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

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X THE TIMES. Holiday, June 8, 1908.

GARY SALODHMAH UP AGAHiST RAZOR Free-For-All Fight Takes Place in Gary and Many Are Hurt.

POLICE KEPT ON THE JUMP

Several Hold-Ups Are Reported and

Days Is Noted for Number of Criminal Events.

Latest Pkotograpk of trie Vife of Gkicagos Mayor.

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JOHNSON GAINING -

STRENGTH DAILY

Hip Lung, Chicago Chinaman Charged With Murder, and Son

Seventy-eight New York Delegates May Vote for , Minnesota Man.

SOUTH WANTS HIM N

It was a mighty hot day in Gary! The Sabbath there was character

ized by more fights and saloon brawls

than have occurred there in weeks before. The police were unable to account for the fact that everybody seemed to be in' a scrapping mood and they were Kept busy the entire day making arrests and settling minor "affairs of honor" of others. John Bennett, a prominent Gary republican and president of the saloonkeepers' association, was attacked in the rear of his place in the Schlitz building by Jack Belmont, and had it not been for a Quick move by which a razor was knocked out of Belmont's hands, the fight might have ended seriously. Fight Started by Argument. The fight started over an argument and Belmont started after Bennett with the razor. Bennett was too quick for him, however, and before Belmont could do any cutting the razor lay roken in several pieces on the floor. A. big fight between two negroes, one of whom was afterward identified as a negro they call "Hobo," occurred in view of nearly a thousand people at the all game. The fight was a fierce one and the two lacks were badly beaten up before the affair was finally stopped by the police. Another negro was involved in a Gary fight through no fault of his own. He was passing a crowd of picnickers in the vicinity of Eighteenth street when some of the men In the crowd started to jolly him. Hit Him With Beer Bottle. He resented what was said by a eharp remark and the whole crowd then pitched onto him and gave him a sound thrashing. They beat him over the head with a beer bottle and before they were through with him he was a candidate for the hospital. There was a free-for-all fight in the saloon run by John Bonic at the corner of Seventeenth street and Broadway. Three or four men were badly beaten and there were several others implicated. In addition to this there were several holdups reported. James Katski called at the police station and said that he had been held up at the corner of Massachusetts and Twelfth streets and lost a gold watch. Other minor losses were reported.

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Business Men In the East Eeported

To Be Opposed to William J. Bryan's Nomination.

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SATURDAYHALF HOLIDAY

Summer Months Brings Out

Shoppers in East Side Last Week.

Saturday was the beginning of the

half-holiday during the summer months for many employes in South Chicago and not for many weeks has the loop district been so thronged with Satur

day night shoppers. It was regular payday for a num

ber of concerns in the district and this, together with the propitious weather, was responsible for the increased ac

tivity in the shopping centers.

The most noticeable increase in the

Saturday trade was to be observed at the various fountains where the re

freshing liquid was served by an in

creased force of soda dispensers It was a typical summer night in June and

South Chicagoans took advantage of

"the weather man and stole a march. TVhite City had its quota of repre

sentatives from South Chicago, too, but they did not venture to visit the resort until after their shopping duties were

well in hand.

Considering the fact that it is a campaign year, the business men have no

jusly reasons for criticising the amount of business transacted Saturday and Saturday night and all of them almost to a unit declare that a noticeable increase in -the industrial conditions in the Calumet district will immediately

follow the national conventional which

will occur wek after next. In fact

some have intimated that on the out come of the convention rests a num

ber of important transactions which

directly and indirectly interests a great

following, both employer and employe.

This, of course, will be watched with

interest. Next Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday will be the regular paj days at the Illinois Steel plant Considerable more cash will be distributed this week among the employes than has been for many weeks past

MAKES IMPORTANT TRIP

Oscar Krinbill and W. F.

Bridge Have Knotty Problem.

DITCHES GAUSE TROUBLE

Board of Officials Meet on Saturday

at Lowell to Investigate Cedar Creek.

The county commissioners went to

Lowell Saturday for the purpose of in

vestigating the "cause of the frequent overflow of Cedar Crek and deciding on the best meand of renewing the

trouble.

Oscar Krinbill of Hammond and

County Engineer "W. F. Bridge also of

this city, were in the party and a thor

ough inspection of the creek was made,

It. was discovered that the great amount

of ditching that has ben done by the

farmers of late has resulted in a in

crease in the flow of water in the creek that is greater than its capacity.

During a recent freshet the abut

ments of the bridge, whicn runs

through the center of the city of Low

ell. were partly washed out and the

bridge is in bad condition.

