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OPINION
Bemonstrators Win Famous Legal Battle by Majority of Seven Signatures.
fiilllTIFF III THE FAMOUS REMONSTRANCE CASE
(Special to Thb Time.) j Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 15. In the decision rendered today by Judge H. B. Tuthill, of the Porter-LaPorte
superior court, the ban placed on the
Jignor '.. business , in Gary; twenty I-iv
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has eoneV -ifw-TTTKrw
. - .j&onSlT&hce against all applicants for
liquor license, remains intact, and the Steel City is destined to slake its thirst for at least three and a half more months via the water wagon.
Victory Is Complete. Though the victory of the remonetrators is complete and will hardly be subjected to further legal tests by higher tribunals it survived only by the narrow margin of seven votes, which, when compared with the original sixty majority, gives some idea of the relentlessness with which the remonstrance was fought. However, the lean majority of seven votes is as effective as the proverbial "miss is as good as a mile" and the denizens of Gary will be compelled to forego the public dispensaries ,of the amber fluid for the remaining few weeks covered by the remonstrance.
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(Special to The Ttmn.) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 15 Governor T. R. Marsball today formally accepted the invltaon for the St. AmdreTVB' society banquet at Gary Jan. 24.
The program of speakers for the banquet of the St. Andrews' society, which Is to be held In Gary on Monday, Jan. 24, when the society will be honored by the presence of Governor Thomas R. Marshall, is now complete. " ' - The banquet is to be one of the greatest social events that have ever been held in the steel city. Covers will be laid for 300 guests and it is expected that the banquet will cost over $1,000. ' The banquet Is to be held at the Gary hotel, and an elaborate program has been arranged. The following is the program: "The Land We Left" Dr. J. A. Graham of Hammond. "The Immortal Bard" Arthur Camduff. Subject Not Chosen Thomas R. Marshall. "Trades and Commercial Interests" E. J. Buffing-ton. "Our Guests" Rev. P. E. Walter. "The City of Gary" Reply by Mayor T.'E. Knotts. "The St. Andrews' Society" Proposed by Captain H. S. Norton. Reply by J. Caldwell Smith. " "The Ladies" Proposed by Superintendent C. L., Kirk. Reply by LB. Boyd. "Toast ' to the t Toastmaster"--Pro-
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HAG TRIES
TO GARRY OUT TRIP
Mr, Kammerer, a saloonkeeper, who conducts a saloon on the corner of Hohman and State streets, rented ; a horse and cutter this morning In which he expected to make a trip to Lansing. In turning the corner at Hohman and State streets the runner caught, throwing the oecupant out of the cutter. This frightened the horse, which started on a'fast pace down Hohman street, turning at the corner of Sibley street. F. Eisenhutt, a driver for Bieker Bros., happened to be driving up Sibley street, and noticed the approaching horse. .He at once jumped , from his wagon and running out grabbed the horse by the bridle. The horse and cutter was brought back to Whitaker's barn, while Mr. Kammerer returned to the saloon, deciding to abandon the trip. Just before starting on the trip a few remarks were passed around in the saloon by some men who were in the place, that he wouldn't get to Lansing today with the nag. But the animal proved to be faster than was expected at the gait he went down Hohman street.
TRAIN SERVICE IS BADJFiHAMMOND Cold Weather Makes Opera- . ' tion of Trains Very-Difficult.
SOME MOVEMENT OF COAL
ERIE RAILROAD TAKES OFF TWO OF BEST TRAINS t j - - -
South-Bound. No. 22 .......... No. 4 ... .V;. No. No. 8 .. ...
Due in Hammond ...8:10 a.m. ..11:50 a. m. ' 5:43p.m. 5:40 p.m. t .10:19 p. m.
