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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
roR PEACE AND PROGRESS.

fresld"u. Wilson late Yesterday is
sucd q formal statecmut of his polio,
towards ,ho Ccnual and South Amcri-
cam republic, ia which ne said in
mart,
con-, of tbc chief objects of my ad-
mmstwttun viii be to cultivate the
friendship and deserve the confidence
Of our sister republic of Central aud
South America aud to promote in cy-
cry proper and honorable way the in
forests which arc common to tile pco-
pics oi On, two continents
Cooperation is possible only when
supported at every turn by the order
Is Processes ot just government based
up" i3N NOT upon arbitrary or irrcg-
ulJr force
we w have mo- sympathy with
those Who see, Co seize the power
ut government TO advance their own
rpusuua interests ur ambitions. We
arr Che friends or peace but We know
,Ho there cam be mo- lasting or stable
peace bon such circumstances As
friends. therefore, we shall prefer
those who Jot .u the interest of pcac,
and nounr Who protect private rights
and respect scents tU MS tn, udispcu-
saHIu foundation OF friendship between
.tn'os vs p,rNccn individuals"
T0- #r po.iey which viii meet the
approval ODD Americans generally. Do
,.If...r. i'm DIAL. ... t,...,,, lf...t g., Ir... r
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

winter and mosquito season he left
his cabin only when necessary.
The claim locker spent weeks in the
| dense woods, climbing over its rugged
hills, fordnS It's cold streams, being
tortured 10y mosquitoes and flies, until
finally unshorn aud tanned like an
Indian, he would return tn Copper
lIarbor. the metropolis from which
all expeditions started pitch his tent
by the refreshing waters, and indulge
In a period of rest. The writer admits
the boys were IA little wild at times"
but excuses them by saying that the
spirit of adventure was abroad and
the restraints of civilization feeble.
In the spring of 10. there was 4
tremendous influx of spectators, bust.
ness mcr, congressman ana fortune
hunters. Work was begun at Eagle
barbor, Portage Lake and at tn,
forks of the Ontonagon river. The
Clih mine was also being opened AMI
work was being done at Lac La Belle.
.. II. St. John, who published lit
tie book giving a description of a trip
he made to the copper country that
year. says. Tho fort at Copper Har-
Dor was garrisoned by troops under
command of capt Albertis; was
domcilcd AT the hotel Astor situated
ON point of land near the present
lange-liShts. so named from the fact
that the vessel John Jacob Astor
dragged her anchor and was broken
To pieces on that shore"
II" says the hotel was a log build
ing with an addition containing din
mgr room and kitchen. was owned by
"a MIR Childs. and managed by Fran
co.'s. who spoke all languages and held
the consolidated positions of manager,
COOK chamber maid, waitress aud
clerk; the tables were boards laid
upon benches, or horses and that his
room, as assigned by the clerk. was
space upon the common attic floor.
upon which he unrolcd his pack and
blankets and he adds IL was as safe
as though IL bad four walls "a door
aud key, to be left at the office
when absent" He also visited Agate
Harbor, ana said 1t was considered
better harbor that Copper Harbor
~ Eagle llarbor the Eagle Harbor
mine counted among the WORKING
companies. A good wagon road led
two miles UP the hill to the Copper
Falls mine, also working company. |
This company was managed by Mr.. |
4 'hildg LII. n
walked from Agate Harbor TO Eagle
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plished ii will be the first time that
the government has not had an au-
tumn session for some years.
Meantime the Unionist party. viii,
has been sadly divided over the uIcs-
ton Of placing "A customs tarit on
foodstulfs. is making determined
effort To pull itself together. Mos, az
the leaders and rank ana file have
fallen into line with the policy cruu-
Ciatcd 10y Andrew Bonar Law In his
last speech in which food taxes" were
thrown overheard until the country
has had an opportunity of passing on
the question. In other words, "a tariff
en- foodstulfs will not he imposed by
the Unionists when they get into power
until second election has been held
IN which the tariff question is mate
the issue.
Among the younger members of
the party there is move to throw
over tariff reform altogether, and, FOL
lowing somewhat the lines laid ,lu yn
10y the Liberals. undertake. a policy If
social reform which would include land
and all other matters in which the PEG.
pie are directly interested
Land ana education reform. too. arc
matters with which the government
has promised to deal. Ia fact thcr.
is just a possibility that an education
Till may be introduced this year unless
the changes can be brought about by
administrative measures not requiring
the sanction of Parliament.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

