Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 292, Hammond, Lake County, 29 May 1913 — Page 1

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FACTORY ROPERII Inlander Paper Co. Is to Get Chicago Lounge Co. Frontage on Sheffield Ave.; Site to Be Used at Present for Storage Purposes. Negotiations are being completed this week between the Inlander & Stelndler Paper & Sundries company and the Chicago Lounge company for the purchase of the latter's old factory property at the corner of Marble treet and Sheffield avenue. The property has a frontage of S25 by 275 feet, on which Is a one-story brick building 250 by 75 feet. The deal involves practically $20,000. The purchasing company now has Its Hammond headQuarters on Fayette street in the Jordan building. Michael Steindler, one of the firm members, said today that his company expected to use the old lounge factory for storage purposes and that possibly In the future an addition for manufacturing purposes would be built. The ' growth of the company's business In this region necessitates larger storage quarters. Ben Makowsky, 26 Douglas street, local manager for the company, is laid up at St. Margaret's hospital as a result of Injuries which he attributes to the accident In which he figured early In May, when his buggy in which he was riding was struck by a South Shore line car on Sheffield avenue. His condition is not critical. KOONTZ FAILS TO RECOVERDAMAGES -Plaintiff in -Action-Against Printing Co. Couldn't Convince Jury. J. Koontz, who has sued the Lake County Printing and Publishing company of Hammond twice within a few months, for damages aggregating $60.600, for the second time lost out when the Jury today disagreed. It is understood that the ballot last night resulted In a vote of 10 against Koontz and two for him, and one report has it that It was 11 to 1 against him at one time. The trial lasted three days and with the one at Crown Point, where a verdict against Koontz was returned, and lasting four days, has cosU Lake county taxpayers an enormous sum. Not a cent of costs has been paid in the Crown Point suit. Postoffice Closed. The Hammond postofflce will be closed at 10 o'clock a. m. for the day on May 30 to observe Decoration day. One delivery and collection will be made In the forenoon. Mail will be collected from the boxes in the business section between 5 and 6 p. m. TIMES WANT ADS ARB FOR SERVICE TO YOUT

TWO EASTERN MAYORS GO TO WESTERN SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A CITY

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Mayor Rudolph Blankenbnrg: (left) and Mayor William Riddle. Mayor Blankcnburj: of Philadelphia, several of his cabinet, nearly a hundred members of the City club of Philadelphia, and Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City, spent the last three days of last week as students at the University of Wisconsin. They took a course in municipal economy and report that they picked up many ideas as to how to run a city gov-Anunant.

NOTICE. THE TIMES will not Issue any of its various publications tomorrow because of its being Decoration Day, a holiday generally observed in accordance with the custom of all evening newspapers.

SPEEDBUGS FLOCK THROUGH LAKE COUNTY Off to the races!" Raucous mirth, irresponsible merriment, jollity, festivity, bottled hilarity, death-dealing speed, Ice-cool daring, nerve, awful crash, bang, blouee, ouch. help, police! ' All the adjectives have again come into their own. Where's the thesaurus? The bars are down in the offices of metropolitan newspapers for he Indl anapolis races are on. There is no limit to the number of adjectives In one sentence. The sporting sheet Is a fandango of riotous verbosity. Lake county is sending its delega tions to the circular track in chugging motors gaj-ly bedecked. Cars from Chicago and western cities have passed through the county during the week by the hundred and so It is fully aware that the annual speed sournament is on again. It has everything In its favor, a cleary sky. May zephyrs and the first touch of summer weather. From 3 a. m. until 1 p. m. today one long procession of sped-bugs hit the pike through East Chicago and Hammond. It is estimated that since yesterday noon fully a thousand machines have gone through for the races. BIG GOLF TOURNEY AT COUNTRY CLUB Hammond to Have Silver Cup Matches on Decoration Day. The Hammond i Country Club will open its official season in golf for 1913 tomorrow and the feature is the first . annual Decoration Day handicap events of which there are two. A silver cup will be presented lft. each event. Tho tournament will last two days and begins Friday morning at 9 o'clock at which time the qualifying round will start. There will be three flights of four each to qualify. In each round the play will be 18 holes and the first round will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon. At 2:30 the consolation handicap will start for ell those who fall to qualify in the morning. At 8 p. m. a ladies' driving contest for a cup will take place. The finals In both the mens' events will take place beginning 2 p. m. on Saturday and at 2:30 handicap medal play for clases A, B and C. No private agreements for fewer than 18 hole rounds will be permitted and all events will be played rain or shine. "While the links are not In the best shape owing to the heavy rains, summer rules will be observed. The third hole has been shortened to 160 yards and bogey shortened to 3. Now flags have been Installed in the various holes, and the golfers may expect some Interesting and exciting sport. You - get Instant warmth and comfort with a Gas Hearing Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.

