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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

Photo BY American Press Association.
The city of New York is perhaps the
most cosmopolitan city in the world.
That means that il is the home of peo
Dles from all quarters Of the globe.
Men OF every race and color meet here
IN the common ground of equality.
The poor and the oppressed of every
and have in this country found
/ haven where they may have the
same freedom that is the right OF the
native born citizen In some Of the
schools OF the city the scholars may
represent q dozen different nationall-
les. and bright pupils they are, the
teachers report The two little Chi
nese girls shown I'm the picture were
photographed in Five Points park,
which is not far from New Nork's
Chinatown. IA you may see, they are
bright and intelligent looking, and
quite pretty as well.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
Social Session Planned.

Helping Hand Tent No. 81. !. .. X
will conduct a big social session one
week from Saturday evening, the event
having been arrarped partly to on
press the appreciation of the lodge for
the progress mace oy the recently or
ganiaeG degree team.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
Card Party and Dance.

Enterprise Lodge. Modern Brother
hood of America will entertain at Il
card and dancing PARTY IN the Laurium
bank hall tomorrow evening. Good
music has been secured, refreshments
will be srrved and 1t is expected the
gathering viii prove one of the best
of the geason.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
CaIume. Encsmpn ent.

Calumet Encampment. No. -. I. q.
-. J.. will elect officers at the regular
meeting to be held one week from Fri
day evening. Officers were nominated
tat the last regular meeting.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

80 to Hancock tomorrow evening to
attend "a hiS meeting and social session
under the auspices If the liarcock
loGsc. Special street cars have been
arranged Tor the trip. The Calumet
lodge will entertain at Il big social
session on Sunday
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
Confer Third Decree,

The third degree viii I've conferred
10y the members of Charity ledge No
~ at their regular meeting tomorrow
evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

Large portion Of Corey Island has
been declared the property of the city
of New York. MANY titles tc Valuable
property are affected.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

Pittsburgh has n religious revival
led by Dr. Reuben A Torrey.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

\ large number of local members OF
he knights and Ladies of Keleva viii
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
Cheap Dish.

Hunters stew can be composed OF
any ingredients which can be obtained
conveniently Globe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
LEGISLATION
UNNECESSARY
Opinion BY Lawlor.

THE suffrage amendment to sec
ton one, article three Of tho eonstits.
ton takes immediate effect, If adopt
ed, upon filing Of certificate with Sec
rotary Of state showing such adoption
by tho board of state canvassers.
at. A. lAWlER,
ansnutv Attorpev GeperaI"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

iNlIdutlpnld Hdfhet Stalls are
vanishing. Change Is blamed 20 high
prices of food products making them
less profitable.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13
st Andrews Society.

The Calumet 81. Andrews society
has made arrangements To Observe oL
r'rlday evening. Nov. %. the annivc, .
sory of st. Andrew. This anuivcrs2ry'
,ichtrully falls on Soy. - but because
Of the fact that this date is Satur-
day. II has boon necidel 10 celcbrat,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-13

TRY A NEWS WANT 40.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13

but the manager of the indians
insisted that if he desired to play
with the team he must adopt an
indian monacher. Jack picked
Warhop.
One day Jack received a beat
ing and was derricked about the
seventh inning. He had changed
his clothes by the time the crowd
was filing out of the park and 1
bumped into him as we entered
the subway. We were discussing
something that had happened
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13
New discovery.

New discovery. Reinforced
concreteP shouted the builders a
few years ago. Not much. They
used it in the old palace of the
Louvre in Paris and way, way
back in ancient Rome,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13

heavens opened, revealing undreamed-of glory.
Dear little brother lover you and the sisters pat the soft
pink cheek.
Tomorrow the sisters will be They will know another
strong that will carry them away from father
home mothers sisters bed brothers embrace This will be
right and in fument of s first command Then when heaven
smiles upon Them after the lightning has flashed and the skies
turned black for few days. other wonders will and the great
of all loves will fill their hearts,
And again the sisters will ask: where did you from
baby dear?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13
BILLY EVANS SAYS

