Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 1, Hammond, Lake County, 18 June 1908 — Page 1

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Taft Managers to Hurry Nomination and Convention Passes Crisis of Whirlwind Enthusiasm For President Roosevelt. TflFT BACKS DOWN on nmm fight Congressman Burton Is Told To Make His Nominating Speech Short and Balloting Will Ee Forced Today Even If Evening Session 13 Necessary. WHAT CONVENTION" DID TESTEHDAV. Cheered Roosevelt forty-eight minute and a half. Adopted report of committee on credentials, seating all Taft delegates. Rejected minority report on rules advocating cutting down representation from southern states by a vote of 500 to 471. Marching clubs among delegates. arouse enthusiasm Tlio Convention News TODAY'S SESSION opened at 10 a. m. with the report of the platform committee scheduled as the first important action, to.be' followed later by the nomination speeches. ANTI-INJUNCTION PLANK drafted under the direction of President Roose velt adopted by the subcommittee on resolutions and by them Incorporated In the platform to be submitted to the convention today after failure of the motion to strike out the clause relating to court procedure. utK PRESIDENCY The fight for second place has been extended by the withdrawal of Vice President Fair banks. There are now Ave in the field: George Knight, California; Seth Low, New lork; Senator Dolllver, Iowa; Gov ernor Cummins, Iowa. The last named ltas been summoned to Chicago.' NATIONAL. CHAIRMANSHIP It was officially announced by the Taft management today that the chairman of the national committee will not be chosen until after the nominations of president and vice president. Frank II. Hitchcock, however, is said to be practically sure of the job. Taft Racks Down on Platform. The platform was completed at 2:30 this morning. By a vote of 35 to 17 the resolutions committee approved the compromise draft of the injunction plank, which is a reafflmation of the present law. The wording of the resolution has been changed - from its original form bo that a "sop" thrown to the business interests and 'the judiciary, which are opposing It, is provided in a few words of mild praise for the courts. A minority report will probably be made on the floor of the convention today, which the allies declare will be their last stand to check the nomination of Taft, For hours yesterday the subcommittee members battled desperately in executive session as to whether the forces of the administration would succeed in their efforts to restrain the labor interests of the country. Nomination Will lie Made Today. Taft must be nominated. This was the edict of the Taft-Hitch-cock forces last night. Frightened by the demonstration for President Roose,ul jisiauay ana iearing tnat any additional delay means the gathering of strength by the "anies" or other complications that may prove disas trous to Taft, Mr. Hitchcock last night prepared to force Taft's nomination to day. -- ..vv.v.u,j niyui session win be neid. Nothing is to be allowed to delay this program. Despite the Roosevelt outburst yesterday, the Taft men feel that they have sufficient strength to pull, through on the first ballot if that ballot can be taken today. But they feel that with delay complications may arise to cause a hitch in the well 'laid plans. Lodge to Force Nomination. Senator -Lodge, permanent chairman of the convention, went into conference with Mr. Hitchcock yesterday, and the senator was intrusted with the carrying out of the plan for forcing the balloting and preventing the "allies" from gaining any ground by additional delays. - v Before the cheering for Roosevelt had died away, Mr. Hitchcock and the other Taft managers saw the danger of delay and. began to press matters. An attempt was made to have a night (Continued on Page 8.)

