Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 215, Hammond, Lake County, 11 February 1913 — Page 1

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i - THE rrrc WEATHER. GENERALLY FAIR TODAY 'AND WEDNESDAY. EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers S Ctnti Copy.) VOL. VII., NO. 215. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913.

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Track, elevation legislation was the principal subject for discussion last night at a meeting of the board of directors of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The news that City Attorney John A. Oavit brought from Indianapolis on this subject was encouraging. It was to the effect that Representative Barney Carter's bill which is now in the committee is to be ' reported out this week; thatha -does-not expec--very -Strong opposition to , " it from the railroad companies, and that the street car companies must pay their share. The bill is modeled after the law under which Fort Wayne is elevating now, and it provides that the city shall pay 25 per cent of the cost of elevating over the public highways. Where street car companies use the streets over which an elevatien is to be made, the law provides that they pay 10 per cent and the city 15 per cent of the cost, provided that in no case shall the companies be expected to pay. more than $5000 for a single crossing, or 910.000 for crossing under railroads whose right of way may be contiguous. - Wauat Immediate Relief. Mr. Cavity who left for Indianapolis again last night, was instructed to furnish the Chamber of Commerce with Information regarding the cost of elevation In the state capital, so that Hammond will get some idea of what it will have to look for In the way of costs. Similar Information is to . bo gotten from Chicago and Fort Wayne. H. P. Downey said at the meeting that he understood that in Chicago the city had to pay has high as 50 per cent for the elevation over the streets. Following the regular meeting the subject of track elevation was again taken up informally by a group of members, including directors and city officials, and it was the consensus of e-pinoln that much immediate relief could bo had if some of the railroads

would make a few concessions, andj

the city and the companies get to an

CHAMBER COMMERCE MINUTES

T-irectors discussion on track elevation legislation developed the fact thatsf&eA ar- -companies are expeci.ed""to pay 10 per cent of the cost of elevating streets which they use. The 25 per cent to be borne by the city applies only to the elevation over public highways, the steam road bearing the entire expense beween the streets. Body- puts Hammond on record opposed to state roads, as this county has the best highways in the state. Chamber is opposed to clause in the public utilities bill now pending, vhich provides that all litigation arising under this law must be comnenced in aMrion county. Chamber willing to support Marion county for legislation providing for militia armories, provided bill Is broad enough to give other counties same advantages. Matter of using unoccupied space in the county infirmary as a county home for delinquents, referred to the public morals ' committee. . Auditor-Elect Ed Simon given permission to name a good cigar of his own manufacture after the Hammond Chamber of Commerce.

Members of the Freight Agents association ot the Calumet region and the members of the proposed grocers' and butchers' organization invited to join the chamber and to

hold-their regular meetings in the

club rooms.

H1DS01E BUILDING FOR CITY

understanding as to what can be rea

sonably asked ar-d what can be expect ed from the railroads.

West Hammond '&New -High

School Building Is Credit to the' Community, and Marks the Dawn of a New

Era There.

MINNESOTA GIRL VISITOR IN THE EAST; CAliiS ON IELEN TAFT AT WHITE HOUSE

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HARD: PROBLEiS FOR

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1. Is the Judicial atmosphere at Crown Point superior to that at i Hammond? a. Is it farther from Crown Point to Hammond and back than it la from Hammond to Crown Point and back? 8. Are there more anarchists per capita In Hammond than Crown Point? These are some of the momentous questions that came up at the meeting of the bar of Lake County at the Lake Superior court house in Hammond this morning. Dlicnu Was Sertoas. The bulge brows . discussed these questions gravely and, it is understood, have taken the matter under advisement. An ordinary mentality who happened in at the meeting is still wondering whether the lawyers present were

serious or whether they were kidding

themselves.

