Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 169, Hammond, Lake County, 6 January 1910 — Page 1

January will not foe a dull bmstaess MOBffliig .yoia

. VTEATBEBi Continmed cold toaight; Frifay 9rtl7 cloudy, with rUtng temyf luxe.

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910.

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If Blaze Broke Out, City would be

at Mercy of Flames. Anchor Ice Menaces the Entire City.

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Authorities of City Face Serious Problem in Providing Water Supply.

With but seven pounds of pressure ' In the Hammond water mains at 1 three o'clock this morning, the entire business district of the city could not have escaped destruction by fire if

one had had a good start.

well know the facts. This city would have been as helpless to save its self as Chicago wa3 at the time of the great fire, if a conflagration had

started. PROVE REAL. HEROES. Sevon pounds of pressure in the mains and the city engineers say they could not have forced another gallon through If they had been paid at the rate of $100 a gallon. And after hours of work, in which

t the - pumping station .. "Kr hve btM?nproving thenisefvis.xeal. heroes, the pressure at noon today ' was only twenty-two pounds.

For the past four weeks the city has been compelled to go to the expense of , hiring a South Chicago tug and a number of men to keep the slush ice out of the intake. RISK LIVES FOR WATER. Many times Joe Kasper and several faithful men have been compelled to risk their lives in rowboats in order to get the slush ice out of the Intake and once three men were carried two miles out in the lake by a moving field of ice, where they faced death from exposure, rather than see the city of Hammond in danger of destruction by Are. And in Hammond the inconvenience to thousands of people has been so great as to call attention to the fact

WHAT IS SLUSH ICEf "Slunk lee In Ire that freeses under tbe nurfaee of the water. It doea not form la cakes as is generally aupposed. Drop am anchor line In the water for a few minutes and then pull It ool and yon will find that It Is completely covered with lee needles. These needles are about 1-OltU of an Inch thick and about three or four Inches Ions. ' "Apparently they will not form unless they have something , to adhere to. They form on the bottom of the lake, on the sides of piers and on anything; thnt is Immersed in the water for any length of time. I mia-ht remark that slush, or needls Ice, as it is sometimes called, seems to hove a remarkable tendency to form on the -screens protecting? Intakes.' "JOE KASPER."

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Last of Obstacles Removed to Acquisition of Chicago

Terminal Co. By Balti

more & onio means a Great Deal to Hammond.

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A new railroad for Hammond and

East Chicago with the possibilities of

. having new depots in each place is the i outcome of the consummation of the

' plans of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-

i road to purchase the Chicago Terminal

Transfer Railroad company,

It is announced this morning that the 1 last of the obstacles to the acquisition

of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Co,

; by the Baltimore and Ohio road have

' been removed by a decision in the fed-

' eral court by Judge Kohlsaat.

The decision is to the effect that

Frank Brainard and other eastern hold

ers of the common stock of the terminal

did not have the right to file a petition

attacking the validity of the Baltimore & Ohio's lease of facilities f rom the

Terminal company.

The real significance of this an

nouncement is that the Chicago Termln

al Transfer Railroad company, a second

rate terminal, with second rate facilities, will be converted Into an up-to-date terminal with the best depot and other facilities in the city. To Be Great Road, The Chicago Terminal Transfer Rail, road company already has the Wabash railroad as a tenant, and with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as another tenant, it would be warranted in greatly

Jniproviox lis. depot -facUtl

The First County Candidate to Announce for Coming Campaign

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His Sway Over Democratic Party in Indiana is Complete Twelve Chairmen Elected Being: His

HARMONY It! CIU? Rows in Tenth and Thirteenth District Attract

I . Attention Over State:

E. SIK SHOVJED STRENGTH

W. A. HILL . OF HAMMOND. W. H. Hill, whose announcement for the republican nomination for county treasurer of Lake is made public todayv a man of wide acquaintance, in' Lake county politics. He has lived in the county seventeen years. "One year he' taught school in East Chicago and sixteen , in Hammond. . For fifteen years he was principal of the -Hammond high, school,. He is a member' of "sthe Masonic order, Royal League, Hammond' Business Men's association and director; - 44 fc&ke. Cui; icrtary t

The Baltimore & Ohio road has been the city central repOnfican vcottnnlttse In th. tcent campaign, and has always

Democratic County Chairman Shows Up Outside of

Lake County Witl More Strength in District Convention Than Opponents.

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HAMMOND PEOPLE ' ARE HELD

UP

Wolf Lake Reported by

Health Inspectors As Being a Mudhole Harboring Disease Germs of All

Sorts.

