Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 244, Hammond, Lake County, 14 April 1910 — Page 1

SHOWERS LATE , TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. COOLER FRIDAY"

fill

LAKE

GOTMiiPflMEi

o EDITION

VOL. IV., NO. 244.

HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910.

ONE . CKfrT PER COPY.

mmm m illliMMlIW

Jarnecke Property on So. Hohman Street; to be Razed and I mposing Structure to be Erected

INCREASE IflVALUES One Hundred Feet From the Eder Block to Corner of Clinton forBuilding.

The -materialization of plans which John F. Jarnecke how has under consideration for the improvement of his

South Hohman street property just south of the Eder building will prove

to lie a big improvement for the busi ness district in general.

It will Increase also the value of

Hohman street property. The lm

provement will also hasten the southward trend of the business district

on this thoroughfare. Mr. Jarnecke owns one hundred feet south from

the Eder building to the McHle prop

erty. A little shoe repair shop, a

blacksmith shop and a two story

brick building are located on the property, part of the lot being still

vacant. ALli ABLE TO BE HAZED.

All of, the buildings are to ; be

raxed, it Is understood, to make room

for on large-iiuildlng,,- three stories

"laJt't!ilS,'na haying a frontage of 10

feet and a depth of 100 feet. The It'.

have a total depth of 150 feet..

While Mr. Jarnecke s entertaining these plans now, they are, however, not

to be carried out until two years hence.

The materialization of the plans would

mean another building for Hammond like the one which Anton Tapper Is now

(Continued on page flve.

DECIDE ON

QUARTERS

THIS EVE,

Moat of the business of the city are plannig to attend the meeting of

the Hammond Business Men's aseocia

tlon, which will be held In Wels' hall

tonight.

E. F. Johnston has a proposition for

permanent quarters that he will sub mit to hte members of the associa tlon. It Is understood that he Is nego

t latin g for a hall and a suite of rooms

In the Rimbach block. This location would be centrally lo

oated and would provide offices and headquarters for the club that would be of a permanent nature. The rooms have been inspected and are said to be

well suited for the purpose.

The proposition to change the name of the association will also come up

and the question of securing the Q. A.

R. encampment will be taken up.

CUtlS FOR SIGNATURES GOItlG OH

The canvass for signatures on the

Gary remonstrance against the annexa

tlon . continues .quietly and smoothly,

and with promise of rolling up the same percentage' that was polled for

the East Chicago remonstrance. It Is

doubtful, however, whether an effort

will be made to find every last voter,

By checking up the names on the East

Chicago remonstrance the canvassers have the names and address -of prac

tically every voter In Hammond.

Those who, sign the remonstrance are

asked to sign, two papers for the reason

that Gary passed two remonstrances, one. annexing East Chicago when the latter city had already annexed Hammond by an ordinance and a second

ordinance annexing Hammond alone.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

II III

WILL MEET

'MOOT hit to . sra up"

The advlsery committee of the repub

lican county central committee will met In "the office of County Chairman

F. R. Schaaf, room 409, in the Ham-

J i 1 J I - I .... A 1 1 . E .

IUUUU UUUUiUKi UD X' I luaj , Apia J.v .!. I . , ,

10:30 a. m., for the purpose,of deciding I a. . XteiuniS xTOIn

the time and place for holding the

townships and joint representative con-

bentions. The matter is of considerable Im

portance, and Schaaf Is urging ' that there be as large attendance as possi

ble. The convention for the nomina

tion of the joint representative will be I held in the near future,-and it will have j

to select between B. "W. Van Home of Indiana Harbor, Attorney Renollett of Gary and H. E. Granger of Hammond.

Indianapolis This Morn

ing and Admits That He Ran Across Some Old Friends During Stay.

OR! GETS

CHARTER AT

ORLEANS

OUR JOE WILL BE CANDIDATE

CHAIR 1,1 A i J

SSOES HIS .

Hammond Lawyer and Personal Friend of Gov. Mar

shall, Though Without Po

litical Ambitions. Consid-

ers Appellate Judgeship.

