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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
ASKS APPROPRIATION
FOR ARMOR PLATE PLANT

Washington, Aug. 2s.-Itepresenta-
tive Britten. Of Illinois. introduced "a
hill To appropriate seven million dol
lars for government armor-plate
plant tn he operated by the navy de-
partment. His idea is TO break what
he calls an armor- plate trust"
Britten Gregg of Texas introduced n
resolution to have IA committee of five
representatives investigate the armor
plate trust"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
THAW'S CHAUFFEUR PLACED
ON TRIAL IN POLICE COURT

Sherbrooke, Que. Aug. 29.--Lawyers
for both sides gathered In police court
today for the trial of 'Gentleman
Roger Thompson. the chauffeur who
drove Thaw from Matteawan the
morning OF his escape. He is charged
with violating the immigration laws
by assisting an undesirable to cross
the border.
jerome. at the head Of the New York
forces, returned from Quebec this
morning after Il fruitless trip To see
Premier Geuin. whom he found was
absent
Thompson, as soon as he appeared
in court, held a conference with his
lawyer, Louis st. Laurent. Thaw's s
lawyers. White and McKeown, assist
ed him.
Prosecute Thompson as Side Issue.
NJ. Campbell. opened for the prose-
cution, electing to try Thompson on a
charge of entering the Dominion by
stealth, side tracking the Thaw issue.
Adjournment was taken until We'd
nesday. September 3, in the meantime
Thompson being admitted to $500 bail.
Thaw Family Supplies Bail.
Counsel for Thompson objected to
the proceeding on the charge Of enter
ing Canada by stealth and at their
request, adjournment was granted.
Thompson's bail was supplied by the
Thaw family.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
Prosecute Thompson as Side Issue.
NOTED cHURcHMAN COMING.

New York. Aug, 29.-The Catholic
clergy and laity of this city are pre-
pairing to welcome Abbot Gasquet. the
head of the English Benedictines, who
Is to arrive here tomorrow from Eu'
rope. Abbot Gasquet is "a churchman
of great distinction and liz chairman n
OF the commission appointed by the
Pope To undertake the revision OF the
Nuleatr lie is coming over IL deliN-
er series of lectures in the United
States and Canada.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
swlMs TWENTY-FIVE MILES.

New York, n. v. Aug. 29.--After
many unsuccessful attempts by LONG
distance swimmers in years past to
swim the twenty-five miles from the
Battery TO Sandy Hook. Captain AL
fred Brown of the Flushing Bay life
saving station corps accomplished the
feat yesterday. He was in the water lS
hours and 3S minutes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
FIRE ENGINEERS Of
WORLD TO CONVENE
New York to Entertain Heads OF
Largest Departments

New York, Aug. 29.--The forty first
annual convention Of the International
Association Of Fire Fighters. which Is
10 be held In his city the coming
week and for which the final prepara-
lions have now been completed will
bring together the greatest gathering
OF fire fighters the wirld has ever seen.
Heads of the fire departments of near
~ all the leading cities Of the United
states and Canada will be present. In
addition. the attendance will include
representatives Of many foreign cities.
Among the fire chiefs from abdoad
viii be a. X. Dyer of London, Capt.
Hivert and Lieut. La Point Of Paris.
Thomas Purcell of Dublin. Col. NJ. Kir-
hoff Of 81. Petersburg, Capt. Pordase
Of Edinburgh, T.. a. l.. SchaenlSer of
Frankfort -on the Main Felix Mitchell
of Cape Town. q. T.. Bennington of
Pretoria. u. j. Stein Of Melbourne.
August Deerng of Honolulu and e. f..
WeIdman of Panama.
Talk on Practical Subjects.
The convention will have its formal
opening at the Grand Central Palace
on Monday Mayor Gaynor will well
come the visitors. At this and the sub
sequent business sessions n number
Of papers will he presented. Fire Com
missioner Johnson and Cchief Nelson
of the New York department will dis
cuss Fire Insurance and Its Relation
10 Incendiarism' CHIEF Henry &.
Of Public Safety of Cincinnati, VIII
tall; on The Inspection of Buildings
and Contents by Members of a Uni
formed Force" Other papers will be-
read by chief \. V. Brunnett. Of Biim-
!ngtam, Ala. on Motor Fire Appar-
atus.'and by Charles S. Demorest, of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
BRITISH CHANCELLOR HERE;
FIRST IN 400 YEARS TO COME

New York. Aug, 29.-Viscount Hal
dane. the first lord high chancellor OF
Great Britain to leave his country In
400 years arrived today on the Lust
tania for a five days visit In this
country and Canada He will he the
guest of the American Bar association.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
ARCHBISHOP MEssNeR IS ee.

