Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 6, Hammond, Lake County, 24 June 1913 — Page 1

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A case, harking back to former Gary elections -was scheduled to come up before Judge V. S. Relter In the Lake Superior Court today, the Gary Printins and Publishing Company, publishing the Gary Post being the plaintiff against Constable . ese S. Smith. The latter is represented by Attorney Ressler, while the plaintiff is represented by Attorney H. P. Sharavsky. Smith is being sued on his bond as constable to recover $100, -which the publishing company says it lost, because he failed to do his duty In attaching the property of Winkler, one time a candidate for Gary city clerk. Winkler lost out In that campaign because Tom Knotts "put over" Harry Moose who is now serving time for perjury in connection with the dictagraph Is the northern part of Lake county the subject of the visitation of a plague of mosquitoes? Recent activities of the little pests in Hammond and East Chicago, theiimaking life miserable, for the people living along the Little Calumet marsh, and ' the consernatlon they created in Gary leads to the belief that the region is suffering from a regular mosquito plague. In Snarmlnc Cloada. Autoists having occasion to travel on the Black Oak, the Aetna-Miller, the Miller-East Gary and other marsh GRAND JURY AGAIN BUSY j (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June J4. The j grand Jury, which as been in session j at various times during the past alx ; weeks, convened again this morning j after a 'vacation two weeks. There j have been rumors around the court- ( house that some investigation may be made regarding tactics used in the last election, but no one could be found who admitted having any "ioside" information. FOURTH OF JULY HINTS - fourth of July hints : The following have been sent out by W. E. Longley. state Are marshal: Clean up all rubbish In a.leyt. Close tightly all stables. yards and' j OUt -h )USd I and packing rooms Cellar windows, also Wet down any area of roof where there is danger of fire. Observe all local ordinances pertaining to fireworks. Be careful of the small Chineses fire crackers, than any It destroys more property ; other fourth of July con- j trivance. Hang out your flags, rest and keep cor SCHOOLMASTERS ARE THICK IN POLITICS John W. Since the advent of Woodrow Wilson in politics a few years ago, many schoolmasters in different parts of the country have gone into politics with a vim. Many have been elected to congress, others have been appointed to important government positions. One of the latest additions to the schoolmaster's cinb at the capital is John W. Abercrombie. congreesman-at-large from Alabama. He is one of the South's foreaaost edocaiosrf.

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cases. While Winkler was making: the race he is said to have had about $100 worth of campaign literature printed by the printing company. Upon his alleged failure to pay, his property was attached. Constable Smith having been commissioned to serve the writ. Smith Is said to have attached Wnkler's automobile, but Instead of keeping it in his possesson gave Wnkler permsaion to use it. One day the former candi date took it across the state lino and nothing has been seen of it since, and the wheerabouts of Wrinkler are also unknown. Mayor Knotts and "Bill" Cain are on Smith's bond. They are also said to bo stockholders in the publishing company.

ES THE BANE OF LIFE THESE DAYS

roads report that the mosquitoes encountered in some parts of their rides are massed together in swarming clouds. Old timers say that the mosquotles were never seen in such profusion before. Last night myriads of the pest descended upon Gary. The mosquitoes were particularly ubiquitous, managing to get through the screen inter stlces. And when they did they made sleep impossible. Residents of Miller are having the time of their life battling with the ferocious mosquitoes that infest the nearby marshes. Traffic on the main line of the Nickel Plate railroad and the East ChicagoHammond street car route is blocked at the State street crossing this after noon with every prospect of remaining in a like condition throughout the night. A fire engine from the central department is pumping water from a broken sewer main, the cause of the blockade. A cave-in occurred shortly after the noon hour at a catch basin lust east of the main line of the Nickel Plate, on the north side of the street. To prev.nt tho flrmrlino of wtrsr. haRomonta on East State street the fire department was called upon to produce an engine and pump the water into the gutter of the brick paved alley. The result is a harmless river alorg the alley. The Xk-kel Plate will be able to run i trains over a switch and the Green Une Js atv into two branches one f rom the track3 tJ Kast Chicago.' and the other from East Hammond. the Four Corners to Repairs are being i made, but it is probable that the fire engine will be on duty all night. ODDFELLOWS CHOOSE GARY FOR PLACE Saturday, September 13, was selected as the date of the annual picnic of the Lake county Oddfellow lodges at a meeting of lodge representatives at the Steel City lodge hall In Gary last night. The picnic will be held in Gary, probably at Gleason park. Every lodge but on, Shelby, was rep resented at last night's meeting. A. O.

