Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 297, Hammond, Lake County, 6 June 1912 — Page 4

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Thursday, June 6;, 1912-

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Or Tk Lake Cooaty PrlBl mu4 Pok. Uahla- Company. The Lake County Times, dally except Sunday. "entered as second-class matter June 18. 1904"; The Lake County Time, da'ly except Saturday and Sanday, cnteied Feb. I. 1911; The Gary evening Times, dally except Sunday, entered Oct. 5, 1909; The Lake County Times. Saturday and weekly edition, entered Jan. !0, 1911; The Times, dally xcept Sunday, entered Jan. IS, 112. at the poatofflr at Hammond. Indiana, kit under the act of March J. 117s. Entered at the roslofflcs. Hammond, Ind.. as second-elans matter. KOKKWiN iUVEilTlSl.(i OFFICES, 113 Rector Building- - . Chicago PCELICATTOX OFFICES, Hammond BaUdinc. Hammond. Ind. TELEl'UO.MCS, Hammond (private exchange) Ill Call fcr deta.rtn.ciit aranted.) Gary Office Tel. 137 East Chicago Office Tel. 640-J Indiana Harbor Tel. 550-R Whiting Tel. 80-M Crown Point Tel. 63 Hegewlsch .' Tel. 13 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 UP CIRCULATION THAN AST OTHER TWO KGWI. PAPERS IX THE CALUMET REGIOX ANONYMOUS communications will not be noticed, but others will be printed at discretion, and sho-id be addressed to The Editor. Times. Ham mond. Ind. COUNCIL'S WISE ACT. The obstructionist methods that were employed by the aldermen who opposed the appropriation of $500 for the employment of an expert sanitary engineer to lay out the half million dollars worth of sewer work that the city of Hammond w'ill have to build this year are typical of a few of these fossils In the council. A well known Hammond manufacturer said of a chronic obstnietlonist In the present city council, "He loudly proclaims his honesty. In my opinion a grafter can do no more harm to the city than a persistent obstructionist." This sentiment Is expressed by scores of citizens in Hammond today. They want action and they do not want to wait until some thick headed alderman gets it through his bean that an expenditure of $500 for expert advice on a job that will involve hundreds of thousands of dollars ii economy after all. If the sewer that Is now a disgrace to East State street was laid property as any high grade engineer would have advised, five business blocks would now be rising on that section of It east of Oakley avenue. The trouble with a great many Hammond citizens, and, in a few Instances, the aldermen who represent them, Is that their friends ought to be "walking slow after them" in stead of laboring under the false im pression that they are live ones. The council majority In authorizing this expenditure of $500 did ex actly the right thing and the result will be that with the combined experience of two engineers the city will get a good job done. GISLS NOT ALONE AT FAULT. Editorial comment upon the sub ject of indecency in dress seems to have aroused the ire of at least ono Muncie woman, who apparently be Iieves in a display of bare arms, bare shoulders, bare chests and skirts lacking about three yards of neces sary material. In a letter to The Evening Press she declares that it is none of the editor's business what she or other women and girls choose to wear. While this one woman is taking this view of the matter scores of oth er women who realize the danger of such disgraceful attire as has been conspicuous on the streets of Muncie during the recent weeks are conduct ing a campaign of their own against abbreviated customs that make their -wearers the laughing stock of re spectable men, women, boys and girls. Women and girls who appear in public displaying their nakedness are deserving of criticism. Harsh word are necessary to bring some of them to their senses. Why do they appea in such vulgar styles? Not because of the Intense heat. More likely to display their "charms." This being the ease,they should be taken into the city police court and . charged with public indecency. This probably would put a stop to some of the ridiculous cutaways that may be seen on the streets, in school and in church, at parties, on street cars and scores of other places. Suppose that the husbands and brothers of these victims of fashion

should appear in public minus coats with shirt sleees cut off two inches below the shoulder and the tops of their shirts tucked In ,say eight or

