Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 27, Hammond, Lake County, 2 August 1913 — Page 1

7 LAKE GO' TIME WEATHER. FAIR SATURDAT AND PROBABLY SUNDAY; RISING TEMPERATURE. VOL. m., NO. 27. AUGUST 2, 1913. EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAT AND WEEKLY EDITION;

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ROAD (HOI IS DISCUSSED OFFIC

Are too many roads being: built in1 Lake county? A well defined impression has been created that some Improvements have been put In. more for private grain and peculation, rather than to serve & public need, and that as a result taxes have been Increased. Up-to-date however no taxpayer has gone on record to point out any specific misappropriations along: this line Mat Brown, one of the county commissioners who was in Hammond yesterday morning: discussed the subject in . informally. He said that a few complaints had come to him In a general way. One of the objections he said was made by a man whose name was then appearing- on a petition, and another was made by an East Chicago man who had no property Interests in Gary or Calumet township and tho nevertheless complained about improvements going in there. Towashtp Pay fr Roads. "The East Chicago man's complaint was plainly based on misinformation" aid Mr. Brown. "He was under the lmpresion that he as a North township taxpayer would be assessed for gravel road improvements going in all ever the county. The fact is that each township pays fDr Its own county roads. "The hoard of county commissioners has nothing to defend for the number of gravel road contract let" continues HIS FOR ESI STATE Fully awake to the progressive moves of East State street and Hohman street business men, West State street property owners met Wedneday evening in Roth's hall. Without parley they voted that an ornamenttal lighting system be installed at once from the Four Corners to Morton court. The illumlnous lamp which Hohman street is soon to hay'ws dektd upon. - Jake Schloer, the-shoe merchant, was chairman of 'the meeting. - Dr. J; 'T. Clsrk led in the discussion, which -was brief and to the point. It was agreed that an Increase In rentals would be Justified by the installation of lights. The lamps will be placed 75 feet apart and the maintenance ,of one is to cost j

about 180 a year. All expense is borne j last fall Ed Simon, the county audltorby the property owner., ; elect, who was high man, received 1,800. j Judge Becker in his race against

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as follows: Hammond Knitting com- Bnow lnal lnB "ocrllc Partv ,n pany, Hammond, knitted gloves; i "ammond is split to the core. stateCharles M. Marts, Arcadia. canned j m(nU to tn contrary from the leadvegetables; Richmond Underwear Com-j ers notwithstanding. pany, Richmond, knitted underwear;? Morally a man who goes to the polls Standard Oil Company, Whiting, cer-i today is expected to support the ticket tain paints and painters' materials; i next fall. A voter who is challenged

Standard Oil company, lnder and engine oil. Whiting, cylTHEIR COURTSHIP ON PULLMAN TRAIN 7 s Mr. and Mrs. John H. Andxoit. They met at Yellowstone Park a recent rummer day; their romance blossomed into full bloom as they speeded east on a Pullman train, and they were married when the train reached Chicago,

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Mr. Brown, "because the initiative is taken with the taxpayers themselves. Before the board can act a petition must first be clrculaed and signed by 60 fre holders. This Is submitted to the county auditor who has it published. A board of viewers consisting of the county engineer and two Interested citisens view the high way which Is proposed to be paved and if they report favorably about all the county commssloners can do is to ask for bids and let the contract especially if there is no representative opposition to the Improvement. Cities Mast Give C onsent. - Within the past two months we have gone even farther and passed a resolution which provides that where a county road is to be built through some city, that the consent ef the city coun

