Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 128, Hammond, Lake County, 16 November 1908 — Page 8

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Commission Held Its Firs Meeting Saturday Morning in Gary and Received Instructions As to Mode of Procedure. -

FIRST REPORT READY BY LAST OF THE YEAR Much Preliminary Work Will Have To Be Done Before the Contract Can. Be Let Work Expected to Begin the. Early Part of Next Spring, - ' - . The Burf ftch ' commission met Satunjay nVViing at 10 oclock inthe Victoria hotel where they had their first ' .official meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to be advised by their attorney, Frank Pattee, of Crown Point, as to the proper course to persure in starting the actual work of construction. ' Tho preliminary work will be 'long and odious before the'y are prepared to let the contract for th work. It .will be necessary to levy fhe , assessment and damages for each forty acres of property throughout all the territory, whicii the ditch will cover, beginning from a short distance east of Hammond and running to Dunne Park. In this space there are thousands of acres and will be assessed according to the use to which it will likely be- put whether for farm land or for city lots. The first thing that will be begun by the commission is the careful survey and inspection of the territory which the ditch will run. If they find a better method of building a ditch than that proposed by Randall H. Burns, the originator of the plan, they are prlveliged to use this method. The survey of the route will be made by Guy Stinchfield the county surveyor, who holds his place on the commission by vlture of his office. . . i . . , , , ""First Report Dec. 31. The first report which will be made to the court on. the assesment and damages will be turned in by the commission Dec. 31. It will be necessary to make a report on the plan of buildin?: the ditch or of any other matter r A SCENE FROM "HOW HEARTS ARE

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'A. P. DOxLiEi G.S.ItJiTfD T2LB in connection with the work, they having full charge of it. After the assessment of. benefits and damages have been levied, and the route of the ditch and the plans and specifications have been drawn up the contract for the work will be let and the iWork. will probably start early in the., spring. ' . ' ' . Those who attended the meeting were Guy Stinchfield. county surveyor, of . Porter county, , Thomas tVllson, drainage commissioner of ' Porter county, A. P. Melton, of Gary who represents Lake county, and Frank Pattee. The next meeting of the commissioners ; and their attorney will be held a week ' from today, when they will begin actual work. ...... ,..-.:..-. Don't overlook the big cut and slash sale of the Paxton & Baker Cq's stock, 225-227 State street, by the Chicago Brokerage Co. Sale opens Wednesday morning.- 2t. 5a BROKEN" AT THE TOWLE OPERA COMPANY THURSDAY. NOV. 19TH.

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j f f VJSJ&tT 5 HASTINGS EXPRESS BRANCH ill FIRE Two Firemen Drag Their Comrades from Death Peril Yesterday. Wi HORSES ABE SAVED Calumet Region Concern Suffers . Heavily In Loss of Plant at South Chicago. " Two firemen narrowly escaped death, twenty-two horses were rescued from the flames after a desperate fight, and. property valued at $40,000 was destroyed In . a fire which raged In the building of the South Chicago branch of the Hastings Express company, Nlnety-Cifth street and . Commercial avenue, yesterday.- ; This , is the express company which makes Hammond, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and Gary. ... Captain Robert Ambrose and Pipe-

man Isaac Weir were the firemen who' With one of the most impressive gress. The apostolic delgate, who has were rescued . They were standing in services ever held in the history of . the brought to the congress a message from the wagon shed of the plant, fighting Catholic church in the middle west the the Vatican which he made public yesthe flames, when the floor . suddenly first American missionary congress bad terday. acted as the direct representa-

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its ecclesiastical opening j-esterday morning. The working sessions began this morning and . will continue until Wednesday night. . The service which solemnized the advent of the congress was the celebratlon of solemn pontifical mass in Holy Name Cathedral. The celebrant was Archbishop Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States and special representative of the pope to the conbasement of the building, literally buried in a mass of burning wood. Companions rescued them after a few minutes. Both, were burned and scratched, but neither was seriously injured. Jeremiah Cdhon, an employe of the Hastings Express company, discovered the flames on a platform of one of the ouildings. Realizing that the buildings would probably be lost before the firemen 'could arrive, he ran into the stable, cut the halter straps of all the horses and released flaem. They ran into the '. streets. Last night not all of them had been recaptured. At one time it seemed that the fire would reach the plant of the Valvoline Oil company,. .475 Ninety-fifth street. Over 100 barrels of oil were stored in their buildings. Had the fire reached the oil it would have been impossible to save any of the property. A few sparks fell on the roof, but they were quenched at once. Two cars of oil belonging to the comsany were burned.

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- " v-v 54 c vtive of Pope Pius X. at the mass, The formal ecclesiastical opening of the cathedral in the morning brought together one of the most notable, assemblages of Catholic clergy and laity ever seen in America. There were present seventy-seven archbishops and blshops, hundreds of clergymen and many laymen, gathered from - almost every state and province in the United States and Canada. - TIGERS BEAT OXFORDS East Chicago, Ind., Nov. 16. The East Chicago "Tigers" added another laurel to their fast increasing string of victorious games yesterday afternoon, by defeating the Oxford A. C, one' of the fastest teams on the Chicago gridiron. The score was 12 to 5, and the game showed vast Improvement over the previous game with the Oxford team. ' Sternberg, the fast Harbor half, made the first goal for the local team, running the entire length of the field after a recovered fumble. Hascall made the other goal, In the second !i 'f. plunging through the line for fiileon yards, and a touchdown. The forward pass was used successfulb- by the East Chicago players in several instances, while the Oxford team only attempted its prosecution j once.

