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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
WARD DELAYED
BY RAIN STORM
AVIATOR AFTER FAST FLIGHT
TO cALLIcOoN COMPELLED
TO LOOSE TIME.

Callicoon, N. Y, Sept. 15.- James
Ward, who is attempting to fly from
New York to San Francisco said at !
o'clock this morning that he would
not leave here, where he alighted
last night, until the weather cleared.
It rained steadily all the morning
and the prospects were not bright
that the young aviator would get
away before afternoon.
Ward Makes Fast Time.
Susquehanna, Pa, Sept. 15.-James
j. Ward, the cross-continent flyer who
left New York for San Francisco Wed.
nesday reached Calicoon, N. Y, few
miles from here, at 4:35 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon. On his final flight
yesterday he covered fifty-nine and
one-tenth miles in fifty-seven minutes,
having left Middletown, N. Y, at 1888
o'clock. His total distance covered so
far Is 138 miles.
Fowler to Start Tomorrow.
Colfax, Cal Sept. 15.-Indications
today are that Aviator Robert G. Fow-
ler will resume his San Francisco
New York flight tomorrow morning.
Rapid progress has been made on the
reconstruction of the biplane wrecked
Tuesday at Alta and the mechanicians
promise to have the machine in con-
dition by Saturday.
Fowler said he would try to make
Ogden in two days, flying $50 miles
in the morning and $50 miles in the
afternoon. He expects to make up the
time lost by the accident.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
GOVERNORS TO
STANDPAT FOR
STATE s RIGHT
Committee Headed by Har-
mon of Ohio Meets Today
to Formulate Plan of Ad-
dressing Supreme Court.

Spring Lake, N. j., Sept Is The
newly appointed committee of three
governors to present, on hehalf o.
twenty-four states plea to the fedora
supreme court for protection OF states
rights, met in ex xecutive session today
Gov. Harmon Of Ohio, the chairman
changed his mind overnight and de
cided to map out at once line of pro
cedure.
He was especially desirous, he said
Of comforting with his colleagues
Governors Hadley Of Missouri and
Aldrich of Nebraska, before his de-
parture at noon for Knoxville, Tenn.
1.-The proposition is matter Of fact
one," he said. "The states are vitality
interested and there is nothing radical
or revolutionary in their taking their
plea before the supreme court" The
governors in executive session this
afternoon decided to hold their next
annual convention at Richmond, Va,
December 8, 1912.
Governors After Supreme Court.
After several oratorical charges
were fired at the supreme court OF the
United States governors of twenty.
five states of the union voted to unite
in protest to that tribunal against
what they consider an invasion OF
states rights" by federal courts.
The decision of Judge Sanborn in
the so-called Minnesota rate case" is
the particular Invasion" to which the
governors object. BY their action
they establish precedent In Ameri-
can history.
Judson Harmon, governor Of Ohio,
and former attorney general OF the
United States, will head committee
Of protest His colleagues will be
Herbert S. Hadley, governor Of Mis-
souri,, and Chester H. Aldrich, COVER
nor of Nebraska. The motion to ap-
point such q committee to voice the
views of the conference was made by
Governor Emmet O'Neal of Alabama.
Action Is Unanimous.
Action was declared unanimous, al
though Governor William w. Kitchin
of North Carolina, who alone opposed
it, did so, he said, solely because 1t
would be a departure from precedent.
Governor Harmon supplied the orig
inal suggestion for the plan, according
to Governor O'Neal In the sharp de-
bate which followed the measures
introduction Governor Harmon took
no part.
Introduction Of the motion was en-
tirely unexpected by the majority Of
the delegates. Governor Aldrich's
ringing denunciation of what he term
ed the invasion OF the functions and
rig.-ts of the state by the minor fed
e1al courts. discussed during yester-
days session, provoked enthusiastic
applause and was followed by an ad-
dress by Governor Francis E. McGov-
ern of Wisconsin upon the same topic.
With the subject fresh in mind, the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
IOWA MAN MAY BE
BLACK HAND ARTIST

Wyoming, Sept 15.-Landen Taylor
has been arrested pending an investi-
cation Of blackhand letter received
by w. w. Eye, farmer, from whom
was demanded $3.50 on pain Of having
his property burned II he failed. A
dummy box was placed under bridge
as directed and three men were seen
taking it away. Eye claims he recog-
nized the handwriting and notified the
sheriff with the result that Eyes
hrother-in-law, Landen Taylor, was ar
rested and taken to Anamosa to wait
a hearing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
BABE is BORN
in. AMBULANCE

