Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 29 December 1909 — Page 4
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R A N DOM THINQS AND FUNGS
ONE day of turkey and six of hash. NOW Mr. Crolius, we are all watching you! i 7 IT looked bad to us M-hen Santa Clans even refused to verify the Coolc story. . WHAT are you going to swear off, or are you going to swear on, something? - NO hurry to get your skates, there will be plenty of time after the first of the year.
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WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE. In one of those interrninablWakes that are lot loose in Laporte with nauseating frequency conies the information that lion. J. B. Peterson of Crown Point will be a candidate for congress on the democratic ticket from the Tenth Indiana district Whenever it is particularly dull in Laporte somebody down there, no matter what time of the year it is, trots out Mr. Peterson's name as a candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. Now the distinguished Crown Point lawyer has about as much idea of being a candidate for congress in this or any other district as he has of raising hippopotami on his farm near Crown Point. He never has considered such a thing and he probably never will, but of course that makes no difference to the cheerful Ananias in Laporte.
DISGUSTED DEMOCRATS. There is a good deal of truth in the story that many democrats in Indiana are becoming disgusted with the attitude of some of the leaders. An Indianapolis paper says: "Intolerance is driving many Democrats out of the Democratic party and Into the Republican camp. The few men who hold in their hands the control of the Indiana Democratic organization, using that control to further their own ends, are harsh in their methods and often are tyrannical in their assumption of dictatorial power. Many good men who have fought against the Democratic bosses in vain in. the past have decided that they can fight the Democratic usurpers to better purpose from the stronghold of Republicanism. The Republican party is ready to welcome these independent democrats, whose ideals are aspirations are worthy to stand beside the traditional tenets that have made the Republican party great."
SEEMS to be quite a task for father to look at his carpet slippers without a growl or two. AND in .the course of time that bleak old Dearborn Park comes into the limelight again. 4 CAN'T the hair dressers be called upon to use their good offices in this switchman's strike? OUR old friend December Thaw, has somehow or other failed to put In an appearance.
SCOTTISH RITE HONORS "PATRON SAINT" Scottish Rite Mosans everywhere unite today in paying honor to the memory of Gen. Albert Pike, known as the "patron saint" of Scottish. Rite Masonry, on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. Plans for a widespread observance of the centenary were perfected at the meetingin Washington last October of the supreme council of Scottish Rite Masons for . the Southern jurisdiction. In further commemoration of the anniversary the supreme council has distributed among its members two hundred medals, bearing an image of the head and bust of General Pike and with an appropriate inscription. Though General Pike is best remembered for his services to the Masonic fraternity, these do not by any means constitute his only claim to fame. He the course of his stirring career he fought with distinction in two wars, attained national prominence as a journalist and was known as one of the most able lawyers of his day. He also found time to write much creditable poetry. -
GARY'S CHARITY ..BALL. It was an elevating spectacle last night to see the elite of Gary with radiant features and handsomely gowned, dancing at a "beneficent affair known
as a charity ball. A social affair of this character is one of a creditable purpose, where the accruing pleasure is not only individual between the hostess and guests, but brings cheer to the hearts of those struggling under adverse
circumstances for a Worthy cause, and to the afflicted poor who benefit dir
ectly by their efforts. A charity ball is a source of unmitigated joy to. the participants, the spirit of which dispels the prejudice of the poorer classes
against wealth and social distinction, by virtue of its motive in lending succor
to those less fortunate than themselves.
It is to be hoped that the first charity ball which was promulgated so successfully by Mrs. Gleason will become an annual affair, to be looked , forward to by both the poor and the rich, and which is of the higher ideal in social at tainments. The Mercy hospital, which has accomplished untold good in this city, giving aid to the sick and injured, whether they be poor or rich, nursing them with both scientific care and kindness, is well worthy of society's
benevolence assistance. . ,
STRICTLY fresh eggs are selling at bc per dozen in Seattle. Price on actor's eggs is not quoted. : THE East is bragging about being storm-swept. We can look around us and smile indulgently at the East. "IS The Woman A Servant?" asks the Chicago Journal. Not if she gets over $5" a week. She's a maid,-then. 1 AN Idaho man suicided with a pair of scissors. In other words this is a new way to cut a man's career short.
WE believe that It would be a very
nice thing to take a standing vote of
thanks in favor of the weather man.
- POET William Watson has also dis
appeared, for which we shall not forget to return thanks next November.
WHENEVER anybody agrees with
you, of course you are ready to ad
mit that they aVe amenable to reason.
