Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 233, Hammond, Lake County, 22 March 1912 — Page 1

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EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 233. HAMMOND, INDIAN A,FRID AY, MARCH 22, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Centa Copy.)

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DELEGATES NSTRUCTE! Indiana Democrats Conclude Their Convention Yesterday; Tariff and Constitutional Reforms Assaulted; Ralston Heads Ticket. HH,LETIX.J TIMES Bl'HK.41', AY STTK CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Intl., March 22. At a meeting of the democratic delegates to the National convention at Baltimore held today. Senator B. V. Shively was elected chairman of the delegation and Maurice Nieger of Fort Wayne secretary. Thomas Taggart was re-elected National Committeeman. The Ticket Leaders. For For For For For For governor ... S. M. RALSTON, Lebanon lieutenant governor... W. P. O'NEILL, Mishawaka secretary of. state L. G. ELLINGHAM. Decatur auditor .V. H. O'BRIEN, Lawrenceburg treasurer .. WJ. H. VOLLMER, Vincennes attorney general ..THOMAS H. HONAN. Seymour Indianapolis, Ind., March. 22. Indiana Democrats - ; in convention yesterday 'unanimously pledged support to the candidacy of Gov. Thomas R. Marshall : for. the Democratic .presidential nomination. ' v-, s ; r-".y W .. f The. plaifrrria'a?pt!d Instructed Jh tht rty'delegatestff T&Bjtltimore -cd'hi i ctn r 1 6i -rWen t . Gov-. "'. Marthal!" vnH.-; jnaJxiei JMvthe. Arst; and .jfcRly,; ehoic- of Indiana democracy for' the nomtnatiofi for . president." : ' vv'"' It dealt briefly -with national issues declaring for a-tarift for revenue only and commending the Sherwood pension bill. Compares Lincoln aad Roosevelt. Gov. Marshall urged Democrats to go (Continued on Page 7.) INSPECTOR HAY CONDEMN FIRETRAPS State Building Inspector to Make Tour of Calumet Region. State Huilding Inspector Nelson Keiser arrived in Hammond this morning where he will be the guest of the city officials today, in making a campaign against some of the fire-traps in this city. He will also visit East Chicago and Gary. Whether Mr. KeiseV will condemn Any of the pliy houses, especially the moving picture houses is not known, but it is stated that he'Hs here in that interest. "We art- making a wide campaign in Indiana against the fire traps in some of 'the nichle shows in the different cities and hereafter new. houses will not be permited run unless they live up to our rules. They will be made to put in proper exits, that is the law requires them to have at least two exits in the rear and also at the entrance," said Mr. Keiser. , ' BLOCKI NOT IN RACE. Deputy .Sheriff George Block! Crown Point was in Hammond today and says that he has withdrawn from the-race for the shrievalty nomination. He says that he arrived at the decision some time back, but has not announced it until today. Block! lias a large number of friends over the country who have supported him in his race thus far. They regard liim as a mighty efficient deputy and think that he would have been big enough to ftil the office if he had been able to pecure the nomination. Word was given out yesterday that Judge Jordan of Indiana Marbor had .withdrawn from the race for recorder, leaving the field to Johnson and Glover. WHERE IS THE COW? (Special to The Times.) Windsor Park, 111.. March. 22. R. I. Marr formerly of the Hammond Elevator Company Is out one cow which came to his barn three weeks ago to be impounded. The cow has disappeared and the owner has suddenly put in his appearance with a big cop to conduct an investigation. Just what exp1anativi Mr. Marr will jnake is awaited -with interest by the owner, the cop and the. cow.

