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Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
MADE MAN JUMP 70 DEATH.
Youth Pleads Guilty To First-Desree
Murder CHARGE.

sandusky, ohio.-Tn Police Court
here Frank Davis, Is years old, Of
Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to a first
degree murder charge after confessing
that he caused Frederick Valentine,
of Cleveland, to jump to his death from
a moving Lake Shore Railroad freight
train at Baybridge week ago.
Edward Moore, "a years old, a negro
Of Jersey City, N. j., also pleaded
guilty, he having been implicated in
the confession of Davis.
valentine, it is said, was compelled
to jump after he had been robbed.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
TURKS REPORT SUCCESSES.
say They Have Occupied Important
Russian Point.

Constantinople, via London. = An
official statement says:
Near Adiara we have gained new
successes over the Russians, capturing
cannon and ammunition.
The Russian attacks east Of Lake
Van (Kurdistan) have been unsuccess-
full Our troops advancing from
Revanduz have occupied Soujbulak. an
important Russian point Of support in
the Province Of Azerbaijan"
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
KING PETER GOES TO FRONT
Led BY Him, servIans Take Firmer
Stand Against AustrIans.

London King Peter, Of servia. who
as been i'll for many months, has
-saumed command Of the servia
rmy and. according to a Nish repor
as checked the advance Of the Au
dans indieting heavy losses on tler
be Austrian reply to this is that I'll
occupation Of Belgrade necessitate
.ne regrouping Of our troops.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
rHEY WANT HOME RULE.

Governor wager, OF Porto RicO, Urges
Wilson To Aid Bill.
washington, D. C. Governor
Yager. of Porto Rico, urged President
Wilson to support at this session Of
Congress the bin giving the Porto
Ricans a larger voice in their govern
ment, including the election of their
Senate. The President said he would
be glad to get action on the bill If it
did not interfere with the administra-
TONS legislation program.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
gANpITs sTEAL aLooDHouMp.
XIII One and Take Another, Thus Foil
ing Their Pursuers.

Fort Smith, Ark. Two bandits who
robbed rural mail-carrier near here
and shot and wounded farmer, stole
one Of pair Of bloodhounds placed
on their trail. it was made known here
by returning members Of the posse.
one of the bIoodhounds was found shot
dead, but the bandits .ook the younger
and better animal with them. Fed
eral and State officers vainIy pursued
the men,
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
Too MANY oFrlcERs.
And Not Enough Men In Militia, Com
mander Says.

Washington, D. C.-TcQ many on
GERS and not enough menthat's what
IS the matter with the United States
Naval Militia. Commander F. B. Bas-
sett, Jr, head Of this division Of the
Navy. stated in mis- annual report, just
made public. Bassett would weed out
some of the officers or cut off their
titles to improve the militia.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
eERMAN-owNEp OH IS pRlzg.

Cargo Of British Tanker Subject to
Seizure, Rules Court.
London The prize court settled a
legal point BY ruling that the entire
cargo Of oil Of the British tank steam
Aship Rumanian, which sailed from
ft5rf Arthur, Tex. for Hull, was sub
vt to seizure because it was Ger
wned This decision upset the
tion thai 1900 tons of oil which.
time OF seizure, had been dis
eds at Puraeet, England, was i'm
from confiscatIon.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
RussIA.

PETROGRAD.- the left bank OF
the Vistula there has been some
fierce fighting on the front Of
GloWno-Lowicz and also In the west
ern roads toward Lode and Piota-
kow. On the other fronts there
were no essential notifications n
the lines. On the fronts in the.
Caucasus there was no important
fighting.
GERMANY.
BERLIN In the western theatre Of
war French attacks against our
troops in Flanders were repeatedly
repuIsed, as they were also in the
region northwest of Altkirch, where
the French suffered considerable
losses. In the eastern theatre Of
war the eemy's attacks east
OF the plain Of the Mazuran
Lakes were repulsed with heavy
losses to the Russians. Our offen-
sive in Poland is taking its normal
course.
FRANCE.
PARIS. AT no place along the entire
front has there been any notable
incident. On our right wing we
have made progress in the direc-
ton Of, and near to, Altkirch. We
took 991 prisoners In the region OF
the north alone. In Belgium there
has bee an intermittent but fairly
spirited cannonade between the
railroad from Ypres to Roulers and
the highway between Becelaere and
Pass Chendaele, where the infan-
try Of the enemy endeavored to
gain ground. but quite without sue
cess. AT Vermelles we are continn-
ing the work OF organizing the po-
sitions taken from the enemy. From
the Somme to the Argonne region
there is quiet along the entire front
In the Argonne there have been
several attacks on the part Of Ger
man infantry, but all were repulsed
by our troops, particularly at La
Corne, to the northwest Of the For
est of Grurie.
Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
EAT eERMAN yIcToRY.

