OF CHICAGO
' CAGO. Aug. 20.—(AP). Vic.
. Lawson, editor and publisher
The Chicago Daily News." died
s home here last night. after
liness of two days.
r. Lawson had suffered heart at-
in recent years from overwork.
'an attack of myocarditis with
o’ dilation, which came Tuesday.
'd fatal at 10 o‘clock last night.
nearest relative, his niece, Mrs.
lte N. Tavenee, of Chicago, sum-
1ed when it was plain his illness
become grave, was at his bed-
:r. Lawson would- have been 75
.'s old next month. Earlier in the
.~ and two or three times in the
decade. he had suffered attacks
on kept him confined for a. few
I, but after brief rests he resum-
iia vigorous activities. refusing to
.‘1 over the burden of direction of
f e Daily News" to his staff.
3 Penny Peper Pioneer.
ictor Fremont Lawson gained
as and fortune by his foresight in
.clpatlng the success of a low-
.:ed paper. His "Daily News" was
. first Western paper to make a
zone as a penny sheet.
le later gained hosts of friends in
newspaper business when his
‘ asight again came to the front
1 enabled him to supply hundreds
publishers with print paper dur-
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. THURSDAY. AUGUST 20, 1925.
DR LAWSON, EDITOR
DAILY NEWS,
mas 311111111111; WAS 74
r; e of Most Influential Newspaper Men in U.
I ' - S.-—Penny Paper Pioneer—Father of Post-
" aI Saving Banks—Honored Recently By
Members of the Associated Press -
run EVENING ssNrthn—so. NORWALK, CONN.
\ .
INSIDE GOLF
d
It morn hams
“our. most ascoeesful “sober."
» sen “Chick" llv‘sas.
lakes of It Golf Champions.
ing the paper shortage of war-time
days.
Mr. Lawton was one of the most
influential publishers in the United
States. and friends were ever proud
to assert his paper always was con~
structlve,
He was one of the founders and al-
ways's leader in the affairs of the
Associated Press,‘belng one of the
most vigorous advocates of co-oper-
ative news gathering. He was presi-
dent of the Illinois corporation from
1894 till 1900. He has been a mem-
ber of the board of directors of the
present organisation continuously
since November, 1900.
Born in Chicago.
Victor Fremont Lawson. son of
Iver and Melinda Lawson. was born
in Superior street, in the North Side
of Chicago, September 0. 1850. and
studied in the public schools of that
city and in the old Chicago High
School on the West Side. Then for a
year and a half he was a student at
Phillips Andover Academy. prepar-
ingto enter Harvard. On leaving An-
dovsr he_wont to Cambridge for ex-
amination. although his health was
very poor: but before his time cam'c
to begin studyvin the university he
was compelled on a doctor‘s advice
to abandon the project. A few
months before the great fire of 1871
he returned home.
Mr. Lawson's father, who came
from Norway and settled in Chicago
about 1840. was a man of a high or.
der of intelligence as well as of thrill
and industry: and when he died. m
1072. he left valuable property. in.
Avenue. Chicago. where "The Chicn.
go Daily News" had its first little 10
by 12 office. when it was founded
by Melville E. Stone. Percy Maggy
and William E. Daugherty. The
paper first appeared December 25,
1875. as a one-cent evening paper.
the combined capital at its command
being about 85.000.
Buys "The Daily News"
In settling up his father's estate.
young Lawson found that he had
left a. large interest in “The Daily
Skandinaven," a. paper which was a
tenant of the same building. For
two years the young man was en-
gaged in looking after the interest in
this journal which had been be-
queathed to him. and this gave him
a taste of newspaper life and work.
“The Daily News" had been strug-
gling for a foothold about six
months when young Lawson bought
it and made a contract with Mr.
Stone to'rcmain as editor. Meggy
and Dougherty had already become
discouraged and given up their part.
in the venture. The presswork for
a time was done by "The Skandi-
navsn."
