Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 1, Hammond, Lake County, 1 February 1913 — Page 1

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VOL. HI., NO. 1. FEBRUARY 1, 1913 EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.

Leo Wolf, of the firm of Kauf mann & Wolf, today awarded contract for the construction of five one-story buildings to be used as stores on Calumet avenue, near Sibley street. Architect J. T. Hutton drew the plans for the buildings which will add considerably to the looks of Calumet aenue as a business thoroughfare. Wm. Pepperdine will put up the buildings and expects to start right awav on them. ,

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L TO While a smallpox epidemic In ' the Calumet region 1 apparently checked in the nucleus, the heads of various industries, particularly In East Chicago and Indiana. Harbor, are not taking any chances with their men. Accordingly hundreds of employes have teen vaccinated In the last two weeks. Dr. David Johns has vaccinated practically all the employes in the Inte-r state mills at East Chicago and Dr. J. A. Teegarden has been doing similar work at the American Steel Foundries at Indiana Harbor, and at the Buffington cement works. In South Chicago the situation is the most serious. During the past two weeks, Dr. Robert Ansley f Indiana Harbor has been giving nearly . all-of his spare time to the employes In the Inland Steel mills and has more work ahead. SCHOOL CHILDREN" GET ADVICE. anager James English of the republic Iron and Steel works said this morning Nearly a million '-rs worth of i. building vas in prcgrei, mmond during the year 1S12, accorum to the ; annual report, just made ;to othe board:

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of public worKa by E.IE, Cole, the tity "'1 yarns ci sneeting, a quanbuilding inspector. T I tity of dre8s Broods,; a half a dozen axes Five hundred building permits were j ad J2 .cans of Japanese Imported issued, arid in addition to these sixty i ffoods and several pairs of shoes, tfpseiai permits were granted. 1 . I Thursday evening Officer Hesterman , r Mr. Cole's report further shows that ! noticed Cuper going down the street fire escapes ' have been placed on the with a bundle of something under his Elaine hotel building.-the Ruff building. ! coat. Cuper's actions were also peculithe White Store, and that contracts ;. ar and ; Officer Hesterman soon found

have been let for fie -escapes on the Huehn bulldlng.ithe Long .building, the Groman-Muenich Building and the. Irving school..--'.,, .:' v ; A sufhmary of the. annual report Is as follows:-;. . - . . Value of buildings,'.- .JS66,547.0 , So. of building permits . . . .:, 500 Fees collected . . ..... . .V, $1,059.25 Special permits ....... . ,..60

Fees for special permits. ..$321.00 Today the police are endeavoring to . Accoinpanylf'? the ttnmial report was locate the owners "of the- property. It the last ituart'rly" report. Which shows ts ; thought thaO the loot -was stolen that building activities have- Jcpt up from one l the ra1 roads in this viito the close ot the" year."; A summary of dnity and - that -.a gang of -iineak

this report Is as follows: 'No. 'building, permttg granted:. Oc'lober, 44; Novembets 37.; December, 30. - No. special permits, granted: October, 4; November. 8; Iecember; 5, - . ' 'tt of buildings: VOetoben, November, $oK,r,:Pecfmber, $47,400. . Fr es . of buildiiier prnntta; October, ?1 46: November, 4A7';rXecember $53. Kees-for special permit:; !- October, -:I43: Xovember?62; Decern b?rs 23. . The L Vendor, cigar 'is a borne prod vet. NVme better. Adv. " - MRS. UPTOST TO, LEAD OHIO DELEGATION 1Mb. Backet-.'-ntayior'trpisM.'. V Mrs. Harriet . Taylor Upton. president of the Ohio IjquaJ Suffrage AsBociatlon. wtll t in cotfand of tn OetettaUon from Jo ! t ae tuffrav parade at Was".:r-toB c i Ilarch 1. She declares that Chto r i'te rpweniea dj noiacie aeiz.

