Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 308, Hammond, Lake County, 17 June 1907 — Page 1

Contrast Sufccibsrs 9297 Street Sales - - - 900 Total, Yesfcrdaj 10,197 EDITION YOL. 3, NO. 3Q8.FOUR EDITIONS DAILY. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1901 ONE CENT PER COP?. r Ml LUPOBTEMES 11 HOLIDAY City in Gala Attire to Celebrate Open ing of ChicagoNew York Air LineNotabIes There. HEAR WILLIAM SMILE. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RMLR TO COI Arrangements Said to Have Been Made to Tap Big Road at Kensington.

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Eoad Has Been Finished From LaPorte to South LaPorte Two Cars Make Successful Trip Over Newly Completed Right of Way.

One of the greatest days' In LaPorte's history was celebrated Saturday when that . city was thronged with visitors from the surrounding country and neighboring cities to witness the first trip made over the contemplated portion of the Chicago-New York Air line. The entire city was given over to the celebration and a general holiday was declared. The buildings were gay with bunting and thousands of enthusiastic stockholders and upholders of the new road lined the streets and cheered the cars as they gilded swiftly and easilydown the tracks. The event was triumph for the officials of the Air Line and for LaPorte Itself, for so many had looked askance upon the venture when it was first started and LaPorte as a city was the first to have faith in the undertaking. That that faith was justified has been demonstrated and LaPorte and the officials of the road feel a just pride in the first tangible results of tneir labor and their faith. Three EveutN Thus Far. Saturday's celebration is the third event in the history of the air line. It is only nine months since the work was started and the road bed has been completed and curs operated from LaPorte to South LaPorte. In another year It is predicted that the cars will be running from LaPorte to Chicago and from LaPorte to Goshen. The first event celebrated was the turning of the first spadeful of dirt in the construction of the roadbed. The second was the driving of the initial spike and Saturday's was the crowning celebration of them all. The program opened at 8 a. m., when the LaPorte city- band gave a concert In front of the Teegarden hotel, preparatory to the departure of the officers distinguished visitors and newspaper men for South Pond to come In on the first cars. At 9 o'clock the procession of carriages started south. In the meantime a vast crowd had assembled and when the first car finally came gliding over the rails, the multitude set up a hoarse shouting and the air was white with the flutterings of many handkerchiefs. In the meantime the city band, which occupied seats In the foremost car, was playing gay selections with the utmost enthusiasm. The cars, of which there were two, made the first trip around the loop and then stopped on the main street in front of the offices of the Co-operative Construction company, where they were photographed. An opportunity was given for an inspection of the cars. after which they started on their sec end trip returning at 12 o'clock, lion. S. 1 . Pecker, mayor of Mil waukee and his party. Including his privat" secretary, K. C. Ellis and P. 1 Atkinson of the Free Press, arrived at 9:22 over the Lake Shore and were met by Mayor Iarrow and a committee in automobiles. Other distinguished vis itors included Corporation Counsel Frank J. Hogan of Chicago, Hon. James C. llaynes. Hon. .James C. Pahlman, Omaha's "Cowboy Mayor," Mayor Will lams of Valparaiso. Mavor Smith of Whiting. Mayor IVP.raie of South Chi cago. Mayor Logan of Plymouth anil Mayor Frank of Mishawaka. Editor Kiuker of the Klkhart Truth. The special train of six coaches fom Chicago arrived shortly before 1 o clock over the Lake Shore, bringing in about 500 people men and women. The greater share of the men were stockholders. By o clock in the afternoon a big (Town nan ajsnni'ifii ia iront ot the court house for the public exercises hllo the crowd was gathering the band played several numbers after which Mayor Parrow presented Pew A. J. Loeppert. pastor of the German Methodist church, who invoked divine blessing. On the platform were the officers of the company, many of the stockholders, the distinguished visitors and a large number of ladies. In Introducing Mayor Pecker, of Milwaukee, the chief speaker of the afternoon. Mayor Parrow took occasion to briefly review the work done here. Mayor Pecker, who stepped forward, as he was presented, was given an ovation. I Mayor Becker's Remark. After a glowing tribute to Indiana, Its public men and its authors, Mayor Pecker said in part: "You are met here today, primarily, for the purpose of appropriately celebrating the turning of the first wheel which will slide along the shining bands of steel that enterprise in which, I take it. yuo are all interested, the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line railroad. "Most of you. no doubt, are thoroughly familiar with the objects, aims and policy of the officers, directors and stockholders of the Chicago-New York Air Line railroad. "Suffice it for me to say that average intelligence may tell us that this is founded on a fundamental Idea which Is far beyond the pale of the most plausible and possible things. "An air line, meaning a line as

