Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 297, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1908 — Page 1

WEATUEIL Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, with. showers and ponalbly . thundertonnii rising temperature EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY.--,VOL. n. NO. 297. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1903. YOU'VE GOT TO REFORM YOUR EXTRAVAGANT HABITS, OLD MAN. VVILL INITIATE CK OF SIXTY Knights of Columbus Are Making Preparations For a Big Time.

W HIS

Hammond Police

Predicts Downfall Police Law In Caustic Shots at Civic Authorities and Charges of Favoritism Made as . to Fire Department.. Chief of Police Rlmbach angered by some of the criticisms that hare been made of his department by some Hammond people yesterday, broke the alienee which is characteristic of him, when he or his office la under fire, and made a defense of his men and the .manner in which, the work of the Hammond department is conducted that was both prophetic and forceful. "I WANT TO TELL YOU NOW AND I HOPE YOU AVILL NOT FORGET IT," SAID CHIEF R1MBACH WITH CONSIDERABLE FEELING, "THAT ONE .OF THESE DAYS THE METROPOLI TAN POLICE FORCE IS GOING TO BE KNOCKED OUT. THE OLD SPOILS SYSTEM WILL REPLACE IT AND INSTEAD OF HAVING MEN WORKING 'THEIR HEADS OFF IN THE INTEREST OF THE SERVICE AS IS NOW THE CASE YOU WILL FIND THEM IJRUNK IN THE SALOONS OF THE. MEN WITH WHOM THEY WILL HAVE TO CURRY FAVOR TO HOLD THEIR JOBS." Criticism Gets Chief Hot. rhese remarks were brought - out ! wk ilrr Blmkttk wh -told that cer- ' tain people lu nmmondKere MTtwly criticising the department for falling? down in the attempt to capture the man who threw the brick-through the window in Eastar & McGarry's Jewelry store, robbing; it of 93,000 In diamonds, and for falling to prevent the robbery of the E."' ft F. clothing; store a few nights ago of wholesale stock. Mr, Rlmbach went on to say, TThey criticise us, do they? I would like to have some of these critics follow one of our men over his beat for Just one 6tormy night, or for any night, for that matter, and he would have a wholesome respect for the work they are doing." "What has been accomplished in preventing Hammond from being overrun with the criminals and bums from Chicago, as was the case in the old days, has been done with a force that has always been too small and also without any encouragement from the city administration." Should Have Two Dozen Officers. "The cities and towns' act which created the metropolitan police law provides for one patrolman to every 1,000 people and according to this apportionment Hammond should have 24 or 25 officers. Instead we are compelled to get along with half of the number in a city spread over a wide territory." "While the mayor and the city council have been building their two new fire stations and have the plans out for the third; while they have bought a new fire engine and have added greatly to the efficiency of the Are department there has been but two extra officers allowed the Hammond department and they were needed at the Standard Steel Car settlement." "They buy fire engines and new fire equipment and yet we have asked re peatedly for a patrol wagon and have been refused our request The attitude of the city officials has been positively hostile to us and we have received no encouragement in our effort to give the lty a good police service. Challenges to Outside Cities. "I defy you to show me a city where the police are as faithful and as much above reproach as they are In Ham mond. They are never seen In saloons when on duty. They are at their posts at the depots when .the trains come in. They do not seek shelter in rainy weather but cover their beats just the same as when the weather is fine." "They talk about the Baster & Mc Garry robbery. In the best policed city In the United States that sort of a thing is Just as likely to be successfully pull ed off as ir Hammond." "In St. Louis, a year or so ago, two men drove leisurely down the principal business thoroughfare in the city in broad daylight and while there were hundreds of .people within a few rods of them they tossed a brick through the window of a welj known Jewelry store and after deliberately removing several trays of diamonds they carried the Jewels to their carriage and drove off." " Gets Muwle of Revolver. "The crowd did not come to its senses until the men had started down the street with their booty and then they followed pell mell. A policeman seeing that the robbers were making their escape stepped out and ordered the men (Continued on page 2.)

