Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 108, Hammond, Lake County, 23 October 1908 — Page 1

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PITT WEATHER. Partly cloudy and cooler today; Saturday fair) westerly winds today.

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LISTEfJ FOR IHE RUMBLE

Both Parties in Indiana Have Their Ears to the Ground in Order to Get the Sentiment That is Expected to Break LooseFRIENDS OF WATSOH AREjEJOICIl Brewery Interest in Campaign is Working Irretriveable Damage to Tom Marshall and the Legis lative Ticket is the Keport Cir culated. (Special to Tub Times.) Indianapolis, Oct. 23. Republicans and democrats now have their ears close to the ground listening for rumblings. They also have straws in the air to ascertain which way the wind is blowing. Likewise they are seeking in a dozen different other ways to catch indications revealing the "drift." Both parties are talking long and loudly about favorable conditions, but not by their words but by their manners shall the leaders be known and the manner of the managers would in dicate that Watson and Bryan are gaining. This is a strange combination Watson and Bryan but conditions beneath the surface seem to reveal a tendency towards them. Friends Are Happy. Friends of Watson seem to get the moat joy out of the present situation. They admit now that "Jim" was in a bad way - up to a week ago, but they Insist that the drift has changed and that he 1s now gaining daily. Their manner carries conviction with it. Be it known that these same men never admitted before that their candidate was not In prime condition. At all stages of the campaign they have declared that Watson wa-s In the lead by long odds. But their words sounded as if they had been uttered through a hollowx tube. The ring of conviction and sincerity was missing. Now, however, there is jubilancy back of the utterances. Fear BrfWfm Hart Them. Tom Marshall's friends "fear" that Is their word that the brewers and liquor dealers are hurting their candidate. They still Insist that "Tom" is all right, that he Is not brewery controlled and that he would make the best governor Indiana ever had, but they admit that the brewery backing of Mrashall has hurt him and that continued activity on the part of the li quor dealers is likely yet to lick him. The Bryan drift, while delighting" the democrats, is not worrying the republicans. The latter insist that the sufficient gains for The Commoner to carry the state ar Impossible. They recall that the normal republican majority is about 30.000 and that Roosevelt got 13.000 more votes in Indiana than Judge Parker. With all the forces at work aiding Bryan, he cannot, republicans declare, get enough votes to win the electoral vote of the state. Of course, the democrats say he can so there you are. REARO BOUND OVER Abandons His Wife and Is Placed Under $200 Eonds. Herman F. Heard of Summer street was bound over to the Superior court this morning in Judge Prest's courH. charged with wife desertion. He was placed under $200 bond, which he was unable to- furnish, and he was consequently incarcerated until he can either secure the bail or until has case comes up for trial. . Heard pleaded that he was employed as a detective for the Thiel Detective Agency and that his business naturally kept him away from his home the greater part of the time. In answer to this, his wife charged that he not only staid away fro mhome but that he supplied her with very little funds. ATTENDS A BANQUET. Ralph Groman, the advertising and salt'smanager of the F. S. Betz company in this city, attended the first meeting of the National Association of Sales Managers at the Automobile club in Chicago last evening. The sales managers were served with a fine banquet and tyhey report a splendid time. The- work of organization was decided upon and the election of officers will follow at a later evening.

