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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
ONLY SHORT TIME OFF.
Baseball Season Will Soon Be In Full
Swim Throuahout land.

Baseball Season Will Soon Be In Full
Swing Throughout Land.
It's only a few weeks away now
\ few short weeks before the umpire
will dust off the plate. cram several
baseballs into his blouse. and donning
his mask take his place behind the
batter and yell play BALI" says the
Evening Wisconsin.
"Play balf'" and the 1912 season viii
ball will be the all-absorbing topic FOR
S0,O00O00 people, whether they are fol-
lowing the fortunes Of the big lea
CUES, the trolley organizations. or the
back lot amateur associations.
How many persons now are waitlnS
for that cry. "Play ball?' Hot stove
talk will soon be n thing Of the past,
critics will not be pricking pinholes
to see who Is going to win the Ma
tional league pennant. furnished fans
will not be fed with dried-up dope each
day, and the recruits will not be shak-
ing in their shoes, wondering II they
will make the team. Instead. the
bleachers will be packed with thou
sands Of perspirlng, excited individuals
each cheering and knocking in a Ian
guagc OF his own. the crafty mhrager
will have made his final selection from
tho crop of phcnoms and the man nj
the gate will he whirlng the turnstile
at so many revolutions per minute.
So forget that it's only March. Just
think of the major league teams that
have started for the south and be con-
tent to wait until the umpire adjusts
his mask. sweeps the crowd with q
glance and yells play BALI"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET THURSDAY
COUNTY CONVENTION AT LAUR-
lUM TOWN HALL TO NAME
DELEGATES TO STATE
CONVENTION.

Much interest is manifested among
the Republicans of Calumet and Laur-
ium in the county convention to be
held at tho Laurium town hall Thurs
day afternoon. FOR the purpose of Sc
Letting thirty seven delegates to rep
resent this county at the state con-
vcntion at Bay city April IL. II is ex-
pccted every township i'm Houghton
county will be represented at the
county convention and besides the Sc
lection of delegates other matters i'm
the regular order of business will come
up for consideration. II is possible
that some action may be taken WITH
the matter of selecting a permanen,
county chairman TO succeed Judge
George c. Bentley, resigned. w. +.
Miller of Houghton, who is acting as
chairman. only consented 10 remain in
this position until a permanent chair
man could be selected
The Republicans Of Calumet town
ship will meet at the Washington,
school hall tomorrow evening to choose
siXty-nine delegates to the county
convention. The Osceola township Re
publicans will also meet tomorrow
evening at the old captains Office, to
name twelve delegates to the county
convention.
Besides the selection Of six dele
gates at large and six alternatcs TO the
national convention, there are other
matters to he considered at the state
convention at Bay city, among which
are the nominating Of fifteen candi-
Gates 10 be electors for president and
vice president of the United States and
for the selection of a state central
committee and chairman hereof In
case the presidential primary election
dll now being considered by the leg
isators at Lansing is passed and given
immediate effect the duties of the
state convention relative td the sclcc-
ton of delegates TO the national con-
Nention probably viii be simplihcd.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
TOO MUCH SPEED HARMFUL.
Vim Campbell Loses job Because H'
Tries to Work Too Fast.


Vim Campbell. who was traded by
the Pirates to Boston for Mike Donlin,
literally ran himself Off the PUTS
burg club. At least such is the opin-
ion Of Mordecai Brown.
Campbell has speed, lots of speed
In the outfeld his speed was men
ace. and at times he had Fred clark,
IN fear of his life. Ordinarily. when q
hall is hit into the doubtful territory
between two outfeldors. enc Of them
win stop, yell to the other. and let
him have IL. Not so Campbell.
Many times his tremendous ground
covering ability allowed him 10 snatch
q ball almost from Clarke's hands. and
The Pirate manager never set himself
TO catch a fly without having n feel
ing in the back Of his neck chat Camp
Lell, needless OF everything but the
ball. was rushing down on him. H.
tried To break Vim Of IN. habit, but
he was unbreakable. AS a result Clarke
was not sorry to get rid of the young
ster for steady, experienced Mike Den
lin.
At bat Campbclrs speed according
TO Brown. was also n dc;rincn;. The
moment he faced the pitcher he was,
I'm his mind. starting for first. lie
never put his whole thought on hit
ting the ball, but was thinking pf his
start. As result he never truly hit
up to his possibilities, and for all he
is younger than Donln. was %: Gar
less ue than the ex-Giant is expected
20 be.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05

