Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 50, Hammond, Lake County, 11 January 1913 — Page 1

TIME RAIN TODAY; SUNDAY CLOUDY AND COLDER. VOL. H., NO. 50. JANUARY 11, 1913 EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.

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DEE-LIGHTED More room there, for another Lake county editor on the fourth estate bench. Col. Wheeler, please quit making so much noise with your Crown Point Star; Maj. Smith, if you will fold up your Hobart Gazette and take the old corn cob from under your nose we will introduce the newcomer. Capt. Woodcock will you kindly get your feet out of the paste pot? All ready? Boy, admit the stranger. Dr. E. M. Shanklin of Hammond, gentlemen, editor of the Lake County Medical Bulletin. The fourth estate of Lake ebunty. Doc. (Business of shaking hands with the new editor.) The Lake County Medical Bulletin If that Is to be Its name, is to' be the official organ of the county organization. The first number will appear on the first of next month. It was originally Intended that the initial number should appear with the first of the year, but the new editor had a lot of recruits on his staff, he found that the first edition would be delayed anyhow, so he TO E Peterson Unable to Find Man Secretary, Might Re- - sort to This Alternative; However, This Story May Help Locate Several. Want 11300 Job? 1 ." And a chance to get Into 'Waahinston "society?" Soma good democrat can have It. Apply to John B. Peterson, congressman-elect. Crown Point. Mr. Peterson wants a private secretary. "I have dozens of applicants for the ISt postofflces In my district and other Jobs at my disposal. But not a single democrat has applied for the post of private secretary," said Judge Peterson to another good Gary democrat as he rode on a Clary and Southern car. "And," continued the next congressman, "I could get several women stenographers to act as my private secretary but I prefer a man." One reason why hone of the faithful has applied for the secretaryships Is that the pay $1500 doesn't go very far In Washington. If Judge Peterson can't get a man secretary he may have to appoint his daughter to the job. However, when this story is printed the Crown Point statesman will get answers from a mob of applicants. Try a La Vendor cigar. It's good. Adv. SEEKING A REMEDY FOR CURRENCY ILLS Rep. Carter Glass. Rep. Carter Glass of " Irginla 1 chairman of the subcommittee of the house banking and currency committee which has commenced a series of bearings with th purpose of devising a new currency scheme to be . recommended to congress. Many witnesses have been called, all of whom Agrea that the country needs u more clastic currency and a concentration f reserve .unds. Chairman Glass has announced that Inasmuch aa the Democratic platform declared rpeclflcally against the monetary commission's central bank, i the majority members ot the committee feel It their duty to leek laubstltcte .for tils plan.

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TO MEET YOU! passed It up for the month. The Bulletin will be Issued monthly. To begin with the Bulletin will have only eight pages, eleven by eight inches in size. Enough advertising space has been subscribed for, already, to Insure the Bulletin as a successful financial venture. Every member of the Lake County Medical society is considered a staff member, whose services are at the command of the editor-in-chief at all times. The articles in the Bulletin will be signed, and their acceptance by the editor and their appearance Is to be a mark of distinction for the contributor for his literary ability, scientific research and erudition, which he receives in lieu of a dollar a word. Since Dr. Shanklin has assumed the title of editor he Is hard to approach. He has practiced that cold, penetrating, stary look until now he is said to be able to wither a person with a glance. But despite the fact that he is almost unapproachable, a Times reporter has learned that the first number of the Bulletin is to have a "salutatory" which Is described with the word classic. VAN HORNE AND CARTERGET BUSY Have Already Introduced Three New Bills Into the House. TIMES BIREAV, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Jan. 11 Carter of Hammond and Van Home of Indiana Harbor, Lake and Porter counties' representatives In the legislature, have already been heard from on the house floor. Three new bills have been in troduced by them Carter being the ninth to recive recognition by the speaker. The bill he introduced has to do with the amending of the act fixing the salaries of police and patrol men In cities cf less than 10,000 popu lation, .Thsb Jl.waaxaewdtn:h.e Judiciary committee -of -which Van Home is a member. Van Home followed Carter with two bills, numbered 10 and 11. No. 10 Is described as a bill "to amend the act concerning appeals and Increasing the number of judges of the appellate court." Bill No. 11 Is Judge Kopelke's bill, being "an act further to simplify procedure In civil cases." Both these bills were referred to the Judiciary committee. YOUNG HOPEFUL HIT STEP-MOTHER Edward Potts Fined $5 and Costs by Judge E. P. Ames. A fine of $5 and costs was imposed on Edward Potts, 51 Sibley street, Hammond, in Judge Ames' court this" morning, where he was found gvltf of a charge of assault and battery. In default of payment Potts will be taken to Crown Point, today, where he will b the guest of Sheriff "Whitaker for the next f3 days. Yesterday afternoon Constable Taun sig caused Potts' arrest on a warrant sworn out by his step-mother. The testimony brought out how young Potts had struck his step-mother in the eye with his fist, causing a painful injury. Today her eye was black and swolIr.. but Potts was still repentent and was : only sorry that he did not strike haraer. It was rumored that young '?ott3 ! had spent a sentence in the reform j school, and unless his methods cRange j after serving his Jail sentence, he will j be sent back again. Only Two Arrests. Few matters of Importance were reported at the Hammond Central police station last nisht, the quiet spell which has been evident since the first of the year-continuing. Only two arrests were made. Egnes Igowozlck of East Chicago was arrested by Officer Fick at State and Hohman street, where he was found in an Intoxicated condition. Chief Austgen ordered his release this morning, this being his first offense. Conrad KIntberg of Hegewisch, 111., was arrested by Officer Trost at the Lash hotel in State street, where he was found to be suffering from a severe cane of delirium tremens. He ts being cared for by the officers at the Central station, where he will be held until his conditio nimproves. Kneseth Israel. The congregation Kneseth Israel of Hammond will hold their regular meeting at Indiana avenue and Sohl street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Many matters of Importance will be taken up and It is earnestly requested that all members be present.

