Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 190, Hammond, Lake County, 30 January 1907 — Page 1

THE WEATHER. Fair and decidedly colder tonight and Thursdays minimum tonight about 5." Circulation iryn Yesterday 040 JL v J VOL. 1, NO. 190. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1907. ONE CENT PER COPX ILL CHUCK WILL PROMISE "SALOIE" STILL . U. ROAD

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Assembly Disgusted With School Fight Which Has Become a Nuisance. 2 CENT RATE ASSURED liter Wrangling Long Over Amendments Measure Passed to Engrossment. (Special to Lake County Times.) Indianapolis, Jan. 30. It looks as If the general assembly would just chuck over the whole medical college proposition, and refuse to recognize either of the two school? In tho house, yesterday, the bill a itriS the State University to have a two year medical Bchool here was defeated by a vote of 51 to 44. It was the middle-of-the-roaders who defeated the bill those who did not care, particularly, one way or another. And in all probabilities, they will defeat the Purdue bill in the same way. The truth is that the members of the general assembly are sick and tired of the entire fight, from beginning to end. Petitions, letters, remonstrances, buttonholings, etc., there has been more of it on this school fight than any other In the legislature. And it begins to look as If both schools would get nothing. Not so with the two-cent rate bill; this bill passed to engrossment after a debate lasting practically all day. The bill that passed to engrossment provides for a straight two cent a mile rate, with the privilege of carrying 150 pounds of baggage free. Penalty for Mr. Ticket Purchaser. The bill . that Senator Bland introduced provjded that in case the passenger did not buy a ticket, he should pay a penaltS' of one-half cent a mile that Is, two and one-half cents ' a mile. Senator Kirknmn proposed the amendment providing for a straight twocent' fare, cash or tickets. It was on this aniendrnent that the debate centered practically all day, though Roemler made the attempt to amend the amendment by making a ten cent pen alty for those who did not "buy a ticket. Late yesterday afternoon, the senate passed the bill, as. amended by Senator Kirkman, to engrossment, by a vote on Kirkman's motion of 29 in favor of it to seventeen against it. The senate fought shy of the bill "enlarging the power of the attorneygeneral," known as the Hawkins antitrust bill, passing it to engrossment with very little debate. A motion was made to amend it when called up today, by excepting labor unions from its provisions, but as that amendment was offered by a democrat. It was not carried. The action of sending this bill over to engrossment was decided upon at a noon caucus of the republican senators, yesterday. There the fact that there were four anti-trust bil.ls to be considered was outlined, and it was decided that all of them should be printed, and then come up before tlie senate on third reading. Here would be time enough for amendments. This and other anti-trust bills will probably have serious sledding, and may not get through, unless mr erial modifications are made. Still another p...ary election bill was introduced in the liouso yesterday afternoon, and the same one was to be introduced in the senate some time today. This makes the fifth primary election bill that has been Introduced in either branch. The most Important of the others is the Roemler bill, that has been printed. l ife Insurance Hill at Standstill. The life Insurance measure is at a .standstill. It seems that the public hearings are over, and yet the committee is not ready to report on the Babcock bill as yet. The bill making the agent the asent of the company and not the agent of the assured, passed the house today. And an anti -rebate bill has been Introduced in both the house and the senate, but no action has been taken on this bill as yet. It seems settled that there will be some modifications made to the Babcock bill as presented originally. These modifications will be along the genenal lines of reducing the power of the Insurance commissioner. There is a tendency to provide, also, that the commissioner shall not be appointed solely by the governor, but either appointed by him, and the appointment confirmed by the senate, or election by the people, though this is not done In any state In the union. The wind veers around in favor of democratic Senator Bingham, In the contest case that Is being waged for Bingham's St. Joseph county seat in the senate, by Thad M. Talcott, republican, who held the seat two and four years ago. Though none of the members of the committee will give any definite expression, it seems that they feel that the contestor'a case has not teen made.

