Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 9 January 1913 — Page 1

LAK mm . . WKATHC. .... FAIR TODAY AND PROBABLY FRIDAY; i RISING TEMPERATURE. TnTTTECT EDITION VOL. VII., NO. 187. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913.. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Nnmbin 1 Cents Copy.)

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0SIT1S Van Home of Indiana Harbor and Carter of Hammond Receive .Numerous Appointments at Hands of House Speaker. ; TIMES : BUREAU, ?' ' ' AT STATE CAPITAL Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 9 -Lake county will"hav Important representation on the Legislative house commitwhence the committeeships ' menate. Both Carter .of Hammond and - Van Horne ol Indiana " Harbor have been liberally dealt -with in the matter of appointments, each of these names especially that of the Indiana Harbor representative, oecurins with frequency on the list of committees. Some of the men occur - are of considerable Importance In the -workings of the state executive body. Van" Horn, who Is a lawyer and Is the Judiciarycommittee as well as to the committee or organization of the courts. He is 'also named In connection with the public library --committee and the committee on Rivers and Waters. .f 'Am Vert4i la These Matters. ; In the , latter connection Mr. ; Van Home should prove & valued member. He was one of the Indiana Harbor men - who went to Washington in the fall to represent the commercial club of his : city at the. Rivers and Harbors congress held there. Indiana Harbor is vitally Interested In all legislation both national and state concerning rivers and waters, by reason of the fact of Its canal and harbor recently accepted by ' the government.. Carter of Hammond is named on the ,. enrolled bill, committee; and the committee on labor. Worjijnf with him on v..karro raer will be'Bos, cha4rxnan;'J. Rv . Jones. Judkins, McKennan, , Chapman. Sale and ISriSle. With htm on the-com mittee on lbor are Keegan,' chairman; Smith, Kentg. Hoddlnott, 3 P Davis, Franklin, Masselink, Cunningham, Price, Patten, Bens and Beatty. Serving With Van Hon. ; The eommittes In which Mr. Van ZT . ...... T . ; Oisraalzatlea of Courts. 1 . Lyday, chairman; Meidreich, Stevens, ' Smith, Tlngl, . V4n Home, Beatty, (Continued on page S.) CANADA'S DUCHESS IS SERIOUSLY ILL db'Cffi? of CbMfAWXT Montreal, Jan. 9. The Duchess of ' Connaught, wife of the governor general of Canada, who, according to an official bulletin - this afternoon haa . suffered a recurrence of peritonitis, was brought here from Ottawa on a special train last night and taken to the Royal Victoria hospital. The following bulletin was . issued from , the hospital at 11:30 o'clock: "Her royal highness, the Duchess of Connaught, has stood the journey from Ottawa well and is now resting as comfortably as could be expected. E. U WORTHINGTON." Surgeon Mojor oWrthlngton and Dr. A. E. Gar row acomcpanied the pa- . tient here from Ottawa.

