Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 13, Hammond, Lake County, 2 July 1908 — Page 1

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ftCCIDEITS LAST El Fourth of July Injuries in Calumet Region Broke all Previous Records; Parents Are Again Warned to Take Care of Children. EXPLOSIVES SOLD HI Cities and Towns In This Region Dread The Safe and Sane Fourth and Prepare as Usual For Large Number of Fires and Accidents On Glorious 1 Day. INJURED LAST YEAR. Ao. riace .Injured. Crown Point 3 Cedar Lake 3 Lake Station 1 Etmt Chicago 2 Toleston 2 Gary 3 Hammond 7 South Chicago ....10 Hobart 2 St. John 1 Indiana Harbor 2 Lowell 2 Griffith 1 Valparaiso 0 Went Hammond 2 Robertsdale 3 Wheeler 2 Whiting 2 TOTAL 54 HEED THESE. "Parents should hare a box or an old ehalr or an elevated board for the children to lay their fireworks on so they will not have to stoop and have their eyes over the fireworks to be shot off. "Do not hold any piece of fire works In the hands. There Is always a possible danger. Get an old pan and fill It with sand and stick all Roman candles and penny fireworks into the sand to prevent lipping over. "Instruct the children never to pick up a firecracker after once lighting. "Don't shoot fireworks known as serpents or chasers; they are dangerous; you don't know where they will go." Run over little Willie's toes an.t fingers carefully tonight for tomorrow you may only be able to toll 6 or T! Take a last warm slant in his two blue eyes, for tomorow only one of the peepers may greet you. The "glorious" slaughter day Is only a few hours away. In the average home tonight is father, who thinks he has done his complete duty by warning his hopeful; the mother is just as anxious and yet unable to. resist her 'sonny's" last plea to make just a little noise; while the youngster can barely bide the time until the dawn breaks when he can let go a year's pent-up enthusiasm. Boys Are Getting Ready. The safety of Willie tomorrow de pends entirely upon the watchfulness of father. Mother is unable to guard him, and whether he handles explo sives tomorrow or not, if he is per mitted to run around with boys who have the explosives, he is liable to come home with only one eye or Ills face powder marked for life, a prospective victim of tetanus. This is what a Times reporter saw today on South Hohman street, north of the railroad tracks: A group of small boys, the largest of whom was only 13 years old, was standing on the sidewalks. The largest boy had a gun for blank cartridges and also Art crackers. He was the only one in the crowd that had any noise about him and consequently he was an awful hero in the others' eyes. He loaded his gun and naturally the other youngsters crowded around him during that operation, and even if he would have had sense enough he was bound to hold the gun in some one's face while he was loading it. An ac cidental discharge would have taken me eye out oi tne most innocent youngster. Being rid of all his cart ridges he lighted a big cracker, hold lng it with its burning fuse In his hand. The fuse began to sputter, an.l the boy, becoming excited, threw it into the street in a hurry. He did not stop to look who was passing or whether all the boys around were out of harm's way. He simply threw it. It only depended on the make of the

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THEY WANT BRANCH CIRCUITJOORT HERE Judge V. S. Reiter Closes

Up Lake Superior Court's Busy Session Today. A NEW PLAN IS ADVOCATED Hammond Attorneys Believe That City Ought To Have Another Court. The present term of the Lake Superior court will close tomorrow. Judge Virgil S. Reiter is very pleased with the work that has been done this year and believes that both the coura and the attorneys merit a good long summer's rest. The crowded docket and the splendid facility with which Judge Reiter has disposed of the great grist of cases, jury, court nnd criminal, has made the present term one of the most no tabic in the history of the Superior Court. the lawyers have all lead such a strenuous existence and have had to work so hard to keep up with the pro cession that they are looking forward to a summer's rest with a great deal of pleasure. There has been considerable discussion among the lawyer.", in Hammond of The Times ' recent story regarding the necessity for the enlargement of the capacity of the Lake Superior Court and the Lake and Porter C'ir cult CJourt to handle the enormous amount of business which has been forced upon them. Want Itrnnch Here. Several Hammond lawyers have suggested that instead of making a separate continuous court at Crown Point it would be a great deal better to havo a branch, of the continuous court at Hammond. The arguments advanced for this plan are that the bulk of the legal business in the region originates In Hammond, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Gary and that It would be a great deal more convenient fo rthe lawyers and their witnesses In Lake county to come to Hammond where there are splendid transportation facilities, than to go to Crown Point where there is but one railroad connecting with, the other cities of. tne region. " ' .-..-- It is expected that before another session of the legislature, the lawyers of the countj- will get together and decide on a solution of the problem which will be acceptable to all sections of the county and then they will work for it. fuse for it to burn twice as fast as it did and it would have exploded in his hand, or in the face of some one around him. The police would have naturally received the blame for allowing any shooting before the Fourth. But the same thing is going to happen thou sands of times tomorrow, and Willie is going to be there to see the fun, even if papa forbids him to make any noise. Harmless f) Explosive Advert Inert. Knallfix, an explosive making a loud report, is much advertised in Hammond this year. It is advertised as the only harmless explosive on the market. The fact is that knallfix alone killed five people in Chicago last year and that its sale there is barred. Nevertheless, the indications are that it will be used in Chicago and that it will be used in Hammond. The figures at the top of the column show the toll that patriotism has collected In this region and they are awful, when it is taken into consideration ihat none of these fifty-four people needed t have been injured. This does not include the property loss caused by fires, and runaway horses, and doctor bills and the anxiety that held sway in thousands of homes all day. The doctors have laid in an extra supply of bandages, the undertakers have put additional axle grease into their ambulances, and Willie has laid in a store of noise. One drug store in Hammond shows a window that is unique and which was meant to be attractive. In reality it tells a story which is very impressive. The possibilities are that the window trimmer did not have the story in mind when 1 e trimmed it, for ft would not draw trade, but the fact is that he shows skyrockets and other fireworks and crutches all in one window. That it was the right combination will have been proven by the fifth of July. OPEN UP NEW THEATER Hammond Men Blossom Out as Theatrical Managers in Peru. Two enterprising Hammond young men will invade the theatrical field and become miniature Frohmans. Harry Portz and Clias. Baker left last night for Peru. Ind., where they today started up a ten cent theater in the business district of that city. They believe the ground, is promising for big business and their friends believe that they can make good down there. Mr. Portz 1s furnishing the capital for the venture and Mr. Baker the experience.

