Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 7 July 1908 — Page 1
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VOL. ni. NO. 16. Democratic National Convention at Denver is Called to Order at Noon Today With New Men in the Saddle and at the Helm. BRYAN IS THE KINGPIN OF ALL Indiana Delegation Holds Caucus Last Night and Tom Taggart Is Unani mously Re-Elected General Com mitteeman from the Hoosier State Lots of Women Present. ! PROGRAM OF THE DAY AT UE.WER CONVENTION. 12 noon Call to order by Thornan Tagajart, rhairman of the national committee. KfTvotr npeeoh by Theodore A. Hell, temporary chairman of the convention. Roll r-nll of atatea for memberahfp In the eommitteea on nilea and order of business, credentials, permanent orajanlaatlon and resolution. Adoption of resolution of reapect for the memory of Grover Cleveland. Adjournment until tomorrow aa a further mark of respect. Dearer, July 7. The Indiana deleg-a-tlon o the democratic national eonvention held ita caucna laat night to elect membera of the varlona convention cominttteea, John W. Kern, who had already been elected chairman of the delegatlon, presided. The followingaetectlons were made: Resolutions John E. Lamb, Terre Haute. Credentials Abram Simmons, Bluffton. Permanent Organization Frank M. Kistler. Logansport. Rules and Order of Business Charles vr . ., a, Murphy, Brookston. To Notify the Presidential Nominee Perry Mc.Cart, Paoli. To Notify the Vice Presidential Norninee Sig Kann, Llgonler. Eggemnn Secretary of Delegation. William Robinson of Vincennes, was elected honorary vice president of the convention from Indiana, and John W. Eggeman, of Fort Wayne, was elected Becretarv of the delegation. Thomas T. Taggart. of Indianapolis, re-elected general committeeman from Indiana. All the action was unanimous and the meeting was brief. More Indianians rolled ln all day yesterday and today the number was Increased by several carloads of Hooslers on the Indiana Democratic club special train. Thomas Taggart, national chairman, has appointed A. E. Manning, colored, of Indianapolis, his courier a somewhat unusual proceeding in the democratic party. Atm of Ladlea There. Among the perfectly peaceful delegates in Indiana who are solid for Bryan, who haven't any pet resolutions or any contests, and who have named their committees ln 'accordance with their slate without any friction, is that from Indiana. The Indiana contingent, consisting of several hundred persons, arrived in the morning. On account of a washout between Fairview and Lincoln they were transferred from the Rock Island to the Burlington, but had not other adventures. The Hooslers have a large room for their headquarters ln parlor E at the Hotel Albany, and there is not a delegation headquarters in town where more women visitors are in evidence on the register. It appears that a great many women removed from Indiana for their health, or perhaps to get away from the authors. Among the names on the register was that of Thomas R. Marshall of Columbia, the democratic candidate for governor. They'll tell you at the Indiana headquarters that they still are for John W Kern for vice president, but they say it in a way that conveys the impression that no one has the slighest 1 . T - ... . nope .nr. Rem win develop any! strengtn in nis candidacy ror that office, 2Jr. Kern least of all. (BY WILLIAM ALLEX WHITE.) Denver, July 6. Politicians are all alike. The republican politicians at Chicago sniffed nore or less at "Our Hero" and the "War Chief," and here politicians are .snorting more or less ln private about the "Peerless One." Roosevelt artd Bryan have put the (Continued on Page 8.)
