Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 17, Hammond, Lake County, 8 July 1912 — Page 1

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II AUTO ACCIDENT

Deputy Clerk of Courts Herbert Wheaton and Family in Smashup on the Cobe Course East of Lowell. (Special to Thb Timks.) Lowell. Ind.. July 8. Herbert Whea ton, deputy county clerk, his wife and little son and the Misses Emma Atnsworth and Myrtle Stliaon. all of Crown Point were the principals in an excit ing and rather serious automobile ac cldent Saturday evening at 6:80 o'clock. The auto party were on their way to the river to remain over Sunday at the club house and when about a quar ter of a mile south of Lewis McNay's place, east of Lowell, the steering gear refused to work and the machine. which was going only about fifteen miles an hour ran into a telephone pole, breaking the pole and the occu pants of the auto were thrown over the fence into an oat field and all more or less injured but Mr. Wheaton. Mrs. Wheaton received a sprained ankle and was scratched about the face and body, her son's head was cut and face scratched. Miss Ainsworth had a rib broken and both knees bruised and rut and Miss Stllson was scratched about the face. Dr. Houk of Crown Point was summoned and arlved in a big auto arid dressed the wounds of the injured ones. Several stitches had to be taken in the wound on the boy's head. Mr. Wheaton's machine being badly smashed up the party were taken back to Crown Point in Dr. Houk's machine. ' aiio rnnn HLLu rnuif !AT AND DROWN Police of the Hegewlsch station nre dragging the Calumet river for the - body of Carl Schwartz, engineer of engine company No. 97 of the fire department, who was drowned near One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth strets Friday night. He fell from a motorboat while &tympting to fix a flagpole in the ste"rn. C. II. Johnson, 11314 Stephenson avenue, and M. Hoffman, 11312 Morse avenue, were in the boat with Schwarts. They tosed life preservers toward thi spot where he was last seen, but told the police they did not see him come to the surface. Schwarts was 26 years old and lived at 13418 Superior avenue, South Chicago. He had ben a member of the fire department for a number of years. -The motorboat was owned by him and he spent the greater part of his spare time on the river. WANTS STEEL CARS IN MAIL SERVICE . Urban Walter. Of the many "publications with a purpose" issued in this country, on of the most unique is "The Harpoon." published at Denver, which exls'ts for tha sole purpose of securing steel cars for use in the railway mall service. Practically every railway mall clerk In the country is a subscriber to this publication which is edited by Urban A. Walter. One of Mr. Walter's unusual methods of urging the need of such cars Is by the publication of photographs of wrecks which occur in all parts of the country and which show how ordlnariy wooden '.ara have been ground to bits.

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18 ATTEND AFFAIR Owing to the fact that Secretary J. K. Stlnson failed to send out notices for the banquet of the Lake County Bar Association, held In the Masonic temple last Saturday evening there were only 18 members present. The banquet was served by Mrs. Mary Epker for 13 a plate and those who partok of it say that it was one of the best spreads that have ever been laid out in Hammond. Preparations were made for about 40 persons. The banquet was the occasion for the annual election of officers. D. J, Moran was elected president and Erie G. Sproat was selected secretary. John F. Reilly was elected treasurer. The announcement of the banquet was made in court last Friday but this was all the publicity it got. None of the newspapers were notified. The guests of honor were to be the four Judges of the courts of the county but Judge Virgil S. Reiter was the only one present. Judge Becker was out of the city and Judges Kopelke and McMahon did not know about It. John F. Reilly was elected permanent chairman of the banquet committee. On the first Friday of the next term of court, following the summer vacation, there will be what is to be known as the lawyer's institute to which the lawyers of the county and the public at large Is to be invited. At this institute papers will be read which will define the relation of the lawyer to his client. It will attack the unprofessional conduct of certain lawyers. In the evening the members of the bar association only will be invited to the banquet. At the banquet there were no set speeches outside of that delivered by Judge Virgil S. Reiter. The discussion of the affairs of the association was entirely informal. ICE CHPMY IS CRITICIZED Customers,1 Charge That -They' Were Discriminated Against. Charges of discrimination by th Hamond Pure Ice Company, against private consumers are being made particularly by residents in the east part of the city. They ssy that the business houses are given first consideration to the exclusion of the private consumers and that this treatment is all the more conspicuous on Satur- ! days. Last Saturday people alone a number of streets did not see an ice wagon. While these complaints are being made it is not thought that much can be done to force the company to remedy the situation. It says that it Is doing all in its power to reach its customers, and that on particularly hot days like last Saturday, when there is a demand for much ice. the customers with whim it has contracts must be served first. In answer to this it Is argued, however that the company Is in a position to buy all the Ice it needs In addition to what It manufactures, and that all customers could be served If the company were less inclined to Ignore the rights of the private consumer. Prof. Lee Gone. The sudden disappearance of Prof. Lee, palmist and fortune teller, who if rt Hammond about a month ago alleged to -be owing a number of reslaenis auierent sums money, is still a mystery to the police, who have failed to find any clews regarding his whereabouts. Prof. Lee came to Hammond about three months ago and during that time posed as a palmist and fortune teller. During that time he run himself Into debt considerably anu suaaeniy aisappearea, leaving a long list of creditors behind him. He is thought to be in some other working the same game. City Another Orchestra. Another scrap in musical circles has been precipitated as a result of fric- ',

