Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 20 May 1911 — Page 1

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Election Contest to Come Up in Lake Circuit Court Cothery Will Let Courts Take Their Course; Knotts Will Help Unseat Clerk. Efforts are now being made to tin sat City Clerk Harry L. Moose of Gary from office because of his action in fll ingr the affidavit agrainst Mayor Knotts charging him with embezzling $2,000 1b fees he collected while acting as city judge. -. J It is now declared by those who are attempting to unseat Clerk Moose In favor f Joseph II. Cothery, the republican candidate, that evidence can be produced that Moose did not win out over Cothery. It will be remembered that when the official figures came in It was found that Moose had won over Cothery by one vote. A recount was taken. Which showed Moose had a ma jority of three votes. The court then appointed T. W. Englehart. Dr. Prank Smith and E. M Thomas to recount the vote, and It was found that Cothery was eelcted by four votes. The case is now pending in the circuit court at Crown Point before Judgft McMahan and it is likely it will (Continued on Page 7.) W. W. Thomas of the Simplex Rail way Aj3IAnce company stated today that while the feeling regarding the business .outlook is a great deal bet ter, that as yet there are no actual re? ults. He expects that by early next fall there will be a. decided improve ment in the industrial outlook. While the Simplex recently received an order for 1.200 bolsters, Mr. Thomas says that this Is not a drop In the bucket. Only until the orders begin to come in at the rate of 3,000 at a time will there be reason for great optimism. One of the 'industries which has served to maintain a good business activity In Hammond while the steel business Is at a standstill is the Hirsh-Stein Co. In West Hammond. Judge Green said today: "This plant Is working a day and a night shift, and we people over in West Hammond believe It is one of the best industries In the United States." REALTY MARKET. Real estate actvlty during the past week has not been very noticeable. The week might be characterized as one of preparation. Gostlln, Meyn & Co. are preparing to put their north side property on the market, and have asked for the paving and improvement of Henry street. Joseph O. Morris is making great preparations for pushing the sale of his Morris park addition. These are the principal real estate developments of the week. Brilliant 15-Year-Old, Champion Declaimer In N. I. Contest. v 1 y it William Arnold, Hammond.

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Walter Mason Taken Back

to Face Judge in Mankato, Minn. Walter R. Mason, who was arrest ed here for grand larceny, committed at Mankota, Minn., was taken back yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Anton Olson of that place. Word from Mankota reveals the fact that the woman, Anna Cole, whom Ma son was going to marry, caused his arrest. She claimed that the check in his possession belonged to her, and when she cashed part of it for $150, she gave It to him and he skipped with the money. Mason later telephoned for her to send him $100' more. Mason came, to Hammond, where he was waiting fox a box of freight, which is thought he fntended disposing of in Hammond. Authorities from Mankota claim Mason is wanted on other charges and -that he will be tried at Mankota. Gary Commercial Club at Meeting Last Night Refuses to Consider Carr's Resolution Condemning Mayor T. E. Knotts. - The Gary Commercial club last-night unanimously adopted the report of Its special franchise committee, and In doing so it went on record as administer ing a direct rebuke to Mayor Knotts and the councllmen who rushed through the council the fifty year Geist fran chise. Calls Knotts Crasy Kuiim. At the same meeting Mayor Knotts was made the subject of a stinging and denunciatory speech on the part of At-, toroey W. F. Hodges, who exclaimed during., his utterances: "The trouble with Gary is that it has a crazy engineer at the throttle, who rushes by and says To hell!" with the danger signals." Why Report Was Blade. Although, as President Norton explained, the Commercial club franchise (Continued on Page 7.) WEST HAMMOND BILL DEFEATED CAPITOL Legality of City Must Now Be Decided in Cook County Courts. Information in "West Hammond today relative the fate of the O'Rourke bill legalising West Hammond as a city was meager today. The only basis for Information were the Springfield reports about the bills passed by the legislature which adjourned last night. The fact that the "West Hammond bill did not appear among the "bills passed" leads to the conclusion that it failed. This is not surprising. The defeat of the bill is a victory for the village faction, which is still contesting the seats of newly elected mayor and his board of aldermen. The battle between the two factions does not end there. The passage of the bill would have expedited matters in favor of the city faction, but now that it has failed the question of the legality of the city election will have to be thrashed out in the courts in quo warranto proceedings. Death of Mrs. Lynch. Mrs. W. F. Lynch, aged 34, 222 Pine street, died yesterdsy afternoon at her home, her death having ben due'to tuberculosis. She has been lingering for a long time, and during the past two months she was practically helpless. The funeral has been arranged for Sunday afternoon. Services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Lynch is survived by a widower and four children, the oldest of which is 16 years. Her untimely death is cause for deep regret among 'many friends and expressions of sympathy for the bereaved family. If you are a Judge of quality try a La Vendor Cigar. THERE IS ALWAYS A "BEST PLACE" TO BUY. TIMES' ADS TELL YOC WHERE.