vi Lodz Called Remarkable
achievement.
Aa success of the Ger
pysng LODI, largely be-
preceded IT Is regarded
experts here as a re-
avement Less than a
he army to which this
"a was surrounded by
It's way out only at
losing great mum
lany guns, and yet
the Russians.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

167O-Thc Hudson Bay company was
chartered by Charles II.
Theresa, the famous en-
press of Austria, born in Vienna
Died there. Nov. 80, 1880.
17Sl-Benedict Arnold became COM
mander of the British forces in
Virginia.
iS09-Nienna was captured for the
second time by the French under
Napoleon.
1Sl7-The Pennsylvania Society for
Promotion of Public Economy
was formed i'm Philadelphia.
lS29-Sevcral factories in Massachu-
sets shut down because of a
demand for higher wages by
their employees.
1SiS-Thc Sicilians declared them
selves independent of Naples.
Seventy five lives lost in the
Drummond collicry disaster in
Nova Scotia.
lS7i-Empcror Alexander II. of Rus
STA arrived in England on a visit
to Queen Victoria.
lS77-Sukhum Kaleh, Russian port
on the Black Sea, was captured
by n Turkish squadron.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
SNEERS AND DUTY.

Il never was under fire but
fancy that there are some things
Just as hard To do as to go under
fire. / fancy that il is just as hard
10 do your duty when men are
sneerng at you as when they are
shooting ut you."-President VIII
son i'm his tribute 90 the marines
and sailors killed at Vera cruz.
The president needs courage equal
to that exhibited by the brave boys
who lost their lives at Vera cruz. He
is compelled TO bear mp under sneers
which wound his heart and proceed
as his conscience dictates Every
suerr aimed 1t him finds its mark
while in battle only 20 part OF the bull
lets which are fred hit the enemy
President Wilson has been sneered
ar for his Mexican policy. and he has
feI. the pain Of it just as any man
would who has heart and feels that
his course is the best But IL is 20 the
presidents credit, that regardless OF
harsh criticism. he has set out To see
h.s Mexican policy through 10 the end
and avoid, II possible. war which
would prove costly both iu lives and
money.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
AUSTRIA STOPPING EMIGRATION

austria mas taken drastic method
OF keeping IT'S young men at home for
service IN IN" army remarks the Even
ing WISCONSIN Under the. provisions
OF ia'elE ISSUED ministerial decree the
privilege or emisratIng Is denied To
men under the age OF thirty-iour. No
man below ihat age VIII be permitted
[" cross the frontier unless ne can pro-
u"'e passport ana the local author
i''es nave received strict instructions
To issue such papers only to applicants
VINO can prove mat they nave perform
'd their military service including the
i"I term IN the reserve and have
passed INTO the Landsturm' the last
me OIL reserves Tor nome defense rms
means '"elNe years OF service Tor the
a''rdE' maze austrian.
ne enforcement "l TINS rule VIII IN
''i'e 'a'dSiip' especially III the over
'i'"ued portions OF the empire. Call
VA I"T instance is one OF the most
H'h7eIy populated lands I'm Europe,
WIN JUS IarSe peasant population ekins
OUT the bdfeSt subsistence on barren
sou. Ihc country being too poor "a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

