Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 173, Hammond, Lake County, 11 January 1909 — Page 2

Monday, January 11, 1909.

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HOLD BUSINESS MEETING. The second result business meeting (for the present club year) of the Hammond Woman's club was held at the Masonic temple Saturday, January 9. Mrs. Jeannie Sawyer, vice president of the club, presided; there were thirtysix members present. The treasurer reported $427.92 in the treasury. Mrs. Klein reported $43 for the sale of red cross stamps. Mesdamea W. C. Harrison. Ed. Simon, A. K. Thompson, Anna Moran and Nellie Stewart were unanimously elected members, making the club members about 180. r A district meeting of the various Wotnans' clubs of the tenth, congressional district will be held in Hammond on April 17 Mrs. Edith Griffin is district Chairman. Subjects of Interest to club members will be discussed and a rare a promised those who attend.

At the close of the Tmainess meem-s A' very interesting paper en "The First Oman's club was read by Mm Ibach. It was of interest to all to learn that the first Woman's club was organized at New Harmony, Ind. The paper was thoroughly enjoyed by all. as were the tea and coffee wafer served during the 'pleasant social hour by the Mesdames morVmiin. Shearer and Emmerilng.

EASTERN. STAKS TO MEET. There will be a meeting of the Eastern Stars Tuesday evening in the Masonic temple. A large attendance of roebra is desired as the annual installationofficer will be held. RETCRN FROM VISIT. Miss Veda and Rosooe Hematock re-turnedmome-last evening from a short visit wUh,their;mother. Mrs. Mary Hemstock, at her home in Valparaiso. VISITS IN VALPARAISO. - Mrs W J. McAleer and her little daughter Marion of ' Webb, street spent Sunday with Mrs. E. W. Agar and Mrs. Mary Hemstoc at their homes in Valparaiso. RETURNS FROM VISIT.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. . . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph JP. Kasper gave

a very delightful party Saturday evening at their home, 407 State street to wb,ich many of their Hammond, and Chicago friends were invited. The par

ty was given to celebrate their eleventh

wedding anniversary and a very pleasant time is reported by all who were guests. Cards were a pleasant feature of the evening and prizes were award

ed Mrs. Keyser and Mr. Shank, Mrs. Cook and Mr. Keyser, Miss Luthman and Mr. Robinson were given the con

solation prizes. After the games-the guests were served with an elaborate supper. The remainder of the evening

until early morning was spent in danc

ing. Mr. and airs. Kasper received many valuable and handsome gifts from the guests who were: Messrs and Mes

dames John Rambo, Charles Rambo,

Virgil DeWitt, John Sommers, Shank, J. Green, James Dowler, Harry Jones, Robert Robinson and George Fainter all of Chicago, Charles Luthman, W. L. Keyser, Frank Waller, Charles Cook,

Mrs. John Huber, Mrs. Nickeli, Misses Mae Luthman, Mary Cook, Celesta Hu

ber, V. Funk and Bessie Kasper, Messrs

J. H. Kasper. Marie Keyser, Walker,

Louis Kasper and Verne Nickels.

Gilboe of Grasselli; Meears. L. Ammerman. II. Thomas, H. Loucks of East Chi

cago; Frank and Alfred Hill, Edward

Schmidt of Grasselli; C. Sturm, B. Kreuger ancr Clarence Cordrey of Hammond.

LEAVES FOR NEW YORK. Carl Kaufman left yesterday for New

York City, to remain about two weeks on important' business.

SIXTH ANNUAL CONCERT. Barnie Young's sixth annual concert

will be given st Towle's opera house Thursday evening, Feb. 4. There will be fifty musicians in the band. Professor Carnes of Chicago, the humorist.

will be present. A chorus of 100 girls will sing. Professor Emil Dietrich, the cellist, will also take part. Don't for

get the date. 29-4w.

ENTERTAINS AT DINNER. Miss Anna Stolley very pleasant en

tertained a few of her friends at her

home in Morton court. The table dec

orations were flowers and ferns, a pretty color scheme In pink and white being carried' out. The young people

formed a theater party in the evening to see "Three Twins" at the Towle opera house. The guests were Misses

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ATTEND THE THEATER.

Frank Fortner and Ed Fisher sav "The Soul Kiss" in Chicago last even ing.

