Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 203, Hammond, Lake County, 15 February 1909 — Page 4
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THE CURSE OF THE DRUG TRAFFIC.
TO THE OLD MAN: You have doubtless read the book of Job, the greatest drama ever written. Job was a millionaire of bis time. His swollen fortune consisted of lands and herds, and he was the father of seren sons and three daughters. But Because Elipbaz and Zophar were older than he such was the respect for age in that patriarchal time Job was compelled to sit still and listen to their censures. "With us," said Job's "comforters," "are both the gray haired and very aged men much elder than thy father." And Job, meekly admitting, said, "With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days is understanding." When Ellhu, the younger, broke into the discussion he apologized most profusely and confessed, "I am young, and ye are very old, wherefore I was afraid and durst not show -you my opinion." - . . But times have changed. In these days, the wisdom of the ancients is at a discount, except in Buch places, as China and Hindustan.
Why? Because.. progress is so rapid. The
wisdom of age fails to keep .pace. To
There is an awakening all over 3ie world as to the terrible effects of the cocaine and drughablts to which reference has often been made in these columns. The Christian Science Monitor says:
"The meeting of the international opium conference at Shanghai marks, day, unless he keeps pace with the there can be no reasonable doubt, the beginning of the final canmalgn against procession a man at fifty is a "has-
nnliim tr-nfflo And onv i,Mnn whr nQa fha falntect fnemtlrn r,f I been," at Sixty a "mOSSbaCt," at 8CT-
gBty a "back number "
uj " " I In a former time a man could. teach
agree ioai no. steps taseu ior us uesuncuou can wen De oo Qrasuc or 100 S0Q e wig(jom bootmaMne
immediate. That the world has some conception of wnat the eating or Today the son mustftnow how to put smoking of thl3 drug ultimates in is probably due to the fact that its effects on the heels or cut' the lace boles-
have been exposed in one of the masterpieces of English literature. This, with a machine.
however, only increases the responsibility of the governments which have, I rormeny a man was wise as a for Durelv financial reasons, nermitted its culture. It is not true, of course. WflSn maker. Nowadays his son
thot tho war Wtoot firoot TJHtain ond Phi'no woo nndortaVon fnr tno rmr. I VeS D entire attention tO a ma-
, , . ... chine that makes hubs
pose 01 iorcing me aemouuon 01 me opium iramc. "The government of England has, however, been for long fully awake to Its responsibilities In the matter. It has entered into u convention with
China by which, it has undertaken to reduce the Indian export of opium ,J)y off legs and pulled teeth. Today his 5190 cases a year, on consideration of a similar reduction In the native pro- Bon Is a "specialist." In his time the ductlon. In a way this enables the Indian government to exercise some con- father only needed to tickle the soil to trol over native manufacture. But the time is probably not far distant reaP a harvest. Today his son must
when the Indian production will be finally vetoed without any qualification Know e chemistry of soils and plants.
I in some inings experience is varua
xuk? v.nwn ui -"c feuiciumaa ui mo uuitcu OLaLca lu warns Jiiauv-ai I gill In drivlnff an OX Cart helDS A -B J. 1 11 A rx AT Til. M . V . . 1 i r. I
steps ivr me suppression 01 me iramu m me i'miippines nas pavea me way $othing in Steering an automobile.
to trie conterence now sitting m bnanghai. it was originally intended that These are some things we older men
the discussions at this conferenece should be confined to the traffic In the cannot help, but let us not fret our-
far east. The acceptance, however, by Turkey of a seat has given it not selves because of that There is only
merely a universal character, but has afforded fresh evldenece of the grow- one way to keep alongside the band
lng solidarity of the world in its efforts to secure better social and polit ical conditions." MAYOR PATTON A LIVE WIRE.
Or-
In his time the father was an all
around doctor who treated fevers, cut
UP AMD DOWN
IN INDIANA
Actress Whom the Simple Life Called Back From Fame's Crest
wagon get new ideas, get one a day. We must keep our minds open and our hearts warm and our enthusiasms
youthful.
As the world- moves we must move.
Some people are inclined to poke a great deal of fun at Mayor Johnny
Patton, who is chief executive of the thriving city of Burnham, just across was appointed judge of the federal
the Indiana line, but at the same time one of the spokes in the Calumet re- eh woV. S his notable judigion wheel. They tMnk Patton's job is a sinecure and that a mayor of Burn- Cjai acts are Included the injunction
ham gets about as much excitement out of it as a microbe does out of a mas3 issued by him in conjunction with
meetine. This is far from the case. Where is there a mavor in the Calumet re- Jude William A. Woods against Eu-
, , . . , t, . , . . . ,,, . . s ' v gene V. Debs and other officers of the
61UU wuu tcul Ulut lu U1 eluu uvumIC& mucc uB Amerlcan Railway union, and subse
ivwa mc uaiu ui jiiiv.c . ao uui. majui rauuu aiicsu'u ujr iuc jiuiite ui i quent proceedings in that matter.
