Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 101, Hammond, Lake County, 25 September 1912 — Page 1

WEATHER. RAIN AND COOI.. TODAY; THfRSDAY CLEARING AND COOL.

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VOL. VII., NO. 101.

HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.

ONE CENT PER OOP. (Back Number 3 Ceota Copy.)

Special Bargains to Be fered During- Big

Operative Fare Refunding Sale'; Business Men Join in Movement to Boom Trade.

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BEVERIDGE PORTRAIT REMOVED

TIMES m'REAl , AT STATK CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25. The portrait of Peveridge was removed from the walls of Columbia club, which Is the leading republican lub of Indiana., Peveridge is a member. A letter of Roosevelt accepting honorary membership in the club was also taken from the wall, also taken from wall.

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ACTIVITY TREMENDOUS

"Come to Hammond to trade," is now the slogan to be vised by every one of our merchants. Shout it so loud that I

it can be heard for f.ftv miles in each

direction and let the people of this section know what the ".First Co- i

Operative Trading Festival" and ! "Special Bargain Week" will mean to ! th'- ut ,, , ! East Chicago Man Who Shot

funding sale will be a great success, from every point of view is attested , by the character of the firms who ' have already united in the movement, j and who have agreed to refund the I fares to all out-of-town customers dur- 1 Ins the bis seven-day sale. j These merchants are planning to make this actually the greatest trad- i lng opportunity ever known in Ham- j mor.ii or the Calumet region. Fnre-HefnniJlng I'lnn. '

Fpeclal attention is called to the

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Wife Must Stand Trial in Lake Superior Court on a Charge of Attempted Murder.

fare-refunding feature of this big

operative pale. Under the arrangement fares are to be refunded to ill out-of-town customers who do their shopping in Hammond during ths sale. Persons coming to Hammond from any of the towns listed in the schedule should keep in mind this feature and be sure to pet their fares refunded before leaving for home. Farmers Entitled Rrfnnd. Not only will the people coming direct from the outside towns get the'r fare? refunded, but a farmer residing near any of the places listed in the schedule will also fret his fare or an amount equivalent to the price of a railroad ticket refunded to him whether he comes by team or rail. A rate has also been made for the Inland

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Police Have Quiet. Another quief nfght was spent at the Hammond police station yesterday, the officers having: nothing more to contend

with than one lone drunk. For the past month there has been an unusual quietness, but the police are not going to brag- about it, as there are several pay days coming and can expect a crime wave at any time. The latter part of next mont"h will end the vacation season for the officers. On the 2th of September Desk Srgeant Eorchert and Captain Hanlon will start on their vacation. Officer Lamme, the renowned frog hunter who has been spending; most of his time at Pipe Creek, will return for duty on the same date.

William Saagcr of East Chicago, who recently shot bis wife in the neck after a quarrel and was put under

peace bonds instead of being: tried for attempted murder, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by his wife and isued from the Lake superior court and will not have to stand trial for

attempting to kill his helpmate. The arrest was made by deputies from the Hammond office of the county sheriff. Sanger, is iri Jail at Hammond awaiting a hearing in court. Josephine Saagcr. his wife, will appear asalnst hint and will prosecute him to the limit. Thev do some queer thlnsrs In East

Clr?tm VrtllAii'tni' t li o chnntiniy In !

which Mrs. Saager was nearly killed, the bullet enter! nar her neck and

Pavement contracts a g gregat in K j nearly a quarter of a million dollars j have either been completed this sum- i nier or will be completed before t he j snow flies by the Ahlborn Construction j Co. of Hammond. Th.-'o figures do not ! i Include the Shettield avenue contract in J Hammond, nor an $;). contract! which the company has in Iaporte. ow- j iug to the fact that the bonds on the, '. Sheffield avi rule contract have not been I sold yet, am other factors which will j arise as so. if, as the bends are sold. j nothing will in ail ; col a! i 1 i ty be done i on Sheffield avenue this year. Work ; on the Euporte Job is to begin in a ; week or two. j Anions the pavement s that the com- j pany put in Hammond -this season are j

