Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 258, Hammond, Lake County, 20 April 1909 — Page 1
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WKATHXB. Partly cloudy toniijmt tint Wedaeixlay; hower on Wednesday. EDITION aaaMal 1 HlWa aaHaaJoM VOL. III., NO. 258. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY.
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JOHN HUBER SB IS FORTY HIHER
Indiana & Chicago Traction Go's East Caicago Franchise Goes to Second Reading
II. W. . E. C. LINE TO WAIT Attorney Crumpacker of Hammond Speaks for Red Line, and Plea Is Heard
(Special to The Times.)
East Chicago, Ind.. April 20. The
East Chicago council met last night in regular session, primarily for the purpose of considering the franchises presented them by the Indiana & Chica
go Traction company ana the Ham
mond, Whiting & Kast Chicago Street Railway company, and incidentally to transact business of lesser importance. The Indiana & Chicago franchise was
finally accepted and passed to second
reading after a few changes were sug
gested by the council members and at once made by Mr. Walter J. Riley, who was present representing the com
pany. Will Come Vp May 3.
The matter will come up for a final
hearing on Monday. May 3. The Ham
mond, Whiting & Iast Chicago com
pany was unfortunate in having their
franchise the last to be brought up.
There was so much business to be at
tended to last night that when th matter of franchises was finally reach ej it had become quite late, and aft
f t'-.e ' Indiana. Chicago ordinance was disposed of a motion to adjourn
was made, but Mr. Peter Crumpack
er, representing the Red line, requested that he be allowed a few remarks and
the motion to adjourn was defeated
while the council listened to what he
had to Pay. Flea da for Opportunity.
Mr. Crumpacker pleaded for an op
portunity to present the Red line's
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Representatives of Traction Companies Meet Before Board of Public Works, Which Takes Up Important Problems Today.
Respected Crown Point Man Enjoyed Adventurous Career in West.
FACTOR IN COMMERCIAL LIFE
GAMES ARE POSTPONED FORFEITURE CLAUSE
10 BE INSERTED
All tb games la both big leaarnea,
with the exception of the ClevelandDetroit game, were called oil today,
either on aecount of rain, Tret around or cold weather. There will be no
Times' sporting extra today.
The Cleveland-Detroit same opened
with Young and Iafette opposing each
other In the box, while Easterly and
Schmidt did the mitt work. The game
by innings was as follows:
Cleveland .
Detroit. . .
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1 0
1 0
JURORS ARE ' -GHOSEH
Circuit Court Venire for the
April Term Has Been Called.
City Fathers Determined To Be Fair to All Companies Rail Rental To Be Agreed Upon Strong Street Repairing Clause To Be Put In and Other Amendments To Be Made.
Owned the First Grist Mill, Saw Mill and Brewery at the County Seat.
HOW ABOUT IT
MB.MER?
(Special to The Times.)
Crown Point, Ind., April 20. The fol
lowing jurors have been chosen to sit on the grand and petit juries of the lke circuit court, which, meets in
April: " ":: - , Grand Jury. John N. Classen. Crown' Point; Tom Sullivan, Ross; George Girard, Whiting; David Stewart, Winfield; John Kain, Hammond; Milo Brannon, Lowell. Fetit JuryII. M. Esty, Center Creek; James H. Love, Leroy; Hobert Decter, St. John; Charles Bartholomae. Crown Point; Ralph Pierce, Ross; Martin Driscoll, Lowell; George It. Dunn, Whiting; William Prott, alumet; John Borger, Hanover; Harry Nichols, Eagle Creek; Charles Edmonds. East Chicago; W. J. Schneider, Hammond.
Kncx Paper Says Banker Is Going Into Partnership With Watson-
James E. Watson, late republican candidate for governor of Indiana, has declined to accept any political appointment that would take him away from Indiana. Mr. Watson will probably form a law partship with Murray Turner at Hammond within the next two months. Indiana politics may yet yield something desirable for the Rushville gentleman. Knox Republican.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Peter Kaiser Jr. at Crown
Point Figures in Boiler Explosion.
Franchise matters continued to oc
cupy the attention of the board of public works today, representatives of the Gary & Interurban, the South Shore line and the Indiana & Chicago Traction company being present. Considerable time was given to the competition feature in the franchise, and it may not be at all unlikely that when the board Is satisfied with the franchise that it will have to provide that competing lines may use the tracks of the parent lines on Sibley street, from Oakley avenue to Hohman street, the Junior line to pay an agreed part for the maintenance of the line. By competing lines only irterurbans are meant, but there is another provision which seems to find favor with the board which is t j apply to the street car lines and provides that they, too, may use a part of the parent com
pany's tracks, provided they pay the parent company 40 per cent of their collection. ForMtnre Clause In Franchise. A forfeiture clause is another feature which the board will insist on. This provides for the forfeiture of the franchise if the line is not in operation according to the provisions or if operation on the line would ever cease. The
board is satisfied that it already has a strong street repairing clause in the franchise, and may not undertake to
amend it, but it is seriously considering the Johnson rail. The Johnson rail is a groove rail and seems to have found favor in many quarters, especially by wagon drivers, and It does away with the rut in which the teamster found himself. The rail is now being used extensively in Chicago and in other cities, but the interurban people are holding out against it on the grounds that It does not give them the speed capacity that a T rail provides. Any or all of the above amendments are subject to change, and before the board is ready to sign the franchise more amendments are likely to be added to it.
John Huber. Sr., of Crown Point, who died yesterday afternoon, will be buried Thursday morning. Services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church and interment will take place in St. Mary's cemetery. Crown Point.
The death of Mr. Huber is known all
over the county today. In Crown Point the old man enjoyed the acquaintance of every man, woman and child. His name was known all over the county,
he having been an important factor in
its development. It was Mr. Huber
who erected the first grist mill in
Crown Point and later put up a saw
mill, and it was he who owned the first brewery in the county, this hav
ing stood in the same place where the
Crown Point brewery stands now.' He
had more or less success in these ven
tures, but in the course of time e
abandoned these projects and went to
farming. His farm was about a mile
away from town, but he and his fam
ily resided constantly in Crown Point
Wait a California 49'er.
Mr. Huber was a forty-niner. When
the California gold fever swept the country it carried him over the vast
prairies, the plains and over the moun
tains into the promised land. He did little prospecting, although a number
of gold nuggets are still in the Huber
home as an evidence of his success in
that line. Instead of the mining, he
turned his attention to the commercial
lines in the gold fields and was soon
making big money in supplying the miners with food, clothing and mate
rial, he having organized pack trains for that purpose. He prospered and
after a number of years he left the
wild west and came to Crown Point,
where he settled down. He built him
self a aoTr. there,,, which still la cn
the Huber homestead, and while it is a
modest looking residence today it must
have been a mansion forty-five years ago, when it was first built. An strange to say he is the first on to
die in the old homestead. Another year
Mr. and Mrs. Huber could have cele brated their diamond wedding anni
versary. The old man was 1 years old
when he died. Mrs. Huber, his wife,
is also sick, and there are serious
doubtas as to her ercovery. especially
since she Is suffering with typhoid fe
ver.
HANLY ESCAPES SHOT
Judge A, B. Anderson Who Opens Federal Court Today
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Judge A. B. Anderson, of the United States district court, declared the April session of this court in session this morning in the magnificent court room in the Federal building. Among were many notables present at the opening of the court. District Attorney Charles W. Miller, Noble C. Butler, clerk of the court; L A. Rapsa, special assistant United States attorney in charge of naturalization matters with offices in Chicago; H. C. Petit, United States marshal, and A. C. Boyd, his deputy, were among those who were present. Judge A. B. Anderson spent the morning hours in giving the one hundred or more applicants their second naturalization papers. The court is making rapid progress with the work under the able direction of District Attorney Miller. While it was thought that the work of granting second papers might take two days, it is believed that it can be finished , today. Many of the residents of the region took the opportunity to see the court in session and the seats in the court room were comfortably filled.
Bride of Three Weeks Kills
Herself This Morning, and Says She Was Very Tired, Tired Girl; Friends Think She Was Homesick.
WAS ONLY 1 8
YEARS OF AGE In Fit of Despondency Mrs. Thomas Adelsperger Takes Her Life, While Husband Was at Work at Standard Steel Car Works Writes a Pathetic Note.
Q10K 010'IIT FAVOR IT CONTEST NEXT -F
Hammond Man Will Not Go to See Any More Boxing Matches.
RIDAY
Oratorical Competitors to Chicago to Be Coached.
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Bullet Enters Car Window and Lodges in Seat. Findlay, Ohio. April 20. A bullet fired by some one in Muncie, Ind., while ex-Governor J. Frank Hanly was passing through on board a train entered a car window and was imbedded in the seat back of the distinguished traveler. The fact was reported when the train arrived in Findlay.
PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS
Indiana Anti-Saloon League Announces Dates for 12 Elections.
Preparation for twelve county option elections to be held in ten days Is giving the officials of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league little opportunity to answer the invitation of the spring days and leave their work for a few hours' recreation now and then. With the twelve elections confronting them, the officials are compelled to be on the Jump from one to another of the counties concerned, with scarcely a breathing spell between jumps. The entire force will go to Clay county Sunday In preparation for perfecting the organization in that county for the election May 4. The twelve elections are as follows:
April 26 Jackson and White counties. Apr:127 Delaware county. April 29 Kosciusko and Starke counties. April 30 Martin, Jefferson and Tippecanoe counties. May 4 .Spencer, Clay and Pulaski counties. May 5 Fulton county,
(Special to The Times.)
Crown Point, Ind., April 20. Peter
Kaiser, jr., figured in a narrow escape yesterday when he was missed by a heavy iron door, which was forced from the hinges in a boiler explosion, which occurred in the Kaiser wagon shop, rear the Pennsylvania tracks. The front end of the boiler was blown out, throwing the contents of the Are box all over the room and setting the whole place afire at once.
The fire department reported at once
upon being summoned, but by the time they arrived the workmen in the shop had the fire pretty well under control. The boiler is defective and this is the second time that a similar explosion has occurred.
EXCITEMENT IN WHITING OVER
PARKING G
Belief Is Voiced That Alderman Schrage Erred in Involving Graft Suspicion and no Action Is Taken at Meeting.
Whn F. Richard Schaaf goes again to Indianapolis he will be very careful not to accept any invitations to boxing matches. Mr. Schaaf was present, with friends, at the mauling given by the Hon. Ed McGoorty to the Hon. George Koerner last week at Indianapolis. Dick understood it was to be a boxing match. He had never been to a prize fight in all his life. He will never go again. The tender-hearted Richard saw the two men wallop each other until the blood flew in all directions, and the sight sickened him. Then, too, he saw a battle royal given the same night. This is where a doren or so negroes are put in a pit or ring and they fight until one man Is left alone. He was surprised to think that such affairs are pulled off in classic Indianapolis, right under Governor Marshall's
very nose.
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John Nimetz Better. John Nimetz of Black Oak, who was injured last Sunday morning. near Hessville, in an automobile wreck, is doing as well as could be expected. Although he has five ribs broken he is able to sit up a little. It was reported yesterday that he had suffered
two broken legs in the accident, but fortunate! ythis proved to be erroneous. His friends are hoping for a speeding recovery for him.
West Hammond Election. More elections in Cooy county, Illinois. The voters of West Hammond and Burnham are voting today to elect their village officials. In West Hammond the citizens ticket and the people's ticket are arrayed against each other, while in Burnham the voters are arrayed under the united people's party and the independent party.
