Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 192, Hammond, Lake County, 2 February 1911 — Page 1

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EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbara 2 Cnta Copy.) VOL. V., NO. 192. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911.

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Labor Commissioner of Indiana and State Building: Trades Officials Reach Hammond

Harry Slough, state labor commisaioner, arrived in Hammond this morning for the purpose of investigating conditions in the building trades. This is the most important development in the present labor situation. At the same time J. B. Etchison, general president of the State Building Trades Council, arrived In Hammond to make an investigation of conditoins on behalf of the state organization of the union.. With Etchison was R. P. Meadows, secretary of the Marion1 County Building Trades Council. The arrival of PROUIIIEUT LAKE GO. M m DIE Fred Manderbach, ex-School Trustee, Is in Critical Condition. One of the best known men in Lake county, Fred, Manderbach, 773 South Hohman street, formerly school trustee of Hanover township. Is critically 111 with pneumonia at his home. Dr. J. C. Gibbs and Dr.- H. C. Groman held a consultation over him and will hold another today. Mr. Manderbach's recovery Is regarded as extremely doubtful. t SeviEL ;p. ressmeir of7 Chicago was called to his bedsM today. PLANS COACH TRIP COAST TO COAST "TOD Paul A. Sorg, the millionaire tobacco man, is planning a remarkable coaching trip. He will begin April 1 a run from New York to San Francisco, 3,000 m"lles. The route to Chicago will be via Albany and Buffalo. The horses will be U8ed for twelve-mile relays and at the end of a run will be shipped ahead on special cars to rest and await the needs of another day. An extra coach will be shipped from point to point along the route to be used in case of a bad breakdown. A blacksmith will be taken along to care for horses and coach. W. D. Grant, the manager of Mr. Sorg's show stable, will be the professional coach and will drive all the way.

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these three men In the .region Is regarded as the most important development in the labor situation in several days This morning they called at the office of T. W. Ginn, editor of the state building trades journal. In Hammond. Mr. Glnn went over the situation with them. SLOI GH VISITS GARY. Folowlng this conference Slough left for Gary where he made! his headquarters in the Victoria hotel. A little later Etchison arM Meadows, accompanied by Ginn, also left for Gary, the seat of war. Etchison stated to a Times reporter, before he left. I can only say that (Continued on page 8.) If Oil IRE Amazing Testimony Develops in Gary Cases Now on s Trial in thLaJI SuEerior Court; Interesting ' Evidence to Be Forthcoming. According to the testimony of Un dertaker Jones of Gary, Rade Zegaric was dead and burled months before his name was stricken from the payroll of the Indiana Steel Co. at Gary. This it Is said is but one of scores of instances In which dead men or straw men were retained on the payroll , of the company through the alleged con spiracy In which Charles Bloomhoff. John Caldwell and Walter Thomas were Implicated. One of those familiar with the prosecution of the case stated today that the amount of the peculations would probably exceed $10,000. According to the theory of the prosecution after one of the timekeepers (Pltzele had been' sent to the penitentiary for payroll frauds the trio which Is now Involved (Continued on page 8.) BUSIDESS- AGENT PULLS MEilOFF HAWLEY JOB Conflict Arises Over the Erection of a Sign For Hawley's Bath Parlors. Martin Carmody, the business agent of the Inside Electrical Workers un ion, raised the Question as to the right I of Fred Hawley, who is installing i Turkish baths in the basement of the j First National Bank building, to per mit the F. . S. Betz Co. to erect the sign on the Sibley street side of the building. Carmody claims' that under the rules of the organization, under which he works, the erection of this sign should be done by the Electrical workers. It seems that Hawley gave the contract for erecting and hanging the sign to the F. S. Betz Co. after being informed that there was no sign hang ers' union in Hammond. Mr. Hawley, being a union man him self, had been told that it would be all right for him to go ahead and have the sign put up in the way It was done. As the job was being completed Carmody pulled the man off the Job, who was working there. Nothing has been done in the matter since. MARRIAGE LICENSES. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 2. The following marriage licenses have been issued here: Ernest M. Whitehouse, Brockton, Mass.; Marie E. McDermott, Chicago. Walter W. Lamas, Chicago; Maud Gronan, Chicago. James F. Porter, Chicago; Alta A. Crill, Chicago. Herman Nelson, Aurora, 111.; Aimee Phillips, Aurora, 111. Fred W. Ludwig, Chicago; Katherine Wahl, Chicago.

