Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 175, Hammond, Lake County, 13 January 1911 — Page 6
THE TIMES.
Friday, Jan. 13, 1911.
Crown Poinft . M ews Happenings of a Day In Lake County's Lively Capital
SHUCKS
From the Diary of Si. Lencc
Paw, what does power o a'terney mean? In L.ake county, my son, it means "unlimited." Took 'n inventory uv stock yestlddy. IMdn't take loner. One Johann
Faber pencil, extry fine 'n extry short,
an' one peruny notebook.
Heern tell t reston s sent down n a'terney to Indynoplus t' lobby fer a
courthouse. Hope she gets it.
The Crown Point Rifle club met for their weekly shoot last evening and Dr. Edward Krost won the trophy for the week, finishing in whirlwind fashion over his nearest opponent, Harry Swarti. Following are the scores made by the club members last evening: Scull, 2 ST; Curtis, 286; Glover, 256; Hentges. 282; Krost, 291; Swartz. 288. Central Music hail as a roller skating rink proved to be a complete success last evening, and the floor was crowded by the town's young people enjoying the sport. A crowd of Iowell young men and women also were present and helped to initiate some of the less adept in the art of keeping most of themselves in the air. The amusement will be repeated next Thursday evening. Ieft to the vote of th entire county.
there Is not the slightest question of a doubt but what the agitation for courts, extra judges, dividing the coun
ty, etc., would fall miserably by the
wavside, the whole business being one
merely of sectonal jealousy and rival
ry not entered into by the taxpayer who foots the bills. Some court relief may be necessary in Lake county, but if the laws were enforced or speedy
judgment executed when proven, there would be half the need for additional court facilities as there is at present. A good way to settle the difficulty would be to compel the lawyers who are the prime agitators in the fight, dig down in their own pockets to pay the cost of the extra judges, nw buildings, etc., and it Is safe to say there wouldnt' be a building big enough to house a "lawyer's consideration for the peepul." I.jike county is blessed with some good lawyers, but there are some who pay no taxes, have lived in the county a few months and want ex
tra courthouses simply as a place to
warm their threadbare jackets. It's
high time the taxpayers and the business men enter into the game and settle the controversy once and for all. AVord from the Courtrights at Valparaiso states that their young son, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis In that city, is getting
along as well as could be expected, and
There is talk of a law that will make it a felony for any employe of a corporation to serve as a number of the
common council. In South Bend the j common council majority is tied up with special interests, especially the traction interests. Terre Haute has a corporation council almost exclusively and every one knows what capers that council is cutting all the time. At Ft. Wayne it is the same thing the railway corporations and the traction interests control the members of the common council. The members are generally selected from the shops and
offices of the railroads. The liquor interests are well represented on the Evansville council and the Evansvilte & Terre Haute Railroad Company is almost the managing director of that body, and those members that are not controlled by the brewing associations, the saloon interests and the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company are looked after by the traction interests. At MlofcUcau Cty. The traction interests and the rail
roads but more especially the traction interests control the common
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SIZZLING
EElffifi
HARDING WILL LEAVE
THE HARBOR
Politics will be sizzling like burning pitch tonight In Gary. There will probably be three acts in the municipal drama entitled: "Our Own Uncle Tom's Cabin." Mayor T. E. Knotts, will star as Uncle Tom and his board of public works will be- Eliza dashing across the rocky ice with her "cheeld" the south end franchise, which those feroci
ous council blood hounds load by Simon
will endeavor to
council of Michigan City. The liquor
Interests ron trol the Garv council six Legree Castleman
of the nine members of that august chew up.
body are saloon keepers. The Penn- I First Aid For Tbirtr.
svlvania Railroad Company looks after The common "peepul" in whose in
the Logansport council. The railroad terest Uncle Tom is now exerting hi
and corporation interests have a death muscular power in order to stave off
club on the common council of Ham- court proceedings at Valparaiso will mond. and although some members of endeavor to save the day in the second
the Hamond council once in a while act which will take place In the Garden ao-cin.t tv,o -o-r-aK-' ,amB hall with the Garden buffet nearby for
hi. mrIt -,r " " B
v,tu '"jthat is going on in that city, the ma- sucn or tne tnirsiy wno tninK me pro e near ruture- horltv of the council hands over to the ceedings will be dry.
