Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 229, Hammond, Lake County, 18 March 1912 — Page 1

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'ART OF THE Instructions for Judge Becker's Candidacy for National Delegateship Not Forthcoming from County-Convention-Gary's effort at the democratic county convention in Hammond last Saturday afternoon to have the thirty delegates to the state convention .it Indianapolis next Thursday, Instructed for Samuel Ralston for the nomination of governor was voted down, John I Rohde of Hammond having voiced the sentiment of the majority of the delegates in this matter. The Gary forces in turn blocked a movement to secure an instructed convention to support J)udge Lawrence Becker of Hammond for delegate to the national convention at Baltimore. John Rohde had been selected to engineer this deal, and he based his argument on the fact that Tippecanoe Becker, and Mayor Durgan of Lafaycounty had already endorsed Judge ette, and that consequently the least that Lake county could do for Tippecanoe county's complimentary action, he said was to reciprocate by endorsing Judge Becker and Mayor Durgan. Kaetts aad Peterson Candidates. Mayor Knotts who is himself a candidate for the bonor of national delineate was on his feet immediately after Mr. Rohde had finished, and overlooking the Becker phase in Mr. Rohde' s argument, said that Lake County owed (Continued on page 8.) norion HAS QUEER VHECK AT ST. JOHN LoweT!. Ind., March 18 :-Th Monon had ft quer wreck, at St. John Ttfesday afternoon. A flat car loaded -with Bedford atone gave down In. the middle arid piled up- several car. The track was cleared by the use. of a wrecker from the C, I. & ' S. railroad. The freight wreck at Lee Tuesday night resulted In trains Nos. 3. 19 and 35 being detoured from Shetby to San Pierre over the C, I. & S. and thence over the Michigan City division. RAILROAD JVIAN HURT. (Special to Ths Times.) Crown Point, Ind., March IS. James . Kubicka, a swltchlight tender on the Panhandle railroad, was found In a se- , rious condition on the railroad tracks here, last Saturday, he being unable to tell just how he received the Injuries, which rendered him unconscious. Kubicka's home is at Seherervllle and according to r.?port had started toward Crown Point on "a speeder, and to all appearances had been struck by an engine from the rear. Dr. J. K. Black- , stone, was called to attend him and i found his injuries quite severe. He was taken to his home in Schererville and is reported to be out of danger at i this writing. -v TIMES WANT ADS SERVICE TO YOri ARE FOR DEMOCRATIC WOMEN PLAN HARMONY FEED 'rt Mrs. Oscar Underwood, wlfa of tha majority leader In th House of Representatives, is on of tha women who are arranging a harmony banquet to be held In Washington on Monday, May 20, the natal day of Dolly Madison, and which Is to be attended by the wivea. mothers., sisters and daughters of Democratic chiefs, past and present.

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S.' t t William Tracy Clow, associated with the J. B. Clow & Sons organization in Chicago, who met death by a fall from the eighteenth story of the Masonic temple Saturday, is well known in Hammond, East Chicago and Gary. His acquaintance with city officials was wide, as his company furnished material for each of these cities at times. JOHN HECHT DRIVES E TO DEATH Hammond Man, Said to Have Been Drunk, Conies to Grief. By outragiously driving and whipping a valuably horse which he had rented from the Wells' livery stable, on Stat street, Jf.hu Hecht, 201 Sibley street, said to have been intoxicated, drove the animal to its death yesterday afternoon When the animal slipped and fell dead, breaking Us neck. -; Whipping the animal, which wu runn tig 11 ke -m dr'-l recTrrwaar- seedriv4n n the animal down DakUr nvnnnc ani , when Via niiirari ct.tA etr..t tho in.ak ' ran up on the curbing, where It slipped and fell, striking its head against the building. In the fall the animal broke its neck, killing it instantly. People who saw Hecht drive the valuable livery horse were up in arms in the way he cruelly flogged the hoTse and beeides paying for the animal, they want him severely punished. He ought to be made an example of, as there are many other drivers In Hammond who should be prosecuted. Mr. Wells values the horse at $150. KUNERT SELLS SIX MITCHELLS Ernest Kuner;, proprietor of the Fayette street garage in Hammond, who has the agency for the Mitchell automobile, sold six machines in the last Tew weeks and expects to land a few more prospects soon. Mr. Kunert says he finds the Mitchell so well advertised thai he has (no trouble in finding a willing listener, if the prospect is at all in the nation of buying an automobile. Fire Follows Explosion. As a result of an explosion of a gas stove in the home of Frank Kollinger, 327 Henry street, about 9 o'clock this morning, a Are occurred causing a damage of nearly $500, which -was partially covered by insurance. Fire department No. a responded and by a quick run and hard.work they saved part of the building. Lucklb' no one was Injured in the explosion. Office Improvements. I Extensive improvements are being I made In the offices of the Hammond j Loan company and this morning a force of workmen commenced the work of I tearing out some partitions. W. Sendlbaugh, who has charge of the company's Interests in Hammond, expects to have the w: . pompleted in about a week, when new fixtures will be installed. Hammond Man Missing. A search is being made for Frank Hawkins, 5T Siby street, who left his home last Saturday morning for work at '.he F". S. Betz company plant and has not boen seen or heard of since. So far not the slightest trace of him has been found and the police are at a loss td know his reason for leaving home. His wife is now sick in bed with a foiw-day-old baby. He is described as follows: Twenty-five years old, height 5 feel ." Inchesr wc-ight 133 pounds, build medium.ffark complexion, brown hair, wore soft black hat, dark coat and vest, brown pants and long black overcoat. Hold Meeting Thursday." The next meeting or the East State Street Improvement association will be held in the office of the American Trust & Savings bank next Thursday. Slow progress is being made in the various projects that are under consideration. The boosters are running Into a few. loggerheads who seem to oppose all improvement, and that Is making their work difficult. ' 1 "

