Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 172, Hammond, Lake County, 9 January 1909 — Page 4
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IIP AMD DOWN II! INDIANA
Senate Firebrand Exposed by Roosevelt in Letter on Land Fraud Investigations
USE NEW THREE-MILE LAW. , Crawfordsvllle will be dedicated on
Petitions have been filed with the Jan. 11. The exercises win oe neia m
ABUSE Or TEC CORSE. Do not shout Into your horse's ears.
An able scientist 13 authority for the
statement that a horse's ears are extremely sensitive. He says shouting at a horse is un-
board of county commissioners of Dan-
vllle for the improvement of five of the principals streets of Danville under
the new three-mile law by paving them
with brick. Each of these streets come
within the law by reason of connecting with free gravel roads.
ASYLCMT RATHER DIE. Mother and daughter gace conflict
ing: testimony at the Inquest held today when a commission at Columbus decided that Chrlstoph Vollmer Jr. was a person of unsound mind. The youth
necessary. And H persisted m it win
spoil the animal fox intelllffent direc- heard the decision and made a dash J the poiiCe comlssloners. Ladd holds the
the evening and the Rev. Earl "Wifley of St. Louis, ex-pastor of the Christian church In this city, will deliver the principal address. Delegations from Frankfort, Greencastle, Lebanon, Indi
anapolis and Lafayette will be present
to attend the ceremonies.
MINORS PLAY POOL IN Y. M. C. A.
There will be no prosecutions be
cause minors play pool and biliards at the Y. M. C. A. in Richmond. This
is the attitude of Prosecutor Charles L.
Ladd as expressed at a conference with
tion. from the courtroom, creaming that he
The more one speaks loudly and would get his libertjg or would die.
AIMS AT RABBIT; SHOOTS FOOT.
COMMUNICATIONS.
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PLAYING THE POLITICAL GAME.
harshly to the horse the more does the
animal expect such outbursts and will make an extra effort only when the
driver makes an extra use of his voice.
The low word spoken positively, but
in kindness, is all sufficient.
One may make an intelligent, faith
ful companion of his horse or he may
make his horsa a driven slave, a nerv
ous, sullen brute.
The writer was plaased the other day . festal board tonight as the guests of
state law which prohibits the playing of pool or billiards by minors, except
in private residences, was not Intended
old, while out hunting this morning aimed at a rabbit and shot himself in
the foot. Hank's dog chased the bunny, but it escaped. Hank limped to Morristown for medical attention.
Part of his foot may have to be amputated.
DEMOCRATS FEAST.
Indiana democracy gathered at the
The game of politics at Indianapolis is at its zenith. Little by little
the true inwardness of the caucuses that were held by both parties for the j selection of officers for the two Houses of the legislature are coming to light, and they show that the liberal element in both parties is not overlooking any chances anywhere along the line. In the first place it was this element that elected Representative Honan speaker of the House and it is the same element that proposes to elect the United States senator. It defeated J. Fred France of Huntington for the position of assistant clerk of the house, also. France was the choice of the element that has not affiliated with the Taggart crowd in state politics. William Habermel of Corydon came to town a candidate, and nobody had ever heard of him. But he defeated France by one vote, and the wise ones now say that he came in as the candidate for the liberal element. A good story is told of this case, however. At the democratic House caucus, when Habermel was chosen, Habermel received thirty votes and
France twenty-nine. Soon after the caucus adjourned one of France's supporters came to him and told him that a representative who sat next to him in the caucus asked him how to vote for France. He was shown and voted; but afterwards he told the man that he had made a mistake and had voted for Habermel instead. If he had voted as he intended in the first
place France would have had thirty to Habermel's twenty-nine. Of course,
this is only an incident in politics. THUMB SCREWING TO CONTINUE.
to witness the tact and kindness of a
coal teamster. The team was a good
one, and the wagon was heavily load
ed. Pausing for awhile at the bottom
of a long hill, the driver spoke to his
horses in a low, encouraging tone. The
team responded to its utmost. At in
tervals the driver "chucked" the
wheels, giving the anlmalB a breathin; spell and a friendly pat.
