Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 101, Hammond, Lake County, 15 October 1908 — Page 1

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rrn Fair today and probably Friday) cob tinned warms southerly Triads. VOL.IIL, NO. 101. . HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPY., 01 SHELL TAPPER AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS. FOR THE DE DECIDES SPEECH ft'

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Hon. J. At. Lautmann, Formerly Of Hammond, Delegate To St. Louis Convention, Against Bryan

SAYS THAT BRYANISM IS A MENAGE TO COUNTRY Sees Industrial Conditions In Europe and Will Support Taft in Order That They Will Not Come in Vogue Here.

Tjn t m T.aiTtmnn. formerly one

Michigan City; a delegate to the democratic national convention at St. Louis

in 1900 which nominated W. J. Bryan for president, will support William uuarrf Taft for the oresidencv and advocates his election on Nov. 3. In

formation came to The Times several

porting Mr. Taft and in order to verify the report a letter was aaaressea i- iv. titi,ot, n fcnaiTiAns man askine for verification or denial. The

VU LU" iUiVUlfiau following answer was reecived today: - Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 13, 1908. P. A. Parry, Esq., Hammond, Ind. Managing Editor Lake County Times. , In reply to yours of yesterday will state "that the statement made is correct. I have given the matter a thorough study at the time, and came to the conclusion that protection Is the only salvation for our industries, consequently ths only one for the working . people. This, and many other reasons, cause me to support Taft. Respectfully, J. M. LAUTMANN, Manager New York Cloak & Suit Co.

Thi letter rnmine from a man

never been questioned; a man who was prominently mentioned in years gone by as a possible candidate for the democratic nomination for mayor of Hammond; a man who was always prominent in his party's councils, will have a great tendency to make many business democrats hesitate before

ihav vntft for Brvan.

"Dp to the time of his European trip," which he concluded a short time aim' Mr ' Lautmann was a staunch- democrat. When' he went over there he

was astonished at the industrial conditions brought to his notice as a result ofree trade.. He determined, as.he says 'in his letter, that free trade would be the worst possible thing that couid happen to this" country and Tie did

not arrive at this conclusion with haste. TT.an arid 'Rur-kW and hosts of other Lautmann'B support of the republican blow to the democrats. OLD R(li BEATEH "Owner" of White Sox Will Have to Settle With Injured Boy. A Judgment for $73 was returned against Charley Comiskey, the owner of the white sox, yesterday afternoon in a local court. Attorney Joseph Conroy sat as special judge In his office with a jury of six men. The suit was of a personal injury nature, and resolved itself itself into a friendly suit by common consent of the plaintiff and the defendant. The facts in the case were that on Aug. 1 Comiskey steered his automobile into Isadore Goldberg, a "Western Union messenger, who was riding on. Michigan avenue. The boy was injured to some extent, and his father brought suit against the Old Roman. He appeared by counsel, who pleaded guilty for his client. Attorney Joseph Ibach Yepresented the plaintiff. I FRANK P. HERMAN. r 1 f :: ? St. John Pioneer Merchant Who Was Burled on Tuesday and Whose Death Is Regretted By a "Wide Circle of Friends.

of Hammond's merchants, now of

days ago that Mr. Lautmann was sup whose democracy in former years has . . : - With the defection ol Messrs. Bor democrats as Taft supporters, Mr. candidate will eome as a cumulative - :" MYSTERIOUS BLAZES Authorities Try Hard To Sift Mystery In Wholesale Fries. Unless the authorities get at the bot torn of the mysterious fires which con tinue to break out In neighborhood o Fayette street and "Walter street Ham mond will some day suffer a disastrous fire. Another fire in that neighborhood broke out yesterday evening on "VTalte street, near Torrence avenue, and only for the prompt arrival of the depart ments Nos. 1 and 4 was the fire put. Fortunately It was only a little shed and the damage was nominal, but it was evidently of Incendiary origin. It is thought that a gang of boys ranging from 12 to 15 years in age, are responsible for the series of fires. About three weeks ago they were of daily occurence when suddenly they stopped. They seem, however, to break out with renewed activity. Only last Tuesday the departments were called out to the same place and again last night. STRUCK BY WEST-BOUND CAR. Victim of Internrbaa Accident Brought to Gary to Have His Wounds Treated. Ia Mark Hurtubise, a middle aged man who was walking along the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend interurban tracks yesterday afternoon, going towards Gary, was struck by a westbound interurban. The car was going t a high rate of speed and why the man was not killed Is a miracle. The suit case " that he carried was hurled far into the air and he himself landed on a sand bank. The car was brought to standstill and the inJred man taken aboard and taken to Gary where his wounds were dressed by a physician. He gave his name as Mark .Hurtubise, living at 4309 "Wabash avenue. PASSES ASSESSMENT ROLL. Bast Side Pavement Aaaesment Roll Is Adopted By City OtBclals. The board of public works this morning passed the primary assessment roll for the East State street pavement, and also adopted an improvement resolution for the Fine street local sewer section C, running from One Hundred and Fiftieth street north. The city clerk was Instructed to notify Gostlin. & Meyn & Co. to move the South Hohman street waiting room at Gtendale park.

