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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
PROMOTERS ARE
MOST SANCU|NE
Athletic Feature Will Be FREEDOM
inant and Young Men Will Start
Football, Baseball and Track
Teams Who Will Wear Colors of
Hammond.

There is n movement on foot to or
ganize Q Hammond Athletic club. The
name of the organization will not be
decided upon until the first meeting
is held, but the club Will be similar in
it's purposes to the old Iroquois Athlet-
ic club.
The interest In the project il very
great and so far there have been near
Iy 100 signers to an agreement to form
the form. With a membership of 100
more assured 1t is believed that the
success of the club will be assured from
the very start.
Meeting Held Tonight.
meeting is to be held in Long s
hall tonight, at which the matter of or
ganizing the club and electing tempo
rary officers will be taken up. 1t is
understood that the promoters of the
proposed club have secured an option
on the old rooms of the Jones Busi-
ness college and these will be converted
into gymnasium and club lounging
rooms.
1t will be the purpose of the organ
ization to at once install athletic para
phalia and have it ready for the mem
bers as soon as possible. During the
winter basketball and handball teams
will be organized. and there will be a
variety of indoor gymnasium work
done
In the spring and summer however,
baseball, track and football teams will
be organized and will play over the
country under the name of the club.
The club may even send teams to COM
pete with the other athletic clubs in
the city if they develop the desired de-
gree of efficiency.
VIII Have Social Side.
But while the athletic feature will
be the prime consideration there will
also be the social side to the club.
There will be smokers and possibly a
dance or two given during the year.
The prospective members of the club
realize the Importance of having place
to loaf and they will make the social
feature of the club one of considerable
Importance.
The success of the promoters of the
idea in securing the promise of certain
young men to become members of the
organization is gratifying and is an in
dication of the necessity of such an or
ganization.
Want Permanent Headquarters.
If the new club meets the expecta-
tions of the members to the extent
that now appears probable and the or
ganization grows in numbers it is pos
sible that a movement will be started
to secure permanent club quarters.
The young men who are behind the
enterprise are all energetic fellows
and be sure to make the club a go from
the start. Among those who are stand
ing sponsor for the new club are Mel
vim Monnett, Hall Covert and Eddie
Mason.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
RETURN FROM MEETING

Hammond men returned from South
Bend yesterday afternoon enthused
with the Y. NJ c. A spirit which was
exemplifed at the thirty ninth state
convention there last Saturday and
Sunday. Coincidently they witnessed
the dedication of the new s250.000 Y.
M. C. A. home at South Bend. The local
men could not say enough in praise
about the elegant home that the Y.
NJ. A. has established in South Bend
and the spirit in which it was built.
The Hammond men who We're at
South Bend. Judge V. S. Reiter, A. Muir
ray Turner, Attorney L. L. Bomberger
and w. c. Belman. Yesterday after
noon they had the pleasure of hearing
Fred B Smith, the greatest Y. NJ. c. A.
worker in the world. Mr.. Smith and
Mr.. Turner are cousins, and conse-
quently the work of the famous New
York man was doubly interesting to
the Hammond banker.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
Run WITH NEW JUICE
Local Street Car System
Arranges to Save Some
Money.

An agreement by which the Com
rnonwealth Electric company will fur
nish South Chicago City Railway COM
pany with electric power is said to
have been perfected within the last
few days, and will in all probability
enable the South Chicago company and
the Hammond. Whiting and East Chi
cago company to give better service
as far as it depends on the motive
power
The agreement is said to save the
South Chicago City Railway company
and the Hammond, Whiting and East
Chicago company $50, 1000 annually,
which is a big item for the companies.
The Commonwealth Electric COM
pany of Chicago is one of the biggest
electric power producers in Chicago,
and with its facilities that it has it
can afford to give the Juice" for less
than the company can make it itself
The agreement also includes the yell
low lines that have been consolidated
with the Red lines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
OLD WOMAN CRAWLS
UNDER RESIDENCE
Stays There and Weeps Be
cause Her Brother Fails
to Meet Her at Depot.
HER CRIES ALARM HOUSEHOLD
Police Notify Her Relatives in West
Pullman and Send Her
Back Home.
HER CRIES ALARM HOUSEHOLD

