Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 246, Hammond, Lake County, 16 April 1910 — Page 1
PROBABLY RAIN TODAY, MUCH COLDER, SUNDAY CLOUDY.
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EDITION
VOL. IV., NO. 246.
HAMMOND, INDIANA, " SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1910.
ONE CENT PER COPT. . - - '
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IS DEftO
TRIP TICKETS ARE
USED BY SHRlllERS t
Hammond Shriners Will Not
Hurry , Home Just Yet Awhile.
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The tickets which the Hammond and
Lake county , Shriners have are good
until the 25th of May, and most of those who; have made the -trip are
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With Patent
Improper Care and Neglect, SJ'--111 de" Annual Contest in Music and
Oratory Takes Place Last
Night in Hammond, and Work of Judges Occasions
Some Surprise.-
It is understood .that some of the
Hammond people are going to Cuba,
MaHiHnft PAS-nnnSlhlft for others are going
Together
to Pensacola, still
others "are going to Palm Beach and
Demise of Babv of Mr. and somf have planned to stp of at Mam - J I ntk Mr anA the sds-htit there.
Under these circumstances It is ex
pected that the party which left on the
Orak special will straggle back by ones,
twos and threes utnil along about the
lstof June, When the last of the par
ty will return.
Mrs. Abraham Johnson. v
Patent medicine for a seven-day old Infant and medical skill, only when the little life had been dlspajred of. were
the conditions that were revealed yes
terday at the Abraham Johnson home, 853 Cedar street. The bereaved parents feel their loss keenly and they
have the sympathy of many friends in
their grief, but "improper care and neglect." according to Dr. EL A. Gilson, the attending physician, were . the
causes for the death.
In accordance with the rules of the board of health, every physician Is re
quired to fill out a blank stating the cause of death of his patient. The
words "improper care- and neglect on
the burial permit led to farther in
quiry in the case by a Times' reporter.
Dr. E. A. Gtlson was asked about
the case and said: , Mother Oat of Bed.
"I was called in when life was prac tlcally extinct. The parents did evi dently not realize the serious condi
tion of their child. I saw at a glance that it was suffering from stomatitis
and acute gastritis. The child orig
nally had been a healthy boy, but the
parents, not realizing the seriousness
. of its- condition, relied on home rem
edies and castorla. When I filled out the blank form saying that the child died of 'improper care and neglect,' I
did, ef course, not mean to charge the parents with willful neglect, for they did the best they knew how, and upon
thinking it over I shall let the state
xnent 'improper care and neglect'
Stand."
In the neighborhood where the - Johnson- ttVe they are -well liked and
respected. Their home is neat and tidy,
They still have one boy, but had other
children ' who died. The mother . -aile to be -up yesterday. '
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EESUXT OF MUSICAL CONTEST. 1st Hammond. 2nd East Chicago. 3rd Whiting. . 4th Hobart. 5th Crown i Point. 6th Lowell. KESULT OF ORATORY. 1st Milford, McNay, Lowell. 2nd E. Friedrich, Hammond. 3rd Glen Gorde, Crown Point 4th Carl Lennertz, Hobart. 5th Oscar Ahlgren, Whiting. ; 6th L. Johns, East Chicago. , 7th Page Glenn, Gary.
DOCTOR
PICKS OFF
BlCt DEAL
Dr. H. C. Gromanj has become the owner of some inside" property. , Today he closed a deal for -the . purchase of twenty-two feet on ' the west of South Hohman 'street and between Muenich court and Russell street, for which he paid $4,500. The purchase was made from Mrs. Mary Huelso of this city. The deal is one of .Several that have been going on in the' business district of Hammond of ' lata and indicate n abnormal interest in Ahis kind of property. : ' ' The sale is at -they rate of $213 per front foot, and Is considered a good purchase. PK Cfroman has not matured his plans for this property as yet, and it is not known whether or not he intends to improve it. f
CROWN P0II1I GETS THE COUriTY MEET
Executive Committee of Athletic Ass'n Meets in Hammond Today. The executive committee .of the Lake County High School Athletic association, which consists of the principals pt the Lake county high schools, met this morning and decided on Crown Point as the location of the next county tracks meet. The date was set for Saturday, May '23. . There were a number of the northern
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Former President and Mighty Africa H ureter, to Speak in Either Hammond or Gary During: Summer
ORATORY MARKINGS.
