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The DUKE and DUCHESS Of DEvoNsHiRE.
Kingdom under the tenant method of

Kingdom under the tenant method of
agriculture.
There Ia also the matter OF mineral
rights. These in their origin were
vested in tho Crown. In the days
when the monarchs still saw At to dis
pose as they listed of the Crown prop
erty they frequently bestowed upon
persons whom they desired to honor
or who had managed to acquire their
favor by questionable means, grants Of
land. along with the rights to the min
erals beneath the surface OF the soil.
This was especially the case in the
gtft OF immortal estates, the lordship
OF which was said to include every
thing within its surface boundaries
from the centre OF the earth to the
sky.
The Lords of the Manor In subse
quently disposing Of portions of their
estate invariably retained their min.
eral rights, even II in the end the en-
tire estate was sold. In other in
stances the sovereign contented HIM
self with granting, not the lordship of
any manor, but merely the mineral
rights in certain stipulated districts OF
the kingdom upon his unworthy favor
ties or upon his Legitimate progeny,
A. 20 Mineral Wealth.
Now Great Britain is one great bed
OF mineral deposits. Tho exploitation
OF this long latent wealth has nat
urally received intensive development
In these modern times when the de-
mand for minerals, especially for
coal OF the better qualities, Is so in
satiable, The working of these min
erals has, however, been INSTRUCTED
by the existence of these mineral
rights. which enable the heir Of the
original grantee toy prevent mining
operations on property that may have
passed out Of the possession of his
family a couple OF hundred years
back, that is to say, as far as the
surface was concerned. II he grants
permission for the mining operations
in question he has been In a position
until now to exact a more or less
heavy royalty on every ton of mineral
mined, with corresponding increase
of cost to the ultimate consumer.
This, assuredly. also comes under the
head of what may be described as
Upearned Increment.
Now. the revolution. which has been
alluded to above as now in prog
ress, Is destined to remedy all these
evils. For, in the main, they are
such. In the first place the Govern
ment Is securing the enactment of
legislation which will give to tenants
the right Of purchasing their rural
holdings, by means Of State aid, and
on the installment plan, at a valuation
determined by commissions appointed
by the Crown for the purpose.
In fact, England, Scotland and
Wales are about to be endowed with
the same sort OF land act that has
worked such wonders in Ireland,
Ringing undreamt e prosperity to
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claim for royalties to the Oil found on
his estates, and that the oil wells will
be the property Of the State.
Among those peers who will be hard
hit by the naturalization OF the coal
mines will be Lord Tredegar, who
derives enormous revenues from royal
ties on the coal extracted from a num-
Der Of mines in Wales. What effect
the land legislation will have on the
enormous incomes which no derives
from what is known as the Golden
Mile remains to be seen. When the
railroad in Monmouthshire was being
built, many years ago, 1t was found
necessary, in order TO avoid an enor-
nous circuit, and great engine ering
difficulties, entailing immense and i'm
mediate expense, to pass through Ire
degar Park. To this the first Lord
Tredegar agreed on the condition that
he and his heirs should for ever re-
ceive a certain royalty on every ton
- goods carried over that portion OF
the road.
In those days Newport, to which the
line in question gave access. was far
from being the extremely important
seaport that II is to-day. and the terms
were readily accepted. But since then
the trade OF Newport has become very
big indeed. and the annual income
which the Lords OF Tredegar have de-
rived from the royalties have grown to
be so princely that 1t is not without
reason that tho brief stretch of rail-
road through Tredegar Park has re-
ceived the name OF the Golden Mile.
Tredegar Park Is the grandest old
place in Monmouthshire, and has been
in the family of Morgans, of whom
Lord Tredegar is chief, since the days
of neutrality-suspicious., Rhys OF South
Wales. the authentic founder of the
house; while a still more remote an
cestor was Caractacus, the valiant
chief OF the Silures tribe OF Britons,
who was carried Off captive 10 Rome
in tho reign of Emperor Claudius.
some Notable Cases.
Lord Derby, formerly Secretary OF
State for War and now British Am
bassador in Paris, and the Earl of
Seton, head of the house of Molyneux
which has so many representatives in
this country, may be said TO divide
between them the ownership OF nearly
| all the land in the important city of
Liverpool, of which they are the Joint
ground landlords. Lord Seton, indeed,
is the Lord OF the Manor OF Liverpool.
The Lordship OF the Manor was OBJ
tanned by Lord Sefton's ancestor, the
first Lord Molyneux, from Charles /
for the trifiing sum OF $4,000. OF which
that Ill fated monarch was in sore
need at the time. That was the founda-
ton OF the great fortune OF the Earls
OF Seton, which is mainly derived
from ground rents and from leasehold
| property IN Liverpool.
Then there Is Lord Durham, third
Earl Of his line. steward of the Jockey
Club, indebted for his honors and for
| his seat in the House of Lords to his
grandfather, Sir John Lambton. Gov
ernor General OF British North
America, who gas created a peer be-
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.HERE is no doubt that the
strangest of all languages is
the Hcamnhnr lannmapan Of