One of the strangest cases which has
ever been called to the attention of the
local police occurred last Saturday
night early Sunday morning when
Mrs. Jenny Smith, aged 20, got off n
Michigan Central passenger train Mt
1 o'clock In the morning, and because
she was not met at the station by reIa-
tIves crawIed under the residence of
MIR. Walker of the firm of Cooper &
Walker, BARRIERS, and cried until the
family was aroused and notified the po-
lice.
The poor old woman got off the train
at an early hour in the morning. She
expected to be met by her brother.
John Bose, who used to live at South
Holland, south of this city. She had
been visiting with relatives at West
Pullman.
No one Met Her.
When she saw there was no one at
the station to meet her and that all of
the other passengers who had come in
on that train had gone to their respec-
tive homes she became very much
Enlightened.
Finally becoming very frightened she
went over on PIummer avenue and
crawled under the basement OF the
first house she came to. There she
lay down on the ground and cried Bit
terly
The house happened to be occupied
by Mr.. Walker. His wife heard the
woman's cries and was awakened by
them. She could not locate them and
she could not imagine where the poor
woman was who was in such distress.
Finally she became thoroughly fright
ened and word was sent to the police.
Officer Hanlon was sent out to inves-
tigate and he located the poor old wo-
man under the house lying on the cold
ground weeping.
The officer induced her to go to the
station with him and made an effort to
locate her brother. John Bose was not
to be found in South Holland. however,
and so the old woman was sent back to
her relatives in West Pullman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
BAD FIRE TAKES
PLACE At GIBSON
c., I. & S. Coal Storage
Plant Is Gutted in Fierce
Blaze Saturday Night.
Loss WILL REACH $4,000
Hammond Office Men First See the
Start of Blaze and Give
General Alarm.

Fire from an unknown origin, last
Saturday evening, caused a damage of
$4,000 to the c., i. & S. coal storage
plant at Gibson. The roof of the build
ing caught fire, and on account of this
1T is thought that spark from a pass
ing engine may have caused the trouble.
The entire plant is valued at $11, 900.
it containing all the newest and most
improved machinery. Fortunately a
good part of this was saved and can
be used in reconstructing the plant.
Comparatively little coal was in the
plant at the time when the fire broke
out and what was in was dumped to
the ground.
Departments No. / and No. were
summoned to the fire, and although
they had a long run to make and the
fire had gained considerable headway
by the time they arrived, they did ex-
celent work. From the superintend-
ent's office the word was given out
this morning that the work of the fire
departments was great"
Fire Starts shortly After 5 O'clock.
The fire was first noticed at about
Sis when a large part of the office
force was about to board the SIT for
Hammond. AS the train pulled out the
flames were shooting high above the
building and it looked as though the
entire structure with all its fine ma
chinery would be total loss.
The fire departments arrived as soon
as possible and worked until nearly
midnight, when they were satisfied
that they had the fire under control.
Fire departments Nos. 1 and 4 were
called out to a boxcar fire in the Erie
yards last night. A peculiar accident
there set a car afire, which in the
course of time spread to an adjoining
car
A carload of coal vas bumped off the
track and tumbled into a little camp
fire that was burning beside the tracks.
In this way the car became ignited,
necessitatfng the presence of the two
fire departments.
Department No. 4 was summoned to
Kinks addition last Saturday after
noon, where a prairie fire was in
progress and which for a time threat
ened the buildings in that neighbor-
hood.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
SUGGESTS new
FOR STATE CHAIRMAN
President Roosevelt and His Sue
cessor Are Interested in the Recon
struction of Republican Party In
This State and Tenth District Con-
gresham Bucks the Machine.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-A conferences
that may have an important hearing
on the Indiana political situation was
held at Hot Springs, Ark, today.
Representative e. ID. Crumpacker left
for Hot Springs Saturday afternoon to
confer with rPesidenf-eIect Taft I'm re-
gard to the future of the republican
party In Indiana This follows q con-
ference with President Roosevelt I'm
which the president evinced a deep in
terest in the Indiana situation ana ex-
pressed a desire to do all he can to re-
organize the party satisfactory
basis.
As the only republican member of
congress who was reelected from In
diana, Mr.. Crumpacker's pronounced
views as to what should be done to re-
habilitate the party in that state no
doubt will have considerable weight
with the incoming president, especially
since he and Mr.. Taft have been close
friends Ever Eince Mr.. Taft returned
from the Philippines and assumed the
portfolio Of war their relations have
been CONFIDENTIAL
Mr.. C-umpacker does not expect the
president or the president elect TO in
termeadle in Indiana Affairs TO the ex-
nsiticn. tut he does believe that Mr..
Taft, especially by the manner in
which he distributes the federal patron
age of the incoming administration and
by exercising the great influence that
inheres in the presidential office may
do much toward removing Indiana from
the doubtful column where it was
placed by the recent election and to re-
store it to the republican column.
Opposes "Machine PoIiticians.v
Mr.. Crumpacker Is anxious that men
shall be chosen for Offices in Indiana
and for positions of leadership who are
thoroughly imbued with public spirit
and who do not belong to the class
known as machine politicians"
The only way to build up the party
in Indiana is to recognize the men
who are above factions. he said "A
political party to win must have char
acter so as to inspire the confidence of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23

