Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 36, Hammond, Lake County, 24 March 1911 — Page 1

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Unofficial figures, reported in connection with a Gary real estate deal in Chicago last night, are said to have set a new high mark for Gary acreage. The amount of land involved is approximately 120 acres, located in the south part of town. The consideration is said to have been $257,000. Chicago parties figured in the deal which was consummated last night. That the tract was sold is not surprising, for it was known to have been on the market, but the enormous figure that it brought, more than a quarter million dollars,

is giving rise to all kinds of values in the neighborhood of TUBE TESTED At a meeting of the West Hammond lllage board last evening-the returns of the recent primaries were accepted and the winning candidates on each of the three tickets in the field were designated as the resular candidates on that ticket. I This means that the village trustees are of the opinion that the rece'.t election at which the city form of government was adopted Is valid and that regardless of the opinion of Attorney General Stead of Illinois, they will proed with the election. There will be a special meeting of the board nut Monday at which arrngeme,nt,ajKjU ba .jna'd'e for the elec- . tyon. - There will be a special meeting of the board next Monday at which arrangements will be made for the election which will be held on April 18. This meeting will put the stamp of final approval of the board to the electton project, and It is believed by many that regardless of what Attorney General Stead says says, the city officials who are celcted at the coming election will hold office without danger of interference. Must Rnjoln Hoard. At any rate that is the way the village board proceeded last evening and that Is the way it will proceed next Monday when the special meeting is held. If any one challenges the right of the board to proceed with the coming city election it will be necessary for them to go Into court, set up the alleged fact that the recent ejection by which the city form of government was adopted was not legal, show that the primaries wtre not legal because there is no city in existence, and on this showing secure an order of the court enjoining Clerk MankowskI and the village board from proceeding with the election. Not until this Is done and the village officials have the opinion of the judge of a regularly constituted court that the city election and primaries are illegal, will they give up their plans to hold a municipal election on-April 1J. POPULAR IVHITING COUPLE MARRIED (Special to Tub Times.) Whiting:. Ind., March 24. The marriage of Miss Clara Belle Lee and George Humphreys, took place yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents on Ohio Avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Manfred C. Vright of the M. E. church In the presence of only the Immediate family. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left for a short wedding trip and will return Sunday night. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lee of Ohio avenue. She has been a resident of Whiting for a number of years, being a graduate of the Whiting high school. In the class of 1901. For the pas several years she has been employed an assistant postmistress In the local postoRice, resign ing at- the beginning of the year, for the purpose of being married. The groom is well and favorably known here and is employed at the Standard OH Co. A reception will be held In their honor on next Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee. For the present Mr. and Mrs. Hum phrevs will reside at the house of Mr. and Mrs. John Keller on Sheridan ave nue frorit'teh present, but will go to housekeeping in Mr. Humphrey"! house on Central avenue as soon as It 1 vacated. The couple are attended by the best wishes of a host ofyfriends for a happy and prosperous future.

