Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 168, Hammond, Lake County, 5 January 1912 — Page 8

TILE THTC3. Friday, Jan. 5, 1912HOLLAND'S QUEEN GIVES OUT PHOTOGRAPH OF CHILD PRINCESS SHE HERSELF TOOK u M Happenings of a Day In Cosntrs Lively Capital 1 1

Crown

POM

Hews

SHUCKS

From the Diary of Si. Leaca

Hek Spence sez he did quite er' leedle bill collectin' yestiddy. Went f th' ,potoffl an' found sixteen In th' box.. There's more babies' banks git busted 'long erbout th fust o' th' year than et enny other time. " - -

s August Nuenfeld, superintendent of

the county farm, has been able to check

what appeared like an epidemic of hog

cholera among his herd by taking time by the forelock and separating those thought to be afflicted. The- disease is quite prevalent in Lake county at present. Dr. Geisel of the Kankakee marsh losing a large herd. It is said that the Purdue university is sending out a remedy which proves efficient by tnnoculating the herd witb the virus and giving them the treatment prescribed by th school experts. The ice harvest will be 'commenced at Cedar Lake next Monday, the north end being frozen to a required depth at pre?ent. Hundreds of men will be -employed and the ice harvest at this time of the year proves a boon to many . who could not secure employment at -any other occupation. The local dealers will probably commence harvesting tomorrow, the ice t Fancher lake being of excellent quality and good thick- . nee. Mrs. A. H. Farley delightfully enter

tained a party of lady friends at a. 5 o'clock dinner at her home on South Court street last evening. Mr.' and Mrs. P. E. Raasch have returned from the . bedside of Mrs. Raasch's sister, Mrs.- Gateham, of Chicago, who is reported iir with pneumonia. ' The Presbyterian anA. Methodist church congregations will hold a union week of . prayer at ' the respective churches next week.

The K. of P. lodge held an important business meeting at their lodgerooms

last evening. .

The cold weather kept a big crowd from witnessing the moving picture

films of "Auld Lang Syne" at the Ly

ric theater last evening. The pictures in question were the best ever seen

here and deserved a better patronage.

Mrs. Will Handley is a sufferer from sciatic rheumatism at her home on

ast street, having been confined to the house for two weeks. Her mother from .Lowell is caring for her during

her illness.

Tne doctors report a few cases of pneumonia in Crown Point and vicinity, due probably to the- , changeable

weather.

John Foss transacted bustness in

Chicago yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ott returned last

evening from a visit to Chicago.

Miss Georgia Crawford transacted

business In Chicago yesterday.

A pencil pusher has to out-Sherlock

Sherlock Holmes these cold days to get any news. It's like everything else

all froxen up.

DISASTROUS FIRES BRING LOSS TO E. CHICAGO

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while it was brought under subjection ed by falling bricks when one of the

before It had burned the walls and par- walls partially collapsed, titions of the building, left things in There were eighty children In the such shape that the loss Is, total. , The parochial school In the basement of the roof was wholly burned away, and the building when the fire was discovered, large quantities of water poured into but all-escaped without Injury, leaving the building ruined the furniture, , the building in good order, thanks to The house and furniture were all the -coolness of the sisters In charge, practically new, Mr. and Mrs. Doppler who by their example inspired the.chllhaving been married less than a year, dren with courage. The discipline was The furniture alone was valued at such that all the children had on their 00 and of the $2.000 'insurance carried hats and wraps and with the exception 92.200 was on the furniture. . of four or five of them, their books with The family was away at the time of them when they left the burning etructhe fire, Mr. Doppler being in Michigan ture. . on business, while Ms wife had gone . School was proceedings as usual when out for a while. The blase was causeil one of the sisters noticed a hase. and by an over-heated furnace, the fire fol- the ungent smell of smoke. Suspecting lowing number of the partitions to that the building was on fire, she ordthe roof. ered the children to drop everything Mr. Doppler had been making some and proceed In the -usual manner to the improvements in his building, workmen dressing-rooms for their wraps. Som Jkv4g- beM -engaged- for? bout -a week of the. children noticed the smoke and