strangest of all languages is
the "camphor language" OF
Johore on the Malay Peninsula 1t
has been studied and reported by an
American in the Far East.
This language Is employed by the
native and others engaged In gather
ing tho product OF the Malayan cam
phor tree and IL employed only at such
times. II 10 the belief Of the natives
that II they used either of the Ian
guages OF that region. the Malay or the
aboriginal Jakun, no camphor would
be obtained. A most curious reason
underlies the belief.
The camphor tree grows abundantly
in certain parts of the peninsula, but
only occasionally contains camphor
crystals. The camphor Is not the same
as that obtained from the camphor
laurel of Formosa and Japan. which
is the source OF the ordinary cam
phor OF commerce. 1t is Of a sort
highly priced by the Chinese in the
embalming Of their dead. In incense
and In medicine. and the gum brings
a price much higher than that of the
common camphor.
The Mslayans and other Johore ma
tiyes believe that each species of tree
has a spirit or divinity that presides
over its affairs. The spirit of tho
camphor tree Is known by the name
OF Extraordinarily. "a woman" Her
resting place is near the tree, and
when at night a peculiar noise is
heard in tha xVnada resembling that
of a cicada. the Bisan is believed to
be singing and camphor will surely
be found in that neighborhood.
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OF ancestral lands on the part Of the
territorial magnates of the United
Kingdoms. 1t is no exaggeration to
state that thousands upon thousands
Of square miles. embracing grand old
deer parks and the most palatial coun-
try seats and stately old castles, are
being put UP for sale at figures ridicu-
lousy low. The vendors are prompted
in the matter not only by the prospect
OF appropriation but also by the knowl-
edge that In the scheme for the pay
ment Of the appalling expenditures in
connection with the great war the
main burden of taxation will fall upon
the large land owners, upon those who
are credited with the possession OF ex-
tensive acres maintained more as q
luxury than for purposes of national
use.
The Rich to Pay for War.
1t is the rich who will be required to
contribute the most heavily to the ex-
penses OF the recent war and what
greater indication Of wealth can be
found than the possession OF great
tracts OF land. especially under exist
ing circumstances. Moreover, the
ownership of land on a large scale Is
distinctly unpopular. 1t excites the i'll
will Of the masses, who have been
taught by Socialist agitators to look
upon the territorial magnates Of Eng
land much in the Same way that peo-
pie here in America regard disgust
ingly vulgar, ostentatious and dissi-
pated war protiteers. The time has
come both here and abroad for the
rich to lie low. to conceal rather than
to flaunt their wealth and to camou-
fiage their possessions. Before tho war
affiuence was title TO popular consid-
GRAFTON. Now It Is becoming q cause
of hostility and even of something akin
to eXecration.
Wise in their generation. the Duke
OF Devonshire and Lord Cowdray have
recently given an evidence Of prudent
patriotism, which has gone far to dis
arm popular prejudice against them,
on account OF their great wealth. For
Lord Cowdray, realizing the ever in
creasing dependence of Great Britain
upon the supply OF oil for her various
industries. for every form OF CONNER
cial traction and motive power, and
fer the movement OF her wArships, has
been spending more than q million of
dollars already in prospecting for oil
in England and Scotland, by means of
the most extensive and costly boring
operations.
He has already struck oil rich on
the property Of the Duke OF Devon
shire in Derbyshire and IL so much
gratified with the success OF the In
vestikations and explorations Of his
American oil and mining experts that
he has announced that he will spend
up to five million dollars, out of his
own pocket. in opening up oil wells
in other portions Of the kingdom, max
ing a gift Of his entire enterprise In
the matter. and OF all the machinery
needed for the purpose, to the naticn.
Moreover, the Duke OF Devonshire,
now Governor General OF Canada, has
made it known that he will make no
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strikingly shown in the bill, which de-
MES any compensation whatsoever for
the loss of mining royalties. These
royalties have until now aggregated
an average sum Of nearly $500, 100000
q year, which naturally has come out
OF the pockets of the consumers.
Face to face with these revolution
airy prospects. 1t is not surprising that
the real estate market in Great Britain
IL literally glutted with offers of sale
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to contribute to the unearned incre-
ment Of the owners of mineral rights.
These mineral rights revert to the
crown, or rather, let 1t DO said, to the
state, from which they should never
have been alienated. That the aliena-
ton was questionable in law. and that
the titles granted by the monarchs N
the past to mineral rights for the ben
eft OF their favorites are now held to
have been tainted and detective, are
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REAT BRITAIN is in a state
Of revolution-free, however.
~ from the customary concomi-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
TANK PUT
HIM out Of
BUSINESS
So Arthur J. Mclaughlin
Begins Suit Against
Monon Railway.

