Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 257, Hammond, Lake County, 18 April 1907 — Page 1

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Tnrtly cloudy tonight and Friday not much chance In temperature. VOL. 1, NO. 257. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1907. ONE CENT PER COPY.

WHAT WILL THE

CASE TO GOME UP SATURDAY Court Will Rule on Injunction in 2-cent Fare Matter.

HIS BUSY DAY. CRAFTS VILLAGE BIG FRANGH1S EXT STEP BE? iT EXPOSITIO

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, , Interest Centers in Disposition of Property at Dearborn Park.

MID GAMBLER'S TRIAL Lake County May Be Treated to Public Bonfire or Return of Ousted Evil. Since "Bud" White has capitulated! and the governor has won a signal triumph in forcing the surrender, the Interest in the Dearborn rark affair Is centered in the trial of White, Hyman and their accomplices and in the question of destroying the stockade and buildings at Dearborn Park. The date of the hearing which is to determine whether the buildings and other property at the park are to be destroyed will be April 23, and it is in this hearing that the people are most Interested. If the court decides that the stock ade and the structures which it surrounds are merely gambling apparatus and should be destroyed by tiro or any other means that he sees fit to employ, then there will be the unprecedented spectacle of a building worth thousands of dollars being destroyed for the simple reason that it was used exclusively .for gambling purposes. If the court decided in favor of "Bud" White and his associates, then the governor's fight will be but a partial success and there will always remain the menace of a resumption of business when the conditions are more favorable. As the governor and his right hand man, Attorney General Bingham, seem determined to make a clean sweep of gambling In the northern part of Indiana, it is expected that there will be a hard fight mado to compel the destruction of the buildings. The criminal cases against "Bud" White, Ilyman, Brandon and Williams will be brought to atrial May, 3. and there is considerable speculation as to What the outcome will be. The law provides that the penalty for offenses such as White and his associates are charged with are a fine of not less than ?5 nor more than $100, and to this may be added imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than three months. The governor seems to be of the opinion that if he can win a decisive victory over tho men in this campaign he will have very little trouble with them hereafter. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES. Whiting Xoit Haa Full Fledged Concern to Aid Would-bc House Builders to IOntabliali Homes Meeting Ueld Last Mghl. The Whiting Building & Loan association has become an actuality. Last night the following officers were elected: President, William Greatrake; vice president, Henry Beaubien; secretary, C. D. Davidson; treasurer, Morton Trout. It will now be possible to proceed with the details of the organization, and tho articles of incorporation will be filed at once. There will also be pome printing to be done, and as soon as these matters have been arranged the patronage of the people of Whiting will be solicited. Tho business nun of the city are watching the consummation of their plans with considerable lntorest and believe that Whiting will soon be provided with the extra houses that are so badly needed as a result of the new organization. ELECTION BOARD BUSY. West Hammond Official Make Count of Thursday" Vote Sewer Extension to Be Pushed. The West Hammond election board is busy today with the official count of Tuesday's vote. The hrst meeting of the new board will be held next Thursday and all old business will be disposed of. Xow that Peter Mak's regime is a thing of tho past the proposed extension of the sewer system will be brought up and it Is expected that the new board will take immediate! action in the matter, as the candidates ', before election expressed themselves I as wanting to make several improve- i raents throughout the village. j HAD WEAPONS CONCEALED. I'anages Baleos, a Greek, was arrested yesterday for carrying concealed weapons and his case was set for trial In the city court this afternoon. The warrant for his arrest was supplied for by George Speardon, also of Gibson, who was arrested last Tuesday for keeping a blind pig. Speardon believes that Baleos was instrumental in bringing about his downfall and is taking this means in getting revenge on his countryman. EAST CHICAGOAN DIES. William Josaan, aged 63, was buried at Oak Hill cemetery this afternoon. Josaan was a resident of East Chicago and a widower. He died yesterday morning.

