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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY IS TENDERLY
OBSERVED IN HAMMOND
Hundreds of School Children March in Procession With
Grizzled Soldiers nd Help Decorate
Graves of Dead Warriors.

Memorial day in Hammond was fit
tingly observed yesterday when the
parade formed at the court house
shortly after 1 o'clock and marched to
the cemetery where the exercises of the
afternoon were held.
The parade was lead by Pugh's band
and was followed by a column OF old
soldiers. A familiar figure was J.
Groat. who has played the fife in Dec
Grafton Day parades as long as the pei
pie in Hammond can remember. This
time he had organized n boys drum
corps TO accompany him as he played.
The knights of Pythias marched in
the procession and carriages were fur
nished for the ladies of the Relief
Corps Several hundred school chill
dren marched in line and saw the ex-
ercises at the cemetery.
The exercises were carried out as
they were planned with few except
ions and were exceedingly interesting
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HAMMOND SHOWS
kEENEST COMPETITION
City Represents Scene of
Greatest Activity in the
Jamestown Contest.

The field of greatest activity since
the date of the publishing Of the last
list showing the standing of the James
town contestants is in Hammond where
the candidates are working with great
success.
The three young ladies who are
in the lead all show an increase in
votes and are making a good run. The
way things look now Miss Anna Z.
Gray, Miss Nora Reilley, Miss Callie
johnson and Miss Daisy Emery have
an excellent chance to make the trip
but the contest is still young and it is
hard to tell what developments there
will be in the future.
In Whiting and Robertsdale Miss
Katherine Bader and Miss Nellie Hen
nephin are making a close race and are
separated by only It's votes in the climb
for first place.
In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor
Miss Gertrude Cole is still way ahead
with Miss Felicia Ordner second. The
contest in district number four is also
becoming more spirited.
Miss Anna Blaumire of Lake Station
is still leading the whole field in the
number of votes, she has received but
Miss Anna i. Gray is gradually creep
ing up on her in this respect
In the other districts the contest is
progressing satisfactorily but slowly
and is expected TO warm up in a few
days
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31

ier to bear its message to the hapless
people -of the Philippines. For them,
resistance against him was hopeless.
TO meet him in battle was to be COM
peIled to flea or to yield TO listen TO
him afterwards was to love him and
abide his counsel. And yet IN their
ignorance and in their fear they killed
him. He was a messenger of peace, Of
liberty and of civilization, but they
could not see; they did not know
Simple in habit, quiet in demeanor
modest in thought, he was as gentle
and loving as he was brave. He was
constant in his affection. He climbed
from obscurity to distinction, from the
blouse and cap of the private in a vol
unteer regiment to the hemlet and star
of major general in the regular army
but he never forgot his Indiana home
affiliations; to these he was true until
his great heart stood still and ceased
to beat.
And now we are come. a mighty
concourse, too great to reach with the
human voice, or to number, to receive
from the hands of the commission
whose proud privilege it has been to
procure it, and to unveil in this dis
tinguished image of him so true to life.
sculptured image of him so true to life.
so sentient withal. and of lines so per-
feet. as to have been conceived only by
genius in her best moments and
fashioned by hands of consumate skill
and unusual artistic power"
statute Is Unveiled.
The speaker paused: Turning to
Miss Frances Lawton. the oldest OF
the three Lawton daughters on the
platform, he continued:
Let it be unvefled"-and Miss Law
ton pulled the ropes that released
from around the figure the beautiful
siIken flag which she pulled, up, up,
until it hung clear and free. directly
over the statue, waving and swinging
in the air. The thunders of the crowd
drowned out the speakers voice. but
he continued with a few brief words of
eulogy.
Following the speech. the band of
the Seventh Regiment played Amer
lea" after which the governor intro
duced James Whitcomb Riley. In
diana's greatest poet, and Riley read
his poem. The Home Voyage" writ
ten when Lawtons body was being
brought to this country.
with few words. he introduced the
president. who then spoke. Following
the exercises, the president was taken
to Fairbanks home. He is TO leave al
6 o'clock this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
CON MOOR AGAIN
IN THE TOLLS
Takes Change of Venue to
Burnham Court-So
Does Baxter.

