Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 98, Hammond, Lake County, 12 October 1909 — Page 1

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r another chance to turn ions soin own? iVC WEATHER rOKXCAVC, arfly cloudy tonight with a EVEMIM r"" minimum temperature of about 30 Wednesday generally fair. EDITION VOL. IV., NO. 98. HAMMOND. INDIANA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1909. ONE CENT PEIi COPY. RH What Becker Did to the Ordinances rnmm

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South Shore Line Coach and Calu met Terminal Train Collide Near Republic Mills

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First Story of Wreck Out Ambulances byCalls the Wholesale. Three persons were seriously injured and fifteen -rere slightly injured and bruised in another South Shore disaster at Kast Chicago, whfn a Calumet Terminal switch engine, backing a train of cars along Railroad avenue, in the rear of the Kepublic Iron & Steel company's plant, and crashed into a Gary local inte.'inban car. The interurban car was turned completely over, and most of the injuries were due to bruises and to cuts, caused by flying glass. The list of the seriously injured, obtainable at 3 o'clock, half an hour after the accident, was 83 follows; U'.l.ilS. Miss N. East Chicago; badly cut with flying glass; bruised about the body; taken to the office of the Republic Iron & Steel Co. "UmttRS, JOSKPIT, South Chicago; employed a, advertising man for Thb 1'AKk County Times; suffered a sprained ankle and was badly cut by glass; taken hom to secure medical attention. JKMvIVS, MRS. EDWARD, F.ast Chicago; badly bruised and cut bv flying gliss. There were about fifteen persons in the car and there was not a person who was not more or less injured in the crash. The car attempted to cross the railroad tracks at Ilailroad avenue wii"n. with very little warnlr.r. a freight trn'n belntr pushed by a switch i engine crashed into it at a good rate of speed. The interurban car was turned over on its si.le and shoved along the track j for a short distance. In the car the! people were thrown into a panic, and I this made the escape from the wreckage more difficult. One man whose name could not be rued was in the wreck at Kavanaugh u nau hip nngcrs badly cut. He was Jot so badly injured that he could not Curse the railroad vehemently. Joseph Meyers, the employe of The Time;- who was injured, was aleo a victim of the former South Shore wreck. He was in a wreck at Kavanaugh. and this was Ma second experience with the South Shore route.

The interurban ear which was struck i evidences of it in the future. The ofwas Gary local .No. 31, in charge of i fleers of the city central committee are Conductor T. R. McConnell. The re-; at work furnishing the new quarters spnnsibility for the accident has not and making them readv for the last V 1 '

it t ii u.eu. . TURNERS In company with. Otto Klemperer of the Lion stare furniture department. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Turner went to Grand Rapids. Mich., in the Michigan Central train, which leaves this city at 1:53 p. m.. for the purpose of making the purchase of the furniture for their magnificent new home in Glendale park. The living rooms will be finished in Cireasian walnut of colonial design. The den, breakfast room and dining room will be in solid mahogany. The bedrooms will be finished in white enamel and mahogany. Oriental rugs will be used throughout the house, and have been purchased from the Lion store furniture department. Otto Klemperer says that A. M. Turner's residence will be the most elegantly furnished in northern Indiana. Taussig May Drop Cases. Julius Taussig will probably have a hard time to make out a case against the West Hammond man, whom he alleges stole his watches. There are some mitigating circumstances, and the chances are that the ease against the "West Hammond man will be dropped.

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XTRA EIGHT HUNDRED LIVES LOST (Special to The Times.) Xew Orleans, Oct. 12, 3:30 p. in. A nirelewi from Tampa states that the loss of life from the hurricane will eeed SCO. Four hundred men engaged km uuiuunga a raairoau on the Keys are also reported to have perished. Chicago fans did not rare to faee the cold blustering wind today to see the fourth of tile elty championship series. IZarly this morning word was sent ont that the game bad been postponed, but that tickets sold for today would he good at the next game. It was cloudy und cold at Detroit, but the fever heat of enthusiasm offset the weather and the game was played. It rained early ln the day at Boston, lint later ia the day the weather cleared enough to allow the game to be played. Pittsburg 0 n o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 4-4 Detroit 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 "-10-l Batteries: Pittsburg Lierield, Phillippi. Gibson. Detroit Mullin, Stanage. X. V. Xat 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 i- 7-4 Boston Am 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 T.-11-2 Batteries: New York Nationals Anifs, Clandail. Sehlei. Boston American s H a 1 1 , Cu ri i g a n . The meeting of the Young Men's Republican club, in the court room of the Lake superior court house, tonight holds the boards for the evening. It will be attended by the members of the city central committee and there will be an interesting session. The republicans have just opened headquarters over the Iike County Savings and Trust company. These will be maintained during the entire municipal campaign just as they were during the last national campaign. This is an evidence of the activity of the party, and there will be more weeks of fa mna i -r flfHvtfvr a lint will be in charge. I GOlIliES !0 IMBUE TIE Surprise Has Got no Word From Washington Forbidding Him. Lespite the stories that are going the rounds in the press regarding the United States Kovernment's refusal to issue naturalization papers, Peputy Pnited States Cierk Charln Surprise of Hammond is continuing right along to issue papers to Turks. He has received no notice from Washington to the contrary and will not take the responsibility of refusing them. On the whole Mr. Surprise is issuing on the average of fifty papers a day. Most of the applicants come from Gary and are mainly Knotts adherents. Some three hundred and fifty were naturalized last week and abrut a hundred have received their papers this week. Among the leaders who bring in foreigners every once is a while are John Papp, councilman of the Sixth ward in Hammond, who is seeking re-election on the democratic ticket. Buried Yesterday. Harold J. llesterman. the seven-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. .Fred Hesterman of S63 Summer street, was hurled yesterday afternoon at Con cordia cemetery. The infant died last i Saturday morning

