Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 108, Hammond, Lake County, 17 October 1913 — Page 1
EVENING EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers 1 Cents Copy.) AND COOL. RAIN TODAY; SATURDAY UNSETTLED 1 JtiVl VOL. VIII., NO. 108. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913.
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Felicitious Event in Hammond's Commercial History Is Celebrated Last Night When Big E. C; Minas New Store Opens. Thousands of people, the management of the E. C. Minas company de partment store estimates the number at twenty thousand, turned out for the formal opening' of the company's new business home last night. Every department and every counter Indicated that the E. C. Minas company department store was observing an auspicious occasion. Magniflcant Roral boquets, which had come from numerous frlonds and business bouses as an expression of congratulation and best wishes were added to the attractive and tasteful decorations which ornamented the store. No merchandise was sold although the sightseers were attracted by many articles which they would have liked to have purchased on 'the spot. The clerks were in their places ushering and directing the crowds as they passed through the spacious aisles, from one department to another and from the basement to the third floor. Among those present were quite a number of representatives from wholetContlnued on page ten.) HUMANE SOCIETY MEETING The first regular meeting of the board of directors of the Lake County! Humane society took place October 13 tn room 3 of the Central school. . To j fill the vacancy of W. C. Belman, r-. signed. P. Reilley was elected for a J term of two years to fill his place. j Th. foliowng officers were elected: President, Lulu S. Symmes; first vicepresident. "Hi G. Hodler; second ' -vice president. P. Reilley; secretary, Rena M. Ames; treasurer, Mrs. M. Pfeffer. The resignation of Dr. Lena Watson as a member of the board of directors was accepted.. An adjourned meeting of the board of directors was held on Thursday evening, October 16. Miss Jennie M. Mabbs was elected for a term of two years to fill the vacancy of Dr. Lena Watson, resigned. The following committees were appointed by the president and approved by the board: Executive committee, Peter Austgen, chairman; W. C. Belman, Thomas Harle, Rev. E. F. Barrett. C. M. McDanien, Rev. C. J. Sharp. Committee on fiinance: Marion Hower, chairman; Marie Newnham, J. S. Pierie, Annie Bassett, Committee on membership: Mrs. I. P. Anderson, chairman; Mrs. Erlck Lund, Dr. M. E. Jackson, H. G. Hodler, Idalette Ferguson. Com mittee on ways and means: Mrs. H. Q. Hodler, chairman; Norma Locklin Florence Loveridge, Mrs. W. R. Denniv son, Blanche Nixon, Dr. Lena Watson Inspectors: Thomas Harle, C. E. Brewbaker, H. G. Hodler, F. M. Franck, Mrs. M. Pfeffer. Special police: Marion Hower, Thomas Harle, F. M. Franck, Eric Lund. Counsel: Ralph W. Ross. The meeting adjourned. Signed, REJfA AMES, Secretary. PUT TOUR TIMES. WANT AD IN THIS NEW ENVOY FROM SALVADOR TO U. S. 4 t V t (c) Harris & Ewing. Senor Lon Francisco A. Duenas. Senor Lon Francisco A. Duenas, the new minister from Salvador to this country, is a millionaire and was at one time president of his country. He is a lawyer, speaks English fluently and has lived in this country several times before. He succeeds Frederico Mejia, who has for many years represented Salvador at Washington and who resigned recently becausa of ill health.
