Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 140, Hammond, Lake County, 1 December 1908 — Page 8
THE TIMES.
Tuesday, December 1, 190S.
WORM HIRED AT LAST
TOLLESTOH 0IVIS10H HEARLYJGOMPLETED Interurban Division to Be Completed by 15th of the Month.
Hegewisch Hopeless no Longer Now That Batling Nelson Has Taken Town Beneath His Sheltering Wings to Help It.
BAT CREATES NEW TEMPLE OF LIBERTY
Chicago City Officials Make PugilistLeader's "Constits" Very Weary and Hegewisch Folk Tnrn to the
"Chamtjeen." to Be a Modern
Hoses.
THE EXTENSION IS GRANTED
Company Hopes to Finish Work in
Two Weeks Grading Ready for the Kails.
At lat the orui baa turned. Hege
wisch atreetleaa, sewerleaa, Tvalkleas, light less, hot not hopeleaa, so long as
Battling Xclaon will stand by the town,
has loaned a declaration of independ
ence.
It is th7 old story of the tyranny
of taxation y.-ithout improvements, and 3S"ov. 30. will hereafter be Hegewisch's
independence day. Last night there
was a mass meeting m the I'aneul hall
of he Eelghth ward and a new cradle of liberty was created. Tired of procrastinations. The people of Hegewisch are tired Df the procrastinations of the Chicago city officials. They have reached the boiling point in their rebellion. If a referendum will do the business Hegewisch will soon become a separate rounicpality and lo! Battling Nelson will be made its lord mayor. Hegewisch, dragged down by the rest Df Chicago, can't even get sewers; and Nelson and other property owners of that section are tired trying to improve the community with the rest of the town hanging on like a dead weight. The only way in which Hegewisch can realize Its city beautiful dreams is to get an act of the legislature and a referendum and cut loose. . Nelson had some thought of running ftSr the ' city council in the Eighth ward, but the idea cutting loose from the drag of Chicago took possession of the mass meeting last night, and now there's nothing to it. Nelson will run for mayor. Wasted Lots of Time.
"We've wasted enough time out
here," he said In explaining the city
beautiful movement. "We can't get any
thing and we'll just have to cut loose
and get a new town. We want to cut out the Thirty-first and Thirty-third precincts of the Eighth ward and fix up a real town, running from the lake
to Stony Island avenue.
"They want me to run for mayor of the new town, and I guess it wouldn't do any harm to have a few fighters
DacK or things. What you need are
hustlers. Get some hustlers In a town
and look what you can do with it.
Mr. Nelson was visibly impressed
with the idea of his becoming mayor,
and in a speech of some length that Bounded suspiciously like chapter
. eighteen of his newest and first book,
Mr. Nelson accepted the honors about
to be thrust upon him. What Hns Chicago Done for l's,
"Chicago has never, done anything
for this part of the city," he declared. "We have no streets, no sidewalks, no
pewers, and yet we pay heavy taxes
Let us separate from the city and form
a city of our own. Let us incorporate
let us elect a mayor "
"Bat for mayor," shouted the crowd.
"Bat for us." Bat flushed with pride and con tinued:
"Let us elect a mayor who will make this the best little city in the world
"Bat for mayor," came the cry again
In clarion tones.
"Thanks again," said Mr. Nelson. "If you did elect me I would make this a
great little city. But first we must sepa
rate from Chicago,"
Mr. Nelson will head the delegation
that will call upon County Judge Rin-
aker today and ask him by what means Hegewisch can separated from Chicago
and elect Mr. Nelson mayor.
The Chicago, Lake Shore & South
Bend, Toleston division is now prac
tically completed and will probably be In running order by the lath of this month, the time limit set in the franchise. They have already finished the
e-radinsr. which is the most difficult
part of the work of building this exten
sion, and the work of laying the rails
Is now being started.
If the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend road should not have their spur
into Toleston completed by the mid
die of this month the citizens of that city will not be disposed to grant them an extension as they were the last time
that it was asked for. Recently the branch was inspected by General Manager-Wallace and Chief Counsel Meyers. They expressed themselves as satisfied that the work would be completed in the required time. The completion of the Toleston spur will not only mean much to the citizens of that city, but will afford an outlet for Gary people who desire to live just outside of the city In a quiet suburb such as Toleston. There are now several Gary business men living at Toleston and they will soon have no difficulty In solving the transportation question. The Gary real estate men say that it will also tend to boom property in that direction for residence purposes.
GI1IE
TOI COLD SHOULDER
Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad May Decide to Give Batling Nelson's Town the Grand Razoo.
-DOUBLE COUPON ALL DAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS GROCERY EXCEPTED
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SOLVE PROBLEM
OF FIRE PROTECTI
Gary Town Board Holds Its
Regular Meeting Today.
