Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 172, Hammond, Lake County, 8 January 1907 — Page 1

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Legislature Overwhelmed by Avalanche of Measures to "Eegulate " Things. THING IS 0IITTED Will Consider Eailroads, Cigarets, ,- Insurance, "Lids" and Seems Bent I on Limiting Everything. (Special to Luke County Times). Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8. The big Interest In the sixty-fifth session of the general assembly that meets next Thursday centers around the so-called administration measures insurance, two cent fare, public depositories for public funds, further regulation of the liquor business, further control of railroads and further control of corporations generally, through a new corporation law. Twice that many will the governor recommend strongly, and - many times that number will he endorsed The above may be taken as the leading measures however. In addition to these are the measures that the state, county, township, city and town officers are interested in; measures that teachers, doctors, veterinarians, etc., are Interested in; and bills that the legislators themselves will bring to .court, because of some local condition that needs fixing up. Insurance, first of all, for the sake of having a beginning. Fire insurance will probably not be touched by the governor, nor made an issue during the legislature. Fraternal ' Insurance will be given some considerable consldera lion, though perhaps not so much at the governor's hands. State Auditor Billheimer will have a bill for the fur ther regulation of fraternal3 probably, hOTvever, " - To Cheapen Coat of Insurance. Indiana life insurance companies are has publicly said that new laws gov ernlng these companies must be enact ed. These new bills will look to one end cheapening the cost of insurance to the insured. Whether it be done by limltation of salaries and commissions general limitation of the first year's pxi penst-, limitation of the amount that a company may have for first year's expense whatever the method, the end will be the same, a cheapening of the cost of Insurance. The fact that the officers of some of the Indiana compan les think that these limitations would put them out of business shows with fcufflclent clearness that their opposi tion will be tremendous. Two cent fare there will be a dozen two cent fare bills introduced in the legislature, and it seems now that the fight will be one as to whose name shall be attached to it, rather than one as to whether such a bill will pass. Some bill drawn on the basis of gross earnings ptr mile Is expected to find preference over a flat reduction bill. Public depositories for public funds perhaps a dozen of them, too, within the first week of the session. The Marlon County Bar association has prepared one bill; one of the most important of the state officers has prepared another bill; and It is understood that a lawyer who is a close personnl friend of the governor has been asked to prepare a third bill along this line. The big difference in the bills will be the method of securing the public funds, when deposited In Institutions. Further regulation of the liquor business the $1,000 license is being discussed; also, the attempt to wipe out the blind tigers. Along these lines comes another and more drastic cigarette bill that may be introduced. If so, it will have to win on its merits, or not at all. Mew Commission Hill. Further control of te railroads this control to be embodied in a new railroad commission bill, or a series of. amendments to the old bill, supplemented by additional legislation. The new railroad commission bill will probably furnish the basis for the fight muus mis linn t 1P now Mil --m it It embodies the recommendations of the commission, immeasurably Increase the powers of the regulating authority, the commission itself. Further regulation w large corporations generally this will -obablv be Bought by means of a bill that v"" give to the governor or the attorney general, or both, the authority to compel' prosecuting attorneys to act against corporations. At present the prosecutor Is absolute; no one can coerce him. But If some superior power is given the power to compel him to act, anti-trust provisions may become effective. Besides these scores upon scores of other measures are already outlined: Anti-discrimination law, urged against the railroads and their alleged collusion with the Standard Oil company; reform in the public printing; reorganization of the insurance department of the state auditor's office; creating of a public and traveling examiner; consideration of the fight between Indiana university and Purdue university; private bank bill; pure food and public health bill, etc., without number. At least the above furnish a suggestion of what will be brought before the members of the slxtv-nfth ireneral assembly, th& meets Ttuirsdayr

