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The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
OLD TIME SPORT Ill.
Man Who Once Kept chioasos Largest
Gannblino ESll.


Chicago. May - ~ Colonel silver
Bill" Riley. the best known OF the
race track and pool room men Of Cal
cago years ago when gambling -four
ished in Chicago. is lying critically al
at Lakeside hospital. He had no; been
in Chicago for years until two days
ago when he came on what ne knew
might be mis- last trip.
The younger sports know silver
Rill' only ny reputation. hut old rae q
Ing men through the middle west have
lively recollection Of him. He sprang
into fame H. the early SOS, when he
opened his pool room in the alley run
ming west from state street. north of
Madison.
The coloners place was few feet
west of Clark street on the site now
occupied by the rear of the LaSallc
theater ON the way from Clark street
most Of the patrons stopped at the
old 'I;ound Bar" then extant ana ac .
quired the proper frame of mind for
attending the races. All down the al
ley were other pool rooms and a num-
Der of faro and roulette establish
ments.
Colonel Eli did not care for cards
nor the wheel. He specialized on the
races and the bah games ard every
other ty1c cf sporting events.
The proprietor got his sobriQuet from
his thick mop OF silver white hair. lie
wore IA long and WAS considrrnbIN.
proud of 1t. The military title he pick
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15

Under the compulsory school law
every child between the ages of I and
l6 must attend school. whether he or
she is defective or not Children of
this age who are defective who can
not be properly cared for in the nome
schools must go TO the state schools
Among these is the IIome for the
Feeble Minded. This institution has q
capacity for about 500. There are l,022
inmates and there is a long waitins
list of several hundred. These have
been committed by magistrates but
the institution is unable to take them
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
10000 Feeble Minded.

DIR. Hay mes, the medical superin-
tendent OF the institution at Lapeer.
estimates the number Of feebleniindcd
in the state at 10000. Or. Henry Cod
! lard of Vineland, y. j., estimating
on a basis of conditions as they arc
in New Jersey, thinks they are 10000
feeble minded in Michigan.
1.-The scientists make three divisions
OF feeble minded, IDIOTS, imbcciles and
rnorons. Idiots are of three grades,
low, middle and high grades; The nor
ons and imbeciles also are of three
'rades. A feehle-ininded child is de-
fined as one whose menta' age Is At
least three years under his chrono-
logical age. a moron cf the highest
age of II. A child OF this ago can.
under oversight use simple machinery
or can care for animals. put cannot
plan.
'If We take Or Haynes estimate.
which is the lowest | have seen, name
ly, that there are 10000 feeble minded
i'm the state. the state institution comes
a long way from caring for tho needs
Of this clas cf unfortunntes We ought
to have ten Institutions for the care
of the fecblc-minded instead OF one.
"The deaf childen may be educated
and become supporting. This is
true OF the bind TO a certain extent
The inmates OF the Industrial schools
for boys ana girls. provided they are
mentally competent. are quite likely
to become at least self-sCipporting. The
state public school which first and last
has cared for about 5000 dependent
and neglected children. has put nearly
all of these into good families and in
many cases they become good cib-
1ens. There Is no such hopeful thing
TO say about the Institution ut Lapecr.
1t can only care for those who are in
capable of development, incapable Of
sufficient training and education TO
ever make them independent. Ncr is
there any hope that they may be-
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15

