Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 246, Hammond, Lake County, 5 April 1907 — Page 1

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To Give Reasons Why He Should Not Serve in Litz vs. Village.

HE HINTS HI GRAFT President Refuses to Sign For Sewer Extension Unless Attorney Is Dropped. The "West Hammond village board will convene this evening for a special meeting;.. The purpose of the meeting: la to appoint an attorney to defend the case of Litz. vs. the village of "West Hammond, which will come up before the supreme court at Springfield, 111., the last of next month. Markman, the village attorney, Is anxious to be appointed to defend the case, as it means over $1,000 in fees for him, and on the other hand President Mak does not want Markman to officiate, giving ns his reason that there are other lawyers who will defend the case for much less. But way down in his heart everyone knows that his real reason is that he has no love for Markman and that 13 why he is holding back. Tho present village officers have Just two more meetings to preside over, and all of them seem to be bound to do something that will make their names live on. as a motto for the coming members. Zenl Worthy of Iletter Cause. Mak's chief desire Is to do something to injure Markman and vice versa. Home interesting things are almost sure to come before the meeting tonight as Mak says he will then show the board why Markman should not be appointed to go to Springfield to defend the village. Just what he lntend3 to show them Is not known, but he hints that he will reveal smo grafting scheme. Tho board of local improvements tvjll meet tomorrow afternoon to appoint seweir inspectors and to take up the mutter of the proposed extension of tho new sewer system. When asked whether or not he intended to sign tho papers for the extension, Mak replied that as long as Markman had anything to do with it he would remain as he now was, indifferent. If Mak does not sign the proposed extension the citizens will have to let the matter drop until the new officials of the village step in, and then some definite action will be taken. Interest in tho coming village election l?i at high pitch and several bets havs been made on tho outcome of the elect ion. Tho strongest race will probably be between- Llnder and Czazewlch for the presidency. From what can be learned the north side of- the village is solid for Under and he is also being supported by the Chicago Junction railroad men. This morning Peter Mak, the president, expressed himself as going to voto for Under, and this created no little surprise when it has been generally known that Mak was in favor of the dives running wide open, and Lender's platform calls for the closing of these places. ROCHESTER MAN ARRESTED-. George Woollngton of Rochester, Ind.. was arrested "Wednesday night on advice of the Rochester police. A charge of petit larceny is made against the prisoner. The local police gave him in charge of Sherif F. S. Carter. ROBERTS' TRAMP FINED $25. John Klvby, who was found Wednesday In the basement of the home of John Roberts, a fireman on the Whiting fire department, was tried Thursday morning before Judge Jones, who fined him $25 and costs on a charge of assault and battery. Not being able to pay he was taken to Crown Point by Officer Backus, where he will stay with Sheriff Carter for forty days. At the trial he gave his homo as Princeton, Ind. The South Chicago office of THE LAKE COl'ATY TIME. has been established at lfXIl Buffalo avenue, telephone 2SS, and has been placed in charge of n corps of assistants In the editorial, business and circulation departments and will have direct communication with the office of the paper by private telephone and telegraph wires and messenger service. The persons who have been placed In charge have been empowered to accept advertisements, subscriptions and Items ot news jpertainlsg; to that par-j

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Federal Building Day Will be Becomingly Celebrated April 25.

iQUET IS 11 FEATURE List of Invitations and Acceptances Includes Names of Many Prominent Persons. The meeting of the committee of business men, who are to have charge of the celebration "Federal Building Day" April 25, was held at Gostlin, & Meyn's office last evening and plans were formulated which if carried out along the original lines will result In one of the most distinguished affairs that has ever been arranged In Hammond. Two of the speakers of the occasion have been decided upon and are Congressman Crumpacker and Federal Judge A. B. Anderson of Indianapolis. In addition there will be several prominent Chicagoans, including representatives of tho Chicago press as well as as of the press at large throughout the Calumet region. The program of the day will be divided into two parts. There will be a public reception at the federal building in the afternoon and an address by Congressman Crumpacker and one or two of the celebrities who will be present. Banquet In the livening. In the evening a banquet will be held at McIIie's hall in the Hammond building to which there will be invited in the neighborhood of 250 guests. In vltations will be extended to representative business men all over the Calu met region and it Is the purpose of those in charge to make the celebra tion as much a Calumet region one as a Hammond affair. Members of the Trades and Labor Council will be pres ent and will help to make the evtnt a success. - y : , - , - Although the celebration is to be under the auspices o the Business Men's association and will be primarily for the purpose of exploiting the commercial advantages of the city, it is expected that all of the Important interests in the city will be represented. The magnificent new federal building which Is the pride of every, person in the county will be appropriately deco rated inside and out and will be open to the public wrho will be given an opportunity to inspect every department of it. Crumpacker Will Corse. A letter has been received by Judge Crumpacker stating that he accepts the invitation of the committee and, It is believed that all of the other prominent Invited guests will be present. The banquet in the evening is expected to be one of the features of the occasion. The cost of the dinner will be $2.00 a plate and a local caterer assisted by a Chicago chef is expected to provide one of the most elaborate menus that has even been laid out in this city. DOUBLE TRACK WILL REDUCE RUNNING TIME. Mckel Plate Road Far Along In It Improvements Between Here and Chicago. The Nickel Plate roads double track between Osborn and Stony Island Is nearlng completion and if everything continues to go as smoothly as has been the last month, the double track ing will be completed by the last of next month. The double track has been completed from Osborn even with the Standard Steel Car company's plant and from the State Line on to Stony Island, leaving only about a mile to be built between the state line and the Standard Steel Car company. H. Duffner, local agent of the Xickel riate road, received word this morning that beginning next week the road will put on 300 foreign laborers. When the Xickel Plate road once gets this double track in operation its officials say they can cut down the time between Hammond and Chicago nearlv fifteen minutes. tlculnr field of THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES. The citizens of South Chicago are extended an invitation to visit the new branch Bice which will be formally dedicated In a few days. Dne announcement of this will be made. The appreciation with which THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES has met in South Chicago and the fact that it has gained wide circulation there, is the incentive of the management in es tablishlng a wing of the paper ia that locality.

