Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 43, Hammond, Lake County, 8 August 1911 — Page 1

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B. & 0. Completes Survey of 233 Acres for Shop Site and Switching Yards, South Chicago Shops and Yards Soon to. be Located on Gary-Miller Tract

One of the most important railway moves of thai year in the Calumet region is seen in the action of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad completing the survey of the Gary-Miller site of 233 acres on which it will locate the largest shops and switching yards of the Trans-Ohio river divisions. WILL MOVE SHORTLY. According to a high official of the company the road will shortly move Its South Chicago shops and yards to the new Gary-Miller site. This activity following the action of the American Car and Foundry company securing a site in the heart of the city presages a big railway future for Gary. NEED SEW LOCATION. The property Just surveyed is owned HIMOi BOY HERE VACATION W. C. Mee Tells of the Wonderful Prosperity Muskogee Is EnjoyingW. C Mee, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mee of the Hotel Carlton, who is spending two weeks In town on his vacation, speaks enthusiastically of Muskogee. Oklohoma, where he Is located in business 'for past two years. Lots selling seven years ago for $80 a front foot " are now selling for $650 and $750 a front foot. Five ten-story sky scrapers are now in process of construction and amazing returns are being had by those who made real estate Investments there several years ago. Mr. Mee, who went west to Muskogee two years ago to do field work for one of the most . important insurance crapanies in the west! has bought out the Muskogee agency for himself and is acquiring his share of the propsperity that has showered on the west for the past few years. SHE'S CHALLENGED TO SWIMMING RACE - ' i - 1 A leaner cSosrs . XV" Miss Eleanora Sears, tie young Bociety woman of Boston, who has become famous through., her athletic accomplishments, has been challenged, to a long distance swimming race by-Miss Constance Warren, another society belle. Miss Warren, Is now at Newport. Her latest agnatic achievement "was to swim Irom Bailey's to Hazard's beach, a mile and a half. In thirty-three minutes. The race probably will be held when Miss Sears visits fvew-port.

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by the Gary Land Company of the United States Steel Corporation. It i3 known that track elevation work in South Chicago and increased business coupled with the fact that the South Chicago mills of the Illinois Steel company of the steel corporation have acquired the site of the South Chicago shops and yards for its own railway yards causes the company to act. -PART IS GARY AND MILLER. The land surveyed lies partly In Gary and partly in the town of Miller. Its western boundary is the Gary and Western Railway, its northern boundary, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway, its southern Boundary the company's own right of way and its eastern boundary the east line of section 1. All of the land is in sec

tion 1 and 2. T. 37 X, R 8 W. The sita is just north of the American Loeomo tive Company's property. ' This location will give the railroad company direct connections with the Gary steel mills, blast furnaces, coke (Continued on Page 8.) CONTRACT (Special to Thb Times.) Crown . Point, Aug. S. The county commissioners in session here yester day let the contracts for the construction of four roads. The contract for the Scheldt road was let to Downey and Porta of Hammond for $2S,638, the contract for the Hlllman road was let to the Ahlborn Construction Co. of Hammond for $12,955; the contract for the Roper road was let to Nagel & Greenwald of Whiting for $4,290 and the contract for the Wirt road was let to A. C. Huber of Gary for $5,052. Yesterday was spent granting liquor licenses. A few of these went over until this morning. The county commissioners will go to Lowell today to inspect the bridge thc-re. Tomorrow the commissioners will take up the question of the remonstrance of certain property owners in Hobart township to the annexation, by the town of Hobart, of all of that part of the township which is not already within the corporate limits of one town or another. Attorney Peter Crumpacker is representing the remonstrators. It Is expected that this case will take all day ror trial. TO GO TO PHILIPPINES (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 8. It is said that Dr. Elmore Salisbury, well known here and at Hammond, has gone .to Washington, D. C, to pass an ex animation for a lieutenancy in the United States army, his intention being to embark An Uncle Sam's service in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Sails bury has been in the army service Deforce and has seen much of the country while in the service. SPIRIT OF PROGRESS STRIKES EAST GARY The wave of protrrraa that Miller ot from Gary and which remlted la ao much good for the former baa ttrark Eut Gary. Sonic of the thing being done flnd being planned In Eaat Gary or Lake Station aa It used to be known aret Town trnateea to bolld a new city hall. Air line atarta eonatraetlon of nterurban from - Kant Gary to Valparaiso and to Gary. Town hall to have a jail and fire department quartern. Btiildlnn- boom atarted and request made that fifty more honars be built. Michigan Central railway at art h to Improve Ita grove. The town, - following; Miller 'a example, takes over management of Its. own school. SEND THE TIMES TO YOUR FRIBND, 300 LETTKKS FROM HOME EACH YEAR

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SHEFFIELD AVKA TERROR Autolsts who have gone over Sheffield avenue lately to the accomponiment of . broken axles, springs, etc., say that the thoroughfare is absolutely the worst highway In the country. Last- Sunday three cars came Into Hammond with broken springs and scarcely a day passes but what some machine is put out of business on the avenue. The street is practically abandoned by traffic onw and the residents along the thoroughfare have given up all hope of ever having it put in shape.

