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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-12

inquiry into convention hotel rates
and its formal report was TO the ef-
feet that these rates were by no
means eXorbitant and amply justified
To meet the increased demand the
hotels have been Obliged practically
To double their forces Of employees
for the convention week, and, In or
der TO get them trained, put them at
work a week before the convention
opens In addition. the hotel mana
gers have nearly duplicated their
equipment OF linen and tableware
The rate plan agreed upon is as fol
lows one Of the first class hotels
for instance, where the normal
charge for room and bath varies
from s. 20 s. a day, will charge as
many persons as occupy s. room
| S. each. and those in 81 room 81
each. but no one will be charged
more than 81 day even though he
I be one OF the occupants of a s. or
s. room Tho Hotel Managers Asso-
/ citation claims this Is a fair arrange
ment. since otherwise a guest might
expeCt 20 hire g. room and put IN
/ Il az many persons as he saw III. pay
ing only a nominal service charge for
each additional person Such a ser
vice charge. the hotel men say
would not compensate them Tor the
outlay for extra equipment and hell
uecessitated By the convention.
The hotel committee reports that
none OF the hotels has raised cafe
rates. and that room rates will run
as low as $50 a day II declares
that a comparison with prices Of cit
les that have taken care OF prcvioul
convention crowds and with the rates
scheduled in Chicago for the Repub
lican convention this year shows tha'
hotel charges here are as low az any
aud In many instances lower
4 booklet issued for the convent
ence OF convention visitors containi
the following paragraph regardinl
this subject OF food and lodgings:
] Baltimore IS prepared 10 handle
large crowd. II will be- we'll 10 maxi
reservations in advance No on
need feel disturbed. however. II res
ervations have not been secured II
advance A very effective plan haI
been developed whereby persons ar
irving. without having made reserva
lions. will be able "a secure comfort
able quarters 10 no Inconvenience Q
themselves All that is needed. afte
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-12

.,.- t..-s results are attained lights
1911. tsrn FAR INTO The night az various
hotel, ana office buildings through
our 'H- ...s. where convention head
quarters have been established by the
national organization and the organ
0.afoH- supporting the candidates for
n.1 BEL Du the national ticket
8 political convention D.. law
utl t-alf without leaders and
.oum.tfees % plan their work the
grplr body of delegates could make
little headway. but even the most
astuta leader cannot always know
Khpu the delegates Will upset care
w'l. prepared routine Nevertheless,
until 'hs delegates ballot and one
of 'Ha Candidates receives the two
fhird. vote necessary for nomination
fho-. aho are trying 20 learn in adj
yanc. what the result will bee will
tarrt these headquarters
/ national convention has been
#k..aH fo a great engine in which
|tfa o.. wheel is 'H" National Com
r-faa rho governors fhc Committees
Ion Credentials and Resolutions ana
... .a De- fH. body OF io'agafe-
.h..l supply h- motive power. con.
..-l|aI and regulated by these three
..HumIne'S
u.s a.t.l. Pprs OBJ. fIe convention
4-f.I u.ra when members OF Tho
Nlt.orl Committee began 20 arrive
Tr. committee. consist. of % mem.
l.-. on. from each state and from
Alaska District of Columbia ilawai
land Porto Rico l'- quarters are al
tho Hote. BeIvedere situated In The
Nt Royal district within walking dis
if,ne. ~ tho convention hall Tn,
IfV. tlH floors OF the Belyedero hay,
u..u engaged bv 'he committee. Zoo
Guiding o. bed rooms many Nit'
Isittius rooms attached In addition
the .ommittee has taken the hotc
Ibanquet hall for its sessions ln this
room the committee goes over th'
napers filed by the contesting dele
gates and prepares the temporary
roll %, 'hr convention This roll vii
r. gsed when IN. convention IL frs
allied 90 order After the committe'
OH ieurals is appointed those who
ar. dissatisfied With the ruling Of
tn National Committee will take
their claim. before the new commit
f-'
~H. Committee on Credentials AM
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-12

