Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 40, Hammond, Lake County, 9 November 1912 — Page 1

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SATURDAY AX I) WEEKLY EDITIOX.

The citizens of Indiana Tlarhor are much interested in a case now on trial before Judge Kopelke in the Lake cir- ' cuit court at Crown Point. It is that i

of II. C. Frick vs. the City of Fast Chi

cago and has to

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THEY'LL ENJOY HIGH SOCIAL POSITION WHILE HUSBANDS DOMINATE CONGRESS

of Ldckcy place ir through the Frick t 'i he case is before

with the extension m Indiana Harbor -act to Whitingi .ludge !..:,. .

The trial has been In progress for two days. Attorney Abe Ottenheimer and Judg- C.ili.tte represent the citv

land W. H. Van Home and Attorney J P.ruo, t!ie latter of Crown Point, the

I ! rick interests. lav before vesterdav i , U latter ,dared on the stand c. wj Lake County men Are Pre-

Wostberg. vice president of the Fast

'hicago lenera 1

conipary; Y;eo Manager K ilga!

President o n of 1 1 1 e

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lamas due Mr. should the p ro

an appeal taken from the appraisers!

who set $ G , a c. a as Frick, from the city,

rosed road be built. The Frick tract embraces 170 acres and l-'es between the F... J. & K. railroad and the Pennsylvania main line on the northwest side of the canal. The contending interests agreed each t present not more than seven witnesses, and these Include some of the most important men interested in land In and near Indiana Harbor. The testimony thus far places thedamare at from $800 to $10.nno an acre, the latter being the estimate of C. W. Hotchkiss, who designated the tract the finest piece of land in the country, for a steel plant, as it stands Intact. In his opinion, however, should the road be opened up as proposed by the city, thereby bisecting the tract, the latter woulrl be rendered approximately 81.700.000 less valuable than In its present condition of entirety.

rasi Heights Land Smith, confident Yesterday Cnpcin Gary Land crmipan Inland Steel eon Hotchkiss. were v

gave $-O0 per a. rr scrvative estimate the propert y, w ai 1

company, and AY. i '. j man of 1 1. C. Frick. ! H. S. Norton, of tic- ; .-, F. .1. Clock of thrar.y, and O. W. stnesses. Mr. Smih

as o.is most fonf t!:e damages to Mr. Westberfc cave

paring to Move on Wash

ington in th.3 Interest of Waterway Legislation for

Canal and River.

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$1,M0 as his -'.Rtire. Mr. Hof-iikis placed all the estimates at a discount by namir.tr $10.-0 an acre as Ids estimate of the damages. Mr. Smith testified that the Friok interest would not oppose a road .ilonr the Pennsylvania Cght of way, but admitted this to be Impracticable. The following witnesses will be put on the stand un Monday by the city: Fred Smith, of Whiting-. Henry Sehratre of Whiting. Peter M.-yn of Hammond. C. C. Smith, Fast Chicago, Fred Mott of Hammond. Charles Tavidson of Oary, John H. Farovid and Ohtries K. Fowler of Indiana Harhor.

Attorney W

Hammond, said to. lav stepn would b tak-m morelal clubs of I Hammond to send Washington t!:;s wint

of securing at Indiana Il.irlior

river in Indiana. He sai.i that Charles Fowler, representing the Fast Chicago and Indiana Harbor Coimnorcinl club, would be present at the banquet that Is to t.e given by the Hammond Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday to ureo the no.

ssity of co-operation and immediate

Wi. Inery of

at he thouerht

the joint : o m -

Chbago and

delegation to for the purpose

appropriation for the canal and the Calumet

WILL PAY BURROW BET ON SUNDAY

Buffington Men to Pay Off Their Freak Election Bet.

