Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 258, Hammond, Lake County, 20 April 1909 — Page 4

Tuesday, April 20, 1900. en up drinking whisky and beer and will hereafter drink nothing stronger than gin. Col. Bill has been a pillar in the Hardshell church for a long time, and his course is highly commended by the congregation. Indianapolis Independent. SULTAN'S PALACE, HEIR APPARENT AND SHEIK WHO PROCLAIMS CHANGES Learito Heart:

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COMMUNICATIONS.

THE TIMES will print all eommanicatloaa on subjects at general Interest to the people, when such communications are signed by the writer, but will reject all communications not signed, no matter what their merits. This precaution is taken to avoid misrepresentation. THE TIMES is published in the best interest of the people and its utterance always intended to promote the general welfare of the public at large. BURDEN FALLS ON PARENTS. That It i3 the parent's fault when young girls fall, is declared by the Indianapolis Independent to be true. Its editor says: If Hogarth 'were alive he could get material for a new chapter of his "Harlot's Progress" from-ihe Indianapolis police and certain girls who have run the gamut of immorality before reaching the age of sixteen. Elfrieda Hellman, fourteen, and Bertha Cummings, fifteen, told their stories in Juvenile court on Wednesday and the police declare they are typical of the experiences of dozens of girls in short-skirts, who are tramping the streets at night. The first step seems to be the park3 in summer, where they meet "nice" (oh, such nice) young men. Then comes the five cent theatre, then the wineroom. The circuit is brief and only takes a short time. The only remedy, of course, is to keep them off the streets and out of the parks or theatres unless attended by older persons. The burden, at last, falls upon the parents. The city and all its power does not show up until the damage has been done.

ABOUT THE UBIQUITOUS BLIND TIGER. Five years ago when the term "blind tiger" was used in Indiana, there were many people who had no comprehension of what it meant. Now it is on many a lip. "Blind tigers" are becoming common as flies in June, They are springing up all over the state. OFFICERS OF THE LAW PROFESS THEIR INABILITY TO COPE WITH THEM AND ROOT THEM OUT. As fast as one Is wiped out, another appears in its place. The more counties going dry in Indiana, the more blind tigers are uncovered. They are a monstrous evil. It might be well for the people of Indiana to ask themselves which they would rather have, a law-abiding tax paying saloon, or a law-breaking no tax paying blind tiger, run in darkness and responsible for crime and shame. THE PEOPLE CAN HAVE BLIND TIGERS IF THEY WANT THEM.

NOT EVERYBODY COULD DO IT. We fail to see where Edward Payson Weston's walk across the continent is going to benefit his health. If he withstands the ordeal of the trip, he will doubtless benefit financially, but he will draw on his strength to such an extent that it is to be doubted whether it will do him any good. There is such a thing as carrying athletic diversions to injurious lengths and because Mr. Weston at his ripe age is able to do these remarkable things, it. is not to be taken for granted that other people can do the same thing. Walking is magnificent exercise, but can it not be carried to excess? There is so doubt that there is too little of it done, but it would be impossible for men to follow the wonderful stunts done by the game and gallant old Weston.

WHO KILLED THE BABY? Baby Bremerman of Washington was killed by poisonous gas. The Bremerman family was poor. It

used a cheap gas stove which leaked and poisoned the family. All recovered except the baby. Investigation showed that the poionoua gas was carbon monoxide. It was not coal gas, the merchantable gas. at all. It was a mixture of 25 per cent coal gas vrith a product known as carbureted water gas. You see, It is cheaper to make gas of water than out of coal. So long as no

one makes objection the water gas serves the same purpose as coal gas

and the gas company gets bigger dividends. But The mixture of the two gases produces a percentage of carbon monoxide, one of the most deadly gases known to chemists. So that the people of Washington are receiving through the gas pipes into their homes a deadly poison. This poison does not "asphyxiate" people, as does coal gas. It strikes them down suddenly when they get a whiff of It. If the people happen to be poor, like the Bremermans, and there is a leak in the pipes or the stove, there Is a tragedy. WellWho killed the Bremerman baby? The Washington Gas Light company contracted with the Bremermans to

give them pure coal gas. Presumably they paid their bills.

