Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 287, Hammond, Lake County, 22 May 1913 — Page 1

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AK FAIR AND COOLER TODAY; FRIDAT PAIR AND WARME1R. EDITION VOL. yTL, NO. 287. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, MAY 22 ,1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. .(Back Numben 1 Cent Copy.)

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PrOperty Owners Want NeW Facts and Figures on Cal - .. Umet Ave. Trunk J Claim IS j m. i -r , -rrr'H tt. Made That It Will Have to T?A T.nir1 90 "Pppt. DfifiTJ A number of property owners resid-lng-south of the river and east of Calu- j met avenue, while admitting that for j the general good of Hammond a new deep sewer system Is needed, are dined to oppose the present proposed project on two points. They are In an argumentative mood but willing to be convinced. In the first place they want fact, -Calumet avenue, plans for which have ; not yet been made; secondly they rear that this trunk when it is built will have to be laid at an extraordinary depth and consequently at an extra- j ordinary expense because It would have ' to accomodate th sewage from as far , east as Oakley avenue. In other words i they argue the sewer has to be laid very much deeper for the benefit of I property between Sonl street ana oaK- j ley avenue, property whose sewage j should years ago have been drained In- j to the Hohman street main. They argue that these property owners when tney refused to drain Into the- Hohman; street main shirked their responsibility ; and burden, and that they now rely on the Calumet avenue trunk to ac

comodate them. The argument is that j Sheriff Fred Furman went to Gary this they now should be made to pay so mornlns an(i it was generally reported much over the general benefit assess- j mission was to take a certain xnent as Is the difference in cost to I accomodate .them with the Calumet fur? man into custody who hasa serlmain. .ous charge pending against him, and Some of these east side' property , the grand jury now in session is Bald (owners make the positive statement jto .hare-investigated the cause of anthat the Calumet avenue trunk will ! xl - , . . M have to be laid as deep as twenty or.otner wman deaUV who In an ante twenty-four feet. Now for the answer. jmorteia statement is said to have .ZSsrJ?9 Made Tet. : chained him with' having performed ' "As long no' plans and speclBcattons'-rlmlnal "operation 'oV-laer.'' T'have been made for the South Calumet ,. . . . " , , . . . , The grand Jury .resumed its session

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ine. 7 , r,iknow8 how much longer it will con have to be laid twenty or twenty-f our investigations feet deep. A little reflection would re-1

mind one that it cannot be laid deeper than the Michigan 'avenue trunk Into CContlnued on Page 7.) THEY HAVE THE BUILDING FEVER The building fever has broken out among the Knights of Columbus in Hammond and has the entire membership as victims. Owning a lot on State stre'et that is one of the most desirable, locations In town, the lodge plans to build In the near future. The uniform rank meetings eyery Monday are busy sessions, for degree work is scheduled for nearly every one. Mrs. Love Dead. Following an illness extending over a period of nearly three weeks, Mrs. Isaac Love, 105 Doty street, Hammond, died at the family residence this morning at 5 o'clock. The remains will be shipped to her former home at Talma,, Ind., for burial. Definite funeral arrangements have mot been completed and will be announced later. Mrs. Love was 47 years old, and besides a husband is survived by two daughters and five sons. She is well known in Hammond, and her many friends wre shocked to hear the news of her death.

NEW POSTMASTER-GENERAL HOPES TO ESTA BUSH ONE-CENT POSTAGE

Albert S. Burleson, the new postmaster-general, faces many intricate problems in connection with th operation of the post office system throughout the country. According to those well posted In Washington, he comes well qualified for this position. Postmaster-General Burleson is a native of Texas, and was educated at Agricultural and Mechanical College. Baylor University, and University of Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1884; was assistant city attorrey at Austin, Texas, from 1886 to 1890: attorney of the twenty-sixth judicial district from 1892 to 1896. and was a member of the 56th, 57th. 58th, 59th. 60th, 61st and 62nd congresses. He has been a deep student of postal affairs for many years. One of the important matters which the postmaster-general will be called upon to deal with will be the establishing of one-cent letter postage. He has indicated to representatives of the National One Cent Letter Postage Association that he heartily favors or.e-cent letter postage, arid hopes to bring it about just as soon as a satisfactory adjustment of affairs can be had. He strongly favors efficient service in the department; adequate compensation for post office employes, and an equalization of postal rates. He hopes that one-cent letter postage is not far distant and that it may become a monument to the administrative ability of the department ot which ha is head.