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LLE LIS THE Christian Church Evangelist Excoriates Diaphanous Clothing and Lashes the Dancing Masters Fore and Aft, in Address. A-raj. iow-ana-Dehold gowns that v 1 . are split up from the bottom and let down from the top were denounced as paganesque by Dr. Charles Reign Scoville, A. II. L L D at the Calumet avenue Christian church last eveningOf Dame Fashion the evangelist spoke in siurs. sneers and slams. "If you would save your daughter," said he. aress ner up to the chin." Like nut-jr Sunday. Many of Scoville s illustrations were grewsome and conducive to chills and fever. He told of a missionary droppel naked into a bag of snakes and of the unearthly yell that came from him at the reptiles fastened their fangs in his quivering flesh. He reviewed the story of a nineteen year old girl who arose one morning a child mother, un married. She staggered to the win dow and pitched hT new born babe to the street below. "I blame the civ (Continued on page four.) SATURDAY WEEK FOR STREET LIGHT Rectifier to Care for State and Hohman Streets Ordered in the East. A week from Saturday it is hoped the Hohman street ornamental lights can be switcfked on for regular use, rne system is completely installed with the exception of a rectifier which the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company ordered in the east but which has not yet arrived. The apparatus was ordered early enough, but after it had been ordered the West State street merchants came along with their plans to install the ornamental lights and the order for the original rectifier had to be cancelled and another on? to take care of the two lines ordered in its place. By the time the lights are to be switched on, it is also expected that the contract between the merchants and the light company will have been closed up. Subscriptions are being taken up for the hiring of a band of twelve or fifteen pieces who are to play on Hohman street on the opening night. NEW SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 1 General Manager H. G. Miller of the Gary and Interurban services lines announced today" that a regular schedule from Hammond to Gary by Indiana Harbor wit be establishen November 1. This bit of information is entlreftr new as the plans of the G. & I. have been until now unknown. The old line from Hammond to Gary via Gib son, Hessvllle and Toleston will be used as now. The direct connection with Indiana Harbor and Ambridge is the bigest advantage promised. The special service in Gary from Broadway to Ambridge will be discontinued. As the new line is to make entrance by Fifth avenue It will supplant the old road. Employes Summoned. Employes of the C. I. & S. and the Monon railroads at Shelby, and other citizens of the southern part of Lake county, were summoned before the Newton county grand Jury this week by subpoenas served by Sheriff Henry Whitaker of Lake county. The rail road men were Instructed to bring their record books for the past six months with them. Sheriff Whitaker said this morning that he had no idea what the Lake county men were subpoenaed for. In view of the fact, however, that railroad agents were summoned and ordered to bring their books with them it looks as though the Newton county Jury is looking into the question of blind pigs, where the operators get their shipments from, etc. Progress of Paving. "Work on the new concrete paving in the alley east of Hohman street is progressing rapidly and providing the weather does not interfere contractor Ahlborn hopes to have the work completed next week. The alley way between Sibley and Fayettt street has been comvleted and work Is now being done from Sibley street to State. The gang of workmen were forced to quit work on account of the rain his morning. ttJBSCRiaB rOK T.HB TIMtfS.
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Mrs. William E. Ellis was found dead in a room at the Hotel Sherman In Chicago yesterday. She had been shot and stabbed. Her husband, also shot and cut. first said there was a sul cide pact. Later he made garrulous charges against his wife which lead the police to believe he killed her and a ttempted suicide. Their children are Eleanor, 8 .and Violet, 2 years old. The tragedy marked a wedding anniversary.
FAIR COMPROMISE BETWEEN PARTIES Citizens' Ticket Will Be Represented on the Election Boards. Although the articles of agreement made and tentatively entered Into by the democratic, progressive and republican parties of East Chicago have not been as yet released for publication, yet it is understood that, barring a hitch In the final closing of the negotiations, an action respecting the in spectors of election will be taken at a special meeting of the common council tonight that will close the matter and result in the dismissal of all cases pending in which these political parties are inrested. While the democrats and progress ives feel that they are wholly within their legal rights in dictating the machinery of the coming election, yet they have no disposition to take the advantage of shutting out the repub licans altogether from representation on the election boards. Inasmuch, however, as the law clearly contemplates a situation of this kind and gives these parties the right to hold the balance of power, neither Is it their purpose to surrender in this compromise sufficient to permit the republicans to gain absolute control. It is reported that a very fair compromise has been effected. The concessions made by the two leading parties have been concessions granted primarily to stop the expense and delay of dragging the matter through the courts. Concessions have been granted by the republicans to insure a "look in' which the courts might possibly deny. Whichever way the matter eventually terminates, a compromise agreement is a victory to all parties concerned. HIGH SCHOOL SEEKS REVENGE .With the fondest hopes and expectations and confident that they will be able to turn the tide of battle in their favor, the speedy Hammond footballers on Saturday will advance upon the quiet little town of Morocco, there to meet the heavyweight team of that sleepy metropolis. But although "sleepy" may apply to the town, it does not apply to their high school football team, as the past annals of local football history will show, for three times in the last two years has the local team met the boys from the south and each time the Morocco bunch left the field with colors flying. But on the morrow the Hammond team will go down to Morocco determined to trim the haughty foe and drag the black and -gold in the dust of their own stronghold. Nothing to Yarn. Investigation or a rumor that two were killed and two injured In a wreck on the Pensylvania today ended in the discovery of two dilapidated box cars that were pushed off the end of an old switch. As near as can be determined this incident grew In the mind of a railroader to enormous proportions and he came to Hammond announcing a fearful tragedy. There -will be republican meeting; at Gratvrtok'n pool room, 32S North Hohman ntreet, Kridny evening, October 17, 1013, at H p. m. Campaign 1kmir v III be dlneumed by several (rood speakei -Adv. 16-2
BENEFIT OF PARCEL POST SHOWN i .... .. i.i i. " - . - " One Hammond man bscome t convert of government o-wnership yesterday through a' email matter by which he saved fifty cents. The-case is typical. . . This citizen desired that a . package
of flowers with , a net, weight of five and three-fourth pounds reach a point in Michigan, a hundred miles away, in time for a funeral. He presented It at the ' postofflce. Clerks cut down the box to fit the flowers and posted It for ten cents. Then one clerk was dispatched to await the arrival of a Michigan Central from the west which does not stop but hesitates. It passed through at Cight miles an hour and the clerk shot he box on board. Formerly the express rate would have been at least sixty cents and the parcel might not have reached Michi gan until after the funeral. WORLD FAMOUS ATHLETE DIES YESTERDAY San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 17. Ralph Rose, holder of the Olympic and world's records for shot-putting, died here yesterday of typhoid fever, after a brief illness. Rose was a big. florid, full-blooded man, of the type typhoid fever finds rich soil. From the first his battle against the disease was not encouraging to his physicians. Ralph Rose was born in Healdsburg, CaL. twenty-nine years ago, graduated from the Healdsburg high school and for a time attended the University of Michigan, but did not graduate. He returned to California, ' studied law. (was admitted to the bar and has been a practicing attorney since.
