Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 252, Hammond, Lake County, 13 April 1909 — Page 4
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Tuesday, April 13. 1909.
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TUB TIMES will print all communication on subjects of general Interest to the people, when such communications are signed by the writer, but will reject all commanlcatlona not ata-ned, no matter wtat their merits. This precaution is taken to avoid misrepresentation. THE TIMES la publish la the best interest of tbe people and Its atterancea always iateaded to promote the general welfare of the publio at large. NO NEED TO TAX THE BACHELOR. Taxation of bachelors is unnecessary.
They make themselves miserable enough, by depriving themselves of a home and the happiness dependant upon a home. We who were bachelors one time, know only too well the meaning of the word and as a contemporary says: The bachelor is punished already, not only in losing the joys of a home, but in being an object of contumely. So long as bachelors are willing to put up with all the losses they sustain in celibacy far be it from the majesty of the law to impose further penalties. It was Cicero or a man of his day who remarked that it was onerous for a man to get along with a wife, but impossible to get along without one. The bachelor is not a man only a more or less imitation of one sometimes a very poor one. He thinks he has a good time in. escaping all the major responsibilities of life, but he i3 deceiving no one but himself. As an example and a warning he has his uses In society. As an individual he is apt to find that he is eating only apples of Sodom. The man who deliberately remains a bachelor is already punished enough. Let him alone in his misery until some nice girl comes along and carries him off. And we may remark that no man is a bachelor of his own initiative no matter how much he may think so. He is simply a human derelict whom the women have examined and passed by. The bachelors are the disjecta membra of society whom no woman will have. That is lawful and it is enough.
TREND TOWARD REFORM. Much food for thought, is given the cities in the Calumet region, which are blessed with live and energetic civic organizations, in the statement made by William Allen White in a recent issue of a magazine when he says: A typical case of the trend of the average citizen toward municipal reform is found in the Merchants' association of Indianapolis. It was organized, as most such organizations are organized, to go junketing around its commercial territory with a baggage car, drumming up trade for Indianapolis. Then it took up the matter of organizing a credit system, and established local commercial ratings. Finding business injured by an epidemic of smallpox, it took a hand in the suppression of smallpox, which brought it into city affairs. Then it secured the elevation of railroad tracks, and with Its own capital built a system of heating and lighting for the business portion of the town. Gradually it edged into municipal affairs, and last year it found that its city and county governments were so incompetently and scandalously managed that the grand jury was called and the Merchants' association today has a municipal program. Incidentally the usuaMlst of indictments, fugitives from justice and resignations from office have followed it summer's work.
THEY DID NOT STEAL ENOUGH. The other day a band of Ute Indians stopped the driver of a wagon and took enough flour to teep their families from starving. How quickly the soldiers got after Lo, the poor Indian! How they cbased him over the cactus pastures to make an American holiday! What a lot of exercise our soldiery got from the chase, to say nothing of the opportunity to get a pot shot at the fleeing aborigines! You see, the trouble was the Utes were not incorporated for purposes of high finance. They had no patent with a big seal on it permitting them to steal after the manner of the statutes made and provided.
They had neglected In the haste of
their hunger to organize a trust that
would evade the Sherman law and
the soldiers. That is where the noble red man missed out.
He should have aimed higher. In
stead of stealing a few sacks of flour he might have organized a corner in
breadstuff and taken over the output
of all the bie flourinsr mills in the
country. Or-
Ile mieht have organized a trust
and by manipulating legislation taken
profits by special privilege.
lie could easily secure able lawyers,
and these high browed attorneys
would direct the making of convenient
laws. Either by the making or the in
terpreting of the laws the lawyers would enable him to exploit the whole people, white and red, by means of a monopoly. If brought to book for his transgression he could easily hire more lawyers. By hiring more lawyers the Ute could escape the soldle- . Unfortunately the guileless wards of the nation had neither a corner on flour nor articles of Incorporation nor lawyers. But the chief culpability of this band of Utes consisted in the fact that the Indians took only what was necessary to keep their squaws and papooses alive for a few days. Think of the heinous offense of these decadent braves! They stole only a few sucks of flour and turned the balance and the wagon and the horses
I back to the driver.
the more or less free and brave must smile in pity at the crude methods of the Utes. ' Such bunglers in the fine art of larceny richly deserve to be chased and shot down by the soldiery!
