Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 156, Hammond, Lake County, 15 April 1908 — Page 1

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WEA TH3. Partly cloudy and much colder tonight ; Thursday generally fair vrith colder extreme south. EDITION yOL. n. NO. 156.HAMMOJSD, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APEIL 15, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPY.

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Indignant Whiting School Teachers and Students Resent Claims That Ham- , mond Should Have Been Awarded Musical Banner HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BOUiLY ROASTED Whiting Girls' Basket Ball Team Charge That Hammond Boys Did Peeping Tom Act But No Charges Were Preferred to Local High School Authorities. Whiting, Ind., April 15. (Special) In spite of the fact that Whiting won first honors in the county choral contest there is an intense feeling of bitterness against the Hammond school which the Whiting students claim Is generally felt by schools all over the county. Both the Whiting students and teachers take exception to claims that Hammond really should have won the chorus and are especially wrought up over the charge that the students were trained by a Chicago instructor. The Whiting students are still sore over what they term the unwarranted Invasion of their city last year by the Hammond boys who proceeded to break up the classes even In the gTades, during school hours But the most sensational charge of all Is that made against some of the Hammond high school boys whom the Whiting students claim insulted the girls on the basket ball team on the occasion of their recent visit to Hammond. In fact, to sum up the charges. Hammond was domineering, the selection of the judges in the last musical con test was not fairly done, Hammond students are hard losers whether it be tn athletics or in other contests, all of the schools of the county are down on the local students and to top it all off Borne of the boys are not gentlemen. After the Whiting students had won the chorus pennant it was at first suggested that they go over to Hammond and break up the schools as the Hammond boys did. Whiting is not as strong as Ham mond, however and it was finally seen that nothing short of a riot would be precipitated if such a program was attempted. The matter was put up to the principal of the school and although he told them that they could do as they pleased, he finally suggested that some other means be devised to give vent to their enthusiasm and it was decided to have a picnic. Regarding the selection of the judges of the musical contest the Whiting students and teachers claim that Miss Helen Poole of LaPorte was prejudiced against Whiting and that she was not nelected until it was too late for Whiting to object. The Whiting students claim that she marked their chorus fourth in tone, second in expression and fourth In interpretation when the other judges had given them first in everything with the exception of Miss Erne E. Harmon of South Bend, who gave Whiting second In tone. Regarding the basket ball incident the Whiting teacher, who had the girls in her charge, has made the statement that instead of entertaining the girls and providing a place for them to dress as Whiting always does, when a visiting team goes there, the Hammond students simply turned an unfurnished room over to them and one of the glass-windowed doors to which was not provided with a curtain. There was not a looking glass in the room and there was no privacy for the reason that the glass in the door was not covered In any manner whatsoever. This left the girls in a position where every move could be seen from the outside and in order to dress at all they were compelled to retire to the corners of the room. It is further charged that some of the Hammond boys were doing the "Peeping Tom" act Principal W. A. Hill was today informed of the charges that have been prefered by the Whiting students and teachers and has entered a general denial. He said no complaint had been made to him of the presence of "Peeping Toms" while the Whiting basket ball girls were dressing and that the Whiting school was accord the same privileges as the other schools. He said usually the glass in the door was covered with a newspaper and that It It was left oft on this occasion it was an oversight. As , to the complaint that was regltered against Miss Pool of LaPorte

