Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 28, Hammond, Lake County, 21 July 1911 — Page 1

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WEATBUk FAIR. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. TTTi HE HI JO. JU EDITION yOL. YL, NO. 23. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.), HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911. COLLEGE Five Foot Fall Kills Strang, Wife Estranged From Him BULL Y LATEST NEWS

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Valuation of Property in Lake County

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Gary's Climb Regarded as Nothing

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Figures given out today by Calumet Township Assessor John MacFadden who has Just returned from the session of the state board of review at Indianapolis show that Lake county's totM wealth for the year 1911 is $64,8BS.8S9 while Gary's total wealth without railroads is $15,305,405 and adding to it the estimated value of railroads th steel city's total valuation for 1911 will amount to $19,305,405. In other words nearly oe-third of the wealth of the county is centered within the corpora limits of Gary. Ciary'n Wonderful Gains. Borne of the amazing features of Gary's rise are to be seen in the fact that in 197 it had $32,150 worth of assessed houses and store buildings on lots while today the valuation is $1,089.120, or an increase of 2200 per cent. In four years the Improvement on Gary acres has Increased at a wonderful rate. The 1907 assessment shows figures of $47,950 as compared with 1911 figures of $2,342,740. . But One Protest. "In company with Assessor Escher of Hammond I went with the county board of review to attend the session of the state tax board. Our figures ARRAIGNED FOR ASSAULT (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind- July SI. John . Malwicx of South Chicago "was arraign4 before. Judge ' Qecrge Reiland this morning 'on charge of assault and battery, but' no onq spearing to prose--.; cute, be was released. Frank Krltzberger telephoned the police' station: during the afternoon yesterday, asking: for an officer to come to 137th and i Cedar streets, where a man was making threats to kill another. When Captain Marner arrived upon the scene. Krltz- i berger was standing at the corner ana , he pointed out Malwlcs as the offender: declaring that he, Krltzberger, was the, victim of the threats. When Malwlcs saw the officer coming he lit out and Mamer had a chase of four blocks before he captured his man. LEAVES HUSBAND FOR FIRST LOVE tt'fi -17." it' -mm. New York. July 21. Valeska Suratt, the Indiana actress, is soon to be freed of the husband she married last Janu- ' ary in a moment of pique, according to the report of Referee in Divorce Gold mark, against the wealthy young man 'named as cor-respondent by Fletcher ' Norton, Who is Valeska's husband. Their honeymoon lasted only three hours. Then Mrs. Norton went back to her home. She and her husband continued playing the lover In her vaudeville sketch, but he didn't live with er. The referee's report to Supreme justice Oreenbaum says that both be .fore and after the ceremony the co-re-ponaent,wno had backed Valeska's vaudeville venture, spent much of his time at her home. Frequently, the report said, he was taere lor breakfast.

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show that the assessments have been fair and we wanted to be on hand to demonstrate this. 'Of all the valuations in Lake county there was but one protest to the state board. "This came from the . Tolleston Gun club members whose $1,700 acres were assessed by me at $100 per acre. They want it reduced to $50 and I am afraid that their appeal will cause the assessment to be doubled to $200." The following tables exhibit the wonderful growth of Lake county: Lake County Total Values, Total assessment all property Lake county Including railroads for 1911 $64,895,889 Total value railroads Lake county for 1911 17.781,390 Total value without railroads Lake county for 1911 47,114,480 Total value without railroads Lake county for 1907 23,999.145 Total increase without railroads in four years 15,115,345 Some Other FIsrares. Total value without railroads In Lake county for 1910 $36,208,150

