Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 242, Hammond, Lake County, 17 March 1913 — Page 1

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HAMMOND Ml KILLED

August Mueller, 704 Price Flace, one f Hammond's pioneer and -well known citizens was Instantly killed sometime Saturday night when he wan struck, and hurled Into eternity by a Western Indiana train.. 'The shocking accident occurred . on "the Western Indiana right of way." about ,100 feet north of. the South Snore" interurban viaduct north of Hiramonfl. His mailed and almost unrecognisable remains were found by a number of section hands early-. Saturday. Authorities were notified of .the accident and the remains were taken to a morgue at Hegewlsch. Following the Jnauest which will be held this after noon; the- reraarns will be brought to fcledow'a . morgue at Hammond. Mystery surrounds his untimely death as relatives cannot .account for Architect E. W. Bump of Hammond has Just completed the plans for the new two-story business block that is to be built by Otto Knoerzer at the , cor ner ot Hohman street and MMenSch court, in Hammond, at a cost of $13,000. The building, is to be devoted to stores and offices. There will be five stores , on -the main floor and nine suites of offices on the second floor. : Tliree of the storrt will front pn Hot man street and two on Muenich court. It Is understood that a druggist Is negotiating for the comer store. The building is to hav a frontager of SO feet on Hohman street and 110 fet on Muenich court. It is toycover the entire lot. It will be known aa the O. K. building. ' The building will e 5 an "attractive An. thp f ntil Jt wilt hJkVA.a commanding position so that the en"TJf -. thi frtrnr- tttnra-mrlll h rierht .opposite the m!ddle-of Hohman. street at the broken corner! -, '..- '" i The second floor will have tiled floors In the halls and marble wainscoting. There will be two two-room suites, five three-room suites and one four-room suite. , ; There will be plenty of light and air '. and the building Is to have light on three sides. A justice" court room is to be fitted up on the second floor of the building. This Is to be 20x26 in size. It will be designed for the use of any .Justice of the peace who cares to rent It. There will be- wash basins and: a toilet In connection with every suite. Wm. Riley Very 111. William Riley, a civil engineer who assisted Former County Surveyor W. V. rBidge for some time, is quite 111 in a Chicago hospital. Mr. Riley was employed as a surveyor in. Iowa and became a victim of Inflammatory rheumatism through outdoor exposure. He has been ill for several weeks now. He is the son of Roadmaster Wm. Riley of the I. H. railway, who live at 39 Warren street. ARE YOl A TIMES READER f - DECLARES FOR UNION OF HOME AND CHURCH 1 V V ,av -i ' Mrs. "Te4erlck Sehe. Union of home and. church, with a concerted effort to work for betterment of children and their education along religious lines was urged by Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president of the National Congress of Mothers, in an address before the Religious Education association, which has Just held its annual convention t : Cleveland. " Primarily responsible In character building stands, the home, said Mrs. Schoff. She pointed oat ihat for the entire week the church and Sunday school have the child less than four hours. For the remainder of the time, she said, the home la in control and must accept the responsibility.