SEWAGE PROBLEM IS BEING DISCUSSED Many Prominent Men Take Up Big Question at Mayor's Dinner. OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS THERE Luncheon Was Held at Hotel Carleton This Afternoon and Was ' Well Attended. The sew a tee problem of the tC'alumet region extending; from Michigan City to the Illinois state line is at last up to a body of determined men who are willing; to solve it. The initial step toward the solution was taken today at a mayors' meeting, which had been called together by Mayor Becker at the Hotel Carleton. It was attended by city officials from the various cities and private citizens who are interested In the solution of the problem. Prominent among those who were not city officials were: C. "W. Hotchkiss, president of the Indiana Harbor railroad. Mr. Hotchkiss is the champion of the drainage district, and at the meeting this afternoon offered his view of the solution of the problem. Wants Legislature to Act. Mr. Hotchkiss would take the matter Into the legislature of Indiana and go about it in the same manner that Chicago used when it created its drain age district. The men who gathered at the dinner table for this was the means that Mayor Becker used in get ting them together, were already par tlally acquainted with the movement that Mr. Hotchkiss promises will re lieve this district, and which is prac tlcally the same as the one advocated by The Times. The question was discussed from many sides. Maps and plans were sup plied, showing that some earnest think ing had already been done on the subject. The movement has caused Michigan City to sit up and take notice. With a hope held out to It that it may be included in the district it hurried to the conference to learn what could be done in the way of giving it relief from its greatest drawback. In the way of disposing of sewage it is a worse condition than Hammond. Hammond at least has a river sluggish as it Is Into which to empty its sewage. Michigan City has no relief Its sewer outlets and drinking water In takes In Lake Michigan are neighbors. .These matters and many more important phases were brought up and thor oughly discussed. ' The Guests at the Luncheon. The out of town guests were: C. W. Hotchkiss of Chicago, president of the Indiana Harbor railroad; William McMaster of Chicago, connected with the Indiana Harbor railroad; Fred C. Miller, mayor of Michigan City; Mayor Fred Smith of Whiting. Mayor Edward DeBrlae of East Chicago; W". W. Pepple, city attorney of Michigan City ; J. D. Kennedy, city attorney of East Chicago; Dr. A. J. Lauer, secretary of the "Whiting board of health; George W. Ross of Indiana Harbor, K. H. Belt of Chicago. Among the local men who were guests at the luncheon at which Mayor Becker was the host were Messrs. J. D. Smalley, city controller; P. J. Lyons, city engineer; Councilman John Kane; Adam Ebert. president of the board of public works; Peter L. Davis, member of the board; Jacob ' Schloer, member of the board; S. E. Swaim, M. P. Ludwlg

II B MAY OIE OF INJURIES

Standard Steel Car Settlement Riot. Results In Shocking Disclosures and Man Who , Started Riot May Die. Two of the men who were Injured in the cutting- scrape at the Standard Steel Car settlement are In a dangerous condition and it is possible that one or both of them may die. Joe Jomokowskl, the foreigner who started out on a rnmpnge, has been found to bare a broken skull. His head was examined by Dr. If. K. Sharrer and It has been found necessary to have an operation performed on the Injured man's skull. Taken to Hospital. x Jomokowskl will be taken to St. Margarets hospital and the extent of his injuries will be determined. The prisoner seems to be alert this morning but It was thought best to have the operation performed immediately and not run the risk of his becoming insane as the result of pressure of bone on the brain. It appears that as soon as Jomokowskl had succeeded in slashing every one in sight he tried to escape. A whole crowd of men took after him and one of them shot at him with a revolver. At the firing of the shot he fell to the ground and In a few minutes there were ten men on top of him, hammering away at his head with beer bottles. In this manner he was knocked senseless and was carried to the saloon which he had covered with other men's blood to await the coming of the police. Dr. B. W. Chidlaw took care of Anton Lasker, who had a five inch gash in the left side of his neck. The jugular vein was exposed by the terrible gash in Lasker's neck and if the cut had been a hair's breadth longer or the pressure of the knife had been a fraction of an ounce heavier, Lasker's jugular vein would have been severed and the police would have had a murder case to deal lth Instead of one of assault with intent to kill. Injuries Xot so Serious. The injuries of the other men are not so serious and they will recover without any difficulty. Lasker was advised by Dr. Chidlaw to go to the hos pital and have the wound In his neck properly cared for hut he said that he wanted to go home and so the doctor let him have his own way. The whole fight started when Joe Jomokowskl became drunk in the saloon of Blazack Xotik and fell from his chair while In a stupor. He struck his nose on the floor and thought some one hit him and knocked him down. That was his sole reason for attempting the lives of half a dozen people. Switz Is Fined $11. Rudolph Switz was arrested by Officer Schaadt on Morton avenue oh the charge of being drunk in a public place. Switz says that he lives at 167 Qonkey avenue and is employed in the piano factory. He was fined $11 and costs, and unless he can raise the money In a short time he will have to go to Crown Point to jail for eleren days.

