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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
MAN WHO BEAT
FIRM IS ARRESTED
Bastar & McGarry Land
Youth Who Got Watch
Under False Pretense.
OFFICER SHINE GOES AFTER HIM
Danville (nl.) Authorities Make Ar
rest of Walter L. Wall, Wanted
In Hammond.
OFFICER SHINE GOES AFTER HIM

Bastar & McGarry, Hammond jew
elers. are the losers as a result of the
double-cross which was given them by
Walter l. Wall, young Hammond
man, who is now in the custody of Of
ficer Frank Shine and is on his way
from Danville to Hammond to answer
to the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Wall went to the local jeweler and
purchased a watch on the representa-
tion that he was going to rattle it off
to help some sick union man. He stat
ed that he had been authorized by the
union to make the purchase.
Tried to Sell Chances on II.
When he got the watch he went
around to his friends in Hammond and
tried to sell them chances on it. 1t is
said that he sold lot of chances on
the watch and when he thought he
had worked the game for all it was
worth he skipped out of town and left
both the men who had bought chances
on the rattle and the jeweler in the
lure.
Bastar & McGarry notified the Ham
mond police and a warrant was sworn
out for the arrest of Walter L Wall
He was found to have gone to Dan
vile, ILL.,. and the local police tele-
graphed to the Danville police to arres
him there.
They received word this morning thai
he had been arrested and Bailiff Frank
Shine was sent down to bring back the
prisoner. He is expected back in Ham.
mond today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
KENS|NGTON YARDS
ARE BADLY CONCESTEO
Plans Expected To Be Made Public
In a Short Time, Which Will Give
Entire New Alignment and Show
That Four Tracking of Road to
Calumet Park May Be Objective.

The fact that surveyors have been
Michigan Central railroad along its
right-Of-way east of Gibson and that
the contract for the grading of the
land has been let to e. Allen of Hess
Vile has given rise to the report that
the Michigan Central railroad will at
once begin the building of the yards
which have been so long In cOntempIa-
tion, east of Gibson.
1t is well known in railroad cir
cles that the Michigan Central railroad
has long planned the construction of
large yards east of Gibson. From Glib
son and for two miles east of that
place the Michigan Central railroad
owns a narrow strip of land.
Railroad men say that the yards at
Kensington are now so congested that
there win have to be additional facili-
ties provided for the road at once.
NJ. c. Lease Expires.
1t is also fact that the lease which
the Michigan Central railroad has with
the Illinois Central by which it has
minal will expire in two or three years
and that the Michigan Central trains
will run over another route into Chi.
cago. AS the Michigan Central road
is a Vanderbilt line 1t will probably
run over the Lake Shore road into the
LaSalle street station.
1t was for this reason that the de.
pot in Hammond was located east o.
Holman street 1t was for this rea
son that the land was bought east o.
Gibson. where the Michigan Centra
yards are to be located, when this roaC
Will finally be compelled to abandon
the yards at Kensington. Consequent
ly there is considerable significance ii
the activity of surveyors and grading
contractors in the vicinity of Gibson.
Make Plans Public Soon.
| 1t is expected that plans will b.
will give the public an idea of the en-
tire new alignment. The four trackin,
of the Michigan Central to Calume
Park may have something to do wit
the new plans and it is possible tha
some connection will be made with tn
Nickel Plate road, also a Vanderbilt
road
1t is understood that not only tn
yards but the shops of the Michiga
Central are to be moved to Gibso
and that a division headquarters wi
be established there similar to tha
which the Chicago, Indiana & South
ern has already located there.
Division superintendent ]. H. Snyde
of Chicago was got on the wire in a
| effort to confirm the rumors, but h
was out of his office at the time an
the chief clerk stated that he had moth
ing but a general idea that the rail
road contemplated some such plans a
Gibson
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
BOWLING CONTEST
SLATED FOR TONIGHT
Hammond Athletic Club
Team to Roll Varsity
Club Boys.

One of the most interesting bowling
contests that has ever been scheduled
in Hammond will be played at s o'clock
this evening. The contesting teams will
be the Hammond University club and
the Hammond Athletic club
The team representing the Hammond
Athletic club will be composed Of Geib,
Bick. Steinmitz, Bradford and Heiser
or Debos. The team representing the
Hammond University club will be COM
posed of Woods, Gostlin, McAleer, Will
son and Greenwald
1t is not believed that two teams
could be matched which would be more
nearly equal in their bowling strength
Both teams expect to win and there
will be good deal of roofing on both
sides.
This game has been projected for a
long time and 1t was only this week
that 1t was possible to get the two
teams together. 1t is expected that
there will be some good scores made
and the contest will be well worth see
ing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
REVIVAL MEETING.

Two classes of the Methodist Sun
day school will serve as a special choir
this evening. The classes of boys and
girls, taught by Mr.. Claude Laster and
Mrs. T. j. Rosenberg, will occupy the
choir loft Miss Coronne Ryoer will
sing by special request so We Work
Togther. My Lord and l." Miss Ryoer
and Miss Shearer will also sing a duet
The sermon tonight will be upon Max
ing a Covenant With God" Last night
the message was, "Humbling Ones
Self and Becoming Obedient to Cod
The meeting was very helpful
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
INVITATIONS FOR DEBATE
Law School Programs Go
Through the Mails
Today.

Invitations for the joint debate be-
stween the teams of the Lincoln-J j effer-
son College of Law, Hammond. and the
Illinois College of Law were received
through the malls thi smorning. They
aroused general comment for their
beauty and the artistic taste displayed
by the printer. and are a credit to the
school.
Several hundred invitations have been
sent out. and the committee now fears
that it will have to contend with a
crowded house. The school, however,
could not overlook the occasion of in
viting as many of the representative
/ people of the city as possible, and the
makeup of the programs indicates that
no expense will be spared to make the
evening a memorable one.
The admission is free. and the pro-
gram has been so arranged as to pro-
vide entertainment for everybody.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
EWSTEEL
PLANT IS
PLANNED
Company With So, 100000
Capital Will Build at
Chicago Heights, Few
Miles Southeast of Ham
mond.

Organization of a new S2,50O,OOO steel
Hammond, was completed yesterday.
The plant will be locate dat Chicago
Heights and ground viii be broken for
the buildings within six weeks.
The new company is backed by some
of the most prominent railroad men and
financiers in this city and the east It's
organization is the greatest evidence
yet given of the increasing tendency to
make the vicinity of Chicago rather
than Pittsburg the steel center of the
country.
One thousand skilled workrnen, whose
pay will range from IS a day upward,
will be brought to Chicago from other
steel centers to operate the plant. The
new company is to be known as the
Inter Ocean company.
Leaders Men of Affairs.
The board of directors includes, be-
sides w l. Jacoby. president, and w.
V D. Wright, treasurer of the com
pany:
E. c. Converse, president Bankers
Trust company, New York.
w. T. Graham, president American
Can Company, New York.
Frederick H. Easton, president Amer
lean Car and Foundry company, New
York.
Julian Kennedy, engineer, Pittsburg
John S. RunneIlA, vice president Pull
man company, Chicago.
Arthur Meeker, Armour & Co., Chi
cngO.
Mason B. Starring, president North
western Elevated railway, Chicago.
Among these men are the leaders who
have made successful the American Tin,
plate company, the American Can com
pany, and who are now active in tht
affairs of the United States Steel cor
poration.
The plant is being designed by Mr.
Kennedy. One of it's products will b.
steel tires for the wheels of locomo
tives and passenger cars.
| There are three plants in the United
States manufacturing steel rims. The.
are all located in the east. The nev
plant will start with an equipment on !;
par with any of the others, and is ex
pected to outstrip them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
MEET IN EAST CHICAGO
County School Superintend
ents Hold a Regular
Meeting Today.

County superintendent F. F. Heigh-
way and W. Curtis, superintendent of
the Crown Point schools. together with
superintendent c. NJ Mcdaniel of the
Hammond schools met in Hammond this
morning, preparatory to leaving for
East Chicago, where the various su-
perintendents of the county were in
session today.
The officials met in the offices of Su-
perintendent Canine and there discussed
the problems which are uppermost in
the school life of Lake county today.
1t was an institute for school super
intendents, and was one of a regular
monthly session.
Reading in the schools was sched-
uled as one of the principal topics for
the round table discussions this even
ing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
Gambling "Joints" in City are Easy
to Find and Running Wide
Open Every Night
LOCATED ON
BROADWAY
Proprietor of One Establish
ment Says He Will
Start "Speakeasy.'

