Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 27 June 1913 — Page 1
EYEMHG WEATHER. FAIR AND WARM TODAT; SHOWERS SATURDAY; COOLER. ITION VOL. vni., NO. 3. HAMMOND, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. .(Back Numktn 1 Ceats Coy jr.) LEAVES AMERICA SOON TO WITNESS THE INAUGURATION OF BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT. DROP DEAD FROM HEAT An unknown man dropped dead from the heat at Seventeenth and Massachusetts in Gary Rt noon today. He was about SO years old. Another unknown man was also overcome by the heat. HOHM STREET IS AGAIN I1LIILIGHT
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Crimped Fibre Company to Locate on Five-Acre Tract in Burnham Across Line From Hammond; Concern a Desirable Industry.
The Inevitable trend of industries toward the Calumet region has brought another factory, this time tor Burnham, Just across the state line from Hammond. Negotiations were closed this week for the location of th Crimped Fibre company on a five acre tract on the Columet river between Center and 141st streets In Burnh'-u. Half of the land for the sit was purchased from Attorney Samuel K. Markman of Chtcago and the balance from V. A. Fox. The Crimped Fibre company manufactures a substitute for excellsior. Its product is used by the manufacturers of furniture for packing and wrapping. It will emplay from 100 to 12S persons
Immediately. It has purchased twice as much property as it needs at the present time in anticipation of Its future needs, so it is safe to say that ultimately a larger number of men will be employed. It will use gas for power and heating purposes. The president of the company, George Saunders, is now making arrangements with Mr. Ray, of the Northern Indiana Gas A Electric , Company, for the Installation of mains and purchase of gas. Papers relating to the incorporation of the company have been obtained from Springfield, and much of the cachinery for the plant has already been hiped to Burnham and will probably be ready to be set up within ten days. The concern will use temporarily the old buildings on the property obtained from Mr. Markman and will proceed at once to put them into good shape. - The B. and O. T. T. railroad runs through the property. The beet thing about the hew plant is that it promised to run the 'year round.
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Fifteen East Chicago and Indiana Harbor lads are eagerly awaiting tomorrow on which they are to do their share toward carrying the message from President Wilson to Mayor Harrison, in the great relay race from the White House, on the receipt of which at Grant Park, Chicago, the International Athletic Asoclatlon meet will be declared open. The East Chicago club is In charge of the local feature of the race. Before starting on the race, which for the East Chicago con. tingent is divided Into fifteen laps of a half mile each, the boys will be subjected to a rigid physician examination
by a corps of physicians selected for
that purpose. Any boy in good physical
BRIDE GIVEN $5,000 TO MARRY IN HASTE By getting married yesterday Instead of waiting until fall, the time
first announced, Miss Sadelle Barker of
Indiana Harbor received a check for $5,000 from her mother, who said it
was worth that much to avoid the expense of a large wedding, to say nothing of the worry. The bridegroom was Gustave Edgar Berksen of 4833 Prairie avenue, Chicago, who is interested in the motion lcture business. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Stolz. Mr. and Mrs. Berksen will visit the Canadian Rockies.
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Tour fuel bill will be less if you cook with Gas. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co.
CHERRIES ARE VERY PLENTIFUL Lake county's cherry crop is wasting in the sun all for the lack of industry. Strawberries come and strawberries go unpicked." Though farmers realize that the fruit and berry crops are worth gathering and bringing to the marke they have not the time nor help to devote to them. Lake county has a reputation for dairies and truck gardens and it is living up to It with all Its might, but It refuses to enter a new and profitable field. Frank O'Rourke, market master, has visited farmers In the interests of his trade or the trade that he would like to have but hasn't. He has emptied valuable Orations in- pastoral settings, but "by gosh," tie says, they'Wflir't pick their cherries. . This is explained by the fact that so many other things occupy their time. Frank O'Rourke went into the country today to be sure of getting cherries for his much postponed cherry
market which will be held tomorrow
sure. Please come back again, housewives. Is the plea. It will be well worth your while.
They gathered at the market plaoe this morning but no farmers showed
up, much less farmers with cherries.
Notice.
All carpenters are requested to be
present at the funeral of Oscar Nor
man at the family residence, 417 West Sibley street, at 1:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. WILLIAM NEWTON, Business Agent.
