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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-12-21
Have an Early Sunday.

In Heligoland the Sabbath begins al
six o'clock on Saturday evening, when
the church bells are rung, and ceases
on the following day at the same
hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-12-21

STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Probate Court for the County of
Van Buren,.
The evening world., 1917-09-15
18TH IS WELL ON WAY
TO SPARTANBURG CAMP
Cheerei Ivy Great Crowd on Fare
we'll March Through City
ELL Four Trains.

Two thousand strong. in four long
trains. the Twelfth Regiment Is to-
day on its way to Spartanburg.
After a parade down Fifth Avenue
and across Twenyt-thtrd Street the
regiment went on board n chartered
ferry boat early last night and over
to the old station in Jersey city All
along tho line OF march crowds
cheered the big lads, though here and
there were tears and the waving Of
damp handkerchiefs.
The station In Jersey was thronged
with relatives and friends OF the de-
parting soldiers. Half dozen
women tainted In the crush. Some
were attended on the spot; otherB
were sent to the Jersey City Hospital.
After the men were In their cars tho
gates were opened and tho crowd
filled the platforms, tossing packages
through the windows and re-enact-
ing scenes OF farewell. 1t was s
o'clock whom the last section pulled
out.
1t will probably be late tomorrow
| when the regiment reaches Spartan.
burg. Col. Foster has Instructions TO
detrain and exercise his men when-
ever II seems suitable, and he said he
thought II was better 10 move slowly
and arrive In good shape than make n
quick trip and turn out tired
Cramped regiment
The evening world., 1917-09-15
MINNEHAHA'S LOSS
VERIFIED BY CABLES
Liner Sunk at Last After Nearly
Three Years of Daring Work
in Danger Zone.

Confirmation OF the sinking OF the
Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha
was received here last night The In
ternatlonal Mercantile Marine COM
pRny, which owns the Atlantic Trans
port Line. received a cable from Lon
don stating that ITO persons had been
saved, including Capt. Claret ana
that forty three we're missing. includ .
ing four officers and three engineers.
Among the missing are Purser c. A.
Wills and DR.. j. +. Barrett. the liners
surgeon. A second message stated
that First omcer Pierce had bee
saved. and still later one said that
Chief officer Albany was among TIE
missing. Capt. Claret also sent a
cable to n friend in this city which
read: They got me at last"
None OF the cables told whether the
liner had hit a mine or been torpe-
doed, although Capt. Claret's cable
indicated the liner was a submarl1s
victirp. II Is assumed she was torpe-
doed of the south coast OF England a
week ago yesterday.
The Mnnehaha was the last OF the
original hig vessels OF the Atlanta
Transport Line left in the service be-
tween here and London. The Mime
apOlis was sunk Off Malta in 1915, and
tho Minnewaska was sunk or Crete
last year.
The evening world., 1917-09-15
NTotrCr of SCHOOLS cHARoTp D
70 ADsiNierRATtoN

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rI.F UHuH many vacant school HltHH
which ere eating up Interest uhhrErH
"Thr gary plan hos failed fo 60
UoyH tho situation. Instead, ~ htF
crowded the schools IN which 80 Is
being tried beyond the llmitH ~
health ana safety. Many Of 'hes'
the Health and Fire Department..
tho rules 81 both u which are being
violated
II am not a professional educator,
although / hay, made study 81 The
education ~ children.
81 Cau attention 20 the fact that
Superintendent ~ schools Maxwell.
who spent the best part of his lifr
ln building up tho public school sNA-
tenn Of this city. has denounced the
Gury plan call attention 90 the
fact that tho school teachers or the
city. with practical unanimity, agree
that q Il not Of benefit to tho pupils
/ IN the public schools In this city. I
am willing to tako the Judgment of
Supt. Maxwell and the school teach
trs
4 The above arc the outstanding
/ issues. although the situation IA
/ hnneycombcd with issues ana the
/ Mitchell administration Ia open 20 At
/ tack on all sides. Some OF these lines
or attack will be handled entirely by
my colleagues on the ticket"
The evening world., 1917-09-15
All Hands In seventh Take Kindly
to Camp WndswOrtb.

