Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 9 August 1911 — Page 5

Wednesday, August 0, 1911.

THE TIMES.

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Fifteen hundred uniformed Knights of Pythias marched in parade yesterday afternoon over the streets of the business district of Lafayette, the military pageant being witnessed by a throng of ten thousand spectators. The parade was one of the crowning features of the Indiana brigade encampment program and the spectacle it presented was impressive. It was the second day of the big brigade encampment and jubilee meeting lasting a week. Practically nil of the Uniform Rank companies that will attend the encampment have reported as all desired to participate in the military parade. The attendance at the great state meeting of Pythias Is Increasing rapidly and y today 15,000 visitors are expected. Yesterday was Uniform Rank day and today the great parade of the subordinate lodges will be held, the uniform rank acting as escort. The parade was the principal event today and all through the morning the knights at Camp Warner were butily engaged in preparing for it. lluninmnd ( amp In Lin. Tt was 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon when the bugles sounded an dthe regiments began their formation for the parade. Brigadier General Gray gave his orders to the regimental officers and they had their men promptly on hand for the formation at Camp Warner. The march to the city was begun at 2 o'clock and the parade presented a splendid appearance. The general and the embers of' his staff were all mounted as were the colonels and their staffs. The captains marched at the heads of their companies The parade i was several blocks long and was one of the largest marching bodies of men ever seen on Lafayette streets. Forty horses were used for the officers and their staffs nnd the parade was in six divisions. Four ands marched with the sir knights. At the head of the long parace behind a platoon of police and the Indiana brigade band rode Brigadier General William Gray and the members of his staff mounted on handsome horses. The order of the regiments In the parade was as fallows: Ninth, Eighth, Eixth, First and Third. The Fourth regitnent did not send its colonel nor its companies and was not represented in the parade. All of the other regiments, however, had good representation. Hammond marched with the Ninth ' regiment and the company twenty men strong being led by Capt. W. F. Mashino. Subordinate Lodges Today. Today is the jubilee meeting of the. subordinate lodges of the state and tonight, at the Victoria theater, the first or page rank will be conferred on a large class of candidates. Every lodge attending the jubilee has been

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battery against the alleged offenders. Gobitz says he entered the saloon Monday evening, with his roll of $150 practically Intact. He bought a few drinks, after which the Callahans and others in the place picked a quarrel with him. , turned on him and put him out. taking his money. He says he has witnesses to prove that he had his $150 with him before entering the place.

Callahan's side of the story is to the j effect that Gobits spent a little money pel- j over the bar, became noisy and quarmen ! relsome and was put out. He declares

that all the money ,he got hold of was what was paid by Gobitz for drinks. 1 ne caac wa to have come up before Ju,9 RHey today, but owing to the fact tnat Attorney Schunk, Callahan's law'e'r' wa called out of town by the vt U was postponed until a week from tomorrow, meantime the Callahans are bonds. In the out on Judge Frank Green of West Hammond exercised Solomoniae wisdom in the handling of the dead horse oass which came up in the village yesterday. John Somala complained that Joe Lonx i burled a horse inside of the village limits which Is against the ordinances of the village of West Hammond. When the case came to trial before Judge Frank Green yesterday he com manded Somala to prove that the dead horse had been burled. Somala could only give his word for it. Finally the judge ruled that Somala would have to dig up tho horse to prove his case. Somala complained that it would be worth $10 to dig up the animal but Judge Green insisted that be prove bis case in this manner. He stated further that if ho did not dig up the horse and prove the charges that he has brought against Lonx that he would send him to the county bastlle' for a while to think over the evils of making unsupported charges against people. ,W. D. Hay, the manager of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co., has purchased the homestead formerly own ed by c. E. Ohlhausen of this city. The purchase was made through Gostlln, Meyn & Co., today. The consideration is said to have been $10,000. Mr. Ray has been negotiating for this 1 property for several months bpt failed , to coe to terms with the Owner of the ' property. Finally he purchased a lot in Glendale from Dr. II. C. Groman and made preparations to build. I Then the owners of the porerty came , to him with a new proposition and he accepted it. For the tie being he will live and the Ohlhausen. property and j will vacate the residence he now ocI cupies at 47 Warren street but he states j that it is possible he will build to suit , himself later on. DROVE ON WRONG IE OF STREET West Hammond Man Imperils His Own Life and Blocks Traffic. v Because Herman Reese drove down the wrong side of Hohman street In an effort to avoid a crowd which was getting on a south bound street car his buggy collided with one driven by. William C. Spiers, his horse reared up and fell over backward and he 'only escaped serious injury by jumping from the rig1. The 'accident occurred on Hohman street within 100 feet of the corners of Hohman and State streets at about 8 o'clock in the evening. Reese was severely repremanded by Officer John KunZ. A south bound street car had just turned the corner and was waiting in front of Summer drug store to take on passengers. Just at that time William C. Spiers driving a horse hitched to a single buggy passed between 'the street car and the Lake County Savings & Trust Co., going north. At the same time Herman Reese of West Hammond passed the four corners going south. Ob AVrong Side. When he passed the police officer on the corner he was on the right hand LAKE WOODS PARK