OPPOSE PRIMARY ELECTION. Senator Albert J. Beveridge has
struck opposition in hia plan to have a primary election called to select a postmaster at North Manchester, to succeed Jonas Grossnickle.
GETS BIG CAR ORDER. The Pressed Steel Car company of
Pittsburg last week received an order
from the New York Central people for
fifty-one baggage cars, and from the
Long Island ra!)-oad for 134 box cars.
The company has been asked to bid on 750 freight cars for the Missouri. Kansas & Texas road.
BIG OILER IS DISCOVERED. A great oiler, drilled by Michael Mur
phy & Co. on the Jeff English lease.
southeast quarter of northeast quarter.
section 27, Monroe township, near Oak
land City, which is estimated to be making 125 barrels a day, has been the main point of interest in the gas and oil field during the week. BUNKO STEEREtt.OS TRIAL. After the lapse of one year the bunko
steering charge against 'William Fleming of Cleveland, O., will come up for
trial in the superior court of St. Joseph county, In South Bend today.
Fleming, who is charged with swindling W. J. Springborn, member of the Board of Public Service of Cleveland and
close friend of Mayor Tom Johnson of
that city, arrived in South Bend Saturday, coming in the same car with J. P.
Dawley, attorney for Springborn. The victim charges that he lost 810,000 by
betting on a fake wrestling match. GYPSY SMITH TO PRESIDE.
Winona Bible conference promises to be better than ever before, as shown
by the program just issued. Dr. J. Wil
bur Chapman, in whose brain the Bible conference originated, will be sadly missed, but with Gypsy Smith as pre
siding officer it la believed the confer ence can not be but a success.
SAVED BY NEGRO I1ERO, While struggling in the swollen wa
ters of Fall Creek, Just west of the
Indiana avenue bridge, Indianapolis, Russell Bird, 10 years old, was saved
from death by a colored boy of little more than his own age yesterday afternoon. Hastily putting him into a gravel wagon, which was on the avenue 110 yards away, the colored boy drove with the semi-conscious boy he had saved to the City hospital and delivered him at the surgery. MANY FLOWERS GROWN. Thousands of flowers of all kinds, grown in the big greenhouse ranges of Newcastel yesterday spread their fragrance in thousands of homes over the country and contributed their share toward the Easter cheer. The volume
of Easter business handled this year by the five greenhouse companies was the ! largest In their history and they could have sold many more blooms had they been able to suddIv them.
LA PORTE WANTS Y. M. C. A. A campaign to raise between $50,-
000 and 875.000 for the buildi'nsr nri
equipment of a Y, M. C. A. building
will be inaugurated in LaPorte. Thursday evening a dinner will be given with covers for 250. The speakers will be J.
B. Forgan, president of the National , Citizens Bank of Chicago, and Marvin Campbell and J .M. Studebaker of South Bend. Friday evening, April 16, the j young men of LaPorte, will hold a !
banquet at which the formal canvass I for the money will be launched.
