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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
More Blessed 10 Give,

There was TO be wedding I'm GER
tain Richmond family, and in the bus
tie preceding the day Uncle Luke, the
gardener. was called upon to be door
man for one afternoon. The ladies'
were tired ont with the preparations
and babe Luke tell all inquirers that
they begged not TO be disturbed They
gave Luke other instructions. as he
made plain later.
Two friends called. bringing pres
ents. Luke met them at the door and
eyed the packages.
"Arc the ladies' in?' the callers in
Quired.
"YeSsum. dc misses rs In" answered
Luke gcnially. but dcy say rs how to
tell yo' dcy amt want to see no one
but Of YOU was to bring um cir to
tex II and fotch IL upstairs soon's yo's
gone and thnnIly kindly. ma'am."--
New York Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
Canal Opening Saturday
VIII Be Growing Event
i'm History of the ZSlhx1uS

Washington, Aug. 12.--When tn,
Panama canal is opened To world''
commerce next Saturday, il will crown
a series of more than "A score OF in
teresting points in the history of the
isthmus. AS briefly told they are:
FIRST CROSSING OF THE 18TH
MUS: By Balboa who. ON September
25, 1913. much To his surprise found
himself gazing upon the Pacific ocean
after % days journey on foot.
FIRST SHIPS TO CROSS THE
ISTHMUS; In 1914 Balboa and his
men carried two small ships, piece
meal. across the isthmus. intending to
use them for further exploration in the
Pacific
FIRST SETTLEMENT OF OLD
PANAMA, in 1917. to become known
later for a time as the richest city in
the world.
FIRST REGULAR TRAFFIC.
ACROSS ISTHMUS: The spoils of
conquest sent back To Spain from Peru,
which became SO heavy that highways
paved With stone were laid for the
pack trains
FIRST THOUGHT OF \ CANAL:
Credited to Savadera, a Spanish engi-
neer, one OF Balboa's followers, who
was about To forward his plans to
King Charles V of Spain when the lat
ter died.
FIRST SURVEYS FORNA CANAL:
In 1881 by Spanish engineers who
deemed the project impossible of ac-
Complishment
FIRST OFFICIAL DECISION ON
CANAL PROJECT: BY King PtnIip
H., in 1920, adversely after referring
the matter to the Dominican friarA,
The latter desiring To obey the king S
orders. but unable to report intelligent
ly. suggested that the project was
sacreligious. They quoted from the
Bible: What God hath joined togeth-
er, let no man put nsunder." Accord
ingly the project was put on the shelf
for three centuries.
FIRST BRITISH INTEREST in lat
ter part of 18th century, when the ex-
petition launched by William Paterson.
founder of the Bank of England, at
tempted TO found a community on the |
lsthmus OF BARREN, south of the pres
ent Panama, with the ultimate inten-
ton of establishing a transisthmian |
route. The plan proved an utter fail |
ure. Many other British surveys fol- |
lowed in later years.
The German poet Goethe, n hundred |
years ago, made this remarkable |
prophecy. 1T is absolutely indespen-
sible that the United States effect a
passage from the Mexican Gulf to the
Pacific ocean, and | am certain they |
will do it,"
FIRST DECISION TO BUILD: In
1914, just 100 years ago, the Spanish
government by decree entered upon the
construction of an Isthmian canal. but
he idea was blocked because the Cen
raj American colonies succeeded in
throwing off the Spanish yoke.
FIRST FRENCH INTERESTS came
n 1925, when President Bolivar OF the
Republic OF New Granada gave a fran
'hise for canal at Panama to a
'renchman, Baron Thierry, who failed
o raise the required capital.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
TEMPERlNG STEEL.
Proper Heat to Give Best Results Fer
Making Springs.

Proper Heat to Give Best Results For
Making Springs.
What Is sometimes known as FLASH
temper" or "spring temper" is obtained
10y drawing thoroughly at tempera-
ture of about 800 degrees H.. writes j..
f. Hobart in Blacksmith and Wheel
wright. 1t is the highest heat at
which it is possible to draw Il bit Of
hardened steel and have any temper
or hardness left in it. When drawn
ut flash" point the steel dries Off in
stantly, the oil upon 1t from the hard
ening or tempering bath being flashed
at once into vapor by the heat of the
steel; hence the term flash temper"
or flash point"
Some idea of the temperature of the
fash point may be obtained by consld.
erlng that water bolls at 212 degrees,
and heating steel TO so degrees viii
relieve all the strains caused by work
ing. anneallng or hardening. etc. II
we heat tool steel to about 425 degrees
we get the STRAW" color so useful for
taps ana dies. Drawing little lower
that Is. at q little higher temperature.
say about 40 degrces--we get the
copper color so useful for ordinary
cutting tools Bat If we carry the heat
TO 800 degrees we arrive Mt the flash"
temperature and get a spring temper
which is about the lowest possible ana
have any hardness mt all left In the
steel
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
Worlds Inrnest Rnlt.

