Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 173, Hammond, Lake County, 11 January 1910 — Page 5
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practically all night. A certain young ' the Nickel Plate railroad, whichiruns
man Is said to be in charge of the crap
shooting feature." " " - Of course, the presence of .some of the minors who are found in the pool rooms about the city is explained by
the fact-that they are pin Setters on
through the city on the bias. As the Nickel Plate and Michigan Central railroads are both New York Central lines, the plan would be feasible, and as the Erie and Monon railroads both run over the Western Indiana railroad from
Pinchot's Successor as Chief Forester
the bowling alley. The proprietors of ! the state line ,it woiild be feasible in
LE1S
The Men's club of Hammond will meet tonight at the rooms of the Hammond Athletic association for the purpose of discussing questions of interest, to the people of Hammond. The meeting will be called toorder at 8 o'clock, and in view of the fact that the questions for idscusslon are all lives ones, it is expected that there will be considerable interest taken in the program. The meeting will also have the social features that have characterized the former meetings of this club. The members of the club are requested to bring prospective members with them. The following are the questions tha$
win De taiien up ror consideration:
1. Homes Frank S. Betz and George
J. Locklin. '
2 The City Beautiful W. . B. Conkey
and 1. L. Bomberger.
3. How Shall Hammond Retain Ita Commercial Supremacy A. P. Knotts and A. M. , Turner. There will be a
good musical program during the even ing.
NEWS Of
PURCHASE
VERIFIED
Hubbard & Co. of Pittsburg, an old established concern which makes a specialty of manufacturing steel rail
road equipment, has purchased the
plant of the Davidson Foundry com
pany at tasi unicago ana will at once
enlarge the plant for the purpose of supplying the western market and competing with the American Car & Foundry company in this locality. Hubbard & Co. are to manufacture steel casting instead of the gray iron castings that the Iavidson Foundry company has been manufacturing. It
inese places say that it is imoossi
ble to get any one else to do this work. They do not explain, however, how it is that some of these young boys re permitted to play "play pool" and other games of the kind when they are not at work. 4. PLA.Y POOL FOR MOSEY. la some-of the place's the pin-setters will earn a little money, and then spend it shooting craps or in playing pool for money. It is also said that youngsters will bowl for 25 cents to $1 a game. But it is not the gambling feature so much as the atmosphere of these places, one in particular that is so bad. For young men to associate with' coke fiends, loafers and thieves is anything but elevating. It is known that at least one place in the city to eliminate the - young toughs and to allow only men of age to visit their places. That the management has occasionally allowed minors to frequent the place is due to the failure of the police department to enforce the city ordinances without fear or favor.
this case. Further details of this great plan may be learned at the meeting of the Hammond Business Men's association, which is to be held next Thursday. The place of meeting has not vyet been definitely determined. Other speakers on the program will be Mayor Becker, who will talk on the legal bhases of track elevation; F. S. Betz, who will talk on the question of probable cost; W. B. Conkey, who will talk on the benefits to be derived from track elevation, and A. M. Turner who will talk on "When and How This Great Work Ought To Be Accomplish
ed. "
WHITIIIG
DEMOCRATS
HAMMOND NEWS
GUST REPUBLICANS City Administration Throws the Hooks Into democratic Officeholders.
TRIED PUBLIC SERVANTS FIRED
Clay Collins and Williams Emmel Are Dismissed By Mayor Parks.
(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., Jan. 11. The new democratic administration of Whiting went on record last night in favor of the notorious spoils system, the coun
cil, with the exception of two men. Tip
ton and Paskwietz, republicans, votinir
In favor of a resolution asking for a
UTfcH.id Jint a.lax Mrt niL u .m,t. -,ea ana true employes
?ve local oys fo-
Files New Cases. Prosecuting Attorney Charles Green-
wald today filed a number of -state' cases in -preparation of the opening of; 1 1 1 o rrlminol rnb- .i - X l , (
- l. iicai iuunuaj. ine case filed were as follows: Peter Clark, charged with keeping a
gambling house.- - Raymond Smith,! charged with petit larceny. Frank Ga-i luza, charged with forgery. John and I Mary Tudor, charged with fogery. ' James Huddleson, charged with keeping1
a gambling house, and James Cahill and Edward Baer, charged with forgery. The eases which were- left over last term will be taken up tomorrow. The
court today was engaged In hearing t
motions.
