Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 174, Hammond, Lake County, 10 January 1907 — Page 1

THE WEATHER. Cloudy weather with now tonight narmer tonight! Friday clearing and colder; .minimum to mix tit about 30.

YESTERDAY u U VOL. 1, NO. 174. KIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDxVY, JANUARY 10, 1907. ONE CENT PER COPY, CREDITABLE LO! IE POOR ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH. FAGTORY ISEEKS INLET REPORT SHOW EDITOR

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Richard Schaaf, Trustee of

North Township, Submits Figures. SMALL INDEBTEDNESS $14,000 Which Is Owing Accounts For Much, Including Hessville Public School. r. iucnara fccnaar, trustee or isortti township, has Just completed his annual

a district passenger agent of a railroad day. As the figures will show Mr. . , ,. ... w"ich traverses Indiana while he sat Schaaf has much to his credit In things tv. , , ,, ... . .. . , . , , ttle smoking section of Pullman car pertaining to the township affairs. In addition to the report there is other on the way out from Chicago to HamInformation which, when summed up, mond this morning, and that ye Hoosler is to the credit of Mr. Schaaf. editor is most outspoken in his ob-

rom tne report it win De seen tna . , , . J , . io total inilohtpflnpsa is a IMIa rnrwro the total indebtedness is a little more 14,000, a small amount for so rich a township as North, and while the indebtedness is there there. Is also someliinis uuw xur u, Liie lour room m.hl.c srhool nt HMKvin, wh.,h .. said by competent men, to be one of the best of Its kind In the state In buildinsr this school Mr. Schaaf was looking forward to the time when public schools in North township will be concentrated as much as possible nnd fhllrlrAn I nt t:t(1 nf wnlkini? fnr - - - - . - mllAQ trt tAWfl 1 1 1 1 1 H!trlrt flhnnl w 111

" v" v " uiucnnte oi ine new rate bill came ha hniilrl (hpr In n bus to some!.

modern school like the one is Hess- hme t0 rost' The efforts OI the counVlUe. try edltors o repeal the bill, or that

The expenditures In the poor fund have fallen $2,000 during the past two J - tlon. The expenditures for the poor in 1904 were ?8,562.70; in 1905, J7.123.02, and in 1906, 6,5S3.44. Four miles of macadam road have been built? under the direction of Mr OL,im4l. A. HISS UL I UUU VY ttiS JIUl built by contract, but by the farmers 0,1. Tt.i. i r .i rna - and eoston an .average f-ty. cents O. L i Lino yiau iui hi lunuaiuy i hn, relvd Mnrl ron,la and from thlr. ty to fifty cents a foot cheaper than if the work -had been done by conii8" tit c Vt i , , . , , , In anv nredictlon he wns bonffnl nf wiping out the $14,000 school debt during the present year. " . ;,., : -.. x,.,,.. ... ' ru. I C. Chick, L. II. Mattern and Philip ..v,.., I we nave examinea tne receiPts ana expenditures for North township and find nil thn accounts correct nnil nocnrrlini?- . , , ..- V .v 1, w c v , ciiiu .L'liuiioLcu uj Luc ailViSOry board of said North township And we do hereby submit the follow ing report to the tax pyers. Township balance R-celpts Expend! tun. Jan. 1, C1006) tures Balance 51626.19 $9079.84 $12819.99 Tuition fund 1344.93 3693.75 4n2l.?-; Spec, school. (Overdraft) Road fund.... Bridge fund. Door fund.... Dog fund.... Totals. 905.40 1632S.48 5S3.21 736.71 7S5.22 6207.15 781.S3 6S5.0S 465.03 6583.44 Ort-rin ou.vv oo..uy ovi.v l 7731.54 37665.15 42152.36 I S90.00 832.00 (Jan. 1 1907.) F.Lilance on hand township, $SS6.04; Tuition, $119,43; Bpeclal school fund, (overdraft), $125.59; road fund, I53S.09; bridge fund, $S27.72; poor fund, ?S3.74; dog fund, S914.90. Total Indebtedness of North town ship for outsnnding warrants. $14,586.85. This is in the special school fund. Dated Jan. S, 1907. CIIAULES CHICK, Pres 11. MATTERN. Sec'v PIIU.IP M- LAUG II LI N. F. R. SCHAAF. Trustee of N .th township. BIG STEEL WORKS FOR JAPAN. American "VVI11 Kqulp Plant tn Orient to Coat Ten Million Dollar. New York. Jan. S. Heavy contracts are now being placed here for the eciulpmrnt of large steel works, which the Japanese government Is to operate under the name of the Imperial Steel works, in the Island of Moji. The contracts are being handled by the New York offices of the Japanese contracting firms of Mltsut & Company, Takcta & Company and Okura &' Company, who are acting for American manufacturers in the matter. The Japanese plant will be by far the most Important of Its kind in the far east and will cost fully $10,000.000. The orders for equipment include 000. The orders for equipment so far call for two bar mills, a tube mill. a blooming mill, rolling tables, furnaces, cranes and a general line of steel making equipment which will represent an aggregate value of nearly $3,000,000. When the specifications were Issued in the trade here about three months ago it was supposed among the American manufacturers that they could not compete, with the Germans, who received a list of Japanese requirements about the same time. Keiwl THE LAKE COUXTV TIMES for l.ntfMt news of Culamrt district. Head The Lake County Times tor Financial Xevra.

