Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 30, Hammond, Lake County, 23 July 1912 — Page 1

LAKE COTOfl EVEMMG EDITION WEATHER. unsettled' weather today and tomorrow VOL. VIL, NO. 30. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPT, (Back Numkn t Cent Copy.) ,

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Bull Moose Party Wonders Whether Former Senator will Come Out of Th9 Maine Woods

TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITA! Indianapolis. Ind., July 23. Although no definite Information has

been given out by the Bull Moose managers In regard to the program for their state convention in this city on August 1, there is talk to the effect that Frederick Land Is. of Logansport, may make the keynote speech for the party and serve as temporary chairman. Landis appears to be about the only real orator the Bull Moose outfit has on hand at present in Indiana since Albert J. Beverldge is in the Maine woods and nobody seems to know whether he Is really a Bull Mooser or not. He Would Be Picked. If Beverldge was here and in line with the third party and willing to serve undoubtedly he would be picked (Continued on Page 8.)

THIRTY FIVE ATTEHD 3RD PARTY MEETING Republicans of Creek Townships Do Not Set Woods Afire in Lowell.

JUDGE BECKER AT LAWYERSMTORE Superior Court Activity Is Boon to Lake County-Lawyers.

(Special to Tub Times.) Lowell, Ind., July 23. In pursuance to a call from Oscar Dinwiddle of Eagle Creek township, secretary of the Lake county Progressive Central commitee a mass meeting was held in the town hall last evening and a pro

gressive party embracing the three south townships of Lake county, j Eagle, Cedar and West Creek township was organized. George Hoevet , acted as chairman and E. E. Woodcock acted as secretary. Mr. Dlnwidjdle read the state and county call I after which all present who desired to , be members of the permanent organisation were invited to subscribe their names to the organization resolution and the party was launched with thir

ty-five members. There are a thousand republican voters in the Creek townships. A unanimous vote favoring a complete national. state and county progressive ticket was taken. The following officers were elected: President. Frank Maloy ; First Vice President, Peter Berg; Second Vice President, Thuel Hayden; Third Vice President, C. E. Black; Secretary, Victor Roberts; Treasurer, Albert Foster.

The officers elected are also to act as the executive committee. Regular

headquarters will be established and

money was raised to secure a speaker for next Saturday night on the public

square.

Judge Lawrence Becker will be in the court .house every day for the rest of this week to take up any, Blatters that the attorneys care to consider. " Then .there will be another adjourned term of court held on Aug. 1 and S at which a number of special matters will be considered. Judge Becker's activity this summer has been a great convenience to the attorneys of the county. It points to the time when there will be at least one of the courts In session all summer long. The cool weather of the past two weeks has made court work pleasant.

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Although the dog squad has not

succeeded in killing very many un

muzzled canines so far this season, it went out again early this morning

and Is in hopes that they will be able to capture some of the animals which

got away during the past few days. The police department learned this morning that there were a number of dog owners, who were sheltering their pets when they saw the dog squad coming and as soon as the officers were out of sight again the animals would be turned loose. Not one of the officers on the dog squad say that they are in love with their work, but are pent out with orders to kill and are compelled to do their duty. Before the dog squad was organized there was any amount of unmuzzled dogs running at large every day, but now they are scarce, which is a puzzle to the police. Five unmuzzled dogs were counted this morning on one block in Hohman street.

Byrd Douglas Cain. - At the Baltimore convention there was no more ardent and intense Wilson booster than fair-haired nine-year-old Byrd Douglas Cain, of Nashville, Tenn. Having inherited political propensities from his father, Walter Cain, a southern newspaper man, Douglas went to the convention to boost his choice. In his white suit decorated with Wilson buttons and bands, he became very popular with the delegates and the Wilson promoters. When Wilson began to get the lead in the voting several big delegates carried Douglas around the hall on their shoulders and he cheered himself hoarse for his favorite. Recently Governor Wilson heard of the lad's interest In his nomination, and wrote to him. saying he hoped he should soon have the pleasure of k knowing the young man.