people of the south and west are gre y
consumers. should think that the vol
ume Of business between the Nation
alist parts of the country and Belfast
alone has quadrupled within the last
fifteen years. Quite apart from poll
ties. the bitterness that would ine"-
itably arise were Ulster or any part OF
IL cut off from Ireland would result in
the destruction of the biggest ware
houses we have in year. or course.
should vote against Home Rule
candidate. but | should vote and can
vass against tho separation of Ulster,
and especially Of Belfast. from Ireland
for a moment"
Anent Plural Voting.
Now that the government has safely
weathered the crisis over the refusal of
officers Ia serve against the Ulster vol
unteers' Liberal members OF Pariia-
ment have returned Ia their old de-
mand that there shall be no general
election until the bill To abolish plural
voting has become law This bin was
passed through the House Of Commons
last year for the first time but was
promptly thrown out by the Lords. ii
is being introduced for the second time
this year, and if the Lords repeat their
action of last year il will have TO lac
passed i'm a third session To become law
despite their veto.
or course If the Unionists agree -
let the bill go through this year the
Liberals will consent To general cleo
ton. but otherwise the rank and file
of the party and the I.abortcs as well,
will fight To the last to prevent an APP
peal To the electors until they are sure
that they do not have To fight with the
advantage Of the plural voter, who in
the mind of every Liberal must he Il
Unionist. An Irish Nationalist leader,
who probably knows the minds of the
back bench Liberal as we'll as any man
i'm the House of Commons. said re-
Gently:
The only possibility Of general
election is that the Unionists find some
way of turning the government out
They thought they would do it over the
Ulster question. but that having been
turned to the advantage of the govern
ment by the cry Army against the
people they will not have To look tu
some other means of defeating Mr. As
quth's government"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
LIE COST oF WAR.

We talk O great deal about the cost
81 war. but few Of us realize what IL
means tHI We are confronted by the
actual figures According 20 an est
mate bg the librarian Of rhc war de
partmeHt the wars in which the init
cd States has ou-ared from the reyo-
luton 10 thi. time cost the country in
dollars expended for military and naval
operations grand total of Sll.29G, %
aN5,io6. The civil war alone cost us
over TEN billion. aud that estimate docs
not include the property and slave
losses 81 the south nor tU" pensions
paid since tho conflict Tho last MexI-
can war cost us sl0o000U00 and the
Spanish war $362loI 500 The cost iu
life, i'm SORROW, in The destruction of
efficient human beings cannot Dee iu-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
House of Commons Will
Pass Home Rule Measure
This Month Third Tim

~ the interests of this province are
bound up with those OF the rest of Ire
land. -Four commercial travellers from
nv house arc almost continually
in the South and West. Within the
past week we have received orders for
new seasons goods from Cork. Lime
rick. Clonmcl, Roscrca. and Sligo
reaching S55,0O0 \ very slight curtajl-
ment of such a trade would mean all
the difference between a good proit
and loss. leading To bankruptcy. The
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

The \. g. G. mediators will propose
that a provisional government be set
up i'm Mexico, with both the Huerta
anal Carranza factions represented
But the plan won't work for the simple
reason thai the rebels viii not accent
il. They will continue To Insist that
the Huerta party be eliminated. And
they have good grounds for assuming
such an arbitrary position. They have
defeated Huerta at every turn and are
now i'm sight of their goal Their ulti-
mate success is assured. II is plain Ia
see that the mediators viii have to
hnd another way out of the difficulty.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1914.
SOCIALISTS AND THE FLAG.

The national committee of the So
cIaust party roesnt want the United
states to go to war with Mexico. II
met in Chicago yesterday and passed
resolutions of protest
What care the Socialists about the
honor Of the American flag? In the
event Of war; how many Socialists
would be found in the ranks of the
men bearing arms for that flag?
The red nag may DE Haunted with
immunity I'm this country SO why
should the red nag adherents pay any
attention to the Tampico insult?
The president is confident hostilities
i'm Mexico can be avoided, hut peace
must come with honor and if 1t is
necessary 20 fight, he will not look
To the Socialists for advice or assist
ance. He will look TO the millions
who revere the stars and stripes above
an other emblems.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
NEWSPAPER COMPETITION.

