Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 160, Hammond, Lake County, 24 December 1908 — Page 1

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Trolley System From Aurora 111. To

This City To Connect With Gary In Near Future

WORK SQOM TO START

Preliminary Work Will Be

Be Done the Present Winter.

CHURCHES WILL

CELEBRATE DAY

lEELS

Appropriate Exercises to Be

Held at All the Churches.

ELABORATE PROGRAMS GIVEN

Especially Fine Musical Programs

Will Be Given at the Catholic Edifices.

ELECTION CONTEST

- ADJOURNS TODAY

t Testimony of Gary Man ,1s

Torn to Shreds by Attorney Cromer.

DEAR8YNE IS QUITE VERBOSE

Hammond is to be connected with Aurora and Joliet, 111., with a trolley

system that will be of far more im

portance to the industrial and com- But When It Comes to Names and

mercial welfare of the city than any like line that has yet come into the city. Hammond will be brought into direct commluncation with the great trolley lines of central and western

Illinois and wll be the connecting

gap between Aurora and Gary. NEGOTIATIOSS ARE CLOSING.

From Joliet to Gary, Ind., direct by trolley, will be realized next winter.

Negotiations for the covering: of the last lap of the Fisher line, that ter

ritory between Chicago Heights and

Hammond, are now drawing to a suc

cessful close, and actual work will be

gin next summer. COXFEHEJiCE TAKES PLACE.

On Wednesday at Hammond, a conference was held between Fred Parka

of the" JoIie Southern, and Contrac

tor Ward of Thornton . and certain Hammond promoters. Negotiations have been pending for some time, and it is believed that the deal will go through without a hitch. Mr. Ward and the

local promoter had invled the trac-

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Facts He Is Not There With the Goods.

CHRISTMAS HIGH!

FOR LODGE WORK

At Indianapolis yesterday Representative Wickey explain-

ed at the meeting of the house republicans the situation in Lake county,' and in the dlacnssion which followed his re-

marks the opinion prevailed that Wlekey's majority Is such aw to entitle him to his seat. Mr. Wickey declared that the whole

trouble in Lake county arose because the republicans had been able ' to naturalize and vote foreigners than did the democrats. He declared that If there was any fraud it was on the

part of the Individual voter and not on the part of the repablican organization in Lake county.

"Wickey expressed the opinion - that there had been no fraud at

all. He said if the contest came

before the house of representstlves he wanted it tried on its

merits. He did not propose to

hide behind the Lake county or-

grnnlzat Ion, he said.

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Important Initiatory De

ees to Be Conferred Tomorrow.

(Special to Thh Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 24. In the

cross-examination of Ardene Dearbeyne, at Crown Point today, in the

Simon-Wickey election contest, hia testimony, which seemed so much in favor of the democrats was torn to shreds.

Under the sharp cross-questioning of

will be important I ex-Congressman George Cromer, the

testimony of Dearbyne was literally

.Dec. 25 and 26

ones In the annals of Garfield lodge, No,

569, F. and A. M. On Friday, Christ- taken down by the yard by Court Sten

mas evening, there will be the annual ographer Pattan and paid for by the election of officers in the Blue lodge. a . ' . . This is one of the most important democrats at the rate of $3 per hour, events of the year In Masonic circles was shown to be a mass of glittering and great Interest Is attached to this generalities with positively no value

election.

las evidence.

The annual pastmaster's convocation Alr- iearDjne spoKe oi me nunmes

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will be held at the , Masonic temple irpeaicu aim uuuiu Saturday, Dec. 26. This, too, is one of not name more than one or two and

the important Masonic events of the men ne was noi sure inai iney were

tne ones ne naa reierence 10. tie toia

tit,!, Afternoon. - !""" ""6 uuiucn ui i tyuunutiii uc-

There will be decree work In the aft- Uroes and when lt came t0 the cross

ernoon by the present officers, in which examination pinch," ther.e was only one

G. W. Hunter, W. C. Kose, A. E. Crow-

year.

Aside from the holiday .spirit which

is prevalent In generous measures this

year the whole Christian world will re

joice tomorrow In the religious and

spiritual meaning of the day. Every

religious denomination, Catholics and

Protestants, observe the birth of the

Savior with more or less pompous and

Impressive services. In the Catholic

churches the services especially will be

Impressive, practically the entire fore

noon from an early hour, will be giv

en over to the religious observance of

the day.

