Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 259, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1912 — Page 8

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THE TIMES Monday, April 22, 1912.

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Extension of Clark Road Across the Little Calumet River Would Connect the Ridge Road With New Thoroughfare.

Petitions are being prepared for circulation In a few days that will ask the county commissioners to extend Clarke road across the Little Calumet river. It ends now at Twenty-fifth avenue and by carrying it across the marsh, making U parallel with the Black Oak road, it will bo connected up wlih the cross-county thoroughfare. Ridge road. This would also necessitate a new bridge across the Little Calumet at a point three miles west of the one at -Broadway. Would Complete rtoulevard I. Ink. If the commissioners act on this petition Lake county will then have a boulevard system of gravel and macadam roads twenty-five miles in length skirting the city of Gary and tapping all of its suburbs. The plan is being fathered by T. W. Knglehart, the Ridge road booster, who started it several months ago, but who had to drop it for the time being. These are the roads that would be Included In the. twenty-flve-mile system : Fifth avenue From Aetna to Clarke road. (The Ambridge-Clarke extension is now being built.) Clark road "From Fifth avenue to Twenty-fifth avenue; new road extension from Twenty-fifth avenuti to Ridge roaV Ridge road From Clark road ex

tended to the Liverpool road and then through Liverpool to Bast Gary. Ilobart road From East Gary to Miller and thence from Miller to Aetna, where the east end of ' Fifth avenue terminates. One Link Complete It. Thus by building a new bridge and a mile and one-half of gravel road a boulevard belt of twenty-five miles would be available. Such a stretch of highways, It Is pointed out, would be of value to Hammond, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Whiting, Hobart and Crown Point.

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second base and then stole that. sack, scoring on Hertel s fly, which O'Brien dropped after a run from deep center to second base. The error was costly, but excusable as the ball started apparently on a' long Journey to the southeast, but the wind caught it and brought it back.. O'Brien's run in pursuit bringing him to .the Infield. The Indians waited until the eighth before they counted. CrigerV the first man up, hit to center for two bases, reached third on O'Brien's hit to short, which Adams picked up but pegged wild to third, and scored on Lynch's infield hit. Both sides were blanked In the ninth, the rain starting just as the third Indian was out in that round. Hertel

and Wallace carried oft the battins

honors for the .visitors with a two-

bagger each, Criger duplicating their performance for the home team, only his counted for more as he scored

while the others could get na farther

nan Bccunu. jiciMicnois featured the

fielding department of the game by

beating Black out of a single In the

fourth with a one-handed stab of a hard hit ball, while O'Brien in center and Dougherty in left each made sensational catches ofter long runs.

"establish a credit" and wager with it without the show of money passing. The "elimination of the gambler" ani "the preying politician" are expressly provided for. It is Intended that the business of conducting racing under the auspices of the Indiana Jockey club will furnish no field for graft, as the enterprise will be "strictly" legitimate," in violation of no law, and consequently with nothing to "square." I)o(;m of the Clubn. The men who will appear on the surface will be the members of the Jockey club and the stewards and other officials they employ to see that the rules of racing are respected afid that the

horse owners meet their obligations

and are paid the purses they earn. The'1 club will have no hand in the settle-) ment of betting disputes, and will Bupply no "official Information" to facili-, tate betting. I In short, the idea is to subjugate the'

gambling feature without totally ignoring its presence or scorning the revenue therefrom. The one "prominent Indiana man," who, so far, has lent his name to the plan is John Gavit, city attorney of Hammond. Mr. Gavit would class as "prominent horseman," but as such the harness horses have claimed his undivided attention up to now, or recently. Negotiations have been under way some time with the officials of railroads swinging around that corner of the lake and options on sites reachable by ride of from thirty minutes to an hour from Chicago have been secured.

Cook County Jiot InteTented.

Hyman denies that any owner of

race track property In Cook County has anything to do with the Indiana re

vival, although they can come In on the

same ground as the "common people

if they fancy the idea. Tom Carey, the

present "master of Hawthorne," didn't fancy it when It was put up to him during the winter. He didn't care to turn over his race track to "any hold

ing company." In fact, Mr. Carey fall

ed to see the philosophy of trying to bring racing back that way.' although he Is soon keen for Its return that he

would be willing to take any kind of a sporting chance to have it here again. The effect "of the airing of the Indiana scheme on the owners of the unoccupied byt not abandoned tracks at Worth, Harlem and Hawthorne would be interesting.

enemy of Knotts' to aid him and for this reason they are suspicious of his moves and of his alleged "confession " Some fear that Moose may be working under the directions of the governor and that a big explosion will follow. As one man put It, the state is carrying out its threat to puh the cases even If juries disagreed time and time again. It is pointed out that the present little lull may be nothing mora than a move to show that witnesses have been tampered with and that the

explosion to follow will prevent ail repetitions of such doings.

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DAILY FASHION HINT.

