Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 29, Hammond, Lake County, 22 July 1912 — Page 1

EVENING EDITION WE4TUEH. UNSETTLED WEATHER TODAY AND TOMORROW 1IME JL ILLd ,11 J VOL. VII., NO. 29. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. Back Numbers J Cent Copy.)

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COUPLE A Shocking Accident to Autoists; Man and Wife Found Dead in Each Other's Arms; Three Children Are Hurt. Jacob Datzman, a wealthy farmer of Benton county, and his wife were instantly killed and three children were slightly injured when their automobile upset near Fowler yesterday as they were returning home from church. The necks of both Mr. and Mrs. Datxman were broken by the running board, under which they were pinioned. They were found clasped in each other's arms. Datzman attempted to avoid a hole in the road, the car skidded into a ditch and upset. A boy, 4 years old, suffered a broken arm, and two girls, 2 and 6 years old, re spectively, were badly bruised. They j were thrown clear of the car. Mr. and Mrs. Datzman were the parents of ten children, three of whom were with them when the accident occurred. Mrs. Datzman was the daughter second largest land owner in Benton county. AUTOS COLLIDE; NO ONE INJURED Sheffield avenue, near Forsyth, claimed another minor automobile accident last night when a machine avenue, collided with an automobile owned by Edward Hobson of Harvey, 111. The accident occurred late last night near Indiana boulevard and as both machines were traveling at a low rate of speed the collision was not serious. - Mr. Jones was driving south on Sheffield avenue and the Illinois car was going north. As the two machines , neared each other the Illinois machine skidded and collided with Mr. Jones' auto. The front wheels locked, and with the exception of the fenders and lamps being smashed and a bent axle, not much damage was done to either machine. SUNDAY AUTO ACCIDENT While driving with his family south on Broadway In his touring car yesterday, Martin Schwartz had an accident which nearly resulted In serious injuries to the party. A tire exploded and the car became unmanageable and ran up onto the curb and then into a large plate glass window. The only person injured was Charles Schlindt, who was walking along the sidewalk at the time of the collision and who was struck by the car. His injuries were of a minor nature. Funeral of Mrs. Lynch. The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Lynch. 417 Sibley street, was held from the All Saints' church this morning at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Father Barrett officiated and Interment was held at St. Joseph s cemetery. rnose acting as pall-- bearers were brothers and relatives of the. deceased. Warrant for Richard. Charged with wife desertion, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of John Richard. A case against him was filed in the Lake superior court. NEW MINISTER MAY BE MORE CAREFUL 2 Ji'llo Betancourt Julio Be tan court, the new minister from Columbia, has arrived ln Washington. His predecessor. Pedro Osplna, It will be remembered was recalled because of his violent statements regarding the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone by this government. Betancourt Is said to be of more diplomat tuwv