RECEIVES HIGH IIOXOR. Walter S. Ratliff of Richmond, a
member of the Indiana legislature, who '
was denied a master's degree by Earlham college because of his attitude on the liquor question, today received notice that he had been made a member of the National Geographic society, which is considered no mean honor, as it includes many men of science, literature and high official position. Mr. Ratliff has rendered efficient service in the inland division of the biological survey. . SA LOO X KEEPERS GOOD. Behind closely curtained windows and doors, where dim lights flickered over bars, saloonkeepers of Indianapolis yesterday gave an example of "how to be good." The curtaining of the windows made the dim lights necessary to enable the bartenders to dispense any sort of liquid refreshments at the Sunday bars." MANY JOB HUNTER9 APPLY. There are over 100 applications before Governor Marshall for appointment as
accountants under the new public accounting law. Governor Marshall will complete his appointments within a short time. He has announced that the appointments under this law will be for the fitness alone.
PLAN ALL-STEEL STREET CARS. Street railway men are Interested in the Increasing use of steel in the construction of passenger cars. All-steel cars are now the only type ordered for subways, and this type is now being generally adopted for suburban service on the electrified steam roads. One of the strongest arguments in favor of the new type Is the vastly superior strength of steel over wooden construction has brought two important economies, one a reduction in weight and the other In the cost of maintenance. The reduction in weight, it is said, Is expected to mean a saving of from $50 to $60 a year in repairs.
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THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE WOMAN WITHOUT THE PRICE OF A NEW ONE REGRETS THAT SHE CANNOT FOOL THE OTHER - WOMEN WITH A MADEOVER BONNET.
FOR A CLEAN AND DECENT CITY. Hammond people who have commended Chief of Police Austgen for ordering the removal of the risque and salacious advertising, will be interested in the movement in Kansas City, of which the Star said: The right of the people of a city to oppose indecencies and ugliness that offend the eye was set forth in the discussion of the subject of billboard advertising before the City Club a few days ago. The discussion ranged beyond the matter of immoral pictures, but it might have been carried even further than the speakers suggested. A city, through its police power, cannot enforce standards of beauty. The lawmakers and the courts have not yet given the protection to the sense of sight that they are willing to concede to the senses of taste, smell and hearing. Yet the possibilities of contamination and demoralization through the vision are very great, and such possibilities are often realized in offensive sights that pass without protest simply because it is assumed that they must be tolerated.
AN IMPRUDENT REQUEST. We acknowledge the receipt of one of Lord and Thomas' wonderful spec
ialties, a request for gratituous advertising on our part for which Lord and
Thomas on their part get paid. The letter accompanies a tobacco advertise
ment which if the tobacco trust or any other trust wanted published, would
cost them about six dollars. In the letter is the following: We believe this article is worthy of space in any American newspaper and if you will give same space in your columns in an early issue and will send a marked copy to our New York office, using the enclosed wrapper for that purpose, we shall appreciate the courtesy very much.
Lord and Thomas, not only want the tobacco ad printed for nothing, but they also want the paper sent to their New York office for nothing. Wonderful are the ways of Lord and Thomas!
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. April 13.
1743 Thomas Jefterson, third presi
dent of the United States, born In
Albemarle county, Virginia. Died'
at Monticello, Va., July 4, 1826.
1772 EU Terry, first American clock
manufacturer, born In East Windmanufacturer, born in East Windsor, Conn. Died at Terryville,
Conn., Feb. 24, 1852.
1787 Columbia college, in New York,
Incorporated.
1S61 Fort Sumter surrendered by Ma
jor Anderson. 1865 Mobile surrendered to a combined army and naval attack. 1S68 Magdala, the stronghold of King Theodore of Abyssinia, stormed and taken by the British under Sir Robert Napier. 1891 Richard Gilmour, Roman Catholic bishop of Cleveland, O., died at St. Augustine, Fla. 1895 State capitol at Springfield, 111., damaged by fire. 1897 Sir John Schultz, former lieutenant governor of Manitoba, died at Monterey, Mexico.
1904 An explosion on the United States
battle ship Missouri killed twenty-
nine men.
Mollne, 111., authorities are considering barring burlesque from the town forever. Doubtless the authorities there consider themselves fully able to give the dear peop. all the burlesque necessary.
