Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 158, Hammond, Lake County, 22 December 1911 — Page 4
THE TIMES.
Friday, Dee, 22, 1911.
THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS By tk Lak Ctnly Frlattaa; d .PHabing Cmpai7.
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Indiana Harbor .......Tel. S50R Whiting..; Tel. 80M Crown Point TeL CS LARGER PAID IP CIRCCLATIOX THAN ANY OTHER TWO .NEWSPAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION.
crease in business in the steel market
indicates that there will be prosperity
abroad in the land no matter what!
happens in a political way next year.
The business depression of the past four years has only enabled the region to catch up with the development that
Is now warranted by! the industial grAwth of the region.
Now a new start will be made and with four or five years of continuous
prosperity, it is hard to tell what will take place in this region. The people of the region must prepare for a period of intense activity. Take a hitch in your belts.
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Whose Hands tlte Fate of the Ten Indicted Packers Rests.
New Tork Representatives Payne A Toung. 30-34 West 33d St.. and 23-31 West 32nd St.. New York. N. T. Chicago ' Representatives Payne Young, 747-74S Marquvtte Building. Chicago. 111.
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HAS HICKS SKINNED. ' "It is freely predicted that the worst that can be secured is a disagreement and that all prospects
look to an acquittal." Hammond Daily News. As the jury found! Gibson guilty in
jig-time, you can hang the above up
in your woodshed as a sample of a fine
little prognostication. Incidentally you won't hear certain ' papers around
here shouting their heads off about
"politics in the bribery tria ,' so
much now. Governor Marshall evidently doesn't think there is much politics in it
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ALONE WITH MY CONSCIENCE. t sat alone with my conscience. .-. In a place where time had ceased. And vre talked of ray former living In the land where the year In i rrrasrd;
And I Ml that I ahuld have t aaawer
The question It pnt to me, and to fare the answer and qneatiom Thru all eternity. The about a of forgotten actions Came floating acsvre say sight,
.And things that I thought were dead
thlngH Were alive with a terrlbVe might, ' And the- vision of all my past life ' Was an awful thing to face, Alone with my conscience sitting; In that solemnly silent place.
And I thought of a far-away morning. Of a aoi-row that waa to fce mine In a lead that then waa the future, Bat now to the present time; k lid I thought of my former thinking, Of the Judgment day to be .But sitting alone with my conscience Seemed judgment enough for me. And I wondered if there waa a future To this land beyond the grave, But no one gave me an answer, ' . And no one came to nave.
Then I felt that the future waa present,
And the present would never go by,
For it waa but the thought of my past
life . Growiag lato eternity. 'Then I woke from timely dreaming And the vtaion passed away, ' .Aad I kaew that the far-off wcrnlng Waa a warning of yesterday. . . And I pray that I may not forget It, la the land before the grave, : That I may not cry la the future, And no one come to save.
Aad so I have learned the leason
Which I ought to have known before
Aad which, tho I learned It dreaming I hope to forget no more. So I alt alone with my conscience
In the place where the years Increase,
And I try to remember the future In the land where time will cease. And I know of the future judgment, How dreadful so. e'er It be, That to sit alone with my conscience Will be judgment enough for me. Anonymous.
been killed by accidents on the streets of the city, and it is hoped by
warning and advice to reduce this
pitiful list of victims.
SINGLE TAXATION. Premier Slfton of Alberta Introduced In the legislature today a bill which provides that within seven years the single tax principle shall
be observed by all established I INVENTOR has equipped a lead
municipalities ana Dyy an muni- with a r-iihV.r- hlh tn
cipalittes hereafter established ., , . , . within the province. Winnipeg blow awa the du8t which lt makes. Dispatch. Great! Ought to come in handy in This single tax business is the old newspaper offices where people have doctrine of Henry George. A year ago nothing else to do but to squirt away
they started to try it in the common- tne dust they th an eraser.
wealth of Australia, but it will take time to tell whether it is practical. The single tax exponent saw it in a remedy for some of the economic conditions of the present day poverty,
industrial depressions, high taxes, the cuttine down of swollen fortunes and
other evils 'which were quite manifest maa pirlt-
third of a century ago and which are
further aggravated today.
