Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 113, Hammond, Lake County, 23 October 1913 — Page 1

LAKE EVENING EDITION FAIR AND COOL TODAY: FRIDAY FAIR. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numoen 2 Cents Copy.) VOL. YIIL, NO. 113. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913.

COUNTY

TIMES

POLITICS BEGINS TO SIZZLE IN All PARTS OF CITY

Doctors Raise Cain About Holes in Pavement That Ruin Their Automobiles.

A political riot nearly raised the roof of the Lake County Savings and Trust building this forenoon. It was so furious that had not windows been open to let in the Indian Summer thblock would hare surely been wrecked. All the tenants of the second floor including Dr. H. J. White. Manaj-ar Graves of the Postal. Alderman Eastwood, pleading: for Smalley, H. E. Granger, championing Crumpacker, Dr. William D. Lewis and others were in the arena. Here Is the argument that they (aside from Eastwood) want answered: "Why are there so many holes in Hammond pavements? Why are they allowed to go unpaved? Where is the hole fixer?" "There's one hole,-- said Dr. K. A. Gllson that I have hit twice with my motor car months apart and it bns cost me over a hundred dollars. 1 reported It the first time." "I broke a spring on my machine on one this mornine,' 'said Dir. J. T. White. "These bum pavements cost us morn each year in motor tires than it woul! to f.x them." said Grander. The meeting broke, up when Attorney Modjrska threatened to swear out John Doe warrants fo rricting.

on an independent ticket for the mayoralty is a democratic stalking horse and that the letter in question had been prepared In the democratic camp, to injure the republican ticket with the f oreigners. Although the greater part of Crum-

packer's address last night was aggressive and aimed more particularly

at the democratic leaders, the repeated

charges of his political enemies that

he is a corporation lawyer caused him to fight temporarily on the defensive. He explained that the entry docket in

the court house as a rule does not show

the name of the defending attorney and that consequently any list of cases pur

porting to show all his legal connec

tions is misleading. He further quali fied this statement by stating that sev

enty-tive per cent of his business was

non-corporation practice.

Democrats Have Three Meetings and Compare Republican Administrations With Theirs.

Progressives Have Three Meetings Scheduled For , This "Week on All Sides of the City.

The week end finds the progressives busy in Hammond's political arena, meetings Wing scheduled for this evening. Friday and Saturday nights. With that characteristic conviction which has Inspired the party from the time of Its origin, the leaders today peak wth absolute confidence of favorable results on November 4. This evening a meeting will be held at. Jabloqski's hall on the north side, at which) progressive speakers will speak- Tomorrow . evening -a meeting wiltbr'Tleld In Roth's hall on State street and on .Saturday evening a meeting i booked for Hatts hall in Robertsdale.

In three democratic meetings held In different parts of Hammond last night, it is estimated that more than seven hundred persons heard the various speakers. Unfavorable weather evidently' was no deterrent. At the meeting in Stodola's hall In Kast Hammond, political workers report that over four hundred persons lui ned out and that 150 were present at RSppe's Hall on Gostlin street, and 140 at Heppner's Hall on Hoffman street. The principal speakers of the evening were Mayor Smalley, John A. Gavlt, Walter Lotz, Joseph Conroy, Judge Fred Harnett and other candidates The speakers find plenty of ammunition by going into former republican administrations of Hammond and comparing their results with the democratic administration, which is now headed by Mayor Rmalley. Peter Crumpacker the republica" mayoralty nominee Is the most frequent target for in- . dividual shots especially at the hands 'of Attorneys Loti and , Conroy who score him for his corporation law practice, and charge him with, wanting to build up a republican machine in Hammond. ... ... Jll ' " 7',

Crumpacker Denies Anonymous Attack on Abalman Charged at His Door.

Teter Crumpacker the republican! mayoralty nominee at a meeting In the State street Masonic temple last night1 hurled back the democratic charge!

made through Its party organ last night that he was responsible for an anonymous letter attack upon Sam Abalman and an invidious comparston In It between native and foreign born candidates. Crumpacker counter charged that Abalman who Is running

MASONS TO BE IN NEW HOME BY NEXT TUESDAY EVENING The Chapter, Commandery andBlue lodge of the Gary Masonic world will

on next Tuesday evening formally oc-

! cupy the new home in the Savage

buildinsr. Fifth avenue. Just west of

Broadway.

