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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-27

The contest editors can now retire
for much needed rest.
In having a parade of all nations
what's the matter with having a dance
of all nations at night
$500 SANE FOURTH.
CONTINUED from Saturday,
Historical pageant of old Gary.
Scenes of yesterday.
"A. D. 1906. Gary doctors issuing
prescriptions to sick men for SO
cents. There were no saloons here
then, and the medicine. the drug
stores gace made a few candidates for
Dwight
42-Ed. Klopf of Eisler's market be-
ing appointed chief of police at Mil
Ter. He buys a uniform that makes
Joseph's coat of many coiors weep with
envy.
4s-Patrolman Joseph Martin made
chief of police, Town board dele
gates Judge Huber TO SO to Chicago
and buy new blue and gold hat for
Joe. Judge gets spelling mixed up and
the chief travels around town with the
word marshal on his cap. Timely
arrival of Prof. Writ to take charge
of Garys schools brings erudition and
the pointing out that the spelling was
wrong
44--Trustees Sears and Caldwell of the
old town board stopping gambling at
McBride's.
45-Mike Binzen joining the Eagles.
Ito be continued.)
woman's notion of affiuence is to
have her childrens picture taken every
time she thinks they merit it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-27
Harbor Team Loses.

The Zimmerman Colts of West Ham
mond defeated the Harbor Shamrocks
at the latters grounds yesterday after
noon by a count of to 1. This makes
three games the West Hammond nine
has won from the Shamrocks this sea
son. Blssmer held the Harborites in
his grasp during the entire contest.
Batteries Colts=Blissmer and Briden
Shamrocks-Reid and Lunden.
Game Is Exciting.
An exciting game between the Ham
mond K. Of C.s and the Michigan City
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-27
HAMMOND NEWS
Placed Under Bond.

= 1SSOONk y
John Gaubes, Mike Patovny and John
Limpa. three of the foreigners in East
Hammond, landed in the city Jail last
Saturday evening after having cut
each other up during a fight. One or
two of them needed medical attention
but none of them is seriously injured
They were placed under bond and will
have hearing tomorrow morning
Rev. Jones To Lecture.
Rev. w H. Jones. former pastor OF
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
ST. CLOUD PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMPANY

The st. Cloud Public Utilities Conn
pany has been incorporated with n view
to meeting immediate demands and
further developing the town OF st.
Cloud. Fla. The Company has installed
a complete and moderniy equipped cleo
trio light and power plant. ice-manu-
featuring plant, and will soon have
completed the foundations of the water
works. A telephone system. the con-
struction of concrete sidewalks. street
railway service. and other essential fa-
cilitics are within the scope of its char
ter aud are now being considered.
The early installation of these adyan-
tages i'm n growing town. rendering pos
sibIe the equipment of the new home
with many of the comforts and con-
yenienccs of the older established towns
and cities, should prove both popular
and profitable.
The Company Is capitalized at
100000 par value, of shares of Sf00
each. 1t is, however. the purpose OF
the Company, in order to afford an OPP
portunity to those now interested in st.
C.Oud. to acquire an interest in the
Public Utilities Company. to offer a
limited amount of the stock to early
subscribers at $50 per share. Those
desiring to avail of this offer should at
once make application for the number
of shares wanted, accompanied by their
check for the amount subscribed. bear
ing in mind the fact that the Company
reserves the right to limit the number
of shares to be issued to any one SUBJ
scriber at this price: also the right to
reject any subscription and refund tho
amount advanced.
Applications should be addressed to
J. w. SQUIRES, Cashier. First Ma
tional Bank. st. Cloud. or THE Ma
.TIONAL TRIBUNE. Washington. ID. c.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.
AN ACT

