Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 221, Hammond, Lake County, 7 March 1907 — Page 1

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Defence Sees Defeat in the Chicago Fire Protection Ordinances.

MIIHLLEjlL 15 ON Levy Mayer Gives Inkling of Line of Evidence He Will Produce. (Special to Lake County Times). Danville, III., March 7. Two points have been raised by the defense when the trial of Will J. Davis was resumed today. They are: (1.) The Chicago fire ordinance is void, because of Its uncertainty in requiring that certain of the appliances which it is claimed were not present In the Iroquois theater shall be present in "all halls or other places for the purpose of accommodating large numbers of people." (2.) The statutes of the state under which the city of Chicago derived Its right to establish flrel imlts merely gives It the power to prohibit the erection Of wooden buildings within such limits and no power is lodged in the city to establish any ordinances to regulate buildings within the Are limits. Regarding the contentions of the defense that if the ordinance is invalid there was no basis for the indictment of Will J. Davis. As to the first point ,ln particular. Attorney Levy Mayer argued for the defense that the term, "large numbers' is so indefinite and uncertain that the ordinance is void. "There need be no fear that the Davis trial Is about to come to an end," - said Assistant State's Attorney Barbour. "We shall prove absolutely that the ordinances in question are valid. It will not take two or three days to do it. It will take just about three hours. We have anticipated the points raised by the defense and stand ready to offset them the Instant Mr. Davis' .attorneys -conclude their .arguments. With equal assurance the attorneys for Mr. Davis declared their belief that Judge Kihibrough would find the ordinance invalid. "We have made two points and there are more to come," said Attorney Austrian. "The telling points will be made last." Much comment was caused about the Plaza hotel early In the day, when Mrs. Maud Jackson appeared in a gown of white. Since her arrival Monday she has ben dressed in deep mourning. She is the mother of the girl for whose death Davis is blamed. Ill YORK WIS IISJDHHS Senator Albert J. Beveridge Tells of Curbing Capital's Piracies. Senator Beveridge responded to the toast "Indiana" at the first dinner of the Indiana association of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight. He eald as the states, acting individually, could not stop the piracies of capital, the nation came to the rescue. The senator in his addres3 said: "The states could not make internal improvements so the nation made them; the states could not prevent the scattering of obscene literature so the nation did it; the states could not suppress lotteries so the nation did It; the states could not end the poisoning of the people by adulterated food so the nation Is ending it; the states could not compel the sanitation of packing houses, the Inspection of meat so the nation Is compelling it; the states could not preserve the country's forests so the nation is preserving them; the states could not irrigate the arid west so the nation is working that glorious and beautiful miracle; the states cannot end the murderous infamy of child labor so the nation is going to end it; and this for the saving of the nation. "The states cannot control the buccaneers of business so the natjon is going to control them; and this for the benefit of the enormous majority of all busiess men who are not buccaneers. The constitution Is our 'ordinance of national life, and not the articles of our national death. It was meant to free the hands of the American people and not to ehackle them. Marshall so interpreted it in the courts; Lincoln so interpreted it in the council chamber; Grant so interpreted it on the battlefield. And today Roosevelt , is following in their footsteps, and thus obeying the will of the American people." JOSEPH G EAVES BUEIED. . Joseph Graves of 140 State line was buried yesterday afternoon in Oak Hill cemetery. Graves was 66 years old and his death was due to pneumonia. He made his home with his only child, a daughter, Mrs. W. B. Bradburn, in fc'tate Line street, "

TO m CLOSE Legislature Adjourns Monday With No Hope of "Special."