That teamster and his team were
chums and coworkers. They under
stood each other. The horses were Intelligent, and so was the driver. He
had only to suggest to the animals
what he wanted done, and they gave
every fiber of their strength to his pur
pose.
the Jackson club of Lafayette and
glowing tributts wtre paid to the mem
ory of Andrew Jackson, patron saint of democracy. Leaders from his time down to the present were given praise
by the flower of Indiana democracy.
COUGHS VP PIN. A brass pin which was swallowed
while eating an apple during her child
hood was expelled by Mrs. Al Stone of
Alpine as the result of a violent parox-
ylsm of coughing yesterday, and she Is of the opinion that severe pains in her side and frequent illness resulted from
the presense of the pin in her body all these years.
SERIOUS CHARGE DROUGHT. The grand jury will investigate
charges of procuring, in which Mrs. Lou Holder of Evansville has been im-
"Bill" Hank of Shelbyvllle, 21 years to prohibit their playing in such an
Institution as the Y. M. C. A. SMALLPOX AT PURDUE.
President W. E. Stone of Purdue uni
versity at Lafayette has issued a bulle
tin calling on the students to comply
with the request of the health author! ties that they be vaccinated as a safe
guard against an epidemic of smallpox. There are a number of cases in
Lafayette.
HANLY AND MARSHALL RIDE.
The governor of the state and the
governor-elect, two men of opposite
political faith and bitter political ene mies during the campaign, will ride to
gether to attend the Inauguration of
the governor-elect next Monday. They
will also attend the inauguration o
Frank J. Hall, the lieutenant governor-
elect, in the senate chamber. OWES $250,000; HAS $180,
Ben Barnett, an Evansville capital
1st. filed an involuntary petition In
bankruptcy today showing his liablli ties to be a quarter of a million and as
sets $180. He is surety on notes given by the bankrupt Evansville Glass company. FORTY-SIX CATTLE BURNED. Forty-six head of prize winning Durham cattle were burned to death at
A Kentucky gentleman who owns a I plicated. It Is alleged the defendant
"big string" of thoroughbreds and has induced a number of girls from 15 to
won many races permits no unkind 18 years old to go to Henderson, Ky., j peru iast nlght when one of the ani
mals, which was being treated for an injury, kicked over a lantern, setting fire to the barn. Herman Miller, son of. the owner, John H. Miller, was in the shed and narrowly escaped. The Durhams were valued at 125,000 and had won blue ribbons at the last world's fair.
word to be spoken to his horses either 011 Promise, of easy employment and . . . . I good pay. It is asserted the girls were
v V v . I, " delivered over to keepers of question-
ine uiivcr who jeiis ai ma uuiac i afcie places if Vi f, animal xr.ra i1aa la nNAI 1
. 1 . . t . DEDICATE BEN HUR TEMPLE
norseman. -me amer wno loudly The hand8ome new lojge r00ms of curses his team Is a tyrant. The driver tne simonldes and Balthasar courts of
who jerks the reins or beats his horse the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur of
Is brutal.
It is quite probable that the usury bill introduced in congress will remain with bits of hold-over legislation, unless its friends get busy with zeal
and enthusiasm. The provisions of this bill, while considered liberal and permitting of substantial profit to the moneylender, put an effective quietus
on all forms of thumb-screwing, wolfish usury, such as has been practiced in this Christian community for years. The moneylender is allowed two per cent a month, with an additional three dollars for examining papers, securities- and Incidental expenses. To do business he must pay a license tax of one thousand dollars annually. This feature of the bill has caused the moneylender's chief objection, and to eliminate it he has raised a mighty howl of class discrimination, inasmuch as his banking and real estate lending brothers are not assessed as much. When the bill came up last year, this heavy license tax was hotly opposed. Hearings at the capitol and before the district commissioners were held, at which former United States Senator Thurston of Nebraska, now a practicing lawyer in Washington, appeared for the moneylenders. He argued against the tax, declaring it to be without warrant in law, but the House thought otherwise. Now it remains for some of the senate lawyers to find some legal precedents, for it is hard to move that deliberative body with a mere sentimental plea for the government clerks. -THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE FARCE COMEDY.
