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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
HIGH STEEL STANDARDS.

Lackawanna is model town, having
been created within a few years by
the big steel company of that name
with view to meeting all it's special
requirements for handling ore, rails,
and so on. were planned with great
care and are said to be admirable.
About two-thirds of it's male inhabi-
tants says John A. Fitch in the Survey.
are day-laborers in the steel mills
mainly raw peasant immigrants who
know nothing about urban congestion
and the sanitary problems raised
thereby. They get a dollar and a half
for ten-hoIr day or a dollar and
eighty cents for a twelve-hour day.
Many of them inhabit lodging barracks
that are thoughtfully built round and
over large swamp in the center of
the town-"of practically stagnant wa
ter, foul with unspeakable accumula-
tons of all sorts" and receiving the
sewage of the district through open
sewers. II saw heaps of garbage in
the rear of great many houses every
time l passed along the street" Mr.
Fitch reports; and he suspected that
much of it went into the swamp.
Last summer a distinguished steel
man wrote Congressman Mann that il
certain steel products were placed on
the free list wages would have to be
readjusted to the European level
Owing to the high standards of liv
ing enjoyed by our working people,
he said, such a readjustment could
not be accomplished without great
suffering Possibly he meant the
steel operatives would be deprived Of
their swamp and open cesspool-Sat
| urday Evening Post.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
THE WHEELS OF TIME.

They have an old custom in Tolles-
ton of toiling the church bells to an
nounce the death of resident of hat
community. Early Wednesday morn
ing the people of Gary and Tolfeston
heard the chimes in the German Luth-
eran church ring out This time the
bells sounded the knell of a woman
IS years old, who had been a resident
of the county for more than a half
century
Tolleston is a community of some
age. Every now and then the news
papers record the death of some of it's
aged people who have lived many
years in this county OF late they
have been going so fast that now there
are not many left. 1t was the old
folk that laid the foundations of the
county and their passing is to be re-
GREETED. However, as they leave this
earthly threshold they go with having
the satisfaction of being witnesses to
the great wonders that have been TAX
| ing place in the sand dunes these past
few years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis Ind. Nov. ia dis
patch from Washington says that Ed
win NJ. Lee Indiana Republican state
chairman, is soon to be appointed to a
consular position by the government.
is eorroboration of the news printed in
these dispatches two weeks ago to the
effect that Lee would probably soon
retire from the race for reelection as
state chairman and that he would prob :
ably be appointed to a good position.
This information was given out at that
time on the best of authority. and it
appears from the news from Washing
ton that the appointment will be made
soon. The dispatch does not state
what post Lee is to get in the consular
service. but that it viii be a good one,
and one that will be attractive is the
information.
Lee spent several months in making
an active canvass of the various coun-
ties of the state for reelection as state
chairman, and he expressed confidence
in his success. But it has been noticed
that in the last few weeks Lee has no.
ben devoting much of his time 10
that campaign. He has let down in his
activity. and it is learned now that this
was due TO the fact that he was to get
the consular appointment which is men
toned in the Washington dispatch.
Lee would have strong opposition if
he should persist in running for state
chairman OF that there can be no
doubt. But whether he could win or
not is question. The generaI belief
seems to be that If he should go ahead
and try to be reelected he would be
defeated. for there is a large element
of the party that is opposed to him. This
would mean defeat for the Beveridge
wing OF the party, with which he has
been identified and this is one of the
things that the politicians of the party
are seeking to avoid at this time. They
are srving to bring about a condition
where al facons of the party can get
together on plan or organization 81
the state committee, and the election of
state chairman without giving offense
TO anyone. If Lee had remained in the
race and had been defeated this situa-
ton could not have been brought about.
But with Lee out of the way through
the medium of consular appointment
lit is pointed out that the organization
can be effected without giving offense
| to anyone. And this will be a happy
| outcome of a bad tangle
| 1t is believed that this will mean the
election of either Harry s. New, OF this
| city, or VIII II. Hays. of Sullivan, as
state chairman. Both are able men and
| clean party leaders. They are not
identified with any faction and both
have had a lot of experience in the po-
litical game.
| The fight for the Democratic state
chairmanship has taken a new angle
Fabius Gwin chairman of the second
district. has authorized the statement
| that he will not be a candidate for
| chairman. He is the man who was re
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
CAREY ELECTED.