champion Of the world in your d.
yision?"
Beat Eddie McGoorty,' he replied
"Then you don't figure Billy Papk,
any mOre?'
no: he has gone back. At any rate
he would have to do better than ne
did against Sailor Burke and F'raut
Mantell to have a look in"
And how about Jack (Twin) Sulli-
van, who is claiming the title
Foxy. Foxy old cOOt," was Klaus
answer. But he can't make the weight
lie would be dangerous # he could ?"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05

cross-country run I'm the fall He has
resisted al requests that he run for
athletic clubs and has confined his
competition to meets in which Cornell
has teams.
on top Of his splendid mile perform
ance at Boston two weeks ago. he ran
q half mile one week ago in New
York, winning the two-milo relay race
for Cornell. the time for his relay be-
ms l.57 There Is no doubt that if he
desired Jones could establish a new
world record for the half-mile indoors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
NO OPPOSITION YET.

To-day is the last day upon which
tickets may be filed with the village
clerk i'm order to be included On the
official ballot for the election next
Monday. The law provides tnat tick
cts must be filed at least five days be-
fore the election. Up TO noon, no oppo-
sition has developed TO the nomina-
ton ticket and II is unlikely that any
will appear.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
JUNIOR BOWLING MATCH.

Tomorrow evening the Hubbell Jun
i,rs and the Y. NJ. c. &. Juniors will
meet in a bowling match on the Y, NJ.
G. {. alleys in Laurium. Keen rivalry
{ Nists between these teams and good
match is expected. A large number OF
Torch Lake followers of the game arr
expected on hand To witness the match.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
GAMES MAY BE POSTPONED.

The basket bail games scheduled to-
morrow evening in the Newspaper
League probably will be postponed for
one week, because of the inability Of
a number of players to be present
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
SPORTING DEPARTMENT.
PRESENT HOLDERS
OF FlSTIC TITLES.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cou-
Ion. of Chicago. % years old.
Observation-Disclosures Kill
bane. of Cleveland, % years old.
Lightweight-Ad Wolgast. of
Cadillac, Mich, "a years old.
Welterweight-Ji Clabby,
Of Milwaukee. % years old.
Middleweieht--ln dispute.
tweight-Tommy Burns,
of Canada, 81 years old.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Johnson,
of Chicago, "a years old.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05

:. CORNELL Miller Is
= CAREFUL ATHLETE.

Probably no other college athlete
takes such splendid care OF himself as
John Paul Jones OF Cornell, the holder
Of the world amateur record. In par
,icular. Jones makes II a rule not %
o,crca athletics lie did not compete
In a single N eei from the time of the
1911 intercollegiate meet until the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

The regular March meeting of the
Ing. No business of Importance is eX-
pccted to come mp at this time outside
of the routine bills for the month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05
M'oooRrY ONLY RIVAL.
That's tho Way Frank Klaus Sizes uF
Middleweiaht Situation.

san Francisco. March 5.--According
TO Frank Klaus way OF thiniting,
there's just one man between himself
and the rccopnized middlewcight cham
iionship of the world.
What do YOU need to do to be the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05

Eighteen births and ten deaths were
reported i'm the village of Laurium last
month
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-05

Tho longest canal i'm the world /.
the Imperial canal OF China; II is .
100 miles In length.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
STRONG MANS WIFE GETS FEES.
Court Grants Alimony 70 Mrs. Unger
who "Missed Eden"


The Appellate Divisio of the Supreme
Court reversed yesterday order of the
lower court denying alimony and counsel
fee to Mrs. elanie Unger pending her
suit for separation from Max Ungcr,
a professional strong man.
The lower court denied her application
on the ground Of Unger's defence that
the plaintiff had husband at the time
he married her. Mrs. Unger denied this
and the higher court says there is no
proof Of 1t.
In her petition for alimony Mrs. Unger
said her husband induced her to marry
him BY persuading her that she alone
could save him from drink and that he
would divorce a wife he then had and
marry her. He told her -the Garden
Of Eden would be a mud pie compared
to the home he would At up for me and
that Romeos love for Juliet was as a
passing shadow compared to his love for
me"
Mrs Unger said she married Unger
In the City Hall in 1910. and 1T can truly
be said that hardly had the meats Of the
divorce proceeding grown cold when
the hot wedding breakfast was served
and since that time not only has there
been no Garden Of Eden for me but 1t
has been worse than hell for me.
Mrs. Unger said that @the man whose
Garden of Eden turned out to be Span
ish Inquisition" robbed her Of all her
money In Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
OFFICIALS CLEARED IN
ALBANY GRAFT INQUIRY
Many Indictments. hut Alder.
men and "IIighcr Ups" rs.
cape Blame.