HA2IMOND, INDIANA.

10 MEET WITH STATE BOARD (Special to The Times.) Crown. Point, Ind., May 29. The state board of tax commissioners Is scheduled to meet with the county board of reviews at Crown Point next week, on June 3 and 4, and there is a rumor current that these two bodies when they get busy will make some of the big corporations in the north end of the county sit up and take notice. Many of these corporations. It is said, will find that the state tax board places a higher valuation on the property scheduled than they did themselves. At this time also the board will fix the valuations on the banks and railroads. i Speculation is rife in political circles as to frhom the Hammond city council will elect next Tuesday to succeed August J. Dreesen on the board of school trustees. It Is possible that Mr. Dreesen will be re-elected, at least,' he is understood to be a candidate and to have the support of Councilman Eggers of Robertsdale, where Mr. Dreesen halls from. Robertsdale Is said to have another candidate in William Driesdale, a carpenter contractor. It has been said that Driesdale would have Eggers' support in preference to Dreesen. but those who claim to be better informed doubt this. If the choice is to lie between two Robertsdale men, Eggers' colleagues In the council would undoubtedly listen to htm. Talk of Cart Bauer. Mr. Dreesen is the only member left of the old school board under whose regime the ached city entered Into a cemtfUCjl -wttSCaldwen ; & Jrake "and Architect J. T. Hutton for 'the construction of the proposed industrial training high school. This contract brought about an injunction 'against the contractors and. the school board, which was sustained by the supreme court. The next school board is expected to let. contracts- for more than $300,000. Consequently the taxpayers want to see the personnel of the hoard free of petty politics, and they wiil ask for an accounting if they learn that the office is being traded about among the aldermen as a plum to some loud squeling constituent. The name of Carl E. Bauer is prominently mentioned ' among the possible candidates. Mr. Bauer was the chairman of the citizens' committee which brought the injunction proceedings against the old school board. He too, Mr. Dreesen, is a republican. The other members of the board are John F. Krost and A. S. Stanton. There has been some mention of John Klein of 17 Sibley street, a wellknown democrat of the" Second ward who was a candidate for the council last January to succeed Henry Whltaker. Neither he nor his friends are, however, active in behalf of his appointment on the school board. The moon old stand-by of lovers that she is, also figured in the evidence that was presented yesterday in the state case against Frank Russo In Judge Reiter's court. Russo an Italian fruit peddler is charged with having attempted to assassinate Leonard 1 Piazzo by shooting from ambush on the ' morning of October 14, 1912. Piazzo! t ott I fi nn tha c t t n .1 K n , i- . mai recognized Russo "by the light of the moon" about 4:30 o'clock. By means of an almanac In the hands of Prof E. R. Rupp, science teacher in the Hammond high school, the defense established the fact that there was no moon shining at that hour on that particular day, and that It was not due to rise until nearly an' hour and a half later. The complaining witness on the stand also testified that he did not remember exactly the day, month and year when he was married, although this event is said to have taken place only about four months ago. The state on the other hand is satisfied that Russo's witnesses for an alibi did not make a good impression on the jury. Attorneys Boone and Ross presented the case for the state, while the firm of McAleer Bros. & McGirr, appeared for the defendant. The case went to the Jury this afternoon. Russo is charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill and a conviction would entail a peni tentiary sentence of from two to fourteen years.

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THURSDAY, MAY 29,

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GARY YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS HEAD OF SCHOOL'S NEW BANKING SYSTEM.