Mrs. Ward was taken to a. Chicago railroads about anything In the way of Some surprises, it is intimated, may
hospital yesterday, where he can be ' streets that the railroads desire in their 08 sprung tonight in the first act of
more corrffortably cared for during her present illness. The regular monthly horse sale occurs next Tuesday.
Concrete floors are being put in the
business line nary version ui tncie ivut wiucu
There used to be a trettv ood eoun- wilI make it livelier than Harriet
rll at l-aravette. Dut. it nas cnanKea. " "v' .
The gas, electric lights and traction the work. Those who want to see some
interests assured control and they do run wm no weu to a"eno e council
l,.ct ahnut thAv nlease. The sam meeting lonigni ai nan past
Eder building, to be occupied by the thing Is true of Peru and a large num-1 o'clock.
Bartholomae bakery.
Quite a few Crown Point people attended a 6 o'clock dinner given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dyer in Hammond, last evening.
field of the Irving school, Hammond, visited the Franklin school Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gerke of Sheridan avenue are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mrs. C. Phelps and sister. Miss Nanzer, spent Wednesday shopping in Chicago. Margaret Connells is quite sick at the home of her parents ni Atchison avenue. Harry Timm of Indiana boulevard transacted business in Hammond Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Kidney have moved from Harrison avenue to the Blaul cottage in Roberts avenue.
BLODGETT DISCUSSES
(Continued from Page On.)
OiERTSjJAIE. Mrs. James Hayes was hostess to the members of the Interstate Pedro club Wednesday afternoon at her home in Lincoln avenue. The guests met for a pleasant social time and spent the afternoon in playing pedro until 4 o'clock, when dain:"' refreshments were served. Mrs. Emile Wldlker of Pearl street spent the day shopping in Chicago. Mrs. C. Buell of Indiana boulevard visited relatives in South Chicago yesterday. James Landon of Harrison avenue is on the sick list. Don't let the cat out of the
fca. 10-8 j The members of the Marquette club were delightfully entertained Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blaul of Roberts avenue. Cards was the main feature of the; evening, several games of pedro being played. A social hour followed, the i . ; -3 I . 1 . . . 1 f
games auring wiucu n. uaLmiy luni-ncuu - was served. The honors were award-(the council over the question of retained the following: Mrs. G. MacMillian jng Webster as fire chief or having him and Arthur Stross first. Miss Mary ' succeeded by Frank Daugherty. Stein and Chauncey Buell second and j But the time came when people tired Mrs. Edward Mathias and Elliott Aman i of that sort of thing and the Indiconsolation. janapolis city charter came into life. Mr. and Mrs. Clemmons returned to , At first it was the model charter of its their home in St. Joe, Mich., after a kind in the United States, few weeks' visit with the latter's sis- j There is a demand on the part of ter. Mrs. Clarence Phelps and family J the people that there he a head to of Indiana boulevard. I municipal affairs that the power be
Don't bag.
Mrs. William Bahn of East Side visited her daughter, Mrs. Herman Theissen of Indiana boulevard Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Ehlers of - Roberts avenue visited out-of-town friends yesterday. Don't let the cat out of the bag. 10-8t Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Trowe, is quite ill at their home in Central avenue. Misses McKinney. Reber and Butter-
ber of Other cities. Apparently me meeting wiii ue cu
There is considerable opposition to lo appoint a special committee to ngnt
the changes In the law proposed by the traction mandamus case at Valpathe so-called Indiana State Association ralso but something sensational may be
rt rv,nrilmen hecause the law that sPrunS with a possible new frnchise
organization proposes does away with for tne soutn end' The council insurg
responsible heads in the cities and ents are not going to reveal their hand divides the responsibilities among a until tne curtain goes up and just as
lot of men. some of whom are withut nKel' aB not something may develop
rnsnonsibilltv In their own business which will see the lash appied hard on
affairs.
The association, however, Is willing to meet the mayors half way in some
Instances as for illustration, some of j
poor od Uncle Tom's back.