The news, made public several days
ago, that Uncle Sam Carey of Ho-
bart was elected trustee from the
Fourth ward following his announce
ment that he would not become intox-
icated during his term of office, will
cause considerable satisfaction all over
the county.
His election, following the publica-
ton of his most unusual announce
ment, will be revelation to the aver
age politician. The popular idea of
the politician is shattered. Politicians,
since the time of the first republic,
have been smooth, suave, oily persons
with a great proclivity for pretense
and an ante-election inclination to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

daily working time has been reduced
from ten to nine hours in the glass
factories.
The number of trade disputes re-
ported IN Canada during September
was eleven, decrease of three COM
pared with August. and a decrease of
three compared with Sept. 1910.
In Austria the legal maximum of
labor is eleven hours day, but it is
exceeded. under permit by a large num-
Der OF working people, particularly in
the textile trades.
There are strikes in the building
trades and in the textile industry in
several towns of Brazil The building
trades obtained the efght-hour day
several years ago, and are now striking
for higher wages.
The United Hatters of North America
report that most all of the manufacture
ers who, in 1909. banded themselves
together and decided to dispense with
the union label on their products, are
now using the label.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
CONSULAR BERTH FOR
STATE CHAIRMAN LEE

garded as the Tagart candidate until
a week ago, when II was learned
that Mayor Goetz. OF South Bend was
. under consideration and that he stood
good chance of landing the place.
The Goetz talk has been spreading all
ever the state. and it has met with ia
vorable comment among Democrats, es-
pecially those of the Taggart faction
But another name is now mentioned for
the place and it is that of Bernard
Korbly, Of this city. a brother to Con-
gresham Korbly.
Bernard Korbly is the Democratic
district chairman or the Seventh dis
trict, and is one of the most dyed-in-
the-wool Taggart Democrats in the
state. He is a candidate for reelection
as district chairman. and there Is no
opposition UP 10 this time He will be
reelected. Some of those who have
been discussing the situation believe
that this Will give him an advantage in
the race for state chairman. II he goes
for it. Either Goetz or Korbly would
be eminently satisfactory to the Tag
CART crowd. Neither. however. would
suit the Fleming faction. Governor
Marshall's friends are believed to be
satisfied with Goetz. because he anu
Edward j. Fogarty. warden of the state
prison, have made UP, and Fogarty is a
Marshall appointee, but the Marshall
men would not be satisfied with korbiy
Before they would accept him they
would have to be bueked and gagged.
Friends of Congressman Boehne. of
Evansville, who is out for the Demo :
cratic nomination for Governor, are
much wrought up over the circulation
of a report by the opponents of the
Boehne boom that Mr. Boehne is sick
man and that he is not able to make g.
, campaign to fill the office of Cover
nor even if he should be elected. Tho
/ Hendricks Club executive committee. of
Evansville. which is backing Boehne's
candidacy, has sent a letter to this
| ity denying this report, and stating
| that Boehne is in good health. as he
will show in his campaign. They say
this report has been spread in order to
weaken his chances for the nomination.
They say, also, that Boehnes enemies
are circulating the report that Boehne
| is the only Democrat that could carry
| the First district for congress, and
that therefore he ought to run again
| for that offie. But they say that Boehne
has made the district democratic and
| that there are other Democrats who
could carry it. Boehne is quoted also
] as saying that he would not again run
for congress under any circumstances
He is through with that office, whether
he is elected Governor or not. He made
the state statement in this city a few
days ago.
The Boehne boom does not appear to
be making very great Roadway, how
ever. Little is heard of 1t here. and re-
ports from other parts OF the state are
the same. Boehne's political managers
have visited this city to line up some
support for their man. but up to this
time no one seems to have taken hold
of the matter for them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
WOMEN DO THE WORK.

