Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 29 December 1909 — Page 8

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Gary Feels Sting of Cold Snap and Suffers Much Inconvenience Because of j i Frigid Weather Which Hits the City. witn nearly a foot and a half of i enow already on the ground, Gary was treated to a,,regular old-fashioned "nor' easter" blizzard last night, and when '. the Gary man peeped out of the windows this morning to get a status of the weather conditions he found the snow banked high up on the window panes. Gary la practically snowbound According to the local policemen who patrolled their beats last night. It snowed from 5:30 until after 3 o'clock this- morning. Gary has experienced the heaviest snowfall In Its history. The two-day blizzard of last January Is nothing to compare to the snowfall of the past few days. Wind Blows Gale. The wind stiffened late yesterday afternoon and It grew colder, and at the same time snow began to fall and during the entire evening and last night the air was thick with a mist of froaty particles that blinded the To Its Rural

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helpless into the arms of the swirling gale. Business waa practically suspended at an early hour last night. The merchants, owing to the few people on the streets, closed their stores and wended their way homeward through the huge drifts which began to pile up In the Increasing wind.Persons attending the charity ball were compelled to take carriages .and It was some time before they all arrived. Those who came back from Chicago on late trains were compelled to wade through the snow, and some thrilling tales and experiences are being told today. Snow Plowa Busy. The big snow plow, on the Gary & Interurban was kept busy all night and for this reason traffic was not delayed to any extent this morning. A Times reporter called up the offices of the telegraph and telephone companies this morning and no damage was reported. Traffic ' on the railroads of course was Impeded to some extent, especially on the through lines, many of the trains being behind time. Street Commissioner Patrick Finnerty wasout early this morning with a score or more of men and had paths cleared along Broadway. For the past three days Mr. Finnerty has had a large number of men and teams at work clearing away the snow on the streets and sidewalks. . Yesterday afternoon the snow from Eighth to FIft havenue had all been cleared away and then came the gale last night to undo all the work. But Mr. Finnerty Is persistent and is making his second attack today. DEATH DWINDLES RANKS OF G. A. R. Orville A. Somers, department commander of the Indiana G. A. R., has sent out a communication to officers in the state in which the thinning of the ranks of the civil war veterans' great organization by death is noted and the failure to fill them by new members and reinstatements Is emphasized. advertise: and HjBAIX IW THE TIMES. ADVERTI9S Mail Patrons In Indiana; the Offer will be

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SERIOUS Two of the leading coal companies in Gary stated this morning that if there was a further serious delay In their shipments of coal there would likely be a coal famine in Gary in the near future, as their supply was fast running short. These were the Calumet Supply company and the Dolton Coal company. The Gary Coal company stated that they believed that they would be In a position to secure all the necessary coal which would be required until traffic, which is now somewhat Impeded on the through lines from the coal mines, is again cleared up. In view of the recent blizzard which has swept the west there was considerable apprehension felt in Gary , that the yawning furnaces of the business houses and residences could not be fed during the unrelenting cold spell if there was any difficulty In getting coal Into the city. This, it seems, has also caused considerable concern among the coal dealers. Another, Bank., That another foreign exchange and banking business may be established in Gary within a reasonable time is a report that was circulated in financial circles today. The man behind the project is said to be K. W. Kempf, a wealthy Chlcagoan, who is 'the representative of various steamship companies in Chicago. The report could not be verified today, but those who are repeating it say there is good foundation to the rumor. Mr. Kempf Is expected to be in Gary in a few days. Anywhere 1 ithdravn A. "