One of the freak election bets of the region will be paid in Hammond tomorrow afternoon between one and two o'clock, when K. Yv". Crawford, master mechanic of the Universal Portland Cement Company, of BufflnKton, and F. II. Hannebohl, mechanical foreman at the same place, will settle. Crawford, a warm bull mooser, bet Hannebohl, an enthusiastic Wilson fan.

that Teddy would be elected and that If he lost he would ride Hannebohl in a

wheelbarrow down Ilohman street from the four corners, south. There will be

music and a hootinB populace and Mr Crawford, the wheeled, and Mr. Hanne

bohl, the wheeler. Invite a large crowd.

POLITICIANS AT

WEST BADEN A number of Hammond politicians and business men are spending a week at French Lick. Among them are W. .J. McAleer, Walter Hammond, K. Kdwin Pell. The agent at the Monon says that about 20 tickets have been sold to West Baden in the last ten days and most of them have been since the election.

ct mn t o seen reat It Is expected rooomm end a t ton

his appriatton. that In view of of Fnited States

HAPPY DAYS. When you con buy IMOIV SCOIT SCRAP from any dealer and not have to ko from store to More to set the brit Adv.

QUERY: WILL BRYAN GET CABINET JOB?

Xext year when the $40,ona ornamental concrete bridge is constructed

over the Little Calumet river at the extension of Hohman street, the county will have completed the building of a road 40 feet wide from the piresent terminus of the street to Munster and Hammond will have the premier residential street of the entire region. A number of fine residences are to be built on South Hohman street in the spring, among them being one for John W. Dyer, the United States pension commissioner, who now resides in In

dianapolis. The Hammond & Suburban Realty Co. is building a ml'e or more of sewer in the Kenwood addition and next spring will lay walks and pavements over the entire sub-div:sion. a thing that has never been dor.e before on such an extensive sub-division. Out south on Hohman street W. CI. Paxton will erect a residence to cost

at least $25,000, to be placed on seven acres of groin; 1. that will represent an investment of $10,000. He will put in other improvements to cost at least $5,000 so that It will be one of the most beautiful residential properties in Hammond. lti hard WinokW and Dr. T. W. Oberlin will a'so build handsome residences cm their aire pieces. The old Humpher road has been straightened and re-built. On Standard avenue, the corporate limits of Hammond. Contractor John Wesley Feed has erected a fine home and Clark Learning will build next year. Kenwood avenue is to be opened through to Calumet a venue afford ing a new east and west thorough fare far the city. and. in fact, there will be so many changes that it will be hard to realize that It is the same neighbor

hood.

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P l ading hauled. fall.

the En

gineer Oeorgo A. Zinn that $1,333,000 be appropriated for this section that the matter ought to be pressed strongly at this time. A number of plans are under consideration and it is hope,! th.-.t a big appropriation will result. The joint committee from the commercial clubs of the region will strike while the iron Is hot and It is believed that much can be accomplished. Attorney Wh inery was one of the members of the delegation which went to Washington last year and accomplished a great deal In preparing the way for the friendly consideration of Lake vounty's demands thot Is expected this year. This matter is regarded as the most vital one that has come up for consideration in the Calumet region in years and If the committee is successful it is helieved that it will mean a

bigger boom than the region ha ever

enjoyed before. Senators Shively and Kern and Congressman Hanliart and Congressmanelect Peterson have each promised to do all they can for this waterway.

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Mr. Olllo James (at the left), Mr. Oacar W. Underwood (top right) and 3 3 . Mra. Chamo Clark. I . , - i i

BIG SLICE OF MELON

Democratic "Faithful" Expect Liberal Reward in Addition to Fat Jobs Within State.

Washington, Nov. 8. Seven of the best political offices in Indiana, in addition to many first-class postmasterships at the county seats, will pass

state that vould do so well for tha Democratic party is entitled to exceptional recognition, is the theory. As is well known. Federal officea. generally speaking, constitute the bestsalaried places in Indiana. The poat-

into the Control of Democrats during: masterships of the larger cities and

the four y-ar9 0f the administration

of Wilson and Marshall. In addition, the President, makes hundreds of appointments which are not confined to state lines, but can be selected from any section of the country, and Indianians unquestionably will get a liberal share of them. IMIUW KKAHV FOR PI.IMS. The fact that Indiana has the. vice presidency and a solid delegation of Democrats in the next Congress Is construed by all politicians fauntliar with the game of patronage distribution a? a positive indication that the Iloosier state will be dealt with very generously in th allotment of offices. Any

