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The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
SAYS ENVY ANIMATEs
CLIQUE OF REFORM LEADERS.

That is exactly what l do deny"
retorted Mr.. Gill. These reform
ers. these $4,000 a year men rep
resenting the anti societies, are
animated aside from their none,
motive by an envy of anybody hav-
ing better time than they.
Envy is at the bottom of it all.
Sour themselves. they dislike seeing
anyone who seems to be getting
more out of life than they do and
so they proceed to get the steam
roller into action and soon reduce
the rest of us to their lofty ideal.
The steam roller represents as
nothing else does the spirit of the
times.
Evolution said Herbert Spen-
Ger. is the progress from homo
gently to heterogenity-from like
ness to differences Differences.
diversities. is what civilization
ought to seek to produce. but we
are all being steam rollered by
means of movie censors. book CEN
sors. censors of fifty-seven different
varieties. into one general level of
sameness. There are certain things
that probably have to be guarded
against. We must see to Il that
no one infringes on the equal lib
critics OF his neighbor, but in the
interests of rich life-rich cul-
turally. artistically. aestheticallv
and humanly-we must keep hands
or our neighbor. Education and
not the law should be resorted to.
II is obvious that even from the
standpoint Of pure enforcement of
the law this is so. for the more
laws the people don't like that are
enforced. the greater disrespect for
the law. So an excess cf laws de-
feats its own ends.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
STAR DUST, by Fannie Hurst
(Harper and Brothers.)

This is Fannie Hurst's first novel.
terest on the part of, the host Of
American magazine readers, not to
say movie fans, who know Miss
Hurst for her short stories and re-
sultant pictures. And the true Fan
ME Hurst fans will not be disap-
pointed. As usual. she has chosen
to write of very real people-living
at first in a boarding house. Mid
die West. middle class. medium
price and meager of meal" Also
she has, as usual. injected very real
feeling into every situation, and has
hung her story on a very real and
wholly modern problem. that of a
girl who wants to do somthing in
this world but has been trained to-
nothing. and shocks her family by
the mere mention of such a desire.
In fact. the only unreality in the tale
lies apparently in the inevitability
of the girl Lilly's success-through
her daughter. There is never any
doubt that against almost super
human odds. Lilly is going to win,
and life unfortunately IL not often
that way. There is tragedy enough,
heaven knows, in Lilly's own career.
yet the very fact that Miss Hurst
makes her cope with each situation
so capably and bring Zoe, the daugh-
ter. through to the exact success
she dreamed for her. marks this
novel as "happy-end" fiction and not
the pure realism that some Of the
authors stories have been. II is a
good novel without a doubt, but 1t
does not rank with 'Zell," for in
stance, among the novels of this
year. although it may be more
widely read than "Zell." because
many people will prefer Miss Hurst's
full l-1owered style to the simpler
manner of Mr.. Aikman.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14

B. W. Huebsch, Inc, announce a
new book by Thorstein Veblen. au-
thor of The Theory of the Leisure
Glass" 1t is The Engineers and
the Price System" The papers
which compose the book discuss
the American industrial situation
One Of them attracted such atten-
tion when it was first printed in
the Dial in 1919: "A Memorandum
on a Practical Soviet of Tech
nicians." Its purpose is ito show,
in an objective way. that under
existing conditions there need be
no fear OF an effectual revolu-
tionary overturn TO America"
Qn May the Harpers published
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
Out of My Life" This is the
autobiography of the one high
German officer who came out of the
war with his reputation for mill
tary sagacity intact. II is an ex-
traordinary document. as much in
its revelation Of the Prussian char
acter as III its tone OF naive al
most puzzled. wonderment at the
final outcome of Germany's yeas Of
preparation for Der Tag" OF the
war itself and Of the authors con-
duct OF German operations on both
the Eastern and Western fronts
there are full accounts, interspersed
with considerable amount Of
anecdote and details OF personal
experience.
Matthew Page Andrews has writ
ten another textbook. called Amer
ican History and. Government" and
published by the J. B. Lippincott
Company, Philadelphia He has to
skim the surface. Of course. to cover
the subject in SIS pages. but the
book has the advantage Of being
up to date. or nearly so. II does
not seem too much to expect a his
tory published In 1921 to include
the Nineteenth with the other
amendments to the Constftxffoa-
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
THE SEEDS OF ENCHANTMENT'
by Gilbert Frankau. Double

