Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 20 May 1911 — Page 4
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THE TIMES. Mav 20, 1911.
THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS INCLUDING TOTE GABT KTKNIBia TIMES KDITION. TBI UKB COCHTT TIMES FOUR O'CLOCK KDITION. THJB UKK COUNTY TIMES EVENING EDITION AND THE TIMES 8 PORTING EXTRA, ALL DAILY NEWSPAPERS. AND THE! UKB COUNTY TIMES SATURDAY ARD WEEKLY EDITION. PUBLISHED BT TUBS LAKE COUNTY PRINTING AND PUBLIAHINQ COMPANY. The Lake County TimesEvening Edition (daily except Saturday and Sunday) "Entered as second class matter February S, 1111, at the postofflce at Hammond, Indiana, under the act of Congress. March 8, 1S7." The Gary Evening Timet Entered as second class matter October S, 1909, at the postofflce at Hammond, Indiana, under the act of Congress, March 3. 1879." The Lake County Tlmea (Saturday and weekly edition) "Entered aa second class matter January SO. 1911. at the postofflce at Hammond, Indiana, under the act of Congress, March 3. 1879."
RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS
FIRST call for the chiggers! WHY should a public official not try to be honest anway? BOTH East Chicago and Gary need
the right kind of a bath these days.
WHY does a girl always pretend to
know less and a young man more?
NATURALLY Mr. Nyhoff resents
the polite intimation that he was lying.
IT begins to look as if Mr. Thomas
E. Knotts will not be amongst those
who came back,
WE think it is perfectly safe now
for you to take off the heavy ones
and hock the overcoat.
REMEMBER that if you are stingy
LARGER PAID UP CIRCULATION THAN ANY OTHER NEWS- you may not always be popular, but
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. May 80.
16b i William Bradford, who had the
first printing shops In New York and Philadelphia, born. Died May
23. 1752.
17 is Dorothy p. Madison, wife of
President Madison, born. Died July
13, 1849.
1774 The charter of Massachusetts wi.
annulled and the people declared
rebels by parliament.
177o Declaration of lndeDndin
adopted at Mecklenburg. N. C.
ISoS French and Sardinians defeated
the Austrians at Montebello.
1863 Mr. J. Sandfleld Macdonald again
became premier of Canada.
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SOME men are like Jumping-jacks,
they can only get busy when some
body else is pulling the string.
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IF you haven't anything else to fight,
try a ten-round bout with that bunch
of dandelions on your front lawn.
- TALK about uplifting the down
trodden farmer, why nowadays they
call the cows home by phonograph.
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AMONG the things in Hammond
For several years the matter of satisfactorily sprinkling the streets that are getting along about as slow
, . . . las a snail is the Y. M. C. A. proposi
ti XicllIiUlUUU. Utta uy cau buuilutti. vuc ctavu0c; vi auuiuti uas I tiOn
vented the final solution of the problem. It is useless to go Into the necessity for having something done! That must be apparent to any one is
TO SUBSCRIBERS JUaden ( THE TIMES are requested te faver the nam-
icnt W rcpecttaa; suit trrearmlarltlea lm sellvertns:. CewuMualcate with tha
Clreolatlom Desuvtateat. COMMUNICATIONS. THE TIMES wlU prist sU oMnuaaanicMitlra ea subjects of eeaeral Interest to the people, when eaeh aaito.tlooa art slar hy the writer, bat will reject all comranatcatlons set stars rd, no natter what their merits. This preeautioa ! taken to avoid natarepreoeatatlea. THE TIMES I pahlishc la the brat Interest t the people, and fts utter, ausees always tmteaded to proiaote the greaeral welfare of the subtle at lara-e.
ON SPRINKLING STREETS.
Heart to Heart Talks. . By EDWIN A.NYE.
FRANCISCO DE LA BARRA. WHO WILL ACT AS
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO WHEN DIAZ QUITS
WIRELESS TO THE BRAIN. At the dedication of the Roosevelt dam In Arizona a few weeks ago it
was stated not only would the water
1880 A statue of Gen. Jackson was I ft"010- this one of the biggest dams tn
unveiled in the capitol grounds
Nashville, Tenn.