ALBANY. Oct. 25-Suprcme Cour, tus.
tice Merrill, in order Ia look over twen.
ty-flve sealed indictments growing ont
of the Baync Albany legislative inves.
tigation. took a three hours recess this
afternoon.
The extraordinary Grand Jury. which
has been working for month. lust he.
fore noon brought In these sealed indct.
ments and also reported that 1t had
considered charges against the follow.
ing and had voted not to return In.
dictments in their cases: Edward r.
Cantine, former Commissioner of Public
Safety. on a charge of retiring "A Demo.
cratic police captain for political rea.
sons: William J. Rice. Deputy Com.
missioner OF Public Safety; Walter Mel.
ius. former City Engineer, and Fire
Chief William W. Bridgeford, charged
with letting contracts for over $3.50
without open competition: the Alder.
men of the city. on charges of accent.
ing $25 In lieu of stationery allowed by
law; George Q. Cowell, for presenting
alleged false bills for audits for station
cry furnished the Aldermen: William
F.. Wheelock, Max Coplon, Eugene 7.
Murray and George Morgan. charged
with illegally soliciting votes on election
day; Edward Coons, attempting to rent
q house for dlsorderly purposes to de.
tectves employed by the Senate Com.
mittee, and Ada Van and Maize Bel.
mont. on a charge of abduction.
william II. *. Cornebis, a country
hotel keeper at Altamont. who tried to
influence a Juror, was convicted before
Justice Merrill and sentenced to-day
to three months in the Albany penl.
tentiary and to pay a fine Of $500,
II am afraid that what you have
done has been done here and In other
Jurisdictions" said Justice Merrill In
passing sentence.
When court reconvened Justice Mer.
rill discharged the jury and declared the
extraordinary term Of court closed after
granting the request of the District
Attorney that the further criminal bus.
mess OF the court be transferred TO the
County Court. where those named In
the sealed indictments will he arraigned
| 1t was said that no city or county
officer nor any Republican Of promi-
nence was indicted. Z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
CITY JOTTINGS.

Under . ruling By the Appellate Division
. police matron 10 not entitled to the same
salary - . nrst grade patrolman or 81, 400
. year Police Matron Adele d. Preiss 20,
an order In the lower court sustaining her
contention. but the Appellate Division de.
cided that the pay of the matrons IL un.
changed although the laws were amended
this year.
A decree Of separation, with SIS Q weeh
almony, obtained by Mrs, Josephine Glenn.
ents from her third husband. j. Morgan
Clements. . mining engineer and geologist
was upheld yesterday by the Appellate Divi-
sion Of the Supreme Court The court found
that Clements had treated his wife crueii,
by screaming at her in his ONCE At 4:
Broadway.
BY . decision Of the Appellate Division o,
the Supreme Court yesterday the Presby.
tery Of New York won its suit against tho
Westminster Presbyterian Church of wes
Twenty-third street to recover possession OF
church property,
Mrs Aida L. Davis sued her husband
Charles II. Davis. for a divorce on tn,
ground that he went to the Grand Unior
Hotel with a woman other than herself
Witnesses testified that they saw Davis and
the correspondent go In the hotel and didn't
see them leave fhe house, Justice Page re,
fused a decree on the ground that the cvi
dence was insufficient because there wer,
other entrances to tho hotel The Appellate
Division yesterday directed that . decree OF
divorce be granted.
Assistant District Attorney Medsiie. wht
10 conducting John Doe examination ints
alleged election frauds in the Eighth As
sembiy district. yesterday had l20 witnesse,
before him. Some Of these made afidavit,
that they had not voted at all on the da,
In question.
Mrs Elizabeth II, Edmunds. who aom,
weeks ago shot and injured District Attor
ney Albert G. Each Of Richmond county, en-
tered formal plea OF not guilty to the in
dtctment for assault In the hrst degree re
turned against her Q few days aEo. Mr.
vA0h hAs SeeNvasoA -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
McKENNA GUILTY OF MURDER.
Convicted Of killing SiGrid Eek.
strom in Bronx Cellar.