towns of the state are fine plums. Ail

of the fourth-class postmasters are now under civil service and can not be disturbed except for cause. SKVE HI; JOBS TO FILL. The important Federal places In Indiana, with those holding them at present and their salaries, are as follows: Pension Agent John W. Dyer, $4.oon. t This place- will be abolished in January, however.) District Attorney Charles W. Miller, $5,000. ollector of Internal Revenue, Terre Haute District Charles G. Covert, $4,fiOit. Collector of internal Revenue, In-

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WHAT HAH Mil "SOLO CUT" MOOSE?

CLUB TO KEEP IIS IDENTITY

T. B. Dean Accuses Hammond Man of Supplying Ex-Gary Clerk.

OFFICIAL RETURNS OF CONGRESSIONAL VOTE Easy to Understand Why Peterson Won When You See These Figures.

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bniidin.tr of the South

tor W.lliam Ahlborn has

all done and most, of the Tills, street will be done

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W, X Bryan. The cabinet makers have all been very busy naming V. J. Bryan secretary of state under the Wilaon administration. Neither Mr. Wilson nor Mr. Hryan has said anything about it, but the political dopesters are of the opinion that Bryan, as the foremost man of his party, should have no difficulty in landing a cabinet job if he wants it. Possibly Bryan would rather maintain a position of absolute independence, In order that he may feel free to criticize the WilFon administration at any time thould he wlfh to do so.

Hebron Fire

Hurt In

Victim Bad

Runaway.

(Special to Tin; TlMK.-.) Crown Point, Ind., Henry Hogan, one

citizen or Hebron who seems to have been born under an unlucky star, had

another accident yesterday mornintr The horse which he was driving- rani away, threw the man out, and he lay 1 in the street unconscious until friends; came to his assistance. Yesterday he i was rendered senseless In an explosion j at the Hebron lire, when he- was in the basement of the Smith store trying!

to put out the Browing- flames. He was carried out in a bruised condition by others who came to his rescue. Last spriri.y. Hoiran, while ridintr in an auto with Will Clifford of this city, was punned under the. machine when it turned turtle at Lowell and was disabled for sorno time. '

The members of the Cnivf rsity club of Hammond met last evenintr and de-

d on a prog-ram for the future, organization lias retained its iden

tity, althoiieh it has sold out its equipment to the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, and now plans some important social activities in the future. Hy the terms of the agreement with the Chamber of Commerce the 1'niverslty eiuh has the exclusive use ,,f the

rooonis of the du! -n Friday nights of, each week and ..n one afternoon a week. This makes it possible for the fni- I versify e!ut, to continue its existence'; on a small membership and without j overburdening the members with heavy dues. In fact, it is proposed to make; the duos nominal. I Mrs. ". I . Fatten, the president of! the ladie.-' auxiliary, and her associates have arranged a splendid pro- j sram of social activities for the pros- i ent winter season. j The first dunce- was a trreat success. ! There was a larre a 1 1 ( tola nee and ev- j eryhodv had a splendid time. This is but the first of a series of rocial af- j fairs. I ... ... i

At the meetiuK last nix-it the ma'ei

rs of the club decided to hold

kei s in the ciub rooms at regular

intervals. The session last nirrht wasi

an enthusiastic one, and the members ! were delighted to pet together asrain i after a season of inactivity. ' A eom'iiil te consisting of David T. 1 Finery, Roscoe Woods and John W. j Morthland was appointed to amend the! by-laws of the club to meet the new I conditions. The amount of the initia- i tion fee for regular and associate mem- j bers will be fixed and plana for creating a siiikintr fund to prepare for the build- i

iny of a new club house in the future j j w ere made. j ' The meeting was an enthusiastic one I

In every respect and the members were unanimously of tl opinion that new

social activities tnis winter should be promoted.

