Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 172, Hammond, Lake County, 4 May 1908 — Page 1

WEATHO Fnlr tonight and Tuesday withoat Dincb CE'anjje In temperature. EDITION VOL. H. NO. 172. HAMMOND, INDIANA; MONDAY, MAY 4, 1908 . ONE CENT PER COPY. HOT FIGHT STAHTED :'; ATJMITY SEAT Gary Saloonkeepers Engage Many Lawyers to Fight , Remonstrance. 5,713 - ENROLLED Ifl SCHOOLS Completion of Census Shows Increase Over Last Year's Showing.

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Big Democratic Convention Saturday Passes Into History as Biggest and Most Interesting Political Gathering Ever Held in Lake.

STROMG TICKET IS NAMED BY PARTY New Spirit Eevealed at Convention Showing Democrats To Be Wide Awake and State Leaders Present at Meeting Say That It Is Prevalent All Over Indiana. The convention was a grand success. Personally, I am more than satisfied with the results, aa for myself, now that I am nominated, I am out to win. In the beginning I was adverse to my nomination, but the campaign la on and I am in It heart and sonl. HON. ED. SIMON, Connty Chairman and Nominee for Representative. The democrats of Lake connty have . done this convention np right, but It la only a reflection t the same spirit that, I. find all ' over' the state. Gary especially should be congratulated on this occasion. " r V, S." JACKSON, ...President Democratic State Central Committee. -.- " " There.ls a new spirit among the democrats of Lake county. A nomination this year is more than a .mere honor. The. ticket is a good one and predicts victory for next fall. W. V. M'MAHON. Nominee, Jndge of Superior Court. I cannot conscientiously say that my nomination was a surprise to me, but the way It was handed to me prompts me to another expression of thanks to the convention. SHERIFF FRED CARTER. Yon may depend upon Gary to do its share during the coming campaign. I am particularly pleased at the nomination of Frank Znwaski for commissioner of the first district. He looks like a winner to me. ATTY II. M. STANTON. ' Nominee for Joint Representative. 4 , . ' . . o - . i i COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Judge Lake Superior Court W. W. McMahon, Hammond. Representative of Lake County ' Hon. Ed Simon, Hammond. Sheriff Fred S. Carter, Crown Point. Auditor A. J. Smith, Hobart. Recorder John Wilson, Crown Point. Treasurer Bruno Schreiber, East Chicago. Coroner Dr. W. D. Weis, Hammond. Surveyor A. P. Melton, Gary. Commissioner, First District Frank Zowadski, Gary. Commissioner, Third District John Nolan, Lowell. Joint Representative Attorney II. SI. , Stanton, Gary. The race is on. The latest and at once the largest political convention in Lake county passed Into history last . Saturday at Gary. Future years may . bring larger crowds together into one city of Lake county, but probably never again under similar circumstances, where men of all parties, all denominations, and all nationalities united to swell the attendance at a democratic convention. ' The convention of last Saturday stands unique in the history of Lake county. It was not the naming of the ticket nor the personnel of it, that promises to go down into history as exceptional, but the stampede that was made for Gary itself, which is now admittedly the key to the county situation for next fall. It is tradition that after every nomi- , nating convention the party congratulates itself upon "the strong ticket" . that has been nominated and the demo- ; crats who met, at Gary last Saturday j are no exception to this rule. But in the inside circles where democrats meet . and republicans meet, it is sincerely ,. admitted that the ticket nominated , last Saturday is stronger than the mere v phrase of "strong ticket." Enthusiasm was in the air and harmony in the convention, so much so (Continued on pi're

