Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 145, Hammond, Lake County, 7 December 1908 — Page 8

THE TIMES. Monday, December 7, 190SRINK IS DESTROYED fiMIS OHED FOR FIGHT

SEE NEW BLEU OPTION WAR

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BY A BIG BLAZE 2 Ten Thousand Dollar Fire Again Visits Gary This Morning. BUILDING WILL BE REPLACED

Movement . on Foot Among Demopratic Members of Legislature to Make Republicans Take Initiative in Repeal of Law.

DEMOCRATS DON'T WANTTOINJUREPARTY Srovernor-lect Is Calling on State In stitutions With a View to Gettuis r Estimates on Running Expenses and Getting Acquainted With Conditions. (Special to The Timet.) Indianapolis, lad., Dec. 5. Tliere Is a moTement on foot among democratic members of the legislature to compel the republican to take the initiative In brlnsrl ag about a repeal of the county local option lavr, If It la repealed at all. Some of the democratic members of the house are behind the scheme. They argue that the republicans are responsible for the enactment of the county option law. and that the repub licans must accept the responsibility for its repeal. They point out that the law has proved unpopular as a political measure and ought to be wiped off the statute books. It is as distasteful to the repunlicans as to the , democrats, they say. Don't Want to Take Risk. But these democrats say they do not propose to run the risk of injur ing their party with the people by trying to bring about the repeal themselves. If they introduce a bill in the house for the repeal of the law they say it will pass that body without a doubt- But It might have . tough sledding in the senate, in which the republicans will have a majority- If the democratic house passes the repeal bill," they saV, and it goes to the senate afterward the republican senators can vote against it and prevent its becorving a law. Then the republicans would bo in a position, they say, to go before the people and claim the credit for saving the county option law from repeal and thus make the republican party more solid than ever with the temperance forces of the state, while the democrats would have to stand the shame of having attempted to get rid of the law. Doubt an to Ability. Some influential democratic repre sentatives are behind this scheme and they will work to carry it through, but it is doubtful if they will.be able to do so. The democratic party Is pledged to a different kind of local option and it is believed that a majority of the members will demand that the platform pledges be carried out to the letter along that line. If they depend On the republicans to start the machinery to repeal the law they will wait Ifi vain That much is certain, for the republic ans will not do anything of the kind. But the scheeme of these democrats is likely to cause a serious situation w-lth reference to the local option law Why He Is Making Rounds. Considerable speculation has been in dulged as to the reason why Marshall is making a round of the state instl tutions prior to taking office as gov ernor, but a story leaked out here today that may throw some light on the matter. A few weeks ago Governor Hanly appointed a committee of mem bers of the legislature to visit all these institutions in the state and ascertain their needs. This committee is to make a report to the legislature with recommendations as to the amount o money that ought to be appropriated for their use. This has been the prac tlce for years and no one pefore has ever raised a question as to its pro priety or justice. But the question has been raised at -last. Governor Hanly appointed on that committee this yea Senator Horace Hanna of Hendrick county. Representative Gus Greiger o Laporte county and Representative Henry P. Sicks of Boone county. When Hanna was a member of the house two years ago he was one of . the governor' most loyal supporters in everything he wanted the legislature do. , Sicks wa one of the democratic members of the house that voted for the passage of the county local option bill, which th governor supported. Greiger was op posed to the county option bill, tut came around and voted for it because he wished to be loyal to his party. Won't Fay Attention to It. The charge is made now that it is practically a unanimous republican committee,, and that it will do what Governor Hanly wishes done. The story now is that the democratic portion of the legislature will not pay any attention to what this committee does, and that the house will send its committee on benevolent institutions around over the state to visit the institutions and make a report of its own. The story also says that Marshall Is making histour to get information of his own, so that he, too, may be able to Ignore the visitation committee's report If he takes a notion to do so.