1910 Funeral of King Edward VI.
London.
at
in
THIS IS MY SSTH BIRTHDAY. Oswald West. Oswald West, governor of, Oregon.
was born May 20. 1873, near Windsor.
Unt. ine famllv. rnnjlstlnr nf th.
father and mother and seven children.
emigrated to Oregon in 1877, locating
first in Roseburg and later in Salem.
In the latter place Oswald West re celved his schooling and worked at odd
times for his father. In 1889 he left school and became a bank messenger. Three years later be was made paying teller of the bank, which position he
neia until 1899, when he went to Alaska as a goldseeker. Six months later
he returned to his old position In tha
bank, with nothing gained by the trip to Alaska except experience. In 1900
he accepted a position in a bank in Astoria and remained there until appointed state land agent three years later.
the world fertilize thousands of acres
of semlarld land, but
The power derived from the fall of its waters would be made to light the city of Phoenix snd turn tot wheels of Its industries, seventy-flve tall as away.
That would have been wonderful in
deed fifty years ago.
But it Is only half the feat of trans
mission Involved in lighting the city of Syracuse. N. Y., bringing light and
power over a thin wire from the har
nessed forces of Niagara falls, 130
miles away.
Electricity has become the obedient
slave of civilization, taking the place of the shackled slaves of the older
day.
One by one masterful man Is bitching his machines to the forces of earth
and air and water. The time Is com
ing when be will be almost free from
In 1907 he was appointed a member of manual labor, giving him leisure and
tne uregon railroad commission, which strength for the exercise of those qualmrLh!l" ot mind and heart that shall
c . w.O U'.IHUVl C-,tj nunc I I M .
iransionn tne wono.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. Ut
May si. I There Is a more wonderful thing 1650 Marquis of Montrose, who led the than all this advance of science, and
Scots against King Charles i.. ex- it will always be more wonderful.
ecutea m Edinburgh. Born there More mysterious and more powerful
p" L - thm the transmission of light and Z ll', fry plne,r aavocato beat over a slender wire is the wire-
; t "V less tranBmlstn)n of the llent na.
.' ' h (or1"" "N. '.St, J
NO doubt the average man thinks he
cognizant of the damage tehat is done by sifting sand and germ-filled dust, is merely trying to take his own part
The trouble with plan for the sprinkling of Hammond's streets is the fact when he attempts to grab the whole
that It is Inelastic. The contract provides for the sprinkling of the streets 1 ns'
twice a day. . - CAN T expect anything else but this "Whether, it is needed or not," might have been added with perfect weather with congress pounding away consistency. And no provision was made for those hot windy days when an and no chalice for relief for weeks to hour is sufficient to dry up all of the water on the street and kick up a come. whirl wind of dust. And then it is not uncommon sight to see the street sprinkler solemnly wending its way down the street Just after a re- ,, Jas a Hkely bunch of republicans who met at Indianapolis and freshing shower. There ought to be some way of compelling the holder of tney talked business in a very likely the contract with the city to make four trips a day, if necessary, on hot way too.
1832 First so-called democratic convention met Jn Baltimore and nominated Andrew Jackson for president. 1S62 John Drew, noted actor, died in Philadelphia, Born in Dublin. Sept. 3, 1825.
1384 First express trains run between Ureater power than
1890 House of representatives passed the McKinley tariff bill. 1902 The Haultain government returned to power in the Northwest Territories.
man intellect and the power of human fancy that comes to the brain of
man. From where?
We do not know where the great power bouse is located, but wo do
know that somewhere is a vastly
puny Niagara;
somewhere is resident a tremendous
reservoir; somewhere is a mighty
source of intellect and of love. There is, however, this difference;
The more kilowats electric yon use
The resignation of President Diaz of Mexico will take effe:t by
June 1, and Francisco de la Barra. former minister to Washington, will
succeed him temporarily ana pick tne new caDinei. irancisco i. u dero will, for a time, be his chief adviser.
