Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 10 July 1911 — Page 1
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HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1911,
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GARY TO SEE WONDERFUL EXPANSION REST OF YEAR
Opening of New Districts, Three Streets of Second Subdivision to be put on MarkesNew Business and Residential Centers are to be Opened Up.
The last part of this year will witness
a wonderful expansion In the. northwest part of Gary both In residential and business expansion. Included in the improvements , to be made by the United States Steel corporation are: Formal opening of the Gary Land company's urw iffoud subdivision by placing three residential targets on the market. Oeevpanry of live other streets ear the American Bridge eoiapany plant by 1500 people from Kastera Pennsylvania. Crentlon of two nevr small business renters on Fifth avenue, one ear Arabridge street and the other ear the tin plate mills. Rapid transformation of the wilderness part of the second subdivision into twenty-seven, streets nd the completion of a Quarter of million dollar sewer extension. Opening of a new district that will have 10,000 population before
three years has elapsed. Three Street On Market. Nearly ail of the land company lots in the west part of the first subdivision have been sold and have been built upon.
Within a few weeks the three streets of the second subdivision west of Fillmore street wll be placed on the market. All street, sidewalk, gas. and
water improvements will be made by the steel corporation with the result that the purchaser win not bo burdened by assessments. Accordin to Property Agent II. S. Norton these streets will be equally as
HOID TRIEST01L
Indiana Harbor Man Principal in What Might Have
Been Terrible Tragedy)
Because Wife Would Not'
Give Him Both Children.
VNK CENT PER COPY.
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WomenWhose Alleged Efforts to KiUHifli
Are JJescribedmCourt fey W. E D. Stok
The
(Special to Thb Times,) Indiana Harbor, Ind., July 9.
tragedy of separation between a man and his wife, led to a shooting Saturday afternoon, in which fortunately no one was injured, but the perpetrator of the attempted crime is now behind the bars awaiting trial on a charge of attempt to commit murder.
Peter Meiter is the man who did the
near
SWIMMING liJ CALUMET RIVER COSTS LAD LIFE Cecil Broadstreet of Miller Poisoned by Water in
Filthy River.
shooting and his wife who lives with
fine as Van Buren. Harrison or othw I her tw0 cnildren, a boy and a girl, was
residential thoroughfares of ih. -., tne victim toward whom the shots were
Welter had Just reached Indiana Harbor from St. Louis, and learning that his wife was to be found at the Cedar street address, started for the house. On reaching there he said he had come for the children whom he proposed taking with him. His wife agreed to allow him to take the boy if he would
.-.o w,j Km wnn ner. .nieiter wast
not satisfied with this arrangement and declared he would take both. To this
subdivision
Two New Business Centers, Now approaching completion
-iartc are the American Bridge company's 236 houses beln built at a cost of I750.00Q. By the late fall these home
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Cecil Broads'treet. 17 yesra; old, ' ts dead at : hia.-'home in" Miller as a re-, suit of swallowing contaminated water while swimming in the polluted Grand Calumet river several days ago. Toung Broadstreet is the son of Mr.
ana Mrs. John Broadstreet of Michigan street. Following his return from the swimming trip he was attacked with a swelling of the throat, which later attacked his stomach. Blame for his death is laid upon contaminated water, which. It is believed, he swallowed.
POURS HOT SHOT INTO
THE SALOONKEEPER!
West Hammond Man At
tempts to Double -Cross Miss Brooks. 4
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OVERCOME BY HEAT
Tom
(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, July 10. Mrs.
Williams of Olcott avenue w
Saturday's heat victims.
ilams was crossing the street in front! of the Cohen building when suddenly!
ane was seen to stagger and fail.
A party of West Hanvrnood taxpayer
ligtmug. me-nign special as
sessments on One Hundred and FlftV0fth place and street went'to Chicago
euny mis morning undecided Whether
they would accept the compromise of
fered by the contractors or not. This was to the fact that Miss Virginia Brooks, who had called a mass meeting for White Eagle hall. West Hammond, last night, to discuss the compromise, failed to be at the meeting. She had spent the week end at a Wisconsin summer resort and, owing to an automobile breakdown. ' was unavoidably detained on her return trip last night. The taxpayers gathered at the hall last night, however, and discussed the question pro and con. but could not A.
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Hammond People Who Want to Use Bathhouse at
Lake Front Park Unable to Do So; Outsiders Get
the Benefits.
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. , " icuciva me last evidence-to show whether JJ-r" ZVltZ f .UrA.C?"rai to the grand Try on
letters th. v : ""'" " V:-atOKea t'. hotel man. and without these
that twv .ht . l k se ,s t,ad,y handicapped. , They admit ,M " , ' 1 deC,are that the ci-stance3 which the letters would reveal were such as to make the shooting JUBtlfiM
Those who hurried to her side found against Ttself The0 that she had fainted and she was car- llTZTxiJLt W ried into Schlieker's drug store, where1, ; " was Vincent i
Dr. Hale administered restoratives and ' she was revived. She was later taken
give exact figures.