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"Best People on Earth" From Different Parts of the Calumet Region Assemble at East Chicago for a Great Time Last NightEast Chicago Elks were hosts last night at one grand entertainment pulled off in connection with the dedication of their new lodge rooms In the new Cohen block. Their guests were large delegations from Hammond, Gary, Chicago Heights and Chicago and a glorious feast prepared by Leo McCormack and Scott Fisher gave zest to the proceedings. At the dedication services every chair was occupied by past exalted rulers, the order being as follows: Mose Silverman, grand exalted ruler; G. Mack Foland, grand esteemed loyal knight; C. L. Kirk, grand esteemed lecturing Knight; George W. Lewis, grand esteemed leading knight; Abe Ottenhelmer, grand chaplain; A. G. Lundquist, grand inner guard; Leo 1.1-7.-Comack, tyler; George Reuss, grand Esquire. John Brennan of Gary. District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, was the orator of the ocasion, and Dr. T. E. Bell of Hammond, the first exalted ruler In Lake county gave the address at the (Continued on Page 8.) SHRINERS TO TAKE A GRAND TRIP Special Car Will Take Hammond Folk to Los Angeles. The list of those who have decided to take the Shrine trip to Loa Angeles, April 30, Is increasing daily. A special car will be provided for the. members of Orak shrine and the trip is expected to be one of the moat enjoyable that the members and friends of Orak temple have ever taken. Among those who will go are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mott and daughter of Hammond, A. H. Rohrer and, wife of Hammond, Dr. J. C. Carson and wife of Valparaiso, Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Sharrer of Hammond. Mr and Mrs. E. J. Harris of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Friedrichs of Hammond, H. H. Dromberger of Terra Haute. R. E. Garber and N. H. Huyer of Chicago. The party will leave on the Santa Fe road April 30, and will visit the Grand Canyon of Arizona and a number of other southwestern cities en route to Los Angels, a stay of six days will be made. From there they will go to Santa Barbara. San Francisco. Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and will see the sights of the Sascatchewan mountains along the Canadian Pacific. Another Composition. Joe Lyons of Chicago, formerly Hammond, and Charles McKelvey of of East Chicago,, the music team who put over the recent song hit, "In My Dreams That the Moon Brings of You." as lyric and music composers, respectively, have cmoe "to bat" again with a song of the popular variety, which promises to be a hit. The latest joint production of the Lyons-McKelvey team is a song entitled, "Little Girl, Little Girl," Mr. Lyons having written the words and the East Chicago man the music. Critics have pronounced the second song superior to the first one. In re cent popular songs he "moon stuff" f has been overdone, and fortunately forj the "Little Girl" Song K does not start its career with this handicap. The song was taken ofT the Thompson & Co. presses in Chicago last week, and the many friendu of Messrs. Lyons and McKelvey hope it will prove a big hit. Done April 15. Tiie new Monon depot will be completed about the middle of April, according to the contractor foreman on the job. All of the stone masonry is completed and the' roof will be put on in a few (Jays. It will take some time to put in the floors and the wood finish. The new depot will be one of the most attrac tive in the city. Will Attend Meeting. Ir. W. F. Mowat. president Indiana Slate Medical society. of the leaves for Noblesville, Ind., this evening where be will attend a meeting of the Hamilton County Medical society tomorrow. On his return trip lie will stop over at Indianapolis to confer with the executive board of the state- society to confer with its members relative; pre liminaf-. arrangements : for the annual meeting next ssBJmer.A

