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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-19
WHY THE PREJUDICE.

ne warden OF the state penl-
tertiary of Nevada sat with his
head in his hands. He was puz-
zled. The law called upon him to
execute a murderer, Andriji Mir
kovich, in a fewdays, and allowed
the condemned to choose between
shooting and hanging.
Mirkovich chose shooting -
and no man could be found will
ing to stand up before defense
less man and kill him. So the
warden could not carry out the
sentence. He would not do the
killing himself. He was trying to
find a man with soul so scared,
that he was ready to do this thing
for money. And then he would,
of course, let the soul-seared one
go free among the people!
The evening papers came to
the warden and gave the news
that seven men had been killed by
the warden Of Sing Sing, N. Y.
that day. The law provided for
these killings, too. The seven
were murderers. But the warden
at Sing Sing sent through their
bodies a current of electricity.
which burned up the nerves,
stopped the hearts and liberated
the souls of the murderers. The
warden of Sing Sing is not re-
ported as beingat all embarrassed
by this seven-fold slaughter. Yet,
in all probability, he, too, would
refuse to be one of FIVE men to
stand before prisoner and shoot
a bullet into him.
Seemingly, it is not the killing
which revolts men, but the sight
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-19

They do not see their victims
blood.
There is hope in the Reno Incl
dent. The time is coming when
capital punishment will be aban-
doned for lack of a supply of men
degraded enough to take an office
which carries with it the duty Of
becoming an executioner. There
will be no supply of legalized
murderers. People will see that it
is just as bad to shoot people with
electricity out of sight as with
bullets in plain view. And the
horrid rites of Justice" will slip
into the past with cannibalism.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-19

"What a lot of style the Browns
are putting onP'
Eyes; and what lot of credit
ors they are putting Off
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
Heart toHeart
Talks.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
MEN AND MONEY.

MEN AND MONEY.
In dollars how much is a man worth
to his world7
OF course it depends.
In slavery days an ablebodied col
ored man would bring from 1000 to
$500 on the auction block.
Young Greeks brought to this coun-
try sell themselves in peonage, so 1t is
claimed. for something like $500 for q
period Of i've years.
said to my friend. 4 prosperous
lawyer, How much are you worth p
"One hundred thousand dollars" be
replied. When 1 expressed surprise
he said, IT earn per cent on 500, GOO
5000 a year--and therefore / am
worth that much"
Experts have figured the cash value
Of q man
According to DIR. Parr, the net value
to Great Britain of the average citizen
aged twenty-five years IL $1,000. he
mans keep from his probable future
earnings.
Men are more valuable here.
American men are valuable because
Of their better earning opportunity. In
comparison with the Englishman the
figure is surprising. Professor Irving
Fisher estimates the average Ameri-
can at the age of twenty to be worth
$4,000 That Is to say, he is worth
that much In cold cash to the United
States.
L.
asset, but nevertheless they are sci.
dom figured in the national balance
sheet
Whyf
Probably because our laws and leg
islation have been almost entirely d.
rected to property interests. Our eco
nomics know nothing but dollars as
represented in real and personal prop
erty.
That Is why you can stir the country
into agitation concerning the conserva-
ton of our resources-timber and min
erals and water power-while propos-
ed legislation concerning pure food and
child labor and employers liability
meets with slow response
Why so jealous Of the destruction Of
timber and coal and so careless of the
destruction OF men and women and
children?
Because dollars are dear In the view
of legislators and flesh and blood are
cheap.
But. glory bel
The times are full of significance,
and our statesmen are coming to un.
derstand that, motives of humanity
aside, men are more valuable than
money.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
THE MoToRCYCLIsT.

In Lake county so far this sum-
mer eight people, five of them wom-
en- have been more or less badly
hurt while riding tandem on motor
cycles.
1t is marvel the number is not
larger. The warning is not needed
however. Down the streets and
highways the reckless motorcyclist
goes like Maine went, hell-bent.
Nothing can stop him, not even
the fear of eternity. Behind him
sets a young woman a-straddle a
perilous seat, her skirts up over her
knees, her hair dishevelled, her face
dirty, a laughing stock for gods and
men. Sometimes a child will sit be-
hind the motorcyclist but his pace
never lessons. He intends to show
the world what a daredevil he is
and how little he cares for his life
and how less he cares for the life of
the person who sits behind him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
CARPENTERS WORTHY PROJECT

