Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 293, Hammond, Lake County, 31 May 1907 — Page 1

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GHTYTHRONG GREETS PRESIDENT

Boosevelt Gets Ovation at Unveiling of Lawton MonumentThousands Participate in Celebration.

(Special to Lake County Timed.) Indianapolis, May 30. Pres'idlHt Roosevelt was here today, and from the minute of his arrival, almost 11 o'clock, until the time he was to leave, at 6 o'clock, his time was taken up completely. The president came primarily to be the principal speaker at the exercises Incident to the unveiling' of the monument that has been erected to the memory of the late General Henry W. Lawton; Incidentally, however, he took part in lesser functions, not the least of which was the review of the children of the city, immediately after his arrival and on his way up to the home of Vice President Fairbanks. The members of the G. A. R. organizations, having completed their regular Memorial services in the morning, joined in the I,awton observance In the afternoon. Two battalions and one battery of the regular army, thirteen companies and one battery from the Indiana National guard, the Knights Templar, Patriarchs Militant, and different military organizations of the fraternal orders partook in the big military pageant that preceded the exercises In the afternoon. And not to be outdone, other seml-mllitary and civic organizations participated in the day's honor. Not only was the memory of Lawton honored but also were the old veterans honored, for the address of the president was as much one of general interest to the O. A. R. members as to those Interested In the Lawton exercises. Cnpltal Hoes Itaelf Proud. And Indianapolis turned Itself inBido out to do honor to the old soldiers, to the memory of General Lawton and to President Roosevelt. Thousands upon thousands of people stood for hours along the gaily decorated streets where the president drove and cheer after cheer was thrown out as ho passed the crowds. The mention of his name by Governor Ilanly at "the unveiling ceremonies, caught the crowd body and soul. The governor In his short speech, introducing the president, left his name until the last as is the custom. And when he said "Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States," the uproar was bo great around the stand that the president stood some minutes, visibly affected by the enthusiasm, Which he was unable to check at once. The ceremonies opened this afternoon when, after the crowd around the platform had become still. Governor JUVWTO. MOXOIEAT V

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Invocation a prayer that was comparitlvely short. Following that came the governor's address, in part as follows: "Amid the rain and the mists of the morning, Sept. 19, 1899, between the mountains and the jungle, at San Mateo, In the Island of Luzon, beyond the sea, Henry W. Lawton fell in battle, under his country's flag, with his face towards its foes. "Death came to him as he desired it should came, on the field of battle, at the head of his command, amid the Joy of conflict, and the flash of guns a soldier's death, quick and painless. Fear to Illm ( nknoivn. "He was an intrepid soldier a warrior incarnate. He was not afraid of death. He looked upon it often and faced it many times in many lands, and always with unblanched cheek and unquiekened pulse. "He heard, unawed, its challenge at Shlloh, stood amid Its iron hail at Stone River, walked with it in the woods of Chleamauga, ran to meet It with fixed bayonet at Atlanta, touched elbows with it at Nashville and at Franklin, rode with it on lonely Indian trails, through the mountain passes and canons of Arizona, defied its lurid flame at EI Caney, and laughtd at its grinning face on a dozen oriental fields. And then it conquered him, but even at the last he was not afraid, for fear was to him unknown. "He knew the dread trade of war, and in its awful drama he ever played a leader's part. But he knew also that war cannot found a government nor establish freedom for the children of men; that at Its best it can but break the way and plow the field; that liberty, if it endures, must be buttressed by law and conserved by civil institutions, and that love of it implanted in the hearts of the people is a safer defense and a surer guarantee of its perpetuity than musterrd armi?s or assembled navies can ever be. Knowing this, he was more then a soldier he was an organizer of orderly government and an administrator of capacity and power. Victory for him on the field meant opportunity for kindly deeds, for the setting up of civil authority and the establishment of precedent for the protection of a" people's rights. " Type of the West. "He was typical of the great west, whose child he was, and was fit courA VEILED YESTERDAY.

