Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 10, Hammond, Lake County, 8 April 1911 — Page 1

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Hammond and Fort Wayne Are Now the Only Reve nue Offices in Northern Indiana; South Bend Of fice Abandoned. The Information was received In South Bend yesterday that the revenue office there, which has been in charge of Mrs. Carrie Parsons, formerly of Hammond, is to be abandoned and that Mrs. Parsons is to be transfered to Hammond. This means that In northern Indiana there are to be but two revenue offices; one at Hammond and the other at Fort Wayne. The Importance of this move is more sentimental than material. It will mean the employment of one or two extra persons in the revenue service in Hammond, and there will be more visitors to the city on revenue matters than there has been before. Some time ago the office at South Bend was abandoned for the reason C. I I. A RI E. that there was not enough business to warrant its being kept up, but the people of that city made such a fuss over it that It was finally restored. IiHne la Oat. The Hammond and Fort Wayne of flees have grown rapidly, while the South Bend office has stood still. For this reason it ' was again decided to abandon the South Bend office and Mrs, Carrie Parsons, who was in charge will come to Hammond. The South Bend office will be closed on the 15th of the month. Frank Hammond is the stamp colleo tor in charge of the Hammond office, and Mrs. Parsons will be in the office with him. Both of these collectorshlp are under civil service. The Hammond office is the largest In the state of Indiana excepting only the office at Lawrenceville, where there are several distilleries. The business of the Hammond Distilling company re suits in the collection of revenue in ex cesH of $4,000,000 annually. C. L. LaRue, for several years the deputy revenue collector in Hammond has resigned his position, and Al Phil - Hp has been acting in his capacity for two months. B. i 0. Al'HS BIG 6RHDII1G GOtiTRAG The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has awarded contracts for the construction of second track on the main line of the Chicago division, from Wellsboro east to La Paz Junction. Ind., 24.8 miles; Hamler to Holgate, O., 5.3 miles, and Delaware Bend to Mark Centre, O., 5.9 miles. The work of huilding the second track will be started at once and carried through to an early completion. The Robert Grace Contracting company of Cleveland, and R. J. Malone & Co. of Washington, will build the line from Wellsboro to La Paz Junction. The remainder of the work will be done by the Lorimer & Gallagher Contracting company, of Chicago. During the past year the company undertook the construction of second track near Gary between Wellsboro and McCool, 21 miles, which is- about completed, and with the completion of the work now contracted for the entire main line, from Philadelphia to Chicago, excepting about 48 miles, will have been double tracked. Trip for Health. Richard Schaaf, Sr., county commissioner of Lake County, will leave on the Monon tonight for West Baden, Ind. where he will spend a wek or so resting up. Schaaf feels the need of th ' rest and has decided that West Baden is the best place to take it. Try a LaVenaor cigar. It's good!