Convention Bulletins

, Coliseum Hall., June IS. The convention was called to order promptly at 10 o'clock, but it was fully fifteen minutes before the chairman could get the huge crowd to order. Promptly at 10:17 business was resumed. The early part of the morning was devoted to routine work, such as changing clauses in the platform, etc. When the call of states was begun and Illinois was reached. Representative Boutell gained the chairman's eye and presented the name of Speaker Cannon for the presidency. He emphasized the value of Cannon's long service in congress as a preparatory school for the presidency. He continued: "Unthinking critics lightly condemn him and his association in the nationallegislature for what he has not done. They do not stop to consider wiai wnne it is the privelege of all citizens to suggest what congress should do, It Is the stern duty of that body to appropriate according to the revenues and legislate according to the constitution. "During the last of the session of congress two measures were passed that have" received unstinted praise. One makes the United States liable for injuries sustained by laborers and" others, employes of government. The other provides for an emergency currencv tn move our great crops in the south and west. BULLETIN 1 125 P. M. Representative Burton of Ohio nomi nated William H. Taft for the presi dency. in nis speech after eulogizing the achievements of President Roosevelt, he asked: "Who is so fit to take up the taks which this wondrous genera A. I j -. . uemanas snouia be wisely and impartially performed as this great war secretary? No one has assumed the presidential chair who has received a more fitting preparation. As judge in state and gederal courts, as governor of the Philippines, as secretary of war, he has received his training and has always shown himself master of the situation. In whatever position he has neia ne has displayed the rare union of a judicial temperament with an un surpassed gift for administrative man ageraent" -At i.ov p, m. uovernor Hanly of Indiana rose to present Vice President Fairanks in nomination for the presi dency. Loud cheering was lead by the Indi ana delegation, Governor Hanly's nomination was seconded by Mayor liookwalter of Indianapolis. - At 2:20 p. m. General Stewart Wood ford of New York placed the name of Governor Hughes In nomination for the presidency. At 3 p. m. Representative McCoy of Ohio placed in nomination the name of Joseph B. Foraker, seconded by O. W. Emery. At 3:20 p. m. R. S. Murphy placed the name of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania in nomination. At 3:50 p. m. Cochems of Wisconsin nominated Senator La Follette. 4:10 p. m. As yet there has been no effort to begin balloting upon the various candidates. A large majority of the delegates are in favor of adjourning until later in the evening. HORSE THIEVES CAUGHT Captain Emil Bunde of the police station returned this noon from Chicago bringing with him two fellows who are believed to be horse thieves who stole a horse about a month ago belonging to George Berner, near Sharpshooters' park. The two fellows, brothers, Albert Laux and George Laux, aged 21 and 19 years respectively, were caught in Chi cago near their home, 6712 State street with the horse in their poccession. They made a strenuous effort to deny their guilt, saying that the horse had been stolen by their partner Fritz West ana tnat he left it in the Laux barn without explaining where it came from. W est ..d the Laux brothers camned near Sharpshooters' park for several weeks and with their departure Berg - ner s norse disappeared. 1 1, . i r t auu Lim iucai ponce suspicioning the trio immediately set out on their trail with the resulf that the capture was made yesterday. The brothers were ready to accom pany Captain Bunde with the requisition papers. They will have a hearing tomorrow morning in. Judge McMahon's court. JAIL WINDOWS ARE BEING BLOCKED UP. All of the windows in the local jail are being bricked up with the exception of a little transom at the top which will admit light and air. The purpose of this is to prevent curious people from looking in at the prisoners in jail, to prevent the prisoners from attracting the attention of passers-by', with their cries and to do away with the danger oj having outsiders hand the prisoners weapons. Hammond is unfortunate in not hav ing a city jail with a hospital ward but in view of" the fact that the depart ment is confined to the present quarters indefinltly it is thought best to make the most of things. , The windows have already been taken out- The sills have been prepared for the cement blocks which are to be put in and In a few days the jail will again be ready for its usual number of occupants.

