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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
HYPNoTIzED POLITICAL ORATOR
C0NvULsEs T0WLE AUDIENCE.
DIR. and Mrs. H. l.. Flint Hiring Out
Wonderful Powers During Last
Nights Performances.

Political speaking delivered with all
the grace and polish and logic of ac-
complished orators was the closing
scene of the Flint entertainment at the
Towle opera house last evening.
The entire class of subjects was given
the suggestion that the gathering was
great political convention and that
they were there to convince the gath
ering that their own political beliefs
We're the only beliefs that any sensible
person could entertain, whereupon
some score of them began to let loose
a flood of oratory at the same time
After a few moments of this, they
were allowed to speak one at a time
and so genuine did the affair seem to
the audience, that the sentiments utter
ed were literally applauded
Swedish youth became so excited
while delivering his talk that he
dropped back into his native language
and vigorously defended his beliefs
with series of vowels and consonants
that were understandable to the audi
ence only because of the strenuous
gestures he made The last one to be
awakened was prohibition orator, who
If he could deliver his speech when not
under the influence of hypnotism
would make a valued recruit to the
ranks of the prohibition stump speak
ers of the state.
| For two hours there were scenes JUS
as funny, every scene differing from the
others and from anything that has beer
presented previously in the week. TIL,
Flints are here tonight tomorrow nigh
and Saturday night, with an entir,
| change of program every evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
JAMES DONOVAN DIES
AT JOLIET TODAY
Brother of Attorney It. e. Donovan
Passes Away at His Home ut
That Place.

Joliet, Ill, April -(SpeciaD-James
Donovan died at C\'atsworth this morn
ing after short fitness, and his death
has occasioned much sadness in many
circles in this city. He is a brother of
Attorney t. f. Donovan and was one
of the wealthiest farmers in this section
of the country. Mr.. Donovan had been
widower for six years and six chill
dren mourn his loss. The funeral will
take place on Saturday. One of the
decendent's daughters is critically ill
and this adds to the sadness of the case
Attorney T. F. Donovan, or Tom Don
ovan as he is better known, is well
known in Hammond, having attended
school with Mayor Becker He spoke
at the big banquet in the Hammond
building several years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
MISFORTUNE PURSUES
STANDARD WORKMEN
Fleeced by Countrymen in
Good Times Are Now
Paupers.
THOUSAND MORE men LET OUT
This Increases Poverty-Last Straw
to Some Appears in Burn
ing Of Home.

Misfortune seems 10 pursue some of
the foreigners at the Standard Steel Car
settlement, and from one turn to an
othr they have had the load on their
backs made heavier All is not as
rosy as it seems amongst these men.
and the loaded stocking which their
American brothers seem to think they
all possess is not at the present time
in evidence
When the times were good and the
pay was coming in they were fieeced
by the shrewder and more American
lied members of their own race. Later
work got scarcer and scarcer and now
with the Standard company to close
down they are in a worse fix Hun
dreds have been living at the boarding
houses without the means to pay their
boss for the bare living and number
have been forced from even these
places to be an object of charity on
their friends who had saved little.
Yesterday 1000 Men Were Let Out.
Two Or three families were unable to
pay the rent of the tenements in the
district and built one story shacks
where they have put up for the last
few months. Yesterday the crowning
misfortune came to four of these fam
| lilies when one of the huts took fire
and was burned to the ground while
another nearby was partially destroyed
The shaeks were situated on Walter
avenue, in block 8. The owners man
aged to get out the best part of their
scanty belongings before the were
burned. The Hammond fire department
was summoned shortly after $3.50 las
evening and naaged to save the SECOND
hut. before it went up in smoke.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
PLAN BIG LOG ROLLING
Modern Woodmen of Lake
County May Organize
an Association.

