Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 27 January 1912 — Page 1

LAKE . THE. WEATHEH. what is uo:.:e" Tinco? without EE lW; LIGHT" SNOW FLURRIES TODAY AS!) PROBABLY SUNDAY. ' . '4 Lilii: VOL.I.,0.52. JANUARY 27, 1912. EIGHT PAGESSATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.

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Lake County To Be Scene of Unparalleled Building Activity For Next Two Years. Figures Enormous

Lake County is looking forward to the most tremendous building activity that it has ever experienced in its history. THE TIMES estimates that in the neighborhood, of $17,000,000 will be spent for the up-building of the region next year. The region is about "to experience the greatest boom in its entire history. Thousands of men will come In to carry on the great work of city building. These men will add to the prosperity of the merchant and the professional men. -.- :' ARCHITECTS BCSY. The offices of Lake County architects were never so busy In the winter seaon at they are this year. Preparations

re being- made for a record breaking

season of building- activity. Many of the wise Investors are hav

ing their plans drawn during the winter

eason so that they will avoid the rush of the spring- activity.

IVestimated that there will be at least five and one-half millions of dollars worth of building activity in th Calumet region next year exclusive of the money that goes Into the erection of manufacturing: plants. This will be aportioned something like this; $1.60').000 in Gary $1,600,000 In Hammond $2,200,000 in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor and $500,000 in the rest of the reirion. PREPARING NOW. ' Bump and Berry of Hammond' have been commissioned to draw plans for new residence for John B. Peterson of Crown Point. Th residence will cost between $7,00(1 and $10,000. It Is report! that architect Johnson. -n ''o :..rr-w "ij?!atis ' f:r tVic 'iirtfraait-

Millions to Pour - Into Lake County.

Building operations

Factory construction . . County bridges Road and street building Canal, river and harbor development . . . Railroad building ....

5,500,000 10.000,000 100.000 ,00,000

100,000 500,000

Total

.$17,200,000

Muenich building, is making- sketches for a rfew fireproof hotel to he built in Hammond.' He admitted that he was making plans for such a hotel but said that he could not reveal the names of the builders at the present time. In Hammond the prospective building activity for rexj'year may be summed up as follows: ; A PRELIMINARY Sl'RVEV. St. Joseph's Catholic church. .. .$100,000 Mercantile btilding, - owners name with-held 100,000 Hotel, to , be built by "A. H. Tapper rv . 50,000 Business block. Kaufman & Wolf on Sibley street ...... . 10,000 Business block. Ben Hayes, II oh man street . . .'. ?'. . . . '. . GO. 000 Business block. Calumet Pickle works ". ; 5,000 Business block. Otto Knoerzer.. 10,6oo

Other smaller business blocks. 50,000 Residences . . . . . .... . . 250,00)

Total ........ ....$545,000 This i simply the building activity thai is In roKpect at the present time

than five minutes. His preface to every speech is "Now, folks." -

SOLVES PUZZLE OF HIGH LIVING COST

rlndlanapoliH, Jan. 27. Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank, of Indianapolis, may be rather weak In his grammar, having been to busy as a clog dancers yeas: salesman and auctioneer before his election to put In much time studying, but there isn't anybody who will dispute the statement that he Is. a mighty good executive. Indianapolis housewives are buying foodstuffs a great deal cheaper now than a few weeks ago, before Mayor Shank rolled up his sleeves and started in upon his assault on the high cost of living. His personally conducted cut

price sales of potatoes, poultry, mincemeat and walnuts in the city's public market jlld the business.

onns me producer and consumer

together," he says. "That's the only

solution.

ie aid it. and it worked, increasing his popularity manyfold. Not that

Mayor Shank wasn't always popular.

