Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 85, Hammond, Lake County, 26 September 1908 — Page 1

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Option Bill At Indianapolis By Vote Of 55 to 45

COX BILL IS AWIMMER Taggart, Bell, Lieber, Fairbranks, Flemming Combine Fail to Make 'Good. (Special to The Times) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 26. The Cox county option bill was passed shortly before noon today amid the most tremendous excitement by the house and upon Governor Hanly's signing it this afternon it will become a law. VOTE AMAZES ALL. The vote on the option bill was 55 for and 45 against. It was surprisingly large and surprised the republicans as well as it dumfounded the democrats. The scene was intensely dramatic and the greatest confusion reigned when the result was announced. A ROLL OF HONOE. Six democrats voted with the rerepublicans. They were: HOTTEL, SICKS, GREEN, M'KUTNEY, PIERSON and WHITE. White and McKinney had not even been classed as doubtful. Four republicans voted with the democrats. Geiss and Keller. Johnson, republican, who voted for indefinite postponement, voted for the bill, but broke down as he did so. HIS DAUGHTER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS VOTE. ACCUSE GOVERNOR HANLY. Knisley democrat, of DeKalb county, said Governor Hanly offered him a $2,000 a year job if he would vote for the bill. He voted against it. Hostetter, democrat, also voted in opposite after .explaining that rewards of office had been held out before him. As the voting proceeded and the doubtful members and democrats fell in line, the galleries simply went crazy with enthusiasm. IS SIGH 0FPR0SPERITY Large Increase in Hammond Bank Deposits Show Good Times. An unfailing indication of the fact that prosperity is returning is shown by the large Increase in hanir and in the resources of the banks of the city. i A notable illustration of this face is shown by a comparison of the reports of the First National bank for July 15 and Sept. 23. On July 15 the First" National bank reported its total resources to be ll.008.471.3S. and Sept. 23 they had Increased to $1,035,843.81. The deposits for this bank are also an indication of the manner in whirh the peoDle are. denosit.n In the banks. On .l,,u- ,51 f" ! .... ucjm;h3 of the First National bank were $737.1S4.08 and by .Sept. 23 they had increased to $759,261.47. The statement of the Citizen's German National bank which has been submitted for publication today shows that its resources are 633,211.65 and that its deposits are $47?.7S9.5S. This is a very satisfactory showing." The Lake County Savings and Trust ccmpany shows total assets of $245,471.43 and deposits of $177,720.33. TAFT-SHEBMAN PICTURES. All peraona who want Taft and Sherman lithographs to hang In their windows ran get them by calling: at THE TIMES offices In the Hammond build. Ing, room 214. A supply has been secured from the State Central committee and yon are welcome as far as they last.

Passes County

HASKELL IS FORGED 10 Treasurer of -Democratic Campaign Fails to Clear Himself of Standard Oil Affiliations and Resigns Under Heavy Fine. POLITICAL LEADERS BELIEVE IT BIG BLOW Bryan's Chances Are Given an Awful Bump By, the Revelations of the Oklahoma Governor's DuplicJ ity and Haskell Is Defiant and Would Fight Back. . C. C. Haskell, governor of Oklahoma and treasurer of the Democratic national committee, resigned from the committee last night by order of William Jf. Bryan. Governor Haskell came to Chicago last evening In company with Robert Rose, private secretary to Mr. Bryan. and registered at th a..i. - 1UU1 tui 1 Ulll Anncx. He was In conference there with Josephns Daniels," national committee man from North 4 mm xtL a i 1 1 II T- "tV&ae, national committeeman from Iowa. They declared that, in view of the exposures of William Randolnh HPnrKt with reeard to nacvir. i with the Standard Oil coirmanv and th. attcmoted bribery of Attorney General aionneit or Ohio, it was imperative that the treasurer should step down and out. Leaders Sec Defeat Ahead. Mr. Daniels argued that as PriH.nt Roosevelt had followed up Mr. Hearst's exposure with a crusade of his own : against Haskell, the effect would be sure to be ruinous to Bryan's chances and that Bryan was justified in ousting his friend in the effort to save himself and the ticket. At first Haskell was Inclined to be obstinate. He reiterated what he had j already said in interviews, but he "had Roosevelt where he wanted him" nnrt mat he. would "Sm mm With his own Wpapons'" but ,lis advisers urged him inot to set himself above the oartv's above the party's chances. -Pm earning that Haskell was in the city; a crowd of political rennrtor. gamerea at the Annex and besieged me treasurer s room. , He refused to see! mem and they sent in a list of nii tions to him. The first was: "Have you resigned?" The sheet of paper came harlr -a-itv. , ... uu.u cnaracters. written opposite this question. Ten or fifteen minutes later word ; lrom lno council that Mr. Has-, heIt had "considered, and had d cided j that in the interests of harmony and to prevent the possibility of putting Mr. Bryan in a bad light before the public," it, would be best for him to relinquish the treasurershlp and retire from the national committee. REMAINS ARRIVE IN HAMMOND. The remains of Miss Kate McCumsey, who died in Denver, arrived in

