Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 7, Hammond, Lake County, 15 March 1913 — Page 4
THE TIMES.
March 15, 1913.
THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS By Thm Lafcs Cty Prttln mm ib llahlaa; Company.
Tha Laka County Tlmas, dally axcepl Sunday, "antarod ma second-class mat. tar Juna 88, "; The Lake County Time. Cmily xo;t Saturday and Sunday, entered Fate. I. 1111; Tha Gary
Evening Times, dally except Sunday, stared Oct. , 1MI; The Lake County Times, 8a.tu.rday and weekly edition, entered Jan. JO. 1(11; tha Times, dally eacept Sunday, antared Jan. IS, lli, at the postofflce at Hammond. Indiana, all under the act of March S. 117.
Entered at the PostofBco, .Hammond. Ind.. as soeond-ctass matter.
1 JT FOR THE T EMrnDAYl
rosisisir ABvsRTisiive omomn, 11 Rector Building - - Chicago
PUBLICATION OFFrCKII, Hammond Building, Hammond, lad.
ship disposed to be narrow, show a
spirit of retaliation, submerge their
desire to see the whole region pro
gress in the effort to get even with Gary they might:
1. Point out. that North town
ship is assessed $18,000 to pay for the Burns ditch which, it develops.
is not only to be a drainage scheme
the early morning- baxtie to their but is also to become a Gary harbor.
dally grind and tuMnle. 2. Charnre that th whnla Rurns
h- -1- t. I '
and the business man and clerk. UIlc" Pjccv is a scneine on me pari
Dodging ran and making hurry, many lot the United States Steel Company
THE SIDEWALK IS THE STAGE.
tmern Beamed -with worry. Some loath, some anxious to begin the never-ndlag work. Little girls with Idle chatter, rushing by with nolay clatteri Porky little raah boya, old men doublebent with age. Fat director rieh and haughty, picture actors trim and aportyi That ta moraine: In the city, and the SIdelvralk la the Stage.
and the people of Gary to get a harbor built by the property owners of
Lake and Porter counties, for noth
ing.
3. Say that the people of Ham
mond do. not propose to submit to a
tax that is designed prmiarlly Tor
the purpose of furnishing harbor
going to be forgotten as far as a ! memorial was concerned. When the newsboy gave up his Ufa that Ethel Smith might live it wa solemly promised that "The memory of Billy Rugh shall live as long as the city of Gary shall last and a suitable memorial will be erected in his honor that another generation may know of his heroic act." Such was the text of a dispatch sent through
out the land.
Billy Rugh should occupy the brightest page on Gary's short history and those of another day will question the gratitude of those in the steel city now unless a substantial reminder is erected to recall the sacrifice that thrilled two continents.
TELEPHONES, ' Hammond (private exchange)...... Ill tCatfl for department wanted.)
Gary Office Tel. IS? East Chicago Olflce Tel. SO-J Indiana Harbor Tel. S4t-hf; ISO
Whiuna; .....Tel. Crown Point Tat S HeiewliCB Tel. tS
1 1 1 "
Advertising solicitors will ba aent, or
rate given on application. -
favilities for Gary and secondarily
(for the numose of draining the Little
It la noon, nad still The setting la the ...
..me. but la getting caiumet river.
Such an attitude would be unfair.
It would be childish. It would be
selfish. It would prove conclusively
that the citizens of North township
are as narrow as the paper was in
its tirade on the "real estate
oligarchy" in North township.
THIS TIMES has been in favor of
It means the re-
Crowded o'er wit a flsruree need and
pleanlnar to the eye
Pretty dames In pretty laces, homely
girls with painted favea.
Shoppers buay shopping ana Bhop-Hft
era on the sly.
The tolling crowd Is there, too, you can
see them If you care to,
As hungry for their lanchcun as a lion
In his cskci
Merry widows, toques and -bonnets, tne Ulirns ai.tcn
- LAW now proposed to tax old maids. Well if they want . suffrage like men why not tax old maids as well as old bachelors?
surprising- that they are careless with sponges. ; A GLANCE into the future: March 15, 1915 The Illlnoy leglslatchoor on Its 387,298,2644th ballot Is still deadlocked on the senatorial question. "WHEN a man compliments his wife on her new hat It reconciles her for the minute to having the baby look like him."' Louisville Courier-Journal. If the paragrapher who wrote the preceding looked at the bill for the hat vrst he would never do any complimenting. ! BTE and bye the government will have this airship business so well regulated that It will be demanding that all sky liners Tarry life-boats. SOME STA.XDER, (Michigan City News.) Through an error, the standing of Aurella Kopchinska, in last evening's paper read 6,950 Instead of 43,000. ONE thing that we should worry about Is the new inheritance law that goes Into force in this state. This is about the only tax we'll escape this year.
would-be poets with their son netst
That Is noonday la the elty. and the
Sidewalk Is the Stage.