At 5 o'clock the Christmas bells will

call the faithful ones to the first serv

ices, which will be a high mass. Spe

cial music has been prepared for the

day and this will'be rendered In the

first masses.

At St. Joseph's Churcben, '

At St. Joseph's church. Father H. M.

Plaster will say the 5 o'clock high

mass and deliver the Christmas ser

mon. It being a Catholic priest's prlv

liege to say three masses on Christmas day. Father Plaster will also say the

low mass at 6 o'clock. The boys' vest

ed choir will sing the Christmas carols

In this mass, while the girls' chol

will sing in the low mass at 8 o'clock,

which will also be said by the Rev

Plaster. The Rev. Badlna will af ficiate at the 10 o'clock high mass and will deliver his Christmas sermon then. The big choir will sing In this mass. , At All Saints' Church. At All Saints' church the services will be practically the same. There will be four masses, the first at 5, the secpnd et 7, the third at 9 and the fourth at 10:80. In both churches the benediction will be given after the last high mass In order that the congregation may send the balance of the day In social' intercourse. At St.'Pml's Church. Special music has been prepared for

the services at St. Paul's Episcopal church tomorrow. The first services will be held at 7:30 In the morning,

at which time the communion will be distributed. The second services will

be at 10 o'clock, at which time the full choir will sing. The pastor. Rev. 8. A. Smith, will deliver the Christmas sermon.

At the First M. E. Church. Christmas exercises will be held

this evening at the First M. E. church and the program will please old and young. The program begins at 7:30

and contains the famous Shepherd soene.

At the Presbyterian Church. Elaborate exercises were held last

evening at the Presbyterian hcurch last evening. The program was carried out by the children and while all the par

ticipants did nobly, the appearance of little Eltessa Emmerling merits special praise. The boys' drill, too, was

one of the features. From the chil

dren's viewpoint the Santa Claus was.

of course, the very best attraction at the church. He tried to gain entrance at first through the" window, the bun

dle of presents that he carried for the little necessitated his coming through

the door.

STOPPEO

Lake County Cities Will Ob

serve Christmas as a Gen

eral Holiday, and Wheels

in Most Factories Will Be

Still Till Monday.

SCHOOLS CLOSE FOB

THE WINTER TERM

Men Are Paid Ahead By Majority of

Manufacturing Institutions and

Christmas Spirit and Joy Are

Abroad In the Entire Land To

night.

The Christmas Spirit Christmas is "the season of kindness. For Christmas celebrates the coming of Christ into the world, and the heart of the Christ message is love love expressing itself in homely channels of friendliness and good will, love that " suffer eth long and is kind. " If we have kindly emotions, let them have their way and blossom into kindly thoughts and kindly deeds. Let the free child spirit of open-hearted friendliness prevail. For this.is the, child's festival, celebrating the birth of a child, the wonderful Giver who gave himself for mankind. Let us carry the Christman spirit through all the following days that come and go with all their measure of care or pain or pleasure, and bear in our hearts the inspiration and hope of the blessed Christmas festival of love, bearing ever ringing above the sounds of earth and sense, the song of the angels heralding in the birth of the Saviour of .mankind.

111! I hill PEOPLE ARE issue

American Car and Foundry

Company Revises PlansWill Double Capacity for the Gary Plant and Employ 8,000 Men There, j

NEW DIRECTORIES TO BE OUT

BT RIDDLE OF FEBRUARY

Careful Canvass Shows That New Lake County Direc

tory Will Be More Accurate Than Any One Which Has Preceded It.

SPECIFICATION TO

ARRIVEJAHUARY 1ST.

Indications Point to Probability That

Grading WoTk Wfll Begin Within a Month Site Is South of Lake Shore and B. & 0. Tracks and West of Grand Calumet Biver. "

ell and George W. MeCloskey , will receive the master Mason degree, and in

cas, where three negroes- had similar names, that there could have been any possibility of their "repeating," and

th evnine the nast masters will con- then aain Dearbyne was not sure.

fer the master mason ' degree upon

Chas. E. Williams. There will be the illustrated lecture and refreshments at 10 p. m. The past masters who will confer the degree In the evening are: William H. Oostlin, J. G. Ibach, H. E. Sharrer, T. Edwin Bell, H. F. Melkle. R. S. Galer and William H. Spellman

HOLIDAY RECESS

Court Adjourns for Christmas Vacation.

elated over the revelation which have been made, - and the republicans are

very well satisfied with the testimony which has been brought out on both

I sides.

