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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-22
BANDMEN OPPOSE BAND CONCERTS
 AT PUBLIC CHARGE

Musicians .and citizens are expressing 2 disal yprova of the petition of the Coast Artillery band for municipal appro- priation of $1,6O0 to defray the expen- ses of public band concerts In the past the Wheeler & Wilson, the Phil harmonic band, and the American band have raised money for the con- certs by private subscription. In New Haven the city appropriated a sum of money for free concerts and all of the bands wanted a part of it. The bandmen say this was years ago and the result was that free concerts ceas- ed altogether as it was impossible for the city government to discriminate against one musical organization in favor of another.
 A prominent bandman said this morning, "If anyone is to contribute toward free concerts it should be the railroad company which makes money out of the proposition. He declared that the traction company got at least 10000 nickels every time there is 8 band concert. Five thousand people are carried in either direction. The sum which the trolley company is said to have contributed toward the con- certs of the Wheeler & Wilson band was $50 for the season.
 The petition is referred to the com- mittee on Ways and Means and if a public hearing is called the aldermen will undoubtedly hear a musical dis cord in many keys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-22
STAMFORD WILL APPROVE BARNUM
 AVENUE LAYOU'.

The people of Stratford will declare unanimously in favor of the extension of the trolley lines through Barnum avenue, at the hearing to be held next Thursday night. before the selectmen The only contention seems as to where the tracks shall be laid, whether into the middle of the road, or street. Some want a single track on each side of the roadway. Bridgeport has consent to the tracks in the center of the road as far as the StratfOrd town line
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-22
PROMINENT MAN
 ARRAIGNED FOR ARSON.

Manchester. Jan. 22,-Samuel Doane, 70 years old, for years one of Marchester's leading business men. was arraigned in police court yesterday on charge of arson and attempting to defraud fire insurance companies that had insured his grocery store for about $40,000. It is alleged that he attempted to set his place of business on fire on the morning of Dec. 31. He was bound over to the superior court for trial under $5,000 bond which was furnished.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10
this DATE IN HISTORY,

November 10.
Edmund Andres became
governor of New York.
Ludweu became governor
of South Carolina
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. College opened.
l759-Schiller, the famous German poet,
born at Marbach. Died at Keimar,
May 3. 1906.
|1777-British began an attack on Fort
Miflin.
l7ss-Bonaparte declared First Consul.
1s12-The Americans attacked Kings
ton. Ont.
lS25-Commodore Thomas Marlborough,
the hero of Lake Champaign" died
in Portsmouth, N. H. Born in New
castle County, Delaware, Dec. %,
1888.
1S72-The great fire N Boston got an
der control. after having burned
over an area of zoe acres.
against the Star Route
principals dismissed.
worlds convention of the
W. c. T. L. opened in Boston.
1S97-Sir Wilfrid Laurier visited Wash
fngton to discuss the Boring Sea
claims and other questions
19oe-Jamaica and Hayti suffered great
damage from a hurricane.
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Heart tof1eart
Talks.
by EDWIN AWE.
A MODERN


This is the plain, true story Of
Ruth's undoing.
Tired of clerking in a country store.
Ruth s. went to Chicago at the age
of eighteen.
The girl found employment in a gar
ment factory, where she made skirts
at IS cents apiece.
Apt and skillful with her hands,
Ruth was able by close application to
make six or seven skirts a day, thus
earning as much as $14 per week-suf-
ficient for her modest needs.
After a time the factory reduced the
price for making skirts to 80 cents
each. Ruth simply worked harder and
was still able to make her $14.
Then later came a further reduction
to 25 cents per garment. There was
much strife and a strike was talked
of. Some of the girls quit. What be-
came Of them has nothing to do with
this story.
A year later the managers of the
factory further reduced the price-to
meet competition, they said-to 20
cents per skirt. And later still the
price went down to Is cents-the low
est sweatshop figure.
Ruth was driven almost to despera-
ton. The cost of living had gone up
as the wage went down. She strain
ed every energy to earn enough to pay
her living expenses.
She contrived pitiful economies, Of
ten going without monday lunch and
was faint because of the lack. She
had frequent headaches and was very
nervous. Because of the overstrain
and failing strength the poor girl,
though she did her best, was slowly
breaking. She could scarcely sleep be-
cause Of worry.
Then one day she said something
had snapped inside of her head.
Worn out, body broken and heart
broken, at the G Of twenty-three,
Ruth went insane.
That is all.
The story Is true and it is typical OF
thousands such-thousands of honest,
pure, hard working country girls
whom the city has swallowed up into
its ravenous nav and then, having
sucked their innocent blood or killed
their souls, has spewed them out, bro
ken and impotent wrecks of woman
hood.
The pity of it,
Comment:
I told Ruth's story to a wealthy man,
and when l said she was in an insane
asylum, he remarked:
Yes, another public charge. That ID
what makes our taxes so high"
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this Is MY 18TH BIRTHDAY
Henry Van Dyke.