PRP0UCE FORCE

Superintendent

of Metropolitan Near Future FIND GAVE UNDER L Band of Lads Found to he Making Roost Under House of WorshipHAVE DOG TO WATCH OPENING People Believe That Many Petty Thefts Will Be Traced to Clinton Street Gang. A surprising state of things was revealed this morning in Clinton street when a band of young boys, known as the Clinton street gang, were found to have been using a cave . they had I made under St. Paul's Lutheran church. as an underground resort for all sorts of mischief and according to people living in that vicinity, for the commission of many petty thefts and little crimes. Have Dog; to Watch Entrance. For some time past people who live in the vicinity of the Lutheran church have noticed a gang of six or seven lads steal down the alley in the rear of the church and disappear somewhere In. the shadow of the house of worship. People. wJiopassed bi,theeaffic? in the alley' often Ti'ottced a spotted dog near a' hole in the Vicinity of "the foundation that barked loudly at their approach. Tracing Missing Bicycle. Night before last a bicycle was stolen, from the residence of T. Zellar nearby on' Clinton street and the boy who owned it started to do a little detective work on his own account. He had seen the Clinton street gang, which is said to be led by a boy named Hopkins in the neighborhood of the church. He saw the boys make for the spot and when they left it he in vestigated and found, a lot of things there, which had been carried In by the bays. This included a quantity of lead pipe. The cave showed that it had been tenanted. Young Zellar know ing one of the boys In the gang, went to his home and found his bicycle in to his home and found his bicycle in the born. Other neighbors declare that a good many missing chickens can be laid to the Clinton street gang and will complain to the police. ,

UTHERAN

CHURCH

Manager Frank Hitchcock For Secretary, Laughs and Says That He Has Ninety-three More Votes Than Are Needed to Nominate.

Delegates claimed under pledge to Taft 5S4 Delegates conceded by the allies 359 Necessary to choice.... 491 It's all over. Frank II. Hitchcock says so. Mr. Hitchcock, former first assistant postmaster general and now "Washington mtrhager of Secretary of War Taft's campaign, came to Chicago yesterday and announced that there would be but one ballot in the republican national convention this year. Mr. Hitchcock produced his table of figures to prove that the convention program has been all arranged in "Washington, and that the delegates will merely be called upon to go through the perfunctory motions and then go home. as Mr. Hitchcock's figures have it, Secretary Taft will have about 700 delegates in the national convention, if he should need that many. He claims 584 delegates instructed and pledged for the secretary, or ninety-three more than the required majority. He ac cords to the allies but 227 instructed delegates. Of the 169 unpledged and the 192 contested seats, as Mr. Hitchcock's table shows, the war secretary, says his manager, can get enough to pile the total up to 700 ; or. thereabouts.

ALDERMW SUED John Papp Haled Into Judge Prest's Court For $10 Loan. The trouble between Mike Markovich and John Papp of the Standard Steel district is not yet settled. ' Since Markovich and his wife have been cleared of the charges which were made against them It has been decided by Markovich to bring suit against John Papp to re cover the "S10 which he loaned Papp and wheih caused all of the trouble. Markovich claims that ' he loaned Papp two ?5 bills with which to pay his board. He asked Papp for the money some time ago and finally was conpelled to insist upon Its being paid Papp refused and in order to silence Markovich and to. get eve.n with him for being so Insistent in his demands for Uiereturn of '.the . loair. P;p"p. larallesed to have -begun Ms. prosecution of ijarkovich on slanderous charges. The case in. which Markovich will Beek to secure the return of his $10 lean will be tried In Judge Prest's court and if Markovich succeeds in getting a Judgment on Papp lie will feel that he has been thoroughly vindicated. . CASES CONTINUED. The cases against young McQuiston, Cross and Young charged with stealing brass valves from the Erie, was continued until next Wednesday. The cases against the peddlers was also continued until that date. Morris Goldberg was fined $1 and costs for violating a otty ordinance. PEDDLER IS ARRESTED. J. G. Mayers, a peddler was arrested yesterday evening on a charge of violating the city ordinances. He was fined $1 and costs in the city court this morning and paid the fine. Allies Back. With Retort.'. The reply from the headquarters of the allies last , night was that, while figures do not lie) men sometimes make them appear to do so. . A carefully preparedxtable was given out by Joseph B. Kealing, manager of the Fairbanks campaign, crediting Secretary Taft with but 319 instructed delegates and a probable maximum vote of but 359. Mr. Hitchcock's table was prepared on the basis of 192 contests. Since his figures were arranged . the contests have increased to 229. Mr. Kealing revised his table to embrace all of the contests before the national committee. The forecast of the allies ,by totals, follows: Instructed for Taft... 319 Probable Taft vote 359 Instructed for other candidates 212 Probable vote of allies..... 392 Uninstructed delegates 220 Contested seats 229 The forecast by Mr. Hitchcock, by totals, follows: Instructed for Taft 517 Indorsement for Taft 36 Declared for Taft...... 31 , Total pledged to Taft. ....... . 6S4 (Continued on page .5.)

