Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 216, Hammond, Lake County, 12 February 1913 — Page 1

LAE 11 EDITION mi ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Number t Cents Copy.) VOL. VU.K NO. 216. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1913.

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ASSESSORS GATHER . FOR BIG IE1

State Official Criticizes Inflexibility of

Official Machinery With Relation To Assessors Office

ICHAEL DIO LOVE HAHOi

"The inflexibility of the administrative machinery, by which the assessors of such counties as this get their authority to act prevents the' most efficient management of the office," ' declared Dan M. Link, a member of the state board of tax . commissions who was in Hammond today to attend the district meeting ot asessors which is

being held In the G. A. R. room in the court house beginning at one o'clock

this afternoon.

"To illustrate." said Mr. Link, "here

in Lake County every township as

scssor ought to be provided with plat-

books upon which every improvement

that is put'-- on property could be

shown.

"Except In Marion county where they have special legislation on the subject there, is no authority to compel the county commissioners to- provide such platbooks. ' "I understand from Assessors Black, McFadden and Escher that your county councilmen have promised to make an appropriation for this purpose but also

that they are on a strike and that tlje appropriation can not possibly be made

until September. Too Many Restrictions. ;

"Then there is some question as to

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COUNTRY

CLUB FARES

VERY WELL

CITY KICKS Oil

1T$MTER Bill

Complaint Is Made by West

Hammond Officials That Partiality Is Shown.

Hammond Man's Wife Left

Him Because He Swore

Fealty to City; Interesting Allegations Are Filed in

Superior Court Suit.

Abraham Lincoln BORl F&RUJ1RY 12., 12 0 9

of Michael Backof

Backof, led in the Lake

The divorce case

vs. Augusta

superior court today by Attorney Ed

ward Schottler, Is. full of interesting' allegations. In the first place trouble started because of the loyalty of Michael for Hammond, for years his place of residence. Mrs. Backof tried to run down the town for the purpose of hurting his feelings, according to the complaint, and he would not stand for it. Backof relates that he turned over his entire pay to his wife and her lack of gratitude was demonstrated by her charging that he did not give her his real pay check, but one that he had forged and that he was concealing from her the true amount of his wages. He charges that she taunted him with the fact that he got such a moder

ate salary. But the limit -came when

he got home so tired as a result; of his labors in her behalf that he was

drowsy and she charged him with be ing drunk.

He declares that she would Trefuse to converse with him for a long period of time. He says that she would not

The annual water bill run up by the j COOK n,s noonaay meai ana ne was

city of West Hammond is in the neigh- tnrown on ms own resources, nnany borhood of $14,000. The water depart- I she declared that sht, was going to ment of the ritv collects about $7,500 j Chicago to get a divorce and it was

annually. The deficit is made up by j thn that he made UP his mlnd tnat he

the city of West Hammond. . . . . . j woum get a aivorce nere.

This morning Mayor K. M. Woscsyn-

ski and Clerk Ignatius Mankowski ap-

Sptually making a little money.. At

least the club ran ahead in the last two months. V ..- - j - , ' A. great.deal of the' credit "for thi showing Is f due to the work of Managed Meek, who is just the man for the place, and has promoted a great deal of the activity that has resulted in increased revenues. The committee approved the acts of a previous meeting which raised the membership limit from 200 to 215. The lase fifteen were taken in at $75. Fred Mott. Jr., has his regular membership changed to a non-resident membership.

The board of directors of the Hammond Country club met last night and approved the minutes of a number of

informal meetings that have been held from time to time. The principal feature of the meeting was the splendid report that was made by Chairman Frank Deming of the finance committee.' In his report Mr.

