Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 143, Hammond, Lake County, 4 December 1909 — Page 1
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EDITION W VOL. IV.,. NO. 143. HAMMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1909. DNE CENT PER COPY.
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Whiting: Man Who is State Officer Points Out Startling Facts of Interest to Lake Co.
MAY T ME YEARS Henry Davidson Gets New Information at Indianapolis This Week. (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., Dec. 4. Henry Davidson, of Whiting, treasurer of the Indiana Public Improvements association, points out that unless the supreme court of the state reverses its decision regarding the three-mile road law, it will be three years before there can be any public improvements in this state. The fact was brought out in a talk he had with Frank Wild, of A. F. Wold & Co., bond brokers of Indianapolis. In view of the fact that the contracts for roads are let one year and built the next year there will be! no new roads built in 1910. The new legislature will meet 1 in January, 1911. and after it passes a new law to take the place of the old ! one it will be necessary to have it j taken to the supreme court and tested ! before he bond buyers will, consent to loan money -on proposed roads. In other words it will take" a year anda half to have the matter cleared up in the supreme court of the state. PAPERS WITHHOLD EVS. It is said that there can not even be road repairs for a year and a half. However, it is said that the bond buyers and the contractors are confident that the supreme court will reverse itself. There will be in the neighborhood of ten test cases filed to cover (Continued on Page Eight.) IITIM BiGflD . TO HAKEITS1ST. HOVE Whole .- Project of Paving State Line St. Depends on Officials. A LEADER IS WANTED People in Both Places Are Impatient at the Continuous Delay. "West Hammond is waiting for Hammond to make a move in the plan to pave State Line street. The West Hammond officials have given the project their emphatic stamp of approval by ordering blue prints prepared showing just how the street will be cut through to P'ummer avenue and just what the assessments of damages and benefits will be. In fact, "West Hammond has gone just as far as it can until Hammond makes a move. The whole project now depends upon the Hammond offfieials. There seems to be very little opposition to the plan to open the street, and most of the property owners be lieve that it will be a great thing for both the people of Hammond and the people of the neighboring village. The opening and paving of this street would give both of these com munHles an important north and south thoroughfare and would add greatly to the value of property between Ilohman street and the state line. Leader ceded. It will have a tendency to make State street. Sibley street and Plummer avenue good business streets and will take a great deal of the heavy traffic off" from Hohman street. The people of Hammond and "West Hammond are very impatient at the delay in making this improvement as they fear that this plan will have the same fate as others, and that tlie whole matter will end in talk and nothing more. The situation seems to need a determined man who will act as a leader for the rest of the property owners and see the matter through at any cost. "West Hammond "is ready and the people over there are saying. "Hammond, It is your move."
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JUDGE GIVES
L05TEBM G SURPRISE Tired of having her husband to sup port in addition to herself, Mrs. Louis Klosterman, 710 Ash street, last even ing caused his arrest, and this morn ing Judge McMahon committed him to the county jail for a period of six months, in addition to assessing a fine of $5 against him. Klosterman pleaded guilty to the charge of wife abandon ment, and had nothing to say when the woman told the story of their un happy married life. She said that her husband, who is a strong able-bodied man, had failed to give her decent support for the last six years, that instead of supporting her she would have to support him. In addition to t-his lie would take what lit tie money he could find around the house and spend it in the saloons. It was evident that the woman took the step ony as a last resort, but the cup of her misery seemed to be full, and she took what she considered a desper ate step. Judge McMahon in accordance with his policy toward men who abuse and neglect their wives and fa'milies, gave Klosterman a severe sentence, " 1 " Suits Tiave been brought some sixty-five owners of against dogs in Hammond to collect dog taxes. The amounts vary from $1 to $1, and Township Trustee John C. Becker has instituted suits in 'Judge Frank Prest's court to recover this amount from the various owners of dogs in the city. Subpoenas have been issued for the sixty-five defendants, and it is expected that they' will come in one by one and settle the suits. There is near ly J100 of the county's money involved in the cases. Prosecuting Attorney Greenwald has been asked to carry on the prosecutions and has agreed. This is the first lime that suit has been brought to collect dog taxes in Hammond, and it is said that the owners of canines