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Bier of Dead Boy Covered With Stars and "Stripes Brought From Pacific Coast and Interred in Polish Cemetery -: AVAL ESCORT FROM SOUTH CHI. Frank Lulinski, Son of Well Known South Chicago Undertaker, After Sailing With Admiral Evans' Fleet, Killed In Street Car Accident Jackies Bring Remains Here. Not as a sailor would be burled, with bis shotted corpse slipping lato the deep with dirge of band and boom of sounding cannon, but in a little country graveyard under a grassy green slope, dotted with spring flowers was the body of a naval officer laid away In Its last resting place in u Hammond cemetery yesterday afternoon. Fred Lulinski, who held the rank as third class master at arms on the battleship New Jersey, now with the fleet at Seattle, was buried yesterday afternoon in the Polish Catholic cemetery in West Hammond. The remains of the young sailor, who was only, 20 years old, were accompanied by fifteen of the naval reserves of the training boat Dorothea of Chicago. The ser vices at the grave were impressive. Taps, the last naval call for the sailor to rest, were sounded, after which a short prayer was said at the grave. . Victim of a Street Car Accident. ' Lulinski died last Saturday, the victim of a street car accident in Bellingham. Wash., where he had gone on a furlough awaiting the , arrival of the fleet there. All that his folks have learned thus far Is that the young sailor and a few of his messmates were riding in a street car and that it collided with another car, killing the South Chicago boy. The remains were embalmed and sent to South Chicago, from whence they were buried yesterday morning. Services were held at St. Michael's church at Eighty-third street and Ontario avenue, by the Rev. Paul Rohde. The grave of the dead officer was literally covered with flowers, they having been sent by a host of friends in South Chicago. One large bouquet came all the way from the city of Bellingham. Wash., offered by the mayor in the name of the city as a token of respect to the sailor. Popular With Ills Messmates. Lulinski has been in the navy three years and made the famous trip of the United States navy from the Atlantic to the Pacific waters. He was popular with his messmates and his sud den death has caused much grief among them. The deceased leaves a father and mother who are almost overcome with grief. They expected to see their son return home to them soon, after hav Ing been gone for three years. Th Lulinskis live at 8505 Superior avenue, The body having arrived in South Chicago the naval reserves took, charge of It and it was buried under their I auspices.

Rogers in New York Herald. 1 .

IBAGH'S HORSE 13 KILLED And Postmaster Gostlin's "Ferndale" Gives Birth to Fine Colt. The birth and death of two horses owned by prominent Homewood men ! are included in the vital statistics of horsedom in Hammond today. Decoration day there was born in the stables of Postmaster W. H. Gostlin a colt which was sired by Indiana Dan Patch and is the son of Ferndale the fast little mare which broke several Indiana trock records before she finally broke her leg and quit "racing . The colt wa born in the absence of both Mr. Gostlin and Will jr., and is a fine little animal. She , is so well bred that It Is expected the proper training- may' develop ' her Mnto the equal or. her. mother, - Animal Breaks Its Neck. "'This morning 7: several .boysy were throwing stoneB at a. family horse owned by". Attorney 'Joseph' Ibach, when the animal, became frightened and ran into a taut clothes line. The line cut her neck badly and the horse then fell to the ground and broke her neck. While Mr. Ibach's horse was not an exceptionally high bred animal it was a valuable horse and its death it looked upon as a great loss by . the owner. BELANYI ON TRIAL. The trial of Zoltan Belanyi for as sault and battery was called in Judge McMahon's court this morning and testimony was introduced showing that J. Koch, the complainant, had beaten his wife and known to be of a quarrelsome disposition. The case was continued until 9 o'clock tomorrow to give the defendant, who is represented by Mayor Becker, a chance to get witnesses. . IF TOT HAVE TIME TURS TO PAGE 7 AND READ THE WANT ADS. c. L. LaRue of Hammond

