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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
GARY HOST
TO HAMMOND

About twenty members of the Ham
mond chapter went to Gary last night.
where they conferred the royal arch
degree upon three candidates from
Gary.
. The evenings session was closed
with a luncheon and smoker and the
visitors returned assuring the stayat
homes that the latter had missed a
splendid good time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
SLOW AUTO
RACES NOW
THE FAD
Crown Point Man Takes IL
Minutes to Drive Car City
Block; Novel Race Is In
stituted at County Seat
Yesterday.
Especial to THE TINES }


Crown Point, Ind, July ga crowd
of Crown Point citizens had the op-
portunity OF witnessing one of the most
novel races seen here in years, yester-
day morning, when Guy D. Clark and
Edwin Laws pulled OF their slow auto
revelation to many people who had no
idea that an automobile could crawl
along at a snaii's pace, which Clark
and Laws compelled their machines to
do.
Clark, driving a Stoddard Day ton
and Laws a Cadillac. they met at the
appointed. time and place yesterday
morning to settle the discussion which
machine could run slower. The start
was made from the Swartz corner the
machines heading south. and through
clever manipulation of the machines
the two drivers succeeded in crawling
along a city block in about IL minutes
and 10 seconds.
Laws won the race, Clarks machine
stopping at the fraction of a second
when he applied the brakes a little
harder than the machine would stand
for and still keep on its journey to the
corner OF sout hstreet. The race Is an
innovation and is particularly interest
ing. requiring the cleverest kind of
manipulation to run slow without the
least perceptible stop. 1t is said that
a race of like nature will be arranged
for the county fair. There is not the
least Deselz51a chsEnp of enxofz1 aettinx
hs1T< III &eaa rszc@a III Il laS4 III a3r happen
to come up from hehind and collide
with the machine. ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22

TO CALL AN
AMBULANCE
Laborer Whose Life Might
Have Been Saved Had At
tention Been Given Him
Dies at Hospital From In
juries Received on Road.

One Of the most reprehensible acts
ever committed by an employe of a cor
poration in this locality and which If
a damage suit is brought will cost the
Nickel Plate railroad dearly took place
in Hammond last night
Jacob Pelczor. so years old. a laborer
of Oklahoma City, East Chicago, was
struck by east bound extra Nickel
Plate freight train at Van Loon. 15
miles east. of here and died at 10
o'clock last night at St. Margaret's hos
pital from his injuries.
Criminal Disregard.
But for the negligence of the acting
agent. Peter Thompson. of the Nickel
Plate station at Hammond. according
to the police, the mans life might have
been spared.
Following the accident at Van Loon,
Thompson received word that a man
had been struck by the train there and
was asked to have an ambulance there
when the mans body was brought
back TO Hammond.
Cheap Railroad Agent.
Instead of calling an ambulance
Thompson called up Trustee Becker
and also the police and refused to call
the ambulance because he said it would
be a charge upon the Nickel Plate rail-
road instead OF the county and that the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
Perhaps He Couldn't Move.

William Miminger. who gave his
home as New York City, was arrested
by Officer Poppen at the corner of In
diana and Holman streets last night for
drunkenness.
He was found sitting on the sidewalk
on the corner, where he had been
warned two or three times to move
on, but he did not pay any attention
to the requests. His trial came up
before Judge Barnett in the city court
and he was fined s1.o0 and costs.
amounting to sill. Unable to pay his
fine he will be taken to Crown Point
this noon to spend a ffteen-day vaca-
tion at the county jail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
BOLD BURGLARS
AT WHITING
Especial to THE TIMEso }

Especial to THE TIMEs0
Whiting, Ind, July 22.-The clothing
store of Harry Gordon & Son was rob-
bed on last Thursday night and not dis
covered until they opened yesterday.
The entrance was made through the
basement window, through which ac-
cess to the store was gained.
The list of missing articles is SIS in
cash and several pieces of jewelry and
wearing apparel.
No trace Of the burglars is found.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
Ruff Gets Auto Truck.

