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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
RsoeNeRATlNe coNvlcrs.

Illinois is the latest state To try the
experiment of rcgeneratlng it's con-
yicts through labor upon the high
ways Fortv-hve conyicts have been
selected and have entered into the
work enthusiastically, and camp Hope
ns they themselves have styled II. has
opened auspiciously The men were
chosen as TRUSTEES they are treated
like any ordinary gang e iaborers.
except that especial care is taken to
Keep them free from bootleggers and
other professional teaches. They dress
like ordinary, decent citizens and are
allowed large amount of liberty.
What the result viii be it is sim
course too early To predict. but it
is an encouraging fac, that in other
states, notably in Colorado, where the
same experiment. has been tried il mas
been q complete success. Various con-
sideraticus ougur well for the Illinois
plan. For one thing the men them
selves appear To- have entered into the
work with enthusiasm They them
selves apparently are anxious To make
good ana % prove deserving of the
trust that has been placed in them.
Their SENSE of honor. ana OF RESPONSE
bHity through which 1t is hoped 10
regonarate them, has already been
touched The men nave taken oath
among themselves TO abide strictly to
the rules II the camp and to assist
to tho best Of their ability in recaptur-
ing anyone who seeks TO escape Thos"
back in the prison, who are watching
this first experiment, have impressed
upon the TRUSTEES the necessity of MAX
ng good so that the system may be
extended in time To- them also.
Life IN Camp Hope is of course
very much pleasanter and very much
healthier than within the prison walls.
md Infinitely freer. The men are very
mrch alike any other camp Of work
men. They play bah and go in swim
ming during Tie hours when they are
not actually at work and otherwise
enjoy themselves But above all is
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
The Goxsrnor,s Orders.

The governor Of certain state, u
man Of wealth, but Of penurious habits,
walked into hotel In San Francisco
holding his head high and with u
swagger in his gait. The chief clerk.
who prided himself on his extensive
acquaintance and boasted that be new
or forgot face. hurried 10 greet the
distinguished visitor.
"Ah. governor" he cried, delighted
To welcome you to our little town.
Turning TO the desk. he shouted, "A
room with bath for the governor.
The governor leaned over amt wills
pered In the clerks ear. The express
sion on the clerks face changed to
one OF intense disappointment He
turned again to the man at the desk
and called louder than before:
mo bath for the governor; the gov
ernor doesn't need a bath!'-Exchange.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
philippine ENGINEERING

The work done by British engineers
i'm far-off colonies has given them
cll-deserved fame but few in the
United States, whether engineers or
iaymcn. understand that works that
can rank with the best i'm British co.
lunial engineering history have been
performed by American engineers in
the philippines. Under an efficient
organization there have been con-
structcd highways, bridges, public
buildings. water supply systems and
irrigation works-all according 10
high standards. In one respect the
highway laws may well be taken as a
model even here i'm the United states
for maintenance is placed above every
other consideration. Maintenance o'
completed roads takes precedence
over every other expenditure. Fo'
bridge and. building work, concrete
has peen adopted as the principa
material. so permanence ana low
maintenance costs are assured NJ
i'm all. the record liz one OF wh'ch 'h
American people and the purehu
public works, under its efficient I'll
rector. Warrick Greene. may wen ID
proud Mountaineering Record.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
CHANNEL TUNNEL
MAY Be BUILT
England Is Giving Serious Thought
to the Project

