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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

approved by congress. as soon as Col.
linn, of Chicago orders the work start
ed and empowers the county commits
sioners to build the necessary bridges.
So much was ascertained from a let
ter sent by Mayor Schlieker to THE
TIMES representative at East Chicago
and Indiana Harbor, from Washington
where he has been for the past week
attending the Rivers and Harbors con-
gress. The information was given
Mayor Schlief<er direct by Major
Cavanaugh of the War department up
on whom he and the other delegates to
the rivers and harbors congress from
here called last Thursday.
Although the news of the acceptance
of the canal was published in THE
TIMES at the time the deeds of transfer
were recorded. democratic politicians
and others who We're not friendly to
Mr. Crumpacker proceeded to throw
doubt through insinuation upon the
fact of the acceptance. There were
many doubling Thomases who seized
readily upon the suggestion that the
alleged acceptance was merely sprung
| for campaign purposes and who said
| with knowing wing when discussing
THE TIMES story, show me-
| Mayor Schlieker's visit to Major
Cavanaugh, which was made in COM
pany with Congressman Crumpacker
has set all doubt at rest regarding the
| final acceptance of the canal and turn
| ing basin by the government.
| In his letter Mayor Schlieker says:
| We paid a visit to Mr. Crumpacker
and through him learned from Major
| Cavanaugh of the war department that
\ 4
accepted Nov and the deed to the
turning basin Nov. 81. this making
available the appropriation of $4,000
| as soon as Col linn of Chicago orders
| the work, and also gives the county
commissioners power to buifa us some
! bridges. Getting this information is
alone worth the trip down here.
1 In regard to the meeting of the
| Rivers and Harbor' Congress Mayor
| Schlieker says in his letter that the
| crowd is most enthusiastic. and he
/ thinks that the congress will be pro-
| ductive of much good. He enclosed
clippins from the Washington papers
| giving an account of the proceedings
| of that body. The reports are from
the Evening Star and the Post, both
of Dec s.
The Post speaks in complimentary
| terms of the speech on that date by
| Briagdier General Bfxby, chief of the
United States engineer corps, formerly
of Chicago. and much interested in the
project, which is the most closely al
lied to the interests of the Calume
region, the Indiana Harbor canal. Alst
speech of Frederick A. Delane of Indi
ana. The occasion was the first tina
the head of the United States enginee
corps has said appeared before a publi
gathering to explain his work and pol
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Cases in Ames' Court.

Hyman Evans, an upholsterer, has
begun an action in Judge E. P Ames'
court to recover $114 which he alleges
is due for a wrestling mat and cush-
ion. Attorney L. T. Meyer has filed the
action.
The case was tried once before and
it was shown that the directors of the
association had not authorized the pur-
chase of the mat. They claim that
Attorney Leon Berezniak purchased the
mat without their authority.
The case of Mrs. G. Austgen VS.. Jo-
seph Koscicslansz for the possession
of a farm, which was taken under ad-
visement by Judge Ames, has not yet
been decided.
The case of Ernestine Herring vs.. OF
to Herring. on surety OF the peace
charge will come up for trial this aft
ernoon at o'clock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Pastmaster's Night.

Past Masters night in the Blue Lodge
of the Masonic order brought out q
large attendance. w. NJ. Frank Trayer
was in charge and the other officers
were as follows, S. W., William H. Cost
lin, ]. w. Joseph G. 1bach, s. D.. Hugh
F. Meikle, ]. D.. DR.. T. Edwin Bell, S
s.. Charles r. Dyer, J. S, William F
Howatt. The members of the craft
were Dr. Harry E. Sharrer. William H
Spellman, and r. Scott Caller
After the initiation of the candidate
there was lunch for all of those pres
emit The affair was one of the mos
successful and impressive that have
been held recently.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

