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SENTINEL.
THE L'ANSE
IN FAR IMIUIND
'frrortant Events in Sweden,
i Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Item From the Three
Great Kingdom of the North Se
. lected for Scandinavians and
Their Descendant.
By MARTIN W. ODLAND.
Sweden.
DougUa Jenkins, the United States
cmnsul at Goteborg, gives an excellent
aecoant of the. new Swedish-Ameri
can steamship line, which Is to da for
Sweden what the0 newly established
Norwegian-American lines does for
Norway. "The promoters of the new
line," says Consul Jenkins, "have cow
appGied for a charter, the capital to
be not less than $2,144,000, nor more
than flO.720,000. The head offices will
be at Goteborg. W. R. Lundgren, the
movlag spirit In the enterprise, is the
director of several Swedish steamship
lines. The promoters announce that
they expect to raise $1,600,000 in
Sweden. $1,000,000 among Swedish
Americans in the United States, and
hope to obtain $800,000 from the Swed
ish government as a loan out of the
fund for promotion of the Swedish
merchant marine. It is planned to put
in service two first-class steamers be
tween Goteborg and Boston, beginning
early In 1915, and in the course of a
short time two .more will be added.
It Is expected that at first there will
be only two steamers each way month
ly, but later there will be weekly sail
ings. The steamers will be of 18,000
tons displacement and will have a
speed of 18.5 knots an hour. The pro
moters Intend to enter Into competi
tion with-other trans-Atlantic lines for
the passenger and freight business be
tween Sweden and the United States.
Thoy also expect to get a share of the
business oroginatlng In Finland and
northern Russia. The company will
also expect to carry the Swedish mail."
The real reasons for the divorce
between Prince William of Sweden
and Princess Marie I'avlovna are at
last coming to light, according to a
Stockholm dispatch. It appears that
the princess has been telling Russian
politicians certain Swedish military
secrets.
Princess Marie has always been atj
loggerheads with nearly every member
of the Swedish royal family, whose
tastes and Ideas are opposed to ner
own. The Hernadottes are by no
means wealthy; they are fond of the
simple life and their ways are demo
cratic, well suited to a democrstic
country like Sweden. The princess, on
the other hand, has the imperious tem
perament of the Romanoffs, combined
with extravagant tastes and a love of
imusement.
The somewhat middle class tastes of
vhe Swedish court are mainly due to
the king's mother, Queen Sophie of
Nassau, who hates court functions,
iter four sons Inherit her likings. The
eldest, King-Gustavus, Is mainly occu
pied with siclejice and sport. The sec
ond son, Oscar, abandoned his royal
rank to marry a girl, with whom he
lives contentedly in Stockholm. Prince
Eugene, the third son, bas remained a
bachelor, and devotes himself almost
entirely to painting; while the young
fist Trince Carl, married Princess In
geborg of Denmark, a lady whose
tastes are as simple as his own.
Sven Hedin's latest war suspicion is
that Norway and Russia, both of. which
he regards as enemies of Swedenjwill
form an alliance against his country.
Norway bas1 -In former times attacked
Sweden In the back, asserted Doctor
lledin. and there is no guarantee that
he may not do so gaain. "It should
' occasion no surprise," said the speak
er, "if an allied Norwegian brigade
O were thrown Into Jemtland at the
same Instant as a Russian attack is
directed against the coasts of Sweden.
There are Norsemen who are not alto
gether unfamiliar with the Idea of re
conquering Jemtland, Herjedalen arod
Bohuslen." "As an Instance of this
Doctor Hedin cited the case of an offi
cer who a few years ago Illustrated
his lectures with a map, where the
three Swedish provinces were Includ
ed In the Greater Norway. "In ex
change for Flnmarken and Narvik
that is. Ice-free harbors on the Atlan
tic Russia would have but little ob
jection to such a dear, asserted tne
speaker.
.
