Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 291, Hammond, Lake County, 29 May 1912 — Page 1

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VOL. VI., NO. 2pl. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1912ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.) SPEEDERS IN RACE CANDIDATES FILL AIR OF NEW JERSEY WITH FERVID ORATORY ALMOST TILL THE VERY HOUR OF THE PRIMARIES.

CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIP VOTES AGAINST SALOONS

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(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., May 29. Two persons narrowly escaped instant death on Indiana boulevard last night when a large seven passenger Rambler automobile, speeding at the rate of 45 miles an hour, plunged into two telephone poles and Bkidded Into the ditch and throwing the occupants out of the car. The injured were: Mike Jusko of Whiting, . cut about body by wind shield, wrist and two .fingers Injured, arm torn about 12 inches. Taken to office of Dr. Tut nam. Carl S. Vonraup, chauffeur. 1462 Michigan 'avenue, Chicago, bruised about body. The autmobile was used as a demonstrater and the two men were in Hammond earlier in the -day where they were trying to make a sale. At eight o'clock they started back and near the Indiana pipe line office on Indiana boulevard near Stieglit parkt the ac

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Assessor Compiles Figures Showing Valuations of T" 1 T L m-x-i jrersonai jrropeixy; jlouu Amount of $6,000,000 Does Not Include Railroads, etc. Assessor B. E. Escher of North township has just completed the ..work of valuing JJ personal jrprtjr in bis 4 irttM w; 3Tij - tnral" hnv that the , valuation of personal property In North tomnsMp amounts to 5,&t8,173and Improvements to the amount of $665,777. The city of Whiting shows, an ln- - crease of $1,006,812 over last year, due to Improvements that have been made In the plant of the Standard OH company. Owing to the fact that Escher has mislaid last year's figures he Is unable ' to tell what the increase Is over last year, although he thinks It is in the; neighborhood of 11,000.000. The fact should be borne In mind that . the figures given herewith do not Include the railroads, pipe lines. telegraph and telephone lines and other things of this nature that are added to the list by the stats. The following is the valuation in the various cities and towns of North township: City Personal. , Imp. Polls. Highlands ... 15.765 $ 1.S50 68 Munster ..... . 27,670 .. .. 56 North Twp... 3,430 , 1,300 95 East Chicago. 81,295 57,955 2.160 Hammond ... 1.076,090 931.100 2,609 Whiting 8,210,251 514.072 86 Totals $5,928,173 $665,777 5.853 MARSE HENRY SAYS TEDDY IS iNSANE 4i Henry Watterson. "Marse" Henry Watterson, ' th Democratic war-horse and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Bays that Col. Roosevelt is insane. He doesn't beat around the bush as sorns timid souls would do, and suggest that possibly the colonel ! a little oft; he cornea right out in his paper with the statement that, "the Roosevelt propaganda is the Invocation of a madman to civil war." Marse Henry has also said some disagreeable things about his fellow Democrats. Messrs Bryan and Wilson, but his remarks about them look like praise in comparison with what he has to say about our only living ex-president.

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cident occurred. Anxious to get back Into Chicago and to escape the rain, Vanraup raced his machine. Directly in front of them on the same side of the road another automobile, raced towards them and in his endeavor to escape collided with the coming auto, Vonraup's machine went into the ditch. The Rambler car first plunged tnj. a telegraph pole and snapping it in two as if It were paper, the machine journeyed on to the next telegraph pole, which also was broken. In his attempt to miss the second pole Vonraup sent the big car Into the