Charged With Larceny. A fellow representing himself as an insurance agent, is wanted on the charge of larceny, he having gained acces sto the home of Jonn Thiel, 135 Clinton street. He len shortly afterward taking possession of the room, taking with him property belonging to other roomers. Among other things he took a gold watch and chain and an overcoat belonging to Oscar- Anderson, a roomer. - - - - - Where Is Abe? Where is Abe Robinson, better known as "Nigger" Robinson? Chief Austgen received a letter from Abe's mother, at Continental, Ohio. She wants to hear from her son. It is thought that Abe is somewhere in this region, presumably in Gary.
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; Marshall stood with his hands in his ; pockets when the county local option bill was up for repeal, and he did noth
ing to repeal the bill even after he had been elected to the governor's chair on the anti-temperance plank of the democratic platform
RIOT AT STANDARD STEEL CAR DISTRICT (Continued from Page 1.) control of the situation. One of the prisoners was so refractory that it was necessary to tie him with a rope. It seems that there had been bad blood between Solan's men and. the
Greeks. To get at the former's chick11. Governor , en coop and rob it evidently seemed to Indiana was the Greeks with Theodore Tsoudis as
boomed for president on the. democratic their leader to be the best way to get ticket for 1912 at the fourteenth an- ; revenge. But Tsoudis is said to have
Lafayette, Ind., Jan.
Thomas R. Marshall of
nuai Danquet or the Jackson club held in this city last night. I No attempt was made by the club to ; make this event as prominent in politics as banquets held heretofore on acj count of the off year in campaign ac
tivities.
Albert FPo tt&jz
Potter who succeeds Isifford Plnchot as forester of the United States.
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mis' sale was prophesied in The
Times some time ago. It is now said that the deal has been consummated and that this foundry will become one of the most valuable industries that East Chicago has. When interviewed over the telephone this afternoon one of the officials of the Davidson Foundry company refused to confirm ' the story, but he also re
fused to deny it. The facts were, how
ever, learned from another source,
The plant of the Davidson Foundry
company Is located at 144th street and
Railroad avenue, on the Indiana Harbor
canal.
NORTH SIDE CITIZENS HOLD VERY IMPORT
ANT MEETING
Continued from Page One.)
the proposed sewer takes the follow
ing course, approximate figures of
depth and cost being added: Two
blocks north on Calumet avenue to Chi
cago avenue, three-ring brick sewer
8 feet in diameter, 22 feet deep, J23 a foot. Th. Went Itrnnch. We. t branch, on Chicago avenue west
about four blokes, 5 foot sewer 15 feet ; deep, $3 a foot. Continue west to Hoh-1 man street with 4 foot sewer, 14 f eet j deep, " a foot. Hohman street to Shef- ' field avenue, 3 foot sewer, 12 feet deep, at $4 a foot. Continue on Hohman
street north to Root street with 3 foot sewer, 13 feet deep, $4.50 a foot. From Root street to State Line street, 2 foot sewer, 6 to 10 feetdeep, $3.50 a foot. From Root street north on Hohman, an 18-inch tile. ' The- East Craneh. East Branch: One 149th street from Oalumet avenue to Columbia avenue, 5 foot sewer, 15 feet deep. $7 a foot.
Continue four block- east from Columbia avenue with 4 foot sewer, 12 feet deep, at $6 a foot. Thence east to the city limits with 3 foot sewer, 9 feet deep, at $4 a foot. With these figures the north side property owners or enabled to begin their debate as to whether they want to improve their portion of the town in this manner or not. The assessment is figured to be a comparatively small one for the great amSTmt of good that will be derived from the cross-town sewer, and the system is so figured that
it will not in any way interfere with any sewers already laid and that those
which may be laid in the future may
easily be led into the district sewers. ,'ew Officer Klected.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President Cornelius Burns. Vice president A. T. Dyke. Secretary J. E. Marky. Treasurer Conrad Markmueller.
