Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 28 June 1911 — Page 4

4 THE TIMES. Wednesday, June 28, 191 1.

THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS WCXUDlNa THE GARY KVEXIWO TIMES EDITION. THE LAKB COCWTT TIMES FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION. TICB LAKB COUNTY TIMES EVENING EDITION AND THE TIMES SPORTING EXTRA. ALL DAILY NEWSPAPERS. AND THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO UP ANT.

The Lake Conty Times Evening Edition (daily except Saturday and Sunday) "Entered as second class matter February 3, 1911. at the postofflce at Hammond. Indiana, under the act of Congress. Maroh X, 179." The Gary Evening Times Entered as second class matter October 5, 1909, at the postofflce at HammoML Indiana, under the act of Congress. March i. wr" The Lake County Times (Saturday and weekly edition) "Entered as second class matter January 80. 1911. at the postofflce at Hammond. Indiana, under the act of Congress. March . 1179."

RANDOM THINQS AND FLINGS

The Day itO HISTORY

THE best bet today the dog muzzle. NOTICE that some of the farmers

are not paying, a bit of attention to,

charlock.

EXCHANGE finds it extremely hard

to lend a lawn mower to a man who has an automobile.

' AFTER the senate wearies of its

MAIN OFFICE HAMMOND, IXD., TELEPHONE, 111 US. EAST CHICAGO AND INDIANA HARBOR TELEPHONE 94S. GARY OFFICE REYNOLDS BLSG, TELEPHONE X3T. BRANCHESEAST CHICAGO, INDIANA HARBOR. WHITING, CROWN POINT, TOLLKSTON AND LOWELL.

talk-fest Canadian reciprocity will go 1836James Madison, fourth President

of the U. S., died at-Montpelier, Va. Born at Tort Conway, Va., March 16. 1761.

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Iwaya Intended to promote the general welfare of the MUla at large.

through all right.

lJUis r laugnt at an ugly person.

You yourself may not appear so handsome to some people.

VANITY is the spice of life. The

Gary league baseball team should try

it by winning: a game or two.

MANNERS in some street cars here

abouts are just about the same as an i

ordinary Saturday night saloon riot.

MEN generally tell secrets about the

Bame way a woman does, only they

can't fib as hard about how they didn't

OUGHT to get in an invitation to

Mr. Taft somewhere hereabouts. Other

cities, not any more important, are get

ting them.

uukbet steel having deflected a

NO MORE INTERURBAN "SNIPE HUNTS."

Judging from the gullibility of boards of public works and the county

commissioners of Lake county In awarding franchises to "phantom" inter-

urban lines these bodies of men have not yet learned to apply business

methods to the transaction of public business.

The city council of Whiting awarded a franchise to M. N. Castleman of Gary In the face of the opposition of the best citizens of Whiting and

against the advice of Mayor Smith. The Castleman line was never built

The city of Gary awarded a franchise to William H. Seaman In spite of the

fact that he was unable to show where the money was coming from that

was to build his line. Financiers declare the Seaman line will never be

built.

The city of Hammond awarded a franchise to the visionary Purtelle,

but fortunately did not tie up its streets for any great length of time. The

village of St. John and a dozen other towns south of Hammond, also took

Purtelle at his word and awarded franchises that were never used.

The cities of Lake county welcome legitimate Interurban enterprises

but the patience of the people has reached the breaking point and hereafter

they want to be assured that the promoters of- Interurban lines mean bus!

ness before franchises are granted. Franchises should not be granted until

the following facts are ascertained to a certainty.

1. That the promoter has the present financial ability to construct the

entire line or Is backed by the necessary capital. 2. That the promoter will build the line within a reasonable time.

3. That the franchise contains all of the requirements for a modern

interurban or city railway line.

These facts can be ascertained to a certainty In spite of the usual re

luctance of the interurban promoter to show his hand and it is due the

public that they be known in advance of the granting of the franchise.

The time has past when cities in the Calumet district are warranted

in granting franchises to every phantom line that comes along. The public

Is tired of its interurban "snipe hunts." It is tired of holding the bag. GIVE BOXING A BLACK EYE.