PERHAPS if you are foxy you can lose the sticks that came with Willie's
drum or step into the drum accident ally. - ;
SOMETIMES when opportunity knocks at the door and you are out, the hired girl refuses to answer the call. 'A HUNTINGTON, Ind., seems to be cursed with more filthy sensations than any other city of its size In the world. 9 HAMMOND bids fair to be as big an interurban center as Indianapolis and promises not to make half so much fuss over it. HIPS are again to be fashionable. It will be much easier to be hippier after these big holiday dinners have slipped away into the past.
RECEIVES J 00,000. "Mrs. F. L. Stedman of Soutki, Bjnd has been made a beneficiary of the late George Crocker, multi-millionaire mine' owner to the extent of $100,000, an-j nouhcement to this effect having been made Monday. Mrs. Stedman Is a sec-j ond cousin of. the deceased", and Is; well known in northern Indiana, btlng'
especially prominent in the society of South Bend, Elkhart and Goshen. She is now on the Pacific coast. FEAR FOR RIVER BOATS. Cold weather again i3 proving a menace to river crafts in the vicinity of Jeffersonville and not only is fear expressed that the different boats may be swept down stream wiipn th
breakup comes, but a coal famine is being: discussed.
JUROR ORDERED OUT. E. K. Ashby of Evansville, business
man summoned for jury service In the trial of Chris Vogt, charged with kill
ing Louis Fox in a saloon, at Wades-
vme. ind., on Oct. 30, told Judge De,
Bruler that he had a well-developed
case of tonsilltis. "Clear out. then."
snapped the Judge. "There's enough
of that in Evansville now without let
ting anybody communicate It in a courtroom. You're excused, Mr. Ashby."
PARK FUND INTERESTS. The bequest of $500,000 for park pur
poses in Indianapolis, provided In the will of George Hhodius, is attracting widespread Interest In civic circles throughout the country. J. Horace McFarland of Harrlsburg, Pa.r president of the American Civic association, has written to Indianapolis for addi
tional Information concerning the bequest and intends to give great publicity to the generosity of Mr. Rhodlus.
FATHER ARRESTS SON. "Tell your story to Judge Broyles,"
was the command to " young Marvin Clack, 14- years old. by his father, Pa
trolman T. W. Clack of 219 East
Hunter street. Indianapolis. The of
ficer's son became engaged In a trival difficulty with W. C. Hunjjlgan and a colored boy. Patrolman Clack walked the three of them to the po
lice headquarters and docketed charges of disorderly conduct. BISHOP GRANTS DISPENSATION. Although Advent, during which weddings are prohibited in the Catholic church, the marriage of Miss Lucile Ehart, daughter of Mrs. Mary Ehart, of Vlneennes, and Edward L. Boneau of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, will take place this morning at St. Francis
granted a dispensation on account
the great distance of Boneau's home and as this was the only chance he had to come to Vincennes. ACCIDENT WAS SERIOUS. Five men were killed and two perhaps fatally hurt when two B.. & O: K. W. freight trains came together headon between Fort Ritner and Sparksville. The trains, Nos. 98 and St, the latter a doube-header, met while running at high speed. FINDS STRANGER IN BED. Mrs. Robert Anderson was freightened Monday morning about 9 o'clock at her home, 813 East Georgia street.
Indianapolis, when she went upstairs to make a bed and found a strange man peacefully sleeping there. She screamed and, this awakened the intruder, who ran away. Bicyclemen Rchlangen and Todd were called, but could not find the man after their hard ride through the snow. FIND DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
What appears to be a double murder and suicide is that which was discovered in Elmore township, ' near Washington, late Monday afternoon, when the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Willlamj E. Rltter, each about 70 years old, were found, with every indication of foul play. The body of Mrs. Ritter was found In the living room with her clothes torn from her body, nothing remaining but a light undergarment, with indications that she had been strangled". NILES MAN ARRESTED. The finding of the partially naked body of Mrs. Kate Rupert, 57. of South Bend on the floor of her kitchen, and evidence that the woman had met death through poisoning has led to the arrest of a Niles (Mich.) man as a witness. No charge of complicity In the supposed murder of the woman has been made against him. DIES FROM EXERTION. Paul Woodward, 15 years old, son of O. C. Woodward of Linton, died Monday from over-exertion. With a number of companions .the boy had been
running and playing with his sled all morning, and while running after a vehicle In the street he became exhausted and fell to the ground unconscious. He died shortly afterward. BUTTED BY A BULL. Marvin J. Rank, while feeding cattle at his farm near Wabash, Monday, was butted by a bull and his forehead crushed in. It is believed he will not
llve.v but an operation to relieve the
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Heart toHea.fi Talks. fjy EDWIN A. NYE.