are wrathy over the action of Township Trustee Becker. The following is the list of those against whom suits have been brought; Slnty-FIvc Defendant. William leaner, Mrs. Schneider Geo. and Mary Wallace, George Detzner, L. A. Minard, G. W. Lane, A. E. Dake, C H. Stewart. William Murphy, Chas. Elkins, Joseph Edwards, Mrs. George Lloyd, C. Kotli. Peter Maher, E. Bar-, relli. R. S. Smith, I. B. Ceyer, Joseph Longnecker. Edwin C. Richardson. Wm. B. Parker. Charles Ogreen. Ernest Deutscher, John H. Fisher. Oscar Peter, son. Ar.dy Konjaty, Peter Bucan, Paul Balitzkar, Lee A Harvard. Joe Kotarlich, Tony Harv.y, Josef. Winkler, John Folta. Joe Camkoski, John Sebastian. Frank Adams. Fred Loomis. Thomas Xalezny. William J. Xoland, Walter Barker, John Olson. George Vada. Margaret Monnelian, A. L. Scott. Frank Felky, William Liddington, Karimminie Bornyjke, William Manun, Hunt H. Haldruf, Edward Meyers. John Newburg. A. Slamenjnski, Thomas F. Wayman. Truman Wallace. Wallace Boyle, James Curtis, William T. Koch, C. F. Southworth, .las. Sullivan, Mike Flannery and Frank Baker. The line against each defendant was Jl, amounting to J11.50, including the costs. Malo Trial Again Continued. The trial of Frank Malo before the board of public works, which was set for this morning, has been continued again owing to press of other business on the part of Mr. Malo's attorney. It is now set for next Wednesday. Frank Malo, who is a republican In politics, was employed as engineer at the Central fire department and was suspended shortly after the recent city election on grounds of alleged undue political activity. TOT! MAT TAKE AIL TnETAPERS, BCT IF YOV CATS OXLY TAKE ONETAKE THE TIMES.
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Switchmen in Calumet Region Take Little Interest in Possible Strike Ham mond Men Discuss the Possibilities. There is very little interest being taken in tle switchmen's strike in Hammond notwithstanding the fact that there are in the neighborhood of 300 switchmen who live In this city and work for the various railroads in this locality. X The local organization, however, did send two representatives, Patrick Geary and Joe Bush, to Chicago to confer with the unions there regarding the situation in the middle west. Of the 300 switchmen in this locality it is said that at least 75 or 80 per cent of them are union men. The rest are non-union men. One of the men talking of the situation today said: "At tfie present time the scale for men working days is 32 cents an hour for switchmen and 35 cents for foremen. The rate for those working nights is 34 cents an hour for switchmen and 37 cents an hour for foremen. Not Dissatisfied Here. "We don't know anything abeut the situation," he continued. I have not heard of any dissatisfaction among the local men, although, of course, the 6 cents increase which is being asked for in other parts of the country would be acceptable." Among the business men of Hammond the opinion is expressed that it would be a hard blow to the city if the railroads in this locality 'should be tied up. The city is now on the verge of the most prosperous period in its history and everything should be done to avoid labor troubles at this time. They point out the fact that there . is sure to be plenty of work in the fu(Continued on p&ge five.) SHERIFF DESTROYS CONFISCATED LipR Nary a Drop Permitted Enter a Parched Throat. to WHITING MAN'S PROPERTY Beer, Whiskey and Wine All Are Emptied in Hammond Sewer Glasses Are Smashed. It's a sad tale to tell the lovers of the amber fluid and the firewater, but the law is inexonorable. From the dungeons of the superior court building Deupty Sheriff Blocki this morning hauled forth wholesale lots. of liquor and spilled them into the sewer and nar;- a drop found its waydown a parched throat. What a treat it would have been to the guests of Sheriff Thomas Grant at his place at Crown Point if the goods had been given them for a Christmas present, but again the law has no sentiment. , i The liquor spilled this morning was at one time the property of Frank Siebert. who operated last October in drydistrict in Whiting. The. .court ordered his goods confiscated and destroyed and the orders were carried out this mo.rning. They were composed of five and a half barrels of beer, six dozen bttles of beer, three dozen bottles of export beer, three bottles of rock and rye; and gallons of post wine. ; All of this went into the catchbasin. By the court's orders there was also destroyed 100 beer glasses, four dozen whiskey glasses, and four jugs. These including the barrel staves went into the furnace. Ofrice Rooms Filling. The numerous suites of rooms in the new addition to thfr Lion store are gradually being filled up. Among the tenants who have moved into the new i part are Attorneys D. C. Atkinson and I K. E. Beck, Drs. Fox and Campbell and the Beauty shop. It is understood that a number of the other suites have been ijjpoken for. Try Quiet Title Case. Attorney Joseph Conroy has been appointed as a special judge to try the case of Gardner vs. Soltwedel. This case has been tried several times and has been bitterly fought in each case. The trial of the case has been going on all day, notwithstanding the fact that the court is usually hot in session oi Sa: urday.
