Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 97, Hammond, Lake County, 11 October 1906 — Page 1

VOL. 1, XO. 97. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY. OCT 11. VJ06. ONE CENT PER COPY. 2

LOOlL PslOlE STAND PAT THE INTERRUPTED CONCERT. tu

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Lake County May Share in Benefits of Competitive Service.

Ell DEAL THE KEY THE DEADLY PARALLEL m" I r ?- is!

Absorption of South Beni Concern Opening Wedge Whsreby Reforms May be Achieved. TTammond may profit by reduced telephone rates if a plan now on foot and which seems to be on the eve of materialization goes through. The significance of the absorption of the South fiend. Ind., Home Telephone company hy a syndicate of Chicago and New York capitalists recently, has Just come to light. Ti.o negotiations were completed last August by Albert E. Wilson, attorney for the Automobile Electric company, ami so quietly was the deal accomplished that at the time it was scarcely commented upon. It develops now, however, that the. transaction was incidental to a project for an independent telephone system in Chicago, connecting Chiqago with the independent systems throughout the country. The syndicate is headed by J.rmes Harris, vice president of the Automatic Electric Co. The South Bend e'eal is the first move in the transaction and through this It is planned to connect Chicago with New York and- intermediate eastern territory. To I'lircbnue Tunnel Equipment. The plan is that the syndicate will jnircljasg . the. telephone equipment and rights of the Illinois Tunnel company, which has several thousand automatic telephones In service in Chicago, and Increase this service to 100,000 Instruments. Mr. Harris is also forming an independent long distance telephone company which will undertake the construction of the connecting lines between Chicago and South Hend and other points where independent companies are located. The movement if successful is destined to produce a powerful rival for the Chicago Telephone company and its connections to which the local service belongs. On behalf of the syndicate Attorney Wilson purchased 1,700 of the 2.000 shares of stock in the South Bend company, which is capitalized at J20.000 The syndicate spent $30,000 in the purchase of this stock and assumed an indebtedness of $60,000. Attorney Wilson, liseovered that if Incorporated in Indiana the majority of the officers would have to be residents of that state. The Indiana law also imposes the same pliability on the directors twice the capital stock that Is imposed on bank directors. The New York capitalists interested objected to becoming the subjects of regulations which would have taken the control of the company out of their hands. Mr. Harris was. therefore, obliged to seek the incorporation of the company elsewhere. It is likely this will be accomplished in New York. At a meeting of the Chicago council committee yesterday afternoon Mayor Dunne denounced the Chicago company for its extortionate treatment of the public. The council committee then ordered the Chicago concern and all other applicants to submit drafts of the franchises they usk before Oct. -4. the Object being to grant the telephone concession to the bil'.er ottering the terms most favorable to the people. DKAT1I OF KIIASMVS BALI, Pitssetl Awny Very Sutldeuly at 111 Home Yesterday Morulnvc. , Erasmus Ball, one of Valparaiso's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died very suddenly at his home on North Campbell street yesterday morning at S:30. While Mr. Ball had been in poor health for several years, his death was unexpected and came as a shock to his family and friends. A short time- before he had been ont in the yard with his son, Charles, cutting kindling and had gone to the basement of l:is residence to tend the furnace. His sen followed him shortly afterwards and at the entrance of the basement he found his father lying on the steps. He summoned his mother, and Mr. Ball was picked up and carried into the house, but life was extinct. H.art disease was the cause of death. The deceased was born in Warren county. Ind.. Feb.. 16. and would have been 73 years old next February. Yu! para iso Messenger. LAFAYETTE SCHOOL CLOSES. Owing to the inconvenience caused by the building of an addition to the Lafayette school building, the classes have been dismissed. It is said there has been a partition erected that admits so much cold that it is impossible to warm the rooms.

