Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 172, Hammond, Lake County, 10 January 1912 — Page 1

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COUNTY THE WKATHEIU FAIR AND CONTINUED COLD; THURSDAY SNOW FLURRIES.

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Examining Physicians Re port Singular Conditions in Hammond's Public Schools; Only 50 Per Cent of Children Vaccinated. More than 50 per cent of the pupils in the Hammond public schools are afflicted with throat trouble of a more or less serious nature; 50, per cent have defective teeth, 25 per cent have defective eyes and only 50 per cent of the pupils tre vaccinated. These statistics were submitted to .the board of education some" time ago by the- medical board appointed by It to examine the children in the public schools. . The examination extended to about 97 per cent of -fne pupils, and another one1 may be made In the spring; to see whether any improvement has resulted from the first examination. The examinations are made for the . benefit of the pupils, their teachers and their parents. The board of education realizes that frequently the' child's position In the class is determined by its physical condition, and where this fs found defective the attention of he parents Is called In order that Jthe child may have the necessary medical aid. 5 Throat Trouble Mont Frequent. The throat trouble, it has been found. -Is generally" due to enlarged tonsils and adet.oid glands, and while the child may not p, sufrerinjr much as a result. It , has' not the '-pert'eot health that" it should -have. ? ; " .';7;- T" ' With th 'exception ' of these local (Continued on page five.) TUCKER GETS AFTER f DEALERS New- Warrants, Sworn Out By State Health . Officer. State Food Ins pector Frank W. Tuck. er ia now after cases were filed the milk dealers, and In Judge Arties' court yesterday afte rnoon against three Hammond milk dealers charging them with keeping dir tymllk. against the following: The cases are joitx powi:i E. B. CROSS, 3 W. H. XORMA .1., 2 Towle atreetj . 124 Monroe tr-et. , Sheffield Jivenne and with keeping m Ilk that isn't right. Each party y rave a bond for their appearance, and up before Judge their trials will come Ames this afternoon.

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Going to the Mason lecture? i William E. Mason, former" senator from Illinois, and one of the best, lecturers on the American platform, will donate his services free of charge next Thursday evening to help along the settlement house. C. O. Kingwell, manager of the Hammond theatre, will donate the use.of the. theatre to help along the cause. More than a dozen Hammond ladles are braving the cold, selling tickets for, the evening. Because of the fact that Mr. Mason makes no chargo for his share of the sue.cess, and the use of the theatre is donated, thn ladies are able to sell the children's tickets for 25 cents and the ticket for the adults for 60 cents. If possible, some way isi to be devised whereby the boxes can be auctionef oil' for ' the evening. The ladies who have the sale of the tickets in hand are: Mesdames Floyd Adams, W. C. Belfhan, W. B. Conkey, Nicholas Emmerling, J. C. Graves. W. A. Hill. A. S. HuntDr. Mary K.' Jackson, J. S. Reilly, a. A. Rothschild, J. M. Turner. W. 1). ,Wels and Miss Virginia Brooks. Mr. Mason has a number of standing lectures. . On Thursday evening he will in all probability give his best extracts from his lectures on "American Citizenship and Picturesque America." ; For some of the poor people in Hammond and West Hammond .the settlement house has been a godsend during this cold weather. More and more the place on RImbach avenue is getting to

BRE1AII CANVAS? HEETI1WITH FAVOR Practically All Leading Republican Politicians in Lake County for Him.