Milwaukee,. WIS. Aug. 29-The Most
Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer. head of
the Roman Catholic archdiocese OF
Milwaukee. reached his sixty sixth
birthday anniversary today. Next
December his grace will celebrate the
tenth anniversary of his appointment
as archbishop.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
CHICAGO ~" coNvocArioN

Chicago. ILL.,, Aug, 29.-Nlany stud
ents of the University of Chicago re-
ceivcd their degrees today at the
eighty-eighth convocation OF the uni
versity. The convocation address was
delievered by Prof John II. Latane. OF
Washington and Lee University. who
took for his subject, our Relations
with Japan"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
HOLIDAY ON N. v. CHANGE.

New York. Aug. 99.-The New Yorl
Stock Exchange, the Cotton EXCHANGE
and virtually all the other big ex'
changes In this city closed today fol
the Labor Day holiday and will mo-
resume operations until Tuesday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
PROMINENT cHIcAooAN DEAD.

Chicago. Aug. 29.--Jamcs j. Town
send. former president of the Chicago
stock Exchange, and prominent In
Democratic politics. died early today
OF apoplexy He was aged 81.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
CHAIR OF CIVIC DESIGN.

Rochester. n. ". Aug. 29.-The new
chair of civic design at the University
of Illinois will be filled by Charles
Mulford. The University of Illinois Is
the first American institution Ia es-
tablish the course.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
BODIES Of
TIJAN AND PUTRICH
Witness Identifies Deputy Coop.
or As Man Who Shot Putrich

Coroner Little Of Houghton stated
today that he Will order the disinter-
ment OF the bodies Of Aloiz Than and
Steve Putrich, victims Of the recent
shooting at Seeberville when deputy
sheriffs attempted to take striker
into custody. This will extend the
Than inquest and lead To a separate
inquest into the death of Putrich
The body of THAN will be examined as
to the number OF shots i'm it and an
autopsy will be performed on the body
Of Putrich. Coroner Little stated that
"officially"no one knows that Putrich
Is dead. The bodies will be exhumed
next week. This is the result of tes-
rimony heard this morning, when the
rijan inquest was resumed.
Identifies Men Who Shot.
The most important testimony given
at this mornings session of the inquest
was that of Giovanni Guidi, a boarder
in the Italian boarding house of Emilio
iNNN'i "NJO'hihS NiA' bpdiNih AlVASN
of Joseph Putrich, where the shooting
took place. Guidi identified Josh Coop
er. one of the deputy sherffs, as the
man who shot the boarding boss
brother, Steve Putrich, the second
man who died. He also identified
Deputy James as the man who shot
through the kitchen window of the
Putrich house.
Guidi, on the stand. declared he saw
the man who shot Putrich. stating the
man who did the shooting wore
straw hat. 1t had been previously
testified that only one man among
the deputies wore a straw hat. This
man, according To Guidi, walked into
the kitchen after shooting and fired
seN Neral more shots inside. The shot
which resulted i'm the death of Put
rich was the first shot fired. the Wit
ness said. Guidi described the man
who did the shooting as short and
chunky. After the first shot the wit
ness said there was lot of shooting.
At this juncture in the examination
the siN deputies were brought into the
court room, and Guidi stated that the
third man from the left looked like the
man who shot Putrich. The deputies
we're then escorted from the room and
Prosecuting Attorney Lucas asked
that the third man from the left he
brought back. Attorney w j. Gal
braith objected to singing out the men
in this manner, and the court decided
that all the men should be brought
back. Guidi then identified the second
man from the right as the man who
shot Putrich, this man being the
same as the third man from the left
when they were first brought in.
william Imcas. a deputy sheriff,
was then put ON the stand and he
named the deputies as far as he knew
them. He named James, Cooper. Ra-
leigh and Polllinghorne but could not
name the other two. who were Croft
had pointed out,
Guidi, who went back on the stand,
Identified the fourth man from the
left as James, who. he said, had fired
through the kitchen window.
After the shooting was over" said
Guidi they all got in front of the
house and emptied their guns and put
fresh shells in. The children picked
up the empty shells the next DAY"
Referring to the deputies subse-
quent search of the house. Guidi said:
when the men came back one said
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
Democratic Member to Work Fol
Provision Which Was Defeat.
cd In Conference
MEASURE HAS SOME SUPPORT
BULLETIN.

