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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

Political Booms Galore Will
Be Launched at Meeting
ing of Indiana State Re-
publican Editorial Asso-
citation Tomorrow.

indianapolis, Feb 9.-The approach
of the Indiana Republican Editorial as
sociat1on's meeting to be held in In
dianapolis tomorrow has caused an un-
usual stir in political circles of the
state This meeting is considered an
auspiclous occasion to launch candi-
dacies for state Offices The favorite
sons OF a score of counties are pre-
pared usually by this time to take the
general public into their confidence and
receive whatever encouragement is in
store.
1 Unless signs go wrong and hfsforv
rails tosrepeat itsetf. two or three M
diana republicans will announce their
candidates. for secretary of state at
the meeting of the republican editors.
The return of Senator Beveridge from
washington to attend the meeting will
add Importance to the occasion
Schaaf Possibility.
Hugh tn. Miller of Columbus, who
was the running mate of former Gov
ernor Hanly, is receiving favorable
mention for the head of the state tick
ct Mr. Miller does not say that he win
De candidate, but he does not say that
ne VIII not be in the race for secretary
OF state.
A prominent republican of the Tenth
oistrict. who was very much in eyi-
oence around the Indianapolis hotels
yesterday. was telling his friends that
his "bailiwick'' is an ideal place from
which to select the republican candf
date for secretary of state.
AN ideal place" he said, from the
fact that the Tenth district can pro-
ouce an ideal candidate. George Hay
wood of Lafayette. He is an able law
yer. an able speaker and a good cam
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
PANHANDLE
F|REMEN IS
BURNED

Crown Point. Ind. Feb. 9-while a
Panhandle freight train was running
at high rate of speed, yesterday, Earl
W. Seagraves, a fireman, was seriously
burned when a draft forced flames from
the frebox and set fire to his clothing.
The flames enveloped Seagraves. blis-
tering his face and hands and setting
hre to his clothing He staggered back.
and would have fallen from the cab
had not the engineer caught him. The
engineer swung the firebox door shut
and then with gloved hands smothered
the burning clothes of Seagraves. The
hreman's injuries were such that he
had to be taken from the locomotive at
this city. He was taken to Logansport
on passenger train.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
W|nGF|ElO
SHOWS GOOD
JUDGMENT
Lessee of Towle's Opera
House and Ten Other
Theaters, Proves Success
of His Ideas When Road
Companies Hit Bumps.

The good Judgment of Manager Jas.
WingfieId of Towles Opera House in
taking up the management of theaters
rather than road companies has been
demonstrated
Wingaeld is said To be- the rEeei eident
OF the Central states Theater company
of Chicago. This company owned a
number of leases on theaters and has
the management of a number of road
companies.
Some time ago the Central states
Theater company changed its policy of
securing leases on theaters and became
imbued with the idea that the road
companies were the thing.
The company signihed its desire to
drop some of its theaters, and James
Wfngfeld took up the management of
them His success in this venture is
said to have vindicated his Judgment.
1t is said that Wingfeld now has
leases on eleven theaters. Among these
is the theater at Hammond and others
at Waukegan, Racine. Michigan City,
Brazil and six other places
During the present season, and es-
pecially the season before, large num-
Der of road companies went to pieces.
but the lessees of theaters have been
able to hang on and they now look for
good business with the return Of pros
perity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

missions and suit twas started to re-
| cover the amount that was alleged To
be due The Hammond garage won its
suit, and the company was compelled
10 pay several thousand dollars com
missions on machines that were sold
but never delivered
But to show that the local concern
was willing to do the right thing. one
of its officers turned around and pur-
CHASED fifty machines for delivery this
year And the machines are being de-
ilvered with surprising alacrity.
In fact, it is doubtful if there is an
agency in Chicago that can deliver
Bucks more promptly than the Ham
mond garage The Buick people know
that they have got to be prompt with
the local concern or suffer the eonse-
quences
The Hammond garage is doing a good
business, for the reason that il can
make just as good terms with the nur-
chasers as any one else,> and it agrees
to keep the machines in good repair for
year In addition
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

