Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 17, Hammond, Lake County, 8 July 1907 — Page 1
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FRANCHISE 10 FRANK GUI
HORSE THIEVES ,. BUSY BAY Indiana Harbor Man Loses Two Rigs and Burnham Man One.
FEWER ASK its
HARD RIP FOR
RELIEF HAMMOND FOOD
Whiting Attorney Gets the Gary Plum and Says he Will Build Road.
HO HOT JO HE OP
New Lake County Street Railway
Magnate Says Francliise Is Not For Sale.
Ml ORGANIZED BAND
Over Hundred Horses Stolen In Northern Indiana During Past Three Months.
In speaking of the action of the
trustees of the Gary town board in awarding- the traction framhi.se to Frank C.avit of Whiting, instead of to the subsidiary company of the United States Steel corporation, Kemper K. Knapp of the, firm of Knapp, Ilaynie & Campbell, who are the legal representatives of the steel corporation, said : "Of course we are disappointed that the board did not award us the franchise we asked for. It was part of our plan for tho upbuilding of Gary to make its public utilities the best in the world. However, this matter is not vital to the interests of Gary for the United b'tates Steel corporation is not in the business of building ' street railways. In fact if we could have been convinced that an outside corporation would give Gary the service that we intended to give Che city we would gladly have favored the granting; of the francliise to that company." In an interview with a representative of Tun Lake County Times at his home In Whiting yesterday, Frank Gavit, who made the successful bid for
the first franchise rights in Gars', teemed pleased with the action of tho board and confident in his ability to Rive Gary a. street railway system that would be as modern and up-to-date as there is In the country. Gavit Talk. Mr. Gavit said: "From the start the members of the Gary board have said they would give the company offering the best terms the traction franchise, and I set about to get the francliise. - T-I knew -to bgin . wstU,Ahat Gary would be a compact city and X figured that it cost a great deal 'less to haul the average passenger in Gary from one point in the city to another where people are getting on and off at every block than it does, for instance, on the
Hammond, Whiting & Fast Chicago line, where a car load of passengers are hauled, say from Hammond to Fast Chicago or from Fast Chicago to Whiting with no intermediate stops. "For this reason I figured that I could carry passengers for a five cent fare or for practically a time cent tare when eight tickets are bought for a quarter. "Tins was the principal bone of contention,-' said Mr. O.ixit, "and officials of the Mecl corporation inline 1 that I could ' not give the service at those rates "As to service 1 will say this," continued Mr. Gavit, "I believe it to be good business policy to give the best possible si ivh e. I think the Hammond line would lind it much more profitable to give good service than to ran the cars the way th y do." Gel Hut Three Street. The franchise that Mr. Gavit has secured is on only three streets, Uroad-
: " .
way, throu
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its w! vcuth
iole length; avenue throu
Fifth Sh to
avenue and
ToIesU 11. The fare is to be five cents with six tickets for a quarter for the tirsr five years, and eight tickets for u quarter af'.er that. Universal tranr.ters are to be given not only on the lines of thta company but also on the lines of any other company operating in the city. liiterurhans are to ie permitted to use the lines of the company upon tho payment of two cents per passenger, or any other sum that may be fixed by arbit rat ion. One important clause in the farnchise is the provision that after live years the city shall be paid f per cent of the net profits of the company. The company is required to pave Rroadway to a width of twenty-six feet and the other streets a foot on each side of the outer rail. Tho line on P.roadway must be completed as far as Hobart avenue within eight months and tho whole line must be completed within a year. In all. there must be constructed five and onehalf miles of track. o $1,000 Offer. Mr. Gavit was compelled to post $10,000 to insure the carrying out of his contract. The story in a Chicago paper to the effect that the steel cor
poration offered Gavit $1,000 for his franchise as soon us it was granted, was discredited by both Mr. Knapp and Mr. Gavit. It is generally believed that Mr. davit does not intend to build the line himself but has formed an alliance with one of the other three companies which were attempting to secure thct franchise. Mr. Gavit was asked pointedly about tills yesterday and stated that he was positively standing alone in the matter. He said he was la t tied up with the "Hot Air" people or any other company and had no such move in contemplation. "1 am going to bin Id this line my-
Despito the wide, publication concerning the operations of the evidently organized band of horse thieves who have been making northern Indiana the scene of their nefarious work, every day brings a report of some new job pulled off by the gang. Sunday was no exception to the rule, and Max
well & Company, stable keepers of
Ilessville and Indiana Harbor, had two valuable horses and buggies stolen, and a Burnham man also lost a horse. The operations of the gang started about three months ago in the vicinity of Fake county, and in fact In the whole district of northern Indiana. The work of the men concerned in the raids was bold, and not only did stable keepers suffer, but farmers also came in for the losses. Since the first case, a hundred or more animals have been stolen, and although a few have been recovered many have been lost sight of forever. The stable keepers have been the heavy losers in the game. The plan of the gang has been to call at the stable and engage a horse and buggy for the day. The man who
hired the horse generally was well dressed and a good talker, and explained to the stable man that he was a traveling salesman for some large house in Chicago, and that he was going to outside towns and do a little business. He would do the business all right, but the stable keeper would later find that it was his property that was concerned in the transaction. In many cases the outfit would be driven to nearby towns where for several days ahead the men would advertise a horse .sale,.- and ; the animals- would tie ' sold at public 'auction. - In other casos they would be driven as quickly as possible to Chicago, where they would be lost forever in the busy traffic In the horse marts.
