Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 250, Hammond, Lake County, 10 April 1907 — Page 1

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VOL. 1, NO. 250. NIGHT 2 GENT RATE S EFFECTIVE Governor Proclaims it Law Along With 293 Other Acts. GETS LISTJECEIPTS Final Arrivals of Acknowledgements From County Clerk's Signal to Hanly to Proceed. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, Ind., April 10. Henceforth two cents a mile will be the prevailing price that will be paid for railroad fares. This is the rate from today on, for today the laws were published as proclaimed by a proclamation by the governor. All laws which have not gono into effect through emergency clauses went into effect today, unless they set a time specifically for their effectiveness. The last of the receipts from the county clerks came to the office of Fred Slmms, secretary of state, today. This fact was certified to by the secretary of state, and this certification was sent to the governor, who immediately Issued the proclamation publishing the laws of the general assembly of 1907In all 294 laws are contained In the book of acts. Perhaps most important among those published, from the standpoint of the general public, is the two cent fare law, which provides that when a ticket is bought the fare shall be two cents a mile. "When the passenger pays his fare on the train, he is penalized by paying one-half cent extra on the mile, which excess fare is refunded to him at any station of the road. The railroads have already made arrangements for this change. As Ohio lias a similar law. It Is now possible for residents of Indiana to travel to the eastern border of that state for this fare. Much Railroad Legislation. Other important railroad laws become effective today, also, with the publication of the acts: The so-called shippers bill Is one. Th43,ls,the bill drawn ip by the different shipping interests of the state for the protection of the shippers. Outside of the fact that the reciprocal demurrage section of the bill was eliminated, it stands practically as it was Introduced in the house. It provides for a car movement of at least fifty miles a day, for the proper prorating; of cars in case of shortage, for penalties for failure to deliver cars, and authorizes tho railroad commission to apply for an operating receiver of any road that fails or refuses to comply with its demands. The bill strengthening the present railroad commission law becomes effective, also. Then the sixteen hour law, the full train crew, the safety eo.ulpment law and the baggage law all became effective with the publication of the "acts. From an examination of the btatutes it seems as if the Indiana legislature did its share towards the railroad situation. Important school bills became effective, also. One raises the levy for school purposes from 11.6 cents on the $100 to 13.6 cents, the increase being necessary because of tho fact that another bill increasing the basis of compensation for school teachers becomes effective, too. A normal school bill is a third of these laws to become effective and one providing that the dealers In each town are to handle the text books. ot Till December. The public depository bill will become effective Dec. 1, as will also the bill regulating tho private banks. These are the only two bills of Importance whose effectiveness is postponed under the specific provisions of the bills themselves. A stringent anti-trust bill which centralizes power In the hands of the attorney general, is not to be disregarded; further regulation of automobile owners, a new ditch bill, a public health law these are now in operation also. The law aimed at bucket shops is another, that is Included: this Is supposed to be strong enough to act as a complete prohibition for bucket shops; this is one of the many laws that will be contested. Primary election law compulsory in Allen, Marlon, Vigo and Vanderburg counties and in other counties of the state optional, and applying to local candidates, not state candidates; sterilization law. applying to the idiots and criminal insane; the law against Sunday barbering, which includes the optional jail sentence; the law authorizing the state to issue bonds to the extent of $129,000 to pay the Vincennes claim; the law creating a state board of optometry, and one adding an additional member to eacli of the dozen state institutional boards; and the one creating the tuberculosis hospital commission all these bills, with the pure food and sanitary inspection and 200 other laws become effective today, with the publication of the acts. WANTS RIGHT OF WAY. The Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway company this afternoon filed condemnation proceedings in the superior court against Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Langfelt for two lots located in the company's proposed right of way in Hammond. They ask for appratsrs to report not later than May 11.