HOOSIEHS INTERESTED

Attorney General Bingham in the Saddle J. Pierpont Morgan's Hand Seen. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18. Judge A. B. Anderson of the federal court has notified parties in the case that the first step will be taken Saturday in the suit in equity filed to test the constitutionality of the 2-cent fare law passed by the last legislature which wentinto effect April 10. At the hearing it will he decided whether a temporary restraining order shall be granted. , , Clayton E. Blakey of Louisville will appear as attorney for the Louisville, Jew Albany & Corydon railroad, and the state will be represented by Attorney General James Bingham and J. W. EwIng, either in person of by attorney. It Is now freely stated among railroad men of the city that J. Pierpont Morgan and the Southern railway Interests are the instigators of the test case. The Southern railway has a connection with the L., N. A. & C. railroad at Corydon Junction, and is the only line which is in any way benefited by the nine miles of track operated by the L., X. A. & C. between Kings Cave and Corydon Junction. It i3 also rumored that the big railroad interests alleged to be back of the suit have very cleverly contrived to get the case into the United States courts, where. If in no other way, they hope to carry it by appeal to the supreme court A favorable decision ia a United States supreme court will prevent legislative action in any state in the Union. The railroads seemed to have centered the fight against twocent, fare .laws in thlsu.pne. ease. It they fail in the federal cbJTts they will still have the individual legislatures to deal with. On the other hand, a favorable decision will b'nd every state In the Union hand and foot against the enactment of what the railroads have been pleased to style "arbitrary rate laws." Hlcghnm Hold. Iteins. Whether a temporary restraining order will be granted Saturday at the hearing before Judge Anderson will depend upon James Bingham, the state attorney general. If the request for an order is not contested, the court will have no option in the matter but to grant the temporary order, pending a hearing of the case in court. The restraining order which the L., X. A. & C. prays the court to grant would prevent the two-cent fare law being enforced against the nine miles of railroad between King's Cave and Corydon Junction in Harrison county. The road also asks a restraining order to prevent the attorney general of the state, or J. W. Kwing, prosecuting attornev for the third judicial district at Corydon. bringing suit against the company for the collection of fines assessed as penalties for breaking the law. in event the two-cent law is not, under temporary restraining order, to be enforced against them. RELINQUISH LAKE FRONT PARK ON EVE OF SUCCESS? Alternative Submitted to tbe Railroads Looks Like HtukduHn Council Would lie SutUfied With Breathing Spot on Lake George. Tho special meeting of the Whiting city council for the purpose of considering the park problem was held last night and the net result was the instructing of the city attorney to submit the following proposition to the railroads: 1. The city of Whiting will relinquish its claims to the right to purchase the lake frontage and will close Sheridan avenue, 117th street and White Oak and Atchison avenues if the railroad company will pay the city a bonus for giving up its claims to the property sufficiently large to enable the city to purchase a park In Hammond on Lake George. J- 1 he olt" ot Uniting will insist uPon its right to purchase the lake frontage and will accept the railroad's Proposition to close the above named streets if the railroad will build and j maintain a viaduct over the railroad tracks. The case between the city and the railroad will come up in ten days and will settle the matter of the city's right to purchase the land. COPPER WIRE STOLEN. The attention of the local police has been called to a wire theft that was committed last night near Dalton, 111. About 650 pounds of wire belonging to the Chicago Telephone & Telegraph company was taken from the roadside and it is thought that the thieves are headed for Chicago. They are thought to be the same ones who stole wire from the same company nead Sharpshooters park some time ago. Thus far the local police have been unable to get a traco of the wire k stealers.

NEW POLK ST. DEPOT EST II COUNTRY Will Cost $25,000,000 and Effort to Legalize Bond Issue Eeveals Plans. Plans of the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad to raze its present Polk street station and replace it with a $25,000,000 structure that will be one of the finest passenger stations in the world are reported to have been divulged at Springfield by W. J. Henley, vice president and general solicitor of that road, who went to the capital In the interests of the bill introduced to legalize bond issues of that corporation. President Benjamin Thomas of the road last night denied the report that the old station would be torn down, but declared that plans had been completed for the erection of a new suburban six track passenger station on the property directly east of the present structure at Polk and Dearborn streets. Boon's for Xew Station. It is reported at Springfield, however, that the last issue of bonds au thorized by the company was made for the purpose of replacing the pres ent depot with a splendid new union station, and that the land necessary for the increased size of the structure has already been secured. It was when the question of floating the new bonds was presented to financiers that they raised the question of doubt as to the validity of the merger act of 1897. Little of this information was given out by Mr. Henley at the public hearings of the committee in charge of the bill, but he is said to have divulged the details to the committee members in private conversations. To Build Just Across Alley. "We have no plans to tear down the present depot," said President Thomas last night. "But we are ready to build a new suburban passenger station on the property just across the alley, east of the depot. This, however, will not cost anywhere near $25,000,000." The following roads will use the Polk street station: Chicago & Western Indiana, Chicago Belt line, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Grand Trunk, Erie, Monon and Wabash. ELLWOOD CHIEF OF POLICE STANDS TO WIN $500 If Joe Barton, Now Vnder Lock and Key In City Jail Proves to be Jesse Coe Captain Moon Gets the Reward. If it develops that Joe Barton, Ellwood City, is really Jesse Coe of Indinapolis, then Captain Moon, chief of police of Ellwood City, will be given credit for the capture of a murder and will receive a reward of $500. Some time ago there was a fight between a colored man and a policeman at Indianapolis. The negro took the officer's life and then skipped out. Cards giving a description of Coe fell into the hands of Moon. He soon noted the arrival of a suspicious looking negro in Ellwood City, who gave the name of Joe Barton and who said that he had worked in several cities. He was immediately arrested and now lies in jail at Ellwood City, awaiting the arrival of an officer from Indianapolis who can identify him if he Is Coe. Barton has several marks that are described as being on Coe, and for this reason the authorities believe that he is Coe. The executive board of the Hammond Woman's club will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of its presi dent, Mrs. H. F. Meikle, 432 Truman avenue. As many members of the board as possible &ould attend.