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Board of Public Works is Granted Permission to Follow Different Place TO DROP "PUG-NOSED" BRICK Use Instead Full Block, Thus Dispensing With Wagon Wearing Grove. The board of public works this morning granted permission to J. L. Matsori, general manager of the South Chicago City railway company, to try his improved plan of pavement. The paving for the beginning is, however, to be tried only as an experiment and If it proves successful, may be ordered wherever the company lays rails and vitrified brick are used. Mr. Matson in laying his style of pavement with vitrified brick suggests that instead of using the "pug nosed" brick which allow a groove on the inside of the rail that whole brick be used and laid against the rail with a crown effect In the center thus doing away with the grove which is hard on wagon wheels and wearing on the brick. This style is in vogue in other large cities and Is giving good satisfaction. The awarding of the contract for the Forsyth avenue sewer was deferred until the twenty-second of this month. The city engineer was ordered to draw up plans and specifications for a sidewalk on the west side of Sohl street from Carroll street to Fayette, the walk to be five feet wide in this stretch. From Fayette street to Michigan avenue the walk is ordered to be six feet wide. Plans and specifications were also ordered for a brick pavement in State street from Oakley avenue to Hohman street. This new improvement on one of the main steets of the city will add greatly to the appearance of the thoroughfare. Nine new fire alarm boxes aue needed in the city and a contract was entered into by the board ,this morning with the Gamewell people to secure them. . .JThe city engineer was ordered to draw up plans and specifications for -inch water pipe connections In Rath'-streetr"" .: rT":.: ' "..-V-L ,, The awarding- of the contracts for the supply of the pumping station was taken, under advisement until next week. The tegular weekly grist of bills was allowed by the board. NEW LABORGAHDIDATE James Smith of Hammond Talked of For Representative. James Smith of Hammond may be a candidate for representative on the labor ticket this campaign. Friends of his who assest that he if popular with the laboring classes and knows the need of organized labor declare that Mr. Smith will be an ideal candidate in every sense of the word. A boom which has arrived at considerable proportion has been started for Mr. Smith and it is growing with the passing day. as one of the judges of the musical contest, Mr. Hill said he did not know of the circumstances which surrounded her selection. He said when he was secretary of the association there were veiled charges of favoritism and that last year much to his relief another secretary was selected. JUDGE REITER ENDEARS HIMSELF TO THE FANS. Superior Court I'm pi re Enjoyed The Sox Victory Yesterday. The adjourning of court so that the lawyers could go to the baseball game is a new wrinkle in the Hammond superior court inaugurated by Judge Virgil S. Relter. But in taking the initiative he has endeared himself to not only the legal fraternity of the city but to the fans as well. Relter is likely to become known as the "baseball judge" and as umpire of the superior court he has already shown himself to have few equals. The Hammond lawyers thronged into Chicago like a gang of school boys take to the "old swimmin hole" on a hot summer day. They were glad to forget their work for a while in the excitement of the first baseball game of the season. C. R. DYER LOSES BICYCLE. Charles R. Dyer, 361 South Hohman street, reported to the police today that his bicycle had been stolen from his residence last night. He usually padlocks It on the porch, but this morning found that sdme one had stolen it. SEW ARRIVAL. - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. F. Cameron, of 383 Cedar street,' a daughter.

irnniimiT nrrrnn ncnunHH urrtna ANOTHERPRIZE TODAY Who Inserted the Question Mark on the Missing Word Page? Finding that the interest in The Times Missing Word Contest has made a hit with his patrons, one Hammond business man has decided to give an additional prize of $1 tomorrow. The first person who brings in the name of the advertiser who inserted an Interrogation point under tho headipf Conditions 6f Contest, will ie given one dollar. Answers will be received from 7:30 to 12 on Thursday morning. Only one answer may be submitted by any one person. The interest in the contest promises to out-rival anything in the advertising line ever pulled off in this region. Thousands of people are reading the advertisements every night and from inquiries received at this office the contest is going to be a hot one from start to finish. The rules of the contest are simple and should be observed carefully. PURCHASE NEW BOM Hammond Motor Boat Clubmen Get DandyLaunch. C. E. C. Payne, John M. Stlnson and Alfred Sherby of this city, all members of the Hammond Motor Boat club, have purchased a private power boat which will be one of the finest of the kind in northern Indiana. The boat is 33 feet in length, draws 3'i feet of water, weighs 15 tons and Its gasoline engines have 22 horsepower. There will be sleeping quarters for ten persons, cabin accommodations for 27 and the boat has a total capacity of 35 passengers. It cost in the neighborhood of $1,000 and is seaworthy enough to enable the owners to take trips on Lake;Michlgan. In fact, they propose to spend their vacations on this boat and there Is a complete kitchen outfit which will make possible the cooking and serving of meals on the boat. The boat is not a new one, it having been in commission for a period of about two years. It, however, is being thoroughly overhauled and will be In the best possible condition when it arrives in Hammond. The boat carries 90 gallons of gasoline and this is sufficient for long trips. The craft has been taken across Lake Michigan several times and it is expected that the owners will make periodic trips to all of the near-by coast cities, such as J3ary, Michigan City, South Chicago, Chicago and Waukegan, this summer. With this boat added to the fleet of the Hammond Motor Boat club. It will have an imposing flotilla and the interest in this organization Is expected to be greater this summer than ever. COURT ADJOURNS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. The work of trying the criminal cases in the superior court is now about completed and this morning Judge Virgil S. Reiter took an early adjournment. There are, however, several important matters to come up tomorrow and the sessions of the court will be resumed then.