DR.. Henry Van Dyke. professor of
English literature at Princeton Univer-
sity. was born in Germantown, Pa,
Nov. 10, 1852, and is descended from
distinguished colonial ancestry. After
graduating from the Polytechnic In
~stitute in Brooklyn in 1869 he complet-
ed the courses in Princeton University
and Princeton Theological Seminary.
After leaving the seminary in 1877 he
took a postgraduate course at the
University Of Berlin. Upon his return
home in 1879 he became pastor of the
United Congregational Church in New
port, r. l., where he remained until
1882, when he was called to the pulpit
of the of the Brick Presbyterian Church
in New York City. Since 1900 he has
held his present position at Princeton
University. DIR. Van Dyke has served
as moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States and has
been honored with degrees from Yale.
Harvard, Princeton and a number of
other leading universities and colleges
of America.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10
WHAT THE LESSON MEANS.

How well the republican party learns the little lesson, taught it at the
whipping with he proper humility, and its determination % 0 to a real-
alton Of what he lesson meant
The defeat itself comes at n opportune time. In ITSELF Is fr as the
party in he nation it is inconsequential. The louise is lost 20 tn party.
but thu senate remains republican. The democrats ire tied hand and foot.
With the Upper House and the President against them they cn be nothing
but obstructonists. 1t is hopeless to expect that tn democrats will aid
republican progressiveism. They proved that in the last House in the tariff
debate when they refused to line u with the republican revisonsts
When the political atmosphere has cleared, N fact will stand out
above all others that President Taft is the biggest man in his party. For
nearly WI years his oath as the chief executive las been beset with difficult
ties. He has accomplished a great deal and he has not shouted aloud from
the housetops what he has done. How great a man the president is will be
clearly shown in another year
If the republican party rallies around Mr.. Tat. a it ought to do, and we
believe it will, the democratic party, uncommited to any progressive policy
in reality divided, with a dozen ambnionhungry leaders fighting for b whip
hand car never be a menace to a unied republican pary-the party which
never stands still. We have BEEF chastened, but not Inundated.
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The Evening Chit Chat
By RUTH

through a cloth, but it's there, and you
can't dance with most girls without
smelling it on your hands, and / don't
like it, and neither do most men,"
That's a new point of view to me.
Of course. l always knew that the
use of any strong perfume was ex-
tremely bad form
1 dislike, as much AS any man, to sit
next a woman on the train or car who
has drench her handkerchief in some
strong toilet water before sallylng
forth to conquest.
But 1 had never thought that the
placing of sachets in ones clean linen
was any other than a dainty habit.
Perhaps the other party had an
obsession on the subject? Perhaps he
is particularly sensitive to odor?
1 can't say for sure. All 1 know is
that he very warmly secuted this
other men whom 1 have since consulted
hold similar views to his.
Already I can picture to myself the
letter 1 am going to receive from the
aggressive young person.
She is going to say: You needn't
think we are going to stop using
sachets just because men don't like
them. There are some women who
don't him about what men like all the
time"
Right-O aggressive youn person.
| But this isn't a command to stop u.s.
ing sachets. It's just a presentation
of a point of view that was new and
interesting to me, and that I thought
might be the same to other women.
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1 wonder if women, as a rule, realize
how intensely and consistently most
men hate perfume.
L was speaking of the way in which
men who smoke leave the faint of their
habit upon you. If they so much as
shake your hand.
l rather like the smell of fresh to-
bacco smoke" l said, but the stale
odor that smoking leave on hangings
and draperies. and that clings around
most men who smoke a great deal, 1
hate. Why. if you dance with such a
man or shake hands with him you can
smell that stale odor on yourself the
rest of the evening"
rs 1t any worse than the way wo-
men disseminate the odor or per-
fumery?" demanded the other party to
the discussion.
AS a proof Of his disinterestedness in
the argument let me mention that the
other party does not smoke at all.
mo nice woman uses perfumery,"
1 protested.
Yes, they do he insisted. We'll.
maybe not strong p~erfumery. but some
kind of scent. My mother, now, insists
she doesn't use perfumery, but her
handkerchief always has some kind of
an odor."
why. that's because she keeps them
cry one does that"
Exactly said the other party,
that what mean. I don't no
whether the smell is wet or dry, or
whether it comes out of a bottle or
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hospital where several broken bones
were found. The wagon was demolished
GROUND BY TRAIN.
Herman Kruell, AZ years old, OF
Koutz, Ind, was literally ground TO
pieces by a Chicago & Erie train at
Valparaiso last night. He was seen in
an intoxicated condition shortly before
the accident and it is supposed he fell
asleep on the track.
QUARREL ENDS IN MURDER.
Two miners quarreled on the streets
O Clinton early yesterday morning,
with the result that Turchi Gaetano Is
dead from bullet wounds inflicted by
Turchi Pelegrini, who escaped. Both
are Italians. A systematic search Is
on for the slayer.
SENATOR ARRESTED.
stephen B. Fleming of Fit. Wayne
was arrested late Tuesday afternoon In
the rolling mill district for alleged in
timidation of voters. 1t is declared
that Fleming was tearing up natur-
alization papers because the holders OF
the papers would not vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
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COMMUNICATIONS