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nation of thy employes at the next regular session hits such men as Sergeant Clay Collins, who has been on the po
lice force for thirteen years; William
Emmel, who has served the city well for fourteen years. They are republicans in politics, but it is not known
that they ever permitted politics to in
terfere with their duty as they saw it.
A Ptcaynnlsh Spirit. In the fire department the decree
hits two men, John Cameron and John Roberts. C. O. Record was appointed chief some time ago, the department being constituted of three men. In the police department Patrick Lawler was reappointed, but his men will have to go. This includes Sergeant Clay Collins. William Emmel, Patrick Mullaney, David PinKerton, Joseph Vacha and John Hughes.
The councilmen voting for the resolution were Baran, a republican; Duggan, Donnegan, Buczkowskl, democrats. Those against the resolution were Tipton and Paskwletz, republicans. This picayunlsh spirit was carried father into a discussion ah to whether the clerks to the city treasurer, D. D.
Griffith, and the city clerk, George W. Jone-s, ought fo be retained. It was finally agreed that Miss Edith Langenham and Miss Marguerite Griffith, clerks to Mr. Jones and Mr. Griffith, should be retained.
, i Never again swore John Newcomb in the city court this noon when. he was arraigned -on the charge of being drunk. He was fined $1 and costs by Judge Bamett, the fine being suspended until February. It seems that Newcomb and his wife, who keeps a boarding house at 242 Fayette street, are separated. They have five children. Newcomb came to
Hammond yesterday and ended the da;
in a bi gtoot. About midnight he de
cided that he would go back to his
spouse, but she turned him away and was ably assisted by two boarders, J.
A. Bauer and Charles Stoecker.
Newcomb's appearance caused some disturbance, which finally needed the intervention of the police. Newcomb
left for Rensselaer this afternoon.
Worse Today.
Mrs. Jacob Busch of Lansing, who
was severely burned about a week ago
and then gave birth to a son while i
St. Margaret's hospital, is reported to
be very much worse today. She was reported to be somewhat better yesteday, but her condition today gave very
little hope for recovery.
WEATHER
BOYVILLE LADS
IN POOLROOMS
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on In one of the Hammond poolrooms,
and that it formerly continued until
late in the evening and Into the early
morning hours. The place In the old opera house In particular keeps open
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Hammond Girl Helping. Miss Geraldine Renbarger of Ham
mond is assisting in the city clerk's office, Gary, during the absence of the
regular deputy, Miss Lager, who is ill
IN AND AROUND GARY i ' 1
BUS
NESS
The moderation in the weather is
generally acceptable, in that it permits
business reaction. The intense cold
of the past six weeks or two months has had the effect of putting a stop
to certain lines of activity. The building.buslness has been paralyzed by the
cold and there are numerous other lines
of business that have been affected.
A couple of months ago the merch
ants were praying for cold weather as an aid to business, and now they are
PELTIER LOSES.
Billiard Game Goes to At
kins at Gary.
The first game of t?he Gary billiard
tournament at Umpleby & Decker' parlors took place last night whe
Peltier ,200, played Atkins, 105, th
former being defeated by a score o
183 to 150. The game was very exciting until the last string when Atkins, who was nearly fifty points behind, played strong and finished as strong as his opponent. Peltie's high runs were 19, 12, 11, 11, an daverage 2 16-67. Atkins' high runs were 12, 12, 11, with an average of 2 16-67. A large crowd gathered to witness
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I The Jackson club probably is the strongest political organization In this ; state outside of Indianapolis, and has ! a membership of over 500. It was at jits annual banquet two years ago that
William J. Bryan made his first formal announcement of his candidacy for president of the United States. Many Telegrams of Regret. Telegrams of regret were received from scores of public men who could not be present, chief of whom were Governor Thomas R. Marshall, Senator Benjamin Shively of South Bend. Congressman A. J. Sabbath of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, John W. Kern of Indianapolis, and- Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis. S. M. Ralston of Lebanon, twice nominee for secretary of state, spoke orT "Our Party." Lieutenant Governor Frank Hall and District chairman C. J. Murphy of Brookston were also among the speakers. D. M. Boyle of this city acted as toastmaster, and short talks were made by prominent democrats of this city and state. While talking of the high cost of living, ex-Mayor Moltzman.of Indianapolis mentioned the name of Governor Thomas Marshall as the man of the hour, and the applause which1 followed were weak. He lauded GoveThor Marshall in eloquent terms and pointed him out as one of the greatest men In the democratic ranks today. Senator Shively was paid a glowing tribute by all the speakers, and the best of harmony existed throughout the meeting. Although the name of Governor Marshall was received with only a certain amount of enthusiasm, the leaders of the Jackson club do not look upon him as their choice for the head of the ticket.