Distinguished Judge Well Known All Over this Part of State
JUDGE HARRY B.TUTHILL, OF MICHIGAN CITY. Tomorrow afternoon in Hammond Judge. Harry B. Tuthlll. formerly presiding judge over the Lake-Porter-Laporte superior court, will deliver th oration at the annual Elks lodge of sorrow. At present Judge Tuthill halli from Michigan City, but feels just as much at home in a dozen places in Lak and Porter counties as he does in Michigan City. Since Lake has been segre. gated from the three-county circuit Judge Tuthlll guides the destinies of the superior court in Laporte and Porter counties - aloneK He is especially well known in Hammond, East Chicago, Gary and Crown Point and owns both real estate and bank stock in many of these places. He is a member of Orall Shrine of Hammond, and the public functions that take place in this district without him have come to be mighty few and far between. He is recognizee, as an able jurist, a sterling republican, a good fellow and a man of whom Indiana is proud.
REHEUBER DEPARTED RRETRERHfl SUNDAY Elks Will Hold; Public Memorial Exercises at the :'TTbwle Opera House. " JUDGE TUTHILL TO SPEAK Lodge Men Extend General Invitation to Witness Their Exercises. IX 3IEMORIAM. Burlingame Borders. Robert J. Wiley. R. A. Row. Herman Hlrctoh. Dr. J. C. Pannrnborg. At the Elks' memorial exercises all over the country tomorrow the Hammond Klks will remember in particular their deceased lodge brethren. One member. Dr. J. C. Pannenborg, was taken from the ranks in the past year. No invitations have been sent out this year, the lodge having preferred to invite the public to their exercises tomorrow afternoon at the Towle Opera House through the city press. The services will begin at 2:30. The opera house will bo appropriately decorated for the occasion, and arrangeIntents have been made to carry out an excellent program. Judge Harry B. Tuthill of Michigan City will deliver the memorial address. A quartette of Chicago singers will sing. Tlie Program. The following program will be carried out: 1. Ritual Opening Evercises. 2. Quartette 3,Opening Ode. 4. Invocation by the Rev. C. A. Smith. 5. Solo and Duet. 6. Ritual Eulogy for Departed Members. ". Quartette. S. Memorial Address by the Hon. H. B. Tuthill. !. Solo. 10. Ritual Closing Exercises. 11. Benediction. ! FUNERAL OF MRS. GASTEL MONDAY Hammond Woman Will Be Buried at Tolleston. Mrs. Henrietta Gastel, an old resident of this city who died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Struebig, at Crown Point, will be buried Monday morning from the home of her son, Fred Gastel, US Williams street, in Hammond. Friends of the family who wish to view the remains may do so' tomorrow afternoon from 2 o'clock to 8. The funeral services ha'e been arranged for Monday morning and will be held at the Gastel home at 9:30, after which the remains will be taken to the Oerman Lutheran church at 10 o'clock. Interment will be at the Tol - Ifston cemetery.
