Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 27, Hammond, Lake County, 20 July 1909 — Page 8

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EMERSON BUILDING STANDS UNSURPASSED All the Teachers of Last Year With the Exception of Four, Will ReturnNew Ones Will Be Added City Makes Exceptional Showing For a Four Year Old. At the beginnin g of the next school year, which wil'i tttks plauce on Sept. 13, Gary will have a system of schools that cannot b equaled anywhere In the state. The plana of Superintendent W. A. Wirt and the members of the local school board are being carried out to the letter, and upon the completion of the new Emerson school Gary will be without a rival In the way of modern school facMitlea and corps of efficient teachers and Instructors. Superintendent Wirt has already made his selections of the instructors who are to preside over the various departments of the new Emerson and Jefferson schools. All the vacancies have been filled with the exception of the following instructors: Woman supervisor of physical culture. Domestic science. .Three intermediate grade teachers. The following selections have been made by superintendent Wirt: Miss Rubetta Biggs of Flndlay. Ohio, and Miss Lauro Bradley of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Instructors in English: Miss Anna Klfngensmith of 9t. Paul. Minn., grade supervisor; Miss Bertha Child of Michigan City, instructor In German; G. S. Herrlck. Marion. Ind., supervisor of penmanship; Ross D. Metherton. Winamac, Ind., .mathematics and athletic instructor. Grade Teacbr SeleWed. The following grade teachers have been selected: Miss Orthena Meyer, Bloomington, Ind.; Miss Henrietta Gibson, Tolleston, Ind.; Miss Maud Owen. Worthington, Ind.; Miss IaiIu M. Newlin. Ypsilantt, Mich.; Miss Kiltie Huff. Bay City, Mien.' Miss Blanche Liggett. Fort Wayne, Ind.; Miss Daisy Alkire. St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Marie Anderson, Chicago university; Miss Floy McMillen, Ypsllanti, Mich.; Miss Frances Googine, Chicago university; Miss Myrtle Wallace, Lincoln, 111.; Miss Mary Edmonds, Duquesne, Pa. AU the teachers of last year will return to their work at Gary this fall with the exception of four of the grade teachers. They are as follows: Misses Helen Mattern, Edna H. Scott, Earla Mills, and Harry E. Reading. The following Is a complete list of the special high school and grade teachers of last year, all of whom will re-

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Clayton T. Zimmerman, jr., a clerk on a salary of $555 a month in the "outmoney" office of the Adams Express Co., Chicago, was arrested yesterday In Chicago for the theft of the package of $10,000 in currency which disappeared mysteriously last Tuesday, baffling a score of detectives. Zimmerman confessed taking the money. He is 20 years old. Handling close to $1,000,000 a day in the office of the express company turned the young man's heaJ, and when he saw an opportunity to "hold out" a small fortune, he admits, he secreted the $10,000 package and went on about his work. Zimmerman planned to kep the money hidden for six or seven years and then build himself a little home. He has a sweetheart and expected to get married in a few years. The young clerk also intended to "plant" a portion of his "fortune" in a small farm or in city real estate, but he did not figure on using any of the money until the company "had time to forget Its loss."

turn with the exception of the abovementioned: Three Specinl Teachers. G. E. Wulfing, M. E. Snyder, Ida A. Lull. High school teachers Edward Sargent, principal; S. G. Engle, sciences; Gertrude Ogg. science and mathematics; Delia Wintrode, Latin; Bess M. Vrooman, history. Grade teachers Cora M. Harned, Lucie Huston, Ina E. Martin, Florence Burns, Kate Hale, Catherine Thomas, Anna Koppel, Madge Stewart, Alice Newlin, S. J. Brickley, Keziah Stright, Orra Faxon, Grace Brooks, Alice M. Anchors, Winifred Deathe, Leah Graves, Viola L. Strain, Albert Watts, Everett D. Simpson. The fall school term will commence this year on Sept. 13. Last year school began on the Tuesday following Labor day, but the local school board has de

s cided to start a week later this year. The monthly payroll of the teachers and instructors last year amounted to over $2,500. This year, with the additional teachers for the Emerson school, it will greatly exceed that amount. For a four-year-old city it is a record to be proud of, and Superintendent Wirt and the members of the local school board are to be congratulated for their efficient work. Exhibit in Gary. The advance agents of the Sells-Floto shows, which are to exhibit In Gary on Aug. 9, were in the city yesterday, looking over the grounds at Eleventh avenue and Broadway. They found them to be too soft for the hauling of their heavy traffic, so the place of exhibition will be changed to Twenty-fourth ave nue and Broadway.

