Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 214, Hammond, Lake County, 27 February 1907 — Page 1

TUB WEATHER. Tartly cloutly tonight and Thursday not much change la temperatures minimum tonight slightly below freer Inc.

VOL. 1, NO. 214. NIGHT T STEVENS? Bteel Corporation Said to Be Flirting With Retired Panama Engineer. HEW YORRiS Mil Nothing More Natural Shont's Successor Should Follow in Shonts' Foot Steps. (Special to Lake County Times). New York, Feb. 27. Although himself and his friends deny that John F. Btevens had a more lucrative and con genial private office in view when he resigned as chief engineer of the Pan ama canal there are rumors in flnan cial circles that a princely proposal has been laid at his feet by the United States Steel corporation whose works are now building at Gary, Ind. The rumor could not be traced to any definite source, but it was persistent, nevertheless, and 13 backed up by the conviction that Mr. Stevens is too good a man to be roaming at largo and remain long uncaught by the captains of Industry in these days of $100,000 salaries. The demand for men of Mr. Stevens' energy and ability to handle huge undertakings is Just as great now as it was when John F. Wallace and later, Theodore P. Shonts, were taken off the lob to be landed in positions where the money was greater if the glory was less. Plausible Enough. It i3 easy to conceive how the billion dollar steel trust should bo in the market for such a man, although it is already well equipped in the way of engineers and handlers of men and material. And it is just as easy to conceive how Mr. Stevens would find It in his judgment to accept such a berth as the one spoken of. lie could do bo gracefully, too, and without leaving causa for criticism to which he is sensitive. There la no tinge of selfishness In Mr. Stevens' retLreiuentfrom. the canal commission after eighteen months of constant, enthusiastic and brilliant work both as an engineer and an executive, unless a desire for peace, rest and the companionship of his family can be called selfish. As soon as ho is relieved at Panama by Major Goethals Of the United States army, who will take charge of the work, Mr. Stevens will leave with his wife for a trip to Europe. It Is not j likely that his vacation will bo of long duration as he is too active and enthusiastic to remain long In idleness. Interested In Dig Things. , Having won a name for himself in the field of gigantic endeavor, it Is only natural to suppose that only a gigantic enterprise will interest him. As Buch gigantic enterprises are now going forward and great builders uro thinking in billions, it is likely that on his return he will identify himself with the building and maintenance of some groat semi-public work. Then why not the United States Steel corporation? A member of that corporation when Questioned this morning said he knew nothing about it, but his tone left the Impression that he was not wholly unfamiliar with the subject nor with the work and personality of Mr. Stevens. "I don't suppose," he added, dryly, "wo would have any trouble finding a place for him. Mr, Stevens Is a valuable man." Only Ona Unattached. This brilliant engineer is only one left of a long list of government officials who, In many instances after a Comparatively brief service, have been snapped up by corporations. It would be useless to attempt to enumerate them but the resignation of this able man. coming as it does simultaneously with the announcement that Leslie M. Shaw will give up his cabinet position to associate himself with the Carnegie Trust company of New York as its head, cal!3 attention to the fact that the government service still acts as a high-class employment agency toward which rich corporations turn when desiring to fill positions of responsibility, trust and lucrative salaries. Messrs. Shaw and Stevens are simply two more of Unci Sam's capable servants who have traveled tho roa-1 of Lyman J. Gage, raul Morton, T. P. Shonts and John F. "Wallace and any j number of others who might be named in this connection. i HOLD UNEVENTFUL SESSION. East Chicago Council Meets Court to Appraise Value of Water and Light Tlnnt. The East Chicago council held a meeting in the city hall last night during which it was decided to pave Theodore street and Elm street between Guthrie and 189th streets with Metropolitan blocks. To further Insure the city's getting getting a proper return from the sale of its water and light plant, the council last night asked the circuit court to appoint a committee to appraise tho value of the plant and if the appraised valuation does not equal the amount the city is to receive from the bondholders, the deal with them will not be consummated. Other business of a routine nature was transacted and the council then adjourned,