FESTIVITIES JUST GLO

Foreigners at Gary Continue Revelry Beyond End of American Holidays. E II FEATURE After Religious Festival Comes So cial Enjoyment Brings Memories of Fatherland. Gary, Ind., Jan. 8. Last evening and today make up the close of the holiday festivities among our foreign population. This includes Hungarians, Poles, Slavs, Austrians and Servians. The festive season among them be gins with Christmas and runs thirteen days after Christmas day. The earlier celebrations are more of a religious nature but these of the last few days are genuine feasts, with plenty of food, drink and song. The entire population of some eight hundred people living along the river on either side of Broadway, is taking part in the celebration. Yesterday In front of every shack could be seen groups of men and women clad In their best, watching interestedly the preparations for the feast of the evening. Two forked sticks had been driven into the ground some ten feet apart. In the forks hung a Dole some twelve feet in length which had been cut green and peeled so that it was clean, and this stick or pole' ran through the length of the body of a fat, young porker that had been dressed carefully. On the ground underneath a srood fire of coals burned and one or two men watched carefully the roasting pig. Inside the shacks the women were making great preparations in the way of baking and boiling. There for the Feast. By evening the preparations were complete and the occupants of the different shacks sat down to the feast. The roast pig was brought in on an Immense platter, all bedecked and ready hands served the courses of viands, freely Interspersed with heavy drams of beer, Avine and whisky. It took no great effort of the mind to picture as one sat at the feast, a similar feast in the wilds of the Black Forest or in the mountain homes of this interesting people, or the feast of a feudal baron with his vassals. Here they were at home and their songs of home and its associations were sweet music to the ears of the feasters and the singers were encored until they must rest from sheer physical fatigue. In some of the places they became over-boisterous, but most of them were well behaved. The occasion is one of interest to the casual outsider who may chance to be invited to partake J with them and gives an interesting glimpse of the pleasant side of life of a hard-working frugal people. JUDGE M'MAHAN TO TRY FAMOUS WATERWORKS SUIT. tnse Has Been Iu the Court For Years and Decision Will He Important as All eel lug Other Litigation. (Special to Lake County Times) LaPorte. Ind.. Jan. 8. Judge John C. Richter of the LaPorte circuit court today named Judge McMahan of Crown Point to hear the famous water works case in which LaPorte is so vitally Interested. The case involves the right of the city of LaPorte to operate th nkrt from which the city is now securing its water supply and as the litieation involves points in law that affect other cases of the kind that are on trial in various portions of the state, Judge McMahan's decision will be of great importance and will no doubt affect the settlement of all of the other cases. Lawyers say that because of the nature of the case and the points of law involved, his decision will probably De quoted m tne courts for years to come. This particular suit has been In the courts for years and the people of LaI'orte are looKing forward with considerable Interest to Judge McMahan's decision. JESSE C0E IS NOT FORGOTEN. Mew Circulars Calling for Murderer's Arrest To Be Sent Broadcast. Indianapolis, Jan. 7. Xew police circulars offering the increased reward of over $1,500 for the arrest of Jesse Co, the negro murderer of Patrolman Charles Russell Sept. 30, 1906. are being printed and will soon be circulated broadcast In the police departments of the United States. The new circular will bear the best picture of the murderer that Is obtainable and will be sent into every state in the Fnion and along the frontier towns of Canada and Mexico. Since it was learned that the negro arrested at Florence. Colo., is not Coe no word of the possible whereabouts of the desperate negro has been received in Indianapolis. However, Chief Metzger says that months may pass, but Coe will not be forgotten wherever he may go. Coe it will be remembered was one of the principals in the Austgen safe robbery.

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NEXES ALL AT'S LEF East Chicago Council Adopts Eesolution Absorbing 1,000 Acres. REVIVE DHT DISTRICT Recommend Property Owners Be Held Responsible For Damage From Defective Walks. At a meeting of the East Chicago city council last evening nearly two square miles of territory were added to that city and in the words of Mayor DeBrale when questioned as to the ex act location and amount of territory to be taken in, "East Chicago has annexed all of the territory that is not already annexed to Hammond. The annexation was made ' by" resolution and of course will stand providing the property owners do not remonstrate against it. The territoryinvolved roughly described includes all of the land east and south of the present corporate limits of East Chicago, west of the corporate limits of Gary and north of the Grand Calumet river. It includes the land now occupied by the Grasselli Chemical Works, 180 acres owned by the Grasselli company, nearly 900 acres owend by the East Chicago company and several smaller pieces of land owned by various other persons. In all there is over 1,000 acres of land involved. All Calumet Acreage Incorporated. The effect of the annexation of this territory is that with one exception all of the acreage in the Calumet region is now included in the corporate limits of either Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, Gary or Tolleston. This one exception of the land that lies south of the Calumet river and East of Gibson and Hessville to the. Gary limits. One of the important matters that came up for discussion was the reestablishing of a prohibition district for the city of East Chicago. There is now an ordinance in force which defines a residence district and prohibits the sale of liquor within certain lim ns oui in me opinion or several of the aldermen this would keep out all kinds of business houses and so the ordinance is to be replaced by another. The territory that it is now proposed to in clude in the prohibition district is all the territory that lies north of the Wa bash tracks and west of Todd avenue. To Save City Damage Suits. The aldermen decided to adopt the recommendation of the city attornev that the chief of police and his officers notify property owners when their walks are dangerous and defective and hold them responsible for all claims that are brought against the city from this source. The city attorney was authorized to take action against the National Con struction company and the firm that went on their maintenance bond to re cover the smjo of $900 that has already been spent in repairing the new plant. The dangerous nature of the several crossings was pointed out to the counThe Lake County Times want ad column Is a beneficiary to 20,000 dcodI. i It's tor fovtm

