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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
MAY SONG FESTIVAL
IS TRULY A CONCERT
Mems Club of Whiting Con-
gregational Church in
Big Event.
JOHN KAMRAOT AS ARTIST
Home Talent Furnishes Quartette
Songs, Violin Solos, Cornet and
Trombone Duets.
Especial to THE TIMEsl

Whiting. Ind. May 2s-The May
song festival given by the Mems club
of the Congregational church Thursday
night was truly the concert OF con-
certs. The attendance was large, the
church being crowded to its utmost
capacity, and all agree that it was the
best concert which was ever given in
this city
Henry Beaubien, the president of the
club, presided as master of ceremonies.
winning his usual amount of favor
with the audience, and to him and the
other members of the club much credit
is due for securing the best of local
and out of town talent.
Much Applause.
The program is too lengthy to be
given in full and suffice it is to say
each number was rendered in an ex-
cellent manner and brought forth q
liberal amount of applause.
OF the out of town talent Miss Gladys
May Sims of Pontiac, Ill. showed in
the vocal solos which she rendered
that she was an artist Of no little
ability, as The First Violet" by Men
delssohn was exceptionally fine, as
were also the other classics given by
her.
Roy c. McMullen of Joliet, ILL.,, was
also heartily encored after rendering
the vocal solo, "Oh, Flower of all the
World" by Amy Woodforde Finder.
Miss Coyla May Spring, teacher
of oratory from Chicago gave several
Nd &c Ixy 80
ed in this art. The first number by
Miss Spring was Scene from lingo
mar" and could not have been given
better. The Old Time Religion" by
Miss Spring was also worthy of men
ton.
John Kamradt of Hammond, the
reader of gas meters, who recently won
much fame as pedestrian in his walk
to Gary, was truly the hit of the even
Ing in his vocal and guitar "Old Plan
| tation Melodies" and Louie More He
proved much of a comedian. keeping
| the audience convulsed during the en-
| tire time allotted to him. Several
asked that a few moments of grace
| be given to John, but owing to the
length of the program this was not pos
sible, but the genial gas man assured
4
public again before long.
It will undoubtedly take Mr.. KAN
radt twice as long to go his rounds
/ until the excitement subsidies, for ev-
| cry housewife will be wanting him to
render his masterpiece, The Gas BilFs
Growing Smaller Since Fathers Feet
Are Sore" when. he makes his monthly
| calls.
The local talent consisted of Prof.
P. A. Heimbach and Miss Edith Oliff,
soloists, and Messrs. Gray Morgan,
Place and Heimbach in male quartet;
Roy and Myrtle Ingraham in violin
solos and Prof w. w. Holiday and
Roy Welsby in a cornet and trombone
duet. The high school orchestra, too,
gave several lively selections and the
affair from beginning to end was one
! grand success.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
TRY TO REMOVE
THE DISTRACTIONS
Hundred Property Owners
at Gary Banded into
Improvement Society.
SMITH ELECTED RESIDENT
Case Will Be Taken Directly to
Either Circuit or Superior
Court For Trial.
SMITH ELECTED Pre- SIDENT

