Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 27 July 1912 — Page 1

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WELCOMES ERIE R. R, Progressive Hammond Suburb Says Ridge Road Must Be Kept , Intact, However, as a Residence Street. A. M. De Weese, the agent of the Erie railroad In Hammond, expressed a great deal of surprise that the facta la the land deal at Highlands should have been made public. j He said, however, that It seemed to be the logical thing- for the railroad to do. He said that the road would have to make some arrangements for terminal facilities and that he would not be surprised that these arrangements should be made at Highlands. Andrew Reiner, one of the leading citizens of the Ridge- road district, said today that he had known of the proposed land purchase for some time. Howe-re r, he was greatly Interested In Th Tucks' article. "The only thing we are afraid of here." said Mr. Reiner, "Is that the Brie eoal storage warehouse will be built too near Highlands and will destroy that town a a residential district, v ""We are taking steps to make the Ridge Road the residential district for the entire Calumet region and anything that seems to work against the consummation of these plans will not be received with enthusiasm by the people of Highlands. The lUdge road Is to be the Sheri dan drive of the Calumet region, and the people here are going to fight to have it retain its characteristics as a residential district of the first class. "So long as the Erie's operations are confined to the district away from the XUdaja road they will receive the hearty eo-operatlon of the town of Highlands." The people of Highlands are very moon Interested In. the- matter, of the big land deal and they are watching all of the developments very carefully. i.e. BULL HOOSE County Chairman Charles Davidson head of the Lake County Bull Moose party today announced the appointment of two more officers of the county central committee. "W. C Bellman, cashier of the First National bank of Hammond, becomes treasurer of the Progressives and W. E. Roe of East Chicago, vice chairman. Oscar Dinwiddle, the Lowell politician was named secretary when the party was first formed last week. Precinct and township heads are be lng named. Chairman Davidson ii now busy arranging for the details of the county convention to be held at Crown Point next Monday. WANTS ROOM MADE FOR MORE SETTLERS Knute Nelson. Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, is the father of a very important amendment to a pending bill in congress. The amendment provides that all government owned lands In the jvest which are good for agricultural purposes shall be opened up to settlers. The effect of the amendment. If passed, would be to compel the secretary of agriculture to throw open about two-thirds of the area embraced in the national forests. Opponent of the measure declare that the amendment r drafted In the interest of the big land corporations, which would speedily gobble up the lands thrown open to set-tlement.

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LAWS ILLIIESS Wife of Police Officer Taken Away; Funeral Tuesday Afternoon. Mrs. Frank P. Lararae, 735 Hohmau street, a well-known and respected res. ident of Hammond, died at the family residence from a cancer at 11:10 o'clock last night, following a lingering illness of six weeks, during which time she suffered much pain. The funeral will be held from the family residence at 735 Hohman street, Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The Rev. A. W. Hoffman of the Presbyterian church will conduct the services and interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery on the family lot. Mrs. Lamme was first taken ill about five years ago and has been under the care of a physician since. Six weeks "ago she was taken suddenly worse and during that time her condition gradually grew worse. . She passed away at 11:10 p. m. last night. Mrs. Lamme was 53 years old and is the wife of Frank P. Lamme, who is well known in Hammond, being a member of the city police force. She is also survived by three children Charles C. Harold and Mrs. Kittle Dibert of Chicago. . ELKS PROMISE All AIRSHIP EOS PICNIC An aeroplane flight, given by a member of the Chicago Aero club, is one of the big features that may be seen at the Elks' annual picnic to be held at Klndel's grove Aug. 24th, and from present indications the proposed attraction will be given. Dave Lederer, who has negotiated to . get the attraction for Hammond, states that he has secured the Chicago birdman to give an exhibition flight and the only arrangements that have not been completed is the route which he will take. At present it is expected that the air sailor will fly from Chicago to Ham mond and alight at Kindel's grove where he will ascend again, circle the park a number of times and make his way back to the city. .. ., The various committees met at the Elks', club roooms Thursday evening and all report that everything Is near ly in readiness of their- big day. - Be sides plenty of fun. dancing, . music, prires, diamond contests, races and nu merous concessions, there will be a midway, a white city and other free attractions. Money or time is not being spared to make the annual affair a suc cess. L. V. CRAVENS BUYS Ofl CALUfflET AVE. The Hammond shipping district Is thing apart from Chicago from now on, as far as the Erie is concerned. The Hammond office is independent. It h been divorced from the Chicago office. Six. men have come to Hammond to live as a result of the new order t"hat has been promulgated from the office in New York. The Hammond office wa formerly a sort of a branch of the Chicago office. Now the Hammond business is handled as a senarate nronosltion Thw

