Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 280, Hammond, Lake County, 16 May 1912 — Page 1

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EEMMG EDITION

ALDERMEN DILLY DALLY WITH BALDWIN COMPANY

The East Chicago city council gathered yesterday to further consider" the traction franchise on which the Baldwin Locomotive works binge, and close to 100 prominent citizens gathered with them. The council at first went into executive session, while the citizens did likewise in another part of the building. The citizens were anxious, however, to hear what the councilman had , to say on the subject and sent a request

to the mayor and council that they meet upstairs In open session. They promised to "be good and not butt In" to the proceedings if the council would consent to this, and the result was that there was a general gathering upstairs, which was attended by both the officials and the public. Nothing was accomplished, however, the council being embarrassed by the

presence of their constituents, and after discussing the two franchises, deciding to hold a star chamber session on Saturday for further consideration of the measures. A number of arguments were presented by various councilmen as to why the franchises were' not good, but the arguments would not hold water. Jimmle Burns waxed eloquent and even flowery in his arguments, " protesting against giving away the birthright of the unborn babies and advocating a twenty-five-year Instead of a thirty-five-year franchise. He also objected to exempting the street car companies from completing their work within a

specified time, if delayed by "an act of God." He said he didn't see where God had anything to do with any franchise,. He faored a three-cent fare between

TEMPLARS HAVE NEW BODY NOW

With Solemn and Impressive Ceremonial Gary Institutes Lake County's Sec

ond Knight Templar Or ganization.

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VAN H0RI1E HEADS HEIHOAD MOVE Township Line Road From Lake to Lake Is Brought Up.

There Is a movement on foot, fatherad by W. B. Van Horne of Indiana Harbor, to get the county to build a road south- along township lines from Indiana Harbor to Lowell and Cedar Lake, at the expense of the county. The road as projected would be along Guthrie to Cline . and thence straight south passing along the west boundary line of Gary, the west line of Ham

mond and on through Highlands and Griffith to Cedar Lake and Lowell. The read, from Cline avenue to within about

a mile or so of Its southern terminus

would be directly north and south. It

is to oe etgnty xeet, in width, with a

roadbed of twenty fet.

" . B. Van Home has already been

oumy on . m project, naving asked a large number of property owners In

the towns to be tapped by the pros

pectlve highway, their opinion on Its

advisability, 'and also having conferred

with many of the farmers along the

way. While all seem anxious to have

the road put In, the latter are espe

cially enthusiastic, this giving them an

outlet to the lake, with their produce.

The matter was brought up by Mr. Van Horne at the meeting of the Com

mercial ciud lasi mgnt ana was referred to the committee on the direct

road to Gary, composed of Monroe

Schock John R. Farovld and J. D. Ken

nedy, together with these additional

C. C. Smith, "W. R. Diamond and W. B,

Van Horne.

These men will get the signatures of .resident voters to be benefited by the project, and the position thus signed

will be presented to the county com

missioners who are to shouder the ex

pense.

Saloonkeepers to Meet. The Hammond Saloonkeepers' assocl

ation was scheduled to hold a regular

meeting this afternoon, in the Moose hall. Only routine business was to be

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TENNIS CHAMPION TO JAKE hnlKESS BRIDE

TO POT OP

ANOTHER

BUILDING

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alumet avenue is to be

with a two-story building of uniform design, on 128 feet of frontage, as a result of the sale yesterday by Roscoe

E. Woods of two lots of his re-sub-!

division of lots 1. 2, and 3, in Fogg & Hammond's addition. The considera

tion was J4.000, which is probably the top ' notch price for Calumet avenue property considering the fact that the

lots are shallow and sold for $1.26 a

square foot.

The lots in this re-subdivision are

now all sold. The corner lot was sold to W. H. Gostlin, Jr.. the next lot south, was sold to the East Side Trust t Savings bank, and Otto Knoerxer":' 'nur-

chased the. rest of the half block."

Bvyere Get Together. The purchasers of this property, who

have all acquired their holdings with

in the past ninety days, have decided to get together and build a uniform

two stones of the same design. The facing brick will also be the same.