KESSLER TORN FROM HIS BRIDE'S ARMS

Gary Man's Honeymoon Is Rudely Interrupted in Denver. (Special to Thb Times.) Denver, Col., May 22. The honey moon of J. W. Kessler of Gary and his (bride of three weeks was rudely lnterjrupted yesterday when detectives visit- , d their partments and arrested Ke.. ler on a charge of violating his parole ' from the Indiana State Penitentiary. , Kessler is now in the City Jail awaitjlng the arrlval of an oftlcer from Michl. ;Kan City. He will be forced to serve out mo remainder oi a sentence or from one to fourteen years imposed after he had been found guilty of larceny and Mrs. Kessler is bemoaning the fate tfcat ticaUy decreea th

In-j"""3 UD "IUUW """B" mar- : rled, for several years to come, They were married In Denver, May 3. I the day afUp tbep arrival here from . . . . Gary, where they met.

DEPUTY SHERIFF SERVING PAPERS Grand Jury Reported to Have Indicted Gary J lan. (Special to Thb Times.)" Crown Point, Ind., May 22. Deputy yesterday morning and no one- here SCOUTS HAVE NEW MASTER A new assistant has been added to the staff of the Hammond boy scouts under the direction of Scout Master Floyd Adams, With ten years' expert ence with boy scouts in Scotland Drill Master Curry, the latest addition to the jstaff, is vested with great authority and confidence. He has made a de cided hit with the boys. Through the worst of Tuesday night's storm a detail of scouts went out on a hike. The wind and rain in the open country gave all the realism of a campaign In the mountains. Shortly before ten the boys reached their clubrooms In the rear of the First Baptist church, and after drying out dispersed. Receives Sad News. Mrs. John Cummlngs, 167 Logan St., Hammond, received . a' telegram from Dever, Ind., this morning bearing the sad news of the death of her 17-year old brother, Zen Roberts. His death occurred at 9 o'clock this morning and the telegram did not give any details of his death or funeral arrangements. Mrs. Cummlngs left this afternoon for Denver. Ind. A Albert S. Barleson,

AHLBORN ADDS A VALUABLE MACHINE Hammond Contractor Gets 15-Man Mixer. A link belt portable asphalt mixer weighing twenty tons sank through the macadam on Conkey avenue a.t Jackson street one day last week, reveiling a poorly constructed street and giving passersby some idea of the heft of the giant roadster. Now the owner, "William Ahlborn, head of the construction company, has added another machine of more tonnage and power to his stock of Mitchells and mixers. It Is coming from Toledo to be used on the Calumet avenue extension. It will take fifteen men to operate It, meanwhile doing the work of a hundred. It requires a steel track to run on and carires its own rails.

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DAMAGE EGEWISCH Disastrous Blaze Across State Line Would Have Destroyed Town But for Hard Work Done by Hammond Fire Department. A costly fire which threatened whole blocks in Hegewisch yesterday after noon destroyed a five cent show, a tea and coffee store and the Grady depart ment store on Erie avenue near One Hundred and Thirty-third street. It is estimated that a $50,000 damage was done . Mike Wilson of Burnham fell from the roof of one of the buildings and was severely Injured though no bones were broken. He will rcover. Hammond firemen are given credit for halting the conflagration when It promised to spread the length of the business . blocks. Engines from Irondale, South Chicago, Chicago FuXznaand -Hammond aided in . Ah fight but Hammond company engine No. 1 was the only one that' kept water on the blase. Mayor Patton told. Tana Tikes last evening that Hegewisch owed much to the Hammond fire fighters. The company from No. 3 and the en gine crew from central station worked from one o'clock till dark with -elx other departments. Fire started In the department store owned by Jake Gray,- the tea and coffee store of F. Swanso.i was next and a nickel show prop'ieted by D. Moran third. Crossed wires are given as the cause although no one is absolutely sure. IE RECEIVED Another glowing report was received in the form of a telegram this morning by Attorney W. J. McAleer from W. . Gostlin, who is In Oklahoma looking after the interest of the Lake County Oil company. The well on the Collinsvllle reservation, known as Lake county No. 1, Is yielding an average flow of 160 barrels a day. It will be shot next Tuesday, when It is expected Its yield will Jump into the hundreds of barrels a day. This well is just south of the Mott well, which Is cnosidered the best gusher in the field. Mr. Gostlin advises the members of the Lake county syndicate not to sell. The syndicate . has three reservations. It has already refused $100,000 on the Collinsville 100-acre tract, and sold the gas rights and half of the ol rights in the Haskell tract for $40,000. Lake county well No. 2 on the Collinsville reservation Is to be started next week, north of No. 1. " Mrs. Cleveland Better. Word was received in Hammond this morning that Mrs. Charles Cleveland, 16 Mason street, Hammond, who has been confined at the Tabitha hospital, Chicago, for nearly three weeks. is gradually improving and her early recovery la looked for. Mrs. Cleveland was removed to the Tabitha hospital, where she underwent an operation and at times her condition became quite serious. Summer Music Course. Clark Learning' of the Hammond Musical college has decided to Initiate new students an dfinish off old scholars with a five week term of summer school to begin some time after his return from Lafayette In July. Learning goes there to conduct the music In the Battlefield camp meeting of the Methodist churches. The site of the institute Is one of the loveliest landscapes and water scenes in Indiana. IN YOUR TRIAL SUBSCRrPTIO. TO THIS TtMES FOR A MONTH.

