Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 270, Hammond, Lake County, 14 May 1910 — Page 4

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Jt ail eaaaannleattona net niwaerl, no matter' -mhat their merits. Thin praeautlaa a taka to avoid ralsrr presentations. THE TIMES ! pnbllsaed la tbe bes Interest of the people, and Ita otter eaoan always lateaded promote tke gvacrol wrTfare of the pafcUe at large. CARRYING NEWS TO HANOVER. As might be expected a number of persons have come to the front in London this week ready .to make solemn assertion that they saw "the boatman" start for Hanover with the news of King Edward's death. As the most of the self-styled eye-witnesses to the. supernatural, event, however, are sailors and longshoremen who are commonly supposed to be more superstitious than veracious, in their confirmation of the old story of the. Hanover boatman may be taken for what it is worth. The earliest authority for this popular story, which hasfbeen revived with the death of every British soVerign for nearly a century and which is still believed by a surprlslnly large number of people,-was-Colonel Dawson Darner, a son-in-law of the celebrated Mrs. Fitzherbert. It seems that on the night of June 26, 1830, Colonel Darner waa standing with, a friend on Westminster bridge, when he saw a email wherry containing a little muffled figure dart from the shadows and swiftly and noiselessly make its v way down the river. While they were watching the small craft a Thames waterman nearby exclaimed in an awestruck voice, "There goes the boatman to Hanover." On being asked what he meant, the man explained tiiat'Klng George must be dead, as the figure always appeared on the demise of the soverign, his consort or the direct heir to the throne, and rowed to 'Hanover to carry the news. On return hi g home Colonel Darner heard that GeorgeTV had died at the hour when he saw the wherry set out from beneath the bridge. The ghostly boatman is said to have como over wtth. the house of Hanover and to have been seen at the death of the English sovereigns of that dynasty. When the prince consort died In 1861, the boatman Is stated to hare appeared from beneath Westminster bridge, and, again, at the very moment when Queen Victoria breathed her last at Osborne, not only many Thames watermen, but quite a number of well educated and-responsible people alleged that they saw the messenger of death bending to his oars on his ghostly errand to Hanover. It is a queer superstition, quite in keeping,-however, with those according to which the death of a member of the reigning house of Hohenzollern or of Hapsburg is always heralded by the apparition of a white lady. - - : ' WAS MR. KERN LYING OR TELLING THE TRUTH? The, silence on the part of John W. Kern, after being asked by the newspapers of Indiana to explain the charges of bribery, that he made against the men who were responsible for the election of B. F. Shively for United StateB senator, is ominous for the democrats. There is no question but what Mr. Kern made those charges when, as a democratic paper pointed out, he was soured with defeat. The history of that legislatorial transaction is only too fresh in the minds of the people of Indiana. The charges made strike home now in view of the shameless exposure following the confessions in our sister state Illinois. Not only is Indiana interested in Mr. Kern, but as he is the party's chosen candidate for a national office, he is a national character and papers all over the United States are taking up the matter. The storm will break sooner or later. Mr.

Kern will have to say something. He

else declare that in his passionate bitterness of defeat he made allegations that are untrue. The people want to know in either case. If the charges are true and Mr. Kern can prove them, there is a day of reckoning for Senator Shively, and if they are not true, Senator Shively has been maligned. The

silence on the latter's part i3 very strange. We should think he would want

the matter sifted to the bottom. Does Senator Shively want us to DISHONESTY ON

It may be said at once that no reporter could use his office for Ms own pocket, and hold his position long enough to make it worth while, says William P. Hamilton, in the May Atlantic. The result in America is a not overpaid class which will compare favorably with the corresponding grades

.in the newspaper business of any part in tre world. Higher up is the editorial staff, and if news is to be garbled for the purpose of deception, or suppressed in public or private interest, it is here that the operation must be 'done. The news editors cannot for any appreciable length of time print what is not true, or suppress what is, without the knowledge of the directing editorial mind, to say nothing of the proprietor. A dishonest city editor without a, dishonest managing editor is unthinkable to anybody who knows the working of a newspaper. Everything that is being done Is done in black and white, and the responsibility for every line in the paper can be instantly : placed. Even the editor-in-chief has small opportunities for dishonesty, and could not for any length of time deceive the proprietors of the paper; while .he would in the meantime earn the contempt of his subordinates, ahd this to any newspaper man with his profession sincerely at heart, is a fearful price to pay for a mere pecuniary advantage.

