Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 144, Hammond, Lake County, 1 April 1908 — Page 1

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'Memorable Eepublican Convention Called to Order at , 2 O'clock This Afternoon at Indianapolis With Tomr linson Hall Packed. SPEAKERS AROUSE

MUCH EHTHUS1ASW

Committee on Resolutions Will Not Be Ready to Report Platform Tof day Temperance Plank Will Be ' for Local Option With County as Unit: : ' '

PUB

ERS GO OUT

ON STRIKE TODAY Thirty-five Meiabers of Journeymen Plumbers . Local in Labor Trouble

MASTERS WILL NOT YIELD

Bosses and Journeymen - Will Both Hold Important Meetings Tonight.

(Special to Times. j j Indianapolis, April 1. Great entliusi- j iasra marked the opening ot the,Republican. State Convention at 2 o'clock i this afternoon., . , . I Jamea P. Goodrich, state chairman,' called the turbulent throng to order. The' floor of Tomlinson hall and the side boxes were' filled with delegates; Jetage seats to the number of 400 were ;t)ccupiea by distinguished members of t the , party and the galleries were jcrowded to their utmost capacity by I ion-lookers, : both men and women, all enthusiastic, happy and noisy. Delivers Keynote Address. Following prayer by Rev. A. J. I Waller, of the First -Methodist church, " Michigan City Congressman James Overstrcet, of Indianapolis, delivered . the keynote, address. This elicited- - great .applause,, Then e&me, a' repor from the committee on rules "and or-1 ganlzation. This recommended John G. Chaney, of the Second district,, for permanent chairman, and Julian . Hogate, of Danville, for secretary. A vice president and an assistant secretary from each district, wers also named. ' Delegates-at-Lnrge Selected. The business part of the report was the recommendation for delegates-at-large to the national convention of Senators Beveridge and Hemenway, Governor Hanly and James P. Goodrich, fctste chairman. The committee on credentials then reported on the contests that had been referred to It. There were only two of them. Addresses were then made by Senators Beveridge and Governor Hanly. Continued on page S.

About 35 members of Journeymen Plumber's union, Local 307, which Includes within its jurisdiction, the shops in Hammond, "Whiting, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Crown Point, went out on a strike this morning. The local had previously Issued a book of working rules to the master plumbers which contained . their demands. The . master plumbers association refused to comply with the rules and the strike was called. The men who are out on strike assembled this morning in the Roth's hall headquarters on State street and plans

for the continuation of the strike were formulated. A meeting will be held tonight at the headquarters and It is expected that the union will have arranged by that time to carry on the work. The strikers claim that they are going to stand pat on the book of rules, which caused the trouble and that they will fight It to the bitter end. They claim that they have been misquoted in various Instances and made to look' ridiculous by. their demands. "When they

ask for $5.20 as a scale of wages, they

are not asking any more than Is being

paid in some of the shops and which

is similar to the scale a" over the coun try. They do not consider their de

mends unreasonable and claim that they

are asking only what should be com

ing to them and what is coming to

Others throughout the country.

The master plumbers will hold a meeting tomorrow night and will then

take up the matter. They stated this

morning that the men had gone out

nut that the. strike effected them but

little as there was but little work at

the present time. In fact all the work

they, have oa; hand at the present -time

can fca easily. 'handled by themselves

and their foremen. They consider the demands of the journeymen very unreasonable and will not concede a point

to them.

There are but- seven shops in the whole district, four of these being in

Hammond, the Campbell Plumbing com

pany, 'William Kleihege, W. E. Russsell

and the Illinois Beer Pump & Plumbing company. The Kleihege shop at the

present time has no Journeymen plumb

ers.

It is claimed In Indiana Harbor that

the strike Is not receiving the support

of the affiliated unions and the carpenters, plasterers and similar unions

will not co-operate. However, nothing definitely has been done by these unions

and the matter will come up at future

meetings.

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Governor's Speech Before State Convention This Afternoon is an Unmerciful Eoast of Demo-cratic-Doctrine.

LET'S MAKE UP!

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-Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer.

