Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 19 July 1909 — Page 1

EYEHI Generally fair tonlsTb and TVday warmer) moderate northeast wlnda. EDITION VOL. IV., NO. 26. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY. till! J Hammond Men of Affairs

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Recent South Shore Wreck Could Have Been Averted in a Dozen Ways. TIMES' BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL,. Indianapolis. Ind., July 19. The Indiana railroad commission will not make public Its finding- in the matter of the recent wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Electric road at Chesterton, in which ten passengers and one motorman lost their lives. The commission has found that the law does not permit It to give out the results of its investigation. Company Seta Pointed Advice. In the Chesterton case it is understood that the commission found a startling condition of affairs, although no member of the commission is saying anything about It. In spite of the secrecy maintained by the commission in compliance with the law, however, it Is known that that body found that the wreck oould have been averted in a dozen different ways, though juBt what the ways are cannot be learned. It is known, too, that the commission has given the railroad company some very pointed advice in regard to how to prevent a recurrence of the wreck and that the officials of the company have promised to have promised to do (Continued on Page Eight.) JUDGE GRUMPAGKER 1HTSJT CHANGED Believes That Government Printing Should Be Done By Union Labor. "Washington, D. C, July 19. Representative Crumpacker is preparing a resolution for a change in the regulations governing government printing, which is much demanded by the union printers of the country. Mr. Crumpacker' s resolution will provide that all government printing shall be done at the government printing office. At present certain executive officers in their discretion may contract for public printing at outside printing offices. It is estimated that one-tenth of the government printing work is done by private firm3. Some of these establishments employ union labor and others work "scabs." The unions are in control at the frovormnent's big prlntery. and for many years efforts have been m.iiJe by the union printers to secure legislation such as Judge Crumpacker is now drafting. Vesuvius Observer Who Died at Post "J i . SS. - V . . H -to 1 4 fjzaf..V. Ma i iezzaei

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i-1 0 Where Hammond's Disciples of Blackstone Will Take Their Recreation During the Heated Term This Year.. How would you like to be a lawyer and get a vacation? Practically every one of the Hammond barristers is good for a trip this summer. Judge V. S. Relter of the Lake superior court is in the west on a big swing around the circle in which he will visit practically all the principal j cities in the west and northwest of the United States and Canada. D. E. Boone is figuring on an outomobile trip through Wisconsin or Michigan. D. C. Atkinson is not in the habit of laying off, and will probably not make an exception this year. L. L. Bomberger is another one who finds it hard to break away from the of flce. but is arranging his work so that it will be not all too confining. The firm members of Crumpacker and Crumpacker are arranging their work so as to provide for an outing for all. Peter Crumpacker, the senior member of the firm, will In all probability spend considerable time around Lake "Winnebago in Wisconsin. Owen Crumpacker has been at Washington for some time watching his father, Congressman Crumpacker, revising the tariff downward. Fred Crumpacker is buried in work and will find his in week-end excursions. John A. Gavit has no spe(Continued on Page Five.) HAMMOND IS GUI! CLUB WINNER Poplar Springs Event, Near Lowell, Is Won by Local Shots. The Hammond Gun club yesterday won the shoot that had been arranged among the clubs of Hammond, Lowell and Poplar Springs. The shoot was held at Poplar Springs, near Lowell, and was a close contest. The shoot was held as a special event, each team consisting of five men, and each man shooting at twenty-five birds. The special was sandwiched into a program of twelve events, in which nearly thirty contestants participated. The scores in the special event:- are as folio w8: Hammond. F. C. Williams 23 F. Hammond 23 J. C. Becker 22 J. M. Wilcockson 25 J. L. Humpfer 23 Totals 116 Lowell. IL O. Burnham 22 Fred Burnham 22 E. N. Gregg 21 John Lewis 22 Fred Schmall 22 Totals 103 Poplar Springs. Henry Carsten 24 Jap Surprice 22 John Kammersman 23 Arthur Jones 20 William Damsir.g 22 Totals in JOHNSON QUITS LAKE (Special to The Tikes.) Cedar Lake, Ind., July 19. Jack Johnson, the colored "pug," has left Cedar Lake, and it is reported that he has left it for good. "I'm through wltn this burg," Johnson is said to have remarked to a friend. About all the training Jack did here was to speed his auto and "lick up the bubbly wter."

