Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 14, Hammond, Lake County, 4 May 1912 — Page 1
LAKE
COTN1Y ' ;
WEATHER. INCREASING CLOUDINESS;
T 7"y TIME WHAT IS home Tinnroo WITHOUT THE HUIto: COOLER. SUNDAY.
VOL. II., NO. 14.
MAY 4, 1912. EIGHT PAGES.
SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.
Will COLLAR
There is danger that the Baldwin Locomotive works, the big $15,000,000 manufacturing plant, which is to locate at Calumet, may not be built this year. . ' ' Vice President S. P. VauClain, of the Baldwin works, has given out a statement in which he declares that if the street car franchise question is not settled within a week that the giant Baldwin plant will not be built this year. This statement was made direct to C. W. Hotchkiss, of the Calumet-Kennedy Land company, yesterday and is final. Some big sensations are said to be brewing in the Twin City street
railway franchise, affecting the H., W. & E. C. and G. & I. traction
lines. i
TAFT MANAGERS PLAN
A
WHIRLWIND
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Washington, May 4. Regarding only on the result in Massachusetts.
President Taft as out of the woods, as far as a renomination is concerned, the managers of the Taft candidacy are planning a whirlwind finish of his campaign. There Is seemingly no longer any doubt whatever among the President's friends that he is going to win, but for the sage of the vigor it will give the part in the post-nomination contest they want him to win with a lively finish. Therefore special efforts are to be made to start the Taft band wagon and to bring al of the Presi dent's supporters intp action for a , grand finale. Under no possible circumstances can the Taft people now see anything else than a big majority at the Chicago con
vention. They base this conclusion not
but because the President has every advantage in a large number of state3
yet to act.
An announcement put out by the
Taft headquarters last night contained
the interesting statement that Tuft
now has 493 delegates and is within
forty-seven votes of a renomination, with 310 delegates yet to be elected. Plan Lively Wlodup. Special efforts will be made to work up enthusiasm in the states that are yet to select delegates and the President himself will be a familiar figure on the stump. He has gone to Maryland for a series of speeches. He will
tour New Jersey later. He intends to make two trips Into
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Mrs. J. E. Etlerbs.
Mrs. J. E. Ellerbe, wife of Con
gressman Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
is a popular member of the Southern
congressional set. She was married in 1887, and has given birth to five children, three of whom are living.
She has been a familiar figure at the capital for many yars Mr. Ellerbe
having served his district as con
gressman since 1903
PEOPLE
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H. S. ATHLETICS ARE EAST SIDERS AROUSED AROUSED LAST filGHT OVER STREET WIDENING
New Vim to Be Put This Assessment of $12 Causes
Year In County Athletic Contest by Local Boys.
.. Hammond's high, school spirit for athletics was aroused last night at a banquet in the Central school auditorium, at which covers were laid for 100. , Eighty high school boys were In attendance, and heard short after-dinner addresses by some of the faculty members of citizens who take a civic pride in high school affairs. While the Hammond high school will
Kick Against Calumet Ave. Proposition.
Impetus was added to the Calumet avenue opening and widening movement at a rousing meeting of the East Side Improvement association, held in the Lafayette school building, last night. In order that the project may be brought to a head speedily, it was decided to hold a mass meeting of all I remonstrators next Wednesday even-
NEW -ORDERS SilPIHE FACTORIES
morrissey named as strike Arbitrator
Tremendous Impetus in
Rail Equipment Floods the ;
Calumet Region Shops With Orders for Locomotives, Cars, etc.
There has-been a tremendous im
petus in the rail way equipment marke with the result that the Baldwin Locomotive Works ia in receipt of orders
from the Harriman line's for 115 locomotives. Announcement is also made
of scattering orders for seven locomo
tives from as many railroads.
The same anouncements state that
the American Locomotive works received Orders for only 59 locomotives.
