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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
Observation-Disclosures:
HoUGHToN 5REVITIES
Observation-Disclosures:

A marriage license has been issued
to Joseph Knectges Of Calumet and
Margaret Gilmore Of Raymbaultown.
w. NJ. Moon. OF Marquette. bridge
inspector Of the South Shore railroad
was I'M Houghton yesterday on bust
ness.
The case Of Victor Asplund versus
the g. & II. is still in progress in cir
cult court and is expected to occupy
nearly all Of today's session.
T. W. Overrocker has resigned his
position as manager OF the Central
heating plant OF James II. Dee, which
be has held for the past ten years.
Miss Susie Kearbs. a grade teacher
Of the Houghton schools, VIII hav,
charge Of the childrcn's story hour at
the Public Library Saturday after
noon
Captain Simpson OF the Salvation
Army announced This morning that the
concert program given last evening by
Captain and Mrs Minncys will be re-
peated next Monday evening.
Frank Major 81 lIoughton has an
nourced himself a "a candidate for
supervisor OF Portage township. to OPP
pose NJ. NJ Foley the present ncum-
bent. who is candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Mcm3ers OF the Epworth League OF
the Hurontown NJ. H. church will max,
trip on srOwshoes Saturday evening
TO the Superior Mine location to at.
tend a .Oeial to be held In the Supe-
rior schooihcuge by the Methodists OF
the community
Twenty -four OF the members of tho
Houghton Light Infantry are prepar
ing Ia enter n checker tournament
which upers on Tuesday evening. Feb.
ruary 6, the next regular drill night
Ray Lewis viii act as scorer through
out the tournament.
The adjourned examination o
Charles Helberg and Peter Wlnsa o
JacCbsville, who are charged Will
manslaughter in connection with tn
drowning of Bernard Matela at ia
cObsville ON December 26. Is to TAX,
place before Justice Little tomorrow.
The following births have been re
ported 90 Village Clerk O'Sullivan re
cently.-1Son to Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
| Hogan. son TO Mr.. and Mrs. Arthu
Lestrampc. girl to Mr. and Mrs. VIII
liam Tregoning, son to Mr. and Mrs
Frank Frampton.
Applications for citizenship paper
were filed yesterday by the following
persons: George Kotze Austria. Calu
met, New York, 1902: Peter MuhoviC
Austria, Calumet. New York. 1900
Mike Koize. Austria, Calumet. NeN
York. 1901 Joseph Shesarich, Austria
Calumet New York, 1900; John c
Grauruth. Russia. Houghton, 500, 100
The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday las
contained AN item stating that Carlo
Ryan, son of John -. Ryan. IL undo
the care Of surgeon in New Yorl
as the result Of injuries received Will
skating In Central Park. Carlos Is
son Of Mrs. G. -. Sheldon OF Hough
ton.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
FIGHTING DEER PHOTO.
Official Of Northwestern Has Interest
ing Souvenir OF Woods.

ing Souvenir OF WOODS.
Marvin Hughitt, Jr., freight traffic
manager OF the Chicago x Northwest
ern road. is displaying in Chicago an
Interesting souvenir Of the north coun-
Try. in the heads of two deer shot by
Mr. Hughltt near Warersmeet. Goge-
bic county, while the animals were
engaged in a terrific fight. A picture
OF the heads, the horns interlocked,
ls given In the December issue Of The
Northwestern with the following COM
ment
This uncommon picture is a photo
graph OF two buck deer secured by
Marvin Hughltt Jr. freight traffic
manager, on a trip in northern Michl-
gan In the vicinity OF Watershed. on
the line Of the Northwestern railway.
during the open deer shooting season
Of 1910 Mr.. Hughitt tells the follow
ing story:
while tramping through the woods
my attention was attracted 10 a noise
which sounded like a battle between
two beasts, and upon approaching the
attilt NlStNNtItu TWO luA- grown
bucks. horns locked. battling for life.
We have all read. occasionally Of ami
mails Of this character being found
dead where IA battle had taken place
with horns locked. because the ult-
mate results must be death 10 vne
or both. but IL is rare. indeed. that
any human being has run upon the
conflict at its height. I watched the
struggle for some little time. and as
there was no possible chance Of their
becoming separated, relieved them
Of their misery and thus ended the
combat"
1t was Mr.. Hughitts intentions. as
those heads were two splendid speci-
mems. 10 have them mounted just as
he saw in the conflict, but ii was inn
possible 10 get them out Of the woods
~ that shape and. therefore, he had
them mounted as shown in the pic
ture. This was done by r. c. Turtle.
a taXidermist OF Chicago. who says
that i'm all his experience OF forty
years IN taxidermery this is the best
specimen Of this kind he has ever
seen
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MOONLIGHT is RECORDED.
Strange Phenomenon Reported by the
h4ouehton Weather Office.