SCHAAF ONE OF SPEAKERS

F. Richard Schaaf of Hammond has
been honored by being made one of
three of the principal speakers at the
annual meeting of the Indiana State
Trustees association, of which he is
now secretary.
The honor is all the more apparent
when it is known that the other speak
ers are Governor Elect Thomas R. Mar
shall and superintendent of Public In
struction- Elect Robert ]. Alley
President P. r. Mccarthy of Vim
cennes will preside at the meeting, and
the other officers are: Vice president
o. C. Puterbaugh, Elkhart; secretary,
F. Richard Schaf, Hammond; treasurer
Charles r. Deal, Scottsburg Execu-
tive committee-Chairma Charles E
Potter, Richmond; vice chairman, J.
w. Spicer, Acton; secretary, George L
Laney, Rosedale.
The program is as follows:
Wednesday, Dec 16, 1908.
1890: Calling to Order
Invocation-Rev. Clippinger, Indi-
annapolis, Ind.
Inaugural Address.
miscellaneous business
NOON
$780, Charities-A w. Butler. sec
retary state board charity.
$3.50: Township Schools-F. A. Cot
ton, State superintendent Public
instruction.
$3.50: Duties of the Trustee = C. c.
Puterbaugh, Elkhart, Ind.
Thursday, Dec. II, 1908.
10 a. M: Address-Governor- Elect
Thomas r. Marshall, Columbia
City.
Report of Committees.
NOON.
1870: Duties of the Teacher
Robert j. Alley.
2:30: Future Legislation" - +
Richard Schaaf. Hammond. Ind.
Go Home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
BERTHA WAS A
GREAT FAvOR|TE
But Clifford Malone Says He
Can't Stand For the
Favoritism.
THE DOCTOR EMBARRASSED HIM
Mrs. Malone Visited Fishing Camps
and Hubby Says She Came Home
intoxicated.
THE DOCTOR EMBARRASSED HIM