reaching the city. Is 10 make appliCa-
ton az the official headquarters
These headquarters are down town
on the first floor of the Equitable
Building, Calvert and Fayette streets.
\ complete register Is on file there
OF the various graduations OF quar-
tcrs and accommodations, from the
dollar room TO the more pretentlous
suites II notice Is sent IN advance
as TO the time visitors expect % ar
rive in Baltimore. an effort will be
made 10 have some OF the reception
committee at the particular place o.
arrival SO as to look after those who
may come Any and all Information
about seats and accommodations can
be obtained by writing to Mr. Robert
Grain. General Chairman Calvert
Building. Baltimore
Baltimore has been putting her
house in order for the past three
months. and today she is spick and
span and ready for callers Many
Of the streets leading from The con-
yentiou hall 10 the railroad stations
/ have been repaved The street rail-
way company has laid special tracks
and loops 20 handle the crowds and
ordered so new cars az cost o.
$500. 900.
when the city first began to pre-
pare for the convention. plans were
suggested for the erection % street
Iarrhes and for decorating the public
buildings with colored bunting Later
this idea was rejected. because the
COMMITTEES on decorations concluded
that n would attain better results hy
combining It's decorations almost en-
tirely 20 lights and flowers and liv-
ing green
~ night the stranger IN town will
have no difficulty finding his way %
the convention hall he need only
gaze upward and follow any OF the
three great beams OF light which will
be focused on the Fifth Regiment
Armory from three different part OF
the city These searchlights will
shine forth from the tops Of the En-
erson and Bclvedere hotels and from
the tower OF the Maryland Casual''
Company building.
The appropriation for this specia
lighting Is 700 The convention
hall itself will be a blaze % lights
the ribs % the curvlng roof being
outlined by 10000 electric bulbs tn
block o' Bolton street leading t0 'h.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-12
VARIOUS CANDIDATES
OPEN HEtDQt ARTEH>
Nss, atsi Pee,

Baltimore. Md June 90 oniY
par, % the work ACCOMPLISHED hy
che Democratic National Convention.
which opens here on June 25th. VIII
ha performed In The convention hail
r.a result vii appear there hu' poe
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-12
Baltimore Making Active Advance Preparation For
Entertainment of Democratic National Convention


the Resolutions Committee which
drafts the platform. as yet nave no
regular meeting place Some OF
their work may bee done al the Bel
yedere Ia rooms allotted them by the
National Committee and some in the
rooms assigned 10 them al the con
yention hall
NeNt 90 the rooms engaged uy the
National Committee, the largest res
ervatiou az the Belyedere has been
made by Thomas Taggart National
Committeeman from Indiana For
the members OF his committee and
his friends Mr. Taggart has taken 80
rooms in the main buildings. with
accommodation for 60 persons more
in the Annex and the Blue Parlor"
on the second floor as state delega-
ton headquarters other Nat 'lnal
Committeeman boz whose name lar
reservations have been made al 1,
BeIyedore are. Roger G. Sulliv ..
Illinois Homer 5. Cummings G..
,necticut J % Krem"r Montana A.
!. DAILY. Alaska. Alyah Adams Colo
rado Edwin o Wood. MICHIGAN;
! Clark Howell Georgia. ] NJ Guffey
/ Penusy Ivauia willard salisbury
Delaware Trey Wilso NOT Kentucky
\ secretary of the National Committee.
4 and Herman Rlddcr OF New York.
| los treasurer also have their quar-
ters here
J Representatives of me candidates
\ for the presidential nomination will
7 be- early on the ground. and all OF
' Them engaged their headquarters
l months ago Several of them have
K taken suites of offices Ia the down
town business section, as well as large
\ blocks of rooms In the principal h0-
u tells The Clark campaign commit
n tee has offices in the Munsey Build
n np corner Calvert and Fayette
i streets GOV Harmon's managers
N have suite Boz the Equitable Build
IA ing. across he street and the Wilson
committee has leased an entire small
u building at 40 10 East Lexington
street
The Underwood forces ere the only
ones that e,paci IN have a whole
boteI IN themselves They have re-
served an the rooms and parlors in
I'm. EutaV House one of the older
b,.,.lries AZ fb, corner of Futaw
and Baltimore streets This hotel wa
t.5r, 5.msrsd Ly fire f.U weeks
,., lr,. . ID .,u.,,.d tina, remains
urI D.. Finished motor. m. ronyen
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
PARENTS OF LINCOLN
DISTRICT DISSATISFIED
Want New School for Chill
dren and Point Out
Their Needs.

