Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 299, Hammond, Lake County, 6 June 1908 — Page 1

' WKATHEB. Fair tonight and probably Sunday moderately high temperature. - ' 9L,'n. NO. 299. HAMMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPY. DEMON RIDER STARTS American Warship on Which Six Men Were Killed and Ten Injured by an Explosion REPUBLICANS ARE SOMEWHAT NERVOUS H RAGE Charles Van Sickle of Hammond Will Make Other Eiders Hustle. Candidate Marshall's Aggressiveness Working " uG.O. P.M Workers. .

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Notable Shooting Event is Pulled Off at Crown Point When Old Time Gun Club is Decisively Defeated by County Seat Crack Shots.

JUDGE FIELD IS - A CONTESTANT Gun Clubs Shoot and Are Entertained . By Editor at Dinner With Big Banquet Later at the Commercial Ho- '. tel -Other Events Are to Follow in the Near Future. "FOSSILS." J. Ffhrman 14 II. P. S warts... 14 John I.ongue. . . 4 O. Wheeler 0 ,AVm. Hart 6 jS. ( ontray - J Jo Atkins..... 0 f. Wllmarth. . . .18 Wm. Nicholson. 12 0. Rom...i..,..1S V. II. Hayward 13 ludsre Field. . . .15 JF Klndberg. 5 Pehrman for Reeder 15 1. J. Wheeler .17 DUDES." Clem Henehea M. Hoffman.. Frank Keeney Geo. Reiser. . 18 12 10 14 A. Hildebrandt.21 Geo. Sherman. .18 Harry Swarts..l7 Geo. Horat ..... 15 John Foil 17 Fred Wheeler.. 16 I,. Meeker 13 A. Stuhlmacher 13 Herbert Barr. . .15 Cal. Moon 12 II. Wheeler..... 12 - (Special to The Times). Crown Point, , lad., Jane - 6.--There ( rma mighty little business or prof estlonal work done In Crown Point yes- ; terday. Eym the housewives wanted to make It a holiday. When the county seat residents, aaw judge E. C. railway, set Off the train With his bag tt guns thty knew t!at 'the big - day bad come. ..' A' Bg Sporting Event. "The Fossils," otherwise known as the members of the- old gun club, prominent in the sporting life of this town some twenty or twenty-five years ago, were, defeated by. members of the younger, organization of sporting men at their gun club grounds on West . Joliet street yesterday. The muchheralded affair was witnessed by -a ' crowd of enthusiastic spectators, and owing to the prominence of the participants and the singular interest which . was created by the event by the difference in age of the contesting clubs, the excitement over the affair was at fever heat. How Challenge Came Up. The stimulus for the affair harks back Jo a few weeks ago at a practice shoot at the gun club grounds. Editor Wheeler of the- Star made a remarkable score and defeated several of the crack shots of the younger set. The idea' of a contest between the old gun club and the present organization was conceived soon afterward and a match arranged for yesterday, the winning .club to be wined and dined at a banquet at the Commercial hotel as the trophy for the highest kill of the clay birds. They Were Xot All There. Many of the old time, crack shots ,of the old gun club have gone to the "happy hunting grounds," but as many as could be gathered together attended the event yesterday, and while some of them have not had a gun in their "u ior iweniy years, they made i ; remarkable - Scores, considering their age and the new style guns and traps that are appreciably different from the ones used years ago, and but for ( the individual work of some of the younger men, would have won the contest. Further contests are to be arranged and with a little practice the "01d Fossils" will make a better showing than yesterday and the "Dudes" will, have to, look to their laurels. 1 Hltdebrnndt Gets High Score. August Hlldebrandt with a score of 21 birds out of 25 for the "Dudes," and .Editor i Wheeler with 17 birds out of 25 for the "Fossils" made the highest 1 scores of the day. .' . J. J. Wheeler entertained the mem-b, ,bers of the old gun club at a stag U f dinner yesterday noon at his home on f Court street. From the sounds of raer- I .ucu inererrom the boys' certainly enjoyed themselves and had a high old time. The grand finale came last night ; when the old Fossils paid their obligations at the Commercial hotel. About thirty of , the -participants of the day's eport sat down to the banquet supper prepared. Speeches and reminiscences of the old time days when the Fossils were the pride of the community were 'the vogue of the evening and "hilarity" reigned supreme. The party broke up about 9 p. m., each club vowing ven geance on the other at the next contest. ' Take THE TIMES for Its political ews until after the electron. Hot for Its republican news, not tor Its. democrat lo news, bat for both sides.