Now, if after making this contract

the gas light company substituted a

cheaper product which was poisonous,

common sense would suggest that the

gas company killed the baby. i The department of justice says no,

It says there is no liability on the part of the company for the results of

Its carbon monoxide.

Because, say the lawyers, congress

did not say the company should not

make and sell this poison (sic), there

fore why, therefore the company had

the undoubted right to poison Bremer-

man's baby.

But, nevertheless, say the lawyers,

the company did not kill the baby. Who, then, did kill the child?

; The parents because their cheap gas

pverleaked, or the company that botch td the stove in the making, or the gas titters, or congress? '; Who killed Bremer man's baby?

i The name cf its murderer is GREED.

A free breakfast table will Have no benefits for the Hilarious and Undeserving: Devotees of the late supper.

Hope is a mighty floe thins, especially when you are willing to back it up with a little hard work.

AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR. The Whiting councilmanic contretemps in which Henry Schrage, Sr., one of the Calumet region's most respected citizens and whose escutcheon is blotless suffered by suspicion, is particularly unfortunate. No one for a moment would believe that Mr. Schrage could ever be bribed and the man who was so unfortunate as to impugn Mr. Schrage's motives, Is deserving of unsparing condemnation. If his knowledge of the English language is not sufficient to enable him to couch his speech in words that cannot be questioned, the man ought to go to school for a few sessions. It seems that his language was so vague that Mr. Schrage deduced from it that Engineer Reynolds and Alderman Long, were suspected by him of being implicated in the charges, when as a matter of fact, there was no evidence that either Mr. Reynolds or Mr. Long had been "approached" in the parking deal, so that Mr. Schrage's charges do not have a leg to stand on.

PLENTY OF PRIZEFIGHTING. And in the meantime, though there is a state law against it and though Gov. Marshall declared in his inaugural address that he would see that the

laws were enforced, prizefighting goes merrily on in Indiana. The other night McGoorty knocked out Tom Koerner at Indianapolis an'd at South Bend on

Thursday night "Kid" Funky knocked out "Young" McFarland of Chicago in the first round of a scheduled eight round go. There is no differentiating between prizefighting and boxing evidently. Well if Indiana people want prizefighting, Gov. Marshall seems to be content to let them have it.

Keepsnkes. Only a pair of tiny shoes And a battered rubber toy; Not much .you say, to hide away. And moisten with tears at the close of the day. Yet once they belonged to my little boy. This worn-out plaything a treasure sweet Answered the call of his baby heart, And in these shoes, the toddling feet

(Now stronger grown and sure, and iieet) Into life's wonderland made a start. Surely the years have hurried by. And in passing, left me alone; Revered I hold these keepsakes old, They whisper to me, when the way grows cold. Of sunshine warm in the days now flown.

And when the shadows at nightfall

creep. Over the roofs of the quiet town. Out of the gray dust memories leap, Arousing thoughts from its daytime sleep. Then with a rush the tears come down. James A. Doyle.

The affinity is having; a hard time. Marriage at ill remains a bond between men and women, not beasts.

Peruna is having a great sale in some of the Ohio counties since they have gone dry. Well, that is another boost for cheap whisky.

IF SOME OF THESE HATS COULD

II E WATER-PROOFED THEY CER TAIXI.Y WOin MAKE DANDY UM UK EL LAS.

Just a little patience and you will be having to scamper around looking for a boy to run that lawnmower.

With a woman, the garment of c-liarity in a kind of direetolre affair which lets you jret a peep at the sins it portend to cover up.

A PECULIAR SITUATION. A peculiar situation is brought out in the West Hammond election which is held across the state line today. There are no political tickets in the field as such. The contest seems to be purely racial or sectional. It is the north side against the south side and presents a unique situation as far as an election is concerned. The Polish people live almost exclusively in the south end and outnumber the rest of the voting population in the village. They have a straight ticket in the field and if the Poles stand together, as it seems quite likely they will, the victory will be theirs to the chagrin of the English speaking population.

