Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 272, Hammond, Lake County, 17 May 1910 — Page 1

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Potentate of Murat Temple Temple at Indianapolis Will Deliver Orak Document ad Ceremonial Will Be Important One. E. J. Jaccby, potentate of Murat temple at Indiant.polis, haa been deputized by Impertal Potentate Fred Hines of Los Angeles to come to Hammond along in June and deliver to Orak temple its charter. This means that the next ceremonial in this city will be held scm etime next month. The exact date will be fixed by Illustrious Potentate II. E. Sharrer of Orak temple, Hammond. This is the good news that the twenty-five Hammond Shriners, who went to Indianapolis for the purpose of being present e.t the dedication of Murat's $250,000 mosque, brought back with them. It? is said that there were only about fifteen or twenty representatives frtm Medinah temple, Chicago. Charter la Jane. In all there were in the neighborhood of 2,500 Shrinjrs present at the dedication. There wore representatives from Shrines all over the country and the Hammond men who witnessed the dedication say it was wonderful. It Is apparent as a result ofthe promise that the Hammond Shriners have received that Hammond is to be the home of a full Hedged Shrine temple in I June. This event is to .be- celebrated fittingly. It is expected that the ceremonial will be a memorable ona, and j every effort will be made to make it the i greatest one that has ever been held by . Orak Shrine. At Indianapolis Imperial Potentate Hines took occasion to compliment Illustrious Potentate Sharrer of Orak temple on the good work that has been done by one of Indiana's youngest .Fhrine, temple. '.He said he had heard about OraH's ceremonials and he was very proud of what is being done here. Pressure Being Brought to Bear on Crown Point Lawyer in Order to Get Him to Accept Democratic Congressional Nomination (Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point, Ind., May 17. A prominent Lake county democrat who has Just returned from a secret visit to Indianapolis says that strong influence' will be brought to bear upon Judge John B. Peterson of Crown Point to take the democratic nomination for congress from the tenth district. Much Exerrlned. The state central committee, the governor and leading democrats in the capital have been much exercised over the report that a weak candidate would be put up to run against Congressman Crumpacker. They see a possible chance for victory if a stronger man is put on the ticket to oppose the hitherto Invulnerable statesman from Valparaiso That man they believe to be no other than the consistent democrat of the county seat. Judge Peterson, (iovrrnor Is Interested. It Is said that Governor Marshall and even John V. Kern want Judge Peterson to enter the race. Both of them are tajd to have declared that he is the logical man to carry the standard In this district. Other state leaders have expressed the same opinion and Judge Peterson may announce his candidacy. Wma In It nee Hut Changed Mind. Way last fall leading democrats in Lake, Newton and Tippecanoe counties approached the judge to feel him out on the subject. They pointed out to htm that he not only stands well in his own counts, but is known and ad(Continued on page seven.) Paper on Drugs. Drugs, their action on the heart and circulation, will be the subject of a paper to which Dr. H. J. White has deVoted considerable time and which he will read before the Hammond Medical society this evening. The session will be held at 8 o'clock In the Elks clubrooms, and the reading of the paper will be followed by a general discussion.