As predicted in THE TIMES on Saturday the end of Friday' night's box

lng hasco In Gary will not be heard of for some time. Now the Chicago

sporting editors have taken up the affair and they are beginning to cast

gave doubts as to whether the bouts planned for the Fourth of July are to take place. It is Just this calibre of promoters who live by their little wits

alone that discredit the boxing game. There are men In .Gary and in Ham

mond who are really qualified to handle contests of this sort.

Barflies, thugs and pick-pockets put an end to boxing in Hammond Until Friday night what boxing there was in Gary was conducted along re

spectable lines, but the bouts staged that night got the sports off the track,

Before the main event could be staged a collection had to be taken up among

the spectators. Such thing3 result when men having no other idea in mind

than to skin the public, are permitted to run bouts. An evidence of the bungling methods of the wooden Bhoe promoters may be gleaned from the fact that local newspaper men assigned to cover the mateh were not admitted, Chicago sporting writers were asked to sit In the gallery and on top of this an effort was made to keep the chief of police of Gary from getting into the building. It is certain that if any more promoters of the Friday night type are permitted to stage bouts In Gary that the lid will be clamped on mighty quick.

"THIS DATE! IN HISTORY" June 28.

1742 .lame Robertson, the nloneer

leader who founded Nashville, Tenn., born In Virginia. Died In Tennessee, Sept. 1, 1814.

1776 Americans reDUlsed the English

fleet at Fort Moultrie, S. C.

17S4 Mme. Thible, first female aero

naut, made her Initial ascent In. Paris.

1S0D The first steamboat appeared ou

1 STS S Coronation of Queen Victoria.

1854 Military insurrection in Spain

under O'Ponnell.

1860 The steamship Great Eastern

first arrived at New York.

1862 Farraeut ran the. Vieksburg

blockade to loin Davis, and bom

barded the city.

18S7 First through train on the

Canadian raciflc Railway left Mon treal for Vancouver.

1832 The battle-ship Texas was launch

ed at Newport News.

1910 Samuel P. McEnery, United

Stales senator from Louisiana, died in New Orleans. Eorn In Monroe.

La,. May 28, 1837. "T"IS IS MY X'.Tll BIRTHDAY" Je-aa Kovnti,

Joan Kougues, the composer of "Quo

Vadis," was borne- June 28, 1876, th

son of a French win merchant. Early In life he showed musical talent, and

before he was 16 years old he had writ

ten an opera. Impressed by his evident

bullet and saved a woman's life, will sen,us for musical compositions, his

probably stay the fight on the hobbled coand to his going to ParU . I to study, At 25 years of ago he began

composing seriously for the lyric stage

ELKINS' ESTATE IS SUED FOR MILLION

Stephen B. Elkine. Jr.. and the Davis Trust Co. executors of the estate of the late Senator Stephen B Elkins, were sued for over fl,DO0.000 for alleged unpaid tax penalties by state's attorney Kump.

The Evening Chit-Ghat By RUTH CAMERON

To criticise a member of one's family 1 endurable person se Is made out to be.

to an outsiderns to hurl a boomerang, but K Is

That is, the blow which la Intended for another is practically certain to come back upon one's self. But how many people apparently fail to realize this! I arn thinking especially of a young girl otherwise a very likeable young person who goes about frankly saying that she dislikes her young sister and

considers her the most disagreeable and bad tempered person she has ever known. I know that she thinks people will respect her for this frankness and sympathize with her for her misfortune In having such a sister. As a matter of fact, the result is almost always a feeling of repugnance towards her for having violated the cod of family loyalty and an instinctive mental championship of the sister who Is thus attacked. One naturally wonders what the sister would have to say for herself if ehe chose to air the family disagreements instead of maintaining, as she does, a most dlsereet silence on the subject. One recalles that Lucy when aroused Is not particularly sweet tempered person herself, and very much suspects the "scrapping" Is not at all one sided. The two girls may be equally to blame for the uncongenlality, or the younger sister may really be the un