CANDIDATES FALL By THE WIDE

Names of Independents Will Not Be on the County Ticket. APPLICATIONS WERE ILLEGAL Casper Felcher of Creston Will Nurse His Aspirations to the Shrievlty for Another Two Years. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Oct., 23. Because they failed to have a notarial acknowledg ment to each of the twenty-five names that appeared on their petition, the names of H. E. Smith, of Hobart, as an independent candidate for trustee of Ross township, and Casper Felcher, of Creston, as an Independent candidate for sheriff of Lake county, were. rejected by the county election com missioners. Wrhlle these two men were , running in this.. campaign on an Independent ticket they were In no way affiliated with the Independence party of Hearst's origin, and consequently there is no loss to that ticket. Did Not Comply With Law. The election commissioner In re fusing to put the names on the ballot held that the candidates in question had not complied with the law, to the effect that each and every one of the twenty-five signers whose petition for the candidate, must have their signitures acknowledged by a notary pub lie. This, according to the election commissioners, they failed to do, they having complied only Insofar as their own signatures were concerned. It is not thought that either, of the two men will contest the decision o the election commissioners, Mr. Felch er having expressed himself as being satisfied, but that he would make the race again two.'Vears hence. It would have been interesting fo me sane 01 passing comment to see how each of these two men would have shown in the election. Was First to Announce. For a time it was thought that Mr. Felcher was out of the race, especially since nothing had been heard from him. Mr. Felcher, who is a florist, and owing to the dry season was kept busy watering floral plants than hi is shievelty boom, and naturally when th reai campaign uvenea up nis voice wa arownea out. ut one day, severa weeks ago, it made itself heard ove the long distance telephone from Cres ton, to The Times at which time Mr. Felcher reinterated his determinatlo to be "in it." The Times printed hi second announcement at the time, an again Mr. Felcher sailed along quietl on the political seas without encoun tering any of those high waves whic Messrs. uarter ana urant have en countered. when not sailing and steering hi skiff in the political seas, he walked about In gum shoes and this added to the placdity of his campaign. It should be added that Mr. Felche was probably the first of any eandi date, irrespective of party, to make his announcement as a candidate. He was formerly a republican, and his vicinity has a large circle in of friends. , BRYAN AT GARY NEXT SATURDAY Will Wind Up the Presidential Campaign in Lake County. . . j. nryan win wina up the national presidential democratic campaign in Lake county next Saturday night at Gary and Indiana Harbor. ne win mane tiiteen speeches that day through the eastern and northern part in the state. From Indiana Harbor he goes to Chicago for a big speech there. He will first appear in Gary at 7:15 and speak for fifteen minutes and at 7:30 will be in Indiana Harbor where I he will speak for fifteen minutes. I Beginning today the candidates both national and for the state ticket wll ! chase each other up and down In- J aiana. lenginwise ana crosswise in a last desperate effcrt to carry the. state for their party.The special thus far enumerated that will come into the state are the HearstHisgen Flying Wedge, the Debs Red special, the Watson special, Marsiiall smpeclal, Taft v special, Bryan special and Kern special. Bryan's schedule for the entire day is the follows: Leave, Union City, 8 a. m. Richmond, 9; twenty minutes. Richmond, 9; twenty minutes. Newcastle, 10: ten minutes. Muncie. 10:40: twenty minutes. Anderson, 11:30; twenty minutes. Summitville. 12:10; ten minutes. Marion, 12:40: twenty minutes. Kokomo. 1:40: twenty minutes. Peru, 2:33; twenty niinutes. Rochester, 3:40; fifteen minutes. Plymouth, 4:25; fifteen minutes. South Bend, 5:20; twenty minutes. Laporte, 6:20: twenty minutes. Gary, 7:15; fifteen minutes. Indiana Harbor, 7:45; fifteen minutes. AArive Chicago at 8 for big night meeting.