E. W. Wickey said today: "It Is the same thing that has characterized "the

whole investigation, nothing but gen

eralitles. When it comes to names and

dates and some positive proof of fraud,

they have nothing to "offer."

Representative E. W. Wickey is feeling good over the contest. He just re

turned from Indianapolis, where he ex

plained to the republicans there just

what is the situation. The republican

legislators of the tenth district organ

ized yesterday and seemed to have

enough confidence in Wickey retaining his seat In the house to elect him chairman of their organization. This was greatly appreciated by him nd

will place him In a 'position where his

Influence will be great.

Ernest Shortridge wa placed on the

stand in an effort to compel him t

open sealed envelopes containing the

mutilated ballots, but in this the demo

crats were unsuccessful. hortridge was the last witness on the stand, and

the hearing adjourned until Monday at 10 o'clock.

The day before Christmas ends the work of the Lake superior court until after the holidays. This morning a divorce" was granted in the case of Cowgill vs. Cowgill. A temporary restraining order was Issued against Albert Maack to prevent him from making some sales of tax lands. . The morning was taken up principally

with a motion hour and the sitting of the court ended at noon today. The court will not convene again until January 4. ' In the case of Nelson vs. The Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway company, "which Is being tried In the Porter superior court, the trial

was set for January 11. The following 1 Congressman George L Ulley, gov

struck jury has been drawn In the case: ernor-elect of Connecticut, who has

It Is with a spirit of confidence, hap

piness and contentment that the people In the various cities of Lake coun

ty await the year's end holidays. This

I In great contrast to the. spirit of unrest that was so notlclble last year and

which canaed a cloud of gloom to set

tle down over the region like a pall.

Then the country was facing a period of

financial depression, now they

emerging from one.

The holiday trade in the various mer

cantlle establishments, wtme not as

great volume as in other years, is

conservative and substantial, and the

merchants are satisfied.

Preparing for Holiday.

Today the people of Hammond, -Whit'

ing, East Chicago and Gary are pre

paring for that holiday of holidays,

Christmas. The ' Christmas spirit Is

every where."""'''

The schools closed yesterday after-1 February.

noon at 3 o'clock and the students I . This will be welcome news to the

went to their homes, while the teach-I business and professional men of Lake

ers departed to the various cities in I county who have felt the necw of a di-

neighboring states from where they rectory that would cover all of the came. The trains and street cars are closely related cities of the county and

filled with jolly throngs of Christmas the rural districts as well.

shoppers and those who are going One of the principal reasons for be

from here to there for" their Christmas hng anxious for the publication of the holiday vacation. new directory is the fact that because

The banks and mercantile establish- of the careful manner in which the

ments will all be closed tomorrow and canvass Is being made the new direc

the postomces will be opened only for tory will be more accurate than any

a few hours in the morning. In Ham- which have preceded It.

mond, where there is a free delivery I Never before has the publisher of a

service, there will be one delivery In directory attempted to cover the entire

the morning. - I county. The project Is more gigantic

According to Mr. A. Howard Bell, the

manager of the Lake County Directory

company, the new directory will he

for distribution by the .mid 41? o

The Simplex Railway Appliance com-1 than one would think

pany will v close down today at noon

and will give Its employes a vacation

over the Chrlstmas"holiday, Including

Saturday, until Monday morning.

Standard Pays Off Men.

The Standard Steel Car company is

paying off Its men today In order to

POLICE HAVE A

NEAT SMOKER

Chief Rimbach Is Rewarded

With a Handsome Token.

Draftsmen and engineers for th

American Car A Foundry company will

leave St. Loala for Chicago Jan. la.

where tbor will begin the drawing oC

the plana and spcciflcatlona for the

great Industry which they will build

I In Gary. In addition to thU fact the

company haa decided to make the plant

much larger than they originally in-.

tended, and Instead of employing 4,000

men the number will be doubled.

