Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 266, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1913 — Page 1

AK EVENING EDITION WEATHER. Fair today, probably followed by showers at night or Wednesday. TIM A 'J VOL. VII., NO. 266. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 3 Cents Copy.) HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1913

THE

COUNTY

PIGS IS PIGS, 1 CLARK HE SAYS SO

Hammond capital Is being interested In Arkansas hog ranches. Dr. J. T. Clark, who is the promoter, having already induced quite a number of persons to Invest in a co-operative cor

poration which he is organizing. For the present he will restrict the sale of stock to Hammond, as it is his intention to organize similar companies in other communities; He has secured an option on 700 acres near Clio, Ark., In the center of the stato. Dr. Clark Is very enthusiastic about bis project. Although fully convinced himself, he sent Louis, E. Long of Springfield, 111., father of Saylor Long of Hammond, into the Clio district to look at it from an expert's viewpoint. Mr. Long formerly had an 1.100-acre hog ranch near Springfield, and he, too, )s an enthusiast. Dr. Clark says hog raising in this part of Arkansas on a Jarge scale is feasible because the land is cheap, some of it being covered with timber, and because the climate is mild and alfalfa and clover are so plentiful that for the greater part of the year the swine can take care of themselves. Markets within easy shipping distance provides a steady price, he says. It is Dr. Clark's idea to fully organize the company, and to hire a practical and experienced hog raiser who shall manage the ranch for the corporation.

ADViS

CTZENS

Gets Number of Bids. L L. Bomberger has received a number of bids on the store formerly owned by Henry Bicknell. He has until May 1 In which to sell. While he will not say who has bid for the lease

and fixtures, it is understood that a

number of enterprising Greeks, as well

as native Americans are bidding for the location. In the meantime the

business is being run by the administrator until, it is sold.

POLICE "CHIEF WINS PAROLE FOR "PAL"

COHITTEE

The members of the Hammond board of education meet tonight again for the purpose of considering further the matter of the sale of the Hohman street property for the purpose of raising the money with which to build a manual training school. Among the things that will be taken up is the suggestion of Fred Krost that an advisory committee of three citizens be appointed to advice the board about various phases of the project. Krost says that the present board is open and above board in everything that it does and It wants thellght of day thrown on its transactions. He says that the present board is

willing to have every act scrutinized by the people and fo? that reason he asks that a committee of three be appointed to advise the board in all matters of policy.

"CHILD BERNHARDT," THEY CALL MARIE ELI NE, BUT DOTING ADMIRERS CAN'T TURN LITTLE MOVIE ACTRESS' HEAD

GREEK IS WHiKNOWH IF! REGION

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Hammond "and Gary Greeks from

whose colonies ment went to the front

for the Balkan war, are very much In

terested in the return of Captain George

Petropulous of 914 West Polk Btret, Chicago who many of them know.

When the call went out for fighting

men to enlist in the "war of humanity"

against the Turk, Petropulous was the

first to respond. His enlistment papers were the first to be issued from the

offlre of .Nicholas Salopoulos, Greek

consul in (jhlcanb. ".' " ' "

The captain returned somewhat shat

tered in-health after, lying for three

weks in a field hospital near Janina, but

he made light of his injuries, and his eyes sparkled as he told stories of the heroism of the Chicago boys who had gone to the front when their country

needed them. He was met at the Polk street station

by a delegation of the Greek-American

Athletic club, of which he is vice presi

dent, and by committees from other

Hellenic societies.

Many were the inquiries he received

as to absent friends. Occasionally a

name would be mentioned In a hushed

voice, and it was understood that one

more face familiar in Blue Island avenue or Halsted street would not be seen again. There was some consolation, however. In the stories of bravery told by the home-comer. Of the 5,000 young Greeks from the Gary steel mills, from West Hammond and from the heart of the West Side, more than 100 lost their lives. Captain Petropoulos, however, could give good accounts of them. They were foremost, he'said, in the line of battle. The fact that they were Greek-Americans gave them confidence.

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Fear poses of Marie Ella (ThMitaar K!d". At tho lcrWer left sh is seen with Mijnon Anderson in "Child 'Bernhardt of h Movias" they call littla Maxir Elina, who ha joat toened her ele7oth year. Eha ia generally regarded ai the elavarest child in raoyin petoe. She haa been paying: in the ailent drama for three years, and before that won a repatatior r, the . legitimate stage., little .Mias Eline has a reputation abroad as well as in Aaierica, and has admtreifs whereTer piovirig pictures are shown.'