several prominent members of the
is an Arizona man and while a sheep raiser In Arirona was secretary of the
Arizona Wool Growers' association. '
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HGINEER MAKES IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATION TO GARY DADS
John W. Alvord of Chicago, the en
gineer who designed tne uary waiei
supply and sewage system, appeared be
fore the Gary council last night and urged that steps be taken to prepare for the installation of the purification beds
which will be necessary when the town
becomes larger. He thought it advisable to purchase the necessary property at the present time.
Before entering into his recommen
dations, Engineer Alvord explained how
the Gary sewer system was constructed like a tree with all its branches and
twigs. The idea of the sewer system
was to keep the lake free, from all sewage and to drain the city so that
it will in no manner contaminate the
city's water supply, directly or Indi
rectly.
At present the flow of water in the
sewers is north into the Grand Calu
met river, where the water has been found to be too stagnant and too directly connected with the lake to per
mit the drainage to go into this stream The idea of having the flower north
ward when it Is eventually expected to have it go south to the purification beds
is so that the surface water after each
rain can be diverted to that outlet
When the "dry
south by a pumping station, which would have been found necessary in any event. In the opinion of the engineer, however, that the sewage system in Gary has been constructed far enough with the reversed flow of water and that it Is time to turn the flow southward, in future sewer construc
tion. Mr. Alvord also thought that it would
club were interviewed, and the attitude that Mr. Marshall took when the county local option till was tip for repeal a year ago last spring does not meet with their approval. Naturally his name would bring forth applause at such a meeting as last night, but Governor Harmon of Ohio stands far ahead of Governor Marshall as a presidential possibility in this city and section of the state. Arrange Big I-ove Feast. The democrats here argue that Mr.
been caught redhanded and Solan and his men soon yanked Tsoudis from the chicken coop to their private apartments. With one rooster under his arm Tsoudis put up a game struggle, but was finally overcome by the larger number. In the meantime his friends had , appeared on the scene. Company house 157 became a fortress in which Solan and his men were quartered with one prisoner, while the enemy from company house 156 made the attack. Wlndorrji Are Smashed. They had no cannon or howitzer so they used whatever came nearest to hand and fired it at the Solan apartment. A long-handled hatchet did good service to break up the window panes and frames, but this was slow work, so somebody just heaved a bench through -the window. Beer bottle which had been emptied during the days of celebration and which lay about, also formed good missiles and every one was good for at least one window pane. Finally the beleaguered forces., and the besiegers got together and they mixed in a hand-to-hand battle which was fierce. Hard fists resounded on hard pates and sweat began rolling down their grimy features before' the battle was half over. Other occupants of the building who were atracted by the noise stood around in groups and looked on as the battle was carried from one room to another. Medical Attention Needed. Finally the officers arrived on the scene and brought some order into the shambles. When the noses were counted all wer) found alive, but some of tha warriors w.;-5 much the worse for thyf scrap. Theoctr Tsoudis, one of the prisoners, needed -oedical attention. Practically Susnded. Out door construction wor; at the Indiana Steel company's plant has been practically suspended on account of the cold weather. Very little work ia being done at the coke ovens at the present time an that which Is, Is un-
in other departments of the mills where like work Is going on.