BOARD MEETS TO CONSIDER IT

Nothern Indiana Saloonmen Watch Legal Battle With Much Interest. Crown Point Is overun with lawyers today who are there in the interests of the breweries and saloon keepers and are fighting the remonstrance at Gary. The enormous amount of money, already involved, to say nothing of the great blow that would be struck, the brewers and saloon keepers of this vicinity of Gary and Calumet township should be made dry was sufficient to arouse the llqur interests to unprecedented activity When the announcement was made Friday that L. A. Bryan and Rev. Dual had secured . enough names to a remonstrance to put the saloons put of the business In the entire township of Calumet there was great consternation on the part of the liquor dealers of the new steel city. Many of tjiem had, invested their "all" In a piece of property or In the fixtures for a saloon In the hope that in Gary they could make a fortune. When the word went out that the remonstrance had been signed by enough people to make it effective there were charges on all sides that some one had discovered how easy it would be to put an end to the saloon business in the Calumet township and had started the remonstrance' with the idea of frightening the allied liquor Interests, the brewers and the saloon keepers, and then selling out. Nevertheless the remonstrance went on file in the auditor's office last Saturday and this morning the petition was taken up and considered by the commissioners. The first thing that the lawyers for the saloon keepers did was to raise several legal points about the petition. . They induced the commissioners to hear" an argument these points while other representatives were busily en gaged in an effortto-secuTe- thewithdrawel of the names from the petitionIt is understood that 68 of these withdrawels must be secured. The commissioners granted the request and the arguYnents were made this morn ing.- At noon a telephone message from Crown Point was to v the effect that he vote on the remonstrance would not be taken until Wednesday. This will give the saloon interests even. more time in which to secure the withdrawels of names from the remonstrance. Frank Meeker, the county attorney is advising the county commissioners on the legal points involved in the case and he has arrayed against him probably a greater number of lawyers than have ever been interested in one case in Lake county before. It is expected that the fight to defeat the purposes of the remonstrance will be one of the most memorable in the history of Northern Indiana and the outcome, of the matter is being watched all over this part of the country.' !H CLUB IS STARTED The Checkers and Chess club of Hammond was organized at the city hall in this city last Saturday evening. Attorney L. T. Meyer was chairman of the meeting and C. A. Barnett was secretary. The members present were . J. M. Turner, C. J. Wilson, E. D. Brandenburg, J. A. W. Barnes, J. "YV. Houser and Willie Huehn. There have been a great many unofficial tournaments between the various checker enthusiasts in the city but now the games will be conducted under the auspices of the club, and it is possible that after the championship of the city of Hammond has been selected he may be sent to a state or national tournament. There will be an election of officers at the next week which will be held Wednesday evening at the city hall. All who are interested in the game are urged to attend. Attorney Brandenburg has announced that he will meet all comers and L. T. Meyer will then challenge the winner no matter who he proves to be. iL AT THE DREXEL The first tournament of the Hammond Bowling club, which was held at the Drexel, corner Thirty-ninth street and Cottage Grove avenue In Chi cago, was a great success. In the five games which were bowled Captain McAleer's ball sliders were the victors and ate a dinner at ten o'clock at Rector's, at the expense of Captain Charles Wilson's pin tumblers. The contest was an' interesting one from the very start. W. J. McAleer backed up by "Buck" Sawyer nd "Whiffit" Ames and "Chewey" Wilson was supported by "Benchle" Gostlin and "Skin" Crumpacker. McAleer's bowling won the contest for his side and his highest game was 195. The winning team .scored 57 pins more than the. losers In the five games.

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Hammond people who have stopped at the Ill-fated Avellne hotel which was destroyed by fire at Port Wayne declare that It was a fire trap of .the worst kind. In a blaze which broke out early yesterday morning, there were snuffed out the lives of at least ten human beings, maimed and burned a score, and today firemen and two companies of militia are searching the smoking ruins, assured that beneath the ashes and smoldering debris lie the bodies of more victims of the holocaust, several of whom are missing. Seventy guests, asleep in their beds when the fire which spread through the hotel like a flash entrapped them, fought desperate battles and just how many failed to escape is not known. The only record of their Identity on the hotel register was destroyed. Scenes of indescribable horror, tragic surrender to the flames of hopeless victims, thrilling rescues and daring escapes attended the catastrophe, the worst In the history of Fort Wayne. The building, a Are trap, a six-story brick structure of ancient type, burst into flames about 3 o'clock In the morning. The Are originated from an electric fuse which blew out under the stairs near the elevator shaft.

