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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-19
The Engineers Party.

The Calumet Engineers Basketball
team will entertain at dancing party
in the Light Guard armory tomorrow
evening. The c. d II. orchestra will
furnish music, and prior to the dane
ing there will he a short practice game
between two picked teams
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-19
lNTER.S Sc DANCING PARTY.
Fine Time Promised at Light Guard
Armory-Enoineers Friday.

One of the most enjoyable of the
holiday social functions will Ice the
dancing party in the Calumet Light
Guard armory on Monday evening un-
der the auspices of the lnter-Se club,
enc of the most popular of the many
similar organizations in Calumet. The
party will be IN the nature OF II re-
ception for the students who are re-
turning from their respective colleges
10 spend the holidays here. The c. Il
IL. orchestra has arranged splendid
program OF dance numbers for this oc-
casion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
BUCKINGHAM AND BENT OPEN THEIR
 LAW OFFICES TODAY

Former Mayor Edward T. Buck ingham and Representative William w Bent who in the future will prac- tice law in partnership, have opened their new offices in the Connecticut Bank building. They have a suite of three handsomely furnished rooms on the third floor of the building. This morning they were busy receiving congratulations of their friends and showing them the new offices. Atty. Bent who represented Bridgeport in the last session of the general assem- bly, was formerly the partner of F. H. Lounsbury, who is now a clerk in the office of the secretary of state. Last Tuesday evening former Mayor Buckingham as grand sachem of the Improved Order of Redmeu assisted in the dedication Of the new wigwam Of Compounce tribe of Bristol. He was presented with mammoth key visit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
SOLEMN HIGH MASS .OF THANKSGIVING BY
 CARDINAL O'CONNELE
First New England Born Dignitary to Attain Such Eminence = Thousands Turned Away.

Boston, Feb. Tn the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, which was decorated with thousands of red roses, a solemn high mass of thanksgiving was cele- brated, today, in honor of Cardinal O'Connell. the first New England man to become a prince of the Catholic Church.
 The historic cathedral was a gorge ous scene, crowded to the doors, when the ceremony began shortly after 10 o'clock.
 It was the first mass in which the newly appointed Cardinal participated since his return to the United States from Rome.
 The nave of the church was pro- fusely decorated with red and gold winding about the massive columns. In front of the beautiful white altar were arranged palms, ivy and a pro- fusion of flowers.
 The Cardinal sat in a high backed red velvet chair at the left of altar Mgr J. Splain was master of cere- monies, assisted by the Rev. William B. Finnegan and the Rev. Richard J. Haberlin of the Cathedral
 The chaplains to Cardinal O'Con- nell were Mgr.s. Arthur J. Teelin of Lynn. J. E. ,Millerick of St. Joseph's church, west end, and Edward J. Moriarty of St. Peters church, Cam bridge.
 An hour and a half before the cere- mony started, 5000 people were stand ing in front of the cathedral waiting to be admitted. In order that there would be no Interruption i'll the ser vice. all the doors of the edifice were locked at 9:S0 and those who arrived after that time could not get in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
ALL OVER BUT
 THE SHOUTING
Nothing to It But Taft Says
 Prophet Hillies
DENOMINATION A CINCH
 ELECTION A CERTAINTY
Wonderful Change In Sen timent In Last Three Days Says Taft's Secre- tary.
Special from United Press

SS.J
 Washington, Feb. 1-Taft will be renominated- and reelected in a great victory" next November, ac- cording to the confident prediction made, today, by Charles D. Hines, secretary to the President, in his first public utterance on the subject
 President Tafts nomination in June is certain as anything can be- declared HilIes. "I am confident that there will be comparatively little opposition to him in the national con Vent1on and when the nomination is made the Republicans of the country will rally to the party standard and win a great victory in November.
 Developments in three of the big gest states within the last few days ought to point conclusiyely to the President has visited and on the other I have information that leaves no question for dispute
 The Executive Committee of New York County passed by unanimous vote resolutions endorsing the PreSi- dent and declaring for his re-nomina ton in the strongest terms. The in- formation from leaders in New York was uniformly that the President will have the delegation. of the state.
 "In Ohio the Presidents sDeeches have awakened Republicans to a de- gree that was not expected. The President was received with en- thusiasm everywhere he visited and I have no doubt that every delegate from the state will be for him. There has been lots of noise in that state but the substantial Republicans in every Congressional district are de- termined that the President shall have the delegates.
 'I have a telegram from Indiana polls saying that every member of the Republican State Committee elected in the Is Congressional dis tricts, yesterday, is for Taft.
 ''I have also the telegrams and let ters from other states showing that the Taft forces are on the move and when ] lxuo7r that they are going so well I have no hesitation in saying that the prospects, could hardly be brighter" '
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Four Drunken
 Sailors Kick
 Up Big Muss

