Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 117, Hammond, Lake County, 28 October 1913 — Page 1
tt a ttt'to TY TIM EVENING EDITION UNSBTTLBD TODAY AND WEDNESDAY; SNOW WEDNESDAY. VOL. VIJL, NO. 117. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers Cent Copy.)
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Latest Hews
New York, Oct. 28. Nearly a million pounds of mail were piled up in postoffices and railroad stations of New York today as a result of a sudxien strike of chauffeurs of the Postal Transfer service, a corporation which has the contract for the transfer of the United States mail in New York and which handles on an average 5,000,000 pounds of mail matter a day. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Oct. 28. Gen. Felix Diaz applied to the American consulate last night for protection and was taken on board the United States gunboat i Wheeling. Jose Sandoval and Cecilio Ocon, two Mexicans, and Alexander Williams, an American newspaper correspondent, who had made similar application to the consulate, also were taken on board the gunboat with the general. ' On Board President Wilson's Special Train, Opelika, Ala., Oct. 23. Seldom has Woodrow Wilson received the demonstration of enthusiasm with which Alabama yesterday welcomed him not only at Mobile, where seemingly the city's entire population turned out, but at all points en route. As his train traveled northward toward Wahsington last night, the reception was one of continuous cheering. Crowds came flocking to the stations to hear the president make a speech, but he refrained, preferring to shake hands with men, women and children.
Denver ,Col Oct. 28. Eight co in accordance with the orders of Go morning, proclaiming a state of insu coal miners' strike in Hrerfano and L sundown it is expected that they wil companies, three troops of cavalry a from northeastern oClorado. Three o Colorado will arrive later.
mpanies of state troops, on their way
v. Ammons, issued at 1 :20 o clock this rrection, will reach the scene of the as Animas counties today, and before 1 be joined by eleven other infantry nd two batteries of field artillery ther infantry companies from western
St. Icrjis, Ho., Oct. 28. The will of Adolphus Busch, millionaire brewer who as buried here Saturday, will be probated in St. Louis late todav anrl will dispose of property aggregating $50,000,000, it was authoritatively stated by a friend of the-family. The following estimate of Mr. Busch's holdings was made public: In breweries, 13,000,000; railways. $5,000X00: St. Louis realty, $9,000,000; Texas realty, $7,000,000; Chicago realtv. $5,000,000: Pasadena. Cal., realty. $1,000,000 jrealty in Germany, $1,000,000; in Cooperstown, N. Y., $1,000,000; Caddo oil field3, $1,000,000: local bank stock, $574,000; personal property $400,000. Washington, Oct. 28. representative James E. Mann of Chicago, father of the food and drug act, will draft amendments to the law restricting and regulating the sale of bichloride of mercury. Mr. Mann has asked Dr. Rnpert Elue, head of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, and Secretary Houston for suggestions.
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PERATGR'S
LIFE SAVER
Miles W. Graves, office manager of the Postal Telfgraph Company, carried on a little flirtation with death last evening that In jy9 cases would have resulted fatally. A 15,000 volt lead wire of the Northern Indiana electric lines became deranged and fell on an E. J. and E. loop of the Postal on North Hohman street. At the time Graves was In his office
over the Iake County Savings and Trust bank. He was about to plug the switch board when an electrical display started. In his effort to slice wires to alleviate the damage the telegrapher's knee came in contact with a brass rail on the board. By all laws of the game Graves should have been- electrocuted on the spot. But an It happened a heavy north wind was swinging the handlt lead wire on North Hohman street and for that second lifted it clear of the Postal loop. Graves was knocked fiat on his back.
