Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 260, Hammond, Lake County, 15 April 1913 — Page 5
Tuesday, April 15, 1913.
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he was a hard drinker. The remain
were removed from Emmerling a
morgue this afternoon and interred In the potter's field at Hessville.
LAKE COUNTY COURTS AT A GLANCE liAKB It'PEHIOR COURT. ROOM 1, Jue Virgil V. ttelter. Cue on Trial. 377. Gorman vs. Standard Steel Car Co. McMahon & Conroy for the plaintiff and Crumpacker & Crumpacker for the defendant. Case will take until Wednesday. Cases Oa Call. Smith vs. Hull and Lane vs. National Brick Co.
Setting;, Jury cases, civil, fifth week. March term. 1913. Fifth Monday, April 7 S1B Smith v Hull. 449 Lang v National Brick Co. 8998 Ogren pro ami v Ind Har Belt. 9475 B & K B & M Co v Chorale 9540 Pavnica v Kamtnsky. 9490 Ruth v Conkey Co. 8564 Bonick v Goldberg. LAKES SUPERIOR COlllT. ROOM X Judae L. Trrro Meeker, laformatlua. The rest of the term will bs given over to criminal matters. The court heard motions this morning. Criminal work to be resumed tomorrow. Cane Dlrpose4 Of. State vs. William Polsat. Pleaded ' guilt yto assault and battery. Sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $23
and costs. Setting. Three cases state vs. Swift 4: Co., charged with failure to mark cold storage eggs as such. LAKE SUPERIOR COXRT. ROOM 3. Judge Johannes Konelke At Crown Point. Information. The court has adjourned for the term and will have two weeks vacation. Court will convene In Hammond April 28. LAKE CIRCCrr CO CRT. Jnase W. C McMaku, At Crown Point. Special term of court adjourned until April 28. PORTER CIRCUIT COURT. Judge A. D. Bartholomew. At Valparaiso. Court cases being tried. PORTER SUPERIOR COURT. Jndge H. B. TntbilL At Michigan City. Court now In session. UNITED STATES COURT. Jndge A. B. Anderson At Hammond.
Naturalization matters wll ltake the
entire day. Cue nt lane.
Harry SlavenskI L. T. Meyer) vs.
Irving Jackson of South Bend. Suit for $10,000 damages on account of
killing of plaintiff's boy. To be tried
before Jury tomorrow.
by Jackson's automobile in South Bend. Three cases were disposed of. The caso of John McNabb vs. the Grasselll Chemical company was dismissed. The case of Gren vs. the Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Terminal company was settled for $750; each side to pay Its own costs. Owing to the fact that Attorney Joseph Conroy was busy In the Lake Superior court the case of Andrew Bolasko et al vs. Rose et al was transferee to the court at Indianapolis. One other case remains to be disposed of.
Mrs. Reed Interred.
A large gathering of sorrowing
friends, packed the residence of Mr. J. "W. Davis, 440 Hoffman street, Ham
mond, this morning, where impressive
services were held over the remains of
Mrs. Mary Reed at 9:45 o'clock. The
Rev. Fraley of the Methodist church officiated. The remains were thn
shipped to her former home at Argus,
nd., where funeral services and Inter
ment will occur this afternoon.
POSLAT PLEADS GUILTY; $25 FINE The case of the state of Indiana vs. Polsat, a Gary man charged with attempting to and partially succeeding in cutting the throat of his paramour in a dive in Gary because she would
not give him the money he asked, was
disposed of this morning when he
pleaded guilty to assault and battery
and was sentenced to 30 days in Jail
and was fined $25.
Sues Telegraph Company (Special to Thb Times.) Indianapolis. Ind., April 15. Al
though he bad what was considered the best seat in the bouse of representatives at the recent session of the
legislature, Barney Carter, repreaenta tlve from Lake county, sued the West'
ern Union Telegraph company in su
perior court, room 3, yesterday to re
cover a penalty of $100. alleging the
company railed, to deliver a message
he sent Nov. 7. 1912. In which he re
quested that a good seat be reserved
for him.
Carter had a desk facing the speak
er, and at right angles to the other seat. In the house. Many considered
It the beat place In the house exclu
sive of the speaker' chair. Carter alleges that he delivered the following
message to the company at Hammond,
Ind.. Nov. 7. 1811: "Save me best seat available on democratio side." The
message was addressed to IX Brown,
state librarian. Carter alleges it was
sot delivered to Brown.
