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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-25
Governors Secretary Talks.

NJ. Holman, secretary to Governor
F'oss. tonight made the following
statement:
Governor Foss has received many
kilograms of protest from newspapers
and the public in various sections OF
the country over events that have
taken place in Lawrence today, where
the police authorities of that city pre-,
vented the sending away of children
of strikers to points outside the state.
Several parties OF children have
already been taken from Lawrence tc
places outside the commonwealth.
many of them without the consent OF
their par nts. who have come to the
civil and military authorities asking
that their children be returned TO
IN a number of instances par
ents have claimed that their consent
to the taking away of their children
was obtained By means of threats and
under duress. The police authorities
today acting on Information that a
similar exodus was TO take place, pre-
vented the departure of the children
and arrested some of those concerned
taking them to the court with the
children in the belief that the children
OF some of them were practically be
ing kidnapped.
THE matter is in the hands of the
court and on Tuesday hearing will
be given TO ascertain the exact facts
in the case. Tie police today acted
under precept issued by the courts
under the authority of the acts o.
1909, chapter ISL, which provides thai
where child is not being given prop
er physical care the court may make
an investigation. The state is repre-
in these proceedings.
There is not the slightest necessi
ty for sending children away in ordel
that they may have proper food ant
care The authorities and relief orga
nizations are and have been ready a
all times to furnish whatever assist
ance is necessary and no person neet
go hungry or cold because they vii
be instantly provided with all that il
necessary TO make for their comfor
and we'll being.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of Governor Foss, who i
causing careful investigation OF tn
case The governor has been endeavor
ing all the afternoon and evening /,
get in touch with the attorney genera
who is out of the state on officia
business, but has been unable t
reach him.
Governor Foss states that if an
of the constitutional rights OF cit
zens have been invaded, steps win b
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at once taken to see that no citizen
is prevented from a lawful exercise OF
any of his constitutional rights. So
many false and misleading statements
regarding happenings at Lawrence
have been sent out that the true facts
in the situation are frequently hidden
by these reports and it is very unfor-
t,inate that the real facts often are not
properly presented to the public. The
state militia had absolutely nothing
whatever TO do with the occurrences at
Lawrence today and simply responded
TO the call of the police who We're,
however, able to cope with the situa-
ton without having to procure active
interference by the troops. No arrests
We're made by the military forces nor
We're they in anyway employed in
auelling the disturbances. A number
of the children who were prevented
from being sent away did not belong
TO families of strikers at all, accord
ing to the report of the authorities.
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Foss Gets Messages.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-Arous-
ed by reports from Lawrence. Mass,
telling of the treatment accorded
wives and children of the striking tex
tile workers there. food of kilograms
from Pacific coast cities We're sent to
Governor Foss of Massachusetts to-
night. demanding that the alleged
prosecutions cease at once.
From San Francisco, Seattle, Port
land, Tacoma. Sacramento, Stockton,
Spokane, Los Angeles and San Diego
citizens in every walk Of life wired
protests.
We thought the troops we're sent
to Lawrence to preserve order one
San Francisco labor leader wired Gov
ernor Foss. but it seems they are in
citing trouble. What are YOU going tc
do about it? Do you realize that de
fenseIess women and children are be
ing manhandled by big brutal sol
diersoD
Punishment of the guilty parties
will be demanded by citizens of the
states of Washington, Oregon ant
California, who will wire their repre-
sentatives in Washington, demanding
congressional investigation.
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MEXICANS INSULT
PRESIDENT TAFT

Continued from page u
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-25
Miss Todd Protests.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-Bitter
denunciation of the Lawrence police
and militia for their tactics in man.
handling the wives of striking tex
tile workers today. was made here to-
night by Miss Helen Todd. former
slate factory inspector of Illinois, now
lof the California Civic League.
Il wish to protest. said Miss Todd.
in the name of the women of Cali
fornia against the use of militia by
state authorities for the purpose OF
prosecuting the helpless children OF
Lawrence.
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w. J. HARTER, M. D., o. o.
Osteopathic and Electric treatment,
specially. Office 80 North Four,,
street. Ground floor.
Hours 10 to IL a. M; to 5 D. =
Evenings by appointment.
Phone-Office Iowa 1254-Red; re,,
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ing that the country is peaceful and
that the present disorders are only in
significant
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS.