JURY IS OUT

ALL NIGHT LONG Follmar Damage Suits Results in a Disagreement in Court. ATTORNEYS IN BATTLE ROYAL Case Lasts a Week and Majority of Jurymen Stand Out For the Street Car Company. After being: out from 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon nntll 9 o'clock this morning, the jury In the case. of John Fulmar vs. the Hammond, Whiting & Bast Chicago Street Railway company, was unable to come to nn agreement and the vote stood 10 to 2 lu favor of the defendant company. The cane ban been on trial for ten days and was one of the hardest fought canes that has ever been tried in the Lake superior court. One of the sensations of the trial was the evidence of a man by the name of Cox. This witness, who appeared for the plaintiff, was badly mixed in his testimony, and Peter Crumpacker, the attorney for the defendant, may take criminal action against the young man, shortly. Attorney W. J. McAleer, who appear ed for the plaintiff, Mrs. John Folmar, says that he will ask for a new trial. The jurors left th courthouse this morning looking worn out after their night's vigil. They say that there were two of their number, mill workers, who stood out against the company. How the Accident Happened. The Folmar case arose out of an accident which happened to Mrs. John Folmar, the wife of a Hoffman street saloonkeeper. On the 18th day of August, 1907, Mrs. Folmar attempted to get on to a car which was not carrying passengers. It was Sunday and a sprinkler and two trailers were being held at the Hoffman street intersection with Hohman street, to be used in the Sunday service. Mrs. Folmar attempted to get on the car, according to the contention of Mr. Crumpacker, the attorney for the street railway company, and the motorman, knowing that tlie oar was not supposed to be carrying passengers, started it up. " . . - " - Mrs. Folmar was standing on the fotboard and when she saw that the car had started she tried to get off. She stepped off backwards and of course fell heavily to the ground. Through her attorney she sued the company for $5,000 damages. The case has been on trial for over . week, and the opposing attorneys have had a battle royal. Mr. Green, representing the street railway company, states that in his opinion part of the testimony was deliberately manufactured, and he does not believe that the company was at all responsible for the accident. JUDGE PREST GETS FEE Genial Marrying Justice Ties Up Couple From Sucker State. It was a case of if we can t get married today we'll have to put it off for an indefinite time," and so Judge Prest very accommodatingly tied the knot. The groom. Max F. Goede, i3 a resident of Forest Park, while the bride. Pearl R. Mahan, is from Joliet. They both had heard of Judge Prest and came to him to be married, thinking that they could get their license here. The judge looked over his spectacles and seeing the stunning bride, flipped the ashes from his cigar and asked for the license. From the answer that he received from the prospective groom. Judge Prest realized that it was his first marriage in Lake county, and in kind words he gave the instructions as to how to procure the necessary papers. An automobile was secured and the couple taken to Crown Point. They came back in a short time and Judge Prest completed the ceremony. FOOTBALL PLAYER HURT Herbert Wilhelm Tackles Dummy x With Disastrous Results. Tackling k dummy on the . football field proved to be disastrous to Herbert Wilhelm of 139 Poty street, one of the high school boys, last night. The dummy gave way, with the result that the impetus threw the boy to the ground, causing a fracure of his righ collar bone. While not a serious accident it was very painful and it was a sympathetic buncli of football players who helped the injured lad to Dr. Groman's office, where the bone was set. His fracture had hardly been taken care of when Rulo Minard came in, chaperoned by another bunch of boys, who sympathized with him for e slight sprain that he sustained in his wrist on the ball field.

