Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 68, Hammond, Lake County, 5 September 1908 — Page 1

EVEMING EDITION Generally fair tonight and Sunday continued warm, followed by lower temperature Sunday. VOL. ni. NO. 68. HAMMOND. INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1908. DNE CENT PER COPY.

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Politicians Are Unable to Understand New. Angle Brought Out by Determin ation of Governor to Show His Autocratic Hand. TEMPERANCE EXPECTED TO -CAUSE TROUBLE Brewers and Liquor Dealers Are Expected to Join in the Fight Which Will Be Precipitated When the Legislature Meets the 18th of This Month. The biggest sensation that politician In Hammond have ever received came to them last night when The Timea appeared on the street with the (startling newa that Governor J. Fank Hanly had called a special session of the legislature for Sept. 8. It was the most important beat ever pulled off by any Hammond newspaper and an extra edition was run off to supply the street sales. (Special to The Times). Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 5. The call for the special elections was Issued last evening by Governor Hanly with in a few hours of the call for the spe cial session of the general assembly. Politicians , are now wondering whether a big fight will develop over the county local option measure, which the governor insists upon forcing into consideration at the special session The republicans will make it a party measure and seek to whip into line enough votes to make it a law but doubt exists as to the ability of the party leaders to control the assembly The house, of course, will be the scene of the struggle if there is one. The republicans have 53 members to 47 democrats. This is a safe margin if caucus action can be taken. But it is recalled that some five or six republi cans refused at the regular session to go into any temperance caucus and It is feared that these may cause trouble, May Refuse to Support It. It is feared that the same repub licans who refused two years ago to vote for high license will this year refuse to support local option. These Include Colonel C. C. Schreeder and Otto G. Geiss of Evansville; Schuyler C. Dwyer of Lake and Newton counties; James M. Fitch of Muncle; Gus Greiger of Laporte and Porter counties; James Billingsley of Indianapolis; John D. Volz of Indianapolis; Walter Batliff of Richmond, and perhaps oth ers. beveral of these explained that they had promised they would not vote for any pronounced temperance legis lation. If these promises still hold good, they probably will refuse to support local option. The Only Thing to Annoy. Temperance will be the only part of the governor's legislative program that will cause trouble. The repeal of the Vincennes university claim law will probably go through with a rush. The amendment of the appropriation act to prevent unexpended balance of specific appropriations from reverting to the general fund will also be easy. It is expected- that the democrats will seek again' to repeal the metropolitan police law. If they do, the republicans will acquiece but will insist on a law In substitution whereby the governor may appoint special judges and special prosecuting attorneys in case the regularly elected officials fail or refuse what he regards to be their duty. - If the brewers and liquor dealers lead their forces to the legislative lobbies, and fight the proposed legislation as they always fight laws not to their interest, there will be the liveliest kind of a fight. The brewers are expected to do this. County local option to them is much the same as cold water to the ruler of the subterranean regions, and it Is unbelievable that they willallow the legislature, which was prevented from enacting a high license law, to enact a law much more ininimicable to -their interests. Just now the governor is in the saddle. His enemies are dumbfounded. Many of the party leaders are springing, into place beside him. Others are holding back. Everybody is skeptical. None is satisfied. If harmony developes, the special session will probably aid the republicans in carrying the election. If division results and a big fight develops but speculation Is invidious. The democrats are waiting. They don't know what to do. It will be . several days before the tangle in both parties is straightened out.

