Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 260, Hammond, Lake County, 23 April 1912 — Page 1

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FAIR TODAY AND PROBABL.V"WEDNESDAY; HIGHER TEMPERATURE. EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Ceats Copy.) VOL. VI., NO- 260. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1912. SCENES ALONG PATH OF DISASTROUS CYCLONE WHICH DEVASTATED COUNTRY . FROM GRANT PARK, ILL., TO MOROCCO AND LOWELL, KILLING FIFTY, INJURING 200.

HOUSES BY WHOLESALE

CYCLONE

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TO BE BUILT

One Hundred Thousand Dol

lars Is Estimated Amount of Building Operations This Year in Hammond's Residential District.

Houses by the wholesale are going j to be built In Hammond this year. Nev

er in the history of Hammond's beautiful residential suburb have there been

so many building operations planned.

Twelve solendid residences are to be

built at once, and it is believed that this nu.nber wilL be increased to twenty before the building season is well started. , Gostlln, Meyn & Co. have only about twenty to twenty-five building sites left in Homewood proper, and it is expected that these will be taken before summer. The next development will have to take place in John Dyer's subdivision at the corner of Hohman

street and Conkev avenue, and in the

tine new sub-division that is soon to

be opened by the Hammond & Suburban

Realty Co. -

' The following are the persons who will at once commence the erection of homes in Homewood and the estimated cost of their homes. Clare Klunder,

letroit street. $4,000; James O. Dickson. Detroit street, $4,000; Jesse E. Wilson. Highland street, $7,000; Joseph Thompson, Highland street, $5,000; Harry Smith, Highland street, $4,500; Mrs. John Ruschli, Elizabeth street, $6,000; Adam Pokorki, Waltham street, $6,300; Arthur Wets, Waltham street, $7,000; William Love. Highland street, $4,500; William Koch, Detroit street, $5,0O0; George Clemens. Carroll street, $4,000, and. house . on Mason street.

the owner of which cannot be ascer- - tainetl.'i- ' ---r ' The 6faT"amoint involved In these building, operations is in the, neighborhood of $60.DOO. " Di'a'd'dftfoh to this W. G. Paxton plans the erection of a residence to cost in the neighborhood of $20,000, on seven acres of ground, which he purchased of Dr. "William P. Weis, fiouth of the Kenwood addition to . Hammond. This makes it probable that in the next few months that $100,000 worth of residences will be started in Hammond's' exclusive residential district.

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FARM HAND MISSING. XIc Bower, 28 years old. employed as a farm hand for E. Youngman at Maynard. was reported missing to the. Ham

mond police yesterday morning- It has been learned that he drew jpart of his

money and was on ' his way to Hammond last Tuesday and has not been seen or heard of since. It was his intention to go back to Maynard the same evening, as he was to have reported for work the next morning. His disappearance has proved a mystery to tiie police, wh have no clevs to work upon.

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With the beginning of the work of grading the streets and laying out the lots in the Kenwood addition to Hammond, on of -tbe. oldest landmarks In

northern Lake county, will have to be dentroy-ed. - . . ! The Hammond Suburban Realty Co., which is developing this property, will soon "Wreck' the' old Zaehau residence at the corner of Hohman street and Kenwood avenue. This house was built in 1850 and is probably. the oldest house in Hammond. At the time this place was built by John Zaehau, who died in 1906. there were still a large number of Indians in this locality. Gustave Zaehau, who now resides in the old farm house, was born there In 1S65. He remembers that his father killed a deer just south of Shrum's farm, and he says that wolves were plentiful in that locality then. On account of the fine woods, which occupied the high ridge, which runs through this property, , it used to be the rendezvous of a tribe of Indians.

hunt,' from which arrow heads were

made, m.ay still be found on the place

and until recently it was nossihl in

find any number of arrow heads. An Indian axe, over eight Inches lone, was

found on the place and many toma

hawk heads have been found.

It is expected that the excavation of

the streets wjll reveal a large number of Indian relics. On the nlaro Is

the oldest orchard in North township.

It was planted over fifty years ago and

many of the trees are still in good con

dition. .

This old landmark is to be removed

for the purpose of developing the property as a high grade residential district.

Streets are to be extended through the property, walks, sewers and pavements

are to be laid and In a few months the

charaeter"of the entire neighborhood

will be changed.