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IS TITAMIC WRECKED
BY BOILER BLAST? Steerage Passenger Says Fireman Told Him Ship Did Not Hit Iceberg
P, H. Morrtssey. P. H. Morrissey, of Chicago,
has
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WIH IHt , VICTORY 5 -
There were awarded as follows: , hpn rhot;f.ri hv the rranmittpft of lo
Canadian i'acinc, zo consoimaiion locomotives, Harriman lines, 10 mikado locomotives, the Mopon 16 mikado and
3 Pacific type locomotives. The monster order from the Harriman lines which was captured by the Baldwin Locomotive works is as follows: 65 mikado locomotives, 15 Mallet locomotives, 20 si wheel switching locomotives and 10 ten wheel locomotives. Car bulldrng news lso has much of encouragement for . local industries. The Boston and Maine railroad has qrdered 22 passenger cars from the Standard Steel Car Co. These will be
built at" Hammond. , The -Canadian Pacific has ordered 2,000 box cars from the Standard Steel Car Co. which will be built at Hammond, 2,000 box cars from the Western Steel Car & Foundry Co. which will be
built at Hegewlsch.' The Monon rallrailroad - has ordered 1,000 box cars from Haskell Barker Co. at Michigan
City.
comotive engineers in the negotiations with eastern railroad managers to act as a member of- the board of arbitration, to which the eleven points in dispute will be submitted. The railroads are to. choose another, the two to select five other arbitrators. ' Should the two fail to agree, the rest of the board is to be chosen by U, S. Commissioner of Labor C. P. Neill, Justice Martin A. Knapp, and Chief Justice White, of the United
States Supreme Court, acting together.
New York, May 4. Daniel Buckley, who was a steerage passenger on the Titanic, in his testimony yesterday before Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of the United States senate committee investigating the cause of the wreck, stated that a fireman who was on the steamer told him that the Titanic did, not, he believed,' hit an iceberg, but that while trying to make a record, the boilers burst. Buckley did not know the name of the fireman. In answer to questions regarding the treatment of steerage passengers. Buckley said that he thought they were given as good an opportunity to es
cape as the first and second-class passengers. London, May 4. The evidence of the teamen witnesses In the Titanic quiz, heard yesterday afternoon, was unimportant. A. Jewell, a lookout, stated that the first intimation that ice was in the vicinity of the Titanic was received In the crow's nest fit 9:30 o'clock on the night of the disaster, when the officer on the bridge telephoned orders that the sharpest watch must be maintained. Jewell did not see any ice up to 10 o'clock that evening, when he' went off duty." The wreck commission will visit Southampton on Monday to make an inspection of the White Star Line 6teamer Olympic. .
ing at the Lafayette school, and to
undoubtedly put a strong team in the circulate petitions among all the nron-
field for the Lake county athletic meet erty owners , in the district affected by J 11 w11 be necessary to open it through
The. canpaign to prevent the closing of Johnson stre.et came to an end yesterday with a victory for the people. In the matter of the petition of F. S. Betz for the closing of the street the court ordered that the matter be settled according to the agreement reached between BeW and the city officials. This agreement provided that the lots lying south of Hoffman street and west of Johnson street maj be vacated and thrown into acreage. Johnson street, however, will remain open so that at any future time it may be opened across to Sohl street. The fact that the Erie coal storage warehouse is to be removed and that Sohl street will probably be opened to Conkey avenue makes it all the more imperative that Johnson street he saved for the people, for it will be only only a question of a short time when
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STRIKE M ROWN TOnJT. Crown Point. Ind., May 4. The strike on the Gary and Southern construction work here is still on with
out any apparent hope of immediate settlement. All the track laying has been stopped. Work on the Gary end of the line as far as building culverts and bridges is going on just the same however. ' '
GARY mAY BET BIG Hi
on May 25th, it Is still a question tne widening, these petitions to be subwhether the school this year has tim- mitted to the board of public works ber trong enough to be entered In the asking that body to make the Improvestate athletic meet, which will be held ment despite opposition, on the 18th of this month. The early) The sentiment expressed last night date, making perfect physical training was almost, unanimously in favor of the
an impossibility in a handicap for the local boys, but from now the most likely candidates will go into earnest training for the contests. The northern Indiana contest will be held on June 1st. The banquet last night was served
by the girls of the senior class, and was a most enjoyable affair. It was j suggested that if the boys would clean athletic contest platters as well as they had cleaned their banquet plates that Hammond's name would stand first In the county, northern Indiana and state '
ineels.