i MR. MIDDLETON'S PREMATURE EXPLOSION. The story and editorial in this paper regarding Sunday baseball, as dealt with by Rev. H. A. Carpenter, of Indiana Harbor, has created a fearful stir in Door Village, a little place in LaPorte county, where lives a minister by the name of Middleton. Rev. Middleton doubts that a minister spoke a good word for Sunday baseball. In the LaPorte Herald he is the author of a vituperative article in which he entirely forgets that he is a man of peace. In commenting on the breachment, the Argus-Bulletin, of LaPorte, says: Mr. Carpenter stands in indictment of Mr. Middleton and harrowing must be his thought of the judgment which will be visited uponhim by the antedated minister fW the precinct? of Scipio. In this day and age there are broader-minded men than Mr Middleton in the ministry. Noted divines In the cities have found in Sunday baseball, when properly conducted, a diversion for the people to which they have given approval. It is to be hoped that In his rare charitableness and gentleness of spirit Mr. Middleton will cease further chartisement. It really makes us feel bad to have our sins exposed to public glare. But we are glad to know in these days of strenuous living that there is one perfect man and that he lives in the rural quietude of Scipio.

THE WONDER is why some of these' insurgent newspapers weren't courageous enough to give Colonel Roosevelt a cussing out when he wrote his famous campaign letter to James E. Watson in 1906 paying tribute to the republican leadership in the House and Senate, then the same as now, and particularly specifying Speaker Cannon for the great work done in the advancement of the Roosevelt policies. Marion Chronicle.

.SS.M SUS ONE CENT AT ALL will have to back up his charges or think that John Kern spoke the truth? A NEWSPAPER.

RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS

GARY'S motto is! "Onward, still OnWard." She never stops. m THEY are. still fussing about the benzoate of soda in the catsup. WHAT'S become of the girl whom you once taught to ride a bicycle? , WHAT is the weather man dishing up for the baseball fans this weekend? -A THEY might be, able to make Mr. Lorimer explain, but Mr. Kern is too reticent and reserved. PIG iron has dropped in price, but we can't eat pig iron. Do something with the pig roasts. IN the meantime, are not some of those who voted for Mr. Shively in just a little suspense? . AFTER ' all, the question, "How's the tariff?" is not nearly so important as "How are the young onions T' ft EXCHANGING kisses Is not half so dangerous as exchanging letters. Save that for your breach of promise suit. IT will take some of us about three months to break ourselves of getting up about 3 a. m. to see Halley's comet. THB Tenth Indiana district Is con vinced that Congressman Crumpacker is far too valuable a representative to lose. RATHER any day hear the voice of a rough-neck sliding to third than a man talking eloquently about the tariff. MR. Taft is always In trouble. He now has a common cold, but It is worth about 200 words on the front page. QUEBEC furnishes most of the as bestos used in the world. Quebec must be a good town for the naughty to die In. WE'VE noticed that the man who was bragging about his garden several weeks ago, has might little to say about it now. FOREIGN performer- is said to be the homeliest woman on the stage. Probably once belonged to the "Lidlifter" troupe. EAST Chicago mother is so fearful that her boy will learn to ewear that she refuses to let him listen to his father shaving. A THEY are to raise the Maine and take us all back to the days of '98 Hope they won't say anything about San Juan Hill, however. - FRISCO system railroad man says that middlemen are the cause of high prices. Sure, blame it on to every body but the right man. MALE convicts in Georgia are clad in mother Hubbards while at work to keep them from escaping. Hope they don't put 'em "en princess. HUNGARIAN, on being asked who made the laws in this country, said "Joe Cannon." He was denied citi zenship papers. Is that right? e TRUST that Judge Anderson will In time overcome his squeamishness about coming to Lake county, even ii it Is contempt to print as much , - BALTIMORE man is saving up his dead wife's clothes until he can find a woman whom they will fit. Hand him the leather medal for" stinginess jk THE investigation of the senatorial bribery scandal in Illinois goes on with relentless vigor and directness, but there is nothing doing in Indiana. IT is kind of mean to look a gift horse In the mouth, but suppose the horse Is only spitting out the oats he cannot swallow and that he took from your bin? BUT with only one saloon to every five hundred population, ) wouldn't it result in undue crowding at Gary? Indianapolis News; Not a bit of it. There's plenty of room. fAMriAiNiJL.ujKa ana noboes are said to object seriously to the high cost of living. They claim they can' get bread any more and that the gude wives hand them nothing but pie when they seek refreshment. - MUST be awfully provoking to get married, receive congratulations and all that sort of thing and then find your partner hasn't been properly separated from the original party of j the first part. So careless, too.

