Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 164, Hammond, Lake County, 30 December 1909 — Page 1

usiness month if you advertise i: tVEATTOEH, ' AJTwtlT dodx today mid Frt'?T much warmer Friday. EDITION VOL. IV., NO. 164. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1909. DNE CENT PER COPY. n rnn STRUCK Lake County Men of Affairs h .." !.(

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LATIONS How an Enterprising Hammond Hustler Turned a Big Trick. A. M. Turner of . Hammond is particularly interested in the recent consolidation of the South Side Street Railway companies in Chicago in view of the fact that the amalgamation includes the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Electric Eailway company, which was once largely owned by him and which he nursed and cared for while it was going through the struggles for life in its infancy. Away back in 1893 a group of Hammond and outside capitalists, includiig N. 'M. Kaufman, of Marquette, Mich., A. M,vTurner of Hammond, and. Attorney Charles F. Griffin awakened one - morning to find themselves the possessors of a struggling street railway company ; ' At' that time the line extended from the Hammond cemetery north on Hohman street to Gostiin street and thence on that street to the Fort Wayne depot. Another branch extended from the corners of State . and Hohman streets to a point two hlocks east of Calumet avenue. CHEAP. BUT OH. MY! The road started at nowhere and after passing through the struggling city of Hammond, each branch ended nowhere. Mr. Turner watched the cars, one day after he purchased the line, and saw- five of them leave the corners (Continued on page seven.) v FIRST SHIPHEHT OF GARS MADE TODAY Supt. H. B. Douglas Optimistic Over Outlook at Standard Plant. HIS URGE ORDERS ON HANO Fifteen Hundred Men Are Employed Now at Local Car Manufacturing Concern. H. B. Douglas, general superintendent of the Standard Steel Car company, in this city, reports that the first shipment of wooden cars will be made from the local plant today. They a,j furniture cars, which have been ordered by the Harriman railroads. Mr. Douglas is very optimistic over the present j outlook. He now has enough lumber on hand so that the . wooden car shop may be brought "trp to a daily capacity of forty to fifty cars. Mr. Douglas said today that as soon as hegets the carpenters and the laborers the wooden car plant will be run to its full capacity. The Hammond plant of the Standard Steel Car company now has on hand orders 'for about 3,000 wooden cars. This is enough work to last all winter. It is expected that the steel car . department will also be brought up to the point where it will have a daily

output of forty to fifty cars. This means that there is no excuse for idleness on the part of carpenters or , steel workers this winter. VVlT- the present time there are employed in he neighborhood of 1,500 men at the plant of the Standard Steel Car company. This number will be doubled in a few months, and there will be an especially good opportunity , for men to work into good positions which will result from the doubling of the capacity of the plant and the num- , ber of men employed.

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VI HIV Dick Harter, 216 Wilcox Avenue, Hammond, Is Wanted at Home, and a Grieving Wife . and Sick Babe Yearn for Him. Say, Dick Harter, if you had seen your shivering, heart-broken wife today with your 14 -month-old babe as she came this ofice today and expressed her fear that you had met with foul play, jrou. would return to her, you would hurry home to her! Wherever you are, Dick, come home, your wife .wants you, the. baby wants you, your wife needs you and the baby needs you. "Come home! It is a rather queer case this Harter affair, and it is a very pitiful one. The Harters live at 216 Wilcox avenue, and on Christmas, the day on which eevrybody should be of cheer and good will toward every man, had the opposite effect upon Harter. He left his home apparently disgruntled and nothing has been seen or heard of him since. His wife fears that some harm may have come to him, and today, unable to stand the strain of anxiety any longer, she took her little child and vent to different places about town where she thought she might get inj formation as to his whereabouts. She had no place where to leave her child and consequently had to take it with her into the cold while she tramped the streets from one place to another. Harter is employed as a plasterer and worked recently at Indiana Harbor. This is not the first time that he has been missing from his home, he having been gone once before. It is not thought that Harter has met with any serious accident, but rather that he staying away from his home purposely, but if he knew what misery and anxiety he rwas causing through his absence he would hurry home at once, and his friends who know where he is would speed him on his way. If this meets your eye Mr. Harter, let it tell you how welcome you will be at 216 Wilcox avenue. You know you promised to love and cherish this woman and the sick baby! CV Tfll I COTni! MA II LA. lULLCGIUti IflHi DIES HEARGROWN PI. Louis Pahl, With Relatives in Hammond and Tolles ton, Passes Away. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point Ind., Dec. 30. Louis Pahl died at his home, west of town on the Jiider tarm, yesterday morning after a lingering illness of some seven weeks, the exact cause baffling the physicians and family during that time, and a post-mortem examination was held yesterday to determine the cause. Mr. Pahl was the father of Mrs. Charles Fauser of Hammond and Mrs Rapmond of Tolleston. A wife and eight children survive him, being Mrs Charles Fauser, Hammond; Mrs. 'Ed Fauser, Mrs. Rapmond, Tolleston Adolph, Edmund, Walter, Ida and Tillie Pahl of this place. Mr. Pahl, who was 63 years of age, formerly lived in Tolleston, selling his property there two years ago and bringing his family to Crown Point to reside. The funeral will be held New Year's day and the interment will be at the Crown Point cemetery. The sympathy of the community family. is extended to the afflicted ADVERTISE AND ACAIX 1ST THE TIMES. ADVEHTIS

