Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 13, Hammond, Lake County, 2 July 1913 — Page 1
IMC WEATHER. GENERALLY FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW. EDITION ONE CENT ER COPY. (Back Number 1 Cents Coay.f vol. vni., NO. 13. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913.
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HAMMOND GETS SBX SQUARE HI.
Fertile Farming Community Is Last Night Added to the City of Hammond, and Annexation Cases Are Disposed Of.
Between two suns Hammond acquired Ix square miles of contested territory that Is coveted by East Chicago and
Gary. The annexation of the Saxony
Hessvllle region to the south and east of the present city limits was made by
a compromise between land owners and city fathers. All Harmonious. With the annexation cases pending in the courts a delegation of twenty farmers came before the council with a proposal that they be taken Into Hammond but be exempt from taxation till 1918 a period of five years. This was granted after a little parley by a unanimous vote and the city attorney authorized to have a Judgement mtered by the. court, not be become effective for
ATTORNEY HAS
NARROW ESCAPE J. Frank Meeker of Crown Point Run Down. Crown Point. Ind.. July 2. Attorney
J.'Frank Meeker and a party of friends
figured In quite a serious automobile accident in which his machine was badly damaged on Monday evening while
riding south of this city. A collision occurred between the Crown Point attorneys auto and a machine being driven by Chicago Joy riders, whose names could not bo learned. Mr. Meeker's car was taken to the auto hospital for repairs. A few arrests and subsequent heavy punishment is advocated for Chicago's reckless motorists by Lake county people.
NOW HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
Some Fat Jobs Can Be Had With Little Effort. Looking for a Job? Your congressman, J. B. Peterson, who is always on the lookout for good things for his constituents, announces the following civil service positions
open, with salaries ranging from $1,000
to $5,000.
Senior structural engineer, structur
al engineer, senior civil engineer, civil
engineer, senior electrical engleer.
electrcal egineer, senior inspector of
motive power and inspector of motive
power, senior railway engineer and
railway engineer, senior mechanical
engineer and mechanical engineer, se
nior architect and architect.
The civil service examinations will
be held In Valparaiso and South Bend, July 23.
fContlnued on Pass a.)
CAPTURE SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER The Hammond police art led to belleve that they made a clever capture last night when a youth giving his name as Miltcj "West, 110 N. Carpenter street. Chicago, was arrested on suspicion at the Erie yards by Officer Bush. The following jewelry was found on his person: Thirty gold filled rings," 21 lodge buttons, 8 watch chains, 11 watch fobs, 1 watch charm, 1 bracelet. 6 neck chains and lockets, 3 pair of cuff buttons, 7 stickpins, 3 tie clasps, 1
leather belt, $8 in money and a number
of other articles. Today the police are working on the
case and hope to obtain some clues in
short time. When young West was booked at -th station he gave hia age
as 22 years old, but later told Officer
Law that, he was only 16 years old
and that he had served 1 to 14 years In
the penitentiary for committing an of
fense at Peru, Ind. West claimed that he bought the jewelry from a peddler at Madison and Carpenter street, for
which he paid a sum of $5.
A Gas Range does away with dirt.-
No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co.
FIGHTS PLUCKILY FOR BIG FORTUNE
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Narrow Escape of Clarke
Station Man m Lake. (Special to Thb Times.) Clarke Station, Ind., July 2. Otto
Kunze of this place had a very nar
row escape from drowning in Lake
Michigan at Pine yesterday afternoon.
While out bathing he went out with several young fellows In a boat. Not
realizing that the water was about fifteen feet deep Mr. Kunie jumped out
of the boat and, not being able t
swim, expected to wade to shore. His companions were so shocked when he went down for the first time that they were almost unable to render assist.
ancs. But for the p'resence of Hal Brewer, who swam out i.nd seje.d -Dtto
on his last time down, he undoubtedly
would havt been another of the many drowning victims.
WILL ERECT A
JTCNE BLOCK Highland, Ind., July 2. A center of commerce for the Ridge road district
of fertile farm land and prosperous
farmers has been definitely decided upon. The erection of a modern city
business block at the corner of High
way and Third streets In Highlands by H. S. Daugherty and F. R. Schaaf and the Installation therein of the Farmers
and Merchants bank of Highlands is
accepted as the ultimatum. The pros-
pect of a mammoth railroad terminal on the Erie railroad there assures
Highland that it Is the favored vil lage.
The Farmers and Merchants bank Is
a thriving institution less than a year
old which has increased its deposits from $7,000 to $29,184.53 and has resources totaling $42,00.0. The stockholders are well-to-do farmers.