Washington, April 23. Five; miles away from the sinking Titanic was a mysterious liner which, had her officers seen or heeded the signals of the mammoth 4shtp in distress might have averted the worst sea tragedy in the history of modern times. This startling fact was brought out in the testimony of Fourth Officer Boxhall, one of the surviving executives of the Titanic, before the Senate In vestigating subcommittee. Boxhall declared that on the night of the disaster, just after the Titanic crashed into the iceberg, he saw the white lights of a ship's masthead on the starboard bow of the White Star

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Oscar w. Underwood

As a result ot the action taken at the Democratic state convention at Montgornei Wednesday. Congressman Oscar W. Underwood will hava a solid delegation from his home wttte. Alabama.' at the Baltimore convention. Alabama delegates are instructed to vote for him as long as his name is before the national convention Both Clark and Wilaon supporters claim the delegation In case it is found that Underwood's causa is hopeless.

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FEDERAL COURT IS ENDED

Twin Cities ire Consider-

ablv Worked Up Over

Street Car Franchise Ques

tion; Four Cities Watching

Situation. '

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Former Well Known Ham

mond Lady Dies After a Brief Illness.

The sad news of the death- of Mrs. K. E. Beck, formerly of Hammond, was received here this morning by friends and relatives, stating that she passed away at her'home on a farm near Valparaiso last night, following a short illness, star-ting last Sunday morning. Sirs. Beck is well known in Hammond, where she leaves a wide circle of friends, who will mourn the newsof her death. She moved from Hammond to Valp'arsiso in the fall of 1910 and

since thnt time has made several visits here, she was 52 years old. and was a member of the Kastern Stars and a former member of the St. Paul's Episcopal church of Hammond. Besides a hu;-band, 'she is "survived by two daughters. Mabel.-a student at the University of Chicago, and Itura, a teacher in the Iifayette school of Hammond. The funeral will be held from thrt St. Andrews' Episcopal church, Valparaiso,

Thursday morning, at 10:30 o'clock. The

Rev, Albert Smit'i of Hamnrond will of ticiate.

Following the settling, of a number of cases In the federal court yesterday the session came to a sudden close and Judge A. B. Anderson left for Indianapolis.

The only case that was tried was the case of Oeorge W. Lawrence In

which the interest and judgment amounted to a little over $2,000. The case of Iewar vs. the Fttzhugh-Uuther

Co. was tried before the jury but after

part of the evidence had been heard It

was compromised and by an agreement between Attorneys Crumpacker, Crumpacker & Tinkham, representing Dewar and Attorneys Bomberger,

Sawyer & Curtis, represnting the I

Fitzhugh-Luther Co. the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for $1,450. Dewar lost the tips of three Engers while he was working in the plant of the company about three years ago. The case has been set a number of times but was never reached. The attorneys were only a few hundred dollars apart in their negotiations for a settlement when the case went to

trial.

The case of Noeller, admr. vs. the Pennsylvania railroad In which Gavit & Hall of Whiting represented the plaintiff and Leonard, Rose & Zollars of Fort Wanye and I. V. Cavens of Hammond represented the defendant was continued. The case of Lewandowski vs. the Gasselli Chemical Co. in which the plaintiff was suing for damages on account of the loss of an eye was settled for $1,000 in Chicago yesterday. D. J. Moran and Chicago attorneys represented the plaintiff and I. V. Cravens and Chicago attorneys represented the defendant.

The largest crowd that ever attended the deliberations of the East Chicago board of public works was present at the meeting In the city hall yesterday morntngi 4Jrhe crowd was made up of citizens from ilC 'parts of the Twin Cities ana interest In the street car franchises which were before the

board was manifested very . distinctly. A petition outlining the routes for both the Gavit and Red lines and signed by about 3,000 citizens was presented.

Big Men Speak. Mr. Charles E. Fowler chairman of

the transportation committee 01 the

Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor

and East Chicago was the first speaker

to address the board on behalf of his

club, and he was followed by Mr. E

J. Block who informed the board of

the wants and necessities of the In

land mill. Superintendent George Hannauer of the C. I. & S. R. R. pre

sented the needs of Gibson for trans

portation facilities for his men to and

from East Chicago and Indiana Har

bor. Superintendent H. B. Douglas of the Standard Steel Car Company of

Hammond showed what advantages a

direct line between his plant and the

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BORCHER

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HHADE SECRETARY

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(Special to Thb Timer) Lowell, Ind., April 23. Cyclone new continues to come in, and the destruc- ' tion is even greater than at first supposed. East and northeast of Lowell barns and other buildings were blown down and trees laid low on farms owned or rented by Ed. Carsten, Addison Clark, Carl Brownell, Frank Strickland, George Horner, Ike Griffith. Peter Frederick and others, and the loss runs up into considerable amount. The destruction on Frank Plummer's place is beyond description, and hundreds ot people visited the scene all day yester