Through the unusual circumstance of
a water tank burning UP. Arthur ]. Nc
Laushlin Of Cedar Lake was put out OF
business and for this reason he is
bringing suit against the Monon R r.
owner OF the tank. for damages.
The complaint filed In the Hammond
superior court by Attorneys Boone g.
Murray is against Walker .. Hines. ad-
ministrator and director general of the
c. I. & l.. Ry. Co. The wooden water
tank stood near the Cedar Lake station
and had been so erected that part of IT
stood on property owned by McLaugh-
lin. He owned a restaurant adjoining
the tank On February II. 1919. rail-
road employees built fire near the tank
and according to the complaint failed to
watch It carefully so that the tank
caught fire and with 1t went Mr.. Nc
Laughlin's restaurant. Mr. McLaughlin
asks for $4,000 damages which he says
will cover the loss of the restaurant to-
gether with four months income from
the business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
GEN. HAAN
MAY COME
NEXT WEEK

Probability that Major General w G..
Ham. commander of the 7th army corps
in Germany. just back with the 33rd,
would be in Hammond next week was
the information received from him this
morning in a letter to A NJ. Turner.
1t had been hoped to arrange a glorious
ome-coming for Lake countys first
military man and Mr.. Turner had tele-
graphed the general in order to learn
the date. Gen. Haan is now stationed at
Camp Custer in Michigan and according
10 his letter is a mighty busy man. He
had hoped to be able to spend a little
vacation IN Lake county. but just when
Is uncertain
He plans to spend a couple Of days
here sometime next week. probably COM
ing on Wednesday. but this Is uncer-
tain. For this reason plans for the big
celebration are being held UP. 1t had
been desired to have him here on Memo
rial Day but 1t appears now as though
he will have to return to Camp Custer
before that date Mr. Turner will take
up the matter in detail with Gen. Ham
at once in the hope that it Is not yet
too late to have the big celebration.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
CORAL STRINGS LOST;
HAMMOND IS SUED
Hammond Woman Who
Loses Valuables While at
Bathing Beach Be
gins Action.

Damages for the loss Of three strings
OF corals at the Hammond bathin &
beach are asked in the suit Of Mrs. Lot
tie Lipinski against the City of Ham
mond which is now being heard by
Judge Hardy and a jury in Hammond
Superior court room No. ,.
Mrs. Lipinski says that on September
IA. 1915. she went to the beach to battle.
On donning her bathing suit she turned
over her. wearing apparel and valuabIes
to an attendant TO be kept in a place OF
safety until called for by her. Among
the valuables were three strings OF
corals valued at $500. Returning to the
bathhouse later for her possessions. she
says the corals were not in the lot and
since then have not been found. She
has spent $50 trying TO locate the corals
and for that reason asks for $3.50 dam
ages.
Mrs. Lipinski is represented by At
torneys McAleer. Dorsey & Gillett. while
Mcmahon & Conroy represent the city.
Owing to the fact that the city IS the
defendant. jurors must be drawn who
do not reside IN Hammond and this has
caused much delay IN getting the suit
under way. All Monday was spent in
paneling the jury and more were drawn
this morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
SPANISH
ANARCHISTS
ARE PLOTTERS
LLSrEsNAIloNAL NEWS sERvlcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVlcEl
NEW YORK. May 20.-The makers
and senders of the score or more bombs
addressed to men Of national promi-
nence and placed in the New York post
office on May Day have been Identified
and located by the bomb squad or the
New York detective department and
federal investi gators, 1t was reported
this afternoon. Wholesale arrests are
expected within forty-eight hours. In
spector Faurol. head of the bomb squad,
has evidence against twenty-three Span
ish anarchists and has twenty-one Of
them under, surveillance. Many of them
belong to the same gang rounded up in
New York two days before President
Wilson was scheduled to make his
league of nations speech in Boston on
his return from Europe
The machine that turned out the wood
cylinders inside which the explosives
were placed. is IN Faurot's possession.
He also has the typewriter used to ad-
dress the bomb packages. The machine
was discovered in a F1fty-third st
apartment a few days ago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
MRS. ANNA RIPLEY
IS FOUND DEAD
Respected Hammond Won
an I'll for Two Years,
Passes Away.