He that abuses one of God's best
gifts is not worthy to be master, much
less owner, of a horse.
One sometimes could wish the doc
trine of the transmigration of souls might be true and that the brutal driver might be changed Into a horse,
compelled to wear an Iron bit In his How 11 ls that a11 these brainstorm trw1r mwith blc r1cHfot-o him na. I sensations hannen in thft boastlnsr past?
Bailed by a torrent of abuse, and feel
RANDOM THINGS AND FUNGS
The reports from Indianapolis that the democrats have decided to
throw up the sponge in the Simon-Wickey contest were predicted by this
paper at the conclusion of the testimony-taking by the democratic law
yers. The result of the contest has been the taking of thousands of pages of words, and the arrest of three harmless foreigners who gave the
wrong name of the ship in which they came over to this country. There
has been no evidence of fraud brought out before the election comission-
ers, and nothing to justify the expense and the calumnatory stories that
have been circulated by the democrats alleging fraud on the part of the republicans. Indeed the most damning testimony that was introduced related to the notorius ex-dive keeper Johnson, a Gary democrat, and his
tactics on election day. As far as the democrats seeking to unseat Representative Wickey is concerned, that is a game that two can play at and
if the Indianapolis crowd start anything the republicans in the senate
can probably finish it. The whole affair has been a farce from start to finish and a lugubrious effort on the part of the democrats to make a mountain out of a mole hill. They thought they were going to catch a
whale and they landed a minnow. THE LATEST FROM THE WOOLY WEST.
the retirement of Rear Admiral Emory, was born in Paris, Me., Jan. 9, 1848. He entered the naval academy in 1865, and soon afte receiving his commission as
ensign in 1870 he made a specialty of
torpedo boat service. Just before the
war with Spain he was placed in com
mand of the first torpedo boat flotilla
rga:iized by the United States, and
his little ships did wonderfully daring duty in that episode. Th earlier days Admiral Kimball had much exciting work. He was present at the. occupa-
ton of Panama in the early eighties and was in the bay of Rio Janerio in
894 when the Detroit, with guns. shot
ted and trained, broke the back of the
rebellion there. In recent years he
has alternately been commanding bat
tleships, his latest being the New Jersey, and serving as member of important administration boards.
More work for Carrie Nation and yet Carrie has deserted us and gone
to Europe. A Spokane paper says that the bears In that region Joad up in
strong drink by eating crabapples that hare stayed on the trees on cold nights until they were frozen clear through and then hung out and thawed In the sunlight. Then the operation was repeated until fermentation set
in and distilled a fine article of the product put-up by the Hammond distil
lery. They would have to carry Carrie around if htey knew that, 4b V
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND copies in four editions of the TIMES were run yesterday in the big January commercial issue of twenty pages in three runs. The out of town editions are expressed and mailed on ten different
trains ana every train was made on time. The last edition was on the
street at nail past lour o clock in the afternoon. Two thousand and seventy
inches of advertising were printed in the editions. These are facts which
at least the newspaper fraternity if not the layman will appreciate.
NAVAL OFFICERS detailed ashore have been ordered to do an endur
ance test oi nny-miie walk or a ninety mile ride. Seems that it would be
enough test for a naval officer to holystone the deck a few times or shiver
his timbers without stopping for a week or something like that
TIII9 DATE IN HISTORY. January f. 17SS Connecticut ratified the constitution of the United States. 1809 United States congress passed laws to enforce the embargo. 1.849 Hundred and fifty gold seekers sailed from Boston for California on the ship "Edward Everett" 1S55 Tracks and bridges destroyed in railroad riots at Erie, Pa. 18G3 Mass meetings held In the large cities of the north to send supplies to Savannah.
