Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 306, Hammond, Lake County, 16 June 1909 — Page 1

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Indiana-Chicago Traction Franchise Furnishes Scenario forThrilling "Meo" Last Night

Hammond's city council has at no me had any intention of entering the neatrleal field, but Its session last vening bordered as closely on legitmate vaudeville, as an ordinance rhlch it recently passed will permit irithout paying the license. The Inilana and Chicago Traction Company's franchise furnished the theme and the act that It was not killed drew the line of demarcation between tragedy and comedy. But it was rich and may not soon be repeated again. The audience was composed of representative business men and manufacturers. The principal roles were ably carfled by Councilman Schroeter who represents a Xorth Side constituency, ignored and down-trodden, rolled over and kicked in the shins, while Peter Davis, erstwhile assistant obstructionist to Jacob Sehloer on the loop problem, championed the cause of Hammond at large speaking often and volubly "as a member of the board." Some Star Actor. Albert R- Ebert. president of the board of public works, carried a serocomic part and did it well. Other stars were Councilmen William New-j-an, who is a fiend for having rails id ties embedded in cement; Councilman Lauer who desired explicit wording in the franchise as to the company's willingness to pay for half of a new Columbia avenue bridge in case one becomes necessary after this one. Councilmen Eastwood added intricacy to the plot by making a motion not In accordance with Roberts' Rules of Order, while Uncle Dick Schaaf was the man with the giddap. Uncle Dick CLUB ARRANGES noi cnD ulhl run The members of the Hammond University club met in the club rooms last evening, and made final arrangements for the big automobile races at Crown Point. The University club grandstand has been erected, and is an exceedingly de--able location. The sale of seats long the people of Lake county has en very satisfactory. All over the county parties are be,g organized to go to the races and .t in the University club stand. In act. the sale of seats In this stand s now so. good that those who expect to avaid themselves of the advantages of the University club stand and its bulletin service will have to get their seats immediately at one of the various places where they are on sale. On the day of the race the seats will sell for $2 instead of $1, and so it behoves those who expect to go from Lake county to get their tickets immediately. Good Report !Inde. These facts were reported to the members and an effort will be made by COMMISSIONERS GRANT 1. 8 C. Fl Officials Look With Favor Upon Promising Artery of Trade. BENEFITS WHOLE COUNTY Representatives of Seaman and Hopkins Lines Fail to Put in Timely Appearance. (Special to The Times-) Crown Point, Ind., June 16. The county commissioners this afternoon granted the franchise to the IndianaChicago Traction company for right of way connecting the North township cities with Crown Point and Cedar Lake. Roughly, the course lies over the Ridge road to Hessville, thence to Highlands, from there to Griffith and on to Crown Point, branching off there for a summer excursion line to Cedar Lake. Walter J. Riley, representing the Indiana-Chicago Traction company, today appeared before the county commissioners at Crown Point and aeked for an

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1 urged the council to consider a thing in which the whole city is interested especially when he wanted to catch the next to the owl car back to Robertsdale. City Clerk Otto Duelke rang down the curtain by closing the minutes book, with a bang, saying, "111 have no more of this. Avaunt, you time killers, why sit here " but the last words were lost in the hubbub although they may have been about spending time more profitably playing pinochle. Ebert and Schroeter Tilt. The curtain rose in the first act with Pftimcllman Krhrnptpr rharfftnc the board of public works with neglect for! the north side and the general lack nf trnnrt faith to keen annnintments ' ' ' -' - - . . - r with him. Awaiting his cue he told of the injustice of blocking Hoffman street and Columbia avenue, when the company in his estimation could stay off entirely or come as far west as Johnson street. Now entered Adam Ebert, president of the board of public works, to show the councilman from the north side the folly of his belief. He told him how the Chicago and Indiana Traction company would be at the mercy of the Red Lino to use the bridges either on Hohman street or Indiana avenue. A motion by Schroeter seconded by Pascaly to send the franchise back to the board was overruled because the franchise was not before the council for action, but merely to talk it over. Pete Davis Star Orator. Councilman Eastwood attempted a (Continued on Page Two.) 10 CLOSE itc mcu 1 1 nu those who are selling tickets to reach all prospective purchasers today and tomorrow. The final arrangements for the lease were taken up, and a committee, consisting of L. L Bomberger, Peter Crumpacker and "W. J. McAleer, was appointed to go over the lease with Attorney J. K. Stinson, representing Anton Tapper, and make arrangements for the closing of the deal. Thirteen new members were voted into the club at the meeting last evening. They are as follows: Elliot C. Flagg, Yale university; H. M. Bicknell, Notre Dame university; Robert R. Gillis, University of Indiana and University of Cincinnati; F. C. Miller, University of Marburg and Academy of AVar, Metz, Germany; Ray Seele, Highland Park college, Iowa; A. E. Kepert, University of Indiana; Everett A. Lewman. Purdue university; W. D. Hammond, Ferris Institute; W. C. Alice, Earlham coilege; C. R. Stevens, Iowa State; Robert McAleer, Valparaiso University; W. O. Belman, Valparaiso university, and Everett E. Dubbs, Wabash college. interurban franchise over the roads of the county from Oshorn to Hessville, to Highlands and thence to Crown Point. The proposition to connect Crown Point with the live and growing cities of Indiana Harbor, East Chicago and possibly Hammond, if the city council at Hammond acts favorably regarding the franchise, meets with the enthusiastic approval of the county commissioners, and It is believed that the Indiana-Chicago Traction company will build at onre. Like the Franchise. The commissioners have made an examination of the franchise and seem to be of the opinion that it is a very liberal document. They are broad enough in their views to see that this une win oe a great lactor in tne de- i velopment of the cities of the county and are able to look at it disinterestedly. This morning the representatives of the Seamen line and Hopkins' Valparaiso, Hobart and Gary line had not arrived for their conference before the county commissioners. They are expected to take up the matter this afternoon, however, and there Is every indication that they will , come to an understanding over the disMANY HURT IN WRECK ON ERIE Passengers Cut and Shaken Up in Accident. Elmira, N. T., June 16. Erie passenger train No. 9, west-bound, was wrecked a short distance west of Waverly at 2 a. m. today. Every car on the train except one left the rails while the train was running at high speed. Many passengers were shaken badly and cut by flying glass, but no one, so far as is known, was seriously hurt.

