Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 36, Hammond, Lake County, 30 July 1909 — Page 1

WEATHER rORECAIT, Tartly cloudy tonight and Saturday) moderate temperature light to moderate winds. ED IT I ON VOL. IV., NO. 36. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY, 30, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY,

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Pressed Steel Car Company Talks of Moving: Five Million Dollar Plant In Neighborhood of Hammond

Hammond may get another $5, 000, 000 steel car plant, with the accent on the "may". President Prank N. Hoffstot of the Pressed Steel Car company, announced yesterday that the $5,000,000 plant of the Pressed Steel Car company of Pittsburg, where a strike is now raging, will be dismantled and moved to Hammond, Ind. Tht decision to leave the McKee Rocks plant, in the vicinity of Pittsburg, and come to Northern Indiana, resulted from tha adverse criticism of the newspapers and the public regarding the big strike at McKees Rocks. Gostlin, Meyn & Co., local real estate dealers, read the report in the morning papers and have decided to make an investigation to determine the facts in the case. May Pick North Side. It was sueeresteii that th. nint 1 , . , , "-i might be located on the north Bide in Hammnnil whorn o .ltA l 11.1 i- " " v " ' i"auie on the nmnprtr ef ty Fn.t ru; . the property of the East Chicago com pany. The north side is regarded as the H?al manufacturing center and . thre are :-ally no desirable sites to be I yad in thb Butheni portion ot the , Gostlin, Mvn & Co., state, however, they are of the Opinion that the plant will be located in the vicinity of Hegewisch on the Calumet river where, it is understood, the Pressed Steel Car company already owns a large amount of acreage and could probably buy enough more to permit of the building of a large plant. In either event the plant would be regarded as a Hammond industry and the 8,000 man it will employ will live in Hammond and will contribute to the prosperity of this city. In additon to the $r,,000,000 plant, wnicn, it is said, will be moved to Mast on Valparaiso Courthouse Is Splintered; Concussion of Air Knocks Down Two Horses; Field Day Is Soaked. (Special to The Times.) Valparaiso, Ind., July 30. Lightning etruck the twenty-two root flagstaff on the tower of the Torter county vuurinouse at Valparaiso at about - - . ....... iviiiuj u u i prsinrni ; ii.ai lasted about half an hour, in which time it is estimated about an inch and a half of rain fell. The pole was split end to end. several sharppointed splinters ranging in length from six to tea feet being hurled to the ground, a distance of a hundred - . , "u s"".v-iive loot, where they pierced ! me ground. A short distance away on .udin street stood a crowd of pleas ure seekers who were about to leave j u" " iair grounds to attend a big field day celebration, postponed from juij a on account of bad weather. Sevw?,l ,h r S ,;ro-"TtUps, ""'"led ! - - 1 1 i t ru with the force of rockets in different di rections to tli etops of store buildings on Main street, half a block away. ine iigtitnintr crns'i imik,i ' .. ., . , , , , " that knocked down two horses a block! apart and a half block from the court- ! house and nearly caused the overturn- ! ins" of a bus cont.ilnintr i j1uif I men. The fire department was e!lie ! and responded with a chemical apparatus, it being necessary to batter down a heavy door leading from the corridor of the courtroom in order to gain access to the tower, where it was found that the rain had evidently extin guished the fire -v large barn north of town also was ' , 'triiplf l.- 1 i rrlw t... . . t '" aim nurnen down. It is being facetiously suggested on ' me streets that the liirhtnina- erash at the courthouse and the big storm which i oaused the second abandonment of the ' nig field day celebration, at great finan-! cial loss to the Valparaiso baseball nsociation which is hacking Sunday ball here, was an act of Providence. Friends of the association declare on the other hand that every time thev trv to furnish a good time for the "drys" with week-day game Providence prevents Free automobile ride around Gary Ind.. with compliments of the Unit.' Btates Land company. Machine meeU all trains.