John A. Gavlt, democratic county chairman, having Issued his call for the selection of delegates for the county convention, will be, held on the evening of April 23. ' These delegates are to meet In Huehn's hall on the 25tU to select delegates to the state convention, to be held at Indianapolis April 27 and 28. ( Mr. Gavlt returned from Indianapolis this mornlnsr, where he had attended the Jefferson day banquet. He brought back some of the enthusiasm which was dispensed In copious quantities at the brilliant function. He is more convinced than ever that the next state election will be a democratic landslide.

Divorce Cases. The Friday divorce cases will come up in the morning Instead of the afternoon this week. This announcement was made by Judge Virgil S. Reiter of the Lake Superior court this morning. This morning was given over to a mo

tion hour, but other than that there were no activities in court.

Safe Back Home? Although the slot machines which were 'recently stolen from the West Hammond village " jail have not yet been located, . there is a ge narelita been located, there is a general Impression across the Tine that they are safely harbored in Hammond, where they originally came from.

Attorney Joseph G. Ibach of Ham mond will verylikely be the demerit

ic candidate for the office of appellate

judge of Indiana. Ibach will be - the

Lake--county representative on .the

democratic state ticket. x '

'Xfc warlike ; ll;?htritag4mt. cleat

sKy,? said Ibach this morning,- when a reporter Informed him that the news

of his preferment fqr the nomination had appeared exclusively itt-THs Times on the evening before, "I had no idea when I went to Indianapolis that I was to be selected for tjhe honor of

representing the ticket In this part of

the state. Have So' Ambition.

"I have not had any polltcal am

bitions, and I was naturally surprised when I learned that the leaders of the

party in the state desired that I make

the race

"I informed them that I would con

sider the matter, but that I wanted

time. to go home and talk the matter over with my friends. As a result of several conferences that I have had I think it is very probable that I will be

a candidate for the office."

There are five appellate Judges to be elected at the coming election of state officers. Out of that five there may be five democrats or five republicans, or

mere may oe a lew repuDiicans ana a

few democrats, according to the way

the election over the state goes.

The appellate Judges are elected by the electorate of the whole state, and

not on any particular district. It is

thus possible that Judge Harry B.

Tuthiil of Michigan City should be

elected and that Joseph. Ibach of Ham

mond should be elected, too. This would give the Teath district two of

the five appellate judges of the state.

The office of appellate Judge pays a

salary of 56,000 a year and would nee essltate Attorney Ibach's moving to In

aianapoiis, although he would retain

his legal residence here.

A. F. Knotts f Hammond returned

from Indianapolis this morning after he had been basking in the sunlight of considerable", newspaper publicity. The publicity came as a result of his admitting that he would accept the nomi

nation for the office of Congressman from the Tenth district on an Insurg

ent ticket

Mr. Knotts defied that he had gone

to . IndianaDOllS for the niirnnaa nf

stirring up the .nimals. . He taid he had Just been down there with Tom

and incidentally shad run across unmo

or his old political friends.

"It Is In An Awful Plight." Knotts claims to have found the state

of Indiana in a state of political intoxication. He found the republican

party in a terrible plight as a resvrlt of

too free an imbibing of "insurgency."

Mr. Knotts said that "prominent re

publicans" at the state capital were

prophesying that the state of Indiana

will go democratic by 50,000 majority

and that Senator Albert J. Beveridee

would surely go down with the ship.

A State of Mind. In view of the fact that Knotts

seemed to have 'a state of mind" he

was asked about his general health and his digestion. He was further catechised as to the company he kept while at Indianapolis.

It should be remembered that Knotts

had admitted that he had been around with Tom and It- should be further re-

(Speclal to Thh Times.) New , Orleans, April 13. "Orak charter granted ; tell the boys. (Signed.) "H. H. SHARRER." The above telegram Is news to every noble in northern Indiana who has been anxiously waiting for the word from . the southern metropolis. "While there never was a doubt in the minds of Orak Shrlners that a charter would

be ultimately granted, they are rejoicing in the fact, that the period of

probation, so to speak, has been sue

cessfully passed, and that the temple Is now on a par with every other one

in the country. . Until this charter had

been granted the - temple like every

other one In Its infancy existed under

dispensation. ,

The real celebration, , it is expected, will follow some time after the so

journ Orak Shrlners return. The de

tails for this will be arranged in due

time. - - . Rochester Gets 1911 Conclave.