A Modern Woodmen Log Rolling AS
sociation for Lake county is possi-
bility if the plans proposed at the Lake
county convention of Modern Woodmen
held at Lowell yesterday, are carried
out ks
The next meeting will be at Crown
Point, two years hence.
Should the Log Rolling Association
become a fact, the event Will be carried
out at Crown Point. In a mass conven-
ton of the Lake county Woodmen tc
he he'd at SOME future date. It viii
be decided whether there will be a log
rolling or not.
Gary, Hobart and Shelby failed tc
have delegates at the convention.
Messrs. William Tuttle and Herman
Lehman of Crown Point have beer
appointed a committee to take up the
matter of the Log Rolling Association
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
COOK ASKS FOR HEAVY
DAMAGES FROM COMPANY
Chicago Man Wants Fifty Thousand
Dollars From Inland Steel


Fifty thousand dollars is the amount
of money asked for by James Cook of
Chicago from the Inland Steeel COM
pany for injuring and crippling him for
life.
Cook was injured on Feb. II of this
year while standing in cage of a
travelling crane which carries the big
ore buckets from the ships to the mills.
According to the complaint the cage
dropped forty feet injuring him both
internally and externally.
Cook is 80 years old and has a wife
and three children.
Catherine Zalibor of Miller Station
has filed papers through her attorney
to quiet title on land which appears in
the records in the name of David D.
Garland.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
WHITING CONTRACTOR
ROBBED AT GRAND CROSSING
Lodge Brother Relieves Him of Roll
and Abnndons Him in South
Chicago Basement.

The South Chicago police are trying
to locate the man who robbed John
Fernell, a Whiting contractor, in Grand
Crossing last night. sFerneu went to
Grand Crossing with a certified check
for 1910 and SIS in his pocket. He was
drinking and when a little the worse
for liquor he met with man who pro-
fessed to be a lodge brother, and who
gave him the grip and the password
as evidence of the bond that existed
between them. Together they went
about and this morning when Fernell
woke up he found himself in a South
Chicago basement minus his check and
his cash. A silver cigar case contain
ing papers committing his wife to an
insane asylum at Logansport. was also
missing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
Convention Gossip
Caught by the TIMES Staff Man as Lake County
Men Passed Through the Glare.

Last evening the politicians were as
active as though the campaign for
votes had just begun and that activity
continued far into the night.
The exhibit of the Lake county dele
gates continues to attract an unusual
amount of attention and all of the
delegates have remarked about the en-
terprise of the men from tie north
end.
Lake county is busy politically, too,
and is expected to be a big factor in
determining the result today on ac-
count of the cioseness of the race.
Among the thousands of visitors who
swarmed into the city 1t was COM
mon occurrance to meet a Lake coun-
ty man and the very fact that the
delegation from the far northern pari
Of the state was so large was a mat
ter of comment everywhere.
Emanuel H Kuttner Of Chicago, for
merly of Hammond, was in Indian
apolis in the interests of the builders
of gravel roads. He appeared before
the railroad commission and asked
that they recommend a reduction in
freight rates In Lake, Porter and La
Porte counties.
Charley Daugherty was very much
interested in the first day of the con-
vention and was of the opinion that
Watson would be the nominee of the
convention today.
Frank HIGHWAY of Crown Point
the newly elected superintendent OF
the county schools, was one OF the
men whose handshake was a hearty
one.
otto Morebeck. formerly of Ham
mond and now employed IN an Indian
apolis beef packing plant, called al
the Lake county headquarters TO NEE
some OF his old friends. Ottos ad-
dress is 11oe North Tacoma street.
Ed Ames, who has been present at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
HAMMOND MEN HAVE
ANOTHER INVENTION
Invent Practical Device
Which Will Be Boon
to Farmers.
AUTOMATIC HORSE FEEDER
O'Toole, Donelly and Brown Put
Put New Thing on the
Market
Market

