Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 116, Hammond, Lake County, 2 November 1909 — Page 1
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Republican Weather Brings Forth Heavy Vote in Hammond, Gary, and East Chicago
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GREAT RAGE Brennan in Gary Seems to to Have His Election Assured.
ELECTIONS ARE GOING
The elections in the cities of Lake county are being held today. It is "beautiful republican weather and in Hammond, Gary and East Chicago a big vote is being cast. In Gary the election of J. A. Brennan by a big majority seems practically assured. In
Hammond the fight is hot, with Schaaf a likely winner everywhere but in the Sixth ward, which has 700 votes and where Becker men claim he has a big majority. This statement is disputed, however, by the republicans, who claim they will get al- . most a split at the Standard district
and will go to that ward with a big
enough majority to wipe out Becker's. The democrats say that Becker i3 elected by 500 majority. The Standard Steel Car district is the crux of the political situation In Hammond. It is strar.ge, but It Is true that the people of the newest territory in Hammond, most of which are foreigners, may detcrmiae who shall be mayor of Hammond.
The democrats are today claiming that they will ccwtt two votes in the Standard district to the republicans' one. The republicans on the other hand are saying that they will get an even break, or better, in this district. Decide the Question as to which
claim is the correct one and it will I
deciding which of the'
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No Trouble to Speak of in
Hammond, East Chicago
Gary or Whiting, ana
Heavy Republican Vote Is
Being Brought Out.
(Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago, Ind., Nov. 2. The
voting both here and in Indiana Har
bor is early and fast. Many of the workmen from the mills and other large
Industries of both cities were out whe
the polls opened, and for a while th
election officials at some of the pre
cincts had their hands full taking care
of the voters.
There was no trouble in sight up to
noon today, and no evidence of any im
pending. The vote seemed to give Dr,
Schlieker far the best of it in East
Chicago, and in the Harbor he was cer
tainly holding his own, according
early morning accounts. Some scratch
ing was being done on account of th
number of mayoralty candidates, but
for the most part straight tickets were
being voted.
Twenty-five deputy marshals were voted in last night to be in readiness in case of trouble, but their services apparently will ' not be needed, unless
toward evening, when it Is said there
come very near deeming wmcn or tne ,nay be some clashlng ln Indiana Harmayoralty candidates will be elected. I or. There are in the neighborhood of 600 j-., itrht mtlA .
politics that the public got "next to," but there was a great deal of work
ilHEB Fffi 1EH !S STOLEN
Organized Gang of Horse
Thieves Do Business Near Dyer Take Horses and Buggy Fred Kalvelage, Farmer, the Victim.
SUBSCRIBERS CAN GET THE RETURNS. The Times will be glad to furnish the election returns in Hammond, Gary, East Chicago and Whiting tonight to any of its subscribers who so desire. If you want to know how the elections are going, call up The Times' private exchange, No. Ill, and you
will be given the news. This will
enable our subscribers to get the
returns at their homes instead of coming downtown and enable the
ladies, who are interested in the election, to keep posted as well as
the men.
DETAILS OF
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 2. The or
ganized gang of horsethieves, which have been ravaging the border country
around Chicago, got away with another
fine team of horses last night. Fred Kalvelage, a farmer, living be
tween Dyer and Chicago Heights, was
the victim. Some time during the night the thieves went Into the bam and drove away with his black team, taking with them a brass trimmed harness and a light buggy harness trimmed with nickel. From the description given the local police it would seem that the two animals are nearly a match. They are both mares betwen 4 and 5 years old and weighing about 1,600 pounds. Each has a star on the forehead, one having also a white nose and the other a white hind foot. They are between 15 and 16 hands high. It was only recently that the theft of a team of horses from near Valparaiso was reported. Some time ago a horse was reported stolen from near Lansing. Fortunately this was discovered the next morning at the Blue Island horse market. Sheriff Grant has been notified of the robbery and the Hammond police are also on the lookout for the stolen horses.
