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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-06
PROGRESS is BEING MADE.
Y. M. c. A. Circus Will Be One o.
Most interesting in Years.


Most interesting in Years.
The gymnasium classes OF the Cam-
met Y Vi. =. \. ar, making splendid
progress i'm their prcuJratiuns for the
annual circus ot the association which
will be held the latter pant of this
month pr early in May. For several
weeks past the classes have been do
v"loping Spccim features To be intro
duced at this circus and about the
only acts which are J, present incom.
plete ar" the pyramids and some OF the
comic features OF which there will he
large number.
Announcement can.ot he made Of
the dates of the circus for = few DAVIS.
the understanding having been reach
ed that the preparatj ms tor the On
tertainmcnt will lc complete before tn"
dates are designated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-06
OLD RESIDENTS sUCCUMB.
lnsleberg Wehrle Dies at Home-Mrs
Bose Roffino Passes

After ar Illness - ions q .rJri,u viii
rheumatism and other ailments. Iuglo.
berg Wrhri.. ar"d aroa, ~ Years. a,
u.d resident e the yil,upc co., Erl Jack.
e., and furm,~ cmpioyr ul the ,iIlag,
PASSED aUag ~ his home 20. seventh
street lasr r,ru.u-. Tie d,.rdrut wa,
Ia native Of Germany, hut hal resided
iu the copper country for m.nl Years
lie was p.lst"rcr by uJd, hut u
u''r years worked for IN, VILLAGE H.
the street department The funeral
services viii be held Tuesday morning
from the residence. with mtormcnt in
AXE View cemetery Mrs Wrhrlc sur
wives.
Mrs. Rose Roifno.
Mrs Rose Rot'iuo. aged about ~
years, died this morning ~ the resi-
d"nce of her sister Mrs Anton Mig
Iso, 1907 Lamwm street, after am i'll
ness ot several months duration. Tho
G"r"d"nt's husband was accidentally
killed when the Nrcadiun mine was
first operated number of Years ago.
Two children survive. % son aged 20
years, who is a patient i'm the lIouph-
ton county sauturium and daughter
who is fourteen .cary Of axe. The
funeral services viii be- held Wcdncs-
day morning from the -. Mary's IuI-
ian church with iurormcnt i'm Lake
View.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-06
BRYAN ABLE 70 BE ABOUT.

Washington, Apr.l bryan is stll
suffering from halEy cold but is able
to bc about the house
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08

OrviIIe Wright says that as soon as
his new aeroplane is stabilized, any
one can fly it, Sure !! The reason we
don't fly now is that they haven't got
up an aeroplane that'u fly when in
the stable.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08

We had just about lest all track of
Gen. Senior Zapata, when he now
bobs up with the, CHEEKY announce
ment = that he'll parboil Huerta be-
fore hanging him, when he catches
him.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
WANTS SCHOOLHOUSES
kept open ALL Year
DR.. P. P. Claxton. Commissioner of
Education. Would Abolish
Summer Vacations.
REPORTS ON HOUSE OF STUDY

Vacations for school children in the
good old summer time may soon be a
thing of the past, IL DIR. P. p. Claxton
Commissioner of the United States Bu-
reau of Education. has his way.
He thinks the practice of keeping
schoolhouses closed for three months in
the year is a primitive idea and that II
is not entitled to consideration in these
enlightened days of the twentieth cen
tury.
Efficiency is the keynote OF the de-
mand for abolishment OF vacations Open
the schools during the summer. the edu-
Gators argue, and students will be able
to leave college two years earlier than
at present. In other words. at the age
of twenty instead OF twenty-five.
According to a report made by a COM
mittee of the National Council of Edu-
cation on The Economy of Time in Edu-
cation" the length of the preparatory
school period in this country is excep-
tionaL
Hasten the student into the field of
action. is the cry raised by the commit
tee. The report goes on: Twenty-Five
is too old to begin specializing and twen-
ty-seven is too old to begin an appren-
ticeship in a profession. The fundamen-
tails of elementary education can be very
well taught in six years. Culture has
been made the excuse for much waste
in sixteen years of general education. II
We understand conditions today, the de-
mand Is for more efficiency and for a
culture related to real life.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
PROVINCE PAYS REWARD
T0RADIUM DISCOVERIES
Also Has Law to Withdraw from En-
try Lands Bearing Precious
Mineral.