Hammond agent reports direct. The I thrilling stories they had read of lads Hammond territory stands on its own'ot the,r age findln8 corpses and bring-

base. It is no longer linked up with Chicago. ' This is considered a recognition of the wonderful development that has taken place in the Calumet district. It is certain to give Hammond a bigger place on the Erie map than it has ever had before. ACCUSES WIFE; WANTS DIVORCE James H. Starkweather, an engineer on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroad, has started an action for a divorce against his . wife. Myrtle oiarKweainer, in wmcn lie alleges mil she leaves Home at mgnt w hfl. ha I. .. .... . at work and keeps improper hours. H alleges that she will go to Chicago where she will visit for days at atime and then refuse to give an account of herself. He also alleges that she has a lock box in the Hammond postornce where she receives letters from her gentleman acquaintances. The couple wer married at Plainfield. 111., March 28,

1905, and separated July 23. 1912. The,, th d two 8maUer teetn . llfllll. T V t I t . "

case was filed by William H. Sickman. TRAIN VICTIM STILL UNKNOWN

The remains of the unknown mn j Another bad leak" was reported to who was found, 200 feet west of the) the 'city water department this mornHohman street crossing on the I. H. j jnK jn the water main between KinBelt right of way in Hammond early del's ' grove and the C. J. railroad Thursday morning by a Michigan Cen-, tracks on Sheffield avenue. High wa-

tral towerman are still being held at Stewart's morgue awaiting funeral arrangements and identification. Unless the remains are identified by Monday morning Interment will be- made at Hessvllle as a county charge. If you smoke a -La Vendor once -you will always call for them.'

FATALITIES AND MISFORTUNES PURSUE OCCUPANTS OF MISSOURI DWELLING; SUPERTITIOUS BLAME GYPSY'S RESTLESS SPIRIT

House near St. Joseph, Mo., July 27. The rest less spirit of a gypsy, slain twenty years ago by a rival in a quarrel over the affections of a girl of the clan, is beamed by the superstitious of the neighborhood for a series of fatalities and misfortunes which have occurred to the occupants of a house near St. Joseph. Death after death has occurred there until the man who braves the curse" which is supposed to haunt It and m,oves his family into the house is regaraea with awe and shunned Dy tne neighbors. The latest of these tragedies is the death within a week of each other of the two little children DOG PUTS Canine. Digs Up a Buried Soupbone Which East Chicago Boys Thought Was Part of a Human Skeleton. A band of East Chicago small boys, ranging between 10 and s 13 years of age while rooting around in Kosciusko Park, early last evening, found evidences of what appeared to be a freshly dug grave. Having visions of murders or hidden treasure in their mind's leye they began scooping away the sand and earth and the first thing they came upon was a , large bone. HororsI George Gumpski, aged 13, the captain of the band, surmised that the. bone must have once graced the leg of a human being. More digging revealed more bones. Really it was becoming exciting, and the boys thought of "lc ; receiving large rewards for their in j formation. ' Still more bones, and jmore and then some! It was too much. George and his band of admiring desciples, decided they would better take the matter up (Continued on Page 8.) LOSES ELK CHARM. While paying the Wallace-Hagen-beck circus a visit in Hammond Arthur Adair, 2120 , West Van Duren street, Chicago, had the misfortune of losing a valuable elk tooth watch i charm which he prised very highly ; a3 a gf i . . . - ' This mornlne Mayor smallev. secre.Ury of tne Hammond ' loge of Elks, 485 received a communication from , Mr Adair asking if he knew of Its j flnder an() u go to return the charm j to tne aDOVC address and receive a reward of 5 The foUowtnK descriP: tlon was enclosed- ' ' j Three.t0oth charm with a B. P. O. E. i mv,n. k k-u o I an elk head down over the front, or are set back of the larger one. SHEFFIELD AVE. PIPE BURSTED ter pressure is thought to have been the- cause of the break which is giving the water department a good deal of trouble. A force-of workmen was put to work at once and the leak will be repaired in a short time. ' WHT ARB READER t YOU NOT A - TIMES

