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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
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For sweet charity's sake, a delight
full musical and dramatic entertainment
was held at Towles opera house last
night and as a result, the hearts of
those in charge were made glad by the
flow of silver pieces into the box Of
fee.
Over thousand music loving people
of Hammond crowded the opera house
and by their presence and applause
expressed their appreciation of the
work of the charity committee headed
by Mesdames Lawrence Becker. G. g.
Kingwill, J.' E. Fitzgerald and John
Kane
The artists who appeared on the pro-
gfram were Mesdames Edith Lillian
Clark, Charles ]. O'Connor. Anna. Raw
and Bessie Gilion Drake, from the
Conservatory of Music and kindred
Arts of Chicago. There were fifteen
numbers on the program which was
drawn out longer than had been in
tended because of repeated encores to
which the artists had to submit. Per-
maps the favorite on the program was
little Miss Ruth Ray, the child violin
list. Her handling of the instrument in
De Beriot's Scene de Ballet and
Dvoraks "Humoresque" was exquisite
She poured so much feeling and ex-
preston into her numbers that the
audience was enraptured.
Mrs. Edith Lillian Clark, the pianist,
with Chopin "Valse Op. AZ" and Liszts
"Reminiscences de Lucia de Lammer-
moor proved herself a master in
technique and execution. In the List
"Etude" the ending was marred by the
exit of people from the audience and
the sympathy of the ending was de-
stroyed by the regrettable noise An
other artist who charmed the audience
with her work was the mezzo-soprano.
Mrs. OConnor. She sang Bemberg's
"Hindoo Song" with splendid coloring
and her homework in the Willeby Fairy
Love Song" was very acceptable. Her
voice is of a particularly pleasing
quality. The reader, Bessie Guion
Drake, gave four numbers, all of them
very enjoyable. One of them was the
lamented Irving's after-dinner favor
ite, The Uncle"-a heavy unmber
for feminine voice, but she sustained
well the dramatic power in it, The
large audience enjoyed the program
immensely and feel well repaid for
their attendance
The committee in charge of the work
was as follows: ,Mesdames Fred Mott.
Joe Weis, Hastings Lash, w. H. Cost
lin, J. G. Ibach, Griffin, A F. W. Fed
der, Leo Wolf. j. E. Fitzgerald. c. e.
Bauer, Lawrence Becker, ]. ApoIl, Fred
Lash, jr, c. Kingwill Mettler, w. f.
Howat w. H. Binder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
IS THE HAMMOND
DOG A TAX DOOGER (?
Most of Him Certainly Fails
to Pay His Just
Assessment.

How do Hammond dogs escape the
license tag? Is tax lodging instinct
i've with them, or have they learned 1t
from their masters?
Hammond has at least 1000 CANNES,
including every breed from the blooded
Scotch coolie owned by Harvey Cost
lin. down to the little alley rat in
back of the Maine restaurant. and yet
there are only 112 of these which car
ried tags last year. This year only
fifty-four licenses have been issued,
and indications being that no more
licenses will be issuer this year than
last year
Most of the people seemingly are
under the impression that by paying
the tax levied by the assessor. that a
dog is entitled to life, liberty and all
pursuits of happiness.
The dog tax merely gives permission
to house the cur or whatever it might
be, but does in no way allow the dog
to run on the streets or into the neigh
bor's yard to dig up his lawn there.
1t is the city dog license which al
lows the animal to run at large, pro-
vided he is harmless, and even then
he must be muzzled during the So
called dog days.
There is a growing desire in the city
to restrict those animals which are now
running about without permission.
The objections come mainly from par
ents whose children are frightened by
the animals.
In the business district they have be-
come a nuisance. They are always
i,,4 4l,., -x ~.
ing unusual to see a pack of them
running up and down the streets and
sidewalks and getting into the way of
pedestrians. ~ ~
Hammond probably has not more
than its allotted share of dogs when
compared with other cities. but 1t is
not receiving its allotted share Of dog
licenses. In Michigan City, for in
stance. a smaller city than Hammond,
dog licenses netted the city $500 last
year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
DEATH OF WE'LL KNOWN
PIONEER MIIESTER

