Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 267, Hammond, Lake County, 1 May 1911 — Page 1

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150 Prospective Members for New Lake County Club Secured at a Meeting: in Hammond

At the meeting winch was held in the rooms of the Hammond University Club -last Saturday committees from Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and Crown Point reported that at least 150 members could be secured to the new Calumet country club. The chairman was ordered to enter into a lease with the Tolleston Gun Club for the club house and grounds for a period of three years. The next meeting will be held next Saturday at the club house where the final details preliminary to the oceupaton of th club house and gTounds will be arranged. The. first canvas for membership Indicates that 56 membfirs will Join 'from Gary, 46 from Hammond, 40 from East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Whiting and 12 from Crown Point. This is most encouraging and insures the success of the project. One of the best features of the plan is that th c?ub will be able to get immediate possession of the property. GETS LEASE BY CHAXfE, It Is only due to the fact that the membership of the Tolleston Gun Club PT. fifl GETS SCHOOL GONTBACT Gary - Architect Furnishes Plans for Winfield Township Job. William Parry, a Crown Point contractor, last Saturday afternoon received the contract to build the new Winfield township schoolhduse at LeKoy. , The plans were made by Architects C. E. Kend ricks of Gary and several Gary contractors presented bids for the work. The bids were as follows: William Parry, Crown Point. ... $5,857 E. H. Crowell, Crown Point..... 6,40 4 Gallagher & Williams, Gary.... 8,607 W. L. Cole, 'Gary ,. . . . . 6.775 A number of Gary contractors and material men were present at the time of the awarding of tho contract. Mr. Kendricks is also preparing plans for a new school building at Shelby, Ind., costing about $12,000. LOVED MRS. BELMONT, BUT 'TWAS IN VAIN Dr. John Jackola, who hails from Finland, fell in love with Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, wealthy leader of the suffragists. lie let the New York society reporters believe that he and Mrs. Belmont were engaged, and he sent the object of his affections a box of roses, accompanied by an ardent original poem. Mrs. Belmont didn't like the idea, and had Dr. John arrested. In court she decided to dron the rase; to the regret of the waiting throng.

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MPH has thinned out so that it is no longer prcatical to hold the organization together that the local citizens are able tosecure the grounds on such favoraTJle terms. For several years the officials of the club have been urged by various perse ns to lease the grounds for club purposes but not until the present promoters took hold of the project was it possible to secure the lease. The club house is said to be in a perfect condition of repair, the groundj are wooded and there are broad pastures that will mike an Ideal golf course. The initiation fee will be $50 and it is understood that there will be no dues for the first year. A. M. Turner of Hammond who i.i taking a great deal of interest in , the project said this morning that he would like to have Hammond people who are interested in the project communicate with him so fbat he can form something of an estimate atthe number of members who will join from Hammond. The committee which represented Hammond is composed of John E. Fitzgerald, Judge Virgil S. Reiter and A. M.. Turner. The committee from Gary consisted of Captain H. S. Norton, E. C. Simpson, and George Manlove. Captain H. S. Norton, has been the moving spirit in the project and presided over the meeting. GRAND TRUNK DEPOT DESTROYED BY FIRE Firemen Succeed Jn Saving E., J. & E. Depot, Which Was Near By. (Special to The Times.) Griffith, Ind.. May 1. The Grand Trunk, railroad lost their depot here by fire Sunday noon. Bruce Henry waj the first to discover that the building was on fire and gave the alarm. The i structure was old and burned quickly. jThe fire departent was called out and did all in their power but the flaes had ! gained too much headway to be checkled. The;? succeeded however in saving j the E. J. & E. depot which was nearby. Blaine Hutchins, the agent, was away to dinner at the time and th (Continued on Page 7.) inim nnn ni nn iltilUlIU UU1I ULUD ENJOYS VARIOUS EVENTS Spirited Contests at Sharpshooters' Park Keep Shots Busy Till Dark. A, late start prevented a final decision on two prize awards at the first tournament of the Hammond Gun club yesterday afternoon at Sharpshooters Park. The contest for the prize, consisting of an official pair of shooting glasses, donated by John E. McGarry, was continued until May 14th, when the next shoot will be held. J. C. Becker and A. E. Koepke were the only contestants in class A, and they tied the score, j-ach breaking 21 out of a possible 25. They will attempt to shoot off the tie at the next contest. E. Warnimount was an easy winner of the prize in the B class. He broke 21 out of 25, while his nearest competitor, W. B. Fenstermaker, borke 14, L. Aeby and J. Schrum each broke 13. A round of 25 shots was devoted to practice in the beginning of the tournament. Vlxltora Shoot Well. A number of visitors participated in the tournament yesterday and some of them made very good scores. Good scores were made in the regular club shoot. The standing for that event was as follows: . Shot At. Broke. J. C. Becker 50 41 W. B., Fenstermaker . 50 33 F. Hammond ....50 4 J. Schrum . . . .50 37 L. Aeby 50 36 P. Warnimont .50 44 M. Haehnel , 50 41 A. G. Koepke 50 46 Scores made bmy visitors who participated in club shoot: J. Nimetz ..........75 6!l H. L. Miller . 25 1fi W. C. Kunert. 75 80 " J.' .' Newell 25 13 H. Ewen ...23 13

