Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 285, Hammond, Lake County, 22 May 1912 — Page 1

rrm TO LAK EYENMG' EDITION IL iL VOL. VI., NO. 285. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Number 1 Ceiti Copy.)

WEATHER. UNSETTLED WEATHER, SHOWERS TODAY AND THURSDAY.

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FOLLOW THE ELECTIOi Story Regarding Possibilities Is Circulated in Gary by Sports Today

New Racing may he resumed in Lake county next year tf plans under way are not miscarried. Everything is dependent upon the November elections and if the state and local ticket goes right" the revival of the palmy days of a decade ago will be itnessed once more. This is the story that Gary hears today. It is stated on good authority that the racing will not be resumed at Roby and Forsythe but in some part of Gary. Six years ago when Gary was found

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Minority committeemen clashed with majorities at the regular meeting of the Hammond city council last night on two appropriations. The Issues involved were the purchase of a two-acre storage yard opposite the Simplex property and a $200 appropriation for extra help in the clt ytreasurer's office. The council supported both majority committees, leaving John Kane to stand alone against the purchase of additional city property, he having been the minority member of the committee appointed by Mayor Smalley some time ago to recommend a location for a new storage yard. In his objections to the $200 approprla-I tion for the city treas asurer's office .in Nicholas Lauer, the minority member of the finance committee, was supported by Councilmen Moriarty, Hower and , .KarHS,,Ci.uncU.m Eastwood and Cot- j ton were absent at the time the vote cm1 the acceptance of the committee's, report was taken, but Mr. Cotton came in later during the session. In explaining his position on the council floor Mr. Lauer said that he thought the present force in the city treasurer's office should be able to take care of the work, particularly now, if it was able to get along dirlng the rush season when Mr. Wolter went away on a vacation lasting several weeks. Yard to tout 912.0O0. On the storage yard question, Mr. Kane is of the opinion that the city already has enough property and that some of this should be utilized, but the other members of the committee took the position that this property either Tias no railroad facilities, or where it has. as in the case of the land in conMRS. HAMMOND ON PICKING HUSBANDS t , Jet r.?x Zi - "."&7. it?'. fit n "'A Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs. John Hays Hammond, wifs of the famous mining engineer, gives ten don'ts to girls contemplating matrimony. They are: .Don't marry a man ior money.' "Don't be afraid to marry a man becauke he lias been in love before." Don't let any other woman lnlluence your Judgment in choice. Choose lor yourself." "Don't' accept any gifts except candy, books or Mowers, and man's heart-whole atlection until the wedding day, or near it." "Don't marry a man for ancestry alone, ior stock runs oat." "Don't marry foreigner. It requires a sacrifice 'of individuality." "Don't marry because of propinquity." "lKn't marry without getting the advice of a physician." ' Don't marry nniees the man is lionest and competent in . the affairs of We." "Don't abandon -all common . tense In your choice."

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ed a local racing promoter is said to have gone down to Indianapolis with $23,000 in his pockets to lobby in the legislature to have it pass a racing bill and repeal the obnoxious statute but in those days everything was so Puritanical that the legislature was acting in just the opposite way and it became so fanatic, as the promoters termed it, that a bill prohibiting a man to smoke cigarettes was passed. A man who is close to the racing game is said to have stated that Lake county may witness the revival of the sport before the end of next year.

