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EYEM1 AVEATHEB. Increasing cloudiness -with probable ihonen tonight and Thursday; warmer. . YOL. n. NO. 285.- nn 1 1 IS 5 r,ih3 ? Ir, Board Of County Commissioners End Three Week Fight By Adverse Decision Attorneys For Saloonmen Are Confident of Vic tory, However, in the Higher Courts. BY AN' IXAMMOUS VOTE THE LAKE COUXTY COMMISSIONERS, IN SESSION AT CROWN POINT LAST EVENING DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THE PETITION OF THE GARY RE MOXSTI1ATORS. THE DECISION IS CONSIDERED A VICTORY FOR REV. GEORGE Dl'ELL, REPRESENTING THE INDIANA ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE AND ITS EFFECT "WILL BE TO PRE VENT ALL OF THE SALOONS IN GARY AND THE REST OF THE TOWNSHIP FROM RENEWING THEIR LICENSES WHEN THEY EXPIRE. The matter, however, Is to be appeal ed to the Lake superior court at Ham mond and A. F. Knu((, one of the leading? counselors for the liquor deal er, declared that he Is confident that the remonstrance will be knocked out at the ii oa t term of court. . " Will' be Allowed to Keep Open. The status of the saloons. In Gary and the reit of the township, now ap plicants for the renewal of their li censes, will not be altered In the up per courts which is expected to be along in October in the next term off court. There seems to be no question in the minds of the county commissioners as to what was their duty in the mat ter. The hearing of the arguments on both Sides was completed at 4:50 o'clock last evening and the vote of the com missioners was announced ten minutes later. Have the Choice of Courts. The one advantage to- the liquor dealers of the decision of the remon strators is the fact that the latter now have the choice of courts to which the appeal will be made and it was learned this morning that they will appeal to the Lake superior court at Hammond. But the liquor dealers do not believe they are beaten, by any means. A. F. Knotts said this morning: "If I had as much evidence in a personal injury suit as we will be able to present to the court at the next term in support of our claim that a large number of the names on the remonstrance were se cured by fraud and misrepresentation, I would consider that I had won the case." Only Seven or Eight Are Affected. At the present time but seven or eight saloons, which are seeking a renewal of their licenses, will be af fected. In addition there are two ap plicants for licenses. The number of applicants for renewals will conse quently increase, however, until before the first case is tried there will be a large number of saloons which will be afTected. The validity of the remonstrance will be tested every time an applicant for a license is refused. If there are twenty applicants for renewals of li censes and for new licenses each ap ppicant will be refused and each re fusal will be contested with the valid ity of the remonstrance as the point at Issue. All May Be In Court. It is possible, if the appeal of the first few applicants from the decis ion of the commissioners is decided in their favor, every one of the 150 sa loonkeepers in Calumet township will at one time or another within the next year, be compelled to take his case into the superior court and show that the remonstrance is not valid. If on the other hand the appeal of the' first few applicants is decided against them in the superior court it will be useless for many of the others to contest their case and the result will be the inevitable closing of a large number of the saloons. Can't Keep Open Too Long. The point should be made clear that While the law permits the applicants for a renewal of licenses to keep open in the interval between the time they are refused a license and the next term of court, when their case will be tried, it will not permit them to keep open longer than that and the greatest de lay the saloonkeepers may expect is untll the end of the next term of court after the commissioners have refused their license. It is possible that in come cases they may contest the de FT3 i i ! In A .3 I ''iiuiiJl cision of the commissioners Just to get the opportunity to keep open a little longer. Official Is Interviewed. The statement of Oscar Krlnbill probably sums up the attitude of the commissioners when he said, "After hearing all of the evidence, we became convinced that there was no alternative but to do as the statutes required us to do and that was to errant the re monstrance." To sum up the case in a nut shell, the attorneys for the liquor dealers endeavored to prove that at least the majority of fifty-nine of the names had been secured by the remonstrators by fraud or misrepresentation. They were unable to do that and so the com missioners