ten inches. There would be a rebel-' lion among the women. Wives would refuse to speak to their husbands Girls would blush with shame when they met their brothers, who previous to this time probably never did anything worse than play marble? for "keeps." Why, the poor men would be invited to leave the church pew. They would be shunned on every side by those persons opposed to the style. It is ten times worse for a woman or girl to appear In public attired in a piece of peekaboo material, some times referred to as a waist, minus the collar and shoulders, and just a little bit more, and with no sleeves. There are in Muncie girls not more than fifteen years of age who are following the example of their elders and who are coming out with such costumes. Is it any wonder that girls and boys go wrong? A girl who will appear in school with one of those cutaway waists should be sent home by her Instructor and her parents should be given to understand that she could not occupy her seat until she appreciated the value of decency in dress. There are scores of cases in the Muncie public schools that are deserving of such treatment. The skirt made of three yards of material is just as repulsive to decent citizens as the abbreviated dress. A girl weighing" anywhera from 135 to 150 pounds will now and then appear in public with a so-called skirt that would be more appropriate for a swimming suit. Is it any wonder that other women, men and; boys turn about and stare? Such freaks should be stared at until they learn the folly of their ways. The Western Union Telegrap company has started a campaign for decent dress that bids fair to accomplish much good. The other day , there was posted in the offices of the company at Chicago a notice to em ployes, informing girls that in the future it will be neeessary for them to wear waists equipped with collars and long sleeves. There was no xplanation accompanying the order. The 125 girl employes of the general office of the company in Chicago must provide themselves with dotti ng coming up to the requirements of the notifications, and without delay. Every one of those girls well knows why the order was issued. It was discovered by the officials of the company that the abbreviated waists worn by many of the girls were go ng from bad to worse. The primaryobject of the order, therefore, was to impress upon the young women the importance of decency in dress. But there was a second reason, none the ess important. It was ascertained by the heads of the company In Chi cago that the girls came to work in all kinds of weather with the same flimsy waists, minus the sleeves. A3 result many of them caught cold and it was figured that from thesa colds resulted catarrh, tuberculosis, pneumonia and many other disease?. The mothers and fathers of Muncie would accomplish much in (a cam paign against Indecency in dress. Muncie Press. ISSUE A MONROE DOCTRINE. The good people of Miller are thinking about calling out their minute men to look into the report that King Tom Knotts of Gary U about to invade Hobart township and annex all of the lake front dune3 clear to the classical precincts of Porter county, that political division which still upholds the integrity of its courts and the lmmaculateness of Its jnflea. Once subjugated, the new feudal duchy would be apportioned out among the city contractor barons for faithful services to the throne Such Is the story that wafts east ward from the Miller dunes. About the only relief we see for Miller is to have the mayor of Hobarf declare a Monroe doctrine and send a warning of "hands off" to the Gary imperialists or any others who would seek to destroy the independent po litical identity of those lively little towns that go to make up Hobart township. THE VALUE OF APPEARANCES In most business positions a man is measured by what he accomplishes In securing a position, he i3 measured by what he APPEARS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. Appearances count tremendously is the pursuit of opportunity. The lack of a shave has barred the door of advancement times without num ber, and thousands of fairly capabl workers have been rejected without trial, because of "I seen," "He done,' and "Youse hain't." Shuffling feet and a stooping back, are like a dirty face In their repelling power; and a rasping voice has often stood atltwart'the future of a kindhearted and loyal worker; and "dandyism" has kept many a worthy lad outside of an

office that he wanted to start to work in. We do not mean to say that appearances are of more value than realities.

