Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 2 January 1913 — Page 8
Thursday, Jan. 2, 1913. 8
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J. A.' Browm State Agent Boart lot Stat- Charities. , Discussion Miss Edna Hatfield, Probation Officer. Lake County. (c) Child Saving: Agencies. .... .. Pro W. -A. Wirt, Supt. Schools, Gary.
First Report for Year by 'the Gary Police Concerns Killing of Philip Maglag; f Slayer Disappears ; May Be Accident.
MOTORCYCLE IN COLLISION i INJURES TWO
RECOGNITION AT LAST FOREFATHER OF AVIATION; SCIENTISTS TO SHOW THAT LANGLEY'S MACHINE, BUILT IN 1896, CAN FLY
A homicide was the first item written on the Gary police records for 1013. Philip Mag-lay, . 1604 Connecticut street, is the name of the dead man. Maglay was-standing in front of his home at midnight yesterday morning listening: to the whistles and volleys of pistol shots that greeted the death of 1912 and the birth of 1913. Dies With Old Year.
Just as the old year died, Maglay died !
Two men were hurt, neither seriously however, in a motorcycle accident which occurred on 151st street about 6
oclocks last evening in Indiana Har bor.
John Matiskt of 4944 Baring avenue ras on his way to the Goldschmidt Dfiinning Works where he is employed when he was run down by Gus Kaiser
i who was riding a motorcycle. sir. ; Kaiser is employed at the United : States Metals Refining Company's plant ; and was also on his way to work. Owing'to the darkness Kaiser did not see Matiskl until It was too late to avoid the collision. The police were notified ' and the new patrol was soon on the j ground. Both men were put in the mai chine, on stretchers, and were taksn
to Schlieker s 'drug store where tney
!.. .(fnnlinn hv Til- A A TtnHS
too for he was seen to topple over and j . .,,,' in the
! back but no bones were broken arid it
is thought they will both be up anil around in a short time. Matiskl was taken to his homo In the
when his friends ran to hjs side there
was a bullet wound through his heart. ' Death had been instantaneous. " i The police were notified and from ac- i counts given by witnesses they believe ' that Matthew Strailetz, 25 years old, held the pistol that caused Mag-lay's death. Strallets disappeared immedi
ately after the shooting. A general order was sent out for his arrest Whether the shooting was accidental or premeditated hasn't been determined by the police. Maglay's remains" were taken to Hoover's "morgue, 633 Washington street. . s '"
patorl ambulance while H. Reed, master mechanic at the United States Metals Refining plant took Kaiser home. The latter lives at Carroll and i Walter streets in Hammond.
MUCH IS EXPEGTEO
FROM CHARITY MEET
Lake County Conference at Gary Tomorrow May Result in Amalgamation.
HAS MORE THAN HER SHAREJ TROUBLE
Mary Grubba, Mother of Murdered Gary Child. Now Faces Starvation.
Charity, workers from every city in the Calumet region will gather at Gary tomorrow to . attend the first Lake county, conference of Charities, which will be held In the rooms of the Com-
it i.onn.n'tlv oTnt thst a lake been living in a room at 2240 Washlng-
V. ttiy charity board will be the out- . n "-
f growth-of the meeting, and that in the' Today her money gave out and she fntnro there' will be correlation and appealed to the police for food. She
Mrs. Mary Grubba, the mother of little Mary Grubba, who was murdered by unknown persons in the Eleventh
avenue swamp and whose skeleton was
found last September a month after she had disappeared, faces further misfor
tune in the way of poverty.
The woman's husband. Tierney
Grubba. has deserted her and she Is left alone with a small child four years old. Mrs. Grubba and her baby have
co-operation among the various communities along broad Jlnes. The state board of. charities is .fostering the movement, as it is needed more here than. almost anywhere In the. state. Nearly every county in the state has a board of charities. -- The program is as follows: ' MORNING 1 SESSION, 9:00. , Board of State Charities Its Pur- . pose and Duties . .................. Judge W H. Elchorn, Bluffton Poor Relief (a) The Township Trustee as Poor Relief Officer ...Discussion John C. Becker Miss S. Ev Clark, Inspector Board of . : State Charities. j (b) Charity Organization' Socie ties. .Sherman C. Kingsley, -Director Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund. Chicago. . , Discussion Miss 'Mary "Llnd ley. Secretary Charity Organization Society, East Chicago. AFTERNOON SESSION. . Child 'Welfare '" '- (a) Why "and How Children Become Wards of the State.. W. S. Reynolds, Executive Secretary Cok County Board rf Visitors, Chicago. , .-.-,.' ";" . (b) Supervision of Dependent Children
was directed to the office of Dr. W. P.
