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The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
GOV. TENER HAS
ARDOROUS TASK
Must Bring About Better Feeling
in the National

New York, Nov. 29.-Whcn the Ma
tional league masnatcs meet in this
city on December .. Governor Tcncr,
of Pennsylvania. will he chosen to sue
coed Tom Lynch rs president of the
league. This means that an old-timc
ball player will supplaut an old-time
umpire as head of the senior baseball
organization. on the diamond, i'm
commercial life and in politics, Gov.
Tener has been notable success. He
is looked upon by the National league
muruls as the one man capable of in
StlllinS harmony among the different
factions of the league ANA bringing the
old organization up once more, on even
terms with that healthy younger rival.
the American league.
The job of president of the National
league has grown SO i'm Importance
since Nick Ioung's time that it is now
worth $4,000 "A year to GOV. Tcner. of
PENNSYLVANIA. This big salary is paid
{" q man who must combine the uuali-
ties "i a baseball genius, a diplomat
good as IA" boss of the National
league
Duties OF president of the National
league are many and varied. and Coy.
Tcn"r will propably find it necessary
70 put in many hard licks To keep up
with his now position. Aside from
countless details National league
head has two big tasks on his hands.
the handling Of his umpire staff and
the job of being a member of the ma
tional baseball commission.
y member of the national baseball
commission is a job in itself. The
presidents OF the American and Ma
tional leagues with Chairman Garry
Hermann have absolute control of all
organized baseball in the country. Gov
Toncr when president of the National
league will bc forced to attend about
six meetings a year Of the commission.
1T which all matters pertaining tu or
ganizcd bah are pondcrcd over. The
meetings are generally held i'm Cincin-
natl and Governor Tcncr will find il
necessary to take the trip from New
York or wherever he makes mis- head
quarters.
The umpire star is a task that has
given otncr presidents prcmaturcly
gray hairs. Last year there were II
umpires on the National league staff. |
nd t. assign them satisfactorily to !
he different games is as dinicult as
running bali club
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
PREPARING TO
CHANGE PLANTS
Light and Traction Companies
Under the Same Roof

With the completion of the new sub
station building, adjoining the Laur-
ium car barn, both the Houghton
County Electric Light company and
the Houghton County Traction COM
pany are preparing for the occupancy
of the building and the transfer of
power machinery there. The plants OF
the two companies will bp under the
same root after this change is made
and it is felt they can be operated
advantagcousll in this manner
Three or four weeks will elapsc be-
fore the electric light company is able
To make its change. and IL may he the
move will bc deferred until after the
traction company plant is i'm Eood
running order There will lac little
change in the equipment of the clcc-
tric light company. new switch
board will, however, he Installed.
The high tension line which now
comes direct to the sub-statiuu on
Mine street, will bc carried To the now
plant over Il special line from the Vi
= iIliN tl lll' 'StfOld street car litS-
tie. Lower tension feed wires will he
used To carry the power from the new
station to Red Jacket These will fol-
low the II. Il r. l.. tracks. New con-
nections will be made for the feed
wires which supply Laurium and cal
umet location. Poles for these lines
have already been erected and in
some instances wire strung.
The equipment of the traction COM
pany will bc Increased fifty per cent.
At present there are two. go lilowatt
rotary convcrtcrs at the Laurlum
power station, ana a third will he
transferred from the Hancock station.
TWO of the new couyertcrs will bc up-
Grated continuously hereafter \ now
converter is being secured for the
Hancock uh-statiou
The new Laurium sub station is
complete, only some min
or interior work, such as the building
of concrete bases for the plants. re-
mains To bC done.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

BASEBALL CHATTER.


