The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-01
MANY PLEAS
OF GUILTY ARE
ENTERED TODAY
Circuit Court DIsposes of Cases.
Night Sessions Probable

The september term OF the Hough-
ton county circuit court opened today
and the brevity with which a grist of
business was dispatched indicates
that the calendar will be entirely dis
posed OF during the present term. To
accomplish this end, Judge p. H..
OBrien announced that the court is
ready To hold night sessions and in the
event that attorneys are so disposed.
this will be the order. The calendar
is one of the longest that has been pre-
pared for a number of years and in all,
there are 10 cases to be tried. OF
these. forty-four are criminal.
Ten Plead Guilty.
Pleas OF guilty were entered by ten
defendants and it is likely that SEN
tence will be passed upon the defend
ants late this afternoon. Among those
who so pleaded were Vaino Maxi. Nick
Prish and John st. John, charged
with carrying concealed weapons; Da-
Vid y. Mcneil, house breaking; Elmo
Karlsberg. felonious assault; Hjalmer
Altilla. Joseph Crosse and August Saa-
ri, house breaking; Charles Macchi, Ii
bel and SANDER and Giuseppe Cisobel-
la, larceny.
First Case on Sept. ID.
After the arrangement of the cal
endar. the court announced that the
first jury case would come up on Sept.
II and the jury was ordered to report
on that date. Meanwhile, naturaliza-
ton petitioners viii be examined and
next week. the Eagle River court will
be rccOnvened by Judge OBrien.
The first case will be that Of Lloyd
Lyman, charged with assault with in
tent to kill. This case originated dur
ing the strike, when Phillip Mhelich,
a striker. was shot during riot on
Sixth street, Red Jacket. The de-
PENDANT was n member of the Ypsilanti
signal corps and at the time of the |
shooting, he was employed as a mount |
ed policeman for the G. & II. Mining |
company. The second case will be that |
of Emil Strang and James Johnson, |
charged with the murder OF n striker |
at Superior last January.
Nichols to Assist Lucas.
At the opening session of the court. |
Prosecuting Attorney Lucas asked that |
George Il. Nichols of Ionia be appoint
ed special assistant prosecutor to aid |
i'm the disposition of five cases growing |
out OF the strike. The court granted |
the request.
Attorney Charles o. olivier Of Han |
cock, a recent graduate of the de-
partment of the University of Michi-
gan. was admitted to practise in the |
circuit court.
Ask Change Of Venue.
Attorney Il +. BeGendre, counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners, an
nounced that arguments for a change |
OF venue in the case of John Huhta.
Nick Ner'banac Hjalmer Jallonen and
Joseph Juntinen, charged with muir
der, would be submitted to the court |
Saturday. 1t is limited that the de-
PENDANTS will ask that the cases be
transferred to Baraga county.
Naturalization Petitions.
United States Naturalization Exam
liner Ralph Moser arrived today for
the purpose Of examining applicants
for full citizenship papers at the pres
ent term OF court. According to Mr..
Mosler the struggle between the Euro
pean nations has not affected the ma
turalization business to any great ex-
tent. though since the war started. APP