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HAMMOND, INDIANA,- SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910. .

ONE CENT PER OOPX.

TO. GET BfflEFIT

Calumet Auxiliary Canal May Pro vide Water Connection BetweenInd. Harbor and N. Orleans

500 F00

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Construction , of Sag .Canal From Blue Island Promised at Early Date.

. . The Calumet river, from the Indiana Harbor canal through Hammond and Hegewiseh, i3 to be connected with the lakes-to-the-6ulf waterway by means of 500-foot chan

nel known as the yalumet auxiliary

canal.

Tit fact that ythis canal is to be 500 feet wide r iows the broad foresight of Presi dent E. It. McCormick of the Chicago sanitary district who realizes that the new canal will not only be a drainage canal, but V5!!

they ill have an opportunity to medi-

some day give tBe Caumet region ctat'c,M the advisability 0f disturbing h V,rt ii. . '

HE HID GUILTY

FIND DEAD

G. & I. Presidents Son Who Drove Last Spike

Corpse Discovered in Aban-

aonea express uar on

Erie Railroad Near Hunt

mgton Relatives Wait

Three Days for Funeral.

Lawbreakers in Various Courts Who Have Become Involved in Trouble During the Past Days Get Theirs Today. ; The following- men who have been guilty of conduct against the peace and dignity "of the state of Indiana were tried I" the various courts of the city, werefjound guilty and fined. Most of them will go to Crown Point, whem

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connection, with the lakes-to-the-gulf

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lleople otCake county, where they

o things in a small way and have

not yet interested themselves in the important matter of having the meandering lines of the Calumet river, their future waterway, established to a wide and uniform width. GAS COMPASiY RECLAIMS LAM). For instance, the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company has filled in the river to such an extent that when the meandering lines are finally established it will be necessary for the government to dredge out thousands of cubic yards to "fill" that has been put in the river by this company. The action of the Northern Indiana Gas & Klectrlc company is likely to be repeated by other companies in the future until when the people of Hammond finally get ready to have the meandering lines of the river established, expensive factory buildings will be (Continued on page five.

the p.;ac of .the community In order "to

gam tatir ends.- ' : Klnetf im tiie CKj- Court.

--'WS iJAPA, ; disorderly conduct.

Great old road, that Erie. It ways are like Bret Harte's heathen Chinee dark and mysterious. But never in all its history and in all the variety of criticisms that have been showered on the old Junk road has there been one like the story told

! as follows by the Huntington News-

Democrat:

'Three days and three nights, while-

sorrowing relatives waited and wondered that not eventhe dead should be given uninterrupted transportation, a corpse lay In an abandoned express car in the local Erie yards this week. As a result a funeral which was to have ben held Wednesday was postponed because no dead man appeared to take the important role in the ceremonies. Furthermore, there is consternation in railroad and express circles. Several jobs are in imminent danger. The incident is one of the most remarkable that ever occurred in the history of the Erie. The corpse passed through, or rather, arrived at this city Tuesday evening en route from Chicago to New Jersey. It seems that it was the only charge of an express messenger who had bene left in cars of a Wells Fargo express car on train 14. When the trai narrived in Huntington it was noticed that an arch bar on the express car was broken and that It would be necessary . to hold It here for repair before it could

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Gfii 1E1 SUMMONED BEFORE JURY

Deputy Sheriffs Visit City Today to Serve Subpoenas on Gary Men City Officials and Well Known Citizens Summoned.

The material with which the grand Jury of the circuit court hopes to thrash out evidence of the fact that "speak easy" places are being conducted in GarV has been selected, and the subpoenas are being served by Deputy Sheriff George Blocki of Crown Point.

in uic Lnoiuus in vest eat nn a

number of city officials and well known citizens have been called to testify before the Inquisitorial body. Among those summoned in Gary today are: W. A. Cain, T. W. Englehart, T. E. Knotts, M. N. Castleman, Theodore Binzen, Judge P. L. Fitzgerald, Judge A. C. Huber, Deputy Prosecutor W. F. Hodges, P. C. Flnnerty, Richard Winkler, W. C. Crolius, R. E. Houren, Clyde Hunter. C. R. Woods, R. G. Parry, Harry Moose, F. Cortina, George Bardon, William Wolff, John Hewitt and Harry King. It is a noticeable fact that the police, who took a prominent part in the forContinued on Pag ight.j

fhfecf "lo'-ana 6eit; . must"serve fifeen days. ; ' ; PETE ZVL.ES. carrying concealed weapons; fined ?5 and costs; must serve fifteen days. MIKE BESCHI.M, threw ice atworkingmen; Will be tried in the city court Monday. '

