Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 118, Hammond, Lake County, 4 November 1908 — Page 1

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TAFT GETS 31 1 BRYAN 1 72 Republican Leader Carries New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. W. H. Taft will be our next presi dent. The laboring men of the country refused yesterday to be delivered by Samuel Gompers. The sane voters of the land would not be stampeded by Bryan's promise. By a vote which swept everything before it in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts; but by greatly reduced pluralities throughout the rest of the country, William Howard Taft was elected president of the United States yesterday. He will have in the electoral college a total of 311 votes, while William Jennings Bryan will receive 172. This gives the republican nominee 69 more than is necessary to secure his election and a majority over his democratic opponent of 139. Taft swept the one state upon which Bryan relied to win New York. The republican majority there will be at least 150,000, and it may run to 200,000. Even in New York City, where Tammany had made a promise to deliver with Boss Murphy's fingers crossed he was beaten, although his hopeful followers declared he would go up to the Bronx with 100,000 votes to the good. o Breaks in South. There are no breaks in the solid! south, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, ( Continued on Pace 8.) MiLLMEN SORE OVER TREATMENT Inland Steel Mill Employes Discharged Because . They Want More. MUST BE IN WALKING DISTANCE Sensation Created at East Chicago Superintendent of Steel Mill's Edict(Special to The Times.) Kas t Chicago, Ind., Nov. 4. East Chicago millmen are very indignant over the, treatment accorded those employes of the Inland Steel company residing in tha west end of East Chicago. Seven of the best workers inthe mills of the! , , -r, . , company were discharged on Friday J because of their refusal to move their families to the Fourth ward, or Indiana Harbor. , ... , ... , The officials of the company declare that men living in the East Chicago end Of the city are often delayed as much as .lt an hour in reaching the ... x , . nulls during the winter season. For B this reason, they have issued an edict that their employes must all live within easy walking distance of the mills. Whibs it is a fact that the street car facilities are very poor between the Harbor and East Chicago, the men feel that the order that they must reside In any certain ward is unfair and declare they will take the matter before the higher officers of the Inland mills , for their consideration. If general manager Block sanctions the decision of his foremen, over two hundred men, residing in "Whiting and South Chicago, and even at Gary, will be a:.fected by the change and thrown out of employment. MRS, CHURCH BURIED. Mrs. M. F. Church of 39 Condlt street, was buried this afternoon from her home, in Oak Hill cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. A. Smith, with a large number of mourning friends in attendance.

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POLIMEHl Faihtful Stay Up All Night to Hear Election Returns. LAKE COUNTY MADE GOOD Joy and Gloom Intermingle With Various Reports Wait for Watson News. And the next day it actually snowed. Four o clock in the morning found 200 deleriously happy republicans still waiting for another fragment of news from the outlaying precincts, Still hun gering for another report of a majority for Jim Watson. It was the fondest , dream of the Hammond boys that the county of Lake should give Mr. Watson a sufficien majority to make up for the lack of votes in the rest of the state and elect him to the governorship. Early in the evening they became convinced that the county ticket was safe and the interest was greatest when a report came over the wires which conveyed a bit of information no matter how meagre, that would shed a ray of light on the governor ship race. Reports Are Cheered, Every favorable report was greeted with wild cheers and when early in the evening it became apparent tha Mr. Watson was engaged in one of the most desperate political races that was ever run and that there was danger o his defeat there was gloom everywhere, There was not a man in that throng whose admiration for the fighting nom inee was not glowing to the point adoration. It was wonderful what loyalty was to be seen everywhere. A favorable report would come in and all of the vindictiveness would turn to joy in the hope that after all Jim Watson might yet occupy the gov ernors chair. But if the returns on the governorship were not satisfactory there was pienry or oaim in me way or glowing reports on the national and state elec tions. Big Bill Taft and Sunny Jim had everything their own way. All of the Wellmanlz?d bear stories about doubtful state were laughed at and in the county it was seen that there was not much show for the Lake county democrats. Schaaf Had Splendid Organisation. I The splendid organization which, had been built up through the indefatigable efforts of Richard schaaf brought rei suits and it was soon seen that what appeared, early i the campaign, to be a gloomy outlook had been turned into a most remarkable success. Field Marshall Richard Schaaf, jr., was' cheered time and again by his admiring cohorts. His smile radiated over the entire