Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 275, Hammond, Lake County, 10 May 1912 — Page 1

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Chicago, May 10. A bad scare was thrown into the Taft managers yesterday when information reached them that Colonel Roosevelt not only would come to Chicago to taue charge of his forces but would sit in the convention as a delegate. Details of the reported Roosevelt plan to get into the thick of the convention battle and actually take the role of spokesman for his own delegates in the terrific fights that are to break out in the national conclave reached the local managers of the President's campaign by way of Brooklyn, N. Y. According to this information Colonel Roosevelt already has been provided with a proxy from one of the New York state delegates who resides in the City of Church, across the big bridge. . The' Brooklyn man is said to be a red-hot admirer of the barn-storming Colonel and is ready to relinquish his place on the delegation if Mr. Roosevelt desires to sit in the New York delegation. The Taft managers at once attempted to turn the information to their advantage by raising the cry that Colonel Roosevelt was confessing 'his defeat thus early in the battle and was planning to start a stampede in the convention, led by himself, in the hope of turning defeat into victory at the eleventh hour.

FILE MANDAMUS McAleer Bros, and Bardon announced today that they would file in the neighborhood of ISO mandamus cases against the city officials of Gary for that many Gary saloonkeepers. The cases will be filed tomorrow. A meeting of all of the saloonkeepers of Gary is to be held in Gary this afternoon for the purpose of taking advantage of the ruling o Judge Kopelke in favor of the $200 ee. Tomorrow Is the las: day, according to McAleer, that it will be possible to The court has not yet ruled on the Injunction case filed by Joseph Simpson of East Chicago to restrain the chief of police from interfering with the fight which is scheduled to be pull- ! ed oft there. It is said that an understanding has j been reached by which the fight is to i go on and that the chief of police has agreed not to make any arrests until after the fight when the principals will be arrested and fined. The truth of this report could not be determined today. At any rate there seems to be no effort on the part of the promoters of the fight to force the injunction case to trial as they might have done had they been afraid of any interference. ANOTHER CAESERIAN UirJCjlCAl 1UJN Skillful surgery by a Hammond physician and surgeon is responsible for another successful Caeserian section, with the result that both mother, Mrs. Joseph Wallak, and her child, a healthy boy, are alive at St. Margaret's hospiThe operation was performed last Saturday and followed closely a similar successful operation at the hospital in which Mrs: Ludinskt. a West Hammond woman, was the patient. ' Mrs. LudinskI and her baby were taken 'to their home today. , Mrs. Wallak is the wife of Policeman Wallak, who resides at 135 Johnson street. Enough time has elapsed since the operation to warrant the pre'diction that she will soon recover. Caeserian section by which the lives of hoth mother and child are saved are rare, and w hile many factors may contribute to the success of the operation, the skill of the surgeon i3 the principal one. BOARD HOLDS MEETING TODAY The board of public works at Its regular meeting this morning adopted a confirmatory resolutlo nfor the Detroit street pavement, section B, and asked for bids to he opened on May 29. The Hammond-Garj- Realty company's petition for sewers in Truman. Michigan and Indiana avenues was accepted, and the engineer Instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the same. Bids for the Truman avenue section B. pavement were opened and taken under advisement until May 21. The contract and bond of lavene Bros, for the Kane avenue sewer was accepted. A communication was received and accepted fromihe Hammond G. A. R. post inviting the city administration to participate In the Memorial day exercises.

