Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 148, Hammond, Lake County, 10 December 1908 — Page 4

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Thursday, Dec. 10, 1908.

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Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.

Santa Claus For Times Boys And Girls write Your Letters And Send Them To Santa Claus And He Will Take Care Of Them

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. President Roosevelt's big stick has been wielded officially for probab

ly the last time and he has hurled his words of denunciation broadcast.

He asks for a continuation of "my policies," which a year ago shook the busworld of this nation and incidentally the whole world. He takes up a great deal of space in his last message with criticism of the courts and intimates that there is need for reform there. The last session of congress comes up for some caustic raps, as do the railroads. The message is altoRooseveltian. It is characteristic of the president and as many of those in high position read it, they will sigh with relief as they reflect that Mr. Roosevelt will not be president after the fourth of March. Much of what the message contains has been said before, but it comes again with the hammerlike blows of a series of amazing documents that Mr. Roosehas given to the nation. His critics will have ample room in the mesto use plenty of vitriol in denouncing certain parts of it and his adcan find just as much to praise. PLAYING AT WAR.

Whenever the federal government orders the army or navy to take part in war manouvres, there is always a loud protest from a hundred sources,

against the expense incurred. Playing at the game of war is not altogether

a new undertaking, but it still too much of an innovation to be appreciated

by the rank and file of persons who know nothing about the army and

navy. Demonstrations have proved that all the drilling and practicing that can be done, do not equal the war manouvres on land and sea. It is true that it is an expensive business but it must be remembered that our fightforces represent a tremendous yearly expenditure and that they are worthless unless prepared for any emergency at a moment's notice. This

country has now provided itself with a fleet of warships that is excelled only by one other nation. It would be a case of penny wise and pound foolish for us to curtail the legitimate expense of maintaining it as it

should be and deny it the same advantages as enjoyed by other navies. HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

DANGEROUS TEACHERS. The writer's attention recently has been called to certain peripatetic "teachers" who are said to be exploitthe doctrine that it is sinful for men and women to live with one anin any other way save that of "the spiritual life." Beware of these wolves in sheep's clothing! They have broken up many happy homes. The best advice one can give is this: Should this sort try to make disciples in your community see that they are sent away. Charlatans of this kind have ruined homes in many places. They peddle a kind of cult that apat the first blush to intellectual persons, women in particular. Afterwhen the disciple is believed to be "strong in the faith," the inner teaching is revealed. There is much talk of "exoteric and "esoteric" teaching, the outside for the world, the inside for the faithful. First comes the piously put declarathat "the life of the spirit" is the only true life.

Then comes the inner teaching-the

delicate suggestion of "spiritual affin-

And then-destruction. It may seem strange that sensible

people should become devotees of these

cults and be victimized by apostles of

such teaching, but it should be remem

bered Every normal human being is hun

gry for spiritual food. The craving is just as keen as that of the physical

appetite. And the appetite itself is

not always the most accurate judge of

what is best.

The fads exploited by many of the

long haired itinerants are not danger

ous. They are for the most part sub

limely silly. But

There is a specious plea that does attack the heaven ordained relations

of husband and wife and that leads to HELL ON EARTH. Thousands of poor derelicts on the sea of life have been wrecked and set adrift by pious pirates. Society needs to keep an eye on dangerous social interlopers who masin the guise of religious prophets. Whenever and wherever the sanctity of family life is imperiled by the propof any preacher, prophet, meprofessor or what not KICK HIM OUT!

Another year has rolled arounud and Santa Claus is preparing his

gifts for his good boys and girls. As has always been Its custom, the TIMES

will publish letters from its younug readers, both boys and girls, and give

them to Santa Claus so that he will know what to bring them. Letters infor Santa Claus must be written plainly and on one side of the paper

only. It does not matter where you live, any letter from any part of the country, will be sent to Santa Claus.. Santa is getting old and his eyes are not so good as they used to be, so his boys and girls are asked to be careful

in their writing. They must be careful and give their names and addresses for if the name only is given how is Santa Claus to tell where to go. Don't forget to write early. Santa Claus wants to know what you want and address all your letters to SANTA CLAUS, care of the Times. Hammond, Ind

