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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
UNDERWORLD
ACROSS LINE
PRIZES LID OFF

Lively skirmishes on the old-line of
battle in West Hammond during the
week end led many to suspicion that
war has been renewed between those
by-gone enemies-the vicious and the
reform elements The d-timers and
the business have again taken up the
cares and worries of that line of en-
deavor. according to Chief of Police
John Okraj Eight men were arrest
ed and fined and four stray women of
the underworld deported Sunday
Give it to them good and hard
ordered the chief this morning to THE
TIMES. We have evidence that the
Astor House, Colonial hotel and Ed.
Downey's old place are back in the
game. We want them to understand
that we will not tolerate vice. l will
does not do his duty"
Rosenbaum, Downey and Con-
Moore, who lost their licenses during
the Brooks regime. are the men the
chief named as being under suspicion.
Persistent rumors in Hammond confirm
his statements. The two hotels are
known to harbor inmates, although
little has been said about Downey s
place.
''Whiskey row. that brief stretch on
West State street, just across the line
is for the most part dark The indict-
ment of Bee Burke for failure to COM
ply with an ordinance denying her the
right to have curtains in the windows
| of the saloon she runs was obeyed by
the other places included in the act
The two hotels are on Plumn1er ave
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
RAINS ADD
TO SEWER
ARGUMENT
Lack of Proper Disposal
System Causes Things to
Float in Hammond; Con-
tinued Downpour Threat
ems More Damage.

BY night things will begin to float
in Hammond and environs, unless an
Aladdin can be persuaded to rub his
lamp of miracles and take from the
city its tangled, shallow sewers and
drop in their place the deep sewer
system that city officials have dreamed
of only to be rudely awakened by the
anvil chorus of glooms and killjoys.
At the inception of a twenty days
rain, predicted by the government,
Hammond is found TO be absolutely un-
able to care for the draining of its
large area. Sewers are working to
capacity and the gradually increasing
overflow is flooding Easements in
downtown Hammond. The north side
is practically submerged as far as real
estate is concerned The few base
ments in the whole district have inches
of water standing and no prospects of
an outlet.
The Grand Calumet has reached its
high water mark for the year and a
few more days of rain will make a
new record for the sluggish stream.
The Little Calumet is correspondingly
high. The truth is that should the
government weather bureau be accur-
ate in the forecast that rain will con-
same abundance as shown in the few
days past Hammond will suffer a cost
ly damage.
Sewers were beginning to back UP
this morning and pour their floods onto
the streets in some of the outskirting
districts. Promising subdivisions on
the east and north sdes look forever
life half submerged coral reefs. The
streets held inches of water in many
places.
Without the precaution of a deep
sewer system, Hammond is at the
mercy of an incessant rainfall John
Kane, an alderman. stated this morn
ing that he will attempt to have the
council recommend to. the board OF
public works that the honorable body
reconsider their action if they turn
down the deep sewer Wednesday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
WATER SURROUNDS
TENT PULPIT

A pulpit surrounded by water is
about al THAT remains of the north
side tabernacle. The tent is there, but
persistent rain has driven the work.
ers in the Meeker revival to go back
to the Pine Street Presbyterian church
to finish their campaign.
THE Great and Unanswerable Ques-
tion" was the subject or last night g
discourse at the tabernacle by the Rev.
Meeker. Tonight the usual children's s
stereopticon lecture will be given in
the church with gospel services to fol-
low.
A special meeting is planned for
Tuesday, when Rev. Moore, a Chi
cago evangelist, will speak. He will
be accompanied to Hammond by sing
srs from Moody Institute.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
PU[MOTER
APPLIED TO
SAVE LIFE
Travelling Man Found Un-
conscious in Hammond
Hotel Room as a Result of
Gas Dies This Afternoon
at Hospital.

Harry Simon. employed in Hammond
for a Chicago picture concern. died
this afternoon at 2 o'clock in ST. Mar
garets hospital a result of an
apparent attempt to commit suicide at
the Majestic Hotel yesterday. With the
windows closed and the gas Jet turned
on, Simon was found in his room. lying
on the bed in an unconscious condition.
The immediate application of a pull
motor brought Simon to life and hopes
were extended for his recovery.
Was Despondent Sunday.
The last seen of Simon before he was
found yesterday noon was early Sun
day morning when he went to his room
at the Majestic Hotel in a despondent
condition. 1t is known that he had
been drinking earlier in the evening
and whether the act was an accident or
whether he turned on the gas with
suicidal intent is not known. This
morning physicians stated that his
condition was grave, though he had
not yet gained consciousness. Little
hopes were held for his recovery.
Left Call for Noon.
Simon had left a call with the night
clerk to be called about noon yesterday Y
and it is believed that the gas jet had
been turned on about an hour before
he was found. While passing Simon S
room, day clerk Joe Miller detected the
odor of escaping gas. coming from the
room. A door leading through the
bath room was pried open and Simon
was found lying on the bed in an un-
conscious condition.
Simon was almost lifeless and the
puimotor belonging to the Northern In-
diana Gas company was hurriedly
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