IF YOU GO TO NEWPORT DON'T FLIRT; LADY COPS WITH BIG STICKS ON BEACH.
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Newport's lady cods. Miw 8b ith (lefU and Alias fiucbaooa. Newport, and that mealns society, is all agog and for the time being it has dropped everything else in order to watch the two policewomen appointed by the mayor at the solicitation of the Civic league. They are the first lady cops in that town to wear a uniform. It consists of a blue blouse, blue skirt and a straw hat to match. Their duties will consist mostly In arrestJug "mashers" on the beach.
Flossy Young Chap From the Far East Get Badly-
Twisted in Trying to Pull Wool Over-Eyes of Hammond Financier.
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Imagine anybody with sufficient temerity to ' pull the log" of the man who is generally recognized as the
shrewdest financier in Hammond, P. W. Meyn. And yet, there are such men, in fact, it appears now, that two suoh men called on him last week. They
were rrom the east naturally. Before any reader be alarmed fearin
that Mr. Meyn was "trimmed" it might
Be stated and emphatically too, he was not. Incidentally Hammond too lost what appeared to be a prospect' for a new industry, which the "easteners" said would employ in the neighborhood of 1,000 men. Apparently Mr. Meyn's customers were out for big game, and they were prepared to bide their time. They held themselves out to him as engineers and advance men for a new plant, something with a high sounding name, a name that in pronouncing would make a good mouthful. It sounded like "The American Steel Rail Manufacturing , company." They wanted a site somewhere along the river, they said, about thirty acres, they added as an after thought. As engineers they spoke
of soundings that they had made, but in the light of what happened, or rather, did not happen their soundings were confined mainly to Mr, Meyn's bank account. Toward the end of last week the two dapper young fellows came to Mr. Meyn asking for a savings bank book and at the same time deposited a $300 check on some bank of which Mr. Meyn had never heard. Mr. Meyn accepted the check and issued the bank book, but.:, realizing; .what a powerful -argument such a bank book would be in the hands of the unscrupulous against the unwary when he did not know whether the check he had in his bank wa w;orth the paper it was written on. he became cautious. Underneath the credit account in the bank book he wrote in red ink: "This deposit is secured by a check, the value of which we have not yet had time to investigate," or words to that effect. That was last Friday. Last Saturday evening, after the banks had closed, and the festivities of the Indiana society were at their heighth at the Country club Mr. Meyn received a telephone call at the club urging him to come downtown to close the deal for the site. "Why this hurry?" said Mr. Meyn, "why not wait until Monday?" The man on the other end of the wire insisted it was a big deal and intimated that Mr. Meyn should jump at the inducement. "Well, I am having a good time here at the club," said Mr. Meyn, "we handle big deals every day and don't get excited about them. ril see you next Monday." In his last sentence was the only
see his customers on Monday, nor have
they shown, up since. It was also last
week that one of the pair, presumably,
went to the Licensed Employment Bureal conducted by Leo Knoerser and wanted to know what there was "in it for me" to employ 750 men through the bureau for work on a new plant. He was informed that he would have to hire his men in a legitimate way without expecting any bribes.
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While Hohman street has been con
siderably in the limelight of late be
cause of improvement developments ac
tual and promised. State street is progressing with unabated pace. It's topography will be changed wonderfully
within a year.
One of the biggest assets that Hoh
man - stret ' acquired recently was the promise of a Woolworth five and ten cent store opposite' the' Lion' store' in
the former White store. The Woolworth people are located on State street now.
and think so well of this thoroughfare
that they have decided to continue their State street store in the Paxton building. There .are .the .Knoeger and
Kaufman and Wolf buildings and the
Jarnecke building.
Showing that the trend is eastward
Miss Met Evans. Miss Meta Evans, daughter of Mrs. Morris Evans of Washington and one of the most prominent of the resident society girls, leaves the national capital soon to spend several weeks with the American minister and Mrs. Horace G. Knowles In Bolivia, where she will see the inauguration of the new Bolivian president.
JURY QUIZ Eirai in
Prominent Citizens Hasten to Crown Point Where the Grand Jury Is Holding Forth; The Baxter Duo Add Eclat to Occasion.