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EDITION. GARY SWARMS A BEEHIVE Entire Site Bristles With Structural Shapes and Steel of all Kinds. ACTIVITY IS IBEASIBG Five Large Crane3 Busy Daily In Hands of as Many Gangs on Open Hearth Work. (Special to Lake County Times.) Gary, April 10. Five large cranes are busy daily In the hands of as many different gang of workmen swinging into place on the open hearth work the material, and structural work that is rapidly being used in the erection of these furnaces. The entire territory for a large distance on either side of the site which is half a mile long and some three hundred feet wide is covered thickly with structural shapes and steel of all kinds. The actual work of erection of the steel structures on the open hearth site is but barely begun, the gangs having just completed the putting up of the two large portable construction cranes which rise from their respective towers some eighty feet. With these the workmen swing up lightly the gigantic pieces weighing in many instances fifteen and twenty tons and they are slowly bolted and braced Into position. Work continues steadily on the canal where the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock company have their large outfits. Several hundred feet of the concrete on the west side of the intended channel have been completed and the pile drivers continue day after day In their seemingly endless task of driving piling in the ever extending wooden piers which precede all other construction work. The work on the two blasting furnaces on which it has been pushed most rapidly has proceeded so far as to give a very good idea of the permanent appearance of these Important parts of the plant. Innumerable spurs of standard guage tracks run In at every vantaga point in and around the structures enabling the ready use of the material and pieces with a minimum amount ofabor and time. Here and there about the plant site wherever a building or part of a building Is to be erected are scattered some fifteen or twenty excavating out fits consisting of sand suckers, steam snovels, orange peelers and divers other arrangements for moving dirt rapidly, all busy making room for the coming structures. Where the excava tions are done are gigantic concrete mixers of different kinds grinding steadily out their mixture of sand, gravel and cement or other ingredients as the case may be for the foundations From an area of over a square mile with two or three busy points last fall the entire tract has become a veritable bee-hive with two or three thousand men busy all over this modern cruicble. Mile upon mile of the heaviest of steel rails in standard guage switch and sid ing tracks have been laid all over the plant site, making the more complex the appearance of the place but aiding materially in the handling of the train loads of material which arrive daily. Indeed nothing has been spared that will assist in the speeding of the work and the entire project is a gigantic lesson in up-to-date commercial economics, a lesson that has been thoroughly learned in the school of practice and is being demonstrated here at the foot of Lake Michigan in the heart of the world's Industrial center by men than whom there are none better equipped. HAS EIGHTEEN MORE MONTHS. Term of Thomas McCoy at the State . Prison. The Rensselaer Republican says that the question has been considerably discussed as to just how long a time Tom McCoy will have to stay at Michigan City. Ills sentence was the regular one for embezzlement, of from one to three years This means that unless the board of pardons or the governor acts on his case for some special reasons, which is not likely, that he will have to stay there about eighteen months, provided he makes the best record for good conduct and obedience to rules. This he is practically certain to do, and next fall Tom will no doubt walk forth a free man. Michigan City Evening Dispatch. MAK, JR., RELEASED ON BAIL. tlets Out This MornioK on $200 Bonds Furnished by Trustee Laugbeen. Peter, Mak, jr., who was arrested yesterday on a warrant by Officer Barney Johnson ,was relensed from custody this morning on $200 bonds furnished by Ernest Langbeen. one of the trustees. President Mak went to Chicago yesterday and was not back this morning to furnish ball for his son, so Langbeen came to the rescue. Judge Flynn set young Mak's trial for Friday evening at S o'clock. Teter Mak. sr.. returned from Chicago this morning and was very indignant when he learned that his son had been rearrested, but after the circumstances had been explained to him and when he found out that the boy was once more out he calmed down and said he supposed "it would be all right, -

HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907.

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ANTl-STRAPHANGINB SENTIMENT GROWS Hammond Developes Feel- , ing That Breeds ill for Street Car Co. The people of Hammond are developing a healthy anti-strap hanging sentiment that promises to make trouble for the street car companies if the service is not Improved in the future. The traffic on all of the lines of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago street railway has increased to such an extent that at times during the day the number of cars Is not great enough to accommodate it. In the morning, noon and at night when the rush 13 on, there is not a car leaving for East Chicago that Is not crowded with passengers and strap hangers. At the same hours of the day the cars to the Conkey plant are so crowded that although an extra car makes the trip, both are loaded to their capacity. The cars leaving for 63rd street are always crowded no matter what time of the day they happen to be leaving and the same Is true of the cars that leave East Chicago and Whiting for the same destination. "In speaking of the situation a prom lnent business man said today: "There was a time when the lines of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chi cago street railway covered a large sparsely settled territory and could hardly be expected to pay dividends. At that time the criticism of the service was unjust for an additional ex penditure of money could not be ex pected to bring results. "At this time, however, the situation is entirely different. The amount of traffic justifies the expenditure of mon ey for betterments and the people are not getting them. "Some time ago It was announced that ten new cars were being con structed for the purpose of Improving the service, but so far nothing has been heard from them. "The strap hangers are demanding better service, ilia street car company can afford to give It, and if the people can't get it from the company that is now In the field, they will invite the competition of a company that will give it." CARL GERLACH WILL BUILD STORE IN MERRILL VILLE. rurrhnses Lot Formerly Occupied by Town's Only Emporium, AVhieh Was Destroyed by Fire -John Stoltz of Hammond May Interest Himself in Xew Enterprise. A real estate deal of Interest is that of Marion F. Pierce to Carl Gerlach. The lot is located in the heart of Merrillville, where formerly the only store in the village stood and which burned down. Mr. Gerlach purchased the lot with the intention of erecting a store there. It is possible that John Stoltz of Hammond may go into partnership with Gerlach. The store itself promises to be a modern county store so stocked as to supply the village and the whole farming district. IC you look for. It In the LAKE COUNTY TIMES yon cannot be disap-jwlnteda