An unusual phenomenon is reported
by the Houghton Office OF the weather
bureau. observer Cowdrick being au-
thority for the statement that OF
Tuesday night. the moonlight was Sc
strong that II made a distinct record
on the sunlight recording device al
that Office. This is a very rare occur
rance and has seldom been duplicated
In the history of the weather depart
ment.
The sunlight recording device. the
purpose OF which is TO record the dur
alton of the sunlight, consists of a
lampblack coated bulb filed with mer-
curry and enclosed in vacuum. As the
sunlight is absorbed by the lamp
black. chemical action causes the
mercury 10 expand and 10 form an
electrical connection which is reflected
on the recording mechanism. IL Is
stated that the action is much the
same as the action of the suns rays
on sensitized photographing paper,
when the sun is obscurcd by the
clouds. the bulb Immediately contracts
and the electrical connection is broken
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women what Mrs. Pinkham's medicines
have done for me and give you permits
sion to publish this letter for the good of
others. - Mrs. HULDA ERICKSON, SOC
Maysville Avenue, GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
More Proof.
Burlington, Iowa. -" For years suf-
fered a great deal from female troubles.
| had awful pains and felt sick nearly all
the time. saw Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound advertised and
heard that it had helped other suffering
women so felt sure it would do me
good. Sure enough It did. The first
bottle helped me and now am strong
and well woman. would not be with
,rt It II the house. Mrs. ANNA HIG-
GINS, 1l25 Agency St, Burlington, Iowa.
There need be no doubt about the
ability of this grand old remedy, made
from the roots and herbs of our fields, to
remedy woman's diseases. We possess
volumes Of proof of this fact, enough
to convince the most skeptical. Why
don't you try it? -,
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NO PLACE is FIXED.
Location Of Enesmpment Of the M. NJ.
6. is Undetermined.

The location Of the annual encamp-
ment Of the VI. y. G. this year will de-
pend largely upon whether Congress
makes an appropriation for Federal
encampmeHt. This is the year for the
Federal encampmcnt and members OF
the company are waiting to learn
where they Will spend their ten days
this summer There has been consid-
cradle talk that the Federal encamp-
ment Will Doe held al Sparta. WIS. some
time la August and that Michigan, In
diana. Wisconsin Illinois and Ohio
companies would be- represented.
Although no official notification has
been received ass yet il is stated that a
school Of instruction for officers viii
be he'd al Boards Tin. Port Huron.
either ir June or July Such a school
OF instruction Wo1ld prepare the OFF,
GERS OF tie state 10 make favorable
showing before the militia oC other
states
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BURGLAR SETS
FIRE TO STORE
Accidentally Starts Blaze Which
Destroys Donnelly Establish
ment at 0ntonagon
IS ARRESTED AND COEFESSES
William Hotter, Of Ashland, Wis,
is ia Tolls
10 Taken Into Custody For Jumping
Board Bill But Arrest Leads
20 Confession.

While robbing the store OF J. G. Dom
nelly. the biggest and oldest merchant
in Ontonagon county an Ontonagon
last night William Hotter, who halls
from Ashland. Wis, accidentally set
fire 10 the building with matches no
was using 20 light his way and the
store was burned to tho ground, caus-
ing q loss OF $4,000. half Of which is
covered by insurance.
Hotter confessed 10 the burglary
when taken into custody this morn
ing, but declared the fire was the re-
suit OF accident He was arrested al
the OntOnagon depot as he was about
To leave town, the complaint agains;
him being his failure to pay board
bIL Questioning by the officers led
mp to his confession Of the burglary.
Hotter has been hanging around on
tunagon for several months, being en-
pioyed at various times as a laDorer.
Shy of funds. he determined 10 rob the
Donnelly store. lie effected an IN
trance through "a window at the rear
and not having a bulls eye Hight useC
matches 10 find his way about He To-
Gated the cash register ana succeeded
in rining il of It's contents, about six
dollars i'm change when ne noticed the
store was ON fire. the blaze having ey-
silently been started by one Of the half
burnt matches he had thrown away.
Frightened he rushed from the store
and turned In an alarm which sum
moned the fire department To the
scene The flames had such a start.
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There is always silly season, just
before the serious season. In preslden-
tial years and we are today passing
through the height of il. one of IFS
marks is an excessive creduiity. Ru-
more are received with the most UNI
bounded faith, and stories whispered
In the ear are accepted as settling the
fate of candidates and parties. Dean
swift. in one OF his political pamph-
let's blamed the public men Of his time
for too much cultivating Che habit of
mystery and having too many secrets.
The effect. as ne acutely pointed out.
was disastrous IN a twofold way. Plain
folk IN the party were left in too great
uncertainty, not being able even To
guess what their leaders were about
while the latter themselves through
keeping so many things in confidence
or concealed. soon lost their SENSE of
what were really important political
secrets and what were not If Swift
were alive and as intimate with our
politics as he was with the public life
Of 200 years ago. he would find abund q
ant occasion today to press that moral
of his.-New York Evening Post,
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Houehton Department