According To official batting averages
thirty batters in the International
league, twenty in the National league
and sixteen in the American league.
hit for 800 or better.
Two games in Los Angeles nctted
the Comskoy- McGraw combination
nearly $4,000 over and above the ex-
penses incurred there. The American
tour nettod a total of $97,2 for the
81 games played.
Larry Laioie came across with a
nice boost for Jack Sheridan, the vet
cran American league umpire. There
never was a better umpire in the his
tory of che game, than Jack Shcri
dan pipes the great second sacker.
Dots Miller, of the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates is the latest big Lacquer To take
up eolf. Like Christy Mathcwson,
Chief Bender, Johnny Evcrs Hack"
Engcl ana Joe Wood Dots" says that
bah player.
II must bc busy winter for Heinc
Zimmerman. of the Cubs According
TO the "dopists" Zim has been traded
four or five times since the season
closed, and now he has been signed
10 manage thc Chicago Federal league
team.
Harry Wolvcrton, former manager
of the New York Yankees. who is now
i'm charge of the Sacramento team of
the Pacific Coast league, has received
AN offer from Japan to take Il team
nf coast league players there for a
series in December.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
VALE HAD CHANCE TIC WIN.
Harvard Awfully Tired in Third Per
iod, haughton Says,

Cambridge Mass, Nov. 29.--ln - res.
view of the Yale-l Harvard game today,
Head Coach Percy Haughton revealed
for the first time The fact that at tive
beginning of the third period of sat
urday's great game with the score OIL
" u to in IIarvard's favor, with Yale
moving down the field in a magnificent
bio for score. the Crimson team was
So tired and shaken that the great
struggle was i'm doubt
II have never seen = Harvard team
as tired physically rs this one at this
stage of the game" said the Crimson
general. THE whole harvard team
was play ing on nerve rather than on
superior conditions.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
DETROIT TEAM
WEAK IN FIELD
MaCkmen Lead American League
in Both Departments

Phlladclphia's Athletics not only jus
titled their right To the American
league pcnnant 10y leading the van in
team batting averages but also beat
out all their opponents in the matter
ut team fielding, thereby demonstrate
ing that they gave their pitchers
cleaner support than was accorded the
slab STAFF of any other team
The official fielding averages for the
season of 1913, issued from American
league headquarters. show that Phil
adclphia complied 1t team average of
.H6G. Next in ranking to the worlds
champions was ST. Louis, tail-end
outfit, which ftclded 800. cleveland was
third and the White SoN fourth. De-
troit brought up in the rear in team
hclding with an average twelve points
below Philadelphia.
Mclnnis Leads First Sackers.
Sumy McInuis of the Athletics. led
the regular first bascmn. i'm fielding,
although Cuviugtou of ST Louis, at
tdined better average in the few
E1mos ne played. McInuis made only
twelve errors in liS gaines. OF the
several men tried out on first base by
Manager Callahan, Fournicr made the
best average. while Chase made the
poor"sl, hut it is not likely that the
iaci w!ll lose the former Yankee his
job for next season
Berger OF the SoN. led the second
suckers with a good average of .9SS,
and it was not because he did not Gov
cr ground either, Rath was fourth
On the list, Harry Lord stood fifth from
,hc bottom among third hascmcn with
an average of .924. Austin of st.
Louis had the best average of the
men who played the bag regularly
Wagner, of Boston, topped the short
shoppers with mark of .965. Weaver
OF the White SoX, was below the mid
die of the list with .92S.
Ray SohaIk Top Catchers.
or the many outficldcrs ON the
White SoX team Mattick. who was
disposed of To- Kansas City, made the
best average. Cree, of the Yankees,
led th" list of regulars. Ray Schak,
of the White Sox. stood best among
the caichcrs VINO could bc called reg
Glars, gaining am average of .9Sl i'm
th" 120 games in which ne wore the
mask No other baCkstup i'm the league
caught as many games as Schalh did
and only two others appeared in more
than loo battles during the champion
ship season.
Walter Johnson. of Washington. |
went throughout the year without |
making IN error in his position in
tflN-onc games. Caldwell, of the
Yankees, did the same in twenty three |
namcs Cicottc had the best fielding |
record of the White SoX Pitching |
STAFF
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
MANY FAVOR BUCK Law.
Restrictive Legislation Needed 10 Pre-
serve Supply Of Deer.