CROWDS

REftDY TO FLOCK HERE Taft Meetings in Hammond and Gary Will Attract an Immense Crowd Tomorrow Night If Weather Is Fine. It in nafe to say that there never wan a celebration beld in Lake county for which no much has been done in the nay of securing railroad accommodations an that at Gary whn William H. Taft, republican candidate for prenident of the United Staten, and United1 State Senator Albert J. Beveridge will speak. Not only will there be a special train of ten coaches at the Michigan Central depot at Hammond for the accommodation of the crowds who will want to follow Mr. Taft to Gary after he finisheh his speech here, but the fare to Gary on this train will be but 10 cents, which is less than a third of the regular fare. Any one who can get a dime to gether will be privileged to go to the new steel city, see the big parade and return to Hammond on the same spe cial as soon as the meeting is over. For the accommodation of the Whit ing and Indiana Harbor people, that they maye ride to Gary either on the train which leaves Whiting at 5:22, and Indiana Harbor at 5:29 and arrives in Gary at 5:44, or on the train which leaves Whiting at 7 o'clock and Indiana Harbor at 7:08 and arrives in Gary at 7:22. Regarding the matter of return ing from Gary, there will be a special tain leave that city for Indiana Harbor and Whiting at 10:30, which is one hour later than the last regular train Which leaves Gary for those places at 9:30. Monon Stops Train. Even the Monon will make it possible for the people from Lowell and Shelby to hear Taft, for the train which leaves Hammond at 10:50 and ordinar ily does not stop at Lowell and Shelby will be stopped to enable people from those places to hear Mr. Taft. They can come to Hammond at 4:39 and 5:07 in time to hear Mr. Taft's speech at Hammond and also make the trip to Gary. In Gary the preparations which are being made are the most elaborate of any that have been yet attempted in this county. Gary expects to show clusively that it -is in the republican column from the very start, and it will attempt to d so DV the demonstration next Saturday evening. Harvey Godfrey has charge of the arrangements which will be made at Hammond and he says that there will be no question that the Hammond crowd will make itselmetaolETAOIN crowd will make its presence felt in the neighboring city. It is understood that there is also to be a special train from Chesterton, and although there will be a large crowd from Hobart and Valparaiso they will probably be accommodated on the regular trains. The Erie railroad will not make any special arrangements for the coming of - Mr. Taft to Hammond and any of the Crown Pointers who come to Hammond on this occasion will have to take the regular trains. OWLS HAVE A BIG TIME Hammond Fraternal Society Men Enjoy a Pleasant Social Session. The Hammond Nest of Owls had one of the best social sessions of the sea son in the old Masonic temple, on State street, last evening. The meeting was well attended and after the business had been disposed of the members set tled down to an evening's entertain ment. Dan Shuck, the president of the order, made a brief address, in which he described the advantages of the order. He spoke of its origin and development and told of its advantages as a social and benevolent order. A light lunch was served and it was pronounced a splendid one. Young and Campbell, the buck and wingdancers, furnished an important part of the amusement with tbeir many clever stunts. They not only danced splendidly but they boxed three rounds and proved themselves to be clever fellows. Two of the members of the order engaged in a friendly three rounds, which was applauded by all of the members. One of the features of the evening's entertainment was the ragtime singing of Zeph Poland, better known as Frenchy. He not only sang but he played the mandolin and Orr Miller played an accompaniment on the piano. Ben McCarthy's buck and wing dancing was excellent. The meeting was a success in every particular. LOCAL NEWS ON PAGE 7.

HOLDS BRYAN FOE ' OF LABOR UNIONS Union Labor Man Asks Pertinent Question Regarding Bryan's Paper.

HAS NO LABEL Reason Why He Barred It From His Pages Because of Southern Democratic States. More evidence of . William Jennings Bryan's hypocrisy in his attitude to ward organized labor was made public yesterday through the republican na tional committee by A. C. Rankin, an honorary member of the Iron Molders' union and former treasurer of the Fed eration of Trade and La,bor unions. M. Rankin calls attention to the efusal of the candidate to give his journal, the Commoner, a union label, and points out the trickery of phraseology of the democratic anti-injunction plank, which gives workingmen no protection not enjoj-ed at present. "Union men, why does not Mr. Bryan print the union label on his paper, the Commoner?"' demands Mr. Rankin. "He has been requested by resolution of various unions to do so, and has not given to the public his reason for re fusing to do so. There must be some overpowering reason for his not grant ing the unions this simple and fair recognition of their cause. Practically all the newspapers In the country that employ union printers have the union label conspicuously displayed. But you will look in vain for the union label on the Commoner, even on a single advertisement in it. Seen Rennon in the South. 'No union man need be deceived as to why Bryan Aarred the union label from the pages of his paper. He has 152 electoral votes chalked up on his blackboards from the black or solid democratic states in the south. The Commoner has a large circulation all over the south. In these " southern democratic states few labor laws have been passed. Wealthy employers in these states are extremely hostile to labor unions and are doing all they can to prevent the organization of unions and to stamp out those now organized. ' Mr. Bryan' fears to print the union label at the head of his editorial columns lest it would mean an unforgivable affront to the anti-union sentiment that prevails in the controlling democratic element all over the south ern states." GOES INTO BUSINESS Franklin Stock Blackmum Gets in Hammond Boiler ' Works. Franklin Blackmun, the son of Joel S. Blackmun, a local real estate dealer, has purchased a one-half interest in the Hammond boile,r works and at a recent meeting of the directors was elected secretary and treasurer of the company, while W. C. McEwen, for merly In partnership with Oscar F. Broms, who died, is now president of the company. There were one hundred shares of the stock and Mr. Blackmun purchased fifty of them. The company Is capitalized at $10,000 and is engaged in the business of making boilers, tanks, sheet metal smoke stacks and general repair work. By the agreement of the two owners of the Hammond Boiler works Mr.! McEwen will have charge of the plant and the getting out of the work while Mr. Blackmun will be in charge of the office and will solicit new business. Does Big Business. The plant of the Hammond Boiler works is located at Wilcox street and the Calumet river, and is one of the smaller industries of the city which has been growing rapidly and has withstood the recent hard times surprisingly well. At the present time there are ten men employed by the company and it is expected that the plant will be in creased in size as the business de- I velops. Several of the local manufacturing companies of this city have all of their repair work done by this concern. 1 Mr. Franklin Blackmun is well and favorably known in this city where he has been living for the past eighteen years. He is well equiped with a col legiate and business education for the work he has undertaken and his success in his new undertaking Is a foregone conclusion. SPECIAL ABANDONED (Special to The Times). Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 23. It was announced this afternoon that the plans for the Marshall special train have been abandoned, inasmuch as the speakers could cover more ground traveling alone. ARE TOIR STORING A LOT OP CSUSED THINGS ABOUT YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE THINGS THAT A TOR SALE" AI IN THE TIMES WOULD CONVERT IXTO MONEY?