The crew of the good ship EIma. q Nova Scotia bark moored at the West End Lumber companys dock. started out last night to make Bridgeport howl, and commenced hostilities by going the rounds of the West End sa- looms. They succeeded in acquiring an immense az and then started back for the ship. When crossing the gang plank, one of the number tumbled i'm to the water. Capt. H. C.. Hunter. hearing the noise, hastened out and with sober member of the crew. res cued the intoxicated tar who would otherwise have been drowned
 So obstreperous did the sailors be- come that the captain telephoned to Che police and a whole squad of of icers went out and brought in three of the offenders One who was left behind felt insulted and started to clean up the ship. The police returned and took him along for good luck.
 In the city court this morning. Har- ry Hallgrun and Valdemar Mikkel- son, two of the sailors. were given ten days for drunkenness and judg- ment was suspended. The cases Of the other two. Vigo Ruskall and Carl Lundberg. charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace. were contin- ued until tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01

Because St. Augustine's church was desecrated yesterday afternoon by the suicide of Gaetiano Gagianno within it's walls, it was necessary today to dedicate the church again before it could be used as a place of worship.
 An act of suicide or the commis- sion of any crime of violence in a Roman Catholic church desecra tes the edifice. The doors must be locked, the sacrament removed from the tabernacle and the light extinguish- ed.
 The church can be restored to good standing only by dedication services by the bishop or a priest delegate ted by the bishop for that purpose. The service is the. same as that performed at the dedication of 8 new church. ~
 As soon as Rev Father Charles J. McElroy, rector of St. Augustine's church. learned of the suicide he not ford and the bishop delegate Father McEIeroy to bless the church and re- move the dissertation. Every effort was made to avoid delay because the noon and last night and members of the parish were greatly inconveni- enced.
 pressive dedication services were. held. Father McElroy and, his two curates, Father Kennedy and Murphy, all wearing their vestments, walked in the wintry morning air while hun dreds of folks hurrying to work look ed on in wonder. In front Of the priest marched a cross bearer and a numb Der of altar boys acted as acoly- tes. These services must be held pri- vately.
 The ceremony began with prayers outside the church and then the pro- cession went around the outside walls of the edifiee, giving the ritual and sprinkling the walls with blessed wa ter. After going around the church the priests and the acolytes entered the building and walked to the altar reciting the Litany of the Saints. The recitation was continued until the end of the litany was reached.
 The interior walls of the church were then blessed with blessed water and the final prayers were read at the altar. The completion of this service restored the church to order and the priests proceeded to say mass.
 A dedication service in a case of this kind Is very rarely performed in the Catholic church. In fact a local clergyman said he could not remem- Der in his g years of service that a church in this section had ever been the scene of a suicide or any other
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
BERNHARD LIEBSCHER, JR. FORMER MAIN STREET
 MARKETMAN SUGGUMBS

The many friends of Bernhard Liebscher, Jr., who for many years conducted a market in Main street will be shocked to learn of his death which occurred early this morning at his home, 3O61 Main street, after but a brief illness. MT. Liebscher had re- tired from active business about two years ago. He was 5S years old and is survived by his wife, three sons, Bernhard, Harry and John; and one daughter, Lillian, wife of Albert Fisher. Three brothers Herman, Ernest and John; and two sisters, Meta, wife of Albert SchaIIer and Miss Annie Liebscher, as well as his father, Bernhard Liebscher, who is S8 years old. also survives him.
 The deceased was born in Bremen, Germany, November 13, 1853, and came to this country when but six teen years of age. For time he worked in the Evers' market in State street. Later he went into business at 138c Main street where he con ducted a general market until about two years ago whcr the business was purchased by Frank Healy. Arrange ments for the funeral will not be compl eted until his son, Bernhard Liebscher, 3rd, who is now in Kansas can be communicated with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
crime of violence.