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Uses This to Advance lib Theory LAtW "WV CwO X 7 That It's Best to Let Well AJ ff

"Stand pat," said Charley Landls last night in his address at Towle's opera house. That is not vvh'it he called It, but nevertheless U wa.i the burden of his speech. Tii.) reception t'.iat was given the congressman from the Ninth district was distinctly cordial as "Charley" is among his friends in Hammond. Thhouse was comfortably tilled. The past ten years 4if the Republican administration bore heavily on Mr. Landis' mind and in his "stand pat" arguments he recounted the gigantic deeds of congress during that period. After praising the work of congress in general, he dwelt more particularly on the Panama canal question of which it had disposed, on the pure food bill, and the railway legislation. The last "d as the most important en- 1 Hdment since the. Dingley law was passed. He augumented the pride of his hearers by saying that the Republican party had been In power for'forty years and that it is known as "the party of achievements." Swinging on to the pure food legislation, he said that the stuff that the public had stowed away in the past years, under the misnomer of food, could not be pronounced by a tit name,' but that conditions had now' changed. That tliia had not been done sooner he excused on the ground that we had been going too fast and that legislation could not keep pace with the mighty strides of the country. Dae tu l&noring llrjan. He referred to Bryan when the latter made his sixteen to one campaign and also in the second one when he made imperialism the issue. He claimed that our prosperity was due to the fact that we had not followed Bryan's advice on the money standard. He said that where Bryan feared Imperialism on account of the annexation of the Philippine and the Sandwich islands peace reigned, while on the other hand where his advice had been followed, as in Cuba and the island had been given protection for independence, there was now revolution. Continuing, however, he laid the present trouble at the feet of the tobacco and sugar trusts saying, "Down deep in my heart I think that behind it all are the emissaries of the tobacco and sugar trusts." Although he had ridiculed Bryan's stand on imperialism lie go.t into the same boat with the Democratic, leader to the extent of maintaining that despite the mistake that had been made "in intrusting Cuba with the jewel of liberty" she should help maintain her liberty. Using the past ten years again in comparison with foregoing Democratic administration he found logical arguments to stand pat on the protective tariff. Audience on-Partisan. In the audience were peop! of all classes, women and children crats as well as Republicans. is a recognized speaker and brought out his powers to good advantage. He was introduced by Attorney W. J. McAleer of this city and from first to last he held the attention of his hearers. His personality is striking and inter esting. His appearance as a political speaker is deceptive. He looks like a tall man on the platform, when in reality he is barely above the average height. An incident regarding his appearance was witnessed last night as he stepped off the train, when Arthur t'indley, one of The Lake Oovntt Times newsboys stepped up holding a paper toward him, saying: "Buy one. Mr. Landis. it lias your picture and . writeup of you." The urchin had recognized the politician from the picture in the paper and made profitable use of his knowledge, as Mr. Landis bought a number of copies on a "keep the change" basis. After the speech, in the opera house many of Mr. Landis' Hammond friends crowded around him on the stage for a personal greeting. He knew them ali and addressed them by their first names while with them it was just "Charley:" Judge Kenesaw Landis and 1: plain wife of Chicago were in the aud'.enee well as other noted politician in as the state. Congressman L.ir.dis accompanied his brother 0 Chicago list: night. WHERE'S THE U.VME WARDEN' f Terre Haute. Ind. Oct. I'l. Frank Easter and "Dosh" MrOonohay are Rshir.g on a wager in the Wabash. A year ago at the same place in two days they caught 117 blck bass and forty-three croppies. If they do not double the catch in the two days ending tonight they are to give a banquet to some of their friends, and if they win the friends aie to provide tUe banquet.