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Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis, president of the General Federation of Woman's clubs, broke her ankle yesterday by slipping on a rug at the home of a friend in Cincinnati. The bi. epnial convention of the federation, now in session in the Ohio metropolis, will probahly re-elect Mrs. Moore president. fiSS MGS TO BE HELD THURSDAY Manufacturers and Business Men Invited to Attend North Side Gathering. . There will bo a mass meeting of the propB.rtycovnw of etier MoTfft."i4S55&der auapices of the North Side Improvement association, next Thursday evening at Joseph Woyciriski's hall, on Towle street.1 The manufacturers of the north side, the business men, -the real estate men of the city, the mayor, councilmen, city engineer and members of the board of public works have all be invited to attend the meeting. " The meeting is to be held primarily for the purpose of taking up the matter of building an adequate sewer system for the north side. It is expected that this matter will be thoroughly threstied out. Improvements Held Back. The residents of the north side are of the opinion that marjy other improvements have been held back by the knowledge that the sewers of that section will have to be rebuilt. Consequently the property owners are reluctant to pave their streets. There will be other matters of importance to the north side taken up, and it is hoped to make the coming meeting the banner one of the year. The people of the north side are still hoping that they can get this matter of an adequate sewage system settled before another year passes by. The regular meeting of the association, which was scheduled for Monday night, will probably not be held in view of the fact that the mass meeting will take its place. LAKE COUNTY PRIESTS 60 'TO RENSSELAER Catholic Ministers Flock to St. Joseph's College for Celebration. Lake county priests and friends of St. Joseph's college are at Rensselaer today to assist In the dedication of the new church for the ollege there. Governor Thomas R. Marshall is to be one of the principal speakers of the day. The occasion brought together a number of bishops and many priests. The Rev. Badina of St. Joseph's church left for Rensselaer last night. Mgr. G. F. Houk vicar general of the Cleveland diocese was a guest last night at the residence of the Rev. If. M. Plaster of St. Joseph's church in Hammond. He left for Rensselaer tfais morning. The program for the day was as follows: Monday evening at 8 o'clock Presentation of Seanderbeg by college literarysociety. Tuesday, 9 a. m. Blessing of the chapel by Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, bishop of Fort Wayne, followed by pontificlal high mass conducted by Rt. Rev. Joseph M.'Koudelka, bishop of the Cleveland diocese. 1:30 p. m. Address by Governor Marshall, followed by addresses by Very Rev. Joseph Chartrand, V.. C, of Indianapolis, and Mr. Edmund A. Wills, of Detroit. 3 p. rn. Baseball between St. Joe and 1 DePaul, of Chicago.

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SERVICES Long Speech Making Program Is to Be Eliminated This Year and Services Will Be Held at First M. E. Church Instead. "Memorial services in Hammond this year will be of an unusual order, according to the present plans of the committee which has the arrangements in hand. The long speech-making program at the cemetery of past years is to be eliminated, and instead there will be Memorial day .services at the Methodist church, combine with the ritual services of the Grand Army on Sunday, May 29. The parade and. decoration of graves will, however, take place on the following Monday, as in past years. It is expected that the Memorial day "services on Sunday will be attended by the veterans and all affiliated organizations. Rev. George Streeter will preach the Memorial day sermon, and the regular Sunday serv ices themselves will be in the nature of Memorial services. Following these the G. A. R. ritual will be carried out. A feature in connection with this is the revival of the cenotaph ceremonies, and to make this complete anybody who has a soldier relative or friend buried in an unknown grave is requested to send the name to the arrangement committee in order that it may be place on the cenotaph. Roll Call of the Dead. The cenotaph itself will be a shaft about eight feet tall ajid on it will be inscribed all the names of the dead -soldiers of this vicinity and the names of the unknown buried of this vicinity. The roll will be called from the cenotaph, and in answer to each name there will be the solemn response of "Dead." Following the ritual the base of the cenotaph will be decorated with flow4. eisd ' on-th&i.foUowlng -day these flowers w-ill be used in the decoration cf the graves. The committee will send out invitations to every lodge, church and civic organization, Including the city officials, asking them to participate in the Memorial day parade and ceremonies at the cemetery. There are about fourteen graves in Oak Hill cemetery, each of which will be decorated. The parade will form in front of the Central school building at 1 o'clock on Monday, May 30. Governor Marshall endeared himself to the old soldiers irrespective of party, because of his patriotic Decoration day proclamation. It is generally conceded to be a gem. HAMMOND WILL HAVE TO "HOMT THIS YEAR Exciting Contest Is Promised for Field Meet at Crown Point. Professor F. D. McElroy of the Hammond high school said today he is of the opinion that the Hammond high school will have to go some If it wins the Lake county high school meet this year. The other schools which loom up strong this year, and with which Hammond will have to figure are Gary, Crown Point, Hobart and Lowell. Lowell was formidable until McNay broke his leg, but the chances are now that Hammond will have no difficulty in defeating the Lowell team. Hobart is very strong, and the coming Lake county meet will probably be between Hammond, Crown Point and Powell. Crown Point has a strong lot of athletes, for they start young at Crown Point. At any rate the Lake county meet will be interesting this year, for the reaason that there is so much' doubt as to which team will be the winner. The meet will be held on the 2Sth of this month. . There will be a special train for the event, and it will return to Hammond at 7:30 Saturday evening. It is expected that there will be a large attendance. The tickets may be purchased by high students students and any other persons who may care to see the meet. No Minister Yet. The members of the Presbyterian church will not make a selection of a minister at the present time. The members of the church have employed Rev. Huffman of Chicago, a student In a theological seminary there, to fill the pulpit until the church is closed for the summer. Next fall an effort will again be made to secure a minister for the Hammond charge. Rev. Flem ing of Chicago Heights, formerly of Hammond, will make an effor at the next Illinois conference to secure a good minister for this city. ARE 1'Or TAKISG THE TIMES?

