Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 270, Hammond, Lake County, 4 May 1911 — Page 1

COUNTY 'TIME WEATHER. UNSETTLED AND WARMER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 11 EDITION YOL. ,V., NO. 270. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAT 4, 1011. ONE CENT PEE COPY. (Back Number 3 Centa Copy.)

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Both Village and City Officials-Elect of West Hammond Are to Gather Tonight and Work Out Problems of Diplomacy.

HIGH SCHOOLS Ml

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Hammond and Whiting

Boys and Girls Enjoy Pleasant Day.

A climax in the political situation in West Hammond growing out of the

question whether the place is a village or a city will be reached this evening Thn the newly elected city officials will take 'their seats. Inasmuch as ome of the village officials are also determined to retain their seats, the

occasion will afford a grand opportun lty for tact and diplomacy. This diplo

macy may manifest itself through any avenue most opportune, and may be either a formal session by either or both bodies or a tactful withdrawal by one or the other. A "smoke out' and

lemons from a demonstrative public

are not said to be not beyond the pos slbllities for this evening. Expeet Legislative Action.

The large vote that was cast for the city officials Is given as evidence that the taxpayers of West Hammond generally believe the city form of government to be the proper one for the place, and a majority of the village

trust ees are said to be ready to lay j

down tneir ornce wimout runner opposition. John Hessler, the village president, and Tilenry Frltsche, one of the trustees, are the pillars In the village form 'of government who are strongest opposed to the city officials taking their seats this evening. K. M. Woszczynski, the mayor-elect; I. Mankowski, the clerk-elect, and John Jaranowskl, one of the aldermenelect, appeared before John Wayman, the state's attorney, yesterday In answer to a summons from him to discuss the quo warranto proceedings which are to be instituted in the near future" ag'aln's't;t6eityciffl,elals at the instigation of the village officials. They will have . another hearing next Saturday. But some definite action is to be taken by the Illinois legislature this week legalizing the incorporation of West Hammond as a village and by an amendment also making It a city, and this may have some bearing on the quo warranto proceedings.

A large delegation of Hammond and

Whiting high school students spent the day yesterday at Jackson Park. Chicago, In honor vof the recent vic

tories at the Lake county oratorical

contest. In which Hammond took first

in music and Whiting firBt In oratory. The Hammond students left here at

10:35 on a special Hammond, Whiting

& East Chicago, and the Whiting high school arrived in Chicago a little later.

. The feature of the day was that of a

nan game between ine two scnoois.

Hammond winning by a score of 16 to 6. They took In the sights of Jackson Park, and the afternoon was spent In

playing tennis and different games.

The Whiting students lunched In the park and the Hammond boys and girls

ate at nearby restaurants.

The picnic broke up at 4 o'clock, and

the young people started back to Ham mond In their special car at 4:25. Ev

ery one reported having had a jolly

time and enjoyed the day.

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LATEST NEWS

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Crown Point, Ind., May t. The

board of county commissioners assem

bled here today and took up the fifty remonstrances against Gary saloonmen's licenses. It was found that. Judge

Thorbe, one of the signer of 40 of the remonstrances, was not a legal voter In Gary and had no right to sign the

remonstrances. Hence they were all thrown out. The board will now take up the license applications In their

regular order. SHE IS BRIDE OF

MORGAN'S PARTNER

Mrs. Earts of 262 Fayette street was

seriously Injured ye.sterday afternoon

about S o'clock, wren an east-bound

Nickel Plate meat train struck her as she was walking on the right of way east of the Nickel Plate station.

She was on the right of way between

Webster-avenue and, Price place, and was walking towards home. Mrs. Barts admitted, she heard the train whistle two of three times, but did not pay any attention to It.

The engine struck her In the back

and knocked her unconscious. The

train was stopped and Emmerlings

ambulance was called, where she was

removed to St. ' Margaret's -hospital.

Passengers waiting for the 6:28 sub

urban train saw the accident, and it caused quite a commotion among them.

Dr. Kelly, who has Mrs. Barts in

charge, claimed she was badly bruised and had received severe injuries to her spine. She was not out of danger this

morning, but is resting easily. It is not known just to what extent and how serious her injuries will be.

The Nickel Plate train, which struck

Mrs. Barts, was No. 52 and was a fast

meat train. Officer Fick stated last

night that he thought the freight slacked up to twenty miles an hour when it passed the station.

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Members of the Lake County Dental

Society, thirteen in number gathered last night at the Gary hotel for heir regular monthly meeting and after the

banquet listened to an Interesting pro gram.

Dr. George Cook. Dean of Illinois

Dental School of Chicago as present

and gave an interesting and instructive

lecture on "Pathology."