Hammond as a suspected horsethief ? Have not the famous cock fights and
pugilistic battles in which Mayor Patton was dragged in, made him more than famous? Where is there, a mayor in the region who had such an experience with a bulldog as has the genial Johnny? Far be it from Mayor
Patton, even if he is yet in his twenties, to pine away in monotony in Burn-
hanV As a politician and business man he has crowded a good deal into his short span of life. He has only just begun. A tilt with a bull dog or the
Illinois Central railroad is all one to Burnham's executive head. HOW THE LIVERYMAN WORKS YOU.
MAY I1VILD BRANCH ROAD. i pers throughout the ennntrv. Mrs. Julia
Representatives from Boonville, Chris- i M. Bowen, of Utica, N. Y., formerly of !
isanspun, nas Deen reunited with a daughter whom she had not seen since
the latter was two years old, twenty years ago. I LEGISLATURE A "FOOL HOVSE." ! "The members of the present state j legislature have done enough of abject i foolishness to exile them from political j life for the next twenty years," said Dr. !
Andrew Stephenson, head of the department of history In DePauw university
at Greencastle, when lecturing before
his class in English constitutional history. TO HOLD OPTION ELECTION. The county council at Martinsville appropriated the sum of $1,500 for the expense of the local option election to be held in this county Feb. 24. It is not thought that this sum will be required, however, as a number of townships reported to the council that many of the "drys" will serve without compensation, in order to reduce the cost. AVOIIK FOR M'COVS RELEASE. John F. McHugh and Charles A. Burnett, of the firm of Hayward & Burnett, Lafayette, went to Michigan City Saturday afternoon to Institute habeas corpus proceedings against James H. Reid, warden of the state prison, to compel him to relaase Thomas J. McCoy, the bank wrecker, from prison. This step was agreed on at a consultation of attorneys in the morning. TOOK $300 FROM WIFE.
Word has been received at Decatur that Frank Manchester. Johnson is wanted here for alleged embezzlement. Johnson came here two years ago and married Mrs. Belle Schlegle. It Is charged he induced her to sell her property and that he took $300 and disappeared. It is said that it was afterward learned that he had a wife In Ohio. The police have been looking for Johnston for about two years. SIX GIRLS ARE SOLD. The fact that six pretty girls were sold to the highest bidder at a ball in
Petersburg, has caused much comment. The ball was for charitable purposes. In order to increase the receipts the six girls, who were among the most charming dancers in the room, were auctioned off, the same as slaves were once sold in the south. All brought fair prices, and bidding was lively. After the sale, for a period of fifteen minutes, the six successful bidders and their "slaves" had possession of the floor while the rest of the dancers became spectators.
ney and Lynville, came to Evansville
and held a conference with the officers of the Evansville, Suburban & Newburg
Railway company In regard to building branches of the road from Boonville to Chrisney and Lynville.
MEN KIDNAP CHILDREN. Two men who recently were discov
ered by their wives, kidnapped children
which the court had awarded the moth- j er. One succeeded in getting away, but the other was caught and he gave up the child. The one who got away was Nick Ivory, a former professional baseball player. '
WHY BROWN IS HAPPY. Adam Brown of Greenfield, is as
happy as the newest bridegroom in the county, because his wife has dismissed her suit for divorce and has gone back to the man she has lived with nearly
fifty years. This suit for divorce, in which the wife charged cruel treatment, created much surprise. DRIVEN OUT BY WHITECAPS. John Tribby of RushvlUe, who last August was a victim of whltecaps at his home in Posey township, says he will sell his eighty-acre farm near Arlington and go elsewhere. lie can not hmave any peace of mind at the scene of the outrage, he says, and he will find a place to live where conditions are more favorable for contentment and happiness. FAIRBANK'S WORTH. That the state of Indiana should, through its legislature, express its acknowledgment of the worth of VicePresident Fairbanks, soon to retire from office, is the opinion reflected in the message sent by Governor Marshall to both houses of the legislature yesterday. s KILLS BIG BALD EAGLE. After a strenuous struggle to escape,
a fine bald eagle of large size was killed on the farm of Aaron Shaum, on the Michigan road, near South Bend, Saturday afternoon after it had tried to fly away with a lamb in its talons. It was discovered attacking a sheep by a member of the Shaum family. A number of men ran to the field with guns and opened fire. Buckshot was tried and although it wounded the eagle it did not kill him. The gird fought hard
to escape. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. Through an article published in a Logansport paper some time ago, and copied extensively by other newspa-
mond's name is mentioned but Carr." Never mind, brother, Carr will be seeing red one of these days. In this day of crookedness even a cemetery Is an underground piece of work.
