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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TWO FARM HOMES.

/ visited two farm homes.
On table In the living room of one
Of these homes l found several late
magazines. newspapers in plenty and
some good books. In corner of the
room was a fair sized library contain
Ing books on agriculture, history. travel
and fiction.
In the other home there was no pc
riodicai literature save the county sent
newspaper and books were scarce.
found what / expected to find as to
the character of these two homes.
In the home where good reading
abounded there were intelligence, thrift,
economy, business system. prosperity
and joyous home living.
In the other home there were bicker-
ing and nagging. wastefulness, lack of
good management and a woeful igno-
rance concerning the progress of the
world at large.
More than that
The boys and girls In the home with
| out magazines and books found their
pleasures away from the home Some
Of these pleasures were silly, and some
were harmful. Gossip took the place
of reading. The moral tone of the
home was not high.
| The difference?
| Books and good reading!
| Without books and newspapers of
| general circulation the farmer can
know little or nothing of current
events. of the news Of church and
state. politics--the things that make for
good citizenship and intelligent activ-
| ity in human affairs.
| And
without books and farm papers and
newspapers father and the boys will
know scarcely anything of market tend.
encies or scientific farming methods OF
farm management or horticulture Oh
breeding or veterinary and other lines
Of up to date farming.
| Nor
without farm journals or magazines
will mother and the girls know very
much about domestic science or poul
try or nursing or home management
But
4 Above all else there Is lacking thu
silent influence OF good literature IL
the building up of character.
i A good book not only gladdens tn,
heart. but broadens the vision and lift.
up the life.
Books and good reading are infallibl,
indices of the character Of home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
THE FIDDLER.

Some of the newspapers have been
running stories about Thomas p
Dean singing his swan song to Lake
county. And in this connection it is
well to remember that every tax
payer in Lake county will contribute
towards paying the fiddler. 1t isn't
the singer that foots up the bill II
is those who make him sing. During
the past few years we have heard q
lot of swan songs, all costly ones too
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
Plays and Players

Emma Carus has new vaudeville
act called The LITER"
Lulu CHASER is now under her own
management and doing nicely.
Dorothea Sadler is supporting Feiice
Morris and Edmund Reardon in I'm
1899"
Thomas Jefferson Is playing in a
dramatization of The Cricket on the
Hearth"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

NOTING the increasing number of
divorces filed in the Lake Superior
Court at Hammond, we are constrain-
ed to remark that marriage is an in
stitution that is quite often not
worth the trouble.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
MODERN METHODS.

The announcement of the Gary
Land company that it will advertise
each week the list of houses 1t has
for sale calls to attention the advanc-
ed work the United States Steel cor
poration is doing towards enabling
its employees to secure homes of their
own.
An employe of any of the subsid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

MIR. Dean has furnished more copy
for the newspapers than any one
man around these parts for a long
time and his name is great to give
headline the necessary punch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

GOV. Marshall has found time aft
one of those beautiful little procla-
nations for Arbor day for which he
is so famous.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
'slx delegates at Iarge contested.

SIX delegates at large contesfed
Roosevelt men concede only III OF
tho delegates accredited to Taft--e4 In
New York, in Pennsylvania. in Iowa.
in Michigan. in Kentucky. each IN
Indiana and Missouri. and each in
yeamont. New Mexico. oklahoma and
the Philippines. or those above listed
as uninstructed the Taft forces claim,
2 in South Carolina, in Virginia and
2 in Michigan. Taft men will contest
accredited to Roosevelt from Missouri.
2 from Oklahoma, 2 from Kentucky and
1 from New Mexico.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
Political Announcements
FOR AUDITOR.

Editor TINES: Kindly announce my
name as a candidate for the office OF
Auditor of Lake County, subject TO the
viii of the Democratic nominating con-
yention. ED. SIMON
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

EXCHANGE has a wedding story
in which neither the names OF the
bride or groom were mentioned.
There is a coming reporter on that
paper quite evidently.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

SOME men never take any chances
in life at all. We saw one man on
the streets with pair of ear dappers
attached to his skypiece the other
morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

MISSOURI paper in a little heart
interest story says The could always
hear the prattle of his little daugh-
ter's feet coming toward him." by
which We infer that daughter was
some prattler.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
IF i CAN LIVE.