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cllmen among them being the Michigan avenue crossing of the Indiana Harbor railroad, the Michigan avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad and the Indiana Harbor railroad crossing at Chicago avenue and the canal. The city attorney was instructed to notify the railroads to put up gates and hire watchmen at all of the crossings. .

JORDAN DEALS SUMMARILY WITH SHORT WEIGHT BUTCHER Harry Bennett of South Chicago Fined $10 and Costs for Failing to Give Full Measure Promises Institution. H. Bennett, a. South Chicago butcher, coming to Hammond and East Chicago on regular trips to supply his customers with meat, was fined $10 and costs before Justice of the Peace W. A. Jordan this morning. Mrs. John Hargus, who owns a little butcher shop on the north side, was the complaining witness. She said that one order was short nearly twenty pounds. Although Justice Jordan intends to deal out the strictest justice to shortweight men he was inclined to be lenient with Bennett as the latter pleaded guilty and promised to make restitution. Bennett said that the shortweight was not Intentional, as he nau soia uie meat ror the same amount that he bought it of the Chicago packers. Upon this he was informed by Justice Jordan that that did not alter the case as he was supposed to weigh all the meat that he sells. SEWERS FOR CROWN POINT: CONSULT CHICAGO ENGINEER. Town Board at Regular Meeting Takes First Steps Looking Toward Installation of Vp-to-Date Drainage System. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Jan. 8. The town board at their meeting last evening decided to take the first steps in the construction of a sewer system, and ordered a consultation with W. P. Shields, a civil engineer of Chicago, on the subject. Mr. Shields will be asked to give an estimate of the cost of making surveys, draining specifications and preparing plans for an up-to-date system of sewers. It is generally conceded that a purification plant of some kind will have to be put in to dispose of the sewage and a thorough investigation will be made by the board as to the best system to be adopted. RAILROAD TARXS. So popular have THE LAKE COUXTY TIMES serials proved that In today's paper we commence something entirely new, a series of railroad stories written by the foremost railroad story writer of the day. Frank II. Spearman, himself a practical railroad man. These stories will be run each day and while they will hold a close personal Interest for the "railroader,' they will be much enjoyed by all our readers. BUYS FOR HAMMOND PLANT. Dr. G. II. McLin has returned from a business trip to Chicago and Hammond. While there he purchased an equipment for a bottling plant which he will establish in Hammond soon! The plant w&l have an output of 120 dozen bottles of Kolatona a day, and will supply the demand about Hammond and Chicago suburbs. He will advertise extensively in that vicinity. On the return trip he stopped at St. Joe, Mich., for a visit with his wife, who Is In a. sanitarium there. He says siia is rapidly improving.-