TJl DCj I ! ALL ABOARD FOR THE BRYAN FES T. I III LJLLbL Copyright : 1908: by THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
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1LJ iU II I LUUHM GATHERED IN RAID Sheriff Carter and Posse of Deputies Cause Sensation in Sister City Yesterday JUDGE INSTRUCTS SHERIFF Attorneys for Temperance Associa- j tion Cause Raid and Much Booze Is Confiscated. (Special to The Times.) W luting', Ind., July 6. four saioonkeepers were arrested here last nlgllt and their goods confiscated when Sheriff Fred Carter and seven deputies, ineluding the regular deputies. James Trost and Jack Horst, acted on instructions given by Judge W. C. McMahan of the circuit court. The arrests were made on the charges of running a saloon without a county license. The saloonkeepers arrested were Kollar, proprietor of the Opera House saloon; John Sachar of New York avenu6 and FrR(1 street; John rrus of . , avidson Place, and Adam Dudek of Indiana boulevard. Each of the saloonkeepers furnished the required $100 bonJs an(, the probabiitv is that a test case will be made. Llcrnaea Expired in May. The Hr""" of the four saloonkeepers exPired Ma-V - and knowing this Ule' made PPcatlon before the counl' commissioners during the June sess,on- In the meantime, however, the temperance agitators filed a remonFrance against the saloonkeepers, who felt pafe ln knowing that by an ordinance of the city council they had been Placed in the fourth ward, a new ward ; created purposely to counteract the ac tion of the temperance people. The fourth ward was created while the remonstrance against the third ward, in which the saloonkeepers were originally located, was hanging fire. Although the saloonkeepers deposited the money for their county licenses the county commissioners took no action toward granting them a license and the consequence was that the four saloonkeepers have been running in the meantime with only a state and county license. Bruce and Bract Active. The complaint against the saloonkeepers was made out by one James M. Smith, jr., who is represented by the law firm of Bruce & Bruce of Hammond and Crown Point, the legal representatives of the temperance association in Lake county. Under instructions from Judge McMahon Sheriff Carter carted away wagon loads of goods from the four saloons, which were raided simultaneously. All of the goods have been stored in the sheriff's office in the superior court building ln Hammond, the la-st load having been brought In this morning at 6 o'clock. When the cases of the four saloonkeepers come up for trial the question of whether they were ln a wet or dry district will be tested. STANDARD WANTS NEW TRIAL. Rochester. X. Y.. July 7. Counsel for tne Standard Oil company appeared today before Jirdge Hazel to argue for a new trial in the rebate case ln which the company was recently found guilty here. The verdict of guilty ended a ten days' trial in which the oil company wis charged with an alleged violation of the interstate commerce law In accepting concessions from the filed tariff on shipments of oil from Olean, X. Y., to Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vt. There were forty counts on the indictment. If the verdict of the trial court Is upheld the company may be fined a total of $S00,000.
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HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY
TEDDY WANTED A GIRL Teddy Moore of Commercial Bank Has Experience Enroute to St. Joe. They are having a good deal of fun these days with Teddy Moore, the genial bookkeeper at the Commercial Bank, all on account of a lake trip he took on the evening of the third of July to St. Joe, Mich. Teddy doesn't know how the storv got out and both e. k. Fricke and vic tor Dyer cross their fingers and say they don't know. Some of Teddy's friends gave him a little stringed ticket bearing the legend "I Want a Girl," and for the fun of the thing- and -without thinking of the terrlbfc-cwaaoquences, Teddy wore it. He sat out on the deck taking in the cool night air. when a "bewtous damselle" accosted him and said, "You do, do you? Well I'm the girl you want." It is absolutely impossible to de scribe Mr. Moore's outraged feelings. leave the deck before he ' He had to could give the maiden the cold shoul- ! der, but he dashed the ticket into the black depths of Lake Michigan before he left. Only on the occasion of Shrine parades, will Teddy wear anv sign after this. But he is going to St. Joe again on his vacation next week. fnlCHAELSJELLS STORY Says That Wm. Powers Met Ada Moss by Chance in Chicago. Harry V.. Michaels, who is the partner of William Powers, a firm of photographers at 346 East State street, fears that people may thing he was Implicated ln the disappearance of Ada Moss, the details of whose arrest in South Bend was told in these columns yesterday. Michaels says that Powers met the Moss girl on State street ini Chicago two weeks ago, and that the meeting was a chance affair. The next thing that Powers knew was that the young woman came to visit him at the photographic studio. He was asleep at the time and Michaels called htm. The couple conversed a few moments and then both went out. When Powers returned he told Michaels that he had sent the girl back to Chicago. Powers said that the girl had lost her job and didn't care what became of her. Then came the story of the girl's disappearance at it was printed in The Times. Powers then went to the girl's father, posed as a detective and offered to find her. The men both went to South Bend where Powers and the girl were arrested. DR. GR0MAN SAYS HE ESCAPED WITH HIS LITE. Smashed Automobile Worth f.500 Was the Ieast of His Trouhlea. While the friends of Dr. H. C. Groman are joshing him about deserting the helm of his road ship last Saturday mention of which was made in The Times yesterday Dr. Groman tells a more serious side of the accident. Only by the best of good fortune did the physician escape from an accident that might have been fatal. At It was his automobile was overthrown and demolished and Dr. Groman instead of
jumping out was thrown out. His ma- ' prominent of the marying justices when chine was in tow of one of McMullen's j Hammond was far famed as a gretna machines, his machine having one of !green. In his office lie had pictures of the front tires off. Icupids and bleding hearts and to enWith only a short hitch, which waslcourage the newly made benedicts to
not made quite ln the center, and the machine in the lead going at the rate of more than twenty miles an hour. Dr. Groman says that lt is strange that he
escaped with the fall only.
