Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 210, Hammond, Lake County, 5 February 1913 — Page 1
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WEATHER. GENERALLY FAIR AND , CONTINUED COLD TODAY AND THURSDAY.
COUNTY
EVEHIWG
TIMES
REITER HAS HEARING ON WALK TAX
Tolleston Gun Club Remon strates Today in Ham
'mond Superior Court; Bill of $27,000 Alleged to Be Excessive in the Extreme.
OFFICER
CREATES A SENSATION Aa Bast Chicago policeman In full
uniform and armed made a sensation in Hammond early this afternoon by
appearing on Hohman street in a sad state of Intoxication. He fell on the slippery pavement In front of the Princess theater and sustained bruises on his forehead and a cut over his eye, but was able to go In a nearby saloon and be resuscitated. He had visited ulte a number of saloons and his roll
ing: salt made him the observed of all observers. The unfortunate man is re
ported to have occasion for his lapse.
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. Having been- assessed $27,000 for cement sidewalks laid In one of the streets of the hundred or more that pterae Its property the Tolleston Gun Club is remonstrating- against - the assessment with all of Its might and today In Judge Belter's superior court at Hammond the club attorneys expect to get a favorable ruling. Mayor Tom Knotts and his board of publio works let the South Broadway sidewalk contract to Brother A. F. Knotts and his construction company and when Brother A. F. got through putting in the walks the Tolleston club members, who own most of the swamp land in the Little Calumet valley, east and west of Broadway, came near dying from heart diseases when they saw the $17,000 bUI. .-Remonstrances were made but without effect so an appeal from the work's
board decision to the superior court
was made by the attorneys. Randall Burns, father of the Burns' ditch plan. Is one of the gun club attorneys while
Attorneys Curtis and Starr represent
ths city of Gary.
CAPITAL SOCIETY NOT ALL GIVEN TO FRxVOLITlES; MANY OF THE "SMARTEST" MA TPS AND, MATRONS COULD EARN OWN LIVING
DISTILLERS WILL
FIGHT THE BILL
4ncuana Manufacturers to 2Toin in Warfare on the Kenyon Bill.
Washington, Feb. 5. Distillers from
all over the country are gathering here to bring about the defeat .of the Kenyon bill, which will be voted on in the senate Monday. The bill seeks to prevent the shipment of liquor from one state into "dry" territory in another stats. The Indiana distillers are represented by John E. Beggs of Terre Haute. Both senators will be in Indiana the remainder of this week, bat Senator Kern stated before leaving that he expects to return in time to vote on the bill Monday. He is in favor of an amendment to be offered by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska permitting liquor to be shipped Into "dry territory for certain personal uses or for medicinal purposes, but he intends to vote for the bill even lr that amendment is not adopted. Senator Shlvely has not Stated his position.
GETS FAT
CONTRACT
The contract for one section of the
extension of Calumet avenue was let
by the county commissioners today.
"William Ahlborn got the contract and the figure was $118,000. This is the
largest road contract that has been let
since the building of South Broadway,
in Gary. The estimates on the cost of con
structing this road were $225,000. It is strange that the successful bid on
the job was almost half of the estimate.
The other bidders came nearer the
estimate. Their figures were as f ol lows:
William Ahlborn $118,600
Downey & Ports.... 143,000 Nedjl & Greenwald 148.509 Thomas Lavene .............. 149,842 Ajax Construction Co 179,750 Crown Point Construction Co. . 189,974 This Includes the nil which will have to be made through Wolf Lake and it also Includes the paving of the nil after It is made. The letting of -the contract assures the early construction of the-road and the opening of a new and Important highway , In Hammond.
-The road !:r known as ths -Ituelkei
road, on- account of his having - been the ' first to sign, the petition. But in this case it is rightfully named, for Duelke, more than any other man in
Hammond, outside of the board members, worked to make the project a success. Other road contracts that were let by the commissioners were the Potter road for $24,927 to the Ajax Construction Co., th Barnes road to 1jw Barnes, $2,500, and the Kline road to William Ahlborn for $3,970. LAKE COUNTY BOY
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If the American Federation of Labor
Intends to make good Its promises to
call a steel strike in Gary on next Sun
day there will have to be some rapid changes of scenery In the meantime.
If a strike is to be called, there is no : outward indications of ' it.