SPARTANBURG Sept. l5.--Col.
Fisk, commanding the Seventh New
York Regiment. to-day expressed
himself as delighted with Camp
Wadsworth. Conditions here Are in
marked contrast with conditions on
tho Mexican bordor, where the
Seventh saw nine months service. and
all the officers and mon Of the Seventh
are more than pleased with their sur
roundings. The men we're busy to-
day getting their camp things
strengthened out, and have had a
hard days work. but all are in good
spirits. The Signal Corps, under COM
mand OF Major ]. =. Hallahan, has
gone into camp near the Seventh.
The evening world., 1917-09-15
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The evening world., 1917-09-15
PUT MANY YOUNG OFFENDERS
ON RIGHT ROAD.

when / went on the county court
bench we had no appropriation TO pay
for probation officers. | personally
asked a number OF citizens 20 yoinn-
tecr as probation officers. They did
and with their assistance put Il
great number of young first offenders
on tho road to be good cilz'hs'
Among my volunteers were many
clcrgymCn WHO would come 10 me- 10
plead for boys. l would ask inom u
they would be responsible Tor 'he
boys II | released them ON probation
and invariably they replied IN the ot-
tirmutiye.
"As FOR getting into the rnco for
the MayOralty can truly say ! 1d
not seek the nomination. Al a'oni
In the deliberations leading up ~ me
designation of candidates adto, 'rd
the selection OF leading business
man, In this | was Oycrru'.a bog h'
Business Mems League and nE uHu-
ness men in Brooklyn. They scr t'fll
that the municipal EOyDrnu.n. VI
Now York IS already organized ai 10
ito purely business aspects uui mat q
man who had spent many years oi
The evening world., 1917-09-15
CITY MUST FIND NEW SOURCES
EOR LIS REVENUE.

Il maintain that there s. something
wrong about a Government which
has so advanced the tax Into that
people cannot afford to own real es-
tate. l maintain that rr3l estate Is
OveTtaxed and that the city must
find new sources OF revenue and also
develop sources Of revenue which we
now possess and which have been
neglected.
Il do not mean that we should tax
business. am against putting on
business a burden OF taxation that
Will drive II from the city But a
system OF taxation that puts tho bulk
Of tho burden on real estate is all
wrong, and II we don't remedy II
pretty soon the real estate situation
In New York will breed financial dis
2ster.
II stand on the municipal owner
ship plank in our platform. Long ago.
when ] was working on the Brooklyn
l. | was converted 10 municipal ow-
ncrship. | saw tho way that cars
we're taken or trains and trains we're
The evening world., 1917-09-15
BOYS THINK THEIR NEW UNI.
FORMS ARE IN SIGHT.

In a lot OF tho barracks to-day
thero was huttcr OF excitsment
when IL was learned that uniforms
would bo issued no that tho men
might appear on Sunday in all the
olive drab glory OF sure-enough SOL
diers. 1t seemed too good 20 be- true,
but details were called out and were
marched Off 10 % NJ" the big Quar-
termaster Department building that
sprawls over nearly half AN entire
block in tho heart OF the camp. There
they were given sample sizes of trou-
sers. blouses, lcggins and shoes,
which they carried back to their re-
spcctivo barracks. From then ON for
most of tho day there were try-ona
tnd the hlling out OF siZe slips and
rcquisltion blanks. Some OF the more
optimistic officers hoped to have their
companies all dressed up for the sun
day services.
Tho religious obscrvances to-mor-
row begin ut $50 in the morning.
when there will be "a mass for the
Roman Catholics in camp by Father
Burke. At 1880 there will be IA SER
vice by Bishop Floyd. Superintendent
OF MlsSlonB Tor tho Protestant Epis-
copA Church. Then at O'Clock to-
morrow night there will be what the
Y. NJ. G, A. calls u Community sing"
All day long visitors viii be admitted
without special pass. 80 that friends
OF tho recruits may come down and
visit them. Orders are, however, that
civilian automobiles give the right OF
way TO Government and contractors'
cars
And all this brings us back 10 the
efforts to make tho camp safe for the
recruits. These efforts include the
prompt Encouraging OF the first at
tempts OF the bootlcgRer TO Invade
the bone-dry territory which extends
for a radius of five miles around the
camp.
"hey take In also tho careful watch
kept on persons outside tho bone dry
belt who may violate the law against
selling liquor to soldier. United
states Marshal james NJ, Power OF
the Eastern District OF New York
has como down hero from Brooklyn
with Deputy Marshal Hyman ShOren-
stein and established "A camp office.
Already thew have arrested half n
dozen hoOtleEgers and destroyed
countless half pints that civilian
laborers were irving to smuggle into
! camD for personal use.
Tho churches and allied organizn o.
The evening world., 1917-09-15
GETS JOB AS TRACK LAYER ON
BROOKLYN a."

