Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 276, Hammond, Lake County, 23 May 1910 — Page 1

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COMET'S TIME TABLE TONIGHT Sun sets, 7:12 o'clock. Comet set,' 10:36. Comet visible from dark until 10:15. During the time the comet is visible the moon will be in partial eclipse, the comet coming between it and the Sun. -In the subdued moonlight, if ' the sky is clear, the comet will be unusually brilliant. While the tall of Halley's comet may have been detached about the time the comet sped by the earth, it is entirely possible the appendage remains, intact and will be visible from this region tonight if weather conditions are favorable. This Is the theory' of the Rev. Father Daniel J. MpHugh.' professor of astronomy af De Paul university. If the sky is cleat the comet may be seen from dark until 10:13 o'clock tonight. The .head will set at 10:36 o'clock. ,

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Proposition to Build Largest Clearing Yards in the World in West Hammond Near Bunham Ave.

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One Hundred Million Dol lars to Be Sent to Construct Yards. The fact has JUSt become known j.-rA ... . , . . , , ; that a proposition is being considered by the presidents Of the belt railways ' en n-nn. n.; - surrounding Chicago to consolidate, them all and build the largest clear ing yards in the World in West Ham- ' j . j mond JUSt West OI Burnham avenue. ' The new company yill be capitalized for $100,000,000 and the plan .. , , . ... .. . ,. contemplates the consolidation of all . - of the lines within what is known as the Chicago industrial district. It takes in the territory as far east' as Clarke Junction, as' far south as the t Hammond city limits as far south cast as Argo on the drainage canal, as far north-east as Franklin Park and as far north as Evanston. j Two principal clearing yards are to j be provided, one just west of Chicago : and one just west of Hammond. It is ! expected that the first step in the conGOlidation will he the union of thn riin- ! IgPU-gert-jgaj lw.ajr-oompaBy- 4.. t&a-eiO c&go l nion i ransier nauway company. HOW RAILROADS STAT D. The ' interests back of the Chicago Belt Railway company and those backof the Chicago Union Transfer Railway company are known to be in favor of a consolidation. The interests back of (Continued on page 2.) HAflOID HORSE CRASHES INTO SHOP j ' , -r , , ' Customers m Barber Shop Scatter Helter Skelter This Morning. A blind horse belonging to the Hammond city street cleaning department and hitched to a street cleaning department wagon in front of Nick Emmerling's undertaking establishment ran away at 10 o'clock this morning and plunged into a $200 plate glas window in Lochiel Simpson's barber shop on Sibley street. The horse was not going very fast but the force of the impact against the window was sufficient to shatter the glass and sent the barbers In the shop currying to places ot safety. Bill Kane was sitting near the door in the. shop at the time the accident happend. He saw the horse coming toward the window and shouted a warning to Simpson who was behind the cigar counter. Both did hop, skip and Jump stunts that would do credit to a college athlete In getting out of the way of the shower of glass that fell. Home Badly Hnri. The horse butted its head through the glass and for a time it looked as though he would try to come right through the window. But it finally withdrew its head and. started off down the street. It was caught by a bystander. The horse received a bad gash over the head as a result of the accident and was taken to Dr. Ebrlght's veterinary hospital where It. was discovered that the cuts were not serious. The -wagon to which the horse 'was hitched belonged to the street cleaning department and contained a trunk. The horse and wagon had evidently 1 been pressed into service to do a little express business. The chances are that the street cleaning department did not pick up a new trunk in the alleys about town. SPLENDID FIELD. For Tariff Board, Says Congressman Crumpacker. Washington, May 23. Representa tive Crumpacker spoke briefly in the house today in support of his provision of the sundry and civil bill continuing the existing tariff board. He asserted that there is a splendid field In which uch a board may -work.