The largest conyeyor belts in the
world, 1t Is claimed, are being built by
the Perdrian Rubber company. limit
ed, Of Sydney. New South Wales. for
a coal loading plant at Fort Kembla
The belts are being made after spcclh-
cations of the public works depart
ment. Each is approximately l.G5O
feet long and will weigh twelve tons,
being made up of seven ply rubber
ana cotton In one continuous length
without joints, thirty-six inches wide
When rolled each belt will be too large
to pass through the railway tunnels on
the way To the port. The conveyor
will carry coal about 1900 feet at a
rate of 1000 tons an r-Euglneer-
Ing News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
LAUGHTER and Tears.

One of London's bright young jour
nallsts who went 20 interview Nine.
Sarah Bcrnhardt recently tried TO con
verse with the great actress In her
own hnguage. His French was SO
bad. however, that at lust. In despair.
madame switched the conversation
into English,
She speaks English fairly well. but
after minute or two she made bud
blunder. ana the journalist was un-
able to restrain smile.
why do you laugh?' madame asked
him.
I'm awfully sorry" he apologizcd;
but MS matter OF fact, your Eng
fish made me laugh little"
Mon Diem" gasped madame; my
English made you laugh little. But
your French made me weep lott"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

FIRST ACTION BY THE UNITED
STATES; In 1885, as the result of q
resolution introduced i'm the senate 10y
Henry clay. Charles Biddle was sent
by President Jackson To visit the
isthmus and report on the various
canal routes proposed.
FIRST REPORT TO THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT: by Biddle
I'm 1886, favoring the Panama route. He
had been So struck with il that he re-
turned To the United States without
examining the Nicaraguan, Darien or
Fehuantepec routes. No action fol-
lowed
FIRST RAILROAD BUILT, from
lS49 to 1855, more than half as long
time as has been taken To build the
present canal Fever killed SO many
thousands that it was said a laboror
was buried under every sleeper on the
Panama road.
FIRST ACTUAL CANAL BUILD
ING BEGUN: In 1878 the Universal In
teroccanic Canal company Incorporate
ed i'm Paris by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
VIM ia''h hhiA Allt NutL CANAL.
FIRST BLAST on Culebra Hill. now
Culebra Cut, on January 10. 1880 by
the De Lesseps company, in the pres
ence Of a distinguished gathering.
FIRST FAILURE; In 1887 the i'm
possibility Of digging a sea-level can
al within the estimated Il years and
at the estimated cost of $4,000. 900
became apparent. More than $780,
100000 had already been spent. The
company went into bankruptcy.
FIRST WORK ON \ LOCK CANAL.
was taken up by the New Panama
Canal company in 1894 which prac-
tically ceased operations after five
years work
\ FIRST DIGGING BY AMERICANS,
May 4. l9Oi-taking over the rights
and property of the French Canal
company, and obtaining necessary
concession from the Republic of Pan
anna.
FIRST UNION OF ATLANTIC ,
AND PACIFIC WATERS: Blowing |
up of the Gamboa Dixie, when Pres-
dent Wilson touched an electric but
ton in Washington. October 10. 1913. |
FIRST BOAT OF ANY KIND TO |
MAKE S-ISTHNlIAN PASS |
AGE: A nameless mud scow of the |
Panama railroad, which passed from |
the Pacific entrance to Culebra cut i'm |
November, 1913, and was sent to the |
Atlantic entrance in December 1913. |
FIRST VESSEL TO STEAM |
THROUGH Canal: The crane boat.
Alexander LaValley, an old French
boat of 1000 tons, which passed from
the Atlantic to the Pacific on Jan. :,
1914.
FIRST MAN TO SWIM THROUGH
THE CANAL was Alfred Brown. an
American, who swan from Gatun
Locks to Balboa, distance of thirty
miles on November "a last In 16 hours,
80 minutes actual swimming time.
FIRST VESSEL TO PASS COM
AROUND SOUTH AMER
lCA BY WAY OF THE CANAL was
the tug Reliance. Captain r. C.
which sailed from Colon,
February IL, 1912. voyaged 1O,5OO
miles around South America and re-
turned to the Atlantic ocean through
iatun locks. February first last.
|
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
Fiuhtinu the plaoue-

