Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 282, Hammond, Lake County, 16 May 1913 — Page 1

EVEMMG EDITION VOL. yn., NO. 282. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers J Cent Copy.)

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After winning the lumber-jack contest In the woods, south of the Hammond Country club, from 6 o'clock to 9 this morning from Captain John L Rohde's "Silk Stocking" brigade. Cap tain BUI Thomas' lusty gang of "One Galluses" were robbed of the sweets of victory by timber thieves said to belong to the Rohde outfit, who gathered up timber felled by the "One Galluses" and stacked it with the few trees butchered by themselves. Captain Thomas, in a statement made shortly before noon, announced that the guilty parties will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. WHAT CAPT. THOMAS SATS. Just prior to the time of the content closed I noticed a lot of strange timber-Jack working like Trojans. They Trere hirelings of the Glendale gang and, seeing that victory not nestling on their banner, Turner and Beckman had their chauffeurs, hired hands and all the small boy In the neighborhood working for them. Prohl and Ahlborn both had sent for able-bodied chaps used to manual labor, and I believe It was a well laid .plot to rob u, bnt It availed nothing. "We won the victory. We have the blisters to show for It. "Why, Timber. Jack Bets of my crew haa the blis ter record. He had lfl oa each hand.' It Was Kxcltlng. The contest was one of the moat exciting held In Hammond for years. Fearful of blisters and the fact that his axe might slip and cut oft a toe, W. H. Oostlin of the "Silk Stocking" push deserted his pals and left early in the week for Oklahoma. Otto Gersbacht another silk stocking, got on the scene after the contest was ended. With ten men to Captain Rohde's eight, Captain Thomas had no difficulty In

STOCKHOLDERS ARE SANBUINE OF SUCCESS

Optimism prevailed last night at the meeting of stockholders of the Saenger-bund-FIdelia of Hammond and consequently one final effort Is to be made to carry out the original plans for a clubhouse and a large convention hall. By consent a ways and means committee was appointed, the purpose of which is to raise about twenty-flve thousand dollars in stock subscriptions among the property owners and business men in the business district and to report to the organization within sixty days as to the success that It has had. Geo. Eder, president of the Citizens' German National bank, was made chairman of this committee and has as his coworkers. A. M. Turner, William Ahlborn. Anton Tapper, Peter W. Meyn and Otto Knoezer. Would Be a City-Wide .Asset. The argument for this committee is the fact that the Saengerbund-Fidelia is a building corporation, separate and

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winning and is preparing a challenge to stack his ten men up against any twenty that Mr. Rohde may name. Everything Was Peaceful. Contrary to expectations, no trouble ensued. An armed truce was arranged at 6 o'clock while the gangs fell upon the victuals prepared at the clubhouse with fury. In the mush contest, F. S. Betzfend W. J. McAleer were a tie. each hiding thirteen pieces of mush inside. Carl Bauer won the fried egg contest with nine eggs' margin. Capt. Thomas exhorted his men ere the tim ber cutting began to be of good faith. but Captain Rohde had a strenuous time keeping his men together. As the two gangs approached the woods with President A. M. Turner in the lead, they were met by W. C. Belman, who sang "See the Mighty Host Approaching, Satan Leading On." The Woods Rang AH Right. The woods soon rang with the music of the axes, the swish of the chips through the air and the groans of Pete Meyn every time he found a. new blister. Like a gallant leader. Captain Thomas urged his men on never stopping to think of his own liver. Volleys of oheers smote the air as the giants of the forest fell and "Standard Oil" Burke tripped over a stump into a barb-wire fence. Ore of the most unpleasant features of the contest was the great number of bosses and foremen. Out of the 18 official choppers, there were at least 11 bosses, most of which had never done any more timber cutting than to hack down cherry trees when they were boys. A census is being taken of the number of cords cut, blisters raised, backs sprained, muscles strained, "ouches" uttered, etc., which will make a very interesting addition to the club's archives. distinct from the singing society of that name; that while there are some who have memberships in both, the stock company is a legal entity whose object it is to finance the erection and maintenance of a clubhouse. This building, it was pointed out last night, would be a big asset for the city of Hammond, and its location on Muenlch court would enhance property values in the business district. Therefore, it was argued, the property owners the business district could be logically asked to support the project. There Is no question in the minds of the majority of the stockholders that such a building would be a good financial investment. The active singing society would use the clubhouse for its purposes, but In the large sense it would be a clubhouse for all the stockholders and their families, and provide a convention hall, larger than any other one in northwestern Indiana, the seatV 4 'A. h G. Ibach.