A reward Of 5000 to any person dis.
covering radium in British Columbia is
offered in bill Just passed in that prov.
ince. ACCORDING TO statement by Secre.
tary Of the Interior Lane. who has 70,
ceived copy of the law from Prime
Minister Mcbride.
The law provides that the lieutenant
governor is empowered to place a re-
serve on all radium within the public
lands. Of the province" This provision Is
In accord with the proposal by Secre-
tary Lane that all radium lands i'm the
United States be withdrawn, so that
Uncle sam may protect his own radium
and not permit it to so to foreign mar
kets.
The British Columbian law permits the
lieutenant governor to make provision for
the retention by the government Of an in
teTest, not exceeding so per cent in all
radium produced from radium-bearing ore
lands of the province and for the levying
OF royalty on all production OF radium.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

cIamations of Grant! That's Gen
Grant" A commotion at once spread
from table TO table.
Some one got on a chair and called for
Three cheers for Lieut.. Gen. Grant,
They, were given in broken roar OF
hUrrahs. Visibly embarrassed and rub
bling his bristly reddish-brown mustache
with his napkin, Grant rose and amid an
Cproar of cheering and pounding on the
tables bowed and resumed his seat.
The noise soon resumed, but through
out the meal Grant was the center of
all eyes. Everybody in the room craned
his neck to get a good look at the man
of whom they had heard so much. the
general who was going to end the war
After dinner a Pennsylvania Congress
man took Grant in charge and obliged
him TO hold an informal reception to
a crowd that pressed around him in the
hotel parlors-
A "Scrubby-lookinE Man.
at Willard's was Richard Henry Dana.
author of Two Years Before the Mast !"
Mr.. Dana was inquiring at the desk for
his baggage, when his attention was at
tracted to "a short round-shouldered
man in a very tarnished major generals
uniform with nothing marked in ais
appearance"
In a letter 10 a Irlenu MI Ddild NIpte
thus of Grant:
He had no gait. no station, no man.
ner, rough, light brown whiskers, a blue
eye, and rather a scrubby look withhi A
crowd formed round him; men looked
stared at him, as if they were taking his
likeness, and two generals were INTRO
duced. a
'Still, could not get his name. 1t was
not Hooker. Who could il be? He had
If rafh
of a man who did. or once did, take a
little too much to drink.
'I inquired of the bookkeeper. That
is Gen. Grant i Joined the starers.
saw that the ordinary, scrubby-lookIng
man, with slightly seedy look, as II he
was out of Office and on half-pay, and
nothing to do but hang around the entry
of willard's, cigar in mouth, had clear
blue eye, and a look of resolution, as IL
he could not be trifled with. and an en-
tire indifference to the crowd about him.
Straight nose, too
still, to see him talking and smoking
in the lower entry of Willard's, in that
crowd, in such times-the generalissimo
of our armies. on whom the destiny Of
the empire seemed to hang!'
Grant and Lincoln Meet.
Mr.. Dana found further opportunity to
study Grant, and described him as he ap-
peared on the street HE gets over the
ground queerly." he wrote. He does not
march, nor quite walk, but pitches along,
as if the next step would bring him on
his nose. But his face looks firm and
hard and his eye is clear and resolute,
and he is certainly natural and clear of
all appearance of self-consciousness."
On the evening of his arrival in WASH
ington, Grant, accompanied by Simon
Cameron, of Pennsylvania. went to the
White House to pay his respects to the
President It chanced that Lincoln was
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Fifty years ago today Lieut.. Gen U.
S. Grant. who had been placed at the
head of the armies Of the United States
arrived in Washington from Nashville.
Tenn.
As he walked up to the desk In VII
lard's Hotel late in the afternoon. travel
stained and clad in an old uniform. and
inscribed on the register. ''U. S. Grant
and son, Galena, H." the clerk assigned
him to q room at the top OF the house
major generals stars were not un-
common in willard's and the clerk saw
nothing in the small and, rather shabby
officer before him to indicate that he
was worthy of special attention.
Grant accepted the room without COM
ment, as he did little later q larger
room and the profuse apologies of the
management when his identity had been
established.
Grants arrival In Washington was un-
heralded. but the public was not long
IN learning of his presence at WIZARDS.
Grant went to the public dining-room
for his dinner. Here he was quietly en-
3oying his meal when a buzz OF whispers
went through the room, followed by ex-
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
PHONE Lines MORE
Than QUADRUPLED
Statistics for the Last Ten Years Show
Remarkable Growth in This
Industry.
THE BELL SYSTEMS HOLD GAINS