day, Page and Company
For the time being Mr.. Frankau
forsakes the romance of familiar
things to pursue exotic adventure
He pursues II furiously and success
fully. Because of the moral which
is attached to an otherwise inno-
cent story of adventure, we suspect
the author is trying to make pain
less propaganda. Fortunately the
moral doesn't interfere particularly
with the story. and the places where
II does appear can easily be skipped.
without its lesson, 1t is as good a
thriller as one can ask for. 1t Is
the account of some extraordinary
adventures of two Englishmen and
a Frenchman in the interior of 1ndo-
China. The three become involved
with opium smugglers. a tong, and
strange races which inhabit the un-
explored interior. There are num-
Der of good fights with both men
and beasts, a fair collection of hor-
rors and variety of Oriental in
trieue. There are but few dull
moments. and these are devoted to
propaganda.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
THE SHIELD OF SILENCE by Har-
riet T. Comstock Doubleday

The story is of two girls porn
within a day of each other one
the daughter of Southern noun
taineer. the other, Of New YORK
aristocrat. They are brought up
as twins by the sister of the New
York mother and neither they nor
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
THE LONG WAY ROUND. by Elmer
son clifford Taylor (Small.

MAYNARD and Company
Suzanne de Sevry. famous paint
er, half American and owner OF an
ancestral New England home. mar
ries a English lord. He dies and she
returns to America. There she be-
comes interested in beautiful girl
who leaves her to be married. Next
she falls under the spell Of an ultra
modern Rumanian painter. from
whose clutches she is saved by one
Lawrence Nicholson-the end OF her
long way. 1t is a story OF little
Significance built up pleasantly
enough Of the old. old stun that
novels have long been made OF.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
ARTIST FAvORs REF0RJG
FOR ARMY OF REFORuQERS

FOR ARMY OF REFORMERs.
Charles J. Gill. author and artist.
Of New York. stopping at the wash
ington. holds emphatic views which
apparently do not coincide with
those Of the majority In resp0et to
many issues confronting the coun-
try.
The greatest reform we need p
this country IL the elimination o.
reformers," declared Mr.. Gill. para
doxicaily. The good die young.
and IL we keep being reformed at
this rate. we win soon be unnt to
live"
Why. after all. Mr.. Gill. these re-
formers are doing good work. They
viewed impersonally. can II be de-
MED" the author was asked.
Il do not agree with you at all"
replied he. ANY virtue that exists
by, enforcement of the law Is no vir-
tue. How can you say you are vir-
tuous when you have no alterna-
tive? And as to the results. they
are nil as we'll
The trouble. as see 1t. is that
we emphasize safety too much. Let
US assume man does live six
months and eighteen days longer
by living on a diet composed in the
main Of grass and uncooked nuts
is that all there is to life? As the
poet says, We live in deeds. not in
years We are proceeding TO make
the people good. but good for moth
ing"
isn't that a rather fantastic view
and opposed to common sense?'
The Washington herald., 1921-05-14
SAYS WE NEED DANGERS
TO DEVELOP OUR POWERS.

@1o ASAhiplN n VI dhSWcI,
point to the late William James. as
good a philosopher as was evey
reared on American soil-James, the
author of the philosophy of prag-
matism; James, whb was an Ameri-
can II there ever was an American.
James addressed many ChautauQuan
assemblies. but what was James
opinion with respect to life in one
of those ideal communities? He
tells US that after being there he
longed for a good murder. for some
thing that wasn't SO safe. Man
loves danger. Psychologists have
shown that we really know not our
powers until We face danger-we
need 1t for self-revelation.
IF safety is the only ideal why
not pass a law barring airplanes
and locomotives and all things that
smack of civilization" =.
Does this comment of yours" "
Mr.. Gill was asked. apply only
with respect to laws regulating
personal habits?"
NO. One reform breeds another
and the whole tendency Of the leg
islation now seems to be to take
away from man all possibility of
alternative in any vital matter, TO
remove all responsibility and make
him an automaton. regulated by
a few politicians sitting in the
council chambers. who are not
really representing their own ops~-
ions, but who are taking ordsfs
from a clique"
But you will not deny that this
clique Is animated by pure motives
that they are men deeply con-
cerned over the welfare Of the
community?"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
SECOND
DEATH BY
DROWNING
University OF Chicago Student
Loses Life At Miller Beach
Last Monday.

