Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 300, Hammond, Lake County, 8 June 1908 — Page 1

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WEATHER. Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon possibly tonight; cooler. EDITION VOL. n. NO. 300. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPY. AIUALCOIIME HTERURBAN GOfilPANY KEEPS UPGOOD WORK IF THEY'D HAD POP BOTTLES IN ROME. OGGURSJHiS WEEK About Fifty Hammond Will Go to Beautiful Lake Winona. Gives Street to City and Will Pave It In Addition to Present.

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Savoy Hotel Goes Up in

Smoke Last Night With Loss of $8,000 and Night Watchman Says It Was Set on Fire. MASKED 1 OH THE SGENE Negro Watchman Chased at the Point of a Revolver Away From Build ing and Blaze Is Soon Afterwards Discovered in the Building Police ' Don't Believe Colored Man. One of the fiercest fires which Gary has ever known, completely destroyed the Savoy hotel, located at the corner "of Washington street and Ninth ave nue, entailing a loss of $S,000 and If the story of "Watchman Theodore Jaclt,ioa may be beHeved, has provided the Gary police with an arson mystery wl lch may prove to be one of the most remarkable which this section of the oonntry has ever known. The building is owned by a negro named Simon Hessler and has been leased to the Savoy hotel company of Chica&o. It has Just been completed and part of the furniture was Installed when this morning at'about 1:25 o'clock fire started and in twenty-five min utes had consumed the entire building.' ' Johnson Tells Queer Story, - , According to the story which Johnson tells, he was on 5 duty as night watchman around the building when three masked colored men approached ihm and upon covering him with revolvers, demanded that he start down the "Wabash tracks and not return to the place on penalty of being killed. Shortly afterwards Are was discovered in the building by Constable Frank Chambers and Officer Charles Catey. The officers fired shots Into the air and In this manner aroused the entire neighborhood. Including the fire de partment. The department arrived promptly but It was immediately seen that it would be useless to attempt to save the building. The first of the arrivals at the fire assisted Simon Hessler and Theodore Jackson, who had returned by this time, remove part of the fur niture from the blazing hotel. The firemen then confine's their en ergies to preventing the flames from fcDreading to the other buildiners In the vicinity. They were successful in this but after the flames had completed their work and except for the ashes it would hardly be possible for a person to tell that a tiotel had occupied the site only yesterday. . Police Don't Believe Negro. The police say they are convinced that the fire was of incentiary origin but they are not inclined to believe Watchman Jackson's story about the three masked men and the gun play. The building was insured for $9, 0HD. Oliver Holmes had $4,000 of it in some of the companies he represents and Judge Ainsley had $5,000 in some of the companies for which he writes. Fortunately for the Savoy Hotel company, there had been but a little of the furnishings put in the building at the time the fire started. The rest of the furniture was in a car on a siding and was saved from destruction. A lease had been taken in the building for five years and it was proposed to run the place as a family hotel. The fire was witnessed by thousands of people who were aroused by the shots and the blowing of whistles. GOOSE! GANDER AGT Results in Hammond Men Being Taken to Jail and City Court. They had a warm little time in the city court this morning as a result of a little excitement on State street yesterday. It seems that Clarence Flannagan and Tom Keltzer got into an altercation over the fact that the latter had been subjected to some annoyance at the hands of "kidding" friends. Keitzer blamed Flannagan, who is a boilermaker, for his troubles and after Inviting him out of a saloon into the street, pasted Flannagan. The latter went into a clincn, when a policeman stopped further hostilities and arrested both men for fighting. Keitzer pleaded guilty to the charge end was fined $1 and costs, while Flantiagan was released from custody.