MARSE HENRY ABROAD. FORcai. s. a $15,000 Will be Expended on Erection of Station at Gibson. WILL BEJP-IO-DATE Pact That Lines Terminus and General Ofices Are There Makes Point Important. The Chicago and Indiana Southern railroad has staked out the ground and will at once begin the excavations for a depot at Gibson that is to cost In the neighborhood of $15,000. The new depot is to be built at the Intersection of the Chicago and Indiana Southern and the Michigan Central railroads and will be erected with a view to future needs of the locality. It Is said that 400 passengers get on and cff the trains at Gibson and now that the new offices buildings of the Chicago and Indiana Southern railroad are ready for occupancy the number will be increased considerably. There Is also quite a village being built up in the vicinity of the yards and before many months are past it is believed Gibson will be quite a place. Frame With Trimming. The new depot will be about 20 by 80 feet in dimensions and will be a frame structure with the exception that there will be some brick and stone trimmings. There will be women's and men's waiting rooms and the toilet and retiring rooms that are usually to be found in an up-to-date depot. As the Gibson station Is the nearest the center of population In this region It will be the depot to which Hammond, Whiting, Indiana Harbor and Gary, as well as East Chcago passengers will have to go to take the trains for the south. The fact that it will be practically the terminus of the line and that the general offices are located there will make the Gibson station one of the most Important on the entire road. AGENT CRANE INSTRUCTED. Two Cent Rate on Lake Shore AVill Xot be Effective I'ntil linuly Proclaim. The Lake Shore Instructed Agent Crane not to begin selling tickets to Indiana points according to the newtwo cent rate schedule on April 8, as originally ordered, the governor not haing proclaimed the enforcing proclamation; but the order added that the rei rate would go Into effect today, when the proclamation is expected. However, it is assumed that if the proclamation is not forthcoming at this time the new rates will not be adopted until it is. LaPorte Argus-Bulletln. Our rate are rigid. We have adrertlslns space to sell in THE LAKE COrX'TY TIMES. Onr only medium of trade la real money.

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TRANSPORTATION FAGILlTiES GOOD Many Roads to Jamestown 20 Million People Only Days' Ride Away. There has been an interesting dls cussion as to the efficiency of the transportation facilities connecting the locality wherein tho Jamestown ter centennial exposition is to be held with the country at large. It has been shown by exhibits made by those in terested directly in the exposition that these facilities are ample. The pre diction is therefore made that this celebration on the southern shores of Hampton Roads, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the first perma nent English speaking settlement in America, will be one of the most popular expositions In point of attendance that has ever been held in this country. Norfolk, often called the gateway of the south, while not a city of the population of Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo or St. Louis, where previous expositions have been held, is nevertheless more advantageously located, for within a twelve hour radius of the city there live 20,000,000 people, and within a twenty-four hour radius, 41,000,000, or more than half of the population of the entire country. Connected with the north, south and west by eight or ten railroads and as many steamship lines, there is every assurance that the dally throngs to and returning from the ter-centennial will be afforded ample transportation accommodations. Appreciating the value and importance of the water features of the Jamestown exposition, a corporation has been organized under the title of the "Water Belt Line," that will operate excursions to the many points of historic interest on the shores of Hampton Roads and tidewater, Virginia. Quick ferry service will connect Newport News, Portsmouth. Hampton and Old Point Comfort with the exposition grounds, and together with the numerous regular steamers will put off and take on passengers at the commercial piers of the exposition. This, in addition to the railroad connections from Norfolk and the surrounding cities, consisting of three electric and one steam road, promises to make the local transportation facilities adequate for the strain that will be put upon them. INSURANCE RE-RATER HERE. W. P. Kelly of the South Bend branch of the Inspection bureau, is making his headquarters in Hammond for a number of days, from where he will re-rate this district for insurance. The district takes In Gary, Toleston, Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Whiting and Hammond. STEAL CLOTHES AND MONEY. L. J. Granger, employed at the South Shore Gas plant, reported to the police last night that some one had entered the building and there taken away a good coat and vest and shirt belonging to him. A Modern Woodman pin was fastened to the coat and a $5 bill was In the vest when they were taken.

