Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 41, Hammond, Lake County, 5 August 1910 — Page 1

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ICTI011 THE BRIDGE

Another Lot of Taxpayers Want Columbia Avenue Bridge Thrown Open to Public; Some - Denounce City Administration. The opening of the Calumet avenue bridge and Its approaches to traffic and the stand taken by The Times has almost without exception met with the warmest approval on the part of the taxpayers of Hammond. ' . In addition to the large number of people who have been interviewed by Times' reporters on the topic of the day. The following are grven today and there are more to follow: PETER CRUM PACKER I hope The Times will roast the city administration until it finally is forced to take action in the Columbia avenue bridge matterr. It is a shame that the bridge has not been opened to traffic long before this. RICHARD SCHAAF I have been over to East Chicago today and I find that the people of that city aref very much interested in the opening of the Columbia avenue bridge. They realize that it will give them a new inlet Into Hammond. They are also interested as taxpayers. FRED KROST I know nothing about the merits of the controversy between the city and the county commissioners and the city officials as to whom should build the approaches to the Columbia avenue bridge, but I am certain that the bridge should be opened to traffic a once. ' J. M. BRADFORD If the city administration promised that it would build the approaches to the Columbia avenue bridge it should do so. CHARLES LAVENE said that he thought Columbia avenue ought to be opened to traffic at once. He said he understood that the county had let ewtraie4fo''4-i efist-rotM-f the road and the' approaches, but he learned later that the job had been held up on account of the inability of the county to sell the bonds. JOHN SCH1IUESER The Columbia avenue bridge should be opened to traffic at once. What did they build it for? HENRY WHITAKER What if the old Calumet avenue , bridge should be put out of commission? The city of Hammond would be greatly Imperiled by Are. D. E. BOONE It is a shame the bridgo has not been completed long before this. The idea that a citjf the size of Hammond should be deprived of the use of a bridge that has already been built is outrageous. JACK WALKER It is an outrage that the bridge has not been opened before. The city of Hammond is too big to have to put up with such a botch of a Job. What is a matter of a few hundred dollars compared with the good that the tridg9 would do the north side. Indiana Harbor Lad Loses His Life While Swimming in the Calumet. Canal Companions Unable to Save Him. SEASON'S DROWMVGS ...21 (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Aug. 5. The canal claimed another victim yesterday in the person of Maty Soly seventeen years old who was drowned at 9 o'clock In the morning while bathing In the canal in company with several companions of about his age. The dead boy llvd At 3 SI 9 Beech street. The boys in swimming with Soly were Mike Sinogolskl. 3526 Block avenue, Stanlty Lobodzinskl. 3S13 Beech street and Frank Foloski. 3526 Block avenue. The friends were about thirty-five feet from the west shore and Just north of the bridges. The water at this point Is from sixteento twenty feet In depth, and Soly couldn't swim. As he stepped into the deep water, he made a grab at Sinogolski, but the (Continued on Page Eight.) THB -TIMES IS TR11XG BARD TO MERIT THE SUCCESS IT II A 9 ACHIEVED.

