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HAMMOND; INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1910.
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DOES HOT
Steps to Open State Line Street On West Hammond Side Have Been Taken in Court
lUEER WORK
son
"HER
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Village Just Across the State Line Is Thoroughly in Earnest Over Street.
Preliminary steps in the opening
of State Line street on the v West
Hammond side have progressed to
the extent that a committee of ap
praisers ha3 been appointed in the Cook county court, who are to take cp the question of assessing benefits
and damages on the property in volved in the opening. Judge Rinaker of the Cook coun
ty court yesterday appionted John H.
McKay, James A. S. Scott and John C. Kowalski to act as commissioners
In the matter. COMMITTEE WILL. REPORT,
This committee will report to the
court the lots, tracts and parcels of
land that will be benefited by the open-
'og thereor, and it is expected mat mis
HI OF SUSIE
ran
Opposition of Knotts-Dar
row-Becker Clique to Gov.
Aiarsnaii may itesuit m Appointment of Tenth
District Man. '
FWII1E
Charles H. Frederichs Takes
Exceptions to Mayor's Saloon Regulation Scheme Says It Would Make the Executive a Czar. .
21. The resig-
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TIMES BIHEAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapllis, Ind., Jan
nation of WM. Fogarty of Indianapolls as a deputy under' the state accounting board has led to a good deal of speculation as to who his successor will be. The governor has not disriJSSpH t h f jallblArf r i-? thAr fn nA nn.
uierecu, i:, u u a .v. . i u ljjol ium i - . .- . . . iport will be ready lox filing .within j whq,seerp to have anyjdea as to who i.;J.tM.u:l: .ITnnn the filing- of theJ't. wlJl be, nt.tnrT-:a
,.i.Miit(MHaM will be istaad -t lh i ino;f al?, iS Vwat mw .wo iiK
'. persons whose property' will be taken ,and a hearing on all legal questions involved will come on for trial within three weeks thereafter. No better evidence could be offered
Charles Friederichs is of the opinion that It would be a bad policy to give the mayor of Hammond the right to pass on the qualifications of any man for the business of running a saloon. "Why It would make the mayor of this city a czar," said Mr. Friederichs, "and he would be able to put all of his' political enemies out of the saloon business. "The Anti-Saloon League would put the rest of the saloonkeepers out of the business and Hammond would become a dry town. The trouble with the plan is that.lt would start a warfare between the saloonkeepers who are' the mayor's friends and those who are not. Say He Would Line Them Vp. "Every campaign ; the mayor would be able to line up the saloonkeepers
with the threat , that he would refuse to sanction file granting of a license to
them if they did not vote right. "It would make the mayor the big
gest political boss In the city, and by
adding this to the power of appoint
ment he already has in the police and fire departments, his dictatorship would
be unquestioned."
Mr. Friedeirchs said, however, that
he did favor the limiting of the number of saloons to twenty In each ward,
and that the license, fee be increased to
$250.
. He, thought that Th Time was right Vhen. tfJflctsLrefWtlt:Qrlany . tfiaC. tbes
BTJFFINGTON GETS A BIG INDUSTRY The United States Steel corporation has authorized the expenditure of $2,450,000 by one of its subsidiaries, the Universal Portland Cement company, in the construction of cement plant No. 6 at Buffington, Ind. It will be located alongside plants Nos. 3 and 4 of the company, which have been in operation for several years, and will have a capacity of 2,000,000 barrels of cement a year. This plant will be operated entirely by electric motors, the power being transmitted five miles from Gary.
If J FIR! CLASHES OM f ESTI01
Old Established Legal Union
Dissolved Because of Dif f erence of Opinion En
gendered by Anti-Saloon
League Work in County.
The law firm of Bruce & Bruce, with
offices in Hammond and Crown Point
has dissolved partnership on accoun
or a difference of opinion regarding
the saloon question.
Attorney Otto Bruce of Crown Poin
is the legal representative of the Anti
Saloon League In Lake county. As such
n nas Deen nis oustness to wage an
iiijeeasinfr -iwMtrtrfr- against--"the saloon
WILLI
EW BOURD 1EIEBS?
