Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 45, Hammond, Lake County, 10 August 1911 — Page 1

WEATHER. UNSETTLED BUT GENERALLY FAIR TODAY AND FRIDAY.

i VOL .VI., NO. 43. SUIT IS West Hammond Trustees to Be Put in Restraint From Attempting to Carry Out Contract Passed at Star Chamber Session. Developments are coming thick and fast in West Hammond following the defying of the citizens by certain members of the village board. Probably the most important step that has been taken was the filing- of a suit in the Superior court in Chicago to restrain the village board from carrying out its contract with the Interstate Electrical Company. It was impossible to learn who the complainant was and ail that is known About him is that he is a West Hammond tax payer. This will probably J reveal the real motive of the board in spending $18,000 of the people's money In building a power line to Dolton. It may also result in an explanation of the peculiar circumstance by which Engineer C. J." Huff drew the plans and specifications for the line, claimed $825 for doing the work and then secured the contract to construct the line according to his own plans and specifications. Meeting ToulKh. To night is the regular meeting of the village board and Paul Kamaradt and John Giczewskl will be present Just as if the board had not adjourned until October. , The citizens of West Hammond will expect the other trustees to be present at this meeting for thepurpose of setting the date for the city election. If they fail to appear two mass meetings are to be called for next Sunday. One will be held on the north side and - (Continued on Page 5.) REPORTED ILL Trio of Hammond Hustlers Have Been Under the Weather. E. R. Jacobson, of the Ktraube Piano company1 who underwent art operation of minor nature at the Washington -ark hospital in Chicago a week ago last faaturday was taken to his Engle wood home last night. His Hammond friends hope to see him la town again next week. John E. Fitzgerald, the second nt thrf UammfnH ma n u f ar ,1 1 . v . . .. .... v l 1 - wiiu iiua art operation at St. Margaret's hospital Is reported to be getting along as well a can be expected, but may have to nnisn tne week and part of next week at tne Hospital. F. S. Betz, the third Hammond manufacturer who hadto take a trip m order to recuperate his health is again iainy well re stored in health. rmsil a Vila ,1 . i . - BIG FRAUD CHARGED AGAINST HIS ROAD Milton H. Smith, of Louisville. Ky.. is president of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, against which state suits are pending that reach well up to a million, dollars. . The mits are based upon alleged fraudulent reports to the state auditor of the company's earnings.

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TRIROF "PERFECTION" WASALL IH VAIN Inspection of Oil in Michigan Causes Oil Boat to Be Returned. (Special to The Timep.) Mackinaw City, Mich., Aug. 10..Tests made of samples of oil taken from the kerosene cargo of the Standard Oil steamer Perfection which loaded at Whiting, Ind., to Lake Superior ports showed the oil to be off color and the steamer was notified at thi Straits to return to Whiting and unload. It i3 .said the government officials took samples from the steamer's tanks Just before she was ready to depart.

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1911 RAILROAD RECORD IX LAKE COUNTY IVJURKO IN RKGIOX ,'...2 KILLED IX REGION 25

(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Aug. 10. Another foreigner whose name the nllra failed to- get, walked off a swiftly moving train yesterday afternoon, and narrowly escaped losing his life. At It was he was severely bruised about the head and his shoulder was dislocated, neces sitating hia removal to St. Margefs hospltaL And all because his hat bleu. off his head. , The man. It Is understood- was-em ployed at Bufflngto and it was Just beyond this point that the accident occurred. He caught a freight train on the B. & O. near Bufflngton intent upon riding on it to South Chicago where he makes his home. Suddenly his hat. blew off and in an effort to recover it, he Jumped off the train, with the results above described. This Is the thirl accident of the kind that has happened in this immediate vicinity wi'thin the past fortnight. The first occurrence of this trio of Incidents occurred ahmr two weeks ago when a man walked off me piatrorm of a rapidly moving Indiana Harbor train and was unconscious for several hours after he was picked up. The second occurred on a Whiting car near the city hall. GIVES UP According to an unofficial report, the Monon railroad is to sacrifice a $40,000 annual subsidy from the United States postofflce department In order to establish perfect service between Chi cago and Indianapolis. According to the report train No. 30. north bound. due in Hamn ond at 7:12 p. m. and No. 33, south bound, due In Hammond at 12:47 p. m., heretofore connecting with the C. H. & D. at Indianapolis for Cin cinnati will have Chicago and the state capital for their terminals. There will be no additional trains be tween Chicago and Indianapolis. Trains No. 30 and No. S3 will he newlv equipped with engines and coaches and are to: be among the handsomest pas senger trains in the middle west. The change according to report is to go into effect on Sunday, August 27th. The travileing public going from Chicago to Cincinnati will not be Inconveienced, as the Monon and C. H. anil D. wll still make connections at Indianapolis, but it s understood that the Monon will not delay the startne of anv of its fast Chicago trains at Indianapolis to await the arrival of a delayed C. 11. & I). train. In view of the fa-t that the Mn only recently put on the fast No. 37 and No. 3 the report that No so a.t No. 33 would be limited between Chicago and Indianapolis comes unexpectedly. GARY SCHOOL LOSS TEACHER (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 10. Miss Claudia McMahon, daughter of Judge and Mrs. McMahan, has been engaged to teach at the high schools of Morencl, Arizona, and will resign from her positionin the Gary schools next year. Miss McMahan has been engaged to teach Latin andjnathematics in the ilorencl schools. " "