Don't go into water that Is real colo
II YOU are not. tired or exhausted the
shock may cause cramps which rend-
ers the most expert swimmers helpless
Don't go into the water Immediately
after eating a hearty meal this also
causes cramps
Don't take long swims unless accom-
panied by good swimmers in boat
and he'll pis near.
Don't stay ln the water after You
feel chilled and fatigued
Don't take unnecessary chances Just
10 show the other bathers you can do
this or that
DON'T swim out beyond your ~-'th
ii YOU are a novice at the game, stay
in water that is not over your head
until you learn how
Don't attempt 10 swim far out into
the lake or in fact beyond your depfh
when the waves are nigh. their
strength IS untiriug while yours Is
not You are playing with death
Don't take any chances In q stormy
lake and above all be careful OF the
deadly undertow or undercurrent.
Don't dive into water without first
trying the depth 81 the water.
Don't get scared il you get mouth
fuI Of water and above all don't lose
you're head Keep on Dsddling until
help reaches you
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

large part ~ 1t is due to the excellent
work OF the women assessors in adj
ding hundreds OF new assessments to
the lists. ! am hoping, however. 10
see those figures very materially in
creased by the Board OF Review, II
they can find some method ii putting
on the tax duplicate the 200 houses
built on the east side Of Hammond by
the Emitted States Housing Corpora
ton The fact that these lands and
improvements are IN the name Of the
~ S Housing Corporation and sold
on long time contracts should not de-
prive Hammond Of the taxes on two
hundred homes
IT is possible. also. that the Board
Of Review will increase The returas
made on the Inland Steel company, IN
diana Harbor. An order to re-assess
this plant as Of date March J. 1921.
was sent 20 me by The state tax board
during the recent assessing period
The values Of merchandise and ma
cninery have fallen SO per cent in the
past year. and while it appears 70 me
&c be a rank injustice to every other
taxpayer TO allow any one corporation
or individual 10 be re-assessed in
period Of drastic dehation land the
values 10 be fixed as ~ that PERIOD.
nay opinion carries with It no power or
authority to override the law The
law should BE- changed to provide that
any necessary re-assessne Of prop
critics should Tx the values as 81 the
date 81 the original assessment and
not the values As Of date when the
reassessment is made. Every tax
payer in the township should be given
the benefit Of reduced valuation. If any
one Of our large corporations is grant
ed that privilege.
The Inland steel company reassess-
ment was turned over, 10 the county at
the figures submitted by themselves
These Mere not changed for the Hriy
good reason that ] was not fl posses
sion 81 the figures Of the state engi-
neer sent By the state tax board to
pass on the valuations u this plant.
Those hsures are IN the hands OF the
county board and he state taA board
and they should BE the figures upon
which the final valuations are based
by the state board
Your Gary contemporary The Post.
would have II appear that / am re-
sponsibIe for the decreases III -1iua-
the real criticism here SIS that the law
compels me 10 TX the re-assessment
valuation as Of March L. 1927. l,--.--.
OF March I, 1919. when the original as
sessment Of am real estate was made
But II this we're not the real trouble,
and # had erred in judgment. or had
done anything but what tire law COM
mands. the Board OF Review and the
State Tax Board have fun power 10
substitute their judgment for mine.
movement was started by the
Chamber of Commerce 10 r1.s-.stig Al q
and learn more Of the re-asse ssnenu OF
the Inland steel company property IN
North township And to satisfy other
taxpayers Of this city that a fair vaIu-
alton is made a committee was APP
pointed from the chamber yesterday to
be present AT the session Of the Board
of Review when the valuation or
this property is brought M. The
committee is 4. n Reid Rae u
Royce and Julius Friedman
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

