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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
| IABORERS At
GRASSELL|
WALK OUT
Eighty Men Working Nine
Hours at Fifteen Cents
Want Increase in Wages
and Hours; Compromise
Pending.
Especial to THE T1MEs.)


East Chicago, Ind. Aug 5.-There IS
q strike on at Grasseiu, eighty labor
ers having walked out from the big
chemical plant yesterday. While the
walkout has not caused a shut down.
the plant is somewhat crippled in con-
sequence, but this morning work WIS
progressing AS usual III most of ;he
departments.
The laborers demands ere for higher
wages and longer hours They have
been working nine hours a day at 5
cents an hour. and want ten-hour day
at 17k cents per hour.
The management is willing to com
promise, and has offered the men 10
cents and permission to work Ten hours
a day However, as there is no or
ganization among the strikers. il has
been impossible to make terms with
them. Some effort has been made by
tse more rational of the strikers to
It down to a basis where it Will be
possible to treat with the company py
attempting to appoint a committee. bu;
this has not yet been done, and until II
is. there seems little likelihood of tire
affair being settled. The company, II
is understood, is anxious to effect a
settlement. although they are averse
to meeting the full demands of tile
men.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
WANTED TO SEE
THE WIDE WORLD
Police Pick Up a Young
Bostonese in Robertsdale
Who Tells His Tale.
BEGGED FOR HIS GRUB
Fourteen -Year-0ld Lad Is Arrested
Three Times Between Rochester
and Hammond.

A young school boy named James
Ware. IA years old. who gave his ad-
dress as Rochester avenue, Boston. and
who had run away from home. was
picked up in Robertsdale today by Of
icer Horlbach. who brought him to the
Hammond police station The boy de-
clared that his parents had been good
to him and that he had just left be-
cause he wanted 10 see something Of
the world.
This is the third time that he has
been picked up by the police since ne
left Boston. according to his own state
ment, having been detained in Roches-
ter and Elkhart. Ind. When he ar
rived on the north side plodding down
the Lake Shore tracks he was penniless.
but in good spirits. He said that he
had started out without a cent, but that
he had managed to work and beg for
his meals.
When asked as to what he intended
to do. he said that he believed that
he could secure employment in Chica-
go. The office discouraged him IN this.
telling him that the police would place
him under arrest there. He finally de-
cided that he would retrace his steps
and head for Boston. When asked il
his parents would come for him if he
We're kept here he replied that they
were too poor to pay the car fare.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
HAMMOND IS ON
ITS GOOD BEHAVIOR
Low Water Mark Reached
for Arrests in Month
of July.
THIRTY FOUR "PINCHED"
Police Department Patting Itself on
the Back for the Good Order
Maintained.

July was the quietest month In the
recent history Of the local police force.
In point of arrests made, in fact, it is
the smallest number that has been
made since Chief Austgen has been or
the force, according to the latter. an
to his certain knowledge the smallest
number in the past eight years.
Only thirtyfour persons were pla ced
under arerst DUNG the past month, and
nearly all of these were for petty Of
fenses. For months past the aver
age has been two a day or sixty
month and the police are jubilant over
the present conditions.
The past record breaking thirty days
ascribed by the chief to the fact
plus money with which to spend in
liquor and carousals.
No Money to Spend.
People are now being good because
they have to be-" said Chief Austgen,
mot only because we have the situa-
tion better in hand, but because the
people at the present time have not the
money to spend. In the foreign district
in East Hammond those who are re-
siding there at the present time are
mostly men who intend to make their
homes in Hammond and are law-abid-
ing citizens"
The police are being congratulated
lately by certain ministers of the city.
who have taken It upon themselves to
encourage the present placid state of
criminal activity. induced by conditions
and the activity of the police
The arrest of drunks constitutes the
greatest number of those who have
been brought from the saloon bar to the
bar of justice. Few complaints have
also reached the police station of mis-
demeanors with the exception of
clothes line" quarrels among neigh
| bors. that continually occur in the best
regulated communities
Although the great record last month
is a source of qualification to the
Hammond police, they realize that es-
peeially In criminal work, a calm gen
orally proceeds a storm" and that at
any hour crime may break forth with
unprecedented fury. although there is
! nothing al the present time to substan-
1 tiate this customary condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
TRUSTEE
FIXES THE
TAX LEVY

