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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-03
BLOWOUTS

The jiffy buses and the street cars
are now in q death struggle for su-
preElacy in the scheme of transporta-
ton in Hammond. So far the busseS
seem to have the better OF the fight.
but how long it will continue one
knows. The busses charge two cents
moro than the street cars and they arc
getting away with it to the extent that
a very large part of the street car
traffic has been absorbed.
Word comes from Buick headquar-
ters that the new Buick Fours are due
to arrive in Hammond some time this
week John Schmeuser. the Buick
dealer. has had about all he could do
the past two weeks answering inquiries
about the new -Four.
Automobile men have discovered that
cars sell much better where they are
displayed outside. preferably on a lor
facing some important street. The
display catches the eye and the pro-
prietor catches the money. One dealer
says he is satisfied with a small profit
and therefore IS able to sell them as
fast as he can place them on the mar
lie
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-03

In New York City there are lSs
sightseeing busses plying the streets
of the greater city. They average 80
passengers at 81 each trip. over three
routes. an excursion around the avenues
and drives Of Manhatten and trips 10
Chinatown and Concy Island The bug-
SEES draw upon from 100000 70 $1,000
strangers in the city every day.
The Victory Highway. a new roan
project planned IN this country will be
a national monument in honor OF the
living and the dead who served in the
World War. The road Will stratch
from the Atlatic to the Pacific passing
through Topeka, Kan. the approximate
geographical center of the United Stat
es. The eastern terminal of the high
way will be New York and the western
terminal San Franiisco. Regulation
road signs viii line the highway. show
ing the nearest town and Urge city
with the mileage thereto in either dir
ection.
In proportion to population there are
at present moro motor vehicles In
Mexico City than in any other city OF
South America.
In Canada, the total number or mo-
tor vehicles Of all kinds manufactured
in 1919 was 1890. Of which 6I.257
were passenger cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-03

ed according to their capacity, the tax
being So on a garage holding one car,
Street cars have the right OF way
between cross streets over all private
~ owned vehicles in Kansas City. Mo.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-03
SAFETY FIRST

When exchanging savings
for stocks take along a
banker as a chaperon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
Count Witte's Memoirs

If the late Gar Nicholas could have
had his way the volume Of reminis
cences which the Count Witte wrote for
publication after his death would never
have seen the light. When the count
died his library was sealed by officers OF
the czar and all his papers taken out
of 1t, but the manuscript was not there.
Then the car asked the widow II he
might read the manuscript and she told
him that she did not have It with her
in Russia. The whole book had been
written outside Of Russia and the
manuscript was kept in a safety deposit
box in a bank under name which
made il impossible for the Russian spies
to find it. The books appears this week
simultaneously in England, France.
Spain, Germany, Russia and the United
States. The American publishers are
Doubleday, Page & Co. The count Is
very frank in what he has to say about
Nicholas and he has some pungent
things to say to the former German
Kaiser. The book as a whole Is a most
important contribution to the history
of Russia by one Of the greatest states
men the country has produced, and in
deed one OF the greatest statesmen Of
his generation. Few other men have
a record Of accomplishment that can
compare with his. The book n trans
lated into idiomatic English by the
curator of the Slavonic division Of the
New York public library.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
BoLshepist Russia