Young Hylan went TO work the
very next day. His relative got him
job as a track layer on the Brook
lyn Elevated Railroad. He put in an
application for n job as fireman, and
on March IL, 1888. was notified TO
report for duty the next day at the
engine house OF the Broadway and
Myrtle Avenue division. Johnny
Hylan and the big blizzard arrived
at tho engine house at tho same
time.
"Ill never forget that day." said
Judge Hylau to The Evening World
reporter, "for two reasons. One was
the terrific storm that buffeted our
little locomotive and finally tied II
up in snow bank. The other was
the thrill | felt at being at WORK as
fireman so soon after my arrival
In the city. The pay was much botter
than | had received in the country
or as track layer. 1t was sufficient
10 allow me to pay my expenses and
10 resume the payment of the inter
est on the mortgage on the old home
| stead up In Greene County. | was n
| mighty proud young fellow that day;
| ] doubt, no matter what happens 10
me, II | shall ever again feel quite
as satisfactorily proud as / felt over
my job as fireman on the Brooklyn
L."
In the fall OF 1889 tho young fire
man from up in the mountains was
| promoted to the right side OF the
locomotive cab. Then, indeed he
felt that he had reached the peak OF
his ambition. As engineer ne made
more than 800 n month.
Besides his family, he had left I'D
in the Catskill Businesses girl
named Marian O'Hara, who had been
his bovhood sweetheart. She lived
on farm near that OF his father
Young Hylan felt opulent enough to
support wife so he went up to Hunter
and married Marian O'Hara and soon
established himself as the head Of a
family in a two family house in the
Bushw!ck section OF Brooklyn. HC
has lived In that section ever since
but now he occupies a house OF his
own.
For perhaps year" said Judge
Hylan, in speaking OF this period OF
his career 81 was utterly ambition
less. or course my mind was flnet
pretty well with my job and my new
ly assumed domestic affairs. / know
! didn't think about myself or my
future. l had probably unconsciously
resigned myself to the prospect o
? spending the rest Of my life runninl
an engine on the elevated road.
BROTHERS DEATH LED HIM Tc
STUDY LAW.
? MY younger brother who had beer
studious and had worked his way into
The evening world., 1917-09-15
JUDGE TELLS OF HIS LIFE AND
HIS POLITICAL AIMS.

In order that the people may know
what manner OF man they are about
TO meet and hear, The Evening World
has interviewed Judge Hylan and 90
tained from him the story OF his life
and an outline OF his ideas and am
bitions as they relate TO the govern
ment OF New York City. The Judge
ia reporter-shy as yet. lie had never
encountered the Manhattan reporters
until he was designated as the Dem
ocratic candidate by the Democratic
Fusion Committee OF 10. and his first
experience with these cynical and eN-
perienced and unabashed cross-eNam-
iners made him feel that the states
man who once designated them as
"hellhounds OF the press was as
right as Sherman.
Nevertheless he has been frank ana
free with The Evening World al
though he has decided that he Will
not go into an extended discussion OF
what he considers are the issues OF
the campaign until he takes the
stump as u candidate for office, lie
In no novice in practical politics, as
may be judged from the fact that he
10 the nominee for Mayor OF the
worlds greatest city and six months
ago not one person in ten in that
same city had ever heard OF him.
Tho published photographs Of the
Judge do not do him justice. They
make him appear stodgy and puh'y "
whereas he is u big, wcll-propOr- :
toned, outstanding man, fraction OF
an inch under six feet tall and we4Sh %
ing 216 pounds. lie has a big, nnely
formed head and his profile reminds
one OF that of the late Grover CleNe-
land when Mr.. Cleveland was me
Judges age--torty- years,
The Judges hair is frankly RED
and he has quite a lot Of 1t left. lie
has a moustache that is reddor thar
his hair. II Is his first moustache-
that is, he started IL when hc was
lad and mas never shaved II on
He wears II closely cropped and Il
hts well with his square v.sage
which is expressive OF self conildcnc'
and determination. one does 40
have 10 be a physlognomlst or &
phrenologist TO determine that tn
Judge is quite stubborn individual,
The mortgage on the Old farm a
Hunter, Greene County, n. Y, Is on
Of the Judges earliest recollectlonS
The Hylan family didn't have yer!
large farm. The mortgage was big
The evening world., 1917-09-15