Me was. . Booth Tarkina-ton. the anthnr

campaigned with himjand Tarkington says the "peepul" would rather take Shank's cigars than his, though Shank bought his by the bushel and the Tarkington brand was rather fairish for a campaign smoke. The reason was six shambling feet of frank frlendlines backof the cabbage. HI Speeches Are Brief. Shank never made a grammatical speech in his life, and has never mad any sort of a speech that lasted more

mayor samuel.sm-4nk

"For a long time the high cost of living has been discussed by the rich

and poor alike," he says. "Along about J the middle of September last the .'thought occurred to me that it was time J to do something. t "I found Indianapolis commission

men were paying $l.0, a bushel for potatoes which, according to the market quotations, cost the consumer from $1.60 to $2 a bushel. This despite the fact that the crop appeared to be about us large as usual. "Word reached me that In Michigan the best graces of potatoes could be bought at 73 cents a bushel. I sent a man into the field and two days later ha wired me he could buy In car load lots at 69 cents a bushel, f. o. b. Indianapolis. I instructed him to buy and two days later the first car arrived. Mayor's Matket n Succeaa. "I placed fie potatoes on sale In the city market and within a short time the car had b'Sn sold at the rate o 75 cents a bushel. I conducted this sale

myself and during the time it was in

progress regular dealers dropped their price to $1.40 a bushel. Xp to the present I have disposed 'of twenty-five car loads and have the satisfaction of see-

Ins; prices reach a point near tho'r

natural level.

"I am a firm believer in the muni

cipal purchasing agent, idea. Place a man in the markets of the various cities whose duty it wilt be to gee that the. market is supplied with all commodities at al times and I believe steady

prices will prevail."

111 CITY STIRRED BY

IIIMiiD ELKS

REAP BENEFITS

Orpheum's Generous Offer 'Brings $250 Into 'the Elks' Coffers.

INQUIRIES FOR REALTY

In Both East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Robberies and Attempts Committed; -"G - -' Iii v CCj.3 X jtt Sternberg's Restaurant,

TANK EXPLODES HAinr INJURED Otto Eder Meets With Injury and Is Removed to . Hospital.

Real estate dealers report that there

is more inquiry ' for Hammond property than there has been in the past six months. In spite of the fact that this

is the dead of winter people are inter-

The Hammond Elks will realize in the 'sting themselves In business and reslnelghborhood of $250 from the perform- d?nUal Pperty.to a great extent than nces at the Orpheum theatre yesterday atTany t,me s,nce the panlc of 1907' hiH k- .v,. ' " is expected that there will be some

building fund of the Elks' club. , lmPrtant les announced in the next The house was packed for the even- ; 'ew weeks' Nortb slde PropertU reing performance and the attendance at -c'!vln a reat aeal of "ention. the matinee and evening performances Developments in Eat Chicago also were good. Were It not for the fact that , make 11 PP"t that the Blast Side, a great many people feared that they mond. Is to be very active this could riot get seats the house would 8pr,n&' " is believed that thre will be have been packed at all performances. ! mora bulldln activity on the east side This evening the lub will rive a nxt year than any other .ectlon of little luncheon and stag in honor ' of 1 e c ,y' Manager St. Clair and the stage em- Keal estate activity In Hammond ployes who donated their services for thi" week has consisted principally of the evening j an unprecented . inquiry for property. The members of the club are highly But few sale have been made- Th(re

nave utrmi a iiuuiurr vi ueus negoiiaieu

I Ait night East Chicago and Indiana Harbor citizens were aroused from their slumbers" in several localities by revolver shots which rang out in the stillness of the night. The" burglars fad holdup men seemed to be abroad in force in both towns, a number 'of crimes having been attempted. The only successful attempt was made by three holdup men in the cafe of Matt Sternberg, which was held up by three young men last night and about $25 taken. TV. C Bright, night man In the Sternberg cafe, was on duty at the time, the holdup occurring; at 1:30 o'clock.

.1" oaths Tars Trick.

At this hour three young fellows, all

about 21 or 23 years of age, entered

the plaoe and sat down. They ordered

(Special to JThk Times.) Clarke Station, Jan. 27. A gasoline tank explosion in the plant of the steel company at Gary, where Otto Eder of this place, is employed', Injured Mr.

Eder so badly that he had to b remov

ed to the steel icompany's hospital at Gary. Mr. Eders face wa badly burned and it ia .thought that akin grafting wiir have" t.o" beTreaor ted" , t..,-' " " "

Mr. Eder has lived in Clarke StatUxi

for a number .of years. -- He ia thirty years old and has worked in the steel

plant since it was first opened.

gratified over the fact that they have been able, with so little effort on their part, to add such a snug sum to the fund with which th-iiew clnb house is to be built. J

DAUGHTER OF TAFT'S SECRETARY HONORED

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which will bo announced next week. W. J. Hastings announces the sale of a piece of property', owned by. Qua Muenich to Barnie Young. The consideration wa $1,400. -: Gostlin, Meyn & Co. and J. S. Blackmun & Co. are making preparations for the activity next spring, and outside of a few sales of cheap lots there have been little done during the past week.

