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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

Washington, Feb. bout in Illinois,
where he comes from, they call him
"Interurban Mac" Sometimes they
add: Our Ultra-Urbane Congress
man"
Here In Washington Mac" other
wise Representative William B. Nc
Kinley, is a parsonage of some inn
portance. He is noted for his good
temper, his wealth, his political acu-
men, and the grace with which he en-
acts the role of Santa Claus for the
benefit of his fellow lawmakers.
1t was the Santa Claus stunt that
put Mckinley in right with every
body in Washington. It was when he
got in right that he found opportunities
for demonstrating that he has long
head and a shrewd one. when there is
political coup to be put across that
requires the delicate touch of a master
diplomat And it was when he had
proven his worth in this direction that
he got his present job, which is nothing
more nor less than that OF rejecting
President Taft.
Mac" has opened headquarters
here, and from now on he will know
just what is going on in every cor
ner of the nation in the way Of lining
up delegates for or against the CHIEF
executive. II Taft is renominated
rumor has it that the genial Illineis
ans reward viii be the chairmanshiI
of the republican committee.
It was back In 1906 that Mckinley
first came to congress. He founG
Washington life slow. The job strucI
him as being bit irksome.
What this blamed house needs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
Wed in Secret: Tell.

Charleston, Feb. 13.-Public an
nouncement was made here for the
first time Of the marriage of Miss Pearl
Trenary of this city to George E. Polk,
sporting editor of the Anderson, Ind,
Bulletin, which took place in Chicago
June IL, 1911. The marriage has been
kept a profound secret, and the bride
has been working here since her mar
rage IS stenographer for a local
real estate firm for which she worked
prior to her marriage. She has Joined
her husband and they will reside at
Anderson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

which the American people might see
fit to bestow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
C0RT STOPS FLIGHT OF
SON AND MONTANA GIRL

New York, Feb. 13.-A projected
elopement TO Europe and marriage in
Germany foiled by a parent are the
elements of story heard in dramatic
circles, in which John Cort and his
son are widely known.
The young woman Is Miss Mable
Towers, who lives in Miles City, Mont.
Her father, James Towers, is a wealthy
land owner. Miss Towers and young
Cort have known each other for three
years. The girl met young Cort in
Seattle.
Last week Miss Towers and her
father came to New York on their way
to The Hague, where Towers is to
dispose Of 10000 acres Of Montana
land.
Here the young couple met fire.
quently, unknown to the elder Cort.
Towers and his daughter were to sail
last Tuesday on the Prince Frederick
Wilhelm for Bremen. Towers and his
daughter were at the steamship early.
The boats whistle had warned the
visitors on.
An automobile raced up to the pier
and from its tonneau jumped an ex-
cited, shouting man of middle years.
He leaped up the gang plank. Finally
he was seen on the lower deck holding
young man by the neck.
Not yet, my son." the elder man
said. You can't fool your old dad
yet. I'm sorry for the young lady
but therell be no elopement in this
way. At least, not this time"
Down the gang plank went father
and son-Cort and Harry. Standing
by the rail was Miss Towers, weeping
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

pondered Mac" is Santa Claus. I
am the man"
Whereupon he entered with a win
upon the pleasant occupation of San
ia Clausing. He didn't wait for
Christmas, but played the part every
day. If he thought some of the boys
needed trip to get their minds off
their work, he chartered a train or a
boat and took them for a jaunt He
simply radiated sunshine, and just as
soon as the house found out about
him, everybody was his friend.
When Uncle Joe Cannon welded
the scepter of authority. MAC" was
tried and true cog in the house or
ganization. Santa Claus was forging
to the front. He was elected chair
man OF the republican congressional
campaign committee and delivered the
goods in bang-up style. Now he has
been reelected, and with the honor
came that conferred upon him by the
president and his advisers.
Mac" started out in life by being
a farmer He got in on the ground
/ floor in the early days of electric trac-
ton service. and began to build up a
system Of interurban lines in his home
state. He has them still, a regular
network of them, and they're bringing
him in dividends a good deal faster
than he is spending them in his Santa
Claus role.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
Railroad Man Is Promoted.