DR.. w. r. SHERLOCK
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Is North Fifth Street, in u
Howell building.
Office Hours--10 to IL a. M; , Ia
p. M; evenings. z to s; Sundays, !,
to p. m.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
THE FOE OF LIBERTY.

In their wisdom the authors of the
Constitution felt that the people
should give these guarantees. should
impose these prohibitions upon them
selves, and the people agreed with
them. 1t does not require much
knowledge of constitutions or of
popular government to foresee what
would happen to our organic law un-
der Mr.. Roosevelt's plan of making
the people. not the courts. the inter-
prefers of their Constitution. of Civ
ing to them by an Immediate law"
or by an amendment the power to
suspend these guarantees and pro-
hibitions. The taking of property
without due process of law or just
compensation Is now forbidden. That
prohibition would quickly disappear.
But do these poor, blind souls who
have risen to the pitch of religious
fervor in their idolatry of Mr. Roose-
Welt fall to see that the guarantees of
liberty, the guarantees against un-
the freedom of speech and of the
press, of the right to assemble, and
of religious freedom, would in times
of popular passion be equally III peril
Iof annulment? These guarantees
were added to the Constitution las
extending the ground of public conf
dence in the government. and to in
sure 1.-The beneficent ends of its insti-
tuition" Wiser than the trainers OF
the Constitution, wiser than the peo-
pie who adopted it, Mr.. Roosevelt
would throw the entire organic law
| into the seething caldron of politics
All its checks and balances he would
submit, not to the courts for uphold
ing, but to the crowd, subject always
to gusts of passion. and to the dang
erous counsels of demagogues, to say
whether they should be retained OF
destroyed. For the fundamental law
of the land he would substitute al
endless series of judgments of tn,
people, expressed at the polls. 4
government of men, not of laws
could in no way be more expediousl,
established than by the immediat,
law" by which Mr.. Roosevelt would
establish this system.-New Yorl
Times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30

should be represented in the name Civ
en- the party and become synonymous
with 1t. Hence the name Progressive
party with its slogan, let the people
rule, as against the old Republican
idea, let the people be ruled by a rep
resentative part OF the people. Hence
the peoples primary as against the
politicians convention Hence the re-
call for unfaithful service as against
the definite unmolested. do as you damn
please, term. Hence a consumers tariff
against producers tariff. Hence real,
actual, human rights and protection as
against property rights; and many
more radical measures that will not
have to be forced through a party wall,
as heretofore. but will naturally and
easily assimilate with a Progressive
party. but which the old Republican
party would continue to oppose with
all the doggedness and venom they
have used against the many changes
forced through by progressives. Thus
the idea is clear that the old name of
Republican party is not synonymous
with nor representative of the new
thought and ideas in political progress,
and therefore has reached that period
when it's obsequies are due We will
should we not heed the great Christian
founders advice: Put not new wine into
old skins (figuratively of course). He
tried to fnculcate new ideas into an
old pharisaical establishment losing
his life in the attempt. The progress
sive men in the Republican party have
been fighting that party for twenty
years with the bitterness of the worst
of enemies.
Why continue this strife since it is
humanity impossible to change those in
grained ideas of the old Republicanism
those utterly selfish and corrupting
ideas-to the victor belongs the spoils,
and to the people the delusion that
they ruled. That he shall take who
has the power, and he shall keep who
can"
| A goodly number of this element
have already been retired by their con-
stituents and replaced by men recog
nized and called by the distinctive
name OF Progressfves, virtually ar
knowledging it as a new district prod
uct and thus starting this new party
| which was advanced to organized ex-
istence by Roosevelt's withdrawal from
the late Republican convention His.
tory teaches US that this is the more
eective way and the only effective way
In the progress of human thought-tc
come out from among the established
orders of obstruction and thus be rid OF
the hinderance and odium that attaches
to their visionless and decadent days
Let the people rule and let those who
believe In the new view OF this rule
choose name that expresses and i'm
presses Its thought and purpose
Me for the Bull Moose.
GEO. GROOM.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
VOICE OF
- THE .An..--
. go p l. E
COST OF LIVING.