60 MILES OE PAVEMENT BUILT

Sixty miles of macadamized pavements are either under construction or planned for completion in Lake county this year, according to County Surveyor Ray Seeley. The pavements are mainly links connecting other macadamized highways, according to the three-mil gravel road law. In addition to looking after the building of these roads, the county surveyor has also new bridges Involving about $S5,000 of the taxpayers' money to look after. The mileage of pavement distributed, according to townships. Is as follows: Miles. North 16 Calumet ....11 Eagle Creek 11 Hobart 8 West Creek 6 St. John 3 Ross 3 The bridges are distributed: E. Chicago-Forsythe av. bridge. . $60,00 E. Chicago canal street bridge. 20,000 Merrillville bridge 2,500 Mill race bridge over Deep river. 2,000 WHT ARB TOO NOT A TIMES READER!

(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., July 23. The sale of

lots in Henry S. Davidson's seventh addition to Whiting has been remarkable. Since the advertising campaign In ThbTimes was begun there have been in the neighborhood of thirty lots sold In the new addition. The reason for the sale of this property is the fact that it is the last property In Whiting that Is available for subdividing. After the lots in this subdivision are gone it will be necessary to subdivide In either Hammond or East Chicago. . Neither of these cities are prepared to furnish both sewer and water for any new subdivisions that may be opened in the vicinity of Whiting, on

account of the great expense. The low taxes in Whiting and the efficient city government that has prevailed there make It exceedingly desirable as a place to live. Davidson expects to sell out the entire subdivision in short order. ,

Public Markets and Orna

mental Street Lighting Studied by Mayor J. D. Smalley.

RIDER IS

Ending of Circus In Hammond Last Nignt Brings Shudders when Hundreds Witness Scene.

POKER GAME AROUSES THISJEIIIUCKIAII Card Missing in Game Double-Barreled Shotgun Used Effectively.

RULES FOR MAKING A SPOTLESS TOWN. ' . . First Take away all the ashes and dirt from your back yard Immediately. Send you rubbish to the dumping ground, f . Second Clean - out Your cellars.

stables and shefla-lrwairti'Tottr

cellar' wallsV're'ftces and henhouses.

Third Burn all rubbish that will burn. Clean your vacant lots and alleyways. Fourth Avoid mixing ashes and garbage. This is against the law. You may be fined. Fifth Refrain from throwing old paper, banana or orange skins into the streets. Sixth Plant some grass and flower seeds to make your home beautiful. Every house should have a little green grass and a few trees. Seventh When you have cleaned up once, keep your yard clean all the time. Dirty yards cause flies, sickness, death. Old tin cans hold water; water breeds mosquitoes. Rotten garbage makes bad air, bad air makes weak bodies, weak bodies make big doctor's bills.

Public markets and ornamental street lighting systems, two contemplated projects for Hammond, were made the subjects of Mayor Smalley's particular Inquiry, while on his trip through the northwest during the last two weeks. Mayor Smalley returned yesterday morning, well rested, and several pounds heavier. He enjoyed his trip to the coast immensely, but says the best part of it was the return to Hammond. Portland, Seattle and Tacoma were some of the cities that he visited, and crossing the border he went into British Columbia. - Studies Public Market. At Seattle, the Chicago of the west, he had an opportunity to study some of the municipal problems. Seattle has a public market. It is quite a large institution, having stalls and booths.

which are owned by the city and which

are rented out. But the stall system there is found rather unsatisfactory, because a coterie of produce wholesalers control the stalls, through indi

viduals, who apparently are independ

ent, but In a reality merely the stool pigeons of the wholesalers. In this way price competition is eliminated, - as a uniform price is adhered to by all the dealers, but the people of Seattle still have the benefit of a' large assortment thuy.irnm. . T . T- ' ' . .. . .

