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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08

And so the merry tune is hummed
into the ears of the board of public
works by the property owners of
South Holman street whose frontage
is to be paved.
Unless the property owners of South
Hohmn street in an adjourned soon
ference with the board of public works
agreed on the kind of pavement this
afternoon. at a session scheduled to be
held at 2:30 o'clock. Holman street is
as far from a pavement as it was six
months ago.
At noon today it would not have been
surprising if the board would have to
re-advertise for new bids.
The board had taken the pavement
for South Holman street under advise
ment until this forenoon and again in
vited the property owners up to reach
a final decision. The result a
whole lot of talk with no action.
The board some time ago advertised
for bids on a vitrified brick pavement
with asphalt filled providing for an
eight-inCh rolled stone foundation, the
e-building of all catch basins and rails
ing the manhOles to the proper grade
providing the cross walks with iron
aprons and the filling of the space be-
tween the sidewalks and the curbs.
The city engineers estimate was
s1.73A per square yard Only two con-
tractors had the nerve TO put in a bid
on so low an estimate, one being Hatch
& Son, who agreed to lay moldine
block for $40 per square yard and
metropolitan brick for $50. Hutchin-
son. of Michigan City, agreed to lay the
pavement for $190, and the curbing fol
81 cents a foot while Hatch & Son
would lay the curbing for 43 cents. The
bids were above the estimate. with the
exception of the molding brick, which
however. was not advertised does no.
seem to be such a desirable brick
Eli her the contractors will have tC
come down or the property owners vii
have to agree to their priCt or a new
kind of pavement Instead of doing
this they are pulling in twoney differ
| ent directions.
other Business.
! The board adopted the primary as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
HAMMOND POLICE
ARE NOTIFIED
Wild Ride on Boulevards Results in
Fatal Injuries to Woman Whose
Case Mystifes Police in Chicago
and Nearby Cities-Found in Pool
of Blood.

Because she refused 10 come out 10
Hammond after II wild auto ride with
her companions I'm big touring car,
Mrs. Mary Hughes, 20 years old. 329
Chicago avenue. wns hurled from
automobile speeding nt the rate of forty
miles an hour by man companion at
FOrty-fourth street and Michigan ave
nue. Mt / o'clock to-day. as the climax of
a tour through the north and south side
boulevards in Chicago, in which the
reckless chauffeur was fired at by the
policemen and narrowly escaped RUM
ing down several persons Mrs. Hughes
asserts that her companion attacked
her while the automobile was flying
south and threw her to the street af-
ter she had fought for ten minutes with
him in the swaying car.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
BRINGS PATERNITY SUIT
Seventeen Year Old Girl
Tells Her Story to Judge
and an Arrest Follows.

Swearing to affidavit and informa tion
on her sick bed with a newborn infant
at her side. Miss Anna Theil, a seven
teen -year-old girl charged Anthony Ap-
pledorn. a nineteen -year-old boy. with
being the father of her baby
Appledorn was arrested yesterday aft
ernoon and bound over to answer to
the charges in Judge w. ". McMahan's
city court on July Is.
Girl Signs the Warrant.
The sad story was brought to light
sometime ago and the girl herself
signed her name to the warrant before
Judge McMahan. who was called to
the home of the girls parents on Muir
ray street.
The papers were given to offer
Shine to serve. but he was unable to
locate Appledorn who is a clerk until
last evening The parents of both the
principals in the unfortunate affair are
hardworking people and keenly feel
the disgrace II is reported that a set
tlement will be effected before the case
is brought to trial next week as young g
Appledorn is anxious to compromise.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
State and Holman Streets
Turned Over to Contrac-
tors for Improvements.
NEW TRACKS ON STATE ST.
Street Railway Company Thinks It's
Efforts Are Not Very Much
Appreciated.

