Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 49, Hammond, Lake County, 14 August 1913 — Page 1

E LAK EVENING EDITION WKiATHER. UNSETTLED WITH SHOWERS: WARMER TODAT. VOL. VIII., NO. 49. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913. ONE CENT 1EK COPY. IBaek Number 1 Ctati Cey.J DR. CLARK SELLS SULZER, MURPHY AND GLYN1J, CENTRAL FIGURES IN SULZER IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS. STATE ST." TEMPLE

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Dr. J. T. Clark disposed of his State street property, the old Masonic Temple, tor a consideration of $20,000 today to William Ahlborn of the Ahlborn Construction company. The building-, at one time the largest and most modern lh the city, will be Improved by the new owner. Dr. Clark will leave Hammond next Wednesday for Fordyce Arkansas where he will

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LAKE CO. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE

(Special to This Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 14. A week from next Monday the Lake County Teachers' annual Institute will open here, and In the neighborhood of two hundred instructors are expected to apend a week at the county seat attending the lectures. The Instructors for the week are Dr. "William Estabrook Chancellor, editor of the School Journal of New Tork City; Prof. George H. Tapy, who has charge of the department of education at Wabash College and Miss Celia TRAILS WIFE TO CHICAGO HOTEL Gary Man Causes Arrest; of Woman and Her Companion. John F. Foley, 24 years old, a traveling salesman, IIS South Morgan street, and Mrs. Ardella Shermeyer. 18 years old, of Gary, were arrested yesterday .' roornfg In a rooming house at C34 Dear--born avenue," Chicago. Eugene Shermeyer of Gary, ' who says he is the woman's husband, traced her to the rooming house. He charged that Foley hadlured his wife from their home In Gary. Foley and the woman denied his asertlons. Death of Mrs. Arnold. Carrie Arnold, a resident of West Hammond for a number of years, died yesterday afternoon at 127 Douglas avenue following an illness of nearly two weeks. Death is attributed to heart failure. She is about 40 years old and has resided at 127 Douglas avenue for some time. Little is known of her past life and it is said she has a husband living in South Chicago. Funeral arrangements have not been made. There are millions of picnics, millions of pleasures, but there's one in a million like the Elks' outing, to be held at Spring Hill Grove, St. John. August 16. MARGERY MAUDE IS COMING TO AMERICA N 1 '.US f " A Blarery Maude. Miss Marcery Maude, tbe daughter of Cyril Maude and -it- wife, and a very accomplished young actress, will be seen in America for the first time during the coming theatrical season. In the fall, when her father comes here for his first American starrnig tour, she will play the heroines in a number ot his plays. She will be little Minna grown op in "Rip Van Winkle" Maria in "The School for Scandal.' and the leading lady in "The Second in Command, "Beauty ami the Barge," The Toymaker of Nuremberg," and other dm Maude as

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of a large acreage which will be the home of his famous hog ranch. Dr. Clark is organizing a company and intends to raise hogs on a big scale. The government statistics Bay that hogs can be produced In that state for one and a half to two cents a pound for they forage for themselves. The market is from seven to eight cents. ANNUAL Campbell, supervisor of musia in the Evanston. 111., schools. Miss Ethel Heilemann of Crown Point is on the program as pianist for the institute. Sapt. Extends a Pointed Invitation. The sessions will be held in the clrcut court house. The'sesslon are primarily attended by the teachers In the town and district schools although quite a number of teachers in the city schools also take advantage the excellent lectures that are presented. Supt. F. F. Heighway of Crown Point (Continue on Page C.) SHIELDS IS BEFORE IHE At a per diem rate W. S. Shields of Evanston, 111., a consulting engineer wno charges In accordance with his reputation a an expert, came to Hammond "this morning to confer .with, the board of public works and city engineer Lyons. He is the author of the proposed deep sewer system. , He U Not to Blame. , To a Times reporter Engineer Shields made the following admission: "The plans and estimates on the ) pumping station are not mine. As far 1 as the sewer system, sludge beds and settling tanks are concerned the estimate is reasonable and should be met. I am responsible for them. Further than that I am not prepared to say." Offers Hts Explanation. t Shields allowed the Inference that a municipal lighting plant is planned to go uncontradicted but ofTered the following explanation of the situation. Sufficient power is to be pro- . vided to operate another DumDinar 1 station out north and one at Gibson when the demand is made for them." Further than that he would not say. It is apparent that if changes are made in the estimate it will be that . portion of the estimate that was conceived by the city engineer. The total 1675,000 estimate was not all made by Shields and that authority has explicit confidence in that part of it that was. STRDCK BY N. P. ENGINE Lola Bowman, a ribbon clerk in the Lion Store, was struck by a switch engine on the Nickle Plate tracks last evening while within a couple hundred feet of her home in 150 Sibley street. The girl was knocked unconscious but soon revived. The engine came from behind while sl was walking on the cement walk between tracks in front ot the passenger depot. At the home this afternon it was said that she will recover. Had the blow on the skull been a trifle more direct it would have proven fatal. It is not decided whether Miss Bowman was walking too close to t the tracks or was struck by a projecting rod. This will be Investigated. At the time Miss Bowman was on her way to visit a friends. COOL WAVE Bia BOON TO WORKERS The ra'n today and the cool weather of the past few weeks comes as a welcome relief to the thousands of steel workers, who toil around the sweltering furnaces and mills of Gary. At the steel works and tin plate mills the terrific temperature was beginning to tell on the men. Heat was especially felt at the tin plate mills. Drinking water became distasteful owing to the change of the winds in the lake and as a result many employes were made 111. At one time there were only enough men available to operate but one of the 22 rolling mills at the American Sheet and Tin Plate company.