RETURNS TO GARY.
Attorney George Bard on. who
for a time engaged In the practice of
law In Hammond. Is back In his old
stamping grounds in Gary again. In
Hammond he was connected with the
McAleer Bros.' Arm. Of the two cities
Hammond and Gary the Utter was
Pardon's first love, te which he now
has returned.
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The United States District court opened In Hammond this morning with.
Judge A. B. Anderson on the bench. Clerk Noble C. Butler. Edward H. Schmidt and his deputy AJonso Boyd
together with Naturalization Examiner Merton A. Sturgis of Chicago were
among the distinguished court at
taehees who were present at the open
ing of court.
The work of disposing of 123 naturalisation matters was taken up and
pushed forward with great dispatch,
At noon today 63 cases had been acted
upon and the rest of the cases will be
disposed by night time.
The only case to go to trial at the present term of court Is the case of
Harry SlavenskI. represented by At
torney LeGrand T. Meyer of Hammond,
against Irving Jackson of South Bend.
The case Is a suit for $10,000 damages
on account of the death of the young son of the plaintiff who was run over i
HELP! COPS WANTED
Here's a shance of a life time for
the husky young man whose ambition
It has been to wear a policeman's unl
form. Three men are wanted at once on the Hammond police force, and pro
viding the applicants can fill the varl
ous requirements, he will be placed on
the roll call.
In order to wear the blue uniform and brass buttons, the applicant must be 24 years old and not over 35. He
must present a physician's certificate declaring him In good health; must be
able to talk, read and write English
and above all, not only be sound in body, but in mind and In health. Also
he must undergo a certain test of
h eighth and weight requirements. N others need apply.
Because the spring vacations start May 1st. Chief Austgen is in need of
three men, and if able to fill the re
quirements will be placed on active
duty the first of next month. Beside
a position with the police department,
the new patrolmen may step in in tim
to get a raise in salary which was talked of several months ago. Those
who were lucky enough to get thei
vacations the 1st of May are Officers
Miller and Fandrie. They will be ab
sent fifteen days.
Back from St. Looey.
Art otewan or Hammond, who re
cently held Battling Nelson and a number of other well-known lightweights to a draw, returned from St. Loula yesterday morning, where he
has been engaged in a number of battles. In an eight-round bout last week
Art broke his hand in the third round
and by sticking the entire eight rounds
succeeded in gaining a draw.
Stewart Is In good shape and ex
pects to return in a short time, where
he is scheduled to meet several wellknown lightweights. While in the south Stewart met Kid Krug of Hammond and according to the way Krug
a putting them away is bound to be
a top-notcher in a short time.
EVEKY PAY IN THE WEEK It is being demonstrated that advertisements in the Times Real Estate Bargain Columns are the Best Investment that Times readers can negotiate. Try an "ad" there and be convinced. TTIhi YSmmes RJewsipaijoeFs 50,000 Readers Daily Hammond Grown Point Gary East Chicago Indiana Harbor Whiting Lake County at Large
Closed Season Starts.
Local nimrods who were not out
bright and early with their trusty
shooting irons this morning missed their last chance to go duck hunting, as the closed season will start tomor
row. This will be the last of spring
shooting for a number of years as a
recent law passed places a ban on
spring duck hunting. Duck hunters
have put In a good season this year, large bays of water fowl, having been killed dally.
Hunters are now looking forward t
snipe shooting and, according to the
large bags of water fowl having been
ly appearances, they expect some fine
shooting. A number of flocks of Jack
Snipe has been seen in this region.
VOICE OF F E O R lTb
time it will file its report with the secretary. i Tomorrow night the farmers' day committee will make a report as to the progress that has been made. The Mercy hospital committee will meet tonight to receive bids for the completion of the $100,000 structure.
A NEW SIGGESTIO.V. Lowell, Ind., April 14. Editor Times: For many years, owners of property in and near the Calumet rivers have
ON MAY 15; MORE POWER
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ASK FRANCHISES Special to Thb Times.) Whiting, Ind.. April 16. H. C.