Is the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Internrban company to give Hegewisch the cold shoulder? If the rumors that are floating: around are to be given credence that is to be the fate of Bailing Nelson's' town. The Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend company has been doing all It could to secure the right to cross certain streets In the town of Hegewisch and Kensington. It has been balked on
every hand by the city officials of Chicago, who think they can compel the Il
linois Central, which has a traffic
agreement with the local Interurban, to electrify its terminal in return for the
rights that may be given to the Interurban.
The Illinois Central may decide to
electrify, but neither this railroad or the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend line officials propose to be brow-beaten.
As a result, it is understood that the interurban line is to take a northerly direction from Burnham and will purchase its right of way to the Pennsylvania railroad cutoff and will run its cars into Chicago over this line until the city officials relent and decide to give the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend line a franchise in Hegewisch. The officials of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend line are very impatient to make their terminal connections in Chicago. The line will be operated at a loss until these connections are made. They see no hope of the
Chicago city officials coming to terms
and so they are casting about for an other way to get into Chicago.
It is understood that if these plans carry it will not be many months be
fore the patrons of the road in Gary
and Hammond will be able to go all of
the way Into Chicago by interurban
Supply Vour Oold Weather Needs on this Day Clothing and Underwear, Dry Goods, Ladies' and Children's Ready-to-Wear, Warm Shoes and Slippers, Boots and Arctics; Blankets and Comforters
2-DOUBLE CO'UTONS-2
S5E
FOR CHUECH FEDERATION.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 1. Distin
guished divines and laymen., repre
senting various religious demonlnations are gathering in this city to take
part in the meeting of the Federal Council of Christ in America, which aims to bring about a closer union of
the different demonations in various branches of their work. The sessions of the council will begin tomorrow and continue through the remainder of the
week.
A leading feature of the gathering
will be the evening mass meetings in the Academy of Music, which will be addressed by men of wide prominence. Scheduled among the speakers are Governor Ansel of South Carolina, Gov
ernor Hoch of Kansas, Governor Hughes of New York, Judge Grosscup
of Chicago, Rev. Washington Gladden
physicians and surgeons of Virginia and North Carolina, met In this city today for its fourteenth annual convention. A prograjn of papers and
discussions covering three days has been prepared for the meeting.
APPLICATION FQB CHIEFSMP
of Columbus, O., and Bishops White-
In the meantime the expensive bridge head, Talbot and Whltaker of the Epis-
irhlrh has been built over the rail- copai cnurcn.
roa-i tracks east of Hegewisch. and
the one which has been built over the SEABOARD MEDICAL ASS'N
river east of that place, will have to be
abandoned until the Chicago "dogs in Washington, N. C, Dec. 1. The Sea
the manger" relent and permit the board Medical association, the member-
road to cross the Hegewisch streets. jghip of which is composed of leading
FIVE MORE SALOONS
OUT OF
BUSINESS.
Chief Martin Keeping Close Tab on
the Wet Goods Emporiums.
All
With the closing of the present
month there will be five more saloons
go out of business in Gary which will leave forty-five yet to do business until the last of April.
Chief of Police Martin is keeping
close tab on all the saloons in Gary
and is watching that they close their doors at the date their license expires. The saloons fo go out of business today are: Fred Stuckem, Charles Vanguylder, Mike Mandish, John Farrell and Anton Szmit. The majority of the saloons will close their doors in March.
JOIW THE ARMY WHO HAVti TRIED riMKS WANT ADS AND HAVE NOT FOUND THEM WASTING.
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. ' Cincinnati, O., Dec. 1. Delegates from all parts of the country assembled in this city today for the fifth triennial convention of the Council of Jewish Women, which has a .membership of nearly 10,000. The opening day was devoted to a meeting of the national committee and to the address of the president, Mrs. Hugo Rosenberg of Pittsburg. Wednesday and Thursday will be largely taken up by reports of progressive work on the part of various
departments of the organization. Industrial education, practical philanthropy, aids to Immigrants and other topics of general public interest will receive , attention. The visiting delegates are being entertained by the leading Jewish' families of Cincinnati and its suburbs. Besides this arrangement a general entertainment and reception - committee has prepared for the comforts of the guests.
WEDDING OF MISS CRYDER. New York, Dec. 1. A small but fashionable .wedding today was that of Miss
Ethel Cryder of this city and Mr. CecilHlggins of London. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cryder; in Washington Square. The bride 1st one of the belles of New York society. She is one of the famous Cryder trip-.
lets. Her sisters are Mrs. William
Woodward of New York and Mrs. F.
Lohtrop Ames of Boston. Mr. Higglns, the bridegroom, is a son of Henry V, Higglns of London and was formerly
secretary of the British legation ia
Washington.
U. D. C. OF TEXAS. Terrell. Texas, Dec. 1. With an ex-t change of cordial greetings and a program of excellent music the thirteenth annual convention of the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy had' an auspicious beginning' in this city today. The gathering was called to order this morning In the Presbyterian . church by Miss Katie Daffan, the state president. The roll call showed an attendance of delegates representing the various chapters o the organization throughout Texas.