Hammond friends of Mrs. Anna Rip
ley. a much steemed north side lady,
were shocked to hear that Mrs Ripley,
who was seventy years of age. was
found dead while sitting in a chair in
the kitchen of her home at 230 Holman
St this morning at seven o'clock by her
daughter. Miss Dorothy Ripley. 1t is
believed that Mrs. Ripley, who had been
i'll for two years and had been the
victim Of apoplexy, while leaning over
to light the stove had met with another
seizure which was fatal. Gas Jets were
found open and the remains of a match
indicated that she had attempted TO
light the burners. Both DR.. Graham
and DR.. Jones. the family physician.
were called and were convinced that
she had been fatally attacked by an
apoplectic seizure. The funeral ar
rangements will be announced later
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
BY EARLE c. REEvEs

lsIAfF CORRESPONDENT !. N. sERYIcEI
LYNDON, May 20.-The Sop
with biplane in which Harry G.
Hawker and his navigator, Lieut..
Commander Mackenzie Grieve. at
tempted to fly across the Atlantic,
has fallen into the sea, admiralty
officials now believe, and 1t is
probable that both men have been
lost.
No further reports concerning
Hawker had been received here
this forenoon. More than forty
hours has elapsed since the Sop
with jumped off from Newfound
land on the 1850 mile flight to Ire
land, and it is certain that Hawk
er's supply of fuel was exhausted
hours ago. even had he managed to
keep in the air.
Both the admiralty and air ministry,
announced this morning that absolutely
nothing authentic has been heard of the
fate of the Sopwith since her departure
from Newfoundland
MANY REPORTS, NONE VERIFIED.
Reoprts came from various sources
last night that Hawkers plane had beer
sighted. that he had fallen into the sea
and that he had sent wireless messages
to incoming ships. Investigation dis
proved most of these messages and the
admiralty discredited the sources OF
others.
a rough sea was running off the Irish
coast late yesterday and doubt was cx-
pressed that the tiny emergency boat
fastened over the Sopwith's rear hood
could weather such waves more than
few minutes. even If Hawker succeeded
in launching her. Both men carried
non-sinkable rubber suits. but the off
cials here had little hope that they
would be picked up in time to save
them.
ALL MESSAGES ARE DENIED.
Even many Of Hawker's associates
abandoned hope early today when the
teoPit thdt tAe SopWllh nau lahoed III
the sea for the forty miles off the
mouth OF the river Shannon. was dis
credited. A late dispatch from Queens
town denied that the admiralty wire
less there had picked up such q mes
sage.
The Central News Agency carries a
report that Hawker has landed in the
sea off the Irish coast and that boat is
going to his rescue but this like other
reports. is without confirmation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
GEN. HAAk
IN C. POINT
JULY FOURTH
Preparations Under Way
for a Big Reception for
Distinguished Soldier.
ESPECIAL 70 THE Trurs1

Fourth of July, 1919. will be the most
memorable occasion the county seat has
ever had in the way cf a celebration
Mai. Gen. w. G. Haan. commander of
the 35rd division and later the 9TH
Army Corps is TO be Crown Points
guest on that day.
Gen. Ham has accepted the invita-
ton extended to him by representatives
of the Chamber of Commerce which has
already started work on a program for
a day of days. Crown Point expects to
make IL a county celebration and one
that will draw crowds from near and
far. Sec. Fred Ruff Of the Chamber OF
Commerce yesterday received a tele-
gram stating that Maj. Gen. Ham had
accepted the invitation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20

