Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 216, Hammond, Lake County, 2 March 1910 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910.

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Interstate Corporations Dping Business in Hammond and Dodging: Taxation to be "Jerked Up"

TO RAISE SCHEDULE Manufactories in Calumet Region Will Have Assessments Raised. ;

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The state board of tax commissioners, practically a new board under

the regime of Governor Marshall, has issued an ultimatum that will result in a material increase in the valuations of the property of the manufacturing concerns of the state. This fact is of vital interest to Lake county because of the fact that it is the' greatest industrial community in the state and it is partly due to the fact that past state administrations have been friendly to manufacturers that Indiana has attracted many concerns from the neighboring Etate of Illinois. Lake county has been the birth place of many Infant industries. It is still an Industrial Incubator and the asses- ' sors have taken this fact into consideration. ; They have felt that a concern Just getting on Its feet In this locality should bo -lean with as lightly S t-li'J ' y 1 - yV t .y . ;a 1, . ; I'rotect . inanMrle.To "illustrate: The Standard Steel Car company built a $5,000,000 plant in llarr nond. Before the plant was fairly l.i running order the panic struck the country and car building was practically suspended. For over a year

there was little or nothing done at this plant, and no return was received from the $5,000,000 that was invested here. The assessors have taken this into consideration, and now that the plant is in running order again the valuation will be raised. The United States Metals Refining (Continued on page Qve.)

Upon the petition of Otto Knoerzer for the O. K. Champion company and

others, the board of public works this

morning instructed the city engineer

to prepare plans and, specifications for the same. .The streets in question are

Sheffield avenue, from Gostlin street to

River street, and the opening of Hoffman street v from Hohman street to

Sheffield avenue. It is asked that this

portion , of Sheffield avenue be paved and sidewalks be placed thereon. These improvements are necessary.

as there is a greater demand for traffic

routes In this part of the city.

In the absence of Otto Duelke, the city clerk;' who is confined to his bed with sickness. Miss Etta Gastel was appointed to take care of his work for the time being. V ' "

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Township Assessor. B. K. Escher of North township 6ays that be looks for a big Increase in the valutlon this year as a result of the action of the state board and Major McFadden of Calumet township is of the same opinion. Mr. McFadden said today that the greatest increase in the assessed valution will be noticeable next year when the assessment on real estate Is established for the next four-year period. , t ' ' Deputies Appointed. County Assessor William v E. Black was in Hammond today to see how the work of making the new assessment is progressing. Assessor B. E. Escher has announced his deputies, who will make the assessment in North - township. They are as follows: For Hammond C. W. Jewell, James Kennedy, William Herkner, Chas. Wilson, Edward Mee and Julius Linneman. ' For East Chicago James McCloskey. For Indiana Harbor A man by the name of Rolf, and the second man has not been named. The deputy in Whiting has not been named as yet, and C P. Schoon will be the deputy in North township. The deputies announced by Township Assessor John McFadden of Gary are as follows: For Gary L. D. Briggs, W. C. Burke and Patrick O'Brien. For Tolleston Henry Rapmond. For Griffith and Ross W. C. Watts.

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Street Commissioner John F. Kuhlman feels that he has a problem on his hands for this spring in cleaning the streets. The heavy snow and ice have cut deeply into his fund for the department, and while he Is anxious to begin the spring cleaning at once, he is inclined to hesitate, because he fears that the expense Incurred In this work would be for nothing, as it is still too early in the season and the weather is too unsettled. The board of public works at its session this morning allowed the street commissioner to establish a one horse station in Robertsdale for the department. With such an arrangement Mr. Kuhlman feels that he can keep the ! streets of the Fourth ward In fairly good condition.

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Mike Hans of Chicago, 40 years old, and married. Is believed to have walked Into the Indiana Harbor canal and drowned last night. He was last seen by Conductor Roy James of East Chicago, who met him at the Pennsylvania depot at East Chicago. Hans was employed as a watchman on a suburban passenger train which usually remains In East Chicago over night. Last night it was blocked at the "Y" near Kennedy avenue and Conductor Roy James informed him that he would have to walk out to the train at a point nrar Kennedy avenue He started out and that was the last seen of him. It is feared that he walked off the bridge and was drowned In the canal, where a swift current is flowing from the lake to the river. The engineer of the train, P. J. Harber, and the fireman, S. M. Bensburger, saw nothing of the watchman who was to relieve them.