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'DEMON" The Twenty-Fifth Jubilee Ordination of Rev. Ph. Guethoff of St. Mary's Parish at Crown Point Brings Many Visitors. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 16. The silver jubilee celbration, commemorating the twenty-five years of Rev. Ph. Guethoff's ordination, took place here yesterday, and was participated in by hundreds of the members of St. Mary's Catholic church. The day was turned into a holiday in which many friends and members of the church celebrated the occasion. Rev. Guethoff has served the present congregation for a period of twenty years and his labors have been fruitful and full of good toward the church's advancement. His popularity and the esteem in which the congregation hold him Is clearly shown by yesterday's celebration in his honor. Twelve of the priests from various Lake county towns and cities participated in the event, among them being Rev. Berg, Schererville; Rev. Koenig, Turkey Creek; Rev, Janson, Gary; Rev. Billstein, Monterey; Rev. P.ucheit, St. John; Rev. Plaster, Hammond. A jubilee dinner was served by the ladies of the church at noon and about Sno partook of the feast. As a mark of the love and esteem in which the congregation holds him Rev. Guethoff was presnted with many valuable gifts. The day ended with the home talent piy at Central music hall, entitled "The Gypsy Queen," which played to a large and appreciative audience. Terre Haute, Ind.. June 16. Voicing disapproval of coeducation, Governor Thomas R. Marshall paid a high tribute to the Sisters of Providence yesterday in his address to the graduating class of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, at the sixty-eighth annual commencement. Governor Marshall appeared for the first time in the robe of a doctor of laws, anticipating the degree which is to be conferred upon him today by Wabash college, Crawfordsvllle, Ind. Governor Marshall said: "While you may become lawyers or doctors, you cannot select a higher calling than to be the prime regent of a home." Diplomas were awarded eighteen graduates. Among those to receive honors were Margaret Munday, Litchfield, 111., and Laura Carey and Agnes Conway, Chicago. Miss Munday received the school prize for specializing in Greek.

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Hammond and Gary Lawyers Get a Big Victory for Their CliAuts, the B. & 0. Company Forbes, the Decedent Was Station Agent. Attorneys Bomberger, Sawyer and Curtlss, representing the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, scored a clean cut victory for their clients when a jury in the Porter circuit court at Valparaiso rendered a verdict for the defendant railroad in the case of Forbes, administrator for the estate of Forbes, vs. the B. & O. It is so unusuRl for a jury to render a verdict for a corporation, in view of the prejudice that exists against them, regardless of the right or wrong of their position that this verdict is all the more unusual. Forbes was represented by the firm of Crumpacker & laily, of Valparaiso. The B. & O. was represented by Bomberger, Sawyer and Curtiss of Hammond and Gary. tlnliDH IScll Didn't Klnsc. Forbes wa.s a station agent in the employ of the B. & O. railroad at Coburg. Porter county, Ind. It was part of his duty to place lights on the switches in the vicinity of the depot. While doing so he was struck by a train and killed. The plaintiff alleges that the engine did not display the proper lights, the whistle did not blow and that the hell on the engine did not ring. The attorneys for the de- j fendant asked $10,000 damages. Tlie case was tried at Valparaiso and I the jury, after hearing the evidence, decided that the railroad could not be held responsible. The victory for the railroad was such a clean cut one that it Is doubtful if the attorneys for the plaintiff will ask for a new trial. CITY E0II0B WEDDED Inter Ocean Newspaper Man Is Married to Chicago Girl. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 16. Ezra W. Clark, city editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean, was married here last night to Miss Gertrude Van Elers-Howsley of Chicago by Rev. Dunlevy, pastor of the M. E. church, in the presence of a number of Chicago newspaper men who had got wind of the affair. The couple will be at home. 7913 Forrestvi'.le avenue, Chicago, after July 1. Dredging Delays Trains. The working of dredging the Calumet river at a point north of Hegewiseh is now interfering with the progress of trains over the lines of the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad. The Erie, due in Hammond at 8:10 this morning, was almost an hour late on account of the difficulty In getting through the bridge. The work is being done by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock company.