To Amend the Act of June 81. 1890 the
Act of April 10, 1903. and Other Acts.
Re it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled
Section 1. That any person who
served 80 days or more in the military
| or naval service of the United States
during the late civil war, or SO days in
the War with Mexico. and who has been
! honorably discharged therefrom. and
who has reached the age of 81 years
! or over. shall, upon making proof of
| such facts according to such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the In
terror may provide, be placed upon the
pension roll, and be entitled to receive
pension as follows: In case such per-
son has reached the age of 62 years.
IS15 per month; 65 years. $50 per
month; 20 years, $50 per month; 40
years or over, $40 per month; and such
pension shall commence from the date
of the filing of the application in the
Bureau of Pensions after the passage
and approval of this Act: Provided, that
pensioners who are 62 years of age or
over, and who are now receiving pen
sions under existing laws, or whose
claims are pending in the Bureau of
Pensions, may. by application to the
Commissioner of Pensions. in such form
as he may prescribe, receive the benefits
of this Act: and nothing herein con-
tanned shall prevent any pensiOner or
person entitled to pension from prose-
cutting his claim and receiving a pension
under any other general or special act:
Provided, that no person shall receive
a pension under any other law at the
same time or for the same period that
he is receiving a pension under the pro-
visions of this act; provided, further,
that no person who is now receiving or
shall hereafter receive a greater pen
sion under any other general or special
| law than he would be entitled to receive
under the provisions herein shall be
pensionable under this act.
! Sec. 2. That rank in the service shall
not be considered in application filed
hereunder.
Sec 3. That the clauses in the Acts
l'of June 81, 1890: May 9. 1900, and
April 19, 1903. denying pensions to wild
ows of soldiers, sailors and marines
who married their husbands subsequent
| to June 27 1890, are hereby repealed.
! 1t will be seen that the provisions of
this bill reach every class of comrades
thruout the country. apply to all alike
and help all alike. 1t is the extreme of
simplicity. which everybody can under
stand. There are no equivocal phrases
or terms which, as in the case of some
former laws, can be turned to the dis
advantage of the men and women whom
the law is intended to benefit.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PEN
SION BILL.

| The National Tribune never has and
never will oppose any pension bill hon
estly offered and supported in SINGER
| ity. We never deviate from the firm
belief that the Government cannot pay
too much to any class of veterans in
return for what they may have done
for it. There have been, and will
continue to be, number of bills Of
fered for buncomb, for the personal
and still worse to confuse and distract
veterans and prevent their solid sup
port of some meritorious bill upon
which they are trying to unite. We
have not even opposed these, but have
strongly counseled the veterans as to
what bill they should unite upon and
give their whole strength toward put
ting thru. There are now many meri-
torious bills before this Congress. any
one of which would bring decided bene-
fits to certain classes. We wish they
could all pass. but we adhere with the
greatest definiteness to our belief that
The National Tribune pension bill has
that it cormends itself more strongly
to greater number of people, and
that it will do more good to a greater
number than any other bill which has
been presented. OF course, no bill is
perfect nor can be made so. No gen.
eral law can ever be passed which will
70 exact justice to everyone upon whom
it operates. The best that we can say
in behalf of The National Tribune PEN
sion bill is that it will go much farther
toward this general justice than any
other bill that has been proposed and
that in whatever it may fall short this
can be remedied by subsequent legisla-
ton.
The National Tribune bill is in direct
sequence of all other pension legisla-
ton which has been placed upon the
statute books, and therefore commends
itself more strongly to our lawmakers
and administrators, and for this reason
we believe that it has much greater
chances of success as soon as the Treas
ury is in better condition than any 9TH
err Let the reader study the bill over
carefully as we present it here, and
we think that he, will coincide with our
views.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
THE UNION VETERAN LEGION.
General Order From the Commander.
in Chief

Thomas J. Shannon, National Conn
mander of<the u. V. L., issues his Cen
eral order No. 4. in which he announces
that the intention to have the 25th Ma
Itional Encampment held at Chattanooga
in conjunction with the meeting of the
Army of the Cumberland has been
abandoned. The Army of the Cumber-
land has not received as low a rate on
the roads as was expected. The ENecu-
tive Committee was Therefore unani-
mously in favor of going to Atlantic
| CITY but it was found that as good
rates could notbe secured for the meet
! ing in advance of the G.. A. r. National
! Encampment as had been given to the
| Grand Army. Still it was determined
to meet there, and the Encampment will
| be held Sept. 13 to 16 at the Royal
Palace Hotel. Commander Shannon
visited Encampment No 2 at Philadel-
phia on the evening of April s. when it
celebrated its 25th anniversary. 1t was
a grand time, with speeches, reminis-
cences and story telling and the Ladies'
Auxiliary presented an envelope con-
tanning s25 in gold, one gold dollar for
each of its golden years of its existence.
The gift was accepted in very feeling
manner by Comrade VIM. III. Redheffer,
and speeches were made by Past Ma
tional Commanders Miller, Donahue.
WoOters and Neel. April 9 National
Commander Shannon was present at
AppoLndltoA LAY III, the CeleDTdIlOn OF
which the Encampmehts of New York.
Brooklyn and Jersey City Joined. There
was a banquet and reception held in
one of the handsomest halls of the city,
with the President of the borough and
other prominent citizens present. Com
rade NJ L. Bogart and Junior Vice Com
mapder w. P. Griffiths are to be COM
plimented upon the success of the meet
ing. In all the large cities of the North
the Encampments celebrated Appomat-
tox Day properly with meetings and
music and addresses. The following ap-
pointments on the staff are announced:
Alma P. Webster, A. A. c.; VIII c. Bur-
ton, Aid-de-Camp. and John Derbaugh.
Assistant Inspector-General,E Encamp-
ment 1873. Soldiers Home. Cal; Jo.
Hansen, A. A c., and A. d. Stauffer,
Aid-de-Camp. Encampment sS. St Jo-
seph. Mo-; W. A. Gum, Assistant In
spector-General, and L. D. Phelps. A.
\. G., Encampment 156. Fort Collins,
Colo.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