fed his property and also Johnson as
his former cook. Johnson will be given
a preliminary hearing today and the
prospects look bright for him to s-xc
= trip over the road to Michigan City
He is believed 10 be an old offender or
the law Chambers, who took the train
in Lowell last evening for his home,
said the old man was good cook and
had conducted himself properly. When
confronted by Mr. Chambers he broke
down and confessed his guilt He had
worked for Chambers since the % of
October.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
double barreled legislation is a part

double barreled legislation is a part
of the plan to accomplish it.
The two bill plan is known to have
originated with Crawford Fairbanks,
the Terre Haute, brewer He has been
telling members of the legislature that
this is the way to handle the liquor
question and that it will bring about
the best results.
THE first thing to do" he told one
man, sis to repeal the county option
law and substitute city and township
option, just as the Democratic state
platform demands. This will comply
with the platform promise and will re-
deem every pledge the party made on
the subject Then, after this is done,
all of the other features, such as regu-
lation, restriction of the number of
saloons, the amount of license that
should be charged, and such matters.
can be covered in separate bills and be
taken up one at a time and threshed
out But the matters ought not to be
put into the repeal bill, for they will
complicate the situation If they are
there.-
Fairbanks also told one man that
this plan would be entirely satisfactory
to Governor Marshall, but the Cover
nor has not made any statement of that
kind as far as it known. 1t would be
rather a surprise if Governor Marshall
would come out in favor of this plan
for he has always been known as a
temperance advocate, and a man that
believes in strict regulation of the sa-
loon bushes. 1t has been expected that
he would stand firm against any legis-
lation that would lessen the state con-
troll of the saloon business, and this
causes people to hesitate to believe
that he will drop in with this two bill
proposition.
1 The reason which some of the Demo
cratic senator's advanced for splitting
up the liquor legislation into two places
was that the platform only promised
to change the unit of optic, and thai
so long as the Democrats stood square
ly on their platform declaration they
could probably swing all but one OF
two OF the Democratic senator's int
line for such bill But, they said, l.
the bill went further than that ant
undertook to include other matter.
than those contained in the platform
pledge it would give some of the DIR,
Democratic members of the senate ant
house an opportunity to refuse to vot
70 rit on the ground that it was not
platform measure. Therefore, the,
said, it would be safer to take two bite
at the cherry.
But it is believed that the real pur
pose behind the plan is to accomplish
the repeal of the county option Law
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
HAMMOND news
LAKE COUNTY
LEGISLATORS
AT CAUCUS

Senator Frank N. Gavit of Whiting,
Representative willard B. Van Horne
of Indiana Harbor and Representative
Michael Grimmer of Crown Point will
go to Indianapolis tonight for the
purpose of participating in the caucus
of republican leaders which is to take
place there tomorrow.
This caucus is a very important one
and is being arranged for fle pur-
pose of outlining a plan of action in
all matters of legislation. This will
be the first opportunity that the newly
elected delegation from Lake county
will have to take part in the proceed
ings preliminary to the opening of the
Legislature in January.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
FIREWORKS
ON LIQUOR
QUESTION
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 12.-People
here are talking about the evident in
tention of the Democrats to try some
double barreled legislation on me
liquor question at the coming session
of the Legislature, and they are won
dering whether the Democrats can -'get
by with it or not 1t developed when
the Democratic Senators were here a
few days ago for their possession con-
ference, that two liquor bills will be
introduced in the Legislature. One
will merely aim to repea the county
option law and substitute city and
township option and this one will be
introduced and pushed first to passage.
The other bill will contain the regu-
lative, restricting and other features
and this will be the second bill to re-
ceive consideration.
The question now is whether the ma
jority of the members of the Legisla-
ture will stand for this kind of a sep
aration of the question into two bills
or whether the majority will demand
that the whole subject be covered with
one bill.
1t is pointed out here that there i.
great danger in the plan as proposed
for the reason that when the brewer.
and the liquor people have succeeded
in pushing through the one bill repeal
ing the present law and substituting
city and township option they will hav,
then accomplished their main purpos,
and they will be in position to oppos'
the passage of any further Legislation
on the subject This would leave thu
liquor laws of the state in a bad con
dition. for there would not be an,
regulative or restrictive law on TIN
statute books then and saloons coul'
they please. 1t is even hinte'
that is the very thing the liquor peopl
are hoping to bring about and that tn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Roll Placed on File.