The Rev. DR.. Samuel Beck, well
known in Hammond. one of the pio-
neer ministers of the northwest Indi-
ana conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, died yesterday morning
at his residence in South Bend. He
was born in Wayne county, Indiana
seventy-f1ve years ago. He had been
in charge of churches in many towns
and cities of the state during more
than half a century, had been presid-
ing elder and formerly was a trustee
of De Pauw university His widow
and several children survive
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
WILL HAVE A
PRIVATE SANATARIUM

Crown Point, Ind. April 23.-(spe-
cial)-The Crown Point sanitarium
which has had rather tempestous
journey on the financial sea in the last
few years. has at last, so rumor saws.
found harbor Mrs. Workman. a
trained nurse, having negotiated the
sale of the place for a considerat ton
OF $4,000. The matter will have to go
through the courts. Mrs. Workman. it
is said, will conduct the institution
more as private sanitarium instead
OF the more public use it has been
put to in the past
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

on. whenever we have party /
come down to Hammond for refresh
ments. l got the morphine habit while
1 was sick and later took to the cOke.o
The above is an extract from a re-
mafkable interview TIMES reporter
had with a coke" fend whom he
spotted, followed, photographed and
finally induced to confess the whole
miserable history of his life since he
became addicted to the use of the drug
He got off a Sixty third street car
and in the nervous manner peculiar
to the victims of the drug habit he
Immediately walked to the store of a
Hammond druggist. where in a low
tone he asked for some cocaine The
druggist refused his request and he left
the store without the drug which had
become SO necessary to his existence
There was no mistaking the fact
that he was one of the scores of Chi
eago dopsters who have discovered
that while it is impossible to buy the
drug in Chicago. the country druggists
do not fear arrest or conviction and
are disposed to make the big profit on
a miserable traffic that wrecks and
ruins mems lives
The reporter followed him on the
arousing suspicion. He learned from
the first druggist that the man had
actually asked for cocaine and had
been refused the drug; consequently
as he hurried to keep up with the
stranger he was not surprised to note
that he went into the first drug store
he came to.
In the same secretive manner he had
employed in the first case, he walked
all the way back to the rear of the
store and engaged the druggist in con-
versation. There was not a moment.s
hesitation.
The small bottle full of the drug
was prepared and in a few moments
the coke" fiend was again on the
street, making haste for some place
where he could satisfy that ravenous
appetite for the stimulant
Spotted by a Reporter.
Within a short distance of the cor
ner Of Holman and state streets he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
WRECK TELLS
STORY OF LIFE
State Authorities VIII Soon Take
Action Against Vendors of Cocaine
and "Fiend' Tells of Influx of
"COke" Users to Get Drug in Ham
mond.
DEVELOPMENTS

SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
ARE EXPECTED SOON AS THE RE-
suit OF THE SALE of COCAINE by
A HAMMOND DRUGGIST WHEN The
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH COM
PLETES ITS INVESTIGATION.
eyes, / Will admit that L am n
coke fend. L come out to Hammond
three times a week to buy the stuff.
1 have no difficulty in getting 1t here
although they arrest the druggists in
Chicago who are caught selling
dope. belong to coke club on the
south side. We get together every
once I'm awhile and shake our heads
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
BUYS HIS SOCKS BY
THE BUSHEL AT SO PER.
u. ;. Seeiy Gets Bargain in Hosiery
That Looks Like OpuIance in
Stocking Line.

Is bushel basket full of new socks,
Including the basket, bargain at cost
of $500?
If it is. E. G. seely of this city has
found one This morning he had oc-
casion TO visit the Standard Steel Car
district and while there visited fire
sale where socks were sold by the
bushel. What thoughts surged through
Seelys mind when he saw the bargain
Is hard to tell. Suffice it to say Mr..
Seely has sox enough to keep his toot-
sizes warm through the next hard
winter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
APPEARS BEFORE
BOARD WITH ATTY.
DR.. Oscar Reiss May Go to Oklahoma
to Practice Medicine There, But
Reiss Pere Decides to Remain at
the Standard Steel Car Settle
ment.