No man in the history of the coun-
try has filed his life fuller of good work
for his community than Comrade Fos-
ter Dwight CobIrn, Secretary of the
Kansas State Board of Agriculture May
was his 64th birthday, and more than
three score and four OF his friends
planned and carried out a most pleas
ant surprise for him. Comrade Coburn
was born in Jefferson County, Wis, May
IL, 1876, and served out two enlistments
in Illinois regiments. When mustered
out from his last service he started
| from Kansas, walked across the Mis-
| souri, River on the ice. and became a
farmer and breeder of improved live
stock. In 1880 he went into the Board
of Agriculture, and since that time has
devoted all his great energies and abili-
ties to the practical development of
Kansas Unquestionably he has made
the Kansas Board of Agriculture the
best in the country, he has done a world
of good work in instructing and en-
couraging Kansas farmers to make the
very best out of their soil, and he has
tiles as no other man has his State.
His teaching has been both by precept
and example, and in addition to giving
object lessons as to what can be done
with Kansas soil, crops and animals he
has written a number of valuable prac-
teal works on alfalfa, swine. corn. etc.
He still modestly retains the title of Sec
retary of the Board of Agriculture, and
such was his devotion to his lifework
that he refused a seat in the United
States Senate. Such devotion as this is
rare if not unprecedented, but he gets
his reward in the boundless and we'll
deserved esteem OF the popIe of his
State. on the occasion of his 64th birth
day he received the most complimentary
letters and kilograms not only from
Kansas people, but from leading men
all over the country who have been cog
infant of his great lifework.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

Rt. Rev. Samuel Fa:.ews, G. A. R.,
and prelate whose fair fame for
learning, abilities and high Christianity
extends thru the length and breadth of
the land, has purchased lot and tract
in st. Cloud, and will hereafter spend
some portion of his time there. This is
an event of the greatest importance for
the community for. Bishop Fallows is a
leader whose accession is of immense
benefit to- any community. He was a
high type, of Christian soldier in the
army, where hec used the sword not
only of Lbe spirit but of the flesh, and
with equal effectiveness as to both. He
commanded a good regiment. and did
good service with it, and since the war
has been a leader in all that makes for
the intellectual and spiritual advance
ment for the Nation. The colony at st.
Cloud, is to be congratulated upon this
accession
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
THE; NATIONAL TRIBUNE AND PEN
SIONS
The Martinsvil.c GndD Democrat
takes this slap at The National Tribune:
That DGit.r.