ANOTHER NOTABLE BEAT. The TIMES yesterday wa3 the ONLY PAPER PRINTED that gave the full story of the C. L. S. & S. B. wreck, near Gary, together with the names of the injured. Chicago, Hammond, Gary, Michigan City and South Bend dailies were all beaten by the TIMES. An edition of 3,000 copies was sent out all over the Calumet region, giving a detailed story of the wreck, less than two hours after it happened, which was a remarkable feat for a small paper. The extra appeared between the publication of the TIMES country edition and the evening edition, but the latter was on the streets of Hammond at five o'clock as usual and contained the only full story of the disaster that Hammond people had. You can see the story in the other papers tonight. Watch for it.
THIS IS MY 42XD BIRTHDAY. Charles 11. Sherrill.
Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, the new
United States minister to the Argen tine Republic, was born in Washing
ton, D. C April 13, 1867. After graduating from the Yale law school In 1892 he began the practice of law in New
York City, where he soon established a reputation as an able corporation lawyer. He became active in republican
politics, and In the two McKinley cam
paigns he organized the Lawyers'
Sound Money club, and was one of the committee of five that conducted the
monster business parades of those two campaigns. Mr. Sherrill was a noted athlete in his college days and after
his graduation he continued his inter
est in athletic sports. He was the
originator of the idea of international
inter-university track athletic meet
ings, having arranged the Yale-Oxford match in London in 1894, and the YaleCambridge match in New York the following year.
To Judge from some of the bon
net displays yesterday, we snw one or two that would be more appropriate for the first of April than Easter.
Mr. Bryan says he does not read fic
tion. Perhaps he does not, dui at leasi
he speaks it.
The difference between a pessi
mist and an optimist is the difference between a baseball fan at the beginning of the season and at the end of It.
April may have a lot more bad
weather than she has yet come forward with, but we'd like to lay a few bets that she has about exhausted her reper
toire.
We have seen shows where the lady who was the whole show had little respect for the feel-Ina-s of the audience.
It Is just a question of whether Mr. Jack Artha' Johnsing will fight for a $2 steak or a $50,000 stake.
There ore men who rend while at the table, Ken tie, lady, because they want something to take their minds off the food.
SAYS IT WILL BE THE ORGAN. President Thomas E. Knotts of the Gary town board, is acquiring a lot of press clippings, these days, because of the fact that he is to start a newspaper that is to be the democratic organ of Northern Indiana. A Chicago paper in speaking of the proposition says: Thomas E. Knotts, president of the Gary town board, has announced that within a short time he will begin the publication of a Democratic paper to be the official organ of the party in the northern end of Indiana and probably of himself in his campaign next fall for mayor of Gary. The election will make Gary a city and Mr. Knotts wants to be its first mayor. THE PRESENT extra session of congress, will cost $300,000. This will be cheap enough if the common people can get what they want in the way of tariff reductions, from the insatiable barons who have their fingers very busy gripping something that they fear to release.
RANDOM THINGS AND FUNGS
An early poet has this to say touching tea: "The leaves must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like fine earth newly swept by rain." Guess tea of that quality can stand having the tariff hoisted on it Just a bit.
go to Jollet if his father, who Is dying, is released from jail.
Chicago Real Estate board indorses
the bill governing assessors and re
viewers of taxes and Bends a edelgation
to Springfield to urge its passage.
Hearing of jail food graft charges
against Sheriff Strasshelm ends and
ruling will be made Monday. Wells Martin wins Sunday school
Marathon and delivers Lenten offering
to Bishop Anderson.
All New York City weeps at bier of
Detective Petrosino, who was slain at
Palermo.
John D. Rockefeller, jr., loses his suit in New York for criminal libel against
the Star Publshing company.
Reports from Springfield are that Albert J. Hopkins is reorganizing his forces and that Orville F. Berry may
succeed Charles F. Hitch as command ing general.
