Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 295, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1912 — Page 8

, i THE TIMES. 8 Tuesday, June 4, 1912.

'HOW LONG WILL AMERICANS EAT MEAT FOREIGNERS CONDEMN?" ASKS REFORMER

Rsv. Caroline Barttett Crane and Kepresentatlva John V,'. Nelson. Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, the noted reformer and d vine of Kalamazoo. Mich.. Is putting jp a big fight against the government's present methods of meat Inspection. She declarer they are lax. and says Am

ericans must eat meat, the importation of which is forb 3 Jen by Oarmany and England. She declares that meats from v.hlcn diseased portions have been cut. rejected by foreign countries, are sold through home markets. Mrs Crane recently went before the. house committee on agriculture and spoke ic favor of the j-assaje of a resolution Introduced by Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin, calling for an investigation f the governmnt' methods of inspection. '

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his trap which was sprung yesterday. An operator, whose name is known now only as "James K. Harris," appeared on the Boardwalk at that time. He was in the concrete business in New York. He met, it is now known, Wallace J. Talmer, boss Kuehnle's friend. He became friendly with

Palmer and said something to him. Palmer Introduced Harris to Phoebus, formerly proprietor of the Windsor Hotel, then a -ounrilman. Gary Method Kmployed.

Harris talked to Phoebus about what a good thing it would be for Atlantic City to substitute concrete for the boards of the Boardwalk, section at a time, say for $1,000,000 or a little more. The upshot of it was that Harris offered $6,000 apiece for the councilmanlc votes to pass the ordinance. Phoebus brought in the four men named, also Dougherty, he has sworn, and three others, who have not been named, concerning whom nothing was said. The money was to be paid $500 down and the balance after the ordinance became operative. Harris rang In a man who gave his name

as F. S. Francklyn, who was In reality the Franklin who caught the Ohia legislators, and the trap was set with the aid of tb- useful little dictagraph. Il?eraph In I f(l. The money for the transaction was passed at the Continental Hotel, Newark, and Malta's Hotel in Atlantic City, except for Lane's money, which was handed over in the Dunlop. The dictagraph was on the job in the two places and witneses were present In the third. To get the dictgraph in op

eration at Malia's some very clever second story work was done under the proprietor's unsuspecting eyes, but

they got away with it and trapped

the proprietor himself.

The, passage of the ordinance which

was to commit the taxpayers to an ex

penditure of at least $1, 500,000 brought on a storm as a result of which Mayor

Bacharach vetoed the ordinance. Then

as Bums described with much amuse

ment today, his councilmen promised

to pass it again over the veto for

$1,000 more apiece. This was promts

ed them and it would have all gone by within a week if the time had not

come yesterday.

nurnn On The Scene.

Burns, who has been sliding In and

out of the city for a month or more without being discovered, came down to the Marlborough-Bleinheim, had his

dictagraph evidence all nicely type

written and then sent for the coun

cilmen named, one at a time. They

came in, and the. four men after look

lng over the evidence, gave up.

Dougherty, as was testified, told the

detective and his aides to go to some other place. Phoebus at once signified

his intention of doing all he could to

help the officers.

The preliminary hearing of Dough

erty took place this afternoon.

nmorn !

ArUOEU

ATLANTIC CITY

GRAFT CASES LIKE GARY'S

The story of Atlantic City's graft fipomirr In told In these paragraphs. Like the Gary eases W. J. Burnn and bis nperatlven are behind It. The dletagrnph, vrhleh played uch n prominent part In, the Gary eases resulting In one conviction. wa iiMed to trap the sea roast grafter. Like the Gary ense Burns operative posed a contractor, lie nnjn he had to ictve bribe money to secure the passage of raeaanren In t he Atlantic City council. To K-rt an InslKht Into other phases AV. J. Burns himself started a saloon In Atlantic City Hy these methods and others be uncovered the graft of sidewalk gambling, Iiott taxpayers were robbed by thieving contractor and ronnlving offlclnlH.

