Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 287, Hammond, Lake County, 22 May 1908 — Page 1

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WEATUEH. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; not much change In temperature. JLJ EDITION ,VOL.IL NO. 287. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAT 22, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPT. MEETINGS IRE WELLATTENDED State Health Officers Appear Before Hammond Audience. PETTY C11AL CASE IS EXPENSIVE X - Heavy Costs in Trifling Assault Case Brought From Buffington. "GIDDAP!", FIBE -WORKS " ABE jSH0T OFF CoL Hunt Disappoints His Audience at Towle's Last Night. BREAKING CROljXPECTED Big Delegations Will Go From North Lake Coun ty to Meet.

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ALSO SPEAK TO DRUGGISTS

Health Authorities Believe That . Much Good Will Result From Lectures. Practically every milkdealer In Ham mond, many of their employes and goodly number of butchers and grocers turned out last night for the splendid talks that were given by H. E. Barnard and F. L. Tucker of the state pure food commission. In addition to the dealers there also was an interested number of consumers who turned out to hear the lecture. The manner and mood In which the milkdealers came to the lecture was gratifying to every body who is concerned in the welfare of Hammond. The milkdealers, butchers and grocers came to learn and get advice and entered into the discussions with enthusiasm. They also told of their grievances that they have in thai their supply is often contaminated before It reaches them. They Show Proper Spirit. "The milkdealers of Hammond," said .Dr. Weis, secretary of the board of health, "have shown the proper spirit. Realizing that there is much for them to do they have taken the opportunity to learn how it can be done. I am satisfied that much good will result from the meeting and from future lectures that we will hear." H. E. Barnard spoke first, laying downthe law and explaining It, after i which Mr. Tucker took up the subject with hints and suggestions of how the milk, grocery and meat supply should be handled before it goes to the public Were Guests of Dr. Weis. Messrs. Barnhard and Tucker were the guests of Dr. Weis todaywho took them around in an automobile to the Standard Steel Car district, the distillery and from there to East Chicago , where Dr. Schlicker joined the party which then went, to "Whiting where Mayor Smith joined. , . - .- . From Whiting the party went to the lake front Where an inspection of the city's water supply was made, the results of the test to be added to others that Barnard Is having made along the lake from Michigan City to Hammond. DniSRlsts Hold Meeting. The druggists of Lake county, too, were in earnest session yesterday afternon at a meeting held in Weis' drug store, thanks to the energy of Messrs Barnhard and Tucker. It was probably the largest meeting of Lake county druggists that was ever held, twenty-three of them having gathered for the session which lasted three hours. The meeting was held in the after noon and was a heart-to-heart talk by the health commissioners, which was followed by a 'round table discussion. F. C. Ullrich, general organizer of the National Association of Druggists, was present and made an address to the as sembled druggists. WHITING LADYH0N0RED Mrs. Waltzer Elected to National W. if. C. Convention. At the state- meeting of the W. R. C. which adjourned at Indianapolis yesterday, Mrs. Elizabeth Waltzer of Whiting was honored by being elected ae national delegate. The ladies of the G. A. R. pronounce the Kokomo encampment the greatest meeting their department ever held. Mrs. Pearl Wright of Logansport was chosen by acclamation for department president for the ensuing year. Mrs. Wright is one of the most prominent members of the order in Indiana. She has appointed as her secretary Mrs. Etta Lee Toby of Chicago, formerly of Logansport. Mrs. Toby is past national president of the ladles of the G. A. R., and was the organizer of the order in Indiana. Irs. Emma Beach of Aurora was elected senior vice president and the other officers are as follows. Junior vice Mrs. Rebecca Hammel, Montlcello. Chaplain Mrs. C. Graves, Lafayette. Treasurer Mrs. E. R Hollis, Washington. Council of Administration Mrs. Grace Carnahan of Oxford, Mrs. Olive Allison of Richmond, Mrs. Alice Kramer of Lafayette. Counsellor Mrs. Jennie Ervine of New Albany. Delegates at large to the , national convention to be held in Toledo In September Mrs. Anna Collins, New Albany. . . Alternate delegates at large Mrs. Ellzabear Waltzer, Whiting. Delegates to the convention Mrs. Jessie Murphy of Logansport, Mrs. Alyra Castle of ' Westpolnt, Mrs. Anna McCoy of Vlncennes, Mrs. Carolina Banks of Indianapolis. Alternates Mrs. E. M. Howard of Logansport, Mrs. Thomas of Indlanaapolls, Mrs. Bailey of Richmond, Mrs. Gardner of Wabash.