Pedestrians returning from th

Hagenbach-Wallace circus in Hammond about 10:30 o'clock last night, turned their heads in horror and shuddered when they saw Mrs. John Beach an equestrienne with the circus, drawn under the wheels of an eastbound C. & 0. freight engine on

Hohman street expecting to see her body ground to pieces. Not until the C. & O. freight engine was brought to a stand still some twenty feet away could eyewitnesses believe that the crossing victim had escaped Instant death. More Scared Than Hurt. Instead of seeing the mangled re

mains of Mrs. Beach, her bruised

Ihorlv was milled from beneath the en

LAKE CO. CROPS LOOKJMIISIIIG Saturday Rain Was LifeSaver for Gardens and Fields.

Get. Ushttnc Ideas. It was In Seattle that Mayor Smalley gained some new ideas on the ornamental street lighting system. Seattle owns Its own lighting plant. Mayor Smalley said this morning that he was struck by the unique beauty of the lighting system. Most cities, he says, have the cluster lights on coss arms, but Seattle, Instead of clusters, had its lights on each post in pyramid form. It Is found that the light is spread to better advantage, and that the lights make a prettier sight. Another suggestion which he received

gine and more scared than Injured she was taken to the Central poolroom where Dr. Chidlaw rendered medical aid. A cab was summoned and Mrs. Beach was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where It was found that her injuries consisted of some severe bruises and a few small cuts.

Crossed In Front of Engine.

xne acciaent occurred aDout 10:30 o'clock last night at the Hohman street crossing, following the first performance of the Hagenbach-Wallace circus. In which Mrs. Beach took part. With her husband Mrs. Beach was on her way up town and at the Hohman street railroad crossing they saw a C & O. freight train coming from the west. Thinking they did not see the oncoming train, crossing watchman A. T. Hood called out a warning to them and told them to wait until ' the train went by. Mrs. Beach, stopped for a moment.

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ROAD WILL BE GREAT . TUG FOR LAKE CO. Local Systems Will Be Connected With Illinois Traction System When Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Line Is Completed Joliet Will Be Brought in Close Touch With Gary Region Soon.

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CIRCUS TAKES SI 0,000 OUT OF HAMMOND -1 ' All Records Broken by the Hagenbeck-Wallace Aggregation.

(Special to The Times.)

Lowell, Ind., July 23. The old I Gardner resort on the Kankakee river in West Creek township was the scene'

of much excitement and danger Sunday forenoon. Victor Barrens who is in charge of the place had invited a

company of friends there and a game of poker was going when some one stole a card and a row and free for all I fight started. Nearly all the furniture j was smashed up. About this time Jim

PhllllpB, a young ex-Kentuckian about 25 years old, got hold of a shot gun

land fired Into the crowd and Instantly

he was monarch of all he surveyed. The crowd went in all directions. While Edward Brooks, a horse trader

Jfrom Newton County was hiking out

Phillips emptied a barrel of shot into the fleshy part of his left leg, and the right leg was burned with powder. A doctor from Momence dressed his wound and he was able to walk oft. Phillips, who is a young married man, went home, threw the gun on the floor, went to bed and was sound asleep when Sheriff Grant and Deputies Fred Furman, Tom Piatt and Fred Buse arrived there about 11:30 and arrested him. When awakened he asked: "Is that you. Mr. Grant. All right I've been waiting for you." He is now lodged In the county Jail to await further action.

Lake county farmers are well along the road to prosperity, owing to the bountiful crops that are in sight now. The heavy general rain of last Saturday was a life saver for the gardens and fields, and only extremely disastrous weather can now rob the producer of his gains. Ninety percent of the hay is made, oats are very good, and corn is nearly normal. ' Wheat is not very strong, too much of it having been ruined by the severe winter. - Few Lake county farmers are complaining. They are getting more thin an average yield. The potato crop which growing in importance with each year, promises to be good; garden truck is doing fine and there will be a fairly good fruit year. It is estimated that . the leading crops for Indiana will run as follows: ; Bushels. Value. Corn 160,000,000 $80,000,000 Oats 73,000,000 24,000,000 Wheat ., 10,000,000 9.000,000

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Talk about the high cost of living. Fifteen thousand people "took in" the Hagenbach-Wallace circus in Hammond yesterday. At the performance last night the big tent was so. packed that standing room had to be sold. It Is estimated that the show has a seating capacity of 10,000, and counting in the afternoon performance, for which there was a large crowd, the total number of spectators is easily above 15.000. netting the Hagenbach people about $10,000. The show was good and clean, and in some respects better than two -years ago. when the same people were here, and while the circus has crtain undesirable class of followers, the local pocal police department had comparatively little trouble. While the show was in progress last night stakes were being pulled, and everything not actually needed for the performance loaded on the special train was taken care of by the Michigan Central, which took it to Lake Station, and from there via the Michigan Central cut-off to Joliet.