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Hammond it is also said that a $2,500000 plant for the manufacture of steel passenger cars -will be located some where in the vicinity of Chicago. Move Look Contemplated. This move on the part of the steel car manufacturers in the vicinity of Pittsburg to leave the east and locate their plants more nearly in the center of the United States market has long been regarded as inevitable and it is believed that it is hastened only by the insufferable labor conditions that now exist in the vicinity of Pittsburg. It is understoo.l that ground has already been purchased In the vicinity of Pittsburg for the erection of a new plant by the Pressed Steel Car company and the announcement of the plans was about to be made when the 8,000 employes of the plant went on a strike.

uimuue or me puouc ana , the press became so hostile it was ... When the attitude of the public and quickly decided to move the plant west i . . . where labor troubles are rare. May Be Only a Bluff. A Chicago paper says: "It is the first time in history that the millionaire employers at Pittsburg have been criticised and President Hoffstot and his business associates did not like the steady public reference to his mills as 'the slaughter house' or the 'last chance' and the taking up of his workingmen by the public through bread funds. Today there was not one working man in tht great plants, according to the strikers." The conservative Hammond business men are. however, not taking the rumored location of these plants too seriously. It has been suggested that the Pressed Steel Car company may be taking this means of allaying public criticism in the vicinitv of wtt. I burg. Boom on Derrick Slams Frank Reusso, an Erie Section Man, in Front of Milk Train in Hammond This Morning. Frank Reusso, an Italian, working on an extra gang on the Erie, had a narrow escape from sure death this m nrnlnw U : i j. . "'"s, ii uvri'ji'tn wmrn laDDPnod t rt r t-ot, a . i. , - - - - !. mo. -v ii n lit nainTn t' injured and. although he was taken to the hospital, his condition is not thought to be serious. Reusso worked on a fiat car, from which a derrick was unloading rails. One of the chains snapped, thus nermtt. r v ' .7 t ting the boom at a ninety degree angle, wnereas. before it had swung at a for ty-five degrees. In makhur the semi clrcle the boom knocked Reusso from the car almost in front of the whwi of the north-bound Erie passenger No iup in nam?ni-ini o c --a mi Loom continued In its swing and knock "w o.u-j a. in, i ne ed the headlight and smokestack from -he engine and put the bell out of commission. The enfi-ine iv al.lo miue on its way to Chicac-o g 'Dr A tj'n'io TT.TTT n, - "OAKD S NEW ORDER ! Advertising for Improve ment is Permitted. The board of public works this morning ordered the advertising for bids for three-quarter inch water pine for Deu "rts. The contract lor - - inn Luiuiari tne WaJtham srrr.ot l' r-nitru t vv its taken under advis(nler.t until August a resolution ordering sidewalks for rameron street was passed. The resoluuon Ior tfe opening of Hickory Stfeet for a distance of 125 feet was iaja over untn August 6. Returns From Outing. William Schloer has returned from a two weeks' outing at Richmond Minn where he put In the greater part of the time fishing, and reports a general good time. He was accompanied on his return trip by his aunt and cousin. Mrs. Rpugemer and daughter, Miss Reugemer, who will make an extended visit with the Schloers on Ruth street.

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Jimmy Donlin, Relative of Famous Baseball Player, Found Dying in Shed in West Hammond This Morning. Jimmy Donlin, the brother of Mike Donlin, former captain of the New York National league baseball team, who is now traveling about the country with his wife, Mabel Hite, was found dying in a shed near Stanton avenue in West Hammond. His condition was so bad that he was refused admission to St. Margaret's hospital, and it became necessary for some of the people of West Hammond, who pitted him. to take up a collection to send him to the Cook county hospital lu Chicago. Judge Frank Green thought it a pity that a man in his condition should be compelled to remain in the shed in which he was found, and raised $100 among his friends with which Donlin was sent to the Chicago hospital. Is in Serious Shape. Word was received today that Donlin could not live more than three hours. Dr. Jackson, who attended him here," said that he was suffering from a paralytic stroke, although it is believed! tH.i fo.-.f .!..-. I. .... w.v. tucti ne whs addicted to the i use of strong drink had a great deal to do with his condition. Donlin has been working at switching in what is known as the "Mill" at Irondale. and several months ago he was discharged on account of a lame foot. He attempted to secure employment on several other railroads, but the "croaker," as the railroad men call the man who examines prospective employes, turned him down and he was disheartened. Mamie Donlin of Erie, Pa., the sister of the Donlin boys, was notified of his condition by telegraph. STREET CAR Aug. 14 it will be known just what the employes of the South Chicago City Uailway company's employes will do regarding their demand for an increase in wages President Thomas E. Mitten of the Chicago City Railway company notified the employes of the company to that no increase in wa?es will be granted. This ultimatum will affect all of the employes of the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago line for the reason that they are employed by the South Chicago City Railway company. Instead of higher wages Mr. .Mitten is authorized to grant certain working conditions which will be of benefit to the conductors and mo'.ormen. The answer of President Mitten puts the issue of a strike up to the street car employes of Chicago. South side car men will meet ,W. 14 and those of the north and west sides on Aug. 5. Just what they will do is problem atical. are oniv two alternative i some point out, to strike or to irbi- ! trate. The matter will r.t k u., j -- - ..... iju, i't tlliTyeJ to rest they say. Presid.-nt Clarence A. Kniaht of the Chicago & Oak Park Elevated railroad made some important concessions yesterday to the employes before his" departure for Europe. He agreed to give concessions that would increase the wages of the eonductors. guards and motormen which they are said to be willing to aee. pt. These will amount to about $10.00.1 a year. The greatest friction grew out of the wages of women ticket ageius. President Knight contended that they should not receive as much as the men. Funeral of Fred Fricke. The members of Moltke lodge, 676 Independent Order of Odd Fellow's. ar( requested to meet at the Od.l Fellows ! hall tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock! to attend the funeral of Fred Fricke. i ine funeral will be held in the hall and Xoble Grand Richard Smith has requested that alT the members of the lodge be present. In order that the many friends of the deceased may have an opportunity to see him before burial, the remains may be viewed at Odd Fellow's hall tomorro wafternoon from 10 o'clock until Coroner K. M. Shanklln has held the inquest open in order to examine all the necessary witnesses. Furnishing homes with us Is a specialty, not a side line; four floors of furniture. Spiegel's, 913S-91S5 Commercial avenue, South Chicago