Mount Vernon, Feb. 13.-George H.
Hummer of Mount Vernon has been
promoted from division freight agent
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail-
way to the Office of general agent of
the freight department of the same
road, with Offices in Chicago. He is
succeeded by L. G.. Lucia of Danville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE Iroquois
club, the time-honored democratic Or
ganization Of Chicago, which a month
ago entertained Governor Judson Har-
mon of Ohio as a democratic presi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
ILLINOIS NEWS
Business Man Suicides,

Mendoza, Feb. 13.-John Banhan,
aged 40 years, business man of Sub
lette, nine miles north of here, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. He leaves widow and one
child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
MAKES FINE IMPRESSION.

Governor Wilson's address made a
deep impression. He is not only a
forcifnl, logical speaker, but he pos
sesses the charm of a finished ora
tor and a high-minded- scholarly gen.
tleman, most pleasing and convincing
in his manner. man well equipped
to grace any station in public life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
Falls Victim TO Thleyes.

8. ". Bends of Coai City. Ala,
has a justifiable grievance. Two
thieves stole his health for IL years.
They we're a liver and kidney trou-
bic. Then DR.. Kings New Life Pills
throttled them. He's well now. I'm
rivalled for constipation, malaria,
headache, dyspepsia. 25 cents at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

determination that they will not be
fooled any more"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

II troubled with Indigestion, con-
stipation, no appetite or feel bilious,
Liver Tablets trial and You will be
pleased with the result These tab
lets inyigorate the stomach and liver
and strengthen the digestion. Sold
by all druRzists-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
ANOTHER LITTLE TOWN.

THE TIMES carried two para
graphs yesterday about thirteen
houses being erected at Garyton.
Garyton until a month ago was a
corn field over the Lake-Porter coun-
ty line. just east of Gary and about
six miles from Broadway. Now 1t
has been taken on the aspect of a
thriving village and a month hence
there will be thirteen families there
and interurban flyers rushing over
the Gary Connecting railway which
will be in operation between Ham
|mond and Laporte by that time.
Already half dozen little settle
Iments have sprung up around Gary
and the building of more interurbans
will be a great factor in suburban
development.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
TREATED HIM SHABBILY.

There is absolutely no question but
what the democratic papers of Indi.
ana have ignored Gov. Marshall's
boom In a most disre.
spectful fashion. The Fort Wayne
News says with much truth.
Governor Marshall, while in
Fort Wayne this week as the guest
of the democratic Editorial asso-
citation, Is to deliver the keynote
speech of his presidential candi-
dacy. and the News sincerely
trusts that 1t will have the effect
of awakening a lot OF sleepy edi-
tors who thus far have satisfied
their consciences by according to
Governor MarshafI's boom sort of
half hearted. perfunctory sup
port that has been fully as damn
ing as silence. The truth is that
the democratic press OF Indiana
has treated the governor shabby
and sharnefuily. That portion of IT
that depends on the Taggart press
bureau for editorial inspiration
has accorded him little or no sup
port, and even those papers that
might reasonably be expected to be
moving heaven and earth in his
behalf are dull and lethargic. This
unwarranted apathy is difficult to
understand, for the governor real
ly has a good 1ook-in at the Balti-
more convention IL only he is sup
ported from Indiana as he should
be. And such a support must come
primarily from the democratic
press"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
DO YOUR OWN THINKING.

All history contains the names OF
men and organizations that have
denied to people the right to think
for themselves.
I Always we have had the Catholic
martyrs flung to the lions by the
pagans, the Nonconformists burned
at the stake by the Catholics, the
Baptists exiled and prosecuted by the
other Nonconformists, and the free
thinking son turned out of home by
the Baptist father.
In political organization we have
had our Ogs of Bashan claiming the
right of giants to rule because Of
their size. our Charles the Ffrsts as.
serting the divine right of Inherit
ance in government. our Napoleons
Wrestling power from the weak
Through the efficiency of the sword
land our modern school of reaction
laries who have decided upon the
judicial mind" or intellectual supe
riority as the proper basis Of authori
Ity.
Even in science we must struggle
lconstantly against the tendency tt
Iunderrate our own powers of OBJ
Iservation and common sense. because
we cannot see clearly the differenc,
between scientific facts that requira
lscholarIy explanation and the com
lmon facts of life that every sane per
tson is CAPABLE of Judging for himself
The power to reason correctly OF
certain fundamental subjects is no
, learned in schools and does not de
!, pend on scholarship.
d There are some facbs that must b.
Figured out by experts, and the sensi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