The first boom of consequence ex-
perienced by the new evening sheet
was when. in the summer of 1876.
it got on the street in advance of
everything—even Western Union
bulletins—with the news of the
nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes
for President. The attention of the
reading public than began to be at-
tracted to the paper more than ever.
Traps Rival in News 'I‘hci‘t.
In its early years “The
was not a. member of the Western
Associated Press. but depended on
special service. Just before. the
Turco-Russian war. "The News" ac-
cused the old “Chicago Evening
Post." published by the Messrs. Mc-
Mullen. of stealing its special dis-
patches from the seat of the trou—
bles. In order to fasten the charge
on the rival sheet. a hoax dispatch.
ostensibly from Bulgaria and pre-
tending to give a war cry in the Sla-
vonic tongue was published. The
words of the so-called cry were.
“Erus siht lasts lilw snellum cm
eht."
the alleged dispatch and was caught
in the trap. The following day
“The' News" published the key to
the translation of the "war cry."
and this was to be read backward:
“The McMullens will steal this
sure."
' About a year after his purchase of
the paper. Mr. Lawson sold back to
Mr. Stone a third interest and the
latter remained an editor until May.
1888. The great demand for news
during the excitement of the labor
riots of 1877 help the new paper
amazingly. hourly editions being
issued. In 1878 "The Post" sus-
pended and Messrs. Lawson and
Stone bought the assets. including
the Associated Press franchise, for
$10,000. On March 21. 1881-. a. 2—
cent morning edition of “The News"
was started and .was lucky enough
to secure admission to The Associ-
ated Press from the first. On Jan~
usry 1. 1888. the concern was in-
corporated with a capital of $150.-
000. Messrs. Lawson and Stone tak-
ing all the stock. Mr. Lawson was
. president and principal stockholder
of this corporation and editor of
"The Daily News."
Father of Postal Savings Bank.
,When Mr. Stone retired in 1888
and Mr. Lawson became sole pro-
prietor, the name of "Daily News"
was retained for the evening edition.
while the morning paper was called
“The Chicago Record." The latter
was in 1901 merged with "The
Times-Herald" as "The Record-Her-
ald." and still later became "The
While his
control of all departments of his pa-
per was absolute. Mr. Lawson gave
. his chief attention to its business
management. He was for a time
president of The Associated Press.
and|for many years one of its di-
rectors.
His persistent advocaCy. in his pa-
pers, of a Government savings bank
system, led to his being called “the
father of the postal savings bank in
America." '
He was married in 1080 tb Miss
Jessie Bradley. daughter of William
States District Court. They had no
children.
teem you held in New
cludingthe building at 123 Firth.
News”
United'
“The Post" promptly used "
1. Soft broom.
. Inspires with reverential fear.
. Keeps.
. Imposition of place.
. Perfect score.
. Pastries.
. Fruit of an oak tree.
. Narrow path.
. To finish.
moor;
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York in April. 1924. Mr. Lawson was
re-elected to the board of directors
by acclamation. This honor. said to
have been without precedent in the
history of the organization. was ac-
corded on a. motion by Ralph E.
Booth of "The Saginaw News-Cour-
ier." who withdrew his candidacy in
the former‘s favor. Mr. Booth moy-
ed that the customar-- balloting for
directors be omitted in the case of
Mr. Lawson.
commuters .
BEGIN FIGHT
ONCE MORE
At Request for Re-
Are Attributed to
Swollen Values
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NEW YORK. Aug. Elk—(AP)
Charges that valuation has been
placed on public-owned streets and
that excessive valuation had been
pldced on the Harlem river bridge
were made yesterday in arguments
before the public service commis-
sion on the request of commuters
using the New York. ' New Haven
and Hartford railroad for a. hearing
of the decision granting a 40 per
cent. increase in commutation rates.