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Hammond's Greatest Dept. Store

In excavating beneath the house for a there would have been a panic had U

cellar. ; not been that the sister calmly informed Assistant Chief Doherty said this them that there was not the slightest morning: "Had it not been - for soma danger If perfect order was observed, volunteers that offered their services to After they had secured their wraps and 'take the place at the. two disabled mm, hats and taken their books from their we would have been in . a . bad . plight desks, the sisters led their charges to when the alarm from the Doppler pla the door and dismissed them, tame in. Fortunately however we had Father Paul Bognar Is heart broken, these extra men. or the damage might and could scarcely restrain his emotion.

have been much more serious thnn-it When he surveyed the sad scene after

was." . ithe. fire had been extinguished there

, i waB not & vestige of anything that had

riVTP 'RTTC1T'N"PC!C! formed the church, and Its furnishings,

- w V"I"r . ' but the blackened and empty walls to

IflAJN lO JJJIjAU tell the tale. The altar with all it

1 ; i sacred , images and belongings, was fContlnuHd from Pag- I. .'smouldering in the heap of ruins. Not . ! : ; 7T, """""" a-vestment, not acandle-stlck remain-

elghteen-he emigrated to America, ed.. "All, all, is destroyed. Everything,' landing in New York, on July 4. 188. said the priest mournfully.

From there he went to Chicago where Th fire was started by a blase In the he resided for a period of five yearn, chimney. "I do not thinkthe furnace

He was married to Miss M. Ziega and was over-heated." said Father Bognar,

from this union four children,, were "It built the fire myself, and saw to it

born, John J. who lives at Santa Josa, that everything was all right, I had California. Mrs.. J. Hoffman, of Chi- looked at It almost the last thing be-

cago,: Andrew and Mrs. Peter Ehrsam for I left the school about a half hour of . this place. , . before the fire in the building wis lie was the postmaster at Dyer from discovered. It must have been the soot 1&S-2 until 1896. He was an active mem- in the chimney that caught fire, and ber of the C, O. F. and the C, IS. L. of the blaie from this set fire to the build-

I., anulhis funeral will take palce un--ing.

der the auspices of . these two societies. The funeral arrangement have ,not yet been completed. , '. '

oroan Finally Recovers

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PRINCESS JULIANA WtLMCI mina

Princess Juliuna. of Holland, -s Idolized by the Dutch people, ' who are in a state ,of exaltation whenever they receive a fresh bit of news concerning the youngster. The accompanying photograph of the baby princess, who i:i soon to celebrate her third birthday, was made by , Queen WUhelmlna. her mother.

The conflagration caused no pend of

excitement in the neighborhood. There

are four houses right near the church

and in'the high- gale that was blowing

at the time, the flames seemed a menace to this group if not Indeed to the en

tire neighborhood. All Oklahoma was

out to witness the scene of destruction. Father Bognar's plans for the future are not yet made. He is waiting, for word from the bishop before proceeding in the matter' of arrangements for 4 temporary place of worship for his little flock. The burned building cost about $10.000 and the furnishings and vestments consumed.'

WHITING MERCHANTS

PUT BEFORE MAYOR

Question of Properly Pla

carding Cold Storage Eggs Causes Arrests.

Specli to The Times.) Whiting; Ind., Jan. 5. Joe.Tapajna,

the Schrage avenue grocer, who was fined $10 and costs, - last week, on the charge of selling unwholesome eggs, was on "Wednesday tried on. the charge

of not having his cold storage eggs

properly placarded. The latter case

was decided In favor of Topajna by Judge Atchison. Both eases were instituted against Topajna by the Board of Health. At both trials e was defended by Attorney Joseph Conroy of Hammond. The case of Schlosser Bros, of South Chicago, who were arrested on , the charge of not having cold storage eggs properly placarded, came up before Judge Atchison on Wednesday night. The charges were preferred against Schlosser Bros, by Sanitary Officer J. W. Ault. City Attorney Westfall, appeared on behalf of the" city while Schlosser Bros, were defended by attorneys Hall and Green. Oood arguments were brought out on

both sides and after all the evidence had been gathered in Judge Atchison decldml in fako the fas iitirlaf

ment for a few days, before rendering his decision..

