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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-11
= oLEE CLUB RECITAL.
Program to Be Given at Assembly Hall
on April II.


The grade glee clubs of the Hancock
public schools will appear in the fol-
moving program at n song recital to
10 given i'm the assembly hall of the
high school, April II:
Selection. G'ausD, Gounod-High
school orchestra.
Song of Praise, Dinizetti-Combined
slee clubs.
by the Freight, Verdi-Combined
glcc clubs.
The Shell, Schubert-Combined glee
clubs
GYPSY chorus. bohemian GirD, Bal
fa--Girl's glee club.
pip Boys, Dip the Oar-,Boys' glee
club
That Umbrella Trick, Gordon
Boys glee club.
ouartette selected-AIisses Crotty
Light, Allen, Kendall.
Spanish Dances, Observation-Disclosures
Dock, Mr.. Chase.
Sextette. OIucia arr, Donizetti-
Girls glee club.
The Rock-a- ByI4ady. eugene t1cld)
Prescott-Girls' glee club.
My Hero. Chocolate Soldier -liiSi
school orchestra.
His Lullaby. Carrie Jacobs Bond
Miss Della Crotty.
shippers of st. Ives. Roeckel-Com'
bined giee clubs
Michigan, My Michigan. Miessner--
Combined glee clubs.
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by half mile wide Here the
Chagres river is impounded as well
as other streams covering a basin of
1.320 square miles. These altogether
would make n body of water, If The
nine miles OF the Culobra cut 20 Pedro
Miguel be included. a little larger
than Lake Oneida.
From sea level 10 this lake is & lift
Of eighty-dve feet divided into three
steps or locks, each 1000 feet long by
40 feet wide Each lock is subdvid-
ed into chambers Of 400 to 600 feet
each These locks are duplicated so
that traffic going and coming can be
accommodated at the same time. Boats
will be towed through the locks by
electric locomotives running on cos
rails. Gatun lake will cover fully one
third OF the canal zone OF 44S square
miles and about two-thirds OF the
length Of the canal proper While la
this lake vessels crossing the 18TH
mus may steam at fun speed. Power
for the operation of the locks, ight
etc, will be generated from spillway
situated midway of the Gatun dam. l.
200 feet long BY 800 feet wide. Dur
ing the rainy season the maximum
run-oT from the watershed of 1,S2C
square miles will fill the lake one ant
one half times.
According to this writer, who seems
to he greatly impressed with all tina
has been thus far accomplished, II thc
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TORCH LAKE eREvITlEs.


Miss Ruth Smith Of Linwood left
yesterday for Chicago.
Tomorrow will be payday for tho
employees of the c. & II. stamp mills,
Irving Noyer of Hubbell has depart
ed for Hurley. Wis, where he Will en-
ter railroad office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Bray of Hub
bell and nephew. Harry Cooper lett
today for Nanaimo. Canada, where
they expect to locate.
The funeral of the late Joseph Hen
bricks of Tamarack City was held this
morning with services in ST Ceeelia's
church.
VIII Macdonald. son Of ID. *. Mac
donald of Hubbell. arrived home yes
terday from Clinton, ILL.,. where he has
been assisting in an evangelistic cam
paign for several weeks.
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CARBOLIC ACID
CAUSES DEATH
NOT KNOWN WHETHER THEo
DoRE SIMMER TOOK POISON
BY ACCIDENT OR WITH
SUICIDAL INTENT.

