Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 263, Hammond, Lake County, 26 April 1912 — Page 1
COUNTY TIMES
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In Preliminaries in Oratorical Contest Oil City Gets
Two Candidates; Hobart and Crown Point Shut
Out of the Finals.
HEW COUNCIL IS
N0WSW0RII III
West Hammond at Last
Completes All Arrangements to Become City.
Whiting enters the Lake county high school oratorical contest this evening 'with two contestants. In the county
preliminary contest held at the First Presbyterian church, Hammond, this
forenoon, in which seven boys and sev
en girls from the seven high schools in the county competed, the following
six were selected for the finals this eve ning: "Sir Robert of Sicily" (Longfellow) Miss Mildred Carter, Hammond.
"The Last Word" (Van Dyke) Miss
Kmily Nelson. Lowell.
"Dora" (Tennyson) Miss Edna
O'Hara,-Whiting.
"Toussiant L'Ouverture" (Phillip) -
"The New South" (Grady) Lawrence
Smith, Whiting.
"Speech of Patrick Henry" Lester
Ottenheimer, East Chicago.
According to the rules of the Lake
County High School association, adopt.
ed for this year, the boys will appear
in declamations and the girls in poet
ical readings; and by common consent it
was agreed, in order to bring the even
ing's program within a reasonable length to limit the number of final contestants to six, and to choose them in a county preliminary in which each on" of -the seven high schools shall have the right to enter one boy and one girl. Vnder these rules it is possible for one school to have two contestants in the finals, and it is also within the range of possibilities that one school can win two" firsts in the finals. , Tlie officers of the association are as fuUowaj,;..- - . j - President TrthtftikTri'!lTir Zaugg, Hobart. " , Vice president Supt .W. S. Painter, Crown Point. Treasurer Principal F. D. McElroy, Hammond. f'ecretary Principal Edward Sargent, Gary. -The preliminaries took place at 10 o'clock today at the First Presbyterian church in Hammond and the program was as follows:
I Hammond Oration Supper Speech of John Adams. Declamation Sir Robert of Scicly. II Hobart Oration "The Call to Arms." George White. Declamation "Gentlemen, the King!" Miss Kthel Halstead. III GaryOration "Touisstant L'Ouverture," Arthur McCormiek. Declamation "A Soldier of the Empire," Miss Eleanor Stephenson. IV Lowell Oration "On the Compromise of
1856.". Raymond Johnson. Declamation "The Last Word." Miss Emily Nelson. V Whiting . Oration New South, Lawrence Smith. Declamation Dora. Miss Edna O'Hara. VI East Chicago Oration "Speech of Patrick Henry," lister Ottenheimer. Declamation "A Dog of Flanders," Miss Catherine Rolff. VII Crown Point Oration "Give Me Liberty or Give . Me Death." Major Allman. Declamation "The Soldier of the Empire," Miss Leone E. Ilruce
The West Hammond, city council was unexpectedly sworn In at the meeting of the old village board last evening.
It was not known until late yesterday
afternoon that it would be necessary to have the old board swear in the new city officials. City Attorney Katz informed Clerk Mankowskl that he had better see the newly elected mayor and the city council, together with the other city
officials, and tell them to come out to
the meeting and be sworn in. Mankowskl called them all up on the
telephone and they responded together with' their many friends. After the transaction of routine matters of business by the old board the new officials
were sworn in and took their places
There 'was a great demonstration by the reform element of the city and the best of feeling prevailed on both sides. John Hessler, the president of the village board, handed over his gavel to Mayor J. N: Wosczinskl and everything was lovely. The next meeting of the city council will be held next Thursday. The new appointments of. Mayor Woscalnski have not yet been announced. He wlil be compelled to make an entire list of them. The people of West Hammond are greatly Interested in what the new administration will do, especially its attitude toward the dives that have run wide open on the north side of the city for years under the old regime.
