Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 256, Hammond, Lake County, 18 April 1912 — Page 1

EVENING EDITION THE WEATHER --- CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY; FRIDAY FAIR; NORTHERLY WINDS. VOL. VI., NO. 256. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.) World in Awe, Awaits Details Of Tragedy

THE LAKE

COUNTY

TIMES

BECKER AND KNOTTS BOTH

ON LEAGUE PROGRAM

The program for the annual meeting of the Indiana Municipal League, which will be held at Hartford City, July 9, 10 and 11. was arranged at a meeting of the program committee at the Denison Hotel yesterday. The papers and discussions include a list of subjects ranging from track elevation to commission government and from street paving to industrial education. Nearly a score of city officials throughout the state, including Mayor Knotts of Gary, are on the program. The commitee which framed the program yesterday consists of Lemuel Darrow, mayor of Laporte, president of the league; Joseph T. McNary, Logansport; Fred B. Robinson, CrawWOMAN TELLS SAD TALE OF LOSS Some honest person in Hammond or Hegewisch can bring sunshine into the heart of a poor washerwoman by restoring to her $350, a sum which she lost yesterday while on her way .to a Hammond real estate office to pay for a lot. The victim is Mrs. Uliaz, a Polish woman, who lives a 1303 Erie street, Hegewisch. Although the lost sum of money represents all of her capital, Mrs. Uliaz will gladly give a reward for the return of the money. Mrs. Uliaz came to The Times' office yesterday afternoon weeping as though her heart would break. Between sobs she told of her misfortune in broken English. A board of trade operator in Wall street wiped out is no comparison with this poor woman. His connections and associations assure him a new start, and fortune may smile on him

again with the next rise or fall of the market.

Must Go Back to Tub. Not so with Mrs. Uliaz. She has to go back to the washtub. For years again she will have to stoop over the boiling cauldrons working from early morning until late at night until her finger nails are worn to a ragged edge, to recuperate her losses. The $350 meant the beginning of a (Continued on page 3.) ALDERMAN'S DAUGHTER IS INJURED "While about to cross South Hohman , street near the Lion street with a companion, about. 4:30 last evening, 9-year-old Edna Whitaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whitaker, became confused as she noticed the approach of an automobile driven by Dr. T. W. Oberlin. One of the girls ran back to the walk, but as Dr. Oberlln, seeing the child was confused, slackened up. Littie Miss Whitaker ran into the machine from the side and was thrown backward, striking her head. She was taken to the hospital by Dr. Oberlln and a lady, who witnessed the accident and absolved the driver from blame. This morning the child was removed to her home and will recover, as no bones were broken. HAMMOND TO ENTER TEAM Hammond skat players are-beginning to make their plans for the annual tournament of the North American Skat League, which will be held in the Collseum. Chicago, on May '25. 26 and 27. Ten thousand dollars are to be awarded in prizes, the first prize winner receiving $1,000. Hammond has a number of players who are rated very high among skat players, principal among them Carl Bauer, Adam F. Ebert and Tlbert Bach. They were at the Pittsburg tournament last year .and played well up among the leaders. The tournament is open to all skat .players who pay the entry fee of $5. The Hammond members are mostly members of the Chicago Skat club. Back in Harness. Rev. A W. Hoffman is back in harness again. He returned from Pennsylvania, where he was visiting relatives, and has taken up the work of his pastorate again. Rev. Hoffman has a host of friends in Hammond, who are glad to know that he has fully recovered from his recent illness. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES?