The matter came up when Attorney

William J. Whinery of Hammond suggested that a committee of the bar be appointed to go to Indianapolis to urge the making of the court at Crown Point contnuous by separating the Lake and Porter circuit and that Judge Johannes Kopelke of Room No. 3 of the Lake Superior court be. required to sit permanently in Hammond instead of dividing his time with Crown Point. Judge Kopelke Indiprnant. This got a rise out -of Judge Johannes , Kopelke. Rising in all his dignity he declared that it'wps a good thing to get the courts away from the people. He

said that the judicial atmosphere at

Crown Point was much purer than the murky atmosphere in Hammond. He related the fact that a few days ago in examining a jury that one of the veniremen admitted that he was anarchist. Judge Kopeke, figuratively, drew in his skirts and shuddered at the thought of the contamination. He did not see how exact justice coud be filtered through such an atmosphere. Besides he said that it was enoughof a hard

ship for the court to come to Hammond for five weeks of the term in which a great many concur. Lawyers Also Felt' It. Attorney Willis E. Roe of East Chicago suggested that perhaps his honor appreciated the hardship that that had come to ninety-five per cent of the litigants of the county who for twentyfive years were compelled to go to Crown Point to have their cases tried. It was he who suggested that perhaps

the distance from Crown Point to Mammond and back was not so much greater than th,e distance from Hammond to Crown Point.' Attorney Peter Crumpacker then remarked that in view of the fact that there was not a full attendance of the members of the -ha r that an effort to commit the bar on bject would be improper. Whinery at,. . and the meeting adjourned.

Perhaps the subject for d'cussion at

the next meeting will be: 'Resolved

that a snake eater is more of a hero

than a hell-diver."

west Hammonds new Went worth

school, which was recently completed and which is now occupied, is by far the foremost public .building in the city today. It will answer the needs, of the city for a long time to come and for the first time gives the city adequate high school facilities. The building complete cost $42,000 without the furniture.. It was designed by Architect G. W. Ashly of Chicago and built by Contractor J. H. McClay of 'Hammond. It is two stories in heighth, with a basement under the entire structure, its other dimensions being 110x75 feet. It is built of dark red vitrified brick, with stone trimmings. It is located on Wentworth avenue, between Mott and One Hundred and Fifty-Second streets, and stands on a six-acre tract of school land, the west boundary of which is Lincoln avenue. The ground occupies an entire city block. New Coramnaltr Crater. The building has a seating capacity

of more than 300 pupils and will serve

as a community center, where the peo pie can hold jjubllc meetings.

j.ue Dasemenc is divided off into a

boiler room, a gymnasium 30x50 feet, and two other rooms which are to be

equipped for manual training and do mestlc science classes next year.

Tne main floor is divided Into five

class rooms, each 26x32 feet, with spa. clous cloak rooms- for each room.

The second floor ' is devoted entirely to the high school." , Here Is a Irage assembly, room having a seating ca

pacity f 100, and by ppenin the ild-4

fcacltr' AarfTM-1reM,i t - ' - .-.v-t

" HaU of West Hammand'a voters can

get into this, hall for a mass meet

lng. - The other room on this floor are

devoted to the library, tne business department, which has three rooms, and the slcence department, including the laboratory and two class rooms for the science department. In addition there

are two general class rooms. Ia Credit to Officials.

The principal of. :es are on the mez

zanine floo- from where he has easy access to oth the first and second floor. Whi .e there are only 45 . -nils

in tne new school buildlr . now, a n.

is provided for the high school aiiu there will be no need to crowd the pupils in the grades. A. G. Deaver is the superintendent

and principal of the West Hammond

schools, and much of the credit for pushing this big public project is due him, and the school hoard members, President Walter R.' Patterson, Secretary Fred Siegrist and Messrs.' Frueh-

Ernest Kuhl, Charles Yoeger.

Gus Brusel and George Knott.

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Latest Mwi

FOR SANITARY DISTRICT. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 11 (Times Bureau.) A party of Chicago experts were here today to confer with governor on sanitary situation in northern Indiana cities, especially Lake county. There was a proposed formation of sanitary districts and Gov. Ralston said he favored plan. Attorney General Honan will prepare bill giving cities right to combine and form sanitary district for disposal of sewage. The governor says he will join with the cities if they vote in favor of forming such district.