THE Mecca" owned by Cornelius
Moor, was raided again last night by
the West Hammond police and Con-
was arrested for selling liquor without
a license.
His trial came up this morning be-
fore Justice ]. J. Flynn. Attorney Rob-
ert McAleer. attorney for Moor, asked
for change of venue to the Burnham
justice court which was granted. Moor
has two charges of the same character
gainst him, so ftris expected that the
Burnham justice viii impose nice fine
on him.
! AS Moor was unable 20 get bonds
man he was thrown into jail. awaiting
the arrival OF rigs from Hammond to
take the party to Burnham.
Lewis Baxter and the five girls who
were arrested last week charged re-
spectively with running a house of i'll
fame and of being inmates thereof.
were up for hearing before Justice ].
J. Flynn.
Attorney Robert McAleer. attorney
for Baxter. again asked a change of
venue to Burnham, which was granted.
! The party proceeded to Burnham
forthwith where the trials will come
up before the Burnham Justice.
attorney Joseph bellhshls the new
village attorney, viii have charge of
the prosecution. and says he intends
to make it warm for the divekeepers.
He went on to say that possibly he
would have the cases handed over to
the Cook county grand jury and get
them indicted. which he thinks ought
to put them out of the village.
A large delegation OF respectable
citizens from the village announced
their intentions of driving to Burnham
to witness the trial. The hall was
packed this morning with the villagers.
who expected that some kind of var
dict would be rendered.
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WEST PULLMAN
IS WATCHED
Police Believe Murderers of
Polish Priest are Hid
ing There.
FOLLOW WOMAN CLEW
Father Vatarian Had Large Sum on
His Person at the Time He
Was Killed.

A strict watch is to be kept on the
Polish settlements at Chicago and West
Pullman from now on in the hope that
the slayers of Father Caspar Vatarian
have reached this city and are in hid
ing.
With the police of two cities on the
trail of the murderers of the aged
Polish priest whose body was found
last Sunday in a trunk at New York.
it is expected that they will be run to
cover within a few hours, and West
Pullman may be shown to be the scene
of the plotting. Captain McCaffery of
New York, head of the criminal bureau,
stated yesterday that he expects to
arrest three men before the week ends
who are suspected of being implicated
in the murder.
The idea that the men are on their
way to Europe was secuted by the po-
lice of New York and Chicago, and it
is the general belief that the men are
in hiding, either in Chicago, New York,
West Pullman or some of the other
cities where the Polish settlements are
strong The report that a woman was
seen with the men while in New York,
and who was supposed to have been
employed to lure the priest to the place
where he was murdered, is being hunt
ed down by the police. She is suspected
to be the sister of Paul Sarkisian, one
of the men whom the police are looking
for.
The police are now positive that the
priest was alive two hours before the
body was taken to the Thirty seventh
street house on Wednesday. A res
taurant keeper told the officers that
the murdered man was in his place be-
tween II and II o'clock Wednesday and
was alone at the time. Bishop Sara
jian of West Hoboken stated that
Father Vatarian had a large sum Of
money in his possession at the time he
was killed and that he had been to
Worcester, Mass. collecting large
| sum for the church and this may have
been the cause of the murder. 1t is
also alleged that the slayers have been
traced to Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
MIGHTY THRONG GREETS PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Gets Ovation at Unveiing of Lawton Monu
ment-Thousands Participate
in Celebration.

Hanly as ex-officioc hartman of the Law
ton Monument commission. introduced
the Rev. D. r. Lucas, known as THE
hghting chaplain" who delivered the
invocatfon-a prayer that was compari-
lively short. Following that came the
governors address. in part as follows
Amid the rain and the mists Of the
morning, Sept. 10. 1899, between the
mountains and the jungle, at San
Mateo In the Island of Luzon, beyond
the sea, Henry W. Lawton fell in bat
tie, under his countrys flag, with his
face towards it's foes.
Death came to him as he desired it
should came, on the field of battle, at
the head of his command, amid the
Joy OF conflict and the fash of guns
soldiers death. quick and painless.
Fear to Him Unknown.
He was an intrepid soldier war
rior incarnate. He was not afraid of
death. He looked upon it often and
faced it many times in many lands, and
always with unblanched cheek and un-
quickened pulse.
He heard. unawed. It's challenge at
Shiloh, stood amid its iron hail at
Stone River, walked with it in the
woods Of Chicamauga, ran to meet it
with fixed bayonet at Atlanta, touched
elbows with it at Nashville and at
Franklin, rode with it on lonely Indian
trails, through the mountain passes
and canons of Arizona, defied its lurid
flame at Eel Caney. and laughtd at it's
grinning face on dozen oriental
| fields. And then it conquered him, but
even at the last he was not afraid, for
fear was to him unknown
He knew the dread trade of war,
and in Its awful drama he ever played
leaders part. But he knew also
| that war cannot found a government
nor establish freedom for the children
of men; that at it's best it can but
break the way and plow the field; that
| liberty, If it endures, must be but
| tressed by law and conserved by civil
institutions, and that love Of it i'm
planted In the hearts of the people is a
safer defense and a surer guarantee
of its perpetuity than mustered armies
or assembled navies can ever be
Knowing this, he was more then a
ly government and an administrator
of capacity and power. Victory for
him on the field meant opportunity for
| kindly deeds. for the setting up of civil
authority and the establishment Of
precedent for the protection of peo-
pies rights.
Type of the West.
He was typical of the great west,
whose child he was, and was fit cour-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31