The agricultural department of the
bureau of Investigation has come out
with a statement that Norwegian salt
peter la by far the best fertilizer for
grass, Tegetables and potatoes, and
deplores the fact that the high tariff
of thl saltpeter, 15 per cent, ad va
lorem, makes Us Importation and use
almost Impossible. The experiments
of the department have been carried
on for nine years and have been quite
thorough.
G. Bnlllnder and wife are going to
South America for the purpose of
making archaeological Investigations
"! -Columbia and Venezuela. They ex
tolct to meet with native tribes about
,whom very little has been learned In
the past
The committee on organisation of
' the Olympiad, held at Stockholm In
1I1S, has recently published an inter
esting .work setting forth the results
of the great international contest The
work contains over a thousand pages
?a ITlnatMttnna.
Dtmmric
A Copenhagen' dispatch ays that
the lower rates on vegetable fixed by
the now American tariff may cause a
revoluUon In the Danish cabbage in
dustry. Farmers all over the couutry
are starting co-operative societies for
cabbage raising, and a central organi
zation will be formed to facilitate ex
portation of the product to America.
It Is believed that Danish farmers' will
And a gold mine in the industry. Un
der the Payne-Aldrich act the tariff on
cabbages was two cents a. head Vn.
der the new act it is 15 per cent, td
valorem.
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A year ano there'' were 4 fire insur
ance companies in Denmark outside of
the capital city; 43 In the islands and
41 in Denmark proper. Most of these
companies are quite old, some having
been organized prior to 1840. The
property insured by these companies
at the time mentioned was 2.22C.O0O,
000 crowns, in 49C.000 policies. During
the past 60 years the companies show
an increase in business of 70,000,000
crowns per year on the average. At
present the Joint surplus of the' com
panies la over 5,000,000 crowns, draw
ing 208,000 crowns Interest annually,
.'
The cabinet ministers have been
getting numerous complaints against
the Mormons from various parts of
Denmark, and an Investigation Is prob
able. The Society for the Prevention
of the White Slave Traffic is interest
ed and will co-operate with the church
bodlea and the government In ascer
taining the true facts with reference
to the practices of the Mormons In
Denmark.
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The Association of Dramatic Au
thors of Denmark has appealed to the
minister of culture to bring about cer
tain modifications of the laws govern
ing theaters, but the minister has re
plied that nothing can be done till
next year, when action will be taken.
Norway.
According to preas dispatches,
charges that the Norwegians are try
ing to appropriate Russian territory
on the border between the two coun
tries are made by the St. Petersburg
newspaper Novoje Vremja in a recent
Issue. The paper assorts that the Nor
wegians, failing to get the Russian
government to recognize their claims,
have now adopted the plan of inducing
the I app inhabitants of the region to
cede to them their rights to the fish
eries of the rivers. The paper further
charges that the Norwegians after
failing to secure a concession for the
use of Doris Glcb falls resorted to the
high-handed procedure of changing the
boundary line, so that the falls were
brought within Norwegian territory.
The attention of the Russian authori
ties being brought to the matter, so
the story; goes, men were sent to the
place and the Norwegian flag and em
blem of ownership were destroyed.
The results of the "samlag" elec
tlons of 191.1 to settle the license ques
tion in various communities of Nor
way surprised, the most sanguine tem
perance workers. In almost every
community the "samlags" or societies
which petitioned for the right to sell
liquor were voted down, so that in the
entire country only eleven communK
ties are "wet," and all of those com
munitles are cities, the liquor traffic
having been wiped out of all of the
rural communities. The increase in
the number of anti-license votes since
the previous election was more than
17,000, which Is very large, indeed,
considering the fact that only a small
percentage of the communities partici
pated in the elections. -
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Dr. Harry Fett has been appointed
keeper of Norway's archives, or na
tional autlquarian, by the cabinet. He
was born In 1875 and received the
bachelor's degree at Chrisitania uni
versity in 1896. He studied antiquities
at the Universities of Munich, Strass
burg and Berlin and In 1898 received
of degree foPh. D. He Is a member
of several learned societies, has writ
ten many Important articles on an
tiquities and Is editor of the excellent
periodical, "Art and Culture." He Is a
man of fine taste and deeply interest
ed In the preservation of remains of
Norway's past
From Gotham comes the report that
Oluf BJornseth, a wholesaler of
Dergen, Norway, and his wife, have re
cently presented the Juvenile section
or the Fifth Avenue public library In
New York with 200 Norwegian books.