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BUTCHER BERENDT jSJiNDIGATED Case Against Local Dealer, Charging Short Weight .Dismissed. HE DID NOT WEIGH THE MEAT Clerk the Man to Whom the Blame Attaches Matter Will The case of the State versus Charles Berendt. who wag. charged with selling meat at short weight, has been dismissed and has- resulted in a vindication for the Hammond butcher. There was a great deal of feeling aroused over thecharges which were brought by Mary J. Filan, against the Hammond man for the reason that the giving of short' weight is about the most contemptible piece of thievery that could be perpetrated. Everybody was interested in the outcome of the trial and" for this reason there were many inquiries as to the reason for the dismissal of the case against the Hammond butcher. The facts of the carse, was brought out by the evidence were that the meat was sold by Berendt's clerk without the knowledge of the proprietor. The court held that Berendt could not be held responsible for a crime of which he knew nothing. A motion was made by the attorney for the defense that the case be dismissed before It went to trial but the court decided that it would be better that the evidence be heard in order that all of the facts be brought out. Accordingly the witness testified that she had purchased quantity of ' meat under the specified weight. She made the purchase from the clerk while the proprietor was busy waiting on other customers. She was frank to admit that Mr. Berendt knew nothing of the transaction. ' It was these circumstances that lead to the dismissal of the defendant although there is no question of the guilt of the clerk. The case has served as a warning to any other merchant who may be dismissed to give their customers the worst of the bargain and it is likely that nothing further will be done by the states attorney. STILL NO WORD IS DECEIVED FROM MR. BOYLE Still no word has been received from Robert Boyle, the missing Monon trainman, who disappeared on the night of Ma'fch 17 after he had drawn his money at the Chicago office. What was a cheerful little home In a flat at 25 West State street, where he has a young wife and three children, the youngest of which is only two months old, is now an abode of misery. Mrs. Boyle is care-worn and on the verge of nervous prostration, trying to console herself and her children with the words, "Papa is coming home soon." As for herself she has given up hope of finding him alive and she, will in all probability make arrangements to move away from Hammond. She has a sister living in Decatur, 111., whither she intends to move unless she hears definitely from her husband in the near future.