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i REILLY MAY GET OIL lflSPEGTORSHiP Governor-Elect T. R. Mar shall May Reward State Secretary. MARSHALL GUTS NEW DEAL Governor-Elect Will Probably Ap point a Practical Railroad Man on Commission. (Special to The Times.) IndinnapolU, Ind Dec 7. GovernorElect Marshall, while he was In this city the past two or three days, did not make-anythiag known as to his intentions with reference to any appoint ments. He is keeping that to himself. But there is a strong belief that he is going to stand for an entire new deal in the offices at his command, and that little attention will be given to the various factions in the democratic party. One thing is certain, Marshall will not do much for the Taggart outfit. ' There is good reason to believe that he willOot allow Taggart or any of his followers to dictate any appoint ments. In fact, there are many who be lieve that Marshall will give the Tag gart crowd one good appointment and then tell the rest of the bunch that that is all it will get. Rellly May Get It. Joseph Reilly, secretary of the demo cratic state committee, will probably be appointed state oil inspector. Reilly is an out-and-out Taggart man and his appointment will be a distinct recogition of the Taggart faction. But that is all the Taggart crowd will get from Marshall. It will have to be satisfied with it or take nothing. Taggart will probably be able to run the house of representatives and dictate party action there, but he will not be able to dictate to Marshall, unless all signs fall. Of course, signs have been known to fail, however. Will Woods Be Fired. Marshall is believed to be framing things-up to dump W. J. Woods, the democratic member of the state railroad commissionnn. Duringn hnis campaign Marshall said ho would appoint on the commission men who were practical railroad men who were practical railroad men. Woods term is the first to expire and it is believed Marshall will appoint a working railroad nlan suggested by the railroad organizations. , ARCHITECT WILL BUILD Charles J. Furst of Chicago o Will Put Up $40,000 Apartments. One of the finest apartment buildings which has yet been constructed in Gary, is to be .built by Charles Furst, a Chicago architect, at the corner of Sixth avenue and Van Buren street, and will cost $40,000. The flat will be a twelve-apartment building, and as the largest building of the kind in Gary is an eight-apartment structure, it may be seen that it Is to be a large fiat building. The building will be three stories high and will be built of brick. It will have stone trimmings and will be trimmed in oak. The work of construction will be started this year. Mr. Furst is the architect for the Saxe building, which "is located at the corner of Sixth avenue and Virginia street. His office is in 172 Washington street, Chicago. He will make everything about the new building absolutely the most modern that money can buy.

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Additional Policemen Are Needed on the East Chicago Force. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Dec 7. All that is now needed to put the city of East Chicago upon a purely metropolitan basis is the addition of several new policemen to the regular force, and this matter will be brought to the attention of the council within a few days. There Is still a considerable porttion of the city which is not give nsufficient police protection, on account of the distance the police would be compelled to walk In covering their beats. This unprotected section of the city is mostly in the outlying district, between East Chicago and the Harbor. While there are not many residences in this par ticular section, it would be an easy matter for a burglar to gain admission to one of them and secure any amount of valuables before the police could reach the scene. Chief of Police Higgins is proud of his present force, declaring that they are as able a set of men to be found In Indiana, but believes that the addition of three or four new officers would greatly milmize the number of rob - beries throughout the Harbor section of the city. The new nolice and fire station at the Harbor will be completed shortly after the first of the vear. and when the alarm and report system being contemplated by the chief is given the necessary recognition by the council and installed, no better regulated po!I,MMd?pTent I section of the s will be found in this state. - BOARD MEETS TODAY Gary Real Estate Men Enjoy Monthly Luncheon This Afternoon. Monday afternoon the Gary Real Estate Board will give their monthly luncheon at the Gary hotel and the principal matter which will come up for discussion will be, of course, the superior court question. .The real estate men feel that they are especially interested in the matter. In the letter of announcement which they send to all of the members, they claim that for the next five years 90 per cent of the abstract business of the county will come from Gary. The announcements lay special stress on their request for a full attendance.

IS READY FOR BUSINESS Congressman' E- D. Crum packer .Will Look After the Harbor. Washington, D. C, " Dec.' 7. Repre sentative Crumpacker has an eye out for an appropriation or two for his distrlct when the rivers and harbors bill is reported to congress provided one is reported at this session. Mr. Crumpacker will ask for an appropriation of $105,000 for Michigan City, which is the amount asked for by the government engineers in their report. This amount will be necessary to widen and maintain the Michigan City harbor next year. r ! He will also ask for an appropria j tion for th harbor at Indiana Harbor which will be needed in making the completion of that work and for its maintenance. The amount will be In accordance with the recommendation of the engineers. . . , Henry A. Barnhart of Rochester, who was elected to fill out the unexpired term in congress of the late Representative A. L. Brick, arrived in Washing ton last night ready to assume his duj ties. Mr. Barnhart will join other Indiana democratic members of congress and reside in Congress Hall, which is just across the street from the house office and near the capltol. He has j made arrangements to occupy the office l room 156, vacated by his predecessor. Mr. Barnhart has in mind the introduction of only one bill at this session. ana mat win be ror the reimbursement of the South Bend postmaster, whose office was robbed of stamps to the value of $18,653.50. WHITING EOYS BEAT UP THEIR FATHER. Whiting, Ind., Dec, 7. (Special) James Knight, jr., and Johnson Knight of "Whiting were arrested on charges preferred by their father, James Knight, sr., who alleges that they assuited him and beat him. The father claims that the boys choked and beat him and gave him a black eye. The case was to have been taken up in Justice George Jones' court this morning, but was continued until tomorrow morning, ed the boys' bond. John Kellar sign-