Deming showed that the club Js now pearei , before . the members of- the

Hammond board of public works and complained that their water rate was too high. -, They pointed, out that Jtedjstrls fit West Hammond, such as the "HirshStein Co.. the . Hammond Glne works and the Hammond Brewing Co., were getting their ,water for. 5, cents a thou

sand gallons, while the city of West Hammond was being charged 7 cents and the poor people ovr there . are compelled to pay high water rentals. The West Hammond city ' officials thought that in view of the fact that

it was such a large consumer of water that it ought to be able to get as low a rate as the West Hammond manufacturers get. -" The board members answered that the low water rental that is being charged the West Hammond manufacturers is in the , nature of a subsidy to encourage them to locate here and to be satisfied with their location after they get here. -' ' It is said that the only alterative the village of West Hammond has now is to raise the';water rents to a figure that will -make it possible to derive enough Income to pay its annual bills. The city is unable to stand the strain of such a large annual deficit.

AUTO ISJVRECKED. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 12. County Clerk Shortridge's automobile was badly damaged yesterday in. a rather peculiar accident at the Meeker & Claussen garage, taking a tumble of one story and landing on- the -cement floor beneath. The car was being taken to the second story for a general overhauling and repairing and had landed to the floor level on the second floor when the elevator platform, beneath

gave way, precipitating the machine to the first floor beneath. Luckily no one was on the platform at the time or a

probable fatality would have occurred. The machine was badly damaged in the long drop to the hard floor beneath and will require considerable repairing to be put in shape again.

CURFEW ORDKlAflCE

TO BEcREfJ

But That Is Probably About

All the Good It Will Do Now.

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Indiana and Illinois Will Join in Fight

For pure Water Supply For Cities of Calumet Region

Northern ulinois and Indiana may

co-operate in a system of sewage disposal and watershed relief, as a result

of the warfare which has resulted

rom refuse of Indiana towns pollut

ing Lake Michigan and streams in the Calumet region.

Representative of the sanitary dis

trict of Chicago conferred with Gov

ernor Ralston of Indiana at Indianapolis yesterday and a truce In the situ

ation was arranged. A general cooperative scheme, which embraced the - proposed formation of sanitary districts In northern ' Indiana, waa discussed- . , : RALSTON FAVORS PLAJT. Governor Ralston- said, he- would favor the scheme the experts outlined in case the cities of Hammond. East Chicago, Whiting and Gary is nothera Indiana would vote to adopt such a programme. The Chicago representa

tives also talked with Attorney

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BAD FIRE

SHELBY TODAY Family Made Homeless in Zero Weather on the Kankakee.

CASE

SETBACK

OFFICIAL! I'SIOS SCOUT SCRAP with the anion IbI artanda for minerlorlt-r. All

dealer handling It. Save your tickets. McHIe S. Tob. Co. Adv.

AMERICAN DRESSMAKERS SAY THEY CAN v EXCEL FRENCH; HERE'S U. S. CREATION

W ' - r y

. A revival of the curfew ordinance as demanded by the Humane society will be put into effect in Hammond on the first day of March, according to an

announcement made by Chief of Police Atistgen this morning. This was decided at the last meeting of the Humane society, and upon their request that the ordinance go into effect next month. Chief Austgen will issue orders that it be rigidly enforced. At the stroke of 9 of the court house clock all children under the age of 16 years and not under escort must be oft the streets at this hour or they will be liable to arrest. Children who have been in the habit of loafing on street corners, parks and all public places will find it a good plan to try the early, to-bed and early-to-rise method, as

it will be nearly 15 days before the curfew ordinance will be put into effect.. "The street, especially after dark. Is no place for small children," said Chief Austgen, "as they, are bound to get Into mischief or commit some petit misdemeanor." Their place is at home with their books and studies and parents who allow their children to run around after dark are the responsible

ones for their bringing and future.

"Nothing good is learned by youths ' who mingle with other children on the j street corners and in nearly every

instance leads to their downfall."

The ordinance that will go into effect on March 1st reads as follows: "All children under the age of 16 years of age must be off the streets after 9 o'clock, unless accompanied by parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the child, .or if the child is on an errand must carry a reliable excuse from the parents. It is

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Abraham Lineal ead'log eala near Hodaeaillle. Kr, la wbleh he waa

"For nia services rise above partisanship and sectionalism. They belong to mankind, to the world. What this man or that thinks of him matters not. - He rises above the personal element into the universal. Even while men yet live who knew him, his individual peculiarities, his little faults and mannerisms, the things for which people at close range criticised him, have fallen away like. a garment and faave ceased to obscure his grt.-ness. He stands now, as he will always stand, a colossal figure on the shores of time. Fortunate indeed is the country with the memory of such a man to celebraU.' ' ;

(Special to Thh Times.)