The distractions on Washington St
in Gary must go! So saith nearly a
hundred property owners on the above
named public highway who have banded
thems elves into a society for the pur-
pose of opening up the street from
north to south, by legal process, and
in the highest courts in the state if
such action is found necessary.
The officers of the society which have
been recently elected the: c. A. Smith,
president; Rudolph Maraz, secretary;
Steve Pursa, treasurer. Almost every
property owner on the street, and sew
eral of those who are on parallel
streets, and likewise affected are
earnestly pushing the matter forward.
Several hundred dollars have already
been donated to the cause by the mem
mers of the society, and if need be.
the present sum can be raised to any
amount necessary.
VIII Fight in Court.
This band of Washington street prop
erty owners have instructed their at
torney. Frank Fetterer, to file their
case in either the Lake superior or the
circuit court. Here the matter will be
brought to a finish fight, and it will
be determined, forever, whether Gary.
main streets cut in half, have its bust
ness and traffic blocked by the un-
surmountable barrier, and in time to
came longest the main street, Broad
way. with the teaming and stream Of
pedestrians, because of the detour
which will be necessary to get around
the embankment.
The obstruction in question is the
elevated track of the Wary and West
ern The town board of Gary has per
mitted this road to block all streets be-
tween Broadway and Madison streets
with their huge, unsightly pile of sand
| according to the charges of the asso-
citation. The track cuts the street in
! two at right angles between tenth
and eleventh avenues. This causes. ac-
cording to the property owners on the
street, a depreciation of the value OF
the lots, varying from twenty-fiv to
| fifty per cent, according to thei,
proximity to the obstruction
Want distractions Removed.
At the last meeting of the town board
| a petition signed by number of prom
erty owners along Washington street
requesting that the distractions or
that street be removed, was presented
for the consideration of the officials
They refused to discuss the matter or
the grounds that they had vacated
that portion of the street and were
powerless to COMPEL the Gary ant
Western to remove the obstruction
This question was under litigation
several months ago, when the propert,
holders secured an injunction agains
the blockading of the street and the
injunction was later dissolved.
Attorney Fetterer's stand in the mat
ter is that the town board of Gary con.
trolls, but does not own the streets
| Therefore, they have no right to ap
propriate any portion of this highwa,
for the use of private individuals OF
corporations. The streets of the cit,
are owned, and were designed for tn,
use of the people and not for any in
dividual interest
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
THEY OBJECT BECAUSE
GUS EATS ONIONS

A legal tangle which may result in
the ejectment of a we'll known Gary
attorney and which may possibly lead
to serious complications between the
tenants Of the Tieschbefn building in
Gary, was precipitated by nothing
more or less than a Bermuda onion.
That odorous vegetable, which is at
once the bane of the culinary artist
choicest concoctions is alleged to have
been cooked with such frequency in
the aforesaid building that the other
tenants whose tastes differ from those
of the attorney, have resolved to either
have him elected or get out themselves.
They Like Onions There.
Suit was brought in Judge Towns
leys court in Toleston to have Gustave
Heart, the defendant in the suit, give
possession of the premises at once.
The case was probably venued to Toll
eston for the reason that the people
of that agricultural community would
not likely be as prejudiced against the
succulent bulb as those who are not
so close to nature.
The attorneys in the case have dis
| covered that there is no statute against
the cooking of onions in fat buildings
but 1t is understood that the people
of Gary have secured assurances from
William Kliver the republican can
| didate for joint representative that
hereafter he stands on an anti-onion
platform and prohibitory legislation OF
no uncertain kind is sure to result.
Look on Statutes For Onions.
But the prosecution is to be carried
on this time under the statute which
constitutes such things as the cooking
of onions, a nuisance It will then be
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23

up to the plaintiffs in the case to prove
First: That one Gustave Heart oc-
cupies quarters in close proximity to
theirs in the Tieschbein building.
Second: That said Gustave Heart
prepares. cooks, frys. boiis, stews,
roasts and presumably eats great
quantities of the genus album, that
liliaceous plant commonly known as
the onion.
Third: That because of its peculiar
nature said plant when cooked, stewed.
etc, gives off an aroma which, to all
but the initiated, is obnoxious.
Fourth: That this aroma permeates
every nook, corner and crevass of the
building and frequently causes nausea
and other allied complaints.
Wherefore. the said cooking, stew
ing and preparing of onions consti
tutes nuisance and should be abated.
Wants Gus Put Out.
The plaintiff complains of the de-
PENDANT and says that in his opinion
the defendant will not in the future
ALLEVIATE himself from his favorite dish,
and therefore he prays the court that
the said Gustave Heart be elected from
the premises.
There will probably be several ex-
hibits. Exhibit "a" will be three bar
rels of onion skins which have been
picked up in the alley within the past
few days.
Exhibit "B" will be frying pan with
some burned onions in the bottom of it.
and exhibit co. will be a box which
encases two cubic feet of onionized air.
The evidence is said to be conclus-
i've, but Gustave Heart is a fighter and
the people of Gary have no idea of
how the case will come out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
MANY IMPORTANT
BILLS LEFT OVER

