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Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
Editor SmucReY Dies 0m Train Of
 Heart Failure
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH


 TUCSON, May 24-Lew L. Smucker, managing editor of the Arizona Star of this city. died of heart failure this afZ ternoon on train near Bowie, Arizona as he was returning here from Indian Hot Springs He was forty-four years old and had been engaged in the news paper work for many years.
 Mir. Smucker had extensive eXperi- ence as a paperman. He had for a long time been employed on the Kansas City Star and various other eastern journals, as well as the leading paper of Kansas He was for some time anaging editor of the Wichita Eagle. On account of i'll health, Che was a sufferer of heart trouble,) he re- tired from newspaper work for time and was residing at Hutchinson, Kans. Early in 1912, thinking that a change of climate would benefit him he went to Bisbee as news and telegraph editor of the Review. on account of the al ttude he was unable to remain there long and early in the summer he went to the Star in the same capacity, sue ceeding to the position of managing editor on June of last year.
 He was an accomplished newspaper man and a warm hearted gentleman, news of whose death will be learned with sincere regret in many parts of the country.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
THIRTY THREE DEAD AND FIFTY INJURED
 LN LONG BEACH CRASH

Land End of Big Double-Decked Municipal Pier Col lapses Under Burden of 10000 Human Beings and Hun dreds Drop Heads of Other Hundreds Below-'The
 Lower Deck Then Gives Way and All Drop Down Wood-Shattered Chute Upon Tide-Washed Sands
 Beowz-Phys Surgeons and Nurses Are Rushed From Los Angeles to Aid of Those Who Are Hurt Tide Was Out When Crash Occurred and Many Are Thereby Saved Who Would Otherwise Have Drowned
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
DUPREE CROSSES
 TO JOIN MASON

DOUGLAS. May 24--Reene Du- pree, automobile racer and avia- tor crossed into Mexico here to- day ostensibIy to join Didier Mason in his aeroplane eNpedi- tion against Guaymas Hostili- ties were resumed today above Guaymas say uncOnfirned re- ports reaching the border.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25

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Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
STiLWELL IS GUILTY
ASSOCIATED PRESS prsPArcH1

NEW YORK, May 24.-Stephen J. StilWeH state senator from the Bronx. recently exonerated by the New York state senate of charges of bribery was found guilty of bribery by jury today. The maxi mum penalty for the crime is ten years imprisonment and a fine of five thousand dollars. He will be sentenced on Wednesday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
THIS is MY SYST BIRTHDAY"

William Il. Wilson. secretary of la
Dor in the cabinet of President Wood
row Wilson, was born i'm Blantyre
Scotland. April ., 1862 His parents
caem To the United states i'm 1870 and
settled in Tioga County, PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr.. Wilson Went To work i'm the coal
mines at ten years Of age, and became
a member OF the mine workers union
before he was fifteen. Ever since he
Hrsi Joined the union he has taken an
active part in the affairs of organized
labor In 1900 h. was rlect.d secre-
lary-tr, asurer at The United Min.
worker" Of America, which position
eh held until 1909 OF late years. Mr.
wilson has engaged in farming at
BlossDnrg, Pa, where he stll retains
ms home. He was elected To Congress
from the Fifteen Pennsylvania district
IN 1907 and was twice Reelected
while member of Congress. Mr.
wilson introduced the bill for the
creation of the Department of Labor.
of which department he is now The
head
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
L ne Back Yurd
Farmer
= series OF Articles Of Int,
81,
est to Every Householder by
PROF. JOHN w. BOlTE

VIII nave TO be installed In order r.
secure the best results
Clay, either blue, yellow or red 70
ABOUT the toughest proposition the gar
ueher mas to tackle 1t possesses nlant
1000 In abundance and can be made n
oear prohtably. but 1t will need a 10,
., cultivation and treatment of various
KINDS before 1t can be handled with
ease In the first place IL must he
proved or spaded deeply in order IN
preak up the solid texture of the moi,
Large quantities of well rotted ma.
nure containing considerable straw
should be plowed under eyery wear
ana AT the same time II will be well
10 piow under about two inches n,
SAND. or sandy loan. After the Las,
crop has been taken OF any portion q,
Tue garden In the fall, SOW the vacant
ground to some fast growing cove,
crop and turn 1t under Just before fros,
cuts II down. All OF these factors will
ASSIST In loosening a heavy firm soiI
allowing better penetration of air ma
water, and reducing the tendency n,
'he SOIL to form large hard clots
Don't strip the soil from a new yar
zen. Turn 1t under by all means "a
u VIII make the texture OF the so,,
very much better. The greater m.
amount Of decayins plant matter Won
IAN incorporate In the soil. ths bstts,
Will be your crop. -
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
Tre TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.

