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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
ARRESTED WRONG MAN.
p. y. Bowen, Taken as Murder Sus.
pect, Released, Makes Statement.

Houston. Texas. May 9.-P. u. Bow
en-. arrested here on suspicion in con-
nection with an Atlanta murder mys~
terry. and later released, made this
statement:
my father is :. G. Bowen lie lives
at Newman. Ga. ] told the detectives
htey had made y mistake at the time
they arrested me- and knew they soon
would find this to be so If they inves-
tlgated my references.
81 really have been done an injustice
by this thing. | don't blame the men
so much--it is their business TO ar.
rest suspects-but | don't think they
have treated me exactly right"
Bowen's statement OF his record
since 1908 when he left home TO OBJ
tain employment i'm Atlanta was sub
stantiated by the chief of police of
Houston.
The statement said Bowen recently
left position with the Cotton Belt
railroad aud obtained another a. q
master car builders clerk with the
southern Pacific soon after he arrived
I'm Houston Sunday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
CUTS 900 Per CENT MELON;
IS JUICIEST ON RECORD

j. ~
''on oi 'he slockhoidefs Oh the 'ohti-
mental oil company Of Iowa at their
annual mcctinn here today. In indors-
inp the proposal to disposc of it's
business and assets to the Continen.
tai oil company of Colorado. paves
tho way for the sIicirg of one of the
iucicst dividend melons that has ever
been distributed II, any corporation i'm
the Eni;od States According To the
terms of the sale In, Stockholders Of
the old Iowa corporatiou are To re-.
ratyo ten shares of the I'olorado com
uauy's sick for each share now held
Thr Iowa coupauy WAS iucorporatcd
I'm 1881 and has done u very proiita-
bl. marketing husinces sine that time.
ON pcramhor II tuo6 fin. hook value
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
DEDICATE NEW LABRhToRY,
University OF illinois Inausurates
Course IN Practical Rsilrosdine

Urbana Ill, May S.--A two-dny
program of exercises was inaugurated
here today in connection with the
dedication of the locomotive labora-
tory. railway engineering laboratory
and mining engineering laboratory.
three buildings recently erected In a
group AT the University of Illinois. As
a result of the increased facilities AT
forded by the lew laboratories IT, ~
expected that the state university will
soon rank among the best technical
institutions i'm America.
The practical side of railway trans
portatiou in every detail is TO he
taught at the university. The new
transportation building cost 100000
and contains what is declared to be
the finest laboratory in the world for
testing locomotives. In the testing
plant a locomotive can be run under
conditions which may he easily inves-
tigated Engine friction which can
not be determined in ordinary road
tests. may he easily tested In the lab
Oratory.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
COUNTRY UN|TES
IN PLAGUE BATTLE
Campaign Against Phthisis Is
Nation Wide

Washington. May S-The annual re-
port oi Livingston Farrand. executive
secretary, read today at the opening
of the ninth annual meeting of the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
showed that In two years the mum Z.
Der of agencies connected with the
movement has Increased from 1,325
10 over 2.0oc. a ssain of more than 50
per cent. Al the present time there
are 5'1 sanatorias. 400 dispensaries
and clinics and 1G9 open air schools
and fresh air classes engaged In the
nti-tuberculosis campaign i'm the
United States.
Big Publicity Campaign.
la addition To these agencies. more
Than 40 state boards OF health and no
less than 200 local boards of health
are actively cooperating in the move.
ment. lf TO these agencies be added
the various hospitals for the insane
and penal institutions. making special
provision for their tubercular inmates.
the number Of agencies in the fgh;
against consumption will aggregate
more than $500.
During the past year the National
association has carried on an active
publicity campaign through about
5000 newspapers More than $4,000
bulletins have been distributed. The
tuberculosis pav campaign held VA
October resulted in the preaching of
not less than 10000 sermons and al
dresses on tuberculosis. The Rel
Cross Seal campaign has produced for
the various anti tuberculosis assoCia %
tons throughout the United States
more than 100000, an increase uf
nearly 20 per cent over the 1911 sale.
Scores The Friedman Cure.
Washington. MAY S.--"One of the
adverse factors that is retarding pre-
vention Of the white plague" was the
characterization applied to Or. Fried .
mann's tuberculosis vaccine by Presi
dent Homer Folks. in his opening al
dress "Only those" said the speaker,
who have been engaged In inducing
state and local authorities to appro-
pirate funds can appreciate how vast
ly more difficult this task has been
made in the last few months by the
extremely effective press agents of
Friedman. When the Friedman cure
has taken it's legitimate place. and
perchance been forgotten. we shall re-
member those professions coming
from everywhere, whom the am
nouncement Of the cure summoned tO
our vision"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
DANCE WORSE THAN Low WAGE
Underwear Manufacturers Deory Tur.
key Trot and Bunny Hug.