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MP) speculation as. to the future the tract. EVERETT IS PLACED William Everett, who was arrested yesterday noon for forging a check: for $34.62 on CI. A. Schmidt, was placed j under $500 bonds this morning by Judge Barnett and the trial was postponed until Monday, March 27, at 9 o'clock. Everett has certainly got himself Into a bad fix. First he claimed that the check was given to him and tried to implicate other parties, but when he was being questioned he got all mixed up and told a new story that he went into Schmidt's bakery to buy some buns and when he returned home he found the check In the paper sack. He confessed this morning of having taken numerous, articles from the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co., where he was employed as a night watchman. . , f Attorney lioorre Jiasbeen. called to plead for the defendant and some Interesting facts are expected' to develop at the trial Monday. PROSPECTS GOOD FOR H. H. S. TRACK TEAK With a pride and assurance that is pardonable, members of the Hammond high school track and field teams are making the assertion that they expect to clean the platter at the county seat at Crown Point this spring. There Is no gainsaying the fact that there is some very promising material in the Hammond high school, and under Prof. Buck's coaching and a willingness on the part of the athletes to work out a number of stars can be developed. The experience, that some of the team to be gathered, in the contest last year will eliminate' to some extent what stage fright there Is connected with the performance. Under the direction of Prof. Buck, daily five-mile hikes were inaugurated last Monday and within a week or two the training is to begin In earnest. Gavit Is the captain of the team, and he is looked to for reliable work in the mile and mile and a half runs. Irwin is also giving promise as a longdistance runner, as is also Sprague, who was one of last year's team. "Eggle" Crumpacker has mapped out a big program for himself, as he intends to participate In the 100 and 220-yard dashes and in the high and lows hurdles. In the dashes some very good work Is expected from Gescheldler, who may also try in the weights. More particularly for the weights, the school has Blocker, Plumb and Van Gilder and possibly also Graves. The latter Is also expected to figures in the low hurdles. Hudson will try for the 100 and 220 dashes. Welmer and Taylor are relied on for the pole vault. BETZ CATALOGUE OUT The Frank S. Betz Co. is just havng W. B. Conker & Co. run off an edi tion of 125,000 of their new mall order catalogue. The name of the new catalogue is "The Markets of th World" and there is no question t:iat Betz does open the markets of the world to his customers. The catalogue is the work of Ralph S. Groman, who is in charga of the mail order department of th F. S. Betz Co. The new catalogue in the size of an ordinary magazins and Is very attractively gotten up. GET THIRTY FOWIi. Dr. Harry B. Hay ward and Fred Mott returned from Snyder last night, where they have heen duck hunting on the Kankakee marsh. They claim to have had very good success in the week they spent at the river. Their game bag contains In the neighborhood of thirty ducks. WHY ARE READER YOU NOT A TIMES

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ARCHITECTS SUFFER LOSS Columbus, Ind., March 24. Offices of the Caldwell & Drake Manufacturing company In this city were mysteriously dynamited at midnight, causing damages of at least $2,000. The Caldwell & Drake Manufacturing

company operates a large structural iron works and does a general contracting business, which covers many states. 'No one was injured by the explosion, as the offices and large plant, a mile northeast ot- the center of the city, were deserted at the time. The police have no clue that they will divulge at this time as to who is responsible. Hi STOP Effort to Be Made by Mem bers of Lake County Bar Association to Prevent Employment of Runners by Lawyers. The members of the Lake County Bar association will be called together In the near future by President A. F. Knotts and one of the important matters to be taken tip for consideration is the employment of "runners" by certain Hammond lawyers in an effort to secure personal Injury business. A number of attorneys talked the matter over ln court thfii morning and were unanimous In the opinion that this abue wou-ld hare- -to atopr-Jf is" an abuse that is indulged in by the shyster lawyer and by some others whose idea of the ethics of the profession does not prevent them from taking this means to get business. One lawyer stated It to be a fact that the runners employed by a certain law firm in Hammond had actually bound a (Continued on page slx, SAURIES AT E. (Special to Tub TimesO East Chicago, March 24. The school hoard at the last meeting on Wednesday evening held the election of teachers and decided to make a raise In salaries of from $25 to $100 a year. The maximum salaries hereafter paid grade teachers will be $77.50 Instead of $75 a month as in the past, the salary paid to start in with being $65. The principals in East Chicago have always been paid more than those of most other Calumet ; region cities and their raise per year is from $50 to $100. Teachers are paid according to their term of service In the city schools, their salaries being Increased from year to year until the maximum is reached. Today is pay day in the schools and with their pay envelopes the teachers will receive a notice Informing them of their re-appointment for next year and of the change in salaries. The Increase is to take effect with the opening of the next school term In September. DAIJK WILL START BY APRIL FIRST The American National Bank of Hammond will be located in Its new quarters in the Henderson building April first unless the plans of President Oscar Krinbill and the directors are delayed. The fixtures have been purchased in Indianapolis and are said to be suitable for the new banking Institution. The work of remodeling the west side of the building will begin in the near future. All of the partitions will be ton out and the store room will be made modern in every particular. President Krinkill stated today that the stock in the new- bank had been fully subscribed and that it would have been possible to sell more stock if It had been available.