LEWIS RINK 10 BE GARAGE

Negotiations were completed Saturday whereby the East Chicago Transfer & Express company purchased the Lewis rink property on Forsythe avenue. East Chicago, the stime to be converted

into a garage and storage warehouse

about May 16th. The property has a

frontage of 76 feet on Forsythe avenue and is 142 feet deep. The buildings

comprise the main structure which has been used as a rink and dancing hall and a brick lean-to on the north side of It, which Is now .being occupied as a repair shop. The front of the rink building will be altered to conform to

the needs of a garage. The office of the company will be in the southwest

corner and the addition on the north

will be continued as the repair shop.

i ne rear of the building will be arranged for storage purposes. When the changes are completed it is expected

the garage part will accommodate from

Tj to 100 automobiles.

The property was purchased from Judge George H. Lewis, who built It

about three and a half years ago. Be

sides being used as a rink and dance

hall, all large conventions and gath crings, where large crowds were ex

pfcted were held in the building. It always has been considered the most available convention nail in norther-i Indiana, both on account of its size an! locution. It Is understood the price paid was approximately $16,000. The

officers of the East Chicago Transfer & Express company are J. P. Lewis president, C. C Smith vice president

and C. J. Hall secretary. The capital

stock of the. company will be increased

from J20.000 to $30,000.

WHITING MAN

IN TROUBLE Steve Vargo of Whiting was arrest

ed by Officer Schaadt at Columbia and Morton avenues last night on a charge of drunkenness. He was brought before Judge Barnett this morning, where

he testified that he had been at East

Hammond where some man had beat

him up and from the looks of his face.

which was cut and scratched, Vargo

must have been engaged In a fierce

struggle. He asked that he might be let go and the court ordered him to go back to Whiting.

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Ninety days of "high class racing'

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how about the practicability?

ARE TOC BEADIC THE TIMESt

Arrangements for a revival of the

northern Indiana, contiguous to Chi- 1 racing game aiong mose lines ana in cago; forty-five days In Lake . county ! those places are said to have passed

adjoining Lake county on the east, all

the "tentative stage," and

under 'the auspices of the Indiana Jockey club, composed "mainly of representative citizens of Indiana" and "duly sanctioned by the authorities according to the existing law." Post like the picture? And again.

HARBOR GAME

ATTRACTS ATTENTION

The game yesterday at Indiana Har

bor between the West Ends of Chicago

and the Harbor team resulted in a tie,

being stopped at the end of the ninth

by rain. Bobby Lynch, the team manager of the Harbor Indians, seems to have already made good. To bring a bunch of players together for the first time and battle the West Ends, the champion semi-pro team of Chicago, to a 1 to 1 draw In nine innings, with' the luek impartially distributed, is pretty good evidence that Mr. Lynch knows what he is about, and also has a pretty fair estimate of a player's capabilities. The game throughout was snappy and well played. Each side was charged with two errors, and similarly one on each side was responsible for a run. The visitors were the first to draw blood whi;n Deuner crossed the plate in the fourth. McNichols opened the innyig by striking out, but Deuner, wu followed him, placed a sinsle over

REGISTRATION LAW IS COSTLY FOR

TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL,. Indianapolis, Ind., April 22. The only way a man In Indiana can vote at the election next fall will be for him to register as a voter at one of the registration times this year. And the only way he can register is by being personally present at the session of the registration board. This has been found to be the case under the registration law by Henry Warren and William H. Thompson, the two lawyers selected by republican state chairman Sims and democratic state chairman Korbly to make an analysis of the law for the guidance of all parties in the registration of voters. This leaves It impossible for an absent voter to make his ijftgistration. When the party managers read the law and began making a study of It they found that it was lame In many ways, and that there were polnt3 left uncovered that were likely to cause embarrassment to many voters. One of the most flagrant oversights, however, was the fact that no provision was made by which a man who -was unavoidably absent at all three of the registration times could qualify as a voter at the fall election. The constitution gives every man the right to vote under certain restrictions, and it lays down the qualifications of voters. The constitution contemplates regis

tration of voters, because it refers toj the subject in defining the qualifications of voters. It was thought, however, that some way could be found by which this provision might le met in the case of an absent voter who was unable to reach the registration place at the proper time to register as a voter, and this was one of the matters that was considered by Thompson and Warren. They found, however, that there is nothing in the new law that can be construed as making any exception in the case of a man wo is absent and unable to register. The law says plainly that no man shall be permitted to vote who has not registered, and that the applicant to register must present his application to the registration board in person

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awaits, it likewise Is said, is the selection of the tracks .and the partition of the stock. The plan originated In Chicago, In the fertile brain of- Ben R. Hyman, to be exact, and the first intention was to apply it to Cook county, 111., but the owners of track property In this immediate vicinity could not be made to see it in the light that was shed on It by its proponents, and consequently its transference to Indiana, where something of a foothold already had been secured and something of the right kind of encouragement been offered, and away from the political and gambling squeezes of Chicago. Indiana's "Perfeetly Good' Law. Indiana has a "perfectly good" racing law, although its existence has hfn lost nlirht rt f f cr a lilimher rt

