Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 296, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1909 — Page 1
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EVENING EDITION WKiTBEB. Partly rlnndy tonigrht; Saturday fairj not much rhansre In temperature. VOL. HL, NO. 296. HAMMOND. INDIANA, IT? ID AY, JUNE 4, 1909. .ONE CENT PER COPY-,
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Q.H'Hammond Site is Being Cleared and Offer of $100,000 Was Made for the Tract
Business Men Wondering About Hammond's First Industrial Site. What will be done with the site of the G. H. Hammond Co. in Hammond? This is the question that is asked daily by people who pass the deserted spot of ancient memories where the only activity is the work of the wreckers who are tearing down the plant. Old Hammondites who remember the days when the greatest industry in Lake county was located on the magnificent site, between the Michigan Central railroad and the river and between the Monon tracks and the State line, now wonder why the National Packing company, the present owners of the land, do not d'spose of the site to seme company that will improve it and add another to the many Hammond industries. A bit of history that is not generally known about this property is the fact that a group of Hammond capitalists went to Chicago recently and offered the present president of the National Packing company $100,000 in cold cash for the twenty-seven acres. The offer was refused and $5,000 an acre was asked. This would make the valuation, whic'i the National Packing company places in the property, $162,000. Finest Site In City. There is probably not a site in this whole wonderful Calumet region that 13 the equal of that owned by the National Packing company. It has trackage facilities on ihe Indiana Harbor Beit and Chicago Junction Belt railways and on the Michigan Central railroad and has a quarter of a mile of river frontage. It is accessible to an inexhaustible labor market and is so near Hammond that should a concern be located on this site it would boom the business district wonderfully. The fact that the National Packing company has oidettd nil of the buildings on the site tern down is an indica tion that i: expects to do something with it in the naer future. One report was that all of the land would be sold to the Indiana Harbor Pelt mi roaa ror trackage purposes, but it was denied at the gneral offices of the company, and l r c idea that the com pany needed . xtia ards in this locali ty and would p::y $6,000 an acre for the land was redieuied. peeultitc on Future. A Hammond man who is watching the situation pretty closely said he could not understand why the com pany should tear down the big chim ney, which was recently wrecked, when it -was one of the finest stacks in the country nod wh1' worth a good many thousands of dollars to any company that might sse the site for manufacturing purposes. What wili be done with this magnificent location is a'problem that may not be settled for some time to come and yet may be settled unexpectedly in the near future. It is generally recognized, however, that should a factory decide to locate there, it would be a big concern that could afford to pay $5.r00 or $6,000 an acre for a Fite and would be one of Hammond's finest industries. It would result in a. great boom for property on West tUate street, Sibley street and Plummer avenue property. Plummer avenue, might, as in the old days, hn me one of the principal streets in the city. GOODBY MISS RICHMOND She Sang Once and Went Back to Chi. ?hen A packed house witnessed the vaudeville performance at Tonic's last evening. The new bill was interesting and entertaining and was of the high order of the other performances except In one particular, the singing of Miss Richmond an alleged prima donna. Manager Xye stated to the audience that this act had been misrepresented to him and he apologized for it. One appearance was all that Miss Richmond made at Towles. the took the next train for Chicago. Tho rest of the program was good, however, and the comedy juggling of Jarvis and Martin was especially good. This pair of equilibrists appeared recently in the Star and Garter on the West Side In Chicago and made a hit there
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The Case of Dan Hockleburg Attracts the Attention of Police, and Neighbors Declare That He Abuses His FamilyThe neighbors of Dan Hockleburg, 407 Thornton street, are making further complaint of his shif tlessness, and the manner in which he treats his wife and his five little children. It will be remembered that last win ter the attention of the police was called to the fact that the children were on the verge ot starvation be cause Pan Hockleburg refused to work and aid in their support. The police took hold of the case and Hockleburg was forced to do better. Quantities of clothing, which had been sent to the police station, were given to the children and they were fairly well clothed. Food was provided and it looked as though Pan Hockle burg might take a brace, stop drinking and be a man. The neighbors are now complaining that the children are so poorly fed that it has been necessary for the people in the neighborhood to practically support them. Measles broke out in the family, and the poor little wife and her brood were in dire distress. Responsible