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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-23
SIX CHRISTMAS FATALITIES.
Entertainment 80 North Carolina
Town Has Fatal Results.

Greensboro, " c., Dec. 23--Six per
sons were fatally injured and q score
were seriously hurt at Elkins Satur
day night, when a section of school
building I'm which a Christmas enter
tainment was being given collapsed.
throwing two hundred persons a dis
tance of twenty feet. Fire added to
the horror Of the early scenes. The
flames were oxtinguished, though not
until two women and a girl had re-
ceived fatal burns. Three men will
die from fractured skulls and other
injuries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-23
Railroad Officials indicted.
coNVlCrs ARE SURPRISED.
Colorado rrusty Defeats Plot OF p'is
oners TO Lscans.

oners TO Escape,
Buena Vista. colo. Dec. 2S.-Four"
teen prisoners. led by Edward Brown
Paul Jones aud Joseph Cobb. three
YOUNG men from Brooklyn. n. y, VINO
we're arrested after they began oper-
ations as automobile bandits in Dem
YER made n dash for liberty late sat
urdav, but were frustrated by guards.
The plot was discovered by trusty'
bo informed Warden Stewart. when
the prisoners were marching to the
cell house from the supper table 'opo
sprang TO u window from which bars
had been sawed aud shouted come
on. boys"
Rifles in the hands of the guards
s,opped him az he tried To jump from
the window.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-23
IN CONTROL OF
WATER TRAFFIC
-
Railroads and Steamship Combin.
ations Destroy Competition
Says Conant
FURTHER REGULATION IS URGED
Commissioned Of Corporations
Outlines Results of Inquiry

mission Of Corporations conrart 10
President TAFT;
Railroad companies and steamship
combinations control the regular do
mestio steamship lines Of the United
States, destroying much competition.
Water lines along Atlantic and Gulf
coasts to large extent are suxilisries
or subsidiaries OF railroads,
New Haven system charged with
attempting 70 suppress competition on
Long Island Sound.
New Haven system and the Eastern
Steamship Company, IN which tho
railroad is stoekholder, control New
York City-New England traffic.
Southern Pacific is declared TO have
shown disposition TO restrict steam
ship competition on the Atlantic Coast.
Railroads own the important through
passenger and package freight lines
on the Great Lakes
Some competition or the Pacific
coast, but railroad control also is found
there.
Important hard coal fleets on north
Atlanta coasts owned by few areat
anthracite railroads.
Railroads control 90 psr cent Of
niIeaoe Of private canals, and have
eaused ,oarv such ~atervyeys to be
abandoned,
Westbound business on Etie canal
virtually controlled by railroads. and
eastbourd bus,ness has hssr LARGELY
d;vsr.ed to ths railroads.
rurthsr federal r.ouIa,ion Of ioint
rail and water traffic suauested
yV,qbineton Dec o2-Railroad COM
naniee and steauship combinations
control tho rerular Steamship lines of
tho ,-nited states and have destroved
oompetition on many of the water
highv,oys of commerce declared In
tber ronant Jr Commissioner of
Cornorotions. in a report 10 President
Taft toda,-
Tho revelations of the report based
upon an extensive INVESTIGATION. force
,,,,o, the federal Government says the
con,,nissiorar tho consideratiou of
rnrthe,, reeulation of ioint rain and
,,.,to,. t.amc
In n,ac,icallv an Ibe coast waters
NJ The country If j. DECLARED railroad
~, stoomshin consultations dominate
,,..,or RECOMMENDATION Their control
or 10Th throneb messenger and pack
aee-frei,,ht rad "a especially striking
s,,.s cor,n,iesioner ronapt on the At
Iantie and Gulf coasts and on the
croat T.al.es watsr lines along the
,,.t.rn -c,bo,rd be adds. have be-
,ar,,o - urrc avtopt auxiIiaries or
,uI,sidi,rica or railroads while com
,ott,ion cv,sts IN greater measure on
Tho pacinc coast the commissioner
r,i,tg ont ,mnortart inqtsnces of rail
,o,d a,,troi tbsre
co,,ret,t,or Suppressed.
i. g. striking fact. saws Commis-
.ioner copap-. that between number
sc ,bs moro ip,port,pt ports of the
Atla,,i, and GpIf coast there rs only
, sinplo roeuI,r service
m New Haven system. IL is charg-
% ah,s p,,rrued a determined policy
~ suppressinr auv effective competi-
io, o., Ionr Island Sound and sew
era, ~ least of its recent acquisitions
,..,t
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-23
Brief Items ttOt
Oft the Wires
200 Jap Miners Killed,