TRAFFIC On -SHOCKED

Shay of Gary is chairman of the picnic The committee on parks and bouleassociation. Walter McXally of Gary is yards was instructed to investigate the the district deputy. ! matter of saving the trees and to recIt is estimated that more than 2.000 1 ommend to the city administration the

Oddfellows and Kebekahs and their famalies will attend the annual pic nic. A big program Is being made up and men prominent In Odfeliowship wll be present to deliver addresses. TOWNSHIP PATIENT IS FOUND An old man giving his name as John Meyers was found in destitute circumstances by neighbors early this afternoon. He lived alone in a small shanty near Claude and Carroll streets and he was in such feeble condition that he was taken to St. Margaret's hospital in the police patrol, where he was given medical attention. Meyers Is about 60 years old and Is I a bachelor. He was sick and afflicted with rheumatism and told the officer who investigated the case that he hadn't eaten for three days. His case was called to the attention of Trustee John C. Becker. A Gas Range does, away wltb dirt. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co. While oa the links smoke Country Cinb tobacco. McIIIe-Scottrn Tob. Co. Adv.

NEW WITNESS FOUND IN PROHL TRAGEDY Boy Says He Saw Gates Strike Victim on Head Before Death.

Attorney W. J. McAleer, who Is Investigating the Prohl tragedy for members of the Prohl family, stated today that he has conclusive proof rfom eyerwitnessos bearing out the story told in Thk Time? on the day following the death of John Prohl at the Clinton street crossing of the Monon. The main detail is that the gates that guard the public, or are supposed to guard it. were lowered on top of Prohl's car and that they In all probability struck the driver on the head. Small Boy a Wltnesa. According to Attorney McAleer, one of them is John Stevens, Jr., a Homewood boy aged, 14, who saw everything. He is posHive that the gates came down upon the machine and Is Inclined to believe that they struck Prohl upon the head. The boys denies however, that Prohl stood up In the car when it was about to be struck by the Monon engine as was told at the inquest. He claims that to all appearances the ill-fated motorist motorist was rendered senseless by the fall of the gates or was too astonished to try to escape. Although the attendance at the gen eral meeting of the Hammond Cham ber of Commerce last night was rather small, a number of things of general interest to the city of Hammond were taken up and discussed, and what is more important, action was ordered taken through committees. Upon the motion of E. F. Johnston. President V. S. Relter appointed a committee to inv estimate .tbwjaaeibilta-of . the .Hammond Machine and Forge Company, the latter seeking the . endorsement of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce with a view of interesting Hammond capital for an extension of its business. Messrs. E. F. Johnston, E. R. Jacobson and W. A. Hill were appointed. Representatives of the General Electric company of Schenectady, N. T., appeared before the Chamber to advocate the installation of the company's new ornamental lamp of Hohman street arguing that their one-globe lamp produced a pearl white light, giving twice as much illumination as the proposed five cluster lamps proposed for State street without additional cost for "juice" or maintainance. They stated that their ornamental light had been on the market for a year and had al ready been Introduced in many of the larger eastern cities. A playground in Chicasro is illuminated with this light and this is to be visited this evening by the board of public works, and a committee of the Chamber off Commerce, j coniposed of William Kleihege, Frank Hammond. William Gostlin, Sr., Otto Knoerzer and Anton Tapper. Dubuque is the nearest city having the lights in streets, and the company is anxlouj to get into Hammond to have a display near Chicago. The lights were represented aii the latest thing in ornamental lighting, and the company's representative explained that his company also manufactured tungsten lights which are to be used in the five cluster lights. C. J. Sharp called the attention of the Chamber two matters of city intests, one the saving of the maple trees from the "cotton scale" which threatens to ruin all the maples In the city, and the nuisance of broken glass in the streets for autoists. The latter was referred to the committee on automobils with instructions to bring about some concerted action from all auto ' owners to suppress the broken llv.n nuisance. i purchase of a suitable spraying ma chine with which all the trees in the city both private and public can be sprayed. The Rev. Floyd Adams reported that his son had had the subject up In correspondence with the agricultural department of Purdue university and that the authorities there had recommended spraying as the only efficient method to kill off the pests. Representatives of Intermediary towns between Hammond and Chicago Heights who some time ago were j looking for the Chamber's support to get an interurban built between the two cities did not appear at the meeting last night. In a letter to the Chamber from tha operating department of the Michigan Central railroad, which was read last nlghti It was stated that the company had decided to comply with the organization's request to stop its through east-bound train In Hammond, which passes through the city at 11:16 a. m. For the present, however, the stop will be made only on Sundays. OTHERS ARB WISE. t'nlnn Scoot Scrap, Coantry Clab Lonx Cat. Porx Ping- Cat and iwwt Loma Flae Cut Tobaccos, have tickets rood for prrmlnma. se the Itat. Cmloa amade AIcHle-Scettea Tobacco. Co

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SINCLAIR'S EX-WIFE IS ENGAGED AGAIN; SHE'LL NOT WED "HOBO POET OF KANSAS"

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Mrs. Upton Sinclair. Mrs. Meta Puller Sinclair, the divorced wife of Upton Sinclair, the writer, has announced her engagement to Hugh B. Haliiwell of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mrs. Sinclair and Haliiwell met in a sanitarium at Newbargh, N. Y where both were patients, and it was a case of love at first sigrht. ! Upton Sinclair divorced his wife two years ago, naming Harry Kemp, "the hob: poet of Kansas," as co-respondent." Haliiwell does not figure in the hobo class, being. the son of a rich jeweler.