LEAVES FOR SOUTH DAKOTA.

Mrs.. Harvey Brooks has gone to Red-

'THETHS'SIITS PLEMOIEHCE Hammond Sees a Dandy Theatrical Attraction Last Night.

BESSIE CLIFFORD IKES HIT

Song Hits In Musical Comedy Please

Big Audience at the Towle

Opera House.

They are still talking about the

'Three Twins," which played a matinee

Calla Glendale of Chicago, Minnie Mey- and evening performance at Towle's

ers, Mable and Grace Trost, and Anna -Pera House, Hammond, .yesterday aftStoilev. Messrs. Dick Staurt and Clar- ernoon and evening. Those who have

ence Glendale of Chicago, Chester White been Pretty regular attendants at of Knox, Ind., Roy Field of Chicago, Towle's this season say that the "Three

and Thomas Southmore of Hammond.

J HIGH SCHOOL TIDINGS.

The next team our basket-ball team!

will meet la the South Bend team. The

local team will journey to the latter place and the contest will be decided

there. South Bend lowered Ham

mond's colors during the last football

season, but Hammond expects to turn

tables in basket?ball. No definite re

ports can be learned concerning the strength of South Bend's team, but the

local five expects a hard contest.

School was dismossed last Friday at

:45. This was done to give the

teachers of the various schools of the city a chance to hear Professor Millls

of Hanover college.

Professor Mlllis, president of Han

over college of Indiana, was a high

school visitor last rlday. He la a

friend of both Mr. McDaniel and Mr.

McElroy. In the afternoon he made a

speech to the students of the high

ITow

le Opera House

TONIOHT S. S. and LEE SHUBERT, Inc. Proudly present in all its unabridged entirety, the dramatic sensation.

PlTl

WITCHING HOUR

education. He remarked that accord

ing to statistics the average salary of

a man graduating from the eighth

grade was $300, and one who gradu

afad frnm i1rh eVifnl waa t i A TtrVilla

Tralno" la Ua Tw , f , , .. ; 1 '

w mu31,a. that ot a coiiege-educated man is

iu tu tlly uus year. $1,200. Then he deducted the cost for

PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY. Of course. Bertha aKllch in "Cora" receiving th eduction nd howd

A very pleasant surprise party was was lne Desl oramauc, out me inree the g.aln Teckoning it in per cent,

given in honor of Mike Berwanger waa Dy iar me oesi musical The figures showed splendidly the Saturday evening at his home, 422 Gar- comedy- The company was composed value of a high school education and field avenue. The evening was passed of some sixty-flve or seventy people, then above this the value of a college verv Tileasantlv with music and danciner and with the exception of the replacing education. He advanced these facts

after which an elaborate luncheon was of Bessle McCoy by Bessie Clifford, who to show his point of view from a corn-

served. The guests at the party were: played the Part 01 Molly Sommers, al- mercial standpoint. Then the value Misses Anna Hansen, Alvina Stelling, ways haPPy th company was the same of an education was shown aside from

The latest and Greatest Play of Augustus Thomas.

school. He spoke on the value of a witii a cast oi incomparable actors and actresses, and a eVorjhishe1 TTocTZl scenic investiture of wondrous realism and beauty.

Two years of enormous success in New York.

Six months of tremendous profit in Chicago. "The Whitening Hour" begins where other plays leave off. It is In a

class by itself the telepathic triumph of the century.

THE WISE WILL PROCURE THEIR SEATS EARLY.

PRICES: 25c, 50c, 75c, 1.00 and $1.50

field. S.,D., where she was calledby the 1 Marle -vc Rose Lutter, Anna Leise, I that Plavel in Chicago and had such I a commercial standpoint, by showing

serious luness oi a reiauve. i SPhnTtz Alma and Anna Eeree-

brecht. Cora Seehausen. Lizzie Sand-

VISITS IX ILLINOIS. e Rounce and Elizabeth Berwanger,

Mrs. Pugn of 32 Sibley street has Messrs. ' Louis Wasserman, Herman!

a long run at the Whitney. I the enjoyment and .please it affords

But if Bessie McCoy was any bet-1 one in later life. He explained this

ter than Bessie Clifford she must have j point by telling a story of an old gent-

been a wonder. Bessie Clifford com-1 leman who he knows personally. He

gone to Hoopston. 111., to be the guest Busch Gustave Wolf, William Schultz, blne ln her dance a degree of grace said that he Just enjoyed life, taking of relatives and friends for several Mike Berwanger, Myral Kahn, Arnold and feminine loveliness and vivacious- his farmer education into consldera-

THE

PRINCESS

HAMMOND'S THEATRE BEAUTIFUL

days.