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IRE CROP OF West Hammond Men Are Anxious to Get Into Mayoralty Race Old Pete Mak Will Be Candidate His Chances Are (?) Following the adoption of the city form of government in the village of West Hammond the next step will be the election of officers. Already there is quite a stir in the village over the framing of tickets. A large number of candidates have been mentioned .some of whom are In a receptive mood and others who are considering the matter. The chances are that there will be a regular ticket and a reform ticket In the field. Of course, all of the candidates will stand for a clean government, for the reason that the crusade . started by Miss Virginia Brooks has awakened the public conscience and has made such a platform popular. Whether or not the candidates on the various tickets will actually represent the reform element In West Hammond remains to be seen. Miss Brooks has not made any alliances so far. She will wait until the tickets are in the field and will then decide which she will support. It may be that she will support part of the candidates on one ticket and part on another, or l she may put a reform ticket of her own in the field. Many Mayoralty Candidate., Already a number of candidates are mentioned. Henry F. Lindner, the treasurer of the Western Grain Products Co.. is one of these. He does not know that . his friends have launched (Continued on page five. tilOND Two business places on the North Side were entered by burglars last night. Casper Schillen's saloon at 283 Michigan avenue was robbed and the little store, corner, One Hundred and Fiftieth and Oak strets. owned by Mrs George Schroeder. The burglaries were not discovered until this morning when the places were opened for busines. Among the things missing from the Schillen sa loon were a 12 gauge Remington Pump gun, about 2,000 cgars, one 22 calibre revolver, a silver open faced watch, two razor sets, a safety razor. Insurance papers, some whiskey, a bundle of laundry, a hat and $15 in money. The booty secuyred at the Schroeder store was not so valuable, it having consisted mainly of notions and a sma'' amount of groceries. In each case the burglars gained entrance to the business places, through the windows. In the Schroeder store they used a jlmmr on a window, while in the Schillen building they cut a piece of glass out of a window and raised the latch. The police are working the cases but thus far have reported no clues. OH! SAY DID YOU SEE THE ARGT01S MOiiAX? The Festive Ground Hog Hunts His Hole, So Have the Ear Tabs Ready. Back to the mines "for Mr. Groundhog. At 12 o'clock, meridian, the arctmoys monax emerged from his subterranean winter habitant and made a few meterological observations. The solar rays descended, and upon being Intercepted by this well-known mammal a shadow was projected upon a portion of this terrestrial spheree. Said arctomys monax, popularly known as the groundhog, glanced downward and, noticing that his body obscured a portion of the earth deemed that it would be the part of wisdom to continue the period of hlr. hibernation at least six weeks. This Is in accordance with commonly accepted belief, a matter of tradition, In fact, that the groundhog Is possessed of some supernatural power which enables him to prognosticate as to the length of the winter. In words pf one syllable, the groundhog saw his shadow today and has returned to his burrow to spend another six "weeks.

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DC ::i the i Strong Speech Is Made By President of Commercial Club. One of the strongest speeches for the preservation of law and order in the present strike situation in Gary was made by President H. S. Norton near the close of last night's meeting of the Commercial club. Captain Norton neither scored nor criticised the safety board or the police department, the unions or the contractors, but. insisted that the time had come when the club as a body should take drastic action. Mr. Norton said in part: ' "I believe the time has come, that If the Commercial club stands for anything In Gary, if it has a purpose, that time has now come to take a stand. Gary has reached a crisis, the most critical situation in Its history. "What have we been looking forward to? I will venture to,. say that there is not' a man here tonight who ERIE SWiTGHMAfJ IS ASSAILED AT HOME Malicious Person Hurls Stones Through Windows of Thomas' Home. Some person unknown to the police thus far, last night, threw two-stones Into the home of B. B. Thomas, an Erie railroad switchman, living at 122 Clinton street.. One of the stones was fired through the glass In the front door, while the other" was hurled through a window. One of the missiles weighed nearly eight pounds and was thrown with such force as to dent the plaster on the far side of the room. Mr. Thomas is unable to account for the action of the culprits. He says he knows of no enemies that he has. HAMMOND COURT BILL UP The Hammond court bill came up for i the second reading yesterday and was j passed. The next step will be to have J it engrossed and tnen it will come up for final passage. In view of the fact t.'mt engrossment will take a week or ten days It is not expected that the bill will go to Its final passage before the latter part of next week. It will then go to the senate committee and will have to go through the same process In the senate. It is expected that it will be at least two weeks before It will be passed by both houses and signed by the governor. IF YOV THINK THAT THE TIMES IS TRYING TO GIV YOU THE SEWS, YOUR Sl'BSCRIPOC WILL 3B APPRECIATE!.