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Standard Steel Car Worker Steps in Front of Train on the Way Home From His Labors and Loses His Life Two Others Escape. Claude W. Delmarter, 25 years old, a machinist, employed in the machine department of the Standard Steel Car works, Hammond, was accidently killed last night when he was struck by an engine while on his way home from work. At the same time the lives of two other men, T. M. Wilkinson and J. Railing, fellow employes of Delmarter, were endangered. Delmarter came to Hammond three weeks ago from Milwaukee, Wis., and boarded at the home of T. M. Wilkinson, 315 AValter street. His home is at Montague, Mich., where his parents live. Delmarter is single and has a married sister in Hegewisch. He lived less than an hour after the accident occurred and died at St. Margaret's hospital, his left leg having been cut off and his head and arms hav ing been badly bruised. Mr. WilkJnNoa TVlls Staory. Mr. Wilkinson told the accident this morning and said: "Delmarter and my self were in the habit of walking to and from our work. We were on our way home last night, and in our company was Mr. Railing. Delmarter took the lead, I followed and Railing brought up the rear. The accident happened near Columbia avenue. We were walk ing west on the north track. I looked behind me a number of times, but saw nothing excepting what looked like two dim switch lights. As we were walking on the Nickel Plate tracks, we expect ed the 6:02 Lake Shore suburban to pass us any minute, but instead a freight train came along on the south track. Heititnted a Moment. "The noise that it made prevented us from hearing the approach of a dead head engine and caboose, which was coming upon us from the rear on the north track on which were walking. As remember it there was no big head light on the rear of the engine, which Continued on page five. OFFICIAL OUT TO CLOSEK DEAL President Mcllroy of Belt ing Co. Comes Out to Hammond Today.. US A GOOD LOCATION Stockholders Gather to Make First Call on Stock Assessments for New Plant President Mcllroy of the Mcllroy Belting & Hose company will be in Hammond today for the purpose of closing up a deal for the site of the new plant, which is to be built here by Hammond capital. A site consisting of twelve twenty-five-foot lots, located on Hoffman street, across from the Reid-Murdoch plant, and situated on the Chicago Terminal Transfer and the Pennsylvania sidings has been considered, but it is not certain that this site will be selected. It is understood that Mr. Mcllroy would like to secure a location nearer the business district district of the city, where he can make small shipments of belting by express with greater facility. It would be difficult, however, to find a location nearer the business district of the city that could be had for as low a price as the company is able to secure the north side lots from F. S. Betz. To Hold Meeting. A meeting will be held either this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon when the stockholders will be required to make the first payment "on their purchases of stock. After this is done the proceeds will be used to purchase the necessary real estate for a site and begin the erection of the building. The Jones Dishwashing company, another concern that was located through the efforts of the Inventors and In- ! vestors' council, reports that it is doing well. It now has six of the small and one of the large machines completed. Four deliveries jave been made, and it is said that practically all of the completed machines have been sold.