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BE CHECKED that if there were any signs of a spread of smallpox, that the men In his plant would be 'vaccinated without further delay. The precaution taken by the factory heads Is generally received as a most commendable one, and very likely has already been responsible for checking the disease. The suspect at Gary Is denied a smallpox case. No new cases are reported in either Whiting or East Chicago. "Whiting has but one case, that of Mrs. Thomas Smelser of Davidson place. Although still under Quarantine, she was able to be up and around this morning.. No reports of smallpox have as yet been received In Hammond, but some precautionary measures have already ben taken. Early this week Superintendent C. M. McDanlel instructed the principals of the various schools to call to the atetntlon of teachers and pupils the advisability of being vaccinated without further delay. ' ... cWV By the "arrest of: Niijk Cuper,' Vho was brought to; the central .station Saturday - evening by . Officer Hesterman on suspicion, the Hammond police were enabled to make a raid on a "fence" at 133 ; company house. East mmona. yesieraay a f ternoon. ine inwwing gooas was recovered: that he was carrying a bolt containing 48 yards of sheeting. Unable to give a good account of himself, Cuper was taken to the central station, where h told of having, secured the linen from 35 company house, : East Hammond. YSttrday the Hammond police made preparations to raid the place; The alleged "fence keeper made his getaway." - thieves have been systematically robblng at the railroad yards for some months. The nolice hor.n to And stolen goods in th near future. Cuper was released . on his own recognizance. ASSASSIN STILL AT LARGE . ' . r - . " The unknown ast-assin who early yesterday morning attempted to take the life , of Joseph Polito, . a Hammond frul tdealer residing at 702 South Hohffan' street,!; still at large, according to the police who "have found but few clues of Importance, r ... ' ' . ; " The.shootig occurred, at 110 Plum-

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mer avenue at .tio i'lummer avenue sc.iousnes and was .carried - Into the while, Pollto was unloading some fruit -residences. Today she is reported getfroma wagon. .'The assassin crept up .ting alrfng agell 'as 'can-be expected, to : the wagon . through- the darkness'.' i'Tt ::im'viAn--tt,i- Mm v.ntAn a

and - leveling a, 32-callbre revolver at Polito, fired two phots. - ' Ane of the. buliets. took .effect ? .in Polito s arm - above the elbow, ..tear, - ing the muscles in his arm. . He-re, turned three Shots at he fleeing figure, but dd not thiiifc any of the bullets did any harm. . The; police are wdrklng'on the case.' still REAL ESTATE QUIET The real' estatemarket.'-in Hammond is not . Very';' active at the present- tinie. Af ter Mthe boom .Of, last week ''c.OTjipara tlve quiet has prevailed. QostUn, Meyn & Cdv. feport the sale of a lot and a half , 'on Highland street."' J. S. 'Black mun J'Co and William Hastings have no sales to report. '-All of the dealers report that the' number of inftufries ladicates in active Market In 'the sprlnfr. Oscar Plageman and a- J mn,f by- ,the naem of Halsex have secured of fSees-in the, fihnbach' building and; expert to go intOithe real estate; buelness., .