TRIP WILL BE IN LAKE CO.

Van ' Sickle Will Demonstrate His Class on an "Indian" As Usual. Charles F. Van Sickle, "the demon rider of .-the west" Is In a motor cycle race today from which his friends expect, him to come out the winner. The race. In which fifty different makes of motor cycles will be represented will be a, two May event, the first half of which will be completed this evening: when the contestants will have made a round trip from the club house in Chicago at 267 Michigan avenue. . , The trip lies by way of Joliet where the first checking station is made. From Joliet the drivers will go to Aurora, Elgin, Algonquin, back to Elgin and return by the out going route to Chicago, where they will stop at the club house again the road goes to Chicago Heights, thence to Crown Point, Hobart, Valparaiso, Hammond and back to Chicago. Will Ride His "Indian." Van Sickle will ride his favorite macine, "The Indian." It will be surprising to the friends of the "Demon rider of the "West" If he does not come out this trip with high honors. In many races he has came out the winner time and again. The speed with which he goes borders on recklessness. When in a race his machine Jumps repeatedly as far as twenty feet at a time. The two-day race of today and tomorrow is regarded as one of the two big motorcycle , affairs . of the season, as far as Chicago is concerned, the other being the "Motorcycle Glidden' which starts in New York next month and ends in Chicago. - WHITING LADY DIES AT HOSPITAL TODAY. luriuwrr w suuu ..vmcaKO,, jmiiine-r-v Firm Pass Away This Morning. Whiting, June 6. (Special) Miss Elizabeth " Freel, of the. mUllnery firm of the South Chicago Freel sisters, died early this morning at the Hahnemann hospital from stomach trouble's. The deceased was 35 years old and leaves afather, four sisters and one brother, brother. Her parents live on One Hundred and Nineteenth street. TThe funeral services will take place next Monday morning at '9 o'clock in the Sacred Heart" church. Interment will take place in Greenwood cemetery at Hammond. --,- TAKEN ILL WHILE ON HIS VACATION. This is Officer Trinen's vacation. Incidentally it is the time when he fell sick and is compelled to undergo medical treatment. Last year about this time, Mr. Trinen was ill with species of blood-poisoning and is again troubled with the same complaint which broke out on the first days of his vacation. LaRue Succeeds "Pete" Wilson w v .r -. .... , -. If C. L. aRoc, W ho Mas um, eeo Appointed Depnty ' Revenue Collector for This District By Elau Neal of In wren ceb n rgr. ONE HAMMONDTMAN ! . ) : ; HAS TWO TICKETS Roy Conde, who is employed in the Simplex offices, can't understand why it is that people are making such a fuss about being unable to get tickets for the republican national convention next week. - Mr. Conde has two tickets. He secured them from Congressman Hopkins of Illinois, " who is a boyhood friend of his, and if he does not go up every day will be glad to loan them to any of his friends

