Dell. Samuel ODell, Pearson,
Perry, Rankin, Raudabaugh, Reynolds,
Russell. Sharp. Smith. Straight. Tay-
lor, Walker, Ward. Warner, Wheeler,
Willoushby, Wolcott, Wood, Woodruff,
Woodwork Yaple, Yoe, Young.
Nays-Amerson, Ashley Austin
Averill, BALL, Copley, Edwards. Ewing.
Field, Flowers, Glansser, Henry. Hec-
kert, Hinhey Holland, Jensen Jer-
ONE Happier. Kerns, Knight, LEONARD,
Lord Lucas. McEachern. Mckay,
Martz Morgan, Murphy, Ogg, Oppen-
born, Parks, Stevenson, Stewart, Sy>
monds, Verdier, Waters, Whelan.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Men Exceeded Authority.

Indianapolis. Ind, March John
w. Hays. secretary treasurer of the
International Typographical Union
headquarters in this city, said today,
in relation to the strike of the Chivago
printers that the Chicago Typographi-
cal union had exceeded it's authority in
the matter 1t should. he explained.
have referred the matter to the inter-
national Office before calling a strike,
in accordance with the laws of the In
ternational union. The men had no
authority to strike. he added, until
the strike was sanctioned by the In
ternational executive council. The Chi
cago men, he said, did not refer the
matter to the international Office be-
fore calling the strike.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
ARMSTRONG TO
GO FREE TODAY
EX-WARDEN OF THE JACKSON
PRISON GETS SIXTY DAYS
OFF HIS PRISON
TERM.

Detroit, Mich, March 1.-Allan n.
prison, convicted a year ago on his
own confession of accepting a brbe and
sentenced to pay fine of $4,000 and
serve year in the Detroit house Of
correction, will be released today.
Armstrong; term, originally to ex-
pire May 2, is cut short 60 days
through good time allowed him for in
dustry and general good behavior. His
sentence expires automatically and
not through any Intervention on the
on term his wife has remained loyal.
and it is believed that he and his fam
lily will go south and begin life anew.
Armstrong confessed to accepting a
bribe of 800 from Gen. Fred w. Green,
of Ypsilanti for influencing the prison
board in favor of new furniture con-
tract for Green During the grand
jury investigation Ii developed that
Armstrong was also mixed up in a
shady deal for binder twine machm-
cry whereby an Ohio firm substituted
second hand machines for new. He
was also arraigned on this charge and
furnished a $4,000 bond. This charge
is still hanging over him. but it is be-
lieved that 1t will not be pressed
The sentence of Armstrong to a big
fine and years Imprisonment came
as a surprise. as II was generally
thought that he would be released on
suspended sentence for turning states
evidence.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
SEASON
STARTS TODAY
SOCIAL GAITiEs GIVE WAY TO
FASTING AND PRAYER FOR
NEXT FORTY DAYS ASH
WEDNESDAY.

New York, March To-day. Ash
Wednesday, marks the beginning of
Lent, when social gaities give place to
a season of fasting and prayer for for
ty days. Lent had it's prehguring in
the forty days OF temptation of Christ
in the lwildernesaq ss we'll as in the
fasts Of Moses and Elias. 1t is a sea-
son of great antiquity.
Ash Wednesday is so called because
in the Roman Catholic church it begins
with the solemn ceremony that has
given the day its name. After a sup
plicatory service, the devout approach
the altar rail and the priest places
ashes on the head of each, reciting in
Latin, Remember, man, that thou are
dust, and shalt return to dust" The
ashes are customarily obtained by
burning the palms of the previous year.
The Lenten season Is strictly OBJ
served in the Episcopal and other rit-
ualistic churches as well as in the Ro-
man Catholic church. Special services
are designated for Ash Wednesday,
Holy Week, Good Friday, Palm Sun
day. and ending with the grand trium-
phant service on Easter Sunday Lent
is also the season of the confirmation
classes, when those who propose soon
to take their formal stand as church
members attend classes of instruction
and prepare for the visitation of the
bishop. 1t is also season of giving
especially i'm that Sunday schools
Trinity Church, at the head of Wall
Street, in this city, seats 900, but dur
ing the forty days of Lent. and in
cluding Easter day, the attendance
upon its services usually exceeds 50,-
900, the largest number by far attend
ing any American church during a
similar period. The unusually large
attendance is attributed to the extra
ordinarily successful MONDAY services,
which pack the church to its doors
during the Lenten period. Preachers
for these services this year are Bishop
Gailor of Tennessee, Bishop McCor-
mick of Western Michigan, Bishop
Tuttle of Missouri. Rev. DIR. S. S. Mar
quis of Detroit, and Rev. J. o. s. Hunt
ington of the order of the Holy Cross.
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Chicago Papers Issue 0uly Four
Pages, Eliminating Adver-
tisements, Because Of
Labor Trouble
MEN ACTED, WITHOUT RIGHTS
WaIk-out Unauthorized by Interns-
tionai Union offleiaIs---Laek Of Ex- b
tended News Accounts ~
Disappoints People. -