neighbors say that Mrs. Hockleburg has been cowtd by her husband until she i.s tfreiJ to make a report to the police of the condition of ner children. They say the little ones, weakened by sickness, are in a pitialle condition and about all the nourirhment they get is irom the neighbors. The matter was cal'ed to the attention of the police, wro in turn called the attention of Townsn'y Trustee John C Becker tu thfir condition. As yet nothing has been done, and it is feared that then? will be seiicus results unless the support of the children is provided for. The neighbors say that Pan Hockleburg is so lazy that he sleeps until 9 or 10 oYlock every mornirg. When he earns a little money he spends it in the saloons about town. His wife and children are the sufferers. RAILROAD TURNS DEPOT IHTOJSILLBOARD City Officials Looking Up Ordinance About Bill Posting. Hammond has again been presented with an exhibition of the characteristic and shameless disregard which the railroad companies have practiced whenever the opportunity presents itself. The latest offense to disgrace the city comes from a local railroad in the nature of billboard advertising on the outfr wails of its depot, which is already barn-like in appearance. For a few paltry dollars it has its wall space on the two-story shack to an advertising concern in New York, which secures the right to cover the entire front of the building with patent medicine posters, screaming in color and nauseating to any sense of decency anil civil pride. On all sides there were loud protests against this outage, which makes Hammond the laughing stock of the thousands of people that pass through tho heart of the city, on railroads, street cars, automobiles, etc. The warning sign posts put up by the one railroad, through the heart of the city in country-fashion at the time were thought to be the limit, but tliey look tame against the glaring cough cure and nerve tonic advertisements. There was a general outcry against the thing this morning, and it has been predicted the Erie railroad will learn in a very short time that it was about the poorest advertising contract that It lias ever let in Hammond. The ordinance regulating bill posting provides a penalty of $300 for the violation of one of its ordinances.
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Top row O. F. Poyce, H. E. Granger, W. F. Erunt, C. P. Stiver, Wm. A. Fuzy, Middle row R. C. Harrison, J. C. A gner, Charles R. Pyer, J. W. Morthland, W. Bottom row M. P. Ludwig, Alvi n Eber. V. B. Hjortsberg, J. E. Hathaway.
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Automobile Party Leaves Hammond and East Chicago for Southern City to Attend National Meeting of Lodgemen for a Week. All aboard for Louisville. The Lake county Shriners, members of Orak temple, Hammond, one of the newest and livliest .Shrines in the state, left early this morning for the metropolis of Kentucky. It was a happy, lighthearted crowd that departed this morning, and it will he a tired happy crowd that will return to Hammond next week. The Hammond automobile party left this city at 7 o'clock. The party consisted of Charles Stewart and wife and Or. H. E. Sharrer and wife in .Stewart's automobile and J. T. Hutton : and wife and George C. Loeklin and wife in Mutton's automobile. From' East Chicago tomorrow Waldo C. Baih-y and wife, G.-orge W. Lewis and wife and Mrs. A. (1. Schliek.-r will start for Louisville in Bailey's automobile. Or. techiicker wnl leave on the train later and will meet the party ;it Louisville. Tito Judges (ioinc. The party, which left Hammond this morning, is scheduled to arrived in Valparaiso at ') o'clock, wh re they will meet Judge Harry H. Tuthill from Michigan City. Judge V. ri. Hotter and wife took the early morning train for Valparaiso, where they expect to meet Judge Tuthill and ride in his automobile to the Shrine conclave at Louisville. Jn fact, at Valparaiso there will be seevral other automobile parties, which will be added to th" caravan that will travel f.ver the desert to the big oasis in Kentucky. From Valparaiso the party will go to Winamac, where a stop will bo made for dinner. The next stop will he at Lognnsport. where the. party will have supper and spend 'h right. The arrival at Indianapolis will be on Saturday, where the party will see the balloon races and will go to the theater in the evening. 1 he next stop will be at Seymour and then the run to Louisville Will be by way of X.?w Albany. The party expects to arrive in Louisville Sunday noon Innj- to Take Train. A number jf Hammond Shriners will go to Iyiuisvilie by train and will join those who made the trip by automobile there. It is the hope of Orak temple that the imperial council may be induced to grant the l.vul shrine a charter at the coming session. If this is done it will set a precedent, but the Hammond and L-ike county Shriners are doing all In their power to make the unexpected happen. It is expected that hundreds of other Shriners in Indiana will go to Louisville by automobile, and the Hammond sojourners expect to meet many of them on the road. It is safe to say that the local shrine will be well represented at IyouisviUe and to make such a trip is to be assured a good time. Furnishing homes with us Is a specialty, not a side line; four floors of furniture. Spiegel's, 9133-9135 Commercial avenue. South Chicago.