Harbor at the close of a beautiful fall
day the sun went down brightly in
clear Sky. but an hour after dark
storm of wind, ram ana hail came
from the northeast and with a sud.
dcnness he had never before witness.
cd. 1t was i'm this hurricane that Or.
Douglas Iloughton lOst his life. AZ
Mr. St John was ON his way go
Eagle River to fulfill an engagement
with DIR. Houghton--and he gave the
date In his diary oct. 10. tSi5--this
should settle whatever question has
been raised as to the time of the dis
astcr. The following day he walked
to Eagle River through six inches of
snow and then learned of his friends
death. From Eagle River. he walked
To the Cliil mines. three and "a half
miles distant. evidently over the old
road that leads over the blur from
Eagle River, for he says IL reached an
altitude If three hundred feet. Later
he took Il walk along the blum OF
about mile to the west, to the Al
bioE property. where he came sudden
~ TO a tablc-rock twenty feet square
and above everything else within the
scope of his vision. He says he had
been over the mountains of Vernon
and New Hampshire and had stood
upon the Laurel mountains. the high
est of the Alleghanies. but never be-
fore had he Witnessed a sight so ave
so grand, as the view from,
this rock presume this must lie thu
bluffs at the present Manhattan
At the Eagle River mine. "a mile ana
"A half back from Eagle River thcy
had a shaft down 50 feet, five others
OF rarious depths, and a drift into the
side of the hill from the bed of Eagle
River. The location boosted of thir
ty houses and population of 10
souls. The rock from this mine was
valued, by DR. Jackson in charge. at
log pounds of silver per ton of rock.
sS,c5S; copper 203 pounds per ton %
rock. sufficient to bring the total metal
values To- about S3,O75 per ton, Tho
good doctor at n meeting of the board
Of directors afterwards amended this
To read total values sl29.35. The
modern mining engineer would prob
ably cut off the 1929. This, | bclieNt
to be the old Phoenix, near Crest
View. 81. John was only a travelle:
FOR pleasure and made no claim To
being an expert miner but when Dr.
Jackson assured him the vein could be
traced for mile and n half, and was
eleven feet wide, said nc did not agree
Continued on 5th Page, Bird Column
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
THE sTeNooRApHeR's INNINGS.

At a trial in a certain court in this
state. when the witness on the stand
was being subjected to mcrcilcss
cross examination, in answering one
question the witness nodded. Where
upon the court stenographer, who
was crOwding the limit TO get 1t all
and could not see the witness, at
once demanded:
Answer that question" to which
the witness replied
Il did answer it; | nodded my
head"
The stenographer, without "a mo-
merits hesitation. came right BACK
with.
We'll, | heard II rattle, but could
not tell whether II was up ana down
or from side to side"--Law Notes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

sninles. rive lost my nickel"
Touched by the child's grief, the Did
man extracted ? 5-cent piece from his
pocket, pressed 1t in the little tots
palm, and said:
There, there. little girl, here's your
nickel. Now stop crying"
why. you wicked old man." she
said. stamping her tiny foot you had
my nickel all the time"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
NATURAL SUSPICION.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch-The kindly
old man stopped to watch a wee TOT
who was diligently searching the side
walk for something and at the same
time sobbing loudly.
what have you lost little girl
he finally ventured.
BOO hoo" came the reply between
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

Miss Ellen Emerson, of Concord.
Mars. granddaughter of Ralph Wal
dp Emerson. is travelling through the
country IN behalf Of the 81 600, coo en-
doamcnt fund which Smith college is
irving 10 raise
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

