Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 234, Hammond, Lake County, 22 March 1907 — Page 1

tug: weatheh. Generally fair tonight and Saturday continued high temperature. Yesterday VOL. 1, NO. 234. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907. ONE CENT PER COPY.

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JURY TRIAL

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So Says D. E. Boone After Disagreement in Diamond Case. " AM TIRED OF IT if Declares He Will Never Try Another Criminal Suit in the Hammond Court. "It seems impossible to secure a conviction before a Jury in the northern part of this county and consequently I shall never again during my term of office tryit. I will take my case to Crown Point where there may be more chance for a prosecutor who eonncientiouMly doe his duty to achieve results. Trial by Jury la this end of the county seems to be a farce and I am tired of it. I am tired al.so of benrinK the burden of criticiMm when the lawn are not enforced." DAVID E. IIOOXK. Prosecuting Attorney. The above statement was made by State's Attorney Boone after the jury In the case of Jack Diamond, charged with theft of a quantity of wire had brought In a disagreomens, havig wrangled about the merits of the case all night. The jury stood seven lor acquittal and five for conviction. Mr. Boone, who thought he had a clear case, is much chagrined over the verdict and declares that, he will try the case over again Monday. Ills statement was made advisedly and in view of the fact that there have been several other cases where a Jury has refused to convict when in the opinion of the prosecutor there was a preponderence of evidence against the prisoner. Chief of Police Rimbach is also much disappointed at the outcome of the trial for he hoped that the gang which he believes ' has been responsible for much petty thievery in this vicinity can not be broken up until some of the ringleaders have been summarily dealt with. Start Boy on Career of Crime. Chief Rimbach said this morning that several Hammond boys have been started upon careers of crime by these Junk dealers who have encouraged them to steal metals of various kinds upon the promise that they would be paid the1 best prices for all they could find. The case in question implicated Jake Diamond with two other men who are alleged to have stolen copper wire from the Hammond, "Whiting and East Chicago railway. Christ Hill, who is now serving a term in the penitentiary for stealing lead, as state's witness admitted steal ing the wire. Ed Kerner, who was implicated in the lead case admitted his complicity. Both of these men swore that after the wire was stolen they informed Diamond of the fact that It had been stolen and told him where they had It hidden. The Jury is said to have hesitated about accepting the testimony of men who were involved n the theft of other metal and admitted stealing the wire. Yesterday State's Attorney Boone was complimented on all sides for the splendid plea he made to the Jury and It was apparent that he has made a strenuous effort to secure a conviction In this case. SAYS GOVERKOR HAS GOIIEJW 11 Senator Wood of Lafayette Says Hanly Has Missed Great Opportunity. (Special to Lnke County Time.) "Washington, March 21. Senator Will K, Wood of Lafayette, Ind., who is here waiting for a chance to present his argument to the supreme court in the Job Nash tax case, says that Governor Hanly, who was his law partner for nine years, is unquestionably a sincere man. "I have no doubt," said Senator Wood, "of his sincerity. Furthermore he is a man of fine capacity and a good lawyer. I regret very much the disaster that has Overtaken him in his administration of the governor's office. No other governor has had such an opportunity since the days of Oliver P. Morton. He had the ability, but he was handicapped in the most unfortunate manner." "What has been his handicap?" Senator Woort was asked. "He has gone power mad," replied the Lafayette senator, who, by the way, Is the oldest member of the state senate from the standpoint of continuous service. Are yea homeless? Advertise for house or a room la THE LAKE COUXTY TIMES.

