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Evening star., 1914-02-01
Of FAVOR|T|SM
MADE AGAINST ABBOTT
William E. Johnson Author of Com
plant Filed With Congressional
Commission.

Charges of favoritism against former
Acting Indian Commissioner r. VI. Alb
bott have been filed with the joint con-
EresSional commission to investigate
Indian affairs by William F. Johnson.
formerly chief supervisor in the Indian
service. for the suppression of the liquor
traffic among the Indians.
Senator Robinson of the commission
stated yesterday it would call the mat
ter to Mr.. Abhott's attention. and would
probably investigate the charges at its
cOp1-apiopca
Evening star., 1914-02-01
Some of Charges Made.

Many of the complaints said Sena-
tor Robinson. ''ailege the expenditure of
public money by Mr. Abbott while acting
commissioner to organize a political ma
chine in the service; the wrongful exer-
else of his influence and authority to re-
tain in the service corrupt and inefficient
agents; that he ordered al public expense
reservation agents and other employees IN
the Indian service in remote localities to
washington last winter to attempt to se-
cure his appointment is commissioner of
Indian affairs: that he permitted his po-
Htfcal favorites to expend excessive funds
on various reservations for the constluc-
ton of residences when said funds Were
badly needed for providing school faciii-
ties for the Indians
Evening star., 1914-02-01
sUMPTU0Us QUARTERS
FOR AMERICANS IN PARIS
Princess Colloredo Mansfield En-
deavors to Satisfy Demand of
Wealthy Yankees.

PARIS, January 31.-Princess Colloredo
Mansfield is endeavoring to satisfy the
demand of wealthy Americans in Paris
for sumptuous apartments.
She has almost completed, at the esti-
mated cost of S1,Ooo,GOO. a palatiaI white
marble building near the Bois de Bou-
losne. which already has been named
the millionaire's apartment house." and
she is now considering plans for a SINH
lar palace off the Avenue Henri Martin,
where many Americans live nowadays.
The princess plan is to attract as ten
ants such Americans as Alfred Wander
bilt, Anthony ]. Drexel, Col. MiIlard
Hunsiker and Moncure Robinson, who
are in the habit of spending several
months each year in Paris, staying at
hotels, where the privacy of a real home
is not purchasable. even at the highest
prices.
Evening star., 1914-02-01
Further Allegations.

Further charges" said Senator Robin
son, are that he retained in Washington
officials In the Indian service and know
tngly permitted them to draw per diem
money to which they We're not entitled:
that he displayed favoritism in the mat
ter of leasing and grazing privileges:
that he permitted himself to be used by
railroads in an attempt to exchange
worthless lands within Indian reserva-
lions Tor valuable lands the public
domain; that he used his influence to re-
tain in the service a superintendent who
was engaged in the Illicit liquor busi-
ness
Senator Robinson said he had intended
to withhold the Johnson charges until an
investigation had been made, but that
inquiries had led him to issue a state
ment on the subject.
Evening star., 1914-02-01
American Ideas in Apartments.

She argues that the time has come
when Americans should have their regu-
lar ''pieds terre'' in Paris. like French
noblemen. who own country castles,
where they can put up for a few weeks
or months away from the distractiny
elements of hotel life.
Rents in the princess building are
dearer than any other apartment house
in Paris, something being added for the
privilege of paying rent to a titled land
lady. She has borrowed many American
ideas in constructing the house, which
largely is of her own design.
The princess is the wife of the head
of the semi-royal Colloredo Mansfield
family. Before her marriage to the
prince she was the widow of John Gra-
ham of Surrey, England. She is con-
nected by marriage with the Countess
Ferdinand Colloredo Mansfield, who was
Miss Nora iselin of New York
Evening star., 1914-02-01
Root Objects to Objection.

Senator Root, rising to a question of
personal privilege, expressed his regret
that the senator from Kansas had seen
1T to have made a matter of public rec
Ord. remarks he had casually made TO
Senator Cummins.
Senator Stone, interrupting at that point.
declared:
The senator from Kansas is in the
habit of doing those things Personally,
am tired OF it
At that juncture Senator Williams sus-
gesting that the senators appeared 10 be
.-in bad humor, demanded the regular
order
Senator Newlands said il Mr. Lane s
charge had not been withdrawn he would
propose a cor:. ittee of Investigation
"Oh. I've Withdrawn il" said Senate.
Lane, and consideration of the whole
subject went over until tomorrow
Evening star., 1914-02-01
Details Not Completed.