ASSAULT IN BLACKSMITH SHOP

Ben Hodges, Priicipal in Exciting Bout, Where Tony Botchkoss Was Hurt. Twenty witnesses, or nearly the' entire population of Buffington, have been summoned to the Lake Superior court this morning in the case of the State vs. John Doe, whose name afterwards found to be Benjamin O. Hodges, charged with assault with intent to kill Tony Rotchkoss. The case is unimportant in itself, in that is it one of the frequent felonious assaults which occurred in this region. However, the defendant, Ben Hodges, will try to prove that the assault was in self-defense and has, through his at torney, summoned many witnesses. The fight, which lead to the arrests, occurred in a blacksmith shop In the plant of the Buffington Cement works and was witnessed by a large number of employes. Hodges, it is declared, hit Rotchkoss and knocked him down gainst a forge. To give an idea of the expense to which the state will be put as a result of the summoning of so many witnesses there was first the expense of sum moning them. The riding bailiff was allowed $4.40 for milage, $6.00 for service, $4.50 for copy and for the returns and docketing, 40 cents. This makes a total of $15.30 In addition to that each of the wit nesses will receive $1.25 for fees and 5 cents a mile for transportation each way. The distance to Buffington is es timated at 8 miles ad this will be 80 cents apiece more or $16.00 for the transportation of the witnesses. Altogether the cost of bringingjthe witnesses to Hammond In this case will b $56.30. This is considered a record breaker for a case of comparatively little importance in which the trial is not expected to last m6re than a day. That the time of a high court is to be ; taken up by - these petty criminal cases is greatly to be regretted and lawyers a(gree that they ought to be I aisposea or in me lower courts. BOOiTO HIGHER COURT Mike Lippa Believed to be Leader of a Gang of Thieves at Gary. With the arrest of Mike Lippa for breaking into cars, it is believed that the last of a gang of thieves who have been engaged in this business for the past year or two at Gary have been arrested. Lippa was caught breaking into a car which contained groceries,, meats and other provisions. The theft occurred in one of the cars on the Lake Shore tracks and the arrest was the result of some careful work by the Gary police. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Martin and Sergeant Charles Catey of the Gary force. They were assisted by two detectives under Chief Rankin of the Lake Shore secret service. . Lippa was given a preliminary hearing in Judge Fitzgerald's court and was bound over to the superior court under ?500 bonds. The robbery of cars in Gary has been the bane of the police in the new steel city. Owing to the fact that the railroads have not been provided with proper freight houses and other facilities for handling the goods 'which is shipped into the city, it has been necessary to let carloads of valuable goods stand on the sidetracks a great distance from the center of the city. Their contents have been e?posed to the raids of car breakers and tney have been so clever about It that there have been but few arrests. Gradually," however, the gang which has done the bulk of the work has been taken, into custody until now it is believed that with the arest of Lippa the whole gang Is broken up. STEEL PRICES UNCHANGED ; E. H. GARY MAKES STATEMENT. To See Product Cheaper Would iot Increase the Demand, Is the Opinion of Officials. New York, May 21. There is to be no redaction in the price of steel. This was announced today by E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation, after a prolonged meeting of representative steel men from all sections of the country. Judge Gary's statement follows: "At a meeting today of representatives of the principal manufacturers of steel In this country the opinion was expressed by each one present- that the prices of steel are reasonable and should not be reduced; that reduced prices would not increase purchases, and that most of their customers do not expect or desire any change " '