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POLICE HUD PROCTOR SHOT III ACCIDENT I Man Who Killed Peter Schuyler Is Turned Loose Today.

Charles H. Proctor, of Utlca, X. Y.. who was one of the principals in the box car tragedy in which he shot and killed his friend, Peter Schuyler, by mistake, was released in the city court this morning. Proctor was under , arrest pending a coroner's inquest. Coroner Shanklin's verdict was that Schuyler had .been shot accidentally. Judge Barnett, in dismissing Proctor, said: "There is no evidence in this court by which you should be held in further custody, or according to which you should be placed under bond. There is no evidence of an intention to commit murder, and the circumstances were such as to have warranted the shooting in self-defense." Proctor thanked the judge for his release, and went from the police station to the , coroner's office. George Jones, who was, held as a witness, was also released. The funeral arrangements for Peter Schuyler have not yet been made. The probabilities are that he will be buried in the potter's field, as neither he nor Proctor had sufficient money to defray the expenses. GROWN POINT BOYS ARE III HARD LUCK Three of Hub's High School Stars Meet With Serious Accidents. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., May 17. Luther Rudolph of the Crown Point high school while practicing pole vaulting last evening fell and badly sprained his ankle "necessitating hia walking on crutches for a week or so. The athletic team , of the local school is a badly crippled up bunch . of students and their renead: Injuries 1 making slump in the coming county high school meet. John Ward Wheeler was badly Injured last week by being accidentally shot in the foot. Wayne Lesperance is just recovering from a sprained ankle and with other minor injuries to the balance of the team the rah-rah boys are decidedly blue over the prospects. It is customary for hard-luck stories to emanate from the various track teams of the county just previous to a ocntest of Importance, but this year Crown Point can deliver the doctor's certificate and the orders of linament and sight of splints and bandages' are enough to convince the most strenuous scoffer that hard luck has hit the Crown Point team amidships. ERIE CONDUCTOR SUFFERS INJURY Serious Accident Affects Well Known Erie Employe Near Huntington. Huntington, Ind., May 17. Presence of mind to throw his body off the track was all that saved the life of Erie Conductor Jeff Jones, in an accident at 9:30 Sunday morning In the Kenton yards. As It was, he lost his left foot, the leg being cut off just atiove the anklet He is now in a Kenton hospital. Mr. Jones was In charge of extra local No. 791, and was on the run into Huntington. The crew was switching in the Kenton yards. Jones was direct ing the work, and when crossing the track just In front of the engine, he slipped and fell between the rails. The engine was upon him, but with much presence of mind he attempted to throw himself off the track. He got all his body off the rails except the left leg. The locomotive ran over the limb, butting it off three Inches above the ankle. He was hurried to the hospital, where anemergency operation was performed and at a late hour in the evening he was resting comparatively well. BOUT STOPPED AT BROOKLYN New York. May 17. Mike (Twin) Sullivan of Boston and Jimmy Clabby of Hammond refused to go on last night for the ten round bout that was to have been the main attraction at the Marathon A. C. at Brooklyn. They had good reason. Early in the evening the police entered the clubhouse armed with warrants, but only the owners and officers of the club were arrested. The warrants charged the officers of the club with selling tickets to a prise fight in violation of the law, and charged the principals and seconds respectively of prize fighting and aiding and abetting a prize fight.

