Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 258, Hammond, Lake County, 20 April 1909 — Page 8

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Ft Wayne Man to Retain His Position on Mississippi Harbor Commission Despite Report to the Contrary. SAID 10 HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO WATSOt Ex-CongTessman, However, Denies Report and Says That He Will Accept No Government Job Is Looking for Suitable Place in Which to Practice Law. TIMES' HVREAI' AT STATE CAPITOL. Indianapolis, Ind., April 20. All of the talk that has been going around during the last few weeks to the effect that Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, is to lose out as member of the Mississippi river commission, seems to be without foundation, for word was received here from Washington yesterday that President Taft made the statement that Judge Taylor will not be removed from the commission. There was talk to the effect that the place would be offered to James 13. Watson, and also that two or three other good party workers were to have it offered to them also. The rumor traveled far, and reached the people who live along the Mississippi river the people who appreciate the excellent service , that Judge Taylor has rendered during the twentyone years that he has served as a member of the commission. Yesterday Representative Barthold. of St. Louis, called on President Taft at Washington and entered a protest on behalf of the business men and the commercial organizations of St. Louis against the removal of Judge Taylor or the appointment of anyone else to succeed him. Mr. Barthold was very earnest In his representations to the president of the esteem in which Judge Taylor is held all up and down the river. Taylor Will B Rrtnlnrd. President Taft assured Mr. Barthold that Judge Taylor would be retained as a member of the Mississippi river commission, and that he had no intention of either removing or accepting his resignation even if it should be tendered. This assurance pleased Mr. Barthold, and it will also be pleasing to the many Indiana friends of Judge Taylor. The mention of the name of James E. Watson in connection with the Mississippi river commission brings out the fact that there is a strong indication that Mr. Watson Intends to locate in South Bend for the practice of law. It has been known for some time that he has been urged to go to Hammond or South Bend, and that he has received from that city some flattering business offers. It is known also that he has turned down at least two good offers of government positions, because he wished to practice law. One of these was the post of governor of Porto Rico and the other was minister of Cuba. A day or two ago, just before Mr. Watson started back from Rusheville to Washington with his wife and sons to remain until after the close of the special session of congress, he was fisked whether he would take any kind f.f a government position. He answered that he would not. and said he intended to return to Indiana after the close of the session to practice law somewhere in Indiana. It is believed that bv saying "somewhere" Mr. Watson had in mind South Bend, for the field at Rushville is not enough for a man of trie calibre of Mr. Watson. For a time it was said that lie would locate in Terre Haute, and it looked like this might be the outcome, but it is understood that this ar rangement has fallen through, and that Hammond or South Bend will probably land him. Statesman's Complaint. lngland's house of commons wants ventilation. Plenty of air is pumped Into the chamber, and it comes through the gratings on the floor, but It comes from a spot just over the bank of the Thames river, with its ill-favored barges. And the other evening a member met a colleague with his handkerchief to his nose. "You never know what will pass inside," he spluttered, "but you always know what's passing outside." Oh, Quit. Here is the way to quit smoking (recommended by a man who failed to make it work): Instead of quitting off short, quit gradually. Don't smoke in the morning until you can't stand it any longer. Then smoke a cigar, and then quit again until you are compelled to smoke or go crazy. By degrees, you will learn to do without smoking. Atchison Globe. Make It Effective. Markharn: We have committed, the gelden rule to memory; now let us commit it to life.

HARROW ESEAPE FOR HASIM. DRIVER Charles Wick Figures in a Disastrous Collision at East Chicago.

