Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 245, Hammond, Lake County, 15 April 1910 — Page 1
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Towle's Opera House, Ham: mond, Will Be Scene of Annual Declamatory Contest of Lake County fligh Schools.
Declaim For The H6nor of their Schools CHAMPION ORATORS OF LAKtl COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WHO WILL SPGAK IIS ANNUAL COtVTEST IN HAMMOND TONIGHT
NOTICE. The declamatory and musical eoo
tHti f the Lake county high schools
irfll begin tonight at 730 sharp in or de to give those who-attend .from i
distance a chance to make the early
train.
AK7 v,.... In Hammond have been figuratively reinforced to withstand the enthusiasm
that will be vented there this evening t at the annual Lake, county high school declamaratory contest. From the
stage to the entrance and from the Or
chestra pit to the celling the walls will
resound and reverberate with "Rah, , rah, rahs," and the cheers from hun
dreds of young throats, as one high
school after another gives its favorite
son the glad hand.
The Lake county declamatory contest
Is an event In the lives of the young people In Lake county and furnishes a pleasant evening to the older folks who are Interested In he progress of the hopefuls. Teachers Will Be Present. The young folks look forward to the day with a great deal of pleasure and many expectations. Acquaintances made last year are renewed. The teachers from the various sohools are there, ever watchful as to the behavior and showing of their charges. Every high school girl Is a fairy blossom, and if the must be told she did permit her thoughts to dwell more frequently than necessary on hers- new dress that she is to wear this evening. Every high school. Jad Ja a comb?nation ofrxianliness and " 'tmlschlevousness, ready to enter Into the occasion with a regular high school spirit The whole Is a living picture of the pent-up enthusiasm of the high school students In Lake county. All Kqttslly Confident. The Individual contestants and the various choruses go Into the contest this evening with an equal degroe of confidence. Merit alone will win, and everyone is ready to do his level best.
While to all go out the best wishes of the audience, there goes out to Edwin Friederlch, the Hammond contestant, another feeling, that of sympathy. While he delivers his declamation this evening his grandfather, Henry C. Friederlch of Crown Point, lies on the bier awaiting burial tomorrow morning. The Hammond young man was the pet - (Continued on Page Four.)
An idea of the. great Increase in rents that is taking place in the busi
ness district of Hammond may be had
from the fact that Frank Gavlt, of
Whiting rented the building now occu
pied by the Hammond Savings and Trust company from Anton Tapper for
$65 a month.
This building is of brick and is only twenty. feet wide and about forty feet long. It is understood that Mr. Gavlt has sublet his lease and that .some
brewing company is to "take the place for saloon purposes. This is probably the highest rent, considering" the floor space leased, that is paid in Hammond. Tapper said that he did not care to rent the building for saloon purposes, but put" the price so high that he did not think any "one would pay it. To his surprise Frank Gavit took up his proposition, and a saloon is to take the place of the trust company after that concern has moved to its new location on Hohman street.
Oscar Ahlgren, Whiting. Miss Page Glenn, Gary. Edwin Friedrich, Hammond.
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Business Men of Hammond
Vote to Rechristen Their Association; Strong Effort to Be Made to Land Big
G. A. R. Encampment.
SPQRTIH6 mm FIFTH ANUUAL TOUR
Newsies Grab off Times 6
; O'clock Edition and They Sell Like Hot Cakes.
T-I-M-E-S' S-P-O-R-T-I-N-G H-TJ-X-
T-R-A-! That was the glad cry that
escaped irom tne throats or a score
of Times' newsboys last night when the
first sporting extra or the baseball
season was put upon the streets.
It was a real event in the lives of the newsboys. They know that Thb Times gets all of the results half an hour before the first editions of the Chicago papers get into the city with
only fragments of the games.
That makes Tub Times sell like hot cakes, and the baseball fan knows that he has got to rely on Thb Times for "' the latest and most authentic Informa
tion about the games.
So there is ltitle 'wonder that the 'newsies In Times' alley anxiously watched the stereotyper making ready
the first plates of the sporting extra.
found it difficult to suppress their e.x- 1 citement when the scores were punched into the finished plate and then danced for joj when the presses began to roar and the first papers were neatly piled . up ready for sale. Sales Larger Than Ever. .And when the papers appeared on the streets and in every town and city , around Hammond the sales were larger than ever. It Is evident that the people of Hammond appreciate the enter- " prise which enables a home paper to beat the Chicago papers by many precious minutes withhe sporting- results and then have them more complete than they are in the Chicago papers. And so the newsboys have Just begun to live again. They have come out of a period of hibernation and a whole glorious summer of sporting extras is before them.