Wreck on Rock Island Delays Patrons of Lake Shore Suburban.

skirting , the lake from Seventy-fifth street, through South, Chicago, " Robertsdale, Whiting and Indiana Harbor to Pine Station. The change of route will bring it through Hammond over the Western Indiana and Chicago Terminal Transfer tracks, and the route will be from Hammond to East Chicago and Gary. It will afford the people 'of the north side, Hammond, another means of transportations to Gary. -

Probably the most important, feature of the new deal is the fact that the Hammond and East Chicago manufac

turers will be given access to one of the best freight roads In the country

for eastern shipments.

In connection with the sale of the

terminal, it is said, the aBltimore &

Ohio will re-organize it under anoth

er name and spend several millions of dollars on the property with a view to making it one of the finest terminal

properties in the west.

taken an active part in politics. His friends are out In earnest for his suc

cess at the coming county convention. '

DR. OWEN CALLS THE TIES A LIVE

IRE

Traffic was tied up for nearly an hour four freight cars and two coaches were partly -wrecked, a lot of Hammond people were delayed and a number of railroad employes narrowly escaped in. jury shortly- before 8 o'clock yester

day morning by a peculiar collision between two trains of empty passenger coaches and a freight train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad. The crash occurred a few yards north of West Sixteenth street. Wrecking crews were put to work immediately, but it was nearly 9 o'clock before the wreckage had been removed and the suburban tracks cleared. The collision is believed to have been cause dby a switch being left open when it should have been closed.

BETZ BUYS OUT ANOTHER GOU

LME CD. OFFICIAL REPORTED VERY III

(Special to Thb Times.)

Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 6. August Neunfeldt, superintendent of the -Lake county poor' farm and asylum, is reported to be in a precarious condition as a result of an " attack of internal hemorrhage, of which he fell victim to yeserday. His condition is said to be critical and. his many friends here are greatly concerned over the outcome. Mr. Neunfeldt is known throughout Lake county, where hopes and best wishes for his recovery will be general.

The Knickerbocker Ice company, which is now harvesting ice at Wolf Lake in Hammond, will be strictly watched by the Indiana and Chicago health officials, -who will see to it that the company does not sell any ice from Wolf Lake for - domestic use. The Knickerbocker Ice company sells ice in Gary. East Chicago, Whiting, Ham

mond and in every city in northern Lake county and the sale of ice for domestic use will be tolerated no more in these cities than in Chicago. This is particularly true of ice harvested on

Wolf Lake. luspeetors Report. Health Commissioner W. A. Evans of Chicago has begun an investigation to safeguard the city's supply for next summer. His inspectors have reported to him that Wolf Lake is a "mudhole, harboring disease germs of all sorts." The explanation of the ice company is that the ice is to be used for refrigerating purposes only. Destination Will Be Watched. Dr. Gottfried Koehler, head of the

Chicago food inspection department, t mills, an eastern concern. The con-

says that inspectors will keep a close watch on the final destination of this ice. An Inspector now is at the lake watching the harvesting. "Last summer we were informed by a Hammond physician that this Wolf Lake ice was being sold by the Knickerbocker Ice company for domestic use," said Dr. Koehler yesterday. "We made an investigation, but were unable to

verify the charge. We could not learn

whether the ice was sold in Illinois or Indiana. The company is under bonds to use this ice only for refrigeration purposes, even now." John 8. Field, president of the Knickerbocker company, last evening denied that there was any effort on the part of that concern to use the ice for domestic use. "All of the ice for family use is inspected before it is cut by city inspect

ors, and It is inspected again aner u is

in the sheds," said Mr. Field. 'This other ice is used only for refrigeration. There is Ino danger that any of it will find Us way into the family ice box."

F. S. Bets of the company having the same name today closed a deal where

by the local concern takes over the en

tire output of the Glendale Woollen

The poetical Dr. Owen of New York

city Is Irrepressible. Upon the receipt of the skull he ordered from Frank S.

Betz of this 'city, he has again burst

into poetry. ,

It Is presumed from the experience

that he has already had with Mr. Beta

that Dr. Owen does most of his corre

spondence in verse." - In fact, his facile

pen seems -to reel off poems with surprising alacrity.- ' '

Dr. Owen is apparently one of those

rare optimists of the James B. Ellmore

type. Instead of writing, "Send that tep

bucks for services when Willie: has the

croup," it is presumed that Dr. Owen

writes his customers a little poem that

would sell for $10 anywhere.

