Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 25, Hammond, Lake County, 17 July 1913 — Page 1
LAK TY TIME WEATHER. GENERALLY FAIR TODAY AND FRIDAY. EXCEPT SHOWER. EDITION ONE CENT PEK COPY. (Back Numbers 1 Cents Cy.) VOL. VHI., NO. 25. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913
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TRADES' UNIONS A FACTOR
Peace Reigns In Labor Cir
cles In Calumet Region and New Era of Good Feel
ing Has Set In Nowadays
For Labor.
BIG SALE CROWDS
A potent factor In the democratic primaries and subsequent events of tJther parties will be the vote of 800
union tradesmen In Hammond who are
members of the newly established
Building: Trades council and will to a man support the candidates endorsed
by that society for past favors they
have shown to Vnion Labor.
Free of craft wars and competing; councils the labor unions of the Calumet region are united under a sane
government and labor troubles that came as a matter of course heretofore
are now averted. Contractors and bus
iness agents are hall-fellows-well-met
they confide In each other, they will tell you. because after years of strife they
have gained the same sane point of view, that is that organized labor Is beneficial to a city as long as the government of the trades Is safe and con
servative. Bad Blood Drawn Off.
Constractora state that there Is no fear of labor trouble as both the Contractors Association and .the Building Trades recognize the rights of each other. The building trades council off Hammond, the Twin Cities, Gary and intervening places, meets once a week In East Chicago .at the same time. maintaining a headquarters in trie 'Hotel Mjestlc building In Hammond. The Gary strike of electrical workers and iron fitters in 1911 ended the reign of labor trouble in the Calumet region. Since that the council, which represents 3,000 card men In good standing has been controlling policies and eliminating craft strife. Every craft but one is represented and that barred out because it is not affiliated with the national organization. It co-operates with the council however. Sara They All Autre.
William T. Glnn, an official in the state council, who has held the office
of business agent for the painters for
nine years states that In Interviews with business men of the city he found
that they all favor union wages. "The merchant depends on the mechanic for the bulk of his trade, the real estate merchant for the majority of his sales and the landlord for his tenants," said Ginn. "If men are getting J12 a week they will wear $12 suits and six room cottages will rent for $10 a month. If they receive $p4 a week they will buy $25 suits and pay $25 a month for the same six room cottage. "That argument can't be defeated. The men who furnish the money to keep things moving in the town get the extra wae back every time. It is the professional man that goes into Chicago to buy goods. The laboring man hasn't time."
ISSION BARREN OF
Inns
JOHN D., WHO IS 74 NOW, TELLS HOW AN OLD MAN CAN FEEL LIKE A BOY
THE STORE
Forced by the advancing season and
the remodeling which is now nearing
completion, the E. C. Minas department
store on State street in Hammond In
augurated one of its highly popular
clearance sales. This event, known as
the July Clearance and Remodeling
Sale, is now In progress, having begun
last Saturday, and every department
presents real bargains to the prudent
shopper.
Every store or any size has a summer
goods clearing sale, but In the Minas
Department Store there is an added
reason for cut prices which, prevail just now. The new addition to the splendid
mercantile house Is about completed.
and the moving of goods and the reor
ganization of departments has begun. Until the change is completely made.
every department will be crowded, and when the management was confronted
with the question as to whether It
would be best to store the goods or dis
pose of them in short order to make room, the latter course was decided upon. A comparison of bargain prices in this store as compared to Chicago loop store shows that the Hammond store is matching the Chicago bargains to the cent and in many instances offering better values. Yesterday, for Instance, the Minas store offered ten dozen -mn's union suits, long sleeves, ankle length, rgular $1 values, for fifty-nine cents.
Not a store in Chicago offered anything
better along that line.
Last Tuesday the store advertised
three solid columns of bargains In Thb Times, and the readers of these columns
were on hand early yesterday to get
their pick. The stock of the store is so
large, however, that enough bargains
remain for every patron of the store.
The store has built up a reputation
for Itself for making good on its ad
vertisements, and this policy is to be
strictly adhered to, especially now.
since It is about to double Its capacity. The shoes and the man's clothing department are already located in the new wing to th estore.
RESULTS
Calumet Region Committee Returns from Indianapolis Where They Interviewed Officials In Reference to New Housing Law.
HOUSING LAW CAN'T BE EVADED The Lake county committee on housing returned today from India nayolia. Governor Kalston, Health Secretary Hurty and Attorney-General Honcn informed the committee that the law la on the book and must be obeyed. Thia afternoon the committee will meet at City Attorney John Gavtt's office in Hammond to draft a report and consider meana "to get around the law." Housing law meana .a blow to building In thia region, especially in Gary.
