Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 39, Hammond, Lake County, 3 August 1911 — Page 1

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GREATER EiPISIO!

U. S. Steel Corporation Projects Vast Changes to Further Industrial Activity in Region

TEN MILES OF MILLS FOR LAKE CO.

Storage Yards to be Removed, Biggest Railway Yards in World to be Built, Miller to Benefit by Changes

WONDERFUL CHANGES PLANNED.

That the United States Steel corporation is preparing for a greater industrial expansion in Gary is seen by the visit yesterday afternoon of Steel and "J" railway officials to the Stockton storage yards at Pine in the northwest part of the city. Improvements and changes contemplated will give the corporation ten miles of mills across Lake county. Vast and important changes to be made include the following: Removal pf the Stockton storage yards, with its millions of tons of coke, ore, coal and limestone to property owned by the Steel Trust at Miller. The use of the mile lake front strip, now occupied by the Stockton yards, as a site for the American Wire & Steel company. More room for the expansion of the American Sheet & Tin Plate company's present mills. Erection of the largest storage yards in the west at Miller. From now on no more material will be stored at Stockton.

Presages New Wire Mills. The chief move foreshadowed by the 'removal of the JStockton yards to Mill-,, r is that the eteef corporation's eut-T sldlary, the American Steel and 'Wire , company,- means to start construction j work on it's Gary mills in the not dis- . tant future. I Employment will be given to six thousand men, women and children by the wire mills, steel for which wijl be j furnished by the Gary works of the corporation. More Room for Tin Plate Co. The American Sheet and Tin Plate company has practically completed twenty-tw oof the ninety-six mills it " (Continued on Page 6.) NEXT ROYAL MATCH? THIS COUPLE. MAYBE Providing the war scare iroea .groundless, England's young Prince of Wales la roing to visit 3erltn. Potsdam and VYiineimshoehe, tbe kaiser's summer home, this fall. There he will rreet Princess Victoria Louise. dau-mer of tbe German emperor, and certain member of both rjyal families ..ro secretly hort'ng the young fo:ks will hit it off well together, l , wouid be a great matcU. they say. But it's all up to the princss. Hi- majesty, 1 -r dad. "las promise her she will not be sacrificed to politics.

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S. W. Marlow an engineer on the! Monon was found dead in the turn table pit in South Hammond this morning, he having received injuries in the fall which proved fatal. There were no eye witnesses to the accident, and the manner of the death can only be surmised. The pit is about six and a half feet deep and has a 00ment floor. The condition of. the engi nee-r's head shows that he fell he .d foremost, but whether he fell from .he engine cab or from the rail grade can not be determined. Hi! oil can was standing on the platform between the engine and the lender. Come From South. Marlow came in about two o'clock this morning from the south with a (Continued on Page 6.1 HOLDUP MAN OR ERIE, TO Chicago Man Trying to 'Escape From Sheriff May Go Over Road. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug:. 3.-It Is said that John DePalmes, the old-up man whp met with the near fatal accident at the Erie station on Tuesday after noon. In attempting: to make a "getaway" after an attempt to rob Jake Nolner's saloon is slowly recovering from his terrible accident at the ronnty farm and will recover. Other black , charges are laid at the stick-up man's door and ir preferred against him will no doubt land him in the penitentiary for a number of years. DePalmes" sister frcm Chicago callod to see him at the county farm yesterday and Information grotten from her carries out the surmise that he has trodden demon's piatli for a number of years. The preliminary hearing: wili be postponed until his further re4 covery. . ...... ... ......... t - i .