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jotep... Mo., m wghteh many fatalities of D. Noonan, who recently moved here after, having pissed unscatched through a tornado which killed a dozen in southern Missouri, The house was bullft by Christopher Schroers for hjs bride.1 To him a gypsy prophesied evil thing's to befall the occupants of the hotfse.' He laughed and moved In. A few "weeks later he was killed by a train. The little daughter of George Lobbey, . a telegraph operator, was run down . and killed by a wagon. "Then a child of Conrad Ebert, a railroad employe, was killed by a train. as she rushed out to wave at the passengfers. ; Claude Hudnail and his bride succeeded them and The steamship "Renowa." the largest vessel owned by the Stadard Oil Co.. made Its way up the Indiana Harbor canal' yesterday at about 6 a. m. It moored to the oil company's docks and took aboard a cargo of 86,000 barrels of illuminating oil, which is just a little less than 2.000,000 gallons, and at 6 p. m., when its mammoth tanks had been filled, the craft was turned about ana steamed back to Lake Michigan, heading for Duluth, Minn. " " . .' It was the Renown's maiden trip u the canal, and although a ooat of tremendous proportions, the trip was accomplished without mishap or delay. At about the same time barge No. 86. also the property of the Standard Oil Co., In tow of a tug. made its way up the canal. It left today with a cargo of oit for Detroit, Mich. Ed. p'Donnell, the new collector of the port, issued the papers under which the two boats cleared. Goes to Laporte. J. M. Flavey, who far the past yer has been "connected with the editorial staff of the Gary Tribune, . today resigned his position. On next Monday Mr. Flavey takes up his new duties ns ity editor of the LaPorte Argus-Bulletin and the Darling News bureau.. ENDS MOURNING IN TENNIS AT -NEW PORT Miss Edith Deacon. . AUaa Edith Deacon. Boston, ant. formerly of Newport, has at lasi thrown off the cloak of seclusion in which she has hidden since the death of -her fiance. George Lee Pea body: nearly two-years ago. - She appeared on tbe tennis courts at Newport recently to give battle to Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas. 'Although Miss Deacon nut a splendid game, ah was da-

