Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 12 September 1908 — Page 1

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Ringing Speech At Whiting Last Night In Campaign Opening

TEARS INTO DEMOCRATS Croation Republican Club Holds Meeting Afterwards For Taft and Sherman. (Special to The Times). Whiting, ind., Sept. 12. With a about that could be beard for blocks away, about 1,000 people from Whiting and Robertsdale voleedthelr approval of the sentiments of Congressman K. D. Crum packer last night. The occasion was the firing of the first gun in the national campaign in Lake county, and Whiting, the neat of one of the wealthiest combinations of "predatorywealth,' was chosen as the scene of the firing. Congressman Crumpacker arrived from Hammond shortly before 8 o'clock, making the trip in J. E. Fitzgerald's auto. He was introduced to the republican audience by Charles Greenwald, candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney. CRUMPACKER AT HIS BEST. Mr. Crumpacker. was at his best as a speaker. Never' did the words of ridicule of democratic policies fall with more Invective and ease from his lips than last night. Instance after in- i stance, Jie told of the manner in which the Bryan party, owned by Bryan." sola by Bryan and bought again by. Bryan, has attempted the overthrow of American labor and municipal systems. He scored the democrats of Benton county, who nominated Judge William Darroch of Kentland as his opponent. "They are afraid to come and tell you what they will do for northern Indiana, and can therefore break no promises," he said. He told of the gumshoe campaign in which the Kentland man has been satisfied with the assur(Continued on Pace 8.) WANT fl FIVE MINUTE SERVIGE E. F. Johnston Tries to Induce Street Railway Co. to Install Quick Service. E. T. Johnston, the only active member of ihe Hammond Business Men's Association has been trplnw to persuade the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Street Railway Company to install a five-minute service in the business secion of Hammond. ( He has taken the matter up with J. L. Maston and H. C. Green of the local Street car company, and they have promised to see what can be done. Mr. Johnston has pointed out the fact that the city service in Hammond Is now so infrequent that a great many people prefer to walk rather than wait for a car. Mr. Johnston thinks that if a-flve-mtnute service was installed the increase in the number of passengers would be sufficient to pay for the extra expense. Mr. Johnston proposes that the service be installed between the Standard Steel Car Company and the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend line on the north side. This line will be the most frequently patronized when the car plant opens up and the new interurban comes to be patronized to a greater extent. It will be a matter of great importance to the people of Hammond and would have the effect of increasing the number of passengers on that of the rest of the local company's lines. The street railway officials will investigate the practicability" of the plan and if it finally meets with approval, the service will be installed. The local company Is winning friends every day by, its liberality to Hammond and if such a service should be Installed, the sentiment in favor of the local company would amount to actual loyalty. DEATH OF BABY JENKINS. William Jenkins, the 4-months'-old son of William Jenkins, 238 Plummer avenue, died yesterday after a short illness. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. W. F. Switzer wil officiate. Interment will take place at Oak. Hill cemetery.

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p fl South Chicago Business Houses Recognize Need of Improvements Lake Co Is Willing to Do Its Share Chicago Must Help. MONEY MUST COME FROM GENERAL FUND Repaying of One Hundred and Sixth Street Would Help Materially. Some Concerns Would like To See -Trough. Fare-To getsclr Improved. From the sentiment expressed by a large number of South Chicago merchants it seems that improvements of certain thoroughfai e.s west of the Indiana state line to Hammond, "Whiting and East Chicago is far off. While the matter has been agitated for veara without results there are, of course, a iew bouth Chicago firms, who from time to time renew their hopes that such a thing will develop into a reality. "What the South Chicaaro. Hammn Whiting and East Chicago merchants ana Dusiness men wants, as well as thousands of others, is a direct ronto between the cities, one of good roads. bnemeld and Indiana avenue as well as the Greenbay avenue whirh lori. to Hegewisch are now in a denlorahln J condition. The roads which were at one time good country macadam high ways, are now through the lack of proper repair and care are now nearly impassaDie in places. Great vawninochuck holes and rutes are tn h , very hand and the breakdown of leaded wagons, carriages and automobiles which occur daily on these roads, cause it would seem, that it was high time that something must be done at once to repair them. Many articles have appeared in The Times in the past, describing the conditions of these highways. The only Improvement that was made was done so when the road got to be positively dangerous. A little loose stone was 'Continued on pre 5.) BEN BELMS BACK General Apathy in Local Politics Gets an Awful Bump Today, , Bpn Bel! is back from his summer vacation. If there has been apathy In the republican party, there may be expected to be the greatest of activity In the future. If times have been hard, good times are on the way. If there has been a lack of interest in the baseball situation, you had better get posted , and line up with one team or another. 1 If there has been less sociability this summer thaiv ever before, there will be something doing from now on, for Ben Bell In back. Ben .Bell has been spending his summer vacation up at Lake Winnebago with his wife and little girls. Today he drove through town with his faithful old horse and heywas given an ovatlxn as he passed through the city. . . , Hello, Ben! was shouted from a dozen men on the street. Judge Prest leaned out of the window in the Rimbach block and waved a hearty welcome. But was so busy acknowledging the welcome of his many friends that his buggy came very near being struck by a street car Ben Bell is back. Bullv! Bullv! for iod Ben Bell. -