Shelby. Ind.. Feb. 12. Matt Cross and

his family were made' homeless thi

morning when their house was laid In ashes. The origin of the fire is un

known and as the flames brone out In a room on the second floor, they had

made a good headway before they were discovered. The members of the faml-'

J ly were all on the main floor, and their

attention to the danger was nrst called when they heard something fall on the floor, above them.: " The neighboTB gave what help tney eould to 'save some t the furniture, but It was an tmjfBlbiHty to sav te-tttl-

apparatus. Four hundred dollars of

the loss ! covered by Insurance. The

destroyed- building which was a two

story seven room house was valued at about 1,500.

Il court

WORKIIIGMEII'S BILL ROUNDLY SCORED

DOCTORS MEET AND -DISCUSS SOMETHING

Hammond Labor

Ta!j8S. Action on Pro posed Measure.

Union -It Was Psychotherapy and

You Will Find it in the Dictionary.

A NEW CORPORATION.

It is' understood that incorporation papers will be filed tomorrow at Indianapolis for a new $100,000 company, which will buy and operate stone quarries. The headquarters will be in Gary. Lake county contractors who are fighting the stone trust are said to be behind the proposition, and Attorney W. J. McAleer of Hammond is drawing up the papers.

The carpenters council last night at

a meeting held in Hammond voted to j affilliate with the Building Trades Council of Lake county and vicinity. ;

The carpenters made a strong de- discussed by Dr. H. M. Hosmer, who nunciation of the workingmen's com- read a paper on the subject at the Gary pensatlon act bill now in the Indiana Medical society meeting last night.

Know what PSYCHOTHERAPY is? Feeling blue? You need some PSYCHOTHERAPY, The value of PSYCHOTHERAPY was

To demonstrate their ability at designing gowns excelling the Importations from France, American dressmakers have given their best effort and talent to the most beautiful gowns shown in this country. - The photograph demonstrates more ably than words the result of their efforts. . The gowi. worn by Miss Rose Leslie, the actress, is the design of Joseph of New York. It is a Grecian gown of white chiffon with Rhinestone trimmings, with a Grecian key design and Rhinestone girdle.

lesflslature. They upbraided the Indi

ana State Federation of Labor for the interest it a taking in the passage of the bill and characterized the measure as graft pure and 'simple. The propos-

j eel lull was luiii iu pit:i.t; ant! aicfa

were talten to notuy county s representatives that it was imposib?e throughout.

"War Veterans Meet.

In the neighborhood of twenty Spanish-American war veterans met in the parlors of the Majestic hotel last night, whore they listened to an interesting

also unlawful for any parent to allow ! address given -by Department Chief off

their children on the street after 9 Staff M. J. Donahue of Streator, 111. The

o'clock. Each member of the police force while on duty is authorized to makt arrests without a warrant and the offender .is liable to a fine of not less than or not exceeding J10. From Oct. 1 to Feb. 31 the children must be off the streets at 8 o'clock.

Steam Frightens Neighbors. The bursting of n boiler plate In the basement . of a fiat building at No. 9 Williams street, threw the occupants into a small panic this morning when it was thought that the flat was on fire. Volumes of steam poured through the flooring. ' Fire departments Nos. 1 and 3 responded, but no trace of fire cOuld be found. The upper flat is occupied by Mrs. Amoss, while Mr. Baumgartner an dfamily live In the lower flat.

THOUGHTS t Rood rhew has ever made a vrlae happy. Moral i Chew UNION

SCOUT SCRAP and' moke FOREX (XXXX). Save the tickets. St c Hie S. Tob. Co. Adv.

object of the meeting was to bring together the Lake county veterans in an effort to form a post in this region. The meeting was successful and was attended by veterans from Hammond, Gary, Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. -

Mr. uanieis ana Air. jneiiman oi tni- i

cago each gave a short address and spoke on matters of particular interest to the small but enthusiastic audience. Mr. Donahue left for Streator, 111., this morning and is more than confident that a post may be organized in Lake county. It is' estimated that there are in the neighborhood of 300 SpanishAmerican war veterans In this region.