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such a hall Hammond would be In a position to go after conventions, to have chautauquas and entertainments on a large scale. Men of Affairs at Head. Practically all the big stockholders were at , the meeting last night, and the encouraging thing about their attitude is that they are strongly in fa vor of consummating the present plans. The majority of the individual stockholders are apparently giving their silent consent to what the board of directors think best, realizing that this board is made up of men of affairs in the city, men whose "judgment is beyond question. The organization has an asset of approximately $1 5,000 to begin with, and if the ways and means committee can go out and get subscriptions totalling betwen $20,000 and $35,000. the project is assured. SCHOOL IS ACQUIRING EPUTATiON Wilson H. Henderson, architect and builder of a remarkable system of night schools In Hammond, is emerging from a year of initial effort to review past performances and plan for a great er work. He finds on totaling results that 1,000 have been enrolled during the year, that Hammond has the largest shifting population in Indiana and the worst equipment for industrial school work in many a state. ' The night school year is closed or is closed or will close the tense is not established without any fuss. Henderson doesn't know himself when it will close for classes still continue and as long as they come they are not de nied. To be candid it looks as if it wouldn't close at all, for seven classes are to continue all summer. Of course, warm weather deters a great many, but the more ambitious are perfectly willing to work all day In the heat of a factory and then tax their minds on a rultry night that their earning power may be increased. In that way they forget, all about 4.he .he- la a way it -seems a hardsnip " beyond "efidurance. but it is the only method open for a worker in the mill or factory to get up. To Work Through Hot Ssell. The classes which will remain open all summer follows: Central School. Tuesday and Thursday eveningsDressmaking Miss Reiser., Monday and WednesdayEnglish for foreigners Mrs. HenderI son. i Tuesday and Thursday Grade review Mrs. Henderson. Tuesday and Thursday Millinery Barmore. Tuesday and Thursday Typewriting Postelwalte. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday Shorthand Mrs. Tillman. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and and Thursday Mechanical drawing McGregor. Wilson Henderson is corresponding secretary of the Western Drawing and Manual Training association. He just i returned from a convention of that society In Des Moines. The 1914 meeting i will be In Milwaukee. BRAND JURY FOR HE (Special to The Times,) Crown Point, Ind., May 16. The grand Jury In session here adjourned last night to" meet again next Wednesday morning. The murder of Mrs. Mary Crlka of Indiana Harbor yesterday morning by her husband, John Chirka. has added another case for the grand Jury's consideration. While there is no telling how long the Jury will be in session, the indications are that it will finish its investigations next week. The indictments will not be made public until they have been filed, and summonses issued and returns made thereon. ACCUSES AUNT WHOIS IN GARY Girl Faints in Chicago After Being Driven Out. A 14-year-old girl, Margaret Oleszewskl, who had traveled here alone from Poland and who had been driven from the home of an aunt who lives in Gary and told not to return until she found work, fainted in Fifth avenue yesterday and., was picked up by Percy Waddlngton. a crossing policeman. The girl could not talk English. She had 31 cents. All her worldly belongings were packed in a pasteboard shoe box. Through an interpreter she told the police about her aunt in Gsry. The police say they will prosecute the woman if they can find her. The girl is being detained at the Harrison street police station annex.