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TRIED FOR RIOTING The trial of the-sixteen West Hammonh property owners who were ar rested two weeks ago on the charge of disorderly conduct in connection with the riot on One Hundred and Fiftyfifth place, was opened this afternoon before Judge Green, the case of Joseph Kuzlel being the first on the docket. Ten of the defendants are women, they having followed Jllss Virginia Brooks n attempting to stop the paving work, Miss Brooks was fined a dollar and costs and appealed her case. Tester day it was said that-some of the de fondants wore ready to plead guilty while others were ready t'o appeal the case in the event the judgment went against them in the lower four. Following the riot Miss Brooks pro cured a temporary restraining order, but Judge William Fenimore Cooper in the Superior Court yesterday dismissed the injunction issued by him last Sat urday against the village ' of West Hammond, enjoining the paving of One Hundred and Fifty-fifth place. He held that the County Court and not the Superior Court had jurisdiction. Miss Brooks alleged that inferior material was being used. Affidavits of denial were filed by the contractors. I'J. HAr.ir.10HD EXHIBIT ATTRACTS ATTEIITI0I1 Varied Program Excites Favorable Comment by School Patrons. Patrons of the West Hammond pub lic school yesterday visited the annual exhibit of their children which was made at the school. It was most inter estlng to the parents, as was also the program which the pupils gave, both in the afternoon and In the evening. the direction of Miss Delaney, was one of the entertaining features, ana con sidering the fact that their training thus far has been limited, they did very well. . The work on display ranged al lthe way frojn the crudest cutting by the little folks in the kindergarten to the original designs for book covers and a aejf of books in bookkeeping in the eventh and eighth grades. Among the interesting things was a display of handwriting in grade 1; the first of the series tells the story of the beginner's effort to write last September, and the last show what he can do now, -the various intermediate stages being also shown. Work Moat Creditable. Room 4 had a doll house completely finished and furnished by the children. Room 7 had a aet of historical maps tracing the territorial development of the United States. Other patriotic drawing were shown throughout the grades as a result of the February drawing. The kindergarten exhibit was most interesting. It was surprising to see the work of four and"flve-year-olds rn cutting, drawing and construction.. Miss Spalding is the director of this work, and assured the patrons that all the work was done by the pupils, she and her assistant having only directed them. The West Hammond public school district comprises only the north side of he village, embracing the First and Fourth wards, of the proposed - city. One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street being the boundary line between the north and south side. The patrons of the school are properly proud of their Institution in which the pupils work In the kindergarten and in the eighth grades. Under a present arrangement, the graduates of the school attend the Hammond high school, but a five-acre tract has already been secured by the school board on which a high school building is to be erected in the near future. ST. JOHN'S CONFIRMATION Nineteen pupils of St. John's German Lutheran parochial school of Hammon will be confirmed In the church of the same name on the north side tomorrow. Palm Sunday is the day generally set aside in the Lutheran churches for this festive occasion, and the day will accordingly be observed in appropriate fashion in St. John's church. The children have received instructions at the hands of P. M. Schuelke. the teacher in the parochial school, and the Rev. William Brauer, pastor of the congregation. The names of the Confirmants are: Edward Borchardt, Adam Draheim, Adolf Drewanz, Erich Haehnel, Walter Hoeppner, Conrad Klemsmann, William Oldenburg, William Pomplun, Walter Stahley, Mary Brauem Clara Frieske, Martha Guering, Emma Huck, Anna Hummerich, Anna Rippe, Louise Fangermann, Edna Teiehmann, Laura Wiens, Clara Wosch. USED THINGS THAT TOD DON'T WANT CAN BE SOLD IF TOU ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES..

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SIX DAUGHTERS, ALL OF WHOM ARI3 ITTJHBEItED AIXONG- NEW YORK'S SOCIETY, PARTOFZTEW SENATOR'S FAMILY CIRCLE

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LAST OF SEASON'S

LECTURES The last lecture for the season, under the auspices of the Hammond Woman's club, which will be given this evening at the First Methodist church promises to be well attended because of the general interest in the course and. furthermore, because of the strong lecture which -Kd ward Anhert Ott, the speaker for the evening, is to give. : mond early this afternoon -or evening in order to open the program" promptly at 8 o'clock. Tils lecture will be'preceded by a cornet solo, to be driven by Mrs. Charles Hohman. who is a member of the committee. For this lecture the date has been changed from April ltth, which is Good Friday, to tonight. The entertainment committee for this evening is composed of the following club members: Mrs. Edith B. Griffin, chairman? Mrs. T. Holm, vice chairman, and Mesdames John Agnew, J. A. Aubrey, J. C. Graves, Charles Hohman, P. W. Hudson, L. A. Minard, J. J. Ruff, D. M. Sears, George B. Sheerer. J. O. Thompson, A. M. Turner. Helen Twlss. R. E. Weeks and Dr. Lena B. Watson. WORK Oil TEMPORARY BUGS AREBEGOtl Indiana Harbor Man Gets Tool House Contract, Calumet Firm Grading. (Special to Thb Times.) East Chicago, Ind., March 8. Work on the temporary buildings which will be used for the housing of tools and materials to be used in the erection of the mammoth Geist power plant at One Hundred and Fifty-first street, and the canal, has been begun. Joseph Doppler of Indiana Harbor has been awarded the contract for the putting up of these buildings and he had a force of men at work this morning taking the preliminary steps toward their construction. This contract and the contract, for grading and excavating the property were let by W, S. Baldwin of Phila delphia, engineer for the J. A. B. Cresfield Co. of Philadelphia, general con tractors for the plant. The grading and excavating contract has been awarded to the A. F. Hartigan Teaming company of Calumet, who will start work Monday. Mr. Baldwin, who is npw stopping at the Auditorium, Chicago, will bring his fam'lly to East Chicago or Indiana to reside during the time that is occupied in the construction of the big plant. This will probably be at least a year, and it Is Mr. Baldwin's intention to secure a house and go to housekeeping here. The beginning of building operations at the power plant will insure work for a great many men from this region in addition to the large . force that the company who has the contract in charge, will bring with them from the East and from'Chlcago. Ft. Wayne Lawyer Here. Attorney Zollars of Fort Wayne, the son of Judge Zollars of that city, was in Hammond yesterday for the purpose of having a number of witnesses subpoenaed in oases which he lias pending in the federai court in Hammond.