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though drawn across a map with a ruler, between Chicago and New York: Why not? At present there is no direct line from the east, to the west. All present operative roads are an aggregation of local lines. The fact remains that there is a highway possible across there, possibly two hundred miles shorter than the shortest lines nowrunning. And such a line (we believe It will be like this line) will cross a country that is now highly developed, so there will be no long, profitless wait for future developments." Touches on drciil (( nest ion. Drifting gradually into the great questions of the day the "boy mayor" of Milwaukee touched upon municipal ownership, which he explained he did not advocate in its simon pure state. He did, however, 6tand for "public ownership" which was what the air line represented. As it enabled the masses to reap the profits of the enterprise In which their money was invested directly instead of being content with savings banks rate of interest to the end that the money on which they derived a meagre income could be used by the banks who would in turn derive the profits. lie declared "the financial centers are dependent upon the public digest securities and whether it goes through the oanKs, promoters or trust companies, it is the peoples' money that is being used to build the railroads." From this point Mr. Pecker waded in to the new rate laws which he declared were destined to be observed the country over in time. Incidentally while decrying too large profits to the railroads, the speaker upheld the prin ciple of justice to the railroad and de clared that "any public official who im properly yields to any public clamor against a railroad should be removed from office, no matter how popular that clamor, just as nuieklv as should any official who would render any improper service to a railroad at the ex pense of the public." The speaker concluded his address by exhorting young men to do their dutv in the p-"tical field. He said: "There are great opportunities in the world for young men in all the walks of life, but I believe that none offers a greater inducement than that which I have chosen and which I am happy to say has been chosen by many thousands of other young men. "I believe a young man who adopts a political career should have some natural qualifications. To succeed, he must have a code containing principles, the first of which must be honesty. "Old men have less to look forward to and cannot havs, the ambition of youth, yet, I do not wish to be understood as saying that age does not have Its value in many ways. Young men for warfare, for actual work; old men for advice based on experience. The young man of today is, I believe, more In the confidence of the voter than he has been in the past. A wave seems to be sweeping over the country demanding certain changes in the system of government of cities, states and the nation that require vigorous, youthful manhood. Wnllop at Idle Iilch. "There has grown up in this new western world a class known as 'the idle rich.' "I am glad to know, however, that there has been an awakening among this class and that some of them have begun to feel the very Insignificant positions that they occupy on earth and that they have determined to go to work. F.very man, no matter how rich., should be a producer of something that will be of benefit to his fellow men. "The man who tries to live without working Is a bad example and a menace to society. It is not a kind father who brings up his son to live in idle ness. "Young men of wealth should familiarize themselves with the affairs of their community and of their country and in this wav make themselves useful. "I haven't much use for the young man, or the old man. either, for that matter, who starts out when elected to office to reform the world. "Too many young men taking office think that they have been chosen to do things that are really impractical or Impossible, and in their eagerness to shine they rush on to ruin. There is no place In the world today for the visionary or impractical reformer. "I hope to see more young men out after the public offices. "It will mean better government: it will mean better conditions in everyway for everybody. "It is every young man's right to aspire to public office, and while at the start you may be laughed at for your presumption, remember that in this great republic every man who has a vote has a right to seek public office and, consequently, the confidence of his fellow men." Sporting Extra of LAKE COUNTY TIMES on the streets fite minutes after -came with 6 nI results.