SMOKER

A BIG SOGGESS Chopin Hall Filled With Clubmen Who Have a Good Time. FUN IS FAST AND FURIOUS Amateurs Do Some Boxing Stunts That Keep The Audience Entertained. The nmoker given under the auspices of the Voting Men's Republican club, in Chopin hall, wan a great success Severn! hundred good republicans spent the evening in the hall, being entertained Uy the singing;, figging and the three boxins: contents which were put on during the evening. Refreshments were served from a lit tie room just off the hall, and consisted of roast beef sandwiches, celery,' pick les, crackers and coffee. While the hall began to fill with re publicans as early as 8 o'clock in the evening it was 9 oclock before the entertainment began. "Scrubby" Tuttle gave an exhibition of his jigging, which was greatly appreciated by the crowd Fun Is Plentiful. R. E. Garber sang two solos and was encored repeatedly. Dr. J. A. Graham sang several barrack "room ditties and made a great hit with the boys.. The affair was an informal one and it was anything to keep the fun going. Fred Friedley made a splendid political speech and was cheered to the echo when he said that he had known Jim Watson for 22 years and that he never knew of a single act of his that was unfriendly to labor. Ben Bell favored the .company with his matchless rendering of his own poetical composition. "The Grand Calu met." During the evening a band was secured by Harvey Godfrey and rendered several selections. Owing tc, the thoughtfulness of Reece Powell the crowd was entertained with four two-minute rounds of as pretty a sparring contest as has been seen in this city for some time. Say Bout Wan . Scientific. Persons from the audience acted as officials and the bout was fast and scientific. After the first contest Sam Livingston and Tom Livingston, brothers, volunteered to go on for three rounds. These boys were in a heavier class and they put up a fine exhibition. J. Connely and Billy Green offered to put on a boxing exhibition, but after they had donned the gloves they mixed at such a fast pace that those in charge of the meeting saw that they might hurt each other and would not let the boys finish the round. The rest of the evening was spent in singing and having a good time, and there was not a person present'who did not thoroughly enjoy himself and have more fun in three short hours than he has had for a long time. THE ADVERTISEMENTS THIS PAPER SAY THAT--DRUGS. Summers Pharmacy in their ad on page 5 call attention to their prescription department. The Hammond Meat Market, 99 State street, advertises as their leaders for tomorrow fresh country eggs at 22V4 cents per dozen, and fresh leaf lard at ll?i cents per pound. Numerous other bargains will be found in this ad on page 2. ..The Lion Store Grocery Department has a large and varied list of bargains displayed; on page 2. Also their liquor, tobacco and candy departments are represented in same. The K. C. Minnn Co.'s grocery department advertisement will be found on page 2 with a lot of numerous Saturday specials. Fred Kiinrmnn, 88 State street, tells more about the Kunzman sausage In his ad on page 5. FURNISHING AXD GENERAL MERCHANDISE. The Lion Store has its usual full page advertisement of clothing, millinery and shoes for every member of the family on page 3. Souvenirs are given with each $1 purchase. The E. C. Mlnan Co. have an ad page 8. A $350 piano Is to be given away by this firm to the lady receiving the largest number of votes. For particulars read the ad. nuhntadt'n Department Store offers thirty Fish's trading stamps free for Saturday, so their ad on page 5 Informs the readers. Fl'BMTlRE. The Lion Store furniture department has a half page ad on page 6. A number of attractive bargains in ranges, stoves and other articles in this line are' displayed; also a chance for you to get a $30 sewing machine or a $10 dinner set free.