(Special to The Times). Crown Point. Ind., Nov. 9. Accordins to Thos. U. Dean, the prosecuting witness In the Gary bribery scandal, a Hammond business man, a friend of Moose when the latter was city clerk and head of the painters' union at Gary, had "sold him out for $400" and told the story of Moose's Ohio penitentiary sentence to Cain and ICnotts. Dean says it was the threa of exposure of this case, a crime of petit larceny committed by Moose when he was 14 years old, that drove Moose to accept the alleged bribe money and disppear when he was the one witness depended upon to corroborate the story of alleged bribery told by Dean and his dictagraph. Dean was asked last night concern-

ins the other cases against Gary alder- ; men and former officials. j "I do not know that the original ' cases ever win be reopened," he said. '

"That matter Is entirely in the hands of Governor Marshall." The vice president-elect, at Indianapolis, refuse. I to discuss the Gary bribe

situation. Sheriff Thomas Grant, puarding Moose to prevent anyone from talking with him. before the hearing-, asserted yese i-day that he believes the prisoner may Recover his health and that he is in

In answer to a great many requests for the progressive vote for congress In the Tenth district. The Times here below frlves the vote for each of the candidates for congress. Mr. Peterson's plurality is by far the lowest triven in the entire state and Mr. Bower's one of the largest. This easily explains Mr. Crumpac ker's defeat:

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Luke county pav the progressives that it Is not necessarily rock ribbed the largest plurality of any county in , republican. the state. There were only five coun- j At any rate the democrats do not ties In the state carried by the pro- j stand much of a show in Lake County, gresslves; five out of 92, and Lake; Tom Knotts has been promising to put county outdid all of them in. the vote Gary in the demoratic oolumn for three

for the progressive candidates. It is hard to tell what Lake County

w ill do in an election. It tries to be elections

elections but he was nevtfr able to deliver the goods. The other general

and

2 COUNTIES. r 7 u c - i rt -

I 1,475 J 1.1S9 4St 1,337 j 1.3S8 402 5,3i7 5.6P0 3.S7f I .74 S67 572 I 1.465 1.711 CH9

4,529 3,436 2.17S SSS 1.2S2 425 2.120 1.711 645 I '

17.294 I 9,5."C

1.109.

-h better spirits since his confession.

BtY'W IT OWf KORF.X (HWX) I'Iuk Cut Smoklnx on of the linft, and savin; the ticket for one of Itoceri' teaspoon from their dealer Adr.

Benton

Jasper Lake . Newton I'orter

Tippecanoe Warren . . White ...

Totals I IS. 403

Peterson's plurality.

-ELECT TO

TAKE FISHING TRIP

found Gary republican

different and usually succeeds. When ! this time it went progressive. the entire state went for Marshall, j Two democrats crawled through on Lake County pave Watson a good ma-i the county ticket, Kd Simons and

jorlty. ; Then when the entire state sent ; democrats to the legislature Lake, County sent republicans. And just to! vary the stunt in this election Lake!

County elected a republican county ticket and save the progressives a pood working majority of 791 just to show

Karnle Carter, but they were jrood fellows, exceptional fellows, and got a lot of republican votes. Lake County has demonstrated its independence in voting. The best man is generally elected. The voters tako their concienes into the election booth with them.

FESTIVAL

SERVICES ARRANGED

FLIES FROM OMAHA TO NEW ORLEANS

Visit Over Sunday. .ludg-e Virgil lieiter has gone to Rochester. Ind.. to visit relatives over Sunday. Peter W. Mcyn and family have Koni to Milwaukee, Wis., to spend the week end.

If you are a judtre of quality try La Vendor cigar. Adv.

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Simon Will Not Take His Office Until January, 1914.