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Lake County Republicans Begin to Bob Up for Office and New Names Are An nounced for Choice Places on Ticket Next Year. Although the next general election will not occur until next fall there are already a large number of candidates In the field tor the various places on the republican county ticket. A great deal has been said of the candidates for sheriff and there are a host of them In the field. Fred Fried ley, of Hammond, has definitely decided to be a candidate and while he is not yet actively campaigning ie is do lng considerable work among 'his friends. Henry Whitaker of Hammond Is an avowed candidate and claims to have ma.de good progress in his campaign so far. Whitaker is a clever politician and knows how to pull the wires. George Blockl Sheriff Grant's hustling deputy is already actively engaged In his canvass. Cox la Confident. Lawrence Cox is a candidate and is confident that he will be able to count the majority of the delegates when the (Continued on Page 7.) EILEEN DOYLE'S END WAS ACCIDENTAL Story of Suicide of Lawyer's Sister v Explained by f lleadef xf lAxticle It developed that Eileen Doyle, the sister of Gerald Doyle, who attempted suicide in Chicago the other day, did not commit suicide as was reported yesterday. She was drowned at Green Bay, Wis. when she attempted to jump from the approach to a moving draw bridge and fell into the river at that place. The article was headed "Jumped to Her Death" and this led Mrs. John Glennon to believe that the girl had suicided. Had she read the article more carefully she doubtless would have noted that the death of the young girl was an accident. ' NEW MEMBERS ON LIBRARY Kev. ratner Piaster ana Mrs. J. M. Turner Council's New Appointees. Although the facts were not made public after the last meeting of the board of education It was learned today that Father H. M. Plaster of St. Joseph' Catholic church and Mrs. J. M. Turner were appointed by the board of education on the library board in the place of Dr. W. F. Howatt and Mrs. Mary Holm. The' appointments followed the inlnauguratlon of the new regime in the school board by which John F. Krost, Ausust Dressen and A. S. Stanton becacm members of the board in place of Henry Bicknell, J. O. Ibach and Dr. W. K. Howatt, the former members of the boa rd. Father Plaster is a scholarly man and is in full sympathy with the plan to give the people of Hammond the best library obtainable. Mrs. J. M. Turner Is a leader in charity work and is exceedingly well known. The change cause considerable surprise when the facts became known. It was not suspected that any changes were contemplated. Dr. Howatt and Mrs. Holm have been very conscientious and efficient in building up the library in the first years of its existence. Change of Venue. 1 A change of venue was asked for in the case of the state of Indiana vs. Martin Trcplnski in Judge Prest's court yesterday afternoon, and being granted, a $100 bond was placed. The case was sent to Judge Ames and the date of the trial has not been set. Treplnaki Is charged with provocation. Sues in Ames' Court. The case of Frederick 1 Helntz vs. John Glennon. is' being tried before Judge Ames this afternoon and is expected to run over until tomorrow. Heintz Is .suing Glennon for labor and materia"! furnished on account.

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Gerald A. Ooyle and Mi'm Helen Jones. That M. J. Doyle, father of the Hammond lawyer, Gerald A. Doyle, mysteriously shot in Garfield park on Monday is convinced that he attempted suicide is shown -by the following statement made in a Chicago newspaper yesterday which bears out the theory suggested in this paper from the first: "My boy shot himself so that he would enlist my sympathy. He has probably lost a lot of money on the Board of Trade and knowing that his marriage was Imminent, saw financial troubles looming ahead. He did tiot try to kill himself. I intend making him tell the truth." The Chicago police are convinced that Doyle tried to kill himself. I will marry my fiance, Gerald Doyle, at Robert jBurns hospital rather "than' postpone the wedding too long," said Miss 7elen Jones yesterday. She tiad made a fast trijt from her "residence tBfe JPere. Wi, t.btbde, atTeryIei bedside rn the hospital "between the-wounded man's parents, and Miss Jones'. It was decided the wedding should-take place as soon as Doyle showed marked signs of tecovery. " ' "

WATCH OUT FOR MAN WHO FIXES CHIMNEYS Whiting Lady Loses Ten Dollars in New Sort of Confidence Game. (Special to Tub Times.) Whiting, Ind., Aug. 3. Mrs. Catherine Childs of Fischrupp avenue was fleeced out of ten dollars on Tuesday afternoon, the method being quite a new one. Mrs. Childs resides in the cottage owned by Mrs. A. Klose. On Tuesday' two men came to her house, saying they had been requested to fix the chimney. One of the men after looking over the chimney, usti6&. the loan of $10 with which to gwt arterial, saying his -boss was out of town. To make tho bluff stronger, one of them pulled out his gold wateh, and offered that as security. Mrs. Childs not questioning their honesty, declined to accept the watch; as security, but TELLS ABOUT COAL PRICE AGREEMENTS A. F. Huston, president of the Lukens Iron and Steel Company, testifying before the cgreesional steel trust Investigating committee, declared steel manufacturer? se oral agreements to keep up prices. He said this p -1 is just as effective as the Ironclad contract of the American Steel Pla'e Association, sed frora 1900 to-190.