Chicago Woman Robbed Of Jewels, Recovers Them By A Lucky Chance

UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

STATE GRANGE OPENS. quantity of carbolic acid today. She With 300 delegates present the an- recently sued her husband for divorce

nual session of the Indiana state grange and afterward withdrew the suit. She opened yesterday at Winona Lake. is the mother of three children and th

Master Aaron A. Jones of South Bend daughter of a wealthy farmer. Attend-

read his annual address in which he

recommended the state grange to use its

influence in bringing about a radical change in the tariff laws. PEETZ'S METHOD IS NEW. J. L. Peetz, state statistician, started yesterday to initiate a new method of

ing physicians believe she will live,

SINKS TEST OIL WELL. The Crawford Oil company, which is sinking a test well in wildcat territory in Center township, about midway bethe Princeton and Oakland City

oil fields, will pass the Princeton sand,

getting the acreage of land devoted to where they got a nice flow of oil at 900 crops, which he declares is superior to feet, and drill down to the third Brldgeold method and will make it pos- port sand, estimated to be at 1,800 feet. sible to get reports of the acreage de- This is located on land known as the

voted to the different crops that will be old reservoir, which was under water as nearly accurate as it is possible to in the lake that fed the old Lake Erie

get.

ON CRIMINAL DOCKET. Judge Anderson and a United States district court jury yesterday disposed of two criminal cases in two hours.

The case of John H. Graham, charged

and Evansville canal years ago.

FAMINE IN ACID. Facing a famine in carbolic acid, which is used in enormous quantities in disinfecting live stock cars as a safe

guard aganst the foot and mouth dis

with being implicated in the robbery ease among cattle, officials of the Lake

of the postoffice at Carlisle, Ind., was Shore railroad at Elkhart are putting

the first, Graham pleaded guilty and forth efforts to scrape up a supply and

Some facetious reader, who we fancy is trying to be a little sarcastic at our expense, pleads for the remedy for success. Well, it is just this way: You have to be a sort of a second sight phenom. Never be caught

napping and always be there with the goods. While the other fellow is thinking how he will play the game just fall to and trim him with beautiful completeness. Be prepared. Some folks are too prone to wait until the thing happens before they act. That's the down and out policy. The thing is to act before the thing happens. If a coarse man threatens to disyour headpiece and you are sure he'll do it, don't leave it all to Providence, because you are likely to get hurt. Get proficient in the use of the "big stick," practice all the latest strongholds, half-Nelsons and Batling Nelsons and then when Opportunity looms propitious slam it into the chap good and quick, so that when he is ready to begin, the doctors are working over him. Don't let tomorrow take care of itself, because it is apt to act unladylike. Care for tomorrow today and always keep enough gasolene on hand for emergency, then you wron't get left. Which is a good brand of success. A YEAR AGO the real estate market in Lake county was quiescent. It was even worse than that in some parts of the county; it was dead. Now, that prosperity has recovered sufficiently to get up and take notice, the real estate market has come out of the cyclone cellar and is getting busy. The story of the activity of real estate in Hamond will be hailed with joy in business circles. Twenty-four lots have been sold in one addition for a sum aggregating ten thousand dollars and the addition is a new one and has not been advertised as yet except in the columns of the TIMES. THERE IS A GANG of young toughs and boors who attend Hammond theaters and who for years have succeeded in making life miserable for the patrons of playhouses. It is a common thing for some of them to be yanked out of the gallery and ejected. This is not enough. The toughs laugh at this. They should be marched down to the police station and jailed and then subjected to a heavy fine and a few days sojourn in the prison at Crown Point. That is the lesson that the smart Aleck needs. IN GETTING AN experienced fire fighter at the head of their fire department to begin with, the officials of Gary have taken the bull by the horns and done the right thing. Now let the city have a splendidly equipped fire department, one that won't be for today but for the city in years to come, and the people will rise up unanimously and say: "Well done."

THE FINING OF ten policy players at fifteen dollars per, hardly seems to call for the solemn remark that a wave of reform is sweeping over the whole

world.