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BEG REALTY DEAL IS IDE

The biggest real estate deal in northern Lake county made this year has been transacted in Gary, where forty acres of Ridge road land that will be subdivided into 360 lots has been sold for 925.000. Thomas C. Grubb and wife have sold the land to Flora Rose, wife of Louis Rose, president of the Clear Title Land company of Gary. The property is in the northwest 4 of the northwest V. of section 2S. It is bounded on the north by Thirty-ninth avenue and on the south by Nickel Plate . avenue, on the west by Main street (extended), and on the .east by Grand avenue. The Ridge rcfad pierces the tract.- This land is one 'mile west of Broadway. SPECIAL - SESSIONS OF COUNCIL SET Two special meteings of the Hammond city council are called by Mayor John D. Smalley, the first to be held tomorrow evening for the purpose of passing appropriation ordinances, and the second to be held Friday evening, Jan. 17th, to elect a successor to Henry Whitaker, who has resigned as councilman-of the Second ward. ' v The appropriation, ordinances introacted on without delay and for . this purpose the meeting 'is called for tomorrow night.?' This meeting also pre-ents-sn-occasion-for bringing up ether business.' , The ecoi td Uper.l L rtBtUar ' i-callns woiely for faejpurpose of electing Hen ry Whitakcr's successor. As far as is known there Jla no change tn fhe line up for successors, Oscar Plageman and John P." Klln' being the democratic candidates and William Newman, the republican candidate. . SLEET HURT THE WHEAT That the snowfall will do some good to the winter wheat is the; opinion of that old reliable farmer, John N. Beckman of the Gostlin, Meyn & Co., but not as much' as If it had not been damaged somewhat by the sleet. "Sleet," said Mr. Betkman, '"covers the wheat and raaxes ;a crust tnat neats It and has a tendency to ruin the growth. It is, of course, a question Just how much dam a it' did, but the snow will help out a lot." Before- Mr. Beckman came to Hammond he had the finest farm In Hanover township and still takes an interest in scientific tillage of the s and ail that pertains to it. You can nevt-r make h4m sore by calling him I "Farmer John." 'That the freezlng weather and sleet of the last . two or three days has caused great damage over the city and from the surrounding ' country. Orchardmen, it is said, are - keenly feeling the damage that has been done to fruit trees. The heav coating of ice that has attached itself both to fruit and shade trees has bent large branches low under its weight, and not a few have been ruined when the tops have bfoken, splitting the trees to the ground. , . Even in cases where the limbs have not broken under the excessive weight, the trees,' in many instances, will not straighten to their former position. While the ice on the trees has given thenva beautiful appearance, and has ! made, some ideal winter scenery, the present beauty exists to the permanent ' detriment of the trees, in a large j number of cases over the county, it is leareu. The slippery surface of the ground everywhere during the last few days has interfered greatly with travel on the sidewalks. Vehicles are to be seen rather rarely. Only an auto now and then" Is ' observed sliding along the road. ' and often the chauffeur finds himself looking the macrrines in the face, so slippery are highways. VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS TIMES Bt REAL. -AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, lad, Jan. .Bull Moose Jedklna of Wayne eovaty In the honse reflated to vote on election of houae of. flrerrs. Senator Cin-rit, ball moose from I,ali ronntr, voted with democrats In M-nato . Senator Hlbhcrt of South Bend, aim bnll moon, not present. ARB YOU A TIMES READER?

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Lone Bull Moose Senator From Whiting Arrives at Capital and Gets One of the Very First Newspaper ' Interviews Handed Out. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9. .Senator John N. Gavit, of Whiting, the "lone Bull Moose" of the senate, arrived lu Indianapolis today and announced his program of action for the session. He said he did not Intend to "make a lot of noise," but would introduce practically all the Bull Moose measures contained n the platform of the party for Ihe state, unless he was forestalled by senators belonging to other parties. He intends to make an attempt to amend the Proctor liquor regulation law by the introduction of an amenda tory act, allowing a saloon license to bt valid for the term it was granted for, and in addition to be valid until the board of county commissioners has passed on the application for renewel. In Lake county, he said, several situa tions existed which had called that phase of the law into Question. In some instances where a license is granted for one year the board of commissioners does not meet until a week or more after the expiration of the license to act on the application for renewal. In such instances the license should be valid un til final action by the board upon the application, the Bull Moose senator as serts. Senator Gavit will Introduce a wom an suffrage bill in the senate unless he is- forestalled by . other senators, he said. ' He also will Introduce a bill he had before the legislature last session.! when toe was serving as a Republican, that seeks to cut down the -fortyt-flve-day limit for the taking effect of deeds and other prope ty transfer records. He aid be would support ' the franchise referendum tilll to be Introduced by Senator Harry- E. Ssmbe-tJ--wahti troduce a genera' Initiative and referendum bill. ' PARCEL POST HOW BECOiPCPULAR Business in Hammond Postoffice Shows Steady 'Increase. Popularity of the parcel post in Hammond is growing apace as shown by the in-coming and out-going mall. Thus far the F. S. Betz Co. is the biggest individual user of the outgoing post, sending out scores of packages daily. The out-going post is heavier than the in-coming mail, and thus far the local postofflce has been , able to handle both malls with dispatch. In fact there is less complaint now about the delivery of merchandise than there was formerly, when the limit was but four pounds. It seems that the Chicago postofflce has made better arrangements to handle this class of matter. - Packages from the mail order houses are beginning to be quite-Common,, al though not as numerous as it was thought they -would be at this time. The increased work at the postofflce has at different times required extr help, but by Judicious routing and an elastic system for hiring this help,' thi. expense has been kept at a minimum. Since the first of the year, when the parcel post went into effect, the num ber of parcels in-coming and out-going for each day has been as follows: in-coming. Out-going.

