Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 118, Hammond, Lake County, 29 October 1913 — Page 1

LAM TY TIME EVENING EDITION W&avTHXIk. UNSETTLED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY: SNOW WEDNESDAY. 'A J aaa VOL. VIIL, NO. 118. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numoers 1 Cents Copy.)

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TO PREDICT VICTORY

What are the republican party's chances in the Hammond election next Tuesday? Political leaders have gotten to the stage In the campaign, where they begin to figure on what they believe will be the actual pluralities for their respective candidates. Ray Seeley, republican , city chairman, today ventured the first public statement based on the situation as he sees it. "To begin with," said Mr. Seeley. "let us see where the parties stood in the election last fall. We find that 1305 republican votes were cast for the congressional ticket, and 1558 for the democratic ticket, or about 250 more than for the republican. The progressives cast 743 votes. Now with the exception of a few republican votes who were pledged to either Mr. Smalley or Mr. Simon, before the republican WELL AT LAST THE GET HELP A assy letter to headquarters at Washington, D. C. was typed less than a week ago by Otto Rabe, assistant to Postmaster F. Richard Schaaf, for the specific purpose of arousing ' authorities to immediate action in the i matter of supplying Hammond with sufficient help at the Federal build- '. ing. The kill or cure epistle did the work in record breaking time. Its langauge was so terse and the meaning so emphatic that today A. W. Kingman, J. P. English and George, S. Rider received appointments as clerks. Shy of Help for Months. For six or eight months the Hammond poat office has been operating at; to psped "with limited force. Vacations were impossible until four weeks ago when everyone was worn to a frazzle. Work piled up, lengthening the hours, and Rabe grew desperate. A polite letter to Washington failed, therefore he wrote a strong one with plenty of tabasco. Have panned Civil Service Teat. Messrs Kingman, English and Rider had each taken the examination sometime before they received their appointments. English has acted as a substitute clerk. T.'nder the civil service system new clerks receive $80 a month with a raise of $100 each year for efficient service. They can reach the $1,200 mark and then pass Into the railway mail service where salaries range from $2,000 to $3,000. The top In that branch Is the job of district superin tendent which pays between $3,000 and $4,000. Hammond la Fifth In State. The Hammond postofflce Is fifth in

SOME FACTS ABOUT TTHE CITY'S BUSINESS.

(AdveTtl The organisation now trying to reelect Mr. Smaller have printed atntemeata of the financial condition of the city, endeavoring to how that the prenent admlnlntratlon la a bualieM aracceaa. Their utitrmrnt ahowa that in February. 1005, when Judge Becker became mayor, the total indebtednesw of the city waa 9209,413.98. The total Indebted nenn at the preaeat time la 9180,000.00. It in 923,413.95 leva than It waa eight yearn ago. Is there anything; remarkable about thlnf The valutlon for purpose of taxation in the city of Hammond in the name year, 10OB, waa 9ft,39t.9iO.OO. Thin has laCreaaed enormously each year and In the year 1912 reached 91 0,400,515.00. practically double the valutlon of 1905. The income of jthe city from general ' taxea for city purpose alone, exclunlve of all other source of revenue, haa increased rapidly each year aiare 1905 and in 1912 wns approximately $00,OOO.OO more than It waa in the year 1905. Thia Increase haa reunited from the wonderful growth of taxable value in Hammond In the laat few yearn and not from any act or acta of the city I admlnlntratlon. If they have applied the city revenue to the payment of rnnalnsr enpenne and the discharge of the rlty'a obligation, they have aimply done what the law haa required and which thone who handled the money were under bond to do. In the name statement, they take credit for anaetn amounting to 9721,534.11, which in the valuation they put on the city'a real entate, including the city hall, public parka, lire station, etc., and mlncellaneoua nuppllen and rank on hand. They net thin off against the prenent indebtednena of 91K6.0O0.OO, but don't charge themnclvra with the value of the city'a real entate. etc., la 1905, and yet in 1905 the city owned the city hall and all of the parka It ban now except one. The city'a property la worth much more today than In 1905. It In true, but thin haa remitted from the great Increase In valuen all over the Calumet dintrlct in the nam period. It In prcposteronn to claim that the ctty administration la responsible for this growth. It la aald

ticket was nominated, we have everx, reason to believe that we can practically duplicate our showing of last year. Any one who has studied the situation will concede that we will get back many of the progressive votes that left us last year for Roosevelt's personality or on account of some national issue. Some of our leaders believe that the progressive vote will be cut in two this year and I believe they are not far ofT. If that be true we would have the democrats beaten on that score alone. We can go further and figure on a strong democratic deflection because of the local issues that are involved,- and If the socialist under current is as strong as some say it is, it will weaken the democratic party rather than the republican. That is the way I see the situation as it exists today and for that reason I believe we can confidentially look for a city wide victory next Tuesday."