SHOCK UGH
votes in the sixth ward .in which the Standard district is located. If the republican claim Is the corwill La in the neighborhood of 210.
of these votes, and the territory out- j jj eat iarge
Blue OI uie aisirici. win ounaai hv a hie-' mfllnritv. !
The Big Question. If the democratic claim is a correct
LYNCH MAY "GROW" UP WITH THE COUNTRY ii . mm y Mail Carrier Lucky in Land Drawing Would Locate There.
IF IT IS OF ANY ACCOUNT
done among the political workers,
which was not of Interest to the pub-
These men got together
la various places throughout the city
j and outlined their plan of action, and made their final plans in behalf of the
! men for whom thev are worklnr.
one and they get two votes to every j The baJ weather had the effect of one that is cast for Schaaf then the ; putting. a damper on public demonstra-
democratic majority in inn oianuaru
will be in the neighborhood of 16a. .JThla is expected to be more than overcome by the majority that Schaaf will . get in Kobertsdale, which is conservatively estimated to be 2u0. Assuming that Robertsdaie will off
set the Standard, then the republicans;
tions, and especially in the Harbor, ' where outdoor meetings had been planned, was this out of the question. Howj ever, there was a meeting in the fourth j ward among the republicans, which j brought out quite a large crowd and an
exceedingly enthusiastic one.
Betting is active among the men who
In Favor of Establishing Lake County Colony in South Dakota,
TAKES PLACE
(Special to Thb Times.) "Whiting, Ind., Nov. 2. A horrible accident occurred here this morning when Patrick Kelleher of John street, who
worKs at the Standard Oil company s
plant, was so seriously burned that he cannot possibly live. The accident occurred fifteen minutes after Kelleher had reported for work Kelleher reached the plant at 7
o'clock and took Ills place on one of
the crude oil stills where he was employed as a helper! By a strange co
incidence It happened that the still on which he was working was numbered
13. At 7:15 one of the fittings broke,
allowing a heavy stream of red hot
tar to pour out. Kelleher was caught
by the flow, knocked down and his
whole body was covered with the llq
uld. His clothes were literally burned
off him, and his flesh ln many places
was burned to a crisp.
Workmen ran to his assistance and he was carried out of harm's way and later taken to the office of Dr. William E. Putnam, who worked over him as best he could to give him some slight relief, but without, however, the slightest hope of saving his life. Dr. Q. II. Hosklns was also called ln to assist Dr. Putnam, and it was not considered worth whila to even remove the injured man to the Hospital. However, he was still alive up to a late hour this morning. Kelleher is a widower and leaves five children to mourn his loss.
Five Hundred Invitations
Will Be Sent Out to Ham
mond Business Men's Big Get-Together to Bury the
Campaign Hatchet.
BURGLARY COIIITTED LAST NIGHT
Five hundred invitations will be sent out to Hammond business men by the Hammond Business Men's association
for the big get-together banquet, the feature of which will be the burial of
the campaign hatchet.
Secretarv E. F. Johnston, who is busy
arranging the details for the banquet
for Nov. 11. has already prepared a list
of toasts which promise to put ginger
into the affair and make it a memor able evening in Hammond for the pro motion of good fellowship.
The five hundred invitations that will
be lpsued the latter part of this week
may not reach all the men ln Ham
rnond who should be there, but the list
of guests may be extended by personal solicitation by the various members of
the Hammond Business Men's associa
tion. The banquet will be served at 6:30 in the evening, and the room is expected to be filled to the doors with
guests. Mut Apply by Taedny Jfljsht.
To those who are not members of the association but who would like to join ln time for the banquet. Secretary Johnston says that they should make
application by next Tuesday night, the
application to be accompanied by
membership fee of $5. By this arrange
ment the banquet which otherwise costs
a dollar a plate will be free to the
newcomer.