proposed Improvement, onl yone man, Ed. Graves, a property owner on Summer street having spoken against it. Mr. Graves is assessed a total of $12 on a number of lots which he own and his contention is that his property will not be enhanced sufficiently In, value to warrant the assessment on It. Among the principal speakers last night were Judge Lawrence Becker, Attorney E. E. Brandenburg, Roscoe E. Woods, Henry p. Downey and Albert Gehring. Mr. Gehring is one of the remonstra-
to the north side.
LEE KUGLER 13 PUT UNDER ARREST Boone, la., Crook Swindles Four Hammond Minissters and Others-
A MEMORABLE DATE. Chicago, 111., May 4. Veterans of the Chicago police force today joined in the customary observance of the two most memorable events in the
history of the department.
six years ago today occurred the Haymarket riot, in which six policemen met death and sixty others were maimed by bombs thrown by Anarchists. .
TAXES CAUSE All INVESTIGATION
Bondholders Wondered Why South Shore's Assessment Was Raised.
-Because
STEREOTYPERS GO OUT TO AID PRESS STRIKE Join Chicago Paper Wagon Drivers in Big Newspaper Walkout.
Chicago,- May 4. New trouble eon fronted the newspaper publishers last night when member of the Stereotypy
Gary and Hammond bankers met in
the rooms of the Gary clearing hnun
association. First National bank build
ing, last night and made arrangements
for the June meeting of Group 2. Indi
ana Bankers association. The Lake county banking men will serve on the several committees. Group 2 districts runs south as far as Rensselaer and east as far as Elkhart It Is probable that the meeting will be held at the Gary Comercial club. Tours of the city, visits to the mills and a banquet are to be included In the program. Among those present at last night's meeting were Oliver Holmes, president of the South Side Trust and Savings. Samuel Watson, president of the North-
Twenty- ern State, Ernest Simpson, cashier of
the First National, Thomas Snell, president of the First National. Henry Hay, president of the Gary State, J. B. Greene, president of the Gary Trust and Savings, Arnold Keler, cashier of the Gary State, and W. C Belman, cashier of the First National of Hahi-
H. C. EGRAY DEAD. I Mr. Hay was named chairman of the Chicago, May 4. H. C. Egray a entertainment committee. Mr. Snell, member of the Board of Trade for I chairman of the reception committee.
land Mr. jveuer cnairman ot ine DanIquet committee.
TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind., May 4.
thebond... holders interest-; in theirs Union Joined the, wagon drivers in property bt the -Chicago,' Lake Shorethelr walkout pending a, e'tUemnCf and South Bend electric line were re- i the dispute with the pressmen. A meet-
cently called on to advance $15.0000 to lng between reju-esuntatlves
pay current taxes. It was related to the state tax board by C. R. Apthorpe, representing the bondholders that the holders recently undertook an investi
gation into the appraisement of the property, and found that the assessing authorities at Michigan City had added 30 per cent to the company's appraisement as fixed a year ago by the state tax' board, making the total ap-
of the
shortly before midnight in an effort to
keep the workmen at their posts. Prior to the open break between th publishers and the pressmen. It was rumored that ' the stereotypers, whose agreement expired at the same time a that of the pressmen. May 1, would cease work In sympathy with the latter. A new agreement was signed.
praiscement in his estimation unrea- however, and during the two days that sonable. He asked the state tax board : the pressmen have been absent from not to Increase Its appraisement of i the offices the stereotypers remained at
last year and to prevent the Michigan work.