FARMER DIES IN JHE HARNESS William Hilgendorf Drops Dead as He Gets Ready to Resume His Labors. WAS RICH MAN; LEAVES NOHEIRS c " ' ' fc - " - Sudden Death Is Due To Heart Failure Is the Verdict of the Doctors. Sudden death, due to heart failure, yesterday noon overtook William Hilgendorf of Hessville. Hilgendorf was 66 years old and a widower. Having never had any children of his own he was the foster father of Mrs. William Herkner of Hammond, living at the corner of Carroll street and Calumet avenue. Mrs. Herkner was immediate ly called to the Hilgendorf home yes shnrlrod V, t t . . 3 - i . . . ..v. li3 ouuueu ueatn. ins w terday afternoon and was greatly snocKea Dy ms sudden death. His wife. wno was ti years old, was buried only last November. Hilgendorf was a farmer, living two miles and a half east of Hessville. He and his wife practically spent thei entire lives on their farm, which they occupied for more than 35 years. The deceased was an Incessant worker and he died in the harness a rich man with no heirs excepting his adnntwi ,ioo-h ter, Mrs. Herkner. With him since his wife's death lived a hired man and an elderly woman who kept house for the three of them. Worked In the Mornliig. Incessant worker as he was, Hilgen dorf was out in the field yesterday forenoon and worked hard. He came home for his noonday lunch, and having enjoyed an hour's rest, prepared to go out into the field again. He had felt well in the morning and had enjoyed his noonday meal. Putting on his hat he stood in the doorway to give a few instructions when he fell forward through the screen door onto the porch; - The hired man and the housekeeper having Seen him fall rushed to his side and carried him Into the house. While the woman applied what remedies she knew to relieve his condition, the hired man hitched up. a horse and hurried to Hessville, there to summon Dr. Kelly 'of Hammond and Mr. Herkner, by telephone. Long before either of them arrived, the old farmer had pass- J ed away to his eternal rest. His death was shocking to his friends and neighbors, who rarely heard him complain, and knew him only to be a robust man, always ready to work. - The funeral will take place next Saturday afternoon. Services will be held at the home at 1 o'clock, 'after which interment will take place at Oak Hill cemetery. EOBERTSDALE MAN IS MISSING FROM HOME. Andrew Snanko Borrow Dnllniand Half and Then Disappears. Robertsdale, in the vicinity of 319 Harrison avenue, where the Spankos live, is in a ferment of excitement over the disappearance of Andrew Spanko, a young Polish man of 26 years. Spanko borrowed $1.50 from his brother last week and has not been seen since, though he was to have been home the evening of the day upon which he made the touch. The Hammond police have been asked to assist in the search.. . .

THE THIN RED

Copyright: 1908: by 10 HARE DURABILITY TEST OF WESTRUMITE Pavement Claimed to be Dustless, to Be Tried in Sibley Street. FROMHOHMAHTOMONONflY. Interest in Street Dressing Has Been Eevived By Junket to Minne- ' apolis Last Week. Westrumite, the new street pavement which is said to have found considerable favor In some of the cities of the northwest and In Indiana Harbor will receive a thorough tryout In Hammond unless the plans of Westrumite admirers go awry The administration is contemplating a plan for the paving of Sibley street from Hohman street to the Monon tracks, a distance of only half a block but on a street which gets some of the heavist traffic In the city. Westrumite, not counting its age has according to those who studied It, received a thorough tryout for light traffic in Indiana Harbor and Minneapolis. Providing Westrumite can stand the time test it will be tried out on the most important point, that of durability under heavy traffic. Anton Tapper Agrees. Anton Tapper, the only property owner on the north side of Sibley street, where the Westrumite is to be layed, has partially agreed to the test since half of the expense would fall on him. The other half of the expense - would have to be borne by the property own ers on the south side of the street. Hammond thus far has one Westrumite pavement, Bauer street. This street. however,; is in a district where Justice cannot bo done to the pavement and it is for. this reason that a centrally lo cated street has been picked out for the test. Count Von Westrum. the originator of Westrumite, claims for his pavement besides durability that it Is dustless and noiseless. The subject of Westrumite pavement In Hammond was revived by a Junket to Minneapolis last week by a number .of the city officials and property owners of Hammond, East Chicago Indiana Harbor and" Crown Point. What they saw about Westrumite on their junket was certainly sat isfactorily to them as far as dust and nose was concerned. But Hammond people, want to be convenced also about the durability under heavy traffic. The laying of Westrumite on Sibley street can be done without removing the present pavement. In fact the macadam on the street already furnishes a good underlying bed for the Westrumite. MOTORCYCLE THIEF SOUGHT IN HAMMOND. Have You Seen' a Red Torpedo Devil In Your Travel? Go. The South Chicago police report the theft of a Red Torpedo motorcycle from that city last night and the Hammond police were Informed last night that the thief rode the machine towards Roby and Hammond. A description of the motorcycle was sent In to the Hammond police station and the officers were requested to be on the look-out for It. THE OXLY OXE IX THE CALUMET ItEGIOX THAT TRIES TO GET ALL THE NEWS AND COMES PRETTY NEAR DOING IT IS THE TIMES.