PNEUMONIA PATIENT FOUND II SWAMP

Peter Strua, Delirious, Wanders Away From his Nurses and May Die. A weird story has come from Gary of a sick man by the name of Peter Strua, who became delirious as a result of .in attack of pneumonia, and after escaping from his friends, wandered through swamps and was finally found exhausted, lying in about four inches of water. The man was huriied by train and ambulance to St. Margaret's hospital, where it is feared he will die. Peter Strua had been ill with pneumonia for several days, and, as his condition grew constantly worse his friends took turns in vvatraing over him. Finally he became delirious and his friends watched him all the more closely. Yesterday the vigilance was relaxed for a few moments and the rick man got up out of bed and left the tent in which he had been sleeping. When his watchers came back they were surprised to find that their patient had disappeared. They at once began a search for the lost patient and soon after they found him lying in tne icy water and unconscious. It was at once seen that the only hope of saving the life of the poor fellow would be to send him to some hospital where he could be properly cared for, and so he was sent on the next train to Hammond. Last night he was removed to St. Margaret's hospital, and this morning it is reported that he Is some better, and while he is in a very precarious condition, the sisters are not entirely without hope that he will recover. Friends of the sick man are surprised that he is still alive, for they cannot understand how a pneumonia patient can go through what he has and live. CHICAGOAN MEETS TRAGIC FATE IN ERIE YARDS. George Mlekel Falls Vnder Wheels of Freight Train and Suffers Loss of Leg and Arm Dies Before Am bulanee Beaches Him. While attempting to board Erie tram .No. fcO in the Erie- yards about 6 o'clock last night George Mickels of Chicago fell under the wheels of the moving freight and suffered the loss of his left leg and left arm and sus tained other external injuries. A local ambulance was called, but by the time it arrived the man was dead and the body was taken to Emmerling's morgue where it awaits the coroner's inquest. Several cards and letters were found on the body and all of them seem to positively identify the dead man as George Mickels. with a Chicago address of 5324 Monroe avenue. The inquest over the body will be held this afternoon at Emmerling's morgue. POWDER WORKS TO MOVE Now that the march of progress is leading this way, will it sweep away the dynamite factory at Aetna? When Gary gets its seven and eight-story structures up will their occupants care to be awakened every little while by the explosion of thirty or forty pounds of nitro glycerine and have the broken glass flying about their heads? Gary will soon absorb all of the territory now held by the dynamite makers, and a little ordinance will move the works to Its rightful place furt"" ii the lake. Chesterton Tribune.

St. Louis Post-DisDatch.