This Week's News Forecast
1910 Jacques de Lessepa. a French- the less yon have to use. There Is man, crossed the English channel Just 60 much manufactured. When
windy days and offset that by remaining off the streets when nature does the work. Hammond will never be a spotless town until this problem is solved. Street sprinkling will continue to be a Joke until it is done according to the
needs of the day. Along this line the fact might be pointed out that the hauling of sand over the main streets of the city not only congests traffic, but fills the street with dirt. The opening of state line street is urgently needed to take off from Hohman street this kind of traffic.
THE RAPACIOUS ICE TRUST.
, ' . - . A WOMAN can generally tell by looking at a man when he is not looking at her, Just how much he cares for him, , IF we, not being scientists, were to investigate the Calumet river, we would not hesitate to call it even worse
than a sewer. '
SIX months after facing the parson
with her, a man may think he owes his
THIS IS MY OSTH BIRTHDAY. Charles K. Bessey.
Dr. Charles E. Bessey. president of
the American Association for the Ad-
n mem en t or ocience, was corn on a I
farm in Wayne county, Ohio. May 21,
845. After graduating from the Michi
gan Agricultural College in 189 he terial things and their laws 1
went to Harvard and spent several Now
years In study with Dr. Asa Gray, the When the force that comes over the
elebrated botanist. After completing wire tn th rtvnamo stona. the dvnamft
his studies he returned to the west and Bt0ps. But TOO cannot predict from J nhseriea to tha congress. The Canadian government will be represented by
.nv yivicsgui "V wuisuj- mi jow I . f . 1 iaw that whn tha fore I 1 --- Agricultural College, which position he :? : material imw ujb w " .k! President Taft haa signified his Intention to make an address Moaday at
Nothing in the world would delight the common people more than to wife a grudge, but generally it Is the
see the ice trust taken care of by the federal government. It is an outrage other way.
that people have to pay as much for ice as they do and that these combinations hold the price up regardless of supply and demand the way they do. There is no reason for increasing the cost of ice beyond the desire of the ice companies to increase their profits, it is pointed out. The experts tell us that the size of the crop harvested in winter makes very little difference in the cost to the companies, as they make the artif a 1 1 tt fn -fnaf ohnnt triA earriA onof a V tratrtAv ttntnfnl AJ,.A
- - uu"" fuuvt- what would happen to her if she came
Last winter was particularly favorable to the ice harvest; th'ere was little to the Calumet region?
'I PREFER to die in the harness,"
says old man Diaz. Well, if the rebels
will only hitch him up we believe they
can accomplish this.
FRENCH actress has been shocked
at things she saw in Gotham. Wonder
enow, and while there was not so much cold weather as usual, there was enough to cover the Ice lakes with a layer particularly solid snd clear. The companies could harvest all they could use. A Chicago ' paper pertinently says:
It Is to be hoped that the government attack on the trust will produce
an effect before the summer Is done. It might be a satisfaction to punish too rapacious ice barons, but it will be A GREATER SATISFACTION IF THEY ARE PREVENTED FROM INFLICTING THE SUFFERING ON THE
POOR THAT RAISING THE PRICE DURING THE HEATED SPELL MEANS.
GIVE THEM TIME. They are boxing again at Hammond, but, shucks! how driveling is this modern exemplification of fisticuffs compared with that of ancient times, when the St Joe Kid, Bill Bradburn, Hughes, the Dangerous Blacksmith and that ilk used to sally forth from the Polk street station Into that then unexpired region and have it out with the raw 'una: or even with that of meTHeval times, when Dominlck O'Malley ran the Columbia Athletic club in what is now the Fourth ward of Hammond. H.E.K in Chicago Tribune.
MR. Barnard says our beautiful Cal
umet river is nothing but a septic
tank. Now can we make any money
by renting it out for a septic tank? '
POET is out with a ditty thanking
the Lord for beautiful days and pain
less nights. Rathef would we have
painless days and beautiful nights. '
MA i Oil ivnotts nas had his own
way for a long time. As we have repeatedly pointed out, it is time for
the people to have their way now.
STRANGE people in this world
Here is a Bloomington (111.) girl who
started out on a career and then re
nigged because she liked to darn
socks.