Jan. 1 1 II Jan. 2 .. 29 221 Jan. 3 . . . . , . 99 " 338 Jan. 4 : .153 305 Jan. 6 .203 306 Jan. 7 .......... .147 385 Jan. 8 203 505

Furnace Too Hot. 1 An overheated furnace was the cause of a small blaze at 514 Hohfnan street, Hammond, this morning at 8:30 o'clock. Some rubbish was being burned in the furnace which set fire to some washing that hung behind the furnace, result. Ing In but a. small damage. The building Is known as the Automobile Inn and Is occupied by Louis Steinert. Just a period of a minute and a half elapsed between the time the fire department was called and arrived on the scene of the Are. Department No. 1 responded. Dies of Scarlet Fever. Clara Louise Dike, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. William L. Dike, 447 Cedar street, died at the family residence yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock following a brief illness. Death was due to Scarlet fever. On account of the contagious disease the funeral, which was held this morning at 10 o'clock, was private. Interment was at Oak Hill cerneterv.

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-NAT. COMMITTEE ' - Mr. and Mm, J

There was a quiet wedding In Mobile. Alabama, a few days ego-when

Mrs. Chariea Hearlne of thatclty anciMts James B, Reynolds weffe 'mar

ried at the home of the bride's parents, the tariff board, and more recently. was tional , committee. : " GEORGE WAS' FIT There are a good musy of the Ham mond and East Chicago members of the Indiana Society who wer distress ed to hear that. George Ad had been nearly killed at Lafayette. : ' The news . had been greatly twisted and distorted however. It was . George Ade'a hat, and not George himself, that was taken to a drug . store for first aid after aorae grand and lofty tumbling on an icy pavement in Lafayette. Ind., Sunday. "Tell the newspapers that . I demand a retraction," said Mr. Ado, in a plea that sounded almost pitiful a it came over the telephone from the Indiana city. "Tell them I was exercising my right as a free-born citizen of Indiana to do a . cross between the tango and the highland fling. Having had Instructions from some competent coaches along Michigan avenue I was getting STATE LIME PAVING MAY BE OPPOSED West Hammond Councilman Averse Unless Entire Length Be Improved. At the regular meeting of the West Hammond city council this evening, it is expected that some action will be taken to get the Ptate Line street pavement improvement under way as far as West Hammond is concerned. Hammond is expected , to cOrOperate, but West Hammond is taking the lead because its preliminaries in these matters are more circuitous than they would be on the Indiana side. It is understood, however, that sme objection will be made by West Hammond councilmen if they find that the street is to be paved fo ronly a nhort distance Instead of the entire length. Another matter on which the West Hammond council is : to take action this evening is the Sibley street pave ment. It is proposed to ; make Sibley street another popular east and west thoroughfare by pacing it with westrumite from State Line street to Burnham avenue. There apparently is no opposition to this. ALASKA MAN WILL SPEAK IN HAMMOND Hammond people who are interested in the "World in Chicago exposition will be both surprised and edlighted to learn that Rev. O. A: Learn of Alaska Is to speak In town tonight. Hammond churches are to have charge of the Alaska exhibit In the Coliseum next May and are now studying that great country. Rev. Mr. Learn recently passed through an earthquake and volcanic eruption in Alaska, in charge of fifty orphans, Anally escaping on a U. S- revenue cutter. HeiwlH speak at the Baptist church tonight. Dr. Boynton will pneach the sermon as usual.-