Washington, D. c., May 23.-The adj
journment of Congress leaves a number
of important legislative measures high
and dry the number being so great.
in fact, that many persons are inclined
TO regard the Sixtieth Congress as a
"do-nothing" one. One of the most
important measures enacted was the
child labor law for the District of Co
lumbia, which may we'll be taken as a
model for all similar legislation
throughout the country. The session
also served to secure to labor the liza
bility of employers, insured the con-
tinuance of the Hepburn rate law
stopped race track gambling in the
national capital, and passed several
other measures which are equally
meretorious.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
SHOOTING AFFAIR IN
EAST CHICAGO YARDS

about knowing it," said the youth and
sank to the ground. officer Olsen sum-
moned DR. A. G. Schlieker and the
weakened man was taken to his office
where the bullet was extracted from
his back. Later he was sent to St,
Margaret's hospital at Hammond in an
ambulance and it is believed he will
recover Notice was sent to the Ham
mond police that they were to arrest
two dodgers, Joseph Murray and John
Olsen who were supposed to be in
the Hammond jail. The men were ar
rested and are now held at the East
Chicago police station as witnesses.
The Calumet Terminal has it is re-
ported been robbed of $1,000 worth of
merchandise within the past week and
the railroad detectives believe the three
men are part of the gang that has
been doing the work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23

A sensational shooting affair took
place in the Calumet Terminal railroad
yards Mt East Chicago, shortly before
midnight last night and kept the police
of that city and Hammond on the jump
for a few hours.
In the shooting affair Frank Abram-
son, a nineteen-year- Muskegon,
Mich. lad was shot in the back His
recovery depends on whether or no
blood poisoning sets in at St Margaret's
hospital, in this city, where the youth
was brought in an ambulance from East
Chicago.
How 1t Happened.
Frank Abramson, the victim of the
shooting, in company with John Olson,
aged 81, and Joe Marring. aged 10, also
claiming to be from Muskegon, while
passing through the Terminal yards,
who was ordered to stop by Carl A.
Olson, a special detective employed by
the railroad company. They were act
ing very suspiciously and started to
run. Olson again ordered them to stop
but they paid no attention and whiting
out his revolver the officer fired at the
gang of fleeing men. One of them
stopped.
Talks While Bleeding.
1t proved to be Abramson. He came
back to where officer Olsen was stand
ing and asked him what he wanted.
The detective had only fired one shot
and was innocent of the fact that he
had shot Abramson.
81 want you to stop and tell me what
you fellows are doing in the yards "
demanded Olsen.
The two men talked back and forth
for about five minutes when Abramson
astonished the detective.
We'll, I'm shot" if you care anything
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
ABOUT ADvERTISING-No. Is.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMUSING AND
CONVINCING.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
WESTERN YALE MEN GATHER.

Cleveland, O., May 23.-Boastful of
the prowess of their college and at
testing this spirit with cheers and class
yells, and by leaving a trail of blue
flags in the center of the city, 600
graduates of Yale focked today for the
annual meeting of the Associated
Western Yale clubs. From Pittsburg
to Hongkong the alumni of the New
Haven college thronged, making the
gathering the largest and most repre-
sentative in the history of the asso-
citation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
WON'T Be DEPRECIATION
Unsettled Business Condi-
lions Prevalent at Gary
However.

