Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 176, Hammond, Lake County, 16 January 1912 — Page 1
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DISCUSSED SERIOUSLY - y- ' Most Important- Civic Question in History of Hammond Ignored Last Night by City Officials
To and possibly three of the great taction systems of the Calumet regon stand ready to extend their lines to meet the demands that have been created as a result of the locating of the Baldwin Locomotive works at Calumet. " This fact vis made known at the ntu meeting which was held at the Moms of the University club. Hammond, last evening and was attended by a larger number of citizens than any other meeting of a civic character that has been held in recent years. It also beca.ne apparent that there ia not to be the sertous contention between the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway company and the Gary & Interurban Railway company for a choice of routes that was first antlci- , pated. " Gavtt Conrerdih Frank Gavit. president of the Gary & . Gary Is today the roecca of business men from all parts of the state who are members of the Indiana Retail Merchants association. The annual convention of the association beg, is in thsteel city this afternoon and will con-' timie for three days. - ; ' Early this morning-, delegates . and rl'?!1:1 t-'T(!"i egan to potirinto the steel city. Todajr'n, program will begin with the opening of the convention at 8:3? o'clock at the Commercial Ciub. -'" Tonight will be devoted to the" entertain -ment of the visitors by the Gary Real't Merchana association. Tdy fropram. ' 3:30 p. m. Call to order H. Al- ' sehuler, president of Gary Retail MerHEW DREDGE Plans are on foot by Milwaukee and! Michigan City financiers to organize a dredge and dock company. The tremendous improvements which are in contemplation along the Calumet river, the canal and the lake front. at Indiana Harbor, is the inspiration for the new venture. Inasmuch as there has been little or no competition in the dock and dr"edge business in this locality heretofore, the men who are planning the new enterprise believe that a good field is open Payroll Is $12,000. The payroll of the Standard teel Car company at the last pay day was approximately 112.000. This is about the fame as for the two weeks previous. It is expected that the next two we-ks will sho-v an increase and that the jump will be rap'd from now on. KENTUCKY BEAUTY IS ADOPTED BY INDIANS Miss Katherlne 5reen. of Henderson, Ky., while in Washington, was formally adopted into the Nlknalss band of the Chippewa Indiana by I.eonldas Merritt. of Duf irth, who" was In Washington to testffy before the Stanley committee agaimrt John D. Rockefe?;er. When a youth in the wild northwest Merritt was legally adopted by the Nlkanlss. All other chiefs have died and M?rritt i now really chlaf of the band. '
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Interurban railroad, stated that his company had. abandoned the idea of runnine into Kast Chicago over the Forsyth avenue hump route, which was formerly the bone of contention, and would no branch oft from its main line at Kennedy avenue and run past Osborn, Gibson, Grasselli. past the plant of the United States Metals Refining Co., the station ot Calumet, and on to Indiana Harbor. , This will give- the city of Indiana Harbor another line to the plant of the Baldwin Locomotive works and will give Gary and Hammond connnections with the new district. Manager Green of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway Co. told of the plans df his company to extend its service. Green said that his company is still anxious to secure a franchise over the Forsythe avenue (Continued on Page 7.) chants" association. Invocation The Rev Address of WelcomeF. E. Walton. -The Hon. T. E. Knotts. mayor of Gary. Response to address of welcome S. French, vice president Indiana XV. Re tail Merchants' association. Address of welcome 1n behalf of the sary-' Cothmercial- clubr II. S. Norton, president 'of Gary Commercial rlnb. .-: Response" to address of president of Gary Commercial club- J. B. .Walsh of Terre Haute. 