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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
FRIEDMAN SERUM
SCORED IN REPORT
New York Health Official Says
"Cure" Accelerates Disease

New York. May 96..-Dr. Joseph *.
O'COnLcil, health officer at the port IL
New York, sent letter today to
Health Commissioner Lederlee re.
duesting him Ia submit To the board of
health at its next meeting resolution
prohibiting the administration of the
friedman treatment for tuberculosis
in New York, until such a time as
those interested aftlrmativcly i'm its
administration shall notify the health
department Of it's innocuous charac-
ter"
reports Of the investigator OF your
department" reads the letter. are all
to the effect that the dangers which
mighi be apprehended In such a form
uf treatment. are actually present
therein. He finds that patients sub
Iected to this treatment have not i'm
proved, but have lost ground To an eN-
cent greater than might bc expected
from the natural raVagcs Of the dis
ease.
He finds that where a tuberculosis
condition had affected one side prior
20 inoculation with ehserum, thcr"
was after such incubation an un-
naturally rapid development of the IT.
bercular process in the hitherto
healthy side. which indicates the op-
Grafton alleged TO cure. had "A tendency
to accelerate rather than To retard
the progress of the disease.
1T seems 10 me it would be culpabl2
tor us longer to hesitate, that our duty
now Is to insist upon such regulation
and supervision of this enterprise 80
to prevent preparation upon the pub.
lie of a dangerous cruel fraud. We
cannot overlook the fact this treat
ment has been exploited much after
the manner Of exploitation of so
called mining securities ana othrr
financial schemes"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
DISTRICT COURT ASKS new
REVIEW OF GOMpeR'S CASE

Washington. May 26.-The district
supreme court norc. which originally
sentenced Gompers. Mitchell and Har-
ison. labor leaders to Jail for con-
tempt of court. filed a petition with
the supreme court OF the United States
asking the highest tribunal To review
the decision of the district court Of
appeals which affirmed the conviction
of the three men but reduced the SEN
tcncCS
At the same time the high court
las under consideration another op-
plication of review on Il writ OF error
presented by attorneys for the convict
ed men. II is believed To- be the first
time Ia history in which one inferior
court has applied directly 10 the high
est tribunal ~ reverse a decision at
another inferior court.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
zbys,ko Not Badly Hurt.
BiC FLEET AT FRISCO.
All Navies Of World 10 Be Represent
ed in Expo Pageant.

San Francisco. May 26.-More than
one hundred congresses and conven-
tons have already voted to meet a.
san Francisco in 1915 at the time o'
the Panama Pacific exposition and will
be included in the program which VIII
be printed and distributed every :
where before the opening of the eX-
position.
The program will open upon scale
of international magnitude ON sat
urday. February 20, 1915, the opening
Gay of the exposition, the bay of san
Francisco will present such specta-
clc as has never before been witnessed
\ composite fleet of the navies OF the
world viii be assembled in san Fran
cisco harbor From unofficial advices
II is anticipated that every great ma 70
uon will be represented by one or
more of it's hattleships or cruisers. and
n is believed that more than one hum
dred war craft, aside from merchant
vessels, will be gathered in the har-
bCr.
winston Spencer Churchill has Civ
on assurance that England will be rep
resented by number of her most
modern dreadnaughts. The war craft
recruited from the worlds navies, VIII
signal Ia the nations the opening "t
an cxposition which is tn he an en-
rrcesion of international good viii.
Most oc the ships will meet at iiamp-
Ton Roads and como through the IA
mama canal to the Golden Gate. bi''
authorizing Americas invitation Ia the
foreign nations to send their warcraii
has heon introduced into the Senate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
EXEMPT INSURANCE
FROM INCOME TAX
New York Life Head in Tilt With
Senator

Washington, May 2G.-President
Darwin Kingsley Of the New Yorl,
Life Insurance company appealed to-
day to the Senate subcommittee,
handling the income tax section of the
tariff bill. TO exempt all insurance
written for protection and mutual ben
eft and not for profits. He had spir-
tied exchange with Senator Williams
over campaign contributions disclosed
by the Hughes investigation several
years ago.
When your company paid a quarter
million dollars 10 the campaign fund. -
asked Williams. none of that money
ever was participated in by policy
holders, was it,"
NO" said Kingsley THAT provided
for the company's assertion that poll
cy holders participated i'm all earn
ings Of the company was false, didn't
it,
1T provides" Kingsley returned.
that the judgment of this company's
officers who paid contributions think
ing II necessary for protection Of the
assets of the company, was bad"
1T provided more" asserted VII
liams, lit was absolute dishonesty. |
was a policy holder and a Dcmocra;
and YOU took part of my money and
gave it away 10 protect me against
my own party. But has all that sort OF
thing been done away with in the in.
surmcc business %"
Absolutely" replied Kingsley. He
explained the laws which prohibit 1t.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
COSTS $4,377 AT VALE.