Washington. Aug. a9.Ifiitchcock's 5
amendment was defeated. IL Ia 80.
Hitchcock was the only Democrat vot-
ing with the Republicans Ia support
il
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-29
WILSON'S MESSAGE PRAISED
BY ACTING REBEL CHIEF

Piedras Neigras, Mexico, Aug. %
General satisfaction with President
Wilson's Mexican message was eX-
pressed today by Jesus Carranza, act
ing hea1 of the Constitutionalists. He
spoke IN the absence of his brother,
Governor Carranza, who is fighting
at Terreon.
News Dispatches Puzzle.
Washington, Aug. 23.-Administra-
tion officials We're puzzled today by
news dispatches saying Lind has re-
considered his plans TO go to Mexico
City ana would remain in Vera Cruz
sevarl days. While il is left entirely
to Lind's discretion to determine his
own movements, the understanding
terday he would take an early train
today for Mexico City to resume nego-
tiations with the Huerta government.
Early today no word was received
from Lind indicating change of this
plan.
Bryan on Lecture Tour.
Bryan and the president held an
early conference. The president hoped
To leave for Cornish. n. H.. late to-
day. Bryan will deliver two lectures
IN PENNSYLVANIA today. returning to-
morrow morning He will deliver the
third lecture in Pennsylvaia .tomor-
row afternoon and one i'm Maryland to-
morrow night. returning Sunday morn
ing.
Bliss in Charge Of Troops.
There was no indication today Of
any additional movements of troops
Brigadier General Bliss, commanding
the Southern department, has fun au-
thority To move the different organi
cations under his command without
instructions from Washington. He
also has been authorized to call upon
other departments for additional
troops IT, in his discretion. the situa-
tion warrants
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24

The Kansas City Star prints the
following suggestive comment by
Mr.. Dooley: Have a glass av beer
wit me-" said Mr.. Hennessy.
whats that?" demanded Mr.. Doc
ley. II said," Mr.. Hennessy replied
testify, will We have a glass ~ beer
with mean on me-or won't yer"
II will not" said Mr.. Dooley. Glow
dare We make such suggestion to
me? II I thought We had six cents
in ye'er clothes I'd sue We. FIR libel.
] would so. I'll have yet to know
that these secrit rumors that ARE
circulain' around about me dhrinkin'
habits has got to stop. l do not
dhrink beer, buttermilk; pop, ice
crane sody, sarsprilly or tay in an
ny form. Whin much fatigued be
talkin' to We sometimes take a
glass Nv brandy with teaspoonful
of milk in it. But not often, as / |
do not like the taste of milk. Whin
! have chill or thirst dhrink
moderately Nv bucket or two Nv
whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, karosene
or gasolene. / niver take cham
payne EXCEPT when tn doctor ord
hers it, an If tn dock ordhers it
he's got to pay rr it too. / niver
drink champagne. An there We
have in few brief wurruds me in
nocent dhrinkin' habits"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24

Speaking of picking up hot polk
ers, Senator Bristow did 1t when be
jumped Bryan for lecturing. 1t
brought the reading in the senate
Of Bristow's letter to Senator Long
in which he said; 81 think 1 would
like to have one Of those advisory
places on the canal Commission.
They pay $500 and require visit
to the isthmus once in three months.
! could hold 1t and live In Kansas,
being there at least half Of my time
and when the fight got hot / could
resign. can see a place that could
be made very useful to a man like
Taft and the work would be pleas
ant and could be done from Kansas
as well as washington. An occa-
siOnal visit IL all that would be re-
quired." And likewise the fact that
last year he left congress While It
Was IN session to write articles re-
porting the national conventions to
add 70 bis ineomeiu Just a. Bryan is.
Ieeluring for the zane purpose.
RFlstow - hardly the man 20 crlti-
ei Bryan hatevoF may he
ans Neeknsss of position
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24
GOOD OLD oHEAP DAYs.