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Has Becker a right to ask for votes from the people of Hammond because he is such a good lawyer? The publicity department of the Becker political machine is authority for the statement that Becker revised the ordinances himself. Has he any reason to brag about it? If he did write the ordinance he made an awful blunder, because when he revised the ordinances in 1909, he did not provide in the revision that the old ordinances were in fun force and effect as far as any act which took place under any one of them was concerned. Hence, if any person was killed or injured previous to the 1909 revision by a railroad or by a reason of railroad train running more than six miles an hour, or by reason of the company's agents or employes failing to ring any bell, blow any whistle or lower their gates, . THERE COULD NOT BE A CENT RECOVERED BECAUSE BECKER'S LEGAL MIND IS IS CLOUDY, AS HE FAILED TO KEEP THE OLD LAWS IN FORCE AND EFFECT, and every one of the old laws are dead and cannot be in force no matter what happened. The court, for instance, in the Henry Ahlborn case was about to throw it out of c0urt because Becker failed to keep the old ordinance alive in regard to lowering gates. Had the terrible injury to the little Daly boy occurred before the revision of the new ordinance of 1909, in regard t0 keeping gates on Hohman street, the boy would never have recovered a cent, as Becker caused all of the old ordinances to be dead ones and the boy would go through life a pitiable cripple without means of support. Did Becker know this would be a great thing for the railroads he is so proud of ? We have reason to believe there are many cases now dead on account of Becker's killing of the old ordinances, wherein, had he injected a few words into his revision to the effect that the old ordinances were alive, as far as anything that had happened when they were in force and effect was concerned, he would have helped out many a poor soul in our city. WHO PAID FOR THIS KIND OF REVISION? DID HE GET THE CASH, OR IS IT IGNORANCE ON HIS PART ? One of Becker's pet ordinances, of which he is inordinately proud, is the boarding-house ordinance. In it the poor boarders and boarding-house keepers were struck a hard blow. The ordinance says : "Any place where boarders are furnished with a meal, or meals, either by the day, week or month, any cafe, inn, tavern or eating house shall pay a license of $10 per year." Who pays this ? The poor widow woman who keeps a boarding-house has it to pay, and the poor laborers, or persons who are unfortunate enough to have to board, will surely have to pay extra for their board. This is in keeping with Becker's holding stock in the Hammond Pure Ice company, which entered into an agreement with the Knickerbocker Ice trust this year to send up the prices so high that poor people could not afford to buy it. Is Becker a friend of the struggling poor? Not so you could notice it.

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Master Commissioner the! Style and Title of Dignitary, Whom Few Counties Outside of Lake Can Boast. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Oct. 12. A new office has been created in the Lake county circuit court, the first of its kind in the history of the county, and with few counties in the state claiming the distinction of possessing one of a similar nature. The office is that of master commissioner, and the duties of the incumbent are similar to those of master in chancery in the Illinois courts. Created principally in this case to aid in the disposition of the congested court calendar, the office will serve an excellent purpose in the quicker dispatch of civil cases of certain natures. Attorney Smith Honored. Martin J. Smith, deputy prosecuting attorney, has the honor of being the first attorney to he appointed to the position by Judge Willis C. McMahan of the circuit court, and the promising (Continued on page nve. REASOH 10 EE PROUD Improvements Entitle Palace of Sweets to Claims of Superiority. The Talace of Sweets may well consider itself the leading refreshment place in Hammond now, owing to the extensive improvements that have been made there. Always crowded the management has now nearly doubled its floor space for the accomodation of patrons. Two entrances have been installed. one on State street and the other on Hohman street. I n order to do this it was necessary to lease what was formerly the Wonderland theater. This place has been entirely remodeled and now forms an L to the Hohman street business place. The Hohman street front has also been changed and is much more attractive. The new fixtures and all the improvements represent an outlay of approximately 1 4 00. Made Appropriation. The Gary library board met last night and appropriated $600 for books and magazines. The books to be purchased will get the larger share of the appropriation. $;;.ri0 of the amount being devoted toward the subscription for 100 magazines. The books to be bought are all of a scientific or 'historic character, no fiction being included in the iist of 30t volumes provided for. The number of magazines subscribed for is aoout the same as those which came to the library during the past year, but a number of new imps have been chosen to take the places of seevral which will be discontinued.