day. The loss to Mr. Flummer is at least $10,000, with no insurance. Mr. Eich, the tenant, carried a cyclone insurance, which was fortunate, for he

is "a young man, newly married and

was just starting in life. All his farm machinery and household goods were

scattered to the winds. His chickens

were either blown away or found pick

ed and torn to shreds. One horse and six. hogs were kll. d. while a. number

of hogs were carried off. The mem

bers of the Brick family, who were Injured, are about as usual, a little the

worse for wear and tear. Mr. Plummer will begin at once to erect new

farm buildings. The lumber yards and

the carpenters will be taxed to the fullest capacity, and it will require most of the summer to replace the buildings de

stroyed.

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DIBOS LETS CONTRACT

FOR HIS NEW GARAGE

Expects to Spend $7,000 in

Building to Be Completed by June 1st.

DEWEY'S HAD JUST

-RETURHEDJFROH- VISIT

Whiting People Interested in Great Windstorm Results.

THREE CITIES HAVE RATE BELOW AVERAGE Gary, Whiting and Crown Point, Lowell and Hammond Higher Average.

on Favette street, just east of Pictures of the Dewey homes in Grant -.railroad tracks, and expects 1 1ark- ln- show th? results of the

Ten Years' Servce for Efficient Officer Brings Him Reward.

Meets This Evening.

The Jefferson club holds a regular

meeting this evening: and a good attendance is expected.

rians for ih smoker and luncheon

for next Saturday night are to he made

with a view of bringing out as many

of the Hammond democrats as possible.

William O'Xcil of South Bend, demo

cratic candidate for lieutenant govern

or. is to be the guest of honor for the occasion.

Speaks at Capital. Miss Virginia Brooks, who was elected president of the Sobieski school district. West Hammond. last Saturday, left for Indianapolis yesterday morning to appear before the Equal Suffrage Lagu- in an address today. Prominent women of Indiana will mike addresses and Miss Brooks is to be one of the rlc?al speakers.

At the regular meeting of the police commissioners last night Oscar Borchert was appointed secretary of the police commissioners and desk sergeant at the police station, to succeed the late Henry P. Shafer. The news of his appointment was in nowise a surprise to his many friends, assuring his ten years of service he

has been a most efficient officer, having worked his way from the bottom as a patrolman. He joined the force at about the same time Chief Austgen received his appointment, nearly twelve years ago. and during the time he was away nearly two years, which gives him about ten years of actual service. Of late years Mr. Borchert has been stationed at the Four Corners, State and Hohman streets, which is considered one of the hardest beats in the city. At all times hp has done his duty and has made a good record, having placed a number of well known criminals under arrest. Mr. Borcherfs appointment will not

take effect until May 1st. His many friends wish him success in his new position. Among the other important matters that were taken up was the appointment of Harry Cordua as a regular officer and the appointment of G. Busch. F. Hesterman, J. Lute and D. Galvin to act as special officers during the spring vacation. v

. Edward Dibos yesterday let the contract for his new garage which is to be

located

the Eire

to be doing business there by June 1st. j The contract was let to Al. Hudson and I

provides for a two-story brick and steel building, costing In the neighborhood of $7,000. For size it will be the most

pretentious garage in Hammond, as '

both the first and second floor are to be used for garage purposes. The frontage of the new building is to be 116 feet -and the depth 80 feet, affording a Fayettestreet and a Russell street entrance. The new building will cover the J. J. Dibos & Son coal yard, which is now in the hands of Edward Dibos. The coal business will be conducted under the same roof, although in a separate office. Mr. Dibos Is negotiating now for the services of one or two of the best re

pair men in this part of the state, and

(Special to Thb Times.) Whiting, Ind., April 23.The above

tornado, just aftef B. G. Dewey eturn

ed home from a visit with their relatives in Whiting. Mrs. Chester Dewey whose home was wrecked is the mother of Mrs. Hoskins, wife of Dr. George Hoskins

di mung, wnue i. v. .wewcj is t& J brother of the Whiting lady, j The Hoskins went to Grant Park yesterday to give their relatives what

assistance they can. Grant Park was a storm center and suffered heavily although no lives wre lost. The list of injured there numbers forty-one. More than forty

buildings were either wrecked or badly damaged and the property loss is : estimated at $50,000. The wrecked automobile in the foro-