SUPREME court judge says that
married men should avoid even the ap-
Of course it is not like auld lang syne, but the gory claret still pours, pearance of wisdom. My word, what
the sleep-producers crash and yesterday we sent one bruiser to the hospital pearls of wisdom do drpp sometimes
with a broken Jaw. Give us time. from e UPS of a s- c- judge.
I BISHOP McCaul says the newspa
U11 nn- luuuae ui vry iuiu x-roaecuung Attorney unanes ureen- pers should publish the truth. Supwald ought to get together on the stories they tell. Moose has told sev- pose for a minute, bishop, that the
e'ral people that Greenwald refused to approve his affidavit. There is newspapers would publish the truth.
plenty of proof of that. Moose actually said that Greenwald asked to have the complaint to show it to Mayor Knotts, and in reply to the request declared that he told Greenwald: "Do you think I am a d fool?" The
how long would the country last how
long would you last?
THE newspapers of
his office for him, they are trying to slander him.
Porter and
trouble with Greenwald is that whenever he gets in a tight box he hurries Lake counties still persist In calling to his democratic friends and loudly roars that because somebody can't run hIm Senator Bwser. In the light of
recent events ana in aue rairness to
the former senator we believe it i
I
jjQ solemn duty of his fraters to bury
GOVERNOR WOODROW Wilson is going west on a talking tour, but that title so deep that Gabriel's horn
he is one of the men who have done something that's worth talkine ahmit I would fail to disturb its slumber and
Baltimore Sun.
For the love of Mike what HAS he done? We know he has been a Bort of & W. J. Bryan, No. 2 for talking but what has he DONE? ,
then to make doubly sure throw the deodorizing line of oblivion on its
last resting place. Vftlpo Messenger.
Not guilty. : , ' i
In a monoplane.
that is gone all is gone.
But
The strange thing about the as of
the intellectual and moral kilowats is
that the more yon use the more you
! have to use.
Do you not see yoa ar getting out
side the realm of science outside ma-
Washington, D. C. May 30. Event of Interest and Importance on both
aides of tha Atlantic promise to fill the news pages of the ensuing seven
days, with the Mexican situation continuing in first place.
The Imperial Conference, composed, of the leading statesmen of Great
Britain and her self-governing dominions, will assemble In London to dis
cuss the subjects of a permanent imperial council, an Imperial eour of appeal, the all-red route, imperial defense, unl-importance to all parts of the British
Empire.
Canada and other parts of the empire will celebrate Wednesday aa Em
pire Day, tn honor of the late Queen Victoria. Three days later will occur the officials celebrations of the King'a birthday.
Further efforts to advance tb cause of peace among English-speaking
peoples will bs made at the pilgrims' dinner In London Tuesday Digit. Tha prime minister for the British overseas dominions, many of the f sremost
Britons and scores of Americans, It is expected, will attend the dlnier.
The fifth International Fisheries Congress will begin lta sessions in Rome
Friday. The United States is sending Dr. H. F. Moor of .the bureau of
that comes over the wireless to the brain stops coming the mind will for
ever stop.
The mind is different
filled for fourteen years. Since 1844 Dr. Bessey has been professor of botany at the University of Nebraska, and
for a number of years aerved as act
ing chancellor of the university. He
is the author of a number ef books and reviews on botanical sutilecta anil !a
an active member of many of the lead- wlwe lt wa found h,a left arm and
ing sclentlfia and educational societies of America.
UP AND DOWN IN I-N-D-I-A-N-A
three ribs had been broken in the fall.
Later be recovered consciousness. De
spite his injuries Camponla was ar
rested for speeding, pleaded guilty and
was fined. "But I'll suspend your fine
pending your good behavior." said Po
lice Judge Gifford.
"Thanks, judge, your honor; I offer
you that machine If you want it; I'm
through.'
MISTAKES POISON FOR CANDY. Clifford Hoenstine, of South Bend
age five, stopped playing, told his I win J
the unveiling of the memorial erected In Arlington cemtery In honor of
Major L'Enfant, the young French engineer who laid out the city of Wash
ington.