The most important real estate deal in Gary this year has been made in the Ridge road district, where a whole subdivision of 343 lots has been sold for $50,000. The South Broadway Land company, Timothy W. Englehart, president, has sold to the Woodlawn Park Realty company all of the Woodlawn Park addition to Gary. I ' : This land is located between . Forty-first; and Fortythird avenues and is one-quarter mile east of Broadways

f V MUa Isabel Vlaeeat. Miss Isabel Vincent of Minneapolis, a class mate of Miss Helen Taft at Bryn Mawr, hajust concluded a visit to the latter at the White Hous and is now makiJSg a round of visits to friends in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.f Bhe is the daughter of Dr. George K. Vincent, president of the University jlinnesota, and a granddaughter of the famous Methodist bishop of the sajn name. This photograph of her was made in the White House. (. '. ',' ' - ..

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FIVE ARE ADJUDGED

The most unique real estate deal that has ever been put over in Lake County and possibly in the entire

j country is in the process of consumi mation between the Indiana Steel

company of Gary and the State ol

Indiana. . SURVEYS LAKE BOTTOM. : The steel company has just catted

Usually Courageous Hammond Man Ducks Under Pillows When Friends Play Holdup Joke on Him in His Room.

Ref eree-in-Bankruptcy H. C. Sheridan was in Hammond today and took up five cases. In none of them were there any assets and so they were aim-

V ply adjudged bankrupts, so that they

might begin life over again.

The cases included two from Gary, j

one from Indiana Harbor, one from La

vey the'botftdra ot Lake-Micnfsaocl ft has laid out a' submarine (subdivision of 90 lots of five acres "each. 'This subdivision extends from the present shore, line to the government dock line which is at the twenty-five foot depth. The survey has just been completed. How Seeley was able to mark the

! lot boundaries is a matter of con-

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1,400 LOTS SOLD. . (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 11. County

Treasurer Cully Swanson reports that

in the neighborhood of 1,400 lots have been sold at the tax sale which ended yesterday afternoon.

In the neighborhood of $25,000 was taken in. The sale closed yesterday afternoon and was a great success. All of the lots advertised were sold: The bidders were the same as yesterday.

ports and one from LowelL ber of failures among the

in Gary is very high and that tends to Increase ehe number for this locality, as compared with other in the state. The following were Y cases considered:

Mike Kelly usually locks his door. OI -ary. a grocer. nD.ibars his window, looks into the closet v tle 96i ,f ss,f8 "P1and under the bed" before he can slum- ike, Mikulic of Gary, saloonkeeper, ber In peace. Kelly Is a fairly cour- , liabilities U.787; assets exempt. ageous fellow but he doesn't like bur- I John Bayert ot Indiana Harbor, bak- . ' j er; liabilities 3,493; assets exempt

The num- , jecture. But the lots are all laid out in foreigners j perfect order and are ready for sale.

HAS RIPARIAN RIGHTS. . Now another strange thing about this deal is the fact that while the State of

Another Raid. The Colonial hotel in West Hammond, said to be owned by ConMoor,

For some time Charles Hicks, Mike Kelly and Irving and Frank Bets have been sleeping in Beta house, in fact, during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Betz in the West Indies. Hicks and the Betz boys noticed how carefully Kelly was to avoid burglars and decided to put up a job on him. They were careful to visit his room first and remove any objects that might easily be thrown or any firearms that might be discharged at an invader. Among the possible implements of warfare that were removed old shoes, a couple of large glass perfumery bottles, etc. After Kelly had had two hours of slumber Irving Betz made up as a desperado. He entered Kelly's room through the sleeping porch. He flashed a dark lantern in Kelly's face and the Bets elec

trical expert let out the most blood

ber; liabilities $1,800; assets exempt. John D. Williams of Laporte, saloon; liabilities, $6,005; assets exempt. This completed Sheridan's work for the day, and he. left for his home in Frankfort.

