Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 31 May 1913 — Page 1
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Hammond's Little Calumet District to Figure in Important Lawsuit Which Will Be Tried in Crown Point Next Week. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. May 31. One of the most important Hammond cases to come up before Judge McMahan in the Lake circuit court at Crown Point early next week is that involving the question of annexing the acreage, north of the Little Calumet river, which Is not already part of some municipal corporation. Tfto cases are set for next Tuesday, but it is doubtful whether the court can get to them so early. City Attorney John A. Gavlt of Hammond says that the city is ready to proceed and will be ready for trial of the question. Owing to the fact that Calumet avenuu and Hohman street to the width of 400 feet each are already within the city corporation as far as the Little Calumet river, all the acreage is divided into three separate districts, to-wlt: That east of Calumet avenue, that between Calumet avenue and Hohman street and that west of Hohman street. The remonstrators therrefor are unable to join forces on the issue and each district will present its own problem. Among other things the law provides that at least 75 per cent of the property owners in a district must remonstrate to make their objection effective. "When, the annexation matter was first brought up more than a year ago there was considerable opposition to it among many of the farmers who fear that they would be taxed out of existence, but since there tas come about a better understanding. Quije a number of them have come around to the view opint from which they can see ultimate benefits to their property in the annexation and today the opposition 1s not nearly so strong as it was a year agro. Back from Races. Few of those in attendance at the Indianapolis races were able to return as soon as they expected. Up to date many are still missing and the theory is advanced that their cars may have been delayed, by tire trouble. Those who have returned report favorably upon the event as a twentieth, century thriller that lived up to its advertisements. The feat performed by Charles Merz in his Stutz car was one. of the most remarkable bits of driving ever staged. Stutz drove three and one-half miles with his car ablaze and in eminent peril of being blown skyhigh. Merz was watched on his last lap by breathless thousands. Flames enwrapped his limbs. Indianapolis afforded better accommodations this year than last. Of course all rooms at any hotel or boarding house were gone before the first of the week, but visitors found places to eat and were content to sleep in their machines in many cases. Frank Betz Jr., William Koehle. Henry Haage and William Kolb were back this morning. Others in attendance were W. D. Ray, William Prohl . and family, John Prohl and family, Dr. Chamberlain, W. H. Gostlin, Mike Warnimont, Henry Haage. Otto Duelke, Tom Lavene, Vernon McGirr, Leslie Parry, James Clabby Sr., Jimmy Clabby, Morris Champaign, A. A. Young, Art Stewart, Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Chldlaw, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Conkey. The Frederick girls went with Mr. and Mrs. Will Prohl. subscribe: for the times.
IN THIS BUILDING THE COLONEL SEEKS VINDICATION.
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Court Huse at Marquette, Mick. It Is In this building that the famous trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett Is several men of national prominence, as we'l as the ex-president himself, have Judge Flannigan and a Jury of workingmen.
JURY TRIAL ENDS IN DISAGREEMENT Frank Russo Case, Hotly Contested, Winds Up in Judge Reiter's Court.