The North township advisory board.
which met with Trustee J. c. Becker
yesterday, in addition TO fixing the tax
levy for the year 1910. took up others
matters of importance. Steps were TAX
en- TO advertise for the sale of two old
frame school buildings, they being the
old Hessville school and the Dan Gus
ley school. The contract for school
book supplies was awarded to ]. d.
Adams &c Co, he being the lowest bid
der His bid was s22671 Among the
five bidders We're two Hammond men. l.
Harry Weis and Verne Summers.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the issue of $4,000 school township re-
funding bonds. This was done for the
reason that warrants were issued for
the Saxony school. which bear per
cent interest, while the bonds bear 4 "a
per cent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
GOLDEN'S HAVE A
NEW JONAH DAY
Four Mishaps Happen to
Well Known Draymen's
Employees.

Thursday is my Jonah day" accord
ing to a one-time popular song. but by
force of circumstances the drivers for
the Golden Bros Draying company
have changed the day to Wednesday. or
to be more specific, to yesterday.
The following personal items about
the various drivers for Golden Bros
are self explanatory relative to the
Jonah day:
Charles Creasbaum. while hauling a
load Of fixtures from the Pennsylvania
depot. upset his wagon, breaking a
$3.50 mirror and causing painful In
juries to his helper.
Charles Ewing was "pinched" in West
Hammond for entering that bailiwi,k
without a drayman's license.
Roy Warren was overcome by the
heat to such an extent that he found it
advisable to do only a half days work.
Levi Golden Jr. is nursing an injured
foot which he acquired when a wagon
wheel fell on him.
You ought TO hear these four vic
Tins get together now in the office. and
as a quartette. sing "Wednesday Is Our
Jonah Day"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
HYSTER|A,
CHICKEN;
SUBJECTS

Hysteria and chicken; An odd COM
bination. indeed, especially when ap-
piled to the doctors. but if they can't
stand it. the attempt for an ordinary
mortal would seem useless.
But 1t all appears reasonable after
all when it is explained that in it's aft
ernoon program the subject of hysteria
to be treated in a paper by Dir. A. A.
Young, while the chicken was the piece
de resistance at basket picnic at the
Lake Front park
The occasion was the regular monthly
meeting of the Lake County Medical
society and also the annual picnic.
which has become feature.
At noon today the outlook for a good
attendance OF doctors and their ladies
was most promising. the weather man
having provided an extra good brand
of weather for the occasion
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
BIG PICNIC
At THE LAKE
TAKES PLACE

Many excursion trains took crowds
of Chicago grocers and butchers
through Hammond today. The occasion
is the nth annual outing Of the United
Grocers and Butchers association, held
at Monon park. Cedar Lake.
Excursion train left the Dearborn
station. At the festivities programs Of
races and games, with appropriate
prizes, have been arranged
Pota and sack races-not such as the
grocers are often compelled to hold in
their stores during rush hours-will be
contested by young, middleaged and
old Prizes have been contributed by
various firms. At Monon park boating
will be one OF the chief attractions.
For those who desire to fish. accommo
dations in the way of boats and tackle
will be made. Here also the usual
varsiety of races vii be run, and a
large number OF prizes given away.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
STREET CAR
HAS TIGHT
SQUEEZE
W., w. & E. G. Car Nearly
Hit at Monon Crossing by
Freight Train, and Two
Whiting Men Claim That
Car Was Hit.