Theodore Simmer aged about thir-
ty-hve years, was found by his wife
about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon w.
ing dead upon the floor of the llving
room OF their home In the fats i'm the
old Pearce building at the corner of
Quincy and Tezcuco streets. A ,oro-
ners jury was impanneled by Justice
Turnkey and Drs. Gallen and Scallon
Conducted a post mortem, which dis
closed the presence of about an ounce
of carbolic acid in SINNERS stomach.
1T is not known whether he took the
poison by accident or with suicidal in
tent.
Mrs. Simmer left the house shortly
after o'clock yesterday morning to
visit at Ripley, where she was in
structed by her husband to draw his
pay at the offices of the Quincy sinelts,
where he was employed, and then to
visit her parents If She wished to do so.
Mrs. Simmer spent the greater part OF
the day at Ripley and on returning
home found her husband dead on the
floor. he having been dead apparently
for several hours. Chief of Police III
Dor was sent for and Justice Funkcy
notified. the latter impanneling a jury
which after viewing the body adjc urn
ed until tomorrow evening at 1880.
Sheriff Byers arrived at the Simmer
home early last evening. The first i'm
preston was that Simmer mad died of
heart failure. lie had been complain
ing of feeling il, for several days past,
hut yesterday morning felt well
enough TO return TO work. lie decided,
however, to wait another day, ewing
to a slight cold.
The deceased was son Of the late
Chris Simmer, of Hancock, and ne had
been married about two years. \
brother of Simmer met death boy
drowning two years ago at Ripley
The jury impanneed by Justice Fun
key consists of George Taylor, NJ. j
Brustmaker. William Nudge. Ber
Noonan, Charles Tapero and Neil Har-
rington..
The deceased is survived by two
brothers Charles and Chris, both OF
this city ana two sisters. Mrs. Ed
Sleeman of Hubbell and Mrs Charles
Zimmerman of Ripley. He was a mem
Der Of the Superior lodge, Modern
Brotherhood of America.
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United States viii allow building in
the zone thc isthmus viii soon become
a great winter resort. Beautiful Lake
Gatun. he thinks, viii soon become
dotted with sailboats, as the constant
trade winds viii make this form Of
plcasuring very popular. There are
sites for many fine places along the
shores, as well as among the hills of
perpetual green. This is coniirmatory
of what others have been saying re-
Gently. and il looks very much as IL
not merely the zone, but all of that
territory Familiarity known as Panama.
might become to Canada and the Unit
ed states what Italy is TO Europe.
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r. A. MS BIG MEETING.
Royal Arch Masons OF Hancock En-
tertain Calumet Brethren.

Royal Arch Masons OF Hancock En-.
terrain Calumet Brethren.
The Gate of Temple chapter Of the
Royal Arch Masons of this city last
evening held one of the biggest ses-
sions In many months. about one hun
drcd and forty being present. including
delegation of fifty members of the
Calumet chapter. The Calumet chap
ter is an Oft shoot of Hancock chap
ter and the occasion was In the ma
ture OF family reunion. Work In
the Royal Arch degree was conferred
on n large class of candidates, after
which there was an informal social
session. with lunch and impromptu
speeches. The occasion was most
pleasant one and its memories VIII I'M
ger long with those who had the privi-
lege of being present
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FIREMEN HOLD ELECTION.
I1ubbeIl Department Selects New orr
GERS For Coming Year.

At the annual meeting Of the HUB
bell fire department held last evening,
the present officers were reelected as
follows:
Chief-John Is. Hodges.
First Assistant-Edward Hosang.
Second Assistant-Samuel James.
Third assistant--James King.
President-Albert RAIDER.
Vice observation-disclosures l.. Either
Sccretary-T. a. LeSagc.
Treasurer--P. j. Scanlon.
During the past year the department
was not called out for a single fire
within the village limits, although two
alarms from outside the village were
responded TO.
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FIRE IN DWELLING.

The Hancock fire department was
called out twice yesterday for fres' the
first being at about noon In the Dwyer
residence on Quincy street and the sec
ond at about eight in the evening io'
n blaze In the Jacunne building on
summit street. Considerable difficulty
was experienced In extinguishins the
latter. and much damage was done ne
fore IL was finally gotten under CON
troll
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GREAT PANAMA CANAL

Charles Richard Marks of Eoston
contributes to the New York sun a
short article into which he mas con-
densed a great deal of the Kind of in
formation about the Panama canal
that the average man at this time
feels like pasting i'm his hat or STORMS
IN his memory. The facts as they are
presented seem simple enough, bat
some of them have been extracted, no
doubt, at the cost of laborious re
search. Thus. YOU enter the canal al
Limon bay and find IL at sea level fol
seven miles; then YOU come 20 an
enormous dam. a mile and a hall ions
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THE REToRT.