Who said there was no gambling
In Gary?
Who had any trouble to find a
place where the tickle goddess fortune
could be wooed?
After a personal investigation last
night by Times reporters, it was
found that three gambling dens,
filled with money-separating para
phanalia of every description, have
thrown open their doors to the pub
lie How many other places in the
city where quiet little games of pok-
er ran be enjoyed without having to
present any credentials, cannot be
enumerated. Gambling in Gary is
running in full blast, and on a scale
that almost puts Gary in the running
with French Lick.
There were but three places discov-
cred in which the game of chance
was found to be in the form of an es-
tabIished business. Here the roulette
wheels. the dice games and the cards
were arranged invitingly along the
walls and in the corners. to induce the
"easyss .ones to fall. The town is full
of habitnaf victims.
There is no attempt made by the
owners and proprietors of the places tc
conceal the fact that they are violators
of the law. They have swung theil
doors open to the public. and rich anC
poor, the wise ones, and the fool are
permitted to mingle with the crowds
play, or watch the games just as they
choose. The attitude of the proprietor
express most serene confidence ant
safety.
The gambling Joints" are designated
"Club Rooms" and the three discovered
are all located on Broadway the prin
cipal street of the city. One is in III
rear of the building formerly occupies
by the saloon of James Rogers, an
now used for barber shop and poo
TIVE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
UNCLE SAM
GETS AFTER
POOL SHIPS
Federal Legislation Report
ed by Congress Judiciary
Committee Will Do Away
With City of Traverse and
Like Ships.

Washington. ID. c., Feb. 4. The
strong arm of the federal government
may inferpOse to break up gambling
on Lake Michigan. For many years
the state of Indiana has been dis
graced by Chicago sports who conduct
various gambling games on ships that
ply between Chicago and Michigan City,
Ind. One Iake-gOing ship, the City of
Traverse, has been noted especially ms
the refuge of Chicago gamblers who
have prosecuted their games with a
wide-open policy.
Have Been Immune.
Heretofore the gamblers have been
practically immune from arrest because
of the indefiniteness of the jurisdic-
tien of the states of Illinois, Indiana
and Michigan over the waters of the
lake. Legislation proposed by Repre-
tative Mann of Chicago and reported
favorably by the house judiciary COM
mittee, gives any one of the three
states the right to root out and ar
rest the gamblers wherever their yes
sci may be found upon the lake. 1t in
effect does away with hair-splittins
distinctions of jurisdiction. The re-
port of the committee is as follows
The committee on judiciary, tc
whom was referred the resolution to
enable the states of Illinois. Indiana
and Michigan to determine the jurisdic-
tion of crimes committed on Lake
Michigan, having considered the same
report thereon with a resolution that Il
do pass.
shows Boundary Conditions.
The northern boundary line of In
diana runs from the southern end Of
Lake Michigan to the boundary line
between Illinois and Michigan and +
meets in the lake. The boundary line
between Illinois and Michigan is in The
center of Lake Michigan, so that a
one point in the lake near South Chi
| cago and the Calumet harbor is the di
viding line between Illinois and Indi
ana and at another point in the lax,
the territorial limits of the states o
| Illinois, Indiana and Michigan NEE
at one point Under these circum
stances it is difficult, if nos impos
sible. to punish crime committed oi
the lake near or adjacent to thes
! points, as it is impossible in man,
cases to prove the venue"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
TICKETS SELLING
FOR CONCERT
Big Attendance for Barney
Young Affair Expected
This Evening.

Tickets for the Barney Young con-
cert in Towle opera house this even
in ghave had an exceptionally good
sale, is the report from the box office.
The indications are that Hammond's s
popular bandmaster and his players
will enjoy a good house. They have
worked hard for this evening and they
are deserving of success, say those who
are connected with the entertainment,
and the patrons this evening will not
be disappointed. The program is as
follows:
PAREL
March: Greater Hammond"-Barnie
Young.
Band.
Overture: Observation-Disclosures
Reading: Selected-Professor w. w.
Carnes.
Cello Solo: "Preludis and Ave Marie
Professor Emil DIETRICH. Mr.. Clark
Leaning, Accompanist.
sextette. from Lucia (by request).
PART II.
Selection from The Soul Kiss-Mau-
rice Levi
4sadlSS CnOruS- Inc rag OF Ou1
Nation" with band accompaniment
Words by Harry S. Chester. Music by
Barnie Young.
Reading. Selected-Professor w. w
Carnes.
Cello Solo. Romance in E Minor =
Professor Emil DIETRICH, Mr. Clark Lean
ing, accompanist.
Humoresaue on the Merry Widow
Waltz-H. Belstedt Jr
Band.
Synopsis = No. l. Introduction
and waltz. 2. A little German
Band. 3. An amateur trombone
player. e. A street piano. s. A
la Rag Banjo, Quartette of Cor
nets and Traps. g. Finale a Brain
Storm.
America-Ladies Chorus and Band.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
Meets at Gary.