Van Huron, Pa rk place-, Manila avenue and Ruth street, Charlotte avenue, Eogan street, Indiana and Truman avenue, Murray street n rid Walter street. Work is about completed on the new Pmier and Pecker street pavements, and also on Pine Hickory and Cameron street, while a gang of men will soon be put to work en Johnson street. Ielny on SbefilrM Avenue. Of the county J.ibs the company finished, three separate contracts on the

MANY DIG MEN TAKE PART IN WATERWAYS CONVENTION AT LITTLE ROCK; COL. ROOSEVELT AND CHAMP CLARK AMONG THE SPEAKERS

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Hammond is on the tradinpc stamp map. Hereafter the Mon store will be. one of the scores of larsre business j concerns in as many cities all over the j United States which are Rivina; away ' trading- stamps. j Messrs. Kaufman & Wolf have sisrned j

At the top, left to right. Champ Clark, Theodore Roosevelt. Senator R. l. Owen; it the bottom. Gov. Deneen and Gov. Hadley. Five thousand delegates, many of them prominent in the nation's affairs, are attending the convention of the Lakes-tc-Gulf association at Little Rock. ArH., thia week. Among those who are furnishing the oratory for the occasion are Col. Roosevelt. Cliamp Clark, Gov. Deneen of Illinois, Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma. Gov. Hadley of Missouri. Gov. O. B. Colquitt of Texas, former Congressman James K. Watson of Indiana, and CoDKrassnKiG fiprser of Nw York and Rodenburg of Illinois. A big boom for the waterway project Is expected to rtbult from the convention.

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Closing Days of Taft Administration are Golden. Soup-Houses and P?nic of Roosevelt Years Are Well Remembered.

Tremendous GaryBoom Marks Close of Taft Administration.

One thoiiMnnd tret of new Hroad-

ny iitillilinps one-fifth of mile of huNines.i block mntrtnit from fhree to nIx ntorlen In height and routine nearly ?l.ll(Mi.etl nrr either

under my or most be started within n Mpeeified time. Illahl -t nvs resldenee nnd apnrtmt-nt biifldinsn ilanned for one district; 4'npt. H. S. .orton announced Inst niiclit that nn fiinlfrn syndlrnte will Imllil 1(i( hitmen for workmen) new Miihdltllon in be peopled by 4, people wilhin n year, will be placed on the mnrkfh one million doiinrx Is to lie spent on residential bulldluuri. There in UiiildlrK nnd construction on ail Kiclcs. The iniilH are runnlnir full blast. Sixteen thftnsnnd men are workInsr In the t.nry mills. The "help wanted" si c In seen tn mini) pieces.

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Funeral Today. The funerol of Florence

Accused of Watch Theft. After boarding- at the home of Joe Grill, 13S Dearborn street, for the past two weeks. John Palezinskl. an employe of the Illinois Car company, sud

denly disappeared yesterday afternoon

and with him went a sum of $10S, which he stole out of a trunk belonging to Grill. The theft occurred between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock in tne afternoon, and the theif has not been seen or heord of since. Grill reported the robbery to the police and gave the following description: John Palezinskl, aare 40, holghth 5 feet, weight 1 2 pounds, black mustache and dark complexion, looks like an Italian, wore a dark coat. )li?ht trousers. liKht blue shirt and black soft felt hat.

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a contract with rfperry & Hutchinson ! West pibley street. West Hammond, Co. to use their stamps and give away j was held from thef amily residence this premiums from their $! .'0')0 Ktoek. j afternoon at 1 o'clock. The remains

The Pperry-Hutchinson Co. is a fiOO.000 corporation and is thoroughly responsible. Trading stamps are merely the means

t.lrls are Judeed by their beauty, l'MO' SCOl'T by lt Oavor. Onee tried nfiff forsaken.