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TAKES UP PROJECT

Simplex Economy Gas Appliance Co.; Composed of Energetic Men Behind Whom Is Big Money, Will Locate Here.

Hammond today welcomes its latest arrival In the shape of a big, live, progressive and energetic corporation . the Simplex Economy Gas Appliance company which has opened offices at the corner of State, and Hohman streets. A factory will also be established in the very near future, and if the volume of business which is rolling in at the present time from its agents throughout the United States will in any way effect the size of the factory, the new factory will have to be a big one. The new corporation succeeds the Nagle lighting system, having purchased all of the patent rights and the established business of J. P, Nagle. Influence and money are behind the new concern, both in a large quantity, and the officers and directors are of a caliber of, which any established Institutions might well be proud. To the outsider, .the struggle between the gas companies and the Nagle lightins system has been most interesting, as it has lacked nothing to give It all the color of keenest competition. Many of the leading merchants in Hammond, after continued use of the Nagle lighting system for two years and more, unhesitatingly state that it saves from 75 per cent of their light bills. Rumore were started to the effect that a gasoline lighting system, which happened to be the Nagle system, was responsible for the big fire which totally destroyed the Coliseum at East Chicago recently. ' Unfortunately, the statement was previously published by

GET A NEW PASTOR . The members of the Presbyterian church met at the church last ' night and" selected Rev. Pflugg of Plymouth as their pastor. Rev. Pflug comes well recommended from his church at Plymouth," He is said to have a well organized church and a large - Sunday school.

Dies at Hospital. , .Mrs. Mary Schwen of Hessville. a widow, 56 years old, died yesterday afternoon, at St. Margaret's hospital, her death having been due to dropsy.' Mrs. Schwen was the mother of several children, who survive her. The body was taken to the home of her daughter. Mrs. Lovell, 9138 Superior avenue, South Chlcago,this afternoon, ait! funeral arrangements will be made there.

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McBride is Acquitted at County Seat and State of Indiana Gets a "Solar Plexus" Blow

Special State's Attorney Who Made Fight in Blind Pig Cases

Hammond Annexes Strip, of Land Extending to Calumet River on Hohman St.,

Providing a Compromise With the Ruralites.

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SISTER LUGIIA IS ILL AT HOSPITAL 3ister of Mother Superior Reported to Be a Little Better, However. .

Sister Lucinna of the Order of St. Francis is reported to be quite ill at St. Margaret's hospital, having ' been brought here from Denver to recuperate. She is a sister of the sister superior and was accompanied by the latter on her trip from Denver. Sister Lucinna has shown a little improvement today, and this is a matter of gratification to all the sisters, wno hope for her ultimate recovery. The sister superior was absent but ten days, but in this short time she was greatly missed by her charges, and they are glad to have, her back again.

GREAT INTEREST III OUTCOME OF CASE

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., March 2. Up to a late hour last night Judge Peterson, the lawyers Interested In the case, reporters for the several papers and a crowd of Gary and Crown Point citizens awaited in the court room for the verdict of the jury in the McBride case. One by one those who were keeping the vigil left for their homes, and when It was seen

(that an agreement would not be reached j at 11:30, Judge Peterson decided to go J home with Instructions to the baillfT to j call him if any decision was reached.

The arguments in the Jury room could be heard by those in the corridors, and that there was a disagreement among the Jurymen and a small chance for a decision at an early hour was evident. The Jurors called for a midnight supper at 11:30 o'clock and all hope of an agreement being rendered and read before morning was given up. The telephone wires from Oary, Hammond and other towns In Lake county were kept busy, showing the great interest that had been aroused as to the finding in that case.