The project of boring a tunnel un-
der the Straits of Dover between Eng
land and Franc" has occupied the
minds of capitalists and military
strategists periodically for more than
a century Whenever the discussion
has been revived Il has been consist
entity characterized 10y favorable at
titude on the part of the French and
a corresponding unfaVorable attitude
on the part of the various British
cabinets. Now the great question
rises again in year which marks the
successful elimination of several of
the greatest feats of engineering ever
undertaken 10y mankind The world
again waits England's decision.
Word comes from London that nine
" members Of Parliament constitut-
ing "a committee of imperial defense.
have taken the tunnel proposition un-
der advisement, encouraged by eau.
tiouS declaration from Premier AS
quith 10 the effect that the govern
ment was open To suggestions. French
engineers and finanCiers are uniform
ly enthusiastic over the idea
First Suggestion in 1902.
As far back as 1902 the dream Of
submarine connection with England
occurred to a Frenchman AN engin-
Ger named Matthew, who suggested
the plan 10 Napoleon J. Needless 10
say England was not in accord with
the suggestion, and the attitude of
that country remained fixed when the
subject was revived at the time Of the
third Napoleon. In the early EOS the
French made another attempt To
start something" and NJ. Throne de
Gamond, who made the idea the
dream of his life, drew elaborate
plans At about the same time Sir
John Hawkshaw, famous builder of
the Severn tunnel, the largest sub
aqueous tunnel i'm the world, also gave
his Endorsement to the scheme and
suggested a straight boring from
Calais To Dover Though the prac-
tiCability of the tunnel was declared
by both of these engineers, England
took no definite steps merely favor
ing the idea as an idea.
From 1883 10 the present time tun-
mel bills have been annually rejected
by the House of Commons on the alb
surd score that such Il connection
with the continent would destroy the
splendid isolation" of England from
the standpoint of national defense
Arguments and representations of en-
gineerS have been fruitless; succeed
ing ministries, adhering unswervingly
to the conservative precedent estab-
lished by Lord Landsdowne, have de
nounCed the bill as resolutely as they
would have denounced a proposition
to discontinue the building of a navy.
The last action of this sort was taken
in 1907, when Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman followed the example set
by preceding premirrs. In this he was
warmly seconded by Field Marshal
Lord Wolseley, who had previously
spoken of the scheme as an insane
project which would place our island
at the mercy of the first invader who
cared To avail himself of the subma-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Tho Run Came In.


Joe Sugden claims that he is the
only living rival To John Anderson.
who made baseball history by stealing
second with the bases full.
Joe let II tying run step across the
plate while he held the ball In his
hand and refused to touch the runner.
There were men on second and third,
one man out, the score > To > one day
at New Orleans, when Charleston was
playing there. back in 1898. The game
was stopped for some reason, and the
coacher at first sat on the sack during
the delay. Joe looked over the intield
aud saw three men on bases.
The first bail pitched when the game
was again started was hit to the third
baseman, who threw home in worlds
of time 10 get the man trying 10 score.
Joe thought the man was forced out
and yelled at Denny Long, the first
baseman. To get on the sack To com
plete II double play. while Long yelled
at Joe To touch his man.
The runner stepped nimbly Gn the
plate while zoe swore at the first base
man.
They revived Joe with cold water
after he had discovered what he had
done.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

been the policy Of Emperor william
II is his theory that only by beins
ready for IL may war be avoided. That
may he true. Certain il is that Ger
many has not been involved in any
struggle AT arms since he took the
throne in 1855. His policy has almost
bankruDted th' empire, hut in spite of
4. il not by reason Of il, Germany :
commercial advancement has amazed
the world
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
Gems In Verse
AT CAPE HORN.


CHEERILY they rang her In. those
~ beating bells.
The new come beauty stately from the
Seu,
Whitening the blue heave OF the drowsy
swclls
Treading the bubbles down. with three
times three
They cheered her moving beauty In. and
she
Came to her berth so noble. so superb:
Swayed like queen and answered to the
curb
VNilEN in the sunsets flush they went
aloft
And unbent sails NJ that most lovely
hour
When the light gentles and the wind 10
soft
And beauty in the heart breaks like a
flower
Working aloft. they saw the mountain
tower.
Snow To the peak: they heard the launch
men shout.
And bright along the bay the lights came
John Masefield.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
STORIES AND THE DRAMA.
Harder Worit to Write a Novel Than TO
Construct a Play.