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SHALL ILL SURELY Governor Thomas R. Marshall will be in Hammond on the occasion of the i banquet of the Alumni association next wok. The definite information was received in a dispatch to Sup rintender.t C. M. McDaniel from Indianapolis this morning. While there was io question that the governor would keep his word if ho could, yet sometimes unforeseen things intervene, and It will be a source of relief and gratification to the members of the alumni to know that he will surely lie here. The first of the com Pier eemen t week festivities will occur this evening, when the "Private Secretary" will be produeed by the senior class. This entertainment will b" given in Towle's Opera House tonight, and it is expected that there wi'l be a large attendance. The advanc.. MrMt sale has been satisfactory, and the funds, which will be derived from the sale of the tickets, will be devoted "o the cause of athb-tics. The members of the high school feel that the records of he various athletic teams has hern such tint they may reasonably expect tin' ' upport Of the people of the city. The buriness men of Hammond, they say. should appreciate the fact that the town has been well advertised through them and should show their appreciation by their attendance at thijf" entertainment. This morning was ilv last day of schools for tho students of the hich school, who do not have to take their I t examinations. Those who have to take examinations will be compelled to at tend Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. In the grades Wednesday noon closes the work of the year. Many of the teachers are already packing their trunks preparatory to leavine. and so far as school teachers are concerned, they will probably all have left the city bv the end of the week. .SHE BBSS. GET DM Sf. PSHEB1 Board of Public Works Has Busy Little Session Today. The board i. a hi! v public S.i i ui ive . he let be onh works today session. Four and plans and red for other put in a CO i t t r:i e t s spec i ilea t i were !1S imp Tii pa v. w'ni h t ract venvi'.t niill ru t f. r the 1 'ot y s 1 1" let to IlVem t hr k eiit t ! ! e Wei '. t vv; Bros.. :Vo:tr street to William r the (lost!; ntrstetor O'Sddcwnlk conhlhorn. Tie' si r( 't sewer a. C( w i tract f. nt l'. ('" The eity pr.p.i'e I'i vca Iks on b f rum hi rib van!, ;:n I s engineer i s instruct --d to itiea t i. ims for arts .th !d s i.b-w d of S!-."flU nv.-r.u. , to Hairi" ,n Louie. on Huhman street, t" Adams street. from G -tlin st orda n. t It a 1 with a petition by I mpro'-.'mi-n t assoeia -'. Teirr;n;u Transfer the Xort tion. the coir.pany ers at th ' ;i : 'in. e was inst various u-tr-d to er-H t bumpere 1 f its tracks. The board having found technical rors in the bid for th- AViiiiams stre pavement, the bid was rejected.