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District Attorney Jerome Begins to Tear Down the Impassioned Speech of Attorney Delmas Court is Packed With Spectators.

New York, April 10. William Travers Jerome, district attorney of New York, egan his closing argument to the ury trying Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White at 11:30 todav by telling tho men in the box they had been led for two days through fields of romance. He said an appeal to the sympathy and passions of jury was a broad departure from the duty of counsel. "There could," he said, "Re only one of four verdicts murder In the first degree, murder in the second degree. manslaughter or not guilty because of insanity." All previous crowds were insignifi cant compared to the mob which stormed the court room doors in an effort to hear him sum up-the state's ease against Thaw. Althought court was not convened until 11:30 o'clock, fully two hours before that the advance guard of spectators began to arrive and took up positions of vantage in corridors leading to the court room, so as to be among the first to be ad mitted when the doors were opened. The rolice, however, anticipating just such a move upon part of the out siders, were prepared for the rush and kept doors closed until 11 o'clock. But this did not prevent a large number of favored friends from getting into the court room before that hour. Court attendants employed the side doors leading to the ante-rooms to good advantage and so when the main entrance was opened the trial room was almost filled. The small inclosure in front of the judge's bench was also taxed to its utmost capacity by the friends and assistants of the district attorney and altogether the scene in the court room when Mr. Jerome rose to address the jury was one of tense Interest, expectancy and euppressed excitement. CANDIDATES Names of Those Who Would Take Jamestown Trip are Announced. STARTS BSLL ROLLING Many Popular Belles Hold Back for Breaking of Ice Other's Friends Advance Names. After many hours of expectation and waiting the day has arrived on which The Lake County Times prints the list of candidates who have been recommended by their friends for the free trip to Jamestown. The excitement that The Lake County Times' offer has caused throughout its circulation territory has grown to such an extent that the paper would be forced to print the first list of names even if it should desire to withhold ' them for a time longer. It is expected that the first publication today will start the ball rolling in whose wake many more names will follow. From the discussions heard on every side it can be seen that a great many are holding back until the ice is broken. It i3 up to the candidates whose names have already been submitted and those who are prospective candidates to get around to their friends for their suppodt. There Is nobody In the entire circulation district that Is without friends and the page advertisement In The Times today furnishes the guide for the work. There is no possible question that could be asked in connection with the contest to which the answers could not be. found in the advertisement that has been appearing for some time and reappears today. A nominee's subscription coupon also appears today which the candldtae may use in getting votes. Similar coupons will be furnished by the office upon request of the candidates. It has been learned that In some Instances names of candidates have been submitted by their friends without first consulting the young lady, thereby hoping to enter her when the chances were easy and before she could wait for the breaking of the ice. That the trip will be worth while may be taken from the fact that millions of dollars will be spent on the exhibition and that thousands of other people will spend good hard cash and come from all parts of the world to see it. To the can didates whose names are given today and to the prospective candidates this trip is offered absolutely free of charge. The candidates entered thus far are as follows: District. Xo. 1. Miss Carrie Myles, deputy county clerk.