WATCHMAN SHOT AT BY NIGHT MARAUDER National Packing . Company's Employe Fired on Saturday Night. MYSTERY 111 SPENT BULLET "John, the Watchman,'' Fears That Attempt May Be Made on , - His Life. What may have been an attempt at murder and what certainly resulted in a narrow escape for "John" the watchr man who is hired by the. National Packing company, occurred at 4he old deserted G. H. - Hammond " company's plant last Saturday evening ""when a bullet crashed througn the door "Of the little shanty he occupies and - would have penetrated his body if . he i had happened to be " in the place at the time. . . ... ' At about 12 o'clock; midnight; John, whose last name could not be learned, left his shanty for the purpose of making his usual rounds of the plant. He was not gone long and., when he returned he found the broke window and the splintered window frame and on the floor of the shanty was the spent bullet which hit the other wall of the shanty and fell to the floor. The course of the bullet was such that had he been sitting in his usual place in his chair, he would certainly have been hit.- All that night John was momentarily expecting to be shot at again and the fact that some one was trying to .kill him from ambush was all the more terrifying. This morning John told some of his friends about It and after they had Investigated the "course of the bullet they too were convinced that the bullet was not simply a spent ball- which happened to- pass through , John's door, but was fired at the watchman. - John himself can offer, no explanation of the incident, except that possibly some one was angry at him for keeping them 'off' frbm " the premises which is being paid to, guard. Another suggestion Was that possiblysome one tried to kill him to get his job, however, that seems too preposterous to be considered. . .. . - To say the least, the shooting last Saturday, is . a- mystery that may be solved and John. Is sitting on. needles every night nowadays. If he had any idea as to who is after "his scalp It would-not be so bad, but to be shot at from ambush by some one whom he does not even know, is' about all a man who does not believe in spooks, can stand.--- - - , - SHARPSHOOTERS HEET ' Ifl CONTEST YESTERDAY The Hammond Sharpshooter's; association met at Sharpshooterspark yesterday afternoon for the second contest of the season for the fourfold medals. The new score book has not arrived yet, but that did not prevent the members from shooting. The marksmen were not in good form yesterday owing to the fact that the season has not far enough progressed and that some of the members are trying out new guns. The holders of the four medals for this week are as follows: G. W. Hunter of Hammond, first; Frank Cowgill of Whiting, second: Henry ; Diereks of Hammond, third; and Gus Muenlch of Hammond, fourth. . ;

LAD! FALLS OFF CAR AND ISBADLY HURT Miss Clara Puntny of Hammond Victim of Serious Accident.

OCCURS AT WABASH TRACKS Xady Was Returning from Chicago With Friends at Time of Occurence. A-serious accident befell a well known Hammond lady yesterday on the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Electric street railway near the cross ing of the Wabash railroad. Miss Clara Puntney, whose address is 9 Sibley street, was returning from a visit with Chicago friends in company with Barbara Szura, 510 Sheffllld avenue, and in order to accompany Miss Szura home, the ladies started to get off on Hohman street where the street car line crosses the Wabash railway tracks. Miss Szura alighted in saftey and Miss Puntney got on the platform to step off the car when it suddenly started forward violently and she was thrown to the pavement. Officer Lee, who has the beat there, was a witness of the accident and went to the young woman's assistance. She was picked up by Officer Lee and taken to her home where medical attention was given her. She Is said to be in a serious condition today as a result of the shock. The car was No. 333 and Its. crew was composed of Conductor Dawson and Motorman Vorhees. The police have secured the names of several witnesses of the accident, who are Henry Klee", 847 Grover street, M. C. Leinbach, -.724 Towle street and Clarence Towell, . 821 .. Sheffield avenue. There is a unanimity of opinion among them 'that the car started up before the injured woman could alight, but there'seems to be some dispute as to who gave the signal. CLEVELAND MAY ....... , NOT RECOVER. Ex-President : So 111 That Life I Despaired Of. Ills (Special to The Times.) New York City, May 4. Despite the "great efforts of members of the family of former President Grover Cleveland to keep from the people the exact nature of his illness and to minimize it as ranch ns possible. It was learned on the bighest authority this afternoon that not only is he a very sick man, but that he may not recover. It Is -asserted that he cannot retain medicine on his stomach and in consequence the attendant physclans are greatly worried. Mrs. Cleveland, Dr. Jos. T. Bryant and trained nurses are at his bedside In the LakeTvood hotel. The telephone connecting with their apartments have been muffled and at the hotel office It is stated that no message will be taken to the vrtng occupied by the distinguished patient.

