Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 149, Hammond, Lake County, 7 April 1908 — Page 1

it ! ' -, 3 f. WEATHKH. Probably shower tonight mud tomorowj little change In temperature. II-ION iVOL. II. NO. 149, HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1908, ONE CENT PER COPY. REMARKABLE - BALL DISPLAYED TODAY Beg For Aid From Authorities and Have Wads of Money. CREOSOTE BLOCK COUNCIL GIVES lELEPHiEGRlT Interstate Automatic Telephone Company Gets Franchise There. APRIL FOOL HE THOUGHT IT WAS EMPTY. MAY BE South Side Property Owners Hold an Important Meeting?

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Foreigners From Standard Steel Car District Form ' Bread Line in Front of i Trustee Schaaf 's Office This Morning.

STIRRING SCENES ht mm HARBOR Towasliip Trustee Is Compelled to ' Open Headquarters for Relief of Hungry in Harbor Auditorium and Belief Committee is Started Starving Man at GriMth. HUNGER STORY DETAILS. One hundred and fifty men form breadline in front of Hammond court bouse this morning. Relief committee of 60 appointed by Trustee Schaaf to care for needy at Indiana liar- 4 bor. Starving: man is picked up by 4 Sheriff F. S. Carter near , Erie track at Griffith. 4. One hundred and fifty foreigners from the Standard Steel Car district called at the court house this morning: and demanded food for themselves and chiletJKttihar.fchaaf was called out of 'his office tq hear their complaints but he refused to do anything for them as he had no opportunity to investigate their condition and determine their worthiness of township help. After making a mild demonstration in front of -the court house for some time they finally went back to the district from whence they came. It is believed there are many cases that are really worthy of attention but there are also a great many of the foreigners who are attempting to impose on the township through false representations. It was quite a sight to see a bread-line in Hammond and the old soup-house cry of a democratic administration was vividly recalled. Starring Man at Griffith. Sheriff F. S. Carter, while at Griffith, on his way to Crown Point last night noticed a man lying alongside of the railroad track shortly after the train strated to move. He persuaded the conductor to stop the train and an investigation revealed the fact that the man was nearly starved. He was hustled aboard the train "and mfter he had been revived with a little nourishment he said he had gone -without food since last Friday. The man was taken to jail at Crown Point where he was given food and will bo kept until he recovers sufficiently to go to work. Hungry Many at Harbor. The condition of the hungry folk of .Indiana Harbor has reached an acute stage and Trustee F. Richard Schaaf has decided to. open headquarters in that city in . order to be in closer touch with the situation. The latter is so seriou that ordinary methods will no longer apply, and the township trustee is now taking steps to start a movement in which he hopes to secure assistance from every man, woman and child in the city, who has more than enough to keep hunger from the door. In accordance with this plan .h? has already appointed a committee composed of some sixty members of which S. L. Risler is chairman and which will include as well every club of importance in the town. Meeting Tomorrow Morning. , The members of this committee have been notified of their appointment by letter and will doubtless hold a meeting tomorrow morning, in order that 110 time may be lost in extending the much needed relief. In the mean time Trustee Schaaf has established himself in the Auditorium building, where a number of office holders have placed their suites at his disposal. This morning these rooms were crowded with men and women while a crowd of 100 or more assembled on the Sidewalk in front the building. Starts Commissary Department. Trustee Schaafs plan, contemplates first the opening up of a commissary department in Indiana Harbor where the needy, their cases having been duly investigated and with credentials supplied by the invesigators, to Identify Jhem, may be given food as well as money, at once. Trustee Schaaf has been making a personal investigation of conditions at Indiana Harbor , and declares it as his belief that at least 300 persons in" that