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Declamatory and Musical Contests to Be Held in the Magic City; Association in Meeting Considers Text Book Bill. There was a meeting pf the Lake County High School association in Hammond this morning which resulted In taking the high school declamatory eontest, which has been held in Hammond for the past ten years, to Gary. The Reason for . the change is that the association can save $100 on hall rent. The contest will be held In the auditorium. In the Emerson school building, and will not cost the association anything. "Whether or not the contest will re ceive the large patronage that it has always had in Hammond remains to be seen. The date of the contest Is to be April 25. The date of the next meeting of the High School association Is to be May 8. Another radical move that was made was to do away with the preliminary declamation contest. Heretofore there has been a preliminary contest in which the declalmers in each school qualified for the big contest that was made an annual affair at the time of each graduation season. "" Consider I nlforra Text Books. This year all of the contestants are to be heard In the final contest. The girls are to be heard in the afternoon and the boys in the evening. The choral contest will be held in the evening as usual. ' ; The-principals of the Lake County High School association, who are really the guiding . spirits in planning for these contests, made a selection of 30Q pieces which the declalmers may choose from.- v"'". x.s....Jireij,e have been r elifpij.-' The Student is confine to. he !100; selections which have been made" by- the principal! .They are thus taught,' .to Imitate the speech of great orators and writers Instead of developing a style of their. own. The bill now before the senate In which uniformity in the use of text books is urged was considered. The idea of urging uniformity is favored, providing five or six of the best text books re- named for optional selection. vvoriiAn FAILS HI ft SUICIDE EFFORT Neighbors Make- Timely Rescue of Mrs. Ross Fenton. After having written several notes of farewell and. forgiveness; Mrs, Ross Fenton, 1S8 Plummet: avenue, Hammond. attempted to commit suicide at her home in the MiUikan flats" yester-l-aajr ,Ilernoon oy ;aspnyxiation. Her c,"ra 4,8 a xo aesponaency .Writing a fond farewell to her husband and sister, and asking that good care , be taken of s lier little .daughter, she .followed by, "statement that she could' "not Kve this way , any longer." With -everything planned and" ready Fenton "Tturned "6n, the gas', and . Inhaled the deadly fumes. ; Had It tiot been for the timely arrival" of Mrs. iedsmn a short tim.iatp th edy might have proven fatal, v ' Tlmelj- Renoie : ; la Made. . . The vunconseous woman was carried out into the en air and by the time -the police and Dr. Young arrived she had partly revived-" After working on her for a short time she regained con contemplated corrfnilttfng suicide for ! Bometlme, . as everything had been planned for 'her V.Tash act.' Attaching a. efeaU-,Tnib5r lu.be .to the gas Jet,-she f laid, down on the bed, placing her head between, the Iron .bedposts, Jier head resting on ' a chair, -directly beneath the escaping; g.as. The first clue of

her suicide was discovered by the'odorftor General Bullitt, the -United States'

of escaping gas. Mrs. Kenton is teh.wife of U. R. Fentori.', an employe! of. the Erie Railroad Co. .Her -despondency is thought to have been broughfabout by domestic and financial troubles. . , . - ; . 'SEEKING COXTEXTJIESTf ' Yoall be swre ie set it it yon chew VIKIOIV SCOUT SCRAP. 2 4 ounce. Get It mow and save' the ticket a. , McHle S. Toh. Co Adv. ( , ' ' ,

l Arc yew 'othg-'to. get- one of those beantlful prjtes given aWay at the Fidelia, masquerade, ball. Assembly hall, Haamoiid;"Satnrday nigTit. Feb. 1 ? 29-4 . 1 " . ' " " '.

ANOTHER MISTRIAL LIKELY IN HYDE MURDER CASE; JUROR'S-ILLNESS CAUSE

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B. Clarke Hyde wife (at tna top) Bad Senator James A. Reed. Another mistrial in the case of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, of Kansas City. Uo, charged with the murder of CoL Thomas Swope three and one-half years ago, seems probable by reason of the Illness pf a Juror. The case has been tried twice before, but there were mistrials both times. The state Is endeavoring to show that Hyde killed Swope in order that Mrs. Hyde, the millionaire's niece, might Inherit part of Swope's fortune. Recently Mrs. Hyde was granted a share of the Swope estate. Senator James A. Reed Is one of the principal attorneys for the state In the case. GALLAGHER IS FOR THE HARBOR PROJECT x" v ' i ; J " J - v ' Connaunication VTithl . " Congressman John E. Fltsgerald of the Hammond Distillery haa received a. letter from his friend Congressman Thomas Gallagher at Washington' relative to the Indiana - Harbor appropriation. Mr. Gallagher Is the Illinois member of the House River and Harbor committee and has done some good, work in working up the interest In F4he proposition at AVashington. As Congressman Gal lagher is In a position to do Lake rnnv a vhnu int nt o-nnj

considered a warm friend of the Calu- j money that he would have spent foolmet region and Mr. Fitzgerald believes ! iehly. Several other men who ' have

that the waterway project is furthered Immensely by having Mr. Gallagher with the movement. SECURES ACTION ON COTTON CORNER VP .. zX. Mnrbnll Hiillltt. i Complying with the request of. Solid-