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Village Plans to Connect 141st There With 141st in Indiana Harbor by Joining Root Street in Hammond. The progressive village of Burnham Just across the state line to the northwest of Hammond h;is taken steps to do its .share to give the region another main' east and west thoroughfare. The plans of Burnham provide for the opening of 141st street in Burnham from Howard avenue to the state line. At the latter place It will connect with what is Root street in Hammond which In turn is connected at its east end with what is 141st street In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Home time ago the East Chicago Iand company dedicated an eighty foot highway from Columbia avenue in Hammond east to the Kost Chicago city limits. One Hundred and Forty-first street in Burnham will also be eighty feet wide. The property on the north side of Root street has not yet been 'platted and only the southern half of the street has been dedicated to a, width of thirty feet. When the properly on the north side of tly street is platted a thirty foot street must at least be dedicated, but it is hoped that when that occasion arises that the city will demand a forty foot trip and condemn an additional ten on the south side of the street, to make Root" street In Hammond of the same width as its extensions to the east and west. One Hundred andJForty-first street in Burnham will intersect Howard avenue, which is the name for the Burnhamextension fo Gostlln street in Hammond, Howard avenue turning a bit to th north i,a Burnham.. : " ITH TOPIC (Special to Thd Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 10. All day yesterday , the county commissioners considered the question of the right of the town of Hobart to annex all of the territory In the township not already in the corporate limits of one of the three or four Incorporated towns In Hobart township. -C The twn of Hobart was represented by R. R. Petticord and the remonstrators were represented by C. B. Tinkham of the Hammond law firm of Crumpacker, Crumpapker and Tinkham. The town of Hobart now contains 750 acres in its built up portion and seeks to annex 10,840 acres. Attorney Tlnk-ham-pointed out that this was rather an ambitions project for so small a town. He made the statement that the town of Miller was attempting to make the surrounding territory pay for the expense of the maintenance of the town government. May Approve Plan. The Miller people claim, however, that there would be many advantages to the residents of the territory to be annexed and claim that it would tend to give the town of Hobart an identity in the county that it would not have If the annexation did not take place. The arguments were made before the county commissioners for the reason that Hobart, being a town, the matter is under, the jurisdiction of the commissioners. Judging from the fact that the county commissioners have approved of similar efforts on the part of towns to annex contiguous territory it is possible that they will approve this latest gobbling plan. The matter has aroused a great deal of Interest among the farmers in the vicinity of Hobart. They point out that the land surrounding Hobart Is under cultivation' and that, ft Is unlike the territory surrounding Gary and Hammond which is valueless except for city purposes. lew Yorkers Arrested. i . William. Tornow ami W,i txmh i ' - - . v. h iiiiauis, : V. f ... "V 1- . ' . : . . j i iv iiy, were arrested by Officer Stelow at the Nickel Plate depot last night for peddling, without a license. Williams was selling sheet music and Tornow was disposing of a variety of novelties. They were brought to the police station and booked and after promising hey would leave Hammond they were released by Chief Austgen. -