Jack WARRIOR of the Yankees
is probably the smallest pitcher
in the major league and one of
the ganest that ever stepped on
the rubber. If some big fellows
had his heart, they would be I'M
beatable.
Warhop received his early
training as a member of the Ne
braska indians. Jack is a pale
face, with a good old Irish name,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13

Z x x 4 X *** * + =
The bush league is full of +
: beautiful motto signs, swell x
+ come Home" X
X 4 + X + X X X
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-13

when a fan, tapping Jack on the
shoulder, and begging pardon,
said:
Are you an indian, Mr.. War
hop?"
l couldn't figure Jacks reason
ing when he replied:
Have you ever seen Chief
Bender pitch?" The fan replied
that he had.
Did you ever see him get hit
like [ did this afternoon?"
Never" answered the fan.
"Well, Bender is a real indian"
said WARRIOR. The man walked
away, expressing his thanks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

n we'll known in Iowa, died at
his Hs in Washington on May 2,
from Nlication of diseases. Mr..
Dawson Wa born in Wisconsin He
studied for a time at Harvard but
removed to Indiana before gradual
ing, ana received his degree at Han
over, and was admitted to the bar
after completing course in the
Cincinnati law school. He entered
journalism in 1862 at Enterprise,
Fla, but after two years of this
work re-entered the law, practicing
in Iowa, from 1886 to 1889. For
a time he was city editor of the Des
Moines Register and from 1891 to
1894 was attorney general of Iowa,
residing meanwhile at Council
Bluffs. The remains were inferred
at Washington, Senator Cummins
and Representative Good of Iowa,
acting as honorary pail bearers.
Every civil service employe in the
executive departments at Washing
ton would be dismissed June 80,
1914, and many of them would have
small chance of reinstatement, if
the reform ideas of the House COM
mittee on appropriations, as en-
bodied in the legislative, executive
and judicial bill, are carried to law.
Under this provision all employees in
the classified service in Washington
on June 80. 1914, would be dismiss
ed and the heads of the executive
departments would have authority
to re-appoint only those who have
records for efficiency and who have
not reached the age of 65. A five
year term of appointment under the
civil service is established.
The bill as recommended also
abolishes the court of commerce,
the bureaus of manufactures and
statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, and the mints at
San Francisco, New Orleans, and
Carson; calls for an immediate re-
duction of not less than 10 per cent
in the clerical force of the War De-
partment; prohibits the payment
from public funds of telephone rent
ais for instruments in private resi-
dences of government employees; re-
duces the salary of the secretary of
the president from $500 to $4,000,
and in other ways demonstrates the
remarkable ability of Congress to
economic when it's own pocket
book IS not hit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
Lutheran Publishing House Board
Decides to- Remodel and Add to
Institution at Once.

A meeting of the board of trustees
of the Lutheran Publishing House of
this city was held yesterday after
noon, when the plans prepared by
Architect Turnock of Chicago were
gone over carefully and adopted.
They provide for the complete re-
modelling of the present structure,
the taking out of stairways, placing
large, modern sales room and Of
flee in front, with large plate
windows, convenient entrance, etc. !:
placing the entrance for employees
and the stairways to the various
floors on the west side, and trans
forming the entire building into a
modern publishing house, with every
possible convenience and appliance
for rapid and up-to-date work of the
best kind
The two story addition on the
north end of the building is in bad
condition and will be removed en-
llrely and IN ltS place large three
story addition constructed that will
practically double the capacity of the
building. This addition will contain
the press rooms, which will be mod
ern in every respect. Still another
room will be erected north of the
press room, probably one story, in
which to store the large amount OF
stock paper carried by this institu-
ton, now kept in the baseemnt The
plans call for complete remodeling
of the structure, and when finished
| it will be notable improvement
The cost of the Improvements will
be between $4,000 and $4,000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
DEMOCRATS CONVENE
Two Factions of Party Spar For
Place in First Convention.
WILSON AND CLARK DIVIDE.
Delegation to State Convention is
Split Between Two Presiden-
tial Candidates.