Laurium lodge. with it's team Of thir-
ty members and with the prestige gain
ed by successes in the last two years
is looked upon ms one Of the strong
est teams in the upper peninsula.
Tenplars to Denver.
Elated over the magnificent plans
adopted by the Knights Templdr Of
Denver and Colorado for the reception
and entertainment Of visiting frat
ers at the conclave in August, 1913
Grand Master William Melish con-
graduated the Triennial committee
while in the city recently on his way
20 Los Angeles To attend the annual
meeting oc the Imperial Council Of the
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
Grand Master Melish said that en-
thusiasm throughout the East was be-
ing manifested over the coming grand
encampment but that when he return
ed home ard spread the news Of Dem
yer's preparations he felt sure the
desire on the part of fraters to visit
Denver next year would be augmented
and that when the time comes to enroll
the different state contingents the
numbers would be large from every
state in the Union.
a banquet was given in honor OF
the Grand Master at Masonic Temple
lin commemoration Of his official vista :
tion 20 Denver Commandery Ne. %.
! X. T.. Sir Frank II. Tanner. Grand
Commander of the Grand Command =
cry or Colorado. his staff and many
prominent Sir knights of Denver and
! Colorado were in attendance. In his
address at the banquet Mr. Melish took
occasion to compliment the Triennial
committee for the thorough and brill
/ liant manner i'm which it is ayrang-
| ing for the conclave. He spoke of
the world d-famed hospitality of the
people of Denver in general, and eX-
pressed the conviction that the en-
campment that will be held i'm Dem
Yer in 1918 will never be forgotten by
every Sir Knight who visits the city
on that occasion.
F'raters Of Denver are not making
rash promises which they cannot fultrl
says "A dispatch from that city. They
have set before themselves the huge
task of arranging the most brilliant en-
campment ever hcld in the history of
Templarism. This is their purpose.
And when the people of Denver set
their minds to any purpose in connec-
ton with the entertainment of visitors
in large or small numbers, they in
variably accomplish that purpose.
NoN~egisns to Celebrate.
The Norwegian F'remad society OF
Calumet has arranged a very excel
lent program for Saturday evening in
the Norwegian Lutheran church ~ oh
servancc of the ninety-eighth anni-
versary Of Norwegian independence,
which falls on May IL, but which
for obvious reasons may be more it-
tngly celebrated on Saturday evening.
The program Will include selections BY
some of the best known Norwegian
vocalists and speakers in the copper
country Miss Mildred Romsdahl has
consented to render vocal selection
and Lawrence Schlotter. the Houghtoi
cellist will also assist. Thomas Tunem
VIII be the speaker of the evening, |
.lohan Dybdahl, tho celebrated Norwc-
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
sHAsMus OUT WITH Def.
Wants TO Meet Alex Jarvinen in Cslu
met in Three Weeks.

Costa Shasmus. the doughty Greek.
who went down to defeat IN recent
match with Karl Lehto is out with "A
challenge to meet Alex Jarinen. the
accredited champion Of Finland in a
finish match within the next three
weeks Shasmus claims that he was
at a decided disadvantage In his re-
cent match with Lehto. in hat he was
very tired after his two days Journey
from Baltimore, where he participated
in a hard match Just before leaving for
Calumet. He wants a chance 10 redeem
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
FOR TIGER STADIUM.
chiessoan Gives Large Sum for Foot
ball Team Memorial,

Princeton, n. J. May 15.-Prince-
ton university students were cnthu-
siastic today over the gift Of S25. 900
from cyrus Mccormick OF Chicago
60 construct memorial TO the cham
pion 1911 football team.
II was suggested by the donor that
$4,000 be used in building a gateway
to the athletic field The remainder
may be used toward the construction
Of a stadium.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15

himself with the Calumet public and
says he is willing to wager $500 on
the outcome of the bout, If Ja:vinen
will take him.
Shasmus weighs about 2l0 pounds
and claims tc he in first class condi-
ton He contemTlates trip To- Eng
land and the continent in the near fu-
ture ard is desirous Of meeting Jarvi
nen before his departure in about three
weeks.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
Hsredity Plays Big Part.

come useful and self supporting CHI
zens.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
X. o. 7. NJ. M. Anniversary.
Court North Star.

The degree team of Court North
Star. Foresters OF America, has made
arrangements for a dancing party to
be conducted at the Calumet Light
Guard armory on Saturday evening,
May %. The Red Jacket band viii
furnish music and il is expected the
evening will prove very pleasant
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
FRANKIE BURNS DEFEATED.

New York, n. ". May t5.--Johnny
J<ilbane Of Cleveland the feather
weight champion. outfought frankie
Burns of Jersey City in a fast ten
round bout here last night
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15

ed up somewhere on the track. and
no patron ever questioned it. much less
the owner.
silver Bill's play" place became the
largest in Chicago and famous among
race track men east and west. Then
Chicago showed signs Of getting
cleaned up" and Bill moved away TO
Now Orleans.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15

gian yioHnist of Chicago will be the
principal entertainer of the evening.
After the concert progiam. refresh
ments VIII be served and il is be-
lieved the evening will prove very
pleasant one.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-15
Court Robin Hood.