It Is evening, nfter supper t
classes sad the. upper
lower
It you ha-a any troubla getting Tha I Utilise the sidewalk, everyone on pleaa-
Tfcnes notify tha nearest offlce
bars It promptly remedied.
and j
ure beat.
LARGER. PAID CP CIRCtJLATIOS
THAN ANT OTHER TWO NEWS'
PAPERS IS THE CALUMET REGION.
ANONYMOUS communications will
net be noticed, but other will BSueh
printed at discretion, and should ba addressed to The Editor. Times. Ham
mond. Tnd
clamation of thousands of valuable acres In the Calumet region. It means
that the annual devastation by floods
will cease.
Because Gary proposes to utilize
the ditch for harbor and canal pur
poses, because it proposes to create a
Some to sec the pictures moving, some syBtem of Inland waterways and use
just strolling, but all pro -Hag
How very pleasant evening can he
profitably spent.
What a motley! Ill and healthy elbow
lag the poor and wealthy.
Stenographers escorted by a banker
or a sage.
pushing, such a shoving!
falancea M n btt. slana Invf n or
That Is evening la the city, and the OI 113 opportunity
MR. Taft is not yet down and out. He was addressing a golf ball the other afternoon.
the dredgings to fill in a lake front
park does not concern any one.
It simply means that having built
the Burns' ditch for drainage pur
poses that the city of Gary ia re
sourceful enough to use it for other
purposes. Let Gary make the most
Sidewalk is the Stage.
Garfield Lodge No. 669 F. A. M,
Stated meeting Friday evening, March They
14. 7:30 p. m. E. A. degree. Visitors
come. R. S. GALER, Sec. E. M.
SHANKXJN. W. M.
It is night, the throng is thinner. It Is
late and every sinner
Who Is on the street Is foolish, 'cause
he ought to be In bed.
are seeking after pleasure and
they tread a merry measure
But by all means let Gary muzzle
the paper when it again starts to
froth at the mouth and call everybody thieves and cut-throats.
YOU can't help wondering when
From the csfe to the bar-room. veryjyOU are walking down Pennsylvania
avenue in Washington these "days
Hammond Chapter No. 117 R. A. M.
Special meeting Wednesday, March 19,
7:30 P. M. Royal Arcb degree.
Hammond Council No. 90 R. & A. M.
will hold a ceremonial on Tuesday
evening, April 1st. Stated assembly I That la midnight in the city, and the
thirsty, easy led
Opera cloaka and ostrlcb feathers,
evening coats and patent leath era.
r ifrre, overwrought police aara round a
drunkard in a rage;
Giddy chorn a girls home going, silly
asses wild oats sowing)
how he happened to get there and what earthly chance he expects to have anyway.
first Tuesday each month. J. W. Morth-
land, Rec, R. S. Galer. T. I. M. ananaaaaaa-' MaVwaaBai
Hammond Commandery. No. 41, K.
T. Regular stated meeting first and
third Monday of each montn.
IMPUDENT "FAKES."'
If there Is no law against issuing or selling fake photographs there
should be. -
Sidewalk ta the Stage.
Leslie T. Peacocke.
The amendment as originally pass
ed would have prevented a newspaper
from from proving graft and corrup
tion in public office. It would have made a heavy fine and imprisonment the punishment for calling attentlou
to unfit candidates.
But in the closing hours of the ses-
SEEMS to be a lull Id political
gossip. Note that one paper has
gradually come down to earth and .Is a, larger number of people
busily engaged in handing r.dvice on the best way to cure a bunion.
ONLY ONE -OF MANY. Old Bull Moose Munsey, one of the
newspaper owners like one or two
in these parts who has been licking
the boots of the steel trust and
FILTHY ALLEYS. At no time of the year is Hammond's need for paved alleys so apparent as at this tme of the yeav. Just why people will tolerate such flagrant conditions as may be found in almost any block in the city is a
mystery, unless it be that the public sense of decency is entirely dead.