The authorities of the Dutch East
Indies are continually lighting the dan.
ger of the plague. which threatens the
communities especially in the hnrbor
towns. where rats from the incoming
vessels spread the disease germs. DR.
I'll. government physician for the
harbor of Soerabaja. has now found
that n mixture of petroleum aud soap.
applied freely TO the localities whore
the rats swarm. will effectively destroy
their tleas and with them the plague
bacilli. This new diSlncec'lnt is cheap.
or and more efllcacioHs thsn carbolic
acid
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
CANAL WILL OPEN FOUR
MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME.

More than four months ahead OF the
date set when me board of conSultins
engineers in 1906 estimated that il
would take until January 1915, TO COM
plete the Panama canal along the lines
then under way, the United States
government finds itself ready TO begin
business next Saturday in selling tick
cts of passage TO ships of all nations
through the new gateway
1t is just ten years since the gov
eminent advertised its purpose to con-
meet the oceans. 1t is nearly 400 years
since a Spanish engineer first suggest
ed such project.
For a time the epoch which this
triumph of engineering marks will pass
uunoticcd so far as celebrations go.
for it is not until next spring that the
great demonstration will be made, but
from next Saturday on. the Panama
canal will be an accomplished fact, and
the worlds commerce will gradually
accustom itself TO this new grove.
What it will mean to the world at
large, and TO particular nations, and
especially TO the United States, is
question around which a great deal of
controversy has waged, now to be an
swered by the Canal itself.
After the passage Of a government
steamer next Saturday. probably the
CristobaL any ship up 10 10000 tons.
register applying for admission TO the
Pacific from the Atlantic, or vice YER
Sa, may be conducted through the
80 miles waterway upon payment Of
Sl.25 FOR every ton neD of cargo
crew and passengers will not be taxed
At this nominal expense some two
months sailing time. on a 10000 miles
voyage around the south America con-
tiuent may be saved, or the expense Of
transhipmeut by railroad done away
with, IL desired.
The canal has cost the United States
nearly S4O0,oo0.000 That is approxi-
mately what De Lesseps, the French
engineer. figured it would cost when
be undertook the job in 1859. but he |
spent that and more, in making only a |
slight impression. and ended in utter
failure and financial disgrace.
a year from this time i is figured |
the government viii have 20 show re- |
ce.pts of some &l5.000000 to pay the |
operating cost Of the canal which will |
Doe about S+000oo0 yearly. and the in
tercst on its huge Investment Whether |
81 VIII be able TO do So this year or for
many years is a moot question.
Traffic experts have estimated that
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

and thunder at the door of the mys-
teriOus house.
\ young girl appeared.
What is wantedT" she asked no
litely.
II heard dreadful cries aud wells"
painted Lecoq. Tell me what Is
wrong"
The young girl blushed and answer
ed with an embarrassed air:
well, sir, If yon must know. ma 5
putting patch on pas trousers, and
he's got lem on"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

Among the stories coming from Par
is is one reported to have reached that
capital directly from Berlin to the ef-
feet that the Crown Prince started
Germany on the road To war. while the
Kaiser was taking a vacation of the
To Berlin, the account proceeds. the
Kaiser found himself powerless to I'M
do what had been effected without
compromising the empire. The Kaiser
is said 10 have flown into a terrible
rage, and to have struck his son in the
face. All Of which may bee believed by
those who choose.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
SIR WALTER RELEiGH.

II spread my cloak to keep her feet
from the wet" complained Sir Walter
Yes"
"Yet lost out with Queen Elizabeth
in the end"
you don't understand girls Walt"
commented his friend. You should
have carried her across.
Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
"A REPUBLICAN YEAR"

THE results OF the Kansas senator
ial primary is record evidence that this
will be a Republican year" said Rep
resentative Campbell Of Kansas, when
asked what he thought Of the vote. 1T
is particularly good evidence that those
who voted the progressive ticket in
1912 are normally Republican. l know
that in my state of Kansas those who
voted for Roosevelt in 1912 did so, not
because they had left the Republican
party, but as a protest against what
happened in the Chicago convention.
There will be slump from the
Progressive to the Republican party
this fall and in 1916, not because those
who voted the progressive ticket in
1912, are not just as progressive as
ever, but because they will have no
protest To make and can vote with the
party TO which they feel they belong"
-.:-:.-
Aren't YOU glad you live in a country
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
New York's Se,yao,.