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nection with Calumet-Conkey avenue fire station, where Erie switch tracks might be had, it is not centrally enough located. The tract recommended by the committee last night is a strip of land opposite the Simplex property, bounded on the north by the C, I. & L switch track, on the east by Hohman street, on the south by the E.. J. & E. tracks, on the west by the Monon tracks. The triangular strip is valued by its owners, Gostlin. Meyn & Co., at J12.000. By consent of all the councilman present, Sohl avenue, commonly known as Jesse street, was named Jesse street order to fix the name on the records. Sohl street, however, remains intact as far as Its name is concerned. Permission was given the county commissioner to. occupy Sheffield ayeiO; the south part of Hohman street ami the Humpfer road for the purpose of grading and macadamising these highways. The light committee was instructed to make a report to the council how the city is faring in the matter of getting light, whether the city is receiving the stipulated candle power which the city Is entitled to under the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company's franchise. A lively scrap is looked for in the West Hammond council meeting tonight over the appointment of a corporation counsel. It Is indorsed nn poration counsel. It Is understood that a number of the councilmen who favored Belinskl have changed their minds on the grounds that the situation was mis-represented to them. An effort will be made by the mayor to re-establish harmony between himself and the members of the council, it is generally conceded that Belinskl. who has formerly been associated with the grafters In West Hammond, Is not the man for the place. HAMMOND IS PLEASED AT THE RESULT. The people of Hammond are as much pleased over the passage of the East Chicago and Indiana Harbor franchises as though It had been don'e by the Hammond city council. Industrially the cities of Hammond and East Chicago are so close together that their interests are identical. It is not surprising then that the city of Hammond rejoices that East Chicago has removed the last obstacle to the beginning of work by the Baldwin people. . . Hammond admired the spirit of the people of East Chicago in pulling off its automobile parade last evening. It demonstrated their public spirit and attracted attention to the fact of the pro gressive spirit of the city. Incidentally there are a number of Hammond people who have made important investments in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor so that for selfish, as well as other reasons, they are pleaspd with the action of the council In disposing of the franchise matters. TWO FROM HAMMOND. Milwaukee, Wis., My 22. MilwaukeeDowner college will graduate fortyseven young women from its three departments June 14 and 15." Among them will be the following from Hammond: College course Eunice Meikle. Home economics Gretchen Bauer. If you are a Judge of quality try a La Vendor Cigar.

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MOVE TO PLACE ONE TERM LIMIT ON PRESIDENCY CREATES WIDE INTEREST

At tha top, W. E. Borah and A. O. I V '" Eberhart; at bottom, lee Cruce. i V' -j- ' J There is a very strong movement j w 3?fei ' I nn tnnt at Wiohlnrton. led by Senat- f ' . 1

or .Works, of California, to submit a tyl s 7 constitutional amendment extending ssw 1 the president's term from four to 'jmy' I six years . and prohibiting re-elec- 1 n

S Li I ,s letu3,n th opposition to the pro-I . V. v- I il II I posed change. Many public men out- I jf 5 v"' If I ill! sldo of eoniTMi have Tcnaied I S . "'" I I I

- opinion as to the ad risibility of a I V f i I change. Governors Eberhart, of I J Minnesota, and Cruce, of Oklahoma, ! 'I VJ" have declared unequivocally In fa- I " p. vor of the proposed amendment. mmmJ - : ir - on i nniipu iTyiiniliTV

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p.osj.Hn. Meyn & C(V report (nat they have closed, twenty-two deals, involving $100,000, in the past ten days. This has been in" spite of the fact that the weather has been so bad that people have not been encouraged to go out and look at property. An interesting thing about these transactions is the fact that fully 90 j per cent of the sales have been made to j outside parties. This means that $90,000 of outside money has come into the region in this brief tmle. Heretofore Gary has been about the only city in the region that has done much real estate busnesls outside of the city. In- fact most of the sales of Gary real estate in the past five years have

been to outsiders. I tne most spectacular parade Now the cities of North township are that has ever been witnessed in the attracting attention of the outside Calumet region. East Chicago and Inworld and this means that there will dlana Harbor last night celebrated the

be a great Influx of capital there in the next two years. GAS GOES UP. UTO OWNERS KICK Agent Burk of S. O. Company Has Several Nice Little Reasons. A good many people are inquiring the reason for the increase in the price, of gasoline from D4 to 12 cents a gallon, A. J. Burk, the agent of the Standard Oil company in this locality, said today in response to inquiries about the matter: 'There are 250,000 more automobiles this year than there were last. That vastly increases the consumption and has a tendency to Increase the price. "In addition to this the oil fields furnishnig a high grade of crue oil, which contained a large amount, of the oils of great volatility are being pumped dry." The oil producing companies are compelled to use the Texas and California crue oils which do not contain so much gasoline. Oil today, however, is not at the top figure. Gasoline has sold as high as 13 Vfc cents a gallon lit recent years. Accepts ContractThe board of public works at Its meeting this morning accepted the contract and bond of Charles Lavene for I the Grover street sewer section B and the contracts and bonds of Henry Roennau for the 117th and I16th and Lake avenue walks. The contract for the Indiana avenue pavement section C was awarded to the firm of Downey & Portz. A petition for a six-foot walk on Pearl street was accepted and the engineer Instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the same. Bids for the Cameron street pavement were opened and taken under advisement until June 7th. Bids were alao opened for the JWaltham street pavement and taken! under advisement until June 7th. '

