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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
GRADE CROSSING HORRORS.

1t is about time that an agitation
was started to force the railroads to
elevate their tracks in Hammond.
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
This year in the Calumet region the
railroads have exacted toll of 2S
dead and IA MANNED.
In Gary, where a considerable
amount of track elevation has been
done, there have been five persons
killed in grade crossing accidents in
the past month or so.
The railroads have made the
region what it is BUT THEY HAVE
NO RIGHT TO, ASK SUCH A TER
RIBLE TOLL OF LIFE from the COM
munity in return. In justice to the
railroads 1t should be known that
they are complying with all of the
state laws and city ordinances de-
signed to safeguard the lives of the
people of this community
1t costs the railroads hundreds OF
thousands of dollars year to main
tain their crossing in the Calumet
alone. Cities are building up fast,
new streets are continually being
opened across railroad tracks and the
danger to life and limb increases.
But in spite of this enormous out
lay accidents have not been reduced
to a minimum. THIS YEAR SHOWS
AN INCREASE OVER LAST. Last
year showed an increase over the
year before.
The experience of the cities of the
region is that 1t has exhausted all
known precautionary measures ex-
cepting only track elevation. THUS
HAS GOT TO COME. Railroad men
appreciate the fact Their sole con-
Germ is to stave it off.
The cities of the Calumet region
should profit by the experience of
the other cities in the state which
have compelled track elevation. It
shows that it takes about ten years
from the time the agitation is started
until the improvement is completed.
So If start is made now it will be
1922 before track elevation will be
an accomplished fact in the cities of
North township. The awful slaugh-
ter must stop and the campaign
against it should begin now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
CAN'T ALWAYS GET BY.

1t is now quite out of fashion for
politicians to imagine that they are
beyond the law. Similarity, this in
cludes despots, law-breaking trusts,
illegal societies and other personages
and institutions that have regarded
the Law as a flexible proposition.
We refer to the dissolution of the
oil trust, the taking away of Mr..
Diaz's job away from him down ut
Mexico City. the significant spec
tacle at Viterbo last week when the
Camorra received a death blow; and,
a long and eventful list of recent
happenings all of which go to show
that the world has some new stand
ards
The old days of getting by with
1T are not SO sunny as they used to
be. To do it now means taking a big
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

longer potatoes and other crops will
rot in the ground. Already there is
damage through wheat and oats
sprouting in the shock and much of it
Will be lost on this account. This sec
ton has had plenty of rain and the
farmers would like to see some warm
sunshine days of the next two weeks
at least and thus give them a chance
to get into the fields and the crops
chance to grow properly.
FIRES RIFLE AT SISTER, KILLED.
While handling a repeating rifle at
his horne yesterday afternoon Edward
Smiley. IL years old, son of William
Smiley, of Bloomington, accidentally
shot and killed his sister, Mrs. Charles
Eads, 10 years old.
Mrs. Eads, with her 2-year-oil
daughter Edith, was standing on the
back porch of her fathers house when
her brother playfuuy pointed the gun
at her and fired. The bullet pierced
her right breast
She dropped the child. ran into the
parlor and fell dead at her mothers
feet. The boy says he did not think
the gun was loaded.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
SPEAKING OF THE PORK BARREL

Representative Barnhart, of the
Thirteenth Indiana district, that
stanch economy exponent, foe of pork
barrel legislation, word-of-mouth
opponent of mileage excuses and
scoffing enemy of extravaganza and
waste in government, has landed a
public building for his home town of
Rochester. Whereat Mr.. Barnhart's
own paper, the Rochester eSntinel,
accepting this bit of home-consump-
ton pork" as proof of Mr.. Barn.
hart's greatness and consistency,
says: "Hurrah for the new public
building prospect, and hurrah for
Rochester in general" which latter
'hurrah' includes Barnhart.-Indi-
annapolis Star.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
"THIS Is MY 18TH BIRTHDAY,
G.. Ledyard Blair.

c. Ledyard Blair. one of the fore
most of American capitalists. was born
in Belvidere. n. J., July 1s. 1867. snd
was graduated from Princeton uniyer-
sity in 1890. After leaving college he
became connected with the New York
banking house of which his father
Dewitt Clinton Blair. was the head
Upon the death of the elder Blair the
son succeeded him the head of the
banking house and in the control of
numerous large financial and industrial
enterprises. Mr. Blair is a director of
the National Bank of Commerce of
New York, the Lackawanna Steel Com
pany, the ST Louis and Hannibal Rail-
way. the Kewaunee. Green Bay and
Western Railroad and of many other
large corporations
Congratulations to:
Rev. William. d. Mackenzie. presi-
dent of the Hartford Theological Sem
mary since 1908. So years old today.
Captain Roa1d Amundsen, the noted
Norwegian navigator and explorer who
was the first to reach the South Pole.
40 years old today.
Theodore N. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company and the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and who is known as
1.-The father of the American telephone
system" 81 years old today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
THE MAN AT THE THROTTLE.

