Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 214, Hammond, Lake County, 28 February 1910 — Page 5
FIGHT TO
EUGEflE GETS DOlItl TO THE IHDIflfJft "ATHEHS"
The people in central Indiana have heard from Eugene Purtelle, the representative of . the Indiana Northwestern Traction company,- and he has Informed
them of the big thing he proposes to
franchise, one for himself to be presented to the council next Monday
niarht. and one conv each for th !
eouncllmen. While here the engineer People who were anxious to get into
stated that the road would be built lno reai oui-oi-aur
it is about time for Jack Frost to make a graceful exit.
The recent cold enap could not with
stand the modifying' Influences of a sua that is growing warmer each day and it
was of short duration. 1
The air this morning carried with it
the suggestion' of spring and stlmulted
the Imagination to picture a world of growing things just come to life, soft
breezes, firing ducks, warm sunshine
and all of the accompanyments of the
birth of a new summer season.
The Call to the Opca.
Yesterday the streets were filled with
do in the way of constructing an in- 1 right away from Hammond to this city. Pent for the tlrms when the parks and
Lake County Republicans ; Averse to Lining Up for Any One Senatorial Candidate and Contest Will Be Taken Into Convention
V
. The ' fact has developed that the great majority of the leaders of the republican party In Lake and Porter counties are positively opposed to pleding themselves to any senatorial candidate. The plan is to make the selec
tion in open convention, and it is possible that a candidate may be nom
inated . who has never announced his
candidacy. ,
' The republicans of Lake and Porter counties have awakened to the importance of nominating the best possible man for the senatorship. It has "become a oonviction amog many of them
that the party cannot afford to make
any, mistake in the selection of a can didate for this office.
Not that they fear they would be un
able to elect the candidate ofthe par
ty, but because there are so many
matters of importance that Lake eoun ty will present to the state leglsla
tare that it must have a capable rep
resentative. Want Dependable Man.
; The party will insist upon a man who is absolutely dependable and honest, for there will be enormous pres
sure brought to bear on the senators
and representatives this year, as a re
suit of a certain legislation that will
com up. and only the strongest char acters will be able to survive the or deal of the next session.
So it is apparent that the 'leaders will ' pick a man whom they feel " is positively reliable, and if the right man
cannot be found among the candidates
the nomination will be forced upon a man who will fill the bill in every
particular. The recent rivalry between Ham
mond and Gary over the court fight will
out less of a figure than was at first
expected. The Gary republicans will
be satisfied with any man whom they believe will be fair and square with
them and that is all Hammond asks. The .court fight, if there is one, will then be fought out on its merits. Neith
er rftnimiKl--nor- Gary will e-xpeet the "representative to do as one of them did during 'the 1-aet session of "the legislature, positively refuse to introduce but one bill. Both bills will be introduced, and it will be a case of the survival of the fittest, or perhaps both bills will be passed. Many Conventions Scheduled. In the next month or two there will
be a large number of republican con
ventions preliminary to the fall cam
palgn. These conventions will be as
follows:
District convention will be held in Lafayette some time in the latter part of March. Will re-nominate Congress
man E. D. Crumpacker for representa
tive of the Tenth district. There wiU be no opposition to the Valparaiso man.
County convention Will be held in
Indiana Harbor on April 9, and all of
the county officers will be nominated,
The Lake county representative will
also be nominated at this convention.
terurban line from to Indianapolis. He even declared that he has spent $15.-
000 for right a of way in northern In
diana. .. "
The Crawfordsvllle Journal comes
out with a statement that may be "in
teresting to Hammond people as tend
ing to show what Purtelle is telling the people of Crawfordsvllle about his pro
posed traction line through the state.
"If present plans mature Crawfords
vllle Is to have another interurban
and it will be n trunk line from here to Hammond.. Meager information
only is obtainable about the proposed
railway. This much is certain: The company " which la backing the venture has headquarters in Chicago and
Eugene Purtelle, who is connected
with Eugene Purtelle & Co., the brokerage firm, in this city, is the presi
dent.
