Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 20, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1913 — Page 1

LAKE C0IM1 WEATHER. INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND WARMER. NORTHEAST WINDS. EDITION VOL. VIII., NO. 20. ONT5 CENT PKK roi'Y. Back Number S Cents Coy.) HAMMOND, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 1913

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Weston Reaches Hammond This Morning On His Way From New Y,ork City to Minneapolis, Left For Chi cago This P. M. WESTON ARRIVES. Edward Payson Weston at seventy five. Walking 1600 miles in 60 days, making 30 miles a day. Thirteen hundred miles In 24 days 1907. Appetite good, sleeps like a log, remembers everything that has happened since 1S50 and can entertain any number of people with his keen wit and pointed comments on events of the day. For dinner today he ate: A muskmelon. Corn on the cob Cream potatoes Eggs and steak. On his fourth trip through Hammond in six years. Clothed in a sheet Edward Payson Weston reclined on a bed in room 37 "of the Hotel Majestic this morning at the the mercy of a barber and newspaper interviewers. Weston entered Hammond in a rage, rip-roaring and sputtering. Ha shook his cane at his chauffeur, J. F. Shuman and his fist at the day clerk of the Hotel Mee where he had been directed to go but later left for the Majestic because of the dispute. No one but a newsboy was at the Erie depot to meet Weston this morning when he arrived in Hammond over the Erie right-of-way, limping and a little focftsore. No one, not even his manager had any idea that he would walk from Crown Point, sixteen miles, at a five mile an .hour gate. He cam a in at 10:30 dripping with perspiration with no one to meet him and was directed to the Hotel Mee. When he met his driver he lost his temper and when he .ran afoul of a hotel clerk he was furious. j Loses Himself. For fully a half hour he was lost to his staff and Hammond admirers. Finally he was located in the afore- ' said sheet on the second floor of the Majestic. He was an amiable as man can be, told interesting stories of wartimes, and his many trips. He called for Captain Hanlon, a friend of his who came a few minutes later to apologize for the tardiness of a polioe escort that had been delegated by the chief to meet Weston. la Good Health. Weston looks healthy and appears vigorous. He has dropped in weight from 154 pounds to 140 pounds since he left New York on Monday June 2. He carries a message from the Mayor of New York city to the mayor of Minneapolis and travels the Erie right-of-way in an advertising stunt. He has a slight limp however. Horace Greely, the famous editor, is the principal in many of the stories Weston tells. He recited a tale this (Continued on page four.) NOVELIST MAY NOT GET PORTUGAL POST Meredith Nicholson. " Meredith Nicholson, the Indiana novelist, has asked President Wilson to withdraw his nomination as minister to Portugal if the appointment would embarrass him politically. Objection to the appointment has been raised in some quarters on the gTound that Nicholson has not always been a Democrat. It is understood that President Wilson will not withdraw the nomination on this account, and has urped Nicholson to cceot nitwit h sta ndi ng. protest.