Every Day there is poured into the
Harlem river 900000OO gallons o. sew
age; into the North river. l32.pO0OOO
gallons; into the East river, lG4.COO. 900
gallons. 80 In the course or 4 year
New York city pollutcs It's harhoc with
about 495,oO0.0O0 gallons OF refuse
matter. New York World.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
HOW THE NEWS OF THE WAR
is DELAYED.

AdVices 10 the Associated Press from
London state that an increasingly rig
id censorship is being imposed on al
matter from Brussels. This increases
the delay on such dispatches as are
allowed To come through. The French
Gable company, which. except those
with terminals In the British isles, is
the only direct line TO Europe now in
operation, has given notice that the
congestion on its lines is such that all
MESSAGES are subject 10 a minimum
delay OF forty eight hours. In an EFFORT
10 avoid this delay direct dispatches of
the Associated Press from Paris are
being routed through London, but the
delay is also very great. Dispatches
which left Paris early yesterday are
being received with a delay of from
fifteen To seventeen more hours, and
other Paris dispatches have suffered
even greater delay in transmission.
There is absolutely no direct COM
munication with Germany N Austria
by any routing. \ few censored dis
patches are coming through via Lon
don and these are reCensored for
transmission out of England. The AS
soCiated Press has been making every.
effort to communicate with Germany
through the wireless companies oper-
ated from New York. on sunday a
was sent 10 the Berlin bureau
of the Associated Press, and the wire
less company said that it had been re-
ceNed in Germany, but since then only
signals have been eN-
changed over that system.
Inability To secure wireless commu-
niCation with Germany since the cut
ting Of the direct German cable at the
outbreak Of the war. and the incrcas
ing rigor of the London censorship,
still further obscures what has actual
~ transpired within the military zone.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

UIH HV NVNTVIIy
placed the butter in a bag he carried
with him. He then startled the al
ready astonished waitress by repeating
the order again und when he had fin
ished rs before by repeating it again
and finally walked off with three
pounds Of butter. while the staff giized
upon him with open mouthed amaze
ment.-London Taller.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

open "f0r the sale
o { refreshments
only" and order
ed Il cup of tea.
q bun and n
pound of butter.
explaining to the
surprised W a T.
ress that be was
extremely fond of
butter. The re
freShments" were
served TO him.
and after drink
ing the tea and
consuming the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

Il darE. nlNSteri-
GUS loo k / n =
house set In Il
weed grown gar.
den he heard
loud shouts and
rOarS Of
Murder. O h.
heavens. Help.
Y GU re killing
me! Murder!"
1t was tn q
w o I k of an IN
slant for Lecod
to vault the
crumbling fence.
tear through the
A. ns - n,u,1,,,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
Re Was Fond Of Butter.

Quite recently II clever and amusing
evasion of the shop hours act was eff
fected by Northumberland clergy
man. His wife, who was busy with
Ler cooking. needed some butter. which
she requested him to purchase. He
started out 10 do SO. but found the
shops closed for the usual weekly half
holiday. in accordance with the provi-
siOns of the act SO he entered a cafe,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
HARD TO WRIGoLE OUT.

II see a certain handcun king wants
a divorce"
Found one set Of bonds strong
enough to hold him, eh?"--Kansas city
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
RESTORING the Family Confidence.

wonders continue to happen. Last
night my small son. who is just taking
up algebra, brought me one of his
problems. ] once told him in a care
less moment that used to lead my
class in algebra. Well. took his prob
lem and studied on IL long time"
"And couldn't do it?"
"Yes, could-and dld."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
sELeluM,s FORESIGHT.

