Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 64, Hammond, Lake County, 17 September 1912 — Page 1

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DURBlH ENTERS

Candidate for, Governor and, Party Will Speak at j

Crown Point and Hammond; Campaign Is Now on in Earnest.

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Beginning with today the people of Lake county will appreciate the fact that they are in the midst of a national campaign that will terminate early in November. Ex-Governor Winfleld T. Durbln will invade. Lake county f r the purpose of espousing the principles of the Republican party and two speeches and a meeting with the workers is scheduled. Flrat at Crown Point. The south end of the county will flock to Crown Point, where at 2:00 i. m. at Central Music hall the first important political meeting of the campaign was held. Durbln addressed a meeting In Valparaiso at 10 o'clock this morning: and then made the trip to Crown I'olnt in an automobile. He was accompanied by Hon. Charles A. Carlisle, of youth Eend who is aLso making the tour of the northern part of the state. Losrhrd In Valparaiso. County Chairman Charles Johnson said that after ex-Governor Winfleld Durblti and his party took lunch In Valparaiso they were conveyed to Crown Foint in an automobile. The interest in the visit of the ex-governor was manifested by the large attendance at the Crown Foint mooting. As soon as the Crown I'olnt meetIns: was concluded oi-Gwernor Durbln and Mr. Carlisle, accompanied by Charles Johnson, A. J. Swanson, Levi Hutton and Richard Schaa'f, Sr.. left In automobiles for Hammond. There at the Republican headquarters on the fifth floor of the Hammond building Durbln and Carlisle met the precinct committeemen from over the county and such businessmen and poli-

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Prest-O-Lite People Start Work on Construction of I Plant Which Is to FurI nish Product for This ! Part of State.

FINANCIAL MANAGERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO TELL CLAPP'S COMMITTEE HOW MUCH THEY SPENT BEFORE CONVENTIONS

Hon. Winfleld S. Durbin. ticians as called to see him An informal meeting was held in the headquarters and preparations were made to attend the meetlntr at East Chlcapo In the ovenintr. The party arrived in Hammond shortly after 4:30 o'clck. This headquarters meeting was in lieu of a speech In Hammond. The meeting at East Chicago Is expected to be a monster. It is to be held at the K. of V. hail and is Intended for the people o? the entire north end of the county. Republicans from Hammond, 'W'hitinc, Gary and Indiana Harbor, are expected to journey to East Chicapo to hear the Republican candidate proclaim the principles U on which he Is making: tho rampaien for election. Elaborate arrangements have been made by the Republican county central committee for the meeting-. It is not known whether or not this will be the last opportunity to bear tho Republican candidate for governor.

TAX LEVY 10 GET A BOOST

WORK 'TO ' BEGIN ON FRIDAY

A permit for the building of the

prest-o-lito manufacturing plant in I

Hammond was taken out in the city hall this tnorninff and ground is to be broken at once to bcsln the construction. The manufacture of prest-o-lite is in progress nw in 1 lammond, the company ushi part of the 1-VTlera! cement tile plant, on the state line, north of the river, for this purpose until its own building !s completed. Tiie Hammond plant is to be one of sixteen or mora that are already scattered all over the country. The building for which a permit was procured this morning is to be re-ln-forced concrete and brick construction, and will cost in the neighborhood of $12,000 when completed. It will be located on the company's two acres of ground on Marble street, between the Monon and Indiana Harbor railroad tracks, two blocks north of the Champion Potato Machinery plant. Three buildings will bo crecti d having a combined iloor area of 9,'."i0 square feet. It is the aim of the company to manufacture enough prest-o-hte in Hammond to take care of the entire northern Indiana demand. To do this at least 40,000 cubic feet of the pas must be manufactured daily, especially during the automobile season, as the presto-lite Is primarily used for autolighting purposes. In the manufacture of prest-o-lite carblte and water dissolved In acetone are the principal In-g-redients. The product is shipped in cans, which are 20 Inches in heighth and six inches in diameter.