Bom March 14, 1820.
buspension bridge at Niagara
wrecked by a storm.
1904 Firty-two lives lost by the sink ing of the steamer Challum be
tween Seattle and Victoria.
1907 General Pavlov, military procur
ator. Killed by Terrorists in St
Petersburg.
THIS IS MY 01ST BIRTHDAY. Rear Admiral Kimball.
Rear Admiral William Wirt Kimball
wno a tew weeks ato attained flair
18 1 s victor Emanuel ii., or Italy, died., rank in the United States navy through
upon his back the sting of the cruel
lash. That would be the Irony of fate.
Exceeding firmness combined with mas.
exceeding kindness will conquer and
control any Intelligent horse.
A woman suicided because her husband didn't give her a muff for Christ-
Warning to husbands.
When you meet nome one you don't like at a party, It la a ease of the nronc person In the right place.
Multiple Identity. We stated last week that we had a
funny story to tell concerning one of the prettiest girls in Clio this week.
By Saturday we had received notes from nine of Clio's fair young specimens of femininity forbidding us to use
their real names. Clio (Ga.) Free
Press.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. January 10.
1761 Admiral Edward Boscawen, Vis
count Falmouth, who effected the second surrender of Louisburg by the French, died in England. Born August 19, 1711.
1765 Stamp Act passed by the British
parliament.
91 Vermont, the last of the thirteen
original states, adopted the fed erai constitution.
1S04 Oakes Ames, builder of the Union
Pacific railroad, born in Massa chusetts. Died there May 5, 1873.
1830 Baltimore and Ohio railroad com-
" pleted as far as Elllcott City, Md.
1861 Florida convention adopted an
ordinance of secession.
1875 Extreme cold weather in Chi
cago and vicinity.
1895 Million dollar fire in Toronto. 1899 Charlemange Tower of Pennsyl
vania appointed ambassador to
Russia.
1907 Coadjutor Archbishop George
Montgomery died in San Francisco.
THIS IS MY 06TH BIRTHDAY. Carroll S. Page.
Carroll S. Page, who is filling out
the unexpired term of the late Redfleld
Proctor of Vermont in the United
States senate, was born in Westfleld,
Vt, Jan. 10, 1843, and was educated in
the public schools and academies near
his native place. He adopted a busi
ness career and soon proved himself eminently successful. Today he is said
to be the largest dealer in green calf
skins in the world, having been in the business since 1S55. He Is also heavily interested in banks and other financial institutions and busines enterprises in Vermont and is a director of several railroads. His political career dates
from 1869, in which year he was elected
to the Vermont legislature on the re
publican ticket. He remained in the legislature until 1876. From 1834 to
1SSS he held the position of savings bank examiner for the state of Vermont and in 1890 he was elected to the governorship of the state, holding office for two years.
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Home In the proper sphere for women, because we nil know that If she taken a husband she haa a better chance of being a boss than if she goes Into politics.
Well, how do your books balance?
That's the paramount question.
On the w r w n yet?
Besides not being good form for a
Man to talk about himself, It if entirely superfluous, As his neighbors can Be depended to do All the talking About him That Is necessary.
It will now be necessary to wait for
him to pop the question.
And did you write any love letters to Lillian Russell.
Many a woman in this world realizes that the great thing in it is to be uncomplaining, but she balks at it when she thinks of the sympathy she would , miss.
Sensational scene at the capitol when both houses of congress revolt against president, the house by a vote of 212 to 35 and the senate by 47 to 13. President Roosevelt makes public letters secured by postofflce inspectors showing Senator Tillman's connection with alleged Oregon land grab. House members bitterly attack president for secret service message and. by
over-whelming vote lay objectionable
features on the table. Many reforms by restrictive legisla
tion are recommended for the District
of Columbia in the report of President
Roosevelt's homes, commission.