By an ordlnaiice providing for the annexation of a strip of land, 400 feet wide and a mile long, extending' from the south city limits, where Hohman streets Intersects to the north banks of the Little Calumet river, preliminary steps were taken by the Hammond city council -last night to straighten this thoroughfare, and ultimately extend it beyond the river. The project in its present form Is a compromise with the rural property owners in the territory between the south city limits and the Little Calumet river, the city having originally favored the annexation of all this territory. Plans are now pending for the opening of Calumet avenue in a similar manner in order that it may ultimately be extended beyond the river to the town of Dyer. The officials of the town of Munster are said to be In favor of continuing Hohman street, south of the river. In the hope that the county commissioners will provide a bridge over the river. The property owners In the territory of the proposed Calumet avenue extension are in favor of a street 100 feet wide. Farmers Dlafavor Annexation. In introducing the ordinance for the annexation of the strip of land. Mayor Becker explained that this step had been decided on only after the district had been sounded and it had been found that the farmers were not in favor of annexation. He explained further that under the annexation law passed two years ago it is just as easy to be dls-

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NOLLE PROS, ONE CASE Trial of James Rogers Is Bev gun Immediately on Convening of Session X'odayv

HOW BALLOTS STOOD. ; 1st ballot 1 to 5 for conviction. , 2nd ballot 7 to 6 for acquittal. , 3rd ballot 8 to 6 for acquittal, i 4th ballot 9 to 3 for acquittal. ; Up to the thirtieth ballot taken at 11 o'clock the result was the same. Then the next ballot result showed 8 to 4 for acquittal. The balloting continued until S o'clock this morning, when the vote stood 11 to 1 for acquittal. -A verdict was reached on a ballot taken at 8 o'clock when a unanimous acquittal was secured. The bailiff, found a waste toasket simply full of ballots.

NEW CASES IN " CIRCUIT COURT

(Special to The Times.) Crown Pointf Ind., March 2. The following new cases have been filed here in the circuit court: " "Walter F. Lowrey vs. John P. Thomas et al. Foreclosure of mortgage. Anna Wolfe vs. William Wolfe. Divorce. John Wesley Reed and Edwin W. Bump vs. American Steel and Wire Works. Civil. . Wisconsin Lumber Co. vs. Harry Caplann et al Civil.

You will say that a LaVendor Cigar cannot be beat, If you try one.

(Continued on page five.) PETER VOJAGK if"7 RECOVERFROH INJURY Louis Kurtes Has Been Taken to Count Jail to Await Outcome of the Case.

Peter Vojak who is at St. Margaret's hospital with a bullet in his face from the guns of Louis Kurtes, a foreigner.

employed In the Standard Steel Car

works. Is not In serious danger at the present time. While his conditions is not serious it is such that developments may set in at any time. The bullet Is lodged in the cheek bone di

rectly under the eye. Kurtes has been taken to the county jail to stand trial In the city court, his trial having been

delayed to await the outcome of Voj ak's condition. . ,

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Jack O'Keefe, one of the best restaurant men that Hammond ever had, has closed his place on State street, and has gone back to Whiting. Mr. O'Keefe Is not yet certain as to his plans. He may come back to Hammond and look for another location or he may abandon the field altogether. Mr. O'Keefe's place was frequented b ythe best people of the city. Mr. O'Keefe had the best of service and his cuisine was excellent. He was handicapped, however, by the fact that his restaurant was located inthe rear of a saloon. It was argued that people do. not

hesitate to enter such places in Chi

cago, but the theory was not borne out by the facts. They refused to go into the Hammond establishments In spite of the fact that it was known to be one of the best in the city. . '

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UNIVERSITY CLUB ELECTS , OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR

OUTCOME OF CASES TO DATE. ' " 5 Thomas j'Megrames Acquittal., Mathew McBride Acquittal. . f Charles Jacks on-Convicted. . Elinor Tisher-rCoiwicted.' V . John PreselaiSonvictrl1 " " V J. X. McKee Oecisioi. Withhelbk, , Crown Point, IndL. March 2. Mat

JMcBride's "immunity bath," given by Mayor Knotts of Gary, was a good j one, the petit jury decided after taking nearly one hundred ballots in an i all-night session in the Lake circuit

court. When the gray dawn broke on the Crown Point court house, one man was hanging out for conviction, but at 8 o'cock he succumbed to the wishes of the : majority, and the famous "blind pig" case was done. - The verdict was received with mixed feelings. The "hllnd-pig" keepers, (Continued on page seven.)

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PLANT POWER

Manager W. D. Ray of the Northern Indiana Gas andElectric company has just closed a contract with the Linde Air Products company of East Chi

cago for the sale of power.