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As compared to the campaigns in the
jy noon tomorrow Calumet avenue
will span Lake George at its center a neighboring cities, the one in Hamfull two miles. Only a ribbon of water mond is tame. Few foreigners are beremains today letwtn the two em- iTS naturalized for the Hammond elecbankments that are gradually being tlon, while the other cities, East Chi-
drawn together by the mighty deposits cago and Gary, are keeping up a day
of two giant dredges and shovels. 1 and night stream of applicants for first
William Ahlborn, the contractor, is papers.
speeding the work forward in much I The Hammond meetings that are be-
ess time than specified and will soon j mB held are well attended. The
be ready to have the roadway from ! speakers are being listened to with reGostlln street to Sheffield avenue. Yet i spect, but there is none of that intense even as he is grading and paving, the ! partisanship which marks the cam-
waters of the lake will start to wash paigns in other cities.
and wear away bit by bit. until they I A week rrom toaay tne election wm
undermine the edges of the road, doing ; be on. The democrats say they are
John A. Hennessy (left) and John Pnrroy Mitch el speaking at fusionist meetings. The New crk city mayoralty campaign draws to a close with the fusionist candidate. John Purroy Mitchel, a favorite. Mitchel has made many speeches and apparently ia liked by. the voters. John A. Hennessy, the special investigator appointed by former , .-overnor Sulzer, is one of the active workers in Mitchel's behalf. His scaUiing hot shots and charges cf wholesale graft aimed at Tammany have taken the leaders of that organization fairly off their feet Hennessy waa for fifteen years managing editor of a leading New York daily.
PLANS NEW i TRACTION LINE Eugene Purtelle Adjusts Difficulties With Frankfort Courts.
Indian Leaves Town. Cldye White Hawk, the Carlisle Indian, departed early today for Fort Waynt, the next stop on his cross-continent hike. Fortune smiled on the Indian in Hammond and he left newly attired and well supplied with change.
Disqualified by law to act in' the
coming city election four precinct in
spectors were replaced last evening a a meeting of the city council called es
pecially for that purpose by Mayor
jojnn ij. Smaller. The men who were removed from th
ii naic irianvfj on Borne one o
other of the tickets and this prevents their acting as officials. Frank El
liott was appointed in the second precinct of the fifth ward to take the place of Steve Cominskl. Richard Fuhrman replaced Patrick Coughlin in the first precinct of the fourth ward. John M. Turner will succeed William Golden In the first of the seventh and Joseph Murphy will act instead of Lawrence Long in the first of the eight.
Tipton, Ind.. Oct. 27. Eugene Burtella has filed with the county clerk blue prints for. the proposer traction line from Tipton to Marion by way of Windfall. Purtelle, it will be remembered, was arrested last summer when hi had the right of way for a line completed, it being alleged that he had Issued fraudulent checks. After he had been in Frankfort several weeks his sister came to his rescue and he was released and returned to his home in Milwaukee, Wis. He has since adJusted this trouble, and says he Is now In a position to complete the
Tipton-Frankf ort line, part of the
grading of which is already done. He says he also has sufficient backing for
the line to Marion.
Pinafore This Evening. With a full stage setting, a concert orchestra and footlights, IT. M. S. Pinafore will be produced at the First Christian church on Calumet avenue this evening for a two night run. Local talent trained by Clark Learning will sing the Golbert and Sullivan comic opera. At a dress rehearsal last evening nothing was found amiss.
ICBUCRIBU FOH TBI TtWKW
WILL DEMOCRACY PURGE ITSELF.
Th real, rimoo-pnre democracy of Hammond I farlntr a rrimliu The mm who made the party what It la no lonarer have any way In lt affnlrn. The older Htlzrna rnn well remember when demoeraey wna led hy men well known to thetn bnt where are the Kberta, the Srhloera, the Drarkertn, all cood, honet, well-meaning; rlltrrna, who voted iinalflh!y and were alwaya aratnwt boa and Bjano; rule what voice hare they in the party today? None that anybody can hear. Bnt who la In their placet Fitzgerald,
Lyons Gavlt, O'Honrke, Downey and !