II L can live
To make some pale face brighter. and
to give
A second Iuster to some tear-dimmed
eye.
Or cen fmpart
One throb of comfort to an aching
heart,
Or cheer some wayworn soul In pass
Ing by;
If 1 can lend
A strong hand to the fallen, or defend
The right against single envious
strain.
My life, though bare,
Perhaps of much that seemeth dear
To earth, will not have been
In vain.
The purest joy,
Most near to heaven far from earth's
alloy,
Is bidding clouds give way to sin
and shine,
And twill he well
If ON that day of days the angels tell
OF me; "She did her best for one OF
thine,
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15
FOR RECORDER

Editor TIMES: You are authorized to
announce TO your readers that I am
candidate for the nomination of County
Recorder, subject 10 the wishes of the
Democratic nominating convention. to
be held at a date to be decided upon.
JACOB FRIEDMAN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

1T turns out that Mrs. Wiley per-
suaded the genial DR.. Wiley to re-
sign. Thought he resigned because
the air was SO bad in the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

CHICAGO reports the marriage of
Annie Rooney. It seems that Annie
has the old habits she used to have
at Cedar Lake.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

YOU will probably hear something
like the sound of a few shovels in
East Chicago one of these bright
spring days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

THE Call of The Wild isn't the
call of the delegates by a long shot
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

THIS is the spring in which a good
many young mems fancies lightly
turn to thoughts of real estate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

JUDGE in the east has put his off.
cial o. k. on the turkey trot Now
we suppose everybody'll be doing it
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

HOWEVER when will we know
the truth of the Dean affair in Gary?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

PERHAPS you thought the flowers
that blossomed on your wife's hat
were sign of spring. Well they are
not.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15


Detectives the employ OF the
time
Russia loaned to her by the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

THE pussy willow says hail, hail
the gangs all bare"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-15

BALDHEADED mans wife is
suing him for divorce. Probably
tired of the bare necessaries of life.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
Steamship Wistowhall Goes on Rocks
off Aberdeenshire Fifty Three
Go Down With Ship.
FOUR OF CREW ARE SAVED
Captain stoddard Among Those
Saved Tells Of Awful
Storm Experienced.

u, vi !. = y z +
Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. H.
The British steamer Wistowha1l
was wrecked early yesterday on roll
lers Of Buchan, a group Of danger
GUS rocks off the coast of Aberdeen
shire. Thirty-eight OF her crew were
drowned. Thirty-five Of them went
down with the ship and five others
chung to the wreckage but only two
of them succeeded in reaching the
shore.
Captain Stoddard OF the Wistow-
hall, one OF those rescued, says his
crew numbered fifty-six, Of which
only three lascars and the captain
reached shore, SO fifty-three were
drowned. ~
The captain says the Wistowhall
drifted helplessly for hours before a
terrific gale. All Of the fires were
extinguished as the seas had flooded
the engine room during the night.
The seas were so huge that it
was impossible to launch a life boat.
The life boat crew of the village of
Buffers tried several times to put to
sea. but their craft was hurled back
to the shore, Most Of the drowned
sailors were lascars.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
Farmers slayers Caught.

St Joseph. Mo-, Jan. 19.-William
Steffens and Enos Stoner. ex-con-
victs. have been arrested by the po-
lice for the murder Of Farm
er Lykens. near here yesterday
morning. Steffens. who was wound
ed by Lyken's has confessed and
says Stoner fired the shot.
Steffens has served time for coun-
terfeiting, and Stoner was sent up
for life for murder at Smithville,
NO., but was pardoned several years
ago.
w. C. Lykens. the young farmer,
was shot by two negro chicken
thieves. He ives pursuing them
near the city yesterday morning
The rig used by the negroes to haul
or their loot was identified IS stol-
en-, and the capture Of the two men
soon followed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
BIG FORTUNE GOES
TO INDIAN MAIDEN
Attorneys Seeking Daughter Of Rich
Man Who Had Indian Wife.

