Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 24, Hammond, Lake County, 16 July 1912 — Page 1

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WBATIlKtk. FAIR AND COOL TODAY; WEDNESDAY FAIR. LA RISING TEMPERATURE. EDITION vol. vn., NO. 24. ONE CENT PER COPY. Back Number 1 Cant Copy.) HAMMOND. INDIANA. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912.

GARY PUPS ARE LATEST ' STALL" OF '70UCHEnOR$2.4B LOAN Chicago Boniface Declines to Enter Trap, but Has High Regard for Young Man Who Sought to Earn a Reward of $5 Offered by Gary Widow.

The highest attainment In the art of "touching" has been discovered. Manager Will S. Shafer of the Auditorium. In Chicago, the Intended victim, made the And. Although ltdidn't work Mr. Shafer stood In such admiration of the attempt that he figuratively "took off his hat" In respect. "A young man came in and tried to borrow $2.40 from me to go to Gary and get two bull pups for which he was to receive $5 reward," said Mr. Shafer last night. "It was the "last word' in the art of touching. "I have had much experience with this class of people during my thirty years' hotel life in Chicago as any one I know of, and the pleas range from a plain demand for 5 or 10 cents for car fare to the young man today. "He looked all right, dressed fine and told a story that seemed plausible. He said a widow had two bull pups at E FOR LABOR DAY Labor Day Parade Will Give Way to Picnic This Year. The Lake County Trades & Labor Council held a meeting Sunday in which they made preparations for the Labor day celebration, which is to be held in j Hammond this year. .

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The Labor parade, which has been ing broke an axle at the intersection of a feature of the Labor day celebration , Chicago and Euclid avenues, but fortutnce the time when the Butchers' un- ' nately the machine remained right side Ion was the principal labor organiza- j up, or there might have been some fatlon in the city, will be abandoned this talitles to record. As it was the maye'. . chine was merely disabled and the ocInstead the feature of the celebration cupants had to abandon it, returning to

wTtt'bea pTchle at Kinder grOve TBe committees were appointed at the meet ing last Sunday. They are as follows: Advertising, William Hunt; entertainment, W. F. Granger; music, R. Jones; concessions, J. J. Sullivan; dancing, William Knoth; refreshments, Joe Kasper; bar, Charles Knoth, and soliciting, Thomas Harle. It Is expected that by concentrating on the picnic that it can be made a greater success than ever before. The parade will eliminate a great deal of the expense. ARB YOU READING TH3 TIMES f JOHN H. HAMMOND MAY BE TREASURER John Hays Hammond. Were it not for the fact that be Is an easterner, John Hays Hammond would stand an excellent chance ol being chosen treasurer of the Republican national committee. He has long been prominent in the councils of the Republican party and is a personal triend of President Taft. However. In view of the fact that both the chairman and secretary of the committee are eastern men. It may be thought advisable to select a westerner for the treasurcrshlp job. No matter whether he Is chosen treasurer or not, Vr. 'lammond will take an active part In the present presidential campaign just as be has in former years.

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tomorrow afternoon and wanted to borrow $2.40 to go and get them and that he would give me a pup valued at $125 If I would loan him the$2.40. "He showed a picture of the pups. I told him that if he would get his pla patented he would make a fortune; that the walking was good and he had ample time to deliver the pups before the time limit.' "Last week a well dressed woman asked for 60 cents. She had lost hr pocketbook and ticket to Highland Park; her daughter was at the corner drug store waiting for her. "She looked all right and I took a chance and gave her 50 cents. She Wt the hotel, walked straight across Congress street and stung Paul Gores for a dollar on the same story. "If an organisation of the Amalgamated Association of Touchers were formed it would make a young army." PARTY ES TO GRIEF Whiting People En Route Home After Visit Are Auto -Wrecked. A wedding party from Whiting came to grief yesterday while returning to the Oil City after a visit to Indiana Harbor. The auto in which the party was rldThe members of the party gave their names as Andrew Kasper, Anna Bakus, Helen Cerarach, John Ceybre, all of Whiting, and Steve Ceybre of Indi ana Harbor. -j The machine with Its cargo of pretty girls dressed in filmy white and laden ' with flowers, and men attired in theii gladdest of glad raiment considerable attention had attracted In its flight through the Harbor. There was no mis taking the party as a wedding outfit, and it was as gay a crowd as could be fancied, until Chicago avenue was reached. The chauffeur could not slacken up in time to take the Chicago avenue crossing, as he was driving the machine at a lively clip and" the car skidded, the wheels striking the rails and breaking a front axle. The after feeling of themselves to ascertain that no bones were broken the party alighted, the machine with the aid of a crew from an Indiana Harbor car, was shoved over to one side, where it still remained until this morning. COURT ACTIVITY IS BY NO MEANS LESS Busy Scenes at Lake Superior Court in Hammond These Days. In stead of a period of inactivity dur ing the vacation period the Lake Superior Court has been the scene of great activity during the past week. Judge Lawrence Becker has been holding an adjourned term of court and has disposed of a great deal of business. Not only that but the attorneys over the city keep on filing cases with about the same rrequency as though court was in session. It is believed that next year arrange ments will be made by which each of the attorneys will hold adjourned terms of court of three weeks each so that one court will be In session all summer. Only In this way will the courts be able to keep caught up with the urgent work of the court. Injunctions, divorce cases and urgent criminal work would keep one court busy. RIDGE ROAD TO BE WIDENED That stretch of Ridge road between Highlands and near Liverpool that is in Gary, six miles of it, is to be wid ened and Improved to a width of eighty feet. The county has already re-improved It, making It a thirty foot highway. Completion of the proposed widen Ing and improvements wlU make it as wide as Fifth avenue. A declaratory resolution providing for the improvement, following a petition of property holders, was passed by the Gary board of works yesterday.

