Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 63, Hammond, Lake County, 31 August 1910 — Page 1

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Clans Assemble at Gary This Morn ing for Their County Convention To Select Party Ticket

GIVES LIETO SWAIM. In answer to a telegram sent by tbia paper as to responsibility for tbe Becker disbarment atoryy the press bureau of tbe republican state central committee last night sent tbe following? response! Indianapolis, lad Ana:. 30. Times Newspapers, Hammond, --' Ind. Got Becker story from newspaper account supreme - court action on disbarment. We did not set It from Hammond. GEO. STOUT, Supt.

CROWD IS . IMMENSI

Chief Martin Is Named For

Sheriff and Parks For Representative.

THE TICKET. REPRESENTATIVE, P. A. Parks, of Indiana Harbor. CLERK, Richard Winkler of Gary. SHERIFF, Jos. T. Martin of Gary. TREASURER, Geo. Kussmaul of Hammond. CORONER, Dr. Geo. Orff of Indiana Harbor. ASSESSOR, Peter Heln of Crown Point. SURVEYOR, A. P. Melton of Gary. COMMISSIONER, Otto jr. Hllderbrandt of Crown Point.

THE AFTERNOON SESSION

The second sesstion bavins been called

to order at 2 o'clock, Mayor Thomas

Knotts of Gary was elected permanent

chairman of th? convention and Henry

A til wurm of Crown Point, secretary.

After thanklns 'the convention for the

honor conferred upon him. Chairman

Knotts said that during; the twenty-

two years of his residence In Lake county he had attended many conventions and that the democrats bad twice

been successful;' that heretofore the conventions seemed to him like fu

nerals, whereas the convention of to

day appeared to him like a christening.

Attorney J. R. Peterson, the congressional candidate, stepped Into the hall at this time and was given an ovation by the assembled democrats. He re

sponded with a short speech, pleading

for harmony and suggested that If any

democrat bearing a knife In his hip

pocket were present that he summarily

be thrown Into the lake. He-denied being a corporation lawyer and said that

tne interests or the farmer were as

close to him as those of the corpora

tion, and that Lake connty being such

a large and strong county should have

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Nominated For Sheriff Lake Co.

Encouraged by a cloudy sky and a prediction of rain, real democratic

weather, democrats staunch and true

representting the democracy of Lake

Jountygat2iered "by the" hundreds in

Gary today for the county convention to nominate candidates for the county ticket.

The fact that most of the nominees who were to be named today were to be eleventh hour "pinch" candidater was no damper on the enthusiasm of the hundreds of stalwarts in whos breasts hope springs eternally. HALL WAS A VORTEX. Englehardt Hall was the vortex where gathered the democrats from the whole county. The first delegations arrived at an early hour and availed

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Governor Marshallfs Labor Day Proclamation Out

Lathers Local No. 107 of

Hammond Argues For Its Independence Before Pres ident McSarley of the Innational Organization.

A proclomation issued from the office of the governor calls on the

people of the state to observe as sacred to the worker, September 5,

commonly known as Labor Day. The proclamation of Governor Mar

shall follows: '

"Seed time and harvest have not wholly failed since that far-off

hour when God threw His bow of promise across the weary waste of waters. ' Then, labor was as it is now the law, of upright life. It was,

and is, honorable; and the highways of life who seek to gather where; he hath not strewn ; not he, however humble his garb and lowly his mein, who has done a man's work in a manly way. Your true artisan is your true gentleman for he earns what he takes and he takes not by grace and favor, but by right To such an, one the world should

say 'well ddne', and bid him rejoice in the product of his handicraft

and exhalt the work where-unto he has been called. Such glorifica

tion of his calling and rejoicing in its success are seemly and proper

and a people honors itself when it honors honest toil by setting aside a sacred day for observance in memory of the fact that it is the homely virtues of the toil-stained sons of the state which preserve our civilization. Indiana has thus behaved herself aright

"Let not her citizens forget that Monday, September 5, 1910, is a pubic holiday for labor, whereon the man who has striven for God and home and native land should rejoice, and every cumberer of the ground should resolve to be a toiler and all should solemnly vow to join the union of labor and justice for all mankind."

Latest Mew

The question of the White City dis

trict council's right of jurisdiction over the Lathers' local Xo. 107 of Hammond! and Lake cbolinty was argued pro and con this afternoon in Hammond before W. J. McSorley, general president of the Lathers' International union. The White City district council of Chicago comprises every lathers local in Chicago, and for a time also claimed Jurisdiction over the Lake county organization. Since then conditions have grown up which made it imperative for the Lake county lathers to conduct their own affairs without being responsible to the White City district council, but the latter is fighting the release Of the Lake county organization. -"It was agreed among the Lake county lathers

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opportunity of attending the meeting. The meeting was held in the Trades and Labor Council headquarters.

