Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 122, Hammond, Lake County, 9 November 1908 — Page 1

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Partly cloudy and colder today and Tuesday; fresh northwest winds. EDITION VOL. IIL, NO. 122. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1908. .ONE CENT PER COPY mm

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Former Tolleston Man After Visit To Dead Friend Is Killed Near Saxony Yesterday

TRAGIC END EXCITES PITY Octogenarian Brought to Hammond Hospital and There He Dies. Death came yesterday In a tragic way to August Kohlhase, a Chicago man who died In St. Margarets hospital yesterday evening from injuries sustained In an antomoblle accident. Fate, it seems, arranged the man's cnjlre day's program which was ended with Kohlsaafs death after he was injured In the very neighborhood where he was born and raised. Fate, it seems, went furl her and gave him a premoni tion of what was in store for him. Two hours before his fatal accident happened he was permitted to gaze on the dead features of his life long friend Ernest Ginther of Black Oak. Ginther, who is S3 years old. had teen dead two hours when the Chicago man arrived hoping to find him alive. From the home of his dead friend Kohlhase proceded in company with his family to visit other boyhood friends when fate intervened. . . Down Cast by Friend's Death. August Kohlhase. who is 83 years old. encouraged by the pleasant weather came to "Saxony yesterday afternoon ,in company with his son Frank, the latter'-? wife and their son August. They took luncheon with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gastel of Hammond. He also visited Mr. and Mrs. Jarnecke, a niece ' of the old gentleman, and his vif.it yesterday was a long looked for event and the re-union produced the best of good feeling. The old man was happy and gay at the table and spoke about his friend Ernest Ginther, whom he expected to visit before he went back to Chicago. About one o'clock the party started for the Ginther farm, n-hers thfv learned the sad news. The old man received it with a shock and was singularly quiet when they left the home. Accident Due to Narrow Road. I Mr. Kohlhase was born in Germany and raised near Toleston, and has relatives there even to this day. Among them are the Buses there. There were other friends in the neighborhood of Elack Oak that the Kohlhase wanted to visit, and as they were driving along the highway between the Scheidt place and the Nickel Plate railroad the automobile was compelled to pass a horse and buggy. The piece of road is very narrow and has steep ditches beside it. The young man wishing to give the driver of the horse enough room went as close to the ditch as he thought was save but over-estimated the strength of the curb. Inquest Held Last lght.' The machine was partially demolished the old gentleman was hurried to St. Margarets hospital in a rig which happened to be on the scene. His serious injuries and his extreme old age left no hope for his recovery. 1 He lingered until 6:30 when he passed away surrounded by his son, the latter's wife and hi sgrandson. Mr. Kohlhase having been a widower for the past year, made his home with lils son Frank at 2235 Harvard street in Chicago. The son is connected with the National Stamping Company. The inquest over the the remains was held last evening by Coroner E. M. Shanklin in Emmerling's morgue. Later in the day - they were sent to Chicago for burial. BELMAN NOW A "PEG" Charles Rolman of this city had charge of one of two squads of men which walked from Crawfordsvillo, where he is attending Wabash college. to Indianapolis, to see the football game between Indiana university and Notre Dame. ' The Indianapolis Star in speaking of the walk said that one squad was in charge of Paul Stump, the basketball captain, and the other was in charge of Charles Belman, the crack sprinter on the track team. One squad followed the Ben Hur intorurban line and the other the Big Four railroad tracks. There were quite a number of the boys who made the long walk. The distance between the two points is about forty miles.