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UTO CRASH Mysterious Accident Takes Place in Vicinity of Hobart, Ind. HnPPEII0 5 A. H. Party Is Very Secretive Patients at Mercy Hospital Will Reveal Nothing. Three men are known to have been seriously injured, half a dozen others were hurt, and two large touring cars were wrecked earlv yesterday morn ing in a mysterious accident, which in volved twenty-one Chicago men, a few miles south of Hobnrt, Ind Among the injured are: Frank A. Naghten, lt-VJ West Monroe street, insurance broker; collar bone broken and internally injured: taken by his friends to Mercy hospital. John E. Lanier, 2S2!) Wabash avenue, broker at the stock yards; right leg fractured and head cut; taken to Mercyhospital. Man, name unknown, who was unconscious with a broken jaw in the bottom of one of t ho autos as it passed through Ilobart on return trip; destination in Chicago not known. The members of the automobile partydid everything in their power to add to the mystery of their proceedings and to conceal their identity. At an earlyhour Saturday evening three huge machines, filled with a crowd of laughing Hashed through Hammond, south men. bound. Two hours later the same party passed through Ilobart, still at a high rate of speed and still south bound. ieo5v Aid at a (inrnse. That was the last seen of them until between 4 and " o'clock yesterday morning when John Woods of Hobart was aroused bv repeated knocking on I his garaire door. lie descended to find ! two to ning cars, one of them in a I badly battered condition, standing in i the road. They were filled with men, all apparently overcome with fatigue i and several were apparently injured. "We have had an accident and want enough gasoline to take us into Chi- ! cago." said the chauffeur of one of the : machines. ' We arc from Milwaukee and don't wan', to waste any time here." I Woods went to get the gasoline and 1 was returning when or.e of the injured j men in the ear asked the chauffeur j how far it was to Chicago. ! "I want to get to a hospital," said I the injured man. "Get mo into one ! either in Chicago or at Hammond." "You'll be all right, old man." rej plied the chauffeur. "Hurry with that i gasoline." "What's the matter with your 1 friends?" asked Woods. "They look as j if they had been having a hard time of u. ! "That's none of your business." re- ! plied the man. "What are you getting j paid for is to give us some gasoline ! and not to ask a lot of fool questions." j Machine Number Milng. j While the tanks of the machines were the machines in the hope of seeing the number of the license in order that he might identify the man who spoke to him. The plates iuui been remove,

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Well Known Educator at Point of Death at St. Margaret's Hospital. Lying almost , at, the point of death. Prof. Jason 13ist"6a, of the Hammond high school, is not expected to last the day- out at St. Margaret's hospital. The eminent teacher of science was taken ill with typhoid fever about two weeks ago and was immediately removed to St. Margaret's hospital where he continued to hold his own up to yesterday. The hot weather worked against his case, however, and todayit is reported that a turn for the worse set in, and although everything is being done to stem the tide of his ebbing strength, it is thought that he will not last the day out. Prof. Klston is one of the most popular teachers of the Central high school an dthe report of his illness has thrown a cloud on the spirits of the graduates. It is" thought that he contracted his illness through drinking unfiltered water, and that overwork in behalf of the graduating class in fitting them for proficiency, left his system in a weakened condition. The school water is thoroughly filtered and lie could not have received the germ from this source. There has been little sickness amongst the scholars this year and the classes were not suspended for even a day. however, and there was nothing about the machines or their occupants that would serve his purpose. "Where is your other machine?" he asked the spokesman. "Who said we had another machine," was the reply. "I saw it last evening," said Woods, "as you came through here." "Well, it tipped over when we were j making a turn, and we left it with a man to take care of it.' Both machines had by this time been i nuea wun tiie gasoline, ana. tossing a ! So bill to oods tney started on their way back to Chicago. They were seen about 5:30 o'clock passing through Hammond, and at T o'clock two automobiles pulled up in front of the Mercy hospital. Twenty-fifth street and Cottage Grove avenue. Ask. for Private Wards. Two men supported by their com panions, were led into the building, and a request made that they- should be given private wards and every attention. "We were trying to turn an automobile." said one of the party, "and it upset, and they were hurt." After seeing that their friends were comfortably bestowed, the members of the party, several of whom limped and otherwise appeared to be slightlyhurt, got into their machine and started away. None of the men in the party called at the Mercy hospital during the day! to Inquire after their friends, nor were j any physicians other than the regular ! house doctors employed on their cases, j The usual report to the police of ac- j cident cases was omitted by the hospital j authorities, who denied reporters ac- i cess to the Injured men. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and probably Tuesday; continued warm.