VIIEII CATS AWAY

JIM!! PLAY

People of West Hammond

Are Giving John Hessler the Ha-Ha Today.

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DID SHE SELL YOU APT TICKETS?

Police Hunt For Woman

Who Figures in Queer Transactions Today.

SCHOOL FUIID

APPORTIOIIMEflT OUT

Gary and Hammond Run

Close Race For Biggeslr Share -of Funds.

WHITING OFFICER IS

High Officials of Locomotive Works

Visit Calumet Yesterday. Engineers Given Orders To Get Busy.

Preliminary plana are how being drawn by a force of architects and draftsmen, for the first buildings which are to constitute the 'new Baldwin

Locomotive works at Calumet. The plans will be completed next week and anside of ten days-engineers will be set to work staking out the sites. of the-various structures, and locating switch-tracks, etc., preparatory to ( . r ......... , . . .. . ... beginning building operations with the first, approach of good building weather. ' ..-'--., v C. P. Johnson, president of the Baldwin. Locomotive works; Samuel W. Vauclain. vice president, and Horace G. Burt, consulting engineer. ! former

ly general manager of. the. Union Pacific railroad, accompanied by C. W. Hotchkiss eeneral manaznr of the C. I. & S.. were out vesterdav and made

a minute inspection of the big tract. They came in a special train on the C. I. & S... arriving at 9:30 o'clock and together with Judge Walter J. Riley,

president of the Calumet-Kennedy company, they went over the Baldwin company's new possessions, aid in an auto made a tour of business and residence sections of Indiana Harbor, Oklahoma, East Chicago and Hammond. This occupied until 2 o'clock. Later they visited Gibson. At GibL . i i ... . l ri T o c n j 1 J n : rmA .V.

nitry iuspt;i:it;u tut? V., i. oc o. ruuuu uuuac auu ioaii oiij in auu luo B. & O. Chicago terminal round house was visited while the party-5jE8 in East Chicago. Their tour of Inspection of this region concluded, th party went on to Chicago. They will return in ten days when the staking out of the Baldwin tracj is begun. j Messrs. Johnson and Vauclain expressed themselves as highly pleased

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of the region, as their recent purchase indicates.

HAD! LOeEST ARREST

Officer Patrick O'Donnell Is!

Hurled From Fire Truck Last Night as It Swerves w Around Corner on Way . to Blaze.

RATE IN -REGIOi' KOl'J

(Special to Thb Times.) . "Whiting. Ind., Jan. 27. Officer Patrick O" Conn ell. sustained a concussion of the brain and .other injuries xon Thursday evening when he was accident -ly .thrown from a Are department wagon as it was making Its second run to Ben Barton's place In the Schrae building corner Fred street and Schrage avenue.

The building to which the department

was called two times is a frame struc

ture and Is occupied by Ben Barton, a

(Special to Thk Times.) . Crown Point, Ind.. Jan. 27. County

Superintendent F. F. Helghway reports

that the following amounts will be apportioned - to the various corporations for tuition purposes on the last Monday in January 1912:

East Chicago .....$27,832.84 Gary .. t....... 21.487.96

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A woman, giving her address as Ash

street, was attempting to sell worthless tickets In a number of South Hohman street homes( this morning, and thinking she would be caught, she got away and the plice have been unabje. to find any trace of her. Mrs. Pierce. 46 Condit street reported the matter and the police, upon 'looking up the address on Ash street, found that It was a vacant lot. There Is little doubt but what she ,was a faker and was trying to fleece the people out of their moneyShe is described as being a foreigner, poorly clad and about 45 years old.

82.788.07 K.870.33 1,359.60 -.iaa.43 2-.13C.25 1,952.60 2.031.97 4.498,77

1,388.99

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2,855.49 3.015.00 1.478.12 3.5(8.91 764.56 1,418.27

Highland . : ... . . . ... . .1,284.47 Loweir . ......... i.. 2.434.8 1 Miller .-. .' . . . 1,673.12 Munster ' . ..... -' 1,403.78

Hammond . , . . . Whiting' Calumet Township , Cedar . Creek Center Eagle Creek Hanover ......... Hobart North ............ Ross ... 17". .'".T.' St. John . . . . . . "West Creek .1. Win field Crown Point ...... East Gary .". .'. .". ; Griffith . . . . . . . - i .