President Taffs influence is largely responsible for lower duties recom
mended by senate finance committee, the committee, the bill, however, is still
essentially a high tariff measure. Member of ways and means commit
tee says Representative Boutell of Chicago is responsible for the big tax on gloves in the Payne bill; also that he wrote for Chairman Payne the attack
on Chicago newspapers and department
stores that was inserted in the Con
gressional Record.
Senate finance committee makes im
portant changes in Payne tariff bill
duties on gloves and hosiery go back to Dingley rates; retaliatory clause in tobacco schedule is cut out and duties
on agricultural products are increased
Women who were scorned on tariff expedition call Representative Mann a "kill joy" and score Speaker Cannon also. Reign of terror prevails in Meru, France, and neighboring towns as a result of the button factories' strike and mob howls "down with republic." Steamer Versailles with Cipriano Castro aboard calls at Guadeloupe, but the former President of Venezuela makes no attempt to land. Stocks in Wall street continue strong and active and there is no let-up in the enthusiasm of the bulls.
F. D. Countiss is nominated for president and I). R. Forgan for secretary of the Chicago Stock Exchange.
General investment demand for wheat
absorbs at advancing figures the prop
erty sold out by scattered longs; corn
and oats comparatively slow; provis ions firmer; live stock higher.
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legi8lature in defeating the proposed prohibition constitutional amendment, purposes to make the Hawkeye state
the chief battle ground for the anti-
saloon fight next year.
Mayor D. W. Lawler of St. Paul pro
poses to create a city caDinet oy appointing an advisory committee of fifty prominent business and professional
men to act as advisors In the administration of municipal affairs.
Hon. Horace Chilton, former United
States senator from Texas, has been
asked by Governor Campbell of that
state to accept the place on the state railroad commission left vacant by the
recent death of Judge Leonldas J. Storey.
The Day in Congress
Pretty soon the road that leads to Oyster Bay will be all choked with grass.
IT IS A GREAT DEAL LESS DANGEROUS TO LET THE FEET SLIP THAN IT IS TO LET THE TONGUE.
More people are killed by sunstroke than by freezing; even this, though, doesn't keep us from hankering for the good old summer time to hurry bac:
THE CREAM OF THE Morning News
As Chicago's new council gets into
harness Mayor Bussee sends voluminous message In which he reviews administration and pleads for rigid municipal economy and the construction of subways.
(Monday, April 12, 1909.) Senate.
The tariff bill was reported today by Mr. Aldrich from the committee on finance, and on Thursday it will be
taken up for consideration. Senator Daniel led democratic criticism of the reporting of the bill to the senate without affording the democratic members
an opportunity to inspect it. Senator Aldrich replied that to have proceeded otherwise would have entailed long delay, and reminded the members of the
minority that the republican majority
alone would be held responsible for the
tariff legislation to be enacted by this congress. A message from the house asking for the return of the bill reached the senate too late for action. Ad
journed at 12:45 o'clock until Thursday House.
The house was in session two hours
and fifteen minutes today. The first ac
tion taken was the adoption of a reso
lution calling upon the senate for a re
turn of the Payne tariff bill next
Thursday in order that it might be cor
rected so as to include products of pe
troleum in the free list. During the
confusion incident to the passage of the
bill Friday last it was believed that this
provision was embodied In it. but it developed that such was not the case, although it clearly was the Intention to
include these products along with crude and refined petroleum. The house authorized its enrolling clerk to make the
correction, and he can make the change within a few minutes. It will therefore cause no delay in tariff legislation. There was much opposition to two resolutions, one to appoint several janitors and the other to appropriate for the expenses of the house incident to the extra session. The first was defeated by being laid on the table, and the second was adopted only after Mr.
Macon of Arkansas had forced a roll call on a point of no quorum. After
spndine the census bill to conference
the house adjourned until Thursday.
IN POLITICS
agent for the First National Bank of Swayzee. Representative Morrison of Indiana
called for the first time on President Taft today and received a cordial welcome.
