Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 13, Hammond, Lake County, 26 April 1913 — Page 1

7 COUNTY TIME LZ1 VOL. HI., NO. 13. APRIL 26, 1913. EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION. TELEGRAM RECEIVE BY TOE TIMES TODAY

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Philadelphia, Pa., April 26th, 1913 Times, Hammond, Indiana: I have just had an interview with Samuel M. Vauclain, Vice-President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works Company and he informs me that the company will absolutely start to build its plant at East Chicago next week. yS'' ' C. H. GEIST

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Hammond, Whiting and Lowell came off with the first honors at the twelfth annual choral and oratorical contest of the Lake County high schools held at the Emerson school auditorium in Gary yesterday afternoon and evening. To Hammond went the first prize in the oratorical contest of the boys, -Lowell got the first honors for the best oratory by the girls; and Whiting " received the palm for the best tihoral work. The girla had their contest in the afternon and the boys gave their orations and boys and girls from the

seven high schools competed for the choral honors in the evening before a packed house of more-than 800 people. SOME SriEXDJD SPEECHES. "A Plea For Cuba.' Senator Thurston's historical address delivered la the United States Senate Just before the Spanish- American war was the speech that brought first honors to Clure I'urg-e of the Hammond high school. This same subject was the speech of Fred Rose of Hobart, who got fourth place. Purge's delivery was a splendid effort, -s Probably the; most novel subject of the evnig and the one that commanded more attention than any of the others was the conclusion of Clarence Darrow's speech In his own defense before the Jury at Los Angeles. Reuben Levin of East Chicago handled this master-

WINNERS IN TWELFTH LAKE CO. CONTEST. ORATORY BOYS I 1. Clare Barer, Hinnoil high rhool. 2. Porter Brace. Crows Pol at . ..... aehool. 3. Raymond Sraaab, WBltlBg high "cfcooli Reubea, Lvla, East Chicago high school; James - Mack. Gary high school. ORATORY GIKLSl 1. Faith Vlant. Lowell high school. 2. Mildred MeCormlck, Gary high achool. 3. Leoda McAleer, Hammoid high Hkool. MISICl '. t 1. Whiting high school. 2. East Chicago high school. 3. Hammond high school. -

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piece. Raymond Schaub " of Whiting high made a very good impression with his Daniel O'Connell oration. Being held in the afternoon the girl's osatorical contest did not bringout the crowd that the evenlg event did. Gold medals were given to the firsts In oratory and silver medals to the seconds. Whiting high., wlner of the choral con. test, got a shield. , -: . ' TWO PRESS ACCOMODATIONS. ' The. contest .was trlsmanaged In as far as press accomodations were concerned. As .a result the newspaper

GETS GRANTS WHOLESALE

City Councils and Town Boards All. Over Calumet Region Give Franchises to Green Line and Gary Interurban.

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s (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., April 26. Auditor Charles Johnson, who Is regarded as

an authority on election laws made a

state regarding the representation on the election boards at the coming city elections over which there has been some question. Under the law the democrats and bull moose will each name a Judge and a clerk of the election board. -The demo

crats and bull mose will each rams the two poll book holders. But the inspectors, the really Important position on the election board, are appointed by the county commis

sioners, who are republican. This settles any Idea the bull moosers mayhave had that they are going to hav

the republicans on the outside looking wistfully in.

Will Play Crown Point. Unable to secure a game with a fust Chicago tajm, Saylor Long will take his all star aggregation to Crown Point tomorrow afternoon, where Jie will line them up against Highlands in a practice game. They will open their schedule a week from tomorrow and will bearing the title of the Hammond-Whitings. In glancing over the lineup which was published in these columns a few days ago, there' Is little doubt but what Long's warriors will play some stellar baseball.

BOARD SURPRISED BY APPRAISERS' AWARD

The members of the board of public works received a distinct shock of surprise this morning when -they read the appraisers' figures on the value of 825 square feet of property at the corner of Oakley avenue and Fayette street, belonging to F. Klitzke, which the city wants. The board of appraisers was composed of Fred Krost for the city, Charles Friedrlch for Mr. Klitzke and George Eder as the third man. The appraised the 825 feet at $1,800, or about three. times as high as the board valued the property. Mr. Klitzke wanted $3,000 for the strip of land. The city is desirous of having the little corner to eliminate a sharp angle, where Oakley avenue, Fayette street and Russell street converge. The property In question lies south of Fayette, and east of Oakley avenue. The owner arguing for a high figure, said that the corner is available for a small business Bite, whereas If it Is eliminated no building can be erected there at all. It is doubtful now whether the board will consider the purchase of the strip of land, because of the high value placed on it.

LAD TERRIBLY J2 INJURED With his neck hfoken. hts left leg splintered aoye ..the knee, his right hip mangled and a cut in hia skull. Russel Gift or A, age 17. lies at the Good Samaritan hospital in Kokomo, consciousbut with hardly one chance in a thousand to recover. He was testing a car for the Haynes Automobile company on a winding road .five miles south of Kokomo. Riding" with him was a young mechanic Ernest Chase. GIffbrd was speedlK the car when It struck a rut, wf.kt off the road and turaed?SrttCfe Gifford was caught under tie car and dragged "several yar&svCnase, was thrown into barbed- wire ' fence. He was able to -drag GJfford from under the machine and summon aid.