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With The Legislators
It is almost time to hear a wheezy old organette grinding out "In the Good Old Summer Time" on the street corner.
RANDOM THINGS AND FUNGS
This is awful. It turns out that the
prize-winning poem of the suffragettes
was written by a man. Oh, what's the use?
It costs almost as much to die as it does to live. Here we are Informed that the liverymen's trust of Gary have established a rate of eight dollars per carriage from Gary to a Hammond cemetery. The rate to a Tolleston
cemetery, but a few miles away, is six dollars. The people of Gary will
evidently have to be buried very nea rthe city where they die or else their
friends will go broke if they attend the funeral. The liverymen, in justl
fication for their high prices, point to the time it takes to make the trip, the expense of hiring a driver, the high price of feed and oh, well, they have an abundance of excuses. There is only one way to bust the liveryman and
that Is to live. Live and go to dances,
Many a man doesnt keep np the Honeymoon in after years Because he Cannot Afford It.
Satisfactory Sam.
Mr. Sam Duncan has our thanks for
a line muskmellon. Sam never forgets
It only costs a dollar for a carriage to remember us. Strasburg (111.) Her-
THE CREAM OF THE Morning News
to a dance. The great difference being that you don't have to go to a dance, aid.
but when your loved ones pass away, you have to have a carriage to go to
the cemetery. That's where the liveryman has you, brother. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
It may be unwise for a man to set a high standard In life, bnt at that he always has aomehjflng; to climb after.
There can be no better law passed nor better rule adopted than to make It obligatory to have "The Star Spangled Banner" sung In schools. It is
the most thrillingly patriotic song that the United States has and the singing of it and the committing It to memory will be the best thing that the young can do. By all means let it be sung in the schools. If in after years the student should go to other lands to travel abroad and see the star spangled
banner whipping the breeze from a ship mast the thrill of the sight will STll lj more money to make the
fill his heart with gratitude and patriotism. Yon never aimrprbfo iha Etnr AtTO GO-
and stripes1 until you get on foreign style. Then your heart swells with
gladness to think that you are a citizen of America.
THIS FELLOW CARR is still tearing his hair, because he is afraid Ham-
o-"o .v,o Dtucviiius cibc. ne ueiuartjs uow mat ii tne riparian I u. uon i you worry lr we .In-litn n 3n . 1 1 MT .1 1 . . . . . . . I
"oul tt"L a "ipu uu m statute dook mat Hammond will lose the Lake don't. The world is full of dogs that
Oh, woe Mexico has gone dry. The
cactus has been nipped and they can't
make the pulque.
IT IS TRUE THAT MONEY MAKES
THE MARE GO, BUT IT TAKES
The man who atarts out In the road to ruin never buys a return ticket before he starts out.
Front park.
care?
Bosh! "The galled jade certainly do wince." But what does it run at the sound of their own bark.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. February 15. 177S First salute to the American flag by a foreign government. 1793 Representative Griswold of Connecticut caned Representative Lyon of Vermont in the house. 1S04 The legislature of New Jersey passed an act abolishing slavery. 1S62 Attack on Fort Donelson continued. 1S64 General Sherman with his command arrived at Meridian, Miss. 1S69 Reburial of the. remains of J. TVilkes Booth. 1872 Ex-Speaker Carter of the legislature and Chief of Police Badger of New Orleans fought a duel with rifles at Bay St. Louis. 1877 An attempt made to assassinate Governor Packard of Louisiana. 1879 Women admitted to practice be-
supreme
fore the United States court.
1898 U. S. S. Maine destroyed in Ha
vana harbor,
yiu unoert A. Fierce, U. S. senator from North Dakota, died In Chi
cago.
Athletic Alfred.
Airred uonjour Jr. hauled hogs to
town Monday. Osage (Kan.) Herald.
THIS IS MY 57TH BIRTHDAY. Peter S. Grosscup.
.muse reier s. urosscup, who was brought into ' national prominence through his court decision relating to the suit of the government against the Standard Oil company of Indiana, was
corn at Asniand, O., Feb. 15, 1852. He
was graduated from Wittenberg col
lege in 18.2 and later studied law at the Boston " law school. He practiced
law In Chicago from 1882 to 1892, when he was made United States Judge for
the northern district of Illinois. He
There Isn't a parasrrapher In the county who, when a man
Is killed by a live wire,
doesn't have to fight against
the temptation to refer to
the shocking accident.