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TRAVELER FOUND III -TERRIBliCOIIDITIOll Pennsylvania Man May Suffer Loss of Limbs From. . Fearful Exposure.

With the issuing of the annual -police Report for -the city of Gary at eleven o'clock this morning police statistics regardlft aXlt :.eouatscJLtlea. ! became available. ; ;:. V - i ,: , , - . - - -

Hammond with a population of 20,9?5

had 642 arrests or .035 of Its popula

tion beame Involved in trouble.. East Chlqago-Indiana Harbor with, a population of 19.098 had 1,318 arrests or .069 Der cent of Its population. -Gary a cording to government figures had .1 per cent of its population or nearly on in every five .persons arrested but Gary's growth must be taken into consideration and at an estimated popula

tion of 20.000 for the year the 3,064 arrests in the steel city gave in aver

age of 15 per cent. The floating popu

lation contributed much to the Gary

arrests. .

ltegrroesi Give Trouble. Further figures from Chief Martin's

report show that Gary's worst montn

was October when 847 arrests were made. June had but 165 arrests.

Classified there were thirty-four nationalities. : Of this number 401 were

Africans, 534 Americans, 264 Austrians.

24 Jewish, 860 Irish, 175 Polish. 150

Police Statistics j Of Teg Iake County . I ' KCitieWcr YcarT ' - " "' ' "V " V ' f jr i (Uiry Population -.by . 110 eea.ua 1A02. ,Ttal prrest. for Iat ryear s,o4. -f.'-v ".v. 'r ,': v-i'-r1 Hannoad FoiMtlatloa by ytflO renau. 20vSS5. . ' Total arrest, f Or last yeii 642.-.S ... ; " K. Chicago Pvpalaflon bT -110 1.0S. Total nrreata fr latt year 118-'" :- Arreart. -n proportion ' to - avopnla . tloat Gary (by government eensn.i 18 -per cent pt it. population m arrrsteal by (estimated oetrtraa for year IS per cent of It. population. Hamnoad .OSS per eeat of It. popalattoa. Kaat Chicago .n per eeat of Its popnlatlon. - ' !

LATEST NEWS

MISS ELIZABETH WIUUES Miss Elizabeth Hilles, daughter of . C D. Hilles, secretary to President t, Taft, has been chosen to christen ' the IT. S. ' revenue cutter "Unalga" at Newport News. Vs.. on January 27. The "Unalga" Is specially fitted j to do police duty at the Alaskan seaJ ifiherles ' ' " ' ..

The people of West Hammond feel that they put one-over-last night, when, with President John HesHler of the village, board was absent from the meeting, the members of the Village board passed H resolution authorizing, the payment of a rebate of 20 per cent on the assessments that hud been paid in full on One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street and One Hundred and Firty-flfth place. v v The people rejoice ovr th fact that they are to get at leant part of their money which was spent for this improvement back. , There, was little else done-at the. meeting of the board. Joe Okraj was In the chair as president pro tern.'' :

CLASSIFIES ADVERTISING eoa. most of tho aew. of work to be had. -:. v...... ......r. -

LAD IN ACCIDENT. (Special to The Times.) -Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 27. A singular and most-painful accident happened to the 10-year-old son of Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Hathaway, living east of Crown Point, on Thursday afternoon, whereby the lad nearly met his death. He was playing around. a gas engine used on the farm when his hand became caught In the belt and pulley and before It could be extricated had torn the thumb and some of the tendons In his arm completely off. Dr. . Houk was called to dress the . wound and found the wound extremely painful, though not necessarily dangerous. An' uncle of the lad, Henry Hathaway, was caught in a corn shredder some weeks ago and narrowly escaped with Us life.

The La Vendor Cigar is a home prod uct. None better.

CONTEST IN HOBART TOWNSHIP

! (Special to Thb Timh.) Hobart, Ind., Jan., 27.Hobarr township's republican mass convention at the Stratton . opera-house, Hobart, at 8 o'clock tonight will be the scene of a strong contest between pa rfo'.s' living In the fourth township" preciaet. This- p.-ecincr, comprises the AetnaMiller district nnd therfc is a rtvalry between the town, for the capture of the plum.-- Walter Edwarda, superintendent of the powder :nUls and republican boss of that bailiwick, is' the c-rrhnitteeman at the present time. lie wlii have as a rival tonight Mike Zollbor, who dominates affairs republican in : Miller, Zelibor has engaged all of the available buses in the township to take his Miller 'followers over the eight-mile stretch to Hobart. On the other hand, Mr. Edwards' followers will have taxicabs, hay wagons and ordinary jaunting cars and droskies to make the trip.