. North-Bound. Due in Hammond. No. 7 7:08 a. m. 7:22 a. m. No. 25 .......... 8:30a.m. No. 23 10:00 a. m. No. 3 4:45 p. m. Train No. 12, south-bound, due In Hammond at 11:45 p. m. ; taken off altogether. Train No. 14, south-bound, due in Hammond at 4:50 p. m.; changed to 5:53 p. m. Train No. 14 will be Wells-Fargo express train exclusively and will not carry passengers in the future. Train No. 9, north-bound, due in Hammond at 7:50; carries Wells-Fargo express exclusively and will not carry passengers. Train No. 13, north-bound, due in
Hammond at 10:02 p7 ' m.. has been changed to 10:42 p. m.; will carry Wells-Fargo express exclusively and will not carry passengers.; City la the Lover. "Hammond accordingly loses - practically four passenger trains Nos. 12, 13, 14and 9 passenger service on the latter having been discontinued since Dec. 8th. - The new schedule will go into effect next Monday, Jan. 16th. It will eliminate one theater train for Hammond patrons to Chicago. The change In the schedule on the Erie is much regretted by Hammond people. It was hoped that while the company would 'take off a particular train that it would provide another one. Crown Point people have been clamoring for a long time to get a later afternoon train to Hammond, but there is no relief in sight for them. The time changes that have been made in the trains that remain are very slight, there being a difference of only a few minutes in Nos. 6 and 7.
FLAT ROOFS ARE WATER
SOAKED
The recent warm spell has developed the fact that there is hardly a flat roof in the city that does not leak as a result of the large amount -of melting snow on them.
ATTRACTION
GOOD OIJE
FOR CITY
, Tomorrow night one of the best attractions of the season, "The Goddess of Liberty," will appear at the Towle Opera House for an engagement. This attraction is the original company and
The roof of the federal building has cpmes direct from Chicago, where It
been leaking- badly and the water re
cently came through into - the temporary office of the clerk3of the Lake superior court.. .-V" .' ;;lv -'
In. a number of - canes If baa 'been
had a run of 250 performances at the
Princess theater, . The booking of this show is another evidence of the fact that Hanynond is now getting; tb.e; best if ttractlon,o -',
SALE OF
CI
SURPRISES
Purchase of Half Century Old Concern of Great Interest to Real Estate Dealers All Over the Calumet Region and Lake County.'
Local real estate men without except tion were surprised to see the exclusive story in The Times last evening of tha purchase of the abstracting business o Allman Bros. & Dinwiddle of Crown Point by the Chicago Title and Trust company. It is a matter of great interest to every owner of property in .thej region. ; . . One of them, in commenting on tha sale, said: "I had an intimation that a deal was on, but I did not know that It had been consummated until I saw: it in Thb Times last evening." When asked what he thought. would, be the effect of the change, he said: TC anticipate that the charge for an abstract will be increased $10. The Chicago prices of ' this company are $10 higher than ours, and I expect that the price will be raised here. "This will of course affect every man or woman who buys property in the future, and a burden of $10 extra will be placed on the prospective purchase? of property." Has a Monopoly. The Chicago Title and Trust company has practically a monopoly of the
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RIOTERS DISMISSED
THEODORE BINZETf.
Outcome of Reform.
The decision just rendered by Judge Tuthlll wasf " the outcome of the wave
of reform affecting the sale of liquor !ri Indiana that has been sweeping over
thei state during the past few years
Heading northwards the wave struck Gary two years ago, a few months after the Inception of the new steel city.
and less than a year after the first elec
Hon in the infant municipality. The laws of the state of Indiana require only a majority of the signatures of
tha voters at the last previous election to successfully combat an application for a liquor license, and thus it was comparatively easy for the remonstrators,.to successfully terminate their movement, as the original voting population only numbered 336, while at the time of the filing of the remonstrance the voters were numbered In the thousands. , 229 Signatures.
'Out of the original- voting population of the town the remonstrators secured a total of 229 signatures, a majority of sixty, and upon which showing the county commissioners of Lake county refused to grant liquor licenses. Following their decision the liquor interests took various steps to ' combat the remonstrators but to no avail and ultimately the new steel city was placed on the "dry" list. Following these battles Theodore Binsen and James F. Scanlon, two of Gary's most prominent liquor dealers, pooled their interests in an action to set aside the remonstrance
on the grpuhds that it was Insufficient by reason that some of the names appearing on the remonstrance were not of bona fide residents of the territory affected, and henceforth should not be considered for or against the' remonstrance. The action was filed In the Lake county superior court and eventually venued. to Porter county, evidence, citations and arguments of a voluminous nature being heard by Judge Tuthlll in Valparaiso some weeks ago. The court took the case under advisement, withholding judgment until the
law upon the subject could be thor
oughly gone over. The Court's Decision.