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CLEARED OP TERRIBLE CHARGES Hammond Men Shown to Have Been Victims of Conspiracy. TESTIFY AS TO CHARACTER Cases Against Both Men Are Thrown Out of Court and Girls Will Taken From Parents. Slorrls CallaKhan, who vrnn held in Crown Point on the charge of mistreating little Emma Fomytbe, the 13-year-old daughter of Charjes Forsythe, was exonerated in Jndse W. C. McMahan's court at Crown Point yes terday and no grreat was the sympathy for the man who was proven innocent altering charged with so heinous a crime that a purse was taken up for his benefit. Attorney Joseph Conroy defended Callaghan and he was able to show conclusively that his man could prove an alibi. Conroy appeared for Callaghan in the preliminary hearing, but he had decided to have no more to do with the case when he was called to the jail by Callaghan. who pleaded that he was Innocent and asked Conroy to defend him. They Told Falsehoods. This again Interested the Hammond attorney in the case and it was not long before witnesses were secured who showed conclusively that Emma Forsyth and Maude Williams were telling untruths all the way through the tria. It was proven that Morris Callaghan was not in the house at the time the alleged assault occurred and that was all that was necessry to exonerte the Hammond man. John E. Fitzgerald, Christ Orr and Judge McMahan testified as to his good character, v After Morris Callaghan had been proven inocent and it was shown that the little girls were willing to testify to anythiny. Prosecuting Attorney D. E. Boone moved to nolle pross the case against John Feescer, who is being held on complaint of the same girls. A Conspiracy Existed. During the trial the fact was brought out that there was a conspiracy on the part of Charles Forsythe to have Callaghan sent to- the penitentiary, for certain reasons best known to himself. Perry Williams, the father of Maude Williams, testified that Forsythe had come to him and asked him to have his girl testify to the same things that Emma Forsythe did. so that Callaghan would be sent over the road. Finally the little girls, who were being coached to admit that they had

INDIANA, SATURDAY, fefgftti'.g- victims of a most 41endish crime when' they had never had such an experience, ' broke down" and denied the - story, they had been telling, In every, particular. The trial served the purpose of demonstrating that Emma Forsythe, whose parents allow her to walk the streets at the tender age of 13 and sell chances on a crazy quilt, and Maude Williams, a little, friend of the Forsythe girl's, are being reared in vicious surrounding and it is possible they may be taken from their parents before they are allowed to become criminals. TEACHERS III FIRST MlflSTITOTE Gather Prom North and Calumet Townships For Monthly Session. HIGHWAY MAKES THE ADDRESS F. W. Malmstrome Appointed Permanent Chairman F. W. Love As Secretary for Year. The first joint township institute of the teachers from North and Calumot township and Griffith, Tolleston was held in Hammond in the Central school building toddy. , In addition to the teachers the Institute was attended by F. F. Heighway, county superintendent, and F. Richard Schaaf, North township trustee. The subject for today were two papers on the subject of "The School and Its Life." In the afternoon papers were read on "The Meaning of Industrial Education. Superintendent Heighway made an address to the assembled teachers. F. W. Malstrome of Tolleston was appointed permanent chairman of the joint Institute and Frank Love of Griffith as permanent secretary. , Township Principal Abolished. Trustee Schaaf of North township has abolished the office of township principal and will hereafter look after that office personally. Instead each school has Its own principal who will be he'd responsible for the work in eech school. The teachers in North township are as follows: Highlands, F. W. Love, principal; Miss Bessie Neaf and Minnie Schultz. Hessville, Miss Annah Ejneryr principal; Miss Edith Carter and Miss Elisabeth Brum. Munster, Miss Etta Henderson, principal; Miss Delia Fierce, Miss Riihv Wilson. Saxony, Miss Laura Newcomb, principal; Miss Tbbie Hathaway. Miss Martha Schaaf has been assigned to the music and drawinar work- fur the schools in the township.