HAVE HILL CLIMBERS

A YELLOW STREAK? Van Sickle Accuses Contest ants in Danville Race of Being 1 'Wrong.' V DEMIES HE WAS DISQUALIFIED Says His Motorcycle Won All Three Events, Despite Other Claims. In an article on the sporting page of the Chicago Inter-Ocean yesterday, the statement was made that although Charles VanSIckle on an Indian, made the fastest time at the recent hillclimbing contest at Danville, he was disqualified on account of a false entry which showed that his machine was not of stock construction. The article goes on to state "The fastest time was made by the Indian, 'which was ridden by Charles VanSickle, and he used a cylinder and two cylinder in thevevent. It was found upon investigation by the committee, comprising Herbert Miller, J. H. Byerly, and other members, that a false entry had been made, and both records were denied and he was disqualified. It was said that the engines were not the regular stock Indian construction." Van . Sickle was called up on the telephone this morning, asked about his alleged disqualification and had the following to say: "The men named in the Inter Ocean story are the representatives of other motorcycle companies which are jealous of the success of the Indian. The facts are that they made a protest, but It was not sustained. The final decision of the judges was that the Indian won all three events." Advertisers "Crooked." "I saw an advertisement in one of the Chicago papers this morning in which the .Excelcior machine took the credit of winning the race. That shows how crooked the advertisers of that machine are. They contested my race and then before the result of the contest was made, they announced In their advertisements that the Excelsior had won." "The facts are that I ride an Indian because I believe it is the best machine on the' market, but I want to, say that it is nerve . that wins, in those races and .those fellows had a yellow streak In that Danville race." VanSickle said the owners of the other machines were jealius of him and that was the reason they tried to beat him out of, the race. "They are not in the races - for the sport they get out of it," said Van Sickle, "they are simply trying to advertise their machines." THE PARSCOUTAS - WILL LEAVE WHITING. ..Whiting, Ind., May 4. Special. Rev. and Mrs. John Parscouta' and family will leave Wednesday for Chicago where they will remain until their daughter, Ida, fully recovers from typroid fever, she not being able to travel yet. From Chicago they will go to Paw Paw Lake where they have a beautiful summer home. Here the family will spend a few months, but Rev. Parscouta will leave in a few weeks for Boston, wher he has already secured a parish. When he has everything in order, his family will Join him.

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LaTayette District Surpasses All Others in Number of Its Boys and Girls. Hammond this year has a school population of 5,713, tr. 174-more boys and girls of school age than last year. The total gain this year over last year would have been swelled by " sev eral hundred but for "the "fact that in last" year's enumeration children Were counted "who would be six years old April 30 and Sept. 1, while this year the enumeration age limit was set for April 30. Since the enumeration takes in young men and women up to -the ages of 21 the list was further reduced In its possibilities In that a large number of boys and girls who had been empfoyed in the factories, Offices and stores have moved away from Hammond. Still, there is a gain or 174 over last year's enumeration and the school authorities are well satisfied with the results. Only two colored children, two girls from the Lafayette school district, were found in Hammond. The Lafayette school district looms up as the largest In the city, with 1,377 children in It. The difference in the number of boys and girls in Hammond is but slight when the total of 5,713 is taken Into consideration, still the boys lead with a majority of 39. While there is a majority of girls in the Central and Lafayette districts there is a larger majority of girls in the Washington school district than In any of the former districts, the Wash ington district having 34 more girls than boys. The enumeration In detail is as fol lows: g o En. 830 730 132 1,377 810 537 735 556 al O 68 ii 187 Q 3 Washington 398 Central 358 Factory List 75 Lafayette ..685 Riverside . . .422 Irving 271 Lincoln ....377 Roby 290 432 372 57 692 388 266 358 272 11 49 915 8 Total ...2,876 2,837 5,713 266 92 The total enumeration last year was 5.539 boys and girls, there having been a total gain of 178 over the year before. Owing to the attendance In the parochial schools the enrollment in the Hammond public schools this year will not exceed 3,000. INTEREST AGAIN REVIVED Minister's Association, Long Inactive, Resumes Its Sessions. The Hammond Ministers' association, which for the past year or two has discontinued its session, has revived and of late there has been a number of meetings held. Another will take place tomorrow afternoon in the Superior courthouse. The association reorganized last month, having been called together previously for the purpose of talking things over and arranging for the assumption of its former functions. Rev. C. J. Sharp of the Christian church was elected president and Rev. J. E. Snook, pastor of the First Presbyterian church was named as secretary. The meeting days have been set for the first and third Tuesdays in each month. It is' the expectation of the members that as soon as things get into smooth running order, there will be an address given or a paper read on some subject of interest among the ministers, at every meeting. Up to the present time there has been but one of these addresses. Rev. F. M. Elliott having given a talk on "Religious Conditions in the Calumet Region." The meetings thus far have been Informal affairs and have been confined almost wholly to the discussion of every matters that face all clergymen in every community. The meetings are held in the G. R. rooms in the courthouse. A. MASONIC SOCIAL CLUB TO GIVE DANCE SOON. May 21, the Date Chosen for This Event, Postponed from the 15th. The members of the Masonic Social club are planning to give a dance in the near future. At first it was thought that preparations could be made so that the dance, could be given May 15, but it was finally decided to wait until the 21st on account of an entertainment that is to be given by the Hammond Male Chorus on that date. The committee on arrangements have selected the dance programs and the invitations, will probably be Issued some time this weak.