The program thus far arranged pro
vides for an address by the mayor-elect
whoever that may be. His subject in
all probability will be, "The Mayor' Pledge to the People." The candidat
who is defeated for the mayoralty i
expected to give evidence of the fac
that he can be a good and game loser,
His toast will be, ."Still. Loyal to Ham
mond."
The Hon. D. W. Foulke of Richmond,
Ind, Is expected to be a guest of honor and answer to the toast of "Public Weal vs. Party or Personal Woe." There
will be five-minute addresses by the various councilmen and city officials, and an address by W. O. Paxton, presi
dent of the association, and then the grand finale the burial of a hatchet in good old Hammond soil. The Rev. C. A. Smith will officiate at this ceremony
and it may be taken for granted that the minister will mix the proper amount of dignity and humor in performing this pleasant little act.
Secretary Johnston received a telegram this afternoon from Mr. Foulke, In which he states that he will be pres
ent for the occasion.
Ill HAT
coy SCHOOL
IS JUST
E TO TELL
Superintendent Heighway of the Lake
county schools Is collecting data regarding the school teachers of the county. This information Is to be for
warded to the state board of education.
The difficulty of Superintendent
Highway's position may be appreciated
when it is known that he is compelled
to ask and ascertain the ages of all of
the teachers ln the city.
This Is necessary in order to determ
ine whether they are to be beneficiaries
of the state pension fund. Ordinarily It Is presumed that the teacher would
be rather reluctant to reveal her age
but the prospect of having a pension
after a certain number of years of
service in rather alluring to some of
them.
It is not known whether or not the
county superintendent is compelled to ascertain the color of their eyes and hair, to note their general appearance
and to make a Bertilllon description of
them, but to say the least the Job is a
delicate one and Mr. Heighway has the
sympathy (maybe) of the people of
county.
REED-BUmP AWARDED
CONTRACT
In Spite of the Rain and
With no Spectacular Demonstration to Attract, a Mighty Multitude Assembles at Gathering.
mmww mm dies
oeneve inai trie majwrnj mm ocmtai , Hke to takJ a cnance and the betting will get on the north side and what he, in East hlcago glve8 Schlieker the best will pick up in East Hammond, thejof it whe ln the HarboP tnere are territory between Calumet and Colum- j ,any who are winlrig t0 take a chanoe bia avenues and north of Sibley street. ! on the ame odda that are oJtered Jn will offset the slight majority that . favor of Scllieker ,n Ea3t Chicago. Becker is expected to get in the busi- , .
ness district. This would make the election a tossup and either Schaaf or Becker might
be elected by very small majorities.;
But there is very little use in attempt- j ing to dope out the present election. ; The voter is keeping still and Is voting; his own convictions. j Old How la the Silent Voter The silent vote, the vote that never! tells what It Is going to do; the vote! that is termed the "under current" and has caused many an election surprise, is what the democrats have most to ', fear. This voter smiles as he shakes the'
hand of either candidate, and neither candidate knows to a certainty which way he is going to vote. The question that will only be decided when the votes are counted tonight is how far this revulsion of feeling against Becker gone. If It has gone as far as the republicans believe it has Schaaf is a winner by several hundred majority.
Merrillville Resident Passes Away at His Home.
HEAVY VOTE EXPEC1E0
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 2. Election day dawned bright and clear this morning and the voters were out early at the polls, nearly two hundred casting their ballots before 9 o'clock. Indications are that a big vote will be polled and from the way every candidate is working, the counting of the ballots this evening will not give any of them a very iarge maporlty. Great interest has been envln'ced in the election of the favorite candidate by their adherents during the last two days and not until the last vote Is cast this evening will the struggle cease.