S T That Hammond's credit is gilt-edged in the financial world was demonstrated today when its twenty-five-year 20,000 refunding: bond issue bearing? 44 per cent interest sold at a premium of nearly 6 per cent. The Harris Trust company of Chicago was the successful bidder having offered $2,402 and accrued Interest for the $25,000 issue, and agreed to print the bonds. The price paid for these bonds is a new high mark in the history of Hammond. The Hammond banks that went after the Jssue earnestly put up a good figure,' but still within several hundred doltars short of the highest bid. The bids were as follows: Harris Trust Co.. Chicago $26,402 Lake Co. Sav. & Trust Co .. 25.S85 First National bank, Hammond. 25.740 K. Campbell & Sons. Indianapolis. 25,625 Jos. T. Elliott Co.. Indianapolis. . 25,193 American Sav. A Trust Co.. Hammond 25.100 Citizens German Nat. Bank 25,075 Fletcher Amer. Bk Indianapolis 25,065' ttreed & Harrison Co. of Cincinnati. Miller & Co. and J. F. rvild & Co. of Indianapolis put in a bid at par with accrued interest. The bond issue was authorized at a recent council meeting to go into eftect on March 1st of this year and is intended to take up an expired twentyyear issue for the water department. SPRING OPENS AT E. CHUMS STORE Big Store Has Provided Great Program For Its Patronsspring opens formally at the E. C. Minas department store tomorrow, and with. H opens a display of spring fashions and sales. As an additional -at-tracUoitb the store orchestral music will be furnishel in the afternoon and evening. -. - - , . - r-Tbe big. store -a making an especially strong bid for ps tronage aiona the J of prlng millinery, Udies an -children ready-to-wear garments, and spring clothing for men, young men and boys, and because of the extensive preparations that have been made for the sale, deserves .to be visited by every critical shopper. - One of the fnest spring stocks of goods that has ever been brought to5Hammond is stocked on the shelves of the big store. Especial attention is called to the display advertisement of the company, in this issue, no lady should fall to read it carefully. DR. E. 1. SIIANKLIN 1LTT0 ISITU 111 IIIDV IILLI0 VI 1 1 II INJUR His Friends Will Doubtless Be Hurrying to the Dictionary. Dr. E. J.f. Shanklin slipped and fell on the slippery glass surfaces of the walk in front of the Groman-Muenich building yesterday and sprained his carpus. He is not the first who has fallen there by any means. The doctor was out today but he will not be able to use his hand for some time. The question of a suit for dam ages has been taken up and Dr. Shank lin says he has employed an attorney. There are a number of other bad spots in the sidewalks of the downtown district. , One is in front of the Princess theatre where an elderly woman fell yesterday on the slippery tile surface i of the walk. Another is the smooth iron cover to the coal hole on the Sibley street side of the First National Bank building. The smooth glass surface on the side-

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is another. Crown Point Team Here. Crown Point pin men will put their first apearance in Hammond this even ing when they will line up against the Bradfords at Bradford's bowling alleys. Following this series the Bradfords will roll another series when, they will take on the Spartans in u series of games for the city championship. Although the Bradfords haven't been making a great big splash this season, they have developed a squad of classy bowlers and promise to give them all a tussle for the city honors. . Uttle has been heard of the Crown Point pin men this season, but it is said that they have a couple of pin men that are rolling In the neighbor hood of the 200 mark. W. H.'Blodgett Here. . William H. Blodgett, traveling corre spondent for the Indianapolis News, arrived In Gary at supper time last night. Mr. Blodgett came direct from the democratic state convention at In dianapolis, where he has been writing sketches about the Hoosier Immortals His- visit in the Calumet region has to do with the national political situation it is stated.

