Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 75, Hammond, Lake County, 15 September 1908 — Page 1

EVEHM Pair tonight end Wtin day; not much change In temperature. EDITION vol. ni. NO. 75. HAMMOND. INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908. ..ONE CENT PER COPY.-

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JEW OFFICERS ELECTED Financial Condition of Organization is Found to Be in Most Flattering Shape. The Fidelia Singing society of Hammond, one of the largest and most influential societies of its kind In Northern Indiana, now plans the erection of a magnificent club house which will cost between $30,000 and $40,000 according to F. C. Miller, president-elect. With its splendid membership of 202 of the most influential Germans in the city of Hammond, with the pledges of such men as Carl Bauer, William Ahlborn, Charles Mayer, George Eder, Jacob Schloer and Kaufman and Wolf to back them up, it is thought that there is no question that the organization will be able to realize its dream of a magnificent club house. At the meeting last night which was lield in Roth's hall the splendid financial condition 6f fhe society was noted and the. election of officers for the ensuing .year took place. "" , Mr. Miller Made President. The election resulted in the selection of F. C. Miller for the presidency. "Wm. Helmke was made vice president, Carl Xindner, secretary, Louis Roth, financial secretary, Otto Duelke, treasurer, Wm. Taegrr.eyer, choirmaster, Carl Heinz, Max Noak and Jacob Schroeder, trustees, and B. Kammerer, bummelmaster. The fact that the Fidelia Singing society has a membership, of over 200 makes it one of the largest social organizations in the city. It is still growing and the activities of last winter, when the society gave a fine concert are to be repeated this year. On November 1 the society is to give B big entertainment in connection with the rendering of several selections by Barnie Young's band. There will be jl . number of fine soloists secured -which will make the entertainment one of the "best that has ever been offered to the public in a musical line. Plans Sot Yet Completed. The plans for the new club house Bre sxill indefinate. As to the probable date of occupancy the club will not be In its new home before 1910 when the organization will have been in existence for a quarter of a century. Th?re are very few people in Hammond who realize that Hammond has a social organization outside of sorr.e of t'ne well known secret societies Which is over 22 years old. It is probable that when the new club house is built it will have club ' rooms and a cafe on the main floor. ' There will be billiard and pool rooms end a bnwling alley for the use of the r.f mbers of the club. On one of the iloors of the club will In; an auditorium equipped with a stage where the club can have its periodical fnonger fest and where plays can be rendered in Gorman. It is hoped that the club can he modeled after the one in Indianapolis as nearly as possible. One question which is worrying the Tvsemhors is the matter of the remonstrance, i eiv Scheme Suggested. Tl e members would not like to buy b piece of ground for club purposes find then find after they had bought it that it had been included in some dry t'istrlct and the sale of beer would lv forbidden. It has been sugger-ted that it wouln be a good plan to build tr.e club on the state line and then if Indiana or fr.y part of it goes dry the beer could be served in Illinois. If Cook county i" West Hammond should go dry, which is improbable the beer' could be served in Indiana. In this manner the chances of the territory in which the n.;w club house is located going dry would be very slim and the $40,000 club house would not have to be constructed for nothing. K. C. Miller, the new president, is one of the most enthusiastic of the members in his advocacy of the new building plan and he is confident that within two years Hammond will have one of the finest German club houses in the state. LADIES' AID TO MEET. The Ladies' Aid society of the First Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the church parlors. All the ladies of the congregation and sociey are - Invited to be present.