Here is his latest effusion: "150 E. 127th street, "New Tork City. ! "Mr, Editor: ' "The spirit of Thb Times shall i teach me speed, permit ' me . to ; thank you for that 'jolt, that you , published on Dec. 27, 1909, regard- ; ing the skeleton. The power of the press is shown when I state the

skeleton arrived safely upon Jan. 1, 1910. Surely you are . the 'live . onl" out that way. ; . , ; I thank the jolter of the Jolt, 'T'nJas a iolt of high degree, , It jolted -the bones here mighty . t j quick, t , - . , - sFrom Franky Bets to me. , I was afraid he would give me No. - 18, : - - . ' . . , And .then bad luck there .would be. ; . , ; . But no, see how generals, He gave No. 10 to me. - - i : ' . - Then here is a toast to Frank Betr, May he advertise "plenty more." May he live in luck for a thousand -. , . years. , - i , Beside his cottage door. . t. f r '-.: . t , Again I thank you and will say you are, , - - ; Not dead ones out that way! , .. Why you have the ancients beat a thousand miles ; With a few more in between.

tract involves many thousand dollars and was made in order to put the lociil company In a better position to supply

hospitals, it being part of the business of the Betz company to furnish hospitals with everything possible. The Glendale Woolen mills' contract takes cares of all of the blankets that the

company puts out.

WQU FIGHTS FOR

LIFE AT HOSPITAL

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Mrs. Jacob Busch Fatally

Burned in Kerosene Explosion.

CATCHES FIRE

her. head to her knees, causing fatal burns. The unfortunate woman at first tried " to ' put out the flames without awaking the other members, of the family, but in a few seconds she realized

that she was helpless and then rushed

back to her bed, screaming while' she

ran. ; By " the -time the othet members of the family realized what had hap

pened the mother sank to the floor un conscious. " , Mrs.. Busch was taken, to St. Mar Earet's hospital at an early hour.

AUK THB PEOPLE WHO AlVrBIt riSE I If THE TIMES WHETHER IT AY8 OR MOT. IF THEY SAY II U1EIXT, DOXT ADVERT! SH.

SENATOR PERKINS HURT BY FALL Washington, D. C, , Jan. 6. Senator Perkins of California slipped on an icy sidewalk in front of his hotel this morning and it is believed he injured his spine severely. Senator Perkins was caried. to his' - apartments, where he was given prompt medical attention. - - - - . . -

The Gibson yards water tower, one of the largest in this part of the state, caught afire yesterday, and for a time it was feared that the fire might gain such headway as to burn away the

sub-structure, on which the tower stands, and thus wreck it. The fire had gotten eyond control when the yard employes attempted to thaw out

the water pipe leading to the tower.

"Billy" Nill and his men from No. 4

made a hard drive to Gibson and

brought the fire under control.

The truck wagon of station No. 1

was called out this morning, and smoke

from an unknown source having been

Fighting between life and death at

1 St. Margaret's hospital lies Mrs. Jacob Busch of Lansing, 111., who was fatally burned yesterday morning. Her chances for recovery this morning were very slim, although she was reported to be somewhat better. Mrs. Busch is about 30 years old, and is the mother of four children. Her husband Is a laborer, who is employed in Lansing. They live in one of the Vensteenberg cottages. Mrs. Busch arose about 2 o'clock yesterday morning to light the fire in the kitchen stovee, the stove having become cold. In order to hurry the work of building the fire, she poured kerosene Into the little fire that she had started. Oil Can Explodes. A flame shot up and followed the

SUES COMPANY Jesse Skelton Asks Damages:

for

Jesse Skelton has brought sui against the United Sta.tes Metals Re

fining company through his attorney, W. J. McAleer, for Injuries to his eye,

which he alleges resulted from the

carelessness of the company in not in

forming him of the character of the

metal with which he was working,

. Skelton claims that his duty was to

pulverise costlcwith a sledge ham

mer and that In so doing a piece flew up , struck him . in the eye. The eye

wot so badly Injured by the causti

that he was blind for several months.

The plaintiff asks for, (1,999 damages

discovered In the Dobin building, cor

ner State street and Oakley avenue. It stream of kerosene into the can, caus-

was later discovered that a misplaced ing the can to explode. The burning

THERE'S A CHASCB THAT TOO

OUGHT JSOT TO POSTPONE THAT "SHOPPING" AXY LONGER. . RE AO

THE TIMES' ADS AND SEE JW THIS

WHAT TIM SAYS OF IT "Give everybody a fair deal. That man Hour en called ,me a vile name on the. convention floor. I had to resent itl- Jo.; body who,v(ras a man would itave have permitted it. Why he tried to get Into the convention as a delegate from Hanover town-; ship. Ask John Rohde of Hammond if I am not telling the truth? Think of it. What right had he there. I treated him right before the convention, but no man can call me names. Give us all a square deal, that's all I ask, and you can run that in let

ters clear across your page. "T. W. ENGLEHART."