COLD AND

afuiftp

Mil

Liquid Veneer is one of the" very best furniture polishes on the market,

50c bottles

38c

ElililG

COLDER

Cold and getting colder, was the weather report this morning. After

the thermometer was five below last night and seven and eight below this morning the report from the Chicago weather bureau was that the cold snap would continue, and that the mercury

may go as low as ten degrees.

Because of the clear atraosphere and the dry thin air little complaint is heard about the cold weather. The

extreme low temperature, which Is the lowest In six years is working Rome

what of a hardship on street car and

railroad traffic, but no serious Injury 13

reported.

Needle- Ice the dread enemy of the city pumping stations In the Region which clogs up the Intakes has not yet

put in an appearance, but Is momen

tartly expected if this cold weather

continues much longer.

. lee making has started in earnes

wherever a crop Is to be harvested.

GEE! HOW COLD WAS IT, ANYWAY? (Continued from Page 1.)

BITTER -FIGHT WAGED FOR GIRL

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ered all the way from twenty below to sixty in the shade.

Slxtj-nve Given Shelter. Last niglit sixty-five men and some

boys applied at the police station for

shelter.. The homeless ones were permitted to go into the basement of the city hall where they slept upon the ce

ment floor. -A good fire was maintained in the boilers so no one suffered any inconvenience. ' j Last night . when it became , evident that the coldv.snap would keep people in doors many Broadway merchants

WAS COUNCIL

CALL ILLEGAL?

Doubt Expressed As . to

Whether Tonight's Mee ing Will Be of Avail.;

Wizard. Carpet Cleaner cleans and brightens earpets and floorings, 25e package C

Ice Skates. Men's and Boys toe clamp and heel, cast! steel runners, special, any size, EQf per pair. U0U

Army and Navy Glue 'will mend anything gluable,

the 10c bottles

Wash Boards, full siie

heavy zinc rubbing sur-

ace, regular 32c value at . . . .

23c

Stove Pipe Enamel Sapo

lin is the best for all gas

stoves and stove pipes, -special at Ju

Stove Polish, Black Silk always gives an intense

black polish that lasts, special. ... . .

Remnants of Linoleum

and Oilcloth at great re duced prices.

30c Oilcloth in 1 yard, VA

-vard and 2 vard widths, in short lengths 1 Qa only, yard. I UU

Men's Blue Chambray, also figured, and striped madras Shirts up to 69c

value, special at....

45c

Men's Black Leather Caps inside fur bands, un to

1.25 value, 69C

36c Oilcloth in same widths, yard

23c

of East Chicago. " The ' complaint states that Ismar M as u re was married to Nettie Appel on the 21st day of April, 1903. and that they have as the fruits of their marriage one female child. Fern Masure. It is alleged that this chili is forc

ibly confined to the house of Harriet

Smallberg, when the plaintiff is law

fully entitled to the possession of her.

It is further charged thai, the plain

tift was abandoned by the defendant on' Feb. 23, 1909, and that since that time he has b;?en living wS"h his father In Chicago "He claims that he is a photographer and Is eat nir. from $100 to $130 a m.in'.h ( ' It is ' charged that Mrs. Masure Is rearing the child to despise Its father and that formerly there was a great

attachment between the two. ; The plaintiflT charges that his wife Is sickly and is unable to support herself and the. child properly, while on the other hand he has ample funds with which to care for it.

It Is related that a; suit for divorce

Is pending in the supreme court in

Illinois on an appeal from the lower

court.

Somebody must - have blundered i

sending out the calls for a cial meeting of the Gary common council scheduled to be held tonight ; at J

o'clock.