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.N MAY SHAKE DUST OF II Judge Jordan One of City's Oldest Inhabitants, Considering Location South MAT LIVE IN DELHART, TEXSS Genial Judge and Hotel Man Will Be Sadly Missed If He Leaves Hammond. Judge W. A. Jordan, who lias been a l-fsident of Hammond for a great many years and who -lii-, been judge of a local justice court for the la.st four or five years, is seriously considering the matter of shaking the dust of Hamimc.nd from his feet and leaving for the famous Panhandle district in Texas, j Judge Jordan has a brother in the citv of Delhart. Texas, who is a rep-! resentative of the Hock Island Land , compan y. The judge will leave for JUDGE W. A. JORDAX. Texas tomorrow where he will look over the land and if lt is all that he thinks it is he will buy a large tract of property and locate there. Judge Jordan has heard of the wondfrful opportunities in the south and that business opportunities there and ine iaci mat me i-miwtn- i imnu oener than it is here are the reasons for his leaving the city where he has made his home for so long. Delhart is located on the border of tw counties and Is a city of about lO.nftO inhabitants An effort is being marie to have that city made to have tl-.at city made the county sent of two counties and if the residents succeed it will be the only city in the United States to have that distinction. Judge Jordan will look over the territory and if he finds the land he wants he will return to Hammond and settle up his business affairs with the Idea of leaving the city for good. Onm Much Property Here. Judge Jordan is quite an extensive owner of property in this city and has been a factor in the business life of the city. He is well known and has many friends in all parts of the cour.ty who will miss him but who wish his well In his contemplated venture as well as his estimable wife and daughters. Judge Jordan was one of the most be liberal in their offerings of fees to the justice he had a sign which bore the inscription. "God loveth a cheerful giver," and others equally appropriate hung In his office.
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7, 1908. Commissioners Have Taken No Definite Steps About Voting Machines. (Spcfi.it to Tlmea.) Crown Point. Ind., July ", 3 p. m. The county commissioners of Lakr
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yesterday, have decided to take no definite action in the matter of purchasing ; voting machines until the meeting next J monthThe matter was delayed ln order to i give tho commissioners a chance to make a further investigation of the matter of the advisability of buying the machines. If the machines are purchased at all they will be bought at the next session of the council, after the county councilmen have been heard on the subject and have given their opinion in the matter. The machines are expected to arrive in time for the fall elections and will pmakt, lt possible to know the returns in a very few minutes after the polls ! , I close. Other routine business was transactI ed by the commissioners such as thet receiving of road petitions and the 1 transaction of such other business of minor importance. ARE ATTENDING MEET Iron, Steel and Tin Delegates in Conference With National Workers. i Frank Williams, John A. Jones and . Fred Danield went to Detroit today as delegates from Hammond and East Chiicago, representing the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin ; workers, who are In conference with the Western Bar Iron association with the idea of arranging a scale of wages. The Western Bar Iron association Is an organization of independent rolling mill operators and the Amalgamated associated of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers is an organization of union laborers. It is in the hope that these two or- ! ganl7:atlons may gPt together on the matter of wage scale that has lead to the sending of three delegates from East Chicago where the Republic Iron and Steel company, an independent mill, is located. East Chicago is suffering greatly from the intermittent manner in which the steel mills have been running of late, and it Is the hope of every resident In the city that the employers and the employe may get together. M'COY IS TURNED DOWN AGAIN. Ex-Hanker, Well Known Here, Have to Continue Ilia Term In Prlnon. Will Thomas McCoy, of Rensselaer, who wrecked a bank in his home town and was sent to prison at Michigan City for a term of years, has made another application for a pardon through his attorney, M. E. Foley of Crawfordsville. McCoy was turned down and will have to continue his term in prison. McCoy has been hoping for a pardon ever since he was incarcerated and his representatives have repeatedly appeared before the state pardon board, always to meet with the refusal of the board. The bank wrecker was one of sixty to be turned down and there were only four applications which were favor
