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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
1912.

The year 1912, now at its close.
will occupy an important place in the
chronicles of history. No year in the
past two decades has been replete
with such rapid succession of i'm
portant and significant happenings.
War, widespread political upheavals,
and continued period of worldwide
unrest, have been some of the
features of 1912. Hardly week in
the year, has been without it's his
tory-making events.
The roll of the drum and the roar
of musketry ceased in Tripoli only to
be heard Immediately after In the
Balkan mountains. As the year
draws to a close peace negotiations on
the part of the belligerent nations
keeps pace with general war prepara-
lions by the great powers of Europe.
Death during 1912 claimed the
and our own vice-president. OF other
great men it also took Wilbur
Wright, Lord Lister, and General
Booth of the Salvation Army
The assassin has been busy in 1912.
In Spain the premier was slain and
few days ago Japanese prince was
killed. Attempts were made upon the
life of ex-president Roosevelt, and the
viceroy of India. In Hillsville, Va,
mountaineers wiped out a whole
court.
OF great disasters the Titanic
wreck, the greatest sea calamity OF
modern times, claimed 1900 lives
Labor troubles convulsed England
and Germany for many weeks; and
our own Lawrence strike was not
without its sinister aspects.
OF great legal cases the year has
been marked by the trials and con.
viction of Lieut. Becker of the New
York police and his gunner allies
and of the labor union dynamiters al
indianapolis. All these asserted thu
power of society to rid itself of fest
ering sores.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
"rHIs Is MY 4sRD Birthday

Stephen b. Leacock.
Professor Stephen B. Leacock. one OF
the most widely known of Canadian
educators, was born in England. De-
cember 80, 1869. He came to America
in his boyhood and received his educa-
ton at Upper Canada College and
Toronto University. Later he took a
post graduate course at the University
of Chicago. As a political scientist
Professor Leacock is widely known.
In 1891 he Joined the faculty of Upper
Canada College and later he became the
head OF the department of economics
and political science at McGill Univer-
sity. In 1907 Professor Ieacock was
selected by the Rhodes Trust to make
a tour of the British empire, delivering
lectures on imperial problems.
Congratulations to:
Earl of Londesborough. 4S years old
today
Rudyard KipIing. the famous author
Al years old today.
Simon Guggenheim, United States
senator from Colorado. 81 years old to-
day
Mgr. Michel T. Labrecque. Roman
Catholic bishop of Chicoutimi, Quebec
60 years old today.
Lieut.. General Sir George b. Milman
distinguished veteran of the British
army, 80 years old today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

general good health of the Austrian
emperor serves as a reminder that
the king business is growing much
safer and healthier than it used to be.
1t is not long, as the history of the
world goes, since few monarchs could
hope to live to an old age and die
peacefully in their beds. If disease
did not cut short their lives the dag
ger or bullet of an assassin usually
did, or else they fell in battle or were
poisoned by stealth. Modern kings
and emperors have less power than
their predecessors had centuries ago,
but they have better time while
they live and they live longer.
In fact. the business of serving as
hereditary rulers in civilized coun-
tries has become a quiet, leisurely
and rather humdrum occupation. II
calls for a great deal of attention tc
small matters, but it, involves little
severe strain and few risks 1t is a
gentlemanly job, well paid and alto
gether comfortable for men who are
not too fond of having their own way
or too much exercised over great
problems of state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
Up and Down in
IN d. A N A
ASK FOR SEPARATE CIRCUIT.

Members of the Shelby County Bar
Association at special meeting today
at Shelbyville reopened their fight to
have Shelby County made separate
judicial circuit. The matter had been
allowed to rest for the last two years
as the result of the passage of a bill
by the Legislature of 1911, which gave
the county a Superior Court in addi-
ton to the regular Circuit Court that
was established several years ago with
Rush County as part of the circuit.
BULLET WOUND PROVES FATAL.
Samuel Vignyerish died late last
night at Epworth hospital at South
Bend from bullet wound received in
his home late last night. The man was
shot in the head by drunken man who
fired a revolver as he passed by the
boarding house with crowd of other
men. The bullet went through a pane
of glass and struck vignyerlsh in the
head as he was retiring.
THUGS SECURE $40.
Sloan Meek. a factory foreman, was
held UP at Necastle early yesterday
morning and robbed of $40 by a mask :
ed highwayman. Sloan was enroute TO
Cincinnati, where he had been called
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