Toxic, Dec. 23-Over two hundred
coal miners were entUmbed. and are
probably dead, 10y terrible explosion
In a colliery on the island of Hokkaldo
today
American Coat 10 Egypt
Cardiff, Dec. 2S.--the report that one
hundred thousand tons of American
coal are being purchased by Egyptian
railroads In place of the customary
Welsh supply caused a sensation here
May Eliminate Negro From Army.
Washington, Dee, 2S.---The propos-
al to eliminate the negro as an Amer
ican soldier is a topic slated for con-
sideration when a conference of rank
ing officers of the army will be held
here Jan ..
Two Dead; Two VIII Die.
Decatur. ILL.,. Dec 23-Cilen Blue and
Floyd Wright were killed and Ralph
Blue and Ray Lindsey, fatally injur-
ed in a automobile wreck near Mans
held tiIis morning
woman koilapses at inquest
Chicago, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Mary Raude
collapsed today at the coroner's in
quest over her husband. Frank Raude.
after Dr. Burmeister testified that
thirty grains of one kind of poison and
nineteen grains Of another were found
IN the victims viscera.
Ludwig Refuses knyship.
Munich. Dec. 23.-Prince Ludwig.
the new prince regent of Bavaria.
sent an autograph letter to the ia
yarian premier today vetCing the
movement TO place him on the throne
as king. lie declares he desires 10
Loyalty administer the inheritance be
queathed him by his father.
No Approval OF Violence,
and tcrrorismodU7CIe .ffahcETEEES
Indianapolis. Dec. 23.-Organized
labor never did and never will ap-
prove such reign of violence and
terrorism as charged here" asserted
clifford I.angsdale in arguing for The
defense IN the dynamite" trial TO.
day.
Wilson to Free Prisoners,
Trenton. n. J.. Dec 23.--t;oVernoT
Wilson sat with the board of pardons
today and heard the applications of
seventy Convicts. ln order that those
entitled TO freedom might have their
liberty before Christmas. the COVER
nor directed the meeting be held to-
day instead of in January ut is an
unpleasant duty" he said. ras 1t pulls
III the heart strings"
Mexican Rebels are Boldcr.
Washington, Dec. 23,--The revolu
tionists appear to be growing boldei
as they see the ease of cvading pur-
suit or capture by the Mexican gov
erument, according to statement t'
the state department. Reports indtcat,
a renewal of rebel activities in the
states of Morales and Puebla aud in
creasing disorders in SeacatecaS anc
Durango.
Railroad officials Indicted.
Chas. :. Mellon. president of tn,
New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad T. J. Chamberlain, president
of The Grand Trunk railway OF Cana
da. aud Alfred Smithers. chairman o
the Grand Trunk directors, were in
dicted by the federal grand jury her'
this afternoon. charged with a viola
ton of the sherman law in an alleged
uonopolV agreement of the two roads
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-23

Denver entertains next August the
32d triennial conclave OF hmsh''
Tempiar and expects 10000 guests
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
THEIR MOST JOYOUS MOMENT
Of the Trio, Probably Representative
Redfield Had the Best Occa-
sion to Smile.

The talk in one of the cloak rooms
Of congress turned to the thought of
the happiest moments in ones life.
Senator Bailey said his came the day
he wore his first pair of trousers. And
Paul Rowland of Ohio declared his
big moment of joy was when he was
permitted once to drive chariot in
a pony and dog show parade.
Representative Redfleld, who Is a
wise chap, even If he does hail from
Brooklyn, said it was when he was
going to school and trying to master
long division. Three or four aisles
over from where he sat a boy yawned.
1t was not an ordinary yawn, but one
Of such genuine expression of feeling
toward things in general that it at
tracted Redfields attention. He was
fortunate in having a paper wad right
at hand, ready for any emergency,
and he aimed this at the boys caver-
nous mouth. The wad went right
square into the goal and-well, Fourth
of July fireworks are tame to the
stunts that boy did in the next few
minutes.
He says he almost smiled once on
shipboard when the vessel gave a
lurch and threw a platter full of
beefsteak, gravy and all. over the
open-faced shirt front of pompous
passenger across the table.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

