Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 49, Hammond, Lake County, 14 August 1907 — Page 1

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COmPELBRIDGES TO SWING

Nick Kahl Will Take Drastic Measures to Force Ob- ; servance of Law. NEXT SIEPj HARBOR When Navigation is Opened Up, According to Present Provisions, Rest Will Ee Easy. Nick Kahl, the guardian of the rights of navigators on the Calumet river, is about to take stops to compel the owners of bridges to swing them at times when he desires to pass through them. Mr. Kahl is doing this not only because his own business interests demand the opening of the river, but be cause he Is in a way representing other property owners who own river frontage and believe that navigation in a government stream like the Calumet should be maintained. Mr. Kahl was formerly In the employ of tho government In the capacity of captain of the coast survey boat of the eleventh district, and he knows a thing Or two of the rights of navigators. Few of TIiiiiRM Jle Known. He knows that the refusal or neglect to immediately open drawn bridges Is punishable by a fine of between $1,000 and 12,000, and he is going after Borne of the railroad companies which have caused him so much delay in the past. Mr. Kahl is going to compel all of the owners of bridges over the Calumet river, between here and South Chicago, especially in Indiana, to keep enough men on hand to promptly open the draws whenever he wants them opened or have the penalty prescribed Indicted. The captain said this morning, "A great many people who are not acquainted with the regulations for the opening of bridges will doubtless think that I am rather arbitrary in insisting that the bridges be opened promptly for such small boats as mine, but I know as do all rivermen who have had occasion to Investigate the matter, that there are many other boats besides my own Which like to come up the river if it was free to navigation. 1 know the traffic to Hammond would be considerable if it were possible to get through the bridge in the proper time." Reason Xot Purely Selfish. So Mr. Kahl is working for the principle of the thing as well as looking after his own interest and he believes the whole community will benefit. Mr. Kahl remembers the time, not so many years ago, when a great many Bchooners came up the river with cargoes of various kinds and unloaded them at Hammond, and he believes that they should have the same privilege today. The first step towards having the harbor at Hammond improved is to have the bridges open to permit the passage of such boats as can now make their way this far up the river. The next thing will lie to compel the removal of the stationary bridges that have been built by several railroads east of Hammond and then secure the appropriation necessary to dig the harbor to the proper depth. "Will Cense T lie Recognised. According to Mr. Kahl if the railroads are permitted to block the passage of boats by unopened draws and by stationary trestles, the time will not be far away when the Calumet rlvor will no longer bo recognized as a navigable stream, and the government will lose all interest in it as it did when the O. II. Hammond company persisted In dumping tons of rottening refuse into it in the old days. For this reason it is a matter of vital importance to every owner of property along the banks of the river to see that the laws are enforced regarding the bridges, and with the Increase in traffic that this will bring it will be easier to secure the necessary appropriations to improve the river throughout its entire length. Following are the government regulations regarding the opening of draw bridges: The Low. The river and harbor act of Aug. IS. 3S91. contains the following section: Section 5. That it shall be the duty of all persons owning, operating, and tending the drawbridges now built, or which may hereafter lie built across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the secretary of war the public Interests require, to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law. Every such person who sbsll willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, the draw of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall unreasonably delay tho opening of said draw after reasonable signal shall have been given, as provided In such regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conilction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000. nor less than $1,000 or by imprisonment (in case of a. natural person) for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and Imprisonment, in the discretion of the court." The Regulation. In pursuance of the foregoing law. (.Continued on page 5, column C)

