Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 242, Hammond, Lake County, 1 April 1909 — Page 1

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Fair today partly cloudy Friday not much change In tempera tare. EDITION VOL. HlylJO. 242. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY.-

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HFranchise for Erb Electric Line Provides That Con struction of ' Interurban Road Must Begin by April Twenty-Fifth. I WILL CATER LARGELY TO THE MILL WORKERS ! Sunning From Illinois Steel Mills in South Chicago to Indiana Stee! Company's Plant at Gary Touch ing Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. The Erb electric, which is to con nyt the City of Gary with Indiana Harbor, "Whiting and South Chicago, will break ground at Whiting within two weeks and the line will then bt pushed eastward to Gary as fast as it can be constructed. By the terms o the franchiae, which has been secured in Whiting, the company must break ground before April 25. Attorney Willis Ro and' Joen Meade, who represent the company in Indiana Iiarbor and Whiting, say that the preparations have been begun for the construction of the line, and that there Is no question but what they will be ready to break ground within two weeks. Great Help for Mlilmrn. The new line is aimed to benefit the worklngmen in the various mills about the northern part of Lake county and take them to and from their work. The line will also be of great value to the men who are employed in Gary In taking them to and from their homes In .the Calumet region, until they can secure homes in Gary. The route of the line makes It compare favorably with the Little Calumet river as far as straightness is concerned. The road will wind in and out through the various big Industries where they will pick up the thousands of employes and take them to their homes. Among the larger plants which the road will touch are: The Standard Oil company at .Whiting, the Inland Ste' company at Indiana Harbor, the Indiana Steel company at Gary and the Illinois Steel company at South Chicago. This means that it will be able to bid for the patronage of 20,000 workingmen from these plants alone. Said to HaTf Plenty of Money. Plenty of money has been secured for the construction of the line according to the East Chicago attorneys. Tile largest sum 5s being invested by anj eastern man who is reputed to be worth nearly half a million dollars. IV is not known just where the road vill enter Gary, but they will attempt to get close to the mills. The cars will salso pass by the gates of the Bufflng,'ton Cement works in running to Gary. Most of tlis right-of-way for the line has been secured, but some of the property will have to be condemned, and the suits will be started at once. FINE PICTURES THERE Colonial Theater Goes for Shakesperian Production. m The Colonial theater is going in for Shakespearian productions, and yesterday and today is showing a picture entitled, "King Lear." The pictures are fiantomfmed by a regular "King Lear" company. As the story goes. The aged King Lear divides his kingdom in three parts, for his three daughters, according to their love for him; Goneril, his eldest daughter, declares her. love for him, then Regan and last Cordelia, his youngest. .She realizes that her sisters are only professing , love, and deceiving her father. She will not say she followed, the Earl of Kent, intercedes for her, and in a choleric rage, the King banishes him. Lear visits his daughter, Regan. She treats him coldly, -out lovingly welcomes her sister, Gonerll. The two ungrateful daughters leave the old king out In a raging storm. He wanders ahout in the rain until he goes mad. He is at last rescued by his youngest daughter, Cordelia. He regains his senses after a long sleep and recognizes her. They are captured by Edmund's soldiers. Edgar, in disguise, challenges his brother to mortal combat 'and kills him. Edmund confesses he has the old king and his faithful daughter, Cordelia, in prison. They are released, but too late; Cordelia is dead and the poor old king is heart broken and dies.

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More Chicago Capital Fol lows Closely on Heels of Potter Palmer Money in Indiana Harbor; Buys 85 Acres Canal Frontage. INTERSTATESTEEL S 10 ITS SITE Purchases an Additional Seven Acres From East Chicago Land Company Purchase 13 Not Divulged, But it is Thought Plant Will Be Enlarged for Greater Output. Indiana Harbor, Ind., April 1. Close upon the heels of the second largest real estate transfer that has ever been executed in Lake county, whereby the aat unlcago company conveyed a tract of 125 acres of canal frontage property to the Potter Palmer estate, comes another deal of almost equal magnitude, and which will probably take rank among transactions of its character as third in point of value. This time the McCormick estate 1 the purchaser and the property involved is valued at In the neighborhood of half a million dollars. The transfer, as In the case of the former tract, was made by the East Chicago company and the property transferred embraces eighty-eight acres. All of it has a frontage on the canal. Forty-eight acres adjoins the Palmer tract on the southwest and the remaining forty acres are across the b,ig ditch adjacent to the Frick tract. , The exact price of the property Is not made public, but a well denned idea is abroad that the name price was paid for the acreage, per acre, as was paid for the Palmer tract. Plants Buy Acreage. But while the vast amount of capital involved in this deal and its still greater predecessor, overshadows all smaller transactions, real estate men of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago do not lose sight of the fact that there is still another transfer, consummated yesterday, which means more as a criterion for thelmmedlate future of the region, than do these mammoth deals acreage. This is the purchase by the Interstate Steel and Iron company from the East Chicago company, of seven acres adjoining the big plant. Just what is the purpose of the purchase is not yet divulged, but there is small doubt that the transaction bespeaks some tangible improvement to the mills, which will mean temporary work for some and permanent occupation for others. The sale price of this has not been announced, but real estate men hereabouts value the property at about $15,000. ASSURED OFHORE SIS. Work on a Number of West Hammond Streets to Begin at Once. West Hammond i .to have more paved streets, one of which is to be paved immediately without expense to the property owners. The petitions of the village of West Hammond to confirm an assessment for the pavement of Burnham avenue, from the south boundary of the village to the Calumet river. State street, from Burnham avenue to Freeland avenue, and Wentworth avenue, from Plummer avenue to One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street, have been confirmed in the county court. The west half of Burnham avenue is to be paved Immediately without expense to the property owners, this concession having been brought about through the efforts of Henry Milhahn, highway commissioner for the town of Thornton. It was through his influence that the other highway commissioners were Induced to abide by his wishes. If it had not been for Mr. Hilhahn this street, which is one of the principal thoroughfares in West Hammond, would not be paved. Mr. Milhahn is again a candidate for highway commissioner, and his friends are working hard for his election, because they appreciate his services in connection with the proposed pavement on Burnham avenue. Mrs. Thomas Brennan and guest, Mrs. Taylor, of Plainfleld. 111., are spending the afternoon with Mrs. Mar1 cus Swift at her home in Englewood.

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SENTENCED Gary Will Now Be Free From Obnoxious Charact ers, According to Sentence in Hammond Superior Court Today. Two bad colored folks from Gary were sentenced in the Lake superior court this morning to from two to fourteen years in the penitentiary for crimes which were committed in the new steel city. This is directly due to the good work of Prosecuting Attorney Greenwald, who has prosecuted the cases vigorously. Cicero C .Gardner, who was on trial for holding up a foreigner, was adjudged guilty and was sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the penitentiary at Michigan City. He Is said to have been one of a gang of bad negroes who have been infesting Gary and the better element among the men of his race are glad that he had been punished. They think it will have a salutary effect on the rest of the col ored ioiks in nary, who may nave a tendency to lawlessness. Nettle Clark Gnllty. Gardner was sentenced late yesterday afternoon and this morning the case of Nettie Clark, who was charged with assault with Intent to commit murder, was taken up. Nettie Clark has a bad eye. She is one of the tough negresses in Gary. At the time of her arrest she was accused of shooting a revolver at one or tne colored men in a resort or a questionable character in Gary. While the shot did not take effect In the person of the target the woman was arrested and has been in Jail for some time awaiting trial. She was finally tried and convicted and the judge sentenced her to form two to fourteen years In the penitentiary. People in Gary sre glad that the community has been rid of the two bad negroes and Sheriff Tom Grant will take them to the place of their incar ceration today or tomorrow. CAUGHT ON THE TRACKS Guy Brown, a Stranger in Whiting, in Railroad Accident. (Special to The Times,) Whiting, Ind.. April 1. Guy Brown, a stranger In Whiting, was run down yesterday afternoon while walking along the Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern tracks and received injuries from which present indications he may not be. able to recover. When the news of the accident became known an ambulance was rushed to the scene, and the victim was renloved to the office of Dr. Dewey of One Hundred and Nineteenth street. An examination showed the man to have his leg so badly crushed that amputation below the knee was a necessity. In addition to this, he has received interal injuries which the physicians fear will prove fatal. In a Stranger In Whiting. The man was seen to be a stranger in town, and being only semi-conscious, it was very difficult to find out who he was. He finally regained consciousness long enough to say that his name is Guy Brown, and that his home is at Mill Creek, Okla. Further information could not be learned. He was apparently 35 years of age, and was quite well dressed. After the amputation had 'taken place and his other wounds dressed, he was removed to St. Margaret's hospital In Hellwig's ambulance. DISCOSS OTHER TOPICS Counter Attractions Spoil Regular Program at Club Meeting. Many other attractions concurrent with the meeting of the Wednesday Night club, and the fact that neither the regular speaker for the evening nor the substitute appeared, the formal session was dispensed with, and those present spent part of the evening in a roundtable talk on current topics. It proved to be very interesting, and those who were present, report a pleasant evening, as though a regular program had been carried out. Since the public has come to look forward to a lecture, paper, or talk, the directors promise to continue with the regular program again next Wednesday night. It is probable that Mrs. Joseph Ibach will give her talk on Woman's Sufferage, and if she does, she may expect a large and Interesting audience.