MAYOR KNOTTS REVOKESJ LICENSE Former Hammond Man Is Accused of Serious Charges in Court.

KASPERS DENY

MAN'S STORY. Max Berthold, in charge of the bath

house on the lake front park, in Hammond, in 1910, has started an ac

tion to recover $333.46 which is alleged

to have been paid by him to Joe T. Kasper, Daisy M. Kasper and Jacob Kasper for the privilege of running the bathhouse.

Berthold says that he paid the city t26

for the right to run the bathhouse for one year. . He says that when he went to take charge that one of the Kaspers

came to him and said that they had great influence with the city officials and that the contract would be taken away from him unless Berthold shared his profits with them. Berthold says in his complaint that he started to divide his profits and that he gave various sums of money to each of the three defendant Kaspers. Accordingly now that he finds that it was not necessary for him to divide tip he sues for the money paid over, namely $383. Joe Conroy filed the case. The Kaspers deny the story.

The saloon license of , John F. Fitzgerald of Gary who formerly condurted a saloon in the Central block of Hammond was revoked by Mayor T. E.

Knotts this morning. Fitzgerald's place is at Ninth avenue and Madison street. Mayor Knotts ordered Fitzgerald's arrest on a charge of being accessory to the fact, after a hold-up which Is said to have taken place in

his saloon lats Friday night. Testi

mony was, given in the city court by Mary Gamble who Is accused of "sticking up" a patron of the saloon for $300. This, led to the mayor's action. It is the first time that such ' action has ben taken by the mayor.

They Want iThem, Too. SCowvthat State, street property owners have definitely decided in favor of ornamental lights from Hohman st. to Oakley avenue, Hohman street property owners, too, are getting busy on a similar project. At the suggestion of Mayor Smalley the State street property owners, have decided on a five-cluster pyramid light, the object of this being that all globes can be seen at once, a, thing not possible with the four side arrangement. It was his suggestion too that the iron poles be cast so as to have little sockets in which " flags may be stuck for festive occasions. Mayor Smalley gained both of these Ideas when he attended the Potlatch celebration in Seattle, Wash., last year.'

THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKH COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THH TIMES.

WHITING YOUNG rilAll KILLED III MISSOURI John Farley Falls From Box Car While On Trip Seeking Employment.

Chief of Police McWeeny (tep) and James F. Murphy.

James F. Murphy, "pal" of Chief cf Police McWeeny of Chicago, was recently paroled from the Richmond, Va., prison by request of the police chief. Murphy was serving' his second term and promised to reform if given a chance. He traveled a beat with McWeeny twenty-five years ago in Chicago. Both have Just returned to the Windy Sity, where Murphy will be given a job. Murphy was arrested for horse stealing.

Gets Third Place. The Hammond Christian church choir was given third place and honorable mention last night in a contest held in the California Avenue Congrational church-in Chicago. This annual is one for choir directors, of which Clark Learning, director of the Christian church choir is a member. Nine choirs took part in the contest.

NETER7SAY DIE,"IS SUFFRAGET'S SLOGAN

BOARD CONSIDERS

G. SS.FR

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind.. April 22. The

Lake county commissioners are meeting today for the purpose of granting the franchise to the Gary & Southern

for an entrance into Hammond and

also to hear the case of Wladyslaw

Olszeskl vs. John Budzik, a petition to set aside a transfer.

It appears that the holder of a license

left his wife, and the commissioners, in order to save for her the remnant of a business transfered the license to her agent.

Now. the husband comes back and

seeks to have the transfer set aside. The cases will be heard this afternoon

by the board. The board also expects to go out to the fair grounds to see how the work of laying out the proper-

ty recently purchased for fair ground purposes is progressing. John Donnahue has been appointed superintendent of the work. There Is no doubt that the Gary A Southern will get the franchise it asks for but here were a few matters that are to be taken up today. This is a special meeting of the board and so only certain matters may be considered At the May meeting of the board the contract for four bridges is to be let. One on South Hohman street at the Little Calumet river, one where the Hart ditch crosses the Ridge road, one at East Chicago where the canal crosses Forsythe avenue and one at Hobart-where the road entering Hobart crosses the mill race.

CANDIDATES

III 4TH WARD

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While the voters of Hammond proper are still at sea about the personnel of the various tickets that are to be placed in the field for the municipal campaign this fall, the Robertsdale

l""Z r ,7.77 Permits providing for over a million are quite certain of their candidates! d a p dollar8 worth of bulM, It ! lmost settled act that for . ,n Chicago and Indiana Harthe Robertsdale people hat Henry F werj te Uet according Eggers, the present councilman. w to the report of BulldlBr Commlsslaner run again and that he will have for his u HoutBchM whlch ha. Jult be4m

democratic opponent t-nii rMoiai. ivr- . , .

completed.