cil must first be had before the petition is submitted to the county authorlies. That puts fee matter of improvements in cities like Hammond; East Chicago, Whiting and Gary up to the taxpayers through ther councilmen. Under the law a township can not be bonded for more than four percent of Its assessed valuation and with the immense valuation that you folks have up here In the northern part of the county you are not nearly up to the limit. Down In the Creek townships where I come from we are up to the limit or nearly so. and we would like to build more roads." DEMOCRATS HOED THEIR PRIMARIES This is the Roman holiday for the Hammond democrats. In all sections of the city voters are going to the primary polls to cast their ballots for their favorite candidates. -Thrvetlaj started at 1 o'clock and will continue until 9. The results will not be definitely known until about half past 10 or 11 o'clock tonight. Curbstone forecasts were plentiful and the candidates were confident to the last. It was estimated that anywhere from 1,500 to 2,200 votes would be cast. In the county election ; Dick Sehaaf four years ago received 2.327 votes against the postmaster's j 2,087. t The eleventh hour The enth hour charges hurled from the Smalley and the Howat camps 1 must take an oath that he will support j the nominees. Just how one faction can support the other consistently next fall Is a problem after what the Howatites said about the Smilley clan and the latter about the physician. Fla-hf Grown Bitter Towarf End. In advertisements appearing last night the Smalley managers tried to crucify Dr. Howat on his school board record. Dr. Howat issued a broadside in the form of a printed circular in which he attempted to take from Smalley some of the credit he claims for his administration. Judge McMahon has held mass meetings in Robertsdale ana East Hammond. He has able lieutenants on the north side and figures strongly on a strong support In the fifth ward. With in the last week he was attacked twice In print, first by the Smalley men and later by Howat. PREPARES FOR consioes M. J. BrOWn In IndianapOliS For State Meeting Program. M. J. Brown, chairman of the board of county commissioners of Lake

.County, and president of tite Indiana ; were doing nicely. On one little hair County Commissioners' Association, in the pie, they said. The life at Inwas in Indianapolis yesterday work- diana Harbor was a bit confining. The ing on the program for the annual j policeamanovitch was taking care of meeting of the state association, Sept. j them they said. On these facts Gov10 and 12, at Gary, Ind. The tentative ; ernor Ralston honored the requisi-

program is for addresses by Mayor Knotts, Mr. Brown and many others. The entertainment features will include trips through the steel mills, theater parties, "smokers" and vaudeville entertainments; An automobile trip over new roads In Iake County will be a feature. If yon smoke a La Vendor one jroa will always call tor them. Adv. Mr. Wo rKi n grm a n we want yon to buy pacbag-e of Union Seont Scrap, always irned. McHle-Scotten Too. Co.