Indiana owns the bottom of the ake it can never have more than one customer for these lots. That customer is the Indiana Steel company.. It alone haa the riparian rights in this subdivision. This is the way the property is sold. The Indiana Steel ' company . fills.. In a lot "of lajid and annually .' notifies! the

state what It has donev A certified, survey of the reclaimed ,lant is then : made by Seeley and tHe r plat boow&is jtfhat lots have been filled In. is filed "

-.Th Indiana- Ste Company taerr pys for, the -lots at th rate of . $.45 an acre. The Indiana' Ste4 Company has filled in and reclaimed- approximately .104 acres of lake bottom , for which the state will receive $4,600. This is a find for the state and it assures the Indiana Steel Company a clear title to its property. There will -be no shore land disputes in Indiana as there have been in Illinois Other owners of shore lands which have had Seeley make surveys are the Inland Stfeel Company at Indiana Harbor and Henry C Frlck. who owns the land just west of the canal.

CHANCE FOR SCHOOL LOOKS GLOOMY

"OIICLE HENRY" WILL LEAVE HAfiOtiD

Two Years More Litigation in Manual Training School Matter.

to Live With Daughter, Mrs. Kramer. Henry M. Bicknell, who for years has

shut or I will pump you full of lead."nbeen ln "alneBs in, Hammond and who

Kelly wilted. As the burglar came lna Deen ln " prooanearer Kelly begged him to be care. I bly leave Hammond for good within the j ful with the big shiny revolver. For next vear of so.

rwcMieii s iieiiiui una not ueen tne

was raided yesterday afternoon . and I ... . .

. : curaung yen mat nas ever ucen neru two women were taken. Thev were .

Betz said in a deep "Auto Desperado"

Webb's tone of voice: "Keep your head

women were lateen. rney were

Gertie Hayes and Maggie O'Bryan. They were placed under bond. Two-other cases involving Con Moor will come to trial before Judge "Green next Saturday. In one Moore seeks to replevy the stock of liquors which were

;r""" VJ ;V . - M. , fear it mIgrht KO off he neM hia knees

w usiij ii.tRi oi nammona nas so

Gets Prompt Response.

ctty sealer rank J. O Kourke has

met with a prompt response from the

grocers in Hammond on the question of adopting weights as the standard for measurements. The old dry sys

tem is being discarded as rapidly as possible. The weight system is absolutely fair to the purchaser and works no hardship on the honest dealer, and that is why Mr. O'ltouj-ke is urging its introduction wherever it is practical. The city sealer believes that eventually eggs will be sold by weight instead of by the dozen.

far refused t6 give up the liquors and) Bet2 went tnrougn hla cothe8 and says he will not do so until the case ( took nat m he had and Ma against Moor is decided next Saturday. watch He then backed out of the Moor Is to be tried on a charge of rrinm vl.,c, Ql, tha .,m

selling, bartering and giving away intoxicants in his place at 100 State street. It was there that three Hammond men. one of great prominence, was found partly Intoxicated.

Catherine Coleman and Carl Terrell. Catherine Coleman, 18 and Carl Terrell, 16, two wide-awake sirl" of Memphis, Tenn., have started an exclusively girls messenger service In their home town positively the first of Its kind anywhere. A dosen girls to be dressed in neat black suits with brass button and caps,, each quipped with a bicycle, have been employed, and will be ready to A-" JSYar maseaaea .at a. tcoBwot's notlce&ux tinv during .the dayr

Making Out Certificates. City Controller Ed Aubry and his assistant. Miss Gertrude Price, were busy today making out certificates to the various bidders who bought ln property at the delinquent tax and assessment sale yesterday. After two years these bidders will receive a tax title.