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HER SICK Hammond Lady Taken Violently 111 as Result of Te'sting Sample. Package of "Dope" Left by Canvasser on Her Doorstep. The advertising that a certain medical tea will get In Hammond as a result of leaving sample packages on the doorsteps, will be of nu exceedingly doubtful character, when the experience of Mrs. Charles E. Anlt, the wife of the yardmaster at Calumet park and who lives In 335 South Hohman street, becomes known. Mrs. Ault was mp.de violently ill by taking a dose of a certain medical tea according to the prescription on the nmt)lp.Mckage wb:cb-ws left-at her door. She found the package "Wednesday, took a teaspoonful of the tea that day as a laxative, was thrown into con vulsions that evening, and is sua in a dangerous condition. Doctor Is Called. Dr. Campbell called Thursday and found his patient in a dangerous con dition. He questioned her about what she had eaten and she told him about the medical tea. The package was unbroken when she took part of it and she does not believe that any foreign poison could have been put into it. Today Mr. Ault was inter viewed about the matter and said that it was ' unquestionably the tea which caused her sickness. She said that she had been badly salivated in addition to being poisoned, and she believes that she had a narrow escape from death. DIRECTORY TO BE ON MARKET S00 Creek Township Have Been Canvassed and Work Progresses. The work on the Lake county di rectory is going forward rapidly. At the present time all that is lacking to make it complete is the canvass of Hammond. Gary and Whiting. All of the Creek townships have been canvassed and all of the smaller cities of the county. The directory will be the most complete that has ever been compiled in this county. Manager Powers says it is possible that the directory may also include West Hammond. This city contains between 4,000 and 5,000 thousand people, and is so close to Hammond that it would be of great value to have it included in the book. Ilook Is Attractive One. The binding of the new directory is attractive. It is of red cloth, with gold letters and is about four times as large as any of the other directories that have been published here. There is to be a marginal index that will make it possible to refer instantly to the city in which the name is expected to appear. There will also b much other valuable information in the book, and there is not a business man in the Calumet region who can afford to be without one of these books. It is a great undertaking to get the names and addresses of every man in the county and the promoters of Lake county's first directory are worthy of all the support they need. On Market By Jan. 1. It is expected that the new directory will be on the market by the first of the year, and the edition will be a large one. There will be much valuable information to be had from the new compilation, as it will be possible to determine the population of the entire county as well as that of the individual cities when the book is out.

GUY IS II HOST OF

FINE BOOM Fifteen Hundred Men Will Be at Work at Standard Steel Car Works By End of This Week and Men Are Scarce. E BEEN WORKING QUIETLY First Shipment of Twenty-Five Cars Will Be Made This Week and Shop ping District on Saturday Night Shows Increase in All Lines of Business. Most people In Hammond are un aware of the fact that there are now being employed at the Standard Steel Car company In the neighborhood of 1.200 men and that by the middle of this week there will be 1,500 men em ployed at the big East End works. What Is still more surprising is the" fact that unless some of the plans of the officials of the company miscarry, on account of the lack of materials, the first shipment of twenty-five cars will be made at the end of this week. So quietly have the officials of the company been working and so little noise has there , been made over the opening of the concern, after nearly a year's idleness, that this news will be a surprise to many. In fact the only indication to the Hammond citizen that the plant Is real ly open and employing 1,200 men is the fact that the streets are again fre quented by groups of foreignerswho come downtown to the business dis trict and get the few necessities they need. Foreigners Come In. Business activity in Hammond was greater than ever last Saturday. For the first time in months the stores were crowded, and it now appears that the old prosperity of the city Is being restored. From a dozen sources comes the in formation that there is a scarcity of men. Several contractors have had difficulty in securing enough laborers to say nothing of the skilled workingmen. It will be the policy of the officials of the Standard Steel Car company in this city to make the work, which is now on hand, last as long as possible. While there is no question that there will be many new orders in the near fu ture yet as long as the orders have not actually been received it will be the policy of the men in charge here to string the work over as long a period as possible until new orders are re ceived, and then the work will be rushed. It is a known fact that all of the railroads have had their equipment in the way of rolling stock, greatly reduced during the period of financial depression and that it is now urgently necessary for all of them ot buy new cars and prepare for the rapidly in creasing volume of business which the railroads are now doing. Building Passenger Cars. Another surprise is the fact that the Hammond plant of the Standard Steel Car company has become a place for the manufacture of all-steel passenger cars. A sample car has been constructed and ten more of them are to be built and shipped at once. It is generally believed that the steel passenger coach will rapidly supplant the wooden car and the significance of this small start is hardly appreciated by the people of Hammond. , At the time the plant was located in Hammond there was an immense amount of land purchased, and curi osity was expressed on all sides that the company wanted so much ground, but as the big plans of the company are gradually evolved it becomes apparent that Hammond will, in a few years, have one of the largest car building plants in the country. DOCTOR'S WIFE LOSES SISTER. Sad tw Comes from Escondldo. Relative to Death of Mrs. D. C. Brown. "Word was received late Saturday night from Indianapolis that a message had been rereived from Eseondido, Cal.. and that Mrs. D. C. Brown of that city had passed away. Mrs. Brown is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Pavis of Indianapolis, and a sister to Dr. J. A. Davis and Dr. C. Li. Davis of this city. The news came as a shock to the friends and relatives of the deceased. Mrs. Brown leaves a son, a husband, two brothers, three sisters and a father and mother to moifrn her death. It is probable that the remains will be sent to Indianapolis for Interment. Try a wnt ad in The Times.