many and the guilty few by any ILL
Judged and sweeping scheme Of ven
geance. our aim is primarily to pre-
vent those abuses in the future.
Wherever evil doors can be, they shall
be brought to justice, and no criminal,
high or low, whom we can reach, Will
receive immunity.
But the rights of the innocent in
vestors should not be jeopardized by
legislation or executive action. We
sanction no legislation which would
fall heavily on them, instead Of the
original wroDgdoers or beneficiaries of
the wrong.
There must be no such rigid laws as
will prevent the development Of the
country. We would be the hrst
70 oppose any unreasonable restrict
ions being placed upon the issuance Of
stocks and bonds. for such would simp-
ly hamper the growth of the United
states. But this does not prevent our
demanding that there shall be lodged
in the government power to exercise
a Jealous care against the imitation
of securities and all the evils that come
In its train"
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The band played Lead Kindly Light
and this music was followed by a
prayer by Rev. l. s Smith OF the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The reading OF the order by J. NJ
Krause, the commander OF the post
was next on the program and then f.
NJ Elliot, the chaplain OF the post de-
iivered the address OF the afternoon.
1t was eloquent and appropriate and
was enjoyed by all present.
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
was not read by Hensel Garrison or
Taylor University as was expected. but
Mrs. Kenuer. a Chicago woman. made
a splendid address IN its place.
Miss Bonnie Haines' recitation, Cap
tain, oh My Captain" was we'll chosen
and was rendered with much skill The
Daughters of Liberty had a very beau
tlful ritual in connection with the dec-
Grating Of the graves and the services
We're brought to a close.
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Ask the family upstairs to subscribe.
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Especial to Lake County Times.)


Indianapolis, May 5O.-Presideht
Roosevelt was here today, and from
the minute of his arrival, almost II
o'clock, until the time he was to leave,
at 6 o'clock, his time was taken up
completely
The president came primarily TO be
the principal speaker at the exercises
incident to the unveiling Of the monu-
ment that has been erected to the
memory of the late General Henry w
Lawton; incidentally, however, he took
part in lesser functions not the least
of which was the review of the children
of the city, Immediately after his ar
rival and on his way up to the home of
Vice President Fairbanks.
The members of the G.. A. r. organ
izations. having completed their regu-
lar Memorial services in the morning.
Joined in the Lawton observance in the
afternoon Two battalions and one
battery of the regular army. thirteen
companies and one battery from the
Indiana National guard. the knights
Templar, Patriarchs Militant, and diff
ferent military organizations of the
fraternal orders partook in the big
military pageant that preceded the ex-
ercises in the afternoon. And not to
be outdone, other semimilitary and
civic organizations participated in the
days honor.
Not only was the memory of Lawton
honored but also were the old veterans
honored, for the address of the presi-
dent was as much one Of general in
terest to the G.. A. r. members as to
those interested in the Lawton ex-
ercises.
Capital Does Itself Proud.
And Indianapolis turned itself in
side out to do honor to the old sol
diers, to the memory OF General Law
ton and to President Roosevelt.
Thousands upon thousands of people
stood for hours along the gaily dec
GRATED streets where the president
drove and cheer after cheer was thrown
out as he passed the crowds.
The mention of his name by Governor
Hanly at the unveiling ceremonies,
caught the crowd body and soul. The
governor in his short speech, introduc-
ing the president. left his name until
the last as Is the custom. And when
he said Ladies and gentlemen, the
president of the United States" the up
roar was SO great around the stand
that the president stood some minutes,
visibly affected by the enthusiasm,
which he was unable to check at once.
The ceremonies opened this after
noon when. after the crowd around the
platform had become still. Governor
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
DECORATION DAY PICNIC.

