Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 20, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1912 — Page 4

THE TIMES.

Thursday, July 11, . 1912.

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The Lake County Times, dal'iy except Eunday, "entered a second-class matter June Is. 10"; The Lake County Times, dally except Saturday and Sunaay, enteied Feb. S. 1111; The Gary Evening Times, dally except Sunday, entered Oct. S, 1109; The Lake County Time. Saturday and weekly edition, entered Jan. SO. Itll; The Times, dally except Sunday, entered Jan. IS. ltlS. at the postofOoe at Hammond. Indiana, u under the aet or Marc . J Us. Entered at the PostoftJce. Hammond. Ind.. as second-class matter. IUKK1UN ADVKKTlSlNtt UVFiCSS, 12 Rector Building - - Chicago PUBLICATION OFFICER. Hammond Building. Hammond. Ind. TELEPHONES, Hammond (private exchange) Ill (Call lor department wanted.) Gary Office TeL 1ST East Chicago Office TeL 540-J Indiana Harbor TeL 650-R Whiting Tel. 80-M Crown Feint..., TeL 63 Hegewl?h TeL U c Advertising solicitors will tM seat, or rates given on application. If you have any trouble getting The Times notify the nearest office and have It promptly remedied. LARGER PAID CP CIRCULATION THAN ANT OTHJ6K TWO KW. PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION. ANONYMOUS communications will not be noticed, but others will be nrlnted at discretion, and shoe'd be addressed to The Editor. Times. Ham tnond, Ind. MASONIC CALENDAR. Hammond Chapter, No. 11". meets second and forth Wednesday of each month. Hammond Commandery. No. 41, Reg ular meeting first and third Monday of each month. . OUCH! Doubtless Mayor Knotts. of Gary, was able to tell the Municipal League of Indiana all about ' how to build a city, but when It comes to points on governing such a city after It Is built it might be Just as well for the league to hear from somebody else. Indianapolis News. By the way how would it do to have a few lessons on governing from Mayor Shank of Indianapolis who as -we understand it Is authority on "night balls" and horse racing. GOT A BAD START. Declaring that Gov. Marshall has had an unfortunate start in his campaign fof the vice-presidency under the flag of "progressive democracy," the Toledo Blade notes the fate of the Marshall constitution and then says "Just, how Got. Marshall will adjust a record of assuming to rule for the people with professions of belief in .rule by the people, perhaps he himself does not know at this hour. Certainly .the business smacks of reaction. It speaks for a political philosophy entirely at variance with democracy. It indicates that if the governor is to run as a true progressive he wil have to admit sudden conversion." And In spite of what th9 situation may seem to demand the governor adimts nothing of the kind. THE WATERWORKS PROBLEM. - The waterworks system of Hammond is inadequate, inefficient, out of date and a patchwork proposition from start to finish. Like most municipal ownership ventures it does not give the people the service they pay for. Hammond does not get water enough to drink, it does not get enough to supply its needs, the pressure in the mains is not suffl cient for adequate fire protection or for service above the second floor These are facts that everybody knows to be true. It "Is about time for those who In fits of temporary aberration are d fending the Hammond water works td quit making people giggle at them and get down to the cold facts about the proposition. These facts are that until the legislature grants the city of Hammond the right to issue bonds sufficient to rehabilitate the entire water works system the people of this city will have to put up with un satisfactory service:,. , The indictment lies against past and not the present city administra tlon. And in view of the fact that the supporters of the present make shift system seem anxious to have the light of day shed on their propo rtion the public generally might be Interested in the two counts under tfhich they are Indicted. First the Snow pump was installed is a result of the grossest misrepre lentatlon. The opposition to e'lectr'l cal pumps was merely the opposition