The real estate dealers of Gary have
announced that there will positively be
no reduction in the price of real estate
as a result of the remonstrance against
the saloons.
This is expected to. in a measure.
hold up the real estate market which
has ben greatly depressed on account
OF the certainty that there will be a
Washington streets, closed his place of
great many buildings vacated as soon
as the saloons begin to go out of the
business
The only sacrifices that are being
made are by the individual properly
owners who are being frightened by
the prospects of so many vacant mer-
camille rooms and who are trying to
"get out from under"
Martin Bennett, one of the Broadway
saIoonkeepers whose place of business
is located between Ninth and Tenth
closed up his place yesterday and will
discontinue his business on account OF
the uncertainty regarding the license
1t is said that the constables in Gary
are kept busy serving writs Of re-
plevin on sa1oonkeepers Business
houses witch have sold them goods
on the representation that they are
doing a certain amount of business
have read of the prospect of the saloons
being closed and are now forging their
customers to terms.
It is said that three pianos and any
amount of other household goods have
been replevined on account of the feal
that the Gary saloonkeeper will not be
able to pay his bills
In fact, the whole tendency of the
crusade has ben to unsettled business
conditions in the new steel city. John
Hayes, a blacksmith whose shop is al
the corner of Eleventh avenue and
business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
FORSAKEN ZEN IN DEATH
Kind Priest and Undertaken
Alone Bury Society's
Outcast.

Sam Rosen, who died in the shadow
Of the law and whose immediate fam
lily, consisting of a wife and four
grown children, refused TO stand for
the expense of the funeral, has at last
been laid to rest and the county was
saved the expense through the kind
ness of Rev. Felix Seroccynskf of. the
Polish church and Undertaken C. A.
HellEig.
The undertaken had made four trips
back and forth to st. Margaret's hos
pital with the man, but when Father
Seroccynski volunteered to purchase
the grave if he would take the body
to the grave. he readily consented and
the remains were inferred in the West
Hammond cemetery yesterday.
It is not known whether or not his
relatives will appreciate this act OF
benevolence, but the citizens here are
giving both much credit nevertheless.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
A NOTRE DAME LADYS APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers of rheuma-
tism, whether muscular or of the
Joints sciatica, lumbagos, backache,
pains in the kidneys or neuralgia
pains, to write to her for home treat
ment which has repeatedly cured all
of these tortures. She feels 1t her duty
to send it to all sufferers FREE. You
cure yourself at home as thousands
will testify-no change of climate be-
ing necessary. This simple discovery
banishes uric acid from the blood
Ioosens the stiffened joints, purifles the
blood, and brightens the eyes. giving
elasticity and tone to the whole sys-
tenn If the above interests you, for
proof address. Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box
r, Notre Dame, Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
NEW CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT.

1888. Independent Brewing associa-
ton VS.. Lois Breitspecher, Curl, Fanch-
er and Pattee, plaintiffs attorneys.
1899. Nicholas Bohr VS.. Adam Adler.
Foreclosure of mortgage. Barr and
Wheeler, plaintiffs attorneys.
1890. Susan Kappelman VS.. S. Har-
bert, ct al Quiet title. Bruce and
Bruce, plaintiffs attorneys.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
AT COUNTY SEAT.

Herman Gustav Mehl, Chicago; Rosa
Dirkes, Chicago. James Hosimer, Whit
ing; Mildred P. Bowman, whiting
Even Ray, Shelby; Clara Ebert, Lowell
This is the lowest marriage license
isse for months, the daily average being
eight and nine
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
Work Under Way in Illinois.
Adamless Edens.

The time is long past when the fact
Of women adopting horticulture as
a profession is at all likely to create
surprise. Other callings for women
may be more remunerative, but there
is none more wholesome and healthy
for mind and body-Country Life.
Raad The Tfx,nae and oaf the uaUs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23

Whoever mentions the leading news
paper of this region, mentions THE
TIMES flrst.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23

THE TIMES circulation is not de.
sire, it LIS fact.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-23
STATE INSPECTORS
VISIT EAST CHICAGO
Samples of Water Are
Taken for Inspection
by State Board.
PROBLEM OF GREAT IMPORT
DR.. W. D. Weis, of Hammond, and
DR.. A. G. Schlicker of East
Chicago Act as Guides. J.