Appointment of Bill Thomp
son as Police Commission
er Gives Rise to Specula
tion Along Same Lines in
Other Departments. N
The appointment of William Thomp
son by layor Becker as the republican member of the board of police commis
sioners to fill in the vaca'ncy created by Tom Swanton's resignation last fall, has given rise to further speculation along the line of appointments. It is ceeded to Mayor Becker that he made
a wise political move when he selected the north side man to represent the
republicans on the board,
The big end of the speculation comes in on the board of public works. The question is. Will Mayor Becker change
time it is said that a change may be the board, when and how? As to the
time it is said that a change may b
made next May, but as to who th new
members will be may be a question that
Mayor Becker himself has not yet de
cided. ' Davis and Schloer To Got
Peter Davis, who Is the republican
end of the board, is also the oldest
member in point of service. While he
has .been an industrious and; capable
member, It is nevertheless thought he
will be supplanted by some other re
publican in due time. Joseph Schloer,
the democratic member, Is also said to end his term of service -hy May. As to Adam R. Ebert, the president pt the
board, it is generally- understood that he will hold over. Various names are
mentioned as successors td Peter Davis
and Jacob, Schloer. - No 'atVeraot Is made..
Prosecuting: Attorney Chas. Green
wald Says He Will Brook No Interference in Plans
SOPHE COURT 10
DECIDE II
Contractors Await Decision of Indiana's Highest Tri
bunal in the Matter of the Validity of the Gravel
Road Bonds.
by the village of West Hammond that It is in eaornest about the openin of State Line street than the fact that it Is getting Its legal proceedings out of the way now so that work on the Improvement of the street can be begun without any delay. THE COURSE TO BE TAKEX. As far as Is known now, the opening of State Line street goes no farther north than Plummer avenue. The
original plan was that it should be
opened from the Ridge road north to
Howard avenue, the latter sHreet being1 the West Hammond continuation of Gostlin street, Hammond, which leads Into the Burnham road. But this plan Is not held feasible just for the present.
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BY FEBY.
from the northern part
should, come
of the state. ,
A Good Job. A deputyshlp ' under the accounting
board is one of the best appointive po
sitions which the governor has at his
command, and the democrats would
like to see the appointment go to the
northern part of the state for political reasons if for no other reasons. Th'ere has been a great deal of talk among democrats that the governor has slighted the northern part of the state in his appointments. Recently it was thought lhat he would appoint a railroad commission to succeed H. M. Dowling from the northern part of the state, but Instead he appointed a man from the extreme southern part of the state. . CHnie' Opposition. Along With the talk about the north part of - the state being slighted has
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GO
ID STOPS
FIRE DRILL FOR PRESENT
The quarters now occupied by Mat Money, next to John McGarry's jewelry store, are to be vacated Feb. 1 and the Hammond Savings & Trust company will take possession at once. The work of remodeling the front of the place wil begin at once, arid a new tile floor will be laid. The fixtures have been ordered and the room will be equipped as a modern banking room. The entrance is to be from the north side of the room. There will be a lobby entrance leading to the public lobby. The place will be complete in its appointments and the new location will be an ideal one. It is expected that the new quarters will be occupied by the middle of March. This in the last of the financial Institutions in the city to g(f into modem quarters, and next summer will see the four Hammond financial institutions In a fine quarters as are to be found anywhere in the region.
that the drills, that were held
the .first few months of the
SMALL ATTENDANCE
East Side Citizens Evidently Fear the Waether. There being only a small attendance at the meeting of the East Side Improvement association last night, no attempt was made to elect officers. The bad weather was undoubtedly responsible for the small gathering, but it is hoped that the next one will be larger. It is very probably that a smoker will be held in connection with
me next meeting. in that event a meeting place remains still to be chos
en.
Owing to the fact that the weather
has been extremely cold- during the
past few months, there have not been
any fire drills in the public schools
lately. Superintendent C. MV McDaniels says
however
during
school year have acquainted the stu
dents with the rules and that they will
know just what to do in case of lire.