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THAT MARRIAGE TRUST AGAIN

Justice Fisher's Aspirations To One Nipped in the Bud BOARD AIMS THE BLOW Commissioner's Decree That Cere monies May Not Be Performed Within Court House. vjrown i-oint, ind., Jan. 8. Prompt action on the part of the county commissioners at Crown Point has nipped in the bud any aspirations Justice of the Peace Fisher may have cherished of becoming a marriage trust. The marriage license business is not proving to be an unmixed joy even in jruiin, iur an eaict nas gone forth in which County Clerk Wheeler did not figure, and which threatens to bust the trust that Mr. Wheeler's au tocracy merely transferred for the time being from Hammond to the county seat. The act whereby the county commissioners have put a crimp in Justice 1-ishers arrangements, was simple, but effective. It decrees that under no circumstances will marriage ceremonies oe permutea in any of the rooms of the court house, so it looks as though Justice Fisher, who is deputized to issue the licenses, will have to seek outside offices for the performance of the ceremonies, or cut out his official prerogatives in this connection as a Justice of the peace. Gives all a Chance. This arrangement will give Crown Point's other justices who had apparently become reconciled to their fate, a chance at a small portion of the "graft" that accompanies the increased matrimonial traffic that has been thrust upon Crown Point. Of course the way things stood before the commissioners took a hand, there seemed little likllhood that any of the to-be-married couples would get beyond the hands of Justice Fisher who. by virtue of his dual office of clerk and judge, had them coming and going. But under the present conditions, while Fisher will still get the bulk of the business, undoubtedly a little of It will find its way into ot'her channels. It is claimed that in yesterday's action by the board may be seen the fine Italian hand of the Justices who had been left out in the cold and whose "Influence" was greater than had been reckoned on. At the same meeting of the county commisisoners it was provided to move County Superintendent Curtis' office to the second floor of the court house and turn the room made vacant by Mr. Curtis over to County Clerk Wheeler! GETS SIXTEEN RABBITS. Chas Baker went on a hunting trip to " Knots, Ind., and succeeded in bagging sixteen rabbits in two days. He returned yesterday with a fine bag to make good his claim. THE LAKE COIXTL TIMES Is the leadins daily paper In Northern Indlln "news'' and "circulation.

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Four Men Who Occupy Cells in Murderer's Eow at Michigan City, Show Stolid Indifference to Fate.

(Special to Lake County Times). LaPorte, Ind., Jan. 7. Stolid indifference to the certainty of fate has marked the daily life of John Lapidat and Constantine Strathocopoulos, the two Lake county murderers awaiting the coming of the hangman in the Northern Indiana prison at Michigan City. Four men occupy cells on murderer's row, and the first victim, George Williams, an Indianapolis negro who killed a police officer, will be hanged within a few minutes after 12 o'clock the night of February 8. William A. Spores, an Illiterate white from one of the southern counties, will follow him to the potter's field on February 25. It is the plan of Warden Held to let the gallows stand in the chamber of death until after the Lake county man slayers have gone to their doom In March. The prison chaplain is doing all in his power to awaken some religious feeling in the two men, but with little success. Havo Lost Hope. They have to all outward appearances lost hope that their lives may be saved by legal or executive intervention, and it is the opinion of the prison officials that both men will go to their death without a tremor, with an indifference which even the weirdness of the hour or the fact that they must answer a higher Judgment will fail to awaken. There has been some talk of an appeal to the Greek consul at Washington on behalf of the slayer of Demetrius Kacklemanis, but it is doubtful if any further interest will be taken in the fate of the man who had little regard for human life when his passions became aroused. There is more interest In the Greek than in Lapidat for the reason that the Greek is believed to know but little of American laws, while Lapidat killed his man with careful premeditation. There is little to relieve the monotony of passing days for the men who must satisfy the exacting demands of Indiana justice. They eat their meals apart from the other convicts, and are permitted to take a certain amount of exercise each day. They are privileged to look at books and papers, to receive as many .ylslts .from the chaplain, as they desire, and little whims aro readily acquiesced In by the officials, who PRONE TO MIX HIS METAPHORS. County Editor Greatly Amuses Edwin Markbam With Ills Efforts. Edwin Markham at a dinner in New York said of mixed metaphors: "When I was teaching In Los Angeles I used to read every week a little country paper whose editor's metaphors were an unfailing Joy to me. Once I remember, this editor wrote of a contemporary: " 'Thus the black lie, issuing from the base throat becomes a boomerang In his hand and, hoisting him by his own petard, leaves him a marked man for life.' "He said in an article on home life: 'The faithful watchdog or the good wife standing at the door welcomes the master home with honest bark.' "Another time, on a more personal matter, he declared: 'Our cow has been milked in the pasture for three mornings running before we got to it. We know who the miscreant is, and if he does it again we will mention his name, let th'e chips fall where they will. "In an obituary of a farmer he wrote: "The race was run at last. Like a tired steed he crossed the harbor bar and, casting aside whip and spur, lay down upon that bourne from which no traveler returns. EAST CHICAGO TO BUILD $35,000 CITY HALL AT ONCE. Council Appoints Committee to Take Preliminary Steps Toward the Erection of Xew Home for Municipal Government. The city of East Chicago is to have a new city hall that will cost $35,000. A committee of the council has been authorized by resolution to make the preliminary estimates and it is proposed to build the new structure at once. East Chicago like Hammond, has been putting up with an excuse for a city hall for the past four or five years and it is now proposed to build a new one that will be a credit to the city. Either East Chicago is to be very extravagant in the buldlng of the new home for the city government or Hammond is very modest in the amount that it expects to spend for this purpose for the difference between $35,000 to be spent in East Chicago and the $50,000 to be spent in Hammond, would scarcely represent the difference between the resources of the two cities. HOBOES' CONVENTION HERE. Weary Willies seemed to come from all the points of the compass last night for the purpose of securing a night's lodging in the police station. They began coming in early in the evening and by 8 o'clock there were eleven in the jail room hunting for a soft place on the cement floor upon which to spend the night. It was a motley looking crowd and to see them one would have imagined that some hoboo's convention was la session'

