Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 3, Hammond, Lake County, 20 June 1913 — Page 1
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5 Story Skyscraper Is To Be Built.
What Is considered in real estate as one of the most important deals of the year was closed today when J. S. Blackmun Co. sold to Carl Kaufmann and Leo Wolf, proprietors of the Lion store, the South Hohman street property belonging to former Sheriff Ben Hayes for $25,000. This property, which is located on Hohman street, directly south of the court house, has a frontage of 40 feet and a depth of 125 feet and has long been considered by real estate men one of the most valuable pieces on the street. LEASE EPIRES APRIL 1. At the present time there stands on it a email frame building, which is occupied by Ryan's" Bon Bon shop, but the new owners propose to improve the property with a five-story store and of-
buildlng as soon as the present
flee
lease on the frame building expires, which is April 1st of next year. Carl Kaufmann and Leo Wolf whan
tervteweo"; today " stated that theVl lt BOJt!JjeAa-replacd xcejtJlatKa
" uuyiui .ing, property with a
jhosi. moaern iuuaing covering the
"There'll Be a Change" is the refrain sung by 500 Odd Fellows in Hammond today. It indicates the method they have chosen to even up matters. with the city administration and sounds like a cross between a topical ballad and the swan song of democracy. Two hundreds and seventy-two Odd Fellows rose to their feet last evening durjng a meeting of the lodge to show their appreciation of Yens Anderson and his stand against the city administration as told in The Times. Will See It Throng. Two hundred and seventy-one Odd Fellows voted that the lodge give its trustees full power to act on the matter, bring suit if advisable and carry the case to the very limit. The one who reniged. who voted nay against 171 ayest is employed by the city as an inspector. E .G. Sproat, the attorney, made a report to the lodge in which he said that he had investigated at the city hall the method of procedure in the. now famous sidewalk ease and could find no evidence that the lodge had been notified in any way of the city's intent to rip up the walk in front of the Odd Fellow building. Say Walk Wan Good. The testimony of Pete Davis, foreman of the gang that tore the walk up and found it hard work, was introduced. Davis is quoted as saying that the walk was the toughest in his experience. This is taken to show that it did not require replacing. " It was
stated that the walk was up to grade and drained water as well as any ofthe other stretches. The city pronounced it "rotten" through it's engineer, evidently because of a cracked surface.
j Those came in for severe criticism
wno upneio tie city. Tne point emphasised in an article that treated jn Thb Times' story of the night before
was founded on the proverb about
i "making fish of one and flesh of anothj er." It was shown that the Odd Fel- , lows' walk to the east and west of
their building was not up to grade and
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READINESS FOR EVENT
The Bijou theatre walk is said
out of grade, having an inch
spots.
to be
entire lot and that the building when s Instead of a 3-inch fall, completed would be a credit to Hohman ;' WU1 J""- Election, street. That members will do all in their
j power to oust the present admlnisI tration was the statement of Odd Fel-
erty Messrs. Kaufmann & Wolf clearly most emphatically that- their fellow demonstrate their faith in Hohman lodgemen are going to get out hd street a a thoroughfare that for all j work against the democrats at election times to come will be the most im- time. The Odd Fellows contend that as portant business center of the Calumet ! they were intending to re-build the
icBiun. iiey nave secured a Dararaln I ,0ii, i
DEAL IS A BARGATX.
By the purchase of the Hayes' prop
for Mr. Hayes formerly asked 140,000
for the lot.
glneert knowing this, should have in
formed them of the board's intent. They believe themselves wronged by the
Don't fail to attend the picnlo afi board in that no , notice was given
Calumet Grove, Blue Island, eiven bv ' them and the walk rlDned ud to the
the Switchmen's Union, Calumet lodge lot line. The two feet bordering on U5, Sunday, June 22. A good time as- the lot line Is supposed to be private
sured. Train free from East Chicaaro. nronertv.
the spring that the city en-
Hammond Country Club's Entertainment for Chicago's Famous Indiana Society Completed, and Program Announced.
The final dress rehearsal, the instructing of about twenty committees, the erection of the marques and the decorations at the Hammond Country club were taken care of today for the
invasion or the Indiana Society tomor
row, and all is in readiness for this th
most spectacular event Hammond has
ever arranged for distinguished visi
tors. T-1 . , . ...