WILL MEET ON MONDAY

South Hohman Street Property Owners Will Decide on Pavement Then.

(Special to The Times.) Indianapolis, April lv Governor Hanly speech before the republican state convention this afternoon vras a siszller through and through. It burned the governor's enemies end scorched those who have withheld suport from the present administration. The speaker referred to T. Taggart, national democratic chairman, as the Knight of the French Lick Casinos, and said it vras good to see the Knight "If not actually unhorsed, compelled to ride to cover In hot and frightened haste.".. He fired a short at Samuel Ralston, Taggart's defeated candidate for governor, and declared that it was good, too, to see the "late Greenfield declalmer of syndicate speeches driven back to the hospital cedars of Lebanon, defeated and repudiated by his own party," and "Its cries of condemnation ringing in his eWs. Governor Hanly depicted the badness of the recent democratic convention and asserted that Its work was that of a "gallant minority," who had stood firm and routed a "despicable majority, which was compelled to embrace a new and to it despised doctrine and to abandon its own candidate for governor and accept another to save Itself from utter and irretrievable ruin." lie concluded i .."There a gallant minority struggles Impotently toward the right. Here H purposeful majority sits with both the power and the will to attain the right. There was hope. Here Is consummation." ' The governor then turned his attention to the address of Robert- W. Miers, of Rloomlngton, permanent chairman of the democratic convention, who made an attack in his keynote on republican prolgacy and extravagance ta state administration of affairs. Paragraph after paragraph, page after page, all so hot p almost to burn the paper they were written on, were delivered with a vehemence and force that made t'ie delegates and spectators sit boldly upright la their seats. .

"Honesty and fair dealing in politics," and gave the man from Blooming, ton a "lesson In honesty and fair dealing in politics that will do him good to study." He riddled the figures presented a week ago and showed that less

than one-half had ever been told, that the chairman of the democratic con- : trentlon had talked only 'about salaries and current expenses. Another whack was taken at Taggart and at the same time one was given Miers when the governor, in talking about the contingent f and over which the democratic chairman had made so much, saldi "The contingent funds are used alone for public purposes, sometimes to meet the exigences of fire and flood) sometimes to help out the state's benevolent institutions; sometimes to suppress riot and insurrection; sometimes lo nut an end to Monto Carlos conducted and cperated by the national eholran of the democratic party; and sometimes to ferret out and proseeute persons guilty of whltecappiag, defended by the distinguished chairman of the late democratic convention."

The date for the meeting of the South Hohman street property owners who are to decide the matter of the kind of pavement that is to be laid on this street this summer has finally been definitely set for, Monday . at the city hall at 7:30. . ,Tne question Is a very. Important one as the street has been widened south of Carroll street and there are several kinds of pavement under consideration. The street is to be pavefl f rom .Ivug'las street to; the ridge road and it is expected" that hen it is completed it will be the ! finest residence street Iti the city. '. ; ; , . ' . The, question of tho opening of an additional north and south street to carry thei-. heavy traffic will be considered and there are several of the property owners who are strongly in favor cf taking any measure that may be necessary to compell the opening of Liman street through from Douglas street to Conkey avenue. The city engineer and the members of the board of public works will be present to make suggestions and to assist tht. property owners in coming to a decision. If it is definitely decided as, to what kind of pavement Is desired it is possible that the street will be laid this summer. If not, the improvement will have to be delayed until next year. As South Hohman street is in dire need of being paved. It is likely that

something will be done. A large number of property owners are requested to be present so that the matter can be settled once and for all time.

ROBERT BOYLE 15 FOUND MEIGHI CM Missing IJammond Man Discovered Unconscious in Mattoon, 111.

MYSTERY NOT YET CLEARED

APRIL FOOLS B

This the Day When Demon

Office Boy is Most Fearsome.

riORTH END PUIS

SOUTH TO ROUT

District Fight at Claypool

This Noon Attracts Much Attention.

DICK SGHAAF IS SUCCESSFUL

CTDOLTW

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Resolutions Committeeman of Tenth District Strongly Against the Saloons.

CITIZENS LIGHT COMPANY IS WEABY OF WAITING.