DRICCS CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED SELF

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(Special to The Times.) Dyer, Ind., Sent. 25. Eight votes of one Dyer familj- will be cast for President Taft on Nov. 5th, and the mother of this stanch republican family regrets that her three daughters and she her

self, too, can't g've their votes to him. ! George J. Baker of this town is the j father of seven sons and three daugh-j ters, and the father and the sons have !

stamped the tap e regular at each election. The feminine members of the family, although unable to vote, take just as much interest in the political

affairs as the voters in the family. The j mother, who has reason to be proud of i the family she raised, said yesterday j that Taft will again get every Baker; vote this fall. j Such a strong republican combination j in one family in St. John township is a J scarcity, because the township is considered the democratic stronghold in the county, but despite the democratic' sentiment the Hikers have always re- ! i mained "true bl le. i

by which the merchant shares his profits with his regular customers. The merchant can afford to make concessions to the customer who spends all of h s money in his store, and these concessions are in tne f irm of trading

'stamps which call for neautifu! premiJ urns of such great variety that a whole

house could be furnished out of the Sporrlny & Hutchinson catalogue. ew Currency. So the adoption of this trading stamp is an event in shopping circles. It puts the merchant and the customer on a new basis. It makes their relations cooperative. It creates a new form of currency for the s. fc H. stamps are redeemable in every state in the T'nion and in most of the large cities in these states-. That is what makes Sperry - Hutchinson Co. such a large institution. The

were then taken to the German Lutheran church, where services were held at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Frackel officiated and interment was mode at Oak Hill cemetery.

Arrange for Smoker. At the meeting of the Jefferson club

I last, nierht. arrangements were made for

a smoker to be given on next Tuesday evening, to which ail club members and all democrats in the city are to be invited. Interest in the campaign is awakening, as could be seen by the increased attendance at the meeting last night. No set program was carried out. tRITZI SCHEFF TO SUE. GOTHAM HEARS

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in its existence. Its mills an: runtiitii.- full blast, orders are assured for months to corn's, lfi.iem men aii! employed in its industries, the sign "help wanted" is in many places, despite the presidential year a tremendous building season is on, and a new and important industry 1m pelliis. Prosperity Remarkable. Tin closing days of the Ta't administration are gulden ones. They are in direct contrast witn the panicky (Continued on Page i..

The democrats of Iake county are i foreigners is the. fact that the corrupt not Koina to encourage the naturaliza- I practices' act which was passed by tht

tion of foreigners t hi s year as a cam

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Frank O. Brlgga. Frank O. Brlt-gs. of Now Jersey, Republican, has announced himself as a candidate for the United States senate to s.icceed Mmsel.. Mr. Prigg9 was elected a sena'or In la)to succeed the late J. e Dryden Hi. term expires March S. 1913. Mr Priggs was born in 1S51 at Concord, N. H. He has been actively In polltics since 1S99. when he was elected niiii'vr of Trenton.

Masepohl Funeral. Sorrowing friends of Frank Masepohl, 6T2 Webster avenue, packed the family residenee this afternoon, where funeral services were held at 2 o'clock. The numerous floral offer' tigs were beautiful and the services were eonducted by the Rev. Claus of the St. Paul liirraan Lutheran church. TTie remains

were then taken to i ak Hill cemetery for interment. The following acted an pallbearers: Charles Mayer, Oeorge Schroeder, Richard Hahlweg, A. llerbst, John Ilecht and Fred Sass

Oil MOOSERo MEET HI CROWN PUT

Good-Sized Crowd Hears Minnesota Man at Campaign Opening.

A Popular Place. Da Pron's dancing academy in the Orpheum buildir g on tate street continues to draw the usual large crowds and is undoubtedly becoming more popular than ever. I,ast night at the regular Tuesday night dance the hall was packed to its capacity with pleasure seekers not only from Hammond but Whiting. East Chicago and Gary. In preparation for the coming fall dance season Mr. Da Pron has taken special pains in decorating the hall. Installed electric fans for ventilation and has everything for the convenience and comfort of his patrons. Another special feature which has been added is the serving of refreshments. Mr. Da Pron made a special announcement of the dance to be held Saturday evening. Sept. 28. the music which will be composed of a sevenpiece orchestra. Kverybody Is cordially Invited to spend a pleasant evening.

