Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 279, Hammond, Lake County, 13 May 1913 — Page 1
LAKE COIMTY EVENING EDITION WXATHKH. GENERALLY FAIR TODAT AND WEDNESDAY. VOL. VIL, NO. 279. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number S Cent Copy.)
THE
TIMES
FIRE LOSS REACHES 113.000
South Hammond Visited by a Disastrous Conflagration
Late Yesterday After
noon; Farmers at Mercy of
High Wind.
Without water protection, and at the mercy of a high, wind, three South
Hammond citizens suffered a fire loss
late yesterday afternoon approximat
lnr, 1S, 000. The losses are distributed
as follows: William Camp . . J6.000 August Schreiber 8,000 Ernest Holts 2,000 Only a small part of the loss is cov
ered by insurance. The residences all
escaped from the flames, the damage
having: been confined to other farm
buildings. Ortg-ta Unknown.
The fire started in Camp's barn, and the only explanation for its starting is the probability that the wind carried a park from a Monon railroad engine close by. The flames had made such headway by the time they were first
discovered that there was no checking
them. There is no city water in thi
neighborhood, tho farmers relying on
wells and cisterns for their supplies.
From the Camp barn the fire spread to
August Schrelber's barn and to Holtz property.
The Camp farm yard is on the south
side" of the east and west road, and several rods west of Schrelber's home on the north side of the road. Between these two farms stand three neat looking cement block bungalow owned by August Schreiber and occupied by . Ralph Johnson, Barney Bottorf, and - (ContinQidon Page 8.) iKISSRJtlAlTiPOR STANDARD CO. H. L. Lohman of Pittsburgh Is Master Mechanic.
H. J. Lohman, formerly of the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing company of Pittsburgh, has located in Hammond, where he has accepted a position at the Standard Steel Car work as master mechanic. Mr. Lohman has been here about a week and since his arrival has made a large number of friends who wish him success In this vicinity. As soon as Mr. Lohman secures a suitable residence Mrs. Lohman will mave to Hammond.
HAUOI
SHRIEK PINCHED
Noble W. D. Ray of Ham
mond First Orak Member
to Get Pinched at Dallas,
Texas; Also Injured, But
Not Seriously.
(Special to The Times.)
Dallas, Texas, May 13. Noble Wil
liam D. Ray of Hammond, one of
Orak's representatives to the Imperial
council, met with a peculiar and un
usual accident here last night, and was
the first Hammond citixen to get pinch
ed. Noble Ray with other members of
the shrine was going in a crowded
auto to a council meeting and while seated on the door of the car it opened and closed tightly during a jolt, taking part of Noble Ray with it. The injury is not serious, but the victim just has
to eat standing up.
Representatives of Orak Shrine,
Hammond, to the imperial council
meeting here are having the time of their young lives, according to Judge
H. B. Tuthlll, Michigan City; Dr. H. E
Sharrer and W. D. Ray of Hammond
and Dr. Carson of Valparaiso, who were interviewed here last night. The
Hammond shrlners were entertained at
four Individual and distinct clubs. Potentate Sharrer pronounces the 1913
meeting one of the most successful he
has ever attended. The council con
venes today. Sharrer predicts that Atlanta will be chosen as the convention
city for 1914.
PRESIDENT WILSON IN BATTLE TO END TAMMANY RULE; OPENS FINISH FIGHT BY PICKING CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK
President WBaon hu declared war to tabti on Tammany HalL The president's attitude toward Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammany Hall, and Thomas ' 7. Ryan, Wall street financier, friendly to Tammany, during- the recent presidential campaign indicated that a real fight was not far In the distance. With the appointment of John Porroy Mitchel collector of the port of New York, the trouble is now on in earnest. The collectorship of the port of New York carries with it an enormous amount of patronage. With this great organization at his command, Mitchel is to be the administration's candidate for mayor of New York in November of this year.
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Left te right:
Thomas F. Ryaa, Jena Parrey Mitchel. President Wilson and Charles F. Murphy (lower right).
