Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 259, Hammond, Lake County, 21 April 1909 — Page 1

PORTIN W3SATHE&. Rala thi afternoon and probably tonight $ colder toatbt. EXTRA XOIj. IEL, NO 259. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY.. John Huber, Sr. Buried Tomorrow Ji if W0

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Dramatic Effort Made by Fred Racke to Save Father From Pen. Frank Racke. the Hosford Park, Lake county, counterfeiter, was yesterdny sentenced to th; Fort Leaven worth prison by Judge Landia of the T'nlted States district court of Illinois, lor a period of ten years. Both Frank Racke and Leo Busch pleaded guilty and F.useh, in admitting that lie was implicated in the illicit coinage of money, tried to incriminate Adam Racke. Frank Racke's lather, by alleging that he aided in polishing the half dollars which the two young men attempted to pass. R1CKK DENIED THIS. Adam Racke denied this. Leo Busch will he sentenced later, and it is believed that this will clean up the gang of counterfeiters who have infested the neighborhood of Hosford Park southwest of Gary, for some time. lurlng the triai of the case in the federal court in Chicago vesterdny, Frank Racke made a dramatic effori t shield his father, but it did not appeal to Judge Landis as being wel played, and thj court scored the counterfeiter for.. lying. Rii ke's plea was that he had fount the half dollars in the woods, buiiei" thmi and later dug them up. He sakl liis father warned him against any wrong doing so that he might never lia gone to prison, like he and his brother had done. This brought out the fact that Adam Racke has served five terms in the penitentiary for counterfeiting, end his brother Henry is serving a second term for a similar offense. PARK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. It is now apparent that Hosford Park has long been infested by a gang of crooks that have questionable police records and, by the way. may have l:ad something to do with the continual f-pirlt of unrest which has frequently manifested itself in this most interestlng community. The two young men were arrested in Hosford Park a few weeks ago. where they were caught attempting to pass some of the bogus coin of their own manufacture. The arrest of the counterfeiters caused quite a stir at the time as no one dreamed that there were manufacturers of bogus coin in the quiet little town of Hosford Perk Well, what do you know about this? The citizens' ticket won In the West Hammond village election yesterday, while in the village election at Burnham, the united people s pat ty came out victorious over the independent party, with the exception of the presidents on both tickets. Their election has bpen tied thirtv-one Vallnt havintr been cast for each. In order that this tie may be dissolved, the matter will be laid before the election board, which is constituted of the present Burnham village board, and that body will choose the winner by lot. If the loser is dissatisfied he then contests the election. In West Hammond the north side is in power, while that of the south side, representing the Polish speaking element, steps out next May. Rexult Surprlnrn Kverjbocly. The result of the electian is a surprise all around, both to the winners and losers. The south side has the majority of votes, and there seemed to be no question but what they would retain at least the balance of power, even if a weak sister would lose out here and there. On the the whole, the election is very gratifying. Six hundred and thirty-two ballots were cast andin looking over the situation it ap - pears that many of the soutn side;

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Polish speaking voters .cast their lot' In the election, between the tied preswith the north side German. Knglish, j jdent. the present village board, which Irish and American candidates Too j almost as a whole opposes A. W. Huntmany improvements on the south side j er, will have to take the first action, against the wishes of the property own-1 Mr. Whitney is a member of the vilers is said to have caused the taking Mage board. Th. contest having passed of the scalp of their countrymen. That) through this stage and being further

the improvements were regular is shown that they were sustained in court, but the south siders were, nevertheless, dissatisfied. The new board will take its seat on 45e first Thursday In May. The .West