Sir George Frampton, L. \, presi-
cent OF the Royal Society of British
Sculptors has accepted the commits
sion for the Journalists memorial to
w r Stead.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

Mrs. Quincy \. Shaw, daughter of
lh" late Louis Agassiz, has given her
homo i'm the most aristocratic part Of
liVsiOu FOR permanent hcarquartcrs
Of the WpmcH's Municipal league
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

!. y. Washington. aged 81, has just
begun serving a years Imprisonment
in Leavenworth. Kan, for illegal liquor
selling In Texas
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

In the fiscal year ending June 30.
1872. there were l0,5s5 persons killed
and lG9,53S injured on United States
railways
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

Any relatives or friends going away
OF coming 20 VISIT Tell US. No
charge. The News welcomes news
Items.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12

From 1890 to 1909 inclusive, s6.733
trespassers were killed on railway
tracks IN the United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
British Parliament to
Have a Busy Session

Home Rule Welsh 0isestabism Election Reform
Irish Land
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-12
EARLY HISTORY OF THE
KEWEENAW PENINSULA

Facts OF Exceeding ReeOuncd F. Lyon Paper
Before the Calumet Woran's ciub.
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Continued on 5th Page, Bird Column,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
HUSBAND Of 5
TELLS HOW To
CAPTURE GIRLS
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
70 Ct. MEAL GIRL
HITS THEORISTS
BY ENOING LIFE
Young Woman Declares She Sim
DIV Couldn't Exist on So-CaIIed
Model Menus.

CHICAGO. Sept. 27.-social well
s--- workers. we're stirred to-day by
- sz-= u Selma Peterson, a 10
rez--cle girl, employed in clothing
sz--1-y xao committed suicide after
- I'D lived six months on meals
z-z fad exper-s said we're sufl-
-e-- 20 sustain life. Her reason for
-e- az vas given in q note:
wages to- low Life not worth
wing
Z notebook she had set down
r=zEy sxpe-d-- 1res, showing that
-==- -c1- rem. car fare and laUn-
IN -1ck sT-25 q her IS wages. There
a=-s s---.ss which stated that her
daily 55=- consisted q the following:
- --szktzsr. Coffee and rolls
E-- dinner: Beef stew and milk.
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S---E -=1--e IRE girl died she re
"a ed sc.--s1eEs. To physician
50 sad
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-----z c- -t--e-- dinners
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sz-- --z5 20 AZ experr on food values
u-- ass=--eS l. contained all q the
==-s--s necessary 70 support life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
10000 Trout Being
33,Se3 On > Farm
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
High School 10 Have
1-vI-~r-r~4 li-rY'Ss+
s5-u-s 1g sa.s-rif.f -.-r. z,E. u tlitt
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tuf nl. u~Hvuta4 ru' & tRpuin4- us
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sams 1ru aaItfa' hi 4 wlgf uSt'Eau
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Mrs. Marshall Champion Caller
So 49, ~
Makes 1900 Visits in Season
- So -
Asserts She Enjoys Each One

N~ ~os< MARSHAL O.te ~ IKE President: v>r rs
established asg ts'.e easwps,e .s.e- 81 Wa>#k.es
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16

method of fun discussion. comparison
OF views, modification and amendment
OF proposed legislation in the light ot
discussion ana the contribution and
conflict of many minds.
This process which can he had only
through the procedure NJ representa-
tive government Is something more
than "A devise to- enable the people IN
have their say when they arc Too
numerous TO get together and say IT,
II is something more than the employ
ment of experts in legislation. Through
legislative procedure a different Kind
Of treatment for legislative questions Is
secured by concentration of responsi-
bility by discussion and by opportunity
to meet objection with amendment.
"For this reason. the attempt TO legis-
late by calling upon tn" people by
popular vote 10 say yes or no To com
plicated statutes must prove unsatis-
factory and on the whole Injurious.
at would seem that the true way Is
for tho people NJ the country TO ad-
dress themselves to tho better per-
formance Of their own duty in select
ing their Legislative representatives and
and In holding those representatives
to strict responsibility for their action
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16
OPIUM SELLER KILLED.
Wounded Brother Says Three Men
Were In the Gang.