On the contrary, they have not a tenth part of the wonderful power; they! shrink into still less importance. But they have a great Influence, nevertheless, and mark this well that influence comes into play at the very beginning of any proposed arrangement, when it is almost always vital to a favorable introduction. THE DEADLY PEEL. Elizabeth CaleVerl of 273 Hudson street slipped on an orange peel near her house yesterday morning and Blid under the wheels of an automobile, where she was Instantly killed. This is another death due to carelessness. Chicago and other cities have ordinances making it a penalty to throw banana or orange peelings upon the sidewalks; and In these days of fast autos and smooth pavements throwing them on the streets often brings sad results. One can hardly enter a depot, walk upon a sidewalk or cross n street without passing the peels. If people would only think about this when throwing away their fruit refuse, there would be less accidents of this character. FOLIAGE SCREENS. The use of foliage screens to hide from view the eyesores which are found in every city is bound to bocome more general as the "city beautiul" spirit grows. The selection of shrubbery for s foliage screen depends largely upoi7 the character of the soil. It 13 a matter upon which an experienced landscape gardener , should be consulted. In this soil an evergreen screen in which the trees are planted closely to gether and pruned on both sides and the top so as to make the trees look like a high wall of foliage are a suc cess but it is necessary to enrich the soil around the roots of the trees to get the best results. Probably th best trees for this soil, all things con sidered, is the locust tree as it grows in profusion here. If the park superintendent in Har rison park would plant a row of Soittb Carolina poplars along the east side of the park and then instead of prun ing them would allow the branches to grow as close to the ground as possl ble it would serve as a screen to hide thcMqnon railroad from view, would cut off a great deal of the noise of passing trains and would even keep out a great deal of the smoke and dirt. As long as the people of Hammond have to live in such close proximity to the railroads they might, as well learn to reduce the objectionable features as much as possible. The people of Hammond should learn to use wild grape vines for arbor and ornamental purposes they are very hardy in this climate and soil and "are exceedingly beautiful. The grapes are used to flavor ordinary grape jelly. There are a score of instances In Hammond where vines and shrubbery could be used to advantage not only for ornamental purposes but also for the purpose of screening off eyesores For instance on West Sibley street in Hammond the late C. C. Smith had planted a climbing vine along, the wall of Henry Whltaker's livery barn In the summer time the wall of this building Is a thing of beauty instead of being objectionable. It is one of the beauty spots of the town. ir tnis were done in a score of other instances Hammond would coma to have the name of the garden city or northern Indiana. A wall covered with a fresh growing vine is certainly more attractive than a glaring adver tisement. UNNATURAL WAR. The president of the United States said recently introducing Charles Wagner, the author of "The simple life," to a Washington audience: "The brutal arrogance of a rich man wuu iuohs uown upon a poor man because he is poor, and the brutal envy and hatred felt by a poor man i , i toward a rich man merely because he is rich are at bottom twain mani testations of the same voice." Wars between the classes are mere ly the results of ignorance. The rich man who considers himself above those who have no money, but are hi3 superiors in every other respect and the poor man who envies thoes who have done exactly what he would have done in like circumstances both of these are dissatifled with the rest of the world merely because they are liv ing unnatural lives, and are Ignoran of the things that bring real happi ness. The brutality that marks both ends of society is the world's fault. Away with it! The rich and poor, the capi tallst and the laborer must help each other. Let us not kill the goose that lays the golden egg by fighting th man who gives us employment or the man we employ. ; Let us remember the

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.