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West Hammond Mayor After Tie Vote, Casts Ballot to Oust Police Chief for Conduct During His Administration.

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Chief of Tolice John Kulozyk of West Hammond was discharged from the

police force at the meeting of the city 1 .m .! .e l pvAntnp t, v nril rT of tn fnr

K. M. Fosczynlski and on the recommendation of the police and fire committee. The charges that were preferred against him were that he failed and refused to obey tho orders of the mayor and council In the specific Instance instance when the council ordered him to raid the dives and close them up. "While this is the technical charge. It is understood that the real reaeon for his dismissal was the fact that he never was in sympathy with the. reform element In the city administration. "Whether or not the stories that are told about Kulczyk are true is not known, but the fact remains thai both (Continued on Fage 7.)

At th lrt Lieut. Oov. Cok nd former Senator Dubois. Center Wm. F. McCiombt. and Senator Dixon.

Right Wm. B. MOUniey

DINNER

AJiother interesting session of the Hammond city council is scheduled for this evening, two matters of prime importance being up for consideration. In the first place the council is to take final action on the question of ordering the ornamental light system for the business district. A matter of equal importance is the adoption of the 1913 tax levy. This In all probability will be $1.90 for the ensuing year, 10 cents higher than the taxes f.jr the current year. Under the law the tax levy must be adopted at a September session of the ctiy council. At first Mayor Smalley and Edward Aubry, the city controller, figured that the new tax levy would not exceed the old one, but alter all the slicing had been done that was possible it was found that another 13 cents had to be tacked on to take care of a $10,000 judgment and interest against the city growing out of the Irwin Jahnke personal injury suit. Athough there is a possibility that the ornamental light system will be Installed during the next year, the light levy remains unchanged at IS cents. In the event the lights are instilled and the city pays for the "Juice," the city can always draw on the general fund to meet the Immediate demands.

Next Friday the work of construction on the paving of the extension of Hohman street, north of the Little Calumet river, will he begun. While that part of the street south of the river has been paved it is not noticed for the reason that it will be necessary to put in the bridge before the street can be used. It is expected that the street north of the river will be completed this fall. This will make a great deal of difference in the appearance of the street. It is to be paved to a width of 40 feet and the county commissioners

have allowed a bridge that will havo a 40-foot wagonway and 7-foot pedestrian walks on either side.

AT COUNTRY CLUB

The financial managers of. sJl the pre-convrntlon presidential candidate have agreed to agpaar before Senator Clajip'a campaign expenditure committee on September 3d jmd tell what money they iret for tha preconvention fight and how they spent it. Representative William B McKlnley will appear for President Taft, Senator Dixon and Orrasby Mcilargr for Colonel Roiseve!t, former Senator Dubois for Champ Clark, William F. McCoomba for Woodrow "Wilson, Llit. Oct. Nichols for Judson Harmon and Senator Hank head for Oscax W. Underwood.

PATTERSON ELECTED BOARD PRESIDENT

MRS. WEBB RECOVERING Miss Myrtle "Webb. 125 Carroll street, who has been very 111 at her homed ur-

ing the past thre weeks. Is reported j various committees to do this. He

gradually improving this morning and her many friend are wishing her a speedy recovery.

Committees Recently Appointed Receive Instructions.

In honor of the first formal meeting

of the eight newly appointed committees of the Hammond Country club, held in the grillroom, last night, thirty

members on the various governing bodies met at a dinner and discussed ways and means for carrying on the policies of the new organization which is to mean so much to the cities of Hammond, "Whiting and Kast Chicago. The guests sat at tables arranged in the shape of an "H" and President A. Murray Turner presided at the dinner, which was in five courses. At its conclusion the object of the gathering was outlined by Mr. Turner, who went back to the inception of the country club project and followed it with an expression of his hopes as far as the future of the organization. He expressed a desire that the committees specialize in sharing the government of the club

and showed it to be the duty of the

Contractor McClay Pushing Work on West Hammond School.