Bridge, Henry, Al and Fred Berwanger.

HAVE PUPILS' RECITAL, Mrs. Nellie Bicknell Dunham gave a

I pupils', recital Saturday afternoon at

her home ln Rlmbach avenue for the

AID SOCIETY MEETS. The Ladies Aid society of the First

Methodist church will meet Wednesday

parents and a few invited friends of Mrs w H Spellman, 144 Carroll street.

the children. The program was given

rnr Reillev re- ' " . All ladies or tne society ana congrega-

MiSSeS JV. v.t. aim - entirely vy ina yupiui uuu yyaa luui- , ,.i.j . tj where they I .. . . , , Itlon-are invited to attend.

. r UTichieran City where they I h1 cr,invPrt Mrs. Dunham elves

wiuou - . I j -

went to visit with their momci, these recitals several, times during the ;

Y. Rellley. who is tneer xor a lc" year for thebenefit of the class, weeks. 1

HETCBX.HOME.

SPEND SCXDAT HERE. Miss Alice Beebe and Mr. S. F. Hay-

ATTEXD THE THEATER.

den, of. Lowell, spent Sunday In Ham- Btron Bn(1 wajl ftKmlt .h. h(,(,t that

Mr. and Mrs. John Sonntag.have re- mono tne guesis or wrs. tumms. war- been heard t Hammond this year.

neess that made her easily the best at-( tIon- Hls talk was ve"y interesting traction of the kind that has comeana Instructive and it was certainly

to Hammond I a rare opportunity the members of the

Other Stronjr Parta in Cast. hth Echol received on hearing Pro-

Victor Morley, who played the part I fessor Millls.

of Tom Stanhone. his father's son. Jack

Darlino- th ihir twin w. .nipid Professor Learning announced last

and as a comedian showed that he is F5lday t).efore orus work' that

a successful graduate of the Richard lne cr U3 ,ne electea 10 sln5 ln rario .rhnni I the conteft only three were present

noiio xn " .v. w- lThl3 18 not a eood beginning; but there

v,.,, , v ' i hope.

comedienne ot ability. The chorus was

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' Miss Gertrude. Lochte and Sydney to thelj. home Jn j0uet uu af. tena at her'home in Douglas street.

Goldsmith spent faunaay ' " ter a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. xTr and Mrs. Kaspar Blck at Thnmaa Erennan at their home ln Rim-

in Chicago and last even- av(ntje. Harry Buchanan will leave this even

" - nA I

m? loined Miss Doroiny wi.v

A neat sum was cleared at the bas

ket-ball game and the Athletic associa

tion i nuitft- a. hit nhpnrl Th e-r.

The song hits, "Cuddle Up a Little penses were not great and the crowd

was a good sized one. A few more contests like this, considering it from

Here you can secure an education and clean amusement at the same time and for every member of the family. You can enjoy the attractions of Foreign Countries, the leading features of the big cities and a thousand other things to be had in no other way. Thousands of Dollars spend In travel will not secure for you what can be had in a single night.

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Mr. Dobson and attenaeu Northern theater. COMMITTEE SELECTED. The officers of Berea Bible class of the First M. E. church met Sunday afternoon at four o'clock for the purpose of selecting the various commit- . the tlans to be

tees. io miuiu

Closer, Lovey Mlne" and "Tama, Tama,

by Molly and the Tama girls were ex

OlTofl O n YtrtvA well rAialirAi4 rTV.A I . . . . .. .

ln for his home in Altoona. Pa., after " . . . . a nnanciai stanapoint. would put the

. ' eiectricai swinr was a snectacie tnat I nsnnptattnn r. a o-.i v.oij

. io vMoaaanr v sir Txrirn I ir nnn Aire iu - . . . rswU "