One reason why a play is easier ~
write than novel Is that II play Is
shorter than n novel. On the average
one may say that ii takes six plays 10
make the matter OF novel. Other
things being equal. short work or art
presents fewer difficulties than a long,
er one. The contrary is held true by
the majority, but then the majority
having never attempted TO produce
long work of art, are unqualified 10
offer an opinion.
1t is said that the most difficult form
of poetry IL the sonnet. But the most
difficult form of poetry Is the epic. The
proof that the sonnet is the most dlt-
iicult form is alleged to be in the few
hess OF perfect sonnets. There are
however. few more perfect sonne's
than perfect epics. A perfect sonnet
may be heavenly accident But such
accidents can never happen to writers
Of epics.
Some years ago we had an enormous
paaver about the art OF the short
story" which numerous persons VINO
had omitted to write novels pronounc'
ed to be more difficult than the novel
But the fact remains that there are
scores of perfect short stories, where
as II Is doubtful whether anybody pnt
Turgenev ever did write perfect
novel.
A short form Is easier To manipulate
than long form because It's cOnstruc-
ton Is less complicated. because tue
balance OF Its proportions can be more
easily corrected by means VI rapiu
survey. because It Is lawful ana even
necessary In ii to leave undone many
things which are very hard to do an"
because the emotional strain Is less
prolonged. The most difficult thing III
all art Is to maintain the imaginau'o
tension uns!ackened throughout con
siderable period. metropolitan Maya
zine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
LiFEBOATS ON TRACKS

\ system has recently been invent
cd which, is designed To make the
launching of lifeboats from the deck
of ship a direct and safe process
and to overcome the dangers and un-
ccrtaintics of launching loaded boats
witG daNits or of transferring tn"
passengers from the snip to the boats
by means of Swings. An inclined
railway track runs from each deck
down the side of the ship To IA point
below the water line, the tracks on
one side running downward from the
stern toward the bow and those ON
the other side running from the bow
toward IN" stern Ry this arrange
ment both ends of the snip can be
served NJ the same time under orGin-
airy conditions. Will il provides an
avenue of escape If one end of the
ship is sinking rapidly. Popular Me
chanics Monthly
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
THE CROWN OF LOVE.

WOULD win your tender trust.
But not To keep you still
Kneeling lowly In the dust.
u Obedient to my will.
Nor to surfeit all my days
On the nectar OF your praise
Or TO hear II sung so high
That the idle passerby
Paused To hear your lays.
i but ask you for your faith,
That. wounded by the herd,
j may bring YOU healing with
The magic OF word
Pray you To believe me so
That In darkness, doubt or woe
may guide you when you grope.
Light you with my stronger hope.
Warm you with my glow.
Emily Pfeiffer
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
Each to All.

Who lives pure life and doeth righteous
deed
Aud walks straight paths-however others
stray
This Ia the better way.
No drop but serves the slowly lifting tide.
No dew but has an errand To some flower.
No smallest star but sheds some helpful
ray,
And man by man. each giving ~ all the
rest,
Makes the firm bulwark of the countvy's
power.
There IL no better way
Susan Coolidge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
GILMAN ARMY MANEUVERs.

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

There are lOO.OOO,O 600 acres of For
est land I'm British Columbia with "A
stand of 800. 600. 00O. 900 feet of COM
morcial timber.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
rine way OF landing on the shores Of
this hitherto invulnerable Albion
Called Il an Easy Job.

" w.
la 1911 NJ. chasnaud. the brilliant
French engineer who built the Paris
Metropolitan line under the Seine. af-
ter "a careful Investigation of the pos
sibilities, enthusiastically urged the
construction of the tunnel lie consid-
cred that the work would he compar.
atively easy as the bed az the chan
mel Was entirely III a gray chalk de
post. the principal danger being in
the sudden encountering of assures
In the strata which would cause a
deadly invasion Of the sea He char
acteriZed TIA" military opposition to
the plan as at no value whatever as
the possibility of nooding or dyna-
hitting the tube in ease of attack
would be childishly simple
AT the present time many engin
GERS both French and American, are
greatly attracted by the professional
problems offered. ana all agree tina,
the channel tunnel is strong possi-
bility of the near future George Dun-
can Snyder. an American connected
with the firm of Jacobs Il Davis.
builders of the wonderful Hudson
'lN'r 'uiih'' anu McAu"" 'up'S u''"''
NV i"iN' says II "ould "' as Easy "S
"u'i"'''h q u''''eS"iP'
i|'t Hiiure" 'arh'sle p"ii" NV
'i'"'''i'i tuiiHei u ne u'SireS III P'"-
| -.
iil"'' u'''N'rsai peace ne suggests
~ -" - i''i'uii''h'"I P'oJ'''' va
'"u' ~ pu' 'i'l"N III '"' i"''"''i" ="
''ai' "'u 'n'hk oi 'he Sup"aES VI l"'
city oi Ne" 10TH w" tunes u'uer
me r-hSiSh 'h"'icl '"u'u "c pul'' i"'
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