ELKS FIND ALLEN TOLDJtUE STORY Lodge Will Assist Hatless and Coatless Stranger Held by Police. Upon investigation of the character of Charles Diedrich Allen who was arrested at the Brie depot by Officer Malo Sunday it was found out that he is a member of an Elks lodge in Michigan, highly respected and in good standing with that order. Allen was first arrested when he was found wandering hatless and coatless In front of the Erie depot by Officer Malo. Acting peculiarly and showing signs of insanity he was brought to the police station. Word has been received whereby some of his friends will place nim in a hospital until, sufficiently re covered for his release. Allen tells a story to the effect that he was going to West Baden and had a ticket for that place when he was put off the train at Hammond. Here he round mmseif without funds and unable to get any money he sold his hat and coat. When he left Chicago he also haSd, two grips which he also claims are missing. His suit case will be telegraphed for and the "railroad ticket will be located, so the - local authorities will be able to send him down to West Baden whence he-was headed. Alln. has all the appearance of a business man and is very smart and Witty, SCHERERVILLE BEATS ST. JOHN TO IT Petition for Election Is Now Filed With the County Officers. (Special to The Times.) crown roint, August 8. The pro posed incorporation of Schererviile for which a petition was presented to the board of county commissioners yester day will contain eight square miles of territory according to the plan that has ben filed with the county auditor. It was expected today that the commissioners would order an election to be held one day in the week beginning August- 20th. The territory in the proposed in corporation comprises sections four, five, eight seventeen, nine, ten, sixteen and fifteen. By this arransremeTit Hartsdale with its valuable railroad property comes within the corporation It was because of this valuable prop erty which Griffith tried to annex, that the movement for incorporation was begun in Schererviile. There is said to be little opposition to the town gov ernment and the probabilities are that when the election is held the latter part of this month that it will carry by a safe majority. WERE STOLEN EFiROUTE 1 Erie Freight Car Unsealed Between -North Judson and Hram'i - The theft of the two l. ' of dry goods which were taken from k freight train between Hammond and North Judson remains as muctf a mystery ad before and no further clews have been ogtalned. The police with the Erie detectives are working on the case. The train crew is positive the car was locked and sealed when It left North Judson and how the thieves took the two ises out of the car while the train was in motion cannot be understood. The train was due here at .4:10 a. m. and the goods were missed when the train arrived here. " Okraj Father Eight Times. Following a precedent of eight years' standing, John Okraj, the West Hammond policeman, today made the announcement of the arrival of a boy. The youngster was named Frank in honor of Judge Frank Green. Okraj is receiving the congratulations of his many friends.

FLESH-AN D-BLOOD STORE WINDOW MODELS? NOT FOR L!EONE; AFRAID SHED BE "GUYED"

T Leone New York, Aug. 7. Living store win dow models. Indeed! Dainty Miss Leone Chaudau, a fa vorite model of New York modistes and artists, shrugged her shapely shoulders and pouted deprecatingly when th subject was mentioned. The National Window Trimmers" As sociation, you know, in its convention at Chicago, decided that real flesh and blood women ought to be used to take the place of the glass-eyed wax. figures that set off the latest styles in an . stores.