headquarters and the crowds who came to hear him admlrlngly matched hi m in his efforts to collect the rerorts from the scatter , Ing precincts. At the democratic headquarters it became apparent early in the evening .u. ,, . that all was lost to the democracy of the county. Even the prospect that Marshall would be elected failed to i cheer the workers who had hoped and believed that Carter, Simon and Becker . . . . , . ,, would be elected and who were finally forced to admit with the exception of Becker, they had received a terrible trouT,cing. 1 Along towards morning the sleepy , , crowds in the republican headquarters were enthused by the information that the reports from the country districts were more favorable to Watson. Many Stay For Finish. At one time he was said to be only 4,000 votes behind and then only half of the precincts in the state had been heard from. At that time Lake county had estimated that its vote would be but 1,500 for Watson when in reality it proved to be twice as large. "Lake county will save Watson," was the shout that went up on all sides and again the crowd took a new interest in the returns. By four o'clock it was certain that every candidate on the republican ticket, except Sam Ableman, had been elected. But the boys wanted to hear more about Watson was coming on. They knew they had delivered the goods to him and they wanted to see what the rest of the state would do. At fivethirty in the morning there were still about a hundred persons who had remained to see the finish.

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Fayette Street Is Choked With Throng Which Reads Results. STAYS 'TIL Reports Come in From Every Part of the Country Taft's Election Known Early. The election returns as displayed by The Times last night were the biggest thing in Hammond. A crowd that fairly choked the thor oughfare surged into Fayette street and there on the south side of the Hammond building the mass of human ity stood from 7 o'clock until midnight and read the returns from The Times as displayed on a huge canvass hung on the north side of the Central school building. It was a good-natured crowd, composed of men, women and children, and not a minute was permitted to pass without ringing cheers for some favorite candidate. It seemed to be a Bryan crowd, judging from the cheers that went up for the Nebraskan. More than 500 bulletins were displayed on tha canvass or more than two a minute. From All Over Country. They came from all over the country, beginning with New York and coming back home to some outlying precinct. Long before midnight arrived the crowd had had'an opportunity as to the outcome of the presidential election. The Peerless Leader was beaten for a third time, but this did not throw enough of a damper on the crowd to induce it to leave. The Indiana state ticket was in doubt, and with Bryan's doom sealed, attention was centered in the fight between, Watson and Marshall in Indiana, and Stevenson and Deneen in Illinois. Sandwiched in among these came others from doubtful states, toppling over with a big lead for Taft. Time Was Authority. The pictures of Taft, Bryan, Roosevelt, Lincoln, McKinley and Cleveland were displayed occasionally and brought forth volumes of applause. The night was pleasant and shielded by the big building little of the raw night wind touched the crowd. Some of the people staid there for hours while others left temporarily to go to restaurants to get a bite to eat and then hurry back. " The Times' bulletins say so and so" was a common remark on Hohman street when the returns were being discussed. Not alone did the people of Hammond depend on The Times' bulletins on the canvass, but the telephone wires leading into the office were never idle. There was always somebody there to ask about a certain candidate and Judging from the compliments that the paper has received the people of Hammond have appreciated Thb Times' -treat. The stereopticon was manipulated by Harvey Brooks, with the aid of two slidewriters, and Mr. Brooks gave splendid service. HIGH SCHOOL TIDINGS. For chapel yesterday morning the high school sang several selections. The time being given over to them for this purpose. Today is the day for report cards. Smiling and drawn faces. Only signal -practice was tried last night. The boys have hardly gotten over the slump of last Saturday. Coach Allee wants everybody out in suits tonight. Great things are expected of Murray this year. The way he has been playing is a good reason for exepctlng him to "shine." The joint literary program given by the two societies will be rendered Friday afternoon. It no doubt will be an interesting program. GOVERNORS CHOSEN TERDAV. TESDelaware Simon S. PennewlII, II. Florida. . .Albert WT. Gilchrist, D. Idaho James IT. Brady, R. Illinois Charlen S. Deneen, R. IndlanaThomas R. Marshall, D. Iowa B. F. Carroll, R. Kansas Walter R. Stubbs, R. Massachusetts. . .K. S. Draper, R. Michigan . . . 'Fred M. Warner, R. Minnesota . . 'John A. Johnson, D. Missouri. ..; .'.W. S. Cowherd, D. New Hampshire Henry B. Qulnby, It, New York . Charles E. Hughes, R. No. Carolina . . W. W. Kitchln, D. North Dakota.. C. A. Johnson, R. 4 4 Ohio........ A. I.. Harris, R. So. Carolina .Martin A. Ansel, D. Tennessee M. R. Patterson, D. V Texas. . .Thomas M. Campbell, D. 4 Washington Samuel G. Cosgrove, R. 4 Wisconsin. .Jas. O. Davidson, R. In Doubt.