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C. A. HELLWIG-

About four years ago C. A. Hellwig came to Whiting from Ind., where for nine years he had conducted a bakery, grocery.

and undertaking establishment and where he had also served on the board of education and three years as alderman. Mr. Hellwig came here to take charge of the undertaking establishment of Charles A. Johnson when the latter was elected county auditor end compelled to move to Crown Point. Ever since coming to Whiting Mr. Hellwig has been a live wire in business, fraternal and political circles. In business circles he has become an imprftant factor. His improvements to the undertaking establishment are too numerous to mention. In addition he has added greatly to the livery end of his business. Recently he has purchased new horses and also carriages. Owing to his being president of the Liverymen's Association of Northern Indiana he has become very well-known at this end of the state. Mr. Hellwig 1b a firm believer in fraternal organizations, being a member 'of the Modern Woodmen of the! World, IC. of fj. Uniform Rank K. of P. Co. No. 1 of Lafayette, Ind Knights of Khorrasan, Pythia n Sisters, Odd Fellows, Order of Owls and Daughters of Rebekah. In politics he is a staunch republican and has been a true friend of the G. O. P. since coming here. He was chief of the fire department, but was appointed to the city council to fill the vacancy left by George Hornecker leaving Whiting. He then resigned the former to accept the latter. Since being in the council Mr. Hellwig has proven himself a worthy representative of the people. He has ben chairman of several committees and was one of the park committee. Mr. Hellwig's interests do not lie only in Indiana, for he also has an interest in gold mines in Black Hills, 3. D. The location of these mines, consisting of 40 Oacres, is w'ithln one and one-half miles from Rockford. The machinery consists of a shaft 106 feet deep, another forty feet and yet another thirty feet deep, is all up and operations will begin as soon as the weather permits. Owing to Mr. Hellwig's pleasing and accommodating manner he has made hosts of friends during his short residence in our city, and is the only man in Whiting who dDesn't kick if business is dead.

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DEARBOR Workmen s . poolroom, near busily engaged habitable, and the Dearborn Park Clark Station, are in making the place it is understood in sporting circles that business will begin Saturday. The Chicago Tribune in its issue this morning says, however: "Governor Thomas R. Marshall will block the plans of the Chicago gambling syndicate to reopen the old Dearborn Park poolroom near Clark Station by .directing an attack against the telephone or telegraph companies should they attempt to carry or furnish racing information for the pooroom bettors. "In a long distance telephone conversation last evening the Indiana execu tive told the Tribune that he would strike higher than the poolroom, as the Indiana law was specific in its prohibition of the furnishing of racetrack news by common carriers. "Without wire service of some telegraph or telephone company it will be impossible for the new syndicate to operate the poolroom. The Chicago gamblers never have had any trouble PLENTY OF TIM Some people have so much time that they never get anything done. They re always "just going to." By th way, now is the time to subscribe for this paper RIGHT NOW. D'y hf-f

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OL-SELLI in this city to obtain any sort of wire service they desired, and from the preparations being made to open the place near Gary either Saturday or early next week it is unlikely that the promoters have figured on the new stumbling block which Governor Marshall has placed in their way. ' 'There will be no poolroom operated at Clark Station,' said the governor unequivocally. 'The law provides that no common carrier shall furnish racing information for betting purposes, and if it is attempted I. shall put the telephono or telegraph company that does it out of business. " 'I have had to resort to threats in the past to stop thi ssort of thing. The time for threats is past, and if he common carriers try to evade the law again they will be driven out of the state. Just as soon as I learn that anything of the sort is being attempted legal action will be started. "'I have heard nothing officially about the plans for reopening the pool room. My advice so far is limited to the stories that have appeared in the newspapers.' " OS ARE OPENED THIS MORI G Three bids were opened at the meet ing of the board of public works this morning for the new municipal lighting contract. There were three bidders, the Northern Indiana Gas &' Electric Light company, the South Shore Interurban Railway company, and a coterie of Hammond men composed of Messrs. C. E. Bauer, V. CJ. Paxton, Otto Knoerzer and Joseph Weis, William Ahlborn. The matter of awarding the contract was laid over from this morning's session until tomorrow, but it is not improbable that the board may take the matter under still further consideration. TIMES "ADS" Ann bi?sixkib