The spiral slide in the Central school
building has not been used for the rea
son that the. snow got into it and rusted It. The rusty slide would destroy
the clothing of the school children, and it will have to be cleaned out before it
can be used
The slide is, however, just as efficient as a life-saver, for the reason that It
would make but little difference about the children's clothes in case lives were
endangered
SCHAAF SELLS
LUND PROPERTY
P. Richard Schaaf yesterday sold Eric
Lund's house and lot In Robertsdale
to R. Hubbard for $3,200. The deal was
closed yesterday and was a cash tran
saction. Schaaf reports that the out
look for the future in ' real estate is
very promising. . . ' r
Number Your House.
The board of pubic works this morning advertised for bias on metal house numbers and Hammond people might as well get ready to acquaint themselves
witn me oroinance renumbering the city and providing that a new number
ing system shall be uxed.
W. W. Hatch, the Hammond con
tractor, expects that in the near future the'-supreme court of Indiana will
render its decision on the rehearing of
the test . ca6e Involving the constitu-
lonality of the th.req-.mile road law,
. Mr; Hatch Is of the opinion that the supreme court will reverse Itself In
this matter and that the contractors In
Lak e cavuxjc an 4 ' ele w her wll. be able
togw
COillTTEE TO REPORT
Attorney Thinks It Would
Well for League to Look Up Matthews. . : ; '
provlaiens, , wOHilav benefit the saloon
keepers themselves In that. they would
be protected from- unwarranted com
petition.
Attorney
EDDIE HAMMOND
CLEARED OF CHARGE
Proved That He Did Not
Steal Typewriter, But Bought It.
George Tarpo. charged with forging
a check, was fined o and costs In the
Lake superior court this morning. F.
Guyliza, who v.aa charged with a simi
lar offense, was fined $5 and given a
jail sentence of sixty days.
Eddie Hammond, who was charged with stealing a typewriter, was ac
quitted. He was represented by Attor
ney D. E. Boone. Clarence Jenkins was
proven to have stolen the typewriter
and was given from one to eight years
In the penitentiary.
Christ Hill is on trial before Special Judge T. M. C. Hemborff on theycharge
of stealing a gold watch from a young
woman whom he is alleged to have terrorized. Attorney. D. E. Boone Is
representing Hill.
Eddie Hammond was not charged
with stealing bicycles, as was reported,
but with being an accomplice in the theft of the typewriter. He proved that he bought -the typewriter from
Clarence Jenkins and sold It to a Ham mond business man. -
The trial of Christ Hill Is the most interesting one on the criminal docket so far this term. In view of the fact that Hill has been sentenced before, and there are several other charges against him similar to the one with which he is now charged, a great rnany
people are interested in the case. The police have long regarded Hill as a
dangerous character.
to oFr:.! zr
s ; OX. -atiNr
has been associated - with
"Matthews of Plymouth. s f I'
Attorney Milo Bruce has offices "in
Hammond and has been looking after
the business of the northern patt of the state. The Hammond man is not in sympathy with the crusade-that has been carried on against the saloons.
What He Think. He is of the opinion- that law en
forcement is' only possible and suc
cessful where a majority of the people
of the community are in favor of law enforcement. He Is convinced that the people of the cities of Hammond. East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Gray are in favor of licensed and well regulated
saloons and any attempt to put the saloons out of the business will not meet with the approval of the people of
this part of the county.
These differences of opinion led to
the decision that a friendly dissolution of partnership "would be advisable. Consequently on and after the 21st of January the partnership of Bruce &
Bruce will be dissolved.
Otto J. Bruce will still represent the
Anti-Saloon League, and "Milo Bruce
will serve' his own clients in this part
of the county. .
ELOPE 10 AVOID CROWD
Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 21. Dread
ing to face the large crowd that would
attend their wedding, and believing
it would not be worth the worry and trouble. Miss Julia Jane Gilbert, daugh
ter of Mr. and Airs. o. S. Gilbert, 817
Drexel square, and Luther H. Conover
of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool . com
pany,- went to urown Jr'oint on Dec. 30 and were married. Testerday, when
the announcements ot the marriage
were sent out by the parents of the bride, their friends were surprised and
somewhat disappointed because there
would be no wedding. The fact that an elaborate affair had been planned
was no secret. The pair first became acquainted as students at the University high school two or three years
ago. v
The Gary blind pig cases at Crown
Point, which will come up in the circuit court, are the talk of the town. It is expected that the question - of who is to prosecute them. will be set
tled on Monday. Attorney Charles Greenwald still maintains that -he
will have full charge of the prosecution of these cases and that he will call in any assistance if he needs any.
