Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 99, Hammond, Lake County, 13 October 1908 — Page 1

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Knights of" Columbus at Gary Hold Magnificent Banquet at Gary Hotel Last Night

PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE CITY Many Guests from Hammond Attend Big Social Event in the Steel City. Tbe flmt annual banquet of tbe Knights of Colnnibun, Jannen eouncll, No. 1347, wan the moit aunplcloun social event held In the history of Gary. Grouped around the festive board at the Gary hotel was a representative gathering of the most distinguished men of the city, the best-known women In the loner .circles of society, aud many well-known quests from several cities lu the vicinity of Gary, anions them being- Hammond. One hundred and ninety guests partook of a sumptuous feast, while chatting or listening to the strains of music from an orchestra, and then reveled the wit and humor, pathos and logic of a number of speakers. The event was the first annual banquet and dance given by the Gary council in honor of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of America. Depurations Beautiful. The decorations of the hotel, lobby and dining-room were patriotic in style, in commemoration of the landing of Columbus on American soil. American flags were in abundance, and mingled with the ferns and flowers to give a fit setting to the long rows of men and fashionably attired women. The festivity began at 7:30. when the great throng of guests took their seats at the tables in the main diningroom, and then filled completely the ta- ' (hies for the overflow in the room ad joining. Course after course of the sumptuous dinner was served until it was nearly 9 o'clock when Father Thomas Jensen, the ' 'Man of the Hour." gave the invocation and the pentup oratory of the speakers for the occasion was released. Tribute to Columbus. Lecturer Frank J. Sheehan then recited the history of Columbus, paying a beautiful tribute to his prowress on (Continued on page 3.) BETTING - EXPECTED TO M UP LATER Charles Frederich' Secures $5, ,0G0 Which He Wants t Wager on Election. Charley Friedrich says he has $5,000 to-bet on Tom Marshall for governor. He is anxious to get the bet and fays that there will be plenty more money when the $5,000 are used up. He has been going around flashing his challenge under the nose of any Watson backer, but he says that his money remains intact. J. M. Bradford is said to be going around with a roll worth $1,000 to be bet on Tom Grant for sheriff, but thus far he and Cha-rley Friedrich have not been brought together. -How It Came About. Charley Friedrich and Lawrence Cox came very near making a bet on Carter'and Grant, Cox wanting to take the Grant end of it. Tfiey never came to a good understanding about the stipulations and consequently the bet was declared off. Friedrich says that he placed his end of it in the Citizens' German National bank, while . Cot wrote out a check on his Hegewisch bank and indorsed it himself. Cox placed his money with Meeker and McM'une, but Friedrich insisted that he run it through the bank or that the stakeholders- pay the money in case Carter wins, a proposition which the stakeholders refused to accept, according to Charley Friedrich"s version. There are comparatively few bets of any size made in this campaign, and as far as the freak bets are concerned none have yet bobbed up with the exception of that classic in which Eric Lund took $5 from John Papp in contradiction of Papp's statement that Hanly was running for governor of Indiana. , . IF IT'S ADVERTISED IT'S WORTH LOOKING UP.

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ROOSEVELT COUNTS 306 VOTES FOR TUFT

Says Electoral College Has Them Safe for Republican Nominee. LIST OF THE STATES CLAiEO Executive Is Using Every Effort to to Secure Election of Hughes In New York. Washington, Oct. 12. President Roosevelt believes that Taft and Sherman will have about 306 electoral votes. President Roosevelt has been a good judge of political events. He predictd just after the last delegates to the Chicago . convention were elected that Taft would have about 700 delegates. He had 702. . The table of Taft states, according to the president's idea. Is about as fol- ,' lows: California lenr Jersey 12 Connecticut ' 7orth Dakota.. Delaware 3 Ohio ; . . . Illinois 27Oregon ....... Iowa ." 13! Pennsylvania. Idaho 3 South Dakota. . Indiana 15 Hhode Island.. Kansas . , lOjl'tah Maine 0 Vermont . . llnuchnett . 16; Washington Michigan 14;W. Virginia 7 .Minnesota Hi Wisconsin 13 ehrnskn Kj Wyoming 3 New York 38 .V. Hampshire.. 4 Total 306 The president also regards Colorado and Maryland as affording good chance j to the republicans, but these states are not included in the claim he is making to his friends. President Aiding Hughea. President Roosevelt realizes that a tremendous fight is being made on Governor Hughes in New York state, but at the same time he believes it will fail, just as the campaign whlcby was made against him failed In 1898. At that time the brewers, liquor dealers and others had an enormous fund which they used in an endeavor to elect the democratic candidate for governor. The president is in heartiest sympathy with Governor Hughes. There is no-legitimate effort in behalf of the governor that he will not take. The governor's stumping tour of western states for the republican national ticket, at the sacrifice of his own campaign in New York, has appealed to the president as nothing else could have, done. He is personally communicating with every member of the state machine. He has written them all personal letter urging them to support Hughes loyally and thus far only one important county leader has failed to respond. TTE WILL Will Be Big Drawing Card at Meeting Tomorrow Night. The members of the quartette of the Young Men's Republican club are making great preparations for the Crumpacker meeting, which is to be held In Brook's theater tomorrow night. There are several new parodies which will be sung and there have been verses adde dto some of the old songs. Although the quartette has been in great demand all over the county and has sung in nearly e very town in the county, it has not yet made its appearance in Hammond. ; Many people are anxious to hear the boys .and they will have the opportunity tomorrow night at the Crumpacker meeting. Tonight the quartete sings at a meeting of the railroad men which is to be held at Gibson. The railroad men working for the C. I. & S. and 1. H. B. railroads are to organize a Taft club tonight in the Y. M. C. A. there and the Hammond quartette is to entertain them It is expected that there will be a large number of railroad men at the meeting and there will be some speaking by the various republican candidates during the evening. JOIN THE ARMY WHO HAVE TRIED TIMES WANT ADS AND HAVK NOT FOUND THE3I WANTING,