~ ii
Kansas City, Jan. 19.-Attorneys
for Henry C. Simpson. who died In
this city three weeks ago, yesterday
Instituted search for an Indian
maiden somewhere in the south
west who is heiress Of 100000 Of
the Simpson fortune.
That Simpson was wealthy was
not known generally until after his
death. His estate amounted to
$4,000 and was left in the hands
of his son Henry as executor. After
the death Of his first wife more than
twenty-five years ago, the elder
Simpson is said to have married an
Indian. 1t is for daughter by
this marriage that the son seeks,
with the purpose Of dividing the es-
tate with his half-sister. The elder
Simpson was uncommunieative re-
garding his second marriage. The
daughter is said to have returned to
live with her people, the Nayajos
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
SAYS BORDERiAND
IS RUNNING BLOOD
Warlike Tibitans Have Used War as
Excuse to Plumber.

San Francisco, CAL, Jan. 10.
G. Ogden, a Christian church mis-
sionary of Los Angeles, arrived in
San Francisco today with his wife
and child after a disastrous 1000
mile journey through the wilds Of
China and Tibet in which all three
narrowly escaped with their lives.
According to the missionary he
and his wife were compelled liter
ally to wade through blood in the
journey from Batang, Tibet, to the
French province of Tong King,
China. They arrived today on a
japanese liner.
'"The story of the isolated prov
inces in northern China is one that
will shock the world once it is told, !"
said Mr.. Ogden. II was sent to
Tibet six years ago as a missionary.
The warlike Tibetans have taken up
arms and are using the revolution
in China as an excuse for plumber
ing and pillaging. There is far
more to be feared as far as the
are concerned from the
Tibetans than there is from the
Manchus or Chinese.
1.-THE border between China and
Tibet is overrun with wild and law
less bands
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
.HOLDUP VICTIM
NOT BADLY HURT
Bullet Flattens Against Bone and
Kauble viii Recover.

49, 4 Z
Des Moines, Iowa. Jan. H.
Fral Kauble, an employe Of the.
Great Western railway, who was
shot in the head while resisting two
highwaymen last night when they
attempted to hold him up, 10 report
ed to be resting easily at Mercy hos
pital today. The bullet, which was
of 80 caliber, flattened against the
skull, and did not even crack the
bone. His temperature and pulse
were normal this morning.
Kauble had been downtown to do
some shopping and was returning
home over Southwest Ninth street.
He had just reached the approach to
the Ninth street bridge when two
men accosted him, and ordered him
to throw up his hands. He refused
and started to fight. One Of the ban.
dts, holding his revolver but q few
feet from Kauble's face, pulled the
trigger.
A suspect was arrested last night
by the police directly following the
shooting, and he admitted that he
was with a man who carried q re-
volyer, but denied that he was near
the South Ninth street bridge. The
police have unearthed another clue,
and think they will arrest the thug
soon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
Man Believed Dead Speaks.

Ashville, N. c., Jan. 1s.-When
Robert NJ. Smith, an aged resident
Of South Hominy. closed his eyes
and apparently ceased to breathe,
his friends thought he was dead and
prepared him for burial. Several
hours later the mourners observed a
movement OF Smiths arms. He half
arose and exclaimed:
Its raining, isn't it?" then he
sank back.
Despite these manifestations OF
life the shroud was not removed and
twenty-four hours later, Mr.. Smith
was again pronounced dead. Burial
will take place today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
Illness Of Premier Yuan Shi Raj
Stops Move Toward Their
Abdication.
ROYAL JEWELS FOR SALE
Manchus Appeal to Aliens to Pre-
vent Wholesale Arrests in
Picking.