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Senator Edgar T. Crawford. Republican; Representative A. Clark Lowry. Republican, and Representative Owen J. Evans, Democrat, are the latest Ohio Assemblymen to be indicted at Columbus for soliciting tribes.

DECISION IS EXPECTED TO BRING OUT HOT

Attitude of Board of Education of Hammond Is Eagerly Watched by Conflicting Factions Excerpts Are Given From Findings of Special Judge Pattee in the Lake County Circuit Court at Crown Point.

Now that the citizen's committe has won Its fight in the courts the next matter of interest in connection ,with the effort of the school board to build a manual training school is whether or not the school board will Join with Caldwell and Drake In an appeal to the upper courts. It is understood that at least one member of the school board, and possibly two, think that enough of the school cities money has already been spent In fighting Caldwell & Drake's battle and that now that the board has showed its good faith so far In protecting the contractor to whom the Job was let, it is time to lay down. This Is likely to be the burning Issue at the next meeting of the board of education. If the appeal is taken the fact will be pointed out that it will take two years before a decision can be reached and the building built. If the board readvertises now the school can b built within a year. It is expected that there will be some hot debates on this question. The following are important excerpts from the Judge's decision: On School Indebtednea. "The aggregate cost of the building Is $214,8X1.00, amount yet unpaid on axchitectTs contract $4,297.00. bonded PURTELLE DECLINES TO STAYA DEAD ONE Traction Promoter Trying Hard to Get People Together Again. If Eugene Purtelle is a dead one it Is evident that he does not recognize the fact himself. He actually called a meeting of the stockholders of the Northwestern Indiana Traction company at the courthouse at Rensselaer for the purpose of taking up matters regarding the proposed line. Thero were less than a dozen people at the meeting and those who were there were skeptical. He wanted to secure a certain amount of a right-of-way for his line. The president of the Commercial club decided to sound out the people of Rensselaer with the idea of determining whether or not any more assistance shall be given Purtelle. However, the erstwhile promoter seems to be discredited even in the eyes of the papers which formerly boosted him. GOES TO GARY. Clement Goyke of Hammond, whose piano playing at the Gem theater has been one of the standing features of that place, has given up his position there to take a similar one at the Orpheum theater in Gary. His brother, Paul, who is . also a pianist, wills succeed him at the Gem theater. Prior to this change 'Paul was employed in the Idle Hour in Hamnoil-. .

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debt of city, $95,000.00 and the cost of removal of the Central school building $27,900.00 which will make the ' aggregate debt to be met by the defendant school city $$24,063.00. "The available resources are cash, $33,855.00, If bonds could be legally issued the additional sum of bonds to bo Issued and sold of $S1, 359.00, the real estate. If It could be counted in the trade. Is valued at $144,300.00, which would make the total resources, assuming that they could all be counted upon, $259,514.00. "The valuation of the taxables is $S,667,950.00 and 2 per cent of this Is $173,359.00 which represents the maximum amount of debt the school city can incur. Deducting $95,000, its existing bonded debt, and It leaves the limit of the new indebtedness that can be contracted $78,359.00. On Que-wtloa of Xotlre. "In other words by letting the con tract before giving the notice would put the school board In the position where It would have to issue the bonds where it did not have already means with which to build regardless of any consideration which might be due the subject when the matter would come up for consideration after giving the (Continued on Page 6.) FLYER FLIPS STONE. IIEARLHILLS MAN Unusual Accident Happens on Grand Trunk Near Griffith Yesterday. , (Special to The Times.) Griffith, Ind., May 20. What might have been a fatal accident occurred yesterday morning when Nicholas Austgen was struck by a stone hurled by the early Grand Trunk fast train. Mr. Austgen is section foreman, and about 6 o'clock yesterday morning he was standing near the place where the G. T. crosses the Michigan Central tracks when No. 14 came through at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Stones were sent flying in all directions and one of., considerable size struck Mr. Austgen on the side of the face only an inch below the eye, cutting an ugly gash and staggering him for an instant. He considers himself lucky that It did not strike him in the eye or on the temple. Game Is Called Off. The baseball game between the city officials and the bankers this afternoon was postponed on account of the rain. The game will be played next Saturday afternoon at the H. A. A. park. Instead of having a running race between John Kamradt of Whiting and Charley Jewett. superintendent of the water works, they will probably have a long distance swim. John says he can swim better than he can run.