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r A. J. Puff, W, AV. Love. J. Hojnacki. Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law Closes First Year's Work With Splendid Program at First Methodist Church Last Night. Appropriate exercises marked the close of the first year for the LincolnJefferson College of Law, last night, and the program which was presented to the people of Hammond at the First Methodist church was thoroughly in keeping with the high grade work that has characterized the school since its inception. Legal luminaries predominated, there being the Hon. Marcus Kavanaugh, judge of the Cook county superior court in Chicago, a scholar, author, orator, and above all an eminent jurist; the Honorable John 1 1. Gillett of Hammond, where he is now a memher of the faculty of the Lluooln-.lefferson Colletre of Law, but formerly pudge of tie- suprcmt court of Indiana and IJ)r. W. C H. Keoug'i. .b an of the eolloge. a member of the Illinois bar, ranking high in the profession as a scholar and a successful practitioner. Their masrly addresses were interspersed with number of delightful solos by Miss 4X f Is. . . II. KKOl 1.1,. I). Dean of 'he I,inc;I ii-.Jcn ersou I ollecc of I II v.. Theresa solos by U. 1'yer. Sloan, and tw Prof. Clark Be representing tie trumental :r. Charles lent body, program. st a tie a.Me.l h-1 in with Ids al Jiidite I'r. Ke.u; ceremonies, marks. II K ava r.autrh expectation t rt-peran. o ttgral part !. u.blr.-ss. lit! III!, till' ddre. as master opening it"H i arid w ; r m;i' t : re- I iweu by . Judge 1.
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H. C. Frick, Steel Magnate, Grows Worried About the Smoky City's Future Because of Magic City's EncroachmentsHOLDS GONFERANGE TO RETAIN PRESAGE Calls City Officials Together in Order to Plan for New Business All Lake Ports Are Taking Away Man ufacturing More or Less and Each Take Away From Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., June 4. H. C. Frick has become worried about the future of Pittsburg, and he has called the mayor and other leading citizens of Pittsburg to stand by him in trying to hold the citv to its former prestige, if not make it a better and larger city than before, There was a conference between Mavor Magee, some of the leading financiers, and Mr. Frick in the office of the latter yesterday afternoon, in which the present of Pittsburg compared with the past and the future was discussed at length. Kenrn Enpronclimfiit of Gary. After the conference the following statement was made by one who was present: "Mr. Frick warned Pittsburg as a city and its business men against the encroachment upon its heritage by the new steel city of Gary. He said that Pittsburg must fight for new business, and not only that, but must be continually on guard to hold what it has already gained. He cautioned against any picayune policy in Improvement, and urged that Pittsburg rise to the occasion and achieve for the city a higher rank among the great cities of the country." Sevn Dander in Lake Port". While Mr. Frick's reference was in the main to Gary, it is understood that he discussed all lake ports which have of late shown a disposition to manufacture Iron and steel, taking the ground that each new plant made at a lake side detracted so much from the wealth of Pittsburg. Mr. Frick wrri have another conference with the business men in a few days. PORTER C0U I (Special to The Times.) Valparaiso. Ind., June 4. "What is generally conceded to have been the most bitterly fought and sen- ( sational campaign in years, if not th" entire history of porter county, was bmught to a close yesterday with a county option election to determine the dry or wet question. The county ) went wet bv 375 votes, accordingly to Semi-official returns. Center township, supposedly a dry strongholds, and including Valparaiso,! the county S'-at, went wet by 1 4.1 votes. This includes Valparaiso's wet majority of S3 votes, only two precincts of the seven in the eity 1 ing carried by the drys. Of the other towns in the county, Chesterton, in the wet by 32 majority, south end, remained I I. north h o-.l v ted the of and Kout , in vet Boone, inelud tno town f Hebron, whie'u has been dry for several years. va township, givinir a res joining with portag mons t ra ru e 1 a r, ner 1 r y t ' jority of lf'fi and ' and porter to t;m!n-r f townreniaining nine ve i:i the county I'rdon townh!p. cumpris ships v town shi a!) gui; incl udi : has l.e, eral mo We;--! tertotl. The , th i e l: total I dry, tlx of the nv( wft. F.v.'ti tie d rv t o w n i by rem f V," he. n st ra n t bv a 1'T. e f, r.f ling which r seyuf 21. " h ' s - r.th St.' we : w nt v.