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6 sj .t.41 ' 1 . WANT TRAIL TO BE 11 Real Estate Men Want Another Thoroughfare Vacated Now. - Lake -County oldest roadway, nee a winding trail through the brush and swampland. Is to be vacated for all time to come. In Its place a modern boulevard will be constructed, straight as a die and smooth as a pool of water Board Arts Today. Ridge Road the namesake of all ridge roads in the county was once an Indian trail that lead to Fort Dearborn in the days when the Chicago loop district was swamp and prairie. It crosses Hammond north of Oakhlll cemetery and south of the old C. C. & L, rail road, cutting directly through Ken wood. Petitioned by Real dent. A petition signed by property owners in that region was brought before the board this morning in which the vacation of Ridge Road was asked for in order that Kenwood avenue might be built south of the sandy trail. The plat presented was accepted and therefore by a vote and without argument the road was legislated out of Hammond. Is the picturesque old trail a government road? Was it Included in the purchase of land from the Potowatamle Indians in '49? Is it on the records at Crown Point as a government road? These and other leading questions are asked by certain citizens of Lake county who are interested In he closing of the road. They will most likely investigate the matter as one of their number is an attorney who cheerfully volunteers his services. POLICE HOLD SHOOT. Don't try to escape from the Hammond police as they hold claim to being the expert marksmen of this region. This was decided at the regular monthly practice shoot yesterday afternoon when they hung up some scores that would rival Anna Oakley, jvii uihuu, nuuiiiu -nut miu umer champions of their day. j For the second time this season Chief Austgen did himself Justice by I puncturing the target for a total of 94 ! points out of a "possible 100 and with a smile that hasn't worn off today, walked ofT with the medal. Chief i Austgen stated that he didn't like to do It, but he had to show his inferior officers that he could cop oft the bacon wheneverhe wanted to. He also had two rival competitors, Officers Lute and Law, who came in a close second with 92. Other scores around the 90 mark were made. Captain Hanlon still has the buck fever and with t.ome improvement scored a 74 mark.' Austgen, 94; Rimbach, 84: Hanlon, 74; Borchert, 71; See, 70; Kuns 48; Lute. 92; Law, 92; Strong. 72; Eckman, 48; Horlbeck, 76; EInsele, 40; Cordua, 14; Wallak. 68; Oalvin, 26; Miller, 45; Stelow. 35; MaJeskI, 30; Schaadt, 21; Hesterman, 68; Murphy, 48; Lamme, 48; Homrich, 76. Attend Portz Funeral. Among the Hammond people who went to St. John this morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ports, who died last Monday, were Mr. and Mrs. Al Porta and their children, Messrs. Harry and Otis and their sister, 'Miss Romana; Messrs. Mat Boney, Jacob Kasper, Mrs. Tesch and a number of others. A Gas Range combines convenience and economy. No. Ind. Gas & Kleo. Co,