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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 01ERS ARE PUZZLED South Hohman Street Residents Don't Know What City's Plans Are. WHAT Wil,L THE MAYOR DO? Citizens Want An Idea of What Municipal Authorities Intend to, ' Do With Street. The question of what Is going to be done with South Hohman street, is aa perplexing to the property owners as ever. They know that Mayor Lawrence Becker arbitrarily decided to widen the street, from Carroll street south, but mey are yet unable to discover-Just wnat are the plans of the city. The members of the board of public worKs say that the street, that la th -i j . . ... wiueueu ana straightened one, will have a width of fifty feet. This being irue, me owners of certain property are wondering what they will have to do regarding the moving of their walks For instance, on the porperty owned Dy ueorge Lawrence and Mrs. Law rence cox, on the east side of Hohman street, between Cayoll and Webb streets, tne cement walk is clear out in the street. These people do not know whether they are to be compelled to. move their ; walk and they do not know how the damages are to be as sessed. The same is true of hundreds of feet of property and people who have already been compelled to make sacrifices on account of the widening of the street are not going to Bee any favorites played. Troperty Owners Are Perplexed. It has been estimated that it will cost $2,500 just to move the walk which it now seems'must be moved on account of the widening .of ,the street ond as long as the improvement is going to cost such a large amount of money, no one will sit by and see a -patch af a job done. All of the. walks must be moved or none of them, is the opinion of most of the property owners on this street. The opinion seems to be general that the mayor made a great mistake when he decided to straighten South Hohman street. He - could have widened it and no one would have cared, but to lay the whole thoroughfare out along new lines after the residences had been built up along it, is considered by most of the property owners to be a piece of bungling. But if the mayor would, . in some manner, give the people an idea of what he intends to do with the walks and other details regarding the im provement of the street, the situation would not be so bad. As It is, the property owners feel that the attitude of the city officials is "It is none of your business what we are going to do with your street. .Wait and see what happens." v CHABXES 0GEAM AN UNLUCKY BICYCLE 0WNEB. Wheel Is Stolen Twice Within Two Months and Charley Is Disgusted. Charles Ogram, formerly a saloonkeeper, is much chagrined over the fact that his bicycle Is stolen again. He reported one theft of it to the police about a month ago. The police recovered it for him and he kept It in Mr. Newman's shed on Plummer avenue. Yesterday afternoon when he went after It, he found it gone.

PROPERTY

JUDGMENTS AGAINST CUT ARE WIPED OUT Hammond Once Debt Ridden Stands Today With Clean Slate. W.LI DECREASE THE TAXES Otis tanding Judgments in the Sum of $17,000, Bonus Warrants and Old Waterworks Bonds Taken Up. Hammond is without a cent of deht today. The last Judgment against the ose'tlme debt forlorn oitv wao 0wa few days ago by the city, controller, John D. Smalley, and turned over to the city treasurer, William Wolter, for payment. A Jubilee, with fire works and speeches, parades and brass bands is in order to celebrate the event, in estimation of the lovers of Hammond, out in tne city hall, the officials are