EAST SI

HOLD BIG 1EE1I16 The East Side Improvement association will hold a meeting this evening. The east side park question, which has reached the point where the city ad ministration and the owner of the desired tract, Joseph ). Morris, have en tered Into negotiations, which are near ly closed. This and the opening of Calumet avenue and other questions pertaining. to the east side will come up this even ing. Despite Gary's Counter Attraction the Lake County Trades and Labor Council Determined to Give Labor Day Affair at Douglas Pk. Despite the counter attraction that Gary may have for Labor day, the Lake County Trades and Labor council will continue with the original plans to hold . picnic at Hammond. The announcement that the picnic would be held at Douglas park was announced today by Joseph Kasper, secretary of the Lake County Trades and Labor council, after a meeting had been held last Wednesday evening. Lake County! Trades and Labor council may be protected against 'imposters. Mr. Kasper would warn the merchants to contribute toward the Hammond picnic only where they are approached by representatives of the Lake County Trades and Labor council, who have credentials bearing' the signatures of P. J. Sullivan, the president, and Jo seph Kasper, the secretary, seal of the council. "The Lake County Trades bor council will go ahead and the and Lawith its plans as originally made," said Joseph Kasper today. "We feel that we have given our promise and we want to keep it." CONTRACT! The advisory board met with J. C. Becker, North , Township trustee yesterday and let the contracts for school supplies, the necessary repairs on school property. The contracts were awarded as follows, among three but of five bidders: A, Flannagan, Chicago, $84.89. E. C. Minas & Co., $112.95. Verne Summers, $53.70. The specifications required that the bids be submitted for certain classes of articles. The contract for the report of the gravel roof for the Hessville school went to Henry Lundt for $24. To William Golden of Hammond was awarded the contract caleimlng painting and slating of the Hessville and Saxony schools. The contract for the furnishing of window guards for the Saxony school and the cornice work for the Hessville school was awarded to P. H. Mueller for $53.50. BOARD TAKES UP ASSESSMENT ROLLS The board of public works at Us meeting this morning took the primaryassessment rolls for the 'opening of Becker, Bauer and Carroll streets under advisement until Aug. 12. The matter of the Columbia avenue pavement was also taken under advisement until Aug. 12th. The bids for the May street pavement were opened and taken under advisement until Aug. 19th. Instructions were ordered sent to the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company to lay gas connections every twenty-five feet in the alley between State and Sibley streets from Hohman street to Morton court. THB TIMES CAN GET TO IT A GIUX.

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GAS MAN TO LEAVE CITY AUGUST 15.

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William O'Rcurke. Wm. O'Rourke, superintendent of the Northern Indiana Gas plant, will leave Hammond for his now position with the Detroit Suburban Gas company Aug. 15. As one of Hammond's most popular young, his departure will be hailed with regret by those who have met him in the city's business, social and fraternal life. LIGHT HIES "The Billposting Night Riders," composed of Emil Glanson, L. E. Marshall and George Mather pleaded guilty In the city court this morning to having defaced the property of the South SrfLAAKfixUaX&e - x ompani . Up on.., a. plea'of the defending -attorney, D. E. Boone, the trio were let off with the minimum sentence, $1 and costs, amounting to $33 for the threee. The fines and costs were paid out of the funds of the bill posters' union, of which Glanson and Marshall are members. They were warned by Judge Barnett not to repeat the offense, as the statute carries with !t a provision according to which the offender may be jailed for twelve months. Glanson, Mathers and Marshall were caught in the act last Saturday in defacing the billboards of the South Shore Advertising company in Hammond. The concern employs non-union men in Hammond and Waukegan, and this brought about the big splotches of lamp black over the billboards by the three men. GAVIT RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN TRIP Republican Candidate For Senator Ready to Sail Into Business. 7 Whiting, Ind., Aug. 5. Hon. Frank Gavit has returned from his European trip and other than the fact that he is suffering from a bad cold he is feeling splendidly. Mr. Gavit was very optimistic over the reports he has received of the political situation since he returned and believes that the entire county and legislative ticket will be elected this fall. His stay in Europe was not as long as he had originally expected, but he thoroughly enjoyed the ocean Journey both ways. He expects to be in Hammond this afternoon or in the near future to talk over the political situation with his friends. Mr. Gavit took occasion to deny that he had anything to do with the McAleer franchise in Gary. He stated unequivocally that if ever he or the Gary & Interurban road wants a franchise that he will ask for it himself and will never seek it under cover, as he is alleged to have done. EAST CHICAGO GETS THE MONEY Well done East Chicago! Of nil the hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of people who were striving with might and main for the S4.00 prlre In the MUsIng Word Contest It took an East ChlroKoin to laud It. Mrs. Cordelia Anderson, 4902 Forsyth avenue was the lucky one to make the first correct guess. The ads and the mlenin words were! Central Drug Store, "daintiest." Queen City Restaurant, "clean." L. D. Jenkins "choicest." Now there Is another list today and another chance so get busy.