decided in favor of the re monstrators. Says He Was Perfectly Fair. The attorneys for the liquor dealers have stated that in their opinion Coun ty Attorney Meeker, who advised the commissioners on points of law was perfectly fair from start to finish. The county commissioners took his advice in every particular except on the seventh paragraph of the complaint in which they refused to recognize he claim of the attorneys for the liquor dealers that evidence of fraud in valiated the signature. Action Came As Surprise. The liquor dealers claimed to have proven that flfty-flve of the names were secured by misrepresentation and twenty-seven of them had no right to vote. Nine of the fifty-five also be longed to the latter class so that it is claimed that a total of seventy-three names had no right on the petition. ., The action of the commissioners came as something of a surprise to .the peo ple of the iwhole county although they toad no, reason to expect a' decision cne way or the other. . One thing Is cer tain, the fight has not ended yet ' and the controversy Is sure to go down in the history of the local courts as a remarkable legal battle. GARTERS' SLEUTH Runs Down Kansas Man on a Farm Near Crown Point. (Special to Times.) Crown Point, Ind., May 20. John Handler, a young man 21 years of age, was arrested last evening by Sheriff Carter at the farm of John Perry, east of town, where he is employed. Toung Handley is badly wanted by Sheriff N. E. Meyerly, of Mankato, Jewell county, Kansas, and one Elizabeth Bates there charging him with getting a girl into trouble. Was Badly Wanted. His presence is very necessary to the peace of mind and reputation of the young woman. Toung Had'ey skipped that section of the country some time age and has been employed around here as a farm hand. His de scription sent by the Kansas sheriff, was all the authorities had to work on, and his arrest is considered quite a clever piece of detective work on their part. Sheriff Meyerly will probably arrive tomorrow to escort his prisoner to the Kansas town. HAY GET WORK HERE Standard Steel Car ePople Hopeful of Getting Part of Erie Order. The report that the Standard Steel Car company had received an order for 2,000 cars from the Erie railroad was gladly received in this city. An effort was made this morning to find out whether or not the cars would be man ufactured here, but the officers at the local plant deny any knowledge of the order except what they have seen in the newspaper dispatches. One of the officials was asked if he did not think the order would be gotten out in the plant at Butler, which is still in operation, rather than in Hammond which has not yet resumed. He said he did not believe that that would make any difference, and if there has been an order placed, he thought Hammond would stand as good a show of getting at least a part or all of it, as the plant at Butler. j It has been known for some time that the Erie railroad is in dire need of new equipment and since Harriman has taken control of the line it is expected that there will be funds available for the rehabilitation of the rolling stock. ir-h- n 1 u u u HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY,; AT GEO WIRY ADLY HURT TODAY Mrs. Lucindia McClure is Injured in a Runaway This Morning. FRIGHTENED HORSE IS CAUSE Injured Lady Is Mother of Mrs; J. M. Turner, 419 Truman Avenue. Mrs. Lucinda McClure, mother of Mrs. J. M. Turner of 419 Truman avenue, was the victim of a frightful accident which presented a horrifying spectacle to the witnesses. Mrs. McClure was trampled beneath one of the heavy Paxton & Baker draught horses which became fright ened Dy an ,ne engine which was standing at the depot. Mrs. McClure suffered a broken nose, and possibly in ternal injuries and a fracture of the thigh bone and many other flesh bruises. Her condition is not serious although very painful and necessitates her to be confined to her bed for some time. How Accident Happened. The accident happened about 10:30 when a north bound Erie passenger train was standing at the depot. Hart, a driver for Paxton & Baker, was driv ing one horse single and leading an other in the rear of his wagon. As he was crossing the Erie track , the rear horse became frightened by the engine and began - to trample and prance and in its maneuvers jumped ono the sidewalk where Mrs. McClure was just then passing. The unfortunate woman could not get out of reach of the brute's pawing feet and was knock ed to the ground with the- heavy animal standing and tramping above her. The accident was witnessed by Henry J. Huber of 248 State street, who was the first on the scene F. "WV French of 218 Wilcox avenue and Earl Hathaway of 622 May