Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 263, Hammond, Lake County, 18 April 1913 — Page 1

LAKE WEATUKB, FAIR, FOLLOWED BY COOLER TOMORROW. EDITION VOL. VTL, NO. 263. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers S Cents Copy.)

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Bull Moosers Elect Organi zation at Meeting Last Night; C. G. Kingwill Is Named Chairman; Com mitteemen Named. Hammond voters may look forward to at least . three . tickets In the city campaign this fallf the progressives at re-organization meeting last night having ' decided to nominate, a full ticket. There were about sixty voters at the .meeting-, which was held in the Mooss hall, in State street, and which was presided over by C. G. Klngwell. The latter was re-elected city chair man, while Milo M. Bruce and V,'. C. Belman were elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. ' In addition to the election of officers precinct committeemen 'were elected for all the precincts that were represented and those, left vacant are to be filled by the chairman's appointment.-- -Take l"p a Collection. The meeting last night cast aside political precedent by appointing a press committee, . composed . of Messrs. W. C. Belman. F. M. Elliott and Mllo M." Bruce, whose doing It shall be to place before the voters the doings of the party. This committee acted to day by supplying the local newspapers with a succinct statement relative to last night's meeting. The press committee's report says among other things , Continued on page ten.) TOM JORDAN NEW ESQUIRE The Hammond Order of Elks No. 485 held their regular meeting at their club rooms last evening and with the exception of the regular routine work nothing of . importance occurred. Appointments, wer'-. made by Exalted Ruler F. N. Hitchcock, H. C. Green. Dave Hlrsch and D. ;C. Atkinson being made house governors while Thomas Jordon was appointed esqutre. The house governors are arranging to rearrange and refurnish the club rooms In the near future. Shanty Ordered Moved. A watchman's shanty at the intersection of Conkey and Calumet avenues was today ordered moved to another site so as to insures a clear view for vehicle drivers. The change was ordered by the board of public works. Moving the shanty some little distance will greatly remedy the dangerous grade crossing situation. WIFE DEFENDS NAME OF MURDERED TAILOR George Dietz and Mrs. George Dietz. Mrs. George Dietz, widow of the rich Chicago tailor and milliner who was murdered in his home early Monday, defends his memory indignantly against the imputation that his murder was an act of revenge. . Police have sought to connect his death with the recent death of Edna Ruth Frederkkson from an Illegal operation, and a former sweetheart of the Fredarickson girl has been sought by them. Stories have it that Dietz had been dogged for some time before his death by snen of threatening asjpecL

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STARTED Hammond property owners who for lack of time are unable to appear before the board of public works at Its regular . morning sessions to remonstrate or inquire regarding the proposed deep sewer system will have an opportunity of -doing so next Tues day evening at a city hall meeting, which Is called for 7:30 o'clock. - The time for remonstrating has been set for today, but In order to give the property owners a better oppor tunity to get a hearing. It was decided to hold this matter over until i next Wednesday. In the meantime the mass meeting Is to be held next Tuesday evening. There were a few Inquirers at the meeting this morning, but no remon strance was filed. LttFfii Stmt Contract. The Inquirers were Informed by Peter J. Lyons, the city civil engineer, that the approximate cost per average north side lot, 25x125, based on his estimate would be $16.85, the cost being figured by the square foot area in a lot and not by Its frontage. For lots, however, fronting on streets through which the district mains or trunk lines will pass, the assessment will be higher, this property being charged with getting the benefit of at least an 18-inch local sewer, although In every Instance the sewer may be two and three times this size. The charge Is for an 18-inch sewer only and Is estimated at $41.85 per lot, to which must be added $13 for house connections. The aforementioned $16.85 Is the assessment against the average north side lot which Is benefited by the district sewer, but does not abut it On the south side of the river, the assessment per lot, for the Michigan avenue trunk from Hohma nstreet to Calumet avenue will run approximately $13.32 per average lot. The board this morning awarded the contract for th Penn avenue sewer 15 inches in diameter, to the Calumet Sew er Construction company, at $1.53 per running foot, an $7 for house connections. " HAUiDJilAII GETS BIG JOB J. W. Reed to Build Masonic Temple for Laporte This Year. Contract for the big new Masonic temple in Laporte was let yesterday afternlon by the commitee in session in the Elks' club. J. "Wesley Reed, of Hammond, was the low bidder, his figures being below the estimate and tabulated lower than the other bid ders, there being nine in all. The tabulated bids were not given out this afternoon as the commitee was still in session at press time. Ingwald Moe of Gary was the second low man. The contract calls for one of the finest buildings of Its kind in this part of the country, with office suites and tore rooms besides commodious lodge rooms on the third and fourth floors. The estimate of the cost of the building is $80,000 and the building is to have one of the finest sites in the city. The contract let this afternoon prorides construction should begin at once and that the building be ready for occupancy not later than February 1, 1914. FEDERAL COURT HAS ADJOURNED The federal court at Hammond adjourns yesterday after the collapse of the case on trial there. As there were no other cases at issue the court went back to Indianapolis. Judge Anderson, who has expressed his disapproval of Hammond hotels. was taken 'to' the Country club for din ner for the first time and changed his opinion of. Hammond.. After seeing Hohman street, Hammond's show residential thoroughfare, Harrison park and finally the Country club he began to sit up and take notice Falls From Wagon. On a warrant sworn out by his wife. charging that her husband mistreatd and struck her, J. H. Snyder, residing at Hessville was arrested by Cons table John Huber of Judge Prest's court. The case came up for trial yes terday afternoon and a change of venue was granted to Judge Ame's court. The case will come up for trial! tomorrow morning. Store to Be Sold. Henry Bicknell's store is to be sold by L. L. Bomberger, the administrator of the estate, this afternoon. There will be lively 'bidding for the place, and it Is understood that the price is being boosted up to a good figure. This is due to the fact that the Gary & Interurban cars wait there. " CNIO.' SCOUT SCRAP, COUSTHT CLUB and FOREX plag; eat frrowlns y leap and bound. Quality aBd quantity count with consumers. MeHIe S. Tob. Co, -Aav,