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FDli a . F THE JMoW JULY FlRtiT MAY FILEJNEW SUITS Property Owners in Gary May File Forty-five Cases This Afternoon. It was reported this afternoon that Morris Castleman, acting for a large number of property owners on Washington street, would file forty-five cases in the Lake superior court in which damages would be asked from the Gary & Western, the Michigan Central and the Pennsylvania railroads for closing up Washington streets. The suits which are to be brought arose out of the effort of the property owners on this thoroughfare to open the street through to the southern limits of the city. The town board of Gary -acated the street some time ago but the property owners are contesting its right to do so, and are now proceeding against .he city and the railroad in . mandamus proceedings to compel the opening of the street. It is not known why a test case is not made instead of filing forty-five suits, but Castleman says the whole forty-five suits are to be filed at once. REMAINS ARE BROUGHT TO HAMMOND TOR BURIAL. Funeral AVI11 Take PInee From St. Paul's I.uthernn Church Tomorrow. The remains of William Klebs were brought to Hammond from Logansport tills morning where lie died last Tuesday evening. The deceased was a resident of Hammond, having lived with his family at 36." Beal avenue. He leaves a wife, two children and four stepchildren which were his wife's first children. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 from the house. At two o'clock funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran church by the Rev. Theodore Claus. The services in the church will be both English and German. DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING. Good Attendanee Is Desired at Meeting of Hammond Demoernts. The Hammond Democratic club holds its regular meeting in its club rooms in the Huehn block this evening. Since the last regular meeting several matters pertaining to the present campaign have come up, and they will come up again this evening. Since there is only a limited number of meetings until the election next fall the officials of the club desire a good attendance this evening. WILL WORK IN CROWN POINT. Theodore Sheerer, who has been em - ployed as chauffeur by Lawrence Cox of the Hegewlsch bank, has arranged to go to Crown Point, where he will be employed in the Baker garage.

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NEW A A S LARGER EVER County Superintendent of Schools F. F. Heighway is Pleased With Splendid Showing Made by Lake Co. Population Increase. The remarkable Increase In the population of Lake county Is Illustrated In no more remarkable manner by the large amount of money which the schools of the county will reeelve this year as their portion of the state school funds. Lake county will reeelve 93S.070.04 this year and this amount Is larger tlinn ever before. The nllotment Is mide per enplta after the school eensus is taken and while the per eapltn allotment was 91.72 last year it Is 92.12 this year. County Superintendent Is Pleased. County Superintendent Frank F. Heighway is very pleased with the snowing the county has made this year and stated to a Times reporter that while Lake county stood fiftieth in the list of counties, a few years ago, in the amount of school funds which were alloted now stands sixth and the only counties which have been alloted a greater amount are Allen, Madison, Marion, Vamlerburg and Vigo. Hammond had the advanage of having the school census taken while the factories were still In full operation and floating population was still in the community. The population in Gary was, of course, the greatest factor in bringing a large increase and then the Increase in Indiana Harbor was remarkable. The money which has Just been distributed among the schools of the state is derived principally from the state license on saloons and the fines and fees which are collected in the justice and city courts. Revenue la Increased It is a peculiar thing that in spite of the fact that hundreds of saloons have ben put out of the business in the state the allotment Instead or decreasing with the cutting off of this principal source of revenue has actually been increased from $1.72 to $2.12 per capita. Superintendent Highway says that the applicans for teacher's licenses are more numerous than ever. There were , 86 teachers who presented themselves i for certification and this is by far the largest number for any June examination in the history of the schools of the county.