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FRANK KASTON
LANDER IN TEXAS East Chicago Brewing Agent in Toils and On His Way Home. BONDSMEN ARE JUBILANT Chief of Police Higgins Gets His Man Who Jumped a $5,000 Bail Bond. Fort Worth, Tex., July . Kant Chicago Police Department i Will arrive In Chicago on Wedtaeaday morning with Kaalon. Will be at East Chicago later lu the day. HIGGINS. Frank Gaston, the East Chicago defaulter, who was arrested for embezzling $4,000 from the Sehlitz Brewing company and jumped his bond, leaving several prominent East Chicago business and professional men ln the lurch has again been captured in Fort Worth. Tex., where he was arrested by Chief of Police Higgins. and will be brought back to Lake county where he will probably have to remain in jail until his trial is held this fall. Hum Xo Sympathiser Now. Kaston is not only an embezzler but ho has violated the confidence of his friends who went on lls bail and when he returns to this countv the few men who believed in him, will i have turned against him and he will have to answer for his acts without the sympathy of a single friend. Kaston was at one time a respected business man in East Chicago where he was know afterwards that the Schlitz Brewing company had found him several thousan1 .hilars short in his accounts. ed lllm In Canada. The surety company, which went on 1'is bond, made every effort to find the absconding brewery agent and finally he was located in Canada. Chief of Police Martin brought him back to East Chicago and here Kaston put up a strong story and secured help from his friends who went on his bond and made his release possible. The bond was fixed at So. 000 and Dr. A. G. Schlicker. Gabriel Sass, Julius Pa to, Andrew Simko and J. Gcrgotz went on his bond. The case was con- ( tinned in court from time to time and when it finally came to trial in the J nr. e term of court. Kaston did not PPpar an1 ,va? fo'ln'l t' missing. The bondsmen at once saw that they would have to pay Jfi.000 out of their ; pockets unless they could produce their j prisoner so they at once instituted a diligent search for the man. i A few days ago an East Chicago man! went to one, of the bondsmen and in- ! formed him that he knew the where- j abotits of Kaston and would produce I him if there was $50(1 in It. j .lnl to .et Him Bark. i The bondsmen considered the propo-' sition and it is believed that aKstn.i j was arrested on information whi h was furnished by this man. The bonds- I men could well afford to pay this j amount for the reason that they will' probably appear before Judge Reiter j in Hammond ami after showing that i they produced the prisoner, will ask , that they be relieved of the responsi- j bllity of forfeiting the bond. In view of the fact that the matter j of bringing the prisoner to justice is ' the important thing. Judge Reiter will not require the bondsmen to pay the the $5,000 which was forfeited by Kaston's non-appearance. The case has attracted a great deal of attention in East Chicago and the surrounding cities on account of the i prominence of Kaston and the large amount of money which he is alleged j to have taken. ! PLIGHT 0F0LD HAN Elmira, Mich. Octegenarian Found in Pain at Erie Depot. Groaning in pain. C. F. Ward of Elmira, Mich., was found at the Erie depot last night, his cries being heard at a late hour by the ticket agent who notified Sergeant Henry Shafer at the ' Hammond police station. J Officer John Kunz was detailed to! take care of the case and on his arrival at the depot found an old man, evidently in great suffering. He was brought to the police station where he gave his name as C. F. Ward, his age as 80 and his home at Elmira, Mich. The old man complained of severe pains In the region of the heart and was sent to St. Margaret's hospital. Mr. Ward said that he was on his way to visit his daughter, Mrs. James Howard, Cherry street, Michigan City. His relatives there were notified and will come after him today. BUYS OUT DR. RIGGS. Dr. Zollie Salisbury. formerly of Crown Point, is now located in Hammond, where he has bought out Ir. A. L. Rlgg. who will locate In Eowell. Dr. Salisbury's office Is on the fourth floor of the Hammond building, he and Dr. H, C. Groman using the same reception room.