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n in gj 01 Standard Steel Car Com pany Promises Gradual Increase in the Working Force Until Nov. 1, When Things Will Hum. ARE VERY BUSY Next Winter Expected To, Be, a Short Profitable One ond Officials r . . . ... of Big Plant Are Confident That -: :'i Gradual ' Improvement Will Be Noted. ' The Standard Steel Car company of Hammond will be employing: 1,600 men by Nov. 1. That is the reassuring news which cornea from the big plant in East Hammond which has been idle for several months. H. B. Douglas said yesterday that there would be no definite date set for the opening; of the plant. One depart, inent after another will be opened from now on until finally the whole plant will be in full operation. There are now about 200 men employed in the plant. Many of these are laborers who were retained as a form of charity. Others are the draughtsmen who are busily engaged In getting out the blue prints of the cars which are to be made. It will not be long before the pattern department will be busy turning out the patterns for certain parts of the cars and then the castings will be made and finally the assembling of the parts of the cars will be undertaken, Material Are Ordered. 7he requisitions for materials have all gone in and these aie expected to arrive shortly. After that department after department will open until long before Christmas, there will be hundreds of men at work. There will not be an idle man in tewn. Thj workingmen will all have money to spend. The merchants will prepare for a big Christmas sale of gjod3. Mr. Douglas said that the company is now working on a model steel passenger car which is to be placed on exhibition as soon as it s completed, and it is his belief that in the near future there w.s oe as much of a demand for steel passenger cars as there is now for steel freight cars. It is very likely that the development ofj the steei possenger car in-! dustry wl;! take p:a?c here while there is plenty of room arl where a depart- , ment can be put in if it should becc me necessary. All of the manufsrfurers of steel cars are building tl.r-m at greatly re-j duoed cost in order U t they can get j the orders and open ij the plants. It i is estimated that somn it the car build- 1 ing companies will a.-ually build cars at. a slight loss in order to get the! business. j Only recently th standard Steel j Car company lost n large order for 5.000 cars simply be-ause it would not cut prices to a r.' nous figure. G. A. R. VETERAN IS HURT Ex-Mayor Patrick Reilley will be more careful hereafter when he has occasion to st?p onto a chair to turn on the electric light. He sustained a sprained knee yesterday evening when he attempted to turn on the light in the G. A. R. headquarers. He mounted a chair to accomplish his object, but fell in an unlucky manner. He was assisted to his home by one of the post members and suffered considerably last night.

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V - Ul Including the pope s legate, seven .v. conference of Catholic clergy in WestJ minister cathedral, London, among the number toeing1 Cardinal Gibbons,, whose address was in the nature of a greeting from the Catholics of America to the conference.. Other American clergymen in attendance were Bishop Foley of Detroit, Bishop Kelley of Savannah and Bishop Hendricks of Cebu, P. I. Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli presided and after thanking England for its cordial reception to the delegates delivered a stirring address on the unity of the church. While in London Cardinal Gibbons is the guest of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. The cardinal delivered his main address yesterday. LOOK FOR RESULTS FROM HEMEHIY TRIP m m mmm 1 1 Senator Hemenway Will Addresses Big Crowd at Indiana Harbor. NOTED MAN ACCOMPANIES HIM Congressman Burton, Who Nominated William H. Taft, Will Also Speak. Prom present Indlcntion the Henienwny meeting at Indiana Harbor tvill be one of the biggest political rallies that has ever been held in this rejtion. Sot only will I tilled States Senator James Hemenway be present and make the speech of the evenlnje, but Theodore P. Ilurton, the man who nominated William II. Taft at the Chicago convention, will be present and will rpeak. The meeting at Indiana Harbor, Sept. 19. will be so important that it will prove a ra Hying point for politicians from all over this district. Doth Hemenway and Burton will be an irresistable magnet. which will attract thousands of people to Indiana Harbor, and it is fortunte that there is a large hall there for the accommodation of the audience. The meeting at Whiting, which Congressman Edgar Dean Crumpacker addressed, was so much of a success that there is no question that there will be a large attendance at the Harbor meeting. At present there is nothing else talked of in republican circles, but the Hemenway meeting and it is expected that there will not be a candidate who will fail to attend this meeting. Senator Hemenway is one of the United States senators of whom the whole state of Indiana is proud. He was an influential man in the house of representatives and when he went to the senate he at once took an important place in that legislative body. Senator Hemenway and Senator Beveredge are two of the most able legislators that have been sent to the senate by any state in the Union and it will be interesting to hear the political opinions of such men.