STARR ON ANOTHER RAMPAGE. Prof. Frederick Starr, press agent for the University of Chicago and about as neat a little leader of the anvil chorus as ever blew up, is again the victim of verbal epilepsy. He attacks the Panama canal and says: "The canal," he said, "will cost more than we now realize. The government will soon find that it has not reckoned with its host, as it were.

"There is no reason to expect that the canal will be a commercial success. Rival routes will undoubtedly retain the supremacy. "In my opinion, the Panama canal is being built as a military necessity. The government is loud in its protestations of peace toward all nations, but it always assuring itself of plenty of military protection." Either Prof. Starr ought to take something for these attacks or else the University of Chicago, ought to take something for Starr.

THIS DATE IX HISTORY.

April 20. 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed from St. Malo on his first voyagle to the New World. 1764 Jacob Radcliffe, founder of Jersey City, born. 1775 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia removed the powder at Williamsburg. 1777 First constitution of Now York adopted 1S04 The Spanish province of California divided into the two districts of Antigua and Neuva California. 1S09 Napoleon I. defeated the Austrians at Absenberg. 1S21 Alfred II. Colquitt, governor of Georgia and United States senator, born in Walton county, Georgia. Pied in Washington, D. C, March 2G, 1S94. 1835 Samuel Slater, father of the cotton manufacturing business in the United States, died. 1S61 Governor Ellis of North Carolina seized the United States mint at Charlotte. 1S63 Federal troops captured Opelousas. La. 1S75 Major General Sir Edward SelbySmyth iippointed to command the militia of Canada. l'.tOl Fire in Toronto destroyed 410,-

000,000 worth of property.

Emperor William says he is not disturbed by criticism. The emp. is not in the same boat with some of the members of the Whiting council these days.

THIS IS Ml BOTH 1HUT1IDVY. Daniel C. French. Daniel C. French, the noted sculptor, was born in Exeter, N. II., April 20, 1S50. After graduating from the Massachuetts Institute of Technology in 1SG9 he studied art for a time in Boston. Subsequently he pursued his studies for several years in Florence, Italy. Upon his return to the United States in 1S76 he opened a studio in Washington. In 187S lie went to Boston and in 1SS7 he rtmoved to New York, where he has since resided. In

1900 he was honored with election to the presidency of the National Selupture society. Some of the best known works of Mr. French are a statue of General Cass, in the capitol at Washington; "The Minute Man of Concord," at Concord. Mass.; a statue of Senator Hoar, at Worcester. Mass.; a statue of Rufus Choate, in Boston ; the colossal "Statue of the Republic," at the World's Columbian Exposition, and the groups of "Europe," "Asia," "Africa" and "America" on the new custom

house in New York.

Silver lining is vat longer Hie popular shade for cloud. "Long screen" is the in out fashionable.

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A CERTAIN GARY paper, the scales having fallen from its eyes, or something else having happened, is now going after the slot machines, hammer and tongs. As the TIMES, up to the present, has been the only paper in Gary to say anything about gambling in the city, we would like to ask why pick out the slot-machine as a casus belli? Why not include other gambling paraphernalia, such as roulette wheels, faro outfits, etc? Why make a scapegoat out of the slot machine and allow the gambling house to flourish? MINISTER WU TING FANG says that "we Chinese are such an unemotional lot. So? Even go into a Chinese laundry and try to get a bundle of shirts In a hurry without a washee-washee ticket? Unemotional? Huh!

RANDOM THINGS AND FUNGS

The weather prophet is gurgling between gasps and trying to figure out the problem to the satisfaction of the baseball fan, but he's having mighty poor success.