Upwards of seventy-fve delegates
attended the democratic county con-
vention at the court house Saturday
afternoon, each precinct in the coun-
ty being represented, with the excep-
tion of Burr Oak, Canoe, Orleans
and Fremont townships.
Chairman F. E. Biermann called
the convention to order and named
Ed. A. Waterbury as temporary
chairman, NJ j. Carter of Ossian be-
ing chosen as temporary secretary.
On motion of Frank Muller the chair
was empowered to appoint COM
mittee on credentials, and Frank
Muller, Geo. Cooney, Frank Drew,
viii Mullaney and Pat O'Brien were
appointed. The committee reported
and then G.. A. Meyer nominated DR..
]. F.. Conover of Calmar as perman-
ent chairman and he was elected, M.
j. Carter being elected permanent
secretary. On motion of F. E. Bier
mann, the following constituted a
committee to select eleven delegates
Ito the state convention at Burling-
ton: ]. j. McManus, Ossian; j. ].
Jirak, Jackson Junction; P. j. Caro-
Ian, Bluffton; o. A. Berg, Glenwood;
P. ]. Enright, Decorah. G.. A. Meyer
moved as an amendment that the
chairman appoint this committee. A
roll call by precincts was called and
the amendment was lost by vote
of so to As, this vote being the real
test in the convention between the
Wilson and Clark forces, or more
specifically the Reque forces, headed
forces, led by T. F. Schmitz of Os-
sian. After some typical democratic
debate the original motion was car
ried.
The committee to select the dele
gates retired and after consultation
presented the following names, to
which no objection was expressed:
Fred O'Boy, L. II. Flemming, John
Bernatz, George Cooper, Frank Sayre,
+ ]. D. Becker, l. w. Brunt, Fred
Biermann, Frank Pousak, Frank
Drew, j. ]. McManus. We under
stand that the delegates are unin-
structed, but that eight of them fav-
or Wilson for president and three
Clark The convention adjourned af-
ter selecting these delegates.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
AUTO GOES INTO DITCH.
Lewis Olson With Ed. ROssIey's Auto
Has Serious Accident at
LanesbOrO.

About 4:3O o'clock yesterday after
noon, at Lanesboro, Mimi, Lewis
Olson met with serious accident,
while driving Ed. Rossley's auto
mobile home from Austin, Mimi.
Last week Messrs. Rossley and
Olson drove the car to st. Paul and
accompanied AL. Palzer, the pugilist,
on his vaudeville trips to st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Sioux City. Then
they returned to st. Paul and started
home with the car, abandoning it at
Austin on account of the bad roads,
Mr.. Rossley coming home, Mr.. Olson
visiting a sick sister near there.
Yesterday Lewis Olson started
home from Austin with the car, and
all went we'll until he was driving
into Lanesboro, when he attempted
to make a sharp turn in the road
near an embankment fifteen or twen-
ty feet high, at the foot of which
was a pond. The car skidded, and
he could not make the turn, but went
down the embankment Olson was
thrown out, his face badly cut and
bruised, so that several stitches had
to be taken in it, and he lay uncon-
scious for some little time with a
huge rock which had been dislodged
resting on his arm. 1t is not thought
that serious results will follow his
injuries. The car was not badly
damaged, beyond the breaking of the
windshield and the fender. 1t was
raised to the road with a derrick.
Mr.. Rossley went up as soon as he
learned of the accident, coming home
last night, and returning again this
morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
Concerning tho Short Course,

Representative L. Nj. Enger, who
Short Course for next year, IS in re-
ceipt of letter from Prof. Bliss of
the state agricultural college, assur-
ing him that there will be no hitch
in the course coming to Decorah next
year, although the dates have not
been selected as yet, and that it will
be all right to go ahead with the
preparations. He stated also that no
course had ever been commenced in
the state with as many guaranty sig
natures as the one presented from
this county, which in itself ought TO
insure its success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
Just Ahead of the Titanic.