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FINDS BRIDE IN SOUTH

-man B. Reynolds.. s -.: ' Mr '." Reynolds "was a. member of -. secretary . to the Republican na v , . : . v -:,v.l VERY away with the hybrid" all right when a guest of wind butted in and spoiled the turn. It was the hat that" got the hoofc, . understand? The aewspapors got it wrohg--dead wron. If they don' set me right Til have to mortgage the Brook farm of mine to answer the telegrams and cables that are headed my Kay. I never knew before that I had o amny friends ready to extend cordial sympathy, by wire, collect and otherwise. f While I was making financial apologies to the man whose side, walk was Injured a friend took my hat into a drug store to brush it off. ' I wish now that he hadn't done so, because! could put up a whole factory with the money' that my friends have spent on messages. Please assure them that ' my hat is doing as well as may be expected considering the size to which my head and the revenues of the 'Western Union have been swelled." LESSON HERE FOR LAKE COUNTY GIRLS Reformer Quotes Jurist Who - - Calls City Bad Place j , for Pretty Girls. . "A lesson may be derived by girls of Lake county from the words of Municipal Judge Courtney of the Englewood police court yesterday to Anna Jarvis. age 23 years of Rockvllle, Ind., who was arrested Tuesday in a raid on a South Halste'd street flat in company with three men," said a Lake county woman who has had considerable experience In reform work, this morning. Judge Courtney said: "You are a nice looking woman and -I want you to return to your folks." The girl and one woman companion were discharged and the men were fined. ; " Many girl from Hammond. East Chicago, Whiting and other cities of the Calumet region and Lake county generally, have an Idea that they would like to go to the city and make "big money" without much work. They might heurUen to the words of the Chicago Jovirlst who out of the fullness of his experience proclaims the fact that Chleaf.-o is a bad place for pretty and unprotected, grirla to gro to. FINAL PLANS FOR BOAT CLUB DANCE The Hammond Motor Boat club holds a regular meeting at the clubhouse this evening and will make final arrangements for the annual dance which Is to be given at the Masonic temple on Thursday evening, Jan. 16. A novel arrangements of the dances Is to be made, each dance to be named after one of the boats in the fleet. In the order as the boats line up according to size. The club members promise to make the coming event more brilliant than any of its predecessors. WHY ARE READER? YOU NOT A TIME

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Wait Lapse of Year Before Enlarg- ; ing Course to Eighteen Holes

President A. Murray Turner of the Hammond Country Club, though much in favor of the most beautiful eighteen hole golf linki in the- Btate of Indiana for Hammond has come to the conclusion, that to convert ' the present of hole course into an 18 hole links this year will neither he feasi ble nor in keeping- with the clttb'i conservative policy, - .- Consequently the S00 golf en thusiasts who are members of the Country Club will for another year at least have to content themselves with the present course which is however to be greatly Improved next, spring before'lt Is put In shape for 19 It play.'- -"'' : - v V CllDED BY WISDOM.Mr. Turner, waa guided tn his policy