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JJammOIld Street Car Motorman Battered up by His Friends and Relatives in Robertsdale Because He Married GirlWhen Erwin Hanson and his bride, who was Miss Emma Neff of Hammond, returned to Robertsdale yesterday afternoon from their honeymoon to visit tho groom's mother, a sensational reception was accorded Mr. Hanson, and Hammond's little suburb is enjoying more excitement than has been pent up in Robertsdale for many moons. List week Mr. Hanson, whose acquaintance and reported engagement to one of Robertsda le's most charming young' ladies for several years has been the subject of much social talk, slippe daway to Chicago with Miss Emma Neff of Hammond and the couple were man led. Several Robertsdale people who, knowing that Mr. Hanson, employed as motorman on the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago street railway, had obtained a leave of absence to take unto himself a wife, supposed that the Robertsdale young lady was to figure as a principal in the wedding ceremony. When the Hansons returned yesterday to Robertsdale. his relatives were astounded at the news. Mr. Hanson went to the home of his mother in Robertsdale, and, not finding her at home, went to his sister's, where some friends had gathered. Instead of getting the usual shower of rice and old shoes, Hanson was greeted with a shower of stove pok ers and other things that soon put him hors du combat. Some of the missiles struck him in the head and it was necessary to have the injuries dressed by a doctor. After the visit to a physician Officer Homan was called to escort the groom to his mother's home to save him from further injuries at the hands of the li'tle community, which considers itself outraged.

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Hammond election results were a.i follows: Citizen' Ticket. President John Hessler 349 Trustee John Hurray 3S5 Trustee H.C.Peters 335 Trustee Henry Fritzche 321 (Police magistrate Frank Green ... .325 IVople'n Ticket. J. (V.aszewlz President Trustee J. Kowalski Trustee M. Mod zieje wski Trustee John Lasehinski Police magistrate A. Stachowicz.. The hold-over trustees are: K. M. Woszczynski. John Zlcewski, and Arnold Krzyanowski. Ilurnlinm Renult. In the election at Burnham, the results were as follows: 1 nHed People's Party. President Adin W. Hunter 31 i Trustee (2 years) Rein Ran 3S Trustee (2 years) W. 1 1. Furman.,20 Trustee (2 years) J. Capczewicz. Trustee (till vacancy) L P. Reed Trustee (fill vscancy) A. Leedy.. .31 Independent Party. President C. W. Whitney 31 Trustet (2 years) W. C. N'eel 24 Trustee(2 years) W. H. Real 25 (2 years) W. Guthridge . . . 22 (fill vacancy) J. H. Patton.26 Trustee ( Trustee Trustee (fill vacancy) H. Rehberg..27 contested, will go before a board consisting of the village clerk, as president, and members of the village board, to be selected by him. In this particular Instance, Tony J. Cullman and A. W. Hunter are party brothers.

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A Hammond Manufacturer Who Read Canal Opening Story in The Times Has Boosted Price of His Acreage in Consequence. JUDGE HEMBROFF TALKS OF SITUATION News of Canal Digging Arouses Great Enthusiasm in Lake County Port Cities of East Chicago and Hammond Have as Great an Interest In Canal as Indiana Harbor. Judge T. M. C. Hembroff of Indiana Harbor, one of the biggest and broadest men in that growing enterprising city, was in Hammond today, and stated that The Times' article imparting the infomation that the digging of the canal between Indiana Harbor and Hammond would be completed by Sept. 30, had aroused unbounded enthusiasm among the citizens of the Lake county port. Judge Hembroff said that the matter of having a celebration at the time the bascule bridges over the harbor are completed and opened had been discussed, but, in view of the fact that the completion of the digging of the canal and the completion of the bridges, about the same time, he thought it would be much better to enlarge the scope of the celebration to include all of the cities along- the canal. , He thought $5,000 or 6,000 could be easily raised to pay the cost of a big military and marine parade, and that speakers of national and international reputation could be secured for the occasion. Abolish Corporation Linm. In speaking of the affair. Judge Hembroff said: "The people of Indiana Harbor have become accustomed to thinking of the harbor as their harbor and have forgotten that the cities of East Chicago and Hammond have almost as great an interest in this great project. "The time has come when the people of Indiana Harbor will have to recognize the fact that such great projects as this, of securing deep waterway development, have more than a local significance. It is a matter of regionwide importance. "While Indiana Harbor has independently brought the digging of the harbor and the canal to that stage of completion where the bascule bridges have been built over the stream, the channel has been dug two miles inland to the turning basin and provisions have been made for the digging to the Calumet river, yet the great work of securing government appropriations by which the channel is to be widened to 200 feet and the piers and lighthouses are to be built to protect the harbor entrance will still have to be done. and the assistance of the cities Whiting and Hammond are needed to bring about this result." Judge Hembroff went on to say that nothing had made the necessity for amalgamation so apparent as the prospect of river and harbor development, by which the cities of Indiana Harbor, Kast Chicago and Hammond would lie i connected by a great nautical highway J that would eventually bind the cities ! so closely together that they would actually be united, whether they were legally amalgp.mated or not.