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Somewhere In Europe Ll.na Cavallerl, beautiful opera singer, who recently married, then deserted the wealthy "Bob" Chauler. of New York, incidentally putting a dent of conside able size in "Bob's" bankroll w'len the time came for the settlement, is said to be traveling around with Prince Dolgorouki, of Russia. prince is rich and is an old admirer of Lina's. According to Berlin gossip, the two registered Inccrfn at the Hotel Bristol, in that city, but their true identity was discovered by American guests and Llna, furious, , accused the hotel ctaff of telling.;who she ' !was. TheiL she left with her nriace. . C.hanXerf-ls ppria-;te" Uar" salt for a complete divorce.' " GRAIN THIEVES ARE 1 FINED BY PREST Pennsylvania Co. Catches Three North Siders and They Are Arrested. Detective Frank O'Hara of the Penn syivania railroad company made charges in Judge Prest's court yester day morning against three North Side men for stealing a quantity of wheat. Constable Ray Phelps was sent out to serve the papers yesterday afternoon and after a long hunt he finally located them at Roby. He placed them under arrest and they gave their names as Frank Cherene, Fred Jager and Harry Sllvian. v Their trial came up before Judge Prest this morning and they were found guilty, receiving's fine of 25c and costs, amounting to $14.15 each. which they paid. the Pennsylvania road has been missing a considerable amount of grain during the past month and nnaiiy located some of the guilty parties. It is, not known whether the men ever stole any wheat before this charge was made against them. GIRL FOUND UNCLAD UPON LIMB OF TREE Aliss Elsie Davis, the Bath. Me, church organist, who, was found, perched, unclad, high op in a tree in a dense -woods, after . she "tj-d been missing for Ave davs, is still in a weak condition at the borne of ' her parents. She says she remembers nothing of what happened from the time she disappeared until she was found. . .

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AUGUST 10, 1911. THINK COUURTHOUSESH0ULOHAVE SITE Hayes' and Elks' Lots Are Needed by County Is the General Opinion. ' There is considerable sentiment developing in Hammond and all ovetr the county in favor of the purchose or more ground on two sides of the Lake Superior court house in anticipation of the time when more room will be needed. . The agitation in favor of the purchase of the .Ben Hayes property has been taken up in Crown Point and is advocated. by a number of leading citizens there. However, it is' understood 'that Ben Hayes .wants $25,000 for the property and a great many people think that 120,000 ought to buy it. Then there Is considerable agitation in Hammond In favor of the purchase of the Elks property just west of the court house with the idea that ttte-alley could be either set back or could be bridged over. It is understood' that the Elks' prop erty conld be purchased for J15.000. That would give the court house a site that would do for all time. Deputy Clerk Carl. Ames is the authority for the statement that although the pres ent court house was remodeled with the'' idea that it would be.,blg enough for the next ten years that the vaults will be filled up in two or three years at the present rate of filing case. It is believed that the presejit court house will be entirely inadequate in another ten years. It is xpected that the matter of purchasing either one or both of these pieces of property will come up at the next meeting of the county council. Y. M. C. A. IMPROVEMENTS The Y. M. C. A. at Gibson is to have improvements that will cost in the neighborhood of $500. The attic Is to be partitioned off into dormitories. This was decided at the meeting of tho board of directors which was held last Tuesday night. The members of the board also an nounced a lecture on the subject of the handling of explosives by C. W. Taylor of the government bureau of explosives. The members of the board present were W. C. Belman, H. A. McOuiinell, E. vt'. Stocker, Charles I Surprise, R. M. Burwl and J. W. Callahan. Another Speeder Fined-i-reaencK w esterman, 662 Welling ton avenue, Chicago, antoher automobile speeder, appeared before Judge Barnett thia morning and pleaded guilty to driving his car thirty miles an hour on Indiana . boulevard. . lie was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $15. which he paid.

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NEW ROAD TO PIERCE HEART OF SAHD OUMES Twelve Mile Road Survey Completed by Miller Town Authorities for New Connection Between Lake and Porter County Cities; Road to Uncover Primitive Wilderness of Old Chicago-Detroit Road-