Peking, Jan. 19.-No action was
taken at the conference of the prin-
ces of the imperial clan with the
empress-dowager yesterday. The
discussion Of the subject Of abdica-
ton was postponed until Friday ow-
ing to the indisposition of Premier
Yuan Shi Kai. Certain Of the prin-
ces say the abdication OF the throne
is pending.
At its next gathering the confer
ence OF the princess OF the imper-
ial clan and the dowager empress
will call into consultation members
Of the cabinet.
Many of the treasurers Of the Pc
king andMukden palaces, worth mil
lions of dollars. are being offered for
sale. A number OF American and
European agents are negotiating for
their acquisition. The minor pail
aces and also the Forbidden city are
being depleted in similar way and
art works from their collections are
being disposed of.
Many arrests have been made OF
persons suspected of completely in
the attempted assassination Of
Premier Yuan Shi Kali. This has
caused the foreign office. in which
the officials are generally queueless,
to protest to Premier Yuan Shi Kai,
who has ordered discrimination to
be used in making these arrests.
A relief expedition headed by
Capt. sowerby, a member Of the
British League Of Frontiersmen,
has returned to Peking. The mem
bers found the provinces of Shen-
ST, Shan-Si, and Ho-Nan in state
Of anarchy. Outlaws and revolu-
tionaries, they declare. are indistin-
guishable, while the Imperialists are
equally lawless.
In some districts they say few
women survive. while the towns and
villages are deserted and the peo-
pie are hiding in caves In the noun
tains. Members of the expedition
believe the foreign governments
should order all foreigners to leave
the interior, as some of the mission
aries refuse to leave their posts
without official orders.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
WILL CASE JURY
BREAKS DOCUMENT
Estate Of Henry Kicker Will be Civ
en- to Relatives.

Dubuque, Jan. 1s.-The Jury in
the will case of Henry Kicker has
brought in verdict breaking the
document.
The evidence went to show that
Kicker, who died possessing consid-
cradle property, willed 1t practical
ly all to the Catholic church. cut
ting OF his family with nominal
sum. This fact was claimed to be
the result of a mental condition that
was unsound. He had been estranged
from the relatives who had worked
with him and assisted in the ac-
emulation OF the property without
cause.
1t 10 understood the church will
not appeal.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
MORSE GIVEN
HIS | FREEDOM ! / Fl. 0
President Commutes Fifteen Year
Sentence Of Dying
Financier.
]. MORSE Expects TO 90 ABROAD y
Army Physician Declares Prisoner
Would Not Live Month in
Confinement.
MORSE EXPECTS TO 60 ABROAD

Washington, d. c., Jan. 19.
President Taft last night commit
ed to expire Immediately the fifteen
year sentence for violation Of the
national banking laws under which
Charles w. Morse, the New York
banker and ice king, served two
years in the federal penftentiary at
Atlanta, Ga. The communications OF
sentence, which gives Morse his
complete freedom but which, UNI
like a pardon. does not restore his
civic rights-was granted upon rec
concentration Of Attorney General
Wickersham and Surgeon General
Torney, U. s. a., according to the
surgeon generals report to the pres
ident on his condition Morse could
not Hive month longer in confine-
ment and even at liberty would not
live six months.
The White house statement grant
ing freedom to Morse follows:
"The president this afternoon
committed the sentence Of Charles
w. Morse to expire at once. This
action was taken upon the recon-
mendation Of the attorney general
based upon the following report Of
Surgeon General Horney:
GA careful review Of these re-
ports makes it clear to my mind that
he is suffering from a combination
of diseases due to degeneratfve
changes which are incurable and
progressive. The reports show that
both the condition Of the Kidneys
and the heart are growing worse. I
regard the attack Of cardiac dys-
sponea or heart block from which
he suffered on the morning Of the
18th inst. as an ominous occurrence.
In my opinion, the prisoners dura-
tion Of life will be in all probable
ity less than one month II kept In
and in the event Of his
release under Communication Of SEN
tence, It Is not probable that he
will live as long as six months.
Mrs. Morse, who arrived here yes
terday from New York, was inform
ed late yesterday afternoon Of the
presidents clemency to her husband.
She will leave today for Atlanta to
join her husband.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
LAUNDRY Is
DYN \
Authorities Regard it as Dynamite
ing Job by Iron
Workers.
TO, DESTROY BIG TANK.
At First Thought "Black. Hand
Members Were After
Revenge.