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i of the great project of deep waterway development that has lately become of inter-city concern. That the information regarding the immediate prospects of completing the Indiana Harbor canal to the Calumet river, at Hammond, was valuable to many of the readers of The Times Is shown by the fact that as soon as F. S. Betz read the article he telephoned 3S to Gostlln, Meyn & Co., the agents 33 I for certain river frontage he owns, and j requested that they raise the price sevi eral hundreds dollars an acre. Verdict Not Given Yet. The inquest over the remains of Mrs. j Thomas Adelsperger, 418 Pine street,! was held at Stewart's undertaking es- i j tabllshment this mornin at 10 o'clock. I There were only three witnesses examined. Thomps Adelsperger. Kred Ad-' elsperger and Mrs. Marie Adlsperger. I While depositions were tak.?n of the i testimony that was introduce. 1 by the three witnesses, the coroner's " verdict has not yet been returned. There is no question that the verdict will be that the deceased came to her death by her own hand. The body will be sent to L Mich., according to the request of the suicide.

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if At Crown Point tomorrow, John Huber, sr., octegenarian, father of twelve and first to die in the family, California "forty-niner," first manufacturer, first brewer in Lake county, will be buried in St. Mary's cemetery Four of his sons are prominent Hammond business men. 113 $20,000 FOR THE LOSS OF FOOT Universal Portland Cement Co. at Buffington Made Defendant. TIM NUTZUESXI PLANTIFF Says He Was Compelled to Work With Defective Tools Which Caused Loss of Limb. Attorneys Crumpacker and Crumpacker have filed a suit in the Lake superior court, in Hammond, in which their client, Anthony Matzueski is seeking to recover $20,000 damages from the Universal Portland Cement Co. for injuries he received at Buffington. The complaint states that the plaintiff was working as a blacksmith, whose work consisted of making repairs to tools and the various implements which were used in the shop. In that capacity he was compelled to remove a certain casting from the forge and carry it to another place in the shop. It was necessary to remove this casting with a pair of tongs, and the tongs, which were available for this purpose, were ru?ty and defective. The plaintiff alleges that he was not informed that the tongs were defective and had no knowledge of the fact. Consequently, when he attempted to lift a casting out of the forge the tongs broke and the casting fel Ion his foot and crushed it. The injury was so serious that it was necessary to amputate the foot. f and Anthony Matzueski will conseo I i . . ... ! quently he a cripple mi lire. The plaintiff is a married man and the complaint states that lie has two minor children. The injury will incapacitate him for work, and as he has been capable of earning good wages, his loss will be considerable. Attorneys Crumpacker and Crumpacker make this a basis for a claim of $20,000 damages. Annual Concert. j Barney Young is arranging his annual tour through Lake county with his j concert band. Hates have already been nxed ior perrormancs at iowell on May 6. at Crown Point on May 7. and at Hobart on May S. Young's concert band is always a big attraction on these annual tours, and its popularity this year promises to outclass all previous efforts. FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE AIR AND SEWAGE. The eminent Dr. Parkes tells us that air is the prime supporter of life. He also says that of the causes of death which are usually in action, impurity of the air is the most important. This means that it Is Just as foolish and dangerous for us to breathe the same air over again as it would be for us to go to the sewer for our drinking water. And while none cf us iwould think of doing the latter, there are thousands of people who, every day of their lives, either ignorantly or willfully, poison themselves by breathing air that has already been robbed of its life sustair.inq health giving properties.