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Street Car Co. Balks on Exchange of Transfers With South Bend Line. SCHROETER REPORTS Members of Committee Appointed to See Cameroi for Standard Steel Extension States Terms. The street car company has expressed its willingness to enter into a unique agreement with the city of Hammond, regarding the extension of its line on Conkey avenue in order to give transportation to the emnloves of the Standard Seel Sar company. The company is willing to 'promise" that they will honor transfers of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway company "to a certain extent," but they are not willing to embody this promise in their franchise with the city. Moreover the company exacts the same rights and privileges from the city as those it already holds in its fifty year franchise which would mean that the franchise for the extension would expire simultaneously with its other franchise., Jacob Schroeter brought out these facts at the meeting of the city council last night when he presented the report of the committee appointed by the council to wait upon the officials of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Street Car company with a view to securing the desired extension of the company's lines. Alderman Schroeter was inclined to be willing to accept this "promise" in the absence of anything more binding. The meeting last night was a sort of feeler for Mayor Becker in order to get the consensus of opinon of the council members on the question. Opinions were given, some readily and some more reluctantly. The leaning of, the council Is towarci; granting the f ran chise. This, however, does not Include John Kane. - Mr. Kane la decidedly against any move that will give the street car company any further privileges in Hammond, especially under the franchise that it now holds. The essence of his talk last night was: "I for one am going to stand by the taxpayers and I don't think that it is right for this council to give way to a company which is treating the peo ple of Hammond as It does. We were elected on a platform that did not harmonize with that of the old council, and I don't think it is right for us to do the exact thing that it did." When the mayor asked for other opinions on the subject John Becker advised a little more time for consideration. Jacob Schroeter thought if there is nothing else to be clone the council should grant the franchise, and get at least a promise that the Cameron lines would accept transfers from crossing lines. Council Eastwood said that he is inclined to hesitate before giving away any more of the rights of way. Mayor Becker then spoke and tried to show in figures and arguments that while the stand that Mr. Kane has taken was the theoretical and ideal one that it was not the practical one. Mayor Becker is for granting the franchise and anticipating the howl of "grafters" from the chronic kicker, the mayor has stolen the latter's thounder by admitting he expected it. Mayor Becker said in part: "This council can't afford to be a knocker or a blocker. You know that the Standard Steel Car company must have transportation and must have It immediately. I gave my word of honor to Mr. Hansen at New York last fall and promised him transportation. Of course at the time I thought that we could get it for a twenty year franchise. There is a big difference between giving away a franchise on a side street for a few blocks and giving away the best streets of a city and excluding every other company." Here Councilman Schaaf chimed in and said: "Mayor ven you haf bromised you Bhtick to your wordt. Go ahead. It's alright. The street car company don't get much fon uns anyvay." Messrs Pascaly and Swanton thought that the benefit to the city would be greater than its loss by giving the franchise. Before the street car question was taken up Councilman Pascaly registered a "kick" against the "rotten gas" as he put it, that is now being furnished by gas company. Others in the council intimated that the company is not furnishing the required tvo thousand candle power light and that in fact it is unable to do so with its present equipment. Some were in favor of making a test, but It was pointed out to them that this could not be done under much less than $1,000 and that the expense at this time hardly warranted it. When Councilman Eastwood arose to ask what this council could do to prevent railroad engines from whistling while passing through Hammond, he was answered by Mayor Becker, who said that there is an ordinance prohibiting the whistling, but that it was up to Governor Hanly's police department to enforce the ordinance, and that not too much can be expected from the department as it Is kept busy to see J that all saloons are closed after 11.

1 This picture was taken to show how the Inland Steel corporation has chosen a site for the new furnaces on the lake front. In the foreground may be seen the harbor, , which will soon be open to navigation when the three bascule bridges that are to span the harbor are built and the canal is open to navigation. In the foreground the barren waste of sand may be seen which, will be transformed into a scene of great industrial activity should the Bowser bill be passed. '

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The above pictures show the great activity of the Inland Steel company which is building three blast furnaces at a cost of $3,000,000 at Indiana Harbor. The pictures were taken to show how the submerged land on the lake will be utilized if the state grants corporations the right to reclaim and own the submerged land. There will not only be millions of dollars of taxable property built in the state, but hundreds 'and thousands of men will be employed who will add to the great prosperity of this region. . .