fordsville; James T. Trant. Hartford City; Dr. E. C. Lehr, Noblesville. and J. Fred France, Indianapolis. The formal program will begin at 1:30 o'clock on the afternoon of July 9, when there will be an address of welcome by a representative of Hartford City, responded to by Mr. France. Mayor Thomas E. Knotts of Gary will be the first speaker on the program. He is assigned to the subject, "The Building of a City," Thomas B. McGregory, city attorney of Madison, will lead the discussion of Mayor Knotts's paper. Will Discuss Trusters. James Schooler, city controller of (Continued on page 8.) BALL CLUB LOSES LEASE OE GROUNDS Hammond Baseball Team May Have to Forfeit Its Franchise in League. Hammond ball players are very much concerned over the fact that they are unable to secure the ball; grounds formerly the property of the Hammond Athletic Association. The G. H. Hammond Co., which owns the grounds; refuses to rent the grounds for the reason that its experience with the Hammond Athletic Association was far from satisfactory. There was a great deal of rent due ! at the time the association went out of existence and which the company will never get. The grounds are in good condition and will require but little expense for repairs and maintenance. f the Hammond Baseball Club is not able to get grounds on which to play it will have to forfeit its place in the Northern Indiana Baseball League. This would be lamantable. It has been suggested that a moment be started to either guarantee the G. H. Hammond Company the necessary rent by inducing the business men to pledge a certain amount of money to that will lease a block or ground in some convenient location and build the necessary, grandstands and fences. Something will have to be done at once if the local lovers of baseball are going to be able to have a team represent Hammond. The season will start on Sunday, April 28 when Hammond plays Crown Point at Crown Point. LAKE COUNTY DEMOCRACY TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18. There was incorporated here today: The Lake County Democracy, Gary; no capital stock; political; .directors, T. E. Knotts, T. W. Englehart, A. P. Melton, W. A. Cain. Martin Gill. A. P. Moste. Frank Bowman, Theodore Arcand and J. T. Marich. Foresters to Attend. The degree team of Baumgartner court. Catholic Order of Foresters, of Hammond, accompanied by other Foresters of Hammond and the surrounding cities go to Laporte next Sunday, where a new court Is to be instituted and the Initiatory degrees conferred upon thirty-five members.' Arrangements were completed last night whereby the degree team chartered a special car on the South Shore line leaving Hammond at 7:15 in the morning and any others wishing to go cast on the car can make arrangements with George Kussmaul, at his cigar store. In the evening after the lodge work the members of the team will be the guests of William Rumley at a dinner at his home. Mr. Rumley was in Hammond last Sunday to confer with the team. Pittsburg Man Arrested. William Smith of Pittsburg, Pa., was arrested at the corner of State and Hohman streets, by Officer Borchert last night on a charge of drunkenness. He was held at the police station until this morning, where he plead guilty before Judge Barnett. Tuesday night Smith came to the station, where he was given a night's lodging. Yesterday morning he was ordered out of town, and instead of leaving he visited the different Hammond saloons and as a result he received a beautiful package. He asked the court to show him a little leniency, but instead Smith was fined $1 and costs. Unable to pay he will be taken to Crown Point in default. PUT YOUR WANT AD IN THE TIMES.

TITANIC DISASTER BREAKS UP ASTOR FAMILY JUST AS STORK WAS EXPECTED TO GLADDEN THE HEART OF YOUTHFUL WIFE

SESSION OF FEDERAL COURT LONG It is practically certain that the ses sions of the United States court at Hammond will be extended into the coming week. If Judge Anderson decides to hold court next week it will break all precedents for the reason that he has never consented to sit in Hammond for more than a week at a time. The naturalization matters were all disposed of yesterday and the trial of the case of George Lawrence vs. the Pennsylvania railroad is in progress. There are three other cases set for trial and the attorneys in them are awaiting the word of Judge Anderson as to whether or not he will try them this term. The Lawrence case will take all day today and tomorrow and may even last longer. The other cases will each take a day, so that it is apparent that there will be court all next week if Judge Anderson decides to hold court. Two to Attend. The confeirence of the county, city and township public health commissioners will be held at Indianapolis on May 21 and 22. Drs. T. W. Oberlin and W. D. Weis of Hammond, secretaries of the county and Hammond boards of health, respectively, will attend the convention. FAMOUS DIPLOMATS DAUGHTER TO WED Miss Marjorie Ide. The engagement of Miss Marjorie Ide, daughter of the United States minister to Spain, has just been announced. The fortunate man is Shane Leslie, grandson of Sir John and iady Constance Leslie, of Glasco. Ireland. Both Misa Ide and Mr. Leslie are well known in Washington. The wedding will take place in June.

upper right. Vincent & Astor: lower right. Col.

Col. John Jacob Astor and his bride of less than a year were returning to America in anticipation of a visit from the stork when death in a hidden iceberg broke up the family. Mrs. Astor was rescued, but her husband perished.