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POLITICAL, UKFOIOI ATTEMPTED BY THE BETTER ELE.MEAT. West Hammond's Politics to be Purged and Honest Men lven Coutrol So Ss;y the Aon-corruptionistM. The first move of the reform clement politically to get control of the situation in West Hammond was made last night when a meeting was Held in Blissmer's hall and what is known as th- Independent club was organized. There was a good crowd present when Herman Rohloff called the meeting to orcer and announced its object, lie stated this to be the organization of a club to represent the better element of the city in efforts to purify the politics of w est Hammond and get honest men in oiT.cc. The meeting was along the lines of the o-je that was held in the same hall some time ygo and an effort was made to arov.se the people of the village and get them to work concertedly to roust the gang and the dives which have been running full blast under their protection. Rousing speeches weie mau by Messrs. Rohloff. Planning, Borem, K. LM.-chschor and several others and finally the following officers were elected: John Manning, president; Herman Rohloff .secretary, and George Borem, treasurer. The formation of p.n independent political organization for th purpose of ousting tne tang in West Hammond was announced in Thf Lake County Times some time ago and this !s the indication cf concerted action cr ths part of tl"e prime movers in the West Hammond crusade to brirs about the political downfall of M&k, M-wkrr.sn and their associates. RW REALTY COMPAYY ORGANIZED The East Chiccgo Realty crmpany lias conic into existence. Papers for incorporation have been filed with the secretary o Ithe state.. The ca pitoi stock of the campanv is Sr.n oaa ; Its directors are J. E. U'Xeil. O. H. : Davidson and Abe Ottenheimer. The boaf the new corapanv will bo locatf d in East Chicago. V, hile the company will do a gen era I business in buying- and selling real es- 1 tat, its main purpose will be t3 supply! ! East Chicago with residences of which I 'the latter stands in great need. i I j CRl'MPAfKER PLAYS j I WITH MICniGAX". ' j L. If. Crumpacker. familiarly known i as -'Stub." played the position of left salf on the Michigan reserves in the jaiue with tie regulars yesterday.

Retreat.

But it was all a mistake. Anniversary of Landing of America's Discoverer to be Celebrated. liS FOR .Tin Elaborate Frocrram Will he Executed at Long's Hall in P.everent Commemoration Columbus Day. the big cay of t'n Knights of Columbus order will be eel ebratcd this evening- by the local ! counciil. Extorsive preparations have been r.-.f.de to piy d'.ie honor to the anniversary of the landing on this continent of the first great white roan. Columbus is held by those who are allied with the ord?r that bears his name, as an iJeal hero, countryman and moral man. Every knight ho:s his name In the highest esteem and fcr that reason Oct. 3 2 has been set aside to commemorate the discovery cf the new continent. It is th anniversary of the one great ceer that makts Columbus famous in the eye? cf ths world. The celebration this evening will be the crowrirg evnt ir. icca! council for the prec-r.t s-ason The arrangement? committee has ar ranged the followir.g program to take! place in Long's hill this evening: j To astmaster D. J. Mo ran w eicome Auure i -ic.-. r. tt e , j Instrumental music. .Yo'nig's Orchestra i Banquet and S-vkcr. Vocal Selection dende.ssohn Quartet Columbus the First Knight" Dr. W. D. We s j Instrumental Music. .Young's Orchestra : Baritone Selection. "History of Our Order"" Jo. Murphy j Vocal Selection William lit: refer j "Fraternity" Rev. Geo. Mungovan ! Baritone Selection. : "Insurance Features of Our Order".. J I D. J. Moran ! Vocal Selection Mendelssohn Quartet i Short addresses by the Rev. Edward ' Barrett, John McGarry and others.; Special by Lawrence Hoffman.

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WOltlv OX THE ROBEKTSDALE

GLUCOSE FACTOHY BEGI.VS. (.rent Activity on Building Site Where Excavations for Foundations are Bciuir Made Ettt'bt .Million Brick Ordered. Tim site of the fluoose factory at ?.obertsdale is the scene of great activ ity. The trenches for the foundations are already marked off and are being c x.ea va ted. Eight mi lion brick have been ordered hp.J a train load : ' rppirn t is on the w:iy to the grounds. Pumps have been nut In for the purpose of keeping the trenches dry during the process of e. cava t ion as the foundations are to be ivit in niling t'.iat will be driven -IS feet iuto the tiouivi. The factory is to In located west o 'what is known ns "ti'imbor one" ! ;e ; house between Robert sd tie r.m Rooy s his' rane of men will be put to work jus soon as the work progresses far I enoutrh so that they can be employed to trend advantage and it is believed that before winter the actual work of con struclion will boAvell started. I DEATH OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST. Fati.er IiMri'ioIouiew WeltT. Chaplain of Ho'.iie lor Ased. Father Bartholomew Wolff, chaplain o' st. Aiithoiiv's Home for the Aged at Lat'p.vftie. one of the Vest known Cath olic priests in this part of the state rtie.-l T,;saav morning at t. Elizabeth's hospital, where he had beer, a patien for reariy a year. A comtlicatior of di?e?.sfs ca.:sd hi death. Ho was born in Eavai Germany, it 1 S 5 4. and came to this country ir his youth H i was ordP.ined a priest ir. the rrancican 1 "c.::ce at LcinsviHe Ky.. 20 years r.go j Hi? f.rsr church war st Olpe. Kan nl-j's h wo ststicnea for e.ever years. He w3 later in chartre cf tir ! f'-.tho'.le church at Batdsvlile. Thr i yeais ag' tie was appciniii cnuinam at St. Anthony's home. Michigan City ' News. Erie Gets Two-Cent Rate. New Totk. Oct. I1"1. TI 3 persistent puoi'o demand for lower far5 on st cans railroads that ha." prevailed for several vears has at last been aecedd to by the ' management of the Erie Railroad company and commencing Nov. 1, 1905. the maximum rate per mil ? will be two and one-half cents. This is the most notable reduction in passenger fares made voluntarily by anv railroad In this country operating J east of Chicago. THE WEATHER. ; Fair tonight and roabiy rtday. Iiis' temperatnrv