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fcla being In that vicinity. It was learned this morning that he haS been In Chicago last Friday on business and the laast seen of him alive, was Friday afternoon when he got on a Hammond street car. His body was badly mangled and had been dragged nearly 2.000 feet. His remains were Identified by papers and a left crippled band. Mr. Mueller has ieen a resident of Hammond for the past 25 years and of late has been employed at the Grassell Chemical works as a watchman. He was 5S years old and Is survived by three sons and four daughters. Funeral services will be held from the family residence Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The remains will then be taken to the German Luhteran churchj where services wtll occur at 1:30 o'clock. Interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. DAMAGES TODAY Kenwood Avenue Opening Occupies Attention of Board. The matter of awarding benefit and damages for the Kenwood avenue open ing from Hohman street to Calumet avenue was disposed of by the board of public works this morning, when John I. Rohde announced the board's decision on the damages to be allowed the remonstrators. .There were four of the . latter and amounts were distributed as follows:. . William Parry ....... ..$3,200 Mrs. Bateraan 650 P- W. Meyn 400 Fred Geeve 375 Most of these monetary damages will have to be paid by the Hammond & Suburban Realty company," which. Is Indirectly benefited by the opening and oy deorge Rlckords, whose property wilt abut the new highway. .While the remonstrators may have recourse- to th courts. i,f , their awards by the board 1 unsatisfactory, .none of them-stated what they- would do lit tSe tnatter.- The t;ueetlon has been hanging Are for nearly a year. One of the hardest problems In the matter with which the board had, to wrestle was the award to be made to William Parry, who owns Holman street frontage almost of-which will have to be .used for street purposes. His property was the only exclusive business lot there and " being located near the cemetery It was more valuable to Him than to anybody else, ' because It was used for a monumental stone yard. He had leased It for three years at a top rental and will lose that figure. He set his damages above $4,000, and several real estate" authorities testified that the property itself was worth easily $3,000. The board allowed him $2,200. BUSY WEEK FOR THE MASONS , Hammond's Masonic Bodies Find Time Occupied. This .will be another -busy week in the Hammond Masonic circles, begin ning with a Commandery meeting this evening and tnding with an Easter service next Sunday afternoon at the temple at 3 o'clock. Two or three candidates are to receive the' Red Cross degree in the Commacdary this evening. On Wednesday evening the Royal Arch degree -!H be conferred- upon three candidates and there : will be work in the Blue lodge on Friday evening. , There will be a special meeting of the Blue lodge on Saturday afternoon and evening for the conferring of the master mason degree upon eight or ten candidates. Uuhcheon and refreshments will be served 'in the evening and preparations are being made for a big time and quite a number of out-of-town visitors. The Easter services will be held under the auspices of the Commandary and will begin at 3 o'clock. The Rev. j F. H. Adams of the First Baptist church has been . Invited to make the address for the occasion. WILL ENTERTAIN C0L.pR. D. WALSH Arrangements are being made for the celebration on April 2nd In honor of Col. R. D. .Walsh, who Is the oldest member in the Knights of Columbus and Is a member of Unity council No. 72. 1 ' . ' - A very extensive program Is being arranged by the members In his honor. Invitations have been sent out for the Easter dancing prty, to be given by Vnitey council No. 728, Knights of Columbus. on Wednesday evening, March 28, at the Orpheum dancing academy. It is considered this will be one of the nicest dancing parties given this season by the Knights of Columbus as special features are being arranged to make the evening very enjoyable. Have comfort tn the bathroom with a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas A Elec Co. ' I'BSCHIBE FOR THE TIMES.

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MORE THAN HALF OF NATION ROUSED AGAINST MANY GOVERNORS EXPRESS SYMPATHY WITH

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Top, left to right t Gmm Crx of Ohio, GaTermr of Illtaela ad Goveraor Ralatoa of ladlaaa. Bottom t Gneraor MeOrvra of Wtseoaata (left mad GtTtnor Ma an ot Vlrglala. Governors of more than half the states of the union have expressed sympathy -with the movement In Illinois to investigate and stamp out the causes of white slavery. Wisconsin and Colorado axe expected to take definite action through legislation In the iear future, while the Utah house of representatives already has passed a law providing for a minimum wage scale for women. Among the governors who have Hammond, Gary and East Chicago Educators Are Featured in Program of State v Teachers Association Convention. Not in many years has the Northern Indiana Teachers' association been promised such a feast of good things as will be offered at the annual meeting that will- be held In Indianapolis April 3, 4 and 5. A wonderful array of prominent men have been secured to address the association during Its three day session. Among those who will speak before the members of the association will be Dr P. Claxton, Dr. Cnarles H. Judd, Governor Herbert Spencer Hadley of Missouri, Governor Samuel Ralston of this state, ex-Vlce-Presldent Charles Warren Fairbanks, Wilbur t. Neabit and James E.. Watson, former representative to the lower house of the United States congress. The complete program as it will be offered will be as follows; Tomltnson Hall. ' , Thursday, April 3, 8 P. M. Call to order, Co. Supt. Lee Driver; retiring vice president. t - . Invocation, Rev, Lewis Brown, Ph. D., rector St. Paul's Episcopal church. Indianapolis. rMusic. . s - Inaugural address, Supt. H. G. Brown Lebanon. ' - ""-'; Music. - ' Address. Gov. Herbert S. Hadley. gov(Continued on Page 8.) EXHUrilATfGN BEGINS TODAY j waiting's Old Cemetery to Be Effaced From the Map. (Special to The Times.) ; Whiting. Ind., "March 17. The work of exhuming and removing the bodies In the old Whiting graveyard t vacate the now unused tract of land was begun this morning. The bodies are found to be in a much better state of preservation than was expected, and much Interest is being taken in the unusual event. ' It has been found necessary that the graves be Identified and marked by relatives or friends and those whose died He In unmarked graves should notify H. S- Davidson at his office, 669 Clark street, or his residence, 242 Laportee avenue, it once. ARE YOt A TIMES READER f