East Chicago, Ind, May 23.-SpeciaI.)
A mighty effort is to be made by the
various states bordering on the great
lakes to purify the water, with a view
to checking the ravages ofA typhoid
fever which has during the past few
years grown to be a problem of ever
increasing gravity in cities which de-
pend upon the lakes for their water
supply
With this end in view East Chicago
was yesterday visited by DR.. Barnard
state chemist, and Food Inspector
Frank Tucker. who came over accom-
panied by DR.. w. D. Weis, secretary
of the board of health of Hammond.
They were met by DR.. A. G. SchIeiker,
secretary Of the board of health of
East Chicago.
Take Samples of Water.
Together the quartet went over to
the sewer outlet and took samples of
the water near the mouth of this, and
also some of the water near the in
take, for the purpose of analysis.
From East Chicago they went on to
Whiting to investigate conditions there
and they continued their inspection to
the state line. They also took samples
of the water which finds its way into
the Hammond intake and will not leave
this region until they have supplied
themselves with data regarding the
water supply of every lake town in
Indiana.
Work Under Way in Illinois.
In Illinois this work has already
been under way and it is in progress
in Wisconsin. Michigan, Ohio and other
states which have a frontage on the
great lakes. The states bordering on
Lake Michigan, however, have been the
most active thus far.
The various state representatives will
get together after they have collected
all their data and completed their re-
searches and report their finding, after
which they will carry the matter to
the United States government authori-
ties with suggestions for the relief
of the populace of the various lake
towns.
, 1908-03-30
EVERYDAY EXAMPLE
OF NEWSPAPER PUSH.

The only information the newspa-
per readers of Laramie had of the
accident at the Hanna mine, which
occurred a little more than an hour
before The Republican went to press
Saturday afternoon. was contained in
a brief dispatch from Cheyenne, where
the correspondent of this paper was
able to get the facts obtainable and
wire them to this office. The Denver
papers for hat afternoon reaching
here the next morning had not a line
of the disaster. The Republican by
bulletins posted yesterday acquainted
the people of the city of the facts
long before any of the details reached
here through other sources. Besides
the university report, the Hanna mine
explosion and a score of ~telegraphic
and local items of Importance, The
Republican had the only report reach
ing Laramie on Saturday of the at
tempt to kill General Bulkeley Wells of
Telluride and the attempt to dynamite
a squad of police in New York. 1t was
a great day for big news and The Re
publican was the first with all If It.
The report of the Hanna disaster in
this issue was written by a Repub-
lican representative who went to Han
ma for that express purpose.
, 1908-03-30

were not needed and he came home.
None of the victims needed physicians.
The undertaken was the man most
needed.
The Last Mar Out.
John Narkoli, a miner, believes he
was the last man alive to leave the
lower levels of the mine. He and five
or SIX companions had been down in
the depths on business connected with
the fire fighting, but had been receiv-
ed when Mr.. Briggs went down. They
talked with the new men and gave
them an of what had been
done to stop the spread of the fire.
The relief reached the tenth entry a
few minutes before 3 o'clock and Mar
kohl and his companions walked up the
slope, the cable being still at that time.
He was the last to leave the opening
of the mine, not to exceed two or
three minutes, he believes, before the
explosion occurred, and had not gotten
far enough away to escape the flying
timbers, dirt and stone. He was not
injured, but his fright was intense
and for some time he did not ecove
from the horror of the scene and fully
regain control of his emotions. 81
may have been nearer DEATH" he said
to a reporter for The Republican, 'but
never before in such visible, tangible
form. 1 thank a good Lord for His
mercy to me M mine"