Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 244, Hammond, Lake County, 3 April 1907 — Page 1

TUB WEATHER, Increasing; cloudiness Tlh shovrcrs nod thunderstorms tonfRht and Thursday morning warmer tonljtbt.

.VOL. 1, NO. 244. NIGHT EDITION.

RAINS HILL LL BE THERE Teachers of Northern Indiana Association Meet in South Bend. 40 10 GO FROM HERE Professor Clark Learning Has Prominent Place on Program Speeches By Celebrities. A congress of brains will convene at South Bend this week beglning next Thursday and will last until Saturday. Many delegates from Hammond and j from the entire county will be present, the event being the annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers association. At least forty teachers from Hammond will attend and it is expected ihat the number from the entire county will exceed one hundred. Most of the Hammond teachers will leave Thursday afternoon, going to Whiting arid from there on the Lake Shore to South Bend. Hammond has the honor of having one of Its ablest teachers on the lengthy program in the person of Professor Clark Learning, who is to lead the discussion on a paper which will be read by Miss E. E. Harnmon of South Bend, on the subject of "Relation of the Public School and the Normal School to Music." Hammond teachers especially will find in Professor George E. Vincent of the Chicago university, a familiar acquaintance on account of a number of leeures he has given here. Another Interesting speaker will be Dr. Hugh Black of Edinburg, Scotland, at present professor of homlletlcs la Union Theological Seminary, New York. Embraces 10,000 Teachers. The territory of the association Includes the section north of Indianapolis, and not less than 10,000 teachers are daily Instructing the youth In this part of tho state. Of these it is expected that 3,500 will attend the convention at South Bend, and ample arrangements have been made there for the visitors accommodations. To-mnke the meeting a success the Business Men's association has pledged Its support and is co-operating with the committee Is soliciting funds for expenses. All stores throughout the city have provided special comforts for the teachers, such as rest rooms and chairs In their buildings. The headquarters of the association will be the Oliver hotel, one of the finest of its kind In the state. The sessions of the general association will be held at the Auditorium, the largest theatre in the city, while the Auditorium Annex will be used as a place for the enrollment of the teachers. A bureau on information will also be established in this building. The meetings of the convention will be divided Into seven sections. Instructors Celebrated Men. ' The instructors for the convention Include some of the most celebrated men in the educational world, among them Professor Clifton Fremont Hodge, professor of biology of Clark university; William II. Mace of Syracause university; John M. Greenwood, superintendent of schools of Kansas City, Mo. An interesting feature of the convention will be the choruses of tho schools of South Bend, Elkhart, LaI'orte high schools and Valparaiso university. Thursday will be devoted to visiting of the South Bend schools, the first session of the convention not being called until evening. Besides the music by the Elkhart high school students. W. P. Modlln of Hartford City, the new president, will deliver his inaugural address, the introduction being made by the retiring president, O. 1. Kinsey of Valparaiso. The lecture will be made by G. E. Vincent of Chicago university, "Children vs. Grownups." Beside the association itself, South Bend will have many places of Interest to tho visitors as for instance, the Notre Dame university, public library, new Y. M. C. A. building, three theaters, Studebaker Wagon works, Oliver Chilled plow works, Singer Sewing Machine works, besides many beautiful churches, fine clubs and lodge halls, artistic, residence and a large number of well appointed retail stores. In 1S99 when the seventeenth association was held at Fort Wayne, W. C. Belman, then superintendent of the Hammond schools, was the president of tho association. JUDGE CARTER MARRIES THEM. Marriage before a justice of the peace is not a lost art in Hammond as was proved this morning when Judge It. C. Carter married Clayton Jones of Lowell and Miss May Garvey of Leroy. Judge Carter was sought out by this couple above all others in Hammond who . have the power. to. tie the knot and the groom upon shaking hands with "his honor" after the ceremony left a handsome fee in the latter's hand. "ROYAL CHEF"' TONIGHT. The "Royal Chef company, sixty members strong, will play at Towle's opera house this evening. This play needs no introduction to Hammond theatergoers, as the company has played here several times before and always have made a hit with, those attending.

