The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-27
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Off the Wires
ls Re. elected Speaker.

is rejected Speaker.
Berlin, Nov. 27.-Karl Johannes
Raempi. member of the imperial
parliament, from what Is known as the
emperor's district In Berlin, was to-
day reelected as speaker os the house.
Tinker Deal is on.
New York. N Y. Nov. 27-All ne
gotiations looking to the trading OF
Sbortstop Tinker of Chicago To Gin
cipnati are off according 10 an an
nouncement of President Murphy of
Chicago.
Former College President.
Daytona, Fla, Nov. 27--Daniel Bonn
bright. formerly acting president of
Northwestern University at Evanston,
H.. die dhere today, aged ST. He was
end connected with the universlty y
since 1856.
Turks Reported Routed.
Saionika. Nov. 27.--HeaSy fighting
today is reported between the Turks
retreating from Monastir and a Greek
army at Sorowitz. South Monastir II
is reported the Turks were routed af-
ter losing two thousand killed and
wounded
TAFT Goes to Funeral.
Washington, Nov. 27.-President
TAFT and many members of the Sem
ate and House and public men at
tended the funeral services for Senator
Rayner The services were held az
home ana were of n semi private
character.
River and harbors Bill.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 27.-Work
on the big river and harbors appro-
priatiOn bill began today at q meeting
of the House rivers and harbors chm
mittee. The army engineers submitted
estimates of about forty millions for
river and harbor improvements. The
bill. when completed. is expected to
carry fifty millions.
Re eAppoints Roosevelt Man.
Washington. Nov 27.-President
Taft announced today he would re-
appoint Edgar r.. Clark of Cedar Rap
Ids. Iowa, az a member of the inter-
state commerce commission for the
seven-year term beginning in jan
rary. Clark was appointed i'm Jan
cary, 1906. by Roosevelt. He was for
merly head of the order of Railway
Conductors of America.
1,447O00,000 Eggs in Storage.
New York, Nov. 27.-Aithough eggs
are selling in New York, ranging from
65 cents dozen for strictly fresh"
down to 3S cents for the cold storage
lie today shows there are more than
a billion, four hundred and forty seven
million eggs are being held i'm storage
in New York and vicinity.
Tortured Into Confessions.
Seul. Korea Nov. 2 THE salient
feature of todays sitting of the court
trying 100 Korean prisoners. charged
with conspiring in 1910 and 1911
a gainst the life of Count Terauchi,
was the wholesale retraction by Kim
iiiun IF the evidence he had given. In
explanation ne said he was insane at
the last trial and had been driven to-
make statements by the treatment of
the police SIX other prisoners also
retracted confessions made before and
asserted they were tortured by the po-
lice.
Missing Documents Found.
Chicago. H.. Nov. 27.-Papers want
ed by the government in the suit to
dissolve the International Harvester
were found today in the pri-
vate files of Cyrus II. Mccormick. af-
ter officials of the Harvester concern
+ ad testified on the witness stand they
were unable To find them. General
Manager Funk announced the discov-
cry OF the missing papers through his
attorney VIM. McHugh of omaha,
chief counsel for the defendants in the
present case. Funk asserted the off,
cials of the company made no at
tompt To conceal the records of sales
and said reports were unearthed at his
urgent request.