Henry George's theory is to have a
land tax. He wrote:
The effect of substituting for the
manifold taxes now imposed a single
tax on the value of the land would hardly lessen the number of conscious
taxpayers, for the division of land now held on speculation would increase the number of land holders. But it would
"IT is more blessed to give than to receive." Yet most of us hope for
a very general reciprocity on Christ mas. Kokomo Dispatch,
Well that is a poor kind of Christ-
The Day in HISTORY
nesses in the liquor fight wUlch result- down tht chimney, you might knock ed from the application of Roy U. I the stovepipe out, so I will let the door
Fraunberg for a retail liquor license. open Ior you' k r WCM RKRE VDT
The validity of the remonstrance I 689 Oakley avenue. P. S. Don't f oragainst the traffic in Jackson township Set my papa.
is attacked b ythe applicant, and the! Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 21. 1911.
rerwmstrators are being compelled to Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me .,., , . . t t, t. i I a blackboard and soma chalk, a little prove the signatures. Because It !s I .H ht fr mv rtnii nrt om
ANOTHER aged flagman was killed in South Chicago the other day while saving the lives "of three children. Hammond sends its condoJences to the bereaved family for it had a hero who lost his life in that way.
IT sometimes takes all the pleasure out of a hug for a man when he finds
so equalize the distribution of wealth that he has crushed the three ten-
as to raise even the poorest above that i cent cigars that he stuck in his upper condition of ah jecy proverty in which right-hand vest pocket.
nnhlie considerations have no weight; I - v - - - -
while it would at the same time cut
"THIS DATE IS HISTORY December
1620 Landing of the Pilgrims at Ply
mouth, Mass. 1727 William Kllery, merlcan Revolutionary patriot, born. Died Feb.
15, 1820. 1807 United States Congress passed the second embargo act. 1S18 Sir Philip Francis, generally considered to have been the author of the Junius Letters, died. Born Oct. 22, 1740. 1859--Ground broken for the foundations of the Dominion parliament buildings at Ottawa.
1S80 Marian Evans ("George Eliot"), famous novelist, died. Born Nov. 22, 1819. ' 1894 Cedarcroft, the home of BayarJ
Taylor at Kennett Square, Pa., destroyed by fire. 1904 George L. "Shoup, ""former United States senator . from Idaho, died Born in Kittanning, Pa., June 15, 1836. v 1905 Herbert H. D. Pirce appointed fifst, United States minister to Nor
way. "THIS IS MY 2XD BIRTHDAY" William Robinson.
admitted by both sides that the case must go to the circuit court, an attempt
is being made o reach an agreement whereby the case may be carried Im
mediately to the circuit court. DOG CRISADE AT RICHMOND.
The wholesale killing of dogs was
begun In. Richmond yesterday In the
hope of preventing a spread of th rabies. The police and health depart
ment order that all dogs be muzled was held in abeyance for a few days, al
lowing dog owners time in which to protect- their canines, but tday there was a general slaughter. Every unmuzzled dog seen by a policeman waa killed or at least shot at, and more than 100 were hauled to the city crematory. As yet no person has been
seriously bitten. NO FEAR OF PROSECUTION. Steps looking to the settlement of financial difficulties between tha Kosciusko Building and Loan Association of South Bend and Stanley P.
Drejer, its deposed secretary, who Is charged with a shortage of $24,295.74, were taken yesterday. The developments In the case indicate that Drejer within the next month will be prosecuted for embezlement, althoug he ma escape. It is said, by making up thi
nuts and a carpenter's tool set and some dishes. Your friend. CARL BL'KHLER, Rohertsdale. Ind., Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa Clans: I am a little boy five years old and I would like you to bring me a teddy bear and a chu chu engine and some randy and nuts and a doll. Your friend. CHARLIE SMITH. Reese avenue. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 21, 1911. Dear Old Stanta: I am a little boy 7 years old and wish you to stop at our house Christmas eve ar.d please bring me a football so I can learn to be a kicker, some candy and nuts. Good-bye, Santa, Merry Xmas anl Happy New Year. Your little boy. . HIAL BABCOCIC. 831 Claude street. East Chicago. Ind., Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: We are triplets and' would like you to not forget us. We live on Todd avonue. Margaret wants a little Billiken and Katie wants a nice little blackboard with a
five vears old and 1 will tell you what lot of chalk. She also wants a little
I want for Xmas. I was down to see pail and I want a little shovel. Marvou at the Lion store and told you what sraret wants her Billiken to talk. HopI wanted, but 1 thought may be you ing you will not forget yours three lltforgot lt because vou got so many tie triplet friends and wishing you a places to do to. I want a horse, a wa- . Merry Christmas. Don't forget our gon. Christmas tree and candy and little brothers Sammy and Stevey.
nuts so we can craoK nuis an oay, . mami.mihi JiLnrtu
candy and nuts. I go to school every day. Your little friend. DOROTHY MOORE. 345 Cedar street. Hammond. IndJ Dec. 21. 1911.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a little girl and 1 go to school tvery day. My mamma said I have been a good girl all the year around. Now be sure to come to my bouse and bring me a black velvet hat. a new dress, a game of pit, a pair, of kid gloves and a pair of new hair ribbons and nuts and candy. Don't forget my mamma. Your little friend.
