Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 140, Hammond, Lake County, 1 December 1909 — Page 1

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EDITION VOL. IV., NO. 140. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1909. DNE CENT PER COPY.

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Gary, Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting Republicans at Big Banquet at Hammond Last Night

J. E. wlMM SPEAKS THERE

Hon. James E. Watson Irlakes Magnificent Speech at the Feast. Over 400 staunch republicans o Hammond, Gary, East Chicago and the neghboring cities put their feet under the banquet tables at the Masonic temple, Hammond, last night and partook of a feast of venison and turkey, after which a splendid array of speakers sounded the praises of the G. 0. P. Never in the history of the party was there better feeling. Every person in that vast throng radiated good fellowship and the signing of songs by self-appointed choruses alternated with the outpouring of eloquence from the speakers and none of it came from bottles, either. And Jim Watson (Judge Reiter says ive can still call him "Jim" in view of the fact that lie failed to land in the gubernatorial chair) was there. So was Jim Goodrich. republican state chairman, and a number of notable from the surrounding cities. Including: (Continued on page five.) Preparations for the coming Elk minstrel show are at last under way, and a meeting of the all-star cast, inchiding some thirty-five people, will be held this evening. The matter of presenting the ''Vermillion Crow." which the Elks of Lafayette rendered with so much success some time ago, was gone into, but for i any reason this production was not found feasible for Hammond. Principal among these were the fact that the Lafayette Klks demanded a high royalty for permission to produce the play in Hammond. Other drawbacks, too, were discovered, and it was decided to prepare for a side-splitting minstrel show for the tirst half of the evening, this to be followed by a farce comedy sketch for the second half. The Elks who have the show in hand wilt bend every effort toward to produce it in the holiday week, from Christmas to New Tear, giving two performances, one on Tuesday night and a second on Wednesday night. ALL iElifi 10 ATTEND AFFAIR Elks Will Have Treat of Listening to Oration byJudge Tuthill. All Hammond is invited to attend the annual Elk memorial services, which will be held next Sunday afternoon at the Towle Opera House. No formal invitations are being sent out. the Elks having preferred to Issue their Invitations to the people of Hammond through the city press.

ELKS GET BUS? WITH MINSTRELS

The exercises in the past years have stolen carpenter tools In his possession, always been inspiring, and each time was placed under $200 bond In the city some noted speaker has been brought court this morning, he having been arto Hammond to deliver the memorial rested on this charge yesterday at Pulladdress. This year the Hon. Judge Har- man by Captain Hanlon of the local ry Tuthill of Michigan City will de- force. . i liver the address. Search of the Rosko home yesterday , Arrangements have been made developed tho presence of some $150 through the courtesy of H. "W. Marden worth of carpenters' tools belonging to to have excellant singing and music. Gary men. Roko denies hi guilt, iayMr. Marden will bring out a quartette ing that he bought the tools from two of Chicago singers. The uaaal ritual fellows whom he had lent $13. He says will form rart cf the program. that In the meantime they had gone back to Europe. Rosko wae unabl to nXEl "AD I" ARB "BTf X3S . furnish bond and will have hi prellmlAt'IXERS." i nary hearing tomorrow morning.

FLAT HIE OF 10 CENTS IS 611

. H. Geist of Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. Makes Announcement of Importance to Consumers of Electricity in Region. C. H. Geist. the owner of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company, today announces a flat 10-cent rate for electricity in all of the cities In which he operates between the state line and Michigan City. As the rate in Hammond has been 13 cents and in Whiting 12 cents, it will be seen that this is a substantial reduction over what has been charged heretofore. The rate in Indiana Harbor and East Chicago will be similar to that in Hammond, as the electricity for these cities is supplied from the Hammond plant. In explaining the reason fcr th-reduction. Mr. Geist said today, '"For a long time we have been working at a disadvantage in Hammond and. the neighboring cities. " We have had a large and. sparsely settled territory to supply with gag and electricity and there has been very little profit in the ( business. Hm Rosy Future. "Now, however, the growth and development of this locality is beginning to make the business profitable, and I feel that the people of this city and the neighboring towns should share in our prosperity. This Is a little less than a 25 per cent reduction and it should be appreciated by the consumer. "I am further of the belief that these cities of the Calumet district are in reality one. Whether or not they are amalgamated T believe, in justice to the, they should have the same rate and consequently we have made a flat rate of 10 cents for the whole district." Mr. Geist took occasion to deny that he is back of the Castleman franchise in Whiting. He said that when lie wants a franchise in this district he will come to the people for it himself, and hebeleves they have enough confidence In him to grant him any honest franchise that he might seek. Proud of Local Plant. Mr. Geist Is especially proud of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric com pany. He says that eight years ago he was selling gas ranges in this district and he is especially proud of the fact that he has been able to acquire this property and develop it to the point where it now promises to become a profitable enterprise. When the fact of his acquiring gas properties all over the United States was mentioned. Mr. Geist smiled, and said that he has now reached a position where he has only to recommend the purchase of stock in his enterprises and his friends come up with the cash. He said that he was now contemplating a purchase that would be larger than any that he has yet made, hut no matter how his interests expanded he wouid always have a warm spot In his heart for the Calumet cListrict,where he had made his start and where the people have always given him a boost when he needed one. STEVE R05KI IS POT UNDER BOND Steve Rosko, a Hungarian residing at 419 Cedar street, charged with havine