It might be well for the people of Gary to keep a weather eye on Dave Johnson's "theater,' 'too. BUI Switches Drinks. Col. Bill Horkenspitz has, at the earnest solicitation of his friends, gfv-

Rutnors of abdication and of flight of Sultan Abdul Hamid spread in Constantinople and no facts as to his whereabouts can be learned, as the palace is closely guarded. Salonikin troops are closing in on the city and are confident of easy victory. Missionary board officers at I'.oston receive confirmation of the massacre at Adana and the death of Mr. Kogers. but peril is declared over. Armenian rising is blamed for the attack. The pope in addressing French pilgrims at Homo denies that the church desires them to become French enemies. President Taft attends ball game and roots hard, but Washington loses to I'.oston, -S to 4. Senator Aldrlch fears too much revenues will be produced if tariff is cut down; scores extravagant expenditures and opposes new taxes. IVabody Normal college at Nashville is about to come into its enlarged endownment under the name of the George Feabody College for Teachers. Mob of leading citizens of Ada. Okla., quietly lynch four wealthy cattlemen suspected of murdering a former United Statfs marshal. United States Steel corporation votes

down motion disapproving of purchase

or iennessee coal and Iron company

and directing purchase be rescinded. Governor Den pen signs appropriation of $15,000 to pay for an investiga

tion into the title of all "made" land in

1 1 1 i nois.

L hild study from a psychopathic stand-point, with a view of checking criminal tendencies, is the purpose of

the Juvenile Psychopathic institute which has been founded in Chicago. Committees of the Association of Commerce recommend determined war

on ttie Kleeman bill, aimed at the drainage board, and delegations from the association will Invade Springfield to fight. ChW Shippy plans to retire sixtytwo sergeants of police. Recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals gives John R. Walsh's lawyers hope ex-banker will be freed.

Morgan-Hill lines and St. Paul road engage in hot battle for possession of rich territory In northwest. Wheat market has a backset on realizing sales influenced by unexpected large exports from Russia; home supplies decreasing; corn and oats are higher; cattle lower; hogs higher; sheep lower. Officers of the Chicago Railways company issue actual balance sheet showing condition of the property at the end 1 f year Jan. 21.

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IN POLITICS

BEGIN WORK OX NEW ROAD. Active work has been begun on the new electric railroad from Bluffton to Celina, O. Fred Davenport, chief deputy for County Surveyor Sark. has resigned his position and has been made chief engineer for the new line, which will be known as the Illuffton, Geneva & Celina traction railway. 8IO).0(M) FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL. As a result of the Commercial club banquet last night at the Anthony hotel in Fort Wayne, it looks as if the city beautiful movement will result in an appropriation of $100,000 for park extensions and playgrounds. COURT HOUSE IS DANGEROUS. Owing to the dangerous condition of the court house in Spencer, court convened yesterday morning in the local

the Singer Bros., who paid $65,000 for the farm.

; W. C. Davis, of Jasper, Ala., has en- ; nounced his candidacy to succeed Con- ! gressman Richmond P. Ilobson of the , Sixth Alabama district.

Mrs. Alma Lafferty, the only woman member of the Colorado legislature, has introduced fifteen bills, all of which

AO ONE CLAIMS $2,000. Dr. William M. Dellart of Logansport last Thursdav afternoon, found a nurse

in the gutter In front of his office in ! have Passed the house. Market street, which contained moneys jn tne recent elections in Connectiand notes to the value of $2,000. TheCut the city of Hartford went license strange part of the affair is that he . by an overwhelming majority, greatly has been unable to find the owner. to the surprise and disappointment of

the prohibitionists.

AFTER fi. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. If South Bend does not capture the 1910 encampment of the Indiana G. A. R., it will be through no fault of the

Grant B. Dimick, a prominent lawyer and politicians of Oregon City, has announced himself as a candidate for the

two South Bend posts. Plans for arepubliean nomination for governor of campaign to obtain the co-operation of Oregon in 1910. prominent citizens and the South Bend', r,f ,,.r.rn(,r t Fr.i,

Chamber of Commerce have already

Hanly of Indiana say that formal an-

been taken up. South Bend bid for the . nouncement wlH be ma3e soon of h,3

1909 meeting, but retired in favor of

candidacy for United

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armory lor me second trial oi tne case craw wrusi me un me cikhuh ji v " aKainsit Albert J Beveridge.

or the State of Indiana against timery oer i. Crorsucn oi tms cny, vo . ue

f'asscll neenseil of murder Thomas I nartment office.