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HAMMOND COUNTRY CLUB PLMS-CHANGED Not Thought That Building : Will Be Completed Now J C2T 3 ii" TUiv A.' JTSTf The plans for the Hammond Country club will be ready for the contractors next Monday. As a result of burning much midnight oil the plans have been re-drawn and now meet with the ap proval of every member of the commitkmlttee. The length of the building has been cut down about 18 feet and there has been some re4uotlon In the width. But the plans have not been materially altered. Many improvements and refinements in the pkms have been made. About the only reductions have been In the matter of size. The splendid planning and the high character of the work remains the same. The reductions will bring the cost of the building with in the appropriation. It is expected that before another week has passed - that the contractors will be ready with their bids and then it will be but a matter-of but a few days to let the contract. The actual work on the new country club will probably begin the 1st of May and by the 1st of August, at the latest, the building should be furnished and ready" for occupancy. But little is being done with the mat ter of increasing the membership. This will be left until the building plans are out of the way. On account of the convenient location and the broad lines along which the project is being built. it is expected that the membership will come from all sections of the region. WRECK ON MONON AT ST. JOHN As a result-of a Monon freight en gine jumping the track near St. John's about 9:30 o'clock last night, passenger and traffic was tied up for nearly three hours. The wrecking train . was .hurried to St. John where the crew experienced some difficulty in getting the engine back on the rails. Luckily no one was injured, the fireman and en gineer finding time to get out. of the cab. , , . . Hold a Meeting. The board or public works held a hearing on the resolution for a pavement in Monroe and Park place and asked for bids. Petitions were acepted for a sewer and pavement in Grover street. WRECK ONWABASHWabash trains were routed over the Baltimore & Ohio lines last night because of a wreck at Stoneyville, near Wllklnsvllle. The W'abash line is a one-track system. It is said that no one was injured in the wreck. Meeting Night Changed. The meeting for the organisation of a conmnrlai rlab in . Hammond has been changed from Tnenday, March 2ft, to Wednesday, March 27, at 8 o'clock:, at the University club." Everybody interested In the civic development of the city In Invited to attend. AHE YOU EAJ4Ji8 THE TI51EST

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. Much valuable data was assembled at a meeting held yesterday at the office of W. J. Whinery, Hammond, by the Joint committee appointed by the vari ous commercial and manufacturing clubs of the region, for the promotion of harbor and water way improvement in Indiana Harbor and vicinity including Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago. While another meeting will be necessary In order to get the report of the committee In shape for presentation to the board of government nglneer Monday in Chicago, the substance of it has been outlined and is now 4n the hands of ,a stenographer. The finishing touches will be put on it at a meeting to be held tomorrow afternoon" at the offices of W, J. W'hlnery. It will then be typeiritten and it is expected that it will occupy about 35 or forty typewritten pasre. - - The principal things embodied in the report are data concerning the" outer harbor, the reasons for improving the Calumet river and making of it anavigable stream and data concerning the breakwater. The report backa up In every partcular. the reccommeridations and information embodied In Col. Zinn's report, and is -expected to have much weight with the board -of engineers. IMMENSE MAIL MATTE ORDER Nearly Half a Million Pieces Sent' Out from W. B. Conkey Co. Plant. With a clerical force of eight men the Hammond postoffice has been receiving between 75,000 and 90,000 pieces of mail matter a day from the W. Ii. Conkey Company. In the last three weeks nearly half a million pieces of mail matter has been sent out from the Hammond office to all parts of the country. Charles H. Stevens of Chicago mailed 275,000 catalogues and the Bedell mail order house in Chicago mailed 214,000 pieces. All of this extra mail was taken care of by the Hammond postoffice without seriously affecting the business of the office. The feat is all of the more remarkable in view of the fact that this business comes in spurts and requires an elastic organization in the local postoffice for its handling. AV. B. Conkey is very proud of the manner in which his mail is handled in Hammond and one of the inducements he has to offer the makers of big catalogues is the fact that he can get serv ice in the Hammond postoffice. ' CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING market marketable things and makes all valuable things "marketable."

