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FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 29, 1911. THE CALUMET NEWS PAGE FOUK t n y h In N th I THE CALUMET NEWS Founded 18M. DAIL.T KXCKT IL'NDAT. Published By The MINING GAZETTE CO. AT CALUMET, MICHIGAN. M. W. Youngm, Editor. W. M. Bus. Lyon, Mgr. Publication and Printing office. 104 Fifth Street. Cajumet. Michigan. Entered at the Pfeel Office at Calumet. Michigan, aa Second Class Mall Matt.r TELEPHONES. Bueinooa offlei Editorial room HANCOCK OFFICE MeV Temple. Phone HOUGHTON OFFICE. Nns .209 . 4 312 199 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: By Mri! or Carrier. Per year (In advance) 15 00 Per year (not In advance) MI Per month Single issue Old subscribers 05 wishing to change their addresses must furnish old as well as new addresses in eacn in.nw- New subscriptions may DO oruereu by telephone, mall or carrier, or in person at the company's office, Complaints or Irregularity In deliv ery will receive prompt and thorough Investigation. FRIDAY. DECEMBER, 29. 1911. Some child born today may live to see the end of the meat packers' case. You who have Christmas hills, pre pare to meet them now or soon. The Colonel insists he Isn't In pon tics. But his friends insist on put ting him in. Poor old Reyes made the mistake f believing that one good revolution Je gerved another. Here's hoping that the rising of Dr. Bun marks the dawn of a bright, new era for China. If China's Sun continues to light the way. the dark days of the Celestial land are at an end. Frank Ootch has retired again. Frank will get thoroughly rested If he keeps on retiring every little while. Old Gen. Reyes won t he executed. Probably Madero fears the oM war rior would become a greater hero dead than If permitted to live. Sam Blythe put It over Taft In last week's Saturday Poet and this wek he's Underwood. Sammy Is the most enthusiastic little Democrat that ever happened. Col. Roosevelt believes In peace, but not In the Taft brand. He believes in the "Big Stick" brand occasionally, the sloep-produclng kind thst makes a lasting Impression. Now the peace men are fighting. We would suggest, before they endeavor to bring about an enduring condition of amity among th nations, that they put what they preach Into practice. Either that or retire to the back yard and flsht It out, with Col. Roosevelt as referee. LaFolletto hit tho trusts, attacked the monetary plan, took a crack at the Payne-Aldiich tariff law and slam med Taft and the administration gen erally at Cleveland the other night If Bob Isn't careful .iti' of those pugi listic promoters will hall him as the "white hope" and match him with Jack Johnson. He's a great little fighter. Can take a lot of punishment, too. The Ysxjul question has teen defin itely solved In Mexico President Ma dero has decided to (crant virtually all the Yaquis' demands. He will ou.H squatters from their lands Immediate ly and will allot to each Yaiui mar ried couple three he tares, or about seven and one-half acres, to adult bachelors two hectares and to minors one hectare each. The Indians ar- ful ly satisfied at last anrt ha... sworn everlasting loyalty to Madero and hi.- government. The squatters will i ceive new lands along the Yaqui Rlvsi In recompense for those whl. li tlMl nrrondnr. The Ysuuls were stronK iinni.rli.ri ..r Madero In hia re..lii- i,. Minat ,ur. and he has i ' ri m tn rf.iin and strrnathen that fri.ndBhlp. The Yaquis will prov. strong alllee nf the uovernment In the v. nt of another revolution, and it has been proven that they are fearless, ef- fectlve fighters. DIVORCE LAWS TOO LAX. Circuit Judg K. 1- Kinne. of Ann rt.