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,Des Moines, la., Aug. 9. Greater variety of vegetables was offered for sale at Des Moines" municipal market yesterday morning than ever before. Yesterday marked the beginning of the third week of the market place and It Is growing more successful each day. There were more than one hundred wagons on the market and heavy buying was the feature of the day. As the season advances, prices of tomatoes, sweet corn, apples, and a few other articles are beginning to decline. The scheme of dividing the market place into two sections was carried out today. The farmers were quartered ou one ride of the lot and the hucksters on the other. side of the street but no sooner did he notice the crowds waiting to get onto the street car than he turned sharply to the left and attempted to cut through on the other side of the street ca e. As soon as he got Into the narrow space between the cars he found that William C. Spiers disputed the road. The wheels of the two buggies became locked arid this frightened Reese's horse. It reared up on its hind legs and the next minute to the horror of the scores of people who saw the accident it toppled over and apparently was about to fall on the driver seated in the uggy. He. however, had presence of mind enough to Jump and the horse fell ackwards between the shafts of the buggy with its head at the dashboard and his tail at the ends of the shafts. The horse was extricated wilh some difficulty and was found to' be practically uninjured. Officer John Kunz stated that he has repeatedly warned drivers of horses that the traffic requirements are such that they must stick to the right hand side of the street. T PERMITTED THE CHILD Kidnaping Case Comes an End in Justice Ames' Court. to Intending to leave Hammond and take with her the Infant child of Mrs. Alvide Johnson, a warrant was sworn out in Judge Ames' court yesterday afternoon by the frantic mother, for the arrest of Mrs. Ora France who had cus tody and care of the child. About four months ago the home of Mrs. Johnson was broken up by the death of her husband leaving her destfture and in hard circumstances and about to be the mother of a child. One month later the babe was born and. forced to abandon it, the' mother left it in the care of Mrs. France, who wanted to adopt tfee child. Mrs. Johnson was then forced to earn her own living and unable to get work here she left for Chicago where she supported herself and her infant child in Hammond. Working in Chicago only a short time Mrs. Johnson returned, to Hammond where she went to the France home and asked for her child which was refused her. She was told that thev were going to keep the infant and were going to take It away with them. The arrest of Mrs. France then occurred and the case was tried before Judge Ames yesterday evening. Judge Ames ruled that the child should be returned to its mother and the case was dismissed. Mrs. Johnson said "I have a good place to work in Hammond and am now able to take care of my baby." May Build at Highlands. ' While he could not speak authoritatively. Agent A. M. DeWeese of the Erie railroad said he thought it probable that the Krie Coal Storage Warehouse company would build a warehouse at Highlands that would store 200.000 tons of coal. He stated that tho capacity of the plant In Hammond Is only 70,000 tons and that the company had more business than it could handle. He stated that the Hammond plant would probably not be abandoned at the present time. If you smoke a LaVendor onceyou will always call for them. It le our business to guard against land troubles. We( Bhow up the Title from Uncle Sam to sundown today. ALLMAN-GARY TITLE COMPANY Successors to ALLMAN BROS. A DINW1DDIE. Capital $100,000.00 Abstracts of Title to Land In Lake County, Indiana. OFFICES 656 Broadway, Gary, Ind. Allman Block, Crown Point, Ind. BRANCH OFFICES Chicago Title & Trust Company, Chicago, III. Lake County. Savings 4. Trust Co, Hammond, Ind.