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Clevetand, O., March IS. John C J alleged have obtained $49,420.33 from rft&jsliisl&li rolls, was brought, here "Saturday and 1

hearing on an iftdlctment against .htm. - Prosecuting Attorney CHne said that the amount named in the Indictment probably does not represent all of the Norcross company's losses, as the $49,420.35 mentioned was merely the sum total of Jurgens' deposits In a local bank. The Norcross corapanjr's total loss, It Is estimated, is almost' $100,000. Jurgens later was arraigned In criminal court before Judge Net and pleaded not guilty to the charge of embezzlement. Bond was fixed at $3,000, which has not yet been obtained. The date of trial was tentatively fixed for today. " ' '

MUST BE FILED BY FRIDAY Unless the contest for the West Hammond primary nominations are filed next Friday, the time for contesting will havft elapsed. .Whlle the general impression in West .Hammond now is that no effort will be made to contest the election, the various candidates are holding themselves in readiness to L come out on an independent , ticket in case a contest is mad, but in view of the fact that such, a step would block the contest ors effectively, '. it is not thought that they will make a move. The vote was canvassed last Saturday night in accordance with the election laws. Rev. Hoffman Recovering. Rev. Hoffman of the First Presbyterian church in Hammond, who re - - cetitly underwent an operation for appendicitis, is much better today. He was. able to sit up and It Is.'believed that .his recovery will be rapid. t HE OUTBIDS TRUST FOR TOBACCO CROP Theodore H.J Kirk, of Covington, Ky and Cincinnati, Is the only man who has ever, entered Into a real to-oacco-purchasing campaign against the American Tobacco Company, called tha "trust," before its dissolution at Supreme Court order. Kirk haif bought eighteen million pounds of the 1909 pooled crop of the Burley Tobacco Society of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, which was pooled under common agreement by on hundred thousand farmery of these three states to be held- until It could all be sold at a high price.- He is now .the real ."tobacco king" of the south.

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the Norc'ross cimpany, a, marbl con-WRy'th.'-.tSr jjadding pay odge-i" In ' the. coenfy liYTaawaTt a. CHARLES ARKIN HAS GONE TO NEW YORK Hammond Jeweler Will Purchase Large Stock ; in Metropolis. Charles Arkin, the jeweler of S3 State street, left for New York, today, where he will purchase a large line of diamonds direct from the diamond cutters, also a full line of the latest and up-to-date Jewelry from the manufacf turers, thereby saving the middlemen's i profits and the . consumers derive the benefit. Mr. Arkin does one of the largest trades in diamonds In this part of thetj state, and those who expect to "buy jewels will do well to wait until his return. PROGRESSIVE STORE HAS NEW FEATURE Depicts Extraordinary Scenes in the Lion Store Show Windows. ntiunai news teatures garnered trom i all over. the world, depleting extraordinary-happenings, can in the future be seen in the display windows of the Lion store "kfHammonii, this store, like many other progressive stores in the larger cities, having adopted the idea to make the show windows more at1 The pictures are copies of originals I secured by the famous commercial pic- ; ture firm, Underwood & Underwood. whose name is familiar to newspaper! and magazine readers all ove? the i 'I country, ' relation this firm being in the same in the picture world that a big newspaper is to the news world. The, Lion store has the exclusive right to the use of the pictures In Hammond, and will change them semiweekly. Kach change provides for two pictures. The pictures on exhibition now show the application of a big dynamite charge in -breaking up the Ice In the Hudson river, while the second onpl shows a prairie ffsrht scene, in which a Kuropean championship was at stake. ......

JUDGES' OFFICES EAGERLY SOUGHT

Republicans Will

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The bara are down. The republicans of Lake County will nominate a full Judicial ticket in spite of the fact that the legislature extended the terms of office of Judges Virgil S. Relter, Lawrence Becker and Johannes Kopelka two years beyond the next general election. Judge Relter believes that the supreme court wll hold the act constitutional but at the same time he will not take any chances and his name will be placed on the ticket at the election next fall. He will have no ODoositlon. Moras After Xo. a. Simultaneously Attorney D. J. Moran, president of the Lake County Bar As DEATH CLAIMS THREE 111 HAMMOND TODAY Well Known People Are V' - Claimed by the Grim Reaper. MRS. JACOB WAGON BLAST. Mrs. (Jacob "Wagonblast, a resident of Hammond for the past twelve years and well known throughout Lake county, died at the family residence at 492 Sibley street Saturday evening, at 7:S0 o'clock, following a short Illness. . The remains .will be shipped on the l!r'"'E.rlHtoinerrW'-noTi for - Crown Point, where funeral services will be held at the German Lutheran church tomorrow afternoon at 1-o'clock. In-, terme-nt will occur at the Crown Point cemetery. . . . N ; r Although Mrs. "vtagonblast has been ailing for nearly a year, she has been able to be around every day and was returning from a visit with her mother at Crown Point, Saturday afternoon, when she was taken suddenly ill hen on her way home. This was about 5 o'clock, and she passed away at 7:30 p. m. that evening. Mrs. Wagonblast leaves a wide circle of friends In Hammond and Crown Point, who will mourn the news of her death. She was 37 years old, and Is survived by a husband Jacob, a mother, Mrs. Fadler of Crown Point, four broth ers and two sisters Herman and Hen-j