Wit practically an empty pocket. AMI in the ace of tn most powerful
and best equipped democratic organization eve known in Lake county
politics. the republican county organization has again % another remark
able victory IN elected the entire county ticket besides sending Judge
Crumpacker back to congress.
Credit for thu victory, despite the almost insurmountable odds, must be
given to Republican County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf, who, by his tire
less energy. his ability to pick ieutenants possessed with political acumen
and the faculty of being n the job at all times; his executive management;
his uniform good nature and his versatile grasp of the situation at IL times
carried on the battle day and night since he al elected chairman. He not
only o owe The democrats. but also over enemies n his own party.
The only fly in the ointment is h new that the republican victory in
Lake county this fall marks the passing of Mr.. Schaaf as county chairman.
Early in the year he yielded to pressing opportunities from republicans all
over the county, district and state liter h e had determined to retire from
politics, at much personal and business sacrifice. He vas the general at
the head Oft the republican hosts again thisc campaign, but has announced that
he will retire from active participation in the political game hencefmth.
His determination is a distinct loss to the republican party for it will
be exceedingly difficult to find a worthy uccessor to Mr.. Schaaf
And so with him, as a factor n the business domain Of the Calumet
region, with his multiplicity of interests 20 the congratulations ant best
wishes Of those with whom he has been associated in four political battles
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Gagged in his own store and home
in Crockettsyille, KY. daring to
walk from one to the other only be-
hind the shelter of an eight-foot
board stockade, behind which he is
invisible to the ~assassins he believes
Turk in the mountain side which
faces his place, Ed. Callahan, sue
cessor to Judge James Hargis as
leader of the Hargis faction in the
Brethitt county feud, lives what he
himself calls a miserable exist
ence."
Not more than twice since June,
1909, when he was shot twice by
bullets fired from the cover of the
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trees on the mountain side, has Cal
lahan left his store or home. Only
two times has he ventured to ex-
pose himself to the view of hidden
foes. To gain his home after a day
in the store and to gain the store
after a night in his home, he
crouches. almost crawls, along the
path worn behind the eight-foot
board fence. He had that fence
erected after his return from Beat
tyville, KY, to get medical treat
ment for his wounds.
The men he says who shot him
that time, Lish Smith and Levi
Johnson. who were turned free by
failure Of a jury to indict them. are
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10
WHY NOT pEAcABLE ELECTIONS IN GARY?

Gary will n day wake up to the fact that the absolutely disgraceful
methods used within its confines o. election day give it a black We. These
methods are shameful A veteran correspondent said that eve in all his
fory years of his work has lie seen he police of a city used by a political
party Is were the Gary police used OF Tuesday
Think eff negroes and foreigners being used to enforce the law al ws
done. There should be neither use of deputy sherufsn or deputy marshals in
Gary. Election officers are given full power tic enforce the election law
Why permit crowds at the polls? Why should 10 Gary have a eaceabl
election? Other cities in Lake county with bigger votes to cast. had no
trouble. A mans political convictions We're lot fntmfered with. 1t should
make n o difference whether a man is a democrat or a republican. One els as
good as the other. 1t is a marvellous thing that lives were not lost in Gary
o Tuesday. Perhaps the people have O realized that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10

Katherine Clemens Gould, who
obtained a divorce from Howard
Gould only last year, believes her
life is the object of a poison plot.
b has deserted her home near
Lynchburg, Va, known as Blue Gap
Farm, and put herself under a ply
sician's care. He says he finds no
trace Of the poison Mrs. Gould Is
convinced was administered to her.
In the divorce trial, Howard Gould
charged his wife with auto 10y
riding" excessive indulgence in
cocktails. use of improper language,
and as a result of other charges
Dustin Farnum, actor, was called to
the stand to explain his friendship
with Mrs. Gould. The court award
ed Mrs. Gould what she called "a
paltry $4,000 a year. alimony.
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THE VICTORY OF CONGRESSMAN c~RuMpAcKER