.me usk or entertaining the visitors has been a gigantic one. The
country club takes charge of the guests at 4:30 at Cedar Lake. bri7
them to Hammond and entertains them
until it o ciock at night. The committees this week have been
working night and day to make the
areair a success and everything de
penas on tne weather.
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Admission to grove 25 cents a person; I In
children free.
POOR REAP HARVEST ON ALEXANDRA DAY
i about replacing the walks, ttie two foot extensions alone was a'sked for.
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th r,tltlnr. nnthfnr wa. aaiA arranea Dy ln general committee an
isi-mireu uy me .Indiana Society is as
loiiows: PROGRAM. The Attronpemeat of the Auto Cararu under the direction of Captain Hanlon and his Mounted Posse Comitatus. The Encircling of the Pereaaial EverKreeno of Cedar Lake affording a Glimmering Vista of Nature's Charms SANS Split Skirts and Cabarets.
SPEEDWAY DRIVER KILLED IN FRANCE
Shocking End of Italian When Racer Drives Into Horse and Cart.
Alexandra, the Queen Blether. On June 25 Alexandra day all England, and London particularly, will ive proof of its loyalty and affection for Alexandra, the queen mother, by Riving lavishly to charity. In London alone forty-three committees are busy making? arrangements, for the unique chanty festival and more than 300 provincial town and cities have joined the movement, which originated from an idea which came to England from Queen Alexandra's native country, the little) )ciAdm. of Denmark. .
The hundreds of Lake county people who saw the Indianapolis speedway races this year will be shocked to
hear that the Italian automobilist, Zuccarelli, was killed outright yesterday, and his mechanician, Fanelli, was
mortally injured at Evreuz in France
while they were trying out a machine for the French Auto Club Grand Prix
contest in July.
The accident occurred at Marpilly, fifteen miles from here. Zuccarelli was
speeding at 100 miles an hour when a
horse and car emergd from a sunken
cross road.
The automobile drove right through
tne ODstructlon, but was overturned, pinning the occupants beneath. Jnut Back From V. S. Zuccarelli won the Grand Prix for light automobiles at Lemans in September, 1912. He had only recently returned from the United States, where he was the racing teammate of Jule Goux at the international 500-mile race at Indianapolis, Goux being the winner of that event.
The Peripatetic Ptl-ri mag-e to Hammond. Hesitating at the World-Famous Gretno Green, Crown Point, where his Hon. Judge H. B. Nicholson, will make 2 hearts 1, concluding with his Famous Afterpiece, "A GUSTATORY SMACK," OR "OSCULATION AS SHE IS DID," after a Pattern Cut by Judge E. C. Field and Will J. Davis, The Original Crown Point Kissing Bugs. (iaeata Are Advised to Sleep en route with one glim listed to starboard for the Slogan "WHAT NEXT?" Am the Caravan Hlta the Pike through Dyer and St. Johns, don't fail tonote the "Little School House"
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Billy Sunday. Billy Sunday, the evanirelist who fave up baseball a few years ago to ght the deviL is not sorry for the change. He recently closed a big series of revival meetings in St. .oseph county, Indiana. The revival ksted seven weeks. Sunday grained 6,398 converts and was given $10,500 for his services.
WOMAN SENT TO
STATE PRISON
(Special to Thb Times.)
Crown Point, Ind., iune 20. Grace
bmlth, who pleaded guilty to the
charge of manslaughter before Judge
w. Alcmahan in the Lake circuit
court here several days ago, was sen
tenced by the Judge yesterday afternoon to go to the penitentiary for a term of from two to twenty-one years. It was her shooting in Murphy's place, a Gary roadhouse two months ago which caused the death of Clarence Murphy, the saloonkeeper's son. The owner of the place is under indictment by the grand Jury for having violated the liquor laws.
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NEW HOSTESS OP NATION'S CAPITAL
Graves Bound Over. Frank Graves, 341 Cameron street, Hammond who was arrested on a warrant by Officer Trost yesterday afternoon on charges of embezzlement, was bound over to the superior court this morning from City Judge Barnett's court. Young Graves' Is said to have been employed by a local florist and failed to turn in the money which he collected after delivering flowers.
PLAT GOK.Fr Tan vrlll enjoy the "t 1 yon take a supply f COUNTRY CLUB Ion eat tobaeeo on the link with yon. Try It. McHI. cottem Tobacco Co.