-,r who has he.-n on the len h for the last quarter of a century. Is in fa vor of abolishing the divorce- laws of vi, , II,. l ll.-ves this the only solution of a sltustlon which hue be .,. .. ifat,lr,mt,l. In this State. 11. .ollld k.,-. nMVt lesrlHlatur. eia- t i lav. that never again for any cause what oever shall there be granted a divorce from the bonds of matrimony In Mich igan. "In urg-ni - as. s there ! .i U-cr.-e of h i ar iiioii, but no .Itiwotu ;u.ti of the marriage contract." he sa "Hitherto, aa a rule. 1 administered the laws aa I found them on the statute hooks," said Judge Kinne. ' It seemed to me that divorce was the only escape ftoin hi 1 1 u : n . w iet- hc.ln.-ss mi.1 hopeless unhappineos. but of late th privilege f divorce has been ao mls rsed and 1 have wltnefwd such ttagiutu dlsregurd of truth moralliy and dr.en . y that my f.imer conviction havt experienced c onsnJerablM modltlcatajsl -If not revolution lM.nhtl.-KS some jrood may come from agitation, surveil lance and revision, but they will not successfully inert ihe issue." Sentiment In AlichlKn favors a tightening of the ditrve Iuhs. This, lias been apparent In- some time, thi i i. Mlon having been much discussed, but Judge Kini.es propeal is the most radical et adxancl IMvoi.e in this state Is made too easy, and Judge Kinne would g' MstfBMt uid do away with it entirely, permit ting a decree of separation in onl the most urgent cases This would i prevent divorce from the purpose of ..,.. . ,. to uhi.h divorce I an-! . ,:it.m..tc r our present divorce laws. It la a radi cal proposal, but a mighty good one and we would like to see it mact.il in to law. ENTHUSIASM AND tLECTlONS. There are many who are diagnosing the at.. sei.ee .-I enthusiasm for Presl dent Taft as a sure sign. They call attention to the fact that there was no enthusiasm over the second nomina tion of Abraham Lincoln. The situa tion In 163 was like that In 1911. It was said that Lincoln could get the nomination, but could not get the elec tion. However, a victory in the field helped the fortunes of the Emancipa tor, and the mistake of the Democrats In nominating MoClellan on a "stop-the-war" platform braced the Repub licans to tho winning point. There was another period In history when Republican enthusiasm was largely lacking. That was w h-n Roo sevelt received his nomination. There was grave doubt for a time whether Roosevelt could he nominated at all. Mark Hanna at one time loomed high in the public estimation. He was pick ed to beat R.w.sevelt in the otlven- llon, and in the campaign to carry for ward the Hanna brand of politics. But Mark Hanna dkd, Roosevelt was nom inated, and beat Parker worse than any In-mrx-rat. not eveVi eY"pilti iJr.-. lty. had le ri beaten for the Pres idency. The nominations and the platforms of the other side were vital factors in the elections of Lincoln and Roosevelt. Lincoln had against him the ;ioi.. who had failed in the Held, and who stood for the stoppage of the War be fore the National authority' had been re-established. The people- of the North would not stand for that. In 1S04 the lemocrats had hardly i.-M .nated Parker before they were in a fight ow-r th,. money plank in the platform. The nominee sent a tele gram to the convention repudiating it. Tka convention adopted a resolution practically say.ng that the money plank did not mean anything. The country was left in doubt, and Park- r's campaign was ruined at its incep tion. Enthusiasm for Taft has been lack ing during the past few months, but there is evidence already that the at-m-. sphere is warming. The Democruts have been running on the high gear. t.'