tlon in the musicians' union in Ham-! - mond. Manager Hankinson , of the H5 at School. Orpheum theater has arranged to have ; The attendance at the Hammond after July 15 an entirely new orches- ; summer school remains normal, detra in the pit at the Orpheum thea- ! spite the ot weather. At present there ter. It will be in charge of George are about 175 pupils in the school, Green, a member of the local union, j more than half of these being high Charges are said to have been pre- ; school students. ferred against Green. - 'About forty of the pupils are takIn a statement today Green sald:'mg the domestic science course, and "They are trying to Injure my stand-, the indications are that there would Ing as a union man. j be many more if the equipment was Green says that the charge which j established in the Central school inhas been brought against him Is that stead of the Wallace school, of seeking employment where a union :

orchestra Is already employed. He says that he did not seek the place, but that- Hankensen came to him and asked him to direct the orchestra. Sell House and Lot. J. S. Blackman Co. report the sale of a house and lot on Ogden street belonging to Asa Lash to W. M. Clark. The consideration, was $4,500. The property is in a good condition of repair.

THE MAGNIFICENT NEW

Including the old part, which Is to be remodeled, and the new fireproof addition, the magnificent new mercantile establishment of E. C. MInas of Hammond will have a frontage of 176 feet. The building will have a gray terra eotta facing brick. The property has a depth of 118 feet so that in the three stories and basement there will be 81,100 feet of floor space. The basement will be thoroughly waterproofed. The improvements will cost $100,000. The old store will be entirely re LIGHTING SYSTEM SEEDED Another effort Is to be made to bring the State street sidewalk widening project to a focus, and if possible, to get the ornamental street lighting system under way. E. C. Minas appeared before the I board of public works this morninr to

see what could be done in the way of voice from within the bag said, j made an Inspection of the proposed disestablishing a new building lne on "Whew!" The bag was set down In ' trlcts, and under certain circumstances