TRACTION QUESTION LOOKS GOOD
SOUTH SIDERS HAVE
IMPORTANT MEET
W. B. Conkey and Board of Public Works Attend the Meeting.
the' Bout h: Side
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Mayor Schlieker Proposes Share Responsibility With Citizens and Appoints Committees Who Will no
Doubt Get Together. k
The traction muddle in the Twin
Cities -which has threatened to Inde finitely postpone the beginning of op
eration on the Baldwin Locomotive
plant, seems now In a fair way to be settled harmoniously. There was a meeting of the board of public works yesterday afternoon In the office of Mayor Schlieker to take up section by section the two franchises under consideration. The office was crowded with interested, citizens fresn both towns. By 6:30 o'clock only the Gavit franchise had been gone Into and the mayor declared that he had lain awake nights over the proposition, and had devote many hours from his private business figuring on it, and that he thought it about time to give the citizens a little of the responsibility. He accordingly appointed two committees, one from Indiana Harbor and the other from East Chicago to get together In the evening and try and come to a mutual understanding that would be satisfactory to both
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:Krthev -meeting ".,r
Improvement Association which was held at the Wallace school building
last Wednesday evening a number of j important matters were taken up In-1 eluding the Conkey avenue sidewalks. W. B. Conkey and the members of the board of public works were present. Conkey stated that he would be willing to lay his walk on the lot line west of Jackson street but east of Jackson Btreet It was agreed that he
could lay them on the curb line. The members of the association were loud in their denunciation of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago railroad on account of the way they have left Conkey avenaie after making track repairs. Manager H. C. Green will be asked to put the pavement along his tracks in as good condition as he found it before the track repairs were commenced. The question of eliminating the tracks of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad west of the Monon
railroad was discussed but no action was taken. A number of other minor
matters came up for consideration
There was a large attendance and
much enthusiasm was manifested
WHOLE PROJECT MAY BEJDAIIGERED Albert Gehring Says He Is L 2Tot Allowed.. Enough - Benefits.
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A dramatic Incident occurred In the Lake superior court today In the trial of the state of Indiana vs. Lewis Kesrlunskl, charged with robbing the agent of the Lake Shore railroad at Indiana Harbor, when the mother of the defendant first Informed him of the death of his brother. It seems that the bailiffs of the county jail had been Informed of the death of Kesrlunski's brother, but had kept the news from him pending the trial of his case. This morning he appeared In court with his attorneys and his mother took the witness stand. In her testimony
she brought out the fact that her son died last Wednesday. It was really
' Viscountess Benolst d'Azy.
Here is the latest photograph of Viscountess Benoist d'Azy, the wlfe.o! the naval attache of the French embassy, and her daughter. The Viscountess has many accomplishments and Is a leader of Washington society., She recently wrote, producefd-'and acted the leading part of a play' at the Playhouse.
CONGRESSMAN SAYS SHE'S A LOBBYIST
J. M. BRADFORD
AT HOSPITAL
J. M. Bradford, former county com missloner who was taken to S,t. Mar
garet's hospital In Hammond this week. Is reported to be getting along
as well as can be. expected. Mr. Brad
ford is in no imminent danger, and it is hoped that he will regain 'some strength at the hospital, where he was
taken to because of the advantages of
treatment there.
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Many Building Permits.
That there is no dearth of building
'activity in Hammond at this time of
the year is manifested by the number
of building permits that have been Is
sued for the month of April- Yesterday the number- was 76 and it would
not be surprising If it reached the hun-
! dred mark at the close of the month,
Most of-the permits are for new
I buildings. Building Inspector E. E.
Cole says that he is kept busy looking
after all the work that is in progress
j now.
i Hasn't Found Man Yet.
j Superintendent C. M. McDanlel is in
j correspondence with several parties j wit hreference to ' securing a suitable man who is to act as principal of the I night school which Is to be opened this
I summer. "He ' has already received
, recommendations of a number of de
; sirabie men, but It will be several
weeks before Superintendent McDanle
will recommend a man to the school
board. 1
Mrs. Helen Pierce Grey. Her is the ornan Congressman Mann charged with being a lobbyist and procurer of campaign material for the Tmocratic party while pretending to be a bona tide employee of the house -.j.nmlttee on expenditures In th Interior department. Mrs. Grey denies the charge, and says the Republicans are hounding her because she Insists on throwing light
The board of public works this morning awarded the contract for the Hickory street sewer to W". F. Brunt, he
having been the lowest bidder, with
1.25 per lineal foot, and $4.00 for house
connections.