Park, of Indianapolis, an elevator oon-
structor was elected fourth vice-presi-
dent, defeating L. j. Schwartz of Indt-
annapolis. and G. w. Long, of Ft. Wayne.
George Longwell. of Lafayette. q hath
er, was elected fifth vice-preeident de-
feating L. ]. Schwartz and J. D. Booth,
of Indianapolis. B. F. Horton. q sheet
metal worker. was reelected secretary
treasurer by acclamation.
Grateful for Appointments.
The convention adopted q resolution
thanking Governor Ralston for the ap-
pointment of the following labor men
to state positions: Edgar A Perkins.
bureau of inspection; H. ]. Conway, Of
Lafayette, commission to investigate
working hours of women and girls:
Charles Fox and William A. Greene,
workingmen's compensation commits
sion; H. w. Bullock, attorney on this
commission; William j. Pfieger, voting
machine commission; William Dobson.
state board of education.
Vocational education was Endorsed
and organized labor In every city and
town was urged to take an interest in
the working out of the law. Union
labor men were urged to confer with
school boards and aid them in making
the vocational training practical.
Disturbing Factions Name<f
The convention went on record as up-
holding the McNulty wing of the dis
rupted electrical workers union. This,
the convention decided, is the real
union and the Murphy faction
only a disturbing faction. The Reed
Murphy men were characterized as lit
tie better than strike breakers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

William S. Lord, wealthy poet and
department store owner of Evanston.
Ill, must answer to a suit for di-
vorce on the unpoetic charges of in
fidelity and desertion. The Lords
are prominent in Evanston, having
lived there since 1884. Mrs. Lord
says her husband deserted her about
February / and that since then he
has been unfaithful {, her at various
times and places.
It is understood the fling of the
divorce suit was due to Lords fall
ure to explain satisfactorily to his
wife a recent visit 20 California. At
the eirne he left town q woman en-
ploye of his store also dsappeared
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
BLAMED THE
HOT WEATHER

Jacob Schloer, the shoe merchant, re-
turned to Hammond laboring under
the impression that something was
wrong at home. He found his wife
very Ill in their home at 43 Ruth
street. An attack of the heart has
passed away and Mrs. Schloer is well
again.
Now to eliminate the spooky side of
his presentiment, Mr.. Schloer says that
he came home a fortnight sooner than
he expected because of the extreme
heat at Mineral Wells, Tex
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

Samuel Hustin Thompson is the
newly appointed assistant attorney
general who defends the government
in all suits before the o. 9. court of
claims. Mr.. Thompson is a Pitts
burger by birth and is descendant
of five generations of Presbyterian
ministers. Mr.. Thompson is about
forty years old and is graduate of
Princeton university. He is a close
friend of the new president, :
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
TREMENS PATIENT
IN CITY JAIL

Afflicted with delirium tremens from
which he has been suffering for near
ly a week. Mike Wilson Of Hegewisch
was brought to the Hammond GENITAL
station this morning, where he is be-
ing treated by physicians. Wilson has
been confined at st. Margaret's hospital
since May % and the authorities or
dered him removed to the police sta
tion account of the hospital afford
ing no quarters for person in his
condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
WHAT STATE
COUNCIL DID

Refused to choose Hammond ~
place for 1914 meeting because 1t
wanted a demonstration at Fort
Wayne for Steve Fleming.
Defeated w. II. CHM of Hannmond
in race for presidency of ors.anisa-
tion.
Elected Arthur McGraner Of Gary
as second vice president.
Denounces Reed-Murphy faction
of electrical vvorkers' union.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
STOLEN TICKETS
ARE FOUND

Tickets which were stolen from the
South Shore depot several weeks ago
when a sneak thief broke into the
tickets office and made his get away
with over 800 in cash were found by
a number of boys yesterday behind a
sign board. They were returned by
Jim Owgarzak. no Grover street, slam
mond. 1t is thought that the thief dis
posed of the tickets, because he was
afraid to use them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
MUSICIANS
TAKE NOTICE