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COiWENTi&ryl.'i CDnvR Col J 71 I?" by Judg Company. By Permission. former hmiiioideit iii leading role Edgar Fleming to Star in Greek Play at "Wabash College. Edgar Fleming, who is well known in this city, and is the son of Rev. Fleming, formerly of the .Presbyterian church, will-take the leading part in a Greek play that is -to be presented by the students of Wabash college during the commencement, exercises in the spring. i ..The. Dlay ..was., first produced In this country a number of years ago by Harvard university in the original Greek, but the play will be translated into English in Crawfordsville. The play Is a classic tragedy known as Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophohocles. It will be given on an elaborate scale and will be the first attempt at suck a task in Indiana. Crawfordsville Is known as the Athens of the west and the students of Wabash college are doing their share to maintain that reputation. Edgar Fleming i3 known as one of the best students in college and his assignment to the principal part is considered quite an honor. LIE ROUGHEST EVER Lives of Fishermen Are Imperiled at Lake Front Park. The lake today is the roughest it has been for years off the Hammond shore. At the waterworks this morning the waves are running mountain high and have swept clear over into the park pond, a distance of 100 feet from the usual high water mark. A fisherman who is in the habit of putting off the dock at the waterworke and, who is known to longshoremen as Fisherman John, came within an ace of losing his life this morning when the wind changed, at twelve minutes of 8. As it . was he was forced to abandon his nets and scud for the shore. The lake was lashed into a fury the moment the wind changed and the small craft was forced a half mile out of her course before the landing could be made. When Fisherman John pulled his boat ashore about half a mile west of the dock it was filled with water and the fisherman, who had rowed for his life, was drenched to the skin. The man, who is a Slav, lives at Robertsdale. The park where the waterworks is located is filled with debris thrown up by the waves and Joe Kaspar declared this morning that it would take two men two weeks to clear it of trash and wreckage after the storm has subsided. The breakwater back of the pumping station is completely submerged. From the pumping station to the government pier at South Chicago there is a clear view and it is possible for the men at the waterworks to see the waves, which must be at least forty or fifty feet high, sweeping over the pier. CHURCH GETS NEW ROOF. Carpenters are busy at work at the First Presbyterian church this week putting a new roof on the building. Mr. Hower has charge of the work and expects to complete it this week.

PRETTY BRUNETTE IS S0UGHTBY POLICE Miss Mabel Ecker of Nappanee is Wanted by Hammond Police.

SWEETS1XTEENAND HANDSOME Missing Girl Has Been Traced as Far West as Indiana Harbor. Mabel M. Ecker, a handsome 16-year-old brunette of Nappanee, Ind.. is missing from her home in that city and is supposed to be in some of the northern Lake county cities. The Hammond police are on the look out for the girl, who is reported to be unusually pretty, and of a type which would attract attention on the street or in any public gathering because of It. There Is a good deal of mystery in the Ecker case that the police are not able to fathom. ! They received a wire from Nappanee ! yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock! asking them to be on the look-out for Mable Ecker. The girl was described as being about 16-years-old, a striking brunette, with big black eyes, dark complexion and very black hair.. "She is a good girl" the telegram went on to say plaintively, "and left a note behind saying simply that she was going away." Her distracted parents, with th b'm of the ponce, have traced the young woman as far west as Indiana Harbor and there they lost trace of her. It is learned that she bought a ticket for that place and got off the train there. Inquiry at the police station at Indiana Harbor failed to reveal any trace of the girl. It is probable that she may have left the Harbor and came to Hammond. The girl weighs 120 pounds and is about four feet tall. She wears good clothing. The police were not advised as to her motive for running way. "" ".""'..- The -police of East Chicago ' and. .Indiana Harbor spent yesterday in searching for the missing, jgirl. Thus far they have received no Information that might lead to a clew. FORKED LIKE MUMI Board of Education Sees Demonstration Made byExtinguisher. Representatives of the Liberty association, manufacturers of fire apparatus, yesterday made a practical demonstration of the work that can be accomplished by the use of their fire extinguisher. The demonstration was made at the corner of Fayette and Hohman strets and was viewed by Supt. McDaniel of the city school system and a number of the members of the board of education. The test was made with a view of interesting the school board in the extinguisher for the purpose of getting that body to introduce the ex tinguisher into the city schools. ' A fire was built of packing cases which had been filled with debris for the occasion. After the blaze had burned fiercely for a few minutes the demonstrator took a long tube filled with the powder that does the business and from the open end threw the contents right and left. Instantly the flames ceased to burn. The fire extinguisher company will make a proposition before the school board at the next regular meeting, next Wednesday night. Supt. McDaniel was enthusiastic over the merits of the extinguisher. "It is the best thing I ever saw in that line," said he this morning. "It beats the liquid extinguisher a mile." At present there is nothing of the kind in any of the school buildings and some of the board members have dej cided that it might be well to install some sort of a device to be used in case of an emergency. RAY OF LIGHT WITHIN THE GLOOM AT STANDARD. Superintendent II. n. Douglas May Put on Men Who ZVeed Employment. What is at least a ray of light in the gloom at the Standard Steel Car settlement, was a proposition made yesterday by H. B. Douglas, the superintendent of the plant. In speaking of the conditions there and the lack of work to the members of the board of the public works, he said that there was enough work there to keep about fifty men busy a day. He estimated that by employing such a force and changing It every third day that conditions may be relieved at least a little bit. Mr. Douglas had heard of the reports in Hammond that the company ejects tenants from the company houses who are unable to pay their rent and denied the foundation of the report, saying that the company had resorted to this practice only in a few extreme cases where the tenants were undesirable and unruly. '