In this way the block will have the

appearance of being one monster

building and . will do more to create real estate values in that section of the city than any one other thing. The number of people who have made .application for leases of the building in

sure the immediate renting of every one of the stores. '

Knoerzer has decided to divide his

70 feet frontage into three stores. He

will build at once. The material for the bank building is on the ground and Gostlin is havlng-plans drawn for the building that is to occupy the corner. The purchasers are all men of affairs in Hammond, and their confidence in the future of this part of Calumet avenue is shown by their investments. It is expected that the three buftdings which will be erected at once will cost an aggregate of $40,000. Woods still has five lots between Staie and Sibley streets, in the same block, -and already has a number of prospective purchasers for them. One lot of the five has been sold, but the deal has not yet been closed. It will not be-long until the east side will have its own business dis

trict wheie .'ne residents of that sec- ', Mon will be able to buy anything they j

desire without being forced to go all of the way downtown . It is the sudden appreciation of the fact that the great east side is prac-

tically without a business district that

.has lead to the recent investment of capita! by some of Hammond's most conservative men.

Lake 'county's second Knight Temp

lar Commandery was instituted In the

Gary Masonic hall last night with solemn and Impressive ceremonies. More than 100 sir knights from all over northern Indiana, more than 30 coming from the Hammond commandery alone, were spectators of the ceremonies which were conducted by Acting Grand Commander Charles Slick of Mishawaka and staff of grand officers. The ceremonies began when the entire charter membership of 4S of the new Gary commandery, which is known as number 57. and the visiting sir knights listened to the order of the grand commandery of the state establishing the Gary commandery.. This was read by Franklin M. Boone of South Bend, acting grand recorder. Pronounces Commandery Established. Following this Acting Grand Sommander Slick of Mishawaka read the charter and pronounced the Gary commandery in existence Installation of the Gary commandery officers then

adorned I followed and after this Informal

speeches were made by those present. On account of the desire of many of

the Sir knights to leave Gary on the

night train the luncheon that followed was not prolonged..

Attend Services Tonight. The first meeting of the new com

mandery is scheduled for tonight but

it will be a short affair as the commandery will attend the Ascension

day services which are to be held In

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By the arrest at Griffith last night of Salvatore Pecoraro, an Italian, Deputy Sheriff Block! ended a world-wide search for the 'chief of a band of Italian murderers and paved the way for his extradition from the United States to Italy. The man was located by the Italian vice sonsul. Count Lulgi Provana Dei Sabbione, acting royal Italian consul at Chicago. The complaint in the case was filed before Judge Lawrence Becker in the Lake superior court, Hammond. The crime for which Pecoraro was

arrested was the kidnaping of a boy

known' as Eduardo Di Martino for the purpose of exacting 6,000 lire from a

member of the family. On the night

between the 18 and 19 of October, 1905,

the boy was murdered. It is for the double crime of child stealing and mur

der that Pecoraro is wanted.

In the conspiracy with Pecoraro were . interpreter.

ftve other Italians. Four of them have the crime,

Mrs. Allca Roosevelt Lengworth. One of the most beautiful and most popular of the younger women at the capital is Mrs. Alice. Roosevelt Longworth, wife of Representative Longworth of Ohio. .Mrs. Longworth isn't a believer in the formalities which hedge so many of those In the government set bythelr strict requirements and observances. If invited to a dinner she goes if she "feels like It without sending an acceptance, and remains away if she. feels like it, without sending regrets. Strangely enough she has lost no friends by adopting this custom. If she likes you, there Is no more brilliant and fascinating and more likeable person at the capital than Mrs. Longworth; but if she doesn't well, that's another story. '

not been apprehended and the fifth is still at large. The murder occurred in the territory of Prlszi, in the province of Palermo, n the kingdom of Italy. The Italian was brought' to Hammond last night in an automobile and was at once taken to Chicago, where he was turned over to the United States commissioner In the federal court there. Under the form of the law the president of the United States of America commanded the sheriff of Lake county to arrest the defendant and take him to the nearest federal court, where the extradition of the prisoner will be attempted. The requisition was made by the royal government of Italy. When arrested last night the prisoner was able to talk fluent English, but he later lost all knowledge of the language of the states, and it became necessary to talk to him through an

He -refused to talk about

CONVEfilfl REFUSES 10 TURN DOWN MI-SALOON LEAGUE Delegates to Christian Church Gathering Cast Tie Vote on Question and Indianapolis Man Routs Insurgents; : Three Day Meeting Ends This Evening and Visitors Begin Their Homeward Migration.

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DICE THOUSAND III LAKE GO. REGISTRATION Nearly Sixty Per Cent of Lake County Voters Are Registered.

BOYLES HEADS SOUTH SIDE ASSOCIATION Interest in Prospective Improvements on the South Side Is Marked.

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VECHTEN

BUYS 1 0 ACRES FOR $8,000

Nine thousand voters, representing nearly 5 per cent of Lake county voters, who voted In the 1910 election, registered last week, the returns from the various precincts with the exception of one or two being all in the hands of County Auditor Charles AJohnson. Gary registered by far the greatest number of votes of any city in the county. Hammond, which has not yet made its returns for precincts 17 and 21, had a registration of 2,105 voters. East Chicago had 1,102, and Whiting 492.