Edward Hobson, a nineteen year old
English steward on the steamship An
con. which goes to Cuban ports, was
shot and killed last night, and his
brother, Lee. l6. steward on the
steamship Curityba, another Cuban
boat, was shot in the right arm in the
hallway Of a tenement at i2i East ll6th
street. near First avenue.
Six tins Of opium were found on the
dead man and three on his wounded
brother. Lee told the police that Ed
ward told him last night that he had
a chance to sell some opium in Harlem.
They went to n restaurant at Third ave-
nue. and Fourteenth street and there
Edward called some one by telephone.
They went up town on the Third avenue
elevated. At 10th street three men,
whom Lee had never seen before hut
apparently were known to his brother.
Joined them. They walked east to the
hallway of the tenement and began
their haggling for the opium.
Lee says that Edward told the men
that he had nine tins and that he would
sell them for SIS apiece, a very low
price. The next thing he remembers he
was struck on the head and fell uncon-
scious.
Policeman Taylor heard pistol shots,
ran TO the tenement hallway and found
Lee lying across the dead body of his
broth Lee is locked up on the charge
Of having opium in .!s possession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16
H. SNOWDEN MARSHALL
TO BE- U. s. ATTORNEY
President NOminatpS Partner
Whom Senator OGOrman
Did Not Recommend.

II Snowden Marshall. Senator OGor-
mans law partner. will be the sue
cessor to Henry A. Wise as United
States Attorney for this district. pres-
dent Wilson sent his name to the Senate
yesterday.
Mr.. Marshalrs nomination caused no
surprise among Democrats who are in
the confidence of tho Administration. II
has been regarded AZ Il practical Ccr-
tainty for two weeks. For a time X
WAS supposed that George Gordon
Battle. Senator O'Gorman's other law
partner, was the man for the place but
Mr.. Battles friends let it be known that
he did not wish 1t. His ambition, they
said, leads rather to the bench.
II became known in Washington
last night that Senator O'Gorman did
not recommend Mr. Marshall. AS IA mat
tor Of fact Mr.. O'GOrman laid before the
President the names of four other law
yers for this important post. but Mr.
Wilson disregarded his recommendations
and selected Mr.. Marshall.
Mr. Marshall is "A great-great nephew OF
chief Justice John Marshall. II" was
born in Baltimore on January l., 1870,
the son of Col. Charles Marshall. who
was military aid to Gen. Lee and ac-
companicd him during the negotiations
with Gen. Grant a; Appomattox. Snow
den Marshall was graduated from the
University of virginia In 1890. He
studied law at the University Of Mary
land. where hr took his degree in 1894,
He practised law in Baltimore and
served there as Assistant United States
Attorney. and came to New York In
1896, entering the office OF Seward,
Guthrie & Steele. In 1899 he became a
member of the firm Of Weeks, Battle 4
Marshall with Barlow =. Weeks and
George Gordon Battle. The firm after
ward became Battle a. Marshall and so
continued until Senator O'Gorman on
his election To the Senate left the bench
and formed the present hrm OF O'Gor-
man, Battle & Marshall.
Mr.. Marshall is member of the
American Bar Association. the New
York City Bar Association and the New
York County Lawyers Association. He
iS also a member Of the Calumet. ST.
Nicholas and New York Athletic clubs.
He conducted the suit of George II.
Earle, receiver " tho PENNSYLVANIA
Sugar Refining Company, against the
American Sugar Refining Company and
the suit, now in the United States Su-
preme Court. OF the minority stock
| holders OF the Houston and Texas
Railroad Company against the southern
Pacific He has sorcpresented tho Penn
| sylvaDia Steel Company and the Mary
land Casualty Company. R"cca'ly hr
secured the entrance into this country
~ Cipriano Castro, ex-President OF
Venezuela
Mr.. Marshall was married tn Miss
I - hi 81.
! 1900 and lives at l2S East SiNticth
street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16
CITY J0TT1NGs.