ANTICIPATE THIS CONCERT
WITH PLEASURE
Hammond people who enjoyed an entertainment given last year by the
Glee club of the Lutheran Theological
seminary will have an opportunity again next week of hearing these popular singers, when they appear at the Hammond theater on Tuesday, June 24. They were invited to come here under the auspices of St. Paul's German Lutheran congregation and they will undoubtedly be greeted by a large house. The club this year is made up of five members who have already appeared in various Indiana cities this season, among them Lafayette and Ft. Wayne. They have a repertoire of classical and popular songs, both English and German, and in addition to their numbers Miss Gertrude Steinkraus of South Chicago will give a violin solo, accompanied by Miss Clara Gose on the piano. Miss Steinkraus appeared with the Glee club last year and was received with enthusiasm.
Chew Union Scoot Scrap. Every, body's dotn' It. McHle-Scotten Tob. Co.
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LEAGUERS
HAVE FINE CONVENTION
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u5 nammona District nt wnK
west Indiana Epworth League Con
lla.B Den noidin its annual
convention In East Chicago this week.
me convention has closed in a blase of glory for the young people of
league or the East Methodist EDiscona.1 rhnn.h -
Chicago
F. R. Martin of Hammond
4 by being made president of ts
sauiMuou, a pium greatly lourht aft-,.
by Epworth. Leaguers and th nth.r
officers elected were Miss Gertrude Deardruff of Morocco, secretarv va
Waymire of Wolcott J, Ind.. treasurer.
Jaiss Kuth Reid of Brooke was chosen
as secretary of the Junior League of
mis aistrict.
The conference Includes thirtv.twn
charges and the territory it embraces
runs down into the state about sixty miles. There were about 1S7 dolont..
in attendance and the event was said
Dy many of the visitors to be bv far
the most enthusiastic and best conducted of any held in years.
The convention was in session two
years and its meetings were charac-
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ELEVEN PAY TOLL. . Eleven people have been drowned In the Calnmet region ntnee the present apell of hot weather started ten day ago.
Four men met violent deaths in Gary yesterday. Two of them, steel corporation employes, were killed while at work, and two young men, employes of the American Bridge company, were dnowned whlla boating in the Graji Calumet river, near Clarke Station, at 11 o'clock last night. The bodies were recovered early this morning. The dead: MARTIN STANLEY, 24 years old; residence at Ambridge, Gary; mother mother lives at 9248 Essex ave., Souta Chicago; body at Kinerty's morgue. JOHN BERRAN, 27 years old; residence
at Ambrldge, Gary; parent Ura at. Ambrldge, Pa.; body at Finerty'SJ morgue. JOSEPH F. ENGLISH, 39 years old, switchman; residence at Sixteenth, avenue and Jefferson street, Gary; relatives reside In South Chicago; killed while at work In the F.irk, railway yards. Body at Gary Undertaking company's morgu.
RADO BASICH. 25 years old. laborer;,
Gary residence not known; killed while at work at Illinois Steel company blast furnaces. Body at Gary! Undertaking company's morgue. Boa tin a" Parry Disaster. Young Stanley and Berran, whose
first name Is said to be Martin by some
and John by others, went with. John M. , Watklns and. Thomas Cushman, fellow employes at the Gary plant of the ' American Bridge company, for a moonlight boat ride on the Grand Calumet ' river.
About eleven o'clock the party had'
reached a point some where eaat of '
the Clarke road bridge when one of the young men attempted to change1
seats. The craft capsized and the four were plunged Into the muddy waters. Watklns and Cushman managed to
reach, shore, after trying to save the '
other two. Three hours later the Gary
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PLtGEMN TALKS OUT AT MEETING
TORRID WAVE
CLAIMS VICTIM
Death of Fisherman Follows
Exposure at Roby Yesterday. ;
Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn. Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn, wife of the new member of conn-ess from Rochester, N. Y will take a leading part in social affairs in Washington next season. The Dunns have leased th house formerly occupied by the forme Secretary of the Navy Truinan Newberry on the Avenue of the President.