Clifford says Bertha flew too high.
Bertha Malone was a gay bird, who
fitted out from her home ON the banks
of the kankakee river md held high
reveI with camping parties which were
located there, is the allegation which
Clifford Malone, heI husband, made In
a divorce complaint filed in the Lake
superior court this morning.
The complaint goes on to state that
Clifford and Bertha Malone were mar
ried in Hammond on the 25th day of
January, 1908. The length of time that
their married relations could be called
blissful was very short, for Mr.. Malone
says soon after their marriage his wife
began to visit the camps of the camp
ers.
Bertha Was a FavOrite.
BY the ninth day of November, less
than ten months later. the young
couple had separated, and now Clifford
is suing for a divorced Clifford Malone
says in his complaint that his wife.
Bertha, was a great favorite in these
fishing and hunting camps.
She would leave her home and go
over to where the men were making
merry and would become intoxicated.
wife came home very sick.
He called in the neighbors and sum
moned physician when the mistress in
formed him that she had taken poison.
When the doctor arrived Mr.. Malone
says he embarrassed him by vouch-
safing the information that his wife
was not poisoned but simply intoxi-
Gated
That was the beginning of serious
trouble On the IL of last September
Bertha is alleged to have visited Halls
camp, where she went on one of her
sprees and became intoxicated.
On the night of the Sth of November
she also had one OF those times which
make cold towel feel mighty good on
the head the next day. and the next
day her husband left her.
There are some other allegations that
would not look good in print, and if
Bertha loved the other men instead OF
her own husband, as the complaint
says she did, her husband will prob
ably get his divorce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
BIG HOWL
OVER DOGS
Seven Arrests Are Made a42
Result Of Dog Figh
and Twenty War
rants Are Out.

A dog fight which was pulled OF In
patronage of Battling Nelson and on the
occasion of the opening of Doyle and
McCormiclx's saloon, resulted I'm the
wholesale arrest of the spectators and
preciritated a tight which has left sore
spots both actually and figurntiveiy
on about every person In the little town
which is presided by the boy mayor,
Johnny Patton. Several from Hammond
escaped in the melee.
Warrants BY Wholesale.
Twenty-one warrants were issued
for the arrest of the spectators and the
promoters of the fight, nine of the citi-
zens of Burnham and the surrounding
cities wree arrested and compelled to
furnish 500 bail; warrant is out for
Battling Nelson for resisting an officer,
Emil Jabosrizki, one OF the town trus-
tees. had gun taken away from him
and his hand slashed; and dozen of men
made their escape from the hall above
the saloon, where the fight was held.
by thsiliing jumps from the second
-atorv window.
Burnhams Widest Night.
1t was one of the widest nights that
the usually quiet town of Burnham has
ever known. The trouble was all the
result of a feud that originated in the
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
franchise fight and the 'pinching of the
house" is alleged to be the effort of
certain town trustees to get even with
Johnny Patton and his friends.
Along last week Johnny Doyle and
w. B. (Buck) Mccormick sent out cards
to friends all over the Calumet region
announcing the fact that they were 60
DING to have the grandest grand open
ing of their new saloon that had ever
been attempted in Burnkam.
Tip ON Fight Gets Out.
The tip was given out that there
was to be a dog fight in the hall over
the saloon and that there would be
plenty doing in the way of amusement
for the prospective patrons of the sa-
loon.
The opening took place yesterday and
early in the afternoon the crowd began
to gather. 1t is estimated that there
were in the neighborhood of 800 guests
of Doye and Mccormick In and about
the saloon.
In some way the trustees learned
that there was to be a dog fight pulled
on in the hall above the saloon. James
Finneran, the Burnham town marshal
who lives at Calumet Park, happened tc
ECoDtfnued ON page a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
BOARD WILL
WRESTLE WITH BIDS
f. S. Betz Co. in Competition
For Fire Station Beds
Today.
MINAS STORE PRESSES CLAIM
Henry Huber Bids Too High and
Rivalry Is Between Betz and
Minas Companies.
M|NAS STORE PRESSES CLAIM