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Smarts C4ynvtT 0maji9jLr, With the New York state republican convention at hand the eyes of the

whole country are on the fight being waged for and against the renomlnation of Governor Hughes. No man is more intensely interested in the governor than President Roosevelt himself. After several conferences with the president, James S. Sherman has taken an active hand In the fight. He has been almost constantly on the move in the state, making It clear to the county chairman that the national campaign requires Mr. Hughes renomlnation. Despite this activity, however, it is asserted that the president, Mr. Taft, Mr. Sherman and Frank H. Hitchcock are becoming convinced that the fight ,must be carried to the floor of the convention, which takes place at Saratoga, Sept. 14, if the present executive Is to head the republican ticket in the Empire state" at the November election. i . GiGARETTE5 CAUSES COSILY BLAZE Cattle Train is Also Fired by Flying Spark From Engine. FIREMEN ARE VERY BUISY Fire Breaks Out This Afternoon in West Hammond Barn and It Is Damaged. A cattle train afire, a fire loss of 91,000 in a West Hammond dwelling barn set afire in West Hamngond by a boy smoking a cigaret, and a prairie fire threatening the Polish Catholic school .in Went Hammond Is a record for twenty-four hours in and around Hammond. The' most sensational of these oc curred about two o'clock last night in the Erie freight yards, south of town, when a cattle car loaded with fine cat tle caught afire by a flying spark from the engine. One of the animals was killed by the flames and all suffered from the: smoke. When the fire was noticed the car door was broken open and the cattle hurried out. It took some time force to get them out since they were badly frightened. They were left to run at large and were corralled this morning. The burning car was uncoupled from the balance of the train and hauled under the water tank where the water was poured on it. House Burns in West Hammond. About 12:45 last night the Hammond fire departments No. 1 and 4 were called to West Hammond where a fire had broken out at Condit street, on the State Line. The ftre broke out in a vacant twostory, frame dwelling and saloon belonging to Joseph Mahczak. How the fire started is a mystery. It began in the rear part of the building upstairs and took off the roof. The damage is estimated at $1,000. A South Chicago building andtloan company is said to have heed the mortgage on the building. The damage Is estimated at $1,000. Yesterday afternoon a prairie fire threatened the Polish Catholic school. It broke during the noon hour and came to within a short distance of the building. Cigarette Starts Blaze. This afternoon fire broke out in the barn belonging to Fred Lutes in the same neighborhood on Gordon street, in West Hammond. It was due to a lighted cigarette which boys who had gathered In the barn were smoking. The damage Is estimated at $50. Owing to the blocked condition of Hchman , street fire department No. 4 was unable to reach the fire in West Hammond. Somebody had removed the red light from a pile of material which the company approached but which It could not pass. 1

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HAS PLAN 'FOR MEW WATERWAY

Railroad Manager Will Father Law Before General Assembly Creating Sanitary District