Notable ceremonies will attend tha unveiling ef the Wisconsin ' State
monument in the Vtcksburg National Military Park Monday. Th monument
Is one of the most elaborate battlefield memorials ever ereoted In America
The first-class battleship Wyoming will be launched at Philadelphia
Thursday. When completed the Wyoming will be onet of the most powerful
vessels in the United States navy, its displacement being 38,000 tons.
Governor Dix will preside and William J. Bryan will be the principal
speaker at a meeting ot the National Civic League to be held in Albany Tues
day.
Tuesday is the date fixed for the special election in the Second Pennsyl
vania district to fill the unexpired term of the late Congressman Joel Cook,
William S. Reyburn, son of Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia, la the Republican
candidate. The Democratic candidate is Henry Baur, a young lawyer.
Among the larg conventions and meetings of the week will be the
Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration, the seslons ff the
American Unitarian Association. In Boston; the anual convention of the Na-
HEARS BAD NEWS AND DIES,
Shocked by a message saying that I ttoal Wholesale Grocers' Asoclatlon, In Indianapolis, and the meeting of the
his father had died in Bristol, Vt.. fcd-l National Good Roads Congress. In Birmingham.
Fuller, of South Bend, age thir-
mother he was tired, and died a few ty-two. a railroad man, who had been ,ecretary of war to report whether any peror. She will probably sing the part minutes later. He and his brother had confined in Epworth hospital some flrm htL nad a monopoly in army shoe of Isolde. found strychnine tablets in a barn and time as the result of an accident, suff- contracts. Edwin Arden has undertaken to draswallowed them, believing they were ered a sudden relapse yesterday and Debate resumed on the Arisona-New matize Booth Tarkington's novel. "The candy. His brother will probably re- died within a few minutes. The son
wn 1 n 1 ii tckA whflA vnrktnv in thA rail-I ....... -rMv.A. .ti.f Tra4rint rfn.ln. .
- - I seillctLlvO XWI1 ..V.....Q .I'O VUH.IH . road yards. He leaves a young widow, I Taft tor not announcing his attitude on. Maude Fealy is the star of a stock
A broken heart, caused by the re- who came here just after the accident tna aue8tion. company in Salt Lake City, and lately
fusal of a son to return to his home and who will accompany the body to COMMITTEES. appeared there in the title role of "Gloafter differences with his parents. Is Bristol. Vt., for burial. xhe committee on naval affairs heard rlous Betsy." given as the cause of the insanity HORSE DASHES AT At"TO. army and navy officers in support of May Robson will make another trip and death of Mrs. David McDaniels, Dr F C McCov. of Bedford, wrecked the Hobson bill creating a council of to the Pacific coast and may not have
who died In the Central Hospital fori his automobile yesterday to escape the J national defense. the Insane and-was buried at Danville. I DlunKin of a frightened horse, which! WHITE HOUSE.
Ellas McDaniels left home years dashed at his machine and narrowly I president Taft announced that no de.
cision would be made in either the
ago and went to Oregon, where he was I missed running Into it.
sought by messengers from his parents The harse "soared" as the auto
and begged to return. In spite of all passed and ran after it. In order to
pleading he refused to come home or I gave himself and three companions
to write to his parents, and letters addressed to him were returned unclaimed.
Mrs. McDaniels worried over the ab
sence of the boy until she became in-
from injury Dr. McCoy steered into the curbing and out of the way of the
any vacation at all this summer.
In her new play, entitled "Lily the Bill Topper," Marie Tempest is astonishing her friends by showing unex-
Walsh or Morse pardon cases until At- pected ability as a trick cyclist, torney General Wickersham returned. Aphie James will produce Mrs. Franfrorn New York next week. ces Hodgson Burnet's play. "Judy Announcement was made that Presl- O'Hara," n Boston some tlma this dent Taft did not inspire Senator Root's month. The play is a romantic comedy
horse, which passed within a few inches proposed amendment to the Canadian drama.
of the auto.