Several days ago the furniture of

the Masonic branches were removed

from the old home In the Indiana building.

NOTICE. Wanted all teamsters to attend the meeting of local 3S2 Thursday night, 7:30 p. m. Special business and smoker. TOM HA RLE. 22-2 Business .Agent.

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Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 23. In a whirlwind campaign to raise $100,000 for the Braddock general hospital of Braddock, a suburban mill town, the money was subscribed by 12,000 mill men ,who donated a day's pay, and Andrew Carnegie, William E. Corey, former president of the United States Steel corporation, and several subsidiary companies of the Steel corporation made large contributions. Another contribution was $125 from the school children of Braddock.

Dawson, N. M., Oct. 23. Fourteen bodies hare been removed and twenty-two men have been found alive by rescuers working in shaft No. 2 of the Stag Canon coal mine, where an explosion yesterday afternoon entombed the day shift, numbering from 230 to 280 men. During an all night fight with the debris the rescuers penetrated to the fourteenth level, about a mile into the side of Black mountain, and they were far from the more than 200 remaining victims. The twenty -two who were rescued beore daylight were picked up along the levels in ones and twos and could only point the way onward to the depths for the rescuers to go. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 23. Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the former vice president, is critically ill at her home here, it was announced last night. She has been sick for about a week and today her children were summoned. '

Oakland, Cal., Oct. 23. First naturalization papers were refused yesterday to Caesar Prego ,a cement worker from Italy, when he admitted he was an anarchist. He declared he would rather continue to be one than becom-e a citizen of the United States. Thinking Prego might not be familiar with the definition of the word anarchist ,the deputy county clerk asked him if he knew what it meant. "Certainly," responded Prego. "An anarchist is a man who does not believe in law and does not respect any law. He is a man who has no use for government. I am that kind of a man."

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Information In the form of letters, pertaining to the improvement of the Indiana harbor .which has just reached the Calumet deep water way boosters, has given the latter a definite program to work on during the next six weeks.

Judge Walter Riley, president of the

Indiana Harbor and East Chicago Commercial club, will call a meeting of the board of directors for tomorrow noon at which arrangements are to be made for a general meeting of deep water

way workers In the Calumet region.

Seek to Impremi Department. The main object of the program is to

impress the war department at Wash

ington, first, with the necessity of beginning work on the breakwater at Indiana Harbor next spring, and secondly, with the good faith of local in

terests to comply with the stipulations laid down by the war department. Appropriations by the congress of last year amounting to $250,000 are lying Idle. Unless this money is used it will have to be reapproprlated. It is part of the $l,300,00i which Is to be expended on the Indiana harbor. Better Ciunrnntce erded. As a consideration for the expenditure of this money, the war department requires that the Inland Steel company and Mr. Marks, who r.ow owns the property formerly owned by the Frick Interests, build a certain specified pier into the lake. From a shipping point the building of these piers prior to the breakwater would be highly impractical. The question then arose, would (Continued on page eight?)

Top, left to risrht: Dr. Romnlo S. Naon, Governor Cruee and Governor Ferris. Hottom, Fred E. Farnsworth (left) and Governor Amnion. Delejrates from twenty nations will be present at the annual meeting of the Interpational Dry Farming- congress, which will be held at Tulsa, Okla., the last five days of this month. A great agricultural fair, which will be conducted by the dry farming congress, will be held at the same time. There will be exhibits from all over the world. Governor Cruee of Oklahoma will open the meetings. Among the prominent sneakero will be Governor Ferris of Michigan; Governor Ammons of Colorado: Colonel Fred E. Farnsworth of New York, secretary of the American Bankers association, and Dr. Romulo S. Naon, envoy from Argentina.

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Hugo Wahl Leaves Calumet Avenue Abode With All Available Cash.