IL is lucky for France and lucky for
the Belgians themselves that they did
not take at It's face value the guaran-
tees OF neutrality given them by the
powers. but kept up their military es-
adjustment, remarks the Detroit Free
Press II they had allowed themselves
90 Doe lulIed into a sense Of security, il
they had let their Notifications fall
into ruins if they had permitted their
army To disintegrate if they had emp
tied their arscnals-in short. II they
had dsarmcd their country today
would Doe nothing more than mere
trampine ground for the German arm
les, 10 be ultimately absorbed into the
empire If the empire should hold it's
own.
But Belgium, like Holland and
Switzerland knew just about how
much reliance was to be placed on the
faith Of It's big neighbors. and valuing
It's independence and self-respect, it
took precautions. As matters stand
the little kingdom has become for the
moment a very important factor in
European affairs. Many of the dis
patches from the other side of the At
iantic may be colorcd, but there can
DE mo- doubt that despite the exhibition
~ most desperate valor the German
advance army has been halted i'm it's
course ana has suffered a delay which
may interfere considerably with the
r..
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12
HE SCR A BOOK
Hence the How.s.

One of our famous detectives Leco0
we viii call him-was pursuing his
hOmeward way one night when from
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

one II Tho most intensely exciting
and thrilling Incidents Of the great
war is to come fight I'm the air with
a large force on each side. It is sure
10 come, and probably many times.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

Mr.. Bristow was beaten FOR the SEN
atursHip in Kansas and may now bc
expected 90 join the Progressive party.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

EN-Prcsideu, Taft is optimistic. He
believes that the war viii Doe worth
while, if it is To- Joe the last. II won't
be the last while Mexico is populated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

Aren't YOU glad you live in country
at peace with all the world?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

\ treaty seems 10 be all right if it
doesn't get i'm the way.
--.."..-
Interference with geography comes
high.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-13
SEVEN TABLETS
CAUSE OF DEATH
Davenport Man Disregards In
structions in Taking Head
ache Medicine.

Harvey Moeller, "a years of age, who
resided at 21S Siegfriedt avenue, in
Davenport, died early Sunday morn
ing at his home as the result of taking
an overdose of headache tablets. Noel
ler had been afflicted with severe
cold for a week or more. Saturday af-
ternoon he was attacked with a bad
headache, and he secured the tablets.
The directions on the box stated that
one tablet should be taken, and then
in two hours, if no relief was felt, to
take another. Moeller started by TAX
ing two tablets and in an hour and a
half had taken seven. AS soon as the
tablets took effect he sank into stu
por and died at o'clock in the morn
ing.
He leaves a wife, one son and a
daughter. No inquest was held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-13

New York, April 13.-Mayor .Iitchel
believes that he has at last found the
man for the most difficult job in New
York-that of police commissioner
The man is Arthur Woods, form
erly secretary to the mayor.
Woods has long been a student of
police conditions and has studied
them at home and abroad. AS secre-
tary of the citizens committee on
police he made a trip to England in
1907 to study the system there.
When he returned he advocated
changes in the police department
here and was appointed fourth
deputy commissioner in charge of
the detective division under Commits
sioner Bingham. He served in that
capacity until the end of Mayor Nc
Clellen's administration and put into
effect numerous reforms in the detec-
tive division.
The new police commissioner. who
is 40 years old, was prior to 1907 a
reporter on one of New York's evening
newspapers. He was graduated from
the class of 1892 at Harvard and then
studied a year in Berlin. On his re-
turn to this country he became mas
ter in the Groton school in Massa-
chusetts. Later he accompanied form
er President lat on a trip to the
Philippines wheh Mr.. Taft was secre-
tary of war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-13
FIVE ARRESTED IN
SPURCEON'SC CASE
Denver Officers Hold Men as
Assailants of Preacher, Who
Is Still in Hospital.

Denver, Colo, April 13.-Five men
were arrested late yesterday on the
charge of being members of the mob
of nearly 200 men and women which
last sunday kidnapped and Ybjpnsd> the
Rev. Otis T. spurgeUn; sSptisf min
lister of Des Moines, Iowa, following
his attacks on the Catholic church in
an address here.
The men were questioned for three
hours today by the prosecuting attor-
ney, but it is understood that none
would make any incriminating state
ments.
1t was announced at the prosecutors
office that at least a dozen more ar
rests may be expected at any time.
Each of the prisoners had been ques-
toned by the grand jury also before
their arrest. They were arrested after
they had been closely scrutinized by
witnesses who claimed to be able to
identify the members of the party
which took Rev. Spurgeon from his
room in the Pierce hotel and hustled
him away to the spot on the Brighton
road where the assault took place.
The grand jury will make its final
report tonight. Rev. Spurgeon is still
in the hospital.