Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 236, Hammond, Lake County, 26 March 1912 — Page 1

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Capital Scene of Hottest Political Gathering Ever Known In State of Indiana

JUDGE REITER HONORED Indianapolis. ind., March 26 (Convention Hall). Th . republican ' state convention held here today was a wild mob for haf an hour when Chairman Wood tried to make' a speech. The Roosevelt people yelled and howled. Finally the noise subsided and the credentials committee, reported seating Tuft delegates. The. report was adopted by a vote of 7TS to 67. That showed the' relatives strength of Taft and Roosevelt delegates. No Minority . report from committee on resolutions. Fairbanks. New, Watson and Oliver were ' named delegates-at-large. No Roosevelt candidates nominated. V. S. Reiter. Hammond. YT. If. MeCurdy, Evansville. Dr. Summer, A. Furniss, William Eppert named presidential elee-tors-at-large. ' The Roosevelt people held a rump convention and elected Beverldge, Lee, Lendls and Campbell delegates-at-large. (Bintrnx.i ladlananolls. March 26. (Ttmen Hereon.) The Third district rrmm oraranlaed for Taft In sreat turmoil and riot. A Taft nn tiu aeated en the oatlata committee from the Sixth district, srlY-laa- Taft and Roosevelt 4. (BVLLETUT.) ladlaaapotln, March 26. (Time Barae. Reaelntlnna indorse the Taft administration and Instruct Indiana delegates ta vat fr Taft at Chicago. They cosrtersa the InttlatW-e, re fere n- , auai. reca.Uvef jndsea and indlcial de--eliKi. , ' " : .- Indianapolis;- ind., March' J.,, the first republican state convention of the year is on at Tomlinson hall and was called to order amid the greatest confusion. Will R. Wood of Lafayette, an out-and-out Taft man and candidate for national delegate in the Tenth district .on the Taft elate, was chosen last night by the republican state central committe to act as temporary chairman of tedys republican state convention. Taylor Declines. William L. Taylor of Indianapolis, who had been chosen, to preside, declined to serve, and the state committee went into session to select a substitute. State Chairman Fred A. Sims refused to take the responsibility. Mr. TRYING TO ABOLISH INDUSTRIAL WARFARE v Abeva. Miss Floranca Kelly. Below, Rep. Wm. Hughes. Representative William Hujrhes of New Jtraey, a ;emer alik mill worker. Is ui ging action in the house on hia bill, introduced Jointly i.ouse and -onate. to establish a fede.-i commission on Indust-'ia. relationbii.pa. The .measure, lmlc ed by dozens of crgai.- - tnr souc thm- country, amen; t. em the Convmera' Leasnn. through M'- icience Kelly, its Pre-1-t.nt. la inttn-ed to make Industrial warfara lrasvai ....... ,..

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TAFT CONTROLS TENTH DISTRICT Indianapolis'. March 26. The Tenth district carried a solid Taft delegation, the members of the various committees being elected as follows: Member of lommittoee on permanent organization and rules C. S. Preslow, , White county. Member of committee on credentials H. W. Marshall, Lafayette. Tippecanoe county. . . Member of committee on resolutions Judge V. S. Reiter, Lake county. Assistant secretary G. Healy, Jasper county. Vice president J. B. Lyons. Newton county. The Taft forces had complete control of the mating- and named the members of the various committees with little opposition. Wood was named and word was sent to him by the Tenth district chairman, W. O. Thomas of Montlcello. It was understood that Mr. "Wood will accept the honor. He Is' a man of force and a (Continued on Page 7.) MEETING PLACE IS For fear that the University club rooms will not n able to accommodate the citizens who have interested themselves in t3e matter of organizing a commercial club in Hammond the place of meeting has been changed to the Lakq superior court house, room No. 2. The point should be made clear that everybody who has the civic Interests ,' of the city at heart la cordially invited and should make It a point to be present at this civic revival. There will b? some good speeches, j the plans for the membership campaign will be unfolded, the necessity for such an organization will be point- : ed out, but no memberships will be taken at that meeting, nor will any subj scriptions be solicited. The movement now has an impetus that makes its success certain. It has some of the best heads in the city back i of It. Hammond will no longer have . to make apologies for the fact that it Is not represented by a civic organization. The Psyeholoaeal Moment. With the approach of spring and the opening of a season of tremendous real I estate- activity It Is important that ! Hammond have a civic federation that i will look after its interests.j , Such an organisation is in the pro cess of formation. Its permanency will be guaranteed by . the tact that every j member will sign for three years' serv- ' ice. or "for the war,"' and the membership will be large enough to provide j ample funds for.the employment of ' secretary and the payment of the. rental for the quarters of the club. The fact- is recognized that only !n this way can a commercial club be made s a permanent institution In Hammond, j None - of the business men have the . time to take charge of the affairs of a club of this kind and so the new club will do just as any organization does, employ a man to look after its inler- , ests. This puts the proposition on a , business basis. CONGRESSMAN RENOMINATED Next Thursday the Tenth district republican convention will be held , In Hammond, at which a candidate for representative -from the. Tenth congressional district will be selected and also two delegates to the national convention at -Chicago.. Congressman Crumpacker will be renominated. With these two conventions out of the wayj the nomination of candidates on'tlie county ticket win be all of the preliminary work that will remain to be done prior to the elections in November. The Interest In politics In Lake county Is Increasing daily and It is expected that the.couisty will be in the throes Of one of in most exciting campaigns it has ever known in a few months more. ' Hold Meeting. I The police commissioners held their ( regular meeting yesterday afternoon, I and outside of the regular : routine work nothing important was' taken up. ABE VOl READING THE TIMES!