It is said that he will brook no in
terference on the part of the court in the matter. Mr. Greenwald de
sires to correct a little misstatement that appeared in The Times yesterday. ; . - ".V" NOT E1W1H"3V?'T:SCH, --
ELKS HAVE
ULLY THE
at this time to say definitely who they Will be.. The-names fff 'TJtiomas Swanton, and Jacob Schroetervare most frequently heard. On the other hand, It Is said that Mr." Swan ton Is by far too busy as ' superintendent of the Hammond Glue works to devote even a part of his time to the board of public, while Jacdb Schloer, the ex-councilman, Is after a position more -to his liking, that of state railroad inspector. Mr. Schroeter's application is before the state railroad commission now, and his appointment will have to come from that, source. His appointment Is very likely too, as the position Is one that entails merit and experience, and In this line he is amply equipped, having been inspector for the Wabash railroad .for fourteen years.
BEAUTIFYING CITY TO BE TAKEN
OP
LAST RIGHT
(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind.. Jan. 21. The
joint session of the Elks, which was
held in East Chicago last night turned
out to be a success In every way. About one hundred and forty members of the different lodges of East Chicago, Ham
mond and Gary gathered at the meeting and made it the largest meeting of its kind that has been held thus far. An enjoyable evening was spent and some interesting talks were made by the various speakers. The music was furnished by Frank DeBriae's band. E. Lloyd, the famous baritone singer of East Chicago, sang a solo. A fine dinner was then spread upon the tables including the usual Elks' fluid. H. S.
Norton of Gary acted at toastmaster. The members of the arrangement committee were Morris Silverman, Geo. W. Lewis and Abe Ottenheimer. The speakers from the various cities who addressed the crowd were as follows: East Chicago Messrs. C. L. Kirk, Dr. Fred Sauer, J.. D. Kennedy, A. G. Schlieker and Judge T. M. C. Hembroff. Hammond Judge Reiter and Peter Crumpacker. Gary Messrs. McCracken. Crolius, Schaeffer, Hunter and Maloney. ' .WhiVng Frank Gavft.
Business lien's Association of Hammond Meets in -February.
J ADVERTISE ASD ADVERTISE
AGAIN I THE TIMES. -
THERE ARE FOUR COPIES OF TUB TIMES SOL.D IX HAMMOXD FOR EVERY COPT SOLD BY ASV OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOTT THREE TIMES AS MITCH NEWS FOR OXB CENT AS OTHER PAPRS DO FOR TWO 'WViTII .. . - - - ..
- The next meeting of the Hammond Business Men's association will be held on the second Thursday of .February. The board of directors have not decided what will be taken up at the next meeting. ....
It is likely that the meeting will
be a big "city beautiful" session. Mr.
Johnston is now In communication with
an authority on the beautificatlon of
cities, and it Is possible that he will
be induced to come to Hammond and
lecture.
Another suggestion ' that has been made is that a representative of the Chicago Commercial club be induced to come to Hammond and expalln the Chi
cago plan, of city building..
This plan is attracting a great, deal of attention all over the world, and In view of sthe fact that any Hammond plan of qlty building must take into
consideration the Chicago plans, it is thought that -this would be a good
step.
May Kent Opera House. .
It is proposed that the Hammond Business Men's association secure the
Towle Opera House for the occasion, and that tickets be issued free to those
who are interested In the problem of
beautifying Hammond and to those who
would be most likely to spread the gos
pel of the city beautiful. , It is believed that the Towle Opera House could be filled to the roof if a big attraction of the kind were secured for Hammond and that the impetus that would "be given the city beautiful plans would 'be' so great that the city would be sure to take some steps in this direction. ..........
foyroaoTBuilajris- im,t. Iia.ve been. startled here, ' , ' , Mr. Hatch eald that no county irT"the state has felt the effects of the suspension of road building operations to the extent that Lake county has for the
reason mat tne county is erowlntr so
fast that it is In dire need of Improved
highways.