OF STABLES Roby Was the Scene of a Big Conflagration Last Night When Barns Are Destroyed in a Mysterious. Blaze. 110 HELP COULO ARRIVE IH TIME South Chicago and Hammond Fire Department Go to the Scene, But Are Unable to Save the Doomed Buildings Which Burned Like Tinder. One half mile of frame barns on the old Roby race track, south of the street car tracks, were burned last night by a fire, the origin of which is unknown. The lire had a good start before any of the departments from either Ham mond or South Chicago could get there. The wood In the building was old and seasoned and burned like tinder and powder. Grand Stand Escaped. The grand stand escaped, since the fire broke out in the extreme south end of the track. . It ats its way to both sides, but as soon as the departments arrived they poured water on from the east and the west. The engine of the Central fire station and the hose wagon from Robertsdale went to the fire, the Central engine pumping water through ..the Robertsdale hose. "While these two departments were working on the east side the coal hour department was working from the west. At one time it was found necessary to connect the leads from both departments and use only one engine to get to the fife. The firemen all worked hard fox two hours. the Hammond departments doing most of the work. They were on the scene before the South Chicago department arrived. Xlght Watchman on Duty. Some time ago the Western Lumber company took the contract of tearing down all buildings on the track. A gang of men had been working there for some time and a night watchman .a Anaerson, was put to work to guard the lumber. Last night about 11 o'clock he noticed a fire in the south end sheds which soon gained big headway. See ing that he alone could not fight the fire, he ran to Brennan's saloon in Roby and from there telephoned to the Ham mond and South Chicago fire depart ments. CONVICTS AREPENNED IN South Chicago Posse Closes in on Desperate Men This Morning. Twenty-five policemen, armed with rifles, are surrounding the swamps be tween Hegewisch and Irondale this morning in an eftort to capture James Keiser and Clarence White, the two convicts who escaped from the Joliot penitentiary yesterday. The tip came to the police from Andrew Schwenck, 9328 Paxton avenue, who saw 'two strangers come in his yard last night. He armed himself with a shotgun and went after the fellows, but when they saw him coming they made a quick departure. Mr. Schwenck notified the Grand Crossing police and they started in pursuit of the men. The hunt was taken' up again this morning and the police, ten from the South Chicago station and fifteen from the East Side, nave tne swamp surrounded and it is believed that the capturae of the men is imminent. The posse has been heavily armed and has orders to take no chances, but to shoot to kill. WILL HASTINGS LEAVES FOR, CINCINNATI. Will Hastings will leave todav for Cincinnati, where he will investigate an offer which he has had to become the manager of an eleetrotyping concern in that city. The position is with a small concern but Mr. Hastings thinks the company will have a bright future and it is possible he may accept the position. If he does It will necessitate his leaving Hammond for good and that is one feature which does ' not ' appeal to the Hammond man. . Mr. Hastings will be gone for about a week or ten days.

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NATIOAL WILLIAM TEH1S GOMES TO GRIEF Pulls Off a Few Check-Cashing Stunts That Land Him in Jail. VISITS DENTISTS , MLS THEM Captain Austgen Causes Pelloy's Ar rest After Sleuth Work by ; Dr. W. D. Weis. Will In.. TP-- n . ., wno wears an artificial limb, came to Hammond day before yesterday for the purpose of pulling off a couple of check stunts which he hoped would net him enough id line mm to the next place, but he happened to cross the path of oue Dr. William Weis, and as a result he is languishing in the city bastll.e. Day before yesterday a man anearert at the Hotel" Carleton and asked for a room. He stayed and paid his bill and tne clerk at the hotel saw nothine- mnrp of him. Goes to Ir. Davis Office. That day he went to the office of rr Davis in the Hohman block and after stating that he had been a dentist for a number of years, and now operated a three chair office In Cincinnati, O., he asked Mr. Davis to endorse a check for $5 so that he could get the money. He said that he was a stranger in town and did not have anybody to identify nim. The fellow seemed to be all right and so Mr. Davis endorsed the check on the representation the fellow made that he had money in the hank hnr-u , Yesterday Mr. Teris decided that the first five was easy money and he de cided to work the game on Dr. W. H. Davis, a dentist, in 145 South Hohman street. Doctor's Eagle Eye Saves Him. William Teris went over to the Citi zen's German National Bank to get some more checks and as he went in he was noticed by Dr. William D. Weis who saw that the man was a straneer and that he acted peculiarly. Dr. Weis notified the police and Captain Austgen was detailed to watch the case. He saw the man go up into Dr. Davis's office over Ruff's drug store, and later on he noticed the doctor was coming down the street. ' Captain Austgen intercepted Dr. Daviss as he was going up into the office and told him that he suspected the man wha was waiting for him to be a forger. Dr. Davis was told to listen to the man's story and if he was asked to cash the check to tell the fellow to get out of the office. Arrested by Austgen. j It was not long before William Teris ! came out of Dr. Davis's office in a hur- I i j, ana ne was at once arrested by Captain Austgen. He is held In the jail charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and it is said there is enaugh evidence to convict him. r It developed that Teris had attempted to persuade Dr. Davis to endorse his check of $15. William Teris practically admits his guilt. He says that he has no money in the bank anywhere la the