7:30 p. m. Entertainment of visitors by the Gary Retail Merchants' association. Visits to t'.e steel mills, business ses(Contlnued on page 8.) DOCK COMPANY to them. They see possibilities In the development of the Frick properties, the government breakwaters to , be built, the city piers out in the lake below Michigan avenue in Indiana Harbor, and the other improvements to be mstde along the river and the canal. The new company will also be in a position to bid on sub-structure'work ;on bridges and as there are to be a number of new bridges built across the canal they will have an opportunity to get in the game soon. DOCTORS FIND CASE OMjlMLLPOX? Cass Is Quarantined by Dr. W. D. Weis; John Donaldson Afflicted. What is considered by Drs. J. A. Graham and H. C. Groman to be a rase of smallpox, has developed in mild form in John Donaldson, a plumber, re. siding at 289 'Sibley street, Hammond. The case was reported to Ir. W. P. Weis, secretary of the board of health, last Sunday,' and Donaldson was promptly quarantined. He was taken to the house next door where Mrs. Height, who is his bookkeeper, lives. Mrs. Height is also quarantined. Donaldson's family lives in Chicago. but hopes to move out next summer. In the meantime Mr. Donaldson lives 1n the rear of his rdnmhtno- Khnn h ih. whole place has been fumigated, and Mj-s. Do'naldson has come out from Chicago to conduct the business during her husband's illness. There being no pesthouse here, the family and Mrs? Height, will try to get along as best they can. The patient has not yet suffered from severe illness. fhe symptoms in "chit kenpox" and smallpox are said to be very much alike in the beginning ofthe sickness, and it may be -that Donaldson may develop a case of chk-kenpox rather than smallpox. His physician are taking every precaution, however, to protect both the patient and the public. NOTHING -.3 OF OREATER IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAN TO KEEP POSTED ON PASSING EVENTS IN TOITR LOCALITY BY READING THK TIMES EACH EVBOTNO.
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Real Estate in North Township Cities Presents Varying Conditions Daily; Look For Big Development on North Side Before Long. HEAVY BUYING IN DISTRICT IS NOTED The first boom that struck the Calu met region following the location of the Baldwin Locomotive works at Calumet hit East Chicago. At that tim there was little activity in Indiana Harbor and only a. suggestion of activity In Hammond. i Next the boom hit Indiana Harbor and the East Chicago company sold out over 300 lots in forty-eight hours. In another week every lot in Indiana Harbor will be sold out by the East Chicago company and the private companies which have bought acreage in rtthat vicinity. ' The sale of all the unplatted acreage, south of Indiana Harbor, owned by the East Chicago company to a syndicate composed of . the directors and officers of the Baldwin Locomotive works, a thing which probably had considerable to do with the plants locating at Calumet, eliminates all of this land for speculative purposes. . . The IrobabIe Trend. The only property owned by the East (Continued on page 8.) Gary & Southern Traction Gets Power Today. Power was turned on for the first time on the wires of the Gary and Southern Traction company's Broadway division this afternoon. Street cars are expected to be operated from LoltavlUe, four miles south of Ridge road, to the Gary steel mills by Jan. 25. The contracts lor the power were signed by the company and the Gary Heat. Light and Water company this morning. Today after an Inspection ef the construction work, Judge Ora L. Wildermuth of Gary, vice president of the traction company, announced that the line wonld be extended to Crown Point as soon as the ground thaws. Cars for the Broadway division have arrived in Gary. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 16. An event of great importance will transpire between Lottavllle andjGary today which means more, to the southern part of Lake county than the location of a Baldwin Locomotive works does to the north. The event, which marks a new era In the transportation facilities In Ijike county, is the starting of the cars on the Gary and Southern traction line, which is scheduled to take place today. For linver two weeks work has (Contlnued on page S.) A LITTLE WARMER, THANK YOU! 1 I The promised moderation in tl I weather catne today. The wind shifted to a southerly direction and a snowfall is not Impro'ba.ble. The backbone of the cold spell seems to be broken and the January thaw is due and may put In an appearance any day now. The plumbers are several days be- ! hind in their work making repairs on i frozen water pipes. Usually the trouI We requires more work than Is at first ex pected. Up in Chicago. The injunction suit by which a West Hammond -taxpayer is making an effort to prevent the village officials from making payment out of the funds of the village for exorbitant attorneys fees to At wood,' Pease & Locke, the attorneys for the Interstate Electric company, is up in the courts irff Chicago today. No word has been received as to the outcome of the case.
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Hammond n. I- and S. Annoelatlon. $322,651.48 8,605 .... 1,153 -President. W. F. . W. Fedder; Assets . . Shares in force Number of members... ..Officer and dlrretorsC. Belman; secretary, a. treasurer, p. W. Meyn; attorney, !. T. Meyer; directors, Fred Ewert. J. W. Weis, J. W. Reed. William Thompson. Jacob Fox, B. y. Btlmp. Leonard Kigenman, I T. Meyer, A. W. Graves. Home Itulldlnjc Loans & Sating Anno. Asaets $267,677.04 Shares in force...... S.125 Number of members 835 Officer and Ulrectorn President, A. H. Tapper; vice president. Frank Hammond; secretary, John P. Pmalley; treasurer. John I. Wolf; assistant, secretary, J. S. Blackmun; attorney, J. K. Stinson; directors. George M. Eder, M. Rothschild. C. E. Bauer, O. A. Krinbill, William Kleihege. J. I. Brusel. H. E. Sharrer, A. H. Tapper, E. J. Humpfer. Calumet Building A Loan Ammonia tlon. Assets $19,885.00 Shares in force , .' 967 Number of members .-5 26 Officer and Director President, A. E. Wilcox: secretary, E. F. Johnston; treasurer, Carl Kaufman; attorney, L. V. Cravens; directors. A. E. Wilcox. Ot. to Knoerzer, Carl Kaufman, L. V. Cravens, John E. McGarry, W. G. Paxton, C. E. Bauer, E. F. Johnston. Flrmt Pollnh B. I & ' S. Association. Assets $11,615.25 Shares in force 786 Numbref members 174 Officer and Directors President, A. N. Ryxewski; secretary, Paul B. Lipinski; assistant secretaries, W. Per and M. Lukowski; treasurer, Walter Kaptur; vice president, John Nowak; directors, John Pocluchanski. Joseph 1 Stanlslawski, W. Nowak, Stanlslaw Jablonski. ...... Sobleakl Building and lo Aaaoelatlon, Wmt Hammond, H. Assets $1 01,099.11 Shares in 'force.'..?. ..... -2,8 Number of member, ....... ( . T21 Offleera and' Dlrectora President, Michael Kllinskl; vice president, John Gicrewskt; secretary, IC. M. Wosxczynski; treasurer, Joseph Novlckl; notary, Ignatz Mankowskl; directors; Stanley Klawitter. Wladyslaw Koseckf. Joseph Goyke, Stanley Milda, August Kamradt. Total assets ..$722,930.88 Total shares in " force 20,951 Total Number of members.. 2,968 Annual reports showing the standing of the four building and loan associations In Hammond and the one in West Hammond to the state auditor, as required by law, reveal some northworthy facta as pertaining to the welfare of the community. In the first place the building and loan organizations as they are conducted here are absolutely mutual and cooperative,, so much in fact that, thkt j the officers and directors are devoting their time to a philanthropic proposition rather than a business affair for themselves. With the exception of the secretaries and In some cases the treasurers there are no salaries paid, and what few are paid - are nominal and in no case In proportion to the work required. Many of the officers devote a .whole. evening a week working frequently into midnight to balance the books, and give of their own time withHOW TO RISE IN THE WORLD THE cleric who keeps his mind bright, who is quick and up to date, need, not alwavs be a clerk. Some day he will be an employer himself. " By READING, THINKING AND INFORMING HIMSELF he becomes worth v of better things. Every employee, no mat- ) ter what his position, makes himself more valuable to his employer and himself by reading the press. IT IS MIND THAT WINS NOWADAYS. The man who knows, and acts on his knowledge is the man who gets there. DON'T WATCH THE : CLOCK. WATCH THE NEWS TH ROUGH 'Vh IS, YOUR HOME PAPER.