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WON'T BE REPRESENTED Hobart is So Busy With Re publican Primaries It Cuts Out Tournament. Hobart is steeped in politics. It is saturated with politics. It is parboiled In politics. It will be remembered that at East Chicago a couple of years ago the Hobart volunteer lire depart ment entered in the annual tourna ment and won the contest. This year the tournament is to be held in Crown Point and as usual Ho bart has been invited to participate Will they do it? Never! The Hobart firemen would have it known that on the date of the firemen's tourna ment at Crown Point, ie., August 1, the republicans of Hobart will hold their township primary election. A. J. Swanson, the committeeman from that section and a member of the republican executive committee has decreed that it would be unwise for the Hobart people to neglect a primary election and so the Hobart boys will not be represented. ' MRS. OSCAR WRIGHT IS BURIED TODAY. Rev. Harrison Conducts Services at Indiana Harbor Mission. Mrs. Oscar Wright, who died last Tuesday, was buried this afternoon from her home, 525 Michigan avenue. Short services were first held at the house after which the remains were taken to the Indiana Avenue Mission, where the services were held by the Rev. Harris of the mission. Interment took place in Oak Hill cemetery. The deceased was 32 years old and leaves a husband and one son, her aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Thompson, five sisters and one brother. DRUNKS ARE ARRESTED. Fred Morgan was arrested last night by Officer Schaadt at the Nickel Plate depot and charged with drunkenness at the Hammond police station this morning. He is 2S years of age and will have a hearing in Judge MoMahan's city court. Martin Johnson was also arrested last night for drunkenness at the corner of State and Hohman streets. PLATE GLASS WINDOW BROKEN. The window in Jerry Rrennan's tea and coffee store was broken this morning when the driver of a Cudahy meat wagon was unabl to control his horses and they fell. The pole of the wagon struck the sill of the window and cracked a piece out of the bottom of it. The crack was only a small one but the large plate glass will eventually have to be repaced and the damage was considerable. The driver of the meat wagon was a boy and his name is unknown. YOIT WOXT MISS IT IF YOU JOIX THE TIMES' GREAT ARMY OF READERS.

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DENVER HARMONY

Declaration Concerning Injunctions Cause for Strife By Delegates. . BRYAN REMAINS SILENT Multitude of Suggestions Are Expected, Including Modification of Nebraska Idea. Denver, Colo., July 2. With the vice presidency an open contest to date, conservative leaders of the democratic party are now united in declar ing that the only fight in sight before the Denver convention will be over the anti-injunction plank to be incorpor ated in the democratic platform. They are now at work seeking a means of harmonizing the Bryan element with their own on this proposition. The result will be the suggestion of a large number of tentative planks. It will be remembered that more than thirty such planks were suggested to the re publican convention at Chicago before one that suited the committee on reso lutions was offered. One of these tentative planks was brought forward today by a western democrat who will probably serve on the resolutions committee. Nebraska Planks Modified. It is the Nebraska plank with a limitation and reads as follows, the new limitation being inserted in parenthesis: "We favor such modifi cation of the law relating to injunc tions as will, first, prevent the issuing of the writ in industrial disputes ex cent after due notice to defendants and full hearings, (unless life of prop ertv shall be endangered by a failure to issue sucli writ immediately, in which case due notice shall be given the defendants and a full hearing had within five days before such writ shall become permanent); second, permit trial before a judge other than the one who issued the writ, and, third, allow a jury to be summoned in all cases where the alleged contempt is committed outside the presence of the court." Another suggestion of a compromise is based on the present Colorado law and, incidentally, the experience of the ttate of Colorado in the injunction line growing out of the troubles of the Western Federation of Miners Is likely to have some effect upon the convention. The present law of the state provides that no injunction shall be issued unless accompanied by an affidavit showing the immediate presence of danger to life or property and this affidavit shall be accompanied by the applicant to guarantee against loss or damage growing out of the issuance of the writ. If, upon hearing, the temporary injunction is dissolved and a permanent injunction refused, th? bond is held in escrow pending a settlement of damages, if any can be proved. M U R AT SHRINE OUTING None of Hammond Shriners May Take Trip Except "Minnie." It is doubtful if any of the Hammond Shriners will take the trip which is being arranged by the mem bers of Murat Temple at Indianapolis to St. Paul, Minn., unless it be "Mill nie." The trip is to be one of the finest that have ever been taken by the mem bers of Murat Temple since they came to Hammond. There will be a special train over the Eig Four route which will pick up Shriners at Lafayette and other towns along the route, and should there be any of the Hammond members who decide to go with the party they will join it at Chicago. The special will leave Indianapolis at 6:15 p. m. on July 11 and will arrive at St. Paul the next day. The occasion will be the thirty-fourth annual session of the Imperial Council, A. A. O. N. M. S. Several Hammond Shriners have been talking of taking the trip but as yet they have not definitely decided. The following is the Itinerary: Leaving Indianapolis at the hour indicated will afford opportunity for an enjoyable social even en route to Chicago, and tho time of arrival in Chicago will make It convenient for many members to Join the party in that city. Investigation demonstrates that there is no better scenery in the state of Wisconsin that the famous Dells of the Wisconsin river. The special will arrive at Kilbourn, which is the. station for the Dells, and be taken by boat to the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast the party will be taken by a special boat on a trip of about three hours, returning to the hotel in ample time for luncheon before departing. Leaving the Dells at 1 p. m.. the special will pass through some of the most fertile portions of the state, as well as some of the wildest and most interesting in point of natural scenery. The trip will include 127 miles along the west bank of the great Mississippi river, wit ha stop at Red Wing for supper and arriving at St. Paul at 8 o'clock. This will afford a daylight trip from Kilbourn to St. Paul with abundant time for meals and sightseeing.

