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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
MICHIGAN
CENTRAL WILL
FINISH JOB
Four Tracking Of Railroad
to Be Started Again,
Which Is Another Indica-
tion That Prosperity Is on
It's Way Back.

There is a we'll founded rumor to the
effect that the Michigan Central Rail-
road company will at once complete
the work of building the two extra
tracks through Hammond, which were
begun two years ago, work upon which
was not nompleted on account of the
financial strinsency.
The two extra tracks will give the
Michigan Central four tracks through
Hammond between Calumet Park and
the Gibson yards, and will enable the
Gary and Western shuttle trains to run
clear into Hammond to the Michigan
Central depot
This will also mean that the brick
watchmans tower. which was started
along the Michigan Central right-of-
way. will be rushed to completion and
the old tower will be abandoned. The
new brick freight house will also be
constructed at once, and when these
improv are made, the Michigan
Central will come nearer being at the
top notch of efficiency in Hammond
than any other railroad.
DickensOn Proud of Road.
When asked about the matter this
morning, l. z. Dickinson of the Michi-
gan Central said: II have heard the
rumor that the other two tracks are
to be built, but I am unable to con-
| firm the story. I do not know that
the appropriation was recently ap-
proved and that it is now available"
Mr.. Dickinson, by the way, is very
proud Of what his railroad has done
| for Hammond. He is probably closer
to the business men OF the city than
any other railroad man here and the
leaAon Is that lie sas 1o ap5l0gtea ts
make for the Michigan Central.
His road has done more, and is do
| ing more, than any other line which
| passes through the city. 1t has beau
titled its right of way with lawns,
shrubbery and trees. it has erected a
beautiful depot, it has provided orna
mental watchmen's tower houses, it is
| planning a $4,000 freight depot, it's
right of way is always clean and its
| agents always courteous.
Many of the business men of the city
have said that the manufacturers OF
Hammond should reciprocate by giving
this road as much of their freight as
they can possibly send over this line
to the exclusion of roads which dc
nothing to improve the appearance Of
the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
DR.. D. ". WEIS PLEADS
HAMMOND BIG CAUSE
Makes More Friends Over
the State for Pure
Water.

Hammonds cause and that of the
whole region was again ably pleaded
last Thursday and Friday at Indianapo-
lis when county and city health of
1cials met there for their annual
school"
Unfortunately DR.. T. w. Oberlin, sec
retary of the county board of health,
was recalled to Hammond immedi-
ately upon his arrival in Indianapolis
owing to sickness in the family, but Dr.
W. D. Weis created and improved his
opportunities while there for the city
of Hammond, to make friends for the
pure water problem in this region.
An illustrated lecture by a member
of the state board of health showing
to the assembled health official the
needs of this region was followed by
an earnest talk by DR.. w. D. Weis,
who gave information at first hand in
that manner and was in a position
to urge the assembly to work with
Hammond for better sanitation when
the legislature should convene again.
The visitors We're much impressed when
they began to realize the situation I'D
here and went away with a feeling of
sympathy and a determination to help
this region as much as they could.
COnfers with Governor.
Dr. Weis further improved his oppor-
tunity in a visit to Governor Marshall
who seemed much impressed with what
he heard. and assured the region all
possible help in his personal power
| He suggested that the people in this
district draft law such as they want
I oo1DrasS n mass to r,ra1-ar+ tho 6,,-or
! ing of sewage near the water intakes
| and uggested further that the govern
or Of the states surrounding Lake
| Michigan act as a committee to press
! this law before congress and HOPED
that the next assembly might pas,
/ successful legislation TO help the sit
uation still more. He thought a san.
itary district feasible. but on the Who'll,
the situation and the subject wer,
comparatively new TO him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
INTERESTING HEALTH
STATISTICS ABOUT CITY