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East Chicago Father Noti fied That Daughter Is Drowned at Summer Re sort; Had Planned to Give Her Splendid Education. Andrew Peterson, 4837 Olcott avenue returned yesterday from one of the saddest missions that ever falls to the lot of man.' On Thursday he was called to Baldwin, Mich, by the death of his only child, Ellen Peterson, aged sixteen years, who was drowned in Crandall Lake near that point, the evening before. Recalls Olds Death. The incident in a number of particulars recalls the tragic death of Hiss Edna Olds, daughters of Alderman and Mrs. Hutt Olds of this city. Like Miss Olds Ellen who was a (ear or two younger than that young girl, ws away for a holiday. She was "visiting her aunt and cousins who live ot Baldwin and In company with her cousins, Oscar and Vera Johnson and Gordon Armstrong of East Chicago, (Continued on Page 8.) The Monon in Hammond claimed Its second railroad crossing victim within the past four days, this morning. when a southbound freight struck and seriously injured Max Mueller, a bar uer employed oy Anton jroung, on North Hohman street. Witnesses claim that Mueller ml racuiously escaped Instant death, for if he had stepped one more foot on the tracks he would have been drawn under - the engine and ground to pieces. As it was Mueller was struck by the pilot of the engine and thrown to the ground, receiving a deep gash on his forehead, a number of scratches and bruises about his body. Mueller was picked up in an uncon sclous condition by crossing watch man itODert Arrlck. who called the police patrol. The injured man was removed to St. Margaret's hosDital in charge of Dr. Chidlaw, where he is reported getting along nicely and In no serious danger. The accident occurred about 8 o'clock this morning at the Hohman street crossing and was witnessed by the following: P. W. Meyn, Barney Jergens, 203 Sibley street, and Robert Arrlck, crossing watchman. Each witness gave about the same account of the accident. Mueller was walking south on Hohman street and as he neared the Erie tracks he cut across in front of a switch engine. Whether confused or not, Mueller walked straight ahead to the Monon tracks, where he stepped in front of the Monon freight train. The train was moving at a low rate of speed and stopped within a car length of Mueller's body. The freight was in charge of Engineer W. A. Orr and Conductor M. Dixon. No blame is placed on the train crew. The accident brought to light the carelessness of the Monon railroad in keeping their safety gates in repair. For the past two weeks the gates have not been in working order and were not lowered at the time of the accident. STARTS JOB OF PAVEMENT The actual work of building South Hohman street, which has been straightened so that it will run directly Into Munster, was begun by William Ahlborn this morning. j Ahlborn put one of his gangs on the I south end of the street at the point I where It crosses the Calumet river and will work north with the grading. In a month or so, when he has completed some Gary work he is doing for the county, Ahlborn will put another gang of men at work on the north end of the street. He is of the opinion that the street ought to be ready for traffic by the 1st of November. This is good news to the people who have waited long for the completion of this improvement.