Problem To Be Solved. The problem which the county com

missioners face is that of flr6t pro

viding for the increased flow of water

in the creek and then building the new

abutments of the bridge so that the

space between them will accommodate

all of the water that comes down

stream. $

The cause of the first washout at the bridge was an accumulation of driftwood under It. This was not cleaned out as should have been done

and the damage was the result. "W. F Bridge is now working out

plan not only to repair the daraagetut to provide against it in the future and

as soon as his plan 13 ready it will be recommended to the commissioners. The bridge over Cedar Crek at Lowell is very peculiar It runs across the

stream at an angle ana mere is a livery stable and several other buildings built right over the stream. When the fishing is good some of the boys actualy catch messes of croppies through a hole in the floor of the barn.

Lowell, Ind., June S. (Special) The

republicans of the three Creek townships are getting into the game early. On Saturday night a number of the

faithful from each township met in the Lowell opera house and perfected the

organization of a republican marching club.

Hon. S. C. Dwyer was elected com

mander of the clubs in the three townships, "William Grant was made captain of Cedar Creek, Charley Bailey of "West Creek and Starr Brownell of Eagle

Creek.

Each captain will call a meeting of

their respective townships in the near future to elect their lieutenants and before many moons it is expected that

things will be a humming in the republican . ranks in the south end.

START MARCHING CLUB

Creek Township Republi

cans Enjoy Rousing Meeing Saturday.

FALLS FROM WINDOW

Albert Rettig, Aged Six,

Drops From Second Story Window.

POOL ROOM RAIDED

f! SOUTH CHICAGO

Green Cloth Tables Must

Go Back to the Woodshed.

ROGERS GETS FIRST BLOW

Owner of Enterprise Pool Boom Is

Not Exempted ,Althought Later to Aid. Moynihan.

Slow But Honest. PfcKadsIphia continues to hold the

palm for sIoTTDess. kt the public library they a number of books which were tofefm out and held for ten, 15 or 20 years. On book was returned after being out rnore than a, century. They are Blow but honest Thalf Pity. Tiv? women always have ft word ot pity for tb old man whoa young wlfa ijkea to dance.

LIST OF LETTERS. The following letters remain uncalled for in the Hammond postoffice, week ending June 8, 1908: Peter Butler. B. Doyle, James Danlon, Miss Emma Friend, John Fries, John Grgwucz, Im G. Hanna, Fred Johnson, John E. Jones 2, Karl Magnusson, Stanistaw Mallina. Mrs. John Malloy, Ernie Rausch. Miss Ida Rockway, Mrs. Stetson. Albert Sykes, Edw. Smith, Edward Walker, Joseph Y. Williams, Oajka V. Wryovich, Jim Watson, Pen. Atty. WM. H. GOSTLIN,Postmaster. Tb longer yea advert! ie a good artlrle fa ttie TLmea, the eaaler lt,t to ell ft.

(Special to The Times.)

East Chicago, Ind., June 8. Albert

Rettig1, the six-year-old son of S. E,

Rettig of the livery firm of Lewis &

Rettig, fell from the second story window in his home yesterday afternoon and as a resule. is so sick today that he can't eat anything" excepting ice

cream. Dr. Schlicker, who is in at

tendance, is satisfied that no bones were broken in the fall, but must await

developments to learn whether the boy

Is internally injfflured. The lad was able to lay on the couch today, but his stomach will not hold any food only ice cream. His younger brother, who is four years old, seeing his brother eating the ice cream watches him with sympathetic eyes and asks himself Whether he ought to take the risk of a two story fall for the ice cream. The injured " boy yesterday lafternooh tried to raise the curtain and lost his balance. He fell against the

screen which gave way and both boy and screen fell to the brick pavement. The boy's fall was somewhat checked when he struck the electric light wires. The distance from the second story is about twenty feet and his escape from death is almost miraculous. S. E: Rettig lives on Olcott avenue above Max Nassau's jewelry store!

What many believe to be the death knell to gambling in South Chicago

came at 8:03 o'clock Saturday evening when the Enterprise pool and billiard parlor of George Rodgers, 9219 Commercial avenue, was raided by a squad

of police from the Fifteenth precinct

lead the raid.

The raid occurred at the time the

loop district was thronged with Sat urday night shoppers, all of whom, es

pecially women and children, who hap

pened to be in the immediate vicinity.

looked upon the haul with askance.

The Rogers pool and billiard parlor is known from a to z in the South Chi

cago district and the usual number of

sports had gathered together for their

Saturday evening's evening. While the rail came as a surpirse to the management, the "tip" had been given

earlier in the evening to anly a few and those who were in possession of the desired information barely had time

to let it be known.