Little Africa perhaps the most con-
centrated and wealthy negro settle
ment in the southwest before II was
leveIied 10 the ground Wednesday
morning by IRE started by the white
invaders. continued TO do picket duty
today.
The district was heap Of blacken-
ed ruins into which none except SOL
diers and police were permitted. The
district can never be restored. II VIII
have 70 be entirely reconstructed
Adjutant General Barrett TO-DAY CON
sidered the advisabHity or pitching
semi ornament tents in the negro dis
trict as soon as the wreckage can be
cleared up. to serve as homes for the
blacks now herded into convention
hail and other buildings and quarters
at the baseball park.
More than 5000 OF these negroes
taken prisoners yesterday were stin
being fed by relief agencies headed BY
the Red Cross today During the
night and today their numbers con
tinued TO increase as little bands or
fugitives. learning all danger was
past. began to stragGie back into the
city Their meals are served at the
fair grounds.
Information was received from a
number Of towns near this city today
that bands of negroes from a score uD
70 zoo in size who had fed from the
city during the hours Of terror were
being cared for.
These were started back for Tulsa
this morning under assurances there
would be no molestation
Dick Rowland. the negro south
whose arrest was the cause ~ the out
break was not TO be erraigned today.
IL was stated by police officials. Row
land. during the rioting was spirited
away TO safety and his place of con-
dnement Was stul secret today
A comparatively insignificant Insult
caused all the Dloodshed il has de-
veIoped. Rowland does not face any
charge but was oeing held by city po-
lice for Investigation on complaint OF
Mrs. Sarah Paige. a white elevator
operator, who said Rowland attempt
ed TO attack her.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
THE CIRCUS IS COMING

Circus day has been set for Thurs
DAY. June ls. the majestic Hagenoock-
Wallace circus viii exhibit here,
Bright, flashing posters are nov
heraIding the glad news.
The advance car No. has already
been here and the men in charge say
the exhibition this season win sur
pass all former programs
From Information receNe ed IN ad
vance from cities wherein the circus
has already appeared this season. Il
j. said the trained animal acts con
tain many new feats The trainers
spent the winter months IN drilling
these beasts TO answer their com
mands and have accomplished won
ders heretofore unknown.
Further information declares the
equestrian acts are composed OF
European headHner~ and daring Amer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

Don't attempt to tight your rescuer
and pull him under the water with
you Let him handle you the way he
can swim best and 100 chances 10 one
he viii take you to safely
Don't be fool hardy and last but
not least. don't rock the boat
With the 1921 bathing season hardly
started. two shocking drownlngs have
occurred so far this week
Both occurred to MARI the week end
celebrations on Decoration day
Earl Brown. is years old. popular
whiting high school student and
novice at swimming met his unttmeIy
end when he dove off the Sheridan
avenue pier at Whiting swan around
for nearly fifteen minutes. either be-
came exhausted or was seized with
cramps and sank TO his death Without
calling for help and IN sight of two
other high school companions. The
body did not come UP again unti
found sometime later
Ten miles down the lake near Mnier
beach in the river, Francis d Hurst.
- years old was enjoying the holiday
with thlrty-fve other Chicagoans
Hurst. a student at the Chicago Uni-
versity was known a. an all around
athlete and expert swimmer some or
the party were in bathing in the river
near the bridge. Arthur Wilson. one
Of the patry saw Hurst disappear be-
meath the bridge and dismissed it from
his mind thinking Hurst was SWIM
ming under the water a nractice OF
his. The body was found by his grief-
stricken father and a party OF other
searchers yesterday morning in a deep
hole 200 feet from the bridge in TWEEN
~ feet Of water His arms were
cIenched about his breast showing
that IA all probability he was seised
with cramps.
Hurst was found missing. bnt It was
believed that he had gone ahead ard
no further search was made until the
father. Thomas W Hurst. who Is one
Of the oldest passenger conductors on
the c. & f. I. came TO Gary yester-
day afternoon
A pair Of Khaki breeches and leg
gins which had been worn by Hurst
were found in the bath house. caused
the search in the river Mr. and Mrs
Hurst's only daughter Mrs Fitzwater.
Is said 20 be at the point OF death AT
Finley. III
On account Of the shocking toll or
drownings in Lake county every sea
son, the reporter for The Times ana
q swimmer for the past twenty years.
offers a number ~ donts to hathars
in the region. hoping that they VIII
be warning as well as an aid in cut
ting down the large ton Of water
tragedies
ftoF of he al
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
LlNrERNArfoNAL NEWS sERyIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERFlCE1
TULSA Okla. June %-Business was
resumed as usual in Tulsa today fo4-
Loving a night OF quiet The militia
stiu paced the streets and martial law
continued in effect but there was no
disorder and stores and business places
which we're barred and bolted smut
yesterday. were opened and people sD-
peared on the streets as though Tulsa
6ay OF terror had never happened
Tb.re were no further outbreaks Or
ane race riot " hich had ragged un-
checked during the morning hours or
yesterday and which was only put
down by the arrival of the national
guard from outside cities
state troops. acting under the direo-
ton Of Adjutant-Cieneral Chas. f
Barrett. patrolled the entire city, dur
the night Pedestrians without passes
and motors cars except official We
hicIes. were barred from the streets
between midni ght and o'clock this
morning All street car service was
discontinued throughout the night.
Theatres and places OF amusement
were closed early as were a majority
OF drusstores. soda fountains ana
cafes
A check-up this morning showed u
white men TO be dead and six Of 50
wounded uhospitals to De in crtti-
ca condition The bodies of 10
negroes were held in various morgues.
Other bodies were brought to the
morgues this morning from the ruins
Of the black belt. where they had Tain
untouched since yesterday morning.
Over 20 wounded negroes are reported
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
Waited Till the Cows Came
Home