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CREEL HERE'S A CORKER, LOOK OUT FOR The police -have received notice from New York authorities to watch for itarry vaue ana wne aiuara, noion-1 ous clalrvoyanta, palmists and fortune j tellers who are wanted in many of the principal cities of the I'nited States onumerous charges. Some of the places they are wanted at are Mason, Mich., for breaking jail, Scranton, Pa., for larceny and shooting the Chief of' Police; Plainfipld, N. .T., and Baltimore. Md., larceny; Philadelphia, Pa., for Selling fake mining stock and larceny. Also , wanted in Ft. Wayne, reca.tOr, Little Kock. Ark., fof ""asfrau'dlrig""' and ' "other charges. Waite Is a professional bond Jumper and goes under a" different name in every city. Numerous rewards are out for him all over the country. DR. 1BKLEY LECTURES MADE DEEP IMPRESSION "Harpstrings and Heartstrings," a lecture delivered last night by Dr. Monroe Markley at the First Methodist church under the auspices of the Hammond Woman's club, was an artistic treatment of the subject. In which the ' gifted orator blended the beauties of tonal sounds with the major and minor voices In the human heart. Dr. Markley did not sing a word, In the accepted sense of the term, and yet his eloquent discourse poured forth like one continual song, principally in the major key. ' He played on the heartstrings of religion and love and cheerfulness, giving expression to the emotions In a voice which in tself was pleasing, andln lauguage which flowed like a pure stream of beautiful words. He had a real message, and he delivered it so exquisitely that one was frequently tempted to give himself over to the charms of his figures of speech, the word pictures, and the rhyme of his sentence instead of following him into the scarry flights of thoughts into which he led his audience. It seemed as If Dr. Markley has gathered together all the stray sentiments of music, given poetic expression In rhymes and meter, and mixing them with odd bits of humor and the finest emotions and made them into one artistic whole. Dr. Markley is a former minister of the gospel, and there is still something about him that reminds one of the ministry, probably It is the message that he has for his audience. The close attention given him by the large audience, and the frequent applause from his .listeners were evidence of the fact that Dr. Markley is understood in Hammond and appreciated. HAMMOND MAN IN DRAW BATTLE Madison, Wis.. March 24. Gus Christie of Milwaukee won from Jack Crane of Chicago in a ten round bout before the Madison Athletic club last night. It was a slashing fight for seven rounds. Crane then slowed up and Christie outpointed him by a good shade. - Crane dirfl some effective infighting, but could not land swings with sufficient force to fease the lanky Milwaukee German. Christie landed a number of vicious swings, which staggered Crane and caused him to close in and hang on to protect himself. Neither boy was able to score a knockdown. - Freddie Hicks of Milwaukee and Ray Richman of Madison went eight rounds to a draw and Mac Croak of Hammond, Ind., and MacGann of Madison fought six rounds to a similar decision.

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Minister of Finance Limantour has hurried to the Mexican capital to take part In a Cabinet conference which may decide the fate of Mexico. Preside Diaz, Limantour, Minister of Foreign Relations Creel and others ef the Cabinet will take part DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER CAUSE OF LAWSUITS (Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point, March 24. John R. i Farovid yesterday before Judge Kopelke at' Crown Point, won the suit that had been brought against him by J. D. Kennedy, for the recovery of $r0 paid in by Mr. Kennedy to apply on stock in the defunct Herald company. While only a small sum was involved In the cape, it Is of some Importance as it establishes a precedent, the Kennedy vs. Farvoid action being one f a number pending and liable to , be brought as an outgrowth of the same venture. " v ' The Herald company w.s organized for the purpose of starting what vat to have eventually been a daily newspaper-In Indiana Harbor, and a building was erected as a home for the publication. Mr. Farvoid was the secre tary-treasurer and in this capacity received funds paid in to apply on stock. Mr. Kennedy was one of the stockholders investing $50 in the project. He supd Mr. Farovid Mo recover the amount but at the hearing yesterday it was shown that the Herald rotnpany was a de facto corporation of which Mr. Farovid was merely an officer, and that the money received in payment on stock, was not used by Mr. Farovid in any way other than in defraying expenses Incident to the Herald compan. This Is not the first case that has come up as an outgrowth of the Herald company. It is however the first decision rendered. William Cain of Gary some time ago sued Mr. Farovid for $200 paid in by him for stock, the hearing being before Judge McMahan. Judge McMahan. topk the case under advisement and has not yet rendered his decision. STREET MUST BE REPAIRED BY COMPANY Upon recommendation by John Kuhlman, the street commissioner, the board of public works this morning ordered the McGovern Construction company, which built', the South Hohman street asphalt macadam pavement to return to Hammond to make some repairs In accordance with Its contract. No fault Is to be fou'ud with asphalt macadam In general, but soon after in thee building jf the Hohman street pavement It was noticed that a number of bad spots did not get all the necessary treatment they should have had from the beginning. These spots have developed to such an extent thaKthey interfere with the smooth driving, and consequently the company is ordered to make repairs before its contract expires. Upon instruction from the bonrd, the city clerk will ask for bids, returnable April 17th. for the bathhouse and lake front privileges. The matter of the LaSalle street sewer was taken under advisement until March 29th. A GREATJ) ANGER. That impure blood causes a variety of diseases during the summer months has from time to time been proven by imminent specialists. It Is therefore dangerous. to. expose yourself to these maladies when there is a remedy with which to overcome this! Rexall Specific and Alterative is a simple remedy that cleanses the blood of - all impurities, quickly eradicating all eruptions of the .skin which in the spring generally manifests itself. This remedy may be had in Hammond at the drug department of the Lion .Store at 98c per bottle. Remember the Rexall guarantee money back if you' are not satisfied. Adv. ARE vnrr rf.adixg THE TIMES!