HAMMOND POLICE SURPRISED

One Woman Seeks Aid from Town ship When She Has Houses to Rent. "M e found one woman that had a roll of money as big as my fist. We found another who owned two houses, one renting . for $27 per month and yet they with a dozen others, represented themselves as being on the verge of starvation. "CAPTAIN" EMIL BUXDE." The police department of the city of Hammond made some remarkable disocevries in the Standard Steel Car district yesterday and the terrible tales of destitution and need that have been current for some time, present an entirely different phase to the authorities. For some time Trustee Schaaf has been besieged with applicaltons for help from foreigners In the Standard Steel Car district. The pleas came in tens and twenties until the authorities were swamped and deluged. Trustee Schaaf then decided to call upon the police for aid in doing a little detective work and Chief Rimbach's sleuths uncovered a remarkable state. Out of fifteen cases which had been reported as destitute. Captain Bunde and his men found but two who were really in need of help. In one case a woman whose destitution was represented as pitiable was found to have a roll of money big enough to "'choke a Nenfoundland dog. She said when quizzed by the police, "Well I have money, but the old country la poor and needs money, I have to get some to send there,"" 1 Another woman who ' salFshe waS starving was found to have two houses, one in which she lived and the other was renting for $27 per month. Other cases were found to be nearly the same and when application is made to Mr. Schaaf hence forth, from the Standard Steel Car district, a grain of salt will be used in considering the story. The same stories of greed and imposition on the township authorities come from Indiana Harbor and East Chicago. city are actually destitute. He has the! names of from 75 to 100 needy families on his desk, where immediate relief is a positive necessity. Interview With Trustee.' "I have named in my committee," said Mr. Schaaf this morning, "the leading men of this town. It embraces lawyers, physicians, bankers and business men of all lines of trades. It includes men of prominence in churches and in the foundries and at our meeting tomorrow we will ask for donations from all who have anything to give. Food, clothes, money, all will be welcome. I have named on this committee besides Mr. Eisler," Constable Charles W. Muller, J. M. Campion, George Schuster, "W. W. Moberly well the committee is altogether too large to try to enumerate all its members, but It Includes most of the substantial men in town and the clubs as - well.. The Booster's Commercial and the Calumet Commercial have been asked to aid and II is likely these will appoint committees to act for them in conjunction with the committee of individual citi zens. Poor of Pauper Class. ( "The poor of Indiana Harbor are out of the pauper class. What they want most of all is work. My idea i3 to get the members of the committee interested in finding jobs for the men, anywhere within the limits of Indiana." Single men will be given orders for $1 each, while families will be treated according to their needs. Some of. the families where want is the most apparent have from four to eleven children, all in a more or less starving 1 condition. IMPORTANT MEETING OF COUNCIL TONIGHT. The finance committee of the Hammond city council which was delegated at the last meeting to look into the matter of relieving the crowded city hall conditions, is expected to report in favor of the new central fire station proposition which was advanced to relieve the city hall conditions. Indications are also that the committee will report favorably on buying a new fire engine for the south end station. The council meeting tonight will be an important one, the passing of the new fireman's ordinance being one of the things that will come up for disposal. WORD IS RECEIVED FROM GEORGE LOCKLIN. Letters have been received here from Mr. and Mrs. George Locklin who are visiting In Denver, Colo., stating that they are having an enjoyable time. Mr. Locklin was a guest at a banquet In Denver-on Friday night. The couple expect to return to Hammond this week.

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BUSINESS : HEN MEET President Schloer Calls Session of Local Club For Tomorrow. Jacob Schloer is today sending out notices to the members of the Hammond ""BUsfh'ess " I?nvs f ass6c1atlon an nouncing a meeting which will be tield In Wels' hall tomorrow evening.' Mr. Schloer says that " only those who are -members ,of . the Business . Men's association or have signified their intention of becoming members," will be admitted. He says the session is to be secret and that after the organization is perfected If outsiders want to come in they will' be admitted. The meeting will be held for the purpose of reorganizing the Business Men's association along broader Ihies and whether the organization will remain under the old name or.be given a new one, will depend upon the members themselves. Mr. Schloer is deeply interested in the success of of the new club or association which ever it proves to be and he is of the opinion that the reorganization will be made under circumstances that will be satisfactory to all who are interested in the progress of the city. ".. CITIZENS WANT PARK BETWEEN ERIE AND M0N0N. Board of Public Works Should Force Railroads to Get Busy. Many citizens of Hammond who are praising The Times stand for beautifying the city, call attention to the fact that the Monon and ,-Erie railroads should do something toward beautifying the stretch of right-of-wayj they own in Hammond. . The Michigan Central and the Nickel Plate both arranging to make parks out of the realty they own, and prom inent Hammond taxpayers say that all railroads should be treated alike. They would like to see the board of public works take action. EXHAUSTED CARRIER PIGEON AT E. H. WALL'S. Hammond Man Finds. a Valuable Bird In His Yard on Sunday. E. H.Wall, proprietor of the Ham mond house, 35 Hohman street, has a valuable carrier pigeon at his place of business, which dropped there ex hausted on Sunday morning. The bird is a Homing pigeon numbered 2843 and wears a gold band inlaid with enamel in black and gold, bearing the legend M-1906. Mr. Wall is of the opinion that the bird is a very valuable one and has fed it until it appears anxious to get away again.- He would like very mucli to know where it is headed for. MEETING WAS POSTPONED UNTIL SECRETARY'S RETURN. Owing to the absence of Dan RhneV secretary of the Hammond Saloonkeepers' association, the regular monthly meeting, which was to be held yesterday afternoon, was postponed until after the return of Mr. Shuck. Mr. Shuck has gone to New York where he is visiting his sister; who is critically ill. He is expected to return some time this week.