ION the pension BUSINESS The Ma
tioTaI Tribuac. TIE soldiers paper of
washington. scctuS to have become
more Of a Political organ than an advo-
Gale Of The solder. II is az all times
ready to excuse Congress fer non-action
On the day penson- and Is always
re1dy to make t promise fOT that dere-
iict EJGy tnai the dollar pension bill
viii be passed next time; that Is. some
FeNt tine id tSc future. It's using itself
cyidcatly to keep tae boys in line once
again for tho G. .. =. Let's see: What
mern her of Congress was it that APP
pca!ed to the edtcr TO use The National
Tritunc's cCluTaUS to smooth out the
wrinkle frOlt of the boys that have
been fed on promises for years. and
who evidently thought that another
promise. if made pretty strong. Will
serve To turn tire trick for one more
vote at least. on the heels of the fact
that the House Kicked the dollar pen
sion bodily oct Of doors just y few days
ago the proHiGe The National Tribune
ladies out is an insult to the intelligence
of the soldier
The plain truth of the matter u.s. as
every man of average intelligence
knows. that at the beginning Of the
present Congress the condition of the
United States Treasury was such as to
give iic iINtiitSL kDhtciI IL " tFCiS pun
lie man and citizen. The cry for rigid
economy was net everywhere. and the
country was waiting for the tariff bill to
get into operation to recuperateN the
Treasury 1t would have been foolish
and unpatriotic to have insisted upon a
radical pension measure to still further
deplete the Treasury. Since that time
everything has been changing for the
better. the country is recovering from
the financial depression, the Payne
Aldrich bill is working even better than
was expected, and the Treasury vaults
are filling up again in the most cheering
manner. The natural effect of this will
be to make Congress and the President
look more kindly upon additional pen
sion legislation, and therefore we antici-
pate much more favorable reception
to the proposition for pension legisla-
ton at the coming session of Congress
than was possible as long as the chief
effort of those in control of our public
affairs was to keep expenditures within
receipts. We have Just passed thru
season of stringency, and The National
Tribune has been wise enough to recog-
nize the actual situation and advise its
readers, as 1t always has done, as to the
best course to pursue with reference to
the public temper and public needs.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

An inquiry comes from veteran,
whose education included McGuffey's
Second Reader, whether there is any
historical foundation for the poem The
Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" There
is full historical basis. The boys name
was Glacomo Jocante de Casabianca,
aged 10 years. His father Louis de
Casabianca, was a Corsican officer in
the French Navy, and entitled to our
respect and consideration for his ser
vice with Admiral de Grasse during the
Revolution, when the French fleet rem
6ered US essential aid. At the famous
battle of the Nile Casabianca command
ed the Orient, one of the principal
French ships, and rather than surren-
der he sent his crew off and then blew
up the ship and himself. His son de-
cided TO stay with his father, and died
with him. The story, written in verse
by Lebrun Chenier, is a favorite piece
of recitation in the French schools. and
Mrs. Hemans made it equally popular
by her version for young American
f,aders.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

A lively fight is on in Nevada, where
the Democrats are trying to secure a
Democratic successor to Senator Geo.
s. Nixon. At present the Nevada Leg
islature has a Democratic majority Of
25 on a joint ballot. The Democrats
are looking for a candidate among the
rich minors of Esmeralda County. This
County, it will be remembered, received
the prize mule from Bryan as the Coun-
ty showing the heaviest gain in the
Democratic vote Of any in the United
States. Bryan received 2,787 votes.
against $50 votes for Parker in 1904.
Bryan's hold on the County, however. Is
said to be seriously injured by the ao-
tiyities Of the Socialists.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

The latest certain intelligence as to
the heat of the interior of the earth
comes from Prussia, where hole one
and one-half feet-in diameter has been
bored to a depth of 1886 feet below
Che surface. This was hot so far as it
las intended to push it, but the diff
culties encountered increased so that
the work had to be stopped 800 feet
short of the proposed goal 1t is found
That the temperature increased with
s'air regularity one degree for every 81
feet At 400 feet the temperature was
1872 degrees Fahrenheit
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

In spite of all the spectacular success
of the Zeppelin balloons, the trend of
public and especially of military opin-
ion in Germany is against the balloon
type of airship and in favor of the
heavfer-than-air type. The German
aeronauts believe that the public has
been misled by Zeppelin's success and
gone off on the wrong track The wreck
Of the Zeppelin II by windstorm and
the destruction of another by lightning
have shaken the confidence of the Ger
mans in that type. which can only be
used in exceptional circumstances, and
which has such enormous bulk and re-
quires so much shelter, cover and prep
aration. The French military authori-
ties have turned their attention more
to the heavier-than-air machines. and
II is thought that they are far ahead of
the Germans in this respect.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
st. Cloud