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After being held at the local police station since last Sunday afternoon, Charles IX Allen, who was arrested at the Krie depot, recovered his senses yesterday afternoon and told that he had a relative living in Chicago and asked the police to send word to her. The police ascertained that Allen's niece, Mrs. Charles Hugh Whittemore, 1529 East "4th street and a sister Mrs. Bell resided at Springfield. After receiving word that her brother was locked up at the local police station, a sister and a daughter reached here last night and th, prisoner was released and they returned to Chicago. Allen left his sister in Chicago last Saturday afternoon whence he Intended to journey to West Baden for treatment but he was put off a train here in a semi-conscious state. His sister last seeing him leaving n a cab for the sta tion Saturday afternoon became worried, upon receiving no word from hm and notified the Chicago police. The suit cases which Allen lost in Chicago were located yesterday and re turned to him. He belonged to the Baraboo, Wis., lodge of Elks where he iS- highly respected and in good standing. His home is in Minneapolis, Minn., and he is a single man. ureal bargains now Deing offered on clightly used Gas Ranges. Ranges on display at Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Company's ofllce. DOES NOT NEED $20,000 FOR CITY MARKET (Continued from Page l.J city market in Hammond, that a lot could be rented at small cost, tempo rary stalls could be built and a market master need no be- paid more than a city- policeman receives. rotator Luxury. A well known Hammond man said today, "When a married man supporting a family pays 45 cents a peck for potatoes he finds that they are costing him about 5 cents apiece. By the time they are peeled and the eyes are taken out the potato hecames one of the most expensive luxuries on the table. The reform in the city market in South Bend has brought about great results as the following dispatch from South Bend indicates: South Bend, Ind.. Aug-. 9. The closing of the second week of the cny j public market saw a heavy increase m

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the greatest variety of produce yet offered. The crowd was lare and several times was handled onlySwlth difficulty. . Wimen and children, eager to obtain fresh vegetables and farm products at a lower rate than Is offered by lcal grocers, thronged the market from dawn until hours after. One hundred and twenty-seven wagons were in line soon after sunrise and the number became so great a short time later that Market Master J. W, Peters and policement were compelled to drive the peddlers who are middlemen out to make way for the farmers, who had come in to dispose of garden truck. Kowlx Sell Readily. Live spring chickens and ducks were offered in great numbers and found a ready sale. Chickens sold at 18 wtnin a pound, a two-cent reduction over Saturday's price In the market. The other fowls sold at 15 cents a pound Little change was seen in the price of eggs, being sold at 22 cents a dozen. Except for a few exceptions, prices on different kinds of product remained steady during market hours. A detailed list of produce and prices follow f Fruit Grapes, 13 cents basket; plums, two quarts 15 cents; cherries, 10 cents quart; blackberries, 5 cents box; apples, 40 cents bushel; crab apples, 20 cents peck; , peaches, 25 cents basket: pears, $1 bushel; huckleberries, . 12 cents box; bananas. 10 cents dozen. Frlcea of Vegetables. Vegetables Rhubarb, 3 cents bunch; potatoes. 40 cents peck: carrots, beets and radishes, 5 cents bunch, three for 10 cents; cabbage. 5 cents head, three for 10 cents; cucumbers. 20 ents peck; wax beans, 10 cents pound; corn beans. cents pound; kohlrabi, two for ! cents; turnips., two bunches for 5 cents; sweet corn, 10 cents dozen, three for 23 cents; green onions, 5 cents bunch, three lor JO cents; old onions, 90 cents crate; mangoes. 15 cents dozen; Swiss chard, 5 cents bunch; Savoy cabbage, 10 cents head; tomatoes, 10 cents pound; brine pickles, 25 cents peck; kale, 4 cents bunch; string beans, 5 and 6 cents pound; sweet pumpkins, 5 cents. . Melons Muskmelons. 5&15 cents; watermelons. 540 cents. Produce Eggs. 20(Jf2S cents; old chickens, live, 12 cents; spring chick ens, live. 18 cents: ducks, 15 cents pound. Labor I'nlona Interested. The city of Indianapolis offers ar. Illustration of a city market which has falen Into the control of the middleman whom It was designed to circumvent. The folowing clipping from the Indianapolis News indicates the things that must be avoided In the establishment of a city market in the cities of the Calumet region: "It was noticeable, too. that the farmers that sold their vegetables at retail on the market, Saturday, did a big business. Since the people have learned that prices are lower among the farmers than among the retail stands of the middlemen inside the market house the farmers have been doing the business. "Tomatoes were $2 a bushel at the farmers' wagons., In the market house the prioe was two pounds for 15 cent. There are sixty pounds of tomatoes to the bushel. This made a bushel of