FRIENDS SURPRISE ALOIS E. GARTER

Popular South Chicagoan Given Farewell Reception Before Departure. (Speelnl to Lake County Times.) South Chicago, August 14. A farewell reception was tendered to Alois E. Garter last evening at the Bessemer park assembly hall by Mr. Garter's many friends and lodge brothers of Court Main No. 832, C. O. F. The occasion came as a surprise to Mr. Garter and was in the nature of a rousing "sendoff" before his trip to Europe, which he begins tomorrow. The reception given to Mr. Garter wa3 one of the largest semi-public receptions of the season in South Chicago. For years Mr. Garter has been an active Forester, having for the greater time held the position of recording secretary for the court, and it was his lodge brothers who appointed an arrangement committee for the evening. The services of the Tinnes orchestra were procured and the hall was appropriately decorated in lavendar and orange colors, with potted plants here and there. As the reception was a surprise to Mr. Garter he was detained outside of the hall until 9 o'clock, when everybody had formed in marching order in the hall. Mr. Garter was then introduced to the assembled party by Joseph R. Garlick, chairman of the arrangement committee, and after receiving a bouquet of roses, he was presented to Miss Lillian Bohling, with whom he led the grand march, assisted by Robert Ftak and Miss Hatty Jonick. At the end of the grand march Mr. Garter in a few well chosen words expressed his thanks and appreciation to his many friends, after which dancing was enjoyed. In the neighborhood of 150 people were present. Mr. Garter is a native of South Chicago and Is well known. He leaves tomorrow for Europe, where he will spend the greater part of an extended visit in Germany. WABASH TRII KILLS UIH Accident Occurs Near East Chicago Victim Mangled Beyond Recognition. (Special to Lake County Times.) East Chicago, Ind., August 14. An unidentified man was struck by a Wabash train yesterday and instantly killed. His body was terribly mangled and it is expected that this will make his identification all the more difficult. The accident hapened at about 3:45 in the afternoon at the junction of the Chicago Terminal Transfer railroad and the East Chicago Belt railroad. It was in the vicinity of what is known as the Block-Pollock scrap pile. It is not known how the accident happened, but it is believed the man was walking down the track and was struck by the passing passenger train before he was aware of his danger. His leg was cut off at the hip; there were three deep cuts on the head and from the wounds he. received It is apparent the man was instantly killed. The body was taken to Fife's undertaking establishment and the inquest will be held this morning. Fl 10 Hil BIG SP0BT1NGFEATURES Trotting and Pacing Events, With Auto Races Will Form Attractions. Crown Foint, Aug. 14. The sporting public will have a grand chance to see some good racing at the fortyninth annual Lake County Fair, which is to open Tuesday, Aug. 20 at the county seat. Trotting and pacing events will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the entries for the events are coming in thick and fact. The management of the fair are also arranging for several big flyers from Chicago, while the auto clubs are to attend. Five and ten mile events will be pulled off for the autos and big silver cups will be the prizes. On Tuesday the preliminary work will come and the people will have a chance to take a look at the exhibits and the horses and machines entered in the contest. The following are the harness events: Wednesday, second day First race, 3:00 trot, purse $150; second race, 2:33 pace, purse $230. Thursday, third day First race, 2:S0 trot, purse $250; second race, 2:20 trot, purse $200. Friday, fourth day First race, 2:25 pace, purse $300; second race. 2:30 trot, purse $300; third race, 2:15 pace, purse $300. All races in harness mile heats, three in five. Entries close Saturday midnight, Aug. 17.

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INVOLVE RAILROADS

Big Strike Spreading Vast Dimensions All ' Over Country to CALAMITHEABED President Small to Arrive Tomorrow and General Order Will Be Given. An extension ,of the telegrapher's strike to every part of the United States and Canada is said by the union leaders to be a certainty. Efforts of the peace mediators were spurned yesterday and the national executive board of the telegraphers" union declared for war to the bitter end. Already the order which in effect means a general strike has been flashed over the country by Secretary Wesley Russell. Out of courtesy to President Small, who is hurrying toward Chicago, no formal strike order will be issued until tomorrow. The Chicago strikers who are leaders in the movement are in a warlike mood. At their mass meeting yesterday afternoon every reference to a general strike was cheered to the echo, while mention of the names and Commissioner Neill and Ralph M. Easley was greeted with hisses and groans. Seek to Involve Railroads. It is not the commercial telegraphers industry of the country alone that the strikers aim to cripple, but they are trying to involve the railroad telegraphers and bring them out in sympathy. Messages which have been pronounced fakes have been sent along the railroad lines instructing railroad operators not handle commercial business. While the strike leaders disclaim all responsibility for such messages, the railroad situation became so threatening as a result of them that Secretary I. W. Quick of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers had to quiet the rumors in an official message sent out from the headquarters in St. Louis last night. ' He ordered the raliroad telegraph- ; ers to strictly aanere to their contracts with the roads and nor to be led! (astray by false rumors. No sooner had the national executive board of the telegraphers union ! met yesterday morninsr that stens were taken to spread the strike and make it a supreme test of strength against the telegraph companies. Text ot Order Issued. An order was framed and sent out by Wesley Russell, which reads as follows: All Local Presidents and Secretaries General executive board here. Strikes in cities now out authorized and legalized. Local officers in those cities will spare no effort to take out every Western Union, Postal and Associated Press operator. Telegraphers ln other cities will refuse to work with of- ( Continued on page 6, column 5.)