Plum For Which Many Tried, by Congressman E- D. Crumpacker.

On the recommendation of Mr. Klam II. Nell, the revenue collector 01 the tenth district, Mr. C. I. LaRue of Hammond vras appointed to the position of deputy revenue1 collector of the district In the place of Pete Wilson of Valparaiso who recently resigned from the office. The position pays a salary of $2,000 a year and is . considered one of the plums of the district. Mr. LaRue lives on the north side and has been storekeeper and gauger at the Hammond distillery. Position Is a Promotion. The new position is a splendid promotion and in view of the fact that Mr. LaRue has had a great deal of experience in the actual work of the revenue department he is expected to prove a valuable man in the place. The new position is a splendid promotion and in view of the fact that Mr. LaRue has had a great deal off experience in the actual work of the revenue department he Is expected to prove a valuable man in the place. It is understood that Jerome Dinwid dle of Hammond and several other men were after the position, but they were turned down in favor of Mr. La Rue.' In Is not believed that the apJ Dointment of Mr. LaRue has any po

SERVICES AT ALL SAINTS

Unity Council, K. of P., Now Has Over Two Hundred Members, Which Is Good Showing. Ono of the biggest lodge events In the history of local lodges will take place this month when Unity Council i ud 11 1 5111a ui vuiuniuuo niii initiate sixty new members Into the ladge on Snuday, June 14. Preparations are being made for a big time, the degree work to take place in the afternoon In Long's hall. The work In the afternoon will be followed by a banquet at which covers will' be laid for 300. Masonic hall will in all probability be used for the ban auet. there being not another hall large enough for the big spread. On Friday evening, June 12, Unity Council will Initiate thirty new mem bers In the first degree in prepara tion of the first ' and second degree work on the following Sunday. On Sunday morning there will be speciaal high mass for the candidates for the Knights of Columbus and the candi dates, the services to be held In All Saints church by the Rev. E. F. Bar rett who is also a Knight of Colum bus. . The second degree will be conferred in the afternoon by Unity Council and will be followed by the third degree which will be conferred under the direction of the district deputy, Martin Quinn of Lafayette. Including the newly admitted can didates the council will number about 250 members many of whim are from the middle and southern part of the cbuny Heretofore the council has been strongest in Hammond, Whiting East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, but lately new candidates have been coming in from other parts of the county. The class that , will be put through a week from next Sunday Is the largest. that has . ever . been .been taken In by Unity Council . and . thVv preparations that are being made for the day overshadow all previous attempts. t The new -'horae-jof the council has been -a tlg"2rawing-card far the unj clU ' For. some , time :.it "has been established' In its own . club and. lodge rooms above the. Gas . office and the rooms are being kept .permanently. Since the council has been established in its new home, the young men have formed a baseball club which has the support of the council and also a glee club. The baseball club Is managed by Will Hastings and the glee club is lead by J. J. Kennedy. The arrangement committee of the council for the degree work and the banquet will meet tomorrow evening in the club rooms. Unity Council is comparatively a young lodge In Hammond, but it has been growing until now it numbers nearly 200 members. Owing to the inducements that it holds out to the young men it has grown to be the most popular of the Catholic lodges in the city, and most of the candidates that are coming in are young men. It carries both associate and insurance members thus having advantages for both classes of members. Distillery is Awarded Fine litical significance in that he is not looked upon as a politician. The fact that it came from Elam H. Neil would indicate that it was merely a promotion from the ranks and it will probably be considered as such. There are those who Insist, how-1 ever, that In view of the fact that Pete Wilson was a well known tenth district politician his successor would naturally be a politician. The experience of the department with politicians, some say, may be the very reason for the change. The positions which LaRue and Mr. Frank Hammond have in the Internal revenue service do not in any way conflict. Hammond Collects Revenue. Mr. Hammond has charge of the collection of the revenue in the Hammond distillery while Mr. LaRue will be in th nature of a district Inspector and collector of revenue. His duty will be to see that the revenue Is collected on all dutiable goods within the district. . The friends of Mr. LaRue are elated over the good fortune which has come to him and he has been receiving congratulations on all sides from his frlenda and acquaintances in the city. By this appointment another Hammond man has been placed in a good federal position and the, city, !s receiving Its share of the political plums.

