Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 253, Hammond, Lake County, 15 April 1912 — Page 1

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES EVENING EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 253. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.)

The Weather PROBABLY SHOWERS TODAY, COOLER; TUESDAY FAIR.

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LIVES OF SIXTY ARE

IMPERILLED The lives of sixty people were endangered on the Hohman street crossing last night, when a northbound street car on the Green line ran into a moving freight train on the Nickel Plate tracks. Althought the blame for the accident has not yet been officially fixed it appears that it was due to the grossest negligence of some one responsible. The vestibule of the street car was partly demolished but the passengers fortunately escaped all injury. At the car barns this morning it was said that the street car No. 511 was In charge of conductor D. H. Hoke and motorman Alonzo Milligan. The accident happened about 10:30 at a time when may people were returning home The freight engine, was in charge "f engineer W. P. Miller arid conductor E. T. Green. Investigate Accident. Supt. H. C. Green, of the Green Line was not In his office today, and no one could be found who could authoritaLEE REPORTS Asserting that "Wolf Lake, Hammond's natural harbor, is the finest location on the Great Lakes for harbor development, docks, wharves, railroad connections, etc. Henry W. Lee C. E., consulting engineer for the affilated civlc clubs of the Calumet region filed a brief today with the Board of Engineere for Rivers and Harbors at Warhtagton. Mr. Lee has been a resident of the Calumet region ail his life and has made a profound study of its water-

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ways. He sets forth the advantages of Hammond's natural harbor as an ideal port for the through traffic of the Chicago district, at the same time

developing thousands of acres of splendid industrial sites in the heart of the busiest street and iron factory center in America and also affording a quick entrance to lake Calumet harbor which the city of Chicago is about

to build. It will he recalled that Col. Geo. A. Zinn in his recent report recommended some point "between Indiana Harbor and South Chicago for the "Industrial harbor of the Chicago district." Wolf lake, answers this geographical description and has the further advant-

ge of providing a land-locked harbor. CLUB'S OPENING SHOOT YESTERDAY At the opening shoot of the Hammond Gun club at Sharpshooters' park yesterday afternoon the following scores were made: A. Buse.................shot at 100 broke 65 A. G. Koepke.........shot at 100 broke 70 Louis Aeby.............shot at 75 broke 53 John Nimetz...........shot at 50 broke 37 J. C. Becker............shot at 100 broke 76 W. Fenstermaker.....shot at 70 broke 65 M. P. Warnimonshot.shot at 100 broke 50 A. O. Mitchell.........shot at 75 broke 41 Georg'j Fleck...........shot at 75 broke 53 The high wind was very unfavorable to the shooters yesterday. Next Sunday they expect to attend the first league tournament on the Chicago Gun club grounds. MANAGES HUSBAND'S BUSINESS OFFICE Mrs. William E. Humphries. Mrs. William E. Humphries. wife of the congressman from the state of Washing-ton,D. C. the record of being the best assistant senator in the nation's capital, for she is an expert stenographer as well us being in full sympathy with all the affairs of her husband. While Uncle Sam does not officially recognize her a a part of his law-making body, nevertheless she is, and there are many who have reason to know that such is the case. She has rare executive ability and it is due to her efforts that her husband's office is one of the best managed in the House of Representatives office building. ,

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tively say who is to blame for the accident that might have cost scores of lives. According to the rules of the company every street car approaching a railroad track is to come to a dead stop and remain so until the conductor who in the meantime is to "run the crossing" signals the motorman to proceed. The down town Hohman street crossing is one of the worst In seven states, and special care is urged upon the conductors by the company. It Is an especially dangerous crossing at night, particularly when trans are being switched without a headlight. The conditions have all been quite conscientious about running the Hohman street crossing, and the only excuse that can be offered for the street car crew is that the motorman and conductor after running the crossing signaled the motorman to proceed and then found himself cut off by the freight train "whose approach he noticed too late. TODAY accessible to all the railroads of Chicago, where the vessels will be safe in time of storm. Mr. Lee has consulted with Mayor Smalley concerning this matter and the mayor has invited him to address a body of Hammond's business men in the near future for the purpose of setting forth his ideas and plans in detail. Mr. Lee's brief to the Board of Engineers is in part as follows: Chicago. Ill.. April 13, 1912. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors Souther Bldg., Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:-- Supplementary to the address I made