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IDOLS. Ia Booth, we fashion vrr day Our little gods of common rlay. Oar little goda ( greed and lust. Aad stor then In ime niche away. And kneel before them In the dunt. Oar little gods In whom we trust. Rut when la mlt hours apart The .evening light ateala o'er our heart Oar little gods of whom we call. Oar cherished Idols of the mart. Down from their niche within the wall Like shalds In fragments round us fall. Vet, ere the miracle of light Its rosea casta at fleeing night. Oar hands their labors have began To set each broken piece aright. And build them over every one For worship at the rise of son. Chary F. Jacob, In National Magaslac. of certain individuals to the North ern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. Facts were misrepresented as fol lows: Immediate relief was urged on account of the demand of certain Hammond manufacturers for more water. There was a misrepresenta tion of the facts when it was claim ed that the steam pump could be installed in four months as against ninety days for the electric pumps. It has taken nine months to make the installation. Facts were misrepresented when it was claimed that by increasing the facilities for distribution in Hammond proper (without increasing the carrying capacity of the main between Hammond and the pumping station) that the pressure could be increased and the service improved. Any hydraulic engineer could have informed the city officials that it would be necessary to build another trunk main through to the lake front, before the service could be ma terially improved, and the city olli cials knew that. They concealed the fact that they were building up this system piecemeal and that there would be no relief until the second trunk main is built. They now plan another main through to Lake Michigan on Columbia avenue and they know that there will be no real improvement in the s-rvice until this is built. The second Indictment Is that the pian, as a wnoie is notnmg but a makeshift. The intake does not go out to pure water. The lack of a crib makes' it difficult to fight needle le and the idea of pumping water four miles to the source of its consump tion not good engineering. There are two courses open to the city. One Is to go before the legis lature and secure the right to bond the city for $1,000,000 with which a gravity tunnel ten feet in diameter may be built from Lake Michigan to a point on the north side. There new pumping station should be built and the water pumped over the city unaer nign pressure. The present pumping station on the lake front could be used to supply Robertsda'e and the city of Whiting ,if it is an nexed. Only until this is done will the city have an adequate supply of pure water and the protection from fire that is needed. The other proposition is to sell out to a private company which would be given a franchise only under the con ditlon that it provide just such ; plant as described above. NOTHING LIKE THAT HERE. One of the most enjoyable numbers on the programme was the two piano work by Mrs. Gilleas and Miss Wit tich with orche,stran accompaniment Their selection was the andante am: presto movements of Mendelssohn Concerto, Opus 25." Exquisite pas sages of dreamy gratitude were sue ceeded by moments of fire and harmonc beauty beyond description. Cherokee (Iowa) Times. WHERE IS THAT DOG CRUSADE. Here the city of Hammond Is plunged into the humid weather of mid-summer and there are unmuzzled dogs running the streets. In previous years the crusade against un muzzled dogs has served to prevent a single case of rabbles from developing. Furthermore the city is not over run with mongrel dogs for those which were not properly cared for were shot. The dog problem has been properly handled in the past. But this year the police seem to have let up in ' their campaign against unmuzzled dogs. They are to be seen everywhere. The first thing the people of this city know there will be a mad dog scare and it will be necessary for a number of people to take pasteur treatment. Good results have been obtained in the past through the energy and determination of the police la rid-

ding the city of its tramp dogs. Why not keep up the good work. A good many heads of families have called the attention of TH3 TIMES to the fact that more laxity along this line has been shown this year than ever before They say that they are afraid to permit their children to go out in the streets for fear that they will be bitten by dogs. .The mayor should issue another proclamation calling for the muzzling of dogs and then the annual crusade against those which remain unmuzzled should begin.

TOM TAKES THE CREDIT. From over the wires from Hart ford City where the Indiana municipal league is holding a session comes the news that hizzoner, Hon. Tom Knotts, mayor of Gary, held the convention spell-bound with his famous lecture, "Building A City." "Building A City," has been hand ed out by the valiant Tom at ban quets and it has fallen up the ears of those who dine at the governor's table; and it has been received in open-mouthed wonder by diners at a contractors banquet; it has delight ed innumerable gatherings of foreigners; it has been told partly to sweaty political audiences in the rear of a blind pig- bar room; it has ben delivered at many conventions, it has made the great steel comnanv feel like thirty cents and, last but least , if you did not know any better, you would think that the Hon. Tom a a "city builder" has Peter the Great skinned forty ways. When he is tired of being mayor In 1924 or 1928 we suggest that the great lecturer follow in the traces of the immortal Bryan and deliver 'Building A City" to the Chautauqua circuits of America. The field Is wide and varied ,the renumeratlon of the most satisfactory kind and the Chautauquans fall for almost any thing. SOME of these streets corner loaf era were undoubtedly shocked to hear of the 70 year old Massachusetts woman who committed suicide because they forbad her to work. NEW York judge says poker Is legitimate parlor sport. Yest But we have known it played in the kitchen and a very enjoyable game it was there for those who won. YOU can't expect Mat Sternberg to take any Interest in the Indiant Harbor ball team unless Hammond goes over there to play now and anon. THE new horrors musical automobiles ought to be penalized by city ordinance. They are as bad as a steam calliope and far more Insulting. CHICAGO woman has been examined for her sanity because se ha tea ugly old men. She ought to be given a medal for having such goo3 taste. IT Is queer how some papers find space to give the chroniclings of 20 and 25 yeras ago. We cant even begin to print all that Is going on now. HOPING for the best will never get you anything. Get out, work and bring the best in. That's the only way to bring home the bacon. ADVERTISERS who fail to get in one of THE TIMES real estate editions are just beginning to find out what they are missing. now is it that people can get along with everybody else except their neighbors whom the Good Book says they shall love? THE barn burner, the property destroyer and tho constitution wrecker are all sending in their applications to Join the third party. THERE will be no boxing in Chicago but of course that is email ground for consolation for Joe Simpson of East Chicago. THE Hammond Motor Boat Club should take a run over to Hammond's new canal some of these days and see things. THE individual with a fishing rod, a little tobacco and a little time has all the Ingredients of happiness these days. THE steel mills are beginning to be a little particular about saying when they will make their deliveries. ANYWAY Mr. Bryan has no need of t&d f lycobacter. -