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GRANT Fl GENT. RATE JOJ fllli C. L. S. & S. B. Ry. Decides on 5-cent Fare Between Hammond and Harbor. UKASE ISSUED YESTERDAY Reduction Meets With Popular Favor and Company Will ' ' Get Concession. "T r (Special to. The Times.) .East Chicago, Ind., Sept. 5. The C, L. S. & S.-B. railway has decided to live up to the rules of their franchise, and, in their efforts to secure concessions from the city, have granted the five-cent rate from Indiana Harbor to Hammond. The official ukase was issued last night by the train dispatcher, William Kellogg. Kor several weeks the company has been charging a ' ten-cent fare between the two cities, with Forsyth avenue. In Eain Chicago, the transferring point. The franchise of the company provides for the five-cent fare anywhere within North township. In spite of this, the company refused to lower the rate. AVanted to I My Switch. Last week, however, they requested permission to lay a double track and switch on Chicago avenue. Members of the council, remembering the illegal fare, refusedthe permit. The railway company was literally against a brick wall and in their endeavors to secure the switch, decided to maintain the lower fare. Transfers will be Issued at East Chicago crossing for the, main line cars running into Hammond. The reduction meets with popular favor on this end of the line, and citi zens declare that the council should maintain the same tactics with ref erence to other concessions. The road is still badly in need of proper headlights and it is likely that the aldermanic body will take action concerning this feature at their next regular meeting. country and that he deliberately tried to beat the Hammond men out of their money. William Teris says that he has a wife and a three-months-old child in Chicago and says that he came to Hammond to get a position in the Conkey plant in this city. He claimed to have graduated from a dental college in 1890. NOTICE TO READERS. THE TIMES wtll celebrate Monday, l,bor Day, as a holiday as follows its custom. There will be no issue of the paper on Labor Day in order to give the paper's employes the day of rest as organised labor intends.

Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York will be the principal speaker at

the opening of the republican, national campaign in Toungstown, O., today. , Governor Andrew L. Harris of Ohio and Senator Albert J. Beverldge of Indiana will also speak. MOTHER IS GRATEFUL TO OFFICER TRINEFi Hammond Policeman Saves Boy's Life at Hazard of His Own. POLISH BOY WAS IN PERIL Officer Flags Wabash Train In Time to Jerk Lad Out of Death's Jaws. Officer Trlnen is a candidate for a Carnegie hero medal and If the philanthropic Scotchman knew of his act It Is possible that he would reward him for his service to humanity. Yesterday while Trlnen was in the vicinity of Hohman street and the Wabash tracks an east bound freight was passing at a rapid rate of speed. A little Polish boy stood near the train and let the cars touch the tip of his fingers as it passed by. The noise of the passing train was so great , that he did not see another f i eight which was bearing down upon him from the other direction. The boy was standing on the crossing at Towle street, a little over a block away and Officer Trinen saw that the boy was in danger of losing his life. The freight train which was bearing down upon him was going too fast for the officer to hope to run to where the boy was standing and snatch him from its path before the train should strike him. Flags Train and Stops It. With considerable presence of mind the officer stood in the middle of the track facing the approaching train and flagged it. When he attracted the en gineer's attention he pointed to the lit tie boy who was still standing along side of the passing train oblivious to the danger which threatened him. The engineer threw on the emergency brakes and the momentum of the rapidly moving train was overcome as quickly as possible. It came to a stop within one foot of the boy and the little fellow was quickly pulled from his place of danger. The engineer said that it was one of the narrowest escapes he had ever seen and he gave Trlnen the credit for saving the boy's life. When the officer took the little fellow home, his mother was unable to thank the officer as she could not speak English but she got down on her knees and kissed his hand and Trinen thinks that show of Carnegie medal any day. STRUCK.. THE RIGHT SIDE. Hammond can now boast of a Republican paper. THE TIMES has recently jumped and struck on the right side of the fence, will no doubt be a booster for the I.ake county Republicans during the present campaign. Lake County Star.

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Family Of Hammond Architect Have A Miraculous Escape From Death South Of Plymouth

ARCHITECT SUFFERS SEVERE INJURIES: NONE FATAL

Family Were Enroute to Hammond in Touring Car and Mr. Hutton is Now in Hospital at Rochester, Ind.

Hammond was greatly surprised and shocked this morning to receive tfe Intelligence that J. T. Hutton, the architect, was perhaps fatally hurt yesterday In an automobile accident, south of Plymouth. For a time the . mors flew thick and fast until the reports had been so grossly exaggerate that Anally It was said that members of the entire famUy were hurt. The first news of the accident came in the shape of a telegram to Dr. H. E. Sharrer in which it was rirt.H um iu it.... - ..

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- nun i ii r- worsx. Me strained a ligament in his arm and his face was badly cut, but that he would recover from his Injuries. Later a telegram, that was very reassuring, came to Dr. Sharrer stating that Mr. Hutton was getting along nicely and would llA htfamsai lfAniinv

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left Rochester yesterday afternoon car. When thev had reached nnlut - ' - " try is hilly and the party came to a which Imw n rravl nil Th. m.i! - - - ..... - -" v " over one hill and down it in safety

speed. AH went well until the descent of the second hill was mud.