(Special to Thh Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 2. Seymour Wayman, one of the old residents of Iake county, who has lived ln Merrillville for the past fifty years, died
j yesterday at his home in Merrillville at
9:30 p. "m. Mr. Wayman was born in New York state. He was a soldier in the war of the rebellion. He is a shoemaker by trade, but has served as a Justice .of the peace for twenty-one years. Mr. Waym.in has been a church worker all his life and has been affiliated with the Methodist church. He has the respect of all of his neighbors with whom he has lived so long and the whole village of Merrillville mourns his death. Forty years ago Mr. Wayman married Miss Hulda Green and they have two children as the fruits of their mar. riage. They are Mrs. Carrie Phillips and Mrs. Fred Arnold. The funeral will be held from the Methodist church Thursday at 1 p. m. Mr. Mayman is a brother-in-law of Hy Green of Hammond.
William F. Lynch, one of the most popular mail carriers in the city, may
become a real husky farmer by going out west and "growing up with the country" on his 160 acres that he has Just won In the Aberdeen, S. D., land drawing. He will not reach a definite decision, however, until he receives
word from the government notifying him Just where his land is situated. If it is well located he will occupy it himself. If not he will probably drop his claim. Since there are more than a dozen Lake county men who have been lucky ln the South Dakota land drawing, Mr. Lynch, for one, Is in favor of a Lake county colony, if by good luck the land is situated anywhere close together. Have Mental Picture of Him a Fnnrr. In the meantime the friends of "Billy" Lynch are making mental pictures of him out on his farm in South Dakota; wearing high top boots, and a broad-brimmed hat and raising a nice crop of chin whiskers, and how he will drive to town on Saturday afternoons chewing a bit of timothy hay and say
ing, "By Heck," just as though he had been on a farm all his life. Just, at present he is said to be practicing up on the song, "Down on the Farm."
Burglars last night entered the home of G. H. Austin, 2 Carroll street, in the absence of the family and robbed the house of money and jewelry. They gained entrance through a window
leading from the rear porch and had
plenty of time to nccomplish their pur
pose, as Mr. and Mrs. Austin did not return to their home until 9 o'clock In
the evening. Mrs. Austin had been out to a club meeting in the afternoon and she and her husband had their dinner
uptown before they returned home.
The thieves did not disturb much ln
the house and consequently their en trance was not noticed until this morn ing when the family arose.
After taking an inventory It was
learned that the housebreakers had gotten away with Mr. Austin's gold watch, his revolver, twenty dollars ln
money, a sapphire ring and some other jewelry. No clew to the thieves could
be found. They did not leave any evidence as to whether they were local
talent or professional burglars.
The Reed-Bump Construction Co. se
cured the contract for the remodeling of the Lake superior court house in
Hammond. His contract price was $53,
182. John Kramer got the contract for
the wood furniture for $1,753, the car
pets and linollum for $1,817 and the
window shades $145. The electric light
fixtures will go to Victor S. Penlum
Co. for $1,436.
Lavene Bros, got the contract for the Walter J. Riley stone road for $4,797. There was a remonstrance against the saloon license of Jacob Friedman at the Standard district, and as he did not appear before the board, he will be compelled to close his place until the next meeting of the county commissioners. Owing to the sickness of Mat Brown's wife, he was not present at the meeting of the commissioners when the contracts were let.
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HUH 10 H ITS FIRST TAB DAY Club Women Set Aside Saturday, Nov. 13, for Spectacular Work.
TTMKS "ADS" ARB BriLEl
HAS S5,000T0 INVEST Outsider Desires to Put That Sum Into McElroy Belting Concern.
VISITS RELATIVES HERE. Mrs. Pat Paterson. formerly of Hammond. hjt now of Chesterton, Ind., is spending a few days visiting at the home of Mrs. Klmr Kelly in Indiana avenue.
That Hammond capital has faith ln the McElroy Belting company, which is about to locate here, is evidenced by a communication which V. S. Betz, who was on the committee to locate the concern here, has received from one man. This man alone would like to Invest some $5,000 in the company, being satisfied, since the McKlroy people have the indorsement of the Hammond Inventors' and Investors' council, his Investment will be a safe and profitable one.
THERE ARE SOME "CASn-TALtB. TACTS" IX TODAY'S TIMES' ADS.