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(Special to The Timbs.) Crown Point. Ind., July 11. Because the last Legislature refused to grant the county councilmen a. per diem or I authorized an increase in salaries for extra meetings. Lake County tax payers are again victims of obstinacy and indifference on the part of the majority of these public officials. It is up to the County Council to make all the appropriations for the county improvements, and they were called by President Foster to meet in special session yesterday and if necessary, to-day. to take up bridge matters. There was no quorum, however, and urgent improvements are delayed. Only three members showed up. they being President Foster of Lowell, Councilman Johnson of Hobart, and Councilman J. M. Thiel of St. John. . It was expected that this body would meet to make an additional appropria tion for the Shelby bridge, which is to be built jointly by Lake and Newton Counties. The bridge there is very much needed, and Lake County is to bear more than 80 per cent of the cost. It is expected that it will cost $20,000. The original appropriation carried $1,000, but the county authorities are asking for an additional $6,000. For the first time in years there are no public budlwrigs in process of con struction in Hammond and little pros- ; pect of any being erected for at least one year to come. Mac Turner, the architect, is drawing plans and specifications for a rectory at the All Saint's church to cost $20,000 and this with the Baptist fiurch. proposed, to cost nearly $50,000, the Knoerzer JSO.000 business block at the Broken Corner and the Dawney building at Calumet avenue to cost $20,000 it makes a grand total of $120,000. "Its the poorest season in years. said William Hutton of the Hutton rchitects. I can't understand why Hammond should stand still in the midst of all this prosperity. "As bad as we need schools and a new city hall it seems a shame that nothing is done. WTiere will we be in a year? Well I expect to see a grand awakening after the fall election." The home-builders are having more than they can do and by fall a hundred and sixty new residences will have been erected in Hammond this summer. There Is plenty of money. Another complaint is that Hammond does not encourage foreign capital as much as it is needed. There is a demand for three hundred new homes in the city todayr they say, but there are no Inducements offered to anyone to come in and put them up. Will Hear Remonstrances. The board of public works will hear remonstrances against the paving of a long Deglected alley, the most promi nent in the city, on August 1. It is the first alley, east of Hohman street be tween Fayette and State streets and is visible from State, Sibley and Fayette street. It begins across from the Central school building, runs past Thb Times, the Hammond theater, the Fiqpt National Bank building, the Tapper block, the Gas office, the Lake County Trust building and Intervening blocks Crusade Against Dogs. The crusade against unmuzzled dogs is still being kept up by the Hammond police department and although the dog squad is sent out every morning. they are finding but few days running at large. To date they have only killed twelve, where in other years they succeeded in getting four or five every day. It is a noticeable fact that dog owners are keeping their pets chained up, as they know the police intend to abide hv their warning and disoose oft every unmuzzled canine in sight. Auto Funeral Processions. Automobile funeral processions headed by an automobile hearse are getting to be a common sight in Hammond. Most of the processions come from South Chicago and Chicago and there is hardly a day in the week but one is seen going down Hohman street. Yesterday two automobile funerals were noticed going through this city, interment being made at Oak Hill cemeterja Police Take A Rest. - Another unusual, quiet period was evident at the Hammond Central police station last night, not a single arrest or report of Importance being made. Chief Austzer is busily engaged in planning for the installing of the new electric signal system and is in hopes that it will be ready for use In Beveral months. Bids are being let fof the ornamental signal box poles. FOREX (XXXI) la THB tobacco to amo! I la c tea moke daring the Bammcr months. It cool and mild. Try It. MuHle-Scot-Tob. Co. Ad1.

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PILOTS OF FLYING BOATS HAVE THRILLING BATTLES FOR LIFE ON STORMY LAKES IN CHICAGO TO DETROIT RACE