JOE NOT SEEKING NEW MATCHES
SECOND ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN Erie Tracks; Blocked Twice Within 48 Hours. New York, May IS. A second attempt within forty-eight hours to wreck a Chicago train on t the Erie railroad was made at 8:30 o'clock last
night near Femdale, four miles from Paterson. Private detectives discovered a pile of rails and part of a car truck across the tracks in a deep cut shortly before the Chicago express was due. The obstruction was removed Just In time to avoid a disaster. The same train was endangered Saturday night by a .pile of rocks placed on the tracks near Paterson. In both Instances the train was filled with passengers bound to Buffalo and points west.
SPEEDERS ARRESTED
(Special to Thi Times.)
Crown Point, Ind.F May IS. Officer
Piatt nabbed two offenders of the speed
ordinances yesterday, both '"hailing
from Chicago, and fines were Imposed
Jesse Christler was nabbed on Main
street for trying to make a flyingr machine out of the auto, and Judge Atkins assessed the usual fine of costs, amounting to $10. J. H. Meyers, agent for the Staver Automobile company, was arrested on a similar charge, but had the hearing continued until May 21, when he will
appear with counsel to answer the charge. An Erie conductor was also nabbed on the charge of holding the . Main street crossing and will have a hearing, possibly today. '
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION All civic and fraternal orders in Hammond will be invited to participate In a monster Decoration Day celebration being arranged by the William H. Calkins Post, 502 and the Woman's Relief Core, 248; Sons of Veterans will be represented as wpII as other patriotic orders. Ex-Congressman Crum-
packer will deliver the address of the day at Oakhill. F. M. Elliott of the Chicago Business College has charge of the program.
But a Number of Challenges Are Coming to Him. Joe M!Uer, erstwhile day clerk of the Hotel Majestic has a reputation to live up to and a career in the squared -circle marked out for him. " It came "to Miller with little effort, but the career
part looks more difficult.
It began when Joseph stood up in
front of a third rater who happened to be out of condition and in no mood
for fighting in the gymnasium of the
Majestic a week or so ago.
Catching him asleep Joe administered a "haymaker" that a blind man could have dodged and down went Mr. Third Rater for the count. Someone sent the story to several
sporting periodicals, the Police Ga
zette among them, naming another Hammond man as Joe's manager. Up to date Miller has ten challenges.
one for eight rounds at Indianapolis
with a fighter of no mean ability. Com
ing from Hammond, home of fighters,
Joe is considered to be good by pro
moters at the State capltol and he is offered actual money for the fight. Shuting his eyes to the future Joe says he will accept.
Fined Five and Costs.
On a charge of assault and battery Thomas Warholld of East Hammond
was arrested by Officers Bunde, Elnsele and Homrich of the Hammond -police department last night. He furnished a $40 bond for his appearance before City Judge Barnett this morning where
he was fined $5 and costs amounting to
$15.00.
WOULD YOU BE AS CRAZY AS PARIS? WEAR A BUSTLE IN FRONT.
GREEN HUE1 PREPARES FOR SHEFFIELD AVE. Hammond Soon to Be Open Also tdTfararing District on the West.
MEN WANTED, MEN
WANTED IS CRY
MAIL SACK MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED , (Special to Tub Times.) Lowell, Ind.. May 13. The mall sack that was stolen from the depot on the last night in April, for which diligent search has since been made, was found Friday night by one of the steel-laying crew on the Monon. He found it sitting upright by the fence near the stockyards. It had been cut open and the contents rifled. Bank drafts and checks to the amount of $1,600 are said to have been taken, while $400 In drafts and checks were taken. The sack and contents were dry, which shows that it had but recently been placed there, indicating that the thief had got cold feet. It is said that a
detective is working on the Job and that he is pretty hot on the trail and
that arrests are likely to be made at
any time.
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The Empreiis Eugenie "pad," an adaption of what has always been termed the "bustle," is the rage of Paris. Something or other is always the rage of Farls and right now the Empress Eugenie pad has the center of the stage. The new pad is similar to the oldtime bustle in most respect. It is constructed along- the same lines and of the same matcirial. However, it is not worn in the surne place and that's the Important point. In fact the location of the Empress Eugenie pad is Just exactly, opposite or possibly, catacorner
that of the bustle. It's worn In front. Which Is at least an original idea.