Fined In Jndf;e Pret'a Court. GIGO KIZMAXOVICH, drunk ard riotous; fined $16.70; must serve' seventeen days at Crown Point. IJEDA MICHVOCH, drunk and disorderly; ;fined $16.70; .ust spend seventeen days in jail at Crown Point. MITHA B I.A.N SKI, drunk and disorderly; fined $16.70; must spend seventeen days In Jail at Crown Point. The men who were fined in Judge Prest's court would never have gotten into the trouble they did If the mayor had stood firm In his determination to keep the saloons in the Standard district closed during the strike. The men were all in Victor Kahn's jaloon and had become intoxicated. They got into" a cjuarrel with the sa-! loonkeeper and a fight resulted, which developed into a riot before the matter was finally stopped. Attorney W. J. McAleer was the special prosecutor in the case, and Attor-. ney H. W. Grove defended the three men. The riot occurred day before yesterday. ' Very Quiet Today. The situation at the Standard Steel Car plant today has been very quiet. The saloons are, however, running in full force, and it Is understood that they are to be permitted the customary liberties tomorrow. As today is pay day at the plant, it is feared that there will be drunkenness and trouble tomorrow. A report has gained circulation in Hammond that the treasurer of the strikers has skipped out of the city with about $400 of the funds that were to be used in carrying on the strike, but this report cannot be verified. In fact, Mr. Douglas of the plant says that he does not believe it is true. The opinion seems to be that the movement at the Standard plant is more of a soclalltsic movement than it Is a strike. This is the opinion that was expressed by Harry Slough, the state labor commissioner, after he had investigated the matter. It also probably accounts for the fact that the local union men have not given the strikers &ny support. The applications the men are required to sign to become members of the striking forcos are socialistic, if not anarchistic, in their tone. They declare that It is time for the laboring man to take possession of the earth and the machinery of prqduction. They say the old motto, "An honest day's wage for a fair day's work should be abolished," and the entire wage system should be abolished.

ue awowea to priiu ea uliiei. Accordingly, the corpse bearing transporter of express, was consigned to. the rip track. The messenger forgot about the deceased, who, in his involuntary and perpetuated silence was unfortunately unable to give warning of his distress. He went with the car to the rip track, for repairs. A Great Stir Mode. "In the meantime there was an upheaval bf indignation and concern In the home that had been prepared to receive the body of the deceased rela(Continuea on page five.)

: MASTER ALBERT GAVIT.

A. J. SWANSON ANNOUNCES A. J. Swanson of Hobart visited Hammond last night and there made his announcement that he would be a candidate for county treasurer on the republican ticket. Mr. Swanson has a host of warm friends who are working for him and Ire feels confident of victory at the convention.

IT HILL FIGHT THE

BLIZZARD INTERRUPTS ' THE SERVICE

The blizzard yesterday interrupted the service o9 the Hammond,' Whiting & East Chicago Electric Railway company considerably yesterday. The cars were running very irregularly between East Chicago and Whiting ad on the other lines there were considerable delays. The tracks have been cleared today, however, and it is reported from the local car barns that the entire line is in good running order. The snow was light and eafsily removed and no more trouble is expected. The warm weather of the three or four days in the first part of the week was replaced by a gradually lowering temperature accompanied by a heavy fall of snow. This morning the temperature was down to 16 degrees above zero and a cold northwest wind made, the air chilly and "the cold penetrating. The weatfier Indications arefair today and tomorrow, rising temperature tomorrow; moderate northwest winds today shifting to southerly tomorrow.

WILL BE GOODJHIW

Across

Dan or spectators "who aad braved the blustering wind, this afternoon witnessed the driving, of the last spike in the completion of the Gary & Interurban railway. Albert' Clavit. the 11-year-old on of President F. N. Gavit of the road, was master of ceremonies and wielded the maul, driving the last spike with exactly ten blows, a blow 'for each mile of road between Hammond and Gary. A special'car left the Nickel Plate tracks in Hammond this afternoon at 1:30, carrying-those' who were, to witness the ceremony to the scene. At the same time another car left the offices of -the company in Gary an. 1 brought a number of Gary city officials and officials of the company, and other spectators. Among "the "officials ofthe company who witnessed the driving of the last spike were Attorney F. NV Gavlt of" Whiting,, president of the road; A. C. Miller, president of the Chicago-New York Air-Ldne, and J. D. Price, president of the Co-operative Construction company." The completion of the Gary & Interurban' connects Sibley street In Hammond -with Broadway in Gary with bands of steel. The road will link the cities 'closer : together' and promises to be an Important factor in the- development" of the whole Calumet region. The franchise of the line provides that the road between Hammond and Gary must be in'operatlon by Feb. 15. It will take all of this time, as all of the interurban cars have not yet arrived. ; In the meantime the track will-be lined and ballasted. , . " ...