Yesterday a well dressed man called
at Maxwell's stable and hired a horse and buggy for a day's trip. He had not been gone but a few minutes when a second stranger came to the office and engaged a second horse and buggy. When the two did not return with the
rigs at night the stable keeper was alarmed and the police of the surrounding cities and towns were notified. The horses were bays, and were hitched to rubber tired top buggies. On Thursday John Alexander of the same town had a similar experience. Still another case was reported from Uurnham. Carl Fonquist found this morning that his horse had been stolen during the night. Marshall Matchez is scouring the country through the Calumet district today looking for the animal, and while in West Hammond this morning found that a man had driven the animal through the village about 10 o'clock last night, going towards
Dalton. The authorities at Dalton have been notified and are keeping a close watch
(on all rigs passing through the town.
It is now thought that some decisive action will be taken by stable keepers to protect themselves from the depredations of the raiders. In many of the cities and towns it is impossible for a stranger to hire a rig at any cost.
Decrease in Charity Dis
bursements in State Over $16,000.
Inspector Tucker Finds That Unsanitary Conditions Prevail Generally.
VARIDUSGALLSFORHELPBAKERIESAREUMGLEAH
Twelve Thousand Different Excuses for Calling on Township Trustees for Aid.
Meat Shipped Open Left Prey to Flies Prosecutions Will Follow.
Bryan: "He doosn't belong on either of 'em!
Clubb in Rochester Ho-ald.
REVIVAL MEETINGS WELUTTEHDED Several are Converted the First Evening and Promoters Well Pleased. .
ICR WANTED BANDIT CAUGHT
is ex-before
The first of the revival services that are to be held this summer in the open air tabernacle which has been built by the members of the Christian church at the corner of Summer street and Calumet avenue, was a great success and
during the evening an audience of
nearly a thousand was present. There were seven conversions the
first day and it is expected that there will be even greater results as the Interest In the revival increases. The chorus, which is under the direction of Mr. Knight, was made up of about
forty voices, and this number pected to be lncrease'd to 150
long. The music in fact will be one of the features of these meetings. In addition to the solos by Mr. Knight and the music by the chorus, there will be an orchestra composed of the piano, organ, cornet, trombone and two violins. One of the innovations last evening was what Is known as the scripture drill in which the members of the audience quoted 100 verses from the Bible in three minutes. A children's chorus is being formed which will make its Initial appearance next Tuesday. There will be a meeting this evening at 7:30 p. m. and the subject of the sermon will be "Prayer." Rev. Shelburne, who is conducting the services, is very much enthused over the prospects and says that Hammond will see Indiana's greatest re
vival before the summer Is over.
itfoted Crook Captured After ''V'CMM-T;iirOiigli-.:Alleys , and Yards.
SOUGHT FOB MIHS
Police Charge Stanley Waselik With Looting General Electric Office and Other Crimes.
PERU SHOPS 10 HOVE TO GRIFFITH?
It is Rumored That the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Will '.Boom Town.