The members of Court Robin Hood
Ancient order of Foresters have ac-
cepted the invitation of Rev. NJ. ii
Eldred. pastor of the Laurium NJ f,
church to attend divine services AT
that church next Sunday morning. The
members will meet at their hall in Red
Jacket and will march To the church
in a body. Rev. Eldred viii preach a
special sermon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
viii Not Produce Papers Wanted
by Government
AND CAUSES A SENSATION
other Papers OVERWHELMINGLY Also
Refuse to Surrender Two Contracts
Whereby Can Co. Secured Pref
erential Rates.

New York. May l5.--The refusal of
attorneys for the United States Steel
corporation to produce papers wanted by
the government and the discovery that
other papers had either been destroyed
or could not be found, furnished SEN
sation yesterday during the hearing.
The corporation attorneys refused TO
surrender two contracts whereby the
American Can company is alleged TO
have secured a supply of tin plate at
preferential prices, and stated the re-
fusal would stand until the governments
right to their possession had been ruled
upon.
The documents destroyed or missing
were all important to the government,
and Chief Counsel Dickinson sharply or
dered further search for them.
Interesting testimony was given by
Howard NJ Davis of Philadelphia, who
said that in 1907 he represented the
American Sheet & Tin Plate company
at manufacturers meetings where 'un-
derstandingsY were reached regarding
prices.
These understandings were not al.
ways observed but those violating Chem
were investigated" and made 70 prort-
Use to abide by them in future, he IS
serted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
Milady's Toilet Table
By Nine. D'MILLE.

"The easiest way to preserve and re-
store youthful complexion is to lightly
massage the face, neck and arms with 4
solution made by dissolving an orig.
inal package of mayatone in eight
ounces of witch hazel. No powder i:
necessary, for mayatone prevents that
shiny look and keeps the skin soft
satiny and altogether lovely.
"The hair can be kept light and fluffy
and beautifully lustrous, by dry sham
pooling. Mix four ounces of powdered
o1is root with an original package OF
therox, sprinkle a little on the head and
brush thoroughly through the hair. ii
anything win make the hair grow, therox
will.
Nothing is more humiliating to a
woman than hair on her face. Wild
hairs can be quickly and safely removed
by applying delatone paste. Mix enough
powdered delatone with water to cover
the hairs; leave on for two minutes.
then wipe off, wash the skin and the
hairs will be gone.
Many suffer now from tired. sore.
swollen or aching feet. Nothing will
give quicker relief than Mothers Salve.
II is easy to use, quick TO act, and re-
lives pain in any part of the body
headache, backache or sore muscles"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
FEAR BROOKLYN BRIDGE
MAY BE GROWING WEAK
Heavy Teams Barred and Railway 1Taf-
fc Curtailed in the Rush
Hours.

New York, May l5.--That some fears
are felt for the safety of the old Brook
lyn bridge. which still carries 6 consid.
cradle share OF the traffic between Man
haitian and Brooklyn. is indicated by
orders issued by the city bridge depart
ment prohibiting heavy teams from us
ing the railways and directing the elevat-
ed railroads to curtail their traffic dur
ing the rush hours. Extensive repairs
are being made to the structure.
A statement given out by the secre-
tary of the public service board says:
THE bridge is rather cid, and its con-
struction is not the most modern, by
any means, but with the repairs that
are continually being made, it is safe
to believe that it will be many years
before it will be necessary to condemn
it. Preventive measures are always
best.
THE strain on the bridge when heav-
ily laden with cars, trains, and trucks,
is naturally very great, and for this rea-
son it has been wise to restrict traffic
thereon"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
CHIEF SCOUT SETON
SAYS AMERICAN SCOUTS
KNOW WO0DCRAFT
After Visit to the British Boy Scouts,
the Naturalist Says Boy Scouts
of America are Superior
in Workmanship.