SOX ARE READY FOR HOME OPENING Comisky Eefits Part of Bleachers and Pop Bottles Are Excluded. (Special to Lake County Times). Chicago, April 18. The Sox are home for the opening day and if the sun is on the level, the gathering of the fans will be sufficient in-numbers to be re membered for many days. The pop bottle fiend3 will be missed this afternoon. Comlskey has had that part of the structure refitted, made into a new pavilion and so arranged that only the aristocrats will sit where once the hoi-polloi rent the air and hurled bottles at the "urap." Nobody knows who will coTer third base today Rohe, Quillen or Tannehill but they will all be visible to the glad populace. Sturdy old George Davis, foxy and 'still capable, will gam bol around short. Hahn, the hero of Noseville, will get the glad hand in right. The manager himself, with a new pride in suddenly discovered hitting skill, will shine in center, and Long Pat Dougherty, with his curly hair, will be seen in left. Same old crowd, same old champions. The opposition will be the gang led by Jimmy McAleer, and will be pretty much the same bunch as last season. save in the field, where Pickering will show, and inside the diamond, where Joe Yeager will probably guard second, and Delehanty, or last year's Reds, will dig them up at third. The Elks1 are planning a strong demonstratic.i during the afternoon, arranging an auto parade that will start from the Sherman house at 1:30 o'clock. Hundreds of other loyal fans will journey to the field in the same manner, and undoubtedly there will be no lack of en'1 -'asm even i fthe weather chap o. not see fit to send down some decent baseball weather. The Fifteen club of the Elks will be one of the big factors of the afternoon under the direction of Chief Redpath, headed by Cy DeVry, mounted on an elephant at the head of the club. They will have twenty-five auto cars and will carry the band in a "Seeing Chicago" machine. From the Sherman house the parade will go to State street, to Jackson boulevard, to Michigan avenue, to Thirty-ninth street, and thence to the park. An innovation will be given the fans when a delegation from the Stockyards cuts loose nine hog3 dressed In white with white stockings to root and yell for the champs. It is possible Mayor Busse will be present, but at any rate Chief Shippy and Fire Marshall Horan will be among those present as guests of the Fifteen club. The Elk members of the White Sox Tannehill, Sullivan and Isbell will be liberally remembered. President Comiskey will be the guest of honor at the Boston Oyster house tonight. CRUMPACKER TO HAWAII. Shortly after the federal building dedicatory celebration which is to be held in this city on the 25th of this month. Congressman Crumpacker, who is to be the principal speaker of the day, will leave on a six weeks' trip to Hawaii. The trip will be made in company with several other congressmen who will make a tour of inspection of the islands. The trip is one of the most attractive tours of the Pacific that may be taken and Congressman Crumpacker will not only gain a first hand knowledge of the conditions in this, one of the most important of the United States' colonial possessions, but will have a delightful summer vacation.

One Distinctive Feature at

Jamestown; Handiwork of Colonial Days. MANY NEWPROGESSES Artisans Will Ply Their Separate Trades Under Roofs of Separate Buildings. One of the distinctive features of the Jamestown exposition is tho arts and craits village, consisting or a group of buildings in which will be exempli fied the various processes of handiwork which were part of the home lifo in colonial days. During the life of the exposition these buildings will be used by arti sans who will in full view of the pub lic ply their several trades under the roof of the buildings bearing the name of the trade they practice. A special ty will be made of the industries of the early colonial days. The iron foundry will be a conspicuous feature of the arts and crafts village. Under is gabled roof skilled ironworkers will beat out brackets hinges, andirons, knockers, kitchen utensils and household ornaments similar to those used in the early days of the Virginia colony. The copper and silver building which in every detail, even to the sign swaying in the wind before Its door, re calls the old colonial metal shops where cunning devices were hammered out of the yellow una white metals Everything made of copper and silver will be made in this building. 137 by 44 feet in dimensions. It is The textile building is 88 feet long and 54 feet in width. It will shelter the specimens of all the ancient textile machinery. Not only will the hand! work of early colonial days be repro duced but also the cunningly woven rugs made on queer weaving machines of the early days. Counterpanes, car pets, rugs and blankets will be woven in the building by the same methods which were used in the early days of the Virginia colony. The old spinning wheel will be there seen in operation. Samples of homespun cloth will be on exhibition. The pottery building will shelter skilled potters who will instruct and amuse the visitors to the building in the art of making earthenware vessels of every shape and size. Each separate process in the making of the earthenware vessels will be shown from the moulding to the baking ovens which hardens the materials. SISTER JACOBINA IMPROVING. The sisters of St. Margaret's hospital are rejoicing today over the receipt of glad tidings. The good word has reached them that Sister Jacobina, who last Monday was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital in Lafayette suffering from inflammation of the bowels, is much better. At her present rate of recovery she will be able, it is believed, to be brought back to Hammond on Friday. Sister Superior Jacobina has been in charge of St. Margaret's for the past two years. She came here from Lafayette, where St. Margaret's mother instiution Is located. DR. BRYAN TO VISIT SCHOOL. Superintendent McDaniel is mak ing grand preparations for the receiv ing of Dr. Elmer Bryan, president of Franklin college at Franklin, Ind., who will address the teachers, students and patrons of the high school at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the assembly room in the Central school building, Mr. Bryan is considered one of the best sneakers in the state and those attending will be well repaid. GIVES AWAY TREES. The Whiting Improvement association is giving away maple trees to all of the citizens who apply for them Two hundred have been provided, and applications are coming in so rapidly that it Is believed it will be necessary to nrovide another two hundred to supply the demand. It is the purpose of the association to encourage the beautifying of the city and the members believe they will receive amnle returns on the money that is invested in this manner, ENGINE LEAVES RAILS. Monon engine No. 72C1 going south with about twentv freight cars, left the rails on the Fayette street cross intr this afternoon. The accident was caused by a broken rail. After a delay of half an hour the engine was placed on the track and traffic was resumed. MITCH IS RECOVERING. According to reports today, John Mitch, the saloonkeeper who attempt ed self destruction a few weeks ago has nearly recovered and is able to resume his work. Mitch, it will be remembered rigged a shotgun to a tree and then blazed away at" himself. Mitch still refuses to give any reason for his attempting to do the deed-

