Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 123, Hammond, Lake County, 10 November 1910 — Page 1

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Becker-Knotts Combine Gets Crushing: Defeat, Peterson's Friends Sore, Party Control in New Hands

MAYORS FALL DOWN Miller, Parks, Darrow, Durgan, Becker and Knotts Clique Fail Miserably. The democrats in Lake County who have been opposed to Becker-Knotts control of politics in Lake County are now open in their denunciation of the manner in which the last campaign was conducted. J. B. Peterson's friends are highly indignant. They point to the fact that the democrats were victorious in every district in the state excepting the tenth and they lay the blame upon the Hammond and Gary politicians wh have been posing as the bosses of the party' in this district. COXTROLED DISTRICT. They point out that it was the Becker - Knotts-Darrow-Durgan crowd that controlled the district this year and while every other congressional district in the state elected democrats the tenth fell down. They say that Peerson Is unquestionably the strongest rnan the democrats could have nominated but poor party management prevented, the .tenth district," Anx taking advantage of he democratic landslide and electing a successor to Crumpacker here. MANAGEMENT WAS. WEAK. The weakness ot the democratic party In this district is also apparent in view of the fact that Lafayette, Laport, Gary, Hammond and Whiting all have democratic mayors whose city democratic organizations should have (Continued on page eight.) CLOSE DEAL OF I Gostlin, Meyn & Co. today closed the deal for the sale of several acres of ground to the S. G. Taylor Chain company, and the work of constructing a $50,000 plant that will employ 150 men will begin at once. The company is the best known chain company in the country, and makes a specialty of manufacturing the kind of chain that Is used by the government in the Panama canal. The government also buys a large quantity Of this chain for use of battleships. Two plants will be consolidated in Hammond, the Chicago and the Maxwell (Ind,) plants. Senator William H. Gostlin used the Taylor chains when he was in the dredging business in Hammond years ago. S. G. Taylor Is a Chicago alderman and a prominent politician. He is the chairman of the building committee of the council. He and his associates were advised by Gostlin, Meyn & Co. to look over the entire region, and after doing so were so pleased with the advantages of Hammond that they located here. A number of other small concerns are looking towards Sammond, and It Is said that there is a good prospect of locating several of them. The first news that the Taylor Chain company was to be located in Hammond was made public by The Times several days ago. The location of this concern is in line with the policy of the Hammond business men to locate as manysmall conceras here as possible. The location of this concern adds to the diverity of the products that are manufactured here. The market is such that the prosperity of the concern will not be affected by hard times. Attends Brother's Funeral. S. F. Parker, of the firm of Jordan & Parker, leaves for Pana, 111., this evening to attend the funeral of his brother, who died this morning after a sickness extending through several weeks. The funeral will be held on next Sat urday. s

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(Bl'LLKTIX.) At 3 o'clock . word was received from Crown Point' that eighty-nine ont of 102 precincts In the connty had been canvaaaed, giving; the following; majorities Swanaon 73 Shortridge 1,834 Crumpacker 451 Grant '. 1,037 The twelve precincts left are In East Chicago and will probably add from 400 to OOO to the above majorities. , (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 10. With 102 precincts to canvass and the tabulation of the largest split ticket vote ever polled in Lake county to record, the canvassing board has been working night and day in the courthouse here to get the majorities on th county ticket. The full result will not be known until sundown today. It is a gigantic task. The results shown so far prove that County Clerk E. L. Shortridge will lead the ticket, with Sheriff Grant a close second and Representative Michael Grimmer -third. It - looks -ke "a. -close race for either Commissioner-elect Hutton or Treasurer-elect Swanson for last place. Other strong races were run by Smith of Gary and Mat Brown. the commissioner. " Outside of eight precincts in Whiting and twenty precincts in East Chicago Swanson's majority is 463 Crumpacker.s 201. and Grant's 914. These twenty-eight precincts will add an average of probably six to seven hundred votes to each of these names. The majorities of the rest of the candidates outside of North township are: Seeley, 600; Smith, 800; Black, 700; Hutton, 548; Brown, 850; Grimmer, 901; Van Home, 800; Gavit, 500; Greenwald, 800, and Shortridge 1,100. From 700 to 800 votes In North township will be added to these figures. jfaHH LLQY3 IS ELECTEDPRESIDEHT Hammond Federation of Musicians Hold Annual Business Meeting. At the annual meeting last night of the Hammond Federation of Musicians, loeal No. 203, the following officers were elected: President John Lloyd. Vice president Sidney Granger. Secretary Albert Gehring. Treasurer Harry C. Hatfield. Board of directors Barnie G. Young, George Hay, John Osterberg, Robert Stuart, Wallace Jaques and Harry Miller. Board of appeals George Austin, Oliver Anderson and Fletcher Hudson. Examination board Barnie G. Young, Wallace Jaques and F. Stuart. Auditing committee Harry Reislg, George Austin and Rodney Hobbs. Sergeant-at-arms Loren Whitney. (Delegates to Lake County Trades and Labor council John Osterberg, Sidney Granger and John Lloyd. TAG DAY SATURDAY. Unless the weather is unfavorable Hammond's annual tag day next Saturday promise sto bring bigger returns than the one of last year. All the arrangements are complete and all that the committees ask for now is that the schoolgirls who are to officiate as taggers present themselves in the kindergarten room of the Central school building to receive their boxes and credentials. The . taggers will be out early in the morning and will be in the busy sections of the city all day long. Should the weather be unfavorable next Saturday the tag day will ba postponed until a week later. ' ADVERTISE IS THE TIMES.