street. Drs. Clark and Graham were on the scene immedately and ordered the un fortunate woman carried to Kussmaul's cigar store, where first medical" aid was given her. She was removed to her home in a hack ELLIOTT IS. OPPOSED Rev. H. R. Todd of. Flora Would be G. A. R. ; Chaplain. The candidacy of Rev. F. M. Elliott of Hammond is being urged at Kokomo at the annual state encampment of the G. A. R.. The only other persons out for the place is Rev. H. R. Todd of Flora. The weather in Kokomo is as good as the "Man From Home" could ask and the parade of old veterans and of the members of the W. R. C. as a notable one. Yesterday a reception was tend erede to the officers of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. which was attended by hundreds of visitors. The people of Hammond are greatly interested in the candidacy of Rev. Elliott and are somewhat surprised that an opposing candidate has entered the field. John "W. Dyer of Hammond was made a member of the committee on reports of assistant adjutant general and as sistant quartermaster general. The contest for the various other offlccrs of the post is warming up and the election Is expected to be an Interesting one. THE "METROPOLITAN" MANGER. . 1 , . , Aie.coRfe" GOT BY S Republicans Secure Head quarters Where Confabs Will be Held. TO PLOT AGAINST DEMOCRATS Other Kooms To Be Rented Later in . the;,Campaignfror Po litical Use. ' County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf announces that he has secured the suite of rooms over the Commercial bank for republican city headquarters. The rooms are now occupied by At torneys Smith and Schottler, but short ly they will be turned over to Mr. Schaaf and will be the finest head quarters that the party has ever had in this city. The rooms will be properly furnished and F. Richard Schaaf will make them his office from the time he moves in a week or two until the campaign is over. He will also maintain his office in the Superior- court building, but he will spend most of his time at the headquarters where he can be readily found and will have telephone com munication with hi3 other office. The rooms over the Commercial bank are so accessible that It Is expected they will be crowded most of the time after the campaign warms up. Here the deep laid plots by which Schaaf expects the democrats to be defeated, will be hatched. - Will Rent Other Quarters. Later on-in the campaign other rooms will be rented for the purpose of stor ing campaign supplies and keeping lit erature. The arrangement for the rooms was made with Attorney. Schot tler and the first rent was paid over today. Considering the fact that office rooms are so hard to secure and that all of the' available' rooms in the center of the business district are used for other purposes, "Chairman Schaaf feels that he has been exceedingly fortunate in se curing the rooms over the Commercial bank. It is Mr. Schaaf's purpose to secure headquarters in every city in the coun ty and the strenuous efforts he is mak ing along this line is but another evi dence of agressiveness which- char acterises the management of the party in this county. DRUG CLERK- INJURED Andrew Kaminski Meets With Accident - on Hohman Street- A collision between Morris Dobson, who was riding in a carriage, and An drew Kaminski, a 13-year-old boy, em ployed at Summers' drug store, resulted in painful injuries to the boy who was riding on a wheel. The accident oc curred in front of Summers' saloon, the two drivers going in opposite direction, Dobson '.turning into State street and the boy Into Hohman street. The boy being on the wrong side of the street could not turn out of danger's way In time and fell under the wheels. lie was taken home by Mr. Dobson, who ha3 ordered that the boy be cared for at his expense. The Times has a larger circulation than any fire papers combined in the Calumet region. GHAAF MAY 20, 1908. Rogers in New York Herald. DELINQUENT -GIRLS " TAKEN JttPBY POLICE Two Young Girls Ficked Up by Hammond Officers and Held. PARENTS. CAN'T CONTROL 'EM Anna Smith Is a Pretty Girl and a Singer of . Much Talent and Training. One of the saddest cases of juvenile delinquency that the police authorities of Hammond have had brought to their attention for some' time, was seen at the police station this morning. Two young girls, one of them about 14 years of age, were picked up on the street by policemen and brought to the station where they were quizzed by. Chief Rimbach, Captain Austgen and Judge "W. W. McMahon as to their conduct. Girls of Tender Years. The two girls were Lizzie Fleischer and Anna Smith. Annie is by far the younger of the two girls, and her case is perhaps the more pitilable of the two. Annie Smith is a pretty