That Hammond with it's high-ciass
physicians and better sanitary condi-
tions is slowly. but surely subjugat-
ing many of the dreaded diseases, ap-
pears from the United States census
statistics, compiled for recent years
Typhoid and pneumonia, however,
still continue to make heavy inroads on
the mortality tables, and the figures
indicate clearly in which direction the
efforts and the energies, not only Of
Hammond but of the whole region
must be turned.
The report IN general is exhaustive on
mortality statistics but only the lead
ing diseases are enumerated, the basis
being on a 10000 population.
The report gives the following fig
ures for Hammond:
Number of deaths from meningitis
per 100000 population, 1908. 631; 1904,
pol; 1905, 1919; 1906, 1873; 1907, 5.S.
Number of deaths from diphtheria
and Group per 100, 900 population. 1908,
6s.1; 1904. CT; 1905. 25.S; 1906, 56.4;
1907, 23.O.
Number of deaths from typhoid few
er per 100, 600 population. 1908, 1862
1904, 4O.S; 1905, s4.4; 1906, s2.7; 1907,
s6.4
Number of deaths from pneumonia
lobar and unquaufied) per 100000
population, 1903, 70.1; 1904, 1875; 1905,
sO.2; 1906, $40; 1907. 1885.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
Bascule Bridge Building

The progress that is being made on
the building Of the bascule bridge.
which is being built by the Monon rail-
road over the Calumet river in Ham
mond. is very satisfactory and the air is
now filled with projecting steel beams
that are being put into the structure.
The bridge Is the first one of the kind
that has ever been erected in this city.
It is a revelation to the people of Ham
mond. Railroad men estimate that the
running time of the Monon trains to
and from Chicago viii be reduced five
minutes when the new bridge is in use.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE
GERM KILLERS.

Sunshine and fresh air kill dis
ease germs. This is why you
should see to it that both these
health giving agencies are not
excluded from your homes.
Don't live or work in rooms
that have no fresh air. Such
rooms are dangerous. Always
sleep with your window open in
winter and summer. Don't be
afraid of damp air. Don't be
afraid of night air. They are not
dangerous, but rooms that are
kept closed are dangerous, be.
cause the poison OF disease is in
the air of such rooms. Let all
the sunlight and fresh air that
you can into your rooms. Sleep
In the fresh air. Live only in the
fresh air.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
MAYOR KNOTS
IN QUARREL
Town Attorney Bomberger
Is Disguised at Result
of Hearing.

William Marquardt. the Gary po-
hceman who shot and killed Andrew
Ribar while attempting to disperse a
aisorderly mob of foreigners near
Broadway and Thirteenth street in
Gary and was himself nearly killed in
The melee. was bound over to the grand
Jury at o'clock last evening by spe-
rial Judge Henderson of the Ham
mond city court on $4,000 bail, furnish
ed by T. E, Knots, after a prelimi-
nary hearing which lasted the better
part of two days
To say that the Gary delegation of
city officials and business men, which
Included some of the most influential
men in the new steel city, were disap-
pointed, is expressing it mildly; they
were demonstrativeIy angry.
1T is a shame, il is a travesty on
Justice, it is an outrage: 1t practical
ly means the suspension of the officer
until after his trial, for the reason
that it would be demoralizing to have
an officer, under the charge Of murder
travel a beat where the foreigners
could point the finger Of scorn at him
and jeer at him for doing his duty.
Decision a Sensation.
Those are some Of the expressions
that were heard in the corridor Of the
Lake Superior courthouse. where the
sessions Of the city court were held
Attorney L L Bomberger. representing
the town of Gary, said that he was
disguised. While he realized all that
Is necessary for the prosecution to es-
tablish is the probability of guilt. YET
he did not think that William Mar
quardt should have been bound Over
on the evidence that was introduced.
President of the town board, T. E
Knots, and Attorney Joseph Conroy
who was hired by Steve Ribar, tn,
brother of the deceased, to prosecut,
Marquardt on the charge of murder
nearly came to blows in the corridor O.
the courthouse after Judge Henderson,
decision was made.
Attorney Conroy was passing out o
the courtroom when Knots said some
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
Dents Hold Meeting

The Lake County Dental society held
a special meeting last evening for the
purpose of endorsing one of its mem
bers to the state society for appoint
ment on the Indiana state board of den
tai examiners
The state society at its annual meet
ing next month will select one or two
new members for the state board. and
the local society will use its influence
in behalf of DR.. J. A. Dinwiddle of Low
ell for the appointment
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
AMOUNT
Will AMAZE
Despite Loss of Saloons and
Stock Depreciation
Values Go Up.