The new pad will put the taboo on the present straight front figures and
It is meant to bring back the curves of
the uncorseted figures of the Empress Eugenie's days. This means a new
pose and a new walk and the chances
are a new expression. The new walk
Is a sort of backward slant and the heels of the shoes are under the toes rather than under the heels where you
would look for them. This will prob
ably create the new expression. Wearing heels on your toes ought to go
quite a, ways ia creating an expression.
TEDDY TAKES THE
NAME OF MEEK
O Henry's story of alias Jimmy Val
entine and the tenacious detective
whose heart was touched by the crim
inal's bravery in the Rooktown bank is
duplicated in the closing "installment
of "Terrible Teddy's Life of Crime.' Like the sleuth who refused to com
plete the capture when Jimmy delivered himself up the Grangers have withheld punishment after Teddy's complete
surrender.
With the arrival of his mother Teddy
Kingsley turned human and lovable.
Time softened the hearts of all and by
the close of the week Teddy had every
one won over by his obedience good
manners. Now the little truant who kept the Granger home in an uproar for days, setting fire to the house and buffalolng the whole crowd is indesponcslble. When asked about Teddy' future Mrs. Granger stated today that he is to remain as a part of her family for a long time at least.
Work on the improvement on the
Sheffield avenue tracks of the Green Line in North township has begun in connection with the pavement of Sheffield avenue, and It is also announced that construction is to begin on the
Eastern Illinois interurban railway
from Hammond to Harvey as soon as negotiations for a right of way over
certain steam roads are completed.
Just when these negotiations will bo completed neither" party can state defi
nitely but according to officials of the road this is all that is delaying the
commencement of the construction
work on this seven mile piece of
trackage.
The Eastern Illinois has already ent
ered into a contract with the Illinois Central for crossing at Harvey, but
contracts are still pending for cross
ings "over the Pennsylvania, one west of West Hammond and one a Dolton.
a simitar contract is pending for a
crossing over the C. & E. I.
Wants Biff Gang of Men.
About forty men are at work on the
Green Line improving the track on
Sheffield avenue, putting In new rails and ties, work having progressed from Indiana boulevard south to One Hun
dred and Nineteenth street. Manager H. C. Green could use one hundred and
fifty more and has made several at
tempts in Chicago to get this number but has been unsuccessful thus far. In
anticipation of employing many work
men he has rented a number of houses
in West Hammond in which the labor
era are to be housed during the con
struction period. hue the street car
company is proceedings with its work,
nothing has as yet been done by the
contractors who have the paving contract from the county. They have been promising for several weeks to get busy, and the taxpayers hope to them make good without further delay, as the condition of the street is a drawback to the entire city.
OCTEGENARIAN WALKS
THROUGH LAKE COUHTY
Aged Man Reaches Valparaiso After Long Hike in Se
rious Condition; Walter Walsh, Father of Hammond Men, Who Have Gone There; Believed to Have Collided with Motor in Accident.
Aged 81, Walter Walsh, 5122 Emerald i
avenue, Chicago, walked from Engle-
wood to Valparaiso, abeut sixty miles.
leaving Sunday afternoon and arriv
ing yesterday morning, nerves shattered, body bruised and bleeding, and system depleted by the ravages of a fever. It Is thought that he met with an accident in Chicago while on his
way to the funeral of an old friend.
In his ravings the words "motorcycle,"
auto" and "street car" recurred with
such frequency as to impress that the
ory upon the minds of doctors. It is
probable that he did not know what sort of vehicle or conveyance struck
him. The old man wandered through Wihting and Gary by way of Indiana
Harbor, and when he struck Hobart
was nearly all in, but he kept plugging along until he reached his desti
nation.
Walter Walsh, S23 Douglas avenue.