AUTO TRUCK ON RAMPAGE The breaking of a stearing gear caused a large Stan-lard Oil company auto truck, to become uncontrollable last evening oh Sheffield avenue, near Hoffman street. It rambled upon several cement sidewalks, leaving its
CALL BIG GUNS TO TELL WHAT THE Y KNOW OF MANUFACTURERS' LOBBY; PROMINENT POLITICIANS INVOLVED IN MULH ALL'S STORY
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CITIES SUFFER F
OR
ADEQUATE ICE
Whiting And Hammond Are Up In Arms Over Operations of Consumer's Ice Co.
Is the time at hand when the cities of the Calumet region must have their municipally owned Ice plants? Whiting. In fact, is talking of such
from the consumers. . Connmrr'a I'norganlsed. ' If the business men in any of the communities were getting' the same
an institution now, and a mass meet- service that private parties gt, a cry
ing of citizens is called for next Tuesday nght to discuss a project of this nature. In Hammond conditions are as
bad as anywhere in this respect.
Many Kicks Heard. Service complaints are also heard In
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, it is nothing unusual for a Hammond or
Whiting housewife to be without ice for
twentv-four hours at a tirae. The
Top, left to right:' Ferdinand C Schwedtman. Henry M. Cwadry and Jamea E. Watson. Bottom, left to right: Charles E. Littlefield. John J. Jenkina and D. M. Parry.
Here are some of the men who, according to Col. Martin M. Mnlhall, u former agent of the American Association of Manufacturers in Washington, were active in fighting labor and who were involved one way or another, with the so-called manufacturers' lobby at Washington. Watson is an Indiana ex-congressman; Jenkins is a Wisconsin ex-congressman; littlefield is a Maine ex-congressman; Swedtman, Mulhnll says, assisted in directing the work of the lobby; D. M. Parry is a former president of the N. A. M who is charged frith having been very active in forming the lobby, - - - -
COUNCIL
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Aldermen met last evening before the mayor at the city hall and entertained distinguished visitors from the Saxony-Hessville district. War on Traction Company. Oscar Plageman originated a little trouble for the Green line car system. The mayor appointed Plageman, Lauer and Eggers to confer with the traction companies in tha matter of service. The objection is that there are not enough cars.
Two New Gravel Roads. !
County commissioners were granted the right to build two roads east of the city, the same being One Hundred and Sixteenth street and an extension of
Plummer avenue. The traffic ordinance was dug up read and passed again. It has been read so much that the members of the council are thinking of
WHY TIMES ADS That- Timbs -want ads bring results was again proven this week when C. H. Stewart of Hammond inserted two rent ads, one for a 7room flat and another for a store building on Hohman street. In each Instance he seceived a long string of answers and inquiries, and today he informed The Times that both of the places had been rented and will be occupied the first part of next week. Mr. Stewart seemed surprised that the two insertions would bring such a large number of answers and Immediate results.
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would have gone up long ag lor municipal plants or competing companies would have been formed. As It is tha business men have contracts for their year's supply, which not only insures them prompt delivery, but also rates fifty per cent below what the privata consumer pays. The men that are powerful . enough to change conditions, have no complaints to make to speak of
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dealers are getting top notch prlcesjand the private consumer
nrithnnt a miirmpr. and the COlTlDany S (5
weights are accepted ninety-nine timos
out of a hundred without a question Continued on Page S.J
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Hammond Board of Public Works This Morning Decides That City Must Have
LNewDeep Sewer System
In the Near Future.
iMrs. Margaret Rudolph's
Testimony Promises To Be Important in Suit.
Whiting Expert When Being Tried ior Dancing Immoral Dance in South Chicago Declares Whiting Police Enjoy It.
bchw.s iv iu mius.c iuu nS n tne , clerk ordered to advertise for bids
city antnem. i ney may even bulla a light opera around it and star Mr. Duelke, the lightning-like manipulator of movable alphabets. Pay Jndgniient and Coats. The council voted to pay the $414.90, judgment and costs of Kenwood condemnation. "Cme on Over" Tom. A letter from the Hon. Tom Knotts
j Board Meets. j The board of public works this morning1 let contracts for walks on ! Truman street and tor- an alley pavement between State and Sibley streets from Oakley to the Nickel Plate
tracks. The Ahlborn Construction company is to do the work. Plans and specifications for the Moss avenue walks were accepted . and the
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hearing was held on the Jackson street pavement and the clerk authorized to advertise for bids. The clerk was told to notify the Northern Indiana Gas company to place arc lights on Torrence avenue at Adams street.
marks behind, and narrowly escaped t of ary was read. It contained a cordial
running into an adjacent lot. A high curb eded the truck's wild rampage. Fortunately there were no small children playing on the walks and street as is usually the custom.
