Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 176, Hammond, Lake County, 16 January 1912 — Page 4

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Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1912.

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NEWSPAPERS My The Lake County PTlntlnV nnd Fiib. , linking Company. Gary Evening Times; The Times (East Chicag-o and Indiana Harbor), application pending;; Lake County Times (Country); Lake County Time (Even ins); Times Sporting Extra, and Lake County Times (Weekly). Six editions. Entured at the Postoffice. Hammond, Ind., .s second-class matter. FOREIGN ADVERTISING 912 Rector Building OFKICF.S, Chicago PI BUCATIOX OFFICES, Hammond Building, Hammond. Ind. TELEPHONES, Hammond (private exchange) Ill (Call tor department wanted.) Gary Office Kast Chicago Office. . Indiana Harbor...... Whiting Crown Point , Tel. 137 ......Tel. 476-R Tel. 550-R .. Tel. 80-M Tel. 63 j Advertising solicitors will be sent, or rates given on application. If you have any trouble getting The Times notify the nearest office and have It promptly remedied. LARGER PAID VP CIRCrLATION' THAN ANY OTHER TWO NEWSPAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION. ANONYMOUS communications will not be noticed, but others will be printed at discretion, and should be addressed to The Editor, Times, Hammond. Ind. Political Announcements FOR SHERIFF. Editor, Times: t . Please announce that I will be a candidate for sheriff of Lake county, subject to the decision of the. republican county convention. WM. KtTCERT, Tolleston. Ind. CREASES. He nay be tramp or loafer, he may be Ill-kempt, nnabaved, He way have a akin ef leather, tanned by all the Triads he's braved He may limp r halt mr crawl. He may totter, almost fall Yea caa look Into kit heart, and you can jnat forgive It all If they make the slightest tkeiriig round his eyes; If still they dare The erlakly little creases that a langh has furrowed there, Hia face stay he a aetwerk. crisscrossed foil of folds and linen. He may b a good-for-nothing, .aa the frowning world opines. , He may never own a centi He may owe a fall year's rent. Or have no heme at all except the starstrewa sky for teat. Yea may knew htm for a happy man ; ot Joy he's had his share, If his eyes look out from creases that a langh has furrowed there. Oh, the little crinkly creases that hespeak the youthful heart They're the amldlng linen of living, they're the true, unfailing chart whereby troubled, shiny seas May be traveled as you please I And the Borrow-rocka avoided for the blossomed Isles of ease. Yen, the man has lived life bravely, aad there's naugh he can not bear If his eyes look out from creases that a laugh baa furrowed there. Miriam Teichfier In Detroit News. WOULD HAPPEN ELSEWHERE An immediate Investigation anl an expulsion from membership would have resulted in any other council. fraternal or social organization, or legislative body where one of the members stuffed ballot box or tried to steal a ballot. Yet many highhanded things can be carried on in popular assemblies in this neck of the woods and many think them good jokes. In fact some of these Jokers evidently have a copy of Joe Miller at home. WHEN TO PAY BILLS. A person struggling in age against poverty brought on by extravagance, ignorance Invited by sloth ,or enmities Incurred through bickerings and meannesses In former years, Is to be., most sincerely pitied; for he is paying an unavoidable debt to a collector who is as pitiless as be is regu lar in his visits. No man can escape him. for he preys upon the mind, at whosa doors no sentinels can be placed, or guards established, capable of warding off his approach or resisting his attacks. No impudence can deliver and no battlements avail against h,ls sure infliction of punishment, for he holds the Just balances of the All-Power ful in his hands. In the market of the mind the wise man will chose to secure those things worth while which must be paid for In advance. He will choose ' education, tha fruits of which cannot be plucked, save lit the joy of studying, until many years of toil , have been undergone .and many gal lons or Standard Oil consumed. He , will choose temperate living, because of which he must deny himself the riotous cheer of many a midnight de bauch, and permit the hot sports of