The body of an unidentified man was
found in the XIII van kul of New Rrigh-
ton. Richmond borough. late yesterday
afternoon.
In the Queens County Court Samuel
Levy. a produce merchant OF Far Rock
away, was acquitted yesterday by a jury
nn Il charge Of petit larceny.
Thomas sullivan of Manhattan was
placed on trial yesterday In Queens county
charged with burglary and grand larceny.
II sullivan is convicted he will get life
sentence.
Grief over the death OF his brother a
short time ago Is supposed to have been
the cause Of the suicide Of William Rich
ards, 20 years old, son OF Fred Richards
Of Flushing. last night
Burns sustained by Mrs Amelia Cidars
" Long Island city. April ., when her
husband threw r lighted lamp at her.
caused her death in ST. Johns Hospital
last night. tidars Is in the Queens county
Jail.
Supreme Court Justice kelby in Brook
Ign yesterday granted a certificate Of rea-
sonahle doubt In the case OF DR.. Benjamin
:. Van Zile. recently convicted of attempted
bribery and sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment.
The Hebrew kindergarten and Day
Nursery Of 90 Montgomery street has ac-
quired TWO lots at IS and 81 Montgomery
street on which 1t will erect a $4,000 Ave
story freproof building, 10 be- used as a
day nursery and kindergarten.
Elmer Schultz. fifteen-year-ol boy.
who was arrested at Coney Island Monday
and taken to Staten Island, where it Is
said he confessed 10 many burglaries
was committed to the county Jail yester-
day to await the action OF the Grand Jury.
lsidore Jesse Sassulsky. a senior in the
70 .,f IhNGirilrS I'D o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16
BAY SHORE WOMAN
JAILED IN BERMUDA
Said to Have Been Convicted Of
Petty Theft on Uncer-
tain Evidence.

HAMILTON b"rfnuda. Arril l5.--Grcat
excitement prevails in the American
colony over the arrest and imprisonment
Of Mrs. Middleton Brown, whose hus-
band owns "a handsome summer resi-
1enCe at ray Shore, l.. I. She has been
sent 10 -. Georges jail for one month
at hard labor after conviction. on rather
uncertain evidence. of stealing II 80
cent feather from a local miliner.
The Browns. who have been here
several months. have been living in an
expensive cottage. They have enter
tained and been received by many mem
bers "f the colony.
The clerk on whose testimony Mrs.
Brown was convicted said she had pur-
chased an expensive hat and had then
asked to see other millinery deCora-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-16
CALIFORNIA PASSES
ITS ALIEN LAND BILL
Measure Aimed at the japanese
Will Be Opposed in
Senate.
AMENDMENTS VOTED Down
President Won't Interfere. BE-
licving in Sovereignty
Of states.

SACRAMENTO. Cal. April Is. The Brad
ford alien land hill. as "A committee
measure. was passed by the Assembly
to-day by 60 to Is. All attempts to
amend the measure so that IL would
not Ice offensive to Japan failed. Amend
ments making 1t apply only to aliens
ineligible to citizenship were voted down
likewise.
acquire property and hold 1t Tor one
year, after which II will he taken by
the state by suit brought by the
District Attorney or the Attorney-Gcn-
eral. To hold property longer than
a year the alien must declare his
intention Of becoming II citizen. Prop
crty may not he leased to any allen
for II period of more than five years.
The last section of the bill. and the
one about which there will he fight
in the Senate, provides that every cor
poration the majority of the issued
capital stock Of which is owned by
aliens Ineligible To become citizens Of
the United States shall be considered
an alien within the meaning of this
act.
The Senate is now considering bill
which applies to all aliens and makes
no discrimination against japanese. This
hill has been drafted in response to
suggestions from secretary Bryan. and
it will L." in shape for passage by the
end of this week.