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Notices were sent out today to the councllmen' for a special meeting which is to be held this evening at 8 p. m. The meeting is called primarily for the purpose of taking up franchise matters, ?hrepe of whMl?n come up. It l8 expected that action wil be taken on the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., thB HflmmnnH Whiti Kast rh.airo line for its western extension, and on the Indian-Chicago Traction company. The board of public works at Its meeting this morning referred'the, franchise of the Indiana and Chicago Traction company back without having taken any further action on it. Jacob Schloer, . , . , one of the -three board members, voted against referring the franchise back, The board's recommendation that the company be given an extension of time unt!1 Nov- . . . EAST-CHICAGO LADY DOESN'T LIKE ACTORS H6HC0 -Tll OWl&S Stirling ' : in the Superior Court Sues For Divorce. Thomas Stirling of East Chicago has filed an action " for a divorce against his wife, Mae Stirling,' in which he alleges that his wife complained of the fact that he was an atcor by profession. She finally abandoned him and returned, ot her' mother at East Chi cago. He alleges that they lived more or ; less peacefully together until Feb. 4, 1906, when she suddenly abandoned him without cause. They were married Feb. 15,1903. Roe end Meade of East Chicago nied the complaint Robert M. Porlier of Hammond has brought an action against his wife, Louise Porlier, in which he alleges that she refused to cook his meals and used improper language toward him. He claims that he gave her money with which to pay certain bills and she ! would pay out part of the money and keep the rest. He claims that she abnn- . doned him three times. They were married Nov. 15, 1902, and separated April 26, 1910. Attorney W. J. McAleer filed the complaint in the case. J. E. PROHL IS AWARDED CONTRACT The contract for the sprinkling of the city's macadam streets was today awarded Jphn Prohl, the contract price being $29 per ten thousand feet, each street to be sprinkled twice each day. The contract includes all the maoadam streets, excepting those sprinkled by the street cars, and Condit street. The Alice avenue pavement was awarded to the Ahlborn Construction company. The contract for the city coal went to William Ahlborn, his bid on the hard coal having been $7.20 a ton and for Fairmont mine run, $3.25. The primary assessment roll for the Hyslop place sewer was placed on file. The primary assessment rolls for the condit street sewer and the Lewis street sewers was placed on file. IIAfiy ROi SALES ARE HADE THERE A number of large bond sales have been made in East Chicago lately. F. Richard Schaaf, re-presenting out of town capitalists, bought $55,000 worth of East Chicago sewer bonds. They were the bonds that were issued on the trunk line sewer than was recently built by Green & Sons. Arthur young & Co. bought $215,000 worth of these bonds, and afterward sold them to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York. It is understood that the New York brokers sold them to an English yndic4te.

"With the first nice Sunday of the season, the first evidences of rowdyism were manifested in Harrison Park yesterday, and it is hoped that at least one young fellow, Samuel Bllicki of 23 One Hundred and Fif ty-fifth. place, West Hammond, has pondered ovtr his conduct while he spent the night In jail. Bilicki was one of four- West Hammond boys, who made a general nuisance of themselves in and around the park. They turned on the water in the

6-inch water main, thus endangering Homewood property in case of a fire and inured trees, etc. Jacob Fox managed to capture one of the quartet, although he was not the worst one of the four. Because Mr. Fox failed to be In court at 9 o'clock as a prosecuting witness, the case against Bilicki was dismissed, he haying pleaded not guilty. Hammond Wants to Become the Interurban Center of Calumet Region, and New Intervievvs Show Trend of Public Opinion. That the business men of Hammond are .greatly aroused over, the franchise situation and fear that Hammond is to lose its opportunity of becoming the interurban center of the region is shown by the following interviews, many of which came to the office unsolicited. Fred R. Mott "You are doing the j city a service in arousing public senti- j ment over this franchise matter. In my opinion an interurban line is worth as much to Hammond as a factory, and we are not asked ot gve a bonus to get them to come through Hammond." I.o Wolf "I am thoroughly In sympathy with the stand The Times has taken in this franchise matter. I cannot believe that any one would be op posed to interurban lines which open up new territory to the business men of the city." John MeGarry "If I were editing The? Times I would follow up the article the paper published the other day with others just as strong. The people of Hammond ought to be aroused over the matter. The situation is serious." Henry liirknell "I p.ni in favor of granting a franchise to every company that gives evidence of good faith. An interurban is better for the town than a factory." IJr. Luke II. Kelly "Let every company that wants to come in do so. It helps the city. Dr. J. T. Clark I will have to go and see our councllmen about this franchise business. We want them all." WOODEN LEGGED CHAP HOBBLES BACK.TQ GABY Barney Murphey, Pinched for Drunkenness in Hammond, Glad to Get Away. Barney Murphy of Gary when arraigned in the city court in Hammond this morning on the charge of having been drunk on Hammond's streets yesterday promised the court that he would leave the city as fast as his wooden leg would permit. He is also said to have begged on the streets, but he was not arrested on this charge. Roy Hepner a young man who had been released by the police once before for having been drunk, was dismissed wit ha strong lecture by Judge Barnett. He was given another chance and promised to stay away from the "booze" and the courts hereafter. John Stack, a Chicago man, was released upon promise to leave town imtnediately. Open House for Clan. The members of Clan MacXeil, Gary, 193, are going to keep open house tomlght and entertain a number of prospective clansmen in their hall in the Odd Fellows building. Refreshments will be served, and the hosts will be Lonidas B. Boyd, J. C. Smith and William MacXeil. ADVERTISE . AXD AGAIN IX THE TT3IE. ADVERTISE