Investors iri Realty

ALL t Ifl READIR

FOR GOV.

Indiana's - Chief fexecutivd and His Wife Will Arrive in Garjr Early Monday Morning and Remain Until Late at Wight,

.Everything will be In readineas fo the entertainment and reception of Governo rand Mrs. Thomas E. Marshall on Monday when they will be the guests of the citizens of Gary. The governor and Mrs. Marshall wilt arrive in the city -on Monday, morning over the Pennsylvania railroad at U' o'clock. They will be met by a reception committee of the St. Andrews' so

ciety, composed of President t r-.i-

well Smith, William . MacNeill, Rev. Fred E. Walton, Clyde Hunter and Wil

liam J. Fulton and will ha tv.n i

carriages to the home of Rev. and Mrs.

Fred E. Walton at 702fVan Buren street, at whose home they will be entertained

during their stay In this city. After luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Marshall will be taken to , the Emerson . school and will be shown different points of

Interest throughout the city and a 2:8 the party will visit the steel mills whera

President E. J. Bufflngton and General Superintendent ' W. P. Gleason will show the governor through the mills. ' The. banquet will begln(promptly at

i:au o ciocK -at the Gary hotel.

Hammond Saloonman Says He Is Going to Stick in His Present Quarters, and You Know Mat Is a Gallant Oold Soldier.

Mat Boney says that he does not propose to vacate the quarters he now occupies until some other place is provided for him. In the meantime the Hammond Savings & Trust company expects to occupy his place on Feb. 1 and remodel it for banking purposes. Bbney says that he has been the representative Of the McAvoy Brewing Co. for three years and has run a nice, quiet place. He says that when he agreed to vacate the premises, rwhere he is' now located, he expected that he would be taken care of. Instead Pete Wolf made arrangements so that some of his relatives could have the location in the Tapper block and that left Boney out In the cold. Now Mat Boney says he proposes to remain where he is until either the McAvoy Brewing company or the Hammond Savings & Trust'company secures another site for him. : The situation is an interesting one. Boney says that he has represented the brewing company until '-they thought they had a good thing in the lease in the location in the Tapper block, and then they turned It over to Wolf's relatives. Yesterday Mat Boney and George Eder went to Chicago to see. the sofcials of the brewing company, and it is expected that the matter will be settled one way or another in the near future.

Ia Vendor Cigars are - pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers.

HAMMOND CONCERN IS GIVEN GOOD ADVERTISING

Big I:iW:X"4)p"erty

'.ASy- -Jv" . Because oi Opening of New Thoroughfare.

In the. February issue of The Popular Mechanics there. Is a full page picture of the : Liberty ; Cow milker, together with , a description ' of ; the remarkable machine, that is being manufactured in this city. The only thing that is omitted in She article Is the" statement that the milker 'Is manufactured in Hammond. . . - . - . : The following Is a description of the machine that will interest those who have wondered how it works: "In these days when 'the inventive spirit has managed to' solve almost all mysteries of the" days of our forefathers,' progress has been made in every line and particularly in the dairy business. We call it business as It has to be run. as-a factory and each minute means money. Where are the days that a machine separating milk to cream and skim milk was looked upon as a mystery or fake? And how near are the days when hand milking will be ridiculed as ' are at the present day the gravity system 'to get the cream," and hand threshing 'to get the crop?' "A really practicable cow milking is now obtainable and as is usual in

new things electricity has made It possible. It Is a simple affair. First there is the air tight milk can or receptacle from which lead the long flexible tubes with suction cups attached for extracting the milk in the most .natural and sanitary manner possible. . Then there Is the milking machine proper, consisting of a pulsating vacuum pump driven by an electric motor, which creates a partial vacuum in the can. "The vacuum in the can is indicated by the vacuum gauge. By means of an operative connection between the crankshaft and double valves, the latter will be in operation as soon as the crankshaft is in motion. The valve is son constructed that a hollow cylinder connects the vacuum . created in the can with the suction cup in one position, thereby drawing milk from the cow, and in the second position it breaks the vacuum and opens to the air, thus destroying the vacuum in the suction cup and exposing it to the normal atmospheric pressure. After this operation Is finished suction is again applfed and milk drawn and the operation as (Continuea on page five.