VIn--iit Wtrkns Denounced. For a time it appeared as if th tar.
i payers were like a house, as riev-Mo.i
an to confuse the
rkus, a saloon
keeper, who It appears held a mass meeting in the afternoon, at which he
to her home, nicely.
where she is now doing
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attempted to create sentiment against Miss" Brooks. Mr. Brooks, who was in the meeting, publicly called him to account for the action which she set down as trickery. "Did Virginia Brooks ever trick you or any of her West Hammond friends?" she asked. His silence answered the question in Miss Brooks' favor, and Mrs. Mrs.; Brooks then turned to the audience and said: "Men, the man who would trick Virginia Broooks would also trick you." The shot went home and Wirkus had nothing more to say for the evening. The hearing on the assessments had been continued by Judge Owen of the Cook county court until today.
GEN. W. H.-BIXBY The official report of Gen. V7. H. Bixby, chief ot enslneers. U. S. A, after personal inspection ot the battleship Maine, will be that three magazines exploded aboard the ahln without any prerious explosion out-
SHRINERS LEAVE ON TRIP About fifty of the members of Orak
snrine and their friends left Hammond
jcjieraay ror Rochester. N. Y. and points east. It was a gay throng that
lert this city yesterday and they aj out for the time of their lives.
jonn w. Morthlund purchaed the
tickets for the members qf the patrol whose expenses are to be paid by the proceeds of a number of dances that were given last fall. Last Saturday night the patrol and band of Orak shrine gave an exhibition drill in front of Harrison park for the edification of the friends of the organisation and those who saw the performance have high hopes that the local organization will be able to secure some of the prizes for the competitive drills.
Clash Over Fixtures. For a short time last Saturday the Gary buffet on Sibley street in Hammond did little business, this having been due to the fact that Jim Smith agfent for the Evansvilie " Breweiv.
whoso beer the Gary buffet was selling
naiu uruerea aij tne fixtures in place belonging to the brewery.
movea. Fred Sommers the .proprietor of thA
place at once supplied the fixtures with some furnished him by the Independent
brewery company. The trouble be-
" proprietor ana the agent I arose when the former refused to sell the product of the Kvansville -Brewery, i
fo impressed are the property own
ers on fc.ast State strfet, east of Oakley
avenue, with the fact that the bus!
fireeis oi Hammond are not wide
enough and that the widening of State street would attract business in that started to make State street, east of
Oakley avenue, eighteen feet widf-r.
The more progressive of these prnn
. "cis are convinced that two
things are necessary to induce business
iu bu eastward on State street. One
is the widening of the street and the
other is the opening of Sohl street through to the north side.
If these two things are accomplished
they are convinced that the next hie-
Jump in the business district will be to Sohl street and then It will event
ually extend to Calumet avenue, where
an outlaying business district is now in the preocess of formation. The plan is to have the city condemn 18 feet on the south side of the street, for the lots on the south side are IS feet deeper than those on the north side, and then require the builders of business block to kep back to this elln. This would make it possible for the owners to build 15-foot sidewalks and would make an exceedingly attractive street. It would be so attractive, in
iact. tnat it is believed that it would rapidly develop as business property and the owners would profit splendidly as a result. At the present time there is nothing to attract business eastward on State street. After leaving Oakley avenue there is not another through street until Calumet avenue is reached. That Is
" " "usmess naits at Oakley avenue. There are a few brick buildings that
would have to be moved back or would have to be cut off in the front, but the cost could be assessed against the whole
property so that the individual proper
ty owners would not be required to pay
neavy oamagos. George Dobln is one of the sponsors of this plan, and says that he will shoulder his part of the ex
pense. It Is now out of the question to widen State street, west of Oakley avenue, for the reason that the cost would be prohibitive, but if the bull is taken by the horns It is believed that the widening can be done east of this street. State street will have to be paved sooner or later, and it Is thought that the widening of the street ought to be done before any permanent improve
ments are made.
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ACTIVITY
Indiana Republicans Find Plenty of "Tilings Stir- ' ring" in Aftermath of the
President's Usit: Still
Carry Chips on Shoulders.
Various building activities in Ham mond are moving forward sat. sfactori nil J i . - ..
" epue or tne warm weather. All of the materials for the Schutz theater
DUiiaing are on hand and the rranit
in the front of the building is being set. ers anV how. The bathhouse keeper do
Thousands of Hammond and Whiting
citizens sought refuge from the heat
yesterday by Journeying to their respective lake front parks. What a
Godsend these parks are is appreciated by those who leave the city and spend
the afternoon at one of them
Yesterday afternoon Hammond's lake
front park was crowded with visitors.