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Buster Brown Show at the Lion Store Was an Un- : qualified Success. 3,000 CHILDREN SEE ST Vfllni of TimfS As . An Arltrprf iciyicr Medium Is Given Big Boost. As an advertisement the Bster Brown show givten by the Brown Shoe company at the $ owle Opera House Saturday afternoon';: was a great success. And the Lion store, which handles this shoe exclusively.freaped the benefit. Two shows wete given yesterday afternoon, and at eich of them the opera house was packed o the limit. It Is estimated that there were In the neighborhood of 3,000 children who saw the JFr!Ewaf!w-S iru '-: And after the show was over they all went over to the Lion store, where they received a little souvenir. When the children hurried out of the opera house after seeing the laughable antics of Buster Brown and Tige, they partici pated in the reception that was given by no less a personage than Buster himself. It seemed as though there were a million children in the Lion store at the same time, and they all were delight ed to meet a real live Buster Brown and talk with him. Five Winner picked. Last week the show was widely advertised, wand in ach advertisement was a coupon which had blank spaces in which the children were expected to make guesses as to Buster's age. Times' coupons outnumbered "News" coupons 20 to 1. There were many hundred guesses made, and the five children who came closest to guessing the age of the young Buster will receive a pair of shoes. The age of Buster was 9 years, 5 months and 15 days, and there were two guesses which were very close. The following are the winners of the shoes and the guesses they made: William Austgen, 131 Carroll street Nino ytars, 5 months and21 days. Eleanor Schmidt, 48 Ogden street Nine yeirs, 5 months and 21 days. Tinagsne Higgins, 317 Hohman street Nine rears, 5 months and 5 days. . Minnis Sickles, 36 Qgden street Nine years, 6 months and 10 days. Edward Trout, 247 Price place Nine years, 6 months and 10 days. COOPLE li COURT 091 SERIOUS CHARGE Everett Verrill and Mrs. Mary Dianne Haled Into the City Court. Everett Verrill. a single man, 23 years old, and Mrs. Mary Dlonne, mother of two little children, were arraigned in the city court this morning on the charge of adultery. Having had no lawyer, tiey asked for a continuance until tomorrow morntng. I. Hamburger of 35 South Hohman street furnished a $100 cash bond for Verrill, while the woman remained In jail. They wre arrested yesterday at 36 State strest, a warrant against them having been sworn out by the husband of Mrs. Donne. The Dloines are aybung couple and resdie at 36 Stale street, where Verrill is also a rtsident. The husband of the woman ani their two children were in court this morning, tut there was no sign of recognition either for the husband or for the children, as Mrs. Dionne was lead In ane out of the court room. Their trial has been set for 9 o'clock tomorrow norning. THE INTERESTING TIMES' AD ALWAYS DEM)TES THE INTERESTING STORE.