before you in Chicago and the pamphlet I submitted to you at that time. I

desire to more fully present the claims of Wolf lake for harbor development The connection for Wolf Lake with (Continued on page 8) The Hammond patrons of the Chicago newspapers are in an exceedingly bad humor on account of the inferior character of the Sunday papers that are put on the streets at 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, The Chicago American contained but little news, and what there was in it was a lot of telegraph stuff from the Hearst papers on tho coast. Over half of the news was from the coast cities and was of little interest locally. The Chicago Tribune was purchased j for the purpose of getting detailed accounts of the baseball games. Instead of having write-ups of all of the games the Chicago games were all that were, written up. In fact hours before The Times had given all of the information about games outside of Chicago that could be found in the so-called "Sun day" papers. Th early editions of the Chicago papers were denounced as a fake on all sides, and it is expected that the sales of the early editions of the Sunday papers will be materially reduced in the future. Completing Work. The construction department of the Chicago Telephone romnanv has about I completed a large place of work, which consisted mainly in putting in larger cables and extending them, thus giving the Hammond exchange a large service wire system. Suspicious Characters. A report came to the police station last night that three suspicious characters were seen loitering around the vicinity of 447 Bauer street, but when an officer arrive they had made their get away. Nothing has been reported missing In this neighborhood, but the police are keeping a sharp lookout for suspicious looking characters. NOTHTNC IS OF GREATER IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAN TO KEEP POSTED ON PASSING EVENTS IN YOUR LOCALITY BY READING THE TIMES EACH EVENING

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PATRONS ARE INDIGNANT

COMPLAINT MADE OF SEWERAGE

American Maize Products Filtration System Is Deto Be Not a Success, Though Fortune Has Been Spent to Remedy Evil. Although the American Maize Prod ucts Co. operating the glucose and starch factory at Roby has installed a battery of twelve settling tanks in which the plant's grain waste is to be treated, the system is not giving ensatisfaction, judging from the complaints that are being made, about the water conditions at the lake front There appears to be a growing danger that within a year or two, such a large amount of waste product will have been poured into the lake that the water along the bathing beach will become uninhabitable owing to the offensive smells. The waste now empties into the lake through a thirty inch sewer about two hundred feet from the shore. The mouth of the sewer is submerged, but this in no way insures the waste from rising to the surface of the water. The plant's water intake is about two thousand feet in the lake. The worst feature about the waste appears to be the offensive odor and taste which it creates in the water. Some of the fishermen at the lake front claim that acid is being sewered into the lake and that it is so strong that within twenty-four hours it will completely ruin a net, but this charge is contradicted by the fact that fish live in this water and that the migratducks and geese found this portion of the lake a desirable feeding ground. The company has spared no money in procuring the best possible system to do away with the waste nuisance but so far it apparently has been unsuccesThe Hammond water intake is a mile front-shore. Riotous revelry reigned supreme in Hammond over Saturday night and Sunday, and us a result the police deand the patrol wagon were kept busy making seven arrests for drunkenness and two on a charge of disorderly conduct. Other fights and disorderly actions were reported in othparts of the city, where no arrests were made. The arrests were. Nick Sabit, East Hammond, arrested by Officers Schaadt and Wailak at Morton avenue for drunkenness. John Mudy, East Hammond, arrested by Officer Schaadt and Wallak for drunkenness. Frank Fryor, Hammond, arrested by Einsele and Carlson at Truman avenue for drunkenness. Jack Gannon, Hammond, arrested by Officer Carlson at State and Oakley for drunkenness. 1. Jansen, Maine hotel, Hammond, arested by Officer Homerich at Michigan Central depot for drunkenness. John Glannon, LaCrosse, Wis., was arrested by Chief Austgen on Hohman street street for begging and drunkenness. Philip Gorjewski, East Hammond, arrested by Officer Wallak and Schaadt I at Walter avenue for drunkenness. Roy Gish and Herman Stillon, both of Haammond, were arrested by Officer Stelow, on State street, near Oakley avwhere they were fighting, and charged with disorderly conduct. It has been many a day since Judge Barnett's court has had such a busy appcarance, and reminded some of the Sarrison street station court, Chicago. where the prisoners are disposed of in one-two-three fashion in order to get ready for the next case. Those arrested on the charge exception of of drunkenness with the Krank Fryor, plead guilty, receiving a fine of $l and costs, amounting to $11. Fryor, who has been an old offender and has been arrested a number of times for intoxication, was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $15. With Jack Gannon and John Giannon, Fryor will be taken to Crown Point today in deof payment. As this was the first time Roy Gish and H. Stillon have they were released. been in trouble. Back From Fort Wayne. Dr. H. G. Merz has returned from Ft. Wayne having gone there last week with his son Henry, Jr. whom he placin Concordia College there. He spent most of his time at a medical clinic which was in progress there.