Governor Woodrow Wilson. at din
ner in Trenton, was praising the wit
of one OF the colored ianitors OF
Princeton.
zone day near the winters end"
said Governor Wilson. "a Frenehman
nodded toward a grove of den1ded
trees and said TO the janitor:
How black and dismal those trees
look, Pomp-almost as black as your
self, eh?
Yes sir the janitor retorted' al
most as black as me. But the spring IL
soon be here. and then they'll be al
most as green as YOU, sir
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GUILTY OF TRAPPING BEAVER.
Three Men from Duncan Township
Fined by Justice FunkeY

Three men from Duncan township
were arraigned before Justice Funkey
last evening charged with Illegally
trapping beaver, the hides of two ami
mails having been found I'm their pos
session by Game Warden st. Clair Will
son. by whom the charge was prefer
red. The men were onni Nelson. Matt
Steffes and Isaac Niemi of Kenton. All
pleaded guilty and Nelson was fined
$40 and costs. the other two s25 and
costs. They were given the alternative
of thirty days in Jail In lieu of fine,
which was accepted 10y each OF the
trio.
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HANCOCK PVTHlANs.

The first rank will be conferred to-
morrow evening at the regular meeting
of Hancock lodge iO9. knights "l
Pythias. only one more meeting AZ
ter that Of tomorrow night remains oe-
fore the close Of the attendance con-
test and as the end draws near en-
thusiasm and rivalry between the op-
posing team runs high. The Tisers
stlll lead by small margin
The contest closes on Friday even
ing. April To- and the benduet WIZ
take place as soon thereafter ~ mr.
engagements can be completed.
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INDIGESTION vANISHES.
Makes your out of-order Stom-
aeh feel fine in five
minutes.

Take your sour. out of-order stom-
ach-or maybe you call II Indigestion,
Dyspepsia. Gastritis OF Catarrh OF
Stomach; II doesn't matter-take your
stomach trouble right with you to
your Pharmacist and ask him 20 open
a 5O-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
and let you eat one 22-grain TRAN
guile and see IL within five minutes
there Is left any trace OF your former
misery.
The correct name for your trouble
Is Food Fermentation--food souring;
the Digestive organs become weak
there is lack OF gastric Juice; your
food is only half digested, and yol
become affected with loss of appetite
pressure and fullncss after eating
vomiting nausea. heartburn. gripinI
in bowels, tenderness In the pit o
stomach. bad taste In mouth. consti'
patton, pain in limbs, sleeplessness
belching OF gas. billousncss, sicl
headache, nervousness, dizziness %
many other similar symptoms.
If your appetite is fickie and moth
Ing tempts you. or you belch gas. or l
Won feel bloated after eating. or you
food lies like a lump of lead on you
stomach. you can make up your min
that at the bottom OF all this there I
but one INSTRUMENTATION of un
digested food.
Prove to yourself In five minutes tina
your stomach Is as good as any; tina
there is nothing really wrong. Sto
this fermentation and begin catin
what you want without fear OF dis
comfort or misery.
Almost instant relief Is waiting 10
you. u IL merely a matter OF no,
so~r you take little Diapepsin.
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BANKERS DROP THREE.
bumpers Victorious in Bowling Match
Hold Wednesday Evening.

In a bowling match on the Ketten-
bell alleys Wednesday evening, the
bumpers won three straight from the
Bankers. The first game looked like
a victory for the Bankers until Joe
Glcischer "turkeyd" out and gave his
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-11

teammates lead Of ten pins The
scores follow:
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-07
Two Louable Children.