The report covers the period between

mer superintendent of the Knickerhni.1rik. nnmna n v' m i fh Ctt 1 A1B SI A rtflll-

rtv t 'Tn fort -Phil" has al- Jan' 1912 nd Dec- 81 th "am year'

ready opened his campaign. Recently i

he severed his connection with his em

ploying corproatton. Both Eggers and Smidt are popular in the Fourth ward. The latter has a

saloon and boarding house, which he ! made famous with his fish dinners. Mr. i

Eggers ia engaged in the teaming contracting business.

School Board Re-Elected. At an election of members of the school board in West Hammond last Saturday: evening Mesprs. Walter R. Patterson, .George Knott and Fred Slegrlst were re-elected. Mr. Patterson Is the president of the board.

THE TIMES IS TKYIJTO HARD TO MERIT THE SUCCESS IT HAS ACHIEVED.

(Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., April 22. Residents and relatives of this city were shocked beyond measure this morning to learn

of the untimely death of John Farley, 615 John street who was killed in on accident at Facific, Missouri yesterday afternoon. Although the telegram did not bear the details of the accident, Farley fell from the top of a box car and was instantly killed beneath its wheels. With Henry Peterson of Whiting Farley left a week ago In search of employment. They were bound for a

Missouri city whose name could not be learned. There they hoped to secure work. The telegram stated that

Farley met his death at Pacific, Mo., yesterday afternoon. It is thought

that he was riding on top of a freight train and that Peterson was a witness to the tragedy. Farley was 25 years old and has been a resident of Whiting all his life. He

was well known and thought of by all his wide circle of friends. Before leaving Whiting he was employed as a bollermaker. Besides a mother he

is survived by a wife and baby. Un

dertaker Owens left this morning to take charge of the remains. Funeral arrangements wil .be announced later.

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BUSINESS DONE

BY AUTO DEALERS

. Two or three auto dealers have thus far this season done the bulk of the business in supplying new automobiles to Hammond buyers. Tho Ford agency now held by A. F. Eldam, in which John Schmueser still has an interest, reports the sale of si-x teen Fords thus far and eight prospects pending. John Schmueser is the sole agent for the Buick car and has already sold five and says that he has three prospects in. sight. H. C. Friederlchs, proprietor of the Square Deal garage, has the agency for the Moline, and the Studebaker touring cars and 'the Service truck. Of the latter he has sold four. Of the touring cars he sold seven Moilnes and five Studebakers. E. F. Kunert former owner of the

Fayette street garage, is devoting his

time to the sale of the Mitchell car and has sold in the neighborhood of five this season. S These are about the only men in the city that devote practically all of their time to the auto business, but agencies for other good cars are held by others, who have no sales to report yet for this season. C. H. "Stewart, who made a big killing with the popular Maxwell two and tljree years ago. Is somewhat handicapped this year because of the delay In the arrival of the latest Maxwell model. It is understood that the Maxwell peopfe are working out a model which Is to be their standard for this and the next season. . Mr. Stewart also has the agency for the Wniton. J. W. McMullen, who Is connected with the East Chicago Transfer & Express company., has the Hammond agency for the Overland car. This widely advertised machine has found a number of purchasers in Hammond.

SOUTH SIDE REALTY COMPANY FORMED

Incorporation papers have been forwarded to Indianapolis by Attorney Geo. B. Sheerer for the incorporation of the South Side Realty company of Hammond, he being one of the stockholders. The other stockholder are Dr. H. C. Groman and Gus Muenich, proprietors of the Mee hotel building, and Anton Tapper and Joseph Ruff. The capital stock is ?80,000, which is represented by the company's holdings. The South Side Realty company takes over the Groman-Muenich building, which is now occupied by the Mee hotel, and also intends to engage in further real estate developments. It Is within the company's present plans to buy from Mr. Muenich the fifty feet adjoining the five-story hotel and improve it with a modern building. It was Messrs. Groman and Muenich, who gave Hohman street additional prestige by erecting their five-story building in this same neighborhood. Mrs. Mary Huehn has plans completed for a two-story brick building on

the fifty feet adjoining the Knoerrer property at the corner of Hohman and Muenich court, the front of which Is to be uniform with the Knoerzer building. The main floor . of the proposed Huehn building may be turned into a theatre, the plans providing for this. Several prospective tenants have already put In an application for a lease, it is said.