During the past month the steel city
has been full of labor organizers but
so far they semed to have created no
impression. The town is now being
flooded with strike literature. The action of the steel corporation la recently Increasing the pay of rts men
has acted as. a strike anti-toxin for it. One strike organizer who addressed a crowd of. foreigners In the "patch";: the other night was told to go -to work la the mills and then come and talk.. ..4 Despite the calm surface of things at the present time the labor organisers maintain that there will be a strike and that within a short time. -
OTHER STEEL
INDUSTRIES
HOT EXPECTING STRIKE
Left te rlshtt Hiss Mary Hacoa (top). Miss Yvenne Tewmaead, Mtas Dorothy Williams and Miss Alys Meyer. The "smart" society of the national capital, It has been discovered. Is not so frivolous as some think. In fact, there are many maids and matrons in Washington who could actually earn their own living if It were necessary. Among those In this charmed circle are Miss Mary Macon, daughter of the retiring representative from Arkansas, who has a fine voice and considerable skill in using it: Miss Tvonne Townsend. daughter of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, who Is a splendid dancer and could make money on the stage: and Misses Dorothy Williams ami Alys Meyer, sister-in-law of Joe Lelter and daughter of the secretary of the navy, respectively, who are famous equestriennes and could command good salaries as circus riders.
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Tou will say that a La Vendor cigar cannot be beat, if you try one. Adv.
BENEVOLENT BOSS
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FACTORY EAGER FOR SHIPPI1GFACILTIES American Maize Products Company; Anxious to Ship by Water.
1ILLIGAI TURIS on
HIS RAL
The published reports that a general
strike was to be ordered in the steel industries of Kast Chicago, Indiana Harbor, and other cities in the vicinity.
aroused interest, but not a great deal
of excitement In the Twin Cities. There was more or less discussion concern
ing the report, but for the most part
neither the men or the mill heads re
gard the situation as condustve to a strike at this time.
The mills, a number of the more im
portant of them, have already given material Increases In wages, and are
going to raise the wages of men In departments not yet affected by the In
crease, the delay being only until the
increase can be flgured out. At the Inland, which is the main Industry In Indiana Harbor, the wages of laborers were voluntarily raised, almost fifteen per cent before there, was any talk of a strike. At the Republic, which Is one of the largest plants la East Chicago there has also been an Increase, this in response to a demand made by the men, and which the company did not even dispute. - Superintendent Lees of the Inland said yesterday: "I know nothing of any pending strike, outside of what I have seen In the papers. I .cannot understand why the men over here should
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Ralph Young of Crown Point to Be One of Wilson's Bodyguard.
(Special to Thb Times.)
Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 5.- Crown Point will have the distinction of being
the home of one of the body guards to
! President-elect Wilson at the coming
were present at the meeting voted for
the ordiances unanimously and sent them" to third reading, so that they they can be adopted at the next session of the council.
Whether or not the ordinance relat
lng to street cars will be a
one remains to be seen. An
of this nature was recently adopted in Gary and the management of the Gary & Interurban in a letter to the council has asked for the repeal of it on the ground that it is impractical and makes transportation at the crossings unsafe. The system was recently adopted for universal use in Chicago, and many other big cities find it practical, too. ' Both ordinances were introduced by Councilman Kane. The absent councilman were - Pascaly, Ptodola, Schutz. Eastwood, Markmueller and Hubbard. The plumbers' ordinance, in which some radical changes and in some instances some pernicious restrictions, were outlined against the taxpayers.
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niiLu&ui aiiun, h,iii iww"6, '"cu v. f again wiinoui any recomrnenaiitiuii his athletic prowess at the Chicago t from John Kane, chairman of the University and later at the Washington , street and alley committee, to whom
tii ""e1- - ( ii was reierreu. in scnuins 1 1 until
had the hgh honor of being selected, ! Mr
Mr' Dally, "'the superintendent of the American Maize Products Company at
- Robertadale. said todav that., he i would
".V ' welcome the. y ; when fesSfflpahy jr
could load a boat with glucose at the
Hammond plant, aend it to New Tork by boat and then , transfer It to the Atlantic liners for shipment to the world ports. .' He said that when the plant of the company was located In Chicago it frequently sent out shipments of glucose
The nine councilmen who that never touched a railroad from the Milllgan tnd tightens the colls around'
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ARREST TO BE MADE mnAv
PLANS FOR
CHURCH
An ordinance Introduced In the Hammond city council last night -provides for the stopping of street cars oh the near side of the street in Hammond, while another ordinance, which was introduced last night, proiiides that toilet in passenger trains must be locked while the trains are within the
city limits.