New Haven, Conn, May 2G.-lt
costs q man Si,ST7 to get bachelor oi
arts degree at Vale, according to fig
ures submitted by the members Of the
senior class The total represents the
average spent by the members of tn"
class during the four undergraduate"
years, divided as follows: Freshma'''
year. si,o20; sophomore, $l,o52; junior.
s1,1S6 senior, slice.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
$4,000 DIAMOND ROBBERY.
Thief Tears off Iron Screen and Breaks
Display Window.

Chicago. H.. May 2G.--A thief today
tore off the iron screen protecting the
show window Of Lebolt and company,
South state street. shattered the pane
and escaped with five thousand dol
lars worth of diamonds. Later the
rolice questioned and detained ID. /"
Gordon. aged 40. because he was un-
able To explain how he received q cut
on his right hand. lie denied knowi-
edge of the burglary.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
FATAL POISON TnWARTep.
chies goan Who Took Biehloride o
Mercury is Recovering.

Chicago. May 26.--Willlam McCutch-
con, the automobile salesman who Fri
DAY swallowed three grains of hi
chloride of mercury mistaking it for
aspirin. continued To improve today
Physicians expressed the opinion his
recovery is certain, owing To the fact
he emitted nearly all of the poison be-
fore II reached the intestincs
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.

herman, aged 80. and her adopted
daughter, Lillian, were suffocated and
burned to death. Alfred Lieberman, her
husband and their son. Harry were
badly burned and Fire Captain Doc
ley and Pipeman Walsh. cut their faces
and arms with glass when a FIRE par
italy destroyed two-story building
on Fifty seventh court.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
REAPER AND THE sroRk.
Report Of Births and Deaths
IN the State.

Lansing. Mich. May 26--There
were 1889 deaths in the state during
April This number corresponds 70
an annual death rate of l44 per 1000
estimated population. \ decrease of
CSC deaths Is noted as compared witn
the month Immediately preceding
There were 5.46S births during April
corresponding TO an annual birth rate
OF 22.6 Per 1000 estimated population.
A decrease of 500 births is noted as
compared with the month Immediately
preceding.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
PRoTRAIT OF FERRIS.

Lansing. Mich, May 26--One thou
sand Michigan Democrats are contrib
uting 10 a fund for the purchase of an
oil painting of Governor Ferris, 20 be
placed in the halls of state with those
of other executives of years past. The
portrait has already been started by
Percy Ives Of Detroit.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
STATE CHARITY CONFERENCE

Ann Arbor May 26.--Dclegates are
arriving FOR the first Michigan con-
ference Of charities and corrections,
which is to be held here this week.
Mayor GRAND Whitlock, of Toledo,
George Bellamy. OF Cleveland, DR. J..
p. Gilmour, warden of the central
prison, Toronto. and a number of 9TH
ers prominent in charitable and cor
rectionai work are scheduled To ad-
dress the conference.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
WILSON PARpoNs BANKER.

Washington. II. c., May 26.-Thc
president has pardoned Albert Schoe-
nee. paying teller Of the Central Ma
tional bank of st. Louis, Mo. who was
convicted of appropriatinF S.loO &C
the banks funds January 81, 1915.
Schoenee repaid the money.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
WROTE THREATS; GOES TO JAIL.

Newark. N. j., May 26.-Jacob Dunn
and SceIey Davenport. Wharton. n. j.,
wood choppers. who sent threatening
letters To President Wilson before he
assumed office. were sentenced To state
rison today. Dunn for five years and
Davenport for two.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
OLDEST CARDINAL is s5.