docs from keeping a stock appendix of
worn out qualities on hand?
THE city council of Chicago alone
contains more members than the house
of representatives of many OF the small
governments of Europe" Mothers
Magazine Well, why shouldn't it?
Chicago has many people as either
Servia, Roumania, Greece or Denmark.
AFTER Mr.. Taft has been so kind to
appoint a democratic secretary of war,
a democratic chief justice, many demo-
cratic judges. commissioners and Dip
lomats, the democratic party recipro
Gates by tieing up his appointments in
the senate.
NEWSPAPER man who just died in
Michigan was on the waterwagon for
60 years. And yet people will say that
newspaper men-etc.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
Heart toHeart
Ta1hs.
NO PLACE FOR GRANDMA.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

NO PLACE FOR GRANDMA.
''Wanted-A job as some child's
grandmother
Which is not jest.
Just such an application was made
to Miss Mcdowell. head Of a Chicago
settlement house. the other day. by
white haired. neat and trim old lady.
aged seventy. who said:
II am poor. alone in the world.
friendless. but still useful. / want a
Job as grandma. love children. Is
there not some family In Chicago that
wants grandma?"
Poor old woman.
Miss Mcdowell explained that the
modern nat was not built to house
grandmothers and that. although she
had many such applications. there ap-
peared to be no demcud.
Pitiful.
In a whole city full there is no place
for clean. old fashioned grandmoth-
erly woman who. like Jean Paul Rich
ter, loves God and little children"
No need for kind old soul who
them stories and love them.
Miss Mcdowell could do no more
than extend her sympathy and a cup
| of tea
Did you ever see Josef Israers mas
| terpiece, "Alone In the Worldy" 1t is
| just the bowed figure Of an old woman
alone In her little room.
The picture tells the sorrowful story
| Of many a gentle old lady who has
seen her slowed ones blotted from
life's pages" who. through no fault
| or loving too much-finds herself alone
without money and without hope in
| the world
And in great city the tragedy Is
more piteous.
Aged. lonely. poor-in city! Car
| you think of a sadder fate? The ten
der mercies OF the city are cruel. Il
shunts the less at into the corner and
reserves it's right Of way for the swift
Go to a home for the aged?
Yes. II a poor old woman has a.
least $500 for the entrance fee or be
longs to a certain church or society
But suppose she has no $500 and does
not belong.
The poorhousel
To a clean old lady Of refnemen
how the gorge rises at the mentic.
Of It.
/ In Chicago are at least a Thousand
friendless. penniless old women-an,
other cities in proportion--who haun
the charity headquarters and plea,
not for sympathy. but for work the.
can do and decent burial-outsid
the potter's f1eldl
!; Some day we shall be as merciful q
the European governments and pas
an old age pension law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
ISN'T TT s0a

1t certainly is enough to provoke
a saint.
Look at the egg question. You can
go to a supposedly reputable store
and buy and pay the price for guar
anteed new laid eggs and carry them
home yourself, SO labelled in big
black letters. And are they? Answer
They are not. And what remedy
have you? None but to go to another
supposedly reputable store and do the
same thing over again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
.-HrazoyL Shepard.
on account of the dangerous illness of
his mother.
FIGURES SHOW GOOD GAINS.


FIGURES SHOW GOOD GAINS.
Figures from a new census which are
now being compiled show that Laporte
has a population of more than $4,000.
The government census in 1910 gave
the city 1885. At a meeting of the
real estate board in January steps will
be taken to inaugurate a campaign for
the building of 1000 new houses in
1913. This growth will result from the
expansion of the Rumely Company.
ELOPES WITH SECOND COUSIN.
Leaving Russia because the persecu-
ton of his race made life there unbear-
a BILE. Harvey Eisenberg came to the
| United States and worked himself up
| to the proprietorship of one of the
| largest cloak manufacturing establish
ments in New York. But he scored
what he considers a more notable
triumph in South Bend today when he
made Miss Estelle Kohn, a pretty
young Chicago girl and his second
| cousin, his bride following an elope-
| ment to South Bend. The romance was
| eliminated in the office of County
Clerk Christoph. by Justice A. N Hill
derbrand. The two came from Chicago,
where they had spent Christmas with
Miss Kohn't mother. Mrs. Sarah Kohn.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
SAFER AND HEALTHIER.