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Osawatomie, Kan., Aug. 31. Theodore Roosevelt came from the west this morning to dedicate as "John Brown park" the battle field of Osawatomie, where longer than half a century ago the noted abolitionist and his meager force fired their first gun for liberty. Colonel Roosevelt was greeted in martial manner, cavalry from Fort Riley, a military band from Fort Leavenworth, a company of state troops and hundreds of G. A. R. men and veterans of the Spanish war taking part in the program. Denver Colo., Aug. 31. That her husband had imprisoned her in a cave in which there were two huge snakes, from which she barely escaped with her life, and that later he attempted to tie her hands and feet and place her on a red-hot stove was the testimony given by Mrs. Fannie S. Wood in the district court in her suit for divorce from Chester L. Wood yesterday. She ob

tained a decree. New York, Aug. 31. The Hungarian government ia about to take steps to check the wholesale emigration to America of its more desirable citizens among the middle and lower classes, according to Morris Cukor, a New York lawyer, who some time ago was appointed legal adviser to the Austro-Hungarian consulate in this city.

Gypsy CAMPS MORE

UMERQUS THAH EVER

United States Deputy Marshall Appears - in Hammond Federal Court With

Valpo ZIg Charged With mpenh5'"With-HailsrT'

SEA OF HDD AT SOME PUCES

Relief May Be Had By Complaint

to Board of Public - Works.

on macadam

streets and

Ridge Road Villages Report Increase of Nuisance Bicyclist Has Trouble.

Uncle Sam demonstrated yesterday that he will reach to the end of the world in seeking a man whom he believes to have tampered with the United States mails. After a series of cablegrams, John C. 'Webb, a Valparaiso (Ind.) man, was arrested at his home yesterday on an indictment preferred against him by the grand jury of the Hawaiian islands, which was in session at Honolulu. The arrest was made by Alonzo Boyd, deputy United States marshal, who came up from Indianapolis and brought

FINAL PREPARATIONS

FOR GARY'S LABOR DAY

Event Under Building Trades Council Auspices Will Contain Spectacular and Interesting Features; 3,000 Men in Line.

Residents

the public In general which has occa

sion to cross these streets, especially

I near the water plugs, where the street sprinklers " take on their water, are

thoroughly disgusted with the-manner In which the street sprinkling con- . tractor permits his drivers to Inundate the streets near the water plugs. The corner of Fayette street and Oakley avenue probably presents the worst coni dition in the city. The mud there is j never less than three inches deep, as ! the careless driver permits hundred I of gallons of water to overflow from ; the tank before turning off the water. , Other crossings are nearly as bad. Were

the contractor to be made to pay for

the prisoner before Charles Surprise, j Mg watftr suppJy h0 wouW probably not

Chief

Joe" Martin.

P. A. Parks, who was nominated for representative at Gary this afternoon. themselves of an opportunity of seeing Gary. For many of the visitors it was the first sight of the magic city. -v.The questions "Whom will we have for sheriff, who for county treasurer.

county recorder, surveyor?" was on every lip. In many instances it only brought forth the counter question, "What does Becker say, what does Knotts and Gavlt say?" If ever a county organization was hooeleasly at sea at the hour of convention it was the democratic party of Lake County, (Continued oa pas '

NOTED K: OF C. TALKS IN HAMMOND

Frank J. Sherlock spe6ial agent of the National Council of the Knights of Columbus addressed the members of Unity Council last tvening. Mr. Sherlock came to Hammond on a tour of Inspection and complimented the local . council very highly on its' spltndld condition. The addrtss that ht delivered was highly appreciated by the members.

a citizen in congress. He touched lightly on the tariff question, saying; that the republicans are seeing to It that It is lecoinints odious. I pun the suRirestion of the permanent organization committee the nominations mere to be made In the following orderi Representative, treasurer, sheriff, clerk, recorder, assessor, county com m inn! oner first district, connty commissioner third district, county conndlman and county conncilman-at-large. Just previous to the nomination the stock of Attorney P. A. Parks of Indiana Harbor for representative was very strong.. Ora Wtldermnth, who was In the race earlier, Is said to have dropped out because of the promise of the city judgeship which he is said to have from Governor Marshall.

At the same time Joseph Martin appeared to be the only man In the Held

for the sheriff nomination. In fact, he admitted that he could be the martyr if the party (Tom Knotts) saw lit.

AGED WOMAN MAKES LONG-TRIP

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Nonegenarian Travels From New York to Crown Point.

F;om villages upon the Ridge road comes the report that there is an unusual number of Gypsy bands encanAed a.long this highway this year and to their obnoxious surroundings the foreigners add a boldness which threatens to break into actual lawlessness.