I , A MAN'S HOME HIS CASTLE, NOT. Down in Alabama the supreme cpurt has held that a man may take beer . to his home; the highest court in Indiana has decided that he can't. Outside the natural inference that Indiana is not looking for immigration, come3 the query as to What has become of the old theory" that a man's house Is his castle. The things a man can't do in his own home are rapidly becoming more numerous than the, things he can do. It was with more or less reluctance that he surrendered the manly exercise of whipping his wife; now he can't -. even spank the children, unless they will agree not to cry loud enough to annoy the neighbors or attract the humane society agents. If he wants chickens in his back yard, or a pig, he has to remove to a wilderness. The law says now he shall put in his drains and his lights, makes him clean up his cellar and his doorway. If he has a dog; it mu3t be muzzled. He has to shovel the snow from hs sidewalks, and send his children to school. Every time he turns around he is apt to run up against an inspector sent without his request or knowledge. He has to keep a telephone for the convenience of the hired girl, and pretty much all he has or doesn't have is what the law permits or denies, not what he wants or does not want. Personal liberty has become no less a theory of the past than that a man's home is the one place on earth where he can do as the spirit moves him, for if he can't keep somethin' on the sideboard, witli a case in the cellar; if he cannot welcome his guest with the glass that cheers, what can he do? . . i ... ; .. : Some one will say: "He can be an upright God-fearing and sober man."
Sure, he can, and he could. But how horribly monotonous it is to be good.
wnen you cant De anything else. How is a man to appreciate the satlsfact Ion of resisting temptations when there are none to tempt?
On the other hand, how is a well-intentioned man to observe all the laws, when they even follow him home and Watch him change his socks?
Of course, a man does not have to live in Indiana, and there was mighty
little excuse for residence there before this decision. Indeed, most of the best of its inhabitants Lad already come to Duluth
But really in thl3 day" of irrigation schemes, when the national government is spending dollars by the millions, and i3 about to issue bonds to wet the dry lands, it seems like a bitter, if not awful, sarcasm to place such a drain upon the Wabash for human Irrigation, and so only accentuate the long,
lank, razor-back product already so prolific in that state. Duluth News SCribuaa. :
SHOVEL your own snow. It is the finest exercise imaginable. In fact it will put years on your life to shovel a little snow every day in the year. IF Mr. Taft could have stopped off
in Gary a little longer last year, he could" have settled the question: "What is whiskey."' with much ease.
SAID now that the altitude in Utah
is two high for the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Nothing is too high for one hundred thousand dollars and then some.'
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A LOT of us long ago refused to
worry about the state republican love-
feast until at least after the January gas bill is put on the spindle fully
receipted.
JACK FROST seems to be working
overtime and has worked up a great
case with the coal bin with whom at present he seems to be desperately
enamoured.
. THE puzzling thing is why the Erie Ry. doesn't put up a sign declaring that it doesn't want any passengers in its trains or any public patronage. In
fact it might just as well do so. . , .
IF you were paying two cents a night for a newspaper (?) and found
it slung together with a lot of the
editor's personal and jealous drivel in
whom no one but himself is concerned
wouldn't it give you nausea? 4j THE Michigan City Dispatches solution of the Kankakee auto mystery, which hasn't been a mystery for nearly a month since it was solved by the TIMES, is- really clever, but how a railroad train can run into an auto and saw a wheel off, the axle is more than can be understood.
DIVORCE ORPHANS. Not Jong ago the little eleven-year-
old daughter of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., broke her arm.
The fracture was such that for a
time amputation seemed necessary.
The little one suffered very much and cried out for her papa, of whom she la
very fond.
On account of a pending divorce the
father could not go to the child, who
Buffered a double pain from her broken arm and the absence of her father.
"Be brave. Papa la watching you
through the telephone."
That w as all. And, poor comfort as it was to the little daughter, the father doubtless suffered as much as the child. Poor divorce orphans! They cannot understand why papa and mamma should be apart. They usually love both parents dearly. Pain comes early to their childish hearts. These children know something is wrong, but they are too youag to comprehend what it all means. When their playmates say, "My papa (or mamma) la in heaven," what can the poor divorce orphans say? There is little Alice Astor. She is the baby daughter of Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, recently
divorced. The decree gives the father possession of the -son and the mother
of Alice.
Alice will have beautiful clothes and all the luxuries, but can any new papa
ever take the1 place of her real papa':
Is it not really sadder to know that one's father or mother Is living and not to know where than to lose that
loved one by death or to know where
the parent lives and be denied companionship? Poor little lads and lassies! There are asylums built for the or
phans left belpless by death. Shall
there be asylums built for the more
unfortunate?