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Every city in the Calumet region was represented at the meeting of the Indiana State Manufacturers & Shippers' association, wliich was held In the rooms of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, under the ausnlces of the organization, which was Its host and the Hammond Manufacturers' association. The meeting was a very profitable one and ability of Assistant Secretary Lee of the State association as a promoter was responsible for the great interest shown. An attendance of 160 manufacturers and shippers was ..reported. Judge Virgil S. Belter was the presiding officer and In the introductory remarks he urged the manufacturers and shippers of the Calumet region to Join the Indiana Manufacturers' and Shippers' association. Judge "Wood, who as a member of the railway commission of Indiana, has proven his friendship for Hammond in forcing the building of a new Monon depot, wrote that he would be unable to be present. Zartman Make Ffae Talk. J. V. Zartman, the secretary of the association, told of the fight that had (Continued on page 11.) DEATH CLAIMS ii Father of R. S. Groman of Hammond, and Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddie Is Dead. (Special to TUB Times.) Milwaukee, Wis., April 18. Henry Groman, Wisconsin and Michigan representative of., the. V. C Free Sewing Machine' company, died last night at the otel Aberdeen, In this city, after a very brief illness from pneumonia. The remains will be sent to Crown Point for burial Immediately and the inter ment will be at Crown Point Saturday at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian church. Crown Point Shacked. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., April 18. This city was shocked to hear of the death of Henry Groman. . He- had been 111 less than a week when he was attacked by pneumonia, and while very sick no fears had been entertained as to his recovery until with a few hours of his death. His daughter, Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddie of this place, and his son, Ralph S. Groman of the F. S. Beta Co. of Hammond, arrived yesterday afternoon too late to see Mr. Groman alive, so sudden a turn for the worse did he take. They, with Mrs. Groman, the widow, will return today. The decedent Is survived also by several brothers and sisters. Mr. Groman is an old Lake county citizen, having been born near Brunswick. He Is well known In many Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michi gan cities, where his work took him. He formerly represented the Singer company In Indiana. SHROETER PAINFULLY INJURED In an attempt to pass an automobile ' on Columbia avenue yesterday after- i noon, B. A. Schroeter, 10232 Avenue L, South Chicago, was painfully injured when his motorcycle collided with a bicycle. He was thrown Into the ditch, rendering him unconscious and suffering a deep gash on his head. He was unconscious until he was taken to St. Margaret's hospital, but today is reported getting along nicely and in no serioua danger. Schroeter was riding north on Columbia avenue and as he tried to pass an automobile he failed to notice a man riding south on a bicycle. The two machines collided with considerable force, both riders and machines going Into the .ditch. At first It was thought that Schroeter had suffered a fractured skull, but upon a consultation at St. Margaret's hospital it was found that he escaped with a deep gash on his head and a number of bruises about his body. Although the man on the bicycle escaped uninjured the machine was damaged. Both men are said to have been equally at fault, as they became confused In trying to avoid a collision. The relatives of Schroeter at South Chicago were notified by the Hammond police. Masonic Work. A number of candidates are to receive the entered apprentice degree in the Blue lodge tonight. The order of Malta will be conferred upon fifteen at the regular meeting of the.Commandery next Monday evening. Pour candidates received the past and most excellent master degrees in the chapter on Wednesday night. - What's In a naraeT Try WIXGGOLD ehewlns tobacco ' and you'l know the oiwtr. Mc Hie-Scot ten Tobacco Co.