til who gets most of the

sympathy because the knows enough, to hold he rtongue on the subject of family fallings to outsiders. And that result is Inevitable. Family loyalty is a tradition which the world respects and insists shall be respected. He who violates, it no matter how good lils reason, is running his bead

against the blank wall of tradition and is mighty likely to get bruised If no more than that. To have in your own family persons whom you would have chosen as intimate friends, even if there had been no tie cf god fortune. Family loyalty Is easy then. To have In your family persons whom you would never have spoken fo twice if they had not. been you relatives, persons even whose every act iritates you and rubs you the wrong way, Is one of the greatest misfortunes that can befall one. Family loyalty then becames difficult, but by no means Impossible. You need not associate with these uncongenial relatives any more then absolutely necessary, but you can keep your tongue chained In regard to their faults. And If you to not want to throw a boomerang of criticism which will probably hurt you more than them, you will surely do so. RTJTII CAMERON.

Girl Supporter of Sec, with Her Motker.

harness for awhile.

MR. Garnegte agrees with Judge

Gary, touching publicity of corporation

methods. It might be well to recall

that Andy got his early.

ELKHART is slowly recovering from

a visit of the Hagenbeck-Wallace show

which carried a bunch of dips and

blacklegs with it there.

THIS is about the time of the year

when the average man gets weary of

swatting flies when the garbage boxes

breed them by the million.

THEi must have had a great time

at the Indiana Society picnic. Abe Martin says that one fellow stayed so

long he danced with his wife.

EVERY city has a knocker who uses !

his influence to thwart every progres

sive movement. But his Influence.

praises be, is generally negligible.

SOLEMNLY announced that several

trusts are in the shadow of the jail.

That s nothing. So were "Dog Face

Charley" and Diamond Bill Frazier. j

WOMAN was badly injured while

picking cherries. She fell from the

tree. Safest way to pick cherries is

in a parlor with the light turned low.

In 1902, at Bordeau. his first opera.

"Thamyrls,", the book of which was

written by Victorien Sardoum, was giv

en with unqualified success. Mean

while, he had composed the opera, "La Mort de Tlntagiles," which was founded on Maurice Maeterlinck's work of

the same name. Following this, the Opera Comique, In Paris, brought out his opera "Chiqulta," written in collaboration with Pierre Loti and Henri Cain.

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.

NO man who places any monetary value on his faithful horse, will fail to provide it with a bonnet and a fly

net. It don't matter whether the bon

net is stylish or not. .

COURT fined a traveling man $25 for contempt because he wore a dirty face in court. Some curiosity is evinced as to whether he had been attending the

See trial or not.

PRESIDENT McAleer insists that

the Northern Indana League have no

"dirty" ball, and it is generally con

ceded by people who pay money to see

games that they have a right to ask

cleanliness in sport.

JUDGE GARY'S TESTIMONY. One of the most remarkable chapters In present day financial history has been the testimony of Judge E. H. Gary before the Stanley investigating committee. As one financial writer puts it, "His testimony has been read with close and careful attention in Wall Street" Of that there Is little question. Wall Street has not only read every line of it, but has read between the lines. Continuing the writer says: "Judge Gary has not. said anything to occasion particular surprise, but there is a novelty about the way he has gone at it. The Judge has become a very interesting character in Wall Street. His diplomacy, shrewdness and tact have become recognized. There may be strong doubts as to the wisdom of his policy of apparent childlike candor, but everybody Is prepared to admit that in the role he has adopted he is a shining success. It is no

ticed, However, tnat mere are many delicate points concerning the busi

ness of the Steel Trust about which he does not volunteer information. Doubtless the committee will be able to get it with Intelligence and an earnest desire to find out -if not from Mr. Gary, then from other witnesses." . It is only after closely following Judge Gary in his mental perambulations before this committee that one is enabled to understand more fully the

reason why he occupies the commanding position he does today in the world. We are particularly impressed -with the fact that Judge Gary let the investigating committee have Just what he wanted it to have.

