Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 151, Hammond, Lake County, 14 December 1909 — Page 5

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Give Ball Tonight The Jewish society of Gary will give a ball this evening1 in Assembly hall, which is in the nature of. an annual affair. The tickets are being sold for fifty cents and Judging by the number already sola there will be a large attendance this evening. One of the local orchestras has been hired for the occasion. The funds will be devoted to charitable work among the Jewish In this city. Gary Church Event. This evening Mrs .11. A. Caldwell will be hostess to a large number of the congregation and. friends of the Gary Episcopal church, which will be the Boml-annual reception. This date will also mark the second anniversary of the founding of the Gary Episcopal churalx. A big program has been arranged, the feature of which is tho lecture by Professor O. W. Caldwell, professor of the University of Chicago. Cancel Engagement. The Paid in Full company, which was to have played at the Majestic theater Saturday night, has canceled Its engagement with the local playhouse owing to the fact that they cannot make satisfactory arrangements In their circuit to touch Gary. Many Gary people are disappointed because of this fact, for this was one of the finest shows that the Majestic has booked this season. CASY BRIEFS. 1 I , ; -4 William Mannix, attorney for the Anti-Saloon league of Indiana, has returned to Gary from Fort Wayne where h has been during the recess in court daring the trial of the saloon cases at Valparaiso. Charles Mast of Cambridge, O., owner of the Mast buildings in this city, came to Gary today on business. George McGInnity, who claims to be the first real estate dealer In Gary, hag opened up an office In the Brennan block on Sixth avenue, where he will

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EEAED BY EHES. Some one has been low enough to! criticise Street Commissioner P. C. Finnerty for failure to properly clean off the snow and slush from Broadway after the recent thaw. If Flnnerty thinks that he doesn't take care of himself that no one else will, he is right. Now, the natural consequence of slush, cold, rain and damp snow is colds, perhaps pneumonia, and possibly you know Finnerty's other occupation is that of an embalmer. It was really a charitable act on the part of the city to place those wrought iron poles fifty feet apart on Broadway for those persons who find it hard to navigate can generally make a safe landing from one pole to another if they get a good start. Mr. Moose has had It for awhile and he ought to give some one else a show. vNow that winter is on, it might help some to put the South Shore line cars on runners between Gary and Hammond. It would be worth while even to save the milk from spoiling. Now that we have had a little rain, followed by considerable mist, after which we endured a severe cold spell, ending with a thaw and the most aggrevating slush we are suffering excruciating agonies to know what's coming next. Really, this Is a small world, Mr. Ziesloft. You didn't think we'd do It, but we did. It must have taken a lot of elephant's tusks to provide ivory balls for Gary's pool tables. They Hay the society act among the Gary domestics is overdone. So are the steak and biscuits, so what's the use. hold forth in the future. McGInnity moTed into his new quarters yesterday. The Gary Coal company has opened up its down town office In the Feuer building for the convenience of the public. Business hours are from 7 t1 the morning until 9 at night. k Attorney Matthews, attorney for the Anti-Saloon league In this state, was in Gary today on business. Emil Gerber, manager of the western division of the American Bridge company, has returned to Gary after a business trip to PittsDurg.