Thomas E. Marshall Candidate for Governor on Democratic Ticket Will Gather With Party Leaders at Convention May 2. COUNTY CHlifl I I5SIJESJHE CALL Two Conventions Wfll Be Held at the Steel City on May 2 and Hammond Is Entitled to Send Sixty-Six Delegates to the Meeting There Elaborae Preparations Under Way. ' ; Lake county democrats will make May 2, 1908 the most memorable day in their history. Thomas E. Marshall, democratic candidate for governor of Indiana, U. 's. . Jackson, chairman of the democratic state central committee and Ben' S. Shlvely of South Bend, ex-member of congress and one time candidate for the governorship On the democratic ticket, are some" of the big guns that are expected to attend the democratic, county convention to be held in Gary on May 2. What do you think of that? County Chairman Hon. Ed Simon today issued the official, call for the county convention, to be h.eld at Gary on May 2, and also for the nominating, convention which will select the joint representative ,for Lake and Newton counties. The county convention willj be jpened at ;lo'clpc k.in.the afternoonand will be preceded by the joint representative convention at 11 o'clock ia the forenoon. At the latter conven tion there will also be chosen fourteen delegates and fourteen alternates for the congressional convention the time and place for which convention will be decided by the district commlttee.: Hammond, has sixty-six delegates to the county convention. According to the call the delegates, to the county and joint representative convention will be selected on the night before at mass conventions to be held in sixty precincts over the county The conventions will be composed of 173 delegates apportioned among the different cities and townships on a basis of one delegate for each twenty or fraction over 10 votes cast for the Hon. J. T. Cox, democratic candidate for secretary of state at the November, 1906. Candidates for the following offices are to be named at the convention., eighty-seven votes being necessary la each case for nomination. Judge of the superior court, representative, treasurer, sheriff, auditor recorder, surveyor, coroner, commissione for first district, commissioner for third district. The apportionment of delegate' strength for the joint representative convention, will be one delegate for each one hundred (100) votes cast forthe Hon. John W. Kern, candidate for governor at the November, 1904, election as follows: Lake county, twenty-eight delegates. Newton county, ten delegates, total thirty-eight delegates. A majority of which will be necessary to a choice. Plans for the county convention indicate that it will be the biggest affair of its kind ever held In this part of the state by any party. CLUB SMOKER IS LARGELY ATTENDED. Dutch Lunch Served to Guests at University Club Smoker Last Mht. The smoker given by the members of the Hammond University club last even-, ing was one of the most largely attended of any of the social sessions of this organization. The club rooms were crowded and during the evening a Dutch lunch was served. Real college spirit was in evidence everywhere and the singing of the old college songs were especially fine. Two new members were taken In. They are Rev. Rev. Charles Albert Smith and Dr. Graham. The session continued until a late hour when tho meeting finally broke up and was pronounced the best that has yet been given by this popular club. KNIGHT TEMPLARS WILL HAVE EASTER SERVICE. Hammond Cotnmamlery to Gather at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday. The Hammond Knight Templar commandery, on Ester Sunday will worship -in a body at the Methodist Episcopal church at 3 o'clock. Rev. William F. Switzer will preach the sermon and the choir will have special music for-1 the occasion. All their friends are Invited to be present. - . . ,