his home 20 Syracuse and back In
the cabs OF West Shore Railroad To-
comotives He passed his bar eX-
animation.
II was now up to the ex-locomotivc
engineer to make living as law
yer. He put a mortgage OF $500 on
the old homestead, returned to Brook
lyn and opened a law office at Gates
Avenue and Broadway, whore he was
known. His first month as a lawyer
netted him $40 In fees. his second
month Sl6 and his third month $Sl.
From then on his income steadily
increased. but he didn't open larger
office until he had paid Off the $500
mortgage on the old farm. Ho Joined
the Democratic organization OF the
present Twentieth Assembly District
Wand he also Joined all the civic or
ganizations and bettermcnt leagues
and boards OF trades and business
mems clubs in his part OF town. In
n few years his civic work took up no
much OF his time that he was forced
TO employ a lawyer at $3.50 a month
/ TO look after the routine run OF his
/ law business.
The evening world., 1917-09-15
YOUNG HVLAs GoUs TO woPK
TO hCGT THU MORTGAGE.

Use VAS thr buFahnp ~ the u ff
hJlH. h1.k Mh,n the children u 90
~ bsi at nIFht hey would hear il .Ir
father aud mother talking Boa wh's-
p'I- alHut ths mUrFaFo aud the
HIli' thereof ~. under these ,ir.
Cumf lauc,s little Johnny iiylan
Wrut tu Surk early ln bic career nO
Nrui in " lrk FOR the mortgage
lilH nfrt Nufk on tho farm Was IA
rho capacity ~ water boy fOr a rail-
road section gang tio was a husky
lad ana tho farm training and rail.
road work tOughcnod his muscles.
When Dee was old enough he became
"a brakeman and fireman on the stony
Cove ana CAtskll Mountain end
hdatrThkiN Railroads. AFTER be- be-
came "a fireman there wasn't any
more worry IN the Hylan family
about the interest on the mortgrge.
Johnny'H wages took care OF that
A. tho age ~ nineteen Johnny
hylan. who had been gradually turing
OF IN" gloomy mountain scenery OF
MS birthplace and his narrow en-
Nironmcnt, determined to strike out
Ia tho world and take a chance In
Jhe city His worldly possessinns
consisted OF Sunday suit, a working
suit, several shirts. some underwear,
pair OF shoes. a hat, n couple OF
ltlTs OF uNeiNllS, tOOtn brush, "A
comb (Which he wore In the upper
left hand pocket OF his vesO and
$3.50. His parents didn't want him
to 20 20 the wicked city, but his de-
termination had developed anf no
wore large, dropping red mustachc
and considered himself man enough
to tackle tho city and get away
with H.
one of his brothers was a helpless
Invalid At that time, lIe had an
other brother too young 10 earn
money. His parents maintained that
II was hts duty to stick to them and
his job on the railroad. II was per-
haps characteristic OF him that in
this, his first great struggle. ne had
his own way. Surreptitiously bor-
'rowing n trade dollar from a neigh
for. lie lit out for New York This
was IN the winter OF 1887.
He had n distant relative In the
then city Of Brooklyn. and that fact
prompted him to settle there. He
walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
from New York, and on tho way he
stopped and looked out over the city
no was destined one day to aspire to
govern. But no such thought entered
his head on that occasion. All he
asplrod to was job-any kind OF a
] lob.
The evening world., 1917-09-15

his life IN active furtherance Of civic
and bottcrment projects and who h,,d
studied the city government from the
standpoint OF AN advocate OF better
conditions for all. would be closer to
the needs OF the people and better
able To understand them than ono
who had spent all his life In purely
business pursuits. That IL how
came to be designated as tho nominee
for Mayor"
Judge Hylan has no fads. He has
never had n golf club In his hands
and has never tackled the modern
dances. lie wouldn't know jnZz
band from n calliope. lie belongs to
no clubs and he does not bowl or play
billiards or play cards. lie admits
that no In not much OF n reader and
what reading hc does In largely con
fined TO history and tho science OF
government.
"One OF tho Brooklyn papers stated
the other day." said Judge Hylan,
that eat In beanCries. / can hardly
deny IT. / have never frequented the
dining clubs or the big hotels and
where the bulk of the people eat Is
good enough for mo"
The evening world., 1917-09-15
WORKED ON | SEVEN DAYS IN
EVERY WEEK.