WIN the Atlantic he crossed nv bal
loon IN the course II the next few
weeks VIII another epochal step b,
taken IN The conquest Of the air? Jo.
seph Bfuoker - German American
! Journalist has started on venture
/ that viii answer these questions in
the affirmative if his expectations
should be realized. He is not al all
discouraged by the failures met by The
| a"ronauts who have in the last few
years undertaken the unprecedented
journey from This side of the Allan
t.c.
Brucker and his two companions,
along with their big balloon, the SUI
chard IL, are on their way from
Trieste 10 Las Palmas, in the Canary
Islands. The Germans lead the world
today in achievements made by dirig.
lilies. having produced several airshlps
capable Of making trips from city to
city almost every day in the year: but
'he French hold the long distance bal
loon records French balloon mas
sailed 1916 miles eastward across Eu.
rope in lorilraiN hours, but tn, dis
lance from the Canar, Islands 10 the
West Indies or the northeastern part |
Of South America. where the German II
idventurers hope 10 land, is from p
900 To 1900 miles. The Suchard IT. Il
$ built and equipped 10 stay in the II
ir about ten days. Brucker is conf II
tent mat If cnditions are at all fav- II
'rdble, he can cross the Atlantic in II
even days. Success will give him not
My the worlds duration record for
light OF any description. but a reputa-
ion as great explorer.
II Is only a question Of time when
he journey through the air from one
'orld to the other will be achieved
present the balloon gives the bet
er promise Of succeeding. for the
resent limit of flight by aeroplane il
Ut quite 500 miles. =
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

what sort OF production II was. and
II was much more likely 10 please than
one You picked blind But suppose
YOU mad 10 read everything. good, bad
ana Indifferent, and frequently very
pau the plays of a low order, that
cater TO people Of low Intelligence and
'hat are really the most dangerous al
though the least heard of-isn't il TOO
much To ask Of any normal man.
We ar" not discussing here the neel
or value of a state censor or the adj
Visibility Of extending il as the next
S'ep from the theater Ia the press but
why should we Try Ia shov. ion ur
lhis sort of On a perfectly unoCrend-
ing citizen. who has done ms no harm.
oI course We might specify that the
hoard Of censor should be made up oc
IN" inmates Of Jackson and Marauette.
ana that the duties should be- imposed
IN lieu OF capital punishment. but even
lhen there is danger that the cunning
ana evil minded Convicts would take
hehdlsh delight in imposing the most
poisonous ana deadly dun Of the MAYS
On as.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
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IL The quesuod
Think" -t' s. -.
though
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did
| animal ..
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The
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We'll mother !
one who will a
Soon after that my father took me to visit grandmother
wanted Carlo
about taking Carlo although
the his
take havean
We'll drove home
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
Preparing the Garden.

Any one who has a little patch n
back yard can have a vegetable gar
Den this year. BY all means make IN,
enort 1t can not only furnish Won
win delicious. fresh vegetables. bu,
you Will get health and pleasure out O,
its care. -
if your soil is sandy IL will produce
the early crops to great advantage and
you can get radishes, lettuce. and sim.
har vegetables several weeks ahead NJ
your neighbor with a clay garden. hut
the sandy soil does not stand the hot
dry weather Of the summer months as
wei as the clay or loan. For this
reason II Is usually desirable to cover
= very sandy plot with several INCHES
OF Darnyard manure and loan or black
muck soil to give 1t some BODY and
moisture retaining power. This ton
dressing should be evenly spread nm
Just before blowing In the spring ana
II should be thoroughly turned under
A loamy soil is ideal for general gar.
gen crops, the sandy loan being a n,
ne earlier, and the slay loan a n,tle
better In the hot weather. Loan soils
10 not need any other treat mept than
manure every other year. unless tho
,oea''on 10 too wet. II this Ia the
vase either surface or tile drainage
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
So Day Workers Can Vote.