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TRAIN OF Residents of Hammond Are Requested to Fasten Doors and Windows. WARNING! LOCK YOl'K DOORS AJiD FASTEX VOIR WINDOWS BEFORE YOU GO TO THE CIRCUS. While viewing the Hagenbeck-Wal lace parade at State and Hohman street this mornings. Mrs. G. O. Hartman, 192 Highland street was thine victim of a sneak thief, who made an effort to take a, watch and chain which Mrs. Hartman had around her neck. At the time of the pnrade there was a large crowd of people gathered at the four corners and the sneak thief used a pair of pincers, with which to secure the Jewelry. Another lady standing a few feet away, saw the man clip the chain, but before she could give warning the thief had made his get away. In hla haste to escape the thief dropped the watch and chain which was recovered by Mrs. Hartman. The man's description was given, but no trace of him could- be found. Residents of Hammond are warned to be careful of their watches and other valuables today as there is a lot of sneak thieves in the city watching for easy victims. THIRTY FIVE ENTER HANDICAP GOLF W. B. Conkey Wins Sweepstakes at Hammond Country Club. Thirty-five golfers participated in the Hammond Country club's first handicap last Saturday afternoon and the success of the sport was unqualified. Some very good golf was played considering that the local club l made up -almost entirely of beginners ' indeed, so good that bogey has been cut down to 43. In the sweepstakes the winners were as follows: 1st W. B. Conkey. 70; handicap, 25. 2nd Lawrence Cox', 66; handicap, 18 3rd P. A. Parry, 63; handicap, 14. 4th H. E. Sharrer, 68; handicap, 19; Outside of the sweepstakes Harry M. Johnson, with a handicap of 25, made the round with a net score of 45. Franklin Blackmun had a net score of 46, with 25 handicap. Henceforth the matches will be more exciting, as the handicaps will be lowered materially Saturday. Wins Scholarship. Miss Fern Sprague of Hammond is the winner of a scholarship In the University of Chicago valued at $120. The scholarship is one of twenty-flve that are allotted to the best students In 800 high schools in the country. In view of the fact that these scholarships are generally awarded to young men the honor is all the greater. The friends of Miss, Sprague -will be delighted to hear of her good fortune. Have Quiet Sunday. The Hammond police had very little to contend with over Saturday night and Sunday, and with the exception of five drunks who were arrested and released this morning, nothing of importance occurred. The drunks gave the following names and addresses: D. A. Keefe, 723 Harrison street, Indianapolis, Ind. Herman Raison, 3 0 Detroit street, Hammond. K. D. Duff, no home. L. Fisher, South Bend, Ind. P. Harrington, 27 Joseph street, Boston, Mass. Not one of the drunks arrested had but few pennies on his person, and instead of sending them to Crown Point for eleven days at the expense of the county It was thought best to release them and order them out of the city this morning. Another BiCyCle Theft. Frank Polaski. 219 Ash street, reported to the police this morning that his bicycle had been stolen from in front of X. Ryzewskl's saloon, at the corner of Hohman street and Chicago avenue, last night. Polaski stated th.t , tho whBAl Htanrtlnir In front of the saloon and when he re turned ln a few minutes it was gone. The following description was given: Black frame, black rims with red stripe ln center, coaster brake, bell on handle bars, which were rusty, double tube tires, value of wheel $18. Didn't Have Rabies. An examination of the brain of the collie dog which bit the three year old son of C. E C Payne last Thursday showed that the dog was not afflicted with rabies. The examination was made at the state laboratory and the report was sent to Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the Hammond board of health. The animal belonged to Alfred Sherby a neighbor of the Paynes, who live on, Wilcox street.

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IMAGER TELLS OF THE NEW PLANS

Beginning either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week the Goshen Shirt Manufacturing company of Chicago, which has leased Kanfmann & Wolf factory building in which the Specialty Muslin Underwear company operated a factory, will begin to receive applications of would-be employes at the new plant. Maurice A. Goldberg, general man ager for the Goshen Shirt Manufactur ing company, which also has a plant in Manistee, Mich., said today. "It is my intention to begin operations within the next two weeks. The building is now being re-modeled and new machinery being installed. It is my Intention to emplpy, to begin with. about 150 people, principally girls, and believe that I will have no trouble to give employment to at least 300 people within one year from the time I started up. "I am now running a factory at Man is tee. Mich., where I am employing about 350 people. I am running the factory twelve months in the year. I expect Hammond to do equally as well, and possibly better, all depending upon the encouragement I receive from your local board of trade. "Kaufmann & Wolf have shown very liberal and enterprising spirit in bringing the factory to Hammond and they are doing all in th-ir power to make it worth my while." Hammond people will be interested in the announcement that a marriage 11 cense was granted Miss Ida Voight and William Murphy, both of Hammond, in Chicago today. Mrs. Murphy is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Volght, 100 Clinton street, and one of the popular young women of the city. She left the offices of the city treasurer, where she has been employed, of few weks ago to njoy her summer vacation. The announcement of her marriage will come as a surprise to her Hammond relatives and friends. MAY GET INCREASE IN THEIR WAGES Gary Hears Rumors Which Are by No Means Unpleasant. Rumors of an increase in wages at the Gary works of the Illinois Steel company, which now has nearly 8,000 men on Its payrolls, are being circulated in the steel city. The Jones and Laughlin company and the Carnegie plants of the Pittsburg district have accorded increases to their employes within the past month. It is said that the tonnage men at Gary works are to be given the in crease and th'at the laborers will re celve more pay. Whether the increase is to be general throughout the plant is not known but as steel prices have been raised recently many employes believe that this indicates a general j increase. On a Vacation. Rpsnondine to the invitations of his many friends and relatives in Iowa, I Allorne aeciaea to enjoy a lnrpB w.- vav:i.... ne .i ! Hammond yesterday for Des Moines, i wh"e ne to stop a few days, wh,le the rest of hl8 time wtu be sPent at wllman and other nelRhborI 'n? cltles ln that Btat- during that time Attorney I. Modjeska will attend to his official duties. Picnic a Success. Although the weather yesterday was unfavorable, the barboys' picnic, given under the auspices of the Ham mond bartenders' union at Klndel's grove yesterday afternoon and evening, was nevertheless a big success. There was a monster crowd out to enJoy the good time provided by the bartenders. Two games of baseball were played, one of the auspices of the bar boys. For the latter a ten dollar prlpe was awarded to the Hammond Grays, who defeated the Klndel Colts by a score of 5 to 2. Freyman and Tague were the battery for the Grays, and Klndel, Bauer, Flynn and Murphy were the 1 Klndel Colts' battery.