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To the left is Antony Januo and his machine; to the right at the top, Walter Johnson; at the bottom, Roy Francis. Heavy weather on the lakes made it dangerous for the flyirfgr boats that started from Chicago on the 900 mile race to Detroit. Antony Janus and his aid, Paul McCuTJough, picked up by the crew of a sand barge barely an hour before the lake was lashed by a high wind storm, told a thrilling story of their rescue. Walter Johnson, alone in a Thomas air boat, had a similar experience. He was buffeted about on the surface of the lake for three hours before lifesavers at Whiting, Ind., saw him and put out to the rescue. POLITICS WAXES WARM III COIEYVILLE Boyls Selected To Run On - Independant Ticket As Alderman. Conkeyville politics came to a head last evening when thirty-five citizens met in a "non-political, non-partisan" way at the Monroe M. E. chapel to ."-- .......... . their alderman and after a tight game j of politics select as their preference for Boyls is to be run on an independent ticket which has tfle support of south South Improvement Asociation, Just ; how badly this body was split up by . electioneering tactics is not known but ! popular opinion is that the ticket has ' lost something. The ward takes in all of Homewood from Carroll street to the city limits and Calumet avenue to the j state line. Boyls has a world of opposition, . J After thf Railroad. The meeting of the South Side Improvement Association was adjourned 1 before the nomination after having secured the services of H. E. Granger to prosecute the C. & O. railroad. The case against the road is that it operates on a part of the old C. C. & L. road without a franchise and uses this piece of track as a switchyard. j It was stated that a citizen times the road for holding a crossing over an hour and a half and that he presented accurate information including the , names of the crew and the number of I the engine, before the chief of police,' but that nothing was ever done. ! The hue and cry of the meeting was sounded In that "nothing ever done." The citizens called city officials in competent. 4 APPOINTMENTS MADE TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind., July 11. Wm. A. Wirt and C. M. Mayne of Gary, C. H. McPanlel of Hammond and F. N. Gavit I of Whiting were today appointed on j the state child welfare commitee for the state charities conference at Gary next November. NO TROUBLE TO GET DONATIONS C. W. Delaney, leader of the antideep sewer crowd and the orator de ', luxe of that society, states that he j finds the work of collecting the dona- ' tions promised at a recen meeting to be a light task. "We are compelled to limit the amount," he said, "because of overzealous members who would give beyond their mfans if allowed. We do not intend to work an Injustice on anyone, least Qf all our own members." The money is being raised to finance injunction proceedings which the society hopes to brin?; against the board of public works in an effort to stop the deep sewer project in its inception. A Gas Range does away with dlrt.Ko. ind. Gas & Elec Co..

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FDS SHOCKING CASE OF BRUTALITY Tom Harle Finds Men Beating Animals With Auto Tires. Tom Harle, business manager for the Teamsters Union favors the re-installation of the by-gone public whipping post. He is furious today over the disUI.CB mat ilMVB WrCil VII ill Xlcilll - ' mond for some time. Harle came upon two drivers yester-

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suaders to the animals they were drivout for cruel horsemen captured the whips after an argument. "Any man that will use such methods in driving deserves to be whipped in public Just as hard as he punishes his horses or mules," said Harle. The teamster official traveled direct from the. spot where he had parted the drivers from their hard rubber whips to the headquarters of the Humane Society. Harlj says that he has the names of the drivers but that, he will investigate their - story . before giving them out. One driver claimed that he was instructed by his employer to use the rubber whips which are as heavy and cutting as anything that could be used on a horse except iron or steel rods. SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING rrjrTifrr -lfiF" IrtT Wrri 1 1TWOTnTnfAinw its iT'S i Miss Nancy Johnson. Miss Nancy Johnson, daughter of Congressman Ben Johnson of Bards-town-Ky., is considered one of the best looking young ladies in' the congressional set at the capital. Her father has been in congress fox six