WE MUST FORGET. The Tltuuic! You have not forgotten how the great liner on the loth day of April crashed into the iceberg that fared forth from tbe frozen north and of how it slid, like a great coffin, holding Its 1.700 dead, down to the beasts and the ooze of tbe sea, two miles below. Nor of how the captain of millions and the peasant stood together at the rail as the cruel sea carried off their loves and hopes. But already It Is a dim memory. Just as that v-ast iceberg in the raiddie of the north Atlantic, towering up 500 feet like a great monument to the dead below, had drifted into warmer waters and melted, so after the first shock of the shuddering plunge of the Titanic was over so swift does one woe tread upon another's heels are we beginning to forget. Violent emotion, great sympathy. quick forgetfulness these are the features of our modern life. Some there are who never will for get. The memory of the ship's tragedy has burned Into their consciousness a scar that will not disappear, but In the general consciousness the thought Is as unmindful as the waves above the dead. We are like children. Scarcely have the tears dried from onr eyes than tbe smiles appear. As when tbe Titanic went down and the waves closed together above It. mak ing smooth waters, so do we forget. Lest we forget! - Go to the steamship ticket offices. Will yon not find the same surging crowds? And even today over the treacherous waters tourists lounge on the decks and the owners of dancing feet find pleasures. It Is only the surface of our recol lections that gets printed by tbe day's events, and tomorrow's new Impression wipes it out. Some things ought not to be forgot tenthe criminal carelessness of the ship's owners, the gambling with death, the taking of chances to save money, the speed mania. All these should be remembered, and there should be exemplary punishment, but Humanity must forget: We cannot always go mourning with regret Mercifully are our memories made like children's slates from which may be wiped the horror of cataclysm and cruel visitation. And so the peasant builds his cot tage on the verge while the crater's Hp is warm. And so the smooth sea smiles, and We forpet. We must forgetl famous saying of President McKinley, that the man who would set labor and capital at war against each other is the enemy of both. Let us cease the unnatural war so that we may live and love. Let us be natural. A CURRENT bit of baseball news Is disturbing. It tells that Rube Marquard, the $11,000 pitcher purchased by McGraw, beat Marly O'Toole, the $22,500 pitcher acquired by the Pirates. If $22,500 will not beat $11,000, what becomes of base ball as an Investment for capital? SEVERAL esteemed Indiana news papers are helping along all this prizefight talk In connection with the republican national convention without a thought of the future of the party at the November huskings. IT may be well indeed for you to be careful of your health and habits during the hot weather If you care to be happy and thus make others happy about you. A POOR beginning doesn't always lead to a good ending. A man maystart out all right. on an auto trip and come back with four flat shoes. IT is remarkable the number of real estate men who are knocking the Baldwin Locomotive plant and they ought to be ashamed of It. IT is a cinch that the democrats are a little bit aDDrehensive about the outcome of the convention at this stage of the republican game. THE Lake County Board of Com missioners are doing some splendil work on the highways throughout the south part of the county. IT is no business of ours to as sume that the saints are asleep because the affairs of the nation are taking a surprising turn. AS far as the third time candi date's friends are concerned, the senator seems to be the Root of .a1! evil. WE shall now be edified by the ar.

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YOUTH WINS DISTINCTION OF BEING "THE

