Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 188, Hammond, Lake County, 10 January 1913 — Page 1
MEM prra MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY; SATURDAY FAIR AND COLDER. EDITION VOL.. VIL, NO. 188. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1 913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back NnmUn I Cent Copy.) - FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OP NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC WOMAN'S LEAGUE AT CAPITAL REVEALS PRESENCE OF DISCORD IN RANKS WILL GET CARLETOft HOTEL
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Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. '10. There was much interest in the opening session in the way the Progressives would 'line up." The first opportunity for a test, vote came on the roll call for the election of speaker in the House and the election of a president pro tern, in the Senate. John W. Judkins, the Progressive member of the House, solved the problem by voting "No choice" when his name was called. A ripple of laughter went over the House when Mr. Judkins voted. Senator Frank X' Gavit of Whiting, elected two years ago as a Republican, voted with the Democrats in the selection of the president pro tem. , Senator Cavlt is recorded as voting for Senator Curtis, the majority choice, as against Senator Wood, the Republican nominee.
He admitted afterward that he did not, and would no?, vote for Mr. Wood, but said he remained silent when his name was called. He said he would not
ask to have the record changed, as he
was willing to go on record as supporting the Democratic senator. Breach Be;ran Two Year Ago.
It is understood the cause of the split
between Wood and Gavit dates from
the bitter fight in the 1911 session over
thei Grube referendum bill, which Gavit favored and which Wood oppos
ed. The bill was defeated as the result of the fight by Senator Wood, and the breach between the two has never
healed.
In an interview after the Senate ad
journed Senator Gavit indicated he
would be a free lance in voting on
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HAD HO HAVE THEY TIE FOR OR HAVEN'T W000R0I THEY. HOI?
Several Notable Things
About First Day's Session of Legislature ; Tom Taggart the Real Brains of the Democratic Party.
TIMES BUREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 10. There were, several notable things about the first day's session of the legislature. JPirf ?Toe stolid of WoodreW Wlbion
was not mentioned once .by any speak er.- - Second The name of W. J. Bryan p not mentioned by any speaker. Third The name of Governor Marshall was practically ignored. Tom Is "It." Fourth Thomas Taggart was officially recognized as the real leader of the democratic party in Indiana, and Speaker Cook told "the house members in his speech accepting the office that they ought to follow the lead of Taggart because Taggart was one of the most progressive men in Indiana.
This latter was the real surprise and feature of the whole session. It is the first time in the Mstory of the state
that a private citizen ever was her
aided from the speaker's stand as the real head and leader of the party. Of course, the speaker told the truth when
he made the statement and when he
put Taggart up as the head of the
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GOES TO MEXICO ON DIPLOMATIC ERRAND
West Hammond taxpayers to day are
confronted with the question whether
they have a city treasurer or not.
August Kamradt who was elected to the office ad has been performing its duties, says that he is the city treasurer without a question of a doubt. City
Attorney Perry S. Patterson last night
informed the council that Mr. Kara
radt is no longer qualified to act, and accordingly no bills were passed, at
yesterday evening's session.,' Former City Attorney S. K. Mark
man is credited by both Kamradt and
those who question the Iaters author!
y with having created the situation
for" Kamradt . lt lef MarkmsjiV come
back on Kamradt as a result of a, bit
ter argument in the council several months ago, when the city treasurer
threatened to throw the former city at
torney out of the window. Treasurer Band Attacked.
The attack on Kamradt is made be
cause of his bond as city treasurer.
taxpayer by the name of Miller some
time ago wrote the West Hammond
city council saying that Kamradt
bond was insufficient, because some o
the signers on the bond were unable to
schedule the amount for which they
had signed. A seventy-five thousand
dollar bond is required under the law,
and Ka.mradt's friends went farther
and signed a bond, ten thousand dol
lars above the required amount. Mr,
Kamradt could have provided a sure
ty company's bond, but says 'that h
wanted to save the taxpayers the three hundred dollars that this would have
cost the city. There are others how
ever, who claim to know the law !
mis respect who say that the city
treasurer would have had to bear th
expense. Wanted to Hen to re Credit.
"Markman is at the bottom of this,
I have given a bigger and a better bond
than any West Hammond city trea
uici ever gave. n nat 13 more I am
keeping a clear set of books and whe
I step out of office, it will not be neces
sary to hire experts to trace the fund
When I took the office, I bepan at onco
to wipe, out some of the old Indebted
ness against the city so as to restore its credit. That did not suit some, and when I did not do as they wanted me
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Lloyd C Grlseom.