Mills, near Quincy, last June.

i it is asserted, believes his

States senator

Mr. Hanly, battle for

RESORT TO MOTOR CARS. Passenger business on the Butler division of the Vandalla railroad, running from Logansport to Butler, was so poor the last year that several days ago the two passenger trains which ran daily, were taken off and since then those who would ride have been obliged to travel in a caboose. The management says that $20,000 was lost in 1908 and, despite the complaints which have been coming into the offices here, the passenger trains will not be put back into service. However, it is possible that two electric motor cars may be put on. FINED FOR BLOCKING STREETS. Captain Nehemiah Brooks, who is in charge of the Salvation Army in South Bend; Mrs. Brooks and the two Brooks

children were vi iterdav sentenced to 1

ten days !n Jail by Judge George (J. Feldman. in the city court, for obstructing traffic at Michigan and Washington streets when business was at its height

Saturday night. Brooks was also fined $13 and costs. , BARX AND CONTEXTS BURN. Eight head of horses and mules, about 14.000 bushels of corn and a lot

temperance will give him a good lead.

NEW TKOIXEL LINE PLANNED. j The Connecticut legislature has taken A new trolley line from Fort Wayne J action which makes Lieutenant Govto Indianapolis and Michigan City, ernor Frank B. Weeks acting governor Ind., is now projected. The right of ; during Governor Lllley's illness. Hither-

every probability of success. The line will pass through territory which is largely exempt from trolley lines. APPOINTS POLICE BOARD. Mayor Green of Elkhart, democrat, yesterday afternoon appointed Jacob J. Hoffman and Richard Turnock, democrats, and Denton A. Fleming, repub-

I lican, police commissioners. Fleming

succeeds himselt. A uoerai interpretation of the police laws is anticipated.

to no provision for such a contingency has existed In Connecticut.

The Day in Congress

(Monday. April 19, 1909.) Senate. The tariff debate was opened in the senate today when Senator Aldrlch reviewed at length the pending measure which had been reported from the com-

! mittee on finance. He received practii cally no interruption thorughout his re-

LAKE SHORE BUYS RAILS.

The Lake Shore on Wednesday of this weelr nlaced an order for 3.500 tons

of 100-pound steel rails with the mi-! marks, which were listened to. not only nois Steel company. These rails are ' Pver' senate, but by Speaker Can-

non ana memuers or i:io nouse or rep-

to be used on the main line, replacing present eighty-pound steel, which will be used in construction work on the Lake Erie & Pittsburg, a new Vanderli It outlet to the lakes. PUT BAN ON DOPED TOBACCO. Whether or not the state board of health has any power to interfere with the sale of "doped" cirgarettes in In-

of farming implements were destroyed j diana is a question now being consld- j after wil

ered by the food and drug department. The declared intention of Dr. W. H. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the food and drug department of the Department of Agriculture, to make a studv of tobacco in its various raer-

White county. III., northwest of Mount cantile forms, has added interest to tne live minutes, tne r.o ise aajournea a) Vernon, and was recently purchased by discussion. 12:03 p. ro... until next Thursdav

by the burning of a large barn on the farm owned by Singer Bros., of Paris, 111. The barn and contents were valuel at about $10,000, with an insurance of $5.0OO on the grain and insurance on the building. The farm is located in

resentatives, who visited the chamber for that purpose. Senator Daniel, the senior minority member of the committee on finance, followed Senator Aldrlch, and laid down the general line of opposition that will be made to the pending measure by the mocrats. He also received careful attention. At 3:17 o'clock the senate adjourned and here-

meet daily. House.

The house today received the report of the conference committee on the census bill, but on account of the absence of a quorum failed to get upon it. After being in session for only