Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 149, Hammond, Lake County, 7 April 1908 — Page 4

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Tlhe Lake . County Times INCLUDING THE SOUTH CHICAGO TIMES EDITION AND THE GARY EVENING TIMES EDITION, EVENING NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY.

"Entered as second class matter June 28, 1906, at the postofUce at Hamtoond, Indiana, under the Act of Congress, March Z. 1879.

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Tha question of a new jail is now agitating the public mind, but In not fco general a degree as eome people fancy it might. There is euch a diversity

f opinion regarding what the commissioners ought to do in deciding upon

the modus operandi that there Is bound

ter what course is mapped out. However, the fact that opinion is so di

"Versified, should be a warning to the

the subject the most earnest and careful consideration looking at it from

every possible point of view before making their decision.

It seems that everything had been the plans submitted to and approved

tof charities, but at the last moment Sheriff Carter, who went over the details with' President Butler, decided that the present site on which it had been proposed to build the new jail, was not large enough to accommodate

the future probable needs of Lake county. As an outlay of from $60,000 to "?70,000 was under contemplation, It was deemed desirable to have a larger Jot, as the one on which 'the present structure now stands would be entirely

covered by the wings and additions, the plans by Beers and Beers contemplated. Sheriff Carter's opinion was that with such a considerable outlay, it would be Ill-advised to cut off all possibility of future enlargement be

cause of cramped metes and bounds.

A number of citizens whose opinions are worth considering have come lo the front with suggestions as to what plan, according to their notion, the

fcounty commissioners should adopt. One declares in favor of a new site sufficiently large to provide for a park and truck garden, which the sponsor

believes Could offer Improving occupation to the prisoners lodged within the Jail. Another suggests no immediate outlay of any consequence on a Jail,

but a stone pile of such proportion and offording such opportunities for entfleavor, that the prisoners themselves will work out their own salvation in

the way of snug and comfortable quarters against the time when they return,

If ever they do return. Still others are satisfied with the

plans, declaring that the lot Is sufficiently large to meet all the requirements so long as the building shall stand and be fit for habitation.

ihls may, or It may not be the right fay to look at it. But it should not be forgotten that the same thing was said not so very many years ago, when

the present outgrown courthouse and ditto Jail were put up. Ultra conserva tism has Its faults as well as over radicalism.

In the meantime, whatever the outcome may ultimately be, the question Ss one that concerns every tax-payer in the county, and if any has a proposition to offer, for the guidance of the commissioners, which Is characterized

by practicability and good sense, there is would be grateful for the suggestion.

embryo idea, is of any value, might lead to a solution of the problem. PE0BLEM FOR POLICE.

There has been a good deal said fend the necessity of squelching them.

While there Is no gainsaying that this class of humanity is a nuisance of a very annoying form, the rowdies and would-be "Johnnies" aping the imbecile sons of the rich of metropolitan towns who hang about stage doors, are no less a nuisance. The incident which occurred Sunday night and which involved a number of chorus girls and an unnamed man, has brought the matter once more befor a long suffering public. Some say the man was to blame, some say the girls were, and there Is a report to the effect that the man who got the "worst of it" was the victim of mistaken Identity. However, this may be, there has been a street scene and the attendant scandal which after all is only an Incident to the regular thing that dally and nightly goes on In this city, to the great disgust of all decent people. Where there is smoke, there Is bound to be fire, and if the victim in this case was not responsible for the blaze, there was another, or a dozen or twenty others who were. Things have reached a pass where a decent woman walking along the atreets. dares not raise her eyes to a man's face, lest she be Insulted. Young or old. plain or pretty, attractive or otherwise. It makes no difference. There are so many loafers hanging about saloon doors, and so many who are merely walking between saloons, that it is unsafe for a woman to cast a e,fln,, .

any passers-by lest he be a rowdy or a simple minded "Johnnie" whose highest aim In life is to Insult, by word or look or sign, all women whom he encounters and whose glance Inadvertantly chances to wander In his direction.