The assessed valuation of personal
property and improvements upon real
estate in Calumet Township. accord
ing to a report made by Assessor John
McFadden of Gary will reach the en-
ormous sum of from s12, 900 goo to $14.-
100000. This is an increase of over So
10000 over The amount of the assess
ment taken by Walter Gibbons in 1ss.
Amount VIII AstOnish.
The citizens of Gary. and the people
of Lake comfy. probably little realize
the amount of the increase, when it is
known that the 1913 saloons in Gary
were assessed at $1,000, making de-
crease of s103. 600. Since the last ass
essment in 1908 was taken there has
been a decrease of over 500. 600 in the
stocks of the local merchants.
Stocks Are so Per Cent Less.
Assessor McFadden estimates that the
stocks of the local merchants are so
per cent less than that Of last year.
This is due he says. to the general
depression in business and from the
fact that the merchant is acquainted
with the demands Of his customers and
just how much stock he viii have 20
keep on hand.
The assessment OF a township like
Calumet. which is destined to be the
largest In the county county in the
course of a few years is interesting in
the extreme
Has Been Difficult.
This year the duties of assessor has
been extremely difficult and it requid-
ed the services of one who was far
sighted enough and had business ca
pability to get a fair valuation and not
over-estimate the assessment. Assessor
McFadden is certainly to be congrat-
ulated on the way he performed the
duties of his office, which was by no
means light. as it required the services
of eight or ten deputies during the
entire sixty days
One-HaIf of Entire Amount.
One of the most interesting facts
that was CLEANED from the report Of
the assessor by a TINES reporter is
that the United States steel corpora
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22

CLUB WILL
BANQUET

Next Tuesday the members of the
University club of Hammond will meet
at the Hotel Carleton for a rousing
get together at which time they will
be served with a substantial luncheon
in place of the regular evening meal.
The luncheon will be held at $50,
and while no attempt will be made
to have an elaborate banquet, the re-
past will be amply sufficient. The un-
married members of the club will eat
at the Carleton in place Of their reg
ular eating places and the married men
will get temporary leave of absence
from home
There will be no formality about the
dinner and its only purpose is to ena-
BILE the members of the club to get to-
gether and hold jollifcation over the
success of the plans for new club
rooms
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
William Grugel Arrested

Bailin Frank Shine of the Hammond
city court arrested William Grugel of
Munster on warrant sworn out by his
wife, IN which she alleges that he as
saulted her. He furnished bail in the
sum of 5000 and was released.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22

Two Drunks Arrested

Two men We're picked up this morn
ing on the charge Of drunkenness. They
were Frank Elliott who was arrested
by Officer Einsele and later dismissed
by order of Chief Austgen, and the
other was Frank Gallagher who was
arrested by Officer Kunz and fined 81
and costs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
bound Over
FOR MURDER
Gary Policeman in Sensational
Hearing Committed to Grand
Jury By Judge
o~~~~~~~A~N~~~u~ %,
MAYOR KNOTS WR0THY.

Mayor Knots said regarding
the decision to bind over, In
the future it will be necessary
for police officer to refrain
from attempting to disperse
a mob until he has a few wit
nesses on his side, otherwise
he will be liable to be hailed
before some justice and
charged with murder if he
; happens to kill some Hunk
; ey" in the discharge of his
; duty, and the evidence will
=, be against him for the rea-
son that the mob will have
) ten witnesses to his one, or
probably more, to combat
his own testimony"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22

Furnishing homes with US Is a spe-
cislty not a side line; four floors OF
furniture Spiegel's. s13ss1S5 Com
mercial avenue, South Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
HASA
NEW POTATO
EXTRACTOR