Poor divorce orphans! Their fate is both pathetically sad and irremediably hopeless.
see river, thus ending the Tennessee campaign.
1868 Lord Llsgar appointed governor-
general of Canada.
1876 Nearly a hundred lives lost in a
train wreck at Ashtabula, O.
1890 Henry B. Brown of Mirhlc-nn
commissioned an associate Justlc of the United States supreme court.
THIS IS MY 54 TH BIRTHDAY. W illiam T. Sedgwick. "William T. Sedgwick, professor of
biology In the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was born in West Hart
ford, Conn., Dec. 19, 1855," and was edu
cated at the Sheffield Scientific school.
For two years he was an instructor in physiology and chemistry at the Sheffield Scientific school, and for three years was an instructor In biology at Johns Hopkins university. Since 1883 he has occupied his present position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Sedgwick is recognized as one of America's leading authorities on biology and he has received honorary degrees from Yale university, John Hopkins university and other leading schools.
The Sizo of Mexico. Few are aware that the republic of Mexico has an area of nearly 7G4.000 square miles, thus covering territory larger than the combined area of England. Germany, France and Spain, or, to compare it with our own country, it Is eleven and a half times the jSize of
New England or ninety-two times as
large as the state of Massachusetts.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. . Det-ember 2l.
1800 Charles Goodyear, inventor ofJwhen plBylng; truftnt 0r running
vne process oi vuu.'auiuug ruuuer, born in New Haven, Conn. .Died in New York city, July 1, 1869. 1808 Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States born in Raleigh, N. C. Died at Carter's Depot, Tenn., July 31. 1875. 1835 A treaty was made with- the Cherokeea in Georgia, by which they agreed to remove west of the Mississippi. 1845 Texas admitted to the Union. 1864 Hood's army crossed the Tennes-
Voice of The People
TRUANT OFFICER'S TALK.
nammona, ma., Dec. 29, 1909.
Editor, the Times:
It seems as though some parents of
cnuaren of the school age do not under
stand the meaning of the educational law, or why a truant officer should
make his visits to the homes of par
ents ana especially make a thorough Investigation Into the causes for all. Cln Vtlf, iiflrfmnH, .1 , . .
" i"onreiu ucijuiius wnetner tnese absentees are sick or have no books, clothing, shoes, or if the parent is dis-
au' any way or ir it Is a case of truancy, unknown to the parent. The first step in juvanile crime Is truancy.
as my experience so far clearly dem
onstrates that all Juvenile delinquency,
proven in any court began from play
ing truant. i nave a great deal of
trouble because children do not mind
the parent, and I also find by investl
gation tne parents do not require that their children show respect to the teacher. We suppose that some times the teacher does not treat the child Just as she should, but at the same
time the parents should never allow
tneir children to rebel against their
teacher. I find this to be the cause of
about one-third of the complaints.
This does not apply to the very poor
but to the middle and upper classes as
well. Parents are largely to blame for
the delinquency of their children, and
Instead of visiting the schools and ac
knowledging to the teachers that their
children are unruly, they try to shield
them. Consequently it necessitates
continuous visa from the truant of
ficer to these homes, as the law, strict
ly says no child of the age of 7 to 14
years. Inclusive, shall for any causp
any rule or law to the contrary, be pre
eluded from attending school. When
such school is in session truant officers shall enforce the law. There are also other conlltions the parents are Ignorant of, or do not care what associates these young boys and girls have
the
streets at night. Under such conditions
they learn and assume habits such as wandering around railroad yards, railroad tracks. Jumping trains, entering cars, using vile and obscene language, smoking the vile cigarettes. This Is written In the hope that the parents will co-operate with the teachers and truant officer so that these evils may be remedied. Respectfully, I. C. STANFORD. Truant Officer, 1st. Dist.
Ott&EZ? Elizabeth OjrJtezQJvzr
Higher Courts' Records. Supreme Court Minutes. 21568. Nathan S. Cook vs. Board of
Commissioners. Marion C. C. Appellant's brief and petition for oral argu
ment.
21543. Pearson Mendenhall etal. vs.
First New Church Society of Indiana
polis. -
Appellate Court Ml nates. 7324. Chauncey K. Poer vs. Joseph
S. Johnson. Rush C. C. Appellant's brief.
7317. Maud M. Howard et al. vs. Jo
seph H. Twibell. Blackford C. C. Appellant's petition for time. 7425. William A. Bennett et al. vs. Root Furniture company. Shelby C. C. Appellants' brief. 7367. Edward Peters vs. Emma Peters. Marion S. C. Appellant's motion for time. Thirty days granted. 6824. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad company vs. Town of Remington. Jasper C. C. Appellee's petition for rehearing -and brief.
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