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Interurban Conductor Fails to Run Crossing and Street Car Smashes Into Chicago Terminal Engine on Wabash Tracks. STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO KEEPJU SECRET Indiana Harbor-East Chicago Street Car Accident Results in New Orders Being Issued By Chief of Police Kiggins for Street Car Conductors. . (Special to The TInien.) Kat Chicago, Ind.. Oct. 13 Despite the effort of both rnilroad and street officials to keep secret :in accident that might have resulted In a Ion of life, the iletailH of the 'affair leaked out. Tbe accident- in question oreureil on Friday evening at 11 o'clock, when an Indiana Harbor-East Chicago street ear crushed into no engine on the C. j T. T. track. Witnesses of the affair were silenced and It was with the utmost difficulty that the meagre detail could be eeured. The neartragedy, moreover, wan the direct reKult of one of the most flagrant violation of railroad and state law, bciug caused by-the failure of the street ear conductor to "flau" the crossing. Detail of Accident. The car in question was car No. 60 of the C. L. S. & S. B. line, 'one of the small cars operating between this city and Indiana Harbor and was in charge of Motorman M. Schroeder and Conductor Brandt. Thev. men were both new to the work, having but taken the positions twelve hours before to fill the vacancies, occuring from the discharge of Moffet and Hughes, two of the old men on the line. A strange feature of the affair is that Moffet and Hughes had been discharged for bumpinto another street car, on a side track, and breaking only the fender of the car. The two men who so nearly caused the lives of perhaps fifty passengers were allowed to retain their position with no more punishment than a slight reprimand. At 11 o'clock, according to the stories told by two men who were riding on the rear platform, the car approached the Euclid avenue crossing (Continued ou page 7.)

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ARE A LOT OF PUBLIC BEGGARS." Bryan, who asks the support the same Mr. Campbell, "THE MANUFACTURERS ARE ROBBERS."

CRUHPAGKER SPEAKS TOMORROW NIGHT Program at Brooks' Will Be Varied With Entertaining Features. W. H. KLIVER ALSO TO APPEAR One of the Most Important Meetings of the Campaign for the Hammond Voter. The big political event of the week will be the meeting which will be held in Brook' theater tomorrow night and which will he addressed by Hon. Edgar l. I'rumpacker, congressman from thl district, and William II. Kilter, republican rnndldnfe for joint reprcaentallve. The program will be varied with selections by the quartette representing the Young Men's ftepublican club of this. city. All of the members of the Young Men's Republican cHih of this city are expected to be present at this meeting. j I Well-Informed Speaker. I Congress L. I). Crumpackcr is conI ceeded to be one of the best informed men on the political situation that will speak in Hammond during the campaign. Mr. Crumpacker is looked upon, as one of the best campaigners in Indiana. His natural conservatism makes what he has to say all the more important and his arguments always carry great weight. " Mr. Crumpacker has been in the hands of the state speaker's bureau during the greater part of the campaign and he will now give a little attention of his own district. The Tenth district congressman is probably the strongest man in congress in Indiana and John E. Fitzgerald, a prominent Hammond democrat, is of the opinion that he is one of the most valuable men that the state has in congress. William' H. Kliver will make his first public appearance in Hammond. Mr. Kliver is a union man and was once the national president of the carpenters' union. As such he should prove a great drawing card to republican or non-partisan- laboring and union men. Mr. Kliver is practically assured his election as joint representative and he for one will vote for the re-election of United States Senator Hemenway and against the effort that the democrats will -make to elect the French Lick gambler, Tom Taggart, to the United States senate. BUCKNER OUT FOR TAFT. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 13. Genernl Simon Buckner, who ran with Palmer on the gold democratic presidential ticket. In an Interview- here lant nlo;ht, naid that Bryan wan not n democrat and tbat be intended to vote for Taft. "Bryan in a populist and a noelallnt," naid the gen-