Referring 10 the recent elimination OF
daily papers in such metropolitan cities
as Chicago. Denver san Francisco ano
New Orleans. the Duuth Herald ar
CUES that the reason is not altogether
10 be found i'm the alleged higher cos,
Of newspaper living II says that a
big factor i'm connection with this Ques-
ton is undoubtedly the development
OF stronger and better daily papers in
many Of the smaller cities thereby
furnishing new element of Competi-
ton for the metropolitan dailies ga
contend with Formerly, comments the
Oshkosh Northwestern, the big papers
held certain advantages, though their
strength of organization and large ii
uancial backing. and they pushed their
circulation throughout surrounding
territory. often To distance of $50
miles and more. Their money enabled
them to employ q news gathering sery-
ice that was quite beyond the reach OF
the average small city daily, and they
also utilized large and expensive forces
of solicitors, who constantly worked
the sections and states tributary To the
cities where they were published
Within the last decade or So how
ever there has been notable improve
ment and development among many II
the small city papers. Many Ca them
have improved their news service bv
joining the Associated Press and other
strong news gathering organizations.
and they also have paid much attention
To Strengthening their local forces,
their circulation service and their
mechanical equipments, thus enabling
them 20 turn out much better papers
and 10 DO il more eXpeditiously. Time
is a great factor m the distribution ur
daily papers, and when the people of =
small city, and The residents of the sur
rounding country find that their Local
paper is giving them the same teleg-
raphic news as is used in the metro
poltan daily, and in addition is using
dispatches six or ten hours later, and
therefore "fresher," the local paper
naturally gets the preference. And still
another reason for this preference for
the local daily Is the fact that the
latter carries the local news &c inter-
est, which Of course is not To he found
i'm the metropolitan daily.
1t is therefore not strange that the
metropolitan dailies are finding it in
creasiugly hard 10 keep up the big cir
culation so necessary 10 their exist
cnce. No one hears these days of new
metropolitan dailies heing started
while, on the other hand, their number
is steadily decreasing. And To a con-
siderable extent the same thing is true
Of the smaller cities, for here also it is
recognized that one good paper is far
preferable 10 two or more poor ones
and where a limited field is occupied by
several weak ana struggling papers il
becomes merely "a question Of the sur
tivJl Of the httcst
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
RAILROAD FEAT
OF ENGINEERING
Mexican Road Considered Tri.
umph of Railway Construction

Vera CRUZ, May 12.-The MEXICAN
railway. connecting the capital win
Vera CRUZ. its greatest seaport. was
one of the first of the mountain climb
ers and for years was the scene or
much descriptive writing and technical
discussion by engineers.
Although such construction is COM
monplacc now. fifty years ago IT was ,
daring exploit ana this was. pcrhaps
the most expensive work of the Kind
ever undertaken. Its cost was cnor-
nous but Il considerable portion Of the
expenditure was not legitimate.
The work was interrupted frequently
by revolutions and financial Difficult
ties, and that. of course, added to tho
cost. II is, however, one of the most
profitable railways i'm Mexico. The
roadbed is of the same solid sort that
one finds in England. with heavy rails
laid upon steel ties and ballasted with
as much care as is usually taken In
building the walls of house
Always Source of Interest.
Although the engineering feat has
been initiated many times. and even
surpassed, in the Rocky mountains ana
the Andes, the Mexican road stnl
ranks very high and can never lose its
interest from a technical standpoint.
It's scenic attraction are unsurpassed
| i'm Mexico. and are equaled by few rail
WAYS on either hemisphere.
From Cordoba an ideal of tIopicqI
cities, the track runs through coffee
plantations fields of sugar cane, groves
of oranges. gardens OF maneoes. pine
apples and forests of palm. palmetto
and bananas. ana climbs gradually NJ
the mountains until it reaches the city
Of OriZaba, one of the most cntcrpris-
ing and important i'm the republic. sit
ting at the base of the extinct volcano
of the same name.
Wonderful Scenery.
For Thirty or forty miles beyond O"i-
zaba the scenery is sublime. The tra'p
climbs to an altitude Of $3.50 fc't,
through canyons, tunnels and long
shelves which have been chiseled i'm the
Rocky mountain sides. one goes up
4, 100 feet i'm twenty-ninc miles, reach
ing the summit and the grand divide at
n water tank called Boca del MOnt,
from which is one Of the grandcst
spccta"les that can he seen in all the
universe.
The picture may bc likened to one Of
the toy villages that are sold i'm the
shops of Switzerland. u level VALLEY
1000 feet below. being covered with
miniature farms and villages. groves
and orchards ANA quaint adobe houses
with roofs Of red tile.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

Guided i'm mere tabulations. But the
country feels IL in it's impaired vitality
and in the deeper shadows which are
thrown upon thousand of lives. For
every reason we may well hope that
another bloody and costly bill I'm
MeNieo
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
PRESS IS HONEST
WITH The PUBLIC
Oswald G. Willard of New York
Post Answers Unfair Criticism

