Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 54, Hammond, Lake County, 20 August 1912 — Page 1
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VOL. VII., NO. 54.
HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1 912.
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CANAL IS
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New Waterway for East
Chicago, Hammond and Whiting Nearly Done; Ice
Dealer Haehnel May En join Company.
SCENES ALONG CANAL WHERE GIANT DREDGE IS MAKING NEW WATERWAY FOR SCHLESSINGER STEEL PLANT, OPENING UP VALUABLE SITES IN WHITING AND HAMMOND.
UNCLE SI ASKS
With a few feet to travel to finish the west branch of the canal into Lake George for the Schlesinger steel
plant, the Great Lake Dredge and
Dock company , which has the contract from the East Chicago company for the digging, abandoned the work
temporarily yesterday morning.
The company ordered its dredges to Indiana Harbor to begin throwing up 700,000 cubic yards of dirt for the Inland coke 'ovens. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. The work on the canal ia far ahead of the schedule, and the work would have been completed without Interruption, but for the fact that the Oreat Lakes Dredge and Dock company had made all arrangements to take Its giant dredge through the various bridges over the canal. Besides the coke oven work is very urgent, and
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CASES AGAINST filEN AREDISHISSED Bernice Girl Is Sent to School; ' Foster Father Refuses to Prosecute.
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NTERESTING PROGRAM IS ARRANGED
Hattle sorner. the poor little Berice girl who was the victim of a dozen men from Lansifig, Berntce and Oak Glen, will have to fight her battles alone.
WORK OH PLANT START
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OPERATION
AGITATION FOR CLEANER
Word has been received from
liable sources that work on the Bald- J
win Locomotive plant at Indiana Harbor will without doubt be begun this fall. In September the company will
The state's attorneys ofnee dismissed begin to build its switch tracks and the cases against Max Wagner. Peter w . . , Tjin.hin. iri tj j . , assemble Its building materials and as .LApenipe, Edward Redmand, Frank Jager and Anton Matuszewski. who soon a" Possible thereafter construcwere charged with contributing to the tion will be begun. .a 1 1 . . . . . ...
ucwi.ucncy 01 a gin nnaer me age or Mr. Woodle. the civil
LABOR DAY
CITY IS ON
It is declared that the saloons in West-Hammond Jhat were formerly run
as resorts are all cleaned up now. They
1 . j, J are doing business as saloons. It is said,
Lake county gets another traction but th ere ar no inmates in them.
line in operation by Labor day. This 11 ls understood that they have beyi
time it is the Gary, Hobart and East- cleaned out pending the settlement of em Traction company which will open th question as to whether or not they
consent.
Two reasons were given by Judge Frank Green for dismissing the case. One was that the foster father refused to prosecute Max Wagner, the man who
the company, expects to move
from Philadelphia, and after his arrival the work will be prosecuted with vigor. There seems to be no doubt of
admitted that he had wronged the girl, the authority of the information.
Y1" lne Blal la,lea to I The original plan ws to build the1t night A year a?j the company-
w . a. a i . j. . . i ki vrn ilh nniranm r I w n i m im i u&rv.
I'junants'nrji, Dm ine company nu '
up its Gary-Hobart division on September 2 with trolley connections with
Crown Point, Hammond, Whiting, Inenglneer for dlana Harbor, East Chicago, Miller and
here tnetr connecting points.
The franchise to construct a "T" for cars in Massachusetts street south of Thirty-seventh avenue . was granted yesterday by the Gary board of public worka. It wets "ratified by Jhe council
FOR
LITTLE JEFF"
Clever Crook Traveling Un
der 15 Aliases, Now in Jail at Point, May Be Turned Over to the Federal Authorities by Sheriff Grant.
The federal authorities have asked
the police of Indiana Harbor and
East Chicago to give up the person
of "Little Jeff", who has fifteen other
aliases and who was implicated in the wholesale forgeries there.
"Little Jeff" la said to he one of
the most notorious criminals in the
entire country. He has forged money orders in cities (rom cost to coast. Made His Own Stamps.