l. Editor ~ News have been deeply
interested since last Fridays specia
primary election in the editorial com.
| mentS on the same and would he
pleased II YOU will grant space for the
| following, which bears on one phase
| of that election Every good citizen
should deplore the small percentage
OF The vote recorded. ono ont of every
three in Calumet township if the fig
ures You quoted Saturday evening are
auth"ntic, and this small vote is re-
Sponsible for the tact that Two of the
strongest parties will not have repre-.
sentation Of the ballot for The special
election, April :.
! believe this situation could he
particularly, If NOT entirely, remedied.
II The township boards of the various
| townships in this county would take
the action they are authorized Ia take
IN Section 70 of the primary election
laws, passed by the state legislature
in 1909, which | believe has not been
altered since. namely, To keep the /
polls open until o'clock in the eve (
hlns. so that day workers might have
an opportunity To reach the polls. /
Section ~ reads: All primary cleo
lions for The nomination of party can-
didates for office shall be- held by cleo
non precincts the same as general
elections are held, and the polls there
OF shall be kept open in the respect
I've precincts for the same length of
time; Provided, that in any city of
ilve thousand population or over, the
polls OF the primary election shall he
Kept open until 3 o'clock y. m. stand
ard time, and in cities having a papr,
Iaiion nf two hundred thousand or
more. the polls SHAH he kept open un-
III ~ o'clock, y. M, standard time;
provided further, that the township ,
board Of any township, or the com !
non council of any city of less than
I've thousand population, may direct ,
hat the polls be held open until =
o'clock y. m, standard time Reader. \
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
FLOOD PREVENTION

Tn catastrophe in The Ohio river
valley las brought Congress face Ia
face With the necessity of inaugural
ing system OF flood prevention. as
proposed in the Democratic. Republic
can and Progressive party platforms.
With all political groups unani.
m"u'iy supporting such a plan. there
iS reason to believe that the present
congrrs, viii take action to stop the
appalling waste OF lite and property
caused by floods
Senators and representatives now
m Washington are discussing the
ohio and Indiana floods with i view
10 shaping the legislation proposed
The general view is that floods which
have caused such tremendous havoc
in the Mississippi and Ohio river val
leys are absolutely proventable. Fur
thernprc it is stated that compre-
h"nsiv" system OF protection would
revolutioni2e the prevailing policy Of
river development
The legislation that Congress will be
asked 10 pass will propose a plan of
cooperation between The federal gov
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

eminent and the states In building
leVees, reservoirs, and other works 70.
the prevention az floods The nation
Al waterways commission, which in
yestisated this question. reported tina 4,
the national government could not
nndert1ke consututionally Ia construct
nood prevention works unless the
money expended would also improve
navigation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

Mr. TAFT is again an active Yale
man And that he viii ne popular
one was evidenced by the tremendous
ovation given him by the students ON
his arrival Yesterday at the college 10
take up his duties as professor Of law.
The eN-prcsident win give Yale law
school grca. prestige liz viii endesIor
10 instiu in his students love aud
respect for constitutional authority
that viii be Of great value TO the
country when they take mp their work
IN life. The eX-president will contLnue
la be- a great force for good
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
VILLAGE oRp,NAnoes
You OUGHT To Know
Ignorance Of the Law Excuses
No One.

Dancing on Sunday Cred Jacket
No owner or occupant of any bouse
haII saloon, or lot, within the corpor.
at" units Of said village shall permit
any oancing or carousing, or other
'o'S'eruuS entertainment of the like
KIND To be carried on in his or her
fremises, between the hours of twelve
O'Clock p m. Saturday and twelve
o'clock H. m. Sundays.
oSupplied by the Calumet Woman's
club
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
ROMANCE OF A VASE.