State streqt, which, he says. Is worth while considering now that he is remodeling the- front of his entire store buildingj Inasmuch as the present front is to be taken down, Mr. Minas says It would be possible for him to cut off two feet of his frontage, although this would entail a 'material change In his original plans. The big store already stands two feet away from the curb line, but In the interests of the whole street and store, Mr. Minas said he would be willing to give up another two feet, provided the new building line ordlnance would he bo drafted that all new buildings would be set back at least feet from the present line, and that ,at?r on tne buildings already on State street in the event their fronts are re-mooeiea would also given up two feet of their frontage. These plans were considered feasible, but Inasmuch as they give little promise of Immediate benefits, the sidewalk widening was taken up again, and it was finally decided that another effort should be made along these lines. Accordingly the board will adopt a confirmatory resolution next Wednesday, and if the j numDer or remonstrators Is not larger than the number of petitioners, the board will order, the sidewalks widened two feet on each side. Only, the resident property owners in the block where the sidewalks are to be widened have a vote in the matter. I'rgew Improved Lighting; System. . Mr. Minas also raised the question again of installing the ornamental street lighting system. The board said that owing to the' injunction that is I pending against the city In the United ! States supreme court, which enjoins the city from entering into a contract with i any other company appearing as a com- ! petitor of the Northern Indiana Gas j Klectrlc company in the bidding, and j the fact that the improved system j would cost the. city ten times what it , pays now. makes the question a hard one j to dispose of at the present time. Mr. , Minas, however, said that he was very anxious to get the ornamental system j installed even if it would cost him I double the estimated cost. He said the I r..nriiiits shnulrl h lalrl at th Hmo fh sidewalks are widened and argued the business men in the district should at least be given the permission to proceed if they were willing to pay for the posts, the conduits and the Juice. Roll on File. At the meeting of the board of public works this morning the primary assessment roll for the Sheffield avenue sidewalks was placed on file. The matter of the Cedar street pavement was laid over until July 12. The resolution confirming the Jesse street pavement was laid over. E. E. Prevo-was appointed in the place of Mr. McDowell as Inspector for the Wilcox street peWwment.

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BUILDING- AS IT WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED.

modeled ani.ih new one will be built of reinforced concrete of the most modern design. One of the features of the store wilt be the mezzanine balcony, on which ' the ladles' rest room will be located. There will be three elevators In the building, one freight and two passenger. The building; will have two entrances sheltered by canopies. There will be revolving. Vdoors in each entrance and these Will be flanked by a pair of swinging doors on each side. The furnishings Of the entire lower THE PARROT SIMPLY HAD; 10 SWEAR ! Touring Bird Said It Was Hot as H-l in the . - & . Black Sag. Y. B. Smith, touring In an automobile from the eastern states to California, stopped at the Majestic hotel at Hammond. Smith was with his wife and one or tiro others. A member of the party lifted a large bulsrina: black bar from the car. A the hotel lobby arid the voice said, : "Hot as h 1." A whistling -performance was next "at - s" .artwtfTfrCMt was r&Yfialftd '" that the party was carrying a parrot across the continent with , them. A dog made up the fifth member of the party. There were no children. TAGGART RESIGNS. TIMES niREAU, AT STATE CAPITAI. Indianapolis, Ind., July 8. Demorattc State Chairman Korbly today received Thomas Taggart's reeignatlon as democratic national committeeman from Indiana. State 0'Frien probably pointed to fill vacancy. Auditor of will be apMAY BE JUDGE OF JUVENILE COURT ... -v . . .... Pllen Spencer Mussey. Washington, D. C, July 8. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of the Washington College of Law and vice president of the board of education of the. District of Columbia, has been put forward by the women lawyers and so-, cial workers of the national capital as a candidate for judge of the juvenile court of the district. The term of the present occupant of the bench expired June 30 and President Taft will at once appoint his successor. It is known that he has Mrs. Mussey under consideration. Mrs. Mussey has passed the active years of her life in Washington, and has taken . part in all movements for the uplift of children and women. With voice and pen she has pleaded for better conditions along the lines of law, education and Industry. She is a practising lawyer before the Supreme Court of the United States and the inferior courts In the District of Columbia. She has promoted kindergartens, special schools and play grounds, and she drew the Mussey law, which makes mothers equal guardians with fathers of their children. ,