The library has juvenile books In many
languages, and the absence of books
In the Norwegian language attracted
the attention of Mr. BJornseth when
he was on a visit here.
The board of directors announce
that applications for places for exhib
its at the centennial exposition next
year have been unexpectedly large,
especially In the industrial division,
and it now becomes evident that room
for all will be lacking. In the Indus
trial division there will not be places
for more than about half of the firms
that have already fl'.ed applications.
When the navy deaprtment of Nor
way issued ah order directing that' all
officers on board Norwegian vessel
use the commands "Right and "Left,"
instead of the time-honored expres-.
alons fomerly In use, a feeling of in
dignation, became general among
Norse seamen, and recently a mas
meeting to protest against the change
was held at Chrlstlanla. Meanwhile
Ship Inspector Wettergteen has an
nounced that all officers who use the
old commands or expressions will be
mulcted, whether accident occur or
not . . .
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PLANS FOR WARDS
ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO
8ATISFY OUR OBLIGATIONS
TOWARD ISLANDERS.
P0RT0 RICANS DESERVING
Probably Will Be Made Citizens of a
Territory Problem Confronting
the Democrats In the Philip
pines Is Mere Complex
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. In his address to con
gress at'its opening President Wilson
laid: "We can satisfy the obligations
3f generous justice toward the people
3f Porto Rico by giving them the am
ple and familiar rights and privileges
accorded our own citizens in our own
territories, and our .obligations to
ward the people of Hawaii by perfect
ing the provisions of self-government
ilready granted them. but Jn the Phil
ippines we must go farher.V
It apparently is the Indention of the
Democrats, before the end of the pres
ent congress, to make American
citizens out of the people of Porto
Rico. It is also believed to be the in
tention of the present administration
to attempt to put things on what the
Democrats consider to be a better
basis in Alaska, Hawaii and the Phil
ippines. Every political party bas ex
pressed in its platform the determi
nation to advance the interests of the
peoples who have come under our con
trol by conquest or by other means.
The means outlined for accomplishing
this end by the parties have been as
different as the parties themselves,
but the end sought in every case has
been the same.
Not very much appears, compara
tively speaking, In the public press
about the Porto Ricans, their alms,
their ambitions, their industries nnd
their present condition personally and
In a business way. The Porto Ricans
are progressing and one has only to
read the government reports, espe
cially those on educational matters, to
prove the point. The government has
promised that it will do more for the
Porto Ricans before long. It probably
will do the thing which seems best to
Inspire the islanders with confidence
In this country, giving them the full
rights of citizens of a territory of the
United States.
Progress In Porto Rico.
In 1898 when the United States
took Porto Rico over from Spain there
was only one building In the land
which had been especially built for
school purposes. The total enroll
ment in the public schools was less
than 30,000 children. Something under
10 per cent of the entire population
was able to read and write. Today
there are nearly 400 public school
buildings in the island and there Is
a school enrollment of 162,000. The
general percentage of illiteracy has
been reduced more than 14 per cent,
and in a few years it Is promised that
it virtually will disappear.
For a long time the Porto Ricans
were regarded as being an indolent
people. Finally the "laziness" was
discovered to be due to disease caused
by the nook worm. Within a short
time 60,000 Porto Ricans have been
cured of this disease by American
physicians and they have passed from
lethargy to energy.