Voice of the People
WHEN WATSON SPOKE. -Hammond, Ind.; April 12, '69. Dear Editor Can you give the date
of Watson's speech in Hammond last
October, In the columns of your valuable paper? Would like to know. A CONSTANT READER. James E. Watson spoke in Hammond on the evening of Oct. 5th, and at Crown Point on Oct. 17. (Ed.)
HE SEEKS INFORMATION. Hammond, Ind., April 13, '03. Dear Editor Through your valuable medium, please let me ask the management of the M. W. of A's. entertainment, given In this city on the 7th inst., on what basis tickets were sold for such entertainment? Some who bought tickets and were present on that occasion, maintain that tickets were sold to them Just for sich an entertainment as it turned out to be. Was this so? Faithfully yours, J. R., Doty Street, Hammond.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
A. O. Eberhadt, lieutenant governor
of Minnesota, is spoken of as a pos
sible candidate for governor next year.
Samuel I. Gilmore, democrat, has been
elected to congress from the second Louisiana district, succeeding the late Robert Davey. Virginia republicans are becoming active in anticipation of the state campaign soon to begin. At present a suitable candidate for governor is being sought. Edward W. Durant, whom President
Judicial primaries will be held today Taft has appointed collector of customs in Chicago and voters for the first time ', at Charleston, S. C is 45 years old and given direct voice in selection of can- a native of Minnesota. He is a gradudidates for the circuit court. ate of the Sheffield Scientific school. Charles E. Bidwell offers to withdraw The prohibition national committee hH appeal in the "cold motor'" case and displeased at the action of the Iowa
V7ASHINGT0N GOSSIP OF INTEREST TO HOOSIERS.
Washington, April 11. Rabbi Messing of Indianapolis, and Miss Emma Messing, who are en route to Palestine, have spent the past week here very en-
Joyably and have been regular visitors at the sessions of the house during the tariff debates. They will go to New York tomorrow. Representative Moss started to Indiana Saturday afternoon. Representatives Dixon and Adair will return home within a few days. Representative Boehne and Representative Morrison have decided to remain here during the senate's consideration of the tariff bill. The -Columbia National Bank of Indianapolis was today appointed reserve
Al Fields and Dave Lewis have Joined hands and are working together as a team. Miss Emma Littlefield of "The Talk of New York" company is Mrs. Victor
Moore in private life.
Joseph Coyne, who is playing In "The
Merry Widow" in London, will remain
abroad under contract for several years. Miss Kate McLaurin has replaced Miss Beatrice Prentice in the cast supporting Robert Edeson in "The Call of the North." Nellie Beaumont, late of the "In New York" company that broke up recently in Philadelphia, will appear in vaudeville in a single act. A dramatization by Rupert Crossley, of William Bartlett Reynds' short story, "The Promise of Overseas," is to be given a trial far a short while. Charles E. Blaney has acquired the rights of "The Terror," a play of modern life by Amelia Weed Bolbrook, and will produce it in the first-class houses
next Eeason. Miss Gertrude Hoffman is to be a star in a new musical comedy next season under the management of Morris Gest. Max Hoffman, Mifs Hoffman's husband, is to write the music. Al Woods, the well-known manager, and Augustus Thomas have effected a partnership, and will ropduce ' In Mizzoura" in London at an early date. Mr. Thomas will stage the piece. For at least four weeks this season Mrs. Leslie Carter will head a stock company In St. Ix!ii?, appearing in four of her most popular plays. She will be supported by a strong company.
One of Charles Frohman's early London productions will be an adaptation of De Fiers and Caiilavet's "L'Ane du Buridan"(Buridan's Donkey). The peice is said to be one of the most laughable presented on the Paris stage for a long time. The "donkey" of the p'ay Is the elder Buridan's son, a young man who constantly finds himself to, distressing predicaments.