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Police Believe Murderers of Polish Priest are Hiding There. FOLLOW WDMAH CLEW Father Vatarian Had Large Sum on His Person at the Time He Was Killed. A strict watch is to be kept on the Polish settlements at Chicago and West Pullman from now on in the hope that the slayers of Father Caspar Vatarian have reached this city and are in hiding. With the police of two cities on the trail of the murderers of the aged Polish priest whose body was found last Sunday in a trunk at New York, it is expected that they will be run to cover within a few hours, and West Pullman may be shown to be the scene of the plotting. Captain McCaffery of New York, head of the criminal bureau, stated yesterday that he expects to arrest three men before the week ends who are suspected of being implicated in the murder. The idea that the men are on their way to Europe was scouted by the police of New York and Chicago, and it is the general belief that the men are in hiding, either in Chicago, New York, West Pullman or some of the other cities where the Polish settlements are strong. The report that a woman was seen with the men while in New York, and who was supposed to have been employed to lure the priest to the place where he was murdered, is being hunted down by the police. She is suspected to be the sister of Paul Sarkisian, one of the men whom the police are looking for. The police are now positive that the priest was alive two hours, before the body was taken to the Thirty-seventh street house on Wednesday. A restaurant keeper told the officers that the murdered man was in his place. between 11 and 12 o'clock Wednesday and was alone- at the time- Bisliop'0arajian of West Hoboken stated that Father Vatarian had a large sum of money in his possession at the time he was killed and that he had been to Worcester, Mass.. collecting a largo sum for the church and this may have been the cause of the murder. It is also alleged that the Blayers have been traced to Chicago. ier to bear its message to the hapless people -of the Philippines. For them, resistance against .him was hopeless. To meet him In battle was to be compelled to flea or to yield To listen to him afterwards was to love him and abido his counsel. And yet In their ignorance and in their fear they killed him. He was a messenger of xeace, of liberty and of civilization, but 'they could not see; They did not know.' Simple in habit, quiet in demeanor, modest in thought, he was as gentle and loving as he was brave. He was constant in his affection. He clhnnad from obscurity to distinction, from the blouse and cap of the private in a volunteer regiment to tne hemlet and star of major-general in the regular army, but he never forgot his Indiana home affiliations; to these he was true until his grtat heart stood still and ceased to beat. "And now we are come, a mighty concourse, too great to reach with the human voice, or to number, to receive from the hands of the commission whose proud privilege it has been to procure it, and to unveil in this distinguished image of him so true to life, sculptured image of him so true to life, so sentient withal, and of lines so perfect, as to have been conceived only by genius in her best moments and fashioned by hands of eonsumate skill and unusual artistic power." Statute Is Vnveiled. The speaker paused: Turning to Miss Frances Lawton, the oldest of the three Lawton daughters on the platform, he continued: "Let it be unveiled" and Miss Lawton pulled the ropes that released from around the figure the beautiful silken flag which she pulled, up, up, until it hung clear and free, directly over the statue, waving and swinging in the air. The thunders of the crowd drowned out the speaker's voice, but he continued with a few brief words of eulogy. Following the speech, the band of the Seventh Regiment played "America," after which the governor introduced James Whitcomb Riley, as "Indiana's greatest poet, and Riley read his poem, "The Home Voyage," written when Law ton's body was being brought to this country. With few words, he introduced the president, who then spoke. Following the exercises, the president was taken to Fairbank's home. He is to leave at 6 o'clock this evening. DECORATION DAY PICIHC. The annual Decoration Day picnic given by the White Eagle Pleasure club of West Hammcnd yesterday was attended by over 1,500 people mostly from Chicago and South Deerin After proceeding to the Holy Cross cemetery where tna graves were dec- ' orated; the crowd returned to th villI age whe:e dancing was held and sev- ' oral speakers made addresse". J Ihe club is preparir.g to give T.ctler 1 picnic later in thts season and expects