COUNCIL

IN SPECIAL A special meeting of the Hammono. city council was held last night,-for the purpose of passing a number ot appropriation ordinances, some of which needed immediate action. -John W. Ulm from whom the city bought twelve acles of land for sewage disposal pur poses, plans to leave on a winter trip to South America today, and insisted that the council act definitely on the purchase of the land before he goes away. Final action was taken on the following appropriation ordinances: Appropriation of $8,549 from the general fund to apply on the Ulm tract. Appropriation of 110,450 from the general fund for the opening and widening of Calumet avenue. . Appropriation of $1,235 from the general fund for the openlnf and widening of Calumet avenue on account of delinquent special assessments. , Appropriation of $5,000 as a refund from the water fund to the general fund. Appropriation of $5,000 "as a temporary loan from the gater fund to the general fund. Tiie council? holds a special meeting next Thursday evening for the purpose of selecting a successor to Henry Whitaker, who resigned aa councilman of the Second ward. HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS PAHTS?p$ED But He Sneaked Away to Chicago to Get Married Today. Hammond Elks are hereby notifleo that one John J. Cummlngs has put one over on them. That Isn't all Mr. Cummlngs. . who .is employed In- The - ; Times composing bom, al'Tt'oiie over, tfrr t!eTjape and all his pals on it. He came here from Cincinnati abou three years ago and has been slipping back and forth to "Cinsy" all theso years, so It was actually supposed that his' Inamorata or Dulcinea lived thee. But this morning Jacc asked for a day off. It was supposed that he was going to get a pair of shoes half-soled or his pants pressed or something 01 that sort and he was given permission. A wire from Chicago this afternoon, however, bore the startling intelligence that Mr. Cummlngs had married Miss Orpha Roberts' of Denver, Ind., in Chicago. That's all the particulars Just now, but when Jack comes back to Hammond. Heaven help him, HAMftlOif PlCE ILL WITH HEW AILMENT Experiencing an Epidemic Which Physicians Cannot Fathom. An epidemic of a peculiar nature is evident among the officers of the Hammond police force, four mjraoers having suffered from the ailment. The epidemic has been called to tne attention of the Hammond physician, - and although it shows symptoms of quinsy, It is different than any disease which they have ever come in contact with..The victim is first taken m with a severe cold, then suffers a sore throat, and finally the glands in the neck become swollen to an abnormal size. ..ot like quinsy, the victim is able to be oui in three or four days. Officer Malo is the latest victim, ana is reported to b seriously ill, at his home at 18 Hanover street. Officers Majeski, Schaadt and Gatvln nave recovered from th9 peculiar ailment. WHAT DID ED MEAN? Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11. Representative Ed Voris, democrat, , from Montgomery county, met Representative Van Horn, republican, from Lake county. "Van Horn." remarked Voris, "when I see you you remind me of a survivor of the Titanic disaster." Van Horn remarked that there was no particular need of rubbing in the fact that the democrats won so heavily at the election. Trustee Becker Moves. , Trustee John C. Becker of North township today changed the- location of his office, moving from the Hammond building to the East Side Savings and Trust company building. He will be located on the second floor" of the building. Trustee Becker is vice president of the East Side Savings and Trust company and in his new location he will be able to keep in closer touch with the bank. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES.