' Tho problem which confronts the
Democratic administration in the
Philippines is much more complex
than the one found In Torto Rico. In
the Philippines there are many dif
ferent types of people, different . In
customs, Jn religion and in stages of
civilization. It is held by the people
whom we know a Filipinos proper
that they are capable of self-government
and can answer all the perplex
ing questions of local home rule which
may present themselves.
More Liberty for Filipinos.
The present American administra
tion seems to feel that the Filipinos
are not quite ready for self-government,
and it can be said that appear
ances Indicate the Democrats will
push into the future the first sug
gested date as the one on which the
Litfte Brown Brother could be turned
loose to care for himself. However,
It is the Intention seemingly of the
Democrats to grant more and more
liberties to the wards across the sea
until the day shall como when they
can be given absolute freedom.
Recently some of the leading Fili
pinos have said that they would pre
fer, when they do get their freedom,
to have the United States announce
a protectorate over the Islands. This
would . be a formal notification, of
course, to the powers of the world
that the United States would defend
the Filipinos' liberty at all hazards.
Owen for BUI Experts.
Recently In these dispatches atten
tion was called to the possibility that
the Democratic majority in congress
would pass a bill to create a "bureau
of bill experts," the duty of which
would be to scrutinize bills of which
before their introduction to see that
they would do what,they were intend
ed to do, and would contain no so
called "jokers." The public probably
understands pretty well what a
"Joker" is. It is something slipped Into
a bill and which purports to do a cer
tain thing, but which in. reality will
prevent that thing from being done.
Now Senator Robert L. Owen of Ok
lahoma, Democrat; has com out In
public speech In favor of wbat he
calls a "national legislative reference
bureau" to prepare bills lor Introduc
tion,' "so that they may be as nearly
perfect as possible from the stand
point of clear expression," and, so
worded, "that even the Supreme court
of the United States could not misun
derstand them." The senator says
that much lime unquestionably can be
saved, and many errors avoided by
the creation of an expert bureau with
nothing to do but to pass on the Eng
lish of bills.
The espousing of the cause of this
legislation by the senator from Okla
homa gives the authority of definite
legislation intention to the report
which was published in this corre
spondence not long ago that the Dem
ocrats might take means to prevent
in the future the introduction into con
gress of bills containing jokers. There
probably will be no open antagonism
to such a measure unless It be based
ostensibly on the ground of expense.
Sometimes . when members of con
gress want to nip prospective legisla
tion and do not care to give their
real reasons, they plead economy of
service. A bureau of experts would
cost some money, but In the minds of
the advocates of such a bureau the
money saved would many times re
place that spent for salaries for the
bureau's experts.
Activities of Suffragists.
In the presidential campaign of the
summer and fall of 1912, Mrs. Medill
McCormlck of Chicago, who is the
daughter of the late Mark Ilanna,
showed that she was a rejourceful
leader, and an organizer who knew
how to make strong the foundations of
a campaign. Mrs. McCormlck has
just come to Washington to mako the
leadership of the suffragist commit
tee on congressional action.
It can be said that from what Is
known of them In the past that Mrs.
McCormlck and her companion in
Washington are good - strategists.
They have made simultaneous an
nouncements that they Intend to get
the congressional action necessary to
secure a suffrage amendment to the
constitution, and that, second, and
even more important from their point
of view, they intend to undertake vig
orous campaigns in every congression
al district in the United States next
fall to defeat candidates who do not
declare themselves in favor of the
woman suffrage movement.
It may be that few southern mem
bers of congress will be Influenced to
vote for the necessary amendment by
the prospects of a woman campaign
against them In their dsltricts, but
there are a good many northern mem.
bers, anti-suffragists at heart, who may
think they see visions of defeat unless
they show klndincss toward the cause
"which Is bound to come Into Its own."
The suffragists have Just completed
their campaign or organization.