MARY BEREXDT. 689 Oakley avenue. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy
Xmas. Well, that is all for this time. Don't forget my mamma and my brother Edward. Goodlbye. Santa. I am Your little hov. ARTHUR NEWMAN.
418 Plummer avenue. Robertsdle. Ind., Dec. 21. 1911. rtoor Rants' Claus! - It is near in IT
Christmas time and I would like to tell wants a doll and buggy and a red dress
vou what to bring me for Christmas, l and a trunK. am a little boy four years old and Yours with love from
would like you to bring nje a little masi bit mw'wtj k.unui,A.
juss ycat ,ad ru m a n qs o m ec a n a y a n u 3iijBiravfiiaFL. -
1XJRETTA MURPHY.
KATE MURPHY. Hammond, Ind., tec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I thought I would write you a letter telling you what I want for Christmas. Please bring me a sled, a curly dog like Philip', a new
suit and a fur cap. My sister she
Captain William Robinson, one of th deficit.
noted pioneers In the development t Accountants for the United States Fi-
the Canadian Northwest, was born in dellty and Guarantee Company of BalUMontreal, December 22, 1849, an was more. Ml, on Drejer's bond for 115,000,
Coming To The Hammond Theatre
pdupfltpH tn ttiA nnhlfp f-Virtnta nf i I a have alrfartv hpffnn a n PTRTnlnH tlnn n f
.1 nr- nAoi'Aivn 11 T A whiffo I T f O V( T AnmnQnv ia irnlnv tA crttvA !.. ... ' e .... ... .
uu u iluk L.cijiu-" .. ....... , uwuiu.i vvujjjauj id e"c native, city, as a voutn he emigrated . tne report wnicn reveais tne snortage.
to the West and obtained employment i Drejer has announced that he does not
raise their possessors above concern in J its telephone girls cash prizes accordgovernment. ling to their ages. Interesting to note
. The taxon land values now how many of them will tell the
is the only tax of any importance that ! truth as to how old they are.
oes not distribute itself. It falls upon
the owners of land, and there is no
way in which they can shift the bur- SEEMS after all that the man who
rion linn anv one else. Hence, a large I saia women dont want to vote is
in railroad construction work. In 1878, j fear prosecution and as proof of his asafter having been engaged for some sertion stated he wouldn't leave the
time in the service of the Canadian ' city while the investigation against him
Pacific Railway, Mr. Robinson turned 'is in progress.
hts attention to water traffic. He built several steamboats and was the first to establish a regular service of steamers on Lake Winjilpeg and the tributary
FIND GIRL AFTER 14 YEARS.
Recognizing her as his daughter from her close resemblance to her dead
mother, A. B. Armstrong of Ft. Wayne
rivers. ha was otia n r Thd rnntidon nr.. - . , , . j . -.n
. .. , i t. a f - mo i lnirouuccu nimsen yesieruny iu -uiss and powerful class are directly inter- v.r0ng. Read of a vtoman 102 ears th Northwest Navigation Company, of:Ethei Armstrong" whom he had not
THE SYSTEM PUNISHED.
As was expected and freely pre-
' dieted, Walter Gibson, the Gary alder ! man, has been convicted of bribery
it is not so much Gibson, the man
i convicted as it is pernicious and bale
ful eystemized civic corruption con
Evicted. Every sympathy is extended
-to Gibson.; '- ,
For a -quarter of a century', before Gary was thought of,, he was actively
engaged in affairs in Tolleston, one of the oldest communities in this section
rof the state. Then Gary came; Tol
leston was made a part of it and Gib
eon became an instrument in the ad-
s ministering of Gary's civic affairs.
; He fell. . 1 It is charged that others fell with him. Two cases have been tried. Nineteen out of twenty-four jurymen . have polled a verdict of guilty. How ;the other defendants will succeed in clearing their skirts, remains to be seen. But a halt has been called" in .the mad onrush of this wave of corruption and rottenness that has made certain cities in Lake county a scandal and byword all over the country a national shame It may be said. ; Walter Gibson came to be a product of this system. . ......