After today both Holman and state
streets will be torn up in preparation
for street and track improvements. The
work of laying the new track on South
Holman street has progressed as far
Carroll street, where 1t will have to
stop until the city officials designate
where the car line ia TO In the
widened street.
A connection will be made between
the two rails, the old and the new. and
then as soon as the city engineer
tablishes the route of the new tracks,
they will be laid.
On State street the new track will be
laid al once and work was begun on the
Improvement this morning. This is in
preparation for the laying of the new
brick pavement between Holman street
and Oakley avenue
The brick are already on the grounds
for the State street paving and it is
understood that Contractor Hatch in
tends to rush the work through. The
street car company will complete is
part of the work on State street as soon
as possible and within few weeks 1t
is expected that State street far out
as Oakley avenue. will be as spick and
span as any street in the city.
Says Arrangement is Unjustihable.
There has been considerable criti-
cism of the street car company because
it has left in the old rails at the frogs
of the switches. But Manager Green
of the Street Railway Company ex-
| planned last night that this is just
a temporary arrangement and that as
soon as the new frogs arrive, they Will
| be substituted for the old ones
/ Mr.. Green also pointed out the fact
/ that the public generally does not seem
! to appreciate the fact that the company
has gone out of it's way 10 re-pave
/ Holman street. north OF the Michiga
/ Central tracks. In some cases -he
company has re-paved the street for
six or eight feet from the tracks, where
there were depressions in it and it is
only required to pave eighteen 1ncnes
/ from the rails.
OF course it might be pointed out that
| a great deal of the necessity for paw
| ing the street was due to the fact tha
the street car company has frequently
torn up the pavement to make repairs
but nevertheless the people generally
! will appreciate even a slight indica
tiOn of the intention OF the company
| to do the right thing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
HAMMOND'S LINE
TO COUNTY SEAT
Activity In Interur5an System at
Gary Show That Calumet VIII Be
Interurban Net Work at One End
of Which the County Seat Will
Be Located.

Attorney Frank Pattee of Grown
Point, representing the Gary * South-
ern Interurban Railroad company, ap-
peared in Gary yesterday for the pur-
pose of making arrangements by which
his road, which runs from Crown Point
to Gary, would cross the city and con-
meet with the Chicago, Lake shore d
south Bend interurban line. with which
ID il to have an operating agreeent.
ENTIRE DISTRICT INTERESTED.
The fact that the Chicago. Lake Shore
& South Bend line has made a traffic
agreeemnt with the proposed Gary &
Southern Interurban line will be Of
interest to the people of the entire
Calumet district for the reason that it
will mean that the cities of Hammond
East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and
Gary will have a new route to the
county seat of Lake county.
TO HAVE MANY FEEDERS.
1t further develops that the Chicago.
Lake Shore &. South Bend interuran
line is developing a system of feeders
which is rapidly enmeshing the entire
Calumet region and promises to be
big factor in its development
The Gary & Southern Interurban
Railway company is backed by R. ".
Seaman of the Illinois Iowa & Mime
sofa railroad which is to be built
through from Joliet Ill. to Crown
Point and Gary.
LINE TO BE BUILT SOON.
The fact that traffic agreement has
been made with the Chicago, Lake
Shore & South Bend line is taken as
an indication that some means has
been found to finance the project and
that the line will be built soon.
Whether the Gary & Southern line
will be operated independently of the
Chicago. Lake Shore & South Bend line
or whether it will be a part of this
famous system is not known.
RIGHT OF WAY SECURED.
The promoters of the Gary & South
ern line have secured options on all
of their right of way Crown Point to
the Little Calumet river just south of
Gary with the exception of d few iso-
lated pieces of ground. The business
men of Crown Point have also raised
| $4,000 with which to purchase the
property which could not be secured in
] any other manner and there is every
/ reason to believe now that the project
/ will go through.
FINDS FRANCHISE PROVISION.
! Attorney Pattee discovered while he
was in Gary that there is "a provision
in the franchise of the Gary & Inter
urban line by which it is compelled to
give any interurban line which de-
sires to go through the city the right
to use its tracks upon payment Of two
cents per passenger.
He thinks that the Gary & Southern
interurban Will avail itself of this op-
portunity to go through Gary on
Broadway and that the connection with
the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
can be made in this manner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
John Kamradt and Relatives
Trapped on Pennsylvania
Crossing Near Valpo.
GATEKEEPER WAS NEGLIGENT
Twentieth Century Limited, Going
70 Miles an Hour, Catches Gas
Man In a Predicament.