Chicago, H., March Efforts to
settle the strike OF the linotype oper
ators continued today Tho morning
papers consisted of four pages only
advertising being omitted and news
condensed as much as possible. The
evening papers promised to do tho
same. The strike works particular
hardship on the lreading public pit
present, owing to the great interest in
the primaries of yesterday and in the
developments In the United States
senate today.
The usual forenoon editions Of the
evening papers We're not issued. Pres
ident O'Brien OF the Chicago Typo
graphical Union No. 16, ordered
strike on only one office. AS far as
possible the type for this publication
was being set in the other three even
ing plants. The officers of the Chap
els, as the individual union organiza-
consider the situation. The question
before them was whether to stand by
O'Brien, who ordered the strike, or by
James NJ. Lynch, president OF the In
ternational Typographical Union, who
has officially declared the strike to be
unauthorized, illegal and unwarrant-
ed"
While the Chapels were in session
a telegram was received from ]. w.
Hays. vice president of the unterna-
tional union, ordering them to con-
tinue setting type for the strike bound
shop. To this they assented. This
leaves the original grievance of the
one shop 10 be settled. Pending this
the remaining Chicago newspapers
will print no more themselves than
they are able to put in type for the
affiliated paper.
Lynch is said to have left Wash
ington for this city A meeting of
Typographical Union No. 16 has been
called for this afternoon for further
discussion of the situation.
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Speeches For and Against.

Washington, d. c., March 1.-The
agreement reached yesterday just be-
fore the Senate adjourned that a vote
on the Lorimer case would be taken
at 1880 today. brought the senator's
and visitors. to the capitol early this
morning. The senators were more or
less enthusiastic over the prospect of
determining the long drawn matter that
had interfered with the disposition of
much important business. The visit
ors began arriving as early as o'clock
and long before the senate convened
every available bit OF space was occu-
pied.
The action expected today is upon
the Beveridge resolution, as follows:
Resolved. That William Lorimer
was not duly and legally elected TO a
seat in the Senate Of the United States
by the legislature of the state of Ini-
nois.
Negative votes, therefore. will be
cast by those who favor Lorimer's re-
tention OF his seat. The majority of
the Senate voting in opposition TO the
resolution will have the effect OF con-
frming Lorfmer's title.
OF course II will be possible for a
member of the committee on privi-
leges and elections, or any other sena-
tor for that matter, TO offer a substi-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
GERMANS Want
LOWER TARIFF
TREATY ASSOCIA-
TION ASKS THAT U. s. GRANT
THE NEW MINIMUM
RATES.

Berlin, March lit is reported that
Germany has inquired at Washington
and ottawa whether this country VIII
be entitled to the dement's oil Amer'-
cam Canadian reciprocity agreement
The foreign office processes ignorance
OF the report.
The Commercial Treaty association
demands the United states grant the
new minimum tariff to Germany, re-
mindIng washington of a provision Oh
the German tariff law Of 1870 under
which the Bundesrath is authorized 10
withdraw concessions to the United
states IL existing conditions are
changed to the disadvantage OF Ger
many through subsequent treaties Win
other countries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01

promised, to address the Republican
state convention.
The Indiana senator is leading the
fight 60 unseat Lorimer and for a per-
inanent tariff commission, and as
either proposition is likely to come to
a vote at any time. senator l3everidge
does not feel warranted in leaving
Washington.
Two meetings OF the state central
committee have been called by the
chairman, one for this evening and a
second for Thursday evening, both at
Saginaw At the latter meeting the
plans for the spring campaign will be
formulated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
NO TRACE OF BANDITS.
Safe in Iron Mountain Train Robbed
at ST. Louis Last NIGHT.

st. Louis. Mo-, March 1.-The au-
thorities are without trace today Of
the bandits who robbed the safe OF
Iron Mountain train No. i'm the citv
limits last night after they had bound
and gagged the Pacific Express COM
pany's messenger The amount of
money secured BY the robbers has not
been announced. IL Is thought they
had intended TO rob train No. 8. which
came into the city on No. as time and
carried 100000 from Houston. Texas.
The train robbed arrived late and
carried local shipments.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
FOURTEEN YEARS FOR RUFF.