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THE! GET El El Railroads Affected by TwoCent Rate Law Refuse Concessions to G. A. R. NO MORE 'EXCURSIONS" Roosevelt's Visit to Indianapolis, May 30, Displeases Old Soldiers Memorial Day Theirs. (Vpeclal to Lake County Times,. Indianapolis, March 22. The two cent ratp law, which will become effective with the publication of the acts, about April 15, is not all beer and skittles. So the G. A. R. veterans think anyhow. For Colonel J. R. Fesler, assistant adjutant general of the state G. A. R. has Just been notified that the railroads will not grant to the old veterans the customary one cent a mile rate to the state encampment at Fort Wayne, May 23, 24 and 25. For years past ever since these state encampments have been held, in fact the railroads have granted this one cent a mile rate to the encampments. But no more. The letter -of C. P. McDonald, the commissioner of the Central Passenger bureau, is not elaborate. It merely states that inasmuch as the two cent rate will be In effect at the time of the encampment it will not be best to make the reduction. This is the first of the series of refusals to come, It seems. The experience of the other states which have adopted the two cent fare is that the railroads have stopped making rates, and there is no reason to believe that the experience of Indiana will be different from the experiences of her sister states. More Troubles for G. A. It. The local G. A. R. men are involved in another difficulty, that may lead to a national story. Already the other members of the organization over the state have become involved, and yesterday's indications were that President Roosevelt would be dragged In. With more of thoughtlessness than intent, the Inidana Lawton Monument commission, which has in charge the erection of the statue to General Lawton erected at the state capitol, made arrangements with President Roosevelt to deliver the dedicatory speech. So far, so good. But the date set for the speech was Memorial day. May 30, the day that the old soldiers insist is set apart for their especial observance. And they are raising an objection to the president's coming to Indianapolis on that day to deliver the Lawton dedicatory address. And so loud has the complaint become that the president, indirectly has taken notice of It, and unofficially declared that he can cancel this engagement if carrying it out would seriously disgruntle the old soldiers. Date Cannot be Changed. Every pressure possible has been brought to bear on the local G. A. R. leaders to refrain from pushing their contention that the Lawton dedication be not held on Memorial day. The point is made that to change it now would be a direct affront to the president, who cannot come here on any other date. His Itinerary is already made out. He is to be in Lansing, Mich., the next day, and that date cannot be changed. It is almost a case of no president if the date is changed. The suggestion has been made, too, that the Memorial day exercises be held at 9 o'clock on Memorial day, and the Lawton exercises be held at 3 o'clock the same afternoon. Col Fesler dismisses this suggestion with the double answer that In the first place, the local memorial exercises would take all day, and second, that holding the Lawton exercises at 3 o'clock in the afternoon would bring thousands from the smaller cities in Indiana to Indianapolis, with the result that all over the state the regular Memorial day exercises would be Interfered with. If the G. A. R. officials write to the president and present their protest, he will not come. Col. Fesler has said, however, that they would not push the matter this far. TO SERVE TIME AT CROWN POINT Albert Dvidson of Hammond and X. B. Moore of Indianapolis were sent to Crown Point this mooing by City Judge W. W. McMahan after being fined Jl and costs on the charge of having been drunk yesterday. Both were unable to pay the fine. Moore explained on the witness stand that he is a member of the Bartenders' union and that he was on his way tc Gary when his feet got tangled up in Hammond. EXTRA M. C. TRAINS FOR GARY. In order to accommodate the increasing passenger traffic the Michigan Central Railroad company has decided to add two more train which will run daily excepting Sundays. The morning train going east, known as No. 34, starts at Kensington at 6:30 and leaves Hammond at 6:40, .arriving In Gary at 6:53. The extra evening train going west, known as No. 33, leaves Gary at 5:50 in the evening, arriving In Hammond at 6:05. It reaches Kensington In ten minutes.

Some Husbandmen once planted a Watermalon Vine at. the furthermost corner of their Master's Estate, just a few rods distant from the homo of a Colored Person. The Master of the Estate, whose Barns were bursting with the Products of the Soil, in the midst of his Prosperity found that he would not have time to attend to the harvesting ef his more important Crops, because he was compelled to keep his Weather Eye on the Colored Person who lived near the Watermelon Vine. "Woe is me!" said. he. "Because of one Watermelon I must now perforc buy a Gun and camp in a Watermelon Patch the rest of my days." MORAL. Never annex an antipodal province that you don't need, especially if it is going to cost you a hundredfold more to keep it than it will ever be worth. Baltimore News.