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sign. When completed the store will be as modern and up-to-date, as any store In Indiana, representing an Investment of $500,000. , The work of tearing down the front of the old building and replacing it with terra cotta is now going for ward. It takes a great deal of de termination to replace a perfectly good building with a better one, but that is the spirit of progresslveness that has made the E. C. Minas company the leading concern of the city. PROMISE FACTORY STRICT Great progress Is being made in the development of two new factory districts In Hammond. The one is to be north and the other is to be south of the Gibson yards. General Manager George Hannauer of the Indiana Harbor Beit railroad the necessary side tracks will be built. It is necessary for the- property owners to provide the right of way in most itwtajicejjy ouut for railroads do not take readily to development projects. On the south side of the Gibson yards there will be no difficulty In getting a right of way for the reason that the property is held in few hands and the owners of it realize the benefit that will accrue from having the best of freight facilities. On the north side of the yards, how ever, the property is held in a number j of hands, and the right of way Is being secured .with difficulty. A number of other railroad development projects are under consideration by the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad and promise an early consummation. George Hannauer, who is being given a free hand in these matters, is so well acquainted with the needs of the region and is so thoroughly imbued with the freight development possibilities of this territory that great progress is being made. RAIN WAS BUSY INTERFERING Threatening weather Interfered with the attendance at the Sharpshooters' Park yesterday afternoon for the regular shoot of the Hammond Gun club. W. B. Kenstermaker was high man in the shoot, breaking 92 per cent. W. C. Becer was second with SS per cent and J. Wickhorst was third with 86 per cent. The scores were as follows: Shot At. P. Warlmont 50 . W. B. Fenstermaker.75 J. C. Becker 75 L. H. Humpfer 25 H. Green . . . . . . .25 M. Humpfer 25 J. Wickhorst 50 Broke. 55 69 66 16 13 13 43 A Pleasing Concert. The K. O. T. M. band held its regular concert for the benefit of the si.t. .tr..t mni, i-f r t r-rf v night and the pleasing music brought Ihnr.ri. nf ncriiotrlana nn that thnr. oughfare.: A special program is car ried out at each band concert and the music is becoming very popular. Meet Tonight. The police commissioners will hold their regular meeting at the city hall this evening, and with the exception of allowing some bills and disposing of the regular routine work nothing of importance will occur. Increase Capital Stick. The capital stock of the Beckman Supply company has been increased from $7,500 to $50,000. according to a dispatch from Indianapolis. The pur Dose of this, according to the explanation made by Herman Beckman of the company, was to make the capital stock of the company more nearly equal Its assets. The business has been growing until the property and other assets make it one of the largest concerns in the state. The owners of stock will receive their pro-rata of the new issue. AHJ3 TOU .BBAJDIKG TBS TIME I

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MIGHTY (Special to Tbs Tm&) Crown Point, Ind., July 8. Sixteen-year-old Ethel Prltchard's story doesn't sound very probable. That she, could have gone through a marriage ceremony here without knowing It "listens" like a fish story. She is suing for di vorce in a Chicago court. Questioned by her attorney and the court, Mrs. Pritchard declared that she had gone to Crown Point, Ind., on Sept. 23, 1911, with the man whom she now knows as her husband. "We were going to see some friends," she said. "On the outskirts of Crown Point we stopped at a building, and a man asked us ot write our names in a book. "I do not know what the building was nor who the man was. We then LIGHTNING DOES DAW HI HAMMOND Fierce Storm Is Accompanied by Terrific Downpour of Rain. An electrical storm accompanied by a heavy rainfall late Saturday afternoon, during which the lightning struck twice in Hammond, bringing out the fire departments. Departments No. 1 and 4 were called to the Richert home, 1146 Harrison avenue, south of Conkey avenue. The departments found little to do as thers was no fire, a so-called "cold bolt" having struck the house. The damage caused was considerable, as the bolt struck the roof on the west side and shot out on the east side. Practically every two by four scantling in the roof was broken. The call came to the fire departments at 6:20. Mrs. Richert and her three children were at home at the time and were very much frightened. They were uninjured At 5:35 a bolt struck the American Fertilizing plant, which has its factory build Ing . th . II. Hammond Company. " Fif-e "department No. S responded, .but-found little to do upon Its arlval, as the fire jiad already been subdued by the bucket brigade which had been organized. The electrical storm raged for about a half hour. During this time many telephones were put out of commission. BAin fell in torrents, and brought re lief from the sweltering heat. More rain fell on Saturday night, and yesterday. From reports that are made a wide territory was served by the rainfall. WASHINGTON BRIEFS. Washington, July 8. Mrs. Gertrude Jackson, wife of Stokes Jackson, ser geant-at-arms of the house, will re ceive 13.250, the equivalent of six months' salary of the office which Mr. Jackson held. The item is included in the general deficiency bill. The Rev. Rudolph Spray of Frank fort; John W. Lovett of Anderson: A. O. Hassensall of IndlanaDolis. and W. E. Clark of Bedford, are among Indlanlans registered at Washington hotels. Representative Crumpacker and his son Owen, returned to Washington to'day after spending a month in northern Indiana. Mrs. Charles A. Korbly, wife of Representative Korbly, returned to Indianapolis today. The Indiana society of Washington held its annual outing at Great Falls today. Three thousand small mouth black bass, in the minnow stage of development, will soon find a new home In White river at Indianapolis. They were obtained by Senator Kern at the request of Gustav J. T. Meyer and W. L. Walker, -enthusiastic Marion county anglers. The consignment of bass was started on its journey to Indiana today by the bureau of fisheries. E. V. Milhon of Hazelwood Is the i uesl or epresenianve mom. ! Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Kaler of Columi bia City stopped off in Washington tOda J'On their Way home from New . i York and Atlantic City. Midsummer Musicale. There will be a midsummer musicale given at Central park tomorrow (Tuesday) night, July 9, by the Christian church, choir, assisted by the Harmony Four, a male quartet composed of James Graves. Harry Hatfield, E. G. Ingraham and Howard Eckman. The program: Soldier's Chorus from Faust. .Gounod Choir. Among the Lilies Czlbulka Choir. De Back Slldln' Brudder. ...... .Parks Harmony Four. - i The Miller's Wooing.. i Choir. , Fanlng The Bridal Chorus (From the Rose Maiden Cowen Choir. Po' Li'l Lamb Parks Harmony Four. The Lost Chord ...Sullivan The Star Spangled Banner Arnold Choir. Clark Learning, director. Mrs. Earl Robertson, pianist. Refreshments will be served.