There are generals, field officers, troop
and company commanders, and pri
vates In plenty in the ranks to engage
in the campaign. It is a militant or
ganization, but nothing of the English
woman's type of militancy enters into
the plans. "'
Rules Committee Against Them.
The rules committee of the house,
which has under consideration the
matter of appointing a committee on
suffrage, Is antagonistic in spirit to
the plan, and it probably will be In
act unless the women who are Id
charge of tho campaign for this form
of recognition of their cause can move
the members out of the frame of mind
in which their "willing souls , would
sit." Chairman Henry of the rules
committee had his sensibilities much
ruffled recently by a sharp encounter
which he had with one or two of the
aggressively Inclined suffragists. This
encounter was prior to the time that
the women had formulated a definite
plan of "gentle attack." It Is said
that Mr. Henry has been mollified
somewhat and that with his col
leagues of the committee he will give
patient attention to the further pleas
which are to bo made to him .and that
he soon maysflnd himself willing to
compromise !y) not to yield all that
is asked.
As soon as the nominations for rep
resentatives In congress are made by
the different parties next spring or
summer, the proper local organizations
of suffragists will appoint tactful but
acute committees to call upon the
nomtnees and to ask them how they
stand on the question of suffrage. It
Is taken for granted by the women
that all candidates of the Progressive
psrty for congress will be in favor ol
woman suffrage, for the party la com
mitted to the cause.
Not All Progressive.
It must be remembered, however,
that the woman suffrage movement 1
pot a movement solely of the Progres
sive party. There rre thousands of
women who bellevo in suffrage who
are Inclined politically to Democracy
or Republicanism. It is probable that
the Democratic candidates will be apt
proached by women of the Democratic
faith, and that the same rule of ap
proach will apply, in the case of Repub
lican. A candidate of the Democratic
party may find that he 1 in danger
of losing votes to a Republican antag
onist if the latter declare for woman
suffrage while the former declare
against it. The women may. not be
able 'to vote, but their influence, as
men know, always has been the case
with woman' Influence, probably can
make Itself felt
It can be taken for granted that be
fore the suffragist in Washington are
through with their winter's work, they
will have money enough to carry on
the kind of a congressional campaign
which they have outlined a most
likely. to be effective. All the suffra
gists of the country of xourse will be
expected to contribute, but it 1 the
intention, it is said, of the women now
in the capital to give a aerie of publlo
entertainments and, perhaps a "great
big ball" for the purpose of 'raising,
fund. . The mark aet today. 1 $50,000,
but. It Is likely to be $100,000 before.
the1 season wanes. The vomx are in
earnestf the; are working thoughtfully
and their, leadership Is intelligent and;
energV' " ' "".
YET 10 BE TESTED
Voters Await Effect of New Cur
rency Measure.
One Indisputable Fact Is That the
Law It Supersedes Was a Model Leg'
Islatlve Enactment and Made
the Country Prosperous.
Of the natioual banking law, which
the new currency measure supersedes,
historians will say that for GO years
it gave the country a better paper
currency than Americans had ever
previously known, and a banking sys
tem which was a model in many
ways. During all the time while it
was In operation, not one dollar of
national bank currency ever caused
the loss of a cent to a holder.
For years after the Civil wut
there was loud denunciation of the
national bank currency by agitators
of the Greenback party, whose idea
was that the government could make
money at will by putting its stamp on
paper and calling it money, and that
this "money" could be lent at a low
rate to the people, making everybody
rich. After full discussion this de
lusion passed. The historic examples
of the paper currency of the American
Revolution and the French assignats
were recalled to good effect in the de
bates of those days.
Latterly the chief Indictment of the
national bank note currency has been
that It was inelastic that its volumo
bore no fixed relation to the needs of
trade that when periods of financial
activity occurred it did not expand,
and that it failed to contract when
Its volume was far in excess of com
mercial needs.