WILL IKE UP TRACK

ELEVAT

W. G. Paxton Announces a Meeting at Which Topic of Most Vital Interest to Hammond Will Be Given Precedence. W. G. Taxton. president of the Hammond Business Men's association, announces a meeting for the near fu ture at which the question of track' elevation will be taken up. In view of the fact that the city of Hammond Is cut up so badly by railroads that It Is impossible to go from certain sections of the city to others without serious inconvenience and the terrible mortality as a result of railroad accidents at grade crossings, makes this question a live one. Mr. Paxton does not believe that track elevation will come in the near future, but other cities in the state are working for the enactment of a law by the state legislature that will enable cities of a certain size to authorize track elevation, and Mr. Paxton's idea is that Hammond ought to encourage the passage of this law. May Kill la Gap. The city of Gary already has track elevation except in the case of the Wabash and Michigan Central railroads, and track elevation, in Chicago has extended over half way to Hammond. It is therefore the logical thing to look for track elevation here in the next few years. In fact, it Is expected that the time is not very far distant when all of the railroads between Chicago and Gary will have to elevate their tracks and and in this way scores of streets will be opened. I It is understood that there will ho. ' propositions submitted for the gathering together of tire tracks which pass through this city and other matters oft interest regarding railroads. " " ' The meeting promises to be an interesting one, and !t is possible that some authority on track elevation will be secured who will tell of the progress of this movement in Chicago. T. SWANTO! Work on the construction of storehouses for the Hammond Glue company is being- rushed, thirty masons being: at work puting up the first of a number of store houses. The one now under construction is 200 feet long: and will be one story high. Improvements in a general way are going on in and around the plant, all tending to make it bigger and better to keep pace with the oncoming prosperity. Plans are now being- considered for another store house equally as large as the one now under construction, and possibly another one, which will be l.'O feet long:. As a matter of economy ten artesian wells have been driven to supply the plant with its own water without having to buy it from the city. Business at the Hammond Glue works is in full swing and the concern is getting ready for a big Increase, says Superintendent Thomas Swanton, who is very optimistic over the outlook. II THEIR Practically everything is in readiness for the annual meeting of the Ijike County Medical society. A big dinner will be served at Jack O'Keefe's preceding the regular meeting, and in order to allay any fear on the part of the guests that it will be a dry affair every doctor In sheer modesty has absolutely refused to make an address. The evening will be given over to an Intellectual treat, which is to be furnished by the outgoing president. Dr. Schlleker, of East Chicago, who Is to make his annual address. Following this there will be election of ofAcers for the ensuing year and the discussion of various subjects. The time Is considered opportune for the formation of a Hammond Docfor's club, aa there are now thirty-one practicing physicians in Hammond and It is roasible that this nrganiiatton may be perfected i:t this meeting.

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Lake County Men of Affairs

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HON. JOHN A. BRENNAN OF GARY. John A. Brennan of Gary, whose magnificent speech at the big republican banquet at Hammond last night was one of the features of the evening, is one of Gary's prominent and progressive business men. He was one of the first property owners in the new steel city. After engaging in a business enterprise In his home town. In Pennsylvania, for twenty years, Mr. Brennan heard of the founding of the magic city in Indiana and decided to cast his lot with the city of Gary and the progressive Calumet region. Since coming to Gary he has been identified with every effort to boost and further the progress of his adopted city, and has been regarded as one of Its most loyal and progressive citizens. Mr. Brennan owns considerable property in Gary, being the owner of the Brennan block, corner Sixth avenue and Broadway, one of the first permanent structures built in the town. He is also a member of the K. of C. and Elk lodges. Mr. Brennan was almost the unanimous cholce of the republicans for mayor at the last city election, and. was defeated at the election in spite of the great odds against him by a narrow margin.