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Miss Eva Atlanta, Ga., July t 16 Lillian Russell, expert in all things pertaining to feminine loveliness, says that Miss Eva Hancock is the prettiest working girl in Atlanta, Miss. Russell acted ss judge in a recent contest in which many working girls of this city, including Miss Haiicock, were competi tors. While deciding In favor of Miss Hancock, the fair Liilian incidentally threw a bouquet! Into the lap of all southern women. : "I have taken sme time to make my decision," writes Miss Russell, "because I could not arrive at a definite eoncln-' sion, . at$ie.jrhMS 'Xt.'.PlCtttfef so many pretty girls. !, think,, howe-ve-, that Miss Hancock Is entitled to the distinction. She is indeed a most attractive girl, of a distinctly Southern type; and I have always been the admirer of the Southern girl." , Miss Russell, although on the eve of her fourth marriage, the lucky man being Alexander W. Moore, took time to go over the many photographs submitted to her discriminating taste. She recognized the Importance of settling the momentous question to the satisfaction of the people of Atlanta, which city has long been renowned for the beauty of its working women. That Miss Russell exercised, in addition to her knowledge of beauty, a clairvoyance of love (the term Is suggested by a student of things psychic) killed oNAmo While about to board a moving train for Gary yesterday, Frank Thomas of Marine City, Mich., slipped under the wheels at South Chicago and had his life crushed out. His body was cut to pieces under the wheels of the train. The remains were taken to Murphy's morgue at South Chicago. STATE SENATOR SENT TO STATE'S PRISON Columbus, O., July 16. State Senator Isaac M. Huffman, convlsted in the Ohio legislative bribery scandal, was sentenced to serve three years in the state prison. Judge Rathwell overruled Huffman's motion for a new trial. He was convicted on dictograph evidence. TWO KILLED BY TRAIN Two men received injuries from which they died by a Chicago and Western Indiana suburban passenger train at 119th street. Those ' killed were Frank Capelek, 22 years old, 11953 Prairie avenue, and John Opyd, 36 years old, of 1195 Prairie avenue. WILL PROBE CHARGES AGAINST MACVEAGH 5 "3? X v.- X. 1 '4. Vr3P'3 Franklin MacVagh.

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in choosing Miss Hancock becomes ap parent when It is announce! that Miss Hancock was engaged to make her first matrimonial venture just one week after Miss Russell had made her fourth. Another bond between them, although Miss Russell could not have known this from the photograph, la that both are of the same striking blonde type. Miss Hancock has a mass of bronia gold hair, which she wears always pll ed up into a very stylish coiffure. She has brown eyes, which sparkle through long and plentiful lashes,' and her com plexion is all her verywri. There H no; pairj qr "make-up:: i oa herrpundc face, and she confesses that the powder she uses costs only twenty-five cents a box. She is five feet, three inches tall, and weighs 137 pounds. She does not plead to any Kpllf rman exercises or- to any of the sports that those in search of beauty sometimes adopt. The man to whom Miss Hancock was engaged at the time of the contest, and whom she has since married, is Roth well Gann, of Smyrna. Miss Hancock used the money she won in the contest to complete he trousseau. There were 10 entrants in the contest all lovely girls, according to patriotic Atlantans, who maintained stoutly that there is not an tigly worn an in the whole place. They admit that some of the girls are prettier than others but all of them are pretty. EVERYTHING DEPENDS OOESTjAMHOHD Pavement of State line St. Is Held Up by Hammond's Neighbor. City Attorney John Gavlt says that nothing can be done towards the paving, of State Line street until the city of West Hammond does its part. He says that no agreement has yet been reached regarding the character of the improvement. I He says that the proceedings take longer in Illinois than they do In In., dlana, so that he expects the West Hammond side to get busy first. That the improvement is badly needed is shown by the heavy traffic that could be diverted to that street from Hohman street if It was opened. For some reason the West Hammond city administration does not seem Inclined to get busy. It has put through a numoer or otner street improvements, but has neglected State Line street. In view of the cost of opening the j street and the fact that no benefit Is belng derived until the street is paved It la believed that this Is an urgent matter. REPUBLICANS CIRCULATING , ADVERTISING j That the political campaign will be- i gin early this year, not only along national lines but in the county as well. Is evidenced by the activity of the candidates in Lake county, particularly by the republican nominees. ' The present period of the campaign i Is devoted to circulating literature,! principally cards and photogravures j of the candidates. In many instances i" the office seekers are doing this work themselves, thus getting over a good portion of the county on the first canvass. Following this work the candidates and the voters will have a short respite, after which the campaign will open In earnest '