1t must indeed be provoking ITO the democrats of the Tenth district, say
in factir irritating, to find that the people of the district have complct conf
dence mo faith is Judge Crumpacker. 1t must be gratifying o the people of
Lake county to learn that he is not to be cast aside like al old shoe after
the many yearso of faithful service he has given his constituency. The spIen-
did vote given the congressman by the people of this great manufacturing
district, by the old soldiers, the farmers by democrats and republican alike
is a white badge of honor for Judge Crumpacker.
The rae he made against so able, sc versatile, so industrious, so clever
and so welEequipped an opponent as jobs B. Peterson "a a notable one
The campaign Mr. Crumpacker conducted was a dignifed n in the extreme
The Roby-Robertson Press bureau stands bare-rebuked. 1t hurt Mr. Peter
and helped Judge Crumpacker lot than any n thing
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laying for him" once more on tn,
wooded mountain side before the
Crockettsville store.
Hargis' men, followers now of
Callahan, r being killed at the
rate of one a week.
Galatians store is guarded now
by Hargis men who keep out of
sight, ready. to follow any enemy
who fires from the mountain side.
Govan Smith is the leader of the
faction which has sworn the killing
of all Hargis men.
The cross in the accompanying
cut marks the door of the store
where Callahan was standing when
shot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10
Avoided the Crowd.

The Houston Post says that Kermit
Roosevelt is home. He must have slid
in the back way while pa was talking
on the front porch.-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
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day afternoon and physicians at the
Cit Hospital, where he was taken short
ly after the accident. say his injuries
may prove fatal. witnesses of the ac-
cident say the rider of the machine
hurried from the scene as soon as he
struck Gunterman and escaped.
PRISONER IN TROUBLE.
Governor Thomas r. Marshall was
appealed to yesterday by telegraph in
n effort TO bring about the release of
ohm Conway, confined in the county
all in Warsaw on conviction of de-
rauding a landlady. While the matter
7as being considered at Indianapolis
he father of the boy wired him money
With which he paid the fine and pur-
chased a ticket to Harrisburg, Pa,
where he will attend the funeral Of his
mother, who died suddenly.
CONDUCTOR Is KILLED.
Burt Haid. 3S years old, whose home
is at Wawaka. Ind. and who is en-
ployed as conductor on the Goshen
Kendalville plug train on the Lake
Shore, was fatally injured at Goshen
yesterday when he struck an overhead
bridge on the railway. He fell head
foremost and struck the rail where he
was found by the engineer.
SKULL WAS FRACTURED.
Newton West. IS years old, fell from
a buggy late yesterday afternoon while
driving along the Indianapolis & Gin
cinnati traction line in S~helbyville. and
his skull was fractured He was in
iured to such an extent that he will
die.
BIG FEES ALLOWED.
Attorneys fees aggregating s9.s41.75.
were allowed in Goshen yesterday in
the receivership case against the
American Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Elkhart, started by former At
tornev General Miller. Lou W. Vail
was allowed s5.2O3.10 and James S.
dodge. Jr.. S4.66S.65. Both appeared for
the receiver.
INJURED IN COLLISION.
In a collision between a street car
and the coal wager he was driving
Jack Burge, of Anderson was severely
injured yesterday. He was taken to a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10

The high price of living has sucked
the sting from our favorite expression
of betting dollars to doughnuts." That
more sun.
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1t Might BE BaIIinger.

The third member of the cabinet
who is to speak in Ohio is Attorney
General Wickersham. but it might be
worse.-Ohio State oJurnaI.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-10
UP AND DOWN In
INDIANA


CHI OVER WILL.
Mrs. Eta A. Norton of indianapolis
widow of the late Julian P. Norton of
Clifford. has filed objections in Column
bus to the ~probating of the Norton will,
alleging that it was procured by un-
influence and fraud and that at
the time 1t was executed the testator
was a person of unsound mind.
GOES AFTER BOoTLEGGER.
Attorney Lyman Jackman, local OPP
ton advocate, acted as special police
man, self-appointed, in Huntington yes
terday and last night, causing the ar
rest of half a dozen intoxicated men,
and obtaining Information upon which
"bootletting" and blind tiger" charges
galore will be made today. The Demo
MISS EVANS MARRIED..
The marriage of Oscar Thomas Rob
erts of Indianapolis and Miss Frances
Evelyn Evans was solemnized in
Charlottesville yesterday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. The ceremony was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Ernest Daily
Smith, pastor OF the Centenary Metho-
dist Episcopal Church of Terre Haute,
in the presence of fifty Immediate
friends and relatives. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts departed Immediately follow
ing the ceremony on a wedding journey
to the South.
BY MOTORCYCLE.
Joseph Gunterman, So years old, was
struck by a motorcycle at Meridian and
Morris streets in yester-
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I THE EDITORS


1t would appear that the colonel
has not only stolen Mr.. Bryans poll
cies. but that he has also loaded them
and fired them off.-Providence Tri-
bune.
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So the colonel was stung by a atsetse
fly. There is no doubt as to what hap
pened to that t. I. hy.-Detroit News
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nized the Portuguese republic. But.
then, 1T was no affair of his, anyway.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.