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EDITION. House Creates Surprise by Passing Babcock Bill to Third Reading. id IS WD FOR Agents Working Against MeasureHold Caucus and Decide to Try for Amendment. Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, Feb. 27. Tho passage of the Babcock bill in the hcuse with only one substantial amendment shows how completely the house and the senate have exchanged places with reference to getting things done effectively. And in the face of the predictions, it is to laugh. At the opening of the session, it was tcuted that the senate would be the tractable body and the house, with its narrow republican majority the intractable body. No trouble was anticipated in the senate and all sorts of trouble was anticipated in the house. But the tables sepmed to have been turned owing to circumstances that are not exactly explainable. The house, In the main has proved the tractable body especially on the Important measures and the senate has turned the deaf ear, or the partly deaf ear to many of tho larger measures. For example, the house reinforced the private banking bill after the senate had passed It through In a weak ened form; the house passed the Institutional reform bill, providing for four members, bi-partisan cn all of the institutions of the state, and the senate immediately took the very heart out of the measure by inserting three instead of four members on the boards, a situation that obtains largely, anyhow; the hcuse passed the shippers' bill through without a murmur and the senate is expected tc balk on this measure. House Springs Surprise. And now, wonder of wonders, the house passed the Babcock insurance bill to third reading- -with no substantial amendment other than that of leaving the department in the state auditor's office, and amendment which the friends of the measure agreed to. The senate took a big fall out of the same bill when it was considered last week. In the senate the bill was known as the Farber bill, and the sen ate shot it full of holes. Particularly was the senate sentiment strong for the provision that agency companies should be permitted, and an amendment permitting them was passed by a large majority. The same fight on this agency provision was made cn the floor of tho house, vesterday afternoon, and when the vote was taken, it was evident that tho sentiment of the house was in favor of cutting out the agency companies altogether. All in all, the house has done the things that the republican leaders hav-3 wanted done on many measures, and the sc -called tractable senate has done what the leaders did not want done. And sc the prophesied condition resulted exactly opposite to the original scheme of things. The Indiana Insurance men are worried about the advancement of the insurance- bill to third reading. They held a caucus at the Deniscn last night and decided to make the effort on the third reading to amend the Babcock bill in a way that will make it substantially the came as the Farber bill. They will probably have a hard time to accomplish their object, however, owing to the fact that on third reading in the house it takes a two-third vote to amend. Forehanded With Depository Bill. The house is more forehanded than the senate in getting action on the public depository bill, also. They thrashed over the depository bill there, while the senate was still in the throes of a ditch bill discussion, a discussion which the house had a week ago. There has been no discussion of the public depository question in the senate as yet, at all. and it is probable that the senate will have to take the house bill, when it comes over. The republican members of the senate almost made a party blunder yesterday over the ditch bill. This measure Is one that has aroused all of northern Indiana and in the last campaign was an issue. It developed In the senate discussion that the bill prepared by lyndall, a democratic member, was in many respects a better measure than the Parks bill, a republican measure. Without thinking of the significance of this action from a political standpoint, the members voted to substitute the Tyndall bill for the Parks bill. Immedlately, however, the republican members saw the error of their ways, and mcved to reconsider the vote whereby the substitution was made. This was carried, and the republican members caucussed last night on the ditch bill question. Tonight the night sessions of the senate are to begin. The house may decide to start in immediately. In any events the house will come to it about the last of the week. THE LAKE COIXTT TIMES -would rather give something for nothing than get something for nothing. It wants nothing until it can return something with. Interest.

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907.

"WHO f SMS PETER 6,000 Mile Trip Convinces Him There's No Placa Like Home. Peter W. Meyn returned last night from a 6,000 mile trip throughout the western states and has come back to Hammond convinced that the Calumet region is the hub of the universe. It is the industrial hub of the United States and of course that makes it the industrial hub of tho universe. Mr. Meyn went southwest to San Antonio and Los Angeles and f rom , there to convalescent Frisco and finally to the far-famed empire of the northwest where such cities as Seattle, Portland and Tacoma have grow so marvelously. Yet he returns to Hammond content to cast his fortunes with the people of this city for the rest of his days. The arguments that Hammond has tho railroads, is located at the southern tip of Lake Michigan, directly in the path of the lake to Gulf routes, which will be of immensely great importance when the Panama canal is built, that it is the ideal location for the great steel industry of the country, have seemed like cogent reasons for the future greatness of the Calumet region, but they have been worn so threadbare by constant repetition that they lose their force. Mr. Meyn says, however, to get away from .home and compare the advant ages of other regions with those of Hammond and vicinity is refreshing. All old nreruments. the words of which have become meaningless as does the text of a frequently repeated ' song, come back with a renewed force and the conviction has been forced upon