Special meeting of local No. 203.
Hammond Federation of Musicians,
called for tomorrow (Tuesday) night
at o'clock sharp at regular hall to
arrange for funeral of Brother August
Wiegand.
ALBERT GEHRING,
Secretary Musicians Union.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
DEATH TAKES
SCHOOL GIRL

Olgo Peterick the Is year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Peterick,
S2a Walter street Hammond, died at
the family residence yesterday morn
ing following lingering illness. Death
was due to tuberculosis. Funeral serv-
ices will be held Tuesday morning and
interment Will be made at st. John
cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

THEY ARE ALL UNION MADE.
Scrap Union Scout. Country Club
long cut. for chew smoke, Forex
plug cut. and Sweet Loma fine cut.
Manufactured from the choicest leaf
Observation-Disclosures Tobacco Ce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
TWO PAY DAYS.
Especial to THE T1MEs.)

Crown Point, Ind, May 26.-The
Panhandle has sent out notice to en-
ployes that after July 1 they will be
paid semi monthly. Most of the men
will like this arrangement The new
law in Indiana brought about the
change.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
AUT0|ST LEAVES VICTIM
TO DIE IN THE DITCH

employed driving a team on the new
gravel roads south of Hammond. He
has been a resident of East Hammond
for nearly five years and is well known
there. He leaves relatives In the old
country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
HAMMOND LOSES
LABOR CONVENTION

Fort Wayne Takes Honor A way from Hammond; w. T.
CHM of Hammond De feated for Presidency Of the
State Building Trades ouncil Arthur McGraner of
Gary Surprises Convent ion in Speech Thanking It
for Honoring Him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

Miss Olga Sheppard, sister of Sem
ator Morris Sheppard of Texas, is
soon to become the bride of Mr..
Cullen Thomas of Texarkana. Texas.
Senator Sheppard. with his wife and
little daughter Janet, has already
left Washington tor his home to at.
tend the weddiag.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

Heat when and where you want it
Get a Gas Heating Stove.-No. Ind. Gas
Sc Elec. Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26

SEND IN YOUR TRIAL SUBSCRTP-
TIoN TO THE TIMES FOR A MONTH.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-26
WEATHER.

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY
AND TUESDAY;
RISING TEMPERATURE.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14

is unnecessary to predict what will
happen when the law becomes oper-
alive because in the very near future
we will find out what will happen.
1t is noticed already that great
deal of uneasiness is manifest in
various sections of the country. 1t
will be no surprise if public hearings
are had by the senate that that body
will be besieged by manufacturers
throughout the country to provide pro-
lection to their various interests. 1t
is said that a number of factories
have already closed down and labor
has been thrown out of employment.
We predict that unless the bill
which passed the house is changed
and protection is given manufacturers
that many more of them will go out
of business and that within a year
an army of laboring men will go
out of employment. We wonder how
long it will require the American peo-
pie to wake up to the fact that free
trade means adversely for our peo-
pie, and that no relief can be assured
until policy of protection is again
restored. This has been the result
in the past and no doubt it will be
the same in the future.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14

the communities in which they re.
side. They fully understand the prac'
tical part and routine of their offices,
but they may not be able to stand
an examination where many of the
questions to be answered are for
eign to any duty they are called up.
on to perform in connection with their
Offices. A large per cent of them
when they realize the purpose of the
order will simply resign rather than
submit to what all fair minded PEG.
pie regard as an injustice and dem.
ocrat, who has had no experience, will
fall heir to the job.
Politics is indeed a great game and
the democratic leaders can be trusted
to play it, for the benefit of their fol-
lowers, every day in the year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14
Spraying for Dandelions.

Experiments in North Dakota and
several other western states have
proved that it is possible to kill dan
delions, and yet not hurt the grass, by
spraying with a mixture made by dis
solving two pounds of iron sulphate
(copperas) in gallon of water. This
is put on three or four days after the
grass has been cut, and when there is
no likelihood of rain for twenty-four
hours. 1t takes about fifty gallons to
the acre. The spray blackens the dan
delion leaves, and slightly changes the
color of the grass. If the solution
touches cement walks, they will be
changed to rusty color. If the dan
delions are to be killed the spray
must be repeated at least five or six
times during the season. The meth
cd has proved quite successful at
some of the western experiment sta
tions, but we notice that at the New
York station they have not had very
good success. Private parties have
tried it, but they usually fail to apply
it with sufficient persistence to lead
them to expect success. 1t must be
put on in fine fist, not as a coarse
spray. Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14
A Hideous Crime.