Contestants
Lake County H. S. Oratori
cal Association Meets in Hammond; Elects East
Chicago Man President
ana u-ary man secretary, page . Gienn c 1 ; Milford McN'ay.,1
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census n I HE 00 EASY SNAP
One Enumerator Finds on v Visit to House that Blood Had Been Spilled During
a Fight; Foreigners Easier
Than Americans.
The census .enumerators in Hammond are having a- fairly easy time of It considering some of the reports that are received from Chicago. The census
takers are, of course, finding it difficult in some cases to get the information they want, but, as a rule, they get along all right. Jacob Bodegraven is acting as an enumerator when he is not employed at the postoffice, and has been assigned to one of the most difficult districts In the city. He is taking the enumeration in one of the localities largely inhabitated by foreigners. He says, however, that in many cases it is easier to count a for
eigner than it is an American.
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VOTED IT DO WW.
Bv a. vote of four; to tliree the
principals of the' high schools of
the eounty today refused ip pxi' ban on the custom of candidates for
oratorical honors Jo sec.uje.eoaeb.ing j
HmxwiaroT the schools, consequent
ly, the contestant who is , able to
spend the most"; money "for . coach
ing, providing he has a reasonable
amount of native ability, will stand a better chance of winning than the
boy who does not have the money to spend. The vote on this propo
sition stood as follows: Against
coaching Gary, East Chicago and
Hammond. For coaching Whiting,
Lowell, Hobart and Crown Point.
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13 2 8 10 8 7 8
Oscar Ahlgren. .4 Llywola Johns.. 7 Glen Gorde.... 2 Edwin Friedrich I Carl Lennertz 3
Nos.. 3. 5 and J, tied ..in rank 6r 3rd
plaxsawrjew the per cents are averaged
ttteaverages are as follows: No. T19
1-4 per cent Nof 6, "pef cent;--No.; 7
0 1-2 percent, making the final rank
as given above. . , .
It was reported in Hammond - last
night that Milford McXay given firs
place in the Lake County High School Contest spent two weeks at Earlham
College receiving , special training in
oratory.
Before an enthusiastic and . highly
diverting crowd of young ladies and
gentlemen from the various High
i schools in Lake County last night at
Towle's Opera House Lowell's repre
sentative Milford McNay was success
ful in his second representing of that
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At a meeting of the Lake County High School Oratorical Association
which was held at the office of Pro- school and was given first place in the
fessor F. D. McElroy of the Hammond High school at three oclock yesterday afternoon the - annual election of officers took place. . H. H. Clark of East Chicago 'was elected president, W. N. Mory'of Lowell, vice president, Edward Sargent of
Gar, secretary " and F. D. McElroy of i Hammond, treasurer. j Revise Constitatloa. A committee consisting of Edward Sargent, W. N. Mory and F. D. McElroy were appointed to revise the 'constitution. The - constitution will be amended to eliminate the office of second vice president and assistant secretary ' which are -considered to be. superficial. The question came up of making a ruling that no contestant shall receive coaching outside of "the school .which he attends. This will put the contest
ants on' more of an equal footing with each other. Spent Two Wek At tollesr. It is reported that the Lowell, representative who won first place last night spent two weeks at Earlham college receiving the training that made his work so excellent. This is not believed to be fair to the boy who can not afford. such training. The discussion of this matter consumed so much time that it was finally decided to hold an adjourned meeting todav at ten o'clock at which the prin-
cpals of all of the high schools were j
declamatory contest. Hammond High
school again came into her own and
won the v banner or the best choru
work. Hammond's superiority was du
to her careful training and the numeri
cal strength of the chorus. There was little question but what the Judges eave the popular ranking though all
the schools did magnificently. Th
voices in the Hammond chorus were
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THE GARY item
SCllAAF SAYS SO Lake County Sure to Get "Famous Man for One Speech.