"THIS DATE IN HISTORY." April 7. J 506 St. Francis Xavier, born. Died 1552. 1786 "William R. King, thirteenth vice president of the United States. born. Died 1853. J 798 Mississippi Territory established. 1848 Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury, born. 1863 Federal forces attacked Fort Sumter. 1900 General MacArlhur succeeded General Otis as commander in the Philippines. 1903 King Alexander of Servla suspended the constitution of that country. 1904 Mrs. Botkln convicted of murder in San Francisco. 1905 Battleship Minnesota launched at s Newport News. THIS IS MY 60TII BIRTHDAY." Archbishop of Canterbury. The Most Reverend Randall Thomas

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Other Newspaper in Calumet Region ph 9 117 are signed by the writer, but will no matter what their merits. This pre interest of the people and Its utterances welfare of the public at large. COUNTY JAIL. to be some dissatisfaction, no mat commissioners to have a caro and give decided practically some time ago. by President Butler of the state board present location and the all but adopted no doubt but what the commissioners Many heads are better than one and an of late about female street walkers, There is another side to the story. Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England, was born April 7, 1848, the son of Henry Davidson of Edinburgh. He received his early education at Harrow and later attended Trinity college, Oxford. He started on his ecclesiastical career as curate of Dartrord, in Kent, and in 1877 became chaplain and private secretary to Archbishop Tait of Canterbury, whose daughter he married in 1878. From 1882 to 18S4 he served as private secretary to the late Archbishop Benson, and during a part of the same period he was honorary chaplain to the queen. From 1883 to 1891 he was dean of Windsor and domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria. During the next twelve years he served successively as bishop o Rochester and bishop of Windsor. In 1903 Dr. Davidson, while still a comparatively young man, was given the highest honor of the church, the archbishopric of Canterbury and the primacy of all England. Read The Times anil get the news,

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One way to become a good weather prophet is to say when It Is clear that rain Is coming and when It rains to say that it is going to clear up. This never falls and gives you a reputation for sagacltyj always of course, except ing the Fourth of July. Thus endeth the first lesson. The very Idea of a teacher playing bridge whist, Mr. Chapln, and dancing why, how you talk! East Chicagoans now find they, too, are to have a system of parks, and we hope they are duly thankful to Mr. Ross. .Send in your interviews with robins. They're overdue. This Is the day they eome seven, come eleven in West Hammond, and who will take the trick la South Chicago? Anything to make the old world brighter, you know. RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS The straight And narrow Path to heaven is Like a greased pole. The next time any fresh young man gets giddy with the Williams sisters there probably will be a certain amount of crape distributed around. We find In Menominee, Mich., that August Spies was elected mayor. Is this a reincarnation of the Haymarket square affair? The child without playground becomes the father to the man without a job. When the Taft managers stole Uncle Joe Cannon's delegation, they hit be low the belt. Mr. Taft didn't succeed in picking off any of our cherry cock tail delegates. WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE OLD FASHIONED MAN WHO USED TO TIE A STRING TO HIS THUMB TO MAKE HIM THINK OF SOMETHING. Can nothing be done to discourage the use of slang? Here is a preacher declaring from the pulpit that woman Is a beautiful ripe "peach." The vainest people are those who really have no reason to be vain. Only one other state excels Michigan in the production of grindstones. And none of them beat her in breakfast foods. ' Not alleging by a long shot. however, that the two are synony mous. You are always hearing people talk of having a Jolly good time. Seems to us, however, they are Jolly rare. If you hear sounds of hearty laugh ter It is probably Jim Watson thinking all sorts of things about Messrs. Taylor and the Miller boys. A preacher says that most men lack the sand to propose marriage. Don't agree with htm; most men lack the "dirt. "Packey" McCabe has whipped Fingy" Connors. No this isn't a pugilistic note; it Is a political dis patch from Albany, N. Y. You can't always judge the dinner by the sound of the bell, son! Reynoldsville, Pa., claims a county commissioner 84 years old. They never resign, you know, and the game is so soft they hate to die. MEN ARE ALWAYS JUMPING ON WOMEN BECAUSE THEY LISTEN TO SCANDAL AND GOSSIP, AND YET WHERE IS THERE A MAN WHO ISN'T RADY TO LISTEN TO ALL HIS WIFE HAS TO GIVE UP ALONG THIS LINE. IN POLITICS Republicans of Georgia have decided to meet in Macon May 14 to name their delegates to the national convention. Republican state conventions to name delegates to the Chicago conven tion will be held this month in South Dakota, Colorado, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Maine. Senator Stewart, who has Just taken the oath of office as the successor of Senator Proctor of Vermont, is the oldest member of the upper house. He is 83 years old. Senator Allison is the next oldest, being in his eightieth year. The contest for the democratic nomi nation for governor of Tennessee will soon be on in earnest. Ex-Senator Carmack and Governor . Patterson, the rival candidates for the honor, are soon to meet in a series of Joint de bates. Judge a F. Prouty of Des Moines,