Bnrna. Ia Fitzgerald, rx-Chlcaaro politician, the H( boaaf .Indgre for yourself from thins 1. When Herkrr waa appointed jodsre. It waa planned to make Frd Krwtt comptroller, no he won Id by low heroine mayor when Berker rewlgned. Kltnarerald KOt bony and aa a result of hi e-fTorta. Smaller retained the nnptrollerahlp and mrereded to the mayor'a of flee. Will Smallry Klve a willing ear to KltzKernld. who pnt him where he Inf 2. A week hefore the democratic prlmarle laat Ansruat It looked aa thonKh Howat would he an eaay winner over Smnlley. Fltzsrerald and O'Rourke got buay with the 3ew York Central Line and lined up nearly all the Olbaon vote for Smalley and ONCE AOAIX FITZ LANDS. Again he put the roller under the candidate of the old-time democrat. S. When Theo. Klota waa booked
by the Smalley crowd for nomination for city Jndge beeaune they wanted to aret rid of Judge Rarnett, Kit auffered a nudden change of heart and ajave orders to line up a hundred Kant Hammond voters to Barnett and o Harnett won over Klotx by 25 votes, and Fits put the roller under another candidate of the old-time democrat and LANDS A THIRD TIME. 4. In Klta through T IVot much.
Some other are In hi way to being abnolnte bom. It I declared now by
hi friend that If they ran land Small
ey and.be In complete control of the mnchlne, they will next go after the acnlp of Judge Becker and defeat him for the nomination for superior court
Judge. They any If Smalley 1 defeated
Booker will come back aa the big man
In the party and say "I told you so
"you. ought to have taken my advice
and nominated Howat." The reputa
tion and life of the Fltsgerald-Downey-O'Rourke-GavIt machine la at stoke
Don't overlook that they aeem to huve
usde the mont promlwea of jobs to men
connected with fiavtt Jffw York Cr
tral lines and are hoping that because of such promlsra their biggest vote
will come from Its employes, as It did
In the primaries.
Will democracy redeem itself and clean out these bossesT Such crtni come in the life of every party. The republicans met it In 1912, and cleaned nut the bad fellows. Will Hammond democrats do as much for themselves?
Adv.
CRUMP ACKER
AGAINST THE FIELD The present city campaign which a
few week ago promised to be Unties
and uninteresting Is rapidly drawing
to a close.
After their primaries, the democrats
felt they only had to wait until the
November election to be formally as
sured of their right to bold office fonr years more. Bnt the nomination of a comparatively weak man for mayor oi the progressive ticket and the nomi
nation by the republican of a strong
ticket of rlenn. able
material change.
H. MALO OF WEST ! HAMMOND DEAD Huieb Male, 45 Garfield avenue, a resident of West Hammond during the past three years, died suddenly at the f arailyrsi(JeJCf? this morning f allowhtgan" Illness 'vinHingirer v petted of nearly two weeks. -, Funeral services will be held from the All Saints church Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. The remains will then be shipped to Chicago, where interment will be made in, the Calvary cemetery. Mr. Malo was 65 years old and until recently ran a blacksmith shop on West State street. Of late on account of poor health he has been engaged in the grocery business on West State street. Although he had been 111 for
several weeks ne was able to be up and around and yesterday was seen on the streets. He was well known and during his short residence acquired a large circle of friends. Besides a widow he Is survived by
three children Mrs. H. M. Whisler of
Danville, Ind.: Mrs. H. L. Garrison of Chicago, and Zebbi Malo of Hammond.
ATTY. SPROAT GETS
MEMBERSHIP
Attorney E. G. Sproat of Hammond who attended the annual convention of the American Bar Association in Mon
treal last summer, at which time .he submitted his application, for mem
fcershlp, has been ndtifledTjy the frhalf
man of the membership committee that his application has been acted upon by
the executive committee and that h had been admitted to membership.
Mr. Sproat is secretary of the Lake County Bar Association, and so far as
known, he and Attorney L. L. Bomber
gcr of Hammond, who is the president of the Lake county organization are
the only two local men to hold mem bership in the national association.
DEMOCRATIC
MEETINGS TONIGHT I
At State Line house on Plummer avenue. Speaker! Conroy, Gavlt, Smalley and Candidates. . At Kmll Schnla's hall, 202 Hoffman street. Speakers t Lots, Smalley and candidates. Voter are all Invited to attend these meetings to hear the real Issues dincussed by able speakers. Adv.
Preparing for Ball.