Oreen, the manager of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Electric Hall
way Co., and a - representative of the
Gary & Interurban line both presented
franchises before the Whiting city
council last evening.
The franchises in no way conflict
except that the two lines both seek
rights on Dickey place from Indiana
Harbor to Whiting. This, however. Is
expected to be settled by a joint traffic agreement. The people of Whiting are pleased at the prospect of finally being put in transportation connection with Indiana Harbor and Gary.
SCARLET FEVER SPREADS HI GARY
a vroi v ouu 1 U i vl Ul UiXH laillUdU
talked and worked for drainage of the expects to have Its East Gary and Calumet region. It seems to be very AVilkinson substations in operation by difficult to get a satisfactory outlet for May 15. "Juice" wil be supplied from drainage and sewage without badly the Geist electric lighting plant at
polutlng the water of the lake neded Michigan City to operate the lines east for the cities and towns. A great many of Gary. With the new arrangement farmers and gardeners are buying and the company will be able to move very using large quantities of fertilizers on heavy traffic on the eastern division, their crops but could use very much a thing Impossible now. more. Would it not be possible to build
large pumping works at Gary and
Hammond to force the sewaice through
pipes to such a distance from the cities j DEATH VERDICT
that it could be used on lands that i .
would produce large quantities oi sucn ; ir. Frank V. Smith, expects to
food as Is needd in those cities? If announce the results of the inauest
practicable this would help to prevent over the remains of Mrs. Lenora Dicks
pollution of the water supply of those of Tollesson, some time today. Mrs.
Dicks died, it is charged, from the I effects of an Illegal operation. A war
rant will be sworn out as a result of the inquest, it is stated.
SMITH WITHHOLDS
ter opened his new play "A Thief for a Night" here, startled his fellow employes at McVicker"s theatre the other day by displaying a letter purport ing to be Irom his sister, namnlg him as heir to $2,000,000 of the estate left by the late Senator John V. Pry-den ot New Jersey, said to be his uncle. A dispatch from New York slates that the senator's will gave all but $20,000 to the widow and her two children and that Edward and Harriet Dryden. a niece and nephew, got the $20,000 However, Dryden resigned his position and will leave for Baltimore.
cities.
O. D1NWIDDIE.
DEATH FOLLOWS A FATAL STEP
STARTLES 60MRADES.
William Dryden, a stage carpenter, who was in Hammond two weeks ago with "Jack" Barrymore. when the lat-
EAST CHICAGO The Young People's Pedro club held their regular meeting, as usual, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Brimmer Saturday evening, April 12th. Eight games of cards were played and prizes
were awarded to the winners. After the cards were played a three-course luncheon was served. The members who attended were as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. William Brimmer, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dan
iels, Mrs Mary Deveny, Katie and Clover Deveny, Haitie Brimmer, Albertlna Koelivlts, Mrs. C. L. Cox, Joe Bishop, Ralph Gagnon, Fred Konow, Mr. Miller, Walter and Arthur Brimmer, Howard and James De-eny. The next meeting will be held, as usual, Saturday evening, April 26, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cox, 352 Johnson St., Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Goughnour and little son of Chicago visited with F. E. Snyder and family of 144th street over
Sunday. James P. Lewis, the Overland agent, has just sold and delivered a 1913 Overland five-passenger touring car to Joe Meade, the attorney at East Chicago. East Chicago defeated the Chicago Magnets in a well played game Sunday. "Cy" Young's pitching and Coleman's shoe-string catch were the features. The score was 2 to 0. Mrs. Kling of Chicago is spending the day , with her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Beidlnger. Little Virginia Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Howard of Magoun avenue, is quite sick with what threatens to be either rcarlet fever or diphtheria. The administration of antitoxin was considered, but before resorting to this a consultation was called and the Howards were expecting a specialist from Chicago today to give his diagnosis in the case. The Fin de Sciecle club met last night with Miss Lulu Funkhouser and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. The Ladies' Social Union of the Methodist church will meet at the church
for work tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Charles Spauding of Baring avenue, who has been sick fcr a week, is now Improving. Mrs. Johnson of One Hundred and Forty-fourth and Forsythe avenue, who has been suffering with typhoid fever for a couple of weeks. Is showing considerable improvement.
Tou get Instant warmth and comfort with a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.
Railroad Man Trapped in "f
Burning Peat Succumbs Months After Mishap.