Great advantages wlll. be gained by

Lake county by the completion of the

Rockford-Milwaukee and the -Ho-mence-Oary (via Crown Point) extensions of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary and belt line railroad which a syndicate of French bankers have agreed to finance. New Operates 128 Miles. This railroad now has In operation 121 miles between Rockford and Momence, the latter place being near Schneider, on the Kankakee, in this county. Its route now takes In Aurora, Joliet and De Kalb. Completion of the Rockford-Milwaukee and the Momence-Gary extension will make a complete cresent of

some 225 miles tapptng every railroad entering the Calumet-Chicago district

from the west, southwest, northwest.

north, south, east and southeast. It will also tap the United States Steel

corporation' . plants at Milwaukee, Rockford (wire and steel center). te Kalb (wire and, steel center). Joliet and the Gary region. Europe Bays The Bonds. Securities of the road will be purchased for continental Investors by the "Societe Generale Bank" and the "Bank Franco-Amerlcane" both of Paris. The Keneflck Construction company of Kansas City will have the contract for the building of the extensions. The officers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary railroad are: President A. T. Perkins, St. Louis. Vice president and tralTlo manager B. H. Harris, Chicago. , Secretary and chief engineer W F, McSweeney, Chicago. ' ' . General offices of the company are located In the Old Colony building. Chicago.

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TWO MOTOR CYCLISTS HURT (Special to The Times.) Dyer, Ind., July 23. A party of seven Dyer motorcyclists on their way to Hammond's lake front park Sunday afternoon returned before finishing their trip. When about three miles north of Dyer one of the Schroeder boys trying, to pass Peter Scholler collided and threw the occupant In

1 the ditch, rendering Scholler uncon

scious for twenty minutes. Schroeder was cut and bruised on the body and face. According to witnesses of the accident It was a miracle that no one was killed. ! The Schroeder - machine was the most damaged. Today the two are bandaged. The victims are able to be around with a big promise, "never again."

DOUBLE OUT-POT THIS YEAR

Otto Knoerzer, president of the Champion Potato Machinery Co., stated today that the output of the plant this year would be about double that of last year. This is a splendid showing and indicates that the farmer over the country Is prosperous. The policy of the company is to make up a lot of machines at slack seasons of the year so that they will be ready for immediate delivery when they are wanted. Accordingly the orders are quickly

filled as they come in and the Hammond plant can guarantee delivery in a short space of time. Seventy-five men are employed at the Hammond plant. One of the nice things the company does each year is to provide a picnic for the stockholders and employes of the plant. The picnic will be held at Kindel's grove In the near future. Everything Is paid for by the company.

AMBASSADOR HERRICK STARTS ON BIC JOB

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Socialist to Speak. A lecture on "Trusts and the Labor Movement" Is scheduled to be given tomorrow evening by Frank Bohn, a socialist speaker, at the corner of Hohman and Fayette streets. Mr. Bohn, according to an advance an

nouncement, promises to tell his audi

ence how the working man can be his own boss and get the full value of what he produces.

Ambassador Htrrtck. Myron T. Herrick. our ambassador to France, has started on a big job. He has undertaken the collection and arrangement of information relating to the agricultural loan associations and the farm mortgage banks which have proved so valuable an aid to the development of rural Industry and the promotion of rural prosperity In several of the most advanced countries of Europe. He Is being assisted by Americans eminent in commerce and banking. In the mass of Information which he and his associates are getting together there will probably be found all the tight that congress will need in formulating adeouate legislation for meeting the needs of rural bor-. rowers.