.Tour Lordship (the fan) We take
pleasure in announcing that the royal courier (the newsboy) awaits without the portals with a sporting extra. . "Ave, fcid feUa enter at once."'"
: The Hammond Business Men's as so elation met in -Weis' hall last even Ing and took action on several Import
ant matters that were brought up for consideration. THe question of changing the name of the organization was taken up and a resolution was passed
authorizing the change to the Commer cial club of Hammond. .-- "
The final action on this matter will
be taken at the next regular meeting.
Some legal phase of the matter will
be taken up, and it is possible that an
order, from the court will have to be
made , before the change may take
place.
President John McGarry appointed a committee of three to take up the
matter of securing new quarters, and
an effort will be made to lease quarters In the Rlmbach building, providing the
proper terms can be secured. Confer on Amalgamation. The question of appointing a com mittee to confer with similar commit
tees from the Commercial clubs of the
other cities of the region regarding the advisability of taking steps toward
amalgamation was acted upon favor
ably, and William J. Whlnery, J. G.
Ibach, J. D. Brussel, Joseph Weis and
William Wolter were appointed.
It is- expected that- the Hammond
people will go. to the next encampmen of the G. A. R. with all kinds of In
formation regarding Hammond and its
advantages, and even if the encamp
ment Is not landed th4 city will be
given a lot of valuable advertising.
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BEE! BUT ff' THE! ARE G
Others in Shriners' Special Will Return to City -Tomorrow. It is expected that the members of the Orak Shriner's party will Start back to Hammond today, and tomor
row. Some of the members of . the party will go to Cuba for a short trip and their return will be delayed. So far as the conclave is concerned, however, that has already ended, and the persons who have taken the trip are now enjoying . little side trips at various points of Interest. The Shriners in Hammond were very
much pleased to hear that Orak temple received Its . charter. The news was conveyed to- them through Thb Times last evening in an exclusive story. This makes the trip of the Orak special a success' in every particular,- aUd Hammond now has a full-fledged Shrine. .
Pegging Bottles New Game. Charging that George Goscorowski threw beer bottles-and ;cigar stubs in the yard of her home and that he deposited other refuse on her lot, Ida Sherer , caused " Goscorqwski to be arrested. .Tha-case came wp in Judge FTank'Prest's cdurt and was continued.
Hammond Housewives Ex
press Their Disgust at Having to Be Called to Front Door Every Ten Minutes or So. The lady of the house. What a time she has these days with half a dozen people ' trying to count her, her children, her cows, her husbands, if she is so unfortunate to have more than one, and then even expecting her to keep track of her husband's views on public questions, such as annexation and amalgamation. The door bell Is rung until the bat
teries are weak and so many good look
ing men are calling that, if it were not
for the fact that no houses are missed, the "great American tongue" would be
wagging ceaselessly.
The following are some of N the en
gagements that "the lady of the house"
has to keep.
1. The visit of the ward heeler who
went from liouse to house to find out how "hubby" stood on the question of
annexation. -j -.
2. The visit of the city officials with
the remonstrance against the annexa
tion by East Chicago. Questions They Ask.
3. The visit of the school enumerator who wants to know who is committing
race suicide.
4. The visit of the city official, fire
man, policeman or any other public functionary with the remonstrance
against the annexation to the city of
Gary.
5. The visit of the federal census
taker. 6. The visit of the assessor. And so the "madam" "is kept busy re
celving Inquisitive callers. They come
to ask her all sorts of foolish ques tions. Are You a Jap or Colored t
" ill you please state your age
madam?" .
"Well, I am '- Now really must X
tell you just how old I am?"
"What! You are Bot going to write it down in black and white, are you?"
"Well, I don't look that old, do I."
- And so there you are. Everybody is counting something this year. ' The enumerators are about as numerous as
the people they are enumerating, and if the crust of the home-made bread is .burned, of the pies are too well done, don't blame It onto the housewife. Just remember that' she is receiving a great many gentleman callers these
days and she really hasn't very much time for her husband. , The taking of the federal census begins today, and will be completed within fifteen days. The results will not be known, however, for several months, for the visit of the census taker is a small part of . the work compared to
compiling the -information after it is in the-hands t the. government clerks
1 at Washington. - ;
Milford McNay, Lowell.
PIONEER GAME OF
SPLENDID STOCK
Father of C. H. Friedrich,
Born in Germany, Came to America in 1850.