train will arrive at Gulf ort at 1907
p. m. The party will leave Guff Port
at 1880 p. m. and win arrive at pxxs
Christian at 1850 p. m. Leaving Pass
Christian at p m the trip will end at
New Orleans. La. at $40 p. m. Sunday
afternoon. The railroad fare for the
round trip is s26.5o from Hammond,
Ina.
Orak temple has made arrangements
for hotel accomm odations for fifty peo-
pie in New Orleans. reserving rooms
in the Monteleone hotel The officers
were able to secure these rooms at the
very reasonable rate of 81 per day per
person by contracting for the rooms
for period of not less than three days
large number of Shriners from Ham
mond, East Chicago, Whiting, Indiana
Harbor, Gary, Crown Point, Michigan
City. Valparaiso and South Bend will
compose the delegation from Orak tenn.
pie, and they are now reservfng their
rooms at New Orleans by giving notice
to the recorder of Orak temple and
placing deposit for the number Of
rooms desired.
The officers of Orak temple are to
be congratulated upon the COED accom-
modations they have secured especially
in view of the fact that on the same
day the contract was signed, all hotel
accommodations in New Orleans during
the meeting of the imperial council
were contracted for. and those who did
not get in first will have to make ar
rangements in private homes and board
ing houses.
The Shriners OF northern Indian
who desire to take this trip can make
full arrangements for the same by
communicating with the recorder of
Orak temple.
Orak temple will hold their next
ceremonial about the middle of March,
at which time there wilt be a large
class to pass over the hot sends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
ADOPT new
CONSTITUTION
Lake County Bar Associa-
tion Decides Last Night
to Take no Part.

Thirty or more members Of the
Lake County Bar association met
last night in the court room in the
federal building and adopted the new
constitution and bylaws Of the asso-
citation. The many sections Of the
constitution and the appended sug-
gestions regarding professional ethics
precipated warm debate and it was
after IL O'Clock before the constitu-
ton was finally adopted.
The entire purpose of the Lake
County Bar association has been
changed. Originally the association
was organized for the purpose OF aid
ing the attorneys of North township
20 secure a Lake superior court. For
several years the sole excuse fnr the
-existance OF the bar assocIation Wis
to further the court intaxeefa< -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
DAN ANDERSON PAYS
FRIENDS A VISIT
Former Hammond Boy Now
a Prosperous Merchant.
in Calgary.

Dan Anderson. who was formerly
connected with the Lion store, Ham
mond, as the manager of the prescrip-
tion department, was in the city yester-
DAY, calling on his old friends
Mr. Anderson was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Hatch during his stay
here He is now located at Calgary, B.
C., and is on his way to Goshen, Ind
and New Orleans, La
1t has been two years since Ander-
son has been in Hammond. and he says
that the changes that have taken place
IN Hammond in that time are nothing
short of marvellous
Mr.. Anderson is associated with his
brother in prosperous business ven
ture in B. c. at present
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
SENATORIAL BOOM
FOR ]. FRANK MEEKER
Is Figured to Have Great
Abilities as a Faction
Harnonizer.
HAS 4 5000 FOLLOWING
Man Groomed by Friends Has Not
Yet Had Time to Deny or
Confirm Report.
|Hhs 1 5000 FOLLOWING

tSpeC1at TO IHB IIMES
Crown Point. Ind, Feb. "a political
boom of no mean proportions was
launched here yesterday by the friends
of County Attorney j. Frank Meeker.
who are confident that it will grow to
the proportions whereby 1t will be nee
essary to call Lake county's popular
attorney Senator Meeker next No
vember. OF course, J. Frank has not
been apprised of the fact as yet. and
there may be hem" and bow
from him, but his political friends who
have been making q gumshoe campaign
as to Meeker's chances of filing the SEN
atorial shoes, say there is nothing to
1T, and that the buckles are already on.
Is Faction Harmcnlzer.
The popularity of the county attor-
ney is unqestioned from Lake Michigan
to the Kankakee, and he has been in
the political traces long enough in this
senatorial district to make him a pow
er Those on the inside say that Meek
er's candidacy for the senatorial toga
will strengthen the party's chances OF
winning next fall, and will to a great
extent harmonic any factionaI strife in
the party as to sectional preference.
and it is safe to say that Meeker will
poll large vote. and there will be
many rock-ribbed- dyed in the wool
democrat who Will put on his gloves
and work for Frank Meeker should the
county attorney decide TO throw hin
gauntlet into the political arena
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
HAMMOND GARAGE CO. IS
DOING GREAT BUSINESS