LAKE CO.

A FANCIFUL STORY. One bf those wild and wooly rumors that gather momentum like the rolling snowball, gathers moss was circulated in Gary this morning that Mayor Thomas . Knotts had resign ed his office. Inquiries from South jsend ana otner ernes started tne taiK in Gary. No on could be found who placed any credenee in the yarn howVpvV" atiif 15avoT.X!nftt:ta f rienrla riAi. HAH1IOND HAS ITS FIRST TRIAL Elimination for Oratorical Contest Takes Place. In the first elimination event in. the Hammond high school for the county oratorical contest, held last . Friday. five boys and five gfrls were selected to take part in-another contest which is to take place on Friday, April 11th. On the latter occasion one boy and one gfrl are. to be selected from the ten andthey will be entered in . the county contest. , ' - The contests last Friday were held in the First Methodist church,' . the girls .-having been heard in the-, afternoon and the boys In the evening. There were large audiences for both occasions. ' ' The. following ten were selected: Girls Leoda McAleer, -Lydla Wolter. Marguerite Knotts, Mabel Powley and Adele Dunbar. Boys Raymond Mette William Arnold, Lewis Dietrich, Carl Helwlg and Clue Burge. .- --. - Mrs. J. Patterson of Indiana Harbor. Mrs. Jeannie Sawyer and Miss Alta Adkins acted as. judges for the girls' contest, and Attorney Jesse .Wilson. Night School. Principal W. H. Henderson and a 'member of the Blue Island high school faculty acted as judges for the boys. : WORST IS UNTOLD, . "SAYS VICE PROBER - v t- v 7 M. Blair Coast Cleft) mm Scute EsW u Beall. State Senator Edmund Beall, of the Illinois State Vice lavestlgat.ng Com mittee, declares that the -newspapers have not told the worst in reporting the investigations of the committee. He says - conditions in the Chicago department scores are appalling and that a vast number of the girl employes are unable to earn an honest living. . . An important member ot the committee is M. Blair Coan. who declares that he has found conditions .worse than he had Imagined them to be.

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TRAFFIC IN WOMEN ILLINOIS CRUSADE