GENEROUS

EMPLOYEES The employes ,m the Lion store are watching the outcome of an operation on a fellow employe, a young woman, at St. Margaret's hospital, which was possible by the generosity of all the people in the store. The girl, who is 18 years old, has been in the hospital now for two weeks, and according to all indications the operation is a pronounced success, having been performed on her lower lip, with a view of restoring It to its former shape. Ever since her childhood her facial features have been marred, and while the defect might have been rmedied long ago by a skillful surgical opratlon, the financial circumstances of the girl's parents never permitted this. The disfiguration was due, it is said, to a cold sore on her lower lip, which caused a defective growth. For nearly two years now she has held her place in the little army of workers in the big store, and as time went on she became. the subject of deep sympathy of her fellow workers. Frequently her distressful condition was the subject of discussions among the clerks. Finally the best- diplomat was selected to broach the delicate subject of giving her unasked assist ance. Like, a sensible girl she accept ed it gratefully, and a purse of more than $100 was promptly raised in the store and more will be forthcoming, if necessary. The operation alone is said to have cost $100 or more, but the generous contributors feel well repair by the look of happiness that they now see on the girl's face when they visit her at the hospital. Band Concert Tonight. Although the weather la somewhat unfavorable a good attendance is nevertheless expected for the St. Margaret's hospital benefit concert, which will be given by the K. O. T. M. band at the Hammond theatre this evening. Those who will attend are assured of a good program by good musicians. The program is as follows: March "Battle of Shilo". . .Barnhouse Cornet Solo "Remembrance of Switzerland" (Liberati) . . . D. A. Pugh Waltzes ''Il Fiore d'ltalia" Stefano (a) Ghost Dance.....Salisbury (b) March: 'Cupid's Patrol"..... Mor.t "Goldblondchen"..... Ellenberg Intermission. Overture: -Polyphonic"....... Pettee Selection. "The Pink Lady" . . . . . Caryll a "Celebrated Minuet".'. .. Paderewski (b) "The Butterfly" ...... Bendix Vocal Solo (a) "Lady Angeline." (b) "If All My Dreams Were Made of Gold" Asher B. Samuels, Chicago's popular baritone. Overature: "Raymond"..... Thomas Two New Cases. Two new cases, one for provocation and one for assault and battery were filed against Charles Strong in Judge Ames' court yesterday morning. The warrants for his arrest were sworn out by his mother-in-law, Mrs. C. Wlllig and the case will be tried Friday morning, April 19, at 10 o'clock. . TIMES WANT ADS ARE FOR SERVICE TO YOU

MAY FIRST IS SET AS THE DATE (Special to THE TIMES.) Whiting, April 18. The Beckton Chemical company is to break ground for its Whiting plant on May 1st, according to well founded reports circulated here this week. The plans and specifications are now in the hands in the prospective bidders, and before many more weeks, the building work will be well under way. . The location for the new plant which is to employ eight hundred men is opposite the Standard Oil works. It was located through the efforts of the Whiting Commercial Club, and while it will employe eight hundred men to begin with its ultimate capacity is said to be two thousand men. Fortunate in Drawings. A number of Hammond people have been fortunate in Florida land drawings. John I Walker drew 30 acres, A. S. Stanton drew 20 acres, Mrs. William Wolter drew 20 acres and John Gottler drew 20 acres. This land is said to be worth $45 an acre, and Is ex pected to become valuable when various irrigation projects have . been put through. Joseph H. Choate. Former ambassador to the court of St. James. Joseph Choate. was unable to attend the reception given President Taft in New York because of trouble with his eyes. It was reported that an operation was necessary and much uneasiness was felt for his recovery. The trouble came because of constant reading and overwork. Ambassador Choate has for many years been in the public eye, both as a great Jurist and as a diplomat of international fame.

SECRET OF SEA HORROR UNTOLD

Sputtering Flashes From Waste of Waters Only Add to Suspense Borne By All Nations

New York, April 18. Wireless flashes from the Carpathia brought additional details today of the awful wreck. Each message gave more harrowing stories of the panic when the queen of the seas crashed head on into the gigantic iceberg. A dance was being held by the first cabin passengers and scores of women clad only in thin evening dresses, too frantic to even gather their wraps and furs, were, lowered into the lifeboats to the surface of the ice-covered sea.