Philadelphia, Pa, May s.-The tur-
key trot. the bunny hug and the other
examples in dancing and entertaining
set by high society have more to do
with wrecking the moral and physical
lives of working girls than the wages
Paid them, In the opinion Of manufac-
turers who spoke at the opening ses-
sion of the National Association OF
Hosiery and Underwear Manufactur-
crs' convention
why do not your vice commission
ers tell the truth" asked Charles We
zln of New York The Investigations
they pretend to carry on touch not the
society rich who set these bad exam
ples.''
The Underwood tariff BILL the mini
mum wage and other legislation aim
ed to improve working conditions were
criticised by other speakers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
MOVE FOR RECIPROCITY.

washington, MAY Sin responss
W call issued by the Illinois Man
u'ae tuFers' association. many repre-
",atiVc manufacturers and producers
New England, the Atlantic states.
Wv middle west and other sections
"'e' IN The capital today to formulate
~ ~ amendment to the tariff bill to give
'es'dent Wilson power to negotiate
ue agreements with foreign nations
~, ~" articles which IL is proposed
''a'i be placed ON the free list.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
JOHNSON HISSED;
GIRL TAKES STANO
Belle Schrieber Offers Testimony
at Trial Of Negro PugiIist

Chicago, May S.--The effect of Judge
Carpenters censorship of attendance
at the trial of Jack" Johnson, the pu-
gilist, on a white slavery charge. was
apparent today. for only few negro
friends of the defendant and ha'f
dozen white men constituted the au-
diencc.
The fighter has discarded his dia
monds and other jewelry.
The governments attempt to show
that Belle Schrieber. the white slave
i'm the case. was dismissed from re-
sort In Pittsburgh because of her as
sociation with Johnson, met objections
Of the defense and was ruled out
Met Defendant In 1909.
At the Union depot where
johnson went to meet friend
before the court opened, he wa9
hissed by 4 large crowd. Belle Schrie-
Der took the witness stand today. She
testified that she met Johnson while
She was an inmate of one of the most
notorious resorts in Chicago. This
was in 1909 when she was 90. John
son went to New York but called her
by telephone and sent her money
through his manager she said. She
went To New York To visit the fighter.
paying her expenses from money sent
by John8on's manager.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
OFFERS SHRINERS
VARIED PROGRAM
Dallas Makes Elaborate Prepare.
ton for Convention

Dallas. Texas, May S.-Thc annual
meeting of the imperial council. An.
cient Arabic Order Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, will be held in Dallas
next week, beginning Monday. and IL
~ estimated that $4,000 or more yisl.
tors viii be in the city. Every see.
ton OF the country will bc represented
Monday viii be devoted To the re-
ception of the visitors and to sight
seeing trips about the city. Tuesday
VIII be featured by the morning pa
rade of bands and patrols acting as
an Official escort to the imperial OIL
GERS To the place of meeting of the
imperial council Al night the big
Spectacular Shrine pageant will take
place. following which the delegates
VIII he entertained at u Mexican din.
ncr and vaudeville show at the fair
grounds,
Visit to Principal Cities.
Wednesday the patrols aud bands
viii assemble for battalion formation
'''' 'Nilpllipu hIlllS lOT Tlcn DTlZcS
to be awarded by the executive com
nittcc. Late in the afternoon there
viii be barbecue aud a grand spec
taclc illustrating pioneer days in the
southwest. \ reception and ball viii
be given Wednesday night
Tit last half of the week. follow.
ing the close of the imperial council
sessions. will be devoted by many of
the delegates and their families to u
grand l.000-mile tour OF Texas. Gal
weston, Houston. Waco. San Antonio.
Austin ana other of the principal cit~
les will he visited.
An army of decorators is already at
work dressing up the downtown sea-
tion OF Dallas in anticipation Of the
coming Of the Shriners. The night
illuminations will be among the most
brilliant ever seen in an American
city. From all the trolley support
wires along the leading tborougbrarcs
are being hung immense Shrine en-
Elems of the scimitar and crescent.
The cmblcms are painted in white
and golG and on each illuminated by
.ncandcsccnt lights. On each side of
the cmblcms will be suspended Amer
lean, Texas and Shrine nags.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
STRENGTHEN PEACE BONDS.
Relations Between u. S, and Germany
Topic az Gotham Gatherlnn.