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4 f ARCHBISHOP QUIGLEV AND DEACCOXS OF HONOR, THE VERY REV. JOHN E. BURKE AND THE VERY REV. W. H. KETCHAM. GARY "BLIND TIGERS" ARE BROUGHT TO BAY Police Hunt in the Jungles of North Side and Find - Quarry in Shacks. The blind pig raids, which The Times announced, were scheduled to be pulled off last week, were held Saturday and when the spoils of war were taken to the station the police had as evidence that liquor is consumed in th-e shacks operated by the boarding ; bosses, twenty-six cases of beer and eight gal Ions of whisy. " This was simply the haul obtained from part of the places where they have been suspected of selling liquor. . . Those who were arrested with run ning a "blind tiger" are John Mirtom, Tony Kirk, Sam Milonoych and Kizo Selarlya. .These men all live near, the Lake Shore tracks and have been su spected of the act for which they were arrested for some time. There is no question but what, they will be bound over to the superior court, although rney Clarence Bretsch,' who has ... employed to defend them, says that he believes that he will be able to clear one or two of them : There is no question. but what there has been, intoxicating liquor on the premises, but the question which the police will be compelled to prove is that the "fire water was sold and not server with, the . meals at the shacks. The police say that they have the e-vi dence that the liquor has been sold to the men for some time. Since the closing - of the saloons some time ago the city has been full of blind pigs and the police are de termed' to wipe them out. The crusade against them will continue." GABY BOYS ARE BEATEN AT MICHIGAN CITY The Gary football team went to i Michigan City yesterday and was de feated by an aggregation known as the West nds by the score of 49 to 0. The defeat, of the Gary team is laid to a number of causes, among them being the fact that the members of the team would not practice and that some of the heavier members on the team failed o show up for the trip. The Gary eleven was beaten at all stages of the game and acknowledged its complete rout. The Gary management, however, secured a return game at Gary for next Thanksgiving and the team representing the steel city promises to get in shape for a contest which will wipe out the disgrace of the game yesterday. About fifteen rooters went to Michigan City with the Gary team yesterday. Dont overlook the big cut and slash j sale of the Paxton & Baktr Co's stock, j 225-227 State street, by tho Chicago j Brokerage Co. Sale opens Wednesday morning. 2t.

Mr. Hearst's Candidate for Judge of Indiana Supreme Court Is Made Defendant Against Lawyers as Plaintiffs.

TROUBLE GROWS OUT OF ATTACHMENT CASE Gary Justice of the Peace Would Keep Court Costs Out of the Money Paid to Him in Compliance With a Decision Handed Down By Him in a Case Recently. "We intend to start impeachment proceedings at once against Justice of the Peace, Harley A. Townsley, the recent candidate for judge of the supreme court of Indiana on the charge of attempting to collect illegal fees. There are several instances in which we be lieve him to be guilty of this act, and we intend to prosecute him," said Attorney John M. Fox, of the firm , of Fox & Dunn. The specific case which was cited yesterday by Mr. Fox was that of Giga Radisch vs. Hisha Jokov. which was filed in the latter's court and in which the above attorneys appeared for the complainants. An attachment of the defendant for the sum of S80 was sought against . Jokov and Judgment for the full amount was given to Fox & Dunn. The costs, however, the attorneys say, was assessed against them instead of against the" defendants wh'o lost in the case. Who Mast Pay the Costa f The amount of the costs was 113.80. This they refused to pay, but after an argument with the court the amount of the costs was reduced $10, and that amount was remitted to them. Yes terday, however, they received notifi cation 'that the payment of the check for that amount which thev had re ceived, had Veen stopped. This means, they say,' that they will be expected to pay all of the costs of the case, amounting to' $13.80. ' The attorneys claim that in winning the case, for the attachment they were absolved from the payment of the costs and that it should have been assessed against the defendant. The above Is the one specific case in which the impeachment proceedings will probably be started against the local justice of the peace. The attorneys claim, however, that there are several other instances in which the same thing has happened and they will be brought to light at the proper time. Besides this charge they" have complaints against the judge of another character, one of which occur red in this same case. Civil Suit la Started. Attorney Fox claimed that the JS0 which they had due them by winning the case was paid into the court by the defendant in cash thortly after the trial, and that this money wn held by court illegally. Judge Townsley claimed that an appeal had been taken to the superior court and that he had held it pending the appeal. In contradiction to this, however, the at torneys said that the money should have been paid over at oncn. W!un they did receive it, it was sriven them in amounts different than that paid in, and partly also in checks, dated ahoad they claiming that during this time the money had been appropriate! by the judge for his own use. A civil suit was also start1;! Saturday by Attorneys Fox & Dunn for tho amount of damages which they have paid to the judge. Their attorney in this case is Clyde Hunter. PRISON SWEPT BY FIRE Jeffersonville Reformatory Inmates Cheer Work of Firemen. Jeffersonville, Ind., Nov. 15. Five buildings of the Indiana state reformatory and nearly the entire plant of the Indiana Manufacturing company were destroyed by fire late today. The loss will total about $250,000. There were no fatalities, the 1,300 inmates of the reformatory remaining locked in their cells, a portion of them sending cheer after cheer through the granted windows as they watched the work of the firemen. When the fire was discovered in the reformatory the fire department of the Institution was put to work, but the water failed and the JefTersonville department was summoned. By the time it arrived the .flames had gained such headway that Louisville, Ky., across the ' river, was called upon for help, responding in a short time. After destroying five. buildings the fire spread .westward to the plant of the Indiana Manufacturing company, destroying three buildings. JOIJT THE ARMY WHO HAVE TRIET1 TIMES WAKT ADS AND HAVE XOl FOUND THEM WASTING,