San Francisco. Cal, March IAN
order committing Abraham Ruef to
the San Quentin penitentiary, where
he will serve fourteen years for brib-
ing Supervisor Furey. was made today
by Superior Judge Lawlor. Ruef was
granted a seven days stay of execution
of the judgment to give him time in
which to settle up his affairs.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
IN MEMORY OF ADDISON.
Two Hundredth Anniversary Marked
in England Today.

London, March 1.-Nearly all of the
literary and journalistic societies of
the united kingdom are observing in
some manner the wo-hundredth an
niveSsary Of the first issue of Addi-
sons Spectator. which, though 1t flour
ished for so short time, exerted a
commanding and permanent influence
upon both literature and journalism
and left a distinct mark upon the man.
ners and morals of its generation. The
Spectator as a daily lasted only from
March 1, I'LL, to Dec. 6. 1712. 1t was
revived as a tri-weekly two years la
ter but only eighty numbers were is
sued.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS MEET.
State Convention Opens at Muskegon
Today-3o0 Delegates.

Muskegon. Mich, March 1.--More
than 800 delegates and several times
that number of visitors were on hand
Democratic convention. The business
of the convention is to nominate can
didates for regent of the University OF
Michigan, Justices of the supreme
court and several other minor State
officers to be chosen at this years
election. Incidentally the convention
is being made the occasion for a big
rally of the Democratic leaders from
all over the State
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
JOS. G. ROBIN
PLEADS GUILTY
FORMER NEW YORK BANKER,
ACCUSED OF MIsAPPRoPRIA-
TIoNs, APPEARS IN
COURT.

New York, n. Y, March 1.-Joseph
G.. Robin, former banker, plead guilty
in the Supreme Court today. Robin.
whose financial operations caused the
closing of three banks, including the
Northern Bank, the mainstay Of his
chain Of financial institutions, was ac-
cused I'm the present proceedings of
the larceny OF $4,000 from the Wash
ington Savings Bank, OF which he was
president and from which his total
Interpretations are alleged to be
s2O7. 900.
The jury TO try him had been select
ed when he entered plea of guilty.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
1000, 900 INVITATIONS.
Cahfornians Invite Friends in East to
Locate There.

San Jose, Cal, March 1.-San Jose
today celebrated invitation day by
mailing the first lot of 100000 invita-
tions which are to be sent by Califor-
throughout the East, inviting them to
locate i'm this state. The movement
was started by the Southern Pacific
Railway and Is designed to attract per-
manent settlers rather than tourists.
Each county of California is to send
out its quota on invitations, which are
in the form of attractive cards bearing
views of the different localities.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Now Up to Court.

by the minority interests of osceola
will be to place the matters at issue
squarely before the court. The Michi-
gan law is to the effect that If three
fifths of the stockholders desire a con-
solidation that it becomes active upon
the showing that it is fair and equit
able; the minority on the other hand
must show that such consolidation is
maniefstly unfair and harmful in or
der to obstruct it, This seems to place
the matter in the direct train of settle
ment, although it may take more or
less time.
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w. J. uren Oppose. Merger.

William j. Uren, who resigned last
Saturday as superintendent of the So
called Bigelow mines. which have been
under the management of the Calumet
& Hecla since the conclusion of the
Osceola litigation, yesterday issued a
statement in opposition to the con-
solidation plan. The statement fol-
lows in part:
l find II my just duty to the stock
holders in all of those mines for which
l have acted as general superntend-
ent since 1905. to give them such
knowledge of facts as they desire and
as is their right to possess, in con-
sideration of the proposed consolida-
ton with the Calumet & Hecla. In
the light of my acquaintance with the
mines and mining practice of Lake
Superior and more particularly of the
most intimate acquaintance with
those properties which have been, un-
namely, the Osceola Consolidated, All
meek, Seneca, Isle Royale and Tama-
rack, wish to state that l believe en-
phatically that consolidation OF
these properties with the c 'lmet a.
Hecla would be grave mis- Se, los
ing more to such properties assets
and advantages. which they are now
sure of, than could possibly be gained
by any hoped for economies through
consolidation and l believe would be to
the disadvantage of the copper dis
trict as a whole.
l most heartily endorse the argu-
ments advanced by Il. l.. Chadbourne
in his circular addressed to the All
meek stockholders, and respect his
manly action In presenting his views
to the public. My own resignation as
general superintendent, now makes IL
possible for me to support Mr.. Chad
bourne's arguments with the following
facts:
The improvements at Osceola Con-
solidated, claimed by the Calumet &
Hecla as a result of their management
are the natural results of improve
ments in operations conducted by the
former management. The calumet q
Hecla management have instituted no
changes in mining operations. These
improvements have been under way
Tor some years and the property with
an the last two years has reached the
point to receive the benefit OF such
improvements. There has been some
question as to whether the Osceola
branch of the Osceola Consolidated
could operate under the present price
OF copper. Extepsive repairs made
during the past nine months leave this
branch in such condition that it could
be worked profltably at the present
price of copper.
North kesrsarge.
At the North Kearsarge branch, the
openings In the lower levels show
good ground and this property Is ca
pable of steady production for many
years to come. Openings tributary to
No. l shaft on the south side in the
lower levels eventually will get into
ground under the rich Wolverine
workings There are five levels opened
south of No. toward the Wolverine
i'ne that show very good ground-no
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
FACES TRIAL ON
MURDER CHARGE
MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE SHOT
OIL MAeNATE TO BE GIVEN
HEARING DURING PRES.
ENT TERM.