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GARY ASKS

FOR BIDS FM Lake county, bankes and capitalists who wish to acquire $30,000 worth of six per cent municipal bonds should take notice of the fact that the Gary common council Is inviting bids for the Issue. The award will be made next Monday night and all bids must be at or above par. The bond issue is floated to take up some of the city's outstanding warrants. These bonds are of one year's duration and are in denominations of one thousand dollars each. Their security is represented by the fact that they constitute a first mortgage on every inch of property in the city of Gary from the steel plant down to the fruit dealer's Jot near the river. 1810 RECORD OP RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. INJURED IVJREGIOX 46 KILLED IN' REGION 4 (Special to, The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Aug. 5. A man, believed to be. Howard Spriggs, colored,' was killed this morning a short distance west of the canal, his body being discovered by the Lake Shore towerman at about 5 o'clock, lying between the -Lake Shore and the G, L. S. & E. jigKs .of way. -The- botJywas $aAiy multilatedV being practically disemboweled. The dead man wasminus one leg and the wooden leg he wore had the name "Howard Spriggs" cut into it. Among the effects found in the clothing on the body was a pawn ticket made out in the same name by an Omaha pawn broker Sergeant William Hughes was notified and he engaged the ambulance of Burns & McGuan and went after the body. All of the colored men in Indiana Harbor have had a look at the remains, but non were able to identify it. HAMMOND PEOPLE LOSE JHEIR FATHER Whiting Man Passes AwayAfter an Accidental Fall. (Special to T"hb Times.) Whiting, Ind., August 5. The death of Wesley Haines occured at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Belle Gold, of Schrage avenue yesterday at noon. Twelve days before Mr. Haines fell down a flight of stairs, the only injuries which he was at first thought to have sustained was a broken arm. When there was no improvement in his condition it was determined that he had also received internal injuries. For the twelve days he never took nourishment, existing merely on his vitality. He was unconscious the greater part of the time, and although he was hale and hearty up to the time of the accident, had her survived he would have undoubtedly been an invalid, and so much did he suffer that it was a relief to those gathered at his bedside to know that he would suffer no more. Wesley Haines was born on the Weao plains, in Indiana, seventy-six years ago. He has lived in many Indiana cities and just came to Whiting in 1898, after which he went to Brookston, and returned here in 1904, where he has since resided. The deceased was a very pleasant gentleman and counted his friends by the score. The Whiting people syhpathize deeply with the relatives, regretting greatly the accident which took one of our j most popular citizens from our midst so suddenly. Mr. Haines is survived by hi3 two daughters, Mrs. Belle Gold and Mrs. C. A. Hellwig. both of Whiting and a son, Joseph Haines, of Hammond, who is yard superintendent of the Simplex Railway Appliance Co. There is also left to mourn his loss three sisters, Mrs. Sallie Clifton, Mooreville, Ind.'; Mrs. Eliza Mac Whirter, of Attica. Ind.; and Mrs. Jennie Moore, Williamsport, Ind. In addition to these are his grandchildren, Mrs. Bonnie Haines Robinson, of Hammond and William Green now of Indianapolis, who until recently was I undertaker in Indiana Harbor, and C. L. Hellwig, undertaker at Whiting. The remains will be laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery in Hammond, beside those of his wife who died four years ago.