Spectacular Demonstration , , , , , . , xuaae oy iiunarea Autos, and Wildly Enthusiastic Harbor and East Chicago Folk Celebrate Victory. passing by the East Chicago city council of the street ear franchises, to the Red Line and the Gary and Interurban. One hundred automobiles ablaze with torch lights, a fanfare of strident horns and the crashing of martial music by a brass band, these were features of the brilliant moving spectacle. The main streets down . which the pageant moved, were lined with a multitude of citizens, setting off fire works in which red and green light figured most conspicuously, and cheering the procession as it passed on its way. Start la East Chicago. The parade started at East Chicago from the city hall at 6 o'clock. It was ! headed by "W. B. Van Home's machine ln which Mayor Schlieker was seated and on each 8ld? of th machine were streamers bearing the significant sIoan "We Will Now Commence Work." as it appeared in yesterday's Times. Julius Friedman's 'big ,uto truck swathed in patriotic bunting fol(Contlnued on pugs 8.) THREE FROM HAMMOND (Special to The Times.) Chicago, May 22. Advance copies of the 1912-13 edition of "Who's Who in America" have been issued by A. X. Marquis & Co.. the publishers. This is the seventh volume of the book. There are IS, 794 biographies in the volume. i The standard of admission requires!

that persons must have prominent of-I Christian baptism. The scriptures say ficlal position, be connected with most! "Repent and he baptised." The quesexclusive societies or have attained ; tion, "Resolved, that water baptism is special prominence in creditable lines j necessary to a Christian experience," of effort. 'will 'be debated in the course of a proThe book is issued once in two years. 1 gram and fellowship social at the MonThe biographies of the following j roe street M. E. church Thursday evenHammond persons are included: Johnjing. Two men well versed in scripH. Gillett, Jesse Wilson and Alfred A. j ture will handle the question and all

Winslow. Death of Baby Kemp. Hazel Lucella Kemp, the two-year-old I daughter of Fred W. Kemp, 526 Gar - field avenue. West Hammond, died at the family residence last night at 6:30 o'clock following an illness lasting only three days. The funeral will be hejd from the famiy residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. C. J. Sharp will conduct the services and interment will occur at Greenwood cemetery in the family lot.

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CtiJLU 7i.atC3 UlUiCA AiUlliC- I plant is to locate on the Little Caluess' met river southwest of Gary and just i (west of Black Oak are current in A fire of mysterious origin which Gary. , started in an old school house that was! SITE TAPPED BY RAILWAYS, being moved to Pullman avenue in j Th story 8ot out when Chicago

five two-story ' Burnham, destroyed houses, made ten families homeless, endangered the lnmher-varrt nf th Ttrt ern Steel Car & Foundry company, and possibly cremated a man, who boarded j in-one or.the houses. It is the. worst fire that Burnham ever had. Fontfire departments fought the flames for several hours before . they were gotten, under control The old school house was being moved from Clark avenue to Pullman avenue by Joe Gapsewitz, who Intended to locate It next to his saloon and convert it into a dance hall. It is said that this displeased a number of his neighbors and that threats against him were made. The origin of the fire is to be rigidly investigated. Many Burned On. There were two families in each of (Continued, on Page S.) EEIS OE DN RAILS (Special to The Times.) Pyer, Ind., May 22.- John Cannon a colored man was killed on the E. J. Sc. E. tracks near Hartsdale yesterday morning when he was struck zy an E, J. & E. train. A friend who was with Cannon witnessed the accident, and said that Cannon was on his way home in Mississippi. The body was taken to Mike Fagen's undertaking establishment, where it will be held pending an answer from relatives for its disposition. TWENTY ACRES ARE SOLD AHESSVILLE $300 Per Acre Paid for Land - Five Miles From HammondTransfer of another big tract of land east of Hessville and between Gary and Hammond has been made. Twenty acres in the west half of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, township 36 north, range 9 west, has been deeded to Lucy C. Bull by Elmer T. Thoman and wife. The consideration stated is J5.000, which would place the land at $300 an acre. ''"His property is about one mile east ! 0f Hessville and is adjacent to the Man j ufacturers" addition to Hammond. t . Debate on Baptism. Is water baptism necessary to a interested are cordially invited. Re freshments will follow the program. McKinley Club Meeting. 1 The McKinley club of Hammond will ! hold a special meeting at Moose hall in the Seneca building on State street Thursday evening. May 23, and it is desired that "all members and workers of the republican party will make an effort to be present. Following the routine work and important matters which are to be taken up a social hour will be held and refreshments will be served.

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Chicago Capitalists Known to Have Looked Over Site on HammondBlack Oak Road.