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ENTER SALOONS AND TAKE SL0U1ACHINES Foxy Strangers Impose on St. John Saloonkeepers Yesterday. (Special to The Times.) St.: John, Ind., Oct. 17. Impersonat Jng officers, two well dressed and authoritive strangers entered the sa loons of Messrs Miller. Stark or Portz at this place Tuesday afternoon and laid violent hands upon innocent gum vending machines. Their cocksure manners petrified the proprietors until after they left with the machines in a motor car. Not Within the Law. The three St. John saloonmen went io trown oint today and made a re Their suspicions were born out port when they came face to face with Constable Nicholson and Bailiff Steeb, who the strangers had Impersonated. This same stunt was pulled off a year ago, just as successful. It Is a small game for all told auto bandits could pot have taken over ?35. The general Impression is though that it is within the law In cases of gambling devices for anyone has the power to enter a saloon and remove a machine of that catagory. However it is not a privilege guaranteed under the constitution to impersonate an officer. It is instead a penitentiary offense. MARRIAGE LICENSES .(Special to The Times.) Chicago, Oct. 17. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Edward Claxton, 24, Hammond, Ind.. and Elizabeth Kelly, 24, Yale, 111. Joseph F. Wechyewig, 21, and Joseta Grawrowski, 21, West Hammond, 111. Pipe Bursts at Plant. The accidental . bursting of an automatic fire sprinkler installed in the W. B. Conkey company's plant caused the flooding of the entire office yesterday afternoon. Employes were forced . to witness and content with many disagreeable scenes throughout the afternoon. Vandals on Calumet Ave. A report was made at the Hammond Central police station yesterday morning that a gang of young vandals have been doing considerable damage to property in the vicinity of Calumet and Thornton avenue and unless the practice is stopped they will be severely reprimanded If they are captured. Wednesday evening they broke three valuable windows in a new building, which is being erected by Henry Downey, besides a lot of other damage in the same neighborhood. A reward of 10 has been offered for their arrest and conviction. Sunday Football Games. Clabby All Stars vs. Gary Techs at Ambridge field, Gary. East Chicago Gophers vs. Hammond Dodgers at East Chicago basebal Ipark East Chicago Tigers, heavyweight champions vs. Huebner A. C. at South Bend. Smoke MeHIe Canadian Clnb Mixtare. For pipe or cigarette, best that leaf and akill can produce. Adv. WHY ARE READER? TOU NOT A TIMES
MUNCIE LAD MY COME
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Arthur Falis, a 15-year-ol Muncie. high school lad and a nephew of Omer C. Trout of Hammond, and the Muncie police are sending pictures and descriptions of the boy to Chicago and all Northern Indiana c;lies. ' The Boy's Description. Fallis is described as being 5 feet, 2 inches in height, weight about 110 pounds; fair complexioned and has light blue eyes. When last seen he wore a light checkered suit, with Norfolk coat and knickerbocker trou REALTY AGENTS
QUEL ADVERTISING STUNT
Hastings, Woods & Co., the sales agents for Kenwood, are being given credit for one of the most unique advertising stunts that has ever been attempted in Hammond. Next Sunday some lucky Hammond, East Chicago. Indiana Harbor, Whiting or North township automobile owner is going to take a five minutes' spin on the magnificent asphalt macadam pavements of Kenwood and get $75 in coJ4 cash for the pleasure. Some other automobile owner is to get $25 for a similar trip and still another is to get $10. One hundred and ten dollars in all are to be distributed among the automobile owners of North township. And there are to be positively no strings to the money. The lucky ones do not even have to apply the money on the purchase price of a lot. The rules of the lottery require that RUSH IN FEDERAL A federal investigation is to . be made regarding the missing naturalization papers, thirty-five of which wp-f. stolen from the Citizens" party headquarters in Gary recently, this being one of the purposes of a trip which F. W. Weber, naturalization examiner in the Chicago office made to Lake county yesterday. Under a new ruling, naturalization papers can no ' longer be paid for out of a party"s treasury as was customary seerai