the state. Indianapolis is first; Fort Wayne, second; Evansville, third; So. J Bend, fourth; and Hammond, fifth, with Terre Haute, twice the population of Hammond, sixth. In the past twelve months Hammond has done a $210,000 business. V hi . HASTINGS TO SDCCEED JOHNSTON William Hastings of the real estate firm of Hastings and Woods was elected director and secretary of the Calumet Building Loan and Savings Association to fill the unexpired term of K. F. Johnston, whose resignation becomes necessary by reason of the fact that he intends to move to South Bend soon. Mr. Hasting's selection is considered a good move, as he is known to be a man on the Job all the time. His real estate office Is Just In the rear of the Hammond Savings and Trust company's bank, and as th latter Is the headquarters for the building and loan association, the arrangement Is a convenient one for the stockholders. The organization is la a 'flourishing condition. Its prestdent "isj A:"E. Wilcox, and Carl Kaufman of the Lion Store Is Its treasurer. A Lively Blaze. ; A big barn connected with the Knickerbocker Ice House, No. ' 3, on Waif Lake, on the Illinois side, burned to the ground late yesterday afternoon. One hundred and fifty tons of hay val ued at $16 a ton, an ice tools valued at $1,000 were also destroyed. The fire was still smouldering today on account of the hay. The building is said to be the property of the Shedds and was covered by insurance. The Roberstdale fire department un der command of Captain James Ryron and the I06th. department of South Chicago, responded to the call. The fire started about 3:30 o'clock. Later in the day icemen turned over a man to the South Chicago police, who is said to have been seen around the barn about the time the fire broke out. aement.) that Jacob Rlmbach at an early day paid 91.000.00 for the preaeat Lion Store block. It In worth 95O0.0O0.00 to day. T9c democratic administration of Hammond had nothing more to do with the growth in value of the city'a property than they have had with Mr, Kimnr-.cn'a j-rei-orty or that of any other rltisen. iney aim claim mat Mr. smalley aa city comptroller inaugurated the prea ent ayatem of accounting by which check la kept npon the collection and dinbnracment of ' funds. Tht office of comptroller waa created by the legislature an part of the eltlea and towns law of 1905. The law referred to re quire the comptroller to keep separate accounta of appropriation to the dlfT erent drpartmcntn. to audit these ac counts, to make ntatemeata to the trea rturer and other officers of a??ro2riatlona made by the council and to man age the financial department of the city. Thin law preacrtbea hla duty in detail. Those who wrote the law Inaugurated the nyntem and It appllca an nue in iae mate or certain clatntea. The comptroller haa no choice or alternative an to what he will do. The law aaya what he nhall do aad pntn him under bond to do It. No complaint In made of the way Mr. Smalley discharged hln duty aa comptroller. But It la Idle to claim that he laaugurated the ayatem. If he had done otherwise than aa he did, he could not have continued aa comptroller. Don't be minted by atatemeata that the present administration or those who hold John nndcr It are giving the city a buMlnena admlnlntratlon. They have attended to the city'a biiatnenn in a way, It in true. They could not do otherwise. But every one familiar with city affair known that there In and baa been too much politics and too little huKtnena In the management of city affair. The gang now in have held rflee no long that they have become indifferent to the city'a needs. Their chief concern la to keep their organisation and retain their John. A change will have a wholesome effect. Hammond needa aad deaervea It.

GARY'S BIG

PLATE ill IS NOW IN

OPERATION The new plate mill, which Is a part of the Inland Steel company's plant, U now In operation and the first ship ment of its product was mads a few days ago. The new department gives employment to 150 men. Charles E. Potts, superintendent of the sheet mill. is In charge. The mill, which is modern In every particular, is rope-driven by a 2.000 horse power motor, the power for this being: jrenerated by dynamos driven by low pressure turbines, which In turn receive their impetus from the ex haust steam from the blooming mill and bar mill engines. The current is 22,000 volts. The plate mill's machinery was set (Continued on page seven.) KILLED AT While Catching Freight Out of Town He Falls Under Gondola Car. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct 29. White attempting to board a passing freight train yesterday afternoon about four o'clock an unknown man was instantly killed, when his grip on the sides of a gondala car was shaken loose and he fell to the track, one of the trucks passing over his body. The dead man was about US years of age and appeared to be in a rather straitened circumstances. The evening previous the dead man spent at the county 'Jail but his right name was not learned at the time. Deputy Coroner Hotik held the Inquest at Geiser's morgue but papers on the corpse failed to reveal his identity. He carried a heavy canvas bag loaded with old magazines and it Is said that he was of a studious nature, and his entire appearance was not that which would conform with that of the common or ordinary "hobo." The officials here will make an atempt to learn his Identity. No blame for the accident Is attached to the ratlroad as eye-witnesses of the dead say that tht old man was entirely to blame. Storm Sewers? A city system of storm sewers is being advocated by citizens of various parties as a solution of rain water menace which attacks basements and cellars in Hammond. These storm sewers, acording to speculation be laid in con Junction with the present system at a mlnomum cost. It is possible that the. question may be made an issue to enliven the last week of an otherwise dull campaign. Hammond real estate Is at present over-supplied with water. The third ward Is sufferig from a pest of mud due to poor pavements. The corner of Oakley avenue at the intersection Russell and Fayette streets is unsightly. The mud Is three Inches deep. DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS TONIGHT At Harrln' hall, corner of Hoffman aad Hohman atreetn. At Rudolph's hall at Glhaon. Speakerst Conroy, Lota, Becker and candidates. Votera are Invited to attend then meeting to hear the real Inanes discuaaed by able speakers. Adv.

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BARGAIN HOME WHICH

"WHEItK ARE THB EBERTS. THE SCHI.OERS, THE DBMKEHTS AND ALL THE OLD HONEST, GOOD ME5.MSG DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED rXSELriSHtVI" