Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 102, Hammond, Lake County, 26 September 1912 — Page 1

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TEIPIARS

EBERHARDT OPPOSES R1NCDAL IN MINN.

150 Knights in Templar Parade at Gary; Seven Take Malta Degree; Hammond Commandery Members Witness the Spectacle.

Imposing i-crrrnont-s at the Gary , Masonic hall last night marked the

w-conf erring upmi -von candidates the

degree of Knights of st. Paul or Mediterranean pass ami Knights of Malta by the South Betid commandery. The Hammond commandery was present to witness the beautiful work which wai exemplified in its lop.g form, a rare

wi'urri nee ui mis pari or Indiana, as most lommandei y organizations are

equipped only for the snort form. ISO Knight In l.lnr.

A parade whicu form d at the South shore depot at X o'clock whei

the Gary and Hammond commanueries met the South He mi company. The

lo.al organizations form.,! jn Jine and received the visiiots at present sword.

nun lv nir.ts in n:ie tnore was a parade in the business district, includ

ing a march to Fifth avenue and Mai-

.son street, the site of the proposed ! $I2"'.eco M iso;,;,- temple. The parade; ended ,; the hall. After the cere-; monies hanqu- t was held at the:

t omm i O. K. S.

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sive ami the South Bend won many compliments fc !mt e ecu' i 'm. Ccremonit plind lust night are amo: imposing of ;h Masonic tit

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GARY THEN AND NOW.

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1912.

Tlieredore Roosevelt, president. "My policies" in force. Steel mills idle. Bread line at mill gate. Commercial club issues appeal asking men not to come to the city. Panicky days; moneyless banks. Construction stopped. Gary children eat out of garbage boxes.

William H. Taft, president. Sane government. Steel mills full blast. Full dinner pails. "Help wanted" sign hung out; 16. CCO men at work; mills appeal for more men. Greatest building boom in city. 1,C00 feet frontage in new business blocks to be erected. Prosperity on all sides.

LITTLE AMERICAN GIRL MAKES A HIT

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AVoodrow AVilson, povernor of New

Jersey, and Democratic candidate fo"

president of the United States, will

speak in Gary on the afternoon of

Friday, October 4.

1 r. Wilson's speech will be of one

hour and lifteen minutes' duration and probably will be made at the New

Assembly hall. He stops off at Gary

while enroute. to Lincoln, Neb.

Information as to the Jersey pov-

ernor s cominer was receiver! r,y .Mayor

Knntts this mornlnpr from the Chl-

The mayor nt once pot busy and started to urtranize a reception committee, lull ("ain, F.rnmett AVhite, l ". Finerty, Jlarvey 'urtis, and other local lights will be included in tha silk hat and frock coat bripade. Samuel J. Watson, president of the northern state bank of Gary, and a Princeton praduate of a former pupil of I'rof. Wilson, will also serve, as will Oeorpo l'ebblep. a Oa-y bolt and pcre-ur works superintendent, and a steel mill official; also I'rinceton men. It is proba ble that the ma yor will ask

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TPIKS III 'Hr.I' AT STITK CAI'ITOI,. Iniiianapolis. I ml., Sept. 26. Albert J. He etidvre's campaign over the state is suii! 1ft be urninir not to Rome-

sessments Are Discussed U Mn- of a disappointment to the nmi

Calumet Ave Improvements, Benefits and Damage As-

for the Information of Puzzled Taxpayers.

ornmandery ! r its excel- ! s as excrair the tot i !. Visrtor :

were also p-sent from Hobart, Kist Chicapo, Crown l'oint ar.d A'alparaiso. The chief officers of the Gary com-; mandery are Harlt y H Molyneaux, eminent commander: William S. S. Gallaeher, penc ralissime; bwi-ht M. Kin-; der, , captai :";-Ke:;et al. ( iv. ipj; to the ' absence of Mr. Molyneaitir. who was! called west by the death of his mother, j Mr. Gailapher filled the chi. post, act-i

ir,p as eiTiinent commander. Captain i

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SHIVELY IB SPEAK - ' 01 TARIFF

Gov. Eberhardt and P. M. Blngdal. Gov. Eberhardt and P. M. Ringdal are respectivt ly the Republican and Piemooratic nominees for governor of' Minnesota, p.berhardt is serving: his first teri as governor and 13 a Taft man. Ringdal is a marble cutter and has been more or lesa in public life since when he was elected to the Minnesota stat senate. TOUR OF COUNTY BRINGS PROPHECY

Senator T. E. Bell and Party Back from Quiet Trip Over County.

