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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

II one works hard, and keeps ever
lastingly at it, he will find himself
some day standing before a bank, with
a license to draw something more
than his breath"
Thus George We're Hobart. success
full author, dramatist and journalist,
who probably penned this advice with
his own career in mind.
It was in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,
just a half century ago today, that
George V. Hobart first saw the light
of day. He began his career as a
telegraph operator, and for time was
employed in cable Office on the New
foundland coast. Then he was seized
with an ambition to shine on the
stage, and played for a time in
Thomas w. Keene's company. Not
meeting with the success he had
hoped for, he returned to the tele-
graph key, and was employed as an
operator on the old United Press. This
association with newspaper work in
spired him with an ambition to write,
and in 1895 be became managing edi-
tor of the Sunday Scimitar at Cum
berland, Md. His work soon attra CT
ed attention, and he was called to the
larger journalistic field of Baltimore,
where he was employed as a special
humorous writer on the Herald, the
American, and the News. Tt was for
the latter journal that he originated
the "DinkelspieP' sketches, which re-
suited in call to New York. "Dinkel-
spiel" and John Henry made the
name of Hobart famous over a large
part Of the North American continent
While he gained his first fame as a
writer of stories that abounded in
slang, and were far from being "high-
brow" he later demonstrated that he
was capable of work of a more lasting
quality. AS playwright he early
scored many hits, including Mrs.
Black Is Back" written for May
Irwin; ''The Candy Shop" sally in
Our Alley and numerous others. He
demonstrated his versatility by writ
ing the splendid serious work, Elk
perience," a morality play, but his
main mission in life has been to make
folk smile. AS he has expressed it:
Lives of great men all remind us
Life is really not worth while
If we cannot leave behind us
Some excuses for a smile!''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
MACADAM REPAIRS

NJ AADAM is road bed made Of crushed sone and stone
1V1 dust sprinkled with water Macadam repairs
comphed by filling the holes macadam road with crushed
stone and stone dust which being sprinled with water, is
rolled. s's 9}s
Evidently the city authorities have discovered improve
mens sprnkng the stone stone dust with gaso-
line The repairs instead of being conducted by road builders
formerly the carried on by garage
The bills for macadam repairs which approved by the
Common Council last night contained liberal charges for gas
olne and garages.
Whether the garage goes to the macadam when the repairs
to be made the macadam to the garage does
appear
Mayor Wilson's administration has witnessed number of
novelties in highway construction especially in the department
of macadam repairs It used to be claimed that the macadam
roads were from time houses
filled with calories of divers kinds The account
repairs these burdened with bills
abundanty that nothing less than macadam highway, fifty
feet WIDE and several miles long could have absorbed them
Perhaps the gasoline is used to enable the city fathers
burn up the roads, to better advantage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
LORD WIMBORNE

Lord WimbOrne, who was retained
as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when
LlOyd-George launched his new gov
eminent last month, is a young man
for so responsible a position, having
been born forty-four years ago today.
He is the eldest son of the first Baron
Wimborne, and in his youth was
known as Ivor Churchill Guest. Edu-
Gated at Cambridge, he sought a seat
in Parliament when he was only 25,
but was defeated In the South Afri-
can war he won honors and the
Queens medal, and on his return to
England was elected to the Commons
from Plymouth, and was afterwards
returned from Cardiff. In 1910 he
became a peer, as Baron Ashby ST.
Ledgers, but adopted the title of Baron
Wimborne on the death of his father,
from whom he inherited an estate of
about $4,000 acres. In 1914 he visited
the United States as the hacker Of the
victorious British polo team. He sue
ceeded the Earl of Aberdeen as Lord
Lieutenant Of Ireland early in 1915.
After the revolt in Ireland last April
he resigned, but disclaimed any re-
sponsibility for the failure of the au-
thorities to guard against it, and he
was exonerated by the royal commits
sion. Last August he returned to Ire
land as Viceroy although In the
meantime Mr.. Asquith had declared
in the House of Commons that the
Office of Lord Lieutenant was a use
less and ridiculous institution, and I'M
worthy of perpetuation, especially as it
costs in the neighborhood Of a quarter
of million dollars per year. Failing
to reach any agreement as to other
methods, however, the Premier had
no alternative but to revert to the
ancient system of castle government
Lord Wimborne aroused much criti-
cism in England few months ago
by speech in Dublin in which he
was reported to have said that mo
Irishman likes the British rule, and
am not surprised at it." He has been
frank in his criticisms of the British
administration Of Ireland in the past,
but this did not prevent his reappoint-
ment by Premier >Lloyd-George last
month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
IMPROVING POLICEMEN