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'LAKE COUNTY BO' Chicago's New Treasurer Hails Prom This Neck of the Woods. busse mom great Hearst Blamed for Dunne's Defeat -Bank Outsider's Interest Besented. The election of John E. Traeger, who by the way is a Lake county boy, to the office of city treasurer on the democratic ticket, demonstrates that Chicago is still a democratic city, although not In the Hearst sense. Traeger apparently had the support of the old line democrats and also all the rank and file of his party. He was seldom heard of during the campaign, as all Interest in that was smothered up In the newspaper contest which centered in the election of Busse and Dunne. Although the contest was close, Busse can claim a great personal victory and the Hearst followers must accept an ignominious defeat. The normal conditions were in favor of Dunne, but the resentment of the people towards dictatorship of persons who have no interest in Chicago what ever, except from a professional or commercial standpoint, defeated him. Dunne's Method; Not the Man. Chicago has the greatest respect for Dunne as a lawyer, a judge, a gentleman and a family man, but in the language of tho street he got in wrong by accepting the mentorship of a New York crowd of sensationalists. It makes little difference to Chicago who is mayor. The town seems to get on matter who holds the reins of governorship, but in this case there was an objection to register against outside interference and that objection was registered emphatically. It would have been better for Dunne If he had aligned himself with the party that elected him and not lend his ability to an extraneous proposition. As mayor he started a great many reforms "which, had they been carried out, would have worked to the Improvement of the city, but he allowed himself to be made the tool of a man who had nothing In common with the people of Chicago and no interest at stake except the advancement of his own personal am bition in the direction of political dictatorship. A cwspaper Victory. The Tribune this morning naturally takes to itself the credit of a great newspaper victory. Tho fight that was made against Busse was merely a fight against the Tribune. It was the Hearst newspapers against the old family sheet which seldom takes sides in a political argument and never until it is stung. In summing up the results of the election, the Tribune says this morning: "Home rule was victorious over Hearst rule from New York; orderly progression over disorderly retrogression; construction over destruction. "Had it not been for the appearance of William Randolph Hearst, Arthur Brisbane and the corps of Hearst campaigners from New York the result might have been different. It was Hearst and the Hearst influences which made his success impossible. "Tho whole great battle was waged and won with the entire country and no small part of the world looking on with intense interest and waiting the result in suspense. "Natural circumstances, as the nation learned long ago. made Chicago the mother of civic movements. The same forces made it the nursery of wild agitation as well as of ably counseled reforms. Motive of Hearst Campaign. "The particular motive of this campaign was known to be the advancement not of Chica. . qI the presidential boom of the . of discontent, William Randolph Hearst. Chicago control, in his self-catechism, meant Illinois control, and Illinois control might mean the control of the democratic national convention. "His first conquest was easy. He bent to his purpose Mayor Dunne, who had favored the traction ordinances ! until he was told by the Hearst radli cals that their adoption would leave him without a sensational campaign j issue. The mayor was led up a hig! 'i mountain and shown a panorama of disorder, himself at the center and ! Hearst at his right hand. He created j a division in his party and brought about a situation where his victory moant the death of the regular democratic organization as the price of the Hearst ascendency and where his defeat meant the fall of him and of Hearst, but the survival of the regular democratic organization. "And this situation beat him the old line democrats in self-preservation slaughtered the candidate of their party." Dunne More Popular Than Platform. The street car ordinances which were the main issue of the campaign outside of personalities were sustained by the majority of 33,126, while Busse's plurality over Dunne was a matter of 13,000. This shows that Mr. Dunne was more popular than the platform upon which he stood. This also demonstrates that sensible voters