"The chief engineer of the company
was here ten days ago, but he gave out no information to the public. He visited Fred Robinson, city clerk, and se
cured a copy of a former franchise
granted to an interurban company, and
Bald he expected to frame up a similar one.
"He has done as he promised and on
Friday afternoon Mr. Robinson received seven copies of the proposed
That these two cities would be the ter- th wooda wlu bftckon to them again.
Even the schoolboys, wiin gooaiy evi
dences of the primitive man still in
minals. The reason for making Craw
fordsville the southern terminal was
to make connection with another trac
fliti HnA vat oitn wn.. - Tnillan
.polls, inasmuch as the road would I?00! am" ? rin?"
their makeup, instinctly feel the change in the seasons and the call to the open.
from his own observations. The earn-1 guments which the party was to use
estness and sincerity of the man help! in presenting the issues to the people.
to make his message very, effective. I Then some of the other leaders also
Great good has been done to the church ! would make speeches. Then commit
which will carry forward the work with tees were appointed.
renewed spirit. i On the night of the first day of the
Rev. H. B. Roller will give a free I convention the resolutions committee.
leeture this evening on his travels 1 better known as the platform commit-
throug Burope. He will speak of Italy, j tee. has always met and framed up the
Germany. France. Russia, Switzerland platform to be presented to the con
and Holland. A silver offering will be ventlon! Of course, much of this work
received, which will be aevoted to be- S done in advance, for the leaders of
nevoient worn, ah tne people are in- I the nartv niwim mnM to the conven
tion with practically a full draft of the
platform In their pockets. This is
Children Are Better. tru f parties. The platform is
A change, which is encouraging, has always made in advance and the con
set in the condition of Dr. and Mrs. venuon merely ratifies it.
W. F. Howat. While the little boy hy way. the resolutions committee
and the little girl are . still quite sick I meets and decides on the platform. On y
their condition is not quite so serious
as it was last week.
vlted to come.
tie hibernators out of the school rooms and suggest to their minds trips to the
woods and plans to play hdokey.
It needs no robbins or mlllners dis
plays to show that spring is coming.
The feeling is in the air. The evidence is indisputable.
OFFICER
SEES BRUTAL
STATE LIE
STREET
IS
be able to make the same kind of a
connection with the T. H., I. & E. trac
tion line at Lafayette it seems proba
ble that the new road will make traf
flc arrangements with the Ben Bur
line. One of the officials was asked
about it, but knew nothing of any such
plan, he said.
"The name of the company which
proposes to build the road Is the Indiana Northwestern Traction com
pany. The engineer stated that the
new line would touch Rensselaer,
Remington, Lafayette and many inter
vening points. The company will ask
for a fifty-year franchise over the
north end of Grant avenue to Market street, " thence east to Washington
street. . A spur track from the Ben
Hur traction line runs west half a block on Market from Washington. The
engineer stated to Mr. Robinson that
the company has already spent $15,000
for right of way in northern Indiana.
He also saw that a company wouia not Officer Frank Shine of the Hammond
spend that much if it did not expect to I police department was an eye witness
build the road. I to a brutal ani unwarranted assault
of four employes of the South Shore
that the prices were high, and to say ,,ne uPon a lone passenger somewhat
unaer me mnuence or liquor.
The brutality occurred last rrtght on
a westbound car leaving Gary about 9
o'clock. The victim, who was
stranger to Officer Shine, got on about the Kirk yards, and being in a rather
ASSAULT
FOR
that it was appreciated is expressing it
mildly.
The company was a high class one.
there was not a slow minute during the whole performance. There was
T, . , " . " hilarious mood, disclaimed any obligaIt was an average musical comedy with I '
the refreshing exception that the scene was laid at West Point Instead of some
Isle of Bong Bong, or some other out
landish place.