Atlantic City, June 4. Atlantic City not only has lea,rned that one of her city councilmen . had been arrested on a charge of acepting a bribe of $500 that he has confessed, and that others tre deeply involved. The fifth confession came from the man who acted as a medium between the politicians and detectives in the employ of William J. Burns. Atlantic City now believes, on very good authority, 'that before the scandal is fully ventilated between thirty and

forty men, political leaders and lieutenants, some business men, any number of the seventeen Councilmen and other officeholders will be under arrest charged with accepting bribes or with extorting money for about everything that an Ingenious political mind can capitalize. Contracting Thieve Routed. There Is evidence tonight to warrant saying that the political ring and Its affiliations for three years last past has commercialized every municipal improvement or function. It has dealt In streets, new and old, street openings, street paving, sewering, ditching which was a $1,600,000 job. permits and franchises of all kinds. and privilege of every description. Also by confession it has been learn

ed that by the extraordinary powers of the seventeen Councilmen or the majority of them who stood with the combination there has been a steady traffic In excise licenses by means of holdups and extra demands, that all places of amusement have been similarly treated and that the sums received from irregular places of resort, gamblers and otters brought In large sums continuously to the powers. YV. J. Palmer, a real 'estate dealer, but a warm personal frfend of Huehnl, the

big boss, already under sentence to one year imprisonment for crime in

office, was the fifth to confess to Wil Ham J. Burns late this afternoon. First Confession Made.

Palmer went by Invitation to the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel after the

Dougherty hearing- and there met

Burns and several other men. , It did

not take him more than two minute

'to confess that he was the man who

Introduced the detective posing as

(New York contractor to Councilman

Phoebus, that he was in a room of the

Continental Hotel, Newark, when Phoebus and Councilman Lane arrived

for heir $500 allotments.

i He gave other information along the same line, which means that tonight three more Councilmen have been In

volved In this particular transaction.

The situation as it stands in At

lantlc City is: Harry F. Dougherty,

councilman from the Third ward, Is

under $3,000 bail on a charge of ac

ceptlng a bribe of $500; Samuel S

Phoebus, councilman of the Second

ward, has confessed that he took the

money in this cafe and in several oth- j er cases, notably the ditch contract and a paving proposition. William Malla of the Third ward has made a similar confession. Gustave Kessler, councilman of the Third ward and a cousin of Louis Kuehnle, the boss, has also confessed, as has James V. Lane, councilman of the Fourth ward. The names of the three other councilmen who have been implicated will not be known until they are arrested or confess. . Banker Behind Cleanup. Atlantic City has been turned upside down in this way because a band of public spirited business men, proprietors of the large hotels, bankers and others, came to the conclusion

about two years ago that the political ring was getting a little too raw in its work. The hotel men particularly were being held up until they feared for the future, while the business men generally saw that the way taxes and other charges were going up , because of improvements would soon make property holding an extra hazardous occupation. They associated themselves together and went down into their pockets.

Some say tonight they have spent at

least $100,000 already and will spend more before they get through with It.

Some of them started off at a jump by buying the Atlantic City Review fr.r $30,000 and then putting $50,000 more

in it to fight the combination. Next

they put Harvey Thomas, for years in charge of the legilative work for the Newark Evening News, in charge of the paper, and then they went out and hired William J. Burns and told him to go ahead. Burns and a dozen agents have been working on the case for a year. They -ave "tested," as he has described it, the game from every ngle. How Men Were Caught. They caught the councilmen at present in trouble on a fake ordinance which was Jammed through the council by a vote of 13 to 4. They caught the excise committee of the council-

men by a saloon which they conducted for month last fall. They got the rate on gambling houses and other privileges; they got the quotations on franchises, street openings and every other thing. They got the record of a hundred different cases of graft. They have the testimony of a hundred saloon and hotel men as to holdups and they threw the knot very securely around the thirty or forty men who

have been doing a lucrative business

in such things. It was last July that Burns arranged

FILLS 3

OFFICES

C. Oliver Holmes Elected

Member of Gary School Board; Alderman Rowley

and C. D. Davidson Ap

pointed on Park Board.

Three offices, two of them newly

created jobs, were filled by the Gary

common council last night.

C. Oliver Holmes wac elected a mem

ber of the school board defeating the

present incumbent. Thomas Cutler

and Alderman R. E Rowley and

Charles D. Davidson, a real estate

man, were elected park commissioners

upon the motion of Alderman Casle-

man. Sing "The Tie That Hinds."

The park deal marks the ending of

the long fight which Castleman has car

ried on for the "pe-pull" against the steel trust and with the approval of

Mayor Knotts he saw to it that Mr.

Rowley, who Is assistant general manager of tho Gary steel works, was made park commissioner. Relations between the steel trust and Battleaxe Castleman are no longer of the mailed fist kind. Mr. Davidson, the other new park commissioner, is a well known real estate man, and is active in the work of the Commercial Club, being regarded as a highly progressive citizen. Machine Backs Holmes. Holmes was elected school trustee by a four to four vote. and Mayor Knotts cast the final vote in his favor.

He was formerly on the school board and Cutler, who retires In August Is

the present president and has served as a school trustee since 1906. The board "will now be made up of Bill Cain, the street contractor, William

Flynn of the rail mill and Holmes.