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I TO GIVE THEIR HELP Mayor T. E. Knotts, who is chairman of the finance committee of the Indiana Public Improvement association, an organizatlon recently- organized for the purpose of fighting the three-mile gravel road law which was held unconstitutional by the supreme court, reported today that he has received a large number of contributions from the various contractors r throughout the state, to fght the case. Shortly after the association was organized Mr. Knotts sent out notices to all the gravel road contractors through the state, asking them to. send a remittance of $25 each to fight the road case, which is now pending in the supreme court. Up to the present time Mayor Knotts has "received a large number of remittances which will enable the legislative committee to push the case to a final end. HARBOR ORGANIZES A HEBBHO TEAM First Game to Be Played at Lewis Rink Next Saturday. (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, lad., Dec 29. The Indiana Harbor polo team has been reorganized and it Is expected that the team will be stronger than ever before. They will play their first game Friday night with the East Chicago team at the Lewis rink, and as the latter aggregation walloped them last year, they are looking for revenge and expect to get It Friday night. The lineup of the Indiana Harbor team will be: Sternberg, first rush; Thomas, second rush Saunders, center; Simms, half back; Lewis, goal tender. Elliott and Nellis substitutes. The lineup of the East Chicago team will be: Carroll, first rush; Joyce, second rush; Mitchell, center; Skelly, half back; Blake, goal tender. The game will start about 8:30 o'clock and promises, to be a warm one from start to finish.?. 'Ed Green will referee. A box party is scheduled at the Lewis rink for tonight, and plenty of fun is expected. .-. READING CLUE WILL ' GIVE A RECEPTION I Biggest Event Ever Held by That Organization, Friday. (Special to Thb Times.) East Chicago. Ind., Dec. 29. The New Year's reception to be given by the Tuesday Reading club next Tuesday, will be the largest event ever held by that organization. It wril take place at the residence of Mrs. A. H. W. Johnson In Magoun avenue, and 150 invitations have been issued for the event. The guests have been asked for different hours, part of them being lnited between two and three, some more from three to four and the remainder from four to five o'clock. The reception will be a strictly formal affair, and the receiving line will be made up of the officers of the organization and members of the advisory board, as follows: Mrs. William Meade, Mrs. H. H. Clarke, Mrs. Charles FIchter, Mrs. J. A. Patterson, Mrs. E. V. Walton, Mrs. Pulling and Mrs. Stone. Mrs. W. R. Diamond, Mrs. Reese Williams and Mrs. E. N. Canine will pour. Edward Jacob and Mrs. Gwilym Jones are In charge of the entertainment, and these ladles and the members of the reception committee will have the assistance of .every member of the club in making the function a success. An orchestra has been engaged from Chicago to furnish music for the occasion, Mrs. M. C Frysinger having arranged for this feature, as fchairman of the music committee. The decorations will be pink carnations, which are the club flower. E 4,340 TRIPS The birth rate for the state for the month of November, according to figures Just compiled by the state board of health, was 13.7, an increase of 8-10 over the rate for the corresponding month of last year. The number of births reported for the month was 4,340, an Increase of 194 over the number for the corresponding month last year. During the month 2,212 male children were born and 2,128 females. The death rate for the state for November was 11.3, a decrease of sixtenths In comparison with the rate fcr the corresponding month of last year. The number of deaths from tuberculosis was 291, and violence caused 75, of which 10 were murders and 28 were suicides. THERE IS ALWAYS A "BEST PLACE" TO BCY. TIMES' ADS TELL VOU "WHERE.

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HARBOR (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Dec. 29. Two small robberies occurred lats night, when thieves entered the restaurant owned by Mat Sternberg and also a fruit store conducted by Joe Esola. It is probable that both thefts were committed by the same party. The thieves entered Sternberg's restaurant about 0 o'clock, evidently using a key, they having went In the front entrance. Mr. Sternberg is out between $5 and '$10, which was taken from the cash register. Esola's confectionery, Just across the street, was not entered until about 1 o'clock this morning. The thieves broke in a show case, taking four briar and two merschaum pipes, valued at $18, about 15 worth of candy and cigars and $2 In pennies. The thieves also tried to enter a clothing store next door, but they abandoned the Idea for some reason unknown. There Is no clue as to who the thieves are, except that two men were seen In the vicinity of the Bryan block by Miss Sternberg shortly after 9 o'clock. In describing the men she says that one was tall and the other somewhat smaller. ' She also stated that she heard the men say, "Wait awhile, they have not left yet." Officer Lewis In walking his beat last night about 9:45, found Sternberg's front door unlocked. He notified the latter who came down and locked the door again. RED LINE PROSPECTS LOOK UP (Continued from Pag 1.) Shore & South Bend line, and will be done In the future by the IndianaChicago traction company, which has secured the necessary franchises. The Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line still holds valuable franchises in Hammond, and it Is possible that with the inauguration of an aggressive policy of railroad extension it may be made one of the best urban and interurban properties in the Calumet region. The opinion of local business men la that the first expenditures should be made in the completion -uof the work of rehabilitating the line and in the immediate purchase of new rolling stock, and that the next step should te the building of the extension from South Chicago to Hegewlsch and Hammond. $62,000,000 Capital. Regarding the capitalization of the consolidated south side lines the Chicago Tribune has the following to say: "By capitalizing the future earnings of the south side street railways, and particularly those lying in the extreme southern part of the city and the Hammond suburban line, the "home rule' owners of the properties have fixed upon total bond and share Issues of $62,000,000 for the new Chicago City and Connecting Railways. I "The capital is to be divided Into three classes, as follows: "$22,000,0005 per cent first lien bonds.' "$25,000,000 preferred shares. "$15,000,000 common shares. I "The securities deposited with the trustee of the mortgage under which the bonds will be Issued are: i "$16,971,90 par value, Chicago City Railway company stock- Value $200 a share. j "$5,000,000 'Calumet and South Chicago stock. j "$5,000,000 Calumet and South Chicago Consolidated bonds. "$1,635,000 Southern street railway 5 per cent bonds. "$800,000 Southern street railway stock. "$1,000,000 Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago first mortgage 5 per cent bonds. Not yet issued. j "$1,000,000, Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago stock. Not yet Issued. "The present capitalization of the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago: rcad Is $500,000, but considerable rehabilitation is being done on the road, and the new capitalization, according to the statement, will be $2,000,000. "Mr. Cobe, In making public the statement of the scheme for financing the south side merger, stated that he considered the plan conservative and that he thought it would be well received in financial circles. Several con. ferences of the men at the head of the merger were held before the statement was gotten Into satisfactory shape." THREE DEATHS IN FAMILY Two Other Relatives Not Expected to Live. Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 29. Robert Cissell of Crawfordsville, clerk for the Wire and Nail company, was called to Laporte by the death of his grandfather, Mr. White, aged 93, father of his mother. While there his mother, who Is Mrs. J. H. Cissell, widow of the Rev. J. H. Cissell, formerly presiding elder of the Crawfordsville " district of the Methodist Episcopal church, was taken 111 with pneumonia and died Sunday night. Mr. Cissell's uncle, George Rogers, living near Laporte, died Saturday night. Word was received from Mr. Cissell today that his aged .grandmother, Mrs. White, aged 94, is at the point of death, while Mrs. George Rogers, his aunt, is also seriously 111 and not expected to live.