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Official Pluralities On State Ticket

For Governor Marshall (Dem.) 343.406 Watson (Rep.) 334.K36 Marshall's plurality 13.U60 Lieutenant GovernorHall IDpm.) 340.042 (.(MMlnlur( Rep.) 83N.301 Hall's plurality 1,541 Secretary of State Cox (Dem.) 339,007 Sims (Rep.) 340.000 Slms's plurality ,i Auditor of Stat 7 33ft .284 Bailey Iem. Billheimer (Rep.) . . Blllhclmers' plurality TreasurerIsenbarger (Dem.) 338,907 Hadley (Kep.) 33D.S10 Hadley's plurality 838 Attorney General Lots 4Dem. 340.711 Bingham (Rep.) S3O.S10 Lots' plurality , 901 Reporter Supreme CourtNew (Dem.) 33S.10D Self (Rep.) 331,3 Self's plurality 1.277 Superintendent Public Instruction A ley (Dem.) 3:u,ri McTnrnan (Kep.) 33!..S0J MeTurnan's plurality 211 State Statistician Kelleher (Dem.) 338.B13 l'eets (Rep.) 3802 Peetx's plurality . 316 Supreme Court, Fifth District I.alrv (Dem.l 338.1)77 Myers, U. A. (Rep.) sio.oin Mevers's plurality 1.041 Appellate Court, First District. Felt (Dem.) 338,731 Myers. D. (Ren.) 339,731 Myers's plurality 1.16S JACKSON SAYS THE DEIS. WILL FIGHT Democratic Chairman De clares Foreigners Were Brought to Lake Co. WILL GO TO THE LEGISLATURE Says That Wholesale Naturalization , of Foreigners Took Place in Lake County. If Stokes Jackson of the democratic central committee of Indiana has hi way, he is going to have Lake county's vote thrown out because of the natur alization question. That the legislature will be called upon to decide who have been elected to all of the state offices clnlmed by the republicans Is the announcement made by Stokes Jackson, democratic state chairman. "There will be a contest in every oase in whirl the official figures show republican to have been elected." said Mr. Jackson. ""We know that we made a clean sweep in the recent election and we do rot propose to be cheated out of the fruits of victory. We shall go to the legislature for justice." "Upon what specific evidence will the contests be based?" Mr. Jackson was asked. Says There Is Lots of It. "Their is an abundance of evidence," he replied. "The legislature will be asked, for example, to investigate the wholesale naturalization of foreigners in Lake county. "We have information that foreigners were brought there in droves just before election from Chicago and other cities and were naturalized in a way that was entirely im proper and illegal. They were not even asked the ordinary questions which the law specifies they must be asked. We have no doubt that when we get our evidence before the legislature the verdict will be in our favor. At any rate, it is due to the state that this naturalization scandal be probed." James F. Cox, nominee for secretary of state on the democratic ticket, says he knows ha has been fairly elected and that he will file contest proceedings before the legislature. "I am prepared," said he, "to furnish any body of men sufficient proof of my election." Mr. Cox says he knows of two Instances where enough of his votes were thrown out to overcome the plurality accredited to Fred A. Sims on the official returns, as far as they had been completed yesterday. COfjSIOleW STATION Board of Public Works Holds a Short Session This Morning." The board of public works held a short session this morning, at which the primary assessment roll for the Truman avenue sidewalk was accepted. The resolution for the Fast Ogden street sidewalk was laid over until Nov. 12. The board is seriously considering an entirely new fire station Tor Robertsdale. After going over the whole proposition of remodeling the present building in Robertsdale for both police and fire department service, the board finds that it would be an unsatisfactory job, and is inclined to lay out a little more money all around and make a perfect Job.

