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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12

indianapolis the greatest Templar
meeting held in the world" said Com
mander Woodward. AT least 10000
visitors would spend d week in the
city. In point of attendance, the en-
campment would equal the national
conventions Of either the republican or
democratic parties. The encampment
does not require a financial guarantee
from the city entertaining it, but does
require assurance that there will be
ample hotel and similar accommoda-
lions. In some of the cities where
the encampment has been held, thou
sands Of visitors have been housed in
big tented camps. But in 1918 I be-
lieve that Indianapolis would have
ample hotel and boarding house ia
cflities to take care of the visitors. The
amount OF money the knights and their
friends would spend in Indianapolis
during the week would repay for the
people of the city many times over
for the effort required to obtain the
encampment. The Indiana command
cry will next winter complete at In
dianapolis what will doubtless be the
finest temple in the world and this in
itself would be some inducement for
the national encampment to come to
the Hoosier capital But it will take a
strong effort to obtain It,"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
MAY BRING new CHARGE
Washington Street Opening
In Gary May Result in
Fraud Accusation.

Franklin Fetterer, the attorney for
the property owners on Washington
street in Gary who desire to have that
thoroughfare opened to the public.
made the statement this morning that
he thought the city officials of Gary
would cease their efforts through their
attorney, l. L. Bomberger. as repre-
scented by John F. Sawyer of Ham
mond, to uphold the vaeating of Wash
ington street. but If they did not he
would file a paragraph in his complaint
charging the city officials with fraud
and conspiracy.
Yesterday John F. Sawyer. acting for
the city officials of Gary, filed a demur
to the property owners complaint and
it appears that the city will assist the
Gary & Western and other defendant
railroads in their efforts to keep Wash
ington street vacated
Why Are Trustees Tnteresteds
Attorney Fetterer says that he does
not understand why the Gary board
should take such an interest in seeing
this street closed by the Gary & West
ern and other railroads when 1t would
have the effect of cutting the city into
two distinct parts, all for the purpose
of saving the railroads the cost OF
building a few subways.
He says that the Gary & Western
elevation would prove to be regular
Chinese wall through Gary and woulC
destroy the value OF Washington stree
and other streets in the vicinity fo
business purposes.
He maintains that the town board
has the right to regulate streets o
the city, but not to give them away
The cause is now pending in the super
Tor court in Hammond and is likely t
| be a great legal battle, as both side
are furnished with plenty of funds witt
which to fight the case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
ISSUE Up TO PEOPLE
CONGRESS REBUKED
Administration Appeals to
Convention to Repudi-
ate "Do-N othings.
6NTI-INJUNCTION IS THE TEST
Noted Writer Says This VIII Show
Whether Big Stick on Big
Cigar Rules.
1Bx walter weIImanl.

Which is the republican party? The
White House or the big capitol on the
hill at Washington. The present presi-
dent of the United States are the re-
publican majority in congress? They
do everything and everybody policy or
the do-nothing idea? The big stick or
the big cigar?
That is the question. 1t is by long
odds the most interesting thing before
this so-called convention. 1t is a ques-
ton which was raised yesterday, and
which promises to inject into this 9TH
erwise dull and featureless affair at
least the semblance of fight. 1t ap-
peared upon the scene yesterday morn
ing when Attorney General Ellis of
Ohio arrived in town, safe and snug
within his inside pocket the only simon
pure draft of the platform-the draft
bearing the thumbmarks and the o.
ks of the present and the future lead
eFs of the party-the man in the White
House and the man he is trying to put
there when he goes out.
That draft of the platform contains
no anti-injunction plank. This plank
is to be adopted if the Roosevelt-Taf
people have the power, and they think
they have.
But opposition at once arises. OF
course. The manufacturers and en-
ployers are up in arms. The railroad
people likewise. not only about this,
but about the threatened plank pledg-
ing to put federal restriction upon the
issuance of securities. Men who travel
on passes came to town in large num-
bers yesterday to fight these measures
~,
Memory carries us back four years
when the bunengine ran over little La
Toilette and gave him his pompadour
national fame and a rich Chautauqua
asset.
Here are all the elements for a bit
of the real doings every one came to
Chicago to see. You may imagine how
warmly it was welcomed by the on
lockers at a convention in which ev-
erything seemed already fixed except
the, vice presidency, and that only
awaiting the proper hour and the tele-
phonic designation from Washington.
Here we see the corporations and
the rich malefactors and several Other
classes of undesirable citizens lining VI
to carry on war against the heroic
president who has fought them almos
to a standstil. They are to have i
out again, and in a convention wher'
the heroic president is supposed to have
all the trumps and the joker
But this is not all of the story. w,
see before our minds eye once NOR
the struggle in Washington between
the two ends of the avenue. We Sc
the executive end sending in messag
after message demanding an anti-in
junction law and an amendment to tn
Sherman antitrust act. We see tn
solons of congress. led by the light o
the big cigar. sitting in solemn con
clave and refusing to do anything. TIL
other end Of the avenue bides his time
Having been rather busy for a year o
more in fixing up a national conven
ton, and believing he has FEY
friends in that gathering, he decides t
appeal from congress to the people.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
Nine Young People End
School Career in East
Chicago and Harbor.
THEATRE IS FINELY DECORATED
DR.. Austen K. de Blois' Addresses
Audience on the Subject Of
Echoes and Visions"