There is no possible way or means by which owners or builders can evade the new Indiana housing law, the acts of the 1913 legislature, whlcft; since the law became in force, has created such a storm of disapproval In the Calumet deglon. This is the verdict of the committee oc city officials, architects and builders representing the several cities of the
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A Gas Range does away with dirt No. Ind- Gas & Else. Co.
Stockholders Meeting. A short-call meeting of stockholders in the Hammond Produce and Storage company is to be held this evening In the rooms of the Chamber of Commence in the Tapper building, at which Important business Is to be transTd relative to the opening of a crejL Vy in North Grove, Ind. "V The Hammond Produce and '-
change company is capitalized at $15,000, and the majority of shares are held
by Hammond men. Burt Wilhelm Is the president. In the notice of the
meeting it is specifically stated thaf it ' is absolutely necessary that all stock- !
holders attend.
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irtTPROVE BEACH Board of Public Works Orders Chief Austgen to Make Improvements.
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BALDWIN COUCT TO BE MED
Things are moving on the Baldwin site at Calumet, and, what i more significant, they are beginning to move on a large scale.
This mommg A. S. WOOdle 01 riuiaucipiua, mc icaiueui, euSmc iot the Baldwin, who has taken personal charge of the East Chicago situation, took out a building permit for ome building of the first unit which is
to cost a halfmillion dollars, me a.. otruusc wwuuuuuu voiuj Chicago, who, as was announced in THE TIMES sometime ago, have the contract for the foundation of the building, and their machinery, and
have their machinery and equipment on me grouna. aum neing up now and will be in operation in a dayor two. ...
The building for which the permit was lssuea ims morning w dc 1.142 feet, about four city blocks in length, and 572 feet in width. The heighth of the building is to be eighty-five feet An idea of the immensity of the plant can be gained when it is remembered that is merely one building of the first unit.
John D. in Summer Raiment.
John D. Rockefeller, who has announced his ambition to live to be 100, has passed the 74th milestone with little change from his physical condition ol recent years. He is spry and full of interest in all about him. "Fresh air, excercise, simple food, a tranquil mind and a friend or two will keep one young," he says.
PATTERSON SUBMITS TO
OPERATION
Prosecuting Attorney James A. Patterson of Indiana Harbor was operated on for hernia yesterday morning at
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LAWYERS CONDUCT INQUIRY
Attorneys J. H. Gillett and W. J.
Whinery are investigating the case of
Anti-deep sewer associations against
COMPLAIN
ABOUT THE
BLOCKADES
BUULETMNS
Hit With Cup. Using a coffee cup as a mode of defense, Mrs. Peter Kowalik, 145 North Hohman street, painfully injured her husband fololwtng a quarrel last night, when she hurled the cup at his head. The vessel struck above Wowalik's ear, causing a deep wound and cuttlng an artery. Dr. A. Toung was called, and found some difficulty in stopping the flow of blood. The police were called, but no arrests were made.
According to plans which were made
this morning by John L. Rhode, presi
dent or tne board of public works, the Hammond Lake Front Park beach at ' Robertsdale is to have one of the fin-! est equipped beaches in the region. Chief of Police Pete Autsgen was placed in charge of the beach and work will be started today to install '
a number of new features. Material will be ordered for the erection of a number of large benches on the beach for the use of the bathers who wish to bask in the sun. A new life line and buoys will be placed in sx feet of water and no bather will be allowed to swim beyond that depth. Another novel feature will be the building of a number of rafts and a spring
o'clock by Doctor Axel Werelius at the board of public works, having been
the South Shore hospital in Chicago j retained to enjoin the board of it is and came out of the operation in fine found advisable to atempt it. The leadshape. Mr. Patterson accompanied by j ers in the deep sewer opposition eyiMrs. Patterson went to the hospital on . dently reconsidered the sentiments exTuesday to prepare for the ordeal J pressed at a mass meeting in Long's
WOMAN WHO STRANGLED STEP-CHILDREN CLINGS TO HER OWN BABY IN PRISON CELL
board, two rafts to be used by grown J
up people while one will be built for children. A small space will also be
roped oft" for small children.
A new life boat will be placed on
the beach this week and will always be ready for a moments call.
With the new improvements at the beach the Lake Front Park will become more popular than ever. Yesterday the
park was packed with people and I
as the 8:30 car last night. The police are also pleased to notice that the people that habit the resort are an orderly crowd and very little trouble has been had so far this season.
which was to take place the next day.