went to Chicago to see the Cook Coun-
ty coroner. Langknecht left Lafayette
Saturday with quite a large sum OF
money. which he intended to invest II
a business opportunity presented itself.
When his 1ifeless body was found yes
terday no money could be found on his
person. Langknecht was 50 years old
and was q member of a well-known
Lafayette family. For some time he
had been an agent for this AnglediaI
Scale Company of Elkhart. 1t Is fear
ed he met with foul play.
SUSPECTED MAIL THIEF HELD
A search that began two weeks ago
and in which government agents of the
middle West have been interested Gull
minated yesterday afternoon in the ar
rest at Laporte OF A. j. Gillette OF
Coldwater, Mich, who is alleged to
rifled the mails in Michigan town.
number of checks were taken. one
for t223 being cashed in Toledo by the
Second National Bank of that city.
Nelson Brayton. an alleged acomplfce
was arrested at Bronson. Mich, last
week. Gillette will go to Coldwater
without extradition papers. The gov.
eminent officials believe they havs
made an important capture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
TAFT AND STEEL.

President Taft's administration
will be known in the history of the
steel business as the time when the
top notch production in steel took
place. AS compared with that of his
immediate predecessor the steel bust
ness during the Taft regime has been
away ahead. Here in our own dis
trict the trust as well as the indie
pendents are so short of basic iron
that they have to go slower on steel
purchases because of the inability tc
get basic iron from neighboring con.
Germs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
HI E A r d
r u B E

AS the Washington Post says: 1T
makes lot of difference whose boss is
being gored.
EVER since we began praising the
beauty of the Hammond phone girls
the Gary and East Chicago operators
have balled up our ng-distance calls
in way you'd never imagine. This
IL always the way with the women.
WITH all of those negroes in the up
rising everything above the Cuban hor-
lion certainly looks dark
AS the pe-pull haven't access to the
lake front the Gary cops won't have to
be like the Chicago cops and worry as
to whether any of the damsels are dar-
Ing to wear skin tight bathing out
fits.
IF lot of folks would spend less
time in swatting the fly and do lit
tie swattfng at those who litter UP the
alley there wouldn't be need of so much
swatting in the first place.
THE 'steemed Chicago Examiner
speaks of a woman being bitten in her
strawberry patch"
WHY does Chicago want the Gary
coks oven gas? With all OF that dyna-
mic Roosevelt air floating about they
got enough right at home without CO.
ing to the heavy expense of piping
CALIFORNIA woman, delegate to the
| national convention. says that she is
i'll and has given hubby a proxy to
| represent her. When the day comes
that suffragettes exist here as well as
there almost any man can get WHY'S
proxy by little jollying and possibly
a new hat.
| THEN again IL men do attend the
conventions as delegates using their
wifes' proxy you can figure that this
is the only way lot of them would
ever reach there.
| SEE by THE TINES that a Hammond
business college so far has graduated
1000 pupils and says that ninety per
| cent were successful and the other 10
per cent got married" But lot Of
/ good stenographers who got married
i were successful-and pretty too.
IS it possible that the Baldwin COM
pany is fencing in its site as a Lake
county precaution?
THIS month of June is so whimsical
that one hardly knows whether to put
on the heavies or the b. v. DIS.
IF these convention rows keep ur
the way they do the people will abolish
them altogether and attend to the nom
ination voting themselves.
IF they had few cops like the Ham
; mond ones elsewhere carnival gambling
would soon take back seat.
JUDGE balks at kissing BRIDE
From THE TIMES. Judge, how coult
lyou?
| Bet you even though the banker
! were in Gary yesterday that the,
!, didn't strain their wallets unloosenin:
= for tag day
IF we can get by with 1t we will
take anyone up with ten to one odd
that Alderman Battle Axe Castlemai
, continues to serve despite court or
ders.
Il NO doubt Battle Axe will now joi
: the rest of the pe-pulI who are in 70
the recall Of judges.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
MILLENNIUM IS HERE.