The hope of tho framers of the new
law that it will provide a currency
automatically adjusting Itself to the
changing requirements of legitimate
business remains to be tested. Those
who hold that the automatic flexibil
ity desiderated is unattainable that
paper issues not dependent upon the
most stringent requirements as to se
curity tend to expand, and show r&
luctance to contract have had their
say, and have been shouted down.
Their seemliest course under existing
circumstances is to avoid the role
of Cassandra and to watch the work
ing of the new system.
Republican Unity.
It may be, as some of the utre
constructed Progressives in congress
declare, that the Democrats wllJ suc
ceed in putting upon the statute books
a presidential primary law, in which
case the reforms drafted by the Re
publican national committee distribut
ing representation upon the basis of
the Republican vote of 1908, may
prove to be a work of superogation.
But the Republicans of the country
are not influenced in forming their
party action by the possible exigen
cies of Democratic legislation. The
fact stands out that the meeting of
Vhe committee which was looked to by
pessimists as a storm center with the
south indignantly standing out for the
present scheme of representation ha
turned out, In fact, to be one of the
most amicable, serviceable and high
minded sessions of that Important
body. Tho reforms Indicated are of
the widest reach and will place the
Republican party exactly where It
might have been put before this, had
it not been for the deplorable schism.
Time Brings Change.
The rumor that we are fearful there
will be a deficit is absolutely without
foundation for I am satisfied that
fhe Underwood law will bring in more
revenue than the Tayne law. Speak
er Clark.
What an Invincible optimist tho
Hon. Champ Clark has become since
ihe Democrats put a tariff bill with
protection features on the statute
book! And yet there was a time
when he wanted to see the custom
houses rased.
Will Not Repeat, Mistake.
For the first time in 40 year the
Democrat are in control of the state
government of New Hampshire, and
from the way things look now It will
be 40 years before they get back after
they quit next year. New England is
largely an agricultural section, and
the farmers already have realized the
mistake they ymake last year when
they voted against the Republican
party and protection. They want to
rectify their mistake a soon a pos
sible. . . '.
Policy of Republicans.
"If we again are to triumph," said
Chairman Hllles of the Republican na
tional committee, "we must have
tome motive other than a desire to
win. Republicans and former Repub-,
(leans can go very far in a protocol
of union if a surrender of principle
Is not involved. We will not em
brace theories of government that are
destructive of all we hold essential to
the maintenance of liberty regulated
by law." Washington Dispatch.
Foresees Coming Victory.
. Gen. Felix Agnus, owner and edit
or of the Baltlmmore American, the
Drat editor of national prominence to
declare for the renomlnatlon of Pres
ident Taft, still believe that the for
mer president is eligible to lead the
Republican party to victory, again.
Qeneral Agnus is optimistic regarding
the future. He believe the Demo
crats already have1 shot their boltf
and that the Republican will have an
easy time if they get rid of Colonel
Roosevelt' Influence. Washington
Post '
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF
Battle Creek A group of 20 youni;:
society people have withdrawn froB
their elders' dancing parties because)
the latter profer the ' old-fashioned
steps and have tabooed the tango-and;
similar dances. ' ,
Stevensville. Orvllle Smith, twenty-two
yearn old, living one and
one-half miles south of here, accident
ally hhot and' killed himself while'
hunting. A searching party found h,li'
body. Cheboygan. Ice has formed to a
depth of between two and three,
inches betweeu here and Hois Burner
island. Mall was brought over with a
dog team from the Island settlements,
for the first time in three weeks.
Grand Rapids. Job Thlbout, eighty
four years old, a resident of
Grand Rapids for 70 years, died. Tlri
bout was one of the five men who or
ganized the first volunteer fire brt-.
gadfl organized in the city in 1846.
St. Joseph Ed ward Blackburn is a
puzzle to the authorities of this city.
He is able bodied and a giant lit
strength, and yet refuses to work. He
loiters around a garbage dump, from
which it Is said he picks scraps of
food.