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supreme court has ordered the federal j : The advance guard of the cold Wave , Th letter Is printed -with the excourt of southern New Tbrk to try t'was here last night," fqr at midnight tt LWtatlon that ant of. the vHarrimond

unco iiw, rase gwni jamw rnuun, ; Eugene' G. Scales, Frank B. Hayhe and .I'l 111. H. T 1 I . ( . n A. ... -. ., - - conspiracy io corner coi.on. o lower court originally neia inai.tne in.dlctment did aot state an offens under me cuerraau .nuu-irusi uui . ims ruling -Was reversed by the V higher tribunal. v , v'- . .' - Siiliitor General Bullltfs "wish to the fact that the statute of limitations will, run before' long, and.' if th& Indictment is held bad on points. not teoncern lijir the' construction of the Jfherman anti-trust law it Will be necessary to "brinjf new 'Indictments. t"i" V"

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Although the Lake county Humane Society has not been making noise In public, It has been doing some very effective work -this winter, for the benefit of both humans and animals. As an example of the good work the organization is doing can be cited an instance which took place only yester day. Through the influence of the society, a man Vwas induced to have hl3 pay checks made out to his wife In : the future thus Insuring her all the not Deen giving due consideration 10 j their, families are the subject of an investigation now. , ' ' The ; cold weather gave the society members opportunity to do some effective WorK behalf of abused horses: Many a horse was blanketed and shod, that otherwise would have ' had to suffer. ' The meeting holds its regular meet ing: next Monday evening-, and it should be understood by the public that, anybody who approves of a humano society Is welcome to join. , , - Negotiations are under, way, for or ganizing , hvjmane, societies ' In .- Gary, Whiting, East Chicago and - Crown Point. " . mm, REAL COLD WAVE FINALLY ri.i.Sf,:-lljR:liEB!Oli Blizzard .Sends the 'Mercury Down . and 1 Heralds Zero Weather v;. " A baby bliezard, sifting snow. as fine as any desert sandstorm, blewinto the ; Calumet region from the northwest i yesterday afternoon, closely .chased' by' f sero weather that is expected to be on . hnnil to bid every Chicaeoan th' timet or jay bright'and early this morning, . .w w drrMii .Ac. - -a tne mercury was steadily sinking. The .. forecaster saia ii was a real coia wave at . last, and he spoke as if If eaj triumph - ' ' ThU corning on some tnermometers the mercury registered zero. .- " and Square Deal Automoblle .Co., 160 Fayette St., Hammond. Lake county representative of. Premier; "Mollne and Studebaker cars and,. Service. trucks. H.- C Frlederlchs also buys and sells second hartd"cars. - Phone J 5 .--Ady.1-3

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James Helion and George H. Fisher engineer .and fireman of the heavy American express train No. 32 on the Michigan 'Central due in Hammond at 10:15 o'clock last night were injured at Bumside in a collision with a Belt switch enkinel Four trainmen were hurt, James O'Leary engineer on the switch -engine had both legs broken and . was badly bruised. He was taken to St. Bernards in Englewood and cannot live. Richard Reed fireman was bruised and cut but will live. ITS FREAK ANTICS. The "freak" antics of the Belt Line switch engine after It had been derailed at the Bumside Crossing, East Ninety-fifth street and Cottage Grove ave nue late last night, resulted In the collislo nln which, the four englnemen were Injured, one of them fatally. The switch engine attempted to make ONLY OIIE THING CAtnOUCII IT Chimney of Monster Power Plant Is Next to Highest Thing in Region. The chimney of the $800,000 power plant that la to be built by the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Company at East Chicago Is to be 300 feet high. This is by far the highest thing in the Calumet region except ' the high cost of living. Other high things in the region are as follows ' .Hamas-end. The Hammond-building, one third as highHohman street bridge, erected.' two cy.( kf -St- Joseph's ci;rt.Ji.-- twe thirds as nlh. 4 - rledman budding.' one fourth as high. ' '. ' ";-"'----' ' '' Tank of gas , company, one half as high. '...' - - -: Gary. ' ' The water (tower, one half as high. Moa theater building, one third as The work on the new electric plant has progressed to -the point where -the reinforced concrete foundations are resting on the driven piles. There-are scores of men employed at the site of the plant and the first unit! will be ready byitne first Of -May. , ' , w0l1aii offers to help, Labor harket HQs. ; Sternberg, Hammond Booster, Ready to Supply Workmen. ; Vcilcago, v im Jan.. 31. .1913. .. Editor Lake CocNtt VTimbs, ; - ; r : . , Hammond. . Pear Sir: I - have, understood1 for some, time that .workmen are .wanted in the Calumet district. I al3o,learn, that many hundreds of. men are outof work In Chicago. ; I do jioteup-j pose the flatter' are skilled work: man. If ' there: Is. a.' demand, "for thee, I will be glad to help to put the. employers, in stouch .with"; them. Of 'course, I ;win- not" take ""cdmpensatlon, as I desire to assist the men f they need employment and . are , good, honest ' workmen, as I am Informed they are. -' Please do -what you tn'nk best 'with this letter. . I remain very truly yours," f T 1 . . ' " ;v MRS. 3. STEENBERG. The above indicates that the labor market of , the region may be, supplied by a woman. -fi-s. Steenbrg has" long owned real estate, in the city of Hammond and la greatly Interested in-Its future. . - - , It is Mrs. Steenberg's opinion that the cities of; the region can take advantagev oi me -surplus ol .iaio men in Chicago to build up good working. j forces. -manufacturers- ob otner employers oi 1 labof, wyil take advanjag of the op I . . ' ... nortunitv. to get more ;men. Is Quite El. ' , . Otto Dbelke Sr., father of City Clerk Otto Dudlke of Hammond. Va able to ;be'Up? arid .around gain- this morning, afte"R hajnLheen Ialdj?upH'at. his hoVne with heartCirouble. ' During - the past iwo years Mr. Dueike inas nad several severe ;af taclts. , - XVU Will BO cuum V. & cannot be teat, it you Jtry one Adv.