MATCH TOURNAMENT
BEGINS- AT CLUB
Entries for bqtb.the pool and billiard tournaments at the Hammond Country club have been coming in to Manager Meek today and quite a list of cue "sharks" are dated up for the tournaments. The shuffle board tournament will also begin tomorrow night, and a series of bridge games will be played for a prize to be given the last of the month for. the best players. The handicaps in all the matches will also be posted tomorrow. Much interest is being taken in a go.lf net.whlcja has been secured by the club for indoor use and the golfers who are deprived of the links by re.asqn of .the weather are finding a good deal of satisfaction in the new fixture. The stag tomorrow night will he
j ited to members only. Refreshments will be served.
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Hammond will witness during the next few weeks quite a number of important changes In hotel management and ownership. Proprietor Warne of the Monon ho-: tel. the now oldest existing hostery in Hammond, has concluded negotiations with Lessee' Brown of the Hotel Carleton and will assume the proprietor
ship of the Morton court hostelry as soon as It' is vacated b$- Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Mee. the' present tenants. t
Mr, Warne's lease on the Monon ho
tel expires on the 15th of the month and immediately upon its evacuation Anton
Tapper, the owner, will begin " the demolition" of the landmark. He ex
pects to put up a two and, perhaps three-story hotel building on the site f the present structure, and will lease it for hotel purposes. ' ,J"
Top row, left right i Mr. John K. Raker, Mrs. Stephen H. Ayrea aad Mrs. Engeae P. Klakead. Bottvut row.
i to ngjait air, jobs s. lin;, nn. Cftaries I.lataieiua IM Mr. Krtwara 1 Tartar.
The first annual convention of th , National Democratic Woman's) League held thia week in : Washington, revealed tbd presence ot factional discord within the ranks. The league la split Into three militant ca nps one followng Mrs. John S. Crosby, the re-
and the single tax; another proclaiming as its leader Mrs. Stephen B. Ayres, - wife of the New Tork congressman, and a third following Ml Katherlne Montgomery Dabney, of the District of Columbia, who orig
inated the idea out of which the or
a prominent part In its doings were Mrs. John E: Raker, wife of the California congressman; , Mrs. Charles Llnthlcum. wife of the congressman from Maryland; Mrs. Eugene BL Klnkead, wife of -Representative
Kinkead of New Jersey, and Mrs.
ganlzaton developed. Among- the Edward T. Taylor, wife of Represan
tiring president, who favors free trad delegates to the conventon who took i tative Taylor of Colorado.
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ELECTED DIRECTOR
DOCTORS 1 MEET
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GARY
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 10. Clayton D. Boot of Crown Point was elected to office at the annual meeting of the Indiana State Lumberman's association held here yesterday. ' Messrs. B. P. and F. C. Demlng of Hammond were in attendance. E. E. Dubbs of Indiana Harbor was present C. V. Gough of Gary was an attendant at the association meetings. - Twentv-five editors of naoers in
small cities of the state were present. ' feature of the evening was a talk on W. H. Miller of the Ottawa (III.) Free the proceedings of the World surgical Trader gave a comical lecture. , His i congress at New York. The talk was
subject was, -The Country Town made by Dr. H. M. Hosmer of Gary.
Viewed From the Viewpoint of a Country Weekly."
An interesting session of the Lake County Medical society was held at the
Gary ; public Horary last night. A
RE-ELECT THEIR
Tie new pullding will be modern in ; every respect arid will change ' the aspect of the map of that portion of Hammond, leaving the old Erie shack to be a blot bh "the railroad landscape. By the middle of the month the new hotel Mee, the finest hotel in the city, will be ready for occupancy and will accupy the entire Groman-Muenlcn building, which has been in course of construction idr' riea.fl j- two years. The name of the hotel is to be emblazoned in letters SO inches high on top of the building. . ' ;- ' ' " In view ot the fact that this can be seen the length of North Hohman street. It will become' a striking, feature, of the view down the street. Mrs. Mee says that she expects to celebrate the opening of the new hotel by "having a big dinner.
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Tho third floor of the Gary Commer
cial club was the scene of the recep
tion tendered to Mayor Tom Knotts by
Rev. A. C. Mayo and a commniee oi citizens..
i Congressman-elect John. B. Peterson of Crown Point was the 'star speaker
of the evening. Mr. Peterson "was there" in Jollying Mr. Knotts.