LQGALTEMPLARS'GOING SOME'

Attorney J. G. Ibach of Hammond Is Grand Standard Bearer of the Stafe. In the neighborhood of fifty members of the Hammond Commandery, Knights Templar, will go to "Winona Lake next Wednesday to participate in the annual conclave which will be held at this popular summer resort. The party will leave the Masonic Temple here at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning and will arrive at Winona Lake in itme to witness the entire program on the best day of the conclave. It is expected that the Hammond Commandery will take an Important part In the conclave because of the rapid progress that has been made In the growth of the local order. One of the things which will be pointed to with pride is the fact that the record for a large class in Indiana was broken the other day when twentythree men were given the Knight Templar degree. With this prestige the Hammond delegation will be welcomed at Winona as one of the most alive in the state. A great deal of interest is also expected to be taken by the visiting Knight Templars -in the giving of the shrine at Hammond on the 27th of this month. While the Hammond men will not take this opportunity to boom their project it is expected that the Knights Templar will want to know all about the camel and the hot sands, etc., and of, course they will be given all of the information they want along that line. The following are the state officers and it will be noticed that J. G. Ibach of this city, la grand standard bearer. "Grand- Commander V. W. Woodward, Indianapolis. Vice Eminent Deputy Grand Com-mander--Charles Day, New Albany. Eminent " Generalissimo L. Short. Franklin. . Grand Captain-General W. D. Hosford. South Bend. . - Grand Senior warden jonn 1m Rupe, Richmond. Grand Junior waraen cnaries jji. Zion. Lebanon. Grand Prelate V. W. Tevia, Rushville. Grand Treasurer Charles Hutchinson; Indianapolis. Grand Standard-Bearer Joseph G. Ibach, Hammond. Grand Sword-Bearer Carrol K. McCullough, Anderson. Grand Warder Harry Strickland, Greenfield. Aside from the grand officers the local committee will make no other assignments until May 15. W. II. Kingery, chairman of the committee, has for the present abandoned his business in Warsaw and is giving all his time to making hotel assignments. His daily mail is heavy with requests from knights who will bring their families to the conclave and it is these Individual applications for hotel quarters which are giving the local committee a busy time. Before the commandery opens the Warsaw Commandery will pitch a tent at the entrance of Winona park, where it will conduct a bureau 'of information. The commanderies that have notified the committee that they will attend are, Raper of Indianapolis, Elkhart, Hammond, Lafayette. Huntington, Angola, Valparaiso, Goshen, Marion, Delhpi, Bluffton, Columbia City, Shelbyville and Greenfield. HAS A IIBM ESCAPE Hubert, Ten-Year-Old Son of Atty. Gavit, Partially Asphyxiated. Hubert Gavit, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gavit, 755 Sibley street, came very near being asphixiated last Saturday night by escaping gas from an instantaneous heater. He had gone into the bath room to take a bath and the gas in the heater had ben lighted for the purpose of heating the water. Mrs. Gavit left the boy for a little while and when she returned he was unconscious. She smelled the odor of escaping gas and Instantly realised that the boy would have to be taken out into the fresh air if he was to be revived. Dr. Graham was called and the child soon became conclous under his care. Today he Is around again and It is believed he -has not suffered any evil effects from his unusual experience. It is not known how the gas escaped with the fire in the burner going and an examination of the heater will be made to determine the cause and provide against a reoccurence in the future. DR. OBERLIN GETS A NEW AUTOMOBILE Dr. T. W. Oberlln, 43 Warren street, has bought a new Maxwell runabout which he Is now driving. Dr. Oberlin sold his old auto and the new runabout Is the result.