TAKE THE TIMES AXD GET MORE HAMMOTO XEWS PRINTED THAN IX AXV HAMMOM) PAPER, MORE EAST CHICAGO NEWS THAN PRISTED IX AXY EAST CHICAGO PAPER AXD MORE GARY XE1VS TH AX PRIXTED IX AXY GARY PAPER. The OXI.Y PAPER THAT PRIXTS THE COVSTY SiEWS,
(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., April 20. The score or more of Whiting citizens who attended the council meeting last evening, with the idea of hearing a continuation of the controversy over the letting of the contract for the Improvement of the lake front park, were disappointed. The members of the council went on
in a quiet way to effect a solution of the problem of letting the contract.
and there were no further charges of graft or irregularity made. Both Edward Koenig and the Peter
son Nursery company were paid for
their work of drawing plans and speci
fications for the improvement of the park, and it was decided to put the
whole matter of the selection of the plans for park improvement up to A. I.
Simmons of the South Park board. Chi
cago, who is not in the business of landscape gardening and who will settle the controversy from a nonpartisan
standpoint.
While Edward Koenig came to the meeting with the Intention of making
a reply to the allegations of Henry Schrage. he was counseled by his
friends not to do so, and the whole
matter was ignored at the meeting last
evening. Eicltement Subsides.
The agitation of the people of Whit-
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1 made by Henry Sshrae Sr. is subsid
ing, and it has generally com to be
believed that the whole unfortunate affair was due to the fact that Edward Koenig's interview with Scharge at his residence was construed two ways, and when Mr. Schrage was asked
to make a public statement to The Times, his remarks regarding Messrs.
Reynolds and Iong were ill-advi3ed
and misconstrued, due, probably, to
the fact that he had not yet recovered
from lis anger at the Idea that he j
thought any one would attempt to bribe him. It is the general impression in Whiting that Mr. Schrage made a mistake.
There is no foundation for the story that Reynolds and I-ng sought money from Edward Koenig for their influence. Mr. Schrage did make the statement that Koenig came to him and said Reynolds and Long were against him and that It would not be worth while to do anything with Reynolds, as he does not have a vote. Schrage still maintains that Koenig said this, but he denies that Koenig accused Rey
nolds and lying of soliciting money, as was gained from an interview with Schrage in Saturday's Times. long and Reynold Vindicated. Naturally. Reynolds and Long were very indignant over being Involved in the charge of soliciting graft money, and Schrage, last evening, admitted that It was unjust to implicate either
It is reported that the board of public works late this afternoon, after going over the Darrow franchise, have decided to present it to the city council tonight so that the body may take action upon it.' It was understood that all the franchises were to have an equal chance before the council, but the Gary &. Interurban is seemingly to have the first call.
There is a great deal of interest being taken in the coming high school oratorical contest. It Is stated that for the first time in the history of this event practically all of the contestants will have coaching from the best exponents of the forensic art in Chicago. It is understood that both the Lowell and the Crown Toint representatives are being coached at Northwestern uni
versity. Smith of Whiting is going into
Chicago to be coached and Murray of Hammond is doing likewise. Lowell believes it has the best chance to win that it has had since Charles
Surprise of that city won the con
test fTve or six years ago. Crown Point also believes it has the best representative that it has had in years. Smith of Whiting is said to be very much improved and has been in seevral contests since the last Lake county contest. It is believed that the contest this year will be one of the closest In years, and in East Chicago the admirers cf Miss Flossie Pickard, who made such a splendid impression last year thinks she has a good chance to
win. The contestants and their subjects are as follows: "ToTissaint L'Ouverture" Floyd R. Murray, Hammond. "The Aftermath of a Great Life" Walter Smith. Whiting. "Necessity of Protective Tariff' Oakley Morton, Crown Point. "An Appeal Again Child Iabor" Mllford McNay. Lowell. "Our Relations to the Negro" Flossie Pickard. East Chicago. "Our National Resources" Geo. Tabbert, Hobart.
Restaurant Opens May 1 Jim Smith announces that he will open his restaurant In his new State street location on May 1. J. T. Brennan will run the buffet In connection. It is likely that the buffet will not be open as soon as the restaurant. Smith says his fixtures will arrive tomorrow or next day.