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1 f hs 1 f in mwm vNAl JS4V DAVENPORT CLAIMS SON'S BODY Jacob Nabstadt, Wealthy Iowan, Laments Sad Fate of His Son. GLUE WORKS EMPLOYES SORRY Dead Man Was Well Liked By Fellow Workmen and They Deplore His Death. Jacob Nabstadt. the father at tj i. ert Nabstadt, who suicided in a woodsner in the rear of his home in 90S West State stree. arrived In thi. i .. today to take charge of the remains of his sou. It develops that Mr. IVnh.tiit 1wealthy and respected business man In Davenport. la., where he was once a representative In the state legislature. He bus made a great many friends since arriving here and the sympathy for the vlHtT, who has eonie on such a sad mlKKlon, Is irenrral. Mr. Charles Kasson of the Hammond Glue VVVorks issued a statement today regarding Mr. Hubert Nabstadt, who was in the employ of that company for several months previous to his death. The statemens is as follows: The remains of Robert Nabstadt, whose untimely death was chronicled in The Time, last evening, were taken to his home in Havenport, la. this mornliifx, by his fa ther, Jncoli Ntihstndt and taker C. t "eidow. who nccompanied the body as far as t'hl.--. Mr. Nabstadt Sr., Is tin old resident of Iowa and was at one time a member of the state legislature there. While he was greatly affected by his son's death, it is a source of he utmost gratification to him to learu of the esteem In which he was held by his many friends and by the local officials of the Hammond Glue Company, where he has held a responsible position for several months. Robert N'abstad was a man of agreeable manner, of a courteous and oblisinx disposition, strictly attentive to his duties and will always be remembered with the kindliest of feeling by all of his associates at the Hammond Glue factory and the local offlces'of the company. Miss Dney Makes Statement. ine lntormauon was received yes--

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hi c? " ' ' . VANNUTE LII terday that Mr. Nabstadt was dissatisfied with his position with the Hammond Glue Company. This information was volunteered by Miss Uacy, who was at the Nabstadt residence at the time Officer Barnie Johnston and another officer were making an investigation of the case. Miss Dacy suggested this'as a possible reason for his despondency and consequently a contributary cause of his death. It appears, however, that Mr. Robert Nabstadt had a good position at the Hammond Glue Works, that he had had no trouble with his employers or his fellow workingmen and that to say his despondency was caused by -his dissatisfaction with his employment, is to hide the real cause of his despondency. Robert Nabstadt was universally respected by his many friends in this city. He was known to be an industrious man and from his culture and manner the indications are that he was brought up among educated people. HOLRRODAJSi SEfIT UP Hegewisch Man to Serve Herm for "Holding Up" , Young Woman. John Holbruda, alias John Coma, who lives on Erie avenue, Hegewisch, was tried at Crown Point yesterday on the charge of grand larceny. Hulbruda is the man who stole a pocketbook and watch from Emma Turnquist, of Robertsdale and who was captured after a long chase by a Hammond officer. Holbruda was found guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from two to fourteen years. There was no question of his quilt and his punishment was swift and sure. Holbruda is believed to have been one of a gang of crooks who were operating from Hegewisch and ia is expected that his conviction will have a salutary effect on the other members of his gang who have not yet been captured. The robbery for which Holbruda was convicted, occurred July 25. ANOTHER HEARTY WELCOME. The Lake County Times has, until last Wednesday nifcht, been on the fenee politically, when It eame ont with n wellwritten editorial and announced itself for Taft. This is the right move, Brother, and we welcome yon to the republican ranks. Lowell Tribune.