In all there were seven, including Rogers himself, taken to the police

station, who later gave bonds to ap

pear before Judge Foster. Neil Lykke

of the well known real estate firm of

Lykke & Morrell, went on the bonds

of the entire number.

The bonds under the new municipal

court law is not less than $400 for

each person.

This is the first time in the history of the place that a successful raid has been made, and, coupled together with the standing of manager Rogers in

trie community, a great many seem

more than surprised. Rodgers is re lated to Alderman P. H. Moynihan o the eighth ward. Those who were booked are as fol lows: George Firth. Ray Cross. Frank Arena. Clarence J. Dean. Lawrence Cunan. George Rodgers.

Beware of Boring Listener. Keep an eye on the face of the person you are talking to; remember that to bore a mau is an unpardonable offense.John A. Howland.

Lake comity democrats are mucu in

terested In the latc-st news which has come to the Got. J. A. Johnson, presidential headquarters in the Grand Pa

cific hotel In Chicago, from New York and the southern states.

Calls Xcbraskan a Calamity. A letter received from George H.

Thatcher, delegate at large from Al

bany, N. Y., contained some references

to Mr. Bryan "as more of a calamity to the democratic party and so to his

country than patriotic leader of men," but the Johnson managers actuated by the spirit ; of .the golden rule, expurgated this section. The part of the

letter from Mr. Thatcher that they

were wiling should be published was as follows:

I am glad to note the activity of

your headquarters In the dissemination

ol literature illuminating the character !

and career of Gov. Johnson. Beyond question he is the man of the hour, and as the candidate of our party democracy may rationally cherish high hopes under his leadership for a successful issue from the coming campaign. "Our republic Is passing through a period as formative as in the first years of Its being. Much bad legislation has to be carefully revised and pruned, much to be built up to strengthen the system of government established by our forefathers. Words of Lincoln Quoted. "Lincoln said, 'it is may duty and my oath to maintain inviolate the right of the states to order and control under

the constitution their own affairs by their own judgment exclusively. Such

maintenance is essential for the pres

ervation of that balance of power on which our institutions rest. The public

uterances and acts of Gov. Johnson point tc him as one who will neither attempt usurpation of constitutional powers, nor permit the constitution to be made a 'blank paper by construction. "The New York delegation at Denver will undoubtedly cast Its vote as a unit for Gov. Johnson of Minnesota. If the south and far west can be properly and successfully reached we can nominate as our candidate a candidate who can

win."

W. B. Kirk of Syracuse, another New

ork delegate, sent this letter to head

quarters:

The New York news was to the effect

that the seventy-eight democratic dele

gate vote from that state certainly would not be for William Jennings Bryan and quite likely would be for ohnson, unless they go for George Grey.

Telegraphic advices and letters from

Louisiana North Carolina, and Vlrgi-

ia were to this effect, freely trans

lated by the young men in charge of

the headquarters.

"The defection from Bryan in Lou

s!ana, isortn uaronna, and Virginia is

so great that Johnson must be nom-

nated at all hazards. It looks as if

Taft will have those states unless John

son is nominated and the solid south

will be broken. Help!"

These communications had come in

during the last two days. Secretary Knappen said.

R E. Blandy, delegate from Washi

ngton county, N. Y., brought the news

from his state that Bryan wouldn't be the choice of the delegation, which is

uninstructed.

Dnslness 3Ien Oppose Brynn.

Mr. Blandy Is personally friendly to

Bryan and he didn't want his remarks

understood as being derogatory to that

candidate, but this was what he aid

"There is a big sentiment for John

son throughout the state and also considerable for Gary. I should say there

nn't much chance for Bryan with our

delegation.

"The politicians in New York take

the position that Bryan is a dead one

n'the first place that he has had two

chances and now he doesn t want to erlve ns a chance to win that he's

hogging the nomination or trying to,

'The business men are opposed to

Bryan on the ground that he's an ha

bitual agitator and will Interfere seriously with the prosperity of the coun

try. They argue that he's governed by

no fixed principles except he principles

of agitation and they don't fancy his

views on the government ownership of

railroads.

"The working people take much the

some view as the business class. They

don't want any interference with business. The east, I Imagine, is more conservative in this last respect than the

west."

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Market for Bengal Tobacco. Much of the tobacco grown. In eastern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta, whence It is shipped to Burma, where It is manufactured Into cheroota

After-Effects cf th Grip.