FARMERS INSTITUTE AT GBOWN PUT Prof. Allen of Indianapolis Lectures Before Husbandmen Last Evening.

(Special to Thb Times.) . Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 22. Although the weather last evening materially decreased the attendance at Central M-wsic Hall to the evening session of the

Farmers Institute, enough people were present to enjoy the program and make the evening's preparation worth while. The address of Professor Allen of Indianapolis on "Doing Things" was especially entertaining and instructive, and Mr. Allen advanced some ideas and theories that will be of practical value to those who heard his lecture. Processor Allen endorsed the manual training Idea of the present day In the public schools, claiming that it is practice and not so much theory that is wanted during the present day if America is to keep her place amongst the foreground of the nations. The . institute closes today, and although the weather has ben very unfavorable to a large attendance, the present institute has been a very successful one from all angles.

The opening and paving of State Line street is expected to have a great effect on real estate values in the near future. There have been a number of Hammond people who have speculated in State Line street corners, ' and in the event of the opening of the street these will be greatly increased in value. It is believed, " however, " that the greatest increase In values will come to the property on Plummer avenue, State street and Sibley street, between Hohman street and State Line street. The trouble with the property on these streets is that they are stub-end streets that lead to nowhere and there is nothing to take the traffic over them. Consequently, business, which always seeks locations where the stream of traffic Is the greatest, went over to Hohman -street and East State street, which did lead somewhere. Now that State Line street is about to be opened, it is believed that State street, especially, will take on a new activity, and this will be true, especially. If the city officials of Hammond and West Hammond use foresight enough to have the street opened through to the north side; ' Live Ones. The trouble is that the business men on West State street are so dead to the possibilities of the oper.inf of State Line street that they have done nothing to encourage the opening of the street by seeing the officials of both the village and the city of Hammond and urging them not to take any hal fway measures in the opening of the street. - There are one or two live ones, however, who are urging that the street be at least opened north to Gostlin street, even if it is'ibought inadvisable at the present time to pave it any farther north than Plummer avenue Once the street is declared open it can never be blocked by the building of factories and-Hammond and West Hammond would be assured of another north and south thoroughfare that

could eventually be extended as far

north as Indiana boulevard at Roby and as far south as Munster.

CASES CONTINUED

Health Ordinance Violation

to Be Tried Again. The case of Mrs. Gill Sw-ets of 416 Cedar street, who is charged with hav

ing violated the state quarantine law

In sending her children to school when they were quarantined by Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the board of health, was continued In the court this morning. The case will be tried next Saturday.

THERE ARE FOUR COPIES OF THff TIMES SOLD IX HAMMOM) FOREVERY COPY SOLD BY ASY OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOU THREE TIMES AS MUCH XEWS FOR OSE CENT AS OTHER PAPRS DO ' FOR TOO CEXTS. '

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PUT! THE SOFT PEDftL

Well Known Leaders of the Democratic Party Anxious Over the Taggart Senatorial Boom, and It Is Said Marshall Is Worried.

TIMES DCRKAI", AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 2. Some fellow who is an expert at gottlng certain people to put on the soft pedal in political way can get a jib tight iiow by applying to certain well known leaders of the democratic part7. The soft pedal is very much desired for those democrats who are going about now crying that Thomas Taggiri. is to be the next United States senator If the legislature is democratic. Since State Senator Levi P. Harlan gave out his Interview at Washington early this week that Taggart was the man for United States senator, he boom has spread like wild fire among the friends of Taggart. and those who have never been so close to Taggart and who are hoping for the best for the democratic party, are trembling with fear. Fear Taggart Much. To say that nome of the democrats who do not worship Taggart as a demigod are fearing that the Taggjri talk will do the party much harm in the election of a legislature is putting It mildly. In fact, if the Taggart talk keeps up it is feared it will require some drastic efforts to turn the next legislature to the democrats. Eve this early the talk has set in among the democrats that If the next legislature is republican the chances are that a state-wlje prohibition amendment will be put through. This talk is put out In spite of the fact that the AntiSaloon League has declared that the question shall be kept out of politics

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SURE THING, JUDGE! .Cadiz, 0., Jan. 20, 1910. Editor, The Times: I cannot exist without your paper. Please send it until further orders or let me know the reason why. I must have it. . HOMES. ANSLEY.