crime of violence
 The necessity for privacy caused Father M6Elroy to have the service so early this morning. Nothing had been said in advance and for that reason the people who were passing by St. Augustine's church this morn ing were rather startled at the sight of the priests in their vestments walk ing about.
 Gagianno did not die in the confes- Sional He was sitting in a chair in the rear of the church when he took the poison. The dead man was not a member of St Augustine's church and as far as the priests know he had never even attended service there
 Yesterday morning he went to Ma Ione's drug store and obtained the poison He proceeded east on Pequon- Father McElroy was standing on the corner waiting for car and Father Kennedy was talking to some men nearby as Gagianno passed. He walked by the clergyman and pass ed into the church. They noticed nothing strange about his appearance and thought he was simply entering the church to pray.
 There were no priests in the church at the time. The only occupants were a few workmen engaged in making improvements in the interior of the building. The workmen paid no at tention to Gagianno and in fact did not know he was there until they heard screaming at the rear of the church. They TuSneo 10 the scene and saw Gagianno sitting in a chair and writhing in the agony of death. One workman ran out and beckoned to Fathers McElroy and Kennedy who were on Washington avenue. They hurried into the church but found the man dead They did not know then that it was case of suicide but thought Gagianno might have died from heart disease because he was very stout.
 A telephone cali was sent to the emergency hospital and later the empty bottle. which had coStained the poison, was found. The priests looked closely at the dead man but all declared him to be a stranger. It was Driver Aubrey Burlison of the auto ambulance who recognized Gagi-
 As soon as the body had been re- moved Father McElroy ordered the church doors 'ocked and had notice posted notifying members of the church of the action This was nee essary because the nature of Gagi- amos deed prohibits the use Of the church for ary official acts of wor- ship until the dissertation has been re- moved in accordance with church law
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Writer Declares MOr- gan'S Wall St. House
 Ruined Him
TRAP SET BY POLICE FAILS
Home Of Junior Morgan Was Recently BurgIaTized-- Terms
 Of Note
(speciaI from I1nfted Pres

New York, Feb. Receiving 2. rep quest. for s1O0,ooO which he was al. rected to leave for the writer at designated place in Central Park "op something serious might happen" J. F. Morgan, Jr., hurriedIy got futa touch with the police, today. H!a house was robbed g few days ago and he said that he thought the let ter was either a hoax or from a crazy man. In part, the letter said.
 I know of the manipuIations oP the Morgan Wall street house and through it have lost all the money h77. z" consider it up to the Mo gan nous make restitution
 A police guard will be furnished the dnancier.
 In an attempt to trap the man who wrote the note, dozen or the beEt detectives and gunner on the po- lice force Iurked in hiding places along the east drive in Central Park aii night, just north of the MetropiItau Museum of Art. The letter writer had agreed to be at a specified spot to receive the S100.000 he demanded from Morgan.
 The writer. however. failed to ma terialize by daylight The letter Ia believed to have been written by a well educated man who has intimate knowledge of Wall street workings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
BOSTON FIRE
 ZERO WEATHER
Two Buildings Gutted In One Of Worst Fire Traps
 In Country
Guests Driven Out From Two HOtel5-Brave Fireman Buck ly - Caretaker Missing - Damages $I5O,O0O
Especial from United Press.