MANY LITTLE FEET

HAVE WORN THESE

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A LESSON FOR. PARENTS. This is a pitiful story with a warn

inff.

In a Massachusetts town three sons

of an old man were brought into court

to show cause why they should not

support their aged father, who was in

the poor farm. The brothers were well

to do farmers.

Tbe old man's story: "A few years ago I owned a good

farm. When my wife died I made a

trade with my sons by which I sbould

be kept the rest of my life in return for my property.'

And then "As soon as the papers were signed

things Vegan to go hard with me. Frequently I was half starred and had to apply to the neighbors for food. I

grew thin and was poor both in food

and in clothing."

Poor old man, compelled to go "over

the hills to the poor house," in evident

terror of his sons! He pathetically

insisted, should the court decree that

his children owed him a living, that be should spend the rest of his days in the institution. No better evidence of

his mistreatment could be afforded

than that he should fear being turned over to tbe mercies of his sons.

An unusual case? Not nt all. Al

most every one perfionally knows of

such instances. Unfortunately it is all too common to know "how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child."

In Brm King Lear made the mistake

of dividing his jxjssossions before his

death, exclaiming when It was all too late Ingratitude, thou marble hearted fiend. Hurt hideous when thou show'st in a child Than the sea monster. It may be there ore more Cordelias than Itegena and Gonerils 1 this world, but Lear was not the first wretched old nun to wander an outcast in tbe wintry field nor the last. Tb lesson is plnin: Parents who bave property should carefully retain sufficient to keep tbem in their old npe. Children will be tbe better off for waiting until the old folks are gone. And tbe parents always will be' sure of attention and respect from the children. Ingratitude of children is a crying evil of oar money grabbing day. "But not my children?" No. no: not your children, doubtless, but why tempt them?

The mother found her child had beenl killed by the. coiling wire, which carried a voltage of about 2,300 on account of its contact with an electric lizht

feed wire. The mother swooned as

workmen rescued the body of her child. The body was burned black.

"WOMAN HAKC-S HERSELF. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Philip

Snider, age sixty-five hanged herself at

her home five miles east of Bedford yesterday morning. Before taking her life she laid out on the bed her best dreas for a burial robe. LEAVES FOR I'ARTS UNKNOWN. It was made public yesterday morning that Wesley Steward, near Martinsville, one of the best-known and capable farmers In Morgan County, had left for parts unknown. He came Martinsville Saturday evening with Frank Samuels of Indianapolis, a vacation

visitor In the Steward home, whom he asked to take the horse and buggy homo and to later notify his family that he would not return. He .refuted to give Mr. Samuels any clew as to his future destination. F. T. Singleton has been appointed to look after the settlement of Mr. Steward's affairs. DETECTIVE IS DROWAEU. Weighted down by a heavy revolver and a large bunch of keys and metal car seals, Charles Worrell, one of the

best-known detectives on the Lake

Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, was drowned Sunday, while fishing in

Hudson lake, near South Bend. His boat was capsized in the swells from a passing steamer. Worrell was an epert swimmer, but became entangled in his fish line. Before help could reach him he sank. The body was recovered a few mlnptes later. Worrell was thiry years old and had worked as a railway detective a number of years. He leaves a widow and one child, besides his aged mother, Mrs. Rebecca Holmes, and three brothers and sisters. He was active In several fraternal orders, which will have charge of the funeral. CALL JI HV TO PROBE DBATII. To set at rest rumors and the dissatisfaction of many people concerning the death of Peter Larsen, of Lafayette, whose body was found in a cistern in the rear of his home In Fowler, Friday, the grand jury of Benton County was called yesterday to meet and rigidly Investigate Larsen's death. The coroer

has announced his finding that Larsen t xj fiT JUw died from cutting and drowning him- tJZSiP'v J-OTLA. fcj& f

C. E. Merrill, of Lexington, Ky., has received as an Inheritance from a deceased relative a pair of baby shoee made in 17S3 and handed down from generation t generation. It is estimated they have been worn by 250 children and are Known to have been sent over a total distance of 20,000 xnilea.