Dr. J. A. Dinwiddle of Lowell a mem

ber of the State Board of Dental

Examiners was also present at the meeting. Those who were present

were:

Drs. Robert Glllls and T. E. Bell of

Hammond.

Dr. J. L. Meyers, Whiting. Dr. Esty, Tolleston. Dr. E. Jacobs, East Chicago. Dr. C. R. Barnsback, Chicago. Dr. J. A. Dinwiddle, Lowell. Drs. B. S. Gardner, G. F. Lane, R. C.

Stapfer Avery and J. H. Long, Gary

Another meeting of the society will

be held in the near future at Gary and arrangements have been made to bring

Dr J. S. Ream of Chicago who will give

a lecture In "Extraction." The date for

the next meeting has not ben decided

upon as yet.

Since John F. Kuhlman, the street commissioner caused a warning notice to be printed warding 1 the public against throwing paper, fubbish brickbats and bottles either into the garbage box or Into t alleys, the conscientious public is asking Itself and the street commissioner how. it should dispose of this undesirable material. In his notice Commissioner Kuhlman called f attention to the city ordinance No. 11. which provides for a $25 fine upon conviction for littering up the public thoroughfare. "But what are we maintaining a street cleaning department, for if we are not permitted to throw everything into the alley?" asks the public. ' Must Have Heeeptavles. ' Mr. Kuhlman's answer is that the taxpayers should use a little common sense. There are ordinances which provide that every property owner should maintain a garbage box and a separate ash can on his rear lot line, and that the garbage box Is to used only to hold the table and kitchen offal, and that the ash "can Is to be used for ashes only. Under the head of garbage or ashes are not included paper, bottles, tin cans, broken china ware, old mattresses and tree limbs, and it is in the disposition "of the latter material that the taxpayer must use his own good judgment. Under the present circumstances and rate of taxation the street cleaning department has all it can do to. cart away the garbage and ashes without assisting everybody in helping to clean out the yards and basements of the rubbish that has ac

cumulated during the winter time. Commissioner Kuhlman, In discussing the problem with a Times reporter this morning, said the warning was

not directed so much against the

small housekeeper, who now and then

throws an empty bottle or tin can into the ash can, as against the wholesale

violator of the ordinance who scatters an armful of paper broadcast into the

alley and throws his empty bottles by

the dozen iato the alley without caring

f Vhetherthey- hal on Rhe ground or

into a receptacle. He said that in a number of cases he was compelled to cart away old mattresses and tree

limbs. The paper, mattresses and tree

limbs could have been burned, he said.

and in a case where rubbish riles un

by the load, as it does In ease with

saloonkeepers who have empty bottles

the individuals themselves should hire

this stuff hauled away. He said he was

gratified, to see some of the taxpayers

do that this spring.

Taxpayers Must Co-operate.

I know of cities having a higher tax rate than Hammond where the property owners "have to pay extra for having their garbage and ashes remov

ed, let alone the rubbish." said Mr

Kuhlman. "but here in Hammond we at least try to remove the garbage

ana asnes; ana rely on the sense of

decency and order of the property own er to dispose of the. rubbish them

selves, especially- where the amount Is considerable. The whole problem

would be more readily solved if every taxpayer had his separate garbage and

ash can, and used them, burn his waste

paper, and , such other things as will

burn, and dispose of the rubbish him

self if there Is enough to warrant a

trip with the wagon.

Chicago, May 4. Twenty-five hundred brick haulers employed by the brick manufacturers in the "Chicago district,' so called, embracing parts of Indiana and Lake county, announced their intention of strking today unless the manufacturers agreed to a conference wilt the striking brickmakers. Little attempt is being made to manufacture bricic at the present time because of the trouble in the building trades, which has retarded building progress, but the brickyards are full of material and the haulers could be kept busy for two weeks longer it is asserted.

Fowler, Ind., May 4. Following h?-j

confession yesterday of killing Joseh

Kemper nearly a year ago and secretly

nterring tho body, authorities of

Fowler, Ind., will begin digging on tho

farm of John Poole in the hope of

earning the fate of a succession of

farm hands who have strangely vanish

ed from the Toole hom in the last

wenty years.

Before the Coroner's ' Wijuest yester

day Poole related to Sheriff Shackle-

on his version of Kemper's death with

the subsequent, effort to conceal the

tragedy. .

I killed him while we were rabbit

hunting," Poole said. "I was climbing

fence behind him when my shotgun

was accidentally discharged. I was afraid they would call me a murderer

f it was learned he had been killel.

So I gtt a spade and buried him quietly in the corn field where he fell."

When found the body was chopped

o pieces. Poole said he did not knov

how it had become) dismembered.