Fancy the idea of Jerking a rope in
the kitchen and feeding your horse in
the barn without having to go out
in the cold on nippy winter morn!
Had the enterprising new firm of
O'Toole, DonnelIy & Brown, located in
the Hammond building as inventors and
promoters, done as much for the hu-
mans as they have done for the horses,
they would today be the most popular
people in this country. One step far
ther on the part of the promoters and
the human race might today wait for
the alarm to go off and their meals
would be set before them as If by mag
ic AS it is, this convenience is thing
so far which accommodates only the
animals that await their meals in their
stalls
The device for feeding is simple
one and it is a surprise that it has not
been patented before. 1t is nothing
more than measure holding a re-
quired amount of corn or oats. the
bottom of which is a valve. A chain
leads from the valve to an alarm
clock, which, going off, pulls the chain
and opens the valve.
The invention has already been in
stalled with success in some of the big
DdfnS IN CnlcaBO ana olneTS Will take
it up this week. Among those who use
this automatic feeding device are the
New Kentucky coal company, which
owns in the neighborhood Of 1000
horses, the Mathattan Brewing COM
pany, Mandel Brothers, and others.
Marshall Field will close the contract
for the patent today.
The promoters say for their inven-
tion that it is time, labor and feed
saving device. For instance If there
are 100 horses in a barn, fifty on each
side, all that is needed is to rig up
the device in each stall. Eech feeder
is attached to a cable which in turn is
attached to an alarm clock in the Of
fee When the time arrives for the
| feeding, the alarm goes off and releases
/ the cable. All the animals are fed
simultaneously. An hour of a mans
time is saved and the restless horse
hearing its neighbors. will not plunge
into its oats and throw part of it's
share on the floor after getting it.
For the family man who has to be
his own coachman, and who has to get
up an hour or a half earlier in the
morning to feed old Dobbinsf in order
that he may drive to the office, the
| invention is a positive boon.
Local liverymen who have seen the
invention, were impress ed by it's. prac-
ticability and some Of them may de-
eide to install it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
HORSE THIEVES AGAIN
With Advent of Spring Pro
flesh Once More Gets
Busy.

With the advent of the spring sea-
son, the horse thieves who reaped a
golden harvest last year in Northern
Indiana and Eastern Illinois, have
started again and West Hammond was
the scene of their first operations last
night. p. J. Conway of that village
awoke this morning to find that his
barn had been entered during the night
and his sorrel mare had been stolen.
The thieves had forced the lock on the
door and had taken the mare from her
stall. They must have hitched the
mare to the rear of their own vehicle.
as the traces showed that a horse and
wagon had been left hitched short
distance away. They did not attempt
to take the harness or wagon in the
same barn. The mare was 10 years
old. and weightd about 1000 pounds
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02

Indianapolis, April 2.-The adoption
of platform was the first business be-
fore the Republican State convention
when it met at O'Clock this morning
for its second and concluding session.
The platform was presented by DR.. E..
B. Bryan, president of the Franklin
college. who had been made chairman
of the committee on resolutions. 1t
contained planks indorsing in hearty
terms the candidacy of Vice President
Fairbanks for the presidency and in
structing the Indiana delegates to the
national convention to vote for him so
long as he might desire their support;
declaring for general currency reform,
revision Of the tariff after the presi-
Dental election, creation of bureau of
mines and the enactment of a local op-
tion law.
It was this latter plank that gave the
party leaders most concern but the
declaration finally decided upon was
clear cut and decisive. The proposed
law shall designate the county as the
unit and shall supplement and rein
force the present temperance laws, in
Guiding the acts known as parts of the
rcmonstrance system. 1t was just such
"a declaration as the anti-saloon people
and the temperance forces of the party
desired.
elegates-at-large to the national
convention were then elected as fol
lows: Senators Beveridge and Hemen-
way, Governor Hanly and James P
Goodrich, state chairman. Presidential
electors at large and contingent
ELECTORS at large were also chosen.
Following the adoption of the plat
FORM 4 letter from Vice President Fair
banks was read. This had been re-
ceived by Congressman Jesse Overstreet
fer presentation to the committee or
resolutions. It's chief recommendation
was for plank declaring for revision
Of the tariff Immediately after the com
ing presidential election. 1t was just
q plank as had been built into the
platform. The writer pointed out thai
the work of revision is accompanied by
business uncertainty and that therefor,
the work should be begun and finished
as soon as possible. He recalled tina
the republicans would be in power from
the time of election to March and de
clared that this period Of four months
was ample to do the work. The vic
president sent the letter in view of tn,
fact that he could not attend the con
vention in person.
Then came the nominations-th'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
WRESTLER LOSES FORFEIT.