Yorktown, Ind., Oct. 23. One man was killed and about thirty persons hurt, several seriously, if not fatally, when an Indiana Union Traction car left the rails at a switch at the west corporation line of this place about 7 o'clock last night. Manila, Oct. 23. Serious fighting has occurred and still continues at Talipao, in Mindanao, between the tribesmen and the Philippine scouts. So far as reported five scouts have been killed and eight wounded. Capt. Harry McElderry of the Thirteenth Company of scouts, is among the wounded.

Hugo Wahl was until recently engaged In the saloon business in 03 Calumet avenue. Now he Is gone no one knows where. Mrs. Wahl said this morning that his disappearance is a mystery. He left the business In good condition. Wahl departed two weeks ago yesterday. He took a large part of the available cash with him. The bartender had to make change out of his own pocket for a while. As the money belonged to Wahl he committed no crime in taking it.

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A BENEFIT DANCE. Carl T. Bell, a ninmate of the Longcliff institute at Logansport, is so much better In health and spirits that he is soon to be free. It Is through the influence of friends, of whom he has many, that the Hammond man is being discharged. ""The-- Swedish - Independent lnb will give a benefit dance in Long's hall on Saturday evening, Octoaer 25. Tickets

tare selling for 25 cents. Elster's or

chestra will furnish the music. Bell is a machinist and a good one. A letter from F. W. Ferflinger, medical superintendent at Logansport,

states that he Is "in exceptionally good ! physical health, is mentally strong and

'self-possessed, and can care for himi self." ' This letter is being circulated with

Disrobed with the exception of his

underwear, the dead body of an unidentified man was found on the bank of the Calumet river near Black Oak this noon. The ghastly find was made by a hunter who was in the act of setting some traps near the bank and so frightened was be that he Jumped into his boat and rowed towards Black Oak for help. The body was found at the intersection of the township line near Black Oak. The man's head was lying face downward in his arms and it is not possible that he was drowned or had been washed "ashore as the remains were found some distance from the river bank. The remains were brought to Ham

mond by TTnderaker Emmerling thia-4

afternoon where an effort is -being

Heads of Steel Corporation and Subsidiary Company's Guests Today of City of Gary; Visit Is Made on Train from Chicago.

Gary today was under the eye of the man it was ojimed after. 'ith him there came 'resident Jas. J.'Farrell anJ the presidents and vicepresidents of inore than sixty subsidiary comoanv' of the -t'niteri stat.

piade-rto Identify the body. A' number rsteei -rorpoftiti&rl." Chief' amen them

of people are reported missing in this

vicinity and the man's body may prove to be one of them.

City Attorney John Gavit, and some i a subscription slip attached.

Pay Car on Visit. The Nickel Plate pay-ear visited Hammond this noon, stopping for " - hj" In that time hundreds of dollars was doled out to Hammond employes. With a final toot the weather beaten engine that draws the dusty car pulled away. In its wake followed a wildeyed member of a section crew who is known by his surname, "Joe." It seems that Joe was detained and arrived to see the tail of the car going north. He Immediately gave chase and ran over cinders and ties, switches and de-rails till way over In Illinois, where the car stopped again. To block signals he paid no attention. According to the section boss "Joe" had only a half day's pay coming as he began work for the Nickel Plate at noon on the last day of the month. He earned that dollar and twelve twice over. Joe was seen upon his return, smiling though weary. Said he to a friend who acted as interpreter,4- "May, my wife, wants tonight to buy baby clothes. She is going to be a mother. She said they would cost a dollar and, ten cents." Joe is two cents to the good.

Want Football Games. The Hammond Maroons, one of the fastest lightweight teams in the county, would like to arrange games with any fast team from any part of the region averaging 120 pounds. A number of dates are open on their schedule and they are anxious to fill them at an early date. The Maroons would like to arrange a game with Lansing at 120 pounds. Address Ben Winters, 314 Michigan avenue, Hammond. Telephone 908J.