It is a peculiar fact that the first
inventor to avail himself Of o. Knoerz-
ers Inventors Council IS man who
claims to have invented a potato dig
ger that viii dig two rows of potatoes
at time and grade and load them
into a wagon all in one operation.
This, of course. is an invention that
would revolutionize the manufacture
of potatoe diggers if 1t viii do all
that is claimed for it. As Otto Knoerz-
er is the president of the Champin Po-
tato Machinery company. which has
made its stockholders thousands of
dollars. 1t is a strange coincidence that
as chairman of the inventors council
he may have to pass upon an inven-
tion that would make his machine OBJ
solete.
Proves Value Of idea.
The strange situation shows the
value of the inventors council. how
ever for it may possibly be the be-
ginning of a new large factory for the
manufacture Of potato digging machin-
cry that will give employment to hun
dreds of men.
IT is expected that other inventions
will be submitted to the inventors
council, and after determining their
value. the members of the council Will
make recommendation 10 Hammond
capitalists, who may care TO invest n
the stock Of new concerns.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
HAMhOND|IE
IS SHOT IN
Bartender in Morrell's Sa-
loon Says He Fired at
Frank Coss in Self-De-
Tense; Victim in the Hos
pital.
Especial to TIE TINES !

East Chicago, May ga crowd of
men and women who happened to be in
Forsyth avenue yesterday afternoon,
saw Frank Cross of Hammond, who had
been shot in a saloon at Forsythe and
Exchange avenues and was carrying a
bullet in his hip joint, walk across Ex-
change avenue, pick up a brick from
a vacant lot near by. and returning,
hurl it through the plate glass window
Of the saloon where he had received
his wound. The man then turned and
walked over to Chicago avenue. where
ne collapsed.
Victim il Hammond Man
The shooting occurred in Marelli's
saloon. and William scatua, the bar
tender in the place. is under arrest
charged with the crime The only per.
son in the saloon at the time besides
the two principals, was J. D. Denst Of
Chicago
Cross is a bricklayer by trade and
lives at 11S Indiana avenue, Hammond
Scatua is "a years old.
According to Scatua's story Cros.
had been drinking and was in an ugly
frame of mind when he entered the
saloon. He ordered a drink, which wa:
Continued on Page Eighty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
]. 7. HUTTON
GETSLARGE
CONTRACT
Hammond Man Will Make
Plans for the Erection of
a Quarter Million Dollar
Courthouse at Lebanon,
Ind.

Architect ]. T. Hutton of Hammond
landed the contract for drawing the,
plans for the $25O,ooO court house.
which is to be built at Lebanon. Ind.
This is the largest contract that Mr.
Hutton or any other Lake county archi-
tect ever landed, and Mr.. Huttons
friends are eIated over his success.
The fact that Mr.. Hutton was bid
ding on this Job was related exclu-
sively in THE TIMES several weeks ago
and ever since that time the Hammond
man has been making frequent trips to
the Indiana city where he expects to
build one of the finest county court
houses in the state.
Success Is Significant.
Mr.. Hutton's success was all the
more significant on account of the fact
that he only secured the contract un-
der the fiercest of competition of archi-
tects from all over the state. Among
those who went after the contract Were
two architects from Indianapolis, one
from Fort Wayne, one from Green
field and J. T. Hutton of Hammond.
Mr.. Hutton believed he lad a good
chance to get the contract from the
very start He has been quite certain
| that he would land 1t for some time
and this morning he delighted his wife
| and some of his most intimate friends
! by telegraphing them that he had, al
least, secured the contract to make the
/ plans.
As the contract to make the plans
and supervise the construction Of 9
building is let on a percentage basis, 4
may be seen that Mr.. Hutton will get
a large sum of money for his serv.
ices.
Secures Job I'm Competition.
It should also be a matter of pride
among the people of Hammond to know
that a local architect would be Sc
lected from a large number of Others
in the state to make the plans for
Lebanons new court house.
For over a month Mr.. Hutton hal
been laboring under great strain ol
account of the responsibility that Il
involved in going after and getting
job of this size.
Mr. Hutton submitted sketches ant
estimates, which made a splendid i'm
preston on the county officials o
Boone county, and it is said that ther
never was any question as to the su
periority of the Hammond mans plans
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22

The cost of the dinner will be mod
crate. and it is expected that there will
be an attendance of forty to fifty of
the members of the club. The mem
bership of the club continues to grow
and the question of membership will
be discussed on this occasion.
There was to have been a meeting
of the club this evening, but when the
plans for the get-together" dinner
were broached it was decided to post
pone tonights meeting until Tuesday.
This is the first opportunity since
the club decided to go into the new
quarters that its members have had the
opportunity to get together and talk
over the plans for the new quarters.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22

Fair tonight and sundayt
not much change In temp
erature.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-03
CURIOUS NEEDLES IN EUROPE.
One Made from q Hair and Another
10 Covered with Beautiful
Engraving.