The annual Decoration Day picnic
given by the White Eagle Pleasure
club of West Hammond yesterday was
attended by over 1900 people mostly
from Chicago and South peerng
After proceeding to the Holy Cross
cemetery where the graves were dec
Grated. the crowd returned to the Will
age whe.e dancing was held ard sew
eral speakers made aidresse~.
The club is preparing 10 give arotner
picnic later in the season and expects
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
PIGEON THIEF ARRESTED.

Stanley Formello was arrested yes
terday afternoon by Officer Kulczyk OF
the West Hammond force. charged with
stealing pigeons from Joseph Goyke,
the treasurer The young lad was
lodged in the police station until s
o'clock in the evening when bonds for
$500 was furnished by Martin Scy-
mansli and the boy was released. The
trial will come up before Justice J
]. Flynn Saturday morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31
"TN DIXIE LAND j"

Manager Towle has secured the Nor
gan comedians to fill weeks engage
ment at the TowIe opera house, COM
mencing Sunday night. The company
mas long been considered one of the
strongest and best equipped attractions
on the road and this season no expense
mas been spared to make this superior
to all their former seasons. and to
make the company better than ever be-
fore. The play Sunday night will ba
In Dixie Land"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-31

John \. Burnham.
Cora NanBodegI aven-
Grace Marie Dahl.
Muriel Z. Eastwood.
Raymond NJ. Fox.
Ethel V. Hoffman.
Bonnie K. Eaines.
Francis L. Hamacher.
Isabella 3. Kuhn.
Gertrude E. Kraus.
Nellie G. McIntire.
Emma K. Rampke.
Ruth L. SohL
Rilla b. Summers.
Motto-"Diligence ms
Glass fiowerS-DaffodiI
Evening star., 1907-11-18
AMERICAN LEAGUES
BATTING FIGURES
Cobb the Leader, With Kay
Second and CIymer
Seventh.

The official batting averages of the
American League for 1907 were given out
last night by President Johnson, and show
Tyrus Cobb. the Detroit whirlwind out
fielder. as champion batsman. with an
average Of ,352. That Cobb was the best
batter of the season was known several
weeks before the final game was played.
as he had been hitting the bah very con-
ststently all year. There are nine players
with averages of 300 or better. two Of
whom belong to the Washington club.
Bill Kay was at the bat only sixty times
during the season. but he laced out twenty
hits. for an average of .3s3. and finished
second in the big list. Otis Clymer. who
held the lead for quite a while. fell of
in his batting toward the end. and the
best he could do was .31S. but it landed
him seventh. which is something to be
proud of. The next Washington player to
show Is little Milan, who Is twentieth on
the list. and he managed to ring off 27s.
Jim Delehanty was right on his heels
with .27S. which shows that the little
tennessee boy must be something of q
"Ty'' Cobb also carried Off the base
stealing records. as he had 40 to his credit,
with Elmer Flick second. with Al, while
Bob Ganley had 40.
In team batting Washington was
fourth. leading the Clevelands, Chicagos
and Bostons
Following are the averages in detail:
Evening star., 1907-11-18
ALL-ARMY TEAM
IN SPLENDID SHAPE

The An-army foot ball team defeated a
strong picked eleven composed OF sail
ors, high school stars and local collagians
by score of IL to o on the parade ground
at Fort Myer yesterday. The result of
hard practice and persistent effort was
shown throughout.
The soldiers surprised the 1000 specta-
tors by their remarkably good playing.
ami made many friends. Although the
star scrub team gave a good exhibition of
football it was outweighted and outplayed
by it's opponents. The All-army team
has shown considerable improvement,
both in speed and de fense.
1t is evident that the game scheduled
between picked military elevens. to be
played at American League Park Thanks
giving day, will be a lively one. as both
teams are practicing daily and have many
Victories to their credit. The army line
up Is as follows: Peters. left end: Jor-
dan. left tackle: Bearns. left guard: Nc
Carty. center: Messner. right tackle: Ma
honey. right guard: Nichols. right end;
Mahlen, quarterback: Diegan, left half
back: McCafeny, right halfback; Wilk-
son. fullback.
Candidates for the All-army team are
increasing daily, and Manager Stewart is
having conside rable difficulty in selecting
a team. owing to the good showing the
recent arrivals are displaying.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
TRAVERS' GOLFING
BEST IN GREAT YEAR