Gillam in New York Clobe.

CELEBRATES HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY Sumptuous Banquet Is Serv ed at Roth's Hall For Prominent Citizen. . 185 PERSONS ATTEND AFFAIR Many - Noted Germans Sit Around the Festal Board To Do Honor To Louis Roth. - Hoch der Kaiser! I. outs Tloth celebrated bis fiftieth birthday last evening'. . Incidentally the old German set tiers celebrated lerman day and as sumptuous a .banquet was served In Roth's ball last evening as has ever been prepared in this cliy. There were 1S5 persons seated at the long tables and It was a jolly crowd which gathered to do honor to Mr. Roth. Mr. Roth Is one of the old settlers of Hammond. He has been in this city for the past 30 years. H was among the first of the substantial Germans who settled in this community and has built up a moderate lortune for himself and his children. Fifty years old, thirty years in Hammond and German day that was enough of a reoson for almost any kind of a celebration and so the members of the Sedlla Singing society, the Germans who were the first settlers here and other of Mr. Roth's friends gathered around the festive board and drank to his health. Johnnisbure Flows. Mr. Roth came f rom Johanisburg, Germany, and so to top off the whole affair he sent back to his native town and purchased a quantity of Schloss Johanisburger, the most famous Rhine wine of Germany. After the banquet had been served the tables were -cleared away and the invited guests and their wives danced during the remainder of the evening. It ia the universal opinion of .those'who were present at the banquet that it was one of the finest affairs that has ever been given by the German's in Hammond. - After It was over Louis Roth was content to pass the fiftieth mile post in his life. There was speaking by several of the guests present lnclud ing Mayor Lawrence Becker, Mr. F. C. Miller, who read a historical paper on the Germans in America, Carl Bauer, Michael Grimmer and Charles Lavlne. There were many of the first German settlers form Crown Toint, Tolleston, and other of the first cities of the county. The guests were entertained by selections sung by the members of the singing society and the those who were privileged to be present. PRAIRIE FIRE DOES A LOT OF DAMAGE Fire department Xo. 4 was called to two fires, one of which threatened to be serious. A prairie fire near the C, C & L. railroad tracks caused the department an hour's work, and for a time threatened property on Van Buren street. . Later the department was again called out to the same territory to put out another prairie fire-

TO BUILD

Hammond Man Will Begin the Erection of a Splendid $75,000 Structure On His Hohman-Sibley Street Property Next June. IS NEAR RENTED NOW Hammond Doctors Will Swoop Down on Office Building and Make a Second Columbus Memorial Build ing Out of It for Expensive Of fice Suites When Completed. Anthony Tapper has definitely de cided to build a line three-story office building on his lot at the corner of Hohman and Sibley streets, and work will be begun on the building June I, lftOO. The building will cost In the neigh borhood of $75,000 and will, excepting; the Hammond building, be the finest office building in the city. Mr. Tapper said today that nothing would stand in the way of his decision to build next spring. He has practically rented the whole building or has assurances of renting it all. It is understood, that practically all of the doctors in the city have decided to secure quarters In the build ing and it will be similar to the Columbus Memorial building in Chicago In this respect. , Jr. Shanklln, Dr. G. L. Smith and Dr. Oberlln have secured the right to a first choice of the flooj . spaxs . lpUie building and will divide this space Into office rooms to suit themselves. They will have as modern and up-to-date office rooms as can be found In the city Bank Rents Main Floor. The Citizen's German National bank will occupy the main floor of the building and" will have one of the finest banking establishments in the city. The third floor will cither be used for a hall or will be cut up Into offices as the demand for them is created. But Mr. Tapper is going farther than that. He Intends to tear out the fronts of the buildings he now owns between the corner and the building occupied by the South Shore Gas & Electric company's offices and will make the fronts of all of the buildings corre snond to that building. That will give the whole south half of the block between State and Slbley streets on the east side of Hohman street the appearance of being one large block. Mr. Tapper realizes that the shacks which now occupy this corner are a disgrace to the city and he Is going to make amends by building a block which will be a credit to the whole city. 4 The effect that the building of the new Rimbach and Tapper blocks will have on the business section of the city will be to .empty all of the old office buildings and make It necessary for the owners of them to remodel them and make them up-to-date In order to rent them. Mr. Tapper has said that he would build on so many occasions that many of the people of this city will be skeDtlcal about It until the erection ! - ' 1 T,t1tna o tllQ 11.- hflfflnfl Till Mr. Tapper does not care what the people think about It. He says that he Is going to build in June and If they want to believe It they can and If they do not they are perfectly welcome to that opinion. SUES S10,000DAMAGES Woelan Danecki Brings Damage Suit Against Lake Shore. Voclau Danecki has brought su,it against the Lake Shore railroad and all of the other roads affiliated with It in this region, to recover damages for Injuries to his wife, Damechl Danecki, who fell from a train In Indiana Harbor about two years ago. According to the complaint, Mrs. Danecki was about to get off a train at Indiana Harbor when the train suddenly started and she was thrown violently to the platform. She sustained Injuries from which she lias not yet recovered and the plaintiff has not only been greatly inconvenienced by her illness, but he was compelled to pay out $500 doctor's fees. Woclau Danecki wants $10,000 damages from the various railroads which are mentioned as defendants In these suits.