. - i i ) r ( 1 1 i. 1 1 1 rnrrn 11 rnnnii n r onn ansa on n

In South . " "

imiy came up o expecxauons. A double victory was won by the

The "Three Twins' was greeted by a I local school last Friday night 28-26

comfortably filled house, and Manager tells the story. The high school team

Nye was very well pleased by the I showed its class and from appearances manner in which the people of the re- I so far the same distinction will be held

gion have responded with their patron- I by the team, namely, champions. The age to his effort to give this locality I second team is also keeping up the

record run, having won every game

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Kathleen Lyons, daughter otMrand A. Buchanan at their home

Mrs. P. J. Lyons of State Line street, Honman street.

who has been" veryJill, is reported to be a little better.

THANK .OFFERING MEETING.

The annual "Thank Offering" meet

ing, of the Woman's Home Missionary

ATTEND THE -THEATER.

Miss Clara Strauss and Will Sum

mers saw ''The Soul Kiss" at the Colonial in Chicago last evening.

FOLLOW THE CROWDS TO THE PRINCESS Only 5 cents Admission

MEASLES IN IIOMEWOOD. Hammond doctors report an epidemic

The attack

the best possible attractions.

state.

IHEYiLLBECOfllUED

played so far this season. The basket

ball outlook is certainly bright. May

it continue to be so.

Manager McElroy settled with the

different class presidents today regarding the basket-ball tickets of last

iee ' . . I r i carried out during the new year w society oi the First.Methodist Episcopal , vMf.w of making it one of the c,Urch will be held Tuesday afternoon,

,tMrP!rt societies in inis pari. Jan. 12 t the home of Mrs. Frieda r measies in nuniewuoa.

Whlthey and Mrs. I. E. Dickenson, 53 111 a "sm iorm, nowevcr. me ulub Muenich court. Teh meeting is called sn of Mr- and Mrs- A- F- Fuehrer and

. M -n -n fTW" I J. - m r 3 -m. ir t- - 1

HS PLE-lSASi fo 2:30 o'clock and all members are me aaugnter oi mr. aim mrs. naipu

Miss Llllie Gallagher had a very asked to be prompt. A very interest- Groman are afflicted

rleasant parxy ir a. -- nnK program has Deen. arrangea xor tne

fHnd Saturday aiternoon at afternoon and the district euperlnten- "RnVfa

home in Tolleston. Guests were Pres: dent, A. C. Briggs, will be present to

ent from East Chicago ana nwuv give a talk on "Home Missionaries." A Ernest irapww oi loieawn was in The afternoon, was spent pleasantly cordfal lnvitatIon j3 extended to all Hammond today on business, with various games and music and members o the society and congrega- Miss N. E. Pickers of Chicago spent

dainty refreshments were aervea. tion and their friends to attend this Sunday with Hammond frienda

"ZI., nrDp meeting. I Miss Hazel Webb spent Sunday in victt 17T1IE1VDS HERE. 1 I . . ...

o.stmnn. formerly of Ham- - "sl""6 iiev. J. u. Knock of the First Fres

mond but now of Chicago, and her literature committee of the Ham- Julian oucne of Crown Foint wa8 m yterian church in this city announces Morse and Miss C'yi:?li: llammond today on business. that the forty-five minutes of singing,

Cohn, ofEaat. Chteago,spent Saturday Low afterT100n at the home 'of Mrs. W. Mrs. G. H. Austin is visiting friends which has proven such a popular de-

for the first meeting of the new year. Mrs. Mable White is spending the day uo " t-""1,",s MammOIld AthletlC ASS0

A very enjoyable program has been ar- (visiting in Chicago.

ranged for the afternoon on the week s Miss Agnes Hill of Grasselli is visit

study subject. A large attendance of jng with friends In Hammond today

members will be present.

Services at First Presby- Friday night's games.

terian Church Prove Interesting.

Last Friday afternoon everybody

was asking one another: "How would you like to have school like this every

afternoon?" Everybody seemed to be in favor of it, and it made quite a hit

ELECT THEIR OFFICERS

visiting Hammond friends.

HAS CLUB PARTY.

Miss Mary Kros-t will entertain the

f the Inter Se ciud mis

evening afher home in Doty street.

week.