Berta and Carol are the little daugh-
ters OF minister who recently went
to a new field OF labor In Minnesota.
Berta was seven, Carol four at tho
time. -
One day they were playing about
their mother. and she was amazed
TO hear the older say: Nov, Carol.
remember father and mother are just
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean and you are
never to say our pastor and our pas
tors wife,"
On another occasion the pastor and
his family were guests at dinner
which proved too long an affair for
the patience OF little Carol. She wSs
rendering life unhearable for her
mother when one Of the gentlemen
said: "Carol and do not care for des-
sert, and we are going off to have
good time by ourselves"
When the party left the dining-room
and entered the parlor. they found the
child clasped In the arms OF her big
playmate, whom she was kissing
with resounding smacks. -
Now, Carol" said the mother. get
down; you have bothered Professor
Huntington quito enough"
"'Tain't bother" said the child In
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sleeping in the upper berth OF state
room II (Mr. Warner's), they found
Mr.. Simeon Alexander, who willingly
gave himself up. but as he left the
room he cast an appealing glance at
Mr.. Warner. The passengers had all
congregated at the top Of the gangway
with gaping mouths as Mr.. Warner,
following the fugitive and his captors.
came up the ladder. Offering his hand
to the captain, he silenced all apollo.
gies.
That's all right, captain-we all
make mistakes, and now III answer
all your questions. My name is ALI
son Warner Of Texas"
"What," gasped the captain, War
ner that sold his oil lands to the syndi-
cate for twenty millions?"
"That's the man, and took this trip
for rest. | came incognito as I'm tired
Of all this newspaper advertising. But
honestly though, did not bargain be-
ing taken for stowaway. But I'd Ike
to start purse for this poor fellow.
/ told the truth when | said had not
slept well last night. l got up and
was walking on the deck and stumbled
over this old man crouched in a cor
ner. He was waiting his chance to
Jump overheard, but | persuaded him
to come to my stateroom and prom
ised to help him. ! put him to bed In
my upper berth. and when morning
came had not the heart to wake him.
Now am going to keep my word and
run UP and see tho American consul,
and while I'm on shore you boys just
fill up the subscription list.
"Just one other thing-yesterday
Miss Lawrence promised to be my
wife, and unless she has changed her
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pepsls Fifty Years Old.

The introduction Of pepsin as a re-
medal agent Effected complete revo-
luton in the method Of restoring to
normal the ailments which In the old
days were classed In q group as dys.
pepsia. Just half a century ago tho
late John Carsick, the eminent physio-
logical chemist, and the father OF
physiological products In the United
States, made possible a new epoch In
American medicine by producing tho
first pepsin. Pepsin had been made
In small way in Europe before Mr..
Carriek's enterprise caused 1t to be In
troduced here, as 1t was originally sug-
gested by Doctor Corvisant Of Paris.
The quality was so poor, however, that
its use was distinctly limited.--Hy-
gienic Gazette.
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mind we will be married very soon, SO
save little money for tho wedding.
You are all invited, including tho cap.
tain, And, boys, my parting advice TO
you is to show up at luncheon or you'll
be ourt-martialed. / speak from ex-
perience,"
He was off the boat and up the hill
on his errand of mercy. ! turned
around to have Mrs. Jackson grasp
my hand and say:
"Well never did. Just to think, a
thief and a weddin' all In the, same
day! Amt 1t just too grand"
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reat tionaries?

There are three methods by which
protection can be afforded--the col
lectiye demand OF the organized
worker, action by the stakeholder
or legislation by the state. The
steel companies have made the first
impossible 1t remains apparently
for the stockholders to determine
which of the other two methods is
10 be employed For one of them
must be.
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Tactfuf.

Guide tss girl offers him tip)--We
are strictly forbidden to receive tips,
but don't like to refuse such charm
ing woman anything. Eliegende
Blaetter. ""
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Bows Reward.

Having pretty manners helps a little
girl, but all little boy gets out OF
pretty manners Is to have the other
boys call him Sissy" -Atchison
Globe.
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Apparently So.

Some genius has invented a guard
IN he affixed to automobile wheels to
prevent the splashing Of pedestrians.
Would he rob the sport Of one OF its
chief pleasures Washington Post.
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Humankind Psrverslty,

What IL remote and difiicult OF sue.
,ess we are apt to overrate; what !,
really best for us lies always wlthti
,ur reach. though often overlooked
Longfellow.
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PesalmlstIc Cutlery.

o, woman! woman! thou shouldest
have few sins OF thy own to answer
for! Thou art the author OF such
book Of follies In mani edward
Bulwer-Ly ton.
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Partnera In piatreaa.

Suburbanite (at railway station)-
My dear, this is Mr. Trayne.
Suburbanite's Wife--Isnt that too
bad! We missed ours, too. beg
pardon, but | didn't quite catch the
name.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-07

The discovery of coal 10 said to
have been made by a Belgian black
smith named Hullos, who lived In tha
village Of plenevaux, near Lege' III
1049.
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Idea Of Prosperity.

Having money to deposit in the
bank In the middle of the week wcald
be our idea of getting on in the world.
Detroit Free Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-07
Bill Mjot,t Object.