Rome. May 26-Cardinal hi Pfetrc,
the oldest member of the college Of
cardinals. attained his eighty NTH
year today The cirdinal was born
Nav 20, 1925. little more than a
month before the birth of Cardinal
oreglla. who is the next oldest mem
Der in wears and the oldest in point
OF service.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
ARENA DESTROYED BY FIRE
Coroner's Inquest Will Be Held
This Afternoon
PROBE WILL BE THOROUGH

Calgary, Alberta, May 2G.-Narrants
we're issued early today for the arrest
Of Tommy" Burns, former worlds
champion. who staged Saturdays tiphi
In which Luther McCarty met death:
William Mccartney. McCarty's man
agcr. Referee Ed. smith. and several
trainers and attendants connected
with the fight. Their arrests followed
an order from the attorney general at
Edmonton. that all the principals in
the arrangements for the fight he ar
rested. ana the northwest mounted po-
lice We're instructed 10 execute the or
der immediately II is understood they
viii br charged with completely ~
manslaughter.
Arthur Pelkey, McCarty's opponent
who was arrested shortly after Nc
Carty's death on Il charge of man
slaughter was To be given a hearing
in police court today but owing To the
decision last night of the physicians
who conducted the autopsy that Me
Carty's leath resulted from a dislo-
cation of the neck and not from heart
failure. IL is anticipated hearing Will
be- adjourned, pending the result of
the coroners inquest at o'clock this
afternoon.
The origin of the fire that late last
night destroyed Burns arena, where
saturdays fight was held has not
been discovered
Zbysyko Not Badly Hurt.
Montreal, Que. May 26.-The injur-
les which Stanislaus Xbys2ko sustain
de In Il wrestling match here Satur-
day night with constant l-eMarin are
inconsonuential and consist only Of a
slight obrasion" and u cut over the
eve which the wrestler received 10y
tumbling out # the ring. No compli-
cations are expected. The first re-
ports stated he suffered fracture ot
| the skull
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

truthful about another YOU think he
should be- punished
yves | do
Rutledge Vas excused by the PLAIN
um for cause
Takino Testimony.
Az soon as the twelfth man Of the
mrv is accepted aud sworn, counsel
for Colonel Roosevelt, after oHerlhS
in evidence the article ON which Tie
case hinges will proceed to put III the
evidence by which II will seek To show
t,at thc article Is libclous. II viii open
0re at once with the galaxy OF notable
,-itnesses who have come To Mar
ouette to go on th" stand Tor '"ioh'i
pooscveu. In this stage of the ease
coloncl Roosevelt, also. will take the
stand. and will likely be heard at
length
while the counsel for Mr.. Newett
declines to discuss its plans, II Is eX-
pectcd that it will offer immed'atelH
an the CONCLUSION Of the case Tor 'o'-
o,nI Rooscyelt, its witnesses. con-
,or,,nc whose identity or nhniber
,hare has as yet been no statement,
II is reported. however, that they VIII
no at least eight or ten IN number
coIonel Roosevelt accompanied ny
poher, l,ason. former assistant seer'-
tar, or state; Truman Newberry' Tor
mer secretary of the navy ",'toro
p,nchot lanes n. Garfield. Regis u.
s,h Paoe, 3rd Column.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
CHAT TANOOGA HOST
FOR ARMY OF SOUTH
Gray Clad Warriors Meet in An.
nual Convention There

