The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-01-02

SUM MARY |
Of 4 ;
Weeks EVENTS !
Latest News Of Interest
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man. :
Washington

Washington
Although the Pribilof islands fur sea
herd has decreased from 100000 In
1867 to 215.000 In 1912, Prof. Davit
Starr Jordan and George A. Clark
who were commissioned to report t.
the department of commerce and la
Dor on the subject, recommend the re
peal of the act which suspends land
killing for five years.
President Taft has concluded his In
spection OF the Panama canal and is
on his way home aboard the battle
ship Arkansas. He expressed great
pleasure over his visit.
The United States signal corps has
announced that aeroplanes can be used
10 discover the whereabouts and move
ments of submarines. 1t is believed
this discovery may advance the plan
Of having aeroplanes as part OF the
navy's equipment.
Ernest Baumann, secretary of the
Swiss legation in Paris. has been
transferred to Washington. Henri
Martin, who holds the post at Wash
ington, has been transferred to Mon
treal as consul general
In January abolishing many customs
houses for the sake Of economy.
Domestic
The United States Steel corporation,
pursuant to its profit sharing plan.
adopted in 1908, will offer to it's en-
ployes in January the privilege of sub
scribing to preferred and common
shares on the basis of $109 for the pre-
ferred and $66 for the common. A
year ago the subscription prices were
s11o and s65 respectively.
The annual meeting Of the Amerl-
can Association for Labor Legislation
sion the fret day being factory in
spection.
Governor Clark Of Alaska in his an
nual report urged the speedy enact
ment Of legislation permitting the
working of the Alaskan lands The
population Of the territory is decreas-
ing rapidly, owing to the falling off
Of placer mining and the inadequate
land laws.
The Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake
company is alleged to be violating the
Sherman law, in a petition in equity
filed in the United States district
court in Detroit. Mich, by order Of At.
torney General Wickersham to settle
for all time the extent TO which a
manufacturer may control retail
prices.
Stories OF perilous adventures In the
!ungles OF Brazil, which included
night escape from cannibals nine
days after they had begun to fatten
him for q tribal feast, were told by
Guy de Villcpion, newspaper CORE
spondent and explorer, who arrived in
San Francisco on the Pacific mail
steamer City of Sydney.
Because three cases OF bubonic
plague exist at Hilo orders from
Washington are that all vessels from
Hawaiian islands must be fumigated
On arrival at San Francisco.
Physicians are astounded at the case
of Miss Ida Schooler Of Washington.
who lived ten months with fractured
skull. but who finally succumbed to
her injuries.
While his father was cashing a
check for $4,000 which they had ex.
torted at the point of revolvers from
J. e. Quear, manager of a canning
company at Grand Junction, Colo,
Joseph Lindsey. aged fifteen, was
shot dead as he stood on guard at the
door of the bank by fusillade from
\ sheriff's posse.
A special grand jury impaneled
at st. Charles, Mo-, to investigate the
death of John Hall, who was shot
while hunting, exonerated Charles and
Oscar Deeroy, brothers.
Blazing with Nominations and gu.
perb with floral decorations, the execu.
tive mansion at Springfield, H., pre-.
scented a gorgeous setting for the tea
and dancing party which marked the
debut of Miss Dorothy Deneen. daugh.
ter Of Gov. Charles 8. Deneen.
Postmaster Doores of Bowling
Green, KY, received a letter from Ok
lahoma City, Okla, signed by William
II. Gardner" who says he was kid.
mapped in Bowling Green Sc years ago