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GAS AND ELECTRICAL MAGNATE WHO MADE NEWS PUBLIC IN TELEGRAM TO TIMES.

Form Company Instead. F. D. Jarvln of the recently organized Tri-City Electric Service compa

ny of Hammond, said that there wps nothing much to be said about the or

ganization of the new $10,000 company. He said that he and L. J. Granger and A. H. Lietz had simply concluded that it would be best to form a company instea dof a partnership.

If you smoke a La Vendor once yon will always call for them. Adv.

DEVELOPMENT IS FEATURE IN REAL ESTATE The development feature of the real estate situation seems to be the most prominent during the past week. More building is taking place in the cities of North township than has been plan

ned In any similar period of time. Architects are all busy and contractors are figuring on All the work they can handle. This Is reflected in considerable activity in vacant property. Gostlln, Meyn & Co. have a list of sales, but they are not ready for publication. The same in true of William J. Hastings and the J. S. Blackmun Co. Among the sales ready for pub-

licatlon which have been made by J. S.

Blackmun Co. are the purchase of two lots each on Hickory street by J. S. Shaw and Harry Shaw, the purchase of two lots each on Sibley street by William Lawrence and Norman Huber and the purchase of a lot on Summer street by Harry Palmer.

FRANCHISE ACTIVITY. F.ast ChicagoThe Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago line was given a franchise from Parish avenue to, 129th street ' on Dickey place and on lS9th street-to For sy t h a ven ue. '"

. The Gary1 & Interurban Was given a

franchise on Dickey, place Jointly with the Green" line .from Parish avenue to Standard avenue in Whiting, on which avenue the line runs tor 119th street to a dead end. Waiting The Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago railway company was given a franchise on all of the streets it now occupies.

' The Gary 4 Interurban Railway

company was given , a 'franchise v on standard avenua to 119th street. -

",V Hammond The , members of , the

board of publlc.works.this morning ap

proved of the franchise for the'; ex

tension of the Hohman street line from

Conkey avenue to the city limits at

the Little Calumet river.

A special meeting of the Hammond

city council has been called for this evening to pass the franchise this morning approved by the board of works and Mayor J. D. Smalley. Monster The town board last night granted a franchise to the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway company on Hohman street and the Ridge road throughout the limits of Munster. Highland The town board has under consideration franchises on the Ridge road from the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Railway company, and the Gary & Southern Railway company. This gives something of a resume of the tremendous activity that there is to get franchises through before the new public utilities gill goes into effect. The fact is generally appreciated

that all interurban promotion will come to an end when the restrictions of the new bill are in effect. Thus, both the citizens of a half dozen communities and the officials of street railway and interurban lines are moving heaven and earth to secure the passage of the necessary franchises before May 1. In Gary recently the Gary & Interurban line was given franchise rights on 35 miles of streets. This assures a tremendous amount of railway construction in the next five years. The Hammond proposition has reached the point where the board has approved of the Green line franchise, and it Is now up to the city council for final action. The special meeting tonight is expected to be attended by practically the entire membership of the council

so that quick action can be taken.

Large numbers of business men and property owners will be present to urge Immediate action. The city council of East Chicago last night granted the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago an outlet to Whltin gover the Dickey place route from Indiana Harbor. The franchise had only one or two opponents in the council and the measure was passed over their heads. The jane action was taken in the case of the franchise of the Gary & Interurban. The council took up the consideration of the measure early and It was disposed of at 9 o'clock. It is not the consensus of opinion that the traction

ANNUAL MEETING TO - DRAW BIG CROWD Excellent Program Is Prepared for Chamber of Commerce Meeting. An effort will be made to have seyeral hundred members of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting . next Monday evening.

and for an Inducement . an excellent program has been prepared. , One. of the) surprises of thecvening will be , the ! secretary's report, whicto- will give in succinct form the achievements of the! organization during its year of exist- J

ence. Many of the members will learn for the first time Just what a large ; amount of good has been accomplished ' by officers, and what far-reaching measures have been taken during the past twelve months. j The Hammond Chamber of Commerce :

In entering upon Its second year of ac

tivity will endeavor to reach out still farther to bring about the best possible co-operation, among the varied interests, co-ordinating all of Its activity with a view to get the biggest results for the city. The annual meeting Is to commence at 8 o'clock. The program for the evening is as follows: Program for the evening: Meeting called to order and address by President Judge V. S. Reiter.

. Treasurer's Annual Johnson, treasurer. Secretary's Annual

Brusel, Secretary. Election of president, first vice presi

dent, second vice president and treasurer. Vocal Selection Christian hChurc Quartet. Reading George B. Sheerer. Horn Solo Dr. J. A. Davis. Rousing Speech: "The Heart of the Calumet Region" Speaker to be announced later. Vocal Selection Christian Church Quartet. Rousing Speech: "The Spirit of Enterprise as Related to Growth" Speaker to be announced later. Instrumental Solo Prof. Clark Learning. Last but not least Refreshments.