MOOT QUESTIONS SETTLED TOMORROW (Specla to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., May 17. The question of the mandamus proceedings against T. E. Knotts, of Gary, will be brought before the circuit court tomorrow and the udges decision as to whether or not the Gary mayor will be compelled to issue jail sentence on the Gary blind tiger keepers paroled by him last fall will probably be rendered. The question of the final disposition of the remaining cases of like nature on the docket will probably be settled and at all events tomorrow will be a critical and crucial day in the history of the now famous cases.

Hold Your Breath, The Comet Ctrces Tcmorrcwl'lMnRF ARF OF i . i

Tomorrow is the day when we float through rxmet, bathe in comet, and breathe comet, if the diffuse rays can penetrate the atmosphere of the earth. Spectral illuminations, meteors, showers of exploding aerolites, auroras, phosphoric effects, electrical storms, earthquakes, fantasmal deflections of the moon's rays, and other atmospheric phenomena are on the comet schedules of different astronomers. From the predictions, bulletins, and other advices given out by savants who have been studying the astral wanderer since its advent it appears that the comet is an entirely harmless phenomenon which may destroy the earth. The assurances of saner observers are that the earth's inhabitants will have no physical knowledge-of its presence. The tail is a harmless streamer of deadly cyanogen gas 25,000,000 miles long. v The earth will pass through the tall in twenty-four hours. It will make the trip In two hours. But the best authority Is that the time will be six or seven hours. , Here are some other conflicting statements made by the astronomers. Take your choice: ' Probably there will be a Hhovrer of meteorites. Prof. Asaph Hall of the val observatory at Washington. I don't expect that we villi know we are In It. Prof. E. E. Barnard of lrkn observatory. I look for llKht effects in the night from the luminous tall of the comet. Prof. E. B. Frost of Trrkfi. The atmosphere will be darkened. Prof. Robert H. Wilson of Harvard. A terrifle explosion may result from the passage of the" earth through the tail. Prof. I. J. McAilsm of Washington and Jefferson university. The whole tall eould be paeeked in a suit case Prof, Perclval Lowell of Iowell observatory, Flagstaff, Arir..' May be some explosions In the upper atmosphere when the gaseous molecules of the comet's tall strike the earth's atmosphere. Prof. 'Daniel McHugh of De Paul university. The taU Is too rare and diffuse to produce any effect at all. Prof. S. A. Mitchell of Columbia university..... And most terrific of all, the prediction which has set the superstitious of the world agog with terror is that of the French savant, Camille Flammaricn: " ' ' "The population of the earth face the possibility of laughing themselves to death when the incalculable mass of cyanogen gases sweeps down upon them." I v . , v . . . To. which authorities on this side of the earth reply:

PRESENUT MEETING Will Assist in Remonstrating Against Increase in Freight Rates. E. F. Johnston, representing the Hammond Business Men's association, and John E. Fitzgerald, representing the Hammond Manufacturers' association, went to Chicago today to be present at the meeting of manufacturers from all over the middlewest to remonstrate against the proposed increase in freight rates. The meeting was held in the Congress hotel, and Is expected to be attended by some of the representative business men of this locality. Preparations for the concentrated effort to block the plans of the railroads were completed at a series of preliminary conferences yesterday. Sectional differences and commercial rivalry have been laid aside, and the representatives of those who pay freight rates on a billion dolla"rs" worth of tonnage a year has been united in the common campaign to prevent the levying of an added annual toll of $100,000,000 on their business. The conference is not expected to assume the attitude that any advance In '' ates Is unwarranted, but will take the position that the general Increase which the railroads declare Is made necessary by advancing wages is unjustifiable on any showing o fthe carriers' financial condition, and that no raise should be made until the interstate commerce commission has investi gated. BURNS-YANTIS PEOPLE PAY 33 The Burns'Tantls Grain company. owning the Alliance elevator in Hammond, paid a 30 per cent dividend yes- ' terday after having gone into bank-! ruptcy on April 4th. The Alliance elevator in Hammond is not Included in the equity, and when it Is disposed of the later payments will be increased. The Burns-Yantis people were among the biggest operators on the board of trade and 6perated a string of elevators between Chicago and Buffalo. The company last year did $10,000,000 worth of business, and at the time it went into the hands of the receiver they promised to pay dollar for dollar. Little business Is being done at the local elevator at present. 1 ADVERTISE AXD AGAIN IX l'HB TIMES. ADVKRTISB