THE OLD, OLD STORY.

MM MS WITH BHD ACCIDENT A. C. Williams Struck by Switchengine at Gisbon Yards May Die. C. Williams, a swttchman, employed at the Gibson yards, was struck by a switch engine this morning and was badly Injured. No one seems to know Just how the accident happened, but the engineer saw him soon after he was struck and sent for an ambulance and a doctor. Williams was taken to St. Margaret's hospital, where he is in bad shape. He had not recovered consciousness at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The accident happened at 6 o'clock this morning when the engine and crew were engaged in doing some switching near the Gibson yards. The man had been working on the same train that hit him, and it is not known what he was attempting to do when he was struck by the train. The engineer did not know that he had hit the man until he saw him lying beside the track. No time was lost in getting Williams to St. Margaret's hospital, where he was cared for by . a physician. It was found necessary to amputate his arm this morning, and it is not known as yet whether or not he was internally Injured. Williams' home is at 174 Russell street. ANOTHER CAB SliS l!l ROTTEN BRIDGE Coach Goes Off Track at Decrepit Bridge Disaster Narrowly Averted. This morning car No. 337 on the Hammond-Sixty-third street run. in charge of Motorman Nelson and Conductor Niekerson ran off the tracks when about half way across the north Hohman street bridge. The right front wheel sank through the rotten wood into one of the beams used to support the bridge. For over half an hour the crew of the derailed car and that of the work car which was on the south side of the tracks, worked before the car was replaced on the tracks. Only Sunday night another one of the Hammond-Sixty-third street cars jump- " ' 7" , "f" ,

spungy sirueiure uiai is cauea a i the next meeting every' citizen is exbridge, and fully forty lives were im- j pected to have his name enrolled on periled. Since then the city council j the list. If the road is allowed to has held a meeting but nothing was i build through West Hammond it means

done towards providing for a newbridge. Street car conductors and motormen are complaining of the poor condition of the bridge and some say they will refuse to run cars over it In its present condition. When the car went off the tracks this morning and the wheel sank through the rotten wood the car nearly toppled over. One woman started to scream, tut was quieted by other passengers. The street car officials have given orders to their men to run over the bridge at slow speed to avoid jumping the tracks. It is expected that tho street car officials will take some action towards having a new bridge put in before the next council meeting.

Berryman in Washington Star. ITREETGARS FOR IMS Petition Being Circulated by Chicago- Interurban Ask- . - ing Franchise.- -: VILLAGERS ALL SIG Route Already Surveyed and Eights Granted in Certain Suburbs and Villages. Petitions signed by nearly the entire population of West Hammond will be presented at the next meeting of the West Hammond Village board asking that a franchise be granted to the Chicago Interurban company for a right of way through the village. Information that the new road which is financed by Chicago capitalists would come through West Hammond if they could bet a franchise was made public jtsterday when officials of the company were in the village circulating petitions asking the board to grant them a franchise. Already surveyors are working on the road and they have run one line as a proposed route. At the meeting of the Harvey (111.) council last night petitions were presented by the same company asking for a franchise through Harvey and this was readily granted by the board. The new road will use Dolton, 111., as the terminus and from here the route will run through to Blue Island then into West Hammond entering West Hammond on 147th street, here a sub station will be erected to accommodate passengers. From West Hammond the tracks will run through RIverdale and from Riverdale to Harvey where the road will branch one line of tracks going through to Chicago Heights and Crete, 111., while the other will go back towards Chicago. The company is now negotiating for the right of way for a Chicago entrance and it is said the deal is practically concluded. The new road will be double tracked throughout and will furnish both passenger and freight service. The franchises agree to have the road completed through towns awarding them within a period of ten months. The petitions that are being circui lated over West Hammond are finding j ready signers and by the time the I question is 1"hu u that the little village will experience another boom as it did when the new sewers were started. The franchise asked for by the railroad company is said by those who have read it to be the most liberal vet shown through the Calumet region. ' All the officials want is the right of j way and they promise to do the rest, i - W. H. Gostlin and John Eeckman have bought 200,000 feet of lumber in northern Michigan for their new yard, and it will be shipped here in a few weeks. They have selected a site for the new lumber yard, but a3 the deal has not been closed they will not yet make public the location which they selected.