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himself would rather hurry by; or to sit up at the bedside of a friend when he would rather go to a show at the Main Street Theater. He will choose many times to be decent when the flesh and blood cry out for a carnival of indecency, to be honest when the temptation to accept an il legal rebate is well nigh too strong to be resisted, to be energetic when he has the spring fever to be forgiving after insult, kind to the undeserving .generous to the stingy and charitable to those without mercy; but, in it all, he will at all times choose the things worth while, the things that will bring him comfort and satisfaction in the day when the silver cord shall be loosed and the golden bowl be broken. And in so doing he will pay in advance for the successes of life. WELCOME TO GARY. The chances are that when the members of the Indiana Retail Merchants association arrive on Gary today that they will open their eyei. In selecting Gary as the place to hold their convention the merchants certaintly struck a city with fine railroad connections, the best of hotel3 and clubs that have no equal. "Welcome to the visitors. We know that they will go away beliving that Gary is a fine place. THE COUNTRY EDITOR. t Walt , Mason sums up the country editor in the following characteristic style: "The country editor has to make much of the news he writes. The commercial club, the church, the baseball team .the law and order league, the college, the county central committee, the whist club and the good roads movement all must feel the influence of his guiding hand. He must be in everything and run errands for every one, send out thes circulars, do the town lying for harmony's sake and hold the sack. He must be guide, philosopher and friend to those In trouble and be mentor and admonlsher to those who are about to get Into trouble. The preacher, the town drunkard, thS statesman, the social climbery the real estate boomer .the mn from the grand lodge who is about to exemplify the new r-Jrk, the promoter, the brokea scidier kindly bade to stay, the capf ln of Industry and the girl with the fatherless baby all ccrne to him to help them In their troubles. He Is the town confessor, the town boomer and the town goat, doormat, rock of refuge, errand boy and the vicarious sacrifice. The edi tor is the onty creature In all the wide animal kingdom that needs the wings of a dove, the strength of a Hon, the protective odor of the skunk, the smooth, ciawlfng belly of the worm of the dust and the aspiration of a god." SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The largest crowd that has ever attended a civic gathering In Ham mond crowded into the rooms of the University Club last evening to talk over plans for encouraging the build ing of traction lines from Hammond to Indiana Harbor. This feverish interest in civic matters indicates that the people of Hammond are ready for the or ga nidation of a new commercial club will be fully representative of the live, progressive business men of the citv The lack of interest that has characterled the" meetings of the Hammond Business Men's Association was abseat at the meeting last night and deep Interest was shown in all that was said by the speakers as they outlined traction routes, discussed street car service, planned to build homes and worked together In the interests of the city. The deduction is plain; the people of Hammond will support a commercial club that is fully represen tative of every interest in the city The people will support a commercial club that has the capacity for doing things. At the meeting last night Chair man Georg; Jlannauer was authorised to appoint two committees to take np and study the burning questions of the hour; the question of getting the employes of the factories to Ham mond and the question of providing them with homes when they get here It Is believed that great good will result. , incidentally we desire to con gratulate Peter Lyons city civil en gineer of Hammond. He was the only city official out of the small army paid by the taxpayers of the city to conserve their Interests, who was present at the really important gathering. DOES YOUR DAUGHTER GO? If this or any other newspaper started to print a real description of the notorious "turkey trot" and