Knew He Had Given Life as SacrificePresident Taft, with tear-dim-med eyes, said: "When I heard that 'Archie' was on a ship that was lost with 1,300 of its people, I didn't want to see him again; I knew he wouldn't come back." New York, April 18 The Carpathia, carrying the 868 survivors from the wrecked Titanic, is within the wireless zone of the New England coast, but as yet no details of the horrible sea tragedy have been given out. The vessel will arrive in New York late tonight or onrlv Friday morning. 328 Cabin Passengers Saved. The roll of the saved from the Titanic disaster tonight seems complete. Practically every attending circumstance in the transmission of news from the Carpathia goes to show that only 328 of the 610 cabin passengers of the Titanic are safe on the rescue ship. The 282 cabin passengers whose names have not appeared in the lists sent ashore yesterday by wireless must probably be conceded as among the 1,312 lives which the collision of the mammoth new steamship with an iceberg off the Newfoundland banks Sunday night is believed to have taken. List of Survivors Is Complete Thousands of hopeful hearts were turned to despairing ones when the United States scout cruiser Chester wirelessed anhore late yesterday that she had been in communication with the Carpathia and had asked repeatedly for the full list of the first and second cabin survivors and that the rescue ship reported that all the names had already been sent ashore. The remainder of 540 persons saved were passengers in the steerage or members of the crew. After the strain of three days' waiting without news of their missing ones there were few of the hopeful that still held out against the seemingly final word as to the fate of friends and relatives. The small remaining hope of the few who persistently refused to believe the worst rested on the faint possibility that the list of survivors slent by wireless from the Carpathia might after all not be quite complete. Carpathia Is Due Today. The fact that one new name came through late yesterday in a private message from the Carpathia was the basis of what was a desire more than a hope that there were slips enough in her wireless lists to account for a few, at least, of those still unaccounted for. At the best, however. it appeared that it could be only an occasional one whose safety had not been reported through some error of eompillatlon on the liner or of wireless transmission. From the Carpathia, which was approximately 600 miles from New York yesterday morning, and which is expected, if she keeps up her rate of progress of thirteen knots an hour, to reach the entrance of the harbor by 8 o'clock tonight, came a new report during the day as to the number of survivors on board. Report 705 Survivors On Board, . Through the Cunarder Franconia. which established wireless communication with the rescue ship, came a mes-

sage which included this statement:

MASTER AND MAN.

NEWS ITEM -- Mr. Bruce Ismay's name appears among those of the "women and children saved." Mr. Ismay is one of the owners of the "White ' Star line. The Captain stood where a Captain should. For be Law of the Sea is grim The Owner romped ere his ship was swamped And no Law bothered him. The Captain stood where a Captain should. When a Captain's boat goes down; But the Owner led when the women fled, For an Owner must not drown The Captain sank as a man of Rank, While his Owner turned away, The Captain's grave was his bridge and brave, He earned his seaman's pay. To hold your place in the ghastly face of Death on the Sea at Night, Is a Seaman's job, but to flee with the mob Is an Owner's Noble Right. ---- B. Hecht in the Chicago Journal "She has a total of 705 survivors on board." The previous statement from the Carpathia had been that she carried 868 survivors. It may be that .the report received through the Franconla included a count of rescued passengers only, disregarding the 100 or more members of the crew who must have been in the boats which the Carpathia picked up. Communication was being had with the Carpathia last night through both the scout cruiser Chester and the shore wireless station at Siasconsett. Through the Chester there began coming slowly the names of saved passengers from the third cabin the Titanic. (BULLETIN.) -New York, April IS. (4 P. M.) .The Carpathia will not dock till tomorrow morning. There are six doctors on board caring for the. survivors, (BULLETIN.) New York, April 18 -- The Carpathia with survivors of Titanle aboard now about forty miles south of Martha's Vineyard. Carpathia's wireless operator is sending ashore a lot of private messages concerning safety of survivors, but all of official details concerning disaster are still withheld. (BULLETIN.) New York, April 18.-At 10 a. m. the S. S. Carpathia was 75 miles east by south of Block Island and 140 miles from Sandy Hook. Vessel only doing ten knots on account of fog prevailing. Expected to dock early this afternoon. Drowned Like Rats. Highland Light. Mass., April 18. 1. A. M. (Thursday) By Wireless. The captain of the Carpathia says: "I know for sure that there was no lives saved except those I have on board. I have not the body of Colonel John Jacob Astor on board. "Mrs. Astor is very sick: dangerously ill. More than 100 are sick and in the hospital. When the collision occurred about 200 sailors sleeping In the bow of the Titanic were drowned like rats. After the impact the lights on the Titanic went out in four minutes. The dynamos lasted about the same time, which caused the wireless operator to abandon his calls for help. As his storage batteries were only capable of carrying 50 to 100 miles, the wireless operator was rendered helpless." Hammond Man Gets Card. Frank S. Betz, the Hammond manufacturer, received a postal card this morning from B. Lewy, the young Chicago diamond broker, whose body is

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