John A. Brennan of Gary was in' IJanmiond this morning interviewing republicans as to his candidacy for the county' auditorship. lie declares that he Is gratified at the promises of support he has secured from influential republicans all over the country. Practically every republican politician he has talked, with has agreed to support his candidacy. As Mr. Brennan is alone In the field he will be without opposition in the convention, no other candidates for the office of auditor having announced, A number who thought of making the race, but who did not get In early, have determined to stay out by reason of the Gary man's strength. JUDGE FRANK GREEN PUNISHES WIFE BEATER West Hammond Man Who ,Beat Wife With Strap, Gets Deserts. Judge Frank Gr nioncT Indicated his i f West Hamlatic dlsapprovai of wife-beating , a m morning when he fined Charles Hui.'ls $100 and coatu for beating up hi wife. 'Wife.bea.ting seems to have becom quite a diversion among some of 'this residents of -West Hammond and Judgis Green tliinks that this fin will have H salutoryjefrect on the whole village. , ; ( .'..The'eass hltTi;ihe:-Hne"ywa9"1hvi posed Was particularly , aggravating. Charles Bulonis .is a. car builder, T. years of age. About a year ago he married a: l-yeartfia girl.' She Is a bright and intelligent 'Polish girl, who speaks English well. Thi morning Bulonis was arrested 1 on the complaint of his wife, who charged that he had beaten her. It developed that he had taken his leather belt and whipped her terribly with the buckle end of it. When the court heard the evidence and. a conclusive case was made oit against htm, the judge assessed a fine' of $100. Bulonis was thunderstruck. He did not know that the laws ot the land protect women, even though they may be the Wives of Inhuman? brutes. He did not have the money and was committed to the county jail. . "Won't you save me," cried Bulonis when the officers lead him off to his cell. "No, you go to jail, where you belong." said his wife, and he was lead away. ''I put It up to his wife and she was determined to have him pay the penalty," said Judge Green, "and I guess he is going where he belongs." John Junka was fined $15, and costs by Judge Green on a charge of assault and battery preferred by Gus Leehlnski. Iechinskl admitted hitting Junka with a snuff horn, but Junka said a club was used. "" be a clearing houe for the city's well-to-do and the -city's poor. A number of the ladles connected with the settler ment house are always on the alert to find the poor in the city and furnish them relief. The Settlement House gives them a central point from which, to work. - ed More Clothe. Hardly a day goes by but what substantial reliof is given some poor person or. family. Quite a supply of castoff clothing for both children and adults has been received there, but the supply will soon be exhausted at the rate these clothes are given away. There are scors of school children in Hammond' whogo to school only "halfclad and half-fed. They can be seen any morning between 8 and 9 o'clock without an overcoat, without overshoes, and frequently without mittens. Mrs. J. M. Turner has drawn on the tag day fund to biiy material for underwear for some of the children. Early in the winter the ladles of the Presbyterian church put several hundred suits of made-over garments In the Lincoln school. They are. all gone now and more are needed. ' Only a small fraction of . the poor people in North township receive help from the trustee's office.- At present her are only seventy-two on the trustee's list who receive help regularly. The average assistance that these families receive is $2.25 worth of coal and f2.75 worth of groceries for a month.

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Prosecutor Hodges Gets; Word From South BendThat Judge Van Fleet Will; Be Unable to 'Hear Next5 Bribery Case This Term, j Special Prosecutor V. F. Hodxcs today received nonl from bin associate, Samuel Parker of So:-lh Ilend, that Spet-lnl Jodse Vernon Van Fleet of Klkhert will be unable to bear the next bribery vase thla term. Thin will eanae a postponement of the next esse until some time in March. Bollce'Szymanskl, one of the defendant, and wife, give Attorney David Boone tnortgase on their property. Mr. Boone la counsel for Mr. SiymaiNkl. ' la Judge Van Fleet's ex rune and the delay merely a aubterfage to prive the ntate time to Investigate the alleged bribery of a Juror in the WlllUton trial t The next Gary bribery case instead of being hej.rd on Monday, January 15, as was intended "will not be tried at Valparaiso until some time In March. The inability! of Special Judge Van Fleet to deaf up his business in "the Elkhart superior court Is assigned as the reason for the delay. , While The Times on Monday told that th ; next... trial, - which would be el-fner that (it A'cTernian r.cvT5er or Enginei WilHston's, hew trials would be delayed for" possibly a.:weik the an-: . nouncement that no more bribery cases would - b heard th is term comes as al ' surprise. '' j J Hodge Announce Delay. I ' First intimation of the delay was Continued on Page 7.) CATCHES JtlCE HEN. The motorman on one of the Gary & Interurban cars discovered a half-froa-en rice hen along the railroad track! hotwn I rQ m m nn n -l fl a r v T"i H i x ' covery was made near one of the switches ajid he was able to catch the bird and take it to the car with him. It has long legs, a long bill, and is quite a curiosity. Men Are Recovering. Jack Durken and John Mark, the two Kast Chicago cold weather victims who were brought' to St. Margaret's hospital Vast week to recover, are both getting along as well as can be expected. Durken's condition Is less serious than that of Mark, the latter having pneumonia, due to exposure, while Durken's h'ands, feet and fa-ce are frozen. ; PAPERS PKEJUDGED .HIM, HYDE DECLARES Charles M. Hyde, former city Chamberlain uf New York, who resigned after being indicted for bribery, and who is now i facing trial. Is fighting for a change of venue. He says the newspapers of New Tork have prejudged him and have poisoned the minds of their readers against :.him. .... ... -

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Baldwin Co's Letter to - Hotchkiss

Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 10, 1912f C. W. Hotchkiss, Vice President, Chicago, Indiana & Southern R. R. v , DEAR SIR : Replying to your inquiry as to the intention of the Brldwin Locomotive Works in connection with the establishment of our western plant on the grounds we recently bought at Calumet. As in the past, our procedure will be conservative, and the work will progress as the country's business may warrant. If the present depression in business does continue the progress will naturally be slow. If business does revive and we are called upon for our maximum capacity, the progress will be most rapid. It is our intention to start with the erection of shops, having a capacity of raw material sufficient for ten locomotives of the largest type pert week. , As soon as these shops are finished and in working order and raw materials in the finishing department, the erection of suitable machines and erecting shops for the completion of ten locomotives will be erected -and put in operation. ' When this unit, sufficient for the buildings of ten engines is completed and in working order, which we hope will be at an early date, these shops should furnish employment to at least 5,000 men. ; " Our object in purchasing these 370 acres of grounds in the Calumet-Kennedy Land company's subdivision is to provide room for the extension of our work by adding ,as soon as suitable accommodations can be provided for workmen, transportation facilities develop, advantageous business offering, additional units to all branches of ten engines each will be built until we have completed a plant with a capacity of thirty finished locomotives weekly and the ' manufacture of all these f orgings and c&stgeneTeyingl from twelve to fifteen ;;tiousand'inente6aoUitg'pOT'tn development : which the "art may hive attained I at that time. - , We trust that any statement which may be given out by the eentlemen you represent will savor of the same conserva

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win Locomotive Works. Signed S. W. BANKS ELECT THEIR ra OFFICER'S Mrs. Mary Cox of Hammond Only Feminine Bank Di rector in Region. 1 The national banks in Hammond held their elections of directors and officers yesterday. ..The directors were elected by the ballots of the stockholders. These were cast during polling hours that were previously announced. It. is noticeable that there were few changes in any of the .Hammond insti tutions indicaing that there is complete harmony of management and that the personnel of the banks is not sub- ; Ject to radical changes. ' j' First Mllonl Dnk. j Directors John Beckman. W: C. Bel- j man, W. C. Paxton, John E. Fitzgerald, A. M. Turner, F. ?;-Betz and Peter W. 1 Mcyn. ' I Officers A. - M. ." Turner, president; J. j E. Fitzgerald, vice president; W. C. Belman. cashier, and Will MashIno( Morton Towle andT Theodore Moor, assistant . cashiers. . . Citizens Germai Xatlonl Rank. Directors George M. Eder,.J. J. Ruff, Dr.vWilliam V). Wels. Peter Crunipacker, nev. H. M. Plaster. C. E. Bauer and J. K. Stinson. X Officers George M. Eder, president; William D. Weis, vice president; Harry M. Johnson, cashier; I G. Eder, assistant cashier. The only change in the officers of the bank was the promotion of G. Eder to the position of assistant cashier. Both the First National bank and the Citizens' German National bank report that the year has been motit prosperous. The Interstate National bank at Hegewlsh held, its election of directors yesterday, but the directors hax-e'not yet elected the officers of the bank. This will be done today. Interstate National Bank. Directors! William Sippel, Daniel Jordan, B. A. Anderson, Niels Nlelson, F. M. Chodnewicz, A. C. Klucker, Lawrence Cox and Mary I Cox. Mrs. Mary L. Cox was the only new directors elected, and so far as is known is the jonly woman in this region who is director of a national bank. La Vendor Cigars are pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers

. . VANDPLAIN, Vice Pres. Baldwin Locomotive Works.

STERGPIOS TRIAL UPJ3ATURDAY , Attorneys in the case of the state of Indiana vs. Andrew Stergios of Robertsdale. set tie case this morning in Judge Barnett's court -for Saturday morning at 9 ' clock. Stergioa was arrested a week ago last Saturday in- a charge of keeping a j house of ill fame and furnished a $200 ! appearance bond. At the time of his arrest six inmates were also arrested I and fined. . i la-uests oi iscmoers. . Miss Amelia Rukam of Richmond, Minn., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sctiloer and family of Ruth street. Miss Ruekamer visits in Hammond annually and on her trip was accompanied by Mr. Michael Rolling of Schcrervtle. who spent the summer and fall in Richmond. i in i 4 MRS. JAMES & MARTIN Er ' Mrs. James E. Maptine, wife of th new senator from New Jersey, la well started upon a promising social career la Washington. She entertains frequently, and Is popular with the wives of other men higa H in the councils of the nation.

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Deal Closed in Philadelphia at Iiooa, Hammond, Indiana Harbor. East Chicago Jubilant.

HOTCHKISS AMD GEIST GET THE CREDIT - The bitter fight; raging for weeks between the City of Chicago and the dity of East Chicago or more particularly the station of Calumet in East Chicago, to secure the western plant of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, came to a climax today. Calumet wins. Chicago loses, after believing it had the plant cinched. Joliet, Chicago Heights and other cities also lost out.