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BIG PICNIC PLANNED

FOB JIT SUNDAY South Chicago Aerie Frater nal Order of Eagles Will Celebrate. t Speelnl to Lake tunty Times. South Chicago, Aug. 14. The annual picnic of the South Chicago Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be held next Saturday, Aug. IT. at the World's Fair park. Sixty-seventh and Stony Island avenue. While this is the first picnic that the local will have to its credit, and it still has to create a reputation for itself for good picnics, the outing next baturday promises to be a success as the order contains about all the "live" ones in town. Every since its inception the local lodge has en tered into everything that it has un dertaken in the true Eagle spirit, and that spirit once in action among Eagles like those in South Chicago, means a good time. While the arrangement committee has had its plans outlined for some time, it has given its time to the final details this week until now everything is in readiness. The gate opens next Saturday at 10 o'clock in the morning and everybody will be welcome. Dancing, sports and games of all kinds will be offered as attractions and liberal prizes will be distributed. The South Chicago Aerie is less than a year old, but its growth has been remarkable, its membership being close onto 300 and still applicants are applying for admission. James Mc Adams, is the president, J. P. Jones, treasurer, and A. B. Rettman, secretary. The executive committee, which has charge of the picnic next Saturday, is composed of Alderman P. II. Moynihan, Alderman J. S. Derpa, Robert Cranston, Hon. J. J. Poulton. L. W. Carpenter, . T1 , T. , x rifr x trriiuu, imam jvnvHiiitu, iY. Thomas Kelly and Dr. Robert Lonard. FALL FAR; SUSTAIN SLIGHT INJURIES TWO ACCldentS lnreaten tO Kill, Result in Sprained Ankles. (Special to Lake County Times.) South Chicago, Aug. 24. Two South Chicago men were victims to their one deficiency today. The deficiency was weak ankles. The first accident oc curred this morning when Julius Klut

son, who is employed at the shipyards propriation of $100 for the new sewer and who was working on a scaffold pumping station was made. This will about twelve feet from the ground. DC erected Just as soon as the contract suddenly slipped and fell. When he for its construction can be left and tried to get up he found that his right various other matters attended to. The ankle had been sprained. Friends took city ofllcials are desirous of completing him to the office where the injured the work before fall so that the sewer member was dressed. Later he was re- can be cleaned for tho winter and be moved to his home in Windsor park, ready for the spring freshets. It is The second accident occurred about probable that the contract will bo let 12 o'clock. Andrew Gray, living at to the Great Lakes dredge and dock 3848 Alden avenue, was working on a company of Chicago, as they are tho gas house on One Hundred and Sixth lowest bidders and are known to bt street and Indianapolis avenue, when experts in this line of work, he lost his balance and fell to the The matter of keeping the railroad ground, a distance of fully fifteen feet, crossings clear was also brought up beOther workmen rushed to his aid ex- fore the council and the city attorney pectlng to find him seriously injured but was asked to instruct tho police departinstead he managed to get up, but was ment to enforce the ordinance. All