Mayor Sfcakee Huii. As the visitors to the reception ar
rived they were met at the neaa or the steps by the mayor. With him in
the receiving line was City Comptrol
ler E. N. White, Deputy tieaitn in
spector John Dorman. Rev. Mayo, na Alderman Emerson Bowser and Mike Walsh assisted by a long and dia-
tinguished file of city office- employes and prospective job holders awaiting plums from Bre 'er Peterson, Th'ere was quite a bevy of ladies present, too. More than half the crowd was made op of republican and bull moose spectators, some o f them having their political fortunes Identified with his honor. Tells Cubsa S tertee. ; After the mayor got through shaking hands with the visitors everybody repaired to- the ball room .on the third floor. Here Rev. Mayo took charge as master of ceremonies. Borne out of town entertainers ' were on hand - t furnish a little vaudeville. ,,. Mayor Knotts was Introduced ' and
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OFFICER PRAISES
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BOYHTOH DISCUSSES i A WAHiniTG DnCAII
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OFFICERS
Addresses were made by D. K. Klink of Chicago, secretary of the International Commercial Travelers" organizations; Julius Seidel, president , of the Lumber Dealers' association of St. Louis, and Pete Trone of Indianapolis. The afternoon session ended the convention. The following officers were elected: President, C. D. Meeker, Montlcello; vice president, C. W. Lanz, Bedford; directors, E. J. McErlain, South Bend; George L. Maas, Indianapolis; C. D. Root, Crown Point, and C D. Piersoh, Lewis. The secretary and treasurer will be elected by the directors.
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Who attended the congress.
In the absence of President Weis of Hammond. Dr. E. E. Evans of Gary, former president, occupied tho chair. Dr. Hosmer explained the processes of bone transplanting, several opera-
The entire official family of the Home Building, Loan and Savings as. sociation was re-elected last night at a big meeting of stockholders, who met in the offices- of the Employes' Life Casualty company, in the Citizens Bank building. The rapid-expansion which has already assured the absorption of a million dollars' worth of stock by stockholders induced the latter last night to vote for an increase of capitalization.
so that now the Home Building, Loan
tions of which he witnessed in New ! & Savings association may be referred
xorK. There were twenty-two doctors present at last night's session. The next meeting will be held in Gary on February 13. TOrs. Herskovitz of East
. "A Warning "Dreari" wss discussed last night by Rev. R. p. JBoynton at the
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. - - .;"-' her husband,: the Rornan governor, not
Former Mayor Pat Reilley of Ham- to condemn jesus .Christ so por-
mond. who" Is now truant officer for this territory, declares that never In the history of the city has he found conditions in regard to truancy so favorable. Though his duties call him to every part of the city, he finds tliat the people are paying more attention to the sending ot their children to schoo than ever before. The foreigners who were prone to disregard the law are obeying it much better now. When asked whether the poverty conditions were keeping many children out of school, he said that such was not the case and that he had only come across six children whom he had to supply articles of wearing apparel to keep' them In school.
trayed by. the speaker last night it con
tained lessons of great value for the present generation. Dr. Boyntoh is not an evangelist in the professional. sense, but is a pastor with the pastoral in stlnct of sympathy: He Is a persuasive speaker, earnest and . uncompromising, but kind and tender. v Tonight Dr. Boynton will answer the question, "Why Doesn't God "'ll the Devil? 'fhe"men's chorus will sing. .
to as a two million-dollar corporation, the extra, million having been added last night. The officers of the organization, most of whom have been serving without a rnt nf anlnr'v fnr tYair
Chicago and Dr. A. L. Miller of Indiana' wv,raB i. rA v,
Harbor were elected to membership" in the soeiety.
" .MINOR "GOES OUT" IN CHICAGO
Hammond people arc sorry to hear, of the reported death of Bob Minor, who died in Chicago on Tuesday, after a short Illness. Mr. Minor was well , known here in the days of the old G. f H. Hammond company and will be well I remembered , by citizens of a decade j ago. He was employed in the audi- F tor's offices here and did not marry until he was 50 years old. He leaves a wife and-child to mourn his loss. While in Hammond Mr. Minor lived at the Hotel Majestic, and belonged to the
i more or. less facetious vlJrled Prune
club. He was a republican in politics and was an interested participant Jn,. all the republican meetings.
Lloyd C. Griscom of New York, who is employed by the state department at Washington, has gone to Mexico City to confer with the Mexican authorities with regard to the disturbed conditions In that country, and the ill treatment to which Americans and . American property have been' subjected during the past two years. Much suffering has been endured by Americans and other foreigners in Mexico since the resignation of President Diaz and the state department is losing patience. ;
Dr. Weis Attends Clenics. Dr. W. D. Weis Is spending two weeks at th Post Graduate hospital, in Chicago, where he Is attending-the dally surgical clinics in a past-graduate course. His work In the hospital -is such that his time does not permit him to go back and forth, but he.exv pects to be in his office again by the middle part of next week.
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ARB lOU A TIMES READER!
VALENTINE GETS APPOINTMENT Edward Valentine, reporter on the Dispatch, went to Indianapolis today to take a position as doorkeeper under appointment of Senator Faulknor. Mr. Yalentine expects to remain in Indianapoll's during the entire session and besides being doorkeeper will . act as chauffeur for Mr. Faulknor and family. Michigan City News.
COUNTRY CLin. Smoklag;" ar rkmlpr. Big; package 5c. Mcllie-S. Teh. Co. Save the tickets
' aad see our premium llt. Adv.