for him, said while in congress to of Window . Glass Workers, . that,

by Mr. Campbell, Republicans Regard His J. v Questions As Silly a Unnecessary, But Readily Answer Them on Every Occasion Presented. BILLHE1ER "THERE" WITH HIS HER Says That Marshall Not Only Shows His Ignorance But Has an Apparent Desire to Misstate the Truth in Regard to State Board of Commissioners. Indianapolis, Ind., October 1.1. Thos. II. Mnrnhall. democratic candidate for governor, cannot complain that republicans do not answer IiIm question. Even though the republicans regard the question an Hilly and unnecessary inasmuch an nnsivem might be obtained from public records open to nil they are giving answer to prevent the democratic candidate from charging them with refusing to answer. BIM.HEIMER 'RESPONDS. John C. Billheimer, auditor of state, is the latest to respond and like C. V. Mc Adams, lie does not mince words, j Marshall has asked Billheimer if he! did not as deputy auditor of state ac-1 cept $1,000 in addition for his services j as clerk of the board of state tax com-J missioners. Billheimer says boldly: "I did." Then he explains that all deputy auditors accepted the additional compensation, a democratic tax board and a democratic attorney general having decided that the duties were distinct and separate and compensatory

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in separaie amounts. r. ..neimer ; ,,art The ,.itv ,s provided with a milsays he not only accepted the $1,000 in!njHr,i rmmnine station and nrovides

1903 but in 1904. wrote: "The two positions (deputy auditor and clerk of the tax board) are distinct and separate " ones, made so by law, and had you been anxious to know the truth you could have ascertained it without being led, in your attempt to belittle me and the republican party, into the prdicament of not only showing your Ignorance, but an apparent desire to misstate the truth." The auditor then sets for the law and recalls that Joseph Fanning, democrat, was the first deputy auditor to accept the additional $1,000. This was (Continued on page 7.)

(Special to Thb Times). ' Detroit, Oct. 14. The Cubs grab

bed that Tiger tail today with their gnarled and bunchy fingers and yank ed another knot in It until the Tiger fairly roared. This makes three knots therein. Oh, joy! oh bleeding tiger tail! FIRST INNING. Cuba Sheckard out, O'Leary to Rossman. Evers flied to Cobb. Schulte singled and stole second. Chance singled to left and Schulte was left on third. Stelny flied to Mclntyre. No runs. Detroit Mclntyre out. Tinker to Chance. O'Leary out, Brown to Chance. Crawford doubled into the left field crowd. Cobb out. Tinker to Chance. SECOND INNING. .Cubs Hofman flied to right. Tinker out, Schaefer to Rossman. Kling sing led to left. Brown out, Summers to Rossman. Sheckard out, O'Leary to Rossman. No runs. Detroit Rossman out. Evers to Chance. Sheckard fanned. Schmidt flied to Hofman. No rune. THIRD INNING. Cub Schulte walked, Chance also walked. Steiny singled to left, Schulte scoring and Chance going to second. Hofman singled to left. Chance scoring, Steiny and Hofman moving up on the throw home. Tinker out, O'Leary to Rossman. To runs. Detroit Coughlin out. Steiny to Chance, a swell stop. Summers fan ned. Mclntyre out. Brown to Chance. No runs. FOURTH INNING. .Cubs Kling out, third to first. Brown out. second to first. Sheckard walked, Evers filed to center. Detroit O'Leary singled to center. Crawford singled to left. Cobb forced O'Leary, pitcher to third. Crawford caught off second. Brown to Tinker. Rossman fanned. No runs. Cubs . Detroit Batteries Brown, Kling: Summers. Respected Hammond Citizen and His Family To Make Their Future Home In Delhart, Texas, After Election. Judge W. A. Jordan will leave Hammond about November 3. or an noon thereafter an possible, to make. bin future home with hln family In Delhnrt, Texan. The idea of moving into tbe l.onc Star state In not new with the Judge, he having hnd It In mind ever ninee last niimmer when he took a trip to the Phanhadle district with bin brother. John Jordan, a brother of Judge Jordan, who is conducting a Hammond agency for a Texas land company, returned from Texas last evening in company with J. P. Sheffield of May street. this city; John Hilbrich of Schererville, and Mrs. "W. A. Jordan of this city. Mrs. Jordan is more enthusiastic than her husband was upon returning from a visit to the Panhandle last summer. - Mr. Sheffield May Move Away. Mr. Sheffield has about made up his mind to take his family to the district, and Mr. Hilbrich of Schererville intends to buy a big farm for stock raising purposes. All believe it to be the promised land. They brought samples of farm products with them, having selected such as were found in an average crop. In the lot that they brought were kaffir corn, maize, Jerusalem and Indian corn, millet, potatoes, onions and apples. Some of these were said to be only poor specimens, but even if they were they would have been a big credit to some of the crops of Lake county. Water In Perfect. Among the other things that the visitors brought along was a. bottle of water as it is found In the town of Del-