New York. May S.-Statesmen, dip
lomats. educators and business men
Of International fame will come to-
gcther AT dinner 10 be given at the
Hotel Plaza tomorrow night, the pur-
pose of which is 10 discuss the rela-
tions between the United States and
Germany with view To strengthen
ing the friendship between the two
companies. The dinner will be given
under the auspices of the German
Publication society. Among the speak
ers will be Count Won Bernstorff the
German ambassador TO the United
States; DIR. Charles w. Eliot and Prof.
Hugo Munsterberg Of Harvard uni
versity. President John Grier Hibben
of Princeton university, and Theodore
Sutro Of this city,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
ALBION STUDENTS HoNoRED.

Albion. Mich, May S-The highes,
possible debate or oratory hohor III Az
bion college, membership in the ma
t,onaI forensic honor society," Deita
Sigma Rho. has been extended 10 SIN
Aibion ulatform men by the local
ohan,er of the fraternity. The six are
ms follows: Marshall Reed OF onsteu'
Stanley Coors. of shelby; Clare CRIT
n, NJ Traverse city: Benjamin
wheatley of Gladwin; VIM. Whear Oh
Kearsarre. and Quinton F. walker OF
Jackson.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
REGISTER OF HOTEL
FIGURES IN PROBE
Affidavit Attacks Morality of
Lieut. Gov. 0'Hara

Chicago, May S.-The missing regis
ter of the Hotel Sherman of this city.
which figures in the secret affidavit
presented TO the state Senate yester-
day, attacking the morality of Lieu
tenant-Governor O'Iara, chairman Of
the vice commission, was found today
The aifdavIG presented by Deputy
Sheriff sullivan, but made by another
person whose Identity Is somewhat
obscure, IS said to state that last Jan
uary O'Hara and prominent young
woman of Springfield registered in the
Hotel Sherman as "T =. Duncan and
WIFE y Springfield millionaire and u
woman are said to have registered a.
y. J. Miller and wife" and are al
legged to have shared the Duncan
suite.
a handwriting expert will compare
the signature of Duncan" with that
Of O'Iiara.
Committee TO Investigate.
Springfield H., May s.-The Senate
empowered a committee of four 70 pro-
coed with the investigation of the af-
tidavit obtained yesterday from Dep
uty ShGrin Sullivan, made by a
Springfield woman rejecting upon the
morality of Lieut-Gov. O'Haro.
Investigator Coan, of the white
slave" committee was a witness he
fore the Senate today, and told Of a
conversation with Deputy Sullivan the
night of April Is in the Leland hotel
lobby. lie said sullivan told him the
commission had better stay away from
Springfield; If not, he would produce
an AFFIDAVIT that would put the commis-
sion out of business and make the
state minus lieuteuaut-g governor
Coan said Sullivan proceeded 90 tell
him Of the affidavit he had, refectin"
upon Lieutenant-G Governor O'Hara
and that il would be presented If one
Davis, who had been subpoeuaed, were
compelled 10 testify before the inves-
tigating committee
The witness explained the Davis re
ferred to WAS associated with former
Alderman Ensel of this city, ana that
his testimony was sought on the
ground that he held lease TO a piece
OF prop, rty I'm the tenderloin district
According TO the witness. Sullivan
stated he could get other afIidavits to
the same effect.
You know the legislature is iu scs-
sion only few months" Sullivan was
quoted as saying, and after that, :
can indiCt the members of the COM
mission and send them TO Jail
The witness did not inquire on
what charge Sullivan proposed to send
the senators and Lieuteuant-G Governor
O'Hara 10 jail Tho next t1y he saw
sullivan at Suliivan's Office and the
latter backed down, in part on hi
statement of the previous night
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
LIFE PRISONER IN MISSOURI
Special Agent investigating the
Crimes Accuses Him
200 REQUEST FEDERAL PAROLES