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Gary & Interurban Grant Is Also Read to the City Council Last Night and Will Be Acted Upon at a Special Meeting. SOI AMENDMENTS ARE CONCEDED Question of Depot Arises Darrow Declines to Specify Any Amount Cost of Station, But Says That It Will Be a "Suitable" One Hammond Has Lot of Them. The board of public works of Hammond this noon signed the Gary & Interurban franchise. They are satisfied that it will stand muster before the city council and think It will before the people of Hammond. The finishing touches were put on this morning after the board had received suggestions from the common council at its regular meeting last night. A special meeting will be held next Tuesday evening, at which time it is expected that the franchise will either go to its first reading or be adopted. Although it has been signed by the board, there Is nothing to interfere in adding more amendments that the board or the council may suggest. The instrument was read to the council last night, at the suggestion of the board of public works, in order that amendments might be added that the board might have overlooked. The reading was productive of several amendments, which were made. Attorney Frank Gavit, president of the company, and Lemuel Darrow, the attorney for the road, having readily consented to the concessions. At the suggestion of Councilman Newman, a clause was inserted which provides for imbedding the ties of the track bed in concrete. The franchise had already provided that the track shall be laid under the direction of the board of public works, but the council preferred to have this feature of it more specific. In addition to this, the board made several amendments this morning which were not touched on last night. One is that it shall be (Continued on Page Two.) DOCKET IS CLEANED UP TODAY There was a great cleaning of the docket in the Lake superior court this morning. Cases were settled or dismissed right and left, and room was made for the ten or fifteeen cases that were filed today and yesterday. The cases, which were either dismissed or settled, were as follows: The Indiana Harbor Lumber company vs. Colberain, Cohen vs. Kvanecivich. Kraba vs. Sikera. Kraba vs. Twardzlk, Koch vs. Baker, plaintiff defaulted; Hanlon vs. Riter & Conley, Call vs. Hetzler, Tallman vs. Pieza, judgment for the plaintiff of $76.78, and Timm vs. the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway company, which was dismissed. ANDERSON TO IEET M'GOORIY Eddie McGoorty. the Oshkosh fighter, and Carl Anderson, the pride of Hammond, Ind., are to fight out their little scrap after all. They were matched yesterday to battle ten rounds be fore the club at Mcl onoughvi!le, across j and the distance will be ten rounds. They were matched last week to box at West Hammond, but because of the small attendance did not go on. Since then they have been trying to find a purse in another section of the country. Court Cases Being Tried. Judge Reiter Is making rapid progress with the court cases as possible and is disposing of a number of them. The case of Schreiber vs. Ruf is one of the most complicated quiet title cases that has ever been tried in this court. John M. Stinson and Senator Johannes Kolepk are the atorneys for the pla'ntiT. and Attorney Joseph Conroy and a Chicago attorney are representing the defense.

