Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 265, Hammond, Lake County, 29 April 1912 — Page 8

THE TIMES. Monday, April 20, 1912.

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Indianapolis, April The Anti-Saloon Leagru won a big: victory Friday when ! the supreme court decided that Koko- j mo was a dry city. Not only does the decision make Kokomo dry for at least two years, but It will make Marlon dry also, and force all of the saloons in the two cities to close up. 1 There never was such a flgrht In Indiana between the wet and dry forces as took place at Kokomo, and this decision by the supreme court Is the last act In the drama. There is no appeal from the decision, because the supreme court is the state's highest tribunal, so the decision must stand. Kokomo Is In Howard county, which Is In the ninth district. Howard county was one of the strongest dry counties In the state under the county option law. In fact, at that time there was not a saloon in the Ninth district, every one having: been put out of business by the county option law. But when the county option law was repealed and the city and township option law was enacted In Its place, It resulted in saloons being: opened In several places In the Ninth district, the city of Kokomo being: one of them.

A petition was filed with the county commissioners of Howard county for a local option election for Kokomo. The election was held, and the election boards made their returns of the various precincts, and on the face of these returns the city voted dry by a majority of twenty-eigrht votes. But when the board of election commissioners canvassed the vote the board made a chang-e in the totals from the Fourth ward on account of some errors In writing: down the figures. These changes changed the result and made the result a wet victory by fortyfour votes. As soon as this was done and Kokomo was known to have voted wet, Michael O'Donnell filed and application with the board of county commissioners for a saloon license.. The local option campaign was a fierce one, both sides using- every means at. their command to carry the election. No such local option fight ever was see nbefore in Indiana. There was bitterness on both sld-s. Friends turned against each other, and families were broken up., Birt worst of the fight was yet to come. , I " , When 0'lonnell filed his application Gilbert D.Jay filed a - remonstrance against it, .filing- affidavits that the re

sult, of the election was obtained

through bribery and corruption. Money had flowed like water and charges of corruption were numerous. The board of county commissioners heard all of the evidence and then decided that the county had in reality voted Itself dry at the election, and

I the Doara entered . an order or mat

kind and refused to Brant the license to O'Donnell. O'Donnell appealed to the circuit court, and that court granted his license, along with nineteen others for Kokomo. Jay then appealed to the supreme court. The supreme court holds that the board of election commissioners had no right to go behind the returns of the election and change the figures. It says that the only thing- the board of election commissioners can do is to take the returns as made by the election boards and certify the result as

shown by them. But the supreme court holds that the board of county commissioners has the right to go behind the returns and examine into the truth of the returns in order to ascertain the real will of the people at th election. And it held, too, that after the county commissioner had made

this examination and had (entered its

order declaring- the result the order of the board was binding on everybody, and that not even the circuit court had any power to change it or to grant saloon license after the commissioners had declared the election carried by the drys. , The action of the county commissioners. In other words. Is final and cannot be attacked. The supreme court ordered the circuit court to dismiss O'Donnell's aplication for a license. This means that all of the saloons at Kokomo must go out of business, and it means too that the Marion saloons must close, for the same question arose there and was decided the same way, but no appeal was taken to the supreme court. Therefore, it Is a double barreled victory for the Anti-

saloon forces. The Kokomo case attracted attention all over the state.

PRESENT SESSION WILL NOT ACT ON HARBOR

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Senator Kern propose it to the bill in the senate. I went before the senate committee on commerce last Saturday and presented the reasons why the improvement ought to be made.- The committee seemed to be favorably impressed with it and the chairman announced that they would consider It in executive session. Senator Burton is a member of that committee and I told him I would depend largely upon him lo take care of the amendment In view of his personal acquaintance with conditions at your place. He told me the next day that he did' not think there was any prospect of getting it in the bill, -because the report of tle engineers came in too late. He said the bill had already been overloaded, and while the committee appreciated the importance of the Indiana Harbor improvement, it had a policy by which it would not consider any project recommended by the engineer after the first

night, making: two deaths in the household at one time.- Mr. Cole was very well known here, having- visited With-his wife and family many times. The remains will be taken to East

Brookfleld, Mass. for burial, the fun

eral arrangements and services at this

place -not being completed as yet.