Matter of Franchise Granting To Be Brought Up Before Council Next Tuesday. The Citizens Light company, which has submitted a franchise to the board of public works to act upon, has decided to wait no longer for the action of the board in the matter. Members of the company will appear before the council next Tuesday evening to present Its case, and at the same time to Impress the council with the advantages of granting the franchise. One of the members of the company in speaking of the delayed franchise today sajd: - "We will take the matter up" with the council directly. "We mean business. Already we have secured an option on a site for our plant and anybody who has the Interests of the city at heart will have to admit that another company in the field creating , opposition can result only in a benefit for the city. We are satisfied that we can clear up any" misunderstanding that

may exist regarding the Intentions of

our company."

CORONER GOES TO INQUEST

Dr. E. M. Shanklin, acting coroner,

will go to East Chicago this evening

for the purpose of holding an inquest

upon the remains of the six-weeks-old

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kolod

ziej, 501o Bering avenue. The child which has been sick for the past two weeks, died without medical aid. The father is out of work and to summon a physician and give the child medical

aid seems to have been impossible ow

ing to the financial straits in which

the family finds itself. This is the sec

ond child of the family to' die, the first I jjjJi i a

uue jiaving uieu uuuui a year ago.

LEAVES ON BUSINESS TRIP.

H. B. Klingenshmith, treasurer of the

F. S. Betz company, will leave today for Blalrsvllle, Pa., his old home, where he

will be gone several days on business

Mr. -Kungen smith's parents live In

Blalrsvllle.

Hospital and Police Authorities at

J: ; Mattoon Deny jll nowl- t , .

edge of Case. After a mysterious disappearance and

absence of two weeks, Robert J. Boyle, the well known railroad man, Mason

and Odd Fellow, who lived with his

wife and three children at 25 west

State street, was found near Mattoon, 111., lying unconscious in a freight car.

Last evening Mrs. Boyle received a

telegram from railroad officials who

where friends of her husband's that he

was still unconscious but in no immediate danger, and this morning John Boyle, a brother, left for Mattoon.

The case is a mystery from start to

finish and It is thought that Boyle was assaulted and robbed in Hammond and while unconscious was thrown into an empty freight car, which was eventually taken to Mattoon, without the freight hands discovering the body. Evidently the man was discovered several days ago and brought to some hospital In the vicinity and has laid in a state of coma until recently. As there

was no statement as ' to the circum

stances in the case, other than that Mr.

Boyle was found, Mrs. Boyle is at loss to figure out just how it all happened. There was nothing said in the tele

gram as to whether his watch or the roll of money he was known to have In his possession were found with the body. He also had cards and papers

which would have easily led to the establishment of his identitfy if he had

not been stripped of them by robbers.

Boyle Is one of the best known railroad men in Hammond. He was a conductor on the Monon railroad and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad employes. He was also a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Garfield Lodge of Masons. A man, a quiet temperament and home loving disposition, temperate in every sense of the word, a model living man, his sudden disappearance was a sorce of great surprise to his family and all his f riendsfl. He left Hammond to go to Chicago two weeks ago yesterday had after bidding his wife a cheerful goodbye, dropped from her sight. It is known that he reached city and drew his months pay, amounting to $87. A still later trace of the man was found when a saloonkeeper on Fayette street saw the man late in the evening, but he was not intoxicated and seemed to be on his way home. It is thought that while passing along by the railroad tracks he was jumped upon by tramps or crooks, hit on the head and rendered unconscious and then robbed. The robbers may have thrown him into a freight car or he may have partially recovered and crawled into one. Mrs. Boyle was almost overcome with