They Plead With Congress

to Modify Law Whose Passage They Urged. NO MORE "COURTESIES" Hard Hearted Railroads Take Edict As it stands ftff - rftaw. u;,MM ..j notice ye CQuntry editQr ,g gorry ne did ,t)r hepeJ q Jo lt chuck,ed .., t . .. .. , Jection to having himse f taken serl- .... ously. The railroad official had just got through reading the Washington cor---.--.i. - T respondent of an Indianapolis news paper. "It says here," he continued, "that the lives of the Indiana senators and congressmen are being made burdens to them by the avalanche of mail which has I deseenrlpil iinnn them cini v - i I V..V, ' 1 I ' V LUC I CA1 Mg t . . I part of it which affects ihom to be almost frantic. This would be funnv if it n-or r,f Congressmen are Snamprd "The protesting letters, it says, have poured in from every .hamlet in the state which boasts of a newspaper and tne convenience of a railroad Th i " .ivai, I burden of the cry is 'Repeal, repeal!' Th railroads are-simrrlv takfrr-th t . . . , ,ftW &S " stanflS. I dare Say it Is im material to them whether the anti-pass clause stands or falls. Personally, as a former dispenser of 'courtesies,' my hfart Soes out ln sympathy to the country editor' none the less on ac count of his having helped to forge his rwn ieuers- 1 have erown to iove lllm through long acquaintance 1n,i there is nothlng f ZTlo tor Jim .t the law didn't stand in the wav ..0ne coul(J ,magine from readinr th extracts from the letters that the co n ... luu" iry eailor sPent nme-tenths of his time hop-scotching from nlaoe tn nio iou Know, or course, this is merely a good natured foible. I know an ir on our right of way who has secured enough 'personal' transnortatl girlde the earth and yet in the last ten years has never traveled hvrt tho county seat and that onlv nt faiI l l . 1 1 i 1 V . Every conductor on the road and Its i i . , , -) i . . ...muichjcs Knows nis name but the o'tiest or them has not yet become famuiar wth his various shapes. "ldn Know It W bh landed. "Durlnir thA Inst r.o , : ' v uuiutt ig ii hq was present at aU of the meetings at which the eanrHrlnto yv. n, i rrt - t UCtllCl - v v. avi. iui k tfs ronon t--v-i k'v (4 ii:u nls pledKe to do all that In him I.ta to curb the power of the railroads wnicn were corrupting our statesman ship and nullifying our nntrwio v... issuing free passes and granting rebates . He preached this doctrine in his newspaper every week. It was what his readers wanted wh,give it to them? Had nnt tv,i gressman lived up to his ante-election pledge to curb the carruptlve power of the railroads 'this editor wonM h,.a branded him as a traitor. "The fact is that the 'molriAr i, 11c opinion1 in the farming communities in this and other states has been too strenuous and has killed the gooe that laid the golden egg, or to reduce it to the concrete, damme! tn of the negotiable mileage book which neipea to pay the printer and the paper man. 'He did not think the ,0 passage he urged, would interfere with this time honored medium of barter and sale. AVns it Pure "Advert Istngr' "Possibly the authors of the rate bill possessed a sense of humor. Possibly they merely took ye editor at his word and believed that he believed the railroad pass was an unmitigated nuisance. Whatever the motives rr th thors of the bill, or whether they had any motives or not, the country editor can certainly blame himself in a large measure for the passage of the railroad rate bill; and the joke Is on the country editor. If I had anything to do with It. I would restore him at least a part of the privilege he used to enjov and which meant so much to his pleasure and profit." Effect Here. This is a matter which does not concern The Lake Covxtt Times as a business institution. This paper placed itself on record at the beginning of its existence to deal with the . railroads on a cash v-ocio t . "v ian now in fnr.n noi uueci us poncy. The advertising sr.!, r . ' The advertising space of this mn.r i! open to railroads at current rates and wnen it travels, it deals onlv with th ticket seller. That the drafters of the rate bill