Burlington, Sept. 15.-While being
rushed to the hospital here after en-
jcying a cooling ride in launch on
the Mississippi river early last even
ing, Mrs. William Lee, of Des Moines,
formerly of Ottumwa, gave birth to a
twelve pound son. The babe's birth
place was the city ambulance, and this
afternoon both mother and son are
none the worse for their unusual ex.
perience Mrs. Lee has been in
the city visiting with relatives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
DIEGLE SENTENCE
SUSPENDED TODAY

Dayton, o., Sept. 15.-Judge Alfred
Of the circuit court today granted a
suspension Of sentence in the case OF
Rodney J. Diegle. the convicted SER
geant-at-arms Of the Ohio state SEN
ate, until the court can pass upon a
writ Of error In his case The court
declined to issue an order increasing
Diegle's bond, which the state asked.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
POSTAL BANK is
OPEN AT DES MONIES

Des Moines, Sept. 15.- The postal
savings bank was opened here this
morning with less than score of de-
positors in line. Fred Parker, a negro,
was the first to entrust his savings
to the government institution. He de-
posted $1.50
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
ABEL CHRISTIAN
PASTOR ELECTED

Des Moines, Sept. 15.- The Rev
Ross Musgrave of Adel, Iowa, was
elected president Of the central Iowa
distract of the church of Christ at the
annual meeting which closed last
night. Other officers are:
Vice president-Rev. A. B. Cornell
Prairie City.
Secretary Rev. H. E. Van Horn,
Des Moines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
ILLINOIS TO FIGHT
FOR COUNTY OPTION

Chicago, Sept. 15.-The officers Of
the Anti-saloon league of Illinois today
announced that state convention
would be held on November 13 and IA
to agitate the question of county local
option The city in which the con-
yention will be held is to be announced
!ataA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
CHICK EVANS AND
HILTON LEAD

Rye, N. Y, Sept. 15.-When half of
the semt-f finals in the amateur golf
championship was finished at Apa-
wames today, H. H. Hilton Of England
was five up on Charles w. Inslee of
New Rochelle, n. Y. and Charles
Evans. Jr.. of Chicago was three up
on Fred Herreshoff of Manchester, VT.
The matches were played in a misty
gale and before a small gallery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
Army Of Potomac Reunion.

bers Of the society of the Army of the
Potomac held their annual reunion
here today, many states being repre-
sented.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
Bio Fire at Glen Falls.

Glen Falls, n. Y, Sept. 16-Fire did
100000 damage to the business sec
tion of White Hall today. The Y. M.
C. A. building and Emergency hospital
were Smons the buildings destroyed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
Squirrel Bites
And Clans Infant;
Death May Result
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Oskaloosa, Sept. Is A
vicious attack by a park sQuir-
rel on the three-months-old in.
fant Of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Bridgeman at their home here
last night, is expected to result
fatally. The little animal
sprang upon the child and bur-
led teeth and claws in the little
ones face and head and almost
put out an eye before the
mother could interfere.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-16
Divorces Granted In Great
Numbers By Capital City
Courts: Expect To Reach 100

15.-T
night fortyfve
this
Is another divorce
had divorce before him
which divorces granted from
with afnes,
correspondents.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

Three Chicago Norwegian girls have
left for tour Of the west that event
ually will land them in the wilds of
the Rocky mountains, where they will
endeavor to locate hills and territories
suitable to the development of the ski
sport in America. The girls are Miss
Alice r. Walden, 1927 Beach avenue,
and Misses Fsleanore and Ethel c. Olsen.
2148 North Sawyer avenue.
Their undertaking was prompted by
a desire to travel and see the most
picturesque sections of the west. Each
girl took with her pair of skis pre-
sented by friends in Norway.
In order to pay their travelling ex-
penses the girls will give entertain
ments along the route and will give
talks the best method OF learning
ski running. This will be followed by
a musical entertainment and recita-
tions of Norwegian dialest stories by
Miss Ethel c. Olsen. who is regarded as
one of the best Norwegian dialect elo-
|cutionists in America. After spending
a week or two in the Rockies the girls
will visit cities on the Pacific coast AM
will give a number OF entertainments
for NorwegianAmeri societies and
clubs in California, Oregon, and Wash
ington.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23
WOW! WOW!
BUT VALPO.
IS "PEEvEO'
Mercy. what a wallop.