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Mexico City, May 4. On all four sides rebel forces, springing into action almost without warning, are advancing today on this city. Consternation has seized native and forntrrrk S I n t a 1 1 It a of Yn kU

of the insurrectos who threaten to assail Diaz in his capital.

Fowler, Ind., May 4. Digging for more bodies supposedly buried in the Poole "death farm," five miles from here, was begun today as soon as it was light enough to for the workers to start in. The confession of John W. Pooole that he had accidentally killed his farmhand, Joseph Kemper, whose body was found buried under carcasses of hogSr-convinced Sheriff Shackleton that the mystery of other missing employes might be solved in the same way. ,

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A temporary restraining order was

granted in the case of the Gary & Interurban railroad against the mayor.

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GOHTRAGTOB M'GLAY Chicago Men rAfe Being ' Closely Watched lay the'5 Hammond Police.

RUSE FAILS

We'll get McClay" is said to be the threat that is being circulated among sympathizers of the structural' iron workers, Ave of whom the Hammond contractor "fired" on sixty minutes' notice off the job on the Schutz buildinsr "Vesterriav fhlasm Inra..

chief of police and members of the city baiters hung around the building which

is going up on State street today, but

soon dispersed when the contractor

appeared in person, and two rlain

clothes men came on the scene.

Oscar Peterson, a steamfitter, who

was under the Influence of liquor and

in this condition persisted to make

himself obnoxious, was picked up by the police and booked on the charge of drunkenness.

Contractor McClay says he Is pre

pared for any trouble that is to be started. He said that Chicago bums had been sent out. to harass him, but when they began to show any signs of a bad disposition he promptly dis

missed him. Thus far the work has progressed

uninterruptedly, and the contractor

feels confident that he can carry it through successfully on the open shop principle.

council of Gary restraining them from

interfering with the construction of the Gary & Interurban's East First av

enue extension.

The order was granted in Judge

Lawrence Becker's court yesterday af

ternoon. It is expected that the city

officials will in turn attempt to se

cure an order restraining the road from building its extension.. For the second time the Gary & Interurban and the city f Gary will be involved In injunction proceedings. The legral-department of the city of Gary has been ih oenstant action during Knntts' administration, owing to differences the city has had with interurban lines. The final hearing on this matter is set for 1:30 p. m., on Monday, May S, in the Lake superior court at Ham-

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Ko Trede.rc& Berwtr.1 HARJE.S

PROSPECTS GOOD

FOR MILITARY CO. Returning from Kokomo, where he

attended the state convention of the

Modern Woodmen yesterday, Judge Harnett of Hammond stopped off at Indianapolis for an Interview with AdJudamt General McCoy relative to Hammond's prospects for the militory company. The adjutant general informed the Hammond man that Hammond's prospects were exceedingly good, and that

The former Mrs. Charles Gilpin,

daughter of Berwind, the Pennsylvania

coal operator, is now the wife of H,

Herman Harjes, head of the Paris banking house of Morgan, Harjes & Co.

He is also a partner in the firm of J.

Pierpont Morgan & Co. of New Tork. I another company in the state is about

Mrs. Harjes obtained a divorce from I to be mustered out and that Hammond

her first husband, Charles Gilpin, at ths can then take its place. Muncie's reend of January last. Her marriage to quest for a company was granted on the banker, who was a widower, took the ground that it had been in- the

place recently in Paris. The bride Uj field previous to Hammond

, well known in society on both sides of I . ' the Atlantic. i ARE XOV TAKING THE TIMKSr

City Attorney John Gavit of Hammond has his hands full these days. He Is having a local firm of abstractors look up the names of all of the property owners in the township outside of the corporate limits and all of the names on the remonstrance that are not the names of property owners will be striken oft. It is also understood that several persons have signed the remonstrance a number of times. These names will be taken off the list. , Preparations are

being made to fight the matter in the courts and it Is believed that with the assistance of those who favor annexation! that the remonsirance will not be held good. ' In addition to this matter City Attorney Gavit is making arrangements to look after the city's interests in the matter of the closing of Johnson street. This, case will come up for a hearing next term.

Increase Notable.

The increase in the receipts of the Hammond postofflce is still notable. It is proof of the fact that in Hammond business conditions are better than

they were a year ago. The receipts of the office for the month of April, 1910, were $G.744,52. The receipts for the month just passed were $9,581.77. an increase of $2,837.35, or over 25 per cent.

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JUDGE BARNETT

IS HONORED

At the state meeting of the Modern

Woodmen of America at Kokomo yes

terday Judge Fred Barnett of Ham

mond was chosen as one of the thirty

three delegates to the national head camp, which meets at Buffalo in ; June.

Judge Barnett went to Kokomo fts the

Lake county representative. '

1 he next state convention will be

held at Washington, Ind.

Clabby Bout Off.