About People Some Chats With folks On Things of Interest MAYOR JOHN SMALLEY wore the smile that won't come off this afternoon. He had promised to pitch in the proposed game for the city hall terrors and had prayed for rain for two days in order that he would not be compelled to show how badly his left wing had gone back. At least so the other side says. SUPT. C. M. M'DANIELS af the city schools is looking forward to the time when he can have a few acres on the outskirts of Hammond and get real close to nature when he isn't busy keeping up the reputation of the Hammond city &chools as the best In the state. "I want to have some real estate just south of Hammond," says Mr. McDanlels, ' "where I can have a cow and some chickens and raise a few potatoes." ' CHARLES H. FREDERICHS is the happiest man in town. Of course, he feels that the circuit' court decision in the school board matters vindicated the position he took from the outset and not even a victory of the Sox can make, the genial insurance agent push out his chest any more than the citizen's committee victory. DR." II. C. GROIIAX believes that Hohman street, south of Sibley, is destined to. be the main business part of Hammond and declares that in a few years business blocks will be built In numbers south of that thoroughfare. In 'speaking of the probability of St. Joseph's parish building a church onHohman street. Dr. Groman believes that the site proposed is entirely too valuable and says that the location would, if used for other purposes, bring in a splendid income. DAVE EMERY, one of Hammond's young men of affairs, wants to go fishing, 'and being the hardest worker in Hammond, can't find the opportunity. Every time Day? gets his reel oiled up and a supply of bait dug something happens to prevent. To make matters worse somebody is continually telling him how well the pickerel are biting hither or thither and it is a pretty good testimonial to Dave's urbanity when he refuses to even get irritated. TRACK MEET TODAY. Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting high school field and track teams we,J"e scheduled to meet In a triangular contest at Harrison park in Hammond this afternoon. " Gavlt and Taylor, Hammond star men, are at Terre Haute attending the state meet. The annual county meet will be held at Crown Point next Saturday. . . Armstrong Improving. Robert Armstrong of Carroll street, who is at "St.. Margaret's hospital where he underwent an operation for appendicitis, is reported. to be Improving nicely. . His friends believe that he has passed the danger point In his illness. U you smoke a La Vendor once Will always call for them. yon

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Alderman and Clerk of Courts Among Victims. Accident Occurs Near "Death Curve" In Cit Last Night

fcEASO.N'S AUTO ACCIDENTS IN REGI03I nJIRF.D IN' REGION SI Al'TOS WRECKED IS An automobile accident in. which fatalities were narrowly averted, occurred at two o'clock this mornng on Sheffield avenue in Hammond when Irving Betz, son of Frank S. Betz, who was driving south in his machine with three passengers, struck a buggy going in the ame direction. The horse and buggy are the property of Burt Wells the Hammond liveryman, whose drver, "Teddy" Haehnel, was on his way home from a South Chicago trip. The injured are: IRVING BETZ, bruised and scratch ed about the face, head and arms. HENRY WHITAKER, ligaments in left arm torn, and bruised and scratched. CARL AMES, ankle dislocated, slight scalp wound, and other bruises. FRANKLIN BLACKMUN. scratched and bruised about the face, head and body. E SPREADING Five additional cases of scarlet fever have been reported within the past three days to W. D. Weis, secretary of the board of health. The disease claimed one victim this week in the death of Arthur Brueckner, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brueckner of 10 Rus- j sell street, and altogether there are now about twenty-two patients in the city. The latest to be reported are: Hart McLean and his brother Thomas; Jas. Mathews, 517 One Hundred and Fiftieth steret; Dora Brandenburg, 812 Columet avenue, and Mary Hansen, 4S3 Hoffman street. WE OF Caylos A. Kenny Gets Patent on New Machine at Washington. That the city of Hammond is the ; home of a great many inventors is shown by the fact that new names are being added to the list every day. Tne 1 latest Hammond man to be granted a The charter is Charles A. Kenney. points upon which the patent was granted are described as follows: A machine of the class described in cluding a portable structure, a scraping blade carried thereby, means for ad justing the blade vertically, adjustable side members and means connected to , said members for shifting the blade lat- 1