NAVAL OFFICERS MUST also do the fifteen-mile walking stunt for

four successive days. It may be the fair pot-bellied judiciary's turn next.

him from Amherst and other leading colleges.

was sentenced to three years' impris

onment. SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. Acting on the belief that J. S. Ruthan Indianapolis lawyer, had purtold a boy to testify to an unJudge G. W. Stubbs in the juvecourt yesterday morning summarordered the lawyer from his courtand warned him not to return unpain of being sent to prison. BOB EVANS TO LECTURE. Robley D. Evans, retired vice admiral, has been secured to deliver a lecture at Bloomington the first week in FebDr. Howe of the English deof Indiana university closed the contract today with Admiral Evans. MANY INDIANA MINERS.

of cars

thus prevent a congestion

awaiting disinfection. FINDS POISON IN STOMACH. Dr., Oliver Terry of Purdue univerat Lafayette today reported that he had found large quantities of strychin the stomach of Ethan Meharry, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon under such peculiar circumstances that Coroner Levering believed the man had committed suicide. It has been found that Meharry purchased the poison Friday at a downtown drug store. FAIR ASSOCIATIOX A LOSER. The sale of the property of the MadiCounty Fair association, at Anderyesterday will enable the board to pay about 80 per cent of the unpaid premiums. There will be nothing left

"I believe there were between 8,000 to apply on the $10,000 worth of stock

certificates. Among the heaviest losers

is Thomas B. Orr of Anderson. GETS LIEN ON TOWN HALL. William H. Minnick, a street contoday secured a lien against tha town hall and jail of Jonesb

Van Horn is a candidate for the vice near Marion, and both buildings will

and 10,000 votes cost in Indiana today in the national mine workers' election," said President Van Horn of the elevdistrict. Besides the warm fight over the national presidency between Lewis and Walker, the fact that Mr.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY December 10. 1672-A monthly post was established between New York and Boston. 1741-John Murray, founder of UniverIn the United States, born in England. Died in Boston Sept. 3, 1851. 1787-Thomas H. Gallaudet, a noted educator of the deaf and dumb, born in Philadelphia. Died in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 9, 1851. 1804-New York Historical society in-1817-Mississippi admitted to statehood. 1833-The house of assembly in Jama

ica passed a bill abolishing slavery. 1856-Christ Church, Montreal, destroy

ed by fire.

1868-All disputes between Mexico and

the United States, settled by treaty.

1907-Norwegian parliament conferred the Nobel prize upon President Roosevelt in recognition of his ser

vices in ending the Russo-Japanese

war.

THIS IS MY 81ST BIRTHDAY. William J. Rolfe.

William J. Rolfe, the noted writer

and Shakespearean scholar, was born in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 10, 1827. In

his early years he was a school teacher

and has always taken an active inter

est in educational affairs. As a young

man he removed to Cambridge, which city is still his home. He began his studies and literary labors in 1868, since which time he has written many text

books, criticisms, guides and magazine

articles. In his multitude of labors Dr.

Rolfe has still found time to master seven languages and to make no fewer

than twenty trips to Europe. He is re

garded as one of the greatest living au

thorities on the life and work of Shake

speare. Harvard bestowed the honordegree of A. M. upon Mr. Rolfe in 1859 and similar honors have come to

RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS

presidency has caused the miners in the district to turn out in force.

TAKES CARBOLIC ACID. Following a domestic row, Mrs. Rob

ert Stamm of Glenwood took a large

Through some mysterious and in

comprehensible reason, Nat Goodwin hasn't sought a divorce for about three or four weeks.

An old man's darling is either a pet dog on a string, or has him on one.

A lot of very distinguished gentle

men will be hoping very sincerely that Mr. Roosevelt won't meet with any acin Africa on his hunting trip.

A girl Never gets over Adoring a matinee Idol unless she happens to marry Him, and then how the Scales fall away. Oh, my!

A Kentucky Crises. Well, there was quite a little rumpus

raised over our little protest last week as to our attitude toward our county

officials. . . . He (the county attorney)

was told if he was aggrieved by any

asertions made by Thousandsticks that in the courts was the only legitimate place to settle it, and in the face of all this his talk was so wrathy that we do not care to publish the exact words, but we will say this much, that it began

to look like we would have to use some physical means to avoid the barbaric attack that was about to be made upon our anatomy.-Hyden (Ky.) Thousand-

sticks.

People wax cynical under the impression that they can say some awfully cutting things, and seldom hurt quite as much as they think they do.

Why doesn't the Ananias club get toand elect officers. There doubtwouldn't be much of a stew about

the presidency.