W. Freeland Kendrick, potentate of Lulu temple, Philadelphia, was elected

today Imperial outer guard of the no

bles of the Mystic Shrine. The next

national conclave will be held In Roch

ester, N. Y., July 12, 1911. With the election of the new outer guard,, all of the imperial officers, with the exception of the treasurer and the recorder,

moved one rung up the ladder.

(Continued on Page Eight.)

w (.III

it

KILLS 111

MOft!

Construction Work on Lake

Superior Courthouse at Hammond Halted by a Shocking Accident, Which Kills and Injures.

JOHN TAKES BIGHT VIEtOFIT

WtoWuy SMFE o i

MIX II

I I 1 1 I II

m h r ii n

inroiio

OUT

Should Gary Council Put" Kibosh"1

on Gary & So. Hammond Capital Will Build it to the Hub

CHOVJIl POINT PI0I1EER! R ARV VJILL

BtltAintS Nib LflSI

Father of WetfKnOwn Hammond Man Dies at His Home in County Seat.

PREACHERS

BLUE COST OE LIVING

Laporte, Ind., April 14. The Logansport Presbytery, made up of the Northwestern counties of Indiana, is suffering from an exodus of pastors without parallel. Two-fifths if the churches have no minister. Three stated clerks, have gone within three years. All three Presbyterian pastors In Logansport have gone. Rochester, Hammond, Wlnamao and several other good churches are vacant. The explanation offered Is the "present -high prices and the Inability of the clergymen to lie. within their alaries. Rev.: Howard Binman of Kentland WaJ elected moderator. Rev. B. R. Horton of Crown Point stated cleric and .Rev.; O, A. Pflng of Plymouth permanent" olerlCr- " - "

LAST OF

Dm

OF

CONCLAV

E

S1NERS AT !!. ORLEANS

A human life was sacrificed yester

day afternoon In the construction of

the additions to the Lake Superior court house at Hammond when a heavy derrick boom fell on J. Howland a stone mason crushing him to death. A spring defective on the hoisting engine regulating the "dog" on the cog wheel

refused to work and permitted the

boom to drop a distance of fifteen feet.

It descended squarely upon Howland

who was leaning over the wall to put

a stone In position and also caught "W.

Stanbaugh the foreman of the Job who

was standing beside Howland The boom struck Stanbaugh on the shoulder

and partially crushed his hand.

Stanbaugh in telling of the accident

this morning to a Times reporter said

Haa AVlfe and Famllr.

"When I think that Mr. Howland was

a married man and that I am single I

sometimes wonder why the boom' did

(Continued on Page Eight.)

Today Is the last day of the Shrlners conclave . at New Orleans. - The program for tbe day is as follows: Morning The nobility will now have an opportunity of visiting the various commercial Industries and clubs of the city where open house will be kept In their honor." Promiscuous street masking-, as a result of the .issuance of a proclamation by Mayor Behrman, will be permitted throughout the day, that Is, up to 6 p. m The Shrlners attending the Imperial council session are- cordially invited to participate in this unique carnival feature. 7:30 p. m. Carnival parade; a pageant of brilliancy and beauty; reproducing one ef the most magnificent and gorgeous productions ever presented as a moving spectacle. There will be no less than twenty beautifully and artisticallyarranged floats in line, each bearing a number of characters. Interpreted by -members of the Mystic Shrine. - The- greatest care was exercised In selecting- the cast and also In the, matter .of rich costumes and masks. -' Making-, the pageant even more

brilliant In splendor and attractive to

a marked degree, various colored lights will be used, while gay music will be

played throughout the route. Proner

announcement as to the route will be made In ample time. 10 p. m. Brilliant carnival ball in the historic French Opera House at Toulouse and Bourbon streets, to the imperial council and representatives and ladies of their party, where the leading exclusive carnival organizations entertain yearly. A number of magnificent tableaux, enlivened by different characters, will be given on the stage where many of the noted French singers performed years ago. Jerusalem temple's 1910 ball will be given for the entertainment of the visiting nobles and their ladles in the Athenaeum at St. Charles avenue and Clio street.