The contract for the Allen street
idewalks was awarded to R. C. White,
the lowest bidder for 28 cents for filling
and 49 cents a lineal foot for sidewalk
nd curb. A hearing was had on the Truman
avenue, section C pavement, and 119th street walks and a confirmatory reso-
ution passed. Bids were asked for May
5th. The plat of the benefitted district for
the Columbia avenue sewer was accepted, as were also the plans and spcifl-
cattons for the Columbia avenue and Hoffman street sewer.
Calumet Avenue Up Monday, j Although the time for the Calumet
avenue remonstrance is not until next
Monday, the board i this morning re
ceived the written remonstrance of Ale
bert(Gehrlng on the benefits awarded,
and heard Julius Hess in his com
plaint.
Mr. Gehring stated that he was In
favor of the opening and widening of
Calumet avenue, but argued that he
was not allowed enough benefits, in
view of the fact that the widen of the
street will interfere with his prospects of building at the corner of May street
end Calumet avenue, and that consequently he is ' not sufficiently reim
bursed by the board's ellowance. The
board's answer was that In an Improve
ment of this kind it could not take prospective Improvements Into consid
eration.
Mr. Hess said that ho had no com
plaint to make in so far as his bene
fits and damages hd bec-n fixed by the
board, but desired to call the board's
attention to the fact that a contractor
tad informed him that, he (the contractor) could alccr and move the Geo.
tThon building on Calumet avenue for
approximately a thousand dollars less than the price the ho?.rd had allowed
tor the damage t.i the Thon propei'y.
and that the contractor said he was
ready to give a bond to do the work. Mr. Hess would not. divvlge the contractor's name. The board said in answer that it had based the monetary benefits to fa;ii property owner on the lowest estimates furnished it by two distinterested conttactors and two disinterested house movers. Hammond passe throvgh a crisis next Monday in the matter of cit planning and city building. Apparently there is enough dissatisfaction about the benefits awarded by the board to endeavor the whole project.
Dowdall Pleads Guilty.
The case of the state of Indiana vs.
Edward Dowdell came up for trial be
fore Judge Prest last night, where he
plead guilty to the charge of assaul
and battery, re'ceivir.g a fine' of $1 and
COStS. ;
Dowdell is employed as a foreman at
tlie W. B. . Conkey plant, and was ar rested on a warrant sworn out by Rich
ard Smith, who charged that Dowdell
i struck him.
BALLSI1D llfRElP
BY HDS
(Special to Thh Times.)
Whiting. Ind., April 26. Just as the
Northern Indiana league baseball sea
son is about to open William Zimmerman, owner of the Whiting Grays, finds himself without a grandstand at his park. The high wind which prevailed this morning caught the grandstand
fairly amidships and landed it In small pieces on the vacant lot north of the
park.
The accident is particularly unfor
tunate ,as East Chicago and .Whiting
were to open the season at the Grays
park next Sunday, and since the East Chicago park Is not yet finished, the
game will, have to be played at either the Hammond or Indiana Harbor grounds, both of these teams being scheduled to open . the season aw ay
from home. Indiana Harbor, will open
at Gary and Hammond at Crown Point
so both their parks will be unoccupied
Sunday. -
Mr. Zimmerman stated this morning that his loss would amount to about $1,000, with no Insurance. He tried some time ago to obtain tornado Insur-
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BANDMASTER SHOOTS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sergeant Borehert Now. It is Sergeant Borehert, if you please, so when you happen to drop into the police station l n't forget the prefix or you- will might get in bad. Although Mr. Borehert will not commence his duties as sergeant at the police station until May 1st, he was at the desk receiving his first instructions this morning and will be but a short time before be baa the rsatiae learned.
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more than the poor old mother could bear, and she broke down in court.. A recess was taken a few moments later and the defendant was led out of the courtroom. He was taken to the library by the deputy sheriffs, where he fainted. The trial of the case was resumed later In the morning. The defendant -ept almost continually during the trial. He Is charged with the crime for which his partner was recently convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for from five to fourteen years. ' . . It Is expected that the ease -will be completed and -Will go to the jury some time today. ' The trial of the two men has already taken a week.