Henry G. Friedrich, who died at his
home at Crown Point Wednesday, April
13, was a type of that sturdy Ger
man stocK, wno in making a success
of their own lives, add materially to
the good citizenship of a community.
Henry Friedrich was born Oct. 16, 1824 near Gottogen, Germany. He was mar
ried to Fredericka Klinkerman, she
having preceded him in death seven
years ago.
Coming to America they landed in
Baltimore, and in 1S50 Mr. Friedrich
came to Chicago. From there he went
to what was then Brasse's tavern, now known as the Stalhbaum place. Here he worked three years, and then moved to Crown Point and resided there for
the remainder of his life.
Friedrich was in the butcher busi
ness from 1865 until l892,Nwhen he re
tired from the business. v Burial Tomorrow.
Three children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Friedrich. Emma died In Infancy,
having been but 2 years and 10 months of age. Charles H. Friedrich, now of
Hammond, is an insurance man, and
was formerly sheriff Of Lake county
He, together with his sister, Mrs. Josephine young, still own the old home
stead, where the father stayed during
his Illness and where he died.
The funeral has been arranged to be held tomorrow afternoon. Services will be held at the Crown Point cemetery
at 1 o'clock. :
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YESTEflDAY
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I'jMTCIIi.lAI! shoots m Officials of Company Say They Base Wage Scale
on Prevalent Rate. '
Lake County Republican
Advisory Committee Met This Morning, and Arranged for Joint Representative Convention.
Last night at 9:24 the last passenger
train on the Gary & Western left the
Broadway station of that line for Ham
mond. Today the little dummy engine
and the one or two coaches usually
attached to it will not be seen puffing
along the elevated track, as the service was abandoned last night, when the last car for the day left for Hammond.
The passenger traffic which has been
carried by this road for .the past year
has been turned over to the Gary & Interurban electric line, and the steam
service on the elevated tracks will
probably be . permanently abandoned: Beginning tonight the Gary & Interurban will start their owl service from
Hammond to the Gibson yards to transport the employes of the C, I & S., as the dummy formerly had done.
The passenger service on the Gary &
Western had never proved profitable,
for the reason that the trains did not take the passengers clear into Hammond, but stopped at Calumet avenue.
forcing the patrons to walk the re
mainder of the distance into the city. The Gary & Western has been running
their shuttle trains for over a year principally for the accommodation of
the employes at Gibson. What patronage they did have between Gary & Hammond was taken away from them, however, after the starting of the Gary & Inter.urban's line between the two cities.
Gary captured the ' 1910 republican joint representative convention today, and the day of the big gathering was set for May 10, at -which time delegates from Lake and Newton counties will meet to select a representative who 'shall represent themjolntly at Indianapolis-
- While the . city of Hammond was a
passiVe candidate for convention hon
ors, she did not make an active effort to -.land;, the pl'um, and when the Lake
county republican central committee' advisory board met ' this morning at Hammond and the question was put to
t a vote,' there'was not a dissenting' vote;
and Gary was unanimously selected.
The meeting place for the convention
has not yet been chosen.
The primaries for the convention will be held on Saturday, May 7, and all nominations for the office must be In
the hands of the county central com
mittee by April 30.
So far there are but three candidates
for the office, W. B. Van Home of
Indiana Harbor, C. M. Renollet of Gary
and H. E. Granger of Hammond. The contest bids fair to be a close one in every respect, as each man is making
a hard fight for the nomination.
At the meeting of the advisory board this morning it was also decided to
name the delegates for North town
ship justices of the peace and consta
bles on Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p. m., and hold the convention at East Chi
cago in Reiland's hall. There are about twelve candidates for. squire and ten for
constable. All nominations for'the of
fices must be in by April 30.
HARBOR TO HAVE BEST THEATRE Hi DISTRICT
Hammond Architects Drawing Plans for Ornate $10,000 Structure.
Griffith, ind., April 15. A shocking accident took piace last evening In the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern yards here when a brakeman named Wright was caught between two freight cars. . One leg was cut off and the other was broken. Wright, who is a new man on the road, was taken to Gary In the caboose of his own train and by hla own crew. He was" taken to the hospital at Gary and was in a critical condition when he left thjs place-5 . Wright- hs but ar'boy. Ming only 20 years old, '
Indiana Harbor is to have the finest 5-cent theater in the entire Calumet district. J. E. Berkson of Ken
sington is having plan's drawn at the
office of Architects Bump & Berry in Hammond for the construction of a
theater building that will cost between
$3,000 and $10,000.