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Township Assessor M'Fadden Com piles Figures Showing1 Gary as Assessed at $12,000,000

finflBi LADY IS DANGEROUSLi ILL Mrs. Muenich, Mother of Mrs. Mary Huehn, Suffers Paralytic Stroke. Mrs. Anna Muenich, the mother of Mrs. Mary Huehn of this city, 4ias suffered two strokes of apoplexy in the past week, and is in arittcal condition. Mrs. Muenich is 78 years of age, and in her enfeebled condition It is feared that the recent sickness will prove fatal. Mrs. Muenich suffered the first stroke Saturday night, ghe seemed to recover from that, but she suffered from the second stroke on Sunday morning and has. jeen in a state of coma ever since. Apparently Mrs. Muenich was In the best of health. She seems to have a strong constitution, but her old age has made the recent illness a serious one. It was feared last evening that she could not survive the night. em snows That the Citizens' German National bank has been laboring under a severe handicap is shown by the fact that the deposits for the first two days, since the bank has been in its new quarters, have shown a material increase. . Saturday was the best Saturday that the banq has had in its history, and Monday was also remarkable In the amount of increase in the deposits. Today was record-breaker, .and the officials of the new bank are convinced that they were wise in putting in the equipment they have. Visitors are stll filing through the bank in large numbers, and the beauty of the new bank is being talked of all over the county. No Trace of Auto. Four days have now passed since the stealing of Dr. C. W. Campbell's Hupmobile and no trace of its has been discovered. All hope of recovering the machine has been practically abandoned, because the chief has had time enough to have the machine repainted and somewhat remodeled. The machine was stolen Saturday morning.

BIG INCREASE IN DEPOSITS

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Hammond's Assessment Is Only Seven Million As Compared With Gary. In the assessment of personal property and mprovements made thereon, in 'Calumet township, recently compiled by Township Assessor John McFadden, Gary has the largest assessment of any town in Lake county, Hammond being second with an assessment of over 50 per cent less than Gary. According to Assessor McFaddert the total assessed, value of property' amounts to the gigantic figure of $11,781,245 which is an increase of $2,133,155 over last-year. BASED OX LAST YEAR, , It Is impossible to tell what the state board of tax commissioners will assess against the- railroads, telegraph and telephone companies, but the above increase Is based on what they' assessed the taxpayers last year Tax on lands sand , Improvements . 1 "$'6.SS3,520 Tax on lots and- iaipxoe Tax on personal property.... 2,12-4,085 Tax on railroad, telegraph and telephone . companies - (estimated) f 3,134,180 Total $11,781,245 Total assessment last year 9,848,090 Increase .$ 2,133,155 These figures show thai-Gary has the largest assessment of any citv in IjpV .Continued on fage fteviu.) State Demands That Senatorial Candidate Come to Front With the Names of Legislators Whose Votes He Said Were Bought. TIMES nrilEAV, . ( AT STATE CAI'ITOI,. ' Indianapolis, Ind., May 17. Ever since John W. Kern was nominated for United States senator by Ihe democratic state convention the talk has gone around that he ought to come to the front with the names of the eight democratic members of the last legislature who double crossed him in the caucus which nominated Benjamin F. Shively. It has even been suggested that the Marion county grand jury ought to make an investigation of the matter before it is too late and indict any one found guilty of violating the law in this regard. In fact newspapers all over the state have taken up the sirbject and nearly every day there Is some paper that makes a demand on the prosecutor of this county to turn the matter into the hands of he grand Jury. What Could Jury Dof Hut it is now a question whether the . (Continued on Page Eight.) Case Is Dropped. The "case of the state of Indiana vs. Adolph Huecker, in which Fred Waldron was the prosecuting witness, was dropped this morning for the want of prosecution. This cast; is one of the Tolleston feud cases which originated as a result of the dispute over the annexation of Tolleston by Gary. It is said that Waldron Is to be summoned to court to tell Judge Reiter why he started an action of this kind and then failed to appear and prosecute.

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