Bloomer Girls Here. Yesterday afternoon at the II. A. A. park the Boston Bloomer Girls lined up against a picp-up team composed of former Hammond baseball stars, and not only demonstrated that they can throw a ball as well as any man, but ran run bases and use the war club as well. On account of the small attendance only six Innings were played, resulting In a victory for the local talent by a fcore of 4 to 2. The. Bloomer Girls put up a good appearance and started the first inning by scoring two runs. Hammond failed to score, but succeeded in holding a swat fest in two of the Innings to bring In four scores. The Bloomer Girls' team Is composed of seven women, the male players composing the battery. They put up a good game of ball and surprised many who attended the game Just to see an exhibitor,.

followed by Vice President H. K. Sharrer and W. B. Conkey in short talks. "W. r. Ray and G. H. Fifleld of Whiting also spoke. At the conclusion of the talks the various committees met in different parts of the building and took up the work that had been

; allotted to them. The spirit manifested at the dinner gives great promise of a

Just a Little Quartette. "With the exception of four drunks who were haled before City Judge Barnett this morning, nothing of importance occurred at the Hammond po

lice station last night, where quititude j membership of 200 in a very short time prevailed. Kach drunk pead guilty to a,u a number of plans and projects the offense end were fined $1 and costs, j WPre Ise-ussed that will make the club amounting to $11. Two of them will be 1 shlne socially before long. The guests

sent to Crown Foint in default of pay- i and tne committees they represented

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Flnanof Frank

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FFTKR KOHL, Kast Hammond; ar-'man; H- M' John8n. Leonard Knoeraer, rested by Officer Carlson at Purnmer j v- T- n-ver and - A. KrinblU. street. House V. 1?. Conkey, chairman; Dr. ALBKUT PET ICRS, 1129 Coumbia avc- ' T' K- w- r- Ra-V- Carl Kaufman, ntie, Hammond; arrested bv Officer K" s- r,r"ma", B- F- Johnson and Dr It

Trinen on Calumet avenue.

Funeral This Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Bertha Hussey, 62H HoffmRn street, was held from the family residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. Switzer of the First Methodist church and interment was made at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Hussey was 4f years old and was the wife of John E. Hussey. Besides n wide circle of friends she is survived by four children.

CHARLES JOMX.-SON, P.ostori, Mass.; arrested by Of fb er Bush on Chailotto avenue. MIKE MULLIGAN, GARY; arrested by Officer Law on State street.

Seek Missing Girl. Chief of Police Peter Austeen received a commur ication from Anton Werner of R. It.. So. 6, Richmond, Va., this morning asking aid of the Hammond department in locating hi daughter, who ha-i been missing Mnce Nov. 1, 1911. With the letter are several pictures, but from the description Chief Austgen does not think the girl is In Hammond. The girl is described as being 27 years old and left her home last November, when she went to a sanitarium in Chicago. Sinc that time she has been heard of on several occasions, but now her whereabouts is a mystery.

iZ. Sharrer. , F; 1 "Si (inuinils .lohn E. Fitzgerald, chairman. C. E. Bauer and Dr. H. C. Groman. SMHt and ;ame W. I. Ray, chairman; Percy A. Parry. W. J. McAleer. Uwrencfl Cox, M. C. Cleveland and C. A. Smith. lines L L. Ilomberger. chairman; Henry Conkey, F. D. McElroy, R. H. MeUie and I. J. Lyons. Membership Jesse E. Wilson, chairman; George W.Lewis. Dr. G. L Smith, Otto Knoerzer and John C Hall. Entertulnment H. E. Sharrer, chairman; G. II. Fifield, Ariolph Hirsch. Fred Mott, Jr.; T. W. Oberlin. J. F. Sawyer, and R. O. Winckler.