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went across a street and a man who said he was an officer told us to hold our hands together. "My escort, Mr. Pritchard, told me U was all right, and I held his hand. Th man spoke some words that I do not remember and then went away. "We visited our friends and next day earns back to Chicago. Three weeks later I was handed a paper and was told that I was the wife of Fred J. Pritchard. I did not believe it, but It seems that It is so." Under a severe crossexarolnation by Judge Burke, the young girl repeated her story without contradiction or withdrawing any detail. The ; court stated that he desired to be satisfied in regard to the girl's age, and continued the case until a bapismal certificate could be brought into court. AHLBORIi TO START WORHfi STREET Straightening of Hohman Street to Begin This Week Sure. Without waiting until the bonds ar sold William Ahlborn Is to start on the work of improving thre Important roads In North Township. The work on the Improvement of th straightening and extension of Hohman street will begin In five days. ' This road is one of the most notable Improvements that have evr been contemplated in this section of the country. It will become the principal automobile thoroughfare of the region when It Is completed. Within a week Ahlborn will commence work on the Hetsvllle-HIgh-lands road and bridge. The bonds on this Improvement' bave not yet been told but Ahlborn 1b going ahead anyway.' f Ahlborn also has .the paving of the middle section of Sheffield avsnue and he is going to get posy- with that, In thirty flays o -that -AdtCaa- ivafli0 , three Jobs out of the, way before cold weather. , It Is expeoted that the Hohman -street Improvement will be completed by the time the county counctlmen. meet In September so that an appropriation for a 40 foot concrete bridge can be made at that time. The preliminaries will then be gotten out of the way so that the work of construction on the bridge can begin the first thing in the spring. The bridge should be ready for use by the middle of the summer and then the street will be opened for traffic from one end to another. These Improvements will pave the way for others of a similar nature particularly that Involving the extension of Calumet avenue. Aldermen to Meet. The city council of West Hammond will have a meeting next Thursday evening at which a number of routine matters will be taken up. Among them will be a consideration of the question of opening Burnham avenue by building a viaduct over the Michigan entral and Indiana Harbor Belt tracks. Mrs. Charles Hillcs. One of the most popular women In social circles at the national capital Is Mrs. Charles D. HHies. wife of the president's secretary. Mr. Hilles win probably act as campaign manager for Mr. Taft In the hitter's fleht I for re-election.

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