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nanded over the $10. When thev did not return Mrs. Childs notified the police, who got out on a search and the fellow who offered the watch waj located by Officer "Vacha, and taken to the police station where he was locked up. The man who got the money however could not be found, and as Mrs. Childs refused to appear against the man arrested, she feeling that he was just a tool of the man who grabbed the money, so Tie was released. The police of Hammond, East Chi cago an dlndiana Harbor were notified and for a time the slogan will be 'Be ware of anyone who wants to repair your chimney." "DADDY" BICKNELL'S NERVES ARE UNSTRUNG Says That Men on Monon Depot Building Simply . Go Through Motions. Henry Blcknell's nerves are all un strung. The worldngmen who are tearing down the old Monon depot are the cause. Not that they are makln too much noise. No it Is not that. The reason is that they are taking too all fired long to do the work. "Why I could take an axe and tear down tha whole depot In the length of time that those two carpenters have taken to tear down the coal shed." said Blcknel!. "Look at them. There Is one man sitting on tho roof looking at- the scenery while the other works. T'ney have bf en at work on that cual shed ail day long and that is all they have a complished. "Why that obtaining money under false pretenses," said the Sibley street sage in righteous wrath. "Those men are not working. They are simply go ing through the motions. And yet you have got to pay them e.nch 60 cents an hour for their work. Free county? Who said so." HAMMOND 1 PIONEER DEAD C. J. Pochmann, one of Hammond's 'Jioneer and most respected citizens died this morning at his home at Dougles Park about a o'clock after an illness of about a year. Mr. Pochmann has gradually been getting weaker foithe past month, and about three weeks ago he was taken suddenly 111. He has been confined to hla bed since that time. He was 77 years old and came to Hammond when it was nothing but a waste of sand and marsh. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Dora Pochmann. When Douglas Park was built he was employed as gardner there and helped to lay out the park. The funeral arrangements have not been completed and wiir be announced tomorrow. ' '

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RESPECTED CITIZEN Casper Bick, Pioneer of Hammond, Now Numbered With the Dead. PASSES AWAY AT HOSPITAL Had Lived In Hammond Ever Since It Was A Struggling , Town. Casper Bick Sr., an old settler and representative of the substantial Germans in Hammond died suddenly this morning at St. Margaret's hospital. His death is ascribed to a weak heart which resulted from cahcer of the stomach with which he was suffering. He died so suddenly that none of the members of th family could be summoned to his bedside to spend his last moments with him. His son Frank was sitting up with him and when he noticed his father being seized with an attack he hurried to the hospital telephone to summon the members of the family, but by the time he returned Mr. Bick hal passed away.. Four of the hospital sis ters were with the patient however when he passed away. Mr. Bick is survived by a widow who is in very feeble health, by one daughter and six sons and a brother, Jacob Bick. of Fostoria. Ohio. The children are Mrs. Otto Knoerzer of Hammond, Dr. John, Nicholas and Casper Bick of Chicago. R. H. Bick of Hammond. J. A. Bick S. J., of Milwaukee, who Is preparing himself for the priesthood in the order of Jesuits, and Frank Bick of Hammond. Wm 71 Years Old. Mr. Bick was born seventy-one years ago near the city of St. Wendel in Prussia, Germany. With the exception of Frank, the youngest child, all the children ( were born abroad. Three children died in the old country and three died after the family moved to America. Mr. Bick and bis family came to America in 1882 and settled In Fos toria, Ohio. After remaining there for two years he and his family moved to Hammond which was then a place of less than a thousand iopuhtlon. He was employed by the H. II.. Hammmond retired about twenty years ago. He continued, however; to he:. very active until last January, when on New Years day the first symptoms of the deadly disease manifested themselves. He was takn to . a Chicago hospital where his case was diagnosed as cancer of the stomach, and after remaining under medical care there for a long time he came back to Hammond. About a month ago he was taken to St. Mar garet's hospital where his condition at (Continued nn Page 5.) An electrical kitchenette, a new idea in kitchen cabinets for light house keeping has just been completed by Harold E. Everly. professor of manual training in the Hammond schools, and stands as an evidence of his handicraft and a stimulant of Interest to his pupils as to what may be accomplished by application. Mr. Everly intends to have the elec trical kitchenette patented, and In due course of time they will be on the market to the delight of the bachelor girl who Is an expert with the chafing dish. The cabinet just completed by Mr, Everly is made of quarter sawed oak and Is forty Inches In height and eigh teen inches square. The tipper com partment which raises and lowers with the opening of the lid, holds a chafing dish having electrical connections for heating. In a second compartment un der the chafing dish are elctrical at tachments for a coffee peroulator, electrical toaster end sad iron heater. Under this are three separate drawers, one to hold the silverware, the second to hold the linen and the third for the dishes. KeceKBlty Mother of Invention. L.ike In many another, invention, necessity in this case was the mother of invention. Mr. Everly had a chafing dish and his sense of propriety told him that such a thing should not be placed anywhere at random in the kitchen or dining room when not in use. Even putting It on. the sideboard would not protect It from dust. He began to design a case for the utensil but he was not quite satisfied with the result and the Idea began to develop until It resulted in an article of furni ture which is at once compact, conr plete. useful as well as ornamental. The electrical kitchenette is an evi dence of what can be accomplished by manual training, and under Mr. Everly's able training the Hammond boys who now have the advantage of this course should become expert not only in the use of the various tools, but in originating ideas and working them out as well.

NSTRUCTQR INVENTS A KITCHENETTE