On the complaint of one of the Ham~
mond physicians, DIR. Herman Refss
OF this city, was called before the State
Board of Medical Registration at In
dianapoIfs and asked to explain why
he had been practicing medicines for
the past eight months license is
sued prior to the law of 1907.
DR.. Herman Reiss together with his
son, Oscar, have been practicing med
icine in the Standard settlement. east
of town and day or two ago the elder
Mr.. Reiss received notice from the
state medical board requesting him to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
ELOPING COUPLE
COME TO HAMMOND
But in Their Disappointment Make a
Quick Hike to Crown Point.

An eloping couple, who were Unfa-
miliar with the changes time has
wrought since Hammond was the old
official Gretna Green for Chicago and
other nearby Illinois towns strayed
into Judge McMahon's court this noon
and asked his honor to direct them to
the marriage license office Judge
Mcmahon bade them on their way to
Crown Point and after an exclama-
tion of disappointment the couple
hied them over to the Erie to wait
the $40 train which woulS bear them
to the city where two sous with but
a single thought are made glad The
young people were good looking and
we'll dressed. When they learned that
they would be unable to secure a Ii
cense in Hammond, they refused to
give up their names
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
POLICE RUN ACROSS
SHOCKING CASE TODAY.
Foreigner Afflicted With LOatbsOme
Disease Is Sent to POorfarm.

The Hammond police ran across a
deplorable case at the Standard Steel
Car works today when in the settle
ment there they found a foreigner ly-
ing in a house so weak that he could
hardly walk. For three years the fell
low has been afflicted with an incurable
disease and one that is particularly
loathsome. His wife has been support
ing him, though he abused her until
within few months ago, when he be-
came too weak to continue. He was
taken to the county poorfarm at Crown
Point today where he is expected to end
his days soon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
SOCIALISTS WILL HOLD
ANOTHER MEETING
Attorney Bixby VIII Address the Gath
ering to be Held on North Side.

Encouraged by the success of their
first meeting. two weeks ago, the So
cialists of Hammond will hold another
meeting in Fred Burke's place, 61s
North Holman street, next Saturday
evening.
The program as given out by John
Minnich. who is one of the organizers
of the party in Hammond is an ad-
dress by Harling A. Bixby, young
Hammond attorney, and two addresses
one in German and a second in English
by John Minich himself
Attorney Bixby, according to Min
.nich's announcement will speak In Eng
lish.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
GOODBYE TO THE
LITTLE BROWN JUG
Hammond Police Receives
Opinion That Fortifies
Position They Took.
A bas the little brown tug.

The Hammond police who have al
ways took the stand that they have a
right to refuse the sale of liquor in
jugs for peddlers are fortified in their
position by constitution placed on
the Beardsley law.
This was done by Attorney General
James Bingham, who yesterday held
that wholesale liquor dealers have no
right to sell liquor in less quantities
than five gallons. The ruling means
the stoppage of wagon delivery to
houses, and revolutionize present prac-
tiees. The question will go to the
Supreme court. The Beardsley law is
the blind tiger" act of the legislature
or 1907.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
OLD R1.dMoND RESIDENT.
FORMER POLICEMAN, DIES.
John Urbahns Passes Away After q
Long Illness-Leaves Wife
and Family.

John Urbahns, one of the old res
iGents of Hammond and a former police
man, died early this morning at his
home, 257 Truman avenue, after long
illness. The deceased leaves a wife and
several grown children.
He came originally from Porter coun-
ty and while the funeral arrangements
have not yet been made it is probable
that the remains will be taken to VAL
paraiso for burial
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
SPLENDID CONCERT
GIVEN At TOWLE'S
Chicago Artistes Entertain
Monster Crowd at
Charity Function.
SOCIETY WELL REPRESENTED
Committee Will Clear Up In Neigh
borhood of $4OO for Sweet
Charity's Sake.
> . = . . = = = . . = . . . . . .