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COSTS A GLASS EYE Aug. Schneider Asks Priest for Long "Distance ""Absolution. OPTIG GOES AS SECURITY Judge Prest Finds Bill Against Him and Holds Individual's Arti- , ficial Organ. August Schneider of Hammond parted with his glass eye in an effort to secure absolution from a Catholic priest at Fort Wayne. It might e added that Schneider is laboring under some queer delusions. He called at Judge Prest's court and stated that a number of years ago he had been employed by the G. H. Hammond Co., in this city. He says that he was paid off at the rate of $1.50 a day when he should have received $1.75. He tried to secure the services of one of the attorneys in the office to sue the G. H. Hammond Co., but none of them would take the case. Judge Prest stepped out of the court room, and while he was gone the stranger put in a call for the priest at Fort Wayne. The call came in and Schneider asked for absolution , from the priest. The priest told him that he would have to go to Fort Wayne. Schneider asked him if he could not come to' Hammond. Offers Glaus Eye. When the man finished Judge Prest found that the call had come to $1. He asked Schneider to pay for it and Schneider said that he did not have any mon,ey. He went through his pockets and produced a jackknife, an harmonica, a plug of chewing tobacco, a box of pills and a package of Bull Durham smoking tobacco. Judge Prest told him that those articles would not pay for the call and that-Jie would have to pony up the money. It was then that Schneider took out his glass eye and left that as security for the $1 telephone toll. And now the boys have the joke on Judge Prest. He has $t toll to pay and has only a glass eye to show for ixJ Schafer Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral of James Schafer, 2.". State street, who died yesterday on a Iake Shore train while on his way to a Chicago hospital, will be held tomorrow.. Services will hp held at the late home, after which the remains will be taken to Oak Hill cemetery for interment. Mr. Schafer is survived by a wife and two children. I . Roseland Bowlers Coming. The Roseland team will come to Hammond for a game with the bowling team representing the Bradford alleys. The Roseland boys are said to be up to snuff and the game will probably be a close one. THUHE ARE l OI R COPIES OF THE TIMES SOI.fl IV HAMMOXD FOR EVERY COPY SOLD BY AW OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOU THREE TIMES ! AS MI CH 'EtV9 FOR ONE CEXT AS j OTHER PAPERS DO FOR TO i rm-mwu
INDIANA FOOTBALL PLAYER INJURED Attica, Ind., Dec. 4. Will Morris. 20 years old, was probable fatally injured here yesterday in a post-season football game between the Attica high school team and an All-Star team of former players. Morris played on the alumni team.. He attempted to punt, but was blocked and went down with the ball, three players on top of him. He failed to arise and when lifted up went into convulsions. He is semi-conscious and attending physicians have slight hopes for his recovery. He i3 the support of his widowed mother at Knightstown, Ind.
COMPANY N SECURES A L0CAT10 The McElroy Belting and Hose Co. has secured a location for its plant through the purchase of an acre and a half of land on the north side, Hammond, j The land was purchased from F. S. Betz of the F. S. Betz Co., and is located across the street from this plant between Hoffman street and Chicago avenue, J. Floyd Irish said today that plans would be drawn for the new building and the contractors would be asked to make bids on the construction. This insures the location of the plant in Hammond, and the Hammond Business Men's association and the Inventors' and Investors' Council deserves the credit for locating this concern. It is understood that J. Floyd Irish of this city is to be secretary of the new company. A small number of mn will be employed at the start, but the plant is expected to become an Important industry in the future. TIES UP ATHLETICS There were 150 boys present at the gymnasium of the Hammond Athletic Association this morning to take the first drill in calisthenics under Director Stewart of this associaton. The showng was a splendid one, and shows the deep root that the Boyvllle movement has taken among fhe boys of Hammond. The class was organized and additions will be made to the membership in the future that will bring the number of boys interested up to 200. The class was put through the regulation drills and the boys thought it was great spont. As the work progresses it is expected that the movement for milder exercises for boys will gain favor. .. COP GETS SURPRISE WHEN HE - FOUND II Lands With His Club on the Bottom of a Cork Leg. After this when Officer Borchert has occasion to awaken a sleeper who is ' slumbering in an alley because of his i overload of linuor he will investigate!