ILL SAINTS SCHOOL

CLOSING EXERCISES Elaborate -Program Has Been Arranged by School Authorities. Elaborate closingi exercises are being prepared by the boys and girls of All Saints school and will be held in Towle opera house on the evening of June 17. The program has been so arranged as to be both pleasing and 'entertaining to the public and also with a view to give the pupils an opportunity to appear at their best. There is an operetta "Laila" in three acts to be acted by the girls. A fairy story is woven into the piece and since it Is popular with the girls it will undoubtedly be played in an able manner by them. For the boys the sisters have selected a drama "Dark Before the Dawn." It is a story of the Civil war and there is all that in it, which appeals to the boy. The program also contains a number of chorus songs, thus rounding out a most enjoyable evening for the par ents of the children and their friends. The program is as follows: The Sailors' G'ee ....Thompson Chorus Violets Primary Girls Jolly Little Frogs Primary Boys LA ILIA. An Opera in Three Acts. SYNOPSIS: ACT I. A band of merry mountain children are colected to spend a happy summer day; they are interrupted hv a beggar woman and her children. ACT II. Laila, a favorite of the band, is lost. Fairies find Laila and seek to tempt her by rehearsing the charms of their grotto. Failing in this they yield to her entreaties to restore her to her companions. ACT III. Mountain children mourn the loss of Laila. Fairies restore Laila. Fairy Queen crowns Laila Queen of the festal day. Song What We Do in School R. Lyons, C. Huber, G. James, E. Flynn. DRAMA DARK BEFORE DAWN CAST All of the Union Army: General Sherman E. Burgman General Taggart T. Stack ! General Howard L. Moran General Foster T. O'Tool Mr. Lodlow, a southern planter. G. Flynn Percy Lodlow, his son, corporal in the Union Armv D. Dermedy Little Jim, Percy's young brother j J. Foley (Old Joe, a slave of the family... H. Dub All of the Confederate Army: (General Hardee J. Kennedy (Lieutenant Pape, Hardee's Aid. .P. Price iA Sentinel L. Moran Corporal Pattv J. Murray Corporal's Aid J. Spellacy ACT I. Chinamen. .Intermediate Boys ACT II. Song B. James, F. Kenny BILL! HANG Springfield, III., June 8. The State Board of Pardon In Springfield today after many hours of deliberation refused to Interfere with the execution of Herman Rlllik, sentenced to hang Friday. ISews of the Board's action has been communicated to Billik and his family. BlUllt was found aruiity of the death of Mary Tarsal In a plot to secure Insurance money.

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Class of 1908 Begins Com mencement Week Under Auspices Circumstances and School Witnesses a Pretty Feature. BACCALAUREATE OCCURSYESTERDAY Wind-Up of School Year Begins and Last Day of Active Work Takes Place Today, Closing a Kemarkably Successful Year's Work Murray Speaks of Athletics. - The "Farewell to Seniors" and the serious farewell to Alma Mater, which Is in innovation in high school enterprises this year, was a great success. It was held at 9 o'clock this morning In the auditorium and a number of the friends of the students were present to hear the program. There wasn't one of those present who was not thrilled by the sympathy of the exercises. The wholo school, including the eighth grade, joined In singing the opening song. The closses of 1909 and 1910 were represented by Edwin Fredericks, son of C. H. Fredericks, who gave a very impressive speech. He talked on the value of education and of the opportunities the students of this latter day have. Murray Speaks of Athletics. Floyd Murray In his specialty, the "Athletics of Seniors" said that each of the members of his class had their part in making the past year successful as It proved to be. Murray, who has been facetiously called Skidoo, made a big hit with the young people of the high school. John Rhind spoke on the inspiring subject, "Oratory," and told of the progress that has been made by the local students. He said a standard had been set for the succeeding classes to succeed, and his remarks were apropos. The school In its entirety then sang another song- and were followed by Miss Hazel LaRue, who rendered a selection, the subject of which was, "How We Shall Miss You." . The selection was very full of sympathy and feeling (Continued on

Bradley in Chicago News.