1t is understood that the Gary
Carpenters union, with a surplus of
$50, in the treasury has decided
not to call strike but to build a
magnificent home for the union in
Gary.
That shows that the Gary union IS
in the hands of conservative leaders.
In great many unions the business
agents and officers would long ago
have figured out way to get their
fingers on this splendid surplus
In mismanaged unions strikes are
sometimes called for the purpose of
enabling the officers to hide the dis
appearance of the large sums of
money. For instance, no one knows
what became of the funds of the
electrical union in Lake county, an
Organization which was really the
personal property of Martin Carmody
and others of his ilk Suit was filed
to compel an accounting but SO far
as If known the case never came to
trial.
The project of the Gary union to
buy property and build a home is an
levidence of good management on the
race or things. Nothing will give
the union such standing in the COM
munity, so much apparent response
bility as the ownership of a building.
Nothing could solidify it more.
Sometimes unions are guilty of
unlawful acts and the injunction is
invoked to restrain them for the rea-
son that there is no way of collecting
damages in the event of the destruc.
ton of property A Judgment
lagainst the average union would not
be enforceable.
But the Gary union could go into
court, In the event it builds its new
home, and point out that 1t is a re-
sponsible organization, that In the
event the destruction of property
could be traced to it that its proper
ty Interests would cover any claim
for damages that might be made. And
no court In the land would grant an
Injunction against the union under
those circumstances.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
VOICE OF
- THE ~
p e Q l. e
IS HAMMOND A CATTLE RANCH,

Editor TIMEs:-rm an ardent ad-
mirer of live stock, especially cows,
but never saw a COW ranch or dairy
ly busy metropolis like Hammond.
If this is something new, then I'm be.
hind the time-an "old fogy" in the
sight of these COW ranchmen. I've
travelled a bit, however. during the
past two weeks and 1 fail to see where
other cities are initiating Hammond
in this respect. Are the residents of
the south side of our city to be out
ragged and trammeled upon year after
year by these pests? Why should we
who take pride in keeping our lawns
this uncivil practice.
The police have been notified times
without number about cows running
at large and they repeatedly turn a
deaf ear to 1t. VIII somebody explain
why the police of Hammond will not
countenance such open violation of its
ordinances. Do we pay these beauti-
fully uniformed gentlemen to what
ever suits their pleasure? / hope not.
Where Is our chief and who Is he?
Isn't this matter just important as
running in poor old helpless drunk !?
We want this cattle herding on our
lawns stopped and X some one has a
suggestion to offer as to how we may
proceed other than what has been
mentioned. the public would like TO
know.
SOUTH SIDE RESIDENT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
SYSTEMATIZING A BUSINESS.

The man who loved business is
seldom good systematizer. He
can't be. He who has been mother
and nurse to an enterprise is certain
to have participates and prejudices
tnat he Is unwilling to trust to the
cold bosom of fling case.
For instance, business man has a
hundred employees who are import
ant enough to be under written con-
tract. One of these, man named
Smith, has a contract that is close to
the "old mans heart and thought.
He trusts the remaining contracts to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

night, and attempted to shoot up the
little village was arrested early today
by Mort Jackson, constable of Wayne
township. Jackson and twenty resi-
dents of Westpoinv secured the coun-
try for ten hours before they located
the desperate. He was found sleeping
in dense woods and did not hear the
posse approaching.
He said when placed under arrest
that his right name was Fleming Guy
and that he was a native of Kentucky.
He was brought to Lafayette under
heavy guard and placed in Jail. Will
liam Marlatt, who was shot in the
abdomen by Guy. is still living. but his
condition is critical.
PLEADS FOR sLAYER's LIFE.
The unusual spectacle of a woman
seeking the liberty of her husband.
who killed her own mother. will be
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

presented at the coming meeting of
the State Board of Pardons, when Mrs.
Mary Delpha of Kokomo will appear
to plead for William Delpha, a life
convict in the Michigan City prison.
The tragedy took place near Westville,
Ind. Delpha fired gun, as he alleged.
at man named Fife, but instead Of
killing his intended victim, Mrs.
Meacham, mother of Mrs Delpha, re-
ceived the shot and died almost in
stantly. Mrs. Delpha went from the
grave of her mother to the side of her
husband. pleading for his liberty at
his trial. and since his incarceration,
she has lived within a few miles of
the prison that she might be near him.
LIVE WIRE FATAL.
Perry Ashbranner, II years old and
unmarried. was electrocuted while at
tempting to remove a live wire from
the street at New Albany. Ills hands
were burned to crsp and his body
badly burned
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