Mr.. John Schnitzler arrived here
on Thursday from Ais, Germany. to
accept a position on the farm of
Gideon Seegmiller in Canoe town
ship. He crossed the Atlantic on the
ship Praetoria, and passed the ice
bergs off Newfoundland Banks the
day before the Titanic went down.
with its 1,6OO human souls. He says
that when the icebergs were sighted
the captain ordered the ship to slow
down, and Immediately turned south
$50 miles, so as to miss the field of
fioating ice. t~-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

Autoists planning a trip across the
country will soon have splendid
roads from the Colorado state line
on west to Salt Lake City by way of
Grand Junction. Utah officials are
now planning to put the roads
through the state, which are now in
fair condition, into first class shape.
The Highway Commissioners of Col
orado and Utah recently went over
these roads, and improvements neces-
sary have practically been decided
upon. The Colorado roads are in
good shape. and lead through some
of the most scenic spots in the Rocky
Mountains. The Colorado Good
Roads Association with headquarters
in Denver is prepared to furnish in
formation regarding roads in the
state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
DECORAH-CRESCO GAME
Two Northeast Iowa Towns Make
Base Ball History.
LEAGUE TEAMS ARE IMPORTED.
Ted Sullivan Tells Interesting Story
of the Battle of 1870" Be-
tween Decorah and
CreScO.

about the last of the seventies
and early eighties there was a great
practice among the smaller cities of
the northeast and surrounding vii
lagos to ring in on each other out
side players from Chicago and other
cities" says Ted Sullivan, the veter-
an base ball man, in the Des Moines
Register and Leader. There were
two cities in upper Iowa that were
bitter rivals in base ball, namely De-
corah and Cresco. The habit of ono
of those cities was 70 bring the play
ers to their towns, give them jobs
temporarily, and then bet on their
club against their rival city. Chi
cago was the market for this supply
of ringer in players.
During this particular summer De-
oorah made a match with Cresco for
a certain date. The Decorah man
ager went to Chicago Immediately
and secured five Chicago city players,
and gave them ten day jobs in var
ious places in the city, with preten-
sions of making them regular resi-
dents. Cresco was honest in its in
tentions and expected to give battle
with its regular team. 1t had no idea
of the trick of its sister city to collect
outside players to beat them. At that
firpon tbn yhnIa etc o,.Iy
mad in betting on base ball. All
kinds of bets were offered on De-
corah by those that were on the in
side, and knew of the five imports
who had fake jobs in Decorah. The
great game finally came off, and poor
Cresco caught it good and hard On
the betting exchange and came near
bankrupting some of the Cresco
farmers. The whole plot was re-
vealed after the game. Revenge was
planned to get even with Decorah,
and revenge it should be and no mis-
take. The farmers around Cresco
and citizens of that town said De-
corah should suffer for this gigantic
cheat. A travelling man from Du-
buque, Ia, was one of the chief vic
tins, and this scheme of Decorah
was to be Offset and he would do
the whole planning.
Revenge he did have doubly and
trebly. As a return match was ar
ranged a deep plot was laid by this
astute travelling man from Dubuque.
Cfesco said nothing TO DecCrah about
her counterfeit players, as she was
to do some ringing in herself, and
a ring that would be heard all over
the state. On the other hand De-
corah was not satisfied by retaining
the five original Chicago players, but
reinforced them by two more from
the prairies of that city, making the
total seven. Cresco, however, with
the travelling salesman as their man
ager, went deep and ingeniously into
their scheme to get square with De-
corah. The Dubuque team of 1879,
of which | was the organizer and
manager, was resting on its oars,
after winning the championship of
the northwest. The Dubuque team
was composed Of Tom Sullivan of ST.
Louis, Radbourne, Lapham, LOTUS,
Comiskey, the two Gleason brothers,
Billy Taylor and Refs.
The great Radbourne was on the
Continued on last page)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08
Development of Big Slips.

The Titanic" with the sister ves-
sci, Olympic" set the latest mark
in the growth of the modern ocean
liner toward the ship one thousand
feet in length. The Britannia" of
1910 was 207 feet long; the scotia
OF 1862 was 379 feet and the Both
MIA" of 1874, 420 feet long. The
"Servia" in 1881 was the first ship
TO exceed 500 feet with her length
OF SIS feet. In 1898 the Cam
ran:a" carried the length to 625 feet;
and the first liner to pass 700 feet
was the Oceanic" whose length on
deck was 7O4. The TMauretania"
was 10 feet short of 500 feet; and
then with an addition of nearly 100
feet the Olympic and Titanic"
carried the overall length Of $50 1-2
feet; the tonnage to $4,000 and the
displacement to 10000. The indicat-
ed horse power of the Titanic" was
10000, developed in two reciprocal
ing engines driving two wing pro-
pellers and single turbine driving
a central propeller. The ship had
accommodations for a whole town
ful of people (3,356, as matter OF
fact. of whom $50 could be accom-
modated in the first class, $50 in the
second, and 1900 in the third. The
balance of the company was made up
of SO officers and sailors, 322 en-
gineers. firemen, oilers, and TAI ste-
wards, walters, etc.-Scientific Amer
lean.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