Probably it is because the officials
tolerate it. At any rate they don't seem to care.
With the exception of hauling
away surplus of garbage and ashes that overflow containers if there are
any of the latter, nothing has been
done all winter long to keep the
alleys clean. If these thoroughfares
were paved it would possible to keep them as clean as the streets, and
there is no good reason why they
should not be.
Take for Instance the alley just
east of Hohman street in the business
district. It lies there like an open
sore. Impassable because of the filth and morass, a menace to health, n provoking sight to Hammond residents and a disgusting picture to
visitors to the city. There are many
more alleys in the city just as bad
but this one being in the business
district, is all the more noticeable to
It should
have been paved years ago. If property owners are to un progressive, the
board of public works should find
means, to :tnjpeltn.torp the,
rights oi t ne ernncaunrcy .il large.
By
I t .. - ii. -t, - - V -
double exposure process! . ,. & ... fn.,Tid that his nroexesslva natriotlsm
k,,,, now e cnarges, accusations,- crut-r J. ' , . ..
rs v t-, i. i , . , iHoston newspaper. 11 was a two
thus early to portray President Wilson shaking hands with this or that
person he probably never saw.
The same thing was done with President Taft, who said frankly he
objected to it, upon which the police
got busy and the annoyance ceased
President Wilson should be siml
larlv nrntArtri
Man's legitimate business must bo t0 the r"nnlD for office' If tte
Governor Ralston hastened to sign
the bill. It might be said that the amendment to the corrupt practices law doesn't affect the newspapers
which, as a rule, do not base criticism on falsehoods. Rut in niAkinr this
chanee in the law the leirWatnre consider It worth three cents so Mun
clearlv Indicated its' desire to m'ui sot rid of the white eiepnant
the press and give special protection Many other eators are atout to ,eave
newspaper. It was a
cent daily when he took It over but
with adesire to spread the faith he reduced it to a penny. Few bought it. Then he raiser the price to three cents and the Boston natives did not
ANTI -TREATING law , has been
passed by the Wisconsin senate. Hardly needed it as we understand that the
"Dutch' treat" rule is in force throughout Milwaukee.
ONE thing about Vie campaign of
1914 is that you'll not hear the Indiana
democrats boasting anv about the dis
reputable legislatchoor that has Just
closed its sessions.
"MANY a young man who swears to
hia sweetheart that he will cleave to
her goes out between the acta and
proves that he has clove." Galveston
News.
Our proofreader chews spearmint. "WHAT'S become of the old-fash
ioned farmer that used to move to town during the winter?" inquires an ex
change. Guess he has bought a Bulck-
40.
YOU LL always notice that every time that Mexico tries to break into print with a little rumpus Virginia Brooks and her West Hammond butt
in and try to crowd poor Mex. out. "AIRSHIPS CRASH IN SKY." Head line.
Great Caesar! How can you expect
autos to keep from coming together In
a narrow 20-foot Dyer (road when
air crafts that have the whole sky to
roam in can't keep from colliding?
ANY one Who has anything to do
with politics knows that the promises of some politicians to stick with you often mean that they will atick It into you.
PROVISION OF THE HEW INDIANA INHERITANCE LAW
Indianapolis, March 14.-lnheritances lowed:
are to be taxed in Indiana by a law passed at the legislature just adjourned.
The primary tax rates, which are
the rates for an estajte of a clear markej value of not more than $25,000, are as follows: ,
2 When the beneficiary Is tha hus
band, wife, child or other lineal issue
or ancestor (grandchild or grandmoth
er), 1 tT cent. j , -
2 When the beneficiary- Is the
brother, sister or descendant of broth
er, sister, wife or xvjidow of a son, or
husband, or daughter of the descend
ant, 1 M per cent.
3 When the benenciary is a brother
or sister of the father or mother of the decedent or a descendant thereof. 3 per cent.
4 When the beneficiary is a brother
or sister of the grandfather or grand
mother of tha decedent, or a descendant
thereof. 4 per cent. I I 55 Any more distant 'relation, 5 per
cent.