The members of the COM
nfttee for the Charity Concert
wish to thank all persons who
so ably supported them by their
assistance, donations and pa
trOnage. On account of all tick
cts not being turned in, 1T is inn
impossible, at this time, to re-
port the exact sum realized.
but it is believed that it Will
be approximately S4OO. A de-
tailed report will be made
through these columns later.
LOUISE Nj. kINGWILL.
Secretary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
HOFFMAN STREET rs
TORN UP AGAIN

Fiumoers are, tearing South Holman
street up again until its resemblance
70 thoroughfare is extremely distinct.
new watermains are being put in and
connection from the street mains to the
mouse mains are keeping a big gang of
men at work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
BARNEY JOHNSTON, JR., BURIED

The remains of the five-year-old son
Of Officer Barney Johnson of West Ham,
mond, were sent to Mt Olivet cemetery
this morning after funeral services
had been held at 8 O'Clock in All Saints
church
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
BELLW0oD MAN GATHERED IN

George Crawford of Bellwood, Ill,
coatless and hatless but by no means
packageless was gathered in by the po-
lice this afternoon on charge of drunk
enness. He was remanded for hear
ing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

II you can truthfuIIy say that THE
TINES Is a good newspaper, please say
tn fn n friend and get him to auhxeriaa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

Hammonds
track
this will
OF South
and
the
in
Of
of
Ga Michiga
OF the esouth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
PROVIDE NEW SITE
FOR ERIE YARDS +?
Reported Company of Real
ty Men is Now Organized
For Purpose.
TRAFFIC MGR. SHERW|N TALKS
Declares That While Matter Had
Been Considered, He Had Heard
Nothing Lately

The report became current yesterday
that company of Hammond real estate
men had been organized for the purpose
OF providing new site for the Erie
yards out south of the city and which
proposed to subdivide the present site
OF the yards and place on sale several
blocks of the most centrally located
lets in the city.
In an effort to confirm the rumor,
which emanated from reliable source,
Captain ]. G. Sherwin, traffice manager
of the Erie railroad, was interviewed
over the telephone.
Mr. Sherwin gave very interesting
interview in which he said that the
matter of vacating the present site of
the yards had been considered on sew
eral occasions and that three years ago
the matter was given very careful con-
sideration by the officials of the COM
pany.
He said he had not heard anything
recently but he thought he would be
acquainted with the facts If there was
anything of the kind under considera-
tion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

Have you ever tried an ad In The
TaRese Try one and see the results.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
HAMMOND BALL
TEAM REORGAN|zED
Final Arrangements Com
pleted Among Members
Last Evening.
OPEN FOR CHALLENGES NOW
May Use Roby Race Track, Just
North Of the White House,
for Park.

The Hammond baseball team is re-
organized, final arrangements having
been completed among the members
themselves at Millikans last evening.
Until the team gets home accommoda-
tions in the way of a park it will
travel the first game to be played
May 8, with either Lowell or Valpa-
raiso
While Hammond fans are somewhat
disappointed in seeing their heroes
leave town every Sunday, they are
nevertheless gratif1ed in knowing that
Hammond has a team at least. The
local team is open for challenges now,
no schedule having been arranged yet
for the summer.
The local team and their friends
have not given up all hope of secur-
ing a park and before the season is
well under way it may be possible that
the team will have a place in Ham
mond where games may be played on
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

Mr. Sherwin pointed out that the
Erie railroad company has spent so
much money on it's new coal storage
plant that he did not believe there
would be enough profit in the sale of
the lots of the proposed subdivision to
make the rebuilding of the plant pos
sible.
He estimated that the Hammond coal
storage plant has cost in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 and that the company
could not rebuild the plant for any less
than that amount
In addition it would be required to
relay all of the track in the present
yards and also to move the round
house and shops. Another thing that
viii have to be eonsidsred Will be the
extra cost of switching from thesspne-.
posed yards outside of the city limits
to the places where the goods are con-
signed.
Mr. Sherwin suggested that this might
make enough of a difference to decide
the officials in favor of the retention
OF the present yards under any and all
circumstances.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
Roby Track For Park.