SLOW VOTING
AT HOBAItT (Special to Thb Times.) Ilohart, Ind., Nov. 2. Party lines have not been drawn at the election here and the voters are turning out very slowly to the polls. There are no town issues and it has been hard for the candidates to excite any unusual degree of interost.
No less a personage than United States Senator Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend or Dr. Gunsaulus of Chicago is wanted by the Men's club of Hammond to address them and their friends at their next regular meeting, to be held on the evening of the 9th of this month. No. definite information as to the coming of either one of the two gentlemen can be given out at this
time for the reason that the club Is still awaiting a reply in response to a
I request sent them by Judge V. S. Rcit-
er, president of the club. Should Senator Shively speak here his subject in all probability will be "Deep Waterways." So much Is certain, the next meeting of the Men's club is to he a big event and every member of the club will be proud of his membership. Seeking big men to address thrii is
in keeping with the program Men's club, for the club is
PRETTY LASSIES GET BUSY
Beneficiaries of Tag Day To Be Chosen Hegardless of Sect or Creed.
day"
Tonight at Towle's. A company, somewhat different and
far above the average playing at popular prices. Is what is said of the Maxwell-Hall Stock company, which Is booked for a week's engagement at the Towle Opera House commencing tonight. The company, which numbers sixteen ladies and gentlemen, is headed by Miss Gertrude Maitland, who is said to be one of the handsomest and most gorgeously gowned woman on the American stage. Miss Maitland Is also a musician of considerable note, being a member of the musical fraternity of Boston, her home, and she also bears the distinction of bvirg the only lady, who has ever conducted a season of comic opera in New York city. During the week hre Miss Maitland will give a number of her r'ar.alogues. which havo cratd such a sensation during her fng-flirmntf In other cities.
Hammond is to hare a "tag
a week from Saturday, Nov. 13. Throwing all numerical prejudice to the winds, the good ladles of the Jewish Aid society and the philanthropic department of the Hammond Woman's club will go out on the streets of Ham
mond and tag any and all citizens who are venturesome enough to fare forth on that auspicious day. A meeting to make the preliminary arrangements for tag day was held yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Leo Wolf, ln RImaboh avenue, and another meeting will take place next Monday, when all the final details will be perfected. The plan at the present time ia to g"t the young people's services
if the during the hours of daylight, about strong i forty-five of the most persuasive and
enougn to no Dig tnings and aireaoy j prettiest high school girls having been lias a big thing to its credit, the pup- j cho.n to ocrunv post at the busiest port of the Boy City movement. j trt COrners. in pairs and in groups.
ine next me-ung piace nas not yet j accorilins as the amount of
neen aennneiy necKied upon, but the
probabilities are that it will be either Towle's opera house or the big room of the Hammond Athletic club.
A. H. Rohrer 111. A. I". Rohrer. the secretary of the F. S. Betz company, has been In Hot
Springs, Ark., for the past ten days, j
where he has been 111 with an attack of rheumatism. His friends ars solicitous for his welfare and are hoping that he will soon be able to return to Hammond and resume his duties at the Betz plant.
EMERTAIV AT IJIWER. Mr. and Mrs. Dsve Iderer entertained at a prettily appointed dinner yesterday at their home n West Sibley street. In h"nr of Mr. sir! Mrs. C. K. C. Payne. .
persona
passing will warrant. In the evening the ladies of the organizations, under whose auspices the. tag day is being conducted, will take hold, relieving the young girls of their duties. T!'. beneficiaries will be chosen regardless of sect or creed, the money being devoted more likely to individual charity work, than to any one cause. This will be Hammond's first tag day.