-1 - tow r- ?"e ip. ItieP.e t w-t by 2-3 votes. .losing week of th- campaign it fort!1. charges nn.l counter s. X-'t since th- memorable .lays crusad-rs" In the '7'i's. when bands of women organised and ill .'.ay prayer meetings in th- : ir, front of the saloons, som rn having buckets of slop pour-I their 'e ads from upstairs winbv en'-mk-s of th-lr movement, . re been the t "mpera n ' e activity last week. V.'i'.h the exception broue i chare upon d-ws has t of th of Pi town asa-t township, containing of Ko-its with -v- saloons, 1h- third ward n Valparaiso, known -sid-nce riistriet," ow-
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OF FLOCK Father Blatter of South Chicago Receives a Letter From Bishop in Asiatic Turkey Telling of Massacres. CHRISTIAN COLONY It ADANA ROUTED Their Property is Destroyed With Fire and Sword Stricken District Has Neary 40,000 Victims All Labors Must be Commenced Over Again. (Special to The Times.) South Chicago, 111., June 4. The following letter, written by Bishop Paul Terzian, Adana, to Rev. George J. Blatter, who recently visited the scenes of the late Turkish massacres, must excite the sympathy of the most callous: "Adana. Asiatic Turkey, May 10, 1909. Very Reverend Father: The newspapers have already informed you of the disaster which overwhelmed the Christian inhabitants of Adana on the 14th and 15th of April. On these first days of our misfortune a great many Christians were massacred and the whole town was delivered over to pillage and fire; in the country all the Christian settlements have been sacked and burned down, and ours lias been completely destroyed. The director, the employes and the laborers, to the number of about 160, were cruelly murdered. Suffer in Second Risins. "When calm seemed somewhat restored, a new rising of . the Moslems again set the city on fire and deluged it with blood. This time, on the 2oth and 26th of April, no sort of cruelty and vandalism was omitted and we were brought to the last extremity of destruction. The whole Christian population is without shelter and without resources. All our establishments, the bishop's house, the presbytery, the schools of the boys and girls, the covenants of the religious, the seminary, the college, the orphan home, all are reduced to heaps of ashes. In order to escape death by fire I was forced to abandon everything except the (Continued on pge five.) SURPRISES STATE t cil proclaiming it such in order to ex-lud- the saloons after an unsuccessful attempt by the "drys" to secure a suffici-nt number of remonstrance signatures there. Porter county lia3 be-n dry by remonstrance for many months. The Third ward above men. llon-d contains three quart shops. As a result of the lack of interest shown and owing to the large number uf remonstrances already in force throughout the county it was feared that a v ry litrht vot- would be cast, and It was generally conceded, both by wets and drys, that the county would vote dry by from 3f'0 to 1,300, the majority of those in close touclf with affairs throughout the county predicting a dry majority of from 1.000 t 1.2".a. The drys evidently had been thrown off th-ir guard by the prospect of a "sure thing'' and did not file a petition with th- county commissioners for th- calilnar of tin election until about the mi. hi!- of May. Then th county eo'iimissiorers. on the advi-e of t!i- count;,- attorney, who was also tl e ;ittotn y for the wets, r-fus-d to grant th- petition, which contained r.ear'y twie- the re.juir-d number of sigrnatur-s. on the ground that there had b-en no appropriation made, as yet, by th- county council. Finally the appropriation was mad- and the o'ortion s.-t for J;n.- 3. Th-n 'an.- the wet landslide in Baporte county on tl - east a week ago. Th- enthusiasm of the Valparaiso wets th-n knew no hour-Is. They sprang up from all sides like mushrooms in a nicht and before noon of the following day had oraraniz-d what they termed ti.e "Business Mr.'s Ix-ague" to slal.t their cause, in perfect organization, throughout the county, th principal argumr,t advanced heir er that with Baport-, a wet county, on the east and I-ake oiiinly w-t on the west, Valparaiso and porter county dry would be a desert b-twern two cases and lose all
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