LOCOMOTIVE

HAMMOND DEMOCRATS ENTERTAINED

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GET ORDERS

WHITINGCELEBRATES VICTORY

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to start on a torchllg-ht parade. The procession was led by the Masonic band playing lively tunes. There were ten automobiles in line, containing- the contestants. Edna O'Hara and Lawrence Smith, members of the board of education and others. The line of march was over the most Important streets of the city. The windup was on 119th street next to the Atkin & Thorp grocery ,at

the scene of the bonfire. The students

circled around the fire, giving- yells and

there was a general Jubilee which

wound up by some mischievous youngster calling- the fire department. After the bonfire had g-one down the students again repaired to the school house, ' where the' Jollification ended with the ringing, of the school bell for fully half an hour. This juWIee won't be forgotten for some time, and the students say the end is not yet.

The American Locomotive works received orders for 63 locomotives to the Baldwin Locomotive Works 11 during the two weeks Just ended. The Baldwin comparry received orders for 8

of January, so there is little hope of l mikado locomotives from the New Or-

securlng action by congress at this ! leans. Mobile & Chicago railroad. The

session. I was greatly disappointed be- ! rest t its orders were scattering.

cause the report of the engineer did not j The American Locomotive Works re-

get here in time to enable me to pre- ceived an order for 20 Pacific type losent the proposition to the house com- comotives from the Harriman lines and mittee. I have no doubt we could have j the Canadian Pacific has ordered 25

gotten n in, out tne report was aeiayea . consolidation locomotives from the

for one reason and another. The poll-!ame company. The rest of its ord-

cy or congress is to nave a river ana,ers were "terina-

harbor bill at every session and General Blxby said the Improvement would

The Leigh Valley has ordered 250

refrigerator cars from the Standard

not be delayed even if It went over to,, Car Cq ftnd Atchl.on Topeka the next congress for it would be June & Santa r or(Jered box cars

taken at this session and the season would be taken up in arranging the preliminaries. "Sincerely yours, "E. D. CRUMPACKER."

DEATH CLAIMS TWO IN SAME HOME

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advanced age of 70 years leaving ber in poor condition to fight the disease. . Mrs. Judson was a pioneer resident of Crown Point, beloved by all who knew her. Her maiden name was Melissa Jones, she marrying Burr Judson many years ago. No children were born to them but Mrs. Judson found a place for others In her mother's heart and raised Guy D. Clark her nephew and Jacob and Daniel Steeb to manhood. The funeral will be held at the home n Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Judson will be mourned by a wide circle of relatives' and friends. Following hard in the wake of Mrs. Judson's death, Mr. Sanford Cole, who with his wife had been visiting with Crown Point friends - and relatives for the last week, was stricken with paralysis at the Judson home

yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. He

never, rallied .from the effects of the stroke said to have been brought up

on him by the news of Mrs. Judson's death and died about 7:30 p. m..- last

from the same company. The box cars

will be built at Hiraond.

The Lake Superior and Ishpenlng

has ordered 60 flat cars, from the West em Steel Car' & Foundry "Co. at Hege

wlsch. The Monon railroad Is In the

market for 1,000 box cars. '

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REPRESENTATIVE

East Chicago,. who tied for first place with Whiting In the oratorical contest at Hammond Friday night, Is giving laurels to Lester Ottenheimer, the clev

er young son of Attorney and Mrs. Abe

Ottenheimer, who was first announced

a winner by the Judges and then later,

to East Chicago's great disappoint ment, was found by an arithmetical er

ror to have received the same marking

as Lawrence Smith.

Leter Ottenheimer won three first

markings In the East Chicago high

school preliminaries and - also a top

notch mark in the semi-finals at Ham

mond, and the East Chicago people feel that he Is Justly entitled to recognition

on that account, especially as this is the first time In East Chicago's history that the city has had a "first" winner in oratory.

who are candidates for county auditor, and scores of other democrats made

use or tne corncob pipes that were

passed around. It was a smoker, all

right, if the amount of smoke that was

produced was any indication. Hot roast beef and cheese sandwiches supplied the necessary substantials for the luncheon, while Fred Carter supplied the battled stuff that the Hammond brewery has in its cellars. Among the speakers were Judge Becker, John Gavlt, Ed Simon and John ohde. La Grady of Whiting proved himself a card as a short story teller, and John Kamradt. the "fat gas man" or the "gas

Tat man," a he is known to his Lake county friends, entertained with a number of guitar selections and accompanied Messrs. Engleton and Grady, two Hammond boys, in their duet numbers. It was about 1 o'clock when the lights were switched out In the clubrooms, and the verdict yesterday and today is that "a good time was had." Mr. O'Nell returned to South Bend on Saturday night.

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