Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 281, Hammond, Lake County, 17 May 1912 — Page 3

Friday. May 17. 1012.

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EAST CHICAGO. Fancy strawberries, grape fruit, pineapples, wine sap apples, etc. W. R. DIAMOND. AH members of the Dcwl Sant Bene- ' volent society are requested to attend an adjourned meeting, which will be held at the home of John Roberts. In . Ctfcott avenue, Saturday evening. May ilSth, to make final arrangements for the Royal Welsh tea party which will take place at Weiland's hall Saturday, l May 25. The Eastern Star met last night for Initiation, Mrs. Ellen Mattwig being the candidate. Luncheon was strved.

Tickets are now out for a banquet to . be given May ;t0 at Odd Fellows' hall by j the Congregational Mens club. The', final arrangements for the event were made at the last meeting of the or- -. ganizatlon. It being decided to prepare for 100 to 125 guests. Dr. Frederick E. , Hopkins of Chicago, and a noted clerf Kyman of the Congregational denomination, will be the principal speaker. - The club at this meeting elected Its ofi fleers for the ensuing year as follows. J. A. Shunk. president: Martin Peter- . son, vice president: H. E. Jackson, secretary-treasurer. New beets, new turnips, home grown asparagus, green beans, water cress, fancy head lettuce, new potatoes, etc W. R.. DIAMOND. Mrs. W. J. Fun key, Jr., entertained day before yesterday with a handkerchief shower in honor of Miss Fleta Duffteld of Chicago, a bride of June 1. There were a dozen guests present, all from Chicago and a delightful time was enjoyed. The hours were from 1 until 5 o'clock. Mrs. Abe Goodfriend returned during the week from Tucson, Ariz., bringing with her her brother, Louis Ottenheimer, his wife and child for a visit. A meeting of the directors of the baseball association is called for to morrow evening to settle on plans for ' attending the game in Laporte Sunday. It is thought that, if the roads are in shape about twenty automobiles can be impressed Into service to make the trip, but If they are bad the team and fans will go on the Lake Shore. Mrs. Almeda Lytle of Toronto, Can., who has been visiting her son, C. W. Lytle, and wife of Beacon street, left this morning for a week's visit with friends in Milwaukee. Native beef rib roats, l'Sc per pound. Milk-fred veal, fore quarter, 12 He per pound. I Milk-fed veal, hind quarter, 15c per pound. Small pork loins, whole, 15 pound. " W.'R. DIAMOND per i The Home of Quality Meats. The Ladles' Aid society of the Congregational church will serve the banquet that is to be given by the Men's club the evening of May 30, at Odd Fellows' hall. The work will be under the supervision of section B. The- East Chicago chapter of the Eastern Star has received an invitation to repair in a body to Indiana Harbor Tuesday, May 28, to participate In the

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installation of officers and the Initiation of candidates Into the Indiana IJarbor chapter. The latter has been under dispensation for several months, and May 23 will become a full fledged organization. W. It. Diamonds' after-wupper nale on Saturday will help reduce your cost of living; watch for it.