The forty dead and many injured
had not been taken away, after the
railroad collision near Corning, N
T., July 4, when the officials who had
hurried to the spot arrived at the
conclusion that the blame for the
disaster rested upon the engineer OF
the express train. Now the coroner's
inquest has brought out the fact that
he was seen in an intoxicated condi-
ton within four hours of the time his
train started.
This information is startling. For
locomotive engineer to indulge in
alcoholic excesses is something al
most unheard of. As body, the men
who hold the throttle on the railroads
shun strong drink. Their sense of
the great responsibility resting upon
them, the strict code of ethics which
their organization lays upon them,
and the rigid requirements of the
railroad companies make necessary
abstemiousness in regard to intoxi-
eating liquor. But, as in all classes
of men, no matter how high their
standards, there will always be some
who fail to meet the obligations of
their position. These men. when
they are railroad employees, are soon
detected in their shortening and
discharged, but sometimes not before
damage has been done.
This raises the question whether
or not the railroads, strict as they ore
with their engineers, give them the
protection and oversight which is
really necessary. There have been
instances where engineers have drop
ped dead or been overcome by sudden
illness while on duty IN the cab. With
the style of locomotive which sepa-
rates the fireman from the engineer.
this is serious matter. And the
fireman, even when he is with the
engineer constantly, hesitates to take
into his own hands the authority Of
the man over him, in case the latter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
The Day in
HI 7 Y
"THIs DATE IN HISTORY.

JGEy
1723-Sir Joshua Reynolds, famous
English painter. born. Died Feb
%. 1892.
1ITs-Thomas Worthington, one of the
first L. S. senator from Ohio and
governor of that State 1s15-is
born in Virginia. Died in Chilli
Gothic, o.. June 20, 1927
17S6-The United States and Morocco
concluded treaty of peace.
1S21-Mary Baker 6. Eddy, discoverer
and founder of Christian Science,
born in Bow. n. H. Died in New
ton, Mass. Dec. ), 1910.
lS43-Si c. f. Hahnemann, founder of
homeopathy, died. Born April 10.
1755
lS49-First territorial legislature of
Oregon met at Oregon City
lS67-The Hon. John S. Macdonald be-
came premier of Ontario.
1S6S-William Allen. a noted clergy
man ard author. died in Northamp-
ton, Mass. Born in PittsfieId
Mass Jan. 2, 1854.
1S77-Great strike the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad begun at Mar.
tinsburg, w. Va.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
Up and Down in
l N d. A n A
MA NAND HORSES DROWNED


Green Vandiver of Tell City, Ind,
and his team of horses were drowned
I'm Anderson Creek, near Siberia. yes
terday. Vandiver and three friends at
tempted to cross the creek, which had
been swollen by heavy rains. The 9TH
ers narrowly escaped drowning
PICKPOCKET OBTAINS $4,000.
Henry Holton of Petersburg, in re-
turning from Linton, stopped at Wash
ington for several hours and displayed
"a purse containing s1,990 in bank
notes, ranging in denomination from
81 to $50. Eleven 500 bills were also
in the purse. In boarding an E. & L
passenger train some one picked his
pockets Holton did not know of his
loss until he reached Petersburg and
has offered 5000 reward for the capture
of the thieves
APPLES GLUTTING MARKET
The Bartholomew County apple crop
near Columbus has begun moving, and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

seems not to be in normal condi-
ton.
1t has been suggested that at in
tervals along every railroad, an in
spector shall visit the cab of every
locomotive to see that all is well with
the man in charge of it. This may
seem distasteful to men of as high a
grade as the locomotive engineers
But good business men welcome
every check that can be applied to
their work. They perceive that it is
a safeguard for themselves and why
not the locomotive engineers?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

The two piece skirt is perhaps the IA
Vorlte model OF tne present season. and ia
the design illustrated the closing is placed
at one of the side seams. Darts fit the
skirt at the top. In the back there is a
narrow panel which is separate from the
SKIRT and which may be used or omitted
as preferred
These skirts are handsome in ulessaline
velvet, satin, zibeline broadcloth or fine
serge.
The pattern, 5,641, is cut in sizes p to
80 inches waist measure Medium size re
quires 5ss yards of "A inch material.
The aboTe pattern can be obtained by
sending 10 cents to the Office of this
paper.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
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THE LOT OF THOUSANDS.