THE TRIES.

Uncle

The Poet Philosopher

THE HUMAN HEAD. The greatest gift the gods bestowed on mortal was his dome of thought; sometimes seems a useless load, when one is tired, and worn, and hot; sometimes wmi a trifling thing, leas useful than one's lunoa or aiata- a

mere excuse, it seems, to bring us duns men appreciate their heads, and use them nuie sneas new splendor on their

heads as Junk, mere idle knobs upon their necks; such men are nearly always

in in Taiiure, and are gloomy wrecks. I know a clerk who's served his time one old store for twenty years; he's marked his fellows ctlmb, and climb and marked with jealousy and tears: he's labored there si nee he was Vnunn'

he'll labor there till he Is dead; he never used his head. I know a ooorhouse stay; they paw the air and weep and day; and there they'll toll while life beHa? tKele r-i -i r -j

, . .imvC? ncrs a ywu as yowi a om men xney never used their heads. Oh, human head! Majestic boxl Oh, wondrous can, from labels free! If man Is cravlna fame or roelca. hall net thm i k i

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UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA " " . n ... I .... -

AIRBRAKES SATIS LIVES. i That the new Improvements which have been made on train aervlea on railroads throughout the country In ' recent years have had a tendency to lessen the danger of disasters because of their ability to bring high speed trains to a quicker stop was brought out at discussions at yesterday's session of the Airbrake Association at Indianapolis. MISTREATED THEIR SON. John and Florence Barth, 41 West Twenty-seventh street In Indianapolis were found guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment toward Mr. Barth' a 11-year-old son. John Barth, Jr., when arraigned o ncomplaint of Humane Inspector Shelby in the Jnvenils Court. s The father and step-mother were fined 50 and $25 respectively. - TJURBIN THB RECEIVER. On the petition of Harvey J. Blacklldge, treamrar of the Anderson Car riage Manufacturing Company, former Gevernor "W. T. DorMn was appointed receiver for that concern by Judge Austlll in the superior court in Anderson. The assets of the company are estimated at about tlSO.OO, with liabilities amounting to more than $200,000. SATS HE BXTR7TED CHTTRCH. "Worroylng over, the fact that some innoecnt party might have suffered from his act, and his conscience troubling him night and day so that he could not work. Ed Helmer, B5 years old. who emigrated to this country twenty years ago from Dresden Germany, came from St. Louis and gave himself up to the Greensburg police and confessed to Chief Johnson that he set fire to the Catholic church in this city Septem ber 1. 1907. I TEARS SAVE WIFE. Abner Kelley of Columbus who yes terday caused the arrest of his wife be cause as he alleged she eloped with Frank Gaston, procured her release by weeping in court and begging that she be released. He said that since Gaston had escaped arrest be would in the event of his wife's release return to her! EXPI.OWO! WKECKS TOWN. Two hundred pounds of dynamite powder used for quarry blasting let go at the South Trimmer quarry six miles w..t of Loeansport at 8 o'clock Thurs day night. Every window in the quarry eettlement was wrecttea. - THIS DATE IN WISTORT. May 14. 1602 Captain Bartholomew Gosnold sighted the coast of Maine near Casco Bay. 1737 Gen. Samnel H. Parsons, a distinguished soldier of the American revolution, born at Lyme. Conn. Died Nov. 17, 1789. 1761 Samuel Dexter, secretary of war, born In Boston. Died In Athens, N. T., May 3. 1816. 1770Corner stone of Brown university laid. , 1S04 Lewis and Clarke left St. Louis on their exploration trip to the northwest. lg8A treaty was made by Mexico with Texas, acknowledging Its Independence. 1873 Hon. D. A. McDonald appointed lieutenant governor of Ontario. 1897 Richard Coke, former United States senator and governor ol Texas, died at Waco. THIS IS MY 63RD BIRTHDAT. Sir Frederick AV. Borden. Sir Frederick W. Borden, minister of militia and defence in the Dominion cabinet, was born May 1. 1847. After graduating from the University of King? college.' Windsor, Nova Scotia, he took a course In medicine at Harvard university. In 1868 he began the practice of medicine and the following year he was appointed an assistant surgeon in the militia. His public career dates from 1874 when he was first elected to the house of commons. For thirty-five years he has represented the same Riding (King's N. S.) almost Continuously. Since 1896 he has been minister of militia and defence. In 1902 Sir Frederick was made a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem. THIS DATE IN HISTORV. May 15. 1536 Jacques Cartier started for France on his return from his second voyage to the new world. 1788 Gen. James Gadsden, soldier and statesman, born in Charleston, S. C. Died there Dec. 25. 1858. 1791 Commodore Alexander J. Dallas born In Philadelphia. Died in. Callao Bay, Peru, June 3, 1844. 1795 Ground broken for the state house on Beacon Hill. Boston. 1828 United States laid heavy duties on -imported fabrics of cotton or wool. 1836 Creek Indians attacked and burned the village of Roanoke, Ga.

