Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 9 August 1910 — Page 1

EVEWIW G ' o EDITION mi TUB IV ICATHKR. COOLER WEATHER AND CLOUDY. PROBABLE SHOWEttS. VOL. V., NO. 44. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1910. ONE CENT PER COPT.

LAKE

C UNTY

n n y ii e n

Tolleston Board of

to Come into Gary's Camp Unless They are Certain of the Law

A bombshell has been thrown into the Gary-Tolleston annexation matter. Is Tolleston really a part of Gary? The officers of Tolleston have surrendered the reigns of government to the city of Gary and turned over their funds to the Gary treasury and the mayor of Gary and the common council have been legislating for the annexed territory. However the Tolleston school trustees decline to recognize the legality of the annexation and have decided to go ahead and exercise the functions of their offices. The Tolleston school trustees do not know whether their town is really a (Special to Tub Times.) Chicago, Aug. 9. Today's grand parade of the Knights Templars, the most gorgeous and picturesque event if the Conclave, attracted a considerible part of Chicago's population and many thousands of visitors to the Lake front and the streets of the south side :hrough which the magnificent pageant Df the white-plumed knights marched. It waj a strenuous undertaking for the ipectators who weie not "provided with : tickets to the various reviewing stands r could not obtain permission to view Ihe parade from the vantage point of some .window 6r roof commanding a .i'lew of some pat of the line of march, but there was not one among the many thousands who had to take their :hanres with the street crowds, who egretted the long and tiresome waiting, the pushing and squeezing he had o suffer. It was worth all that and a rreat deal more to see the grand spec:acle. Fully sixty-thousand knights. In tha Hammond's Former "Mayor Appears Before Gary City Council to Ask for Public Utility Franchise; a Rival for Gary H., L. & W. Co. A. F. Knotts erf Hammond loomed up before the Gary common council lant evening: with an ordinance introduced ' by Alderman Dominic Sryninnnkl, ; which if it is panned, will give Gary J another public utility In furnishing, i Menni, hot air, gas, electric light and water. j In other words the ordinance, which - wan given ita first reading and which might have attained its second had not Alderman Rowley moved for a committee, la detuned to create n rival to the I nllrd Statei Steel corporation' nubaidiory concern, the Gary, Rent, Light and Water company. extensive In Itn Scope. The Knotts ordinance asks for a twenty-five year franchise to sell wai (Contlnuea on page Eight.) Charges Abandonment. Emma Tabbert of Hobart has brought an action against her husband Herman C. Tabert on the charge of abandonment. The complaint in the case was filed by Attorney R. R. Peddicord of Hobart. It alleges that the couple were married May 21, 1891 and were separated on July 25, 1905. The parties to the controversy have five children. 5,000 ilimony and $520 a year for the support of the children la asked. ANSWER THE ADS THAT lOOK LIKELY.

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TRUSTEES GROSSIHG ' EE SHOW SLAUGHTER