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5,000 Majority Over Watson Is Claimed for Democratic Candidate for Governor Was Long Disputed By Republicans. LEGISLATURE TO BE DEMOCRATIC G. 0. P. leaders Still Hone to Bal ance State Ticket Chairman Richard Schaaf Is Congratulated For His Splendid Work In This County. It looks an if Indiana has chosen Taft for president and Marshall for governor, but the republicans will not believe it until the last returns are in. The Btate republican central com mittee say the result is in doubt and that Watson will get in by a few hundred. The democrats dispute It. Return from the state editor of the Indianapolis Jfewi to The Times this morning are to the effect that Marshall would carry the state by 5,000. It uai admitted, however, by the Indianapolis News that only half the state had given up returns and that the estimate of 5,000 for Marshall was made on a ratio basis. A. different story la told by Fred Sims of Indianapolis in a tefephone message to County Chairman Schaaf. Mr. Sims declared that the result on the governorship is very close, and that the rest of the state ticket is safely republican. The legislature Is safely republican, and Senator Hemenway will be returned to the senate. He wired his congratulations to County Chairman (Continued on Page 8.) GARY DIDN'T BELIE PROMISES Unofficial Returns Show That City Will Give Snug G.O.P. Majority. . Unofficial returns from three precincts in Gary indicate that it has come up to the expectations of the organization there and that the Gary republicans have fulfilled their promise to give the republican ticket majorities ranging from 400 to 500. The sixth and seventh precincts, which are in what is known as the "Patch," and were expected to poll something of a democratic majority on account of the Influence of the large number of saloons which are located there, gave the republicans a small majority, much to the surprise of the people in Gary themselves. With the "Patch" holding its own, the rest "of the city of Gary redeemed itself. Republican leaders there say that the city will give a majority of 500 for the head of the ticket. The vote in three precincts came to The Times office this morning. These precincts are the worst in the city and yet the returns are not at all dis couraging. These three precincts gave Taft a majority of 330. Watson was given a majority of 110. Tom Grant lan ahead of Watson and secured a majority of 209 In these three precincts. E. W. Wickey came out of these three precincts with a majority of 232. Crumpacker's majority in these precincts was 139. Apparently the attempt to intimidate the voters in Gary was a failure and it is expected that when the other four precincts in Gary come in the majorities which will be handed to the rest of the county on a platter will be very acceptable. FIRST QUARTERLY CONFERENCE HELD. win Be Held at First M. E. Church Next Thursday Evening. The first quarterly conference for the church year will be held at the rirst Methodist Episcopal church. Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The district superintendent would like to meet the whole official body as this is the Important meeting of the year. Dont wear a hole through your sole. Phone 267 and let us repair It, Qlok Shoe Repair works.