Member of the Hammond fire de
partment are busily engaged this week,
making final preparations for their an
nual ball to be held at assembly hall
next Thursday evening. The hall has been gorgeously decorated and with the advance sale of tickets a monster
crowd is expected.
The music will be furnished by the Moose orchestra and the grand march
will be led bv Assistant Fire Chief
Nill. For the benefit of those who at
tend from East Chicago, Whiting and Robertsdale, a special car will leave the corner of State and Hohman at 2
o'clock.
There will be a republican meeting
at Palonl hall, IBS Cameron street, oa Tuesday night. October 2S, at 8 o'clock. Both Kngllsh and foreign speakers will address the voters, Adv. 27-2
an irreparable damage, unless protected.
Must Act Soon or Lose Money.
At the city hall this forenoon Wll-
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confident of victory, relying on a superior organization and the prestige the administration party Is usually sup
posed to have. Some even claim a ma-
iam Ahlborn stated."that some sort of ' Jorlty of all votes for Smalley. The
protecion must needs be accorded the ' progressive leaders speaK wun equai
embankment of Calumet avenue. ; connaence, especially wnen iney leei W'hether it be riff raff, furnished by J that their statements may be repeated, county commissioners, or garbage, confidential admission from one or
dumped by the city, does not matter; otner nowever is usually to tne eiunless it is found that garbage is too 'ec that hy are UP asalnst big odds. Ug-ht j T heat Crumpacker seems almost as
While the railroad track laid by the ! atisiactory to mem as me nrst piace.
Indiana Harbor belt line for Ahlborn' e repuonrain are
remains in service It is possible for the county to fill in on each side of the
roadway at a minimum expense. If
the matter Is delayed until the railroad
is gone the cost will be doubled.
Lavene Paving Sheffield Avenue. In the meantime Tom Lavene Is
building a macadum pavement on
Sheffield avenue from the car barns to Douglas Park. It is necessary to remove so many poles that the work progresses slowly. The pavement is macadam and will he completed in a ft'ionth.
Like the democrats they are working
with the Idea of winning next Tuesday. They hope that there will be a larger defection from the democratic ; ranks than from their own. If this Is large enough they believe they can. win.
HAMMONDITE HIT I
BY CHICAGO AUTO
Henry Martin, thought to be a Hammond man, was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Chicago ' last night and is now at the Mercy hospital lingering between life and death. A Chicago detectiTO bureau twMfie"d -the Hammond police of the accident and asked thatjiijs relatives be notified. Martin is supposed to reside In Hammond, where he is employed as a blacksmith. He also has a brother working here at the same trade, but as yet no Information regarding his relatives has been learned. The particulars of the accident have not been secured by the police.
On Bouley Hurley's Trail. Word was received in Hammond this morning that Chicago police and detectives are hot on the trail of Bouley Hurley, who attacked Dr. .Graham a week ago with a gold handled penknife, and his capture is expected within the next forty-eight hours. According to information which was learned this morning Chicago authorities have a tip as to where Hurley is hiding and expect to land their man at any time.
Is your house cold when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. ind. Gas St Elec Co. Adv. 2Stf
SEX HYGIENE TO BE TAUGHT TO PARENTS
Sex' hygiene Is to be taught indirectly to the pupils of the West Hammond public schools. The lectures on the subject will not be given to the children but to their parents in the hope:' that the latter In turn can properly Instruct them at home. tJpeaklng of the siibect,"Sup." A. C. Deaver said; "This Is the extent of our work !n hygiene that is as a special effort, i do not " hositate to ppcak tJ boys individually, when it sens necessary, but I do not approv- o? class teaching. Tho responsibility Talis mainly on the . parents and therefore I am arranging these meetings The first meetings for lecture. vvill be held at the Wentwort'.i school building .i'-I Thursday of t!il: week. Ir. H. A. GilKOn of Hanmond will sptak to the fathers on the subject, "Sex Hygiene for Boys." Superintendent Df aver, wants every father in his district to hear the discussion, whether ho has pupils attending the school or not. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. On Thursday afternono at 3 o'clock in the same building. Dr. Mary K. Jackson of Hammond will address the mothers on the subject of "'Sex "Hygiene. What Mothers Should Tell their Girls, When and How." Both the afttrnori and evening meetings will b; held under the auspices of the West Hammond Parents Club.