While returning to Hammond from
Valparaiso, where he had been visiting
friends, John kamradt, of Hammond,
family and relative. had a narrow
cross south of Valparaiso, and had 1t
Mr. Kamradt the Twentieth Century
limited would probably have crushed
into the surrey in which the party was
seated, and 1T Is difficult to imagine
what would have been the consequences.
The narrow escape was due to the
negligence of the gateman at the
Pennsylvania crossing. which leads
from College hill to the country south,
and the fact that the crossing is 10
Gated al the foot of a deep cut in the
road made the situation all the more
serious and the negligence of the gate
man all the more tnexcusaole
There Is a steep declivity leading
down from College hill and Kamradt
was driving a team of spirited horses
hitched to a surry as he approached
the crossing. When he was within 125
feet of the tracks the towerman began
ringing the warning bell.
John Thought II Was o. X.
The gates were not lowered and
Kamradt thought that the towerman
expected him to cross in front of the
train. Accordingly he started the
horses, but by the time he reached the
crossing the towerman lowered the
gates on the backs of the team
The horses Immediately became
frightened and as the road is very mar
row at this point it was impossible to
turn the team around in a hurry
Kamradt shouted to the ladies in the
surry to get out as quickly as possible
and they lost no time in obeying his
command.
The Twentieth Century limited was
laundering down upon him not more
than block away and with difficulty
he backed the horses from under the
gates when the train went rushing
past.
nesses congratulated the party on theil
narrow escape The train was going a
! a speed of seventy miles an hour anC
, it was a marvel to the entire part,
that they escaped with their lives
When an explanation was demanded
of the gateman he simply said L rams
my bell"
In the party was Mr.. and Mrs Joh1
Kamradt. Mrs. Frank kamradt. bah,
Evelyn Kamradt and Mrs Kamradti
sister from KOuts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
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(BY WALTER wELLMANo

Denver. July 7.-Bryan's triumph is
complete. All opposition to him has
disappeared The east has surrendered
to the west 1t is proba BILE that the
commoner Ill be nominated by acclama-
ton no other conditions being pre-
sented to the convention. The platform
will of course. be made just as Bryan
wants it. all efforts on the part of his
enemies to harass him there having
been abandoned.
It is quite likely the complete ticket
Will be Bryan and Gray; If not that,
perhaps Bryan and Douglas.
The first days session of the con-
vention of the party of protest and
promise has been decidedly interesting
and impressive. 1t is marked by great
and genuine enthusiasm for the man
who has been the real leader of the
party for the last twelve years and
who is now to have his third trial for
the White House with a party behind
him more nearly united, more ag-
gressive. more confident. than 1t has
been at any time since 1892.
tBY RAYMOND
Denver July 1T is a great pity to
say the least. that the first session Of
the democratic national convention was
marked by two unfortunate and even
disgraced incidents
One was the treatment according to
the Pennsylvania delegation. by which
they were all practically disfrat tchised
by the arbitrary ruling of the tempo
rary chairman and the other was the
marked lack of courtesy shown to
Alton B. Parker. the last democratic
candidate for the presidency.
Neither incident was one which will
reflect credit upon the Denver con-
vention. but the cold blooded throwing
down of the Pennsylvanians was a
thing which would not have been toll
Grated in any rough house county con-
vention and even inexperienced poll
ticians are aghast at the action.
WITHOUT a trial. without even a
semblance of an examination into the
real situation, the entire Pennsylvania
delegation was deprived of all partic-
ipation in the preliminary work of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
WHAT THEY DID YESTERDAY.