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John VatMeter, the agent for the Vandalia railroad company at Mexico, five miles north of Peru, has "been missing since the middle of the week and a traveling auditor is in charge of the office. South Bend had a closed Sunday and day before yesterday the lid was down so tight that the regular run of "thirsts" from Elkhart, Goshen and other towns along the Interurbau 1'nes were unable to get their usual drinks. John M. Leach, one of the oldest and wealthiest manufacturers and business men in Kokorno, is suing his partner, Councilman Leonard B. Hodgm on the claim that he is indebted to the firm for $3,000. An incendiary in Henryville burned Z. Taylor's box factory Saturday night A gasoline engine, separators and box material valued at $,4000 were destroyed. Alonzo Rice, the Shelby county poet, has been given the contract to compile a list of forty authors and writers of verse in Indiana. He is to secure a sample poem and a verse from each one and a souvenir will be printed. With the exception of two miles of line Just west of Hudson Lake, the line of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend is completed and regular service will be installed between South Bend and Michigan City, July 1. The vacation of the Shortridge high 3chool students began yesterday and while the other students are at their desks, the Shortridge pupils will be free. The vacation was deferred a week on account of the convention of the Western Drawing and Manual Training association of teachers. T. Dart Walker, the well known naval artist, who at present is engaged In decorating the interior of the' dome of thf; University of Notre Dame, has been assigned by . Leslie's Weekly to make drawings of the American fleet now on a round the world cruise. Dynamite was employed to injure a crowd of thirty-five foreigners who lived in a company house In the town of Syracuse in Koscoiusko county. The explosion threw the foreigners in a heap and the explosion was the result of a labor war. The funeral of William E. Dkyer, the i chief of detectives in Terre Haute, who was shot by Henry McDonald in a court I who has announced his "candidacy for congressman in the seventh Iowa dis trict against Captain J. A. T. Hill, is one of the chief political lieutenants of Governor Cummins and will secure the Cummins support in his contest. Since the sixtieth congress assem bled on March 4, 1907, the three oldest members of the senate have passed away. They were John T. Morgan and Edward W. PettU3 of Alabama and William P. Whyte of Maryland, who died last month. With Connors and Murphy in control of New York and, Colonel J. M. Guffey in Pennsylvania, there is believed to be little or no chance that the democratic conventions in either of these states will instruct Bryan for the presidential nomination. The busiest men In Hammond and the whole of North township are the democratic candidates for township trustee. They each realize what a hot race it Is going to be and are leaving no stones unturned to get the elusive vote. The story that E. F. Johnston, the insurance man, might be a candidate for township assessor on the democratic ticket, appearing in these columns last night, created a good deal of nterest. There has been much specu lation as to which side of the political fense Mr. Johnston belonged, but as the cat Is out of the bag Mr. Johnston smiles the same sweet smile. . The way the governor "rubbed it n" at the republican state convention to the democratic faultfinders regardng his administration was a caution. He is undoubtedly the most caustic speaker in the state when he wants to be. Laporte Herald. Publicity agents for Governor John son of Minnesota are busy sending out literature from the Chicago headquarters of the Minnesota democratic committee. This feature of the Johnson boom was launched only a week ago. In an announcement sent to the democratic newspapers of the United States the assurance is given by the Minne sota committee that nothing will be done in the way of an attack on W. Bryan, but the work will be con fined to heralding broadcast the strong claims made for the ability of Governor Johnson. For a man who was "down and out," as some of the opponents of Thomas Taggart Insisted with the case with him, that gentleman certainly has as many political lives as the proverbial cat; for just as his opponents are about to consign him to the final resting place in the political cemetery he rises up from the cooling board and informs them .that he is not yet ready to be summarily disposed of. He is surely a very successful manipulator of voters to thus maintain his hold upon them. South Bend Times. This week's republican state conven tion was the beginning of the last act in' the drama of politics so far as J,