SATl)RDAYJSVETO OS! Governor Expected to Get Out His Ax on Both Farber and McCullough Bills Then. (Special to The Lake County Times) Indianapolis March 7. In all human probability, Saturday will be a great day in the veto business. Both the metropolitan police bill and the Farber insurance bill were delivered over to the governor yesterday. He has three days in which to consider measures, after they have passed, and It is supposed that he will take all the time that he can, in order to try to defeat a passing of the two bill over his veto. He may be forced to return the veto on the metropolitan police bill Friday evening, owning to the fact that the McCullough bill was given to him early yesterday . morning. If so, it will probably be late Friday night, in all probadllity. The Farber insurance bill which he is alleged to have his axe out for, was taken to him late last evening and he will have until late Saturday evening in which to return the veto. To no one has he stated positively that he would veto these bills. His statements with reference to the metropolitan police bill have been more direct than those with reference to the Farber bill. But the story is pretty strong that he will veto both. There is no way to judge what the two branches will do over against these veto messages, but every indication now is that they will pass the bills over his veto. And his veto on both bills are expected to contain things that will make interesting reading The senate repeated the action of the house, yesterday afternoon, in passing the Furnas bill,. No. 201 over the gov ernor's veto by a vote of 32 to 11. Senator Farber was the only one who spoke against a passage over the gov ernor's head, and he was voted down. . Late conflicts are still pending on several measures that are regarded as being of importance. Kill Anti-Trust Bill. In the first place the house amended the anti-trust bill in such a way as to cause Attorney-general James Bing ham to say that the bill as it stands is absolutely non-effective. The chan tnai caused tnis statement is the one which puts on the state the burden of proof to show that o combination is bad in any specific case. As the bill was passed in the senate, the burden of proof to show that a combination is bination to show that it was within the law. Early yesterday afternoon, a motion was entered that the senate do not con cur in the house amendment. Just before adjournment, however, Senator Slack, one of the Democratic leaders in the senate offered a motion to recon sider the vote whereby the senate re fused to concur. This was to be fought out today, it seems, though it may not come up until tomorrow. Whenever it does come up, there will probably be aright on the floor of the senate In the second place the senate action cut down the salaries provided in the house salary bill for county treasurers and there is no question but that the house will refuse to concur in the senate amendments. A conference com mittee will then be appointed, probably some time today, and, presuming that this conference committee gets to gether its report will have to be fought out on the floor of the house and the senate. This will take time. Goodrich to the Rescue. JNor is the depository oiu in very good shape as it passed the senate Several amendments were made on the house bill which vitiate the strength of the measure, and the house may refuse to concur in these amendments. In truth, the democrats and the republi can malcontents in the senate almost ran away with the depository bill when it was up for passage in the senate yesterday, and it was only the prompt work of James P. Goodrich and other republican leaders "on the side lines that rescued the bill and passed it even in the shape that it did pass. Ilanly Opposes Special It is understood tnat the governor will receive bills up until Saturday night and perhaps until Monday night in spite of the privilege he has of refusing to receive them the last three days of the session. In this way he can help along those of the bills that he wants to see become a law, and al low the others to rest quietly until the session is over. Within the last few days there has developed some talk of a special session, but those best informed are of the opinion that sixty days of the present legislature have been enough for the governor. As a rule the chief executive and the general assembly have not hitched up very well together, and he may be glad when it is over. There is little question but that the constitutional convention question is pretty dead. This question comes up on special order next Monday, the last day of the ' session, and while those supporting the movement may press the matter, for the sake of a precedent for tbe general assembly of 1909, as -a

McCulloug Bill Now Enshrined Among the Things That Were.

HANLY'S WILL PREVAILS No Chance to Pass the Police Law Over the Governor's Disproval. BULLETINS FROM THE CAPITOL Indianapolis, I ml., March 7. The house failed to pass the McCuIIoukIi bill repealing; the metropolitan police law over Gov. Hanly's veto this morning. It was read at 9 o'clock this morning and an attempt was & made immediately to pass the bill over veto. This failed, but will be tried again. It Is thought that the bill will not be passed over veto. The senate passed the Kelly clean ditch bill. The house concurred in the senate amendments to the depository bill but refused to O concur in senate changes In couuty treasurers salary hill. Gone to joint conference commlttee. (Special to The Lake County Times) Indianapolis, Ind.. March 7. The gov ernor vetoed the McCullough bill this morning and it was sent to the house for reconsideration. The house failed to pass the bill over the governor's veto by the vote of 43 to 42. In order to save the measure a motion to reconsider was made but was lost by a vote of 46 to 43. The bill may. yet be reconsidered and the friends of the measure still claim that they have strength enough to pas3 the measure over the governor's veto Impartial-observers, however, do not sea how the measure could be passed over the governor's veto under the pre sent circumstances and it is now the concensus of opinion that the bill will fail of passage. The fact that there is only Friday Saturday and Monday of the session left is not a point against the passage of the bill as many have been lead to believe for it is the purpose of all concerned to give the measure every opportunity to pass and then if it fails its defeat will be decisive. BEGINS AT THE FAIR; END OF THE ALTAR. Widower Teeple and "Widow Flint Accidently Thrown TogetherConclude to Let it Go at That. Jacob L. Teeple of this city and Mrs. L. Flint of East Chicago were married at Crown Point yesterday, much to the surprise of their many friends. The marriage is nothing less than the direct result of pink lemonade and red popcorn balls that the two consumed last fall at the Crown Point county fair where they met. Before their meeting at the fair they were passing strangers and each was still cherishing the memory of a deceased husband and wife respectively. On their part there was no prearranged agreement to meet there unless Dan Cupid, sr., had made an advanced memorandum. It happened that they got Into the thickest of a throng and the crush broke the ice. Together they sauntered to the lemonade stand while the band was playing "Annie Rooney" and Mr. Teeple ordered the drinks. What wonder that when gazing through the pink lemonade (it was naturally thin) Mrs. Flint should look bewitching to the stricken Teeple. Everything was county fair to him then. Being of mature age he did nothing rash and went home that day without proposing, although he had eaten a large amount of popcorn. His desire for popcorn continued until a month ago he became engaged. Mrs. Flint did not expect him to ask the question until a week later, but accepted htm nevertheless with the coy, but truthful remark "This is so sudden." matter of fact there is no longer any hopes of the matter being passed finally by this general assembly. Governor Works Overtime. At this, the tail end of the session, it is the governor who is doing the bulk of the work. He has before him now perhaps as many as fifty, bills for rnnslderation. Every night as he leaves the state house, he takes with him a bundle of bills to look over. And when he comes down early of a morn ing, he has made up his mind. And he doesn't do it by sleeping over them either. He gets m tne seclusion or his study at home, and thinks them out. Opposition has developed to the two railroad commission bills, one providing for the establishment of the block system and the other to penalize railroad employees who do not obey the rules. To the latter measure is the opposition directed, for the most part, and by the railroad men's lobby that has been very strong during the session. It is doubtful whether or not the j hills can be enacted into laws, because 'of this labor :opposiUik, -