Many years back the then king OF
Prussia visited a needle mandatory
in hts kingdom. He was shown a mum.
Der of superf1ne needles, thousands Of
which together did not weigh half an
ounce, and marveled how such minute
objects could be pierced with an eye.
But he was shown something even
finer. The workman whose business
1t was to bore the eye in the needles
asked for a hair from the monarch's
head. 1t was readily given. and with
a smile the borer placed it under his
machine and made an eye in it. This
he furnished with a thread, and then
handed the singular needle to the as
tontshed king.
Another most curious needle was
In the possession of Queen Victoria. It
was made at the celebrated needle
mandatory at Reeditch, and repre-
sents the column of Trajan in mini
ature. This well-known Roman column
Is adorned with numerous scenes In
sculpture which immortalize Trajan's
heroic actions in war, and on this
diminutive needle, which was present
ed to the queen on her visit to the
famous mandatory in December.
1864, scenes in her life are presented
In relief, but SO small hat 1t requires
a powerful magnifying glass to see
them clearly.
The Victoria" needle can, more.
over, be opened, and contains a num-
Der of needles of smaller size, which
are also adorned with scenes III re-
lief.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-03
GOOD VALUE IN OLD PAPERS.
They Can Be PuIped and Worked Up
Into Excellent Coverings for
Floors.

Old, torn and dirty papers are usu.
ally regarded as articles without
value, but a market Is easily found
even for what are apparently the most
hopeless cases. At a cost Of about
$3.50 a ton they can be pulpeds and
worked up into floor coverings, which
with a thickness of about one-third of
an inch have the durability and elias
tic tread of linoleum. When we con
slider that the old papers cost say
$1.68 per ton the profits to be drawn
from this manufacture when 1t is in
right hands can be imagined. A new
flooring of this kind must, however, be
oiled, after having been laid down,
with petroleum or any cheap vege-
table oil. This will prevent 1t from
going moldy, and will also enable 1t
to be waxed or va. nished, whereby 1t
will become as BILE and as bril-
liant as the best inlaid wooden floors.
Great interest has arisen in Germany
with regard to this new industry, and
experiments are in progress to test
the effects of adding other bodies,
such as pitch and mineral pigments to
the paper pulp 81 as to manufacture
floor coverings of different colors and
qualities.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-03
Soup Without a Spoon.

Soup without a spoon seems even
harder to negotiate than meat with
ont a fork, and we can sympathize
with the complaint recorded in the
diary of Felix Platter, a young Swiss
who went to Montpelier In 1852 in
order to study medicine. He lodged
In the house of his professor, Catelan,
one of the greatest doctors of his
time, and yet, writes Platter, I'VE
we're compelled to eat our stew III the
usual French fashion, that is to say,
picking the meat out with our fingers,
and then drinking the broth. In vain
we begged our hostess to let us have
spoons, for not a single one was to
be found in the house, the only imple-
ment on the table being a large knife
fastened with an iron chain. No one
here seems to have v e heard of
spoons, which we at home find so
useful" Montague was astonished.
when he visited Switzerland in 1880,
to find that "at all meals they put on
the table as many spoons as there are
people present"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-03

Ugh tribute to the cleanliness OF
II the streets of the national capital
was paid recently by Joseph A. Glea-
son, general superintendent of the. de-
partment of public works Of New Or
leans.
He called at the district building
to find out how 1t was done. and
chatted with Commissioner West and
Superintendent James M. Wood OF the
STRENGTHENING department.
washington is the cleanest and
the best city l have been in" he told
Commissioner West, after relating
experiences in visiting many OF the
leading cities of the eastern and GEN.
trail states. Il want to find out how
you do It,"
During his conference with Su-
p%erintendent Wood of the street.