Hi.. If,'... Urn regarded the exchange of transportation for advertising space eauivalent to free transportation there is no doubt In so far as it affected towns which can boast of no rivalry between rail roads. That the railroad campanies themselves issued the transportation tothe provincial newspaper men as "jolly" for whatever It might bring tJkenj anJEjgJL&HPP 9 X Ko f .measures that might be brought before the state legislature, is equally certain. This matter, however, is not classified as advertising matter, but "legitimate reading matter" and it is about all in way of benefits that could accrue to the railroads in return for the mileage they issued. NO APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR INDIANA WATERWAYS. Improvements to Harbors Only to be 3Iade When They are of Interstate or National Importance. According to the letter of John Callan O'Laughlin of the Chicago Tribune in Wednesday's paper, the chances of securing an appropriation for any of the three harbors proposed for the Calumet region are very slim. The following is a part of his telegram from Washington. Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. The total appropriations for river and harbor Improvements In the bill which will be reported shortly by Chairman Burton of the committee having the matter in charge will amount to between $72,000,000 and $73,000,000. It will be a bill less open to the charge of protecting the personal interests of members of congress than any measure of the same character heretofore reported. It will not seek to make a navigable channel in a stream which can never be of national service. It is intended to provide for the improvement of rivers and harbors which play an Important part in interstate and foreign trade. Thus more than $12,000,000 is to be authorized for the construction of another lock for the Soo canal and the construction of a better channel in Detroit river. The commerce affected by these projects amounted last year to 65.000,000 tons. It is proposed also to provide $2,400,000 for improvement of the Mississippi between Cairo and St. T.nni. to be distributed over a period of four years. Another large improvement will be that of Boston harbor f.-.,. which it is intended to authorize $4,400,000. HON. A. J. BOWSER ON HAND. Beady to Introduce His Stronger Liabil ity Act and Continuous Court Bill. A. J. Bowser, Lake and Porter coun ties' senator, is reported to h ir, t diariapolis ready to begin a fight for his measure, a stronger railway liability act. That he intends to int cut u tl measure has become generally known throughout the legislature and it is thought that if tha measure comes up i ii . " fei .t liaraer neht than ... "sin. man lion, uowser is looking for In addition to this act the onat ,, also expected to introduce the bill providing for an act creating a continuous session of the superior court in Hammond.

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Maybe the railroad magnates are affected with the "sleeping sickness.'