A splendid program has been ar

ranged and the musical numbers will

be as good, if not better, than they

Mrs. Mattie Bonney was the guest of were the week before. The meetings

frfnrta in rh earn nvpr Siinnav. I -..t.i n i i

HOLD SPECIAL MEETING. . " v-o.ow yiyL ul ua mo

Th Martha Socletv of the First juuhs a. visum iiiiiwiuu ut a ouimi uau uuut tuai ims

a SDecial Chicago toaay. i proven a very pleasant way or spena-

Mrs. C. G. Kingswill spent the day nB lno evening.

The meeting this evening will take

full attendanco of members is desired vrc rmmmr.kw returned this mom- UP lne loPlc ureame, un, ureame Any

TONIGHT AT TOWLE'S

A rfc-umam success and failure large-

lTHhe result of concentration or lack Chr,8tlan church wm hoid

of concentration or i"v5 " meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home

one .by mere thfnKing p.-oauce Lf Mrg Murray ln East Sibley street. A visiting in Chicago today

In th.A actions OI omer

ciation Gets Full Complement of Officers.

The members of the Hammond

Athletic association met in their club

rooms on State street last evening and

elected the following officers: O. C.

as there is much work of importance ing. from 'an over Sunday visit with Lov111 Spirit." The prelude will be by HubbanJ .president; Fred Cashman .vice

to the members to be disposed of. his relatives in Valparaiso.

president; R. I. Ferrell, recoridng secre-

c ents uuiu Thorns, one of the most famous of it America's playwrights has set forth

In. his latest piay w ' , GIVE OYSTER SlPPEIl.

opera house tonight , IJ" class of the First Baptist S mtMnlnte w ",.and MleCt readtnS by Mr" R In to the constitution, is to constitute

tnai Tn nn.'s life aawiU give an oyster supper naay even- T1, fnr T irl te executive body of the association.

y. as uiuuci'" . - irg, January 15, in the social room or - -

Mrs. A. R. Conn. There will be an an-

Attorney T. M. C. Hembroff of Indiana V 'heKd0"bl1 luarett' "leKc- tary;.P. Smith, financial secretary; Ed-

Harbor was in Hammond today on bus- " " " . ' , . ward Riebos, treasurer.

ine9 "ir- aua xurs- fcnneiuer ana a The board of directors, which, accord-

I 111 J ,h r..- . 1 . .

i l ana win in a. liime uit-asuit: ue iutsuuii-

ated3;. 'Twer ot reading thoughts th ch-rch- The Proceto wlU be USed ,7 ' 7" , ! in State street Saturday afternoon and sible for its success, is composed of" the that tho n SVyTensi! for the benefit of the church and the Mrs E L. Johnston of Tolleston was even, y following men: John Millikan, E. IL can , be devKloped,in all mgriiy Bensi bn , cordially invited. the guest of her daughter. Miss John- b rnr-rrv Pharleq IT Eillinirs Georce x.j anft Intense natures, but " J 4 , . , Uo A ,. Miss Fave Smilev waa the truest of McGarrj, Charles ll. liiuings, ueorge

that by thinking one can even impress extEHTAIXS CLL'B FRIEXDS. m si,n, 3r,rt aw Swnnn frientl3 in Chicago Sunday.

one's ideas upon others and can in- Fannie Ruhstadt is hostess to L, i .nt sn,iav with Mr nr! Mlss Frieda Klee spent Saturday vis-

flnonre their tactions. The scenes ana . . ,, , fiting in Chicago

. j. V I v. i.i. ..-v,. - -1aVlIM. J. V. VillUCi Ull L. lllcll liUiHC Alii

Itiifttfons OT tne Play are a.u. iu w . whh Kirwt this. ftAr-l-r cv,. ?.Trs Van Alitor nnrl (lamrhtoi- rf Phi

" " ... . t i ""'" " - i niit oiuif y olivet i 0 . v

an in&erijxo.ciorl ot Uoon. The usual program will be car- Mr and Mrs- Harvey Gilnian of Eaat cage are spending a few days with Mrs.

mem, aim i . . ried out,

Chicago spent Sunday with Hamirond Pa" Lederer of Hammond.

friends.

oimost firm conviction that Mr. Thorn

- 1 A M

a? is right. One oi me cnar.i.r wl CLIB MEETS TOXIGIIT.