He is said to have a lot of blank
money orders which he stole from a
poetofflce in California. He has his own stamps manufactured and after
making out the order he proceeds to stamp It up In approved style. Then he passes the order on the hotel clerk where he stays, pays his bill with part of the money and gets away with the rest. The last place he worked this scheme was In Indianapolis. Filled With Potatoes. When the federal officers broke Into his rooms and opened his three suit cases they found them filled with potatoes. He is said to be one of the
most clever crooks In the country. Federal Men May Get Him. In view Of the fact that "Little Jeff" does notj seem to be so badly Involved la the Indiana Harbor check) forging case as the other two men who were arrested it is possible that the East Chicago police will give their prisoner over to the federal authorities. He Is, in fact, bound over to the Superior court at Hammond and is now in the custody of the sheriff. Charles Surprise, United States Commissioner, has issued the warrant for his arrest and the federal officers are expected to serve it tonight of tomorrow.
MAYOR AGAIN
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The name of the prosecuting attorney could not be learned, but he is a sample of the deputies that are sent out to West Hammond to try tfiese cases. j Assuming that it was impossible for the state to prove that the girl ls un- ; der the age of consent, other charges
could have been preferred aeainit th t
Committees for furnishing -the entertainment and diversions at the opening and dedication of the new $100,-
000 Hammond Country club and grounds defendants.
mirk in me u uivci siiy ciuo last mgni
witn tne general arrangement commit- I tee and further advanced the program
ior the day. it was decided to award five handsome silver dedication cups for the winners of the events, which will be as follows: Golf. 1. Members and guests7"free-for-all
sweepstakes at 10 a. m., nine holes. Two j sides to be chosen. Prize, dedication ' i ... cup. ; Official Makes Written De-
2. Ladles' putting contest on a nine-
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hole clock dial green. Open to ladles of the club only. Priie, silver dedication cup. 3. Members' 18-hole handicap night at 2 p. m. for dedication silver' cup. ThTS will be the big event of the day, and will be the first 18-hole match played on the green. Trnnli. 1. Ladles' singles, relatives of club members only. Silver cup prize preliminaries semi-finals and finals. 2. Men's singles and men's doubles, silver . dedication cup for each. Preliminaries is in the morning and semi-
nial of Story Given Wide Circulation.
received so many orders that the of- J fleers are considering it better policy to erect the finishing shops before the foundries, so that castings in the rough may be shipped to the Indiana Harbor plant and finished here. It ls understood that arrangements have , already been made . with one of the I
large foundry concerns to do a great deal of the Baldwin people's foundry work and this plan will do, away with the necessity for the immediate construction of the foundry here, while it will be Imperative that the work on the finishing shops be rushed. The work on the fence which is to enclose the site of the mammoth locomotive works is coming along nicely and the men are now at work on the southeast corner of the tract.
Hobart To Steel Mills.
A. J. Smith, editor of the Hobart Gazette, and one of the directors of the new street car company, said that 16 car loads of steel arrived at Hobart yesterday for the new line. Most of the grading and rail laying is done and there remains but a little work around Gary.
j -r ui in; jit rnru i iijo new une wiu come from Hobart into Gary at Thirty-
seventh avenue and Broadway where it
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TIE TO GET INTEREST
ET IS
MARK
A. T. Lowmaster, the general agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad of Indiana, has .written to The Times denying that the C. & O. contemplates the extension of its Hammond yards. This will have the effect of allaying
the fears of the residents of the south j
side who were sfraid that the addition to the yards would result in the further blocking of Calumet avenue
finals and finals In the afternoon.
The committee has decided to give a!and Sandard avenue.
series of bridge games in the afternoon j Mr. Lowmaser says that he has no ' for the ladies, and an inspection of idea as to how such a rumor could have 1 the club house. 'originated.. The news will be welcome At night the reef ption, which will be j to the property owners in the vicinity formal, will take plaoe, and this ls to be ' who have feared that the proposed im-
BIG DAMAGE SUIT FiLEDJII COURT Charles Lang, Paralyzed After Accident, Wants $50,000 for Injuries.
Event Ought to Be One Greatest Importance For the City.
are entitled to their licenses.