That Hammond is coming to be some
hing of an automobile distributing CEN
ter is shown by the fact that the HAM
mond garage has ordered fifty Bucks.
nve Stoddard- -Daytons and five Hupmo-
piies and number of other machines.
And there is a little story of consid-
erable interest behind the purchase of
those fifty Bucks. Last year the Ham
mond Garage company purchased elev-
en- Bucks, and on the representation
that they would be delivered promptly
number of them were sold
When the date Of the delivery came
around the machines were not shipped
There was several weeks of delay. and
nnaliy many of the purchasers of these
machines refused to accept them.
The Hammond garage made a demand
upon the company for the commission
on the machines which had been sold
and were not delivered according to the
contract
Suit Is Won,
- Inc company refused to nav the COM
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
Reduction in Price

me smaii consumer of electricity in
1iaiiinoho mas noticed considerable
iedue'ion IN the January bills as the
result OF tne reduction IN the cost OF
electricity from 13 to 10 cents.
This reduction affects the great ma
jority of small users of a1ec+r,cst1,
those who use less than fiftvs kiIowaft
hours of electricity The larger ca,-
sEmers already hao a substantial re-
duction below the 13-cent rate.
The reduction affecting the great n,a
jority of the light consumers of tbs
Northern Indiana Gas & Electric com
pany has created decidedly Favorable
impression. especially in view of the
fact that the reduction was made volan-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
FATHER
SEES son
KILLED
Arthur spafford of Ham
mond, Driven by Strange
Premonition, Witnesses a
Shocking Accident TO His
Boy at Evanston.

Driven to the scene of his sons IA
tai accident. seemingly by Fremont
ton. Arthur Spanord of IA Doty street
yesterday afternoon was an eye-wit-
netss when his 19-year-old son, Ar
thur. fell from a signal tower on the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Ev-
anston, l.. The accident happened yes
terday afternoon. the boy sustaining
internal injuries and a fracture of the
skull He was taken to St Francis
hospital, where he died shortly after S
o'clock without having regaining con-
sciousness. William Dunkel of Bar
ton, Wis, was also in the accident, and
fell with young Spafford. 1t is thought
that he has chance to recover.
Father an Eyewitness.
Arthur Spafford was employed as an
electrician by the Chicago & Northwest
ern since last Christmas. He came for
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
Prices Remain Unchanged

Despite the hue and cry about the
price of meats and the reduction there
OF because OF the boycott and the pub
lie opinion. no slump in prices in Ham
mond is pereeivabie. Said one leading
meat dealer today.
The price of beef Denains unchanged
and in some lines is even a trif1e high
er. It is true that pork has fallen OFF
cent or two but that is not unusual.
The boycott may have affected prices in
the east, but nothing Of it has been felt
around Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
LENT BEGINS
WITH CHURCH
SERVICES

Ash Wednesday. which marks the be-
ginning of Lent, was generally OBJ
served among the Catholics and Epis-
copals today Those who could do so
attended the morning church services
At the Catholic. churches ashes were
distributed by the priest, who takes a
few ashes between his thumb and fore
finger and making the sign of the
cross on the forehead of each who
approaches saying to him in Latin that
his body is taken from the dust and
that shall return to dust
In both. the Catholic and Episcopal
churches there will be services this
evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
WHY WERE NOT THE
WOMEN CONF|SCA1EO
West Hammond Begins to
Inquire Into Persistence
of Cook Co. Officials.