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t i ' ?? x1still stick to the old doctrine of measures and not men. Chicago today is full of sympathy for Mr. Dunne, the gentleman and" fam ily man, but at the same time it feels re lief that It Is to be rid of fads and fan cies, freaks and visionary doctrines. Improvement at Once. One of the results of the election it is thought is the reorganization of the democratic party on sane and sensible lines. The promise is renewed that no time will be lost in putting into effect the rehabilitation of street car service contemplated by the ordinances. Officials of the City railway and the Union Traction interests said the measures will be accepted as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. Plans for the reconstruction of the south side lines are being drawn up. North and west side improvements will be taken up so soon as the reorganization of the Union Traction company is effected. The first step toward enforcing the terms of the ordinances will be the appointment by Mayor Busse of the city's representative on the board of ! supervising engineers, of which Bion J. Arnold is chairman. Pernonnel of Cabinet. The personnel of Mr. Busse's cabinet has been known for some time in a general way. Chief of Police Collins will be removed immediately upon the new mayor's accession to the throne. That is certain. It is also certain that James Horan will be retained in the office of chief of the fire department, he being considered about the only good selection that Dunne made in his appointment of assistants. Milton J. Foreman, who was fought as bitterly by the Hearst followers as Busse himself, will be made corporation counsel, or in the event of his declining the position, Edward J. Brundage will have the job. John Hanberg of South Chicago is selected for the position of commissioner of public works. The appointment of chief of police has not yet been settled upon. Assistant Chief Schuettler and Inspector George Shippy have been prominently mentioned in connection with the place, but it is possible that a person now in private life with good executive ability will be installed at the head of the second largest police- force in America. Richard T. Fox will probably be made superintendent of streets. He is free from politics of any shade and was im ported to Chicago by the business men, who realized the necessity of taking sanitary arrangements out of the hands of ward heelers. The council remains democratic and the so-called gray wolves have been returned, some of them with a telling X majority. Michael Kenna ot the first

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(" '-"y FRED A. BUSSE. ward, who had the temerity to oppose ' Dunne's ideas, of traction, beat the head of the ticket by over 3,000 in his own ward. P. II. Moynihan of South Chicago was returned with a plurality of 848. John Brennan, another gray wolf, was elected to the eighteenth ward by 3,804, and John Powers was elected with a plurality of 3,238. Michael Mclnerney returns to office as representative of the thirtieth ward, which is back of the yards. From a Local Point of View. There could be no better indication of the fact that Chicago and Hammond are growing closer together every year than the local interest that was manifested In the election last night. It would have been difficult to convince the out of town observer that Hammond was not having an election of its own, so great was the interest shown. Crowds of men congregated on the street corners at all times during the day and talked the situation over with as much animation as if it was a question of liberal ordinances versus strap Hangers in tnis city. There were heated arguments and the great amount of money that changed hands indicated that in the minds of the Hammond people at least, there was no certainty of the outcome. Chief among the Dunne backers was the genial F. S. Carter, who backed up his belief in the I. M. O. candidate with his good money, and on the other hand Ben Bell represented the Busse adherents and was hilariously happy last night when he was vindicated in the stand he had taken and collected the. various wagers he had won. although he took what bettors called the worst of the price. Returns from Times Officer Hammond people have .crme to rely on The Lake County Tr -to furnish them with the latest is from elections, etc., and last r a large crowd gathered in front o. ie Times office to hear the news fron.ithe polls. It is estimated that there were in the neighborhood of a thousand people in front of the building early in the evening, including men and women and the children, who were more interested in the moving pictures shown than in the election returns. The returns were shown upon a curtain which was stretched in front of the school house across the street. Manager Brooks or the Urand opera house brought over his kinetoscope and displayed the moving pictures. If we cm not deserve It, do yon think we could have secured 9,000 circulation in nine months? Think It ver.