This is April 1. The day when everybody is supvJed to smilingly take a joke perpetrated by the demon office boy, from the high boss down to the most humble servitor. Provided he is caught. If the Joke falls flat,, however, the office boy 'is expected to accept as gracefully as possible "the , jeers ; and jibes of those on whom he attempted to play "the joke that failed.' - ;?Tbls is tllso - the May to - have . fun

at first hand with the office boy If the

latter is sufficiently new and unsophisticated. It would be difficult to

the number of inexperienced lads who the number of Inexperiences lads who

are today making the rounds In search

of that elusive and time honored "round square" and "left handed monkey wrench." On th3 first day of April It Is almost a necessity for every man to occasionally caress his coat tails in order to be sure that there is not some foreign matter attached thereto in the shape of a note proclaiming to the world the fact of the wearer's deficiency in gray matter. It is a good day to steer clear of fat pocket books temptingly set forth upon the side walk In conspicuous places and above all things beware of the rusty hat which may or may not conceal a brick of such weight and dimensions as will make the unwary sorry that he took a swift kick at itJ The day in Hammond started off auspiciously when some enterprising youth found in the pocket of a car Inspector, who had imbibed a 'little too freely, a placard used for freight cars and bearing the brief message, "bad order" and attached it to the coat tails of the indiscreet inspector. The rest of the Jokes passed off after their usual manner.

v (By The Times Staff Man.) Indianapolis, tnd., April 1, 3 p.

(Special.) The warmest fight Imaginable took place at noon today at the organization meeting of the Tenth District delegates In the Claypool hotel. It was the old Henry Marshall-Will Woods factional fight where the north and south enders of the district fought each other. As soon as the meeting began Marchail proposed a slate vrhlch he tried to railroad through. B. F. Carr and Will Robertson of Fowler were made vice chairman, and secretary by consent and then the fun began. Richard Sebaaf of Lake, and R. R, Moran of Tippecanoe, were put up by the north and south slate makers. Schaat triumphed by a vote of 65 to 62 for representation on the credentials committee. This was a victory for Crumpacker's friends in Lake county and after that there was nothing to It. Dr. Sam Scott of LaPorte was named on the rules committee by acclamation and Judge Hammond of Tippecanoe on the resolutions. The latter promised to support a strong anti-saloon plank In the platform. The Claypool hotel Is

choked with politicians. Artie Find-

ling is standing on a table In Charles W. Miller's headquarters pinning Miller

buttons, on delegates. All the candl

dates have employed the J. W. Dyer Booster plan of the convention four years ago In having barkers at their headquarter doors. Quincy Myers of Logansport, who Is Judge Gillett's op

ponent, is putting up a fierce light and it is going to be a hard fight for the fight for the Judgeship. The Lake

county delegation Is "THE LIVE" one here and all the delegates are achieving prominence in ouV way aad another.'

Gary and Interurban Sub

ject of Censure by Atty. K. J. Knapp of Steel Corporation's Counsel Asks Bond to Bring it to Time.

ASKS OUESTIONS REM Trails Being Used Instead of Modern, ITp-to-Date Variety Mayor - Darrow When Questioned. Regarding' Them, Declared, They Had Been Used Successfully in Other Cities,

5. BLACKMUN ARRIVES ' SAFELY AT LOS ANGELES.

joy when she received the telegram acquainting her with the fact that her husband was found. She is now anxiously awaiting further news from his brother who has gone to look up the case. The Times wired the Mattoon City

hospital and the police department of that city, but nothing had been heard of the case. The man was not at the hospital and police had not been notified. However, the victim may have been taken in hand by fellow railroad men or fraternity brothers and may be is cared for by these people. He may have also been taken to surrounding cities to a hospital.

PAUL LIPINSKI GETS LETTER FROM SENATOR.

Congressman Crunipacker Also Letter of Sympathy for Polish People.

Sends

Paul" B. Lipinski, one of the local leaders in the National Polish Alliance, has receiver two letters, one from Senator Hemenway and a second from Congressman E. D. Crunipacker in answer to the memorial sent them by the Poles of this district on behalf of their oppressed brethren In Germany owing to the ex-appropriation bill. "Senator Hemenway's reply is formal stating that he had received the mem

orial, while Congressman Crumpacker's

is more cordial. It closes with the fol lowing sentence: .

"I beg to assure you my sympathies

are with your people and all other peo

pie who live under an arbitrary and

despotic form ot government. I .wilj

refer the memorial to the committee on

foreign relations for Its considera

tion."