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HIGHLANDS
HAS ITS
ELECTION
(Special to Thb Times.) Highlands, Ind., April 16. Highlands is today in the throes of its first election. There, is only, one . ticket in the field, but it is expected that the interest in the first election will result in the polling of a full vote. The officers who will be elected today are as follows: Trustee, First ward Peter" J. Kooy. Trustee, Second Joseph II. Daupnett Trustee, Third Charles Wirth. Clerk Henry S. Daugherty. Treasurer John Lynch. Marshal George Stonebreaker.
Lake county schools which wanted to have - the meet at Hammond, but, as in the case of the question of coaching oratorical contestants, the small town high schools won out over the larger schools in the county, and the meet will be held in Crown Point this year. However, this will not be objectionable to ihe people of Hammond and East Chicago, for the students here rather like the annual trip to Crown Point - A committee to choose the officials for the meet will consist of all of the principals on the executive committee with the exception of Edward Sargent of Gary, who will appoint Athletic Director Netherton of the Gary high school to take his place on the committee. The hammer throw will be eliminated from the meet on account of its
dangerous nature. This is in line with the action that is being taken by all of the colleges and high schools over the country. .The constitution and by-laws of the association were ordered printed. . v
MATTER LEFT TO PROPERTY OWIIEBS
That former President Theodore Roosevelt will speak either in Ham-' .
1 mond or Gary during the coming
political campaign is almost an assured fact. Republican County Chariman P.
Richard Schaaf has been in com-
t munication wtlh the leaders behind :
the movement to bring Mr. Roosevelt
i into inaiana ior some time ana nas
their assurances that Lake County will get Roosevelt N when he comes into the state. ItiWill be. his second visit to Lake Counjty. ; f ' , "OOlJie TO HAVE TEDDT
1 Chairman Schaaffef uses td state rfcl
authority for he - news that the'Tatacus African hunter v will come to Lake County. He locks it up in his breast: and smiles -.knowingly whenv pressed for information. "We are golg to have Teddy is his
sententious and convincing remark.
A dispatch' to Thb Times from it
Indianapolis bureau todp.y says:
The report published yesterday that
Theodore Roosevelt may come into In
diana nd make a few speeches for Senator Beverldgts during the. coming! campaign has caused , considerable, comment. A good many Republicans-' would not be surprised to see him do that very thing, though the more conv
mon opinion is that he will not. SpecuV latlon has been indulged in as to taw
Board of Public Works Will Hear S6me More Remonstrances.
remember that I in attendance.
SUE FOR BEER.
Gary
Men Defendants New Suit.
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The foreigner
his mother was born in Austria or j Thf treasurer reported that there is Italy, but the American sometimes does ! ovr 200- ln tbe treasury of the asnot know where his parents were born, j relation and it is self evident that 1 . Sees Finish of Fight. I ,he organization is In excellent finan-
Bodegraven said that in one pltce c"" con""""-.
he found that there had Just been a big family row and blood was spilled all over the house. He said that' when he appeared at the door the head of the house demanded, almost savagely, to know what he wanted. He informed him that he was the federal census taker and that re-assured the fellow, and Bodegraven got the Information he wanted. The Polish priest has explained the taking or the census to his parishioners and they all seem to be prepared for the enumerators and are ready and willing to answer the qeustions that are asked. The enumerators find the people friendly, as a rule, and they seem to like the work.
Number of Protestors Against the Annexation of East Chicago by Gary Exceeds Number of Votes Cast at Mayoralty Election
Respected Lake Co. Pioneer Buried
BOOK i SPLEN
THE WUMBER OK COTIES OP" TOR 'ilMES SOLD OX THE- STREETS ALOXE EXCEEDS THE E.VTIRK CIRCULATION OP ANT OTREB PAPED IX TIIK CI XI. . ,
Attorneys Bomberger, Sawyer & Curtiss of Hammond and Gary have brought suit against Louis Vesely, Joseph Staich and Albert Benson of Gary to recover $750 which it is alleged Vesely owes the Pabst Brewing company for beer. ' The defendants all gave bond to the brewing company to guarantee thst" Vesety would pay his btf.ls. The bond was made out July 20. 1908.
No Formal Session.- t Owing to the absence of the- presl
dent "and - secretary of 'the East- Side Improvement Association that -body, did not. go into, formal session last night although, quite a number of the members ot the association were present.
(Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, April 16. Tne pe-
', tition of remonstrance against annexa
tion to Gary has been completed, and shows an overwhelming opposition to the proposition. Not only were the
necessary three fourths of the voting population secured by the circulators of the petition, but the number of the protestors actually exceeds the total
numbe rof votes recorded at the last mayoralty election, which brought out
an unusually heavy vote. The signers number 4,200 all told, 1.770 of these being; from the Harbor, while the balance are from East Chicago.' For a while there -were rumors of a movement to undo' the work of the circulators of the petition, by sending out canvassers to secure names of persons remonstrating against, the remonstrance, but only nine names were 1 Co.-ti.nued on Page Two.)- "
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ATTRACTIONS
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There will be four good attractions at Towle's Opera House during the re-
mainder of the month, Al Fields' min
strels will appear ior a matinee ana
night performance" on Sunday.
On the following Monday Herbert. L.
Flint will begin a week's engagement. Mr. Flint is well known in this city, and aa a hypnotist he is believed to be the best that has ever visited Hammond.He is expected to draw big crowds all during the week. '"The Servant of the House"-will be the offering on Friday, April 29, and 'The Climax" will come on Saturday, April SO. Both of the latter attractions are said to be of a high grade.
Testimony All In. Coroner E. M- Shanklin has not yet closed the inquests in cases of Hamilton Parke and J. Howland. The testimony on the both however is practically in. In' the Howland case it was con
clusive that the death was due to an lnnrnMahlA n.Tldn-t and the verdict
Tne Late Henry GvJrnedncn win very nkeiy be to that effect.
The question of sprinkling the macadam streets of Hammond will be up to the property owners on the respective streets on May 4. On this day they may come before the board to re
monstrate, and that body will act in
accordance with their wishes. .The
board, however, haa discretionary pow
ers in the matter, and will not deprive
the balance of the property owners Just
because there may be a few objec
tors. But ln accordance with its past
policy it will permit the majority to
rule. If a majority of property own
ers on one street are opposed to street
sprinkling only that particular street will be eliminated. , 7io Feair About It. There seems litle ground for fear, however, that a majority .of the property owners will object, as the demand has been a popular one. After the remonstrances are heard the board will proceed ot advertise for bids, these to be opened within two weeks after the first advertisement. The contract will be let on a basis of 10,000 square yards, witn the- provision that each street must be sprinkled twice a day. In Indianapolis, property owners pay ap
proximately $2 per season for every twenty-flve-foot frontage. There, however, the contractor must pay for his
water, while the Hammond contractor
could use the city water free of charge.
Car Lines Help Oat.
The number of streets in Hammond to be sprinkled are comparatively few.
after all in comparison with the total
mileage of paved streets in the city. The Red line, because of its contract.
takes care of Indiana boulevard, Sheffield avenue, Hohman street and Oakley avenue. The Gary & Interurban takes care of the entire Sibley street. All other pavements, not Including the macadam, are kept clean by the street sweepers. The law seems to be that a contract canot be let for more than- a season at a time, and this may . have a tendency to cause prospective" contractors to
hesitate before equipping themselves
with the latest improved sprinklers. Hammond, as a whole, however, hopes that the street sprinkling will come as soon as the law will permit.
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Sup't C M. McDaniel Be
sieged With Applications for Positions from Pedog ogues Who Live All Over the United States.
Hammond is"the Mecca to which! school teachers from all parts of the United States flock in search of positions. Superintendent C M. McDaniel. stated today that he has over 100 applications for positions in he local schools. The reason for the large number off applicants is said to be the fact that the Hammond schools are known to ba among the best in the country. Hammond is also located near Chi cago, anL.thls Is an attraction to a
school teacher in search of employment. The salaries paid in the local schools are also comparatively high and this makes a position here attractive to a teacher. . Next Tuesday the board of education will make the annual selection of school .teachers which will compose the 1910 corps. There will, of course, be some changes in the corps after the recommendations of Superintendent McDaniel are accepted by the board, but the staff will remain practically as selected . and confirmed , at the meeting of the. board next Tuesday.
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