THE LOT OF THOUSANDS.
When hope lies dead within the heart
BY secret sorrow long concealed.
We shrink lest looks words impart
What may not be revealed.
rrfs hard to smile when one would
weep
To speak when ono would silent he
To wake when one would wish 10 sleep.
And wake to agony.
Yet such the lot for thousands east
Who wander in this world of care,
And bend beneath the bitter blast,
To save them from despair.
Yet nature waits her guests TO greetS
where disappointment can not come,
And time leads with unerrfng feet
The weary vandercr home.
Anne Hunter (1742-IS21.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
Plays and Players

William Collier and his son, William
Collier. jr., will have a scene especial
y written for them in the Friars'
Frolic
Garrick Major will play the leading
comedy role in The Dove of Peace"
the new comic opera composed by Wal
ter Damrosch-
A play which was recently given a
trial performance in ST Louis by a
stock company has the unusual title
of 'Life's Shop Window"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

ia the left, Col. r. NJ. Getty: upper
picture shows BLANKET initiation";
lower picture shows deadly machine
gun In operation.
The longest march ever made by a
large force Of United States regulars
In time OF peace has just been
completed by regiment of
1900 men from Forts Smelling,
Sheridan. Crook and Brady. The
regiment was in command OF Col.
r. n. Getty. The march started on
June 10 from Dubuque. Ia. and ended
at Camp Bruce Z. Mccoy, Sparta.
Wis. The boys managed to have
fne time along the way. In one OF
the accompanying photogra phs they
are seen giving one of their num-
Der the blanket initiation" In the
lower photograph the machine gun
the deadliest of small arms-is
seen in operation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

A LITTLE Rock man died because,
by mistake, he drank carbolic acid
instead of Arkansas whisky. But
probably he didn't know the differ
Ience until he reached the shining
shore.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

THE state board of health is go
ing to inspect the summer resort
hotels. We hereby recommend that
it send a man up to some of the fish
dinner shacks on the Lake Michigan
beach.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
COME TO LAKE COUNTY.

Why is il that a girl who is only
four feet tall is all hips and bust,
while a girl who is five feet, eleven
inches in height is straight up and
down ?-Muncie Star.
Is that the way they are In
Muncie? Come up to this county and
Wen point out some that have the
right dimensions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

A LORIMER verdict. that of the
British Board of Trade. 1t finds that
speed was responsible for the sinking
of the Titanic but that nobody was
responsible for the speed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

GETTING so the cry in the Lake
county cities where they have good
ball team is not Back to the Mines
but Back to the Mines"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

WILL Kaiser Wilhelm please sit up
land take notice? 1t Is reported that
1.-THE lady suffragists of Berlin are
about to enter upon a window-smash
ing campaign.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

THE royalists who are invading
Portugal and the Italian troops that
are conquering Tripoli seem to be
running close race for the bottom
of the percentage column.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

1T was fearful chastisement for
Laporte. Beaten 2 to by the tail
enders in the league. Shades of Mrs.
Guinness and the murder farm,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

YOU can call the democratic ticket
the Tom-Tom-Tom ticket this year
Marshall, Wilson and Taggart."
fSure Wilson's first name is Thomas,
didn't you know that?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

DROWNINGS. auto accidents and
motorcycle events do not make the
coroner's offices any less busy than
last summer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

wholesale buyers say the market will
soon be glutted. so plentiful is the
fruit In this and surrounding counties.
me market in the county has opened
duh at 40 cents per bushel. All sorts
OF vegetables are abundant and grow
cps are having difficulty in finding a
market for them at any price.
GRABS LIVE WIRE. BURNED
Thomas Byrne. a member of the La
fayette fire department, picked up a
live wire carrying 2.20o volts, which
was lying on the sidewalk in front of
the Wabash avenue engine house and
was Knocked to the ground.
When he dropped the wire fell on his
chest and his clothing caught fire. He
was mass of flames when George
Rund came to his recue. releasing him
from the deadly current. The flesh on
Byrnes hands and chest was literally
cooked and his condition is critical
The wire was a high tension feed
wire belonging to the Merchants Elec-
tric Light Company and had been
blown down during the storm earlier
In the day. Byrne.s escape from i'm
slant death is considered miraculous
TWO BURNED, ONE OVERCOME.
Mrs. Morris Day. as years old, living
two miles southwest of Hartford City.
was seriously burned about the face
arms and breast; Morris Day, her hus-
band. was overcome by the heat and
Miss India Day, a daughter, was slight
~ burned in a fire AT the Day home
which wrought $500 damage before 1t
could be subdued
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

IF you think that all is lovely IN
the democratic ranks, you should seq
'em tighten up the waist belts and
put keen edge on the "razzers."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

1T pays to know what you are
signing your name to; even the fine
print on lease or a mortgage ought
to be read though it does take little
time
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

will be little more cheerful down. on
the veldt.
ONE good thing about the cold wave
is that it takes some of peacockism out
of the ice trust
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