Building Permits. Lot 25, block 6, Homewood addition, 26x30x18, 25 Elizabeth street,' frame two-story building, F. C. Ryan, owner $3,500 Lot 44 .block 2, Hink's addition. 34x36x9, 1S7 Lewis street, bungalow, Herman Wltterbor 2,000 Lot 14, block 2, Birkhoff's addition, 346 Ash street, 20x30x9, C. I. Hoffman & Co., owners... 1,000 Two-story Kellastone veneer building, lot 12, block 2, Morris addition, 573 Morton avenue, John Wolf, owner 7,500 Is your house cold when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. . nrt. Cms & dec. Co. Adv S5tt

others In their speeches, and the Bull i

Moose paper, called the

Progressive," and circulated

stealing a blank school board warrant and in acting in bad faith with the

citizens' committee which fought the i

Caldwell & Drake school house con tract. It would not be so serious an of

fense to steal a blank school war- i rant if It were true. A, blank school;

warrant is of no more value than a blank, check on a bank. But I did not steal even so worthless a thing as a blank school warrant. Neither did I use bad faith with the Committee who raised money and fought the contract for building the school house. The facts in brief are as follows: Long before the contract was let to Caldwell & Drake, the school board, which was then composed of Joseph G. Ibach, now democratic Judge of the Appellate court. Dr. Howat, a well known democrat, and Henry M. Bicknell, deceased, a republican member

Hammona j Shoot Sunday Week. 1 last Sat- , J .-

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New York Lecturer Here. Bessie Stuart Campbell of New York City will give a lecture in the Hammond Chamber of Commerce room Friday, November 7. Her subject will be, "Education in the Twentieth Century." The lecture is for the benefit of the Frances E. WHlard hospital. She will be assisted by a soloist.

Boy Is Detained. Chief of Police Peter Austgen received word from Chicago yesterday afternoon that Eddie Thompson. 38155th street, West Hammond, is being held at the First Precinct police station, 180 North La Salle street, and ask that his parents be notified to bring the boy back home. On what charge the bowas arrested or whether he was picked up. as a runaway has not been learned. His parents le't for Chicago this morning.

DEMOCRATIC MEETING TONIGHT

Members of the Hammond Gun club

are making preparations to hold an interesting shoot at their next regular meeting, a week from Sunday, and providing the weather ts not too severe will not close their season for a month at least. The Hammond Gun club has experienced a successful season this year and the scores that h:ive been made are much better than those of the past. Next year the club hopes to increaselts membership considerably. Police Have Easy Time. An unusual quietness has settled over the Hammond police station for nearly a week and unless something exciting happens before the week end the police will be led to believe that Hammond Is a model city. With the exception of the arrest of a few drunks and keeping a number of night lodgers, no matters of real importance have occurred.

STUDENTS VISIT BIG

INDUSTRIES

The woods around the Calumet region, are full of students from Purdue these days, come here to inspect some of the big industries. Ed Gardner the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gardner of Indiana Harbor is one cf the visitors, who number over 200. The students are from the various engineering departments of Purdue. In charge of a. number of professors, they make these trips from time to time, visiting plants of various descriptions for the benefit they may derive from observation . of the way the industries are operated. ;

The students arrived in a special train in Chicago at noon yesterday and spent the afternoon at the Fairbanks plant. This morning they visited the Universal Portland Cement company's plant at Buffington and went frorrf there tft,Whiting arriving in time for luncheon and to take in the Standard Oil works in the afternoon. Tomorrow they will visit South Chicago where the

was President E. J. Buffington of the Illinois Steel comoanv of which th

&kry works"' isa comporWYit part.

losper All Mills. Judge E. 11. Gary, the chairman, and the other steel kings came down to Gary on a sreeial train and they then made an inspection of the steed mills under the guidance of General Superintendent W. P. Gleason and Assistant General Superintendent R. E. Rowley. They then visited the American Bridge plant where Manager Hunter was complimented by President August Ziesing of Pittsburgh, head of the bridge company. At the American

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Dl KEEPER IS STILiJT LARGE Physician's Assailant Said to Have Escaped Through Blue Island.