Chattanooga. Tenn, May 26-Dec-
GRATED as never before in her history.
Chattanooga today threw her gates
Wide open in welcome to the thous-
ands of arriving Confederate veterans.
sons of Confederate veterans. daueh-
t"ri ol the Confedcracy and other vis-
itors This is the twenty third annual
reunion of the veterans the eighteenth
Of TN" sons. Every arriving train to-
day was loaded with visitors. The
veterans are much more feeble than
when they were here for their first re-
anon tN"ntN-thrce years ago. The
number has been thinned by death and
age has dimmed their eyes, bent their
forms and given a snowy appearance
To the boards and hair. But some
Thing Of the old spirit of half cen-
turN ago WAS still manifest as the del
egations marched from the railway
stations to the reunion headquarters,
with band playing Dixie" at the
head Of the column aud the stars amt
Bars tuttoring in the breeze.
Elaborate Decorations.
The geographical location of Chat
lanooga is exceptionally well suit
ed for the reunion. North and south
and east ana west are the states
which rallied To the standards of Lee
and Jackson ana in the Immediately
vicinity were fought the great bat
ties Of Chickamaugua. LOokout Moun-
tain and Missionary Ridge. iIalf a
dozen trunk lines of railroad enter
the citN from all directions and scores
the convenience Of veterans and other
visitors
~ a cost of thousands Of dollars
the reunion committee has had all the
principal streets profusely decorated.
Ample provision has beer made I'm
thu way Of rest stations temporary
hospitals, lunch stands ana other ar
rangcmcnts for the convenience and
welfare of the visitors The govern
merits 10000 tents are erected In
JACKSON park, a delightful resort near
the business section of the city, and
this Is called Camp stewart, in honor
of the late Gon. A. =, Stewart
Parade on Thursday.
The reunion Will be- presided over
1y Gen Bennett ~. YounG, of Louis.
yi,c, tie commander chief. To-
morrow and "Wednesday viii he de
voted largely "a the business Of the
organization. ana Thursday the pa.
radc of the ola GUARD ia gray will TAX
place.
The custom "t appointing youns
women, generally daughters of Con
federate soldiers. To act as sponsors
and maids for the several states has
so spread that net only the states
but nearly all the divisions, brigade.
and regiments are 80 represented. NJ
ready many OF the scores Of sponsors
and maids have arrived and the soci1
| features of the reunion will b,
| notable
The entertainment program VIII 10
ushrred in tomorrow afternoon witt
| n lawn party at Wagner park in hon
CnIiIrnn
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
MRS. PANKHURST IS
AGAIN UNDER ARREST
Militant Suffragette Leader Must
Serve Out Sentence

London. May 26-AIrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, militant suffragette leader
was re-arested To-Day when leaving the
house where she had been staying
The House of Commons passed a
new law this year known as the "cat
and mouse bill" permitting prison au-
thorities to release suffragettes suf-
fering from the effects OF hunger
strikes and at the end of a short per-
iod 10 re-arrest them without warrants
and make them serve the remainder of
their original sentences.
Mrs. Pankhursts license released
her for fourteen days. but II was then
extended because of her feeble condi-
ton
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Continued on 5th Page, 9th Column
ROCKEFELLER POORER.
Assessor Finds Personal Property Has
Shrunk

Shrunk
Cleveland May 26.-John ID. Rocke"
feller il rapidly losing his wealth ana
is becoming practically poor man
according II the report of John +
Fisher. tax assessor for Cleveland
Heights. in which place the Forest Hi
estate is situated.
The figures show that year ago
Mr.. Rockefeller returned his personal
property as worth $3.50. This year
alas. Nh. Rockefeller is poorer by "
905 his return of personal property
bcing Sl.2S5. The figures show that
he has nine horses worth 500 each, ten
head of cattle worth $40 each, ana
furniture worth $500. He has no ma
tor ears here at the time OF year th'
assessments are made.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Militants Busy Again.

st. Andrews Scotland. May 2G.-
Two militant suffragettes attempted
early today To damage the golf links
here ana So interfere with the open
ing play for the amateur golf cham
piOnship of the world. The women
were Intercepted near the seventh
green 10y night watchmen. one es-
capped and the other was caught. Sh'
was liberated after she was searched.
The weather is perfect for the OPEN
ing of todavs matches The sun shou@
from the sea, drying up the course
tavorably affecting the players, espe-
cially the American representatives.
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Continued on 5th Page, 3rd Co'"""'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06

Won Cox, Herbert CrCly, Howard Hart,
H. O. Walker. Charles A. Plat, the
designer Of Harlakendeni Hubert
Adams and Mrs. Angus, st. Gaudens'
widow &C the sculptor. Ex-Mayor
William =. Saunders of Plainfeld n. J.'
a Wilson delegate 10 Baltimore also
has a summer home near by whiie
Marie Dressler, with her husband
Jack" Dalton. has pretty place not
far away.
Although determined to get away
from business. the President found n
batch of fifty letters waiting for MIN
this morning. They will probably re-
main unanswered however.
The President expects to go to church
Tomorrow morning. There is no Pres
byterian church here. and he will PROB
ably go TO the Congregational churcn'
which Mrs. Wilson attended last sun
day.
Senator John W. Weeks, Of Massa-
chusetts; ex-senator Murray Crane
and Ex-Governor John L. Bates OF
achusetts passed through here on
an automobile to-day, but did not call
on the President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06
RUNS DOWN z; KILLS |.
Flower Hospital Ambulance
Helps Days Fatality List.
MANS SKULL FRACTURED
Vehicle, Taking Injured Laborer
to Hospital, Breaks Sec.
ond Victims Leg.