BUILDING

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Congressman E. D. Crumr packer Arraigns Bryan In Scathing Terms at Repub lican Meeting at Brooks Theater Last Evening. ALSO SHQWS UP tin. ii

GOfilPERS

Speaker Tells What Taft Did For La- Jy

bor in the Philippines and Hzclared That Mr. Taft Gave Labor Its First Bill of Rights Allowing It to Combine to Get High Prices. Cascrruman Edgar D. Cram packer addressed a comfortably tilled house la Brooks theater last night and made one of the speeches, the irresistable logic of which could not but hlep to) convince the hundreds who heard him that the republican party is the best one tc? be Intrusted with the destiny of this great country of ours. The crowd was slow In arriving. When the meeting was called at 8 o'clock there was not more than haJf of a house, but during the next quarter of an hour the people crowded into the hall and before Mr. Crumpacker had got well started in his speech the hall was completely filled. The quartette of the Young Men's. Republican club rendered a selection entitled, "On the Billj Billy Van" and where ' encored. Most of the county candidates were seated on the stage when the speaking began. Shows tp the. Democrats. - Mr. Crumpacker was at his best last evening. He ripped up the democrats as the alleged friends of labor and showed that In the southern "states where that party is in control there had been less done for labor than ia any other part of the United States. He riddled the plan of the democrats to guarantee bank deposists and this issue, which the democrats themselves are already hushing up, was shotf-n to be another of the foibles of Bryan's disordered brain. Mr. Crumpacker summed up the antagonism of Mr. Gompers for the republican party in the following terse statement, which was roundly cheered. "Mr. Gomper's," said Mr. Crumpacker, "seems to have more solicitude for organized democracy than he does for organized labor." Considers Gompers An Ingrate. Mr. Crumpacker then went on -to show that Mr. Gompers was an lngrate considering all that the republican party has done for labor. Mr. Gompf-rs says that the injunction issue Is the paramount one and Mr. Crumpacker quoted 'William Randolph Hearst as saying that the industrial depression which was brought on during the Cleveland administration, as a result of democratic tampering with the tariff, has cost labor more hardship, more sorrow, more starvation and more trouble than all of the injunctions that have ever been Issued In this country. He showed how foolish ws Mr. Gomper's attack on Mr. Taft when leading1 labor union officials all over the country admitted that Mr. Taft did only what his oath of office required him to do when he issued certain injunctions for which has been criticised. And in his opinion handed down at that time. Mr. Taft gave labor Its first bill of rights when he declared that It had a right to combine and use every lawful method to secure the highest market price for its product. Tells AVhat Mr. Taft Has Uone. Mr. Crumpacker then told of what Mr. Taft had done in the Philippines. When he arrived on the islands he founds that the very fact that a man combined with his fellow to secure better wage conditions was cause sufficient to have him thrown Into prison. Mr. Taft Immediately pardoned one ' man who had been thrown into prison on such a charge and established I the fact that labor in the Philippines j hs a right to organize". Following this than doubled. He then pointed out the abominable labor conditions in the south. He ! showed where the great cotton mills of the south, one of which was owned by the gvernor of Alabama, employed children of tender ages and kept them working in the most unsanitary of surroundings. denied them God's sunshine and the educational advantages which were free to the children In the north. A Pertinent Qncntlon. All of this takes places under complete democratic rule and yet the democrats presume to come up north and tell the people In republican states what labor laws they shall pass. Mr. Crumpacker wanted to know why Mr. Gompers did not spend his time in Continued on page 2.