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sn&wy .near, juug .', dances, as they are performed , in ary there would be instant action on the part of the federal authorities. Barred from Chicago these disgusting dances are now tolerated at the Garden hall. Here gather on Saturday nights young men and young girls, most of them in their teens. The old Gary "patch" in its palmi est days of blind piggery and disregard for the- law never witnessed such immoral carnivals as are carried on in the Garden hall. How long are these debauches to contlnue? Where is that reform band that was going to clean up Gary? A WISE STAND. That President Taft absolutely refuses to use federal patronage in strengthening his candidacy for the nomination is infinitely to .bis credit. The president of the United States has in his grasp the most powerful machine In the world if he cared to exercise it. The thousands upon thousands of federal offiip holders cemented into an organlation could become so powerful that nothing on earth could stop Mr. Taffs nomination. The president declines however to use this patronage machine. He does more than that ,he forbids its use and has so announced to hi3 aides, thereby giving them the glooms. They need not worry however. Mr. Taft's determination not to wield any club or big -rUck in order to. force his way Into the convention hall Will not hurt but rather will it strengthen him, with the people. And he needs ail the strengthening he can get, 't that. PRESIDENT ' Taft has issued an order saying, that rural mail carriers must not 1j perniciously active In politics. I'o danger, rural carriers are at present actively engaged In keeping rom freezing to death. WJL are glad to note that there aremore men working in the Calumt region on the other side of the gate line than there has been in a whole year. Every little bit helps. A READER wants to know what the per capita is in this country. It was $35 in November before tha Christmas shopping began but we don't know what it is now. IF a man 'ever does anything In life worth while he Justifies his mothers hopes for him and the heartaches she has suffered on his account. THESE straw votes at least indi cate that the chances of a certain party by the name of Roosevelt are not to be held in disdain. THE trouble ia that many men never feel at all charitable until they have stood up to a bar and quaffed a little Falerlan. A GOOD many people realize alsD that nothing but death can keep Alderman Castleman from getting in bad In Gary. ; f INDIANA Harbor is getting so chesty now that it Is weeping for more worlds to conquer like Alexander of old. FINANCIAL, authorities are talk ing optimism. It is high time, any change in the line will be an improvement. SINCE THE TIMES started the presidential primary ball rolling they seem to have become exceedingly popular. - THEORY down at Indianapolis that Dr. Knabe was slain by a Buddhist. Why go so far away from home for theories? THE man who is strong enough t.j conceal his wrath under politeness is usually no weakling In a fight. IT seems rather remarkable that when a man Is down and out he is up against It at the same time. THERE'S pledty of room for im provement at the top and also at the bottom of the Gary council. MR. Taggart will undoubtedly try mighty hard to get Congressman Boehne'a bone away from him. A GREAT many people would be extremely interested in hearing Mr Roosevelt say who he is for. THIS leap year business doesn't seem to be attracting the attention I it would seem to warrant.

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rem j ma THE next thing to worry us is how much to spend on valentines and to whom to send them. ABOUT time for our 'steemed neighbor in Gary to start consolidating a rew more traction lines. EVEN' though your pipes have been freezing console yourself with the thought that your gas and water bills will be a little lower for this month. A POLL of democratic possibilities for president taken at the Gary city hall would (not( show as follows: Tom Marshall 93, Jud Harmon 5, W. J. Bryan 1, scattering 1. AS a morning tonic Queen Wilhelmina Is said to pour a bottle of alcohol over her body. More economical If she used only a tenth as much and poured it inside. Many on Our Street Cars. "GROCERTMAX Maurice Miller wants dressed hogs any number, is the time to dispose of them Now to a ' good advantage, and he will pay a littie more for them than their value." Lake County Star. WESTERN' ministers in competition offer to deliver funeral sermons free of cost. This ought to cut down the cost of dying considerably. The call of the west? No, not yet. First we'll invest In Calumet. ! , was holly ABOUT time that somebody taking down those Christmas wreaths. Oh, Yon John! "JOHN H. LEHMAN of the First Na tional bank never fails to work In where there is a prize at stake. Ha managed to get In sub at the Q. A. M. meet Tuesday evening, which Is strictly a female organization, and, won in the card games a pair of ladies' silk stockings, which look odd with his other souvenirs. He had his choice of two prizes, and the other was a bustle." Lake County Star. A PAIR of old fashioned skis might come In handy right now. i , THEN again silk sox and bustles were discarded by the ladies card clubs of Gary long age. A Harbor Ballad. Now lets be up and doing Each bright and busy day. Or else that naughty Gary Will steal our Calumet away. VIEWED from July Miss January Is a frightful old woman, but she Is not such a bad old dame after you get real well acquainted with her. The Cruise of the Water Again. EIGHTH day The real estate fever -truck Hennery Coldbottle and his con. ferrees , early yesterday morning, and after going -down to Hobart they got the water wagon geared up and started 4:40 trot for Calumet and Indiana Harbor, where they expect to get In on the ground flooor. For the time being they have abandoned their temperance crusades go. Hennery visited twentyone saloons so that he could get an In side line on future saloon sites. After he has learned whBre saloons are not to be Hennery will Invest in a few lots. He hopes to get into a prohibition district. In Minnie SlekT Love me In June time Love me In May, Love me in spring time, Or I'll go away. MINNIE FISH. MINNIE, when yott go, why go to Valpo and you'll get over this. They have no "turkey trots" or "grizzly beats" there. NOW that Judge Ansley has Joined the T. M. C. A., his friends will please be careful not to shoskhlm by using any elementary profanity In his hearing. IF THE .WORKER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DOESN'T ADVERTISE TODAY. YOU ADVERTISE FOR HIM IN THE TIMES TOMORROW! AND THE SAME DOUBLE CAPACITY FOR SERVICE HOLDS TRUE OF ALL THE WANT AD CLASSIFICATIONS.