The new Chinese restaurant on West State street, which is located in the building formerly occupied by the Prima cafe, is to be the finest of its kind In the city f, Hammond. The interior of the building is being practically remodeled and the arrangement is very unique There is a large front dining room, a rear., dining room and a number of private dining rooms. ' The wood work is to be of mahogany and there are a number of very neat ornamental effects In the rooms. A large amount of money is being spent to ' put the place in shape, and it is expected that it will be one of the show places of the city when it is completed. The kitchen is to be a model'of neatness and convenience. A new gas kitchen range has been purchased, and the entire kitchen equipment will be new.

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Indignation "Over State Is Expressed Because Facts of Recent Republican State Committee Meeting Were Misrepresented.' TIMES BrREAl', L AT STATE CAPITOI ;v--Indianapolis, Ind., May 23. Some of the newspapers of the state, especially those which do not want Senator Bveridge re-elected to the United States senate, have been persisting during the last three or four days in misrepresenting the facts in regard to the meeting of , the Republican state committee and the candidates on the Republican ticket, which was held In this city last Thursday. These papers in sist that there was a split in the ranks of the candidates and members of the state . committee as to the manner in which the state campaign shall be con ducted, and that the candidates intend to run their own campaign to suit themselves, regardless of the state committee. !Vothln& Farther From Truth. Nothing is farther from the truth than this . There was absolutely no disagreement at the meeting. No sign of discontent appeared at any time. On the other hand there was absolute harmony on all matters discussed, the candidates and the committee members being a unit on everything. It is easy to understand why some of the papers print this kind of matter, but it is not so easy to understand why others do it when the facts are so easy to obtain. -"'The democratic papers throughout the state, of course, (Continued on Page Seven.) HAHHOND POLICE N Joseph Kaen Leaves His Home Friday and Nothing Is Heard of Him. The Hammond police were asked yesterdav to assist in the search for Jo -

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seph Kaen of 471 Wilcox street. Kaen j Gary harbor this year occurred this has been missing from his home since afternoon when a 2,500 ton steamer 9 o'clock last Friday morning, when pulled out with about 1,900 tons of he said he would go to Hegewisch. j rails in the first consignment to- the Nothing has been seen or heard of him i Great Northern and the Northern Paslnce. He is married and has two 1 cific railways. This steamer will carry

children. His domestic relations were such as to preclude any ca'use for his absence from that source, and ' he was known ot be a man of good habits. The report was mad to the police yesterday afternoon, and up to 10 o'clock this morning no Information to the contrary had been Received. Parker Murder Trial. The Parker murder trial will not come up until a week from Tuesday. This week will be devoted to civil cases and next Monday will be call day. After that the Parker murder case will come up and is expected to take a whole week. Both the prosecution and the defense are making extensive preparations for the case, and it is expected that It will be hard fought all the way through. It-is understood that an effort will be made 1 show that Parker's father was insane, and the defense hopes that this will weisrh In Parker's favor.

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FESTIVAL Miss -Amanda Matthiescn was voted the queen of the May at the Saengerbun May festival and ball last Saturday night at Huehn'a hall. The festival was an enjoyable affair, which was attended by a large number of people, most of whom were attracted because the German singers of Hammond were the leader in it. Miss Matthlesen was awarded an elegant floral wreath, which she had earned as the queen of May. The contest was decided according to votes, each vote having cost 5. cents. . . The affair was also a financial success for the Saengerbun-Fldella. AUTO TRUCK FOUND HEAR HARRISOli PARK West Hammond Young Man Detained by Police on Account i of : A.utd. -? A certain sixteen-year-old young man, formerly of Hammond but more recently of West Hammond, had to make considerable explanations to the West Hammond police today in con nection with the disappearance of an auto truck belonging to August Bach of Oakland, 111. The youth says that he wanted to take the machine back to its owner, but when found with it the machine was headed in a northerly direction instead of south as it should have been if he had intended to go to Oakland. The machine was found by Officer Fandrel at Harrison park, something having gone wrong with it so that the youthful driver could take it no farther. The owner of the machine broke down with it near the Malo blacksmith shop in West Hammond, at Lincoln avenue and State street, last night, and the young man offered his services to helm him along. He repaired the ma chine sufficiently so it could be taken into the shop and tinkered at it early this morning and soon had It in good running order. His intention of taking the machine back to the. owner were all right, but it is thought that before he started to do so he spent an hour or so in a lov ride on the truck. At any rate, he found himself . without crank when his machine gave out. He awaited the appearance of Judge Green in order that he might make some ex planation to him. ' ! The first shipment of rails out of the the boat came recently with a load of ore. This will be the first of a big shipment to the northern railways. A number of extra men worked Sunday in an effort to get the boat loaded as soon as possible. Bishop in Gary. Bishop John Hazen- White of Michigan City is in Gary today conferring with the members of the vestry of Christ's' Episcopal church in regard to the building of the new church edifice. The plans for the new church have been prepared and completed by Architect Elwood of Elkhart and work will be started w-ithin a short time on the church building, which will cost about J30.000. Bishop White arrived in Gary yesterday afternoon and preached at the evening service at Christ's church last night. The bishop is being entertained at thehome of Captain and Mrs. H. S. - Norton during his stay In Gary.