A street car, arriving at Hammond at
s last night. narrowly escaped being
hit by a Monon freight train on the
Holman street crossing, giving many
of the passengers the peculiar sensation
felt by drowning man as he is going
down for the third time
The narrow escape was caused by
the raising of the gates, 1t is claimed,
after two freights had passed in front
OF the car, and the fact that a third
train backing across the street was IN
noticed. The conductor signaled the
car ahead and that just as the rear
platform had cleared the track, the frs t
box car of the train, begin backed up,
grazed the edge OF the street car
Two young men, giving the names of
Arion James and John Wesley. living
in Whiting and bound for Hammond.
were about to jump off They also say
that they ewre slightly injured by the
contact Of the freight train
William O'Rourke OF the gas COM
pany refutes this statement, however,
and claims that the car was not struck,
but that it was a very narrow escape
He also verified the statement that
the passing of the two freight trains
confused the gateman and he did not
see the third
At the car barns today the employees
acknowledge that they had heard of the
matter. but that their information was
meager. Manager Green. who had been
making an investigation. they staetd
had obtained but a few facts in con-
nection with the case, and had left for
Chicago today on business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
RIGHT STEP
TAKEN BY
SA[OONNE:N
Violators Of Laws to Be
Turned Over to Anti
Saloon League for Prose
cution; Saloonkeepers De
termined to Do Right.

A meeting of the Hammond Saloon
keepers association was held this aft
ernoon in Roth's hall, the object of the
meeting being the necessary prepara-
tion for the coming battle which the sa-
loon men may expect If the expected
afidavlts against them are filed. AS
yet the affdavits have not been placed
in the hands Of the prosecuting attor-
ney, but there was no uncertain feeling
among the saloonkeepers that If a legal
battle would result that It should be a
hard one.
The saloonke epers feel that the eX-
pected afhdavits are an injustice to
them in view of the fact that Hammond
has been the most w-abiding wet
town in the state. They feel that they
have the approval of the rank and file
in Hammond and that complaints
against them at this time are unwar
ranted. They point to their past rec
ord saying that they have conscienti-
ously observed the closing hour that
minors are absolutely barred and that
on Sundays the side door of the sa-
looms are open at the sufferance of the
majority of the people. The practice of
can rushing" on Sunday is totally
abolished. and on weeks day the sale
Of liquor in cans is not permitted to
minors.
A movement to organize. or rather
re-organize, the Lake County Saloon
keepers association, is being felt in
Gary and in some quarters the city is
claimed as the place of origination.
The plans thus far provide for an
organization of as many saloonkeepers
as possible. There are in the neighbor-
hood of 500 in the county and it is
conadentally expected that at least 400
of these can be brought into the fold,
at the rate of $40 Initiation, and so
cents for monthly dues. At such rate
the organization would have fund of
$4,000 to start with, and a monthly in
come of 5000, with which to carry on
the battle of protection.
Want to Eliminate Law VIOIatOrs.
Another important feature, and which
will do much to further protection is
| a provision providing for the appoint
ment of an individual known only to
| the officers of the organization. whose
! business 1t shall be to visit the vari-
| Gus members from time to time and
1 learn whether they are law abiding OF
not Any evidence that he finds against
them is to be reported to the Anti
Saloon league officers at once, with the
idea of putting the law violator out
Of business.
It is believed that when the saloon
keepers of the county begin to take
this stand, to protect their business
they will be able to check the march O.
the Anti Saloon league.
Judge Fitzgerald of Gary is said Il
be taking a leading part in the move
ment and was expected to go to In
diana Harbor this afternoon to tak'
part in the sessio nof the Indiana Har
Dor Saloonkeepers' association.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
ONE ENTERS
PLACE AFTER BATH
Guards Take Precautions to Keep the
New Abode Clean and Healthful-
New Building Is Modern in Every
Detail and Compares With the
Best in the State.
Especial to THE T1MEs.)