The following letter is printed as it
came from the pen of Comrade G. W.
Rich:
Editor National Tribune: VIII you
kindly publish this in answer to the
very many inquiries in regard to the
Soldiers Colony, st. Cloud, Fla? Being
Past Commander of several Posts and
on the staff of Department Commander
of Illinois, which necessarily made me
acquainted with hundreds of Past Com
manders and prominent comrades,
cannot possibly answer all inquiries in
regard to conditions in ST. Cloud. Fla.
L arrived in st. Cloud. Fla, Jan. 21
1910. Returned March 81. 1910. st.
Cloud is truly land of sunshine and
flowers, a paradise for the old boys 1t
brings you back to '61 and '65, when
you meet friends everywhere, no for
mality, but true. kind-hearted friends
which you meet only among those
whose ties were welded in the fire of
battle; with the dear comrades good
wives and daughters. especially the lat
ter, with sunshine and flowers and
stars l will say right herein regard
to stars, have seen more and brighter
stars in the heavens in Florida than
ever saw in all my life. The so DAYS
was in st. Cloud 1 was most of the time
in my shirt sleeves and straw hat; never
had any stove heat in room; over 5000
people anu only HVe or SIX deaths IN
six months is all the proof you need Of
the healthfulness. When yolt see over
800 fine gardens growing like magic,
with thousands of orange trees full OF
fruit, need you ask the question: "WilI
the soil produce anything" With a
city of 5000. which six months ago was
only one family; with hundreds of fine
looking residences, everything home
like and everyone happy; fine National
bank, owning its own building; electric
lights, water works, ice plant and. the
best of all, business men, putting in
thousands of dollars in building and
improving. as only a business man does
where he is sure of success. When the
largest part of the comrades receive
about $50 per month pension, that is
equal to $50 put in bank each month.
When they can produce enough to live
on their five or 10 acres. why should
they not be happy? And for invest
ment from business standpoint, there
are lots of cases where boys sold their
holdings for from $1,000 to $500 on
their 500 invested six months ago.
which is some proof of our good friend
and Comrade John -McElroy'S foresight
in helping the boys to spend their last
days in a mild climate among their
friends and comrades; and l assure my.
many friends in st. Cloud as soon as
can arrange business matters here I
will be with them in their beautiful
Southland home. st. Cloud, Fla-G w.
Rich, 424 N. SD avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

The 2Sth Annual Encampment of the
Department of Utah. c. A r., will be
held at Odd Fellows Hall, Salt Lake
City, June IL. and Department Com
mander Smyth in issuing his order
urges everyone entitled to seats to be
present. Commander Smyth also an
nounces the death of their beloved COM
rade, Joseph Milleron, Medical Director
of the Department, which occurred by
an accident April %, and orders the
Department Headquarters to be draped
in mourning for so days.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

We are threatened with a new kind
of shoddy. 1t is represented that a
process has been discovered by which
wood pulp and the cellulose from sea-
weed can be spun into yarn and used
for fabrics. It is said that there are
in the shallow parts of the sea limitless
quantities of seaweed. which, mixed
with wood pulp, can be spun into yarn
of quality superior to that from jute,
;and which can be used successfully for
.-ress materials, bags, sacks, towels, car
bets, sailcloth, etc.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19
There seems mo- end to the bigness OF

There seems no end to the bigness Of
ships. Our forefathers got along very
well with ships of a few hundred tons
burden, and in the younger days of this
generation a 1,000-ton ship was regard
ed as gigantic. Very recently people
were astonished when Jim Hill built
20,000-ton ships for the Asiatic trade.
The Lusitania and Mauretania, each
over 10000 tons, were marvels, but
their great success and the unusual
profits they have earned has stimulated
the directors of the Cunard Company
to prepare for four ships which will be
from 10000 to $4,000 tons. The White
Star Company has already in process of
building two ships, the Olympic and the
Titanic, which will be of about 45, 900
tonnage. The Hamburg American Line
has started ship of 10000 tons. What
has been discovered is that the larger
the ship within certain limits the great
er the profits, and the present tendency
is to build ships intended for both pas
senger and freight traffic. No Special
efforts will be made to attain high
speed, and 20 knots is about the rate
contemplated.
The National tribune., 1910-05-19

Gen. Smith d. Atkins, of Freeport
ILL., whom all the survivors of Kilpat-
rick's Division. indeed of the whole OF
Sherman's army. remember with ad-
miration and affection for his effective
work in the command of a regiment
and a brigade, announces his support
of John McElroy for Commander-in-
Chief. Comrade Atkins is editor of the
Journal at Freeport, and is an author
of several works of much historical
merit.