In fact, the vital issue now is whethe
or not the resort keepers are to be granted licenses. If they fail then West
Hammond will surely and truly be I cleaned up. J The resort keepers feel certain that
this agitation against granting them licenses will result in an investigation of their place and so they have de-
, cided to get them into such condition as
i to make the report on them favorable. -l' They they will say, "The question as ! to whether or not these places have been run as resorts is not at issue. The question is: "Are they now being run as resorts." And then when they get their licenses they will summon the girls back and the "little hell" will be a reality again. , There are a number of things on tap: j 1. Miss Brooks is to call a mass meetI ing of citizens next Wednesday night to ' demand of the councilmen that they i vote in. favor of the revocation of the
licenses of the resort keepers. 2. George Rosenbaum ls to be arrested on the charge of bribing the mayor. 3. Complaint is to be made to the state's attorney's office againstsending Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Benedict Short to West Hammond to try Wosceynskl's case. Short is said to be in with the gang and hostile to Miss
' Brooks.
4. The resort keepers are considering a plan to secure an injunction restraining the city council from revoking the licenses of the resort keepers.
Mayor K. M. Wosczynski of West . Hammond - was arrested again last j night on . the complaint of George Rosenbaum who charges that he was guilty of offering to receive a bribe. The arrest was made at twelve
o'clock and at 1:30. Judge Frank Green was induced to get out of bed
and admit the mayor tobail." Richard Zimmerman signed the mayor's bond
for- $5,000. c-
It Is thought to be possible that, the
first charge against the mayor pre-
f ered by Rosenbaum will be dismissed owing to the fact that If Rosenbaum
of
followed by dancing from 10 to 12.
TH3 MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN INDIANA THE TIMES.
provement would Injure their holdings. It also indicates that the railroad is not inclined to go ahead with a project that would incur the hostility of the people of Hammond.
USE JAPANESE GIRLS TO OPERATE TELEPHONE BOARDS IN MEXICO CITY.
at Mexico
Charging that he was Injured so badly that he has become paralyzed Charles Lang, through McAleer Brothers, his attorneys, has started an action for $50,000 damages against the National Brick Company of Munster. The accident ls alleged to nave happened on November 24, 1911. It is re
lated In the company that the defendant, who was employed as a belt foreman, was sent to the top of one of the kilns and while there was brushed off from it by a traveling crane and fell 17 feet. The accident is said to hae been duo to the fact that some hooks were insecurely attached to the load of bricks which were being lifted up to the kiln. The hooks gave away and the load of brick was knocked against the plaintiff and knocked him to the ground below. The accident is alleged to have resulted in the severe injury of the plaintiff and finally in paralysis.
Japanese girls
City board.
There are lots of Japanese In Mexico and Japanese girls are being used with success in Mexico City. They work mighty well, and very cheap.
I f one ingV. in
To Teach Botany.
The plan to build a fine new school building for Hammond hae,--by no means been abandoned and it is hoped
yet this fall to have a basement dug
and the foundation completed
of the best high school buildi
the state. When completed it is expected to have the school running night and day the year around, considerable attention being paid to the . evening classes. Prof. E. S. Tillman, who goes there as the botany instructor, will probably teach throughout the summer as well as during the regular nine months, that constitute the present term. Jasper County Republican.
That the city market idea is gaining owlne'to the high cost of living is evidenced in a dispatch from Milwaukee, which says that the common council of that city has set aside an entire city block in the downtown district to bo used for a municipal market. The dls-
patcn goes on to say that rich women driving their electric coupes mingle
with washerwomen at the square in purchasing vegetables and other farm products. Hammond's city market ought to be thrown open to the public within another ten days. Practically all the material in the old storage yard In the rear of the city hall, has been removed, and the ground is about Hear, to be put in shape for market purposes. But aside from The Times' campaign and a subsequent agitation by the East Side Improvement association for a market on Calumet avenue, little has been done to encourage a municipal exchange. Housewives nevertheless are wide awake to the possibilities of the institution, and wherever the subject is discussed some practical suggestions are made. Among these are that Ther mayor appoint a city market commission. That this commission establish the market with a view of bringing pro
ducer and consumer together. That the commission Inaugurate a campaign of publicity to reach the truck gardeners, acquainting them with
the city market idea, and that the commission visit the producers in person to encourage them to avail themselves of the city market. That peddlers and middlemen be barred from selling In the municipal market, as this would endanger its existence. That a day be set aside by proclamation for the opening of the Hammond market, and that it be marked with a fitting celebration in which the public officials should take part.