After an hour and fifteen minutes de-
liberation a jury before Judge Rosalsky
in General Sessions Court yesterday y
brought In a verdict of first degree
murder against Joseph ]. McKenna for
the death of little Sigrid .Eckstrom on
June last.
Mckenna appeared to be dazed. but
answered the usual questions about his
age and home. He said he was 33
years old and lived at 1877 ogden ave-
nue.. The Bronx.
McKenna's defence at the trial was
that he had been beaten and starved
into making a statement by the police.
In charging the jury Judge Rosalsky
said that the jurymen must remember
that the Police Department was not on
trial and that only the credibility Of the
testifying policemen was in question.
One of his sentences appeared to be
yelled reference to the Becker trial.
Whatever prejudice you may have
against any police officer" he said. "you
must lay 1t aside in considering this
case" -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
SUGAR INDEPENDENCE" A MYTH
Manager Of spreckels Refinery in
Philadelphia Testiaes.

Philadelphia Testi0es.
After two days adjournment the
Government resumed yesterday its pre-
liminary efforts to prove that the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company is corpora
tion formed and operated in violation
OF the Sherman law. With the reopen
ing OF the hearing before Special Examiner
Wilson Brice, United States Attorney
Knapp shifted his attack from the methods
Of bsorption employed by the COM
pany to the manner In which IL managed
the affairs Of it's subsidiaries.
From Joseph A. Ball. assistant presi-
dent Of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. Mr.. Knapp obtained admissions
indicating that in some cases at least
the trust manipulated matters so as to
keep the public in Ignorance Of its con-
troll over certain absorbed subsidiaries.
This was true in the case Of the Sprecke Ia
Sugar Refining Company Of Philadelphia
When the trust absorbed the Philadel-
phia plant Ball was delegated by II. o.
Havemeyer to take care of the American
Sugar Refining Company's interests in
the newly acquired refinery. He found
that II was being operated as an "inde-
pendent" He was under the direct
supervision of the officers OF that CON-
pany. but added. naively. that he was
we'll aware of the fact that Mr.. Have
meyer and MIR. Searles were interested
In the way things were being run.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
BECKER JURORS NOT AFRAID
Refuse 60 Talk About Case and Deny
Knowing Of Threats.

A report that word had come up from
the underworld to the Becker jurors
threatening them and advising them
to leave the city on pain Of death was
brought to the attention Of a number
Of the jurors last night.
They were interested in It but declared
they thought no credence should be given
to it. Asked il they had been assured
Of protection by District Attorney Whit
man from possible attacks they answered
they had not and that developments in
tho first twenty-four hours AFTER the
bringing in Of tho verdict had not war
ranted them in .asking for a guard
Paul T. Kammerer. juror No. 10. said
that he had been about town all day
attending to his business affairs and had
not had any unusual experiences. He
did not think there was any danger for
himself or his colleagues.
Some Of the Becker jurors have left
town to recuperate from the nervous
strain they have been under since October
10. William F. Ward. juror No. 6. Of l5e
West Seventy third street. has closed his
house for a short time and gone to the
country to rest. Samuel H. Haas Of 23t
Atlantic City. Clarence T. Coley. juror
No. 0. Of 10 West Fifty-seventh street. also
went away yesterday. while John I
Hardy, OF 204 West Ninety fourth street
Is spending most Of the time in bed. some.
thing he hasn't been able to do comfort
ably for two weeks.
Dow j. Becker, Juror No. 9, Of 1901
Fast l67th street. refused to say q worC
about the case.
One man who said that he was talk
ing for one juror intimated that the
conviction OF Becker on the evidence
presented to the jurors made them fee
that It was for their own interests moi
to talk. He said that the Becker case
was the first time that jury had decidee
on the limit Of the law under such cir
| cumstanoee.
Ono person in close relation to one o.
the jurors said that II was understood
that Charles j. Peatt was the last maj
OF the jury to come around to vote fol
Q conviction in the first degree; that HI
had held out until late for q second degre'
verdict.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
SCHEPPS WANTS HIS LIBERTY


Sam sohepps faced Magistrate Herman
again yesterday In the West Side Court
on the vsgrancy charge on which District
Attorney Whitman has hold him. He
wants his freedom. and immediately.
he says. but the Magistrate held him
until Monday morning.
Schepps.. like the Ave other witnesses
in the West Side Jail. including Shapiro.
refused to be interviewed a to Becker's
conviction. The best that could be
obtained from his lawyer. Bernard M.
Sander. who was in court and spoke for
Schepps. was that -he is not gloating. =
Sander explained this further by adding
that 1t would not do for Sohepps. In view
Of his testimony and how 1t perfected
the peoples case. to say that he Ia sorry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26