DR. WILE! SUGGESTED GOVERNOR
LATEST NEWS
ASTOE'S BODY RECOVERED. New York City, April 26. It was announced by the White Star Line this morning that the bodies of John
Jacob Astor and Isadore Straus had been recovered from the Atlantic
and were among: those being brought home on the Mackay-Bennet.
VESTHAMMONO BOARD
LETS HEW CONTRACTS
A- J; Xlsjntybell G-ets Plumb
ing J Contract "For : $3,743.
The board of education of the north
ern school district in West Hammond yesterday let the contract for the
plumbing, heating and electric wiring
of the new high school building that is
now in the process of erection in that city. , The contract for the plumbing
was 'let -'to A. J. Campbell for $3,743. This Includes the water pipes, the sewer extensions and the gas pipes.
The contract for the heating plant was
let to W. E. Russell for 4,965. This is
for the complete heating equipment. The ; contract for the electric wiring was let to M. W. Wood of Chicago for
$690.
The board "also 'gave A.' G.' Dcaveri the
present Superintendent a contract for two years- more: Mr. -Deaver- has been
a good superintendent and his work Is
fully appreciated by the board.
The excavations for the new school
building have been made and the work of putting In the concrete foundations is progressing satisfactorily.
Natonal Committeeman Har
ry New Scouts Story That C. W. Fairbanks Will Not go to Chicago Convention as Taft Delegate.
TIMES Hl'REAl', AT STATE CAPITA1..
Indianapolis, Ind., April 26. Harry
S. New, Republican national commit
teeman, has given out a . statement
bj-andins as. false the report publlehedi In ome of the newsplipers to; the 'effect that Charles W. Fairbanks would not go to the Chicago convention as a
delegate at large from Indiana. When
Mr. New was asked about the matter
he made this statement for publica
tion:
"The report is without any founda
tion In fact. Mr. Fairbanks has not declined and will not decline to go as
a delegate."
The report as published was that Mr. Fairbanks, having Berved as vice
president with Theodore Roosevelt
when the latter was president, would
decline to go as an instructed delegate to the Chicago convention to vote for President Taft or anyone else against
HAMMOND MEN ARRESTED. Chicago, April 26. Frank Pooler
of Hammond, and his son, Earl, were
arrested at West Harrison and South
Clark streets by Policeman Stanton of the South Clark Street Station when they created a disturbance and almost came to blows over money, owed the son by the father for two
months' board.
WILL SPEAK
IN PITTSBURG
Washington, April 26. Representa
tlve Crumpacker of Indiana is one of "tee of finance.
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LAKE CO. EASTERN
STARS ARE HONORED
TIMES BUREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL.
. Indianapolis, Ind., April 26. Editor
Andrew J. Smith of Hobart was elect
ed grand chaplain of the Eastern Star at the meeting of the Indiana chapter here and Mrs. Amelia Burton of Whit
ing grand warden. Mrs. Belle Lund of
Hammond was chosen on the commit-
four prominent republicans who will
leave Washington tomorrow night In a speciaf car on the Pennsylvania rail-
VOYAGE ABANDONED. Southampton, England, April. 2 6. The voyage of the White Star liner
Olympic has been abandoned and the steamer will return to port.
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nrTvOOSEVELT BRANDED.
Boston, April 26.i-Colon3l Roos-
velt was branded a falsifier, a betrayer of friendship, a sneak, unfit for
nomination to office by any party
and several other things by President Taft in his Boston address.
The following newly elected and op
pointed officers were Installed yester
day afternoon by Mrs. Lorraine J.
road for. Pittsburg, where, they will Pitkin of Chicago, worthy grand sec-
speak at a banquet of the Americus
club Saturday night In commemoration
of the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of Gen. U. S. Grant. The other three -speakers will be Vice President Sherman, Senator Curtis of Kansas and Representative Ny of Minnesota. The
latter was a- brother of the late Bill Nye, humorist.