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endeavor to Inject as much light at possible into the long and dark hours which mark the last days of men condeemed to expiate their crimes on th gallows. Escape a Possibility. A contingency might develop which) would save the lives of the four men. If Gus Condo, of Marlon, should b successful in having the coming session of the legislature abolish capital punishment in Indiana and the law should become operative under an emergency clause, it Is the concensus of legal opinion that the courts might so construe it that commutation of sentences might result and that Instead of meeting death on the gallows the four murderers would be permitted to 'live until death ends their penal servitude. When the fateful day comes for the hanging of the two Lake county men the death warrants will be read to them by the warden or his deputy In the afternoon. They will be provided with neat black suits and new underwear. They will be served with whatever they want to eat, they will be visited at frequent intervals by the chaplain, who will pray for the salvation of their souls, and the death watch will be placed. Shortly before the midnight hour the death chamber will be illuminated, the gallows having been previously tested, and as soon as the hour of twelve has pealed forth, a detail of guards, with the chaplain, and the warden and his deputy, will approach the cell of the man who must first die. With soldlerlr orecision ti, small body of men will enter the death chamber, the condemned man will be assisted to mount the gallows, the noose will be placed about his neck, the black cap drawn, and then t . signal the trap will be sprung and the jaw s victim will be susnendert tn space until physicians, for whom th. state makes provision nronounc Mm dead. The body will then be cut down. put into a casket, carried to the dead wagon in waiting with the walls, and taken to a down town morgue, whils the same detail of men will return to the cell of the second man and the same grewsome proceedings will aeain be -enacted. - ..... Thus will two crimes be excatiated unless the law intervenes. TWO EAST CHICAGO BANKS HAVE DIRECTORS MEETING. G. J. Bader Is Elected President of Both the East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Banks. At the annual meeting of the stockholders held in East Chicago this afternoon the following officers and directore of the two East Chicago banks were elected. First National Bank of East ChicagoPresident G. J. Bader. Cashier -J. G. Allen. Directors G. J. Bader, J. G. Allen, A. G. Schllcker, Robert Speer, Clarence C. Smith, Julian IL Youche and P. IPDonovan. Indiana Harbor State Bank. President G. J. Bader. Vice President Julian II. Youche. Cashier T. IL Ericson. Directors W. It. Holligan. P. P. Donovan, G. J. Bader, T. II. Ericson and Julian II. Youche. Both banks were reported to be la a flourishing condition. WILL MAKE BRISK BUSINESS FOR CITY BENCH AND BAR. Lawyers who have been maklns- a. specialty of personal injury cases, look forward to added business when the Standard Steel Car company is located here next summer. That Information, of course, is not all together cheering to the company, nevertheless they realize that personal injury cases will come in one location as well as in another and would never let this retard their coming. A suit is pending now against the Butler, Pa. concern in which James Qulgley of that place, is asking for $25,000 because of the loss of an arm which he" suffered about a year ago while employed in the company's yards. 44 SPEECH OF THE OWN PUMP. "My frcnt yon must not confound simple spelling mlt reform spelling. Dare iss a himmelweit difference between des two. For Instance der simple lss dead alreaddy wile der spirit of reform Ins marching on. "Personally I liked the simple you don't haf to go to school much to learn It, but mlt der reformed It Iss different. It lss more expensive. Simple spelling lss dead so we let It RIP. But de reform Iss growing efry day and It Is bard to keep up mlt Jt. I gif yon some exampies of reformed for Instance "Water motors for Hammond lss spelled $30.(iOO. "Xew city hall looks like $!0,OOO. "January wedder, grip. "Slow work, legislation. "Highest tax levy, Hammond. "Two counties, agitation. "Getting on de water wagoa lss spelled January 1st. "Getting oft again Iss spelled January 6th. "Dere ere more of course but dese ere enough alreddy to make you dig down deep."