JUDGE DENIES THE INJUNCTION

An Injunction prayed for Oscar Carlson of Hobart against the town of Hobart and the town officials was dened by Judge Lawrence Becker in the superior court this morning on the preliminary hearing. Carlson pettion to the court to enjoin the town board from accepting the big sewer system from the contractor alleging that the 48.000 project had not been built In accordance with the specifications. This is the second time that Hobart citizens have instituted a law suit Involving this improvement, but both were denied beca'use of the insufficient showing of grounds for the injunction. The town of Hobart was represented by its attorney, Mr. Peddicord, while the petitioners were represented by At - torneys Plerson and Wilson of Hobart and Hammond respectively. 3k Peter Van VHssingert. Peter Van VlissinEren. who is serv ing a sentence in Joliet (111.) penitentiary for forgeries aggregating 11.000,000. is in Chicago contesting a suit I Or aiTorcc against ins wua. Van Vlissingen says divorce is worse than forgery. Mrs. Van Vlissingen was the forger's stenographer before she became his wife. His attorneys are trvtne to prove that she married him

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BIG GROWTH The males of age in North township number over 20.000t according to Trustee John C. Becker, who has the task of conducting the six-year enumeration required by the state about completed. Only two of thirteen canvassers are yet to be heard from, and they are expected most any day. The enumeration of male inhabitants is done that the state may have something to base the division of representation upon. Mr. Becker made what he considers a very conservative estimate, saying that the population of North township must be at least 70,000. The United States census in 1910 gave it as 48,318. This is an increase of 22,000. OFFICER'S SON BITTEN BY DOG fSnerlal to The Timfs.1 , Crown Polnti Ind., June 24 The first case of dog blte for the season ln tin8 . clty occurred . yesterday when . Thomas Piatt, Jr., son of City Marshal Piatt, was quite badly lacerated in the hand by a dog owned by John Biegel. Tho Piatt lad and the son of Mr. Beegle were playing with the animal which was tethered to a long rope in the yard. Young Biegel told the Piatt boy to shake him and see what the dog would do, with the result record ed above. The wound was thoroughly cauterized by a physician and it Is not thought that any 111 effects will result from the accident. . . . TEAM HAS NOT DISBANDED On account of having' no game scheduled for Sunday the members of the Hammond baseball team will be given a day off. A majority of the players will use the afternoon in practice, while a few have signed up to play outside teams. It was rumored this week that the team had disbanded for the balance of the season, but Capt. Fowler announced this morning that there Is absolutely no truth in the story and arrangements are being made for a game with some fast team a week from Sunday. POST DECLINED BY NICHOLSON Indianapolis, Ind., June 23. Mere jdith Nicholson, the author, today ln a j telegram to President Wilson, de.cllned the appointment as Minister co ; Portugal for which he was named last week. Mr. NIcholsan refused to dis cuss his action, except to say it was because of family reasons. Ho previously has declared that his acceptance depended on his wife. James D. Phelan, former mayor rtt San Francisco, also declined a dlplo-

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Side People at Mercy of Plague of Flies and Rats and Sickened by Garbage