Dr. Cloaston of Edinburgh sa4d It seemed as, if no disease of whose effects there was any correct record had such far-reaching evil effects as this

one, and among its sequelae he enumerated a depressing influence on the

whole nervous energy, melancholia,

neurasthenic conditions, premature

senility, various form3 of paralysis-

neuralgic affections and a general in

capacity for work

BUMS GARY STREETS

fl NAKEDNESS

John Higerman Victim of

Moon's Rays and Surprises Modest Police.

THOUGHT GARY WAS EDEN

He Will Be Taken to Crown Point

for Indecent Exposure However.

SACRED HEART CHURCH ROBBED

Sacreligous Thieves Invade Holy Precincts at Whiting on Saturday.

PASTOR DISCOVERS THE LOSS

Silver Ostensorium Valued atHundred Dollars Is Stolen With Other Things.

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French Home Life." No home life in France! Why, it is

in that favored country that the family is the one compelling social fact. The love of parents for their children,

and of children for their parents, makes the everyday life of the foyer lovely with the sweet influences of the most tender and beautiful human relationships. Co-Operative News.

' Was John Higerman moonstruck?

Io the rays of the moon make a man

want to run. around like Adam did in

Eden some years n&of That's what the wild waves are say Intx at Gary these days.

The modest police traveling on the beat in the vicinity of Fifth avenue

and Broadway early Sunday morning j were shocked to see a man, almost nude, scurrying through the principal streets of the city. After discovering him at 3 o'clock in the morning the police Immediately scurried after him and ; ha was soon placed in one of Chief Martin's private dressing rooms, where he was provided with a sundry supply of wearing apparel. Didn't Know "Where He Lived. After the above articles had thawed out his thoroughly chilled body enough to respond to the inquiries of Desk Sergeant Dowling, he gave the name of John Ilizerman, stated that he was a laborer, and didn't know Just where he lived. The man is perfectly sane, and the fact that he had suddenly lost his address is given by him as the cause for his wandering about the' street unprotected from the rays of the moonlight. Cops Don't Believe It. , The story as related by Mr. Hlzerman Is not given any credence by the police. The man says that after step

ping outside or nis nouse, about 3 o'clock In the morning, that he got

lost in the dark and was unable to find

his way back. While wandering

around he happened to find the police

before he did the house, and the officers supplied him with temporary . shelter. While Hizerman remains at Martin's boarding house the officers will attempt to locate the man's clothes so that if it is necessary he can be taken to Crown Point to serve a term in the

county jail for indecent exposure.

. . (Special to The Times). Whiting, Ind., June 8. Sacrillgious robbers entered the Sacred Heart church here last Saturday night and robbed the altar of $150 worth of gold and silverware. They secured a silver

ostensorium valued at nearly $100, three fold patinas and a holy oil stick. In addition to this they ransacked all the drawers in the sacristy, leaving the place in a state of dire confusion. Entrance to the church was gained by one of the rear windows, the burg lars having carried an empty beer kegr to the window in order to reach It, Then using a railroad spike they pried, it open. Pastor Discovers Robbery. . The robbery was not discovered until yesterday morning when Father J. B. Berg, the pastor of the congregation, entered the church for his morning services. Seeing the havoc In the sacristy the priest immediately went to the tabernacle, where he knew he left a number of consecrated hosts in the ciborium. He found the receptacle intact. The identity of the burglars is unknown, and although the police have been working on the case they have ab

solutely no clew to the perpetrators. It looks much like the work of tramps and an effort to find the church robbers will in all probability be futile.

Conscience a Guide. Conscience is given to man for his own guidance in things moral and religious, and not as a measuring-stick by which he is to measure and pronounce judgment upon the moral, religious life of others. '

Both Biased. As a rule neither the people who think the worst of you nor the people who think the bast of you are absolutely correct.

LOWELL IN VICTIM OF UNPLEASANT ACCIDENT

Lowell, Ind., June 8. (Special.) While working on the lines for the Northwestern Telephone company last Saturday Melvin Moore had the misfortune to get his foot quite badly hurt. He was in the act of climbing the pole when he jabbed one of the climbers into the flesh, making an ugly and painful wound. He was brought to a physician's office and the wound was dressed. He is now able to be out but has to go around with a limp.

WILL RECEIVE BIDS

A meeting has been called for Wednesday evening for the committees interested in building the new $65,000 South Chicago hospital. Already the plans and specifications for the building are out and bids ara being advertised for. At Wednesday evening's meeting it is expected that all bids will be in and they will be opened at that time. The old structure is now located at 730 Nineyt-second place and the new building will be located on the property now covered by the hospital. At the meeting Wednesday night other matters will be discussed relative Ko South Chicago's new hospital and the final arrangements for the building will be made.