Commissioner Newman said yesterday
that only a few of the details of the
proposal have been worked out. For eX-
ample, no decision has been reached as
to whether the properties of the gas
companies should be acquired by con-
demnation or other method.
The Commissioners have asked Con-
gress for an appropriation of $4,000 to
enable the public utilities commission to
make valuation of the properties of all
local public utilities. and. in connection
with the plans to have the municipality
take over and operate the gas plants.
it is probabl a decision will be reached
to first establish a valuation of these
properties
1t is suggested that the plan for ac-
quiring the gas companies may provide
for the compensation of the stockholders
in these concerns on the basis of the
valuation to be established by the utili-
ties commission.
What Caused the Proposal.
The Commissioners proposal for mu-
nicipal ownership of the gas companies
was the result of their being asked by
the Senate appropriations committee to
amendment to the District appropriation
Dill autnorizlns merger Oh tne Two
corporations.
In their communication they stated
that. while a merger might be desirable.
in that it probably would lead to re-
duction in the price of gas, they were
opposed to it on the ground that it might
tend to delay the Districts taking over
and operating the companies as part
of its municipal functions.
Several members of the Senate appro-
priations committee have expressed
themselves as being favorable to the plan
and the Commissioners believe that the
time is ripe to present it in the form
of a bill.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
WEYERHAEUSER'S
ESTATE $875,000
Will Filed at st. Paul Places VAL
ue Below Expectations

st. Paul May 9.-l'iling here today
of the will of Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
giving an approximate value of only
SS75,OOO to the estate. was met with
an intimation from the states legal
department that the extent of the
Weyerhaeuser holdings Will he closely
examined with the idea that inheri-
tance tax should be paid on much
larger sum.
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser was once called
"the richest man in the world" in a
magazine article and his timber hold
ings were at one time estimated at
$50,00000O and up to $200,000,000 in
value.
Will Await Inventory.
I'VE know that Mr.. Weyerhaeuser It
one time had a great deal more proper
ty than $S75,OOO," said w. j. Stevenson,
assistant attorney general i'm charge
of inheritance tax matters today.
find out later. There will he nothing
done until filing of the voluntary in
ventory. which may disclose a larger
value than the will description"
A petition to prove the will was
filed today in the probate court of
Ramsey county. According to the
meager description of the holdings
given in the petition the property is
divided into personal property valued
at 100000 and city real estate worth
$4,000.
The will, believed TO have been lost,
according TO early reports, was signed
by Mr.. Weyerhaeuser oct. II, 1911.
The will leaves all the property to
the widow, should she survive him,
but in event Of her prior death, the
entire property rcverts to the seven
children.
The four sons are made executors
without bonds or restriction of any
kind In the event of the death of
any child, the share is to go To his
children.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
.CHAS. ". POST
KILLS HIMSELF
IN CALIFORNIA
Famed Battle Creek Millionaire
Manufacturer Ends His Life
in Santa Barbara
HAD Been OPERATED RECENTLY
Eludes Nurse, Secures Rifle Con-
ceaIed In Room and Pulls
Trigger With Foot
HAD Been OPERATED RECENTLY

Santa Barbara, Calf, May o.
Charles w. Post, the millionaire cereal
manufacturer Of Battle Creek, Mich.
shot and killed himself here this
morning.
Post was stricken i'll here suddenly
several months ago and was hurried
To Rochester, Mimi, on a special train
for an operation for appendicitis. IL
returned here recently, apparently re-
covered.
The operation was performed March
10, and was considered successful.
Evading a trained nurse, who was
attending him, Post obtained rin, he
had previously concealed in his apart
ment, placed tie muzzle TO his mouth
and pulled the trigger with his toe.
He was born in Springfield, H.. in
1854 He was national propagandisi
against union labor
No inquest is expected. Members Of
the family said they probably will
take the body to Battle Creek tonight
Shock to Battle Creek.
Battle Creek, Mich, May 9.-The
news of the suicide i'm Santa Barbara
Cal, this morning of Charles w Post
was a shock to the townspeople of this
city. Post built up large interests here
and he was a famous advertiser both
of the products of his factories aud
of Battle Creek as "A health resort. II -
success was phenomenal Post v,s
most aggressive in business, and asid a
from his International reputation as
energetic business man he also gained
fame as an enemy Of union labor He
frequently devoted much space in the
newspapers TO discussion of the la
Dor question.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
NOVEL FEATURES
IN GREAT PARADE
OF SUFFRAGISTS
Thousands of Women Are Cheered
by Thropgs in Washington