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SUITS SATURDAY file these cases. He says the law requires that a city license be granted within five, days after the granting of the county license or the county license will be null and void. So If each of the saloonkeepers of Gary do not have their cases filed by tomorrow they will be likely to lose their licenses altogether. The filing of ISO'caies will entail an enormous amount of work on the part of the deputy county clerks. It will also require a long grind to dispose of them. UNCLE SAM'S till WILIJELP WORK S. A. Lightfoot of Griffith 'Afterr Miscreants "Who Strewed Nails on Road. TAKES A STAND. Griffflth, Ind., May 9. Editor Times, Dear Sir: I see in your paper of May 7 where auto and motorcycle owners are complaining about nails on the Ridge road from Glen Park to Black Oak. I can tell the name of the party that done the work of putting the nails on the road. If the prosecutors will stand by me I am with them, for I travel the road every day. Tours respectfully, S. A. LIGHTFOOT. R. F. X. Carrier No. 1, Griffith, Ind. Mr. Llghtfoot's letter is the first clue to the miscreants referred to in Thb Times on Monday and Tuesday, and should stir up the various organizations, such as auto clubs, to activity. Auto and motorcycle owners; as well as horse owners, are unanimous that any person who deiroerately causes injury and in the case of a horse adds extent of the law. Such a prosecution would not only bring a guilty party to Justice, but would severe as a deterring example to others who 'may have the same warned view of the oublic's I rights on a public highway. iif HARRY NELSON GIVES DINNER Harry Nelson, proprietor of the Lake View Fish restaurant at the Lake Front park .today made his debut for the 1912 season, and in order to celebrate the occasion properly he invited several hundred of his patrons to be bis guests at a complimentary dinner which he is serving this afternoon and evening. Nelson's place is located on the east side of Sheffield avenue, between the railroad tracks, ami has a county-w de . . .. . r . . reputation for Its excellent fish din ners. During the warm season It has! a steady patronage of men and women I from Hammond and the surrounding; cities, and auto, tourists coming out' from Chicago go out of their way to enjoy one of Nelson's famous fish din-i ners. Mr. Nelson has remodeled his place for this season In order that his Patrons may be better accommodated, and not rar rrom his nsh restaurant he has opened a pavilion where soft drinks! will be served. t Fish dinner parties will again be the popular thing at the lake front this! summer, and scores of Nelson's patrons 1 WhO haf his invitation for tnrlav lMl ! advantage of the occasion to help him nnon th c.a.nTHIRD OF VOTE HERE. Not over a third of the vote was gotten out in the East Chicago registration here yesterday, and the lack of interest taken by bot hthe democratic and' republican parties was remarkable. The bulk of the registration work was done after 8 o'clock. AXE TOU RBADI50 THK TIMES!

BANK HITS $2,000,000 W( NOW

The First National bank of Hammond today passed the $2,000,000 mark. It is the largest bank in the entire Calumet district of Indiana and Illinois. Its nearest competitor, the Gary State bank, has only three-fourths of the resources of the First National. The news that the First National has passed the $2,000,000 mark is good news to the city of Hammond. It means that larger loans can be made. It means that the handling of the big" pay rolls of the region can be done with greater facility. It means that the city of Hammond is rapidly increasing in wealth, for on 7th of September, 1001, when the bank was taken over from the Towle's, its deposits were only $167,000 and its resources were only $302,000. This was only eleven years ago. It will be noticed that the cost of the furnishing and fixtures of this magnificent banking institution has been all charged off and yet they are really . an asset. Thus it will be seen that the statement of the bank's condition is really very conservative. The officers and directors of the bank are Justly proud ;of the showing that has been made. They feel that the bank is now a credit to the city in every way. The following is a condensed statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business May 9, 1912. RFMurrn, Loans.-discounts and bonds. $1,270,163.76 Approved high grade bonds secured by responsible customers Furniture and fixtures Our furniture and fixtures cost us about $17,000. We have charged them all off. United States bonds 467.631.87 These are bonds carried to m secure circulation and U. S. deposits" and 'are worth on themarket a premium of. $4,000 ' which we have charged off and carry them , at ' pacwv..;,.,.; .s ..'... Cash and due from banks., 47,681.87 Including gold and currency retained in bank's vaults and money deposited In other banks approved by the board of directors and comptroller of currency. $2,021,795.68 Liabilities. Capital $ 160,000.00 Representing that portion of the assets paid in cash by stockholders. Surplus and undivided profits 171,602.74 This item represents the accumulated earnings set aside by the directors as additional protection to the depositors. Circulation '. 150,000.00 This is National Bank notes secured by government bonds deposited in 1 Washington. Deposits 1.650.192.89 This is the total amount of deposits belonging to customers of the bank. , $2,021,795.63 ' Office . President A. M. Turner. Vice president John E. Fitzgerald. Cashier W. C. Belman. Assistant cashier W. F. Mashino. Assistant cashier M. M. Towle, Jr. Assistant cashier Theodore Moor. Board of Director. John , E. Fitzgerald, W. G. Paxton. Peter "W. Meyn, F. S. Betz, .1. N. Beckman, A. M. Turner. W. C. Belman. May Party. At the regular meeting of the Hammond Motor Boat club last night,! Wednesday evening, May 22. was set aside for a May party. j The date for the formal, opening of the season was fixed for Sunday Jiwie : 16, and the arrangements for the day! j were left with the commodore. ... , tlon composed of members In the Ham- ' mond Motor Boat club, was formed last night and the following officers elected: Chief Pirate August Frank. Buccaneer E. E. Friclje. Second Mate V. Soltwedel. The official pirates are to meet at the home of E. E. Fricke next Saturday i evening to perfect the organization. i ! WHITING HIGH -fX"CJ V-lJ.XV A JjO (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind.. May 10. One hundred! and thirty-seven Whiting school children were the guests at a picnic at the ' rm of State Senator Frank Gavit in ,rter county, just over the East Gary Porte boundary. It was another celebration! of Whiting high school's great victory. Upon their arrival in Gary the chili dren were met by a special car of the Gary & Interurban. It was routed over the lines of the Gary Connecting railway at Eleventh avenue and Broadway and conveyed direct to the farm. Senator Gavit is president of the firstnamed line and has a good deal to do with the management of the Gary Connecting interurban. The children returned to town about 3 o'clock.