'Bini.K I.ECTIRE, Sunday Afternoon, May 18, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Kant Chicago. Mr.1 A. D. Flanner of Chicago will speak Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the subject, "Our Lord's Presence." It is said that Mr. Flanner's lecture on this subject is very Interesting and instructive to all Bible students, all of whom are heartily welcome. . That our Lord intended His disciples to understand that for some purpose, in some manner and at some time he would come again is generally admitted and believed by all familiar with the Scriptures. But opinions differ greatly as to why and how and when He will come again. Mr. Flanner, a thorough Bible student, has made the manner of the Lord's coming a subject of special study. His lecture teems with Scripture, quotations, sound reasoning: and solid facts. The lecture is entirely free. - A cordial Invitation Is extended to all. INDIANA HARBOR Bishop John Hazen White of Michigan, will be in Indiana Harbor this evening to confer the sacrament of con firmation on a class at St. Alban'-S church. Services will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The Lady Maccabees will give a farce comedy tomorrow evening called "The Old Maids' Convention," at K. of P. hall. Eighteen of the ladies will take part and the affair promises to be full of comical situations calculated to bring out many a good laugh. About 40 attended the plate social given by Mrs. William Burke, at her home, in Grapevine street, Tuesday evening. Games were played and lunch served. Mrs. Battle assisted Mrs. Burke in entertaining. An operetta called "Princess Chrysan themum" will be given in the Auditori um two weeks from tomorrow evening by the high school chorus under the direction of- Miss Mary Stone. About 65 will take part. WISHES HAM CUT OV PAPER. A protest against the method efployed in cutting boiled ham, signed "A Disgusted Woman," has been re ceived at the office of the Indianapolis board of health. .... - mere is a custom exiting In gro ceries and mat markets generally which is disgustingly filthy," writer the woman. "When slicing boiled ham It is sliced on the block, then picked up by naked, dirty hands weighed, picked up again and wrap ped and givert to the customer. "Now a piece of clean paper laid where the meat would fall on it would obviate al this filth, and I am sure no one would object to paying for the weight of tissue paper." PRUNES, - 25c 3 pounds for GINGER SNAPS, pound FLOUR LOOK AT THESE Plllsbury, Gold Medal or g-barrel seek 'i-barrel sack 6c PRICES. r Ceresota, ...... -85c "1.60 3.10 Flour, 75c 1.49 '2-barrel sack. Unity and '8-barrel sack. '4-barrel sack., '-barrel sack. xxxx 2.98 AMERICAN FAMILY SOAP, 6 bars for. GRANULATED SUGAR, with order, 10 pounds 25c 58c i Music Co. JO

WORLD WIDE SEARCH ENDS III GRIFFITH

By the arrest at Griffith Wednesday of Salvatore Pecoraro, an Italian, Deputy Sheriff Blocki ended a world-wide search for the chief of a band of Italan murderers and paved the way for his extradition from the United States o Italy. The man was located by the Italian vice sonsul. Count I,uigl 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 Pi Martlno for the purpose of exacting 5,000 lire from a member of the family. On the night between the IS and 19 of October, 1905, the boy was murdered. It is for the double crime of child stealing and murder that Pecoraro Is wanted. In the conspiracy with Pecoraro were five other Italians. Four of them have PUT UP Hammond, Ind., May 16. alumet avenue is to be adorned 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 consideration was $4,000, which is probably the top notch price for Calumet avenue property considering the fact that the lots are shallow and sold for $1.25 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 & Savings bank, and Otto Knoerzer purchased the rest of the half "block. Buyer Ci-t Together. The purchasers of this property, who have all acquired their holdings within 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 rral 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 Insure the immediate renting of every one of the stores. Knoerzer has decided to divide his 70 feet frontage into three stores. He wm Duiid at once. The material for the bank building Is on the ground and Gostlin is having plans drawn for the building that is to o'ecupy the cor ner. Ti:e purchasers are all men of affairs in Hammond, and their confidence in the future of this prt of Calumet avenue i3 shown by their investments. It Is expected that the three buildings which will be erected at once will cost an aggregate of $40,000. woods still has five lots between State 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 district whete 'ne residents of that section will be able to buy anything they desire without being forced to go all of the way downtown It is the sudden appreciation of the fact that the groat east side is prac tically without a business district that has lead to the recent investment of capital by some of Hammcnd's most conservative men. WEST HAHIOfiO JOAN OFJRC ACTIVE Miss Brooks Receives Many Calls to Appear on the Lecture Platform. Hammond, Ind., May Id. Fame 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 these calls and next Monday evening she will be one of ,the principal speakers at the Civic Equality League banquet, which is to be given in Unity hall, Elgin. On the -25th of this month Miss Brooks will speak at the District Federation of Clubs at Morrison, 111. On Decoration day she is to speak at Galesburg, III. On June 5th, she is to address the Fortnightly club of the Indiana State university at Bloomington. Miss Brooks will attend a training school for Settlement and Social Workers. President MM of the Christian

not been apprehended and the fifth Is still at large. The murder occurred In the territory of Prizzi, 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

