The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-07-01
GENERAL NEWS,

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the Chicago Telephone company, in
It's 1910 statement to the treasury de
partment OF the United States. report.
ed its depreciation as s2.s47.06s. a.
against only sl.050.l97 in 1910.
Consequently an examination has
been ordered 10 determine the cause
OF the big increase In this item. Al.
though the company In 1910 had a
gross fincome OF nearly 81. 900. 900 more
than Il did IN 1909. Il will pay 1921
less taxes than on the previous year II
Its sworn statement is allowed TO
stand.
Mr.. Dalzell discussed the Under.
wood wool revision bill, which was
before the house. He was not sur
| prised that Governor Wilson had en-,
| dorsed the Underwood BILL In view OF
the governors recent performances
He added that New Jerseys peripate-
tic governor is engaged in writing
backwards the sane and respectable
record of his life Mr. Dalzell insist.
ed that the wool bill was "indefensible
from every point of view" and charged
that the Democrats who advocated It's
passage. realizing that the senate
would kill It, were merely playing
politics.
President Taft presented medals OF
honor 10 six sailors from the battle
ship North Dakota, who risked their
lives Sept. S, 1910, in saving the ship
from destruction and In rescuing com.
rades following an oil explosion in the
boiler room. The president read the
record TO the men, indicating that they
had jeopardized their lives in half
dozen different ways, and concluded by
saying In a voice trembling with emo
tom no drawer act could be per
formed by you men in battle than that
OF facing death close at hand as you
did"
Defective conditions I'm the railroad
tracks while undergoing repairs
were responsible for the wreck al
Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, in which
twelve persons were killed and more
than a hundred Injured, according 10
the findings of the board OF public
utility commissioners. Tic conclu.
sions were concurred in by the inter
state commerce commission through
It's representative, +. l.. Pugh, who
participated with the state board in
Joint investigation OF the causes OF the
accident.
Flag day was celebrated in Chicago
and throughout Illinois in accordanct
with the proclamation of Governor De
neen, in commemoration OF the 13ithl
anniversary OF the adoption by con
gress of the first national banner. Ds
pecially attractive programs were
carried out in the parks OF Chicago
consisting OF parades OF school chill
dren and addresses by prominent
speakers. Patriotic programs were
CARED out by the Hamilton and Union
League clubs.
The grand jury at Chicago re
turned fourteen indictments against In
Dor sluggers The true bills were re
TUNED before Judge Fitch In the Grim
inal court and involve Maurice (Moss)
Enright. Walter Stevens, Harry Hig-
gins, Joseph Kane. William (Red)
Connors. Edward Storgaard Peter
Gentleman. brother OF William (Dutch)
Gentleman, who was MORALLY wounded
in Pat o'Malley's saloon; John Nc.
Cabe, alias George Mckay, and Arthur
O'Connor.
President Taft granted pardon
TO Lorenzo ID. Barnes, an inmate OF the
government HOSPITAL for the insane
who recently prevented wholesale
delivery OF insane convicts from the
institution by overhearing their plans
and notifying the hospital guards
Barnes was convicted of killing
man who had DETAINED his wife While
serving a life sentence he became In
sane, but has since regained his rea
son
Charges OF vice graft made in Chi {
cago against Lieutenant John Bonfeld !
of the Harrison street police station I
In which Inspector John Wheeler was
also involved, by Isaac Foster and 9
John Haley, resort keepers, brought
forth allegations that other command s
Ing officers OF the police department ;
had levied tribute for vice. Chief Me v
Weeney will lay the whole case before {
he trial board
News from chihuahua is that the A
is still strained and that the s
nsurrectos are likely 10 attack the q
lily at any time II the federals ar, Il
lot removed at once. Governor X
Abram Gonzales has wired Madero a. y
Mexico City asking that the federall +
De ordered 10 leave so that the insur y
ecto army can move into barrack' a.
While IL ia being mustered out e
The Asahi Of Toxic. Japan. print, W
circumstantial report 10 the effect
hat Japan is about TO establish q G.
laval base at Bonins, in Futsmi Bay, a
which would AFFORD a sheltered an 81
HORACE for ten battleships The o.
dnliralty denies this report and says ~
| is the idea OF the government that b'
readnaughts should have no bases.
Seven persons were hurt and TWEEN