Vhat about th inp of Calumet the work comme property owners

Former Senator T. K. Hell and a number of other republicans have returned from a tour of Lake county, yesterday, after paying particular at

tention to Gary, and as a result of his

investigation he prophesies that Presi

dent Taft will carry Lake county by a

j majority of 2.500. ! He says that Gary has been consld 1 ..... ...

tied the hotbed or the bull moose

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i movement, but that he has been un-

! able to discover any great trend in that i direction.

Liu' niiip and widen- , Venue'.' When will lie,-'.' Why do the in the benefited dis

trict have to pay their assessments in advance of actual work'.' What will the county do toward pavinp the thoroughfare throuuh Lake Georire.? These and other questions relating to the subject are fr. qto i.tly asked by intt rested property owners and taxpayers iti Hammond. In the first dace it may be said that the oneninn and v.ideninp Calumet

avenue is an assured project. All the' necessary lecal preliminaries have bet n j complied with, and only d technl- ,

caiities and the unwinding of red tape, which appears unavoidable, stand in the way of the actual work. A few remonstrmors have taken their cases into court, but no matttr what the judgment will be, they will not obstruct th improvement successfully. Assessment l'af Due. The time for payinjr the assessment a

In the benefited district expired on the

24th of this month, and all unpaid assessments will be spread on the delin

quent assessment list and the assessed

property sold next sprlnp.

Under the cities ar.d towns law the city treasurer is to collect the assessments within sixty days from the time the board of public works confirms the resolution for the improving. In the the case of Calumet avenue the time was fixed at ninety days, because the amount of work in pettinp out the notices would after all leave the property owners but sixty days. It must be borne in mind that the

Moose manapers for, although liov-

eri'lpe is poinp full tilt and niakinp ai vlporous. red hot campaign, such as j everybody knows he is capable of ma kilt p. it is said that he is not pro - ' ducinp the results that the man ipers ; would like to see produced. So many 1 thlnps have been broupht out to con-j

fuse I'.everidpe and discredit his campaign that he is havinp a hard time to convince anybody here that he is making any headway. Another thing that

stands in his way is the fact that Bev- j eridpe is about all there is to the Bull Moose speakinp campaign in Indiana.! ( f course, Fred I.andis, and a few i others are out speaking over the state.! hut when it. comes to real headllners j Beveridge stands practically alone In that field. He is obliged to make nil

of his own statements and to support j himself practically alone. On the other j hand, the Republicans are on his trail! with such men as James K. Watson, j

Winfleld T. Durbln and others wh.o are

atrfcla Colling.

All Drury Lane 1b singing tl praises of Miss Patricia CoUlnsu. tlie little American girl who appeared aa "Youth" in the play "Every woman." which showed in London for the first time just recently. She la the only American in a cast that Included the best actors in LnRlandHers was an important part and the toiid Hrltishers were captivated oy her sweetness and charm xm well UJt feer clever act'ng.

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Injured Foreman Suffers. J. O. Thompson. 142 I'edar street, foremon In the Reid-Murdoeb plant.

spent a bad night as the result of in- i jurlos which he received !ast Saturday I in an explosion of one of the lorpe ket- ,

J ties. His eyesight was injured in the;

accident, and while it is not thought j

that he will lose it, it will nevertheless be several weeks before it will be fully restored.

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Last of Vacations. By Oct. 1st the last, vacationist on the Hammond fire departments will have returned to his post after havinp enjoyed a two weeks' vacation. The vacations bogln in May. and the fire laddies drew lets for the weeks they are to be off. and then arrange the time among themselves to sviit themselves.

DICTIONARY COMMENDED Nothing but prainp Is heard for The Times dictionary. Tho ordors for them continue to come in gratifying fashion. Half the people that visit Tho Times business office come for dictionaries. Here is what Rev. Charles Albert Smith, rector of St. caul's church, says of it : I havo noted with interest your endeavors to bring within the reach of your subscribers a pood dictionary, but had not seen a copy of it until today. I was surprised To see how pood it is. It is certainly all you claim for it and more. If one may say so, it Is a most readable dictionary. The print is clear, the illustrations are helpful, and the form and siez most convenient. I feel that THE Ttvs is to be warmly commended for makinii it possible to secure puch a dictionary upon such easy terms. Faithfullv yours. CHA. ALBKRT SMITH.

capo offices of the Democratic national (one or two Hammond and Crown Point committee, a long-dfstarice call carry- j men to serve on the reception com

ing the tidings. Imittee.