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INot 1 Be Sure And Get the Sreeching Lucia, In (Br the Press Agent.) " With grinding wheels and screeching exhaust, a limited on the Pennsylvania lines stopped at dusk last evening on the wooded crossing of Clark road. Suddenly a vestibule opened and a form appeared, followed by ' another and another until a sextette had dismounted, headed by a flushed and perspiring youth. Thefi Miss Lucia BrooknDeavereaux, known professionally- -as Katherine Andrews, made her involuntary entrance into this" story of "the Sextette and Lucia." It is a. story-of "mystery,, adventure "and intrigue" SPEEDER ON WAY TO SICK WIFE IS FINED J. H. Lewis of Chicago Says He Has Taken Last Trip Into Lake County. J. H. Lewis, 4135 Michigan avenue, Chicago, who was arrested Sunday night for violating the speed- ordinance on Calumet avenue, appeared before Judge Barnett in Hammond . this morning and received a fine of $5 and costs amounting ;to $15. Attorney McMahon pleaded for tha defendant . saying he was not guilty and that he was not driving over an average of 15 miles an hour. Captain Hanlon, who placed him under arrest, testified Lewis was driving his car at the rate of 30 miles an hour and that he chased him over a mile before he was able to catch up with the autoist. Lewis had an automobile accident at Valparaiso Sunday afternoon when the machine skidded and ran into a telephone cole, injurine his wife and dam aging the left side of his machine. 11 o. thc-n TilacAd Vila xt-lfo on train at Valparaiso and proceeded on his way to Chicago where he was to meet his wife at the Englewood station. He gave a $50 appearance bond and made his way into Chicago. In an Inquiry of his wife's condition he stated that "she was unable to leave her bed. Although badly bruised and nervous her condition is not serious. This is my first trip in this direction and will likely be my last." 23 HORSESBURNED. A big fire raged in Lewis'.Iivery barn in South Chicago last night Twentythree horses were killed, one of them the property of the Hammond brewery, which maintains a branch In South Chicago.

haudau "Why," exclaimed Miss Chaudau. "it's the silliest thing, I ever heard of. They'd be "guyed" to death. The public is altogether too crude to under stand such a novelty, and I don't be lieve it would do the stores much good either, because' there would be-ten men outside the window ,to every woman'. The only women who would get into a store window and pose would bo those of the flamboyant type, and they would be of no aid whatever in the object for iwrucn stores aispiay-ciotnes." T he Press Agent Exhaust And the Grecian Beauty of Lakewoods. - with the customary happy ending with Miss Andrews, soubtette and ingenue, with a career in the support of Carlyle, Foy. Hopper, Fields and Cohan, with a notable past as the daughter of a wealthy Callfornian and the fiancee of an Englishman of wealth, as the leading lady. It all ended happily for Miss Andrews, twice abducted and kidnaped and brought to Lakewoods unknowingly, and contented to entertain the Bohemians of the rathskeller with her marvelous voice, pleasing personality and distinctive beauty. . At the hour of five on yesterday Miss I (Continued on page 8.) . CHEERS HAY FEVER VICTIMS 0 . Tipton, Ind., Aug. 8. Indiana victims of hay fever will not suffer this year as in the past,' according to W. H. Spurlin of this county, who for the last fifteen years has been making annual pilgrimages to Petoskey, remain from' August 1 until there were heavy' frosts in northern and central Indiana. This year -Mr. Spurlin, who is 79 years old and a student of nature, asserts that there are few ragweeds and because of this fact there will be few' cases of hay fever. He says the short weed crop 'will result in immunity from hay fever. CROWN PT. MAN - GETS CONTRACT (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 8. A. J. Hader proved to be the lucky bidder for the water works extension contract last evening at the city council meet- j ing and although he was $21 higher than William-H. Futhey of Lowell the j council awarded him the contract on j account of being a local bidder. The j bids submitted were as follows: (Frederick & Miller $1,225.00 HoUk Bros. 1.047.50) W. H. Brunt, Hammond 1.090.00; A. J. Rader. 842.00' Wr. H. Futhey, Lowell 842.00 The' contract calls for the completion of the work before November. CALLS OFFICIALS FOR MEETING President, W. J. McAleer of the Northern Indiana Baseball asosciation has called a meeting of the board of directors for next"" Thursday evening. The meeting will be held in his office, and maiters which have been pending for some time will be brought up with a view ofTmeking final disposition if possible. ARB TOV READING THE TIME!

Star Chamber Session of Trustees Held; Some Not Noti

fied; Wishes of People Thoroughly Set at Naught; Taxpayers to Arise in Their Might; Trustees Railroad Action at Secret Meeting.