IJT TOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUND the house that you don't want, somebody else might. . Advertise it and it might bring you money. Every little helps.... . . . ..... -. .- - ..

(Special to Thb Times.)

' Creston, Ind., Jan, 27. Wandering for

hours through , the woods bordering on West Creek, his hands and feet, frozen

and his senses benumbed by the cold, Harvey Atwood of Pennsylvania came very near freesing to death Thursday

morning. Having left his home In the east, aev

eral weeks ago, he was working his way westward with South Dakota as his

goal. Wednesday afternoon found him

In this vicinity and darkness overtak-' Ing him several miles est of here, 154 became confused and wandered aimlessly about until he caught sight of O. G. Vinnedge's barn in ""the distance. Summoning together al his remaining strength for one final effort he succeeded in reaching the barn, stumbled in and , soon became unconscious. i

' He remalneS in this condition until he was. found by Mr. Vinnedge on Thursday morning and carried ito the hous He was then given the proper attention and his suffering relieved as much as possible. He will be kept at Mr. Vinnedge's until he can be moved. If gangrene does not set in, it is thought possible that the" amputation of any of his limbs will not have to be resorted to. FUNERALOF H. KANDERSON The funeral of Harry I Anderson, 277 Pine street, will be held from the family residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The remains. will then be taken to ' the First Baptist church, where services will be held at '2:30

o'clock. The Rev. Adams will officiate

and interment will occur at Oak Hill cemetery. Some of the reports that were circulated concerning Mr. Anderso-n's

death yesterday were found untrue. He

was not in the best of health and had not been feeling well since Thanksgiving, when he recovered from a' short illness. . -- .

FIND TURRET HT MUD. - Havana, Jan. 27. Divers have found the missing forward turret of the old battleship Maine in the mud twenty feet to the starboard of the ship and twenty feet aft. The, position, of the turret leads to the belief that it was thrown aft the F.hlp by the upheaval of the forward part of the vessel.

STAGE N STRUCK GIRL CAUGHT

Evan8ville Ind.,11 Jan. 27. Hoping

to gain fame and fortune on the

vaudeville stage .Marjorie Wright, of Mound City, 111., ran away from home Monday. She was taken , in charge by the local authorities today and will be sent home. Marjorie is sevenN teen. BAN ON "EAGLE ROCK" DANCE. Columbus, O., Jan. 27. The "Eagle Rock," a dance compared to which the turkey trot and the grizzly bear are as the minuet, was today placed under the ban by the police department here.

Servians, etc "Vv: Most .of the arrests were for . assault and battery there being 546 for this (Continued on Page 7.) Hew Bull Pun. V , "

Harry M. Johnson, the cashier of the

Citizens German National bank, is the possessor of a fine Boston bull terrier with a pedigree as long as from Hammond to Hensvllle. Johnson i presi

dent, secretary, -and treasurer of the

Hammond Bull Terrier "Fanciers' Amal

gamated Kennel club. ' '!;

HEAR DIVORCE SUIT BEHIND SHUT DOORS

Awaiting News. Chief Austgen la still waiting for newsWrom the Colorado state penitentiary at Canon City, where . Frank Shercliffe, the notorious criminal who took $2,000 worth 'of diamonds from a window in McGarry's Jewelry store about four years ago, is trying to secure a release or paivion. His case was to have some up last. Thursday, but W is thought that it may have been postponed. Chief Austgen has a. man taking care of the case at Canon City and if Shercliffe secures his releaw he will be placed under arrest again as -soon -as he leaves prison.' - -

MRS fvlAPetjvf? DU PDNT The divorce suit of John Bancroft. Jr., against his wife, . Madeleine . DuPont Bancroft, daughter of the multi-millionaire vice president of the tfuPont Powder Company, is being heard behind closed doors at , Wilmington. Del. The chief justice stated that the recret hearing was decided upon because of the "repulsive nature of the testimony," and because "there is in issue theegiU-, macy of an innocent' child,"