Reports from Vienna say that
good deal of anxiety is felt about the
physical condition of the venerable
ruler of Austria-Hungary. This is
not surprising, in view of the fact
that Francis Joseph is more than
eighty-two years old. At that age
any man in county. engaged in any
occupation or in none, may well show
signs of failing strength and
diminishing vitality.
The truth is that the long life and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

Pennsylvania 1sss-72. born. Died
Feb. s, 1873
1s53-Louis Kossuth, the famous Hun
garian patriot. spoke before the
United States Congress.
1S53-The Gadsden purchase brought to
the United States all OF Arizona
south of the ella
1S6i-Banks In New York, Boston and
other cities suspended specie pay
ments.
1Se2-The famous fron-clad Monitor
foundered in a gale off Cape Hat
teras-
1890-Henry B. Brown of Michigan
commissioned associate justice OF
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
1903-Six hundred lives lost in fire and
panic in the IroQuois Theater. Chi
cago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

This dressy frock is carried out in tan
and white striped wolfe, with brown satin
for RULES and trimming. The dress -
made with the new style deep armholes.
The skirt is a two piece model The
waist closes at the ceatre back and the
skirt at the left side. The t,lree-quarter
length sleeves have rolled back cuffs Of
the brown satin The yoke and collar
is Of cream all-over.
The pattern. No. 5,911, is cut in sizes
81 to AZ inches buse measure Medium
size will require 5s4 yards of 36-inch
material and 2a4 yards of satin 24-inches
wide
The above pattern can be obtained BY
sending 10 cents to the Office Of this papee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
YOUR PRICE-TAG.

OF one thing parents may be sure,
selves slaves to their children, their
children will treat them like slaves.
We write our own price tags
even for our own children's eyes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

NOTICE that some of these ball
players are demanding $4,000 and
an interest in the club. Some of
them will be glad to get a berth in
the Northern Indiana League before
they are through.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
HURRY. TIMES SHORT.

IL you have any relatives in the In
diana penitentiary or reformatory
and desire to have them pardoned,
better wire Gov. Tom R. Marshall at
once as he will not be in Indianapolis
longer than "a hours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

A WASHINGTON woman was sent
to jail for one day for slapping a
woman she found walking on the
street with her husband. But what
happened to the husband after she
got home?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

Hammond Commandery No. II K. T.
Installation of officers Monday Jan.
9Th Wednesday, Jan. Sth, free
illustrated lecture on Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. All Master Masons and
ladies cordially invited.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

THE common towel and the COM
mon drinking cup are being abolish
ed. And some OF the common car
riers are beginning to think they may
be, also.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

THE message of an outgoing Presi-
dent usually gets about as much at
tention from the public as last years
directory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

so Tim Englehart refuses to go
bail for any one after this 1t be-
hooves the good folk of Calumet
township to look we'll to their walk.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

THE recent census shows that
there are 1850 idiots in the coun-
try. But of course that doesn't in
clude the men who believe they can
fool their wives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
Garfield Lodge. No. 469. +. A. M.
State meeting every Friday evening.

Hammond Chapter No. lit r. A. NJ
next meeting Thursday. Jan. 18th. In
stallation of officers by Past Grand
High Priest John ]. Glendening of In
diana polls.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

THE Christmas present can hardly
be considered past until all the bills
have been paid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

GOOD old Dr. Mary Walker is
sounding a trumpet blast for onions
We can almost smell the doctors
breath this far off.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

1T should gradually dawn on some
of the local democratic piercounter
warmers that many are spoken of but
few are chosen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

WHAT has become OF the old-fash-
toned man who used to clasp his
greenbacks to his undershirt with a
safety pin. Everytime he went over
a mile from his roof-tree.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

DON'T HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A
STAR-HITCH IT TO A TINES AID
AND GET RESULTS THAT COUNT
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AROUND
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