Women are playing an important
part IN the cleaning up of West Ham,
mond. Miss Virginia Brooks has evil
IDENTIFY discovered that when the men
OF the village find their wives out fight
ing for civic cleanliness that they be-
come ashamed of their own inactivity
and that prodded conscience accom-
splishes the rest
1t will be remembered that Miss
Brooks first battle was fought with an
army of women when the work of paw
ing street was stopped by them and
later resulted in the securing of an in
junction which stopped the work
Miss Brooks is appealing to the finer
moral sensibilities of the women of
West Hammond in her new crusade
against the dives She has made a
house-to-house canvas of the village
for the purpose of arousing the indig-
nation of the women against the men
ace to their homes that exists in the
form of dives
Next Sunday there will be a mass
meeting at which both men and wo
men will be asked to attend. Steps
will be taken to route out the dives
and interesting developments may be
expected
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
CHANCES GALORE.

Early next month the Young Men S
Christian Association of Gary will be
in operation. Housed in its quarter of
a million dollar home it will have I'M
usual facilities for the work which it
seeks to accomplish
Part of the plans of the founder
calls for a great deal of attention to
vocational education. This means that
there will be night courses in literary,
commercial and technical subjects.
Thus the young man who is already
a stenographer will have the oppor-
tunity of making himself better one;
the young steel worker will have new
avenues of study open to him: and in
other walks of life the ambitious will
have educational chances that no other
city in the Calumet region can present
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
THE CRY OF MEN.

We arc weary of your parties
With their hollow battie-cries
We sick of broken pledges,
We are sick of specious lies.
You have promised, we have trusted,
You have failed and failed again;
We have had enough of parties;
Give Men! Give of Men.
oh, n truce to poor excuses.
We have seen and we have heard.
Is ID hard to do your duty:
Is IL hard to keep your word.
Is IL hard to deal the justice
You have sworn with tongue and pen
We are done with trade and barter:
Give MS Men. Give Men.
We shall find them, we shall know
them:
We shall call and they will heed
Downright men. however labeled.
Wen of honest thought and deed;
Men who Will no. shirk or paIter.
Who VIII shame your weak-kneed
sloth
Then-n plague o. both your houses.--
We have had enough of both
We are coming, VIC, the young men.
strong of heart and millions strong:
We shall work where You have trfded
Cleanse the Temple, right the wrong.
TIL the land our fathers vfsioned
Shall be spread before our ken.
We are through with politicians:
Give us Men! Give us Men.
Arthur Guftermau.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
"THIS Is MY 6cND BIRTHDAY
stephen s. Gregory.

stephen S. Gregory. the new presi-
dent of the American Bar Associa ton.
was born in Otsego County. New York.
November 16. 1S49. In 1858 he went
with his parents to Madison. Wis,
where he graduated from the Universe
ty of Wisconsin and began the practice
of law. Since 1874 he has been enga ged
in his profession in Chicago. where he
ranks among the most prominent MEM
bers of the local bar. Mr.. Gregory de-
Tended Prendergast the assassin of
Mayor Carter II. Harrison, and was as
sociatd with Clarence barrow In de-
Tending the conspiracy case against
Eugene v. Debs. With John p. Wilson
he successfully defended the constion-
ality of the law creating the Chicago
sanitary district. Mr.. Gregory has been
president of the Chicago Bar Associa-
ton and the Illinois State Bar Associa-
ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
THE BoGY MAN.