AT the parents meeting at the Lin
coin school the other evening there
was a lively discussion concerning the
need of new building in that district.
After Superintendent Mcdaniel, who
was the principal speaker of the even
ing. discussed the improvements to be
made in the school system for the COM
ing year. the patrons expressed a desire
for better accommodations for the pu-
pills of the Lincoln school. They main
tanned that the building is old, out-of-
date and not large enough for the chill
dren in that district, hence some are
compelled to attend school. some dis
tance from their homes. Dissatisfaction
was also expressed at a lack of play
ground for the children.
Supt. Mcdaniel assured them that the
board of education realizes their needs
and expect to take steps to better con-
ditions soon possible, but that
nothing definite can be done until the
matter of the new manual training
building is settled. After this is Sc
cured. it is affirmed that the next
building will be a modern structure,
with a suitable playground on the
north side.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
GAMBLING GAMES
ARE UNIN TERRUPTED
Roulette Wheels Busy For
Alleged Gary Bribery
Defendants.

There was no interruption last night
in the gambling games at the Gary
bribery defendants beneft carnival
which is being held in the patch" All
of the games did big business and
despite the fact that the roulette
wheels and other devices permit the
player to have but little chance the
monet flowed in streams into the gam
ing offers.
. Mayor Knots and other city officials
were interested spectators at tbs
carnival last night and they saw the
games in process Police were on hane
but there was no interference
Hurrah For The Queen.
1T shauid-not be understoed,v = said
man closely allied with the city hal
this morning. that the city Officials
are to participate in the carniva
revenues in their capacity as city off
Icials. The proceeds will go to them il
their capacity as recent bribery de
fendants"
The carnival will continue tonigh
and the gambling booths and variou
attractions except to reap a big har
vest An automobile is also bein.
CHANGED off for the city officials an,
the rattle will take place next week
| There will be big ball some day mex
week at which time some Gary youn,
lady will be crowned as queen of tn
carnival and the auto winner will b
announced
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25

HELP TONE
OF MARKET

The real estate market in Hammond
has been quiet during the past week.
Most of the buying that has been done
has been by outsiders. There are
number of elements which enter into
the local situation.
In the first place the boom at East
Chicago. Calumet and Indiana Harbor
which took place along in January
took in the neighborhood of $500. 900 o.:
Hammong money out of the city.
When the Northwestern Steel & Iron
Co. located at Hammond there was
every reason to expect a boom but
everybody who had surplus for in
vestment had already placed his none )
in the neighboring cities.
| There was some speculation on the
part of Hammond people in Hammond
property but it did not approach the
| Importance of the movement In real
estate at East Chicago.
Then too the ultra conservatism of
the Hammond people will have to be
taken into consideration. It is the
most difficult thing in the world t,
work a Hammond man up to a high
pitch of excitement over a real esta te
boom. They are naturally phlegmatic
and slow to arouse That is charac-
teristic of the community.
/ But If the few live ones did buy lots
1 in East Chicago with the reckless
| a abandon of drunken sailor East Chi
cago is reciprocating in a small degree
| A large number of sales of north
side property In Hammond have been
made to East Chicago. Indiana Ha rbo-
and Gary people since the Northwest
ern Iron and Steel Co. located.
| The outsiders seem to have a better
appreciation of the speculative value
lof Hammond property than the resi-
dents of this city have. The Hammond
people are so used to thinking of the
north side as a dead that they car
mot realize that 1t is at last coming into
It's own hand and is to be one of the
lpopu1ous districts of the Calume,
region.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
THE REPUBLICANS
ARE INTERVIEWED
As to Their Choice in Selec
tion Of a Compromise
Presidential Candidate.

If it became impossible to nominate
either Taft or Roosevelt on account of
a serious deadlock in the convention,
who is your compromise candidate for
the presidency?
This is the question that has been
asked a number of republicans in Ham,
mond Their answers vary according to
their tendencies. If they are conser-
vative they favor Judge Hughes of New
York, If they are radical they favor
Robert LAFollette of Wisconsin.
Hughes is admired by a great many
people in Hammond. and there is no
question that he would today be more
of factor as a presidential possibility
were it not for the fact that he has ac-
cepted an appointment to the supreme
bench.
Hughes made a splendid showing in
New York as governor of that common
wealth and If a great many Hammond
people had their way the United States
would have bewhiskered president
mex fall.
A good many local republicans like
LaFollette. They admire his fight
against corporate influences in Wiscon-
sin and believe that he is positively
honest.
His extremely radical views seems tc
suit a large number of people whose
own views border on the socialistic
They say that if Roosevelt cannot bs
selected that LaFollette is the mar
who is next best suited to carry out hi:
program.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
HAMMOND FOLK
PLAN FINE TRIP
Will Go to Austria and Other
European Countries
Shortly.

Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Boney and George
Kussmaul, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kussmaul, who is preparing g
himself for the priesthood at Sacred
Heart college at Prairie du Chen, Wis.
are making plans for a European trip
this summer. They expect to leave
Hammond June 18th. and sail from
New York three days later on the
steamship Cleveland. a Hamburg line
boat.
In Europe they will be Joined by Ed
ward Boney. Mr.. and Mrs. Boney's son.
who is a student at the famous Inns
bruck university, where he will COM
plete his studies for the priesthood in
two more years. Together they will
visit the points of interest in Germany
Italy and France. ending their tour in
time for the Students to resume their
studies in the fall.
Before undertaking this trip Mr.. Bon
ey will go to Pueblo Colo, where he
spend a week more with his daugh-
! ter, Mrs. Frank Dudley who is leading
lady of the Dudley Stock company
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
ONE CONTEST At
DE EMOCRATIC MEET
Lake County Democrats
Meet to Choose Candi-
dates This Afternoon.

With but one contest in sight for a
place on the ticket the Lake county
democratic convention opened up this
afternoon at Garden hall with 127 dele
gates of whom thirty-six were from
Gary and Calumet township, hand.
The authorship which is being
sought by John Rhode and Ed Simon
of Hammond is the most attractive
place on the ticket. For sheriff Mar :
tin Gill of Gary is the only announced
candidate and Jacob Friedman OF Ham
mond is the only announced candidate.
Up to noon Gary had no rumors re-
garding possible rival.
Mayor Knots was endorsed by the
Gary convention for permanent chair
man of the county convention and C. o
Sefton for prosecutor but this conven-
tion will not be held until a later date.
There is a great deal of talk of having
Judge John B. Peterson of Crown Point
lined up once more for the congress
sional nomination.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
PROGRAM FOR
GUN CLUB

The Hammond Gun club will hold it's
regular shoot at Sharpshooters park
tomorrow afternoon. and it is earnestly
requested that all members be present
as this will be their last opportunity
of practice before the league shoot on
Decoration day.
On Decoration day the Hammond
cracks will journey to the South Shore
Country club, where they will fake part
in the second league shoot of which
they are member In the first league
shoot Longlake captured the first hon
ors and although Hammond nimrods did
not fare very well they will endeavor
to make better showing May 80.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
VANDAL USES
DIAMOND ON GL ASS
Vicious Act of Unknown
Person in Attacking
Property.

An instance OF vandalism came to
light in Hammond this morning, when
&c. Mluas sifscovered that some per-
son had fnaliciousIy used a diamond.
or glass cutter. on the big plate glass
windows of the E. c. Minas 8 Co.'S de-
partment store. Every window marred,
and while the injury is not very promi-
nent yet they weaken the glass so
that it will break more readily in a
heavy windstorm. Should the windows
break several hundred dollars, worth OF
damage would be caused
This cannot be charged at the door
of the poor man who is not as rule
surfeited with diamonds.
1t represents the work of a person
well enough to do to own diamond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
HAMMOND SENDS
UNRESTRICTED
DELEGATION

Hammond democrats sent an unin-
structed delegation to the Gary conven-
tion today. The thfrty-four delegates
were elected last night at a meeting
held in the Jefferson club rooms with
z. L. Allnut presiding as chairman and
Attorney Robert Martin acting as sec
retary The delegates and alternates
are as follows:
Delegafes-John Cuneo, Philip
Schmidt, Steve Kaminski, f. A. Aubry,
j. P. Smith, d. ]. Mcmahon. Clarence
ogden, j. X. Stinson. Joseph Stodola
August Onerich, Mat Scherer. A. S.
Stanton, T. F. Leary. p. Reilly. Law
renee Long. z, l.. AlInut. George B.
Sheerer John Steincamp. Joseph Con-
roy. Louis Helms, Henry Radloff. Mich
Burns Jacob Schroeter. Lawrence Beck
er, Joseph Weis Fred Carter, Alva
Young, August Tbert. Anton Alberts, J.
A Gavit, J. l. Rohde Ed Simon.
William Markert An
drew Cafiich, George Maduro. Herman
Sass, Theodore KIotz, j. c. Becker, VIII
liam Burke, Frank Kochler Mike Lu-
kowski, John NJ Stinson, William
Huehn, William Golden, j. F. Fitzger-
aid, John Kane. s. Long. Ed Rohde
William Ahlborn, William Prohl w. d
Jones, w. c. Frahm. Henry Tongeman
| j. Rozhan John Mariarty, Archie Nc.
I.eod Henry Haage. J. F. Reilly, J. F
| Krost John Dingler. Ed Burns. Franz
O'Rourke, Frank Moore, John Young
John Snider. Frank Shine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25