Another big deal In Hammond ral estate near the East Chicago boundary line and adjoining the site for the new Northwestern steel plant, has been placed on record. Susan M. Powell has sold tinder contract to Ralph van Vechten of Chicago, a United States Steel corporation banker, ten acres in the northwest part of the southwest quarter of section thirty. It is three-quarter of a mile south of

WORK ON BECKTON . CKEiCAL PLANT

Company Receiving Bids From Various Contractors-

The South Side Improvement associartion met at the Wallace school building last evening and elected officers. The officers elected were as follows: J. M. Boyles president, John Wesley Reed vice president, Ray A. Wells, secretary-treasurer. William Prohl was selected trustee. The meeting was largely attended and the interest in the prospective improvement of the south side was pro

nounced. A commimttee was appointed Lake George and Is located at Adams to take up certain Important matters and School street and within convewith the officers of the Hammond and nient distance of Chicago and Calu

met avenues. A consideration of S,- ! 000 is stated. Van Vevbten a Steel Banker. t

There is considerable significance attached to the purchase, as Mr. Van Vechten is vice president and director of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, the second largest bank in the ,United States, which Judge Gary of the steel, trust and President Buffington of the Illinois Steel works at Gary, !are directors. Mr. Van Vechten is also

Suburban Realty Co.

R. L- Smoker. Degree work followed by a smoker will be the attraction at the regular

j meeting of Pioneer Coiyicil, Royal

League, this evening. A good attendance is looked for.

BIIXETIX. The next Indiana convention of the Dlaclplea of, Christ will be held In IndlanapotlH next May. The following officer were elected I ITrnlrirnt C. A. McClond, Angola. Vice President J. C. Cobb, Pem. Secretary W. J. Smith, Pern. National and state delegates to the 73rd annual convention of the Dis

ciples jot Christ. taInaiaaa. wUU,taai:

adios to Hammohf a"ha ' depart T for their homes afterthe closing session tonight. With few exceptions the visitors are sticking for the final benediction. When they go, with them they will carry the memory of what Is unanimously pronounced a successful and remarkable convention.

As a hostess Hammond will be

thought of gratefully and as manu

facturing center the Calumet region held In awe. Forty automobile loads and an overflow that filled two street cars visited the Gary steel mills ys terday afternoon and the visitors agreed that the Industry is the world's greatest , National Leaden Here 'Today. Leaders of the brotherhood, whose reputations are international in the religious world, were here today. Th financial genius of the Christian church, George W. Muckley of Kansas City spoke this afternoon. He is be-

Score Sensationalism. Lurid evangelism was scored at the convention in r committee' meeting yesterday. It was shown that formerly evangelists could get contracts but now-they had to take what they ' ran - getcaurcbee -distrust --jJif tvgrjeaiig b a tloii T alw J-I ."(o ffo T sensational revivals- one evangelist sent a telegram reading, "3S9 took their stand yesterday with us." The sensation-monger merely asked those to stand with hint who favored truth and righteousness. These false reports disgust people. Manipulation and - emotionalism are substituted fqr tho gospel. 1

loved In the Cecil Sharp parish. It was by his generosity that the present building was made possible. He guaranteed a loan of $10,000. " It was not used but it served Its purpose by creating confidence in the indominatable C. J. Sharp, Harry G. Hill of Indianapolis was. through unusual circumstances, givon the responsibility of deciding whether or not the Christian churches of Indiana should i-sever their affiliations

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, one of the directors In the Gary State ibank.'

SHLOER AND DVORAK PROTEST

(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., May 16. The work on the Bfckton Chemical company's plant, at Whiting, will, according to present indications, soon be begun.

The board of public works this morn- J "c Py iuMv..,e u.u Ing beard more remonstrances on the!from the various contractors for the j Calumet avenue, opening and widening.! section of the buildings. The last; Attorney J. K. Stinson representing t. i l,w was received yesterday, and the I

contract ror tne wopk win oe awaraea t soon. :

Dvorak and Jacoii Wchloer, appeared for his clients, both of whom are amonsr

those who claim the heaviest damages, j Tne Commercial club, through whom Jnhn -r.iif nn,ur ... -Q t 'this factory was located, now have'

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also appeared before the board and in-' tl,Hr eyes on another concern who are

formed the board that he would be ! 'OOKing wun iavor upon vvn.ung, ask-,

willing to stand by the board's decision as far as his benefits and damage concessions are concerned.