however that the fremen were unaDlc
10 save the structure.
The fact that he owed a board bill
proved Holters undOing When he
went 10 the depot this morning 10
leave town an officer tapped him on
the shoulder and told him he was
wanted. Finding a lot OF small change
on his person the officers questioned
him about il and il was then that he
told the story OF the burglary and fire
Hotter is only twenty-three years Of
age.
Mr.. DOnnelly. who has suffered such
a serious loss is we'll known through
out the copper country He has been
in the general merchandise business In
Ontonagon for many Years
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
SALVATION ARMY CONCERT.
Talented Musical Duo Entertain and
DELIGHT Large Audience.

Last nights concert given az the
salvation Army barracks by Captain
and Mrs. Minness Of Minneapolis. was
one of the best in the series that has
been In progress during IN, past week.
The program included drills. tableaux
duets readings solos and selections on
stringed Instruments by Captain and
Mrs. Minness, an Of which evoked
enthusiastic applause.
Mrs Minness IS "a capable singer
having been on The operate stage and
has The distinction OF being one Of the
survivors of the General Slocum dis
aster in New York harbor some
Years ago. She also owns flag thai
went through the Spanish war ant
which was presented 20 her by Admira
Dewey
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
wlVELL FUNERAL FRIDAY.

The body Of the late James Wivell'
who died last Friday AZ Albuquerque
arrived here yesterday and was taken
10 the home Of Mrs. Wivelrs parents in
Hancock The funeral will be held
on Friday morning at nine o'clock from
81. Ignatius church and inteTment will
be at Forest Hin cemetery. The
knights OF Columbus and Catholic
order of Foresters will attend the
funeral I'm a body.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
BOARD MEETS MONDAY.

The regularly monthly meeting Ol
the township board OF Portage town
ship viii take place next Monday az
tcrnoon. II rs probable that Or. w. r
scott, township health officer. will
make report relative 10 the proceed
lnss at the convention Of state health
officers which he Is attending at Ann
Arbor this week.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
SUCCESSFUL PARTY.

The party given at the Masonic
Temple last evening under the au-
spices OF the Houghton Chapter of Tn,
Eastern Star was a most successful
event. and was well attended. realizing
considerable sum To be donated tC
the Masonic home at Alma. Mich. The
music for the evening consisted Of old
fashioned dance tunes. played by the
Quincy orchestra.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
WAvERLY HIVE INsTALLs.

The officers Of Waverley Hive, l.. O.
T. NJ. of Houghton. for 1912. were for
mally installed last evening, the cere-
monies being in charge Of Mrs. Ida
Scott. Of Manistique district deputy
The installation was conducted i'm a
most impressive manner and was wit
messed by a large assemblage Of mem
bers, Including a number from Han
cock. Dancing was enjoyed after the
meeting.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
Children Sent to
par ticular"
Schools
By OWEN JOHNSON. Author

diligence of parents may be in DANGER OF BECOMING
SNOBS.
womans instinct is to fight her chids battle and push hin
ahead The influence of mother is much greater than that of
father The mother constantly exercises the social influence
another for her child This LEADS TO AN ARISTOC
RACY, AND SNOBBERY RESULTS
MOTHER WHO IS SENDING HER SON TO TIL
SMALL FASHIONABLE PARTICULAR" SCHOOL SHE DOES
AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENS WITH sNoe5lsH TENDENCIES sH
IT.
Another thing The influence of teachers for boys
"pep" school age harmful The feminine influence WORK
AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES in primary education
believe in the boy getting HARD KNOCKS AND RoUGI
SCHOOLING
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01

first man 70 run an automobile through
the streets OF New York.
London-Truth this week charges
the United Maiaysian Rubber CONF
pany, which includes Cornelius Van
derbilt and Robert Goelet OF New
York and Joha Elliot with induolng
the shareholders OF the English Malay
sian Manufacturing company To paS
S9.9S7 500 for shares OF the New Jer-
sey MALAY sian company which were
worth only S4l20.000 The vendors
profits In the deal are said to- be over
81, 600 900
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