If all goes well the second act will
be starred at the Garden hall. Such of
the far south end citizens who have
shall appoint, but the appointment
must be confirmed by the
council. Sentiment Against Plan.
There is a sentiment against this
the councils are willing that the mayor not already got next to the fact that
u it were not tor aiayor ivnons nign
common I handed action last June in tearing up
the tracs of the Gary and Southern
Traction company thus delaying street car service for a year will be on hand
plan, due to the class of men who get P listen to orators denounce the
Into the common councils of Indiana
cities. Just imagine what would hap
pen If a council composed mostly of saloon keepers should have the power to reject the appointment of a police
board bv the mayor. Or to bring it
aldermen
There was also some talk that the
aldermen would attend the mass meet
ing In a body and there explain to the
'pee-pul" why they have not got stree
cars so far. If this occurs a big time
close.- home, suppose that a lot of eoun- ma' be assured and rival police Chiefs
SITUATION 'oilmen like Fred Owen, of Indianapolis. Martin and Highlands will probably I paymaster of one of the traction lines, have their hands full quelling the up-
PROGRESS HALTED IN THIS REGION
Continued from Pag One.)
(Special to The Tiwep.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Jan. 13. Off
again, on again,' gone again, Harding!
This seems to be the situation with
East Chicago's street commissioner, W.
C. Harding, who has now resigned and
secured a position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, who
placed him in charge of certain construction work in which the line is engaged near Argo, 111.
This once more leaves the office of
street commissioner vacant and it is expected that within a few days, John
Gustafson, who the Indiana Harbor al
dermen had agreed upon to take the
place of Harding when it was under
stood before that the incumbent had been let out, will be -appointed in earnest.
With refernce to this Mayor Schliek-
er said this morning: "Mr. Gustafson
has not yet been appointed, but you
may say that he will be within the next
few days."
Harding's resignation was received
two or three days ago, but nothing
was said about it until yesterday. The former street commissioner who has already left town to take up his new position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul will retain his residence in Indiana Harbor. John Gustafson is a member of the firm of Gustafson & Aldrin, who conduct a saloon at 3545 Michigan avenue. He is a man of much practical sense.
and is believed will be well qualified to look after the work. He had tired of inside work and wanted a position where he could be outside, and will
now be able to turn his business over
to his partner.
In giving the office to Gustafson the fact of his nationality was taken into
consiaeraiion. mr. uustaison is a
Swede, and it was generally acknowl
edged that the Swedes, who have asked for very little, were entitled to rec
ognition, as they have always been loyal supporters of the republican par
ty.
let the cat out of the centralized somewhere; that some one
10-8t be held responsible. The object of the
association of councilmen seems to be to split up that power among many and get back to the primeval times when a councilman was a king. Better Councilman deeded. What the people of the various cities of Indiana really desire is a better class of councilmen men who are not connected with corporations and whose interests are identical with the interests of the people of the city and not the interests of the system.
risers,
According to the aldermen they will
have no need to hold a rival indignation after the council meeting tonight
as they will lead poor old Uncle Tom
pa
should have the power In the appoint
ment of a board of public works that
transacts business with the very cor
poration by which Owen is employed.
What the people appear to be demand
ing is that the shoemaker stick to his such a merry chase that the audience
last: that common councilmen be what will get the full worth of the melo
hov arc sunnosed to he municinal drama. The big - question now is
legislators and not the executive heads whether Eliza and her franchise will
of the cities. To be sure, there are I trip on some of the Knickerbocker ice
mavors in Indiana of whom the people caes and fall a victim to the ferocious
are not particularly proud, but there I blood hounds.
is a way of getting rid of an obnoxious
mayor he may be Impeached in the
circuit court if conditions warrant.
But it is hard to get free from an obnoxious councilman unless he falls out with his fellows and the corpora
tions that have their representatives
In council always see to it that they
stick csely together.
Many members ot the legislature who have discussed the proposal of the members of some of the common councils say they feel Inclined to shear them of some of the power they have now.
instead of giving them more power.