(Continued on Page 3.) 1YSTERY SOIll S lilC Although Deputy Coroner Gordon has rendered a verdict of suicide, mystery till surrounds tha death of Policeman Anthony Brennan of Gary, who yesterday died from the effects of two bullet wounds, one In the breast and the other In the forehead. Used Two Ballets. Brennan, who was unmarried, was found dead In his room at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Connors, Center street and Borman boulevard, with whom he boarded. Shortly after 1 o'clock Mrs. Connors heard a pistol shot in Brennan's room. (Continued on page 8.) AWARDS PIPE CONTRACT J. H. Prohl Gets Job For Sixty-Four Cents a Ton. The board of public works this morning awarded the contract for the hauling of the water pipe and -alves which are to be used in the construc tion of the addition to the water main system to J. H. Prohl, his bid having been 64 cents a ton. A bid was submitted by Charles Wicker for 77cents a ton. The material is to be hauled from the Michigan Central and Fort Wayne tracks. The contracts for Hohman street sidewalks, "section "C." and for the sidewalks south of Indiana boulevard were laid over until Sept. 20. The contract for the Monroe street walks was awarded to the Ahlborn Construction company. Bids were opened ior me Johnson street sewer and ine contract awarded to Lavene Broth-! ers. A petition having hin .i.r a. sewer in noosevelt avenue, the engineer was Instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the same. A confirmatory resolution for the primary assessment roll on the Henry street sidewalks was adopted. The awarding of the contract for the three-qyarter Inch lead pipe in Torrence avenue was laid over until July 26. Homewood Without Water. Residents of Homewood have been without water again since this morning by reason of a broken water main on Carroll street, and the city water department does not know when it will be able to make repairs. Residents of that neighborhood have been put to much inconvenience and suffering on account of the famine, having bad no warning to lay la a supply.

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New College of Law and Kindred Courses Completed by Sept. 1; One of Finest Educational Institutions in the State. The new Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law building will be completed by the first of September and will be occupied by the college then. The building will be one of the most beautiful structures in the city. The main floor will he devoted to the executive offices of the school. Hre the president's offices will be located and the enormous business that arises as a result of the correspondence courses will be transacted. These offices are to be splendidly furnished and will be a credit to the city. All of the department heads will be located here. It is expected that the present building will only serve the needs of the school for about sven years. On the upper .floors of the building will be the assembly halls where the resident members of the school will recite. These rooms have been made large and airy and will be ideal for the purpose. The school has acquired 100 feet of frontage on Hohman street and this may be eventually all be covered by the university. The architecture of the building is Imposing. When it is completed it will be one of the show buildings of the city. There will be large and imposing columns in the front of the building supporting a covered entry way. The project Is a credit to the city and the formal opening will be made- quite an occasion..- ! ; The business of the. Lincoln -Jefferson, Cottegwcf -Law Tms "inereysea wonderfully since" that eoncern "located In this" region. The university has scores of thousands of students over the country and Hammond is to be the headquarters of the school. As soon as the new building Is completed the offices in the Hammond building will be vacated. These have been occupied since the school was located here several years ago. M MAOIMCno MMUI1U ifiHiiincno OFF FOR REGETTA Grant Hunter and Party Leave Tomorrow in Fast Motor Boat. The Hammond Motor Boat club will be represented at the Peoria Regetta next week by eight enthusiasts who leave tomorrow morning to join the Chicago fleet. The trip will be made in Grant Hunter's "Alma II' a new forty horse power craft which will be one of the fastest boats at the regatta. Mr. Hunter however will not enter the races this year. Emery Miller of Hammond has an equally fast boat, but the engine for it is not expected until this evening or tomorrow. Those who will make the trip in the "Alma II" are Grant Hunter, Emery Miller, Ralph and Harry Moonshower, Fred Abbott; Jesse Peterson and Herman Claus. They will leave early tomorrow morning at six o'clock and go to Chicago whore they will join the Chicago fleet. Not less than a hundred crafts are expected to be in the parade down the drainage canal into the Desplaines river and finally into the Illinois. The excursionists expect to reach Lockport tomorrow evening. The races will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday. At pearlo great preparations have been made to receive the visitors. The Illinois river on which the races will be held runs through the heart of the town and the races can he witnessed without going out or the business j center . TTTT Ti r)TTTn rrt -ss-n-nm KlJ! LL LJjUS TO MKKT. The Hammond Rifle club has called a special meeting to be held at William Troche's place, 652 South Hohman street,- Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The special meetine- wa railed on 1 account of the burning of the Sharpshooters' park club house last Monday nijrht where the club had their headquarters ami held their shoots. All of the club's scores, records, lockers and a number of rifles were burned in the fire and the meeting has been called to draw up new by-laws and constitution. .The Rifle club will still continue to hold its regular Sunday shoots. . NOTHING S OF GREATER IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAN TO KEEP POSTED ON PASSING EVENTS IN TOTTR LOCALITY BY READING THB A IIME3 EACH EVENING