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room wkhere McDonald I was being tried for dynamiting was held Sunday. All city officials participated. The controversy between Indiana University regarding the matter of the location of the amalgamated medical society has been settled and the school ! will go to Indiana. Purdue will abandon its medical school. The Madison county grand jury has returned an indictment against Grover Blake for murder in the first degree. Blake, who is 22 years old, confessed to having killed his mother for the purpose of robbery. William Miller, a drayman living on the Maysville road near Fort Wayne, refuses to comply with the order of the board of health and kill fourteen of the nineteen cows in his milk herd, which are infected with tuberculosis. The Ohio river has reached the fortyone foot mark at Evansville today and it is expected that the maximum will be reached Wednesday when the water will reach the forty-three foot stage. "Get out of the way, I am coming down," was the answer a burglar gave Joe Dehority an Elwoo.l banker, who hearing a noise on the second floor of his residence, asked who was there. The burglar got away with a quantity of loot. The people of Michigan City have at last raised the necessary $70,000 for a Y. M. C. A. The work of raising the snbscriptlons was begun last summer and a vigorous campaign has been carried on ever since. Washington, D. C, April 6. Representative Adair of Indiana is refusing to participate In the democratic lilibuster in the house. He says he is representing all the people of his district, regardless of politics, and will not "play politics to please minority leader Williams or anybody else. The Controller of the Currency has authorized the Holland, (Ind.) National Bank to do business. It starts with a capital stock of $25,000. A. G. Lockhart, sr., is president. Senators Beveridge and Hemenway returned from Indianapolis last night. The Senior Senator was at the White House today to tell the president about the convention. Both Senators express themselves as highly pleased with the work of the convention. Frank Hanly is concerned. While there were no cries of "get the hooks!" when he made his tragic effort at Tomlinson hall, it was simply because the audience realized that the act would be brief; that the curtain will ring down on the actor in January next, and that amid the solemn strains of slow music the defunct Hanly will be carried from the stage of political activity and deposited among the numberles throng of has-beens who have gone before. Indianapolis Independent. Pete Wilson of Valparaiso Is one of the characters who is always seen at every political gathering in the state and a convention without him would not be complete. After the state convention Pete was as disgusted with the Porter county delegation as some of the Lake county politicians were with the representa tives from this country. It appears that Wilson tried to get on the state delegation and failed. He is recognized as one of the most astute politicians In this section, but he is used to playing the game with the old line politicians and he knows how to deal with them. When the time came for the selection of the delegate in his precinct Wilson found that the caucus had been packed with preachers, Sunday school teachers and the representatives of the "uplift" in Valparaiso. He was disgusted. He knew that he could not deal with that gand and so he withdrew from the race. School Superintendent Farrell was elected In his place, and all during the convention Wilson gave vent to his feelings by criticising the political moves of the man who had defeated him. He furnished no end of fun for the Valparaiso contingent by picking out the weak political moves of his friend Farrell. During one of the meetings of the Porter county delegation Wilson says Farrell exclaimed: "Gentlemen, I would like to have you adjourn this meeting until tomorrow morning; I have an Important session with the delegates from the sixth district." Then Wilson's ire got the best of him and he said: "Just to think that that school teacher is dealing in whole districts while I could not carry my own precinct." The Porter county delegates carried out about the same program as the Lake county men and Wilson was the most disgusted man at the state capital. When It was all over Wilson sadly remarked: "I am going to Fort Wayne to get my mother. We will go to Valparaiso together and perhaps with her with me there, there will be less danger of my being shot." ANNOUNCEMENTS. I will be a candidate for nomination for sheriff on the democratic ticket, subject to the decision of the democratic nominating convention. to be held May 2, at Gary. FRED S, CARTER. Take THE TIMES for Its political news until after the election. Not for its republican news, not for Its democratic news, but for both sides. '