Boston, Feb. 1-Boston had it's worst fire scare in years shortly before 6 o'clock. this morning, when fire, of unknown origin, gutted two build ings at and Province Court, called by fire officials one of the worst fire traps in the country.
 A caretaker in one of the buildings, which were old wood and brick struc- lures five stories in height, is miss> ing.
 About 15o guests in the Boston Tav- ern and the Province House, which are in the rear. were driven to the first floor offices in their nightclothes by the smoke that poured into the hos teIries. At S:30 the fire was under control. The damage will amount to S15O,000.
 Fire Chief Mullen, recognizing what a fire in Province Court would mean, rushed ahead of the apparatus to the scene on hearing the first alarm. As soon as he arrived he turned in a second, third and then fourth alarm, which brought out every piece of ap- paratus in the downtown district. Province Court leads off of Washing ton street. through a blind alley, into the center of the large irregular block bounded by Washington and Fremont, Broomfield and School streets.
 Sucked as through a bloWplpe lnto the burning building through the all ley entrance. a high wind carried great embers onto the roofs. of other buildings ana several neaTOy EOOAS were afire before the frozen hydrants could be thawed and the first stream of water turned on the flames.
 The work of Fireman Patrick Buck ley was worthy of commendation. He climbed up three flights of stairs through blinding smoke. with a stream of water playing on him to open two heavy doors that were blown shut by a hot air explosion in the Frazier Carpenter shop. Flames burned his eyebrows, mustache and front part of his clothing. He turned about and the wai.er extinguished the flames. BuckIey's captain said if he hadn't opened those doors another section Of the block would (have burned
 Zero weather greatly hampered the fight many of the firemen suffering severely By o'clock, the fire was out and the firemen began searching the ruins for the body of the care taker The firms in the fire who lost heaviest were Henry B. Leighton plumber. Keefe Sign Co.,. J. M. Gar land, Electrician, M. J. O'Brien. plum Der. Hub JeweIry Co.,, s. F.. Carr, tail or, Bluff & Berger, surveyors 1nstru-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
WIRELESS FAILS TO GET SUCCOR
 TO PLAGUE SHIP
Seven Cases of Dread Lep- rosy in Crew of B Mem bers Verging on Starva- tiOn.
Especial from United Press. )


 Savannah, Feb. 1-Afloat somewhere off the Florida coast, summed by all vessels as ''unclean' because dread leprosy stalks her decks and with her crew verging on starvation, the Brit ish schooner Success sent beseeching wireless appeals to the government station here today. The revenue cut ter Yamacraw left here ear y today to assist the plague ship. The wire less reports from the horror ship say there are seven cases in a crew of 23 members Three sailors are reported washed overheard in a storm
 Entrance to half a dozen ports in the Mediterranean and Carribean wa ters was refused, and the Success re- ported that she had wandered aim lessly about, despairingly seeking sue cor until her supplies have now become almost exhausted. A storm partly disabled the vessel
 Wire ess messages today reported that there was no danger of the Sue cess foundering, but pleaded for med ical assistance and food. The Yam acraw will probably convoy the yes sel to Jacksonville, Fla.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Western Organizer In Place Of EttOr Under
 Arrest
HIGHER PAID ARTISANS
 RETURN TO WORK TODAY
National Secretary Of Industrial Workers Puts WOman'S Death
 Up To Mill Owners |
Especial from United Press.)

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 1-WiIliam D. Haywood Western labor leader and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, arrived here at noon to- day to assume the reins of leader ship in the strike of 10000 textile mill operatives, dropped when Leader Jo- seph J. Ettor and Alturo Giovannfti, both of New York. were Jailed with out bail on charges of being accessor- tes to the killing of Anna Lopizzo, who was shot during Monday nights riot
 Shortly after their arrival, William Yates, chairman Of the strikers com mittee, received a telegram from Vim cent St. Jean of Chicago, national secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, directly charging the Lopizzo woman was shot with intent by a detective employed by the mill owners, to cast further discredit on the strikers. Secretary St. Jean S telegram bore the following message:
 ''The Lopizzo woman was shot by one of the horde of private detectives employed by the mill owners. There is no end to which the mill interests will not go to poison the public mind against these men who slave for them. Be of good cheer. We will win this fight for humanitys sake Do not worry about the jailing of Joe Ettor It is better to live in jail than to die in the textile mills"
 A reiteration of the charge that private detectives employed by the mill owners were responsible for the bullet that Filled thes-svon1an was made by s. A. StodeIl, who declared he heard unknown men discussing plan to use such a method for discred- iting the strikers being discussed last week in New York
 Between 1,6OO and 2.OOO operatives went back to work in the mills when they opened at 7:30 today. None of these were strikers. They are the higher paid workers who have remain ed out rather than face the criticism of their lower paid fellow workers, who are fighting for a living wage
 Strike leaders said today they ex- pected many of this class to return through the long snow covered aisles between the two rows of grim soldiers which stretched from the mill doors in some instances. for ROD yards
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
ROWLAND co. PURCHASE THE
 TAYLOR BLDG.
Will Remodel First and Sec ond Floors for. Needs of Dry Goods Business.