LEADERS

FLOCK TO Taft and Sherman Are Formally Endorsed at Indianapolis Today by the Party Managers Gathered for Pre-Campaign. GALL STATE TICKETB00D ONE Indiana Democrats Will Go To Denver With Special Train and Brass Band and Whoop It Up Tor John W. Kern For Vice President. Special to The Times Indianapolis, July 2. The big republican meeting today of party manager developed Into a ratification for Taft and Sherman. Leaders coming In from all parts of the state made it clear thua, the ticket is all right. All joined in asserting that their party will hold the state by u large majority. None wan down-hearted. The meeting was Important because of the number of prominent members of the party attracted by him. Senator Beverldge came home from Massachusettea. Senator llemenway joined him here. State Chairman Goodrich foricot his railroad up In Chicago and met with, the "boys." Candidates on the state ticket from every oflice from reporter of the Supreme court to governor came In. District and county chairmen, offi cers of clubs, editors, office holders, workers In the party trenches all joined In one glorious love feast. The Taft and Sherman .-i.iJq.r-wrflw.V came early in the' day in the distribution of the pamphlets that Carl W. Riddick, secretary of the state committee, got up. These were attractive and handsome. Likenesses of the nominees on the cover were set forth by the inscription: "A Good Ticket in Indiana." Inside were comments on the ticket by a score or more of prominent republicans together with the half-tones of the commentors. The state committee met at 11 in ths morning and disposed of much routinn business which had been piled up. A formal indorsement of the national ticket was expected. Another meeting was held in the afternoon and to this Candidates for state and congressional offices, editors, club officers and others were invited. General plans for tho campaign were discussed. Lincoln League Gets Busy. Incidental to the big meeting, there was a short session of the executive, committee of the Lincoln league. Tho officers indorsed William L. Taylor, of this city, for the presidency of the National Association of Republican Clubs, which will meet in Cincinnati next SepSeptember. E. E. Neal, president of the league, insisted that Indiana must go to the convention, not only with a candidate but with the largest elegation to boost him ever sent to a national convention of the association. Ho pointed out that the proximity of Cincinnati made a big attendance from this state practicable and he expressed tho hope that a large percentage of tho 0.000 members of republican clubs in i Indiana will arrange to anticipate. Mr. Taylor is a former attorney general. He twice made losing races for the gubernatorial nomination. He is a splendid speaker and a "good fellow." Big Crowd In Good Humor. The big crowd at the Claypool was in the kind of good humor that create confidence. Early arivals last night brought in reports that the party is in good shape throughout the state. These reports were reinforced today. It was stated by the officers of tho committee that the six months poll, n';V completed, shows the state safely reptihlb an and that all that will be needed to elect the entire state ticket wi';l be to get the vote. The leaders denied that disaffection exists among unionists and negroes. Such talk, they asserted, had been spread by democrats with whom the wish is father of the thought. James E. Watson, candidate for governor, has not been making many speeches but be has been in many counties conferring with leaders and getting a direct line on the situation. Ha insists that everything is all right. Watson will open the speaking campaign about Sept. 1. He will then burn things up, traveling up and down and across the state, visiting every county and speaking as many time a day as engagements are made for him. His endurance as a campaigner is remarkable. He never tires and never ceases to enjoy the excitement. Marshal Eipected Tomorrow. Thomas R. Marshal, democratic candidate for governor, is exrpected here tomorrow. . He will leave Saturday with the members of the Indiana Democratic (Continued on page 5.)