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VY1 ?'"vs' 1 $' s j- H 51 YESTERDftY Shocking Accident Takes Place in the Standard Oil Yards and Lon Stevenson Loses His Leg in Consequence. (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., June 16. Run down by his own train after his foot had caught in a frog. Lon Stevenson of One Hundred and Xinetenth street, Whiting, aged 31. yesterday afternoon sufferd the loss of a leg and is now lying at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, with the chances for his recovery very meagre. Stevenson is a switchman on an engine in the yards of the Standard Oil company in Whiting. Yesterday after noon at about 3:30 o'clock he ran ahead of his engine to throw a switch, when j his foot suddenly became caught in a I frog,, and before the engineer could stop the locomotive it had run Stevenson down and mangled his leg. The leg was not completely cut off and it was necessary for those who came to his rescue to take up the frog before they could release the injured member. May ot Recover. In the meantime Stevenson was so weakened by the loss of blood that it is feared that he will not recover. He was taken to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, where he was operated upon by Dr. Putnam, assisted by Drs. Hoskins and Wells. It was necessary to amputate the leg at a point near the hip. Mr. Stevenson has a wife and a nurse at his bedside in the hospital and his mother, who lives in Washington, D. C, will arrive on the first train. The accident was a great shock to the relatives and friends of the young man, who is very well known in Whiting. Little stock is placed in the story which emanates from Chicago today j regarding the possible stopping of the auto races. The story goes: Farmers ! living in the Indiana auto racing zone between Crown Point and Lowell today threatened to stop the western Jtock classis events scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Enraged by the daring driving in the trial sprints attempts already have been made to swear out warrants for the arrest of Dennison and Knipper, two of the drivers, on charges of exceeding the speed limit. Th? persons who sought the warrants say they have grown tired of giving up the roads to the speeding autos, and the feeling Is so strong that the race may be stopped while in progress. You will do better at the Lion store furniture department. Largest furniture store in northern Indiana,

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Dying Horsethief in Swamps Last One of the most cold-blooded murders that have ever taken place in this section of the state occurred last night at 10 o'clock in the vicinity of Babcock, Porter county, seven miles east of Gary, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, when two horse thieves, Joe Shaw and C. P. Smith, quarreled over a rig they had stolen in Blue Island and Shaw lured Smith to a desolate slough and shot him with a shotgun. Smith, who was shot in the head and In the stomach, was left for dead by Shaw, who took the team of horses, over which the trouble had occurred, and returned to Gary, where he put the team In his barn at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-third avenue. This morning he was arrested by Officer William Marquardt of Gary, who is himself under bond on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of a man while In the performance of his duty as an officer of the law. Tell Details of Murder. The terrible details of the murder might never have been known had it not been for the fact that after Smith had been mortally wounded and was left for dead by Shaw, he managed to crawl through the water and underbrush to the house of a nearby farmer where he told the story of the shoot- ' ing and managed to give a good de- ; scription of the murderer before he i died. i If death had been instantaneous the body of C. P. Smith would probably still by lying in the desolate spot near Bab cock and Joe Shaw would still be walk ing the streets of Gary with the cool-