Interpreter. He refused to talk about the crime. convention met Miss Brooks yesterday. He Is connected with the faculty of the institution in which Miss Brooks Is to study the science of charity. The sub Jeet was include 1 in an Informal lec ture. He SDOke .o the assembled Sun day sdhool workers in the pulpit annex roomsA Miss Brooks was introduced. RHODE OUT OF HAMMOND NINE Favorite Resigns and New Fielder Will Be Seen in the Lineup. Hammond, Ind., May 16. With the exception of one new play er Hammond will line up against Gary at the H. A. A. park next Sunday after noon with the same line-up that was used against Valparaiso, and they will endeavor to show the steel city team and fans something about the national game. On , account of the resignation of C. Rhode a new center fielder by the name of View has been signed up. View hails from Benton Harbor, where he has played in fast baseball for the past two years, arom all reports he comes here with the record of being a pinch hitter and fast In the outfield. Although Gary has strengthened their line-up considerably, comparing last year's team,1 and this Hammond also has a much stronger team, and this Hammond also has a much strong er team and the baseball bugs are dop it out that Hammond will capture the bacon. On account of the heavy rain this week. Captain Fowler and his men have done little practice work,' bu hope to be in fine shape by Sunday. A force of men are at work putting clay on the grounds, and when com pleted Hammond expects to have on of the finest baseball parka in the re gion. Plans are now ready for a new 80-foot grand stand, which will Joi the old stand, giving a seating capacit of 1,000 people, besides the bleachers which will seat a like amount. FREDERICH MILLIES DIES OF CANCER Remains Will Be Taken to " Crown Point For Burial. i Hammond,. Ind., May 16. Frederick Millies, 42 Sheffield avenue, a resident of Hammond for a number of years and one of the first settlers of Crown Point, died of a cancer at the family residence " yesterday . afternoon, at 5.30 o'clock, following a lingering Illness of three years' duration. The funeral will occur from the family .residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The remains will then be taken to the German Lutheran church, on the north side, where services will occur at 9:30 o'clock. The Rev. Brauer will officiate and tise remains will be shipped to Crown Point oa the 11:50 Erie, where interment will be made. Mr. Millies came to Hammond from Crown Point, and during his residence her he has gained a wide circle of friends. Three years ago he w'as taken ill with a cancer, and since that time has shown little improvement and has been confined to his bed. During FRECKLE-FACE w Remedy That Remove Freckles or t'oatn Nothing. Here's a chance Miss Freckie-Face, to try a new remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable dealer that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles, while if it does give you a clear complexion, the expense is trifling. Simply get an ounce of othine double strength, from any first-class druggist and one night's treatment will show you how easy it is to rid yourself of the homely freckles and get a beautiful complexion. Rarely is more than one ounce needed for the worst case. Be sure to ask for the double strength othine. as this Is the onlv prescription sold under guarantee of money back if

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KAUPMANN & WOLF, HAMMOND, IND. TOMORROW IS The Last Day OF THE

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of Manufacturers Surplus Stocks which has been pronounced the greatest bona fide Bargain Event of its kind by many of the thousands of customers that continually swarmed the broad aisles of this great Store ever since the Sale opened last Monday morning. One More Day RemainsMany new lots of Bargains will be placed on Sale tomorrbw and prices will be cut to still lower levels on most everything that yet remains. Sale Closes Tomorrow Night at 10 o'clock