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John E. W. Wayman former states attorney of Chicago died at his home there this morning after, shooting himself yesterday afternoon within the hearing of his wife and children. Later Mrs." Wayman kneeling over his. prostrate body, asked him why he hid. it. He said he was sorry. His doctor declares that the dead man's end was due to his overwrought nervous condition. He had been working under a strain since he was beaten for the republican nomination for governor. Wayman was well-known in Hammond because of his refusal to assist Virginia Brooks Washburn in her famous West Hammond clean-up crusade. Wayman scoffed at the girl.

AGREEMENT SIGNED f BY SWITCHMEN j 1 i Controversy Ended by Road and Union Agents. Representatives of the railroads and 5,000 switchmen in the Chicago dls trict yesterday signed their agreemen made the day before, officially ending : the strike. Among the concessions se-' cured by the switchmen are several they had striven for in previous nego-" tlations. P. Neill and Assistant Commissioner G. W. W. Hanger, the media- , tors, left last night for Washington. I SHE won't object to YOUR amoklng In HER parlor IF TOt USE FOREX SMOKING TOBACCO Mcllle-Scottrn Tobnrro Co. VIOLATOR 5? OF FOOD LAW ARE HIS PREY ? - - -X- A 'fc,f.' Francis O. Caffey. Francis G. Caffey is the new solicitor of the department of agriculture. He succeeds George B. McCabe. The office is an important one, . as the solicitor prosecutes the cases against the violators of th e pure food laws. Mr. McCabe came Into prominence in the Wiley , fight when he was accused of not properly prosecuting the government's suits. v

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; ; Horse and Buggy Collide on South Hohman Street Last Night. A broken steering column resulted in an automobile accident on South Hohman street yesterday afternoon when an automobile driven by Dr. G. L. Smith became uncontrollable and plunged into a passing horse and buggy.. Wm. Ginatio, a saloonkeeper, residing south of Oak Hill cemetery, was slightly injured and was removed to his home in M. A. Dlckover's automobile. ' The accident occurred on South Hohman street, near Carroll, yesterday afternoon at about 5:30 o'clock. Dr. Smith J was on his way home In his automobile j and as he neared Carroll street the j steering rod came loose. He .applied I the brakes and shut off the power, but I the machine became uncontrollable and i dash'ed into the buggy in which inatio J was riding. The injured man was taken to his j home at once, where it was found that i he suffered a cut over his eye and shoulder. His ankle was also wrenched , and a lew bruises. Although he Is re- 1 ported to be under a physician's care 1 today, he Is getting along nicely. The ! buggy was damaged to a slight extent ' and the horse's right leg Injured. Funeral Services. Funeral services over George Schuster, who was instantly killed at the Standard Steel Car works Tuesday evening when a crane load of steel fell upon him, were held from the Lutheran Evangelical church this afternoon at 2o'clock. The Rev. Hoeffer officiate and interment was made at Oak Hill cemetery. Schuster Is survived by a widow and five children, residing on the Ridge road, south of Hammond. Making Improvements. Plans are being carried out for the re-modeling of the Interior of the fruit store, opposite the Lake County Savings & Trust Co., in Hammond. A -new fountain has been installed, new fixtures are being put In,, there is to be a marble wainscoting In the soft drink parlor, a new electric piano is to be installed and there will be no more attractive plae In Hammond.

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Hammond, Gary, Whiting and East Chicago Buildings Are Critiiczed by Trade. Publication In Warning