For a second time a Jury has disagreed in the state case against Frank Russo, an Italian fruit peddler, residing on State Line street in Hammond, who is charged with having attempted to kill Leonard Piazzo by shooting him from ambush. The jury was discharged In Judge Reiter's court last Thursday night after having been out all afternoon and in the evening. They were reported to have stood 7 for acquittal and five for conviction, and that they were evenly divided on the first ballot. The state, represented by Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Ross and Special Prosecutor D. E. Boone, left no stone unturned to bring about a conviction, but the firm of McAleer Bros. & McGirr, representing the defendant, were equally alert and consider this second disagreement in the nature of a victory. Piazzo now lives in Chicago, but last October when the sheeting occurred In which he lost a finger, he, too, resided in Hammond. He and Russo were
Dusiness nvais ana there was admit- : men they settled down to business. A tedly bad blood between them. The I banquet at eight o'clock at the Conishooting occurred about 4:30 o'clock In jmercial club topped off the' business the morning, and while Piazzo was session. Among the resolutions paastd positive in-his statements on the wit-I was one endorsing . the Hamil bill in ness stand that Russo had made an ! congress providing for the retirement
aucinpi on nis me me oeienso was able to produce -a number of witnesses for an alibi. 203 NICKLES TAKEN ON SINGLE TRIPPER Hammond Line Did But Little Better Business Than Last Year. Barney Carter, the street car conductor who helps enact laws as side line, made a trip on car No. 511 of the Green line, .in which he rang up 203 faxes between. Stale street and Conkey avenue. It was during the rush for Oak Hill cemetery and five extra cars were making the mile run as fast as It is possible on a single track. To one with even a limited imagination 203 nickles, to say nothing of transfers and the kids too small to be taxed, brings to mind a sort of cubist pantorama of the crowded condition on Mount Ararat during the big washout. All day long cars crawled up and down that golden stretch packed and jammed. At a nickle a throw it seemed pretty soft. But the manager's of fice this morning said that business was only fair, "a little better than last i year." It is estimated that every car on the line made over $100 yesterday, i With nine between East Chicago and Conkey avenue and fourteen from State to Sixty-third street that would amount to J2.300. That is a conservative estimate. DIES SIX YEARS AFTER INJURIES Grace Wright, aged 15, died this morning in the home of her father, C. H. Wright, a carpenter, 408 Columbia avenue. Her death is said to be due to injuries received when she was 9 years old. The girl was knocked down and run over by a buggy at that time. Tent Lectures Tomorrow. - Rev. C. P. Meeker, the Chicago evangelist, will speak Sunday morning and evening in the tent at Hoffman and Cedar streets. The morning topic is "Lost and Found." The usual stereopticon lecture will precede the evening service at 8 o'clock. -.J 5
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Gary and Hammond Men Are Honored! With Offices at Annual : Convention of National Letter Carriers Association. Gary and Hammond men were honored with offices at the' annual conventlon of the Indiana Asociatlon of the National Letter . Carriers association which was held in Gary yesterday. Tho next convention will be held in Martinsville. ... The 110 delegates and visitors to the convention first "took in" Gary, get ting a trip through the steel mills and of carriers on pension. Officers were elected as follows: President Leon Hayes, ' Muncie. Vice President E. W. Clift, Newcastle. Secretary A. R. Helvey, Gary. Treasurer H. D. Miller. Fort Wayne, Executive Board W. F. Lynch, chairman, Hammond; Carl O. Williams, Winchester; Moses Harry, Evans vllle. National convention delegate Claude H. Shipley, Martinsville. The program in full: Morning session at 609 Broadway, 10 i a. m. , Convention called to order. ! Invocation Rev. F. E. Walton. ! Address or Welcome Mayor T. E. Knotts. Response Claude Shipley, Pres. I. s A. L. C . ' Executive session 11 a. m. Afternoon session 1 p. m. Trip through Indiana Steel Co. Mills. 3 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. . Finished business ,,at 909 Broadway jSTprmT to 7 pSia- 3.: - ." ' Banquefat 7:80 p. m. at Commercial Club Hall. Mean. Chicken Bouillion. Crackers. Radish. Olives. Chicken Fricassee or Baked Fish. Mashed Potatoes. Escalloped Potatoes. Baked Beans. Sliced Tomatoes. Cabbage Salad. Bread and Hot Biscuits. Ice Cream and Cake. Coffee. Served by the Sorosls Society of the J First Presbyterian Church, SpeakersAlbert Ross Helvey toastmaster. TVlayor Thomas E. Knotts. Postmaster John McCall. Vice Pres. N. A. L. C. Edward J. Gainor. Postoffice Inspector John N. Hunter. Treasurer N. A. L. C. Chas. D. Duffy. Ass't. Postmaster Joseph C. Tracey. Gary reception committee, members of Steel City branch. 1326. is as follows: J. T. Huff, president. C. O. McColly, vice president. C. A. W. Hesford, treasurer. R. Helvey, secretary E. J. Peter-sergeant-at-arms. : son. Weight Case Continued. Officer Trost placed the Hammond agent of Swift & Co. under arrest for alleged shortage of ten pounds In the delivery of meat to an East Hammond meat market one day last week. The agent, George S. Jones, 38 Douglas street, gave $t00 bail. The case was set for June 7. In the meantime the case of Richard Lehman came up in the city court and was continued till June 7. Lehman was the driver who delivered the meat. Swift & Co. had an attorney out from Chicago. V-o-eX-being held. During the past few days given their testimony here before