Buttoning a girl up the back seems allurlns to a man unshe happens to be his wife or his sister.

Three Times and Out. Some people tell us that circum stances are in Bryan's favor. We can

not see it that way. Ye editor will vote for Bryan for the third and last

time, regardless of circumstances.

Blackshear (Fla.) Times.

No man really understands the

be offered for sale in public auction unles sthe town raises the money to pay a judgment of $400. Minnick, as a contractor, paved Fourth street, in Jonesboro, with brick a few years ago.

danger there is in a dimple unhe marries a girl with a Julia Marlowe chin.

We know one or two people in Ham

mond who hope that Mr. Bentall won't get his job back, and yet they ought

to live in fear and trembling just the

same.

THE CREAM OF THE Morning News

Judge Dupuy rules that Feld mus

eum may be erected in Grant Park, but A. Montgomery Ward will take fight

to United States supreme court.

Richard Walsh, former head of

Walsh, Boyle & Co., wholesale grocers,

is indicted by the federal grand jury

A LITTLE BOOSTING DONE IN

YOUR INTEREST BY WELL-MEAN-FRIENDS WHO DON'T CONSULT

YOU BEFOREHAND, IS APT TO with Talton Embry and Hiram E. Rose

BRInG YOU FACE TO FACE WITH on charges of using the mails to pro-

AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION LAON.

mote a fraudulent scheme.

Lament.

"Saturday comes but once a week,

But wouldn't it be nice If we could draw our envelopes. Say, twice-or even thrice? For when the week is almost o'er, And you are strapped quite tight.

You wish that Saturday morning came

At six on Friday night.

Twould help the scheme of things a lot If you could draw your pay A day ahead, you wouldn't be Behind on Saturday. You wouldn't have to borrow then, And prospects would look bright, If only Saturday morning came

At six on Friday night."

SON OF INDIANA BANKER

ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET.

With a specially made revolver that

he had ordered from the factory for the purpose, Robert Harry McCrea, son of James E. McCrea, a wealthy rebanker of Wabash, Ind., ended his

life in a bathroom in the Great North

District Attorneys Sim starts a crufor the enforcement of the fed eral pure food laws in Chicago.

Instead of a franchise extension the

Oak Park Elevated Company will get a mandatory ordinance compelling it to

elevate its tracks in Austin.

Manufacture of articles at bridewell in competition with free labor is to be

discontinued. Governor John A. Johnson, at the na

tional conservation conference, dethe paramount problem is the

development of inland water ways.

Effects of business depression are shown in the annual report of Secretary

of the Treasury Cortelyou, who tells

how the nation aided in ending panic.

Appeal to congrss for an appropria tion of $500,000,000 to improve the na

tion's water ways is urged at the an

nual session of the Rivers and Har

bors congress in Washington.

Secretary of War Wright recommends

Samuel K. Martin

A green leather case containing $15,000 worth of jewels belonging to Mrs.

Samuel K. Martin Jr. was stolen from her in the Lake Shore railroad baggage

office yesterday afternoon and found an hour later in an elevator shaft, where it had been thrown by the thief. City and railroad detectives attempted to find the robber without success.

The only unexplained feature of the affair is whether the robber was one of the employes of the railroad or an expert "dip" who worked his way into the baggage room unnoticed. The latter view is taken by the railroad officials. Mrs. Martin was about to take the Twentieth Century Limited for New at the Chicago La Salle street station when she noticed her loss. She had left the members of her family standing outside the baggage room on the ground floor and went in to the baggage counter to look after her trunks.

LABOR NEWS Voice of the People

French labor unions have a memberof 1,500,000. There are about 330,000 laundresses in Santa Clara county, California, of which forty-one are in the city of San Jose. The Chinese government has estaba school at Shanghai to instruct the sons of fishermen in modern methof fish culture. In 1828 the workingmen's party, a

local political organization, appeared in

New York, Boston, Philadelphia other large cities.

SAYS HE IS A SANITARY DENTIST.

ern hotel, Chicago, early yesterday the addition of 612 officers to the army morning by putting a bullet into his and the elimination of all unfit.

brain. Despondency over teh death of

his wife is believed to have been the reason for the suicide. McCrea's wife

was Miss Cora Munson, who at one

time lived In Chicago. McCrea was well connected. Checks payable to his order for $1,000 and a Commonwealth Electric company bond for $1,000 were found on the body. McCrea's body will

be taken to Wabash.

