Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 115, Hammond, Lake County, 1 November 1911 — Page 1
LAKE TIME EDITION V-OL. VI., NO. 115. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOATEMBER 1, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers .3 Cents Copy ) .
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VAKDALS DESTROY MUCH PROPERTY
Many young- girls participated in the vandalism which ran wild in and around Hammond last night and the small boys, young men and young girls, who celebrated Hallowe'en, went as far as to damage a large amount of property, and the sum w;il run up to many hundreds of dollars. This took place all over the city. The police department was kept busy this morning answering telephone calls to the effect that some had their porch set stolen and others their fences broken down and carried blocks away and damaged. Signs were torn down- windows soaped, rubbish thrown on doorsteps, building material thrown around promiscuously. Most of the damage was done on the north side aryl on Michigan avenue .where young rowdies knew that police protection was Inadequate at nigh and that they could do as they pleased. Outbuildings were reported torn down and carried away, chairs and porch benches were taken, fences and gates torn down, stole a lot of poultry. Fifteen Thousand Members of Servian Orthodox Church to Have House of Worship of Their Own at Indiana Harbor. (Special to The Tief.) Indiana Harbor. Nov .1. The Calumet legion is to have still another church the latest prospects for such An acquisition emenating from the Servian Orthodox worshipers who propose to build a six thousand dollar church in the near future. It will be located here. A meeting was held last Sunday at a hall at "428 Pennsylvania avenue. thmeeting .being attended by Servians from Uaty, Whiting, Kast Chicago, Hammond, Hegewisrh and South Chicago -as well as from Indiana Harbor. Already a pastor has been engaged and at lat Sunday's meeting the congregtion was regularly organized. The pastor is Father J. Markovieh of Pitluirg. and the church will serve t'n Servians in all of the cities represented (Cont Inued on page S.) Odd Fellows Interested. A number of Hammond Odd Fellows t interested in the coming meeting of the members of that order from all the. state to take place at Indianapolis from Nov. 1311. and several from this city and will be In attendance. FIANCE A TRIFLER; ENGAGEMENT OVER Of?6 H&rtlkorv
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Miss Hope Hamilton, cousin of Lady Decles and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., has peremptorily thrown over Julian S. Dillon, son of a wealthy New York promoter and manager of der v ment stores, because of his escapades with Sue Young, a chorus girl. It had been reported that Miss Hamilton and Uillon were engaged. : V
a bicyrie and numerous other articles which are being reported to the poported to th police y -cry hour. Young boys who hired a hayrack to take them around iown are reported to have done the most damage. Numerous reports came in where they had torn down fences and hauled away wagons. Henry Hasselbring, who owns a saloon at 442 Michigan avenue, said that because he would not sell some boys some beer, they went out side, tore down his fence and then threw the pickets through his screen door. They also tore down a fence in front of Nick Kahl's home, n Michigan avenue. They even went as far as to pull two buggies past the police station, and when a policeman came outside they escaped and left them in the street. The lads were caught and took th buggies back to their owners. No arrests were made during the night. There were numerous parties and dances in Hammond and a large number of people journeyed to Kast Chicago, where a large masked ball was given.
BOARD TO PASS ON BRIDGE
(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 1. The county commissioners will meet at Crown Point next Monday for the purpose of approving of the building of a $70,000 bridge over the Indiana Harbor canal at Chicago avenue. They will also authorize the building of a temporary bridge over the canal at Canal street. The government had granted permissfon to construct this kind of a bridge. It will be constructed with a bascule draw. The plan is to have the countv coun cil makethe appropriations for these ' V. .-; t - . e . . . . . , aiiri i iic ni si oi me year, tor the reason that appropriations made in 1911 must be uPd during that year. Kverything will then be in readiness for the building of the bridge next year. COHKEY WANTS , JIFTY GIRLS Speak Quick If You Have Any About You For He Needs Them. W. R Con key must, have fifty girls at once in order to take care of the great volume of business he has on hand. The plant was never more prosperous, and Mr. Cokey says that he has orders for enough work to keep ; the plant running ret full cpaacity , the plant running at full capacity all winctv. The fact is pointed out that the Conkey plant is one of the best places in jthe city in which the work. The plant i is all on one floor and there are no I i-tairs to climb. : The work rooms of the plant are light and airy and rest rooms and lunch rooms are provided for the convenience of those who work there. All or the applicants for positions must be over 16 years of age in order to company with the state factory laws. The girls are all able to make good wages, and they find fhe work enjoyable and the hours comparatively short. Girls who desire positions should make application immediately. GARY NEGROES ARE ARRANGED FOR THEFT South Hend, Ind., Nov. 1. The first charges of burglary to be brought against suspects In the wave of crime, which has continued in South Bend for the past month, were filed against George Scales, and Oliver Taylor, two negroos. of Gary, and they were given a hearing before Acting Judge J I. A. Steis in the city court yesterday afternoon. Scales is In the custody of tho police, while Taylor was brought from Gary, where he Is now serving a 40-day jail sentence for highway robbery. Both pleaded not guilty to . the charge and were placed under bond for trial Iec. 5, when Taylor will have finished serving the term in jail. The colored men, who, so far as known, have admitted little of importance to the police, denied entering the residence of to Williams afMl West South street and stealing a watch and other valuables from Allen Ienning, (Continued on page 8.) . If you are a Judge of quality try a Ja Vendor Cigar.