East Chicago, June 2,-(Special.)-
Unprecedented commencement exer-
cises for the East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor schools were held last night
at Indiana Harbor in the Auditorium.
The beautiful opera house was pref
tily decorated for the occasion and the
stage especially presented a beautiful
sight On it were seated the nine
graduates, six girls and three boys, the
board of education, and the ministers
who gave the invocation and benedic-
ton.
The program opened with a piano
solo by Miss Lillian Williams. this be-
ing followed by the invocation made
by Rev Walford. The high school
chorus then sang Beethovens' THE
Heavens Resembling"
Miss Lillian Dixon, who won the
second honors of the class delivered
| the salutatory for the high school
Her thoughts were excellently ex-
expressed, the young speaker proving
herself a credit to her teacher and her
school Her subject was Reading
! With Profit"
Our Flag the Best of ALL" was
SuHS with enthusiasm Dy the nigh
| school boys and brought down a vol
ume of applause from the audience.
Echoes and Visions,
Then followed the able address by
the speaker of the evening, DR.. Austen
K. deBlois of Chicago. Echoes and
Visions" was his subject and he sue
ceeded in holding his listners spell
bound. His address was trimming with
suggestions and pointers for the gradu-
ates.
vocal solo by Miss Stone, after which
Miss Grace H. Lusby, the valedictorian
of the class, delivered her valedictory
The Beggers of the Sea- Miss Lusby
is the winner of the gold scholars hir
medal offered annually by George H
Lewis.
The Auditorium was crowded, many
of the audience standing. Superintend-
ent E. N. Canine made one announce
ment which was received with regret
by all the patrons of the East Chicago
school The announcement was to the
effect that Prof. ]. z. Newell, princfpa
of the high school, had resigned hi.
position on account of Ill health.
The following are the names Of thos,
in the graduating class: Misses Celia
Cohen, Mary Helen Davis, Ada Lilliar
Dixon, Grace H. Lusby, Leila Gertrud,
MERCER. Myrtle A. Spaulding Messrs
Karl Filson, Henry w Peterson anC
John c. stephens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
BIG MEN ARE IN TOWN
Gary Entertains High Off
Gals of Steel Trust on
Way to Convention.

A number OF the nign ofTlcials of the
Indiana Steel company arrived in Gary
yesterday from the east to inspect the
plant They had come to Chicago, most
of them, to attend the National con-
vention from Pittsburg, and came to
Gary incidentally to see the city and
mills Among them were: T. j. Helm
man, W. Parkeson and C. H. Robinson.
While in this city they were the guests
of Attorney K. K. Knapp, who showed
them about. In the morning they Wis
tied the steel mills took lunch at the
Gary hotel and in the afternoon saw
the city and returned to Chicago. II
was rumored about the city that E. H
Corey was in the party, but this was
found to be untrue
II you can truthfuIly say that THE
TIMES is a good newspaper, please say
to TO q friend and get him to subscribe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
FOUR NEW LAKE COUNTY
DOCTORS GRADUATE
Hammond, Gary, Whiting and Indiana
HarbOr Are Cities Furnishing
New Me(iics.