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With Gary's Colored Folk Miss Lucy Puryear and Miss Inez Scott went to Chicago last Saturday afternoon to attend the matinee at the Great Northern. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards have moved from Twenty-sixth avenue and Connecticut street to Twenty-second avenue and Madison street. Mr. and Mrs. Able and Mr. Washington of Indianapolis are staying at the Hotel Washington. Mr. Able and Mr. Washington are employed as mechanics at the steel mills with a company putting up the huge smokestacks. Wllla Mai, daughter of F. Thomas, was adopted yesterday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wade of 1333 Adams street. Rev. Garrison is making a vigorous effort to get the A. M. E. church enclosed before the Christmas holidays. Any men having no work to do can do a great bit of good by assisting the pastor a day or a fraction of a day, and this will be greatly appreciated. Miss Frances Williams of Chicago is in the city to spend a few days 'with friends. A geneTal church meeting will .be held at the Baptist church next Thursday, and every member is requested to be present, as important church business is to be transacted. Rev. Walter II. Maynor passed from labor unto rest last Friday morning at the Mercy hospital after a continued sickness. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and was preached by Rev. Garrison. Rev. Maynor was a promising young man, and the community lost an energetic, useful and enterprising young man by his untimely demise. William Gates of the steel plant suffered a painful sprain to his ankle yesterday at about 4 o'clock at the plant by slipping on a brick and had to be taken home in a carriage. Henry 1ST. Hill of South Bend, Ind., one of the prominent K. of P.'s of the state, was in the city last Saturday on lodge business. Mr. Hill was much Impressed with the work of the K. P. club, and had only words of commendation for the work of Ernest Kelly, the president of the club, who has worked hard to get the club on foot and who desires the club set up into a fullfledged order. Mr. Hill suggested that the meeting for last night be carried on and promised to return tomorrow night to address the club and give any advice that may ba sought. Mrs. Annie Smith of East Thirteenth avenue is 111 with the grippe, but is much improved. William Banister of the coke ovens' crew has not been at work this week, owing to the intense eold and the Impracticability of outdoor carpenter work. The attendance at the Twelfth street school has been exceptionally good throughout the week. The children have braved the snow, wind and wintry blasts in an admirable manner. Only a few could not attend school. Owing to the intense cold weather only a few persons were present at the meeting held at the Twelfth street school to organize a literary society. Nothing was accomplished, but it Is hoped that a nucleus can be had at another meeting to organize and start a literary society. Pupils of the Twelfth street school are planning some very good Xmas exercises and are hoping to have many out Dec. 23. EAST GARY. Crlstle Horn and wife of Kensington returned to their home Sunday evening after a day's visit with relatives in town. Miss Effie Thorne spent Sunday at home, returning to Miller the same evening, accompanied by her sister, Ida. Otto Anderson of Chicago returned to Chicago Sunday evening from a short visit with his brother, Edward, and family. Nick Antenore made a business trip to Chicago on Monday. Oscar and Albln Erlandson are enjoying a few days' vacation at their home. Wilbur Lanburg is at this writing in a very precarious condition. The Sunday schol pupils will meet fpr practice at the church Wednesday evening. Otto Blake of Indiana Harbor spent Sunday with relatives here. Frank Emblen spent Sunday with his family, returning to Chicago Sunday evening. 4 C. Sears of Gary was here on Sunday, assisting Mr. Johns at the usual Sunday evening service. Mr. Read was also present, and a service of unusual interest was enjoyed by an appreciative audience that had come out in spite of a very disagreeable evening. i TO PROMOTE j GOOD ROADS ; Topeka. Kan., Dec. 14. If the good roads cause is to be promoted by earnest and intelligent discussion of the subject by men well qualified to speak on various phases of the problem, it certainly will receive an impetus as a result of the tenth annual convention of the National Good Roads association which convened in this city today. Nearly one thousand delegates were present at the meeting, including state and city officials, engineers and good roads experts from all sections of the country. Prominent among the speakers to be heard during the two days' session are President E. R. Ripley of the Santa Fe railway. President A. A. Allen of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, and Martin Dodge, director of public roads of ' the United States. IF YOU IRE A POOll LETTER WRITER, SBXD THE TIMES TO YOUR FRIE.VDS WHO LIVE OUT OP TOWN.

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Judge Lurton of Tennessee, whose nomination for the United States supreme court seat made vacant by the death of Justice Peckham was sent in by the president yesterday, has been judge of the Sixth district of the United States clrcut court since 1S93. From 1SSS to 1S93 he was a justice and for a time chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court.

One of Every Nine Persons in Jail Belongs to the Star Boarder Class Statistics Show That 4,363 Vagrants Have Been Harbored at a Cost of $5,476.42 to Counties. '

Some "vag" statistics have been prepared by Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board of state charities, for his forthcoming annual report. The showing Indicates that of every nine offenders jailed one la of the star boarder variety, which is at present making a goat of the hookworm. Mr. Butler does not indulge in any reflection's upon the depredation of the hookworm in the land. lie does not make any effort to say what makes some men and women, too prefer to stew In the jail atmosphere of crime rather than work. He simply states the fact and adds: "It is unfortunate that any jail should be. made a free boarding house for tramps, but the custom is not serious except in a few counties." There were 4,363 vagrants in ail admitted to Hie county jails, a reduction of 140 from the year before. Doubtless many of those committed for crime were also vagrants. Twenty-six counties report none during (he twelve months ending Sept. 30, 1909; in twenty-five jails there were less than ten tramps and in twenty-seven the number was between ten and 100. In the remaining counties the number was more than 3 00. The highest records were held by Vigo, Henry, Decatur and Marion counties. The total number of vagrants includes 4.231 men and 72 women. "The ages of these persons are re ported as follows: Forty-two children ; under 16 years of age; 2,422 persons be- ! tween the ages of 17 and 35; 1,154 from 36 to 50; 532 over 50 and 213 whose ages are unknown. The proportion of those from 17 to 50 years of ago is 82 per cent. "The various counties were put to an expense of $5,476.42 on account of those vagrants $762.30 for sheriff's fees and $4,714.13 for hoard. The average cost AI TIMES' BUREAU AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 14. The fact that James A. Hemenway, former senator from Indiana, has resigned his place as expense expert for the senate committee on public expenditures and that he will come back to Indiana and take an active part in politics is causing a good deal of taik In this city among politicians. They do iyt quite understand the move. Some time ago there was talk of Hemenway as a candidate, for the nomination for governor, and it was learned that he had a large following that would stick to him In case he decided to go after the nomination. But Hemenway himself has not said a word about it. The talk about him as a candidate found its way into the columns of the politician, a weekly political paper issued in the interest of the Lincoln League, and that paper said