CCBSCRIRR FOR TBI TIMM.
PUT TOUR TIMES.
WAN" AD IN THB
TO THE PROGRESSIVES.
( Advertisement.)
The FrogresKive purty waa horn last.haa had
year of conditions which vrere conducive to a wonderful early growth. Ita
vote In the national election wan re-
men have made markahly large bnt In almost every
instance a Progrewluve ballot waa oac
Never ban any party offered to the of two thinua, either a proteM agalatit
citizen and voter of Hammond a tick- : the national republican leader or a
et eomponed of aurh men aa the one nominated by the republican. Kaeh man l adapted to the particular dn-
tlen of the, office to which he asplrea. From Peter Crumpacker for mayor to
renponae to the peraonal magnetlam of a man, Theodore Koonevelt. Of the 4.000,000 who voted the I'rotfreaul ve ticket In the I'nltrd State Iat year nine tenth of them were for Itonae-
the councilman from your ward, we i velt because he wa Hoonevelt and they find men In the republican rolumn ' had confidence In hi ability to handle whom you can eonnclentlouMly aupportjany governmental problem. Had any and of whom, when they are elected, J one but Hoonevelt headed the Hrogreyou never need be ashamed. jalve ticket. It vole would have been Smalley' nupporter know thl and a mere Bagatelle, they have roused from their lethargy I ny one conversant with political their .speaker are buy and they uae j blatory and political eeonomy know column of the "w" and even of!tnjat a third party In the arena of "The Time" In their denperate effort ! politic I a aiiprrflnou quantity. In to retain their grip. They Ignore the nearly every campnlarn, there are one or progressive ticket and direct all their two vital lne aside from the ever
effort toward Crumpacker and the republican ticket. The publication known a the "Ham-
present one of efficiency, eeonomy, etc. There are not many aldea to these quCMtlon, in fnet, there are only two
monn I'mgremuve" devote nearly nlliK,,,,.. ntl you must be for or against of It laat ! to an attack on the I Uc paJtlon. In the laat prealdentlal republican and IVter C rumpacker. elrc,i011 we found the three leading What doea thin meanf That Crum-; IMJrtM advocating nnmeron policies, packer and the republican ticket look U e found the Progrealeve party ndvollke winner. If the tide continue to- jcatlng many Republlean polldea and ward the republican ticket during the maBy Democratic pollcic but In no
at rew nay. rumpacker win win hy tlnntanr(. landing for anything: but
whnt one or the other of the older partlea uteod for nnleaa tt wan aomethlng Incident to the Republican national convention light. There never wna room for more than two dominant partlea and there never will be. In every election city. eongrelonal or whatever it might be, since last November and wherever held la the L'nlted State. If the Progre waive party
one of the blggent majorltle ever glv
en a candidate In Hammond. Adver-tlnement.
A republican meeting will be held at Nathan Hani' hall. Hohman and Hoffman ntreet, Tuewday evening. October 2S. at 8 o'clock. Let every voter attend and hear addreaaea by good apeaker. Adv. 27-2
ticket In the Held It has run
a poor third and haa fallen off thirty to neventy-flve. per cent from the vote cast laat fall. Hammond will be no exception to the rule. Why atay with a party that ha lived It period of unefulnensf It munt eease to exiat. It has now accomplished tt pnrpone It ha railed a halt to the high-handed dictatorial action of the national leader nnd ha completely regenerated the party. Kven though I am mistaken aa to the future of the party nationally, there I no call In thl city campaign for three ticket in the Held. We are either for the Smalley gang or against It. Because of our former atanri In the lant national election, we are against gang rule and to make our vote count In
thl rlty election, we must get behind the one ticket that can acompllsh the overthrow of the gang In Hammond. Simon la probably a Kod rltlnea but he I not the caliber for mayor and
cannot posihly get vote enough to elect him. ao we must vote the RepuhUcnn ticket to beeonalatent with our position of lnt year. The large majority of the Progresalvea feel aa I do about thl rlty election and are going to vote for Mr. Crumpacker. Why jeopardise hi election by a part of the Progrelve voting for the Progrennlve ticket f The only effect of It will be to help perpetuate Democratic gang rule. No true independent Progressive wlll fall Into uch an error. ' In thl campaign for clean government, free from gang rule .let un not forget the motive which caused un to east our vote with the Progressive lant fall. Iet na be true to oumelve nnd true to the beat Interests of our city and support the Republican ticket. One who waa aa ardent Bull Slooaet,
CAMPAIGN ISSUE NO. 3 DEFINED.