CRACK BULL TEH MAY BE ORGANIZED Dan Enright, one of the old stars of the Hammond baseball team, may organize a baseball team in Hammond composed of members of the Knights of Columbus, who will play under the auspices of Unity Council. The proposition came up for discussion at the council meeting and was im mediately tai.n yp. by the;:yaux element of the council and was endorsed by the older members. Mr. Enright, who will be affiliated with the regular Hammond baseball team this year, if one materializes, promised his hearty support and may tryout members of the team in the near future. He is satisfied that he has good material to pick from, but is somewhat handicapped in selecting a catcher. He is confident that this place can be filled, however, once he begins to look around. As the council has membership In Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, a representative nine can be picked which may rank among the strongest in this region. Some of the material belonging to Unity Council now from which a team could be chosen is James and John Carroll, William Humpfer, Nicholas Lauer, Dan and "Jim" Enright, "Dinny" Carlan, J. W. O'Brien of Grasselli and Frank Gainer of Whiting. TREASURERS OFFICE TO BE OPEN 12 HOURS Beginning next Monday the city treasurer's office will be open from 8:30 in the morning until 8 o'clock at night in order to give the Hammond tax payers an opportunity to pay their taxes. In addition to the longer hours, the office will also be open during the dinner and supper hours. This accommodation is made to the public in order to give working men time to make their payments without losing any time from their work. "Taxes are coming nicely," said Mr. Wolter this morning, "We find no difference between this year and last, despite the present industrial condition. All taxes must be paid by May 1st, and from the present outlook It would seem as though there would be few delinquents by May 1st. ' GARY RIOT CASES ARE ON TRIAL TODAY The Gary riot cases were cut on trial in the" superior court before a jury this morning. Mike Berich and Mike Jurich. who were leaders in the riot which occurred in Gary on Jan. 16, in which Officer William Miller, was almost killed, were the two that were put on trial today. ; A large part of the Gary police force came to Hammond this morning fol lowed by another number of Gary citi zens who are witnesses in the case or otherwise interested in it. The witnesses in the case are Char ley Catey, John Mulcahey, C. J. Cooper, Chief of Police J. D. Martin, Sergeant Edward Klopf, Peto Juric,' Glenn Ramlo, n rank Chambers and Officer William Miller. SENT AWAY FOR BURIAL. The remains of Eusrene Everett, who was killed at Hessville last Saturday when he fell from his wagon, were sent to Jackson, Mich., this morning for burial tomorrow. Everett is a Chicago man, .. -