in Washington. D. c.. Nov. II. 1863
ls3s-Ghuznee. one of the strongest
fortresses in Asia, captured by a
British force.
1S4o-Bill for the union of Upper and
Lower Canada received the sane
ton of Queen Victoria.
ls42-The cap-stone of the Bunker
Hill monument was laid.
1S57-First banking institution in San
Francisco was incorporated.
1eSo-Dr. ConstaHtin Herring, who
founded at Allentown, Pa, the
first homeopathic school in the
world. died in Philadelphia Born
In Germany, Jan. /, 1850.
1Ss5-Gen. U. S. Grant. eighteenth
president of the United States.
died at Mt. McGregor, N. Y. Born
in Clermont county. Ohio. April
81, 1922.
1s11-Texas voted against state wide
prohibition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

his young cold-blooded secretary to
file, but the contract with Smith he
carries OFF in his pocket and reads at
home, where he changes suits and
mislays 1t. Then comes the day when
he wants 1t badly. and Chaos sits en-
throned, Beelzebub is called by
name, and Hades is mentioned in
loud voice.
But. to the cold-blooded friend of
system, a contract with Smith simp-
ly indicates piece of paper that
must be filed under the letter S, and
the Importance of the contract is an
additional reason. If any is needed.
why it should be put in its proper
place.
A business originator is seldom a
business engineer, who knows exact
ly when and how to oil every part of
the commercial machine He is
usually of the promoter or inventor
type and is interested in some one
progressive feature of his business.
Systematizing is a job In and of
itself, and the best man fer it is
usually someone who is not interest
ed in the promotion features of the
work.
Yet system Is as vital to the sue
cess of many enterprises as oiling
and daily inspection are necessary to
the engine. 1t is the modern mark
of distinctiveness in nearly all the
big businesses of the world.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
III e A X ID
By
X u b E

MONDAY morning papers say that
Jawn d. Rockefeller gave a bunch of
Cleveland kids some advice. Maybe IL
Whiting can't get that sanitary drink
Ing fountain out Jawn maybe she
might get a. little of the advice.
OUR special correspondent, Hennery
Coldbottle. views with great glee the
building of the Chicago. Milwaukee &,
Gary railroad. Hennery figures that
the Schlitz and the Pabst will get down
here at least four hours quicker and a
whole lot fresher
HOBART society woman is so
fastidious that she ask her dinner
guests If they won't have "a limb of
chicken"
PROBABLY due to the Porter coun-
ty skeeters:
Pete and Hugh say camping out
is not what it Is cracked up to be-
Valparaiso vidette.
JERSEY folks are stocking the
marshes with goldfish so they'll eat the
skeeters. But If the town board did
that down Miller way the natives
would eat the goldfish.
SEE that the Pennsylvania road is
W 'AiSeeAi4 a quACk SoAntcI ON It's
trains. This will make it handy for
the Gary indicted. On the run be-
tween Gary and valpo they ought to
plate of pork and -
EASTERN dentists had a meeting
and 1t ended up in a row. Evidently
they don't pull together.
THE kind of girl who doesn't go
in bridge whist:
"Wanted-Position as nurse girl by
young lady fond of children Ad-
dress l. A. N. care Courier."-Lafayette
JUDGING from the way the 1922, 900
sewer contracts are waiting in Gary
Brother Tom has truced up with some
of the powers that be that were out for
scalping him In the photograph days.
WE must learn to suffer what we
cannot Observation-Disclosures. Looks as
If We'll have to put with the stories
about Mayor Shank for governor
so the Count de Beaufort is summer
ing down at Chesterton. Must be rath-
er tough shock to Brother Bowser of
the Chesterton Tribune to have HRS ma
tive heath chosen for the headquarters
of the Down-and-Ou club.
THE chances are that the most of
those who went down TO the Baltimore
convention are once more catching up
with their bills
IF this cold weather keeps up the
way 1t has been doing the papers will
feel like printing Labor day parade
stories or what's doing for Halloween.
MAYBE a bull moose
FOR SALE-Male COW. years old.
Harry Troutman. Bell 9163."
Want ad in Charlottesville Journal.
AS it is this republican squabble has
stirred up up brother against brother.
governor against governor q VS.. 40
and suffragette against husband.
SCIENTIST has discovered that
Planet Jupiter is a gaseous one. With
outh doubt this must be the heaven
where a lot of those over eager Crown
Point fans are bound for when they
cash in.
DESPITE the fact that Governor
Marshall has been nominated to s12,-
900 a year job he isn't as famous as we
might suspect. No one has yet claimed
the honor of being his double.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
KEEP MOUTH AND NOSE CLEAN
1ood Teeth and Breathing Organs
VIII Result If Child 10 Given
Proper Care.