Il am indeed glad 70 write You this
letter. / was terrible sufferer from
gases In the stomach and collie att
taeks The specialist. our family doe
tor sent me 70 in Philadelphia. gave
me no roHef although I took MS
medicine tin the cows came home. ne
finally said l would have to BE- operat-
"a Luckily / heard Of Mayr's Won
derful Remedy then, and although q
is now three years since ! took
course Of #. I have never had syrp-
tom IF my old trouble since" ~ So
simple. harmless preparation THAT re-
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Intestinal tract and allays the infiam-
marion which causes practically all
stomach. liver and intestinal aiime nts.
including appendicitis one dose VIII
convince or money refunded. SUM
mers Pharmacy and druggists every
where.-Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

lean performers. There viii be the
funny clowns. famous acrobats, be-
Wildering aeriailsts and many unmen-
tionable fee that are proving de-
cided hits
4 menagerle containing a member
or every living wild animal family -
being carried and Is said TO be one
Of the largest collections in the world
The doors viii be opened one hour
before each performance. both matt
nee and night 40 that a thorough visit
To the menagerie may be enjoyed.
During the shows Welt here down
town ticket Office. where the same
price win be charged for tickets "a on
the circus LOT, viii be opened at sum
mers Pharmacy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
ASSESSOR
ANSWERS
CRITICISM

In an interview with Township AS
SCISSOR Clements today, regarding the
appraisement Of the Inland steel com
pany al 100000 less than two years
age. the following statement was
made;
"supplementing the report Il The
Times of May % with the statement
that the figures are not fnaI-that
they are subject to revision by the
Board of Review in June. and later by
the state tax commissioners before
they become the official valuations up
on which the tax rates ~ the differ Mt
governing bodies are based
hammond shows decided i'm
provement over tho previous year A
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

Vegetable Compound to my friends and
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How many women, Overworked, tired
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mill Of their daily duties until they are
afflicted with female troubles as Mrs
Blake was. and are run down, weak and
nervous. But every such woman should
DC convinced by the many letters like
hers which we are constantlypublishing
proving beyond question that lydia e.
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overcome such troubles and restore
women to normal health and strength
Letters about your health viii be give
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ham Medicine Co Lynn, Mass.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02
BUSINESS
RESUMED
AS USUAL
Troops In Control OF Situa-
ton And Many Are Dying
In Hospitals.
(BI LLETIN-l

TfNTgPRtrtcHAl NEWS SERVICE
TULSA, Okla. june 1t was Fsaii
iInpossIbIe TO gain an accurate esti-
mate of the dead this morning. Ad-
iutnnt General Barrett stated that the
best figures he could nbtnin were 100
dead Ten white persons are dead and
the total of negroes dead Is nboHt
ninety. according to the military
rh@ck-up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

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