The above information comes from

a source which Is absolutely authentic la further confirmation of the above

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vasses, but every country road has been doubled the amount of their holdings

covered so that there will not be' even j which are located juat south of the

a larmer omiuea irom xne new airec-jLafce shore and - Baltimore & Ohio

Is a Public Xecensity. '

In fact the new directory so nearly I Although the construction of the

approaches a public necessity that the I plant with the revised plans will take

promoters should have the co-opera- a longer time than was at first ex-

tion and support or all of the people . ... . , ... . . . . ,, - pected, the news that the plant will in the country who are called upon " for either financial or moral support, double the capacity and expenditure.

The Lake County Directory company I and consequently the number of men

is Judge P. L. Fitzgerald of Gary, the employed means much to the city of

vice president is t . mcnara scnaar or

Hammond; treasurer, G. J. Bader of

Whiting, and secretary, A. Howard Bell

of Gary.

The above named men are all stock

holders are J. G. Harris, Clarence

Bretsch, William H. Fitzgerald. Walter

S. Ross, all of Gary, and Dr. A. G. j

Gary. Eight thousand men employed

Not only has Schllcker of East Chicago.

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MAYOR BECKER DOIflG UIGELY

THE QUESTION IS RAISED

Can Benzoate of Soda Be

! Dispensed. With as a Preservative?

His Family Will Spend Part of the Holiday With Him.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

(Continued on page 8.) CIVIL M VETERAN IS LAID TO REST

Although the Immediate family of Mayor Becker will spend the day with

PLAII A SHOW

Musical Program to Be

Given Under Lodge Auspices.

Old Soldiers Stand Guard

Over Grave of Cornelius S. Golden.

REiBERED GY DEMOCRATS

Among the Christmastide events In

Hammond will be the Musical Hoyles,

Lake county druggists will be very

much interested in the effort that is be

ing made by the Williams Bros, and

Curtis Bros, food manufacturers, to

have that provision of the pure food laws regarding the use of benzoate of soda as a preservative .done away with. Whether or not the Indiana pure food law employers the state board .of health to make rules governing the preparation of foods and their sales within the state is a question raised in an ac-'

Varoius Organizations Send Tokens

of Esteem in Honor of Deceased and Famiy.

him at his bedside in St. Margaret's one of the best known light orchestra hospital It will nevertheless be a mer- companies in this section of the coun-

ry Christmas, both for the patient and tries who are booked to appear next his family. (Tuesday evening at the Masonic temAt no time since he underwent the 'pie, under the auspices of the Unity

operation a week ago was there a lacK council. Knights of Columbus. Invlta-

of improvement in his condition. So tions have been sent out and many avenue, -was buried this afternoon at

encouraging are the reports that it is responses are expected, as the Knights Oak Hill cemetery in the presence of

Cornelius S. Golden, of 4S6 Truman

hoped that he may be removed to his of Columbus have prepared to make

home on Rimbach avenue by New this their social event of the evening. Year's eve. I The musical program will last until While everything in his condition is! 10:30, after which the evening will most encouraging it is, however, still be closed by dancing, which will last to early for him to receive any callers ; until 1 o'clock.

The Hammond police will assemble

at the police station this afternoon at

4 o'clock for a little smoker in accordance with their custom of the

last six or eight years. The officers of the law smoked good cigars and enjoyed other refreshments. It was their purpose to especially honor Chief of Police Fred Rimbach. The officers take the position that their tenure of office Is not assured for any length of time and that they had better get together and enjoy themselves while the official family remains intact. The members of the police force and the fire department were all paid today, so that they will have plenty of Christmas money on hand. As a re

sult they are all happy and are eagerly looking forward to tomorrow.

tion brought against H. E. Barnard, at the hospital. It is only by his phy- The company consists of father, son,

state food and drug commissioner; Dr. siclan's special permission that nis own two daughters and Nicholas Franzen, J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state I family are allowed to spend some time ; in orchestra and various musical cornboard of health, and the other members! with him in the hospital tomorrow. I binations, assisted by the gifted and