The park board is now made up of

Castleman, president; Edward Elbe. Frank Zawadzkl, Rowley and Davidson.

In carrying out his schemes Castleman had the opposition of the steel company aldefmen but by giving Row

ley a berth on the board everything was as sweet last night as new cherry

pie.

GOMFAMY .

MIMA

Hammond's Greatest Department Store

Greaitt Sale 8 JJnnveefile Needls

Free Baloons for the Children

WEDNESDAY, FIRST DAY OF SALE When Accompanied by Their Parents. We have made extensive preparations ot make a complete showing of the needs for Boys and Girls. A great many out of the ordinary values are offered.

Bring tb,e Children and see what we can do for t hem. Sale Days Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 5, 6, 7 and 8.

WssBnvesatiGiy ED qui Me flzporas AMI L9ajy

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Dry Goods Dept, Specials for the Children

15c

Per Pair for Infants' Hose, mercerized, colors

black, white, sky, tan and pink; sizes 4 to 6i, special, 6 pa!r for nly 80c "11 rer Pair for Hose supjLJf porters, black and white, rubber tip end sizes 3 to 14 years. Better grade at, pair..... Jgg

The New Waist Union Suit, 50c This is an ideal garment for the Children, combining both Union Suit and waist most successfully; ages 2 to 12 years. Boys and Girls. Extra Specials for This Sale 25C For Cn,,d' Parasol, In colors. gc For 6 Plain White Handkerchiefs. Child's Guaranteed Ring for 25c Come In plain and fancy; also signet.

98c 1.75 value

1.98

9c lawn fi

3.48

Children's Muslin Drawers of fine quality muslin with fine

lawn frill.

Beautiful Imported Pique Coats, trimmed with band

embroidery; 2 to 4 years. Children's Dainty White Dresses, embroidery flounce skirt or trimmed with dainty tucks and lace; 6 months to 2 years.

Splendid Assortment of In-

Sacques in French

flannel, regular, regular 50c value.

Girls' Wash Dresses, dainty colored lawns and ginghams. Beautiful White Dresses in an endless variety.

Dainty New Colored Lawn Dresses and colored percales and ginghams for Children; regular 1.50 and

1.75 values, special for this sale at 98c; sizes 2 to 14 years.

2.98 Extremely Stylish Yet Simple Colored Lawn Dresses and ginghams, some with large

lace collars; some of pretty bordered lawns. Beautiful White Dresses 1.69-7.50

2ftO Of Finest Linen Lawns, embroid0 ered an(1 lace trimmed and dainty pin tucking, special for this Children's Sale.

AQf Children's Lawn and TcOC Gingham Dresses, light and dark colors; 2 to 6 years.

i, fants.

23c

Children's Aprons check

gingham and blue cham-

bray, cover-all apron with sleeves and pocket; 2 to 8 years.

1.19

Children's Wash Coats white pique embroidery

trimmed and fine pongee with large blue collar, chic little garments; regular 1.50 value.

Boy's and Children's Week in Clothing Department

Boys' Knickerbocker Pants Boys' Blue Serge .Knickerbocker Pant, full peg. shipe, belt loops, taped sacques, patent waist band, riveted buttons, fJO special 0C

Boys' Blouse Waists

SPECIAL

BOYS' 50c CAPS at

25c

Boys' Straw Hats ,. Boys' Straw Hats, square and round top. black blue, red and

brown ribbon trimmed; have bound edges; also

novelty straws, at 25c and

Juvenile Suits

some some

50c

Little Boys' Novelty Suits, in Russian and military style, plain -colored serges and fancy materials, in cheviots and cassimere, a special -fl at I.OD Others from 2.5Q tO 5.00

Boys' Blouse Waists, made of fine madras and percales, light figured and striped white, blue and black sateen, yoke back and

pocket, famous Bell Blouse . . . . ,

45c

SMALL

SPECIAL

BOYS'

BLUE OVERALLS.

19c

Boys' Fancy Shirts Boys' Shirts, 12 to 14. made of fancy striped percale, blue, gray, lavender, separate military collar to mtach; also a cream taffeta cloth shirt, ?A same style O Vr W Boys' Suits Boys' 2-Piece Knickerbocker Suits, ages 7 to 17 years, blue serge, fancy cheviots, cassimere, tweeds, worsteds, all new styles and patterns, S at O.Ull Others from 2.00 t0 6.00

Go-Carts and Sidewalk Sulkies In different style3 and colors. A good Collapsible G"Cart, very similar to cut svith three bow top, 10inch rubber wheel spring seat, good construction.

black finish only; a' big value at our regular selling price of 5.50, for this sale we will A flQ make the price 0t0 sidewalk Sulkeys are very light and convenient. We have severel different styles in red, black and tan colors. Sulkey with good heavy wheels, upholstered

seat, long handles, red with black trimmings, special for this sale

1.59

High Chairs in a big variety of styles, finished golden oak or early English; very fancy High Chair in solid oak, golden oak finish with wheel base A f0 and cane seat, worth 5.00, special 0t0

Odd Taate. Mother (to inquisitive child) "Stand aside. Don't you see the gen

tleman wants to take the lady's pic

ture?" "Why does he want to?" Llfe.