A Flower Hospital ambulance going
north on First avenue yesterday after
noon knocked down TWO men within
space of seven blocks. One of the men
was taken unconscious to the hospital
where he died almost Immediately. The
ambulance was returning from a call and
was running at moderate speed, when at
the corner OF 55th street and First ave.
nue. an aged Italian laborer stepped in
ire path. Before the driver could turn
out the vehicle struck the man. Or.
Duffy, who was in charge, 'eaped out
and finding the man was unconscious,
lifted him inside and directed the driver
to make for the hospital. ....
At I'D street the ambulance turned east
when another man, paying no heed 10
the gong, stepped before the car. He was
thrown into the gutter, but before the
ambulance stopped he had got on his
feet, apparently uninjured. He said he
was Felegrino Zerone, Twenty-Five years
old OF No. las First avenue. The ambu-
lance left him and continued on its way.
At the hospita! the man who had been
struck at 55th street said he was Herman
Frazer. siXty-eight years old, of No. lC25
Avenue A. He was placed on the operat-
ing table where II was found that he
had q fracture of the skull. Before the
hospital surgeons could operate Frazer
died Soon after policeman found
Zerone still sitting on the curbing at SD
street The policeman called an ambu-
lance from the Reception Hospital, and
DR. Norwood took the man there, finding
that he had a broken leg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06
STEAMER SINKS IN SOUND
No Lives Lost When John P. Wilson
Goes Down,

The steamer John =. Wilson. OF the
Merchants Steamship Company OF Stam-
ford, Conn. carrying thirty-fve passen-
gers and 200 tons of merchandise, which
left Pier SS. Market street. at o'clock
last night, sprang a leak in Long Island
Sound. off Stepping Stone Light. three
quarters Of an hour later. At that time
the steamer was a nautical mile from
city Island. and Captain Harcourt, who
was in command ordered the engineer
to put on full steam, and headed for Bel
denis Point. on the southerly end Of City
Island.
None Of the passengers aboard was
aware that anything out Of the ordinary
had happened, though some comment was
made when the steamer headed for the
island Realizing that he could make the
island In time TO discharge the passengers
in safety. Captain Harcourt blew no sig
mails OF distress
When the steamer reached the pier at
Beden's Point the gangplank was placed
In position and the passengers were then
informed that they would have to get off
AFTER every passenger had left the steam
er the crew seven In number followed,
and when the steamer began to sink Cap
tain Harcourt went ashore. The boat
sank In deep water which covered her
up 10 her tunnels.
The passengers were conveyed on two
trolley cars from City Island 10 the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
station. at Barlow Point, where they
boarded a train for Stamford.
The value of the cargo. which consisted
chiefly Of butter and eggs and dress
goods. is placed at 100000 The Merritt
& Chapman Derrick and Wrecking COM
an effort will be made TO raise the sunken
vessel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06
ASPHALT FOR WEST DRIVE
Paving Selected on Third Invitation
for Bids.

The contract for repaving large sec
ton of the West Drive in Central Park
has been awarded to the Sicilian Asphalt
Paving Company. Twice all bids were
rejected, and it was only on the third in
v1tation for bids that the contract was
awarded Park Commissioner Slower said
Yesterday II was a triumph for the
analytical chemists"
When the first lot Of bids were rejected
a charge of attempted favoritism was
made by Dayton Hedges, the contractor
who had put in the lowest bid, against
Louis f. La Roche, a park official. Com
missioner Slower fatty denied the charge
and declared the samples submitted by
Hedges had been found far below the
specifications.
He must have bagged his head" said
the Commissioner yesterday. for I have
heard nothing more from him. The con-
tract calls for an expenditure of $4,000.
The road surface will be Of rock asphalt
on a six-inch concrete foundation"
Bids are now being invited for the paw
ing OF large section OF Riverside Drive.
4 three-inch bituminous macadam sur
face will be laid there on a six-inch con-
crete foundation. The work is 10 be d.
yided into two sections, each Of which
amounts 10 about 800, 1000 and when com
pleted will extend from 72d to 10th
streets