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Chicago Telephone Company Plans Improvements in Equipment. BUSI MES$JHGREASIN6 Will Acquire Toll Rights in Gary and Possibly Obtain Franchise for General Service. The Chicago Telephone company is planning extensions and improvements in Hammond that will cost in the neighborhood of J50.000. The business has increased at a record-breaking rate during the past few months and the present facilities have become entirely 'inadequate. The company's cables are now being used to their full capacity and so it has been found necessary to put in overhead cables, to cast nearly $11,000. Underground cables to cost $12,000, and poles and other things necessary to the equipment of the lines, to cost $14,500. In addition to this tlu company is putting in two more sections of switchboards and is equipping another toll section. It has also been found necessary to build a store room for the purpose of taking care of the large amount of wire, cross-beams and other supplies that are necessary for the maintenance of the various lines. A lot is soon to be purchased and the total expenditure along this line is to be $8,000. To give an idea of the size of this telephone industry in Hammond, it might be said that there are twentytwo operators employed in Hammond alone. In addition there are several electricians and linemen besides the office force. In all there are nearly fifty people employed by the telephone company in Hammond. A matter of great interest to the local telephone people at present Is the question as to what arrangements are to be made at Gary. The Chicago Telephone company already has a line to Toleston, but the only line it has to Gary is through Chicago. However, this much is known, that whether Gary operates a municipal telephone system or not the Chicago Telephone company will have toll connections and there is even a chance that they may get a sub-franchise and operate in Gary for that matter. JOHN MITCH MAY RECOVER. Reports from Cedar Lake this morning say that John Mitch, who attempt ed self destruction Tuesday, is still alive and the doctor has given out the information that with good care he may possibly live. Mitch still refuses to talk about the matter more than to say that he wishes he had made a good Job of it. His wife is firm in her denial that there was any family trouble "and she can give no reason for her husband attempting to commit suicide. The only thing that bars Mitch's recovery Is the fact that blood poisoning is likely to set in. This Is the medium of trade la the Calumet region. THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES.

THE FABLE OF THE FOOLISH HUSBANDMEN.

PUN CELEBRATION ON ELABORATE SCALE Completion of the Federal Building Will be Marked by Splendid Program. The first step toward the proper celebration of the completion of the federal building was taken last night at the meeting of the directors of the Hammond Business Men's association which met in the offices of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. Jacob Schloer, president of the association, was appointed as the chairman or a committee of five, whom he is to select himself and who are to constitute the executive committee of the association in the matter of making the arrangements for the celebration. The meeting was a short one and no formal plans were adopted. As part of the program it was thought to be very fitting to hold a reception at the new building on the afternoon of the opening day, which is to be followed by a banquet in the evening. Invitations will be sent throughout the Calumet region and the men who have been foremost in procuring the building are to be guests of honor and the principal speakers of the day. The necessary money to carry out the plans of the executive committee is expected to be subscribed from among the business men and such other people and institutions as may wish to contribute in order to make the affair a success. OFFICE BUILDING PLANS ARE NEARLY COMPLETED. S. A. Treat, Architect of Eat Chicago Structure, Gives Out the Information That They Will Be Flnlahed This AVcelt 3Iot of the Suite Rented. The plans and specifications for a new $75,000 office building at East Chicago will be finished this week according to the statement yesterday of S. A. Treat, the architect. As soon as the plans are finished the bids for the building will be opened and work will be started. The new building will be located on the corner of Chicago and Forsythe avenues, the property now occupied by the postoffice building. The structure will be 100x150 feet and will be six stories high and fitted with all modern conveniences. F. J. Fife, Theodore Emery and S. A. Treat are the men interested in the new structure. Mr. Emery says that over threefourths of the offices are now engaged and the chances are that by the time it is finished all will be spoken for, as it is located in the central part of the city, being near both depots and the street car lines which makes It the most available for business purposes. It is said that two Xew York city capitalists are Interested In the new building, but no Information was obtained to bear this out. The- name of the new structure will probably be the East Chicago building. EXTENDING STREET CAR LINE. Work on the extension of the street car line from its present terminus at the Conkey plant to the site of the Standard Steel Car company's plant is going on at a rapid rate and it will not be many weeks before it will be possible to Jump on the car and take the trip to the enormous plant that Is being built In Hammond at a cost of $5,000,000.