At a special election Saturday ntght "Walter R, Patterson, 431 West Sibley street, waa elected president of the West Hammond board of education to nil the vacancy caused by the resigna

tion of John J. Brehm. The office la i an important one at this time, as the ! hoard Is erecting a new high school ! building and organizing high school j work. Mr. Patterson was elected j without opposition. He is superintendent of the fertilizer department of the Hammond glue works. and Is thought to be a very suitable man to become the head of the bo; ,1. The new building on Wentworth avenue Is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible by Contractor J. H. McClay, and will probably be turned over to the board by Nov. 1. It Is expected that by Jan. 1. at the farthest, part of the building will lie furnished and occupied by eighth grade and high school classes. High School Work. Ilrsun. High school work has been begun in the Sibley street building with Superintendent A. G. Heaver and F. J. Frlehs In charge. First and second year work is being given. The enrollment is not large, but those in charge say that the spirit is excellent and the outlook promising. The enrollment in the grades is 271, a slight increase over that of last year this ti:tT. In ndditlon to Mr. Priehs. who is teaching eighth grade and high school branches, the tea oh -

ers of the present corps who were not fin school last year, are Bessie Mona-

han, kindergarten; Gertrude Stern, second grade, and Nellie Delp, third grade, all of Chicago. Miss Ethel Dow his had charge of the sixth grade since the opening of school, the regular teacher. Miss Mary Delaney, being detained at her home in Jolii-t by the death of her mother. Miss Dow Is n former st Hammond teacher, anw now a student in the "University of Chicago.

DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT SET DATE

A definite time for the opening of the democratic campaign In Lake county has not yet been set, according to a statement by the county chairman, John A. Gavit to The Times this morning. "I have been trying for two weeks," said Mr. Gavit. "to get away to Indianapolis to make arrangements for speakers, but hope to do that this week. We expect to get In some good work between the October registration and the election." Asked whether he thought that (Governor Marshall would be heard in Lake county, Mr. Gavit said that he was quite sure that the chief executive would make one or two speeches here. He also Included Samuel Ralston, candidate for governor. In this prediction.

XDNTRACTOR

TALE OF THE JJOffl

ERIC LUND

11 WRECK

(Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point, Ind Sept. 17. While driving to the lake about a o'clock last

j evening, Eric Lund, contractor for the i county poor farm job, and Architect j Beers of Chicago, architect for the imj provement. were ditched with the forjmer'a automobile, after the machine I had turned turtle, and narrowly escaped seriously injuring both men. The (machine was pretty badly damaged, but jboth men luckily escaped injury. The machine was righted and towed to a ; local trarago for repairs.

HEARING IS SET FOR TOMORROW

This is tho story of a storky coincidence. On Sunday morning the longbilled family bird left a seven-found boy at the home of Druggist Verne Summers. 112 Condit street. Twentyfour hours later the old bird left a tenpound bundle of humanity at the home of Jacob Mueller. 726 South Hohman strete. The arrival at the latter home is a boy, and is the second child in the family, the first one being a girl. It was the stork's first visit at the Summers' home. Mrs. Agne.s Summers and Mrs. Claudia Mueller are niece and aunt, respectively, to each other, and Emil Sehreiber became within twenty-four hours grandfather and undo. He Is the father of Mrs. Summers and a brother of Mrs. Mueller. Everybody, including the mere men. are "doing well."

REPORTED MOOSE CONFESSION (Fpectal to The Times.) Indianapolis, Ind., Pept. 17. Rumors have reached here that Harry G. Moose, formerly city clerk of Gary, who as a star witness in the bribery cases suddenly disappeared before trial time, has made a confession as to the circumstances of his sudden leave taking. Prominent Gary and Chicago men are said to be named in his affidavits.