The court's decision is a voluminous affair, covering 43 closely typewritten pages and embracing 129,000 words, touching upon the growth and development of the territory involved in the
remonstrance from 1906, up until which time the present site "of Gary had been
used for many years as a rabbit pas
ture,' to use-the words of the decision.
until the present time. The decision resumes: "The territory was covered with sand dunes, swales, fills and cuts
and for any purpose then known to the denizens of that district worthless except for barter and exchange. It is
noit a far cry that the population of
Calumet township had not changed one
per cent in twenty years. During the years 1906 large aeras were purchased by a syndicate, and a city since known as Gary, as If by magic, sprung into
being."
JUDGE TUTHILLS OPINION
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Sephas Taylor will have . the honor
of carrying the "hogeis" and will oe followed by three highland pipers. The
hogeis" is the great national dish of
Scotland.
Those who will be Invited from Ham
mond who are not members of the St.
Andrews' society are: Superintendent H. B. Douglas of the Standard Steel Car
company, Peter W. Meyn, Joseph Ibach, Dr. W. F. Howat and P. A. Parry, edi
tor of The Times.
Among the Hammond people who are
members of this society and who reside in Hammond are Dr. J. A. Graham, At
torney John F. Sawyer, Robert Taylor, C. H. Stewart and James Blythe,
And What Do You Know About the - Erie Milk Train Being on Time.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
OCCURS AT HARBOR
Coliseum Building, Valued
at $30,000, Destroyed by Flames.
EXCITING SCENES WITNESSED
Business at The Harbor Was Practi cally at a Standstill Dur ing Hjit Fire.
PORTER SUPERIOR COURT.
THE MATTER OF GEORGE E
DUEL AND TWO HUNDRED. TWEN
TY-EIGHT OTHERS AGAINST THE
ODORE BINZEN AND JAMES P.
SCANLAN, two cases consolidate for
the purposes of trial and judgment
TUTHILL J. It is shown by the ev
dence that until some time in 1906 the site of Gary had been used for many
years as a rabbit pasture. The terri
tory was covered with sand dunes
swales, jfuls and cuts, ana lor any purpose tlfen known to the denizens of
that district worthless except for bar.
ter and exchange, it is not a far cry
that the population or calumet town
shlD had not changed one per cent, in
twenty years. During the year 1906 large acres were purchased by a syndioate and a city since known as Gary, as if by magic, sprung into being. The Vote Figures. The vote aa found by the evidence at
the November election in 1906 was 336,' which under ordinary rules of compu- 1
tation would give a population in Cal-, umet township of 1,500 plus. At the! time the remonstrance was filed on the last day of May. 1908, it is stated in argument, there were several thousand people in the City or Gary, and it is further stated in argument that at the present time Calumet township con
tains on a conservative estimate a population of twenty thousand people. Perhaps no such marked change has ever arisen in the United States, and. it may be. no such condition will ever arise again. It is earnestly contended in argument that a rigid interpretation of the statute controlling the sale of intoxicating liquors in this state will work a hardship on many thousands people now residing in Calumet township. No rigid interpretation of that statute will be suffered to control this d1iidication. However, that statute
was in force Deiore tnese people came
If the declaration mat
The trouble with snow and ice I again delaying the trains on most cf the railroads running through Hammond. Testerday nearly every train
running through the city was late, and
today, while the trains are running better, they are from fifteen to an hour
late.