The Lake County Medical society
was in session at the Gary hotel in
Gary this afternoon. Quite number
of Hammond physicians went there this
afternoon. The meeting is a joint one
between the Lake comfy organizat alton
and the Gary society. Drs J. E. Met
calf and F. w. Smith of the Gary as
sociation were on the program to read
papers on various medical subjects.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
GOOD WORK
BY OFFICER
Sheriff Thomas Grant Does
Clever Work After Mid
night Last Night.
Especial to THE TTsrEs.) }

Crown Point, Ind, Feb. 4.-FoIIovving
"A pair of never-slip horse SHOES from
the old Hacker Halfway House, be-
tween Crown Point and Cedar Lake to
ScherervflIe, Sheriff Thomas Grazt nnaI-
IL learned that a hOrsethief named Will
liam Green was on his way to HAM
mond and teIephOfFed the police there.
The arrest of Green by officer Miller
followed and Tom Grant has run down
his first hOrsethief.
William Green, who gave his name
at tne police station as Charles Brown,
is a tough-looking character from Chi
cago. He gave his address as AZ South
Curtis street. Chicago.
FARMER owns HORSE.
The horse and buggy belonged to
Jerry Lewis, who lives in the vicinity
of Cedar Lake, and the theft of the
rig took place only after a wild even
ing's revelry in which Lewis and Green
had been together much of the time
Lewis and Green started out from
Cedar Lake together. according to the
garbled story told by the half-intoxi-
Gated Green in the jail at Hammond
this morning, and went to Lowell
From there they drove to Crown
Point and tnencs to the Hacker ffaI1-
way House, where a dance was being
held. 1t appears that in the mean
time both men had been drinking
heavily.
YOUTHS CELEBRATING.
When they arrived at the Hacker
place. which is now being run by Will
liam Koch, they found the crowd hav-
ing a hilarious time. There was
saloon on the highway in which there
were score or more of half-intoxi-
Gated youths. 8
To the rear of the saloon was
dance room. where there were num-
Der of girls and women. At the dance
room Jerry Lewis got into trouble
with William Green. his new-found
friend. and pulled gun on him.
For time the terror-stricken dane
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
New Store Opened.

Ortt and Towle have subleased part
of their ladies shoe store in the Ham
nond building TO Mrs. Richie and Miss
Daisy Mahar of Merrill, Wis, who will
open millinery parlors there. This fea-
ture in the Ortt store ought TO in
crease the popularity of the place more
than ever.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
New Fishes in the Sea.

In a communication to the Royal So
ciety Of Queensland, Douglas Ogilby
records the discovery of one new ge-
nus and seven new species of fish.
Among these are slender dog shark.
Howe's needle fish, long-beaked gar
fish, the somber leather jacket and
others.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
Superior Court Adjourns.

The superior court has adjourned to
Indianapolis. SO many Of the lawyers
are there that it is practically impos-
sible for Judge Virgil S. Reiter to
carry on the business Of the court.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
Jacob Schloer to Move.

Jacob Schloer has purchased the
residence owned by Tom Rickets. n
Homewood. and win move there in tile
spring. Mr. Rickets found the house
too large and he will find smaller quart
ers
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
Grass of Great strenntb

A steeElike grass which grows on
the volcanic slopes of Oran, Algeria. is
so elastic and strong that 1t can be
used instead of springs in the manufac-
ture Of furniture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
WEATHER..

Fair today and probably
Friday; rising fempera-
ture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04

Continued on Page Five.)
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
BANKER BUYS CORNER LOT FOR s12,5OO;
WILL ERECT HANDSOME 100000 HOUSE