Washington, May with banners
flying, ten bands playing and the
women singing a marching song, sev-
eral thousand suffragists from various
sections of the country today paraded
| along Pennsylvania avenue from La
! fayette Square TO the Capitol. Tde
women presented To the members Of
| Congress, petitions asking the passage
| of the Bristow- Mond FL resolution call
ing for a federal constitutional amend
ment enfranchising women.
Immense crowds viewed the process
sion along the route. When the Capt.
tol was reached the bands were
massed ON the plaza before the East
front, where they played the March
of the Women" composed by Or.
Ethel Smyth of England, accompany
ing a chorus of 1000 women, wearing
robes of white, with green stoles and
fillets Of green on their heads
Mass Meeting Is Held.
The parade followed "a mass meeting
in a downtown theater presided over
by Mrs. William Ke0 wife Of Repre-.
sentative Kent Of California and at
which stirring addresses were made by
Miss Caroline LeXow, field secretary
of the Woman's Political Union Of
New York; Mrs. Donald Hooker, Of
Baltimore, and Miss Lucy Burns Of
Brooklyn, vice chairman of the Con-
sressional Union for Woman Suffrage
! under the auspices of which the dem
onstration was held. Among those oc-
cupying boxes at the meeting were
Mrs. .. II. r. Belmont, Of New York.
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hiles OF wit
mington, Del, daughter OF President
Clevelands Secretary Of State; Miss
Julia Lathrop, chief of the Federal
Children's Bureau; Mrs. Harriet Stan
ton Blatch. of New York. daughter Of
the late Elizabeth Cady Stanton. one
OF the pioneer leaders i'm the suffrage
movement. The Equal Franchise So
! ciety, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Antoinette
Funk, Of Chicago, and the Pennsylva-
| mia Mems League for Suffrage. A num-
ber of young women, many Of them
prominent in society; acted as ushers.
Many Novel Features.
There were many novel features in
the parade and the marching women
were cheered loudly by the throngs
that lined Pennsylvania avenue all the
way from Lafayette Square, opposite
the White House, To the Capitol. First
and foremost was borne aloft a ban
Continued on 9th Page, 3rd Column.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
ATLANTA WELCOMES
MYSTIC SHRINERS
Befezzed. Mobiles Gather From All
Points of the US.

Atlanta, Ga, May with the IA
cades of buildings hidden beneath Law
! ish decorations of the brightest colors,
with the scimiter and crescent and
other emblems of the east encounter
| ing the eye at every turn, with cam
| els stalking through the streets and
sidewalks thronged with men wearing
| the red fez. the downtown section of
Atlanta today might reasonably be
mistaken for a portion of some orient
al city. The decorations are in honor
of the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
and the befezzed visitors are the dele
gates to the annual national conclave
of that well known order.
The big conclave. for the entertain
ment of which Atlanta has been pre-
pairing for many months, will be for
mally opened tomorrow. For four
days the city will be given over to the
visitors. who with their families and
friends are expected to number 100000.
The regular business sessions will be
held Tuesday and Wednesday. Little
business Is to come before the session
beyond the elction of a tier of officers,
the granting of new temple charters
and the selection Of a place for next
years meeting.
Visitors Throns the City.
Exhibition drills and mammoth
street parade will be leading features
OF the program. Dinners, receptions,
automobile rides, an old-time barbe-
cue and grand ball will be included in
the entertainment.
The first of the patrols reached the
city today. Beginning tomorrow morn
ing all regular and many special
Continued on 9th Psse, 3rd Column.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
SHIPMENTS OF ARMS ON TWO
GERMAN SHIPS, CONSIGNED TO
HUERTA, ARE To Be RETURNED
BLIND MAN WILL BE-
COME CATHOLIC PRIEST

Baltimore, Md, May e.-For
the first time in the history of
the Catholic church a blind man
will be elevated to the priesthood
next month at Woodstock col.
lege, near here, If the plea Of
Cardinals Gibbons and O'Con-
nell is granted by the pope.
The blind man is n. WessIing,
Of Boston. He lost his sight in
an explosion Of chemicals sew.
eral years ago. For fourteen
years he hso been a member Of
the Jesuit order.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
Liohthouse Service Abando ned.
, mpico Reinforced.
A UsI, rl.ytft,,
ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED.