RIOTOUS CONDUCT FOR SUNDAY

SHE'S HANGING ONTO "HALF NELSON" HOLD UPON HER STEEL MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND

James P. McQuaide. the steel millionaire, finds himself In a. peculiar situation In Kew York as a result of a suit brought by Mrs. Sarah Sidebotham McQuaide for divorce and a final accounting. McQuaide was on the point of sailing for Europe when the suit was filed. Now his wife won't let him. In fact, neither of his wives will. For his present wife, formerly Gertrude Reynolds, a dancer, has engaged a lawyer and an nounced her intention of staying in New York until she flnds out where she stands. The former Mrs. McQuaide claims the divorce obtained by McQuaide in Florida in 1907 is illegal in New York.

EDITOR AMAZED AT DEVELOPEMENT South Country Man Can't Find Words to Describe What He Saw. Special to The Times. Lowell, Ind.. April 15. --E.. E. Woodcock, editor of the Souvenir, made a trip to Hammond, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Gary and Chicago Saturday. The development and progress that is going on in the northern part of Lake county is amazing and beggars description. Where one city begins and ends is hard for a stranger to determine, so closely joined are the several cities. So far as the progress and building up of the north part of Lake county is concerned, it is only in its infancy. It bids fair to be the greatest industrial and waterway locality in the United States and will probably one day be one great city under one municipal head. It is a great section for one to invest money with the chance of reaping a profit. Duck Season Over. Although the duck season closes again today, the local nimrods seem to be a bit sorry as they have experienced some of the best shooting that they have had in late years. The Lake Front seems to have been the ideal spot for ducks this spring, as thousands have been killed in. the past few weeks. Six hunters who camped at the water's edge, is said to have killed as many as four hundred in one day. Hunters who went to the Kankakee for good shooting came back disappointed, as they found the water too high. Many geese were shot in the vicinity of Crown Point this year, two hunters getting as high as 22 in one morning. OFFERS BIG REWARD FOR MISSING YOUTH Carson Long. Immediately upon his return to Chicago from Panama and Central American. Alderman Theodore K. Long offered a reward of $5.000 for Information leading to the discovery of his son. Carson Long, who disappeared from North Yakima. Wash., on March - He complained of a headache for two days, took some powders obtained at a local drug store and has not been seen since.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS ACCIDENT Mrs. G. J. Brusell and riage Are Hit By Auto. Daughter While in CarMrs. G. J. Brusell of Garfield avenue and her 3-year-old daughter May, had a narrow escape from injury yesterday forenoon, near Oak Hill cemetery when an automobile dashed into the baby buggy which Mrs. Brusell was pushing and in which the little girl was rlding The child and its mother escaped without Injury, but the vehicle in which the child sat was demolished. The autoists stopped their machine and assured Mrs. Brusell and her husband who was with her that they had sounded their horn and had tried to avoid her. The high way prevented the pedestrians from hearing the horn, and in the general confusion Mrs. Brusell ran in the wrong direction. Mr. and Mrs. Brusell and their two children were on their way to the home of Mr. Planer. Mrs. Brusell's father. May, the child who figured in the narrow escape several months ago, boarded an East Chicago street car by herself and went alone to East Chicago and back again. VANDALS BUSY AGAIN. People owning and driving automobiles in Hammond are up in arms over the fact that during the past three weeks some one has been throwing glass and bottles on the different thoroughfares In this city, causing a great deal of damage to automobile tires. Just what the vandals' motive is no one knows, but if the person or persons are caught they will be arrested and severely punished. Between State street and alumet avenue Saturday afternoon six broken bottles were found scattered about on Indiana avenue. Error Causes Delay. The board of public works this morn- ing awarded the contract for the Allen and Harrison street sewers to the Calu- met Construction company the bids having been opened this morning. A. J. Campbell and Charles Lavene are interested in this company. Owing to an error in the advertisement for the Lewis street pavement it was necessary to re-advertise for bids which are to be opened on May 3rd. According to the advertisement, the bids for this pavement should have been opened today. Plans and specifications for the Waltham street pavement, section C, from Lewis to Hart street, were accepted and the hearing on the remonstrance set for May 3rd. A resolution vacating an alley through the Irving school property was accepted. NOT DONE TILL MAY 15. The work of the assessor's office in North township, which is in charge of Township Assessor B. E. Escher, will not be completed until May 15. Mr. Escher has a number of deputies at work and the population of the township is growing so fast that it requires an increasingly large number of deputies to handle the work. A FEW DIMES FOR CAR FARE OR POSTAGE IF YOU'RE ANSWERING ADS. A FEW DIMES FOR YOUR OWN "WANT," IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING IN THE TIMES --AND THE USUAL RESULT IS A JOB.