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GROCERY STORE IS ROBBED LAST HIGHT Thieves With Horse Secure Loot Worth in Neighborhood of $100. Sometime last night, thieves entered the grocery store -of :Fred Fandrei, 299 North Hohman street. Hammond. They effected an entrance by means of. a window in thejref- of the store, using an iron bar to ' vlt open and carried the! r f spoils f the baek door which was f . In ftxaminl ' morning sacks,' two "50 pounds sacks and eight 5 pound sacks 'of Pillaburg's flour. twenty cans of peas, tobacco and "numerous other small articles. 3 ' Ir, Fandrei put the loss this morn ing at close to 100 as he said articles were taken that he did not know Just what amount he had. As in some of the past robberies the thieves evidently had a horse and wagon to cart away the stolen articles which could not, have been carried away as they took away close to three barrels of .flour alone. No clews have been . found UP to this morning, but it is thought by the police it Is the same parties that ent ered the Erie freight house and other robberies some time ago. 'This is the first robbery that has-been reported to the police since March 13. III ROADS Id BE DOUBLE IRICKED Railroad Story Attracts Attention in Ciies of the Calumet Region. It will be a matter of interest to the people of the Calumet region, through which every . eastern trunk line out of Chicago runs, to' know that all of them are being double tracked. A Chicago paper naa the following which is correct except in its reference to the Nickle Plate railroad. This roa-J too, is making arrangements to double track to the east. The double . track culverts are in and all that remains to be done is to grade the road and lay the rails. Announcement was 'made . yesterday by the Baltimore & Ohio . management that it had awarded a contract for double-tracking part of its Chicago di vision .to the Lorimer & Gallagher Con structlon Company." This is Senator Lorimer's concern. ' The same company has done a great deal of grading for different roads. This draws attention to the rush that is on among the big railroads to double track their lines. East of Chicago the Grand Trunk, all the New York Central lines ad the Pennsylvania are double-tracked, and the Erie Is pushing work on Its second pair of rails. It Is figured that the latter line will be double track clear through to Cnlcago within a year. If the Baltimore & Ohio finishes a second track this will leave one trunk line east' from Chicago single track, the Nickel Plate. NOTICE. Owing to the (onnm demand for TIMES adaaera, we have bea -forced to 4lMoaolmt a large number of auboertbem, fcot a aew consignment la oa the way aad will be'" received early Hit nk.. - THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS. THE TIMES OiS GET YOC A GIRL!

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FEDERAL GOES 10 GARY . Inspector Fred W. Weber, who has come to this locality in the interests of the naturalization bureau, recently left his field of'endeavor in Hammond and is now in Gary. ' United States Clerk Charles Surprise said this morning that the government is becoming more april- moro '--strict'' in: th issuing of nature laTiol''t'' papers. ; examined for the purpose of determin ing Whether or not they are under indictment and whether or not they have ever been guilty of any crime. - It is expetced that on account of the . provision of the Proctor restrlctivemeasures. which requires all applicants for saloon licenses to have their second papers, there will be a big-xuh for second papers next fall." STEALS COLLECTION (Special to Thb Times.) Whiting. Ind., April 8. The tall, smooth-face man who wore a dark overcoat and a cap must have been hard up. In fact any man w"ho would rob the collection box in a church is either hard up or is not particular about his hereafter. Yesterday a man who answers the above description entered St. John's Slavish church in Whiting and robbei the collection box of the "widow's mite" and everything else in sight. It amounted, according to Rev. Father Benedict Rojcany, to about $10. The reason Father Benedict hato such a good description of the culprit Ic that he saw the cam coming outfit the church several hours before the theft was discovered. The same man went to Father John Berg of the Sacred Heart church and asked for a position as Janitor. Father John told him that he did not have anything for him. .He, then went to Father Benedict with the same success. "It Is believet that it was then that the temptation to rob the collection 'box became lrresslstible. . TIME ORDINANCE WAS ENFORCED Chief Austgen has issued an order to the effect that persons who have been making a practice of riding bicycles on the sidewalks will In the future De prosecuteu to tne run extent of the law. Complaints have come in from the resiuenis ui ouum nunniaa sireei " regard to this, and Chief Austgen said he would not permit it any longer. j This warning was given out somf time ago and not very much attention was paid to' the order. This 'Is a city ordinance and hi the Auture will not be tolerated. u. s. MARSHAL SERVES PAPERS Thomas C. Martin, deputy United States Marshal, was in Hammond this morning., for the purpose of serving the subpoenas 'on W. C. Schrage of Whiting irf connection with the J50,000 damage suit which has been started in.the federal court at Indianapolis. A great Weal of Interest is being manifested in the case as a result Of Tee Tim exclusive story - telling of the bringing of the suit. Ieputy United States Marshal Martin arrived in Hammond to find that every one knew of his mission here.