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Osborn in Milwaukee Sentinel None of the Candidates for - Governor Hook up With Party Factions. WON'T DO THIS YEAR Any Yould-Be-Executive Who Can not Hun on Own Merits Would Better Keep Out. (Special to Lake County TImex.) jnnianapons, Juno l,. The most noticeable fact in connection with the gubernatorial race among the republi can candidates is the way the divers candidates are asserting with ve hemence and vigor that they are running as their own candidates, and not as representative of any faction in the republican party. As the several candidates come to Indtanapolis, visit the state house, talk among the politicians in the hotels, and over the dinner tables, they all Insist that one thing absolute independence. "It would be suicidal for a candidate to have ihe exclusive stamp of approval of Governor Hanly, Senator Beverldge, Senta-r Hemenway or even Vice President Fairbanks," said one of the astute of the politicians today. "It is with a degree of sadness that I state that the people now are not going to take anyone who has been marked by any man for his very own. "And not only that," the speaker continued," "but no candidate can afford to be given the exclusive mark of any of the factions in the state, for that would be almost as fatal. The fact that a candidate is Indorsed unquallfiedi ly by any faction would be sufficient to turn many people against him. The people will chose the next nominee, or I will be very much mistaken." Anyhow They All Do It. Whether the speaker was mistaken or not. the fact remains that the divers candidates have accepted that point of view. Cnarles W. Miller, perhaps the j lading candidate, reiuses point blank to be renominated as the representative (of the Beveridge wing of the party. j From the start Fremont Goodwine ' has played the compromise game, thinking that will be a good winning ' way. He is not closely- identified with either of the strong entanglements. It ! is doubtful if Governor Hanly could be got to support Goodwine though they 1 Don't Swap Horses in MidStream" If you have anything to swap tell the Lake County Times' readers through the Barter and Exchanges. Each answer you get costs you tv o cents. Can you afford it?

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The Kensington & Eastern railway If the name of another road that will soon enter Hammond, according to information that was given out In Hammond today- by K. II. Luthner, chief engineer of the road. The new road will leave the Illinois Central main line at Kensington station and from there will go directlysouth paralled to the Michigan Central east to Hegewisch and from Ilegewisch will enter Hammond on Gostlin street and LaSalle avenue, where a station will be erected. The road will have tracks, one for electric use and the other for freight and passenger service between Kensington and Hammond. Passengers taking the road from Hammond will be given transfers on into the city over the Illinois Central line. The electric track will be used hy the Chicago. Lake Shore & South Bend electric line as a means of entrance to the city.

The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville road will use the Kensington & East ern tracks on to Chicago from Kensington over the Illinois Central tracks into the Twelfth street station. From what can be learned from the inside the new system is owned and will be operated by the Illinois Cen tral system, as it Is said they own the road. When 'asked if this was a fact the engineer refused to say. Pails have been laid towards Ham mond to a point reaching the Calumet river where progress is blocked until a bridge can be built, the Bates & Rogers Construction company have secured the contract for putting in the structure and started work today. It is expected that the new line will have an entrance into Hammond by the first of December when cars will be put in operation. It is the intention of the company who are backing the enterprise to later install two new tracks making a total of four tracks along the line. In purchasing the right of way the company bought enough land for this purpose. In all probability the Kensington & Eastern will later try to gain entrance on through to Gary. The opening of the new road means better transportation facilities to and from Chicago and this is what the peole of Hammond want. eame from the fame district, county and town. And Hugh Th. Miller Identifies with neither faction either. Though from a Beverldge district, he claims to be In-! dependent of Beveridge's influence. He is running on his own merits, too, like all the others. Politicians are taking to heart with some seriousness the possible candidacy of Sid Conger, president of the state board of. agriculture. In an idle moment, a story- was written touting him as a candidate for governor. It has been regarded as a Joke for a few days. With Corner ltd Different. But Conger never did regard It as a joke, and as days passed, it looked as if he might have some look-in. He has a large acquaintanceship over the state, among the farmers as well as among the politicians, and only the fact that he probably could not line up his own county- solidly- would keep him entirely out of the running. Of the other possible candidates, onlyJames P. Goodrich would find It veryhard to run on a bi-faction platform. And perhaps that is the reason that his name is not being pushed as much as it has before. LANSING MEN VISIT HAMMOND, Henry Ilehrendt, Chief of Police and Ernmt ItnnnrlK, General Superintendent of .MlehlKun United Hallway Company Here. Henry Behrendt, chief of police at Lansing, Mich., and Ernest Runnels, general superintendent of the Michigan United Railways company at Lansing were in Hammond yesterday the guests of M. A. Dobson and E. IL McDonald. While here the two gentle men from Lansing took a trip to Gary and visited the different manufacturing industries receiving and expressing an exalted impression of Hammond as street car center. Mr. Behrendt in addition to being! chief of police has quite a reputation as a detective having landed some of the worst criminals operating through Michigan. He wears a gold chief of police badge which is a present from William Pinkerton of the Pinkerton Detective Agency which was presented to him last year when he captured James Lawler, the notorious forger, for the Pinkerton men. BARNIE YOUNG'S CONCERT BAND IN DEMAND. ! Citizens of Oak Park are showing 1 their appreciation of the musical treat i given them last year by Barnie Young's ' concert band, have invited them to ap- ! pear again at their park Tuesday eveni ing, June 25. As only the highest class ! musical organizations are engaged for Oak Park, the band was doubly hon- ' ored in being sought for another en1 gagement. A number of our neighbori ing cities have had a chance to enjoy the quality of their playing and their reputation in this community is being established. IK there Is a vacant house, apartment or room la Hammond, you can locate tbrouirn the Lake County Times.