One of the darkest crimes it has
been our opportunity to note in many
years, took place last week at Iowa
Falls, where Howard Sherman is un.
der arrest, charged with chloro.
forming his five hour old baby. The
child was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Sher.
man on March 9th, and was murdered
and the body sewed up in gunny
sack and hidden. The unnatural par
ents were stopped as they were at
tempting to leave the city, and Sher-
man confessed to the crime. The body
was recovered and introduced as evil
dence at the inquest.
The murder is peculiarly bad one.
A little child, not responsible for it's
own living, but whose being was a
proper paternal function, was done
away with by the use of chloroform.
Such an unnatural act calls for special
condemnation, and the severest eX-
ample that law can administer should
be visited upon the couple. Added
proof in the case was furnished by the
family physician who says Sherman
requested him to kill the child as soon
as it was born.
Folks who do not want children
should refrain from the VOWS of mar
riage, if it is their bent to put chill
dren out of the way by any device or
means. A Chicago physician says
that not less than $4,000 children are
murdered in that city yearly, either
before or after birth and in house
holds where parents are abundantly
able, in financial way, to give their
children the best there is in life. A
sad comment, indeed, when We look
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14

and sent to market in the best pos
sible condition to command fat prices.
The Iowa meat producers do not fear
the competition of Canada in corn fed
fat cattle. Canada does not raise the
corn with which to finish the cattle
for the market. But Canada has
plenty of grass for the development
of feeders. If meat is to be sold
without the benefit of protective
tariff the corn belt meat producers
want to buy their feeders from Cana
da without paying tariff duty on
them. In other words, feeders are
raw material to the corn belt meat
producers, and if he has to sell his
finished product in a free market he
wants to buy his raw material in a
free market. If there is anything
wrong with the logic of this argument
lit has not yet been pointed out to the
satisfaction of the corn belt meat
producer.
The democrats in the senate will
have a chance to recast the meat
duties. There is no likelihood duty
on meat would be accepted by the
president. If a duty on cattle does
not please our most progressive farm
ers, as represented in the Corn Belt
Meat Producers association, while
free cattle will please them, great
deal of persuasion should not be re-
quired to bring about the change.
Free cattle will be much easier to
defend from a traditional democratic
tariff standpoint than protected cattle.
Sioux City Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14
Fear Of Japanese Magnified.

An unprejudiced review of the ia
panese situation in California disclOs
es that after all it is pretty much Of
"a tempest in teapot" that the
| California legislature is threatening
Gov. Hiram Johnson is once more en-
gagged in his favorite pastime of ap
pealing to passion. The facts are
very simple and the bill appears un
necessary. The number of Japanese
in the state and country is decreas
ing. In the year 1907, an agreement
was entered into by the United States
and Japan under which immigration
of laborers into this country was pro
hibited. That year there entered
American ports 1920 Japanese. The
figure is that given by the United
States commissioner general of I'm.
migration. BY 1909, according to the
same authority, the immigration had
fallen to Bill. By 1910 to 2,71O.
This figure has since come up lit
tie, but the old conditions have never
been Appropriated.
In the year 1908 the total Japanese
population of the state of California.
Utah, Nevada. New Mexico and Ari-
IONA was 66,6O4. In 1909 it was 3d.
361. In 1912, last year, it was ST.
TAG. In California there are about
100000 Japanese. The population of
California is 2,3S0,OOO.
The total amount of land owned by
the japanese in California is less than
$4,000 acres. The state contains 1885,
900 square miles; 1O1 ,35O,4OO acres.
Under the treaty existing between
the United States and Japan. each
nation is accorded by the other all
right which may be granted to the
most favored nation-that is, each
government guarantees that there
shall be no discrimination against
the other as compared with any of
the nations of the world. The Cali
fornia legislature proposes to enact
that "aliens ineligible to citizen
ship" shall not own land. This dis
eliminates against the Japanese
whereas the treaty pledges us not to
discriminate.
The alien land law California pro-
poses to enact is not needed to pro-
tect the people of the state as the
facts given above will show. If the
necessity of such law becomes ap-
croaching Americans, then it will be
parent through the Japanese en-
time to take such vigorous action
Dubuque Times-Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-14

Our able representative in con-
gress, the Hon. Frank P. Woods, in
troduced an amendment to have a
duty of 25 per cent imposed on meats.
to protect Iowa meat producers. OF
course our congressman knew that
there was not a ghost of show to
have his amendment adopted. He
has been voting for free trade bills
in congress for the last four years,
and in offering his amendment he is
open to the charge of inconsistency.
The democratic bills which received
his vote heretofore are the same bills
that he now seeks to amend. Let's
have these bills enacted into law, then
we shall know from practical expert