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"1 n l TRAIN JUMPS RAILS Two Persons Fatally and Twenty Others Injured in Chicago Today. Two persons were fatally Injured and more, than .twenty, 'rfef passengers were crushed' "and ."maimed " at' T:30 o'clock today when the motor car of a south-bound South Side elevated railroad train jumped the tracks near the Forty-third street station and plunged off the elevated structure to the ground. The train consisted of three cars, but only the motor fell off the trestle. The accident is the first in the history of elevated traffic of Chicago In which a car has actually left the structure and plunged to the ground. In the many elevated railroad accidents of the city the guide blocks at the side of the tracks have always operated successfully and prevented trains from leaving the tims. Crowds Rush in Search of Kin. The first report of the accident caused the wildest alarm o nthe south side. Reports were circulated that scores had been killed and these brought throngs to the Forty-third street station in search of relatives who It was feared might be victims. The wrecked car, bent and twisted after its fearful, plunge,, lay below the structure where it fell. LOCAL GREEKS WILL GO TO CHICAGO. Greek Fourth of July Will Be Celebrated by Loyal Citizens. About fifty local Greeks, including a number from East- Chicago, Whiting and Indiana Harbor, will go to Chicago this evening to attend the grand ball given at Brooke's Casino in honor of the eighty-seventh independence of Greece. . This, according to our notion, is the Greek Fourth of July and the arrangements that have been made in Chicago are 'extensive. The exercises began with a high mass at the Greek church 34 Johnston street, with Father Leon Pegeas officiating. About a dozen Greek societies with ten bands then marched to Brooke's Casino. Dr. Arthur Sanuchus pre sided there, and N. Salopoulos, the Greek consul in Chicago, was the prin cipal speaker. Photis Fapakostas also spoke. MAY APPROPRIATE $50,000 : FOR NEW GARY. BRIDGE. Crown Point. Ind., April 7. (Special.) The commissioners met yesterday and considered a lot of Important busi-i ness, but left most of it unfinished for their labors today. In the matter of the Gary bridge they will undoubtedly recommend the county council to appropriate $50,000 for that purpose. This is considerably less than the Garyites want but it Is probably the maximum amount that will be recommended' by the commissioners. . The Crown Point-Gary Interurban line franchise was considered and there Is hardly a question but what It will be granted today, as with few exceptions everything and everybody is in favor of the proposed line. A big crowd from Whiting. Gary. Crown. Point attended the session, all working fdr the Interests that are vital to themselves and the community in which they live. Much - unfinished business was left over or today's consideration.

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Mayor Becker Will Do Nothing Until Street Car Company ' Gets Busy. The meeting of the south side oronerty owners at the city hall last night was attended by nearlv everv ownr of property on Hohman street, south of JJouglas, and a most enthusiastic meet ing was held. The matter of improvine the street was discussed and there was the most perfect harmony throughout the meeting. The first matter taken up was regarding the kind of paving to Use. It was generally understood that the property owners between Douglas and Carroll streets were in favor of brick similar to that used on Hohman street through the busienss section and so those present were divided Into two pprts and those north of Carroll voted for brick. South of Carroll street the property owners considered two kinds of paving. Part of them were in favor of brick with an asphalt filling in the crevices and the rest were in favor of creosote block. In fact, until W. B. Conk ev suee-esstpfl creosote block it was almost decided to put In the brick. Coniey's suggestion, however, met with general favor and when city engineer Peter Lyons setimated that It could be put in for not rot to exceed $2 extra per lineal foot. the question was defered until another meeting. The real reason, however, for holding a second session was to learn what the street railway company would dn regarding the building of a double track on Hohman street, south of Carroll street. Mayor Becker and many of the nmn. erty owners thought this wnnl h much preferable to a single track, wth switches, and an effort wllL be mart tn secure the approval of president Cam eron to the double tracking of the street..-. . ' . ' 1 : v " If he refusesf Mayor Becker says, he will never give him an opportunity to make the improvement so long as he irf" mayor or has any influence as a private citizen. " If the street car company double tracks their road on Hohman street it has been proposed to have iron poles erected between the . rails upon which the trolly wires will be placed and the street will be made 50 feet wide with grass plots on either sidet, Telephone Franchise Wanted

and Both Factions Wax Warm in Their Arguments. Last night's session of the Kast rvi. . nf m- . .

cago city council was an excitTn. J with heated arguments on almost every ' proposition that was hrm,P-hf The park matter which it was exJ pected would be brought up without fall was not touched uoon hut nther matters of importance came up. Among them was the "citv h.ii L " troversy, which was awZ as ever with Alderman O'Girr who coming to be known as the watch dog of- the city treasury, fiarhtinir tooth nnrf

nail against the mooted appropriation. ' hrI. 3 ln resPnse to Judge HemBut the aDnrnnrfatinn finoii.r . Drcl1 s arguments made a ereat nnfn

