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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

DR.. T.. n Anderson. formerly Of
Hancock. who q week or more ago de
cided To locate permanently in Negau-
nee. has rented Office rooms on the
ground floor OF the Negaunec state
banks block, and win open there to-
day. His office furniture was receiv-
ed Saturday from the copper country
Or. Anderson is a classmate of DR.. q
pital staff. He has sold his home in
Hancock and his wife will join him in
few days.-Negaunee department OF
Mining Journal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07
HANCOCK VITAL STATISTICS.

The state board of health has is
sued a monthly statement for the vi
tai statistics of Michigan for the
month of November.
This statement shows that the total
number of births in the county dur
ing the month was POI and a birth
rate of PIG. The city of Hancock re-
turned 20 births with "A birth ra&e Of
31.s. showing that Hancock has near
" 10 births per thousand more than
the county rate. 30 '-5 go
There were So deaths in the county
for a death rate of ~. While Hancock
had deaths for death rate Of 3.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07
MOTION PICTURE REVIEW
AND VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN THE PICTURE WORLD
This column appears every Tuesday and rriday1

this act some of the most beautiful
win be- worn by the ladies of the com
Iany Miss La Nora j. featuring her
gown Of gold" which is valued al
5000. ana has never been shown be
fore.
The Lights of New York" viii run
for the first three nights. with two
performances each night commencing
at 1880 o'clock. ana the second show
at s;45 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Fling Day success


Yesterday was Birmingham nrst nag
day, and it was a marked success. Men
and women bought the little green tokens
which the Ladies of Charity sold for the
benefit of the free clinic at ST. Vincents
hospital.
I'VE are more than pleased SAID :
member of the Ladies of Charity nag COM
mittee I'VE wish to express our graterui
thanks to the public. Thousands OF hass
were sold in Birmingham. We have not
received the reports from Ensley or Bes-
semer, but the ladies in charge in those
communities doubtless met with much
success.
1.-THE money received from the sale Oh
the flags in Birmingham proper totals
something like S14OO. The great majority
of those who purchased flags gave 10
cents. A few gave a dollar, but a small
contribution was the order of the day
That is just the way we wanted to see
it. Everybody can give mite to charity
and not feel it, and as there are SO many
appeals it is better, I think, to reach the
multitude and receive little offering
from many individuals than to have large
offerings from few rich givers Yes,
we are grateful indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
sHRINEs OF AMERICANS

From the Boston Iranscript.
So deeply i9grained In our nature is the
need of pilgrimage for the spirit of rev.
erence that we must reckon with it as
one of the universal human qualities. Our
New England Puritansm has not extir-
pated it. We have our shrines at Ply
mouth, and even in the midst OF the
fhard. practical materialism of Boston,
The lover OF America. who has not felt
himself in sacred place when he stood
on Burial Hill in Plymouth, or looked at
the quiet street that covers the silently
buried dead of that first winter, must
have little imag agination or sense OF rev.
erence. TO stand with covered head by
the grave in the garden of Mount Yer
non shows apathy and insensibility or
soul
The testing traveller in Bethlehem or
Jerusalem or Assist or Rome owes it to
the millions who have come on Pilgrim
age, il not to the heroes OF the 1aitn
whom he disparages, to pretend 10 an
imagination. There is more behind the
just completed action of our government
for a memorial to Lincoln than Lincoln's $
services to humanity and to America. II
is tribute to the imagination and the
reverence of millions of Americans wnc
have unconsciously embodied their aspl<
rations and beliefs ip Lincolns character:
For Iincon's deeds and influence wouiu
remain. though Lincoln himself wese
proved myth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t was characteristic of Sarah Bern
hardt that she insisted upon appearing
at the theatre after having been injured
in an automobile wreck The indomitable
spirit that has kept the great French
actress young through years that usually
infict many of the penalties of age upon
men and women did not flare up. 1t mere
ly burned as usual. Its steady flame has
lighted Bernhardts pathway through long
and glorious achievement.
All intelligent human beings cherish
those who are highly creditable to the
human race. With the great poets, ile
great sculptors, the great philosophers,
the great generals, the great philanthrop-
lists whose philanthropy is real love of hu-
mankind, and not mere disbursement of
surplus money, rank a few really great
actors and actresses Among them is
Sarah Bernhardt citizen of the world.
Wherever the wires carried the news of
the accident there is rejoicing that the re-
suits were not graver, and rejoicing in
the pluck of a young woman of 6S whose
courage controls her nervesfand makes 1t
possible for her to continue her work un-
interrupted by an accident that would
have caused many woman to be pros
trated" for a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
THE CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH

Francis H. Mclean in The Survey.
The contrast came to me grimly. ire
sfstibly, when my guide pointed to
shabby house. 1t was very ordinary
oblong wooden building, two stories nigh.
81 suppose more people have died of u
berculosis in that house, she remarked,
than in any house in Phoenix
Yet only few feet away across the
yard was a great ditch which ran hish
with the promise of abounding life-one
of the secondary irrigation streams on its
way to wreathe the desert with fragrance
and plenty.
Advantages of climate and altitude have
brought the cities of southern Arizona
great social problem, the problem of inn
ported tuberculosis. 10 deal with it, I
suggested to the social agencies of Phoe-
nix the following covenant:
First, we the people or Arizona recog-
nize that the only real way of making
headway against the mass of tuberculosis
Is through local treatment all over the
country. Nevertheless, we hold our fav-
oring climate free to all.
Second, we will provide through private
and public agencies, physicians and citi-
zens, the necessary supervision of all tu-
berculous cases within the borders of the
state. This in itself is a pretty large
and expensive job and has scarcely been
touched as yet. Not even is registration
of cases required, and the neglect IF
fGmigation is simply shocking.
Third, having accepted these heavy bur-
dens, public and private, the people of
Arizona demand that others provide ne
living expenses of every one who seeks
its climate.
1t remains for the social agencies of the
state, and of Phoenix particularly, to urge
upon the legislature the first steps in the
carrying out of this policy in the south
west 1t remains for the rest of the coun-
try to take to heart the fact that early
examinations and universally present local
sanatoria-not removal to Arizona or
Texas--are what must be counted upon to
force down the tuberculosis death rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
CERMANs GREAT READERs

From Sidney Whitmans German Mem
cries"
A glance at the German book trade
more particularly the many publishers
and booksellers, and the high standing
of the best among them-throws an in
structive light on the omnivorous appe-
tite for reading which exists among the
German people of all classes. Their busi-
ness places are the resort of literary o.
liabilities as few such were in London
and Edinburgh in the eighteenth century.
Scientific works, which in England can
only be issued with the financial assist
ance of learned societies, are nearly all
brought out in Germany at the sole risk
and expense of the publishers in Leipsic,
Berlin, Stuttgart and Munich. each of
which cities is prominent in the order
mentioned. -
The catalog of books published by the
booksellers firm connected with the Vor-
warts, and appealing almost entirely TO
the working classes, is surprising one.
1t embraces cosmopolitan selection of
the best works on history, political econ
omy, and bellies lettres of all countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Peace Terms of the Allies

Turkey resists the new demands OF
the allies, while the allies look to the
powers to induce Turkey to accept the
new terms. These new terms are by no
means reasonable or moderate. The
powers are asked to demand the sur
render by Turkey of Adrianople, of
Scutari and the Aegean islands, and
also war indemnity Of some $780,
100000. Possibly the allies will be in
duced to waive the demand for large
pecuniary claim, but they will stand
by all territorial claims. The complete
collapse of the military prestige of the
Ottoman empire and the brilliant vic
tories of the allies in the early weeks
of the war justify this. AS long ago
as last November the London Times
declared that European Turkey, ex-
cept one small corner, would disappear
from the map, and the situation has
not been changed since that time.
The truth is the downfall of Turkey
has affected the balance of power in
Europe. The rise of the Sclavonic ma
tions possessing potential strength
of at least 100000 soldiers is new
menace to Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary. Both feel it, and they also feel
the more rapid growth of Russia in
population. Germany is no longer the
formidable master of all Europe. She
has lost ground, and SO has Austria
Hungary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Col. Roosevelt Again in the Race