The trouble is that the slightly colder
weather has made it difficult to operat derails and switches and has caused a lot of delay. It is reported in Chicago that the failure of the milk trains
to get into Chicago has resulted In a shortage in the milk supply.-' The Erie, however, reports that Its milk train has been on time, and that there is no difficulty so far as that
road is concerned. It is also said that Chicago is short in its supply of butter and eggs, due to the delay in
the trains and the failure of ship ments to arrive. The railroads report that the move
ments of coal are preventing an abso
lute shortage in Chicago and this locality, but that the supply is low ev
erywhere. There does not seem to be any Im
mediate relief in store for the railroads
so far as the weather is concerned, and
unless the weather becomes so warm that all of the snow is melted there
will be more or less difficulty until
spring.
(Special to The Times.)
Indiana Harbor. Ind., Jan. : 15. The largest and most destructive conflagration that Indiana Harbor has ever known, took place here yesterday, when the big Coliseum building, at Guthrie and Watling streets, was totally destroyed, with a loss to building and
'contents estimated at between $30,000
and $35,000. The total insurance was $10,300. The loss was divided between Dr. C. C. Robinson and Henry Landfleld; whe as well as owning the building con
ducted a skating rink in the upper
floor of the two-story structure, and a
billiard hall and bowling alley on the
ground floor; the Indiana Athletic as
sociation, who occupied the store build
ing adjoining the billiard hall, and John
Martin, who owns the Sentinel, the
weekly newspaper published In Indl
ana Harbor. The newspaper occupied
the corner of Guthrie and Watling streets. Mr. Martin's equipment was a
total loss. Amount of Insurance.
Of the, insurance, $8,000 was carried
by Messrs. Robinson and Landfleld on their building and the contents of the
billiard hall and bowling alley. whileJ
the remaining $2,300 was on the Senti
nel.
The fire was a spectacular one and
during its progress business at the Harbor was practically at a standstill. Everybody was watching the blaze and
tn flarv. If the declaration that 'ev.'.i..
founts tS' anythTngr those who now gallant effort to save the building from
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QUESTION
PRESENTED
necessary for the owners of the build- j road, xne company v, vf;W ings to have men get up on the build- ! largest that has appeared in the city ings and shovel off the snow. The snow : tor , some time. It is expected that the melts, ' but the slush does not permit dressing rooms will be crowded to their
the water to run off and it seeps i pacuy m jui ir8 compa.,,,
through the roof and to the ceilings of the rooms below.
SWITCIAH LOSES
HAflOJUCCIDEHT
S. J. McDowell Has a Nar
row Escape From Being Killed.
The show is a musical comedy, and
has received the highest praise from all ' I the theatrical critics on the Chicago newspapers. So far there have been a large number of reservations made for this show, and it is expected that the show will draw a large house.
Samuel J. McDowell, a switchman,
employed in the Erie yards, last Thursday lost his right hand when two cars
came together and his hand was caught between them.
Those who know about the accident
say that the injury was not caused
by his hand being caught between the
bumpers, as would be naturally supposed, but that in some manner the bodies of the cars themselves came together and the hand was pinched off just above the wrist.
It is said that McDowell narrowly
escaped having his body caught be
tween the cars, but succeeded in escaping death through the loss of a hand. As soon as the accident happened Mr. McDowell was taken to the hospital. Today he is reported to be very much Improved and is able to see his friends. The railroad has begun an Investigation of the cause of the accident and a complete report will be made to headquarters. McDowell is married and resides in 135 Clinton street.
LABOR FRICTION ATJJDCAL PLANT Easterners Try to Stir Up Trouble at Standard With Little Success.
Standard Steel Car Workers
Arrested on Monday Night go Free.
THE EVIDENCE IS LACKING
It Was Just a Foreigner's Suit to He cover Possession of Stolen Rooster.
A number of riveters and heater boys at the Standard Steel Car company have gone out on a strike. The trouble is said to have been caused by the agitators who have come to Hammond from McKees Rock, Pa., where the company has been having trouble with the strikers, These men came here for the sole purpose of starting trouble, and they have succeeded to a certain extent. The strike is not, however, thought to be a serious one, and a settlement is looked for most any time. . This morning the Hammond police took hold of the situation and ordered all of the saloons in the Standard district clsed. As many of these agitators
make their headquarters in the saloons,'
it is believed that this will have the effect of ' preventing further agitation.