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REPORTS out expecting any remuneration for Investing the asHoeiations's money so that it shall bring the highest possible returns consistent with safety. 2No Preferred Stockholders. There is no preferred stockholder in any of the building and loans. Indiana is recognized as having one of the best laws regulating: building and loans in the union, and nowhere in the state i do tlicy flourish any more, or are there more representative men of the community on the directorate and in the offices than in Hammond. The West Hammond organization is also managed by some of the best known people on the Illinois side. There are at the present time 2,968 members in the different building and loans. There are 20,951 shares in force. Each share represents $100; in other words, when these shares have matured $2,095,100 will have been paid back to the shareholders. The money which they Invested .hits earned them 8 per cent and more. . Investment for Salaried Man. For the wage earner and the salaried man. whose surplus at the end of the month can be written with one figure, or at the best twice that amount, the building and loan associations as they are conducted here are a boon. By buying 'one share, which costs 25 cents a week, or ten shares which cost $2.50 a week or as many as he desires, he can put his little capital to earning 8 per cent for him from the time it is deposited. There is not another proposition like this for small investors in the whole Calumet region despite Its great possibilities. Sure and Easy Home Plan. The building and loan plan is the only sure and easy plan for owning a home In the Calumet region. By becoming a shareholder in one of these splendid organizations money can be borrowed -.it the rate of 4 per cent, and the principal can be paid back In small weekly or monthly installments.; . Many a family is comfortably;'housed in Its own home without any" worry about a heavy indebtedness, and a dis agreeable landlord Just? "because pome. - wage-earner In the family had the foreSight to subscribe for ten or twenty shares. Of -the four organizations in Hammond, the Calumet and the First Polish are the youngest. They show a re- i markable record for being less than two years in operation. Th The 1 Pgr4lti. two older I ones are $1,000,000 corp ons and are growing steadily, Like the Bank of Rngtand. The personnel of the officers and directors in each one of the organizations is one that inspires absolute confidence. All are men of the highest Integrity and business acumen. Each building and loan association has Its board of appraisers, men whose judgment would be taken by any jury. The organizations loan all the money on first mortgages as recommended by the jbSfd" of appraisers, but they make -8s for only 60 per cent of the appraised value subject to a scrutinizing board ef directors, and allowing only 60 per cent of the appraised value, the Bank of England affords no better security than that given by the building and loans here. CUMBERLAND LODGE TO BEAUT0 CLOB Members Will Spend $4,000 to Convert Popular Lake County Clubhouse. Cunvberlana Lodge, located on the Kankakee river in the vicinity of Lowell, is to become an "end of the tour" automobile club. For years it has been run as a hunting and fishing club, but it has become so accessible from Chicago and Hammond by automobile that the decision was reached to make it a club of automobile owners. The club owns a large Tuilding. equipment and fifteen acres of land, and Its members now propose to spond between 3,000 and 4,000 on a water pumping plant and on a garage. , At the -meeting that was held recently new officers were elected and the Initiation fee was raised from $50 to J 150. The club has excellent prospects for the coming year. Operation Postponed. The operation which was to have been performed on J. M. Bradford, the wejll known Hammond man, has been postponed until' next Thursday. The patient 1s in about the seme condition as when laat reported. Siegle Found Guilty. Charles Boren appeared in Judge Preut's court yesterday and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Jake Seigle on a eharge: of provocation. The ar rest was made by Constable Phelps yesterday afternoon and the case came tip for trial this morning, t'pon hearing the evidence Siegle was found not guilty. Siegle is employed as a bar -tender at the California Wine House.