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Pay in school currency has been adopted In Gary's public vocational school as a substitute for the usual school "credits., Instead of getting a percentage mark, the students get a check-on the "focational credit bank" and deposit 1t.? When they have -saved uptrTneck8 ey reatiU4-o-f one full course credit. The plan was devised by Prof. G. E, Wulfing, vocational director, as a part

of the school's business management and I This Is under the management of a boy, as an incentive to further work. The 'Grant Wilson, whose work Is checked success of the experiment is indicated 'up by the school authorities. All work by the fact that the slower students; of this sort Is under direction of Walter rapidly are pulling out of the 30 cents iBehn, whose title Is "superintendent of an hour class into the 60 cent class, employment and enterprise." The boys the highest awarded. They want the are so excited over the plan that many "maximum wage scale." (are working overtime to get additional Girl Heads Bank. 'money on deposit. Miss Rose Matthews is director of! Roster of Executives, the bank and makes up her daily report j The complete roster of executives In for the bank examiner. She has her de-!Prof. Wulflng's organization is as folposlts verified by the student tlmekeep- I lows: er. All the officials are students. j General superintendent Cecil Allen. The branches of the school teach J Superintendent of employment and practical work. The cooking class con-, enterprise Walter Behn; assistant: ducts the school cafe, managed by Miss Grant Wilson, manager of the students' Ethel Horner, and turns out 1 cent' savings bank. Rose Matthews, preslmeals. The paint class decorates the dent of the school currency credit bank, schools of the city. The printing class ' Ethel Horner, manager of the students' supplies the boards stationery. The ' co-operative cafe, and Emil Behn, drafting class prepares plans and blue-! head timekeeper. prints for the school additions. Some! Superintendent of academic departof the iron and steel details were used! work George Holmes: assistants:

by the American Bridge company in l 1 . : . , m . . . launcaiing sieei ior ine boards uses. The schools' vocational work is designed chiefly to fit the students for immediate self-support. Instead of delaying work of this sort until the childreaches high school age, the courses InDECORA! DAI OBSERVED For the first time in years Memorial day will h wholly observed as sacred in Hammond without the rude interruption of ball games or other athletic events. Weather permitting the procession to Oak Hill in the afternoon will be the largest turnout of civic, patriotic, political, religious and educational orders ever seen In the city. Commander Elliott of the G. A. R. has enlisted the aid of nearly every Hammond society and club to make the observance of Memorial day impressive. The mayor and city officials will march behind the band. Upon their heels will come bodies of lodgemen, churchmen and school children. The boy scouts will probably be one of the most interesting groups. The procession is to leave in front of the superior court building at 1 o'clock. Services will be held at the cemetery, where the Hon. E. D. Crumpacker Is to speak. In case of rain prevents the march it has been arranged that the entire program will be carried out In a hall. But the weather predictions are that tomorrow is to be an ideal May day so here is little danger of this being necessary. Arrangements have been made for a 'bus service to St Joseph's cemetery, to carry passengers from the end of the Green line at Morton avenue and Columbia avenue. In the Standard dis

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elude study which may be started In .the fourth and fifth grades. One of the principal aims Is that of supplying fairly skilled labor for the big mills In the steel town of Indiana. There are apecial courses in business training and qualifying boys and . girls for office wr Jfc t-the-eel - plants, In addition t the"banJtwhtH deals entirely In vocational credit as cur rency, there is a students' savings bank 'Lilian Newman, head storekeeper. Alex I . .... Davidson, chler shop accountant, and Harry Diamond, chief timekeeper. Superintendent o facademic depart ment Jonas Levi, who is also manager of the school bank. He is assisted by Taul Levi, school purchasing agent trict, and back. Busses will meet every car. re HURT WHILE MAKING REPAIRS Two Employes of Distillery Are Injured When Loose Bricks Fall. August Doebler, 452 Cedar street, and his helper, Mr Lowell, who arje both employed at the Hammond distillery, were-sent to the hospital yesterday aftJ ernoon as a Jesuit of injuries which they received in repairing one of the big boilers. They were replacing some of the brick, both being in the housing at the same time, when the arch gave gave way and the brick came tumbling down on them. Lowell suffered a fractured nose, and at first It was feared that he had been fatally injured, but the reports from the hospital today are that he is getting along nicely. Mr. Doebler .has been able to return to his home, and will be out and around in a few days. Educator His Guest. Superintendent C. M. McDaniel will have as his guest tomorrow E. R. Winship of Boston, editor of several educational journals and one of the prominent instructors in this country. Mr. Winship Is Interested in the school situation in Hammond, particularly in regard to the plans of the proposed industrial training high school and will make a study of them temorf ow.

Latest Hews

HAMMOND MAN IS STABBED. Chicago, 111., May 29 (Special). John O'Connor of Hammond was found unconscious at State and Twentysecond streets early today, having been stabbed by men who followed him after a quarrel.

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CITY TO PROGRESS? Then Sign The Deep Sewer Petition and Sign it Right Away.