ditch which contained several feet of water. Juska was thrown through the wind shield as the car came to a stop while Vonraup escaped with only a few bruises. Juska was taken to Dr. Putnam's office at Whiting on a street car where his Injuries were cared for. The machine license number wi 113. The auto was badly damaged SPEEDERS ARE FINED BY JUD6E BARHETT Chicago Scorchers Plead Guilty in Hammond City CourtThree of the automobile speeders who were arrested by Captain Hanlon last Sunday for violating the city speed ordinance, pleaded guilty before Judge Barnett In the city court this morning receiving fines of $5 nd costs amounting to $15 each They -were: James ' Coupland . 5121 Alice avenue. Chicago. John N. Nichols, 6747 Euclay ave nue, Chicago. Cecil Dunkley, 6d40 Euclid avenue. Chicago. Some of the Chicago automobile drivers and others complained of the way they were arrested and the treat ment they received from the Hammond' police department, but the local police .want it known that the automobile speeders will come to grief when they come like speed demons through Hammond endangering - life and property. As it is, they get off mighty easy at $5 and costs for when speeders get pulled In Chicago it is generally amounts In the neighbor hood of $50 to $100. CHECK THIEF IS T TO Stanley Strzyzewski, Trailed by Hammond Police, Pleads Guilty. By the efficiency and hard work of the Hammond police department another criminal, Stanley Strzyzewski, 23 years old, was sent to the penitentiary this morning. He was fined $25 by Judge Relter In the superior court and sentenced from twi) to fourteen years' imprisonment. The cause of Strxyzewski's downfall occurred last November when he stole a $35 check belonging to Joseph Kruse of West Hammond. He went to the Lion store, where he bought a box of cigars and received money and cigars in exchange for the check. The forgery was at once reported to the police, who upon looking for the forger at his home at 16 184th place. West Hammond, found that Strzyzewski had made his get away by going to Chicago. For several months the Hammond police have been on his trail and several times were ready to lay their hands on him, but each time he slipped away. , The Chicago police were then given his description and by the aid of the usual woman in the case, Strzyzewski wsa located and placed under arrest last Monday. ' He was then brought to Hammond, where he begged that he might settle the case and plead guilty before Judge Reiter. UNFORUNATE IS WOMAN DISCHARGED Alvina "Monine, who was found in an Intoxicated condition on Truman avenue by Officers Horlbeck and Law last night, was placed under arrest and brought to the police station, where sh spent the night in the woman's quarters. This morning she asked that she might he released and after promising that she would give the police no more trouble she was discharged by Chief Austgen. Another Schmuesser Heir. John Schmuesser. the well known dealer in paints anil wall Daner. is the ; father of a bouncing baby, boy which I was born Monday. The youngster and us moiner are aoing well. John is receiving the congratulations of his many friends. The Schmuesser home Is now blessed with five girls and two boys.

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Col. Roosevelt eolno Jersey campaign. For one full week before the opening of the N'evij Jersey polls Tuesday afternoon, that little state fairly seethed and sizzled with politics. Candidates Taft, Roosevelt aind La Follette visited even the little hamlets in their quest for votes. President Taft made his last appeal to the voter in a speech delivered Tuesday afternoon. The polls

opened at one. Col. Roosevelt left Demand for ' - Residential Acreage Property Increases With Contract Let ting for Hohman Street Extension to River. Among the important which will be taken up at questions the June meeting of the board of county commissioners next Monday will be the question of a bridge over the little Calumet on Hohman street, which is to be paved this year to that river. Contracts have already been let for the straightening and paving of Hohmna street. The map of Hammond, south of Kenwood avenue, will be materially changed this year, and some marvelous improvements are to be made on what has been known as the Humpfer homestead. ' The typographical condition of that section of the city and its conversion into a beautiful residence district are now matters of local history. When Fred Humpfer, two years1 ago, tired to interest Hammond people in the fifty-acre tract in the homestead, he was not met with much encouragement. But times have changed, and by persistent effort In showing the advantages of the land Mr. Humpfer quietly interested a number of well known people in the acreage and developments followed rapidly. W. G. Paxton bought twenty acres fContinued on Pag 5.) ROOSEVELT AND WILSON CARRY NEW JERSEY Kewa rk, N. J. most sweeping May 29. One of the . victories Theodore Roosevelt has won in the primaries since he began, his campaign for the republican presidential nomination was recorded yesterday by the republican voters of New Jersey. Indict tions based on incomplete returns are that the colonel carried every congressional district in the state, as well as the state at large, and that all tho twenty-eight delegates New , Jersey will send to Chicago will be Roosevelt men. 1 Colonel's Lead About lO.OOO. Col. Roosevelt's indicated plurality on the preferential vote is 10,000. , Senator LaFollette made a showing in every county, but his vote, as furas counted,, indicated that he would not get more than 2 per cent of the total. The president made a good showing in the city of Newark and this . en -couraged the managers of the Taft organization to send to the white houi a few cheerful messages early in the evening. YVIlMon Loses Four Delegates. Gov. Wilson's triumph on the democratic side was only a trifle less complete than that of Roosevelt. The governor lost four delegates out of th! twenty-eight, and these four were elected from Essex county the stronghold of the anti-Wilson machine, where he had had no hopes if I winning.