Pitcher's Battle m Which Pfeister is Opposed to Walsh Results in a Victory jforMhe American Club.

(Special to The l ake County Tluie.) et Side Hull Park. Chicago, Oct. 11 Wltu the score Eome-and-Uoriie the Jipud and So faced each other for the third round In the world ehm plonsblp aeries in President .Murphy's ball jard this afternoon. The faithful 1'ana, viho already had shivered llirouith two Karnes, were iu line at the Rates) lent before the time for the opening of the same. This time they made personal itdornment subservient to comfort. The Jaunty full toppers nave place to wlntec ulsters, and ns the West Side grounds are strictly "dry" many of them eaniA with a supply of goods calculated to stand off pneumonia nud other ailment! that nre borne on the breeze that comes out of the northwest. it ns not so hard to (train access to the K round, ns the hustling ticket rpeculators had reckoned. Many of this gentry, wh had loaded up with a Una of bo seats which they expected to sell at three times their value, cooled theitf heels on the sidewalk nnd barked themselves hoarse trying to dispose of them)' nt cost. The discomfiture of the ticket scalper was one ot the pleasant thing to contemplate. Two weeks ago a party of Hammondite put in an order for five box sea (4 nt lr. Murphy's park for the series. The answer came back promptly enouat that they were ''on." Instructions were itlveu to apply for the same on Mon

day morning. The messenger who was sent -with the order nd the money was? luformed that the tickets Inadvertently'" had been sold. The truth of the mat

ter wns that they had found their way The volume of attendance has fallen the weather has had all to do with that. be found to pay double prices to nee a hall

to the freezing point speaks more eloquently for the absorbing Interest In tha

game than would CO. 0(10 under more favorable atmospheric conditions.

The management of both teams were In advance, but Walsh for the Soi and the logical pitehrrs.

llATTlonms. Just before the game Captain Chance announced Pfeister and Ivllag as th!

battery for the Spuds, and Captain Joaes

I'IKST 1S.MXG. SOX H.ihn out, Steiney to Chance. Jones beat out a grounder. Isbell

fanned. Jones out stealing, Kling to Tinker. o Ituns.

CUBS Hofman singled. Sheckard

to Isbell. -Sehulte doubled into left. Chance out, Isbell to Dorohue. o Huns.

SHCOXD 1XXIMI. SOX Robe out. Tinker to Chance. Donohue beat out a bounder over Pfeis-

ter's head. Dougherty evaporated. Donohue out stealing, KJlng to Tinker. o

Kuns.

CUBS Steiney out, Tannehill to Donohue.

fly to Jones. Xo Hons.

TI1IBD 1MG. SOX Sullivan heaved at three wide ones. Tannehill did the same. Walsh

flew to Hofman. o Ituns. Cl'Bs Kling fanned. Pfeister also ohue. n Itnnv.

l otitTii ix.mvi:. SO.Y Evors made a fine running catch of Hahn's liner. Jone;; whaled th

wind. Isbell, ditto. o Ituns. CT'BS Sheckard out, Tannehill to Steiney out, Tannehill to Donohue. Xo FIFTH SOY Rohe out, Evers to Chance, a

triple into the crowd in right. Dougherty fouled out to Klin?