Independence, Kas, March 1.-The
March term of the circuit court about
to convene here will be made notable
by the trial of AL o Truskett for the
alleged murder OF John ID. S. Neeiy, a
prominent capitalist whose home was
In Lima. Ohio. Truskett shot and
killed Nicely In the Palace Hotel In the
town of Caney. about twenty i've miles
southwest of here, on the morning OF
january. last
The slain man was president Of the
Lima Trust company in his home city
and was also the head of several large
oil companies In the Kansas Oklahoma
field including the Wichita Pipe Line
company The shooting was the result
of litigation over. an oil lease
on the day before the tragedy Mr..
Nicely had arrived in Caney on his reg
ular monthly inspection of oil and gas
interests. The following morning Mr..
Nicely was sitting in the hotel office
reading a letter Truskett, sitting OPP
poste hurried around to the sample
room. AS Nicely passed the door of
this room Truskett fired at him twice.
One bullet passed through Mr. Neely's
heart, and the other through his left
arm. When employees of the hotel
reached the PROSTATE man he was
dead. Truskett surrendered immedi-
ately and was hurried in an automo-
bile to the county Jail in this city.
The killing is believed to have been
largely the result of a lawsuit that had
long been pending between Truskett
and the Wichita Pipe Line company. of
which Nicely was president. According
to his friends Truskett was of the be-
lief that the company was trying to
rob him of his rights. The litigation
was over a lease to a tract of oil land
a few miles south of Caney. Robert f.
Goodman. a minor Indian, who owned
the tract, sold his interest several
years ago to Hugh Benson, an oil man,
who later disposed of 1t to a local oil
firm for $4OO. Truskett paid this
firm $9,100 for the lease. Shortly af-
terward the Wichita Pipe Line com
pany claimed the lease of the tract
alleging that II had come into the pos
session of il by lease from parties said
TO be interested in the Wichita COM
pany. The company asserted that the
lease to Truskett was not according to
law, as the Indian boy Goodman was
not of age when he signed away his
rights to the property. Truskett as
serted that the pipe line company had
used undue influences on the Indian
boy, had kept him constantly under
watch and had finally bought from him
the lease on the day he came of age.
Public sympathy in this section is
largely on the side of Truskett, owing
in a great measure to the popular pre-
judice against the pipe line company
and its affiliated corporations because
OF the methods they have pursued In
the past. Relatives and friends Of the
alleged slayer have raised a 100000
fund and have employed eminent coun-
sci to conduct his defense. The COM
ing trial is expected to be one of the
most notable that has taken place In
this section of Kansas in many years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
se,ss1 ADMITTED IN MONTH.

Washington. March 1.-During jan
uary, 36.s61 immigrants were admit
ted TO the United States-24.120 men
and 1924 women. or this total 6.o54
were Hebrews. the largest number In
any race. Southern Italy furnished
the next largest number. 5,s77.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
MEDICAL MEN GATHER.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 1.-The seventh
annual conference of the American
Medical Association on medical edu-
cation and medical legislation began at
the Congress Hotel today with an at
tendance of prominent medical men
from various points in the United
states and Canada. The conference
will remain in session three days.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
eovernor at convention.

Lansing, Mich, March 1.--ciovernor
Osborn win attend the state conven-
tion at Saginaw, but he says he Is not
going 20 attend with any idea Of en-
deavoring to secure the passage Of
resolutions to boost himself, or slam
anybody else, nor is he going with the
intentiuor OF trying to appear in the
role OF boss. He simply is going to
the convention as a matter of person
al interest.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Request Of Godfrey Hyams Of New
York for Restraining Order
Against c. 4 H. Grant
ed by Judge Swan
HEARING SET FOR MARCH rs
United States District Judge at Grand
Rapids Acts in Consolidation
Matter. Company Meetings
May be Postponed.

Grand Rapids. Mich. March L.
United States District Judge Swan to-
day granted a temporary injunction in
the case of Godfrey Hyams of New
York against the Calumet & Hecla
Mining company, and set March 2S as
the date of hearing. The action is to
prevent the merger of the Calumet &
Hecla and Osceola companies.