Colonel Roosevelt's address in Phil
ndelphia last week and his Increased
activities in general show that he Is
making preparations for campaign
in 1916. Social research is his speciality
now. He wants better sanitary laws,
better pure food laws and better laws
determining the conditions OF labor
The social uplift is declared to be the
chief end and object of government.
And yet it was this same Mr.. Roose-
velt who blocked pure food laws with
a Remsen board, who stopped the suit
against the Harvester trust, and who
took Panama from Columbia in
most unwarrantable manner. He is not
as wise as he considers himself to be-
His administration was full of errors.
But still the campaign he is organ
izing will drive more nails in the cof-
fin of the defunct republican party,
and it will serve to hold President Will
son up to the pledges of his inaugural
address. The Roosevelt progressives
are hopeful, and yet their chosen lead
er still declines to say where he stands
on tariff revision. While President he
did not lift a finger to reduce the rates
of the Dingley tariff, and no one
knows where he stands today on the
tariff issue. When Mr.. Underwood
brings in just and reasonable rev.
enue tariff the wind will be taken to
a great extent out of the Roosevelt
lie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
LocaI business Excellent

II have never known business in Bir-
mingham better than it has been during
the past 12 months" said w. ]. Adams,
president of the Commercial Bank and
Trust company. To-day business here is
highly prosperous. The pay rolls of the
Birmingham district are very large and
local merchants without exception, L De-
lieve. are thriving.
zone of the best evidences of Birming-
hams growth and increasing Importance
as business center is the demand for
office space The American Trust and
Savings bank building, which is the new
est skyscraper was filled up just as soon
as it was ready for occupancy, and this
without drawing off materially any of the
other office buildings. 1t is reasonable
to say that practically all of the offices
in the jefferson County Savings bank S
skyscraper will be in demand before that
building is finished
ATLANTA used to be noted as the souths
general agency city, but general agencies
are being established in Birmingham rap
idly, and as this is the geographical CEN
ter of the south, it will shortly have more
southern general offices than the Georgia
metropoliS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
CANAL ZONE CRIMINALS

Treatment of criminals at the canal
zone is discussed by Edward II. Devine,
who gives, in the Survey, his impress
sions of social and civic problems at
the isthmus. He says:
"There are some $50 convicts in the
penitentiary on an average, and they
are employed largely in road building
and other outdoor work. They wear
the striped clothing Of the states pris-
on tradition. Also, alas. for the first
three months, while at work, they wear
the ball and chain, which saves guards,
and as the chief of police thinks some
lives, for IL the convicts were not
chained the guards would have to shoot
more freely when escape is attempted.
The ball and chain and the striped
clothes are rough means of classiflca-
tion, but 1t seems little hard on
man sentenced for three months that
the most exemplary conduct secures
graduation from the lowest grade only
on the expiration of his term.
"An army officer was once conveying
some military convicts from Fort SHELL
ing to Fort Leavenworth, all of whom
were heavily encumbered with the bali
and chain. They came to place In
changing trains where it was necessary
either to cross trestle, which the pris-
oners could not do in their chains, or.
make a long and tedious detour. The
officer did not relish the prospect and
said as much, whereupon the leading
spirit among the prisoners, after q look
of free masonry among his comrades,
said: Captain, If you don't mind, Just
to accommodate you we will take these
things off, Without further permission
or assistance, they set down and pulled
Off their boots and the irons, carried
them across the trestle and then all in
good humor and patience put them on
again. They had some misgivings as
to whether other Fort Smelling prison.
ars might not lose the advantage of
the arrangement which they had had
with the accommodating blacksmith.
"The canal authorities might possibly
find that If they would let their con-
victs slip off the chain they would not
only build more road, but would also
get more safely over the difficult bit
of road which separates the life OF n
|criminal from thot OF a law-abiding
citizen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Rerardlng Elevator service