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the industrial future of the Calumet region in Indiana. PRISONERS PASS THROUGH CITY. Special Car Carrying Jail Klrds and r: it n nit on their AVay East Are Jolly. A few days ago a special car carrying several prisoners from the Sing Sing prison at New York City, accompanied by thirty-seven guards, passed through Hammond on their way to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where they were being transferi-en. This morning they came back to Hammond over the Erie road and were met by a special car to take them back to New York City. They were all smoking cigars and some clutched bottls of whisky in their hands. In view of the rarity of the occasion the commander in charge joined In the merriment. The party left Hammond on board the No. 3 which leaves here at 11:53 o'clock. CHARGED WITH LARCENY. N. O'Brien and wife, a switchman of Indiana Harbor, are being sought by the local police on a warrant sworn out by F. L. Schneider of Indiana Harbor, charging the couple with larceny. iThey- have been gone from Indiana Harbor since the 21st of this month.

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if L ASK'- SpO,000 FOR COURT I10U! Special Meeting of County j Council to Consider the Appropriation. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Feb. 27. Auditor Johnson has called a special meeting of the county council to convene here on Thursday, March 7, to consider an appropriation for remodeling the court house. The commissioners have decided that it will require about $S0,000 to carry out the architects plans, but in order to provide for all contingencies they have decided to ask for $90,000. It will require the sanction of five out of the seven councilman to pass the appropriation, but it is thought little opposition will be developed. The need of larger quarters for the transaction of the county's business is so great that relief of some kind must be obtained as speedily as possible. The truth of the matter is that the enlarging of the court house has been delayed too long already and in the opinion of most residents of the county the mater should have been attended to two years ago. Important and frequently used records are now stored In tht basement of the court house, where they are unsafe, and hard to get at, and unless a better place Is provided for them, are liable to be lost. This would result in j great loss to the county and might cause endless confusion. Hardly a day passes in some department of the court j house that a trip to the basement in search of soma record Is not required, i Neither Auditor Johnson nor Treasurer j Bailey have sufficient room for their j , quarters. The official quarters of Su perintendent Curtis while made as comfortable as possible are but a temporary make-shift, while the commissioners have no suitable place to meet ' and are compelled to encroach upon ' the already limited space of the auditor, and during the regular and special sessions, business in the auditor's office is greatly handicapped. The plans as drawn by' Architect Ceers have met with almost universal approval by all who have seen them, and their adoption is conceded to be the most feasible and most economical solution of the problem. Anything else thus far suggested would be but a temporary make-shift and unsatisfactory from the beginning. Some opposition to the appropriation is expected but it will come from those who do not fully understand the exigencies of the situation and believe that a building erected to fit the needs of Lake county in 1S79, is ample for the conditions of 1907. If the appropriation is granted, the work of remodeling will proceed with all possible dispatch. If It has happened In the Calumet Regton, you will find It in The Lake County Times. If you look for It In the LAKE COUNTY TIMES you caasot be disappointed.

I i THE SHOW. -Scar in New York Globe. ROCS BABY 11LE DOING THE Hill If Huebner's Invention Pans Women Will Regard Family Wash as Privilege, Joseph Huebner of West Hammond has just completed a new up-to-date washing machine that looks like a rather complicated affair but which upon closer investigation is seen to be very novel. The machine is tub shaped and on top Is a rocking chair fixed in such a way that in doing a common washing all the operator has to do is simply to sit down and rock away for a few minutes and the washing is done. Mr. Huebner, who is a cooper by trade, has been working on the invention for the last three months and at last has it completed. After giving it several trials, he is satisfied that the machine will come up to his expectations. Through his attorney, G. Allss, of Chicago he has filed an application for a patent on the machine and expects to secure It by the last of the month, he has demonstrated the machine to Slegel Cooper & Co of Chicago and they I were very much impressed with it and gave him a handsome royalty but he refused this as he believes he can make a better thing out of it by doing the work himself. With this fact In view he intends securing a location in Hammond and erecting a building for the purpose of manufacturing the new machine which will be called the "New Rocking Chair Washing Machine." He intends starting the factory by the first of April and will employ about twenty men to start with. Increasing as the business grows. Mr. Huebner is yet undecided wheth er he will form a stock company or handle the work himself. MALING'S LOSS GREATLY FELT. East Chicago Concern Passes Resolu tion Deploring ResignationAssociates are Surprised. As a mark of appreciation of the services of John Mallng, the outgoin vice president and general manager of the East Chicago company, the di rectors held a meeting Monday and passed resolutions commending him for the work he has done. The Times' story of Mr. Mallng's resignation came as a surprise to a great many of his associates in East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Ham mond, and all of them have expressed the regret that the community is to lose such an aggressive citizen. Mr. Mallng and his wife will soon leave for a trip through the southern state which they intend to take preparatory to taking up their residence in Colorado. REPORTED BETTER. Mrs. H. Schneider, who was partially asphyxiated last week at her home in ! Sibley street, is reported very much lmI proved this morning at St. Margaret's i hospital where she Is being cared for. It was thought at first that the old lady would die, but under the care of a physician and the sisters of the institution, she will undoubtedly get .well.