The torrid wave claimed its first vic
tim from heat prostration in this
region yesterday afternoon when Paul Damme, 47 years old a fisherman em
ployed at Camp Cuneo at Roby, was
sun struck and died a few minutes
later. His body was removed to Hellwi'g morgue at Whiting where an Inquest will be held todav. ri.nrr,i
ervices will be held from the morsrue
Saturday and interment will be made
at Oak Hill cemetery. The fatality occured yesterday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock while Damme was walking along the Pennsylvania railroad switch leading to the Knicker-
DocKer ice nouses. Two West Hammond men, John Shirweaskl and Julu's Molke saw Damme swoon to th ground and rushed to his assistance. Word was sent to Whiting for Dr. Hoskins, but upon his arrival, it was found that the fisherman had been dead for some time. Dame was well known at Roby where he resided at 351 Indiana boulevard and worked for Cuneo as a fisherman. He was 47 years old and leaves no relatives In this country. An odd coincidence in connection with his
death developed this morning when U
was learned that Damme had taken
out a life insurance policy, the day before he died.
SUPPOSE IT WERE THE GAS CO.
scarcity of
About this shameful water in Hammond
Though it belongs to the city, it is Just as much a public utility as are either the gas. electric light or telephone companies. The people are paying for water and they are not getting it. Suppose they were not getting gas or 'phone service and were paving for it Wouldn't there e a howl? It is the same old yarn year in and out. No water! All power to Alderman Plegeman! He's the only alderman that has ever had the backbone to call his soul his own.
PASTOR TO
GIVE PICNIC
Rev. Theodore Claus, pastor of Saint Paul's Lutheran church f Hammond, is planning a novel and Interesting event for his school In celebration of & successful year. He will take the en-' tire school of 190 pupils to Jackson park for a picnic on the 4th of July. Special cars are to be chartered and arrangements made for special privileges at ttie park. The schools close today .without xercises. It Is not the custom at : St. Paul's to prepare an elaborate program at the end of the school although many splendid events take place during the year.
Oscar Plageman, alderman from the Second ward, kicked over the traces today after a month of discontent and is now arrayed four-square for city welfare at no matter the cost to his political career. The new rift in the already perforated democratic administration was fore-shadowed when Plageman tore into the administration on the water question at the last meeting of the common council. Oscar Keeping Canes. T have been told by an expert that we are not getting anywhere near the power we should," said Mr. Plageman, today. "In the downtown districts the floors alone have sufficient pressure. On the south side we are suffering from lack. of water. "A few years ago the pumps were installed at considerable expense and were supposed to be powerful enough
to supply a city of 100.000 people. Now we have a possible 25,000 and a disgracefully inadequate water supply." Makes a Demonstration. Mr Plageman stepped to a wash stand in his shop and turned faucet
wide open. A lead pencil stream flowed out with very HtUe power. "That looks more like 40 poilnds than 70." said a citizen, "when It is 70 the water comes with terrific force." "An expert told me that there would be no danger ofi the mains bursting with a 70 or RO-rjound pressure," continued Plageman. "As we have the re
lief at the south end I can see no possibility of an accident. On a Dollar Basis. "There are a hundred and fifty buildings gonig up this year and more next. If we can't supply the city now how will we then? It is plain that some
thing must be done to give us water and plenty of lt. Supposing insurance underwriters come to realise that we are liable tn be with nut watr In v-
StreetS last I wintpr nnri Bummer TXTn,,!! ... .
night, in which a dozen men were en- I rates n-o wv Tr.-t it . mo-
gaged, a riot call was sent in at the nllsm ..H w r v,
Hammond central station and four of; -t dnn't bii.v. .--
the rioters were placed under arrest the pressue we are told. The water by Officers Bunde. Einsele. Hesterman ! question is a big one, and cannot be and Law. They were booked as fol- j dodged even if we have to lay new lows: Frank Bone. Louis Tukody. pipe, and building a pumping station Frank Jacobs and Alic Toth. This 1 mn a t-.( i I. a
morning tney were arraigned before
City Judge
each.
Firemen Called Out. Fire departments No. 1 and 4 responded to a call at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon on Columbia avenue where a small shed belonging to Martin Kascal caught fire. The origin is unknowkn and caused a damage of 130.
Officer Lute reported that he heard an explosion In the vicinity of the shed, but the owner reports that nothing was
stored in lt except coal and empty barrels.
DUCHESS SAYS U. S.' WOMEN ARE HUMANE
Had Warm Time. Following a free-for-all
Hoffman and Hohman
fight at
Barnett and fined $16.50
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The Duchess of Portland. The Duchess of Portland, who has been an active aid of Queen Alexandra of England in the crusade against "murderous millinery," says that she has found American women t? " more humane than their English sisters. However, the campaign against the use of birds in hats is gaining steadily, and ospreys are already out of fashion in the London, smart set