West Hammond, and Will Walsh, 162d street, Hammond, are members of the
old gentleman's family who hurried to his bedside yesterday. Until the packing house removed Mr. Walsh was a resident of Hammond and there are few of the old-timers then connected with the company or downtown places of business who do not know him. Until quite recently he has been employed by the government as inspector. He is now on a pension. Completely exhausted, Walsh arrived at the home of Mike Donahue In Valparaiso yesterday and soon became unconscious. Late reports are encourage ing and it Is stated that he will live la spite of the handicap of age. He has survived a light paralytic stroke.
LUTHERAN SYNOD IN
SESSION AT
AHOD
JUST TEN
POINTS DIFFERENCE
Hammond's Crack Shots
Make Bold Effort.
Ten points made the difference be
tween high and low score at the first
shoot of the Chicago Interurban League of Gun Clubs yesterday. Seven teams
contested on the home grounds of the club for first honors of 1913, Evanston winning and Long Lake trailing. Ham
mond finished on top of Long Lake, though only six points from the high score of 220. It was a hot race all the
way.
J. C.Becker tied for third place In
the individual shoot, thus saving a little of the glory for Hammond. The high individual was won by Coleman of Evanston, with George Eck of Chi
cago second. J. C. Becker, Gus Johnson and A. Moore tied for third, 45 each out of a possible 60. Hammond's individual score was as follows: S. L.
Humpher, 44 (out of possible 60); J. S. Becker, 45; H. Green, 39; F. Probert,
37; J. M. Wilcockson. 44; P. M. Warni-
mont, 35; W. B. Fenntermaker, 42.
The clubs scores were: Evanston Gun club, 220 (out of a possible 250); Chicago Gun club, 218; South Shore. 218; South Chicago, 216;
Riverside, 215; Hammond, 214; Long
Lake, 210.
More than two scoro pastors and school teachers of the Lutheran Mlssiouri Synod of northwestern Indiana are holding their annual conference at St. Paul's Lutheran school in Hammond at the corner of Sibley street and Oakley avenue. These gentlemen will be in Hammond until Thursday evening.
and members of the Lutheran congre- aeven o'clock
catlchlsm, and Prof. E. H. Munxel of Reynolds a class In geography. On Wednesday evening services will be conducted at St. Paul's Lutheran church at 7:30. The Rev. H. A. Paul of Goodland will be in tho pulpit. Rev. Hicken will deliver the confessional sermon In the preparatory servico at
gations have opened their homes to
make them welcome. The sesions were opened this afternoon at two o'clock. Tomorrow morning the entire conference will witness practical lessons which will be given to a class of pupils in St. Paul's school. Prof. Linsenmann conducting a class in
In tho conference sessions, the Rev. H. P. Willie will preside as chairman and tho Rer. William Heine as secretary, i Among: the ministers who will read papers are the Rev. E. R. Schuelka of Hobart on "Justification As Porx
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The Hansen Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Hansen. 11 Rimbach avenue, Hammond, will occur from the residence Wednseday afternoon, where short services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The body will then be taken to St. Paul's Episcopal church
on Rimbach avenue for services there
at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Charles A. Smith officiating at both. Interment is to be made at Oak Hill cemetery, where Mrs. Hansen will be laid to rest in the family lot.
Those who have been selected to act as pallbearers are: . D. Smalley, Fred
Humpher, George Drackert, W. C.
Harrison, M. P. Ludwig and O. C. E.
Matthies.
Death of Infant.
V1SIOT SCOUT SCRAP. COtTHTRT CLUB and FORK! plus; eat srrowlasr by leaps aad bound. : Quality aad qaaatlty ranati with consumers. McHle S.
ROSS GUERNSEY DEAD. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., May 13. Ross Guernsey, 18 years old, died Saturday night at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bird Guernsey, Just over the Lake county line and three miles from Deepriver. Death was due to consumption, from which the deceased had suffered three years. He was a son of Randall Guernsey, who died some years ago. Besides his mother he is survived by two sisters, Mabel and Esther Guernsey, and one brother, Harmon; two half brothers, Raymond and Delbert Guernsey, and a stepfather,-' Chester Guernsey, who was also -his uncle, being a brother to his father.