M'INTYRE OF TIGERS
SOLD TO COMISKEY
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 13. The sale of Matty Mclntyre to the Chicago White Sox was announced by President Navin last night. The transaction was
cash, but the amount not divulged
Manager Jennings has tried to trade
Mclntyre severaf times, but, although
Matty never regained the phenomenal form which characterized his work before he broke an ankle in 1907, he has been rated too good to be traded
for a second rater. The deal is taken
to mean that Delos Drake, a right hand
batter who twice has been tried by
Manager Jennings, will land a regular
berth next spring.
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TRACK WORK FOR
COACH IDDINGS
Harold Iddings, one of Coach Stagg's most famous football graduates, who
has been coaching the gridiron ath
letes of Miami university, will devote
his efforts to track and basketball thl
season. He will coach these depart ments at Kentucky State this winte
and spring. He expects to continue hi
football coaching this fall, but has no
decided on his plans as yet.
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BISCUIT. COMPANY
Mrs. John G. Earle, wife of the multi
millionaire real estate man who is so well known in Gary and Hobart whose domestic affairs have frequently
brought him into the limelight, last night prepared to go to Reno, Nev., and
fight the suit for divorce brought
against her' some time ago.
That she will fight every charge
made by her 78-year-old husband was declared by Mrs. Earle last night at
her home, 2S36 Wtst Jackson boule
vard, Chicago. She has retained an
attorney and has been allowed $900 by I the Nevada courts to pay her expenses to Reno to contest the suit. The decision of Mrs. Earle to fight the case
came as a surprise several weeks after the decree had been entered against her at Reno.
fane Is Reopened. Earle, who has been living in 6. cabin
In Reno for more than a year, alleges infidelity, cruelty and other statutorycharges. These allegations the wife denies.
Mrs. Earle made no effort to contest
I her husband's suit until" a few days ago. When the decree was entered a'
month ago by Judge Pomers of the Reno . District court the matter was kept quiet. But when Mrs. Earle U-arn-ed of some of the allegations made against her she determlntd to fight the suit.
Sensational charges against her aged
I husband are made by Mrs. Earle through
her attorney and the court yesterday set aside the decree of divorce and set
Feb. 15 as the date for Mrs. Earle's appearance in Reno.
Han Startling Story to Tell. "I have been wronged and I am go
ing to show some things up." Mrs. Earle declared last night. "My attor
ney is going to Reno with me and I am going to give out some startling statements when the proper time comes."
The Earles were married in Milwau
kee Dec. 19, 1885, and separated in October, 1906. Once before he began divorce proceedings, but the suit was dis
missed. Mrs. Earle ts twenty-two
I years younger than her husband, who
is reputed to be one of the wealthiest real estate men In Chicago.
The De La Salle indoor baseball team
defeated the Pilsen Sokol nine las
niRht, 16 to 5. The visitors pounded
Pitcher Hala3 of the Pilsens for twen
ty-six cafeties, eleven of which were two-baggers. Mee, Farrell, Corcoran
and McGuire led in the batting for th
D. L. S. nine. Thornton allowed bu six hits and fanned fifteen of the Pll
sens.
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yet built, Gary also wants a line to Chesterton and the rich, country districts to the south east of that city. : Yet in Bplte of the dire necessity for the consummation of all of these projects there is little to expect from the
mayors and councils of any of the !
large cities of the region. HOW TROUBLE! STARTED. Some years ago the mayor's combina of northern Indiana secured under the cities and towns law which gave them absolute control over the initiation of
iranchlse legislation. The board of i
public works, appointed and controlled absolutely by the mayor, is the franchise censor of cities of the fourth class. A councilman may have ideas about what provisions a franchise should contain and might even desire to introduce a franchise in favor of some but his hands are tied. No traction franchise can be passed without the
approval of the mavor. His nnwar la
absolute.
HAD POWER USED IT. The present situation, in which the
councilmen in three cities are in open
reDeinon against their respective mayors, might not have arisen had It
not been that these mayors indulged
n an obnoxious exercise of the great
power that Is vested in them.