I It is not a pleasant thought to contemplate that on the eve of Christmas
a fellow citizen, a pioneer of Lake
county, a man with a big heart who
wouldn't harm a fly, stands in the shadow of the penitentiary, but the
outraged law of chic morality must.
have its pound of fleBh.
ested in keeping down the tax on land
values, and substituting, as a means for raising the required revenue, taxes on other things. ."
The single tax principle calls for the
payment of taxes by those who can best afford to pay them the land owners. Our own manifold system of
taxes, licenses, exercise duties, tariff duteis, were formulated by special in
terests for their own benefit.
old in California who drove
miles to vote the other week.
GIRL sends us a poem entitled "When The Light Are Brightly Burn-' ing." It is a neat little thing, "but says nothing about the little kilowats
that are registering on father's meter.
five which he later became manager and
president. Mr.. Robinson Is president of
i the Dominion Fish Company, the larg
est concern of its kind in Canada, an l has large interests in numerous other financial and industrial enterprises.
THE Chicago Record-Herald says
If a railroad Is built there soon ap- J that tainted money always loses the
pears a tax-collector, if a manufactory I tatnt as soon as we succeed In get-
comes it is subjected to an annual bur- ting it into pur hands
den. Shifting taxation to the single tax principle would cause those who
hold land and do not use lt to sell it
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
WE read about a minister who has
. .. .... . pnne Into tho bntol hininoeo H'oil .
Land speculation, monopolization ana : ...... servlce pension
hiah nrices' would be knocked out, ne 18 Bure xnree square meais a cesg.
George told vs. ' Unfilled land would da' anyway such as they are
become a wealth producer, there would
be better industrial conditions, trade MARY Anderson says that a happy would increase,-capital and improve- home heats success on the stage.
ment would be exempt irom tax, ex- Mary and a are f chorus eirla
change released from restrictions ana have difrerent opinions.
wealth augment on every hand.
This is the theory of the single tax
principle.
SENATE. Met at noon. President's message on financial and departmental matters read. , t
tne senate would pass House sherwooa :
bUl after holiday,, re-J
seen for fourteen years. Miss Arm
strong is employed In a Ft. 'Wayne
store, and has no recollection of her father. Armstrong was a street railway man in Ft. Wayne, driving the
old horse cars. His wife died, leaving!
him with the daughter, four years old.1
The child was placed in the care of
relatives and Armstrong went west.
where he has been a rancher.
"That's her; she's the image of her mother." exclaimed Armstrong, as ha
! struggled through the crowd of Christ
mas shoppers In the store where his daughter is employed after he had a
glimpse of the girl.
SEED THE DAY.
AiidNjer encouraging sign of the
times is that Missouri - suffragettes
favor alimony for men. Doesn't interest us, but when the women decide to
hand out a little Christmas shopping
money to the men along about this
time of the year, we shall see new
possibilities In this suffragette busi
ness. . .
WE heartily agree with the Topeka
Journal, which says that a girl's 'idea of the proper way to keep her feet warm is to wear a new fur boa.
AT least you ught to see that no
one in jour ; vicinity goes hungry on
Christmas, provided you can help it.
Senator Root of New York introduced a bill making effective the fur seal
treaty with England, Russia and Japan.
Adjourned at 2:34 p." m., until noon Wednesday Jan. 3. 1 1IOI SE. ' President's message read. Tariff report ordered printefl afte.general discussion on party lines. Won a victory in the urgent ' deficiency bill conference report. Bill passed both Houses and signed by President. Adjourned at 2,31 p .m. until noon, Jan. 3.
THE man who warbled gently,
"Didn't I tell you it would be a green
Christmas," is very much in evidence.
IN the "meantime, if a lot of us get
into trouble, we will not be able to
afford to hire Clarence Darrow.
KOW you are up against it kmly
one more day to do that shopping.
WARN THE CHILDREN.
The terrible tragedy on a grade
crossing in Hammond in whicn a
watchman sacrificed his life to save the lives of three little children oa
their way home from the. Wallace school building emphasizes the fact
that parents and school children can
not impress upon children too strong- FATHER Is wondering whether it
ly the need of extraordinary caution will be a knit tie or knit slippers.
in crossing dangerous railways.
. ,, . . .. , A MAN 13 always glad to get out
are giving tueir pupi.a iut.uctiui iu a christmas 8hopping crowd alive
getting on anu oi cars saieiy aiiu in
avoiding danger when crossing streets
Up and Down in INDIANA
Letters To
Santa Claus
TAKE A HITCH.
