Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 154, Hammond, Lake County, 29 November 1912 — Page 1

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VOL. VII., NO. 154.

HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1912.

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A colored boy named White employed at the Gary steel works of the Illinois Steel company met a terrible death Thanksgiving eve when a twoton red hot ingot dropped on him, crushing: and roasting him to death.

, The remains of the 16-year-old boy tiOll ISSUeS Bulletin LaUd- j were taken to Hoover's morgue, 533 ; Washington street. It is said that the ing the Plan Introduced by i dead iad m-ed in Gary. From the story told the boy was Superintendent C. M. MC- i sweeping near a stripper building.

suaaeniy an ingot, rresn irom tne molten molds, dropped over. The boy could not get away from it and the red hot weight fell on him. Only the seared and attened form of what was once a human body was found after a crane had picked up the two-ton ln-KOt.

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According to a dispatch from Washington to the Indianapolis Star, the Hammond public school system has been made the subject of complimentary attention in a bulletin issued Wednesday by the federal bureau of the bulletin deals with what has alreadybecome known as the "Hammon plan." The dispatch Is as follows: The federal bureau of education, in a buletin issued Wednesday, pays Its compliments to the school authorities of Hammond, Ind., as follows: ' "They do not allow working to Interfere with groins to school in Hammond, Ind. Special arrangements are made whereby boys and girls maywork half a day in certain commercial establishments and attend school the balance of the day. Hammond Is a manufacturing community, where the temptation to boys and girls la strong to leave school and earn a living. Su-

Attorney W. M. Mathews, Who Made City Dry Once, Fromises to Take Advantage of Technicality to Close Up 169 Places.

HEGEWiSCH MAN HIT BY STANDARD Mil

Relative pf Battling Nelson Dies of Injuries at St.

Margaret's.

Neglecting to watch a heavy load which was beinir hoisted h v a r q no jit

perlntendent McDaniel's plan makes K the standard Steel Car works in Ham-

" -iv,..- , mond Wednesday afternoon, Walter

ey, remain in school ana also make themselves more efficient industrlaly. " 'The plan at Hammond is based on a full realization of modern social and industrial conditions. Superintendent McDaniel proceeds on the theory that, while there are certain general principles underlying all education, each community has its own special problems that are too often disregarded in the making of the schools. Han Night School. " 'Besides the co-operative school and shop arrangement, Hammond maintains a night school with an attendance of 700, where boys and girls may not

but iso receive practical training in ppecific phases of commerce and industry. " "Vocational guidance forms another feature of the Hommond plan. The schools furnish information about the

various industries in the community.

Hemingson, a well-known Hegewiseh young man, was struck by the swinging hoist and rendered unconscious by injuries to his chest. He died yesterday morning. Hemingson was working near the crane at the time the accident occurred Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. He was standing on the ground when a heavy load was fastened on the crane. As the crane operator took the slack out of the cable the load was hoisted from the ground and swung, striking Hemingson full on the chest. Fellow employes came to his rescue and Stewart's ambulance rushed the

where he died yesterday morning. The remains were then taken to Stewart's morgue where they are being held awaiting funeral arrangements. Hemingson was 23 years old and resided with his brcther-ln-law, W. Nelson, at Hegewisch. He is also well-known in

the salaries paid in different lines of Hammonii' where many friends mourn

work, the opportunities for advancement, hours of labor, permanency of employment and all the details that are of value in determinating a choice of empoyment. " 'As early as the sixth grade the teachers tests the child's interest and ability in various forms of elementary industrial work, bo that he may come to have some idea of a future vocation. The school authorities also maintain an employment bureau, where present and former pupils are registered and their qualifications carefully investigated.' "

THIRD OPERATION SUCCESSFUL Louis Greenberg, the 10-year-old son cf Mr. and Mrs. B. Greenberg, 61 State street, underwent a third successful operation at the Michael Reese hospital, Chicago, yesterday afternoon. About ten weeks ago the young lad was playing with a number of other boys when one of them Jumped on the boy's foot, breaking a number of bones. The painful injury proved to be serious and yesterday a decayed bone was removed from his foot.

his death. He has a mother living In

Chicago and a sister in Hammond. By marriage hs is a relative of Battling Nelson.

CONFER ON JPATRONAGE TIMES Bf RE A r, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 29. Senators Shlvely and Kern held two long conferences today on federal appointments, but no conclusions were reached as to divisions or recommendations.

ELKS' MEMORIAL AT ME. CHURCH Big preparations are being made for the Elks' memorial services at the Methodist church next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Every KIk is varnestly requested to attend these services, including the residents of Hammond, who are cordially invited. Charles A. Betzler of Chicago lodge No. 4 will deliver the memorial day address. The program will appear in Saturday's issue.