So many books about the experiment
in communism in Russia have been
published that it is doubtful IL any one
knows the exact number. Several have
appeared in America this week and no
one knows how many have been issued
in England and France and Germany
and Spain and Italy. The most inter
csting of the lot Is Glare Sheridan's
Mayfair to Moscow (BOni x Live
right. Mrs. Sheridan is cousin of
Winston Churchill and has associated
all her life with the British aristocracy.
She is a sculptor and when she got an
opportunity 10 go to Russia last Sep
tember to make busts Of the Bolshevist
leaders she dropped everything and
FASTENED to Moscow. She kept diary
in which she wrote her experiences for
her own amusement. This diary gives
the human side of boshevism as it has
been revealed by no one else. Mrs.
Sheridan did not talk politics or eco
nomcs with the Bolshevists except
when she had to. Her diary tells what
sort of men and women the leaders are,
not formally, but by a record of what
they did when she saw them and how
they comported themselves. Those who
have thought that Lenine and Trotzsky
are monsters will be surprised to find
that they are men in many respects very
much like the rest Of us. Their theories
differ. that is all. 1t is most human
and enlightening' book. George Lans-
bury in "What l Saw in Russia"
(Boni & Liveright). Arthur Ransom in
''The Crisis in Russia (B. w.
Hucbsch) and Henry Noel Brailsford In
1.-The Russian Workers Republic"
Harper & Bros.) have produced books
of very different sort. These men
went into Russia for the express ,pur-
pose OF studying conditions. They re-
port in more or less formal way what
they saw. Lansbury. is frankly pro-
Bolshevist and his book should be read
with this knowledge. Arthur Ransom
has Bolshevist sympathies which should
be remembered by the reader. Mr..
BraiIsford is radical-liberal who has
been an editorial contributor TO the
Manchester Guardian and the London
Nation. He went to Russia as an in
vestigator willing to believe the best.
He spent two months there and he has
| told what he saw,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
Diplomatic "reminiscences

Alexander Iswolsky's "Recollections
of a Foreign Minister" Doubleday,
Page & Coz and A. Nekludoff' s Dip
lomatic "Reminiscences" (E. p. Dutton
& CO.., should be read in connection
with Count Witte's memoirs. Iswol-
sky was foreign minister Of Russia for
a long time and he tells his side of the
story about many things in which Witte
was involved. He also has most in
teresting chapter devoted to an ap-
praisal of the count as n man and as a
statesman. He concludes that the
counts moral qualities were not so
marked as his intellectual qualities, yet
he admits that Witte was one Of the
greatest statesmen Of modern Russia.
Nekludoff was formerly Russian min
lister at Sofia and Stockholm and am
bassador at Madrid. He retired from
the diplomatic service in 1917 and went
into exile. His book is full Of import
ant information about the Balkan wars
and the Vaccinations of the Germans
before the opening Of the great war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
4 NOueL Of Protest

When the judges of the Collins prize
novel contest in London had awarded
the prize of $500 to "The Diary OF
Henry Bulver" &C. p. Putnam's sons
they asked Miss G. Veyheyne, the
author, how she came to write il. She
explained that it was born Of "a great
rage at the way pigmieS kick dead
giants, The inference that her hero
is a giant at whom the pigmies kick is
correct. But he is a curious kind of
hero and study of him ought 10 be
informing to those who wish TO know
what sort of n man n woman thinks
hero should be. As the story develops
any man can easily understand why
other men had hard things TO say
about him. He deserts at the altar the
girl whom he promised to marry and he
ran away with the wife of his bene.
factor; but it is explained in the in
PRODUCTION that he deserted the girl be-
cause he could not have been happy
the other mans wife because that was
the sonly way to get rid Of her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
4 Year OF the League

George Grafton Wilson, professor of
international law in Harvard Uni
versity. delivered a lecture on The
First Year Of the League Of Nations"
before the Twentieth Century Club in
Boston a few weeks ago. IL told in
brief form what so many people wished
TO know that Little. Brown & Co. have
been induced to publish it in II volume
1t tells Of the meetings Of the council
during the year and it summarizes the
proceedings of the first meeting of the
Assembly in Geneva. Much detail
which the careful student desires is
omitted, but enough is told TO satisfy
the curiosity of the average person.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
Russian Literature

If one seeks to learn something about
the distinguished men of letters who
have made Russian literature he will
find just what he wishes in Shaknov-
skis "A Short History Of Russian Lit
erature" (E. =. Dutton & Co.. It
begins with the fourteenth century and
comes down to the present. Biograph-
ical data are supplemented by a dis
cussion Of the work Of the authors with
a brief account Of literary tendencies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
NOTABLE BOOKS
OF THE WEEK
Mr.. La,lsing's Story

The appearance of former Secretary
Lansing's story of ''rhe Peace Nego-
tiations "(Houghton Mifflin Co.. will
satisfy curiosity which has long
awaited qualification. The demand for
the book has been so great that it was
sent to press four times before the day
of publication, which was yesterday. 1t
was discussed at length in another part
OF this newspaper on the day Of its pub
lication.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
General