HS1GKUE . WINS -AT CLEVELAND "Demon of the West ! Makes Them Look Cheap at Ohio City. Hammond people who were on the lookout yesterday for the motor cyclists who were in. a two day race, perhaps saw a streak go through that looked to them like the "Demon of the West," and it was Charles W. Van Sickle, the Hammond motorcyclists, who with the other racers was on the last lap of the two day race. Van Sickle was no participant In the race yesterday, although he made the complete trip yesterday. He accom panied his friend, Tormey, who was in the race and also riding an Indiana. On Saturday, however, the local speed fiend made good when he raced in uieveiana, winning live mile and a ten mile handicap on the Glenvlew track and established a record for that circle track of 5 minutes 11 seconds for the first race and 10 minutes and 22 seconds for the long race. The Cleveland Press said in big type of Van Sickle: "Van Sickle' driving -warn wonderfnl, and his darlne In taking the curves Incited the crowds to frenzied upplanse He heat his nearest rival by nearly a mile." Van Sickle also finished first in the 10 mile race and John Sabo, a Cleveland man, who was second In the five mile race was also second in this race. It being a handicap race and Van Sickle ' being a scratchman gave the 660 yard an additional lead of a mile and then came in in grand shape. GUN PLAMCCIOEfiT Standard Man Fools With Gun and is Badly Hurt. The Standard Steel Car district was aroused last Saturday night by a mysterious . shooting - in which Joseph Thomas, a saloonkeeper on Morton avenue, was seriously injured. Nobody seems to know exactly how the supposed accident happened. Thomas only saying that he had gone to the woods to shoot off an old gun with the intention of cleaning it. The gun being o'd and rusty, instead of going off exploded with the results that flying pieces struck the saloonkeeper in the face. His hand was injured too. He suffered several painful gashes over the head and forehead and is confined to his bed today. Mrs. Thomas today scouted the idea that her husband wanted to commit suicide or that he had been hurt In a row. The accident occurred Saturday night between seven and eight o'clock. Dr. Weis was called to attend the patient and when questioned about the nature of the wound said he had been told that it was caused by a gun explosion. TRY OUR WAXT COLUMJT." ttHIXER EVERY TIME. IT'S A

COMPANY GETS PUBHC STREET

City Cler: Instructed to Advertise for Bids for Indiana Boulevard Improvement , The board of public works at Its regular meeting this morning passed a resolution vacating the eastern extension of Torrence avenue, making it a ptblic highway from Calumet avenue east. This Is a right of way owned by the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban railway company, the street having been offered to the city by the street car company and the city accepting It with the provision that the company pave it. w Secured Public Highway. The street car company securing a public highway over his right of way crosses the Pennsylvania' railroad and In this manner escapes building an interlocking tower, which Is provided for by the regulations of the Indiana railread commission In places where one road crosses another over private right of way. Towers at public right of way crossings, however, are -optional, and since the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend railway company is indesposed to Install an Interlocking system, has offered Its right of way to the city for a public highway. Board Took Advantage of Offer. The board of public works having an opportunity to add another street to Hammond without any cost to the city and wishing that the Interurban company lay its tracks as soon as possible was Induced to accept the proposition and aordered the Improvement In the shape of a resolution this morning. The city clerk was instructed to ad vertise for bids for the Indiana boulevard improvement, . the bids to be In the hands of the board on June 26. The Sohl street sidewalk .Improve ments were taken under advisement until June 10. The plans and specifications for the Cedar street, local sewer were accepted and the - improvement ordered. The primary" assessment roles for the Detroit street and Garfield avenue sewer were adopted. The board ordered the Improvement I Columbia avenue with a local sewer. LONG FIGHT IH PROSPECT Allies Will Not Give Up the Ship Until the Very Last Ditch. If the "allies" keep to their threat next week's republican national convention will be the longest drawn out happening of its kind ever known when the result was forecasted as thoroughly as this one is. It loks like a five days' gathering at the least. "The allies" gave out a formal statement yesterday that they did not intend to bolt the hearing which the national committee is now giving the many contests. In fact, they wanted to make their first fight there in order, to lay the foundations for a harder fight afterwards. Expecting to be beaten before the national committee they in tend to take their fight before the committee on credentials of the convention, and, if beaten there, to the floor of the convention itself. All of this takes time. The credentials committee cannot be formed until the convention is organized. The convention cannot do any real business until the committee reports. If it sends in a minority report it will have to be debated on the floor, and in a national convention there is always plenty of oratory on tap and no closure rules except the previous question. That Secretary of War Taft will be nominated for the presidency is not questioned seriously by anybody. The only question was how long it would be before the nominating roll is called. But in the mixup no attention seemed to .be paid to the candidate for vice preisdent. That Item seems to have been forgotten. WOODMEN MEMORIAL TAKES PLACE YESTERDAY. Marchers Suffer on Account of Great Hent on Way To Cemetery. Yesterday was memorial day for the Modern Woodmen of America and the deceased of the order who are buried In the cemeteries of Hammond were touchingly remembered by their surviving brethren. A line ef parade was formed at Huehn's hall by the members of Eureka camp and the lodge members from Whiting and Indiana Harbor. From the hall the parade marched down Hohman street to Oak Hill cemetery, where services were held and where the drill team executed a drill in honor of the deceased. The day was a warm one to march and many of the members who had intended to march along, foresaw defeat on account of the sultry heat The attendance, however, "was a good one and larger than some of those of previous year.