@sAOlSS WIdl d WdtlOp-
The following delegation of local
basketball players and fans journeyed
to Hammond last evening to witness
the Rochester Hammond basketball
game: Reginald FELTON,, Melvin Stiuch-
field. Joe Gardner Carl Berry, Byron
Finding. Prof Albert Wedeking, Doc
Gardner. junk Windle. Fred Ayles-
worth and Lawrence Raisler.
With Barnhart and Schaffer. the
backbone and sinew of the Rochester
team out of the game, the DOWNSTAIRS
Hammond bunch by a score of % to Is.
Barnhart and Schaffer are the giants
and champion point getters of the Ro-
chester team, and with their presence
in the game we blush 20 think of what
the score would have been.
AS in years gone by, the Hammond
cutters do not wish for any of Valpo's
game-actually will not consider any
kind of a proposition. A mollycodd1e
bunch, weak-xnsed and trembling, they
live in fear of their own shadow wher
the name ,f vaipo is mentioned.
representative of the local team
team, If he would consider a game al
Hobart or on any neutral floor. He
stated that he would not. Asked If he
would allow his team to play Valpo or
the Hammond floor, the coach replied
Not If l have anything to say about
It,"
Cold feet? That's the answer-valpt
Messenger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23
SERVICES ATTRACTED
A LARGE CROWD
Evangelist Sharp Handles
What He Calls "Booze
Question"
u. Miller.D

The booze sermon last night drew a
record crowd, nearly a thousand peo-
pie turned out, filing the two large
auditoriums and overlooking into the
gale ries.
Promptly and to the minute at 1880
the lights were turned off and Mr.. and
Mrs. Kendall began their series OF
travelogue pictures in which they take
and visit with them the places where
Christ lived and worked.
The pictures are unusually fine. and
Kendall interspersed enough of wit to
make the fifteen minutes devoted to
them, a delight.
The big audiences are beginning to
sing with a will under the persuasive
leadership OF Mr.. Kendall and mis- Cos
rel solo illustrated by colorcd slides
was one of the most effective we have
lad the plea sure to hear
And then the booze sermon. No use
to Try to reproduce il. Tnrse hundred
words a minute for fifty. minutes is
beyond US. Billy Sunday may preach a
big booze sermon. hut If he has any
thing the local man wonder
what it is 1t IS 10 be expected that
man VINO could make gSGu IN bullc'
Ing up one of orthern In3;ana's l.rS
est congregations in so SHOT a Tine
from nothing could also make good II
ether things which he certainly di1 OF
The subject in hand last night
Facts piled one the other. no
dry but startling, burning facts th'
kind that arouse and stir and NOV,
| men. These, shot cut from a mind tha
is afiame with feeling and emphasize,
| by a speaker. every muscle of who's
BODY is used to telling effect hold
| big audience enrapt.
Perhaps one sample will be to tn
point. though losing most Of it's efrec
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23
Journey to Chicago.