Kd d e m o

Simon on rat swbo

The Hammond Ministerial association held a re-orfcanization meeting yesterday at the First Presbyterian church and elected officers, and made plans for a union Thanksgiving scrviet and for an evangelistic campaign in Hammond. The Kev. M. J. Cameron of the Concreijationat church presided at the meeting yesterday. Tht following officers were elected:

President F. H Secretary M. J Trasurer -A. W It was decided

FATHER OF HARRY MOOSE. HAS ARRIVED Concerned over reports that IiIh on, Harry, n djini;, WIUIh Moon hlM futhcr rome up to Gary from South Itend thin morning. He took a onr to Crovn lfeoint where he f ! pertN ti hnvr u mffl Imz vith uin nfn. 1 hp MoKitc family In one of the niOHt reHieetnl(le lu South llend Moiwr'a pnrenJx deplore the faet that nn oet'iirreuce In hln outh for vhlh he nan not 1o l!ume lend to hi lmprUunnknl and bin prenent troubles teuty yearn later.

. Adams. Cameron. . Hoffman, to hold the

PALM ER MENTIONED FOR CABINET PLACE

the. tirst Tuesday

regular of the

Tony Jannua. From Omaha. Neb., to Xew Orleans by aeroplane is the feat which has Just been accomplished by Tony Jannus. the aviator. He left Or.iaha on Nov. B. carrying a message of greeting from Mayor Dahlman. of that city, to the mayor of New Orleans. Jannus' course was down the Missouri valley.

of two Lake County was successful in the.

election of last Tuesday, will assume, his office as county auditor to which he was elected, a year from next January. While there was some talk on the day after the election, that John Brenn. in

ot tiary, Mr. Simons republican opium-j ent would contest the election, nothing ' more is heard on this score, in fact Mr.! Simon's friends say that is as much asi the republicans had control of the fleetion machinery, that they, cannot very1 well ask for a recount. i "As much as words will permit." said Mr. Simon this morni nir. "I want to' thank my many friends for their sup-j port they cave me. and T shall ad- j minister the affairs of the office In sm-h j a. manner as to show them that their! confidence and ju lRment was not mis- j placed." j Mr. Simon made an arduous campaiKn and feeds the need of i est. In- j stead of proinK to West Baden, he has I

planned to spend a week on the Kan kakee river at his favorite sport, hunt intr.

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month. Te union Thanksgiving day services will be held at the Presbyterian church and the sermon for the occasion will be 1. reached by the Bev. Cameron, and the Presbyterian church choir will furnish the music. It was decided that the Ministerial assocjation .shall co-operate in i-o-ny way possible t.. make the Y. -M. t '. A. convention, which is to be held in Hammond, this month a success. In r irard to the evangelistic campaign it was d.-cid-xl to hold religious meetings in ail the ehi. relies on certain nights of the weeks, the campaign to begin .-omo time In Ipctmbr and to continue for an indefinite period. The Bev. F. O. Fraley. pastor ot the First Methodist Kpiscopal church, and

successor to the Bev. W. 1 was admitted to membership soeia tion.

. Swltzer. in the as-

WILL MEET NOV. 15. i Special to Tin; Times.) Crown roint, Ind . Nov. 9. The commissioners spent today cleaning up some, odds and ends but expect to adjourn tonight to meet au'ain on the fifteenth of the month. Then election bills will Vis paid and the type of bridges to be Vuilt will be selected.

The Last of Season. The Hammond Gun club will hold a shoot at Sharpshooters' park tomorrow afternoon. The probabilities are that this w illbe the last event of t ho season for the ciub, and a good attendance is therefore expected.

AFTKIt THE I1EST. When they enl! for IMON" SCOIT SCHM with n ticket in the packnKe K ! for proentu, they hae tried it. Adv.

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A. Mitchell Palmer. Kepresentative A. Mitchell Palmer, of lenni-yvania, 13 regarded us a Btronr cabinet possibility under the Wilson i jrnir.ist ration. He played a prominent part In the recent campaign and aa lorg n.1oed the confidence of the New Jersey governor. Mr. Palmer is serving his second term In the house of r"presentutive. He is a lawy r. Although he was never a candidate for office before he ran for congress four years ago he has kin nn important factor in Pennsylvania state politics for m&nj years.