Now that Thomas E. Knots and
the Gary city administration are
treading the straight and narrow
path, that the street railway fran
chises in East Chicago have been
passed, that the city of Whiting Is
that the grey wolves in the Ham
mond city council are quiet, that
Miss Virginia Brooks has reformed
West Hammond, that a Hammond
Chamber of Commerce has been or
ganized, that the Calumet avenue ex-
tension project is certain of success,
that Johnson street is not going to
be closed, that the Hammond, Whit
ing and East Chicago Railway Co.
has improved the service, that Castle
man has been ousted, that the Erie
coal storage warehouse is to be NOV
ed out of Hammond, that the Erie
yards will be eliminated, that Gary
leads the N. I. league. that the con-
trct for the fence around the Bald
win plant has been let that the In
diana Harbor Belt railroad is build
ing a sidetrack into the plant of the
Northwestern Iron Co., that Hobart
is booming like sixty, that the Sea-
man line is snail-pacing it into
Crown Point, that the Hammond east
side park has been purchased, that
the Standard Steel Car Co. is run
ming again, that the Lake Superior
court has its extra judges, that the
Gary bribery cases have blown up
that Cedar Lake Is orderly, that the
Hammond water pressure is better
that the Baldwin and Schlesingel
works are surely coming, that the
whole region has all of the new in
dustries 1t can accommodate at tn,
present time, that the county i
building better roads and lots o
bridges, that new county infirmar,
is being built, that the harbor ant
canal at Indiana Harbor will receiv,
big appropriations from Congress a
its next session that Holman stree
has been Strengthened and will ex
tended through to Munster, WHA7
UNDER THE SUN IS THERE TT
WRITE AN EDITORIAL ABOUT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

"stepoff.'' Unable to SWIM. he emitted
a scream and sank beneath the water.
The cousin, swimming some distance
away, heard the cry and immediately
starte to the aid of his drowning rela-
tive. The youth had gone under the
third time when rank reached the spot.
Diving, he managed to get hold on
his cousins hair and by this means
raised him to the surface and swan
with him to the shore. A movement Is
on to call the attention of the Carnegie
Hero Commission to the incident.
BLACKSMITH DIES BY ROPE.
Alonzo Moore, blacksmith, Sc years
old, missing all night was found hang
ing dead in his barn near She1byville
yesterday morning. Financial revers-
es and falling health are given as the
causes for the suicide. During one of
the cold spells last winter he took a
lantern under his house to thaw out
some gas pipes. He narrowly missed
death in the explosion that resulted
and the house was destroyed by fire.
He Is survived by his widow.
MURDERERs GET LIFE TERM.
William Orville Allison and Ralph
Broom yesterday at Marion were SEN
fenced to serve the remainder of their
lives in the States Prison at Michigan
! City for the murder of Wade Robin
son. at Landess. on the night of Dec
/ % last The men were masked when
they entered Robertson's store and at
tempted to rob him. The storekeeper
resisted the robbers and they shot hin
to death, the bullet from Broom's CUR
being effective. Allison and Broom
were arrested In North Dakota and re
turned here by Sheriff Tony George
! LoDGEMEN SUSPECT MURDER.
| Friends OF Harry H. Langknech. whe
was found dead in bed in a Chicago
hotel early yesterday, have decided t.
investigate the cause of death. A funt
has been raised by two organization.
to which he belonged in Lafayette, and
last night John T. Soller, and Johr
Kensler, uncle of the deceased man
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

BILE man will recognize his limitations
upon such subjects, but the essentials
|of life are usually not dependent up
on the decisions of the learned.
Even in the greatest religious. fl
nancial and social questions there is
always a fundamental of human
rights that even the most ignorant
have the right and ability to think
about and decide for themselves.
For instance, it may require a
board of statisticians to decide upon
] how money should be divided be-
tween 500 laborers and capitalists
who are at work together. But 1t
does not require anything beyond the
most ordinary reason to see that he
who does nothing is entitled to moth
ing.
/ 1t may require the keenest intel
llectual and spiritual analysis to solve
the great problem of the relation OF
earth and heaven in all its details
But certainly it requires only com
mon sense to know that he who loves
and serves will not be cast into hell
fire because Of unbelief in something
or other that is not important.
i Rely upon scholars for deel
analysis and investigation. Revere
! and honor them. Let their grea
work go on.
j But when you approach the funda
! mentals of simple living, do not den.
the divinity of your own common
sense. Do your own thinking; thinl
, simply and deeply; and the scholar
will take care OF themselves.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

