Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 255, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1912 — Page 1

COUNTY ME FAIR. AND CONTINUED COO I, TODAY; WARMER TOMORROW. EDITION VOL- VI., NO. 255. HAMMOND, -INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912. ONE GENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers 9 Celts Copy.)

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THE MAN WHOSE PERSISTENCE LANDED BALDWIN PLANT IN THE CALUMET REGION.

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TIMES BUREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., April 17. A new and astonishing angle to the Gary bribery cases has been discovered and it is quite probable a sensation will soon break that will startle the state and disprove the assertion made by the defense to the effect that the cases are ended. The bribery cases are the livest things on the map and fresh evidence has been discovered that lead an entirely different view to the situation. Dispatches to this paper last week declared that Gov

ernor Marshall was prepared to carry on the fight though the cases were dismissed ut Valparaiso. The disappearance of City Clerk Harry Moose, of Gary, one of the star witnesses for the state, will soon be cleared up and when secret work now being done in the Gary bribery scandal is made public, there will be some big surprises and astonishing developments are promsied.

DYKE IS BLOWN MISCREANT Lowell, Ind., April 17.

the Williams dyke near Schneider on the Kankakee river, was dynamited last night shortly before midnight by some

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done. The Williams dyke was the first to go out in the

recent spring floods and its

V)f acres of valuable land. Temporary repairs had been made in the dyke and it was in the repaired thirty feet section of the dyke that the dynamite was placed and a hole blown. Officers have no clue to the outrage, but are investigating. .

BAND CONCERT TCBIOEROW While the proceeds of the K. O. T. jl. band concert next Thursday will be for the benefit of St. Margaret's hospital, the patrons of this Institution are assured of a high class program and entertainment and It Is hoped that as many as possibly can will In some substantial way show their appreciation of the K. O. T. M. band's generosity and also of the hospital as a public welfare Institution. The K. O. T. M. band donates Its services for the occasion and the charity work of the sisters Is too well known to be repeated, and but for some publio spirited support occasionally the work could not be carried on on as large a scale as it has been for the past years. Recovering From Illness. Mrs. H. Martin. 229 Michigan avenue, has been on the sick list for the past week with a severe case of tonsllitis and word from her home this morning reports that she is getting along nicely. Miss Martin is well known in Ham-, monii and her many friends wish her a speedy recovery.

CALUMET-KENNEDY LAND COMPANY HUSTLER, FACTOR AT CALUMET.

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IIP BY AT SCHH (Special.) A gaping hole in and immense damage was overflow inundated thousands TAXPAYERS -in Bieucir Realizing that the "spring taxes and the assessments for May are due, taxpayers are beginning to visit the city treasurer's office to avoid the rush. The number is Increasing dally and toward the end of the month they will be coming In by scores. The present of flee force, is able to handle the numbers now and City Treasurer William Wolter. who Is in Florida now with Mrs. Walter, expects to be back In time for the rush weeks, at which time It will also be necessary to put on extra help. John in Trouble. John Jordon, 47th and Ashland avenue, Chicago,' was arrested by Bunde and Ktnsele on1 Hohman street early this morning on a charge of drunkenness. He was brought before Judge Barnett and testified that he was In Hammond looking for work and had never been In trouble before. He asked the court to show him leniency and he was discharged. ARE YOU RFiADIXG THE TIMES T ' . , , t A.

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Astonishing Progress of the Magic City Revealed in Birthday History; Gary Now Famous Over Whole Civilized WorldTABLOID HISTORY OF GARY. IfKHS. April Gnry started. June TUB TIMES appear en the Mreeta of iary, Ita flrat dolly newspaper.. . Construction started at the teel workn.. . l-oKtofTIre rnanlng. Klrwt cemaua Rhona 344. July Town government organised. Many new nfctirk dweller nr rive. Street grading and street bnlldlngs. September Rev. Father T. K. Janaen conduct n flrmt chonh aer-viee. lfK7. February Street. newer nnd sidewalk building continaen. June Hundreds of residences, business, block, under way. October iary Commercial elub organised. City water and electric llshtn. November Gnry hotel opened up. Telephone exchange placed in operation, j inns. Enrly winter Kirk railway shops occupied. May Gary and Interurbnn railway operates. July Gary harbor opened for navigation with arrival of II rat cargo 01 ore. December Flrat blnat furnace fired and first ateel rail rolled. ope rates. Summer Building of world largest by-product coke OTen started. November Flrt city election. Thomas F. Knott, town president, elected mayor. 1010. Winter American Bidge plant construction begins. Tolleaton an nexed. This year alao wltnesaed the ton pletlon of Calumet bridge, the be ginning of conntructton nt the tin plate-mill, nddltiona to the cement mill nnd the beginning of the work of laying out the Ambridge district. Federal census In April shows population 1B.S02. lull. ping Vast development nt Am bridge. Tolleaton nnd Ridge rond districts. Steel mill construction rushed. 1012. Gry Y. M. C. A. M50.000 home opened. Gary steel work In full blast. Two more traction lines operat ing. Extenlve construction and build operation. Five-atory business blocks for Broadwny. I". S. Steel authorises forty mil lion dollnr bond Issue for new con trnctlon nt Gnry work. Six years ago tomorrow, on April 18, 1906, a carload of cinders was dumped alontr the Lake Shore railroad right of jway in the northeast part of Calumet j township. The Knotts brothers supervised the job and were photographed doing it. The photo is at the bottom ; of the pag?. This was the beginning of Gary. Later they walked down through the i f Continued on page iTi 1NEW BANK TO j BUILD IN HAMMOND ; The East Side Tr11st & Savings bank 1 I has purchased a lot in Roscoe E. ; j Woods' reaubdi vision of lots 1, 2 and 3 ! ! in Fogg and Hammond's addition to ; ' Hammond and has commenced the ', erection of a two-story building on the ' ! property. i 1 The lot was really purchased by E.J j Ullrich, one of the officers of the trust' I company, but it is the intention of Mr. ' j I'llricli to eventually make it the prop- : ci ty of the company. : Brick and othpr building materials ; have been hauled to the site of the new ! i building and the east side will soon be' able to boast of a fine banking instii tution. ' The importance of the east side as a ! future business center is shown by the action of the officials of this bank in ' I seeking a site 011 Calumet avenue for the new institution. Special Meeting. A special meetins has been called by the Hammond lodge, of Klks. 'No. 485, at the Elks clni) rooms at S o'clock this evening for the purpose, of making arrangements for the funeraPof Brother Harvey Z. Godfrey. Tt is earnestly requested that all members be present. Try a 1 Vendor cigar. It's good I