In the neighborhood of 31 wftnesaea have been subpoenaed from West Hammond to appear In Judge Owen's court tomorrow morning and testify in tha cases against Judges Frank Green and Charles Wittenburg, who are charged by Miss Virginia Brooks with malfeessance in office favoritism and with misappropriation of the fees of their offices. The hearing tomorrow la to be one of the most important of all that have been held in Chicago. Either Miss Brooks is going to prove her charges and put these judges in exceedingly hot water, or her case Is going to fall flat. Already the court has denied thorn the right to administer justice in their respective courts and whether or not they will be ousted from office remains to be seen. Next Friday, September 20. Coroner Hoffman's deputies will conclude tha Inquest over the remains of John Meesmaker. The inquest will be held In the village hall and tho verdict is ex

pected to be returned. It is expected that this verdict will determine whether or not the grand Jury will return any Indictments. The fact is known that morphine, in quantities sufficient to kill a man, was found in the body of John Messmaker and whether or not any one will be held responsible for its presence there remains to be seen. There was a continuance of ten days taken in the cases against Con Mooro and Henry' Foss, who have been arrested by the federal officers on the charge of violating the Mann White slave act.

Hammond Loses. Equipped with a superior gun the Rifle club of the Jackson Park Christian church last Saturday had no 3ifncuity in defeating the Rifle club of the Hammond Christian church at the latter's quarters in a tournament last Saturday. The visitors won by a score of 50. A return match Is to be held In about two weeks. The Garfield club will hold a regular meeting next Monday night, at which time it is hoped the church's moving picture machine will be in operation.

Lineman Recovering. J. Verrow, who was poisoned by a mosquito bite several weeks ago pnd nearly resulted in his losing his hand. Is reported rapidly improving at his home on Sbley street and will be able to be at his work again In a short time. Mr. Verrow is ernpoyed as a lineman for the Chirago Telephone company.

OTKK. Something nm all want It. Save your tickets. This Is an age of big InterrHln. The biggest Interest renters In the noted IMON" SCOTT SCRAP. Try a package. See premium list. The best yet out.

Lotate in Hammond. Mrs. A. .1. Miller of Hammond visited Mr. and Mrs. Anson Cox Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Miller have Just located in Hammond and are making arrangements to erect a fiat there. Mr. Cox will have charge of the work. Rensselaer Repubican.

1 Preliminary Hearing. ' There was a preliminary hearing in jthe divorce case of Daniel Schober, the 'alleged affinity of Professor Lee, vs. iDessie Schobe, lo Judge Johannes

Kopelke's court in Hammond this morning. Fending the trial of the divorce case the defendant was allowed $20 a week and the children are to be given over to the custody of Daniel Schobe's parents at Rochester, Ind. The case attracted a great deal of attention for the reason that Attorneys McMahon and Conroy, representing Daniel Schobe, filed a cross complaint in which they allege that Professor Lee alienated the affections . of his wife

After the Ducks. Tf the ducks escape the Hammond nlmrods this fall they will have to keep out of gun range if they don't want to bo served at the table the following day This morning, at Lake George, Mud and Wolf Lake there were more hunters than "birds." There are also a number of camps, as the hunters are expecting to see tho northern ducks fly early this year. Last Sunday there were hundreds of pintails on the lakes, but on account of the Sunday law the hunters were compelled to take a day off.

I i C. A. PROJECT BY NO mm DEAD Hammond Will Never Be Live Town Till It Has Building.

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Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17. The Memphis train on the Southern railway, easthound, was held up and robbed at Stevenson, Ala., early today. The mail car was entered and the registered mail looted. Passengers .were not molested.

A number of Hammond business men met the other evening for tho purpose of determining the advisability of ln-

auguratiiig a movement to build a X.

M. C. A. in Hammond. Nothing became of tho first meting, but there will be another in a week or two. at which the matter will be given further consideration. It is hoped thai

I some plan can be worked out by which

Hammond will be given an organization of this character. Tho state officers of the T. M. C A. are very conservative anl never undertake to build a Y. M. C. A. In a city unless they are assured by the manufacturers and moneyed it en of tho community that they will see It through. So before the public can take it for granted that there Is going to be a Y. M. C. A. movement even started started it will have to await the deliberations of the business men who have the matter In hand.

I JilON St Ol T and ytta should mingle. He witre and try It while you're Ingle. Saic the f rkrt and get WclL send fur our prt-iuJuui Ut. i