Alexander, township physician, who
gave, the woman provisions for her 1m mediate wants.
Just before Mrs. Grubba's daughter
Mary -was murdered she lost another
child through Illness. Her husband was 111 for nearly a year and was unable to provide for his family.
rSf ,
Samuel P. Langley and his flyino TtI " , if" ' Ml
I" - - III!
Prf,
machine.
Fame is to come at last to Sa.nuel P. Langley, the Father of Aviation. In 1886, four rears before the Wrights began their operations, be built a heavler-than-atr tlylng-ma-cblne. It made nc "uccessful flights and Langley, Jee:-ed by the newspapers and public generally, died of . a broken heart. , Since aviation has oecome a com monplace a number of aviators and aeronautic construction engineers
have examined the Langley model and declared it to be a practical heavler-than-alr flying machine. The only trouble, they say. wltfc Langley's trials was that bis launching device was faulty. As a result of these opinions, money which was raised sometime ago to build a monument to Langley will now be used to prove to the world that he was the builder of the first . successful aeroplane. A demonstration flight well bo helu In Washington next Mar &
SHAPING UP THE K
FOR lEGISLTURE SESSION
TIMES' BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 2. It is un
derstood that the legislative visitation committee, composed of Representative
Joseph M. Cravens of Madison and Senator James J. Netterville of Ander
son, democrats, and Representative Jesse Eschbach of Warsaw, republican, is doing some tall and lofty trimming of the recommendations made by various state institutions, departments' and bureaus of the state, and the report which it will make to the legislature Js now being compiled. j 'Tis said that nearly all of the Institutions have made requests for moru money than the state could hope to "give them, and It is up to this commit
tee to trim the requests down to a point where they will come within the ability of the state to supply the money. The fact Is. that the state is going to be short of money for the next two
years, and none of the Institutions will get anything near what they want. The committee, it is understood, will have its report ready to place on the desks of the members of the legislature about the time the session opens. x The fact that Representative Cravens Is the chairman of the committee makes It practically certain that he will be appointed chairman of the ways
and means committee of the house. Because that is generally the way It is done. The chairman of the legislative
visitation committee. It Is pointed out. is best fitted, to consider the appropriations, because he has given.' the matter much study through his work
on that committee. In the senate, it is also practically certain that Senator Netterville will be the chairman of the finance committee, which corresponds to the ways and means committee lathe house. Another thing that appears to be well settled Is that Representatlv W. W. Spencer of this city will be the democratic house caucus chairman, because he was chairman of the recent conference of house members In this city, and appointed the house plunder committee. . Governor Marshall has finished the
draft of his message to the legislature and it Is now in the hands of the prftiter. He has not given out any information as to its contents except that he told in his speech at the democratic legislative caucus that he would recommend several progressive laws, among them a public, utilities commission law, a workmen's compensation law and a number of others. He said he was forecasting his message, but that did not make any difference. Governor-Elect glston also is working on his inauguration speech which.
will serve as his Initial message to the legislature. It is said that he will make recommendations much the same as those of Governor Marshall.
purposes.
'Resolved. That the south park com
missioners be petitioned to secure the west one-fifth of Stony IsVand for a park." '
HOPES T "BTAIX BEST RESUITS.
This movement is now being furth
ered In every way by the Chicago Geo
graphic society, which hopes soon to
obtain some definite results in its plan to preserve this great glacial region for
educational work.
The proposal for a. school of horti
culture in connection with the parks and territory the society proposes
should be reserved. Is intended as a
school for practical education to gard
ners, fruit growers, florists and land scape artists. The present plans con
template the location of this school in
the sand dunes of northwestern Indi
ana near the town of Chesterton.' -
The prospectus of the proposed school of horticulture calls for 1.000 to 2.000 acres for the school, the buildings and land estimated to cost $300,000. As planned the school's Income would be derived from the tuition of the students and the sale-of products from the land used for horticultural instruction. A force of teachers to cost about $21,300
is provided for In the prospectus, janitor and field work to be done by the students of the Institution. The teaching force would consist of a principal and eight teachers and instructors, with a force of one janitor, one engineer," one clerk and four laborers to direct the care of the land and buildings.