Ten members of Unity Council
knights of Columbus, were initiated in
the fourth degree In Chicago yesterday
along with class of $50. The Unity
council candidates were L. Harry
Weis, John Kennedy and Charles Nau
of Hammond. the Rev. John Berg John
Thiel, Charles Gainor and Joseph Chin
MA of Whiting, and Henry Kavalage
of Dyer, Judge Walter Riley of Eas,
Chicago and John w. O'Brien of Gras-
selli.
Among the guests were John O'Cal-
lahan of East Chicago. A. J. r. Hill o.
Grasselli and Louis Elder of Hammond
A banquet was served in the Hotel La
Sale at 6 o'clock.
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tiveness when separated from the
speakers personality. Speaking to
men who favor the saloon because it
is supposed to help bear the burden Of
tax and SO decrease the tax levy Nd.
Sharp said: suppose the TACT of hav-
ing saloons does decrease your tax
suppose we had enough saloons 10 pay
all your tax. Since when In the scheme
of free government was the saloon
commissioned as the official tax gath
crer- Rome hired publicans and sold
the right to collect all the tax they
could provided they turned in Il GER
tain small part of it to the govern
ment. Are we saying to the saloon go
collect from the poor devil All you can.
all you want and out of that pay a
small part for my honest tax, you
keep the rest and for that consider
| alton 1 Will lend you my support You
may take all of a workman's pay II
| you want. take the clothes from his
| families back and the food from their
mouths and out of 1t all pay my tax
that | ought to pay. Shame! Shame!
| Shame.
My taxes then that | ought to pay
| are paid by some one else, by the
saloon. but one hundred and ten thou
sunO oOOmeu urcnkards' Rraye0 In
America each year, cry out to me
shame That, sir IS how you paid your
| tax. Every mother weeping tonight
! for ruined boy cries out to you shame
| That, sir, Is how you paid your tax
! in ruined boys. Every ruined. wreck
/ ed. destroyed home cries out to yor
shame, shame your tax was paid il
ruined homes The bony fingers ant
staring eyes Of underfed drunkards
| children ought to haunt you in TIL.
night time. Your tax waa paid tha
| way. EverB tear wrung from HUI
mainly suffering from this curse ant
blight cries to you Shame, Shame
Shame. that your part of the tax wa
paid In coin like that"
This is only one paragraph Spoken
in little less than a minute, but give
some idea of what the whole sermon
was.
The stereoptican pictures begil
| again tonight at 1870 sharp Ever.
evening, except Saturday, interesting
topics follow one on the heels of an
other. Admission is entirely free
From the week day audiences it al
ready appears that the Sunday crow
! will be a record-breaker for churc
attendance in Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

superior court. to which he has been
appointed. Mayor Becker has ten days
in which to qualify. He will call a
special meeting of the city council for
tomorrow evening, at which time he
will wind up the affairs in connection
with his office as mayor of the city
council
The only information Mr.. Smalley
could give out today was that he had
received a number of direct and sever
al indirect applications COR the office
Of city controller He himself having
set the pace as t., wha. an expert ac
countant in the city hall shall be, 1T
locks 10 be no easy matter to find a
man. a democrat preferably, who shall
be good accountant and at the same
time combine all the other qualifica
tions which go to make up a strong
progressive representative mayor IN
the event he would re called upon TO
take over the reigns of the city. That
is the problem Mayor Smalley will
have to solve. according to those who
are taking the broader view of the
situation.
An analysis of the situation deve-
lops the fact that there are plenty OF
conscientious men who are able to
take over the city's books, because
they are good detail men. but cannot
be considered representative men in
that broad sense with which the public
surrounds the mayors office. On the
| other hand. there is an abundancy OF
big representative men we'll qualified
! to act as mayor. who lack the expert
ence that is a prerequisite in the city
controllers office.
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to say about Hennery coldbottle's new
baby.
It's wonder that Alderman Castle
man has overlooked the eight square
miles down at Miller. while he is in
this annexation mood
Read in one paper Tuesday night that
water runs uphill down at Ridge road.
1t also runs down hill. up. sometimes.
The Retort Courteous.
In conclusion we merely wish to
advise The Tribune editor to spend a
little more time attending to his own
affairs and considerably less mixing in
the affairs of everybody else in Gary"
Gary Post.
THE entire stan of The Post is COM
posed of gentlemen of the highest
type The Tribune did not in
tend that the story should go without
denial, as it has with dozen fakes in
the Post."-Gary Tribune.
Now the tHot) Air line is trying
to break into Gary.
Thing. That Might Happen. hut Won't.
Gary aldermen investigating them
solves.
Alderman Bowser getting the sher-
iffs nomination.
Alderman Feuer wanting to investi-
gate his side partner, Bill Cain.
; Alderman Szymanski giving up the
brewery agency to take up charity
work
Alderman Castleman Offering to
make peace with the mayor, even IL
he can have something to say about
the board of public works awards.
Now that one has TO have a medical
certificate to get married in Indiana.
the doctors ought to make enough on
the side to smoke 10 certers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23
HEARD
- BY -
RUDE
OUR DAILY POEM.
A Local Option Ode.