Parks for the People, Not for Race Horses The City of Hammond objects to the Harrison Park drivewaybeing turned into a race track. Property owners object to it. Mothers and children protest against it If the Board of Public Works permits the conversion, property owners will begin injunction proceedings. The park is for the people not for fast horses. The TIMES has been besieged today by letters, telephone messages and people expressing unqualified disapproval of the plan to convert the drive-way in Harrison Park into a speed-way for race horses. "Call it whatever you want" said one lady "it is nothing but a race track." A Webb street lady, said, "Do you suppose I would dare to send my little ones into Harrison Park when those race-horses driven by shouting, swearing negroes, as some of them are, race in the park?" A well-known citizen of Hammond in denouncing the scheme, said, "If the Board of Public Works wants to tear down the value of property in Homewood, let them convert Harrison Park into a race course." Still another property owner declared, "where is there another park within the city limits of any city in the country, where there is a race track?" A resident of South Hohman street said, "Imagine the quietude of the park turned into a dusty, noisy race track, perilling the lives of babies and children. Policemen ordering your children away from the park, so that horsemen could have matinee races. Fine business, eh?" Another gentlevoiced Homewood lady, said, "The noise and swearing, done now, by some of the horse owner's drivers, is shocking. They are only exercising their horses. What would they do if they were racing? A Ruth street taxpayer said: "The people of Hammond don't want excitement, they want peace. Harrison Park is a play-ground for children, a rest-spot for the people of the city. Keep it such."

BURiAfll GETTING READY FOR ELECTION Two Candidates for Mayor Announce Their Candidacies. ELECTION HELD APRIL 20TH Two Tickets In the Field, Namely the People's and the Citizens'. Burnham, the little Illinois village to the northwest of Hammond, is holding its breadth, for the coming election for April 20th. A new village board and other officers are to be elected on that day. But strangely enough, the campaigners are only beginning to get busy now with the fatal hour only twenty days off. Their tickets have not yet been filed, and the candidates themselves are not very sure just what label will be put on them. It is a foregone conclusion that It will be neither republican nor democratic. The words "citizen" and "people," it is understood, will appear on the tickets. Whitney and Ilnnter Candidates. The leading candidates, of course, are out fOT the presidency of the village board. The two men opposing each other are C. W. Whitney, now a member of the village board, as trustee, and A. W. Hunter. Thus far everything has been running along smoothly in both camps, and no paramount issues have been placed alongside of any candidate. The reason given for the delay in filing the names for the party ticket with the clerk is due to the change in the Illinois election law. The law provides that wherever the primaries are omitted, as has been the case In Burnham. each side must file a new party name with the village clerk, but this must not be done mor than twenty days before election, nor later than fifteen days before the election. RY. REGAINS SPEEDER George Hathaway Finds the Man Who Stole a Speeder. The Michigan Central railroad has a faithful employe in the person of Geo. Hathway, who is the section foreman on tbe section between Hammond and Gibson. Yesterday Hathway saw a man on a speeder coming down the track and signaled for him to stop. The man did not obey, and as his manner of handling the machine, made Hathway suspicious, he grabbed the fellow by the arm and detained him. He discovered later that the man was Gus Trungren, and that he had 6tolen the speeder at Calumet Park. He told the young man that he was under arrest and a scuffle followed, in which Hathway was the victor. The young man was taken to the station in Hammond, where he was turned over to the police. Trungren afterwards admitted stealing the speeder, which Is worth about $50, and said that he took it because he wanted to save shoe leather and that was an easier way for a "bow" to travel. He was turned over ' to Truant Officer Muzzall and will be sent to the reformatory. Get in the push! Have you seen our line of Go-Carts and Carriages? The prices are less at SPIEGEL'S, South j Chicago's leading Furniture store, tf.