Pl'BLIC IMPROVEMKNT HOW OF- THIS POLICY OK l.KTTIXi TO TUB TEN THE TERM IS SYNOYMOl S OK LOWEST BIDDER, and of lower cost of GRAFT. CORRUPTION AND PI.VN-; publle lmprv entent encouraged propDER. GRAFT OX THE PART OF OF- erty owner nnd InKplred n elre for F1CTALS AND PLUNDER FOR THE Improvement, nnd n a result hunCONTACTOIl FROM THE TAXPAYER, dred of tno.iNandn of dollar have been Previous to 11M. all thcxe term were expended In thl way without the leant freely uaeil in diculng public im- 1 ground for nuHplclou uf graft or plunprovement contract In Hammond, der. .None of these term enn now- be until j In l!12 alone the present admlnlstrawlth a bal of truth. In 1INI5 wa be- tlon let. contracts for. the following Inigun the policy of making no Improve- pruvement completed within the yeart ment except those anked for by prop-J Sewer '.... 22,fl'.!7
erty owner willing to ahnre the bur- I Pnving 200,013
den of the expense. Thl stopped the
making of Improt rnient w here not denlred and removed the poillllty of burdening property owner beyoml their ability to pny. PREYIOl S TO HMIR BIDS WKRB HANDED IN IN ADVANCE AND TIMES WITHOUT NUMBER CAME THE CHARGE TH AT BIDS. WERE TAMPERED AA ITIi AND FAVORED CONTRACTORS GIVEN THE TIP HOW TO HID TO WIN. In other cnar It waa charged that the highest bidder bought off the low bidder and the property owner had to bear the expense nt the hlghet bide Under aneh condition torlea of graft and corruption were many. A "CHANGE CAME IN A NEW POLICY WAS ADOPTED. Contrnctora were permitted to retain their bid until the time for opening them came, thnn preventing nny possible ehnrge of crookedness or favoritism. When the bid were opened Jhe contract Invariably wrnt to the lowcnt and beat bidder. This brought contractor to a realisation that all stood on an equal footing) that their bid would not be tampered with-and that all that'wa neeeaaary to secure a eontrnct wa to be the low cat bidder. That realisation brought out more competition In bidding and it enabled the rlty to get pubHe Improvement at lower figure and save property owner thousand of dollar annually In the cost of luiprove- , meata.
Vlnlk .47 f'ontrnet were let aln for the following Improvement not fully completed during that yeart Sevier .$27,000 Pni loc: .... ............ H3.100 Walk 7.O00 Then contract to a total ef CH2.KS were let to the lowest bidder; THE PROPERTY OWNERS Ui EN THE CUSS OF WORK THEV DESIRED; THE CONSTRUCTION GUARDED BY AN INSPECTOR WHOM THEV HAD ASKED TO BE APPOINTED. Could there he anything more open, fair and honevt to nllf In what way could more competition have been secured f la whnt way conld more protection have been given the propert'y owner f An a result of these Improvement n building boom ban been enjoyed which brought the erection of building valued beyond the million dollar mark. It I efficiency that brings re. nltn. The ndmlnlntration by It efficiency ha brought abont theoe improvement and the building which followed and which form n giant atrlde toward milking Hammond the realdentlal ditrlct,of the whole Calumet region. Will you vote to continue the policy of effleeney, jnatne and honesty ia public Improvement, or will you vote to try out "new blood" of whoe efficiency, and policy. you have only their word pledged In a campaign for voteaf Adv.