Ernest Thompson Seton, chief scout o.
the Boy Scouts Of America, is proud Of
his boys. On his return from visit Il
the British Boy Scouts, he is bubbline
over with enthusiasm for the Boy Scout;
of America and their ability to do reaj
scouting but also has the conviction
that the English lads are superior in
several ways to the American bows The
chief scout praises the American boys
as mixers and real scouts, but thinks the
British boys are more polite. Here is
what he says:
"On my return from England where I
have spent two months among the boy
scouts, | have been asked many times
how our scouts compared with those OF
the mother land In some ways ours
are ahead and in some ways ours have
much to learn. I thought, for example,
that our fellows looked rather more ro-
bust, taking them all around, but that is
a mere impression.
what | liked about the English
scouts were their manners. An illus
tration will show how polite the English
boys are After scout reunion in an
English city, / was in the secretary's
Office, when gentle tap was heard at
the door
"'Come in
"The door was opened by scout who
stood with four Others behind him. All
saluted and the spokesman said;
Please, sir, will you give us your
signatureY
"They all got it with other embellish-
ments, too.
Our fellows seemed to me not only
stronger, but more self-reli-
ant | did not hear OF any English fell
low going for hundred.mi hike, alone
or in pairs, as some of ours do. / did
not come across British scout who
could make the rubbing stick fire as so
many of ours do, and l suspect that a
troop of our boys left on a desert island
would live long and happy after all their
British cousins on another island had
settled in little cemetery of Those-who-
could-not -make-it-a-go.
81 have always been opposed to drill,
but recent opportunities to observe have
made slight change. More than once
have I seen the scout commissioner in
America struggling TO bring order out
Of a chaos of wrangling, rollicking, riot
Gus, yelling, disorderly scout troops. His
efforts after half an hour were con-
fessed failure. The boys knew nothing
of the self-conduct that is the real OBJ
iect of drill. But in England | saw
similar number OF similarly riotous
scouts instantly silenced, made orderly
and lined up by that one magic word,
attention.
But the thing that left the deepest
on me was the cordial well
come received everywhere as brother
scout from over the sea; and when the
cheering crowds at Plymouth, Padding
ton, Westminster, London, Lambert,
Wallesey, Liverpool and many other
places stirred my heart with warmth OF
their reception, realized how happily
this great scheme is working for the !
growing of kind feelings, and the bring
ng together of the nations"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15

making of these large centerpieces is to
iunderlay them with contrasting color
OF linen, cutting away part of the design
on the centerpiece to reveal the bright
color underneath. For example, a wild
rose centerpiece, stamped in a rather
conventional design on gray linen, has
the five petals of the roses underlaid with
pink linen and the leaves with green
linen The work is not difficult and is
extremely effective. The underlying lin
en- is basted on directly under the por-
tons OF the stamped pattern which are
to show the color.
The edge of the pattern is then en-
broidered with silk or mercerized cotton,
catching each stitch through the
eolored linen underneath and making the
stitches very close together. Bnttonhol-
ing is sometimes used instead of the or
binary over-and-oyer stitch.
When this is completed, the top linen
is carefully cut away with a sharp pair
OF scissors.
II the pattern is large, requiring a
good sized underlay, it is best to cut
away the top linen before the embroidery
is done, turn in the edges and carefully
haste to the linen underneath. Ecru
linen, stamped with a peacock feather
design, has blue, green, and yellow linen
revealed in the cut-out design, and thes
are embroidered with varied eolors, rep.
resenting the shades found in the natural
feathers.
Any design can be treated in this man
ner with surprisingly good results.
The edge of a centerpiece can be seal
loped and buttonholed or finished with a
border Of heavy linen lace. Either way
is quite satisfactory Exchange.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
RAW FROM SCRATCHING
TORTURED SKIN SOON HEALED BY
SOOTHING APPLICATION.
Try This Remedy at Our Risk.

When tortured by the awful burning
and itching of eczema, both children and
older people often scratch until the skin
is raw and bleeding.
This spreads the disease and makes
the suffering ten times worse. The first
thing to do is to stop the terrible itching
by soothing application of our new
skin remedy, Saxon Salve, which also
penetrates the skin to the very roots of
the disease and destroys the germs.
In all forms of eczema, and all other
crusted or scaly humors and eruptions,
Saxon Salve has given astonishingly good
results. The great improvement that it
makes in the first few days shows plainly
that you can place full trust in its eura-
tive power.
We have so much confidence in it that
we give back your money if you are
not satisfied with Saxon Salve. Red
Cross Pharmacy, Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
Lines to a Bird.

What happy life you lead,
Little bird;
You are free from care indeed,
Little bird;
CARRIED in raiment fit and trim
You can fit from limb to limb,
Fashions calls you need not heed,
Little bird
Why should not your notes be sweet,
Little bird?
You do not have bills to meet,
Little bird.
Pipe your lghtsomc. merry lays,
Aren't You glad you wear no stays
And no boots that pinch your feet,
Little birdl
Though you're free as springtime's air,
Little bird,
And of Joy you have your share,
Little bird,
Still with you I'd not change places
/ prefer my frills and laces,
I'm quite satisfied. So there,
Little bird.
Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
Embroidered centerpieces.