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... . ....... ..... , years It wag inadequate to the deers fronr-xegistering is a question that mands of the rac track proprietors of no one can determine in advance, but a dozen years ago wh(J wanted con. it is one that U causing a great deal tlnuous racInsr or noth1ns but ,t seems of anxiety to bot-h party organizations. J to nt the pres(ent scnetme of revival as Under the new corrupt practices act;if made to order for u party organizations and candidates are; The goners law that being its name not permitted to spend any money to sanctions forty-five days of racing bring absent voters home to vote or to on one track , stretchea of nfteen register. If the absent voter comes , days wlth thlrty days intervening beback to register and to vote he must 1 tween fetches, during the warmer do so at his own expense, and It is be- half of the year. That law was in

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the establishment, beyond making up a budget to cover the purses and stakes and the running expenses of the strictly official department. The Jockey club can assume no debts nor contract any obligations outside of its budget The "Racing Foundation" will be an entirely separate and distinct organization. The "foundation" will have a capital stock, according to the scheme, of $500,000, $5,000 common, the rest preferred. To this stock "the general public," which includes bookmakers, can subscribe. There is a finely drawn distinction between the preferred and common stock and the power of each, which would take too long to explain, and when explained would not be as clear as saying that the "foundation" will furnish the "bank roll," speculative and working; that those who wish to "back their judgment" or copper the Judgment of others, can. and first must.

IS CITY CLERK FOOLING THE MAYOR?

Mayor Knotts claims to hold the resignation of City Clerk Harry Moose in his hands, and if the mayor's claims are true this is taken to indicate tnat Gary will hear no more of its missing city clerk. In Moone Fooling Knotts f Today the questions are being asked: Is Knotts being fooled by Moose? Have T. B. Dean and Moose entered Into a little game to trap Knotts and others for tamptering with witnesses? If Moose has gone astray and really betrayed the state has Dean mixed in with him? Dean and Moose have had several conferences, so it is reported, during the past few days. If Moose betrayed the state what induced hi mto do it? Was it money, revenge or the fact that the defense had "something on him?" Governor Cuing a Trap? Many say that Moose Is too bitter an

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will do this.

Under the old election system a party organization, county or state committee could supply money to pay the car fare and other expenses of absent voters in order to get them home on election da to vote. This has always been regarded as one of the legitimate methods of spending campaign money. But this cannot.be done under the new laws. Under the old system the organizations would have been called upon to spend double the amount of money in order to get the absent ones home for registration and also again for voting, and this would have run the expense up to an enormous figure, because ther is not a county In the state in which the absent voter problem has not been a big one to handle. It ia believed that this difficulty will affect both parties about equally, for

that has been the experience in the past.

From the best estimates that have been made by the state committees of the two political parties, the registration of voters will cost an average, of about $100 a precinct. This will cover all three of the sessions. In May, September and October. Two years ago there were 3,136 precincts in the state, and this year there will probably be 3.200. This mea,ns that the registration of voters will cost not less than $320,000 for the entire state. Each county will have to pay the cost of registration itself. For instance, Allen county has 52 precincts, which will cost about $5,200; St. Joseph county 85, will cost $8,500; Huntington county, 40, will cost about $4, 000; Elkhart 60, will cost about $6,000; Lake county 54, will cost about $5,400; Laporte county 55, will cost about $5,500.

was not repealed. The old Roby confederacy tried to get around it and supply itself with continuous racing in one spot by building and operating three "jerichos" a quarter of a mile apart. The track owners got a favorable ruling from the local judge, who interpreted the law according to its letter, and not its spirit. The antis took it up to the supreme court,' and Judge McCabe wrote a decision declaring that racing as it w-as being carried on at the trinity of tracks In Lake county, was In contravention of the intent of the legislature when It passed the Kellers law. One tn l ake, One In Porter. It Is on this decision of Judge McCabe. that closed racing in northern Indiana, that the fathers of the present plan propose to reopen it. The Sellers

law, they show, will be accepted in a stricter sense than the legislature required. Instead of having but one track in a "neighborhood" they will have only one in a county specifically, one In Lake and the other in Porter.

It might bo proper to ask at this point how about the common gambling law, which always can be invoked to nullify schemes of racing promotion? That, the answer will be, was the first thing provided for in the elaborate and ingenious plan of organization. "There ain't going to be no gambling" the redundance of negative describing the tentative conditions precisely. There's not going to be any "obvious" gambling. The Jockey club proper will be a "voluntary organization of gentlemen" having nothing to do with anything but the 1 safe conduct of the racing. It will have to hand in the finances of

Carnn Yon Connie? HOW do you do, Mrs. Brooks! This is Mrs. Fairchild talking. The executive committee for the bazaar in aid of the Children's Hospital meets at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon at my home. Can you come? That's fine! I am anxious for a large attendance, as the finance committee will make its report. The quickest way to get a committee together is to notify the members by telephone.

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