War Breaks Out Among the Physicians Over the Situation.
SAVE TWE BBIFFEREMGE
You save from $3 to (10 on very loan you get from us. WE GUARANTEE IT. Wo will advance you any amount from 95 to flOO, on your furniture, piano or any Ilk goods, without removal, and give you your own time to pay us back, in small weekly or monthly payments.OUR RATES are positively the LOWEjT, and our EASY PLANS, make repayment as simple as BORROWING. A BIG REBATE if you pay your loan before DUE. PRIVATE. CONFIDENTIAL.
Loans made to people permanently employed on THEIR OWN NOTE. Borrow $& and pay back $6.50. Other amounts in the same proportion.
YOU'RE TO BLAME. IF YOU FORGET THE NAME. LAKE COUNTY LOAN GO. Horai 28 Rimbach Block. Over l.lon Stare. .P 21. H1XMAMD, INDIANA. Ofti tUI 8 in. every evealng. Saturday 9 p. in.
GIRL RETURNS HOME
TilUe Badgley a West. Hammond school girl 13 years old residing with her parents on Douglas avenue, who was reported missing to the police last Saturday Is at home again, having been away not more than twelve hours. She Is said to have gone as far as Sixtythird street with a girl friends, to see the sights of Chicago, but decided that it were better to return home where she would be safe.
A war has broken out between the Gary school physicians and the Gary health board over the rapid spread of scarlet fever in the steel city. It will be carried into the school board session tonight. The situation is this: The school doctors blame the health board for not enforcing a rigid quarantine. The health board blames the school doctors. Mayor Knotts Is siding with the health board and he threatens to sum-
mond Dr. Hurty of the state health board to come to Gary. The health board threatens to close the schools. In answer Mayor Knotts says that he'll have Dr. Hurty come to Gary and remove Dr. Millstone, Dr. Laue an dDr. Faulds unless they do their duty.
Tonight the interested parties will
be at the school board session tonight
to fight it out.
The scarlet fever epidemic Is spread
ing rapidly.
Tom T. D. Downs, 37 years old, one of the best known railway men in Gary Is dead. Mr. Downs, died at the United States Steel corporations emergency hospital where he had been a patient for the past few years. Injured at Griffith. Mr. Downs two and one-half years ago was severely Injured and had his health Impaired when he stumbled Into a burning peat bed at the E. J. & E. R. R. sand pit near Griffith. Fumes
that he Inhaled at the time caused him to decline rapidly.
He was taken to the South Chicago
steel works hospital where he was dis
charged as cured. Returning to work at the Kirk yards he was again taken ill. Mr. Downs passed away at 10:30 o'clock last night. He is survived by a wife and two children, who live in Tyler street, between Third and Fouth avenues. It Is probable that the remains will be taken to Orrville, O., for burial.
Another Death. Helna Z. Furnanska, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwlg Furnanska, 118 165th riace. West Hammond, died at the family residence at 5 a. m. this morning following a brief Illness. Funeral services will be held from the St. Andrew's church Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. Interment will be made at the Holy Cross cemetery.
Funeral Services. Funeral services over Mrs. Charley Seaman, 169 Clark street, sister of Councilman Oscar Flageman, will be held from the family residence Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Karnopp of the German Methodist church will officiate and Interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery.
Died on Way to Hospital. The negro who was taken ill while at his work in the C. & O. yards yesterday noon and died while being taken to St. Margaret's hospital, has been
identified as Charles Swanton. His
relatives reside in Georgia, but so far
all atetmpts to locate them have prov
en futile. Yesterday an Inquest . was held over the remains and death was
found to be due to heart trouble.
He was' 45 years old and for some months has been employed at the C. &
O. yards as a laborer. It is said that
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COME FROM REGION?
Suicide Buried at Laporte Yesterday May Be Resident of This District.
The remains of the unknown man who killed himself at Laporte by immersing his head in a pail of water
have been buried. Every effort was made by the authorities to identify the stranger. He was of Polish extraction and for this reason it may be possible that he came from Gary, Hammond. Whiting, East Chicago or Indiana Harbor, all of which contain Polish settlements. A description of the victim is as follows: Helghth, about 5 feet, 6 inches; rather Btout build, brown hair and blue eyes; full face, features indicating Polish nationality, wore coarse texture clothing, about 25 to 30 years old, black felt hat lay near the body, clasped rOBary In hand, heavy peg shoes were worn, letter "F" worked Into under clothing.