through ln spite of his efforts. Not, tt the franchise no held by however, ln its entirety. CVGirr's oppo- ' .. y Wlth the ChicaSO company was sition to one item in the architect's' n T the city" '"Thl3 one- 1C setimate, that of $350 for a one hundred f vEaid the aIderman impressivefoot tile drain from the building to the- a credit to me" main sewer, was successfully pros- I Tne franchise will be read for the ecuted and the appropriation was al- thlrd time at the next regular meetlowed for the amount of the architect's iTs of the council. estimate, minus the $360. This brings j The most bitter fight came when the the appropriation down from $3,050 to city hall extra matter was brought un f2f f , Architect Hutton had been lnsfruc"ed Another important matter which was at the last meeting to draw ud a under consideration was the telephone specification and also an estimate for franchise submitted by the Interstate the additional things required in tha Automatic company and which had ad- city hall, vanced to second reading. I in offering the measure for second 'firtt ToachX ClTu T reading Alderman Lewis said that he Johnson's figures on Se extras w had made a trip to South Bend to in- lumped at $4 9 00 aJ11 1 Wa3 vestigate the double .system there in ' opposition brought tl vogue This the alderman announced considerably an "th figures of tTe he had doneVt his own expense, and contractor submitted at the last meet ZJ Ur a" fr tHe PUbl,C ,ns of the council down to $"995" good. He read a number of letters Further opposition on the part ef" ilTth "tT T,en f,that t0Wn b0St- C'Girr resu,td ln the matter being ng the automatic system and extolling referred to Architect Hutton for speCts advantages. Judge Hembroff. for incaUons on the extras and an estimaU the Chicago company, followed with an of what would-be a fair price a d h equa number of letters" condemning the figures was submitted at last night's double system, declaring that it was meeting. One item, that of the tile altogether inconvenient and detrimental drain to which reference has ben made tfct0Ww WhiCh WRS lnstall?d- 100 feet of which was figured in at $360 He thought it would be ridiculous for or $3.60 per foot, especially aroused a city council to adopt a franchise Alderman O'Girr's ire. "I may not which guaranteed nothing to the city know what some of the extras em excepting eighteen free phones for city braced in that estimate would "cot, purposes. . . , but x happen to know somethi ' Before any action is taken," said tho price of sewers?" said O'Girr with Judge Hembroff, it is due to the citizens sarcasm. a

ODD FRANCHISE CONDITIONS

No Charge for Telephones Until 300 Have Been Installed By Company. WHAT COMPANY GIVES. Free service; till 300 phones hav been installed. ; Charge to be $1.00 per month after that for residences. Toll from Whiting to Hammond but five cents and to . Chicago ten. Bond of $5,000 is Aled with eighteen months forfeiture clause. The Interstate Automatic Telephone company was awarded by the Whiting city council, what Mayor Smith believes to be one of the most liberal telephone franchises that has ever been granted by a municipality. ...- Last night the East Chicago city council passed a similar franchise to the second reading and those who have been watching the fight between the Independent and the 'Bell Telephone companies In this region, are fully aware of the significance of the entrance into thl3 field of a hew company and the beginning of the era of a two-phone system. 'The failure of the Chicago Telephone company to retain control is said to be due to tho fact that in Whiting this company has not installed the most up-to-date instruments arid has failed o protect their rights by giving the people a modern service," is the fay Mayor Smith puts It. The franchise which was awarded last night Is said to be a wonder. It provides that there shall be no charge for phones until there shall have been 300 installed and then the charge will be ?18 a year, where the Chicago com- , pany charges J 24 for a business phone. .'The. cost of a residence phone will be but J12 a year, while the Chicago company charges $18. The toll - to South Chicago, Hammond, Gary and Indiana Harbor, Will be five cents and the - toiT-o-'fqis'i-iwtrri it. butVtWh"--cents. - - -: - , - . 1 , Mayor Smith says when he examined the old Chicago Telephone franchise and found that it was perpetual and that there was no limit to the charges for service, he and the council members became convinced that the thing , to do was to grant the Independents 'a franchise. A bond of $5,000 was filed and this is to be forfeited if the service is not In

stalled inside of eighteen months. " - Precipitates Hostilities ln"",. ' e backers of thla seems To know an SSL about tT .,v.u.. "ow.anytnIns about them, or 'a,t0 her LV't of their franchise" 7udl tt. I mn . fms!' .. Jude Hembroff. the kind whVri 3 CaSe ?f I?e,.kInl where ge interests were at f.Unc" shoula ave the he l concessTons iRg thQ ....

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