The Thomas P. Taylor Company, of which former Mayor Thomas P Taylor is the head, has sold to the Rowland Dry Goods Company, the fine business building on Cannon street, known as the Taylor Building. The new owners will take immediate possession and the first and second floor of the Taylor Building will be added to the present quarters of the Rowland Company. The tenants above the second floor will not be disturbed, but the main and second floors will be remodeled to meet the needs of the Rowland Company
 The property has frontage of 60 feet on Cannon street. The transfer represents one of the largest real es- tate transactions recorded in some time.
 In discussing the purchase, an of fcer of the Howland Dry Goods Com pany said: "The Taylor property has been secured simply because it was needed to accomm odate the growth mediateIy adjacent to our present quarters, was d good building, and mmediately joined the Whiting prop erty which we bought an invest ment a short time since. We pur- pose using the street and the second floors to allow of the expansion of our present business. We have not yet decided exactly what merchan- disc will be placed in it. It is a little too soon to have done such a thing. But when our plans are completed we shall be glad to make them pub lic.'
 The growth of the Rowland Dry Goods company has often caused fav- orable comment in dry goods circles of New England and the country Starting in 1894 in the old quarters of W. B. Hall and Company. this con cern has spread until in 1908, practi- cally three years ago, it opened in November the enlarged quarters which it at present occupies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Young Husband To Gel
 Food Turns Burglar
(special from United Press )

New York, Feb. With his wife and year-oId baby absolutely with out food and faced with dispossess proceedings because he was behind in his rent, John Mccullough, g, turned burglar. His amateur.sh operations resulted in his prompt capture by William F. Schoen, who saw him try ing to force entrance into his flat
 In DO ice court, however, Schoen not only withdrew the charge but started collection to which the police and Harlem court attaches contributed and the money was turned over to Mrs. Mccullough for food. When arrested, Mccullough told the police his people were well to do in Waco, Tex, but that they had failed to help him.
 ''I couldn't stand by and see my baby and wife thrown on the streets without a particle of food,'' he said.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Rotten Rails Are
 Causing WreCks
 Says Commission

Washington, Feb. 1-Fhe grave pos sibility of an epidemic of railway wrecks,'' on account of rotten rails, was predicted by the Interstate Com merce Commission. today in a final report on the Lehigh Valley wreck at Manchester N. Y, last August, in which people were killed.
 The commission reported that the disaster was caused by fracture Of a rail that had been used beyond the limit of endurance It had been in service less than q year.
 s.,The fractured rails are not con fined to one railroad" the report de- clared and are of utmost gravity in troducing an element of danger in railroad travelling most mena cing with the possibility of an epidemic Of wreckS not remote.'
 Processes of manufacture are not responsible. the report stated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Earrings Are Torn From The Ears Of
 Sleeping Woman
Special from United Press0

Pittsburgh, Feb. 1.-Two masked burglars entered the home of Charles Mueller, a well-to-do druggist, early today, and tore the diamond earrings from the ears of Mrs. Mueller as she law sleeping beside her husband and child
 A necklace the woman wore also was taken. The pain of having the earrings torn away aWoke the wo- man. The husband was awakened with difficulty and notified the po- lice It is thought chIoroform was taken was valued at $50.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-01
Drivers Pulled From
 Seats In Strike Riots
CspeciaI from United Press )

Paris, Feb. 1-Repeated charges by police and cuirass;ers, in which many persons were injured, were necessary today to check the riots growing out Of the strike of the chauffeurs. The situation was very serious for time. The strikers. aided by crowds of sym pathizers, attacked all cars operated by strike brea kers. The drivers were pulled from their seats, windows were demolished by showers of missiles and half q dozen taxis were smashed and burned