Rumors that another bie steel capitalists looked over the site in question which is crossed Dy two railways, the Nickle Plate and tho lE,gln JHet aDd Eastern' whih CO"i.fn ,lh nil ilia ttul nllllll il necta with all of the steel plants in the city. 550 ACHES IV LATTER. The'.prospective sites are owned by James McKenna and John Brennock and comprise nearly 550 acres. This LATEST NEWS THE COLONEL WINS. t Columbus. O., May 22. A sweeping victory for ex-President Theodore Roosevelt as republican choice ior ine presidency ana ior tioy. juuson Harmon as the democratic choice was the result of the-state wide primary held in -Ohio yesterday- one of Ohio's '"favorite sons" President t Taft, lost in the contest. With th probabilities that there may be an

j increase as later returns come in, itiof Anthony Baukus, who left the coun

ts esumaiea mat kx. itooseven naa a i i m i plurality ot approximately iu.uuu; i J ........ over President Taft in the popularity contest as expressed, through the selection of the delegates to the na tional convention. Taft so far has carried only three districts. There is a division in two. Taft will have probably 12 delegates and Roosevelt 32. BIG FIRE LOSS. Flint, Mich., May 22. Lightning struck the main building of the Michigan State School for the Deaf today starting a fire, which caused a loss of $400,000. BANK IS CLOSED. Sheboygan, Wis., May 22. Following the death of Frederick Karste its president the German bank of this city has been closed by state banking commissioner at the request of the directors who hve desired that a -thorough examination be made before resuming business. The bani: has a capital of $250,000 and deposits of about $3,000,000. Delegation to Washington. There will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce at the office of William J. Whlnery at 8 o'clock tonight for the purpose of considering the matter of sending a delegation to Washington to urge the necessity of action at this session of congress ln the matter ofJ securing an appropriation for the harbor, canal and river. The meeting is a very Important one and should he attended by all of the directors. It is said that information has been received that a Lake county delegation would be received by the committee on commerce of the senate and shown every consideration. Those who will go as representatives of this region are: A. M. Turner and W. J. Whlnery of Hammond, A. G. Lundquist and Chas. E. Fowler of East Chicago and Beaumont Parks and Frank N. Gavit of Whiting. Cross Is Press Agent. Lake Woods park, the pleasure resort on the Gary & Interurban, between Hammond and Gary, opens next Sunday, and according to the prediction of the management, will be '"bigger and better' 'than ever. Good band concerts will be one of the strongest attractions at the park. Harold Cross, a Hammond boy, is connected with the amusement park in the capacity of press agent, a position which he filled successfully last year. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING taln nafigl of the aeTra of work t W had.-

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F property is about four miles south of the Baldwin Locomotive works. A significant fact in connection with the deal is that large realty owners in West Gary intend to ask the board of public works to open up Englewood avenue from Ninth to Twenty-fifth avenues. CANNOT VERIFY STORY. Brennock's and McKenna's property is crossed by the Black Oak-Hammond road. It Is stated that the new industry would use pig iron " and open, hearth steel from local mills and that it would turn out. a finished product. No' further Information regarding the supposed industry can be gained and the story cannot be verified. However, a man in close touch with the realty and industrial situation says that there is "something doing." CASE WILL E UP SATURDAY ., Nxt-r Saturday, f accord. In g tQ. D. E. Boone, the question will come up at Crown Point before Special Judge Ver non Van Fleet of defaulting the bond o.juh n i-r ue w inuici on m charge of craft. . " I J'ou think t hat Baukus will come back in time to save his bondsmen." 'Boone was asked. 'I have no means of knowing," said Boone. "He may or may not be back. The case against Walter Gibson is now in the supreme court on appeal. This will have to be disposed of In the regular manner. If the supreme court holds that the trial -was all right Gibson may be the only man to suffer. REMARKABLE CAREER IN THE PHILLIP PINES Gillmer. To have spent two years in tha wilds of Mindanao, the only white man in the district; to have worked among the wild men and cannibals of the mountains who n?ver befora had seen a white man. and as & result to have organized forty towns and villages into practically selfgoverning districts; to have abolished slavery and tribal warfare; this is the exciting adventure which ha been the experience of R. A. Gillmore, a former Kalamazoo, Michigan boy, who less than fourteen years ago was a porter in a Kalamazoo hotel. Today he is the first lieutenant of the Phtlllpplne scouts, and deputy governor and tribal justice of the district of Davao, in Mindanao

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