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TREUOUS Six Big Industries in and Around Gary Will Start Operations This Year and Give Employment Thousands of Men. to During this year Lake county will witness the beginning of operations in six Nbig industries in the city of! Gary, which will give employment tp thousands of men and which, as they expand, will give work to hundreds of more. These industries are: Two new cement plants at Buffington. The United States Steel corporation coke ovens. Thu twenty-two mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. Two units of the American Bridge company. Merchant and plate mills of the Indiana Steel company. Gary Bolt and Screw company. The New Cemt Mill". The New York office of the steel corporation has given out that the two new plants of the Universal Portland Cement company at Bufflngton, In northwest Gary, will be placed in on(Continued on page six.) IIITERURBAII TRAFFIC BADLY INTERRUPTED (Special to Thb Time?.) East Chicago. March 24. Traffic on ihe. South Shore line has been Inter rupted today, owing to th removal of the building in Chicago avenue next door to Sam Cohen's buffet, formerly occupied by Veaco and Beach's drug store. The wires of the street car company had to be cut as were also those of the Red Line and of the Tele phone company, but this afternoon all of the wires have been connected up again and lhe street cars resumed their former way of going. The building for some time has been being placed in readiness for the change of location, and has been stand iug on blocks but the actual work of removal was not begun until last night at midnight. With the big bulk occupying a large space in the width of Chi cago avenue, it was impossible for street cars on the South Shore line to make through runs, this morning and passengers were obliged until noon to transfer at the point where the building -blocked the- way.- AVhile crossing Forsyth avenue Red Line cars between here and Hammond were necessarily prevented from crossing, but were obliged ' to ' Stop on' the' south side of Chicago avenue insteat of continuing on to the Y and tusnlng. bacK rrom this point. The building, formerly th property of Sam Cohen, has been' put-chased by Albert Given and is being moved to Magoun avenue between One Hundred and Fofty-eiKhth and One Hundred and Forty-ninih streets. After bein s?t in its new location It will be occupied by the Lake County Bottling woiks. Its removal was necessary to the improvement of the Sam Cohen corner, on which will now he erected, a fine, large building. MUCH STOCK IS TAKEN One thousand shares of Home Building. Loan and Savings Association stock." representing upon maturity an investment of $100,000, was subscribed for In three months In that institution beginning with last . January. The series is known as No. 62 and Is the biggest in the institution, or in Lake county for that master. The "Home" is incorporated for $1.0011.000. but sixty per cent of" this amount has already been subscribed for. Demented Man Arrested. George Valul of Kast Hammond was hauled up to the police station In the patrol wagon this morning. Officer Herman found him causing considerable disturbance on the east side. (Jeorge, being, slightly intoxicated, did not seem to act just right and he had the impression that somebody had killed his brother, and all that Georgo wanted to do was to kill the man that murdered his brother. He is thought to he slightly demented. .The trial was. set before Judare Barnette tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. i Gets Auto Truck. C. H. Stewart received a Sampson auto truck from Chicago this morning, which lie will use for nome ot his long calls and heavy work. The Sampson truck is made at Detroit. Mich..an d is a very neat appearing car. It Is made especially for light delivery work. It is a two-cylinder car and has aneglne nearlv like the Maxwell car.