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Hammond Schoolmaster v Takes Twenty-four Distinguished Men Through Calumet Region After Studying School System. Wilson II. Henderson, of the Hammond public schools proved himself a Calumet region booster from the ground up today when he brought a party of twenty - four prominent educators from all parts of the country to see Superintendent C. M. McDanlel's half and half school system in operation. He escorted the distinguished delega tion through the W. B. Conkey plant, the Standard Steel Works and the Reid Murdoch factory this morning. Then he took them to Gary for a tour through the world's largest . Industry coming back by the way of East Chicago. The party was Jovial, studious, and good looking. By the half and half system of education it was duely Im pressed. For the thriving Calumet region members had only words of praise and appreciation. To Henderson. supervisor of Hammond's night school system, every one was grateful. On a Conkeyville car a reporter for Thb Times got the personnel of th party and learned that even Frank Arthur Jones of Ottawa, Canada. F. L. Hutsler of Martlnsbursr. w. v know all about Gary and need no instruction on the greatness of the magic city. In part the register of the party is as follows: T. L. Hutsler, Martinaburr. W. Va.: Smith Brewer, Edinburar. Ind.: Jnannh M. Speer, supervisor. Industrial Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.; H. Fults, Salem. Ind.; C C. Thompson. Bonner SprirTgs, Kas.; Supt. E. M. Bverhart, Tyndall, S. D.; Principal C. J. Bollinger.Bay. City.-.. .Mlch-i. H. M. Leppard. Ottawa, Canada; Frank Arthur Jones, Ottawa. Canada; J. Will Pierce. Wash ington. Mo.; R. B. Kelley, Syracuse, N. T. ; G. M. Hoyt. Good Hope, 111.; L. A. Rider, Elllcottvllle, N. T; E. W. Taylor. Randolph, N. T.; Ralph Butcher, Winchester, Ind.; Charles E. MeClure, Plymouth, Ind.; J. H. Davles, Coffey ville, Kas.; L. H. Turner. Indusarlal EducatlonT Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. H. Sandt, State Normal School, Winona, Minn. Miss Ella Greenwold, Denton, Tex.; Miss M. Helen Hlggins, Denton, Tex.; R. G. Seass and wife, Ada, Okla. TIMES BIREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2. Penna Yoan Morariu was president of Iublrea Fratisasca (don't you know what that is?) down at Mt. Union, Huntington county, Pennsylvania. Yoan Almaslan (this is not a Kipling novel) was treasurer of the same society. George Florea (Anglicized version) presumably was an influential member of the flock of Morariu. Things went on very much wellskl with organlzationiasca until one day ; Mr. Morariu and Mr. Almaslan decided they would like Indiana and the "native sod" of Lake county better than i plain old- Pennsylvania. So they mlj grated. j With them went the books of ! Iublrea Fratlasca and about $100 In cashovltzk that the society's members, such as Mr. Florea, presumably, had paid In to the treasurarlum. The two went to Indiana Harbor and there took up their abode. Every body seemed sehr gluecklich but Mr. ' Florea. So he swore out a warrantirea 1 lor tneir arrest ana naa it maae in requestlonalia on the Governor of In diana from the Governor of Pennsylvania. This was not done until a leter had gone to Mt. Union from Indiana Harbor, telling some of the more confidentlally related members of the I Fratlasca flock that the two Yoans tionalia today. DIES OF A BROKEN NECK Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2. Russell Giftord, eighteen, son of Judge Glfford of Logansport, died here yesterday. Three months ago he broke his neck In an automobile accident. Glfford plunged Into a ditch. While under treatment of experts on spinal trouble he was kept suspended from a wall at the hospital in a hammock.

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QUEEN MARY'S BAN ON AMERICAN WOMEN

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Dnchesa of Marlborough and Qaeen at Many American women have fled London since ' the oueen made it known so positively tat che doesn't care to meet divorced women and is so strict about keeping tip the rules ef the old order of things. The WOMAN HURLS SELF 1DERJU TRAIN Indiana Harbor Belt Line Engine Is; Juggernaut For Chic jo Woman. Tales of a family Quarrel In which a' wife was driven from her home, forced to secure work as a servant and finally ended her life by throwing herself in front of a railroad engine, were told at the inquest held today over the body of Mrs. Helene Roth, 1112 North Hermitage avenue in Chicago. Mrs. Roth was killed Wednesday evening on the Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad, in Melrose Park. Dr. Henry Singles, 1470 North Carolina street, a brother of Frs. Roth, testified that his sister had a quarrel with her husband, Joseph Roth, on the night of June 14. He asserted that Roth drove his wife from their home and that he had heard that she was forced to secure work as a servant with a family on Thirty-first street DUKE OF RDIGE ROAD IN N. Y. (Special to The Times.) New York, Aug. 2. Alderman and Mrs. Tim Englehart of Gary are registered at the Herald Square hotel. SAYS GIRL'S WEIRD STORY IS FALSEHOOD w ee r 4s f v. Miss Josephine Selwooo. Frederick S. Nordaunt, president of j the National Railway Publishing company, arrested in Chicago on the ; charge of abducting seventeen-year-old Josephine Selwood, a pretty depart- ; ment store employe, declares his arrest was a "frame-up." Mordaunt Is out under $2,000 bond. The girl charges tha- Mordaunt, who Is fifty years old and married, flirted with her in the department store, took her to dinners and to -the theater, and then, under the name of "Jack Randolph," went through a fake marriage ceremony with her.