Republicans Declare T. E;

Marshall's Keynote Shows Him to be Overrated, But Commend Candidate For Dignity and Truth. DECLARE SPEECH IS VERY LOGICAL Columbia City Man's Campaign Open er Is Highly Praised In Many Eespects by Republicans, ' Bat Tbey Profess No Fear of His Utterances at Initial Speech. ' ; (Special to The Times). . Indianapolis, Jnne 4. Republicans are not worried over the Richmond speech ot Thomas It. Marshall, democratic nominee for the governorship. It pleases them. They regard It as a weak keynote. They have analysed it carefully and found nothing to fear. Such a speech, they say, does co harm nor good. Hearers are prone to ' ' forget, they point out. unless some striking point is established. No points to strike were established, they declare, and therefore, they conclude, the speed trill not be remembered. . . The G. O..P. Was Worried. Republicans were even more anxious than democrats to -hear the Columbia . City man's keynote. They had heard much about Marshairs' elaquence," logic aftd Wit. .iThey, hfid been, told that ha was. a campaigner from away back and that . When he started " his eloauent tongue would bum-up-the opposition. Republicans "feared that -all or parCof thii might be true, that the new-found leader of the disorganized democracy. might; be the Moses to lead the party out' of .the wilderness, that Marshall might by his eloquence, soundness of thought, stability of character, logic and brilliancy gather unto himself the scattered parts of his own party and the wobbly voters of the opposition. Didn't Hurt Them Any. ' Fears are now dissipated, however. Marshall has spoken. His oratory has been heard; his tongue, ' though fiery, has not burnt up. anything; his sar casm has been unsheathed but the opposition Was unscatched. So at least the republicans contend. They insist ' now that Marshall was overrated, that with a new and untried publicist, said more than they knew or more than was true. The republicans have lost their anxiety. With a sigh of relief and a smile of contentment, Mr. Republican has settled back into his easy chair. Commend Him For Dignity. rtepuoncans commend .Mr. .Marshall for the dignity which characterized his first speech. They rejoice that he lived up to his recent promise to ignore personalities but to fight measures. They feel that he has placed the campaign on a high plane and that it will be kept there. Above anything else that gladdens the hearts of the republicans is the fact that Mr. Marshall stuck to tho platform of his party. They had feared that he might go beyond the platform on some of the Important issues, particularly that of temperance. Republicans feel that they have much the better temperance plank and they had been led to believe that the democratic nominee might corns out for the things advocated by them and thereby relieve himself of the criticism hurled at the platform on which he stands. Indorses Township Option. But Mr. Marshall did nothing of the kind. He insisted that the township was the logical ' unit of self-government and that the county should not have anything to do with what the township can safely care for any more than the state should have to do with the, things properly to be cared for by the county or the general government with things pertaining to the state. Thus he indorsed township local option, which is nothing in advance of the present temperance legislation. Its chief difference from the existing remonstrance system is that the question of saloons is settled by direct vote of the people. Territory is not extended. It is merely a matter cf method. Temperance people generally favor the old method as against the new and untried one. Therefore they cannot accept the democratic theory. Has Endorsed Temperance Plnnk. That Mr. Marshall has seen fit to Indorse the temperance plank of his party platform, which was favored by brewers and liquor dealers, is gratifying to republicans if not disappointing to democrats. The temperance utterances of Mr. Marshall were In themselves sufficient to bring the smile ot (Continued on page 3.)