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AMONG other little Joys Is that of being able to close up the vacation trunk without having to talte forty or fifty extra things out of it. if ths prices of eats keep on going fip the way thev do where do vou suppose we'll all be tan years hence? IT must be disconcerting to Brother Lorimer to have his chee-lld dragged out across the red-hot slailera once more. AFTER reading over the Camerra. dispatches we philosophize that the law in Italy la slow, hot effective, and In Lake county it ls slow but (three guesses). Our idea of nothing to do would be to listen to a perspiring politician de liver a panacea for solving the hi kost of living. HAMMOND folks are hollering for water again. We don't want to print here what they are alwaya clamoring far down in Hobart AS it is, the press sections of the national conventions are beginning to have more distinguished occupants than does the stage itself. WITH tomatoes costing 30 cents for a dinky little basket it Is no wonder that the housewife urges her husband to vote right when she recalls that before T. R. became president you could buy a bushel of 'em for a half dollar. THE 'steemed Record-Herald is getting so commonplace that yesterday it ran an article on paring corns right on the society page. THE way the laundries macerate the collars and shirt fronts It Is no wonder that the women Insist upon doing their own finery washing. TO our mind a nice occupation in this hot weather would be to be the guy that ls circulating the petition asking President Taft to withdraw as the candidate. IF- some of the same brilliancy that is, being expended to swat the files were applied to save the flyers, aviation would be fewer tombstones with aeroplanes carved upon them. urrY thing that just when we thought that the convention stuff was shoved aside and a. rest on the way. General Orozco and fellow revolution ists, Beulah Binford and the Cammorra breaks into print. SEE that gunpowder has found to be an excellent fertilizer. So, If the sane Fourth ever does get the strangle hold. the Aetna mils will be kept busy any how turning out fertiliser for that big tract of marsh land Tim Englehart says is to be made into truck gardens. HIGHLAND ia to have a bank at last. This means that a lot of old sox down that way will be put to the use that they were first infeffded. SOME Gary newspapers has found that the city has a population of 40, 000. Don't want to knock any, but another drink might have made It 50.000 and anyhow two years ago when the same prophets said that It had 30.000 Uncle Sam's census agents could find but 16.S02. The heat does a lot of queer things, however. WE glean fronj Herr Knotts speech at Hartford City that this Is his off year for not being headed towards the jail. WONDER if that speech. Tjilding a City," had very many paragraphs in it about Metropolitan brick and awarding the contracts? FAMOUS city builders: Pete the Great, Brother Pullman. Alex the Great, East Chicago Co Ponce de Leon, Herr Knotta and a long and distinguished company of others. SEE how demoralizing this hot weather Is. Hammond thinks that she is a lake port now. E. A. Answering your query will say that at Miller beach they wear bathing suits to be wet and at Robertsdale beach they wear 'em to be seen. The Day in HISTORY THIS DATES I.V HISTORY. July 11. 1767 John Qulncy Adams, sixth pres ident of the United States, born in uincy. Mass. Died in Washing ton. D. C, Feb. 28, 1848. 1806 James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died In York, Pa. Born in Ireland about 1720. 183 Fremont's expedition sighted Pike's Peak, Colo. 1856 The allies commenced thel evacuation of the Crimea. 1862 Gen. Halleck became command er-in-chief of the Union armies, 1864 The first organized national bank opened in Philadelphia. 180 Wyoming admitted to statehood. 1892 Cyrus W. Field, projector of th Atlantic cable, died In New York City. Born in Stockbridge, Mass. Nov. 30. 1819. 1911 Twelve persons killed la wreck of the Federal express train at Bridgeport, Conn. THIS IS Ml 55TH BIRTHDAY. David Praia. Colonel David Prain, one of th most famous of living batoniats. was born in Scotland. July 11. 1857, and received his education at the Uni versitles of Aberdeen and Edinburgh For a year or two after hia gradua tion he was demonstrator of anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. I 18S4 he entered the Indian medical service, and was curator of the Cal cutta herbarium from,! 1887 to 1898. He left the hermarlum ;tb become director of the botanical survey in India, and superintendent of the royal botanical garden In Calcutta, gmee 1905 Colonel Prain has been director of the royal botanical gardens, Kew, England';