' ground of the B. G. Dewey picture was

picked up by the whirlwind and carried across the yard and deposited

. Gary, WhUlne and Cron Foint hilv a death rate -below Uuwa verage for the month of February . ncejordiitg to th Indiana State Health llfellctin, while the cities of Hammond, and East Chicago are slightly above the average. v With thirty-one deaths . during th month of February, Hammond is given a percentage of 17.9, whereas the percentage per thousand for cities of the third cl.tss is 13.9. East Chicago and Gary in the health report are classified among the fourth class cities, whose percentage per thousand as a class Is 15.2. East Chicago's percentage for the month is 16.0 and Gary's is 14.1. East Chicago had twenty-five deaths and Gary 20. Whiting and Crown Point are classified among the fifth class whose average death rate per thousand is 15.7. Whiting's death rate is given as 14.7 with eight deaths, and Crown Point's death rate Is fixed at 14.8 with three

deaths for the month of February.

The death rate for northern counties

among which Lake is classed is lz.s

per thousand population. Lake county's death rate for the month of Feb

ruary is 14.4 being based on a popu

lation estirnated at 87,351. One hundred deaths for the month of February

were reported.

THE TIMES I TRY? JIG HARD Xf merit tub rrrr it rai ACHIEVED. .......

HAMMOND

BOYS WINNERS

The Indiana state bowling tournament at South Bend came to a close Sunday night and with it the Hammond pinmert come in for a share of the prize money, taking something in the five-men team,, doubles and singles. ' Even though the Hammond plnmen did not figure among the topnotchers they are highly elated over the fact that they are the - only Lake county tfarti! that landed their names in the prize column. This tends to show that they are about the champs of this region. I Cox s AH Stars were the only Lake county team who won a prize In the five-men team, winning a total of $26. In the doubles Newell and Stevens, holding twelfth place, won $12, while Geib In the singles In seventh place captured $20. Then came Newell with $3.50. J. Ebert; $2.50 and W. E. Fowler. $1.

If his plans materialize, he expects to among a mass of debris

make the repair business a strong feature In the garage. He has the agency for the American automobile. On the whole he has had much encouragement in the undertaking and his friends hope to see him make a hlg success of it.

WORK ON LINE END. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind. .April 23. Man

ager Forsythe of the construction work

on the Gary and Southern traction line

was in Crown Point yesterday and en

gaged quarters for a gang of men who will be employed on the construction work of the road at this end of the line. With the advent of favorable weather It is anticipated that, work will be rushed on the line until its completion.

THAW AGAIN FIGHTS FOR HIS LIBERTY

Building PermitsIot 4 and west half of lot 5. block 1. Highland Park addition. 157 Highland street. 22x30x12. Mrs. N. Stein, owner; Gil Swetz,' contractor; $1,700.

To Attend Funeral. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Swint, 222 Michigan avenue, left for Chicago this morning, where they will attend the funeral of Mr. Swint cousin. Alfred K. Sweitzer. who died suddenly Sunday. Alfred Sweitzer is a brother of County Clerk Robert M? Sweitzer of Cook county, who is well known to many Lake county people.

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Minstrels Coming. The attraction at the Hammond theater next Sunday will be Al G. Fields' minstrels, which are acknowledged to be the best in the country. The show carries its own band and orchestra and those who like fun and music will find a treat in this show. The company is well equipped and has some exceedingly fine scenery. The seat sale is now on and It is expected that there will be a large advance demand for seats.

Harry Kendall Thav.

What will doubtless prove one of the most important of the many court proceedings to free Harry K. Thaw since hi- imprisonment in the hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan. Feb. 1 :9u3. has been Instituted in New York. On April 19. at noon, jupreroe Court Justice Stapleton commenced a judicial Inquiry into the mental condition of Stanford White's slayer. Many noted alienists, including Dr. Adolf Meyer, professor of mental diseases at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Frederick Peterson, professor of mental and nervous diseases at Columbia University and Dr. Wm. A. White, superintendent of the government hospital for the Insane, at Washington, have recently ' examined Thaw and advised his mother that he la Buffering- from no forra of mentai disea.se and is saxw.