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i ft i ' s ix."- 'iff V''1,' weCkhtreZ them fatally, by .the explosion of a boiler tube on the armored cruiser v e4TSSef 5 fata Barbara today. Tbe extent of the damage-to th ves - - Postmaster W. H- Gostlin ; Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury Today. Postmaster W. H. Gostlin, figured In a runaway this morning on his way down town that might have cost him hist life. Although the rier In whtxh he was riding was demolished, and his spirited horse broke out of the shafts. Mr. Gostlin escaped 'without a scratch, despite the fact that he was 1 thrown to the sidewalk. , ' i . The accident happened about 8 o'clock this morning near Clinton street when the postmaster on his way down wanted to stop in order to invite a friend to ride with him. The bellyband of the harness having been unfastened the horse had "now power in the hold-back straps and when the horse stopped the buggy .continued to advance striking, the horse in the legs. Gets Tangled in the Harness. The sudden jar frightened .the animal then it-plunged forward and feeling the reinse. reared and pranced until It became entangled in the harness. Making a. sudden turn it ran pn the sidewalk and another turn threw Mr. Gostlin out. Tearing itself loose from the rig the horse started, home on a gallop, leaving Mrs. Gostlin . in great anxiety, as to: her. husband's ..welfare until she heard the details of the accident. The horse Is a gentle one and its behavior this morning was due - to the rig having run into the horse. - AUTO CAUSESSH!ASHUP Narrow Escape Had By Crown Point Professional Men. A Special to Times'.) Crown Point, Ind., June. 6. While on , this way to attend. a call in the country i yesterday afternoon. Dr., Wooldridre. l driving a spirited, young, horse,, met Allen Salisbury arid a party returning in his' automobile from the Gun" Club shoot. The animal became frightened and unmanageable and made a lunge at the automobile throwing: Woodridge and his two small children to the ground. Salisbury drove his machine into the ditch and the", horse made a wild dash down Joliet street narrowly escaping running Into two farmers coming to town in rigs. Finally Comes to Stop. The horse finally turned in the barnyard near the Morris Miller place on Joliet street, and the buggy struck the gate, smashing the - vehicle to splinters. Beyond, a bad I scaring to all the parties concerned, a smashed buggy and a battered straw hat of Salisbury's, no further injury was done but the accident might have resulted more seriously, considering- the traffic on the street at that time. - - .

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.v.' .-n. v, O.-.'.-.-.vx--aV5'JUtK& ... A - SN t. U nited States Cruiser Tennessee. thoJgh rZ loTlV voyage to Los Angeles, it is probable the vessel will be forced to go into dry dock for a thorough, overhauling of the boiler room. , , , . , : JUDGE OLDS IN CiTY May Effect a Settlement in Noted Reilley Law Suit in Local Court. Judge Olds, formerly of the state supreme bench, and now the chief counsel for . the Nickel i Plate railroad in Indiana, was in the city this morn-; ing relative to suit for "damages which has been instituted by Mary F. Reilly. the wife of ex-Mayor Patrick Reilly of Mrs. Reilly started suit for $10,000 damages is in the Lake superior court for Injuries she received as a result of falling into a small excavation on the site , of the present Nickel Plate depot.' She has been sick ever since and Is said to have received internal injuries which have ruined her health. Judge Olds lives at Fort Wayne and it is understood that he visited Mrs. Reilly for the" purpose of making a settlement of the case if 'possible. That the road is convinced that Mrs. Reilly has a good case against the railroad is 'indicated by the' fact that it has. sent its chief counsel to try to effect a settlement. p ;pXljpN st. Capt. Conrad Greb and His Fire Laddies Make , First Run. ; . - It was Captain" Conrad Greb's first run to a .fire.' last night, since he and his crew have been established in the fire station No. '3. . ?- i Fire broke out last night in the cottage on Gostlin and Cedar stregt, owned by Henry Reichert of Hessville, and-occupied by. a family by the name of .Wall.; The fire ' is thought to have started in the wall near which the kitchen stove stood. although the Walls claim that the stove-had not been used since 4 o'clock in, the afternoon.. The interior of the kitchen 'was gutted and the roof of the entire building damaged considerably, the damage amounting to about $200. The building loss is covered by insurance. Owing, to the lateness, of the hour the streets were clear and Fire Department No. 3, which arrived on the scene and the Central department, made a record run. The new team for the hook and ladder in the Central Station acted perfectly, and Chief DI1schneider is highly satisfied with the way the two departments responded. INSPECTS SWITCHBOARD. Frank F.; Stover of the Gamewell Fire System company was in Hammond this morning, inspecting the switch board that he installed some time ago. Mr. Stover says that the ' apparatus works perfectly and that much credit is due to Chief Dilschneider and Z n j Green . (Pap), the operator for the way ooara is Deing cared for ' "