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BLACK PUG WITH QKMRESIED Jack Johnson Given a Dose of the Law at Crown Point Yesterday. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. May 31. Jack Johnson, the notorious white slaver ran afoul of the law in Crown Point yesterday afternoon while burning up the road from Cedar Lake and was arrested with Luclle Cameron Johnson, his white wife by Officer Piatt on a charge of speeding. Johnson protested his innocence of going faster than eight miles but to no avail as Plat had
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me nine wnue wire were taken oerore Judge Atkins, where he was fined with costs in a sum amounting to about 14. Johnson flashed a hundred dollar bill to pay his fine, thinking that as tho banks and saloons were closed that the amount could not be changed in tho city. Piatt however was not long In getting the necessary change and Johnson and his better half left the city, deriding everything in It.- It is reported that they were arrested later in Dyer for the same offense. FINED AT DYER. (Special to The Times.) Dyer, Ind., May 31. Jack Johnson, the discredited world's champion, was stopped by Marshall Eugene Stech of Dyer while speeding on the HammondCrown Point road at a fearful rate yesterday afternoon, a fine of $2. and costs, amounting to $10, being administered. The negro was surly and the usual teeth grin was absent. He was accompanied by his white wife. Fifty Attend. Fifty were in attendance at the deep sewer meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening. Most of the city officials were present and one or two spoke. C. M. McDaniel was chairman of the meeting and appointed Roacoe E. Woods and Frank C. Deming as heads of two committees which are to conduct the campaign. Times Employe Very 111. John Younger, collector for The Times, is quite ill at his home on Sibley street. For two weeks a huge carbuncle on the back of his neck resulted in two operations, and he Is now afflicted with another which promises to be more serious than the other. Ball Game. The Times and E. C. MInas ball teams will mix at the, H. 'A. A. park tomorrow morning at ten. "Woggles" Goehringer, The Times spit artist, will snake 'em around the Minas Stars' legs and keep them on the Jump. Tou get Instant warmth and comfort with a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co. Try a La. Vendor cigar. Adv. it's good-
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J-v in Paris. SUSPICIOUS OF -THE ADMINISTRATION President of South Side Assn. Open to Conviction in Sewer Matter. James M. Boyls, president of the South Side Improvement association, is open for conviction in the matter of a deep sever system. Being a leader in the community affairs of Conkeyville, Boyls is worth converting. He can throw a good many property owners for or against the sewer. , During the winter months Boyls lived in Alabama, where he went for his health, the changes in climate nere weeks he was beset by neighbors and members of the association with the question, "What do you think of the deep sewer." He said he hadn't decided and is now investigating to determine what Is best for Conkeyville. Sore on Admlnlntratloa. These are the reasons why that end of town Is a hot-bed of unrest. They claim out there that the city has repeate.dly refused to do anything for them In their present sewer predicament, that had they not fought in a body for pavements they would have never gotten them and recite an instance In which the board refused to place a light at a railroad crossing on Monroe street, pleading poverty. They claim that the Conkey avenue sewer has never been- adequate, that almost every tiling is cracked, that the city does not repair the cave-in properly and that the ' sewage disposal of six or eight streets Is blocked by the Conkey avenue sewer. Two recent cave-ins went untended to, though property owners made repeated reports. The trouble on Conkey avenue and the tributary streets is that they haven't confidence in the administration because of the neglect they feel that they have suffered. It is time that some well posted deep sewer worker goes out there and gets busy. Plan Scientific Campaign. A small army of men in all walks of life has volunteered to work that the deep sewer system planned for Hammond may become a reality before it is too late. The Chamber of Commerce rooms in the German Citizens Bank building are to be turned over to these workers and their friends and nightly meetings will be held. The fight for a deep sewer has become a sort of protracted religious effort. Any one at all Interested in the vital matter is welcome at the Chamber any evening of the week. A thousand pe titions are to be printed and as many more as are needed will be circulated. Every property owner in town will be given ample apportunity to sign and in this case the opportunity will continue to knock. Frank. C. Deming has charge of this line of endeavor. He Is organizing his army and planning the campaign In a scientific manner. The petitions are arranged with a place for names, numbers of lot and location of same, as well as a place where one may legally withdraw from the remonstrance.