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JOHN E. FITZGERALD AND HIS GREEN HAT. This is the famous green, high heavy hat that John E. Fitzgerald of the Hammond Distillery wore on St. Patrick's Day in a trip through the streets I . ,e T01"6 the remarkalle home-made lid as a result of a $2 bet with his wife who said he didn't dare to wear the hat in public. When you remember that the hat was made of green silk by Mr. Fitzgerald himself, you can better appreciate it The young lady in the picture is mSs Laura, Mr. Fitzgerald's daughter.

DOPE SOLD IN HAMMOND

Have you noticed one, sometimes two or three thin, yellow complexioned, hollow-faced" men or women get off from the Sixty-third street car at the corner of Hohman and State streets, glance furtively about, and then walk off down the street In the direction of some drug store? If you did you probably thought he was sick with consumption or some other wasting disease. You did not know that you were face to face with a dope fiend. That on account of the strict watch that is kept on the Chicago druggists and the numerous prosecutions that have followed the violation, scores of morphine and cocaine fiends come to Hammond every month and purchase the drug here. That old state line, and the proximity of Hammond to Chicago's two million people Is again making the city the mecca for Chicago's law evaders and as a worthy successor to the old Gretna Green of former days, Hammond has become the haven for dope fiends. Several prominent physicians are the authority for the statement that hundreds of the slaves of opiates come Into this city every year and that there is not a day that a few of the lC.OOO dope fiends in Chicago do not come to this city and other places in the Calumet region On this side of the state line and buy the forbidden drug. These same physicians unequivocally denounce the practice of druggists who help these poor mortals to complete their ruin and think that steps should be taken by the proper authorities to put an end to the practice. The druggists in town are not all blamed for it is known that there are some who refuse to be Implicated in the infamous traffic, but there are several who deserve to be prosecuted. Perhaps the most startling assertion made regarding "dope fiends" is that there are a great many who live In Hammond and the surrounding cities. One doctor ventured to estimate that there are at least a score of men and women in north township who are victims of the drug and who purchase it regularly. A doctor Is able to quickly diagnose a case and one physician said he recently saw a man whom he knew to be THE CREAM OF THE Morning News Forces of local option and the liquor Interests make Illinois their battle ground today, with Chicago's aldermanic campaigns reflecting the struggle. Five thousand Springfield school-children parade through streets in demonstration against saloons. New system of government is formally inaugurated at Des Moines, la., and the new officials lake offce. House passes the employers' liability bill with but one vote, that of Littlefield, in opposition. Letters on file in the Chester penitentiary reveal Commissioner Clark in the ole of trureling salesman. The North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference ends it session with announcement of many pastoral changes. Methodist conference of New York votes to ask the general conference to abolish, the provision in the church dis cipline against dancing, card playing, etc. Testimony in the grand jury present ment against Attorney General Jackson is read in both branches of the New xoik. legislature. u tummuiee nears arguments for and against the labor provisions of tne civic ederation's anti-trust bill. Interstate commerce commission is sues a report showing how railroad lines once independent have merged into huge systems. Marquis and Marchioness of Headford, the former said once to have been spanked by his brother officers, and the latter formerly a chorus girl, are guests at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago. Mrs. B. B. Wells, in Chicago from London to advance woman suffrage, advises her American sisters to win the rfanchise by being disagreeable. President Charles W. Elliot of Har vard University will arrive in Chicago today to deliver a series of lectures at Northwestern University. The British house of commons voices Its regrets at the retirement of Pre mier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and adjourns for a new leader. May wheat slumps to tht lowest