.t re ate h,niS that they ale to have their troubles and dissensions. "RING OUT THE OLD; RING IN THE NEW." With Sunday comes the close of 1911. that number of years having pass.-. since the convent I onallzed dnte of the ushering in of the Christian era. The civil and ecclesiastical yar thu: ends, though the natural year should -eftin with re.;. l or June L or even March U, or other astronomical point of departure. Tho year did not al ways begin on January 1. That was the Roman method of reckoning, but the ecclesiastics protested against the .bserario of a pagan . ai.ni.u. : the early fathers, Chrysostom. Am hrose and Augustine wrote against the customary observance on New Year's Kv when, with fetes, exchanges of girts and vlsitlngs. the oM nr was ushered out and ihe new .ar usheieil in. The Christian year begun In March, together with the Christian festivals. Uut in 1T0U the pagan date of January 1. railed al'.r J. .run who 1 oks both ways, was universally ii.lopt.il In Kiirop,. and the old rites were permitted, as Indeed they had never been successfully suppressed. Julius 'acsar corrected the i. u dar by instituting , v. r fourth year as leap year, of which 191 is one, to make up for the time lost each year oy reason of n fact that the earth re fuses t.. ravohrs ..round the sun In ex sctly 3.:. days. But even imperial Cae sar's reckoning was nut by one day In esch entury divisible by four, so that Gregory v,.,H obliged to deduct tn days from the calendar in l'i to make up tlx- din', rem . that had s-cum-d In the i ; .,( i i i,-,n centuries. Cut the Prot- vi.,i,! Morl.l refused t-. pi :t aaloni-ii i. form from Italy. Canal Free From Toll Would Increase Trade JOHN WAR RETT. Director General of the Pin- American Union v from tho COMPETITION" of a free canal. If, then, corresponding and compensating advantages in each case will result from a free canal it should be made FREE. Tho increaso of the trade of tho United States through a free canul will bo so much greater than that through a toll canal that this increase in the first year would EQUAL THE REVENUE FBOH TOLLS FOR FIVE YEARS, while in ten years tho increaso resulting from a free canal over that of a toll canal would pay nearly twico over tho original coat of tho canal, or fifty times the cost of annual operation. and it m not until 1T.".1 that Kngland adopted the Gregorian correction and the centurion leap year. "Russia still reckons with th. Juli:in calendar unci Is now twelve days behind us. The pretty MMtgM of New Year's visiting obtained in China in IM, when Man... Polo visited the khan. It obtained in Syria, in Egypt- in Rome, and aniens the Mohatnnn dans. The Germans have drunk the health of their friend for immemorial years on the firBt of the vi-ar, in many coun tries St. Sylv. ii-r's Kve or New Year's K is BHk4s the occasion ol rejoicing and particularly in bell-ring- i ing. It Is curious that of all the oM customs the ringing of bells and the firing of sjnM is practically the only i one remalnir.rr lo u. ex. eptlng the i Wi.t. h-nlgiit ser let in churches vhi h lias tome down frmn medieval times. "THIS DATE IN HISTORY." 1809 Willlr.m I-;. Gladstone, famous English atutf.-uiian, born. Died May 19, 1K58. 1845 Te it a. In ittc-d to th. I'nlon. 1887 Canton. 'hiia homhardi .1 und taken by an :,lli.,l navai force if Bag lish and Pi em h. I Id -den. Sherman In liV attack on Vickfcbur, repulsed with heavy Mft 18CT. 'In- l'r. sldent WNNi State governnu nt t-j all the Southern States except Ttxan and Florida. 1868 Ird IJsger appointed Gover r.or-Generul f CUsWh f8TC Eighty persons killed and many injured in the A:-lit ib ila r.