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It costs $100 In Judge Knotts' court In Gary to carry on a poker game In connection with a pool room. This amount was assessed against James Huddleson of the firm of Huddleson & Clark, who conducts the Brunswick poolroom. In the Phillips buildings, corner Broadway and Fifth avenue. Huddleson's partner, James . Clark, asked for a change of venue and his case will be heard before Special Judge Ora Wlldermuth this afternoon. Huddleson, unless he appeals his case, will have to pay $112, the $12 being court costs. A Jail sentence may. be imposed in connection with the fine, but Judge Knotts did not care to Impose the extreme limit of the punishment. The warrant against Huddleson and Clark was sworn out by Mrs. Elizabeth Pllgren, who charged that her husband lost considerable money playing the old army gam. Huddleson may appeal his case. EGEIER BREAKS ALL s Deputy Prosecutor W. F. Hodges reported today that the number of arrests on all charges at the local police station during the month of December has been the largest of any month since he first commenced his duties in the police court last January. The number of arrests made up to last night totaled 148 and that number will reach at least 160 before the last "day of 'the" year. " "pf course," said Mr. Hodges, "the 148 arrests does not mean that anywhere near that number have been convicted, as the majority of the cases have been dismissed." . - -, . VBB TIMES PATS WEEKLT SALARIES TO NEARLY FIFTY FROPL1 131 HAMMOND, GARY, BAST CHICAGO, WHITING A AD OTHER PARTS Ot LAKE COUNTY.. THEY SPEND THED1 MONEY AT HOME. DOES IT DB. IERVB YOUR SUPPORT?

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All-Steel Special Car. An all-steel car for the use of executive officers of the Pennsylvania railroad has been turned out of the company's shops at Altoona. and Is known as No. 120. It Is nearly eighty-one feet long, and has a sitting room, two staterooms, a dining room for eight people, a stateroom for servants, and a kitchen with pantry, range, refrigerator and china closets. j Moves to Gary. i 'Dr. M. S. Hopper of Lafayette. Indhas moved his office to Gary and will take up permanent quarters in the Reynolds' building, where he has fitted ' up an elegant suite of offices. Dr. Hopper is one of Lafayette's leading prae- ; tltolners and leaves a large business to j come to locate In the Steel City. Attends Meeting. Superintendent W. A. Wirt and Principal E. A. Sargent of the Gary schools are in Indianapolis this week attending the , meeting of the Indiana State Teachers' association, the program of which was printed In The Times last week. - Mr. Wirt is among those on the program and will give a paper on "The City of Schools." They will return to Gary tomorrow night. Howe's Travel Festival. Comparatively few people can afford the luxury of traveling abroad, but everybody can enjoy the delights of travel and without any of Its m&ny discomforts by traveling via Lymaa H. Howe's Travel Festival at the Majestic theater Saturday Matinee and night, Jan. 1st. In his new program, Mr. Howe will escort his travelers to the Montreal ice palace and winter carnival, then through the scenic grandeur of the Rockies In winter Into the heart of the great Canadian wilds, where the severe life of the lumber camp " Is shown. By taking them to the fighting top of a battleship he promises everyone an experience which can happen to few, for, as a rule, the public is rigidly excluded there. The stirring and striking scenes on deck below impart a new sensation. In fact, the entire program is extremely diverting and delightful, ranging from the sublimely beautiful scenes of sunset and moonlight on land, and sea, to the district novelty of dissolving portraits of English statemen; a tour through the majetic Gorge Du Var, France, and many others. Branch of Y: M. C. A. Jan. 13th will be-an important date for ,Gary people who have the Y. M. C. A. in Gary at heart. A local branch is to be organized on this day, and a meeting for this will be called to perfect the local organization. ARKII 9 Est. 1889 Hammond, Ind. $55 $60 $65 $70 $75 $80 85 $90 $95 $100

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