tomatoes sell at retail on the stands in the market for $4.60. 'There was a smaller difference In the prices of apples at the farmers' wagons and on the stands inside. The farmers were selling them at 90 cents and 1 a bushel, or 25 cents a peck. In the market house they sold at 10 cents

quarter peck, which would make tbeni $1.60 a bushel. 'The present deplorable conditions at the market are the result of many years of growth and development and are due to two causes: (1) Manipula tion by commission merchants and other middlemen to get control of th food prioe situation; (2) loose meiftOuS used by some of the market officials, which made possible this gobbling up of the market by the middlemen. The system can not be changed in a day or a week. It will take a long time to bring the market back to where It was intended in the first place it should be. and it wll require a good nusiness head to do this. "The city's grocers, who at first loudly expresed their disapproval of the market and vowed they would compel it to be closed, appeared to be satisfied for the. first time when they received permission to purchase all kinds of produce In any quantity from the market. The market has started a keen competition among the grocerymen and truck farmers and greatly re duced prices in vegetables and all lnd9 of fruit, farm products and garden truck are the result," Famous Guth Candies at L. Cox & Co. BOARD HOLDS 2ND SECRET SESSION (Continued from Page D Co. had put in a bid and that, bidding on his own specifications, h had been able to underbid all of the rest of tho contractors. Scandal Promloed. A scandal of considerable Importance promises to develop out of this transaction. West Hammond la In a turmoil as a result of the actions of the ring members of the board of trustees. A mass meeting is to be called next Sunday to take up the consideration of the problems that confront the people as a result of tho betrayal of them by. their servants. Tho report that some legal action hai ben started in Chicago is untrue. No steps have ben taken as yet but it is expected that before many days are past that the members of the board will be brought to time. Paul Kamradt and John Giczewski have talked of resigning from the board for the reason that they are not notified of the meetings and conse quently are unable to represent their constituents. They have been advised to hold their positions, however, until some plan of action is determined upon Make) For Excimem. Henry Fritche. one of the members o the board called up Thb Times today and attempted to defend his position. He was unable to offer a single valid of the date for the city election except to say, "You don't blame me for want ing to hold my job do you?" He declared that the date for th election could not be set until the cityis divided Into wards and yet he doe not explain why the board of trus tecs has taken no action to divide th vllage into the necessary number o wards. The real opposition to the city gov ernment has now been definitely lo cated. It consists of the present office holders with the exception of Clerk Mankowski, Paul Kamaradt and John Giczewski. The blame for the mis cariage of other attempts to adopt the city form of government, and the grea expense that has been entailed, may be safely laid to these betrayers of the people. Matter I Clear. One West Hammond citlen said today, "The whole matter is as plain a black and white. The trustees think more o their jobs than they do of the wishe of the people they are supposed to re resent. There can be no two way about it. The people have voted re peatedly in favor of the .city form of government, they have petitioned for the calling of an election and yet they are openly and boldly defied by th very en whom they have elected to of fice." All Serene on Boat. No further report of any trouble ha3 been received by the local police con cerntng the South Chicago excursion boat and Attorney Frank Foster, th owner, who appealed to the police to guard his boat which lies at the doc near the Hohman street bridge. Sunday night Mr. Foster told th engineer and another employe of the excursion boat that he would not need their services any longer and although they made no threats that they would injure the boat Mr. Foster feared they would attempt some dirty work before morning. The excursion boat has been makin daily round trips between here an South Chicago. Building Permit. Lot 8. block 5, Hoffman's second addition; 22x40x9; 263 Hoffman street; Fred Mayor, owner and contractor $1,000 Improved in Health. F. S. Bets is very much improved in health sine phis return from California. He Is taking things easy, that Is as easy as if possible for Betz to take them while he is on the job, and he expects to completely regain his lialth shortly. Attachment Suit. In the case of Julia Gross vs. Anton Ruzinski. for an attachment on some saloon goods with an appraised value of $17.50, the plaintiff was given a judgment for $100 and interest amounting to about $125. The case was tried before Judge Prest this morning. Attorney Barnett acting for the defendant and Attorney Lotz appearing for the plaintiff.