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President Bryan of Indiana University Will Deliver Address of Eveninsr. 1907 GLASS IS SMALL Students Look Forward to the Festivities of Commencement Week. Tuesday, June 11, is set for th date on which fourteen students will be given diplomas signifying the completion of their high school career. The senior class this year is unusually small, there being but half as many as there were last year eligible to sit upon tne piatrorm at Towies opei.a house in the twenty-first annual commencement. They are a class, however, of which the school is justly proud, not because of great athletic achievements or strong literary organizations, but because of the fact that they have accomplished in every branch of the work, all that was required of them, and did it thoroughly and well. Great preparations are now being made for the commencement exercises of the twelve girls and two boys who will face their friends and relatives on this night which will mark so great an epoch in their careers. No less dlstinugxiished an orator than William L. Bryan will deliver the address of the evening and endeavor to start each member of the class down the straight and narrow path of their new field of endeavor. Mr. Bryan is president of the state university, and It has never before been the pleasure of this community to hear him on any occasion. In the meantime students of the high school are being carefully trained to furnish the musical part of the program while Superintendent McDaniels has prepared an interesting and helpful talk upon the occasion of the presentation of the diplomas. The program for conimeneemeivt week leaves nall?lit,,yliit!'.S51' rtot have its social activity of rome character aside from Tuesday, When the event of all events in school liie will take place. On Sunday the baccalaureate address will be delivered by ReV. Sharp of the Christian church at the time of the regular service, special music or a high order has been prepared for the occasion and the best seats in the auditorium reserved for the graduates. Monday the annual serenade of the seniors will take place and the latter can be assured that there will be no reoccurrence of the trouble which marred the pleasure of the occasion last year when the under classmen assembled to do honor to tho seniors. The graduates will give their last social function as a class on Wednesday when they will be hosts to the members of the faculty. The teachers are looking forward to this event with gieat pleasure as the class has a widespread reputation as being royal entertainers. Thursday has been set for the day in which the annual junior-senior banquet will be held in some local hall. Class rivalry will then be dropped as the hosts and guests will gather to discuss the various events in tho past school year. One of the greatest of all annual social functions will be held' Frioy night as usual, this being th Alumni banquet to the seniors. Many prominent business men are now eligible to be present at this event which is becoming an increasingly . important event each succeeding year. On the following afternoon, it 13 taken for granted, although it h'is not been definitely announced, that the high school students Avill hold their annua! picnic. This is usually on? of the most pleasant everts of the year and the precedent which has been established will most likely be followed. The corps cf teachers for the h5gh school vill be the same next year as this, with the exception of Miss Mirnie Haines, instiuctor In history, and Miss Abel of tho Latin department. Miss Abel has secured a situation in a school nearer home, this being , the cause of her resignation; while Miss Haines does not care, for some reason or other, to divulge her intentions for the future. The following is the list of the graduates: John N. Burnham. Cora VanBodegiaven. Grace Marie Dahl. Muriel E. EastMood. Raymond M. Fox. Ethel V. Hoffman. Bonnie K. Haines. Francis L. Hamacher. Isabella B. Kuhn. Gertrude E. Kraus. Nellie G. Mclntire. Emma K. Rampke. Ruth L. Sohl. Rilla .B. Summers. Motto "Diligence Insures Succers." Class flowers Daffodil. PIGEON THIEF ARRESTED. Stanley Formello was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Ktilczyk of the West Hammond force, charged with stealing pigeons from Joseph Goyke, the treasurer. The young lad was lodged ir. the police station until S o'clock in the evening when bonds for 5200 was furnished by Martin Scymanski and the boy was released. The trial will come up before Justice J. J. Flyrm Saturday morning.

"RAILROADS" 13 HISM1E President Outlines His Policy at Memorial Day Celebration.