Celebrate. Anniversary. Members pf the Calumet lodge, I. O. O. F., spent a pleasant evening yesterday, in 'celebration of the ninetyfourth anniversary of the order's institution. All business for the evening was laid aside and the hours devoted to social pleasures.. . Thire was plenty to eat and good cigars to smoke, A number .of carv Thames were in progress during the evening, and the program was varied with music, singing and recitations.'
retary; Grand matron, Anne Robinson, Winchester; grand patron, Roy F.. Tilford, Martinsville; associate grand matron, Anna Cooper, Greenfield; associate grand patron, Arthur S. Klmber, Indianapolis; grand secretary, Nettie Ransford, Indianapolis; grand treasurer, Carrie M. Fanning, Butler; grand conductress, Anna R. Webb, Michigan City; associate grand conductress, Martha Zoercher, Tell City; grand chaplain, Andrew J. Smith, Hobart; grand marshal, Joseph R. Harrison, Columbia City; grand organist, Virginia Swlnts, South Bend; grand Adah, Olive Peterson, Decatur; grand Ruth, Florence Strout, Bedford; grand Ether. Ruth Todd Tidrick. Brlnghurst; grand Martha, Tina Wter. Angola; grand Electa, Lola W'lngate, Albany; grand
warden, Amelia Burton, Whiting, and grand sentinel, Florence Hendricks, Indianapolis. .
POLICE ARE
REWARDED Following the arrest and conviction of L. D. Packard of Cleveland, Ohio, this week. Captain Rimbach received a letter from the Curtis Publishing company of Chicago this morning to the effect that a sum of $25 is being forwarded to the Hammond department as a reward for Packard's arrest. Last week Packard was arrested by Captain Rimbach on suspicion and after being taken to the station Packard confessed to having fleeced the residents of Hammond and Gary out of a large sum of money. Posing as an agent for the Ladies' Home Journal and the Woman's World Packard collected 98 cents for a year's subscription for the Ladies' Home Journal and 25 cents on the Woman's ' World. , He then promised the people -he would send the magazine, which would be followed by a premium. The letter praised the Hammond police force very highly for their efficient work and was written by Mr. Hall, . who represents the Curtis Publishing company's interests in Chicago.
Instead of rewards being turned over to any one individual it is put into the police pension fund.
John Philip Sousa. Sousa, the celebrated bandmastel and composer, is one of the entries in the national championship trap hooting tournament which commences Thursday at New York. He is an enthusiastic marksman. Competition will be in 200 birds" n strings o twenty-five.. i -
Arrested for Insanity. Frank J. Duffy, 30 Sylvan avenua. New Haven, Conn., employed a'. Gibson as a switchman, was arrested by Captain Rimbach at 72 Hohman street last night on a charge of insanity.. Duffj-
caused quite a commotion at his board- j ,, , , , . . ' called a meeting. of the board of dlrec
ing LUUBr,. ami i l wn uiuukiii uc-si iu
Held for Drunkenness. George Keilman was arrested by Officer Cordua at Hohman and Hoffman street, last night, on a chargo of drunkeness. This being his first offense Keilman was held at the station until this morning, when he was released by Chief Austgen.
CANDIDATE FOR FEDERATION HEAD
DIRECTORS TO SELECT SECRETARY President Virgil S. Reiter of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce has
arrest. h'r.i a.id keep him at the police station for a couple of days. Duffy's condition Is of a mild form, and with
a little treatment he will be alright In I
a few days.
Meet TThis Afternoon. The ladies of the settlement house were scheduled to hold a meeting this afternoon at ,3 o'clock.
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tors of the organiaztion to meet next Monday evening at Room No. 1 of the Lake Superior court. The meeting will be called for the purpose of taking up a number of matters relative to the future of the club. A general meeting will not be called until later. : The question of employing a permanent secretary will be taken up but. as it Is important to get the right man for the pace it is expected that it will be' several weeks before a man will be employed.
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Mrs. Pnmp Carpenter. Mrs. Philip Carpenter, of New Torlt. was recently nominated as the candidate of Sorosls, the mother of clubs, for the presidency of the General Federation of Woman's , Clubs, and is waging an active campaign. Her opponent In the field is Mrs. Perclvai Pennypcker. of Texas. The federation meeting this year ta to be held in San Francisco. June 25, i