Game Warden William Il. oates.
formerly of Laurium. is one of the
states warmcst advocates OF the
buck" law. which has already been
placed in effect in many states and
which he believes would 30 long way
towards pcrpctuatng the supply 81
deer in the upper peninsula, 10y pro-
tccting the female. To ascertain the
sentiment of the lower penmsHll aGn-
ters toward this legislation Mr. oates
instructed Charles r. Pcti;, GeputN e
the department, who is located at He
straits. To interview rs many hunters
as possible regarding the 'nactm"u, or
such a law, and Dasing his sta'emcat
on the report of this deputy. Mr. Oat,s
recently said
Many of these hunters h1ro been
profoundly impressed bS tilr lrciu siyo
of the Kill. TEcy realize that uulcss
hunting is further restricted ly moro
eXactlng conditions 1t will be com
parativoly short time before tie Gccr
will become So few in ntmbcr that
there will be little chance - get
either buck or a doe. rhry, OF
course, are able - sec at the transfer
points visible evidence Of the inroads
being made ON the deer Anoiher
thing that carries mitch weight with
them are the numerous a,crduuts.
These promise to exceed this ,r1r trc
record for any previous nuatiug sea-
son. aud the spurtsmcn realize tnar a
buck law would help a lot i'm nnking
the woods safer for the annual army
of hunters.
while the restoration or the oil
scasOn. Nov. 1890, las resulted i'm
saving some does The percentage of
female deer is still too large 10y far.
and IT makes very clear that we win
have To have further restrictive lcgis-
lation 10 secure proper protection"
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
Winter Program at Palmetto Park is
Interesting.

Charleston, $ c., Nov. 29-Every -
thing is in readiness at Palmetto park
for TN" opening there on Monday of
the annual winter race meeting of the
Charleston Fair and Racing associa-
ton. The officials are looking for
ward To the most successful meeting
that has been held here in years. New
or before have there been So many
horses of high class quartcred at the
track. Twcnty-thrcc stakes with a
total value of So 900 will he decided
during the meeting. The Fort sum
ter inaugural handicap will be- the
feature event of the opening day.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
GIG PRICE FOR RUCKER.

New York. Nov. 29.--Reports of n
deal between the New York and
Bruoklyn National league clubs by
which Nap Ruckcr. the star left hand
~ ur the BruulNNns, Is to bc traded
80 thr Giants for Charley Iler2og and
Rube Marquard, were persistent In
baseball circles here last night al
though officials of neither club could
be found TO confirm them.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

tables, Laurium. These men met last
Monday ON the same tables and Po!-
lard won bv the close score of 137 'o
l50. The fans back of these men claim
thcy are the best two players ever seen
in Calumet. over one hundred pool
dcvotccs witnessed tha last match and
it IS anticipated there will be a larger
crowd az the next one. which may be
the final between these two men.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

Dick smith, who manager the
Scranton team hast season has signed
lo pilot the Ironton ohio state league
ic1m ucN season
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

Manager Charlie DOOM. of the Phil
adclphia Nationals, has booked with
I he New YORK Yankees ANA the wash
ington Nationals for next spring.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

The directors of the Northern league
have transferred the Minneapolis
club to Farg" y. d., and the ST Paul
chg to Fort Williams. ont.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

\ recital will bc given m th, 81 y.
church this evening by the stewards
Of the church. Lunch VIII tc served
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
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ECNERSAlL TWICE
KICKED S GOALS
IN SINGLE GAME.

: Chicago, Nov. %. Walter
Eckcrsall twice kicked five
goals from the field in games
in which he was quarterback ON
the University of Chicago elov-
On He kicked five field goals
m 1908 against the University
of illinois and hvc goals i'm the
game with Nebraska i'm 1906.
Eckersall Kicked three goals
against Wisconsin i'm 1903.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29

Buffalo Is equipplng public schools
with latest improved fire escapes,
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
RAGING AT CHARLESTON