New YORK. viii celebrate fepr"''s
1914, the tooth anniversary vi
birth Of S. }. ridden. $4,000.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Forest officers have found that high
power telescopes are not always sat
sfactory in lookout work. IN
atmosphere ar" So magnifcd by the
glass that clearer vision can be had
with the uuaidcd eye.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

At the national conservation con-
grcss 90 bee held ia Washington, Nov
omh"r lS-2O. the subject Of forestry
will be- handled by a main committee.
with sub-oommittces which will re-
port ON federal and state forest pol
icies. forest taxation, fires, numbering.
planting. utilization, forest schools and
scientific forest Investigations.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Elk have been found in the Uinta
national forest, Utah, for the first
time iu many years Since they are
NOT from shipments from the Jack
son Hole country 10 neighbnring for
rsts the state and federal officials are
gratifed at this apparent increase in
big game, as the result Of protection.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Des Moines has raised the pay vi
street laborers from $2.26 10 s-''o
day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
AND HAD FOUND OUT Her MANI

What Is his trouble"
"Aphasia."
II thought there was a woman In
in the case."-Judge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Springfield, o.. is soon to have UNI
ion labor temple.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

Vow American legal talent viii get
% Nhaek al thr Thaw money
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
Would Make Danger Small.

With regard To the danger of water
breaking through the chalk assures.
Mr.. snyder SAYS: Modern engineers
have developed "a system of soiidify-
ing and rendering imperVious such
water hearing material by pumping
liquid cement, in advance Of their ex-
cavation and rendering the material
suitable for eXcayatihg IN the ordinary
way"
In comparison with the cost of TIA"
New York subways and the awe-in-
spring Panama canal cstimatc-s315,-
000. 000--the tunnel figures AZ comput-
ed by Baron Emil" d'l.rlanger, chair
man of the Channel Tunnel company.
are striking. He places the cost Of
the project at about $4,000, 600, which
would include 1872 100000 as the
French portion. $40.000,000 as the
English portion. and interest payable
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
FOREST NOTES.

Switzerland has four cooperative
associations for the growing and mar
ketinr of forest products.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11

FIyup upside down may Doe safe and
pleasant Gu 500 900. Willing Geo "le'
George Geo &c."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
old time CONCERT
OPENS WEEKS PROGRAM

Demonstration week is here. Last
night the old time concert opened thu
program OF a week OF fun and good
times for Americus. For four days the
ladies will work to raise funds fo-
the new hospital.
The old time concert was big sue
cess. 1t was rich and rare and thu
large crowd was entertained every mil
ute. One second they would hold Their
sides in merriment as some aristocrat c
Americus official cut the pigeon wing
and the next their eyes would dim with
tears as Annie Laurie" or some such
favorite was sung by some sweet
voiced, sweet-faced matron of the city.
Aside from being special treat, the
affair was financial success. If a
good beginning ever makes good end
ing, the ladies of the hospital are 60
ing to have successful week for the
hospital fund.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
MARINES ORDERED
TOPENSACOLA, FLA.
They VIII Be Stationed at The Navy
Yard There and viii Use Station
There as Base.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 24.-Sec-
retary Daniels today ordered $50 ma
rines from Philadelphia to Pensacola,
Fla, to be stationed in reservation
adjoining the navy yard They will
leave later this week on the trans
port Prairie.
Secretary Daniels order follows the
favorable report of Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt, who found the Pen
sacola reservation especially adapted
to the advance base work being car
ried on by the marine corps. M.
Daniels had earlier announced his in
tention of sending 800 marines to
Pensacola at the conclusion of their
advanced base operations at Culebra
Porto Rico and Guantanamo, Cuba.
early next year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
FANS TO MEET
TODAY AT 3 P. N.