from men who deal in hats. Some wisely every day, and every passing upward way: while some reaard their rose a single runa. because he never In the vale, where fiftv.eeven naur... wall, and cuss each other ail the

endures, and there they'll die In pauper . . . .

y - B" ei I w a w VMW a WALT MASON. mlssary demolished and four Italian workmen thrown from their bunks and Injured about the face and eyes by nying glass. HORSES WERE POISONED. Two valuable stallions belonging to Benjamin R. Whisenand, a farmer north of Bloomlngton, died early this week and are believed to have been poisoned. A veterinorlan was called. and it is believed by those who saw the animals that they died f strych nine poisoning. They were valued at $2,000 and Wlsenand carried no in surance on them. He had bought the horses only recently. DISARMS BURGLAR. With a lucky lash of his whip E. W. SIndell f Urbana disarmed a high wayman in broad daylight who had stopped him and demanded his money. SIndell who was driving alone on a cuntry road, aws stopped by a man drivings In the opposite direction who asked him to be directed on his way. FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH. Fire destroyed the Baptist church at Elmdale today, causing a loss of $2,500. The origin of the fire is unknown. A bucket brigade Is the only fire protection in Elmdale, and It was unable to check the flames. The Insurance en the building was allowed to lapse only a few days ago. GIRL DROPS DEAD. Lillian Rigglns, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira RIgglns, who moved to Warsaw from Etna Green, Ind., Tuesday, fell dead in a chair. . Phsiclans later diagnosed., her affliction as "dyptheria. Scores of persons were exposed before the nature of the case was made known. CLOSES BIG CONTRACT. The Mandabach Coal Company of Washington closed a contract with the Western Consolidated Coal Company of Chicago for the total output of the local mine. The company will add 150 men as soon as it is possslbla to provide working rooms. CHAPMAN IS MARRIED. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman of Warsaw who was for many years head of the Winona Lake Bible Conference and Miss Mabel Moulton only daughter of Mrs. Ruth Weeden Moulton of Providence, R I., will be united in marriage In August. Announcement of the engagemet was made yeeterday by Dr. Chapman. 1864 Confederates defeated the Union forces at Newmarket. Va. 1883 United States concluded treaty with Korea. THIS IS MY BIST BIRTHDAY. AVHliani M. MoCarty. William Murdock McCarty. who worked his own way up from farm boy and mine worker to the position of chief Justice of the supreme court of Utah, was born at Alpine, Utah. May 15, 1859. As a youth he worked on the farm and at sawmills and cattle ranch-' es and gaining such education as could be obtained by attending the country schools for a few weeks during the winter. In 1876 he quit the farm for the laborious work in the mines and at the smelters. In the winter of 1881-2 he was enabled to attend an academy for sixteen weeks and the following summer he began to read law at Monroe. Utah. He was admitted to the bar In 1887 and two years later was appointed assistant United States district attorney. When Utah was admitted to statehood in 1895 Mr. McCarty was elected district Judge and was re-elected in 1900. He continued on the district bench until elected to the supreme benoh of Utah in 1902. In which he was associate judge until 1906 and 'Since then has been chief Justice. Higher Courts' Record. Supreme Conrt Mlnntea. ' 21606. Larry Ryan vs. State of Indiana Howard C. C. Appellee's brief. 21602. State of Indiana ex rel. Sebastian G. Bear vs. Edward Long, road supervisor, etc HuMlngton C. C. Appellee petitions for time, and is granted thirty days. 21600. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway company vs. City of Whiting. Lake C C. Appellee is granted 30 days from May 12, 1910. Appellate Court Mlnntea. 7466. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway company vs. Jifij--tha Atkinson. Jay C. C. Appellee petitions for time and is granted twenty days, 7475. Walter J. Hubbard vs. Ida M. Ranje et al. Boone C. C. Appellant's brief. 6612. Haynes Automobile company vs. Miranda Sinnett. Howard S. C. Ap. pellant's petition for a rehearing and brief. 7482. Knickerbocker Ice company vs. William Surprise. Lake C C. Appellant's reply brief.