Picnicker Hurls Beer Bottle

From Monon Train and Fractures Skull of Leo Shull Near Monon Depot Platform in Hammond; LAD IS TAKEN -; TO HOSPITAL Western Electric Company Employes Come Out . to .Monon Park By . Thousands and Many Scenes of v Disorder Take Place on Trains as Return to Chicago. About as shameless and villainous a deed as was ever committed In Lake county took place last night near the Monon depot la Hammond, when Leo Shull, a 16 year old lad, received injuries that may. cause his death. His assailants succeeded In making their escape ' on' the ' second ' section of the Western Electric, company's plcata train. ..... How i Happened. - Young Shull was watching the train go north through Hammond last night, as did a hundred other- curiosity-seekers standing" on the depot platforra and . In the vicinity of the Hammond-Gary Realty, company's offtce3. ' " With .his boyish face turned upward to the windows of one of the coaChesT aghast at the deviltry going on inside. Young Shull had not time to dodge a beer bottle which came flying through the window Just after the train had started. . Spectators See Terrible Sight. The poor lad dropped to the walk; like a log. As a result of the dastardly force with which the bottle was hurled the heavy glass was broken by the impact. Glass stuck in the boy's face and he was a shocking sight when picked up. Blood streamed from his face and a hundred people rushed to his aid. Limp as a rag he was carried into a drug store and from thence taken In an ambulance to St. Margaret's hospital, where Dr. Graham gave his wounds an examination. He believes Shull's skull Is fractured and his face is cut up horribly. It doesn't need much Imagination to figure out the force of a throw which would break a coarso glass beer bottle on an immature boy's head. Annailant Makes Escape. The hurler of the bottle escaped. The train was under way at the time It was thrown and there were no police on the scene to stop the train. When Hammond people really knew what had happened the train t was across the state line into Illinois. . It all happened so quickly that It- was over before people who saw the missile fired through the day-coach window could understand it. It is de clared by witnesses that some men In the car were fighting and that the bottle was thrown at one of them and ho ducked, allowing it to go out of the window.Many Rowdies in Picnic. The picnic was a row'y, rough-houso affair. It was the occasion of the annual gs ihering of the Western Electric company's employes from Chicago. About five trains went through Hammond, some of them having as many as twelve crowded coaches. It Is estimated that no fewer than 5,000 people attended the Monon park affair from Chicago. A' good many fights took place on the train in transit and some of the scenes which. were enacted were a fright. Shull, the injured lad. Is from Beaver Falls, Pa., and his parents live there at present. They have been notified of his critical condition. It was only last week that fifteen fights took place at Monon park at Cedar Lake at one of the Chicago picnics brought out by the Monon. YOUNG MOTHER DIES AT LANSING TODAY. Seventeen-Yenr-Old Girl, Mother Two Children, Is Dead at Her Home. of Mrs. Ida Frances Latulipe, the girl wife of Peter Latulipe. of Lansing, and mother of a little boy two and one half years old and another son three months old, died this morning at her home a victim of tuberculosis. The young woman was 17 years old and leaves a host of friends who mourn -her untimely death. The funeral arrangements have not . yet been definitely arranged, but it is thought that the services will be held, at St. Joseph's church.