S FOUND DYING . BESIDE IRS! Unidentified 2&m Picked Up by Train Crew Is , Half Frozen. An unknown man about 35 years of age and dressed like a laborer, was Picked up this morning about threequarters of a mile east of Tolleston by it r i t. i . . - . a ivncmgan central ireight crew, ln -.a-c r r.,-... tti... vi. vuiiuuLLui lamia. rri , The man when found was in a bad conoiuon, nis ears and hands being frozen. It was at first thought he was dead. He was taken into the caboose and brought to Hammond. When the train arrived here Officer Trinen, who was at the depot called an ambulance and the man was taken to bt. Margaret's hospital. He now lies in an unconscious condition and is not expected to live until this evening. His clothes were searched but no means of Identification were found. It is thought by the train crew that he was struck by one of the late Michigan Central trains last night and was thrown beside the track where he lay in an unconscious state over night. The police think that the man is a laborer employed at Gary. SPEECH OF THE T0WNPUMP"Say doo Heine hass It come to It dat Hammond now supports dree cooking ciuosr Iss ltf Oi, yol, yol, yol! Nefer de less I guess we haf to git der vromens credit. "Wat I don't know Iss should mine pity go out for der husband und family before der clubs vns started or now. I dink I will divide mine sympathy und label It "llefore und After.' Maybe I get It right den. "I also vonder on wlch princlpe der clubs all started. As far as I can learn dey haf a motto which reads 'It Is nefer too late to repent.' On der odder hand der seems to be a men's anti-cooking club in formation mlt a motto wlch reads 'Better nefer at all.' It hass also come out dat one of der underlying principles of dtm clubs Iss to keep der roenner avay fon der free lunch counter vrare dey find picks-feet, Wieners, potato salad mlt lots of peflfer on It und onions und schmiercase mit roggenbrod. "Heine dry to find out wen der clubs comes to der chapter of sauerkraut und I Till suggest der name of Mutter Edelweis for a demonstrator Instead of getting somebody out fon der Armour Institute. I dink Mutter Edelweis will take der kuchen alright wen It comes to shapter 17."

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Duluth Tribune. J. N. HURTY TO LECTURE ON TUBERCULOSIS HERE. Fight on This Dread DUease a Matter of National Concern and Talk AV111 Be of General Interest. Owing to the widespread' Interest in the war on tuberculosis the lecture by DrT J : N. "Hurts" of " the slate " boat d ' o f health, which is to be given in Towle's opera house in the near future on this subject will be of great interest. All over the United States the fight against this disease, known as the white plague, is being taken up. There are various mnns rf o t . . . Progress of the disease discovered such as Proper feeding and sleeping n 11'" .!'.0t.?!; Hur.ty i una piiatse ol tne SUDj ject as well as to discuss the means i nf T-rtrv-s . j. i . fcvt-unug me spread of this scourge. i , rhe Iecture should be of great inj terest, not only to physicians but to ! me general public which should be bet ter Informed on the prevention nn.i euro oi consumption CONFUSED; IS KILLED. Peter Trudell a foreman in th ttoo. wlsch Car shops was instantly killed Tuesday morning by a Nickel Plate train while on his way to work. Tru dell was walking along apnarentlv n conscious of his approaching danger untu tne train was almost unnn birr, Then wishing to step out of its way in coniusion ne walked onto the wrong tracK ana was caught. Tmdell had only nad charge of the foundry since Sunday last. His remains wr. Buffalo, N. Y.. his former home sffr the inquest was held. SAUER TO BUILD $5,000 HOME. Architect J. T. Hutton has just completed the plans for a $5,000 residence which is to be built for Dr. F. W. Sauer of Indiana Harbor. Dr. Sauer is now living in the Farvoid building in Indiana Harbor but hopes to have his new home completed by early summer eo that he can move Into it then. WINKLER CHILD DEAD. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs Casper Winkler died Tuesday night at the home of her parents in 35S Calumet avenue. Her funeral will take place tomorrow morning. Services will be held in St. Joseph's church at 9 o'clock. KANKAKEE RIVER IS HIGH. C. J. Kern of Valparaiso received a telephone message yesterday morning from a friend at Eaum's bridge stating that the Kankakee river was the highest it has been for years and that corn in many fields that had not been cut was in three feet of water. DWYER SHAKING HANDS. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 7. Among the senators who arrived last night ard shook hands with the "boys" in the lobby of the Claypool hotel were Clamor Pelzer of Boonville, bosom friend of Senator Hemenway; John Tyndall of Decatur, the democrat with the big voice; Roscoe Kirkman of Richmond and Richard C. McClain of Kentland, one of the senate's xthree physicians! Representatives who arrived were "Curt" Meeker of Montftello, Charles C. Schreeder of Evansvllle, James McKinney of Redkey, Andrew Behymer of Elwood, Joseph Burns of Montpelier. S. C. Dwyer of Lowell, C. O. Fleming Of Hartford City and Gus Grieger of Xla-nna.