for Becker. but neither 10 he exultantly
joyful.
schepps was awaiting admission to
the Magistrates room. when he stopped
beside the chair OF q clerk who had a
Newspaper showing a large picture Of
the convicted police lieutenant.
-That's a very dignifed picture Of
Becker he suggested to Schepps.
Schepps turned YEARLY away and
brushed 9 tagging hand across his fore
head. Tho conversation kept on.
e1Ss ssks ssSsSDs sh%s that snd tas \, G
70 his counsel. who just then beckoned
him into the room.
All the other witnesses in the West
Side jail. It was learned. appeared to be
under q similar strain yesterday. Jack
Rose was visited BY his wife and his two
lawyer. Bernard Sander; shapiro BY his
mother and sister and Bridgie Webber
BY Mrs. Webber. James J. Hallen. a con-
victed lawyer, who was q witness. was
without . caller. Rose was satisfied to
have his callers make only a brief stay
and then he turned himself to a continue
tion Of the book which he Is writing. the
L. Twenty Years in the Underworld But
he seemed incapable Of properly concen-
trating his thoughts. and in q few minutes
temporarily relinquished all literary en-
deavor and began to promenade the tier
stopping now and then for few words
with the other groups a. he passed.
| Schepps. who, It is understood. 10 now
on bad terms with Bridgie Webber- two
having Wed with each other for sartorial
supremacy ever since Schepps's arrival IN
the iail-was the most chipper Of all early
in the day. just before his lawyer ar.
rived Deputy Assistant DISTRICT Attorney
agree TO an adjournment Of his case to
'I'li do nothing Of the sortl' snapped
make il tomorrow urged Mr.. sulli.
.Il! consent to no adjournment. re.
look at the sacrifice I've been making
by staying here in this jail a prisoner
Just to help the District Attorney and the
State. No, sir. l want my liberty. and
want to get out to-day"
So when Sander arrived yesterday
have to get him out--and at once. .He
was tired Of jail life. He had relinquishec
his liberty to tell the truth. He had tolc
the truth and the Jury had believed him
Whitman was thoroughly satisfied with
the evidence he had given and Becker
had been convicted. He must now bt
free. and II Whitman further desired hin
he would willingly respond.
He was 20 obdurate that he would not
listen to Sanders suggestion that he
abide by Whitman's desires. as the lattel
could quickly move the dismissal of tn.
vagrancy charge and have Justice Got
hold him In IS 900 bail as material wit
ness. So consequently the attorney spen
the remainder Of the forenoon trying t.
get in touch with Whitman. The annoy
Ing Schepps had curtailed the time he hac
meant to give TO his other client. Vallon
who seemed Indifferent as to when h
would be set at liberty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
SHE'S TOO GOOD A SHOT TO MISS
Acquitted when Husband says, "II
she'd Tried she'd Hit Me-"

A jury before Judge Dixie In the County
Court in Brooklyn yesterday acquitted a
woman OF attempting to shoot her hus-
band on the latter's testimony that his
wife was a dead shot and her own assur-
ance that she had not fired at the man,
but into tho air.
The revolver used was one with which
the plaintiff had taught the defendant to
shoot straight when counting her five
years ago at her home. Stroudsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Alice Schwartz. the defendant,
testified that abe became suspicious OF
the plaintiff. Victor Schwartz, after the
birth of their second child and followed
him on the night Of September 10 last to
the corner of Broadway and Bushwick
avenue. where he met a young woman.
She upbraided him and he struck her
whereupon she fred two shots to attract
attention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-26
RED PHIL DAVIDSON IS SANE
Experts Report on zeliG's Slayer
Ines Milholland In Case.


Red Phil Davidson. who II to be put
on trial next Wednesday before Justice
Gon for numbering Big Jack Zelig. was
put through an hours mental examina-
tion yesterday to determine his sanity.
DR.. William Mabon. superintendent Of
the Manhattan State Hospital; DIR. NJ.
s. Gregory Of Bellevue aid DR.. Frank
A. McGuire. Tombs; physician. exam
ined him.
After the examination they told James
W. Osborne. Davideon's lawyer. and
District Attorney Whitman that they
found Davidson veiy hysterioal. but
undoubtedly sane. The defence will
probably be insanity. however. Mr..
Osborne said that he found his client
was a physical coward and weak man
mentally.
The lawyers say there is no doubt that
Jack Zelig did steal $500 from Davidson
and that Davidson bought q gun.
Mics Inez Milholland. who is studying
Q personal interest in Davidson's case
and was q visitor In his behalf yesterday.