This made possible the Introduction
tion on his part to pay a car rare. Mr,
Shine did not see the beginning of the
argument and his attention was first called when he heard some neavy blows dealt. The conductor of the car had
gotten the assistance of the motor
of the trim cadet, the haters and the I - I man and a flagman who was on tne
: The board of public works this morning adopted a resolution providing for the opening of state line street on the
Hammond side from Sibley street to Plummer avenue. This marks the first . formal step In the proposed Improvement, and as the project has public sentiment behind it, it is not expected that there will be much of a delay. March 21st has been fixed on which the property owners affected may come in and remonstrate, but it is probable that the board will attempt to hold an informal .meeting with the interested
property owners before in order to clear the path of all obstacles.
S. K. Markman, the village attorney
of West Hammond, was at the meeting this morning and expressed his sat
isfaction of the progress of the pre
liminary work. He says he does , not
see anything now that would be a se
rious obstruction in the opening of the street.
The board at the meeting also adopt
ed the plans and specifications for the
Waltham street pavement from the
state line to Hohman street. Teh bond
of the Northern Indiana Gas and Elec
tric company for its license was accept
ed.
hazed, the gay college widow and the
play gave a fairly faithful picture, of
cadet life at the national war college.
The usual problems of love were
car and another conductor, and thess
four together beat and kicked and mal
treated their victim in a frightful
manner before they eouia De aeterrea
presented for solution and were solved Thls ajrty work completed, tney put
py two a reams, in wnicn me principals i hJm 0fl tne car. V
nave me proper course or action point- officer Frank Shine reported tne
ed out to them. I matter to the Gary and Hammond de
The excellent acting of the company I partments
redeemed the play and the good music
helped considerably. Taken as a whole the entertainment was a good one, and "The Golden Girl" may be said to have
made good in Hammond.
LOWELL MAII SUES
FOR DIVORCE TODAY
Judson Sanger Alleges That
His Wife Abandoned Him in 1906.
TOWNSHIP
OFFICIALS GET BUSY I Continued from Psge One.
PAXTON WILL NOT
- BE A CANDIDATE
(Continued from Pags 1.)
evidence be desires to secure against
these companies.
These statements will be read to the
association and the answers which are secured from the business men of the city will be communicated to Mr. Blng-
1 I Judson Sanger has brought an action
mTEJiujiT vr ITAX71-. action for divorce against his wife Among the facta that Attorney Gen- E1ia Sanger, through his attorney
erai Bingnam innumerates as mings to William H. Sickman. in the Lake su
be remembered: are as follows: I perlor court
1. ire insurance companies are ana jt is charged in the complaint that have been since May 8, 1909, restrained the defendant abandoned the nlalntiff at
from combining upon rates. j Jewell. Ind.. on Sept. 15. 1907. Th
2. Such companies are at liberty to couple were married March 8. 1906
write insurance at any rate that may They have one child. Willis L., aged be agreed upon between the company 4, and the plaintiff aks for the custody
Joint convention Will be held along great many persons think that a tax is
In April for the nurpose of nominating burden which they wolud like to
a joint representative for Lake and dose,
Newton counties. I Ta Law Bent,
Township convention Will be held If every person would pay their porsome time In April ror the purpose of t,on of the the burden would be nominating an advisory board, consta- "Shier than it is now. The tax law
bles and Justices of the peace. of Indiana is claimed to be the best State convention For the nomina- law of anv m the Union. Several
tion of the staet officers will be held other 8tates are now cPyrig after
alone about the middle of Anril. The lhe etate of Indiana, as well as Cana-
date will be set by the state central da and other countries. Wlthcommlttee tomorrow. out a A tax Iaw Indiana could not Th. iii k a .n .k keep up her fine public schools, which
committee of the county central com
mlttee in the office of County Chairman
F. -Richard Schaaf tomorrow at 1:30.
The members of this committee are: E.
L. Shortrldge, Crown Point; P. A. Parry, Hammond; J. W. Dyer, Hammond;
C J. Belshaw, Lowell; F. N. Gavit,
Whiting; G, l Kirk. East Chicago; Ma-
Jor John McFadden, Gary; A. C. Huber,
Gary.
J
Model A67 is a new one.
are noted the world over, as well as
her other benevolent Institutions.