HJUMOID PEOPLE TO LEAVE ON CRUISE
A Jolly crowd of Hammond people will leave the city Saturday night for an extended .trip in the West Indies, and they will leave on the Monon for Florida, sailing next week from Key West for Havana, Cuba. In the' party are: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gostlln. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Betz.
Master Lyman Betz Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Meyn. Mr. WaTter Meyn. Mr. and Mrs. C O Hohman The Misses Hohman. Miss Hedwig Thum. The party will not return to Hammond until Feb. , 20 and expect to, as they undoubtedly will find much pleasure and Interest in so extended a trip.
From Havana, they will sail to Kingston, in Jamaica, and remain there a few days. Thence they will go direct to Colon, across the isthmus to Anem, where they will stop at the TIvoll and make It their headquarters while seeing the canal. From there they will visit points of interest on the coast of Colombia, in South America, and return . to Hammond by way of New York and Washington. The party will keep in close touch with Tm Times . during the splendid journey, especially attention being giv. en to Senator W. H. Gostlin by cable, so that his friends may keep posted of his progress.
ARB YOU A TIMES READER!
that there is not a similar organization in the. whole country that has a better record to show than the "Home." Not only the "Home," but similar organization In Hammond and elsewhere are recognized to be as much a philanthropic as a financial institution and one of the officers connected with the "Home" said today that the various organizations instead of being detrimental competitors to each other were really a mutual aid, and among the biggest assets that a city could have. Following are the re-elected officers for the "Home:" . President A. H. Tapper. Vice president F. Hammond. Secretary J. D. Smalley. Treasurer J. E. Wolfe. Assistant secretary J. S. Blackmun. Attorney J. K. Stlnson. , Directors George M. ; Eder, O. A. Krinbill. It. E. Sharrer.
Appraisers P. B. Lipinski, John F. Krost, Gus Muenlch. Messrs. 'M. Rothschild, C. E. Bauer, William Kleihege, E. J. Humpfer. J. D. Brusel and J. L. Rohde are holdover directors.
NONE THERE FROM CITY
JOHN GLENNON STILL INTERESTED Although John Glennon has secured a new management for his hotel buffet In the persons of Frank Wonderle of Indiana Harbor and P. Mayhew of Gary, this does in no way indicate that he is no longer proprietor of the business according to his statement today. Mr. Glennon says that the only change that was made was in .personal of, the staff of the buffet. "
MAY HAVE TO CLOSE SCHOOL AT MILLER
Measles, which have caused so much trouble In the smaller communities of Lake county this winter, may result in the closing of the Miller public school. The disease is now raging among tho youngsters of the lake coast sand dfine town over the northeast part of the county. If there is no letup in Its severity the school board may direct the closing of the public school.
As far as Agent Peterson of Hammond knows, none of the local employes of the Monon attended the first annual banquet of the Monon Railroad Transportation club. . which was held last night at Lafayette. T. J. Connelly, who acted as toastmaster',' read" a letter from President Fairfax Harrison, who Is now attend-
1 ing a meeting of the board of directors ' .. . . . . . . -i- i
or tne jwonon m iew ium. President Harrison said in his letter that he was glad to hear of the organisation of the Monon Transportation club and hoped it would grow and serve to do good work. He said that railroad work was like other professions and that success is scored by those who not only work hard, but who have something In them and tiave the oppor. tunity to show It. Asks For Suggestion. lie said that the man who was able to think" beyond the mere routine of his work was the man who would be
promoted. He closed his letter by say- I ing that the new organization would :
have regular meetings and discuss' the work of operating a railroad and offer suggestions. .... General Manager A. II. Weslfall of
Chicago made the principal address. He j told of the great improvement made in ' the service of the Monon since tie ; safety and efficiency committee was organized a year ago,, and added that ; he was always pleased to hear of j suggestions from the employes. He ad
vocated nafety first as the best rule for thesmployes to follow. If. L. . McManus, . superintendent of motive power; P. C. May, treasurer; Byron Cassell, traveling passenger agent; John Priest, Daniel W. Sims. A. J. O'Reilly, general freight agent at Indianapolis; P. R. Kurril, general attorney, Chicago, and H. G. Alexander, district passenger agent, Indianapolis,
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Baroaesa Nat aUe Vaa Kllfaa. Cincinnati, - Jan. 10. A tale that makes ordinary fiction look pale and weak is told by Baroness Natalie Van Kilfus of Russia, former wife of Percy Proctor, wealthy Cincinnati "clubman and traveler. . The baronees recently arrived in this country and at once started proceedings to have annulled a divorce which Proctor secured here last J-une. In her petition to the court rlie sets forth that she was a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic, that the shock caused by the disaster resulted in her losing her mind, and that she was
therefore unable to fight her husband action. .