Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 98, Hammond, Lake County, 12 October 1911 — Page 1

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G GETS THE FACTOR!

(Special to Thb Times.) Whiting. Ind., Oct. 12. Even conservative lethargic old Whiting Is about to experience a boom. The glass factory that Senator David C. Jenkins of Kokomo had decided to build some where In the Calumet district has located at 'Whiting:. It is to occupy a site between New York and "White Oak avenues in Whiting on what is known as the 'Foray the tract. Three acres of land have been purchasad and it is understood that the

work of building the new factory is to begin at onc$. The building wll be 250 by 350 feet in dimensions. It is to be so located that it will have advantage of the Indiana Harbor 'Belt railroad switching facilities. The plant was located through the efforts of Senator Frank Gavit, ExMayor Fred J. Smith and others. It will employ about 200 men at the star The people of Whiting are enthusiastic over the prospects. .

FII ROAD

CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

Uncle Sam Forbids Erection of Stationary Bridge Over Canal at Canal Street, and Sys Bascule Bridge Must Be Erected There.

IfCLAY

CONTRACTS TIED UP

(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Oct. 12. Automot.lllsts, and drivers of teams making use of Forsyth and Michigan avenues where these thoroughfares cross Canal street, wonder at the sight of a splendid road, recently completed by Downey and Portx of Hammond, blocked to travel, and adorned with a sign announcing that the road is closed. The circumstance has aroused a grea. deal of inquiry as Canal street paved should afford a short "cut. to Whiting from Indiana Harbor, and cut off two and half miles of the distance from

CBicagCC'-l'W lftel)enefl,t of,Shose;wh

do not'fcnow the. cause of the closing of the new road 11 may be stated that it

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MAP OF CITY TO BE CHANGED

Straightening of South Hohman Street and Opening of New Streets as Well as Vacation of Old Roads to Make Material Change.

On the ground that Ingwald Moe of

Gary, a subcontractor under J. II. Mc

Clay of Hammond wr.s employing nonunion bricklayers, carpenters and

laborers on the Given building in Gary all the various McClay building con

tracts in Hammond, East Chicago and

uary are tied up pending a settlement

which is expected today.

McClay's contracts involved in the

walkout are, - the Groman-Muenich building, the Lincoln-Jefferson University building and the Schutz building in

Hammond, a Polish Catholic church and a three story building next to it in East Chicago, and the Englehart building In Gary. Work on the Monon depot building in Hammond, a McClay contract,' is also at a standstill, owing to the fact that the architect and Inspectors for the railroad are making objection to the grade and quality of stones that are going into the building. -The fault in this matter does not lie with the local contractor but rather with the company

The project for the straightening and widening of South Hohman street has progressed to a point where it is certain to succeede. In fact, as a result of the changes that are to be made the map of the entire southern part of the city will be changed. Not only is Hohman street to be widened to a width of 84 feet to comply

with the requirements of the board of

public works, but two east and west streets are to be cut through from' the state line to the Monon railroad tracks. All of this development js taking place south of what is known as the Zachau farm and south of the road which runs south of the Wels farm. The land between these streets i.-s being cut

up into acre plots and is being sold in

this manner.

The county commissioners at their last session agreed to the vacation of

certain streets, and the opening of oth

ers so that there will be no difficulty

from this-source.

Next spring a nume.br of fine resi

dences are to be built on the acreage in this vicinity. It is expected that

within a few years that there will be

a score of lne residences on this prop

erty with foliage and trees and South

Hohman street Is expected to become

one of the show streets of the region.

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COUNTY OFFICIALS BUYFARMLAND (Special to The Times.)

Crown Point, Ind.. Oct. 12. The roinia for buying farms has extended to the county officials and .two have recently bought farms. H. E. Jones has recently acquired a fine piece of farm land and Thomas Grant, county sheriff, has purchased one farm and Is negotiating for another. It is said that even County Clerk Shortridge has the bee in his bonnet and 13 looking about for a good piece of farm land.

VALTER HOKE TO" BEJHE CASHIER Postal Savings Bank Opened in Hammond Next Saturday Week.

PASTOR CONVINCED ADVERTISING PAYS

CASPER HUFilPFER

SEES MANY CHANGES

Amazed at Improvements

Since He Left Hammond Many Years Ago.

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Hammond's postal savings bank will open in the Federal building on Oct. 21 with Walter Hoke as cashier. The bank will be ready to receive funds and will have literature on hand giving

a list of the rules under which depos-. its are made. - No person under 10 years of age may become a depositor, and deposits will be absolutely personal. For instance, no man can draw on his wife's deposits and no woman can draw on her husband's deposits. - : ' The postal savings bank will probably be handled from the money order window. The inspector will be in Hammond tomorrow to make arrangements for the opening of the bank. A number of Hammond banks have

qualified as depositories for the funds of the postal savings bank. Each of them, are compelled to. list securities to safeguard the funds. State bonds go in at 90 per cent of. their face value, municipal bonds at 75 'per cvit and government bonds at 100 per cent.