To the Editor TINES
1t is useless to claim that the tariff
adds to our living expenses. 1t Pay
and 1t may not, and again 1t may save
us from paying direct taxes and 1t may
save US from paying direct taxes and
1t may not; so it is better to attack the
tariff in a more specific way If we de-
sire to do so at all.
The evil of the tariff is most fragrant
where it Is obtained by the manufac-
turer of importer to save him from
competition in his business. for 1T then
builds him up at the expense of the
consumer and widens the expanse be-
tween himself and the poor man. When
he goes to Washington after legislation
to help him in business he is at work
for himself. and when he uses the cry
of tariff ito fill the workmen's dinner
pail" he is using an argument that may
be supported by fact and may not.
Little does he care about that so long
as II works.
One of your correspondents wonders
what we are going to do when the
limit of new land is reached, and notes
that increased consumption is already
gaining on Increased production. That
is going to remain true until our agri-
culture is placed on a better basis. It
is the man with the hoe and not the
broader acres that must come to the
rescue. Let me explain by illustration.
When Professor /. p. Roberts was at
the head of the agricultural depart
ment of Cornell University I heard him
in an address say that they, had raised
in field on the university farm a mat
ter OF 400 bushels OF potatoes to the
acre, while just over the fence a farmer
neighbor had raised about eighty
bushels to the acre. The soil was SINH
lar and much the same amount of
abor and outlay had been put into the
two crops. The difference In results
was mainly from the different methods
of doing the work. 1t may not always
| be possible to obtain FIVE times the
crop from the land that Is ordinarily
obtained. but that something of the
| sort can be done is true.
| AS to the present cost of beef we are
| in a transition period, passing from the
old range system OF pasturage on the
great plains to field farming and sys-
tenn of irrigation. which do not favor
meat raising so much as they do the
|raising of crops. We shall gain on the
whole, but beef will never again be as
cheap 1T was when the wasteful
range pasturage was in vogue. 1t will
apparently cost more to raise beef on
Jour farms hereafter than 1t used to,
but we are on a more expensive plane,
and increased cost is met by increased
earnings. Our workingmen used to get
from 81 to SIPS a day for ten hours or
more labor, but now they are striking
for minimum wage of $3.50 for eight
hours.
The increased cost of living is mainly
natural. the result of natural changes
of conditions. and should not be looked
upon as artificial. 1t exists everywhere
and will continue. J. w c.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
JUSTICE. PHEw!

A negro buck was arrested by the
Gary police on the charge of enticine
small girls into his photograph gall
lery.
There were six of them in court to
appear against the defendant.
Then to the surprise of every one
a young lawyer was placed on the
bench as special Judge"
The negro was arraigned on a
charge of assault and battery; but
what one little girl testified (the only
one permitted to give evidence)
wasn't the stuff needed to convict the
negro of assault and battery" IT
WAS A GREAT DEAL WORSE.
At this juncture the prisoner was
turned loose.
We have had enough of sharp
lawyers practices and deceiving aft
davits
The virtue Of white women and the
innocence of little children evidently
do not count in Gary. When black
devil is bowed down to and the honor
of women kicked into the dust there
is something wron.
No wonder that some courts be
come the laughing stock of the com
muntiy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
DEFENDS ACTION.