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Decent Element of Gary's Colored Population Hits Administration Which Opens Doors to the Scum From Other Cities.

PUBLIC OOES NOT SHOW DiSGfiiiiTiO Acts of a Few Places All in a Bad Light Eesolution Is Passed Petitioning City Officials to Drive Out Criminal Element Dave John- - son's Place Eaided Only Once. Even the Gary negroes themselves are rising up In their righteous indignation against the lax city administration in Gary, which has permitted the town to remain so wide open that it has Invited the very worst element in the Chicago negro population to Gary and has created Intolerable conditions. Last evening there was a meeting in the colored people's Baptist church, in which the fact that there are ao many vicious negroes in Gary is deplored. A resolution was passed favoring the circulation, among the colored folk of Gary, of a petition to the city officials asking that the criminal element amVg the negroes, who are well known to the police, be drive nout of the city. It Is not expected that the Gary city administration, headed by Thomas Knotts, the president of the town board, wil Hake steps to ameliorate conditions for the reason that he, and the police officers, who are under his direction, have been winking at this condition for so long that their position in the matter Is very plain. Several Speeches Made. Among those who spoke on the subject were A, A. Rodman, Charles Gregory, S. Clay, the Rev. Goasten of the Baptist church. It is understood that there will be another meeting in the near future at which the matter of signing the petition will be taken up. The consensus of opinion was that It is to the interest of colored people of Gary that the vicious, lary ngro of the city should be eliminated at once. One man voiced the opinion that the whole race In Gary was being judged by the actions of the few. That when a negro was mixed up in a cutting scrape or robbery the whole race, no matter how unjust it may be, is looked upon as a race of cut-throats and robbers. This Is why the respectable element In Gary's negro population wants to see more police activity when colored men are implicated In affairs of a criminal nature. They point to the immunity that Dave Johnson, the notorious divekeeper, has had In Gary ever since Tom Knotts has been in power, excepting when, on the complaint of a Gary negro, the place was raided by Sheriff tJrant and a crowd of his deputies, a wagon load of gambling apparatus was taken out, while the negro wenches in the place went scampering safety. ACTBESSlfS OVER FOOTLIGHTS; INJURED Miss Patsy Foster in Princess Theater Pays for Prank. IN HURRY TO GET HOME Accident in Gary Playhouse Was Witnessed Ey Few Injury Not Serious But Painful. After charming a large audience at the Princess theater in Gary last night with her delightful song and dance act. Miss Patsy Foster, leading lady at the musical comedy show, tried to prance over the footlights to leave for her hotel when she slipped and fell to the floor below, sustaining severe injuries. About thirty still remained in the theater when the accident occurred, the show having closed for the evening and all but these having made their exit. No one saw Miss Foster attempt to spring over the footlights and make a hasty departure down the aisle, but one of the last men out heard a groan nar the front row of seats and investigation showed that the actress had been severely hurt. A hurried effort was made to seek a physician for the young lady while she was removed to the dressing room of the theater. Later, after she had been given medical attention, she was removed to her room at the Broadway hotel. It Is believed that she was Injured Internally, but that it will not prove serious. Miss oFster will not be able to appear at the theater for some time as a result of the accident.