Alton b. Parker, rebufYed In
the convention In an attempt to
present his resolutions of re-
spect for the memory of Grover
Cleveland received the blow
which stripped him of every ves-
in 1904 as the titular head of the
democratic party.
William Jennings Bryan won
every essential point In the con-
ventiOn preliminaries, and indi-
cations were that no name but
his would be placed before the
convention for the presidential
nomination.
Temporary Chairman Bell made
the keynote speech before the
convention, laying especial stress
on the necessity for n cIear-cut
anti-iniunctIOn plank which will
limit the power of the courts.
Mayor Tom johnson of Cleve-
land and Daniel Campau of
Michigan, favorites of Bryan,
were turned down for re-eIec-
fIOn ms national committeeman
from their respective states.
Foes of Bryan issued n state
ment declaring they had 346
delegates and could prevent the
nomination of Bryan on the first
ballot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
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Hammond Ia well under way now for
getting complete set of ordinances
regulating the city almost 10 the min
ute detail. Once the list is completed
Hammond will be ono of tho best reg
uInted cities in the state with ordi-
nances broad enough for years to come.
Mayor Becker Is In back of revision
and Is earnestly pushing 1t and gnve
the city dads an idea of his intention
Inst night mt the regular meeting.
The ordinances are copied from those
of other cities like indianapolis South
Bend, Chicago. Milwaukee, in fact, from
any CITY which has n suitable ordinance
md IL supplemented for Hammond use.
To give the city a new set of ordinances s
Is one of MAYOR Beckers ambitions for
this term of office and he wants to
make them so complete and exhaustive
that succeeding administra ton
whether democratic or republican
would find 1t hard to add to or to
change them
Having already disposed of his build
ing. electrical wiring plumbing. fire
limit and other ordinances the mayor
last night began introducing them into
the council in the alphabetical order,
he egtnning with the amusements and
auctioneers and getting far as the
letter for the bill posters and bicycle
riders.
Other Business First.
Before taking up these ordinances
other business was first disposed of
Summer street had a strong delegation
at the meeting to plead If necessary
that the so-called Long road, east OF
Columbia avenue which is an exten-
sion of State. Sibley and Summer
street. The naming Of this street has
been hanging fire for almost a yeaS
the council always being divided or
the naming of some of them preferring
TO call it state, Some Sibley and some
Summer street. Now. however, since
the county commissioners want to have
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
MURAT TEMPLE HAPPY
And So Are the Hammond
Masons as Result of Big
Doings a Week Ago.

Back from Indianapolis where last
night they met with the Shriners Of
Murat Temple. II. F. Meikle and DIT.
II z. Sharrer returned TO Hammond
this morninw bringing with them
nearly $500 as a result of the big
Shrine dOings in Hammond a week ago.
This money viii be given to Garfield
Lodge F. & A. NJ. to apply to its tenn
pie debt. being one half of the net re-
ceipts o. the day Murat Temple gets
a like amount. The officers Of Murat
congratulated the Hammond bays and
say that II is the most successful stunt
ever pulled off in the history of the
Indiana Shriners.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
YOUNG MEMS DEMOCRATIC
CLUB MEETS TOMORROW EVE.

The young mems democratic club
holds Its regular meeting tomorrow
evening In the democratic clubrooms.
The leaders in the club are anxious
that all the members turn out for the
meeting as 1t is more than likely that
business of importance will come up
for discussion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
GOMPERS PUTS
IN HIS PLANK
Platform Is Near It's Final Touches
and Anti-Bryan Fight May Result
Because of Stained Glass Window
Episode and Turning Down OF
Pennsylvania.
WHAT THEY DO TODAY.

Report of committee ON per-
manent organization.
Address of Congressman Hem
~ ID. Clayton of Alabama as
permanent chairman.
Report of resolutions commit
tee (if ready.
Resolutions on death of Grover
Cleveland may be presented.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment until noon to-
morrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
GOES TO TEXAS

DR.. T. w Oberlin. formerly Exalted
Ruler of Hammond Lodge B. P. Q. f.
No. 4S5. and now representative to the
grand lodge. will leave next week for
Texas where at Dallas. the National
Convention of the order will be held.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08

sessment role for the Bauer street
Westrumite pavement and accepted the
contract of Russell for the three-inch
lead pipe in Michigan avenue and Nor
ton avenue.
Permission was granted the Swedish
Lutheran church of South Chicago to
hold a picnic in Douglas Park next
SATURDAY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08

IT you can truthfuIly say that THE
TIMES is a good Newspaper, please say
to to a friend and get him to subscribe.
agure out what Will happen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
Found I'm Pool of Blood.