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(Special to The Times.) BULLETIN. Indianapolis, Nov. 4, 2:30 p. mJames E. Watson, the republican candi date for governor of Indiana, was defeated at the polls yesterday by a ma jority which is estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000. Thomas R. Marshall will be the next governor of Indiana. The republicans In the state have also lost the legislature and have not elected more than sixty-eight representatives to the democrats' eightytwo. This will mean the repeal of the county local option law at the next session of the legislature. t It Is believed that ail of the republican congressmen In the state have been defeated except Barnard and Crumpacker. Carl Hiddick, chairman of the speakers bureau of the republican state committee, stated that he believed the rest of the state ticket might pull through. He said that in a great many of the counties the head of the state ticket was knifed white the others were not molested. In Marlon county the state officers, excepting the governor, received a majority of about 2,000. BREWERS ON CONTROL. The brewers are In control of the executive and legislative bodies of the state. According to the republicans In Indianapolis, there Is no limit to what they are expected to do In the way of the repeal of the present liquor laws Carl Rlddlck in a statement to The Times says that the one bright feature In the whole situation is the splendid majority which Lake county gave to Mr. Watson. "Lake county Is the banner county of the state," said Mr. Rlddlck "the whole state is proud of you. Tell Mr. Schaaf that we are proud of what he and his workers have done for the parry, even though it will avail it nothing In the face of the overwhelming defeat of the ticket In other parts of the state." Carl Rlddlck says that if Lake conn ty gives a larger majority for the rest of Jhe state ticket than it did for Wat son, It Is possible that this county will save the state ticket,- with the excep tion of Watson, for the republicans. TAFT CARRIES HAMMOND. From the precincts which have been heard from in Hammond and which does not Include the first or the four teenth, it appears that Taft carried the city by 213. It is expected that this figure may be increased to 250. It is also a fact that Marshall car ried Hammond. Marshall's majority in this city was only 140, however, and the reports from the two remaining precincts Indicate that his majority may be reduced to nothing. vv hen Hammond railed to do more than that for Bryan and Marshall, it was a foregone conclusion that they could not carry the county. HE WILL DELAY CAMPAIGN Rev. G. E. Hicks Has Advices Concerning County Option Fight. Rev. George Hicks, who is the official head of the anti-saloon league in this district, has received the following" communication from state headquarters relative to the coming county option campaign: "We want to urge upon our friends throughout the state who are anxious to invoke the use of the county local option law to get rid of their saloons, that a premature contest in any county may prove fatal to the temperance cause. The newspapers are publishing accounts of movements already being organized in some of the very doubtful counties to call county option elections. "While the representatives of the anti-saloon league do not claim to be Infallible, yet we believe that no county election should be called without conference with some representative of the league. It should be borne in mind that partisanship has run high on this question, and that in some communi ties the partisan spirit will not die for some time to come. Then again, in the event that a reverse comes this fall to the party which championed the county option bill, there will be a number of members of that party in each community who will be in no frame of mind to aid in a county option elec tion. "The acts of the legislature will not be published for a full month yet. On the whole, we would urge that com munities be sufficiently deliberate in

bringing on county option elections ; didate for trustee of St. John township, thJt as a result no engagement will en- ! carried the township yesterday by a sue without thorough preparation for plurality of 85 over his republican - opit. There will not be a county In the ponent, Henry Batterman of Dyer. He state where sentiment is sufficiently carried every one of the three preclnts. strong for a winning, fight, but that It was an ample majority although for will have its opoprtunity within the a time the outcome was very doubtful, next year to bring on an engagement. It was a clean race between the candiIn Ohio the fields of contest have been dates. The figures for the three preso judiciously selected that In the first cincts are as follows: sixteen county elections the result has St. John Tovmshlp. In each Instance been victory. Let Is I 1st precinct Scheldt, dem., 98: Bat-