With a. eold drizzling rain for !
handicap and without the hundreds of j
dollars' worth of fireworks to attraotl
the crowds, the people of Hammond laet night packed Towl's Opera Houaj to the roof and gav Richard SchaaC
such thunderous applause and such sw
splendid ovation that he was deeply
touched by the demonstration. The meeting: was devoid of scandalous; attacks that characterized the derao-j cratlc meeting of last Thursday, anf j yet Schaaf nailed lie after lie and thr climax was reached when he read ! slanderous clipping from the Hammont Daily News Intimating that he had s; cured a "rake oft on stone. Bwalm had quoted the Beckman Sup-j ply company as offering to sell stonfor 90 cents a yard. Bat Schaaf had' bids from a dozen supply companies.; Including Beckman's, showing that' stone could not be purchased for that price where It was needad for town1 ship Improvements work. . Beckman Admits Truth. ' After ha had read the bids he askeiS? Mr. Beckman, who was ln the audi-' ence. If that bid was not his own. Mr.: Beckman replied that he regretted being drawn Into a political fight, but that he had been deliberately misquoted, by The News. This knocked the bottom out of the slanderous Swalm argument and the crowd cheered for Schaaf until the opera house trembled with tha applause. And this was but one case where Schaaf revealed the deliberate lies that
have been circulated by Swaim's sheet for the past six weeks. He nailed one lia
after another until his vindication in
the eyes of the people became a splendid triumph. - The meeting was called ot order by Republican City Chairman W. J. McAleer, and Attorney E. G. Sproat made a few remarks. He was followed by Richard Schaaf, who received such an ovation that it was several minutes before he could speak. Scbnara Speech tireat. Schaaf'a speech was a revelation t the republicans who have never heard him before. His bearing was manly and his honesty of purpose was so evident that the audience was with hira from the very start. Not a person left the hall who was not convinced that Schaaf had elected himself by his own argument. Schaaf took up the typewriter scandal, the fact that in the kite flying by the democrats the name of Becker appeared first and the American flag hung below It, he took up the question of amalgamation, the need of harber, the tax levy, the matter of hi appointments and The New's alleged stone scandal. Every one of these questions was handled so well that If there was a person in the hall who was not convinced, his prejudice fo Becker was responsible for it.
Judge Virgil S. P.elter made one of the best talks of the campaign. H4 scored the press for Its slanderous attacks on Srhaaf and said that he haJ known Schaaf ever since he was a boy and that he believed him to be honest and upright. Relter Hit Heavy. Judge Reiter pointed to the fact thaf Becker admitted that he had received $l,r00 in stock from C. W. Ilotchkiss because his name as mayor would help his bank. He said that this Is just the way these great, corporations get city officials who have not the strength to resist them into their grasp. First they flatter them, then they give them a litle stock In the company in return for their influence, and tha first thing the people know that city official Is the tool of that corporation and he finds it Impossible to extricate himself front their grasp. Them has not been a bett-.r point made against Becker in the whole campaign. Judge Relter said that a politician who would permit ltimsflf to be involved in such a manner ought to have a guardian appointed. At times between the speeches tha Maxwell-Hail SV-ck umpany put on a ; few vaudeville sketches. As this fact
was not advertised it cannot be said to have attracted the crowd. This was done because the republicans hail been compelled to buy off the show in order to get the hall.
QUIET ATJLOWELL. (Special to Thb Times.) luoweil, Ind.. Nov. 2. Election day Is not bringing out much excitement l.ere and a light vote Is being polled. Nonpartisan lines are being drawn and It ! the q-iletest municipal election Tywe;l vr lad, the intret being very sroa ' i.
HEAVY VOTING AT T0LLE3T0N.
(Special to Toileston, Ind., ? cans are workirsr ticket with exceil. cess, although the
The Tii'ns.) rov. 2. The r"pub;N hard to (:.- thell ;nt ''!iar;?rs of suecitizens ticket men
claim that they have a cinrS. A bis vote wiil undoubtedly b- -t. Th election Is very or-Jerly ai;d no- tronbU of sny fafire . a 't'J.'fpa t'-l
TOT MAY TtKK Al l. TUT. P.tPr.B BIT IF lOi; C OM.K T.tKF.MB-. TAKE THE TIMES.