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ADAM R.

One of the leading and respited Cerman citizens of Hammond is Adam Ebert' president of the Hamm-nd Savings and Trust company. Mr Ebert was Hammond's original insurance man and He has probably written more risks than any other Insurance man in the city. In politics he has long bet n a dominant factor. Several years ago. the only time that Hammond had three tickets in the field for its municipal campaign, Mr. Ebert was a candidate for mayor on the labor ticket. He made a gallant race, but the otlur parties were too strong for him. Mr. Ebert is naturally a democrat. He was postmaster of Hammond formerly and at present Is a member of the board o." punilc works and a strong factor in the Becker machine.

LION STORE fflLL BE LARGEST

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The Lion store will be the largest.', best appointed and most complete de- j partment store in Indiana, outside of Indianapolis, in the opinion of Kauf mann & Wolf, Hammond's progressive merchant princes, who announce today that the re-organization of their entire store will havf taken place and they will be occupying their new 100-foot addition Sept. 15. With the new addition the Lion store will haw a total frontage of 3T5 feet on Hohman street Teerv- orii.'in r.t merchandise that is offered for sale In' any department store in the country will be 3old here, and Hammond will maintain its reputation of being tint mercantile center of northern Indiana. The new addition alone has cost Jacob Rimhach $50,000, and the Lion store block represents an investment of $150,000 in addition. ItiyNev Fixtures. The plans fur the re-organization of the store will involve an enormous expenditure. New oak fixtures are to bo put in and all of the shelving in the store will be lowered, so that it will he a uniform heighth and will not obstruct the view over the store. All of the front entrances to the store will be closed, excepting three, and these will be constructed according to ttie most approved plans. They will have commdious vestibules. One entrance will be at the corner of Hohman and Sibley streets, another will he at the corner of Hohman street and mm. bach avenue and the main entrance will mam vim autre vn the cfnter of the buiUliiiK'a fron tage, Tills entrance will be the most uniiue aixi iimsi attractive of any in tiiis section of the country. There will b, a mezzanine balcony over the entrance, which will open onto the street in the summer and will contain an orchestra stand, where the Saturday afternoon band concerts will be given. Concerts in Winter. In the winter time, by a convenient arrangement, the bab-ony will he enclosed with glass and opened the inside so that the band concerts may be h.ard by the patrons inside of the storeThe center entrance will he twenty feet wide, and will be one of the attractive features of the building. Another feature thai will add to the appearance of the store will be an imnrovement to the display windows. Tliey will all be backed up with paneled oak i done, in mission style, and the 375 j feet of display space will make the store one of the most atractive in the state. All of the departments of the st,-,r will be re-arranged to the best of ad-j vantage. The store has been enlarged so manv times to ar.,,-,,..-. .u . constantly Increasing business t'-t it . j - ' - V ' I 1 1 II I , , I 1 f 1 1 t- III." 1 now necessary to completely re-wane'. ' it to give the various ,,Jr,ml, ,11 i,r,.r l,,Mtl.n. ' , i . .... ... uim mane mem accommodate the enlarged quarters. Enlarge AH Depjirdnent . In fact, the enlarging of the store win not result in the addition of many new departments K. t -t u Zln, ? T.Zl , J;'1 r! "lake ciiciiL ui me ae-