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RE VARIED Owner of Local Plants Is Coming to Be Known as One of Most Successful Promoters in Gas and Electric Properties. That C. H. Geist, the organizer of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company, is coming to be considered one of the most successful promoters in the west, is shown by the following estimate of him which has been printed in one of the Philadelphia papers: "The purchase of the Wilmington (Del.) Gas and Electric company by C. H. Geist for $2, 300,000 calls attention to a personality of increasing importance in the financial world and many questions have been asked as ot who Mr. Geist is and what he has done. "Mr. Geisfs interests have been largely in gas and electric properties, principally in the middlewest, but he has been successful in many deals in the east. Chicago real estate provided the opportunity for the accumulation of a fortune, and Mr. Geist turned his attention to the gas business first In 1902, when he built and operated a gas plant at Blue Island, 111. Since that time he has devoted himself almost exclusively to that field. "Announcement was made last spring of the purchase by Mr. Geist of all the gas and electric properties In northern Indiana, extending, from the Chicago city line to Michigan City, both east and west of Gary, and their consolidation into the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company, an $8. 000, 000 corporation. The AVyoming Valley Gas and Electric company, organized by Mr. Geist in 1905, was ptirchased-a year ago by the American Gas company for about $1,500,000. The Chester County Gas company of West Chester and Downlngtown, and the Dauphin County . Gas company, serving the district around Harrisburg, both originally controlled tContinued on Page Two.) BID REPORTS FROMJGEDAR LUKE Chicago Dispatch to Indianapolis Paper Points Out Gay Times. In a dispatch from Chicago to the Indianapolis Star great doings are reported at Cedar Lake. The story is: "Cedar Lake has become the mecca of Chicago's gay element, it is said. Gambling is going on nightly, according to stories published in Chicago, and, it is said, that there is no limit to which the players may go. One player, it is said, lost $7,000 in one night. Reports also have been made that other large sums have been lost in saloons and roadhouses. "To each of the hotels at Cedar Lake there is a saloon adjunct, usually styled a "clubhouse," according to reports that have been published. It is these clubhouses where the gambling has been going on and it is there where many midnight crgies have been indulged in until the early morning hours. "Jack" Johnson, the colored heavyweight pugilist, was one of the principals in an automobile race at Cedar Lake recently in which a young woman from Chicago Is said to have been crippled for life. Johnson, according to the story, wagered $500 that his car could beat any machine in the town and a Chicago sport covered the bet. It was during the race that one of the machines crashed into a fence and the young woman was injured. "Skinny" Madden, Chicago labor leader, is also known as a patron of Cedar Lake resorts, and many of the old-time Chicago levee habitues have come across the boundaries between the states and are reaping a harvest from resorts." FIREMAN INJURED. (Special to Tits Times.) East Chicago, Ind., July 19. Tom Ryder, a fireman, was injured this morning when he fell against a fire plug in jumping oft his wagon in going to the X. Cooper store. People had been burning trash in the alley when the fence caught afire. The fireman in jumping to connect the hose with the plug sustained the injury. It was not known this morning how badly he was Injured. DRIVERS ROUND AUTO COURSE (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., July 19. Barney Oldfleld. who holds the world's record for a mile in an automobile, was in Crown Point yesterday and drove around the Cobe cup coure.

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PETER W- MEYN. This is Peter W. Meyn. "Peter is a common name in Hammond, but the Petes are names to swear by and to conjure with. Mr. Meyn Is one of the busiest men in this part of the state. He con do more hustling between 6 a. m. and 10 p. m., for those are his working hours, than any two men. His specialty is selling dirt and my word, how he can sell it. He is one of the city's strongest business men. used to shine in democratic, politics, but since he got a touring car has no time for politics. "Run him for mayor?" If anybody said anything to him about running for mayor he'd climb in his auto and run away from them.