When you get the glooms and some.
Dodys adds to your apprehension by
telling You that before long you will
be sold out of your house and home
Just recall the words of James Nc.
Crea, the president of the Pennsyl.
vania system, the other day:
This talk of industrial depression.
OF a general business slump. of hard
times, is all a mistake. This country
is prosperous, and while there has
been a shrinkage in some quarters
those who are predicting hard times
certainly do not know the general
conditions which obtain throughout
the whole land
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

. the working class district. Also the
enormous sale of text books on Social
ism in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
and California were responsible for the
large gains at election times as the rec
ords will show.
A Socialist elected to public ONCE is
controlled by the entire membership;
his resignation papers are placed in the
hands of the party before he takes
Office. He is their servant. pledged to
do their bidding for the good of tn.
people. Important matters. to be voted
upon in law-making bodies are referred
back to the membership and the Office
holder is Instructed as to their wishes.
Should he fail to carry out these in
structions. he is recalled from ONCE. as
illustrated recently in Kansas and
North Dakota. The offending members
was removed. new election held and
another Socialist elected to All his
place.
In all history. 1t is not record id
where the Socialists as party have be-
trayed the people by whom they were
appointed and whose interests they
were expected to serve.
In foreign countries, especially Ger
many. Socialists have controlled cities
for many years and the party is gain
ing in strength every year. Socialism
is the stepping stone to industrial free
dom and will eventually bring down
the profit system and all our present
social evils and inequalities. 1t is only
now in Its infant stage. cutting it's eye
teeth, as you might say, but neverthe-
less 1T Is wondering how 1T will some
day feel to live in the white House"
PAUL L. WRIGHT,
60 w. Sibley street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

break prediction promises.
Careys qualifications and disqualif-
cations for office may be summed up
as follows:
Disqualifications: Frequently be-
came intoxicated Absolutely illit-
crate. 3-Carries his business in his
head.
Qualifications: / Unquestioned
honesty, lack of hypocrisy and good
memory.
The people of Hobart are intelligent
American citizens. Doubtless they
electing to Office man of Carey
character
1t is a splendid commentary on the
citizenship Of the people of Hobart
that rugged honest weighed so heav-
lily in the balance in favor of Carey
that he was elected to the office he
sought, and his shortcomings were
overlooked
The crude. rough, unkempt Lincoln
was pitted against the cultured, bril-
liant Douglas. The people of the
United States chose the former as the
chief executive of the land and he
piloted the country through the great
est crisis in its history
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
The Day in
HIS r Y
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY
N0yem her IA

November 10.
1632-Gustavus Adolphus died from
wounds received at the battle of
Lutzen. Born in Stockholm, Dec. g..
1894.
1745-The French and Indians surpris-
ed the village of Saratoga
1776-Fort Washing ton. New York. cap
tured by the British.
1S11-John Bright. famous English
statesman, born. Died March 81,
1889
1S12-John Walter. founder of the Lon :
don Times. died. Born in London
in 1879.
1sS4-Sherman destroyed Atlanta, and
began his march through Georgia
to Savannah.
1s70-Duke OF Aosta elected king of
Spain.
1SS5-Execution of Louis Riel, leader of
the rebellion in the Canadian
Northwest
1SS9-Brazilian monarchy overthrown
and a republic established.
1907-Okiahoma admitted to the Union.
House of Lords the Asquith Gov
ernments bill restricting the veto
power of the Peers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
VOICE OF
A THE A.-
p E O l. e
on SOCIALISM.