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ELECTIVE OFFICES Gary Tooth Pullers Hold Their Regular Session Saturday. DR. B. S. GARDNER PRESIDENT Organizations Arranges First Annua! Banquet for Saturday, Dec. 19th. After twenty-three ballots had been cast at the meeting of the Calumet Den tal society meeting, Saturday afternoon, the following officers were elected President, Dr. B. S. Gardner; vice presi dent, Dr. George Winslow; secretary and treasurer. Dr. J. H. Long. - Through fine political maneuvering, the entire slate of-the regular ticket was elected although they encountered serious op position In the persons of Drs. Long, Winslow and Gardner. There wer three votes cast. The meeting was the most auspicious in the. history of the organization an every member was present. From th first It was seen that there would bo hot fight on for the offices, but towards the close of the session after a rapid fire volcanic flow of oratory, Dr. Gardner weakened, threw up his hands and took the presidency. So rapidly thereafter were the resisting forces whipped into line that in an infinitely short time Dr. Winslow found himself, the vice president, and Dr. Gardner, the comptroller of the treasury. After the spirited contest for the offices had finished, however, both factions joined hands just like nothing had hapened and discussed a more agreeable topic. This proved to be the arrangements for a banquet which they plan to give at the Gary hotel a week from Saturday night. A committee on general arrangements, composed of Drs. w msiow, iong ana uaraner, was appointed to take charge of the entire affair and issue invitations to the members of the organizations and their guests. The meeting held Saturday was the first annual meeting of that body, and the banquet which they plan for a week from Saturday will be the first annual banquet. CORNER STONE IS LI Despite a cold wind a band of faithfuls gathered this afternoon at the corner of Sixth avenue and Madison street in Gary and participated in the corner stone laying ceremonies for the First Congregational church. Owing to the season of the year the services were made as brief as possible. Dr. W. W. Xewell of Chicago, who has been instrumental in securing a large amount of the funds for the new church, consented to be present and assisted in the ceremonies. Rev. Arthur J. Sullen, the pastor of the church, also I took Part- The laying of the stone took place promptly at Z o'clock.

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on Fire By Discharged Emuiovea. , i The skating rink. In Gary, located at the corner of Fifth avenue and Massachusetts street and made famous by the fact that President-elect William Howard Taft spoke there during the recent political campaign, burned to ' ' the grro and early this morning from a Are which la believed to have been of Incendiary origin. The building was owned by . V. U. Young and H. A. Vossler, of the real estate firm of Young & Vossler, and Dr. C. H. Long of Chicago. There was $8,000 Insurance on the building and the owners have announced that they will at once begin the erection of another rink to take its place. Fire Couldn't Be Stopped. The fire started this morning at about 4:3 0a. m., and was not discovered until half an hour later. When the fire was discovered it had gained such headway that there was no use to attempt to stop the progress of the flames. The building was all of wood and it burned like tinder. The police are of tne opinion mat tne nre was started by Incendiaries, for there are evidences that It started in the rear of the buildng and at one corner. At the time the fire started there was no fire in either of the stoves in the rink, and the' owners do not see how the building could have caught fire In any other way. Some time ago there, were several young fellows ,who were employed in the building and were discharged peremptorily. The police have started an investigation along the line that pos sibly these young men were responsible for the fire. Building: Lasted Half an Hour. So hot was the fire and so quickly did it spread that it did not take more htn half an hour to consume the whole building. The owners announce that they will at once begin the erection of a new brjck rink which will be the most expansive one in Lake county. It will be larger than the old one and will be upto date in every respect. There were several hundred dollars' worth of skates burned in the fire. T. G. DAVIS DEPUTY P. H. Is Appointed by Mose Spec ter for East Chicago Office(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 7. Thomas G. Davis of Magoun avenue has been awarded the deputy postmastership plum in this city, according to a de cision reached by Postmaster Specter late Saturday evening. Mr. Davis will commence upon his new duties next Aionuuy morning, wnen me ornce will be turned over by Mrs. Mary A, Ross to the new official-elect Moses Specter of Olcott avenue. Mr. Davis' appointment will meet with the approval of all prominent East Chicagoans who have watched the young man's work In political circles. During the last year he was one of the most potent influences of the Young Men's Republcan club, and assisted materially in the winning xt their battles in this city. ' Mr. Davis will succeed William A. Fuzy, who during his term as deputy in the local office has proved competent and careful in his manipulation or tne oince arrairs, ana his many friends sincerely regret the dismissal of his energies. Mr. Fuzy has not yet decided the direction in which his future endeavors will He, but will likely accept a position in the Chicago postal department. LAZE SHORE PROFITS BY FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Wins Traffle Which Formerly Went Over Other Line, Being Compelled to Run Additional Trains. Elkhart, Ind.. Dec. 7. Freight traffic over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern has reached abnormal proportions during the last few days because of the live stock quarantine in Michigan against the foot-and-mouth disease. Additional through freights were put on today between New York and Chicago. The. Lake Shore is handling the live stock shipments which formerly were dispatched over the Michigan Central, Grand Trunk and Pere Marquette roads from Chicago to eastern points. Government Inspector Turner has charge of disinfecting the stock cars at this point. An average of 100 cars are disinfected here daily. As the embargo on the roads traversing Michigan has been established for six months local Lake Shore officials are rapidly preparing for a freight traffic. continued rush of ADVERTISED MAIL. The following letters remain uncalled for in the Hammond postofflce for week ending Dec. 7, 190S: Ed Burns. Jam's Burns. Mrs. Maud Bradford, Mrs. Lilly Fonchen. Mrs. 5lass, J. A. Oerwin, Mrs. Thomas Jones, Miss Annie Kraft. R. Kanskoske. Mladen Lazu (2). E. McKever. Pullman Motor Car Co., (4). Karl Patterson, Miss A. J. Siebert, Albert Siemke, Miss Anna Saga's. lMward .Swan. J. W. Stoner. Miws Martha Smprmons, W. E. Schmafker, George Taylor, Jan Tokarz, T. P. Tiry. WM. II. GOSTLIX,