Mayor Becker is accepting the situa- sketch artist and reader, Miss Viola tion gracefully. Naturally robust and M. Klesling. vigorous, and friends thought he would j The personnel of the company is as begin to rebel at his confinement as follows: soon as he got his head above water, Emily Daisy Hoyle, violin soloist;

but that is not the case this time. He Nicholas Franzen, flute and piccolo sorealizes that he is in a good way and loist; Nettie Elvira Hoyle, Piano solothat he has much to be thankful for If : 1st; William Hoyle, clarinet soloist;

he gets out in several weeks. i William Rolfe Hoyle, manager and cor

net soloist; Viola M. Kiesling, character

of the board. The suit has been filed in the federal court by the Williams Bros.,

picklers and preservers, and the Curtice Bros, company, food manufacturers. The former firm is in Detroit, Mich., and teh latter operates in Rochester, N. Y. The action is brought on a petition for a temporary restairing order to prevent the enforcement of the pure food law, especially as it relates to the rule against the use of benzoate of soda as a preservative, but it will involve the constiutionality of the law. The case will be called today, but the state will ask a continuance on the ground that It has not had time to prepare for

trial.

Albert Furness, P. J. Lindahl, Isaac Crisman, Richard Small, Eugene Flfleld, John Homfeldt, Jacob Fisher, James Holllngsworth, James E. Jones, James Mcntlre, Herman Claussen, B. F. ones, erome Maasey, George Chllds, Mason E. Wood and Merrttt Rltter.

been called upon to answer of violating the election law in distributing money among saloonkeepers for campaign purposes, has been a member of the national house of representatives since 1903. He Is 50 years old and a native of Massachusetts. . .

ANNOUNCEMENT. As Saturday follows Christmas this year our yards and offices will remain closed on that day to give our employes an extra day of rest. THE HAMMOND LUMBER CO. S THE PAXTER LUMBER CO. THE HOME LUMBER CO.

BABCOCK OUT. TIMES BUREAU AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 24. Representative Babcock has announced today his withdrawal as a candidate for republican house leader. He says he has no organization, while other candidates are well organized.

GET CHRISTMAS GIFTS. skTthcehiesv!en1nIf rera0dmirs

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well, guess the little ones appreciated the spirit shown by the South Shore Gas & Electric company! Every child that attended the matinee at the popular Princess theater this afternoon received a bag of candy, given it by the South Shore company. "Hold the fort, for we are coming," was certainly the cry, for It seemed as if every child in Hammond was on Fiand to get a bag of candy, and Manager W. F. Booth's clever young men had their hands full. Appreciate it? Well." say. you oueht to have sein

I those children enjoy the candy and enjoy the play. It certainly would have done your, heart good

g promises to be an excep

tional treat for the Knights, their la-

clvil war veterans, scores of friends and many relatives. The old soldiers stood guard over the grave at the short services at Oak Hill cemetery in respect to the departed, who was himself a civil war veteran. The funeral services were held at the house at 2 o'clock, the Rev. C. J. Sharp of the Christian church officiating. Many floral tributes were received from loving friends, nor was the deceased or his family forgotten by those organizations in which he took a particular interest or with which one or

the other member of the family Is connected. Democrats Remember Him. The Hammond Democratic club re membered him by sending a large floral piece in memory of the departed stalwart who workel faithfully in the) ranks and never sought recognition for his services. The boys at the central

dies ana ineir rnenas ana tne commit-; fire station, where Tom Golden, a son.

tee is deserving of much credit for j of the deceased was formerly stationed.

and also department No. 3. which he is

making this the crowning event of the

year In K.- of C. circles.

The democratic nomination for United States senator in New York, which will be an empty honor this year, may be made the test of leadership between "Boss" Murphy of Tammany Hall and Chairman Connors of the state committee. The former's candidate is Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, while Chairman Connors favors W. Carlyl Ely, a Buffalo traction man, who was mentioned for the gubernatorial nomination last summer. '.

lieutenant now, sent nice pieces. The members of the Christian church band, of which John Golden, another son Is a

member, also sent a loving token of remembrance. The out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral were Mesdames Wm. Cooper and Otis Randolph, both nices, living at Hoopeston, 111.; John Douglas, a nephew of Hoopeston, 111.1, was also In attendance. . . The'pallbearer8 were Messrs. George Barget, P. Halfman, J. Peterson, J. McCoy, A. Wall and. Mr.. McKnlght.