WedTa,, , .r"-,, Hamm"cure cheaper labor, a timely subject for ?irwfiw r -7s athered at thei'3 Hammond audience. rxiPlC! Plata ricrnnt - x i M. 1

"v- 'ctejve mem. I ne runeral has been arranged to take place from the home, 354 Plummer avenue tomorrow afternoon. Services will be held at the church at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at the Oak Hill cemetery. CHANGE IN SCHEDULE. A change In the Jime schedule of the Nickel Plate train goes Into effect next Monday whereby the train which heretofore left at 6:25 in the morning and reaching Hammond at 7:16, will leave Chicago at 5:25 and arrive In Hammond at 6:09.

LABOR ORATOR SPEAKSJJSI NIGHT Secretary of Federation Speaks to Fair Crowd at Huehn's Hall. MM LABORING MEN PRESENT Mayor Becker Terms Republican Candidate For Governor Slippery Jim. The republican party's Insinceritv to. ward the laboring man and the latter's duty to make the labor ouestion th paramount issue in this campaign com posed the burden of the talk that John S. Parry, secretary of the California Federation of Labor delivered to the laboring class especially the unionists of Hammond last night. An audience not commensurate in size, with the vital question that the visitor proposed to discuss listened to him. Huehn's hall, where the meeting was held was three-quarter filled, and while the labor element present was comparatively small, it nevertheless comprised the most intelligent class. Maken fix- Points. Trailing his talk with a short discussion of the bank guarantee plank in the democratic platform, the SDeaker devoted most of his time to ih. nrin. I ciples of organized labor relative tr. federation lea-Islation. i T t i , , . . ' mc ny ueginning ne said that would not attempt to appeal to his hearers party principles or Dartv nrortlUdice but rather nrespnt hts i-iow - - - - - . IT VII the rights of labor from a non-partisian standpoint. Mr. Parry who, by the way, was the original Roosevelt man on the coast, tried to make five Doints clenr in tiio minds of his hearers, towit: that the Ti - .h. ... ,' ' J . lne right not to be affected by the trust mere industrial disnnto law, that a shall not be sufficient for the issuance of an injunction, that It is un-American J to try a man for violation of the Injjunction without a Jury, and that labor i should be represented through a com missioner in the president's cabinet. Refers To Betc'a Position. He spoke on the statement of Frank.! S. Betz, who yesterday made a public ! statement that the election of Bryan would force him to operate a part of his piant in Europe where he could se"This is tint nnK- o i-i- ii - - .7 4uauiiciiuai UUK al.oo that the manufacturers turn loose in this country during every campaign, but it shows where their heart Is In relation to the laboring man. Cheaper labor that is what they would like to force upon 80 per cent of the people of this country." Mr.- Parry closed his address with an explanation of the working of the guaranteed bank. Having himself lost money In a' bank that failed he said that he reclized the benefit of a guaranteed bank. Mayor Becker Makes Address. Nicholas Lauer. secretary of the demContinued n fag 2,

W. T. Gil DID

SPLENDID IRK Labor Loses a Valuable Friend in Departure of Popular Business Agent. The labor cause in Hammond lont a valuable friend In AV. T. (.Inn, the bunlnea agent of Paintera and Decorator Inlon Xo. 400, who after three year of work In thin city leaven for Chlcaao, where he will have charge of the Life Boat MlMHion, 471 State street. Mr. Ginn, by his honorable dealings and his unquestioned honesty, has won the confidence of every union man in the city. Not only that, he has won the confidence of the employers of union labor, whty from long experience, know that Ginn will do what he says he wil, every time. Wan In Poor Shape. When Mr. Ginn "took hold of the Painters local here it was $585.60 in debt and there was not a cent in the treasury. The local had a small membership as there were only twentythree names on the books. There were also members who had not reported at the headquarters. From the time Mr. Ginn took hold until the present there has been from W. T. GINN. $300 to $600 in the treasury and the memebership has grown until there are now 68 members in good standing. The painters union was the first and only one to have headquarters and they made the proposition pay by the renting of the same to other unions who wanted to use them. The big calibre of Mr. Ginn is shown by the peaceful manner in which ho secured results for his local. Ginn never blustered, he never made threats, he accepted a compromise If that compromise was for the best interests of the boys. His Record Is Unique. The record of W. T. Ginn is unique among the business agents of the j