Soergen, the welterweight wrestler at
the Brooks theater. who claims to
throw anybody in fifteen minutes or
forfeit SIS. failed to make good last
night when he offered to take on two
men and throw both, one after the
other in twenty minutes. His first op-
ponent was West Pullman wrestler
who he threw in twelve minutes while
his second man was Ernest Warner. a
local boy. He failed to throw the
latter in the last eight minutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
NEW LICENSE GRANTED.

Crown Point, Ind, April -(Special) }
The following new marriage licenses
were granted yesterday in the Lake
circuit court:
August Ludtka, Griffith. Emma Buse,
Dyer; Walter E. Huntington, Kathryn
B. Floyd, Chicago; George NJ. Knob
lock, Alma Drenkhahn, Chicago; Frank
E. Long, Vina Agnes Best Chicago (;
Reuben F. Hoover, Margaret Jones,
Chicago; David ]. Knighter, Anna B.
Carter. Chicago; Henry J. Hansen,
Bertha NJ. Vaughn, Hammond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
ROYAL LEAGUE WRESTLING
MATCH FOR TONIGHT

The Royal Leaguers of Hammond,
Whiting. East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor, expect to have a great old time
at the K. of P. hall in Hammond to-
night.
The much advertised wrestling match
which will be called at 10 p. m and
to which the general public is invited,
is expected to be the best thing of its
kind ever pulled off in Hammond.
There will be a meeting for leaguers
at D. m., which includes a smoker
and other stirring kinds of entertain-'
ment. The committee on arrange
ments anticipate a monster attendance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
REPAIR RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Street Commissioner John F. Kuhl-
man has gang of men working on the
Calumet avenue sewer under the Mich
igan Central railroad tracks, making
repairs there. From there his men
will go over the entire city to repair
the various manholes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
OCCURS TO DYER MAN.
Tom Connors Meets With Serious In
jury on Wednesday Afternoon.

Tom Connors, % years old. a worker
in the Maynard brick works, was pain
fully injuded last Wednesday after
noon when he attempted to jump off a
fast moving E. ]. and z train at Chi
cago Heights. His shoulderblade was
dislocated and he was otherwise in
jured
Al Johnson and John Cronen were
with him at the time and as they
jumped off. they. too, were more or less
injured
The three men boarded the train al
Dyer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS.

The Lake County Medical associa-
ton met this afternoon in Elks' hall.
DR.. H. c. Groman read a paper on
"Tumors of the Stomach" which was
followed by a general discussion in
which quite a number of the members
participated There was a representa-
tive attendance present
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
WILL HAVE SUMMER HOME
IN BENTON HARBOR, MICH
DR.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Flint VIII
Spend Their Summer IN Michigan.

DR.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Flint. who are
stopping at the Carleton, left Hammond
after the performance last evening for
Benton Harbor. Mich, where they are
purchasing summer home to take the
place of the one they have occupied in
Connecticut for so many years They
will return at o'clock this evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Flint have always spent
their summers in the Connecticut hills
at Torrington, but believe that they
find Michigan a delightful change
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
TIES A NUPTIAL
KNOT FOR JUDGE PRIEST.
East Chicago Judge of Prest Court
Makes Two Hearts Beat as One.

Justice w "A. Reiland of East Chicago
furnished the knot and Justice Frank
Prest the office, in a very informal
marriage ceremony yesterday.
Bernard Gallery and Jennie Graham,
is a widow. were married after they
had secured their license in Crown
Point yesterday afternoon.
Owing to Judge Prest's absence, he
being at indianapolis to attend the con-
yention, Judge Reiland of East Chi
cago, was called in to perform the
ceremony.
The participants were middle gaed
people and free from all the romance
that generally accompanies the we'd
dings in Judge Prest's court.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
ATTENDS BLUE ISLAND SALE.