GARS RUflML? 1ST. Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend to Have Cars Here by Then. "Street cars will be running In Hammond by July 1," said Attorney Meyer, of the Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban road, this morning to the board of public works with whom he was in conference, relative to the right-of-way through Hammond. "Our right-of-way has practically been purchased with the exception of three or four lots," continued Mr. Meyer, "and I have , filed condemnation proceedings for these." The board at the meeting this morning instructed the clerk to notify the Michigan Central railroad to plank the Calumet avenue crossing from one end of the street to the other. The primary assessment roles for the Detroit street .local sewer and the Garfield avenue local sewer were placed on file for public inspection and the im provement resolution for these two streets adopted. GAB BARI1S DESERTED Change Takes Place Yes terday in Street Car OperationThe South Chicago City Railway company's barns at Ninety-fourth street and Ewing avenue are no more. Although they still remain and will with out . a doubt always remain there, no cars are running out and everything is as quite as a country graveyard. Beginning yesterday morning the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago, South Dering and Winsor Park cars were run out of the Calumet Electric company's barns at Burnside instead of the old barns on the East Side. This is a move that will long remain in the history of the street car company as the old barns have been in use for years, in rac, since the advent of the street car company In the local district and have been recognized as one of the old land marks in South Chicago, as far as being a landmark It will still bo one but there will not be the usual activity that has been shown In former times. The conductors and motormen on the different runs journeyed to Burnside yesterday morning to get their runs. HAMMOND MEN WILL TAKE PART IN PROGRAM. Valparlso Law Commencement Week Begins On Monday, May 31. Two Hammond men will take prom inent parts . in the coming Valparaiso university commencement, which begins at Valpo, May 31. On that day occurs the baccalaureate sermon at Christian church. On Tuesday evening, June 2, the annual meeting of the Society of the Alumni occurs. The exercises will commence at S p. m., and will consist of an address by Louden L. Bomberger, class of 1900, and a poem by Claude F. Singer, of the class of 1908. - Following these exercises, which will be in the auditorium, the annual banquet will take place at 9:30. Mr. Bomberger will act as toast master. A very Interesting time is expected. The commencement exercises will take on Wednesday evening, June 3rd. Judge John H. Gillett will deliver the address. The usual admissions to the bar of the supreme court of Indiana and the circuit court of the United States, will follow, all closing with an address to the class by Professor M. J. Bowman. - NEVS OF THE GREAT LAKES The season of navigation between Chicago and Michigan City will open today with the departure of the steamship Soo City of the Michigan CityChicago line for the Indiana port. Dally sailings will be run thereafter, with the exception of Sunday, when two trips are scheduled to take place. The same line will open its, summer excursion season on June 14, with the sailing of the Theodore Roosevelt. ,

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AUTOMOBILE PARADE Masons Scatter Novel Post ers Announcing Fraternal Event. NEW MEIERS JOIN GLASS Soliciting Committee Meets With Novel Experience on Eidge. une or tne ieatures or me program when Murat temple of Indianapolis gives the shrine In this city next month will be a monster automobile parade, j Already It has been found that there j are 34 machines in Hammond which will participate - I In addition to this there will be a large number of machines from Chicago and the other surrounding. Cities In the parade and it" Js-possible -that. l;ke the number 'of candidates, the number of machines may be 101. - -Posters Announces Event. Yesterday the local lodge issued some novel posters announcing the fact of the giving of this degree In Hammond. They were cleverly done and will doubtless arouse the interest of all Masons to whom they are sent. The number of names of those who are to take the degree s being added to every day. It is surprising how many Masons are being heard of from unexpected quarters. It was known that a farmer out on the ridge was a Mason and a delegation went out to interest him in the new proct which the local lodge has undertaken. He Was A Shrlner. Several well known Hammond men went out In an automobile to see him. He was told all about the progress the local lodge is making. He was informed that the shriner's degree is to be given in Hammond and after the whole proposition had been carefully explained he was asked if he would not like to join the class. The surprise of the callers the farmer informed them that he had taken the shrine 20 years ago. However, he was enthusiastic over the program for next month and will do all in his power to help things along. FORMER HAMMOND E fin HERE OM ft VISIT Johnny Pepperdine, who was assistant postmaster of Hammond during the administration of Adam Ebert, came to Hammond from Denver yesterday for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Pepperdine. Mr. Pepperdine was called to Chicago for a conference with the officials of the National Packing company. - THINKS HE HAS , SOLVED THE MYSTERY. Hammond Man Offers Solution of the Big Noise. The "Big Noise" solution Is still afar off. . The most plausible of the answers that have come to this office since the prize affairs is as follows t Editor Times: In regard to the big explosion Wednesday night which shook the county I want to contest for the prize. My theory is that It was the bursting of the Fairbanks boom. The Indianapolis Xews took the boom out ou Lake Michigan right off Dearborn park, hit it with a cherry, causing it to ex plode. Ask Jake . Kasper If a lot of debris didn't come ashore on Thursday morning? Do I get the prize I INTERESTED READER. Yes, you do, not. o