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ELOPEMENT FINDS SEQUEL IN DIVORCE; THREE FAMILIES INVOLVED IN LOVE AFFAIR

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The fourth Instalment of the Bowne - Manning - Mott - Fuller serial, dealing with the domestic relations of three wealthy New York families, has lust appeared In the form of a divorce decree secured by John Pearce Manning. ; The first and second instalments dealt with the elopement In May 3a st of Frances Hewitt Bowne, actress 1 wife of Walter Bowne. and Jordan L. Mott 3rd. of the millionaire Ironmaster's family, whw-fctrpped away together on a British freighter for Hongkong. China, with Hector Fuller, soldier of fortune and war cor cspondent. In hot pursuit. Fuller recently returned to New York to report the failure of hta search. The third Instalment detailed a fight In a New York hotel between Manning and Bowne. who was seated at a table with - Manning's wife. Manning secured his divorce on statutory grounds.

RECEIVES Cedar Lake Boy Terribly Injured When Fowling Piece Goes Off. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Jan. 11. A sad accident, which, it is fe'ared, may prove fatal, happened yesterday morning t d. Fronek, the 14-year-old son of Ml-, j and Mrs. Charles ' Fronek, living near Cedar Lake. The lad had started on a hunting ex. pedltion with a loaded shotgun, and when some distance from home, accidentally slipped on the Ice discharging the gun, both barrels being em ptied into his leg well above the knee'j and horribly lacerating the member. ' Dr. Blackstone of this city was called to care for the injured boy, and says his chances for recovery are good providing complications do not set in. THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED EVERY DAPY THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUNTY PUT TOGETHER. FKITZT IS REALLY GETTING A DIVORCE Frilil Schefr. Two arts and two temperaments made just four sources of dissension in the romance of John Fox, Jr., author, and Frltzl SchefC. actress, and after four years of more or less happiness, the couple has asked the - courts to cut loose the bonds that wore so heavily "upon the two. Tho report that Fox and bis wife had separated was first heard last fall. It met with immediate denial. But It seems the denial was Inspired by a desire to have the divorce proceedings conducted without publicity, for not long after gossip first became busy with their afTalrs the formal action was brought by Mrs. Fox.

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Hewitt Bowse. ' Fateful Telegrams Pass Each Other on the Wire. Decatur JtoJajtiiJAi'!eleram sent to Samuel . Purdy, at Braffton, yesterday, calling him to come home immediately because his father, Lewis Purdy, was dying, was passed on the way by another telegram announcing the son had been murdered In BlufCton. The two ' telegrams arrived at the Western Union telegraph offices here and at Bluff ton almost at the same minute. GARY NEGRO MUST REMAIN Iti PRISON Judge Becker's First Crim inal Verdict Affirmed in , Supreme Court. Dorsey the Gary negro, who was the first criminal to be tried in the Lake Superior Court before Judge Lawrence Becker, must continue to serve his life sentence In. the Michigan City penitentiary for the murder of his father-in-law, according to the dioision of the Indiana supreme court yesterday. According . to the court's findings the Judgment Is affirmed in part and reversed in part. Judge Morris finding as follows: . "(I) Where appellant was convicted of murder In the second degree and (Continued oo Page 8. WILL MEET TUESDAY. ' The 'committee on United Charities, composed of men and women known as the committee of fifteen, who are to discuss the feasibility of , a United Charities in Hammond, will meet next Tuesday evening in the rooms of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. This committee is the outgrowth of a meeting some time ago at which It was intended that all religious and civic organizations should be represented, but no conclusion haying been reached at this meeting, Mr. C. A. Smith who acted as chairman, ; was requested to appoint the committee of fifteen. Mr. Smith had made his appointments before the holidays, but the gathering was delayed until after the holidays so as to Insure an attendance of all the members. Friends Pay His Fine. Dave Meyer, 4902 Olcott avenue. East Chicago, who was arrested by Officers Bunde and Einsele of the Hammond police on a charge of larceny, entered a plea of guilty before City Judge Barnett yesterday afternoon, receiving a fine of. $15 . and costs. Friends arranged to pay his fine. - Yesterday morning Meyers asked for a continuance until Jan. IS, but after giving the case a few thoughts as he sat in his cell at the Central station, decided it would be better to pleall guilty then deny the charge. Sam Schorr, who swore out the warrant for Meyer's arrest, testified that- Meyers picked his pocket of $3.75.' SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES.

NEllf THROUGH SERVICE TWIXT VALPO A! GARY

Cheap Rates and Good Service by Air Line Makes College Town Suburb of Steel City.