The Young Ladies' Aid OF the Nor
wegian Lutheran church WIN enter
tain at concert and social in the par
lors of the church Monday evening.
A splendid program of musical and
literary numbers has been arranged
a,d refreshments will be served. No
admission will be charged
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09

Washington, May s.-President Will
son today approved the joint resolu-
ton setting apart tomorrow as Moth
er's Day, and issued a proclamation
commanding that all flags be display
ed in observance of the occasion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
KEWEENAW CIRCUIT COURT.

The next term of circuit court for
Keweenaw county will open on Mon
day, June /, the most important GRIM
inal case on the calendar being that of
Fehen Lancour, charged with murder
in the second degree MAY % will be
the late date for filing applications for
naturalization to he acted upon at the
August term.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
BECKER JURY
IS BROKEN UP;
REDUCED TO TEN
Completed Last Night, But Three
Men Are Dismissed Today
and One Added
Defendant TO TAKE STAND
Will Risk Graft Exposure Rather
Than Let Jurors Think
He Is Afraid
Defendant TO TAKE STAND

New York, May 9.-Though COM
pleted last night, the Becker jury was
broken up again this morning, neces-
sittating further examination of tails .
men. Jurors Waneman and Baxter
asked To be excused for personal rea-
sons. and court consented, adding that
their dismissal in no way reflected on
their integrity.
Jesse Velie, silk merchant, was
chosen as the eleventh juror. The pam
el was exhausted and the court adj
journed until Monday.
This afternoon Paul Comors, who
was chosen as juror number nine, was
excused after an interview with Justice
Seabury. This again reduced the nun
ber to ten.
Becker to Take Stand.
Becker ii is believed, means to risk
the greatest of all hazards in his case
meeting the levelcd eyes of twelve
jurymen while he testifes in his own
defense and endures the district attor-
ny's severest attack.
Becker believes that his failure to
face the jury in the former trial made
an irredeemable bad impression upor
that jury; and although he knows that
the district attorney will take up graft
and the matter of where he acquire /
so much money on a police lieutenant's g
salary, he feels that las coming 81: nl
the open and thereby permitting MIR.
Whitman to bare his past is lesser
peril than lingering It; his coInYel
table when the eyes cf the jur, men
turn questionably uron him.
Becker's determination To take the
stand is the result of Mrs. Bccker's
persistence that he should stand up
himself and say to the jury that Rose,
Webber, WALTON and Schepps are liars.
Becker said to a friend:
II am on trial for murder, not for
grating. Why should | hang bacf
and endaneer my murder case because
of fear that the district attorney
will hammer me about graft and bank
accounts"
IL became known today that one of
the most important new witnesses for
the people will he James Marshall, an
actor, who is prepared to testify tht.
he saw Rose and Becker comforting at
"A time and place specified by Rose
when Rose testified at the former trid'.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09

The directors of the Calumet and
Arizona Mining company will meet
here Monday to take dividend ac-
tiOn.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
MANY KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE
WHICH DESTROYS NUMBER OF
SMALL VILLAGES IN SICILY
AMERICAN VICE CONSUL
SllLAMAN is SAFE.

Washington, May e.-Ameri-
can Vice Consul SiIIaman, re.
ported imprisoned by Meyieans
Federals at SaltilIo, is safe
and we'll, according TO sssur-
ances made to the French le-
cation in Mexico City by the
Mexican war minister.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
MAzATLAN TO FALL
INTO REBELS HANDS
Complete Rout of FederaIs Immin'
ent Says Wireless Report