FAT POLICEMAN who may take his at his meals and
a his beat afford to follow the policemans life,
which, Sullivan observed is not happy one,
modest remuneration
But if policemen to be lean and beautiful they are to
like DEER if they must take bending
exercise and limit diet they must get more pay.
They will be superior persons, set up above the body of
the people, What is the moral value OF will that refuses
ond piece Of pie that take candy between meals
can accomplish the browning triumph of taking off weight
Persons SO endowed will not be policemen They will be
teachers instructors, living proof that men are only little
lower than the angels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

One hundred years ago to-day the
people of the United States mourned
the passing Of Alexander James Dali
las, who had been hailed few years
before as the savior Of the infant re-
public from financial destruction:
Dallas, celebrated in American history
as the father of the United States
Bank was a native of the Island of
Jamaica, and was in his 58th year
when he died in Trenton, N. P. in
1917. His father was an eminent
physician, who amassed fortune in
Jamaica. although native of Scot
land. With his elder brother, Robert
Charles Dallas, afterwards a distin-
guished author, and his sister, Char
lotte Henrietta, who married Capt.
George Arson Byron, an uncle of
Lord Byron, the youthful Alexander
was taken to London to be educated.
After studying law in London he re-
turned to Jamaica. but in 1888 re-
moved to Philadelphia, where he soon
attained prominence in the practice
Of his profession. Early in his legal
career he prepared several volumes of
legal lore which won high praise. In
1914 he was offered his choice of the
vacant posts of encouragement and
secretary of the treasury in the cabi-
net of President Madison, but declin-
ed. G
At that time the United States, be-
cause of the war then raging, was on
the verge of bankruptcy. Attempts
to negotiate loans had failed almost
completely. In August of 1914 a loan
Of 100000 was advertised. but the
treasury department was able to ne
gotiate but $2,500.000 OF this, and
even that sum at discount of 20 per
cent. The sum of $25,000,0O0 was
imperatively required for the last two
quarters of the year, while the actual
revenue was estimated at $4,000, 900.
With the nation topping on the brink
iof bankruptcy, Dallas was again
pressed to take the Office of secretary
of the treasury, and accepted Dur
ing his term of Office he devised the
United States Bank as a means OF
tiding over the difficulties When he
resigned the office only few months
before his death, he left the national
finances in a most f1ourishing condi-
ton. The able Scotchman had holved
a problem which had seemed impossi-
BILE of solution, and had saved his
adopted country from going on the
rocks Of bankruptcy.
His brother, Robert Charles Dallas,
remained in England, and was the
author of 46 volumes of history,
science. biography and fiction, but he
was chiefly known as the .discoverer
of the genius of Lord Byron, and for
many years he was the friend and In
innate of the great poet. He was en-
gagged on a biography of Byron when
he died in IS. 4.
Alexander James Dallas had three
sons, the eldest becoming disttn-
guished officer of the United States
navy, while his second SON, George
Miffiin Dallas, was vice president of
the United States from 1845 to 1849,
during the Polk administration.
Prior to his election to the vice presi-
dency he was mayor Of Philadelphia,
senator, and minister to Russia, and
in his latter years he was minister to
Great Britain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
A REMARKABLE STORY

R. LAWSONS VERY remarkable statement he rendered
lVl in serious English entirely unlike the aunty dramatic
and Pathological speech in which he usually states his views
Mr.. Lawson has been doing some hard thinking.
His statements based hearsay that they have
been demanded Of him. and must be proved to the bottom
justice to the people and for the honor of the
fs Mr.. Lawson's hearsay is in three parts.
He says that in talk with Congressman Henry the latter
mentioned the of Secretary Lansing and the German
bassador. Mr.. Henry denies.
He reads letter from living in Washington who
that named Price split with Secretary Tumulty,
Price getting S. OO0 The has been summoned to testify
that broker named White accused Secretary
White has denial McAdoo has made denial
White and everybody else who be suspected Of knowledge
will be summoned.
k Congress will know the truth, rest where it may
looks very much if the charges fantasy Of cob
which receive their only weight from the desire OF Wall
street dscred administration which has done much
to strip Wall street of power and profit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
THREE STEAMERS SUNK.