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v ' ' ' J -.l--4 1 " 4 sjsyr.H b s t been Ie&rned here ' aS the Tn"8 anchorel off the breakwater on its arrival and none of the wounded will be sent' ashore ' Wll tomorrow. : OB HENDRIXh BUFFET Thieves Get $50, Champagne' and . Fine Cigars Last ; Night. High-toned thieves last night broke Into the Union Bnffet of C. R. Hendrlx, and after healping themselves to twen-ty-0ve and 50-cent cigars and a goodly quantity of champagne robbed' the house of $50.15. Before closing the door Mr. Hendrlx had emptied the cash register and put the money In a certain place under the bar. Vlie register was left open by Mr. Hendrlx. s AVhen he opened his place for business this morning he found that the place had been ransacked and one of the rear windows to the 'place pried open. The police being notified of the robbery are making an Investigation today. ' ' - - 1 Think Sleuths Will Get .Them. "I believe the police are' on a hot' trail, and It may 'not be Iodr before the follow or fellows are captured," said Mr. Hendrlx. "The Job Is evidently one by fellows who knew where to" go for the money." - The Hendrlx Buffet Is on e of the finest, In. Lake county and the proprietor has spared no expense In making it such. Much money Is handled there daily, but .fortunately , for Mr. Hendrlx he had Just made' a deposit In the bank the preceding afternoon. IS -.PURSUED BY FATE A. Batterman Having Lost ' Hand in Cornshredder, Breaks Leg. . St. John, June 6. (Special) August Batterman, a young farmer, living on Hanover Prairie, west of St. John. Seveial years ago he lost his left hand in a corn shredder and- last Thursday, .while hauling a load of tile from the factory at Eagle Creek, he had the misfortune to fall under his wagon. The heavy load'of tile passed over him, breaking his leg near the thigh. Being miles away, from medical aid, the young farmer lay helpless In his misery until he was found by people passing along the road. By the time medical aid had been summoned the Injured limb had been swollen to such an extent that it was impossible to set the bones. He was confined to his bed where the physicians first attempted to reduce the swelling of his leg. August Batterman is well known in St John and Dyer, he being a nephew of trustee Henry Batterman of St John township. His second accident has aroused the sympathy of all his friends and a speedy' recovery Is hoped for.

M CHANGE CAMPAIGN PLANS

Eepublicans May As Well Realize That They Will Need All , ' Their Energies. ' Hammond politicians have not yet got over talking about the keynote speech of Hon. Thos. R. Marshall- delivered at Richmond, Ind., the other night The democrats are delighted with it and the republican view it with trepidation. - It is the same way all over the state. Recognition of ' its strength and "the possibility of democratic success ' this year is everywhere conceded. On the Anxious Seat. The Marshall's aggressiveness is making the managers of the. republican state campaign a. little -bit nervous. I They say that if Marshall keeps ' on pouring hot shot Into the republican ranks the state campaign will be "opened at full blast almost before anybody knows It. The plan of "the re1 publican leaders had ben to defer the j 1 -"""vi si wetKs arter tne rh m s-n mnV. a n I . . . . 1 convention. - but thev- sav v,t ' course, u Mr. Marshall keeps firing his oratorical batteries his statements net fi . . . . ' "ncooaiuj oe cnauenged. uem ocratic State Chairman Jackson is en joying the discomfiture of the " republican managers. "The state campaign is on right now, and it's on hot and heavy," he said :last night "Our republican friends may as well recognize that fact and trot 'out their best speakers." , ' Wanted Ticket Released. . A Macedonian cry for help came from Harry S. New in Chicago to John iW. Kern yesterday at Indianapolis. Capt. New wrote from the Coliseum at -Chicago that he has been saving a ticket to. ,tne. republican national convention lor Mr. Kern and then addeC in a tone of pathos: - - - , . .. . John. vi f you don't need this ticket, for the good Lord's sake'release It -so I can give, it , to somebody else. ' The pressure for tickets is something awful.". . Mr. Kern could offer no-; balm for the national chairman's troubled spirit. '-' On the contrary he wrote Capt. New that he intends to attend the big circus in the Windy City and that he needs that ticket Congressman Watson's Fourth of July address this year will be delivered at Bloomington at the dedication of the new Monroe county court house. DR. B. W. CHIDLAW NOW DEPUTY C0E0NER. Acting Coroner E M Shanklin on Summer Vacation. is Acting Coroner E. M. Shanklin leaves tonight for his summer visit to Frankfort, Ind., and Hanover, his alma mater, where he will attend the graduating exercises and commencement festivities. He has appointed Dr. B. W. Chidlaw to act as his deputy during his absence from Hammond, which will be a week. Indianian to Be Envoy to Bolivia Ifr y . - - i ifc Washington, D. C, June 5. The: appointment of James E. Stutesman of Indiana as minister to Bolivia has been decided upon by President Roosevelt and wlll.be formally made in a day or two. Mr. Stutesman will succeed WB Sorsby of Mississippi, who is to ' be transferred to Nicaragua. The appointment was brought about mainly by Representatives Landls and Overstreet. Mr. Stutesman enters the position direct from private life. "He is well known at Peru. Ind.. and Indianapolis as a lawyer and banker. The minister -to Bolivia draws-a salary of $10,000 a year.