LeaVenworth. Bas May S.--JWenty-
five murders committed in the last
three years in Missouri Kansas. Colo
RADIO. Iowa and Illinois, by means OF
blows from an axe. are ascribed to
Henry Lee Moore. now serving life
term in the Missouri peuitentiary, dc-
cordlng to "A theory announced today
by Special Agent Mcclaughery of the
department Of justice after AN cx-
haustke study of the so-called axe
murders.
McClaughery said that strangely
similar circumstances i'm the murder
series could lead to no other conclu-
sion.
Moore went To the pcnitentiary ut
jefferson City after he had beeu found
guilty of the murder Of his mother and
| December last Moore said he had
made a study of famous murders. in
Guiding the DR.. Crippen case in Eng
land.
List Of the Murders.
| The axe murders ascribed to
| Moore are:
a man. wife and two children at
| Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Man. wife and daughter, Monmouth
Illinois.
Man. wife ard three children, Ellis .
worth, Kansas.
Man, wife and two children, Parole
kas.
Man four children aud two girl
guests. Villisca. Iowa,
Two women, Columbia. Mo
| McClauEhery calls attention To the
fact that the first murder did not oc-
cur until after MoJrc's release from
q reforrnatory In Kansas. An of the
| twenty-five persons murdered wer,
slain In their own homes. In each cas-,
| Il bloody axe was left.
200 Seeking Parole.
| Leavenworth, Kas. May S.-Morc
than two hundred applicants for pa
role, among them six bankers AND
three life prisoners, will appear before
| the federal board of paroles here next
Tuesday. This is said to he the lars
est number of applicants ever up for
| consideration at one meeting.
| Under the amendment of the federal
parole law granting parole To certain
life prisoners who served fifteen years
three viii apply. one of these Is
james Todd. convicted OF robblng d
mail stage IN Idaho He has been
nearly thirty years In prison---thc
| greater part of the time on McNeill's
island. Washington state. During this
period lac hasn't written a letter or re-
ceived one from the outside world.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
WEDs AMERICAN GIRL.

New York. May s.-St. Matthews
church. in West Eightyfourth street,
was the scene of an International
wedding this afternoon. when Miss
May Georger Falconer, member of
family that has long been promi-
nent socially I'm New York, became the
bride of Francis Tatam Sanford, of
London. The ceremony at the church
was followed by "A reception at the
Home club.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
PILGRIMAGE TO NORWAY.
Seandsnavisns Leave United States 10
Spend vsar IN Fatherland.

New York. MAY S.-The annual pii-
grimage of Scaudinavian-A Americans
To the rathorldnd. which this year
pro,niscS TO reach unusually large
proportions. was inaugurated TO-DAY
with the departure Cf party for
Norway The party included about
sixteen families. all residents OF Norm
Dakota. where they evidently have
prospered. Judging by the tact that
they chartered private car in which
to make the trip from the west to
this city.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
BIG DECREASE IN COPPER.

New York, May S.-The statement
of the Copper Producers association
for May shows decrease in
stocks on hand of 2s.720.O 900 pounds, as
compared with the previous month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
suNK QUITS INTERNATIONAL.

CHICAGO, May IS.-Clarence S, Funk,
ecnerll manager OF the international
Harvester company, has announced
lds resignation, as predicted. In order
that he may 60 to the NJ. Rumely
Of LaPorte. Indiana. His
was with the consent of
the Harvester officials. II is said.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD,

Chartres. France. May s.-The
French airmen. Frangeorcs. today car
ried six passengers I'm a biplane on a
15-minute light. duration record for
an aeroplane carrying such a large
number Of persons
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
MEXICAN TROOP TRAIN IS
BLOWN UP; MANY KILLED

Nogales, Aris.. May s.--A troop
train, bearing $50 federal soldiers. was
destroyed lty dynamite today. Most Of
the passengers were killed. The dis
aster occurred near the Sonora state
line
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
FAMOUS SPECIALIST DIES.

Philadelphia, Pa. May s.--Dr. Louis
A. Duharing famed as writer ana
authority on skin diseases. is dead
aged 81.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08

Greenwich, Conn, alarmed by out
break of malaria. will fight mosqui-
toes to a finish " possible this season.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-08
Are liberated Or Bail.