GASOLINE TAKES PLACE
Gasoline Lighting System in Hotel Majestic Explodes and Fire Sensation Is Created in Down Town District of Hammond. At exactly five minutes of eleven today a wild-eyed hysterical young lady ran through the swinging doors of the" Majestic Hotel in Hammond at the Hohman street entrance, from which currents -of smoke were issuing and addressing the city in general cried shrilly "Got in himm.I it blew up." Passing citizens, who had not heard the explosion of a gasoline tank which caused this explanation, paused to consider the speaker and her message. The wild-eyed hysterical young lady gestured energetically for a few moments, repeated the. sentence and made an exit from the public view into the smoke filled loby of the hotel. For the sixth time- in the rast two (Continued on Page 8.) STANLEY SUTTON ILL IN THE SOUTH Former Prosecuting Attorney Loses Eighty Pounds in Weight. Word has been received from Chucullah, Ala., that Stanley T. Sutton, formerly prosecuting attorney of Lake and Porter counties, is very ill. Mr. Sutton went south some time ago for hist health, but did riot seem to improve, although the. last few days he is is better than he was when he first went there. He has lost eighty pounds in weight and suffers a great deal with stomach trouble. Mrs. Sutfon and Jack .Sutton. their - son, are with Stanley. I. J. Sutton, his father, is here on business for a few days, but expects to return south as soon as he can get away.. Mr. Sutton's many friends in Iake county will regret to hear of his illness. II CHANGE The name of the orpheum theatre, in Hammond, is to be changed to- the Hammond theatre as soon as the signs can be changed. The. first attractin that will be played under the new name is "Madam Sherry," which will appear in Hammond Nov. 12. The change in the nam., of the the- i at re has been contemplated for some time. Manager C. G. Kingwell did not think that the name Orpheum was suitable for a house that plays the character of shows that the Hammond theatre does. Orpheum is a name that has been adopted by the theatres under the control of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. As a result theatres that have been named Orpheum are generally vaudeville houses. Tim I 1 a r,-minl ihrfltrn IS flnvtllitlff but a vaudeville house, and so it was thought advisable to change the name. Then, too, the name is so common that confusion results. There is an Orpheum theatre in Gary and the new Schutz theatre is to be called the New Orpheum. LISTS ARE JFILLING UP. The membership lists of the country club are being rapidly filled and it is now certain that there will be at least i:.0 members of the organization by the time the clubhouse is built and ready for occupancy. The idea of having an in-town country club sems: to make a strong appeal to the people of Hammond for the reason that its accessibility will make it available to them without the expenditure of a large sum of money and a gread deal of time. Great progress is being made in clearing off the golf links and the work on the clubhouse will begin next spring as soon as the weather will permit. This winter will b devoted to the work of organizing the club and it -will be in full operation by next; summer. The clubhouse will be complete in every respect and will be a great addition to the city. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES?
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HAHOND SHRINERS - ATTEND CHICAGO DOINGS
About twenty members of Orak shrine in Hammond attended the midnight corner-stone laying of the new Medinah temple, in Chicago, last night. The cornerstone laying was preceded by a banquet which was held in the old shrine temple. The banquet lasted until near midnight, and most of the Hammond party left the city after this was over. The rest, including Illustrious Potentate H. K. Pharrer, stayed to see the ceremonies. It is said that It is remarkable that 5.000 people stayed up -until' 4" o'clobk in the morning to witness the ceremony. No other order in the country has a membership of the high character of the shrine membership in Chicago that would think of doing such a thing. 'With Oriental pomp and ceremony the corner stone of th new Medinah temple, in Cass street, was laid last night, promptly on the stroke of 12. The new home of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine lias a frontage of one block from Ontario to Ohio streets, occupying the spacious grounds of the old Iambert Tree home. TRAVELERS PREDICT LARGE HOLIDAY TRADE "-Commercial travelers, -who find their way into pvrrynook and corner of the state and who perhaps are better able to judge the buair ness pulse of Indiana than any other class of business men. are free Jn their predictions that the business of the coming holiday season will equal that of a. year ago of not surpass it. Kor the last two weeks the travelers have been carrying their grips filled with-samples of all kinds of boliday goods and assert that the advance orders they have taken may be accept rd as an indication of an excellent Christmas trade. The travelers, without exception, point to full order books as proof of a prosperous Christmas season, and many of them predict that tho receipts this year will be larger than any previous year. SUPREME JUSTICE IS DEAD IN WASHINGTON Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan, of the United Statet, Su-1 preme Court, is dead at Washington, of acu brichitis, after an illnecs of less than a wekk. He waa seventy-eight years old.