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Big Picnic Planned by Those Who Have Dwelt in the City for Quarter of a Cen tury and Arrangements Are Now Being Made. To have lived In Hammond for quarter of a century will make a resident eligible to the Hammond Old Settlers association, which is now 'in formation. A committee, composed of Charles Lavene, Charles Helmbach and Louis Roth, is busy organizing the association, and hopes to hold a picnic some time In September or early In Octohr. The petition that has been circulated for memebrship now contains 210 names, and it Is still growing. The association will in all probability be perpetuated by admitting members as soon as they have been residents ot Hammond for twenty years. Charles Heimbach, one of the active organizers, has lived In Hammond for thirty-five years. He remembers well when Hammond had but eight or ten houfe, and when the community did not exist under even a town or village government. The old settlers' picnic Ifi to be a big event. The pioneers are expected to get together and talk over the old times, and how the town grew slowly at first and later more rapidly and finally with' leaps and bounds, only to settle back into a state of dormancy, and again to bloom forth to its present I size and activity. In their minds they will travel along the cowpaths, many of which are now streets, and will tell how they nearly became lost in the bogs when the fog fell early over the pastuVe lands and into the underbrush. The organizers feel that there is room for just such an organizations in Hammond. Considerable interest Is taken by many of the old settlers and wltIOnTTp6'ffeT,"a organization will undoubtedly live. (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Aug. 5. Henry Specker of Hammond, employed by the company, and Carl Lundberg, Tontractor, who is putting up a lot of houses between One Hundred and Thirtyeighth street and One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street, on Euclid avenue, had an altercation Wednesday which resulted in a blow being struck by Specker. Lundberg thereupon swore out a warrant against Specker and the latter was arrested. The trouble arose over work that was being done by the gas company's representative on one of the houses Lundberg is building. Lundberg said that a hole that was being drilled through one of the brick walls was causing the cement on the inside ot the wall to crack and ordered Specker to quit. Specker refused, whereupon Lundberg, it is alleged, called a crowd of his workmen over from the other buildings, and a wordy battle ensued. During the progress of this'Specker is said to have struck Lundberg, whereupon the former !iad his assailant arrested. TOGGERY C. M. Brown, owner of "Brown's Toggery" in the Hohman Block, made an involuntary assignment last night to satisfy some Chicago creditors. The assets amounting to, approximately $1,000 are said by Mr. Brown to be slightly below the liabilities. A meeting of the creditors was held today. Mr. Brown said today that he may open a haberdashery in East Chicago, having been offered plenty of financial backing there. Dr. Oberlin Returns. Dr. T. W. Oberlin, who has been in Ohio visiting at the home of his wife's relatives, returned to Hammond today. The doctor enjoyed his vacation immensely and is now ready to take up his practice again.

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Whiting, Ind., Aug. 5. The funeral of Wesley Haines, who died after a fall downstairs, will take place from the Gold residence tomorrow .afternoon. East Chicago, Aug. 5. An East Chicago hack col lided with Albert . Duff, a Hammond bicyclist, last night, and the rear wheel of the vehicle ran over the lad. ' He was not seriously injured. Washington, D. C, Aug. 5. Four cents a hundred is the price which has been placed on the heads of flies in the District of Columbia. This is the stimulus by which Washington mothers have aroused their sons to a declaration of "war to the death" on the typhoid-breeding house fly. The boys, it is rejorted, have begun the task of slaughter with great glee.

Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 5. The commbn school revenue of the state, as shown by coUections of taxes last November and last May, which will be available for tho use of the schools during the coming school year amounts to $6,120,197.28, according to a report just completed in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction. 4 Prince Albert, Sask., Aug. 5. Reports from . Hudson Bay Junction state that the whole town is excited over an alleged discovery of gold which has been made thirtv miles north. Practically evcrv male resident of the Junction has gone to the scene and the town is deserted except by women and" children. Samples of almost pure gold have been brought, in and it is a genuine gold rush equaling in excitement the Yukon stampede. The excitement was started when a half-breed came into town with his pockets bulging with nuggctk.