A GOOD SIZED

CROWD EXPECTED

Some good boxing bouts will be staged at the H. A. A. gymnasium this evening and the tickets are reported going fast and a good-sized crowd is

expected to attend.

The main boiit of the evening between Spike Kelly and Jack Novak is being looked forward to with interest.

Both men are in the best of shape and

have been training hard for this bout

They will box ten rounds, and each man

is looking for the best of the affray.

Louis Deleski and Eddie Kennedy will furnish the card In the semiwindup in an eight-round bout. Both men are fast and clever and know

considerable about the fine points of

the game. .

The preliminary will be furnished by

Ruby Hirsch and Barney Adams of

Chicago, two clever 110 pounders,

Hirsch took part at the last H. A. A.

stag when he fought McKenna of East Chicago, the bout being stopped in the

first round when Hirsch bested McKen na. The bouts will be refereej by Ed die Santry.

itcv. Worm M. Tippy, pastor 01 the Epworth Memorial M. K. Church, of Cleveland, O., declares that advertising pays. After convincing the more conservative members of his congregation that his piaa had merit. Rev. Tippy began to place daily advertisements la the newspapers, and be has been filling his church weekly ever since.

LOOKS FORRELATIVES

J August Neunfeldt, superintendent of

, tire county poor farm, was in Ham1 mon dthis morning in an effort to find

I relatives of Martin Miller, an inmate

1 of the poor farm who died there yes

1 terday. The man Is thought to have

relatives In North township, and unless

they are located by tomorrow morning the body will have to be buried in the

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KENTUCKY HORSEWOMAN'S RECREATION IS TAKING MOUNTS AROUND SHOW CIRCUITS

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IS ASSURED FACT Time for Appeal From Ruling Expires and Opposition to Greater Hobart is Dead

(Special to Thb Times.) Hobart, Ind., Oct. 12. The town of Hobart Is Jubilant over the fact that its annexation program, by which it has been able to add 10,000 acres of terri-

I tory to the town, has been a success.

Following the action of the board of

county commissioners in approving the annexation of the territory the announcement was made that an appeal

would be taken from the decision of the board.

The time for this appeal expired on

October 6 so that Hobart's annexation

of all of this territory is an assured fact. The opposition of the farmers to the annexation finally died out and evervbodv now seems to be satisfied.

Mrs. Richard Tasker Lownder, of Danville, Ky., Is the foremost woman

owner of show horses In the West. Her recreation is in personally taking her horses over the southern and western circuits and she has taken prlze3 at New

York and Chicago shows as well.

STANFORD ILLNESS

After an absence of fifty-seven years,

Casper Humpfer, 79 years old, brother

of "Grandpa" Joseph Humpfer, Sr., ar rived in Hammond this morning for I visit with his relatives here.

Accompanied by his daughter, Mrs,

A. W. Buck, the old gentleman left home at Kxcelsior, Minn., to visit the

scenes of his younger days. Among those who received him at the depot was his brother, who despite his ex

treme old age of 85 years, is still hale

and hearty. The brothers had not seen each other for sixteen vears. and both

looked forward to the reunion with the greatest pleasure.

One of the first places the aged visit

or wants to see is the Humpfer homestead, south of town, where he lived before going- to Minnesota. He is enjoying fairly good health.

The surprise of Mr. Humpfer at see

ing the re-constructed country hereabouts teeming with business and industry may be better imagined than described. That he was not altogether prepared for the big changes that have taken placil in Chicago and the sur

rounding country may be gathered from a little remark he made while planning his trip to Hammond. Knowing that he bad to change cars in Chicago,

he thought he would visit a neighbor

hood which he knew well in his

younger days.

"I'll know where I am when I am on Franklin street, in Chicago," he said, having in mind a location at the intersection of Wells and Franklin

streets, dui cmcago is cnanging so

rapidly that it keeps the present generation busy keeping up with its pro

gress, and the probabilities are that the visitor from Minnesota would have

had to ask the nearest policeman for

information had he tried to find his

way about alone in the metropolis.

While in Hammond Casper Humpfer

will spend his time with his nephewa

Fred, Joseph and Mathias Humpfer, and

with his niece, Mrs. W. B. Fenster make".

(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Oct. 12. Atty. D. E. Boone appearing for Isaac Stanford

the truant officer accused by Anne Schmidt appeared before Judge Rlley this morning and asked for a con

tinuance on the ground that his client

was ill in bed. A corticate from Ir.

vv hite of Hammond to this effect ac

companied the application for a con

tinuance. Atty. Boone also asked that the $2,000 bond furnished by Stanford

be reduced to $1,000 and this was

granted with the same sureties. On an

agreement between the state's attorney and the attorney for the defense the

date of trial was set for next Monday, by which time his physician believes Mr. Stanford will be able to be up and around.