From now till Friday, the Hth of June, the city will be the scene of a nicely spirited war which will know neither party, men or politics. The one and only question is a matter of supremacy between the friends and enemies of the proposed deep sewer system. Almost on the spur of the moment the board of public works granted a respite of fourteen working days to petitioners for the sewer. Remonstfotors accepted this extension in good part, saying that it is only fair since they were fav.ered similarly some time ago. Majority la Now ArouweA. 'With hope thus revived the silent majority became aroused from morbid apathy with a suddenness quite startling. The action of the board was public property by noon. At 1:30 Judge Virgil Reiter announced a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to be dedicated to the revived cause. By S in the afternoon petitioners for the sewer were out on the trail of the indifferent property owner. No one can longer dodge the question. The commerce body will surely appoint large committees to canvass VMIT III IIJTO HAfillW DISTRICT Illinois Towns Begging for Interurban Communication With Hammond. A delegation from Glenwood and Thornton waited on President V.. S. Reiter of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce on a matter which will proye of vital Import to the city of Hammond. The gentlemen are trying to interest the civic body In joint action with the various towns between Hammond and Chicago Heights for the purpose of asking the latter's street railway company to extend its lines to Hammond through Glenwood, Thornton, Homewood, Oak Glen, Munster and West Hammond. Judge Reiter was much taken with the prospect of getting the fertile territory to the southwest of Hammond with its rich farmers and truck gardeners Into Interurban communication with the city and he will at once call a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce so that Hammond's share of the work will be properly done. DEEP SEWER WAR The deep sewer war is on. A call to duty is now Issued to every property owner opposed to it to meet Fridaynight, May 30, at 8 o'clock, at the Lafayette school house, corner of Calumet and Sibley sts. . We are face to face with a most formidable enemy Hammond financial and commercial institutions Come, we want your help for this man for man struggle. Every property owner in city limits must pay on deep sewer if built, besides a perpetual tax for upkeep. ' ANTI-COMMITTEE. WILLIAM IRTZ BUYS 160 ACRES Transactions in Lake county farm lands, which are' usually quiet at this time of the year because of the agricultural pursuits of the farmers, have take non a little activity and record of a big deal north of Crown Point has been made, i Anton Baker, . bachelor, has sold to William A. Wirts 160 acres on the Crown Point car line three miles north of the county seat. The consideration stated Is $18,000. Baker gave Wirtz a wararnty deed for the land, which is located in the sw. sw.'. section 20, township 35 north, range 8, west; and in the n. y, nw. Vi. section 29, township 35 north, range 9, west. "

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(Back Numbers 1 Cents Copy.) the town. The "I don't care and should worry" crowd will find themselves Immensely unpopular with both sides, for whatever may be said of the opposition , and its methods. Its advocates are hustlers. They at least take an interest In the affair, that being better than total Indifference. They have a thousand names and the deep sewer workers about 400 to date. That leaves a few over 4,000 who have not signified the slightest Interest In a vital city matter, the most Important that has been up In years. Politics are absolutely out of It. The Chamber of Commerce, representing every party and belief, is unanimously in favor of the project and is willing that a democratic administration have the glory. A portion of the opposition mistrusts or begrudges the officials, and though .favoring the deep sewer want It held over till after the election. , ' "This lr considered no argument at all by the pros. They claim that the deep sewer is too pressing a project, that the city must hve it bow or it will be too late, for Hammond has more competition than most any. city In the state. A week's delay in the opening of the city market is thought advisable by the city marketmaster that the farmers may have opportunity to get their green goods ready for sale. Heavy and continued rain in the past ten days has delayed the game, although fairly pulling the garden stuff up. A few days of sunshine and the truck gardens will have ready the largest crop In history. Frank O'Rourke said today that the opening will take place a week from tomorrow. It is planned as a big event when hundreds of housewives will arise with the sun and hurry through with breakfast that they may be on the Job. WINDY CITY WOMAN - LOSES $20,000 GEMS Mrs. William A. Yager. Chicapr " boKce are' searching for the thieves who last week stole J20.000 in terns belonping' to Mrs. William A." Yajter, a prominent society woman and suffrapist of that city. The eems were taken from the Yajrer home while the family slept. Police suspect a man and a woman who worked at the Yaeer residence three weeks ago. They worked about two days and left while Uie family WASa,F&J.

OPEIiG 7 IXT WEEK.

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