Pueblo. Col, Jan. 20.-A terrific
dynamite explosion. early yesterday
partly wrecked the. Colorado laun-
dry, in the heart OF the business dis
trict Of this city, and damaged the
office Of the Globe Express company.
City detectives. who Immediately
began an investigation, found dyn-
amite fuse in the alley outside Of the
express Office.
The police are now working on a
theory that the expulsion was cails-
ed by out OF town parties and that
1t is connected with the many ex-
plosions In the last few years on
jobs which were being done by
structural iron workers not connect
ed with the national organization
1t Is now believed that the only
object was to destroy the large tank
used as q water softener. When this
was being erected some years ago II
mysteriously toppled over one night
but no clew was ever found as to
the real cause.
No effort, however, had been
made since that time to disturb the
big steel tank.
That the tank was not destroyed
yesterday Is due to the fact that the
dynamite was so placed that the ex-
plosion went downward instead Of
upward.
The force OF 1t was such that
windows in buildings in the busi-
ness district were shattered In ter
ritory covering several blocks. The
windows In the Globe Express COM
pany's Office across the alley crash
ed to the street and 1t was supposed
at first that the safe in that COM
pany had been blown up. The ex-
plosion caused great excitement, as
owing to the killing Of "black-
hand, leader here the night before,
1T was believed that the gang was
taking revenge for the murder OF
their leader. The police. however,
are Of the opinion that the black
hand had no connection with the Of
fair.
The steel tank. which was the OBJ
ject OF attack. was erected by the
Kennecott Water Softener company
of Chicago Heights. III.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
ACCUSED PASTOR
REFUSES TO TALK
Rev. Dr.. Mcfarland Will Tell Story
to Jury.

Greenville, Tenn. Jan. 19.-"As
to my innocence or guilt, my friends
will have to Judge for themselves
from my past record" declared Rev.
w. D. Mcfarland, yesterday, before
the arrival Of an officer, who was to
take him to Pittsburgh. answer the
,coroner's charge that he was re-
sponsible for the death Of his for
mer secretary. Elsie Dodds Coe.
Il am expecting an officer to
reach here from Pittsburgh today"
he continued. Il will tell my story
to the grand jury. So far as /
knew, Miss Coo was q good girl. She
was like a child to me; loved her
as my own daughter"
DR.. Mcfarland declined to say
whether he had been in Pittsburgh
this month, declaring it was mo
body's business but my own" Nc
Farland admitted he knew a Row
land Mcconnell, said to have been
mentioned in Miss Goes dying state
ment as having been responsible for
her condition.
Rev. Mcfarland is held in Jail
here, and the confinement appears
to have affected him considerably,
according to the jailer. who says the
minister is nervous and sleeps little.
DR.. McFarlands wife is in hotel
here and will probably accompany
him to Pittsburgh.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-01-23
ST AR
we'd TO DEATH II
Is Now Being Tried for MIR
der in Seattle
Court.
WAS TEMPTED By WEALTH
Sister II Dead Woman Also Yves
Starved to : Nero
skeleton.

Seattle, WASH, Jan. 20.-Hew
Miss Claire Williamson, wealthy
English woman, starved to death uH-
der the immediate care Of Mrs. Lin
da Burfeld Hazzard. sanitariun
keeper. who It Is alleged wanted
her money. and how Dorothea WILL.
hanson. sister OF the dead woman,
was rescued, delirious living skol-
eton, by the nurse OF her childhood.
was reeounted to jury here yester-
day by Prosecutor Frank H. Kelly
OF Tacoma.
Mrs Hazzard is on trial for MUIR
der. Her husband. said to be =
West Point graduate, was the only
prospective witness allowed to rs-!
main In the court room. The stats
accepted as jurors several men who
declared themselves opposed to the
death penalty.
In April according to the states
evidence. the starving sisters who
had put themselves In Mrs. Haa-
Yards care last February, were tax
en- to Ollala, where. it Is asserted,
Mrs Hazard induced Claire to ada
codicil to her will endowing tho
Hazzard sanitarium with $126 an
nually and obtained an order upon
banks holding funds belonging TO
the Williamson sisters.
Claire died May 10. literally re-
duced to skin and bones. No nott-
fication was sent to relatives, but =
family nurse in Australia. hearing
Of Claire,s death, hurried to Ollah
and found Dorothea living spectre.
Mrs. Hazard. asserting that the
girl was insane, already had applieA
to the court to be appointed suara-
ian for Dorothea and administratsr
OF Claire's estate.
The British consular service has
taken active interest In the trial.