The certificates OF deaths and births
fled during January with Township
Clerk Little show a total Of nine births
and three deaths. In the village six
births and one death were reported 10
Clerk O'Sullivan for the month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01

vous and run down.
/ was dizzy and had
numb feelings and
my eyes ached. !
took doctors medi-
cines but they did
me no good, so l de-
cided to try Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. / did
so, and now l feel
stronger and better.
I have told other
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01

Il told that dub he was foolish to be
counting 50 many girls"
How did il turn out?"
"As YOU might expect. His eX-
penses We're so heavy that he got be-
hind with his board and he had to
marry his laudlady.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
The Inhunanity of War and
What Its End Would Mean


ZYN AR is ORGANIZED FERMENTATION TO KILL
WVN HUMAN BEINGS as if they wild animals that
wv destroyed The individual high character
of soul and great intelligence of the be killed
make the killing aocous but they the slightest pro-
lection.
The nations of the earth in preparing for today but
SPENDERS OF MANS HARD EARNED WAGE They are
far away the right mission of evil is from good If
when declared kings and the male members of their am
lies and the presidents and their children compelled march
in the front rank in every battle would
WOULD A PROPER SETTLE
MENT
MUCH
EMIT CIVILIZATION WOULD BE GONE FOREVER MONEY
TIME,
PURPosEo DEVOTED EDUCATION BETTER
WoRKINcMAN AND AND
THE LARGE AsmY UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE
EARTH
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
WOMAN DIZZY
PARTLY NUMB
Doctors Did Her No Good
Testifies How She Was
Helped by Lydia E. Pink
hams Compound.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Last fall had fe-
male weakness very bad, and was ner-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-01
WOman's influence Making
America SnObbish Nation

H3IfE influence of women is
is the thing that is tend
~ ing to make America the
MOST SNOBBISH Ma
TION IN THE WORLD. The
big prep" schools and the west
ern universities are the best cures
for boys who through birth or in
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-13
SPORTING EDITORS NOTES.

The Atlanta club has signed Pitcher
Martin Walsh. brother Of Big Ed
Walsh, Of the Chicago White SoX.
Edmund Laniy. the Saranac Lake
skating marvel. is also a ball player.
He has signed with the Mansfield team
of the Ohio State league.
Washington and Lee leads the col
lcge baseball teams in the number Of
games scheduled for the coming season
with a list Of thirty-thrcc contests.
The signing of Harry Stcinfeldt by
Roger Brcsnahan means that Harry
and Mike Mowrty will fight it out for
the third base job with the Cardinals.
The genuine big show Of the pre-
lminary season comes on March 80.
when the New York Americans will
open the new National league park IN
Cincinnati.
The Pittsburg team will do the most
travelling Of any Of the sixteen major
league clubs during the coming sea-
son. Allowing 20 men on each trip,
Barney Dreyfuss will have to buy 34G.
673 miles Of transportation.
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SPORTING DEPARTMENT

treated Cleveland and New York figh
fans to another exhibition that was
fairly dazzling.
Burns OF New York was picked out
at this time 10 90 against Packes
because OF the Unsatisfactory endint
TO their recent affair in New York
At least it was extremely unsatisfac
tory to Packey, whose injured LAM
was In such bad condition that ht
was forced 20 call Oft a lucrative en-
gagement in Philadelphia the following
night. Since then Packey has teei
yearning for another crack at the kid
McGoorty- Kelly.
The McGoorty- Kelly contest shoult
be highly interesting. McGoorty
matched in San Francisco with Franz
next month after Eddie gets through
with some minor engagements in Oak
land. across the bay For this reason
he cannot we'll afford TO giNo Kelly {
single chance in this Kenosha battle
Indeed. unless he bests Kelly IL
cream cut Sty 10 ne VIII go 10 inc IL
west with quite a black mark agains
him. For that reason one can figur,
that he will give Kelly n merry ole
argument when they meet.
Kelly gave symptoms of fast return
ing form in his contest at Kenosht
short time back With KnocSou
Brown. He still Is the master mint
as far as boxing is concerned. of tina
there is no doubt. Some of III,
critics thought he was firing rapidly
at the close Of that contest and coulC
hardly have gone much farther.
That remains an open question
, Kelly knows, being a great general
how to conserve his strength and tn,
way he finished his battle with Brown
is something that is known only b!
himself. That his condition mus
have been entirely satisfactory TO him
self is patent from the fact that h
Immediately clinched a meeting will
McGoorty. the hardest man of them al
Just at the present time.
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SAYS ATTEIu FAXED.
San Francisco Paper Charges Abe
Made Proposition to Murphy.