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POLICE LEARN HER HISTORY Case Cited in Chicago Tribune, But Name of Rescued One Is Withheld. According to John C'allan O'Loughlin. a special writer for the Chicago Tribune, a Hammond srirl who had been robbed, as she said, of all her money, as a last restort tried to enter a resort in the Chicago tenderloin district. Since Chief Steward has been in charge of the Chicago police lie has adopted a plan of requiring every habitue of a house of ill fame to register. Certain questions are asked her and every effort is made to prevent innocent girls from beginning this life. When the Hammond girl, whose name was not given, went to one of these places in the last extremity, she was asked if she had ever been ln a similar place before. She said that she had not, and the police would not let her enter. She was sent to a charitable institution, where she is being cared for and which will make an effort to find her honest employment. Under the old regime the Hammond girl would have been permitted by the police to enter the place and she would have been lost to decent society forevermore. SHABBY APRIL jOOL'S TRICK Alice Pedue Says Her Husband Deserted Her on That Day, Alma pedue lias brought an action against John Pedue for a divorce. She alleges in her complaint, which was fiied in the Lake superior court, that they weie married on Sept. 29, 1303. and were separated on April 1. 1907. He abandoned her on April Fool's day, which was rather a coarse joke, to say the least. She also says that he failed to provide for her for two years. lie even choked her, according to the complaint, and finally ejected her from the house. He was frequently intoxicated, and in all was far from being a model husband. They have one child, Deverl. 3 years old. Mrs. Pedue asks for a divorce and the custody of her child. Buried This Afternoon. Mrs. Nancy Whitak"r. 71 State street, who died last Sunday evening, was buried this afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery. Many of her friends and the family turned out to pay their last respects to the deceased. Services were held at the home at J o'clock, the Rev. W. K. Switzer officiating. Mrs. Whitaker was $3 years and nine months old. She is survive,) by four sons, and has resided in Hammond for the past fourieen years. ADVERTISE I.V THE TISTES.

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Labor Committee Not Foxy Enough to Circumvent Mayor Becker of the "Tricks That Are Vain and Ways That Are Dark" Mayor Becker some time ago decided to create the office of building commissioner. Union labor in Hammond heard about it and opined that the building commissioner ought to be a union man and carry a card. Labor was also of the opinion that a man who had worked at one of the building crafts would to have some qualifications that would especially fit him for the position. The matter was taken up in the Building Trades' council. It was urged that a committee be appointed to see Becker and urge the appointment of a union man before the law was passed by the council. It was thought at that stage of the game Becker could not say, as usual, "Gentlemen. I am sorry to disappoint you, but I have already made my appointment." Couldn't Beat the Czar. But union labor in Hammond was not wise enough to get ahead of foxy Becker. A committee, consisting of II. E. Granger, Teter Smith and John Loverty. was received by the mayor, and according to a member of the committee, a dialogue something along the line of the following ensued "Mr. Mayor we have heard that you are about to create the office of building commissioner and we would like to ask you to appoint a union labor man to the position; some one who carries a union card?" Mayor Pecker replied. "I am sorry gentlemen, but I have already appointed my father-in-law to this position." ' But," said the committee of union men in surprise, "we thought, in view of the fact that the office has not yet been created, you certainly would not make the appointment until later." Wad His Ml ad Made I p. "I have my mind made up." said the mayor, and the union men left, his office wondering whether the office of building commissioner was made for Mayor Becker's fatherin-law. Mr. Katon. or the father-in-law was made for the office. Iiter there was some hitch. The criticism of the mayor was so strong that he gave "father-in-law" another berth. He. now has charge of the laying of all water pipes in the city. In the meantime Street Commissioner Kuhlman is also building commissioner, with Peter Mosler, Jr., as his deputy, and neither of them have cards or are union men. Go to Kobart. About twenty-five Gary Odd Fellows went to Hobart lust night for the purpose of giving the first and second degree to a candidate in the Hobkrt lodge. The party went to Hobart on the 7 p. m. Pennsylvania and returned on the late train. The work was very successful.