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CLARENCE IS GONE. This morning the Hammond police were asked to aid in the search for Clarence Maher, who has been missing since last Monday morning and has not been setn or heard of since. Young Maher is an orphan and is said to ha'e a sister residing at East Chicago. His disappearance was reported by the Mcllroy Belting company where he was employed.
Testimony which will be of great weight if produced on the witness stand in a possible damage suit growing oit of the John Prohl death on the Monon's Clinton street crossing recetly was put on record today by Deputy Coroner E. M. Shanklin. The sworn statement is made by Mrs. Margaret Rudolph, who resides In the second house west of the Monon tracks and on the north side of the street, at No. 111. Her statement shorn of formalities is as follows: "At this time (of the accident) I was standing in the front door of my house at 111 Clinton street. I saw Mr. Prohl coming down Clinton street from the west in an auto. As he approached the Monon, about fifty feet away from the
, tracks, I saw the gates moving as I though they were coming down. He i kept on toward the tracks, and the I gates came, down in front of the au-
The inspectors report lor tne penn- tomobile. The automobile was moving sylvania avenue sewer was accepted, pretty fast at this time. It ran
The engineer was ordered to prepare the assessment roll for this sewer.
As there were no bidders on the
invitation to tne annual meeting or the j Hohman street ; ornamental lighting Indiana Municipal League at ary, July ; system the clerk was ordered to re8 to tB. It ws accepted. I advertise for bids. The draft of a 44x40x12 pavilion to i
be built In Douglas park was passed
around. After all of the councilmen, there were ten present, had scrutinized It they voted that the board be authorized to go ahead and build the structure.
THE OFFICIAL. FIGl'BES. Petition for the deep sewer system i Signers on south side S23 Signers on north side.... Ill Total 434 Remonstrances against s Signers on south side S48 Signers on north side ...26
City Clerk Otto Duelke was authorized by the board of public works this morning to advertise for bids on a deep sewer system for Hammond to cost within the estimate of the cityengineer, $678,000. The board made the decision after ihree months of debate in which petitions for and against were circulated In a city-wide campaign. The matter has been agitated for five years. Two members of the board voted in favor and one against,
John Ia Rohde being the dissenting
Whether the police of Whiting will soon be pestered to death by citizens of that locality who want to witness a bear-cat exhibition is a matter of more than passing moment. Steve Martin says the cops in Johndee's town are great bear-cattera and Steve ought to know. Steve, who is champion bearcat
dancer of Whiting, ran afoul of the Total ..817 law when he attempted to teach a - young woman the prohibited animal
dance at Lakeside grove in South Chicago Mr. Martin was fined $5 and costs by Municipal Judge Sullivan when he learned that Policeman Dooly had repeatedly warned Martin against staging the performance. "What is this bearcat dance," asked the court, when Mai tin was produced. "Why, your honor, it's nothing gaoro or less than tho old 'Hoochie Koochie' that was danced at the world's fair." answered Lieut. McCauley. "except that the bearcat is danced double."
member. Both Swanton and .Schroeder ell. that ougnt to cost Mr. isiartln
voted "aye." The antis have 1100 aDoui 3 ana costs,, repnea me court. pledged to finance Injunction proceed-.'"Is that agreeable to you Mr. Martin?"
irigs and threaten to do so.
CONGRESSMAN'S WIFE IS A NOTED BEAUTY
No More Violations. Out of the two dozen baseball pools which have been operating in various saloons, poolrooms and cigar stores in
! Hammond since the opening of the
baseball season closed by orders issued by Chief Austgen, not one has attempted to reopen the popular game, according to the police, and it Is not probable
Vaudeville Last of Week. The Orpheum will divert back to
vaudeville the last three days of thi i that an attempt will be made this sea week.- The usual four acts and pic- i son at least.
tures will be offered. Tabor & Green
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Lady Sackrilie. Fashionable London is deeply interested in the plucky fight that is being made in the courts there by Lady Sackville, wife of Baron SackviUe, to defend the will of the late Sir John Murray Scott, in which Sir John bestowed upon her a fortune of nearly $5,000,000. The contestant of the will is Malcolm Scott, brother of the testator, who charges undue -ififtuenctv
in a comedy piano act, and Harry Patrick and the Saxon Sisters in a neat singing skit will no doubt prov4 to be the features. One of Boyle Woolfolk's tabloids called "Hiram at the Cabaret," will Wallie Brooks heading the cast, will be the Sunday attraction. The Orpheum management announces that this show is now in its twenty-sixth week and Is recognized as one of the season's best musical, fun shows.