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have occurred things turned out so badly that Hudnall killed himself. So did Charles Higby, although the motive has never j become known. The next tenant and his hired man met death under a train on their way to town. Ill luck has marked every venture undertaken by those who have lived In the house. Broken legs, accidental gunshot wounds, paralysis, illness and poor crops has featured the residence of others. . , , .. The house is vacant , now because after spinal meningitis had claimed his two children, Noonan took the remainder of his family and .Speedily moved out. ; Campaign for Mercy Hospital Surpasses All Expectations for Results; Liberality of . Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago. Predictions that the Mercy hospital fund will reach the $25,000 mark today, the third day of the Gfiry Commercial club's whirlwind campaign, are made by General Chairman Harry Hall. Yesterday morning Campaign Manager Charles Mayne predicted that the collections would Jump rrom a little over ' $7,000 to $10,000. Instead they shot up past the $16,000 mark. 4,MrO Is la Slgnr. It now looks as if $40,000 will be raised instead of the amount original ly sought at.. So systematic is the campaign being carried on by the 250 men engaged in it that no one in Gary will escape being asked to contribute. Contributions are . payable in four quarterly installments. Not only is Gary contributing but Hammond, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and other, points are responding as well. State Senator Frank N. Gavit of the Gary & Interurban- railway, came down from Whiting and gave $500 to T. W. Englehart's committee. Mr. Englehart gave $250 himself, and Sela Smith, of Hobart chipped In a hundred dollar bill. ' Mike Byrnes, the Chicago sewer contractor, also gave $100. Himmmd Generoua (lver. ' City Attorney Harvey Curtis and Alderman A. S. Hess ' motored over to (Continued on Page 8.) Sandors Is Buried. The .funeral . of Bena Sandors of East Hammond, who fell dead while working ,'at the Standard Steel Car works Tuesday- morning, was held from the family residence yesterday afternoon, interment being made at Oak Hill t-emetery. Sandors was employed in the passenger department at the Standard Car works on the nlpht shift. Following his eating his lunch Sandors was seen to fall over as If in a faint, but before fellow workman could reach his side he was dead. The coroner has not yet rendered his verdict. CARRIERS FOR TOLLESTON SOON ' With the abolishment of the Tolleston postofflce of Gary, a fifty-year old office, on August 1, and Its being taken over by the central postofflce at Gary carrier service will be started hs soon as possible. It Is probable that three carriers will be assigned to he TJoleston district for the present. La Vendor Cigars are pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers.

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It is probable that within a few days the Hammond Chamber of Commerce will be occupying the finest club rooms ( in the Calumet region. At a meeting of the members of the University club, in the beautiful roooms of that organisation, last night, the derision was reached to make a proposition for the Joint u?eof the rooms by the two organizations. It is believed that a plan has at last

been hit upon that will be satisfactory University club on account of the feelto both organisations. It contemplates lng that haen engendered over the prothe making of a very liberal proposl- posed arrangement. ' tteQ to the Hammond Chamber of Com- Attorney Li L. Bomberger states, merce by the University club of Ham- however, that he thought the Chamber

mond. By the terms of that proposition the identity of the University club is to be preserved, but the Hammond Chamber of Commerce will have charge of the' rooms. The University club members will have the inclusive use of the" rooms. The University club members will have the exclusive use of th rooms on certain nights. To Hare Whole Floor. The Chamber of Commerce will then have the entire third floor of the Citi- ! Zens National Rank huildinar. Tn th , rear room it will have an un-to-dat I cafe, where noonday luncheons will be served. The room that is now used as a ball rooom by the members of the University club will be, used a.s an as-j sembly room by the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. Hammond's civic organization is now expected to double Its membership with these handsome club roooms as the attraction. It win gtt a large membership from the University club to start with. That is to be part of. the proposition. . ; - . The noonday luncheon feature is expected to be the most attractive net that has yet been offeredto the.membersTtlp of a Hammond -club, . ... " . Speakers of .note, will be Invited to speak at these luncheons and the civic interests of the. city will be advanced IPANY A forty million dollar anertgage, tit largest( ever placed a record la Lake county, Nias been filed at Crowa Point by ke Inlted State Steel Corporation la behnlf of It subsidiary, tbe Indiana Steel company-, owner of the mounter Gary steel work", tvblek t valued at 9100,000,000. This mortgage was recently precede by the Inland Steel company's $10,000.000 mortgage upon its Indiana Harbor plant and the Chicago. Indianapolis & Meridian railway's $1,000,000 mortgage. The $40,000,000 mortgage follows the action of the United States-Steel Corporation's directorate in authorising a HAHD IS fi SEPARATE DISTRICT Attorney L. V. Cravens of Hammona is one of the lucky men who has been able to secure some of the rapidly disappearing Calumet avenue frontage in the territory between the Michigan Central and Nickel plate tracks which has recently come to be so much in demand. Mr. Cravens purchased 109 feet of frontaire on Calumet avenue. Just north of the Herkner property.. The property i ranges in depth from 40 to 80 feet. The deal was a three cornered one. in which Robert Matthies, W. G. Paxton and t V. Cravens were parties. This is another evidence of the faith of som of the best oWfrvers in the future of i Calumet avenue in the vicinity of Stat and Sibley streets. j Mr. Cravens says that he has not yet decided whether or not he will improve the property, but he will not-ilet it stand Idle long. He is delighted with his purchase. f FALLS INTO TANK OF LYE; BURNED Joseph Swanson, an East Chicago man employed in - the Cudahy plant, accidentally fell into a tank of lye , yesterday afternoon and was severely burned about his lower body. He was hurried to St. Margaret's hospital, having in the meantime received first aid from Dr. A. G. Schlleker. At the hospital this morning it was said the chances for recovery are in his "favor. -Until he received medical aid Samsen suffered excruciating pain, but he Is resting easy today.