Lewis Strang the world-famous auto racer whose work In a Bulck in the Cobe cup races at Crown Point was sensational In the extreme met hU death while driving -five miles an hour in Wisconsin yesterday. His car overturned off an embankment twenty miles from Richard Ctntor, in Southwestern Wisconsin The fall was only five feet. Others in the machine escaped injury, but the young racer was crushed under the footboard. When tha car began to swerve. Strang was pinned behind the uteering wheel and was unable to save himself by jumping. He was Instantly killed, his neck; being broken: when he was hit by the car's footboard. - Strang was a demon on tha track yet 'he was never injured until last month. ; : i?11-? sa4dfcihd "fcot , fulJy re covered the strength of hs arm. which he broke in an auto race in Kenosha June. 18 last, when his machine went through a fence and he also dislocated an ankle and suffered internal injuries. It was said that he was morose following the divorce his wife had secured from him some time ago. i She was Miss Jeanna Lou Spaulding of Hartford. Ky.. a footllght favorite in the "Follies of 1908" when he pala impetuous court to her. After her marriage to Strang Louise Alexander did not appear on the stage for a year. By that time her Interest In domesticity over-peppered with fast automobiles had so far waned that sha returned to the footlights. In "Tho Follies of 1910" she executed a "Vampire" dance with Julian Mitchell that was pronounced close to the limit la diaphanous entertainment. , "Jokers" Damage Auto. Two Hammond boys thought they would play a Joke on Irving Betz. They took the electric which he allowed to stand on the street down town and decided to run around the block. They ran Into a telephone pole and Jammed the machine up considerably, but the damage will not be great. Coroner Gives Verdict. Coroner C. B. Chidlaw has given his verdict in the casj of E. C. McConnell. who was found dead by his own hand in the Lash hotel on Wednesday morning. The verdict is to the effect that McConnell committed suicide. The body was taken to Kenton, the home of the contractor. TO SEE SKY AGAIN AFTER 37 YEARS 4 - ft? f j - - : Jeese Pomeroy, who has spent thirty-seven rears In solitary confinement V. the state : prison at Charlestown, Mass., is now to be permitted to leave his cell and enjoy the liberties granted other prisoners. Gov. Fo8s has announced. Pomeroy was convicted when fourteen of cruelly murdering two other children. The picture shows him ftt that time.

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5 1 t COUNCIL SESSION DEFERRED TILL TUES. Mayor Smalley Will Then Ask- Council to Take Contract. In order to avoid calling two special sessions of-the Hammonil city council, Mayor Smalley instead of calling; a meeting . tonight as he had originally planned will defer the session until next Tuesday in order to include the ratification of a contract between' the board of public works and some valve company for a supply of valves costing in the neighborhood of six thousand dolars. The special meeting for tonight was originally planned for the purpose of having the council ratify the contract between the board of public works a..u George Pearson, the contractor for the addition to the pumping station. The" board has .not yet let the contract for the valves, having taken the matter under consideration until next Tuesday in Older to have time to learn about the merits of the various valves submit Cycles in Collision. 'Frank Zitie, a motorcyclist, and a bicycle ridden by Nick Haan, ran into each other-at the corner of State and Hohman streets yesterday .fternoon ana Doin luckily escaped with a few slight scratches. Frank Zitae. 119 Wabash avenue, was riding the motorcycle and was coming down Hohman street and Haan was turning off State street when they met, , unable to avoid the accident. Neither machine was broken and witnesses claim it was neither party's fault.