APPEAL FOR IID ENLISTS NEW ACTION

Civic Bodies and Churches All Over Indiana Join in Fight to Force Passage of County Option Bill at Session of Legislature Coming CAUSTIC CRITICISM OF MARSHALL Democratic Candidate For Governor Alarmed at Storm He Has Created Seeks To Hedge and In Speech at Winslow Explains His Speech. General Assembly To Meet Friday. Indianapolis, September 15. The response by good citizens and church people to Governor Hanly's appeal for aid in forcing the proposed county local option bill to passage at the coming special session of the General Assembly has been tremendous. Civic bodies and churches all over the state have joined in the fight. Here in Indianapolis indorsement of the governor's program has been given by the Presbyterian Brotherhood, composed of 600 lay members of the Presbyteriaan church, by the Ministerial Association, composed of pastors of all denominations, by the Colored AntiSaloon League, by the Colored Ministers Association and bv numerous other individual pastors, who have urtred their congratulations to work and pray for the proposed reform. All Work For Reform. -; Reports from practically all the large cities of the state indicate thaf the reform and religious bodies, composed of both republicans and democrats, have taken a hand toward brine-lne- ahnut the reform, which seems almost within grasp. incidental to the activitv on the nart of ministers and good citizens looking to the enactment of county local option there has ben much adverse criticism of Thomas R. Marshall, democratic ran. .didate for governor, because of what has been characterized as hj attack on the ministers of the state for participation in political affairs. This was In Mr. Marshall's speech at Terre Haute last Wednesday night. He expressed gratitude over the fact that some ministers still remain who perform their holy offices and refrain from "beating a drum in a political procession." . Brings Thunderous Protest This brought forth a thunder of protest from ministers and others, who declared that none in a moral campaign had more right to be active than ministers, who are always desirious of promoting reform. So general became the criticism that Mr. Marshall found it advisable yesterday to explain what he meant. At Winslow, Ind.. he digressed from his regular speech long enough to say that he meant no criticism of the men who wear the cloth but that he was merely finding fault with the managers of the republican party. Session Will Be Short One. The Impression is general that the special session, to begin Friday, will be short whether anything is done or not. Both parties seem bent on adjourning early. The democrats insist they have no intention or desire to obstruct. They point ou that they might make political capital by seeking to put the republicans in a hole and keeping there, but they disclaim any intension of doing ought else than sitting back and opposing in a dignified way that which the republicans may offer. They will not, however, oppose the reappropriatlon about to revert to the general fund. They will be willing r Hn v,i - n .w uv k 1 1 in under a suspension of the rules. But the democrats will lend support to nothing else except adjournment. They will seek to vote solidly against county local option and against the repeal of the law acknowledging the Vincennes university claim. Repeal Is Over-Shadowed. This proposed repeal, by the way, is completely over-shadowed by the temperance fight albeit the governor laid particular emphasis on the importance of erasing the law from the statute books. Nothing is heard either about the night riders. People seem to have forgotten that a great danger threatens. But the county local option has nut ucpu lurgouen. it constitutes a public thought that is growing every day. The two branches of the assembly will be called to order promptly at 10 o'clock, Friday morning. FUNERAL OF J. H. WHITBEY. The family and friends who attend the burial service of James H. Whitbey, will leave for Peoria, 111., Wednesday morning on the 7:03 train on the Lake Shore road. The interment will occur in the afternoon.

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Randall H. Burns Appears Before Gary Real Estate Board at Monthly Session Lays Plans for Reclaiming Submerged Lands. OPPOSES PROPOSITI MADE BYJHOTCHKISS Vanderbilt Railroad Lines Are Divided in Their Support of Big Ditch Movement. George Earl Also Enters Opposition Ranks Without Giving Reason. Randall H. Burns, a Chicago engineer and promoter of the drainage system for the Gary real estate board yesterday afternoon In their monthly meeting and luncheon at the Gary hotel. Mr. Burns laid before them his plan for the reclamation of the submerged lands in this region and his plan met with great favor among the members of the board, who are probably the most influential property holders in this section. Mr. Burn's talk was listened to by about twenty-members of the board who were vitally interested in the project. He reviewed the purpose of the big ditch which has already been laid thoroughly before the public, in addition to the progress which has been made. He states that the only opposition has not been overcome at the present time Is that of C. W, Hotchfcres. of the Indiana Harbor railroad, and George Earl, one of the largest property owners in this section of the state, lekel Plate In Favor. The antagonism shown by the Indiana Harbor railroad, is due to their ex tensive trackage at Dune park, where thousands of yards of sand is removed every day and hauled by this line. To cross the tracks would necessitate tha construction of numerous expensive bridges, without being of any material benefit to the line. This road, however, is owned by the -Vanderbildt system which also controls the Nickel Plate, and the latter is heartily in favor of the proposed ditch. Their tracks during the high water period is continually covered completely with water, making traffic dangerous as well as inconvenient. Every year it is said they spend hundreds of dollars in banking up their right of way with sand bags so that their ballast will not be washed away. It seems possible therefore that the Continued on page .1. HAMMOND DISTRICT HAS e OFFICIALS Rev. A. T. Briggs Soon to Enter Upon His Work in This Locality. REV. WOOD FAVORS MR. BRIGGS Great Importance of This Region Shown In Appointment of Attica Man. Rev. A. T. Briefs, who has been pas-, tor of the M. K. church at At ties for scen years was promoted by the recent -Northwest Indiana conference to the position of superintendent of the Hammond district. Rev. Brlnrgs villi relieve the Rev. Delos M. Wood, mho has been superintendent of this district for some time ond has made a great many friends during his stny here. That the people over the state are beginning to realize the importance of the Calumet region both In a religious as well as a temporal way is shown by an article which appeared in the Attica Daily Ledger. Great Opportunity. "The greatest opportunity of the conference is in the office of superintendtnt of the Hammond district. Instead of being placed in an obscure position, with nothing but drudgery before him, Mr. Briggs Is asigned to the one field of the conference tht has new and interesting and important problems, and

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