The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-04

nounc"lnent IN the Times.
LONDON-The arson squad Of the
Woman's Social and Political society
| refuses to give up violence in defiance
TO E,mmeline Pankhurst's orders. The
payllions Of the International schools
AT Hampstead have been burned.
PITTSBURGH-The new eugene
! marriage license law did not affect
| cupid much i'm Allegheny county as
shown by the number of marriage Ii
censes issued. In August l.O14 couples
July.
BERLlN-Fifteen officers of the
| Washington "Contnentals" i'm their
historic uniforms. under the command
Of Col. Winter and accompanied by a
deputation of the German Kriegerbund
of New York were received AT the Am
crican embassy.
WA SHINGTON--I.ack of berthing
! slips and drydocks is pointed out as
the distinctly important weakness of
our naval stations located north Of
| Cape Hatteras," in report to Sec
! rotary Daniels by the naval board of
| inspection Tor shore stations.
KANSAS CITY After five years Of
| effort To persuade the water depart
ment of Kansas city, Kan, To extend
he mains Ia his neighborhOud, Harry
Snedeker resorted 10 the witch stick
and found "A rushing stream of clear,
cold water beneath his back yard.
SACREMENTO-M Police
man Brown chased a couple on anoth-
er machine Is miles. When Brown
overlook them and began a lecture on
the evils Of speeding. the man pulled
out a pad and wrote: we are deaf
mutes and thought YOU were a robber."
PUEBI. O--Wnliam Phislon, a full
blooded ChOctaw Indian. of Pishomin-
go, Okla, killed himself following re-
Ceipt of "A letter informing him that "A
tract of land which he once sold for a
small sum recently changed hands for
SO, 600, 900 as the result Of the discovery
of oil
WASHlNGTON-A by ma
val officers at surgical clinics, the
bloodier and more terrible the better,
would be made compulsory by Surgeon
General Stokes, so that the officers
would be accustomed To the sight of
wouldcd and dying men and not be-
come unnerved by such sights attend
ant on a battle.
DULUTH--Federico Alfonze Pezet,
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of Peru To the United
States, is in Duluth returning from
san Francisco where final arrange
ments were effected for Peru's exhibit
ton at the fair Mr.. Pezet said the
opening of the Panama canal would
increase the commerce between the
United States and Peru.
WASHINGTON-The special com
mittee appointed by the chamber of
commerce of the United States to
make a study of the organization and
effectiveness of the department of
commerce will hold its second meeting
! in Washington i'm a few days. Plans
| for extending the scope and efficiency
Of the department will he discussed
with Secretary of Commerce Redfield.
ROME-The vatican is the latest
agency to be enlisted in the universal
war against the white plague. Pope
! Plus y. has ordered that all persons
in Italian converts afflicted with tu-
! berculosis to be sent at once to the
new sanitarium. The pope also sent
recommendations to all the bishops to
have hospitals built in their bishoprics
for the treatment of consumption.
| NEW YORK-Herbert II. Hoover,
who double-crossed the continent in
322 days, narrowly escaped arrest
] when he arrived here at the compile
ton of his long journey. His long hair
and ragged clothes attracted the at
]
said that by tramping to San Francis
90 and back he had won "a wager Of
$1,000 but that his principal purpose
I'm making the journey was To improve
his health. In this he has succeeded.
| PHILADELPHIA -- The mystery
surrounding the death of Miss Jane
I Ia hn ,tgft har
Iamison, was found by servants lying
unconscious in their home in Radnor,
near here. was cleared when the police
got possession of letter written. by
| Miss Jamison To "a woman relative in
Philadelphia, informing her that her
brother declared his intention of kill
Ing himself, that she had not the cour-
age To live alone and would therefore
Join him in death.