FREAiv ELECT! BETS PAID

Oscar Plageman and Carl Anderson, Enthusiastic Bryan Men, Pay the Loser's End of Wheelbarrow Bets Yesterday. I! SEES THE SPORT Gay Calvacade Follows Wheelbarrows Down Hohman Street While, Cheering Crowds Look on at Sport Winners and Losers Enjoy It Alike. Two more freak election bets, In which the wheelbarrow played the most Important part, were paid in Hammond since last Saturday.. Hundreds of peo ple enjoyed the fun, while the bettors themselves entered into the fun as much as any one. The bet causing the most excitement was that between Oscar Plageman and Walter Wall. It was carried out yesterday afternoon, the time set, being 1 o'clock. The route for the ride lay from the Hohman street bridge to the court house. Many See the Sport. At the time set hundreds of people had lined up along the street, while scores of email boys were at the bridge to see the fun begin. Oscar and Wall were there with the wheelbarrow and headed by Pugh's band, the procession started down the street. So -thick was -the rrwd- a.t .the four corner tiikt a policeman had to ina.ke room for the betters. Both Oscar and Wall wore a silk tile and a Prince Albert. and there was certainly enough sympathy expressed for the tender-handed barber. A num ber of times the procession came to a standstill in order to give th knight of the razor an opportunity to rest up. Picture Is Taken. At the four corners a picture was taken of the whole outfit. From there the crowd proceeded to the court house. Probably the severest test In the ordeal was the face of Bryan shrouded In crepe, which hung before him. The stipulation was that every "spill" should cost the wheeler $5, and Oscar took no chances. Will Parker and Liew Sheffield accompanied as body guards. They were careful to prevent any spills and as there were none it can be easily figured that they helped Oscar to save several thousand dollars. Tom Swanton Gets Ride. A similar bet was carried out last Saturday night when Carl Anderson, the. middleweight fighter, gave .Coun cilman Tom Swanton a ride from the postoffiee to Hohman street. Tom's, Irish buggy was decorated with the national colors, and he could certainly enjoy his seat since he was provided with a cushion and his trip lay over State street, which is comparatively smooth. Shey cheered for Tom and Carl both, and a big shout went up as they landed In front of Schumaker"'s saloon. Carl like Plageman had championed the cause of Bryan. The crowds were satisfied with two facts, one that a bet of such a nature might as well be lost as won, and the other that the betters, especially the losers, are good game fellows. BETZ Otl THE H Local Manufactory Receives Cablegram From Its President. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Betz of South Hohman street are on their way back from Europe after a pleasant sojourn of six weeks entour. The local officials of the F. S. Betz Company received word from Mr. Betz on Saturday in the shape of a cablegram sent from Liverpool, England. The cable, according to SecretaryTreasurer A. F. Rohrer, contained the information that Mr. and Mrs. Betz sailed on the "Cerona." one of the slow Cunard boats. Mr. Rohrer expects Mr. Betz back in Hammond about the first of next week, but he may possibly linger in New York for a few days. The couple have been on the Mediterranean for several weeks, and concluded their visit with a few days spent in London, England. Valpo Student Missing. Professor O. P. Klnsey of Valparaiso university reports that Louis Calvin of Toledo left school on Oct. 22, and has not been heard from since. He is known to have been in Gary.

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State Street Will Have Another Show