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-Demar in Philadelphia Record. MURDER All JUDSOfI Crown Point Bloodhounds Dispatched to Scene of Crime Today. Special to The Times Crown Point, May 22. Pout master Farley's bloodhounds were dispatched to North Judaon this morning accompanied by Jack Horst, deputy sheriff, to find the- mysterious murderer who last night shot and killed Balo Farncskl In . an alley. TV 1-1 . a rimm . , bnt llv.d n retlred llfe Ia Korlh Jndgon .The motive for the attack on Parneskl Is a mystery and the murderer is at j large, nothing: being left by which be rould be traced excepting his foot prints Iin the alley. The alley is being guarded by the authorities to prevent new foot prints , to be made in order to give the blood hounds a better opportunity to work. Parneskl Is z. wealthy Bohemian and the authorities believe they have a good chance to secure the murderer who used a shot gun to kill his -victim. GAR JUMPS THE TRACK No One is Injured in the Calumet Electric Accident. Car No. 110 on the Calumet electric railway jumped the track at Ninetyfirst street and Commercial avenue last evening at 5:40 and almost crashed into the telegraph post on the corner. The motorman put the brakes on just in the nick of time and it stopped as it hit the post. The car was goingwest, the two front wheels of the car passed over the switch but the two rear wheels took the switch, which caused it to jump. Five of the passengers Jumped off the platform when, the car started around the curve, but were not injured. About fifty people were In the car at the time of the accident. This is the first accident that has happened at this corner since the switch has been put in. TRUANT OFFICER IS BACK FROM TRIP. Takes Six teen-Tear-Old Emma MarceIlne to Cleremont Industrial School. Probation Officer Muzzall returned from Indianapolis yesterday, where he took the young Hammond girl, Emma Marceline,, to , the Indiana Industrial school for girls, at Clermont, a suburb of Indianapolis. Mr. Muzzall reports that several .other wayward gilrs In Hammond are apt to take the same trip if their conduct is not improvedPASTOR RETUBNS . FROM SYNOD MEETING. Rev. Theodore Claus Returns From Sleeting of Lutherans at Fort Wayne. Rev. Theodore Claus, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church returned from Fort Wayne early this morning where he had been a guest of the convention of the Missouri synod of the Lutheran church. Rev. .Claus was at the convention since last Sunday. "The convention has disposed of much business thus far," said Rev. Claus, speaking of the convention. "No radical changes of any nature have been made, but whatever has been done will undoubtedly prove to be of great benefit to the church." REMAINS OF JOHN KICKERT ARE BURIED TODAY. John Kickert of ' Munster, who died last Tuesday, was buried this afternoon in the Munster cemetery. Services were held at the late home at 2 o'clock after which the remains were taken to the Munster church for church services. The deceased leaves a wife and five sons and five daughters. He had been ill for six months.

GBAND OLD FLAG WAS GOOD Local High School Students Cover Themselves With Dramatic Glory.

Col. F. -I, Hunt, who staged "The Grand Old Flag " for a second time at Towle's last night failed to make good or. his fire works that he promised to shoot off for the benefit of C. J. Sharp, minister, and Dan Shannon, the evangelist. CoL Hunt had advertised to call the turn on Sharp for repudiating the staging of "The Grand Old Flag" after the war drama had been presented some time ago for the benefit of the Baptist chirch. The drama lasj night was pre sented for the benefit of the Woman s Relief corps and was advertised as being given under the auspices of the Baptist Athletic' league to which Mr. Sharp objected since the stage had been condemned by Shannon. "I have been asked, not make the re marks that I had intended makng for the benefit of Mr. Sharp, said Col. F. L. Hunt, "some of the players are Baptists and we will have to let It go at that." The Grand Old Flag as presented last night with home talent was a decided improvement on the first performance A number of high school pupils had leading roles and delivered their lines w ell. The tableaux after each act were fine and showed industrious efforts on the part of the players themselves and those who drilled them. The program stated that the affair was given under the auspices of the Baptist Athletic league. The Modern Woodmen appeared as Union soldiers and between acts gave a drill that was hghly appreciated by the audience. The Memorial -Day tableau by the daughters of the members of the W. R, C. was especially good. The proceeds of the entertainment will" go towards the local W. R. C. and a neat sum will be realized. . , "J - The production will bet given by CoL Hunt at "Valparaiso on the""20th and 30th of this month. 10 TRUTH IN DISSENSION Meeting of Democrats Took Place Last Night at Gary Hotel. President Emmet O'Conner of the Gary democratic club issued a statement to a reporter for The Times in which he denies he recent report that there is dissension in the ranks of the party in the new steel city. He admitted that there had been some differences over the allowances for bills for the barbecue, but he said that these were friendly, and according to Mr. O'Conner, will be easily adjudicated. A meeting was held last evening in the 'Gary hotel by the leaders of the party and the opinion was generally expressed that harmony Is apparent everywhere and that the prospects in Gary are bright. DEPOT SIGNS ARE PLACED IN POSITION. The sign which will indicate that the new Michigan Central depot, of which the people of this city are so proud, is located at Hammond Hammond, 20 miles from Chicago and 264 miles from Detroit, arrived yesterday and were placed In position in front and at both ends of the new depot. CHARLES BARRY HERE FROM NEW YORK. Former Hammond Man In City on Im portant Bnisnrss Mission. Charles Barry, formerly of this city now of New York City, who is now high in the- circles of the National Packing company, arrived in Chicago yesterday for a conference with J. ?, Lyman and others in the company re garding the Texas shipments of beef which are beginning to come in. Mr Barry is visiting Hammond friends today. DEATH OF GLADYS M'COY OCCURS AT ST. LOUIS. Hammond Man Living In St. Louis, Loses Ills Daughter. wm ' Misfortune has come -fast to Bert McCoy of this city. His wife having died last January, she was followed by her second oldest child. Gladys McCoy, 11 years old, who had been making her home with an aunt in St. Louis since the mother's death. The remains were sent to Hammond from St. Louis and were buried from the grandfather's home, James McCoy, 152 Condit street. The deceased is survived by four children of the family. Interment took place at Oak Hill cemetery. -