It Is estimated that there were 2,000 or
3,000 people there all the. time and dur
ing the day at least 5,000 people visited
the place.
The Whiting park is newer and the lack of shade makes it less Inviting, but when the trees grow to proper size
it is expected that the Whitins- n.rk
will be the most popular. However.
there were hundreds of people at this
park during the day
The bathhouse and toilet facilities at
the Whiting park are far superior to those at the Hammond park. In fact.
mere is serious complaint because of
the inadequacy of the comfort stations on Hammond's lake front.
Must Find Remedy. That condition at the lake front bath
htouse must be remedied is Imperative. There is a dire lack of accommodation, and the primary cause for this is to be
found In the fact that there is a lax
discipline In the use of the bathhouse. If the rule that no ope, especially on big .days, be permitted to be .In the water, for more, than an hour at the
time woul4.be atrlcUy nfereed the pr-
waning condition would soon bo remedied. As It Is bathers who violate this ruleryLAS, Jesuit .antbjijeiothea
checking baskets are in use thus pre
venting the new comers to get a chance to change their clothes. More baskets
are needed, and an order for fifty addi
tional ones has been sent In three
weeks ago, but they have not yet ar
rived.
More Ilencbes Needed. People who are not residents of Ham
mond seemingly compose the largest patronage and Hammond people are
forced to stand back. It has been suggested that non-residents be barred, but thi3 procedure appears doubtful, as it is very likely It would not bar outsid-
LATEST NEWS
FOUR FIGHT OVER GIRL. Sturgeon, Mo., July 10. In a fight over two girls between Frank and Melvin White and John Spence and Jabe Wade, at the town of Rlggs, seven miles Bouth of here, Saturday night, both the White boys were mortally wounded, Frank dying Sunday, accordingto word received here. His brother was expected to live only a few hours. BALLOONS START IN RACE. Kansas City, Mo, July 10. Seven
giant balloons, piloted by widely known
American aeronauts, today tug at their moorings in the aviation fioi
along the Missouri river here and
await the starting signal In the national balloon race, At 4 o'clock-this afternoon, or as soon thereafter as atmospheric conditions will permit, the starter, A. B. Lambert, president of
the St Louis Aero club, will offlcially release the first struggling air crafts. .
KILLED NEAR 100TH BIRTHDAY.
Marsnalltown, la., July 10. On the
eve of his 100th birthday, Isaac W. Harrison is dead here from heat prostration. A son, William O. Harrison,
and a daughter, Miss Elizabeth Harrison, live at 2310 West Madison street, Chicago.
TOO HOT; KILLS HIMSELF. South Bend. Ind.. July 10. An uni
dentified man, after complaining of the heat, committed suicide by wading into
the St. Joe river here. The police are
dragging the river for the body.
HANSEMAN WEDS
WOMAN Adolph Hanseman, who was arrested
on charges preferred bv Mrs Tur.
Bayor of GaTy about two weeks ago.
settled their difficulties last night by
Being married m Chicago at 10 o'clock.
Hanseman. was employed " at - the
Crown Poinf Jail as turnkey," where he
Has held that position for thej:c.st s ixteen year. ard m-an VitinmVtni i.? ' "
i."" ..V. " .. ;- vr,-- . - Known as "Herman." ... .
The couple were la Hammoy thi orning where theciiarge- in 3 T,',,, '
FreairBrriirt was diemrS1: ifiS nt.
t s.uuw wnera he would make his future-home. -
TIMES BIREA I",
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 0. Strange as
it may seem, some of the Republican writers of the state have been dilliirent-
ly spreading the gossip during the last few days that the visit of President
Taft to Indiana the first of last week, sowed plainly that what is known as the "old guard"? is planning to gobble up the state organization of the party and run it to suit themselves. It Is noticeable, too, that there is more of this kind of 'comment indulged -in by
the Republican newspapers than bV the Democratic sheets in the state, althouu one would naturally expect the opposition papers to do most of this class of talking. Those Republicans who are writing and . publishing this kind of comment have based their comment on the fact that at the social and private runction which were attended by the President
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the re-
Plant Runs at Capacity. Tho HTnmond Brewing company of West mnrnorrt Is doing a rushing business acrorinjr to Its manager Fred S. Carter. The plant is daily running full capacity .and not infrequently it is necessary to brew at night. The product of the plans Is steadily growing in popularity and new customers are spring up right along.
ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ADVERTISE IX THE TIMES WHETHER IT PAYS OR NOT. IP THE V SAY IT DOESN'T. DOST ADVFRTISK.