(Special to The TiMnfO West Superior. Wis., Sept. 26. Some possible interesting sidelights upon the political history of Gary, the new Indiana steel town, were revealed here by a stranger who pave his name as T. P.. Dean and who came here in connection with some real estate options. Dean was sittinp In the lobby of a local hotel when a couple of steel workers, said to be former Gary men, wild recocrnized him. One of the number "kidded" him or. his ability as a detective, referring to the failure of certain bribery cases and saying that "even William J. Burns and his men would have to walk some when they came to Uake county." Thereupon Dean went away for a few

minutes, and returnirp. he sprunjr upon the pair a document which he said was a "confession of Harry G. Moose," one time city clerk of Gary- and a witness in the cases. Mooose was here some time ago. "This is one reason why the cases were smashed at Gary," said Dean as he turned several pages and started to read a paragraph from ne of them, as follows: "On or about March 10, 1!12, I met of Gary by appointment at the Kalserhof hotel, in Chicago. We met in the barroom. In there he pave me $1,000 In one hundred dollar denominations, saying at the time, "I drew these from the First National bank of Gary.' " "Now, what do you think of that?" asked the former Gary detective, as he walked out of the room. Dean has left here.

The tariff question which is the bigpest issue this year between the Republican and Democratic parties, will be discussed next Saturday evening by Senator Henjarniri Shively, senior senator of Indiana. He will make his address at Assembly hall. formerly Huehn's hail. and inasmuch as the

South Bend man is considered one of i "e he finds an occasional bull I

the greatest exponents of the tariff i question from a Democratic viewpoint, his address will undoubted be lis- j tenet! to with interest. In the afternoon he will speak at the Auditorium in Indiana Harbor. MINERS WILL NOT YIELD, SAYS WHITE

SENATOR B. F. SHIVELY, WHO WILL OPEN TH E CAMPAIGN FOR LAKE COUNTY DEMOCRATS

IMG PLANS ARE HALTED NOW

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John P. White. That the Vtet Virginia coai mlaera. who are on strtke for higher wages. recoRnltloo of the union and better working conditions, will not yield to the coal operators, who refuse 13 maJce conceselons. is the declaration Of John P. White, president of the International Mine Workers' unionHe says that unless the operators weaken and agree to meet the union the struggle will go on Indefinitely. The mine owners have refused to meet the union and declar tner wUl

niooser, but they are scarce, anvl the ' movement is iteming ground s. fast that there will be nothing to it but Taft in I November. I

Dr. Hell is regarded as one of the closest observers in Lake county today. In tin- last city election, in Hammond he prophesied the defeat of the tit ket, although he was for It from start to finish. H" al prophesied that Mayor Knotts would be elected. He believes that as things stand today "Wilson would be elected, but expects a great change in November.

CLABBYS HAVE A TEAM The Clabby Athletic assoc iation footba! I team, last year known as the. Hammond Tigers, claimants of the championship of Like county and noithein Indiana, wiii open up their season S inday atteinooi at the Jl. A. A. park, when they wiil line up against the fast Corinthians f Chi. ago. The Coriut aians are a weil known Chicago prairie team and cou.e to Mammond with a record of having defeated some of the best in the city. Hammond ai-o has a record to pack them up, ar.d when the two teams line up at 3 o'clock, the H. A. A. park will be the scene of an irteresjing and hard fought battle. Hammond issues a challenge to any 110-pound team.

Too Good to Be True. J. Kennithj of Chicago, representing the McGoverr Paving company, was in Hammond this morning, making preparations for repair work in the asphalt macadam pavement on South Hoiiman street. Mr, Kernel hy statel this morning that he v.-on Id commence the work tomorrow morning and would rush the job to completion.

(ilrl ere jn tilted by their brnuly, 1 IO SHUT by ItH flavor. Once tried never forsaken.

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Bids for Saengerbund-Fi delia, About $15,000 Too

High.

USIHESS HAS

MUM 25 PER CT.

Remarkable Gain Made by Street Railway Co. Since Service Was Bettered.