Now that the horse has been stolen
a paddock will be put on the door,
and hereafter the big boats will car
ry life boats enough to take care of
their passengers and crew in case OF
accidents. 1t took an awful Iroquois
theatre fire to put fire escapes on
public buildings, a. General Slocum
holocaust to properly equip the ex-
cursion boats with life preseryers.
Experience Is a dear schoolmaster,
says an exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

The Bishops of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, in their report to the
General Conference of that body now
in session in Minneapolis, recon-
mended the abohshment of the rule
OF the church restricting amuse-
ments to members. leaving the ques-
tion to the minds of the members.
This will remove the ban on theatres
and dances.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

An editor of an eastern paper re-
Gently began worrying how he would
get his shirt on over his wings after
reaching Paradise. An enyious print
er sarcastically observed that his diff
ticulty would likely be in finding how
he could get his hat on over his
horns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

1t is expected of Congress, in any
bill which may prevail for Banking
Reform, that our currency be made
more elastic, with more liberal ex-
tensions of credits on the appearance
of business stringency. and this, too.
with adequate protection for over
expansion. Any such plan would be
indorsed by the business world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

A woman hater is man whose
vanity has received severe shock
at the hands of one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-08

Talk about your sinecures-the
priest who officiated at Solomon's
SIS weddings must have had a snap.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23

dramatic play or musical comedy, In
terpreted by a large company Of COM
petent players.
Many Of the new Chase's bills next
season wiz be made u7 OF four acts.
two OF which viii be along the lines
heretofore presented-short, clever, novel
and light in character-and the other
two win consist OF pretentious produo-
tions OF musical comedies, comic oper-
as, extravaganzas, spectacles, farce
comedies, ami dramatic plays.
As an evidence that Mr.. Chase's &C
ton is based upon the necessities Of the
case and also upon his observation OF
the trend Of the producers to-day, he
cites David Belasco's one-act play,
The Drums Of Dude which consumes
fifty minutes OF time, and Madam But
terfiy," running forty minutes.
Mr.. Chase is of the opinion that the
coming season will show bills having
fewer acts, larger casts of stars, longer
and more elaborate productions, and
greatly enhanced amusement value and
interest The traditional elasticity and
extenslbility OF polite vaudeville viii
again be demonstrated.
-Four great features, two and a half
hours long, are much to be preferred to
eight acts, OF which only four, running
about an hour all told. meets public
fancy. In other words, the new regime
will mean quality, as against quantity
Of acts. It is Obvious which the public
viii prefer and It is equally evident
Mr.. Chase is again taking time by the
forelock."
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
CHANGE In CHASE
POLICY ANNOUNCED
Quality Instead of Quantity to Be
New Motto.

There will be an important departure
In the presentation Of polite vaudeville
bills inaugursted at Chase's new the
ater, Fifteenth and Streets, begin
ming August 1s. Mr. Chase is confident
it viii prove as original, radical, and
popular as was the case during the
early institution Of the policy OF po-
lite vaudeville" 1t amounts, in sub
stance, TO the abandonment whenever
desirable and necessary OF the hitherto
liked offering weekly Of eight acts in a
bill, an arrangement seldom varied In
the past, and even then usually occa-
stoned by the cancellation Of an act
and the undesirability Of filling the
place owing to the extraordinary
strength and agreeableness OF the sew
en- remaining features.
The Washington manager, whose the
ater' policy, and plans are OF interna-
uonal interest, is convinced that the
time is fast approaching when fully
one-half Of the time of a polite vaude-
Vile performance will be taken by a