Crown Point. Ind Aug. st was a
great day at the county Jail in Crown
Point In fact 1t was an epoch-making
day for that institution, marking the
change from the unsanitary and un-
healthful conditions of the old building
into the sanitary healthful and germ
defying surroundings Of the newly
finished addition.
1t was a joyous lot of prisoners that
wended their guarded way up three
flights of improvlsed stairways. yes
terday. for 1t was a change from a
dungeon of darkness and darkness into
corridors and cells of cleanliness and
light. Great preparations had been
made by Sheriff Grant and his corps
of wardens and helpers for the trans
ferring of the prisoners from the old
portion. for there We're several import
ant factors TO be considered. besides
the safe removal of the men and wo-
men charged with various infractfons
of the law.
Every Prisoner Gets Bnth.
Chief among. and uppermost in Sher-
IN Grants mind. was that the prison.
ers should begin their career in the
new portion Of the building as clean
as God and nature intended them to
be. and each and every one was or
dered into the first cell of the long corr
ridor OF cages. where a most modern
CONTINUED on page ive)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
JOHNNY MUELLER
RETURNS TO HAMMOND
Former Hammond Boy
Looks Badly, and Makes
Promises to Officials.
WILL Be GOOD IN FUTURE
Has Been Offered Employment and
Will Be Given Much
Encouragement.

John Mueller the Hammond young
man. who has been in Michigan city.
has arrived in this city again. having
been paroled nv the state board be-
cause of his Ill health The unfortunate
fellow has served three years and three
allowed to discard his convict's uniform
and return to his friends.
One of the first things that Mueller
did upon arriving in Hammond was
to go to the Hammond police station.
where he engaged in q long conversa-
tion with Captain George Hanlon and
Chief Austgen in which he promised
never again to do a dishonest act. He
told them that he would take UP his
residence in this city again, and with
the help of friends. would try to live
down his former reputation.
Scarcely TO Be Recognized.
The old John Mueller was scarcely
recognized in the man who again walk
ed the streets of Hammond today bear
ing that name. His features are hag-
gard and worn. he has grown remark
ably thin from confinement in the pris-
on walls. and several Of the officers
who had much to do with his appre-
hension and conviction hardly recog-
nized him. Johnny. as he is known
believes that he is afflicted with CON
sumption.
Mueller stated today that he hat
been offered employment by several mer
and that he expected to go to work al
once.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
Four New Gases Filed.

Four new Gary eases were filed in
the Lake superior court today, tHree
of them being mechanics liens by At
torneys Greenlee and Call. and one be-
ing an appeal case filed by Attorneys
Ballard and Stanton. The cases are:
1924. Calumet Supply company VS..
Charles E Nyhart
5S25 Calumet supply company vs..
James Brink
1896 Calumet Supply company VS..
Herman Kieselbach
1927. John Jackson VS.. R. B. Jen-
sen. Appeal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
Nine Get Degrees.

Nine candidates received a degree
last night at the Masonic temple.
among them being W F. Booth. man
ager Of the Northern Indiana Gas com
pany, and Fred Newell. The meeting
was we'll attended. The seven others
were employees of the Standard Steel
Car company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
FARMERS SAY
CARS RACED
Owners of Machine Deny
This, However, and Point
to Their Speedometers.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
IN LAKE COUNTY

number of people saw a shock
ing accident while on their way home
last night.
Little Cornell DeKyger, 7 years old.
was instantly killed at $50 last night
near Highlands by a Chicago automo-
bile which the eyewitnesses claim was
racing madly down the highway with
another machine The driver Of tho
automobile. L. G. Swartout, was held
last night by Sheriff Grant pending the
inquest
At the time of the shocking acci-
dent the young lad was returning home
from a grocery store. accompanied by
a companion, Thomas Vanderloon.
How 1t Happened.
Two machines, one piloted by SwaF-
tout and the other by w. S. Smith. were
approaching hi mrapidly from the east
and as they bore down upon him. the
first machine swerved to the left of
the road to allow Smith to pass at his
right. Just as the two came abreast
they reached the boys. and the victim,
becoming confused, stood helplessly
while he met his death.
Farmers working in nearby fields and
Continued on page nve.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
Statement Of Mrs. Miller.

Mrs. Miller Of West Hammond. whose
husband had some trouble with a wo-
man named Steinkrause. denies that
Mrs. Steinkrause Is employed by her
husband as housekeeper. The case was
aired recently in Judge Green's court.
when the modern Solomon fined the
parties 800 scared them TO death and
then remitted the fine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
Change in Firm.