tht. nlav maKes xnis poeinv ai- ..,,, o th. Trirst f-hrlst-

tnn: "Every thought is active that ,,1T.-h wUi mP(.t this vonir? and Sunday with her relatives in Crown

is. born of a desire and travels from Lh church room. it ls the regular Polnt

us; or itsis born of the aesire oi some- ctlnK. of the cIub and a full attend- Miss Etta Henderson of Munster was

one els and comes to us. we f"e,lu ariCe of members is desired.

them out or we take mem in, inai is oil If we are idle and empty headed

our bra.insi.are the playrooms for the

Misses Nora Reilley and Hazel Webb

and Mastpr Jno TtpUlpv . onent Knnrlav

Miss Ruby Wilson spent Saturday ! uh Mr- p Re, , MichiKan Clty.

Miss Jennie Walton spent Sunday with friends in Chicago.

RETITRN'S FROM THE EAST.

Mrs. M .Tavlor has returned from n. I v,,

. . 1 .V A. I UIl UUBliil- OiJ

thoughts m omers, u""'" .-.mi two ,eek-s visit with her daughter In

we are active, wnetner pUtsburg to her home in Webb street.

the guest of friends in Hammond Sun

day.

Henry Prohl was in Hegewisch today

WITH OUR ADVERTISERS.

bad. If

tlv or malevolently, our

brains are workshops, powerhouses.

itr Thomas even goes to the extent

VISIT HERE OVER Sl'XDAY. Misses M. Wilcox and Florence Col

in this piay oi snowing a ju.y in a. ho are attending the Xorthwes-

n)urder trial being influenced by public tern university at Evanston, 111., spent the guest of relatives and friends.

opinion outside the courtroom. ine &un(Jay with Miss wilcox's parents, Mr. Mrs. John Ruschii and daughters, the

piece has attracted an sorts oi at- and Mr3. a. E. -Wilcox, at their home in Mlsses Mayme and Tillie spent Sunday ttntlon and dcuslons in New York Conkey avenue. w.th relatives in Hegewisch. OMcaw and other cities. No play of this feneration has seemingly excited RETCRXS FROM MICHIGAN". S LI1"a" ZJllll

so milch serious consideration of its Mrs. Anna DeHart has returned from 7 ',""; -nv;., ,w

fi-n T7 Ir- n r f T Qntino" Tvr o a i r TTo

, , , . r , 1 hat can I do for you. boys? said mond today on a shopping tour. A, AToT.u. ttxxr '

"There are sixteen styles in that case.

friends in Chicago. . ar,d I Ditv the crirl who mnrrtes the

Harry Hayden spent Sunday in Lowell man who ls so" hard to please that he

can't .find a collar in that case to suit

him." "So help me " said C. F. Miller.

"We bagged 130 rabibts on a hunting trip."

novel ideas. As an entertainment ln Michigan where she has been for sevitself it has equalled the successes of ral dstys visiting relatives and friends.

"Alabama' and "Arizona," but excels

both of these Thomas plays by its dar- a PLEASANT PARTY

ing treatment of occult themes and I a very. pleasant party was given Miss with her Hammond friends.

psyeme pnenomena. remaps, n tne I Lillian UilDoe f Tlday evening, January I Mr3. Lawrence Becker is spending the

play were noi so iuu or numan inter- J 8, at her home in Grasselli ln honor of dav visitine in Chicago.

her seventeentn. Dirtnaay anniversary.

tons eames and with music and danc- I

llr-c- TAter in the evening a verv elab- Hrs- Elizabeth Johnson is among the

orate luncheon was served. Among the Hammond ladies visiting ln Chicago to

guests were Misses Edna Wilk, Pearlaay-

The Majestic hotel is serving the

Miss Emma Jtvuss was me guest of Schmidt bread

friends In Chicago over Sunday.

Miss Harned of Gary spent Sunday CHICAGO BUSINESS MEN HERE.

Stevens, Dr. H. C. Groman, Otto Klem-

perer and Melvln Monnett.

The board of house governors Is composed of Mr. J. Avery, Fred Cashman, Mr. George Heiser, Gus Portz and Oran Stewart. The selection of officers

meets with the general approval of the

club, and it is believed that the or

ganization is sure to prosper under

this regime.