Reversal a Compromise., The announcement 'that the supreme
court has reversed itself will be looked upon as a sort of a compromise and it Is expected that it will be just as necessary to have legislation on the mat
ter the next session of the" legislature.
as If the highest tribunal of the state
had not reversed itself. v
There are a number of Improvements
In Lake county, the . Hammond-Gary road and the Improvement of Indiana boulevard, that make It of great Im
portance to. the people of the region that the decision be favorable.
ATTY. KOONTZ GETS
I1D AGI
all of the eases, there Is not enough evidence In his opinion to assure a conviction. He Is of the opinion that he will be 'able to secure a conviction in many of the cases that ' will com before him. : , , Mr. Greenwald says, by the way, that there Is a thing or two about some Anti-Saloon League attorneys that looks a little peculiar, and that the peopel who are criticising him for his alleged friendliness to the saloonkeepers should look Into. - 4" He claims that the attorneys representing' the Anti-Saloon League allowed certain saloonkeepers" in Lake county who have bad reputations and who have, been guilty of gross violations of the law to get their licenses without opposition. : ' : 1 IT LOOKS . FUNNY. He wonders .what. Influences were brought to bear to induce them to drop
tContinued on page five.)
Refuses at First to Permit His Client to Plead I .Guilty. -
Attorney Koontz Is another of the Lake county - lawyer's '. who have been getting in-bad of late. Yesterday he was ejected from the office, of the county sheriff because he- was so insistent in his effort to 'induce . the prisoner to employ him as his attorney. - Later-in the 'day.' when the prisoner, John Kolonowskl, had signified that he wanted to plead guilty, .Koontz refused to permit' him' t6 'do 'so and precipitated an argument with Prosecuting Attorney Charles Greenwald, who objected to that sort of procedure when the prisoner was ; ready' 'to 'plead ' guilty and the court Is already so crowded with business that It is hard to get It out of the way. ' ' '
BETZ 10
BOYS TAKE II
iDIGIS
MUCH IMPROVED. " " 1 MM " F The strike situation at the Standard Steel Car , plant; is very much improved today. There was no activity on the part of the strikers and the best of order has been maintained during th day. The prospects are now that the strike will not last very much longer. The prospect of closing the plant will close it so far as the company is concerned, and the strikers will have no alternative but to seek work' elsewhere. -
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU OUGHT NOT TO POSTPONE THAT "SHOPPING" ANY LONGER- READ "HB TIMES' ADS AND SEE D? THIS
Case .Tried Tomorrow. The state case against Mrs. Gill Swets of 415 Cedar street, who - is charged .with' having torn down placards from her building which were ,"relien Drl W. I. Weis, "secretary of the board of health, quaran. tlned the home on account of measles In the- family; -will be tried' tomorrow morning in the city court. Considerable Interest Is taken In the cat
Irving and Frank Betz will leave Hammond a week f rom Suriday : for Xew Orleans and the south, where the'y will atti-nVl the Mardi Gras. They expect to" be1 gone two or thre, weeks and will, spend, a great deal of time. In the southern ; capital. .-. - t Both Irving and Frank Betz are taking a great deal of intf.Tf?t-in their faithfully from early until late In the Interests" of the firm.-;. Naturally they feel at tbisitime as though they could take a little, vacation, ah'd' they will Improve thelr'time by taking a line trip south. The Mardi Graa is the greatest carnival of the kind that is held In the southern- wintering' resorts and it attracts viistom from all over the ITnited States.
. Indoor Band Concerts ; Hammond is -to have an indoor band concert at Towle's on April 14, to bo given by the K.' O. T. M. band, and arrangements for -the -same are. now being made. D. A. Puiach, the capable director of the band, is leaving nothing" undone to make the proposed concert one of the most pleasing musical events of' the season, and though all plans are not fully perfected assurance is given that there will be a diversity of interesting features to the entertainment t give varietyand .spice to it. The concert i? to be given under'the patronage of the Christian 'church. A certain portion o?. the admission tickets is to" be set aside and scld by the ladies and a" percentage to be applied to the building fund o the new church, now under construction at the corner of Calnmet avenue and Summer street. The K. O. T. M. band may be rUd on for a splendid program.
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