(Special to Lake County Time.) South Chicago, July 8. Stanley Waselik one of the most notorious bandits in Chicago was caught Saturday night after a hard chase by Officers Barney Quin and Mat McMinera of the South Chicago police station. A long
chase through alleys, streets and back yards figured in the capture of the man who the police have been searching for many months to capture. The capture of Waselik was effected after a tip had been given these officers that a man had been seen loitering about the vicinity of Thirty-first and Kindsle streets who tallied to the de
scription of the one wanted and who
BODY OF RECLUSE
FOUND
WATER
Mystery of the Disappearance of Frank Murphy is Solved at Cedar Lake.
FALLS UNDER TRAIN; LEGS CUT OFF.
Charles Meredith, Injury that May
Fireman, Cost Htm
Suatatna Mia Life.
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f vi;tiii:u FoiiKCAsr, Fair ooutli. khom-rs north night and tomorrow.
(Special to Lake County Tlmen.) j Cedar .Lake, Ind., July S. Frank' Murphy, a recluse who lived at Cedar Lake and who disappeared some time' ago with the only clue to his whereabouts a suit of clothes, which were found In his boat, is now known to have been drowned, as his body was found in the lake here yesterday.
; The coroner's inquest is being held j today and it is thought that it may
develop, that the man died as a result of foul play. The matter of his disappearance has been a mystery since the Fourth of July, when his clothes were found and an Investigation revealed the fact that he was not in the shanty that is usually occupied by him. Murphy was 55 years old and is known as an old prize fighter, lie was also a good fisherman and Chlcagoans who visited the lake say he was one of the best bate casters In the locality. He came from Chicago where he was known about the stockyards at Pat Duffy.
Charles Meredith, 23 years old. a fireman on the Lake Shore railroad, met with an accident in Whiting yesterday forenoon that will probably cost him his life. Meredith was standing on the engine which was pulling out, when he
slipped and fell under the wheels, which cut off both legs just below the knees. The train was stopped and with his legs a mass of blood, he was pulled from under the wheels still conscious and taken to Dr. Dewey's office where he is being cared for. as the. physician does not think It advisable to have him removed for a time at least. The injured man Is unmarried and resides at MUlersburg, Ind. His parents were notified of the accident and are expected to arrive in "Whiting today.
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LADIES' AID TO GIVE CONCERT.
j The third division of the Ladies' Aid j society of the M. E. church will give j an entertainment Thursday evening, ! July 11 that promises to be one of the j best ever given by the society. A num
ber of prominent entertainers from Chicago will render musical selections and recitations, and several well known Hammond people will also appear. The concert is to be given in aid of the church fund, and already the sale of tickets is large.
L. T. Meyers and daughter went to Detroit, Mich., today for a short visit.
William Sehloer will leave tonight for a night's visit with relatives in New York. BuSa! and Ohio.
The most important factor in
Newspaper Advertising is the
selection of the medium with
the CIRCULATION.
Circulation counts. What would you think of a merchant who had 250 handbills printed to be distributed in a city of 20,000 population He is the counterpart of the merchant advertising in a paper of only 600 (?) circulation, when there is another paper in the same town with a guaranteed CIRCULATION of over 1 o , o o o. The judicious advertiser looks
to the CIRCULATION of the
mediums he patronizes.
The Times invites merchants
to COMPARE ITS CIRCULA-
TION with that of any other
paper in the Calumet Region,
(Special to Lake County Times.) Teni, ind., July 8. Information obtained here and given credence by railroad officials, is to the effect that the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad has decided to build a large round-
nouse ana snops at unmin, inn., nve
miles south of Hammond. It is said the company's shops will be removed from their present loca
tion in Peru and that when the new
plant In Hammond is completed there will be several hundred men employed.
It Is understood that the site for th
roundhouse has been selected and that
the company has options on the land which will be utilized for the shops if the decision is reached to develop Griffith as the division point. Story ot Confirmed. An effort was made by a Lake County Times reporter to confirm this report at the general offices of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad in Chicago but the president of the company was not there. The auditor, who consented to an interview, said that he knew nothing of
such an agreement and that he thorught
he would be apprised of the plans of
the company in the event that it had
come to a decision of such importance.
He scouted the idea on account of the
fact that the company has just recencly
completed its shops at Peru and would
not be likely to make such a radical
change so soon.
However, the recent transfer of con
siderable property in the vicinity of Griffith gives color to the story and indicates that there may be some activity
there along other lines.