For an estate of from 25,000 to $50.000, the tax shall be one and one-half times the primary rates; for $50,000 to $100,000; two times the primary rates; for an estate of from $100,000 to $500,000 two and a half times the primary rates, and in erress of $50,000 three times the primary rates. The following exemptions are al-
1 Property transferred to municipal corporations for strictly county, town or municipal purposes, or to any person or persons or corporation for religious, charitable or educational purposes. j Property of less than $10,000 under tha first rate above. 3 Property of less than $500 under the second rate above. ' 4 Property of less than $500 underthe third rate above. 5 Proerty of less than $150 under the fourth rate above. 6 Property of less than $100 under the fifth rate. Every such tax shall be a lien on the property until paid. It will be impossible; to escape the tax by transferring property by deed during life and by adoption of children suddenly, as these ruses are specifically covered by the law. The money from the inheritance tax, expected to be between $400,000 and $500,000 a year, all goes fo the state treasury. The governor, is Empowered to appoint an investigator at $2,000 a year to investigate the working of the law. Representative "W. J. Tingle was sponsor for the bill. The measure was drawn by Legislative Librarian John A. Lopp at Tingle s request. Tingle is lawyer of Indianapolis.
VOICE OF THE rTT P E O F L E
WHAT do-you think of a politician who has got his fences for 1316 nearly completed?
POf LTHV R AISING. Indiana Harbor, March 1$.
. Editor TiiJEp:-The..poaibUiHn. Of
ouJA3VXlig on ff sit? At. ,Sj,x, ljjPJf eety
in oeing proven uy roju nuiima,
8805 Fir street. Tndiana Harbor. . He aya everything must be kept absolutely sanitary to make a success. HI plant consists of a nice loft of Carneaux and Homers all money makers, Indian Runner ducks the leghorns of the duck family, single comb white Leeornt and white Wvandottea. all
light-hearted birds from line bred, trapuested. pedi-
protected, but this a pure "faking"
and tends to reduce the nation's capi
tal to the level of a Coney Island.
the sorrowful camp and the defce-
man running for office has been libel- tlon of Mun8y marks tne b1111'11
ed in the past he had ample ground of a Beneral ru8h to et in put of the
rain.
PLEASE PARTICULARIZE. A woman writer asks, "Is matrl-
for action under the libel laws of the
state. However, he now has been
made the. subject of special leglsla
DROPPING politics, Jewell Mayes, tion and special reverence is due him.
nf niAhmnnj iLtv. antra- "tnfKu.! aliso uouut iHIS amendment will be ns-
vj t ..ivuii muu, . lJ . , h.a -.i . juidcov a I . I , , . ,
,o ..... ed as a club in the hone of sllenclnr " a""-
v VJLaAa.A 1U fAlAlUK ttlUUs ALL' A I r ' O 1 . , , . j 4t.
K' the nress of Indiana and mittlns- n woliia e lo a8K er lI1U8e8eDU
JUu .v uw wu.c . ' - -. 7 ' . 7 rrHi bnvp to filn their full
conversationalist." Sure don't we ena to rree aiscussion or a candidate a " " - - -
, -l. -- . - nnHfl.atlon Ttt If nA.tT,ll "r uou V lucjf B t'lwir.
iMiuw now iiru ior n is ior a man i - - "
to get a word In edgewise.
OH the car and
nonulace Is already burdening Its greed stock. His flock laid him 60 to
new bovs with the euphonious Wood- ) p" " ,e,d winter. The " ., , Legorns and the Wyandottes seem to rows and Thomas RileyB ana Heaven bc for tbe honors of hSs only knows what else. affection. Although the Legorns have
averaged the largest number of eggs
the Wyandottes have won the race for
a .single day's record, he having gath
ered nine eggs from a pen of eight
pullets. He also has a 240 egg Cyher's
Incubator and a 309 chick size Paradise
brooder; he says It is a pleasure to
raise the youngsters the new' way over
the old as the mortality Is much less.
By next season he thinks he will have
enough hatacbable eggs to supply hln demand if it does not Increase tOD rapidly. A SUBSCRIBER
the press of Indiana it will continue tion at alL
to tell the truth and protect the peo
ple against unworthy men in office.
ANOTEHR Madero is reported kill-j Lafayette Journal
ed in Mexico. The progenitors of
that tribe must hardly have had time
for anything else. ' .
IN VATTDEVILLE. The Hon. Lew Shank, mayor of Indianapolis, announces that he goes
HAMMOND is getting to be quite a i into vaudeville after January 1 nt
bean center and they will be talking $500 a week .