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SSYS GAME Two cows arrived this morning from Crown Point for the sanitary dairy, which will be maintained in connection with the Liberty Cow Milker factory. The first public demonstration in Hammond, the patent cow milker will be given at the factory next Saturday at 2 o'clock, and the public is cordially invited to see the exhibiton. After that there will be regular exhibitions. It will be at the sanitary dairy factary factory and that the real merits of the Liberty Cow Milker machine will be tested. Here the agents will b trained and the public given an opportunity to see what a real sanitary dairy will be like. INSIDER CLAIMS OF M'ELROY PEOPLE Inventors "and Investors' Council Much Impressed by Representations. Company May Locate Here Virtues of Self-Heating Can Are Presented. At a meeting of the Inventors' and Investors' council last evening the claims of the McElroy Belting & Hose Co. made such a good impression that it has been decided to present them to the Hammond Business Men's association as a body at the next meeting of that organization, and an effort will be made to finance the company here. The McElroy Belting & Hose company is already an established concern, doing a business of $30,000 a year, on a capitalization of $20,000. The company finds it necessary to expand, however, and expects to increase its capital stock to $50,000. It will give the investors of Hammond a chance to subscribe for any portion of the extra $30,000 in stock. It will schedule its assets of all kinds as $10,000, and this includes the business itself, the good will of the company. The proposition looks like a very good one to the members of the In ventors' and Investors" council, and if the company can get the proper financial encouragement here it will locate here. A man appeared before the Inventor' and Investors' with a self-heating can which seemed to be a good proposition, but which did not specially appeal to the council. The promoter did not haev any definite proposition to make to the council and so the matter was dropped at least temporarily. BIG BAZAARJS OPENED All Saints' Event Attracts Crowd in Spite of Weather. All Saint s bazaar in the old church building on Sibley street opened in a blaze of liglit and glory last night and attracted a good attendance considering the bad night. The place is just full of novelties anil attractions, and no dull moments are permitted there. The many booths are atractiveiy decorated, adding to the beauty of the scene. The bazaar will be l:i progress every night until Saturday right, Oct. 23. in. cl uslve.

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H1EETING HELD LAST NIGHT Means Dawning of New Epoch for Future Men of Community. A city-wide movement for boys hat been started. It is a general move ment by boys, among- boy and for boys. Not only haj tbia movement been started, but It la assured that for a period of at least one year Chas. Hahn, the King of Boys, will remain ln Hammond and work among th youth of the city. This arrangement is made possible through the Men's club of Hammond, which has taken up the matter and l at the present time circulating subscriptions among its members and the business men of the city with the pur-, pose in view of paying Mr. Hahn a salary during his stay here. So far the public interest in the movement for the betterment of the conditions of the boys of Hammond is so great that the subscriptions are coming in rapidly, and there seems to be no question of the retention of Mr. Hahn In the community for the coming' year. Judge Virgil S. Tlelter, president of the Men's club, has become greatly interested in the work that such men as Judge Willis Brown and Charles Hahn are doing. Agreement I Vnalmona. Judge Reiter stated to-day that meeting: had been held last night by the executive committee of the Men's club, at which it was unanimously decided that the good that would be done to the community through Mr. Hahn's work here would warrant the club inl taking the initiative and promoting th matter. This was the culmination of sever al weeks of work that has been dona by Mr. Hahn and Judge Willis Browri in arousing public Interest in boys. At the Presbyterian church last Wed nesday the building was packed byboys who sat in wrapt attention whila Charles Hahn and Judge Brown talkel to them. The movement for boys is the teach ing of the square deal for everybody (Continued on pasre five.) ATTENDANCE SHOWS A BIG 1NGREAS Hammond Public Schools. Have 500 More Pupils This Year. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SATISFIED Remarkable Showing Made By Hammond's School System During Past Year The attendance In the Hammond publie schools lias increased this year by nearly 500 pupils. The figures for th month of SefUenib. r this year with the corresponding month last year are interesting. In some of the schools there is a considerable increase, while in others it is smaller. The high school has shown the smallest increase, having only two pupils more this year than last year. The comparative figures for September this year and last year are as foU lows :

190S. 1303. High school IS 186 Franklin school ...219 257 Irving school 215 20 Central school 237 2tS Lincoln school 2h" Wi'cox k boo! .... 21 19 Washington school. 20t 26"! Wallace school ..167 "ZT, Itiverside school... 247 243 I-.fayette school ..47i c.ihson school .... 11 rid not open ia?t year until Cliristr