The board of public works this
morning placed the primary assess
ment roll for the street sprinkling on
file. The assessment roll is a volumin-
Gus document compiled by the city en-
gineer and contains the assessment for
twenty-five or fifty fete of property
the abutting street of which was
sprinkled.
Notice was ordered given the Fitz-
Simmons Connolly company to put the
old cofferdam at the Holman street
bridge in proper shape and to remove
the mud which it had piled up at the
sewer outlet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

(COnriRuGQ from rage One.I
lest people in the city, and it is be-
lieved that $4,000 or $4,000 could
easily be raised for building a new
church.
Big Offer Made.
1t is understood that one wealthy
Hammond man offered to give $1,000
providing nine other men could be m
duced to give a like amount. This
would provide the first $4,000. 1t is
believed that the remaining $4,000 or
$4,000 could be raised by subscription
and by loan.
Rev. A. w. Holman. the pastor, who
will take charge of the congregation
after the 1st of March, is an energetic
man of fine qualities and is ambitious
to make the Presbyterian church one
of the finest in the city.
He is of the opinoin that to spend
$4,000 in remodeling the old church at
this time would be only temporary
arrangement. and it would not be wise
to spend that amount in this manner,
when it would go so far towards build
ing a new church that would be on a
par with the others in the city and
would meet the needs of the future.
While ii is believed that no steps
will be taken in this matter until Rev
Hoffman takes charge next spring, the
matter is being gone over by the elders
of the church and will be ready for DR.
Hoffman when he takes charge.
1t is proposed to secure a large LOT
somewhere near the present location
of the church and build on it. The
south side is preferred for the reason
that a large number of the members
of the church reside in that locality
and because the Presbyterian church
| is the only protestant church in thai
part of the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Needs no Relief.

Assistance and relief which was
thought to have been needed at the
r. Davis home. $50 North Holman
street has been declined by Mrs. Davis,
who feels that she and her family have
been made the object of misapplied
pity. Trustee John c. Becker, who
made a personal investigation of the
reports about the Davises, was in
formed by Mrs. Davis that her anxious
neighbors had misstated her case. She
said the fact of the matter wa that
both she and her husband are sick and
unable to be around, and while there
was a corresponding hardship in ths
home owing to this, there were nc
financial difficulties.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

remaining part of the city is TO be over
looked because, the conditions in the
bushes district are worse than any
where else. The conditions seemingly
have grown worse since some of the
alleys have been paved.
The board members said that as far
as they are concerned the ordinance
regarding the alleys will be eforced to
the letter and that prosecutions should
begin as soon as sufficient notice had
been given.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Piano Store Opening

The Straube Piano company, which
has opened a retail music store in the
Elder building. is highly pleased with
the cordial reception accorded it by
the public in connection with the for
NAL opening of its store last Saturday
evening. AS evidence of success Mr.
Washington. the manager of the store
points to the fact that two pianos were
sold last Saturday night. The same
prices obtain on the Straube pianos il
the retail store as at the factory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Returns from Convention.

w c.. Belman of Hammond returned
from Vincennes yesterday, where he
has been in attendance at the meeting
of the state Y. NJ. c. A. Mr.. Belman
was reelected vice president of the
state organization.
He says that there was nothing of
especial significance from a local point
of view The question of the estab-
lishment of Y NJ. c. A. did not come
up for consideration.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Here on Visit.

John B. Turner of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
has ben in the city since Saturday Wis
iting his brother, A. M. Turner, Of
Hammond. Mr.. Turner was one of the
local men who attended the banquet
of the Indiana society and was very
much pleased with the program.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Betz Writes Back.