Mayor Joe F. Imboden, Lawrence county. Ark., enjoys the distinction of having the youngest mayor in the United States Joe K. Sullivan, not yet past twentyone years of ae and a hopeless cripple won the executive office over two old nual plea for a safe and sane Fourth of July from this time on. REMEMBER that if you swat the garbage rail you swat the fly where it lives. BRYAN looms up as the one big probability if Wilson is not named. THE price of coal has gone up but who cares? SEA BY RUBE THE only thing that will stop T. n. now will be his running out of such words as brigand," delegate piracy," "opposing the people," etc. SAFETY helmets have been Invented for aviators, but they will have to be extra strong to penetrate the East Chicago atmosphere. WHAT with the Lorlmer ousting case on In Washington and the Battle Axe Castleman ouster on in Michigan City our linotype department will be taxed to its utmost. HAVE you accepted the Chicago Telephone company's invitation to visit its Hammond exchange The switchboards are fine, but the girls . They are worth going miles to see. EVERY' time that we print that Lake county has been "rocked from stern to stern" Indiana Harbor always refers to Lowell as'the stern. ONE thing you will notice is that no newspaper men "have been called in to testify in the money trust probe. MUNCIE man has been fined $11 a dollar for each word for swearing. Over in Hobart, where they used the oldfashioned "go to," the justice quote rates at $3. tis again cm. oSenieiis may opposing friend Root for chairman because he recalls that Ellhu might essay tne Mruius roie ana siao nrm in me vernacular. THE travels of Mr. Lewis (concluded from Lowell last week): "L. V. Lewis, represenative of The Times, was in Hegewlsch on business yesterday. He informs us that his wagon, aside from needing a little grease, Is in good shape, but the horse Is out of commission for a couple of weeks, owing to some needed repairs." Indiana always was a poor place for horses. Hegewlsch correspondence to The Times. No doubt ye horse Is sore because he has been quartered in a dry town. MAYBE w can Induce the circulation manager to give each paid up subscrip tion a sepia photo of Doc Wiley's baby. UNDERSTAND that the Whiting re fineries will be kep$ busy day and night for the next few weeks turning out oil for Willy Taft's steam roller. AND also please hurry up with the starting of that Gary Bolt factory. It looks as if Teddy will give H some heavy orders before a certain week in June is over with. TIMES editorials hold out hopes for Immortality. Why would one want to live forever with all of this political racket continually ringing in one's ears? WE see by the "poipers" that Judge Gary made a quick trip to the burg named after him and that he dined at the Y. M. C. A. Maybe old Elbert came to town to get a square meal, for you'll recall that that he has been hav ing a hard time of it ever since the Waldorf-Astoria waiters went out on strike. CONGRESS has started another probe into the high cost of meat: After we're through paying for all of the cost of high investigations into the high cost of what is being investigated an investigation of the investigation being investigated will reveal the fact that your slab of bacon or pound of beefsteak is much higher than it was before

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Sullivan. Mlsa Lizzie E. Wilson and Miss campaigners. pair of s;oats and a dozen pretty girls contributed to his election. The foats hauled him to the apeakine? placea during the campaign, the management of which as turned over to the girls, who forced the Investigation into the Investigation of the high cost of ir. vestigatlon for Investigating the cost of high living was started to be investigated. Now, If you don't investigate this at first sight Just Investigate it again. IN plain English it isn't so much the high cost of living as it is the cost of high investigations. DO you investigate? YOU Investigate? INVESTIGATE ? The Day in HISTORY "THIS DATE IV HISTORY" Jane C 1755 Nathan Hale, the famous patriot spy, bom In Coventry, Conn. Executed by the British, Sept. 22, 1VT6. 1792 Frankfort selected as the capital of Kentucky. 1832 Indians under Black Hawk made an unsuccessful attack on Apple Rier fort, near Galena, 111. 1862 Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby. C. S. A., killed in a skirmish near Harrissonburg, Va. Born in Virginia In 1824. 1872 Republican national conention. In session in Philadelphia, nominated Gen. U. S. Grant for President. 1891 Sir John Macdonald, Canadian premier, died. Born Jan. 11, 1815. ;1911 Edward Harrigan, veteran actor and playwright, died in New York city. Born there in 1845. "THIS IS MY 52XD BIRTHDAY'" John D. Ham. Hon. John Douglas Hasen, minister of marine and fisheries in the Dominion cabinet, was born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, June 6, I860, and ,3 a graduate of the University of New Brunswick. In his early political career he was an alderman and mayor of Fredericton. He remoed to St. John in 1830 was elected to the New Brunswick legislature, following which ha was chosen leader of the Oposition. At the general election of 1908. the Opposition party, under his leadership, won a notable victory and Mr. Hasen wus raleri nnnn to form an administra which he did, assuming the prem,erahlp and the portfolio of attornev.n,nl. Udo tne formation year- Mr. of the Borden cabinet last Hazen was appointed to his present post, Congratulations to: The Empress of Russia, 40 years old today. 1 Mme. Rejane, celebrated French acJ tress, 55 years old today. Rt. Rev. Michael J Hoban, R. O bishop of Scranton, 69 yeara old today. Joseph M. Terrell, former governor of Georgia and U. S. senator, 51 years old today. Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, the leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 44 years old today. Up and Down in INDIANA CRAWLS FROM BED K.DS LIFE. Henry Eger, a truck farmer, 55 years old, near Tell City, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting himself through the heart. He had been suffering with tuberculosis for several years and became despondent. He was bedfast and it is said had made several threats to end his life. This afternoon he took advantage of the absence of his sister, who had kept a close watch over him. and crawled out of bed, seis ed a double-barreled shotgun, tied j Etrlng to the trigged and, pulling it' with his toes, fired a shell into his left breast. He is survived by his sister and several brothers. SHE CERTAINLY IS SOME COW. A cow which cost 81,000, weighing nearly 1,900 pounds and giving twelve gallons of milk, dally, is attracting much attention on the farm of Edward Needier,-northeast of South Bend. The cow was purchased by Mr. Neetler from a herd of high-grade Holsteins in Traverse City, Mich. A representative of Turdue University, Lafayette,