first the condition of the sleeper's feet, t clous and successful manner He had occasion yesterday to resort j Attorney LeGrnnd T. Meyer of Hamto the well-known police method of j mond. high in the rer.ks f the Sons awakening a sl-per by rapping him j of Veterans organization, delivered tha more or'less gently on the 'soles of his 'opening addr-ss of the evening and feet. Outride of a thousand-volt !- commented upon tS . honor and privl-
tri'. shock there is nothing so reviving as a rap on the poles of the fet, but j this method failed utterly yesterday on ; one Joseph Ryan. j Joseph .who hails from the Canadian border, was found by the officer and the, heavv Ir.snt that Vi f. nrriefl hart eviilently borne him to thf ground. Tapping j him first gently on the soles and then more briskly, Ryan failed to show any. 1. 1 1!.. U . .f ficer picked him up and stood him on his feet, but Ryan again lost his balance and finally the officer proped him against the wall of a building. "Scuse. me officer, but would you mind handing me my can" on the ground there, you see I have two wooden legs, and that's why I lo.e my balance." A great ligl)t dawned upon the officer. He brought him to the station and there he was booked. This morning the hospitality of Tom Grant's country home at Crown Point was extended to the Canadian visitor. The acceptance of the hospitality was rather forced, however as - Judge McMahon fined him' $1 and costs. '
Gary Men Who Made Indianapolis Trip to Confer With Governor Reticent About Mission Were in Hammond Today. James Dowling and George Nestoro ' vlch. two of the Gary men who made the gumshoe trip to Indianapolis recently and who learned the decisive opinion of Governor Marshall In regard to Gary, whether anv other results wer obtained or not, were seen this morning by a Times reporter traveling oa an interurban car from Gary to Hammond. Any attempt to secure the least vestige of Information from them proved fruitless. When seen on the car the men -who had recently affiliated themselves with W. C. Crolius were asked concerning the purpose of their trip to Indianap olis. "The papers were wrong In regard to the import of our trip," said Dowling, "but I guess The Times came closest to It. The fact that we entered a protest against the Gary police force im untruthful. The business that we had with the governor will remain strictlyconfidential for the present." "In what respects were the stories emanating from Indianapolis wrong," he was asked, "and if they are wrong why don't you enter a denial." "Well," Dowling replied, "I don't car to discuss the reports at the present time; and there will be time enough for a denial later. The paper that said we were attempting a blackmailing scheme will be forced to retract." The trip to Hammond today seems almost as mysterious as that to Indlanapoljs a few days ago. That there is something in the air seems beyond question, but with the exception of the principals no one. seems to know what it Is all about. It Is evident, however, that it has something- to do with law and order in Gary, and this no one has denied. " Whether anything has been accomplished or not remains to be seen. 1 POIiil HUS HEW ORGANIZATION Col. L. T. Meyer -of Hammond Makes Opening Address. Bill NEW COHHJUiDER Intention Expressed of Orangizing a Uniformed Sons of Veterans . Drill Team. (Special to Tits Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 4. The organization of a Sons of Veterans camp in Crown Point was performed in an auspicious manner at the town hall on Thursday evening, and the new society, known as Crown Point Sons of Veterans. Camp .'o.. 201, with a charter' membership of thirty, will become a, permanent' feature in all -the activities of a military nature In Crown Point, and will also be the principal instrument by which the memory and deeds of the soldiers of the civil war will bo honored and perpetuated. A drill team from Valparaiso, composed of members of the Sons of Veterans camp at that place, performed the initiatory work ami attended the work and activities of the newly formed camp and aided materially in starting, the local organization out ic such an a'Jspli lege or i.eing a r. o. w.u """" of '61 to BT, and the reverence . ami honor that should be given the living and dead warriors who fought for the ' great cause An election of officers was h!d and new organization tor tre . . ;t . t. year Commander Frank P. Kiimbiil. i Penlor vice commamlT August Brem .iunlor vice commander Cyrus Kcttenring. ec-retary Karl K. Cole. Treasurer Tom Piatt. Chaplain Ralph Muzzall. Camp Council Waiter Merrill, E. R, Cole and William Linton It is the intention t. orsrniiize a uniformed drill te;un of al U-a.-t Uventy members to participate- in puhj'.e parades and drills wh-'-re the ti. A. R. usually is howred, a nd urifnrms will be purchased soon and t uniformed rank will probably be o rilled to riake their first puWic. appearancu on l-orat ia day. The organ iz-it io - meet twice each month, the date and place ot meeting to be givn later.