Education Decline part of the city. They and their attorney, LeGrand T. Meyer of Hammond, are not sure about it and until they are so they will continue to exercise the usual duties of their offices. IS LAW rCONSTITt-TIOXAl,T Atty. Meyer, has stated to the board that he believes that the annexation law which was passed in 1909 is un constitutional. Until the attorney and the board are convinced otherwise they will continue to operate the schools of Tolteston although the city of Gary administers the civil government. PRESIDENT Rl'TZ TALKS. "We cant turn over the school funds, or we won't give up our offices," said President Herman Rutz last evening, "Until we are sure whether the law is constitutional. If Gary can show us we will do so. "But, even after we are shown, the (Continued on pake eight.) ZING SPECTACLE dazzling splendor 'of their dress uniforms, marched with military precision in the ranks of the Imposing- parade, their swords glittering, their white plumes waving with the gentle breeze and the rich gold upon the uniforms, belts and scabbards reflecting the rays of clouded sun. A large detachment of mounted police, headed by Chief of Police, Sir Leroy T. Steward, and his staff, preceded the column of ..the.jcnjgb.ts. Tne parade itself was led-rby Sir Chas. C. Healy, the Grand Marshal of the day, on horseback, and followed by his staff . mounted on richly caparisoned horses. First came the grand officers, ac companied by he colox bearer and the Chief Trumpeter, then .the aids, representing the Grand Commanderies of the various states, the personal aids and finally the executive aids. The column was divided into sixteen divisions, each headed by a division marshal on horseback, acompaned by the officers of his stac. The first divl(Continued on pake eight.) GUSTER-IND1AN FIGHTER BREATHE SHIS LUST One of Lake County's Most Famous Civil War Soldiers Is Dead. ENJOYED UNEQUALLED RECORD Was The Only Living Veteran In Lake County of the Famous Custer Fight. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. Aug. 9. Richard Collins, one of Crown Point's most respected citizens, a civil war veteran that saw yoeman service in the war of the rebellion, and one of Custer's famous Indiana fighters died at his home, here yesterday afternoon after a prolonged Illness. Mr. Collins was probably the youngest G. A. R. man In Lake county, but at the same time saw more fighting and was engaged in more battles than the majority of the war veterans of the couny, he being engaged in the first skirmishes of the war and remained in the union ranks until the enh of the rebellion. He joined the regular army and as a U. S. soldier was engaged with-Custer in the great fight against the Indians, only quitting service before the famous Custer massacre. For years after that Mr. Collins lived the life of a ranchman, and cowboy an& a recall of his varied experiences was as Interesting as any tale of western life. He has been a resident of Crown Point for many years raising a large family of sons and daughters, who with his wife still survive him. Mr. Collins was about 63 years of age. The funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet, but the services will be held some time tomorrow afternoon, the interment being at the family lot in the Crown Point cemetery. IK YOU THINK VHA THE TIMES IS TR.YIXG TO GIVE YOU THE NEWS, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION VI UL BB APP RE CI iTED- ,

CHICAGO

Michigan Central . Flyer Westbound Believed to Be Responsible for Death of Stranger. Whom Police Are Unable to Identify. 1H10 RECORD OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. IXJtBED IN REGION . .-47 KILLED IN REGION ..."....47 The body of an unidentified man, whose head was crushed beyond recog nition, was found early this morning on the Michigan Central tracks a quarter of a mile east of Columbia avenue, In Hammond. Carl Buse, 749 East State street, a little boy, passing by the spot discov ered the body about 6 'o'clock this morning, and a little later F. L. Erick son, 4507 Magoun avenue, East Chi cago, notified the police. The body was ordered taken to the undertaking establishment of J. A. Burns of Ham mond. The inquest will be held tomorrow, and in the meantime ai effort will be made to locate the friends or relatives of the dead man. Has Money In Ilia Clothe. But for the fact that five dollars were found in the clothes of the dead man the theory of murder would possibly be justified. Strangely enough the man wore practically new clothes, making Identification from this source somewhat harder. Apparently the man is between SO and 40 years old. He was about five feet five inches tall and weighed ap(Continued on Page Eight.) ;l NARROW ESCAPE Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 8. Extraocdl nary good luck averted the wrecking of a seventeen-car section of Lake Shore train No. 19, carrying Tiffin, O., Knights Templars and their wives and friends to the Chicago conclave, today. The journal of the trailer wheels of the locomotive burned off and soon after the left wheel was hurled aside J.he right wheel and the axle dropped to the track. The train had nearly stopped when the axle fell and prompt application of emergency brakes averted derailment, "though the track was somewhat damaged. The 200 pas sengers were not aware of the closs call. The trailer wheels are just back of the driver wheels. There has been an exodus of people of Hammond today on the occasion of the Knight Templars' conclave in Chicago. Xot only have the Sir Knights themselves deserted the city, but others who are interested In the big parade have gone. This morning in the neighborhood of 100 Knight Templars and their wives left on the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend special train for Chicago. The Knights wore their uniforms and made a splendid appearance. Today the city seemed deserted, and it seemed as though those who had not left in the morning expected to go in the afternoon. However, the threatened rain dampened the ardor of many and will probably reduce the size of the crowd in Chicago. Owing to the fact that not all of the knights assembled at the Masonic temple before making the start, it was impossible to tell just who went. It is said that between forty and fifty of the wives of the Hammond commandery accompanied their husbands. Slack Arrested. George M. Slack 4S years old of Robertsdale a millwright employed in the American Maize Products plant was arrested yesterday afternoon on the charge of child desertion, the charges having been preferred against him by the Pekin Co. (111.) authorities. He was turned over to them today.