Try a wnt ad In Thb Times.
Only Experienced Men Need Apply,
Says Mayor Knotts Contract May Be Let.
At the regular meeting of the town
board this afternoon the all absorbing
topic which will come up for discussion
is the proper fire protection for this
city. Every member of the board Is anxious to see definite steps- taken towards the1 establishment of a fire sta
tion and equipment and they will find
out today just what they can accomp
lish with the limited means at their
disposal.
There will be several applications
presented before the board for the of
fice of fire chief and for firemen. These
will probably not be acted upon today
but if the men are present they will
b givn a chance to talk and show their qualifications to the town board.
In choosing the members President
Knotts said yesterday that they would only choose experienced men or men
with enough experience so that they
would have no difficulty In learning
It is also probable that the contract
for the fire station will be let today.
The building will be located on the
corner of Seventh avenue and Massa
chusetts street, and the work will be
started at once. There will be but a
f w men put on at the present time
as the equipment will not justify using
me.ny men, but the improvement in the service will be felt in fighting fires in
the future.
CASE LOST BY DEFAULT'
Personal Injury Suit Con
tinued Until Plaintiff Leaves Town.
Attorney Harry Call of Gary went to
Valparaiso yesterday where he appear
ed in the famous case of Riley vs. Pet
erson, a personal Injury case, which was
set for trial several months ago and had
been postponed until yesteday. Riley
was one of the old characters In Gary
eighteen months ago, and one day while
working for Peterson, a grading con
tractor, met with an accident in which
he broke his anKle and was laid up
in the hospital for some time.
One of the Gary attorneys secured
the case and when it came up for trial
it was venued to the court at Valpa
raiso. Here it was continued from time to time until finally Riley, who was
more or less of a '"rounder," left the
city and it came up for trial yesterday.
Riley was not present and the case was
ost by default.
AT FIRST ANNUAL BALL
COUSCIEtlCE HURTS Hi
Joe Bernard Receives Con
fession About Stolen Chickens.
St. Andrew's Society, Gary, 1
Newly Organized, Entertains.
BAI ORDERS ITS SAFE
The contract has now been let by the
new Calumet bank of Gary for their vaults to the Mossier Safe company. The manufacture of the safe will re
quire ninety days and by that time the
new bank will be ready for business,
he sate will be one of the finest in
the city. The size is 10x14 feet and
will be equipped with an automatic
time lock. It will also be provided
with a heavy double door.
The bank, which will be located in
the Burge building next to The Times office on Broadway, is rapidly nearing
completion. The carpenters are now
working on the finishing of the build
ing, and they expect to have it reafy
so that the fixtures can be put in three
weeks. C. O. Holmes & Co. expect to
have their offices moved to the bank
from the CaJl building in about a
month.
(Special to The Times.)
East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 1. Evident
ly suffering with a wounded conscience,
Wavrin Skotlnski confessed to Joe
Bernard, a foreigner living on Magoun avenue, that he had stolen eight
chickens and three rabbits. The rob
bery was committed last April, with
the assistance of one Charles Huhla
of Baring avenue. Bernard immediate
ly had warrants sworn out for the of
ftnders and they are now in ' jail,
awaiting trial by Judge W. A. Reiland
The disclosure occurred In a strange
manner. Bernard paid the fine of the confessor on a charge of intoxication
some time ago, thereby proving his
friendship. In the light of his past
deeds, Wavrin thought it best to con
fess his part in the robbery. The chickens were prize ones, valued at about $2.50 each, and he planned a com
plete forgiveness. Not so with Ber
nard, who had been waiting for an opportunity to find the thief. Instead of words of forgiveness, Bernard made a dash for the local justice shop and secured a warrant. This time he refuses to pay Wavrin's fine, and the two defendants will likely serve a term In the county Jail for their misdeeds.
The St. Andrew's society of Gary held
its first annual ball last night in the Gary hotel and the function was a fine success. There were a large number of people present from out of town, and
the attendance as a whole was satisfy
ing to the management. A buffet lunch
was served by Manager O'Donnel of the
Gary hotel. The St. Andrew, although one of the youngest organizations of the city, is one of the largest and strongest as evidenced by their first ball last night. All of the members are either Scotch or of Scotch decent. They organized about three months ago and their society has been growing rapidly since that time. The decorations last night were beautiful. Throughout the dinning room, lobby, etc., the walls were decorated with Scotch plaid, bunting, etc. In the
dining room and otner places many feme were scattered about. The members of the society are planning to give several other functions during the year and will make this dance an annual affair.
IOWA EMPLEMENT DEALERS. Des Moines, la., Dec. 1. The Iowa Implement Dealers' association, one of the strongest organizations of Its kind in the country, began its annual convention in Des Moines today with a large and representative attendance. The convention program covers three days and provides for the discussion of numerous questions of interest and importance to the trade.
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