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x I ' 1 t Y f . .C. - v.-v. -r . TRAIN HITS - 3 PEOPLE A frightful Burnham this accident occurred at noon. The Monon westbound struck a woman and two children as they were crossing the track and all three will die. The woman was in a. delicate condition and the accident was a terribl one. A go-cart containing the twin babies of Mrs. Steven Dradkowski of 766 Center street, Burnham, was hit by a Monon passenger train hi which Officer C. E. Eldred claims was traveling thirty miles an hour. The woman was knocked sixteen feet, twin No. 1, 20 feet and twin No. 3, 25 feet. Fly In All Direction. Spectators fainted, screamed, ran or stood helpless in a cold sweat for It looked like a triple killing could not by any miracle be adverted. Toa C'oine la a Buneb. Three doctors were rushed to the scene. One of the babies suffers from internal injuries and another had a fractured skull. Officer Eldred saw the accident and said that to him it was the wonder of all wonders he has witnessed. The northbound train struck the baby carriage at the Center avenue crossing. Mrs. Dradkowski was pushing her babies across the track when a wheel became caught between the planking and the rail. She seemed confused and In the delay the train was upon her. SPITEFUL NEIGHBORS MAKE HER VICTIM rr A. . r . ... Wwh P'-y-'i-iKM Mrs. Esther Falkenstein. Mrs. Esther Falkenstein, head of Falkenstein settlement house in Chicago, who has done considerable food work for the poor in conjrested istricts, has been made the victim of spite work of troublesome neighbors. They claim her settlement house is "n-isy." Mrs. Falkenstein denies the charges

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1 Si jl&TlinTT.GIynrx, BULLEYEMS Parma. Italy, Aug. MU-Xatloaal e position devoted entirely to growth and Wpat of Italian ntage. omm acre lav ranuafaonilieii of Verdi centennial anniversary. Italian sovernment and - mnaiclana from all parta of world taklar part. Harrtsbura-, Pa, Aug. 14. Food prices will be lowered and made more uniform, and public health protected, It la claimed, by drastic cold storage act which became law today. Produce exchanges Trill probably contest Its c nut ltnttonallty. Clhcago, Aug. 14. New abort llae of Chicago. Milwaukee aad St. Paul, to be shortest route between Chicago and Spokane, be opened September 1. Blnghamton. N. Y Aug. 14. State Factory Investigation Commission began inaulry Into Blnghamton fire la which 05 Uvea lost last month. State and city officials been summoned to testify. Washington, Aug. 14. Chief of Detective Service Flynn warns against circulation of spurious SS "Indian bead" bill. Printed from crudely etched plates of fair quality bond paper, with ink lines to mltate silk fibre of genuine. Denver, Colo. Aug. 14. Kntght Templars meeting here receiving appeals from women to support usffrage movement. Poll taken among hundred thousand visitors show remarkable growth In Interest la subject among Washington, Aug. 14 President Wil son said to be mucn disappointed to leant that It will be necessary to send men of means to diplomatic pouts, owing high cost of living abroad. ' Faces peculiar situation because men he favors are, la most Instances, poor. New York, Aug. 14. Strike of knit ters, biggest In which women figured since shirt waist walkout In 1909-10 expected prove death blow to sweatshop tadnstry.. Women being urged Insist on demand for sanitary working condition, as well as better hours and mages, also abolition of child labor. . . ACCIDENT TO TROLLEY Traffic on the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago line was delayed considerably about 1 p. m. today when a cable wire on car No. 508 was burned on Conkey avenue. Car No. 514 was summoned and towed the damaged car to the barn. BRIDGE REPORTED INBAD SHAPE According to' the police blotter thin morning a report was sent iir at. the central station that the Columbia avenue bridge was in a dangerous condition and should be placed in repair before an accident occurred. It was found that a large plank had been broken in the runway of the bridge and will be replaced with a new one by the street department some time today. The condition of the bridge was reported to J. F. Kuhlman. Say, "Bill," get your best girl and bring her down to the picnic at Spring Hill Grove, Saturday, August 16. I want to meet her.