UlfiPFER TRACT IS GOING FAST

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kcttice. ( te her In repft te te hereee, livlag aad dead, to whom lemori! day 1 dedicated, and in oHtfr that It. employe, may participate tat? a flttlaa; oiMier-vatlon, the regular publications of The Times ewspapera vi II he aaMpeaded tomorrow. Extras trill he Issued shoald new. of sufflrleat Importance necessitate f hi. With the .enormous amount of construction work that is going on In the Calumet region it is almost impossible to get teams to do the work. There Is not a teaming contractor of any j consequence in tne region but who could use from ten to twenty additlon- ' at teams If he could H-et them Most of the contractors are advertising for teams and are having difficulty in getting them. When the work of grading the grounds of the Baldwin Locomotive works and the site of the Northwestern Iron company begins it is expected that a large number of teams will have to be Imported. The shortage of teams is being felt now and it is expected that the conditions will be worse as the summer progresses. Good teams are hard to find and even the poor ones are scarce. GIRL JREAKS LEG ESCAPING FATHER Foreigner's Brutality Said to Have Forced Girl Out of Window. After being reprimanded by her father, Joseph Trinke, an East Hammond saloonkeeper, and to escape further punishment that was being Inflicted upon her, Mary Trinke, his daughter. ' l" uUl oi a seconamgni. ana as a aouii. cue rct:cn tt nrOKen ies:. a The story, as told, is to the effect that the girl had been to a dance Saturday night, and upon: coming home late, the father scolded the daughter and pushing her Into the house, he cruelly mistreated her. Following her upstairs Trinke kept up his brutal treatment and to escape further punishment the young giri jumped out pf a second-story window. Stunned by the fall and with a broken leg she was unable to rise from the ground. Help was called for and the girl was removed to St. Margaret's hospital, where she Is reported getting along as well as can be expected this morning. It is reported that an officer at the Standard, who Is a foreigner, was standing nearby and never attempted to intervene or aid the girl in any way, saying that it served her right. ' Cp to this morning no warrants were sworn out for Trinke's arrest, so ConStable Huber took th matter into his own hands and will endeavor to have Trinke punished in Judge Prest's court. DECORATION DAY DAXCKS. Don't miss those two special holtday dances at DaPron's. Matinee at 2:30 till 5:30. Gents 25 cents and ladies 10 cents. Evening reception 8:30 till 12 at. regular Drlces.

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Long -ExpecteaTlaffib? Arrangements Between Illinois Central and Suburban Railway Will Eliminate Transfer Delays. The long-expected and long-dealyed transportation facilities on the South Shore line are to be made at last, for, according to The Inter-Ocean this morning, the Illinois Central will, beginning next Sunday, hitch its engines onto the South Shore line cars at Pullman. Fierce rivalry, which has existed between steam and electric railways, is expected to give way to brotherly love, if a first step In that direction by which the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Traction company gains entrance to Chicago over the Illinois Central railroad's tracks counts for anything. Beginning Sunday the electric trains will be carried over the Illinois Central suburban line3 fromPullman to the Randolph street station by Illinois Central engines. Seven through trains from Randolph street to Gary, Ind., will be operated dally, the traction company's cars being attached to an Illinois Central engine at ensington. The service will start at 7:4s a. m. ana every nour ana a half thereafter traThs will arrive at Randolph street. S. G. Hatch, passenger traffic manager of the Illinois Central, yesterday said that the arrangement had been considered almost since the traffic Continued orwpage five.) DR. HOW AT GIVEN MASONIC HONOR Hammond Masons today received the good news from Indianapolis that Ir. W. F. Howat was elected irrand junlor deacon of the grand lodge of Indiana, which honor places him In direct line . for ultimate election to Vlie office of grand master. Last year Dr. Howat held the office of grand marshal. The grand lodge is in session today. Attorney Lincoln V. Cravens of Hammond was one of the speakers at the entertainment of the grand lodge visitors and delegates last night. WANT SURPLUS LICENSE MONEY Attorney Emmet N. White, of the Arm of Seabright & White, of Gary, has filed two cases In which his clients, Peter Romanyak and George Wilson, seek to recover $300 from the tity of Gary for saloon license fees they paid before the courts decided thatthe $200 fee was legal. There were only a few of the saloonkeepers of Gary who took this precaution to pay the $500 fee, so that there will not be many of these cases filed. The court is said to have given judgment for that amount in one case. If you smoke a LaVendor once yo will always call for them.

Lowell and Shelby Both Remain in Dry Ranks. Wets Divided Against Themselves Give Opponents Victory.