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CITIES WILL GET JOIiTJOOLEVUBD Motor Cars Will Have Fine Speedway if Plans Do Not Miscarry. IS TAKEN BEFOR THE BOARD Direct Communication Between the Three Cities Is To Be Amazed. East Chicago, Ind., Sept. 26. Advocates of good roads are again at work In this city with a project, which, if carried to a successful completion, will give Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting an excellent boulevard and driveway. The project was considered about a year ago to some extent, but wap finally dropped. It is now proposed to pave White Oak avenue from its intersection of One Hundred and Forty-eighth street in this city, to the Whiting line of Indiana boulevard, giving a direct com munication for automobiles and wagons, that will be much shorter than the usual route. Paved to Robertadale. Indiana boulevard, according to-the plans of these interested in the subject will then be paved as far as Robertsdale. Hammond motorists can reach White Oak avenue by using "Hoffman street from its intersection with Calumet avenue eastward. The new bouleward will be free from the danger of passing street cars. It will also eliminate the danger to automobilists at the many railway crossings between this city and Whiting. Plans Before Board. Plans are already before the commissioners, however, for the ravin of ihe right of way and boulevards of the street car line between this city and Whiting. The making of the new boulevard will probably be presented to" the coupty councllmen at their next session, in October, and the project given lengthy consideration. While the expense of carrying the contract through would be enormous, a great deal of it would be assessed against cities of Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago, about one-third, according to estimates furnished The Times representative yesterday, to be supplied by the county treasury. country. He secured an advance of wages equal to the other crafts without ever having to call a strike. What is more he never had to use force and he never had to calTupon the other crafts for assistance. Mr. Ginn was not only the business agent of the painters union but he was alsd the secretary of the building trades council. Here his influence was also felt on the side of honesty in unionism and square deal.'ig with his associates. Mr. Ginn says that his success is due to the fact that the boys have always stood by him. He says that without their loyalty he could not have done much. Mr. Ginn has the best wishes of hundreds of friends hi the new work he has undertaken. j

Gary, Whiting, East Chi cago and Toleston For

eigners Are Naturalized Last Night by U. S. Clerk Suprprise in Hammond. THREE HUNDRED ARE NATURALIZED Republican and Democratic Leaders Take Charge of Men Who Wan to Cast Their First Votes at the Coming Presidential Election Nov. 4. Eighty-three foreigners, coining from East Chicago, Whiting, Toleston and Gary vrere naturalized last night receiving their first papers and thus betiur made voters. The papers were Issned in the office of C banes Surprise. deoutr United States clerk, in the federal buildinir In Hammond, and he was asisted by Wil liam C. Harrison, former deputy. From 7 o'clock until 11:30 the two men were kept busy filling out the long blanks and examining the candidates whose examination since the passage of the last naturalization law two yers ago today has become more stringent. 300 Already Naturalized. Thus far 300 foreigners have been naturalized since the Fourth of Julv and all indications ioint to th ability that the campaign of 1904, In wnicD (ou foreigners were naturalized will be exceeded by several hundred The activity for naturalizing the foreigners lies chiefly amonsr the renuh. Ilcans, the republican clubs of the var ious communities having taken up the matter and are getting results. There are many hundreds more who might be brought in for their first papers Dut the leaders are looking, only for responsible .men, who understand the issues of the campaign and who will stand by the party that is helping them to oecome American citizens. The men who were naturalized last night were divided as follows among me cities: East Chicago, 44; Gary, 30 Whiting, 5; Toleston, 4. John Kroupa of East Chicago, republican leader among the foreigners, accompanied the candidates last niht while those of Whiting were in charge or t-anta Haralovich. also a rennhH can. Frank Borman of Toleston, who is a democratic leader there, was in charge of the candidates. J. J. Martin, who has been a very active rennhHoan in Gary, was In charge of twenty-four OI me candidates, while six others were sent over under the auspices of another club. It Is comparatively still early In the campaign for the naturalization process, but from all Indications many hundreds more Willi be naturalized before the campaign is over. Political leaders have learned in the past that they will have to look for the reliable foreigner for his naturalization. Four applications for second papers were also considered last evening, two of these coming from Whiting and two from East Chicago. In all, there are now fifty-five applications posted which will be heard by Judge Anderson In the Hammond federal court in the April term next year. All those wanting to pass the second paper examination must have their application in by Jan. 20, in order to give the clerk time to post them ninety days in advance. Application for papers may be made at any time, and immediately upon their issuance the applicant becomes a voter. NEGROES NOT CAPTURED. Desperadoes Believed to Have Doubled Back on Their Tracks and Escaped. So far as can be learned the two negroes, who gave Officer Hanlon such a long chase and' showed the metal of which the officer is made, have not been captured. Descriptions of them have neen sent to all of the surrounding cities, but so far as Is known they Jjave not been arrested. They disappeared in the woods near Globe Station, and it is believed that they doubled back on their tracks and escaped. Officer Hanlon has the name of a farmer, Romke Boersma. who saw the negroes running and ran out in the road to stop them. They fired at him point blank and he made no further effort to effect their capture. LAWRENCE HOFFMAN DEAD. Lawrence Hoffman, son c,f J. P. Hoffman died this morning at his home in Hegewisch, 13635 Howard avenue. The funeral has not yet been afVange&.