Sixty-fifth General Assem

bly Is Now Under Way. MEVER SLIPPED A COG Wheels Greased in Caucus Last Night Run Smoothly This Morning And All's Well. The Sixty-Fifth session of the gen eral assembly of the state of Indiana is now under way. Both houses met shortly after 10 o'clock and after organzlng adjourned to reassemble this afterno6n at o'clock to hear the reading of the gov ernor s message. A comprehensive synopsis of the lat ter may be found on page eight of this edition of The Lake County Times. The action this morning was prefunctory on the part of both branches of the legislature. Everything had been arranged last night in caucus and at the early session this morning the business were merely a ratification of what had been agreed upon last night Julian D. Hogate of Danville was chosen secretary of the senate; Charles Lane of Fort Wayne, assistant secretary and Oliver H. Jones of Muncie, was made chief doorkeeper. The only action outside the ratification of these officers was the appointing of the com mittes and this having been accom plished, the senate adjourned to meet this afternon with the house for the long anticipated message. Branch Is Speaker. The house was organized in accord ance with the caucus program. Emmet F. Branch of Martinsville, was chosen speaker, Milton C. Hastings of Washington, principal clerk and Charles E Wintrode of Huntington,' chief doorkeeper. " After the reading of the message, which 'will take several hours In its delivery, it Is expected that both branches will 'adjourn until Friday. Friday's program is expected to embrace nothing more important than the giving out of jobs in case the com mutes are ready to report by .that time. Of course there will be commit tee meetings of some kind tomorrow, unless all signs fail. OUT FOR THE RIBBONS. Besides looking after hfs business as insurance inspector, E. E. Beck finds time to give to his fancy poultry, and has at the present time six specimens at the Detroit exhibition. Mr. Beck went to Blue Island yesterday to visit the Northeastern Illinois Poultry exhibition. He also intends to make several entries Into the Chicago poultry show. FASTED FOR TEN DAYS. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 8. Jacob A. Wilkinson, section foreman on the Wabash railway, has completed a fast of ten days in order to reduce his flesh, his stoutness affecting his heart action. He started in at 250 pounds and ended at 240 pounds in splendid health. The fast proved beneficial to him, and during it he continued his work on the road. Wilkinson is an advocate of fasting and this is his second long fast. After the first day he claims he suffered but little inconvenience from hunger. LE GBROKEN IN CAVE IN. While working in the sewer that is being built in South Hohman street the earthwork caved in and fell upon Joseph Beitler. The weight of the ground broke his leg above the knee and it was necessary to remove him to the hospital. Beitler was In the emploce of Contractors Shea and O'Shea. ANGUS FOREMEN TAKEN ILL. Mike Caterlne, one of the foremen in the employ of Angus brothers at the Standard Steel Car company, was taken 111 with chills and fever while at work this morning, and was bundled up and brought in to a local doctor's office by one of the Angus brothers this morning in his carriage. Caterina was feeling better this afternoon and will soon be back to work. He is regarded as a splendid executive and his continued illness would be quite a loss to the company. IN DIFFERENT QUARTERS. In speaking of the scarlet fever epi demic that la raging in Whiting at the present time, it was said in these columns Monday that the Nichols home had been quarantined, when it should have read that the Michols home in Schrage avenue was quarantined. INVESTIGATION RESUMED. Valparaiso, Ind., Jan. 9. The Porter county grand jury today resumed the investigation of the Baltimore and Ohio railway wreck at Woodville. A num. ber of prominent officials of the railway are in attendance. It is expected that the Inauirv will ho finish vi.