Lake county furnishes four young
men who will this week swell the ranks
of the medical profession.
They will graduate from the Chicago
College of Physicians and surgeons
and are as follows.
o. Ostrowski. Hammond.
Wilmet P. Lane, Gary
B. F. Hodsdon, Indiana Harbor.
Sol. NJ. Goldberger, Whiting-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12
BILL
PASSED IN NEW YORK
Hughes Puts 1t Over Plate After Al
most InsurmountabIe Obstacles.
Especial to Times.)

New York, June 11.-Another blow
was dealt to the sport of Kings
when the State Senate at Albany
passed the anti-racing blu at noon to-
day by vote of 25 to &c. This was
the final vote upon the measure and
only awaits Governor Hughes's sig
nature to become a law. The govern
or has worked zealously for the pass
age of the bill and overcome almost
insurmountable obstacles to get the
bill through this session of the legis-
lature.
Up to the hour of voting it was
thought the opposition would defeat
the bill but great pressure was brought
to bear upon one or two members who
showed symptoms of Topping to the
race track interests.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12

TRY OUR @wANT COLUMN, TTvs a
WINNER EVERY TIME,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
IN ARKANSAS.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO FARMING LANDS.
Thousands of Acres Planted in Cotton
 and Corn are Inundated. No Lives Lost ns All Were warned.


 Little Rock, Ark, May 2s.--With the Arkansas river. at ,a-zstage of twenty five and three-tenths feet and rising at Little Rock tonight. low land planters of Pulaski county are facing the most serious flood situation in years. AL ready thousands of acres in the county planted in cotton and corn are inun- dated and a higher stage will mean more damage. No estimate has been made of losses to crops, but the aggre- gate will be heavy.
 No lives have been lost because all were warned of the flood many hours before the river began to rise.
 Great damage has been done north and east of Little Rock. On the west side of the river the levees were new and untried and were unable to with stand the flood. The situation south and east is critical but the weak places in the levees have been. strengthened. Owing to the backing up of the river into the creeks and bayous hundreds of acres behind the levees have been inundated.
 Lands unprotected by levees in Faulkner county are flooded. Levees in the plum bayou district are patrolled constantly and 1t Is believed bottom lands in that section are safe from overflow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
INSTRUCT FOR BRYAN
STATE CONVENTION OF WEST VIR-
 GINA DEMOCRATS.
Resolutions Are Adopted Renewing Pledges to Democratic Principles Bryan Recognized as Cham
 plOm of Peoples Rights.

Wheeling. ". Va. May 2s.--At the largest Democratic State Convention in West Virginia. for many years held here today four delegates at large were selected for the National Con vention at Denver as follows:
 George L. Deal of Cabell County. c. W. osenton of Fayette County, L. A. Reymann of Ohio County. Clyde B. Johnson of Pleasant County
 Resolutions were adopted instrueting the delegates to work for and support William J. Bryan for the Presidency 30 long as his name Is before the con vention. Resolutions were adopted re- newlng pledges to Democratic princi- ples: asserting that all powers not del- eEated by the constitution to the Fed aral government are reserved to the States; approving the conduct of the Democratic members of Congress at the session just closed; denouncing a high protective tariff as the mother of trusts and declaring for a revision of the tar if by the friends of the people" the Democrats, and favoring the strict en- forcement of the immigration laws. The resolutions conclude:
 And so believing in the above prin- ciples of Democracy and recognizing the Honorable William J Bryan as the intrepid champion of the peoples rights. under whose leadership our party can achieve success at the com ing November election. we do hereby instruct the delegates selected by this convention to Denver to work for the nomination of Mir. Bryan for President of the United States and to vote for him so long as his name is before the convention"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
HEARST GAINS VOTES
MCCLELLAN HEARST RECOUNT
 TRIAL IN PROGRESS.
Contents of Six Boxes Are Overhauled In Presence of Court and Dfs- erepaneies Are Brought te
 Light,