Word Is Received Today By Mr. and J. S. Blackmun Concerning Their Son. Advises received this morning by Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Blackmun of Carroll street, tell of the safe arrival of their son Franklin at Los Angeles, Cal. He is to tour the Pacific states In search

of health and left Hammond J ist week. The letter announces that Mr. Blackmun is enjoying the trip immensely and

that he is particularly strong and healthy. He is much in love with the west.

The Gary and Interurban Street Rail : way company which Is to furnish Gary

with transportation was hauled over the

carpet yesterday at the regular session of the town board. . Attorney K. T. Knapp of the law firm, for the Steel company, appeared before the board and asked a number of questions and in a short address exhoi'ted the board to act and make the company come to time. Mr. Knapp wanted to know why, when the franchise specifies that the company build the most modern and Improved railway, It is persisting in layirg another rail excepting the Shanghai rail. This is a rail purposely manufactured for the building cf up to dats street rallwaya It Is wider from Its

base to the top than other rails and consequently furnishes better facilities for paving the street around the traek3. The company, however, is only using the ordinary T rail. The speaker scored the company for the lax methods that it is employing in the construction of the road and urged the board to annul its franchise. When Mr. Knapp had finished President Knotts said: " I spoke to Mayor Darrow of La Porte, who is one of the promoters about the rails the other day. I said to him: "Darrow, were these rails put In by mistake or were they laid with mallco and afore thought? to which Darrow answered: ""Yes, I did.' He says that this same kind of rail Is furnishing successful

Continued on page 5.

Eighty Ladies Are Initiated Into Oddfellowship Last Night and Hammond Kebekahs, Take Part in Stirring Fraternal Event.

Hammond was largely represented at one of the most successful lodge events that has taken place in Gary since the city was organized. It took place yesterday afternoon and evening when the lodge of he Rebekahs was Installed and the new members given the degree. The lodge has started out pretentiously as far as members is concerned as they now have over a hundred members, eighty of them being new ones who were initiated last night. A crowd of 123 visiting lodge women were met at the train yesterday aftertenoon by the reception committee of the local order, headed by Morris Well. A long train o cabs and carriages formed a procession about the town, taking in the sights of the steel city for the few odd minutes before time for the exercises were to begin. The visitors were from Valparaiso, Hobart, East Chicago, Hammond, Whiting and Indiana Harbor. In addition to these visitors was H. E. Jones of Crown Point, who is the district grand master of the Odd Fellows, the brother lodge of the Rebekahs. When the reception committee, composed of Mrs. T. Wildermuth, Mrs. W. F. Hodson, Mrs. J. R. Hughes, MIs$ Rosetta Booher, Mrs. Thomas Knotts, Miss Gertrude B. Ogg, Miss Grace Brooks, Miss Anna Goldberg, Mrs. R; It. Quillen, Mrs. A. C. Huber, Dr. W. P. Alexander, Dr. J. W. Xieuklrk and Morris Weil, guided the visitors to the Kcene of the afternoon's events in Binzenhof hall, they were agreeably surprised at the gorgeousness of the decorations and the great preparations

that had been made for the success of the events. The Hammond Rebekahs had charge of the work. -The color scheme In the hall was pink and green, the colors of tho lodge. Mammoth bunches of draplngs were hung around a crescent banner on which was Inscribed the letter "R" and about which were grouped seven stars. This banner was the emblem 'of the organization. In the afternoon the lodge was installed by the Hobart and Valparaiso teams, which had been practicing faithfully for the event for some time. The old members in Gary number about twenty-five and these will bo formally organized into a lodge at the afternoon session. In the evening the new members will receive their degrees. The applications for membership have been nothing short of marvelous and no less than eighty prominent women of Gary will become members of the order. During the afternoon and evening addresses will be given by various members and music will be furnished by the committee which had thaj work in charge. All of the visiting lodge women living west of Gary were compelled to stay in Gary all night as there was, no train out of the city going west. This put them to much inconvenience as far as. time Is concerned, but they were well taken care of by their friends and fellow lodge women. The Hobart and Valparaiso aggregation left last night on the midnight -train for tbelf homes. Those who attended from Hammond declare that they never had a better time in all their lives.

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