All Hammond's Henry Lundt of Hammond Has Contract for Covering Indiana Harbor Sewer Pumping Station New Park Is Discernible. (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor. Ind.. July 20. Henry Lundt of the Lundt Roofing company of Hammond was In town yesterday nrnking arrangements for beginning work on the roof of the new se,wer pumping station. The building is now ready for this feature of its construction, and it is expected that work will be begun at once. The sewer has progressed to a point past the Terminal railroad. A little difficulty was experienced near this point which for a time looked serious. One of the pumps which has been engaged in ridding the ditch of water, gave out and the water began to gain headway, threatening a cave-in of the banks. After a stiq ftght by engineers and workmen the pump was put into commission again and the floor was conquered, thus saving hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollars damages. Maketi Daily Inspection. Vice President C. A. Westberg of the East Chicago company, makes an almost dally trip over the line of the work, as well as going on a daily inspection of other improvements of which his company is the author. Among the latter is the clearing of the brush away from the new park In Park addition. The boundaries of this tract have heretofore been unknown to the majority of Indiana Harborites, and the clearance, as well as defining the park bounds, improves the general appearance of the vicinity. The new park borders on the following streets: Rarlsh. Grapevine, 142nd and 144th. It embraces twenty acres. The water from the new park and its surroundings is rapidly disappearing. The Cllne avenue ditch is responsible for this, the channel of the latter being filled. The ditch has a swift current and resembles a river In appearance. It is now possible to drive all around the park, where a few months ago this would have been unthought of. With the completion of the big sewer it is expected that every foot of ground tributary to it will be high and dry to all Intents and purposes. The inquest, over the body of Nick Ially, the hod carrier who was struck i and killed instantly at the Wabash i crossing in Gary, was held yesterday ' afternoon by Coroner Gordon of Ho- i bart. Many of the spectators who were f waiting on the crossing for the train ; to pass and who saw the man struck. ; were Introduced in an effort to discover why under the circumstances the man was killed. The suicide theory was thrashed out thoroughly and It Is not believed that

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h iff ii Breaks Its Own Record for; Sunday Passenger Traffic; Every Car Available Is Pressed Into Service for Excursionists. Yesterday the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend line reported that they had carried the largest number of passengers in its history on Sunday. Every car in operating order was pressed into service, poking up four, five and sixcar trains, in which most of the standing room and all of the seats were used. One of the employes of the rod stated yesterday that after 3 o'clock Sundayafternoon until 7 o'clock the Michigan City agent had sold over nine hundred tickets to Pullman. Between Gary, East Chicago, Hammond and Pullman the business done was enormous. There were two things which contributed largely to the record breaking day Sunday, and that was the excursion and the cheap rates run to Michigan City and South Bend, and also to Hudson lake. Another was the fact that Lake Michigan was so rough that hundreds of the passengers on the steamer Theodore Roosevelt were afraid or disliked to return by water and returned to Chicago via the interurban line. In Gary all the reserve cars were in use throughout the day. Next Sunday the Cook County Press club will be taken on this line to Hudson lake for their annual outing. the coroner will deliver a verdict to that efTect. He will deliver his verdict in a few days. The fact that the streaming headlight could be seen for two or tlrree miles down the track and that the engineer constantly blew his whistle, induced many to beliee that he deliberately committed suicide. The facts of the case, however, substantiated the theory that it was plain accident and that the man was not in a condition to take care of himself at the time. His relative have not yet responded to take care of the body, and If he is still a unon man of good standing he may be buried by that organization or by the county.

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MM rA lfrTt.L finr n n n-iifcli'.itf Harry LaBelle, Sign Painter Employed in Gary, Hit by Machine Which Was Driven by W. J. Smith of Steel Town. W. J. Smith, son of .T. Caldwell Smith, the cc--ctor, while speeding down Broadway yesterday afternoon on his motorcycle struck and severely injured Harry LaBelle, a sign painter, employed by the Tom Miller system. The accident occurred about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in front of the Reynolds' building, near Fifth avenue. LaBelle was crossing the street, and in a confusion of carriages and other vehicles, failed to notice the motorcycle, which was said to be approaching at a moderate rate. The machine struck him a hard blow, knocked him to the pavement, but did not throw the rider of the machine, who stopped at once and picked up the victim. The painter was found to have hal several bad bruises, but much to the surprise of a large number of spectators it was found that there wire no bones broken. While LaBelle will bo incapacitated for work for several days, the Injuries which he sustained In the accident will not prove serious. INJURY THOUGHT SLIGHT IS FATAL Youth Dies of Meningitis as Result of Wreck. Michigan City, Ind., July 20. Harry Dunlap, aged 19, diM of cerebral m ningltis, and his physician contends that his dfath was due to the South Shorn wreck near Chesterton a month at;"). Dunlap was thought only slightly injured at the time, and received no medical attention until last week. He died on Sunday. MORE FEOPI.R RAI1 THE TIMI:9 EVERY NIGHT TH. HEAD ALL TUB OTHER Dn,lF.S PRIXTED IX LAKH COUNTY FIVE T1MMTS OVER THEN SOMR. EVENINGS PHONE 322. n 216 GARY BLDG., GARY, IND. 3

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