-nii..ad dis aster. l'jOfi Rriytnond f-Yefontaine, Cana dian Minister of Marine and Fisheries-, I tod. Horn Sept. N, ivr0. THIS IS MY WTH BIRTHDAY." Morley Roberts, a novelist and Jour nalist of marked versatility, was born In London, le. ember 29. 1857. Fol lowing his graduation at wns Col Uf Manchester, he traveled wide ly. PjosaJim ui,o sheep and . .it tie. on railroads and in eawmilis in ninny parts of Australia, . w Zealand, the 1'i.ited Stales and Catuol.i, and having ervad DafOta IDs mast in sailing ves- sola. More reoerrtly ba hat yialtod tilt s' .mi. S. as, the Sandwich fs'arids and . roa, 1 ' LI 1 !ol nj Rh .l.-sin and the Transvaal. Mr Roberts has fmbHsh- sd more than forty books, the fust. "The Western Avernus," appearing in 1887. Among the most popular of hia CALUMET Wednesday, January 3d, 1912 8.30 P. BE. The Calumet Lyceum Bureau Takes pleasure in presenting the Fourth number on the course A. C. BURGDERFER ENTERTAINER This will prove to be a number of unusual merit. An evening of fun. You laugh and continue laughing all evening. Don't fail to come and be sure you secure your seats early. PRICES, To holders of season tickets Down Stairs 2.Sc extra. Balcony 15c extra GENERAL ADMISSION Down Stairs 75c. Balcony 05c. Balcony Circle 50c Seat sale I orsters News Stand TUESDAY, JANUARY 2d., 8 A. M. Would Pay For Cost of Con struction In Short Time I F the Unite.! States would t xjK'rit :n o tho largest benefits possible to its foreign oonWMfM frum tho Panama canal it will make this iiiteroceanio WATER WAT A 9 FREE TO TH SHIPS OF AI L 'NATIONS as akk ill i; TWO OCEANS WHICH it wnx cox- N BOT. The only valid reasons for charging tolls are, first, to pay the cost of operation, main tenance and interest on invest ment, and, second, to protect tho transcontinental railways many novels nre "The Idlers," "Uiviu flran.' ' Lady Penelope." and Thorpe'.- Way." STATE POLITICS. The hag f Jqhil Lflldleln, demo crat having twice be.:i elected a senator for ptugit.aw - in is;.1-' and again in l'Jlo has l u gjaced on the list from w hidi tip 'i. in." rats will pick their nominee (foi: governor next year The senator Ipisn i .-pt.-red a protest. Not even i" the printing and circulat ing of .-st .pocket cai'dH raentlonini him for governor the game kind of curds that ;yowe.! candidate.- Circu late. His Saginiv neighbors say that il e s. -i itor will carry a ilo- ; s l'nr up tho m x. nittiL,.uild thev strongly sus pec t'hh. vhlfe hhlKry'lhto th.- spir it of those who nre facetiously ad dressing him ns "governor," lh oillce H at he will re'tte'h f-.r n. Nt year is either legator of d- elv or treasurer of Saginaw- count fie would stand good chance Of being erected to either of these offlc s. whereas a his parlC- ..miii .- rr !... . rnor. he would, the preaederlts f oV nadra than half century t 11. ho feeding practically a forlorn Irnpr-. Shin Wjitaee County's John Jeff erf Wh ! in. hain - l ad two t.-rm-i in tin-low.-r house -i Lansing', will retire, .iii-i hia probable sucoeaaor is James N. MeBrtda. proaparatla stock daitaaf near Iturton. Mr. Mcprlde is a gfd nata ol tbf 'literary department of ths ttate Utttvarstty, ai d usually entertains pronounced ideas on all large publ'c quoatloaa. At tho raeaHjl annual meet- ' inir el' '.he slat,- association ol 1 arliiers bibs at Lnn-ing ho rend a paper ad vnrnting government regulation of the prices of staple food stuns, like- meat Bad K'Uin, as a means of cutting the profits of middlemen. Victor Hawkins, who is Jonosville's best known citizen, and. on the side, permanent toa-tmaster at reunions of the survivors of the 1907 constitutional convention, he being one of the sur vivors himself, says he has no Inclin ation to spend the energy and time to make a primary campaign for QM U publican nomination for senator from the Jackson-Hillsdale district t--slice-.. d Whltn.y Watklns. Senator THEATRE Wat kins has aal twa tettns nd doesn't care for. a third. Clayton Pow . v., of Hillsdale, who ha" n :'- cutlng attorney of Hillsdale ., unity, Is regarded aa having the larlcle tra k k i I..