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immeasurably. The infusion' of newblood from the University club, whose members are always interested in civic progress, will be another advantage. ' DeHsloa Reached. The decision to make the proposition to the Chamber of Commerce was th culmination of a warm session last evening. Attorney Fred Crumpacker reported that he did not believe that the Chamber Chamber of Commerce would enter into negotiations with th,e of Commerce would entertain a buslness like- proposition that, came direct from authorised representatives of the University club. This statement wa' confirmed by a number of the director of the Chamber of Commerce who were present at the meeting. . Roscoe E. Woods then made a' mti. Hon that a committee, consisting of the officers and directors of the University i club and three of its members, be appointed with instructions .to negotiate j with the board of directors of the Chamber nf f nmmpr Innklnir tn th alx nf th enulnmnnt and 1mm nf th" ' University club to the latter organlsa. tion, and that the commmittee be given j full power to act. s . Committer Appoiated. , s This motion was carried and the oft fleers and directors of the University 'club, together with Roseoe E. . Woods, Dr. H. E. Sharrer and David T. Emery were appointed to meet .with the boar of directors of the Hammond Chamber of : Commerce next Monday night. The bodies which , represent both organizations will meet at the-rooms, of the University club Monday night night, make an appraisement of the property, and agree on a basis for .the -Raj. ; r..'ji3s ex$st4" rihf ; tji rw9l?aar; will be closed then and .ti;it tneHain-'' mpnd Chamber ot .Commerce: wilt - be ready to commence its fall activities. .'. FILES bond issue of this amount upon the Gary works. These bonds are 5s gold and; mature in 1952. Of. the total amount $15,000,000 worth have already been taken by J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. and sold to various . investors. : It is stipulated in the mortgage contract that at least $25,000,000 ot the proceeds be expended for new Improvements av the Gary works.- Six million dollar of this sum has already been voted for new improvements. : Security for the 6s gold are evidence by a first mortgage upon the Gary works of the Indiana Steel company the guarantee as to their payment by the United Steel Corporation. . ' HH "nMK NEWSPAPER OF LAKH COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BB. STOWED BT ITS READERS ON TBI XIMK& - .' ' ' PROMOTER ENJOYING VACATION IN N. Y. ,y -3 yi x Christopher C Wilson. Christopher Columbus Wilson, the promoter of tbe wireless telegraph swindle, which was aired by U. S. postal authorities last year, and who is under s heavy prison sentence. Is enjoying a vacation tn New York from the Atlanta eniteotisry. He is active in a movement which has tor Its purpose the securing of a pardon from "resident Taft for Wilson's agent oa the Pacific Coast, who raited Ut millions for bias. .......

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