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A filling machine including laterally ' ana has been abandoned by the capiadjustable side members, a scraping talists who have had drlllB Working blade interposed there between, means jn Laporte County. One drill wa3 for shifting said blade vertically, and I . . . - , nnn r . . j . u m Lw sent to a depth of nearly 2,000 feet, means connected to the side members for shifting the blade laterally. j without finding trace of either oil or A filling machine including laterally. gas. It is figured that $10,000 has adjustable side members, means for been expended in experimeataj wells

holding them against movement toward each other, a guide beam mounted for , vertical movably connected to said beam mounted for vertical and lateral' swinging movement, a scraping ele- j ment movably connected to said beam and interposed between the side members, means for shifting said scraping element vertically, and separate means ' for shifting the element laterally toward either of the side members. - Case Is Dismissed. The state case vs. Frank Vachta was tried in Judge Ames' court yesterday and the case was dismissed. Mrs. Fink, complaining witness in the case, charged Vachta with assault and battery. ARE YOC TaKIXG TBK XlMESt

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THEODORE HAEHNEL, bruised about the body. VA LIT ABLE DIAMOND LOST. In the accident Irving Beti lost a three carat diamond valued at six hundred dollars, hich belonged to his mother. It was set In a ring and stripped from its setting In tlvs smash up. The collision occurred within a short distance where the Peter Ripley fatali-l ty too place last year. "I did not notice the mnohlne, until it was too late to turn out," sold Haehnel this morning In speaking of the accident. I don't know how fast Betz was driving, but it seemed to ine I was thrown at least twerty-five feet. I'm surprised that I'm not injured move than I really am." Irving Eets who design-id ! the machine himself, which figured In the collision said: - "I'm positive we were noV SoinS more than twenty-five miles .an , hour when I first noticed the rig -fifty feet ahead of me. :i had' but two oil lamps on my machine, and owing to tbe bad roads was following the street car tracks. The rjg was on the west half of the street with the left wheels run ning on the inside of the wrst car rails. I shut down my machine immediately upon noticing the buggy ahead -of me. and I am sure we were not ioing twenty-five ; miles when ' the collision occurred. The accident might have been avoided for all that, but my narrow tires skidded on th rails in turning to (Continued on Pagt 7.) LATEST NEWS MRS. TATT BETTER. . . Washington, D. C, May 20. Mrs. Taft so far recovered from her-attack of nervous trouble last niijht that it was announced it would te unnecessary for- her to go to Hot Springs. Va., or to Beverly to recuperate. She probably will remain in the .White House, avoiding all social duties and seeing only a few closa friends for a month. By that tima she may be ready to go to Beverly. Miss Helen Taft will prewde at the White House functions for tlue present. 2-CENT FARE LAW HIT. Washington, May 20 The Indiana 2-cent fare law was' H dealt a smashing blow by the Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday. In a decision acecting equally too operation of the 2-cent fare statutes of Indiana, Illinois,, Ohio fcnd Michigan ' the Interstate Commerce oCmmisslon renedred it impossible for passengers traveling across these states, or any two of them, to buy through tickets at a cost of 2 cents a. mile, but requires the pawsenger to pay the higher charge fixed by the railroads for through passengers. In other words, the Indiana 2-cent fare I law is made entirely nopcrative by ' the commisson '8 decree, in so far e. it might otherwise have my applij cation to intertaterstate passenger iitu.es. t GIVE UP EFFORTS, Laporte, Ind., May 20.--Th effort to find oil or gas in Northern Indiin this county. WHAT AGAIN t Laporte, Ind., May 20. Indiana Democratic leaders are planning to start a movement, national in character ,to place Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana before the people and the country as a candidate for the nomination for President. The movement will be given form at a meeting of t,he Governor's friends to be held in Indianapols, and following this conference an organization will be attempted which Mill reach, every state in the Union.