Take a hitch in your belt, you busi
ness man, you merchant, you manufacturer for the indications are that the Calumet region is going to have the
greatest period of prosperity in its his tory.
At no time in years has there been! where there is a heavy traffic. In I ALL some boys go to college, for
f o much optimism noticeable. The in-twenty-one months 231 children havejseems to be t8 wear funny clothes.1
B.201 PRISONERS PAROLED. According to the annual report of the Board of State CJarities, 6,291 prisoners have been paroled since the inde
terminate sentence statute went Into effect. Of .that number only 20.05 per cent violated" the parole?. The unsatisfactory cases of that character at the State Reformatory made up 26.51 pt-r cent of the total number of paroles granted 3.805. At the State Prison at
Michigan City the number paroled was 2.304, and the per cent of cases that were unsatisfactory was 25.13. At the Woman's Prison 1S2 have been paroled since the law went into operation, and the per cent of failures to abide by the terms' of the paroles was 2S.02. The total earnings of paroled persons amounted to $1,716, 319.73. ; 10O CALLED IX I.IQVOR CASE. More : than one hundred citfzens of Cambridge City and Jackson township were in the county commissioners' court , at Richmond yesterday at wlt,-
Hammond. Ind.. Dec-21. 1911
Dear Santa Claus: I am a. little boy
S vears old and would like a drum, a
pair of fur gloves, a new cap, a new
pair Ot patent icainer snot's aim ie'i, That is all 1 want. My sister wants a doll and buggy and Christmas tree. A Merry Christmas to you.. From Your little Boy. FREDDIE SCHEER. 162 State street. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa: I am the Porch baby. I have five sister. Please don't forget them and 1 would like you to bring ine a horse and street cars. Your little boy. CLAIR PORCH. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Hanta Claus: I am a little girl 6 years old and I will have pity on you as I know vou have so many children to look after and your sled will be pretty well loaded and I do not want vou to be delayed on the way. so I will tell vou what 1 want. I want a doll wlth'black hair and a cradle to lay my doll, in when she goes to slpep. I would like to have some candy and nuts. If it snows very hard my brother Frank will shovel the snow away so you can get around in time, and dear Santa, please do not forget my nephew and niece. Daniel and Maryanna Thompson. They are very good children and they live at 886 Calumet
avenue, and please remember by hrotners and sisters and also bring my papa and mamma something. I live at 26
Douglas street. Ishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will close. RTTTII EISESHfTT. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 21. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy 3 vears old and 1 Would like to ha. a little train of cars and a little wajron to plav with, a dall and aso a doll for my little, sister. Please bring my mamma and papa a present and also bring us some iandy and nuts. I wish vou a Merry Christmas. r, Your loving boy. . . DANIEL, THOMPSON. Hammond. Ind., Del. 21, 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am a boy 11 years old. I go to All Saints' school. I want you to brina me the biggest engine vou have in the toy room. I have my tracks built for it already. I want a pair of new shoes and a pair of hoxing gloves as I have a big brother home to box with. You may bring him a big football. He likes that very much." Be very careful not lu "come
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Miss Belle Barctvus, ig the talented played by Miss Barchus at the Schubet t
young - star, who- heads the Bell Barchus Comedy Co., which will begin a week's engagement at the Hammond Theatre on Christmas matinee at three o'clock, on next Monday. Miss Darrhus has in the past four seasons made a wonderful reputation in the middle west with her splendid company. She is not unknown to the people" of Hammond and vicinity having been leading lady for the Winninge.-. Bros. Co., who are great favorite with audiences in the Calumet region. Many new plays will be presented by this company during their engagement, among which are "Her Cow Boy Visitor," the opening play, "Way Out West," "Her False Step." "The Men of the World" nad "The wakening of Ietty." All of these plays have been produced during the season of stock
Theater In St. Louis, during the season Just closed. , Popular prices wil prevail during thU
engagement and we want to impress
upon the people of the Calumet region to not forget the date and pet the "HAMMOND THKATRB HABIT." as during this engagement hlgh-clas vaudeville.- but will also witness comedies and dramas of worth, Intelligently interpreted by a star with ;i very strong supporting rompany. .i all street car lines load direct to the Theatre, a most successful engagement Is predicted at the price of 10, 20 and 30 cents, which will govern all performances, excepting ClirisUmas night and Sunilay night, when the scale will be 10, 20, 30 and 50 cents. Watch for dally announcements - of the various plaj s aj they will be presented. .