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With the incorporations of Hobart.

Miller, Aetna and New Chicago covering: all. of Hobart township, township --trus

tee L. E. Barnes must henceforth have his activities somewhat circumscribed. He will have nothing to do with the schools and about all he will have todo will be to look after township roads and the township poor. Hobart Is the first township to be fully occupied by municipal Incorporations. .With Its enormous territory and wiil the advantage of being the center of a. rich farming community, with an excellent market at its very doors It la expected that Hobart will become one of the wealthiest, most progressive and most populous towns in Lake County.

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FIGHT IN CHURCH. Lawrenceburg, Ind., Oct. 12. Be

cause Mrs. jonn uooapaster arousea

her husband from a nap during a sermon at the Holiness Church, with a hatpin thrust he struck her. The

service was disrupted and both Mrs. Goodpaster and her husband were fined $5 and costs in the Mayor's court. Neither could pay and both.

went to Jail.

MASS MEETING BILLED FOR VILLAGE

PURCHASES

THE STOCK

(Special to The Timef.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 12. The mystery of the purchase of an amount of the stock of the Lake County Titl and Guaranty Co. is explained by the fact that Albert Maack, the present countytreasurer who Is about to retire from office, has purchased $15,000 worth of the stock. It is understood that Peter W. : Meyn of Hammond is interested

with . him in this enterprise.. It is further understood that following his retirement from office that Maack will

devote all of his time to the interests

of this company.

Following . the acquisition of a ma

jority of the stock of the Allman Broth

ers & Dinwiddle by the Chicago Title and Trust Co. a great deal of Interest

has been taken, in the Lake County Title and Guranty Co.

The present of the Lake County Title

and Gruanty Co. are Fred Mott, president,. Frank Hammond, vice president;

J. f. Blackmun, secretary; A. H. Tapper, treasurer, and Edward Eder, manager. The next election will be held the first

of : the year when Maack will probably be elected to some office.

(Special to The Times.)

frown Point. Ind.. Oct. 12. For the

want of $1,000 It is feared that the pro

ject to add a fine piece of wooded land to the Lake County fair grounds will

fail.

When the members of the county

council made overtures t. Charles Daugherty and the other owners of this land for the purchase of it for fair orronnds Dumoses they were informed

that it would cost $9,000.

tIibv were also informed that this

is the rock bottom price for the land

But the county councilmen thought tna. thf owners of the property would ac

cept less and appropriated only $8,000

naurhfrli- and his friends refuse to

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West Hammond Taxpayers Are Requested to Turn Out Tonight.

FUNERAL OF C. BACK

The remains! of Charles Back were taken to Chicago yesterday afternoon by Undertaker Stewart, where burial was held today. The funeral was held from the Oakwood cemetery chapel this morn'ng at 10 o'clock and interment was held at the above cemetery. Many beautiful floral piece were sent to Chicago by Back's wide circle of friends and fellow workers. The funeral was very sad and his many friends " extend their depct sympathy to the bereaved family.

Arrested by Police. William Adkins of Hegewlsch was arrested last night by Officer Miller at Hohman and. Hoffman . streets on : a charge of drunkenness.

lhts was his first offense - here and

eased by Chief Austgen this

Ihe was relc morning-.

Miss 'Virginia Brooks requests the presence of all of the citizens of West Hammond who are interested in good government at the meeting of the village board at the village hall at 7:30 tonight.

At this meetirrg a formal demand will be made upon the members of the board asking them to set the date for the city election,-and if they fail to' do so they will be guilty of contempt of

court.

The meeting Is expected to be an in

teresting one, and it is believed that

there will be a large attendance of

citizens. Miss Broooks is making a

personal canvas of tne village and ur

urging everybody to come out and see the board in session. If the board does not call the election In good faith It will be cited to appear before the court and show cause why members should not be punished for contempt of court. It may even mean that the jail looms up In front of the trustees if they fail to act. Miss Brooks herself is scheduled to speak at the Christian church tonight.

LOOK OUT, FARMERS! Dairy farmers shipping milk into

Hammond may expect a visit from Frank Tucker, state pure food Inspector; Dr. -T. W. Oberlln. secretary of the county board of health, and J. F. O'Rourke, the Hammond city sealer and deputy pure food inspector, tomorrow. The state official arrived in Hammond yesterday and went to Chicago today to visit the dairy exhibition there. Dairies will be inspected in Illinois, as well as in Lake county, and any. farmer whose methods of dairying are not up to the standard for cleanness and sanitation will be warned to keep his milk out of Hammond. While on his visit here, the state pure food Inspector will instruct the new city sealer along his lines of duty as deputy food inspector.