So much Is said nowadays about
the nprecedentedly high cost OF
living that the following quotations
from Philip Homes Diary may be
of interest:
November 81. 1885. Marketing
of all kinds, with the exception OF
apples and potatoes. is higher than
ever knew It. The sweat. OF the
brow of New York all runs into the
pockets of the farmers. paid to-
day $50 a ton for hay. and not an
old-fashioned ton OF 2240 pounds,
but a new-fangled ton invented to
cheat the consumer. of 1000 pounds.
This is a cent and a half a pound,
nearly three times the ordinary
price. I paid also for my winter
butter, 400 to 500 pounds, $2.14|
per pound. In the long course of
"a years housekeeping / never but
tered my bread at so extravagant a
rate"
March 10. 1885. The market
was higher this morning than have
ever known it-beef % cents per
pound, mutton and veal Is to IS
cents, small turkeys dollar and a
half. This does very well for per-
sons in business and spectators,
Who make, as the saying is, one
land wash another but 1t comes
lard upon those retired from bust
less. who live upon fixed incomes,
PARTICULARLY public officers, clerks
n banks and counting houses, whose
alaries are never raised in proper
ion to the increased expense OF
wing"
This was nearly 80 years ago
lew York Post.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24


While there is some reason to be
picking at the great cost Of the auto
mobile luxury there are other lux
uries that the people are now In
dulging in that are not so trifling
as they appear when figured up.
For instance, statisticians have just
finished counting up all the nickels
that have been spent in the last
year to see motion pictures. The
grand total Of the first official
count made it 6,SSO,OOO,OO nickels
or $S19,O0O,OOO paid by S,6O0,OOO,-
600 spectators. 1t is also known
that over $s,OOO,OOO are invested
in the moving picture business, that
more than 100000 persons are en-
ployed and that 100000 feet Of
films are produced weekly. About
ten per cent of earnings are spent
On amusements.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24
WEATHER PROPHETS.

The Reflector points with pardon.
able pride to its prediction on July
16 that it would rain on the 18th.
When the prediction was made the
temperature was 100 and a hot
wind was blowing. Well, it rained
on the 1Sth-not much to be sure,
but some rain. Now Father Kropff
is more experienced prophet than
the Reflector and he fixed the date
of the first considerable rain as July
26, with the proviso to take care of
all intermediate dates that light
rains might fall sooner. He is all
right thus far-here's hoping that
his rain on the 26th will be fair
imitation of Noah's famous down.
pour.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24

Here is one of the best short SER
mons ever written, and It comes
from the Altoona Tribune: If you
have a good home and are out Of
debt, don't fret and worry yourself
and your wife into the grave for
the sake of making money. You
have but one life to live and it is
brief at best. Take a little pleas
ure and comfort as you SO, day by
day, and try to do a little more
to others. A morbid. insatiate de-
sire to possess the earth, to grab
everything in sight as a foundation
of more misery than any one thing.
Wealth alone win never keep your
memory green after you are gone.
A good life and kind actions will.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24

The editor of the Primghar, Iowa,
Bell was one of the 10000 veterans
at Gettysburg. Writing to his paper
he tells that some of the old forth
fications are there still and that the
very guns with which they were de-
Tended are in the places they occu-
pied during the battle. He says that
as his party approached one of the
embankments where some of the
fiercest fighting took place they saw
an old man in blue writing his name
on card and, after he had written
it he placed the card upon one of
the cannons. Upon inquiry they
found that he had served that very
cannon during the great battle.
Think how vividly the terrible con-
flict must have been brought back
to that man as he stood beside the
silent cannon which he had caused
to belch forth death and destruc-
ton during three days half a CEN
fury before! -Leavenworth Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24
WHAT NlR. sooTT sAID.