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Tn n -v i.: xxuxu xour rgamzauuua s ast Saturday and Sub - Committee Is Appointed. $5,000 FUND TO BE If 'No Compromise" Spirit Still Reigns and Will Not Subside Until at" the End of the Battle To Present the Minority Report This Evening and Withdraw From Meeting. The central superior court committee of Gary composed of representatives of various business and professional organizations met Saturday night to form a tangible Dlan of action towards securing a superior court in Gary. .The only definite action taken was the appointment of a sub-committee composed of one member of each association represented, whose duty it will be to collect data for Gary's case which will presented at the next session of the legislature. The members of the central committee and the bodies which they represent are: Commercial club, John Brennan, Homer J. Carr and George Manlave; Contractors' association, Ingwald Moe, C. H. Maloney and M. L. Maxon; real estate board, W. H. Fitzgerald, T. E. Knotts and T. W.. Englehardt; Retail Merchants' association. J. W. Pryale. E. C. Simpson and Samuel Miller; Bar association, Ora Wildermuth, W. F. Hdoges and Harvey Curtis. The Sub-Coramlttee. The sub-committee appointed Is: Geo. j Manlove, C. H. Maloney, E. C Simp son, T. E. Knotts, U H. Reed, Ora Wildermuth and another member of the bar association who is to be appointed by Mr. Wildermuth. Most of the active work in fighting Gary's claim will fall upon these men, who have been instructed to begin along a designated line of action at once. In addition to the appointment of the sub-committee it was definitely decid ed to have the central committee go to Indianapolis in a body, where they will lobby for their measure. Not only they will work at the capital but any one who is supposed to have sufficient influence to carry weight with the legislators. Special effort will be brought to bear to secure lobbyists who have come to Gary from various sections of the state so that they might have influence through personal acquaintanceship and in this manner offset the advantage which the older cities of I Hammond and Crown Point might have I with the lawmakers. Will Spend Thonaanda. Tf monev in carrvine- out their nian proves to be an important requisite in securing the court for Gary members of the central committee last night expressed their belief that the combined organizations of Gary could raise $5,000. This money would be expended In the "'collection and compiling of data, having it printed in pamphlet form and sending the delegation of perhaps twenty-five Garyites to Indianapolis. A startling suggestion was made at the meeting Saturday night which at first was scarcely considered in a serious vein, but later was treated more seriously. This scheme was to invite the Indiana state legislators to Gary In a body where the' would have an op. portunity to see the steel mills, the c"y Itself and more fully appreciate the future in store for the coming municipality. They would then more fully grasp the necessity of establishing a court in this city. This would probably entail an expenditure of many hundreds of dollars. Will Present Minority. Again ; there was expressed at this meeting the spirit of "no compromise. In Gary the feeling exists that if the court cannot be secured for this city they will oppose the improvement of conditions in any other city in the county. This Is because of the fact that they realize that once the present congestion is relieved in the court there will be but a slight opportunity of securing a court in this city for some time to come. The fighting blood of every member ofv the committee was aroused, and it was unanimously agreed that any steps no matter how conflicted or ex pensive they might prove to be towards st curing success would be undertaken. They feel that the spirit that prevails in Gary, together with the name of the city itself, will bring them success in the end. - At the meeting of the Lake County Bar association, . which will be held Mononday, the Gary delegation, which will be present, were instructed to make their minority report and then fight the matter to a finish. To Shut Out Noise. To shut out the various small noiset which so annoy and distract one engaged in study or other work "demanding concentration, try the Fourth of July "stunt" of stuffing the ears with cotton. This is far moe effective than stopping the clocks and exiling the family.

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