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chanticleer in GARY Hen and roosfer shipped from east to Tolestoti :hy U. S. Express Consigners refuse to call for fowls while company refuses to deliver, v Hen begins to lay eggs in offlc building until alio has setting of fourteen. 'f; , Twelve chicks are born. Roostei sets office tenants wild ' with his crowing. j, v Express agent 1 forced tq start barnyard and copious correspondence is interchanged between offices to solve red tape. Hen has begun to lay eggs again and the chanticleer is very busy. The story of "Pigs Is .Pigs" has nothing on this tale which comes out of the United States Express office in Gary. Several weeks ago the Gary branch received a rooster "and a hen from an eastern shipper consigned to a Tolleston family. The. latter were notified to call at the office or the chickens as (Continued! on Page .) ONLY ONE ITHIRD REGISTER CI Half of Registration Places in City Jlept Open TcUity. i In . view -afMhm &':i2&&me:tXrt j yesterday, which brought out ' only about on-thlrd of the voters, more than half of the registration places in Hammond were kept open today. Under the law any registration place may be kept open on the second day where a petition is presented signed by five voters. Petitions were presented In the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth. seventeenth eighteenth and twentyfirst precincts and any voters in any of these precincts who failed to register yesterday has an opportunity to do so today as late as 6 o'clock or after, provided at least one voter presents him self for registration every five minutes. The newness of the law, and the fact that the voters have two more opportunities, one in September and one in October, accounts for the slight registration yesterday. Only a handful took advantage of the early morning, although the registration places were Open at 5 o'clock. In many places the heaviest enumeration took place between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening. DEMOCRATS REGISTER HEAVIEST JH CENTER Not One Third of Total Vote Is Recorded, However,in Crown Point. 1 (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., May 10. The registration of votes in Ccier township yesterday resulted in about onethird of the township vote being cast 'in the various wards. The democratic (vote was the heaviest In proportion or i percentage of the relative strength of ithe two parties, " they displaying Onusual activity and interest in the registration system. ' ; Among the American born, the regiistration is not received with a 'great 'deal of approval, they considering the "enormous expense to the county and state practically off-setting that structure. i The following vote was registered in ? Center township yesterday, which is j about one-third of the voting strength in the various precincts in Center , township: I First Ward 1 votes. Second Ward. 22 votes. Third Ward, 75 votes. Fourth Ward, 122 votes. I tzn -pT7iT T rTn wr ! OKJ XUXl J. UJCjJJAE CREE-V . - (Special to The Times.) Lowell. Ind.; May 10. The registration in Cedar Creek township yesterday resulted in a vote of 304 being cast. Following is the result of the vote by precincts: Precinct No. 1..: 135 Precinct No. 2 102 Precinct No. 3. 67 This is nearly half of the total vote of tLe township.