THR Nt7MBER OP COIMES OP THE

TIMES SOLD OS THE 8TREBT ! AI.OXB EXCEEDS THE ESTIRE CIRCUtATTOX OF ANY OTHER PAPER

IX THE CITY.

Juvenile Millinery Sale 3.00 Imported Milan Hats, trimmed with silk and A i! E ribbon, at 1.50 and I nru 2.00 Imported Java Hats, trimmed with a scarf, OQ a at SOU 3.00 and 4.00 Hand f ME Made Silk Braid Hats . .Z.TU 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and 3.00 Hand Made Lace and Silk Tuscan Hats, trimmed with silks, flowers and ribbons, this QO sale 1.75, 1.25 and 30 Silk Tuscan Hats and Bonnets for Little Tots, 75C Ratine, Duck and Lace Hats, up to 5.00 values, this 4 C sale 3.25, 2.45, 1.95 and. I .

Great Sale of Children's Footwear

Barefoot Sandal:

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Our Special barefoot Sandal, the kind

with the elk soles, all sizes, 5 to 11

and 12 to 2, sale price, per pair.

Best Grade Barefoot Sandals, Willow

calf with leather soles, at 1.15. 1.00 and

49c

85c

Girls' Patent and Gun Metl

2-Strap Pumps, fiat tailored bow,

sizes 84 to 2. sale price ,

98c

Girls' Tan Pumps, two strap.

with tailored bow, sizes 8 to

11 at J sizes

11 to 2, at......

1.75

Girls' White Canvas Shoes, but

ton, pretty styles, sizes 84 to

11 at 98c 8izes 11 to 2, at

1.15

Children's White Canvas Shoes,

sizes 4 to 8, at 100 QQ sizes 2 to 4, at. 0U

Children's White Nubuck Shoes,

pretty styles, sizes 1 to 4 at

sizes 4 to 8, at

Baby's Soft Sole Shoes and Slip

pers, all colors and styles, sale price 50c aDd

1.50

and Slip-

25c

Boys' Oxfords, 4-button style, In Tan and black, very A Caf

latest at 75. 2.00-tJ V

Boys' Button Shoes, new Hi-Toe,

extra quality, sizes 1 to 5, at

2.00

Sinbac Welt Button Shoes for Little Boys, in Tan, Patent Colt and Gun Metal, the best wearing and most comfortable shoe for Little Fellows, sizes 5 to 8 and

8 to 11. per pair at 1.50 and

Sinbac Pumps for Little Boys,

1.75

in Tan, Patents and Gun Metal, pretty, comfortable and stylish.

per pair at l 5Q and.

1.75

19c

Children's Blue

, Chambray Rompers,

white tape trimmed. Limit one to a customer; 2 to 6 years.

Boys' Wash Suits Second Floor Of Finest Make, Best Materials and Lowest Prices. 4"feO Special Linen Colored Suit, Russian OC style, sailor collar, trimmed with narrow white braid with two pair bloomers and cap to match; regular 1.50 value. 1AQ Boys' White Middy Sailor Suits, navy 70 trimmed, having both long middy

and bloomer pants.

2 25 Suits ' Finest Ginghams, Galateas, Repp, of plain white, colors

and stripes, Russian and military styles, trimmed

with fine braid and embroidered emblems.

Fine Chambray

Rompers, square

neck and Bhort sleeves, reguar 50c value, special for this sale.

1.48

39c

25c

Children's Black

Sateen .Bloomers, of

fine soft finish, excellent garment for little folks; sizes 2 to 6 years.

Base Ball Goods

Masks, regular 1.00 value, spe

cial for this sale, at

Base Ball Bats, excellei

value at , Base Balls at5cto

75c

15c

1.25

CROQUET SETS, best grade hardwood, varnished and striped, four

ball, at 65C

eight ball..

uuv 1.25

teel Express Wagons, just the

thing for Bmall

Children

special .

1.25

Full Nickel Plated

Toy Sad.

Irons at.

10c