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DR. HOWAT MAKES

AIHIOUHCEMEIIT Well Known Hammond Man Puts His Name Before The Public. Not with the idea of giving publicity to what is already a well known fact, but rather to show the voters of Hammond a deserved courtesy. Dr. AV. F. list of Democratic candidates in The Times. He modestly asks their support for the Demcratic mayoralty nominaIn tne P"marles l De neJa on AU gust 2 Something more specific in the way of a platform may be expected in a short time and those who know Dr. I Howat's views on municipal economy i look forward to something good, for he is known to have some decided views on the subject. The Democratic situation during the past few weeks has been extremely in- , terestlng. Time and again it has been changed with chameleon-like alacrity and Dr. Howat. who was at first pitied ' for having no -organization, is now j charged with having a machine and a 'manager. Astute politicians placed him in the center of a "ring." In making his announcement to-day Dr. Howat took occasion to set himself right before the public. "I am making this race without threats or promises; I am free of any "clique rings" or so-called dominating personalities. I consider the aspiration to the mayoralty of Hammond an honorable one, and consequently did not find It necessary to stoop to any bickering to get into the race. In time I hope, to give the voters of Hammond something more definite in the way of an open letter." HITS COUNTY COUNCIL. TIMES BUREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL. Indlanapolift. Ind.. July 11 The ; Ktate board of aeconntn filed with gov ernor chai-gea agalnart Albert Konter, Henry C Batterman, Krrd Scebounrr, Otto Hildr-brandt. Frank Skarhnck, John A. John. Henry l.umlt. William I'. Vater. John J. Wood, Henry Anlwurm and Jacob Rlmbarh, former member of Lake County Council that they drew too much mlary. AImo against John C. flecker former Tnirtrr North Townahln for nearly S230. A Small Pox Scare. Wilson H. Henderson, founder and operator of Hammond s night school. is attending the College or Laucation at Chicago University this summer and experiencng perilous times. At present the campus is all agog over the finding of a small pox case in the dormitory where a professor recently returned from Asia is staying. Everybody has been ordered to vaccinate at once in many of the rooming houses. Mr. Henderson thinks it strange that the Chicago press has nothing on it so far. For a while they thought it was a plague of some kind and that would have made great copy. PUT TOUR WANT AD IN THB

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E (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point. July 11. A new firm of road building contractors, Dunnigati & Fredericks and Company of Ham mond appeared on the scene here this week, before the county commissioners, and In competition with the old estab. lished firms carried away four of the eight contracts. S. B. Dunnigan was formerly con nected with the contracting firm of Downey & Portz, and W. G. Fredericks, a saloonkeeper at the Schrelber corner in Hammond, is a road -builder of experience. There are other stockholders whose names have not been made "public, but "Phil" McLaughlin, the "mayor of Saxony" is said to be one of them. They company expects to be incorpor ated for more than $25,000. Mr. Dunni gan will be the company's president. The following road contracts were let at this. week's session: Emil Lentz Rd. North Tp. to Dunni gan & Frederick and Co. $6,500 for 8990 ft. ! Frank R. Maas Rd. No. 1, Calumet Tp. to Dunnigan Fredericks and Co. $19,936 for one ml. Frank . R. Maas Rd. No. 2, Calumet Tp. to Ajax Const Co. $18,960, for 11.610 ft. H. P. Hall Rd. Calumet Tp. to Dunniean. Fredericks ana uo. iixoj lor 4,631 ft. A. W. Carnduff Rd. Calumet Tp. to li.'nnlgan Fredericks and Co $983S lor 1S56 ft." W. Randolph Rd. Center Tp. to Dow ney & Port $10,600 for 7293 ft. A. D. Palmer R.u Cedar Creek Tp. to A. L Courtright $4300. W Driscoll Rd. Cedar Creek Tp. to J. i. Brannock $6509 lor S990 ft. The contract for the Deep River bridge cn the Hobert and Ainsworth road went to the E. A. Crowell Construction Co.. f-.-r $12,445. E. A. Clark, formerly of Lowell, now of Chicago, where he is associated with George W. Jackson in the Engineering Construction company is the low bid der on the-South Hohman street bridge in Hammond but up to noon today the (Continued on Page 4.) BULLETINS (BULLETIN.) Chlcasro. July 1 1 Thompson n fouad groUty this afternoon of taking r.mmi Hanmra, aged 13 to Hammond j mni Nile, violating Mann net. London, July ll.rclrgitlon of 20 women repreaentlnK MAmcrIcan Women's Republic,' here to permiade London women to work for world-wide republic f women, working In Intereot of permanent pen e. A ill be receded by l ord Mayor. Mtnneapolla, Minn. July II. Iona Time Sleep, one wealthiest Indians In America, unique entrant In National Reliability Tour tartlnic Glacier National Park. Coateatnnt will publlnh dally paper during trip. New York, July 11. First time In 18 yeara International aulllnfc canoe races being beld over Marine and Field club'a courae, Gravevent Bay. Ralph B. Biitton, winner last year'a trophy held by America. LYRICAL COMPOSER GUEST OFRELATIVES Miss Lillian Krinbill Lake Co. Girl Wins Fame. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Krinbill of Rimbach avenue are entertaining Mr. Krinbill's sister, Miss Lillian Krinbill one of Chicago's best known kindergarten instructors for a period. Miss Krinbill has won fame as a, musical comj poser and has published a number oi productions which have been warmly praised by such musical critics as Prothero in Chicago. One of these productions is almost a classic entitled "Songs For The Home and Kindergarten." The 16 numbers in the book are remarkably for their simplicity and iharm nnd tho honlc Is ripHflrpd to hv ! the finest of its "kind in existence. As a lyricist Miss Krinbill has won further renown by composing, "I Love You So" and "Just Hand In Hand With You" two beautiful love songs. She is an instructor in the ghetto district in Chicago and her work is almost entirely among the Russian Jewish children whom she finds exceedingly interesting and Migs Krinbill contemplates a series of stories of the Myra Kelley character delineation typ-e. A Credit to the Town. The Rlmbach block which contains the Lion store with its extensive first floor acreage, is receiving an outside decoration of red and white paint. The Lion Store annex, in which is located the furniture department of the Kauffman and Wolf business, is completely re-modeled with an entire new front and the splendid looking establishment both inside and out is as fine a store as can be found anywhere in a city of this size