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WILL TAKE OVER PULLMAN TRACK Hammond Race Horse Owners Plan to Do Things Across the Line. PULUMH HSS LOST INTEREST Delegation of Hammond Horsemen r to Select Track Hanager ... - This Evening. The Hammond owners of race horses will all attend the meeting of the Pullman Driving association tonight, where arrangements will be made to takeover the management of the Pullman track. This means a great deal to owners of Hammond horses. It is proposed to make a large number of improvements in the old park and convert it into one of the finest drivings parks on the south side. The grand stand is to be repaired and will possibly be rebuilt if the membership to the association increases as it is expected to do. It appears that Pullman members of the Pullman Driving association have lost interest in It of late, and as the number of Hammond men. who are interested in race horses, is growing, the logical thing was for the Hammond men to take over the management of the club. The fact that the Chicago, Lake Shore firouth Bend Interurban line will make the trip from Hammond to the track tn seventeen minutes will make It possible for the local horse fanciers to leave this city at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon and drive their horses an hour or two before supper. New stalls are to be build on the race track and competent trainers and horsemen will be hired to look after the Hammond horses. It is expected to hold matinees every Saturday afternoon, and the ftrrt race will be held along about June 1. There will be a meeting tonight, at which a manager for the track will be selected. Proprietor Goetz of the Pullman hotel is deeply interested in the proposition to rehabilitate the old track, and will do all in his power to make the matinee races this year a success. Officers and directors of the association will he elected at the meeting tonight, and the Hammond men who will attend and expect to take over the rack are: Aorney W. J. McAleer, Ma Bony, Thomas Swanton, Oscar Hill, Bob Matthies, William H. Gostlin, John Gavit, Curtis Robinson and Frank Goetz. EX-SENATOR TURPEE DIES THIS MORNING TIMF.S Dl'REAl', AT STATE CAPITOL Indianapolis, Ind., April 21. Former Senator David Turpie of Indiana died at 4 o'clock this morning at his home in this city. Ex-Senator Turpie had been ill with palsy for four years. Mr. Turpie was one of the greatest democrats that Indiana ever gave the nation. TAKE THE TIMES AXD GET MORE HAMMOND NEWS PRINTED THAN IN AN Y HAMMOND TAPER, MORE EAST CHICAGO NEWS THAN PRIXTED IV ANY EAST CHICAGO PAPER AND MORE GARY NEWS THAN PRINTED IN ANY GARY PAPER. The ONLY PAPER THAT PRINTS THE COINTY NEWS.

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LEAGUE 678 9 10 11 R H n mm m n rwin r n INTEREST OF ATTOiEYS IS VERY MANIFEST For the first time since the establishing of the federal court In Hammond, the interest of the Lake county and tenth district attorneys in. the session of the court has been manifest. Previous to the opening of the present April session of court, the local attorneys were skeptical about the report that Judge Anderson would actually call a Jury and try cases ht.e. When Thb Times printed the story that' this Jury had actually been called, they began to sit up and take notice. Today the jury Is in the Jury box bearing the testimony iri the case of George WTilk vs. the Block-Po'.lock Iron company of East Chicago. Attorneys W. J. McAleer and D. J. Morin are representing the plaintiff, and Attorneys John B. Peterson, Morris Rosenthal and J. D. Kennedy are representing the defendant. Admit Two to Bar, The work of providing a large number of citizens with their second papers was finished this morning. In all there were sevent-six second papers granted and two denied. ' The work of passing on the twenty-five others who made application will be taken up in the October term. Attorneys Fred Ba.rnett of Hammond and Abraham Halleck of Rensselear were admitted to practice in the federal court and were presented with their certificates. Among the well-known people who attended the session of the federal court this morning were Judge William Darroch of Kentland, Congressman Crumpacker's opponent during the last election; Emory Sellers of Monticello, and Emett L Hollingsworth. cashier of the First National bank of Rensselaer. LANSING PIONEER DEAD Henry Schultz. aged 70, one of the pioneers of Lansing, died last night at P:15 p. m. at his home. Mr. Schultz had been a resident of Lansing for fifty years. Mr. Schultz leaves a wife, (,ni! son and two daughters and a grandson, whom he adopted. The funeral has been arranged for Sunday afternoon. Services will be held at the late home in Lansing at 7 o'clock and at the German Lutheran church at Lansing at 2 o'c'ock. Mr. Schultz will be buried at the Oak Hill cemetery. WA1ERSQ0NT0 BE CLEAR Officials of the American Maize Products company visited this office last night and stated that, after trying as many as forty different fiUeration systems, the company believes that it has at last arrived at the solution of the smelling water proposition. Though it will be at a great cost, the company has determined to put In what is known as a settling system. Blue print plans have been drawn up and contracts will be let in a few days. The officials also visited the board of public works and Health Officer Weis, and reported on the progress that is being made. Caravan Passes Through. A caravan that looked for all th world as though it was part of a circus outfit, or perhaps a gypsy camp. I passed through the fity yesterday. It I was the camp of W. C. Covington, a contractor, who was moving from some point east of the city to some point west. There was a house on a wagon, several wagon loads of shovels and other implements, and a dozen of scrapers. The caravan was followed by several dogs and attended by a dozen men, and was quite a unique sight.