Not long ago The Times predicted that the United States Steel owrporacioj mills of Gary, which now encroach upon Miller would, in five years time, overshadow Chesterton. The movement Is under way. Yesterday the town trustees of Miller traveled through the eleven miles stretch of sand dumes between Miller and Chesterton and marked out a tenatlve route for a new gravel highway which they propose to build to the Porter county line. From this point on they expect that they will have the assistance of the. Porter county commissioners and the Chesterton town hoard. Of Advantage to Cbeterton. If this road Is built, Chesterton and Intermediate points will have direct highway communication with Gary and all Lake county points, "something that it has not at the present time. Town President William Olander of Miller and Town Engineer Thomas Cutler went over the old stage coach trail between the town hall and ChesMan Robbed of Marmon Touring Car; After All Night and All Day Search Sheriff Locates Machine. AUTO IS FOUND. (BULLETIN.) Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 10, 1 p. mA Marmon touring car answering the description of the stolen Earovtd auto was found a short time ngo not far from Crown Point In the woods off Cedar Lake. It Is believed that the thieves were forced to abandon the car. f (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 10. The five pasenger gray colored Marmon automobile belonging to John Farovid the Harbor real estate dealer was stolen t Cedar Lake last night near Binyon's resort, presumably by two men who are i s&id to have some connection with th i Moss" Enright labor slugging gang of Chicago. Sheriff Thomas Grant wno immedi ately upon receiving the information' started a county wide search for the stolen auto, missed the machine twics by a margin of a few minutes once in Dyer and a second time in Hammond. (Continued on Page 6.) filOSQUITOES HOW USE SEARCHLIGHTS Capture Lightning Bugs, Holding Them as Glims in Search of VictimsAetna and Miller mosquitoes are out with searchlights hunting ' for their victims, according to Walter Edwards superintendent of the Aetna Powder Company. Edwards says that early today he was awakened by an unusual noise at the1 window screen near his bed. An unusual slow c-aug-ht his eye. and he thought the house wa3 on fire. But it wasn't. It was the mosquitoes working their searchlight. As he watched In amazement, Edwards saw that a swarm of - swamp birds was attacking the 'window screen. They had captured a bunch of lightning bugs and held them up near the screen to furnish light by which the mosquitoes could see the larger apertures. Thia wtrs the glow Edwards saw. Selecting placeswwhere the wire was unevenly woven or had been bent so that the hole was larger, the mosquitoes, one after another squeezed through. Edwards vows that other mosquitoes had wire cuters In waiting in event that no large boles were found.

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EDITIONONE CENT PER . COPY (Back Number S Cents Copy. f ACTS ABOUT THE NEW ROAD TO CONNECT LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES To connect Miller and Chestertva. Rontet Alniont a straight line between thnip two town. Lengthi Eleven to twelve mile, i Formerly used the ChicagoDetroit tagre coach road. Advantageous i It will jtlve Chesterton and Intermediate points, and In fart, territory to the east of Chesterton a direct highway to Gary. The road will also enable north Porter county farmers to bring- their produce Into Gary. Bark of the movement i The Miller tovrn board. terton yesterday. They made the trip in a buggy. -Their route took them through sections I and 4 of Miller, 51. (Continued on Page 6.) LATEST NEWS POPE LESS FEVERISH BUT WEAK. Rome, Aug. 10. After a rise of one point the temperature of the Pope fell to below 100 early toda : The gouty pains In the knee had diminished and i His Holiness had dronned into a sound sleep. No one had been , permitted to enter the sick room. The Pope 'was reported extremely weak. following" the relapse of the dajnfeirore. ' . -. - SPIES Washington. D. C, Aug. ia. Startling evidence of the pernicious activ ity of foreign spies is in the possession of the army general staff, which accounts for the serious consideration that is being given to the most trifling' report of attempts to discover the military secrets of the country. Some of these incidents are of compara tively recent date and it was upon the submission of such information to a secret session of the judicial commit tee of the house that legislation was secured at the last session of congress providing for the severe punishment of spies in time of peace. HELD AS I00TEE OF MAIL POUCH. . Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 10. Acting upon the advice of Postofflce Inspector W. C. Ela of Cincinnati. Claude Lindsey is being held pending an investigation of the robbery of a mail pouch at the Monon station, when the sack was cut open and rifled of several thousand dollars worth of money orders, checks and drafts. Postofflce Inspector McCleary and Chief Detective Hays of the Monon are here to assist on the case. KEWS. TOUR SUBSCRIPTION XVXVU BE APPRECIATE!!. GERMAN KAISERIN 1 HAS HEART ATTACK 1 "t :'J n . I-." Ent ' 6 9

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Auguste Victoria, empress of Oermany, la 111 with aa attack of heart trouble. Her physicians announce that her condition gives no cus for alarm.. , , 'V,