LINCOLN LEAGUE TO TAKE ACTIVE PART II GA1PAIGN

!Son. Barnes 'STWatso lican State Committee TIMES B TREAT, AT STATE CAPITAL Indianapolis, Ind., August 5. The Lincoln League of Indiana laid plans yesterday for taking an active part in the -campaign in the state. Elmer Hastings, of Washington, called a meeting in this city yesterday of officers and workers In the league throughout the state for the purpose of discussing the plans, and the meetings was attended by about sixty of the prominent Republican club workers of the state. The meetings was held at the Claypool hotel, where the state commitee headquarters are located. The state committee has three rooms. Hastings had not expected a large attendance at the meeting and he was of the opinion that it could be held in one of the rooms at headquarters. But during the afternoon the workers began coming in from all over the state. The room was soon filled. In a short time an adjoining room was full, and it was then that Hastings decided that larger quarters were necessary. So the meeting adjourned to one of the large assembly rooms of the hotel. About sixty men attended the con NASTY FIGHT TAKES PLAGE AT L Scalp Wound and Black Eyes Are Received bySeveral Persons. (Special to The TimesO Cedar Lake, Ind., Aug. 5. An east side pier was the scene of a nasty fight last evening. There were . a number of toughs sitting about the pier drinking beer. Finally two of them got Into a quarrel which lead to a fght. In a minute all four of them were in one of the worst mixups that has been seen in many a day. One man grabbed a chair and after swinging it over his head brought it down upon his assailant with a resounding whack. In another place on the pier one man was trying to punch another while, a young woman did her best to shield her beau. The mlxup was getting serious when one of the spectators stepped In and attempted to stop the fight He was hit over the head with a chair and had his scalp laid open for an inch or so. Nevertheless he kept on In his efforts to quite the crowd and finally got the best of his man. In the meantime a Hammond man appeared on the scene and made quick work of one of the most combatative members of the gang. It was not long before the Chicago toughs were quieted and they took a hasty departure for Monon Park "on the .next launch. ADVERTISE A7TD AGA1S IX TUB TIMES. ADYX RTISB

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ference, which was held behind closed doors. This was fully double the number that Hastings had looked for. In the. number there were several of th . officers of, the league, as well as dls-. trlct organizers and county organizers. John Reed, candidate for Auditor of State, Otis Culley, candidate for Secretary of State, J. L. Peetz, candidate for state statistician, Jonce Monyhan, candidate for state treasurer, and Judge Raab, of the Appellate court, were present, as also were Linton A. Cox, candidate for Congress in the Seventh district, and E. E. N'eal, candidate for Congress in the Ninth district. The Lincoln league is a league of all of the Republican clubs in Indiana, regardless of their names or purposes. During the last campaign the league represented about 60.000 voters who were members of campaign clubs throughout the state, and it is expected that this year the number of members will be about as large. The number of clubs organized during a presidential campaign year is always larger than in a state campaign, but Presl(Continued on page seven.) HORSES FRIGHTENED RUNAWAY OH STATE ST. 'Miller Team Creates Some Confusion on Crowded Thoroughfare. A span of grey horses belonging to F. C. Miller, the agent of the Singer Sewing Machine company, took fright at a couple of work cars on the "Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago litie at 9 o'clock this morning and ran away, carrying with them a buggy and the weight to which they were hi'ched. They ran from in front of the State street story of the Singer Sewing Machine company in a westerly direction. They crossed the LaUe Shore and Erie tracks on a dead run and for a minute it looked as though they would plung pell mcll through the crowds of people at. the corners of State and Hohmaa streets or through the glass In Meeker and McCune's saloon. However, at a point Just across the Monon track. tho team ran into one of the wagons of the Woodhull Ice Cream company and the force of the impact was so great as to throw them both on their haunches. Jim Flannagan, who happened to be standing near, grabbed the horses before they could get to their feet, and Officer Joe Wallock was on the scene in a minutes. F. C. Miller came and claimed his team and took it back to his store. The horses were only slightly Injured, but the tongue of the wagon was smashed Into several pieces.