Every man over twenty-one and un
der fifty pays a poll tax which goes Into the state, county, township and city
for school and benevolent purposes.
When we all do our duty," says Mr.
Williams, "the burden is comparatively light. The law requires all property to be listed at its true cash value.
not at forced or auction sale..' All
dogs over the age of three months will
be listed and it will be well for the owners to have their money ready to turn over to the assessor and get his
receipt for the same, as he will call upon you but once. Any time during
the year, when a dog becomes three months old, it is liable for taxes, and
If it is after the fifteenth day of May, it must be reported to the township trustee, when the required tax can be
paid for the year and his receipt obtained. A receipt for tax paid on a dog Is not ransferable, not even to
the person who may purchase such
dog.
and the Insured, and other companies
and their representatives have no right to interfere by imposing penalties or discriminating against either the insurer or the insured on account of such rate. 3. That fire insurance companies and their clients are at perfect liberty to negotiate with reference to rates and terms of insurance. 4. That any act on the part of fire insurance companies, pursuant to any combinations to enforce a given rate among such companies in Indiana, and to prevent free competition in fire insurance business in Indiana before or after May 8. 1909, is valuable evidence
in the ; pending anti-trust insurance litigation. , INVENTORS WRITE. While .there is no intention on the. part of the Hammond Business Men's
association to embarrass any of the local fire insurance agents, yet it is realized that this move on the part of Attorney Bingham is likely to have the effect of bringing about a lower rate of insurance In the state through competition. Secretary Johnston is in receipt of letters from E. B. Cummings. who will come to Hammond in a week or so to
demonstrate the advantages of his voting machine, and Theodore Crawley of Greencastle. who has a patent lawnmower which he would like to have manufactured here.
o fthls child.
Howland McClure has brought an ac
tion for a divorce against Elnora Edith
McClure through his attorney. E. G
Sproat. The plaintiff charges the de
fendant with improper relations with
Bert Frayzee and says that his wife
and Frayzee are living together at
Kalamazoo, Mich.
He says he offered to forgive and
forget, but his wife persisted In he
wrongdoing. They have two children, Harold Vernon and Beatrice Alien, and the plaintiff asks for the custody o these.
HELLO! HELLO t MR. BACHELOR.
JSIaety-Twe Pe Cent of the Telephone Girls Are lamarried. Washington. r. C, Feb. 28. Ninety-two per cent of the women telephone operators of the United Sstates are unmarried, S per cent are widows and 5 per cent are married. . These are some of the Interesting details ' brought out by special investigation made by the bureau of labor and sent to the senate Thursday by Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor.
the morning of the second day. The
committee makes its report and the of thft boarderfc captain Newman
platform is adopted. Then the nom
Brings Action.
George Hudacko has brought an ac
tion against Edward Strong and the
Lake County Savings & Trust company,
brought B&lghoft to the station where
in which he claims that J$1,1S3 which are ,n a dellcate condltion In the par-
inations follow, and these generally are he remalned all night.
nmsnea oy nignt. tv,. ... w. Ward before Judsre
It Is argued by those who favor a I v,.vs thi morninr in the nollce court.
lng should be cut out this year. Things
was due from the Old Tokay Distilling
company was never paid to him.
Case Again Continued.
.The Brandle hair-clipping
ty. and it is feared by some that If too much speech-making Is . allowed there j
win be things saia tnat win not do any
good. If one man is allowed to speak
case. I the bars will have to be thrown down
to all. and just at this time.
which has been continued in Judge I to &nd just at this time, it Is
Frank Presfs court from time to time I pointed out, this would not be wise. Of
promises never to come to a trial. The I course, a keynote speech would be
case was to have come up this morning, J made. This could not well be dispensed
but Attorney Conroy, who appears for with, but all others could.
one of the parties, was unable to be present, and the other parties to the
case failed to show up.
1D1AJA
HARBOR
r
BAR ASSOCIATION
The Lake County Bar association
held a meeting in the Lake superior
court this morning and finally adopt
ed the new constitution and bylaws.