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LANDS A FIT PRIZE Former West Hammond Of ficial Draws No. 3101, Which Entitles Him to 160 Acres of Land in North Dakota Yesterday. WILL RESIDE Oil HIS CLAIM NEXT YEAR Contractor Notifies His Wjnd She is Now One of the Happiest Women in This Region Single Dollar Investment Brings a Fine Beturn. No. S,101 is a number that will hereafter be Indelibly written in the household of John J. Brehni, 501 Stanton avenue, In Went Hammond. Mr. Brehm, who was former vlllaare clerk iu West Hammond, has been notified that he I one of the successful drawers In the Ronehud land drawing In South. The good nevrn reached' the happy family yesterday and soon It spread over the village and today Mr. Brrhem Is receiving the congratulations of his many friends. The. claim entitles him to 160 acres a id he being among the first 4,000 may have his choice. He must go there between the 1st and 15th of next February to register and within six months after that will have to take up his residence there for 11 months at least. This he has already decided to do, although he will not sell his West Hammond-property. - . Mr. Brehm, who is now in the contracting business in West Hammond got the drawing fever when it fii-st spread. He realized that while the registration was only $1 that it would incur a trip to the registration office in South Dakota and since there could only be 6,000 successful drawer out of , an unlimited number of thousands, and he naturally thought it over long and seriously. Finally he decided to go and he found himself to be one of 80.000 who had come to the registration office with the same fever that he had. With hundreds of others ha talked over the pcssibility of the country. He returned to his home having only one thought in mind that he had taken a elance. Looks for Nam? in Paper. Early this wsek tne njv.spapers began to give the limit? of sucoessf ul drawers in this prut of the country, and carefully he looked through the columns to see if ile papers, had his name. But ft w.n not there and already he was beginning to console himself that he had at l-ast had the pleasure of the trip out of nls fxpeiieiic. Yesterday afternoon the postman brought a letter. Its contents were small but they meant a whol lot in fact they meant that Mr. Brehm was entitled to 160 acres of land whicU could soon be worth $50 an acre. Mr. Brehm is a young mm, enterprising and progressive and should he decide to spend the years on the farm in North Dakotaa he will undoubtedly make a success of it. At any rate the single dollar that he inverted In the registration l as brought him tin best returns any dollar that he. ever invested. WORKS I0JE STARTED Standard Steel Car District Will Be Humming In a Few Days. According t,o reports from the Standard Steel car district, things there are cocked and primed to start the wheel going in a few days. Several large orders have been placed with the company some time ago and all that is detaining the company now from carrying them out. Is the fact that they are working on the sample cars for each of the orders. These are expected to be completed in a few days. All indications point to the prospect that the wood car shops will start with a hum after the election. The company has an order for ten passenger coaches, with prospect? to build ninety more in case the first ten prove satisfactory and the demand keeps up. Work on the model car Is now in progress. . K. H. Harrimnn is said to have placed an order in the wood car shops which is divided as follows: Four hundred and fifty stock cars, seventy-fiva cabooses and fifty furniture cars.