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BIG GRAFT IS MIMM WITH Sheriff's "In and Out Fees" Decided to Belong to County. The supreme court Wednesday approved the decision of the appellate court that sheriffs are not entitled to the "in and out fees" for receiving and discharging prisoners, but must pay them into the county treasury as part of the fund from which the sheriffs' salaries are paid. It overruled a motion to transfer and decide the case of Thomas Starr vs. the board of commissioners, which was recently affirmed by the appellate court. The legislature passed an act declaring that the sheriffs should have these fees, notwithstanding the courts had decided they were not entitled to them, but the act was vetoed by the governor. These fees In Lake county amount to hundreds of dollars each year, being fifty cents for each prisoner, half of which is paid when he enters and the other half when he is discharged. The question now arises whether it will be necessary to call on each exsheriff in each county to refund the col lected "in and out" fees, and whether It is compulsory to refund down to the time when the system was inaugurated or whether it has become out lawed within a certain number of years. It was thought here today that the decision wrill affect at least ex-Sheriffs Daugherty, Lawrence and possibly Ben Hays. Sheriff Carter has followed the custom of his predecessors and col lected the fees with the understanding, however, that he would be guided by the supreme court decision. OPPOSITION TICKET KNOWN. The personnel of the opposition tic ket at Burnham has just been made known to the public. The same men are on this ticket who were elected as village board a few weeks ago, with the exception of the justice of the peace. The ticket is as follows: President, J. W. Welnland; Clerk, T. J. Cullman; trustees, Joseph S. Doe, William C. Xeel. J. Harvey Patton, Milton E. Shaver, Walter E. Combs, Emil Jabrosky; Justice of the peace, Elias K. Hunter. L. S. & M. S. VICTIM IDENTIFIED. The man who was run over by several trains between Indiana Harbor and Buffiington, Wednesdayn ight, was identified at the inquest this morning as Mike Rinlcwicz of Indiana Harbor. The coroner rendered a verdict of accidental death. RlnklcwMcz had been working at the cement works at Buffington, and while walking supposedly from there to Indiana Harbor, met his death. lie was 42 years old and unmarried.

FIRE BRICK PLANT WORK PROGRESSING

Harbson Walker Company to Care for Western Business at East Chicago. Work on the new plant which Is being built in East Chicago by the Harbson-Walker company for the purpose of manufacturing fire brick to be used in the new blast furnaces that are being constructed in various parts of the country, is going on rapidly. The contract has been awarded to Stewart & Bowers of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago, and involves the expenditure of over $20,000. The plant is intended to take care of the western business of this eastern concern, which has practically a monoply in the manufacture of fire brick. It is estimated that a great deal of money will be saved in freights by this arrangement and it will not only be a good thing for the concern that manufactures the product, but will en able the steel manufactures to get the brick at a much reduced price. MOTOR HATCHES DISASTROUS FIRE Loren Hixon's Barn, Horses and Implements Destroyed at Early Hour. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Ind., April 5. Fire, which was supposed to have started by the explosion of a lamp in an In cubator, destroyed the barn, farm im plements and five horses belonging to Loren Hixon, whose place is just beyond the city limits. The fire was discovered shortly af ter 4 o'clock this morning- and fo lack of facilities could not be foueht Mr. Hixon and his help managed to save his herd of cows, but the horses were destroyed , even before the fire was discovered by the people of the house. The loss is estimated at $5,000 and said to be fully covered by insurance. Loren Hixon is the son-in-law of William Brown, a well known citizen of this district. He but recently moved into the vicinity of the town and was devoting his time to chicken farming and dairying. The horses that were destroyed were of the best of the general purpose class. The barn was so far removed from the house that the latter was in no danger. - Tbe Live Wire of The Calumet Reclon TELE LAKE COUNTY TIMES.