The person who ADVISES you TO take
the bull by the horns never seems 70
be considering what the bull might
be doing In the meantime.
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SuperIorlty.

In the opinion OF the average wo.
man pedigree is as much superior TO
brains as angel cake Is superior to
fiapjack.--S. L. Kiser.
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dignan.ly, Il love him and he loves
me, and that's the way We does 1t"
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THE BEST BLOOD PURIFIER
lis THE BEST TOXIC

and early Summer should S S. the
King OF Blood Purifiers, is genuine blood cleanser made entirely
from root herbs and baks does contain particle Of mineral
In any for You could not do better than begin the of S.
II from your blood weak impure S. S. s. all
troubles due to deanged circulation and will find the most
satisfactory tonic used Write for book the blood and
any medical advice No charge for either
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, ATLANTA, ca
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ton Tor good health. As ionic
S. S. S. has no equal and those who
are beginning to feel the need of
such a medicine to fortify them
selves against the unpleasant con-
ditionS which come with Spring
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ne ~ lOaunS. society mas not yet
founo anything profitable for him to
do in his leisure time"
But there Is coming to be a differ
ent attitude in regard to the seven
day week Managers may excuse 1t
but they seldom advocate 1t any
more and there has arisen move
ment within the last two years that
seems to mean that the steel indus
try Is not going to tolerate much
longer the vice-breeding, man-kill-
ing tAing. A plan which gives every
man twenty-four continuous hours
Of rest every week and which
abollshes the UBIQUITOUS twenty-four
hour shift, has been adopted by the
Lackawanna steel Company, ana |
am told has been or Is TO be adopted
by every subsidiary company in the
United States Steel Corporation. But
the twelve hour day remains. The
industry has M last granted week
ly day of rest but as regards the
length of the working day 1t is fifty
years behind the industrial stand
ard, now recognized by majority
OF the people. II you suggest a
change the answer is competition.
But IL there no way to protect pro.
gressive employers who would like
to introduce reasonable and humane
Regulations from the competition OF
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

h-SnHe 200 of the employees Negs
locked in5this mill, cots and food
being provided. A Judge refused
to issue a writ of habeas corpus
for the release of one woman,
kept in the mill over night, it was
alleged, against her will. 1t was
the first time in labor history that
employees were actually locked in
and typical of the, methods the
manufacturers who seem to think
that they are dealing with some
thing they can control like chat
tells. &C.,. E.. .-.. ,"-.-
Man Who Tried to Protect Girls
From Police Is Badly Beaten.
Passaic, N. J., April 8.-Twen-
ty girl mill workers were beaten
with police clubs by special Off
GERS in the employ of the Garfield
mill, owned by Forstmann and
Huffman, today. .-.--
One man who tried to protect
the girls from the special police
mems clubs was thrown to the
ground, beaten into unconscious
ness, taken to police headquarters
where his wounds were dressed,
and then rushed out.of the city,
The attack was entirely, I'M
provoked. Teh only reason for
it seems to have been to try and
induce the strikers, whose every
method had been peaceable SO far
to use violence. .~. ~ r.
Fifty girls, accompanied by-a
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qpsR,,e Thirty special DEPUTIES,
sworn in to protect the mills
came on the run toward the girls,
They ordered the girls to move
on. ,....-.. ..--
Some of the girls walked away,
but the majority ~hesitated for a
moment. The deputies did not
wait for an explanation. They
drew their clubs and charged.
At strike headquarters this al
ternoon, tn egirls. who were in
the crowd, showed their arms,
and breasts and shoulders, cover
ed with bruises.
Witnesses say the girls were
dubbed, over the heads and'shoul-
ders and that there was no excuse
for the clubbing.
The man who tried to place his
body between the descending po-
lice clubs and the girls, was an
Italian striker, The police late
this afternoon told the strikers
that he had been takenito Hack
ensack. They gave no reason as
to why a peaceabfe citizen had.
beenfhustled out of town like
criminal -. ..-e-. -.-
Boris Reinstein, leader of the
strike, says the police attacked
thegirls without leyen.the shadow
Of Justification, and for no other
reason than deliberately to pre-
cipitate Violence. - -.
: A number of the girls were se7
riously hurt. They. were unable
-