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flil STORY IS REUPJED ; . Tteugh' Students Obrifit of Hich'Ore'lImes IJigtftfvery; SayHobf ten'Spoke of

it in Classroom. One year ago Tm Trues printed an exclusive , story regarding the "finding" of big iron mines in South America by Prof. Salisbury of the University of Chicago. - ,. . - The story made a big sensation In steel circles, and the Chicago papers took it up, but scouted It. Prof. Salisbury himself indignant that the story had been given publicity, denied it. 1 Talk of the "find" supposed to have been made by University of Chicago professors of an iron mine, saldto be the richest In the world, was revived last night when Rollln D. Salisbury, dean of the Ogden School of Science an head of the department of geology and geography at the uniyerlty, returned from a trip to South America. Professor Salisbury, in company with members of the faculty of the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago, a few years ago, discovered a country rich In iron a short distance from Rio de Janeiro., in Braail. Students who have studied under Professor Salisbury say the professor has oftn spoken of his mine in the classrooms and told, of plans made by the professors to get thefr material to the marke. - ( Professor Bailey Willis. ; formerly of the United States geological survey, but CAUCUS HANDS COOK THE PLUM Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9. Homer L. Cook of Indianapolis was selected for speaker of the Indiana house ot representatives at he house caucus at the Denison hotel last night. All the ninety-five democratic members of the lower housft were present. In every 're -Epect.the slateTas predicted before the caucus, went through except that there was a switch to Paul C. Hill of Green Castle for assistant clerk. Hill" defeated Philip Lutx of ; Boonville, whose friends had said he had the place "sealed up." " The caucus continued only a little more than an hour. The other 61 fleers were selected s follows; Principal, S. M. Quillen. Unton;; assistant clerk, Paul C. Hill. Green Castle; chief doorkeeper, Douglas Bolser, " New Castle; postmaster, .Charles J. Stewart, Lebanon; permanent caucus cahlrman, W. .W. "Spencer, Indianapolis; perma-J nent caucus secretary, James R. Fleming. Portland. ;- The committee will, meet tomorrow morning at 9 a. m. to apportion the minor appointments. . One dollar has. the aqrcbaslnj; 8r f tw rad more, at OCR 4TH Xll'AL DOLLAR SrtQK whirl romnrnrri JtTlRDll, ilKCARV 1ITH. I,IO. STORE,

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by' advfee" refcelved from many in.town and ut-ot-t$wn members." The matter of an lg-hoie course haa been agitated for several' months and 1 has been a -mooted "question1- with the directors and officials of the corripany ainca last September Some of the director!' were in . favor of taking In " the" - extra, Vcreage and maktnrf the change, but etlver-wer emphatic -In - theli epiViion" that Improvements In V the present course t taken tip .befofe Itas .v'enlsfgea;. and thtor-eeetns a-W the -consensue f-opit- : -Ion.' -.. . - ":"V; '-, -''. - Other weighty reasons'obtsln Against ;,. an lS-tiola cburse this year. There'are asnumberbf" posaifcle -land ownership ehantes In" acreage Immediately adjacent .to 'the Countrj;, club jraet which will probably ceme saboafduYing the present year. .!.-' X.V', . provernents' on the present course- be - - WH AX . MAt '.( H ArrEJT.' The owners of' the land are ln.communication with an English, syndicate which oVRi .aomt of the land faKthe k , Continued oa 4s!v ' now employed by the Argentine government, made' the trip with -Professor Salisbury; tooth touring the , -South American countries for thsItfV. "Jth, according to their statements;"- Professor Salisbury - said' last night - his . health waa. much ,Tmproved. ,il wa reticent when questioned regarding, the mine. ORDORHD TO P0.1 filipjlkos' freedom Washington, Jan. p. Manuel U Quezon. Philippine delegate la congress, la putting: forth every effort tr? (secure the passage of th4 Jonefi bill. now pending in the lo?orJ " house. The" bill, Tintroduced by o Virgicta , congressman provides for the absolute Independence of the Islrads on and.after; July 4, 1921. Quezon ..has received cabled iustruclions from the Philippine n.' serably 'urging hint to -work for th Mil's passage. Just returned to WasTiington trom the islands he says the natives are extremely anxious to out .loose, from the United States and are very hopeful, now that the Dcmncra't's" are 'soon to take over the American government. "

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