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PTRYO& Tc'lTDOJCPir BLRTtKmBUlBG. MAYOR WmiATf RIDDLE or THn.'mzLF'tirA. or Jlrzmrrc cirr--A party of about 200 persons, including a number of mayors and officials of eastern cities, passed through Lake county yesterday on their way to Madison, Wis., where they will take up the study of municipal government in a special course given at the University of Wisconsin.

OEEATSHOT MADE BY; I - CHICAGO AN Hammond golfers are still - talking about a wonderful shot made by a Chlcagoan named Daniel, of the Midlothian in Chicago, last Sunday at the Hammond Country club. He holed out from the first tee in two shots. This is a 370-yard hole, five bogey. Mr. Daniel registered a beautiful drive of S00 yards, the wind being in his fa vor. and holed out on his next stroke, a mldiron shot of good carry. Mr. Daniel was a guest of the Messrs. Chapin. Five New Trucks.

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nnjr. jii ouumun 10 ine motors already in use. THREATENS TO ELOPE IF SON IS OBDURATE former Queen Amelie. Former OueAfl Amelie of Portugal threatens to elope and we, the man of her heart if her son, ex-King Manuel, the head of the house, persists in ref using his consent to her marriage. . The former queen, who at fortyseven is still beautiful, would like very much to marry the Count cf Vassalaes. The ex-king says she mustn't do it, because it wouldn't be proper for the widow of a king to marry a man through whose vein rqjal blood jdoesnt coots eu

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&i . t .... It -f3? 5 - 1 A HAnMOND CASE II FEDERAL COURT Chapin Tariff Concession Suit Is Begun at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind, May 22. The trial of the case of the United States against Chapin & Co., in which the defendant nroaucts. was beeun befor a 1,irv In the federal court Tuesday. In the indictment against the company there are thirty counts, alleging fifteen separate violations. Fifteen of the counts charge soliciting the concessions as to rates and the others charge accepting the concessions. It is charged that the company solicited and accepted irelght rates on shipments that were less than the published tariff, it being contended that in shipments east out of Hammond, where the business of the company is operated, to eastern points, the company paid on the basis of a part of a through rate instead of paying a local rate from Hammond to the point of destination. It is the contention of the prosecution that the local rate should have been paid, but the defense contends the company was entitled to the rate It paid as part of a through shipment. The Michigan Central, on a plea of guilty to a charge of having given rate concessions to Chapin & Co., had been fined $5,000. Can't Have Pool. The Pioneer baths in the basement of the First National Bank building could make an additional appeal to patrons if adorned by an electric lighted swimming pool. As this Is Impossible without a deep sewer system petition sfor that improvement will find a willing signeo in Fred A. Hawley, proprietor. With a complete hypodermal institution entered upon a prosperous career, Hawley laments that he is unable to add the finishing touch. He is one of many in downtown Hammond whose business is hampered by the lack of proper sewage. Jibed The Times. Aisle seat holders at the Orpheum last evening were doomed to bitter disappointment" If they expected to be hugged and kissed by ladies of .the chorus parading down the aisles. By orders of Manager Hanklnson the epidermal exhibit was stopped and the two performances of "Don't Lie t Toour Wife" were as a result tame and almost pointless. Much was left out and to fill In the gaps the stage people substituted Jibes at Thb Times in return for an unmerciful roasting they received yesterday in the home editions.