]. J. Ruff received new 30-horse-
power Locomobile truck last night
which he intends to use as a delivery
truck in his hardware business.
The machine is 4-cylnder car and
is capable of carrying 1900 pounds.
Mr.. Ruff is well satisfied with the ma
chine so far and claims the truck is
just what he has needed for a long
time. The machine has a very power
full engine. and unlike a lot of other
trucks, is quite noiseless.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
FIVE KILLED IN BULL FIGHT RIOT

Bogota, Colombia, July 22.-At a
bull fight here yesterday the holiday
The police in restoring order used
their rifles, killing five persons.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
STEAMER IN COLLISION.

Rotterdam, Holland, July 22.-The
Austrian steamer Iskrapeti and the
Dutch mail liner Postdam, bound
from New York to Rotterdam, collid-
ed off Maasluis in the New Mas
River.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22

Eagles picnic Sunday Kinders Grove
Dancing. prize races. Refreshments
and games. 7-21-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22

If you are a judge OF quality try =
Lavender Cigar,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22
Cheap Railroad Agent.

(Cont tinued on Page S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-22

FAIR. NOT MUCH
CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES.
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CONTINUED on page 81
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
With the Photographers

The merchant who has anything worth SELL
ing will be able to find buyer by advertising for him
Chester Times.
Now is the time for Mother" to yank her young hone
ful by the beck Of the neck and pump some sulphur
and moasses into his system via his throat-Chester
Times.
What's wanted badly in Chester Is a large consirn-
ment of alarm clocks-Chester Times
Undoubtedly Hobson's silence is Hobson's choice"
observes the Rome Sentinel And the countrys prefer
ence-schenectady Union.
Some States get an idea that United States Pres
idents chief function is TO umpire party differences
Washington Star
Out in Gary Ind. the town that sprang upon ground
where before there had been sign of one a church
built i'm nine hours That heats the record OF Waco
Tex. where they built church IN a day-Youngstown
indicator II this had been Pisburg every man could
have understood the necessity of this hurry call for
churoh.-Florda Times-Union.
Advice TO girls: If you going 10 marry man 10
reform him. include In your trousseau-Gal-
weston News.
Columbia University is organizing an expedition to
climb Mount Mckinley and frst-class surgeon.
How would DR. Cook dog-Pittsburg Gazette Times
Booker T. Washington would be in greater request
than as lecturer II he supplemented HIS roper
tory with How TO Find People in Apartment
Houses.'-Pittsburg Press
One way to avoid publicity and attention Is to be-
coma hriaAs~~onn--TonaiA cAnit~i
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
MIR. BRYAN AS A LEADER.

HE presence of Mr. William J. Bryan at Wash
- ington during the opening of Congress has
caused distress to many Democrats who have
thought that the Nebraska leader was dead
one Bryan should have been in Mexico, or some
similar place, when the Democrats took command
of the lower House, they think The "imperti-
nence of Mr.. Bryan is the way one of the critics
describes his appearance at Washington.
But what is there impertinent about Mr. Bryan's
activity in the Democratic party? He led the party
to defeat three times, they say. But didn't Mr..
Parker lead the party to defeat, and was not the
party so disrupted during the closing days of Mr.
Cleveland's second administration that it did not
recover until the present time7
If Mr. Bryan should be put on the shelf and
refused admission into the councils of the party
Mr.. Parker should likewise be banished and Mr.
Cleveland forgotten.
The fact of the matter is that Mr.. Bryan and his
opinions have exerted a vast influence on both
parties and he still has the power TO disrupt the
Democratic party if he desires
There can be no consideration of a Democratic
plan of campaign or of anything else relating to
the party unless due account is taken of the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