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Gaine' Works Temporarily But Boarding House Keeper Gets Even. S IHTEHESriHG YIR 7illains of Piece Now in Durance Vile Where They Will Remain Three Months. Jacob Holrer and his friend, John Leehruski, attempted to bunko their landlord out of a big board bill and ten dollars besides by means or a bogus bank book, and as a result they were arrested and each fined $100 and costs. Because of their propensity for getting something for nothing they will have to languish In the county jail during the three spring months and will not be free again until tho first days of summer. "How I Was Bunkoed," is quite an Interesting story as John Kovacieh, tho landlord who lives at Whiting tells It, and shows that he was only victimized after the bunkoeis had spent a long time conspiring together Jacob Holzer and his friend, John Leehruski, board with John Kovacieh and as their board bill was getting bigger every day and tho prospects of paying it became less, tho two men got their heads together. Holzer remembered that he had $1 in the bank and was the possessor of a fine leather bank book. He took the book and tore out the insldes and then went to the bank and requested that tho banker give him a now one. He put the old one in his pocket and took the new one away with him. Shortly afterward he wTent to the bank and withdrew the $1 he had deposited and turned in his new bank book. lie then went back to his room and put the pages of the old bank book back in tho cover and raised the $1 deposit to $100. He then went to hte landlord and stated that he had $100 in the bnnk with which he would soon pay his and his friend's board bill, and as proof 't hs statement he exhibited .the, bo.., gus bank book and offered It as security. When he saw that the scheme was about to work ho thought he would work it for all he could and so he asked Kovacieh if he would lend him $10 until he could get into the bank and get his money. That night Holzer and Leehruski disappeared and the next day Kovacieh became alarmed about the situation and took the bank book which had been given him as security to the bank and found that it was bogus. The men were located and arrested by Officers Emmel and Backus and the trial was before Mayor Smith yester day. The fine Imposed upon tho men was exceedingly heavy and it will take many a weary day to pay tho $100 fine and $10 costs while earning it at the rate of one plunk per day in the county jail. MISSI0NAEIES' AIL DAY SERVICE Women's Home Society Auxiliaries of Several Lake County Town Hold Meeting. The Union all day service, under the auspices of the Women's Home Mis sionary Society auxiliaries of Ham mond, Whiting, Indiana Harbcr, Hobart and East Chicago will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church. East Chi cago Thursday. The following program ha3 been ar ranged: 10 A. M. Devotional service conducted by Rev. D. M. Wood, D. D., presiding elder, Valparaiso district. Address "Missionary Motives" .Mrs. Tedder, Hammond. Bong "Tell Me O'er Again" Ladles Quarttete, Miss Mabel Wickey, Mrs. L. Graam, Mrs. J. P. Lewis, Mrs. II. C. Stone. Paper "Immigration" Mrs. L. A. Marden, East Chicago. Solo Rev. M. C. Wright, Whiting Noon Hour of Prayer. Intermission. Basket lunch and tea and coffee will be served by the East Chicago auxil iary. Missionary exhibit of curios, pic tures, literature, etc. 2 I. M. Devotional Service .Conducted by Mrs. James Whitby, Hammond. Duet . "He Was Not Willing That Any Should Perish" Mrs. J. P. Lewis and Mrs. L. Graham. Map Exercise "From Sea to Sea" Mrs. J. T. Everett. East Chicago. Solo Rev. Israel Hatton, Ind. Har. Reading. . .Mrs. E. t:. iiereaitn, nooart. Consecration Service Conducted by Mrs. D. McWod, conference cor. sec. . SEEK TO IDENTIFY CAR THIEF. Last night Chief Rimbach received a letter from Charles H. Powell, cf the Lafayette force, asking him if he knew anything about Michael Janiks, riin 1 helnsr held there for larcenv. h..inr hrnken in a Big: Four freight car and stolen several things. The Lafayette chief enclosed a photograph of the fellow, but none cf the officers had even seen the man. Chief Rimbach thinks the fellow rung in a flctlclus name on the Lafayette men, or that he never lived in Hammond.