AIR MARTIAL TROUBLES
The reduction in the cost of elec
tricity from 13 cents to 10 cents per
killowat hour, which was announced
by President C H. Geist of the North
em Indiana Gas & Electric company
on the 1st of last December bills o the company.
This step was taken voluntarily by
the president of the company before the independent company came into the
field and offered to compete with the
existing company.
Although no representative of the Northern Indiana Gas company was invited to be-present at the recent meeting of the Hammond Business Men's association, when the local capitalists and the mayor explained the lighting situation, it is said that there are decidedly two sides to the question. For instance, it is declared by those who are In a position to know that power is - furnished cheaper to local manufactures than it Is by the sanitary district of Chicago, and that is 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than the Chicago Edison company sells it.
Bessie L. Honn Eighth Since New Year to Ask Divorce.
The eighth divorce case since the beginning of the new year was filed in the Lake superior court this morning. Bessie L Honn has brought an action against Charles A. Honn, in which she alleges that he is guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment, in that he attempted and did strike her while he was intoxicated. She alleges that he fre-
A; P.
GOLDEN
FUNERAL IS
HELD TODAY
For lack of evidence, the four foreigners at the Standard Steel Car settlement who were arrested last Monday night and tried today in Judge Barnett's court on the charge of riot
ing were discharged. The defendants
were Alinko Kokosh, Petro Tsoudis,
Janisko Tobardish and Theodore
Tsovdis, Greeks, who reside in company house No. 126. The complaining- witnesses in the case were Mike Solan and his boarders, Tony Garko, Joe Ger
man and Harry Grotinski, denizens of company holism No. 15". The defendants might have ben guilty of rioting under the broad sense of rioting for that term includes a multitude of sins, but strictly tlu evidence was to the effect that the Slavs and the Greeks had a merry time cracking each others heads with beer bottles and destroyingproperty with the use of a hatchet, beer bottles and other things which formed good missiles. Petro Tsoudis, one of the defendants, was caught redhanded with a rooster under his arm, which he had take nfrom the chicken coop of Mike Solan. To get into the coop lie had to break a strong lock, and there is a question whether he would have escaped the charge of b'UTglary. But a convltcion on that charge would have meant a penitentiary sentence, and what jude! would want to send a foreigner to the state's prison Just because he stole his neighbor chanticleer for revengu. Charles Grcenwald prosecuted the case, while Attorney D. E. Boone appeared for the defendants.
Alvln P. Golden of 318 Michigan avenue, who was killed last Wednesday afternoon at Indiana Harbor in a freight wreck on the Indiana Harbor Belt, on which he was switching, was buried this afternoon. Services were held at the residcnceby the Rev. C. J.
quently became intoxicated and that he ; Sharp of the Christian church. Inter-
finally deserted her. They were married j ment took place at Oak Hill cemetery.
July 1", 1907, and were separated Dec. IS ,190", after having lived together for five months. Mrs. Honn asks for an absolute divorce and the restoration of her maiden name, which was Bessie L Anderson.
ADVERTISE . AXD AGAIN IX THE TIMES.
ADVER
TISI
The pall bearers were all friends of the deceased. They were Messrs. Charles Anderson, M. P. Moore, S. King, L E. Klutter, Andrew Pluto and Fred Eigeman.
G. A. RJISTALLTOM
IF YOU ARE A POOR LETTER WRITER, EXD THE TIMES TO VOIR FRIENDS WHO LIVE OUT OF TOWN.
The W. H. Calkins G. A. It. post in
stalls its officers for the ensuing yef
this evening. The meeting will be ht
in the hall of the First National baj
building.
Ti.e following officers will be elec!
Commander George Post. Senior Vice Commander Rev. Elliott.
Junior vice commander Wood.
Chaplain Rev. George Street
' Adjutant G. C. Jaqua. Quartermaster J. M. KrauseJ Officer of the day J. Thornt
Officer of the guard Patrlcl