New York. May 2s-When today's session of the Mcclellan Hearst recount trial was concluded, a total of forty-one votes had been added to William R. Hearst's vote in the 1905 Mayoralty election. The contents of six boxes were oVerhauled in the presence of Tha court and several discrepancies in the ofacial count were brought to light. In one case while the tally sheet and of- ficial canvas figures were identical, the count of the ballots disclosed twenty been returned.
 This was the greatest gain of the day for the Hearst side. the returns being found correct in two districts and er- TOTS which added from two to seven to the Hearst total in four others.
 The net reuslt of the count for the two days sessions has been to give the contestant for the Mavoralty sixty eight more votes than he was cred ited with receiving, the eight ballot boxes recounted thus far adding this number to the Hearst total
 In the case of the ballot box of one district examined today, counsel for Mayor Mcclellan called attention to the condition of strp Of paper pasted over the slit in the top of the box. They told the court this looked to them as if the box had been tempered with Ths box cover was carefully examined by disclosed a gain of three votes for Hearst
 During the latter part os the ses- sion. two boxes were opened at time and the recount went along with more
 The rscounting si the votes wili Re continued tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

unique distinction of earning the high est commendation in each ann of the service; and so great was the value placed on his ability by the President of the Confederate States that in re- commenting his promotion from one arm to another. MT. Davis expressed regret that he could not serve in both, as the position from which he was transferred would feel the great loss of his presence
 since the war, in addition to educat- ing the minds of the young Of the South, like his great namssake, ne. as was the. custom with his predecessor in the .. c. V. bent his energies to neal ing the wounds left by the conflict; and there Is something peculiarly touching in the fact that his death was brought about by his efforts in this direction. On Friday of last week, he threw himself with enthusiastic whole heartedness into the entertainment, or the visitors who were at the park in vicksburg, thereby rendering all most proud and. happy, but he became over heated which brought about complica- tions, which resulted in death. He would have desired no more beautiful end to life.
 "As a citizen, with a character as pure as snow: as Confederate soldier. with a record equal to the best; as husband, father and Drotner, measur- ing up to all the requirements; as an officer and consistent member of the church--he lived a blameless life. and has gone to his reward universally loved and respected, leaving another great break in the ranks of the U. C. "" .,
 'In order that proper arrangements may be made for paying die honors to the illustrious dead. Major General Robert Lowry, commanding the Missis- sippi division of the United Confederate Veterans, is hereby detailed to take charge of the funeral program and con trol all details incident thereto. lie will extend to all Confederate organt- cations, memorial associations and veterans of the Union Army. an invita- tion to be present and take part in the burial exercises so as to give the greatest honor to a heroic soldier, emi- nent citizen and courteous Christian gentleman"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
WHITMORE ON WITNESSSTAND Trying to Prov An
 AIibi. TELLS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS Positively Denies That He Killed
 His Wife. Many Witnesses Went on r seE Before Him and Aidea ltts 1g
 Trying to EA -sb
ELLIS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS

New York. May 2s.--With the ds- fendant's own story on the witness stand late today the trial in Jersey City of Theodore s. Whitmore of Brooklyn. charged with having mur- dered his wife and throwing her body into the Lampblack swamp in Harri- son, N. J., came to close so far as the taking of testimony Is concerned.
 Tomorrow both sides will sum up and the case will go to the jury.
 Whitmore's main defense has been an alibi His appearance on the stand followed testimony by others In his be- half covering his movements in consid- erable detail on the night of the mur- der. placing him at one point at 1i:30 o'clock at night in New York city and another placing him at q different place in the same city shortly after 1 o'clock in the morning. Between these hours 1t Is the contention of the defense. 1t would have been impossible for him to have gone to New Jersey and commit ted the crime with which the State charges him.
 whitmore corroborated with substan- tial accuracy on direct examination the testimony of the witnesses who pre- ceded him. He told of quarrel he had with his wife on the evening of December 24. when she came home af- ter an absence of five days. He left the house ana dld not return untii tna next morning, he said. when she ex- pressed wish to visit her sister-in- law in Schenectady. N. y., and he gave her SIS with which to make the trip. She left the house during the after noon. he said. while he remained at home. He had lunch at restaurant between and 9:30 o'clock in the ewen- ing, returned home and about e:4s o'clock left for New York. At il;so o'clock he said he reported at the train dispatcher's ofiee of the Third Avenue elevated railroad by which he was em- ployed as a motorman. He watched to see if there was a substitute for him and when the train arrived at 12ssS found there was a man In his paacs. Then he went to a restaurant in Park Row and afterwards went home.
 Whitmore said that he reaa in the newspapers of the discovery of a wo- mans body at Harrison. and went there to view it. On his second visit. after his arrest. he made more careful ex animation and became convinced that the body was that of hts wife. The witness positively denied In response to questions by his counsel that he killed his wife or that he had any mo- tive for desiring to put her out of the way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
CnbeII Assumes Command.