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- ycBg-i . The ceremonies were conducted by Imperial Potentate John Frank Treat of Fargo, S. J., assisted by Robert Daly, illustrious potentate of Medinah temple, and other nobles of the royal Arabic household. A great Oriental feast was held in th present Medinah temple, Dearborn avenue and Walton place, prior to .the laying of the corner Ftone. A class was initiated, and at 1 o'clock tfcere was a. season of frivolity and entertainment by wandoring Bedouins. At 11 o'clock th nobles laid aside their gorgeous robes and insignia of office and assembled outside the temple, wearing only the red fez as. a mark of distinction. Preceded by a troop of mounted po lice under commander of Captain C.-J C. Healey and the Shriners" band of forty musicians, the caravan marched to the site of the new temple. General M. MoultOn acted as grand marshal of the parade. The temple will have a total seating capacity of- 5.000. Of these seats 1,000 will be on the main floor. The auditorium is arranged in a great semicircle around a portion of the stage. The proscenium opening will be seventy-five feet in width, witli a 'Steel curtain, back of which the stage will have a depth of twenty-four feet. The section of the stage before the curtain will reach sixty-four feet into the auditorium. x The building will be of concrete, steel, stone, terra cotta and brick. It is to be in the Arabic style of archi tecture. The temple will cost $600,000, which, with fittings and decorations, will bring the complete cost to $730,000. The membership of Medinah temple is 11,000. The old temple has been sold to Oriental Consistory. MASS MEETING ' ACROSS THE LINE Indignation in West Ham mond-Reaches the Boiling Point. There will be a mass meeting at Mika's hall, in West Hammond, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock to protest against the proposed bond issue by .which the present . village officials expect to shoulder the expense of building a private power line from AVest Hammond to Blue Island out of tho city taxes. The indignation of the people over the persistence of the village board members in trying to force this thing through will probably be expressed at the meetinjr next Sunday. The ballots will be explained in detail so thst they may ne thoroughly understood. The election is for the selection of judges, but in West Hammond the big issue is the question of whether or not the trustees are going to make the public pay for a power line that will be for the sole benefit of a private company. Miss Virginia Brooks has called the meeting, and there will be a number of speakers on hand to explain just what is being attempted by the board. Miss Broooks is making great headway . with her plans for a setlement house In West Hammond. Next Sunday night she will speak before the congregation of the Methodist church and on Nov. 11, Federation Day, she will speak before the Woman's club on the same subject. At the last meeting of the Woman's club a number of the members became so : enthusiastic aver . the proposition that several of them agreed to donate a month's - rent for. the neew settlement house.