SOUTH SENDS LIVE WIRE TO CAPITAL
-.. Bun ine icrra cotta trimmings
iias Degun. -
J- Kutrs new mercantile building is rising rapidly. The walls are going up and the stone trimmlnza on th
front walls are being put In place. The great size of this building is beginning
10 De appreciated.
The Groman-Muenich building is pro-
progressing satisfactorily. When the workingmen began to learn how to handle the moulds for the reinforced
concrete work in this building they
were able to work considerably faster. i ......
Juott s flat and store building
near tne corner of Sibley street and Oakley avenue is nearirig completion.
"i5 Duuamg has been rented satis
factorily and indicates the demand for store rooms in desirable locations. The roof is balng put on the Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law and it will be rushed to completion. The sale
or stock in this company has gfessed satisfactorily.
The Dietrich building, on Calumet avenue, will be under rooof shortly. In Homewood the building activity is marked. The residence of Judge Virgil S. Relter is rising rapidly. Harrv E.
Deakin's flats are about completed.
. Jebnston's residence, which , is to be built of tile, is past the foundation, stage. Max Klein's residence Is
nearly completed and work on J - W
Callahan's residence is progressing satisfactorily. Frank AVarman plan's a cottage on Highland street. Ben Brocker of the F. S? Betz Co. is buyding a handsome double house in Homewood. This building is rising rapidly and will be ready for occupancy this fall.
not know everybody In Hammond per
sonally and it would be hard for him to
draw the line without discrlminatin
against the Hammond people. There
is no fault to be found with the visitor
as to their behavior outside of the fact
that they occupy the dressing room an
the check baskets too long. Two park
policemen are ont duty day and nigh
and they are maintaining good order.
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ftlOTORCYCLISTS
HAVLHARD LUCK
Crown Point Squire Fines
Them After Accident for Not Being "Lit Up."
WATCH YOUR TOMATOES TIMES BlRE.tr, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind., July 10. Gov.
Marshall today . received from Harrnr
M. Cook of Avondale. Penn. some
. tomatoos on which was the governor's
(name and looks as if it had ben work- ' A Inin . . a . a i . .. . -
io luiimioes wnn some Kina ot fibre. Cook says that this Indicates the nomination of Marshall for President. He says he predicted Taft's nomination through markings on tomatoes.
One of the new Congressmen in the House of Representatives who looks like a live wire is H. D. Stephens, of Mississippi. He gives promise of becoming one of the most active legislators at Washington
Return From Trip. Irving and Frank Betz have both returned from their trip to California. They both report a most enjoyable time but are glad to be back among their old friends again. . y
WHY ARB READER?
YOU NOT A TIMES
(Special to The Times.)
rown Point, Ind.. July 0. Mr. Fred
Thompson and male companion left Crown Point yesterday with anything
nut a favorable opinion of Its Justice
courts and the way law is dispersed ot
the county seat. Thompson who gives his address as 14 S. Paulina street, Chi
cago, was arrested on Saturday evenin
aDom nine o'clock by night officer
Metzler charged with breaking the state
law regulating the use of lights on vehicles after dark. Tnompson and his
companion made the run from Chicago, their destination being Cedar Lake.
where they had friends camping. The two got as far as Bever Dam when thty struck the loose stone on the road and
both were pitched to the road, Thomp
son sustaining an ugly cut on his left
forearm an- other bruises about the
body. He claimed that the accident put the motorcycle headlight, with which the machine was equipped, out of commission, and that his endeavors to light
same were without aarL me two impaired the damages to themselves and machine as best they could and made the run to Crown Point where they am Into worse luck. They were taken before Justice of the Peace Atkins where Thompson plead guilty to the charge and was fined 25 cents and costs amounting to something near seven dollars. Both were well appearing young men and are said to be well connected in Chicago. Many think that under the circumstances a- stiff reprimand would have been, more io the point than the fine Imposed. The two continued their
Journey yesterday morning and sail they were glad to shake the dust of Crown Point off their feet. J
DECIDED JUNE 18 The question of widening the Rldsr
road to a width of eiehtv feet thmnrh
Highlands will come up before the members of the town beard July 18. The opposition to the widening came from a number of residents along the road, who feared that Jt would become a boulevard and that heavy traffic would be excluded. H. S. Daugherty of Highlands said the people there were having this mistaken idea corrected and that he did not believe there would be any great opposition to the plant at the next meeting of the board.
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Mayor Brand Whitlock. of Toldo.
and Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, of Cincinnati, are leading a movement In Ohio to write progressivism. and es
pecially the initiative and referendum into the state constitution at the constitutional convention next winter. Whitlock is president of a league organized for the purpose and Bigelow secretary.