SIMPLEX BIG ORDER Hammond Manufacturing Concern Hears From Harriman Officials With Fat Orders For Five Thousand Bolsters. FACTORY EMPLOYEES Order For Bolsters Means That 5,000 Cars Will Have To Be Built and There Is Much Speculation as to " Who "will Get the Order-to Construct Then:. Prosperity swept Into Hammond with och overwhelming volume this moralnr that the calamity howlers were nonplnaned and wre compelled to admit thaj there wo no question that good times are coming back again. The n-3st reassuring bit of Information which has been deceived In a long time, is the report from the Simplex Railway Appliance Company, that they have received an order from the Harri111 an roads for 5,000 car bolsters. This means that one of Hammond's most reliable industries will reopen after being shut down for the summer and will give employment to several hundred men. Ilarrlmnn Officials Order. The good news came in way of a report from the officials of the Ilarriman roads In which the officials of the Sftnplex Railway Appliance Company were requested to at once secure the materials for 5,000 bolsters so that when the order is received Is can be rushed through in a hurry. The order for 5,000 bolsters means that 5,000 cars will have to be built immediately and there is considerable speculation as to where the order has been placed. Mr. W. Thomas of the Simplex, was interviewer this morning and said that it was true that the Simplex Company had been authorized to secure the material for the manufatcure of 5,000 bolsters. He said the order in itself was not so important as the fact that it Indicates a return to normal conditions and indicates that oner orders will be received in the near future. .Roads Veed More Equipment. "There is no question," said Mr. Thomas, "that the railroads are In need of more equipment and it only remains for them to show the inclination and the financial ability to buy what they want." "This is shown by the first large ordre we have received since the financial stringency and I take it to be a most favorable omen. While the plant would not open full blast on an order for 5,000 bolsters yet it is probable that enough more orders will be received in the next few months to make it necessary- for the nlant tn nnn to its full capacity by the first of the year." ATTENDANCE IS GOOD Two thousand one hundred and eighty-four pupils attend the pupublic schools of Hammond this year. The enrollment for this term is complete and the above is the number of children that are found present. That the attendance will increase is conceeded. The enumeration for the various schools is divided as follows:. Franklin Total, 224. Lafayette Total, 467. Riverside Total, 261. Lincoln Total, 214. Wallace Total, 160. Irving school Total 278. Wilcox Total. 20. Central Total, 560. -

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EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY... DETAILS OF BIG SUE Practical Plan is Suggested For Sanitary Drainage of Northwestern Indiana. A plan which it ia thought wtll' solve the question of drainage fo? the Calumet district has been evolved by C. W. Hotchkiss, civil engineer, now general manager of the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroad and the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. It will not only allay the intense feeling which has exhibited itself in opposition to the proposed Calumet-Sag channel by which it is sought to drain the Calumet district but will provide ample drainage for all of the cities In the northwestern portion of Indiana down as far as Michigan City. WANT A SEW STATE LAW. ""m It is the intentipa to go before the legisla&ara -of -Indiana' and' ecuTfc--ttH enactment of a law providing for tha creation of a sanitary district in, the northwestern part of the etate, extending from Michigan City on the east to the state line on the west, includingparts of Laporte, Perter and Lake counties, and embracing the towns and cities of Michigan City, Gary. Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Whiting and Hammond. PLAX BELIEVED PRACTICAL. It Is thought to be the most prac(Contlnued on Page 8.) DEFENDANT IN POSTAL CASE ISDKGIttRGED U. S. Commissioner Charles Surprise Has a Case in His Court Today. Charles gnrpriae Iran railed on fhlM morning to net a hln offielal capacity a I nlted 9tate romraisnloner. Ml SuMle Baker of Valnaralno wart arreated by Deputy V. S. Marmbnll D. C BanXin till mornlnar and brought CammlKMloncr SurpHxe charged, with, tmki"K and opening a reirfatered lettetf from the poatofnee the letter belong-. Ibr to her alater-!nIw, Mrs. Bertha Baker, who at the preaent time Is la Minnesota. William Nichols, the assistant U. S. attorney from Indianapolis, appeared before the court to prosecute the case but . after all the evidence , was presented he moved that the defendant fce discharged. Had Instruct Ions. It developed in the evidence that the defendant had instructions from hep cister-in-law now in Minnesota to receive all mail for her at the Valparaiso postofRce and forward only such as found upon opening was worth while. Under those instruction the defendant opened the registered letter and proved her authority by affidavit ot the effect that she had received oral instructions. Mr. Surprise being also deputy U." S. clerk, last night issued naturalization, papers to 35 foreigners. In all fifty foreigners were given the privilege to vote. Reports Projecting Sign. One of the local police officers reports that there is a sign extending over the sidewalk on the ticket office of the Chicago, Lake Shore & SoutU Bend railroad. Its removal was or ded. Crawfordsville Boy Missing, A report came to the police station this morning that Willie Burton, who was an Inmate of the children's homa there, left the place and is believed to be on his Way to Hammond. In the event of his arrival here the police are requested to notify J. W. Burton at the corner of Hohraan and Clinton! streets, '