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.

HANLY S OPPORTUNITY. Ever bear about Bill Hanly? B1U Hanly has a farm of 200.000 acres in the interior of. Oregon. It Is made up of mountains and val leys, rivers and meadows and marsh lands and dry spots and rolling lands. Last year Bill Hanly cut 215.000 tons of hay off his big place, and be has cattle on a thousand hills. He and his cowboys drive his herds of fat cattle to the railroad, and it requires fifteen days to make the trip. When Bill Hanly rode into the cat tle country years ago his property consisted ef one horse, one lariat, one Mexican saddle, one cowboy hat and the clothes on his back. Now he doesn't know how much he is worth. But his friends say he is the same Bill nanly today as then. Do you envy him? And begrudge bim bis great prosper ity? Not If you know how he got hig lands and cattle. lie got them by deprivation and short dinners, by the Iso lation of weary years and by patient waiting. He began with a herd of five cows and worked and bided the time of Increase. Besides He got his possessions by clean liv ing and temperate habits. While the other cowboys made their semiannual trip to the railroad, "shot up the town" for diversion and spent their money in riotous living. Bill stayed by bis cattle and saved bis money. Listen! He used to He on his back and count the stars and say to himself be would some day have as many cattle as tho stars in heaven. Bill's blue eyes saw Opportunity and he promptly grasped it by the forelock. And you? Do you say there is no chance? Perhaps not Bill Hanly's chance, al though there are yet thousands of acres of grass lands in the northwest ern states, away from railroads, that may be cheaply purchased. But Are you willing to do as Bill Hanly did? Are you willing to keep clean and hold tight? Are you willing to labor and to wait? historic national park. One of hia pre decessors in this position was the world-famous botanist. Sir Joseph Hooker. Congratulations to: Rear Admiral Richardson Clover, U S. N., retired, 66 years old today. Sir Robert Finlay, former attorneygeneral of Great Britain, 70 years old today. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia mer chant and former postmaster-general of the United States, 74 years old to day. George W. Norris. representative In congress of the fifth Nebraska dis trict and the republican choice to succeed Norris Brown In the senate, 51 years old today. Up and Down in INDIANA STORM STRIKES TWO COUNTIES. Thousands ot dollars of damage re sulted from a heavy windstorm which swept the southern part of HuntingATTRACTIVE GOWN OF CREPE DE CHINE Here ls an attractive gown of white crepe de chine, decorated with black ChantlUy lace, plaited at the neck, leeves and tunic The lower section of the bodice ls made of Inverted plaits falling from under the upper section. Girdle of black satin with loop and ends fastening at one side. Buttons of black satin embroidered la white.

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Washington. T. C, July 10. Con sternation sised various statesmen in Washington when It was discovered that it la possible the next president may have to be elected by the house of representatives and the house in all probability would . be deadlocked. It's a queer situation, first called to the attention o the , figuring statesmen by Congressman Kaha of California. Here's the outlook: If there are two republican candi dates the possibilities are that neither a republican nor democratic candidate would have the required majori ty of the votes in the electoral college. The constitution provides. In that contingency, that the house of representatives shall choose the president, each state having one vote. There are twenty-two republican states and twenty-two democratic states now represented in the house. The result would be a standoff. Four states would be unable to vote divided. Further complications ensue because of the constitution, which says that the president chosen by the house shall receive a majority of all the states. In event neither the electoral col lege nor the house is able to elect, the senate names a vice president from the candidates having the highest votes and he acts as president. The vice president, however, must be named by a majority of the votes In