' The latest report regarding the fight between Jimmy Clabby and Knockout Brown at the next stag at the H. A. A. gym, is to the effect that they will not

be matched. .

In their place Henry Burge. the

matchmaker for the "rlub. is arranging

a bout between Danny Goodman and Mickey Sheridan, both claimed to be topnotchers in the fistic game. Clabby's manager refused to sign him up on account of his sore hand, which is not entirely well.

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Creates a Diversion in the

Circuit Court.

Seventy-one days in jail, a fine of $3

which entails more than $200 . costs

was the penalty meted out to Pepko Boasich, formerly of the Gary police department, .who yesterday afternoon

was found guilty by a jury in Judge

McMalian's court. Crown Point, of as sault upon the person of a Gary attor

ney. Boasich has already served five

months in jail.

Was iary' Terror. Yesterday's verdict is the first legal punishment that the former Gary terror received since JUe came to the city two years ago. He is also under indictment along with Mayor. Knotts and other city officials and later on Boasich' will have, to appear in court to arswer charges of conspiring to murder Sheriff Thomas Grant. Itune of LanTtni, In stature Boasich. who is a Montenegran, is quite small. He is described - tContinued on page 8.)

NewYork, May 4. Tho supreme court of the United States should not be the court of last resort in matters pertaining strictly to business, in the opinion of George VW. Perkins, former

chief partner of J; Pierpont Morgan. Addressing the Finance Forum here

last night Mr, Perkins advocated the

organization of a new court, composed

of proven leaders in the business world, where commercial matters can be intelligently digested. OFbe present

supreme court, Mr. Perkins explained,

is made up of lawyers only, ABKU1 WROnTOVEfi GOUNGiL'S ATTITUDE , Charles Arkin, the West Stale street jeweler, is very much put out on account of the failure of -the city council to grant the permit for the erection of the' ornamental clock in front of his store. Arkin has a picture of the clock he proposed to erect and declares that it will not obstruct the sidewalk. He points out that a large clock is a public necessity and that this should be considered outside of its value to him as an advertisement. Arkin points to a number of other obstructions, such as livery vehicles, etc., which litter up the streets unnecessarily. He says that he has spent a great deal of money in improving West State street and intended to improve West Sibley street, but that if the city takes that sort of an attitude towards his business he thinks it shows little appreciation. ,

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New York, May 4. Lord "Bobby" Beresford who came to this country for the Lord Decies-Vivien Gould wedding, has announced his engagement to marry Mrs. Bure-Roche, daughter of the late millionaire, Frank Work. She was divorced a few months ago from the Hungarian riding master, Batonyi.

Frank Bailey Arrested. Frank Bailey was arrested yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock at the corner State and Hohman street by Officer Kunz. He was locked up at the sta

tion where ne spent tne night on a charge of drunkenness. Bailey. Is a married man, 47 years old, and gave his occupation as a machinist. This was his first offense and Chief Auetgen released him this morning.

Death of Mrs. Guyer. Mrs. Jennie F. Geyer, 168 Doty street, died last night at her home at 10 -o'clock .after a 'short Illness. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday , afternoon at " o'clock. The Rev. A. W. . Hoffman . of the Presbyterian church will officiate during

the services. Interment will take place

at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Geyer is survived by a husband, I. B. Geyer, two children and H her

mother, Mrs. Klizabeth Sherwood, who

iias made her home with her daughter Mrs. Geyer's husband, I. IS. Geyer, has a large circle of friends In Hammond and Is employed at Hegewisch. He formerly was employed at the Standard Steel Car Works. Mrs. Geyer is 27 years old, and has lived In Hammond for the past five years and moved here from Pennsyl

vania. Her many mends will mourn

the news of her death.

MRS. BATONYI WILL

LOSE $15,000,000.

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A FEW DIMES FOK CAR FARE OR POSTAGE IF YOU'RE ANSWERING ADS. A FEW DIMES FOR TOUR OWN "WANT," IF TOITRE ADVERTISING IN THE TIMES AND THR USUAL RESULT IS A JOB!

Stick by Original Schedule. Owing to some conflict In the baseball schedule for the Northern Indiana league, the directors have agreed to adhere to the original schedule for next Sunday and at a meeting called for that purpose go over the subject once more with idea of re-arranging the schedule. Accordingly the schedule for next Sunday Is as follows: East Chicago at Whiting. Gary at Indiana Harbor, and Crown Point at

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New York, May 4. There will be no contest over the will of late Frank Work, millionaire horseman. His two daughters, Mrs. Uurke-Roche-Balonj 1 and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt hava agreed to disregard the terms of the will , and the fifteen million dollar fortune will now go to Mrs. Hewitt. Mrs. Batoyni was disinherited becausa of her marital escapades. -

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