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The pulmotor, the wonderful little life-saving device in cases of asphyxiation, was put to its first test yesterday afternoon in Hammond in the case of Frank Woszluski, a laborer residing on Baring avenue, East Chicago, and employed by the Northern Indiana 'Gas & Electric company. By a strange co-incidence the machine, which is owned by the Northern Indiana Gas & Jiectric LIgnt company, was first put to the test on one of its own employes. His life was saved, and every thing that has been said about the wonderful invention, which came into use only recently, has been substantiated. Overcome by Gu. Woszluski and a number of fellow workers were engaged in digging up a leaking gas pipe in Morton court, near the Hotel Carleton. All at once it was noticed that Woszluski was overcome by the escaping gas. He became unconscious, and all efforts fo revive in the ordinary way proved of little use. John Kamradt, one of the company's officers, happened to drive by at this time, and he ordered the man placed In his rig. Woszluski was taken to the office of Dr. Fox, where the pulmotor awaited him. Apparently he was too weak to breathe, and only at long intervals did he show any signs of life by berathing. The pulmotor was applied by Messrs. Oltz and Poyser of the gas company, and after five minutes' work Woszluski opened his eyes as though awakening from a deep sleep. He turned over on his side to continue his sleep, and as more oxygen was forced into his lungs he regained his strength. Vorkjs Automatically. The pulmotor has a supply of oxygen and works with a double action, caus-I ing the lungs to inhale and exhale, working automatically so that Just enough oxygen for any sized lung is supplied.- s In the ease of Woszluski it was necessary only to give Mm the oxygen. uwivTwigs-gvin',g'DT?rtrt,riltstruiiK enough to exhale. After an hour's work Woszluski was strong enough to go home alone, and he is expected to be back to work in a day or two. ' The Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. bought the pulmotor purposely as a protection and safeguard for the public. WALLACE HUTTON TAKEN FOR SPEEDING Police Say They Will Make Examples of a Few More Auto Speeders. Racing his machine at 40 miles an hour on Gostlin street, according to the police, Wallace JIutton, 98 ' Ogden street, was- arrested by Captain HanIon last night. This morning Hutton aappeared .at, the police, station and was charged with violating the speed ,ordinance. jjHis trial came up before Judge Barnett in the city court this morning and was fined $10 and costs, amounting to $20. jQ"We are "going to put a stop to this speeding," said Judge Barnett, "and if we cannot stop it any other way than imposing a heavy fine, I will include a jan sentence. JLast year the police had the speeders, so.tney oDeyeci tne speea limit to a I certain extent,, espcially in th city limits, but this spring they have fallen back into heir old habits, and it is a common occurrence to tee machines raring down Hohman street 25 and 40 j miles an hour. Thorp are a dozen weu-Knuwn rta'iimcina people wno violate the speed ordinance every day. QNumerous complaints have come into the police station every day about automoolle speeding, especially among the young men who drive cars in Ham mond. The polite also are watching i the motorcyclists who are not obeying tne speea oralnance ana they are warned to be careful Or prosecutions will follow. 1 AAA 'DTi'KT TTTTT3 C 1,000 JDX-rJ UUxto . ATTEND FEAST' Wabash, Ind., May 10. One thousand delegates, representing every lodge of Ben Hur in northern Indiana, assembled yesterday for an annual convention. At a. banquet last night the entire delegation was present. FALLS FROM CAR STEP.(Special to The Times.) Hegewisch, Til., May 10. Mrs. Ida Clark of 85 West State street, Hammond, was badly injured here at the South Shore interurban station when she fell between the car steps and the platform. Both her legs were badly bruised and crushed. Her condition may' result in blood poisoning.

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St. Louis, Mo., May 10. (Special) Five men were shot and seriously wounded in a pitched battle between two factions of coal miners, near Benald, 111., near here, today. Eight hundred men took part in fight.

NO ELECTION NECESSARY TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITA-. Indianapolis, Ind., May 10. The Indiana Supreme Court today decided tha? the law passed by the last legislature extending for two years the terms of Superior oCurt judges of nine counties including Lake is constitutional and holds that the Superior Court was created by leg islature and it has a right to desig nate length of term of Superior Judges. CROWN POINTER A BIGAMIST TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. ' Indianapolis, Ind.. May 10. Got, Marshall issued requisition on Gover nor of Washington for Edmund J. Worgate of Crown Point under arrest at Seattle for bigamy. BRYAN GIVES HARMON LETTER Columbus, O., May 10. At Governor Harmon's demand, William J. Bryan has made public the letter in which Bryan charged a friend of the Governor's had attempted to buy for Harmon members of the Ohio dele gation instructed to vote 'for Bryan in the 1908 Democratic National Convention. In the letter was this statement: "Mr. of Cincinnati will meet them (the delegates) and take care of their transportation to Denver. (By this letter, my -dear Mr. , you will see there is 'some thing doing,' and whilst indorse ments have been given in your district, I hope that your two delegates can see their way clear to vote for Ju4geHarmB on- -lhe-rflrt-bHc4at Denver)." The letter is signed by Michael Devanney, Harmon's 1908 manager. V NEW TITANIC SENSATION. London, May 10. Seaman Hendrickson told a sensational story at the Titanic Inquiry today. Hendrlckson, with six other members of the crew, and five passengers, includ ing two women, was in a lifeboat when he heard the cries of several persons drowning. He proposed re turning to rescue them, as the boat was only half full, but the women objected, because they feared the boat would be swamped. Hendrick son, under cross-examination, said: "Lady t)uff Gordon objected to our returning, and she was supported by her busband, both saying It was dangerous." , ' COWS IN PARK. Peter Fox, in charge of the city parks made a complaint to the police this morning to the effect that people and the north side near Douglas Park were le tting their cows run at large and were doing damage to the trees and shrubbery. Other reports from residents on thb north side have been made that the cows are running over their lawns and sidewalks, causing a great deal of damage, besides being a great deal of annoyance. BLO CKSSTREET. After being warned three or four j times to move on and not block the nl,Mir. hisrhwav with his sod corn wai gon. John Steres was arrested last l night on State street by Officer , schaadt. He was brought to the statifl .-.-hero ho i tion. where he was charged with vio , ,atinf? ordinance No. 868. Steres then j furnished a $50 appearance bond for , triar l)Cfore judge Barnett tomorrow morning. Meeting Tonight. There will be a meeting of the south 1 . 110nman ltrcv J-'i woi vj w jiti a ai mo office of Dr. H. C. Groman to take up ! the question of street lighting. The 'committee of the East State Street Imiprovement association is invited to be I present so that the vroperty owners on the two streets can co-operate in the i matter of securing this most important 'improvement. Hammond in away behind the cities of Gary and. South Chicago In the matter of the lighting of its streets and for that reason it has the appearance of a street in a country town. It is th purpose of the property owners on these two' important streets to remedy this matter. Attend Banquet. . A number of Hammond people, including Judge V. S. Reiter, J. F. Sawyer, Ralph Ross and W. D. Ray, attended the banquet of the . Hamilton club in Chicago last nlght,and from all reports they spent an enjoyable even ing.