EBERT. partments. the store now has so many that it will be easier to accommodate the increasing patronaKe of the new store. One of the new features of the store will be the magnificat fixtures and splendid furnishings of the aldies' ready-to-wear department. The show cases will all be the most modern, and the lloors will be carpeted. The stock will be increased until no store In the state will have a large one to select from. The basement under the new addition will be the headquarters for chinaware and hardware. A space 56x200 feet will be devoted to this purpose. The rest of the space will be devoted to rooms for storing of stock. Hrnt Koom for Women. One of the new features of the store will be a rest room for women. This will be equipped with washrooms and lavatories, and will provide the patrons of the store with every comfort that i provided In the large Chicago department stores. There will be a lunchoom for the u.n-uL-iuwn patrons of the store 'Continued on Page Four.) The ca-e of Mrs. Augusta Steinkra ,ie who had trouble with a man bv the: name of Miller, with whom she waa iiv. i j inir as a housekeeper, was compromised j I through the Intervention of Judge, j Frank Or, en of West Hammond. j Mrs. Steinkrause and Mr. Miller he-I ! came involved in a family row and' were both arrested. The judge trielj , to get them both to agree and thev re- i 'fused. He then applied a little Solo-j monic wisdom and fined them both i i $100. ! J They did not like this idea and final! v. j j on the promise that they would get to-! ; get her and settle their differences be-' ; tween themselves, the fine was remit- ' i te'-- ! j Miller will have to pay the costs of I -w" , .- .urn. .--leinKrause is a poor woman of few resources. Form Another AssociationAnother north side improvement asstation has been formed. It is cornp"st'd of the rsMnts of the north side Who liVe ast 0f Calumet avenue. The purpose Of tl. association will bo t,i look after the particular needs of the east side of this district. It is understood that August Daily i3 the president of the new association and that urK wltn ttle o11 organization to e the north side needs be wld work with the oil organization as a whole.

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Gary Gaming: House Proprieter Sought By Hammond Constable For Trial In City Court

Bailiff James Trost of the Hammond city court is in Gary this afternoon with warrants for the arrest of Jas. Rogers and William McCarren, who will be brought to Hammond and indivted on eleven counts, charging gambling. In addition a warrant has been sworn out for James Rogers for the alleged assault he is said to have committed on the person of Thomas Wilhelm. Judge William W. McMahon said to day that Thomas Wilhelm has sworn out a warrant for the arrest of Rotrers and McCarren on every known count that could be brought against them. The following are the charges that have been preferred against these men: Counts Agalnat Jainr-a Itogern. 1. Gaming, playing or betting. 2. Renting a room for gaming. 3. Permitting a house to be used for gaming. 4. Keeping a gaming house. 5. Frequenting a gambling room. 6. Gambling for a livelihood. 7. Keeping a faro bank. 8. Keeping a roulette wheel. 9. Keeping a shuffle board. 10. Keeping a wheel of fortune. 11. Keeping a crap outfit. 12. Assault and battery on Thomas Wilhelm. The same counts have been charged against William McCarren, excepting only the charge of assault and battery. It was Rogers alone who is alleged to have assaulted Wilhelm in the hope of IEAL ESTATE The scramble for the few remaining lots in Homewood is on. The first day that the lots were placed on the market Gostlin, Meyn & Co. sold sixteen of them. This is the result of the ad which was placed in The Times on Wednesday. At that time it was the only ad of the lots in print. This is remarkable, and yet it is expected that this Is only the beginning of the scramble that will take place before the addition is finally sold out. The restricted nature of the sub-division makes it certain that there will be a great increase in values, and the faster the lots are sold the greater will be the demand. The opportunity to live in Homewood is being taken up by a large number of purchasers, and those who already own property are hanging on to it with the Id. a of getting better prices later on. Dr. Mary Jackson purchased six lots on Waltharn street on the west side of Hohman street and announces that she will soon commence the erection of a fine new residence. LAKE COUNTY ILL GET IT GOOD WW Billy Blodgett Comes Cover Gary and Cedar Lake. to BHlv Blodgett is here. Foxv Rlllv P.lodget is heFH to show up Lake county in the Indianapolis Xews. oh, my, but it will he great pieking for Billy. AVhen things are oui.t elsewhere and all is serene. Biily yawns, stretebes his arms, throws away a cigar butt ml I ' j takes the first train f.,r Like county. Billy never did like Iike county v.-ry niuch. and whenever , get ,,c. go. .,1s on this end of the stare :,lf. ,.,,m. s a-galloping. Billy w:is s.i.iom known to say a good word ah .ut Ltk- county. He can spend a day in this part of the Stat- and never see railroad, although there are a .v,re of them; n'-ver see a factory, although this is the the greatest manufacturing district in the state; r-K.r see a river or a harbor; he isn't looking for tno.se thing3. 'I'n:-V l.rl. It. When he went f Gary l.e wrote up! the "Patch." The "Patch- got what! was coming to it. When H-arborn Park was raided Piliy hiked here r,n the fastest train out of Indianapolis. When raring was going on at Roby he was in on the ground floor, but when Gary invited gues's of national reputation to weleome the first ioa.l of iron ore. Billy was conspicuous by his absence. Tes, Billy Blodgett Is here, and the state will know more about Jim Rogers. William McCarren. Dave Johnson, Tom Knotts tt al. than they ever ktitw before.