the crossing Just as the heavy American express train happened along. The latter , train consisted ,of .fourteen express cars and one mall car. " LIFTED BACK TO RAILS. As the .express train went Into the crossing1 the switch engine was. thrown from the tracks by the automatic derail. It was going-at a fair rate of speed, and the mpetus carried It several yards on the ties. Finally the wheels struck a frog, lifting It: back n the rails, . and it crashed full speed Into the express tram engine. The switch engine was practically demolished and the heavy express traiaj engine thrown Into the ditch.. Engine Derailed. A switch engine, ran oft the track at the entrance to the Erie yards In Hammond this morning. Owing to the fact that the main line track was not blocked -the derailment did not cause any great inconvenience. - The engine was not timed ever and 'was pulled back onto the track by another engine. No one was hurt.

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Well Known East Chicago tlan Victim -of' Bullet Fired :byv Hystsrious Stranger, .WfeomPqlico " " - - . 5 , jV'" 'iVr Mystery attach t. what looks jr. an attempted aseinaUdn. but -whic may have been "merely accidental; , r ' While the police and others ar trying to solve the mystery, J.. Drill, who is in . charge, of 'the Installation of the ' electrical apparatus at the 2. J. 'ft; 'E bridge over the canal in East Chicago, 1 Is feeling of himself occasionally t '. Mr7 Drill came so close to being kill ed -by a rifle ball yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock that he would not for considerable come . bo ' close Again, until he, Is quite prepared to die- .ir-l lt not been that .he -stooped oyer,,' ti.j very -second that he tfld, he would trfday have been a corpse,- with a ,l:tt . through his body. As It was the t.:i which crashed, through; wihdow opposite him, glanced across his neck aiLi burled itself in the window 'opposite' him. In the lower in which he Was 1 1 -The strange part. of the ctrcuiasti" is that' two .men, Aldernian' JiR. Bums - and : Contractor : Crowell, ; t former of whom Is employed byi county as inspector of the1 w. i bridge WOrk Which tsbelng done alet. Jside the E.'J.B.'hridge,;and the latter the cpntrator on the.Job, witnessed the - Bhootlng. ,Thy ' saw a . man afsut .'Contl4wS en Page 7.JPROMCTENT FACTOR -IN. capital; society "1 - ' :'. '. Hoke Smith.- . " . Mhs. Hoie - Smith, wife " of the ," Georgia senator, will i probably be- . "come ,on ot , the .leader iri Washing ,

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