The length Of telephone lines in use in
the United States more than quadrupled
in the decade from 1902 TO 1872 This was
shown in a report issued by the Census
Bureau yesterday.
The statistics also showed the increased
hold the Bell system has on the country.
In 1900 the system controlled 6s.l per cent
OF the wire and 55.6 per cent of the tele-
phones in use. In 1872 the system con-
trolled AT and 5s.3 per cent, respectively.
The statistics relate to the years ended
December 81. 1902, 1907. and 1872. They in
clude the total wire mileage and the total
number of telephones reported for all sys-
TENS in the United States that were in
operation all or any part OF those years.
They do not include private telephone
lines exclusively. for communication be-
tween different departments of the same
establishment unless connected with
lines elsewhere through a private or
branch exchange. The number of tele-
phones includes all installed, including
those furnishing service through private
branch exchanges. local pay. and outlying
toll stations.
During the year 1912 the length of wire
used on the telephone lines of the United
States amounted to %. .2ISS26 miles. This
represents a gain of l53i7,s75 miles during
the decade, or an increase of 3122 per
cent. There were S.729, 592 telephones in
use, or 6.35s.54S more than the number re-
ported for 1909, an increase OF 2Ss.2 per
cent
The number of telephones reported by
the Bell Telephone System increased by
1873 per cent during the period from 1902
to 1877. and by Ga per cent from 1907 to
1912. During the same periods the number
panies and systems increased by 1884 per
cent and % per cent. respectively.
It is estimated that there were 13 3735. .65S.-
2S messages or talks sent over the tele-
phone lines of companies, which had an
income OF at least 5000 during 1912. A
message may represent either few
words or a long conversation. and there
fore does not indicate the extent to which
the equipment is used. 1t was impossible
to obtain even an estimate OF the num-
Der of conversations over the private
branch wires and the party lines which
do not require interconnection at the pub
lie or central exchanges.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
DISTRICT STUDENTS
SECOND IN MATCH
Mckinley High School Rife Team
Well Up in Contest of Amateur
Rihemen,

The eighth. week in the high school
rife shooting matches for the champion
ship shows no change as to the leaders
Deering High School. of Portland, Me-,
and the Iowa City, Iowa, High remain
tied for first place In Class B Jamaica,
l.. 1. High and the Stoneham. Mass
High are tied for first place. In Class
c the high school Of Auburn. Cal. has
jumped into the lead. A summary OF
the eighth match follows:
Class A-Deering High School, Portland,
Me-, SO VS.. Salt Lake City, Utah, High,
9n; Mckinley Manual Training, d. c..
952 VS.. Morris High. New York, s3S; Iowa
City, Iowa, High, 953 VS.. Stuyvesant High,
New York. defaulted; Springfield. Mass,
'Teck," 93 VS.. De Witt Clinton High,
New York, $50; Baltimore, Md, Poly
technic, s34 VS.. Portland, Me-. High, sl9.
Glass B-Manual Training High. Brook
,lyn, si3 VS.. Brookline. Mass, High, So:
Stoneham, Mass, High, $40 VS.. Eastern
High. d. c., S5l; Erasmus Hall High,
Brooklyn, 500 VS.. High School Of Com
merce, New York, dropped: Business
High, d. c.. 9l5 VS.. Commercial High,
dropped: Jamaica, l. 1. High, SIS VS..
Western High, d. c., $50.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

! tho destiny of a nation. One strong.
elemental tie lound them together in
their aims and purposes. Both were
from the soil, were men OF the people
Lincoln had been a rail-splitter and
Grant but eight years before had la
bored as a farmer and had hauled
wood to market from a piece OF land
that had been given him by his father
in-law in the outskirts of St Louis.
Grant Mounts n Sofa.
The conversation of the President and
the new head Of the Federal armies was
brief Secretary OF State Seward term
mated it by presenting Grant TO Mrs.
Lincoln, with whom he conversed for a
few minutes, after which he walked
with her around the room.
By this time the same expression OF
curiosity and excitement was manifest
in the crowd that had been observed
al willard's. They were wildly eager
to see Grant The line Of persons to be
received by the President was broken
and the crowd surged about the distin-
guished party.
Secretary Seward relieved the situation
by taking Grant into the larger East
Room. Here the crowd swept upon him
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