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beating him Into submission. T Sprurr a Conviction. Judge McMahon says that he will, press every count against the Gary merit and that he believes the prosecuting attorney will back him up in his determination to make such an example of these two men that It will be a warning to others. While it Is known that Rogers is still in Gary, and is likely soon to ba arrested, it is understood that William McCarren, who is said to be the son of an eastern state senator, has left ' for Iowa and will have to be arrested there and extradited if he is brought to justice. It was thought yesterday that Thos. Wilhelm had got cold feet and would not appear in Hammond against tha Rogers and McCarren crowd, but it developed that his failure to appear was due to the fact that he misunderstood tha hour of the appointment. He was expected to appear before Judge William W. McMahon at 11 a. m., and instead he did not show up until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The affidavits were then signed by him and the warrants were issued by Judge McMahon this morning. The only danger is that Rogers may have gotten wind of the trouble that is in store for him and skipped out of the country. It is freely predicted In Hammond that If Rogers is convicted it will end trambli

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W. B. Baulmer Fined $25 and Costs in Justice Wayman's Court in Merrillville Yesterday for Assault. (Special to The Timer.) Merrillville. Ind.. July 30. W. B. Baulmer. chauffeur for K. F. Gilbertson of Tarrytown, X. Y., was fined $25 and costs here yesterday in Justice Seymour Wayman's court on the charga of assault upon Deputy Marshal John Green of Ilobart. The case was given a Jury trial and appealed to the superior court in Hammond. The case against Baulmer is one of four for which a change of venue had been taken from Ilobart, and which had its beginning two weeks ago when a party, composed of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sehlossman, Mr. and Mrs. A. k! j DicKinson. of Chicago, and Mr. and j Mrs. Gilbertson of Tarrytown. N. Y.. were arrested by Marshal llose of IIoo.irt on the charge (t violating the speed limit through Ilobart. Marshal Hose, in order to make the arrest, jumped on the running board of th N w York machine, which was driven by W. B. Baulmer, as did also his dep-ny. John Green. In the evidence brought out eesterday Baulmer is said to have struck at Green and he was lined on this score. 11 st Tuesday Baulmer was acquitted by a Gary jury on a similar charge preferred by Marshal Pose in Justice I Townsh y's court, but the farmers in around .M er n i 1 vi I le were not ,isposed to .-t him off so easy. It was the first automobile case ever trie, in I ei",ri.iii,., a, created much interest j ln the community. The rainy weather J yesterday Rave the fnrm.-rs a half holj i(,av an,i they packed the court room. .Attorneys Peddieord an Me. k.r appeare for the state, while K K. Hart. John H. Walsh's former lawyer, repreI "-tited th.- automobile owners. Attor-r,(-y Hart and peddle, r.l clashed a numj her of tim.-s and oon,r. Un.ent. d facta j other on their veracity, j With this ease on appeal, still be I tried, there remains v. t .re whi' h is to be tri.-d in Clary in Justice Townsley's curt on Aug. 31st. This la a damage suit by .Marsha! Uos against Baulmer. for dainaces in the wav of personal injury. The charge of speed violation, whhh should also have been tried in Justice T ,v r:sle v's court, was dropped by the slate whe:i jr. was found in the previous case that the Gary jurywas disposed to side with the automobile owners. Since the Hammond superior court will not convene until after Monday, Sept. 13th. Judge Reittr has still U eet the case for trial