On the promise of immunity", from arrest John Milllkan. One of the de
fendants la the J10.000 Adams Express! Con Moore is to be arrested today. He Comnanv rohherv ' t via t niinn ' was in Chicago yesterday when a raid
turned state's evidence and is testifying against Raymond Rogers- in the
ZERO WEATHER
VISITS REGION Rers at
ord?nPaUn" Cold Spell Expected to Last
tor two Liays. j Zero weather again visited the Calumet region early this morning and will remain for two days. Tle temperature dropped rapidly last night and occasioned much suffering among the poor. By midnight the thermometer registered only a few degrees above xero. Today will be fair, but it will be colder than yesterday, when the highest
was made on his place of business and a quantity of liquor taken. Moore 'is to be charged with conducting a blind
This of course insures the liberty of! pis.
In addition to this an effort will be made to have him prosecuted in Chicago, where those who areback of his prosecution think they can get better results. The Chicago Tribune had the following regarding the case this morning:
Attorney Perry S. Patterson, counsel
development In the day's trial of the case.
Mllligan says that his advice to
all times was to take the
money back. He says that Rogers came to his house early one morning with the bag containing: over $9,000. Rogers as Milllgan to go to Chicago and get him a ticket so that he could get out of town and his movements could not be traced. Mllligan says he refused to do so. The testimony of Milllgan, which Is supported by other testimony. Is that he had nothing to do with the theft of the money. The state will finish its case today. Among the witnesses are Chief of Police Leo McCormlck and Sergeant John
a ponce omcer is also a
temperature was 21 degrees. Tomor
row It is expected the weather will be- AVlefenbach
Kin to moderate, but no real relief can witness in the case.
be expected before Friday. feergeant John iefenbach was very ' , j much to the point and will go a long
way towards bringing , about the conviction of the defendant. The trial Is being held In Judge Johannes Kopelke's room and Is the center of Interest in "the court house. There are-betwen 20 and 25 additional witnesses to testify.
Architect A,- C. Befry ls .preparing , the plans and ArcK'.teet Bdward pump,
church edifice that is, to be. bu... ? -i the congregation of the Baptist chu, of Hammond, ' : r " , It is expected that the plans 'will go to the contractors for their flgur-, ing some time next week.; All of the preliminaries will be gotten out of the way so that the actual work of con-, struction on the church can go forward early In the spring. The church is to be built on the north side of Sibley street. Just east of Oakley avenue. It is to be one of the finest church in the city. The architecture is distinctive and the building will be a credit to the congregation.
for Virginia Brooks, and for the rest Bill Knocked Out.
of the reform element of West Ham
mond, brought two of the aldermen from that city to Chicago yesterday for a visit with State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne. . The two aldermen. Otto Planer and C. J. Wunschel, last Monday raided the
business place of "Con" Moore, whose
City Attorney John A. Gavit wired to Mayor Smalley from Indianapolis this noon that a bill providing that water connections from the center of the street to the lot line should be paid . out of the general fund was defeated. The measure would have particularly
favored the private water companies
saloon license was taken away from and would have put an unfair assess-
among a number ot oiner atbietes or
renown to act as body guard to the president-elect during the ceremonies of inauguration week. The men were selected for th,elr athletic ability from
the colleges of the east and west and j sponsor
me rormer trowu roini louiuau siar was chosen among others. The presl-'
Kane took, the position that inas
much as none of the councilmen had Introduced this ordinance that the committee would not 'consider. In accordance with the rules of the council ev
ery measure must bear the name of Its
a qualification which this lacked. It first came to the
several months ago.
, FARCY! Father walked the baby, stepped npoc a tack, bat Ma palmed kin down with a chew of UNION SCOUT SCRAP. Mrllle S. Tob. Co. Adv. DID BEACH ATTACK WIFE? JURY TO SAY
measure
council's
notice
dent's guard will take a prominent' but fore the city clerk could read it part in all the Inaugural functions and ( tne flrgt time, it was moved and
the lucky athletes will lie in the thick!
ceremonies during the entire
of the time.
Thomas Tagaart. Thomas Taggart, democratic national committeeman from Indiana, is undisputed boss of the Hoosier legislature at Its present session. Taggart is proving a benevolent boss this time, however.
LOCAL CHOIRS TO TAKE PART
Church choirs of the various Protestant churches in Hammond and some of the surrounding cities will take a prominent part In an oratorla In the Chicago Auditorium In connection with "The "World Missionary Exhibition'.' in Chicago next May. Hundreds of voices will' be heard In
this great musical production, each section of territory around Chicago furnishing its quota of singers. - The first rehearsal was held in Hammond last night at the First Presbyterian church, and it Is expected that at least fifty voices will take part in the Hammond section. The rehearsals will
be held regularly on Tuesday evenings.
seconded that it bo referred to the committee.