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and Sophia of Crown Point. OSCAR RADLOF. Oscar O. Radlof. 543 Gostliti street. the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Radlof, died at the family residence Saturday night, following an illness of over four weeks. The funeral will be held from the family residence Tuesday and Interment will occur at the Concordia ceme. tery. He was taken 111 about four weeks ago. and seemed to be getting along nicely until the middle of last week when he suffered a relapse. JOHX DEBOLD. John Debold, one of Hammond's well known and respected citizens, died of tuberculosis at his home at 480 South Hohman street Saturday morning at 11:20 o'clock following a lingering Illness. The funeral will be held- from the family residence Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will occur at Oak Hill cemetary. Mr. Heboid has not been In the best )f health for the past two years, but has been able to attend to his duties at the Central fire department until the past six months, when he was forceS to retire. He was in the bestj of spirits until last Wednesday when he suffered a relapse. His condition gradually grew worse and fighting to the last j minute, he passed away at 11:30 Satur- ' day morning, Mr. Iebold leaves a w'ide circle) of friends and was especially popular at the Central station for the past six years as. lieutenant. He was 27 years old and is survived by a wife and two children. Mr. Heboid's death is th first since the firemen's pension fund was organj lj&t'u ihki, in - tinj in? iiiriuur-io ! nm j have charge of the funeral arrangeI mcnti. , I uave UrCOU DHOW. i May Irwin in "She Knows Better I Now." played to a fair-sized house at the Hammond theater last night. Miss j Irwin had a splendid company, the j same that appeared in Chicago, and the show pleased the audience immensely Next Sunday Hanlon's Fantasma will be the. attraction at this theater, and on the .following Sunday the star 'attraction, Margaret lllingtn In "KindTing," will be seen here. ' - . - - SBND IV TOl'R TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE TIMES FOR A MONTH.

Contest For Places

sociation, announces that he will be it candidate for judge of the Lake Superior court, room No. 2. He will oppose Attorney Shunk of East Chicago. , There will also be two candidate against Judge Johannes Kopelke In room No, 3. These will be Attorney George Manlove of Gary and Harold Wheeler of Crown Point. To Take t fcnnce. All of these candidates propose to take their chances of getting the office in the event of their election. Many of them believe that the legislature had no right to extend the terms of their offices under the appointment by the governor. . . They. believe that the supreme court tContinued on Page 7.) HEGEWISCH ANIMAL ON A RAMPAGE The lives of pedestrians on Hobman street were endangered Saturday afternoon when a frightened horse belonging to E. Morelli of Hegewisch ran away from in front of Xegele's drus; store and. dashing down the street It

was not stopped until It reached Plummer avenue. The runaway occurred about 2:30 o'clock and at the time Hohman street was crowded with traffic! The horse was hitched toj a' single wagon and took fright infron of Xegele'a drug store. At Fayette street the horse and wagon collided with Paxton's electric runabout, doing considerable damage to both vehicles. 1 The frightened animal then broke loose froai the -wagoiijand dashed down Hohnjan imeVhe peof ' yeeeaped being hraXTTfc3w-fi r,i L

condors, it ran omo-Fiummer avenue., wliere the animal vas stopped by a crossing watchman. Although both jf vehicles were damaged, no one was In-, Jured. . Another runaway occurred yesterdayafternoon when a horse belonging to Air. Tielkorn ran away on Calumet avenue, where the rig collided with a mall box at Carroll street. No one was Injured. r PARKER GETS THE CONTRACT V. W. Parker of Hammond was awarded the $22,S00 teaming contract from Downey & Porlz this morning for hauling on the Mott, Hobart and Stahlroads. Mr. Parker stated tms morning that the work on the new roads will commence about April 15. jTOO GOOd tO Be Tni6. The first hint that Hammond may have a fine new Erie, depot comes from the fact that the company which rented the old building has not done anything to improve It for restaurant purposes. . This Is taken to mean that it has i been advised by the company that a new dpottls in prospect and that it would be foolish for It to make an expenditure of J5, 000 to $10,000 for the equipment of a depot restaurant. DOWAGER QUEEN OF ENGLAND' VERY ILL itV W QUC BJM ALEXANOrXA Queen Alexandra, who has been In Jll health much of the time since thu death of her consort.. the late King Edward of England, is said to be seriously ill at Buckingham jialace. She Is constantly under the caxo oi physicians.

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