The car was damaged to the extent
reciprocity agreement.
sane. The last word she spoke before I of about 8300 when it struck the curu.
her death was the name of her son. I . , uirF jrtmr
FALLS I'XDER TRAIN DIES. With four small children between Bert Wilson, age thirty, of Springfield, them and each holding a baby, Mr. and
111. was killed yesterda ymorning which Mrs. Charles Grombosh of South Bend he attempted to get off a through were before the city court yesterday
freight train at Attica. The head was each accusinjr the other of being in
severed and the body badly mangled, I love with some one else.
St. Paul, Minn., will have three stock
companies this summer. One wltf be i James Neill's, with whom Ida Conquest, Robert Drouet, John B. Matter and i Frances Adler.
Julian Eltinge will be Juliet to the Itnmpn of Andrv Murk in a nhnrfr Hnr.
Helen Lowell has been engaged for , f th b.lcQnv 8cena from th.
the "Hen Pecks." I trairedv which Georee M. Cohan haa
Plays and Players
but the face was only slightly disfigured. He was a veteran of the SpanishAmerican war. A widow and two children live In Indianapolis.
. SNEEZES, SWAtOWS TEETH.
The woman said her husband had
hrous-ht a Strang .young woman to
their home, for which she had him ar
rested and the man replied that his edian, is to make a Canadian tour.
wife had been accepting attention from George V. Hobart has completed
Alice Nielson has gone to Europe for(written for the coming -froUc" 0f the her summer vacation. 1 priar's ciub. The story "Pigs is Pigs" is to be Valerie Bergere will have six turned into a vaudeville sketch. 'sketches out next season. Albert Chevalier, the English com-. Aibert Chevalier wants to trv an.
' other starring tour in this country. , - Eleanor Kent is arpearlng in a one-
Porter Teak, of Lafayette, age forty, a boarder. Tne nusoana narauwu tne c- new play, enuneo .very xxueDanu. . t oneretta called
of ClarlOs Mill, la dying of pneumonia cusation of his wire, dui saia ne naa One hundred and eighty stock compa- plane."
caused by a portion of a bridge and brought the other woman into me case nleg wln be playing this spring and
false teeth which lodged in his lung In order to mane nis who jiuui.
when he sneexed while a dentist was I Judge u. a. rurDuSu m v.uui The ghuberts will have an opera working with him. go with suspended sentences on their eompany. headed by Joseph Shehan, in
Teak was nearly strangled when the I promised to tane Dener care ui acn gt Louis.
teeth lodged in the tracheal but they other and the children
were finally displaced and passed Into
"Love via Aere-
his lung. Inflammation immediately developed and physicians say there ia
no hope for his recovery, MOTORCTCLIST INJVRED.
A motorcycle race in a driving rain between Patrolman Joseph Kroeger and
Enricca Camponia of Logansport end
ed suddenly yesterday, when cam-
ponla's machine slipped on the wet pavement and the rider was hurled against the curb. He was picked up unconscious and hurried to a physician
THE DAY IN
CONGRESS
SENATE. ; . t The senate was not in session tojay. HOUSE. Two resolutions adopted directing tae
Lillian Greenville of the Chicago opera company has been engaged for a spring season in Paris. Pattl Rosa, who Is said to be the daughter of the famous singer of that name, Is playing In vaudeville. E. S. Wlllard is to return to the stage to play "Brutus" in a coronation gala performance in London this summer. Ralph Delmore Is to be the star in a new one-act play called "In the Name ot the Law." It Is by Harry Spingold. Mme. Nordlca has been Invited to sing in Berlin before the German em-
Pauline Perry has become the leading lady ot a stock company in New Haven, Conn. Marie Wainwright, who has been playing with William Gillette, is to r. turn to vaude-ille. Mildred Holland will go into vaudeville with a condensed version of "Th Power Behind the Throne." "The Life Guardsman" Is to be produced In London by Charles Frohman and George Edwardes next season. King Alfonso of Spain has Offered a prize of $5,000 to be competed for by all the orchestras of the kingdom. - Three thousand and six hundred singers will take part in the faengerfest of the North American Saengerbund In Milwaukee In June.