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MEETS WITH Driver of Erie Mogul Who Is Struck While In His Cab May Recover At St. Margaret's Hospital But it Will Be Tight Squeak. The life of Roy Overmeyer, the driver of an Erie mogul, who met with peculiar accident while going east from Hammond yesterday, hung in the balance last night. Early to-day hope was extended for his recovery from injuries that might easily have proven fatal. His skull is fractured, the arch over his eye split, his forehead badly scared and . his collarbone broken. These Injuries were received while Overmeyer was operating his engine on a freight run from Hammond to Huntington and traveling a good speed towards Griffith. A pin fell from the level, allowing it to snap back with, reverse action, striking Overmeyer on the head. The -engineer dropped bleeding and unconscious to the floor of his cab, and for awhile the engine ran wild while the fireman frantically tried o administer first aid. At Griffith Overmeyer was carried from the cab of his engine to a caboose that was taken from a freight to carry him to Hammond. Everything possible was dono by employes for the man. Overmeyer was removed to St. Mar garet's Hospital by Emmerllng's am bulance. For awhile his life was despaired, but hope is now extended. BLAME ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY Coroner's Verdict In Crown Point Accuses Concern. (Special to Thb Times.) .- Crown IJoint. .Ind, July 11. The "recent verdict of the coroner and deputy coroner' handed down -in thc cases of , Harry'elr'y a-ria-r Am9ii3t?iOMXiK, . whom were electrocuted last March while working for the electric light company, in which their opinion Is sumed up as given below, will it is said be the incentive for starting of damage suits by the relatives of the two young men. After summing up the evidence at length the coroners give their decision as to the cause of death as follows: "After having examined the body and heard the evidence, I do find that the deceased came to his death by electricity turned on while he was working on a dead wire." The same verdict applies in both cases. The Crown Point electric light company is owned by an Illinois corporation. WEST HAMMOND COUNCIL MEETS The West Hammond council last evening passed an ordinance which provides that any plumber without a license shall be penalized by the law for as much as touching the ground to do plumbing work. The tax levy for 1913, $13,3S5, passed and the application of Ted Siegel and Cornelius Moore for saloon licenses on State street were given into the hands of a committee for consideration. CELEBRATED BEAUTY BECOMES A MOTHER, Lady Anglesey. Lady - Anglesey bas just givenbirth to a daughter. She was Lady Marjorie Manners, one of several sisters celebrated for tbir beauty and accomplishments.

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