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ONE CENT PER COPY. ORIS In the corridors the scenes were mor stirring. Scores of disappointed men and women made an onslaught upon the police guard in a last effort to pass the portals, only to be repulsed and fairly dragged back from the entrance. Men with imagined Influence pleaded with the officers, cajoled, begged and threatened, but to no purpose. About five minutes before the session was begun members of the Thaw family began to arrive. The first to enter th court room was Josiah Thaw. He was accompanied by his sister, the countess of Yarmouth. Mrs. Carnegie and her husband were the next to arrive. Mrs. Edward Thaw and Evelyn Thaw fol lowed quickly and the elder Mrs. Thaw came last. All looked hopeful and confident. At 11:35 o'clock Justice Fitz gerald took his seat upon the bench, the Jury was brought in and Harry K. Thaw was called to the bar. District Attorney Jerome then began hla address to the Jury. In his address ha said in part: "Gentlemen of tho jury. It is for counsel to appeal to you as they themselves see their duty. To me the duty points only to an appeal upon the evidence in court. Counsel should not Inject othe rthings into the case. An effort to inflame your passions and to turn your mind from the issue In this trial to another case is not considered the duty of the counsel upon Atlantio seaboard. "Your oath binds you to render your verdict upon the evidence and that alone. You must reach your verdict by purely and plainly an intellectual process as you would dispose of a problem in geometery, an equation in algebra or a sum in arithemetlc You are to be the sole judges of this issue and you are to Judge by the facts in this case." In the opening remarks Jerome said: "Thaw is worse than White was." Miss Agnes Stack, bookkeeper at Melkle's coal office. Miss Clara Jaeger, clerk at Bets plant. . . ... Miss Elsa Masepohl, stenographer at Hammond Packing company. Miss Nora Rellly, stenographer at Judge McMahon's office. Miss Callle Johnson, telephone operator at Simplex. Miss Celia Hasse, clerk at Lion BtorN Miss Stellar Schafer, klndergarts principal River Side school. Miss Anna Hastings, Reid Murdoch. Miss Genevieve Hastings. DiMtrlct. Xo. 2. Miss Musburg. Robertsdale. Miss Gertrude Welsby, stenographer at Attorney Gavlt's office. Miss Mary Griffith, stenographer, Whiting. Miss Nellie Hannephln, Whiting. Miss Nellie McEnlss, bookkeeper. Whiting Supply store. District No. 3. Miss Grace Moss, bookeeper, East Chicago. Miss Edith Evans, stenographer. East Chicago. District No. 4. Miss Ray Rockwell. Crown Point. Miss Cora Fowler, Crown Point. Miss Mary Christenson, Crown Point Miss Loa Hughes, Crown Point. Miss Edna Maynard, Crown Point. District. No. S. Miss Elizabeth Webber, Cedar Lake,

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Miss Hattle Foster. Lowell. Miss Flora Fuller, Creston. Miss Edith Kenney, Lowell. Miss Mary Richards, West Creek, Miss Ina Hayden, Cedar Creek. Miss Hazel Mitch. Cedar Lake. Miss Ruby Farley, Lowell. Miss Clara Gerlach, St. John. Miss Lizzie Thielen, St. John. Miss Laura Scherer, St. John. Miss Matilda Miller, St. John. Miss Veronica Boeker, St. John. Miss Alvlna Stommel, Dyer. Miss Alphonsa Baker, Dyer. Miss Minnie Wolter, Dyer. Miss Estelle Kellman, Dyer. Miss Edna Bailey, Dyer. DUtrlce Xo. 0. Miss Minnie Busse, Hobart. Miss Lela Mlchaelson, Hobart. Miss Amanda Bullock, Hobart. District Xo. 7. Miss Evelyn Allen, 7565 Bond avenue Windsor Park. MIs3 Gussle Hanslee, telephone operator, South Chicago. Miss Mary Heslin, 10G39 Green Bay, avenue. Miss Gertrude Hughes, 170 91st street South Chicago. Miss Martha Gustafson, 9129 Superlol avenue. South Chicago. Miss Hattie Kamsie, clerk at Leder ers store. Miss Martha Plath, grocery store af Colehour. Miss O'Leary, South Peering. DUtrctt Xo. S. Miss Lena Erwin, West Pullman. Miss Lillian Smith, West Pullman, MIss Lillian Murphy, Roseland. Miss Tillie Douglas, Roseland. Miss JesBle Kelley, Burnside. Miss Bridget Walsh, Burnsida Albert E. Debus, who had the contract for laying the carpet in the new federal bulldin has completed the work. It was first thought that it would be necessary to get an expert from Chicago, but after looking over the city Mr. Debus concluded to do the work. Mr. Debus is employed by Mlnas & Godfrey.