Calls which some of the aldermen received state that . the business to .come before the house will.be to ake action on declaring a vacancy in, the, miinlci-

I rial Iflo-ldlatiip. V . r. j-. -i lit- rx9 tt.. in n.

closed their . .doors at supper time thus I . . , . ' . , ,mii .v, i. i i Per-nce of Alderman Antony .Baukua.

remain at home for. the evening. This! was welcomed especially by girl clerks i

A call received by Alderman: Feuer states that the business will be to elect f) (UIfAlAp n thn mlcelnp f p Psnlrn.

who live in the outlying parts of thjVnder tne statut the seat ,'nust first city - . f : ' - ! be declared vacant and notice of a coun-Theatre-Uoers Shiver. j oil election must be published and then Those who ventured out of derrrs to j action can only be taken within a day's attend 1 the ' vaudeville shows sat 1 time. S through the performances freezing, f It is contended' ffiat because of tlie

Dancers at a leap year party in New wording of the call tonight's meeting

will be illegal. First becausethat -it specifier that an election is to be held

Assembly hall were much Inconvenienced ' because of a break down In the

heating .apparatys. The orchestra was 'which cannot be done and secondly be

T. E. Knotts"

and bears no further' title. - , .

requested to play lively airs that called j cause the call ;is signed

t. A, , . . ...

merry

makers managed to keep warm.

When the city firemen went to bed

last night they hoped and prayed that no night alarms would call them oui Their Dravers were answered.

At the various mills in the city special precautions were taken to keep the water and steam pipes from freezing. '

THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED EVERT DAY THAN ALL, THE OTHER DAILV PAPERS IN LAKES COUNTY FUT TOGETHER. '

These things will be debated upon by the members who are opposing tonight's meeting.

EAST GARY. Miss Linda Peterson has been sick

the p-ist week from an attack of the !

gripe. ' S. , Link, Ida Thome, Roy McSkimmons and Mabel Crlsman spent Wednesday evening in Oary. V

C. A. Peterson is taking up Ice.

The weekly church service has bee

changed from Tuesday . to , Wednesday

evenirg.

Best Quality Printed Linoleum, in 2-yard -widths,

enough for "small kitchen or bath rooms, sells regu

larly at 6dc yard, spec'ail, sq. yard.

39c

Best Quality Printe Linoleum, in 12-foot widths, worth 85c square CQn 3rard, special 0 w U

Inlaid Linoleum in short lengths, sold in regular way at 1.50 square yard, special, 4 4 square Tard . . . I I JZ

Hemp Carpet, 1 yard wide, sold regularly at OJL 18c, special, yard . I

Sultana Cottage Carpet in good patterns and colorings, very good or bedrooms and worth 40c yard, special, 07f yard If

All-Wool Ingrain Rugs, in all sizes, reversible and good patterns and colors one-third oft: regular pnee.

Men's Dress Shirts, Wilson and Elgin brands, 1.00 to 1.50 values, RQf special to close . . . UOu Little Boys' Worsted Sweater Coats, Bryon' collar, 1.25 value, 1 flf) special . .- . UU

Boys' Kid Gloves, warm lined, snap fasteners, often sold at 75c,

Men's Wide Heavy Web Police Suspenders, double back strap, 1 QC

Men's Calf Palm Warm Lined Mittens, yarn wrist, double switched, QQf special. . Owu

Men's Fine All-Wool Red Underwear, very l ift best 1.50 quality. . j

Men's 1.00 Wool Dark

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7Cn

Men's Heavy Corduroy Working Coats, high storm

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2.00 grade, . specialj pair . . .

1.69

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1.50

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Ladies' Flannelette Gowns, double yoke lined,

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Heavy Wool Fascinators

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Ladies', Misses' and Ju

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tures and plaid - badks,

values up to 8.50, for

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Colgate's Toilet Water, all

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Lydia E. Pinkham Vege

table Compound, "7 ETA 1.00 size UU

Nestle's Food for infants

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39c

Fountain Syringe, 2-quart,

all guaranteed, CQ 1.00 value Dm

Hot Water OBottles, in red

rubber, cloth i inserted, 2

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S.S.S. Blood Tonic, 1.00 size . . .

64c

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Plaque Lace, IV2 to 4 inches wide, large assortment of patterns, regular 10c values, " "II A vard ... 0UK

Black Velvet Purses, 7 to 9 inch frame, (long silk" cord handle, ornamental gold or silver frames, regular price 59c to AQfi' 69c, special, . . . V. . . ruu