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PROGRESSIVES AT J Top, W. Murray Crane Cleft) and Senator Smoot. Bottom, Charles D. Hilles. When the executive committee of the Republican national committee meets in Washington on May 24, ways and means of winning; back the four million voters who strayed away from the party last November will be considered. It is believed Hkely that the committee will consider it advisable for the party to adont some of the principles of the Bull Moose organization. Charles D. Hilles is still chairman of the Republican national committee. .Two standnat membervof that committee who it is expected will yield, to the demands made by the projrressive . Republicans in the recent Chicapro conference for a Republican national convention this fall are W. Murray Crane, former Massachusetts senator, and Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. HOLDS UP Gary Robber Warns Unpro tected Woman That If She Screams She Would Get a Bullet; Holdup Young and Deliberate. With three known highway robberies and several house burglaries in Gary last night the police today made known the fact that the steel city has been swept the past two days by a crime wave which resulted in several robberies and assaults pulled ofl by denizens of the "patch." Two women ,and one , man, .were among the highway victims last night. An unprotected womr.n was held up at pistol point by a bandit in Van Buren street, between Sixth and Seventh (Continued on page eleven.) JUDGE IBACH IS GIVEN BIG HONOR Hammond Man Named as Eminent Commander of Indiana X. T.'S Crawfordsville, Ind., May 16. With' the election of officers for the ensuing year, the reading of the reports of the various committees, and the selection i of a place for holding the 1914 meeting.! the fifty-ninth annual grand conclave of the Knights Templars of Indiana, which began in Crawfordsville yesterday at the Masonic temple, was brought to a close this morning. Joseph G. Ibach, of Indianapolis, judge of the Indiana appellate court, a member of the Hammond commandery. No. 41, of Hammond, who has been deputy grand commander this year, was advanced to the honor of right eminent grand commander, succeeding Charles M. Zion, of Lebanon. The other officers of the grand commandery were advanced one station. The only contest for office was that of eminent grand warder. Is your house cold when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.

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MAY 24 CONFERENCE Whiting Standard Oil Superintendent Says Unless New Supply of Oil Is Discovered That Price Must Keep Ascending. (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., May 16. General Increases in the price of gasoline and kindred oils are certain in ratio to the dlminuation of the supply, which Is rapidly lessening, according to William M. Burton, general superintendent" of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Mr. Burton made the statement while testifying, before Supreme Court" Commissioner John Montgomery, Jr., of Missouri, in the company's effort to retain a legal standing in that state. Mr. Burton testified that the price of crude oil has Increased 100 per cent in the last few years. "Unless there is a new supply discovered the price must keep ascending." said Mr. Burton. In answer to question , by John T. Barker, attorney general of Missouri. Mr. Burton further stated the the company, which was ousted by the United States Supreme court decision in April. 1911, if allowed its former standing would seek to undersell all of its competitors. L. J. Drake, vice president of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, also testified that the Indiana company had completely dissolved from the Standard Oil company of New Jersey.'' Adjournment was taken until Friday morning. LAKE CO. COUPLES GE LICENSES Wedding licenses were issued in Chicago yesterday to the fololwlng Lake county residents: Henry Fuchs, 20, and Katie Berger, 24, both of Gary. Peter P. Collman, 25, and Frances Starke, 25, both of Lowell. Open New Shop. Matthies and Shepherd, the Sibley street blacksmiths, will occupy their new shop next Monday. Their new place is a roomy frame structure at 226 Fayette street, which has Just been completed. PLAT GOLFt Van will eajoy the game snore If you take a supply f COUNTRY CLUB Iesg eat tobaece oa the llaks with yon. Try it. McHlecottea Tobacco Co.