DR. J. T.CLARK

. GETS jUUDGEMEUT

After Three Years Appellate

Court Finds for Hammond Doctor.

The appellate court yesterday af

firmed the judgment of $237 awarded to Dr. J. T. Clark in the lower court two v-ears asro when he brought suit

through his attorneys. Reilly & Hardy

against Wah Kee, a Chinese laundry-

man for possession of the latter's room

In the State street Masonic temple. Wah Kee was a tenant in the build

lnr at the time Dr. Clark bought it

from Fred Simon, and he refused to va

cate on the grounds that he held

three-year lease. The attorneys for the r.iaintifr however, showed that Mr. and

Mrs. Simon held as tenants by entire

ties, whereas the lease was signed by

only one. Other points in the case de

cided by the court are as follows:

(1) In an action for recovery of po

session by landlord against tenant on a lease or less than three years the complaint is not defective as against demurrer for failure to set out a copy of the lease, as the law will presume

in absence of allegation that the lease

sued on was verbal. (2) Error In over

ruling a motion for new trial will not be considered where neither the mo.tlon nor its reasons are set out In appellant's briefs. (S) Answer of tender is not sufficient which does not show the amount due its tender and the bringing into court to keep it good.

WORK

ON NEW DUPLICATES

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 12. Auditor Charles Johnson is the busiest man in the- courthouse. He has a force -of eight girls working for him and has work piled up on all sides. He is working on the tax duplicates and his entire Xorce is working overtime. . .

INJURED

MOTORCYCLIST ' GETTING BETTER H. Cardklos of East Chicago, who was Injured in an automobile and motorcycle collision on State street Tuesday morning, is reported getting along nicely this morning, and will be able to be up and around again in a short while. Cardklos was attended by Dr. Chidlaw, and it was found that the Injured man suffered a broken rib and minor bruises.

LATEST HEWS

MANY DEAD IN TIDAL WAVE. Mexico City, Oct. 12. A hurricane

accompanied by ,a cloudburst .-and a

tidal wave cost hundreds of lives and destroyed millionB of dollars worth of

property along tlie west coast ol Mexico between Guaynvas ., and Medina, a strip aBout 100 iuSTea lohg. Thirty-seven bodies, have been recovered at Guaymas and ten at Ortiz.- f

DECIDES UNDER AN OLD LAW. Belleville, 111., Oct. 12. Judge Per-

rin of the probate court resorted to aa old English law ruling in the final set

tlement of the estates of Schuyler C. Hill, Mrs. Ruth Hill and Ellen Sawy-

er, who were killed in a wreck in Illi

nois last year. The judge held in an opinion filed yesterday that the wife, owing to her weaker sex, was the first

to succumb to the' injuries sustained. As a result the $3,000 estate will go

to Hill's relatives.

R0DGEES TO GO TO FORT WORTH.

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12. Calbraith,

P. Rodger s, coast-to-coast flyer, with, half of his transcontinental air journey complete, is taking a. brief rest

while hismechanics are overhauling his aeroplane. His next Immediate objective point will be Fort Worth,

Tex. Rodgers has flown 1,520 miles 6ince leaving New York and made the

last lap from Marshall to Kansas City,

a distance of eighty -one miles, In 122 minutes actual flying time. .'

GABY'S PEARLS STILL DRA WING BROADWAY

Rules Are Approved. The library Toard held its regular session this afternoon. A revised set of rules and regulations for. the library was submitted by Mrs. Jeannle Sawyer the librarian and approved by the-board.

AUSTGEN WINS SHOOT. The police held their regular monthly shoot yesterday afternoon in the rear of the old packing house building. Chief Austgen copped the honors of the afternoon. The chief went over to-the grounds clad in his shooting clothes and out of ten shots he never missed the target once and made the high sjore of 67 points. Officer See won second honors with 39 points, and Kunz third with 38 points. A number of the force were unable to be present, consequently only seventeen took part in the afternoon's sport. The following scores were made: Austgen, 67; Rimbach, 36; Borchert, 8; Kunz, 38; Mojeska, 9; Stelow, 13; Sehaadt. 9; Britzke, 16; Fick. 0; Malo, 9; Wallak, 37; Miller. 28; Strong, 20; Horlbeck, 4; Carlson, 21; Wvs, 39; Cordua, 0.

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Gaby Deslys and the string of pearls given her by ex-King Manuel of Portugal are still all absorbing topics of conversation on Broadway. New York. The pearls a regular harness of them are 'he hook with which Gaby lures all the fish In h Broadway pool to the Winter Garden, where she -is appearing la vaudeville. - -- '