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Hammond's school enumeration, just completed, shows an increase of 11 of school age. The school age takes in all from the 7th to the 21st year. Decreases were reported from the Washington and Riverside districts, but all the others reported increases. But one little colored pirbil, a girl in the Washington school, was found in the whole city. The statistics were forwarded to the county superintendent today, who in turn will send them to the state superintendent of instructiofti and on the basis of the county's enumeration, the county will be given assistance out of the state school fund. The figures for enucration are as follows: Boys.Girls.Total.Total 1910. Washington . 304 354 65S 708 Riverside 355 324 679 719 Lafayette, including Gibson fift8 613 1,221 1,184 Trying ...350 337 6S7 662 Wallace 342 24S ' 530 590 Franklin (Roby & Wilcox) 309 219 55S 484 Lincoln 3S6 388- 774 762 Riverside 355 324 679 719 Central 390 366 756 700 HIGHLANDS MAN DIES AT HIS HOI TODAY John Kooy, .Well Known Known Pioneer, Claimed By the Great Reaper. John Kooy, an old resident of Highlands, died Saturday afternoon t 1 o'clock after a long illness. The funeral will be held from the home of his eon, Jeter J. Koooy, a 1 o'clock." 'The remains will then .-! taken to the Holland German church at Munster, where services will be held at 2 o'clock. Interment will take place at the Holland cemetery at Munster In the family lot. Mr. Kooy is 63 years olct and has lived with his son, Peter Kooy, for a long time, his w;fe being dead nearly 31 years. He is an old farmer, and is well known over the northern part of the county. Peter J. Kooy runs a grocery store at Highlands and runs in connection with it the Highland postofflce. Mr. Kooy is also survived by several brothers. He has been ailing for several years, and during that time has been very feeble and in low health. A short time ago he was taken ill and was not able to leave his bed since. The deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives. GOLD WAVE HITS LAKE COOfJIV TODAY 1 Snow May Be Expected Before Tuesday Morning, Is Prediction.

Lake county people kicked off the bedclothes and made a mad dash for the nearest stove or radiator this morning, gloomily contemplating meanwhile the near-summer raiment that looked all too flimsy even for the most valiant candidate for the crown of "queen of the May." In fact, if Miss Spring was to play May queen, "father would have to get out her pony cart" that was all there was about it. For a cold wave was 'upon the city, with snow flurries a possibility, and what may be expected was Indicated last evening when the mercury, which at 7 p. m. Saturday had stood at 65 degrees, had fallen to 30 midnight. The unseasonable blizzard had reached Kansas by night and swept the northwestern part of the state with a heavy .snow storm, driven by a hi?h wind. The temperature there fell fifty-eight degrees from the Saturday high mark. , Dallas, P. I)., reported a fall of two feet of snow on the level in the last twenty-four hrturs. Heavy rain or srowstorms also -isited portions of southern Wyoming and northwestern Nebraska. ' Something of that kind was waht the weather bureau at Washington announced might be expected in the lake region today or tomorrow, while the local weather bureau made the outlook glooomier by predictlrg a northerly gale. " The cold wave was rtxpected to affect the Mississippi valley, as well as the lake region, the Ohio valley and all of New England, although it will not reach the North Atlamic coast in all probability until Wednesday. After that day, real May went her is declared probable for ae all. .". i ' '' i

SISTER OF MRS. LEITER IS DECLARED ONE OF NATION'S BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

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SALOON LICENSES HOT OP UNTIL. jlFTEflNOOli Crown Point Is Overrun! With Saloonmen Again Today. - :'.C'"-- ' - (Special to ThkTimes.) thrown Point, Ind., May 1. Crown Point is overrun with saloonkeepers from Gary, Indiana Harbor, East Chicago and Hammond as a result of the monthly meeting of the county commissioners. Most of the applicants come from Gary, for it was just a year ago that the remonstrance in Gary expired and scores of saloonkeepers from that place are now required to renew their licenses. t'p to noon today the commissioners were engrossed in other work, and did not get to the business of granting saloon licenses until afternoon. "Everything is going smoothly and It Is not expected that there will be very much excitement this time," said Auditor Johnson to a reporter for The Times, this noon. DEATH OF MISS MYRTLE TELFORD (Special to The Times.) Hobart, Ind., May 1. Myrtle, the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Telford, who has been sick for the past month owing to stomach trouble, died on Saturday night at the home of her parents, who live in the Har.per house on Lake street. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. . . JUDGE MAY QUIT BIG STEEL TRUST Judge E. II. Gary, .who has beei the head of the steel trust since ir organization, will retire soon accordIn? to a report current in New York banking circles. - It is declared he will he succeeded by a practical steelmaker. ; : " ..