HATCHING THE LITTLE CALUMET Many Homes Near River Bank Are Reported . Danger," 1 J- - . ' 1 The rising of the waters in the Little Calumet valley, anil the Deep . River valley is being anxiously watched and should a heavy rain fall augment the waters from the melting snows the marsh country will witness one of the greatest floods in its history. Street. Commissioner P., C. Flnerty of Gary "hurried to South Broadway, this morning and Inspected the vicinity of Little Calumet bridge. He reports the water as being within four feet of the Broadway, sidewalks. For half a mils at this point Broadway is elevated through the marshes. Commissioner Flnerty fears that the roadway may be damaged If not washed away altogether, by the waters. According, to- the street commissioner the Little Calumet Is being augmented by the melting snows. He also thates that when the snow on hundreds of little hills abound the Deep River valley melt that the waters .In the LH tie Calumet will be raised by the rising of its feeder. Should this be followed by a rain thousands of dollars worth of property will be damaged. South- of Aetna, and near southeast Gary the Litle 'Calumet river has over flowed the marshes and at some points Is three miles wide. ' The . Michigan Central raliroewi and the Gary Connecting interurban line pierce the marsh at this point. Two days ago the rising water, was , .bothering the interurban people and it was because of the fearp of a flood that it constructed its roadbed through the marsh this winter. 1 People living "south o'f'MUier are also alarmed for.in'1908 the water-was two feet above the East Gary road. ' Many " homes in' the " south part of Gary, 'near the meander line are in danger of . the. rising, waters. . MEET. IN HAMMOND. , . (Special to The Times. 1 Crown" Point;'lrid.', "March 22. The constitution committee of the Northern Indiana baseball league will meet at Hammond next Sunday for the purpose of adopting d Vofts'tltutlon to g'overn th association during the coming season. Director - George I' Keiser will represent Crown Point and several important changes will be made In the by-laws this season. Some of the principal measures will be the strict' adherence to the salary clause, anj although the salary to be paid each player may be raised somewhat over last year, it will be the aim of the association to see that the price is universal and lived up to by each manager. A clause requiring each team management to have its regular team signed up by Aug. 1 will be demanded by some of the directors io do -away with the "strengthening" practice at the end of the season, as was resorted to last summer. It will also be necessary for each player to have figured In two games during the month of August to be eligi ble to contests for the lalance of the season. Each club will be allowed to carry fourteen players on its payroll instead of eleven and twelve as was customary last season. Several changes of minor importance will be enrolled in the constitution, the aim of the association being to .eliminate some of the features that gave rise to several unsportsmanlike situations in the league last season. -

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DELEGATES ARE BACK ''Most of the Lake county delegates and visitors to the democratic state convention returned from Indianapolis early thia morning, satisfied on the whole with the- ticket that had been nominated yesterday afternoon. There waa no contest for the gubernatorial nomination, but the majority of the Lake county delegates were on a winner for W. P. O'Neil of Mishawaka for lieutenant governor. There were six candidate in the race, and in view of the fact that O'Neil is from a neighboring county, he had no trouble In getting the Lake county support. The bulk of Lake county's votes went for Harry Strickland as court re porter in the beginning and staid with him until he withdrew from the race. The expected contest between Mayor Knotts of Gary, aad Judge Becker of Hammond for a' seat In the national (Continued on Page 6.) SUPT. M'DAIIIEL POIIITSJJT DANGER Believes Children En Route to School Should Be Properly Safeguarded. "Not too much' care can be taken at the railroad crossings during the hours when the children pass - to and - from school," said Superintendent C M. Mc Daniel, in speaking of the danger to school children at the crossings. "A case was reported to me some time ago froifri the Wallace school. A train was holding the crossing, and a little boy tried to get across by climb ing over the bumpers. He fell between the cars, which were standing still, and then made another attempt and finally got over.. Our teachers. had preached so much against this practice that advised punishment for Xhls boy but i4:w4L be nnbleto .rgtecil.tbese -chile area properly unless me crossings are properly guardea. CHEMISTS GO INTO fARTIIERSHIP Messrs. W. D. Patton and Ray Chapman Form New Business Combination. W. D. Patton, who now has a cheml cal laboratory in the Hammond theatre building, and Kay Chapman, a metallurgical chemist in the employ of the United States Metals Refining Co., have gone into partnership for the purpose of doing commercial chemistry and wil incorporate under the name of the Indi ana Laboratories. . . The business Was founded by W. D. Patton, who has had such splendid success that he now finds that he has more work than lie can han'le himself, The new company will do commercial analytic chemistry, research work and all other branches of the business. Both men are well qualified for the work - hay have undertaken, There are a large number of smaller concerns in this region which have great deal of chemistry work to do and yet who do not regularly employ chemist. It is these concerns which have called upon Mr. Patton to do thi kind of work for them. Ckeniat Save Moaey. An Instance of the value of the services of a good chemist to the manu facturer Is shown by an experience of John E. Fitzgerald, president of the Hammond Distilling company. A . very shrewd dealer in grain offered to sell Fitzgerald a large quantity of corn at what looked to be a low price. Fitzgerald secured samples of the corn from the elevators and discovered that it was being injured by a small organism which infested it. He took the corn to a chemist and discovered that the starch in the corn was not being destroyed and the starch Is the part he used. He made the best possible bargain for the lot and finally purchased it. The Chicago grain broker thought he had put one over, but Fitzgerald got practically the same results from the damaged corn that he would have been able to get from the higher priced article. He was able to save a good many thousand dollars on the shipment. It is in such Instances as these that the chemist is able to save his employer large sums of money. WILL WORK FOR DIRECT PRIMARIES Attorney G. S. Widholm of Gary today announced that if he receives the republican- nomination and -Is - elected to the legislature that he will work for direct primaries. "I will work for direct primaries for every office from president down,"- said Mr. Widholm.