1 HERE is valid reason why the towns Of
the State should not have organizations Of
men and women to consider questions that affect
the general welfare
Certain Democrats Of Kent county some time
ago announced that progressive league of mem
bers of the party had been formed Certainly there
is need for an organization of this kind when ar
guments such that imputed to General Kenney
in opposition TO q State Utilities Commission can
be seriously entertained.
Outside the newspapers and the organizations
of Grangers with an occasion Board of Trade
there appear to be no public bodies of citizens
through which public opinion is expressed. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that public questions are
discussed among the people in Kent and Sussex
and leagues or clubs would be the proper place
in which to give expression to public opinion. Leg
islators are influenced thereby and sound public
sentiment is created, while the narrow partisan
lines which at present influence so many are shat
tered.
1t is really amusing to notice how partisanship
influences some people in communities Even
though there may be no special issues dividing
the parties. partisanshp falls back upon the like
or dislike of this man or that man, the political
leader who is supposed to be fountain of wis
dom whose opinions must be followed
II the so-caed leaders in these communities
could only maintain profound silence, keep their
mouths closed and look wise, they might be able
to sustain a reputation for that wisdom which il
is assumed goes with political leaders But alas
they talk and then il is obvious how much OF their
talk is very shallow that il is a wonder that peo-
pie listen to them at all.
If there we're organizations Of citizens discuss
ing public matters from broad point of view,
the so-called leaders would have to bestr them
selves and obtain some real knowledge and wis
dom which many Of them now have false repu-
tation for possessing
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
THURSDAY. APR. 6 1911
WILL NOT "RAIsE CAIN"

is strange what odd notions prevail among
j. some people who are supposed 10 keep in
formed about public matters. For example some
men have an idea that the Public Utilities Com
mission is TO make an assault on all corporations
One man NAV dislike the DUPONT corporation or
some other big concern and he has got idea
that the Public Utilities Commission is TO regulate
and get after" this corporation and stir things up
generally.
Then they are saying that the Commission will
be all right, 'lf'-and there are dozen "ifs"
The Public Utilities Commission, as its name
implies, concerns itself only with what called
public service corporations, such as electric light
ing and gas and street railways and telephones
and the like.
Ii does not interfere with other corporations for
obvious reasons The corporations we have named
hold monopolistc franchises They get these
franchises from the public. Their relations TO the
public are entirely different from the relations Of
X corporation that may own store or manu-
ee acturing establishments
For instance the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company runs street cars on Market
street II is evident that no other concern lay
tracks and run cars on Market street. Hence the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company
holds monopolistc franchise and therefore II has
peculiar relations with the city and the public.
This elemental distinction is understood Of
course by those familiar with the matter, but we
mention it in the hope that those who do not seem
TO understand may be able TO grasp just what a
Public Utilities Commission is and what Public
Service Corporations are.
The Public Utilities Commission is not going TO
assail destroy vested interests. 1t is not going
TO raise Cain 1t will be composed Of sane and
sensible men, we hope that will do no injustce
TO anyone.
The Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Com
pany has made change in its rates We may
not say that this change is due TO the prospect OF
Public Utilities Commission, but such matters as
these rates subjects that come under the jurs-
dction of the commission.
And il is not 10 be presumed that the commission
will cut and slash rates of any Public
Service Corporation We think that the mere fact
nat we are TO have commission has already ac-
compished some good
The success or the failure OF the Commission,
however, depends now upon the kind of men that
the new Mayor will appoint commissioners.
The scheme Of commission which The Journal
has advocated is all right II is up TO the peo-
pie to see that the scheme is carried into execution
along rational lines. If the commission should not
amount TO anything il will be the fault of the
people themselves. IL will not be the fault Of
those who have advocated commission as the
best and proper method Of dealing with questions
which arise and theu in regard 10 Public Utili-
ties of the city.
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

that time had never met Mr.. Lincoln,
and for that reason he was called upon
almost every day by Republicans who
had come from all part of the United
States north of Mason and Dixons
line AS soon as the presidential ticket
was nominated I determined that, at
the first convenient moment. ! would
go to Springfield and call upon Mr.
Lincoln, although | was sure that
knew something Of the ability and
character Of the man which had led
the Republican convention to nomi-
nate him for President My visit to him
was to be more one of courtesy than
for the sake of getting a personal i'm
preston of him. I had i'm my mind no
doubt of the wisdom of the Republican
party in nominating Mr., Lincoln. I did
not agree with those who feared that.
because of his ineXperience I'm public
life, Mr.. Lincoln would be I'm danger
of failure as President I was impa-
tient when I heard anyone say that Mr..
Lincoln would bring prairie manners
into the White House.
Five minutes after I had met Mr..
Lincoln. It seemed to me that we had
been acquainted for years He was
perfectly natural, unassuming, unpre-
tentious AS we chatted. / saw that he
was measuring my height with his eye,
and I thought that he was gratified to
discover that, although | was tall, he
was a little taller He always seemed
A little proud of his great stature
throughout the years that knew him.
Pretty soon Mr.. Lincoln left of
talking about general matters and ask
ed me if We had ever met before. 7 re-
piled that 7 had no recollection Of our
having met previously; that If we had
] was sure | should recall the circum-
stances. But, Mr.. Lincoln, I added,
though this Is our first meeting. /
nevertheless feel we'll acquainted with
you, for il has been one OF my most
vivid recollections of public men that
you, when a member OF Congress,
made during your trip 20 Massachu-
setts the ablest speech can remember
in defense of free soil
Why said Mr. lincoln, that is a
curious circumstance. for while / do
nor remember ever having met you
personally. I have had constantly in
remembrance the speech you made in
the Senate as a Free Soil Democrat.
and I said at the time. Senator Ham
Inns views upon that subject and mine
are practically alike
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The First Meeting Of Lin
coin and His First Run
ming Mate
BY eHOIland."