a. Crown Point. Ind. May 25.-Perfect
weather was assured for the twelfth
annual. track and fleld .dav meet of the
Lake County high schoo, association
meet here todaE and at noon the city
was fun of lads and lassies from seven
Lake County high schools
The cardinal of Crown Point; the
maroon and white of East Chicago; the
gray and gold of Gary; the royal pur-
pie and gold of Hobart; the red and
black of Lowell; the green and white
of Whiting and the purple and white OF
Hammond made the county seat rio.
of color
Predictions a to the winners of the
meet are many and never in the his
tory of the schools has there been SO
much uncertainty as to the final out
come. The track is not in the very
best sha pc and it is not believed that
any records will be broken. The trial
heats of the 100-yard dash will begin
promptly at 1 O'Clock. The entries are
as follows.
Crown Point-Elting, Altman, Bruce.
Dickinson, Pettibone.
/ Enst Chicngo-Ottenheime Elmore,
Donovan. Bland, Babcock, Williams.
Gary-Symes. Bennett, Davidson,
Hake. Knots. J. Davidson. Townsley,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
NEWS
CHECK ON ROOSEVELT.

Princeton, n. j., May 25.-When
Col. Roosevelt speaks at Princeton
university next Monday evening he
sonal reference to President Taft, a. +
though with this exception he may
talk politics and partisan matters as
fully as he wishes. The condition is
expressly put on the ex-president in a
statement by President Hibben
granting the use of Alexander hal.
for the meeting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
WOMAN
WALKER
COMING
Mrs. David Beach, Female
Weston, Will Go Through
Lake County on Monday;
Expects to Hit Gary and
Hammond About Midday.

Next Monday Mrs. David Beach win
pass through Lake County on her
pedestrian. tour from New York to Chi
cago. She is making an effort to prove
the efficiency of an all vegetable diet
by this feat
She will arrive in Wheeler tonight
and will spend Sunday there. On Mon
day she will pass through Gary. Ham
mond and Robertsda1e her way to
South Chicago. She will make the trip
into Chicago on Tuesday
Mrs. Beach arrived in South Bend on
Thursday, having come from Goshen
that day, last night she spent in La
porte and the trip to Wheeler will be
made today.
The South Bend Tribune had the fol-
lowing regarding her trip:
Mrs. Beach arrived in South Bend
at 1850 o'clock last night. having Gov
f(vontfuue6 on "a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25

OFFICIALS 4
SPOT VICE
Mike Heitler, Notorious Chi
cago Levee King, Operat-
ing Agency in Gary. Sc
cret Service Men Watch
For Procurers.

Chicago's big vice syndicate has been
permitted to locate an agency in Gary
and as a result resort at 1905 Jeffer-
son street. formerly conducted by Louis
Baxter, is now said to be operated by
Mike Heitler. known as Mike the
Pike" of Chicago, the notorious king of
vice in the western states.
This is the information obtained by
federal secret service operatives at
tached to Chief DeWoody's office in
Chicago The resort at 1905 jefferson
street is one of the oldest in the city.
Vice Tentacles Reach Out Fnr.
The vice syndicate conducted by
Heitler has extensive ramif1cations
throughout western cities and a big
force is employed to lure white slaves.
One of the branches is said to have
been over a Broadway saloon and was
conducted as an employment agency
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
MORE KENTUCKY EXECUTIONS

Frankfort, KY, May 25.-Substitu-
tion of the death chair for the gall
lows in Ketnucky has been followed
by an increased percentage of convic-
tions in first degree murder cases, ac-
cording to state officials There are
now thirteen prisoners in the Eddy
vile penitentiary awaiting execution,
| the largest number ever assembled
there at one time
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-25
First Next Week.

The first open air band concerts to be
given under the auspices of the State
street merchants this season will be
given on the first Saturday in June.
Holman street very likely will not
have any Saturday musical attraction
this year. as Kaufman & Wolf the pro-
gressive merchants who furnished this
entertainment free of charge. have de-
cided to eliminate it this year.