A change was made the other day
IN the millinery firm of Dysart and
Shaw when Mrs. Dysart sold her in
terest in the store to her sister. Miss
Julia O'Toole The firm will now be
known as Shaw and OToole. and will
be located at 249 East State street, in
the Long building. The room has been
atrtactively fitted UP. and the yAlng
ladies are busy preparing for the fall
opening. which will occur early in
September.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
Asked to Look for Horse.

The Hammond police this morning
were asked by the Blue Island officers
to look for a horse which was stolen
from that city and which is thought
to have been taken towards Ham
mond. The horse was stolen this
morning. and was described as being
white with a spot on forehead and
weighing 1850 pounds. He was slight
" lame in the left hind leg. The own
er Is Joe Jizicik. living at 55 Broadway
avenue. in that city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
DISPUTED EVIDENCE
Did the Engineer Blow the
Whistle? Moot Question.

Coroner E. NJ shanklin has finished
the inquest relative to the auto acct
dent in which Richard Flagg and Har-
rles Eoerhardt. two Mishawaka boys.
were killed a week ago last SATURDAY
Although he had secured evidence that
the engineer did not whistle he receiv-
ed an equal amount to the effect that
the warning whistle was blown. His
verdict was to the effect that the boys
came to their death in an accidental
manner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
HAMMOND PEOPE
AT HOME COMING
Especial to THE TIMES. J

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Aug 5.-This is
home coming week in Milwaukee and
the city is filled with former residents
from all parts Of the country, a few
coming from foreign lands. Many at
tractive events have been provided for
entertainment
Among the home-comers are NJ ].
Klitch. F. f. Grenier and wife of Ham
mond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05

Tickets on sale for the Hammond
Sangerbund picnic at Summers Phar-
macy, and Singer Sewing MACHINE
store. PA State street-tf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05

Get your tickets early for the Sang
erbund Fedalia picaic Aug. p. Hudson
Lake, Ind. Be one OF the crowd.-tf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05

Furnishing homes with us Is = spe-
cialty. not side line; four floors OF
furniture. Spiegers. s1s3-s13s Com.
merciaI avenue. South Chicago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05

When you go to Gary. Ind. take a
ride in the free sightseeing automo-
bile of the u S. Land Co. 1t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-05
WEATHER FORECAST.

Generally fair weather today
and probably Fridays not
much change in temperature.
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CONTINUED on page five.)
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-12
Bank OF The Cities

The latest geological bulletin issued
from Washington says:
1.-The relative rank of cities in cost of
building operations is interesting. New
York is first, the cost of it's building
operations exceeding the cost of those
of it's closest competitor, Chicago, by
$50. 594, 5S2, or more than rs per cent.
If the cost of operations in Brooklyn,
the third city in rank, is added to that
of New York, the total will be $163,-
684, 622, or 30 per cent of the cost of the
building operations of the thirty -nine
cities included in the table. San Fran.
cisco is fourth in the rank, Philadelphia
is fifth and st. Louis is sixth. Seventh
in rank is, the small though rapidly
growing city of Seattle, which spent
more for building in 1908 than Pitts
burg. which was eighth, Boston, which
was ninth, and other cities which were
much larger. The great activity in
Seattle is ascribed to the low prices of
building material and labor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-12
More Drastic Rules On southern Pacific

The Southern Pacific has inaugu.
rated a new system Of giving publicity
to the dismissal of trainmen. The first
instance of this kind is bulletin is
sued by E. G. Manson, superintendent
of the Salt Lake division of the Southern
Pacific, which calls attention to total
of 81 dement, marks against an engineer
who, on the Goth of last month, was
found by board of inquiry, made up of
railroad men and outsiders, to be re-
sponsible fora small wreck i'm the Ogden
yards. The name Of the engineer and
the reasons for his dismissal are publish
ed in the papers over the signature Of
the superintendent.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-12
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