THE TIMES is in receipt of a tele-
gram from F. S. Betz, now at Tampa,
Fla, in which he says, ''Gostlin has at
last decided to come home. Had a
hard time to get him to change his
mind.
Attorney d. ]. Moran of Hammond
has taken a lively interest in Gostlin' 5
trip to Cuba. He says that the real
object of Gost1in's trip was to find a
home for fugitive standpatters. Cost
lin will please answer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Charles Whitaker has been arrested

Charles Whitaker has been arrested
on warrant sworn out in Justice
Prest's court on the complaint of Issac
stanford He is charged with provok-
ing an assault.
On the relation of Elnora Holiday
Clifford A. Mccall has been arrested on
serious charges. The case will be heard
tomorrow afternoon in Judge Frank D.
Priests court.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
"Familienfest.'

The Saengerbund-F idelia "familien-
fest in the State street Masonic tenn
pie last night proved to be a delight
full affair Nearly two hundred people
gathered and spent the evening in play
ing cards and other games and in sing
ing and dancing. Plenty of refresh
ments were served.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
CANAL IS ACCEPTED:
TIMES WAS RIGHT AGAIN
Uncle Sam This Time Shows
That Story Was Not a
Campaign Yarn.
especial to THE T1MEs.)

East Chicago. Dec. 12.-All fears OF
the doubling Thomasses who sccffed
before the election at the report that
the Indiana Harbor canal had been &C
cepted by the United States govern
ment. may be set at rest at last.
The canal was accepted Nov. and
the turning basin Nov. q making
available the appropriation of $50, 900
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
Want Clean Alleys.

The board of public works. the street
commissioner and the police are about
to reopen a crusade in the bushes dis
trict for cleaner alleys. Not that the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

ICY
President Delano of the Wabash rail-
road scouts the idea of ocean vessels
making use of the canal water ways.
but suggests instead the real problem
is Ito find an economic vehicle of trans
portation adaptable in a large river
system like the Mississippi river and
is tributaries, vehicle which shall do
for that river system what the freight
car does to our system of railroads
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
A Cold Night.

Lake county experienced its coolest
night after ten o'clock last night. Inc
temperature dropped to a point where
it got familiar with the zero hgure, but
it managed to keep about above aft
err midnight A heavy fal of snow and
continued showing during the early
part of the morning helped to delay
traffic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12

IF YOU THINK THAT THE TIMES
rs TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE
NEWS, YOUR SUBsCRIPON WILL
RE APPRECIATED
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-12
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Logic as a Moral Agent

From Harper's Weekly.
No one Is born to logic, more than he Is
born to virtue. We have painfully TO
learn the art In each case; but some are
born with an aptitude. and, in the former
case as we'll as the latter. that is worth
cultivating. Virtue Is always desirable.
as the gorse is always in blossom, but
logic at the moment Is out of vogue. Yet
1t too Is q great good, worth a great pre-
MUM and a long apprenticeship, If only
as subsidiary to the other. Logic never
made a life easier but it makes 1t wiser.
kinder, and far profounder. And beyond
peradventure the life deep-rooted, high
reaching. the life which is lived not at
the surface, but at the lower levels, is the
life of blessedness. Vacations may fret
the surface, and the storms of desire and
dislike and distress may lash II to
foam, but In the depths where the great
currents of cause and effect flow recog-
nized and resistless, and the unutterable
understandings the vital passions. under
lie all wanes and tides, there peace and
power are one.
Perhaps 1t is rash to say that no man
ever found his life made easier by logic.
There may be some in whom the calm of
reason has so allayed and effaced the
turbulence of what we wistfully call
mere human nature that man can
bear consequences without pain by re-
membering that he was the cause; sup
port the rheumatism because he chose to
Ire on the dewy grass, and the poverty
because he went out to buy copper at tine
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Ibsen and the Emotions
From Harpers Weekly.