Eight slot machines which were
connscated by Cook county deputy
sheriffs in West Hammond last Mon
day now await disposition by the West
Hammond authorities. The machines
are now in the village hall, and, accord
ing to the law. should be destroyed
West Hammond people are beginning
10 inquire into the reason for the raid.
especially since some of the places were
overlooked, while others on Plummer
avenue were overlooked both for the
machines and the women that they
harbored.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
MAT bONEY
ENJO|NEO
IN COURT
Judge v. S. Reiter Says
That Saloonkeeper Must
Not Interfere With Ham
mond Savings & Trust
Company.

Matthias Boney was today enioined
from further interference with the
workingmen in their efforts to get pos
session Of the Taper block and con-
vert II into q room suitable for bank
ing purposes
most volumfnousa complaint was
nled IN the Lake superior court this
morning setting forth the grievance
that the complainant. the Hammond
Savings & Trust company has against
Mr.. Boney.
incidentally Mr. Boney has been sued
for $4,000 damages for the delav. in
convenience and trouble he has caused
The complaint alleges that in anticipa-
tion of the occupancy of the new QUAR-
ters contract was let for fixtures and
Contractor Dickover was employed to
make the necessary altera tions.
What Complaint Says.
The complaint says that If Ronev js
not enJoined he will continue to inter
fere with the plaintiff and prevent the
peaceable enjoyment of possession.
The complaint alleges that Bonev
has threatened to shoot, wound and
MAIN the employees who were employed
TO make the alterations in the buidl-
ing and that he carried two reyoIvers
to enforce his possession of the build
ing.
1t is also claimed that the arrest of
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
BYLAWS
ADOPTED
influence Of Club Will Be
Directed Toward Improve
ment of the Roads.

The Hammond Automobile club met
and perfected its organization last
evening in the directors room Of the
First National bank. The officers oi
the new club are John E. Fitzgerald
president; ]. G. Ibach, vice president;
George B. Sheerer, secretary; R. o
Winkler, treasurer; and board Of
managers consisting of W. B. Conkey
J 7. Hutton, John Lavine, A. NJ. Tur.
ner and G. H. Stewart.
The constitution and bylaws of the
club were adopted and the member
ship has been limited to 150 The
purpose of the organization is social
and protective.
One of the first acts of the orsaniza-
tion will be to offer a reward for the
arrest and conviction of persons caught
throwing glass, nails and bottles in the
atreet Tor the purpose OF puncturIng
aufog bile tires
no KaEPROyE ROADS.
The Initiation fee win be 81 and hte
dues VIII be 81 per quarters. The club
will at once take up the social side of
the organization and several outings
will be planned.
1t is also expected that the influence
of the organization will be directed to-
ward the Improvement of the roads of
the county. 1t is believed that an eff
fort will be made to have q short street
cut through the southwest corner of
Conkey and Calumet avenues parallel
to the Erie railroad tracks so that the
necessity for machines bound south
ward to cross the tracks will be avoid
ed altogether.
A similar difficulty will be avoided
little farther southeast of that point,
just east of Sharpshooters' Park, where
the Ridge road crosses the Erie tracks.
Here the county commissioners, by
opening and paving a short strip of
road could avoid the necessity for au-
tomobiles. teams and pedestrians,
southwark bound. crossing the tracks.
There is also a point on the Monon
at Munster, where a much travelled
highway crosses the tracks in a deep
cut, and It Is believed that but little
expense would be required to build a
viaduct over the tracks and positively
eliminate all danger of accidents. 1t
was at this point that two Mishawaka
boys were killed July "a of last year.
AVOIDS FOUR CROSSINGS.
1t is argued that the lives of the
travelling public could be protected to
a much greater extent by these mex
pensive improvements. and the Ham
mond Automobile club will take steps
to induce the city officials of Hammond
and the county commissioners. as the
case may be, to make them.
II by the building of two short strips
of street not to exceed total length OF
500 feet. the Hammond Automobile club
can avoid the necessity of crossing the
Erie tracks four times. it is believed
that 1t will have accomplished consider
able good.
1t is this line of activity along with
the social activity of the club, that has
led to the organization of. the Ham
mond Automobile club.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
iAAul|6uslf
NORTH
IS DEAD