(Speclul to Lake County Times.) Indianapolis, Ind., July S. The annual report of the board of state charities shows that in the year U'Oo, the township trustees as the overseers of the poor disbursed JU33.612.70, a reduction of Sit). 271. US over the preeeed-
ing year and less by several thousands of dollars than the reports show for any one of the past eleven years, except the year 1900. "The present trustees," says the report, "have reduced the expenditures for poor relief very materially. Their predecessors, during their four years in office spent an average of $257,G13.16 annually for this purpose, while the present incumbents in the two years they have acted as the overseers of the poor have spent an average of ?241,74S.69, and there is no question in our minds but they have given eiu'Mv good care to the poor. "While the net reduction from the total of 19u5 is over Jl 6,000," contf lued the report, "the counties taken
individually show comparatively slight
change in the ar aunt of the. relief given. In the majority of counties, the difference is only a few hundred
dollars, either increase or decreaser
The notable exceptions are Allen, Knox
and Montgomery. In Allen county tho outdoor relief in 1906 was J9.065.88, an increase of J1.9C4.11 over the amount which contains the city of Fort Wayne. Pauper-ism Shov Decrease.
"Coincident with the reduction in the amount of poor relief Is the notable decrease In the number of persons aided.
The trustees j-epoxttliat-il.iiJrattEia
received assistance from the public in 190G. Looking back over the records for eleven years we find no one year in which the number aided was so low. The nearest approach to it was in 1903, when the trustees reported 40,012. When It Is remembered that In 1897, tills number reached 82,235, the figures for 1906 are more striking. "The number of women aided in 1906 was 11,057, and there were 9,318 girls, making a total of 20,373 females. This i.5 2,138 in excess of the males, of
whom the reports show a total of 18, 237. Of boys under sixteen years of age, there were S.S67; from seventeen to twenty, 4S5; and the remainder, the voters, numbered S,8S5." Of the total number, according to the
report, there were 9,539 more or less regular, or "pensioners." Classified by color, 36,260 of the total were whites and 2,332 were colored. Classified by nativity, 29,706 were Americans, S43 Irish, 1,818 Germans, and the remaining 6,243 unclassified or unspecified. 12,000 CauHCM of Indigence. The reports show 12,658 reasons given for extending relief, and of that total number of reasons, "sickness and burial" occurs 8.350 times. "Old age" is responsible for 1,575 aids; "widow and non-support" given in 1,221 instances; "mental or physical defects" in 1.036 instances.
"The same number of applications for aid because of lack of employment, 4SS, is striking," continues the report. "Transportation was given 1,758 times." Classified by occupation, there were 8,025 laborers; 1,077 housekeepers; 791 had skilled trades; eighty-four belonged to professions; seventy were farmers and thirty-seven were clerks,
agents or office employes."
PETTY GRAFT AT
PUBLIC
BATH HOUSE.
Munt
no
Rent Room
Suit Prom Keeper or Get to Dresn.
Hammond people are bitterly com
plaining of the treatment they are re
ceiving at the hands of II. Roberts, who has charge of the bath house at the Lake Front park, on account of not being allowed to use the rooms there. The bath house, which belongs to the city of Hammond and which is pubiic
property, is cared for by Roberts, who I for taking care of it, is allowed to rentj suits to parties desiring them and all money taken In from this source goes into his pocket. Persons, however, who j
I. ROOSEVELT SAYS NO THIRD TERM
In Conference With Crum packer, He Says He Will Not Run Again.
bring bathing suits with them, have the j
right to use the rooms. Yesterday a party of Hammond men
taking their bathing suits, went to thej bath house and when they asked for
(Special to Lake County Time.) LaPorte, Ind., Jply 8. Congress
I man Crurr.p'acker, who has just return- j ed from a conference with President j
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay says the president is sincere in his decision not to
rooms, were told that every rooms was j permit the use of his name as a car.dloccupied. Taking the man's word forjdate for president before the next reit, they were going to wait until a! publican national convention. He reroom was vacant when three other men Iterated his decision in the presence of came up and renting suits, were given j the Indiana congressman, rooms . I The subject of the conference which
Seeing that the other party, by rent- Mr. Crumpacker had with the president ing suits, could get rooms, they asked ! is still a mystery and the public has Roberts for rooms telling him things ! been given no Inkling of what it is.
would be warm for him if they didn't get them, they were given rooms.