THE BOOK OF CONUNDRUMS. By Grets
Robertson. Cincinnati; stewart Kidd.
old favorites and lot OF new orss Ought
TO be popular for Young peoples parties.
A NEW ENGLAND GROUP AND OTHERS
BY Paul Elmer Moore. Boston: Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
The eleventh series Of the Shelhurne Es-
says Ccnsiiers Jonathan Edwards Henry
Adams. Emerson. Also general subjects
such as taste. tradition. oxford. etc.
WATER COLORS. BY Susan Farlay Mich
oids Boston: Four Seas Co.
record OF the .duuntless courage OF the
poilu his love Of la patrie, and the Charcter-
istics Of the FreIsh people. Not war book
but a book that grew OUT Of the war and
the authors keen observations in the south
OF France in lNls-la.
TRAINING FOR SPORTS By Walter Camp
New York. Charles Scrlbner's sons.
sasacious and inspiring manual by a
master writer on sports and a master
trainer OF athletes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
THE NEW BOOKS
Juvenile

THE GOLDEN WEST BOYS. BY w s.
Hart Boston: HouRhton Minlin Co.
InJun and Whitley strike out for them
selves in this new book by the roted movie
star OF the wild western hms
THE BIG YEAR. BY Mea de Mnnige rode
New York: G. p Putnams Sons.
college story with lots Of atmosphere,
and thrills
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
Notable NeU NOUeLs
Ready at All Booksellers
By Ethel NJ. Dell
ROSA MUM DI

exciting adventure by the most
of all this stirring Ethel Dell writes
the VIII world reads. $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
MARY STUART
John Drinkwater

Tense with romance and rich in
poetry, Mary Stuart" now open
in in New York with a brilliant
cast, is even more absorbing than
Mr.. Drinkwnter's outstanding
dramatic success, Abraham LIN
coin" $1.25
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26

It's clever, it's brilliant, it's absorbing - but
more than all this, it's true; book that amaz-
;nply Eliminates those tendencies of the youth
Of today over which Mrs. Grundy shakes a doleful
head. $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26

Jackie's rise from elfin dancer
beside the hand-organ to pre-
miere danseuse, and her surrender
of a brilliant career for the sake
of love. BY the author of Rose
o. the Sea-" Frontispiece In color.
$500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26

A rich and mellow tale OF
strange islands and hidden treas
ure, of sea, of friendship and of
the way Of boats. Illus. $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
PRAIRIE FLOWERS

real Western story "Tex Benton harddng, shooting
tadrinkng hero Of he Texan and meets ad
venture halfway "a hummer the rd-Nep
York Times. S190
Mc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26

Another good Singmaster novel
of Pennsylvania types Miss Sing
masters works bid fair to become
classics in American literature.''--
Boston Herald. BY the author of
Basil Everman." $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26

Raine at his best in a romance of how oil came
to the cattle country. A thrilling human story
told in thrilling human way, while the striking
and yelling of oil has never been more graph
ically described $500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
BA B FL.

Six realistic short novels that depict many diff
as it is lived in America. The author practical
ago, now has audience Of millions
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
DUsKY WORKER OF MIRACLES
Negro Saint, Forbidden to ExsrsIss
Power, Put White Bishop In
Something Of a Hole.

Long ago when Peru was jewel In
the Spanish crown, there lived in that
country a negro Of-such remarkable
sanctity that his miracles ryaled those
Of the best white saints of his time.
Fearing for the supremacy Of his race.
the Spanish bishop took the precau-
tion Of fOrbidding this dark-skinned
saint to give any further. exhibitions
Of his power, an order which was ac-
cepted with the. humility that marks
the real saint Of every age, land or
color. Now, the Spaniards built a
cathedral in Lima, and during the
building Of 1t workmen fell from the
topmost scaffoldiIfg before the horri-
fied eyes of the holy negro. 1t was
fearful dilemma. A seconds delay
and the man would be dashed to
pieces. "Stop" he shouted; and ieav-
ing the workman hanging In mldair
he sought out the bishop and ex-
planned the situation. II the bishop
did not want poor son Of Ham to
perform miracles, would he prefer to
Come and do the job himself? The
bishop wisely chose to allow his black
sheep to return to the cathedral and
'carry on; the workman fell up
again gently to his scaffolding. and
the work Of building went happily on.
New York Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
NOTES CONVERTED INTO PULP
Millions Of Dollars In Wornout Cur.
rency Destroyed Every Week In
Small English Village.