F. Richard Schaaf. While the hosts of democracy hav e swept triumphantly, over Indiana leaving the republican party stripped almost bare, Lake County stands out rock ribbed in her republicanism largely-through the effortf of. Richard gchaaf republican county chairman and his splendid organization. ' Mr, ..Sehaaf has announced his retirement from ; politics

and the mantle .of his leadership, will

aim Lilts iiiuiiifjictiy uj. ma uusiiicss vciuuics maKC 11 auvuiutciy iioccBai,jr Is the best and the most versatile organizer In the state of Indiana.,

BURGLARIES OCCUR IN HAMMOND

Two burglaries were reported to the police this morning, one from the Hupfer grocery store on Hohman street and the other from the Wolter hardware store. In the Humpfer store the burglars secured entrance through a rear "window and procured about six dollars from the cash register. At the Wolter store, all that could be found missing were two revolvers. No trace has as yet been found of the fellows who did the work. It is thought that the Humpfer Job on Hohman street was pulled off before ten o'clock last night. The loss in the Wolter hardware store might have'been larger had it not been for the fact that the burglars were scared away. It was about two o'clock last night that Officer Trinen tried the front door to the store and found It locked. Up

on going to the rear door he found it j than 14 was yesterday at Judge Harry that Mayor Becker has promised to open but nobody inside. He reported i B- Nicholson's court when the terror of build them or to get the Indiaan-Chi-the matter immediately and watched Gar Tom Knotts particular henchman, cago Traction company to do so, and the place for the balance of the nightJ "DoS Face" Charley, alias Yokonovich j Becker denied this. After a hurried inventory had been i was given a preliminary hearing charg- . Now the county will take hold of taken this morning it was found that ! ed with assault and battery with intent' the job, and it is believed that the only two guns had been taken. I to kill upon the person of Sheriff long-delayed opening will take place This is the second time that the ! Thomas Grant, yesterday morning while ' about the 1st of June.

Wolter store had been short term of years. entered in MEDICS TO HAVE A FEED The Lake County Medical Society will hold a luncheon at the Wecater restaurant this evening at 7 o'clock. The members have been sent notices, but the mailing of them has been delayed so long that it is feared they will not all arrive in time. Dr. Brannon of Crown Pofnt will read a-paper on "Post Mortems" and Dr. Dewey of Whiting will read a paper on eye injuries. It is expected that there will be a good attendance as these meetings are all very popular. Elect Officers Tonight. The Hammond Motor Boat club will have an annual election of officers tonight. The season has been a very successful one and , the members are all very much pleased with the growth of the organization. Oife of the principal matters to be taken up this evening will be the selection of a number of committees which will be given the work of arranging a program of social events for the coming season. The annual dance in January will be one of these events. ADVERTISE IX THE TIMES.

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Placed Under $3,500 Bond on Serious Charge. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 10. The old saying that politics makes strange bed-1 fellows was never better illustrated! lrGrant was endeavoring to assist an in(Continued on page eight.) Interlocker Operating. The electric interlocker went into commission yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. The trains on the Monon, Erie, Nickel Plate and Michigan Central are all controlled by the electric interlocker now. , A Michigan Central employe who knows says that the improvements which have been completed between Gibson and Calumet Park In Hammond wjll aggregate In cost $250,000. Fifty Years Ago Today. Nov. 10. Bill to enroll and equip 10,000 state troops introduced In the South Carolina legislature. Convention to consider seceding from the Union called for Dec. 17. Twenty-five Years Ago Today. Kansas prohibition law declared constitutional.

.' J "HajB.mahndBVfl-ejcipojstmasterv' jwiu iu couew ir. t3UllxcL I. ' 1 .10 BE Columbia avenue is to be improved and opened at last. The county com missioners have taken up the mat ter and the announcement was made yesterday that the bondsmen will ac cept the bonds on this improvement. This means that the fill on either pide of the .bridges will be made and street, on the north, to the paved por- j tion of the street just south of the Michigan Central tracks. This is a consummation that is devoutly wished by the people of the east side. It will bring to an end the controversy that lias raged over the matter of building the approaches, The county commissioners contended TEAMING TBAGTORS DISSOLVE The partnership of Jordan & Dietrich, movers and storers, with headquarters on Fayette street, has been dissolved, and Stephen F. Parker, Jordan's son-in-law, is now the owner of the Dietrich interest in the partnership. Prior to his entry into the moving and storing business, Mr. Parker was the junior member of the firm of Herrllngton & Parker, " but has sold out. Jordan and Dietrich have built up a good business and the patronage is growing, and will- dodoubtedly continue under the new management. THE INTERESTING TIMES AD ALWAYS DENOTES THE INTERESTING STORE. "