in 20 much confusion that he was
Obliged to mount q sofa A hundred
hands were thrust out to him at once.
Women were crushed In the jam and
climbed upou sofas and chairs to save
their crinolines.
sTt was the only real mob ever saw
In the White House." wrote Noah
Brooks, q friend and guest Of Lincoln.
at was an indescribabie scene Of curl
osity. joy and pleasure. For once. at
least. the President of the United States
was not the chief figure In the picture.
The little scared d-looking man who
stood on a crimson-covered sofa was
the idol Of the hour. -
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Weiies
was among the persons introduced 70
Grant. He noted "a degree Of awkward
ness In the General" and. being Ne"
Englander and conservative, set down
in his diary that the demonstration OF
the crowd over Grant seemed rowdy
and unseemly."
IIncoln Makes a Request.
When the crowd had departed here
was a short interview between Grant
and the President In n small drawing
room: where Lincoln had awaited him.
The secretary. of War and one OF LIN
coins private secretaries completed the
group. a.
Lincoln Informed Grant that II ne
would call at the White House the next
day at 1 o'clock, his commission as heu-
tenant general would then be presented
to him.
The President announced more Tor.
NAL xethod Of conducting the proposed
ceremony than was his. custom wnen
dealing with his generals.
II shall make a very short speech 10
you." he said to Grant ito which l oe,
sire Won to reply. for an object; and
that you may be properly prepared to
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
S0UTHERNERS AS THEsPIANs,
Society VIII Present "The Melting
Pot" mt Friday Meeting.

In connection with the mid-Lenten
meeting OF the Southern Society OF
Washington to be held in the Raleigh
Hotel next Friday night. an abbEevia-
ton OF Israel Zangwills play, THE Melt
ing Pot" win be presented by members
OF the society. Taking part in the pre-
sentation win be Mrs. Maud Howell
Smith, Robert Daley. Claude E. Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Mizell, and Prof.
Edward C. Townsend. who is directing
the production.
Rev. DR.. ]. Henning Nelms will intro
duce the play by brief epitome. AT
the short business meeting a report will
be made as to the post-Lenten BAN
ouet OF the society, to be held April ls.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
SUN AND AIR GROWS SKIN.
Remarkable Discovery of Method
for Treating Burns.

New York. March Through a pro-
cess Of fresh air and much sunshine,
DIR. Joseph Schmaskin, house physician
at Lebanon Hospital announced TODAY
that he had grown skin on large wounds
caused by burns which otherwise would
have required the operation Of skin graft
ing. f-
A four-year-old boy, on whose neck
and chest thirty inches of skin had been
burned OF. will be discharged from the
hospital today with a perfect epidermis.
Each day the little patient was kept on
an open porch with the large wound ex-
posed to the air and the sunshine. When
there was no sun powerful electric lights
were used to send light into the wound.
The lights were used also at night and
the wound was always exposed to the
air.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Kerrigan plays the part of the gardner.
and Cello Madison that of the coquette.
The unusual feature of a play now in
course of production at the Imp studio
Is the fact that 1t is being played by
children. all under thirteen years of age.
some OF the leading roles being in the
hands Of youngsters not more than
eight
The leading woman is Miss Inez Sea-
bury, late of David Belasco's Madame
Butterfly Company" She is six. and her
work will bear comparison with that of
any tragedy queen who has trod the
boards. The opposite role is in the hands
of Matty Rupert, famed in Universal
pictures.
today. The Head Hunters" Novel and
exciting. Extra added attraction. "A
Tudo Princess" with Mary Fuller ADV.
Joe Ryan. the leading man with the
Colorado Motion Picture Company, which
is producing Western Pictures for War
ner's feature program. received serious,
If not fatal, injuries last week in taking
a scene in THE Range War" in Canon
City, Colo.
Ryan was leading the chase when his
horse stumbled, throwing him to the
ground and trampling him. So close
were the cowboy comrades following him
in the chase. that they had no chance to
turn to one side; consequently, the ma
jority of them rode over his body. Ryan
was picked up unconscious and rushed
to the hospital, where after close ex-
animation. he was found to be suffering
from broken bones and internal injuries.
This Is the first serious accident that
has ever happened to this company.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

do so, I have written what shall say
only four sentences in all-which ] wi
read from my manuscript as an example
which you may follow, and also read
your reply-as you are. perhaps. not 50
much accustomed to public speaking as
1 am, and / therefore give you what
shall say so that you may consider II. !"
Lincoln had thought deeply on the
situation that would be created in the
army by the promotion OF Grant over
the heads of other generals and sought
to soften the disappointment Of officers
whom he had overtopped. He asked
Grant. in accepting his commission. to
say something which shall prevent or
obviate any jealousy Of you from any
other generals in the service. He also
wanted him to Say something which
shall put you on as good terms as pos
sible with the Army Of the Potomac.
Grant listened carefully to the Presi-
dents remarks, took the manuscript OF
his proposed speech of four sentences
and departed for his hotel.
Tomorrow-Grant Receives His Com
mission.
Copyright. lslLl
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
THE WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
March lss4u Gen. u Grant, Who Had Been Placed Head
Of the United States Arrived Warrington from Nash
vile and met President for the First Tme-A Striking Scene
Reception in the White House.
written expressly for The Herald)