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Lake County Town Will Have Big Mass Meeting Tonight to Talk Over Incorporation and Increase Limits Up to Munster. (Special to Thb Times.) Dyer, Ind.. Dec. 1. iDyer is going to put itself on the map and an initial meeting to bring this about throtigh incorporation will be held this evening at S o'clock at the Forester hall. A mass meeting of all the interested citizens Is called and the project, which has been discussed for months, will be thoroughly talked over. The plans as far as they exist now would include a territory having approximately nine square miles with a population of about 500. The proposed corporation limits in the rough would be the Munster town limits on the north, a line about three miles east of the state line as the eastern boundary, a line about a mile south of the heart of the town aa the southern limits and the state line as Its western boundary. Onod Platform Prearated. "To regulate incoming Interurbans and such civic affairs as can best be handled through a closer organization," Is the gist of the platform on which the majority of the business men and many of the taxpayers in the precincts are boosting the project. There is said to be some opposition, but whether it is strong enough to overthrow the incorporation mvement remains to (Continued on page five.) Naughty Mary. Xlck Mikulic, through his attorneys, Hodges & Ridgley of Gary, has brought an action for a divorce against his wife, Mary Mikulic. In which he alleges that she has had Improper relations with Mike Cvizanovich of South Chicago. He says that he and his wife were married Dec. 20, 1902, and were separated in May, 1908. He says that his wife abandoned him. but only after she had taken $163 of his money and $220 that he had placed in the hands of the priest for safe-keeping. The couple formerly lived In Gary. Sues for $2,000 Damages. Anthony TVTekllnskl has brought a suit for $2,000 damages in the Lake superior court as a result of damages he is alleged to have received in a fight

.which he had with John Krupa.

MORE LOST PRISONERS

i Gary Negro Languishes in Bastile Ninety Days Without Trial. JUDGE DISCHARGES THEM Attorney Koontz Gets a Surprise In Finding Some More "Buried'' Cases. In the discharge of two prisoners in the superior court yesterday another cane of "lost prisoners" tame to light, and, according to the statement of Attorney James O. Koontz. a local lawyer, they might still be lost had he not accidentally discovered them In the jail. It was found that Mike Durham, a Gary negro, had languished three months in pail without a trial, while Alfred Peterson, another Gary man, was burled sixty days without a hearing. Still stranger is the fact that when they were arraigned yesterday there were no prosecuting witnesses. Judge Reiter -discharged them immediate! j-. It semes that on the 4th day of September Mike Durham was bound over to the superior court on the charge of having attempted to wreck a train. Judge 'W. AV. McMahon, in the Hammond city court, where he was bound over, issued the proper mittimus and the negro was taken to Crown Point to await trial at the next term of the superior court. He languished there for three months until he gained the ear of Attorney Koontz, who happened to be In the jail visiting a client there. Attorney Koontz laid the matter before Judge McMahon and he ordered the prisoner arraigned and discharged when no witnesses appeared against him. Peterson spent sixty days in jail and gained his liberty through the samn channel. He was charged with petit larceny. Meeting Was Successful. The meeting of the members of the Inventors' and Investors' council yes terday afternoon resulted In renewed activity in the effort to finance the McElroy Belting & Hose company so that it will be able to locate in this city. The proposition is highly recommended to the capitalists of the city and those who have recommended it are all taking a little stock. It is expected that the deal will be finally closed this week, and it is possible that the construction of the plant will begin in the near future. THERE ARE FOUR COPIES OF THE TIMES SOLD IX HAMMOND FOR EVERY COPY SOLD BY AX Y OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOL THREE TIHES AS MICH NEWS FOR OXE CEXT AS OTHER PAPERS DO FOR TWO CEXTS.

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Famous Porter Health Resort May Be Bought By Wealthy Chicagoan for Sanitarinm

ELKS VI LL PL1 BIG THINGS

County Wide Movement Is; Sorter, which have already acquired , , . , , .'considerable fame through the bostStarted Among the Elks, of their owner A F are and Get-Together Com-j to become more famous, in fact so mittee Is Appointed tomuch as to make this Part of the