A Novel Display. Hammond banks are displaying in their windows Chinese funeral money.
i made of paper but looking very much
He has come out for progressive legls- j but for next week they will be held at
lation, and Is championing the measures which Woodrow Wilson is working for in New Jersey. It Is said that Taggart wants to be senator, and is working hard to get into 'the' good graces of the president-elect, whose assistance he will need when he (Taggart) gets into the senatorial race In 115. '
the First Methodist church on Monday
night. The rehearsals will furnish a big opportunity for singers for excellent Instructions. There are about twenty other districts to take part. The oratorla is entitled "The Pageant of Darkness and Light" and in it the Hammond section represents the American Indians and Eskimos.
like silver dollars. This money Is the kind which is burned at Chinese funerals to keep away evil spirits. In numerous store windows may be seen Chinese idols, chopsticks and other curios, Including a Chinese astrologer's compass and the new flag of the Chinese empire. All of this means that Hammond business men are helping to call attention to the educational lecture to be given tomorrow night at the Baptist church by Rev. A. F. Groesbeck of Chaoyankshien, . The lecture will be Illustrated with a fine collection of
l beautifully colored pictures and- Mr. j Groesbeck will have some Chinese cu
rious to exhibit. The lecture begins at 8 o'clock and is open to the public. Music will be furnished by the Baptist orchestra and the double chorus choir.
WAS ONE! Buffalo Bill was a anion Scoot and he stirred up many a scrap. Bat the
ma nthat stirred up UNION SCOUT
SCRAP made the biggest hit with the ehewer. For sale at all live dealers. MHI H. Tab. C Adv.
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TRIED IN THE FEDERAL COURT
him by the West Hammond council last August. They found in the place which ostensibly has been dispensing
The testimony of ice cream and soft drinks one and a
half barrels of whisky, several cases of beer, and a little regiment of gin, brandy, and other bottles containing alcoholic drinks. The liquors were confiscated and Moore arrested. The West Hammond officials now want the state's attorney to take. Moore's case before the grand Jury. First Assistant State's Attorney F. Johnston assured Patterson, Planer and Wunschel the ' state's attorney's office would back them in the prosecution.
Ega Maletln of Beach Orove, HI., who
I was arrested at Kast Hammond by Of
ficer Hesterman and Mike Zlvlch on August 25, when he attempted to pass a 100 counterfeit bill on a Slavish saloonkeeper, will be tried before the Federal court at Indimapolls some time today. This morning Chief Austgen. Officer Hesterman and special Officer Zlvlch left for the capital, where they will appear in the federal court as complaining witnesses. - Taking two ten-dollar bills Maletln cut one of the ciphers from a ten-dol
lar bill and pasted It to the other, making a $100 bill: Although his work was crude he was able to pass the bill, but was detected a short1 time later and arrested.. He Is also wanted on other charges.
ment on the taxpayers. Under the present system each property owner pays-for his own houBe connections. r subscribe: for thb times.
CIPRIANO TAKES A
STROLL IN GOTHAM
r
Mrs. Frederick: O. II each. Did Frederick O. Beach, known as "Beauty Beach," millionaire and Intimate friend of "William K. Vanderbllt, slash his charming wife's throat with a pocket knife on the lawn of their . winter home at Aiken, S. C. on the night of February 26, 1912? This is the question which an Aiken Jury will soon- decide. Beach denies the assault. The principal witness for the state is a colored maid of Mrs. Beach.
Asset to School. Charles E. Stevenson, formerly with the Scronton Correspondence Schools is now connected with the Calumet Institute as treasurer and business manager, and as a man of experience Is a big asset to the school. Mr. Stevenson came to the Calumet Institute highly recommended and will undoubtedly be a factor in its future success.
WILL BEGIN WORK OH BUILDING
Hotel Opens Today. The Hotel Mee opened for business today and the first meal is to be served tonight. The formal opening will be held after the management has had time to get things squared around.
If you smoke a La Vendor once yon
will always call for
Otto Knoerrer will commence excavating next week at the corner of Hohman street and Muenich court for the .purpose of getting ready for the construction of a building on his corner. , He has a number of - propositions "under consideration at the present time. If one develops, as he hopes It will, he may tear down the two-story brick building now on the property and build a three! or four-story building in Its place, i At any rate he will' build up the corner wltfi a two-story building so that Hohmaij street will have another improvement this spring. Mr. Knoerzer would not say what proposition he had under donsideration ' hat'' might result in the building of th larger building.
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Clprlano Castre. During January, Ciprlano Castro, the former president of Venezuela who has been endeavoring to gain admission to the United States, saw New York only from the detention quarters on Kills Island. Since the first of February, how ever, the day on which he was released, he has seen New York more Intimately. The picture was taken of hlna as he strolled up Fifth avenue.'