six months, fifteen per cent for the second six months and twenty-five per cent for the second year. Because of this paying delinquent taxes becomes a profitable business. The pieces . of property sold in Hammond numbered In the meantime if the deliiVluent owners want to redeem they will have to pay their delinquencies together with an excess of ten per cent for the first 844.

yet letting him see the light of his lamp on his revolver. After he had left the room Kelly bounded out of bed and yelled so e.s to awaken the entire household. It was some minutes before he could get enough breath to tell his story. His face was ashen and his jaw hung limp. Then they told him of the frame-up and -Kelly is one of the few jokers who can take a Joke. The hold-up is now the talk of the town.

The thing uppermost in the minds of the members of the school board relative to Hammond's proposed industrial high school Is whether the board could sell the bonds for the improvement, despite the fact that Caldwell & Drake, the defeated contractors, say they will

attempt to take their case into the

ExpeCtS tO gO tO Arkansas Unlted SU.tea supreme court. If the

ceed without further delay, if not it must wait until the contractors are

either declared victors or losers ln,the United States supreme court They have two years' time in which to appeal their case, and if the United States supreme court will hear it another year or two may elapse. It is this long delay that the board is trying to evade, but thus far efforts have been discouraging. One bond-buying house to whom the matter was submitted declined to buy the bonds. But the board will continue to make further investigations along this line in which it will submit all the facts for consideration.

Among men who are ln a position to know there is considerable doubt as to whether the bonds can be disposed of while there is a possibility of further litigation, Harry M. Johnson, cashier of the Citizens' German National bank, to whom the problem was submitted as a hypothetical question

by a Times, reporter, said, the bank, if

ARK TOU A T1UBS READER?

CALHOUN TO QUIT POST IK 'FA it EAST

Bnffalo Bill was a union Scoot and he stirred up many a scrap. Bat the ntknt stirred on fIVIO.N SCOUT SCRAP sonde tne blcgent hit vritk the ehewer. For sale at all live dealers. McIIIe S. Ton. Co Adv.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING place yonr offer before most of the people In this rlty to whom It would haw - any Interest.

health has not

best and he is anxious to get into a more salubrious climate. In the event of his selling his store on Sibley street he will go to Nacodocies, Ark., to live j with his daughter. Mrs. Henry Kramer, i He plans to take ah interest in the ! business which Henry Kramer has there. Bicknell's place Is one of the best known in the city, and it is be- . lieved that lie will have no difficulty ; in disposing of it. t ' The many warm friends of Mr. Bick- ' nell will be sorry to have him leave

Hammond, but they are anxious that he I it were ln the market, would hesitate

get In a warmer climate where his j to buy bonds under a cloud of impendhealth may improve. lng litigation. The matter, he said, , . would, however, have to be gone into

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First Charity Case. The first case of destitution that has been reported at the Hammond Central station was made to Sergeant Oscar Borchert this morning. Upon investl gating the case it was found that Mrs. Miller, 1335 Roberts avenue, was in dire circumstances, being without any food or fire. The matter was reported to Trustee John C Becker, who saw that the cupboard was replenished and plenty of coal to last the balance of the winter months.

by an expert bond attorney.

Called to Alice Street. Fire departments Nos. 1 and 4 made a run to the corner of Fayette and lice street about 8 o'clock this morning, wheye a blaze was found ln the attack . of a small cottage. The blaze was undtr control in a short time, the extent of the damage being small. The origin was not learned.

VBSXaUBB FOR TUB TLUES.

William J. Calhoaa. William J. Calhoun of Chicago. United State minister to China, la returning to this country and baa signified his Intention ot iztirtng im

mediately from tne aipiomatic service. This decision puts ar end to the talk of President Wilson -.etaln-ing him In the diplomatic service. Mr. Calhoun was appointed minister to China by President Taft In December. 1909. Although without previous experiences In diplomacy, within a year after hla appointment he had listingulshed himself by hla wise handling ot 'delicate , lnUna tlonal situational