In the first place young Hylen
worked seven days a week. He took
out his engine every afternoon at
2.3O or o'clock. On Mondays, Tues
DAYS, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
FRIDAYS he worked for thirteen hours
straight. on Saturdays he worked
twelve hours and on Sundays eleven
hours.
Five days in the week he wound
nm his work on the l. at $3.50 o'clock
or o'clock in the morning. Sunday
mornings no was through about
o'clock and Monday mornings about
o'clock. He lived close 70 the
roundhousc and went right home
when he had finished his work.
After he started In at the Long
Island Business College he got up
live mornings in the week at
o'cIock His wife would call him at
7 40 o'clock and then allow him TO
sloep another half hour. He told The
Evening World reporter that those
half hours stolen each morning five
dovs IN the week, were the most
wonderful hours he has ever en-
joyed.
hreakfast and hustle down to the
business college, where he took up
his studies at o'clock. Very early
/ in his course his earnestness and
dogged persistence attracted the at
tcntion Of Prof. Andrew Gerndt, one
oF Inc instructors, who remains 10
this dav his close personal friend.
prof Gerndt, in order to help the
ambitious young engineer, volun-
tarily gave up his lunch hour and
spent from noon to ! o'clock each
school day in privately instructing
his favoritc pupil.
Leaving the business college at 1
o'clock. young Hylan would grab a
niece OF pie or a sandwich and a
glass of milk AZ a lunch counter and
hustle over 20 Long Island City
where he would stick around the
law office OF his friend until he had
lust enough time lett TO allow him
10 scoot for the roundhouse and
take out his engine, He sometimes
had an hour at the law books, some
times only half an hour, As his
reading progressed his lawyer friend
allowed him 20 take books home and
on Saturdays and sundays wher
there were no sessions at the bust
ness college he read law at his home
While he was pursuing this languiC
existence he saved mp enough money
10 pay Off the mortgage on the old
farm
The evening world., 1917-09-15
Farmer Lad Fought Way Up
as Railroad Water Boy, Fire
man and Engineer on a."
SAVED OLD HOME, TOO.
Democratic ASpirant for City's
Highest Office Gives Views
Of Campaign issues.

Houtio AlGcf ir vas proiinr pro
ducer Of stories about boys and fof
boys. aud fOr male adults who hadn't
FORGOTTEN that thcy had been boys. at
about the period when John r. Hylan
was a regular farm boy up In Hunter.
Greene County. y. Y. That was back
In the '7Os.
reared on farms and hoasted of poor
but honest parents. aud came 10 the
city 60 make their fortunes and sue
cesrfully resisted the Establishments
Of weak youths who tried to persuade de
them TO drink sherry hips at the bar
OF the old Astor House. The Horatio
Alger boy always spurned the insldi-
Gus sherry Zip and stuck 20 his busl-
ness and became a successful man.
within few days after next
Wednesday the people OF New York
are going to become quito well ac-
quainted with a big. interesting red
headed man who Is Horatio Ager
hoy grown up. His name is John +.
didate In the primaries for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Mayor.
In Judge Hylan the people OF this
city will fnd new type Of candI-
date-a type totally different from
Judge Gaynor. who was also country
bred. Judge Hylan has all the Ho-
ratio Alger stubborn poor on
farm that was covered by a mortga ge,
taken from school to help support
the family, borrowed money for car
fare to the city. started his city
career as q worker in a menial ca
pacity, paid of the mortgage on the
old farm, felt the spur OF ambition
as his circumstances improved. edu-
Gated himself. never touched liquor
or tobacco--in short, he Is "Only ar
Irish Boy" or THE Erie Train Boy
or any other OF a dozen AlBer char
acters.