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

Bagneux, December, l9lZ.
To the Hon. Whitelaw Reid, American
Ambassador in London and formerly
my old chief in Paris.
Dear Sir: What falls to the lot of
many others has befallen me, and,
while am not surprised, it is none the
less a great discouragement-the work
OF my life is misrepresented, and, Ill
spite Of repeated efforts, have not yet
succeeded in making it generally
understood.
l intended to rectify grave ana
ancient historical error and to make
known the actual beginnings of the
discovery of Ameriol. as well as the
true reasons for which we should honor
the memory of Columbus. Few per-
sons have conprehended the character
and scope of this rectification; most
people have seen in it but the attempt
OF an iconocast TO reduce the discov-
erer Of the New World to the level OF
TIE common ddVentuferS OF MS lliile.
The extent Of this misunderstanding
may be judged by the following titles,
which may be read. in large letters, at
me head of most of the articles devoted
10 my books, notably TO the latest and
most important: "L'Histoire Critique
oe la Grande Enterprise de 1492," as
Columbus DR. Cook" Columbus a
fraud" Columbus the Humbug
columbus Plain Faker." These
titles and others OF like kind. such as
me epithet of "muckraker," by which
some papers have stigmatized me,
snow very clearly the erroneous idea
me general public has Of my work, for
Is not only in irresponsible publica-
IONS that all this may be found, But in
nose OF wide circulation and repute.
While IL Is difficult, almost impos-
s'oie, TO stop such Misrepresentation. I
owe IT to myself to attempt to do 80.
""u beg of you TO assist me In permit
ing me to state briefly in your paper
me object which ! had in view and
winch | myself believe | have accom-
plished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
llHE( ]RUEIp COLUMBUS "a ( J4yR C En-
The Gca1 AuhoritL on the History Of the E
DisCOVdT Exposes The Errors Of .naWE OdQT
Wdtc1S.Ihc Gl0lyd &lmlbusldt Brighter
. e Than Ever &c

of the great Genoese, while in reality
they were doing him disservice.
Here in a few lines is the legend:
Belonging TO family of sailors and
related to two celebrated admirals
Columbus from his early years took to
the sea and turned his thoughts toward
maritime discovery. BY his reading
and his conversation with those con-
cerned in these matters he soon came
! to the conclusion that the East Indies
! could be more easily reached by sailing
due west than by taking the route
round the cape Of Good Hope. Full OF
this idea he goes TO Lisbon. then the
centre of maritime enterprise, and
enters into relations with King John,
of whom he asks the means TO put his
. idea into effect. Refused by that king.
he goes to CASTLE and makes the same
proposals To the Spanish monarchs.
their cooperation, all he asks for being
I granted. on condition that he is to go t.
the East Indies, not by the ordinary
route but by way of the west.
Thus authorized and assisted, he fits
, out a small notila and sets sail. Dur
ing the whole of the voyage he has one
idea-to reach the East Indies is his
one object Wholly occupied with this
great design, he refuses 10. go ont ~
his course Ia look for islands or new
lands. signs of the existence Of which
had Notwithstanding been disclosed,
and i'm spite Of the opposition Of his
crew he pushes straight before him
until he reaches islands which he de
clares to be these Indies. He then re-
turns to Palos. convinced that he had
! led his expedition as intended-that IL,
| To the cxtremities Of Eastern Asia.
There. in outline, is the story of
Columbus AS 1t is generally believed
and as told 10y all his modern biog
raphcrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

1,9E author of the remarkable
to the discovery enjoyed
in When time after he mad
he appointed Second Secretary OF the ee
there made himself exceptionally useful as to WIN
Golden opinions
as First Secretary Honorary Counsellor he disn
guhd himself alike by his zeal and his capacity Among the many ~
es paid thiodd years
activity the note of VAIN admiration for his qualities as n
heard at the embassy peculiar for his eff
cheney the performance of his duties he never
tt Ivre authority on columbus and the discovery
1t achievements that Mr. Vgnaud was
president Amercane That body honored u
self in "roscane and Columbus The Letter
and Chart of Toscanel on by Way of die
Columbus Letters to Sir Clements Markham ana
benns tude COlOmb' Historic critque de
old upon through the production of these books
correspondent reports at this moment the pu''ao Oh te
oord volume h
go his to the New World These
two classical work OF reference m
the authors the subject is a
statement he makes supported uthoue
from We appropriately note here
Of this latest addition to mes WORK oil
fruitful investigation.
delightful description of the quaint tte
gnnase Die the voges at the beginning Of
of Anou founded the Academy at San'-pe ana
established library printing press which two years aer
"csmograph@ ntroduco In this little book there was
printed America designation for the
According the weight Of evidence the gosrh "a
seemule was April % oo'
several o rs h ns known to exist is curious to remark that in
1916 copy $50 Frankfort and
in 1912 a copy $3.50 Mr. Vgnauds re
searches around great beyond doubt
that vespucc the Foentne explorer Of
America Columbus Moreover Vespne' was the
continent quite disuh
rom that of Asia supposed that they had
had come against
the frontd of America
retiring disposition His voyages are
thrilling known in history but 1t was NOT
that the application OF MS 10 'he
responsibility baptism belongs
of cultured Duke Rene
intelligent chaplain authier Iud Mr. Vignaud has
accomplished his of the whole
subject Vespucc and finally to settle
quarres bitter
anmosites betwee schol historians
The
he Columbian writings; but the
the latter in which he has necessarily
II mlsconcep
the
matter OF fact been nearest 70
examination of the life Of Columbus
They accused him
whose
books to which we
critics and for ALL Mr. Vgnaud
brief this
addressed of Whtelaw Reid
old chief Reid the
Of which able his
ton his footn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