LOSES HIS LIFE
COMPLAINS OF GARBAGE. CONDITIONS Here are two complaints made to The
Time? against the city in the matter of
sanitation. They are peculiar interest for they come from the neighborhood of city hail square. Number One. William Deverger, 163 Indiana ave
nue (bordering on the city hall). 1
Complaint made of cistern-like catch basin which is rank with putrid water and filth. No sewer connections, no prospects. Complaint ignored. Catch basin is in the rear of the Haan building once the oldest school house in Hammond and under the winodws of flats and Hohman street stores. Mrs. Benjomin Haup, 163 Indiana avenue (directly behind the central fire station at point where collection of garbag starts). " Complaint made that garbage Is not collected but once a week at the best, that ally is not kept clean and that in hot weather the stench is nauseating and that the whole neighborhood is infested by flies that breed in it.
(BULLETIN.) Deputy aheriffa from Crowa Poiat erved another batch of grmnd jury iiubpoenaea in Gary today. Crown . Point, Ind., Juno 27 The special session of the special grand jury of the Lake circuit court under the wing of Special Prosecutor O. J. Bruct, all at special cost to the taxpayers of Lake county, continued its investigation here today and a number of well known Gary and North township citizens appeared in answer to subpednas. Among them was Mayor T. E. Knott s. Yesterday's sesion was a protracted one and among those who testified were: P. W. Meyn, Hammond, who bought the land on which Dearborn park was located: P. A. Parry, editor of Thb Times; A. P. Brown, editor of the East Chicago Globe: Carl Cooper "of the Gary Tribune, Fred Furman of Crown Point, S. E. Swaim, edttor of the Hammond News; Clarence Bretsch, and several other citizens of Gary, Hammond and East Chicago. Wednesday W. J. Riley of East Chicago and J. J. Wheeler, editor of the Lake County Star, testified. The famous Baxter duo, formerly of Gary's red light district, but now re
ported to be living in East Chicago, also appeared before the grand Jury and their presence served somewhat to releive some of the gloom in the court house corridors.
Bound Over.
Ftte Ernst, giving his residence as Chicago, was bound over to the superior court by City Judge Barnett this morning on a charge of -larceny. Errst was arrested by Officer Law early this morning: following a successful attempt in which he stole a watch and chain from a coat belonging to W. S. Wojenkowski. With his arrest the watch and chain was recovered and returned to its owner.
SEMI-FINALS FOR JUNE CUP
DROWNINGS IN JUNE. 10
(Special to Thb Timis.)
Crown Point, Ind.. June 27. Fancher lake, the prettiest spot in all Lake
county, claimed another victim yes
terday afternoon, engulfing in its beau
tiful and treacherous waters the body of Frank Burge, one of Crown Point's
respected and talented young lads.
Burge with some boy scout com panions went to the lake for their cus tomary afternoon swim, the lake be
ing habited this time of the year with hundreds of swimmers, ranging from the expert diver down to the merest
novice in the art. After swimming
around in the old swimming hole on the west side of the lake for some
time Burge and two companions, Har
vey Minas and Harvey Keiser, decided they would try deeper waters and more hazardous sport, so climbed into
a boat and rowed around to the north
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CHORUS LADIES
GET OUTJF TOWf
Manager-Actor Settles His
Difficulties Out of Court Yesterday.
Mixed Foursome Also of the Events.
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Quite an important afternoon in golf at the Hammond Country club will be played tomorrow when the mixed foursome postponed from the day of the Indiana society's; visit will be played. There is considerable rivalry over this event and a big field of players is promised. The last foursome went to Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Sharrer. The semi-finals 'in the June cup flight will also be played. L. Cox and C. E. Barry Jr. fight, it out for the honor of going Into the finals, and P. A. Parry will play the winner of the Hill-Sawyer match for the final round.
While on the links smoke Country Club tobacco. McHle-Scotten Tob, Co. Adv.
Over night Hammond's little Rialto
lost six of the talkative show girl
from New Tork that had planned t
make this city their home till after th
Fourth. A repenting actor-manager re
lieved them of enforced Idleness by
paying their salaries and leaving them
free to hustle back to Broadway an
their art. ( Same Old Gag.