about the poorest elevator service in
the city of Birmingham" said well
known merchant and civic booster, yes
terday who by the way is a member of
the Chamber of Commerce and the Busi-
ness Mems league, sis that in the Cham
ber of Commerce building. 1 never at
tempt to use the elevator that 1 do not
get half mad and feel crabbid for the next
hour or two.
II am not registering any kick against
the boys who operate the cars. It's not
their fault in the MAN, although under
the circumstances 1t is probable they
might be little more active. As many
we'll know, this is one of the few ele-
vator systems in the city operated by
white elevator boys, and / have never
found them discourteous or unobliging.
''What I have to kick about Is the fact
that there are no signal lights or discs
or any other arrangement to stop car
coming down or going up. There are lit
tie push buttons; but there Is one for each
car, unlike any other system in the city,
and II you want to go down you are al
most sure to push the button on the car
that is going up. 1 never fail. Besides
it does as much good to push one of these
buttons as it does to bay at the moon l
have never stopped a car yet by using
them. In the first place they do not ring
anything except a little buzzer and the
| operator fails to look TO see where the
call is from; and so he goes past you
every time.
| Its a case of either climb the stairway
or else Grain your neck up and down
| both the shafts until you see which car is
going the way you want to go, then
stand and watch it until either the top
or the bottom passes into your story and
then yell like an Indian. I have followed
out this scheme and usually succeed in
stopping the car, but otherwise it will
go past every time, and nine times out of
| 10 will not come back for me, either.
1.-The best elevator service is found in
| the big slxyscrapers. There you push one
button and all cars are signalled going
| in the direction you want to 60 A light
| is turned on in front of the operator near
est you and ne stops at your floor, with
out either saying word. The chamber
could do nothing. better in the line of
improvement than bring this elevator SER
vice up to date"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
HIGHLAND MARY

by Robert Burns.
II Q banks and bfaes, and streams around
The castle o. Montgomery.
Green beyour woods, and fair your flow
ers,,
Your waters never drumliei
There simmer first unfauld her robes,
And there the Largest tarry;
For there took the last farewell
o. my sweet Highland Mary. 49,
How sweet1y bloom'd the gay green birk,
How rich the hawthorn's blossom,
AS. Underneath their fragrant shade
Iclasp'd her to my bosom!
The golden hours, on angel wings,
Flew o'er me and my dearie:
For dear to me as light and life
= Was my sweet Highland Nary
WI mony a vow, and lock'd embrace
Our parting was fu' tender;
And pledging aft to meet again,
we tore oursels asunder;
But, on. fell death's untimely FROST
That nipp'd my flower sac early!
Now GREEN'S the sod and caulds the clay.
That wraps my highland Mary!
Oh, pale, pale now those rosy lips
1 aft haze kiss'd sac fondly!
And closed for aye the sparkling glance
That dwalt on me sac kindly!
And moldering now In silent dust,
That heart that To- ed me dearly;
But still within my bosolns core
Shall live my Highland Maryl
I.IrI ~ ~. e. tla e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
SAME OLD GAME
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati enquirer.
They have made lots of advances in
other ways in the last decade, but court
ing never changes. They do 1t just the
way you used to do it. They sit in the
dark for hours and hold hands and feel
perfectly happy. And she will say after
an hour of silence; "What were you
thinking about?" and he replies; About
you. What were you thinking about?'
And she replies: "About you." And they
kiss and she lays her head on his shoulder
and they sit that way for another hour
like two sick mud turtles. And her father
pounds around as a signal for him to 60,
and they say good-by 81 times and Nss
So times because they won't see one ar
other for six hours. And he goes home
walking on air and she goes to bed and
worries for fear some one will kidnap him.
1t hasn't changed bit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Physical Valuation of Railroads