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to the public since the first copy of the on paper was printed on June IS, 1DOO, have this week passed under the exreturn! ot o "NOT HE" SMS PETER B Village Boss Talks Shot Guns and Revolvers and Still Holds Out. The bonds and the sewer contract are in my possession and I intend to keep them. Of course, if any one wants to try and take them from me he may just come over to my house and try it. I have two shotguns and a couple of revolvers that are handy and I don't think I have forgotten how to use them. PETER MAK. That there will be trouble at the special meeting of the West Hammond board tonight seems inevitable. Peter Slak, the president, when notified Tuesday by Martin Finneran, the clerk, to appear at the meeting with the bonds, made the above statement. If Mak does not bring forth the bonds and contract tonight mandamus proceedings will be instituted against him. At the last two meetings Mak was to have had the papers ready to turn over to the clerk, but both times he refused, with the result that a special meeting has been set for tonight to give the village head another chance. Those who are acquainted with Mak say he will be as obstinate tonight as he has been since the papers were in his possession and they do not look for him to turn them over. What Mak's reason for guarding the documents so closely is, no one seems able to explain and the citizens are wrondering if some new grafting game is about to be sprung. Frank Green, of the finance committee and also of the board of local imjrovement3 vreat to Chicago thia morn-

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HEW SCHEDULE FORSUBURBANS Lake Shore Puts on Better Service by Changing Time of Trains. A Change in the time schedule for the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate trains has been completed and will go Into effect next Sunday, March 10. The changes have been so made as to benefit the traveling public of Hammond. The one most welcomed is that of the westbound theatre train leaving at 6:57 in the evening and which will leave at 6:32 after next Sunday. The 1:0S afternoon train going to the city which has become known as the train that is never on time, has been changed so as to leave at 12:5S. The complete changes are as follows : WEST. Trains now due at 6:15 A. M. Will leave at 6:09 A. M. S:43 A. M. 12:58 P. M. 5:2$ P. M. 6:32 P. M. 12:56 A. M. 6:21 A. M. 4:4S P. M. 6:4S P. M. 8:5S A. M. 1:03 P. M. 5:35 P. M. 6:57 P. M. 12:50 A. M. 6:25 A. M. 4:55 P. M. 6:40 P. M. EAST. ing to confer with Markman. the village attorney on the matter, and also to see what can be done about the $700 that has been misappropriated from the village treasury. Attorney Markman will be present this evening and, not being on very good terms with Mak, will make things interesting.

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Iteports from Indianapolis are to the effect that n measure known as the AVlckwIre anti-bucket whop bill has passed the house and the senate by a practically unanimous vote and has been submitted to Governor Ilanly. The prediction is freely made that the governor will sign it. If the bill is designed to prohibit unlawful dealings and Is aimed at V the so called bucketshop and is not intended (even If it could) to effect legitimate transactions and business there is no objection to its becoming law. If any unlawful business is carried on In this state, which not only being unlawful but Is calculated to cast suspicion upon legitimate buslness, the sooner such business is prohibited by law- the better, not only for the public but for legitimate bnsiness institutions. It seems to have been accepted generally that the Wiekwlre antlbucketshop bill was aimed directly at the business of the Hammond Elevator company. One in authority who speaks of that concern said this morning. "Without having had an opportunity to read the bill referred to and speaking only from a general knowledge of the provisions of the law, I will says The Hammond Elevator company Is not especially concerned about this matter. We are dolnx a lawful business. We have a charter and a license in this state. Our business is above board In every respect. We are strictly and in every sense of the word transacting the business authorized by lawful authority. We own the commodities we deal in and our grain, stock and bend bnsiness is carried on as legally as the business of a bank or a real estate brokerage or a newspaper. "If any business has grown up in this state that is unlawful la any respect, and especially any business which this law seeks to suppress this company hails such law with great satisfaction."

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Special to Lake County Times (via Xew York.) Moscow, Starch 7.- A daring hold-up occurred at the University here today. While the officials were being paid off in the chancellory, seven armed men, supposed to be terriorlsts, entered and threatened all present with revolTem, demanding the money. The Intruders then fired In the air, seised the money f20,0O0, and decamped, after killing the sergeant of police. The University is now surrounded by police and all house la the vicinity; are being searched.

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