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Magnificent Showing to Be Made by Commercial Club Representatives of Calumet Region Next Monday, Before U. S. Engineers. The report of the Joint committees of the Commercial Clubs of the cities of East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and Hammond to the board of . army engineers which is to consider th harbor improvements of the entire Chi cago district has been completed and 14 ready to be submitted. This report is the most comprehen sive study of the Question nf rlv.r t,a harbor development in the Calumet dis trict of Indiana that has ever been com. piled. It is the painstaking effort of reprsentatlves from each of the commercial clubs mentioned above and states mora actual facts and deals In less fancy than any similar report that was eves issued from this section of the country. In a later issue Thb Times will be' pleased to name, the men who Yiavm spent all of their time for the past two weeks in making what might be termed a defense of industrial Lake county, which has been attacked 'by Chicago interests. Approves Zlnn Report. The report starts out by approving of Col. Zinn's report on the question of Chicago's harbor development. His re port is approved in every respect.' The first statement that is mads in favor of an Indiana, harbor as tie conJunction of rail and water freight traffic for the entire Chicago district la that an Indiana harbor (which leaves Continued on Page B.J. ANTICIPATE EASY ELECTION The time for contesting the West Hammond primary nominations expired yesterday, and no contest havingbeen filed, the nominated candidates now anticipate an easy election. So far no candidates on the independent ticket for any office have announced themselves. Apparently there is no independent candidate for mayor, and now that John J. Brehm says that he will withdraw from the citizens ticket for mayor, the field would be left clear for K. M. Woczszynski, on the people's ticket. Before the friends of Wociszynskl will consider all obstacles removed, however, they want to" see Mr. Brehm withdraw his petition from the city clerk, otherwise, they say, he is saving himself a chance to get back into the mayoralty campaign should he be defeated for assessor for the town of Thornton. It was with the' understanding that he would withdraw his p-etitlon rrom the clerk that Woczczynskl's friends promised to support him for assessor, but until, lie does that he can legally be counted in the race. Mr. Brehm on the other hand has assured everybody that he is no longer a candidate for mayor. At noon today his petition had not been withdrawn. . There is some talk In the first ward to the effect that -Richard Zimmerman may run for alderman on an independent ticket. There is no petition filed with the clerk as. yet, however. Louis Demerling, who was also spoken luapuadapuj pjtt.vv jsju )qssod u an jo aldermanic candidate, said to Thb Times today that he had decided to stay out of the race. Ignatz Mankowski, who was renominated on the people's ticket for city clerk, recently received the unanimous endorsement of the citizens' party In the town of Thornton for tax collector. Vndr the Illinois law he can hold both positions, and while his election as city clerk is practically assured, his friends say he will also make a fine race in th town campaign. The Thornton town election will be held on April 2. NEW SUPERIOR COURT JURY Crown Point, Ind., March 21. The following is a list of the Jurors who have been subpoenaed to appear and serve in room No. 2 of the Lake superior court at Hammond: Peter Stanley, Lowell; Jacob Sen mat. St. John; John Gruell. Ross; John Hack, Center township; William Sisson, Cedar Creek township;- "W. . H. Parry. Gary; A. . G. Lundquist, Indiana Harbor; TSTiniam Tanner, Lowell; August Dally, Hammond; Henry Schulte, Ht. John; Mat Grimmer. Griffith; William Newman, Hammond, '