. House And Harvey Brooks Will Lease The Place

TAGGART Indiana Democratic Leader Gets Into the Senatorial Fight and Being Responsible for Democratic Victory May Land Plum. Indianapolis, Vov. 9. Tom Taggart, for years a most Important factor in the democratic politics in Indiana, is now the most important factor, perhaps, In the senatorial fight, which promises to Involve . the whole party and become f anions, even as the Beckham-Bradley tight In Kentucky was, for Its bitter ness and aggressiveness. - s Taggart may be a candidate to suc ceed Senator Heme-nway, but even If he does not he will const? rnte a very imprttai firN--Jit bw .ie ?s orupy. Ing the center of she stage. All democrats are asking each other whether Taggart will seek the senatorial honors and if not to which one of the other candidates will he give support. Though discredited as a party leader, Taggart still sways an influence which is near control. Many Angles Considered. The Pluto king may find it advisable to become a candidate in order to be saved from the embarrassment of having to support one friend and political co-worker as against another. He and John Kern and he and John E. Lamb are very friendly socially and politically. To suport his friend Kern would be to oppose his friend Lamb and to aid his Terre Haute lieutenant would be to go back on his Indianapolis co-worker, who has always done his bidding whenever exigencies of politics required strong leadership, good judgment and subtle work not furnishable by Taggart himself. Taggart Plays a Winner. It Is a cinch that Taggart will not any of the other candidates mentioned for the senatorship. He is bitter against L. Ert Slack oT Franklin, who has already made formal announcement of his candidacy. He owes little or nothing to Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend, and he has not forgotten the hostility shown him by J. Kirby Risk last winter when anti-Taggart members of the party sought to defeat Stokes Jackson for state chairman merely because Jackson had been picked for the job by the then national chairman; nor does Taggart like W. S. Ryan, the Indianapolis attorney, who has entered the senatorial list. Taggart may have nothing against Major Menzies, the former boss of "the packet," or against Mason NIblack, both of whom are regarded as receptive candidates, but he Is not going to tie to any one whose chances are as slight as are the chances of these. Taggart always plays a winner and when the lineup is revealed, it will be found that he is either for himself or for Kern or Lamb. RRMER PASSES AWAY Death of Michael Gunther, Prosperous Hessville Farmer. Michael Gunther of Hessville, one of the oldest citizens of the village, died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock from old age. the decedent having been SI years old. He was one of the prosperous farmers around Hessville, and spent practically his entire life on the farm. He was liked by his neighbors for being a good and simple man, one whose word was as strong as an oath, and upright in all his dealings. He is survived by two daughters and one san, ten grand children and ten great-grandchildren. The funeral has been arranged for Wednesday afternoon, to take place from tive house at 1 o'clock, with the Rev. Claus of Hammond afficiating. Interment will be in the Hessville cemetery.

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PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT State Street Will Rival Hohman Soon as a Theatrical Rialto.' j

Postmaster W. H. Gostlia is receiving estimates on a theater and store building which he is to construct on fifty feet of property he owns oa State street, opposite Minas department store. The theater will be of the ten-cent variety and there will be a seating capacity of at least ROW. Should the deHindi of the business require it, a balcony can be put In which will increase the seating capacity to nearly eight hundred. Will Be Built At Once. It is understood that the theater la to 1 e constructed at once. The contractors are looking over the plans, which have been made by Architect J. T. Hutton. a!nd they will furnish their estimates in time to make the building of the theater possible this winter and next spring. The theater will be In the rear of the building and there will be two thirty-, five foot stores In the front. The building wilt be built In such a manner that tae theater can be converted into store rooms if the theater -should not prove profitable- '. Tt T8"Vmderstcc.l thatTHfcrvey Broo'k wi!l. lease the theater, ar d he says he . will engage, in some other business this winter until the building is ready fop him. . That Hammond is to be the theatrical center of the county is apparent from the activity along this line. T. W. Englehart is putting in the neighborhood of $7,000 into the remodeling of a store room in the Tapper block which is to be used as a ten-cent theater. Will Build Theirs This Spring. Dr. T. Edwin Bell and W. S. But. terfield say that next epring they will begin the construction of a $35,000 theater on property on State street owned by rr. Bell, and it was only recently that M. M. Towle remodeled his theater for James Wingfield at an expensa of $10,000. With the surrounding transportation facilities there are between Hammond, and the surrounding cities, it is expected that the people roundabout will get the theater habit and Hammond will benefit in many ways as a result. THEY TRY TO GET JltlY'S "GOUT" New Orleans Sports Had a Surprise Coming to Them, However. Jimmy Clabby sent a telegram to his father in this city, which read as follows: I lost the decision In fifteen rounds.. Decision was unpopular. Waa robbed." Mr. Clabby says that they took advantage of his boy in many ways. He says that both men agreed to fight at 13S pounds, but Gardner found it impossible to get down to that weight and so he said he would fight at 113 or not at all. Shons Lots of Class. The men went into the ring with Gardner weighing four pounds more than the Hammond man. and ttien he won the decision by a hair's breath. This is not believed to hurt the Hammond man, however, for he showed such class in his fight with Gardner that the fans all think well of him. It is not known just what will b done about the division of the gate receipts under the circumstances. Mr. Clabby thinks his boy ouzht to get at least half of them, but he is afraid that he won t. Makes t.nod Showing. Clabby made such a good showing, however, that he will not have any ifficulty in getting other good fights. the game where he may expect to come homo with a good-sized bacon every once in a while. If anything the fight of last Saturday in New Orleans will serve to make t Hammond man even more confident, and it is expected that whw he gets more experience he will make all ot the men in his class go some.

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