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DIVORCES MAKES SCARCE IN LONDON

vV - Jim Marl at top and Princess Patrici: bottom. Duchess of Marlborough is one American divorcee exception who has got on the best of terms with the queen. Princess Patricia, who suppressed her book on America, at the queen's request, is quite popular, tooA driving shaft which had fallen from the transmission under a big Bulck touring car and bored into the gravel road almost cost the six occupants of the machine their deaths on the new Hlghland-Hessvilln road last night. The car Is owned by Mar Ottenhelmer, the East Chicago plumber, and was occupie by Mr. and Mrs Otipie 1 e latt tenhelmer, th er holding her two-year-old daughter Marion, while t he other seats were occupied by Mr. r,d Mrs. A. S. Goodfriend of East Chicago and Mrs. J. R. Elchlitz of Dallas, Tex., who is visiting her sister, Mrs Goodfriend Baby Hurled Nine Feet. The men sat in the front seats and the ladies in the rear, and but for the fact that Mr. Ottenhelmer was driving slowly all might have been killed. The baby, which was asleep, was pitched out of the mother's arms and hurled a distance of ten feet. The mother followed, going over the front seat and landing in the ditch six feet away. Mr. Goodfriend was bruised, but was not thrown out. while Mrs. Goodfriend, who was Just about to Jump, was set on her head, Mrs. Elchlitz escaped without any injuries. The baby is able to toddle around today and all the others who were injured Reemlngly carried away no severe effects. William Hastings and his mother, of Hammond, who were out for an auto drive, carried the ladles In the wrecked machine to Highlands, and another au to party picked up the men. TRAIN DERAILED ON BRIDGE Narrow Escape From Disaster Near Muncie, Ind. Muncie. Ind., Aug. 2. A miraculous escape from death and injury took place early yesterday when the tender of the New York Central Limited No. 20, the fast East-bound train. Jumped the track on the middle of a 200-foot bridge five miles west of Muncie. The train ran a third of a mile, when four Pullman cars left the track. Although two steel rails were driven through the floor of one of the Pullmans, not a single passenger or trainman was ! injured. GOOD HEAVENS! HOBART WANTS TO BE A CITY .The question as to whether Hobart hmii,i take on a new dress by adoDt-

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ing a city form of government will be ' the Gary banker say will be of great considered next Wednesday evening benefit not only to Gary but to Hamwhen the members of the Commercial mond. East Chicago, Whiting, and Inclub and citizens in general will be ad- diana Harbor as well." dressed by Hon. V. S. Reiter, Judge of the Superior court, and Attorney L. L. , 59 DEATHS AND

Bomberger, of Hammond. These gentlemen are too well known as public speakers to need special mention and owing to the importance of the question to be considered the Auditorium where the meeting will be held should be crowded. Let everybody turn out. Hobart Gasette. A Oaa Range doea away With dirt. tio. lad. Gaa Jkleo, Co.

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Chloroform Saturated Kerchief Ends Life of Mrs. Bert S. Church in Chicago

Death of her only son and divorce Dr. Thomas Coleman, a physician with from her husband drove Mrs. Bert S.1 offices at 6302 South Halsted street, in Church, formerly of Hammond, insane ! Chicago. Since she obtained a divorce and last evening1 she committed suicide .' from her husband, over two months at the Hotel LaSalle in Chicago. She'agro. Mrs. Church had resided with