Frank W. Tucker of N'oblesvillA, state food and drug inspector of Indiana, who made a thorough investigation (if the meat markets, grocery stores, restaurants, bakeries and fruit shops of Hammond and the surrounding towns one month ago, has returned
to see if Ills instructions to dealers In
edibles have been carried out.
Questioned upon this point this
morning Inspector Tucker said, "I runnot say that they have been. 1 will
have twenty-two cases of violation of
the laws to prosecute about the first of
August." When he was here before Sir. Tucker left a copy of this rule of the stato board of health with all dealers and handlers of edible merchandise. 'No manufacturer, dealer, vender or other pt rson shall expose for sale or exchange, or sell any bread, pastry, confectionary, shelled nuts, or other food so prepared that it Is ready for consumption, unless such food is properly protected from insects, dust, dirt and other foreign or unwholesome material by suitable coverings." Little Improvement otcl. "Do you find that that rule has been complied with?" Inspector Tucker was asked this morning. "In some cases yes. but in nfost cases, no." was the answer "I find that many of the people I hive had to deal with do not appear to understand that it Is Imperative and that the tatu authorities mean to enforce it to tho letter. It will take a few vigorous prosecutions to send the lesson home. Them if? a tendency Jjx- '.elctja. , uo' whn
the inspector is xpoctea ena men pj back to the old way." , "What condition did you find when
you made your inspection, Mr. Tucker?" "I found the. laws being flagrantly violated every time I turned around. All the samples of milk I took up were found to be below standard. Many of them were found to contain formaldehyde, borax and other preservatives and adulterants. We found formalde
hyde In ice cream. This would go to show that the adulteration was mado at the farm, as most of the Ice cream manufacturers get their milk directly from the producer. I found that butchers were using phosphates to preserve their meats. Most of the samples of lord we bought was not lard at all but a compound of various foreign ingredients. Itnkerlea Insanitary. There was hardly a bakery In Hammond or vicinity to which I could glv a clean bill of health. Little attempt was made to comply with the laws of sanitation and some of the bake shops I inspected were positively filthy. I find now that little attempt has been mfde in the direction of reform along this line and the only thing left for us to do is to prosecute. "I picked up dozens of eggs offered for sale as 'fresh' which had been
taken out of incubators and from under setting liens, after it had been discovered that they would not hatch. "The law which provides that all food stuffs displayed on side walks shall be protected from dust, files and other contamination seems to have been regarded as a joke, not only by the dealers but by the consumers. Veal PreY to Pile. "Another rule of the state board of health based upon the state laws, that seems to be Ignored by farmers, express companies and meat dealers, and that is the one regulating the shipnit nt of carcases whole or in part. The law provides that those carcasses or portions thereof shall be encased in
clean white cloths before shipment. I haven't seen a carcass of veal shipped into Hammond that was treated in this way. Any day you pass the express offices or the railway stations you will find d'-ad calves piled on the side wait or on trucks. They have been killed at the farms, disemboweled, the head and feet chopped off and sen to market in stuffy express ears and allowed to rot jn tl:e sun before they reach the consumer. Go by some day and shake one cf them and see how many blue files make their escape, fee if you can
count them. Mr. Tucker will remain in Hammond a few days more preparing evidence upon which to proceed against violators of the pure food laws.
If the weather is favorable, the members of the high school alumni association will hald a ruarshmallow bake tomorrow evening at the Lake Front. The members of the association have tho privilege of inviting a guest and the young people are anticipating a
Livery pleasant evening.
The fact that Mr. Crumpacker should have gone all the way to Washington at this time Just to see the president. Indicates that there must have been something of more than ordinary Importance under discussion.
Mrs. T. E. Wilson and daughter, Margery of Wilmette, were tho guests of Mr. -and Mrs. W. G. Paxton Saturday at their home la lUiiibach avenue.
RESCUED FB05I DROWNING While l athing at Wolf lake Saturday evenSi g. Neil Persnski. aged 13, of Wet Hammond, was taken with cramps and would have drowned but for John yiingsby. another young lad who was with htm and who, upon hearing his comrade's cries for help, reached young Person ski and brought him to shore. Personski soon revived when out of the water and the two boys ca.ight a car back to Hammond. Had the boys been very far from th shore it is not probable that the Slinjsby boy could have rescued his cham, as he was in an exhausted conditloa himself wlitn Le rtaclwd the short.
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