Saginaw Police have Instituted a
search for Helen Baudette, fifteen,
years old, only daughter ofMr. 'and
Mrs. Baudette, who bas been missing
since she started for school, Dec. 10.
It 1b feared she Is a victim of whit
slavers.
Benton Harbor Refused by thw
state, the nation, and the city, tho
case of Jacob Sears, a leper, Is puz
zling the authorities. The poor com
mission was asked to build a homo
for him where, he would be isolated,
but refused. ;
Lansing. Warner A. Dixon, a
clerk In one of the post office
substations here was arrested on a
charge of being short In his accounts.
The peculations were email. He has a
wife and two small children and had
been in the employ of the department
for four years.
Port Huron. Fire originating from
an exploded film partially de
stroyed tho Arcade theater here. Two
hundred people rushed from the build
ing, despite assurances by the manage
ment that they were in no danger. Der
wood Knox and a fellow operator
leaped from the second story to safety.
The damage will reach $000.
Saginaw. Arrangements for the
annual banquet of the board of
trade which will be held February 17.
are under way. The date will mark
the anniversary .of the Incorporation
of Saginaw as a city In 1857. Gov
ernor Ferris, United States Senator
Townsend, Henry Ford and Hugh
Chalmers have been invited to attend.
Saginaw. Miss Helen Burdette,
fifteen years old, who disappeared
from Saginaw December 16, at
which time she started for the Arthur
Hill high school, ha been found at the
Catholic Woman's league In Chicago.
Wfj the girl left Saginaw Is a mys
tery. Her father, who Is working in
Detroit, will go to Chicago for her.
Grand Rapids. A chicken pie at
the home of II. J. Schulllng ex- -ploded,
frightening Mrs. Schulllng so
thoroughly that she turned in an alarm
of fire. Schulllng explained, as the.
cause for the explosion, that the stovo
did not bake the pie on the bottom, but
that It was baked (very hard on th
sides, and the eteanr accumulated,
causing it to blow up.
Alpena. A broken hoart ' caused
by the death of his . son, Joseph
Goulet, Jr., who was killed a few
weeks ago In an automobile accident,
hastened the death of Joseph Goulet.
Sr., who died at his home here atthn
age of eighty-four years. Mr. Goulet
was ill at the time of hie son' death;
and was not notified until the day of
the funeral.
Ann Arbor. A brick 'Structure at
Twelfth street and tiorth Univer
sity avenue was"&catroyed by fire,
nearly costing the'lye of one person.
The building was used by Lorenzo
Averlll, as a restaurant, and by John
Grey as a clothe cleaning establish
ment. To the persistency ' of Henry
Wilber'a efforts to arouse Averlll t
probably due the fact that he is alive.
The loss is $1,000.
Grand Rapids, Neil De Young,
district passenger agent of the P..
M. railroad, received a letter from
Falls City, Ore., containing ten cents
In stamps which the writer sent aa
payment for a ride stolen from Alma
to St. Louis ten years ago. The anony
mous writer closed the communication
with a plea that the passenger agent,
if not a Christian, should take up the
work of the Lord at once.
Owosso. Rev. D. H. Glass, pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Owosso, who . came here
laet summer after having been pastor
of the Central Methodist Episcopal
church of Pontlac, has been appointed
superintendent of Sunday schools or
the Detroit conference in the eastern.
Michigan district, and will move to De
troit a soon as hi successor here is
appointed.
Sturgls To make happy the last
hours of her dying mother, Gladya
Blrely of Hhls city was married to.
Olen Tatten at Mrs. Blrely' bedside.
The couple were in love and the moth
er requested that the marriage be per-
formed before she died. The mother,
died a few minute after the cere
mony. -':'''' ' -' ' . '
member of the local Elk, and an 'act
ive Eagle, who left here in 1877.' for
merly one of the leading citizen here. '
died at Spokane, Wash.; this week
after making hi fortune In the 'weal .
He wa lxty-one year old - -