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U"J an1 1-,u"- llewhat is known as sheath water, from ! melted snow which is clarified by seep-

jnsr through the earth. The sample that visitors brought along was as pure as though it had been filtered, and was as soft as rain water. ( Judge Jordan still holds an option on a big hotel proposition which is now under construction, but even should he decide to drop it he feels positive that there remain plenty of other opportunities in Delhart. Hundreds of visitors come to Delhart weekly, and while riot all buy and invest, all are full of the highest praise for the agricultural paradise it presents.

FIFTH INNING. Cuba Schulte and Chance singled to left, Steiny sacrificed, moving up both runners, Hofman filed out to Mclntyre, Tinker out, Coughlin to Rossman. No runs. Detroit Schaefer , out, Evers to Chance. Schmidt out. Tinker to Chance. A great play by Tinker. Coughlin hit by pitched ball. Summers out to Chance. No runs. SIXTH INNING. Cubs Kling singled to center. Brown fanned. Kling out stealing, Schmidt to O'Leary. Sheckard fanned. No runs. Detroit Mclntyre fouled to Kling. O'Leary singled to right. Crawford forced O'Leary, Brown to Tinker and ddubled up, Tinker to ( Chanae. No) runs. . ( SEVENTH INNING. Cubs Evers fanned. Schulte out,," Summers to Rossman. Chance filed to Crawford. No runs. Detroit Cobb fanned. Rossman out. Evers to Chance. Schaefer out, fouled

to Steiny. - No runs. ' EIGHTH INNING. Cub Steiny out. Coughlin to P"5? man. Hofman singled to center, .f- . man stole second. Tinker fanned. K.ng fouled to Coughlin. No runs. Detroit Schmidt out, Evers to Chance, Coughlin out, Steiny to Chance. Jones bats for summers and is out. Tinker to Chance. A fine stop and throw. - No runs. Winter now pitching for "Detroit. NINTH INNING. ..Cubs Brown popped to O'Leary, Sheckard popped to Schaefer. Evers singled to right. Evers stole second, Schulte walks. Chance singles to right, scoring Evers and Echulte went . to third. On an attempted double steal Schulte was out, Schmidt to Schaefer to Schmidt. One run. Detroit Mclntyre out. Tinker to Chance. O'Leary out, Steiny to Chance. Crawford out, Tinker to Chance. No runs. '

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Schmidt. Republican Candidate For President Coming To Hammond On Saturday, Oct. 24, and Will Climax a 'Big Day For Party. It became practically assured today that Hon. William Howard Taft. republican candidate for president of the United States, and the man whom l( in now Conceded will be our net president will be In Hammond on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7:l p. m. County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf received word frm Will Hay-en of tbe speaker's bureau in Indiana, in which Mr. Hayen nnid tbat the schedule of Mr. Taft'n trip had been tentnlively made, and that it would very likely ntand an it In now arranged. In a day or two it will be positively known just when Mr. Taft will be here, but for the time being it is safe to make plans with that date and hour in mind. Mr. Taft. will probably arrive in Hammond over the Monon railroad and it has not yet been decided where the train will be stopped. That will b? figured out so that as large a crowd as possible will get a chance to hear the candidate and see him. To Be a Busy Saturday. In fact the 24th of this month is to be a busy one all over the county. At Ijowell there will be another big demonstration. .Judge Ira C. Kateman of Covington vill speak there, and the Lowell republicans are planning a big celebration. At Whiting there Hon. N. P. Sheri dan of Frankfort and Senator A. J. Bowser of Chesterton will address a crowd on the evening of the 24th. In Gary the bfggest political meeting of the campaign in that city is to be held when T'nited States Senator Albert J. Beveridge speaks on the issues of the campaign. Then to top the whole thing off republican candidate for president is to speak in Hammond for a few minutes at 7:10. That will afford thousands of people in this vicinity a chance to see the man for whom they expect to cast their votes in the fall, and they will be able to tell just what he looks Iika without referring to his picture. BICYCLE IS STOLEN. Mike Kinsle reports to the police station that some one stole his bicycle from in front of Nick Kahl's saloon. He says that it is of a Miama make and G. & J. tries. The matter was re ported to Captain Austgen.