Charles A. Van Auken. corpora-
tion counsel of New Rochelle. was
hearing High Rates ’
How the golfer goes about the
short pitch shot to avoid having the
ball roll when it strikes the green
la a detail of the
fine game that
every golfer
should understand
It enables, also.a
wider use of the
mashie, one of
the most interest~
ing olubs. When
you have a full
mashie ’shot—say
l40-1150 yards——
place the blade
back of the ball
so that it takes its
natural lie, then
wing. The dis-
tance is sufficient
so that all the
forward energy .of the ball will have
|died before the bail attains its full
flight. It the pitch is short say 75
yards. place the meshie blade back
of the bell in a. somewhat flattened
down position and take such a. mes
that the hands are about two in—
ches in front of the ball. then
swing. This will cause the ball to go
higher and come down straighter—
that'is. you increase its upward
flight and decrease its forward en-
ergy at the same time. There are no
fixed measurements for such work
with the mums—practice alone will
teach you the fine points in so
playing this great club.
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(Copyright. Chester Horton. 1m—
reproduction in any form strictly
prohibited )
TO TRY AGAIN.
BOULOGNE. France, Aug. 20..-
(RP). In circles close to Miss Ger-
trude Ederle. it was said last night
that the New York girl swimmer
probably would make another at-
tempt. soon, to swim the Epglish
Channel. but that. a. definite deci-
sion will not be reached until to-
day.
PIRATES BUY WHILE“
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 20. —Ths,
Pittsburgh Pirates today announced
the purchase of J. B Cook. a. right‘
handed pitcher. from the Monroe,
La.. club. the Cotton States League.-
He will report in two weeks. The
consideration was not made known.
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4. Joyful. 18. Sheltered.
8. Beer. 18. Tempered “iron.
11. Was indebted. 211. Valued.
13. Japanese fish. :2. To guide.
14. To scrutinise. :i.i;u1dened.
15. Flower leaf. .‘6. 03:1
1'4. To answer. .‘;i. l.‘ lettiined particle.
10. “'lsf‘l‘. it! i‘omsle horses.
21. To gaze. 3! fly.
'23. Visionary. 11:. liver-greentrees.
:35. Sea eagle. at. Placards.’
:7. row small. 30. Punctuation mark.
211. t‘ivilizes. 37. lniquity.
31. :1 1416. 38. 'l‘o‘form an angle.
3:. Aurora. 40. Wing part of a seed.
(1:4, l-‘ool lever. 41. Heavenly body.
31, t‘lrcnn pod vegetable. 4'1. Portico.
3n ll:1li' an em. 44. To put quickly.
so wrink- made from apples. 45. One in cards.
3:. MulcP. 46. Perched.
55 Male. 48. Twenty-four hours.
3:1, .mproaches. 51. Second note in scale.
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to
the first time New York city par»
ticlpated directly. being represented
by Joseph A. Dev cry. assistant col-
pomtion counsel. who declared the
city's interest included the fear that
the decision might become a prece-
den: for increasing other local rates.
Mr. Van Auken declared the
amount paid by the New Haven
road under the l-lsrlem toils agree-
ment for the use of the New York
Contrai‘s tracks from Woodlswn to
Grand Central was reasonable. The
New Haven had placed a vanuatlon
uf 823.000.000 on public streets
which it has never owned, he said.‘
Benjamin 1. Spock. counsel for
the railroad. argued against the
granting of a rehearing. contending
that the increased rates and the
valuations made by the road were
fair and equitable. ' The increase. he
said. only brought the rates in New
York to the level where they had
been for some time in Massachu-
setts. Connecticut and Rhoda Is-
land.
It. was announced that the com-
mission's findings will be made
known later.
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Cullinan Boosted for
Mayor of Bridgeport
BRIDGEPOR'I‘. Aug. 20.——John J.
O'Neil. labor leader. at the A'. 0. 1-1.
banquet last night at Pleasure Beach
introduced Thomas M. Cullinan as
"Bridgeport's next mayor. if the
people's wish is gratified." The de-
claration was heartily received.
When Mr. Cullinan responded he
thanked the guests for their enthusi-
ssm. but asserted that the night
was too hot to discuss politics."
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