prisoned here. I have 1t on the au.
thority of a Boston minister, who
knows the story Of the GuildhalL
through and through, that the tradi-
ton is baseless. Indeed, was John
Cotton ever Imprisoned anywhere?
sacred to the Pilgram Fathers. 1t is
part Of history that some Of the Sepa-
ratists, including William Brewster
and William Bradford, formed the res
olution of going from Boston to Hol-
land by Dutch sloop. They were ap-
pretended at the point of railing, and
lodged, not without confumely, in
these very cells. The cells were in
the nature of place of retention
while the prisoners were awaiting the
magistrates, rather than an actual
dungeon in which they served SEN
tence. But it was heartFreaking ex-
perience for the elders, meaning
months Of confinement for some Of
them. Brewster suffered the most.
And now the place, celsl and all, with
the iron gates still in good order, will
be towns museum.
1t is strange by what ehreads the
present is bound to the distant past.
A few PAGES from this very Guildhall
there is another illustration of times
whirligigs. At the back of timber
yard is the red-brick Hussey tower,
structure about as old as the Inflated
Tattershall castle, ten miles away.
The owuer was Sir John Hussey, who
was beheaded by Henry VIII. for high
treason. At about the same period q
sum of money was left by a member
of the Hussey family for the educa-
ton of black slaves, and, strangely
enough, the fruits of that legacy. have
quite recently been applied to the
work OF DR.. Karl Kumm in Africa.
That old tower, with its broken para,
pet, and the land about 1t is, through
a medieval bequeathment, assisting
tht Regions Beyond Missionary union
Is it not strange how old things work
themselves out?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
ECZEMA DIsFIGuRED BABY

"Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
with eczema when but a few weeks
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his ears. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The sores began as pimples, his little
face was disfgured very much. We
hardly knew what he looked like. The
face looked like raw meat. We tied
little bags of cloth over his hands to
prevent him from scratching. He was
very restless at night, his little face
itched.
1--WE consulted two doctors at Chi
cago, where we resided at that time.
After trying all the medicine of the
two doctors without any result, we
read of the Cuticura Remedies, and
at once bought Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the
result, and after four weeks, the dear
child's face was as fine and clean as
any little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head OF hair which is pride for any
boy of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Rene
dies to everybody" (Signed) Mrs. H.
Albrecht, Box 8S3, West Point, Neb.,
Oct. 26, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere, sample of
each, with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. L. Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
For the Summer Resort.

The very thin negligees are SO de-
lightful that one sometimes forgets
they may not be practical, for many
summer resorts are cool at night and
in the early hours of the day, and for
these places it is better to take some
thing of heavier weight, such as an
albastross negligee. These may be had
with deep collar of dotted Swiss,
made with Valeciennes insertion and
edging and In pastel colors. The
sleeves are finished with a deep cuff of
dotted Swiss and lace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
PLAIN LINES MOST POPULAR
This Seasons Linen Sui.i Are Made
With None or Very Little
Trimming.

While the coarser liness are used,
those made of the finer twisted thread
are liked quite as we'll Very little
trimming is needed. The lace collar
and cuffs or the lingerie Gill at neck
and wrists suffice though, of course,
buttons and buttonholes, zee and en-
broidery may figure as trimmings.
Oddly of cut is, howevS-, the only
thing necessary for those who wish
something different. 1t il surely diff
ferent enough to have the back of the
coat and skirt cut across IN the bias
or otherwise manipulated. Yet, such
manipulations offer no difficulties to
the laundress. These suits may be
made coat and skirt fashion or in the
coat and dress effect. Both styles
have their good points, many consid-
ering the former the most economical,
since a fresh blouse may be donned
as often as the wearer pleases. And
sleeves and necks do have a way of
becoming soiled before it is necessary
to send the entire dress to the laun-
dry.
Many dresses are being made, too,
in linen and kindred weaves The Sc
verify of these all-in-one gowns is be-
ginning to disappear. While the puffs
seen on taffetas are not available there
are pipings, inlayings and bands in
contrasting fabrics.
Fancy linens and linens with open
work borders are effectively utilized,
though one who is at all clever at de-
signing will be able to achieve very
fine suits with the plain sorts. It's
the design, cut and finish that counts,
also the accessories. One girl, for ex-
ample, is to look smart in her white
linens this summer; the only color
she is to- add is sapphire or coral, as
the spirit may move her. Whether she
chooses the blue or the cdd pink
shade she will wear it in the shape of
silk stockings, ribbon watch fob and
necktie, and no other color will ap-
pear except she chooses to carry a
parasol in the color she is wearing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Goino Further Back.