had threatened to Ull herself a year ago. The lifeless body of Mts. Chu.ch, who was the divorced wife of the manager of the Sinclair Packing com pany of Cedarj Rapids, la., was found j In a room at the hotel. The handles of a black leather handbag were tied together at the back of her head so as to hold a chloroform saturated handkerchief over her nostrils. MOTIVE REVEALED BY LETTER. It is believed by the police and hotel officials that she committed suicide. The motiv probably will be made clear today when a sealed letter addressed to her husband will be open ed by Coronor Hoffmann. She had been stopping- at the hotel since Wednesday.' The Churches are well known In! Hammond. They resided at the Hotel Majestic for several years when Mr. Churchy was superintendent of the Hammond Packing Company. DEED WAS PREMEDITATED. Mrs. Church had undressed and gone to bed. She had turned off the lights, but had turned on the electric fan and that fact remains puzzling, for the hotel detectives are at loss tc explain why one seeking death by chloroform should concern herself about improving the ventilation. Mrs. Church before her marriage was a Chicago girl. Her maiden name was Alice Cooke, and she was a daugh ter of John A. Cooke who previous to his death several years ago was a prominent clothing man of thft city. TELLS OP HER TROUBLES. Ught was shed on the case by a brother-in-law of the dead woman. EETS FEARFUL DEATH Lawrence Stefeno, whose address was given as 3803 Butternut street, Indiana Harbor, met his death yesterday at he Inland Mill, when he was caught between two moulds and his head badly crushed. Death is thought to have been instantaneous. The man was employed as switchman on the narrow guage railroad at the Inland and the accendent happened at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Burns and McGuan took the body to their morgue and on investigation found there waa no such number as the one given in Butternut street, and none of the neighbors thereabouts seemed to know of a Lawrence Stefano. An Inquest will be held today when It is expected that more will be learned of the dead man, and his correct address established. BANKERS REJOICE AT NEWS Gary bankers are overjoyed over Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo's order directing that the government treasury transfer $50,000,000 to western and southwestern banks during crop moving time. The bankers' had anticipated a halt on building loans in Gary this fall because of the crop demands. "The timely action of the government," said one Gary banker, "will serve to keep up strong reserves in Chicago, which will mean that money will be looser in Gary. "This action of Secretary McAdoo 72 BIRTHS IN GARY The secretary of the Gary board of health anounces that there were 59 deaths In Gary during the month of July. Of this number S were caused by accidents. There were 37 boys and 35 girls born during the month. The net gain to the city is 18.

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HOTEL ER SON'S DEATH Dr. and Mrs. Coleman at their home at 6451 South Green street. . "I believe that my sister-in-law was mentally unbalanced," said Dr. Coleman. "Since the death of her only son. Maurice James. Church, from spinal meningitis, which occurred on his birthday in 1912, when he was twenty years of age, she has acted queerly, and I am convinced that his loss was a blow from which she was unable to recover. HAW SIED FOIl DIVORCE. "She came to Chicago several months ago to file a Buit or divorce. hat she charged him with I do not know, as she never confided In either my wife or me regarding It, and the facts were not made public at the time. Since obtaining the divorce and $150 per month alimony about ten weeks ago, she had residtM at my home. On the occasion of . her departure a few days ago of my wife and her mother for a vacation at Grand Junction, Mich, she Jeft the house and went to the Hotel LaSalle. 0t,Y TWO LETTERS FODXD. There were only two letters found In Mrs. Church's personal effects, the sealed one and one addressed by Dr. Coleman. The latter " was evidently written on Tuesday, and is as fololws: "Dear Tom; Called at 3005 Wentworth three times today not even an answer from Dr. Frost. Would have been glad to have heard his familiar voice. Will have to try again.: i "Aijcn." Just'what time death occurred could not be ascertained. At the hotel It was staed by HouseOfftcerabrains that tm Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Church had complained " she was riot feeling well. Later she went out for a' walk and from that time was not seen again. -HI" SB AX D IS NOTIFIED. Mrs. Owen C. Esan. 352 East 56th street, and Mrs. Thomas Coleman, sisters of Mrs. Church, are out of the city at present. Bert S. Church, the former husband, has been notified and a telegram has been received from him. by Pr. Coleman saying that he will come at once to Chicago. Mrs. Church Is well known In Kenwod society and club circles. She was before her removal to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the leading members of the Drexel Circle. She was also well known In the Iowa city, and was a member of the Hammond Woman's Club at the time of her residence here. She attended St. Paul's Episcopal church when she was in Iowa and was in a sanitarium in Des Moines for some time. GETS INFORMATION ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS r Reginald F. del Valla. Reginald F. del Valle, the government s secret envoy to Mexico, who Drougni oacK vaiuaDia uuorroauon concerning affairs in that country, is one of the men from whom tha president is getting the information from which be will make his decision regarding tha-part this country will play in the aattlemeat of the Mexican trouble.

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