Lawrence, Kansas, May l3.-oswald
G. Willard. Of the New York Eveninp
kPoSt, addressed today tho Kansas
Newspaper Conference AT the Cniver-
! sity of Kansas. He dealt PARTICULARS
with the allegations coming from one
quarter or another Ia the effect that
newspapers and news agencies sup
pressed news.
III one could believe all that one
| heard" he said. "a true picture of the
heads of the press would portray them
perpetually behind the areas atranS-
ing some plot or other. Men who scent
wholesale conspiracies in other indi-
viduals usually wind up I'm the obser-
walton wards of our hospitals, but
your next door neighbor is privileged
10 believe I'm day and night con d.
spiracies of the press without fear oi
having his sanity question. Indeed he
may be exalted by his doubt. And -
We hear of agreements among news
papers to ignore this happening, go
suppress that and 10 villify this O.
that defender OF the rights ~ the peo-
pie. In New York city, 81 deep are the
clefts between the various newspapers.
that you could never possibly ger thr.r
heads Ia sit down around a tah.'-
much less break bread together.
Although the law has compelled Us
of the metropolitan press % print the
names of all the stockholders and
bondholders for year past. 9, did "a Ht
surprise me 10 read an article IN a
current magazine by a distinguished
citizen of Indiana 10 the effect that
newspapers ought To be compelled g.
tell the influences behind them ! have
so often heard this rumor that | have
mortgaged myself TO Wall Street. with
the name and address of the banker
that | am surprised at nothing. Not IL
he should throw his private books
open To a Bristow or a La Toilette,
could a New York editor hope To down
this entertaining fiction. He would
only hear that his books were doctored,
or that he was hiding behind somebody
else's skirts, or that il was the point
of view of the men he associated wi i
that really did the mischief-so dis
credited are newspaper managers with
certain sections of the people and GER
tain cross-very cross-sections of the
politicians.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

r. j., T.. j., u. w. and Il. w j. Nail
Of McDonough Ga. all past 20, served
throueh tile civil war la the same
regiment in the confederate service
and came ont uniniured. They are an
rcighboring farmers and active still,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
Same Action Will Be Taken on
Welsh Disestablishment and
Both Bills Will Become Laws
Despite Lords.


London, May l3.-This month prob
ably will see the passage through the
House of Commons Of three great con-
troversial measures, tfomc' Rule for
Ireland, disestahishmcnt of the Welsh
Church and the abolition of plural vot-
ing. The first two will have been
passed for the third time under the
Parliament Act. and no matter what
the House of Lords do with them they
will become law The plural voting
bill still has another time Ia pass
through the House of Commons.
OF course the greatest interest ~
taken i'm the Home Rule bill. There
has been much talk of compromise and
settlement by consent. but the best In
formed opinion of the country is that
nothing i'm this direction will he done
in the House of Commons, and any set
Element must he reached when the bill
is before the Lords.
The Nationalists and Ulster Union
lists have stated their demands quite
plainly and there seems no room for
tionalists have agreed to the tempora
ry exclusion of Ulster from the opera
ton of the bill. while the FISHERMEN
demand permanent exclusion. Neither
side apparently will recedc. although
Nationalists have been heard To say
that perhaps there will he little more
concession to save the face of the
4 l..
was thought Mr. Balfour. who knows
his Ireland well, would he the man TO
find common ground on which the op-
posing leaders could meet but his
speech mt the Hyde Park dcmohslra-
ton, in which he spoke against COM
promise. has ruled him out, and now
| it is for the Lords To find the way Out
| If the question is To he, settled by con-
sent.
Federal System Is Opposed.
Three has been talk of Federal
system for the whole of the uhllcd
| KINGDOM, and it has been suggested
| that Ulster should he excluded. froal
the Home Rule bill until this system
is inaugurated when she could choose
|
federal system, however, has many in
nuential opponents, and as for Ulster it
| raises another difIicuIty. Many of tn"
great Belfast merchants do the bulk @!
their business with the people OF the
south and west Of ireland. These NOR
chants are opposed To Home Rule but
say il Home Rule must come they 81"
not want their province excluded. The
bankers of Belfast take the same view.
| Here Is the opinion of "A wealthy Bel
fast businessman:
/ "Sir Edward Carsons demand for
the complete and unconditional ox-
cIusion of Ulster need not I've taken So
riously. We all know that the Nation"
alists would never think of accepting
such a proposal We know quite rs
well that IL would bc impracticahlc II
Il possibly could he accepted. No one
can tell better than myself how close
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

Harry Scott has just returned To tn"
home in ShelbyVillc, Ind. he left -
years ago, To find his wife twice re-
married i'm his absence.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13

Col. Daniel Maggie, 81, of Pottsvillc,
Pa. Mexican war veteran. would ike
To go to war again in spite OF his age