holding a public reception-one OF these
rerfunctory and rather disjointed func-
tions in which he always found himself
supremely uncomfortable.
Grant took his place In a line OF peo-
pic who were filin5 past the President
and Mrs. Lincoln and was unnoticed un-
til he was -ithin a few feet of the
President Lincoln then recognized him.
although the two had never met be-
fore. and exclaimed: "why. here is
Gen. Grant. Well. this is q great pleas
ure. I assure your
He reached past the people who
were in front of him ard seized Grant
by the nd Then followed a conver-
sation, W h all who were in the room
recognized as of historical Importance.
The two men who were to reunite the
States in indissoluble union were strange
ly dissimilar in physique. Lincoln was
six feet four inches tall and he seemed
taller as he beamed down upon Grant.
who was but five feet eight. Grant
stood with his right hand grasping the
lapel of his coat and his head slightly
bent forward. looking up into the Presi-
dents face.
Two more modest men never shaped
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
JACOB RIIs' HEALTH FAILING.
Author Admits His LecturinE Day,
Are Nearly Ended.

Chicago, March THE lecturing days
Of Jacob Riis are nearly ended. The not
ed traveller and author admitted this to-
day when he passed through Chicago on
his way. from New Orleans to Battle
Creek. Mich. after suffering an attack
Of heart trouble.
They told me when I left New YorA
that couldn't finish my lecture trip" he
said. II told them 1 could. but they
knew better. I've worked hard and I've
travelled hard. I'm sixty-five years old
now and can't stay up late at night like
! used to.
"I was knocked opt down there in New
Orleans. / couldnS fight II of as I did
other times when / felt faint. I've had
had some good times. I've been in the
thick OF things and I've fought, but now
1t is time for younger men to step in.
They'll do 1t, too. I've a lot of faith in
the younger generation"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
HELEN KELLER HEARS SONG.
Listens" with Finger Tips to
Opern Singer.

Los Angeles Cal. MarchSL-For the
first time in her life. Helen Keller. the
remarkable girl who has been blind, deaf
and dumb for years, heard a sound when
she was listening" with her finger tips
to Nine. 'Saltzman Stevens, of the Chi
cago Grand Opera Company, sing Die
Walkure." AS Nine. Stevens uttered the
first words of the song Miss Keller
jumped up and down joyfully shouting
oh, I've heard, l heard her voice.
Miss Keller was 50 excited her COM
panion. Mrs. J. \. Macy led her away
10 her room to quiet her.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
MAKES ADDRESS ON INDIANS.
G. f. Parker Speaks at Meeting OF
woman's Missionary Society.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
woman's Missionary Society Of the First
Congregational Church was held last
Tuesday.
The topic was THE American Indians
and the speaker on that subject was Mr..
Gabe E Parker, recently appointed reg
ister of the United States Treasury.
Our new pastor, Rev. Jay T. Stocking.
d. D., OF Massachusetts,, and Mrs. Mary
w. Story. one of the vice presidents.
also spoke.
Vocal music was furnished by Mrs.
Nellie Shore and Mrs. Mabel Lindsay.
Mrs. Julia T. Bodfish presided and Mrs.
Gertrude F. Brown. treasurer Of the So
ciety, ard Mrs. Henry ]. Washburn. Sec
retay, read favorable reports
Luncheon was served to about 150 per-
sons, with Mrs. Byron ]. Price and Mrs.
Emma L. Hammerly hostesses. 80: g
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
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The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
BRYAN SEEKS BRITISH TREATY.
Confers with Ambassador on New
Peace Pecr.

Secretary Of State Bryan and Ambas-
sador spring-Rice yesterday discussed
briefly the details Of the peace treaty
which the Secretary wishes the British
government to negotiate with the United
States The treaty. If finally approved by
Great Britain. will provide for investiga-
ton of all matters of disputes not set
tied automatically prior to any declara-
ton Of hostilities.
Secretary Bryan is expecting to sign
treaties or this character soon with a
number OF south American countries.
The provision that during the inyestiga-
ton of disputes no additions are to be
made to the armaments of the contract
ing parties Is being left outsof the peace
treaties more recently negotiated.