Judge w. A. Jordan and son, Wilson,
were at Blue Island today where Mr..
Jordan attended the horsemarket Mr..
Jordan is a lover of horses and loses
no opportunity to attend a sale where
he expects good horses to be on ex-
ahibition. for both he and his son know
a horse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
WATSON IS NOMINATED
on EIGHTH BALLOT
Wild Scene Takes Place During Balloting at Republican
Convention Today and Watson is Easily the
Popular Choice

CONVENTION HAIL, INDIANAP-
OILS, IND, APRIL 2, 400 p. NJ
MILLER WITHDREW FROM THE
RACE AT 3:45 p. NJ. AND WATSON
WAS NOMINATED ON THE FIFTH
BALLOT WITH FIFTY VOTES TO
SPARE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
BULLETTN e.

Convention Hall, indianapolis, 2:3O
y. MIN the middle of the fourth bal
lot there appears to be a stampede for
Watson. Terrific confusion. watson
seems to be a winner. Wild demon
strati0n on the part Of crowd of dele
gates in effort to change votes of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
RIrILErIN ~
CBULLETIN 81

Convention Hall April 2, p. m.-
Lake county first and second ballots
voted c. w. Miller 8, Taylor 6, Watson
z, H. Miller L. Third ballot, Charles
Miller II, Taylor 2, H. Miller i. Seat
terang votes being won over to Watson
and Miller. No tendency on part of
either to weaken.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL.

The remains Of Mrs. Sarah E. Bird of
Chicago, formerly of East Chicago.
were laid to rest in. Oak Hill cemetery
this afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
BULLETIN ~

Convention Hall, 12:15 p. m.-Vote
is badly split in most of the counties
sn the state. Watson says: 81 feel as
1 have always feIt-perfectIy serene"
The convention Is in a tumult during
the voting and 1t is impossible to pre-
serve order. Most of the delegates are
on their feet nearly all the time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02

Convention Hall, Indianapolis, April
2--3:00 p. m.-Charley Miller is get
ting many votes spiit-up. The
fourth ballot resulted as follows:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
CBULLETIN ~

Jennings and johnson counties In favor
of one candidate to another.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
BUILETIN 81

Convention Hall, Indianapolis, 1880
p. m.-The second ballot resulted M fol-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02

Continued ON page .,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Friday,
co1Ier east tonight, rising
temperature Friday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-02

Continued on page 5.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-18

And this presages the passing of the putty
lin public
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-18

A question that may be we'll for the
unemployed OF today to ask them
selves is this: What benefit, II any, do
they derive from labor-saving inven-
tons under the present system. Let
them ask themselves, II one machine
does the work OF 20 men without II.
are not l9 men discharged, or per
haps, 20 new machines are installed
and the output is increased 20 times
with the result that In due course OF
time the market is giutted and they
all are given rest This Is so in all
lines of trade. and could not the pres
ent industrial depression be attribut-
ed TO this fact Remember that the
purchasing power OF labor is always
kept on a mere living wage basis
thus lessening their power TO buy
surplus product. and making economy
all the more detrimental TO business
Can any other way be suggested how
labor Is 10 secure the benefit OF mod
ern invention without owning the
machine they work with? Can the
unemployed see any other nope? Let
The Times explain what the old par
ties have 10 offer along this line
There is reason for having unem-
ployed, there is reason for starvation
In land OF plenty where the starry.
ing are willing TO work. Let the truth
be known.
w II. ~ KELLER.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-18
What You Get If
You Get Busy
Great Things in Store for Early
Birds Of Commerce.

Some Of the things you can do IL
you belong to the Board OF Commerce
ahoat on the City of Cleveland y
June AZ:
lou can take the electric elevator
TO your stateroom
You can talk to anyone OF Your
oOV fellow'passengers by telephone
from your room.
You can get the baseball reports by
wireless ~
Office. W
You can hear the band play.
lou can hear the chorus club sing
You can hear the invited statesmen
speak.
lou can get the Daily Splash de.
livered at your stateroom door every
morning.
You can have daily splash or
shower In the bath room.
You can attend the feasts of reason
In the convention hall.
You can salute your friends ar Port
Huron, Alpena. Cheboygan, Mackinac
Island and The 500.
You can see an ever-changing river
and shore panorama.
You can get acquainted.
You can get enthusiastic about the
city in which life is worth living-you
know
You can get back.