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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON OF DR. L. H. KELLY DEAD Thomas A. Kelly, 7-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Kelly. 100 Highland street, died at St. Margaret's hospital Wednesday afternoon following an illness lasting since last Sunday. Death was due to peritonitis. The funeral will be held from All Saints' church tomorrow morning at R o'clock. The Rev. Father Barrett will officiate and interment will lie made at St. Joseph's cemetery. Six classmates will act as pall bearers. Bast Sunday morning the boy went to church apparently in the best of health. Sund:ry afternoon he complained of being ill and Monday lie was confined to his bed. His condition grew worse and Wednesday he suffered a relapse and passed away at 5 p. m. He was a very bright boy and popular ;imor." his school mates. The bereaved family has received expressions of sympathy from scores of friends.

ALL PARTIES TO BE ON GOOD BEHAVIOR DURING THE SHORT CONGRESS SESSION

There are 19S saloons in Gary at the present time, according' to Attorney William H. Mathews, one of the attorneys of the Indiana anti-saloon league. There will be twenty-nine when he gets through with them, according to a statement which he issued today. The other 163 are going tj be put out of business. Does Mathews know what he is talking about? It was he who w:is instrumental in keeping Gary dry for two years. It was he who drove the blind pigs out of Gary. Draw your own conclusions. Mathews points to the provision of the I'rortor law which says that the saloon license fee must be paid within live days after the old nicense expires, or the license cannot be renewed. The saloonkeepers who put the other $300 in scrow pending the decision of the supreme court on the Kopelke decision in the mandamus case are said to he safe. Mathews says the rest will have to forfeit their licenses. He declares that he will not expose

bis whole plan of action until the ; time comes. He and his partner in 1

these cases. Otto Bruce, are going to consider carefully their plans. Elieht on Technicality. But he avers that an attack Is to made on the right of the great majority of the Gary saloonkeepers to their licenses. He says that Gary will be nearly as dry as it was several years ago. And that Mathews Is not averse to taking advantage of a technicality in his fight against the saloons Is shown by his action in Gary's early history. 'At Ihaftirne'the" liquor law provided that on the petition of a majority of the voters for secretary of state at the last previous election a city may be made dry. Well, there were only about 1,000 voters at the last previous election in Calumet township and at the time the petition was circulated there were ten thousand people in Gary. Therefore It was only necessary for Bruce to get 500 signers on his petition. He and Oliver Holmes and L. A. Bryan and a few others got the signers and made Gary dry. It was the mos turbulent two years that the city of Gary has ever known. Knotts, the mayor, let the blind pigs run and when arrests were made by the sheriff he gave the prisoners the minimum fine and imprisonment and then suspended sentence.

Knotts was mandated to send the j blind piggei-s to jail, but Tom Honan, i the attorney general, never let the i cases come to trial. It was one of I

those many peculiar Knotts victories. Gary's former experience was Mathews is proof enough that he and Bruce would not hesitate to take advantage, of a technicality if they could. Their first moves will be watched with interest.

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Belmont Hotel and Friedman Liquor House in The Business Section Is Destroyed.

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Speaker Champ Clark (at the left). Senator Polndexter and Congressman Mann. Durlnff the short session of congress hlch begins Dec. 2, Republicans. Democrats and Progressives will try to outdo each other in working for legislation that win win popular approval. Speaker Clark will be one of the big Democratic figures. Representative Mann, of Illinois, will be the Republican leader In the lower house. Senator Polndexter of Wash

ington Is one of jthe most prominent i forces,

Progressive figures at the national capital and will lead the Bull Moose

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CURRENT ORPKEUM BILL IS A SCREAM

'Modern Eve' at Hammond

Next Sunday with Chicago Company.

Gary Merchant and Employes Receive Summons to Return Home Within

Four Months to Fight thej

Turks.

John Lincoln, proprietor of the Orphan candy kitchen in Gary, has received word from the Greek war department that he must he in Athens within four months, at which time he must join the Greek army. Three of his employes have received similar notices. Mr. Lincoln will leave Gary next month for Tripolls, Greece, where his mother resides. After a short visit with his mother he will Join the regiment to which he has been assigned and if the war is still on at the time he will be sent to battle with the Turks. Other Called in Country. "The call which has been received iii Gary," said the Broadway merchant, "stipulates that all young men who become of age since 1903 must return within four months and join the colors. All reservists since 1S9S are included. Every man In my store Is affected by the order and if we all obeyed we would have to close up shop at once. "Several hundred other Greeks in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago have received similar orders. However, I expect the war to be ended in a month, if it is not it will give me great pleasure to fight the Turks."