girl possessed of more than ordinary vivacity. She is the daughter of a couple living on Doty street and her father Is a talented mu sician. The police were asked yesterday by the girl's parents to pick her up If possible. Away from Home for Hays. They- declared that she had not been home for several days. - Anna was found in the company of the Fleischer girl, whose parents live on May street. WHAT THE COUNCIL. DID. Ordinance reprulatlnpr plumb- Injc 'and providing for appoint- nieut of inspector advanced to second reading. Ordinance rcgrnlatlns: building location of livery stables, ad- vanced to second reading; re- ferrerf to committee. '. Appropriation ordinance for O 500 for health and charity fund, . advanced to second read- " Ing. 4 Ordinance rcgiilatini? the 11- cense of doss to second read Inc. Appropriation ordinance passed allowing $100 to city treasurer, AVilliam AVolter, to se- cure additional help. Trenchant Jab by Mayor Becker at City Treasurer AVol- 4 ter relative to the approprla- A tlon. The regular council meeting last night attended by a bare quorum, pro duced nothing that would reduce the strained, feeling existing between Mayor Becker and City Theasurer Will iam Walter and but for the timely talks by City Controller J. D. Smalley and Attorney J. K. Stinson, who poured oil on the seething waters, the storm of the previous session would have been renewed. The squall was side TIMES i Dill DEPOT IS APROBABILITY Business Men's Committee Will See President of Road About It. CAPT. DOWNING HAS OPINION Believes That Erie and Monon Rail roads Should Build Jointly . and Have One Agent. .It. now seems to be among the prob abilities . of. the near future that the Monon railroad will build a new depot at the intersection of Its tracks and Fayette street. It is understood that the depot will be built of Bedford stone and will be one of the finest along the line of the road. E. F. Johnson, representing the Ham mond Business Men's association and several of the members of this organi zation will go to Chicago soon to find out just what are the plans of the rail road and if there is any prospects of the railroad's building to encourage it in the enterprise. Captain J. C. Downing of the Monon was asked today if he had recently heard anything that made a noise like a Monon depot and he admitted that while there was nothing official he be lieved the matter was being considered. Doesn't Think Site Large Enough. He said he did not believe the pres ent site of the depot was large enough for the new one which will have to be built some time in the near future. He said that if he had his way the depot would be moved to a new site south of Fayette street. This would prevent the blocking of the crossings at State and Sibley streets and would enable the company to utilize a site much more roomy than the one they now are occupying. Mr. Downing suggested that in his private opinion was that it would be a good plan for the Monon and Erie rail roads to get together and build a depot that would serve for both of the roads. He said that me roads could then affoYd to construct one of the finest structures in the state and could put up a station that would be a credit to the city, One A sent For Both Roads. . The business, of- both . roads- in this city could be done by one agent and one set of depot employes and in view of the fact that these two roads al ready have several depots in common between here and Chicago he thought it would not be hard to get them to gether here. The committee of the Business Men's association will plan to see President W. H. McDoel of the Monon in the near future and it plans to take with it some photographs of the other new depots which are being built in Hammond just to show what others roads are doing for the city. She is much the older of the two girls. Miss Fleischer's parents were notified of her plight and they asked the po lice to hold lier until they could de cide what to do with her. Three Cases in Two Days. This is the third like case that has been brought to the attention of the police in two days, the other being the 16-year-old Marceline girl. The authorities are . trying hard to find out who is contributing to the de linquency of a number of young Ham mond girls who are still nothing but children and to whom the streets of Hammond a,t midnight' are as familiar as at noon. tracked, however, and Councilman John Kane held out stubbornly to the last moment until by the arguments of J. D. Smalley he was convinced that the city would only be the loser In jthe amount of ' interest that would accrue on the city's refunding bonds due June 1. The appropriation ordinance was not the first thing to be brought up, but it caused more