(Special to The Times.) Lowell. Ind., May 29. Cedar Creek township, containing the towns of Lowell and Shelby, remains dry for at least another two years, according to the election yesterday. The vote resulting in a majority of 30 dry votes was as follows: Lowell j Dry 151 Wet '. 243 Total .. .494 Dry Majority 8 Shelby ' Pry 7 Wet 64 Total 1J0 Dry majority.... 22 Total dry majority.... 30 The battle of ballots In Cedar Creek township was one of the most Intens-i in the history of Lake County. It Is the second victory that the drys have won on this question, the saloons having been put out of business two years by remonstrance. Autos In Campaign. Hardy had the polls opened at six o'clock in the morning when automobiles began going out after voters and IN BUSY SESSION Approves Resolution for Wider Lots? Makes 4th of July Plans. The monthly meeting of he Federal Council of Churches met at the Methodist church in Kast Chicaro, Tuesday afternoon. The regular business was transacted. Reports of committees were heard and acted upon.- -1 A plan for promoting a Fourth, of July celebration' was adopted. It was believed that as the war of 1812 being practically a second declaration of independence, this centennial year should be especially recognized. - A committee was appointed to see if a suitable park could be had and if co-operation could be assumed. On the motion of a layman the following resolution was proposed and after full discussion was unanimously adopted: RKSOLVED, that in the Interest of public health and morals, this federation rec6mmends to the city councils and boards of public works of the Calumet region, that no new allotments be permitted nor plats approved In which the residence lots have a less width than thirty feet and that this resolution be referred to the Chambers of Commerce and Commercial clubs for their endorsement. The next meeting of the Federal councils Is to be a picnic for members ! and their families at Lake Front park the last Tuesday in June. AUTO TOURISTS HAVE DISAGREEABLE DAY (Special to The Times.) Rensselaer, Ind.. May 29. Ed. Smith, sporting editor of the Chicago American, and a party of friends on their way to the Indianapolis races. j were ditched fifteen miles north of this ' place tits morning, when their car, a sixty-horsepower National, skidded on i the slippery roads. No one was sej rlously Injured. Accidents of a minor nature to auto tourists are plentiful. The roads affording anything but good driving, the weather is miserable and the promise is that the autoists will pull Into the capital city this evening stiff, cold and sore. "REVOLUTION" , AT TvTTT.T.Tt!"R. I If it doesn't take place tomorrow then It will Friday the Mexican revolution at Miller beach. A Chicago motion film company has j been busy all week bulldtng the "City jof Mexico" which Is to be attacked "by General Orozco and his rebel gang IThe black beard for President Madero (arrived yesterday and several heavy j brown cassocks for the Spanish friars twill have to be worn however warm the weather may be. A number of Lake county people intend to go to Miller beach to see how moving picture war battles are arranged. THIS XEWSPAl'EK IS THE TRAD Ik PAPER OK THE CONSUMERS OK THU riTV nK TME !'K!M.K WHO . t:r!r: siiti iei.

till the polls closed at six o'clock la the evening, they were kept busy. At least fifteen machines were employed, by the two contending parties, and the showers that fell intermittently were not permitted to interfere with the day long both sides claimed the victory and so positive were the wets of victory that they made arrangements for securing license. Out of the total 640 votes in Cedar Creek township 624 were cast. Had the wets presented a solid front they would have won, but instead they were divided among themselves. They failed to unite on the two saloonkeepers who alone under the law are entitled to operate, and some of the would-be saloonkeepers fearing that a

wet victory would be a vain one for them, threw their forces to the drys. The drys were not slow to take advantage of this, and their united efforts brought them victory. Under the present law it will be two years before another effort can b made to re-establish the saloon business in Lowell, and some recent examples of stringent law enforcement stand as a warning to would-be "blind piggers." Memorial Day Will Be Fittingly Observed Tomorrow Indoor and Outdoor Programs in Gary and Hammond. Patriotism will be on parade In tha various cities of Lake county tomorrow. Bodies of citizens, representing the churches, lodges lyid civic and commercial associations will march with veterans to pay tribute to the cause and its martyrs. Prayerful Memorial services will be conducted at the graves of the region's honored dead, i But many will celebrate and not commemorate. In the realm of sport and amusement circles special endeavor will be ade to draw the pleasure-gonlg class. Whether the ball park and summer resort will have the greater attendance is hard to determine. To every plat of ground where the dead are burled mothers, brothers, sisters and fathers ' will go laden with flowers. The thoughts of the people will be of the past. Not only the soldiers of the civil war, but the men who championed great causes will be remembered. Hammond Is to have a big parade. In which -fifty bodies of different civlo (Continued on pags 8.) NVr OFFICER TO SAIL AROUND WORLD Lieut. Frank L. Austin. Lieut. Frank L. Austin, Yj. S. N.. has been assigned as navigating officer of the new revenue cutter "Unalga," to take that vessel around tn viond. she ill . sail about June i.

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