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PRESENT BUILDING i OPERATIONS IN '! vO&HAIinCUID; Built by. . Kind of BIdg. Coat E. C MInas..... .Mercantile T5.000 St. Joseph church. Church ' . .' 100,000 Country club Clubhouse .. 20,000 E. Side Trust Co.. Bank BIdg.. 10,000 Chapln Jt Co Warehouses . B0,000 F. S. Bets Co Warehouse .. 76,000 Presbyterians . . . Church 13,000 Federal Tile Co...Fae. Bids;.... West Hammond .. School BIdg.. Kanfmaa A Wolf. Business Blk Reid-Mnrdoeh Co. Warehouses . N. I. Gas Co Tt. house M. Rothschild Residence ... ao.ooo 0,000 10,000 IOO.OOO 10,000 20,000 Ove R. Gnatt . . . . Jesse E. Wilson Arthur J. Weiss . William M. Love. Monon Rallroaid .Factory K,0O0 . Residence .Residence . Residence .Depot . . 7,000 7.0O0 R.0OO 2H,0O0 During the yenr 1911 buildings amounting to nearly n quarter ; of n million, dollars were erected In the city. Will Meet Friday. John Pascaly, president of the East State Street Improvement association, stated today that there would be a meeting of the association at the office of the American Trust & Savings bank next Friday night at which there would be a discussion of the street lighting question. He said that there would be a representative of & lamp post company at the meeting to explain matters. . East Chicago Land Co.'s Active Manager, a 1 Twin City Booster. ft TfSw-

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VOr J The Latest From i -rTitaie -Horroiv WOMEX AXD CHILDREN SAVED. ! " New York, April 17. Of the 868 sur- ! vivors from the Titanic wreck only 79 men were saved from the passenger list, 140 seamen saved. Steerage women and children, 400, first and second cabin 233 women and 16 children. HOPE OF RES CUTS LOST. New York. April 17. Only a faint ' hope remains that any of the 1.302 per- ' sons who have been missing since the sinking of the liner Titanic have been ' Picked Up by other vessels I The steamshlns Virginian an Vstri slan sent wireless reports that they had none of the Tltanlc's company aboard. They, with the Cunafder Carpathla, were the only vessels to reach the scene of the wreck In time to rescue any one. The Carpathla, which picked up twenty life boats and rafts, is on its way to New York with survivors. CSOOHFIRMED STORY OF HORROR. St. Johns. N. F., April 17. A report Is current here which is said to have emanated from the trading vessel Bruct, which is on the way to Sydney, C. B., giving a version of the Titanic disaster which the trader obtained from various ships. This Is to the effect that when the Titanic struck the berg she was going at the rate of eighteen knots an hour, and the Impact almost rent the big vessel asunder. Her decks, sides and bulkheads were smashed from bow to midships. The bow and upper works were smashed to pieces. WOMEX I.V PLIGHT. New Tork, April 17. The condition of the rescued from the Titanic, by all accounts, is pitiable. Mrs. J. j' Astor. according to a private message received today, wore nothing but her nightgown and a raincoat when she was hurried from the deck of the Titanic into a lifeboat. Of all the Jewels and gowns she had with her not one remains to remind her of the days of her honeymoon. Her plight may stand as a desert p-j tlon of the condition of other women. j Bl'LI.KTIX. . j Xew Tork, April 17. Charles P. Sum-I mer, general representative of the Cunard line in this city, this morning received the first message from the Carpathla since 2 p. m. Tuesday.- It was !n cipher and dated Halifax. 'X. S. It! gave the location of the vessel at 11 o'clock last night, when the Carpathla! was 599 miles east of the Ambrose Channel lirhtship. Captain Rostron! reported all well. j Bl-I.I.ETIN. j Cape Race, April 17. Wireless com-; munication with the Carpathia was es-j tablished at 1 a. m. The wireless ; worked very slowly. All well on the Carpathia. ' .NO TRACK OK DF.BHIS. Halifax, X. S., April 17. At 10 a. m. today the Direct Cable Co. repair ship Mlnia arrived here from St. Pierre. She passed 150 miles north of the scene of the disaster to the Titanic and saw nothing of the wreck nor did she sight any other ship. The captain said that 1 .lie hkd passed vast ice fields.