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MORE KB I ST HMD West Side Citizens Assail Eight of Village to Erect Pumping Station. More kicking in West Hammond. The citizens of the West Side who are to derive no benefit from tne new sewer system are KicKing because tne village authorities are erecting a pumping station on two of eight lots that are owned by the village and as they will have to pay part of the assessment, they have taken the matter Into the Cook county superior court. The present site occupied by the West Hammond Electric Light plant. 13 not owned by the village but is leased from the Michigan Central railroad company. Two years ago the officials of the village fearing that the Michigan Central road might lay them off purchased eight lots in Plummer avenue to be used In case they had to transfer the Electric Light plant. Xow that they are building a pump ing station on these lots some of the West Hammond citizens are putting up a holler that they have no right to. do so and hence the matter was referred to the superior court. If those protesting against it do not win their case, they say they will take the matter Into higher courts. BIG JOB NEARLY DONE. The Erie Coal Storage plant which has been under construction for the last three months, is nearing completion and from the progress that has been made the last week the new structure will be ready for occupancy by theTast of this month. The Fairbanks Morse Construction company have charge of the work. The plant when completed will be one of the largest coal storage plants In the United States. COAL TAKER NOT GUILTY. Xich Mistivlch, a foreigner who was arrested some time ago on the charge of having stolen a wagon load of coal from Angus Bros, at the Standard Steel Car plant, was found not guilty by Judge W. W. McMahon in the city court yesterday afternoon. In declaring Mistivlch "not guilty" Judge McMahon explained that while there was no doubt but what the coal was illegally taken from Angus Bros, still there was no proof that it was taken with the intention of stealing It. Lederer's Big Store and Spiegel's Household Furnishing company of South Chicago, are making dally deliveries In Hammond, AVhitlng, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, Adv. Look, on page five for full details and conditions governing the Jamestovrn contest. Line up your friends at once and get bosT4

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Authorities Anticipate a Dis turbance When a Force oi Two Hundred Strike Breakers Arrive a t Lorain.

(Special to The Lake Lorain, O., April ous preparations ship yard strike, infantry. O. X. G.. 5. There are ominfor trouble In the Company B, fifth is assembled In the armory and the company is being put through a rapid-lire drill with rifles by Captain Gove. The captain has been notified to be in readiness to go out at a moment's notice. The adjutant-general has ordered Brigadier-General John C. Speaks, who is now in Cleveland, to proceed to Lorain and report as to the situation. Mayor King telephoned the adjutantgeneral from Lorain at 9 o'clock that he situation is critical. There have been no further disorders on the part of the strikers today. They are in a sullen mood, however, and the authorities fear that trouble will occur when about 200 strike-breakers arrive. The latter are expected to come SAVES HIMSELF BY HAIR'S BREADTH Engineer Catches at Scaffolding as He Falls from 175 Foot Chimney. One of the most hair-raising escapes from death that was ever known in Hammond took place yesterday at the plant of the Standard Steel Car company. An engineer by the name of Xagel fell from the top of the 175-foot chimney that is being built there and saved himself by hanging with one hand to the scaffolding. Xagel is one of the engineers on the work of construction and being desirous of going to the top of the chim ney to observe the progress of the work, he stepped into the bucket that is being used as an elevator and when the hoisting engine was started he was whisked to the top of the' tall f'tflle ef-Triek."- -- The engineer, -according to the story of those who saw the accident, did not watch the bucket as he should have done and It was carried so far up that it was tipped over and the passenger was dumped out. He fell a short distance and the hor rifled bricklayers who were working on the platform expected to see Xagel plunge from tho dizzy height and fall to certain death on the ground far below.' Xagel slipped over the edge of the platform, but managed to grasp one of the two-by-fours. He hung on with the grip of a drowning man, and when the bricklayers took hold of his arm to lift him back to safety it was all they could do to release his grasp. Xagel was uninjured by the fall, but he passed through an ordeal that he will not soon forget. It was a nervous shock that even the men who were working on the chimney had a hard time to overcome. IT'S OILY THE UPLIFT S Word Sent That Whiting j Citizens Engage in Weird Practices. MANIA ISJMBMLESS Inquiry Developes That Business Men Desert Their Callings In Interests of Church. The story has got abroad that the Inhabitants of Whiting are doing weird things. ; When it was learned that Charles Davidson, the postmaster of the oil burg had hired out as a flower seller, that Attorney Frank Gavit and Henry Beaubien, the agent for the Lake Siiore road had quit their respective callings to engage in the wood chopping busi ness for pay, that Arthur Corey of the Standard Oil company had taken to selling popcorn on the streets, that Henry Davidson had cut out selling subdivisions and acreage to follow the humble calling of a peaunt vender that Rev. J. M. Artman had hired out as dishwasher and farm hand and that Beaumont Parks, superintendent of the Standard Oil company's plant had gone shopping with his wife, visions of a lunacy commission and the like floated through the minds of those who heard the rumors. A Lake County Times reporter pulled a sympathetic face and went over to the Oil town to make inquiries. Not Incurable. "Cheer up," said one of the seemingly demented ones who was approached upon the subject, noting the reporter's condolent look. "It's only the uplift bug. It wont be always, and while it ain't, we'll be engaged In our regulaj tion callings,