There are so many places in the home
where an embroidered centerpiece can be
used that it behooves every housekeeper
to provide herself with a variety of
these necessary pieces of linen.
In no way, perhaps, is the individual
ity of the homemaker more strongly ex-
pressed than in the decorative center
pieces used in her dining and living
rooms
French and eyelet embroideries on
plain white linen are considered the best
taste for the dining room table and
sideboard, but during the time between
meals a eolored linen centerpiece on the
polished dining table is permissible.
In the library, living room and sleeping
rooms, there-is always found place for
these, and for general purposes there is
nothing quite so satisfactory as ecru or
gray linen embroidered in colors.
A new and very beautiful idea in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
OF BANDIT
GANG KILLED
Career of frances Notorious
Gang is Ended
AFTER AN 8 HOURS BATTLE
.--v--..-----
Octave GARNER and Wallet Blown Up by
Explosives in Small Villa at Nogent
Where They Were Taking
Refuge.
AFTER AN 8 HOURS BATTLE

Paris, May l5--Ihe career Of the
last of Frances notorious bandit gang
was ended dramatically this morning
when after eight hours battle with the
police and troops, Octave GARNER, and
his confederate Wallet, We're blown up
by explosives in the small villa at No
gent, where they had taken refuge.
Shattered by dynamite the house fell
in ruins when melinite was exploded
under the walls. The police poured vol
ley after volley into the ruins, then
rushed in, finding GARNER dead and Val
let dying. Five policemen were wound
ed in the battle.
The bandits made their last stand in
house surrounded by foliage and other
buildings, making assault dangerous.
The police carried steel shields, (which
alone saved them from certain death as
they advanced and hurled dynamite
bombs.
Meantime under the glare Of search
lights brought from Paris, an enormous
crowd blocked the streets, yelling Death
to the bandits"
Dynamite explosions shook ths entire
town like an earthquake, but when the
smoke cleared away, the sharp crack
of rifles from the villa showed the ban
dts were still pouring out murderous
fire.
Project Of Police Lepine narrowly es-
capped death, bullet passing within an
inch of his head
GARNER, with his companions, Wallet
and woman named Vuillemin, were
traced TO Nogent recently through stol-
en- securities which GARNER tried TO nego-
tiate.
Ills lair was discovered yesterday When
the Yuillemin woman, who is striking
" beautiful, attracted the attention of
a Partisan woman on the street, who
decided the Vuillemin woman's hair was
dyed. Her comments put the police on
the trail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

Borax water will restore the gloss to
sateen in washing.
To make fannels come out like new.
add two teaspoonfuls of glycerine to the
rinsing water.
A little borax in the last rinsing water
will make handkerchiefs easier to iron
and look better when done.
Grated white potato scattered freely
over the carpets is fine cleaner and will
freshen the colors in carpet without
injuring the most delicate shades.
When pressing seam or crease in a
wool garment, use damp wrapping paper
instead of damp cloth between the
garment and the iron. The pressing will
be more satisfactorily done.
Put the top OF pineapple in glass
jar, 1t will soon root. Change it into a
fancy flower pot or jardiniere and You
will soon have pretty, inexpensive and
easily cared for palm.
There is nothing better for cleaning
the lint from the laundry tubs than q
buttonhook it is well to keep one with
a long handle hanging near the tubs for
just such emergency, thereby saving the
plumbing bills.
Butter and sugar to be creamed for
cake or hard sauce can quickly be re-
duced to the right consistency by the aid
Of wooden potato masher, says To-
days Magazine. Warm the mixing bowl
before putting in the ingredients, and
YOU will be surprised how soon they will
become light creamy mass, with half
the usual labor.
When leather chairs have become worn
and rough looking, they may be inn
proved by rubbing with the following
mixture: Take one part vinegar TO two
parts of boiled linseed oil Apply this
10 the chair and polish with soft cloth,
This will greatly improve the appear
snce of the leather and will also act as s |
A delicious new peanut CONNECTION Is !
made as follows: Skin and chop two |
'upfuls of roasted peanuts. and add two |
,upfuls of sugar. two tablespoonfuls of /
lour, and the whites of four eggs beaten /
tiff. Drop upon buttered paper by the
poonful. and bake to light brown in
! quick oven.