WAGON IS TOTALLY SMASHED According to Driver's Story Fault Lay Entirely With Railroad Company. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago. Ind., April 20. A Hastings express wagon was smashed to smithereens night before last in collision with an Indiana Harbor freight train. The driver, Charles Wick of 4820 Wegg avenue, was uninjured as were also the horses, but the wagon Is a total wreck ana the railroad and city authorities are making an Investigation to place the blame where it belongs. That this was wholly with the railroad company there can be no doubt, according to the story of Mr. Wick. He had driven over to Indiana Harbor with a miscellaneous load. He was returning after unloading the wagon and all the latter contained was a keg of whisky. When the horses reached the Chicago avenue crossing at Calumet it was pitch dark, and the animals were on the railroad crossing before the driver realised where he was. There was no flagman to warn of danger and not a light was anywhere in sight. Driver Wicks was standing in the wagon box back of the seat, and to this he attributes the fact that he lives to tell the tale. It enabled him to run out of the back of the wagon when in the darkness he discerned the huge bulk of a freight box car looming up within a few feet of the wagon. The train hit the wagon squarely just as Wicks jumped, cutting it loose from the horses, which trotted down the road and stopped a short distance below, where they awaited the arrival of their driver. Mr. Wick declares that no lights of any kind were displayed at the crossing, nor on the rear of the train -which was backing down to a switch when the accident occurred. Ernest Sherry, Son of Millionaire Restaurateur, Has Blisters on His Hands and Crook in His Back; Must Have Rest"If I had worked at the Gary mills any lomtrr I would hire been dead. I did not come here In the first place because I wanted to, bnt my father made me. I have woikfd hard, ninht and day, for the last yenr and I feel that I need the rest which the trip to Europe will afford. I epect to return to Gary after I come from abroad." ERNEST SIIERKY. This was the parting statement of the 19-year-old son of the millionaire restaurant proprietor, who has been employed in the Gary mills for the past year as a common laborer, and left yesterday afternoon for Europe. This at titude, however, on his part is hard to be reconciled, say his friends, with the cheerful demeanor and good nature which he has maintained throughout his career in the steel city. His rec ord in the mills has been found to be blameless, almost. But one thing has been found to detract from his splendid record, and that was his irrepres sible desire to visit the automobile show in Chicago, where he remained for three days without so much as thinking about the steel city. After that period, however, and his fondness for automobiles had been satisfied, he was contente dto return to his work at Gary. Through the Influence of W. E. Corey of the steel trust, young Sherry's father got the boy a job as clerk in the offices of the Illinois Steel company, at Gary, at a salary of $50 a month. That was a year ago last March. The story was first told in The Times then. By elope application and hard work, Ernest was promoted in the course of a few months to a position of "trucking transfers," whatever that may be. This carried with it an increase of hours from eight to twelve. Three months ago merit was rewarded again when he was promoted to shoveling cinders. Here he was allow ed to work fourteen hours a day. Oftentimes he served on the night shift, and always he had to carry his little tin bucket with him. In his spare moments Ernest studied engineering. Recently, he opened up a secret communication with his mother in New York ,and she arranged the

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REPORT FOR GARY OUT Shows That Amount Of Business in the Last Year Has More Than Doubled; Total Receipts Figure Up to $17,640.36. OFFICE IS A WHITE ELEPHAHT FOR KNOTTS Postmaster Call Now Receives Salary of $2,500 a Year Ha3 Four Clerks and Will Soon Get More Business Will Be Facilitated as Soon as Carriers Are Put On. tv, r.T,r of th Garv tostofflce for the year Just passed Is regarded as one of the most marvelous reoords of deveionment In that department ever chronicled. The gain over the receipts of last year are not quite ten thousand dollars ,and the figure being about eight thousand last year and J17.640.38 this year, it will be seen that the busi ness done at the local office has been more than doubled. Incidentally, it might be said that when the local office passed the $17,000 mak the salary of the postmaster and all of the present employes re ceived a notable increase. It means that Postmaster J. W. Call, who took the white elephant from the should ers of Mayor Knotts and who had kept the office in operation for months by virtue of the appropriation of much rood money of his own. is now re ceiving $2,500 per year with many In creases in view. HiiIbmi I Still Ornwlnr. There are but few annual reports of postoinces in wnic na decrease in one of the months is not shown, and in fact, an office that does not experience one dull month Is rare. Gary, how ever, has advanced . every month from the time the office was put In existence and each year has more than doubled her Income. This Is believed to be the most remarkable record or any postofflce in the country. If the income at the postofflce In the last I quarter can be taken as any criterion of what the next year will be, there is no questio nbut what the local receipts will run over $25,000. The amount taken in In the last quarter was $5,165. At the present time there are but i four clerks employed in the Gary postoffice, and there is work enough there for four more. All of the clerks are now overworked and the business Is still Increasing. As soon as the car riers are Installed the work at the general delivery window will be re duced to half what It Is at present, and two or three more clerks may be hired. Wells Fargo Driver at Gary Is Still in Mercy Hospital. Dan Phelan, the driver for the "Wells Fargo Express company, who was in jured Saturday afternoon on Seventh avenue near Broadway while attempt ing to stop his frightened horse, is slowly recovering at the Mercy hospital. The manner In which Phelan was Injured as related by P. T. Finnerty, the only eye witness, makes his escape from a more serious injury seem more remarkable. The wagon was standing in front of the American Express company's of hoe when the horse became frightened and started to run. Phelan ran after it. caught the wagon and climbed in the back end. He then found the lines had dropped from the wagon to the horse's back and he made an effort to climb on the animal to reach the reins. As soon as the horse felt him on his back he reared and threw him to the j ground. The wheels of the heavy wagon then crossed his body, but did not seriously hurt him. He was taken at once to the Mercy hospital where he was found to be badly bruised. Doc Is "Put Out.1' Dr. E. E. Gelsel of this city Is much chagrined at the fact that the report was circulated in Crown Point yesterday that his automobile broke down and he was unable to return from Crown Point to Gary. He admits that the machine was not working just right, however, but says that he didn't come home on the train, so that he could leave the machine for repairs at the county seat. Dr. Geisel says that the mud was too deep, and that settles it. vacation. Ernest will join her in New York and they will sail immediately for Europe. Meanwhile, Ernest's wheel barrow will be turned over to an able substitute, who doesn't get blisters on his hands and never had his nails manicured.