Malcolm Oougias Whitman. The engagement of Mr. Malcolm Douglas Whitman, the former tennis champion of world renown, and Miss Jennie Adeline Crocker, the San Francisco heiress, has been announced. The wedding wil ltake place in June. Mr. Whitman who is now a prominent at-torney-at-law In New York City, won several tennis titles, among which were the middle states championship, the

HOPE FOR GOOD ATTENDANCE Although the weather threatens to be disagreeable, the members of the board of public ' works hope that the meeting called for this 'evening in the superior court for the purpose of choosing between oil and water street sprinkling will be well attended. Each property owner holding prop

erty on a street which Is to be sprink

New York state championship, and the led this summer Is Invited to be presLongwood cup. ent to voice his preference.

ing for a strip of ground of about ten acres.

The name of the factory has not yet i

been made known, and a public announcement is being, anxiously awaited.

River Steadily Rising. The Little Calumet river is reported to be rising again near Black Oak, the overflow being due to the almost daily downpour of rain during the past week. In some places along the Black Oak road, the water is aver the pavement, and there is no telling how much higher it will go. At the present time, however, it is not thought that the water will rise h'.sh enough to endanger traffic.

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JOAN CFJRC ACTIVE Miss Brooks Receives ManyCalls to Appear on the Lecture Platform.

THIEVES ARE BUSY. M. Rothschild reported to he police this morning that thieves attempted to gain entrance into the building over the Model Clothing store some time last night by removing one of the window panes'in the skylight. The glass was not broken and It is evident that the thieves tried to gain entrance into the offices of the Hammond Loan & Guarantee company, which was broken Into and. robbed about four months - ago. Nothing was found missing this morning and it is thought that the thief was scared away. Entrance was also gained in the news agency of F. B. Hall at 143 Sibley street some time during the night by removing a window. Luckily Mr. tlall

did not leave any money In the buMd-

ing and with the exception of some check books nothing valuable was taken.

Only Rubbish. Fire departments Nos. 1 and 3 answered a call at the Columbia avenu bridge yesterday afternoon, where it was reported that the bridge was burning. Upon arriving they found that only some rubbish was burning -which caused volumes of smoke.

ENOR ARIAS NEW PANAMA MINISTER

THE FIRST TO BE LAST.

! Gust Last was arrested by Officer

i Law at his home on Wilcox last night,

j where- the officer found him drunk and : raising a general disturbance. The ofI ficer tried to quiet him and tried to i get Last to bed, but he refused and

Martine.

Senator James K. Martine. of New Jeraey, is a politician by profession and a farmer for recreation. During his long and interesting career he has run for many offices, and. although until recently he was invariably beaten, he could always find joy and solace after nn election. In the cornfield. In the above picture our. artist shows Mr. Martine In the act of slaughtering the weeds which have intruded into his corn-patch.

Kama following in the wake her work as a civic and political reformer and settlement worker is bringing calls from many quarters to Miss Virginia Brooks to appear on the lecture platform. She has accepted a number of thosp calls and next Monday evening she will be one of the principal speakers at the Civic Kquality league ban-

uuet. which is to be given in Unity hall, i wanted to ?tay at he station. The of-

Klgin. i ticer's warning was without avail so On the 25th of this month Mifs j he placed Last under arrest and Brooks will speak at the District Fed- brought him to the station. His wife oration of Clubs at Morrison, 111. On i came to the station this morning anil. Decoration day she is to speak at j not wanting to prosecute the case, he Galesburg, 111. j was released. . On June 5th, she is to address the i-

Fortnightly club of the Indiana State QxaT.i university at Bloomington. JM eV UOEipany faiartS-

Miss Brooks will ttend a training school for Settlement and Social Workers. President Hill of the Christian convention met Miss Brooks yesterday. He Is connected with the faculty of the institution in which Mis.s Brooks is to study the science of charity. The subject was "included in an informal lecture. He spoke to the assembled Sunday school workers in the pulpit annex rooms. Miss Brooks was introduced.

Incorooration papers for the Calu

met Produce company of Hammond were filed at Indianapolis this week, the incorporators being AVlllfam and Louis Klitzke and Julius Dunsing. The capital stock is given at $10,000. The company which has its offices at the corner of Oakley avenue and Clinton street, does a wholesale business In dairy products, taking the whole Calumet region for his market territory.

Senor Den Rlcaroo Arias. Panama, the midget among nations, is so small that there aro almost more offices than competent men to fill them. It Is said that the president has had difficulty In finding educated men enough to fill the foreign posts. Senor Don Rlcardo Arias is the new minister from the little .republic to the United, States. ,- . . . .