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OPENING OF 1 KENWOOD AVE. ! APPROVED The assessments of benefits and dam- j ages f'lr the opening of Kenwood avenue were approved by the members of 1 th boar. I of imtilic works of Hammond this morning. j Tins assures Hammond another east i and west thoroughfare of primary im- ; pottan-. e. The street is to be one of

the few east and west arteries that connect the eastern witTi the western

sections of thA city south of the Erie i

yards obstruction. U is to he sixty feet wide throughout its entire length. It will come out on Caumet avenue, just south of the Krie crossing. It is one. of the real acts of city re-building that have been acp'ompHshp.i by the property owners of the south side.'

AFTERMATH OF ELECTION RETURNS Kithcr the election board was careless or densely ignorant Is the way politicians are talking about the officials of the eleventh precinct of East Chicago where gross errors were uncovered as a result of Simon-Drennan contest recount. ' on the presidential vote Taft got 64, Wilson 22, Roosevelt S and Debs 4. Cor Governor Ralston lead with 4, Durbin 1, Jteveridge 2 anl Reynolds 1. dent and didn't vote for governor is yet hidden but the belief Is that the election board made a "bum count." Samjicn of Adding. There is also a wide variance in 'he congressional figures. Peterson got 25, Crumpacker 43, Howers 2S and Mark??. A more weird count was made in the proseeuto! ship. Sefton is credited with 6 votes, Patterson with 10, Dwyer with 1 and Economoff 1. In the auditorship ra.-e Simon received 12 votes, Brenan but 3 hove 2 and Mallet 2. The recount showed that Simon had 19 votes and Brennan 40.

The bill at the Orpheum theatre this week is one of the bes:t that has been seen in Hammond in a long tim. It is

a scream from start to finish. The leading features of the bill are Warren & Broekway in a skit entitled, "The Musica Janitor," which is about the funniest thing that has been seen in Hammond n a long time. There is very little music and lots of janitor and it Is worth the price of admission just to see what the pair do. The Acme quartet is very entertaining. There is lots of harmony and a little comedy. The act ought, to be renamed, though for the name it now sails under, given no idea of the high character of the act. The quartet is composed of four male vocalists who certainly can sing. E. J. Moore, the gabby trickster, wins with his gab and Is fairly clever with his tricks, although it was hoped that he would spring Komething new. His boys assistant was the fun makr of the act. Biff and De Anno were only fair. Assuming that biff was the acrobat and that Dp Anna was the young lady who sang it might not be unkind to opine that the muscular acrobatics were better than the vocal. Besides De Anno suggests, "Delsarte in ten lessons for $2." She ought to forget her hands and get a little more vi vaeiousness into the act. The show as a whole, despite these rather caustic criticisms, is one of the best that lias bean billed in a long time and leaves one with the iilea of having been pleasantly entertaind. "The Great Divide" was the attraction at the Hammond theatre and convinces the average theatre goer that what Ashton - Stevens said about the Great Divide" in New York does not apnly to the "Great Divide" played by a company "D" in Hammond. "A Modern Eve" next Sunday is highly recommended. It i. to be produced by the Chicago company and will be one of the best things that is to be seen here this season. It ought to pack the house.

Fire which for a time threatened to devastate an entire block in the business center of East Chicago, yesterdiy destroyed the Belmont center of East Chicago, yesterday destroyed the Belmont hotel and the Friedman Liquor House Forsyth avenue just north of Exchange avenue, damaging the building adjoining on the north occupied by Ladd's billiard and pool rooms somewhat. The damage is close onto $20,000. It was necessary to call the de

partment from Indiana Harbor and to summon aid from Hammond and it was i only by the most herculean efforts that e the firement held the blaze down, prac- .

tically confining it to the structure In which It had its origin. Six leads, comprising 3,000 feet of hose, played on the flames, the hose which stretched across Chicago avenue blocking street car traffic for several hours, as the fire started at about 2 o'clock and was not under complete subjection until 7. In the mean time

great excitement prevailed, this belmj modified however by the fact that so many were out of town for Thanksgiving. Kurnaoe W Overheated. The fire started from an over-heated furnace and had secured good headway before the fire department was called. Jt was discovered by the janitor and the landlady of the Belmont hotel. They smelled the smoke and made an investigation finding ta basement filled with smoke which poured out in great volumes, hiding; the flames. For a spell the East Chicago department worked unaided, trying to flood the basement ad thereby quench the blaze, but the volumes of smoke hid the scat of the conflagration, and the flames roared and hissed In spite of the water, unseen by the firemen. Then, as It was seen that little headway was being made, the Indiana Harbor de(Contlnued on Fart 7.)