Up and Down in INDIANA

BOY KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. When , Carl Merkle, eight years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Merkle, of Gas City, was caught, Saturday, near his home in Gas City, by a charged guy wire which wound about him like a snake, his four-year-old brother Lawrence thought the wire was a snake and so reported the occurrence to bis mother.

self, but the authorities decided to make the investigation more rigid. TEX CENT CONSCIENCE HURTS.

P. O. Hile, groceryman, of Kokomo

has received 10 cents In a letter ailed

him from Peru Saturday night. in

which 'the writer expresses sorrow and

repentance for having taken from Mr. Hiles grocery once upon a time two oranges. Mr. Hile was not aware of the theft.

find srrrosEi) explosure. What had all the appearance of a dynamite bomb was found yesterday morning at 8 o'clock under a rail of the Lake Short tracks, just west of Hudson Lake bridge. The supposed explosive was taken to Chicago yesterday by a Lake Shore .detective. If the bomb contains dynamite, the detective said, a train passing o-er the rails could not have e-scaped disaster. Proprietor Smith of the Hudson Lake Hotel received word from officers in South Bend to be on the lookout for a crazy man, who had threatened to place a bomb under the bridge. A Lake Shore detective arrived on the scene at midnight. " CON7MAN LEAVES rRISON. A. O. Conzman. formerly cashier of

the Vigo National Bank, at Terre Haute

paroled from Leavenworth prison Saturday afternoon, was expected at Terre Haute yesterday afternoon, but has not arrived nor has any word been received from him by his relatives. It la thought possible he went on to

Indianapolis, where his wife has been

living the last few years. He has sev

eral offers of employment here, but has not decided which to accept. Conzman began serving an eightyear sentence January 30. 1906. He has been head clerk In the deputy warden's office for several years. He was the cell mate -"Tohn R. Walsh, of Chicago. "I hated to bid Walsh good-by," said Conzman after his releaseu "He is a fine man, but he Is a wreck physically. Worry has caused this decline in health. He has nerve and that is what holds him up."

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DAILT FASHION HINT.

Danville The Pittsboro Sun. for many years owned and edited by Samuel Janes, has been sold to Evart Watson, who now has the business in charge. Mr. Watson was formerly a teacher in Middle township, but for several years has been in business In Chicago. Shelbyvllle The Shelbyvllle - Kdinburg auto truck line will be put in operation Monday morning, July 3. A car has been purchased and it is expected to arrive here the latter part of this week. The car will Start at Edinburg, run to Nineveh, return to Edinburg through Mt. Auburn, Marietta. Smithland, Shelbyvllle and to Blue Itidge and then make the return trip. One round trip will be made each day. As soon as business Justifies, a second car will be put in operation and it wll start at Blue Ridge. Evansville The Evansvllle Business Association has elected Benjamin Bosse. president; Phelps Darby, first vice-president, and Emil Well, second

vice-president. The directors chosen ( one piece drawers, buttoned up tbe out

are: F. W. Griese, Dr. jiiawaro. inese Bide of each leg. officers will serve on year... Major A. C. -Flannel or -outing flannel may be used Fosencranz, who recently purchased for tne bin and muslin or cambric for the plant of the Evansvllle cotton mills, drawer. will remodel the tenement houses near . The p,tt,ri,f No. 5,510. Is eat In size the mills and put them In sanitary con- - . Two year size ruir..

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CHILD'S SHIItT AND DRAWERS. This is one of the most popular styi for a flannel undershirt for tbe little ones. With it is shown the pattern of a pair ol

dition. Plans lor tne two new uarnegie libraries are about completed and bids for the same will be received soon. Shortage of labor la hampering the construction of the big plant of the Vulcan Steam Shovel Company, in this ctty. Contractors are paying $1.75 a day for common labor.

1 yards of 27-inch flannel for the shirt and 1 yard of 27-inch material for the drawer. The above pattern can be obtained by ending 10 cents to the office of this papu