Positive identification of man mur
dered in a church near Port Huron,
Mich., as Gideon Browning results in
the offering of a reward of $500 for the
arrest of Rev. J. H. Carmichael, first
believed to have been the victim.
Andrew Carnegie, In an interview in
New York, predicts a great export made
in manufactures in the near future.
"Big Bill" Edwards, new commission
er of street cleaning in New York, startles the board of estimate by refusing an appropriation asked by his
predecessor.
Chicago council finance committee
votes for increase of salaries of alder
men from $1,500 to $3,500 a year. To escape law prohibiting increase during term plan is adopted giving $2,000
for secretaries.
Federal grand Jury seeks to insure secrecy in its "beef trust" inquiry by ordering away loiterers, supposed to be
detectives employed by the packers. Senator LaFollette's mazagine prom
ises in its initial issue to be a hard
hitter and tireless fighter. Governor Hanly of Indiana in hi
farewell message to the legislature warns members that the county option
law is not dead and shows peril In Its
repeal.
Anglo-American station is estab
llshed by United States bluejackets at
Messina beside the ruins of the con
sutate and much help will be given
sufferers.
Burlington road surprises competitors
by quoting a rate of $62 for the round
trip from Chicago to Seattle during
the Alaska-Yukon exposition.
Biscuit common makes a new Jiigh
mark in Chicago and New York mar
kets, selling at 101.
Yes, Mr. Roosevelt will have to look out for the tsetse fly. There are no flies on him yet, but the tsetse fly is not at all particular.
"MY HISBAXD IS NOT A MAN WHO WILL ISTEN TO REASON," SAID MRS. NAGG. "JUST AS SOON AS I BEGIN TAI,KIG WITH HIM HE PUTS ON HIS HAT AND LEAVES THE HOUSE.
SENATOR BEN E. TILLMAN. Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Evidently President Roosevelt has been load
ed for bear all the time and has welcomed the indignation of the house and senate regarding his message on the secret service.
The other day he caught Mr. Tawney of Minnesota in the toils by show
ing that he had misrepresented to the house a letter of Secretary Cortelyou's.
Today the president has dangling from his belt the scalp of no less a per
son than Benjamin R. Tillman, senator from the state of South Carolina, who was once refused an invitation to a White House dinner ana who has been a bitter enemy of the president ever since.
In view of an intention on the- part of the senator to make a speech re
garding his connection with certain land deals. President Roosevelt tonight authorizd the publication of his- letter to Senator Hale, chairman of the appropriation committee in that branch of congress of which Mr. Tillman Is a
meber. All this correspondence is official and is sent in vy me prebiueuu without comment.
This Week's News Forecast
Washington, Jan. 9. The presidential electors will meet Monday in the
capitals of the various states to cast their ballots for president and vice president and to choose messengers to carry the votes to Wasnington, where the official count will take place in February before the two houses of congress assembled In joint session.
President-elect Taft will spend Friday and Saturday in Atlanta, where
elaborate arrangements are being made for his reception and entertainment
The ships of the Atlantic fleet, homeward bound on tneir cruise around
the world, will scatter during the week for brief visits at Naples, Genoa, Algiers Athens and other Mediterranean ports.
The case of Patrick Calhoun, president oi tne street railway company oi
San Francisco who la charged with bribery of public officials, is set for trial
Monday.
The committee appointed by Governor iiugnes oi .ew xors 10 incuire
into the business and, methods of Wall street will meet Monday to take up the investigation of the affairs of the New York Produce Exchange and New York Cotton Exchange.
The Cuban congress will convene Wednesday to scrutinize tne vote in
the recent presidential election. The regular session will not commence untu after the inauguration of President Gomez on Januay 29.