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DEATH RATE IS ' VERY HIGH Northern Part of State Does Not Show Up Very Well In Statistics. BNEHL AVERAGE IS HIGHER Great White Plague Leads the Mortuary Statistics In Indiana as Usual. The Indiana state board of health has just received the proof sheets of its monthly bulletin for September. Generally the health of the state was better during September than it was the corresponding month of last year or during the month of August. For the first time this year the high est death rate appears in the northern sanitary section, which, with a popu lation of 920,000, reports 950 deaths, with a rate of 12.5. The rate in the central section, with a population of 1,087,413, was 12.2, on a basis of 1,136 deaths. The southern section reported a rate of but 11.3 with a total population of 722,146, and 66.9 deaths. In the same month last year the death rate was the same in this section with 633 deaths, and in the month of August, this year, there were 705 deaths, with a rate of 11.5. Usually the highest death rate occurs in the southern section, and for this month this was true of typhoid fever and pneumonia cases. Total Number of Deaths. The total number of deaths in the stater was 2,755, making the rate 12.3. Last year for the same month," 2,751. persons died, with a rate of 12.2. In August of this year the total number of deaths was 2,901, with a rate of 12.5. The deaths by ages were as follows: Under one year, 495, or 18.S per cent of the total; one to five, 204; five to ten, 45;ten to fifteen, 52; flf teen to twenty, 80; sixty-five and over, 119, or 27.4 per cent of the total. The most important causes of death were as follows: Consumption, 318, of which 263 were of the pulmonary .form; typhoid fever, 118; d iphtheria, 29; scarlet fever, 5; measles, 1; whooping cough, 21; pneumonia, 93; dlarrhoeal diseases, 302; cerebro-spinal meningitis, 14; influenza, 5; puerperal fever, 7; cancer, 139; violence, 217. Cities Show Higher Rate. The cities, with a poulation of 1,048,005. reported 1,192 deaths with a rate of 13.8 or 1.5 more than the general average. The cities show a higher rate in cases of tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases, cancer and violence. The death rate of cities having a population of over 10,000 was as follows: In dianapolis, 12.7; Evansville, 10; Fort Wayne, 13.4; Terre Haute, 15; South Bend, 1.6; Anderson, 9.7; East Chicago, 30; Elkhart, 9.2; Elwood, 13.2; Ham mond, 14; Jeffersonville, 13.2; Kokomo, 17.1; Lafayette, 16.8; Laporte, 14.6; Michigan City, 10.3; Muncie, 14.7; New Albany, 9; Peru, 11.6; Richmond, 16.8; Vincennes, 25.3. The most prevalent disease reported was typhoid fever. The fact is established that every year for the last ten years this disease has taken the lead, beginning with the month of September. The board urges that the people learn to take the requisite precautions for the prevention of this disease during this month. 31 J01JE1CBAIIC Frank Scheidt Is Elected Democratic Trustee There. St. John, Ind., Nov. 4. (Special) Frank Scheidt of Dyer, democratic canterman, rep., 46. 2nd precinct Scheldt, dem., 83; Batterman, rep., 76. 3rd precinct Scheldt, dem., 85; Batterman, rep., 59.

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Republican Majorities Range from 300 to . 1,500. "v',: The Lake county republican cup of happiness is running over. As predicted by County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf in Monday's Times the republican party in Lake county elected every man on the county ticket by substantial majorities. Taft secured a majority in the county of about 3,500. It' was a local landslide. The stronger candidates literally parried the weaker ones to victory. Return3 are now in from practically all oC the precincts in the county and tha strongest candidates on the democratic ticket were snowed under by republican majorities which will not go under 300 and in many cases will exceed 3,000. Sheriff Fred Carter .who is conceeded to have been the strongest candidate on the democratic ticket with the possible exception of Ed Simon .was defeated by Tom Grant by a majority which, will exceed a thousand. "... - - MAJORITIES OVER ONE THOl"SAD, Returns have been received from all of the precincts In the county except those at Gary and Whiting, which are known to be favorable to Grant, and the majority Is 1,051. Advices from the precincts where the vote has not yet been tabulated indicate that this will (Continued on page 8.) LOWELL POST OFFICE ISJBURGLARIZED Safe Is Dynamited and the Postmaster Refuses to State His Loss. BLOODHOUNDS ON THE TRAIL Indianapolis Officials Summoned to Scent to Get Clews If Ttey Are Possible. Lowell, Ind., Nov. 4 (Special) Ths Lowell postoffice was entered and robbed last nigrht for the second time withla a year. Postmaster W. B. Nichols has not yet given out what the Iosa amounts to. It is thought that the robbery took;, place between 3 and 4 o'clock this mornln;. The entrance was affected through one of the rear windows. The safe was dynamited and all the valuable contents taken out. Postmaster Farley of Crown Point came to Lowell early this moraine with bis blood hounds to trace the perpetrators, but was unsuccessful. W. M. Sheets, who has an nnderi taking establishment across the street from the postoffice remembers that enrly this morning; he felt a slight Jar as if there had been an explosion, but it bring election night he thought It was somebody who was out lata celebrating and paid no att entlon to tbe noise. The robbery is not thought to have been a large one as there Is seldom a, large amount of money or stamps in tha safe. Postmaster Nichols has telegraphed to the chief inspector of the postoffice department in Indianapolis, notifying him of the robbery. BOARD HOLDS SHORT SESSION. The board of public works this morning approved the inspector's report for the Ogden street pavement, and allowed the regular bills.