Need More Joya. In substance, the doctor's article was that many people aggravate their ailments by their depressed mental condition and that their chief niied Is, to have some of their glooms murdered. Hence, the next time you go to your doc you'll probably see him slap you on the back and say, "Cheer wp, old

top! You're all right." (The preceding paragraph is our own interpretation of the doctor's paper, and . patients are expected to look cheerful while the bill s being presented.) s Talk urwry Plans. Rev. V. P. Backora, head resident of the Gary Settlement house, was present at the meeting and outllined .the needs and plans for a day nursery In the foreign district.- , - President Carl Boardman of the Medical society named Drs. Evans and Alexander on the day nursery committee. .

BILL FOR J. P.'S TIMES BUREAU. AX STATE CAPITAL. ' Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 12. Representative Van Horne has introduced a bill to give justices of the peace in

North township, Lake county, a salary

of $2,000 a year, and another bill to

give Lake county court reporters $1,800

a year.

. The petitioners , In the , Burn" ditch case received a setback and the Lake . Shore railroad, one of the principal re monstrators, gained a temporary Ylc v... tory in a decision tht " was banded

down by the supreme court; yesterday. The decision "is as "follows:- V ' r ? "21948. . Lake Shore- s . MlchlgaaSouthern Rallwsj Company tt aL a. Clough, et all '"Vjrter 8. C ,

assignment of errors -ejand

amendment ordered ma&i, V; Feb. 21, 1913. Appellees motion to dismiss Is postponed until final hearing." '. The Interpretation of this order la simply this: The appellants, the Lake , Shore Michigan Southern railroad, had asked leave to amend so that they could include the names of some important defendants who had been left out of the assignment of error. Among these was the township of North, for instance. The appellees, the petitioners represented by Judge John 11. Glllett, Frank B. Pattee and Randall Burns, bad hoped by this technicality to have the cas thrown out of court and make It possible to at once begin' work on the ditch. But the case will now be tried on its merits and will be delayed until the supreme court takes up the case for Its final hearing. The scores of lawyers, who have been involved in this case aa th representatives of the remonstrators or the petitioners will be interested to . know that the .case has again had the consideration of the court. It is not known, of course, bow soon the final hearing will be held although the case has been in the supreme court for a year and a half.

SOCIETY WOMEN FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING; BIG CEASS AT NEWPORT FOR RIGID COURSE

Goes to Hot Springs. M. Rothschild, oneof the proprietors of the Model Clothing store In Hammond, Is going to Hot Springs, Ark.,

for a vacation of several Weeks, Will 'be' accompanied "by his ' wife.

.If yow smoke a La .Vendor once yoa w'U. always call for f"- Adv. . x

No Further News. A. M. DeWeese, the agent of the Erie railroad, says that he has heard noth

ing further of plans for the building of a depot in Hammond. Neither has he heard anything of the plans for the rebuilding of the coal storage, ware

house or the removal of the Erie yards.

Round Again Today.

Peter Schrum was the victim or a slight accident yesterday when he

bumped his head against a pickle vat

It made him a little dizzy, but did not even result in his quitting workl He is around today as usual, and his brother

said the affair was not t even worth mentioning.

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Mlas Helea Redgers aad MJas Mara-aerlte Capertea.

Lieut. J. R. Morrison, physical In structor at the naval training station at Newport, R. I.. Is busiiy engaged in forming a lass of society maids and matrons who will take the rig id course in Swedish physical train- ' ing just belna introduced in the navy. There is great enthusiasm in Newport society, on. the subject. Already there have been a large number who have signified their Intention of coming Into the class whi ch will shortly begin trainlnr. Among those already enrolled sre Miss Marguerite Capert on. daughter of Capt. Caperton, U. S N., and Miss H elen Rodgers, popular society girl of New fork and Newport, . J

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