A man who had suddenly become
very rich went to live in New York
and began to spend money with law
ish hand. He decided that his name
needed advertising, so he visited a
genealogist.
II suppose" he said, ''if pay you
enough you can trace my family back
to Adam"
my dear sir" replied the genealo-
gist, "if you're willing to put up the
money we can prove by evolution that
your family existed before Adam. -
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Wired Feathers for Hats.

AS the hats are all trimmed very
high wired feathers arranged to sew
on hats may be purchased, and flow
ers also in pompon effects. One of
these feather tower effects costs $3.50;
others are near the one dollar margin;
the price varies according to the quail
ity and kind of feathers. Aigrattes are
are still in evidence though more in
white than black. In buying white
ostrich feathers of the less expensive
gently down the length of the quill,
pressing back the feather to ace that
it has been properly dyed, as these
are apt to show the blown of the nat
ural feather in the outdoor light and
the breeze.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
lie Gould.

A northern visitor in the south tells
the following story to illustrate the
taciturnity of the southern negro.
He had asked Steve, typical darby
of the region, numerous questions con-
corning a certain plantation, and to
each the negro gave the invariable re-
ply of 'Yahs, sah."
"Steve," asked the somewhat exas-
perated northerner, "don't you say
anything but 'Yahs, sab? Can't you
say No, sir'?" -
The negro blinked his eyes INDECENT
ly for a moment and replied, "Yahs,
sab. Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
OLD PURITAN JAIL
Church Tower Where Separatists
Were Confined.
- -
Brewster and Bradford, Who Formed
Resolution of Going to Holland, ;.
Were Apprehended and Placed
in Boston l:difice.

London. The tower of Boston
church in Lincolnshire stands proud
and queenlike, it's foot all but Tapped
by the salt spray of the Wash. Itself
is Boston-the Boston which tourists
from the greater city OF Massachusetts,
carry home in the minds vision Yet
from several points of view the grand
old church, in spite OF it's lofty pin
nacles and sweet carlton, is less in
teresting and less an embodiment of
the local past than building hun
dred yards away, which is barnlike
by comparison. This is the old Guild
hail, long since disused for municipal
assemblies, and now to be turned into
q towns museum as a memorial to
the late King.
It still possesses a grave dignity.
You can conjure up the day when it
was the house of the Guild of the
Blessed Mary-Queen Mary the Tudor
and had table of alabaster two
yards in length, above which were
five candlestyks hanging like potts"
1t was a wealthy association, and its
ancient charity still yields an annual
income running into thousands, and
among other bencfactions furnishes a
weekly dole to sorae bedesmen, who in
return are supposed to pray for the re-
pose Of the souls of Mary and Philip.
The deserted banqueting hall makes
1t easy to imagine the prodigal way in
which toasts were honored here in
old world Novembers when the cor
poration of this ancient borough had
prestige few others could rivals The
great west window is still filled with
early tracery and some remnants of
the ancient stained glass. And the
ample hearths are here, and below In
the kitchens is tie appetizing spit.
And there is something less jovial than
a spit in the kitchen. 1t holds num-
Der of prison cells.
The writer fitted himself into the
cramped space of enc of them, and
the gate was clange1 to; but he had
no such sinking of the heart as some
others must have felt 300 years ago.
A vague tradition has 1t that John Cot
ton, vicar of Boston, Rnd leader of the
Puritans in the new world, was i'm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
One or the other.

A very plain, although somewhat ia
nous woman, was travelling the state
of Florida, lecturing on woman's suf-
frage. She addressed the school chill
dren of a little town one afternoon,
and prefaced Der lecture with the fol-
lowing:
II am native of Baltimore, the city
made famous by its oysters and beau
tiful women"
A small boy said to another, in a
stage whisper:
"If that's true, she must be an cy-
ster."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Marking Note Paper.