In the eyes of the people of West Hammond the village board has proven itself i entirely unworthy of the public confidence. It has been thoroughly discredited in the public estimation by its action last Saturday in adjourning until Oct. 1, to avoid setting the date for the city election, is condemned on all Bides. The members of the board were too small to put aside personal considerations the Interests of the ci&'. ConsequewUy they resorted to the cheapest trick imaginable tp prevent their retirement from office. Without a word of warning they passed a resolution adjourning until Oct. 1. This step was taken to prevent them from being mandated to set the date for the city election. Not only did they vote ior a two months' vacation but they voted themselves two months' ps.y in advance and then voted to pay Judge Frank Green $60 a month to look after the business that vthey propose to wilfully neglect during the next two months. Defy the People, Everything that was done at the meeting last night was in absolute defiance of the wishes of the people of West Hammond. The meeting was not regular but was called for the special purpose of letting the contract for the construction of a line of wire from the city of West Hammond to Dolton. The contract tot this work was let to the Interstate Klectrieal Co., for something over 18,000. Having discovered that the engineer who drew the plans and specifications had not GETS KOLB DRUG STORE Bidding $2,500 jmore than the next highest bidder; Harry Weis last night purchased the stock of the Kolb drug store and today took possession. There were only two othe bidders. William C Xorris bid $730 and Vern Summers bid $1,000. Weis' bid was $3,500. Weis said today that he was prepared to go even higher if It was necessary. The State street druggist is now the owner of two sfca-es and expects to run them both. The East State street store is overstocked while the Hohmap street store is under stocked. So there will be enough stock for both stores. The State stret location is not as desirable as Weis thought it ought to be and this accounts for his anxiety to get the Kolb' place. He does not buy the J lease on the Kolb store but claims to have male satisfactory arrangements with Anton T. Tapper for the renting f the store. The lease will not permit the new owner to put in a soda fountain but Weis said today that he did not care to bother with that. Cases Are Venued. The cases of the state of Indiana-ys. Samuel Oru'ppe and Daniel O'Connell were venued from Judge Prest's court yesterday afternoon to Judge Ames. In the case of Daniel 0'Connoifvho

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TWIN SISTERS REUNITED OVER COUNTER IN STORE AFTER 16 YEARS' SEPARATION

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Sixteen years ago two twin sisters, then babes in arms, were adopted from the Indianapolis. Ind.. children's home by Mr. and Mrs. George Veail, of Wichita, Kas., and Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Freeman, of Indianapolis. Marguerita Veail, now sixteen, visiting In Indianapolis, saw Marie Freeman at work as clerk in a store. The- girls, startled . by their striking similarity, got acquainted and discovered their relationship. They have hardly been out of each other's sight ever since. . .

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received the proper authorization from the board of trustees they at once proceeded to appropriate $825 for this work. Money flowed from the treasury of ' the village as though there were a million dollars there. No one seemed to care about expenses The Idea seemed to be to spend all of the money that It was possible to spend before the people kicked them out of office by holding a special election. Two Trnatees Blameless. In justice to Paul Kamaradt and John Giciewskl it should be stated that they were not present at the meeting owing to the fact that they had not received the proper notification. Those who were responsible for the actions last evening are, Henry Fritche, Henry C. Peters, John Murray and Joseph Okray. - The faithlessness of two of these trustees to their trust may be shown by the fact that John Murray and Joseph Okray signed the petition asking that the city election be called and then proceeded, ly thei.r vote in the board meeting, to make it imt possible to hold the election until next October. Paul Kamaradt and John Giczewski must "be relieved of this responsibility for the reason that they were not properly notified and could not be present at the meeting to uphold their action In also signing the petition. The Taxpayer's Protective association met last evening to denounce the action of Fritche, Peters, Murray and Okray. It Wks decided at that meeting tCentlnued on Page t.) STICKS' TO AUTO ; GETS A BATH. South' BendInd., Aug .8. X touring car driven toy William Weiss, a wealthy farmer, became unmanageable yesterday afternoon and plunged down a forty-foot embankment into the St. Joseph River.' .Weiss Btuck to the machine till it plunged into the river and was completely submerged. He was uninjured. His son, Lemon Weiss, was badly, but not seriously, bruised and scratched. EX-MAYOR OF VALPARAISO DEAD. Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 8. I. C. U. Suman, former mayor of Valparaiso, died yesterday of heart trouble. H-i was 80 years old. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Ninth Indiana Regiment durng the civil war and J retired as a brigadier general. 1 i vrrr.'P.R fYF TTJAPTT TWTVF.T? WATER Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 8. WashouU on the Burlington and Rock Island roads have interrupted traffic between Lincoln and Colorado points. The Burlington is experiencing its worst trouble in and near Oxford, Neb., where almost unprecedented rains have fallen for several days. . FLIES 570 MILES; K0 STOP. Paris, Aug. 8. M. Renaux, trying for tha Michelin cup, flew f70 mijes without descending, a new record for sustained flight. He ascended at St. He re- . . . . , . , raained at a h,Sa altitude Utost of the time. Reunited

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