KICK Oil WEIGHT

OF HEVJ 81EEL

Administration in Gary

Thinks Interurban Ought to Use Different Rail.

Meets Tomorrow Night. The East Side Improvement Association holds ita regular mwtlng tomorrow evening1 at the Lafayette school building.- Recent meetings have been very goodi and - the- members look for another rousing- event tomorrow night.

The Gary & Interurban, which , has

a franchise on Fifth avenue, west of

Broadway, Is about to put down the

seel on this thoroughfare, but there is likely to be some objection to the

kind of rail which the company pro

poses to use. Mayor Knotts will Insist on a shanghai rail, while the company

would put in. the same kind which it

used on Broadway. At the time the

Broadway track waa put in the sixty-

pound rail was merely a concession allowed by the city because of the scarcity of steel rails at the time, but Mayor Knotts does not believe that this scarcity exists nowv " - - " "

Energetic Secretary of Hammond Business Men's Club

Believes That City Should Wake Up and Try to Land G-. A. R. Encampment.

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., April 14. Henry G. Friederlch, 85 years of age,, and one of the pioneers of Lake county, died at his home in Crown Point yesterday. His death is attributed to old age and his enfeebled condition. For several days he has been lingering between life, and death, and it was not

until last night that death relieved his suffering. ' . .. The funeral will be from the Lutheran church, in Crown Point on Saturday and the interment will be in the Crown Point cemetery. Mr. Friederich is the father uf Charles Friederich of Hammond. The deceased has been in the retail meat business in Crown Point for forty years previous to the election of his son, Charles, to the office of sheriff of Lake county, when he retired from bus

iness. Henry G. Friederich was born . In Germany and came to this country when ' he was 26 years of age. His death is generally regretted, and the friends of his son in this city sympathize with, him In his bereavement. CHIEF ft081GE!l THE 1 BELLWETHER SHOT

BE LEFT OUT t Stock Company of Capitalists Eager to Build Line to Crown Point.

Crown Point, April 14. ( Special.) ' Although the facts are being kept secret at this time there is every reason to believe that Crown Point will get its much needed interurban service through other sources than the Gary & Southern line, if the action of the Gary council puts a quietus on that project being successfully finished. This time, however, Gary's territory will not be invaded and its city officials will not have to ponder over any perpexing questions as to wheth

er or not it would be a good thing to have a line to the county seat' and runhin gthrough the rich country at its southern borders, ; opening up ! a new field of business for Us mer chants!! '.' ' r RUMORS ARE CREDITED. -, - -- - It is persistently rumored around

town, that Hammond and, North townchip capital seeing, Gary's reluctance

In accepting wfttaft them seerns- an ex

cellent chance for new business, to the city's business men and realizing that an immense amount- of - traffic and

business could be done by an interur

ban line between the county seat an

The question of bringing the 1911

state G. A. R. encampment to Ham

mond will be discussed this evening from the point of a money-making event for the city and from the ethical results to be attained.

It is conceded that the day will have

to be carried by those who look be

yond their poeketbook In bringing 25,-

000 people to the city. The question whether Hammond should go out for the convention must practically be decided this evening.

E. F. Johnston, secretary of the Bus

iness Men's association, in speaking of

the project, said today

"I am strongly in favor of taking

steps to get the 1911- state G. A. R. encampment for Hammond, and in tak

ing this position, I am not counting the net proceeds that Hammond will have to show after it is over. "Will Be a Olgantlc Lmon. , "It will do any city good to crawl out of Its shell occasionally and do something that will be worth while. We could make this an occasion the like of which Hammond has never seen.