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Comprehensive Night School System Inaugurated For American Born Boys and Girls and Men and Women of City. WHAT THE SCHOOL PROPOSES TO DO Inaugurate a comprehensive nlg-nt school system, nrovlillnjc instruction long many lines, for American born boys and glrla, and men and women, who mnke their living tn the city's various Industries. Separate course In the elementary branches for the foreigners. Introdnctton of the domestic science course in practically all the schools. Introduction of the wood working course in the Irving- school. RlK'ut room addition to the Irving school. V. S. Beta, one of the leadtnsc manufacturers of Hammond offer to donate a thousand dollars to make the niarht school a success, the board to nse the money at its on n discretion. Hammond took another large step in advance last night, when the board of education, at the suggestion of Superintendent C. M. McDaniel, adopted a plan providing for a comprehensive night school system in Hammond which is to be inaugurated next fall. - F. S. Ketz, one of the leading manufacturers In the region- when he heard. Of the plan, offered to donate a thousand dollars to the school fund to be used by the board as it saw fit, to further the night school plans. Thtt prediction' is -freely nrnilf that other mannfactu rera too" wWrlr"u DstariVt tial endorsement, to ;the school board's newest and most progressive plan. Other plans which are to be put in effect next fall provide for the introduction of thedomestlc science course in the Laayette, Riverside, ' Irving, Lincoln, Franklin and Washington schools, in fact in all the buildings with the exception of the Central school, and it is not imporable that the course may be inst&lled there. . Domestic science is already being taught with nfuch success in th Wallace school, where many of the children of the Standard Eteel company district attend. Addition For Irving School. At present there are two wood workling centers in Hammond, one in the Central building and the other in tiie Franklin school in Robertsdale. A third one, is to be established next fall in the Irving school. The latter building is also to have an eight room addition to the present building. The night school plans provide for a separate course of instructions for the foreigners, by which they can learn, jKngllsh, Penmanship, Reading, Spellling and Arithmetic. This night school (will be conducted at the Wallace I school. The advanced night, school will be conducted in the Central school, and provides a wide range of subjects, Supt. McDaniel and the board having had an (Continued on page five.). YOU BET ILEX IS III THE RACE Candidate for County Auditor Rounding Up -Votes in Hammond. Alexander Jamieson, candidate for auditor on the republican county ticket, was in Hammond today putting on the finishing touches on, his canvass and declares himself in readiness for the primaries on Friday. Mr. Jamieson said that he had found that a large number of voters in Hammond had heard that he was not in the race and that he had withdrawn. This story he declares Ik on a par with other circulated by his enemies. He states that those who think that, he is not in the race will be much surprised next Friday when the results of the primaries become known. Hen Roost Raiders During the past two weeks the police have had reports come in regarding chicken thieves who have been raiding hen roosts in this vicinity. Yesterday another report came in from Mrs'. XT. Bell, 310 Lewis street, where chickens have been disappearing in the last week. This is only one of the few cases reported and the police are trying to apprehend the guilty persons." ARE l'OU READISC THE TIMES?

CANDIDATE FOR. REPRESENTATIVE FIRM SUPPORTER OF A ' S . DIRECT PRIMARY BILL.