ANOTHER SNOWSTORM DUE IN LAKE CO. TO

Another snowstorm is due in Lake county today or tomorrow, according to the official weather map last night, the prediction being for rain or snow and fresh southerly winds. The coming storm was foreshadowed yesterday with lower sky and a cold, western wind of twenty miles an hour. The temperaranged from 32 degrees at 5 o'clock in the morning to 21 degrees at 9:30 o'clock at night. Snow fell in the east and some rain in the south, where temperatures were lower, AmaTex., recording 64 degrees.

Regulation by the government of fuissues of securities by transportanand other interstate corporations is provided by a bill introduced in the senate. Discussion of the census bill in the house brings up problem of civil serin the appointment of employes. Leader of religious band who fought Kansas City police eludes pursuers. List of two dead in battle is not increased. Counsel for Princess de Sagan, speakin the arial at Paris, charges that Count Boni de Castellane is moved by hatred and envy of de Sagan in trying to secure possession of the children. When President Castro's steamer touches at Santander, Spain, it becomes known that he is going to Europe for the double purpose of finding health and settling all differences with forpowers. President Earling of the St. Paul lines, before a master In chancery taktestimony in regard to freight rates, declares it impossible to fix exact valuof railroads.

Yon will And that it is the merchants who are advertising in THE TIMES are the ones who are doing the busi-

They are live ones.

To the Editor of The Times-Dear Sir: I desire to make a statement through The Times regarding the $5,200 damages suit brought against me by a polish woman. She claims i am not capable to do dental work and that I neglected my professional duties. That fact that I am practicing here at East Chicago for more than two

and years with great success; that my pa

tients are very well satisfied; that i allways have an office to keep every-

A vigorous campaign of organization thing in a sanitary condition, is evias its objective a tri-state central dence that I am not neglecting my prounion, taking in the District of fessional duties. Columbia. Maryland and Virginia. There are witnesses to testify that Boston's labor movement is to have this woman neglected to come for an eight hour labor chorus of women treatment as I prescribed and that the members of Boston unions along the last time she was in my office she was lines of the famed women wage earners' all right. Besides I have treated her chorus of Chicago. outside of my regular office hours. She

About 150 labor measures will be was suffering from an ulcerated presented to the next California legisla- and I have requested her to come to ture by the State Federation of Labor, my office for further treatment. She neglected to come and she ne-

the State Building Trades council, cen-

tral bodies and individual unions. Boston (Mass.) stationary firemen's uion has organized a class in steam enwhich will take a course at the Boston mechanics art high school under the evening industrial school sys-

elected the tooth for two weeks until

she went to another dentist and had it extracted.

Yours truly, DR. GOLDMAN. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 7.

Central Federated Union (Manhattan

New York) has decided to co-operate

with

of that city in its efforts to arrest the

progress of tuberculosis among the var- poration

ious crafts

at the meeting of representative steel hich is to be held here

manufacturers, which is to be held here

has decided to co-operate

the charity organization society today at the call of Chairman

nor is it considered likely

that the deliberations of the manufacwill be influenced by the chances of a downward revision of the tariff on steel. It was pointed out that such a step at best is comparatively remote and can hardly at this time influence the railroads to hold off in placing their orders for rails in hope of lower prices. With the steel trade as quiet as it is now, the likelihood of a mark

ing up of prices at todays meeting, o nthe other hand, was said to be enout of the question. But something is expected to be done by the manufacturers, which will have conclusive effect on the many railroad system which are known to be withtheir rail contracts for better prices than now prevail. That that something is more likely to be in the line of harmony, however, than of price

Wages of Cleveland (England) ironminers and Weardale quarrymen have been reduced by three-quarters of 1 per cent, a majority on a vote of the employes having agreed to these terms, sought by the employers. Fifteen different municipalities of Alsace-Lorraine, ranging in population from 5,000 to 175.000, conduct employbureaus which aim to keep in close touch with the various organizaof employers and employes.

EXPECT STEEL PRICE TO STAND.

Big Manufacturers, However, Plan to Induce Railroads to Order.

New York, Dec. 10.-Material changes

in prices are not expected to be made outing was the general opinion.