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Thomas B. Dean was not guilty of perjury when he signed an affidavit charging Thomas E. Knotts with tha crime of accepting a bribe of $5,000 be fore the money is alleged to have ben paid over. At least that is the presumption when the attorneys for the defense appered In the Lake Superior court in Hammond this morning and dismissed the case against Dean. The state never thought anything would come of this. It took the view E In the neighborhood of 145,000 is be ing spent this summer by the Ham mond school board for improvements on the various buildings. Of this amount $38,000 Is to be used to build the eight-rooom addition to the Irving school on the north side, and $3,500 Is being invested In play grounds apparatus. The balance of the money is being expended for calciminlng, paint ing, remodeling and minor repairs. Georgei Pearson & Son have the con tract for the Irving school addition. The basement on this building and the first story are completed, but owing to the delay In the arrival of brick it is doubtful whether the entire addition will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the fall term of school. The new addition will furnish the Irving school with an auditorium hav ing a seating capacity of about (00 persons. With this increased space, the school will also have a shower bath, a gymnasium and a wood working department. Play Gronndn Partly Equipped. Part of the play ground apparatuses have already been installed. Every school building is to have its share, some of it being already installed in order that the children may have the -betefifc it Aortas W vAcailononp !. The complete equipment ' for all the schools will cost about $3,500, and consists of see-saws, swings, a giant stride pole and a slid. - - - CONTRACT WILL BE LET r i The Hammond Saengerbund-Fidelia j will next week let the contract for the construction of Its new $40,000 club house. The new building is to be built on Muenlch court and will be one ot , the finest German singing society club houses in the country. The main auditorium is to be 74x147 feet in size and will be the largest assembly hall In the city. The auditorium will run clear up to the roof and will have a two-story heighth. In a half-story and basement there , will be the dining room, kitchen and beer saloon. This wlU be made as attractive as possible. Members will take their meals here. This building project is the work of F. C. Miller, who has been the president of the society for the past six years. When Miller was elected to the presidency the society had a debt of $50. Now it has the funds that guarantee the success of the building project. Mr. Miller recently resigned from the presidency of the society for the reason that he has been given a larger territory by the e-ompany he represents In this locality and could not spare the time. He only consented to take he presidency this year when he was urged to do so on account of Its being the 25th anniversary of the organization of the I society. i nrrt , TA.T j FIRE STATION FOR CLARKE A $342 appropriation was passed last night for the erection of a fire station for Clarke In West Gary. It will house the chemical engine that will be handled by the volunteer fire company there. Chief Feeley organized the company, the fifth In Gary. Later a permanent company will be located at Clarke. DIES AFTER STARTING AUTO Wabash, Ind., July 16. While tempting to start the engine of athls automobile, which r.e was driving alone. William Davis, aged 60. was stricken with heart trouble and fell to the road dead. Persons In another automobile found the body. ARE YOU RKADIN THE! TIKSIt

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that the action had been started to discredit Dean and also to intimidate him. But Dean was not the kind to be Intimidate. Until the State's case collapsed following the disappearance of Its principal witnesses and the undermining of its case the charge against Dean was permitted to stand. The only thing that now remains to . be done to end the case is for the donors of the $5,000 trapping fund to come in and claim it. This Is expected to be1 done in a few weeks.

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For the Lincoln school a new, roof has been contracted, for. The school rooom walls will be re-calclmlned, and the basement Is to be remodeled so as ' to furnish a kindergarten and a domestic science room The repair cost on the Lincoln school will be about $1,000. In the Franklin school at Robertsdale the entire basement will be remodeled so as to furnish a kindergarten and a domestic science room, at a cost of approximately $1,000. Domestie Science Favored. A domestic science rooom Is to be arranged in the basement of the Riverside school, the walls are to be calclmlned and the wood work is to be repainted at a cost of about $700. In the Lafayette school a domestic science rooom is to be arranged in the basement, and minor roof repairs are to be made at an approximate cost of $200. The halls in the Wallace school are to be repainted, te approximate cost for this being $150. In the Washington school, a domestic science room is to. be arranged In the basement and minor roof repairs are to D9 maae ax a up&L ut pouui All the fire-escapes on each building are to be repainted, $150 baving been allowed for this.- ......,.-.,-'...,V ' ;? " '' - fv r The H. OIrWmSTJfc Co.; Bir-tH various painting contfactSj whlla Schmueser Bros.' have .the -contract; for ' the calclmining. EAST CHICAGO . CONSTABLE ARRESTED On a warrant charging him with assault and battery Andrew Kotek, an East Chicago constable, was arrested by Bailiff James Trost last night and brought to the Hammond police station, where he furnished a $$00 bond for his appearance before Judge Barnett in the city court this morning. Barbara Mayer will appear as com plaining witness. The difficulty seems to have arisen from a case which occurred In a Justice court some time ago, when Constable Kotek made some arrests. WANTS CONGRESS TO BUY MONTICELLO Mrs. Martin LlttTeton and Representative Jefferson Levy. Mrs. Martin V. Littleton, wife of the congressman from New York. Is carrying on a campaign to- Induce congress to appropriate money for the purchase of "Montlceilo". the home of Thomas Jefferson. The place is now owned by Congressman Jefferson Levy. Mrs. Littleton nays that the place is run down and that tall grass and weeds hide the grave of the father of Democracy. Mr. Levy declares that the place Is in good condition and snys that It Is not Tor sale. at any price. .

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