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ESCAPE IN A GAS EXPLOSION

MONSTER STEAMER STRIKES AN ICEBERG Wireless Messages Tell of Disaster and an Ominous Silence Follows. New York, April 15. A wireless message from the Titanic, largest and newest of ocean steamers, received shortly after midnight announced the liner had struck an iceberg off the banks of Newfoundland and was sinking. Transfer of the passengers to the life boats began at once. The accident occurred at 10:25 o'clock last night. Two hours later the ship's wireless apparatus, which had been working so badly as to permit of only intermittent and fragmentary messages, failed completely. The last words sent by the operator told that the vessel apparently was doomed, "sinking by the head," and that the woman passengers were being rushed into the lifeboats. A reassuring feature was that the weather was calm and clear and help only a few hours away. WORK ON COUNTRY CLUB IS RUSHED Courts Ready by July Fourth. The work on the Hammond Country club is being rushed. The excavation for the basement has reached a point where water has been struck and the necessity for sewers Is becoming more and more apparent. It is believed, however, that the basement excavation can be pumped out to an extent that will permit of the laying of the foundations. After the foundations are In it is expected ,that the building will rise rapidly. An effort is to be made to get the golf links and tennis courts into condition so that they can be used by the Fourth of July. Last Sunday there were a number of Hammond people who took advantage of the fine weather to go over the grounds of the country club to inspect them and the progress of the work. "HOOKEY BOYS" ARE ASSESSED FINES Will Have to Stay in After School As Result of Insubordination. Five per cent off on the general average for each study for a six weeks' term and spending double the amount of time lost in the school room after the regular day's session constitutes the punishment that the high school faculty this morning imposed on twenty-five students who played "hookey" on afternoon and promised to conduct itself with more dignity in the future. The committee of three students who were members of the "hookey" class. which was appointed by Superintendent McDaniel last week to determine the nature of the amends that the class should make, failed to reach an agreement. , and therefore the faculty dlsposed of the matter. The class was out three hours, and consequently will have to spend six hours in the school room "after hours," the time to be divided so as to extend over several ninth hour periods, this being the first period after the regular school work ends. Sneak Thief Busy Some time between 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning and 6 o'clock last night a sneak thief entered the room of Gustave Price, 321 Hohman street, and escaped with a gold watch and chain, valued in thi neighborhood of nearly $100. The" case was reported to the police this morning and have a description of a man who was seen loitering around the house. Description of watch and chain: Watch Wartharn make, works No. 5911109; chain, 14 caret gold, big links. Watch valued at $75 and the chain $28. An offer of $25 will be given for the return of the property.

Steel Co. Plant at So. Chicago Shook up

An explosion destroyed part of the gas power houses of the Illinois Steel company at East Eighty-sixth street and Calumet river, causing a property loss of more than $100,000 and endangered the lives of 100 men and scattered, machinery and trunks around for a block, Before the debris had settled flames burst from the shattered structure and all the available fire fighters in the southern end of the city were required to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding buildings. The force of the explosion was so severe as to shake the whole adjoining action, and persons living blocks away were fairly shaken out of bed. NICE NEW West Hammond is to have a fine little industry as a result of the leasing from A. J. Campbell, tbe well-known Hammond plumber, of 250 feet of frontage along Plummer avenue. Just east of the Hammond Brewing, company's plant. A. three-story- building, -50x100 feet in dimensions, is to be erected at once and the machinery for the plant is alalready ordered. The plant is to be known as the Consumers' Grain Products company of which Richard Winkler is the head. The plant will take the bi-products of the Hammond Brewing company and other breweries and manufacture it into feed. The secretary of the company is J. T. Mayers and the treasurer is H. C. Schall. Fellowship BanquetThe Irish Fellowship club, one of Hammond's young, but promising, social organizations will hold its first banquet tomorrow evening. The affair will be given at the Masonic temple at 6:30 and covers will be laid for seven-ty-five to a hundred guests. Quinn O'Brien, a noted Chicago attorney, and a popular after-dinner speaker, will be the guest of honor, adn those who will attend the first, banquet expect to hear something while hearing from him. PARIS TERRORIZED BY AUTO BANDITS Carouy. on of the band of bandits. The series of robberies in Paris all traceable to the notorious auto gang, have set the world agog as no other crimes of modern times. Banks. museums, homes, all share like and the police seem entirely unable to cope with them. Twenty thousand dollars is offered by one banker for their capture, dead or alive. The government has approximately $100,000 to help fight them. Every policeman , in the French capital is wearing a belt with plttol of large caliber visible to all . The ringleader is Bonnot, a noted anarchist and his first lieutenant is Carouy.

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