Mr. Ray is especially proud of the

fact that he has secured this contract, as the company already had purchased the necessary machinery for the purpose of producing power. Mr. Ray was able to convince the promoters of the concern that he could furnish power cheaper than they could manufacture it themselves, and so the order for the machinery was canceled and Mr. Ray got the contract for the power. The Linde Co. makes oxygen and liquid air, and a large amount of its product is sold to concerns which are using a combination of oxygen and aceytelin gas for welding purposes. The East Chicago concern,' which is to be located in Calumet, will employ a large number of. men and will add to the diversities of .the manufactures of the region. It is understood that the plant for this company is to be completed In the near .future.

The annual election of officers of officers of the University club of Hammond resulted in the selection of Roscoe E. 'Woods for the office of president, to succeed himself, for the coming j'ear. Melvln F. Church was elected vice president, John W. Morthland secretary and William H. Gostlin, Jr., treasurer.In view of the fact that the constitution and by-laws have been revised, as to the provision for directors, a new directorate was elected. The new board

of directors consists' of Charles Demlng for three years, David Emery and John Gafney for tw years and Fred Crumpacker and Carl Ames for . one year.- j - Following his re-election as' president. Woods vwas called upon for a speech and briefly outlined the work that -had been accomplished during the past year. In which the plans for the new club rooms were " developed and have been carried to the point where the success of the project Is now assured. ; ' Plenty of Money. The finances of the-clutt, were found to be in excellent condition in spite of the fact that up to this time the club has had little to offer to its members in the way of advantages Treasurer William H. Gostlin was able to report a large balance in the .treasury ; and outstanding dues that will, when col

lected, put the club In excellent finan- !

clal condition by the time the new

quarters are occupied. . I Chairman Henry Conkey of the committee on furnishings and decorations reported that the matter of furnishing the club quarters was being gone into very thoroughly .by his committee. While the club is . to be handsomely furnished in , leather upholstered furniture, the idea will be to make . the furniture comfortable rather than' ornate. Bids have been received from several concerns, and one Chicago house will screen off spaces just the size of the club rooms and, furnish them completely just to show exactly how the new club rooms will appear when furnished. JMembemhlp Gronln. Chairman M. F. Church of the committee on membership submitted the names of thirteen candidates for membership, and these, after being posted for a period of fifteen days, will be voted upon. Despite the large number of restrictions that are placed on the membership and. the policy of conservatism that prevails In this respect, It is likely that the membership will be materially increased in the next thirty days. , ? The members of the club were exceedingly optimistic over the prospects of the club, and all of them are anxious tQ get into the new quarters as soon as possible. .

DATE FOR APRIL 15

REPUBLICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS

The finance committee of the Lake county republican central committee met yesterday - afternoon In County Chairman F. R Schaafs office at Hammond and took up several matters of vital importance to the party and discussed a number of new plans which, will make for the good of the party. The assessments were made on the various county candidates and they will be notified forthwith. Another meeting of the committee will take place next Sunday afternoon, at which questions that are being considered re-

acrdinar the county convention and

township conventions in Calumet and North townships will be taken up. The members of the committee In attendance at the meeting yesterday were Major John McFadden of Gary, C. L. Kirk of East Chicago, P. A. Parry of Hammond and E. L Shortridge of Crown Point. .

STEEL EMPLOYE FATALLY HURT George Radlovich, an employe of the Indiana Steel company at Gary in the open hearth furnaces, was seriously Injured yesterday afternoon, and was hurried to the South Chicago hospital of the steel company, where, it Is said, he cannot live but a short time. The details as to how the accident, occurred could not be learned today.

Republican State Committee Decides That Republican State Convention Will Be Held Early arid Use Only One Day.

TIMES' Bl'REAU AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind.. March's. The decision reached yesterday afternoon by the republican state committee that the slate convention shall be held on April 5 and that it last only one day was unanimous. This was regarded as a good omen as the time for holding th convention was the first question of great importance which the committee has had to consider and the "manner in which It disposed of it leads to the belief that the committee will work in perfect harmony throughout the campaign. t Culbert la O. K. It was noticeable also that ail doubts as to the stand that would be taken by Dr. J. S. Culbert, committeeman from the Eighth district was removed. Th election of Dr. Culbert as a member of the committee was engineered by former Congressman Cromer. Culbert serv. ed for five years as postmaster of Portland under an appointment recommend.! ed by Cromer.- The friends of Senator Beverldge did not know that Culbert was to be elected committeeman from the Eighth. But Culbert. it is 'said. Is in entire ; accord with the committee snd Is full of hope for the outcoipe aext

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