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British army, killed In battle with the French at Corunna, Spain. 1836 Board(. of Trade organized In Milwaukee.

1862 More than 200 lives lost In the ; lege Avenue Methodist church, to reHa'rtley colliery disaster in Eng-' build Into an armory for Company H land. of the Indiana national guard, at 1S71 Supreme Court of the United Elooming, has not yet started, more States decided the Lgal Tender j than $3,000 has been subscribed by act of 1862 constitutional. business men of Bloomington, and 'the 1S88 William K. Vilas of Wisconsin prospects are rood for the remainder

appointed Secretary of the Interlor. 11893 Queen LHtuokalani of Hawaii dei. throned by revolutionists. 1S94 John H. Geor, elected United States senator from Iowa. 1907 The Rt. Rev. Arthur Sweatman, Bishop of Toronto, elected Primal of All Canada. "THIS IS MY MTH BIRTHDAY Charles Finney Cox. Charles Finney Cox, who has won fame in two widely diverse fields, railroad finance ad the science of biology, was born In Richmond County, New York, January 16, 1816. After completjnK his education at Oberlln College In 1869 he became associated with a prominent banking house in New York. His financial training secured for him a position In the auditing department of one of the promnent railroads and later he became treasurer of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Among railroad men thi cotintry over Mr. Cox Is well known as a master of the financial side of the railroad business. At the same time he- has acquired among scientists a reputation as a deep student and an original thinker on problems related to ' evolution of animal and plant life For 'r h nas made 8tudy of.,th' various branches of biology, particularly the Darwinian theories pertaining to evolution, on which he is a recognised authority. Congratulation to: Generat Sir la; Hamilton, a noted officer of the British army. 57 years oil today. , , GeoTge Washington Taylor, representative in Congreis of the First Alabama district, 63 years old today. Johnston Forbes-Robertson .the celebrated English actor now touring America, 50 years old today. Up and Down in INDIANA WOMAN PROVES FIRE HERO. Heedless of destructive flames that leaped from almost every corner of the structure, Mrs. Ida Mills of Martinsville, dashed Into the Frank Phelp livery stables cut the halters of two fine horses, chased them to a place of safety, then returned and pulled twa buggies from beneath a biasing roof, before her energetic efforts were Interrupted by the crash of ruined wallx Five hundred feet of hose, a full loft ot hay, a roomful of harness, an automobile, a cab, two buggies, a buck. r..,i;,ina nf t)r nv Porter, veterinary medicines o Dr. Guy Porter, veterinary