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in on a special train today. Mayor King made an address to the strikers this morning-. He told them he would tolerate no more violence, that necessary force will be used hence forth to quell any rioting. Soldiers in uniform were at the railroad stations today to assist the special deputies in case of trouble. The strikers are closely watching the Xickel Plate railway station, where a train from the west, carrying a large number of strike-breakers, is expected to arrive shortly. - Slrike-llreaWer Uses tiun, Pomeroy, ).. April 5. Trouble broke out afresh in the miners' strike here last night, when Charles Campbell, a strike-breaker, shot John Walters, a union miner, with a shot-gun. Walters will die and Campbell is in Jail. More trouble Is feared. B. & 0. HECK TRIAL mm BEGIII Men Held Responsible for Woodville Horror Cited to Appear Monday. On Monday next the trial of th trainmen of tho freight and passenger trains that were In the wreck horror on the Baltimore & Ohio road at Woodville in which sixty-one were killed, will begin in Valparaiso, the countyseat of Torter county. Much . Interest will attach to the action of the state against these taen and the forensic fight will be as vigorous as the counsel on each side can make It. . . Attorney D. E, Kelly, of Valparaiso, brother of Dr. Luke Kelly of this cty, will defend three of the men: Samuel Moste. conductor of tho freight train; Anthony Burke, engineer of, the'second section of tho passenger train, and John D. Porter, conductor in charge of the first section of the passenger train. Frank Galnouer, the engineer of the first section of the passenger, will be defended by Attorney Henry Colerick of Fort Wayne. Attorney Kelly refused to be Interviewed on the line of defense, though, admitting that he had blocked' out, a plan of action. The state's attorney, is anxious to know the line of defense. The plea of all the men will be simply one of not guilty. , It .la probable that much will be made of the fact that the trainmen were simply obeying orders and the statement may be made and evidence led to prove that the B. & O. was doing a double track business on a single track road. It will be shown that the conductor could neither prevent or control tha circumstances that caused the disaster It was later learned that in addition to the "Pick Up, Clean Up" club. Whiting has a Men s club of the Congregational church. This ia the Oil town' latest enterprise. This organization has taken upon itself to make church activity more of a pleasure" and to aid in making the church services more attractive by providing flowers and music, At a recent meeting it was decided of the club should contribute $1 to the 1 - 1 1 . t. 1 . ( , . V, I. t,.v. A . i rirs on its activities, it was aiso pro vided that each of the members should earn the dollar by personal effort and make a report to the club stating how it was done. Here's What They Did. Rev. J. M. Artman earned fifty cents making lettuce beds in the garden of A. D. Davis and the remaining fifty cents washing dishes for the Ladles' f Aid society. Charles Davidson. postmaster of Whiting, made a dollar selling flower at the office girl's banquet. Attorney Frank Gavit and Henry Eeaubein, the Lake Shore agent, made an agreement with William Greatrake to cut down three trees in his back: i yard. They went to work on the Job but cut the trees four feet above the ground and Greatrake refused to pay for thf-m for it on the ground that he would have to chop the trees down again to get rid of them. Beaumont Parks, superintendent of the Standard Oil company's plant, went shopping with his wife and earned a dollar that way. He said it was worth a dollar to any man to go shopping with his wife. Arthur Corey, of the Standard Oil company, sold popcorn on the street and succeeded in getting together enough to earn his dollar. Henry Davidson, real estate agent, bought a consignment of peaunts ia Chicago and expected to make his dollar in this manner but the peanuts were shipped to Hammond instead of Whiting and Davidson is still waiting for the chance to go into business. John C. Hall, the superintendent of the schools made eight cents of his money by delivering a registered letter for Postmaster Davidson, i Some of the others have been glvea i an extension of time in which to earn their money and they all expect to make good. Tomorrow the fifty-nine members are expected to be on deck to clean up the churcU yard,