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ONE CENT PER COEY. T PAPER CIRCULATES Forgers Attempt to Work Hammond Tradesmen for Small Amounts. DEAF AH DDUM B. GAME "Afflicted? Man Tries to Cash a Check With Cashier Belgian's Name Attached. It is more than a suspicion that art organized band of petty forgers is making its headquarters around IIam raond. " " Last week, ttfo fellows armed with checks worked an easy bame on Manager Stoglitz, of the Hub clothing store in Nortu Ilohman street and succeeded in getting away with about $20 of hia money. The fame men tried to get a Check cashed at Marks' clothing store In State street but when the proprietor stepped out to ascertain whether or not the check was genuine, the fellows made their escape, leaving behind them a check for $20, made out to the order of James Howard and signed with Wlllard J. Thompson's name. The same game was tried at the White House at Wolf Lake, but believing the check was a forgery, the bartender of the saloon refused it. At ltoby it is reported that two stylishly dressed fellows presented checks to tho amount of over $50 and when tho bartender called up the person whoso name was signed to them both caught a car saying "never mind, we can get them cashed in Hammond." Deiif and Dumb, This One'. Last night a young man about 22 years old went into Wulker'e saloon in Fayette street and presented a check for $12.79 made out to James Scott and signed by W. C. Belman, cashier of the First National bank. When asked about the matter today Mr. Belman said he had made out no check payable to anyone for the amount of $12.79 and said if a check was out, it was a forgery. While in the saloon the fellow pretended to be deaf and dumb, but Walker thovght-it-wa a fake and so caling up tha police told them about It and asked them to look after the fellow who is described as being about five feet six inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. He was dressed in a light suit and wore a dark cap; he is said to have had a sandy moustache but it is thought that this was false. While calling up the police the fellow stepped out by a side door and made his escape. Chief Kimbacli notified all the officers to look for him but he was not seen last night. From tho way forged checks have been coming to light lately, it looka as though there was an organized band of crooke here, and If there is, Chief Itimbach and his men are determined to ferret out their headquarters and they stand a good chance of doing so, although being handicapped for tho want of enough men. The police are still keeping their eyes open for the men that presented checks in Hammond last week and if these fellows ever show up here they will be nabbed in a minute, as the police have a correct description of them. LEFT WITHOUT FEED: BREAK THROUGH FLOOR W. Jacobson, Pretzel Dealer Arrested at Whiting for Neglecting Horses. Special to Lake County Times). Whiting. Feb. 27. W. Jacobson, well known here as the wholesale pretrel dealer, was arrested yesterday by Chief Lawler for cruelty to animals. It will be remembered that on Monday morning when Jacobsen went to the barn In the rear of the Recht store in East 119th street to feed his horses, he found one horse dead and the other badly injured. Further developments In the case have proved that Jacobsen went to Chicago and was gone for three days, during which time the animals wore without anything to eat or drink In their suffering they kicked until at last the floor gave away and one went into the sewer which run under the barn, and the other was partly through when they were discovered. It wa3 necessary to call the fire department, who raised the animals and it Is thought saved the life of one of them. The affair has caused no little amount of excitement here and no doubt Jacobson will be given a heavy fine. The case will come up next Tuesday. NEW UNIVERSITY PAPER. A paper in the interest of the universlty Is soon be tc issued The new ! Paer Le callfed The Valparaiso University Herald and will appear semi-monthly. It will contain sixteen pages, eight of reading and eight cf adt - T" V . ; 1 1 .i I foe. Ti-tM on. pear the latter part of this week. Valporaiso Yidette.