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for each tramp was $1.2R. The majority were kept only over night and we are safe in believing that many went forth only to commi depredations against the people of the county which gave theni shelter. "That the number of tramps received is a matter of administration only has been proven again and again by the reports of the sheriffs to this office. A county can readily establish a reputation for hospitality to this class. There were. 3S5 tramps in that jail during the. hist fiscal year. In the jails of the six counties that adjoin Henry there were only 274 tramps altogether. Those counties were: Madison, 103; Delaware, 29; Randolph, 6; Wayne, o; Fayette, 50; Rush, onne, and Hancock, 81. "Another striking example is found in the record of Decatur county. Barthollomew, adjoining Decatur on the west, had 14 tramps; Shelby, on the north, had ; the other a joining" counties, Rush, Franklin and Jennings, had none. In this entire circle there were 20 tramps. Decatur county, in the center of the group, had 3S3. The counties In which the number of tramps received exceeded 100 were Fullerton, Madison, Allen, Porter, Kosciusko, Montgomery and Carroll; over 200, Knotx, Sullivan and Elkhart; over 300 Marlon, Decatur and Henry. Vigo harbored over 502. "The counties which have been bearing such a heavy expense on account of tramps could well emulate the exarpp'e of Tippecanoe county. In 1904 that county cared for 1.040 tramps. Since there has been a steady reduction, there being but 2 recorded for the fiscal year ending Sfpt. 30, 1909. In Tippecanoe county the county commissioners have simply refused to pay the sheriff the usual 40 cents a day for the board of tramps." HEME some very complimentary things about him. Another rumor since it has been an nounced that he has resigned at Wash

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ington, is that Hemenway is coming back to take the field as a candidate gain at Senator Beveridge for United States senator next year in case the republicans control the legislature. But this story has not received much attention, for the reason that it is admitted that no one will run against Beveridge. In that one proposition the party Is united. More credence Is put in the theory that Hemenway will run for governor, or that he will train for the senatorship to succeed Senator Shively when the latter's term expires. In any event, Hemenway's resignation and his coming hack to Indiana "to take an active part in polities'' is arousing a good deal of speculation. J. W. Wilson, of Marion is out with

a statement In which he says he does not wish the place of chairman of the republican state committee, but it is noted in his statement that he does not say he would not acctpt it. He merely says that for him to accept the place would mean a heavy sacrifice on account of neglect of business, and that he does not feel that he can afford to make the sacrifice. However, he is the -only man talked of for the . chairmanship now since Harry S. New flatly declined to run, and there seems to be Jittle doubt that Wilson will be elected. John C. Billhtimer, auditor of state, one of the cleverest politicians in the state, sounded the keynote when he made this statement In regard to the necessity for harmony in the republican party next year: f "Every republican should put his shoulder to the wheel and all push together. If there were differences of opinion in the past we should be all of one mind now. The only way to win is to let the dead past bury its dead and all stand together In the present for the future." Blllheimer formerly was prominent in the old state machine, but he Is now working along with all the rest of the party leaders for a united front against the enemy next year. This Seem To Be the Dope. There Is much speculation as to the make up of the republican state committee for the next campaign, but one close observer has figured out that the committee will be made up thus: First district Edgar H. Durre or Daniel Ortmeyer, of Evansville

Second Will H. Hays, of Brazil. f Third M. Burt Thurman, of New Albany. Fourth Albert A. Tripp, of North Vernon, or Jacob Bauer, of Lawrenceburg Fifth Thad Peck of Greencastle. Sixth Seventh Henry W. Bennett, of Indianapolis. Eighth C. J. Bratton, of Alexandria. Ninth George Palmer, of Sheridan. Tenth A. J. Hlckey. of LaPorte. Eleventh Francis I. Stults, of Huntington. Twelfth James W. Henry, Fort Wayne. Thirteenth D. D. Bates, of South Bend. Who Will Succeed Haaaf No one seems to have any Idea as to who will be elected district chairman in the Sixth. E. M. Haas, of Richmond, the present chairman, has been selected for postmaster at Richmond and this takes him out of the eligible class. An effort was made to get Web Wood fill, of Greensburg, to take the place, but he finally turned It down. George Elliott of New Castle, was talked of, but it is said that he may be appointed postmaster, also, and that leaves him out of the list. So there Is a nice, job as district chairman In the Sixth that Is open and no one to fi!l it. There are no fights on in any of the districts except the Fourth, and this does not appear to be serious. No call has been issued as yet for the conference of the members of the republican state committee and other party leaders, but one will be held within a short time, and arrangements will then be made for the love feast and for the holding of conventions In the various districts for the election of district chairmen. orrosEs relative appoixtmext. Governor Marshall Is looking up the law upon the question of the appointment of relatives in office and declared Wednesday that he was opposed to the practice and would put a stop to it If there was a way to do it legally. The governor made the statement in answer to the critics who felt that he had in a measure sanctioned the appointment of a nephew of Dr. Harry Sharp upon the . JefTersonville reformatory list of employes. i:

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MOTHER AM DAl'GHTEU JAII-EIJ. Violet Lancaster, alias Flora Belle Alden, Is now confined in the Indiana Woman's prison with her daughter. Garnet Lancaster, sentenced to serve two months. She was found guilty, as was her daughter, of petit larceny. Both were charged with having defrauded Herman Schrceder of Freedom, Okla.r out of about 1100. The girl had promised to marry him, but when he came here to get his bride she 'turned him down."

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