JUDGE KOPELKE

Saloonmen Cannot Escape Contract Made With Brewing CompanyCourt Orders

Can a saloonkeeper escape payinlg liquidated damages to a brewing company with whom he had a contract? According to instructions by Judge Kopelke to the Jury yesterday in the superior court, to find for the Peter Hand Brewing company the plaintiff, against Martin Stamper of Gary the defendant, he cannot. The decision is of interest to- practically every saloonkeeper who entered Into a contract with some brewery, before the Proctor liquor law wnt into effect. It appeared in the trial yesterday that a little more than a year ago Stamper entered Into a contract with the Peter Hand Brewing company, according tp which, he was to use the company's beer for four years. In consideration for this the brewery set up his bar fixtures and plumbln. and loaned him $1,000 agreeing that It would not charge him interest for It, and that at the expiration of the loan It woum discount it to the extent of one hundred dollars. IAW HER GRADUATE JUNE 5TH " Although their alma-aftatet-wUl . be but a memory as far as Its' existence is concerned, the graduating class of 1913 of the Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law propose to receive the honors of the bachelor of laws degree-on their commencement day, June 5th, with all the ceremony and finish that was accorded former classes. The exercises will be held at the First Presbyterian church in the evening of Thursday, June 5, and a good program has been arranged for the occasion. The public Is invited to attend the function. W. C. H. Keough, LL ., dean of the college, will deliver the commencement address. The members of the Alumni association of the school will hold a meeting on Thursday evening of this week "In the Citizens' National Bank building to complete arrangements for the annual banquet. The program for commencement night is as follows: Overture. . .Wentworth H. S. Orchestra Invocation Rev. A. W. Hoffman Music Wentworth H. H. Orchestra "Vocal Solo "My Lover He Comes on a Skee (Clough Leighter) Miss Harriet E Ferris Commencement Address Dean W. C. H. Keough. LL D. Class Address Hon. Judge H. Gillett Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Diplomas ......President Dr. W. Mayes Martin Response on Behalf of Class. 1913.. ...Wilson F. Brunt, President Music Wentworth H. H. Orchestra Motion for Admission of Class Hon. Judge H Gillett Admission to the Superior Court Oath adminstered by; the Hon. Judge V. S. Reiter. Admission to Supreme court Oath administered by Hon. J. Fred France, Clerk of Supreme Court. Vocal Solo "My Ainfolk (Laura Lemom).: Miss Harriet C Ferris Benediction. .. .Rev. Francis M. Elliott Candidates for LL B. degree class. 1913 Wilson F. Brunt, Ora F. Boyce, Frank J. Dorsey, Harry Broertjes, Harry L. Davidson. Arthur G. Deaver, Albet A. Grorud, August C. RIecher, Meyer Shugen, Joseph W. Todd. Conferring of honorary degree. 1 HAMMOND STEWARDS IN ATTENDANCE Stewards from every Methodist church in the Calumet region are taking part in the celepration of Methodist day at the Coliseum where the World in Chicago is enjoying a successful vogue. The Rev, Frank O. Fraley of Hammond and a score or more 6f his members are lh attendance. A "parade of stewards from all Methodist churches Interested in the exhibition Is the feature Of the day. ... ... Pearson Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Charles W. Pearson, 703 Price place, Hammond, will be held from the family residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. C. J. Sharp of the Christian church will officiate and interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. V WHT "ARB reader: YOU NOT A TIMES

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Stamper for his part further agreed that If he were to abrogate the contract without the brewing company's consent that he would pay liquidated damages at the rate of fifty dollars a month for the unexpired term. A little over a year ago. Stamper abrogated the contract and began to do business with, another company, and the suit resulted. As a defense Stamper set up that the company had agreed to pay him fifty dollars toward the putting on of a new steel ceiling in his place but that the company's money was never forthcoming, but Judge Kopelke held that this could not be set up as a defense, as he had the company's thous- -and dollars with which to protect himself. He Instructed the jury to find for the plaintiff holding that Stamper was liable for the liquidated damages of fifty dollars a month for the unexpired term. The brewery was represented by Attorney Daniel J. Moran, and the defendant by the firm of Crumpacker and Crumpacker and W. M. Dunn. TOLLESTON GIRL IS DISSATISFIED Minnie Whitlaw Picked Up by Hammond Police. Dissatisfied with her home at Tolleston, Minnie Whitlaw ran away from the home of her brother with whom she was staying on Borman boulevard late last night. Without hat or coat she followed the Gary & Interurban tracks and walked to Hammond, where she was picked up by Officer Homrtch on Sibley street and the Monon tracks at 6 o'clock this morning. She was taken to the', Hammond Central station,' where she told that she had Intended to walk to Crawfordsvllle, Ind., the former home of her parnts.. Ref using to give ..very' little J formation but that ot her name and residence of her brother, . who la employed In the mills at Gary, the Hammond department notified the Gary police, who succeeded in locating her brother. She was taken- back- home this morning. ' Is your house cola when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co. "CONVICTION SURE' SAYS PROSECUTOR Burton W. Gibson and Mrs. Rosa Menschick Szabo. That the conviction of Burton W. Gibson, NewuYork lawyer charged with having murdered Mre. Rosa Menschick Szabo in June, 1912, is certain is the declaration of District Attorney . Wilson, who has charge of the case for the state. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. The case against the accused lawyer has been strengthened since the for pafcjtriaLihe state mftintajrju "

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