STRUGGLE FOR GOLD

IKES DECIDED HIT Home Talent Production Will Be Put on at a Chicago Theater. "The Struggle for Gold" made a great hit at Towle's Opera House last evening. The extensive advertising that was given the show through the fact that it Is a local talent production attracted a great deal of attention, and had it not been for the fact that here was a counter attraction inthe way of the Wabash College Glee club, the chances are that there would have been even a better house. The caia- o tr- rttruss!";" tov GoM company was exceptionally strong, and it is the unanimous opinion of those who saw the show last evening, and are competent to criticise, that the company is as strong as many of those which are now traveling on the road In other melo-dramas. The company Is to be congratulated on the fact that it was able to draw such a good house and please the spectators after they came. It is said that the company now plans to put on the "Struggle for Gold" in one of the smaller of the Chicago theaters. WANTS "DAMAGES F0BLOSS OF ARM William Gillespie Asks $25, 000 Through Accident That Befell Him. William Gillespie has brought suit against the Inland Steel company through his attorneys, Crumpacker & Crumpacker, to recover damages for the loss of his arm. The Hammond attorneys allege that through the negligence of the defend ant company an electric traveling crane was jerked so hard that Gillespie's arm was fractured and afterward had to be amputated. The complaint states that the plaintiff earned $96 a month, and that as a result of the loss of the arm and the fact that his health was ruined he had been damaged to the extent of $25,000. . The accident is alleged to have been caused by a defect in the running gear of the electric crane by which the machine was violently perked from side to side, and the defendant, who w-as riding on it, was consequently injured. TIES HELPED EXPOSE Mikas' Hall Shut Down as Result of the Vice Crusade. Mika's hall, West Hammond, whichh flourished for a long time as the rendevous of the beardless youth and the brainless maid, ceases to be such for the time begun, at least. Pressure was brought on the saloonkeeper after the expose in The Time regarding the clandestine meetings of young girls with loafers. Mika is a member of the Polish Catholic congregation in the village, and when the scandals of his hall disseminated their odors through the village, it was forcibly reminded by the spiritual authorities that this was the Lenten season.

GORBETT TO SHOW I HOD

The Famous Actor-Pugilist, Dubbed 'Gentleman Jim,' Is to Close His 1909 Theatrical Season at Towle's Opera HouseMANY OTHER FINE SHOWSARE COMING Madame Butterfly Not to Come to Hammond This Season, But City Will Have Grand Opera Next Season All Eight, According to Manager Nye. On April 18. James J. Corbett, at one time the world's heavyweight pugilistic champion, will close his theatrical season with ."Facing the Music" in Hammond, a It will be remembered that Corbett was dubbed "Gentleman Jim" when he was in' the ring, and he has always been known as a clean-cut fine-grained fellow in spite of the fact that he is a pugilist. His acting, too, is not inferior to that of the best men in this class and his appearance here should attract a large audience. Among the other attractions which will come to Hammond this spring are, The Stubborn Cinderella," one of the best musical comedies that has appeared in Chicago in recent years and which recently had such a splendid run in the new Princess theater, Chicago, "Graustark," which comes to Hammond on ka. wcvti ua Kerfi?as -; r ".fol ly of the Circus," which just finished an engagement at the Colonial, Chicago; the Lyman twins in the "Yankee Drttmmer and Wlnniger Brothers," who have always been popular here. This array of fine attractions could not be surpassed In many of the larger cities in the state. Many Fine Shows. Owing to the fact that Towle's Opera House in Hammond has been so liberally patronized during the past year; it is possible for Manager Nye to book some of the best attractions on the road. Consequently, Instead of a premature ending of the theatrical season, it may be said that the best attractions are coming. In fact, it is possible that Manager Nye will decide to run through most of the summer months. It will, however, be a disappointment to many of the patrons of the Towle's to, learn that "Madame Butterfly" will not come to Hammond as was at first expected". As soon as Manager Nye announced that he could book an approved Grand Opera company in an opera like "Madame Butterfly" he was beseiged with applications for seats and he has not the least doubt that the house would have been all sold out before the day of the entertainment. However, this company was finally Induced to cancel all of its one night stands and go east Tor a run in one of the big cities there. Of course, that made it impossible for the attraction to appear in Hammond. Promise mt Year. Mr. Nye has been promised, however, that "Madame Butterfly." presented by the Metropolitan Grand Opera company, will appear in Hammond next winter and great preparations will be made for the coming of this, the start, attraction of the coming theatrical season. A few of the good things that will be on the bills at Towle's are. "The Indian Maidens," rich, racy and recherche, who will trot out this evening and show the bald-heads in the front row a thing or two about wild west life. (?) This is to be a burlesque, and the patrons of the theater go at their own risk. The red dancer is one of the cards of the evening. "A Knight for a Day" will be the attraction which Mr. Nye will offer Sunday. This play was one of the best attractions that ever appeared in Chicago, and will be well worth seeing. On Monday the Holy City will appear and is said to be a fine attraction. Arrested for Drunkenness. James Tobin, who was arrested by one of the police officers on the charge of being intoxicated in a public place, was haled before Judge William W. McMahon and fined $1 and costs. amounting in all to $11. Fred Lorenz was picked up by Officer Kunz for the same offense, and will be tried tomorrow morning. Notice to Attorneys. The adjourned February term of the Lake circuit court will begin April 12 and will continue, at Crown Point, until the 28th of the month. At that time the regular term of the circuit court svill begin.