An interesting lawsuit viii be hear,
in the London courts shortly II con
Germs the lannon's family rose vas,
which passed out Of the hands of IN,
Princess Tuussodn one al the Egypt
ian princesses resident ia Englan I
VIII" received but a mere song for II
from dealer while few DAYS late,
\ II fetched the handsome sum in ia :
NOUS London auction room Of some.
| thing like Sl0,250. the princess being
/ totally unaware of it's real value
The ease will deal with the recovery
of the lost treasure. Her hghness is
related by marriage To the khediVe of
Egypt having married the eldest son
Of Said Pasha, viceroy of EgApt. tie
grandfather of IN" present ruler of the
Land Of the Pharoahs.
The princess has just signed doe
umet containing the remarkable his
tory Of the vase, and how il came in
Ia possession Of the khedivc family.
From this it appears that the valua-
Bile heirloom belonged Ia the Yung
: hlhs dynasty and was presented by
the last emperor Of China tn Said
Pasha, by him bequeathed To his son.
who left il Ia his wife. the princess
in question
The princess, who now lives i'm Sc
clusion in Cumberland. has had quite
romantic career Just how she came
to part with the vase has not Yet been |
told, but will he divulged in the law |
court As recently as 1895 the vase |
was in the harem of the Mahmoudieh |
Alexandria, ana two old slaves of Said |
'asha went with the princess to see
| there ON. her departure from Egypt
he took il with her to England
The vase which is of the Ynng
ming dynasty was made for IN.
hines royal family. II is of the
ala"us eggshel pediod. ana it's neck
ma shoulder are cnameled On .hc
lost exquisite shades of lavender |
ose pink and green. on cracked ice"
round. The vase is ffty-two inches
iSh and consists of three panels Of 2
irds. apple blossoms. chrysanthe-
lums and other flowers.
Snch vases are nearly an made in
AIRS ana the purchaser, j. Rochelle
h"mas is willing 10 pay $4,000 for
le companion vase. which may also
ave passed from one of the imperial
Ilaces in China into European--or !.
hands
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
Congratulations To-:

congratulations 10:
III Nlcholas Murray Butler. pres
ident Of Columbia University, II
wears old today
Archbishop francesca Stagni. apos-
tone delegate 10 Canada and New
ioundldnd, - years old today.
Prof. j. Laurence Laughlin. head -,
the department of political economy
at the University Of Chicago, SO years
cid today.
George III, Duke OF SAKE Meiningen.
VINO rs the oldest Of European rulers.
81 years old today.
Michaei +. Conry. representative in
congress of the Fifteen district of
New York, i3 years old today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
cENsoRiNG THE THEATERs

we are happy To Sc that Represent
'a'iNe olassner, one of the bright
Young men of the legislature, is NOT
going TO stop his efforts for reform
when he has settled the marriage
business and succeeded in providing
that man shall not go into marriage
any moro than into a prize fight with,
out first securing physicians cert.
lirate oi his fitness for the ordeal
comments the Saginaw Courier Her.
ala. lie is going 10 clean up the the.
alter next, and to do this he has nj,
upon the very ingenious although not
altoeethS original agency of q board
of censors.
]" this We say well and good If
ONO is to have board of three es-
unable persons, one an ordained min
lister, one sober father of three
children and one a social worker. 10
review and pass upon the costumes
"t its women, 10 lengthen the skirts
raise the collars and paste OPAQUE
substances behind the lace insertions
ana under the flimsy hose. We see no
reason why Michigan should not have
a board Of censorship for its theaters.
to read the dialogue of all plays to be
presented in this state, according To |
the idea Of the author of the bill. and
view in rehearsal prior to their ac-
toaI production, the principal plays
themselves.
That last provision looks attractive.
II raises visions Of the free tbeater
tickets and special performances Of all
the big things ana makes prospective
members of the board smack thep
lips IN anticipation. There would he
some satisfaction IN that job, seeing
all IN, plays, whether tho public ever
"a 'ihem Or not, ana being paid for
doing 50. Why, there are lots Of peo-
pie who would be glad to pay money
Just 10 see that small portion of the
plays alone that are not to be- pro.
iured for the general public.
But II looks on second thought as
I that board might after an have
to do besides give theater
'arties. Sit and think for a minute
N the task laid down for it. It is To-
cad all the plays that are to he pro.
Iuced in Michigan. Figure NJ some
'here near what that means. Consid
r the number of the things that are
PRODUCED in Michigan. And if the
'oards is to read all the plays and see
he most important, why not turn lie
ttention TO vaudeville, which reaches
more people than the "legit" and then
gam to the movies which reach
lore yet? Isn't it rather large Job
pr five men?
l'ut the size is nothing. You have
robably sat through a play now and
zen in something approaching agony.
has seemed hopelessly dull, or in.
liferablv wretched, and you wished
'u had your money back and were
ome with good book or at leastI
ere suffering somewhere else besides
public. And yet YOU picked you'll
ay yUu knew pretty well beforehand
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
WEDNESDAY, APRIL ?, 1918.