It is simply no use in crying. Lizzie. We can't promise you a sielghrlde.
The untruthful word sets very busy Just as soon as you alter It.
As one prominent Gary taxpayer said yesterday: "Nobody In Gary ever
has any goose-plmplea when Ham-
Ji7FgSl7Pei IlllTDgiOID
Wind and sleet storm hits region, bringing many accidents and' delaying all traffic. Woman leaps from a thirdy-story window to the street in a suicidal attempt after a quarrel with her husband. Chicago Relief and Aid society watches Alwart Brothers, who are accused of selling coal by short weight. Union labor mass meeting to protest against the imprisonment of Gompers, Mitchell ajid Morrison fills the Garrick theater and hundreds are unable to gain admittance. Alderman answering Brubaker's charge say they pay their taxes and
call him "unjust," "unfair" and "falsi
fier."
William Jennings Bryan speaks at Presbyterian church on "Christianity's
Achlevemtns Abroad."
Politicians are anxious as fraud
cases reach supreme court today, there
by testing the primary law.
Margaret Illington and her husband,
Daniel Frohman, separate with a view
to ultimate divorce, the husband in a
statement issued in New York declar
ing no scandal attaches to the parting of the two.
General regret felt over the dissolution of the present cabinet at Washington, so many members having performed distinguished work for the nation. Booker T. Washington at New York declares that the United States Is In duty bound to assist Liberia. National Civic Federation launches a movement in New York for the establishment of uniform laws. President-elect and Mrs. Taft reach Cincinnati and plan to leave today on an Important trip to Washington. Sixteen battle ships of the Atlantic fleet are half way across the Atlantic on their return from the remarkable tour of the world, the test showing the efficiency of the fighting craft and men. Visit of King Alfonso to King Manuel of Portugal is believed to have been chiefly to arrange for the marriage of the latter monarch to Princess Beatrice, niece of King Edward.
More light was thrown on the headlight question Thursday night, when locomotive headlight representatives of all kinds and railroad men appeared before the senate committee on railroads.
to discuss the Beal bill, which pro
vides that all locomotives used In the
passenger service shall be equipped
with headlights of power and brilliancy of at least 2,000 cnadlepower, and that locomotives In the freight service shall be equipped with headlights of at least 1,000 candlepower. The acetylene headlight manufacturers object to the bill because the acetylene headlights can not reach 2,000 candlepower. M. Moskowitz, representing the Commercial Acetylene company, of New York, declared that the electric headlight is the only one which can be made to reach the standard provided in the bill. Mr. Moskowitz told the committee, however, that the acetylene headlight was an excellent illuminator. It never went out, he said, as the electric headlight did.
So ambitious have become some of
the lobbyists that there is talk of providing them with desks in the senate and house chambers and appointing a few pages and doorkeepers to wait on
them. It has also been suggested that
the judges of the supreme and appellate courts might give up their sleep
ing rooms in the state house so that lobbyists will not be compelled to leave the building except to eat and what's the matter with starting a cafe for them during this session? Indianapolis
News.
Margaret Illington and Daniel Frohman, her husband, have agreed to separate, with divorce as the ultimate aim. It is reported that after this is obtained Miss Illington will marry E. J. Bowles, a millionaire of San Francisco. The actress, desire for a home life prompted the action, which Mr. Frohman says is mutually amicable.
A Stowaway.
Captain Pritchard of the Maure-
tania relates the following: "Last summer," he said, "there was a young lady whom I showed over the steerage. As we were making our tour the steerage people were eating their dinner, and I couldn't help remark the tremendous appetite of a red-haired man. I said, 'Just look at the amount of food that fellow consumes!" "I suppose, captain,' said the young lady, 'that he is what you sailors call a stowaway!" " Tit-Eits.
A bill which was introduced In the senate yesterday by Strange is backed by the shippers of the state. It gives the railroad commission full power to
regulate the question of demurrage and
provides that the commission may es
tablish a debit and credit system by
which shippers will receive credit for
cars unloaded in less than the forty-
eight hours' free time elapsing after
being placed for loading or unloading. The forty-eight hours free time re
mains unchanged. This is a question
which has been discussed by the ship pers for several years.
Higher Courts' Record. Supreme Court Minutes.
21161. Indianapolis & Western Rail-
wav comnanv vs. Rebecca Branson et
al Hendricks C. C. Appellees" petition
for rehearing and briefs.
21317. Board of Commissioners of Johnson county vs. Grafton Johnson et al. Johnson C. C. Appellant's reply
brief. Appellate Court Minutes.