Back Bay on the Country club link v smack our Hps in anticipation
this summer. Well, they ought ' to
cut out some of the talk they used
SEEMS to us that Dr. Friedman's
press agent la having a terribly hard
time.
THE MUZZLE BILL.
"Our legislature" thought it was last summer anyway
doing something of the smooth na
ture when It amended the corrupt practices law and sought to muzzle
the press. As the amendment was
passed it could have been used to si
lence all comment and criticism of
-the newspapers. The measure I m ros
ed a heavy fine with Imprisonment for WEAKNESS Or PAPER'S POSITION.
any criticism of a candidate for office.! The violent and vitrolic attack of
Evidently the late legislature regard-(a Gary paper on the members of the
ed a candidate for office as a sacred Hammond Chamber of Commerce who
personage who should be held above first advanced the proposal to create
criticism. la sanitarv district in northern Indl
-
After the bill amending the law ana is still fresh in the minds of the
had reached the governor it was re-1 people of the cities of North town-
called and amended so that any news-(ship.
paper that "falsely" criticises a can- With the words, "real estate ring,
didate for office is liable . to severe banditti, thieves etc.," still ringing
punishment. The wording of the in their ears the citizens of Ham amendment makes it seem that the mond. East Chicago, Whiting and In
newspapers and persons should be diana Harbor are now listening in
very careful how they speak of can-1 open mouthed wonder to the plan of
didates for office. It is the purpose! Alderman Gallagher of Gary to conof the amendment to protect any can-j vert the Burns ditch, which we are
didate from exposure to hatred, con-lalf helping to pay for into an outer
tempt, ridicule or obloquy. Neither and inner harbor several miles long
must anything be said that will cause land creating a lake front park with
the candidate to be , shunned or the dredgings of the canal.
avoided. J Were the citizens of North town
to think of-the princely sum that
hizzoner, the mayor of Gary, could command should he ever agree to exhibit his rotund form behind the
footlights. His salary would be sec
ond only to that which would be re
ceived by that great friend of the pepull and Daniel Webster of the
"patch", the Hon. Battleaxe Castle-
man.
THE mild winter is said to have
damaged the maple syrup crop ter
ribly. Hope the glucose crop will
not suffer too much.
MY word do you notice how hard
they are shaking the plum tree and
how few plums are falling?
SAYS GAVTT WAS JUST INCIDENT. The Fort Wayne News distinctly takes issue with the people who were in favor of the legalizing ct the licenses of the Gary saloons. It rakes Senator Gavit of Whiting over the coals and takes the democratic press of the state to task for placing the
blame of the bill upon Gavit. It goes
on to say:
"Of course, there is no defense for Gavlt's action but it is rather amusing to witness the blaming of the guitelees moosers for the passage of the malodorous bill in question. In the senate w)ere the bill originated, there were two moosers, Gavit and Hibberd, whiTe In the lower house there was only one, the saintly and sprightly Mr. Judklns. Just how this measly triumvirate led Into the patn of error and iniquity, . forty democratic senators and ninety-five democratic representatives it is extremely difficult to discern. The oill was passed by democratic votes and it was in the interest of the democratic city administration of Gary and a crowd of democratic Gary saloonkeepers. Bull SIoos.; Gavit was merely an inconsequential incident."
CHRISTIAN ENVY.
Envy is a feeling of ill-will to those
who are in the same line as ourselves,
a spirit of covetousness and detrac
tion.
Only one thing , truly needs , the
Christian envy the. large," rich, gen erous soul, which "envieth not."
BILLY RUGH. It is a pleasure to hear the an
nouncement or tne memorial committee that Gary will have a rnminder that will prepetuate the memory of its dead newsboy hero, Billy Rugh, who sold THE TIMES at Sixth avenue and Broadway. For a long while it looked like Billy was
HE ARB BY
The Day in HISTORY
T. R. is going to start all over again.
He wants to be governor of New York
in 1914 and president in 1916. CHICAGO man Is suing a surgeon because he left a sponge in him after an operation. Judging from the fees that some docs soak you with it is not
THIS DATE I' HISTORY" March 15.
1744 The French and Indian war be
gan in Canada.
1767 Andrew Jackson, seventh Presi
dent of the C S., born, on, -the border of North and South Carolina. Died at the Hermitage, Tennessee, June 8, 1145. .