9,767 EMPLOYED
AT SOUTH WORKS The Calumet Record gives the following resume of operating conditions at the South Chicago steel works: MIIIb in operatlon-r-Eleven blast furnaces, twenty-four open hearth furnaces, Bessemer converting works, two rail mills, two plate mills, two structural mills, two blooming mills, slabbing mill, electric furnace, foundries, electric stations, all mechanical shops, gas engines, pumping stations, ore bridges, dry blast plant, sintering plant. No. 2 cement plant (south works), three cement plants Buffington). Mills down North and south docks.
There Is no change In the schedule of "mills in operation" or" the total number of employes working since last week's issue. The total number of employes working is 9.767.
GARY POLICE ARREST TWO Since yesterday the Gary police have arrested Joseph Steeno and Louis Cashl in connection with Sunday and Monday holdups. They will be given a hearing in city court today. William Robertson, who was shot in the breast just over the heart in the early Monday morning holdup. Is able to be around today.
Say. mi, II that pipe ef nine wttk Fcrrx or Country CInb. They arc union made. Each package contains nremlnsn tickets. McHie-Seotten Tobaec Cn.
COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEE'S MEET The city harbor committee of the Gary Commercial club will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at which
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HARBOR BUILDING COMPANY'S ATTRACTIVE AND MODERN HOMES AT INDIANA HARBOR $300.00 to $500.00 OR MORE CASH Balance to suit purchaser. are located in the best part of INDIANA HARBOR. Streets are paved, have CEMENT SIDEWALKS, SEWER, WATER, GAS and ELECTRIC LIGHT. Mr. Frank J. Olson, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, No. 3811 Drummond Street, 'Phone: "INDIANA HARBOR No. 347-J", will show these HOUSES daily between 1 and 5 o'clock P. M. No. 3737 Carey Street: Cottage, FIVE ROOMS and Bath. Lot 27x123 feet. (Cement Basement) all modern, now rented for $20.00 1 per month. Price .$2,475.00 No. 3727 Carey Street: TWO STORY SEVEN ROOM Cottage with Bath. Lot 27x123 feet. Cement Basement. VERY ATTRACTIVE. Price. 3,525.00 No. 3730 Ivy Street: TWO STORY, SIX ROOMS AND BATH. Lot 35x123.6 feet. BRICK BASEMENT, FURNACE HEAT. Combination Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Rented now for $25.00 per month. Price 3,275.00 No. 3728 Ivv Street: TWO STORY HOUSE, SIX ROOMS AND BATH. Lot 35x123.6 feet. BRICK BASEMENT. STOVE HEAT. Combination Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Nice house ready for .ocupancy. Price 3,125.00 EAST FRONT on Drummond Street, between 138th and 139th Sts: TWO STORY, SEVEN ROOM Residence with Attic and Bath. Lot 33x123 feet. Combination Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Hot Water Heat. Handsome Residence ready for occupancy. Price $4,475.00 WEST FRONT on Drummond Street, between 138th and 139th Sts: TWO STORY, SEVEN ROOM and Bath Residence. Lot 33x123 feet. Combination Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Hot Water Heat. Home to be proud of, ready for occupancy. Price '. 4,225.00 No. 3726 Euclid Avenue. Two Story, Five and Six Room BRICK Flats. Individual porches. Bath, Oak Floors and Oak Trim. Rented now for $600.00 a vear to first class tenants. SPECIAL Price 5,975.00 Chicago Title and Trust Co 's Guaranty Policy and Abstract with each House. ON ALL ABOVE HOUSES WE WILL GIVE SPECIAL PRICE FOR CASH. We also have a number of very attractive lots in the best residence districts of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Beacon Street, East Chicago, 50 feet ....$1,100 and up. Magoun Avenue, East Chicago, ?71a to 50 feet 900 and up. Ivy, Drummond and Carey Streets, Ind. Harbor, 33 to 35 feet . . . 500 and up. ALBERT Os W. ERSKHNE 226 South La Salle St., Chicago, III. 'Phone Wabash No. 1368 at' my expense by having charges reversed.