Hammond In, Nov 16.
Editor TIMEs:--In your editorial sat
urday, November IL, under heading
..Wiping Out Party Lines" / would like
to offer few comments.
First about the four towns in Hobart
township In this instance, no great
questions were at stake, no strikes, no
interests desiring franchises or special
privileges, and last, but not least, there
are no great social Inequalities. Graft
ers can parade under the name of any
party If it can be used as veneer.
Hence the new following party lines
Secondly, the reason that many So
ciaIist mayors were elected to munich
palities in Ohio is explained in the fact
that class consciousness was sys-
tematically fostered and induced by the
distribution of pamphlets and papers in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

AN oath here is a perfect farce.
The average man who comes here has
no more regard for an oath than Nico-
demus had knowledge of new birth. .
says magistrate in New York
court. You may have noticed the
same thing around these parts and
wondered what the dickens can be
done about it?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
LABOR NEWS

Renewed interest in the Farmers
Union movement Is being taken in
southwestern Missouri
There is considerable unrest in the
engineering trade of Hungary which
may lead to general strike or lock-
out in this Industry
The International Association of Bill
Posters will hold its next annual con-
vention in St Louis during the week
beginning December 1.
Pittsburx. Pa. will be the arst east
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

ONE woman character witness was
called in the Gary bribery case at
Valparaiso to thirty men, Was it a
case of where it was believed that
1.-The female of the species is deadlier
than the maIe?"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

DON'T worry about women forget
ting the happiness and dignity of
home keeping hearts Women won't
ever get so new that they wouldn't
rather hear the old, old story than any
other sort of fiction
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

DR.. Wiley's latest plea is to teach
children the dignity of labor Lordy.
what lot of things Doc Wiley's chill
dren will have to watch out for. There
will be labor enough in life for them
to dodge germs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16
FINDING A MODEL.

In the Gary schools they have a boy
vile organization. The boys are iden-
tilted with a community of their own
and to teach them citizenship they
have their own mayor, council, boards
of works and other officers. Officials
are chosen by primaries followed by
elections.
Ne have often wondered whether
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

INSOMNIA caused a Washington
Cd. CD parson to resign his charge,
but the dispatches do not say whether
it was insomnia on the part of the
preacher or on the part of the con-
gregation. A great many people will
have their suspicious, however
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

POLITICS in Indiana is said to be
very much mixed nowadays 1t is,
but then as far as that is concerned,
Indiana has nothing on any of the
other states.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

the boys look to local governments
for their models. Can it be that they
regard the government of Gary or that
of East Chicago, those nearest to
them, as fit subjects for study? A
sociologist might find an interesting
study in this connection.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

INDIANA suggests that if the way
to mans heart is through his stom-
ach, why not nominate old Doc Wiley
for president?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

ONCE again you will kindly hand it
to Notre Dame, Indiana's splendid
university. One thousand students
there have taken the peldge not to
touch alcoholic beverages And yet
some people denounce sectarian insti-
tutions of learning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

NOW if some of these esteemed
women's CLUBS and societies will only
take up the question of how to keep
boys and girls in at nights instead of
running the streets, they will have
taken up a problem worth while.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

RICH people who are always SHOW
ing their filthy lucre forward, should
remember that though making a noise
like money doesn't come under the
it does.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

Princeton-Mayor Dawson has APP
pointed committee of citizens to in
vestigate the Consumers Gas company
of this city to determine whether II IL
complying with its franchise in the
matter of rates charged consumers for
natural, artificial and mixed gas. The
maximum rates are % cents for ma
tural, 81 for artificial and SIS cents for
liked. and some consumers allege they
have been paving the mixed rate for
natural gas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

CALIFORNIA women are now call
ed politicianettes. We have stood for
see the practice stopped before they
spring wifettes and editorettes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

FOUR weeks since Hugh TIL Mill
er's gubernatorial candidacy was an
nounced and he hasn't done anything
to further it, than to shave off his
whiskers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

srn city to have a bakery conducted by
the International Union of Bakery and
Confectionery Workers.
In Tburingia, Germany, owing to the
Increase in the cost Of living. wages
have been raised In many of the fec
tories during the last year or two. The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-16

CANDIDATE for alderman in Ho-
bart, Ind. has announced that If elect
ed he will swear off during his term
of office. Probably doesn't care
whether he's successful or not-New
York Herald
Oh yes he does, and so do the peo-
pie who voted for him.