- It has been one of the most stu- . pendous fight for an industry that! the Calumet region has ever known. Several months ago the fact became known in inner circles that the Baldwin Locomotive works would build a large western.; plaatJtoi tte.4jrar pose of .competing with the American Locomotive works that is to be built at Gary. - THE TIMES carried the i tory then, but was bound to escrecy as to names and details. The Importance of the fight may be appreciated when the fact is known that the proposed western plant of the Baldwin Locomotive works wjll emplay 12,000 to 15.000 skilled machanics and.vwill employ enough men to make possible the building of a city of 50,000 inhabitants. Go After It Hard: It was this big prize that certain Interests in the City, of East Chicago started out to land. A site owned by the East Chicago company and located in the vicinity of Calumet", was selected. Representatives of. the company came out and looked over the ground. C. W. Hotchkiss. who- has a big interest in the Calumet-Kennedy Iand company and who is general manager of the C, I. & S., went to Philadelphia to interview the proper officials. The aid of C. H. Geist was enlisted. Others who put forth great efforts were C. W. Westburg, W .J. Riley and a host of others. ' . Wonders of District Told. All of the wonders that have been ac cornplished In the,bullding up ot the Calumet district were recounted, the remarkable railway facilities of the re gion were pointed out. The big men of Hammond and East Chicago, worked like fiends to bring the plant to this region. In the meantime the officials' of the Baldwin Locomotive works became Interested in a site located along the Santa Fe railroad near ; the drajnage canal and near Kedzie avenue. Labor Market Up. The Chicago site was smaller and it had no better shipping facilities, but it was closed to the labor jnarket and the securing of a large number of skilled worklngmen seemed to be a big point in favor of the Chicago location. In the meantime Gostlln. Meyn & Co., ivell known Hammond real estate men. telegraphed to C. H. Gelst of Phila- I delphia, asking hini to intercede in behalf of the East Chicago site, for it was easily seen that not only East Chicago but the city of Hammond as well would profit by the location ot this enormous Industry in North township. Up to General Manager. Most of the directors of the company seemed to-be in favOr of, the East Chicago site, Jbut the general manager of the proposed aew plant said that it would be impossible to ge the necessary skilled machinists in the Calumet district. At this juncture C. W. Hotchkiss stated that he would run any kind oft

a service on the Lake Shore suburban loop that would be necessary to taki care of the men who would work in the plant and that they could find ', homes in Hammond and East Chicago. ,The victory of the Calumet district over the city of Chicago in the effort to locate this Industry establishes forever the pre-eminence f this locality O

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filven to THE TIMES aV'neon "rfc ' day over the long distant telephone from Philadelphia by C. W. Hotchkiss, general manager of the C I. 3. raliwav and C. H. Gelst, president of Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company, W.-J. Riley of the Calumet-Kennedy Land company and Mayor A. G. Schlteker of East Chicago who are" also in Philadelphia, confirmed the story later and sent congratulations. as a' manufacturlna- district. Every resource that could be brought to bear by the civic organfzatiotis in Chicago was usedin the effort to cheat East Chicago of this great industrial prize. The captains of finance on laSalle street were enlisted in the campaign in the interests Kf the Chicago site. Wires were pulled and repulled, but in the end Calumet was the winner and it is now safe to say that the next five years will see the addition of 50,009 people to theNcities of North township, i An Industrial Romance. The inside story of the successful work of the champions of the Calumet district to land this great plant in East Chicago is a modern industrial ro--tuance. .Officials of the Baldwin LocomotlT works, including the chief engineer of. the company, had actually purchased the Kedzie avenue site in Chicago. A large iuim of money had ben paid down on the purchase.. Borings had been made to make sure that the foundations would find, secure footings. Information Leaked. The information leaded out that the plant was to locate in Chicago and there was a tremendous Increase in the value of property in the vicinity. Twenty-five foot lots that were former- -ly held at $2,00 wr-re sold under option for $1 0.Oort. .. , . "' .. ' j At this juncture C. W. Hotchkiss, th father of Indiana- Harbor Belt railroad, lntereeeded in behalf ' of the Calumet site. He carried with him aU ot the influence that tl -h1gh officials of thj New York Central Unes could bring to bear. The East Chicago company, with Its influential Palmer estate connections, gave its support to the effort to locate the plant in this locality. Geist Gets Busy. C. H. Gelst.-who has always been, a booster for the Calumet district, wa.r interested 'In the fight ' for the North township site. He wis table by his Philadelphia , banking connections and his personal acquaintance with some u the, big' men Of the financial world ta bring tremendous influence to bear. . During the past month he strain on those who "have been Valtfng and watching for "some word from Phila

delphia, where the- head offices of the company are located, has been terrible. Looked Good for Calumet. Gradually the situation began to lokV' better for Calumet Word was received to put fifty men to work clearing off the shrubbery on the East Chicago

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