- t ;, , ,- - .1 I':,' r. pill I!- .in ii-.iiiilinl ' -ii t. sui--edSenul.il Wutkin. Th. re are -. . t al other candidates. 'Mr.. Meddle miikrs much Iroubh this nelgdhorhoiKl." ' Y. s. l h u rlnt sense of rumor." - T.ifc THE BROKEN RESOLUTION. "A man cun t make u better - w Y. ar n i. solution than in . '-as. -, ud out ..i mimni, to mlad Ma i"1"'- lies?." ;e s...;;, r ' .. h i-n seiitatH II i TXa. VVtth his grim smile 1 resumed: "A Texan, at a ie-i.-l. ot ii.iiiiilut -ed with a millionaire. ...- tstgrtaj !:,- !;, t. I hltST. as ihe t0 men PKtiM tbe4r cigar-, tht? T. xas said: 'i iu..ke it rule to niiml U) own business, sir.' ' Ami a i stj faal ala 11 . s-ua.l the piili.oi... re ii.-. ally. Tes sir.' the Teiaaa aawM on. Iitu-k lai ' I le.ob- Ke Year 'g l t olutlon to mind ni nam l.i'slness. and. t,v ) , , . I'v e stuck to It ever site c' 'ib.od.' said the i.ilUlonitire. as ht rM-liii. .1 in his I. ith. r arm .-liair atul htk kef i itti ha.r-cio,. .i . es. .:oo.i: J "!ut. Sir. SUll! tile I'Vill, iiie.v are times when a man must ypeak out. Msd i wan; to taM ....... sir. thai y-u ai. i.iuk.ng t.rii?-le mistake in mii ployinj,' as private secretary fa- yotspg r.iiow you .i.. Ha'a u.t worthy of , .Misiti-.u of hi -h trust. Tim fact Is. pV( .-- u Mm .'.ri'j.k in !.is-liion.il.l.- the- gfeera aaal reoiouranU a4 laaal doaaa lim. : . Ua Jof i k la our motor car the s.na'n hours with all sort ol 'md c,iiH.an . He's been .seen pluosln - hoa II) at several garabllaa hoiiaa. B jingo, sir. i arouldn't trust Mm with it.. ci iii pU e. i gtioaa yo i Bin ' mm llt ol - MM It 1 1 n lorm him and all j that, eh ." weii. aa, i suppo i wd mut" lerl the millionaire, and. very req in the face, in- added. Ton sc-. hi a aon. STYLES IN HAIR. Am.t her smart hair decoration l the bund, which will be worn in somewhat .Undent materials and '"" the evening. II is made of lace bat caught at the sides with clusters of How -rs. guile tin- latest and moat p.-'iuiar hair d.vor.ui. h lor dies ; ... c .su.n. i the cap of p. ails -r j.-wis. which will be of a size to become its wear er and allow glistening Hulls Of iia.r to stray in its meshes and lippta ' low them Both oaaa -m1 hair bands ure as Mi make at home, and so MM the daiatj BoraJ wreaths that glrla stH aroar all winter. Harper's Ita-:-.ar. fotiiliir-ot "We're traveling in two ssotlbna loalght." Slightly intoxlrated passenger "PhatHh right, .las'.h whil I've been ttxii.r. I ' 1 tot! Bl' Irlen.ls. ol' roa rah yen are, ami i can aaa i..ih hebtlbns f you, to,, coitJdoMr. JlldgC President Taft The First fhotoicraplM by Amorlcan i'reaa AaivocUiion. I'reshlent Taft, Joseph II. Chootaand (JoMnior Mi fiKtired In u iinl.pio ceremony In New York rornntly W the cornerstone of the first settlement hot:s(. exclusively for lilind jiprs.iun ev-r pTOjaetafJ was held. The pr.si.h at was Hsl-;lc.l in the ceremony hy MlsstJraeo Kentor, preshtcnt ..i tho Illlnd Women's cluh. In the plfline I'rcsl 1eui Taft Is seen scnteej. with ;.. cnn.r lMx at one shle and Joseph II. (Juoale, wla is speaklug, at the other. MiM Ken tor is the hist blind woman ever toeui u a llvlujj by stenography. Sunklat" Oranjrefl are ftliowcc! to f.:lly matt?rc on Jill JM the tree. They gain a perfectly doll clous fl-vor, M uitrrly toajriatg in Bnaay oran-ct thet yu h. va had flS-. U to pu up vitii In tha past. j . orang : hen rip-, if l'.