The whole question of the sentencing for contempt or court oi aiessrs. Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor will be thrashed out at a meeting of the executive council of the federation, beginning in this city Monday. Surgeon-General R. M. O'Reilley, who has been at the head of the medical department of the army since 1902. will be retired for age Thursday and will be succeeded by Colonel George W. Torney, now in charge of the general hospital at San Francisco. , . The social event of the week will be the wedding of Miss Beatrice Mills and the earl of Grunard, which will take place Thursday t the New York home of the brid's parents. During the week sessions of the legislature will be-gin in "U isconsin, Texas. South Carolina, Iowa, Colorado. Kansas, Oregon, Ctah, Washington West Virginia and Wyoming. Governors and other slate officials chosen in Novemter will take office in Ohio. North Carolina, Kansas, Washington, Missouri. Indiana, Colorado, New Hampshire and Illinois! i
ished she suddenly put forth the ques
tion: "I wonder if God is 'Afraid to Go Home in the Dark'?"
The worst time to have your love made light of is when you turn down the gas and the girl turns It np again.
Modesty of Great Men. Great men, Milton says, are modest, "because tbey continually compare themselves, not with other men, but with that idea of the perfect which they have Vefore their mind."
A young married man in one of the suburban towns is telling a story of his little girl that shows that children are up to date. This child has a number of aunts who visit her home frequently, and as they are musically inclined all the popular songs are sung during the evening. One evening recently, as the little girl was being put to bed by one of her aunts, she wa
The Times edition yesterday caused almost as much excitement in some cir
cles as the Sicilian earthquake.
( LABOR NEWS
There are 37,000 quarrymen in Belgium. Italy claims a trade union membershiD of 150.000. A state federation of labor will be formed in North Dakota by spring. Alberta, Canada, will pass a child labor aft similar to the Ontario act.
An attempt to establish a munlci-
asked to say her prayers. As she fin- pa brewery in Berlin resulted In a dis
mal failure. It did plenty of business, but lost money. About one-half of the. population of Greece are agriculturists and shepherds. Headquarters of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor will be moved from Duluth to St. Paul. Owing to a wage dispute 4,000 men have struck at Larmorgate collieries. Rhouddah valley. Wales. The management committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions in Great Britain has issued a manifesto
in which all trade unions are advised to instruct their members to refuse to
work overtime.
Efforts will be made at the automobile show, scheduled for Chicago, February5 to 13. to organise a national union of chauffeurs. Of 605 deaths of sailers accuring in the experience of an industrial insurance company, 17.6 per cent, were due to accidents.
The formation of women's auxiliary
unions in the labor movement is rapidly becoming popular for its effect on the label prorganda. In the recent referendum vote taken by the bakers, a proposition to in
crease the salaries of the international offlrers and make the payment of a
sick and death benefit compulsory, was defeated.
At the state building trade conven
tion, to be held in Santa Rosa, Cal., commencing Jan. 11, each district council In the state and each union will be
represented by one delegate. I Wages are to be reduced in the north
of England manufactured iron and steel
trade by 6 per cent a ton on puddling and 2Vi per cent on other forge and rniSl workers' wages. 9 Articles of Incorporation. .Kn increase of a million dollars in th4 capital stock of the Citizens' Building and Loan association of Lafayette was recorded in the office of thj secretary of state, making the present capital of the concern J3.000,00'J. The officers are: Henry Rosenthal, president, and Barney C. Weihels, secretary. The Muncle Glass company, Muncie; capital stock, $S0,O0O; to manufacture glassware; incorporators, Clinton G. Miliigan, George A. O'Neill and Georgia B. (Green. jlygiene Metal Cabinet and Manufacturing company, Evansville; capital stck, $20,000; to manufacture and sel! s:el enameled kltchon cabinets; incorporators, Charles F. Schroeder, John H S$Juroe.dAr and Claude A. Ellis.