Friday.

Calumet Electric Wishes to Extend Its Line to the Business Section.

MORE DIRECT ROUTE Promises to Shorten Street Rail, way Time Between Sixty-Third Street and Here. nf , 1? f Weks representatives of he calumet Electric Street railway "ill appear before the Hammond city council with a request for a f ranch Z through the heart of the city to en! able t to extend its present line from a point just west of . Roby. .through Colehour, South Deering. Burnha and Hegewisch to ,. Hammond. . which! will b, the terminus of the line. ' . "tension ha, long been con, templated but It only recently-, since the location of . - -u uiouuuru jsieei Car company, ln fact-that I. M. Cobe. xr,ver ior the road, in conference with the stockholders, decide that If entrance was tobe eecured Into Hammond and the termlnni nt . u": " ,e5,on' something would have to be done at nee. Owing to the tangle of ir.,ir. LT, .V lne cny nas feeen platted, there are onlv twr, Bible entrances to the business portion of the city from th. northwest The Hammond, Whiting and East" Chicago street railway's f,-,,,-. make entrance from the north impossible and the franchise It has on the loop , gives It the exclusive right to oiaie ana Hlbley streets This leaves Plummer and Rl'mbach avenues as the onlvoth.rm., . ress tp the business district nt ..... and hence the dire of the Calumet electric officials to secure a franchUe on one of these streets before some company strata them -out. w Boutn Chicago the Calumet electrie has a reputation nf o-iv..,,. .... , , two quickest and most satisfnrtrrx, i. to 63rd street and the elevated railroad. Its northern termlnas is 63rd street and South Park avenue, adjoining White City. The cars ar lr ble-truck affairs that are always 'clean. wnai is even more important tho route over this lin. is mor irt Is through a sparsely settled riftrSt that makes greater sneed nnihi. t is a matter of general information in South Chicago that the Calumet electric will save from fifteen to twentyminutes In the trip to the city. ine route from South Chicago to Hammond Is also several mil noo. than that taken by the South rt oCity railway, as It runs directly to wards Hammond from South Chi-,-. passing through Colehour, South Deer-. Ing and the territory between Laka Calumet and Wolf Lake to Hegewisch irom wnicn place the route will be directly south over the Burnham road to West Hammond. I' rom West Ham mond the rniifr through the city of Hammond will bo determined later when the rer,reRntotives of the road have had a chance to confer with the city officials. irnever, this much Is known, that whether one route or another is selected it win De through the center of the city to the Standard Steel Car company and later may be extended to Gary. The officials of the Calumet F.!rtrt company will approach the Hammond city council with considerable assurance that they will not be turned down. They will have to offer an up to date, thoroughly equipped line that will run over a route so much more direct that there will be a saving of from thirty to forty-five minutes In the trip t 63rd street. The Calumet electric Is said to have a record for doing things that will go a long way in influencing the members of the board of public works and city council in their favor as against the South Chicago City Railway company, which has nothing but failure to fulfill promises. When the plans of the Calumet electric are carried out. It Is believed that the company which is now handling the traffic between Hammond and 63rd street will not be able to compete for the through traffic. They will of course be ln the field as competitors for the traffic between the cities of Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and the "along the route" business, but when it comes to the through haul the local street railway will be a negligible quantity. The South Chicago city rallway'3 route to 63rd street coull never be changed to enable them to run Into Chicago in as short a time as th Calumet electric will be able to run when the extension is completed. The new street car company Is purchasing a right of way nearly all of the way from Scuth Chicago and evidently expects in this way to be able to run an express service from Hammond to South Chicago, no matter how thickly the intervening territory becomes populated. This will be equal to a new industry to Hammond for it will enable the hundreds of men who are employed in the Hegewisch mills and who will soon be employed in the big car works that are to tie built in Burnham, to liva In Hammond and go back and forth

to their work for a five cnt fare.