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Rescue of Chicagoans Harbor, by Mat Stern

DARING RACE IS MADE Sea Is Running Mountains High, But Motor Boat . Expert Turns Trick. " (Special to The Times.) Indana Harbor, May 23. In the face of a stinging gale, with the sea running mountains high, Matt Stern berg, Jr., on Saturday afternoon took his father's gasoline launch SyGyZy,. and with all the power the little craft could carry, made a daring race to a disabled yacht, by his heroism; saving the lives of two yachtsmen. ! These men were Charles Nate and George Robinson of the Jackson Park Yacht Club, Sternberg also saved the yacht from destruction on the hug balls of slag, which line the bottom of the lake for a short distance off the Inland steel mill shore. -" -' i SIGXAI, SEES FROM SHORE. ' The men are both members of the Jackspn" Park Yacht club of Chicago and had come out for a sail on the lake In Nate's 5'acht "Optimist." " Th a nHi?ht ,nfi tY .TPittmi1' xra.m- fl rut noticed by James Feriton, the man 'da the ore bridge of the Inland steel mill. He had been noticing the yacht for some time, and was not surprised at about 4 o'clock, to notice that the men on board the craft were signaling for help. By means of megaphone, Nate and and Smith made Fenton understand that they were disabled. Fenton telephoned (to A. Anderson, (Continued on page seven.) RESPECTED LADY IS BURIEDYESTERDAIfLlVCrs. Anna Muenich's Fune ral Attended by Large Concourse. V The funeral of Mrs. Anna Muenlcll yesterday was one of the largest that has been held in Hammond for a long time. Her wide acquaintance and the fact that she was one of the oldest settlers of the city were responsible lot. the large turnout in her honor. The Ladles' Aid society of the Ger man Lutheran church of which Mrs Muenich was a member, attended the funeral in a body, and nearly a hundred members marched in a body from the residence. 211 Logan street, to th church. Short services were held at th home at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Theodor Claus of the German Lutheran church, The services at the church were both in English and German, as was also th sermon. . Many people were in attendance from, various Lake county places and Chlea go. The pall-bearers were Jacob Rlm bach, Peter W. Meyn. Alvin Herbst, Fred Gastel, Carl Daum and Fred An. dres. Mrs. Muenich was laid beside hel husband. G. Muenich, in the family lot in Oak Hill cemetery.', - Open Office in Gary. Charles H. Billings of Hammond and T. J. Stanton will form a partnership and open a general insurance office at the corner of Fifth avenue and Broad way. Gary, on June 1. Stanton is the agent for the Pru dentlal company, while Charles H. Bill ings ; handles Insurance for four different firms. The partners will handle all kinds of insurance in the Gary office and the Hammond office, in the Rlmbach building, will also be run along the same lines. Low Score Rolled. A low score was rolled by Ecklund and Bick In the second game in the series of doubles on Cox's alleys yesterday afternoon, and therefore the men have no chance for the money. The total number of pins made by the two men in the three games was 968. which, Ns very low compared with .some ot the other totals made in former tournaments. Six other teams are entered in the two-man event; and It is probable thaS some of them will roll tonight.