A ST. Louis man has made $4,000
as a rag-picker. But many men have
made more than that as rag-chewers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

OH well just back up You don't
have to wear the tie just because
you've got it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

Hammond Council. No. 90, r. s. NJ
Stated meetings first Tuesday of each
month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

NOW the butter trust has been at
tackled. And more power to the but
ter who started it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
The Day in
HISTORY

aTHIS DATE IN HISTORY"
December 80.
College chartered.
1s03-Francis Lewis, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, died
in New York. Born in Wales in
1913.
1s19-Gep- John Geary, governor OF
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
FELL OUT

With HIS best friead when he found
his package Of UNION SCOUT SCRAP
gone. hut pleased because all
dealers are handling 1t. HcHie-s. Tob.
Co--Adv. sre
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

1T is all over except getting other
things in exchange for the duplicates.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
REQUEST OF 100000
REPAYS ACT OF KINDNESS
Poor Knoxville Man Heir Of Man Hs
staked For an Alaska Trip.

Joe Harris of Knoxville, Tenn, aged
sixty-two, who years ago was pros
porous auctioneer, but is now poor,
has cause to remember that twenty
four years ago on a winter morning
he befriended a poor stranger, a man
Of twenty-eight, just from Scotland,
whose sweetheart had Tilted him.
Colonel Cary F. Spencer, the Knox
vile postmaster, recently read to Har-
ris letter which stated that William
Robinson had died in Brisbane, leav-
ing his fortune OF 100000 to Joe
Harris, who had staked him on a trip
to Alaska, where he had struck 1t
rich"
The letter was written by A. d.
Smythe from New York city, Smythe
stating that he had just landed from
Brisbane on his way to England. He
had learned Of the will and wrote to
the postmaster of Nashville, who for
warded the letter to Colonel Spencer
The will mentioned Harris as having
been member Of the Tennessee leg
islature in 1888.
Five years after Harris had staked
Robinson a letter came from Nome,
inclosing $500 and stating that Rob
inson had made fortune. AS this
more than repaid Harris for his stake
he was not surprised that he did not
again hear from the young Scotch
man.
Spencer had to read the letter sew
eral times to the excited auctioneer,
who could scarcely believe its con-
tents.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
HE SLEEPS ON A PLANK.
Soap Boxes Support His Bed In House
Office Building.

Judge William Charles Adamson,
congressman from the Fourth district
OF Georgia, is the only man in congress
who has his Washington residence in
the house Office building.
The sOlons in providing for the house
building made a point of excluding
beds or lounges. Sofas and other couch
es are permitted in the senate office
building, but not on the house side.
Judge Adamson, now chairman Of
the interstate and foreign commerce
committee, was not satisfied with this
arrangement. He had been used to
taking a nap every day in his law office
at Carrollton and declared that com
ing TO congress would not deprive him
Of his siesta.
He made a still hunt through the
house office building for room in a
retired nook where he could take his
nap. He found It and in the course
Of few days secured broad, thick
plank cut from a Georgia turpentine
tree, which he supported on two soap
boxes and covered with an army
blanket and made a snug couch with a
natural spring in the middle. That be-
came the washington residence OF
william Charles Adamson Of Georgia" )"
as the Congressional Directory puts It.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
PASS SHERMAN'S TROUSERS.
Treasury Pays For Motoring Garments
Vice President Bouaht.

Vice President Sherman's trousers
are legal charge against the govern
ment. The senate committee on audit
and control decided so, and the govern
ment Of the United States promptly
paid 500 for them, with a coat thrown
In. Another So got the vice president
q rubber coat, all three garments being
for motoring, and under a general ap-
preparation act that bill has also been
paid out of the treasury. Both items
go with the provision of law granting
an automobile, chauffeur and the
maintenance of both to the vice presi-
dent and to the speaker. Cabinet Off
GERS and justices of the supreme court
have carriages.
The vice president has been scrupu-
lous in the accounts he sent in. One
item for 10 cents tells how he bought
twenty Cotter pins one inch long. At
one time he was forced by local con-
ditions to buy gasoline for IS cents
gallon. That was in November, and
he bought only two gallons In that
market, but in December, when he
could get oil at 1917 cents, he bought
large supply. Five feet of printing
wire for the motor cost the govern
ment 30 cents. The chauffeur's salary.
$1,000, was fixed by a senate resolu-
ton Of July 81, 1911.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
ARTILLERYMAN is NEW CHIEF.
Colonel Townsley First of His Branch
to Superintend West Point.