publicly expressed a desire to cooperate with Illinois in 'Ighting the white slave frame and securing a minimum ' wage law for women are Governor Cox of Ohio, Governor lie Govern of Wisconsin, Governor Ralston of Indiana and Governor Mann of Virginia. , CLERK IS 1. Judglng from present indications, al though Judge Mangan has not ren dered his decision. Ignatius Mankow ski will lose the case In which Martin Finneran seeks to contest his election to the office he now holds. The victory "will not have much ef feet, however. Minkowski will be permitted to retain the office because the time limit for a change has expired There is no question that he will be re elected to the office. The only way In which Mankoaski might he harmed would be in the even Finneran sues him for the salary he has received during the past two years and collect a judgment." ' This Is be lleved to be very Improbable. -The -reason for this is that Ignatius Mankowskl and J. Mayer were "both nominated for the office of clerk. Martin Finneran, ' who was then acting clerk, left these names oft the ballot. It was then necessary for those who wanted to vote for Mankowskl to write, in the name on the' "ballot. This lead to" the defacing of many ballots and their being thrown out. . Mankewakt Loses St. The recount -in Chicago progressed to the - point where Mankowskl was shown to have been elected by a majority of five votes in splfe of all of the -votes which were ordered thrown out . . t .-... ; ' . Then the attorneys representing Fin. neran discovered another technicality. They discovered that while Judge Frank Green was acting as an election Judge some 31 illiterate voters came In and declared themselves unable to vote. fnder the law it is then necessary for some one to go into the booth with them and show them how to vote. The man who goes In must swear on his oath and he will attempt in no way to Influence the voter. Judge Green testified that an assist ant went In with these 31 Illiterate voters, but that he had failed tn nn) him under oath. It is on this sort of a technicality that Mankowskl's election is about to be declared InvalH. , It is not known when Judge Mangan will give 'his "decisldn. but Mankow sk fears the result. - The 'case has been dragged through the courts for two years. . . ' . DARING JOBBERY. Vault Is Cracked for a Cool Quarter Million. New York. March 17. Fifty detective were at work today trying. to run down the cracksmen who robbed Mar tin Simons JL- Sons Mvnohnn on the 1 eas side some time yesterday of moro than $250,000 worth of Jewelry one of the most daring and successful robberies committed in this city within the memory of the present generation of policemen. It comes as a climax to a series of safe blowing robberies which for more than nine months has engaged the attention of a special "safe squad' of detectives organized by Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty.

HARVEY

At Thornton Township Con venation Harvey Names Anti-Reformers After Mis leading. West Hammond Reformers as to Date. They nave some foxy and un scrupulous tactics in Thornton town ship if the' stories are true. After his failure to be nominated on the people's ticket in West Hcaiuvftid I Judge Frank Green went to Harvey and framed it up so that l.e could be nominated by a caucus on the cttl- j sens' ticket there for the office of town- , ship of the peoce. He framed it up with the crowd over in Harvey and now it . is understood that the administration forces In .West Hammond are going to fight the township ticket from start to flhlsh excepting, Henry I. Heckler, who Is running for , the office of supervisor find one other. -,- The administration forces in West Hammond are going to find out wheth er the politicians in Harvey want. to line up with the dominant party in the city on the state line or whether they want to tie up defeated candidates and get whipped. 7SO Votes Here. i There are some 750 votes In West Hammond which might control a situation in the event of a close contest for the township offices. Evidently Harvey, according to .the dealers of the administration forces in West Hammond, does not know that the old gang in West Hammond is down and out and that Green and his forces have been compelled to go begging to Har- j vwy oeca.use 01 ineir inaDiiny to get a nomination at the "hinds of the 'dominant party , in" West Hammond.. Evidently ,Harey thinks that reform In West Hammond is ' a myihl . '" Hew thete.. are five i. Justices to be I ifelected rn. iho'rnton township in -which Dotn Hevejf ana west Hammond are located. Wjest Tlamiridnd'was given one office and thacto a "man who has been repudiated by the voters there.. . Then, in the selection of a man to runrun for the office of constable, the Harvey crowd selected John Laschlnskl bf West Hammond, who has . always opposed reform; according' to the reform '-ere'ment. Favor MrDoaald. . It Is expected that John B. Blefeldt the president of the town of Thorntown, will be a candidate for re-election as road commissioner and he will receive the support of the dominant party in West Hammond. Opposing Judge Green for the office of township justice -of the police will be a man by the name of McDonald, who will probably have the united sup'port of the reform administration in West Hammond. It seems that the Harvey . crowd, resorting to the tactics that made gang rule In West Hammond so odorous, notified Ignatius Mankowski that the township nominations would be made today. ' Instead they were held last Saturday night. Only Judge Green and his gang knew when they were really were to )e made and so that element was all mat was representee There were four tickets nominated: ; Republican, democratic, non-partisan citizens and progressive. - The dominant . political faction in West Hammond got nothing out of It. SEE REFORMER , IN PICTURES Hammond people who have- seen the films of the inauguration day parade at Washington saw Virginia-Brooks, the militant reformer. In action In the suffragette parade through the streets of Washington. The pictures were-shown for the first time yesterday In a number of moving picture playhouses in Chicago. Any person familiar with the features of 1 Miss Brooks mie-ht noticm h.r In th ! center of a group of women with the aiiiiiv intii. wuu i i-uuie ua. x no pic-, tures are clear and very interesting. I showing some of the remarkable occurrences in Washington on Inauguration day. ,. ; ' ,s j Sixteen on "Hike." Sixteen Hammond boy scouts "hiked" to Hessvllle and back last Saturday afternoon and had a good afternoon's sport out of their eight-mile trip.' "Hikes" are almost a regular weekly feature for the boys.. They generally hold examinations or contests at the point which they select for their J walk to see who IS the most proficient i in woodcrart. Their standing Is to ing they make on these occasions. oh ening Postponed. The opening of Hotel Mee has been postpone! from Wednesday, March 19, to Wednesday. March 2S. on account of the illness of Mr. Mee's brother. A CLEAN .PAPER, FIT, FOR YOTTR CHILDREN TO - READ IS THE TIMES.