COARSE WOBK OF JOKER Telephones Fire Department That Irving School Was on Fire.
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Big Foreclosure Case Tried. The case of Henry Schrage vs. ("has. Martin In which Schrage is foreclosing a mortgage, is on trial at the Lake superior court this morning. It is said
there are $lS.ono claims against $23,000 i wnrth r,f nronertv. The Dronertv is the I
block which Martin owns in Indiana Harbor.
The practical joker is abroad in
Hammond and little leniency will hf j shown him by either the police or the 1
Tell mamma good bye, and if ever I did anything to worry her, or hurt her, I ask her forgiveness for I tried so hard to do right, but I knew it was a failure. Please send all my things back to her. And Tom, I won t ask you to kiss me again when you don't want to. Bye, bye from a tired, tired girl.
LENA MARRS.
Please, I would like to be
buried in Ludington.
A tired, tired girl, IS years of age, a bride of but three weeks, with a whole lifetime of Impplness. .to loH forward to and apparently everything to live for, ended her own life in a moment - of despondency, and has brought a life long sorrow upon the heads of relatives and friends. MARRIED OXLY THREE WEEKS. .The tired, tired girl was Mrs. Thomas Adelsperger, IS years of age, formerly a resident of Ludington, Mich., where she was known as Miss Lena Marrs. She ended her life at her home, 418 Pine street, with a bullet from a revolver, which was found on the bed beside her prostrate form. The rash act that a person may commit but once
in a lifetime has so distracted her young husband that it was feared he would lose his mind. He was at work when he heard the news and hastened home from the Standard Steel car plant, where he is employed, to find his bride of three weeks dead. The note, written In pencil, was found on the dresser. He took in the situation at a glance. No explanation was necessary when he saw the small black spot on her
breast and noted the powder marks on her body and hands. The note she left was all the more heart-rending. According to his story they had nevr had a cross word. Perhaps he had neglected to kiss her. He did not think
for her untimely end. Tom Adelsperger's mother and sistpr say the 18-year-old wife was home sick. She was an only daughter. Sht
had been petted and cared for all he life and had never wanted for the com forts of life. LIFE WAS A STRUGGLE. She and Mr. Adelsperger were ma' rled and came to Hammond, where ; had a position at the Standard St. Car company's works. They w temporarily living with Fred A', sperger in 418 Pine street until t could get on their feet and secu . home of their own. Tom Adelsperger went to work morning at. 6 o'clock and did not pert that lis wife was desponden blue over her condition. At ab
o'clock a shot was heard and the hers of the housohold rushed in;. , Tom Adelperger's room and fo revovler beside her face, and a small bullet found in her brea rounded by a blackened spot wr powder had burned the flesh. They grasped the situation is lit", and soon found tint note the suicide had written her letter to her relatives and
Coroner i. M. hnar.Klm was
and the body was removed
art's undertaking estabiishm Inquest wi'.l be held Apr!! o'clock. The first information received by the police rame Ijena Eckman. 420 Pine stree titled the authorities of the
ARE VOIR STOHICi A LOT OP IM5ED .THINGS Anfll'T VOIR HOl'SE OR OFFICE THIXGS THAT A FOR SALE" AD IX THE TIMES WOULD CONVERT INTO MONEY?
tire department when l e is caught. This afternoon at 2:,10 o'clock he sent in a fire alarm, saying that the Irving school on Pine street was afire. For--
I tur.ately, the children were at their
recess play when the Central Are department and the boys from No. 3 arrived, and :vs the teachns in the building knew that there had been no fire in the furnace during the greater part of the ?ay, they were not frightened. The alarm was turned in over the telephone and the tear-heis are almost positive that it was not turned In from the
I school.
LAKE SUPERIOR ew Cmnnt. 5C09. Fetition of Louise : Muihall for the adoptio Anderson. Petition. 554. ?tate vs. David Joh ing house 0f ill-fame. 555. .State vs. Dave Jo: ing gambling house. SSij. State vs. William F ' , house cf iU-fame,