GHT COURSE

LANNED FOR ELECTRICIANS

Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1912, a class for electricians will be held In the Hammond night school. This class will recite every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 8 Like. all the other work in the night school, this instruction will be free. The class Is for the benefit of those who know something of practical electric work, but wish to study the theory of electric currents. It affords the opportunity to learn how and why electric currents do their work. The class will begin with very simple things and proceed as rapidly as the work is understood. Opportunities will be given to ask questions. Speaking of this course W. H. Henderson, principal of the night school, said: "If you have started .a correspondence course, this will help you to understand your lessons. The instructor is a thoroughly competent practical electrician who will be glad to hep you in your work. In order that the work of the class may not be interrupted by the entrance of new students, every one who wants this work should be present the first lesson. "The chief difference between the hitch salaried and the poorly p;tid mechanic is that the high salaried man knows why things are so and what to do without being told. This is your opportunity to learn the why of electric work." Mr. Henderson will be glad to give

i inquirers for the course any lnlorrna-

tion on the subject. Th regular night school classes will bo omitted tonight and tomorrow night.

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Slipping Into Hammond as easily as they made their getaway, a gang of Chicago sneak thieves, riding In an auto, broke into two Hammond business places early this .morning, .securing a $125 cash register and contents, broke open another cash register, stolen a lot of whiskey, bottle goods and a quantity of cigars and tobacco. About 4 o'clock this morning an automobile stopped in front of Stevens grocery store at "99 Alice street, whore the thieves got out of the machine, broke the front window and entered the place. Carrying the cash register, they placed it In the machine and drove off. No other articles of value have been found missing. The register was valued at $125 and contained $2 in change. Shortly afterwards, burglars broke into the Steinman saloon at the corner of Walter ami Fayette street. Entrance was gained by forcing a si le window, the thieves breaking open the cash register, from which they secured $1.23 in change. After rumaglng around they found nothing more of value and carried with them a lot of bottle goods. The robberies were repotted to the police as soon as it was found that the

I places had been broken Into, An investigation was at once started, but so

far few clues of importance has been learned. It is thought that the automobile robbers entered both places and then made their getway back into Chicago.

TOBACCO. l.MOV SCOTT M'llAP 1 handled n oiv by nil flealern. 2',i z. for 5e. Sarc your ticket and nee onr prrmhim list. McHie-S. Tub. Co. Adv.

LIVES WERE ENDANGERED BY LIVE WIRE Several lives- were imperiled at the corner of State and ilohman streets about 9 o'clock last night, when a broken trolley wire fell to the ground, sending out a large display of lireworks. Miss Emma Mulhall, 151 Sibley street, narrowly escaped with her life when the falling cable struck her on the back of the neck. causing a poinful burn. The accident occurred about 0:15 o'clock and caused quite a commotion on the four corners. Miss Mulhall was crossing the street, just as street car No. 505 turned the corner on West State street. The feed wire dropped to the ground, sputtering and sending out a volume of electricity. It struck Miss Mulhall on Ue h f of the neck, ciusing a very painful burn. Dr. Groman w;as near by and attended her injuries. After a short rest she was able to walk home.

ROBBERS' PRESENCE ORDEAL 10 WOMAN

No clews have been found yet by the police leading to the identity of the robber who entered the home of John Blaul of Huberts avenue in Itobcrtsd.ile last Tuesday. The robber entered the house by prying open the pantry window and after thoroughly ransacking every nook and corner down stairs, went up stairs to th bedroom where Mr. and Mrs. Blaul were sleeping. Mrs. Blaul heard him as he entered the room but not being able to see what weapons he hal was afraid to make any alarm, so she lay there watching him while he went through everything in the clothes closet, he did not seem to be the least afraid of waking any ono for evvy few minutes he would strike a match to see. Afur he had gone through everything in the closet, he made for the dresser, but in doing so he accider.tly stumbled on a. par of Mr. Blaui's shoes which lay on the floor, becoming a little alarmed he went out in the hall but returned and sttuck another match to see if they were still asleep, then he went out again and Mrs. Blaul unable to keep still any longer shouted for help, he ran down stairs and made his escape by the way of the kitchen door which he had already opened. The poll c were notiticd an dare working on tho case.

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SO MISTAKE In made when you want a eool nmnke of the finest tobacco buy Foil EX (XX) and eet a tiekrt In rvery package towards a rtpoon from your d-raler. Adv.

Mrs. Lillian M N. Stevens( left), and Anna Gordon. At the recent convention of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union, held at Portland. Ore., Mrs- Liiiian M N Stevens, of Portland, JIp!, was unanimously re-elected president of the association. Mlsa Anna Gordon, vice presilent, wa nljo re-elected, as were all the othei afneera,