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y C. R. Manville's Journey c From i. New , York' West This Week . 3WiU . Settle 1 Definitely Site for Mdnfeter " New Asbestos Plant; .'YC. R. Manvllle of the Johns-Manvllle Co., New York city. Is expected tomorrow or Wednesday In this region to set- ! tie the question of thebHg asbestos Pipe covering , manufacturing -company which has options oh a location at Kiverdale, six miles east of Hammond. Not only - are Rlverdale and - East Gary confident of locating the mammoth industry, but today all Elgin, Ill-Is-speculating whether the Johns-Manvllle concern will locate at that point. Congressman Copley is a big booster for Elgin, though he said: " , . "I will be Just as pleased to 'have Elgin get the factory as Aurora It is all the same to ray business if the plant - goes to Elgin, Aurora or any other place in the congressional' district. ; I want to see It tn the Eleveneth district. . If Elgin can present a site that will come up to 'requirements, well and good. If not, I will try to find a site1 elsewere in' the district. '"Aurora interested me in- the propositionafter Information had been received that Elgin bad lost Its 'opportunity. I am glad that Elgin is still in the race. Messrs. Manvllle and Toungiove have promised the Elgin Commercial club ' IContinuedon Page . " SEALER'S OFFICE IS nAOE-PERUAIlHll Frank O'ROiUlceTictixna 'State Commissioner H. . E. Barnard. , ine ornce cny seaier is now a, permanent office.: In a letter to Frank CRourke, city sealer - of - Hammond, State Commissioner Jof Weights - and Measures H. E. Barnard of- Indianapolis, says: . va decided improvement over the law as first enacted has been made in that it-insures every soaler of inspector now working permanency In office, just as long as he does his work properly. It further provides that all commoditiesshall be sold by standard weight 'or measure. This does away with the short measure berry box. the package of peanuts, and the basket of apples and potatoes."ERIN'S DAY TODAY. A "sprig o' green", on the coats of hundreds-of Lake county folk today marked the observance of St. Patrck's day. an occasion which falls in holy week for the first time in several years. The day is being celebrated at many of the' clubs and lodges throughout the region. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIME. HELPS GIRLS WHO V -SEEK HIGHER WAGE Mrs. Sarah Coaboy. . Five thousand employes, mostly young girls in the silk throwing mills of the Lackawanna valley in Pennsylvania, are closer to higher wages as a result of a conference between a committee of the Pennsylvania Silk association and the representatives of the Central Labor Union, headed by Mrs. Sarah Conboy. , - It la cxpacted that at a future conference a uniform wage scale will he adopted, providing : r an Increase ot wages of from tea to fourt.ea per cent, . - ,

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