Mrs. Pattetrson remained at the hospital until after the operation. The prosecutor was bothered with hernia for a number of years, but not seriously Inconvenienced by the trouble until recently, when it began to grow worse, and for the last few days his suffering was so intense that an operation was decided on last Monday and the South Shore hospital with Dr. Werelius as the physician were selected. It Is expected that he will not be able to leave the hospital for at least two and possibly it will be three weeks. After his discharge from the institution Mr. Tatterson contemplates taking a trip to Denver to fully recuperate. As was stated before, the affliction was of some years' standing, but It Is thought that the hard campaign which the attorney went through last year, while he was a candidate for the office which he now occupied, had a tendency to aggravate tho disease. Mr. Patterson has the hearty wishes of his In-
numeraDie irienas ior a speedy recovery.
hall in which speakers lamented that "thereeisn't an honest lawyer In Hammond." Two hundred dollars has been raised to finance the injunction acording to leaders. If the attorneys report that they have a chance of winning an assessment will ' be" levied on all of the 817 remonstrators and as many others as are in sympathy. By this method they hope to raise a good size fund.
Mrs. Hennie Yates and daughter, Floy F arris, held as accomplice. Mrs. Hennie Yates, thirty-six, and a daughter by another marriage, Floy Farisr fifteen, are charged with the murder of the woman's stepchildren, Ligon Yates, twelve, and May Yates. The children were drowned in a creek near the Yates home at Troy, Tenn. A plea of insanity probably will be entered for Mrs, Yates. The husband says he will aid the state.
Back On Job. John Carroll, former Hammond councilman and until recently in the employ
of the Frisco railroad's St. Louis office, landed behind the bars as receiving teller in the Lake County Savings and Trust bank this morning. ' The return of the popular Hammond boy was a matter of congratulation all around. His many friends are glad to see him and Mrs. Carroll in Hammond again, while the bank is generally conceded to have made a "ten strike" In securing his services. Few men In Hammond have a wider personal acquaintance, and his ability is well rec
ognized. In securing Mr. Carroll, the bank will be enabled to operate three cages, instead of two, as it has done in the past. C. H. Wolters formerly acted as paying and receiving teller at the commercial accounts window. This department is now divided, Mr. Wolters taking care of the paying window and Mr. Carroll of the receiving window. Louis Roche will continue to have charge of the savings department window.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll arrived In Hammond last night. They resided in St. Louis a little more than bIx months, having been married there shortly after Mr. Carroll left Hammond.
FLAGMAN SACRIFICES
HIS LIFE Thomas McCarthy, 60 years old, a flagman, sacrificed his life yesterday
in an atempt to warn two children he believed to be In danger on the One Hundred and Kighth street grade crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in Hegewisch. He was at the west side of the crossing when he suddenly notIced a passenger train bearing down from the south. A moment later he saw two boys about 8 and 10 years old near the east side of the crossing. The old man, shouting and waving his flag, dashed toward the children. In doing he he forgot his own safety and ran directly in front of the locomotive.
LEPER ABROAD IN GARY? According to the Gary police the health boards of Chicago and Indianapolis have asked them to look out for a leper supposed to have come from Chicago to Gary. Chief Martin said that Health Commissioner W. P. Laue had the letter. At. Dr. Laue's office it was stated that the police have the letter. As yet no one has seen it.
AUTO IN PECULIAR ACCIDENT
A most peculiar accident occurred yesterday at noon when the big automobile truck belonging to Schlosser Bros, produce merchants of South Chicago suddenly sank through the pavement on 137th street in Indiana Harbor. The machine was heavily loaded and without any warning whatever the rear end went down almost out of sight while the front wheels remained above ground. Niel Stienstora of 73 East 100th Place who works for the firm was on the rear end was injured
having had two ribs broken by the impact. The accident was caused by a cave in of the 137th street sewer, and when the heavy truck passed over the spot there was nothing underneath the pavement to sustain the heavy weight and naturally it went down. Stinstra was taken to the police station in the police ambulance after being given medical attention was sent to his home. The load was taken off the truck and
the work of raising it was begun at once, Clubine Eros, being engaged to accomplish the task, which they had finished about 2:30 in the afternoon. The street was crowded while the work was going on, people coming from all over town to watch the proceeding. The truck it is said was not damaged by the mishap. During the excitement the police had considerable trouble in keeping the curious at a safe distance from the whole where the auto went down.