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The first-shot has been fired in a campaign which may become region wide, but which thus far Is contnod to East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, to rid these- cities of a vicious element. representatives of which are sent over from time to time from European counI tries and who escape the vigilance of the government authorities in Ellis Is land. The United States government has been Interested in the matter and yes terday its representative, Immlgant In spector Schubert visited Indiana Har bor and that official, in company with Sergeant William Hughes of the In diana Harbor police station, and Officer John Lazaar, arrested Helen Catana and Samuel Christian for violation of the - United States Immigration laws. The prisoners are being held in the Harbor station, pending the institution of proceedings before the United States Commissioner In Chicago, to deport Uhent to upgarj from where,; they cams.' "' - Miss Maty X.lndley ' of the .Associated . . (ColiUnued onpage ten.) STEALS SASH FROM LADIES' DRESS Manager Comeford, of the Fifth Avenue Mercantile company store. Fifth avenue and Broadway, which has. Us trade with the fashionable residents of Gary's west end, is on the war path because one of his customers made away with a costly sash that was. on a ladles' dress. Mr. Comeford says tha; he knows who committed the theft and that unless the sash Is parcel posted back to hi mthere's going to be trouble. MOVIE ACTRESS HAS LOTS OF ADMIRERS Marguerite Snow. Marguerite Snow is a movie actress who has a lot of popularity and it's all deserved. She's one of the most accomplished young women in her profession. Before she entered moving pictures she played leading roles in a number of notable productions, including a Broadway ' one. Miss Snow was born in Savannah, Ga., a little more than twenty years ago and was educated . at Loretta Heights Academy, Denver, Colo. She is with the Thanhouser Company.

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WILLING TO TALK ABOUT Two New Contracts " are Awarded This Week Impressing a representative for THE TIMES with the fact that they are not press agents for the Baldwin Locomotive Works, two engineers for the company A. S. Woodle and S. P. Wray of Philadelphia sat among a mass of blue prints and drawings last night at the Hotel Mee in Hammond and stated that they were absolutely street car broke and ase-hardenei against the lure of publicity. ; Would Talk About Weather., Messrs. Woodle resident engineer of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and Wray his assistant were more than willing to talk . about tha weather, the high price of living and the prospects of the Calumet region, in general but extremely reluctant to talk about the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They are here to do the preliminary engineering and survey work for the Baldwin company's monster plant to be built on Its year old acquisition a 370 acre tract at Calumet, around which a fence has already been built and upon which the A. F. Hartlgan company has already started grading. Two New Contracts Awarded. The Chicago. Indiana and Southern has been given the contract for the laying of three miles of standard guag railroad this week. The contract for the concrete foundation work under a shop building 600 feet by 1,150 feet has been let to Strauss & Company the Chicago contractors and work on the masonry will begin about the first of July. "We're here simply to engineer the work of which you already know," said one of the engineers. ; "Local dealers need not waste time on us for we haven't the power to buy anything. Our purchasing agent does that. We are here as resident engineers anl are glad to be of service to your paper In talk ing about anything else but the Bald win piant. Up To Their Ears In WortMessrs. Woodle and Wray occupy a suite ot rooms on the fourth floor of tha Hotel Mee and the illuminated portion of Hohman street .lies . below them. Shows were letting out and the cafes and confectioneries filling up. Even at

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that hour the engineers of the Baldwin plant had work before them, a desk and table variously cluttered with papers, blue prints, plans, specifications and like equipment. And for the present they had a hopeless task before them. They were trying to convince a reporter that tho fact o fthetr presence in Hammond was of no news value and that what they had said was even less important. "We can't be so presumptuous as to talk for our company," said one. Acknowledged They Were Here. Finally he relented and said:.' "Well, go ahead and say we're here, but drfn't make any direct quotations for I'm not a press agent for the Baldwin people." Chester, Pa., is a city about a near to the Eddystone plant of the Baldwin works as Hammond is to Calumet. Seven thousand men are employed at the Bddystone plant and most of them live In Chester. The engineers seemed to believe that HomewOod will be thehome of many Baldwin men like themselves.They find the region all It is advertised to be and nwre, think the East ChlcsK) plant wl i be greatei than is antii-rpated, staf ",iat the Bald win people have never unut down since they started a hundred years ago and that they are comfortable at the hotel. No Dealers Need Apply. But most of all they want to Impress the fact that they haven't the power to (Continued on page eleven.)