Steel Corporation Seeks to

Control Many Public Utilities. PEOPLE NOTADVISED Exclusive Rights to Furnish Street Car Service, Gas, Electric Lights and Water. Through blanket ordinances, general in terms and silent on tho question of rates and charges, the officers of the United States corporation are seeking to control all the public utilities in the new town of Gary, Ind. These ordinances, drawn up and presented to the village board of trustees by the attor neys for the "steel trust," the to be acted upon at a meeting of the boarJ Saturday. The sole power to grant these fran chises is vested in the board of trus tees, composed of President T. E. Knotts. M. A. Caldwell and John Sears, but while both Knotts and Caldwell owe their positions to the corporation which founded the eown they hesitate to tie it up in a bad bargain for a long term of yeara. Sears in no way la connected with the trust, and on his shoulders will fall the brunt of the fight to prevent the passage of these ordinances. What the Franchises Are. The franchises sought are: Street cth service to the Gary nnd Hammond Traction company for fifty years over all the streets and alleys In the town, work to begin within three years, and silent as to the fares to be charged as well aa the transfer system. Electric light franchise to Gary Heat, Light and Water company for twentyfive years, with a proviso that the contract then will be renewed for a like term unless the city elects to buy at a figure to be fixed by arbitration; street lamps to cost the city $75 a year but no charge specified for private consumers; company given three years to begin work, ,1, Gas light," -either natural or artificial. to same company for the same period and a like proviso to purchase; s'treet lights to cost the city from $28 to $21 a year each, according to number of hours in us; no rates provided for do mestic or individual use; right granted to lay the mains both in the streets and alleys. Water sy .??. m to same company and for same term of years as in electric light franchise and with a like purchase provision; rates to city on hydrants $50 a year each for first seventyfive and $40 for each additional one; no other rates specified and the com pany is allowed three years to lay its mains. Voters Tne "ot Informed. Strangely enough, the citizens of th town know nothing of these ordinances. They were first drawn up in the law office of Knapp, Ilaynle & Campbell, over two weeks ago, but were then even more vague as to limitations on the companies than In their present shape. President Knotts, Mr. Caldwell and the attorneys conferred and suc ceeded in eliminating several other features which they deemed objectionable. One of these was that the corporations should elect at the termination of the ordinance whether or not the city should purchase, as well aa the price to be paid. Further the attorneys would not go until they cpuld talk with their clients, whose names were not given, but who are said to be the officials of the steel corporation. At this same con ference it was stated that another company, composed or practically tne same men, would ask for a telephone franchise. Last Saturday a meeting of the board was held, at wnicn it was proposed by the attorneys that the ordinances in their present form be adopted. Mr. Sears, however, was unable to attend this meeting, and this was taken as an excuse for postponing action for a week. HAMMOND MAN MEETS UNTIMELY END. Cbnrles F. Herman, Formerly of This City Dies of (ias Poisoning at St. Joseph, Mlefa. Charles F. Hermann, formerly of Hammond, and late of St. Joe, Mich., passed away at his home in the latter city April 15, aged 32 years. Hr. Hermann came to Hammond about twenty-two years ago and until four years ago made his home in this city, having lived the past four years in St. Joe. His death was due to gas poisoifng contracted at his work in the Truscott Boat Manufacturing company's works at which place he was a cork maker. He leaves a widow and five children, the oldest being elev .1 years of age and the youngest a baby of seven months. The Eagles, of which he was a member, had charge of his burial on April 17. and his funeral was one of the largest ever seen in this city. J. C. Graves of the treasurer's office In Crown Point, formerly of Hammond, was here yesterday afternoon and closed a contract for a $3,000 frame residence to be erected In Ilomewood.