A lonely village In Kent, England.
Is the scene of the destruction of ten
tons of treasury notes every Monday.
The average face value Of the notes
destroyed amounts to- $1OO0 O0O0, 600.
The banks and postmasters deter
mine when the life Of treasury note
shall end. II In the opinion Of bank
er or postmaster a note has become
worn out, it Is sent to the. Bank Of
England. There triangular cut Is
made in the right-hand bottom corner
Of the note, and 1t is then sent, in COM
pany with millions of its fellows, to the
chief money order department tf the
post Office in Holloway.
Every day more than ton of de-
funct currency notes are delivered
from the Bank of England to the mon
ey order department in Holloway. The
notes are then defaced, made up into
bundles of thousand and put into
sacks. On Monday the sacks contain-
ing millions of the defunct currency
notes are put into vans and dispatched
to their destruction In Kent, where
they are converted into pulp.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07

II teacher in q public school In
the Philippines desires to punish
child, she doesn't have to apply the
ruler. She simply sentences the Offend
ing pupil to remain away from school
a few daysl
This Is the most severe punishment
she can lnfict, for Filipino children
take an almost abnormal pleasure IN
going to school and acquiring an edu-
cation. The all-.ilpino legislature. In
response to the popular demand for
SCHOOLS and still more schools" Is
constantly increasing its appropria-
ti0ns for education, but the schools can
scarcely be constructed fast enough 10
care for the ever-increasing enrolment.
The school enrolment is now S92,OoO
without any compulsory attendance
laws. When Dewey sailed into Manila
BAY there were 2,100 private schools
In the islands. Today there are $500
schools and colleges, with 1000 Fill
p.no teachers and about 1000 other
teachers, 341 of whom are Americans.
The University of the Philippines Is
the center of learning of the entire
Orient, and Is the pride Of the Fill
pino people. 1t has an enrolment OF
$500 students. Santo Tomas univer-
sity Of Manila, older than Harvard, Is
another famous seat Of learning.
The school system includes normal
schools, agricultural colleges, twenty
seven farm schools, nautical school
and a school for the deaf and blind.
The Filipino pupil, In addition to
learning English and In addition to his
regular studies, learns basket making
embroidery and hat weaving, the
trades peculiar to the Islands, as we'll
as the domes site sciences and pedagogy
There are more positions than can be
filled by the trade school and COM
mercial college graduates. The trade
and agricultural schools produced ST.
l76,S5O worth of goods in 1919.
There Is nothing that the Filipino
people take more pride In and that
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
MARK GREAT BATTLE FRONT
Line Of Stones Will Be Put Up From
North Sea to Swiss Frontier.


North Sea to Swiss Frontier.
Along the line of the great battle
front from the North sea to the Swiss
frontier uniform landmarks in stone
are to be set up as lasting memorial
to the heroes of the allied armies
Marshal Petain Is to choose the places
where the stones will be set, and the
cost will be borne by the Touring Club
of France.
While the war was still on 1t was
proposed that as soon as victory was
won the front should be marked by a
great roadway along its entire length,
which would usefully serve as me-
mortal. When the victory was won,
however, 1t was found that the cost
of such q road would be prOhibitive.
The French government felt unable to
do anything In the matter, and so pri-
vate enterprise has decided to erect
a great line of white memorial stones
along the famous line where French
Belgian, British and American sol
diers held, fought and defeated the
German armies.
The design for the stone is simple,
being pyramidal in form. The only
ornament is a soldiers helmet, sur
rounded by laurel crown, and the
only inscription is Here was stopped
the onrush Of the barDarians."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
The World by Color.