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his own dollar, anu me giHuunitui will hold those responsible for the papers who had them in their care, and particularly those who confiscated them, "if 'the guilty parties can " be found. " In the rush for papers these days the clerks who issue them receive the applications on one day and forward the papers on the next by mail to the parties designated by the applicant. Most of them have them sent to the headquarters of their respective parties, and so it happened that thirtyfive papers were in the office of the Citizens party in Gary when it was recently raided by sneak thieves. ' ' Mr. Weber spent yesterday at Crown Point, making preliminary examinations of applicants who will appear before Judge W, . Q. McMahan in. the circuit at the begnning of the next term for their second papers. In the evening Mr. Weber came to Hammond to see how the naturalization work Is progressing in . the . superior court house. Today he went to South Bend where he will make three hundred preliminary examinations. Nearly a hundred and seventy-five applicants appeared before deputy clerk Koscoe Hemstock yesterday evening. The crush in the corridors became so thick that one new fledged vjter pushed in the glass in the telephone booth. The appearance of a policeman on the scene brought, a little order into the crowd. Deputy U. S. Clerk Charles Surprise issued fifty-five papers yesterday and the indications today were that he would issue a hundred. Brave John's Work. In an attempt to prevent a runaway John Kamradt, of Kamradt Brothers, leaped from the seat of a delivery wagon and falling, wrenched his knee, yesterday. The accident occurred in the rear of the Orpheum theater. A high ridge In the center of the alley, caused the wagon to tip andthe horse to shy. No runaway resulted, however, owing to the merchant's leap. He is on the job. today, although suffering from the strain. Church Progressing. The new Baptist church Is looming up on Sibley street, its front wall of brick and - stone complete above the second story. The church is to cost $50,000 and will bo ready for occupancy this winter. The oriental design stands out in that portion of the building that is already up.
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sers; wore a black and white checkered cap and new black shoes. The last seen of Fallis in Muncis was when he left home at 1:15 Friday afternoon. He was en route to school. It is the parents belief that their son had been lured away, as he failed to withdraw a large sum of money he had deposited in a Muncie bank. The Muncie police learned from Earl Ackenberg, manager of a tea store that the lad was seen on a Chfsepeake & Ohio train, leaving Muncl at 1:2S (Continued on page four.) PULL OFF every car must be filled to its seating capacity. If it is a five passenger car there must be five people in It. If it Is the police patrol or a store byus it must be filled. Cycle-cars and motorcycles will not be registered. The big prize that is hung up makes it morally certain that practically every car in North Township will be represented. Fully 3.000 people will see Kenwood Sunday if the weather is pleasant. The fewer the cars the better the chance for those who do tako a whirl at it. All the automobile owner has to do to get a chance at the big prizes that are to be paid out in cash next Sunday is to take a spin around the loop in Kenwood. The loop is from Hohman street westward on Zachau avenue to Forest avenue, southward on Forest avenue to (Continued on page four.) EXPERT SALESMAN TO FARM IN THE TEXAS SOUTHLAND L. 5. Wey, 93 Condit street', for ten years employed in the Lion store, in charge of the dress goods department, leaves next week for Texas to make his home there. His resignation at the siore -went inio euecx m weanesaay he was held by his employers and his fellow workers he was handsomely remembered with numerous gifts, Messrs. Kaufman and Wolf having presented him with, a check, while his-co-workers remembered him with many useful things. Mr. Wey has purchased forty acres (of land near Reviera on Baffin's bay on . the Texas gulf coast. This terri tory is developing very rapidly and is eventually to be benefited by an intercoastal canal which the ' federal government proposes to build. The soil, weather and climatic conditions allow three crops a year, and Mr. Wey In tends to devote some time to farming for himself. He has sold his street home to Jacob H. Van graven. Condit BodeDEMOCRATIC MEETING TONIGHTJTH WARD t oll. Sohiiherl'M hall at SS.t Michigan avenue. Speakers: J. .. Init, Walter Lots. Mayor Smalley and other candidate. The real liMruea Involved In this campaign will lie ably presented at thin meeting, and all voters are Invited to aiirna-.tav. Smoke McHle Canadian Club Mixtare. For pipe or elcorrltr, best that leaf and akill ran produce. Ad v. CALERO A LIKELY WINNER IN MEXICO Manuel Calero. If elections are held in Mexico on October 26, according: . to present plans, it ia believed that Manuel Calero will be declared to be the choice of the people at the polls. Calero's influence has been growing rapidly during the past few weeks.. lie was formerly Mexican ambassador to the United States and if elected mipht succeed in gaining recognition from Washington.
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