THB MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN INDIANA-. THE TIMES.
NO WORD RECEIVED.
Martin Finneran's wife is still alive,
according to the belief of his friends in West Hammond. No word has been
received from Hudson, Mich., resarn'fng: the accident except the fragmentary news that came at the time Finneran was summoned to the bedside of his wifo. However, no news is believed to be good news. If is thought that if Mrs.
Finneran had died or was in very serious condition that some word would have been received by the many friends in West Hammond.
admits that he bribed the mayor he himself will be liable on a charge of bribery. ' In this event Rosenbaum will have to change his whole story. Yesterday he said to a Ttmrs reporter, "I gave the mayor $40 on the day of July and 140 on the of August besides a large sum of money, that I spent over the bar." Now If - he changes Yliis tactlgji td claims that he did not give the mayor any i mMy- but.mrejy was solicited (Continued on Page 7.)
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fours IS WRECKED
LIGHT QUESTION UP.
A regular meeting of the Hammond j city council is scheduled for this evening and it is highly probable that a , vote o the ordinance providing for' the installation of the ornamental ' lights will be taken. Although the ; majority of the committee on streets and alleys, to whom the ordinance was
Three persons were injured, one, a woman, probably fatally, and a street car knocked oft the tracks and on the curbstone, shortly before a. m. today, when an automobile, owned by Mrs. Mary Moriarty of Cedar Lake, Ind.. struck an eastbound car at South Michigan avenue, and East Thirtyfirst street, in Chicago. The Injured are: BRADLEY, NELLIE, 2252 South
Wabash avenue; back severely injured, sustaining probable Internal injuries, and right ankle sprained; taken by the police to Michael Reese hospital. KELLT. JAMES, 26 East Twentythird street; cut over left eye and bruised all over body; attended by physician at East Thirty-first street and Indiana avenue. CONNORS, JOHN. 2339 South Wabash avenue; cut on left shoulder and generally bruisedT attended by physician in neighborhood.
Car Oaee Jack Johanna's. The machine, which was formerly owned by Jack Johnson, colored heavy weight champion of the world, was being driven north at a terrific speed, the police Bay. James Culvert, the driver, attempted to get his car across Thirty-first street ahead of the street car, and instead the machine crashed into the right side of the street car. The car was knocked clear off the tracks and on the curbstone. Ocropti Throwi lato Street.
All the occupants of the machine were thrown out into the street. A hurried call for ambulances was sent into the Cottage Grove avenue and Stanton avenue police stations, - and when they arrived the two Injured men had been taken care of by physicians. The woman, however, was in a critical condition, and she was taken to the hospital. Culver, the driver, who lives at II West Twenty-second street, and who escaped uninjured, was taken into custody by the police, who are holding him pending an investigation.
HOW THE CANAL LOOKS IN NORTH HAMMOND TODAY.
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referred, is expected to make an un- j favorable report. It is expected that the majority of the council will sup- j port the minority report. j , The north side, which has been the S strongest agitator against the intro- j duction of lights unless It would get j the same concessions on Hohman street from the rivr north to Gostiln i street, has been busy with a petition 1 which also asks for liErhts. It is prob
able that this petition will be submit- ' ted to the council this evening. It al- ! so is understood that Sibley street I property owners ade or?ranz:ng to de- j mand the lights from Hohman street j
to Oakley avenue.
Still Confined to Room. Mrs. Eddie Wagner, the young woman who was accidentally struck by an engine on the 10:14 train a week ago last Sunday as she was standing near the edge of the platform, is reported to getting along very well. She is still confined to her bed. Her injuries are not thought to be serious, however, nor did she suffer any bone fractures.