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The East Chicago Company, father of , Indiana Harbor and owner of leagues of acreage and thousands of lots here and in and around the Twin Cities, is now practically sold out in Indiana Harbor. . C. A. Westberg ia authority for the information that a Philadelphia concern has bought the remaining unsubdivided property and unbroken blocks In the Harbor and will sell the same in blocks, acres, business and LAST DAY 10 MAKE THEJPPLICATIOII Clerk Surprise Finds The Times Is a Good Publicity Medium. Today is the last day for the application for second papers before the April term. 'United States' Commissioner Charles Surprise said today that he would have "Tilnety applications before night. --'-. The largest number for any one term was 146, at the last term when 51 saloonkeepers mad application for. the second "papers In order to come.wi.thin i tharenjulrenTe.its'f the Proctor M.wjm Surprise says that he is surprised to find that nearly everybody says, "I saw in The Times that - today is the ; last day for making application for second papers." ' . The crowds have been large, but there have been cohparatively few ap. plications for second papers.. - The crowds have been large, but there have been comparatively few applications for the reason that the applicants are unable to-comply with an of the requirements of the naturalization examiners. GROWN POINT EL0PE1IIT BARED Chicagoan Persuades Sweetheart to Wed at Lake County Hub. Fearing that a dashing Western rival would outstrip him In his race for the hand of Miss Gladys Wood daughter of Gilbert Wood of Oak Park, Walter Strom 6030 Sheridan road, decided that he must act quickly. He Induced the young woman to elope with him to Crown Point. Ind.; where they were married. 'Although this happened Aug. 10, the march that he had stolen on his rival remained secret until yesterday. Strom met Miss Wood about a year ago. She was engaged to a young man In California at the time. .Strom was an urgent wooer. He succeded In per-t suading her to breaw the f engagement: and for a time his was the .iijparred happiness of the successful wooer. In the meantime the Westesjpl rival, who had learned the fallacy of th old belief that "absence makes the heart grow fonder,", hadetermined to come to Chicago and establish headquarters on the battlefield of love. - lis came and renewed his attentions to Miss Wood at short range. 7. POINT I. O. F. BUY H. A. A. EFFECTS With the exception of a few remnants the receiver's sale conducted at the Hammond Athletic association by John C. Becker last Saturday and yesterday Is practically over. Mr. Becker has taken a list of the remainln articles to his office i and will finish the sale there as the bidders present themselves. Most of the furniture and gymnasium paraphernalia has been purchased by the Crown Point Court of Catholic For. esters. Three bids have been received on the ball ground, but the sale has not yet been closed on this asset. t DO -J STAI J AND DON"T HITCH TOUR WAGON TO A R HITCH IT TO A TIMES' AD
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residence lots. The tract comprise--375 acres .north of and adjoining thse tract of similar acreage, recently purchased by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. "SOME CHOICE PROPERTY. The property, together with the Calu. met Kennedy adltlon, comprises all tha land directly surrounding the Locomo. tlve works site, for half a mile north erly and westerly.- Its boundaries ar 140th on the north, the Terminal tracks on the south, Cline avenue on the east. Its proximity to the Baldwin Locomo(Contlnuel on page B.)
LATEST NEWS SLEEPS DURING STORY. Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 16. While his mother-in-law told in court hef story of how he had murdered' hie wife, Harry Hiatt dropped asleep ia the prisoner's box. The witness, Mrs. Albert Voss, said Hiatt, who had beea separated from bis wife, came to tha Voss farm, took his baby in his arms, walked into the barnyard where Mrs Hiatt was and fired three bullets into her body. He thenput'bis child on the ground, reloaded his revolver and walked sanity. away. ,Hiatt's plea is in -ASSASSIN ATTACKS PSEKIEH. was thrown ,at , Premier' Tuan Skin kai's carriage today., Two noMier and: the horses attached to the carriage were killed. Yuan Shih-kat waa repeatedly warned. tnat attempts would be made against his life. Friends have urged the premier to capitulate and others, fearing his assassination, urged im to' tak.3 refuge in the foreign concessions at Tientsin. Trial in Progress. The trial of J. Bauer, charged with performing a criminal operation upon Delia Graves, is In ywogress before Julge Frank Green at the village hall in West Hammond. Deputy State's Attorney Louis Cin dewski came out from Chicago today to try the case. The case has attracted a large crowd of people -4k listened U the testimony with mort)iTfttrf U Funeral of Mr. Otto. - r5 The funeral of William Otto will be held from the St. Joseph's Catholia church. .Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. . The Rex. Father Plaster will officiate and interment will be at th St. Joseph's cemetery. HEE HUSBAND IS NEW AID AT WHITE HOUSE 4 S 2 X MRS. J. W TIMMOAS ScLNEt!5T' " Mrs. J. W. Timmons. a daughter of former Vice President Fairbanks,' will assume a prominent piae n Washington pociety foirow'.ns; th np-, pointment of lwr hushanu Lieut. Timmons .if the United States Navy.' be chief naval aid at the Whiu-Hcuse.
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