Is your house cold when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.
Raymond Thenoils, the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Thenoils, 563 In diana avenue, -died-at the family resi
dence yesterday evening lollowing a brief illness. Funeral services will be held from the- family residence on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. Wild will officiate and interment
will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. Shoplifter Taken.
Two Hammond department stores
were visited by a woman shoplifter
on Saturday afternoon and after being
spied by an employe who saw her put
ting a silk petticoat into a specially
arranged bag, she was placed under arrest by the Hammond police. The
woman gave her address as 506 Fields
avenue, East Hammond, and furnished bond for her appearance before City
Judge Barnett.
According to the testimony, which
she gave through an interpreter, she had stolen ' loot from the E. C. Minas
department store and the White Store.
In the bag of loot the police recovered two skirts, a pair of baby shoes and a baby's cap. Apparently this was not her first offense and she told that she was taught to steal by a former East Chicago woman. This woman's name has been secured and it is probable that her arrest will be caused in the
near futurti The case was taken un der advisement by Judge Barnett.
IPORTIT
SUBJECT TAKEN UP
Hammond to --tse--oA CMta" passen
gers Only in case t?hre is a Detroit or farther east passenger to get oft here. An east-bound train, due here at 8:47, stops here only for passengers to Kalamazoo. An east-bound Nickel Plate, due here at 11:25 a. m., makes a flag; stop for Valparaiso passengers. On motion to provide a program committee. President Relter appointed Otto Knoerzer, who is to select his coworkers himself. The object of this the committee is to provide strong programs for the monthly membership meetings. The status of the litigation for the annexation of rural territory south and cast of Hammond proper was discussed, tvt no action was taken in the matter.
Transportation and home accommo
dations for the expected thousands of
workingmen in the Baldwin Locomotive works were given some attention by
the Hammond Chamber of Commerce
through its board of directors at a ;
regular meeting last night in view of the new activity on the plant site.
Better passenger service on the
Michigan Central and the Nickel Plate
railroads, the annexation litigation in
volving the territory south and east of
Hammond, and the need of interesting
and attractive programs for the general meetings were also given consideration. J. D. Brusel, who proved himself to be an active and efficient secre
tary of the board and chamber, was re-elected by the board last night to
serve for the ensuing year.
Hammond to Get m Share. In regard to accommodating the population growth, due to the Baldwin, the board takes the position that the growth is going to follow the course of least resistance. Hammond it was pointed out can expect its share of the new population, provided it can show the workingmen that Hammond has something meritorious to offer in the way of transportation and housing. When the Green line and Gavit line extensions are completed, Hammond will have four separate lines. Includ
ing the South Shore interurban and the!
Lake Shore; suburban, which will serve the Hammond residents of the Baldwin works, which is considered quite ample. In this regard Hammond could be quite satisfied, while in regard to housing the new comers it would have to take Its chances with the other communities by offering inducements in the way of reasonable priced property and public improvements. No action was taken, however, on the matter and it may com up again irj the future for something more definite. The transportation committee was instructed to confer with the officials of the Michigan Central and the Nickel Plate railroads with a view of having these companies make regular stops of what are now flag stops on the schedule. The board believes Hammond is large enough to deserve this recognition. The Michigan Central has an east-bound train which makes a flag stop in Hammond only on condition that there is a passenger to go aboard for Detroit, Saginaw or north. Because of the uncertainty of this, the train is useless for suburban service between ChicaRO and Hammond. An afternoon west-bound train stops in
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SUFFRAGE FIGHTER HELPS THE CAUSE
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Airs. Grsce Wilbur Trout. That the Illinois senate last wek passed the bill prantinc women the franchise, except for constitutional offices, was due more to the fle, statesmanlike efforts of Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage association, than to any other factor. During the last three months Mrs. Ti-out has carried on a strenuous campairn at Springfield, (roinj? each week to the capitol to plead the stiff rage cause. The suffrage bit) as passed by the senate will now jro to the Illinois house of representativer. It is ex Decked to B69 the owex ckaisJxtx.