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primaries. He Is for the primary for every, off icer from president down to alderman, and if he is elected to the legislature will father a bill to put' th

practice in , vogue, in .Indiana. , Mr. Widholm' has been n Gsrv for five, years practicing law -and is regarded as a clean, bright and promising, young roan. His offices are in the, F;lrst .National Bank building in Carv a-nd he Uvea with hia family at 805 Jackaon street.

AUOTIiER CONFESSED FOR PARDOimiG BOARD Colored Gary Parson Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Murder. William . Steele, the colored parson from Gary who strangled his sister-in-law, Harriet Thompson to death on Feb. 17, today pleaded guilty to the charge of murder before judge Lawrence Becker of the Lake superior court at Hammond and waa sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary at Michigan City. . Steele has never denied that he killed Harriet Thompson. He said when he appeared before the grand Jury that (Continued on Pag 7.) Special Meeting HeldA special meeting of the Commandery was held last night for the benefit of four candidates, in' order that they may be presentable -for the Shrine ceremonial which will be held at the Masonic temple in Hammond, on April 2. The regular Commandery , meeting will be held next Monday night. ' There will be work in . the Chapter and Blue lodge on Wednesday and Friday nights, respectively, and It is probable that a special Blue lodgs meeting may be called for Thursday night, or Paturday Rfternoon and evening. CONGRESS DISGUSTS HIM: HE'LL QUITE JOB WM. 3. REAWTLEY Representative ".Villiam G. Brantley of Georgia, member of the ways and means committee of tbe House and one of tha moat brilliant men In Congress, ha a announo-d that ha will not seek re-election, as he Is not ia nympathy with the trend of modern legislation. ,

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-. s V ;J 7 i - i Htm ELECTRIC ENGINES TO Limited trains on Air Line Will Give Direct Service Between Laporte and Hammond by the First of May. "Officials of the Chicago, Goshen and South ' Benfl . lnterurban railway (the j- New' York-Chicago air line) Intend to "purchase electric locomotives to haul , their ; limited trains between Laporte and Hammond via Gary, j A few weeks ago direct service- between the two points was promised by t May l. ' j - . Rente of Limited Flyers. J The limited trains will run over the i tracks of the Gary and Interurban from Hammond to Gary and over the tracks of the Gary Connecting railway from Gary to Goodrum via East Gary, and from Goodrum to Laporte over the tracks of the C. G. & S. B. All of these roads, are controlled by the air line corporation. Plans of the air line people embrace th opening of the Gary-Laporte-Ham-mond line within five weeks , because of the company's desire to boom its summer resort business at Flint Lake, north of , Valparaiso. It is expected that the summer resorts will be great traffic feeders. . I.lnka I.ake and Porter Counties. With, the exception of a few, miles between . East Gary and Goodrum the entire route between Hammond and Laporte , Is now constructed, anj cars are operating over the completed but separated portions of the road. On advantage that the opening of the Hammond-Laporte line wi'.l give Is good traction connections with Chesterton and A"alparaiso. Passengers will transfer at Goodrum for either of the points. Beatrice Man Arrested. Axel Nelson of Beatrice. Ind.. was arrested on ftate street by Captain Rimbach on a charge of drunkenness. He was held at the station over night and his trial came up before Judge Barnett in the city court this morning. Nelson pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $t and costs, amounting ,to $11, which he agreed to pay as soon as he went back home. "I came up to Hammond to buy groceries, your honor." said Ne'son, "but T guess I got the wrong kind and the next time-I come up I will be more careful." r .

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Chicago, March 26. ( Special. ) The jury in the ten indicted beef packers' cases in the federal court, returned a verdict of not guilty this noon. The first ballot was taken after five hours of balloting. After the verdict was announced, no comments were made by the court beyond the discharge of the jury. . CA WET REGION BOOSTERS