City authorities from adding such a large sum to the state boards appraisement when made.
Agitation in their ranks for a walkout following so closely the signing of
over thirty years died yesterday.
THINKS MERGER LEGAL.
Indianapolis, May 4. Although;
no final decision was made by Judge Anderson in federal court yesterday at the conclusion of the hearing in the case in which an injunction is
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compny, tne judge said ne oe-
lieved he had po power to prevent the consolidation.
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Lee Gusrler of Rnnne la wh.-i ha i
tors who owns property on Calumet misrepresented himself to a number of i sought to prevent the consolidation Of avenue, and while he sincerely believes j Hammond people during the past two i the Union Traction company, of Inthat the sum allowed him for his dam-months by obtaining money under false I diana, and the Indiana Union Trac-
nsrs is lnsuincient, ne intormed the ' pretenses, came to grief last night'.. aB.ncl.tinn i r, ;o-h .ho. i - , . ! . , , . i tlOn C
. -" v.,.. a, ,a icauy : w nen ne wa.3 arresieu vv umcera ia w to withdraw his remonstrance if the and SVhaadt at the nnstnfdre.
1 widening and opening hinges on it j Kugler's arrest was caused by a waralone. rant sworn out by Deputy United States PHHiRrr Statlom Is Aaked. j Clerk Charles Surprise, who fU as a That fact that other Calumet avenue victim ' to some of Kugler s innocent
property owners have added their j stories. Kugler came to Hammond ! names to the remonstrances on the j about two months ago and during that theory that if some felt warranted to time has held a number of positions, j
as excessive damages tnat they, too. i being employed at the F. S. Betz Co.. might ask- for more than the board I Gibson offices and in the evening did allowed them, has had a sobering ef- j clerical work for Mr. Surprise. feet on some of the early remonstra- j When KugUr first camp to Hammond
tors. It is for the purpose of bring- ' he attended some revival meetings, and' ing the "remon trators together on ! one evening joined the church. It was! their claims that a special meeting has j at this time that Mr. Surprise was been called for next Wednesday night. swindled out of 510. He told a hard ! At the suggestion of City Clerk Otto luck story and Mr. Surprise gave him j
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BISHOPS' REPORT STIRS IE CLERGY Question of Ban on Certain Forms of Amusement Presages Fight-
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Another Wheel Stolen. Another bicyclo was stolen yesterday and was reported to the police by R. . Livingston of the Erie depot It was taken from In front of the California Wine House on State street, and is described as follows: Dolton make, Dolton on name plate, red frame, low handle bars, carbon coaster brake.
wages.
Kast Side Improvement association, it : which later was found to be no good.
was voted to circulate petitions to off- in each case it was found that Kugset the remonstrators on the side ler had made an assignment on his streets, and in order that the board i wages which were no account, as he of public works may have something j did not have any money coming, tangible on which to base its procedure. I it is not believed that Kugler could An effort is to be made to get several i De held on these charges, and after the thousand names, if possible. chief had "sweated" him it was found
Governor John A. Olx.
Although the association had a number of live topics on tap for the meeting last night, the Calumet avenue matter took up most of the time. The committee's reports on desired Calumet av-
'enue passenger station for the Lake
Shore suburban train patrons were heard, and it was decided that the committee, headed by Mayor Smalley, shall go to Chicago one day next week to take up the question with the proper railroad officials.
VTHT ARE
.YOU NOT A TIUE3
that he was an all-around crook,- having been arrested all over the country under the same charges. He got money out of four Hammond preachers and had four false assignments against him here. . It was decided to order him. out of the state and this Chief Austgen did with. the severest grilling a mortal ever had.
THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BE. BTOWED BY ITS HBADER3 ON TH1 XUIE&
TIMES INVADES CHICAGO
The Times invaded Chicago last night and fifteen thousand sporting extras containing final results on the ball games were snapped up along State street and in the loop district in Chicago at fancy prices. In South Chicago ,-Fitz" Fitzgerald with 500 Times on his back sold them in a hurry and fame back to Hammond 20 richer. Another gang of Hammond "newsies" laden with baseball extras took the Lake Shore trains and sold out soon after getting in the depot. Lake county people in Chicago last night were 'amazed to hear The Times cried on the streets of Chicago. A crew of striking newsboys came out from Chicago early in the afternoon and took all the papers they could carry to Chicago. Fuily twelve thousand extra papers were sold in Hammond, Gary, East Chicago. Whiting and Indiana Harbor. Hegewlsch doubled Its 211 order.' The Chicago newspaper strike was responsible for the demand. Arrangements have been made to run 50,000 extras, in addition, to the regular five-edition output today.
If the boxing match which Manager Joe Simpson is preparing to stage in.
j Kast "Chicago next Thursday, may l bring about an Injunction, as Joe says jit will, if the Kust Chicapo police continue in their attitude of threatened Inte.rf erence, there is also the possibility according to a statement made "by
Chief of police Leo McCormick th's
'morning, that an injunction may be
asked by him against Simpson. "I do not think there is n judge In Lake county who would enjoin a chief
'of police who is trying to enforce thi
'law. I myself may ask for an injunction against Simpson s:iid Chief KcjCormick. "I think I 'know what I am ! doing, and I do not see how he figures out that he can come here to run this ! city-
Minneapolis, Minn., May 4. Minis-I ters of the Methodist Episcopal church j appeared to be equally divided last1 night on the question whether one church law prohibiting dancing, card playing, gambling and going to theaters, circuses and horse races should be abolished, pa. recommended by the board of bishops. On the ground that their investigations showed that two-thirds of the S,250,000 members of the church either danced or went to circuses and theaters without regarding it as being sinful, the bishops declared that the church law against these diversions, in
force for forty years, had become obsolete. They asserted 'that while the church would continue to protest against these forms of amusement still it was;better
not to have any specific law on the subject than to have a law which was ineffective. John Wesley's injunction leaving the amusement question to the conscience of individuals, the twentyfour active bishops declared, was the wisest regulation for "Americans of
the twenttieth century.
Board Meets Monday. The county commissioners will meet Monday for the purpose of taking up the consideration of the Gary saloon franchise tangle.. The meeting will be of unusual interest for this reason. A number of road and bridge matters will receive additional consideration. The usual number of attorneys and interested persons are expected . to be present at the meeting.
CAPERTON assigned TO IMPORTANT POST
GARDEN SALE j - ' THE MAGNET ! T . ; , .. ..... . n .4 .v.A n ..
X ills am uui'ii aim luiui'i lu w inc Auction of lots in the Hammond Gardens will be the magnet that will attract scores of people to the vicinity of Columbit avenue and Fifteenth street. It is erpected that a large number of
i lots will be sold in this new addition.
The weather Is propitious and this is expected to attract large numbers of people. The opportunity to get desirable lots at remarkably low prices is being taken advantage of by. Hammond people. Automobiles will meet the cars at the corner of Columbia and Slorton avenues and will convey prospective purchasers to the grounds.,
PIS APPEARS FROM LAKE STEAMER Chicago. May 4. Mrs. Catherine Norton, 38 years old. Is believed to have committed suicide by jumping Into Lake Michigan from the steamer' Arizona somewhere, between Chicago, and Milwaukee Tuesday night. The woman last Monday caused her husband-to .be committed to the Bridewell, charging him with nonsupport and crueltyTuesday night she boarded the Arizona with her three children to visit relatives In
Milwaukee. The next morning she was
missing.
USED THINGS THAT TOU DON" WANT CAN BE SOLD IP YOU ADVERTISE! IN THJS TIKK&
$ v s jiy if til" 'it
Capt. W. B. Caperton. Captain W. B. Capterton, U. S. N., has been assigned . to duty as commandant of the naval station at Narragan sett Bay, R. I., and the second naval district, which Includes the naval training station. ' naval War college and the torpedo fetation.