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; noon today at the Hammond Distillery one of the biggest plants of i its kind in the country. The blare started in one of the warehouses and a general alarm was turned in, the I three departments being summoned. i The disastrous fire, approximately causing $20,000 damage, raged in the drying room of the Hammond distillery on Calumet avenue this noon, throwing in the neighborhod of nearly 50 men out of employment, until the building is placed in repair. For nearly an hour and a half fire departments one, three and four bat tled against the flameB and did splen did work. John Brant, twelve years eld, was injured by a falling brick and was removed to his home on Elm streett. First Alarm at Xooa. First signs of the fire were noticed at 12 o clock when smoke was seen Issuing from the building known as the drying house. The building Is a high two story structure, the first floor containing two enormous drying presses, while the second floor is used for storing feed and slop after it has ben run through the presses. As soon as the smoke was noticed a fire call was sent in and departments No. one, three and four responded. By the time they arrived the blase had gained considerable headway and soon the second floor of the drying house was a mass of flames. On account of the height of the structure the firemen battled the flames from the tops of adjoining buildings. . Roof Cave la. Half an hour after the fire started the enormous roof caved in with a crash, endangering the lives of a number of firemen who had a lead of hose as near the heart of the conflagration as possible. The firemen fell hck to escape Injury. John Brant. twelve, years .wld, was Injured., b-y-a flying brick, dislodged by the strong pressure from, a . lead . of hose. At 1:30 the firemen had the blase under control, one lead of hose being kept ready should the blase break put anew. Water caused considerable damage to the presses and machinery, the floor of the building being flooded with several feet of water. Work was started shortly after the fire in clearing up the debris and It Is thought that it will be several weeks before the wreckage will be cleared away. John F. Fitzgerald, owner of the distillery, thought the loss would be In the neighborhood of 115,000 to $20,000. WILL HOLD FOUR MORE RACES YET At least four more races are to be held this season by the members of the Hammond Motor Boat club, and at a meeting called for this evening tentative plans for the same will be discussed. A basket picnic which is to be held either on the 24th or 81st of this month will also be discussed this evening, as it is intended to hold a ten-mile race on the same day. The next race over a ten-mile course is tha econd one of a series of five, four of which are test runs for the big event which will take place spme time In October and cover a course of fifty or seventy-five miles. Following the ten-mile race two contests ove ran eighteen or twentymile course will be held. The average time made by each of the boats will constitute the marks against which they will have to race in the big event. The basket picnic which is planned for this month will be held at the river camp of Samuel Burnham, he being one of the members of the Hammond Motor-Boat club. KNOW NOTHING OF IT HERE If there is a movement on among Indiana interurban motormen and con ductors for an increase in pay even at the risk of a state-wide strike, the Lake county crew men plead Ignorance of It, at least the men working In the ranks. A news special from Thb Times Indianapolis news bureau says that the demands are to be laid before the officials next Thurbday and that every interurban in the state is involved. 1 J REFEREE DTJECAMMOND Harry C. Sheridan of Frankfort, Ind., referee in bankruptcy, sat in the federal court in Hammond today to hear additional evidence- and oral arguments in the Interstate Construction company's bankruptcy matter. He heard some evidence in the case two weeks ago and in the meantime he has been going over the briefs In anticipation of haring the oral arguments today. The other girl will be at the Whiting Elks' picnic at Spring Hill Grove, (St. John) August 18.

Neighboring City is Aroused to High Pitch Over Attack. Victim Formerly of Hammond

(Special to Thk Ttmbb.) Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 1. Never In Its history since the McCoy bank failure, has this city been so wrought up as It is today because of the arrest of James Willis, a wealthy auto dealer and garage man. well known in Lake county, at the charge of fifteen year old Clara Bell Thompson, who accuses Willis of brutally attacking her. The , sentiment against Willis Is such that - threats have been made against his life and though oat on bail Willis fears the attitude of men here and the situation ia extremely grave. Miss Thompson had been employed at the home of Willis, who is a married man with two children and went with the family recently In an auto trip. While Mrs. WlUis and the two children went . to ,, a dressmaker, according- ta the itoryi"wiav' by 'xHy girl In court. Willis offered to take her a ride' In ' the. auto. The charges that he turned the lights out, stopped the car and attacked her. He then brought her back to Rensselaer. The girl's eyes were blood-shot from crying when she reached home and her parents elicited the shocking story from her. The father became frantic and filed information against Willis. This resulted In hts arrest. The girl's' story In Us entirely is & shocking one. The Thompson family Is said to have lived In Hammond at one time but came originally from Delevan, Wis. Switchman Hurt. William Thomas, a switchman employed on the C, I. & S., was painfully Injured early this morning when he tell down and cut his throat on a lantern which he was carrying, causing a severe gash. He was removed to St. Margaret's hospital, where he was released today. His injury did not prove as serious as was at first expected. "GIRL I RAN AWAY WITH BAD," HE SAYS Maury Diggs at White Slave Trial. Maury Diggs, the young man who is now being tried in San Francisco on a charge of- having violated the Mann white slave law by transporting Marsha Warrington from California to Nevada, is offering as a defense that the girl was bad before she met him. He will offer a number of witnesses from the tenderloins of Sacramento and San Francisco. According to the provisions of the Mann act, however, this defense alone will not serve to prevent conviction.