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Sells Two Lots. John Seeley, 556 Summer street, has purchased two lots adjoining his from John Beckman, of Gostlln, Meyn & Co. The property was owned by the Home & Investment Co., of which George Do-

bin is president. Work on Courtroom. The wood finish which is to be used Judge Johannes Kopelke's court room in Hammond has arrive dand will e put on b ya force of carpenters as oo nas possible. The courtroom will be small, but it will be comfortable and will serve the present needs of his court, which meets only half of the time in Hammond. Team's Batting Average. The batting average of the Ham mond Athletic association team In the Northern Indiana league for the first fifteen games is .247. The Individual verages as compiled by Newman Charensky. the official scorekeeper of the club, show that Hammond has some really excellent batting timber, averages are as follows: The

Players. G. AB. H. Av. Fanter. cf 4 1 7 .431 Clabby. cf....... 4 15 6 .400 Staten, s 1.10 41 15 .366 Comingor. If 4 1 5 .313 Hansen. 2b.. -..,.13 - 50 15 .300 Moll, 3b 12 4 13 .283 Desmond, p 3 11 3 .272 Vonish, cf 6 12 3 .250 Rohde. ss. If. ...15 59 14 .231 Fowler, lb 15 69 13 .220 Mitchell, p 6 20 4 .200 Walker, p 6 12 3 .167 Immekus, rf 8 25 4 .160 Hudson, c 5 15 2 .130 Fogel. c 9 . 30 3 .100 Team 15 B0 125 .247

Police Drop Case. Laura May Williams second disappearance from her home still remains a mystery to ine police and although they have worked hard to find some clews which might help in locating her very litle aslstance has ben given by the girl's parents. It has been rumored that her parent3 know where she is, but docllne to stala as to her where abouts. - Bat Nelson in OregonBat Nelson, Frankle Edwards and Art Nelson have accepted an InvltaEnyart's ranch on the Rogue river. Bat says Jess thinks he won't want to travel after Tommy Garrney gets through with him, but he is determined to be ready to travel In an ambulance if not an automobile, and in condition to tacke a ten-pound steelhead at that. Bat is strong for the outdoor life, and is anticipating keenly a visit to the finest ranch in Jackson county. Med ford (O.) Sun, Roy Kacy Dead. Alter long sunenng wnn lunerculosls, Roy J. Kacy. son of Erie Conductor and Mrs. William Kacy, died this morning at 4:40 at his home ou East State street. He has been in a death this morning came after a period of little change in his condition and his father was out on his run. A message was sent to Chicago at once and he returned home this afternoon. Roy Kacy was a young roan well known in the city and his death is a matter of general regret. After leaving the public schools he was employed with the Erie a number of years. Prior to the illness which ended in his deatli he had been employed as agent for the railroad at Hammond. Huntington Herald. , Sneaks Are Arrested. Two sneaks entered the Hoffman Haberdashery yesterday afternoon ami stole a shirt valued at $1.50. Instead of accusing the two men of taking .the shirt. Clerk Trost used the good judgment of letting the two men go out of the store and being all alone locked up the place and followed them and then called an officer who placed them under arrest. About 2tJ'clock the two men camo into the store and asked to see some shirts. Trost took down a number of boxes and the men claimed they were not Just what they wanted and asked to see some more. When Trost was taking down another, box tjne of the men shoved a shirt under his coat. Seeing the man place something under his coat Trost said nothing or he would likely have been attacked and the thieves would have made their escape. Upon telling: Trost that they had no money they asked if he would trust them until pay day but he declined. The thieves left the place and mada their way to the rear of the California wine house where Trost caled Officer Lamme.; who placed them under arrest. They gave their names and addresses as David Kelly, Chicago and Daniel Ryan, Little Falls, N. Y. They were arraigned before Judge Harnett this morning and plead not guilty, trying to claim that they were not the met who were in the store and that th , shirt was given to them by another man. Judge Barnett found them gullty snd imposed a fine on Ryan of $15 and costs amounting to $25 and his partner Kelly $5 and costs amounting to $15. Having no money they will be taken to Crown Point to serve their time. GUN CLUB SHOOT. At the regular shoot of the Hammond Gun club last Sunday afternoon the following scores were made: Shot at. Broke. John C. Becker 125 118 J. I). Newell 50 20 J. W. Newell 75 63 H. Haltenhof 50 27 W. B. Fenstermaker 123 112 William Kleihege 25 9 H. Taylor 50 3 4 P. Warnlmount 100 62 M. Haehnel 75 63 Charles Walker 23 12 J. C. Becker won the class B prise, a combination brass cleaning rod. In this contest he broke twenty-four out of twenty-five birds. SPARTAN.

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