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If came to Gary satisfied with its belngt a city of 20,000 people. We came here thinking; that' Gary In a few years to come would have fifty or seventy-five thousand people. ' There is no reason why It should not be, why it should not grow by leaps and bounds. The time has come when this club should take a decided stand. We should know neith er contractor nor organized labor, but work for the interests of Gary alone. "What has been done in other cities where the police refused to act or were unable to cope with the situation? The citizens armed themselves in a body anddemanded that life and property be protected. We as a club have enough members to take that stand if neces sary. "I want to say," continued the speak er. "if the police refuse to act where life and property are in danger, that we can call-upon the sheriff of the county and his deputies, and if they In turn are unable to preserve the law I am In favor of armed men of the state troops patrolling the streets of Gary in order that peace may reign, no matter what the outside world may ' say." CONGRESS POLICE CHIEF'S THIS YEAR Chief Austgen of the police department is looking forward to an International congress of police chiefs and department heads who will meet at Rochester, N. Y., on June 13th, of this year, and remain in session for a number of days. The officials are to come from all parts of the world, a call having been sent out by Major Sylvester of the Washington (D. C.) police department. It Is thought that this congress will do more toward unification of a world-wide system than . anything else The movement has high ideals and will work along the lines of eliminating politics from the police de partments, Insuring office terms on , m.. i, ...v. of work, procure pensions for veteran officers, establishing an International telegraph cede and many other phases. The matter of sending Hammond's chief of police to the international congress has not yet been discussed by the police commissioners, but the probabilities are that Hammond will be represented along with other progressive cities. ' New Elk Candidates. Fred C. Crumpacker, R. W. Xewell and John J. Kennedy are the candidates who will be initiated in the Elk's lodge on Thursday evening Feb. 2, 19:11. Luncheon will be served and a good time Is anticipated. THE TIMES IS TRYING HARD TO MERIT THE SUCCESS. IT HAS ACIHEVEi?.

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GALLED A Members of Gary Commer cial Club Denounce in no Uncertain Terms Lax Methods of Judiciary in Fining Lawbreakers. LEADING MEIJ SPEAK GARY COMMERCIAL CLUB RESOLUTIONS Whereas, a number el vfolatlou, finch amanlta, rioting" and disorderly eond.net, have oecnrred during; the past week between work Ins men In the bnildtas liaesi and . Whereas, aaeh violations of the law eaa only serve to further Impair the credit of oar city and defame oar character by havlan; It published to the world that we are not a law-abldlaff eommanltyf nnd Whereas, we believe that every man has the riant to earn his llvtaa: by hoaest labor without being- subject to assault. Injury or death while In pursuit of hontest laborj therefore Be It resolved, that the Commercial elub Insists nnd demaad that such acts of lawlessaess SHAKL and MITST CEASE, and that we call upon all city officials, aad especially the mayor, the police department, city Judge and prose entlnn; attorney, to use their utmost endeavors to prevent such acta of lawlessness and to arrest and prosecute to the full extent of the law- nil auch violations of same, aad we hereby pledge to such officials oar hearty support The. serious turn of the strike situs. tlon the riots and blood shed of the past two days, lead the Gary Commercial club to take drastic action against the outburst of lawlessness at Its meet ing last night. Censure Prosecutor aad City Judge. The slugging of three non-union men with lead pipe, the firing of revolvers at the wounded men a few hours before the meeting lead the Commercial club to take its action last night. Strong sentiment was voiced against those who were responsible for the cowardly work. Prominent business men scored Prosecuting Attorney Charles Greenwald for his lax methods in prosecuting several cases caused by labor troubles, in the city court; the special judge who sat in the cases was (Continued on page eight.) Robert Carlson, a Hobart Township Genius .Builds a Flying Machine For Two Passengers; Initial Flight Early in March. What Is said to be the first flying machine ever built In northern Indiana Is now being constructed on the Cannon farm rn thA iln.wnrtli -.. a t n A j Deep r,ver tw mileg south of Hobart me Dunaer is KODert Carlson, a young mechanician In his early twenties, who until recently had to do with automobIle machlnery-in Chicago. In j a Bpecia, devlsed workshop on his fatner-s farm tne youngr man has al. ready completed the body of the aeroplane and within five weeks he expects to make his trial flight. Carlson says that his machine is modeled after Henry Farman's French design, although he has embodied In it some Ideas of his own. The body of the car, -which Is already completed.xnea8ures twenty-eight feet In width. Yesterday afternoon a Times reporter found the young aviator In his workshop, and although the rural surroundings gave no Indication that the shed was an "aero-garage," yet a step Into the interior disclosed a full rigged shipyard. In the center of the shop was the body of the machine while benches, lathes and other paraphernalia were scattered about. (Continued on page even.)

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