Hannibal Hamlin. four times United
State Senator from Maine. once Gov
ernor OF that State, aud ce-President
during Lincolns first administration,
told me i'm the winter Of 1891 the story
of his first personal meeting with
Abraham Lincoln; and the words he
used then to describe that meeting
were practically the last | heard him
speak. I never saw him again, his
death occurring a few months later
when he was in his eighty-third year.
had asked Mr. Hamlin II he had
ever seen Mr.. Lincoln prior to 1861.
Yes. was the answer. "Mr. Lincoln
and | we're I'm Congress at the same
time. When he was serving his only
term in the House, | finished my clos
ing term IN that body and got ac-
quainted with my duties as Senator
But though for many days we both
worked in the Capitol. and for some
time sat in the legislative hall, Mr.
Lincoln and never had a personal
meeting. ] do not recall when / first
had my attention called to Mr.. Lin
coin as a member of Congress. but |
know I was greatly impressed by a
speech which he made-I think IL was
IN 1S4S-in which he declared himself
earnestly in favor of the exclusion Of
slavery from the territories. His views
on that momentous subject we're the
same as mine; and my views / ex-
pressed in one or two speeches made
at about the same time as the Lin
coin speech speak Of. However,
though we stood on the same ground,
through some freak of fortune We did
not meet Yet. after Mr.. Lincoln was
nominated for President and 7 for
Vice President. we both had a peculiar
sense Of personal acquaintance. the eX-
planation Of which was made mutually
on the occasion of my visit to MIR. Lin
coin at Springfield Illinois.
Many Of the leading Republicans Of
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

Washington. Mr.. Glidden is a firm
believer in the practicability of carry
ing passengers in great aeroplanes.
and he thinks the time has come for
commercial airships He is positive
that in the next ten years railroads
will become back numbers as far as
travellers and the mails are concerned.
Personally ! am banking on aero
planes he states. for believe
heavier than air machines will be the
mode of travel in the future am
not impressed with the qualities Of
dirigibles, although I have one engi-
neer i'm Germany studying with Count
Zeppelin and another in France" Mr..
Glidden says the airship line will fol-
low the railroad tracks in their inter-
city flights wherever possible.
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
BROADwAYs GREATEST RIVAL
Fifth Avenue, on Which is Located the
Hotel st. Regis.


Broadway has a rival This famous
thoroughfare, known all over the
world as she pivotal point of the
American metropolis, is losing its pre-
eminence. Fifth Avenue is supplant-
ing Il as business, traffic and social
center. Only few years have passed
since Fifth Avenue was restricted to
private residences, and these the
homes of the wealthier people But
today all this is changed Trade has
invaded the sacred precincts and traf-
fic has usurped It. There are now
few private houses on Fifth Ave-
nue. below Forty-second street, and
none below Thirty-fourth In the
"Fifties," however. the residential and
exclusive character remains, except
as it has been invaded by some of the
more prominent clubs and a very
few of the nose progressive hotels.
One of the latter is the Hotel St. Re-
gis, at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-hfth
street, a hotel catering to a class Of
patronage that is satisfied with moth
ing less than the superlative. The St.
Regis comprises In its makeup every
approved feature of the modern ho-
tel In design 1t is ideal; in furnish
ings exquisite; in operation perfect;
and in service unexceptionable The
ST. Regis restaurant has no superior
in all the world in quality of food.
skill in preparation and perfection
of service; while the charges are no
higher than those Of other first class
hotels. Transient guests coming TO
New York and stopping at the Hotel
St Regis will find accommodations
of the very highest grade In every par
ticular. and at standard rates. Sin
gle rooms are SO and s4 a day; the
same with private bath for S. a day
Tor Sc for two people,; while for
parlor. bedroom and private bath the
rates are Sl2 s day and up.
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