WmA ECiiS TO BID Contractors Do Not Seem to Yearn to Build West Hammond's Sidewalks. I IS THE REASON? Village Trustees Comfort Themselves By Voting to Increase Amount of Improvment. West Hammond seems destined to do without new sidewalks, three special meetings having been held for the receiving of bids, without so much as the smell of a bid. The trustees at the last special meeting thought they might as well add an extra thousand feet to their plans for the improvement, which they did. They will hold another special session next Tuesday in the forlorn hope that some contractor in an, unguarded moment may wander over with a bid to do the work. In the mean time everybody Is wondering what is the reason West Hammond is left languishing for new walks, when all the formalities of letting It be known that the board was open to bids, have been complied with. The trustees are asking each other whether people are afraid or whether the wave of prosperity which has affected the Calumet region is so great that no one has the time to pay any attention to the village across the state line. Village Holds Their Breath . The nearest approach to a bid for the walks was a visit by two Chicagoans . who went out yesterday and took notice. It was whispered that they were contractors, and that they were planning on turning In a bid on the contemplated work at the next special meeting. In the mean time everybody Is holding their breath until the alleged contractors make good . The first matter of business that was taken up at yesterday's meeting was the reading of a letter from E. A. Kinkade requesting that over two thousand more feet of sewer be put In in Forsythe and Ingraham avenues. The trustees all voted "yes" and the city engineer was notified to draw up plans for the additional sewers and turn them over to the village clerk, who in turn is to advertise for bids. Contractor Healey wil probably get the contract along with his previous one, although bids will be advertised for as usual. The approximate cost of the additional two thousand feet will be around five or six thousand dollars. Mr. Kinkade feels good over the fact that his subdivision as well as the other parts of the village will benefit The board convened in special ses sion last night for the purpose of selecting judges for the coming elec tion. Nothing was accomplished, however. The baseball extra of THE. LAKE COTJXTY TIMES which last year, "beat nil the Chicago papers to 39th street" Trlth the final' results, will be bleser and better the comlnc season. Read The Lake County Times for the latest news.

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Pittsburg:, Va., March 22. The Chicago limited on the IVnnalrvaela railroad wa wrecked at Stewart, seventeen miles from I'ittuburK early this morning-, engine and three cars derailed and a number of pasaenRers Injured. According to officials of the company, the tracks had been tampered with and an InvestiKatlon Is being made.

PASSENGER SERVICE BY 7TH0F APRIL C. C. & L. Road is Rapid.ly Nearing Completion Work Trains Operating Statements made by officials of the C. C. & L. Railroad company to city officials here yesterday are to the effect that passenger trains will be running on that road by April 7. Work trains are already going back and forth. V While the principal cities along the line of the new road are Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville, it Is understood in railroad circles that its completion will mean a direct route from any of the two southern cities to St. Paul over the Wisconsin Central, as the president of the last road is also the president of the C. C. & L. road. The new road has made arrangements with the Illinois Central railroad to use Its tracks from Kensington into Chicago to the Twelfth street station, which is also the terminal of the Wisconsin Central. The officials, who were In Hammond yesterday also promised that the building of the passenger station for Hammond which is to be located in Homewood, is to begin in the near future, they being as anxious to have it completed as the citizens of Hammond themselves. LD GIVE CREDIT WHERE II IS DUE David Cohen's Friends Say He Helped to Settle Recent Strike. ? It- appears from the reports that have been emanating from East Chi cago that David Cohen whose name has not been mentioned heretofore, had a great deal to do with settling the re cent labor disturbances over there. Cohen is the proprietor of the Bee Hive, a department store in East Chicago, and deals extensively with the foreign element who have a great deal of confidence in him. When the trouble arose In the mill and threatened to cause disaster to the town Cohen was appealed to by the businessmen to use his Influence with the foreign element to end the strike. He worked for a day and a half with the men and it was finally agreed by them that Cohen and five of the work ingmen should hold a conference with General Manager Crane of the Repub-' lie Iron and Steel works, and effect a settlement. They said they would be satisfied with whatever arrangements Cohen and his committee made. This con ference and the conference between the steel officials and the committee of fifty appointed by the mass meeting called by the mayor of East Chicago and the chief of police, resulted In the 10 per cent, increase which was de cided upon. Cohen's friends are anxious that he should have his share of the credit for the settling of the strike. SUCCUMBS TO HIS WOUNDS. Frank Alilstrnnd, Who Shot Himself in Dinner's Saloon Last 31 onday, Dies. Frank Ahlstrand, the Swede who shot himself while in Dinner's saloon last Monday, died last night from the effects of the bullet wound. The in quest was held this forenoon. Ahlstrand died a stranger In a strange land. Not a single relative of his is in this country and his friends are only such with whom he became acquainted at his work. He said yesterday that his mother had been living in Sweden, but that he did not know whether she was alive or dead. Much sympathy Is left for the deceased at the Straube Piano work3 where he was employed before his death. He was visited in the hospital by E. R. Jacobson, secretary of the Straube Piano company, yesterday. A collection was taken at the plant today in order to insure him a decent funeral. WILL MIX WITH SWITCHMAN. Frank Green, manager of Carl An derson, the local welterweight, is mak Ing preparations for him to meet a switchman on the Monon road, who claims to have a little ring experience. Arrangements are being made for the men to meet in West Hammond the first of next month. Railroad men along the Monon road say they will I. back their dark horse heavily.