SLUM TRAGEDY IN SOUTH CHICAGO Dissolute Clara O'Brady Turns on Gas to Kill Companion and Self. (Speclnl to Lake County Times). South Chicago, Jan. 30. South Chicago's tenderloin was the scene of a tragedy last night, when Clara O'Brady, aged 20, an inmate of a resort at 904S Strand, turned on the gas In a room she was occupying with Mike Rusnack, aged 24, and died of asphyxiation. Rusnack was overcome but may recover. The O'Brady girl is believed by the police to have been jealous of Rusnack, and to have planned his death as well as her own. He was asleep when the woman got up and turned on the gas. Other inmates of the house detected the odor about 1 o'clock a. m., and broke in the door. The woman was found to be dead, but the man still breathed. A police officer was noti fied and Dr. O'Brien of 9215 Commercial avenue was hurried to the scene. He revived Rusnack, who was removed to the South Chicago hospital. The body of the dead girl was taken to Murphy's morgue at 110-92nd street, where an Inquest will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The young woman was divorced not long ago from J. II. Feathers. How long she had been an Inmate of the Strand resort is not known. Her father, who lives In Muskegon. Mich., has been notified of her death and will take charge of the remains after the Inquest. STRUCTURAL IRON ARRIVES. The work on the Standard Steel Car work has progressed to a stage where the structural iron work Is to be begun and already there have been several car loads of steel beams and other Iron work shipped to the grounds. The ' work has progressed rapidly so far on account of the open winter and before spring the enormous buildings will have been near enough completed to give an idea of how the enormous plant will look. o'clock. Watching the lid is the paramount duty of the policemen, he said. The meter proposition is not meeting with the progress that Mayor Becker desires for it. The mayor said that statistics show the amount of water used in metered cities is only one-third of the amount used when on the flat rate, and that the running expenses of the department would be comparatively lower. Richard Schaaf objected to the meters on general principals saying that the water department is cheaper as it is now. "What is the difference if some fellow in the fourth ward turns the hose into the potato patch? Somebody gets the benefit," he concluded. Thos. Swanton said that his only objection was that even on the fiat rate there was not enough water in the sewers to move the sewage and keep thm c!m&&.

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McOllough Bill Placing Police Control in Hands of the Mayor Passes to Engrossment.

Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 30. The house today indicated an attitude hostile to the metropolitan police law when it refused to endorse the action of the committee in recommending that McCnllongh's bill be indefinitely postponed. The McCullough bill plans placing control in the hands

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This is a picture of one of the blast furnaces that will soon be lighting the siiy to the north with the ruddy glare of the furnace fires and giving employment to hundreds of men. The building to the left is the engine house. To the right may be seen a chimney which has been built to the rear of one of the blast furnaces, most of the construction of which has been under gorund. In the distance between the two may be seen the sky line of the lake upon the '.shore, of which the furances are being built.

UHM DEAL S COIISUi ATEO $5,000,000 Loan Made to Redeem Bonds and Build Line.' (Special to Lake County Times). LaPorte, Ind., Jan. 30. The actual amalgamation of two of the principal interurban lines of northern Indiana has taken place. The deal has been closed and the work of constructing the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban will be rapidly carried to completion. The recent acquisition of the lines of the. Northern Indiana Interurban company by the Murdock interests of Lafayette, and the McGowan Interests of Indianapolis, was followed today by the filing of a mortgage given by the Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railroad company, which is to be the name of the new operating orporatlon. Of the five million dollar mortgage given to the Central Trust company of New York and covering all of the property in the system, the loan is to be used in taking up the bonds of the Northern Indiana company and In carrying forward the building of the Chicago line, which is to pass through Hammond to Its western terminal. STREET CAR CO. IN CONTEMPT. c. V. S. & L. S. Must Pay $150 and Replace Tracks at New Carlisle. LaPorte, Jan. 30. Judge Funk Saturday fine dthe Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railroad company $150 for contempt of court in tearing up the tracks of the Northern Indiana Railway company at New Carlisle In defiance of a court order restraining them from interfering with the rival company's lines. The contempt case against the South Bend Construction company was ended by a finding for that defendant. The defendant trolley company must also pay the attorney's fees in the case and the cost of replacing the tracks at New Carlisle. 15