1111. HAHOtlD SHOWS ME DEVELOPMENT
Wst Hammond, which has given such good promise of development within the last few months, has again come to the front with something tan gible. For one thing McManus Bros., a million dollar corporation of Petosky Mich., has leased a site for lumber yard and planning mill purposes. As another evidence of activity the Camp bell Realty company has sold thirtyone lots on which the construction firm of Scott & Co. proposes to build im mediately. The site secured by McManus Bros. is located on the Michigan Central railroad, immediately west of the Hammond brewery between West State street and the tracks. - On this site lumber yard is to be located and also a planning mill and a sash and door factory. The company at first consid ered a site in Hammond, near where the Downey & Porta coal yards, on the Michigan Central, are located, but be lng advised that West Hammond had no competing business, and needed Just such a concern, it decided on the West Hammond site. The thirty-one lots purchased by Scott & Co. from the Campbell Realty Co, are located on 156th street, in West Hammond. The former company has headquarters In the East Side Trust & Savings Bank building, on Calumet avenue, and will commence building op eration's next weeks.1 Frank J. Wax he wicz of 517 StVe Line street, who was recently aoDointed collector for West Hammond, and who la conducting real estate business in connection with his position, acted as the agent for the selling company, being the agent for all Its properties as well as for others. The buildings are to go up on every other lot. and will be sold for cash or on monthly navments. Scott & Co. also hove contracts' for the erection of number of bungalows and cottages on the Casper Straub properties on Ingraham, Forsythe and Douglas avenues. MISHAP ON MAIDEN TRIP Dr. W. B. Lewis met with misfortune Decoration Day on one of the initial trips in his new motor car whenhe struck an eight-year-old youngster - at Robey. The boy. whose name is given as Minnet Schatt. 110th and Indiana boulevard, Robey, is said to have re ceived slight injuries.. He was struck while the machine was moving slowly on Indiana boulevard. Dr. Lewis saw the boy get up and run away and did not stop his car till he reached his destination, Phil Schmidt's fish restaur ant near by. In answer to a criticism for not stop ping his car at once. Dr. Lewis said that he was satisfied that the boy was not injured, which was substantiated by two physicians later In an examlna tion. TWO INCORPORATIONS TIMES BIKEAl', AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis,' Ind.. May 31. Charters for two Hammond corporations wero issued here today. The Hastings Woods Realty company has twenty-flv thousand dollars capital William Hast ings, Roscoe E. Woods and A. E. Ebert being the Incorporators. The Pythian building association was Incorporated for ten thousand dollars with Otto H Rabe, Thos. Jordan, D. H. Atkinson an J. E. Wolf as the Incorporators. Police Extend Thanks. One evening last winter the police of Hammond Increased their pension fund $1,524.10 by the good will and liberality of friends. Their benefactors received in return an evening of solid enjoyment at Orpheum hall. It took the dance committee quite a while to figure out Just how they stood, but now they have the dope in plenty of time to get busy on the next annual ball. The committee consisted of John Kunz, chairman; Charles See, Bob Law, Oscar Borchert, Emil Bunde, Fred Stelow. They desire to thank the people of Hammond for their generous aid In the pension cause. Autos Collide. A head-on collision between automobiles driven by Louis Schoubeck