The fight among the Democratic Senators for
leadership of the Higher House at Washington is
battle between the friends and opponents of
Senator Bailey. The Bailey men want Martin of
Virginia and the Bailey opponents want Culberson
OF Texas. No one seems to want Bailey himself
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

The Democratic argument during the coming
city campaign, according TO the Democratic news
paper will be admitting that the present Demo
cratic administration is ineffective the Republican
administration although no one yet knows who
will be at its head, will be infinitely worse than
the prospective Democratic one. If Mr. Carnegie
awards medals for bravery in logic he should send
one TO the author of such reasoning as this with
out delay.
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

That sir. was a feature of my first
personal meeting with Abraham Lin
coln,' continued Mr. Hamlin. "and
then began a political and personal as
ISOLATION and friendship which was
maintained and constantly strength
ened until the day of the death of that
great man"
Copyright, 1911. by r. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"The Classic PerOratiOn That Wrote
Itself.r
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-Charles
J. Glidden, donor of the Glidden tour
automobile trophy, spent several
hours in motoring on the outskirts of
the southern section Of the city. seek
ing landing sites for stations of the
aerial passenger line that an aerial
navigation company in Boston, of
which he is president. purposes es-
tablishing throughout the east within
the next two years. From here he
expects to 90 to Baltimore and Wash
ington on a similar errand. He has
already decided upon sites in Wor-
cester, Springfield, New Haven and
Bridgeport The first line of aerial
traffic will extend from Boston 70
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

The Rev. DR.. Wilbur F. Corkran, pastor of
Union Methodist Episcopal Church. has come
back with vengeance. as the purse presented TO
him and the cordial reception he received testify
All of which shows that newspaper abuse or
abuse by individuals of a man often reacts in his
favor
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

Maine has appropriated s2Soooo for road i'm
2rovemeut, and the New York Legislature has
made an appropriation TO build good road to
ths Canadian line where it will connect with fine
hixhway TO Montreal
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

If the Democrats want TO play politics during
the coming municipal campaign, there is no better
field for such recreation than the Fairgrounds
bought by the city on the western outskirts
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

The people of New Jersey are different from
those of Chicago. The Ierseymeu took a profes-
sor TO be Governor, but the Chicago voters re-
jected professor for Mayor and wallowed back
into the Carter Harrison mire
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
DEsPOTIssT OF SOCIALISM.

HE ITALIAN FEDERATION OF SOCIAL
- IsTS at their convention In Utica, ~ y,
adopted resolutions requiring all their members
20 sever their connection with churches and re-
lig:ous bodies
fine idea OF liberty that Federation must pos
sessi 1t is organization which proposes 10
free men from so-caled industrial slavery by
imposing another kind Of slavery upon them-that
IS an arbitrary autocratic and tyrannca interfer-
ence with their personal lberty-that is the lib
erty to be affiliated with any religious organza-
ton.
Berger and Spargo should explain the charge so
frequently made that the imported Soc;sl;sr, a.
Put into practice, would make an industrial de-
potsm more odious than any "capitaiistic slavery"
Evening journal., 1911-04-06
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS.
The United Pub

The United Pub
iishcrs' Associations
through it's Presi-
dant. Mr.. Arthur
Koppell has exam
ined THE JOUR-
NAILS circulation
and Mr.. Koppoll Of.
fers 20 wager 81, 600
o. his own money,
and undertake 70
prove that THE
EVENING JOUR.
NAL has the ihrEeat
paid circulation of
any paper printed u
wilmington
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

The South is half way In the saddle at Wash.
Ington, but the Brigadiers Of whom we used to
bear so much missing