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CIVIC CLUBS QUARTERS AROUSEJISCUSSIOIl Movement to House Com mercial Club in University Club Rooms Is Opposed. There will be a meeting of the di rectors of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. In room. No.. 1 of the Lake superior court on Monday to take finalaction on a number of matters. . Attorney Jesse E. Wilson has pre pared the' incorporation papers, and they will be sent to Indianapolis at once. It Is expected that the new civic organization will be a corporation by the time the next meeting of the directors is held. The committee which was to take up the question of new quarters is expected, to report. This committee is mak ing an effort to effect an arrangement by which the Chamber of Commerce and the University club may use the University club rooms jointly. The proposition is not meeting with, the approval of the members of the University club, however, and it is not believed that the deal can be consummated. Opposition Encountered. The radically different character of the two organizations leads many ef the members of the University club to believe that such an arrangements would be impossible. The University club is purely a social organization and exists for its social advantages alone. The Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, is a civic organization which makes the social feature a secondary consideration. It is understood, that the members of the University club are to have a gen- ' eral meeting next Saturday, at which -., the matter will be taken ikp and dlscusseiir X"gTat- Seat Tf f eintVbglr being manifested in the club over the proposal which has been entertained by its directors. Other locations which are under consideration by the Chamber of Commerce is the possibility that it could get the third floor of the building which Ben Hayes proposes to erect on his property next to the Lake superior court house. It Is believed that this location would e exceedingly desirable In view of the fact that it is In a prominent location, has light on three sides and would probably be served by an elevator. In the event tha tthe building would be built it is suggested that It be called the "Chamber of Commerce" building. Another location that has been suggested Is that part of the third floor of the Tapper building which is not occupied by the University club. There is room there for a cafe and very desirable club rooms. Dr. J. T. Clark has also suggested that the commercial club buy his building on State street. KENWOOD AVE. OPEN. The board of public works of Hammond today took up the matter of the opening of Kenwood avenue from Hohman street across the Monon railroad tracks to the point where It Is now opened through the Franklin addition. - Roscoe E. Woods, the' president of the Hammond & Suburban Realty company, appeared before the board with Mr. George Rtckords, of the Chicago Title & Trust company, who owns a large amount of the benefited property, and Mr. Rlckords said that he would bear his share of the expense of the improvement. Mr. Rickords' holdings, together with that of the Hammon & Suburban Realty company, gives the petitioners for the opening a vast majority of the property that Is affected by the opening. This" will make Kenwood avenue the most important east and west thoroughfare between Calumet and Kohman streets, south of Conkey avenue. It will create new routes of travel and will be a progressive step In corrective city building. The few property owners who will be damaged by the Improvement will receive damages in proportion to their losses. A number of them have already signified their willingness to see the improvement made. Mr. Rickords is one of the few nonresident property owners who has the true spirit of progress. He never complains of assessments for improvements, although he has had to pay large sums into the city treasury, and he stands ready at all times to help out In a matter of this kind. The work that has been taken up by the Hammond & Suburban Realty company Is but one of the many improvements that "will In time change the entire character of the south side and make it one of the most' desirable places of residence In the entire region. Sent to Fort Wayne. The remains of Mrs. Caroline Kinsey of Highland was shipped on the 11:25 Nickel Plate train this morning to Fort Wayne, Ind., where the funeral services and interment will occur on the family lot