Make Arrangements. A county-wide movement among the I'll : t .-Anvoaan li1 A11T1. , K .:," "frTv,1 tv at the national convention of Lias , at Detroit. Mich., next July with some 300 or 400 Elks. Seemingly the time for the convention is far off, but the boosters realize that hard and systematic work is necessary to make this district a banner district at the national convention. As an initial step a get-together committee, representing the Hammond, East Chicago and Gary lodges, has been organized, and this committee, with G. W. Lewis of East Chicago as its chairman and A. I). Schaeffer of Gary as secre - ' 7, R ,, , . ' terohange visits among the lodges, the first of which has been set for next Monday evening, to be held, in the Knights of Columbus hajl at. Gary. It will be a social Pvsf!ion i'1 approved Elk style, with plenty of .good things to eat, good cigars and a good program. A special car will carry the Hammond and East Chicago Elks to the session. Lake County floasta Distinction. Lake county boasts the fact that it Is one of the two counties in the state having three lodges, the other being Madison county. The Iake county Elks will avail themselves of the opportunity to make a big showing at Detroit next summer and are setting the wheels in motion for this now. Permission has been secured of the state lodge by which the three Lake county lodges may be represented as one body. And it is at these interchange social sessions that the way and means and the plans for this are to be discussed. Their plans now aim to invade Detroit in a fashion to represent them practically as one body, with each lodge still retaining its individually. A specal train for the Ijke county Elks and possibly some of their brethren in adjoining counties is a foregone ocnclusion. The boosters for some time have been racking their brains for a suitable emblem, and a suggestion made by Dr. (Continued on page five.) Phillip McCabe of Gary lias brought an action against local union o'l of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and its officers, .as. J. Finneran, president; Alphonso J. Schrelber, Martin f'armody, financial secretary; Robert O'Conner, treasurer, and Fred Jergens asking that they b required to pay $2,000 damages for boycotting him and also that they be restrained from interfering with his securing employment in Gary. McCabe The complaint states that was suspended from the union for siv months, because he permitted a contractor to hold a wire for five minutes. This was against the working rules of the union. He states ol the complaint that he believes his punishment to be excessive considering the nature of the offense and that it was inflicted by the officers to get him out of town. McCabe states In the complaint that hla taking the part of Van Sickles in a union quarrel is responsible for the action of the officers of the union in suspending him. McCale says that he is being boycotted for his action and he has appealed to the courts to save him front furtehr molestation.

LOCAL'S OFFICERS ARE SUED

DEAL ALMOST CERTAIN NOW Sanitarium May Cost Fully $500,000 and Be Famous as French Lick.

The Knotts mineral springs at sxaie Known as one 01 me Desx watering places in the country. A strong Chicago syndicate Is now negotiating with A. F. Knotts for the purchase of the property which comPrises eighty acres, and while he hag 1 0 not given them an option on tho place an understanding has been reached by which the consummation; of the deal is almost certain. COSTLY SVMTARIIM. To such an extent have the plan progressed that the Chicago syndicate is now working on plans for a sanitarium costing not less than $500,000, and probably more. There are two prime reasons why the Knotts springs are the springs .iabov.e.aii tax one. (. the greatest watering places in the country. The first ..; is that water from the springs is the best in the world, barring none, as is WILL HOT ATTEND No Hammond Masons wilt go to In dlanapolis to take up the nineteenth to thirty-second dt-grees. which will b conferred by Ancient and Accepted Scot-, tish rite in the valley of Indianapolis. The occasion will be the forty-fourth semi-annual convocation and reunion of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, valley of Indianapolis, began in tha South Pennsylvania street temple at 2 o'clock this iifternoon. A large class of candidates master Mason from other parts of the state was presented to Adonlram Grand Lodge oC Perfection for initiation, and by 10:3() tonight these candidates will have received the degrees from four to fourteen. James AY". Lilly is master of th lodge and John T. Saultor is master of ceremonies. Saralah council. Princes of Jerusalem, will confer the fifteenth and sixteenth degrees tomorrow afternoon, and Indi anapolis chapter of Rose Croix will exemplify the seventeenth and eighteenth degrees in the afternoon. The re, union dinner will be serve, l in the dining room at 6 p. m. The convocation will clos Thursday with the conferring of the degrees nineteen to thirty-two hy Indiana consistory. Work will begin at 10 a. m. and continue till l' p. m. BIG BARN DESTROYED Child Said to Have Used a Match. (Specia to Tun Times.) Crown poll Ir.d.. Dec. 1. TVor ' was received here last night from the ! Brown ranch, on the Kankakee marsh, ptatlng that two large hyy b.Mrns and a corn crib had burned down during th afternoon and that the damage would, exceed. $.".000 to th; barns and contents. The report had it that n small son of Neil Brown started the conflagration ! which resulted so disastrously. Tha ! child procuring a match In some mys- ! terlons manner " 'i 1 '- f t- rw.i i d statinaf j that he wlsh-d i se a I entire. The j flames were soon (I is-overd but were beyond comroi before atiytnlng .?o;tl4 be done to save the property. It is not known how 1 1 -i insurance was carried. DOXT FORGET THAT THE TIMES DOES JOB PIlIXTIXfS, AXD DOES IT WELL AXD WITH DISPATCH.

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