interest than any other matter brought before the coun cil. Stinson Takes Cudgel for AVolter. Attorney J. K. Stinson attended the meeting, saying that he did so only as a taxpayer and speaking In behalf of Mr. Wolter argued that the appro priation ought to be allowed since the business of the treasurer's office dur ing the last fiscal year has increased more than $163,000. He argued that the city treasurer was under $100,000 Donds and that it was in the city's interest to have all business disposed of immediately as it presents itself. Mayor Becker, after referring to the practices of Mr. Wolter's predecessors in retaining one per cent of the taxes collected continued in a more personal vein saying: "The spirit of the city treasurer's office has been hostile ever since I refused Mr. Wolter an extra $600 and ever since that time it has been one continuous knock. Mr. Wol ter has no faith in the mayor's office nor does he go to the city attorney (Continued on page Z.) EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. Hammond High School Au thorities Decide to Inau gurate Physical Culture;' in Schools of City at Be ginning of Next Year. ' SE WILL BE FOR BOYS 10 GIRLS1 Attendance Will Be Made Compul-j sory and Board of Education Be-1 lieves That the Plan Will Be o Extreme Benefit to the Yonng Peo-? pie Attending Local High School-! A course in physical culture is to bei i one of the innovations in the Hammond . high school next year. It is to be ar- ranged for both boys and girls and ' there will be t:o classes a week fop b' th. The auditorium will be used as a gymnasium, and it is believed that the introduction of this line of high, school work will not only result in the development of stronger physiques in' the high school students, both male and female, but it will add greatly to tha interest In athletics. Plan an Accepted One. 1 This plan Is generally regarded as "a for athletic development in the schools. For instance a boy who is strong and agile enough may become a member of the track team or may get a chance to make the basketball squad. If he is heavy and hardy enough he may make the foxtball team. " " . ' r-W . vv nn tne eriris the nniv fnrm f - ercise that is provided for them i3 basketball, and that Is only suitable for the strongest of them. The others are deprived of their opportunity to develop physically and they are tha ones who really need the development most. Attendance Compulsory. But the plan which is now being out lined by Superintendent McDaniel will provide for classes in gymnastics for all of the students in the high school and attendance in these classes twice a week will be compulsory unless the students can prove physical disability. This plan is in vogue at Wabash col lege and many of the other colleges 6t the state, and at some of them failure to attend "gym drills" is cause for dis missal from classes. The drills will be made as interesting as possible and Professor Allee will have charge of the boys classes, while one of the teachers will be given charge of the girls. Thinks "Gym" Drill Solution. The physical welfare of the whole student body is a matter that, in the opinion of Superintendent McDaniel, re ceives too little attention in the aver age school. He offers the "gym" drill as the solution of the problem. Along in the winter time there will be exhibition drills given to which the general public will be invited and theste exhibition always prove interesting. -Will Have Fine Gymnaslnm. The whole outcome of the new plan, will be that when the new Central high, school building is designed it will have one of the most modern and up-to-date gymnasium in the state. Shower baths will be provided and there will be all kinds of gymnastic apparatus installed. The phj-sical wel fare of the students will be given the attention it deserves and athletics in the Hammond high school wil receive an impetus such as it has never known before. Athletics for all of the high school students is to be the common sens"e slogan of the school officials in the fu ture. GETS 8005E0 Bad Boys on Sibley Street Pour Water on Frank Fogelson. "And it Isn't the first time it hag happened," declared Frank Fogelson last night to the Hammond police. Mr. Fogelson was wending his weary way home last night and while passing the Hall newstand on Sibley street, he was astounded to feel a pailfull of water overwhelm him. It came from the roof of the building and a bunch of boys began a hasty ex odus from the roof as Mr. Fogelson began an investigation. He was unable to capture any of the mischievous lads, however bujf. reported the matter at the, police. Btation Im mediately. He complained that the drenching had happened many time before. GOOR FRANK