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HEALTH AUTHORITIES GATHER IHGARY TODAY Local Medical Society Is Host to Out Side Mem

bers of Pofession. DR. HURTY TO LECTURE Secretay of Indiana State Board of Health Will Speak on Prevention and ure of Tuberculosis. Physicians and city and town health officers from all parts of the county are in Gary today in attendance of the meeting of the Gary Medical so ciety. . Invitations have been Issued to the members of the Lake County Medical society and the Lake County Dental so ciety, and a large number are present to hear the two noted health experts. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the Indiana State Board of ' Health,-"and-Dr. W. A. Evans, Chicago's health commissioner. This afternoon at 1 o'clock a party composed of members of the Lake County Medical and Dental societies, are making a tour of Inspection through the steel mills at Gary. Upon their return about 3:30, they will go in session In the rooms of the TJnlverslty club, at the Gary hotel. Dr. 1 T T . . . ,i I . 1 1 1 a -. m t rY. 1 nun y win uiav-uHH me dudjcci ul me Future Hygiene." The afternoon meet lng is for the members of the societies alone. This evening, at Assembly hall, the meeting will be a public one, and a large number of citizens are expected to gather. Dr. Hurty will speak to night on the "Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis." The lecture will be illustrated by stereoptican slides. Dr. -Hutry's ad dress will be followed by a discussion on the same topic by Dr. W. A. Evans of Chicago. Both physicians are experts on health and sanitation and have spent much time In the study and betterment of conditions In all the cities boarderlng Lake Michigan. No admission will be charged for tonight's lecture. EaSt ChicagO in the ThrOCS of a Crime Wave; Two More Places Robbed. (Specla to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind. April 20. East Chicago residents are in the throes of a burglary scare, which, following as It does upon the heels of the series of burglaries that occurred last week at Indiana Harbor, is giving consider able uneasiness to the police. The yeggmen's trademark is red candlegrease, drippings of which have been left behUid in every burglary of this new crime series. The burglaries occurred Sunday night and the victims were John Ma son, who lives with his family at One Hundred and Forty-eighth street and Northcote avenue, and John Such, One Hundred and Fiftieth and Wegg. In both Instances entrance was effected by prying open side windows. The burglars were committed be tween 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening while the families were away. The Masons' loss was greater than that of their neighbors, the burglars getting away with $65 worth of Jewelry and $5 In cash. Mrs. Mason was at church and her husband was at work In the pumping station, and the thieves took advantage of the absence of the occupants to gain an entrance. The jewelry stolen Included a gold watch and chain, valued at $45, and gold pins, a gun and umbrella, valued at $20. John Such and his wife were attending a christening at John Krupa's saloon when the burglars entered their home, taking numerous articles of Jewelry of no great value and some receipts. Angered apparently at not getting any cash, they broke an image which was treasured by the family. It was evident that the window through which they entered, had been pried open with a large chisel. Service ImprovingThe new Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend folders have been received at the Gary deport. Although the service on the road is improving some what, it is now far from being what it should be, and much complaint has been heard. The officials of the line claim, however, that thev were com pelled to run into Chicago before they were prepared and that this matter will be adjusted In a short time. It may be necessary, however, to change the schedule again before the trains run on time. How Lapp Collects Reindeer. In April, the Lapp lets his reindeer loose to wander as they please, and when the mosquitoes begin to abound (about midsummer) collects his herd simply by catching one deer, fitting it with a bell and trusting to instinct (which leads the animals to gather Into herds for protection against the mosquitoes) to do the rest. In a cool summer, when mosqlutoes are few, this Instinct dees not come into play, and it is almost impossible to bring the reindeer together. So It Would Seem. An automobile for the blind haa been invented. Heretofore the blind have been running the ordinary makes of car. Minneapolis Journal.