II we speak by continents, the
really white world consists Of Europe,
North America to the Rio Grande, the
southern portion Of South America,
the Siberian part Of Asia, and Aus
tralasla, the last two, Of course. being
very thinly inhabited. On the other
hand, the world of color consists of
the bulk Of Asia, virtually the whole
Of Africa. and most Of Central and
South America. The great bulk Of
the white race Is. Of course, concen-
trated in the European continent.
FOur-fifths of the entire white race
lives on less than one-flfth Of the
white worlds area. OF the colored
races the yellow are naturally the
most numerous, living In eastern Asia,
and numbering over 100000, 900. The
browns number more than 45O, 600
while the blacks, whose center is
Africa, south of the Sahara desert,
total about 15O,OOO,OOO. The reds are.
Of course, Of less consequence,
being few in number.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
Stunt to Cure HIeeouohs.

A Spanish physician claims to have
been very successful in curing stub
born cases Of hiccoughs by this treat
ment: The patient lies down and
draws up his knees until his thighs
are pressed tightly to his abdomen,
the lower part of the legs being pressed
against the thighs by bending the knees.
The position Is held for several min
utes. The effect Of this is to press
the abdominal organs up against the
diaphragm and to sustain the pressure
until the diaphragm ceases Its spas
modic contraction.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
FiIIplnos Are Making Headway

(Mt. Vernon (O.) Republican-News)
The Filipinos are making an inten-
sive and intelligent campaign for in
dependence. They are urging their
claims with shrewdness and vigor.
They declare that they have proven
beyond question that they are capable
of self-government, and they believe
that with independence the Filipino
will so conduct himself as to gain the
respect of the world.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
WILL BLAST GERMAN EAGLE
Japanese to Blow Up Emblem Carved
on Hillside Of Tsingtao
Harbor.

TsingtaO, China.--Japanese authori-
ties announce that the huge German
eagle carved on the granite side of
one Of the hills flanking the harbor
of Tsingtao, across which has been
superimposed the insignia Of imperial
Japan, will be blasted from the hill
side and removed to Tokyo. where 1t
will he placed In museum.
When the Japanese seized Tsingtao
In the first year of the war with Ger
many they inscribed the date of their
victory across the November Z,
third year Of Tsisho" (l014).
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07

they are more grateful TO the United
States for, than their school system,
which has been declared by many com
petent critics to be one of the hhest
in the world While the system was
implanted in the islands by Ameri-
cans, every cent of the cost has been
cheerfully borne by the Filipino peo-
pie. The schools are making an Eng
lish speaking race Of the Filipino ma
tion. English is the official language.
and it Is declared will continue to be
when independence Is granted.
1.-THE Filipino boys and girls are
we'll balanced, docile and industrious
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
City Loans TO jobIess.

The city of s,Muskegon. Mich, be-
lieves in the honesty Of, its citizens. It
has already backed that belief to the
extent of more than $4,000 by max
ing unsecured loans to citizens tempo
rarily out of work and In need.
The loans are made in the form, of
non-interest- notes, payable on
demand.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
Champion Almanac Hoarder.

Champion Almanac Hoarder.
A Philadelphia who has reached the
age Of one hundred and two years has
accumulated the greatest collections Of
almanacs In the world And yet they
want to give us monkey glands to
make us live longer.-Cartoon's Mag
azine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
Our Little Brown Cousins
fArpua Rock Island. Tll.)

There is no mistaking that Filiplnos
want their Independence. And II is
Just possible, as they insist. that they
in the Islands, better than we Ameri'
cans over here, are the best judges OF
whether they are fitted for independ
ence. The United Stntes wants no
outburst In the Philippines as England
faces In Ireland The easiest way to
head OF q rebellion ID to give the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-07
islands their independence before they
have cause to rebel.
Shall We Let Philippines Go?
(Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Republican.)

The United States cannot continue
to hold the Philippines unless this ma
tion wants to give the lie to its own
professions In the matter The United
States must keep faith with the world.
The American people do not want the
Philippine Islands to become their
Irish question.