London, Jan. 16-According to an
upconfirmed report received by
Lloyds the British steamship Brook
wood, 3,O03 tons, and the Norwegian
steamer Tholma, 1895 tons, have
hcen sunk. The Norwegian steam
DR. Graafjeld, formerly the Alfred
Dumois, 729 tons. has been destroyed
through striking a mine. Eight mem
bers of her crew lost their lives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

mere hamlet, and made investments
in real estate which eventually be-
came worth many millions France
recognized the independence of the
United States in 1878. Edward Glib
bon, immortal historian of the DE
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
died on this date In 1894.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILE1D.

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 16-Severa1
persons were injured when the Sea-
board Air Line railroads Florida
Cuba special south bound, was de-
rallied early today at Huffman, N. c..
IA miles north Of Hamlet. Accord
ing to reports received here, the in
iured included at least one passen.
ger. Several cars left the rails and
partly turned over
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
PLAN S. OF v. BANQUET.

At the meeting of Franklin Bart
lett camp. No. II. Sons of Veterans in
Grand Army hall this evening. plans
for the annual banquet to be held
Feb. IA at The Stratfield will be per-
fected. William H. Church of Chi
cago, commander-in-chi of the or
der will be the principal speaker. The
Lotus quartet will sing. Senator
Frederic A. Bartlett, after whose
brother the camp is named. is chair
man of the banquet committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
BANDITS GET 5000.

Joplin, Mo-, Jan. 16-Three masked
men yesterday held up the First Ma
tional bank of Fairview, Mo-, 20 miles
southeast of here, and escaped with
$1,000. The cashier, his wife and
other employees were forced into the
vault while the bandits placed the
money in sacks and fled in a motor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.

Resolutions of appreciation of the
life and work of Rev. John MacLaren
Richardson and sympathy with the
family and church in his death have
been adopted by the board of diree-
tors of the Bridgeport Christian
Union, Of which he was a former
member. The resolutions are signed
by George c. Edwards, the presi-
dent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
To-DAY's ANNIVERSARIES

Nicholas Longworth. ancestor OF
<he Ohio Congressman. who married
Miss Alice Roosevelt and the founder
OF the family fortune, was born in
Newark, N. j., 1876 years ago today,
1-~aaorad to Cincinnati when it was a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

kazuye Shoda, vice minister Of
finance, was appointed minister for
financial affairs in the Terauchi Cab
net
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

League of America, is planning TIC
bring Walter Pritchard Eaton, the
author and poet to this city, to lee
ture some time in February.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

The Canadian Westinghouse Co.,
Ltd. increased it's capital from $1,000,
0NO to SO 600. OO0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

The French club will meet Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Harvey Hubbeli,
of 262 Park avenue. Madame Sorieul
will give another Of her interesting
talks in French which are SO much
enjoyed by members of the club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

The members of the Criterion club
have set the date of their annual for
nal dance in The Stratfield for Feb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

Is. The hotel management will
provide supper at midnight. The
club will hold another of it's small.
informal dances at it's rooms on Fri
day evening, Jan. 20.
Rev. and Mrs. M. L. G. Proper of
Orient, L. l., are visiting friends in
Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

Miss Florence Buchanan. head OF
the Household Science and Arts de-
partment of Pratt institute, Brook
Ign, addressed the members of the
Bridgeport Art league yesterday az
ternoon at their rooms in the Staples
building upon the subject of basketry
Miss Buchanan spoke Of the harmony
which should exist between the ma
terial and the purpose Of the baske'
and advocated that "beer key" forms
and baking powder can" shapes be
avoided Miss Buchanan had with heI
an interesting exhibit of baskets
some Of which were very old and 9th.
ers were the work of her pupils in
Pratt Institute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Madame Louise Homer, the Worlo
famed contralto, was greeted by an
enthusiastic audience at her reci'ai
last evening in the Casino. Madame
Homer's unusual program was com
posed one-half Of English numbers.
Several encores.ywere added to the
long program In answer to the IN
sistent applause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-16

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SON
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
BOMBS FOR
WILSON ?
BY United Press.