Bids for a dozen beds to be furnished
for the new fire station promise to
give the board of public works a sub
ject to wrestle with until next Wednes-
day when the contract will be let. The
bids were advertised some time ago, at
which time the specifications were also
published. The bids were made re-
turnable today and upon being opened
today it was found that the Frank S.
Betz company was the lowest bidder
The Betz bid was $2355 a bed, while
the Minas bid was s1.72 cents higher or
$25.27 a bid Henry Huber was also a
bidder his figures being set at s27. .55
a bed, which consequently puts him out
of the race
Befz Lowest Bidder.
The Betz claim to the contract lays
in the fact that the company has min
utely adhered to the specifications ana
put in the lowest bid, while the Minas
claim lies principally in that it has
gone above the Specifications and fur
nished material better than required in
the specifications. In pressing the
claims of the Mfnas' department store
the friends of the store argue that it
is a local store and as such caters to
local trade, while the Betz people do
a mail order business. The latter firm.
however, maintains that it is Offering
the beds according to specifications at
the lowest price.
O'Shea d Shea Get Contract
The contract for the Wood street
sewer was awarded to the firm of
O'Shea & Shea at the regular session
of the board this morning. The Sum
mer street sewer primary assessment
roll was placed on file for public in
spection, while the primary assessment
roll for the Truman street sidewalks
was approved.
The board ordered that all action for
private contracts for sidewalks on East
Ogden street be rescinded.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
Rabbit Fry for Guests.

A jolly rabbit fry. the first of the sea-
son. is in store for the friends and
patrons of "Frenchy" Poland at his
new buffet, 226 ;Sibley street for to-
morrow night. The rabbits are the
products of the Lake county hunting
grounds from the south end. and will
be served free to the guests.-adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
Mayor Still Confined.

An attack of yellow jaundice ard a
general indisposition is confning May
or Becker to his home these days. The
city's executive is chafng under the
restraint and hoped that when he re-
turned from West Baden that he would
be entirely well again Instead his
condition has not much improved, bat
his friends are sure that after he gers
oves- the present attack that he will
regain his old time strength.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
MATERIAL ARRIVES
FOR BOWLING ALLEYS
Bradford & Sons New Billiard and
Pool Pariors Ready Dec. 1sf.

The material for the bowling alleys
and the pool and billiards tables,
which are to be used in Bradford &
Sons new billiard and pool parlors.
arrived this morning.
They are being furnished by the
Balke-Collender company. which manu-
faetures the best articles of the kind
that are made. Szzss., ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-23
twelve:
THOUSAND
GET JOBS
Illinois Steel Mills to Re-
sumo With Full Force De-
cember First, and Great Is
the Rejoicing Caused by
the News.

Announcement was made yesterday
by the Illinois Steel company that by
Dec. L its plant at South Chicago would
be running with a full force of men.
1t is expected that $4,000 will be given
employment In the many departments
of the immense plant. The announce
ment was hailed with a demonstration
of joy.
About half of the workers in the
mills have been unemployed for more
than a year, since many of the depart
nients hsut down on account of the
scarcity of orders for steel rails and
other products of the company. Many
of the others. employed since the par
tia sd=s1s ming last summer. have been
working on short schedule.
The announcement of the opening of
the mills and the prospective re-em-
ployment of thousands of men means
much also to the merchants of the
suburb.
start Work Tomorrow.
Officials of the plant declared that
workmen would begin tomorrow to pre-
pare open heart mill No. l for the re-
sumption of work This particular de-
pdTlnGnL mas Deen ClOSSU IOT lnlIloeI
months. and is the principal mill in the
plant. It was said that it Is the inten-
tion to hire 5000 men at once to equip
this mill to be in readiness for open
ing the first day of next month.
Special efforts will be made by the
management of the steel plant to hire
its old hands. Since many of the ex-
perienced workers have been forced to
dispose of their homes in South Chi
cago and move elsewhere, it will neces-
sary to employ some inexperienced men
! It was said, however, that there will
be no trouble in obtaining sufficient un-
employed men in South Chicago and
nearby to fill the places of the old en-
ployes who cannot be induced to re-
turn to their former places.
Blast Furnaces to Reopen.
simultaneously with the opening OF
| the hearth mill five blast furnaces
which have been shut down for six
months will resume operation. The
| opening of these departments viii
necessitate the opening of others. Suf-
fcient orders for steel rails have been
received it was intimated, to allow
the entire plant to run indefinitely.