August NORTH. 20 years old. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. August NORTH. 935 Shelf
field avenue. died this morning at his
home. his death being due to pneu-
monia- Moritz was employed in the
Simplex and had many friends, who re-
gret to hear of his untimely death.
The funeral has been arranged for
Saturday afternoon. Services will be
held at the house at 1870 in the aft
ernoon. after which they will be taken
to the North Side German Lutheran
church Interment will be at Concordia
cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

Now. however. the purpose OF the as
sociation is to raise the standard OF le-
gal ethics in Lake county and to see
that this standard is maintained. In
the event of another court fight the
lawyers in particular locality who are
desirous of increasing their court facil-
tiles will have to effect temporary or
ganzation for the purpose OF promoting
their Interests. Never again will court
Tight be taken up by the Bar associa-
tion- This is taken by the Gary attor-
neys as q vindication of their action in
withdrawing from the meeting of the
Bar association several years ago, when
it refused to recognize Gary's claims for
separate court
Several sections of the suggestions
(Contfnued on uaea dyes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
Clabby Wins Again.

Jimmy Clabby, the Hammond welter-
weight. outpointed Pady LAWN of Buff
iaio IN ten round no-decision bout
winch was fought at Buffalo last night
Clabby had the better of a whirlwind
go. Tommy Callahan knocked ont
Tommy Yeats in four rounds Billy
Moorhead of Milwaukee finished Patsy
McDermott in the first round.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09
Attorney Out Again.

Attorney Leon Berezniak, ls6 Carroll
street, was strong enough to venture
out on the street today. He is. how
ever. not yet permitted to go TO his
office. this being privilege reserved
for next week. Mr.. Bereznfak was
struck by a stray bullet In Chicago
which was meant for a pickpocket
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

tarily and even before the question of
signing contract with the city came
up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

Lavender Cigars are pronounced
exceptionally good by all smokers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

tcontinued on page five.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-09

PARITY CLOUDY,
COLDER TONIGHT.
NORTH WINDS.
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!. The company refused to pay the conn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-09

THROW IT AWAY.

Stand up, little kid, with your cigarette
burned clean up to your profane lips
Doyou know that the poison that YOU
are so eager TO inluse into every inch Of
your youthful hide, may, before a hun
dred years have rolled over vour head.
make YOU not only color blind but blind
as a bat as well? Nav You didn't
Well. that is the next ailiction that we
are threatened with. The Scientific
dH3egTcGH says SO. and we have grown
in the habit OF relying upon that staunch
sheet. In London, tobacco blindness
has become quite prevalent, and in
stances are cropping out on our side of
the pond, too Throw away your cigar
and wait until you have at least hun
dred and eighty pounds of sound avoir-
dupois to carry around before YOU begin
10 stuff your skin with nicotine poison.
Then, may be. it will take YOU the rest
OF your natural life time TO get enough OF
the weed TO put out your eyes and plant
a malignant cancer at the root OF your
saucy little tongue. Your grandfather
smoked until he was eighty did he, and
chewed, too. Yes and that is the verv
reason that you should leave il alone.
at least, until you are twenty-five years
old. You were born with enough poison
i'll your blood without beginning TO stuff
more down your throat before you are
out of the nursery, Throw it away. No
body expects the babies to help 10 pay
the national debt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-09
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RlNGp

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RING?
With what an elaborate argument,
perhaps speed with some temper. the
youngling tries to reverse the opinion of
the oldling. The sprinkle Of gray on
the maternal forehead is rather an lndi-
cation of a recent graduate of the female
seminary that the circumstances of today
or tonight are fully appreciated. What a
wise boarding school that would be if
the mothers were the pupils and the
daughters were the teachers How well
the teens would chaperon the fifties.
Them mothers do not amount to much
anyhow. They are in the way and are
always asking questions about the post
age marks of letters and asking, WHO
is that Mary D?" and "Where did YOU
get that ring, Myra. For mothers have
such unprecedented means of knowing
everything. They say 1t was a bird in
the air" that told them. Alas for that
bird in the air. VIII not some one lift
his gun and shoot it? Ii would take
whole libraries to hold the wisdom which
the daughter knows more than her
mother. why cannot have this?" and
why can not do that2'