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- - - ""M 3 TO GUILD HOUSES By THE WHOLESALE Groman Smith is in Town to Close Purchase of the Franklin Addition. Mr. Groman Smith of Philadelphia is in the city again today and is about to close up a deal by which his company, which Is a rural improvement concern, becomes the owner of the Franklin addition in Conkey avenue. It is the purpose of Mr. Smith and his asociates to begin the building of fine residences in this city and an effort will be made by them to supply the growing demand. This is the first property that has been purchased by this concern but their activities will not end here. They expect to keep on buying subdivsions until there are enough houses for every one who wants to rent or buy. A good thing about this concern Is the fact that they do not build a cheap grade of houses but make It a practice to put up residences of the better grade. This will be a good thing for the city and will compel others to do likewise. "With twenty-five or thirty new resi dences in Conkey avenue property in this vicinity is expected to boom this spring. Mr. Smith Is also much in terested in north side and Robertsdale property and may buy over there before long with the expectation of building houses for the employes of the Western Glucose company. If Mr. Smith carries out his plans his company will be a boon to Hammond and should be encouraged in every locality where houses are to be built for the business men have been of the opinion all along that Is there were houses enough to accommodate the people, the population of Hammond could be increased -by at least 10,000 inhabitants. MOVES IN HAMMOND BUILDING. Jacobson's Real Estate agency will be moved from Its present quarters, which have been outgrown, to a suite of rooms in the . Hammond building. Jacobson is one of the progressive real estate men in this city and with betnects to get his share and more of the I i largo Increase In the business la this

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FIGHTING HARD Petition Has 129 Signers; .Will Submit Demands to Any Test. MAY RAISE SALARIES Question of Increased Pay to Policemen and Firemen Referred to Finance Committee. East end "dry district" agitation and the discussion of raising the city firemen and policemen's salaries and mak ing a appropriation of $200 for the city treasurer took up most of the time at the regular council meeting last night. The "dry district" delegation appeared in the council chambers with as strong a number as on the preceding council night and it was In more of an argumentative mood than on the former occasion. The postponement of the meet ing with the license committee the night before made them suspicious of the license committee, although that body was exonerated when it was explained that the chairman of the committe, Mr. Pascaly was sick with rheumatism. Lewis H. Snyder of 814 State street, acted as informally spokesman for the whole delegation. Mr. Snyder said: Xo 'Wonder Some AYre Dead. "In answer to our first petition which had sixty-nine signers and which was permitted to drag along for a year and a half, we were told some time ago that half Its signers were dead and that the other half had moved away. On our new petition we have, however, 129 signers instead and it does not In elude twenty-two people whom we were unable to see. "We are willing to sub mit our demands to any just test. We are even satisfied to accept the propo sition that we must secure the names of two-thirds of the property holders, excluding . those who live in the dis trict, but who are not property hold ers. We are anxious, that the com mittee set an early date for another meeting as a saloon . has pone tip In our district and it Is rumored that others are planning to come in. A meeting to be held between the "dry district" delegates and the license committee will be set for the near future, probably by the end of this week. Auk Raine In Salaries. A communication signed by Jos. Ruff and Geo Pearson, police commissioners, was read to the council. It asked that an appropriation be made for $1,400 in order to give the members on the police force a raise of $10 a month as provided by the law passed in the recent legislature. The matter was referred to the finance committee. A communication to the council from the city treasurer asking for an appropriation of $200 in order to secure extra help during the rush of the tax season was referred to the finance committee. An ordinance was passed granting the Lake Construction company right to lay a side track from Its proposed plant on the north side, across Florence avenue to the Chicago Terminal Trans fer railroad tracks. The matter in the city treasurer's office needing immediate attention on account of the rush of business there, makes immediate action on the part of the finance committee and the city council imperative and consequently Mayor Becker has called a special meeting for tonight to dispose of it It is probable that the firemen's re quest and the policemen's request for a raise of salary will be considered at the same time. SWEENEY REAPPOINTED. (Special to Lake County Times.) Indianapolis, April 3. Governor Han ly today announced the reappointment of Z. T. Sweeney, as fish and game commissioner; term four years. Free Trip TO THE Jamestown Exposition THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES is going to take a company of the most popular ladies in Lake County and the Calumet Region to the great Exposition and pay the expenses of the entire party for the entire trip. WATCH THIS SPACE F OR PARTICULARS