-l--t, . : i r.-i i.'-lly pick- VTr '. J ed and packod l-y ;- d l-anus. tvery ".v.mia-t t, ;t be . .-(Ikvr., c-. ct :.nd juicy, to earn Itfl wrapper. 5 ,tir v pperi Idan Ify thta r;!c:..itd fjruhand are v d untie in obtaining RoBara' Silverware. tfourdeuJcr twillanpply you with Ihhl dollelotti and haalthfdl truh. Begin saying wrappers G.t Tliis Beauttlul Orange Spucn If " : S vs.- 12 Tunl :.:t" oranr. ' wrappers, ,.R ..:.;'. ..-.' .' - r.i w:a "'-, , ,.:..i se'..1 l!-, t ,us,wUhl2ctt istn help pay char'fres, pack -log, etc., uud wa will ienfl this gel1ueor,sr., kllvar Oraagl spoon. For each additional spoon stjnd 12 wrappciaortrailcicirksandric in stamps. iMjt raapoDsitlc for Frrft Kni and 20c in stamps, Rogers' silver. i 1 I t t J 14 'BmUtt Preirijums nd 'or full description, inimber of vrrr.pp. rs and amount -. i.adi u: ' . ,:i.r ta 'o Knifa Tal la 1 arh Uuuiilua Spoon Cod'.c Sienu ,.!,), I ' . ai Co nnau i Knife Tahlrspooa fTli V. Bsttcr Sprssder C'yr.tc-1 crk Economical "Sunttist" Lemons Tntn.binned. extra micv. and each able ".Suakist" wrappci . 'j'h. v ' 8TS other lemons. tbsy cost s and the wrappci valuable. Recipe booklet FKKE v.p..n requst L CaS'fornia Frait Growers8 Exchange THE WEALTH 0F NAT IONS. Km- all Ka yatmted w.-ith thi bnltad States, iii go tar as p. r OapUs rati.. Kin--, docs not malic s.h h a U- mendotialy good showing In the world's li mi . ii I 1 1 colnii.ii He W. allli Hi in. Ciiitcd Slates in 1 I was c-ti;i:..t.-d at lZS,)aa,aoa4aaa1 i... far tha greafaat amount credited In bulk to any OM country. Yet tha per capita wealth was only UU. lre.it Britain In lW was worth $ks.7:. noo.iHio. eaeh peraoO, a'- oiding to thO canQua, thus g.ttiiiK $l!i7.'. I-Yancc. with ft,OO9rO09.i0t in loio. had ai p r capita wealth of IW70; Qeri ii ny had Ma.aoo.Otp, njlth r per capiat of $1000. K a: I ia's total waaJth was so,ixi(uiiio.oi'0, but lis aa oriiif.us population dragged the par capita down to i-iii. aMlfl Bwltaorkirid; with a t-.tal wealtli Of .-nly tN '.'i'i". ii. at, has a per capita mtUlg of JOG. Th.- par apHd divii r aniooa'ts to t4VJ nul of i of Rweden total of I , ,000, Sw ,1 '- . land, In th" t. m . ars. mftds a 2fl per oent, in natloiiai wealth. .The a I . rat capita wealth In tin i w . ni -ti ' ' ' - " at the Cornerstone Settlement House 1; 1 I toaay. uwisi on t;teui. ca h tx-nt tnrongn inc mai,. for 2 Wraprjers fcxcvlleut qu:.nty gc-uutnc s. are e.u atticlc. Uesstrl Spaoa BSWS jeqi I mil quih Xcjiyt-a cutnes In a vain-, 11 'tons ranges from ffltM in Qenevn iK'7'. in Test-In SAilz.rland lima m, VST) high. The population In IS'Jl tvai l.tfS.tS, an that la Blast) n time it has not doubled. Prsn W ill In not d. .stands at Co head -'! IL- ; l..tjon. Capita saVth t - iT. That the I n.t. d HI ii. s, will, H .-rt'inioits total, does not rank higher .- buaOjUaa of the i apldl) In. - populaUoo. r'ata.-. on the contri i is rcpoi i.-d a atmlnh hint or at th meal u very slowly Increasing pupula- ! n, so that the money advance l. M ati uter than the bli I h ra,. India ni polii News. The worh of handling Ihe lini OH m-e. - j,,. T.i into . '.i.tada ha - at. II ill mo . Kiatenpe a ma bln ha bro . mpiex and .-t effeotlvs oharnct. . hose ramification reach oul all ov i he i oiiiMt j from in in oe in. I - ear over S1LA00 ImmigraiHi . an. in ,,, t, d...i.ini,ni Ii-.mm nil .piai t. : - ' I jht vmr th ruimltf.r will iiimroxiin.il.- uio plj lAOvOOa, of w horn at I. ami nt .. to H'totMi ate from '!, 1 siat. s. -Consul General John E. ; j Winnipeg. Laying of For Blind Persons. asi