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Hammond See Lake County Men in Action at Indianapolis During Special Session Get Good Look at a - "Wet" "Dry" Republican SENATOR BOWSER LIKE AN INDIAN IN FIGHT Political Enemies of Representative Ed Simon Are Not Discounting His Ability as a Politician Say Ha is a Pirst Class Button-Holer-leaders See Defeat Ahead. Hammond men who have been at In dianapolis during the last few days, while the special legislature is in session, return with many interesting talea and ancedotes from the legislative halls. One Hammond man who saw part ot the fun, said that he met Meeker, tha down state republican politician who gained notriety because the "drys" had forced his mother into the campaign. The mother is with her son constantly even sitting at his desk in the assembly room. She was with him when the Hammond man met them In a hotel lobby. Meeker and the Hammond man were acquainted and recognized each other as they were about to step Into the elevator. "You go on up mother," said Meeker, "go up to the room and wait for m there." , Then to his Hammond friend said: ;- He i4fWtw and -'Drx-ai; "Say come on,..' lets . be sociable." When they were alone togethef Meeker opened his heart with some., thing like this: "Say, isn't it hell, here I am between two fires trying to be a good fellow with the "wets" and under the influence of the 'drys' from down home. They have even gone so- far as to get my aged mother they have her all worked up over the) question. Hanly a I.lve Issue. j Hanly has the whip all riht. snrf is admitted all around, and anybody thinking that he is a AenA ii : will be so, has another think coming, I according to- the wise ones. He hno very nearly all the republicans where ; ne wants tnem to be, but some of them : are, nevertheless. kirkinr k a ' " - L ' ' traces a little when he is not lontinoOf course, this is done in the interest oi rne constituents that they re-p-resent A. J. Bowser. Joint senator frnM tAke and Porter counties is one ot those who did not entirelv northern part of Lake county Th the governor, "Front!" Mr. Bowser was on the committor public morals and it was he and Will wooas, out Bowser esnerlnllv m-v,. fought like Trojans to keep the coan-j U locat option bill in case It wn,i be passed, from being auite so mnh of an arbitrary measure. The original tlan was tn cm, power to 200 petitioners to ask for a, vote on the issue, but Bowsor fnno-s like an Indian to raise the numher nfj petnoners to 20 per cent of the voters. Kd Simon In Action. The republican nni - -' - -" - uinwmiimg I E. Simon's power in the legislature.! This is what one republican had to) say about him who saw him in actions' at Indiana polls. j "He is a good mixer nnrt nno the best buttonholers in the hmiu They all like him for his sincerety and' conservatism. He does not attempt to' speak on the floor, relying rather on his personality. If he does take th floor, however, he has an interested audience." BREAKS ALL RECORDS In the way of runs for the fire de partments of the city and yet with. only little damage, this month promises to be a record breaker. Nineteen runs have so far been made by departments of Central station and No. 4 and No. 3 has come in for its share of work. Four calls were added to the I;st esterday. the first being at 8 o'clock n the morning whn Nos. 1 and 4 were called to the place of C. Meyer. 302 Waiter street. At noon No. 4 was called to extinguish a prairie fire which had broken out on vacant property between Carroll and Webb streets. In the evening at 6:15 Nos. 1 and 4 were called to the Schrump place at 313 Walter street where a little fire had broken out in a wood shed. Later in the evening Nos 1 and 3 were called to Murray street where a fire had broken out in one of the buildings of J. Greenwald. In the meaotim No. 4 wca stationed in the Central ita- ' tion to protect the business district.