That Columbia park, purchased dur ing the Becker administration ior mo east siders, is a dumping grouna ior sickening garbage piles and that a plague of rats harrasses the property owners on streets nearby, are the charges made by Hammond taxpayers. Scrawny, bony, hungry-looking specimens of the rat family aDOuna in hundreds, yea thousands, on Roosevelt and Wilcox avenues. iney commii. about all the crimes enumerated above and many more that cannot be mentioned. Life is unendurable on' the. avenue, though it faces the greew banks of a river and borders on a ci.ty park. The river is undredged, which is nobody's fault, and the park is unbeautlful, which is Still these conditions might exist and the residents of Roosevelt avenue and neighboring streets be comparatively happy if it were not for the existence of a city dump right under their very noses, where garbage burns for two weeks at a time and north winds blow the sickening, disease-breeding smoke Into their homes 'for mother, father, children and the babies to breathe day and nisht. Dliwase and RATS. Typhoid and diphtheria, scarlet fever and all the diseases of children have raged in the district affected by the city dump. "Within a radius of one block live fifty families. The hand PUBLISHER SEES SANITY PROSPECT W. B. Conkey, the publisher and printer whose plant ln Hammond is the largest of its kind in America, answered the political ouery. "Where are we at? in characteristic fashion this morning. "We are enjoying a sane, prosperous condition due to sane government, ' he said to The Times. "There is nothing abnormal and things will continue in the right direction for the people have confidence in the democratic administration." In regard to his business Mr. Conkey said, "We are running night and day, employing 1,160 men and have orders four months ahead. These are all large contracts and the prospects for the year are bright." MONKEY BARBERS lit C0I1G HERE Simian Tonsorial Artists Among Features With Gentry Bros. Shows. The only monkey barbers in the world are coming to this city next Ti)fS(iajri July 1, when Gentry Bros. famous shows will give two performances here. These monkeys are trained to enact scenes common ln a barber shop. The comical situations which develop as a result of monkey nature are Indeed laughable. When the shop opens an "old gentleman" monkey, In all dignity, walks in. He takes his seat In a chair and tells the monkey barber he wants a shave. After placing' the towel at his throat i the barber decides he needs a hair cut. In the difference of opinion which follows the monkey barber gets angry. He fills the patron's mouth full of soap suds. Then he catches up an enormous pair of shears, 1 and the damage he would do is cheekc-d only by the timely arrival of a trainer This monkey barber shop scenes is a most amusing presentation of animal nature. It is, however, only one of scores of unique displays which Gentry Bros.' famous shows offer this season. For this city only admission is reduced to 25 and 35 cents. AUTO COLLISION. A motorcycle driven by John Fishe; employed at the Triangle bicycle shop, collided with an automobile yesterday afternoon on the corner of Oakley avenue and State street, resulting In slight damage to both motorcycle and auto. Fisher's right hand was lacerated. A Standard Oil company auto truck collided with a Hammond, W'hlting & East Chicago snface car last evening on the corners of State and Hohman streets. ' Owing to slippery rails the driver of the truck was unable to avoid the accident, which resulted in considerable damage to the vehicle.

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GARBAGE THE PIED - PIPER OF HAMLIN Tbey fouslit the doc aad killed the ' rata. And bit the bablea ln the cradlea. And ate the checaea oat of atn, And licked the aoup from eook'a . own ladle. , i f Split open the fc"aa of aaJteS aprata, Made aetata Inaldc mea'a Snaday hata And even polled the women' a ckata By drowning apeaklna; with ahrleklna; and aqneaklms In fifty different ah a r pa and fiata. of death has hovered over these homes, snatching a life now and then. To day the little community Is fraer of disease than almost ever before, but it is merely an Interval. Terrorise IVetsaborhood. ' Thare is a more apparent plague than typhoid before the unfortunate residents all of the time and It Is growing worse and more dangerous every day. It Is the old disease of unsanitary garbage conditions, rata, foul, cruel, dangerous pests that tonment the life of animal and man. They exist in hundreds on Roosevelt street, being bred ln the city dump a few hundred feet away. Kills Twenty n Day. Oliver Jarchow, 687 Roosevelt avenue,, has killed as many as twenty ln a day. Mrs. Sam Warntsh, 584 Roosevelt avenue, lost all of her poultry except one lone duck when" the rats descended on her home. Earl Shaw, William Greenwld, W. Siepaff and mo on down the street all suffer from the plague of rata brought on by the dlsregard of city officials. Swarm Out at Dusk. After supper on Roosevelt avenue and Wilcox street it Is the custom of people to loaf on front porches, unless the stench from the garbage is being blown by a north wind then it is Impossible. With the setting of the sun the rats came out. They come out of every hole in the foundations of th houses, they scurry around on the ground and at the feet of timid women. The evening on Roosevelt avenue is spent ln the pleasant diversion of rat slaughter, and the male member of the family with the most carcasses to his credit Is awarded first prize. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a Times reporter saw rats playing around porches and yards. A Slim Excnae. -Mrs. William Hoin, 600 Roosevelt avenue, tells of the many fruitless efforts she and other women have made to have tht city find a dumping ground elsewhere. The city administration refused to do anything, although they (Contlaied on Page T.) WHAT WILL WOMEN FIND TO DO NEXT? Miss Katherine AL Stile. Miss .KaLbenne M. Stiles at Menominee, Mich., enjoys the distinction of being the onlv woman tnanagine editor of a d;iilj news paper in this country. Two years atro. on the death of her father, who was managing editor of the MenoraU nee Herald-Leader, she assumed bis duties. Srte has bean very success! ol

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