New York, April 18. That Hammond, Whiting, Gary and East Chicago have unsafe school houses is charged by Insurance Engineering, a New Tork publication, out today. The taxpayers and the school authorities of these cities may not like the accusation, but It is made, nevertheless, and may cause the fathers and mothers of those hustling and well known middle western cities to sit up and take notice that they will become active in correcting conditions. Tnere Are Many Others. But these are not the only Indiana cities against which similar charges are made. With "them Insurance En or Adam Stachovlcas, recently elected t the office of police magistrate in West Hammond over the head of Judge F. Green, has disposed of his saloon busi ness to his two sons, Andrew and John, who will take possession of the place May 1. Judge Stachovics and his son, Frank, will open up a real estate office in West Hammond, as they see a good opportunity and splendid future ,ln West Hammo t1 testate;" . Judge- Stachoviei believes that West Hammond, will have a big boom in the next year or so, and he and his son want to get in on the ground floor in the real estate and insurance business. The judge and his sons have the confidence of the people of West Hammond and Hammond, and It is expected that they will make a great success of their new venture. BAD FIRE 111 . WESTJAMHOHD Baby's Life Is Saved Just in the Nick of Time in a Thrilling Rescue. A second fire which broke out) at half past one o'clock last night completed the damage and destruction wnich a nre in tne Andrew icKiey store, corner Garfield and Freeland avenues, West Hammond had begun yesterday noon. The one story frame building and its contents is a total loss amounting to $3,000, a third of . which Is said to be covered by insurance. The origin of the noon fire is Bald to have been, due to . an overheated stove in the kitchen in the rear of the store where the Rickley family lives. All the city water happened to be shut off at the time when it wm discovered owing to some repairs that were being made on the city water meter at the State Line and State street. The Hammond fire department No. 1 was called and was of . some assistance after the water had been turned on. Mrs. Rickley Is said to have saved her baby Just In time from one of the bedrooms. Sixty dollars which she had hidden under a mattress shortly before the fire broke out burned up with the bed. Many articles In the store could have been saved by the people who rushed to the scene, but they were afraid of a gasoline explosion. The fire last night is thought o have been due to smouldering embers In the ruins or to crossed wire. The Hammond fire department No. 1 responded again as did also the volunteer department of West Hammond. What was not ruined at noon was destroyed last night.. For a time there was a continual popping of overheated canned goods ab the tins exploded. The Rickley familv was not sleeping In the house at the time of the fire having found shelter with neighbors for the night. ! Martin Released. : Edward J. Martin, who was booked at the Hammond central police station yesterday morning on a charge of doing plumbing work without a license, was discharged by the order of Chief Austgen. Martin is employed as a plumber by the Illinois Beer Co., they having made necessary arrangements to secure a license. Is your house cold wien you reach borne? Get Gas Heating Stove. No. ind. qas & Elec Co.

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gineering . includes also, Alexandria, Anderson, Bedford, Bloomlngton, Brazil, Clinton, Columbus, Connersviile, Crawfordsville, Elkhart, ' Klwood, Evansvllle. Fort Wayne, Frankfort, Goshen, Greensburg, Hartford. Huntington, Indianapolis, Jeff ersonvllle. Kokomo, Lafayette, Laporte, Lebanon, Linton, Logansport, Madison, Marion, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Mount Vernon, Mascie. New Albany, Newcastle, Noblesville, Peru, Portland, Princeton, Rich-:; mond, Seymour, Shelbyville,.- Terre -Haute, Valparaiso, Vinoennts , and Washington. . Are Built Bun. Introducing this list of Indiana cities and cities in other states where (Continued on page 12.) The promotion schemes , of ' former representative E. W. Wickey of East Chicago have . gotten into the - courts again. Formerly ' It was his 1 plan- -to form a company for theimarurfacture.of artificial ice in Lake county that would control the- business. That failed and now he has attempted to promote an Insurance company. '....''; '. .' The deal was to purchase, the Anchor Life Insurance company fpr , $125,000 but the $5,009 'check 'on ' the Indiana Trust & Savings Bank which Mr. Wlckey. gave as payment- -of -earnest money to close the deal went to protest. It was the suit to collect the $5,000 earnets money that aired the whole transaction. Bur a Oat Bookwalter. - The complaint ' relates that la March, 1913 WIckey entered the check, that it was endorsed to the Fletcher Na(Contlnued on Page 10.) STILL FIGHTING THE BATTLE Reports' from the bedside of Hugh Burns at St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond are to the effect that he is still holding, his. own .against the odds against which he is battling for his life.. Burns was wounded in the shooting at Schneider tn Monday night and has four bullet wounds. - t - : JJOOSIER INVENTOR BREAKS ALL RECORDS Homer N. Mot singer. Homer N. Motsineer of Lafayette, Ind., has itist accomplished by the use of a new invention cf hie own design seemingly impossible feat, li an official test held recently in Indianapolir he proved his claims of beinar able to renerate enoneh enerp-v from a lone eaTlo": ff easoline to end the eon'.valent of a neponnd welrht aoproTimatelv three and one-hlf times arormd the world. He attaehed his new carburetor to an old automobile in maVinjr the official test, and after breaking all world's records declared that he would be able to even better the re-, markable showing under more favorable condition

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