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YOUNCESTS MAYOR' Ottie Bowers, their fathers and brothers) and sweethearts to vote for htm Whether they wanted to or not. Miss LiKEle E. Wilson, ag-ed sixteen, wan chairman of the committee, and Miss Ottle Bowers was ber assistant. Ind., Is spending much time with the animal making tests. SUICIDE WILLS RAZOR TO SOX. Thomas E. Crute, (68 years old. commltted suicide in the T. P. A. Park n Franklin City yesterday morning by drinking carbolic acid. He was found In an unconscious', condition by park attendants, but died before medical aid could reach him. A note found in the dead man's clothing was addressed to his employer and it read: "G. S. Coombs. R. R. 2. "Give everything belonging to me to my son, Lewis, l will be dead on June 1. Notify him. , Good-by every on. Give Lewis my racor, shoes, overcoat and anything you can find that belongs to me. I am done with this world. i T. E. C." Crute had been drinking heavily for several weeks. SAWMILL DESTROYED. The sawmill, machinery and a large quaintlty of logs and sawed timber belonging to F. M. Ricketts of Kennard. were destroyed by fire last night. causing a loss of 14,000. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. The town has no fire protection except a bucket brigfiade and It was with difficulty that the canning factory was saved. VETERAN ENGIEER IS DEAD. Robert F. Elvln, 1 90 years old. one of the first engineers to pull a rail way train west of the Allegheny Mountains, Is dead at his home at Columbus. He was perhaps the first engineer" on the Indianapolis-Madison railroad, which was the first road in Indiana. For thirty-eight years and until a year ago he ran a stationary engine. The veteran engineer retired cn a pension last year. Rl DOWN BY' AUTO. Williams Tors, 13 years old, may die of injuries received last night when he was run down by an automobile driven by John McCurdy of Anderson. The boy ran out of a moving picture theater and stepped in front of the ma. chine. The driver was unable to stop. No blame is attached to McCurdy. The front wheels of the machine passed over the boy's abdomen and chest, and Dr. John Armington, who attended him, said the lad might not recover. CARS GO THROUGH BLOCK. The office rooms and salesrooms of the Ahlbrand carriage factory at Seymour werewrecked by a run away cut of cars in the Pennsylvania freight yards here yesterday. A freight crew "kicked" a cut of five cars which went to the end of the siding, plowed across a sixty-foot street and crashed into the building with great force. Both side walla of the building, which Is a new two-story brick, were so badly wrecked that they will have to be rebuilt. DAXXT FASHION HINT. Children's Ooat. This dainty little coat my be carried out in serge, striped mohair, linen, pique or rep. It is easy to fashion aDd can be made with square or round collar, which, like tbe belt and cuffs, is made of contrasting material. The pattern, No. r,804, is cut in size 2 to 8 years. Medium requires 3'4 yardi of 36 inch material and of s yard of 27 inch contrasting goods. The pattern can be obtained by sending 10 cents to the office of this osper.