Sing a song of sixpence,
Pocket full of rye
That's the way they carry it
Where the town s Dry.
HAZEL MUTT.
Now that Gary is to be bigger terri
torially than Indianapolis, we suppose
that the old maid town will have an
other fit.
Some Popular Books.
Tale of Two Cities"-Gary and
Hammond
"A Comedy of Errors'-Gary council
Investigations"
Loves Labor Lost''-Hugh e. Cor
bett and Tom Knots.
AS Sam Sax and Alderman Bowser
now see 1T the former will be park
commissioner for a while until the al
derman becomes sheriff and then the
park commissioner will become alder
men and then Homer will become park
commissioner, and then Gary will be-
come a city beautiful and then the tree
planters union will become mad and
strike, and then weu all become in
volved in a hellovafix.
Watch This Column.
Tomorrow we shall have something
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

court. He receives an additional $4,000
to act as clerk of the Lake superior
court. In addition to this he receives
81 a day for 200 days for each of the
three and half courts of the county
for clerk hire, amounting to $1.4o0
annually. This makes total of S.
900 a year which this office pays
1t might be regarded as a good
thing were 1t not for the fact that the
county clerk is compelled to hire SO
many deputies. He now employees two
deputies at Crown Point, two at Ham
mond and will soon be compelled to
employ the third at Hammond. Under
these circumstances it is not likely
that the clerk will pay very much for
the assistant deputy. who will be en-
ployed at Hammond.
Reportcrship Open.
In the matter of court reporting II
is expected that William C. Harrison
will be in charge of this department
In the Lake superior courts Maurice
! Maenzie will look after the court re-
porting at Crown Point and will report
for McMahan and Kopelke at Crown
Point
Harrison will have to have the as
Hammond. It is understood that Har-
ry Folk. brother-in-law of Super
intendent beavers or the West Ham
mond schools. is being prominently
mentioned for the place.
The appointment of the bailiffs will
be made by Judges Becker and Ko-
pelke. There will be one of these for
each court. 1t is certain that Judge
Reiter viii be known as Judge No.
Judge Becker will he known as Judge
No. 2 and Judge Kopelke will be known
as Judge No 3.
To Divide Work.
While no definite arrangements have
been made and will not be made unti
| Judges Reiter, Becker and Kopelke
get together for conference. it is be-
! lieved that Judge Reiter will elect Il
| try the civil court cases and do the
:, probate work; Becker will elect Il
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

Mrs w C. Wells of Kouts. Ind. is in
Hammond to visit her son. Ray Wells
and his family at their home in Van
Buren, street and daughter. Mrs A. w.
Sprague and family OF Carroll street.
Mrs Wells has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs Guy Wells at their home in Chi
cago for several days.
Mrs. Arthur Merrill is spending a
few days with her relatives In Merrill
Vile.
The members OF the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Monroe Street Methodist
Chapel are being entertained by MRS. j
Mcconnell at her home in Van Burer
street today.
Miss Amanda Knott will be hostess
to the members of the c. d. Club this
evening at her home in Summer street
Mrs. w. d. Clark formerly of Ham
mond but now of Englewood will be laI
] out of town guest at the dinner giveI
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23
WHO WILL Be C|1Y'S
NEXT CONTROLLER
Mayor Smalley Is Giving
Important Question Mi
mute Consideration.

Who will be Hammond's new city
controller? Because of the fact that
by a chain of circumstances the new
appointee may become Hammond s
mayor during the next three years the
interest in the question is upper
most in the minds of the people today.
John d. Smalley, the mayor-to- be,
said today that he would not make an
appointment until after he had taken
the oath OF office. His term of office
does not begin until Mayor Becker
takes his commission judge of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

take the criminal work and Kopelke
will elect to try the civil jury cases.
If the Stotsenburg bill succeeds in
passing both the house and the senate.
Judges kopelke and Becker Will have
four-year terms instead of two-year
terms. 1t is expected that this will
make the judgeship a much more at
tractive to the average lawyer than
1t was when all of the possible aspir-
ants to the office thought it would be a
two-year appointment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-23

by his chief to follow a beautiful girl
from Europe to America to detect a
supposed attempt on her part to
smuggle eighteen diamonds into this
country for her aunt.
The agent Swallowed the girl from
one point in Europe to another. en-
barked on the same boat to Ameri-
ca. foiled the attempt of crook to
stenl the diamonds. and finally found
that no attempt had been made to
smuggle the gems. which had been
| left in Paris
| The secret agent had long since
fallen in love with the girl. and had
been doing his duty In spite OF his
feelings. The two. Of course. mar
ried and lived happily ever after.
WALL who has been making a Sc
cret Investigation In Cleveland. de-
clines to tell the details of his own
love story.
cit is true that the magazine story
was based on our courtship." he said.
! "but our romance was even prettier."