'IT GET ANXIOUS! THE

COMET ISN'T Han7t come will not be vlalata again natll Friday, May 20, at 8 a, ,K Millions of civilised but uninformed people who expected to see something wonderful happen next week, when the arth passes through the tall of Halley's comet, are doomed to disappointment. It will be Just like dropping a tiny bead through an immense and alrost transparent cloud. Lake Michigan won't boll or its flsh oook; tha asphalt pavements will not liquify and run into the sewers; tha hair won't sizzle and burn oft your head or the houses catch lire, and neither will the sun, moon or stars bs obscured. These are all possibilities which have presented themselves to the layman. "The earth passed thhrough the tall of Halley's comet during the seventeenth century when It was 7,000.000 miles closer to the fiery nucleus than It will be on May 19," Professor William D. MacMillan, Chicago university astronomer, declared last night. "There will be no change In temperature. We may see the comet's tall

This Week's News Forecast

Washington, D. C, May 14. Ohio' s new primary law, under which "the party primary elections for the nomination of candidates on republican and democratic tickets are held the same day. Is to have its first practical test Tuesday. Senator Dick, who is a candidate for re-election, will abide by the result of the primary, but the other aspirants for the senatorship and for state offices have decided to await the conventions, as they are permitted to do according to law. Congressional candidates wilK-be chosen at the primaries as well as candidates for county offices. Other events of the week In the domain of politics will be the state demo- ' erratic convention in Alabama for the adoption of a platform, the democratic state and congressional conventions in South Carolina, the prohibition state convention In California, and the munlcpal election In Denver In which the questo of abolishing tbe saloons will be voted on for the first time in that city. During the latter part of the week Halley's comet is expected to be at the best point for observation. Wednesday the comet will pass between the earth and the sun, and on that date the earth probably will pass through the tall of the comet. The safeguarding from aocident of the country's vast army of industrial workers will be the chief subjeot of consideration at the annual convention of the ational Association of Manufacturers, which is to bea-in its sessions in New York Monday. Other mportant conventions and conferences of the week will be the general assembly of the Presbyterian church at Atlantic City; the meeting- of the Southern Presbyterian greneral assembly at LeffKhnrfr, Va,; the triennial session of the World's Sunday School Asfociation In Washington, the National Conference of Charities and Correction in St. Louis, the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, the annual conventions of the American Cotton Manufacturers at Charlotte end the Piano Dealers of America at Richmond. Other events of Interest to a wide section of the country will be the golden jubilee celebration at the University of Californin er th ceremonies In St. Paul at which six bishops of the Roman Catholic church v.' ill be consecrated at one time. Developments following the death of Tdward VII. and th; accession of George V. will continue to absorb attention in England. Other events of the week In the foreign field will Include the performnco.s of the "Passion Play" at Oberammergau, the Robert Schumann memorial celebration in Munich, and. the conference- of the Xoaug Women's,. Christian.,, Association y of the World in Berlin, at which both the United States and ' Canada-- Wllf be well represented b-delegates. - . . .