san Diego. May "a wireless from
the battleship California, dated yes
terday. says the fall of Mazatlar
seems imminent The city officials
have embarked on the federal gunboat
Guerrero and steamer Limantour and
both are ready To sail for Salina
Cruz.
The townspcople are fleeing In ter
ror as the result of the three days
battle. A wild shot from the gunboat
Guerrero today passed through the
streets of Matazalan. The excitement
is great.
Lighthouse Service Abando ned.
NV the order of Huerta the light
house service on the west coast has
heen abandoned and the coast was
last night i'm darkness. The American
brip Geneva was captured on the high
seas on April % by "a Mexican trans
mort hut il was released on the de-
mand of the United States cruiser
Raleigh.
Rebels at Tsmpieo Reinforced.
washington. May 9.-The Constitu-
tionalists agents here have received a
report that General Gonzales has ar
rived at Tampico with artillery rein
forcemcnts.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
Over One Hur dred Dead and Sew
eraI Hundred Injured, While the
Property Damage IsEnormous--
Some Still Alive Beneath Ruins
REFUGEES FLOCK To CATANIA
Italian Soldiers and Sailors and
All Other Available Persons CO.
operate to Relieve Distress in
the Afflicted Region.

Catania, Sicily, May e.-officisl
reports placed the dead at 1856 and
injured at 283. The figures prob
ably will be increased by more
complete adviees.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
Discuss Patronage Questions.

National Committeeman Wood and
State Chairman Shields We're in con-
ference with the governor for some
time Thursday and a number OF pat
ronage question were discussed. There
are two good state jobs at the disp)-
sal of Governor Ferris this year-tho
appointment of a state oil inspector ia
succeed John owen of Benton HarbUr
and the appointment of a member OF
the industrial accident board TO sue
ceed Ora Reeves of Jackson. There is
no chance that owen will be reap
pointed, but many of the labor leaders
of the state are anxious to have
Reeves reappointed. There are many
candidates for both places.
Committeeman Wood says that the
enrolment list which was requite /
under the old primary law has been OF
great help in proving the party afiilia-
ton of candidates for appointive Of
fees. A few days ago a prominent
Democrat approached Wood asking
that his son be appointed postmaster
in his home town. Wood informed the
man that the boy was enrolled as a
Republican and therefore not eligible
to Democratic postmastcrships. How
ever, party enrolment is no longer
demanded and the absence of this evil
dence may cause trouble for both par
ties in future years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
CERTAIN FERRIS
Will RUN AGAIN
{. 0.'Wood in Lansing, Says There
viii Be no Opposition

Lansing, Mich, May 9.-Governol
Ferris still refuses to make a definite
announcement as To whether he will
be a candidate for recollection this fail
but Democratic National Committee
man +. O. Woods, who was here for q
conference with the chief executive to-
day is certain that Ferris name will
head the state ticket in the next elec-
tion.
This talk that Governor Ferris may
have opposition at the primaries is a
joke" said Wood. There is no Demo-
crat in Michigan who could come with
in thousands Of votes of making a good
showing, let alone defeating the COVER
nor for the nomination."
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Continued on 9th Page, End Column.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-09
Many Novel Features.

Continued on 9th Page, 3rd Column.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-19

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IN return for III theee advantages
Until year go, q he ThoSoerg
prison. good conduct prisoners were
ovon allowed out for the day On ~
role" cnce . week; but though no
prisoners ESCAPED this custom has
been suppressed. OF Al TIE Swiss
prisons, psrhaps the jolliest = that Of
Kreuslingen, IN the Canton Of Thur
gan, and an Interpolation viii b
made shortly by deputies In the Grand
Council concerning the liberty which
the inmates OF this establishment en-
JOY. They have weekly smoking con-
carts, when the latest music hall songs
can be heard. and good mutlc. With
the result that at evenings the towns
people Kreuxlingen has nearly 5000
inhabitants-gather enviously under
the prison walls and promenade In the
street. enjoying the free entertain
ment, especially az some Of the con-
victs have good voices. On these oc-
casions there IL no warder TO prevent
: conversation between the prisoners
and their visitors across the wall. and
thus the former learn the latest news.
1t IL noticed that the prisoners are
very polite when young women are
present. Packets Of cigarettes and
other small luxunes- mot on the regu-
lar menu-n ind their way over the
walls, and this custom, though strictly
forbidden. IL winked at. These pleas
ant little ''soirees musicales" are now
threatened. It 10 only fair to the Swiss
authorities to say that crime II de-
creasing.. as the population increases,
In the country.