Editor TIMES, Hammond Ind:
Dear Sir:--I note in the Wednesday
issue of your paper an unsigned attack
upon the craftsmanship of the u. S.
Metal baseball team In Withholding the
gate receipt at the game August 26
against the Calumet team. The facts
in the case are follows:
The game was secured by one of the
players and i went to the expense of
advertising and secured battery as
F. r. Ryan our regular pitcher was not
available On Friday / learned that
the boys had agreed to give the Calu-
NETS 40 percent OF the net receipts
which were S11.60 less Sill. expenses or
so cents to be split so and 40. The "a
cents due the mean be secured from
our treasurer at any time. However
If the Calumets Will give us another
game they can have the gross receipts
handle the gate themselves and side
bet of $50 Trusting that you will set
the team right in the matter. / remain.
Yours very truly,
H. c. REED Mgr,
U. S. NJ. r. Team.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
iii E A r ID
By
r u b E

THE most natural way to possess
baby is to get married and have one of
your own" From the Chicago Tribune.
Well, well. What bright idea! How
ever, T. r. will figure out a new way
when he gets time.
BIG cities are getting too big saws
a sociologist. Might mention that this
is the idea that indianapolis holds of
Gary
so buttermilk is conducive to longe-
witty. Also looks like that those who
sip from Old Doc Abbott's pitcher find
it good for long windedness.
COURT has decided that the wife
comes first in the home Well. this is
about right The husband always did
come in last which ever way you take
1t whether figuratively or by the clock.
ROOSEVELT IN VERMONT BENT
ON vICTORY."--Bull moose headline.
Seems that T. r. Is quite a bender late
" considering the neat way in which
he bent the oil cans
THE head of one of the depart
ments In the Standard Steel Car plant.
month, has been compelled TO go to
Evanston in order to get decent ac-
commodations. From THE TINES Now
this Is a down right slam at that
county seat editor who has been run
ming articles on why Crown Point is a
good place to live in.
NOW that the big Panama ditch is
nearing completion Indiana Harbor
| may be able to attract the attention
of the state press. at least, on it's inland
canal
MUST have been pretty hard shedding
| for the rope and clothespin trust In the
good old days of Mother Eve
CAPTURING crooks is come to be a
| disease affecting the entire Hammond
l police force."--From THE TIMES. The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
CONGRESS OPPOSES REVISION.

No one denies the inequalities of
the tariff, and the demand for its re-
vision Is not confined to one party
all the platforms are for revision
but the manner of the alleged re
lief," the effects upon the people, is
a matter of craftsmanship not simply
grand stand politics. Curiously
enough, the Democratic majority in
congress under the leadership of Con-
gresham Underwood, has prevented
a reduction of rates. He has stuck
to his percentages with such zeal that
he would not consent to a partial re-
lief. He has acted more like a theor-
list than a practical statesman in his
stand for all or nothing.
The president, as everybody knows,
was willing to go a long way toward
meeting Mr.. Underwood ideas
Whether he was right or wrong he
would have signed bills for substan-
tial reductions, and Mr.. Underwood
might have secured, whatever bene-
fits resulted. But when it came tc
a showdown it was the theory or the
politics and not the condition By
which he is SO deeply stirred now
that determined his course. The re-
suit is that the laboring man receive.
rhetoric and a list of the percentages
instead of the bread. The tariff Law
remains untouched simply and solely
because congress refused to frame re
vision bills that would have beer
signed without a moments hesitation
because Mr.. Underwood preferred
to save his percentages rather thar
to cut them.-Decatur Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30

of the Crawford House by having a
heated argument with travelling man.
Attorneys for Houk state that the case
win be appealed.
ASKS PARDON FOR BROTHER.
brother, Samuel r. Hull of Gibson
County, Indiana. who is serving a life
sentence in the Michigan City prison
for the murder of his father. William
Hull. Mrs NJ I. Neeper of Kimmundy,
ILL.,. has filed a petition with the state
board praying for his pardon.
The case excited state wide interest
at the time of the trial Father and
son had become estranged, the latter
being ordered to leave home and never
return The day of the tragedy a
neighbor sent Hull word that his hogs
were trespassing. Hull corralled- his
hogs, and while on his way home was
shot and instantly killed.
YOUTH AND GIRL ELoPE.
Alvin Jones, lis East ST. Clair street,
and Ruby woodru, 10 West Walnut
street. indianapolis, each 16 years old,
have eloped. They disappeared from
their respective homes yesterday and
the police have failed to get any traca
of them. Friends say they departed
for Louisville. KY. where they intend
ed to be married.
WHITE SLAVE PREFERS CHARGES.
Charges that she had been virtually
held prisoner in a Senate avenue
rooming house and had been forced by
threats to agree to enter resort were
made last night against William
Coughlin of Newport. Ky, by Fay Nc
Lelal, 20 years old. who says she came
to Indianapolis four weeks ago from
Chicago. Both Coughlin and the girl
were arrested by Lieut.. Leet and
Sergt Sandman and will be held un-
der high bond pending investigation Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30