1842 Salvatore Cherubinl, celebrated
composer, died. Born Sept. 8, 1760. 1886 Ten'thousond volunteers called out in Canada to repel the threatened invasion of the Fenians. 1875 Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, created a Cardinal.
1912 Secretary of State Knojt welcom
ed In Guatemala City. 'THIS IS MY STH BIRTHDAY" ' Karl of Chesterfield.
Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope,
tenth Earl of Chesterfield, was born March 15, 1854, and succeeded to the
title on the death of his fatner in 18$4 He is not a descendant but only a re
mote connection of the famous Earl of
Chesterfield, the writer of the celebrat
ed letters. The present Earl served for
some years as treasurer of Queen Vic
toria's household and was afterwards
captain of the corps of gentiemen-at
arms. In 1900 he Was married to Miss
Enid Wilson, daughter of a wealthy Hull shipbuilder. Holme Lacey, the country seat of the Chesterfields, is a
beautiful place full of historical inter
est. - Congratulations to: . Mrs. Kendal, famous English actress, 64 years old today. Edward Fayaon Weston, veteran ped
estrian, 14 years old today.
Beryl FY Carroll, . ex-governor of
Iowa, 53 years old today.
Rt. Rev. John E. - Gunn, Roman Catholic bishop of Natches, 50 years
bid today.
George C. Chase, president of Bate
College, 69 J years old today.
O Ox .:'irZ 1 ' rami : fTf j ' '" a j? v. I
Scene from ''Truxton King, " at the Hammond Theater,
Sunday Evening.
This Week's News Forecast
Washington, P. C. March 1$. The various steps, of the new administra
tion in the task of getting its machinery Into smooth running order will continue for some time to attract the attention of the nation. Almost dally there may be expected tbe announcement of Important appointments or
charges among the beads of departments and in the diplomatic and other
branches of the' government service. At the same time eommitee meetings and conferences are to be held by the Democratic leaders In Congress for tha
purpose of disposing- of preliminary business and agreeing: upon the party
programme with reference to tha approaching session for the revision of the tariff.
Secretary of State Bryan will be fifty-three years old Wednesday and the
Democrats of Nebraska have arranged for a banquet to be given in hla
honor in" Lincoln, at which Mr. Bryan will be the principal speaKer.
Speaker Clark has accepted an invitation to visit Boston Monday as a guest at the annual celebration of Evacuation Day in that city. Services on Grover Cleveland's birthday ant versa ry, on Tuesday, arc to
be held in Caldwell. N. J., to mark the taking over of the old parsonage of
the First Tresbyterian church. In which the President was born, and trans-,
forming it into a memorial library Inhls honor.
The centenary of the oirth of the explorer, David Livingstone, will be
celebrated during the coming week by the geographers of the vorld. One
of the principal observances will be a great meeting in the Albert Hall, London, under the auspices of tha Royal Geographical Society. Similar meetings
are to be held In Scotland, the native land of the explorer, and in the United States, Canada and other countries. The,anntiBl convention of the Cattle Raisers' AssOcitalon of Texas, one of the principal gatherings of the year held by those interested in the live stock industry, will meet In El Paso Tuesday and continue in. session three days. .Another convention of tn week will be the annual meeting or the National Hardware Dealers' Association, which will assemble In Jacksonville Monday and continue through the greater part of the wek. The sessions will be attended by leading representatives of the hardware trade irom every section of the country.
"THIS DATE HISTORY" . March . 1739 Georf e Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, born lii Philadelphia. Died in Morrisvilie, Pa.,' Jan. 23. 1813. . 1S15 kingdom of the Netherlands constituted, and tVYllliam of Orange proclaimed king. 1862 dommodore Foote commenced tha attack on Island No." 10. 186f Mexico evacuated by the French. 1868 David Wilmot, author of the "Wtlraot Proviso," died. Born Jan. , ' 20, 181
1912 Hulk of the battleship Maine raised in Havana harbor and sunk in the open ocean.. Congratulations to: Earl of Rossi yn, 44 years old today. Elsie Janis, musical comedy star, 23 years old today. Lillian Blauvelt. the prima donna soprano, 39 years old today. Percy MacKaye, American dramatist, 38 years old today. . Frank Moss, New York ' criminal lawyer and reformer, 63 years old today.