The woman was found unconscious in
a pool of blood at the curbing. to which
she had dragged herself and had then
tainted. She was attended by a police
ambulance physician. who found that
she had been injured internally, be-
sides suffering a dislocation of the right
collar bone, sprained ankle, scalp
wounds and cuts.
Mrs. Hughes and a friend she told
the Chicago police. were hailed at Mon
roe and State streets last night by two
men seated in an automobile.
Takes Trip to North Side.
The men asked Mrs. Hughes and her
companion whether they wanted ride
party went north to Millers roadhouse.
Devon and Evanston avenues. where
they passed several hours drinking
an deating The party left the road
house at 1870 p. m. and started for a
wild drive down Sheridan road
Then they returned to Chicago and
went south on Michigan avenue Mrs.
Hughes claims that she was attacked
by a man on the rear seat who struck
her repeatedly after they had quarreled
because she would not accompany him
to Hammond.
Woman Hurled From Car.
Suddenly the man picked up the
woman and, opening the door of the
inclos ed car, hurled her to the street.
She screadem but the machine sped on
| The other occupants are believed TO
have been unaware of her absence from
the machine until later on
| Mrs. Hughes told the police her story
and messages were sent to every south
side station to intercept the occupants
of the car. Police of Hammond were
also notified. No trace of them was
found, however. The victim was taker
to her home in an ambulance after hel
wounds were dressed. Her condition is
| serious
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
BOARD IS SADLY
PUZZLED TODAY
South Holman Street Prop
erty Owners Don't Know
What They Do Want.
MAY HAVE TO ADVERTISE
Estimate of Cost of Paving on Thor
oughfare Found To Be Over
Engineers Estimate.
MAY HAVE TO RE-ADVERT|sE

Do we want vitrified brick: 4
Yes. No. Perhaps.
DO we wnnt ashphalt:
No. Yes. Well maybe!
Do we want crcasOte bIOckf 4
Guess so. Yes. No.
Do we want Westrumite:
Sure. No. Yes.
Do we want macadam:
Yes. Well / guess not.
Do we want nothing:
Yep. Nit.
Do we want gold bricks!
Yes. Not at all.
Do we want carpet:
OF course. No.
Do we want something for
nothinEf
Yes. that's II.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08
CITY FATHERS HOLD
A BUSY MEETING.
Many Ordinances Passed at
Mid summer Council
Gathering.
LIMIT MOTOR CYCLISTS SPEED
City's Unemployed Is Problem That
Confronts Mayor Becker and
His Confrerees.


Il ~ Us
Ordinance passed licensing
auctiOneers and regulating auc-
tions.
Ordinance passed licensing
amusements and regulating the
same.
Ordinance passed licensing bill
posters and regulating same.
Ordinance passed regulating
the riding of bicycles and motor
cycles in Hammond.
Ordinance passed for the nam
ing of extension of Summer
Ordinance passed appropriate
ing $500 from general fund
for street repair fund.
Resolution adopted approving
of sale of city propertx~o on Front
street to American Steel FOun-
} dry company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08

The board adopted the primary as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-08

Fair today and Thursday,
rising temperature Thurs
dayy easterly winds today.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

caught hold of my shoulder and she says: Bob,
Bob, wake up, tell you. The sky is all afire and
there must be eclipse!' l reached up to see if
my pocket book was safe'-
The words brought back to John Proctor sense
of the loss he had sustained At that moment
Maxon stroled up, flushed with exertion. He had
just administered sound kicking to a couple of
young Mexicans, whom he had detected making off
with key of building hardware.
"Maxon," he said, abruptly, ibid that fellow who
got me out last night come out safely himself?'
"Now l think of it," returned Maxon, che went
back minute; but he got out all right-just
the roof fell in. l thought at the moment piece
of falling timber hit him. but he scrambled off
fast enough"
dread suspicion assailed John Proctors hon
est heart; but he repealed it sturdily Yet all day
long he wandered dreamily about, answering
thousand idle questions or fishing from the ruins
various mementoes of the wreck there would con-
stantly intrude upon him the memory of two
greedy, devouring eyes, peering through a window,
a strange retreat into burning building and dis
appearance into the shadows When night came
it was necessary for someone to stay and guard
the ruins, for, if the wind should rise,
smouldering piles of lumber might be famed into
a blaze, and the remainder of the stock be swept
away Maxon weary and holoweyed, offered his
services.
''Not a bit of it, Maxon Go home to your wife
and babies. l have engaged man."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
HER NAME.

The honey bees oft do hum it, among the clover
sweet;
1t trembes in the southern wind; it ripples DER
the wheat
1t steals to me THROUGH tie Autumn SONGS and
comes with Christmas BELLS
1t is full of music as the ocean is of swells
In silver letters on the sky away above the sea-
The clouds so busy all the day, are braiding it
for me.
I see it in each flake of that like a diamond
shines;
The iris writes it through the rain in many-co
ored lines.
1t is the spell that makes the hours run golden in
the spring;
It's in the notes love we'll to hear the sweet
birds sing;
In Winter, or midst Summers flowers it's al
ways just the same
The music that my heart beats to is that en-
chanted name. Marvin