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Funeral of Mrs. Palmer. Funeral services over Mrs. Precilla Palmer, wife of Albert Palmer who is

(held at the county jail at Crown

Point on serious charges preferred, by his 6-year-old daughter, were held from St. Joseph's church yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Father

Plaster officiated and Interment was

held at St. Joseph's cemetery.

Mrs. Palmer died at St. Margaret's

hospital following an illness of tuberculosis and was confined there at the time of her husband's arrest when the child told the shocking story of how

he mistreated her. The three children a boy 2 years old, a little girl 4 and the 6-year old girl, are being -cared for at St. Margaret's hospital until after the father's trial when some disposition will bo made of them.

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START NEW EMPLOYMENT AGENCY An employment agency, deemed by many people in this vicinity a necessity fer this growing region, has been opened by two enterprising young Hammond men. The proprietors of the agency are Leo Knoerzer and Maynard Smith. They have opened offices for the Calumet Licensed Employment Agency at 569 Hohman street, located over the Model Clothing store. . Monday of this week the employment agency was opened for business and so far the new venture has proven a success. The object of the agency !3 to bring the employer and the parties securing employment together. Although only open a week they have a large number of Jobs open for skilled and unskilled labor and have secured a number employment. Yesterday they placed employment for 35 construction laborers for the C, I. & S.

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"Mother" at the Hammond. Mother," William A. Brady's greatest success since "Way Down East." will be tonight's attraction at the Hammond. It Is not a play of sentiment unless It be that sentimentality that encourages happiness, joy, wholesomeness and hearty laughter, making all of us better for having had a bit of eternal gladness. What story of the typical American home could be devoid of the disappointments incident to raising a family? But it is the bright side of the family life, "Mother" deals with mainly.

5ay. son. All that pipe of mine with Fortx or Country Club. They are anion made. Each package eontalaa premium tickets McHle-Scottta Tobacco Co.

SAENGERBUND PLANS CONCERT: MAY 18

The Hammond Saengerbund-Fidelia is planning to end its indoor season of festivities with a big concert, which Is to be given at Assembly hall on Sunday evening. May 18th. A temporary stage will be erected to accommodate 200 singers in a grand chorus, as four Chicago societies have promised to st ml their best singers to Hammond for the occasion. An effort was made, to secure the Hammond theatre for the occasion, but owing to previous bookings for that house, these plans had to be dropped. The. grand chorus will give two numbers. "Die Treuf" and "Die Untreue," and each society will appear in a number of selections of their own choosing. In addition there will be orchestra music and a number of solos. The elaborate decorations which were first seen at the policemen's ball have been purchased by the singing society and they will be used for the decoration of the hall on the concert evening.

Completes Campaign. Street Corjimissioner John F. Kuhlman has about completed his campaign for cleaning up the alleys and 'today laid off the extra teams that he had hired for the week. The city wagons will be kept on the work next week, however, to finish up on the work of carrying away the accumulated winter' rubbish.

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HISTORY OF BIG DEAL

The long expected word, to the effect that the Baldwin. Locomotive company ia to begin the construction of its' Indiana Harbor plant at or.ee, or to be explicit, next week, reached THE TIMES today. The information came in the form of a telegram from Philadelphia, Bent Immediately following an interTlew of the officials of the company at which this step was definitely decided upon. GOOD SEWS FOR THOUSANDS. This will be grand news for the thousands who have Invested in property in the Twin Cities on the strength, of the purchase there a year ago laat

January of a site by the Baldwin peo

ple. This news is authentic. It Is in fact the first authentic news regarding the

proposed building operations. , Column

have been printed in various papers on wild rumors, based merely on the hope that is "father to the thought," together with a misguided ambition on the part of the newspapers to be the first to spread the glad tidings, regardles of whether they were correct or not. COlLDS'T FALL FOR THEM. These rumors reached Tkb Times from time to time, but this newspaper refused to fall for them, tracing every rumor to its source, and finding them unreliable. The plant will cost in the neighbor

hood of five million dollars, and at Its Inception will employ 6,000 men," although it is ultimately destined to furnish employment to from 12,000 to 15,000 men. according to the original plans as outlined by S. M. Vauclain, Vice president of the company. BUILT IN THREE UXITS." It is to be built In three units and the output will be ten locomotives per week to the unit, or an aggregate of thirty locomotives per week, when tho entire plant is built and in operation. The site comprises 370 acres bounded on the East by Cllne avenue, on the north by the B. & O. Chicago Terminal right of way, on the west " by Pariha avenue and on the south by the right of way, on the Chicago, Lake Shoro and South Bend, the I. H. Belt and the E. J. & E. Last aumer the entire tract wan enclosed within' an eight foot board fence which cost In the neighborhood of $20,000. MASY HELP IX LOCATING IT. The plant was located here through the agency of C. W. Hotchklss, nssitei by Judge Walter J. Riley, C. A. Westberg, C. H. Geist, Mayor A. G. Schlieker and a host of others whoe influence and eloquence was Impressed Into service. The locomotive works was secured for this locality after the stirfest 3ght that iWas ever waged for any plant In this

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