Inc Importance OF keeping the
mouth and nose clean during infancy
has not received as much emphasis as
II should. The bones of the face and
the teeth will not develop normally
II the mucous membranes covering
them are diseased or improperly nour.
lsned. The great trouble with most
children seems to be distractions OF
the nose In the form Of adenoids or
oeviated septa, and crowded or irreg-
ulariy placed teeth and enlarged ton
siis, all Of which can be prevented If
proper attention is given to the soft
tissues OF the nose and mouth during
the infantile or formative periods.
while these interferences may seem
hazardous and so technical az To he
impracticable for the average mother.
there Is no good reason why any prom
erly trained nurse with the aid OF thu
physician may not easily accomplish
all that is necessary at the beginning.
and the mother could be taught to
continue the treatment
Mouth Toilet for the Infaut-It IL
dlnfcuit to prescribe a successful
Eouth toilet for infants, and yet it
would seem to be absolutely neces-
sary. The pure. milk from the moth
er's breast Is often contaminated suf-
nciently. while passing through the
cniid's mouth to cause serious intes-
final disturbances. The mouth should
be cleansed by irrigation or BY swab-
Ding 1t with some soft absorbent cot
ton on probe saturated with a mild
disiLfectant
The throat and nose should also
occasionally be gently washed out
with a suitable antiseptic. The bot
Tie nipples, II used, should be fire.
quentiy renewed and always thorough
~ cleaned after use. During the
teething period rubber or other hard
rings given the child to chew upon
should be kept clean and the mouth
should be carefully watched to de-
termine II any irritation Is being pro-
duced by the mechanical use. It ia
questionable whether these hard sub
stances should be used at all as ex-
cessive irritation may produce a tough
growth over the tooth. making its
penetration by the growing tooth more
difficult. If the childs fingers can be
Kept clean they make better tooth
cutters, even though this should es-
tabltsh the thumb-sucking habit.
which, however, can be corrected
easily, and the droolfng of the saliva
is much better than to have the child
continually swallowing 1t to interfere
with its digestion. The mouth. nose
and throat should be kept clean and
free from all infectious diseases OF
their mucous membranes; good teeth
and breathing organs will be the re-
suit, and the child will have a chance
to develop to its normal capacities
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
THIS IS MY 41TH BIRTHDAY.


Simeon S. Pennewin governor of the
state of Delaware. was born in Green
wood. Del. July 23, 1867. His educa-
ton was received In the public schools
of his native town and at the academy
in Wilmington. Aside from politics,
the interests of Governor Pennewill
have been identified principally with
the fruit growing industry in Della
ware. His public career dates from
1899. in which year he was elected to
the state senate on the republican
ticket. He served in the senate until
1907 and in 1909 he was elected TO the
governorship. He has served also as
president of the state board of edu-
cation and as a member of the state
board of agriculture. brother of
Governor Pennewill, Judge James p.
Pennewiil. is chief justice of the SUI
preme court of Delaware.
Congratulations to:
Cardinal Gibbons. rs years old to-
day.
DIR. Albert Shaw. the noted editor
and publicist, 55 years old today.
Alfred G. Allen, representative in
congress of the second Ohio district.
As years old today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
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Fo.!EM='sPE ~
THE RIGHT MUST WIN.

THE RIGHT MUST WIN.
workman of God! oh. lose mo- heart
But learn what God Is lfl<eB
And fn the darkest battlefield
Thou shalt know when to strike.
Thrice blessed fs he to whom Ia given
The instinct that can tell
That God Is ON the field when He
Is most invisible.
Biess'd. too, Is he who can divine
Where real right doth lie,
And dares to take the side that seems
Wrong to mans bIindfoId eye.
For right is right, since God Is GodJ
And right the day must win,
To doubt would be disioyaIty.
To falter would be sin.
Frederick w. Faber.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
Up and Down in
IN d. A n A
OFFICERS MAKE HEAVY RAID.