v eK'. surgeon, were destroyed. The building waa owned by Hasel Smallwood of Bloomington. Mr. Phelps, who carried $5,000 Insurance, has not estimated hij loss. I GEXTRV'S SLAYER ACQUITTED. I The Jury In the case of Henry W. Meyer, of Rockport, who wa. charged with the marder of William Gentry near Rockport last October, brought In i nrdirt .uiMin. th. Th. attorneys for Meyer set up a plea of self-defense. The Jury was out al night. On the first ballot the Jury acquittal. , GIVE $3,000 TO MILITIA PXAX. 1 While the active campaign to raise $25,000 for the purchase of tho old Colof the amount required. Plans have been prepared for the remodeling of the building and bids have been taken for the furniture and gymnasium equipment. Dr. C. P. Hutchlns, athletlo director of Indiana University, will assist In getting the gymnasium feature started. Ill ELL FIRE WITH SXOW BALLS. An organised attack with snowballs was the new method of fire fighting used at the Polley schoolhouse In Washington Township In the north' end of this county near Bloomington Just before the school was , adjournal Friday evening, and although the roof was half burned off before the blaze was discovered, the children and teacher, Mrs. Alice Yoho. succeeded In saving the building from destruction Mrs. Yoho directed the unique work by telling the boys to pelt the roof with snowballs, while the girls lent as-; sistance in carrying snow In their aprons. The blaze had its origin from i a defective flue. LOSES MIND WHILE SLEIGHING. joiin HopKins, weu-xo-ao rarmer oi ( Barr Township, near Washington, s suffering from a complete loss of memory caused. It Is believed, by overexertion. Hopkins and members of hlf family started on a short sleigh ride. When one of the runners became loose, he went to a farm house, borrowed the necessary tools and made the repairs. When he returned a changed expression was evident on his counten ance and h was found unable to recall any Incidents of the trip. AVILL PRESS -ALOOJT CASES. Prosecuting Attorney R. N. Smith denies the rumor that the Michigan City saloon cases, in which there were 185 Indictments returned against more than fifty saloon keepers, were settled by compromise, the saloon keepers agreeing to plead guilty to one charge It the others were dismissed. He says other charges will be brought at the next term of court, and there will be X t. . A tot A -f Vl A tflta no leniency on w i( A special venire of fifteen talesmen was summoned to appear yesterday, when charges of selling to minors wil! be pressed bp the state against several saloon Keeper. ' RECOVbHS a...- ..... J Madison Walsh, or Washington, a young attorney, yesterday received a gold medal lost six years ago on the treets of Chicago. Young Walsh was awarded the medal by the t'niversity, f ot Mary's at St. Mary K.as.. on the occasion of his graduation in a contest in oratory. On his way home he lost it In Chicago. A few days ago he received a letter from Miss Eliza beth Vetsch of Superior, Wis., who was viniting at 3918 Harvard street, Chl - tago, telling that Charles Laur of. that

address had a medal with Mr. Walsh s name engraved upon it. A telegraph communication followed and the medal was received yesterday, REPORT IS 58 YEARS LATE. Fifty-eight years after the weddln JosePh R'hrt n Mry J. Platter of Fort Ju8t,cf ot tj,a ?ef" Jepk Gronauer. long since dead the marriage return has been brought to County Clerk Gerding a office. thus

completing the marriage record. Thtf return was found in some old papers by the Justice's son, himself now an old gray-haired man. The marriage .was solemnized Jan. 24, 1854. Plays and Players Arnold Daly is to appear In a revival of "The Fatted Calf." Cyril Scott has closed his season with "A Gentleman of Leisure." "Little Nemo" Is soon to be revived with a cast largely composed of midgets. Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest works were produced in this country without netting the authors a penny, Franz Lehar's new play ofHhe musical sort is called "Eva." It will be produced by George Edwardes In London. 'mm PPEKA SINGER INJURED ON STAGE v(...V'S f " j ft 4 tv ' ' ' Miss Marguerite Starrell, grand opra singer, broke her right leg the other jnigm In the third act ofDie Walk-utM-e," at the AuUitorifCiii in Chicago.

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