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i8CH0l(ED Cannot Handle Cars of Inland Steel Co. on Account of Congestion.

BUSINESS TIED UP? New Nickel Plate Station To Be Called "Standard" About To Be Located The Indiana Harbor Railroad company today laid an embargo against all other railroads with Instructions that until further notice it would refuse to handle any more cars for the Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor. At present there are in the Gibson and Indiana Harbor yards nearly 800 cars loaded for the Inland Steel company, but which are still unloaded. The step was necessitated by the railroad people for fear of tieing up the business around Indiana Harbor. Conditions were also growing serious in the yards of the Inland Steel company on account of the congestion, because some of the cars contain ma terial for the plant, which. If it can not be reached, will stop the business there. Xtw Station Established. Beginning next Friday, Feb. 1, Nickel Plate trains wit stop at a new station called Standard, and which will be located on the Mckel Plate right oi way oeiween toiuraoia ana jammet avenues. The new station Is counted on to be an aceommouauon ior me workers in the Standard Steel Car plant and the station wm be recognized on me maps of the road as "Standard.' At the beet, however, tne accommodation will leave much to desire, as the trains are few and- rarely on schedule time. ' WHALE LASHES BIG STEAMER, Oeean XJoer- Ifaa . Spectacular Kxpejrl-j ence With Waterspont- -I'se Cannon Bali. New lork, Jan. 30. A tussle with a huge waterspout and the running down of a mammoth hammerhead whale were two Incidents of the passage of the Belgian steamship St. Andrews. The steamer had been making a fine passage across until Wednesday morning, when the passengers felt a lurch, which caused every one to run on deck. It waa found that the St. Andrew had cut In tjvo a large whale. The animal in its dying struggles so lashed the stern of the liner that one of the propeller blades was later found bent and twisted by its blows. The head of the whale was almost entirely cut off, and the whale was found to be between eisrhtv and ninety feet in length. At 2 o'clock on the same day rMf nfflwr William Soicer sisrhted from the bridge a great water spout throe lenirths off the starboard bow. The spout was, according to Mr. Spicer and Captain Fitzgerald, who was hastily summoned, fully 1,000 feet In circumference at the base. The spout was destroyed by shots from a can non on board. STAGE EMPLOYES ORGANIZE. Seventeen theatrical employes, stage hands all. organized this week a local V.-oV. V,o Tntornntinnal Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes. The offi cers elected were: Jartin, president; C. G. Rendlsck, vice president; E. Wolf, recording secretary; D. Wagoner, financial and corresponding secretary; D. Stahl, E. R. Barber, W. Behring, trustees; B. McFall, business manager. WOULD "REDEEM" STATE FROM REPUBLICAN RULE, Democrats Hold Meeting at Which It Is Alleged that the Program in Indiana for 190S is Clearly Outlined Ralston of Lebanon for Governor. (Special to Lake County Times). LaPorte, Ind., Jan. 30. The democratic nroerram in Indiana for 1908 is said to have been clearly outlined at the meeting of the leaders recently for an aggressive campaign in 1908, with the belief that the state can be redeemed from republican rule, the nomination of Mr. Ralston of Lebanon for governor, and the election of Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend to succeed Albert J. Beveridge In the United States senate. The present democratic congressmen are to be renominated and a strong effort will be made to hold the two districts gained from the republicans In the last campaign. It Is further understood that J. Klrby Risk of the Tenth district, is to be groomed for tate chairman to succeed William H. O'Brien, who has had the direction of state campaigns for a number of years, but under whose leadership the party has always met defeat. CHARES FRLEDRICH MOVES. Charles Frledrlchs is in the last throes of moving from his residence in 626 State street to his new home in 133 Webb street, Homewood. He took up hl3 abode in the south side suburb yesterday where he has built a fine t residence fronting Harris oa park.