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3 ONE CENT PER COPY. Secretary of Grain Dealers' Association May Get Appointment. OTHERS ARE III LIRE Only Three, However, Have Chanc Hanly Far From Well and Friends Fear. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, April 3. John Mc Cardie, New Richmond, now secretary of the Indiana Grain Dealers' associa tion will probably be named the third member of the tax board. The gov ernor has made no announcement or this appointment as yet, but the un derstanding around the etate house is that he is to be the appointee. The salary under the new law is $3,000 a year. Under the old law. before the last legislature, the salary was $2,000. Three names have been considered most prominently in connection wlta this place that of John McCardle. Sam Thomas of South Bend and Dan, Chapin of Rockport. The second Is at present the assessor for the town ship of St. Joseph county in which South Bend Is located. The third man is now the republican chairman of the fifth congressional district. Others have been mentioned in connection with the place, Including the name of Representative Babcock'a father of Topeka. But the three mentioned first have stood the best show of the appointment. Governor Does 'Sot Commit Himself. When the governor was in his office yesterday there were several present In behalf of different candidates. Among those present was James Oliver of South Bend, In behalf of Thomas. Oliver was one of the two people who got to see the governor during the short time he was at his office. It Is understood that the governor did not commit himself then. Chapin has - a federal appointment now; he la one of the government ln spectors of denatured alcohol, a poeU tion -that - pay gurnet hlng .ke. $2,000 -a year on a per diem basi of $7 a day.- This is said to have ? been ona of tho considerations when tho gov- ,. ernor reached the conclusion in favor of McCardle. As between Thomas and McCardle It Is uot known what the determining factor was, unless It was tho close personal relationship be tween Hanly and McCardle for years past. The appointment will probably be announced this week, as the tax board starts in next Monday on tho first open session, lasting until May 20. The governor was swamped yester day when he put In an appearance at the executive chambers in the etate house in the morning. The worry of considering the many applicants for appointment was too much for him, and after 6peak!ng with Oliver of South Bend and Former Speaker Emmett Branch, he gave up, and was taken to a carriage, thence home. Is In Bad Shape. He is In bad shape physically as any one can see who comes In contact with him. He Is thin, very pale, and his hands and limbs tremble under the slightest exertion. It seems as if the tremendous vitality which he has had as a reserve has gone back on him, and he will be compelled to take the rest of the week at home, gathering: his strength. When he came In yesterday thera was a bunch to see him outside of the two mentioned: Fred Sims, secretary of state; James P. Goodrich, republican state chairman; Frank Grubbs, assistant secretary of state; Gus Condo, chairman of the ways and means committee in the house during the last session; Former Representative Babcock, and many others. The governor saw two of the number. After Branch left, he gave up, and was assisted to a carriage which was called. He was unable to go himself, but went home alone In the carriage. His first attempt down at the office was wholly unsuccessful. No one seems to know what Is tho matter with the governor. He has no strength at all and seems some broken. His friends think he is in a ser ious condition. JAC0BS0N AGENCY MOVES. Jacobson's Land agency and the Lake Construction company, who formerly were located at 77 Hohman street, have moved their offices to suite 412, Hammond building. WILL USE INTERURBAN Old Soldiers Granted One Cent Rate by Rivals of Steam Railroads. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, April 3. It was announced today that the lnterurbans would grant a special rate for the old soldiers to go to the encampment at Fort Wayne, May 22. 23 and 21. The rate will probably be one cent a mile and in view of the fact that the railroads have turned down the G. A. Rrequest for a rate on the steam cars, the officials will probably try to turn the business to the lnterurbans. Col. J. R. Fesler, of the state G. A. R., expresses himself as being very much pleased with the action ol the interurban management.

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