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Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10. (Times Bureau). Representatives Joseph Cravens of Madison and Michael Thornton of New Albany today. announced themselves as candidates for speaker of next house. The names of W. N. Spencer of Indianapolis, John B. Faulknor, Michigan City, and Harry Strickland of Greenfield are also mentioned for speaker. Gov. Marshall today appointed Charles A. Greathpuse of Indianapolis superintendent of public instruction to succeed Robert J. Aley, who leaves office next Saturday. Greathouse was elected Tuesday, but his term doesn't begin till next March. New York, Nov. 10. Prof. Herschel Parker of Columbia university, who returned recently from an ex" ploration trip to Mount McKinley, today made public a series of photographs taken near the Alaskan moun

tain which he asserts are indisputable evidence that Dr.

Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn traveler, never reached the top of the highest peak in America.

Washington, D. C, Nov.

the democratic majority in the national house of "representatives will be somewhat larger than the conservative estimate of forty-five or forty-six, as given when

the returns were still incomnlete. The cams come irom

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THE HEfl WHO FOUGHT THE FIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS

The victory of the republicans in Lake county In spite of the fact that the rest of the stae went democratic is due to the fact that the republican couny central committee, under the chairmanship of F. Richard Schaaf, had the best organization that Lake county has ever known. Something of an idea 'of what was done may be had from the fact that there were 1,100 people in the organs iaatiotf.; Tttereerfl,OW lettert ijt?, out during the campaign and "20,050 pieces of mail matter were distributr ed. Headquarters were maintained in Hammond and all of the other import ant cities of the county. There was a force of twelve men employed by the republican county central committee at all times. The point cannot be raised that the republicans had the money to do these things, while the democrats did not, for the republican had less money this year than ever before. The difference was that the republicans knew how to spend it. Boone the Champion. Probably the champion orator of the campaign, judging from the number of speeches that were made, was Attorney D. E. Boone, who has a record of forty-six speeches made during the campaign. As Boone is an- effective WANT ft BETTER WATER SUPPLY Pressure in Village Is So Poor That People Believe They Are in Danger. The people of West Hammond are looking forward to having a better supply of water than they have In the past. For some time the pressure over there was so poor that the village was In danger from fire. The city of Hammond has been supplying the water and a protest was made to the proper authorities. After the matter had been agitated for some time steps were finally taken to remedy the trouble. The city of Hammond is now laying an eight-inch main over to the state line, and the village authorities held a meeting last evening to make an ap propriation of $600 for a meter with which to measure the water that is sold to the neighboring city. JUDGE IBACH BACK TONIGHT Judge Joseph Ibach. the voters' choice for the appellate bench for the northern district of Indiana, is expected back from Indianapolis this evening, he having left for the capital post-haste yesterday because of the report that Stokes Jackson sent out to the effect that the republicans were trying to steal the state. The election of Judge Ibach was never doubted from the time he entered the campaign. Among the first to send him a telegram of congratulation was Senator B. F. Shively of South Bend. The election of Judge Ibach means the election of a new member of the school board, but this will very likely not take place until January. The term really does not expire until a year

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even the boldest claimants li . J ' J X - Ail At. campaigner, his speeches are believed to have had a great deal to do with the result. Judge V. S. Reiter was another, who had no candidacy to further, and who made a large number of effective speeches. The organization in Hammond was headed by 'County Chairman Schaaf. who delegated a large amount of work to Chas. Jewell. "Jewell is deserving of a great deal of credit for what be has .done.;.: -.' ' '- .:-: ' ' .In 'Gary John' faeFsffdervr toV,lty chairman, and Fred' Friedley, the 'secretary of the .county " central "committee, jwere responsible for the good showing that was made there in spite, of all of the obstacles that were met there, East Chicago There. In Kast Chicago C. I Kirk, Walter Riley and in Indiana Harbor Judge T. M. C. Hembroff, together with Mayor A. G. Schlieker, were responsible for the magnificent showing that was made there. In Whiting W. E. Vater, Frank Gavit, Chas. Greenwald and H. E. Beaubien were the workers to whom the credit for the work of the sub-organization belongs. It was a glorious victory, and F. Ti Schaaf and his 1,100 workers in all parts of the county were responsible for what was accomplished. Tenth District Congressman May Decide to Run For Governor; Is Only Official Representative of ' State Republicans at Capital. The fact that Congressman Edgar D. Crumpaoker is the only republican in the state of Indiana who will sit in either branch of congress in Washington, has made him an object of interest all over the west. His remarkable victory over one of the strongest candidates that the democrats could possibly have selected indicates the strength of his political position in Indiana. There has been widespread talk of his availability as the next candidate for the governorship of Indiana. It is believed that Crumpacker, better than any other man, c:ould unite the various factions of his party in this state. It is believed that the thorough trouncing that has been administered to the republican tickets of the past two and a half years will serve to emphasize the necessity for harmony to prevent another such defeat. Crumpacker will be looked upon as the logical man to unite the' party in Indiana-It is understood that Crumpacker

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