The LaFollette bill providing for the
valuation of all railroads by states
became a law, and the interstate COM
merce commission is to do the work.
IL emphatically is big job, for near
ly one-half of the railroads of the
world are in this country.
Senator LaFollette hopes no doubt
to eliminate in this way ''water" in
railroad construction, for the inter-
state commission is to ascertain the
original cost of each railroad, and
what it's value is now. When the cost
of railroad is actually ascertained it
will be comparatively easy to say
what reasonable freight and passenger
rates on that railroad would be. At
present it is not easy to determine
where the rate line should be drawn.
This work is to be itemized by
states, so that Alabama will soon
know what each railroad within the
state is worth. To know this officially
and accurately will certainly be help
full, and it is to be regretted that the
suits pending against the railroads
cannot be deferred until the roads in
question have been valued by the in
terstate commission. The task is, how
ever, huge one, and three or four
years will be consumed in its execu-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18

defalcation. The supervision of
convict board that does not supervise
needs explanation, and the why and
wherefores that induced the legisla-
ture of 1907 to relieve the convict
board and its chief clerk of the duty
of giving bonds should also be investi-
gated. A great deal of INVESTIGATION
will certainly be demanded before the
people excuse or for one moment for
get defalcation that will probably
exceed $150,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
The Charity Hall

mo social event in Birmingham sur
passes in general interest or brillance the
annual charity ball given for the benefit
of the District Nurses association" said
a professional man. MANY of us re-
spond to almost every appeal for charity,
but in buying tickets to the ball we not
only help a most worthy cause but we
get value received when we hand over ia
the good ladies in charge the price Of the
invitation.
Last years ball at the Country club
was a splendid success, and I am told
that the ball next Monday will be fully
up to the high standard already estab-
lished. Everyone who receives an invita-
ton should accept it and send his check
to the committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
The Democratic Administration

"Mr. Wilson has been President now
nearly two weeks, and the business like
way in which he is starting out presages
well not only for the democratic party
but for the country said Elijah r.
Walker. of st. Louis. 81 voted the demo-
cratic vote since l became of age, lit
tie more than 20 years ago. / felt that
Mr.. Wilson would make an exceptionally
able President, and l am not only not
disappointed, but he is doing even better
at the start than l had expected. l
don't know what Congress will do, but
believe that if the President and the law
makers keep in close touch all will be
well.
''As far as l can see from reading the
papers, financial conditions in New York
are satisfactory 1 know that general
trade Is in good shape and I believe that
we will have a very prosperous spring and
summer business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18

so long, and now that the old chaps
rheumaticky and worn out I-oh it's net
worth mentioing
My stars. he could teach, could Teddert
began by going TO him for the last 90
minutes of my dinner hour. He wanted
to stop that, because it was bad for me.
he said, to practice on a full-a full -
Ha, ha. hai On a full, TIo, no, ho:
As if ever had-in those days.-i
1 was pupil of Tedder's for Il months
and then he got me on the Canterbury
and from the Canterbury l went to Cat
ti's, and from Gattis to the Lane for a
few lines in the. pantomime and an un-
derstudy-and from there l went to the
old Strand, and there Morrie Cooling spot
ted me, and that led to my being engaged
at the Pandora, where I ate my heart out.
doing nothing for two whole years.
Then came the production of ".rhe
Duchess of Brixton, and it was In asrhe
Duchess" thanks TO Vincent Bland-that
sang the Mind the Paint song He
believe in me. did Vincent he saw was
fit for something more than just pranc-
ing about and airing my ankles in a gay
frock- BY Jupiter. how he fought for
h4c. IioW ne lDuSnC LOT me to the
final rehearsal And to this day, when
ever / indulge in a prayer, you bet Vim
cent Bland has a paragraph all 10 him.
self in it,
oh, but needn't inflict quite so much of
my biography on you, need I? Sorry. [
merely wanted to tell you enough to show
you-to show you. Ha, ha: oh. I'm not
chucking mud nt myself, really. Why
should 1? Many a woman 'ud feel as
vain as a peacock in my shoes. Fancy.
From the shop in Gladwin street toto
this! And from 1'edder's stuffy room in
the Westminster Bridge road to the stage
of the Pandora as principal girl
But recolleet. however. shrewd and apt
I may be and however straight I've man
aged to keep myself, still--Tm only Pam
dora girl, and should always be remer1-
bered as one by your cnums and belong
ings. Only a Pandora girl, Nothing can
alter that, dear boy, and you musht--
you mustn't handicap yourself by hanging
me round your neck.