and L. Dovenner, both of South Chicago occurred on the Wolf river bridge last night. The damage Is estimated at 15 Pickpockets Busy. Pickpockets relieved Mrs. Frank Coombs, 118 Doty street, of a valuable watch yesterday afternoon. The work was done In the jam on South Hohman street at the time of the parade. Muncieites Arrested. John Richardson and George Peterson of Muncie, Ind., were arrested this afternoon by Officers Lamrae and TrostThe police recovered jewlery valued at $250 which is, said to have been taken from the home- of M. D. McLellan of Muncie. . Boy Choir Coming. The Paulist boy choir of Chicago is to sing at the Hammond, theater on the 6th of June. Father Barrett has been instrumental in getting the chorus for a local appearance. The Rosary Ladies of All Saints' church are conducting the sale of tickets and have assured the concert a good patronage. The La Vendor cigar Is a boms prod uct. None better. Adv.
VETERANS LISTEN TO SPEECHES
Impressive Memorial Pa rade Escorts Thousands to Oak Hill Cemetery, Where Old Soldiers Are Addressed by E. D. Crumpacker. Thinned ranks of grizzled veterans sat for two hours In Oak Hill cemetery In Hammond yesterday while orators of the day re-said the things they love to hear, telling how human slavery was washed from the nation's escutcheon by a sponge dipped in patriot's blood and of the "mystic cords of memory stretching from every battlefield to the hearthstone of loyal Amer icans." The speakers knew their 'business they made no attempt at originality but delivered the stable old patriotic speeches that soldiers of the civil war want to hear. In the warmth of May the shads felt good to the 7,000 or 8.000 people that formed the two perpetual streams lead ing to and from Oak Hill cemetery. Every grave gave forth the Incense of wild and . hothouse flowers. ferns and tender greens. Flags and bunt ing decorated the homes and lawns on Hohman street and traced the way to Oak Hill cemetery. Am Imaresalve Parade. A crowd of several thousand people were , gathered around the superior court building at 1 o'clock. The parade led by the K. O. T, M. band, was followed by motors and buggies and street cars running in triplets. The ceremonies at the cemetery began after 2. The speakers were Judge V. S. Reiter, Hon. E. D. Crumpacker. Rev. C. J. Sharp, L. T. Meyers and Commander Francis Elliott. Along the Indiana side of Lake Michigan yesterday thousands of pleas ure seekers spent the large portion of Decoration day. In the. early , morning before- Hammond - had awakened many found their way to the lake front The stimulus of keen ozone-laden air and the touch of fragrant mist from the Jake was worth tramping for miles. Every motor car In town, from the tiniest one cow power machine to the broadest and longest touring car, was out on the pike. It is estimated that 350 autos stopped at Oak Hill yesterday. In point of numbers yesterday's celebration was the largest in Hammond since the Spanish-American war. HE DECLARES HE IS PRESIDENTS FRIEND H. P. Davison. Henry P. Davison, one of the leadingmembers of the firm of J. P. Morfran & Co., was quoted the other day in an interview cabled from Europe as severely censurinjr some of the acts of President Wilson. The Morgan firm has taken occasion to telegraph Secretary of State Bryan that Mr. Davison denies havinjr (riven an interview of any sort. The firm also assured the secretary of its friendship for the administration. The report from Europe emoted Davi?nn as sayine the withdrawal of the TJ. S. government from the Chinese loan was a piece of politics calculated-to ; apnea! to the zcob.
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