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Thursday night at the Highlands school house will occur the fifth annual commencement exercises of the eighth grade graduates of the North township schools. Both the Hessville and Highland? schools will be represented and a large number of friends and relatives of the graduates and those who are interested in the schools will be present. The eight graduates who will be presented with diplomas hy County Superintendent F. F. Heighway are: Emma Dedelow, Julia Burkhardt, Cornelia Wilson, Henry Olsen, Dick Ericks, Cora Kaluf, Mary Kraus and Violet Franohi. Tomorrow will practically be a holiday in the North township schools as the pupils are already taking their school books home and preparing for their summer vacation. The closing of the school year marks the closing of one of the most successful ones in the history of the township and much credit is due to Trustee John C. Becker and his able corps of teachers, who have assisted him in the school work during the year. Have Fitting Program. The program which has been prepared will be most fitting for the occasion. The address of tiie evening IELLS EXPERIENCE OF TERRIBOJIO RIDE Members of Emmerling Family Congratulated Upon Narrow EscapeMIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE Steep Grade East of Hart's Ditch Had Just Been Passed When Driver Fainted. The members of the Emmerling family who figured in a terrible experience yesterday when their chauffeur fainted at the steering wheel on the road to Crown Point were the recipit nts this morning of many congratulations for thoir narrow escape. Although t h" five tourists were very much exHt--d owing to the happening all escaped without a scratch and all the ere. lit for this is due to the rool-headedness and presence of mind of Nicholas Emmerling, who was one of the party. "We were riding along reasonably fast," said Mr. Emmerling. "and enjoying the trip through the country. Shorty' Mslton, the driver, .-ind I werin conversation, but my ryes were anywhere excepting on him. Suddenly my

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.ONE CENT PER COPY., Tells of Murder East of Gary Night ness and confidence of a man who had merely ended the life of a chicken instead of that of a human being. As soon as the mortally wounded man. had reached the farmhouse and, with his little remaining strength, told how he had been inveigled into the swamp and then coolly shot to pieces by his companion, the farmers notified Sheriff Wood and Deputy Sheriff LIndell of Porter county, who Immediately started on the trail of the murderer, heavily armed and in automobiles. Trailed by Sheriff. All night long he was trailed until finally the fact was established that the murderer had gone to Gary, and Chief of Police Martin was notified. Chief Martin had a good description of the man and all of his officers were posted to keep on the lookout for the murderer. It was a strange coincidence that this morning as Officer Marquardt was walking down Broadway he met Joe Shaw and told him he waa wanted for the rmirder of C. P. Smith. Shaw was taken into custody and to the police station. While he has not confessed to the murder he coolly remarked: "I am afraid I am very near the gallows." Shaw then confessed to stealing the rig in Blue Island and said that he and Smith were attempting to dispose of it at the time the shooting occurred. The Gary police are of the opinion that with the killing of Smith and the arrest of Shaw the city of Gary will be rid of two men who have been responsible for a great deal of horse stealing that has been going on lately. will be made by Hon. Joseph G. Ibach of Hammond and will be followed by Trustee John C. Becker and County Superintendent F. F. Heighway. Following is the program: The Program. March Miss Martha Schaaf Invocation Rev. J. M. Byleveld Song Class In the Harbor We've Been Sheltered. The Happy Little Crippl Riley Julia Burkhardt As My Uncle l"sed to Say Riiey Dick Ericks. Essay The Work of the Red Cross Cornelius Wilson Piano Duet All Starlight Mary Kraus, Violet Franchi Leaning and Lifting Cora Kaluf Solo Sleep. Little Rosebud Emma Dedelow Find a Way or Make It... Henry Olsen Introductory Addrpc ... Trustee Becker Address Hon. Joseph G. Ibach Song Commencement Day Class Presentation of D'plomas County Supt. F. F. Highwry nrlh Township Teacher. Frank Love, Annah Emery, Elizabeth Brumm, Laura Ntwcomb. Abide Hathaway, Martha Scbnaf. Minnie Schultz, l'.pssie Xaef Edith Carter niece who was in the rear seat said, 'What's th mnnr with that mar.?' "I looker at l.iri and thf-re he sat unconscious and rigid. I have learned a whole lot about starting and stopping an auto since yesterday, but previous to this experience I kn-w nothing. But I realized the situation in a moment, 1 tried to take hold of the st-erins wheel, hut "Shorty held it in a deathlike grip. Hob! Y he 1 viith Heath Grip. "When I tried D seek the miidle of the road his banc's unconsciously turned the wheel like a powerful spring. Finally I wrenched his hands free and then h was in danger of falling out. I had to hold him with one hand and attempt to guide the machine with the other. We went that way for possibly two blocks, win n I saw a level bed of sand beside the road. Into this I steered the machine, going throueh a fence and, finally against a tree ami, as I learned later, kii'ed the engine. "In the sand the machine had lost its speed and the impact with which we hit the tree was slight. None of us was injured, but we were all seared all excepting "?i:oi ty, he was still uaeonci.iu.. "I dread to thir.k of what the results would have hen had ail of this hapI p.' tied near the Calumet river, or the (Hart's Ditch. Fortunately, we had just i passed the steep grade near this ditch. It was a narrower escape than any in which I have figured yet, or care to figi ure." Settle Another Case. The rase of the Alonzo Curtis Brick company vs. the Beckman Supply Co. was settled in the Lake superior court yesterday for $26. The case of Larson vs. the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad is beiag tried toy-