The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-11-29
GENERAL NEWS.


WASHlNGToN-Senator Robert l..
Owen opened the currency debate in
the senate He talked for little |
more than an hour following closely |
the lines of his report to the senate on
the Owen bill At the conclusion OF
his speech he formally offered the
bill as a substitute for the Glass bill. |
The senate after considering the
matter informally decided that that
body would not adjourn on account OF
Miss Wilson's wedding. Secretary Nc
Adoo came upon the floor OF the SEN
ate and took seat on the Democratic
side and heard Senator Owens
speech. Chairman Owen charged in
the course OF his speech that the
panic OF 1907 was manufactured Il
cannot believe II was an accident"
said he. THE result was part OF
concerted plan by which few men
enriched themselves at the expense
OF the nation and administered a poll
tical rebuke to the administration
then In power"
WASHiNGTON--All OF the rail-
roads operating east OF the MISSISSIPPI
pi river and north Of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers completed the present
alton OF the preliminary testimony be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion In their application TO increase
freight rates Ave per cent. Adjourn
ment was taken until Dec. 10. The
carriers will then put on the witness
stand witnesses to corroborate and
drive home statistical matter already
filed. II develops through statements
of witnesses that the carriers, in max.
ign the increases, had used every en-
deavor TO preserve competitive condl-
tions among shippers and that differ.
entails in export and import rates
would not be disturbed by the in
crease because all are advanced FIVE
per cent
CHICAGO The women are to
serve as judges and clerks of election
in the coming spring elections. This
was decision which County Judge
John K. Owens handed to the delega-
cation OF women who beseiged his
chambers. Judge Owens announced
that women would be assigned TO the
various 1.i0O precincts. Under his
plan judges and clerks will be alter.
mated, SO that there will be 700 wo-
men judges and 700 women clerks
The law provides that judges and
clerks OF elections shall be household.
ers, but in the case OF the First ward
this question will be waived, because
OF the women In the ward reside at
hotels.
NEW YORK - With one victim
OF bichloride OF mercury poison.
ing apparently well on the road to re-
covering and another slightly Inn.
proved. New York physicians are in
hopes that the surgeons knife has
found way out OF what has been con.
sidered an almost fatal condition. Mrs.
Helen Janin. wife OF ]. A. Janin OF
so FELTON, avenue, West BrIgton. S.
l., operated on a week ago by DIR. Al.
fred Thomas OF New Brighton, is said
to be practically well.
NEW YORK - Maurice Costello,
thirty-six years OF age, the leading
man OF the Vitagraph company, who
is known all over the world by NOV
ing picture enthusiasts, was arraigned
In the Coney Island court before
Magistrate Geismar, charged with
beating his wife May On recommend
alton OF the wife, the charge was
changed TO that OF disorderly con-
duct, and Costello was placed on pro-
baton.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-One indict.
ment okxrsing eight men with misuse
OF the nxsis In a conspiracy to defraud
in connection with the operations of
the Florida Fruit Lands company. was
returned by the federal grand jury.
The indictment; among others is
against Richard j. Bolles, a million.
aire OF Jacksonville. Fla
INDIANAPOLIS IND. - Martin
j Hyland. superintendent OF police. re.
signed when the board OF public
works exonerated the thirty patrol.
men whom Hyland charged with In
subordination for failure to ride on
aknnet cars during the recent strike.
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