HE FAVORS POOLING Believes in More "Regulation" of Roads, But Warns Against Too Arbitrary Laws. Indianapolis, May SO. President Roosevelt will not modify his railroad policy to please Wall street. He said so in his Memorial day address lure today. Not only that, but he said plainly he proposed to go still further in the way of demanding of congress more laws which will give the federal gov-; eminent more power to regulate railroads. On the "other hand, the president made concessions to the railroads which will doubtless be viewed with favor in Wall street. First, he said he believed the railroads should be permitted to make "traffic agreements" subject to law and publicity. In other words, he would legalize pooling, and that Is what the railroads have been clamoring for ever since the Interstate commerce law was passed In 18S7. . .Itnilrond Not Overcapitalised. In the second place, the president said that the railroads of today, taken as a whole, are not overcapitalized. He declared the stock of some railroads was hopelessly and dishonestly watered, but, taken collectively, the railroads of the United States are worth more than the face value of their securities. Again, the president advised against ill advised legislation by states which would jeapordlze not only the prestnt investment of the stockholders but pre vent the railroad companies from bor rowing the millions they must have to keep pace with the development of the nation. "Existing securities," aid the presl dent. "should be tested by thelaws in existence at the time of their issue. The nation would no more injure securities which have become an important part of the national wealth than it would consider a proposition to repudiate the national debt." Must Keep Out of Politics. President Roosevelt also gives plain warning to the railroads to keep out of politics and to stop meddling with the legislatures. He says: Some months ago the railroad presidents, alarmed at the apathy of the investigating public toward new issues of railway securities, intimated to Presi dent Roosevelt that Inasmuch as his policy had had much to do with frightening the public, he ought to make a public statement as to his future purpose. Wouldn't C hange Ills Policy. In other words the railroad presidents wanted Mr. Roosevelt to reassure the men who invest in stocks and bonds. Mr. RooseveP refused to make any statement at that time. Even the "rich men's panic" one day last March, started, It is claimec by speculators themselves for the sole purpose of frightening the president into a change of policy, did not move him. He absolutely refused to be swerved from his course. Finally it was intimated that the president would outline his policy in his address at the opening of the Jamestown exposition, but he let that opportunity pass. His address here today is the one the railroad presidents have been waiting for with much impatience. They know now where the preoident stands. He refuses to be swerved from his policy. He will prosecute the violators of law as vigorous as ever. He will fight rebates, discriminations and overcapitalization. But he resents legislation by the state that would go to extremes and thus cut down the revenues of the railroads, prevent them from paying dividends, and from borrowing the money they must have. Munt Keep Out of Polltlea. "Let the local attorneys of the big roads keep out of politics. . . Let the big railroad man scrupuously refrain from any effort to Influence politics or government save is it is the duty of every good citizen In legitimate ways to try to influence politics and governments." Hop the Speculators. Finally President Roosevelt paid his roSppots to the speculators In railroad securities. He said: ... Those railway owners and managers who have enriched themselves by loading their properties w!th securities representing little or no value deserve our strongest condemnation." And again he uttered this significant warning: ; "Most certainly there will be no relaxation by the government authorities m the effort to get at any great railroad wrecker any man who, by clever swindling devices, robs Investors, oppresses wage workers, and does injustice to the general public." Xo Scheme of Vengeance. President Roosevelt said the administration has no enemies to punish, no friends to favor. He summed up his position in these words: "As a matter of course, we shall punish any criminal whom we can convict under the law, but we have no Intention of confounding the innocent

MEMORIAL DAY IS TENDERLY OBSERVED IN RAHOi Hundreds of Scnool Children March in Procession With Grizzled Soldiers a nd Help Decorate Graves of Dead Warriors.