-Four men in a high-powered
automobile held up the Interstate
Bank of Hegewisch today and
escaped with between $4,000 and
$4,000 in currency.
Twenty thousand dollars in cur
rency in the vault of the safe was
missed when an unidentified per
son outside of the bank discovered
what was going on and began
shooting at the driver of the bandit
car which stood at the curb with
the engine running. waiting for the
three robbers inside to complete
their work.
FLEE TOWARD SOUTH CHICAGO.
The robbers escaped. going north to-
ward South Chicago.
Only two avenues Of escape are af-
forded in this direction out of Hege-
wfsch. One is Terrence ave, and the
other Green Bay road.
A police patrol filled with detectives
armed with rifles was dispatched imme-
diately after the robbery occurred. un-
der command Of Segt. Ben Burns. Il
stop the men coming up Terrence ave
IC0ntInued on page six)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
ITALY WILL HAVE
ALL QUICKSILVER
JOHN PARKERSON

PARIS. May 2o-The worlds monop-
oily OF quick silver will be in Italy's
hands II the allies grant their request
for territory on the Istrian peninsula,
which contains a big quicksilver mine.
II is understood. however. that the al
lies are opposed to granting this de-
mand of Italy's- There are only threa
quicksilver mines in the world and
Italy owns two Of them.
There were further indications to-
day that a settlement Of the Fiume
problem II at hand along the lines OF
nteruat:onaliazti
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
TWO SHOT;
ROW OCCURS
IN GALLERY
Hammond Is Scene of Sen
sational Shooting Last
Night; Fred Fish Is Held
Awaiting Outcome Of
Quarrel.

Two Hammond men find them
selves in St Margaret's hospital
this morning, one of them in seri-
Gus condition, as the result of a
shooting episode in a shooting gal
lery last night whose cause is yet
somewhat of a mystery. The vic
tins are:
w. H Riley. aged nfty-eight. propri-
etor of gallery. with three bullet wounds
in him May live
James Young. age nifty. Riiey's friend
Shot twice In abdomen Condition is
critical. Lives at 113 Ingrahana ave.
West Hammond.
FISH PUT UNDER ARREST.
The shooter was Fred Fish. a cigar
maker. who lives at 81 Clinton St He is
in custody. being put under arrest by
officer Stelow who had been attracted by
the shooting. Fish was picked up at
Sibley and Holman sts. and afterwards
questioned closely by Capt. Rimbach at
the police station. He claims that he
shot in self-defense and that both
Young and Riley had attacked him with
frying pan. Stelow. who chased Fish
and captured him. is given great credit
for his quick work.
From the questioning done by Capt
Rimbach II seems that the three men
were involved In an argument and Fish
grabbed one of the target rifles and shot
Jones twice in the body. He then shot
Riley once. Riley ran out in the street
and followed by Fish. the latter fired
at him four time more. one bullet en-
tering his leg and another his back.
Capt. Rimbach. Officers Borchert and
c. F'andrei responded at the call and
took Riley TO the hospital.
On investigating further they found
Young lying back Of curtain and think
ing him drunk took him to the police
station, where II was found that he was
wounded so he was at once rushed to
the hospital where he is in quite serious
condition.
There are a number OF witnesses TO
the shooting. Fish is held without bail
until Young's condition changes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-20
WHO HARRY
HAWKER rs
INTERNATIONAL NEws sERyIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVlcEl
Like the now famous Wright broth
ers. pioneers in aviation. Harry c.
Hawker was a poor mechanic until
he became interested in aviation. He
is thirty-one years old and an Aus
tralian by birth.
In 1913 he attempted to win the
London Daily Mails s25, 900 prize for
an all-around England flight He
jumped OF at Southampton. but the
next day was forced to quit because
he had neither goggles or ear pads
TO resist the terrific wind pressure.
A fortnight later he made the trial
again. making 1.043 miles of the
1540 mile course in three days. The
seventy-two hour limit had expired.
however. but he was awarded $4,000
as a consolation prize.
Hawker made a nonstop record
flight in November 1913. Later he
made an altitude record of 24.04s
feet. He was test pilot for the Sop
with company during the war.
Six weeks ago he arrived at st.
Johns. n. F.. with a specially built
Sopwith biplane. equipped with
375 horsepower Rolls-Royce motor for
the cross-Atlantic fight. with him
was Lieut.. Commander Mackenzie
Grieve. an experienced pilot who was
Hawker's navigator on the trip
across the Atlantic. Adverse weather
conditions halted the two men several
times after they had made ready to
start across the Atlantic
The start was made at 1855 yes
terday afternoon. New York time,
from flying field near St Johns.
\. F.