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"With the smoke of yesterday's demo.

cratic tenth district convention battle

cleared away,.the situation today looks

somewha brighter in the district. Aft-

r Charles F. Murphy of Brookston,

White county, had been named as

hairman and noses were counted, it

was found that he had no enemies in the district to begin with.

This, however, does not affect the

plit in Lake county with Ed Simon on

one side and Mayor Becker of Ham

mond and Tom Knotts of Gary on the

other. That split, it is predicted, will

not soon be repaired. The Becker-

Knotts forces, controlling twenty-three

votes, were the, first of the two -Lake county factions to go over to Murphy,

but it was Ed Simon,- the leader and

candidate of the other faction, who

moved to make the election of Murphy

unanimous. So while the Lake county

delegations cut their noses to spite

their faces, they are- with Murphy.

Murphy Under No Obligation to Nortn.

Mayor Becker did 'not appear before

the convention as an avowed candidate.

but the district chairmanship is ; said

to have been one of his aspirations for

years. If that is true he did not show

much more strength than did Ed Simon, who' had the Lake county ring against

him.

While Murphy is satisfactory to the

democrats of the district, the . Lake

county delegates will have to bear in

mind that he Is under no obligations

to them, as their support came only when his election . was assured.

It will do no good today and. it

would not have helped matters .any

yesterday, but there is some satisfac

tion in it to Ed Simon to know , that

his delegate strength In the' convention

was really greater than had been al

lowed him pro rata. A delayed mail

on the Monon brought him the proxies

of two St. John delegates, which if

they had arrived in time, would have added a little increase.

TIMES' BTOBATJ AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 6 Tom Taggart's sway over the democratic party in Indiana was never mora -effectually shown than it was yesterday in the election of members of the new democratic state committee in the various districts. The) new committee will be composed of

the following members: . First District Dr.'.T, D. Scales, - Boonville. ? . Second Fabius J. Gwinn, Shoals. Third Mar Storen, Scottsburg. 1 ;

Fourth Francis M. Griffith, Ve- ''. vay. ; .- ;

Fifth-rPfiter M. . : Foley Terr -

1 Sixth John H. bsborn, Greensburg. , Serenth-Bernard Korbly, Indians apolis. 1 Eighth George T. Beebe, Ander- ; son. ; . Ninth William E. Longley, No- - blesville. Tenth Charles F. Murphy, Brookston. Eleventh Edward E. Cox, Hartford City. Twelfth Edward G. Hoffman," Fort Wayne. Thirteenth Peter J. Kruyer, Ply-

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TWELVE FOR TAGGART. If Gwinn is not an anti-aggart mam then there is not an anti on the entire committee. It is known that all of the

tContlnued on page five.)

BRINGS SUIT HOIST HEINTZ FOR DAMAGES

Former Hammond Boy Is Sued for Three Thousand Dollars.

HAMMOND MAN

IS KILLED C. H. Stewart's ambulance was called to Blue Island this afternoon, an accident to a railroad man having been reported from there. No other information was given with the message, but It is thought that the injured man is from Hammond. v Later Otto . Cassady of 389 Alice street waa killed this morning at 5 o'clock at Biue Island. Mr. Cassady was employed as a switchman on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad.

Edward Matthles, by his father, Rob ert Matthles, has brought ttult against Frederick Helntz, formerly of this city and now residing in Indianapolis, to recover $3,000 damages for injuries young Matthies Is safd to have re ceived when he was run into by an au. tomobile driven by Helntz. The accident is alleged to have happened on the 31st day of May, 1909, about one-half of a mile south of the limits of the city. The plaintiff alleges that he was riding along the road on a motorcycle, In company with Harry Haehnel, at the rate of about twelve miles an hour, when without warning

he -was run into by Fred llejntz. who was going at a rate of fifty miles an hour. Plain View of Road. It is alleged that there were no con. structions on the road, and that there was no excuse for Helntz not to see the plaintiff. It is further alleged thatH

there was no warning signal of any kind. Matthies claims that his collarbone was broken and that he was badly bruised and injured. He claims that he was in bed two months as a result of the injury, and that, in addition to paying $45 for repairs on the motorcycle, he had to pay $50 for doc--tor's fees. $20 for medicine and lbst wagps to the amount of $10. The suit was filed by Attorney W. J. McAleer.

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oil was scattered over her clothes front fcg HOT Sft.

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