The only matter that was settled this
morning was that the annual meeting i
should be held on the last Friday or
Saturday of the last term. This will
make it' come about the 1st of July.
Quarterly meetings will be held Oct.
1. Jan. 1, April l and July 1. The
present members will be admitted
charter members for the next thirty
oays.
SEllTIUEL SOLD AGAIIl
Indianapolis Star Man
Comes to : the Harbor to Run Paper.
fMY ARE
AMY WORE LIKE YOU?
(Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Feb. 2S. The
Sentinel, which was purchased by H. J. Martin of Franklyn, Ind., about two
months ago from Messrs. Malone and
Barrow, has again changed hands. II.
BANKRUPTCY CASE
The Otto Wiler bankruptcy case
which comes from Gary, Is being heard M. Dill of Indianapolis is the purchaser before Referee in Bankruptcy John O. I nd will take possession of his newly
Bowers today. The assets are report-I acquired property at once,
ed to be $4,100 and the liabilities $6,000. The new editor is an experienced
Otto Wiler was thrown into involen-1 newspaper man and comes here, from etary bankruptcy by his creditors. A. I the Indianapolis Star, the paper he has
M. Turner has been the receiver in the 1 been connected with for some time.
case and a trustee will be elected this I Mr. Dill has already moved to the Har
bor and Is living with his family on
Fir street.
Mr, Martin will return to Franklyn,
where flattering , business opportunl
ties have been offered him which he
did not feel justified In refusing, al
though he was perfectly well satisfied
wit hthe business of the Sentinel
During Mr, Martin's short stay in In
diana Harbor he made many friends, who will "wish him success in his new
undertaking.
Attorneys Hodges St lUdgley of Gary have filed a divorce suit in which Nick Mikullc has brought an action for a divorce against his wife, Mary Mikullc: ' " It is alleged in the complaint that
I Mary, after having Improper relations
with Mike CvUanovlch. , on Strand street, in South Chicago, was told that she might return home providing she would mend her ways and not repeat the offense. . Later she told her husband that she did not care for ,hlm any more and that there was another man whom she loved more. She also said that she did not want to be bothered with her child. The couple were married Dec. , 20, 1903, and were separated in May, 1908. Nick alleges that when his wife finally left him she took $253 he had in the cash drawer and $320 that had been left with the priest, Father Krantz. The plaintiff asks for the custody of John, the 6-year-bld child.
afternoon.
Observation Tour of Europe.
"ov. jri. a. Kouer, wno nas spent over
two years in Europe, will lecture to
night at the First M. E. church on Rus
sell street at 7:30 o'clock. The high
school pupils who heard him on "Italy'
ana xne pastors wno neara him on "Ten
Days in London" will testify to the
fact that he Is well worth hearing, as
his addresses are full of valuable In
formation and a means of education.
Rev. Mr. Roller will portray' his trip
across the Atlantic, and take his hear
ers through and end with a" Mountain
Tour through the Alps.
Theer will be no admission fee, but
at the close of the lecture there will be
a silver offering and the proceeds will
be used for missionary work.
FOREIGNER
CHARGED
AIltlOUIlGEMENT To The Ladies.
SELLS 3 OVERLANDS.
E. F. Kunert, proprietor of the Fay
ette street garage and agent for the Overland Automobile company, had dis
posed of three machines within the past fe wdays, the purchasers being
Frank Cooley, a forty-horsepower Sam Balghoff, a foreigner living near
four-cyllndar five-seated tourlne car. a Nineteenth avenue and Washington
w - i
WITH FIGHT
forty-horsepower four-cylinder twosealed roadster to Dr. W. A. Buchanan and a similar machine to William Ahlborn of the Ahlborn Construction company. The Overland machine is manufactured In Indianapolis and, Mr. Kunert is confident that it will be a popular machine In Lake county.
HAMMOND NEWS
if
GRAND UNION
HOTEL ..H.
GOLDEN GIRL" PLAYS
TO GOOD BUSIfiESS
"Lovey Doves" Appreciate
the Wiles of Cupid as Presented in Play.