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Conried Finds Way to Overcome Squeamishness of Stockholders. flUGH MONEY Hi SIGHT Salacious and Sacrilogious Opera Will find Another Theatre m New York and Continue. (Special to I.nke County Times). . New York. Jan. 30. New York's doss of "Salome," the great Strauss-Wild masterpiece, has proved so nauseating to some of the blase habitues of the Metropolitan opera house that they" have requested its withdrawal front that place. In the meantime horrified New York, taking its cue from the mora refined or the ultra-satiated few, looks on through spread fingers as it were, and "the sale of tickets has been kept up" with ever-increasing feverishness awaiting the eventful day when th 'official announcement" of the opera's withdrawal will have been made. Although this has been unofficially pending for some days about a week in fact the momentous occasion when, 'thus spake Zarathustra" did not ar rive until today. The convenient postponement In th execution of the edict of the owners of the opera house enabled a large per. Plnt9 nf Kew York's n to data ones to ret their look-in at the show and be properly shocked and amazed. th R.im nf the effect of all this has I " vbeen a stupendous amount of free advertising for "Salome," and Conried. tho nc-c-Heved. could not have nlanned lt better had. he tried. For New York has not seen the end of Salome after all and the fetid Inspiration of a degenerate genius will thrive as similar unwholesome things have thriven be-frki-o Viv renrvn of tho n nnpt t of fl ( K h - ly minds which gloat over the por trayal of evil and morbid passions; and "thecal of tickets lias been kept p." So Salome Is to be produced in a New York theater in the event of Its ousting from the opera house. There is no doubt that Conried will realize doubly and trebly after making up whatever losses he may have sustained by the necessity for new rehearsals and extra staging. And everybody will have a chance to witness the degenerate daughter of Herod In her loath some caressing of the bloody head of John the Baptist, and her sensuous dance of the seven veils. Unless indeed, the government should put an end to the nauseating and sacrlligious performance. It is a nice arrangement all around, The owners of the Metropolitan 'opera house, who have all had a chance to see and hear "Salome" have acquired a "holler than thou" reputation. Conried will profit and the morbid will ba enabled to gratify their unwholesoma appetites, and all will redound to th. Klory or genius. HUNTINGTON LOOKING FOR STANDARD TO LOCATE THERE. City Is Visited by Itepresentatlves Who "Want Good Icntion In Re turn They Promise Good business. The Huntington News-Democrat has "1" - - ar(1 l1 company: "Huntington is being considered by the Standard Oil company as the center of a great oil Industry. According to the statements of two representatives of the company, who were here Thursday looking for a location for offices, it Is quite probable that such will be the case. Chances are that the great oil refineries at Whiting, operated by this company, will be moved to this city for a more central location S. Coburn of Chicago and A. C. Beeson of Montpelier, representatives Gf the company operating now at whiting, were seeking good office quarters in this city for the location of their district offices for this part of Indiana and Ohio. The city is about centrally located along the Erie lines of the central states and would make an ideal location for an Industry of this class. "The men stated that lt Is the purpose of the company to locate as soon as possible In thi3 section. If the offices are landed In this city it will mean that millions of dollars will be coming into the coffers of the Huntington merchants. The company expects to locate a large refining establishment and pumping station here. The men stated that they should like to have everything in working order so that the company can settle upon Its work early next spring. Thousands and millions of dollars are being spent annually in the town of Whiting by the people who are under the employ of the company and the company Itself. This could all be brought to Huntington if the present plans carry. They are likely to brinsr the concern here as the men seemed determined that Huntington is the right place on account of site and the size and class of the city. No definite place has been found for- office quarters."

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