New Orleans. La, May 2S.-Gen. W z. L. Cabell. of Dallas, Texas, today as- stunned command of the United Confed- crate Veterans. and issued the follow ing general orders here:
 "In compliance with Section 2, Arr ticle 8, of the bylaws of the United Confederate Veterans organization. I hereby assume command of the feder- ation.
 "The staff of the late Commander in-Chief is hereby continued as the staff of the present Lieutenant General commanding. and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
 pensation of an a1l-wise God, the sur vivors of the Confederate armies are called upon to mourn the loss of an- other great leader. in the person of the Commander-1n-Chi of this fed eration. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. Lieu tenant-General in the Confederate Ar my, and the general commanding the United Confederate Veterans, breathed his last this morning at o'clock in Vicksburg. Miss, after an illness of a week.
 He was born in the city of Charles ton, s. C., on September 22, 1893. and had nearly reached his 18th birthday.
 He graduated from West Point Mil- itary Academy in the class of 1854. in which were many who took leading parts in the great war of the sixties On the breaking out of hostilities he was at the front. and as an aide on the stan of General Beauregard he bore the notification to Colonel Anderson that fire would be opened on Fort Sum ter on the morning, of April 12. 1861, which were the first guns of the great conflict. Thence his promition was most marked and rapid. passing through all grades fill commissioned Lieutenant General June 23, 1s64. He enjoyed the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
STORM PLAYS HAVOC
ONE KILLED AND TWENTY-TWO
 ARE INJURED.
The storm Which Swept Over Jewell Couutr, Kansas, Was One Hundred and Fifty Yards
 Wide.

Topeka. Kas.. May 2s-A terifnc wind storm passed over the southern part of Jewell County last night and killed George Hahn and injured twenty-two persons. seven of them probably fatal lv.
 The storm travelled from the south was+ and was 15O yards wide It took evervthing in the path and scattered a number of houses. barns and small buiidings over the prairie. The prop erty damage will amount to thousands of dollars and the daInase so tne EroW- was picked up and carried across the street and. dashed to pieces against an smbankment The members of the fam fly were all in bed and all were in tnred The home of Frank c. Ritter was S1.S,Sn 4o nieces and Ritter was carried a quarter of mile and dropped in A cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

perhaps the most brilliant of com mencements in the history of the Uni- versity of Alabama. The program arr ranged for the exercAses was unusual- 1y attractive, as it contained the names of Henry. VanDyke, of Princeton Uni- versity; Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, and pr. George D. Mac Lean, President of the State Univer- sfty of Iowa. There have been larger crowds in attendance upon the com mencement dances and formal exercises than ever known before.
 The alumni of the University were in larger attendance, and their mem bership of 500 present added further gayety and brilliance to all exercises.
 The hop held last night In Woods Hall was largely attended, there being about t50 couples participating in the grand march opening the evenings dance. Many more couples reached the hall after the march and the dance continued until the early hours of the
 Carl McAfahon, the member of the graduating class and an honor man of 1908, was stricken with paralysis dur Ing the dance of .the l.. T. Els on Tuesday night, was reported to be much Improved today, It is said that he will. be able to leave for his home in Livingston about Saturday evening or Sunday. esf