Gary cops catch 'en just as we'll. but
the city court turns them loose
WHAT'S become of the family that
used to keep the old-fashioned album in
the parlor?
OUR idea of amusing spectacle
Is that of High Assessments Bill Finn
writing from his Pittsburg contracting
offices that Senator Penrose tapped the
Standards pipe line.
WE read in a Muncie paper that
Miss Edna Hasty was the victim of a
cleverly planned surprise party As
matter of fact all surprises are us
ually hasty ones.
ONE good thing about this new
postal order of no mail on Sunday is
that the hubby away from home on
business will get at least one day of
rest in the matter of writing daily
sweet nothings back to wife.
CHICAGO Y. w. c. A. has decided
that a woman is old at 25. Why. bless
their hearts any of them who is a
mother is young at SIS.
THE breath of spring: Nappanee is
having an onion festival. Bet you that
the girl down that way with a beau
makes him postpone his kisses for a
rainy day.
ADMIRERS of Governor Wilson have
ordered his statue to be cast in bronze.
Only the fact that he is fat man has
deferred the valiant admirers of hiz-
zoner the mayor of Gary, from having
a similar statue long ago.
MILK is to go up say the Chicago
papers. In this event there won't be so
much going down.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-30
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THEN.

The charges made in these columns
this week that the local bull moose
party was simply the tool of the
democrats and was brought into be-
ing by the democrats simply to give
them a chance to win was verified
last night when Hammond paper
which poses as the official organ or
the democratic party in Lake county.
came out editorially to approve and
advise the selection of third party
county ticket. Expressing the very
kindliest of feelings for the bull
noosers, the paper boosted them to
the seventh heaven.
If the bull moose party does put a
ticket in the field tomorrow just
watch the paper aforesaid give 1t
hell.
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WHAT CRUSADES REVEAL.

The crusade against vice and cor
ruption in West Hammond is typical
of that in almost any other communi-
ty which is being despoiied by the
grafters.
There are two classes OF people
who make such a condition possible.
/. The element that openly runs
the dives, the city official who openly
supports the dive keeper, the citizens
who declares that dives are necessi-
ty after ALL
2. The element that is willing to
secretly profit from vice or secretly
supports the vice ring but which does
not want to be connected with the
business.
There are lot of so-calied respect
able citizens in Hammond and West
Hammond who do not object to get
ting exorbitant rentals from the dive
keepers when they know full well
that the property they rent is not
worth half that amount from legit;-
mate business.
Judge Frank Green was not shown
to be in sympathy with the. vicious
element in West Hammond until his
friends the dive keepers were shown
to be In dire straits and then he
readily came to the rescue. Fines
were RENTED and bonds were made
as low as possible.
The vote on the revocation of the
saloon licenses showed the real mora
| fibre Of the Polish element of the
council. The Poles in the WesI
Hammond council have disgracet
their nationality.
AS result of their vote the peopl,
of both Hammond and West Ham
mond are saying today: well yo,
might know that the minute one o
those Poles got a chance to take ST.
for his vote that he would do So
OF course this is misrepresenta
ton of the Polish people. There i
probably as much honestly among tn
better class of Polish people as Their,
is in any nationality in this country
But the fact remains that the be
trayal of the people by the fou
Polish councilmen is a terrible com
mentary on the Polish people of Yves
Hammond and the only way they cal
Ipurge themselves on the odium tina
is attached to their nationality is Il
lcompel these four councilmen L
make public apology or resign thei
positions in the council
The point is that if the mass of tn
Polish people of West Hammond indi
cate their hearty disapproval of tn
action of these councilmen they vii
purge themselves of the responsible
for one of the worst breaches of pub
lie trust that has ever been known.