Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — CONTROLLER BECOMES MAYOR [ARTICLE]

CONTROLLER BECOMES MAYOR

Change in Hammond Officials Follows Appointment by Marshall. Hammond, Ind., Feb. 24. —By virtue of Gov. Marshall's appointment of Mayor Lawrence Becker, of Hammond, as one of the judges for the newly established superior court of Hammond. John D. Smalley, present controller becomes mayor of Hammond Like (his predecessor, he is a Demo crat and popu'.ar with all parties. He was born in Upper Sandusky, 0.. fiftytwo years ago. He is an exj ert ac countant, and previous to his entering the office of the city‘ controller, six years ago, was a railroad accountant. Attorney Johannes Kopelke, of Crown PoiEt, a Democrat, was also appointed judge for one of the new courts. Judge Becker served- one year of his third term as mayor of Hammond.