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EXODUS TO TEMPLAR DOINGS

Mayor of New York Seriously Wounded

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SCHOOL ILLEB SEESf IfflttiTiiliol CIPftlGI OF THE LIS

Busiest Man in Hammond Is Supt. Charles M. McDaniel, Who Is Mapping Out Approaching School Year Work. Some notable features of progress and and improvement await the thousands of school children when the Hammond public schools re-open on the first Tuesday in September. Some of these are: 1. A corps of 100 engaged In educational work the largest number in the city's history. 2. A revised course of study suited to the needs of Hammond pupils in particular. 3. Education under an experienced man along lines of physical development. 4. A complete course of manual training. 5. An elective course of public speaking in the high school. 6. Enlarged playgrounds for a number of the schools. McDanlel Man Rehfnd. Seated in his office, buried behind books and papers and toiling away forgetful that this Is the vacation period for the schools, is Superintendent C. M. McPaniel. He Is mapping out the campaign of education for next year. Every child who attends school has a place in his heart, and he is everlastingly planning new ways how he can reach every last one of the children. Xo military general could plan his campaign more earnestly or more in detail. All year long he has had his finger on the pulse of every school room in the city. He knows what is going on; in what branches some of the grades are strong and in what they, are weak. He is devoting his time now to re-arranging the course of study. This course must first of all be uniform. It took him five years to bring the course up to its present efficiency, but improvements are being made from ear to year to meet the needs of the pupils in the Hammond schools. Manual TralnInK Bench AVork, Including Superintendent, the force in the public schools will number 99 or 100 people. The corps of teachers was selected several months ago. The installation of the manual training department in the Central school for the seventh and eighth grade scholars In Hammond and another department In the Franklin school, Robertsdale, will cost approximately $1,000, and with the manual training that is (Continued cu pass Cv.

Shot and Today By Assassin

Hammond Sportsman Deplores Attitude of NonResident Fishermen, and Points Out Number, of Cases of Law Violation. F. C. Miller, the agent for the Singer Sewing machine in Hammond, is the authority for the statement that the rivers and lakes of Lake county are being rapidly depleted of game fish by the seining that is done by Chicago parties. He says that he was at Wolf lake last Sunday and saw a number of Chicago men seining the lake for fish. He says that they had a long seine and seemed to have no fear of arrest. On another occasion he says that he caught a number of Chicago men fishing on Brannock's farm, near Black Oak. He says that the fishermen there make no effort to conceal the fact that they are violating the laws of the stjUe. He says they secure large hauls of fish, throw away the carp and save the black bass and pickerel. Miller says that there is no game warden in this part of the state and that the constables who frequently make arrests protect their friends and others who make protection worth while. Mr. Miller declares that it will be only a short time before all of the rivers and streams of the county will be cleaned out of game fish and that nothing but the carp will remain. Mr. Miller is a thoroug-iv sportsman, and his opinoin in this matter will have a great deal of weight with the authorities. HAT BONEY JILL PROBABLY GET LEASE The store room now occupied by the We Cater restaurant has not yet been leased, but it is understood that very likely Matthias Boney will -be given a lease on the place. Boney expected to get the place some time ago, but the We Cater proprietor could not secure the location he desired and so he had to wait. If Boney is given a lease on this place he will open a saloon. It Is expected that this will also result in his dropping the litigation by which he sought to oust the Hammond Savings & Trust Co. from the location it is now occupying

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Hobokeii, X. J., xVu. 9. York was bidding goodby ta

barking on the .North German Lloyd bteamer Kaiser AVilhelm der Grosse, this mo inning, a crank shot him from the rear, inflicting a wound thought to be quite

serious. The assailant was immediately captured and

1 -Ataken to the nearest police station. A message received

by a friend of Mayor Gaynor

come from the mayor s secretary, reports that Mayor Gavnor is dead. It is not vet possible to confirm the

storv. The ambulance containing Maor Gaynor reached

St. Mary's hospital at 10:20 then alive. Official-statement

or Gavnor is not seriously wounded.

Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 9. this city a babv was burned and two children were being

Tom Egan when the machine was ditched and set on fire. The little girl, aged two years, was .burned to death. Egan was badly burned while trying to subdue the, flames. v

Chicago, Aug. 9. H. Gresman, 50, member of Apollo

commandery No. 1 of Illinois, jured by a State street car in

in Chicago at 9 a. m. today. Gresman died just as St. Luke's hospital was reached. Gresman attempted to

cross from the west side to the

to reach the Palmer House.

m . I U Ignacio, Cal., Aug. 9. Disobedience of orders on the

part of a conductor is held responsible for a head-on collision between a passenger and a work train on the North Western Pacific railroad near here last night which cost fourteen lives and resulted in injury to about twenty persons. The unidentified bodies of three men are re

ported still to be under the RESULTS Freedom from the domination of the Chicago lathers union is the object sought in the joint conference between the Gary contractors and representatives from the Gary Qelegation of the Hammond union lathers local and other crafts. Master and "Worker Unite. It is said that the employers will unite with the lathers In their fight. to form a separate union in Gary and thus be freed from Chicago's control. A letter is being drafted which will be addressed to all of the Gary unions asking that they support t?ie lathers in their contentions. As the situation now stands Chicago has no lathers to send to Gary, there are only eighteen in the city and a total of sixty are needed, and Chicago has adopted the order of not permitting anv union lathers from out side cities be employed in Gary. To Defy Chicago? It Is declared that should the other unions support the lathers in Gary they will defy Chicago and import enough union men from other cities to complete the vast amount of building operations In Gary. For this purpose the joint conference wa called today and it is being held in the rooms of the Employers, Builders and Material men s exchange. CONTRACTOR DEFENDS THE Contractor Charles Lavene, who paved Douglas avenue, West Hammond, stated to a Times' reporter today that he thinks the objections of the property owners on Douglas avenue to the way that stret was paved are entirely unfounded. He saj-s that a macadam pavement will always "kick up" after it has just been laid. He says that It usually requires a season of traffic to bind a pavement so that it is solid. He says that the winter weather also seems to bind these pavements. He declares that the curb on this street is as good as on any street in the city. While a macadam pavement is the cheapest that can be laid, he says that as good a job was done on this street as has been done on any street In the city. TUB TTHES CAX GST YOU A Clllb

CONFERENCE MERCY! -IMinitMHHIii-

PAVEMENT

As Mayor Gavnor of New

his friends prior to em in this city, said to have o'clock. The mayor was tfiven out savs that May In an auto accident near to death. Mrs. Tpm Fry driven to Goodland by was struck and fatally in front of the Palmer House east side ot State street wreckage. UITE CHESTV It Is Going to- Cost $8 Pel Ton and Perhaps More t Buy Hard Coal This Wint er, and Prices Are on th Jump Right Along. A local coal dealer who is very well posted on the coal situation In the mld dlewest stated today that he believed there would be a bad shortage of soft coal this year and that hard coal wouU go to S a ton. He bases his belief on the fact thai the Illinois miners have been holding out for higher wages all spring, and 11 appears to him that they are still fai from a settlement of their difficulties. . Even if the matter Is squared up ii the near future there has been so littli coal mined this summer that the supply will be low and it will be hard U supply the demand. To accentuate the difficulty ther is a bumper crops to be moved and It will take all of the available freight cars to handle it. This will keep th railroads so busy that they will be unable to properly take care of the coal business. Price to do I" p. tThe price of coal at the present tinn is $7.25 a ton for hard coal and betweex $4 and $5 for soft coal. If the shortage is as great as is antilipated the prici of both hard and soft coal will increase, It is expected that hard coal will bi at least $S a ton this year. There wen several of the dealers who charged thai last year, and it is believed that all ol them will make this charge this year. There seems to be some question ai to whether the Increase will be madi on the 15th of August or the 1st oi September. Usually the increase ii made on the 1st of September, but 11 there seems to be a certainty of a bad shortage the price may go up earlier. Nn (Thin Faimrl - . ' Despite the vigilance of the polic throughout the Calumet region to ap. prehend Theodore Demo for the rnurdat of Nic Peter last Sunday at the C, C. & L. round house in Hammond, no clew t the murderer has been found. Chief Austgcn today mailed lookout notices to the police chiefs in all th principal cities i nthe country. May Be Done Tomorrow. The test promise that the street cat company can secure from the contractors who have the building of tha temporary bridge at Hohman street if that the bridge , , possibly 'be .used tomorrow afternoon. The street car company considers this a considerabla delay after it had figured that th bridge could "be used last Saturday, ,