One of the smartest fash sons in
monogram paper is the obloig car
touche with three small black letters
or old English ones in the cen.er.
Another somewhat smart effect has
the initial Of the surname at fop and
bottom with the other two initials in
smaller letters.
For use>in a country home it Is COM
mon to mark the name of the house
and address in the upper right hand
corner and higher up in the opposite
corner have the telephone rumber,
also the telegraph and express ad-
dresses if these are different from the
postoffice address.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
GONE ARE DAYS OF CHIvALRY
Imagine This situation in the Times
When Knights Died for the "LcVe
Of a LadyeI"

Miss Italia Garibaldl, granddaughter
Of the famous "liberator." complained
in Chicago about the way Italian wom-
en- are treated there.
when / see," she said, "the male
employer, with all his Wanted chiv-
airy to women, taking such an unfair
advantage of his female employees,
don't wonder that woman is beginning
to sheer at mans chivalry.
1T reminds me of an Italian wash
erwoman, very industrious and sue
cessful, to whom a young man offered
himself in matrimony.
"'You love me-? the washerwoman
asked.
Devotedly, the young man re-
piled.
Are you sureY
81 swear it,
"She gave him a searching look.
"'Are you out of work. she said"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
The chief Requisite.

David Belasco, in an interview in
New York, condemned a certain ultra
modern type of society woman.
This type, which luckily isn't
numerous he said, ELVES on noto-
riety. To woman of this type a law
yer said one day:
"'Yes, madam, can get you the
divorce you desire. For $500 can get
you divorce-and get it without
publicity, too
"She wrinkled her smooth, white,
well-powdered forehead in a frown;
she bit her rouged and over-red lips
in annoyance.
"'But what would it cost she ask
ed, with publicity"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

Natty blue cashmere is used for
this costume; the Magyar bodice and
skirt are cut together, and fasten at
back; the square neck is filed in with
a yoke of piece lace. A fold of mate
rial is put down left side to represent
wrapped seam, buttons with braid
are sewn inside this, a simple embroi-
derry pattern trims front The under
sleeves are of piece lace; the waist is
drawn in by gathers that are covered
by a stitched band of material.
Materials required: IA yards 46
iEches wide, 5s yard lace Is inches
wide, 1 dozen buttons.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Glass Buttons.

Glass buttons are quite the fashion,
and come in all colors and sizes; they
are distinctive mark of this seasons
suit wherever seen. Red and black
ones are shown in two sizes; these
have the appearance of bone; others
resemble clouded amber beads, and
are appropriate for the most dressy
gown others come in transparent
crystal of all shades, dark and light
blue, green and black; and in black
there are those which look like shoe
buttons. Meteorological buttons are
also largely in demand, square and
round; the large. square ones with fiat
surfaces, are 25 cents eachs - s
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Serues Are Popular.

Serges are prime fayorites for the
tailored suits. Poiret uses these mod
ish materials for a number of his best
creations. Whipcords in two-tone col
ors in great variety of qualities are
also popular. Tans, gfays and dull
blues are the leading shades
The interest in white, cream and
fancy woven serges ihcEeases Jas the
season advances. ~ &rx&
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
Cater Boots

The pride of the well dressed Paris
ienne is her gaiter boots. The cloth
tops of the neat little boots, which
match the costume of the m ,ment,
are made to button al the way down
to the arch of the foot. exactly like q
gaiter. so that no leather is to be
seen except the toes OF thin polished
calf or vanished patent. This is q
cunning device for shortening the
foot, and is probably reaction from
the exaggeratedly long tops
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

commended special kidney remedy.
Mrs. c. F. Mace, Madison ST., Shaw
neetown, H., says: Il suffered in
tensely from backache and headache
and was very nervous. | was scarce
ly able to attend to my Homework
and at times was SO bad was confined
to bed. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me
quick relief and before long cured me
completely"
'When Your Back Is Lame, Remember
the Name-DOAN'S.' 50c., all stores
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
They Must Make Ananias Jealous.

ooh, we have had just a delightful
time at your party. We want you to
come and take dinner with us just as
soon as you cam
Honestly, think you have got just
the cutest baby have ever seen"
Gee, can sing a lot better when
haven't got cold.'
my husband is just as sweet as he
can be around the house. He never
gets cross and never scolds when din
ner isn't ready, and is so neat that a
piece Of lint on the carpet almost
drives him crazy"
I'VE expect to spend next summer
abroad"