By far the biggest blind Tiger
raid ever made in Bloomington was
pulled off whein Prosecutor William
NJ. Louden. Sheriff James Browning
and Officers Hugh Hinl6le, Crit Shaw
and Charles Collins raided a house at
the old fair grounds. and arrested
Vito Solomito, Nick Delenato and
Thomas Delerato. Italians, and John
w. Browning. an American. The men
were released on bonds until tomor-
row, when they will appear before
Justice Simpson Robertson. The Off
GERS found forty full cases of beer and
40 "empties." The stuff was stored
in the basement of the jail.
FIND DESPERATE IN WOODS.
The man who shot William Marlatt
lat Westpoint, near Lafayette. last
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

This attractive costume represents one
Of the best styles of the season. 1t u
very simple TO carry out even for the
amateur needleworker. The waist can be
made With high or low neck and with or
without the plastron. The skirt is cut In
three pieces and is quite fashionable
model. A pretty idea for development Is
offered In the drawing. Here we have
batiste and ailover delightfully."- combined
The pattern, No $3.50. is cut IN sizes
81 to AZ inches bust measure. Medium
size win require ~ yards of 36-inch ma
terial and is yards of 22-inch allover.
with 5ia yards of banding. If made Of
one material the pattern calls for SIS
yards of 36-inch goods.
The above pattern can be obtained by
sending ten cents to the Office Of this
papeE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
THINGS THAT ARE OF STEEL

The hum of industry is to be
heard in all parts of the Calumet
region these days. An army of
eighty thousand toll day and night
turning out the things that are of
steel. Clouds of smoke hover over a
myriad of stacks. the sign of pros
perity in the day time, and the
whitehead metal turns the night in
to day. The lurid glare of the South
Chicago Bessemers dance In the
skies above use with the lights of the
Gary and Indiana Harbor furnaces.
When the sun sets in the west the
silhouette of the great Pullman car
works Is almost blotted out by the
smoky background. SUCH NIGHTS
AS THE MOON APPEARS IT is
DARED BY THE LIGHTS OF A
HUNDRED FURNACES CIRCLED
AROUND THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORE. When the Schlessinger
plant of Hammond is in operation
the sky will be illumined for twenty
miles.
Down the lake from the ore lands
far to the north, where thousands
toll that we may have the brown and
red-colored stuff that Is the basic
fibre of our business. comes fleet
after fleet to our three ports. Our
harbors are crowded with ships that
bring to Canada the bars, billets and
rails for new roads in some northern
wilderness. The shrek of the loco
motive never ends. Hundreds OF
Titans. for even the coke ovens In
the eastern dunes demand ten thous-
and tons daily tribute from the coal
mines to the south of us.
THE PAST HAS NOT SEEN THE
LIKE OF THESE FULL DAYS IN
THIS REGION. We are making
more steel than ever before. Our
blast furnaces, already half the
number of Pittsburg's groan at the
strain put on them, and the monster
rail mills roll without end. AT
BURLINGTON THE CEMENT
MILLS GRIND OUT INCREASINGLY
THAT THE PANAMA CANAL MAY
BE FINISHED ON TIME. Tin plate
and steel sheets and big things in
structural craft are taken away from
the shops and mills on the banks of
the Grand Calumet by thousands of
tons. From the Whiting oil refineries
there comes clouds of black smoke
blacker than ever before and the
foundries and factories of Hammond
and East Chicago are tuned to con-
cert pitch. Our railroad yards are
crowded with that which we give to
commerce and investors in distant
countries smile at the thoughts of
fat dividends.
Buying ourselves, WE KEEP
THOUSANDS ELSEWHERE BUSY
SUPPLYING US WITH WHAT OUR
MILLS WORK INTO USEFUL
THINGS, WHICH IN TURN GO TO
KEEP THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
BUSY.
And now comes the news of the
crops. The harvest is to be a golden
one And how crops go so goes steel.
Worrying over who will be elected
president around here?
NOT SO YOU COULD NOTICE 1T.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23

WHY not make rest and recrea-
ton public issue as well as the
high cost of living?
HAVE you bought your $50 ticket
to the bull moose convention YETI
Neither have we.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-23
COMPLIMENT FOR CARLISLE.

The South Bend Times, Demo-
cratic, says: THE Republican party
probably can find no more WORTHY
standard bearer to compete with
Hon. amuel Ralston for the COVER
norship of Indiana than Colonel
Charles Arthur Carlisle, of South
bend. But you'll find some pee-wee
democratic papers that don't think
so.