Those Republican papers which
are criticising Charles +. Scott OF
lola for saying the Republican par
ty is the conservative party OF the
nation. are doing so very thought
lessly. and in many cases, very un-
fairly. There is nothing to criticise
in what Mr.. Scott actually said.
Here It is: 1.-THE glory OF the Re-
publican party is that 1t has been
able to combine, as no other party
ever has done. conservatism as to
principles with up-to-the-minute
readiness as to measures. It has
held fast to the sound doctrines laid
down in the constitution, and at the
same time it has kept step with the
progress OF the age in the framing
of statutes to meet the need of the
hour. II has never hesitated to go
ahead, but 1t has wanted to be sure
1t was right before 1t went ahead.
It has not believed in pulling up
our institutions by the roots be-
cause they don't go fast enough. 1t
has not thought 1t necessary to
change our system of government
In order that certain impulsiye peo-
Pile might have what they want to-
lay instead of waiting for it until
tomorrow" II this. is not a correct
statement of the policy of the Re-
publican party during the past 40
'ears 1t would be interesting to hear
;cott's critics make better one
Reporter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24


There is quite a difference of opin-
ion about the evangelist Billy Sun
day, in the churches. All agree that
he is rough and irreverent, but still
he has many admirers who praise
his spiritual victories. In Columbus,
o., he is said to have Converted"
1919 persons and received $40, 900
for six weeks work. We wish there
was something to show how long
they stayed converted. Sundays
cures are open to the same suspic-
ion as DR.. Friedmann's. DR.. Wash
ington GLADDEN. says ''the scene at
a Spanish bulIfight is less horrible
than Billy Sundays big meetings"
but perhaps his judgment is marred
by professional jealousy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24

Senator Bristow isn't very safe in
appealing to the great men of the
past as patriots whose examples of
unselfishness should shame the sor-
didness of Secretary Bryan. Some of
those old fellows did things that
would make Bryan's "sordidness"
appear like commendable virtue by
contrast. Take Dan Webster, for
instance. Dan openly acknowledge
ed that he was the paid attorney of
a corporation that was seeking to
have law passed which he was
pressing through the senate. while
he was a member of that body. ]. R..
Burton was ousted from the senate
and thrown into Jail for a less Of
Tense than that. Times have chang
ed since the eminent men of the
past lived up to their Iights.-Lea-
venworth Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-24
ORDER LOWER
FREIGHT RATES
Towns in Interior Kansas Bepefit
BY Decision.
HELD RATES UNREASONABLE
Suit Was Brought as Result of q
Resolution of legislature of
1900, directing Thorough
Investigation.

! Washington, July 29.-Class and
commodity freight rates from st.
Louis, NO., and other Mississippi
river crossings taking the same rates
to destinations in interior Kansas
were held by the interstate COM
merce commission today to be UNI
reasonable and discriminatory. Rea-
sonable maximum rate, materially
lower than existisg rates, were pre-
scribed to Topeka, Salina, Hutchin-
son, Wichita, Dodge City and Good
land, as representative destinations,
and the carriers were ordered to re-
adjust their commodity rates rela-
lively to all points.
Topeka, July 22.-When John s.
Dawson, attorney general, was ask
ed about the interstate commerce
commissions ruling today ordering
a reduction of rate from the Mis-
sissippi river to Kansas points, he
said:
This suit was brought in COM
pliance with resolution. of the
state legislature of 1909, directing
the state board of railroad COM
issioners to make a thorough in
vestigation of these rates and to
bring appropriate proceedings be-
fore the interstate commerce COM
mission. The legislative resolution
likewise directed the governor and
attorney general to help.
"As attorney for the state board
Of railroad commissioners / brought
the original suit in the name of the
state board of railroad commission
srs, but before the case was tried
hat commission was superseded by
he public utilities commission and
/ new case was filed in the name of
he new board by John Marshall, my
successor.
''The gist of the grievance in all
he rates we complained of was
hat the rate structure to all Kan
as points from the Mississippi river
vas based on the Missouri river.
hat is to say almost every rate in
Kansas was made up of two local
ates-the rate from the Mississippi
iver to the Missouri river plus the
ate from the Missouri river to each
eparate point of destination in
-ansas. 1t was virtually an attack
n the Missouri river basing line.
"How far the interstate commerce
ommission has supported our con-
sntions will not be known until we
,e the opinion. The reductions in
ties, however, are substantial and
light to be of much benefit to the
sople of Kansas