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EW RAILROAD Contract Let for Construetion of C, I. & E. Will Tap Hammond. WORK BEGINS AT OHCE $15,000,000 Mortgage Filed at Crown Point, Largest in History of Northern Indiana. And still another railroad Is coming to Hammond. A deal was closed a few days ago in Indianapolis, in which the contract for the construction of the Chicago, Indianapolis i Evansville railroad was let to the Carter Construction company of that city. The lines of this road were Purveyed in the spring of 1906 and the inaction of the officials since that time gave the im pression that the project had been abandoned. It is now definitely known however, that work will be begun at once on its construction, the time limit for completion as stipulated in the contract being eighteen months from this date. The mortgage filed by Attorney J. Frank Meeker, local representative of the C. I. & E. at Crown Point in the interests of that company, was the largest ever filed In northern Indiana, It was turned over at once to the Western Trust company of Chicago ,, as trustees. The trustees had already arranged for the purchase of the stock by European capitalists. The amount of the mortgage and the stock purchased was $15,000,000, Will lie Vnmt Line. The route as surveyed in 1906 enters Lake county west of Hebron and paral lels the Panhandle to Crown Point, where it branches off. one line running northeast to Gary, while the main line will follow the Erie to Hammond and from here to Chicago, its northern terminus. This will make the new road the only one with direct connt-ctlon between Indianapolis and Gary, and one of the fastest between the former city and Chicago. It is stated that William Kenifick of Chicago, one of the leading railroad men of the west, is president of the company. A number or oniciais oi trie new enterprise are now nearing Crown Point and their object is said to be the buying and condemning of property on the proposed right of way-. BIG ENGINE FLOPS 610 A DITCH Open Switch Causes Wreck on Lake Shore Railroad at Grand Crossing. South Chicago, June 17. A bis freight engine, thrown many feet into a ditch at Grand Crossing this morning, delayed the passenger trains of the Lake Shore for some time about 8 o'clock and a general tie-up of the tracks thereabout resulted. The" cause aj0f the accident was an open switch I a n . 4-1 1- A i ' th. V 1 tr .,!f tor The engineer and firemen both escaped injury by jumping from the caboose as soon as it was thrown. The engine turned over on its fide and was badly damaged as it rolled heavily into the ditch. The rail was also damaged and resulted In the tieup of traffic, A wrecking engine was soon on the scene and the work of getting the big machine back on tlm tracks was taken up. There were no cars attached t the engine at the time. ' COWBOY VISITS HAMMOND. Thorn Cnnley, With nroneho, Stops Over on Way from West to Springfield. Thomas Canley, a full -fledged cowboy from Cody, V.'yo., stopped over in Hammond last night. Canley Is riding his little broncho from the ranch to Springfield and has been on the road for the last six weeks. He said last night that he came by the way of Chicago to t-ee the tights, having heard so much about them. But he went on to say he didn't care to visit the city again. Throt:ga the west Canley would camp along the road nights, sleeping on the ground with, only his blanket as a protection-