tinue to lead the world in numbers,
in records made and in triumphs
won. Everywhere that men fly far
and fast death is the price they pay
for fame and other rewards of their
daring and their prowess, but France
pays most because France leads in
the number of flying machines AMI
flying men and in the use made of
beth.
In two phases of preparation for
possible war the French people have
shown remarkable enthusiasm and
willingness to run all the risks in
volved and pay all of the inevitable
cost in money and in the lives OF
brave men. French submarines and
French flying machines and airships
for military use are not only numer-
GUS but they are handled with great
courage and skill. In the air, espec-
tally, France has been fearless and re-
sourceful enough to win the admira-
tion of the world.
| When French dirigible is wreck
ed and two or three officers perish
Tor French military aeroplans
Iplunges to the earth and gallant
young soldier is hurled to his doom
| It must be borne in mind that France
is the stronger and safer because Of
their daring. Outnumbered and out
weighed on land and sea by Ger
many, the French nation is making &
brave stand against all rivals in thu
air.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
The Day in
HISTORY
.sTHIs DATE IN H1sroRYY


l645-The Parliament army defeated
the royal army under Charles /. at
Naseby.
I111--American congress adopted the
flag of Stars and Stripes.
became master of
Italy as a result of his victory
over the Austrians at Marengo.
ls01-Benedict Arnold, the American
general who attempted to betray
his country. died in London. Born
In Norwich, Conn, Jan. 8, 1741.
1s05-Gen. Robert Anderson, who
commanded the Federal forces In
Charleston harbor at the outbreak
of the civil war. born near Louis
Vile Ky. Died in rance, Oct. IS
1871.
1s11-Harriet Beecher, Stowe, author
of Uncle Toms Cabin" born In
Iitchf1eld, Conn. Died in Hart.
ford. July II, 1896.
lS62-Pittsburgh fortified by earth.
works in anticipation of a siege
by the Confederates
1907-Norwegian parliament granted
limited suffrage to women.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
sTHIs is MY 37TH BIRTHDAY
Frederick II Guexf


Capt. the Hon. Frederick Edward
Guest. who was recently appointed
treasurer of King Georges household
was born June IA. 1875. He is the
third son of the first Baron wfmborne.
He received military education at
|Sandhurst and as captain of the First
Life Guards participated in the White
Nile expedition in 1900. year ago
he was elected to the house of COM
mons. At one time Mr.. Guest was
private secretary to Winston Spencer
Churchill. In 1906 he was married to
Miss Amy Phipps. daughter Of Henry
Phipps of Pittsburgh.
Congratulations to:
The Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide
Iof Luxembourg, the youngest of Euro
pean sovereigns, IS years old today.
Robert NJ. Lafollette. United States
senator from Wisconsin and candidate
| for the Republican presidential NOM
iination, 81 years old today.
| Most Rev. John J. Glennon. Roman
Catholic archbishop of st. Louis. 81
years old today.
| Rear Admiral Eossuth Niles, u. 8
N, retired, So years old today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
Up and Down in
IN d. A N A

YOUTHFUL HERO SAVES LIFE.
That Ogden Allen, IL years old. of
Cumback. is alive, is due to tho
bravery of his cousin, rank Allen. l3.
Young Allen was wading in shallow
water of White River near the bank.
when he unexpectedly walked into a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

SPRING seems to have at last got
away from old winter but the latter
gentleman is disposed to flirt consid :
erably.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

ANYBODY who thinks there isn't
going to be some excitement at the
Baltimore convention also should
cast his eye over the galaxy of Demo-
cratic candidates.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14
PAYING FOR AIR PRIVACY.

.''1f blood be the price OF admiral
ty," said Kipling In his splendid
Song of the English, Lord God.
we have paid it in" and SO some
French poet may we'll write of his
country's purchase OF primacy in the
air, II the aviators of France con-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-14

REV Anna Shaw says that IL she
were elected President she would
choose Andrew Carnegie as her Sec
rotary of War. And Andrew Is way
|off in Scotland, where he can't help
himself.