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to Grief Near Pittsburg Vandals? FRUIT JAR COMfl LOOK FOR SHE Representative of Muncie Firm Visits Hammond With View of Locating Ball Bros, of Muncie, Ind.. manu facturers of fruit jars and other glassl products and who are rated high in Bradstreet's. may locate in Hammond In the near future. Representatives of this firm were In the city yesterday looking over tha field and were very much impressed with what they saw here. They did not visit any of the local real estate offices and simply made their investi gation on their own account. The firm is one of several wealthy ones that grew up in the gas belt after the discovery of cheap fuel in this region. Now that the supply of gas is exhausted the firm is looking for a location with better shipping facilities and as the name and fame of Hammond has spread far and wide since the Standard Steel Car company located In this region the members of the firm decided to look over the territory. As the glass industry would diversify the products of this region It is desirable that such a concern be located here. OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH Coroner Fails to Hold Fred Wise for the Killing of Eddie Kaiser. Crown Point, March 22. The coroner this morning returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Eddio Kaiser, the newsboy who was killed by Fred Wise during a quarrel Wednesday evening. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon no arrests had been made and it is not likely that any will be, as the coroner's verdict exonerates the Wise 1-oy, attributing his victim's death to an accident. The e'ldence before the coroner all tended to show that the dead boy had been the aggressor In the fight. Three playmates of the principals, Lyle Wise, a brother of the boy who killed young Kaiser, Clarence Stllson and Ernest Bosel, all appeared as witnesses and their testimony was such as to exonerate Fred from blame. The culprit is overcome with grief at the result of his quarrel with Kaiser, protesting that he would have never fought with him if he had had any idea the results would be fatal. The. arrangements for the ' funeral have not yet been made but it is expect ed that the Kaiser boy will beb uried tomorrow. The people of Crown Point were much incensed at the appearance in their streets yesterday of some huskies from Chicago who hoarsely ' criv. a Chicago paper calling attention to . i "terrible murder" that had been com mitted. While Indignation was great no one seemed willing to take the in itiative in putting a stop to the opera tions of the venders, but threats were made later in the d iy that if the of fense was repeated the newsboys were likely to be treated to some rough handling. EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. The Lake County Educational Con ference Is being held in this city to day and the city superintendents from all of the towns over the country are in the city. Visits are to be made to the schools in various portions of the city and then there will be a discussion of the problems. These meetings are proving very advantageous to those who participate in them and much good work has been accomplished. County Superintendent Curtis is in the city for the purpose of attending the meetings. STANDARD BRANCHING OUT. Business for the Standard Oil company having grown to such an extent in Hammond through the delivery of oil In the private homes from the store rooms located at the wrest end of Marble street, that the company Intends building another store house in addition to the one there. Plans for the new building are already complete, with dimensions 50x60 feet and one story high. A basement will be put under the building. Work will begin aa soon as possible.

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