HOBOKEN. y j. March 81 man
who gave his name as Eritz Kolh, who
had explosives i'm his possession. was
arrested this afternoon by the Hoboken
police a wholesale bomb plot. includ-
ing possible plan - attack upon
President Wilson, lis believed 70 have
been revealed by The arrest
Tn Kolb's room. police say. enough
explosives were found to destroy the
entire city. Articles for the manufae-
ture of bombs and several completed
bombs were found. The arrest was
made 10y police and members OF the neu-
traIty squad who took Kolb 10 detec-
tive headquarters TO be questioned. six
teen bombs We're found in the CONNER
clal hotel room whore the arrest was
made. At police Headquarters it was
said Kolb had confessed and his accom-
plice now being sought intended to go to
Washington as soon as possible to get"
the president It is understood the ar
rest followed investigation into the
Kfngsland. y. J., explosion and the po-
lice were trailing clews as to the plot
angles when they closed in on Kolb
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
NOTICE TO
CITIZENS OF
HAMMOND

Below are the places where the var
ious ward organizations of the new Cit
liens party viii meet this evening.
March 3. at & o'clock:
First ward-Irving school
Second ward-Jefferson school
Third ward-Lafayette school
Fourth ward-RobertsdaIe school
auditorium.
Fifth ward-Lafayette school.
sixth ward-Wallace school
Seventh ward-Riverside school.
Eighth ward-Central school
Ninth ward-WALLACE SCHOOL.
Tenth ward-Lncoln school.
Eleventh ward-Basement at s41
Ada street.
Tt is the earnest request OF the Cit
isens central committee that gil eiti-
zens OF Hammond Interested in this
movement regardless Of their sex, ma
tionalitv. religious belief or former
party affiliations, attend these meet
iugs in their various wards and per-
Il. an organization on purely non
partisan lines All this to the end
that for once in its history Hammond
may place in the field at the coming
municipal campaign a ticket Of the
people by the people. and for all of
the people Of our city. 3-5-I
pU RLICTTY COMMITTEE OF THE
CITIZENS PARTY OF HAMMOND.
Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
WILL TEST
GARY COURT
THIS WEEK

Tho expected injunction restraining
Judge Greenwald from holding court in
Gary, under the new Gary court law.
viii be field ia the superior court at
Hammond tins week. Attorney W ].
Winery of Hammond informed Judge
Greenwald this morning
The question is purely a legal one and
it is believed that it can be disposed OF
by the end of this week. ut goes TO the
consttutionaHty of the law establish
ing the court.
1t is probable that q change from the
judge viii be taken Mr.. Winery stat
ed he would not resist a change and in
dicated his willingness to agree upon
some judge outside the county to try
the case.
1t was pointed out in circles where
the consttutiona1ity was discussed that
a supreme court test only viii satisfy
some lawyers who expect TO transact
business in the Gary court. who want
To see the question tried out regardless
Of sentiment.
Under the law creating the Gary
court. Judge Greenwald is expected to
open room three Of the superior court in
Gary next Monday
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
REVENUES
ARE HARD
HIT BY LAW
Immense Deficiency in Taxes
VIII &c Caused in Lake Co.
By OBstiGg Of Saloons

To make up a tax revenue OF
nearly a third Of a million dollars,
exactly S315,9O0, now accruing
from the licenses of go saloons
and II wholesalers, the levy next
year will have to be raised in the
various Lake county taxing cor
porations anywhere from six to
seventy-nine cents On the hundred
dollars.
The deficiency which viii de
velop has been figured out to the
mill by County Auditor Edward
Simon in whose office the county
license money is pro-rated to the
various school corporations. in the
county.
The dry law knocks out a license reve-
nue. for towns. cities and townships
amounting to~S190, 600: for the schools
it knocks out a revenue of S125.900.
Liquor dealers annually pay Tor t~vq
licenses. the first a c0Unty Hcenae whica
is uniformly fixed at 5000. and the ota
city or town license, the cost OF vnfen
is regulated by local condition ao
varies.
Wholesale liquor Dealers pay 7iera-e
Of two hundred dollars half OF WHICH
goes INTO the county treasury for 1ar
school fund. ard he other haif ge+
into The city treasury ia which ~
wholesaler is located
In all cases TIA town or city + ~n
r .enuo goes into She general f5u3 Is
the city or tovn whore t4e Iiccnso is
issued The county license revenue GA
the other hand is used exch,sively Tar
school purposes. and pro-rated accord
ing to the school Census OF each ser
poration.
The increased tax pressure wi-l rat
be felt until 1913. whom the asse7so-s
viii either haze in raise the vaiuatton
or the levy. IN some carnora+ions. ia is
said the school levy IS already Up ID
the limit with the saa. licerse RIVE
rue coming Ia. aad ta4- therefore 3.a
valuation on persona! property viii
have to be materially Increased
Real estate viii no- hc reTal.iel ,lrt
1919 and taxes on the r4.sIua- -io1 vi.
not be paid until 1919.
The suhjoined official azrrer r-er. ...
tanned from County Auditor Edwa.a 5
mon:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
{. K 7 RIA
OIL BURNS
RUMOR STARTS