NEW YORK. November 1S.-Only one
more golf tournament, the annual Lake
wood fixture, will be held before the COM
petitive season in the north ends. In
many respects the season has been re-
markable. Tournaments We're more nu-
merOus than ever, while all records for
numbers of starters were broken when
202 players drove off at Deal in the
qualifying round of the August tourna-
ment.
AT Atlantic City in the spring the
amateurs also gathered over one hundred
strong, qualifying in six sixteenS. So
many Journeys were held during the fall
that conflicting dates were unavoidable.
From the time Walter J. Travis and Je-
rome d. TraverS met in their senSa tional
final at Garden City, in April, up to the
present, keen matches have been in or
der. and it is also worthy of mention that
Travers and Fred Herreshoff upheld the
reputation of the east by winning a ma
jority of the tournaments
The work of Travers was especially
Evening star., 1907-11-18
AVRAGES OF THE RAILWAY
RELIEF BOWLERS

The Northern quint of the Washington
Railway Relief Association Bowling
League is still holding the lead of that
league. having made a clean sweep Of all
games it has played from the beginning of
the season and having a percentage OF
1000 The Northeastern team has been
ousted from second position by the Me-
chanicai quint, which now holds second
place by a small margin. with the Road
way team pushing 1t hard
Smelling of the Northern is still the best
individual player, having made twenty
four strikes and ffty-one spares. and has
al average of 1871 pins. WynkoOp Of the
Eastern team Is second with tWenty-Seven
strikes and forty spares and with an aver
age of 173. Following are the averages:
Evening star., 1907-11-18
Annual Smoker v. M. I. Alumni.

Mr.. ]. Fl. Wood. president of the Wash
ington Alumni Chapter of the Virginia
Military Institute. presided at the annual
smoker of that organization held Satur-
day evening at Freund's, 815 10th street
northwest. More than fifty members
were in attendance Mr.. B. H. Coleman.
who was captain of Company D Of the
cadet corps at the battle Of Newmarket.
and Mr.. d. G. Moher of the same COM
pany were among those in attendance. AT
the election held during the evening
President Wood was re- elected and Mr..
D. N. Lee was chosen secretary and
treasurer.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
Other Stake Races Weakened.

Several other stakes will suffer from
the failure of the Whitney horses to take
part In the meeting. Only the poor horse
owners. the men who have one or two
good horses with which they earn live
lihood. are happy that the Whitney norses
have retired to winter quarters
Now that Jockey Joe Notter has signed
to ride for James r. keene next year,
he seems imbued with the idea that the
vice chairman of the Jockey Club will
save him from punishment if he rides
foul" Ever since the engagement has
been assured to him he has vented his
spleen against other riders by banging
and smashing their horses about at will.
BY such tactics Notter managed to beat
one or two horses Saturday. The rough
riding was deliberate and uncalled for.
The stewards permitted it to pass with
out punishment. Their leniency was on
a par with the manner IN which Walter
Miiers rough riding was tolerated at
Bennirg until one day last spring when
August Belmont. visitor at the track,
acted as steward for race and caught
Miller at work. Belmont suspended him.
Evening star., 1907-11-18
Gurleys Beat Rockville.

The Rockville foot bs.l am came to
Washington Saturday afternoon and in a
lively contest with the Gurley Athletic AS
ISOLATION eleven was defeated to 0. The
Rockville boys were outwe:ghed and were
minus two of their regular men. but they
made the other side hustle. The Gurley
team scored in the first halI. The Rock
vile team will play the Kenslngton team
at Rockville next Wednesday afternoon.
and is scheduled to lock horns with the
Millionaire eleven of Washington at the
fair grounds at Rockville on Thanksgiv-
ing day. The Rockville team includes:
Deets, left end; Hicks. left tackle; Will
son, left guard; Frederick Dawson. CEN
ter: Frank Higgins. right guard Thomas
Dawson. right tackle: K Shrewsbury,
right end: T. Shrewsbury quarterback; ;
B. Hoskins. right half, Smith. left half;
Robertson fullback.