William, who was driving, lost control of the machine and It skidded down a twenty-five-foot embankment Into a barb wire fence. '

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. - ouu inruru up DI1COBsclous. Miss Frances was badly bruised, but none of the rest were injured. Help was obtained and Mr. Hutton -waa taken to the hospital " in Rochester where he son recovered consciousness. It was thought : at first ' his injuries Wr Inf prn 1 hnt Ini.r It tl .v.tnnl m. .1 . m . .. ..

, . - j torn ear, he was all right. The family are happy to think it no worse. It was the younger boy, broke his arm while .. - - j--i"j. .-r RAHOND GIRLS' THEFT Take in West Hammond Sa loon and Steal Valuable Ring. Two Hammond girls were arrested today charged with stealing a ring and an article of women's wearing apparel from the saloon of Barnie Kulczyk in 13 One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, in West Hammond. The girls were friends of some strange young men who were in the sa loon at the time and they went over to West Hammond to meet them. They were Joined by other young women and at one time there were several girls over there. When the party left, Mr. Kulczyk noticed that he had lost a ring and several other articles of small value. He at once began an investigation and today, after three weeks, it lead to the discovery that the ring had been pawnedd at the 6tore of a local Greek. The ring has been recovered and after the girls were forced to confess to the theft, Barnie Kulcky decided not to prosecute them. The names have been withheld for this reason although the Hammond and West Hammond police know who the offenders were. ADVERTISE FOR MEN Northwestern R. R. Wants 400 Men to Work Thirty Miles From Chicago. Wanted Four hundred men to go to work for the Chicago Northwestern rail road at once. Meet John Ramsey, the county agent at the Illinois Central depot In Chicago at 11:30 a. m., and arrange to go to a point about thirty miles from Chicago where the work will be done. The train will start from the depot at 12:25. It has become an actual necessity to advertise for men. This shows how much improved the labor situation is as compared to what it. was several weeks ago. There should not be an idle man In the Calumet region for there is plenty of work staring the idle man In the face. If the foreigners who have been idle in the Standard district really care to work, the Chicago and Northwestern railroad will employ them at good wages. - This announcement. In addition to the one that there Is much greater business activity and more business going on. shows that the Calumet region is at last back to Its normal state of prosperity.

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" ru, trmiai OX IM Th. Tin... . . . - wire irnce ior eignt rods, and that none Vl.- lfn4n i . . to return to Hammond in their toorta; fvn ... fl-.. nn-. w ... " .. . u Va . . I W, mwc COttnlittle valley between two H1 along) . . - - j m i run ana xne auto kM gone and took the next -at . hih jniHAllLOlg OXE. Kn tl.A I Jtm ' . . "iu ooi upset, air. l.to .1. . . a . . "i hi iti ii i ten arm and a consider it a miraculous escape and only a few weeks ago that Wallace, cranking the machine. The machine ur rimiur- ,n an ngnt. START ANOTHER PROJECT Hammond Brewing Company Will Capitalize at $200,000. Hammond's newest Industry Is to bo the Hammond Brewing Company, capitalzied at $200,000. The new project Is being promoted by both Hammond and outside capital and already there has been eneugh stock sold to make the success of the enterprise a certainty. The stock lists were circulated among Hammond men who might be interested in an enterprise of the kind and it Is said that the success of the promoters has been remarkable. While the company which plans to build the new concern has nlentv backing, it was thought advisable to In terest the people of the region in. which the plant is to be located before h.. ginning the actual construction of the piant. The plans of the promoters nf th. Hammond Brewing Company are being Kepi secret for the present time until a full announcement ran v. m . " " juauc in these columns in a few days. The personnel of the comnanv -arm then be known and the identity of the local men, who are interested and hava Invested, will be made public. The new concern expects to make the beer that will make Hammond' famm,. and It Is said that the management has already decided to call one of the brands "Hanly Silver Foam" Tht r., mor, however, could not be confirmed. IMe new plant will be built in the near future and when in onerntlon nriii give employment to a large number of ' well paid men. It is understood that the purpose of the management win to install a most modern plant and will dispose of Its product in Northern In diana and Northern Illinois. GOOD ATTRACTION TOMORROW. "Sure Shot Sam" will be the attri tion at the Towle opera house for four night, commencing Sunday matinee. Sept. 6, Labor Day matinee Monday. ! One of the most striking successes of the present season in the melodramatic field, is said to be a new play entitled "Sure Shot Sam." This play ( is from the prolific pen of that wizard of melodrama, Lem B. Parker, and Is said to bo his very best effort. The scenes are laid in the eastern Tennessee mountains, a territory practically left untouched by the dramatic writer, yet one of the most Interesting spots in our. country- - "Sure Shot Sam" i the offering- at the Towle opera- Bouse four nights, commencing Sunday matinee, Sept. 6 Labor Day matinee, Monday.