Better diplomats than Becker and
Knotts would have held back their best cards and would have lead the council-
men to believe that they were the masters of the situation. But the no-
ession of power in the nans of Knotts
and Becker and later in the hands of Schlieker necessitated its instant cxer-
ise and they both began an attitude
towards their councilmanlc bodies that! has lead to the open breach in each case
The result is that a traction fran
chise introduced by the board of pub
lic works of either citv is inatantiv
turned down by the councilmen. "The
mayor can't get anything from us until
he accedes to some of our demaflds,"
s the attitude that is being taken by
most of the councilmen with the result that the public suffers.
PEOPLE FAVOR COl'KCIL.
And the councilmen have the sym
pathy of the public in their fight. The
nsurrection in the Hammond council
was started when Mayor Becker tossed
an ordinance increasing the saloon li
cense in Hammond, a document which
he had ordered his city attorney to prepare, over to the members of the city
council and ordered it passed.
Every many with a spark of man-
hod in him was Indignant at this action. The ordinance was voted down
ana nas never come up since. For
weeks the mayor has been trying to get his council to vote for an additional
pump for the Hammond pumping station but each time he has decred that the pump should be operated by steam, regardles of the merits of an electric pump, with the result that the council has refused to appropriate a cet of money.
NO CIIAX E FOR IXTERURBAXS. It can easily be seen that this situa
tion makes it practically impossible for a traction franchise to pass in the
city councils of any of the cities of
the region. What the mayor wanted would meet with opositlon of the coun
cilmen and vice versa.
There are two companies seeking to
c6nnect Hammond with the citie sof In-
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Pensions for Indianians. Washington, Jan. 13. Pensions were granted to the following Indianians today: Samuel Archer, $20; Elmer J. Doty. $10; Martin Drlscol. $15; Henry Grubb, $12; Peter Huckleberry, $30; James B. Jacobs, $15; Sarah J. Knight, $12; Charity E. Leech, $12; Stephen Mattler, $20; August Michaelis, $20; Anson Milter, $15; minors of Henry H. Noe, $12; Sarah J. Norris. $12; William H. Reeves, $15; John C, Warner $30.
CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
FRIDAY. Opening of the season of the Inter-collegiate Hockey League of Canada. Inter-collegiate basketball Weseyan vs. New York university at New York; Cornell vs. Dartmouth, at Ithaca; Pannsylvania vs. St. John's at Annapolis; Carnegie Tech vs. Bucknell at Lewisburg, Pa. SATURDAY. Annual meeting of United
States Golf Association at Chi cago. Inter-collegiate hockey: Cornell vs. Princeton at New York. Yale vs. Dartmouth at Boston. Wesleyan vs. Columbia at New York; Pennsylvania vs. Navy at" Annapolis; Army vs". Princeton at West Point; Dartmouth vs. Syracuse at Syracuse; Williams vs. Rhode Island State at WIN llamstown. Opening of annual show of Philadelphia Automobile Dealers' association. Annual indoor meet of the Chicago Irish-American Athletic club.
diana Harbor and Gary at the present '
urne. eucn a line wouia nave to secure
franchises in three cities and the ordinary observer will see that it is useless to hope for such consummation.
Not until the legislature trims the
wings of the dictatorial mayors of the
region wil the traction problem be
solved, in the opinion of local traction
promoters.
Articles of Incorporation. Articles of incorporation have been filed in the office of the secretary of state as follows: The Motor Car Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis; capital stock, $75,000; directors, William C. Teasdale, Jr., Fred C. Dorn, Wayne K. Bromley, Guy O. Simmons and Frank H. Teagle; object, to manufacture and sell automobiles, company taking over the plant of the Parry Auto company. Torlan & Barbout Hat Company, Evansville; capital stock, $40,000; directors, A. G, Torlan, J. W. Barbour and G. W. Torlan. Central Avenue Reformed Church, Indianapolis: incorporators. A C. Bell, H. J. . Pfafflln and R. Bell r object, to operate a church. - Dunlop Hauling and Contracting Company, Indianapolis; capital stock, $2,000; object, transfer business; directors, William Dunlop, F. A. Dunlop, and C. A. Harrison.
Hugh Jennings says "So long as I retain any connection with the Detroit club, Ty Cobb will play In Detroit." . After several years of in and out work Jim Stewart has retired from the ring. Con O'Kelly, another "Hope." and Al Kublak have signed for a muss to take place In Syracuse. January 16.
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