San Francisco. March 13.-Fhe Cal
prints an account of an alleged pro-
posal for a fake" Knockout said e.
have been made by AbtAttcll-to "Har-
lem Tommy" Murphy las. Saturday be-
fore their 2O-round fight
Attcll denies the accusation. ana
says he knows of no understanding
regarding the fight and made no prop.
ositicn to Murphy or his manager.
According TO Japes Buckley. Mar
phys manager. as he is quoted in the
Call the first suggestion as to ,fix
ing" the fight was made by Attell Feb.
20. lie was not told positively thai
no agreement would be made, it *
alleged
Another meeting was arranged.
said the newspaper account. and this
time Murphy accompanied his man
oger Murphy was asked II he woulo
agree TO fall to .t,S~1uat after receiv-
ing certain blow and pretend TO b.
unable TO rise. He said he refused
Last wednesday or Thursday night.
in response to astelephone message.
Buckley met Attell and again listened
to, the fiehters- propositiqyt ~
= -yAtteaff aipfoaehed Buckley again
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HAvls TELLS OF SHOWS.
viii Meet With Lsurium Park Direct
ors Again This Evening.

The directors of the Laurium Park
association will meet this evening to
further confer with w. X. Havis Of
Chicago, in regard to bringing the
"Mazeppa and Greater United Shows
to Laurium the week of July Fourth.
Mr.. Havis is the general represen-
tative of the company and has been In
Calumet for the past two days. He
states that his company operates a
train of eighteen cars. carrying fifteen
paid attractions, and three riding ma
chimes. There are also several free
attractions. The chief of the latter is
the Marvellous Greggs," whose work
in miniature autos is said to be almost
beyond belief. The Greggs ascend to
a height of sixty feet. where they are
released from a platform simultan-
lust ahead of the other. On reaching
the platform at the end of the run
down, one of the riders performs three
somersaults i'm the air, landing on
second platform AZ feet distant. while
the second rider continues his course
making the leap straight through the
air. The actions of the riders are so
timed, that the leading automobile
lands tohind the second one. at the
completion of the act II is a very
hazardous act, and is bound to be APP
preciated.
"The Globe Of Death" is another at
traction that is we'll worth seeing Two
bicycle riders enter a cage that has an
angle OF 45 degrees for the first 10 feet
and then rises perpendicular. The rid
ers negotiate the perpendicular after
attaining speed. The act is very clev-
err. There are numerous other attrac-
,ions which viii be announced in duI
course. Mr. Havis states that his com
pany is one of the best carnival at
! fractions on the road.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-13
LAuRluM BREvl-flEs

Mrs. John Amanda left yesterday for
South Dakota points.
Miss Genevieve McGrath is Ill at her
home on Pewablc street.
Capt. Thomas Hoatson has returned
from a business trip to Chicago.
George Weston has gone to Baraga,
where he will spend a few days.
George Erick Of Gay has been spend
ing a few days with Laurium friends.
Mrs. Annie Menzies has returned
home after spending a week visiting
Hubbell relatives and friends.
The members Of the Epworth league
Of the Laurium NJ. T. church held a
regular meeting Monday evening. Miss
Reati had charge.
NJ. e. O'Brien. formerly of Laurium.
general manager of the Detroit Life
Insurance company, has returned home
after visiting with local friends.
A special meeting of the Laurium
council will be held tomorrow after
noon at which time the recent election
results will be ratified. No other busi-
ness of Importance is likely to be
transacted.
II is expected that Marshal James
V. Wills will shortly give orders FOL
business men and others to clear thell
sidewalks of ice. This year the coIn-
ell decided to have the walks cleared al
the same time To make them uniform
for pedestrians. Heretofore ii has
been the practice to clear sidewalks
outside business places in haphazarc
fashion.