A distinctive feature of the new the
ater will be its outside appearance
which will be a - credit to the city.
The new theater is to be of the same general style of architecture as some
of the finest theaters in Chicago.
The foyer is to be a beauty. It will
have high ornamental ceilings, and will be decorated beautifully. The the
ater will seat 400 persons, and the interior will be in keeping with attrac
tiveness of the exterior.
' Toward the front of the theater to the left of the stage will te a little
canopied balcony, where the singer of the ilustrated songs will appear to thrill the young folks with the latest love ditty. . Bump & Berry have about completed the plans and the work on the theater will he rushed to completion as quickly as possible.
DIVORCE
DAY IN COURT
(Special to Thb Tikis.) . East Chicago, April 15. The
strike at the Kepublic Iron and Steel company's plant assumed a tragic aspect last night when Fay Schaefer a watchman in the employ of the Re
public, shot and perhaps fatally wounded Joe Jallate, an Italian lab
orer. Jallate was shot in the adomen and is now at St Margaret's hospital, where he is in a serious condition. -
GAVE HIMSELF UP. Schaefr gaye himself up lm-
medlatlv after the shooting and la now Jn Chief Lewis' custody. Jallate
was not, so far as the. mill people knew, In sympathy with the strikers, and had been working all day. Considerable mystery however surrounds
the fact of his presence In the place
where the shooting occurred. According to the mUl people, he -had no. business there, lis there was no work to be done In that vicinity, and there was no apparent object for any one
to be over that way, excepting the
watchmen who were patrolling the
plant. WATCHMAN SPIES HJM. It was about 730 o'clock in the evening, when Schaefer and a brother watchman spied Jallate and a number of companions running along In the
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Today Is divorce day in the Lake
Superior court in Hammond and a num
ber of Hammond and Gary divorce cases have been brought" up for trial. In the case of Elmer W. Fisher vs. Lillian J. Fisher the plaintiff filed an
affidavit in defense of thelefendant's
petition for a temporary allowance and
attorney's fees. In this affidavit it is alleged that Lillian Fisher was not deprived of her personal belongings as charged but took a trunk of clothes and other effects from Gary' with her. The plaintiff also claims that he did not refuse to give Mrs. Fisher any money after their separation but sent
her considerable money from time to
time.
It is also claimed in the affidavit that
the defendant has ample means of support and that her parents are worth
$50,000. The case is being tried by Attorneys Harris Bretsch and Davis, attorneys for the plaintiff. Want Temporary Alimony. In the case of Nickulic vs. Nickullc, also from Gary, Attorenys Hodges and Ridgley appear for the plaintiff and Attorneys McMahon & Conroy of Hammond for the defendant. An application was made by the plaintiff for temporary alimony. The case of Nellie V. Newcorab vs.
John L. Newcomb, a default case, John M .Stinson appears for the plaintiff and the state for the defendant. The plaintiff is a resident of Hammond and charges in her complaint abandonment.
drunkenness and cruel and inhuman
treatment. The plaintiff was granted a
divorce, and, the. .custody t of her five
children. . . - -
The case of Carpenter vs. Carpenter
of Hammond is on trial.
Fred Cedargreen is helping to solve the problem .of homes for the people. Yesterday he let the contract for tha building of an eight flat building, wilich, is to cost in the neighborhood of $15,000. The building Is to be of brick and will be built at the corner of Charlotte and Summer streets. The contract for the construction of the building has been let to Tom Ricketts and W. T. Cook. They anounce that they will begin the work of construction, right away. This Is to be one of the largest flat buildings in the city, and will be modern and complete in every respect. The fact that the Gary &.Interurban and the Hammond, Whiting & Kast Chicago line rhns In close proximity to this property make it probable that it will be quickly rented.
GARY SHRII1ER MISSItiG
Member of Murafc Delegation Object of Search
. at New Orleans.
New Orleans, La., April 15. Much) distressed, Henry Prentiss came to the Shriners' headquarters this afternoon and reported that his father, Dr. J. IL F. Prentiss of Gary, Ind., was lost. Mr. Prentiss,-said the -last he saw of his father was Tuesday noon in the lobby of the St. Charles hotel. Since that time he has made a diligent effort to find his father, but has met with no success. Believing that the Shriners at headquarters could help hlmj he appealed to them. Mr. Prentiss came here with the Murat temple delegation, and the local members will do all they can to aid the son in-finding his father. ; . . . . , r Z . ,
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