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Never in Many Years Has Such Fine Ice Been Harvested ,and It Ranges to 16 Inches in Thickness 65,000 Tone Cut Here. There will be no excuse for highpriced ice next summer, for a bumper crop is being harvested. On Wolf lake, Hammond, the Ice ranges in thickness from 14 to 16 inches, it all depending on the amount of snow in the ice. Altogether it is the best crop that ice companies have had in many, years. With thick ice the cost of harvesting is considerably reduced as compared with former yers, and a better grade is secured, all of which is in favor of the company and which ought to bring about reasonable prices next summer. Working 300 Men. "Bill" Thompson, superintendent of the G. II. Hammond Ice company, is employing 300 men daily, and is cutting and storing 4.000 tons a day. The icehouse has a capacity of 66,00 tons and at the rate that the crop is being harvested the work will be finished by Jan. 11. Plenty of Ice in the County, The Knickerbocker Ice company and the other companies operating 5n Lake county are working proportionately, the ice crop being equally good all over Lake county. Ice is being cut on Lake George in Hammond, and another big force of men is at work at Cedar Lake, where the Armour Packing companyhas a big icehouse. Other Towns Busy. In the other towns in the county the ice harvest is in full swing too. Lake George, Hobart, affords the best place there for ice, while Fancher Lake, Crown Point; Lake Seven and the brick yard pond afford good ice at the coun ty seat. Lowell too has the advantage of big pond for its ice harvest. The smaller towns, such as Dyer, St. John, Munster and Griffith, have all goodsized ponds from which they can take their ice supplies for next summer. HAMHOND PEOPLE 00 VERY WELL Red Cross Stamps to Tune of 10,000 Sold in This City. Through the sale of the Cross stamps, the generous Hammond have contributed into the Red Cross society the building of a national hospital. Hammond's generosity, little Red people of over $100 fund, for tubercular compared with last year, has increased threefold, and this year it wlil be found that Hammond will have made a creditable showing in comparison with other cities of its size in the state. The appreciation for this work is due first of all to the purchasers, and secondly, to the business houses and business men who put the tamps on sale in their places and lat but not leat to Mr. J. M. Turner, who has had charge of the sale of the lied Cross stamps in Hammond. Mrs. Turner has put out about 12,000 stamps, nearly all of which, according to reports that she has received, were sold. A few days before Christmas she had a number of additional calls, which she referred to the business men. The season for the sale of the Ftamps has not closed yet, and it will be proper to send even a few days after New Year's. This ought to exhaust the supply in Hammond. THE TIMES CAX GET TOIT ASY-

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Gary Looks Forward to! Unparalleled Prosperity in 1910. The payment of $4,405,C00 into" the hands of the wage earners of; Gary during the year 1909 tells a ' graphic story of what the gigantio steel trust is doing for this region, at the present time. The Times is able to state that this figure is as near authentic as can be determined by those who are in a position to know. ' - WHAT IT REPRESENTS. This figure of nearly four million and a half represents in concrete form what the' Illinois Steel company and its subsidiary corporations Is accomplishing in the way of populating Lake county, providing the people with adequate means of 'sustenance and turning an enormous stream of gold into the coffers of the bankers, merchants .contractors, public corpo rations and diversified interests which profit thereby. WHAT COI-U CASH MEANS. Cold cash, paid to the salaried men and wage earners of a city represent (Continued on Page Eight.) CRUMPAGKER TO TAKE OP HARBOR MATTER Congressman Will AppearBefore Rivers and Harbors Committee. MEETING HELD NEXT WEEK Many Corporations and Private En terprises Are Working on the Project. Washington, Dec. 30. Represents tive Crumpacker intends to apear before the rivers and harbors committee of the house at a meeting to be held next week in behalf of the Indi-: ana Harbor project. He will ask the committee to include an appropriation for the maintenance of that work. Tha secretary of war recommended in his annual report that the government take over the Indiana Harbor project and appropriate, money with which to maintain the harbor and the canal, which is about three miles in length, extending from Lak Michigan to th Grand Calumet river. The many large ci porations and pri. vate enterprises located in that region have ben working on this river and canal project for some Unit, and a f-anal two hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep has been dug about two miles. Representative Crumpacker will not ask for any appropriation from the government to help carry on. this gigantic piece of work, as it is to be entirely finished by the private concerns interested in the canal. He will ask that the government take it over and appropriate enough money to maintain it, as recommended by th secretary of war. , A year ago last October, Represents tive Theodore Burton, of Cleveland, then chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of the house, visited this harbor and canal and made a thorough inspection of ti e work. He then, pronounced It one of the most meritorious pieces of work he had seen any where. THEKE ARE FOVR COPIES OF TTTH TIMES SOLD IX IIAMMOXD FOR EVERT COPV SOI.D RV AX Y OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOU THREE TIMES AS MITCH SEWS FOR OXE CEXT AS OTHER PAPERS DO FOR TWO CEXTS.

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