Death of Babe. Marjorle Collet, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Collet, 404 Hickory street, died Tuesday evening.

one ws ,. ..,. .Uur lmnoia Steel company's plant will be Z 7 V " " ,, Funeral services were held yesterday Co.., .k , ,itor8 face for life-

Bouley Hurley, the Chicago resort owner who made a . murderous assault upon Dr. J. A. 'Graham Tuesday night by unwarningly .attacking and slashing the Hammond physician's face with, a gold pen knife, is still a fugitive from justice. His victim was able to be up and around yesterday and although the knife wounds are not con

sidered serious, they will scar the doc-

at the home.

Plan Fall-Festival. The Germanla Pleasure club, an ganization of ladies whose husbands are Odd Fellows, are planning a bazaar and fall festival to be held In the 'rame building next to the superior courthouse on Hohman. street, formerly occupied by Negele, the druggist. The bazaar is to open on Tuesday evening of next week and will continue until the following Saturday night, inclusive. The proceeds are to go toward the new German Odd Fellow building on State street.

At John Spenker

Kaptnr, Iltekory rtreet. W. Lota. Mayor Smalley and

other candidate. Voter of thl aeetton of the city are Invited to be prearnt at this meeting an Mime very important matter will be dincuaaed. Adr.

HcHIe'a Canadian Club at 10 cent ner ran. Nothlaar better. Klne eonnona will net yea nnf e TtuttAtr,

Attending Contention. Messrs. Otto Knoerzer, M. E. Kolb and George Knoerzer of the Champion Potato Machinery company are at Peoria, III., this week attending the twentieth annual convention of the National Implement and Vehicle association. A three days' program has been arranged, comme'neing on Wednesday and ending on Friday evening with a big banquet. This afternoon the covention guests were being entertained at the Peoria Country club, and this evening a reception and ball is scheduled.

There will be a meeting tonight at Stodola ball, corner of Morton and Columbia avenue. Let every voter of Kaat Hammond eome and hear Peter Crumpacker and other tell the truth about the city campaign- Adv.

Argo for the morning. In the afternoon there is to be a football game at Marshall Field, between Purdue and the Maroons of the Chicago University. A large detachment of the student body of Purdue, not connected with the engineering departments, will come to Chicago for this occasion. Joining the boys -now in tkese parts, at the university grounds.

A New Store. An exclusive hat and shoe store and a popular priced suit shop are the newest business acquisitions to Hohman street. Both are to open next week. The hat and shoe establishment is to be managed by Charles Steinhurst. The owners are the Gassman brothers, who . operate, a similar place . In . South Chicago. Besides hats and shoes they will sell gloves and caps, but no hosie

ry nor haberdashery,

Efforts were made by local authori

ties yesterday to capture Hurley, but so far the police have been unable to locate his hiding place. It Is thought that Hurley who is a divekeeper, is In hiding somewhere in the south side levee district. The police have no fear but what they wiil capture Hurley within, a few days. He is well known among the police of Chicago and Is expected to be oleked up at an- time. Hammond citizens are indignant at the murderous attack that Hurley made upon Dr. Graham and are eager that he be placed behind the bars before he does further harm. Hurley Is considered a dangerous person and should the opportunity afford Itself, it is likely that he would make another effort get fresh revenge. While Hurley was ' attacking Dr. Graham Tuesday night, it has been learned that the resort, keeper received a fearful beating from the physician.

Th nnnular nrieed suit store Is a

distinct novelty. Nothing below 0r;HurIe made h,s getaway through Blue

above $9.99. .It is owned by a firm

known as the American Clothing company. The first store is located in the Tapper block and the second in the Central block. . .

Peter Crumpacker and other npeakrra trill addreM meeting at the atore room at 344 Indiana boulevard, near Koby, Friday evening, October 24. at 8 p. m. While thl meeting Is to be addrriwd by republican apeakera, voters of all parties will be welcome Adv.

lsiana it is saia ana tnere displayed a broken Jaw, a broken nose and his upper lip almost split In two. No one was aware that Hurley had a knife in his hand or he would not have been permitted to escape. Instead of using the large blade of the knife. Hurley used a little blade about an inch long. In all probability intending to disfigure Dr. Graham's face without comming murder. Attorney Vernon McGirr today forwarded requisition" papers to Governor Ralston for Hurley's return.