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r. o .cnito from the cold as the match, which was exciting at times
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an aid to business. acn P'
The warmer . weather will have the tournament a Uiw.6
effect of aiding in the movement or cara w - , '
freight and this is a matter of great JViaa, i, "u iKCiui, Importance to the community. In fact, ; scheduled to play tonight.
the congestion of freight in the yards i
has been a matter of great concern to consignees and shippers all over the
require about eighty acres of land for
the purification beds which he devised
the city to procure immediately. In his opinion Gary will need the plant installed when it becomes a. city of 25,000
inhabitants, which he thought would be in the near future.
The means of Gary's sewage disposal
will be by a purification process widely
adopted in England, but which as yet
is little known in America," said Mr. Alvord. "The process Is to separate the liquid from the solid water first and then dispose of the substance after
ward. The liquor after being drawn off is purified by a spray over a bed of open stone laid over beds of sand. This water then filters through the sand Into
the drains where It runs off pure enough to turn Into any stream. The
solids are dissolved Into gases which
are entirely inoffensive. They are best described as marsh gases which are harmless and can scarcely be noticed.
The entire plant is entirely Inoffensive,
"I believe that Gary's sewage system
will be as near perfect as it can be
made. The purification beds is the mar
cel of sanitary sewage disposal of the
age. Not only is this question a vital
one to Gary, but to the entire Calumet
district, which faces the same problem in common. I would suggest that a
sewage can be pumped sanitary commission for this region be
selected so that they may be able to
study the situation impartially and assist the cities of the region to work In unionism in the solution of the ques
tion. This will eventually be one great
community and they will be greatly hampered if they find at that time widely diversified systems of sewage disposal which the various cities have adopted."
Who said "Coal Shortage?" I desire to announce to the people of Hammond that I am here with the "goods" and I am ready to supply my patrons both present and prospective An inventory of the fuel in my yards show the following which will be disposed of at the old prices: 400 tons of Hocking Valley Coal 200 tons of Pocahontas Coal 50 tons of egg hard Coal 50 tons of range Coal 50 tons of chestnut C 50 tons of pea Coal 50 tons of cannel Coal 3 car loads of wood
GEORGE P. STOUT
Sohl St. near Nickel Plate tracks
Phone 249
country.
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GARY AND W. WILL COME DOWN TOWN CContlnued from Page !
FIREMEN BUSY
building new yards on the outskirts of the city. Hammond would not be cut up by
Gary Fire Fighters Kept on the Jump.
The local fire department was called out yesterday and this morning on three calls, but the damage was slight in each case. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock the department was called to 338 Tyler street, in the Kirk settlement, to put out a fire at the home of Michael Bet
ter. It was caused by a defective flue in the kitchen chimney and but for the timely arrival of the department several houses in the neighborhood
were in danger, as sparks from the chimney had started fire to the roof. Last night, about 8 o'clock, a shack belonging to a foreigner was damaged by fire on Adams street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenths avenues. The department was called about 7 o'clock this morning to 2257 Adams street to put out a fire in a shed, which was being used for a smoke house. Part of the building was damaged, and as a result the owner will feed on roast pork for some time to come.
Pryale New Captain. Yesterday afternoon toward the close of the afternoon school period at the Emerson school, ten of the students, members of the high school football team of last year, were awarded primary honors in the way of being presented with "G's." Harry Jryale was elected captain or
the Gary high school team for next year, and upon his election he was presented with a new pigskin football by retiring Captain Claude Bowlby. Four students were presented with secondary letters. The afternoon's entertainment was conluded with talks by Superintendent W. A. Wirt, E. A. Sargent, R. D. Netherton and former Captain Claude Bowlby. Following are the students who received the honors.
First letters or honors Claude Bowlby, Edward Paine, Ed. Kleinschmidt, Paul Hake, Harry Pryale, Joseph Millstone, Ff' Knotts, Eugene Knotts, Hubert Highlands, Jess Blake.
Secondary letters were presented to
the following Frank Tuttles, Amos !
Thatcher, Ralph Smith, George Holmes.
The quarantine has been raised from the home of Dr. B. S. Gardner, where for the'past several days his 6-year-old son has been suffering from scarlet fever. Although the child haos recovered from the fever, he still remains in a very weakened condition.
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