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WILLIAMS? JUDGE BROWN TALKS BEFORE MINISTERS Hammond Ministerial Asso ciation Holds Gathering . in City Today. ; ; 4 ' BOTOtE ADVOCATE THERE Compares Parental With the Juvenile Court In a Fine Talk. Judge 'Willis Brown, the founder of the School Parental Court of Gary spoke of the institution at the Lake County Methodist Ministers Association in Hammond this morning. His talk was abount the theory of the court and a comparison of the Juvenile court witn the School Parental Court and an argument for the latter. He said in part: "The Juvenile court laws have been drafted after the first rule of law, that of punishment for the transgressor. The children and bought in a more humane court and are treated with consideration, they are helped and many a boy has been redeemed but the basis in punishment for an offence Every truant child taken to Crown Point is taken there on the basis that (Continued on page 8.) MIS GETS BUSY AGAIfj HA1I.0IID Subdivides Property on. the North Side and Will Put It on the Market. Joseph O. Morris, whose activities in real estate attracted a great deal of attention four years ago wlien he laid out his sub-division at the west gate of the Standard Steel Car company's plant, will at once open another office In Hammond for the purpose of selling out his new sub-division east of Columbia avenue and north of Michigan avenue. Mr. Morris has secured an office on Sibley street, next to Schmusser's paint sh6p, and will at once start a campaign for the sale of his river frontage. . The property which Morris has subdivided is high, well drained land and is ideally located with reference to the accessability from the various manufacturing concerns In the locality. Joseph O. Morris is a Chicago lawyer, who enjoys a large practice and will not give his personal attention to the sale of this new property. However, he has placed a capable man in charge of the property and hopes to make as much of a success of this subdivision as he "did with the other. The Judge Moves. Judge Ames, who formerly had offices on the third floor, room 308, In the Hammond building, will now occupy room 400 on the fourth floor. He will move his fixtures today and hope sto be settled in his new quarters tomorrow. -

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HERE TODAY Rev. Arthur W. 'Hoffman Will Be Ordained as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Hammond Tonight. The public of Hammond will have its first opportunity of witnessing the solemn and impressive ordination of a minister of , the gospel this evening, when Arthur Wilson Hoffman, the pastor-elect of the First Presbyterian church of Hammond, will be ordained and installed as the minister of the church. An adjourned meeting of the Logansport presbytery, which Includes eleven counties, was held in Hammond this afternoon for the occasion, and another public program will be carried out at the church this evening. The Rev.James Gore King McClure, DD., president of the McCormick Theological seminary of Chicago, from which Mr. Hoffman was graduated, will deliver the sermon of the evening. The presbytery feels itself honored in having this noted speaker and educator in Hammond this evening. B. M. Baligrodski, a Polish worker in the Presbyterian church at Gary, will also be ordained and possibly two or three others from the "McCormick seminary. The afternoon session opened at 2 o'clock, and was devoted to business and an examination into the qualifications of' the applicants for the ministry. A recess was taken from 5 o'clock until 6 to allow time for an hour's automobile trip through Hammond and the surrounding cities, the weather permitting. The Ladies' Aid society of the Hammond Presbyterian church have prepared a supper which they will serve at 6:15 in the church parlors for the visitors. Among the Hammond busl-.s.:c-tCQnt.lnued on Page 5.) IJEWLYWEOS TO GO TO FRjSCO BY AUTO Whiting Couples Will Make Long Honeymoon in Touring Car. ' (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., May 1. A novel honeymoon trip will be that of Mr. and Mrs. ercy Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roosevelt. Mr. and . Mrs. Hawkins, were arried here last Wednesday, the bride being Miss Myrtle Gehrke, of Whiting. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roosevelt are a young Chicago couple, win were married less than a month ago. The two couples had planned on going to California for a wedding trip, but decided they preferred no going the way most people do, by rail. An auto trip was consequently decided upon, the trip to be made by automobile. The route has been laid out and providing no mishaps take place, the trip can be made in twenty days. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt leave Chicago today, and expect to be in San Francisco by May 21st. After spending two months in San Francisco, they will return to Chicago in their Vinton car and both couple will make the Illinois city their future home. Both brides and grooms are rejoicingover their prospective good time, and promised before their departure, o keep their friends informed as to the success they are having to make their destination. FOREIGNER RUNS AMUCK East Chicago, May l.Fired by jealousy, Martin Mahillk on Saturday night fought and licked, no less than four times, Florlan Wilkei, both Lithunians. The jealousy was Inspired by the gay trappings which were worn by Wilkei at a Lithuanian dance which both attended. Mllkel wore a sword and belt with other military trappings. He was justly proud of hi3 accoutrements and Malikik looked with envy upon them. At last his jealousy was such that he could not resist taking a crack at Wilkei. Sergeant McCormick put the fighters out of the hall and Officer Nick Meyers arrested them. The ..prisoners were I landed in the East Chicago jail where Officer Harry Lewis was holding down the desk in the absence of Sergeant Mike Gorman, who was out on duty. Officer Lewis did not know how to operate the cell doors, so was obliged to turn the prisoners loose in the jail corridors. Mahilik licked Welkei three times before MikeGorman arrived to put the fighters in separate cells, the two men keeping Officer Lewis busy stopping the various fights. They will ie gJvsH a hearing today."