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Northern Indiana Baseball Association Officials Hold Important Gathering in Hammond; Umpires and Scorers Named. One of the most important meetings of the Northern Indiana Baseball asso I elation took place last night in the offices of President W. J. MCAieer oi Hammond. A great deal of business was transacted, including the putting up of the $100 forfeits by the different clubs represented, the turning in of the contracts with players the selection of official scorers and the nominating of the umpires. Final action was not taken on the latter, but those named thus far are Frank Long of Whitiig, Harry Carenger of Whiting and Caleb White of Hammond. The scorers appointed, are as follows: Joseph Peceny for Whiting, Herbert Wheaton, Crown Point, "Newman"' Hammond and Joseph J. Freeman, Indiana Harbor. A committee was appointed to look after the printing of tickets for the gate the committee consisting of Continued -on Page 8.) COIIFIRLIATIOHSAT L Scores of Boys and Girls : Will Figure at Church A class of thirty-nine will be confirmed tomorrow at St. Paul's' German Lutheran church, on Clinton street, and elaborate services will be held in con nection. The church will be specially decorated in honor of the conflrmants, and altogether it will be a festive occasion ' for the entire congregation. Many visitors are expected at the church, and at many of the homes of the class members. The latter are divided into two classes, a German section and an Kngllsh section, the former having thirty, while the latter has nine members. " The German class will be confirmed at the services at 10 o'clock tomorrow mornirig and the English class at services which will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. The class members are: German Clau Edward Camp, Arthur Dreischerf. Lorenz Carl, Rahenhorst, Otto Grunewald. Paul Mueller. Edward Dubbert, . Walter Ehlers. Alvin Ebert. Barney Albertson. Hugo Huebner, Otto Meyer, Walter Meyn, Arthur Ebert. Florence Findling. Martha HoTtz. Else Grunewald. May Fullgraf, Frieda Seefeld. Marie Papke, Olivia Linsenmann, Edith Gfuth, Emma Buse, Margaret Camp. Lily Magdanz, Ida Schmueser, Else Fiebelkorn. Ella Fedder, Edna Meyers, and Dora Ullrich. English Clans Arthur Andree. Arthur Huehn, Hartwlg Fick, Henry Mueller, Lena Pahlmann, Martha Schrum, Ida Magnusson. Lenora Schneider, Olga Volkmann. , The class was instructed by the P.ev. Theodore Claus, the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, and was examined last Sunday. RIFLE CLUB TO SHOOT The Hammond Rifle Club will hold its first shoot tomorrow afternoon at Sharp Shooters park at 2 o'clock. William Klelhege president of this organi. zation wishes to state that anyone desiring to join the club should be present at the shoot tomorrow afternoon. Two new members were enrolled this week and it Is expected to have a memj bership nearing the 20 the. close of the season. mark before I i , .. XX&UVfJV JiiArLUHlib BEER DELIVERY The Hammond Brewing company of s West Hammond has purchased a new Reliance five-ton auto truck which will be used in the future for delivery Instead of horses and wagons used heretofore. . A number of trips were made yesterday in short time. South Chicago was made in the morning and a load of 150 cases was taken there. Another trip was made to Harvey, ill., 'carrying 20 barrels, and in he afternoon Dyer, Highlands, Jtfaynard, St. John, Hessvtiie, senerervme ana urirntn were made. Another truck will be purchased' in the future, and two will be used for dray age In the Calumet " region and southern Lake county. La Vendor Crgars are pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers.'