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warrants hnvi h t o,wm u rants having been taken up and paid tne old water works bonds to the extent of $13,000 have been taken up and me new water- worKs system Is selfpaying and' self-supporting. , On the - first of June the city controller had payed up $22,800 in bonus warrants and $17,868. 18 in outstanding judgments and had also taken up the old water works bonds. The result is that the city's credit is better than ever, although its bonds had been selling above par-for a .long time. Added to this will .be a decrease in taxes next year, the decrease amount ing to nearly seventy cents on the houldred dollars and possibly more. The taxes for the present vear wero $2.70 ,on . the hundred dollars. Bonds . Issued by the city of Ham mond are in demand in the market from Chicago to New York, which in itself is a credit to the city. The ' city's credit and standine Tins never been questioned in the commercial world but there were -times and long times when warrants issued by the city were discounted and bonds of fered by the .city sold below par. What is more, the city is in a posi tion today to cancel all outstanding bonds although this not, obliga tory on the city's part nor desirable on the part of the bond holder, since they consider their bonds too good an investment. - The city at this time is even finan cially prepared to take care of the $30,000 school bonds for the Riverside and Lafayette school when the expected legal .question arises about the bonds. These bonds were Issued during a previous administration and instead of having been issued by the school city of Hammond were Issued by the city, of Hammond, although the school city pays the interest on them. Morally they are a debt of the school city, but even if owing to a technicality, the city of Hammond must take up the bond, the city is prepared to do this. City Controller J. , D. Smalley was easily approached on. the subject this morning: Yes. the city is without a cent of debt and has been so since June 1st, Hammond today Is among , the best fin anced cities in the state, and'its credit is good the world over and its bond3 are selling above par and are in constant demand. "Our tax levy will not. be above $2 next year and possibly ' below this figure, at any rate it will not be above

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EAST CHICAGO IS SEO Father of Girl Wild Over Assault and Populace Is Aroused Over Attempt Made By Worthless Fellow In Woods On Monday Trial Is To Bej Held Today. (Special to Times.) ' M East Chicago, Ind June IS One of the moat daring and dastardly deeds ever committed In this locnlfty, was discovered by the police Tuesday night and vras brought into public notice last night by the arrest of Frank M. Cox, a young; married man of 20 years, w bo Is charged with mlstreatine Miss Use! Edar aged 15, while the girl was ; picking flowers with . other children near the canal and One Hundred and Forty-Frst street last Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock as the children were returning; home. . .. ; WHOLE CITY IS AROUSED. The arrest of Cox, who has the repu-' tatlon of being n worthless bum aad ne'er-do-well, was made yesterday a f--ternoou by Chief orpolfee John XIlga)n of the local police department. The. assault took. place on Monday afternoon. In company with Miss Edith Davis, daughter of J. J. Davis, 4220 Magoun . avenue, Miss Edgar, whose father, Charles Edsrnr. la hivin. . , wuu avenue, went pick. ,n wild flo,Ter nc' he canal. There were a number of other children small er than them In the party also. COX SXEAKS IPOS THE3I. In searching for the flowers, Miss Edgar wandered away a short distance irom her companions, when suddenly axiaoKett ner. He seised her by the throat and dragged her Into the bushes threw her to the ground. Freeing ms from her mouth as he was J misrreatln her, Miss Edgar set up a scream which was heard by Miss Davis. The latter hurried to the scene and tried to choke Cox. who. brmminp frightened at the noise of screams, ran away. The girls, frightened to death and weak from their struggles, hurried home and reported the attack to their parents. Cox. also returned to bis home where he has a wife in a delicate condition, and made no effort to escape. FATHER IS INFURIATED? J ' The case was reported to Chief IIlgglDs and from a description given him he surmised that Cox was the fellow wanted. When arrested by the chief, Cox confessed that he had attacked the girl, and was placed In Jail under strong guard. He is belns tried this afternoon before Judge w. A. Reiland and an effort was made by his lawyers to have the bond fixed at $300. So far they have been unsuccessful. and this will be a decrease of 70 cents on the hundred dollars. , - "How was .it done? , It was done by carrying out the policy of the present administration, by keeping the running expenses at a minimum and preventing any excessive increase in the bonded Indebtedness. ' . "The city is in a position now to undertake something worth while with out oversteDDiner the twr limit." . . UNION MEN IN CHICAGO FOB C0NFEBENCE TODAY. Question of Jurisdiction For All Calumet Region Cities Drought Up. Three of Hammond's representative, union labor men went to Chicago today, to confer with the central body there relative to the getting the cities of Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, Gary, and Indiana Harbor under one Jurisdiction. The personnel of the committee is as follows: D. E. Evans for 'the painters and Messrs. S. J. Cunningham and Henry Loveridge for the machinists.

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