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Dr. F. B. Moore of Pullman, who ran his automobile into Polen's saloon Friday night, appeared before Special Judge Henderson of the city court, by his attorney, George B. Sheerer, this morning, and paid a fine, amounting to $25, for speeding through the city at a rate prohibited by law. i The newest development in the case was the taking of the doctor's car from a local garage. The car had been left at the garage with the understanding that it was to remain there until the doctor had made a settlement for the damage he had done about town. Yesterday Dr. Moore went to the garage to see if the car had been repaired and was in proper working order. The machine was tried out to see how the engines were running and then, like a shot out of a cannon, the machine sped out of the door. Doctor Geta Away. The owners of the garage made an effort to catch the machine with an Crawfordsville.. Ind., July 19. Two trainmen were killed and nineteen persons, including four Chicago women, were injured In the wreck of train No. 3, southbound, on the Monon, three miles north of this city. TUe r-ead. N. BTRN. engineer. L. AUSTIN, fireman. The Injured. MOSES AARON, Cincinnati; wrist sprained. J. BERNSTEIN, Louisville; shoulder and side bruised. MRS. MARGARET BOSH, Chicago; wrist bruised. MRS. R. L. OGLESBY, Chicago; slight cut on head. MRS. GEORGE RICHARDS, Chicago; shoulder bruised. MRS. MYRTLE STOCKERY, Chicago; shoulder bruised. The engineer was pinioned down in his engine and escaping steam scalded him to death, while the fireman was burled beneath the engine. The spreading of the rails caused the wreck and the engine bumped the ties for a distance of 500 feet before the cars leaped from the track. The engine toppled over in the ditch at the left of the track. None of the injured will die. Four of them were taken to the hospital, where their injuries were dressed. Furnishing homes with us is a specialty, not a ide line; four floor of furniture. Spiegel". 9133-9135 Commtrcial avenue, South Chicago,

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s FLEES TOW other, which was in the place at the time, but they were unable to do so. Dr. Moore got away with the car and went back to Pullman. Of course, the Hammond people who were damaged will be able to sue the doctor should he refuse to settle their claims, but in the case of "Frenchle" Polen a suit will be hardly worth the $25 he claims. The doctor offered to settle with Mr. Brown, whose Sibley street building was damaged when the car ran through the front of it, and it is understood that the settlement Is satisfactory to Mr. Brown, but Dr. Moore claimed that Polen's claim for $25 damages was too large when he could not see where he had been damaged in the least. It is believed that the theft of the machine was more for the purpose of avoiding Polen's claim than for anyother purpose, as the Pullman doctor has shown a disposition all the way through to make a fair settlement for the damage done by hl machine. SATURDAY The Lake County Savings and Trust company will move into its new quarters at the corner of State and Hohman streets during the present week and will have its "grand" opening Saturday. The new quarters will then be opened for the inspection of the general public, and those who are connected with the company will show their patrons around. The new bank and real estate office will bo the finest of their kind in northern Indiana and will be a credit to the city. The opening, in fact, will mark another success in the careers of the members of the firm that marks them a11 ae live ones. Emery Does Well. To Mr. David Emery, who has worked unceasingly for the success of the trust company and has been a large facrtor In promoting its present popularity, deserves a lion's share of the credit for the progress it has made in recent years. It is understood that the bank officials are planning a splendid openings. There will be favors for the ladies and cigars for the men and the whole business community Is Interested in the establishment of this Institution in its fine new location. The delay in moving was due to the failure of the manufacturers to have the lock boxes ready in time. This has greatly inconvenienced the officials of the bank and naturally they will be very glad to get into the new location.

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BETffiW DEPOT C, C. & L. Ry. Co. Is Reorganized and Will Soon Be Without Receiver.

FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING Controlling Interests Hold a Meeting and Will Draw Up New Plans. . The fact that the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad is to be reorganized and taken out of the hands of the receiver is of interest to the people of Hammond. It may mean that the company will be compelled to construct the new depot which it promised the city administration it would build if it was permitted to cross certain st'oets. A New York dispatch is as follows: New York, July 19. Tne -ontroHing Interests in the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville, tho 2S5-mile road forming the shortest line between Cincinnati and Chicago, which has been in receivers' hands since February, 190S, have commenced drawing up the re-organization plan. It will be Issued within a few months. Under its terms the property will be sold under foreclosure proceedings. The receivers' certificates, amounting to $1,000.000, will be paid off; also the $1,700,000 floating debt. The holders of the $3,154,000 underlying and first mortgage bonds will probably get par in cash. How the $3,061,000 second mortgage bonds will fare is at this time problematical. In some quarters it Is said that that they will get about 50 per cent in cash. A member of the controlling syndicate says, however, that they will get more. At the same time the assessment on the stock will not be so great as to destroy its value. According to this syndicate member, H. B. Hollins & Co. and their associates have bought the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville because they thought well of its future and were able to get it cheap. They have at present no intention of selling it -to the Chesapeake & Ohio or to any one else. CURRENT The report that there is a strike on among the structural iron workers of the Standard Steel Car company is denied at headquarters, and Manager II. B. Douglas said today that the only possible foundation for such a rumor is the fact that four or five of the structural iron workers quit. The alleged strike is said to have occurred Saturday morning, and one report is to the effect that all of the men employed on the new buildings have quit. Mr. Douglas explained the fact that a few men had quit by sying that were men who had proven by their work that they were not worth any more than they were getting. The worklngmen explained that they were working for 35 cents an hour and were striking for 56 Vi cents, the regular scale. J. E. Tennis of the Columbia hotel in Hammond is the spokesman for the men who are out. He says that thirteen of the iron workers are out. . WORK BEGENS WIOBBO! Contractor to Start Work on : New Tapper Block in the Morning. Louis Beemsterboer, who secured the ' contract to construct the new threej story business block that is to be bull! j by Anton Tapper, has secured the ncj esary bond, and will b. frin the excavaj tlon on the lot tomorrow. The delay In the beginning of the work was due to the fact that Mr. Beemsterboer had some difficulty ' in securing the proper bond. This matter was satisfactorily adjusted this morning and the work will be delayed no ' longer. Even- effort wi'l be made to rush the work of construction, and it is hoped that within ninety days at the latest j fhA htlllrHr.P' Will hA rolu f.-ir- Ito tLn. f ants. Free automobile ride around Gary, Ind., with compliments of the United States Land company. Machine meets all trains-

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Miss Hulda Soltwedel Is Run Over by Scorching Autoist, and Adopts Ruse to Escape the ResponsibilityThe worst case of Irresponsibility and cowardice on the part of an automobile driver that has come to the attention of the local authorities occurred near tha lake front yesterday afternoon, whre an unknown person ran down Miss Hulda Soltwedel and severely injured her legs. It is said that the car owner lives in Chicago. It so happened that the man could not get out of the crowd with safety, and so he adopted a ruse to escape the responsibility for the accident. He offered to take the girl home in bis machine and was permitted to do so. He drove her as far as the car barns on Sheffield avenue, Miss Soltwedel lives in 705 Logan street, and then informed her that he had run out of gasoline and would not be able to go any farther. A CoTrardly Deed. He helped Miss Soltwedel out of tha machine and then ran his machine away at full speed. It was necessary for people In the vicinity to call a buggy in order to get the injured young woman home. The young woman is in very bad condition today, and, while none of her injuries are very serious, she Is badly bruised and lacerated. Her parents are indignant over the conduct of the driver of the machine and will take every means possible to learn the identity of the moral coward who ran away from the responsibility for his accident. The Misses Carroll were witnesses of the accident, and are of the opinion that they can Identify the driver of tha machine if they see him again. The accident was called to the attention of a large number of people who were out on the lake front yesterday afternoon. PLANS FOBSGUAAF HOME Next Postmaster Will Put Up $15,000 Residence Soon. Hammond and Lake county contract ors are making estimates for the construction of the new $15,000 residence for F. Richord Schaaf. plans and specifications for which have already been drawn. The new residence is to be located at the corner of Elizaheth and Hohman streets, and will be another of the magnificent mansions that are being built on this atractlve thoroughfare. As announced in Tun Times several months ago, Mr. Schaaf has been contemplating the erection of a fine residence in this section of the city for some time. He has had the plans and specifications drawn, and if possible h will have the house completed this fall. The house Is to be of brick and trra cotta. This Is but a sample of the remarkable building acivlty that is going on In Homewood. and it is expected that in another year the whole street will be practically built "P with magnificent homes. Auto Manufacturer Claimed by Death " ' 55x a. ' - If i tot ' t filers V" y J ' lit V s. decree T

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