A Clean Show. Gentry Bros.' circus left West Hammond last night over the Michigan Central after playing to two large audiences in the afternoon and evening, and according to their usual custom had a clea and wholesome show. The show people were orderly and as far as can be learned caused no disturbances, and no robberies were reported to the West Hammond authorities.
The ban was not only placed on daily baseball pools, but other sorts of gambling and is due to a number of complaints that have been made at the renral Ktation. One saloonkeeper Is
i-ArriTte9 to have nllowed . - "rhiitri" I
game to be played in his place every day, and as soon as the police found it out the saloonkeeper was ordered to
stop card playing in his place. I
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Causes Arrest.
Constable Julius Taussig caused the arrest of Andrew Bak of East Hammond this morning on a warrant sworn out by Steve Pallas, charging him embezzlement. Pallas and Bak are partners in the butcher business at East Hammond and accuses his partner of taking $227 belonging to the firtn. The case will be heard before Judge Ames this afternoon.
La Vendor cigars are pronounced exceptionally goo4 bjr U smokers. Adr,
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through the gates and onto the crossing. I saw him working his steering wheel, though I saw no effort to stop the car. About the time he was struck by the engine, I saw him stand up in the car, hold up his hands and turned his head away from the engine. The car was thrown to the side and I could see no more. At the time of the accident freight cars were standing on
a switch track to the south of the I
crossing. Thes? cars were standing on a switch track to the south of the crossing. These cars obstructed the views of one coming on the tracks from the west. The train was going awfully
fast at the time it crossed Clinton street. I did not hear the bell in the tower at the crossing." Alogether eleven persons have made formal statements in the inquest. All the available evidence is now in and in the hands of Coroner Smith of Gary, who will rervder the verdict.
Mr. Charles R. Criaa,
J. O. KOONTZ ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY James O. Koontz, the lawyer. believes with his friends that he can wear the judicial ermine in the Hammond city court with becoming dignity, and in another column of this paper today announces that he will he a candidate for the office of city judge befoio the democratic primaries next month. He has been a resident of Hammond for five years and has practiced law during that period. Mr. Koontz has a certificate showing that he was duly admitted to practice law in Allen county and has the documents to show that he was admitted to he pracice of law In he Indiana and United States supreme courts. Mr. Koontz is shrewd enough to know that he has a fight on his hands to get the nomination, but is eoin5 after it tooth and toenail.
The results of balloting were unsatisfactory. There were 434 petitioners for the sewer and 817 against it after the weeding out process was complete. Mayor Smalley stated that the board was influenced by the fact ttiat the 434 favoring the sewer are all big land owners and represent the city more than the remonstrators. Added o this is the uncontrovertable fact that the petitions of both pros and cons were not representative of the. city. The silent majority and the pressing need of the sewer system Influenced Messrs. Schroeder and Swanton. Jacob Schroeter, member of the board of public works, said to Thb Times today: "I have given the study of the needs of this city in regard to a sewer system all my time for several weeks. I have considered the matter pro and con and while I know I have lost friends' by it for the sake of Hammond I feel
I tnat 1 WOUid De violating a Mi'rru iruM
did I not vote for the deep sewer system. I have traveled all over this country and other countries and I have never seen a city amount to anything that was not properly provided for in the matter of sewage. "I feel very deeply about this matter. It is hard to be criticised by friends for doing your duty. But that duty is to the children of this city and to unborn generations. Personally I could get alonpr without a sewer, but our children and their children can't. We must build for the future needs of the city. In five years those who condemn Mr. Swanton and I for voting for it now will be glad, that we did. If I wanted to cater to politics I would have voted it down, but as a loyal patriotic Hammond man I had to vote for it."
Perfectly, your honor," returned
Martin, as he produced the money. "Its a fine dance, and even the policemen in Whitlni dance it."
If yon smoke a La Vendor ones yon will always call for them. Ad.
DON'T SEEK OFFICE, WOMEN ARE ADVISED
Bicycle Found. An ownerless bicycle which was found by Officer Trost this morning on South Hohman street' is being held at the Hammond police station awaiting its owner to claim it. The wheel is described as being a Pullman make, boy's size and is painted black and white.
Catherine Vaugh McCuHoch. Catherine Waugh McCuHoch, veteian Buffragis- of Chicago, who Hayed an important part in the reent succeKsfu) campaign for votes roi women in Illinois, advises her sisters to leave public office alona for the orcsent at least.