BIG FIDDLE KICKED 1 BY DRUNK

Bass Viol Belonging to Wabash Glee Club Meets With a Sad Experience While Club Was on Way to Hammond. PASSENGER OH TRAIIIJSTREIIS Thought He Was Attacljsd By Flock of Fiddles and Train Had To Be Stopped Before He Could Be Put Hors Du Combart and Thrown Off the Chu-Chu Cars. The audience at the First Methodist church to hear the concert last evening probably wondered what had become of L M. Booe and his bass violin, when the program showed plainly that both the man and the big violin were scheduled to appear. The story of the bursting of the big bass violin Is laid in a dry county in Indiana and. has to do with a wet man. The tale, as follows, Is told by a Valparaiso paper: "The bass violin belonging to the Wabash College Glee club was put out of commission Tuesday by a drunk man just after the train o nwhich the jolly college boys were traveling had left. Wolcott. Wolcott is now a "wet" town and thirsty humanity from many of the surrounding towns piles in there for booze and remain urtll money and credit is a thing of tbe past. : gers on the train was-ioaded to the eyebrows and right-on the verge of delirium tremens.- He did not have the "snakes," hut got it into his head that he was being attacked by a bunch of bassviofs. He dodged a few times and then, charged at the innocent instrument and alighted right in the center of It with both feet. Kicks in Violin. "The strings snapped, the case was broken and the long arm was broken off. The Wabash student who handles the big stringed instrument was standing guard a few feet away and when he saw the fix his charge was in he made a lunge for the offending boozer. He was soon joined by the other members of the glee club and the coach resembled a football gridiron for a few minutes. "Things looked so serious for awhile that the conductor stopped the train and the college boys tossed the assailant of the violin off the train and for good measure chucked his partner off on top of him. Th bassviol was not in shape to bear its part of the musical duty here, and will have to be sent to the factory for repairs, but it will probably be in service again before Its pugilistic adversary has all of his bruises healed up." HI'S SAO DEATH Mrs. Anna Falandisz Is Taken Too Late To Hospital. Mrs. Anna Falandisz, whose husband is employed in the Standard Steel Car plant, died last night at St. Margaret's hospital, less than two hours after giving birth to a child, which, however, she did not eee alive. There are some facts connected with the birth which may be investigated. Twenty-six minut.es after Krebs & Burns had been telephoned for their ambu'anre and the child had been born, the dying woman lay on the operating table in the hospital, but despite all the best medical attention, it was impossible tj save her life. She will be buried tomorrow morn ing, funeral service having been arranged to be held at the north side Polish church. Mrs. Falandisz was only 25 years old. , What the Board Will Do. After going over the Harrison park driveway with a number of horse owners yesterday afternoon, the board has decided that it round out the corners and stop there in making a speedway out of a driveway. The board has in no way promised the horse owners that they might make a speedway, but has intimated, that if they would abide by strict rules and regulations with the police thrown !n. that it might be possible to permit fast driving for a limited number of hours in the week.