Xo linns. cms Tinker out, Isbell to Donohue. Donohue. So Hubs.

SIXTH IXXIXG. SOX Tannehill singled. Walsh walked. Hahn hit in th nose by an ia-

shoot and badly hurt. Doctor says nose place and walked. Kling made a tine

walloped a triple under the left-field seats, driving in three mr s. Donohue flied

to Tinker. Three Knns.

CI BS Pfeister out, .Walsh to Donohue. Hofman fanned. Shecksrd flied to

O'Neill. Xo Ituns.

SEVENTH IX XING. SOX Dougherty safe on Tinker's fumble. Sullivan scritked. Pfejster tn

Chance. Tannehill hied to Sehulte, Dougherty going to third. alsh fanned.

Xo Runs. ;i ns Sehulte fanned. Chance out out, r.oh: to Donohue. Xo Runs. EIGHTH SOX O'Neill tlied to St.rirry. Jones Chance. Xo Knus. CUB Tinker and Evers fanned.

ITII IXXIXG. SOX Rohe walked and stole second. Donohue sacrificed. Pfeister to Chance. Dougherty hit to Pfeister and Rohe wss run down, Chance to Kling to Steiney. Sullivan filed to Sheekard. Xo Rous. ri HiGr.cQior batting for Pfeister, safe on fumble by Tsbell. Hofman out.

Isbel! to Donohue. Cessler went to third on v'.M p i t fanned. Xo Ituns.

Cubs Sox . 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE FRANCE IS RELEASED. 51am Aceued of Killing: George Young Adrtitte to J20.000 Ball. D'jffy France who was helj for murder In the. f.rM osree for the death of George Young, the Hobart farmer, was released on a J20.000 bail bend, which was furbished by James Roper. Charles BorerT, Ed Batterman and A. J. Swansoi:, of Hobart. He was bound over to the Circuit Court. While his attorney has taken no official action it may be that lie will ask fir a change of venue. While the circumstantial evidence is against De France, irtiil the coroner's verdict, which reads: "died of peritonitis, caused by external Injuries," may stand in good stead for the defendant, as several physicians testified that Young's heart, liver, intestines and kidneys were diseased from alcoholic stimulants, and that there was no evidence that Young had sustained any particular injury which he received in the fight. Young will be buried tomorrow.

into the hands of a speculator.

far short of expectations, but of cours That ns ninny as 12,000 people ea game when the temperature la dowm "cagey" about naming their batteries; I.undgreu for the Spud are considered decided to put In Walsh and Sulllvan fanned. Hofman out stealing. Sullivan Tinker fanned. Evers out, long fanned. Hofman out, Tannehill to Don Donohue. Sehulte fanned. Chance walked. Ituns. IMG. great stop and throw. Donohue put a Sully fanned. Evers fanned. Kling out, Isbell to Is broken. O'Neill goes to bat in his catch of Jones' foul. Isbell fanned. Kobe on a bunt, Walsh to Donohue. Steiney IXXIXG. flied to Sheekard Isbell out, Evers tir Kling out, Walsh to Donohue. Xo Huns. h. She-chard ami Sehulte 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00 0 03 2 6 0 1 CLASS SCRAP occrns. CrawfordsviII See ot Lon-Experted. Clash Between Freshmen and Sophonvire. Special to Lake County Times.) Crawforflsville.. Ind. Oct. 11. Th long-expei-tc j ciass scrap between the sopohmores and the freshmen took place this morning at 10:03 and lasted until 10:33. The rush came right after chapel while tb student were leaving tue room, and was carried to the campus. The freshmen had their colors in a tree and the sophomores succeeded in getting them down after twenty-five minutes of fighting. After this first victory they were unable to hold them, a the freshmen outnumbered them and fought desperately, professor Thomas beard that some one had been injured and ordered that the tight be stooped. Neither class iit satisfied with the result, as the light was not a decisive one. The sophomore claim they won, while the freshmen claim a draw. No one was seriously injured, but the members of both classes wer uietty badly bruised up.

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