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F. N. Gavit, President of the Gary & Interurban Unequivocally Denies Existence of Any Agreement Between Interurbans. SENATOR GAVIT'S STATEMENT "There has been no consolidation of the Gary and Interurban Railway and the United Calumet Railway's Co. of Oary. There are no traffic agreements between these lines. There is not even the flimsiest sort of a gentleman's agreement between the officers of the two systems. No negotiations are being carried on to that end and so far as I know now none are In prospect." FRANK N. GAVIT. President Gary & Interurban Ry. Co. This unequivocal statement was made to Thb Times today and effectually disposes of a story that has been printed periodically in Mayor Knott's paper whenever the citizens of the steel city became impatient for activity on the part of the company to which a blanket franchise was recently awarded. . Furthermore It removes the blind behind which Mayor Thomas E. Knotts (Continued on Page 8.) MAY TAKE OVER HITERURBAIT PROPERTY Chicago Hears Another' Rumor About H., W. & E. d. Lines. There Is a rumor to the effect that the Chicago and Connecting Railways will take over the Chicago and Southern Traction Co. which has a line to Joliet, Harvey, aKnkakee and points along the way. This is one of the finest Interurban properties in the state of Illinois but It has never been a good paying Investment for the reason that the terlrtory through which It runs has not developed as rapidly as was expected. .At one time, when H. C. Green, the present manager of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway, was the manager of the line he made it pay but he left the road when it became ap parent that the company would not spend the money for -improvements that he thought ought to be spent in order to get results. ' .Since then it. has never paid and has been in the hands of a receiver most of the time. It Is believed that If the Jnsul .interests, get. hold of Jt. ajd de velop it in the Interests of their Chicago properties that It will soon be put on a paying basis. If the line is acquired the building of the Eastern Illinois Traction Co. will give Hammond a splendid connection with this road and a direct route to Joliet and all of the prosperous towns along the line. Manager Green says that his company is making every effort to adjust the differences between his company and the rallroadsr it seeks to cross in building the Harvey extension. He believes that this will be done in the near future. The time is about ripe for some strong company to take hold of the Chicago and Southern Traction company. The road is. seventy-one miles long and earns about $350,000 a year. It has J5. 000, 000 authorised stock and $5,000,000 bonds, one-half of this amount outstanding. The North Shore Electric company now provides power for the road. FIGHTER LOSES HIS STORE TEETH Jimmy Clabby, who was in Frank Roth's camping party near Kouts returned to Hammond last night deploring the bad luck which interfered with the sport at the summer resort. While in the Kankakee river bathing yesterday he lost two of his "store teeth',, and therefore he was compelled to return, to go to Milwaukee where a new set awaits him. He had taken the precaution -of ordering an extra pair, and being supplied with these, he expects to return to camp early next week. Jimmy Clabby reports that the campers are having good fishing and good sport at their camp. AXU9 TOV TAKUftt THE TIMES t

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Los Angeles, Cal., July 21. Ortie E. McManigal, alleged confessed dynamiter and informer against the Mo Xamara brothers, has been abandoned by some of his relatives because he . repeats all their conversations with him to the prosecution, according to his uncle, George Behra. . . Behm is a locomotive engineer of Portage, Wis. He cared for McManigal from the time he was an infant uctil he was 18 years old, but has visited him only once since he arrived in Los Angeles. Behm said McManigal seemed "either doped or crazy." f $100,000 THEATER BURNS. . Troy, N. Y., July 21. The new $100,000 theater at Cohoes, N. Y., was entirely destroyed by fire at midnight. The flames started in the lithograph room and spread so rapidly that a hotel proprietor who discovered the blaze and endeavored to use a hand extinguisher had to flee for his Ufa. The theater was closed for the Bummer. ' TURBINE BLOWS UP; 2 KILLED. Springfield, 111., July 21. Two men are dead and two suffering from severe injuries today as a result of ah explosion of the big turbine engine In the Illinois traction system power house at Riverton. SOUTH BEND WON'T BUY South Bend, Ind., July 21. South Bend business men yesterday rejected the proposition to purchase the franchise of the Evansville baseball club of the Central league, declaring that the price, $8,000, asked by A. A. Grant, owner of the club, was excessive. The committee Is considering offers from two other teams to replace the local club, which was transferred to Grand Rapids, Mich. " j LOCKED UP TO SAYE HIS p!3. Because William H. Meg&n, a farmer from- PlymouthJtad had- fM8 In '"fit ' " clothes "hi : Waff;T0ekedrcr$ Ut1&"5SH 1 plaines street Btation in Chicago fcrer night for his own good. When he awoke today he was right angry about it. He was rescued from & crowd ot suspicious characters near West Madison and Canal streets. DESERTS NAVY TO SEE MOTHER. Buffalo, N. Y., July 21. To pass three days with his mother on her birthday after he had been Separated from her for more than a year George Fralick, a 19 year old Denver boy, risked his life and committed an offense against the United States government by deserting from the navy. After a few hours with his mother here he gave himself up to the federal officers and tomorrow will be taken to New York a prisoner. Though he must face a court-martial, Fralick declares t that the three days with his mother were worth it. 200 SAVED AS LAKE BOAT SINKS. Cleveland, O., July 21. Two hundred passengers, most of them Clevelonders, were taken off the steamer Huron as she slowly settled to the bottom on a shoal off Richard's Landing, near Sault Ste. Marie. A jagged hole more than twenty feet In length was torn in the steamer's side when she ground-' ed in a fog. VANDERBILT MAY WED MISS SEARS Harold r6xTt Harold Vanderhilt' is seen often in the company of Miss Eleanor Sears, society girl -f Boston., whose athletic feats have made her widely knoTrn. An announcement of their cngav.ftment is eipecjed toon, - - -

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