KNIGHTS OF OLD WHOSE BRAVE DEEDS WON HEARTS. OUTCLASSED BY GEORGIAN

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v . if we are to believe Tennyson, the knights of old used to capture the ladles' hearts by winning at the Inusta. The hniarht who could kill the largest number of opposing .knights in the shortest time had the ton and the northern part of Wells Counties late Tuesday afternoon. The greatest Injury was done to the oats and corn crops, which were completely ruined. Outbuildings were moved from their foundations, trees blown down and the rural telephone lines put out of commission. REMORSE LEADS TO DEATH. John Miller, 45 years old, the wealthy Liberty Township farmer near Newcastle who was recently ' fleeced out of $200 in a pennyjnatchlng game in Indianapolis, is dead at the Home Hospital of alcoholic poisoning. Remorse and chagrin because of the Indianapolis escapade started Miller to drinking and he finally sought treatment at a Newcastle hospital, but the liquor had. done Its work. He owned a large farm in Liberty Township and was highly respected. The widow and three children survive. TRAIN KILLS NIGHT WATCHM1X. While crossing the track of the Lake Erie Railroad Company, William Edwards, night watchman at Cicero, was struck by a north-bound freight train yesterday and instantly killed. Ills body was dragged fifty feet .and near-) ly every bone broken. He was 61 years old and is survived by a widow, four sons and one daughter. SALOONS ARE NOT REOPENED. Contrary to expectations Marlon saloons were not reopened yesterday. The saloon men, who voluntarily closed their places of business recently, last week decided to resume operation yesterday morning, but, following consultation with their attorneys, the plan was abandoned. It Is likely no effort to reopen the saloons will be made again until September, by which time the legal status of the Marlon liquor fight may be changed. PLAN BIG CELEBRATION. Expecting John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers

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the senate. The provision of the constitution regarding the election ot the president by the house says respecting the function C the electoral college and- the house : "The person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be the president, if such, number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and If ao person have such majority (la the electoral college) then from the persona having the highest numbers not exceeding three on th list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives . shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president. But In choosing the president the votes shall be taken by states, the representative from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a MAJORITY of all the

states shall be necessary to a choice." "The situation would be badly mixed, according to my firrures, if there are three leading candidates for ' tha presidency," said Mr. Kahn. "It ls probable that no one of them would receive the majority vote In the electoral college, and the house would have to act under the constitution. Twenty-two delegates With republican leanings would vote for one or the other of the republican candidates. An equal number would be cast by twenty-two democratic states.1 ' ' - ' s" r -'47 ?f f i r? , Mr. and Mrs. William Jenkins. edge on all the other knight who were leas skillful. A wedding which., occurred recently down In Atlanta, Georgia, ls a reminder of the good old days when knighthood was in flower. The parties to th ceremony were "Bill" Jenkins, a football player on the Georgia Ten eleven, and Miae Katherlne Bootbe. one of the belle of Atlanta. Miss Boot he fell in love with Jenkins at a football game In which the latter won for ber favorite eleven by his brilliant playing. The admiration was mutual, and It was not long afterwards that he bought I the engagement ring. of America, to accept an invitation t deliver the Labor day address In South Bend this year, the Central Labor Union of South Bend is planning to hold the greatest picnic ever held in this part of the state Sept. 2. It is expected to have nearly every union man in South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, Mishawaka, Laporte, Michigan City, Plymouth, Logansport, Warsaw, Indianapolis, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Dowagiac, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, Mich., at South Bend on that day. DENIES BEING LEFT MONEY. Prof. Otto Meyer of Laporte, who Is reported In Denver (Col.) dispatches to be the beneficiary of a $5,000 policy carried on the life of Miss Candace Wheler, another policy making his brother, Dr. J. H. Warren Meyer, beneficiary In the sum of $7,000, In a statement given to the newspapers declares that the entire $12,000 had been given to Dr. Meyer, formerly of Laporte, who was her physician, to be used in carrying out her ideas for doing good to dumb animals. Trof. Meyer says she left the money in this manner to prevent her father, from whom she has been estranged for fifteen years, from getting her money. II also denies his engagement to the young woman. MNTAR PLEADS NOT GUILTY. In Police Court yesterday afternoon Frank Pintar of Anderson againt whom a remonstrance had been filed to prevent the renewal of his license, pleaded not guilty to three separate charges of the illegal sale of liquor. His attorneys intimated yesterday that since the police had been instrumental in having the three charges made Pintar would, in the trial of the cases, make on the witness stand some sensational statements of police graft la hi case. The cases have not been set for trial. ARB TOC READINQ THE TUXKSI

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