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HEALTH OFFICERS

THREE If ro'.iticians and private Interests will keep hands off at the next session of the Indiana legislature three health laws will tie enacted which will be of vital Interest to evtry one, particularly Lake county people. County and city health officials who attended a two day' health school" at Indianapolis, returned to their homes last night and this morning. Among the Iake count officials who were at the state capital were Dr. T. W. Oberlin of Hammond, secretary of the county board of health; Dr. W. D. "Weis of Hammond, Dr. Lauer of Whiting, Dr. Sauer of East Chicago, Dr. Fau-lds of (Jary and Dr. Chevlgny of Dyer. Dr. Obri!n .was appointed a member of the resolutions committee, and this committee will submit an outline of health laws to the next legislature. One of these proposed laws provides for a cpunt'y health commissioner, who Is to devote all of his time to the public health without giving any time to pri the past month his life has been hanging on a thread and little hopes were given out for his recovery and he passed away at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Millies was a retired farmer and "6 years old. Besides a wife he is sur-i vived by seven children five boys and two girls. GOING OVER THE BOOKS Hammond. Ind., iay IS. The city of West Hammond is anxiously awaiting the report of the condition of the village treasury as a result of the work of a number of accountants who have been going ove,r the books of the village for the past few days. It is said that when the report is made public that the village will be shown to be practically bankrupt and that a bad condition of affairs exists. There will be a meeting of the city council tonight. The meeting is an adjourned one, and will take up several matters ' of Importance. Among them will be the question of changing the ordinance providing for a wheel tax. Mayor K. M. Woszczynski will announce his appointment of corporation counsel at the meeting tonight. There will be other matters of import ace.

It Is expected that it will takethe.llna thia week, are said to have

liter vate practice. The city health boards, as now constituted, could be eliminated, and the county health official paid, a salary sufficient to warrant him giving up a practice. . The second law provides for a better and moie thorough-going system of M-nuo. 'nL.u, 1Ur v. tern is maaequnie, in iu n tea v ca u , . optional wiiii Biitwui uuaius ij ui yci j . . i . . i . . , i. 1 1 ; an mspecnon ui sc.. c...iUiC.. specttons. The third law, and a very vital one. to the rapid growing communities in Lake county is a more stringent housing law. The proposal law will set forth the minimum requirements for residence quarters. One of the most pleasing papers read In the "health school" was by Dr. O. Nesbit of Valparaiso, whose reputation has spread beyond the state for the excellent work that he has done In the matter of school sanitation. , several months before the wheels of the new administration get to running smoothly. BOYLES HEADS SOUTH SI0EASS0CIATI0II Interest in Prospective Improvements on the South Side Is Marked. Hammond, Ind., May 14. The South Side Improvement association 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 pronounced. A commimttee was appointed to take up certain important matters with the officers of the Hammond and Suburban Realty Co. SECTION MEN STRIKE OVER Section men on the Monon, who were reported out on strike nearly all along

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won in their contention with the company and are back at work again today. . The Hammond section men were not Involved . in the strike, the issues of which were time a half for Sunday and night work, and the guarantee of a full day's work during the winter 'months. Wherever the section "men went oh strike along the road, the company la said to have acceded to the demands of its employes. New Company Starts. j Incorporation papers for the Calu- . met Produce company of Hammond j were filed at Indianapolis this week, the incorporators being William and Louis Klitzke and Julius Dunsing. The cap,taj stock s gven at $10,000. The 1 company which has its offices at thfe corner of Oakley avenue and Clinton i 8treet does a wholesale business In dairy products, taking the whole Calumet region for hls-.market territory. 1 River Steadily Rising. The Little Calumet river Is reported to be rising again near Black Oak, thtj overflow being due to, the almost. dailydownpour 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 I water will rise h!gh enough to endan ger traffic. WHY ARB READER? YOU NOT A TIMES JUST TRY A 10 CENT BOX OF CASCARETS Insures you for months against a Sick Headache, Biliousness, Constipa-. : tion or a Bad Stomach. Put aside ; Just once the Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oils or purgative 1 waters which merely force a passageway through the bowels, but do not thoroughly cleanse, freshen and purify these drainage or alimentary organs', and have no effect whatever upon the liver and stomach. Keep your inside organs pure and fresh with Cascareta, which thoroughly cleanse the stomach, remove the ' undigested, sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the decomposed waste matter ami poisons in the intestines and bowels. ' A Cascaret tonight will make you feel great . by morning. They work while you sleep nevir gripe, sicken and cost only 10 cents a box from your druggist. Millions of men and womtn take a Cascaret now and then and never have H&adkche, Biliousness." coated tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipated bowels. Cascareta belong in every household. Children just-love to ta-ke- them- - r -