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ONE CENT PER COPY.. PREACHES Steel Magnate Says It Is His Opinion Bottom Prices Have Been Reached and.' Points to Good Condition of Farmers Over CountryJ STEEL TRADE Gary's Father Sails for Europe anrj Makes Optimistic Report of Busiv ness Conditions on the Eve of His Departure for Europe This Morn-, ing. E. H. Gary, after nhom the city of Gary wan named, nailed from w York: jtlly thin morning for l.iiropo. The cnairman or the hoard of directors of the United Staten Sleel corporation) made au optlmUtim Mtatrmcnt of buslrCH.i conrilt Ioiim. He miid: IJIPHOVEMKXT HAS "BKKV THE YE I ICS KKVXOTE, "From the viewpoint ..f the United States Steel corporation the iron and steel business has beer, better during the last two week than at any time since the depression of last O'-toher. The tend, ency flnee the beginning of th calendar year lias been toward Improvement, with some fluctuations until the read just ment in prices were made in tho early part of June, when :i:o placing of orders in most lines was prr.ct ien lly suspended. This was because many of those who were contemplating additional purchases were in doubt as to whether or not there would be further adjustments FUELS THAT HOCK KOTTOM I'ltH ES II WE IIKEX BEACHED. However, there seems to be general feeling that bottom prices 1 ave been rea, lied The necessities of the purchasing community are greater than ever before, a nil tho ability to pay is great' r than ever before. "Of course, the latter part of the statement is subject to some modifications. Many of the railroad companies are at present embarrassed by reasor. of the hick of funds, but their tii.T.culties will surely, even though graou.-i lly. l e overcome. Many of the railroad companies have already taken steps to finance their requirements, and all are beginning to realize tlat money is plentiful and cl.er. n and e asy to obtain when lirrt class feenrities are offered." ItESTOH 'I IO OF (UIHEYCE ALL Til T IS EE II ED All that is required to bring about sa t isf net ory business conditions Is the restoration of perfect cintidence and that appears to be near at band. In many lines of business there is no ground for complaint. In some departments of the agricultural implement trade, for instance, the sales per day are now the greatest in th 1 istory of the country. This show?; to a demonsratlon two things. Tills shows to a demonFtrition two things that the farmers the great wealth producers of the country, have cr.nfidence in financial conditions, and that they are satisfied with crop prospects for the year. BELIEVES " HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. "The basic conditions of the country are sound. First of all. tho mora! tone ofthe people has been elevated. Multitudes have been thoroughly converted o the doctrine of a 'squad deal ' It would be useless for any of us to deny that we have been aroused to a keener appreciation of the old maxim tliat 'honesty !s the best policy.' Full credit will be riven to President Roosevelt for the efforts he has made in raising the standard of business conduct." iFIRE FROM GAS LEAK ! AT CROWN POINT. j fiDepartment Don Good Work In Ei. tinsnilsliintr I)lnz at Huh. I Crown Point. Ind.. July 7. (Special) j Fire, which started from the expioi sion of gasoline in the private lighting j plant in the Miller grocery store, would Ihave resulted seriously. but for the timey assistance of the fire department who responded immediately to the alarm last night. Morris Mi'ler, the proprietor, wa.i just preparing to light up the sto--e for the evening when a leak some place In the apparatus caused the gasoline to ignite anil explode anil Mr. Miller had a very rarrow escape from beingseriously burned. Quire a little damage was done to the building inside from smoke and water, but Miller considers himself lucky in escaping with so slight a loss.
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