7U3. Sarah O'Neill vs. Harry D.
Johnson. St. Joseph C. C. Appellee's
brief.
6170. American Car and Foundry
company vs. Mary Inzer, admlnistra
trix. Clark C. C. Appellant's petition
to transfer to supreme court and brief.
6994. John D. Vaughn vs. Susan J.
Smith. Wayne C. C. Appellee's brief.
7016. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St- Louis Railway company vs. Lewis Block, administratrix. Warren C. C
Appellant's petition for time.
660S. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
& St. Louis Railway company vs. Law rence Swangs. Dearborn C. C. Ap
pellant's waiver of right to petition
for rehearing., 7078. Josiah F. Watts et al. vs. Caro line E. Watts. Wabash C. C. Ap pellants' brief. New Appellate Court Case.
7150. Chicago & Erie Railroad com-
Where Truth Reside
s
By Graham Hood
Confusius, who was one of the world's greatest sages, always taught
that those who were in search of the truth must look for it in one place only if they really desired to find it and that place was the "golden
mean." In other words, extremes were so liable to be wrong that it was almost safe to assume, for the argument's sake, that they were wrong.
There is a great deal of truth In this theory, as anybody can ascertain
if he will take the trouble to investigate almost any problem in life. Be
hind all theories even the most improbable of them there is a "mean"
of truth, but that truth is seldom found in either of the fanatical presentations of such theories. Just as there are two sides to every tale there are
two sides to every theory that has to do with the affairs of life, but it is
seldom that the true facts are found at either extreme. Between the two
there is the "golden mean" and It is there that the truth is most likely to be discovered.
Theer are certain mental conditions that we designate as "fanatism."
When some man goes to an extreme in expounding his favorite theories we
Bay that he is a "fanatic." Thus we have fanatical prohibitionists, fanat-
isal woman suffragists, fanatical spiritualists. By this we mean that these' people are constitutionally incapable of looking at but one side of the question that they are presenting, but, while we may be correct in applying this
term to these particular people, we are wrong in limiting the application to them. The man at the other extreme is just as likely to be a "fanatic,"
too, for dogmatism, unfortunately, is not confined to religion. There is dog
matism in science, dogmatism In politics, dogmatism in almost every field of human activity. That is to say, the man who denies a proposition is just
as likely to be a fanatic as the man who upholds it, for fanaticism is the attitude of the mind, and does not depend upon the character of the facts maintained. Tyndall recognized the existence of this trait in human nature. Because a result is deemed desirable, he says, "the affections are called upon to back it. If undesirable, they would, with equal right, be called upon to act the other way. Even to the disciplined scientific mind this would be a dangerous doctrine. A favorite theory the desire to establish or avoid a certain result can so warp the mind as to destroy its powers of estimating facts. I have known men to work for years under a fascination of this kind, un
able to extricate themselves from its fatal influence." And this is the element that makes for dogmatism for fanatism in whatever direction it may lead.
pany vs. Alvin R. Kiracafe. Huntington C. C. Record, Ossignment of errors. In term. Bond. -
He Bought Books.
A man who had never had the time or opportunity to get much book learning suddenly became wealthy. He gave up work, built himself a fine house and settled down to enjoy life. Recollecting his early and unanswered longing for booys, went to a shop to order some. The Voter tells the story: "I want a lot of books," he said to the clerk. "What kind of books?" was the reply. "Why books,'" said the prospective purchaser. "Good books, you know; reading books." The books came and were installed in the library. Soon after an old friend, slightly more learned than the rich man, came to call. "Here, Hugh," said the host, "is my library. Here is where I intend to sit down with my books and read." Hugh took down a book, looked at it and put it back; took down another, looked at it and put it back, and repeated the process several times. Then he asked, "John, where did you
get these books?" "Oh, I bought them; Just bought them. What's the matter? Aren't they good books? I haven't read them yet." "They're good books," was the reply, "but they're all the same. John, as near as I can figure roughly, you have bought 600 copies of the Fifth Reader. It's a good book, but there's too many of it here far too many."
Some Legal Humor. Chairman of quarter sessions have always been famous as the payers of good things, and it is well that their reputation should not be allowed to fade. "You have been well brought up. and belong to honest people Instead of which you go about the country stealing ducks" U historic And there was the chairman a member of the upper house who remarked, when a juryman said "Bosh" during the address of counsel for the prisoner, "You must not say "Bosh," sir, till the learned counsel has concluded his speech." Yet another was in the habit of Instructing the Jury in the opening sentences of his summing up that they must at once dismiss from their minds everything that they had heard from counsel on either side. London Telegraph,