West Hammond Business Men Hold Meeting Last Night and Start Things; New Commercial Club Bids Fair to Prosper.

. H. MAYER ; WIDE: PRESIDENT Committees Are Appointed to Seek Means of Improving West Hammond Which Is Growing Splendidly and. New Organization Means Much to Village. . ' The newly organised West Ham mond Commercial Club, which has met with such popular favor In the rejuve nated village, held a meeting- last night and with a good attendance elected the permanent officers of the dab, appoint ed Its directors and selected the vari ous committees. The officers of the dub ares thai. H. Slayer, the pop man. as nrMldrntt Henry F. Lindner, president of. the Western " Grain Products Company, as vice president and G. E. A ease, of h firm of E. A. KInkade and Company, as secretary and treasurer of the club. 'xne airectors are Charles H. Mayer, Henry 'F. Lindner. U. Spafford, "Aug. Mayer and E: AJ KInkade., 'Four committees were created they and their chairmen' being 'resnectivelv: Tnrfimtrial committee K A. KInkade; Local Improvements, J. J. Brejim; 'Election : committee, Jonn -Rohwetjaef Finance'-commltle&eni-matifr.-C,'-1,.. The ;"West. Hammond 'C6mmercia1 Club ts onl' a few weeks 'old. 'but it came Into the field "at; an ; opportune time and has . the v support' of the best interests of. West Hammond. . Nothing slow, the charterK members set ' about to secure a charter and a, communication from the secretary of "the state to the club last his-h that the charter had 'bWn granted and that the club may hov proceed as a body ..aniu uj .1. pi Illinois tO carry out its . '.otj i,vand -. purposes for which it has K.a created. . Object of Club. . The object and purpose of the clnh may. be summed up in a few words and in the charter is set. out in the following, words:, "The object of th "vrt Hammond Commercial , club is to. advance and protect the business and so cial interests of West, Hammond." . , The member-hip of the club Is nno. to all business men of West Hammond and to all property owners irrespective oi me ract whether they , live in the village or not. By making the membership broad, many of the big property owners living in Chicago and New York can, become mesibers of the club ana taite a more personal interest in the community. . , There is. however, a clause in the bvlaws of the. club, which more than anything else, shows that the club is established, for the general welfare and not for the political-boosting of a few preferred members. , The particular clause ,in-the by-laws specifies that if any memb.er of the organization; should become a candidate for, a: political office that he must withdraw from membership until the campaign .in which he is a candidate. is over. After the campaign he may become a member of the club again. The club will be nonpartislan, but it goes without saying that it will be a strong factor in the interest of good government. In the interests of its community and for the welfare In general the club will co-operate with commercial clubs in other villages, towns and cities and the sentiment at present, is favorable for cb-operation' with the Hammond club In matters pertaining to the two communities divided by the state line. There are franchise matters vital to both Hammond and West Hammond and the younger club' feels that by cooperation the best' results can be attained. Interested in Deep Waterway. . The West Hammond Commercial club has. entered, into the Qaiumet deep' waiter project, and will give its undivided support for . this measure. The Calumet 'deep water project, in which the entire Calumet region is concerned, was one of the foundation thoughts of the club when it was organized. New members are coming in constantly and a very desirable list of new names has been added to those of the sixteen charter members. The meeting last night was held at the home of Henry Lindner on Stanton and Lincoln avenues, but hereafter the club will meet in its permanent club rooms. The permanent club rooms are located in the building of ,E. A. Kinkade '& Co., 30 West Rimbach avenue (One Hundred and. Fifty-second street), rooms having been purpose-

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