LOCAL TEAM-HAS LAST- DRILL

A Special Train Has Eeen Chartered to Bring the Rooters Back at Night Last night the Hammond track team had its last practice before the Lako county meet at Crown Point tomorrow, and today the students are looking for-; ward to the meet with the greatest pleasure. Crown Point has an excellent place for a meet at the fair grounds and, the students always look forward to thla event as an outirig and a picnic The weather is now the greatest concern of I the local school. If It does not rain: and the track remains hard and : smooth there will not only be some j records broken, but Hammond will stand a better chance of winning. i If, however It should rain and the sticky clay on the Crown Point fairj grounds track would begin to accumu-; late on the running, shoes of the Ham mond boys, It is hard to tell what will; happen. All WrUI Go From Here. Most of the high school students, from the northern part of the county will leave Hammond on the train which leaves this city at 8:10 and there; will be four extra coaches on this train. In the evening a special train has been provided which will leave Crown Point at about 8 o'clock and will ar-; rive In Hammond at 8:35. This Is the1 only train which leaves Crown Point' for Hammond tomorow evening1 and to miss it will be to remain at the county, seat all night. A great many Hammond people who are not high school students will accompany the team to root for the locals and it is expected that they will be required anyway to help "bring back the bacon." Many Go Acrss Country. In former years a great many of the local students have hired rigs and driven to the county -eat" They havtr ' carried lunches afcd have made a fcolP" day of the event. It is not yet known how many students will resort to this plan this year. The high school students all over the county were" greatly interested in the "dope" on the meet which was printed in The Times a few nights ago, and while they do not all figure it out that Hammond is a winner by such a large maJority they think the local team will win. JJ. COOPER IS AGAIHA CANDIDATE' Hammond Oddfellow One of Thirteen Who Wants Grand Wardenship. At the last day's session of tht seventy-second semi-annual communication of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Indiana, officers were nominated who will be elected at the grand communication next fall. F. H. Cooper of Hammond was placed in nomination for the office of grand warden. Officers of the grand lodge are promoted each year from grand Warden to deputy grand master. . , The only competition is for the offices of grand secretary, treasurer, trustee and warden. E. E. Hastings of Washington, Ind., who was grand master, retires next fall. He was nominated for grand representative to the sovereign grand consistory. H. M. Kean of Jasper, Ind., deputy grand master, was nominated for grand master, while Grand Warden A. L, Miller of Terrs Haute was placed In nomination for deputy grand master. Is One Among Thirteen. Thirteen men weren amed for grad warden. They are J. M. Stipp of Winamac; J. L. Harmon of Elkhart, J. M. Pyle of Marion, H. C. Ray of ShelbyVille H. S. Schrader of Evansville; C. W. Blackburn of Muncie, J. II. Rader of Indianapolis, Will D. Ewing of Mitchell. Francis Cooper of Hammond, P. H. Bollinger of North Manchester, M. T. Poling of Na6hville, O. C. Friddle of Fairview and T. H. Stradley of Jeffersonvllle. W. H. Leedy of Indianapolis, who has held the office of secretary for a number of years, was renominated for that position, with W. F. Wells of Clinton- opposing hirn. W. A. Morris of Frankfort, J. A. De Hority of Elwood and H. E. Heaton of Jeffersonville were nominated for grand treasurer. E. G. Hogate of Bloomington was named for grand trustee. ATHLETICS AND ORATORY. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 22. The annual field and track meet and oratorical contest of the Oklahoma Oratorical and Intercollegiate Athletic association attracted a large attendance here today and all signs at the opening point ed to a most successful meeting