Crown I'oint. Ind., Sept. 25. (Special) The Pull Moose party opened their

t ampaiKu in i own i "int last evening with Frank R. Nye, a former governor

of Minnesota, as the principal speaker. A good tfized crowd gathered at Central Music hall to hear the new party oufline. its campaign and principles, among them being the deciples of 'he Republican and Democratic parties. The speaker was introduced by Attorney Davis, and in a well-worded address managed to consume two hours of time without discussing the issues that the spectators were anxloua to

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.vir. ;ye spoKe strongly tor the woman's suffrage plank of the Pull Moose

party, saying . that he regarded it as I

the strongest feature of the present "progressive" movement. His speech was a masterpiece of rhetoric and flowery phrases, but for campaign food it failed to satisfy the exponents of the new party itself. Mr. Nye was entertained over night at the homes of some of the new partyworkers, and leaves for down state places to continue his efforts of converting the wayward to the Bull Moose principles.

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paign measure. There are a number of reasons why they are not going to pay for the expenses of getting first papers. The first and very good reason for taking this stand is the fact that they have learned from experience that the foreigners will not stay hitched after they have once ot them tie! up. A year or two a no they thought that they had the standard Steel district tied up. and the re.-ult was that they lost it by half a dozen V"ts. They are going to rjiiit spending good money on votes that won't stay bongb.t. Another renson why they are not going to attempt the naturalization of

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Fritxl Scheft. New York. Sept. 25. it is nri longer a secret that Fritzi Scheff, popular light opera star and wife of John Fox, Jr., novelist-philosopher, contemplates a suit for divorce. It has been learned on unquestionable authority that the charming little prima donna has been unhappy for several years. Her temperament is so different from that of her husband that friends fear they never can live happily together.

J. O. Thompson. 442 Cedar street foreman of the preserving department in the Held, Murdoch plant in Hammond, is at his home confined to his bed as a result of serious injuries which he received last Saturday afternoon, when he was scalded by the contents of a preserving kettle which exploded while he stood over it. The boiling liquid was blown over his face, head, cheBt and arms, and while grave fears were at first entertained about his eyesight, ther is now hope that it will be saved, if r.o complications set in. He is resting easily at his home today.

UNION SCOl'T and you should mlopcle. He mire . and try It while you're slnRlc. Saxc the ticket and get . Well, aend for our premium Hat.

recent legislature makes it a serious offense to pay for the naturalization papers of foreigners. One of the officers of the Iake county democratic organization said: "We are not geing to sprd a dollar for the naturalization of foreigners this year. We don't care what the other parties do, we will not spend any money this

way. It will be interesting to watch the campaign under the new conditions. That t ui-re will he foreigners naturalized teems certain, but new methods of going about it will have to be devised. Although a little late, considering the ! ) egist ration day on Oct. 7th, the political parties are beginning to (Continued on Pace )

Sewer in Bad Shape. A bad cave-in on Statu sln-et. in front of R. Koch's saloon, was reported to the police yesterday m rnir.g as a result of the ground settling after a sewer connection had been put In. Street Commissioner Kuhlman was at once notified and with j. force of laborers soon had the cave-it repaired. This H one of the many like cases that has Veen repaired during the past three months.

His First Offense, Joe Hamilo, residing at Kast Hammond, was arrested night by Officer Miller on State stret, where he w as found in an i n t o i a t ed condition. This being his tr-t offense and promising that he would give (ho police no more trouble. !. was released by the order of Chief Austgen this morning.

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A STRONG END0RSEB1ENT The enormous demand for the new Times dictionary Is not surwhen one considers the great value for the money. Educators continue to endorse It, and one op.Y put out seems to call for two tifore. The Kev. C J. Sharp of the First Christian church of Hatninonil endorses the nook ai follows: It is one of the very best practical busy people's dictionaries I have seen. It eems to cover the ground of both a good dictionary and a quite general reference book. Its plainness both in definition and in print are to be commended. The many speejal features are up o date and a helpful addition to the volume. Trusting everybody in Hammond will be fortunate enough to get copies of this book, I am Very truly yours, REV. C. J. SHARP

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Helen Pierce Cray. The trial of Mrs. Helen Plercn Gray of St. Paul. Minn., who is charged With concealing the allotment roll of the Oro' tribe, covering Indian IanuR in Montr na. is set for September 24, and w i 1 be before a I'nited States com tr.'ss.oni r in Washington. .Mrs. Gray was arrested last week upon the r-port of the Indian ofiice that hhe bad three times declined to return the valuable Crow records, which she icir.U lat wtnUr. beaator Ciai-S fumli"4 tuil.