From a statement Of the prosecution
1T was shown that rental paid for
Wumen's social political offices was
from sS,5OO to S1t.25O yearly. The case
adjourned until May 13. all women be-
ing allowed 10 furnish bail for 5000
each, owing to their health. Mrs.
Drummond had second collapse just
before adionrnment
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
RAIL CHIEFS
ANDMEN
BREAK
Conductors and Trainmen on the
Eastern Roads Cast 0verwheIm-
ing Vote for WaIkout.

NEW YORK, July S.-By an over
whelming vote, 100000 conductors and
trainmen on So railroads north of the
Potomac River and east of Chicago
have voted to strike. The result was
announced to-day.
After a three hour conference, IN
which both sides refused to recede
from their original positions. = con-
ference between representatives Of the
railway managers and of the Order Of
Railway Conductors and OF the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
was broken off shortly after noon.
President w. G. Garretson, Of the
Order Of Railway Conductors, said an
immediate call would be sent to the
committee men Of all roads involves
to meet here Saturday and set 4 date
for calling the strike.
The men demand more money and
reorganization of working conditions
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
ENTRIES.

AT FORT ERIE.
FIRST-Purse $500, two year Odds,
maidens foaled in Canada, 5 furlongs:
Lady Isle 1O5, Alai Bass 10S. Diamond
Cluster l09, Dark Rosaleen 1O9.
SECOND-Purse $500, three year ODDS
and up, selling, furlongs: Ralph Lloyd
81, Kenneth 100. Tom Savers 10S Chry-
seis 1O5. Dynamo I05. Mawr Lad 1Q7,
Reputation los, Montcalm 10S, Camellia
10.
THIRD-Purse $500. steeplechase
handicap four year olds and up, short
course: Lampblack 1875, Lena 142 Lizzie
Flat 142, Juverance 1874, Jack Dennerlin
145.
FOURTH-Canadian Derby, three year
oIds, value SO. 500 mile and one-quaTter:
Barnegat 10, Buskin lib, First Sight
113. Flabbergast ll3, A Kleburne 1l6,
A-Horron 1872.
A-Turney entry.
FIFTH-Purse $500, three year olds
and up. handicap, mile ard 70 yards:
F1abbergast 101, Ymir 100. Towton Field
1903. Cliff Edge lO6, John Furlong lO7,
Edda 10. Plate Glass 1873.
SXTH-Purse $500, three year olds
and up selling furlongs: xRosemarY
IS. Fuadtina 95 Clint l07, Cherry Red
102. Afterglow 1902, xTheo Cook 10, Rus
sell McGill l12. Love Day lI5.
SEVENTH--Purse $500. three year
olds and Up, selling, mile and one six
teenth: XSandhob 81. XFlel 81, XBerna-
dotte 90, XCounterpart %. xMiss Jonah
9s. McCreary i09. XMycenae %, xJudge
M0nck 1913 Master Jim 100. xHoTdy
Howdy 100. Hughie Quinn i0'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
Prison Scandal in
Mississippi Grows

JACKSON. MISS. July S.-Gov-
ernor Brewer, carrying with him
written confessions Of former Ser
geant ]. l. McLendon, of the Rankin
convict farm, and A. P. Miller, OF Hat
tiesburg. who owns plantation. near
the farm, that they had conspired to
rob the State in hauling away cotton
and cotton seed at night, two years
ago, dividing the spells, went to Bran
don. county seat OF Rankin County
to-day to testify before the Grand
Jury there. He was accompanied by
II. A. Pagan. Of the Burns detective
agency. The Governor says there will
be several arrests soon.
McLendon and Mill who were ar
rested yesterday. charged with grand
larceny, have given bond.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
GIRL in OWLS CLUB SHOOTING FREED
Atlanta Elks Begin
Two-year Fight for
Grand Lodge in 'l6

ROCHESTER,, July S.-Atlanta lost
to Denver to-day for the 1914 annual
convention Of Grand Lodge OF Elks.
Delegates from Atlanta withdrew their
city when 1t became apparent a
majority of the delegates favored
Denver However, Atlanta will push
it's claims determinedly the next two
years for the 1915 convention. The
meeting in 1915 will probably go to
San Francisco.
Exalted Ruler r. A. Gordon, OF At
lanta, this afternoon said: we want
the Elks and we want them badly In
1915"
Officers will be elected late to-day