The old F1tzhugh Luther plant was late
this afternoon threatened with destruo-
ton when barrels OF oil stored outside
were set afIre in an exposition and for
a few moments the factory was in
danger. Reports reached the loop that a
huge explosion had taken place, the
plant was burning down and that many
had been killed. No one was hurt and
the flames were soon quenched.
The oil belonged to the Gas & Oil Co.
of which w. y. Patton is superintendent
and was set ahre by sparks from an en-
g1ne.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
SCHOOL FOR GARY
WOMEN VOTERS

The Gary Civic Service club has plans
under way for the starting Of a school
10 teach women how to mark ballots
and to instruct them In the fundament-
ais Of election laws.
Last Friday afternoon when the
club met q number Of women from the
foreign quarters. whose husbands are
naturalzed citizens. attended the
meeting at library hall.
The mayoralty nomination candidates
spoke. the speakers including Mayor
r. O. Johnson. ". It. Hodges. Dr IT. ".
smith, Harvey Curtis. NJ. y. cBattle-
axe'D Castleman and John Hamilton.
President Kate Wood Ray desires all
women interested in the ballot to be
at the next meeting Of the club. to be
heII at Cary llbrarH. March y.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
INAUGURAL.
IS SOLEMN
OCCASION
Wilson Sounds New Doc
trine of Tnternationalism
and Hints Of Closeness to
War on Which Nation
Hovers.
BY RoBERT ]. BENDER.

WASHINGTON. March 5.-President
Wilson sounded a new doctrine of inter
nationalism and world peace i'm his I'M
auguraI address today. but in the same
breath warned that the United States
may require a more immediate asso-
cion than mere armed neutrality"
He spoke a unity of American
thought. spirit and action and voiced
the view that il must be an American
ism stepped in world spirit instead Of
the isolated national view Of the past.
His principal plea for world peace
spoken before the thousands attending
the second Inauguration called for
Limitation Of world armament.
Equal interests and responsibility OF
all nations for maintaining peace
Destruction Of "the armed balance OF
power
That all the world should support no
other power than rhe view that gov
ernments derive all their just powers
from the consent Of the governed"
Freedom of the seas equal to all
Crushing of any attempt within a ma
tion to organize or assist "a revolution
against another nation.
Electric with the spirit of patriotism
Of Americanisnl. Of a new world unity
the speech solemnly suggested that de-
spite the war fires raging and despite
the possibility that this nation must
take q broader hand. stiu that peace is
coming soon.
THE shadows that now Tie dark upon
our path viii soon be dispelled" the
president declared. Armed neutrality
is our stand. vet this may not suffice
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-05
COuNTY nHtyST RAISE $31 J, 500 lN LEvY
CHEERS FOLLOW WILSON
ALONG THE AVENUE

vice presidents carriage. also drawn by
four horses. escorted by the famous
black horse troop of the culver Military
Institute of Indiana. Marshau's home
state
a third carriage contained the presi-
dents military aides and inaugural Of
fcials
AS tho small party clattered dow2
the fag-decked way. storms Of cheers
followed him along the historic way.
The president frequently arose and. hat
in hand acknowledged the acclamation.
Arriving at the Capitol President and
Mrs. Wilson and Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall were met by special
committee Of Senator'S and Representa-
tCnntinued on page threeN