Miss Lulu Kuhn of Chicago

Arrested as Cocaine Fiend There Divulges Name of Man VTho Buys Drug From Hammond Druggist CHICAGO POLICE POSSESSION OF FACTS Chicago Dope, Fiends Still Make Practice of Coming out to Hammond as Has Been Shown on Several Occasicns by Reporters : for THE TIMES, Farther revelations regarding tha sale of cocaine In Hammond are being; made every day since It nai thown by The Times that this city has become'a haven for dope fiends. Among the most sensational develop ment is the fact that the Chicago po- j lice secured from a woman, who was arrested while under the influence of the drug, the confession that the cocaine users on the west side 'levee are being supplied with cocaine by Hammond druggists. ' ' ' - ' It also appears that the druggists who are conducting a legitimate business here are anxious to have the traffic stopped, for one of them made the statement the other day that cocaine la secured in large quantities from "a local manufacturer. - The fact that cocaine is being -sold ; in Hammond became known by the a-jChiag police jwtten-,&3!rs.. Lulu Kuhi, was arrested and fined 25 by Judge Wells at the Desplalnes street statioji, last Friday. . . When arrested the woman was under the influence of the drug and it was twenty-four hours before she could tell where she purchased the dope. She finally gave the Information to Inspector of the Police Edward McCann and it is understood that this information is at the disposal of the Indiana authorities if they want it, as the Chicago police are anxious to have the supply cut off from this source. Mrs. Kuhn was one of the principal witnesses c ainst Jim Ling, the laundryman at 203 West Randolph street, who was fined 592 two weeks ago for trafficking in cocaine. He has since gone out of business and the police were unable to learn where Mrs. Kihn and the others were getting the "dope. Today she broke down and tola the inspector that a man by the name of "Jerry" bought it for her and other west side users at Hammond. Since The Times printed the picture of a Chicago coke field and some of the local druggists recognized an old patron, it is understood that he has been, refused the dope. However, it is still a fact that there are several of the local dispensaries at which the drug may be pur caeadsh which the drug may be purchased and that Chicago fiends are still coming to Hammond to get the soul and bodydestroying cocaine because it cannot be ! purchased in Chicago. DOPE FIEND RUNS AMUCK YESTERDAY "Come out to the Standard district, there Is a man running around here naked and chasing people out of the houses," was the message received last night by Capt. Bunde, of the Hammond police. Upon his arrival at the Standard Steel car district Capt. Bunde found that the report had not been exaggerated and saw that Charles Clark, who has the reputation of being a dope fiend, was In bad shape and violent. He was brought In a carriage to the Hammond police station where he was Incarcerated. Clark is an habitual dope fiend and has caused the police so much trouble that they don't know what to do with them. He will be given a hearing today before Judge McMahon and an effort made to find out who is selling the drug. SHANNON LEAVES HAMMOND TODAY. Baptist Church Will Engage Another Revivalist From Kentucky. Dan Shannon, the "preacher" who has been holding meetings at the First Baptist church for several weeks, spoke there last night and closed his engagement. Another revivalist from Kentucky has been engaged to take the place of the self-styled "Whirlwind," who has dls-. gusted hundreds of Hammond people.

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