Plans for the coming baseball sea
son will be made this afternoon when
the fans of Americus will ho,d mass
meeting at the city hall at 3 O'Clock.
Every fan in Americus of either sex
is expected to be on hand.
The Muckalee ball team is an in
stitution that belongs to every man,
woman and child in Americus. tits q
team that represents the entire citv.
Matters of Importance will come up
and must be settled at this meeting. If
Americus is going to win the pennant
now is the time to plan for it If the
fans are going to support the team
next season. now is q mighty good time
to turn out and prove it.
The meeting will be called to order
promptly at o'clock and important
matters taken up Immediately. So
every single fan and fannasee wants
to be on hand on time.
Remember the time and the place.
Three O'Clock at the city hall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
wilson FINISHES
WORK ON MESSAGE
He viii Discuss Currency Bill; and The
Mexican Situation in His Annual Adj
dress

Washington, d. c., Nov. 21.-Presi-
dent Wilson's annual message which
he will read to congress will be fin
ished tomorrow, but just when it will
be delivered will depend upol the con-
venience of both houses in arranging
a joint session. Hitherto, the presi-
dents message has been read the day
after the convening of congress.
1t is expected that the presiden:
will dwell considerably on the need
for early action on the currency bill
and that he will develop in a general
way the attitude of the adrninistra-
ton toward trust legislation leaving
to the congressional committees the
task of writing specific remedies. He
also will refer to the Mexican satua-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
fine BUILDINGS
TO TAKE PLACE
OF old ROOKERY
.EYESORE TO Be ELIMINATED
Property, Lee and Lamar to
Be Improved

There is general qualification Il
Americas in the fact that the several
old wooden stores and stalls that for
so many years have proven anything
than ornamental at the corner of La
mar and Lee streets, are finally to he
eliminated, and in their stead hand
some modern business buildings will
be erected. The entire old wooden
line, relic of ancient times, will soon
disappear.
Plans have been formulated by which
this very valuable ground will soon be
sub-divided and sold. The property
fronts 120 feet on Lee street, with 4
depth of more than 100 feet on Lamar
and the possibilities arising in its sub
division are innumerable.
In a day or two the parties behind
the sale of this fine central property,
right in the heart of the business CEN
ter of Americus, will be formally set
orth. With the old shells of buildin IS
torn away, this property will be of
great value for commercial purposes,
and, divided into twenty-foot frontages,
will prove a fine investment. Already
several lots have been spoken for, it
is said.
Report has it that a FIVE story office
building will go up there, while the
advantages of the site as location
for a modern theatre have also been
suggested. An up-to-date dry goods
store is also under contemplation by
outside parties, who propose launching
such a business here. These reports
and others regarding Improvements
there, were circulated yesterday.
At all events the old sheds are soon
to go, and the most substantial i'm
provement in Americus in several
years will quickly follow at the arts-
sian corner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-25
KIDDIE BRIGADE
IN THE Lineup
FRIDAY EVENING
YOUNG AMERICUS ON PARADE
All Babies in Town Wanted
At AfmOry

Wanted: Several hundred of the
prettiest, cutest, sweetest, loud-lunged
and whoopful babies in Americus for
exhibition at the Light Infantry ar
mory next Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock. This is the date of the "Ba-
by Show" and the ladies want the
mothers of Americus, those possess
ing such Sumter Products" to send
them to the armory in their best biz
and tucker
Americus has been the scene of ba-
by shows ever since Cliff Williams
and Grover Webb were among the
infantile exhibits in 1875, but the line
up of kiddies next Friday afternoon
will eclipse all similar stunts.
Mrs. John P. Butt, who will have
charge of this very interesting collec-
tion of exotics, earnestly desires all
mothers to send the babies to the ar
mory. AS it is impossible for Mrs
Butt to see each lady, personally, the
request is thus smade through the
Times Recorder.
The classifications as to age is as
follows:
Glass A, Babies aged one week to
six months; Class B, six months to IL
months; Glass @, one year to two
years of age. The infantiie bridge
players and suffragettes, and the em-
bryo Ty Cobbs and Woodrow Wilson's
will be alike welcomed, no discrimina-
ton being made. Looks and lungs
will be given paramount consideration
in handing out the prizes.
1t is going to be great shows-the
baby show-an event calculated to
carry Johnny Hardy and Ed Gyles
back to the time when they wore
swaddling clithes in the pioneer dav
of Americus, when the Indians hell
their green corn dance where the
Windsor hotel now stands.