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CENTRAL
STATION
NEW YORK CITY
Rsitssm in And from Ft utirm frmm
lie atampfor N. f . City Guide Book mad Mftp
IS THE BACKBONE -OF WHITER BROKEN?
Indisputable Evidence Is
Seen That Spring Is Not Far Away.
Work Is Increasing. The work at the Standard Steel" Car plant is progressing splendidly since the end of the strike. Between fifty and seventy-five men are being taken on each week, and the pay roll Is Increasing by leaps and bounds each two weeks. The pa yroll has been growing by leaps and bounds lately, and last pay day it was $42,000. The distribution of that amount of money each two weeks is having Its effect on trade conditions in the city.
It Is expected that the $60,000 mark
will be reached by the 1st of May,
and the prospects for an Increase even above the figure depends upon the
ability of the company to get the nec essary materials.
"The Golden Girl" at the Towle Op
era House last evening was greeted by
a large audlenc in spite of the fact ' eleven hours and ten minutes each day.
While we are not quite sure that the remark, "the backbone of winter has been broken," is timely, there are certain indisputable evidences that spring is at hand. The most noteworthy of these is the fact that the hours of daylight have increased perceptibly. When "Old Sol" swings so far north that he Is visible
from 6:29 a. m. to 5:39 p. m., or about
Revival Services Close.
The revival meetings which have been in progress three weeks at the
First Methodist church closed fast
night, having betn a vdecided success.
Good audiences greeted the evangelist
both morning and evening. The morn
ing subject, "Jesus Only," was ably presented. A good attendance was at
the men's meeting In the afternoon whe nthe address was upon "The Greatest Trial and Verdict." The
largest audience of the whole meeting
was present last night and Intense in
terest was shown. Turing the day eleven united with the church, making In all seventy additions during the
meeting. Rev, Henry B. Roller has proven himself to be a Bplendid evangelist His sermons are awakening and convincing. He preaches by a generous use of illustrations, largely drawn
street. In Gary, was arrested last night
by Captain Newman on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. The warrant was sworn out by Annie Baighoff, his wife. About 8 o'clock last night Captain Newman was called to the Balghoff home, where he found that the foreigner had been crually beating his wife. Not satisfied with striking her about the face, Balghoff drew a knife and would have stabbed her if It had not been for the interefrence of several
7 i - J WHY M v
The Red Gross Ladies Tailors will be ready for business March 1st. Room 37 Rimbach Block -HAMMOND All kinds of ladles Gowns and Dresses In the latest styles. First class designers and cotters. DROP IN AND SEE US The Red Cross Ladies Tailors
SESSilTO
E CULLED
Republican State Central
Committee Is Advocating
One-Day State Convention and Cutting Out of All the
Speech-Making.
Best Automobile Ins-Best American Go. 20 Chas. H. Billings Room 33, Rimbach Bldg. Phone 485
H. R. MEIKUE
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TIMES' BIREAC AT THE STATE CAPITA!,.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28. When
the republican state committee meets
in this city tomorrow, it will, as stated before in these dispatches, take up the question of fixing a time for holding the staet convention and the rules which shall govern the convention. One
of the questions to be determined will be whether the convention shall occupy one day or two days. Heretofore It has been the rule to occupy two or more days, but there is a strong feeling among many of the republicans that this year the buslenss should all be transacted and all nominations be made in one day. The rule heretofore has been that the convention would organize on the first day. The temporary chairman would be appointed and he would make a speech. Then the permanent chafrman would be elected and he also would make a speech which was re
garded as the keynote speech of the
campaign. He would set forth the ar-
Till further notice The Gary 6c Interurban R. R. Co. Will give hourly service between Gary and Hammond, commencing Tuesday, February 8, 1910. First car leaving North Broadway, Gary, 6:20 A. M. and every hour until 10:20 P. M. 1 First car leaving Hammond, corner Sibley Street and Oaklev Avenue at 6:00 A. M. and every hour until 10:00 P. M. GARY & K1TERURBAII R R. COMPANY W. C PHULIPS, Mgr.