Do you find it necessary to start fAr nrv in the morning at an early
hour to allow thirty minutes for cross ing blockades? Did you ever stop to wonder wha
it amounts to in your own life In ayear
and what It must mean to a cityT
Read what Aldermen Flageman, Lauer, and Eastwood said about the propo
sition before the council Tuesday evening. ' Oscar Plageman, reporting for. committee "We saw Manager Green and laid the matter before him. He admits that the service is poor and he will try and better It but he claims that the railroads are to blame. When the Nlckle Plate Is blocked at the bridge It blocks three crossings. Its the same way with the re of the roads. People have to start for work a half hour earlier each morning to allow for blockades." Aid Eastwood "I don't think that
the Almighty could change the system ar,fl make it anv better. The railroads
can hold a crossing four hours if iroea movlnar. Trouble with
Green is that he don't provide the extra cars and when he does he runs them wav into South Chicago In order to get two fares. Mr. Plageman needs to read the law." A Hot One. Pi.msn 'Mr. Eastwood is talking
through his hat and I would advise him to read the law. The railroads cannot hold crossings." Aid. Lauer "This council is a Joke as far as action against the railroads is concerned. If our city attorney doesn't care to tend to matters pertaining to the railroads we had better get
unmeone who will. The only way
ever get a report out of him
we squeeze it out. As far as I can re
member he has never voiumeereo. a report yet. The State and Hohman street crossings are pockets and long freights are held there. On the Michigan these long drags hold crossings as far back as Columbia for a half hour at a time." Eastwood "If the council instructs the police commissioners to arrest
crews at blockaaes mey uo n sv
venge on the roalroads. working men that pays
the Mr.
Richmond. Va,, July 17. Veterans In thinned ranks celebrated anniversary battle Bull Run. with union soldiers returning home from Gettysburg participating. Montreal, Que., July 17. Racing began at Delorlmer park, with good purses and record entries. - Brussels, Belgium, July 17. Congress of International Associations, which
has been meeting at Ghent, decided to
bold next session in San Francisco In 1915... Composed of 132 ateraaXloAat' organisations. ,,.. . . London, July 17. Thirteen life insurance, companies in Great Britain who are refusing risks on unvaeclnated persons, are facing government suits, and are preparing to ask for stricter enforcement of health laws. Chicago, July 17. Statistics show Chicago to be the greatest receiving market for lumber in trie country. Last year's sale aggregated 2,642.650,000 feet
we
when
TWO MOTORCYCLISTS INJURED Two men were Injured, one seriously, when the driver of a motorcycle turned quickly to avoid a street car last evening on Indianapolis boulevard, a short distance west of the Illinois state line. The men were thrown several feet. The injured: GEORGE MILLER, 8846 Buffalo ave.. concusion of the brain and internal injuries; condition serious. BENJAMIN IVERSON, 2625 East 74th St., who was riding behind Miller; scalp
wounds and abrasion on both arms.
It's the poor the fines."
ARE VOU A TIMES READERS
VAN HORNE IS INTERVIEWED Says He Was Against The Housing Bill in January. Representative W. B. Van Home of Indiana Harbor was somewhat er-
' clsed last night over an editorial com1 ment in these columns wondering if the
Lake county legislators were asleep at
the switch when the house bill was passed. Personally I objected vigorously to the bill" said Mr. Van Home today. I sent several copies to Lake County and called the atention of Gavlt to it. In fact I got several alterations made In it while it was in committee. It was a democratic measure pure and simple however and the republicans were helpless against it especially when Tom Taggart wanted it."
INEZ MILHOLLAND WEDS DUTCHMAN
Left For Pueblo. Mrs. E. Mee and Mrs. M. Boney left for Pueblo, Col., yesterday morning, where they will make a short visit with Mrs. Boney's daughter, Mrs. Cora Dudley, who a playing a prominent part with a theatrical company In that city. They will be at Pueblo for nearly a week, and will then make an extended trip through the east. They expect to
(return to Hammond in about a month.
GARY GET ANOTHER BIG CONVENTION Louis Grkovich of Gary wired back home yesterday from Denver that the National Association of Servian Sokols voted to hold its next annual convention in Gary. Mr. Grkovich was elected general vice-president of the organization, which has a membership of 60,000.
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Mrs. Eugene Boisaewrin. Miss Inez Milholland, prize beauty of the Euffragets, surprised most everybody by announcing that she is now the wife of Eug3ne Boissewein of Amsterdam, to whom she was introduced in New York last winter by Goglielmo Marconi, wireless inventor. They art spending their honeymoon in Holland. .