READY TO START WORK

Settlement of Traction Problem Is. Only Thing Holding Giant Concern Back

The moment that the transportation question is solved In a manner .satisfactory to the Baldwin Locomotive Company, work on the big plant will be begun. Such Is the import of a statement Issued by Samuel V. VauClaln, vice president of the big concern. Mr. VauClain together with the company's purchasing agent, E. P. Williams, Consulting Engineer G. H Henderson and Engineer Sheldon Woodle visited East Chicago and Indiana Harbor on Saturday, and the engineers and purchasing agent are still here. During his visit Mr. VauClain "The Hammond Chamber of Commerce" is the name of the new civic organization which was launched at a meeting held in the Lake superior court house last evening. There were lit the neighborhood of 100 of the members present. VUm mrnilsattuji, t1oiiinrttter'rn4Hi was selected from the -tentative organ ization, submitted a list of nominees for the various offices and these were approved. The following is the list. President Judge Virgil S. Relter. First vice president C. M. McDapiel. Seoond vice president J. N. Beckman. Temporary secretary Roscoe E. Woods. Five Dlreetom. The directors will be chairmen of the regular committees of the organisation and were elected as follows: Membership, O. A. Krlnbill; manufacturers, W. D. Ray; industrial, E. F. Johnston; labor. Carl B. Bauer; municipal affairs. Judge Lawrence Becker; parks and boulevards, W.-B. Conkey; transportation. John E. Fitzgerald; executive, J. D. Brusell; publicity, Roscoe E. Woods; conventions, William J. Whlnery; social activities. Walter Hammond;, retailers' interests, J. J. Ruff; automobiles and roads, V. C. Demlng. sanitation and health.' Dr. William D. Wels; public morals. C. J. Sharp. Krinblll, Ray. Johnson, Bauer, Becker,' Conkey, Fitzgerald and Brusell were elected for two years and Woods. Hammond, Ruff, Deming, Weis and Sharp were elected for one year. t'pon his election to the office of president, Judge Virgil S. Relter declared that the success of the organization would depend upon the cooperation that he received from the Individual members of the new chamber of commerce. Press of Business Begins. He made a strong talk in which he (Continued on page five.) Elected Mayor of West Hammond. t i-

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issued the following statement for T Times: Here Is Statement. "East Chicago, Ind., April 18. "Mr. VauClain. Vice President of ' the Baldwin Locomotive "Works, together with his engineers were here this data, to complete the preliminary arrangements necessary to enable work to be begun on the proposed plant of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and as aoon as a satisfactory understanding has been arrived at work will proceed." Traction Problem Vp. "The preliminary arrangement' (Continued on page 8.) '

NEW CITY With the election of a reform ticket in West Hammond yesterday tha city enters a new era, of progress. . The change that is to come as a result of a business administration will be work-, ed out gradually, but the first test t which the nw administration will ba putwHl. be... to, isaw ui stigma trf Immorality, from the name tt th .cltv. The new administration is pledged to this and the voters feel that they have not voted In vain. West Hammond's new set ot city officials as elected yesterday is as follows: Mayor K. M. Woszczynski. City treasurer August Kamradt, City clerk Ignatz Mankowskl. City Attorney Jacob Katz. Aldermen, First ward D. Slavin and Richard Zimmerman. . Aldermen, Second ward Michael Modrejewskl and Joseph Wierzbicki. Aldermen, Third ward John Jara-. nowski. and Alex Kowalskl. Aldermen. Fourth ward Chris J. Wunschel and Otto Planer. Three Contestants In Field. The only opposition to the elected ( ticket was in the First and Fourth. ' wards and for the office of city treasure t er. All the other candidates had no opposition and practically wen the election ' In the primaries. August Zimmerman was a candidate for treasurer on the citizens' ticket against Kamradt. but was defeated by the latter by sixteen votes. Richard Zimmerman, one) of the winning aldermen in the First ward, defeated P. EsSer, Sr., Zimmerman having come out on an Independent ticket after Esser had been nominated on the people's ticket. Otto Planer, the only other candidate on the citizens' ticket, defeated Urvlr Spafford on the people's ticket, in the Fourth ward. Both Planer and Spafford were considered to be good men. Planer having received his primary nomination without opposition, while (Continued on page five.) Elected Treasurer of West Hammond. .... . v . r

v August Kamradt,

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