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H- W. Seaman, Promoter of Gary and Crown Point Line, Imparts Information to J. H. Cooley; Says Decision Is Definite. VIA ROSFORD PARK EAST ON NEW ROAD Will Tonch Broadway Where New Highway Intersects and Will Enter Town Over City Line President Fails to State How Soon His Plans Will Materialize. H. W. Seaman, president of the Crown Point-Gary line, in a letter to J. H. Gooley, of Gary, imparted the in formation that the company had come to an absolute decision as to the course of their route from the county seat to the Steel City. Whatever doubt may nave existed as to the course to be taken by the line will be dispelled by the following: Mr. J. II. Coolev. Gary. Id., Dear Sir: Your letter of the 23d, written from the Grand Pacific, Chicago, Is here. We have definitely decided on the line of the new road from Crown Point to Gary. It will run from Crown Point north on the extension of Main street to Hosford Park, along the west line of Drexel Park; thence east to the new road to be opened there to the intersection with Broadway; thence north on Broadway to a connection with the city line in Gary. Yours truly, H. W. SEAMAN, President. Mr. seaman aoes not, nowever. Raywhen the line will be built and the people of the two cities will be in as much of a quandary as ever over this phase of the question. A little light on that subject would be appreciated in both cities. Will Move Today. Dr. J. W. Nleukirk, who for the past two years has been located In the building above McNally's restaurant, will move today to the Hall building, on Broadway, near Fifth avenue. The offices in that building are now completed, and are being rented rapidly. The Cross Photo company will also move Into this building in a few days. They are now located in the Gary building. Frugal Wife. A sick peasant motions feebly to his wife to approach his bedside, and whispers, painfully: "I think, my dear, I could fancy a little broth," "My dear, what do you want of broth? Hasn't the doctor just given you up?" Ungallant Author. I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body. Boucicault. f Special for Wednesday only. 200 yards Spool Thread, white only 2c; E or 3 for Ob Wth this Coupon. Special fer Wednesday only. -lb. Castile Soap, 4 -lb. 1 Pure white imported, the I J. 1 1 very purest nieaici n a l soap this J H v;uMui auu Ww

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franchise, explaining that it would delay action on his measure for two weeks, while if the council would only tats It up then the franchise, if favorably acted on, could be finally disposed of at the same time as the Indi ana & Calumet franchise. After Mr. Crumpacker'8 remarks a compromise j was reached whereby the council will ! hold an adjourned meeting next Mon day night. (I neat ton of Purchase. Ttie question of purchasing black dirt for the various parks was the first order of business, and after a short discussion, the matter was re ferred back to the committee on parks for action. William Casey of Indiana Harbor presented an application for membership on the fire department and his application was ordered placed on file. A letter from some of the East Chicago business men in which they condemned the service the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway company has given to East Chicago and petitioned the coun cil to grant the franchise asked for by the Indiana & Calumet Traction company was ordered received and placed on file. The communication was signed by Sidney Veaco and Joseph Hartley, members of the Improvement committee of the organization. A resolution censuring the Chicago Telephone company for their proposed raise In toll rates brought out many caustic comments on the company. Alderman Walton suggesting that If the company attempted to carry out their plan they to be told to take their dishes and go home. The East Chicago Land company presented a plat of their new McCook addition, requesting that it be accepted, which request was granted. The East Chicago Land company also had a new addition to be accepted, called the fifth addition to Indiana Harbor, and bound ed by Elm street and Evergreen avenue. on the West Cllne avenue and Guthrie street, on the east One Hundred and Fortieth and One Hundred and Thirtyninth streets on the north and One Hundred and Forty-fourth street on the south. This also was received favorably. The claim for $2,600 damages against the city by W. F. Brunt of Hammond for delay in his work while executing his contract for the building of the Block avenue sewer, was whittled down to $1,800, and at that created an argument between Aldermen Schock and Lewis, which for a time threatened all kinds of serious things. The claim was finally allowed after being cut to $1,800, Alderman Lewis being the only one to vote no. Before the vote was taken, however, Mr. Lewis served notice on his brother aldermen that if the claim was allowed he individually would enjoin the clerk from the payment of same. In spite of this threat, however, the clerk was ordered to make out a warrant in fa vor of Mr. Brunt for $1,800. , The East Chicago company presented a number of ordinances dedicating streets to the city. The streets thus presented were Dock street, Gary avenue and certain parts of Parrlsh and Chicago avenues. This was referred to the committee on streets and alleys for consideration. An adjournment was taken until next Monday night. A HINT TO

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