For the first time in its history the
United States Military academy has as
its superintendent an officer OF the
coast artillery arm Of the service. En-
gineers, cavalrymen, infantrymen and
field artillerymen have occupied the
chair of Lee, CullOm, Schofield, Mer-
ritt, Delafeld, Mills, Scott and Barry,
but Colonel G. p. Townsley, the new
superintendent, is the first of the coast
defense service to hold the position.
Colonel Townsley, who was relieved
of command of the artillery district of
Portland, Me, is the successor of Ma
jor General Thomas II. Barry, who as
sumed command of the eastern divi-
sion, with headquarters on Governors
island.
The new superintendent IS a gradu-
ate of the academy of the class of 1881
He has been a colonel of artillery since
last April. He is also a graduate Of
the artillery school of the class of 1884.
He is fifty-seyen years old.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
Jest a-Layin' Round.

Jest ez lazy ez kin be.
Don't keer fer nothin' ner nobuddy;
Don't keer II skule keeps er not.
Weather's jest too gosh blamed hot.
Ruther lay here on tn ground.
Coolest spot I've ever found.
Work don't suit mel wuz made
Jest fer layin' in tn shade.
Fleecy clouds a-sailin' high;
Bumblebees a-dronin' by;
Robins twitterin' to their brood;
Redheads peckin' fer their food;
Violets bloomin' here an there
Put perfume in tn air.
Everything Jest seems to say:
fCome an loaf. Don't work today"
~ " T.a-imarA uVasfArvilla a
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
ALS0P CLAIMS TO BE PAID.
Chile Pays In ssoe,e6e to State Depart
rnent.

After more than fifty years the 100
or more heirs of the members of the
firm of Alsop & Co., operating in Chile,
Bolivia and Peru, are to receive their
shares Of the claims for which they
have fought during all this time and
which were adjudicated by King
George of England.
Acknowledging the decision OF the
British king, the Chilean government
has paid over to the state department
the sum of $9OG,66G,76 the amount
awarded, and this has been turned into
the treasury. Acting Secretary of State
Wilson has notified all the heirs of the
awards, and certificates will be issued
to them Immediately after they sign
their vouchers and return them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
To Visit Glacier National Park.

From Seattle or Tacoma, II time per
mits. the visiting scientists will be
taken TO the beautiful Glacier Nation
al park and introduced to that splen-
did monarch, Mount Rainier, which
they will partly scale by means Of the
road that runs up its slopes TO Para
disc park.
Still another excursion is being ar
ranged at Memphis. Under the au-
spices Of the Memphis Business Mems
club the foreigners and their American
hosts will be taken down the Mlssis-
sippi river in a boat especially char
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-04
Eminent Mapmakers of
Europe Now In This
Country.

A MERICA is now harboring the
IA most distinguished body Of ge-
N ographers that ever gathered in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-27

avenue, left for Bloomfield for a short
Vlslt ana to attend the chautauaua.
Clutches, abdominal supporters and
trusses. sarsents
William House Of McComb Ill., WIN
formerly resided in Ottumwa. has re-.
turned home after a visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles House
ga West Mill street.
Mrs. Fred Eaton and sons, Lemont
and Arthur, 800 North Jefferson
street. left today for Des Mofnes to
visit Mrs. Eaton's aunt Mrs, Henry
Lanes, and attend the state fair.
Miss Edith Carr. 1910 East Main
street. returned home after two weeks
visit at Pleasant Home. She was &C.
|companied home by Mrs. varnella
Thompson Of Pleasant Home who will
visit at the Carr home.
Ten pounds Copperas soc, at Sar-
gents
Byrne Smith. GA West Fourth st..
returned from business trip tn Fair
field this afternoon on Burlington No.
179.
Miss Eva Rasmus, 2O2 South Moore
street, left today on No. 179 for Abba,
for an over Sunday visit with rela-
tives.