At the city limits on South Calumet I avenue Is a vacant tract of land, where) camp's are to be found every summer. This year the gypsies are in greater numbers than formerly and therefore also bolder. But one case of molestation Is known and this, although not serious, barely escaped, being so. Wm. Anderson, a printer employed at the Conkey plant and living at Dyer, was making the nine-mile homeward journey from work on a bicycle. As the wheel was a new chainless Pierce and on its first trial, Mr, Anderson had lost over an hour in applying adverse modes and methods of mounting, by dusk he had made his erratic way as far as the Gypsy camp, which was very good for a beginner. At that place Mr. Anderson unconsciously steered the wheel over some sharp obstacle, and with a resounding bang a tire exploded. William, forgetting his capacity as pilot, was thrown to the road, where he skidded into the ditch.

The sound of Mr. Anderson's voice

raised in prayer (?) attracted the at

tention of the gypsies. They cyclist says that when he arose he saw his wheel being propelled by a hurrying form through the dusk and into the grove.

William did not fancy seeing his $40 pet being taken without knowing who the miscreant was and so gave chase. He found the thief, who , was a young boy with a limited knowledge of English. Anderson explained by the toe of his shoe that he objected to parting with his wheel. The foreigner, foiled in an attempt to obtain something for nothing, offered to give a horse as a compensation. Mr. Anderson, his wheel behind him, refused, however, and walked the remaining eight and a half miles, dragging his wheel behind him.

mond. The only process in the commis- I sioner's court was the establishing of the identity of Hebb, and this being done, the prisoner was ordered committed to the Marlon county jail to await the arrival of the formal indictment from Honolulu. Specifically, Webb, who was employed as engineer for four minths at Hono

lulu, Is charged with having sent an improper communication to a member of the Bodine Show company at Honolulu while he himself was there. The alleged crime, while not perpetrated in the United States proper, makes the alleged offender amenable to the laws of this countrj-, because the Hawaiian islands is United States territory. After a four months' stay in the islands Webb, who is a man 40 years of age, returned to his family at Valparaiso. When arrested yesterday he denied any knowledge of having sent improper literature to a member of the Bodine Show company.

be so reckless with its use, say the citizens. The only hope for relief that an outraged public has is In making its complaint to the board of public works and the street commissioner, John Kuhlman. In Homewood the property owfaers are loud in their complaints, and Warren street property owners declare

that the street has been a mass of mud ever since the street sprinkler started

operations.

The gutters are from two to four inches deep in mud all the time, and complaints made do not a whit of good.

Final preparations' have been com-! bloted for, the grand , Labor day celebration io tie aeld In Gary; Sept.. Vurwjer the auspices of the Associated Building Trades Council of Lake countyV In. the morning the street parade,

headed by three bands and with three thousand union men in line, will be one

of the sights of the day. Building

Commissioner William H. Kliver, presi

dent of the Gary union carpenters, will be chief marshal. Beginning at noon a picnic will be held on the grounds of the Gary Land company at Eighth avenue and Broadway. Addresses will be delivered by Congressman Crumpacker, Mayor Knotts and other orators. Races will then follow and the athletic program that has been arranged is both varied and Interesting. It will Include bicycle, motorcycle, foot and feature races. There will also be baby shows, tug of wars and watermelon contests.

The Parade. The parade formation will be: First division Forms at Eighth and Broadway in the , following . order: Headed by executive committee band, followpd by clerks, barbers, bartenders, plumbers, sheet metal workers, lathers, switchmen. Second division Forms on Seventh avenue just west of Broadway In following order: Led by briclAayers' band and followed by bricklayers, plasterers, cement workers,; stone cutters, hod carriers and building laborers. r Third division Forms on Seventh avenue" Jus t ea ti of tJBroad wr.y4n f ol--lowing order: Led by "carpenters' band and followed by carpenters, painters.

teamsters and all other trades who see fit to affiliate, and floats brought up by balance of parade. Committees" In Charge. 'Executive committee "and committee on grounds ana music W. H. Kliver, H. S. McCreary, L M. Lucas. George Aper, Frank Greenwald, W. Callahan. Commitiee on games and prizes R. L Wolf, C. Chenowith. Chas. Golden, M. F. Finn, II. S. McCreary, W. Scully. Soliciting committee H. G. Moose., John T. Hewitt, II. S. McCreary, George Aper. Committee on privileges and press John T. Hewitt, treasurer; Albert F. Truhn, William H. Forster. Committee on parade W. H. Kliver, James Nedjl. Harry Moose.

EXTENT OF HURTS NOT YET Kill

(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point7 Ind., Aug. 31. Only lacking five years of the century mark, Mrs. Sophronia Mclntyre, mother of Mrs. Abe Sherman, recently made the trip from New York to this place, landing here yes'.erday morning, for an extended visit with her daughter. Considering the lady's age, the trip is a

remamaDie one, as sne was unaccom

panied on her long ride from New Tork.J attend the funeral there,

SENDS WORD OF FATHER'S DEATH Friends of Miss Alta Atkins, principal of the Irving school, received word yesterday that her father had died at Laporte after being sick during the entire summer and after having undergone an operation. Mr. and Mrs. W.