We have a class of people here who need to be impressed with the real meaning of the G. A. R. and some of them will learn more in a few days than they would have learned in five years. I am told that In some of the foreign districts the flags of other nationalities are thrown to the breezes while there isn't as much as a rag of Old Glory to be seen in the neighborhood. "If we are going to look at this matter In the reflection of a heap of gold and silver dollars which the visitors are expected to leave here, we will be disappointed. A person might as well ask himself why he should spend a dollar or two for a good book Just because he has no immediate use for the knowledge gained therefrom. Gala Days for Hammond, "The educational side of such an encampment is only one phase of it.

There are others. We would set a new standard for .ourselves as a convention city. We would set a new standard for decoration. We would set a new standard how to celebrate as a city. We would draw to our city the leading officials and speakers of the state. A general holiday would be declared. We could have a manufacturers 'exhibition that would be a surprise even to the people of Hammond. Boat races could be arranged on the river and a lake trip on a steamer. The whole could be topped off with a parade, including every lodge and union in the city. All we need is the proper amount of enthusiasm, the financial end of it will take c?. re o? itself.

: ,',.:, AK THE EOPrjhJ WHO ADVERTISE iy THE TIMES WHETHER IT FA-fS OR OI. IF THEY SAY IT DOESST, DOXT ADVfiRTISE.

Head of Police Department Again Wins Coveted Honors at Shoot.

Chief Austgen yesterday far out-distanced most of his men in the monthly target practice for the police department. Carlson, who was looked upon as a coming bull's-eye shooter, fell down, and others who made high scores in the past were only mediocre yesterday. They all seemed to have an off day. The scores were as follows: Austgen 53 Rimbach 19 Hanlon 4 Shine .34 Borchert 8 Miller 20 See 28 Hohman 12 Bunde 12 Elnsele 20 Kunz , IS Schaadt .10 Hemrich 2S Trinen 26 Pohlplatz 31

x Modjeska 07 Carlson 28 Horlbeck 22 Herman 43 Davis 15 Stelow 11 Hllbrich 4 Lamb .........10

(Continued on page seven.)

MICHIGAN

CEI1I1L

IS SUED

Henry Walls has brought an action against the Michigan Central Railroad, company to recover $10,000 damages for the injuries he is alleged to have received whan he took passage at Gary on his way to Hammond. i He claims that the train stopped Just before arriving at Hammond, and after the station has been called. He attempted to get eff and the train started so suddenly that he was thrown to the ground. The result was that bones in both arms were shattered. He claims that he was compelled to pay out $75 in doctor's bills and was able at the time he was injured to earn $5.50 a day. As a result he believes he is damaged to the extent of $10,000. Attorneys Ross & Lotz filed the case. '

Three Cases Filed.

' Thre cases have been filed in Judge E. P. Ames' court against farmers who have been charged with marketing impure milk. Two cases have been filed against Frank Stark of St. John and Gorge Greinier of north of Crown Point ia charged with Nselling milk that is lacking in butter xat. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of these two men and the constable has gone to make the arrests today. A case which is said to have grown out of the trouble Constable Merryjveather had with a prisoner at the Standard District was filed in Ames'

court today. On the complaint of A. C. Dickens a warrant was issued for the arrest of Steve Keretz on the charge of assault and battery.

it

Plant Doing Nicely. General Superintendent Douglas of the Standard Steel Car company reports that the local plant is doing nicely. The number of men employed Is gradually Increasing and the large number of em. ployes who are now at work are mak. ing good money and are satisfied. ' Enough 5rders have been received at the Pittsburg office of the corapanjt .f Keep; the" various plants busy at all times. The western orders come to Hammond and enough more orders are

sent here to make the plant work. upt new

to its capacity.

BUCK TO THEMES.

THEHE'LL HI STRIKE" New York Central Railroad Officials Settle Their Wage Dispute.

Local railroad men will be interested in knowing that there will be no strike on the New York Central railroad. The wage dispute between tfie conductors and trainmen on the one side and the officials of the road on the other was virtually settled when the proposition submitted by President W. C Brown was accepted for the local grievance committee and the national officers. Every point in dispute will be settled by arbitration. E. E. Clark of the interstaet commerce commission and P. H. Morrissey, president of the Railway Employes and Investors association, have been asked to serve as arbitrators. S The arbitration conference will be begun in this city next week at th

terminal building of the sNew

York Central.