There is one inexplainable thing
about this affair that is hard to be
lieve. Instead of hurrying forthwith to
New York town the sextette scattered,
one for the Michigan Central and Paw
Paw. another for the Monon and Mill
ford and the rest to other dots on th
map. It caused some to wonder 1
chorus girls are all Jayhawkers or not.
Jolly Comes Acrow.
Edward Jolly, manager of the "Over Night in Boston company," settled with all but two of his company last night
after the show had been attached by chorus girls for salaries due. The sextette got all that was coming to them, but the Norris sisters, Elsie and Florence still hang out. Their case is to come up the 3rd of July. Meanwhile the sisters will loiter in Hammond and Chicago. They wei-e getting 275 a week for their specialty, . which was the best part of a good performance. The sisters hold contracts for transportation to Toronto, Canada, theit home. Jolly furnished bond and the scenery, fixtures and props of the show were released. With his wife he left for Chicago last evening.
on State street, Louis Roth and W. K.
Miller who both own building sites aast of Oakley avenue have decided to erect modern buildings on their lots. W. G. Paxton recently sold his Hohman street frontage north of J. K. Sanson's new residence at Elisabeth street to Dr. Buchanan. The consideration la said to have been $2,500. - South of the Woods residence on Hohman and Waltham streets, Walter Bielefled is erecting a beautiful seven thousand dollar residence. William Humper has a five thousand dollar residence under way in the Dyer subdivision. - " . .Great plans are being arranged by J. W. Dyer for the occupancy of his subdivision to be one of tho most exclusive in the city.
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Washington. . Jane 27. President
Wilson started for Windsor. N. H. with family. Will remain week to get them set led, then return to capital until Congress adjonnu, naafclna; week
end trips.
Sharon. Vt Jnaa 27-MAmaal from
all over country here to observe anal-
erstry of Joseph Smith's death, their leader, at hands of Cart ha are, Mow amoh.
Gertysharer. Pa. June 37. Employee
to eofc eight hundred thousand meals
for 40,000 Union and Confederate veter-
s dnrfnar Gettyshars; celehmtlon n
rived here.
San Franeiseo, Jane 27. Jess Wil
ls rd meet Charles Miller four rounds
here tonight. Jim Flynn recently broke Miller's ribs. - ,
Boston, June 27. Joseph Knowles,
Boston ontdor life painter plans jgo to
Maine woods next week where will live wlthont elethlBV food, matches, tire-
ma or smntnnltlon natll October, to
prove people' - need not. he slsves to civilisation.
Chicago, June 27 American Railroad
Employees and Investors Association will disband July 1, In order check hostile legislation to transportation companies.
Sensational Episode in Indianapolis Is Followed by Threat of Hammond Lawyer to Whip Man Who Made Remark.
TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., June 27. Another case coming up upon the state pardon
' board in session here, that created some .Tntt.m.nt .r a m U. A 1 fl. tr......
who was ' sent up. for -Ufa .from Port land lor the murder of Louisa Btolts.
a miser of that place In 1S38. Attorney Joseph Conroy, of Hammond, appeared for Musser and S. A. D. Whipple, of Portland, opposed the petition.. Conroy told of a long series of crimes which preceded and followed the killing of the woman, and charged that Whipple had been a party to an agreement with
HAS DONEGAN GOT IT? (Special to The Times.) Whiting. Ind., June 27. This city was aflutter with political rumor this morning to the effect that James Donegan had received the postmaster appointment. An effort to reach Mr. Donegan for a verification of the report was fruitless as he was away from his office. His business partner, Mr. O'Connell, was also unable to vsrlfy the report. The rumor caused surprise because the postmastership was in the popular mind conceded to Judge George W. Jones. The latter had, however, heard nothing of his own appointment or that of any one else yet this morning. Mr. Donegan is in the coal business. He is a member of the city council and is a candidate for the democratic mayoralty nomination in the primaries.
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Open New Grocery. Sheffield Brothers, two energetic young men, have opened a new grocery at 470 Summer street in the building formerly occupied by Oero, Palmer & Co. They are eager to build up a patronage and promise to give their customers first class attention, making prompt deliveries one of their special features.
Called to Detroit. John Crawford of Thi Times counting rooms was called to Detroit this morning on account of the severe illness of his aged mother. Several weeks ago he was called to Benton Harbor on account of the death of hi fathor-in-law. ........
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