and the figures are divided Into .three

sets, those which cover the permits granted for business blocks, those for dwellings and those for additions, new celars etc. ' .' 'r , , The main feature of the . building operations last year was naturally enough business buildings. These include the work done by" the factories as well as the business; blocks within the business district such as stores, banks etc. The permit for work of. this nature were lumped under ' the sum cf $910,250, dwellings I336.S00 ad ditions and Improvement at $80,J9.?0. r December- shewed'-1 great? delmand for permits, when application was made for the erection of seventeen busines sbuildings. Involving a cost of $369,650. April, 1912 folows with a, record of sixteen business blocks for the lump sum of $161,200 May and September, were about even as to th cost

of the buildings for which - permits -were applied. May however exceeding

September In the number of Its. buildings. The cost of buildings represented by the two permits granted in September, amounted to $100,025, while ia May eight permits were granted, the buildings they represented costing

$100,800. May was the busiest time for twelllngs when permits covering an expenditure of $75,800 were issued.

while in June the figures were $55,150

and in April $49,525.

SHE won't object to YOUR moUin la HER parlor IF YOU USE FOREX SMOKING TOBACCO. McHle-Scottea Tobacco Co.

MARSHALL'S AID IS SOUGHT BY WOMEN

Mrs. Maude W. Park. -Mrs. Maude W. Park is chairman of the Boston Woman Suffrage party, and as such is about the busiest suffragist in Massaschusetts. She works for "the cause" the year round. As a member of the legislative commitee of the state association much of Mrs. Park's most ; valuable work has been done. It has ben said that she s the only woman the discriminating Bay State legislators like to hear.-

Mrs. Park is one of the directors of the Boston City Federatio nof Women's Clubs and is active in the work of the Conference Commission for Moral Edu

cation. '

INTEREST IN NEW CIRCUIT. Laporte, Ind., April 22. Interest in the races in the new Crown Point-Go-shen-Casopolis circuit is becoming widespread, as J. J. Mecum, secretary of the circuit, receives almost daily Inquiries, as a result of the advertising that Is appearing in, the various horse Journals.- - Today Mr. Mecum received a letter from H. T. Westbrooke, one'of the owners of the Brantford Brewing Co., at Brantford, Ont., and the owner also of a stable of horses, who writes that if he can enter his horses in the circuit, and feel sure that all of the stake races will fill, he will come here with his string. Mr. Mecum has also receH'ed word from Albert H. Merrill of Danvers, Mass., one of the best known starters in the' country.

inquiring regarding the position of starting judge in the circuit. Already this position has been filled in Laporte

by the appointment of W. F. Adams.

AUTOISTS ARE STRUCKBY TRAIN. Two men were injured one probably fatally, late yesterday afternoon when a touring car in which they were driv

ing to Hammond was struck and demolished by an Illinois Central suburban train at East Seventy-fourth street and Railroad avenue. The injured are: ARDEXZ, G. H., 40 years old, 2328 Indiana avenue: head cut and body bruised; taken to South Chicago hospital. SCHRAM, ELMER E.; 45 yearsold,4856 Grand boulevard, vice president of the Straus 4r Schram Furniture Co., 1105 West Thirty-flth street; thrown twenty feet; head cut and internal injuries; taken to South Chicago hospital; may die. The police of the South Chicago station say they. learned that Ardenz. who is a demonstrator, had taken Mr. Schram for a ride for the purpose of demonstrating a new car. ;,

COPIES OF THE 1913

LAWSRECEIVED. Crown Point, Ind.. April 22. Copies of the 1913 acts of the General Assembly were received here Saturday by County Clerk Sliortrldge and distributed to the attorneys, newspapers, etc. The law will all be in effect as soon as the secretary of state has received receipts from all of the county clerks, which Bhould be within a few days. Several of the new acts are alaeady in effect by reason of emergency clauses.

TIMES WANT ADS ARE FOR SERVICE TO lOUt

Is your house cold when you reac homeT Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. ind. Gas & Elec Co.

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Mrs, Helen D. Lonfrstreet and Vic President Marshall. Washington, April 22. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall has received from the women of Gainesville, Ga, a letter In which they petition him to use his influence to see that Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet gets the appointment to the Gainesville postmastership. They entered in the senate on November 29, last, a protest against the confirmation of any ether name than that of the widow pf the famous Confederate general.