The most essential attribute, whether
for dramatist or philosopher. is clarity
OF thought and statement In that re-
spect the writings of Ibsen are conspicu-
ously deficient Among his most devoted
followers there Is dissension as to MS
meanings. one of them indeed, not hest
tating to declare. as a merit, that the bard
himself very likely did not always know
precisely what he meant. Nevertheless.
it is claimed that an author who could
motor at least did not-state his own
thoughts clearly, ought to be recognized
and exalted as a leader of the thought
Of the world Strange assertions are
made by the Ibsenite. 1.-The form of the
Ibsen plays" says Mr.. Huneker, rs COM
pact with ideas and emotions. We usu-
ally don't go to the theatre to think or to
feel" That assurance may convey the
truth as to Ibsenites: there seems to be
reason for supposing some of them In
capable of either feeling or thought; bu's
in<vew of the decisive fact that, prfmari-
Nv and essentially. the acted drama al
ways does and always must appeal to
the emotions and then to the mind, what
should be thought of the mental condition
which makes it possible for such a state
ment to be made If 1t was not feeling
that tore the hearts of the people when
Forrest acted Lear, what was it? What
is 1t that brings tears to the eyes and
laughter to the lips at a performance of
"a Pair Of Spectacles," or THE Little
Minister" or 1.-THE Witching Hour?''
What is tito cite very recent example
that causes the audience to recall Mr..
Tully Marshall again and again upon the
scene. niKht after night in the course of
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who Writes the Mesngess
~

FROM Leslie ..
In the Ballinger investigation, when Mr..
Pinchot was asked. not long ago, II GER
tain messages to congress written by
President Roosevelt, had been written IN
whole or in part by Pinchot, he declined
to answer The inference was that the
president had awaited himself OF Mr..
Pinchots ready pen and utilized some OF
his worl. in messages to congress. -
did not astonish. surprise or mortify any
one. 1t Is common knowledge that every
president feels entitled to call upon his
subo-dinates for any assistance they can
give In the preparation Of public docu-
ments 1t is remarkable, therefore, that
such a dust was raised when young
stenographer in Secretary Ballinger's en-
ploy made affidavit that a part of Presi-
dent Taft's letter of last September, ex-
orcrating Mr. Ballinger from the Claws
charges. was prepared by Assistant-At-
torney- General Lawler. So much fuss
was made over this announcement by the
conspirators, who had indicated their
purpose to drive Mr.. Ballinger out of the
cabinet, that President Taft condescend-
ell to write letter to Chairman Nelson,
of the Ballinger investigation committee.
reciting the facts in the case concisely
and conclusively.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-08
V|ER|CAN CLOCKS
DWARF BIG Benz
lge Timepieces at New York
Largest Known
DIMENSIONS COMPARED
Metropolitan and Colgate Clocks Make
Time Fly on aBigEer Scale Than
Old London's Giant Guardian
of the House
DIMENSIONS COMPARED
m the Washington Herald.

m the Washington Herald.
tional pride in every British institu-
both large and small, is probably ac-
table for the erroneous claim in the
brial supplement of the current issue
he London Sphere, to the effect that
famous Big Ben" clock in West
lister tower is the titan of timepieces.
ecording to the English publication,
big Ben is the largest striking, most
powerful, and most accurate public clock
n the world the first blow on Big Ben
1t each hour denoting correct time. Per-
laps the Britons base their boastful as
|ertion on the qualifying adjective pub
|c,'' and consequently exclude from COM
larison the Colgate and Metropolitan
over clocks here, as being the possess
ions of private concerns. But, be that
it may. the facts are that big Ben"
outelassed by both of the above-named
merican rivals, says the New York Sun.
The famous timepiece. by which every
[1nctual Londoner sets his watch, has
bur dials, % feet in diameter. the CEN
|ers of which are $50 feet above the
kround. The numerals on the dials are
'wo feet long, while the minute spaces
ire one foot square. The minute hands