Although Calumet viii have no pro-
fessIonal baseball this year 1t will not
20 baseball HUNGRY The Caumet q
aecla league win furnish plenty or
hrst-class diamond sport. Its eight
teams are made up Of experienced
players ana rivalry Will b. keen
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
WAR CORRESPONDENTS PASSING

The late Matthew Arnold once i'm
uuised IN this stroke of satire at tho
expense of great man: DIR. Russell
81 the Times was preparing to mount
his war horse. You know the sort ot
'hlhs n" has described il himself oV-
or ana over again. Bismark AT his
horses head; the crown prince hold
ing MS sNrrup, and the old king of
Prussia hosting Russell into the sad
die Mr.. William Maxwell one of
IN" Sulld in his modern day of ilh-
SONS shattered and hopes frustrated
tells the story over again in the nine
ttehlh century 10 continue the glory
'hat was with the humility that it.
me war correspondent, and there
remain some battle SCARED veterans
WI" have memories, is passing For
me irst time since 1854" SAWS Mr.
Maxwell fresh from ntility i'm the
balkans, ~ war is in progress from
WHlch newspaper correspondents are
excluded. He is brave enough To ius-
tifN the exclusion. Russell was not
tltd I" the end Of "a telegraph Wire"
ana described battles in his most de-
liberate English after they were
ioukhi. The enemy could not profit
by ms observations. a campaign
might he over when they got into
tApe. Today the demand is for news
hot from the wire" and unless the
correspondents reports were unsys-
censored n. ynuIl b q, |
menace To any army that permitted |
lim to go near the front. In the Bal |
'ah war the correspondents the great !
ltrd of them, have had To cool their |
ltels AZ The rear.-NeM Nnrl Snn
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

what was 1.-THE Oath at the Tomb
OF Ca'houn"?-When the South Caro-.
Una convention adopted the Ordinance
OF secession on Dec. 20. 1860. the city
or Charleston seemed delirious with
JOY. While church bells were neal.
ihs' group OF enthusiastic young
men went to ST. Philips cemetery.
ana, forming circle around the tomb
or Calhoun, registered solemn oath
10 devote their lives. their fortunes
and their sacred honor" to the cause
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Silvernai. of
Winsted, Conn, will, in May. celebrate
the 10Th anniversary of their mar
riHge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
FROM NEWS READERS

Subscribers Are invited 10 Con.
tribute TO this Column. A
communication should be
signed by the writer's own
name, not necessarily for pub
iieation, but as evidence Of
good faith.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

Pittsburgh claims to he the clean
est city in the matter of vice.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02
Queries and REPLIES =

What became Of the Pen with which
Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proc.
'amation?--It "as given To Senator
Sumner by the president al the re.
quest or The former, and by him pre-
sented to George Livermore, of Bos-
ION, 1t was a steel pen Of the kind
called THE Washington" in com.
mon cedar holder--all as plain and
transformations as was The president
himself.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

John Deter Colorado Springs, built
himself a. residence a few days ago at
an outlay Of ss7.5e. The walls outside
are of sod
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

what was the First Newspaper IN
Amerlca?-The first newspaper IN
America was called public Occur
FENCES and issued at Boston. IN
September, 1890. II was so radical.
~ democratic and out-spoken that
the magistrates smothered il on the
day or its birth. The first perma.
neht paper was the "Baston News
Letter, issued in April, 1904. The
hrst daily was the Pennsylvania
racket" by John Dunlap, In 1884.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

st. Louis business men are lghtins
To force lower insurance rates.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

when we're Checks Invented for
Measuring Time ?,-The earliest known
clock was invented by Henry de Vie.
or u" Wyck, German, in 1879. Tho
pendulum, as regulating power in
CLOCKS was introduced by Huygens.a
celebrated Dutch astronomer as lato
as 1857. -.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

Do Wooden Garments Give Warmth,
I'll Is popular error to say that
they do; they are simply poor con.
unctors OF heat and thereby prevent
the radiation OF animal warmth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-02

Where was Located the First Type
FOUNDRY IN America?-The first type
foundry in America was that OF Abel
Buell., and was established at Killing.
worth, Conn. in 1863. Good Long
rflmer type was cast and the Connec.
ucut legislature was asked TO give
financial assistance.