TOWN AND ST. JOHN. All of the people on the sick list here are Improving. Mrs. N. Thielen. who was very low Thursday with pleurisy, it being the 9th day of her sickness, has improved some. Mrs. Andrew Rammer, who Is still confined to the bed, Is reported a little better also. Wm. F. Keilman also has gained strength and is In better condition, and hopes are entertained for recovery for all of them. Bert Steele, who was section - foreman here for several years, has taken a similar position at Monon, and will move with his family to that place Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scheldt are enJoying a visit with relatives in Chicago. Peter Ports made a business trip to Hammond today. Mrs. K. Austgen of Hammond visited with friends here Thursday. CLARK STATION. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Schmetaer visited friends in Chicago Thursday. Charles Saager visited his daughter, Mrs. W. Kunert, at the East Side. John Ranz Of Hammond transacted business In Clark Station. Mrs. G. Wagner of Clark transacted business In Chicago. Mrs. F. Behn visited her sister, Mrs. Clossom at the Hahnemann hospital, Chicago. Mrs. Miller transacted business at Gary last night. SOUTH CHICAGO Dorothy Ganey, 3 years old. 3017 East Ninety-fifth street, fell from the second story window of her home yesterday, and as a miracle, escaped without any serious Injury. She screamed as she fell, and her mother and neighbors ran to the place where she had fallen, expecting to pick up a lifeless corpse, but instead the little one got up and started to run toward It's mother to the great surprise of the onlookers. Although she was not badly hurt, a physician was summoned and declared no bones were broken. She received two minor bruises on the back. A fire from an unknown souroe started in the attic of a house at 9036 Commercial avenue yesterday and was gaining great headway when discovered. The fire department was called, but the fire had been extinguished before Its arrival. The damage was nominal. Joseph Loskl. 8250 Houston avenue, was jolted from a wagon he was driving at Eighty-second street and Houston avenue, and he sustained a dislocated hip and other minor bruises. He was attended by the ambulance physician, after which he was removed to his home. Edward Johnson, 40 years old, fell from the platform of a Nickel Plate train at Ninety-third street and Stony Island avenue and dislocated his right

Saturday, May 14, 1910.

GOING TO HURT In the sky as an 'aurora borealis,' but I doubt It. The tail is made up of minute particles, , gaseous molecules. far apart and so rarlfled as to be almost nothing. The tail of Halley's comet Is traveling In a near-vacuum." According to Professor MacMillan, who has made a special study of comets, the earth passed through the tail of Halley's comet In 18S5 without being noticeably affected, an dthrough the tails of two other comets, one in 1820 and one in 1861. If astronomers could they would seek next Tuesday to bottle some of the gas In the comet's tail for the purpose of investigation. Although cyanogen, a deadly gas, is found In the head of the comet, astronomers are agreed there Is none In the filmy tail. Lake county people who have been putting off early morning observations of the comet will not have another opportunity to see the visitor now until after it crosses the earth's orbit' next Tuesday. It will first become visible in the western sky about 8 o'clock Friday niaht. May 10. COUNTRYSIDE arm. Johnson was standing on the reap platform and a sudden lurch of tha engine threw him off. He was taken to his home, 423 Seventy-sixth street. Arthur Jensen of Buffalo avenue is on the sick list. The pupils of Esther Gustafson will give a recital at Jones' hall, Seventysixth street and Coles avenue, next Tuesday evening. ROBERTSDALE. Evangelical Church, Robertadale. Rev. W. II. Halmhuber, pastor. Sunday at 10 a. m. Preaching services at 11 a. m. Evening services at 7:30 p. m. A cordial invitation is extenedd to all to attend. Esther, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vels of Reese avenue, Is improving slowly from her recent illness. Mrs. Rebecca Kline of Hammond was a Robertsdale visitor last evening. Mrs. James Terry and sister, Mrs. Gelger of Chicago were the guests of Mrs. Robert Atchison of Roberts avenue Thursday. The Ladies' Aid society of the Evangelical . church held their regular monthly business meeting at the church Thursday afternoon. Quite a number were In attendance and a very pleasant session is reported. Mrs. E. Buell entertained the members of the Afternoon Pedro club at her home In Indiana boulevard Thursday. A most pleasant afternoon was spent by the guests in playing pedro until 4 o'clock, when dainty refreshments wera served. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hazelett and son, Wesley, were Chicago visitors Thursday. Wlllaim Koch of Hammond was calling on Robertsdale friends Thursday. Mrs. Lyons of East Chicago was the guest of her sister, Miss Kate McKenna of Reese avenue, Thursday. Misses Etta Condor and Ethel Davis of Hammond visited friends here yesterday. Mrs. Agnes Roberts and daughter. Miss Amy Roberts were the guests of friends in Chicago Thursday. Miss Grace Dahl of Hammond visited her sister, Miss Hattie Dahl of Roberts avenue last evening. Herman Homan of Harrison avenue was a ammonddond visitor Thursday evening. Little Marie Horlbeck Is confined to the home of her parents in Indiana boulevard with an attack of measles. Mrs. Winkleweed and daughter, Mrs. Meyers, spent the day in Chicago 'on business. - . Misses Sophia Sell and Ida Homan visited East Side friends last evening. Mrs. Calvin Ashline of Roberts avenue spent the day shopping In Chicago. Ervln Carlin. of Hegewlsch visited friends In Reese avenue last evening. ADVERTISE AND AGAIN IN THB TIMES. ADVERT15B