The park now in sight is the old
Roby race track just north of the
White House, but all depends upon a
deal for the sale of the White House
Ed Snaudt, proprietor of the White
House, is at present considering the
sale of his place to Chicago syndi-
cate and since it is he that has offered
to give the boys" a park, it will all
depend upon whether the deal will be
closed or not. Even if the White
House and the surrounding property
changes hands, hope has been held out
to the boys that the new syndicate
would accommodate would accommo-
date them with a park and a grand
stand.
The management of the team this
year stays in the team, which will de-
eide definitely upon a captain this
week. A practice game will be held
next Sunday afternoon at which time
the following men will be tried out:
Clarence Eder catcher, Will Hump
fer and "Curley" Elkins pitchers, Dan
Enright shortstop, Will Jones first
base, c. White second base, B. Nc
Mahan third base, w. Halfman left
field. Louis Sherer center field, c.
Rohde, right field.
Next Sunday a pitcher from Fort
Wayne, who wishes to affiliate him
self with the local team and a third
baseman from Gibson will be tried
out
The team as it is at present is COM
posed of all old players on the team
excepting Hunter, Elkins and Eder
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-23
WEATHER.

showers ana fhunder-
storms tonight and Friday.
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
Campaign Chairman
Mystery to Capital

The probable chairman Of the Repub-
lean National Committee IS as much of
a mystery in Washington today as was
the selection of a running mate for
Secretary Taft twenty-four hours be-
fore the Republican National Conven-
ton made known its choice.
The elimination of Frank Hitchcock,
due to his own declaration that ne
would not manage the campaign. is be-
ueved 10 carry a suspicion that Arthur
J. Vorys has been too bitter 10 permit
either man 10 withdraw from the race
al this stage OF the game.
II is probable that, finding themselves
deadlocked, and being unable 10 give
way TO the pleadings Of Secretary Taft,
it was decided to agree by disagree
ing altogether, and to try 10 decide
upon a third party.
Who this third party viii be today
is mere conjecture. and 1t is safe 10
say that even Secretary Taft himself
does not known who IL will be.
Senator Long Of Kansas ana Senator
Burkett of Nebraska are the latest TO
be mentioned for the place. but it is
doubtful II their names have been given
serious consideration. The name OF
Secretary Loeb also has been mentioned.
This brings out a bit of hitherto unpuo-
lished history in connection WILn The
Taft campaign for the Presidency.
In the early stages Of the canvass,
The Washington times., 1908-06-21
House Fat-A Vital Problem

Shall a fat woman decide during the
swelteTing evenings of midsummer 10
sit on the porch corseted and asph yx-
lated but presentable; or shall she take
off her harness and garner a little com
fort at the expense of few pounds
more Of house fat? Here is a problem
as momentOus as Hamlet's ITO be or
not to be
Hamlet ended where he began. how
ever, whereas fat folks can solve their
hot weather problem; they can reduce.
This does not mean hard work
through exercise or a course Of ascetic
dieting. though. II does not mean one
must take a chance of running his stom-
ach with secret advertised rene
dies" All one has to do is take a tea
spoonful after meals and at bedtime OF
the following simple. harmless mixture:
II ounce Marmola, y ounce Fluid FIX
tract Cascara Aromatic, and 3lb ounces
Strip Simplex, and in a reasonable time
the loss of fat shodld amount to u, or
even Is ounces q day. This home meth
Cd of reducing flesh quickly and safely
gets results without disturbing one's
regular diet or the formation Of wrin-
kles, and these advantages. combined
with the fact that any druggist will I'll
il for a small sum, make this receipt
unique,