LATEST scheme for a divorced
woman is to convert her wedding
ring into a swatsika pin according to
local jewelers..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

COUNT that day lost on which
"Hod" Stilwell of Anderson has not
been interviewed on the third party
but never on his wet connections
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

IF you wish to be young at
ninety" says DIR. Cecile Guel don t
wear corsets. All right Cecy Wen
tell all the fellows.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

SEATTLE spent $4,000 in ex-
terminating rats. Now the cats out
there will begin to meow about the
high cost of living.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

JASPER girl sued a youth for So
600 on account of seven kisses.
Come on old man and pay up, they're
worth it aren't they.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

AN authority claims that the
country needs more goats True
enough; the Baltimore convention
greatly lessened the visible supply.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
chance.

chance.
Yet with all of these impressive
lessons they do not seem to be COM
pretended in some local quarters al
though they will be some day-and
quite foreibly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

EVEN Marse Henry falls into
line To most of the bystanders it
looked more like a stagger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
HOPE FOR LESS RAIN.

Farmers are now beginning to be as
much discouraged because of the con-
tinued rains as they were three weeks
ago at the lack of rain. While the
numerous rains are doing much for the
corn. it is feared If they continue much
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

AFTER all this third party BUSH
ness bids fair to be as harmless as
four-toed horse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

YOU can't live and duck all of thi
political trouble and excitement.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

ANYHOW the coal bin is getting
a much-needed rest.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

Hammond Commandery, No Al, Reg
ular meeting first and third Monday OF
each month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16

WHAT is inside of a golf ball on
Sunday anyway?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-16
MASONIC CALENDAR.

Hammond Chapter. No. III. meets
second and forth Wednesday of each
month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-16

His favorite works are those describ- ing the African and wild western experiences of Col. Theodore Roose- veit, and the famous Rough Rider and big game hunter is the hero of his boyish heart. The Prince has often declared that he would rather be hunter than a king. but that 1T ne must be a ruler he would prefer to ne the king of the United States, so that he can live with his animals.
 Perhaps the most valued of the many gifts Prince FIumberti received was that of his peasant namesake, Umberto Monasterolo. When the Crown Prince was born at Raccongl eight years ago, a peasant woman whose hut was not far away gave birth to a son. Both infants came into the world at the same hour, and Helen named their son Humbert, the peasant woman conferred the same name on her young hopeful.
 The Queen, hearing of the colnc1- dence, sent the peasant mother a sum of. money, and every year the two lads, so different in tation, have ex- changed gifts and congratulations. toy of his own making, or a basket Of grapes, is usually the peasants pres ent while the Prince sends his name sake a package of toys and dhaois,1 a sum a+e er was called upon to write the letter Of felicitation to the Crown Prince until learned how to write, sent the follow ing epistle few days before his birth day:
 Dear Prince of Piedmonte: I wish you a happy birthday and thank your Royal Highness for the present you will send to me, and hope that in stead of toys you will send me bed. as mother has another baby who now sleeps in my bed and am sleeping on a box. Yours,
 "Umberto Monasterolo.
 Queen Helena, after an investiga- ton which proved the truth of the bows statement sent him his bed. When the parents of the peasant boy learned of his exploit he appeared to be in for a bad half hour for thus daring to write and choose his own birthday gift, but the intercession of the Queen saved him from Woodshed interview.
 The little Crown Prince made his first public appearance when a vast aseenbIage of demonstrators appeared before the palace, following the pass age by the Italian Chamber of Depu- ties of a bill for the annexation of Tripoli. The youngster saluted the throng in true. military fashion, and the Romans cheered unanimously as long as their future ruler remained on the balcony.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-16
ITAIY-S GROWN FRINGE HAS COL. ROOSEVELT
 FOR HERO

Yesterday a number of the grea men of earth celebrated the anniver- eary of their birth. William Howard Taft. who Is now seeking to renew the lease on his Washington residence, was rhe recipient of congratulations on rassfn< his f7fty-f1fth milestone Por- iTrio Diaz. ex-'iGrand Old Man of Mex leo" was born eighty-two- years ago. ..Diaz Day" once marked the inau- xuraI of a national holiday in Mexico. coming as it does the day before Mexican Independence Day, but this year such observance is not consider ed heaIthfuI. Italians observe the ~fxnth birthday Of their Crown Prince and future ruler. Umberto- Nicola Sronasso Giovanni, Prince of Piemonte, who was born in the Castle Raccongi on Sept. 15, 1904
 Crown Prince Hum bert-to give Um- 1,erto it's English squivalent-is de- scrIbed as an extre ordinarily studioGs lad. very fond of books, who at eight can read in three languages, Italian. ~-eruaan and English. A friend in Rome. who is able to speak with au therfty, tells me that the youthful Crown Prince is a sure enough boy in that he revels in taies of adventure.