AUTO AND BUGGY
IN COLLISION
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moblike party had taken a ride to Lowell. On t he .Schneider road on their
return trip the- lights went out on the machine and with only about two more
miles to journey Mr. Black decided to
drive without a light.
, One mile north of Schneider the auto
collided with a horse and buggy while going at a high rate of speed.' The
auto became unmanageable and after turning turtle twice plunged Into the ditch by the roadside. Those who were
able, crawled out from under the over
turned car and went to the home of Edward Crlpp nearby. Medical aid .was
summoned from Lowell and the injur
ed victims were taken to their home at Snyder.
Miss Rebecca Black was removed to
a Chicago Hospital' this morning while
her father had not regained conscous-
ness. His condition Is not considered
critical. The unknown man who was
driving the horse and buggy was un
injured. The other victims are reported getting along nicely.
IKON MID STEEL TRADE
NEAR HIGH WATER MARK
as eitner a
prince or a pauper Is an ' accurateiy lllustratlve one. Throughout nearly the entire year of 1911 its experiences were very nearly. If not exactly, in
alignment with those of the pauper.
LIMITS OF GARY ZONE. " year 1912 and reach the onclu9,on
that lis cnaracienzauwu
r
Fifty miles is the radius of the Gary
parcel post zone. Each postofnee Is a center and the Gary zone embraces as
far northeast as New Buffalo, Mich., as far east as Laporte, as far south as Kankakee, and all of the Chicago district and a good deal of Will county.
The second zone takes in parts of the states of Ohio, Illinois (northern).
Indiana. Michigan and Wisconsin. Postmaster Call has figured out in
the new postoffice book the square and zone number of each of the 60,000 postoffices in this country so that the clerks will not have to consult a map. One hundred dollars hase been appro
priated for the initial deliveries In Gary.
BY E. J. BUFFIXGTON. . a price basis which will encourage the (President Illinois Steel Company.) normal flow of demand The causes of The iron and steel trade will review this sudden trade revival are funds..
menial ana easily rreusuimi" ..,- conservatism has characterized our trade policies since the. money panic of 1907. Merchants and manufacturers have carried in stock only those materials required for immediate or nearbv consumption. Provisions for new
WOULD PRESERVE
DUNES IN INDIANA
CCootlnued from Pace L) only place within the city or its en
virons where mountain making is illus
trated and containing the best exam
ple of glacial scratches on bed rock to
be found in this part of the country, !
the best place within miles of Chicago where natural rock vegetation Is to be found. Is In danger of becoming unus
able for educational purposes; be it
"Resolved, That the Chicago Geo
graphic society use its Influence to se
cure a part of the sand dune area for
a park for all time.
"Resolved, That a plan be devised for
securing a rock canon at the Sag.
"Resolved, That the United States
be petitioned to set apart the north ra
vine at Fort Sheridan for educational
Turkey's Loss by Balkan Peace Terms.
REAL ESTATE MENo You cannot reap the harvest t hough without Machinery. The only way for Real Estate dealers to Reap a Golden Harvest is by the Machinery of Advertising.
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Prices had continued to decline until equipmenv in n '" - profits had reached the vanishing point . Industry have been restricted to absoand demand fell far short of giving op- lute necessities. Surplus stocks of all porunity to operate plants at any de- classes of merchandise have beenconslrable rate of production. Industries -sumed. Crops have been bountiful and upon which the Iron and steel trade de- j the farmers have received good prices pends languished in a state of lnactvl- therefor. The resultant increase in the ty throughout most of the year. Be- per capita purchasing power has fore the year 1912 had fairly started brought large demand for general merthe steel trade gave unmistakable evl- ehandlse. and early in the year 1918 dences of returning activity and order merchants, manufacturers and railbooks began to fill. As usual, the re-. roads awakened to the realization that vival of trade was considered at first there were not sufficient materials nor to be only temporary, but as time went facilitle sto meet then, demands. th. rt of activity increased and! Ready Meet Demands.
the volume of deman quickly absorbed j Railroads, farm implement manu-
full producing capacity. This condl-' facturers ana au lines oi maunn tlon stimulated manufacturers to give abandoned for strlctlve policies and
some consideration to prices, as wen aiarxea ai once m mm . ucu...
as to volume. Prices of iron and steel wnicn naa airenuy uevcv
products began an upward trend, and. expected magnuuae. ine cumuiauvo while the trade has not yet reached the results were Instantly felt by the rail-
status of a prince, it may be say to be roads, xney rouna memseives neea.a
"resoectable citizen- new cars, locomotives ma nuumuini
enjoying that of
ship."