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Lake County State Taxation Down. The board of county commissioners left today for Indianapolis where they will appear before the state board of tax commissioners to protest against the Increase in the assessment for state purposes of ten per cent. With Commissioners Matt Brown, Lei Hutton and Ricnard Schaaf were Auditor Charles Johnson and County Attorney J. Frank Meeker. They expect to make a fight to prevent the increase. The state of Indiana has had its eyes on Lake county for some time with the intent of making it pay a larger percentage of the states taxes. It Is the concensus of opinion down state that Lake County is not paying its share. May Sue Bolice. It Is possible that the Lake County Savings & Trust company of Hammond will file a suit against Bolice Szymanskl to recover $1,200 and attorney's fees on a note. The case harks back to the bribery cases when Ssymanskl employed D. E. Boone to try his case for him. Boone was given . a retainer of $900 In the form of a note. He sold the note to the Lake county Savings & Trust company. . It Is reported that the case may be compromised, but in the event that It is not Attorney. J. K. Stinson will file the suit. He 'has prepared the complaint, but it has, not yet been placed on file In the clerk's office at Hammond. LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR THE SUMMER Mrs. George Wicket-sham. . Mrs. George W. Wlckersham, wife of the U. S. attorney general. Is the first of the cabinet women to open her summer home. She has gone to Cedarhurst, Long Island, where ah wlU . spend - thm umiaer

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SEARCH FOR HOARD REVEALS Itf RICHES

Buried Under Floor in Huf enheiser Shack. Captain Hanlon continued his search for the Hufenhauser treasure in High land last Saturday and found $240 hidden in an old tea kettle. This makes over 750 that has been found in the ! old miser's hut. i Hufenhauser was told Sunday of the finding of his money and promised to tell Chief of Police Austgen where the hoard was hidden. He said that the papers In the garret of his log cabin would reveat the hiding places... I All Captain Hanlon was able to find was a piece of paper which read $750 hidden in four places. In view of the (Continued on Pa a a 8.) WANT THE GRADE LOWERED W. G. Paxton and Dr. William D. Weis today took up the matter of lowering the grade on the extension of Hohman street south of Standard avenue. The grade was held up too. high. In the opinion of these men, and they asked to have it lowered

The contractor Is said to demand an 1 terrea to wun awe as oeing a memoer additional $2,000 to make the extra j of the Gould family, is discredited at excavation,-and it is not known how 'the start by the fact that Steele has the matter will be settled. At the1 has been asociated with Purtelle all

point In question the street will be two feet above the surrounding property. It is the' wish of the property "owners that the street be made to conform to the topography of the ground. HAMMOND DISTILLERY J J OSFEROUS John E. Fitzgerald, the president of the Hammond Distilling Co., stated today that the output of his plant '"is keeping right up to capacity while other distilling plants in the country are closing down. He said that he was pleased to be able to, do this for the reason that it j is the ability of the Hammond plant! to keep running all of the time that cuts down the overhead charges and makes the profits. ' Returns From Northwest. Mayor John D. Smalley returned this morning from the northwest, where he went two weeks ago last Friday to attend the convention of Elks in Portland, Ore. He spent nearly a week in Washington and then went into Canada. He also visited some of the Washington cities and stopped off at a number of other cities on his way home. Wilcox Avenue Sewer. The board of public works this morning adopted a resolution providing a sewer in Wilcox avenue and instructed the city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the same. Similar action was taken on the Elm street Improvement. Plans and specifications for the Roosevelt avenue pavement were accepted - ' '