unable to stand on his left ankle which was badly sprained. RAILROAD HEN STREET FIGHT Craps Game Leads to Argu ment and Argument to Fisticuffs. In a quarrel, the outcome of a crap game, two railroad men amused a big crowd on State street, near the four corners early last evening where they mixed it up in lively style for a few moments, before the arrival of the police. The men were Frank Connors. 31 years of age. and A. Kroll of Chicago. The story of the bystanders is that after a wordy quarrel. Connors walked away and proceeded down the street. Kroll is said to have followed and in a few minutes the men were at the game of fisticuffs. Kroll is lately a discharged patient from the Mercy hospital and he carried a cane, which It is said he used to good advantage on his opponents head. Capt, Bunde with Officer Franks was soon on the scene and when he arrived, Connors was sitting on his weaker combatant, debating with himself as to what manner of punishment he would hand out- The men were taken to the station and locked In different cells. This morning before Judge McMahon, they were charged with being disorderly. Connors was discharged however, because the evidence showed that he was not the aggressor, but Kroll was fined $S, which up to late this afternoon he was unable to pay. According to XloyI, 10,000 rtscrfb. era means 50,000 readers every day

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OUT SICKNE South Chicago Police Order ed to Aid the Health Department. INVESTIGATE DISEASE Strict Quarantine for Contagious Cases Will Hereafter Be Maintained. (Special to Lake County Tliues.) South Chicago, August 14. As a re sult of tho report of the health offlcer' a rart ct whlch was printed Vesleraa ln countt aimes, a general order was issued today to the Poie South Chicago, providing that each officer, when lie hears or a case of sickness, make a thorough investi gation as to its nature, in order to stamp out the spread of contagious dls eases in this section of the city. The officer Is to report and a fur ther investigation will follow by tho health department if this seems advis able, and where necessary, a strict quarantine of the premises will be or dered. The order emanated direct from Dr. Evans, health commissioner of the city of Chicago. In the estimation of Dr. Evans con ditions here are serious. Diphtheria and scarlet fever have shown an alarming increase, especially among the poor. Dr. Evans is inclined to ly the blame on the density of the popu- , .. , . ,, , latlon and the improper sanitary con-' ditions Those familiar with the situation say that were Dr. Evans to pay a personal visit to the eighth ward ha would find that the blame lies en tirely with the latter cause. The people, especially the foreigners, do not show a proper appreciation of cleanliness. A few of the streets nre model streets and well kept, but others are hotbeds of disease. Commercial avenua itself is as clean as any Chicago street, yt the stench from some of the houses when a door happens to be left open. is nauseating, and the question arises. why- are not mor'6ickT APPROPRIATE EXT2A $1,000 TOR PUKFING STATION. City Council Takes Action Which Will Make Possible The Immediate BeglaIne of The Work Will Knforce nailroad Crossing; Laws. f The city council hod a short session last night at which an additional aproads violating It will be prosecuted. For some time traffic has been delayed . 1 I . T . . V.. at tne various iTossiriRs, t-jjei.id.ij u the Erie. ALLEY STREWN WITH MEAT. Iluoavrny Horse Attached To Delivery Wagon launrn Kxelteineat ln Doty Street. The horse attached to Stevens and Lutz delivery wagon ran away this morning while the driver was taking orders in a house on Doty street and before it could be stopped the wagon box fell off the running gear and parcels of meat was strewn for a hundred feet down the alley. The meat was picked up by Austgen's delivery wagon soon after. The wagon itself was quite badly damaged but there was no Injury done to the horse. The latter was caught near the State Lice after a hard chase by the owner. COUNTY FUNDS SHY; PEOPLE WRATEFULL. Want Accounting For 313,000 Shortage From Kosciusko County Treasurer. South Bend. Ind., Aug. 14. Although $34,00 in county funds are drawing only 2 per cent interest, the officials of Kosciusko county have stirred the wrath of citizens by negotiating loans at 6 per cent interest, an alleged shortage of $10,000 has developed in the funds of the treasurer. George Ivans, recently elected, brought the fact before the public in a report that only $15,000 remained ln the treasury. Auditor Sharp Immediately Issued a statement that Ivans should have not less than $26.000. Friends of Ivans claim the errors have been made in bookkeeping. Misses Maud Pannentorg and guests, Hulda and Julia Janssen of Davenport. Ia., who have been visiting relatives ln Chicago Heights returned home today. j WEATHEIl Fair tonight; showers Thursday) alight temperature change.

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