And yet 1t is all purely legendary.
Not single assertion on which the
above narrative is based can he proved,
and all the statements are contrary
both TO known facts and the authentic
testimonies which we possess.
Columbus belonged to a family of
weavers not sailors. He was not re-
lated to either of the celebrated ad
miraIs who bore the same name. lie
did not take to the sea early: in lli2
and l413 he was still n weaver. He did
not go to Portugal TO seek TO put in ex-
ecution the plan Of going TO India by
the west; he arrived there by accident
in the course Of trading voyage hav-
ing another destination. and ii was
only after his marriage and after col
Letting numerous indications Of the ex-
istence of islands and unknown lands
TO the westward that he formed the de-
sign which he never afterward relin-
uuished II was for the discovery of
new islands, the existence Of which he
said he knew, that he submitted plans
at first to King John and later To the
Catholic monarchs, and it was solely
for the discovery of these islands
known To him that the agreement with
Ferdinand and Isabella was made.
He then went TO Palos to organize his
expedition. and made agreements with
the brothers PinzOn and the mariners
of that place. We know that he spoke
To them Of the very islands that he
afterward discovered. but there is no
trace OF his having discussed with them
a design TO go to India. He embarked
after having given written instructions
indicating the distance at which land
ought to be met with, and set sail In
parallel of latitude from which he did
not propose 70 daviate. Far from being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

unconcerned as TO the discovery OF new
islands, while intent on reaching the
extrcmtes OF Asia, he and his COM
panions according 10 the testimony OF
his own journal OF the voyage) were
OCCUPIED the whole time in seeking FOR
certain islands which they could not
find. After sailing beyond where these
ought to have been seen his people
wanted to go back. He induced them
to push the exploration farther, and at
last discovered an island which his son
saws was the one he sought. Per-
suaded, then, that he had gone as far
as the regions Of Asia. he returned to
Palos, and declared that he had come
back from the Eastern Indies, where.
he adds, his intention had always been
to goa declaration believed by no one.
Such Is the true story OF the dis
covery Of the New World az revealed
by critical examination of all our
sources of information Of this great
event. II is an account borne out by
all the known facts, testified by eye
witnesses and ear witnesses and con.
firmed by contemporary historians,
who say not word of route 10 the
East Indies by way OF the west but
who state. on the contrary, that Column
bus set out TO search for the Islands
which he actually found.
That | have carried out this critical
examination with impartality and
severity WILL j am sure. be acknowl-
edged by all who will take the trouble
TO read the three volumes in which ii Is
set forth. and ii shows that the discov-
cry of America was made under cir
cumstances quite different from those
of the Columbian legend.
The question now is whether this his
torical readjustment Injuries the mem
DRY of Columbus. In other words. Is
the discoverer himself beiittled by this
inquiry. instituted To test the assertions
Of Columbian origin by those from an
other source?
1t must be said. first of all. that even
if such injury happened ii would be no
argument for setting aside the results
obtained by wise and healthy criti-
cism. The historian cannot take into
account a consideration of the kind; he
knows that truth carries its own en-
light{nment, and that truth alone Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

What / definitely sought to destroy
is the Columbian legend-that is to say,
the history of the discoverer according
TO authors who have drawn only from
sources of Columbian origin, in the be-
lief that they were serving the memory