Memorial day In Hammond was fittingly observed yesterday when the parade formed at the court house shortly after 1 o'clock and marched to the cemetery where the exercises of the afternoon were held. The parade was lead by Tugh'a band and was followed by a column of old soldiers. A familiar figure was J. Groat, who has played the fife in Decoration Day parades as long as the pelpie in Hammond can remember. This time he had organized a boys' drum corps to accompany him as he played. The Knights of Pythias marched In the procession and carriages were furnished for the ladies of the Relief Corps. Several hundred school chil dren marched In line and saw the ex ercises at the cemetery. The exercises were carried out as they were planned with few except ions and were exceedingly interesting. HAMMOND SHOWS KEENEST COMPETITION City Represents Scene of Greatest Activity in the ' Jamestown Contest. The field of greatest activity since the date of the publishing of the last list showing the standing of the Jamestown contestants is in Hammond where the candidates are working with great success. The three young ladles who are in the lead all show an increase in votes and are making a good run. The way things look now Miss Anna E. Gray, Miss Nora . Reilley, Miss Callle Johnson and- MIsa Daisy Emery have an excellent chance to make the trip but the contest Is still young and it is hard to tell what developments there will be in the future. In Whiting and Robertsdale Miss Katherlne Bader and Miss Nellie Hennephln are making a close race and are separated by only 175 votes In the climb for first place. In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Miss Gertrude Cole is still way ahead with Miss Felica Ordner second. The contest in district number four is also becoming more spirited. Miss Anna Blaumire of Lake Station is stll leading the whole field in the number of votes, she has received but Miss Anna E. Gray is gradually creeping up on her in this respect. In the other districts the contest is progressing satisfactorily but slowly and is expected to warm up in a few days. many and the guilty few by any illjudged and sweeping scheme of vengeance. Our aim is primarily to prevent those abuses in the future. Wherever evil doers can be, they shall be brought to Justice, and no criminal, high or low, whom we can reach, will receive Immunity. "But the rights of the innocent investors should not be jeopardized by legislation cr executive action. We sanction no legislation which would fall heavily on them, instead of the original wrongdoers or beneficiaries of the wrong. "There must be no such rigid laws as will prevent the development of the country- . . . We would be the first to oppose any unreasonable restrictions being placed upon the issuance of stocks and bonds, for such would simply hamper the growth of the United States. But this does not prevent our demanding that there shall be lodged In the government power to exercise a zealous care against the inflation of securities and all the evils that come in its train." Ak the family upstairs to subscribe.

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The band played "Lead Kindly Light and this music was followed by a prayer by Rev. L. S. Smith of tha Methodist Episcopal church. The reading of the order by J. M. Krause, the commander of the post was next on the program and then F. M. Elliot, the chaplain of the post deMvered the address of the afternooru It was eloquent and appropilate and was enjoyed by all present. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg rpeech was not read by Hensel Garrison of Taylor University as was -xpected, but Mrs. Ktni.er, a Chicago woman, made a splendid address In its place. Miss Bonnie Haines recitation, "Captain, Oh My Captain." was well chonen and was rendered with much skill. Th Daughters of Liberty had a very beautiful ritual In connection with the deooratlng of the graves and the services were brought to a close.

CON MOOR Hill JNTHE TOILS Takes Change of Venue to Burnhain Court So Does Baxter. "The Mecca," owned by Cornelius Moor, was raided again last night by the West Hammond police and "Con" was arrested for selling liquor without a license. His trial came up this morning be fore Justice J. J. Flynn. Attorney Rob ert McAleer, attorney fir Moor, asked for a change of venue to the Burnham Justice court, which wan granted. Moor haajtwo charges of the same character agrainst hlro, so ffls expected that th Burnham justice will Impose a nice flna on him. ' As Moor was unable to get a bondsman he was thrown into Jail, awaiting the arrival of rigs from Hammond to take the party to Burnham. Lewis Baxter and the five girls who were arrested last week charged respectively with running a house of ill fame and of being Inmates thereof, were up for hearing before Justice J. J. Flynn. Attorney Robert McAleer, attorney for Baxter, again asked a change of venue to Burnham, which was granted. The party proceeded to Burnham forthwith where the trials will come up before tho Burnham Justice. Attorney Joseph Belinski, the new village attorney, will have charge of the prosecution, and says he intends to make it warm for the dlvekeepers. He went on to say that possibly h would have the cases handed over to the Cook county grand Jury and get them Indicted, which he thinks ought to put them out of the village. A large delegation of respectable citizens from the village announced their intentions of driving, to Burnham to witness the trial. The hall was packed this morning with the villagers, who expected that some kind of a verdict would be rendered. "IN DIXIE LAND." " Manager Towle has secured the Morgan comedians to fill a week's engagement at the Towle opera house, commencing Sunday night. The company ' nas long been considered one of the strongect and best equipped attractions on tho road and this season no expense has been spared to make this superior to all their former reasons, and to make the company better than ever before. The play Sunday night will b "In Dixie Land." Showfn tonight and Saturday; not much change In ternperature.