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V -- y a -dope fiend asleep in the theater while the show was going on. A year or two ago when a certain Hammond young man was arrested for the last of a series of robberies after he had been given every chance to reform, he was asked why It was that he should steal those cigars from Kussmaul's store when he knew that he was watched by the police, when he knew that he could not sell them, and knew that he did not want them for his own purposes. The young man replied by way of explanation that he was a dope fiend and while partially under the Influence of the narcotic could not resist the temptation to steal. He was asked where he got the drug and replied that he bought It here In Hammond at a local drug store. His reputation for truth and veracity was exceedingly poor and his evidence would not count for much in court, but there was the possibility of truth in the story that was worth an investigation. Since then the traffic has been increasing and the druggists have been less careful about the asle of the drug than ever before. If the Hammond doctors are right In their claims the condition of affairs here is terrible. Recently the state board of health sent circulars to all of the Hammond druggists asking them for the names of those whom they knew to be the victims of the morphine or cocaine habit, but as far as Hammond is concerned there were few if any responses for the reason that a man who sold the drug would incriminate himself, and that man who did not would not think of revealing the names of those whom he knew to be addicted to the habit For this reason the statistics that will be prepared as a result of this canvass will not be very reliable, and it is not probable that the names of only a small fraction of the users will be secured. Nevertheless the traffic flourishes and on account of the profit there is' in the Chicago trade, a great many of the local druggists have said to themselves, "Am I my brother's keeper," and let It go at that. weak undertone; cattle slightly firmer; hogs weaker; sheep declined. . The Erie settlement has little effect on the Wall street market, prices beoing practically unchanged in a dull market. Annual report of the National Lead company shows last year to have been the best in the history of the company. Jockeys Powers and Wott, the latter Ed Corrigan's apprentice, are set down at New Orleans. University of Wisconsin faculty votes for five-game football schedule. Professor Angell to leave. Election riots are resumed In Lisbon; troops and republicans clash. Railway officials to consider raising freight rates at conference In New York today; at same time reduction in wages Is being urged. ELECTION IN MILWAUKEE. , Milwaukee, April 7. Today's election in Milwaukee is for all the principal municipal officers. Including mayor, comptroller, treasurer and aldermen. There are four complete tickets In the field. David S. Rose, a former mayor and a democratic leader of national prominence, is the democratic candidate for the mayoralty. T. J. Pringle heads the republican ticket Emil Seldel Is the candidate for mayor on the social democratic ticket and Thornna fiardnpr Is th MnrH,t0 nr hibitionists. SAYS MEN LACK .COURTESY. Editor Timest..Why is it that men axe becoming so chary in courtesy toward women? Only a few years ago men seemed to vie with each other In their efforts in that direction. Is the change due to constant association In business with women, or has man in his pursuit of the almighty dollar cast courtesy to the winds 7 I am not speaking for myself for I don't care a whit, but in behalf of my sisters, I should like to know the reason for man's new attitude toward women, Just mere feminine curiosity If you will have It so, A. K. East Chicago, Ind.

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