Manufacturers Ceneervntlve.
tracks. All of these required large Quantities of steel in various ' forms.
The most interesting phase Of this ! calling upon the stel manufacturers to
a us t ria-hungary J Prussia!
I z 1 m!dmMmMmmmg Mil
Adverfisino in the
trip hammer pounding brings results.
99
is the
that
AcfflverOilsc fie flltne Tfimmes
Rates on Application. FItone 111111 Hammond for a Solicitor.
revival in demand for iron and steel
products, perhaps, is the conservatism
displayed by manaufacturers in avail
ing themselves of opportunity to obtain
better prices. Under similar trade con
ditions in the past manufacturers have shown a tendency quickly to seize upon i such an opportunity to recoup through
suddenly advanced prices all of the profits which were not earned during the preceding period ot. trade depres
sion. To a certain extent during the year 1918 some manufacturers have yielded to the importunities of the trade for quick deliveries and have ac
cepted so-called "premiums" for prompt
deliveries. But this seems to have been done only In a few rare cases. Manufacturers seem to have learned from past experience that violent fluctuations in prices are unwholesome. Prices of steel products, event in the face of unprecedented demand, have been kept well within moderation, and
the disposition seems to be to maintain
operate plants at fullest possible pro
ducing capacity. Added to this stimulus came the necessity for replenishing depleted stocks in order to safeguard against inability to obtain prompt deliveries. The year closes with delivery obligations far from being fulfilled. It has been Impossible to satisfy the full requirements of customers. Large tonnages of stel products which were ordered for delivery In 1912 will necessarily be carried over into the new year as uncompleted deliveries, adding volume to the. large orders .which have been placed for delivery in 1913. This condition seems to insure a long continuance of the employment of full producing capacity. . . . " No dependable statistics as to total aggregate productions are yet available for the year 1912, but it may be assumed that the record will equal, if. not exceed, the highest record of annual productions of stel heretofore made.'"
PATROL CHRISTENED;
ITS IIAL1E DEIilllS
Closed Season for MiKes
Causes Cops to Pick Less Euphoneous Moniker. The new auto patrol wagon In East Chicago has been christened and Its name is "Dennis." The officers at the station had agreed, with but one dis
senting voice, that the machine be named for the first person who was brought in in it. Sergeant Mike Gor
man was the only one to protest ae-atnst the dan. He arbStrarily in
sisted the machine be cauea aiik regardless of the name of the fir
nrlnnnrr to ride In It, and when he was
voted down, the Sergeant immediately
started, on a gum snoe nuni ior any old Mike that would lay himself liable
to a pinch. But yesierua-y ninu i
be the closed season for wayward
Mikes and the officer was compelled to return to the station without having run across a single offender of that name.
"Hard luck. Mine, saia icergeani Weifenbach to the crestfallen officer. "Now If it had only been St. Patricks day instead of New Tear's the new wagon would have had a hot box by this time bringing in .Mikes."' . Angllna . Dennis was the name Ot the machine's first victim and Angelina is "no lady," asmlght be interred
I Xrpm .the. name, bu abls. husky, mau,-
who Insisted on shooting oil firearms In Chicago avenue. His case will be heard , oday by Judge Walter J. Riley in the city court. . ;
POLICEMAN FINDS . BLAZE IN SCHOOL Spontaneous Combustion in McKinley Building Coal Bin.
While Officer Charles Rajchlnits was patrolling his beat at 4:10 this rooming he discovered flames in the basement of the McKinley school. He immediately turned In an alarm and the East Chicago fire department was soon on the ground. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion In the coal. The basement Is fire proof so there was noting for the blase to feed on but a window casing so far as the building itself is concerned and the firemen soon had it out. Aside from the wrecked window no damage was done.
GARY POSTAL SAVINGS REPORT Accoridng to the December report 6f the Gary postal savings bank, there is now on deposit In the government institution the sum -of $47,194.' the savings of 313' depositors. V , Chief Clerk Tracey's - report shows that J4.388 was paid out in December and $5,870- received, - - - -
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