Through limited service between the Valparaiso court house and the Gary steel mills was inaugurated this morn ing by the Valparaiso and Northern Interurban railway of the air line when the first express train made the 22-mile trip in 68 minutes. Hammond and Crown Point Benefitted. The beginning of direct traction service from the Porter county capital to Ahe mills of Gary formally made Valparaiso a suburb of Gary today. Connections with the Gary and South ern and Gary and Interurban cars at Eleventh avenue and Broadway gives Hammond and Crown Point benefit of the new service. Chesterton Express Panned. The air line has announced a E4-ride HAD TO SEND OUT FOR HOP FOR Hlfil Parting Between Ex-Sena tor Gostlin and A. M. Turner Is Affecting. Good-byes were said today by ?ammond's Panamanian delegation which leaves tonight for Tampa. Fla., the first leg of the trip to the Isthmus. Hosts of friends were busy With the "Bon voyage" stuff. The of tener P. W. Meyn shook hands the worse he "fett aout leaving Hammond and some or nia rtrAhnrifnflrs wpr, rather srToomT. The parting between A.- M.' Turner and W K-uwuiii MJ artacting jnjne extreme; ; and V the ' latter., shed quite a bunch of tears, doing 'no' little damage to the linoleum In the Lake Co. Savings and Trust's floor. Dave Emery had to send out for a new mop. .. On these ocean voyages In the past Mr. Gostlin has always had the advantage of Mr. Turner's presence, and the fact that the latter Is not able to go along this trip and take care of Mr. Gostlin makes It pretty hard for the senator. After cautioning Mr. Gostlin not to forget that Central American dollars are oniy worth 50 cents and not to load up with depreciated currency. Mr. Turner left him somewhat apprehensively. BUSINESS MAfi WAS VERY ILL However, Harry Minas, Is Reported as Doing Bet'terJToday. Harry Minas, proprietor of the big s ami 10-cent store, on State street. bearing his name; is reported to be very ill at his home and alarming reports as to his condition were circulated this morning. Mr. Minas has ' been 111 for three A fever developed Into diph theria and yesterday his condition was regarded as critical but the doctor today states that Mr. Minas is doing a tittle better and sees no reason way h shnnld not steadily improve from now on. Mr. Minas" friends will regret to hear of his illness. REVIVALS TO GO ON NEXT WEEK The revival meetings at the Baptist church will continue next week under the leadership of Rev. M. P. Boynton, I). D., of Chicago, wohse sermons this week have madi sue ha deep impression upon his hearers. The congregation feels that already a great work has been done. . It has been a week of genuine spiritual revival. After the main meeting last night people crowded into the prayer room for a prayer meeting, and it was the kind of meetin? that helps all concerned. At the close one of the officers of the church said: "That is the most wonderful prayer meeting ever held in this church. Surely the spirit of God -is With US." Tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev. Floyd H. Adams, will preach on the subject, "The Lambs of the Flock." The men will have a preparatory meeting at half past 2 in the afternoon, and at night they will sing spme rousing songs and the pastor will preach on the topic, "Hammond's Greatest ' Sin and Hammond's Greatest Safety." Dr. Boynton will be back" Monday night, but tomorrow will be a great day- at the Baptist church.

ticket between Valparaiso and the steel mills for 17.000 not quite 26 cents for the round trip. It Is now expected that many Gary steel workers burdened by the high rents of the steel city will seek homes In Valparaiso. It Is expected that within a short time the air line will have ' through. Gary-Chesterton express cars running over the Valparaiso and Northern Interurban line. - .-; Bis; Traction Terminal. Street car lines now stopping at the Broadway gate of the Illinois Steel plant include the South Shore (Chicago to South Bend), the Gary and Interurban' s Broadway. Fifth avenue (Clarke Station), Tolleston, and Hammond divisions; the Gary and Southern

(Continued oa page . PROJECT BETS Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Times, Hammond, Ind.: Breakwater project at Indiana Harbor goes in river and harbor bill with appropriation of $200,000 for first year. v ':- ;v E. D. CRUMP ACKER. IIAfMI CLUB Annual Banquet of Organi zation to Take Dozen or More from Hammond. ' Postmaster F. R. Schaaf, Manager W. D. Ray of the Northern -Indiana GaS and Electric Co., Judge V. & Relter and a' number of other' Hammond republicans will attend the annual banquet ot the Hamilton club in Chicago tonight. The club has a membership of twenty, in this county, and most of -them hav made table reservations. The affair Is one of the most elaborate banquets of the winter In Chicago, and the enters tainment provided make tne function very largely attended. In addition to a temptiag program, there will be various musical numbers and a number of clever entertainers have been provided. After the banquet there will be speeches by clever talkers. - . . USED THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT CAN BE SOLD IF YOU ADi VERTISE IN THE TIMES ;: OHIO SENATOR FOR " ONE CENT POSTAGE Senator Theodore Dorfoa. Senator Burton of Ohio is leading the campaign fov tne cent letter post-, age. and has Introduced a bill in the senate, providing for the inauguration of tl. - new rate on July 1. 1913. Senator Burton declares that the people are entitled to one cent letter postage because It actually costs leso than one eent each for the gov-' ernment to handle letters. This results in the accumulation of a surplus of over $02,000,000 each year oa Erst class letter mall. . ,

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