C. Belman left for Laporte today to

ROBBER INTERRUPTED BY POLICE OFFICER

An attempted holdup of Louis Seitas by Frank Kondol, which was fnustrated by Officer Kandrei, took place at the eastern extremity of Williams street yesterday afternoon. Kondol, a young fellow, living at 331 One Hundred find Fifty-fourth street. West Hammond, was drunk at the time and claims no knowledge of his actions. As Seitas was knocked down by his assailant, he has no compassion and will prosecute

to the fullest extent. The trial will be held in the city court tomorrow. No recent developments in the supposed diphtheria epidemic have been reported, and as the cases now under

surveillance are so peculiar, and it is thought that they are but an extremely light variety. Physicians report them most unusual and, though not severe, are uslng every precaution to prevent a spreading of the disease.

XOTICE. Teamsters Attention! A special meeting on Wednesday night the 31st at Roth's HalL Important business. Do not miss It. 3-30-2t T. HARLE, Secy.

If YOU THINK THAf THE TIMES (S TRYING TO GIVE yoU THB HEWS, YOCB SUBSCRIPTION WIIA

DON'T ALWAYS PAY TO TELUEMJOBLUEGOAT This Man's Troubles Only Increase By Their Re

cital to Cop. "This is a free country, but you can't prove it," declares Gunn R. Wilson, a driver, employed by the Hammond Ice company, who is lodged at the Hammond police staion awaiting trial tomorrow morning on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Wilson claims to speak from experience, and has declared himself not guilty In a loud voice at intervals of five minutes since the time of his arrest. According to his version of the affair, Wilson was short changed to the extent of a nickel in a Hammond saloon last night. He remonstrated to the bar

keeper, who promptly ptit him out, thus injuring Wilson's personal dignity to

such a degree that the latter vowed revenge. He told his story to Officer Borchirt, who noting his condition, remarked that he had a slight notion to arrest him. Wilson promptly accepted this as a threat and with all the vocal power he could summon cried in the manner of a campaign orator: "I wish you to understand that I am a gentleman; I dare you to arrest mer The officer did not deny the statement, nor did he accept the dare and collaring the "gentleman, he walked him to the station. It is reported that Wilson made himself quite conspicuous on the four corners last evening and was repeatedly warned by the police.

Now Looks as Though Miss Pietsch Had Sustained Internal Injuries.

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The extent of injuries received yesterday by Miss Llllie Pietsch, who in an effort to board a moving elevated train in Chicago, grabbed the closed platform gates and was thrown from this position by a girder, have not, as

yet, been determined. The young lady was taken to 4615 Indiana avenue, where she was known, immediately after the accident, and is still there. No bones were broken, nor no serious sprains have developed, but the patient complains of internal pains, the cause of which the attending physician is unable to determine. The miraculous escape from death is a source of wonder and thankfulness to relatives and friends, and Is almost unaccountable. The space be'tween the pillar and the car was very small and had the girl become wedged therein she would have been crushed and killed. Mrs. Pietsch, the mother, living at 340 Plummer avenue, said this morning that she expected to bring her daughter

home today.

GARAGE "CAVE-IN" REPORT A FAKE

A number of loose bricks were accidentally thrown from the second story of the Heintz garage, now under construction, and dropped to the sidewalk that is impassable at the point in North Hohman street upon which the building faces. As no one was injured or endangered the Incident was forgotten by all witnesses until a local paper stated last

evening, In "black face type"

scare headlines, that the Heintz garage had caved in. As many inquiries have been made Mr. Heintz, the owner, wished an explanation printed.

- That the east side is entitled to a park, that the proposed price for the acreage is not too much and that the park would be properly, located, if the site now under consideration were bought, is the gist of a resolution adopted by the East Side Improvement

I association at a special meeting last

night. The meeting was held in the Calumet school building, and there J&s a good attendance. Thev park que'stion was the only one up for consideration. The petition that is being circulated against the park after the city council had already . passed an appropriation ordinance to its third reading was the cause for the calling of the Epecial meeting. Members of the association expressed themselves as confident last night that the object of the petition would fail, because the basic principle of the opposition was founded in a private interest rather than In a public spirited one. The committee on resolutions promised to have them ready for publication tomorrow. In the meantime aa attempt wil be made to urge all the east side people to be at the next re'gular council meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

BUSINESS MEN'S ASSN. TO MEET

Enough live questions being on the

witn waiting list, the Hammond Business

Men's association will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8. A good attendance is expected to make a new start after the summer vacation.