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I.IST INCREASES. Nimlirr tnjard la Lake County motorcylaats riding doable la 1912 ,8 Another accident, the result of a woman riding on the rear of a motorcycle, occurred in the Ridge road near Gary late yesterday afternoon. The victim was seriously njured and by the merest luck escaped death. Mrs. Louis Baxter, 2526 Massa MAY DIE FROM FALL (Special to Thb Times.) Whiting, Ind., July 22. Mrs. Frank Krobogdan was quite seriously injured by a fall on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Krobogdan who resides on Davidson place, was standing on her porch, leaning on the banister, when this gave away, letting her fall to the ground, a distance of about fifteen feet. A physician was summoned and found her Injuries to be very serious, and it is feared that these are internal. DOWN STATERS ARE Fl Purtelle-Steele Operations Do not Set the Woods on Fire Down There. That Eugene Purtelle and his associates are atill trying to "kid themselves" into believing that they are really going to build the Interurban line from Hammond to Indianapolis is evidenced by the following letter: "J. W. Merry, Mt. Ayr, Ind. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 11th inst. In preference to the Purtelle matter, duly received. In reply thereto, will stte the matter of building the road, and the completion thereof is being pushed as rapidly as all of the circumstances In connection therewith will permit. Some parties are in Indiana today in connection with the matter, and It is hoped that active operations will commence for the construction of the road before the end of the month. Yours truly, Percival Steele, Chicago, J HI, July 12, 1912." It Is known here that some railroad men were though here about the date of this letter, but they kept their own counsel, and they are probably the parties referred to by Mr. Percival. This leter is taken from one of the down state papers and indicates the the people are still hopeful that Purtelle's dreams will come true. However, those who know of Purtelle say that a letter from Percival Steel,e realong. Having More Trouble. According to George Green, the new director of the Orpheum orchestra, an effort Is beine made to get him into trouble with the musician's union. .Green is charged with employing a non-resident as a trap-drummer. It is ' sa,d that tnc rules ot the union re quire inal a.u ituni in uniituia inuBi vz employed first, must be given the preference. He say that the rule of the union permit of the employment of outsiders providing permission is secured from the secretary. He said he had the verbal permission of the secretary of ;the union to bring Pitxer to Hammond. Green takes the view that If he is barred from bringing ln any outside talen that the music in Hammond will never be raised above a certain standard. Thieves Enter House. Taking advantage of the fact that everybody was away the residence of John Guyer, 108 Doty street, was entered by thieves between the hours of S and 10 p. m. last night, who made their get away without being detected. Evidently the thieves had been watching their opportunity and as soon ts the family left entrance was made by a rear door. A boarner who had left the house, came ln about 10 o'clock and seeing things disturbed and the rear door wide open, he suspected that thieves had been In the house and notified the police. Upon investigating no trace of the thiees could be found and it Is thought that the robbery was done by home talent. Not until the family of Mr. Guyer returns " will ' the police know ' just what articles were stolen.

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chusetts street, the woman Injured, was riding on the rear of a maehlna driven by her husband. The machin was nearing Hobart when It rounded a: curve and the turn was more sudden! than was expected and the woman, was hurled from the machine. When picked up by her husband. It found that Mrs. Baxter had her left arm broken In two plaoes between the Wrist and elbow. She also sustained several bruises and contusions. ',. Baxter placed his wife on the machine and rushed her to the Gary General hospital where she now Is. OH, YOU CIRCUS DAY! It is estimated that at least 10,000 people saw the monster parade of the Wallace.Hagftnbach shows which pass ed through the streets of the city at'll o'clock'today. . ' Three-fourths of the crowd was composed of women and children. Today was one of the "days of real sport" for the average Hammond youngster. Scores of boys got up early to watch, the raising of the tents, the feeding of the animals, the grooming of the horses and the preparations for the big show. And then the parade in all of its gilded magnificence was a delight to scores of hundreds of Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting boys. The painted ladies, the elephants, the ' camels, the real lions, the steam calliope and the clowns all made distinct impressions on the imaginations of the youngsters. 1 The parade assembled at the grounds on the north side. It moved south on Hohman street to Sibley and east on Sibleynto avenue, north on Oakley avenue to State street and west of State street jto-Hohman etreet,- where- the returns was made tif the bairsrwxndtf oa Gostlin street. : The parade was' the finest ever seen in Hammond and showed prosperity in every feature of It. The animals were beautiful. The performance tonight begins at 8 p. m. and a record-breaking crowd it promised the management, which has neverdecelved or disappointed the people of this city. YOIT "KADHG THB TIMES! POPULAR COUPLE TO BE WED SOON i Miss Laura Mcrrlam snd Congressman . I eron E. Catlm. . Announcen nt baa been made of the engagement of Miaa Laura Merrlam. daughtsr of former Governor and Mrs. M err lam. of Minnesota, to Congretisman Theron E. Catlln, of St. Louis, Mo. Miss Merriam will not have to be Introtluced to Washington society, as she Is already prominent socially at the capital. Mr. Catlin is a Heput.lican and a graduate of Hatvard. He was only recently elected, to conreav