It is said that the members of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce are in possession of the figures which prove that the business of the Hammond, Whiting fc Last Chicago Railway Co. has increased 2T per cent since the fifteen service was installed. These figures are to be presented to th street railway company by W. H. Conkey as conclusive proof that the citizens of Hammond were correct when they said that Improved servile would pay. It is also to be used further as an arpument in favor of a further improvement in file schedule. It is hoped to make the ten-minute service a fact between th hours of 6 and S in th morning and 4 and S in the evening. To that end the matter was referred to W. R Conkey, the chairman of the committee on transportation, and he in

turn will take it up wun i. uniiii. It is said that there will be ample ! evidence, photographic and otherwise, j llt present to the company to show it i that its service is not adequate to meet

n ( the needs of his growing and jxtpuluoiis

community.

First Frost of Season. Hammond and vicinity experienced its first real frost of the season last night and those awakening early enough this morning were able to see a heavy blanket of frost or. the ground and buildings. Just six weeks ago yesterday morning Desk Sergeant Oscar Rorohert of the Hammond police station, had on exhibit nn the first katydid of the season, which proves the old adage "that six weeks following the appearance of the katydids there will be frost " The crops In Lake county are advanced far enough and It Is not expected that the frost will cause any damage.

Counril Meets Tonight. There will be a meeting of the West Hammond city covin 'il tonight. Clerk Minkowski will take up several improvement matters which have been referred to him for action. The. mayor dots not expect any unusual action tonight, anil says that only routine matters wiil come up fr consideration. The meeting will be held in the city hall.

Plans for ine building of the Saengerbu tui-Fide! ia club house are temporarily halietl. and the probabilities now are that all action will be deferred until neM year. The bids recently received by tho building committee were to be ahout $ 1 o.utMi too high, and under the circum

stances trie club house could have nt

only partly compieted, or the plans would have had to be revised so radical Iv that lit tie of the original id"as

I could have be-n cairie.j out. It was

the intention of the committee to spend about $35. 0 00 on the club house. If the original plans ar to be carried out the committee has but two alternatives, tiie first re-advertise for bids in the hope tjf petting lower ones or to await

the sale of more slock. It Is getting late in ti e season, ar-d taking every- I Jf HUebneT BrOS. Are SUCthing into consideration the committee;

wiil pro!ahly not make another effort until net year.

EXPOSITION READY BEFORE THE CANAL

TIRE COMPANY PLACE ISSOE OF STOCK

PLEASURE, NOT BUSINESS, HE SAYS

cessful They Will Build Plant in W. Hammond.

Desk Sergeant Oscar p.nrchert will leave Saturday morning on his vacation, and duriner that time he is not going to let any business interfere with pleasure. Most of his time will be spent hunting and win journ'-y to the Kankakee litatsh, v!:eio he expects to hap some game and skin "f:icer Lamnie's frog story to a fiazzie.

Mystery fcr Police.

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mystery for Ihi partrneiit to o! Meyers, residing nue. report'-d ti

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odee that some bight, a sneak

iuc k yard" and stripne of a large amount

of washing. No .dues of importance has been found. .but the police are making an effort to find ti e thief who got away with table cloth, white waists and other wearing apparel.

If the promoters of Huebn"i" Bros." Puncture Proof Tire Co., a $200,000 corporation, are successful in placing an Issue of slock it. is possible that they may build a plant for the manufacture of their tires In West Hammond. The company is being organized to exploit a patent on a puncture proof tire. TblH patent is on a sponge-like rubber tilling for tires which makes it in. necessary to pump them full of air and yet gives them the same degree of resillaney. Henr S'iiuman is said to be identified with the company. The patent has been in existent e for over a year and efforts have been made from time to time to finance the manufacture of the tires. It is now believed that enough money has been secured to warrant the promoters In starting work on a factory. This will be located in West Hammond.

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Crivlea C Mcore. President aaries C Moore of Ue Panaina-i acific exposition, haa announceii that ach ont of the Krvat exhibit palaces ol the main roup of exposition building') will be under construction witlau ten months, aud will be completed en or before Jun 25, iil. As the great California event is not take piace until lalo there will be pleaty of time for the t-e.u-tlfylng of the grounds and th Installation of exhibits, "The exposition is receiving a meauru of attention tbat has be ""' corded none other of the mplishposttions of history," dtcian with a dent Aloore. "This. Amerlotl by Muhl work, the Pa.ning tcanthe intention interest of Cmiirch t,'the inexpvrfc. a partloipa WP,,k fr,,rn Saturday. in Amer) nroved "

it satisfies.

Clarence Darr