BIG BOLSTER ORDE
The most welcome piece of news that the people of Hammond have had In a long time is th fact that the Simplex Railway Appliance company has just received an order for bolsters for 3.000 Pittsburgh and Iake Krie railroad cars. Secretary Thomas when asked his opinion of the outlook said: "There has been a great change for the better. The orders are beginning to come in nicely. If this tilings keeps up we will be. running full force before winter sets in." Mr. Thomas was asked to be, more specific about the character of the orders that were being received, but said that there was nothing more to be given out. This is the most optimistic statement that has come out of the. Simplex plant in months, and it is pointed out that if th plant runs full force this winter it will mean great local prosperity. Building PaMfBtter Car. Recently there was an article in the Chicago Examiner to the effect that the Standard Steel Car company had received an order for sixty steel passenger coaches from an eastrn line. In view of the fact that the Hammond GARY'S POSTAL SHOWS The report of Chief Clerk Joseph C. Tracey of the Gary postals savings bank for th month ending October 31 shows aggregate deposits of $18,235 in the Gary government bank. This amount is owned by 299 depositors. The postal savings bank was established May 1 and was the first one to be opened In theCalumet region. It has made steady progress since the beginning." At the close of business a month ago there were 26 depositors with aggregate accounts of $15,029. . The following table shows th monthly deposit totals of the bank since its establishment: May, 68 depositors ....3,476 June. 110 depositors.. 2.667 July, 155 depositors 3.736 LATEST HEWS CLEANS TROUSERS ON HIM. . Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 1 William Hogue of West Terre Haute sat at the back door orhis home watching his eon Willie cleaning his trousers with gasoline while he had them on. Lighting his pipe, the elder Hogue threw the match heedlessly and immediately Willie was wrapped in flames. William senior badly burned his hand tearing the burning trousers from William junior. The latter is laid up and bound all around with bandages. BOYS GET TO COAST IN 62 DAYS. San Francisco, Nov. 1. "Alight and rest vour saddle, boys." was the greet ing, of United States Marshal "Jack" j Abernathy of Oklahoma to his two j sons, Temple and Louis, aged seven and pleven. who had iust completed a horseback ride from New York to j an Francisco in eixty-iwo aays. Through losing their horses at Kelton, Utah, the boys lost their opportunity to win a $10,000 prize offered by New York sporting men if they should cross the continent in sixty days. FOOTBALL FATAL TO SCHOOLBOY. Burlington, 111.. Nov. 1. Louis Luthy, a pupil at outh Boundary school, is dead as a result of injuries sustained in a football scrimmage two weeks ago. SOCIALISTS ELECT MAYOR. Los, Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1. Socialism showed remarkable strength in the municipal primary held yesterday, and as a result Job B. Harriman. candidate on the socialist ticket, will contest with George Alexandeer, repubican, backed by the Good Government league, for mayor of Los Angeles for the next two years. When the. canvassing clerks yegan the work today of finishing the count of ballots Harriman had a lead of nearly 2,000 over Alexander In 189 precincts out of a total of 235 where primary votes were cast. Gary & Southern Progress. Work on the Gary and Southern railway, the Gary-Crown Point line. Is progressing ' steadily. It Is expected that work will be started this week on the concrete bridges and culverts. A large force of men are employed south of Ridge road getting the right of way in shape.
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plant is -the only one which manufactures steel passenger coaches the order will come here. There are others rumors to the effct that the steel passenger car depart merit of the Standard will be run to Its full capacity this winter. This is an industry in itself and employs a high grade lot of men. The outlook in the freight car department, so far as it concerns the local plant of the Standard Steel CJir company, is not very good. It is said that the Standard Ste'el Car company had the refusal on an order of 2,000 Missouri Pacific, but it would have had to take them at a loss of $50 a car. The American Car & Foundry company took the order, figuring that It would break even on the proposition when it is figured that the overhead charges would probably amount to that much ; and thy? company would have tie ad-" vantage of maintaining its organisation. But the fact that the Simplex is looking forward to a busy winter and that the Standard's steel passenger car department will probably keep 1,500 men busy this winter is an exceedingly good indication, and means that Hamj mond Is going to have a lot of Christ mas money this year. BANK GREAT PROGRESS August, 211 depositors 5,407 September 264 depositors 5,606 October, 299 depositors 4,4S) ' During the month 35 depositors were gained.' Total deposits for Octob-r amount to $4,S40 and withdrawals total $1,39. The month preceding deposits were $5,606 and withdrawals $2,203. This would leave net deposits for September $3,403. Deducting withdrawals from deposits the net deposit for October amount to J3.201. Foreigners , are getting . more accustomed to th bank and the sale of children's depot-It cards has been very gratifying. This month compares ytVSL.i vora.bis" with September which was our banner month," announced Mjr. Tracey. -T am very enthusiastic over the growth and steady progress of the1 bank." M'GARRY CELEBRATES S Six years ago this coming Saturday, a tall, slim energetic young man came to the city, opened up a modest jewelry store at what Is now ,"!9 Hohman street and settled down to tho real business of getting acquainted with people and winning a portion of their trade. .'". Both of these objects he has accomplished, and now, at the close of his sixth year of business, he feels liko saying something and doing something about It. He feels grateful to the Hammond trade folks and proposes to; let them know how he feels. Saturday next, during the afternoon and evening. John E. McCJarry will throw his store open to the public in a, special manner. Bright and cheerful, as his storeroom always is, replela (Cor.l!r.UG.i on Page 7.) LEADS FIGHT FOR WOMEN TEACHERS Miss Grace C, Strachan is leader of the fight to give women teachers in New York's public schools equal pay with men teachers. Fifteen thousand women are affected. It now peems certain that Governor Dix will approve the bill, which has already been endorsed by Mayor Gay nor.
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