was Irving H. Hellman, who paid $4,000
for the lot Mr.. Hellman is considering
improving this property in the near flu
ture.
J. A. Anderson, jr, and Wheat &
Wilson have sold to DR.. @. l.. Hutchin-
son, through the same firm, a lot on
the east side of Miami avenue, about
eighty feet south of West Fifth street.
The size is 60x170 feet, and the consid-
Grafton paid was $500 cash. DR.. Hutch
inson has plans completed for the i'm
mediate erection of a beautiful home on
these premises.
The Arthur w. Kinney company has
also sold for the Jefferson Street Park
syndicate. to ]. L. Hughes, the north
east corner of Thirty-firs street and
Fourth avenue; size 4S14X125 feet;
price $1,000.
For same owners to Ella Krowl, lot
40X140 feet, on the east side of Second
avenue, about 200 feet south of Jeffer-
son street; price $500.
For same owner, to p. A. Barron, lot
40x123 feet on south side of West Thir-
ty-first street, As feet east of Fourth
avenue; price paid, 1925. Purchaser
will build at once.
For G. L. Magee to G. r. Merkle, lot
40x126 feet on West Thirty-first street,
about 280 feet east of Fourth avenue;
price paid. 5000.
For Christina Spencer to Grace 3.
Hastings, lot 40xT45 feet on east side
OF Sixth avenue and $50 feet south of
Jefferson street; consideration $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
PROSPEROUS EASTERN
WOMAN BUYS A LOT;
PLANS $4,000 HOUSE

PASADENA, Jan. Mrs. Amelia
Siebert, a wealthy eastern tourist who
owns a string of department stores,
has purchased a beautiful home site in
Oak Knoll, having purchased Of E. L.
Atkinson, through the agency of Will
liam r. Stats company, lot 2 of Madi-
son Avenue Heights, which is situated
on FL Moline avenue and adjoins the
handsome site recently sold by the
Stats company to DR.. James A. B.
Scherer, the new president of Throop
Polytechnic institute. Fhis lot is also
opposite the new Hardness residence
which is one Of the finest residences in
the city. Mrs. Seibert has also made
two other purchases adjoining the
above described property, purchasing
from Mrs. Mary Inslee lot Of the
Madison Avenue Heights, and portion
of lot 4 of the same tract.
Mrs. Seibert now has a frontage of
100 feet on IGl Molino avenue and a
depth of 100 feet. The total considera-
ton was $1,000. 1t is Mrs. Seibert's in
tentiOn to erect at once a SIS 900 home
which will be one of the handsomest
in the beautiful Oak Knoll district.
During the past>few days the Stats
company has sold five lots in the Oak
Knoll tract on which four handsome
dwellings will be erected.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
WILTSHIRE HARVARD
HEIGHTS TRANSACTIONS
AGGREGATE $1O,425

e. A. Forester & Sons report sales
for the Forester Improvement COM
pany in Wiltshire Harvard heights ag-
gregating 10,425 as follows:
Edward Heyes, a west front, 50x135
feet on Jasmine street. $50 feet south
of Ninth street, for 1900. Buyer will
build Immediately a story and half
home of seven rooms from plans by
Frank Tyler.
William o. Hood, a west frontage
50x135 feet on Harvard boulevard
midway between Seventh and Eighth
streets, for $3.50. Buyer has started to
build handsome story and half home.
w. F. Kramer, an east frontage COX
1876 feet on Harvard boulevard, Begin
ming 235 feet south of Seventh street,
for S2050. Buyer is erecting a novel
Bungalow, one and one-half stories
in height.
Joseph P. Loeb, the south one-half of
lot LOT and all Of lot 108 being an east
frontage 75x135 feet on Harvard boule-
ward, located midway between Seventh
and Eighth streets; price $3075.
w. j. Burt, an east frontage 50x135
feet on Harvard, beginning 200 feet
north Of Eighth street, for $3.50.
The Wiltshire Harvard Heights
Building company has started a hand
some two-story house of eight rooms
on Irolo, between Ninth and San Ma
rino streets, which will cost $4250.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
RIVERSIDE PERMITS
FOR YEAR Aggregate
TOTAL OF $5OO,0OO

RIVERSIDE, Jan. 2.-Victoria avenue
is to be graced by another beautiful
home place. ]. B. Redman has secured
permission to construct a coZy bunga-
low. 1t will cost $500.
The building has been artistically de-
signed by Ye Planry architects of Los
Angeles, and the plans call for one of
the handsomest cottages in this section.
It's dimensions will be 81 by so feet.
In outside appearance it will be similar
to Chauncey l.. McFarland's home on
Eleventh street.
The structure will contain seven
rooms and the bungalow idea will be
carried out. The foundation will be of
broken asher stones, which affords a
pretty effect. There will be big windows,
a wide sweeping roof and beam ceilings
and a large fireplace in the living
room. The chimney will be of broken
asher stone, to match the scheme for
the foundation. The interior of the
house will be finished in slashed Ore
gon pine, while the outside trimmings
will be of cream color and the body of
the building dark chocolate. The roof
will be painted red. George P. Harsh
is the builder.
This permit brings the total valua-
ton mark to 100000 for the year