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Chicago's representatives In the In-1 terests of harbor improvement before the board of government engineers, which convened in the government building, Chicago, yesterday, , were a trifle flabbergasted when they arrived, somewhat late, to find the seats almost all occupied by a large, distinguished appearing ana enterprising contingent from Indiana. A Fine Looking; Delegation. Forty of the foremost men of Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Hammond and Whiting, headed by Thomas R. : Marshall, chief executive of the great state of Indiana, constituted the delegation. The presence of Gov. Marshall made the absence of the governor of Illinois more conspicuous. ' ; :The delegation met the governor at the Great Northern hotel at 9 o'clock, when he was Introduced all around by A. G. Lundauist, president of the Commercial club of Indiana 'Harbor ' and East "Chicago, the spokesman of the party; . - Sa sooner had this been , d,one J;han the delegation rwa4kea aeroaa 4h Street to the government building, took elevators to the fifth floor' and Jfaced the board of engineers. .' ' . r 4 V Mara hall la "Pat JTe. Previous to this Gov. .Marshall had been given a brief outline as to the exact purpose of the meeting, having it explained to him that tbe meeting was not one to hear protests, but that the delegation from Indiana merely wished to back up the facts in Col. Zlnn's report, and corroborate hla utterances. By pre-arrangement with Col. Russell, presiding officer of the board, the Indiana gentlemen were given the first hearing. William J. Whlnery spoke first, explaining that the delegation of which he was a member came with no feeling of hostility toward Illinois. So Kiarht Wanted. It was no fight between Illinois and Indiana, the speaker said, and there was no knocking to be done. He merely wished to' file written arguments In duplicate with the board, showing why Indiana Harbor was the logical point for the establishment of a harbor to serve as a point of Interchange between water and rati traffic. These argu(Continued on Page 7.) RAY VJARREII III CRITICAL COIIDITIOII Youth Shot in West Hammond Row in Danger at Hospital. Roy ' Warren, the young Hammond man who was accidentally shot In the groin by Officer John OkraJ, a West Hammond policeman, is still in a serious condition at St. Margaret's hospital, and nothing definite can be said j what the outcome of his case will be. W illiam Love, Albert ureasebaum and Oscar Brasom; three young Hammond men who were with Darren, and who were placed under arrest, were let out on bond late last night, and were to have their hearing this afternoon before Judge Green. They are being held on three charges disorderly conduct, assault and battery and resisting an officer. Each one furnished $600 bonds. The shooting grew out of an attempt by Officer OkraJ to place Love under arrest on the charge of disorderly conduct. He says that Love's companions interfered, and that he drew his gun and that in the scuffle two bullets were discharged, one of which struck Warren. The friends of Warren claim that he, instead of trying to resist the officer, really tried to quiet Love, who resisetd the arrest. Bt. A. Shapiro Arresf ed. H. O. Shapiro, 2743 Division street, Chicago, was arrested by Officer Strong at the Standard Steel district yesterday afternoon on a charge of peddling without a flcense. He was brought to the police station, where he was released by Chief Austgen, agreeing to either take out a license or not pedlle in this vicinity.

WHAT THEY SAY. WUHaa J. Whlnery i I am mora than satisfied with the showing that, the. cities of Indiana Harbor. East Chicago, Hammond and Whiting made before the .board of United States army engineers. A number of the big Chicago business men admitted that Indiana Harbor Is right in jts contention that it la the . logical location ' tor a harbor that will permit of the transfer of water to rail and rail to water borne freight. y Gov.' Marshall made ' a ; splendid talk in the Interests of Lake county and the sate of". Indiana. His pres ence gave much dignity -o our delo-. gation and compelled attention. ' I believe we ave made considerable real' headway and ,l'.loo1t fop unexpected results from the oern" matit In ,the .way of Appropriation! a a rsult of" this -cent erence..;,- ; " A. sr.- vtti :hbn y6a titt t.i sevnty-flve ; citizen's from r tha lurdustriai towns oT Norm r township to take a train' Tor' Chicago at 7:08 la order to be In the city In time to be present at a id" o'clock ' conference' on waterway development. t Indicates a spirit of progresslveness that Is commendable. ' ; The meeting In Chicago will accomplish a great deal of ood.' It will let the people of Chicago knowthat we are a factor .in the waterway development of tha entire Chicago district. ' ' '; :A number -of well-known Chicago business men, whose. names I do not care to have published, said that they conceded the' strength of" Indiana, Harbor's argument. They realize" that the; tangent point between rail and "water . communication will necessarily have to be in Indiana, where traffic Is not so congested. I believe a great deal of good has been accomplished for the whole region, and I am proud to know that the county has ho many progressive citizens. . . ' I SENATORS WIFE NOW , FEELS UV INC COST Xn I 4f OhhlL JAMELSMn Ollle Jamea, wife of the newly elected ' aenator from Kentucky, baa Joined! tn ranks of bouaawivea who are protesting aealnet the blgn coat of Urine. Until recently tbe senator and hia wife boarded, but now they have atarted housekeeping In one of Washington's fashionable apartment -ostet. I have gained more practleal knowledge of tbe bleb eost of llrtnc In tbe last few weeks, says Jars. James, "than i-ever die from readies; or hearlax tbt ooxoflaiQU t iKlfsi;

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