The most important matter taken up and discussed by the members of the association last evening was that of se

curing the C. H. Hammond company's

offices for club-rooms. The committee, which went to Chi

cago to talk the matter over with the officials there, state that the Interview

was very satisfactory and that there is

no doubt that they will be ablo to se

cure the building for a reasonable rent

al,

This will be an ideal club-house and

will make a baskteball floor, a dance

floor and rooms for bowling alleys and billiard and pool tables possible. There is aso room for the construction of

a fine athetlc field over on the site of the old plant, and the members of the club are delighted with the prospects

of securing the old Hammond packin company's offices.

est and romance as it Is said to be

Mr. Thomas theories would not have Impressed the public of playgoers so much as they have, but as it Is the interest in telapathy, mesmerism and hypnotism have been given a remarkable and wide-spread new impulse by this latest and most original drama of "The Witching Hour."

Wells, Agnes Bloomberg, Sylvia Bloomberg of East Chicago; May and Theresa Hill, Kate Schmidt, Lillian and "Adeline

George W. Rickards, the owner of some acerage south of this city and

Mrs. George Jacqua and Mrs. Eric recently the defendant in the condem

nation sun. wnicn was brought against him by the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad, was in the city today for

a consulation with his attorney, Peter

Crumpacker.

Mrs. Thomas Spencer of East Chi

cago was the guest of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Rohrman, arrtheir home I

ADVERTISECO MAKES MANT 1MPQSSIBLE THIXGS POSSIBLE.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS VOTERS'

ATTENTION WANTED

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday S Wed ,

January, 10, ll, iz, 13

The Mittenthal Bros. Araus. Co. (Inc.)

Presents A New Sensational Melodrama

The Convict and

TSae Girl By L&ngdon McCormkk

A Scenic Production of

Stupendous Majrnltuds

A Play of Awe-Inspiring: Grand

eur and Startling Surprises Cominjj--Ths Volunteer Organist

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 14, 15, 16

Ninth Anneal Tour oi the Beautiful Pastoral Drama THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIST By WM. B. CRAY With the World's Greatest Boy Sopranos and a Llstuiguished Cast of Pleyers Unanimously Endorsed by tne Pulpit, Public and Press. A New England Play of Intense Hainan Interest and one that will live Forever.

INDIANA-ILLINOIS ROLLER POLO LEAGUE GAMES

at the LEWIS ROLLER SKATING RINK, East Chicago

LEWIS vs,

ENSLEWOOD

Tuesday, Jan. 12

EHOLEWOODts CHUTES PARK Thursday, Jan. 14

CHUTES PARK VS. LEWIS Saturday, Jan. 16

Game Called at 9 P. M. Admission: Men 25c. Women and Children 15c Use of Skates and Check Room Free. Skating 14 hours before the (lame and 1 hour after the Game.

of all those who voted In the Lincoln-

Douglas campaign that live in this vicinity. It is requested by the committee that these names be sent to The Times' office.

HE MAKES K00M P0R ANOTHER REPUBLICAN.

Committee Ask That 'ames of Voter Be Sent to Ttme' Office. In view of the approaching celebration of the 100th birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, which will take place in Hammond shortly, the committee in charge want to get the names

One of Hanly'H lJit Olllcial Acts In to Appoint State Labor Commistiioner. TIKES' BfRKAU AT THE STATE c!riTAL. Harry Slough, clerk of the state printing board, was today appointed

state labor commissioner to succeed George "W. Purcell, of Terre Haute. Slough is a republican. The state print-

FIRE ON STATE STREET FSre this afternoon threatened the big C. C. Smith building on West State street, which is occupied by WhitaJter's livery and Liesenfeld's cigar store. The fire started in a little shed which is on the rear of the second story of the Liesenfeld store. Portunately it was noticed in time to prevent its spread. Both the Central fire department and Xo. 4 answered the alarm and by their prompt work checked the flame.

BUSINESS MEN'S ASS'N METS. E. F. Johnston, the secretary of the Hammond Business Men's association, announces that there will -be a meeting of the association next Thursday

for the consideration of such matters as

Ing board consists of the governor, au-j should properly come before the or-

ditor and secretary of state and ls republican board. This makes certain that another republican will be appointed clerk to succeed Slough.

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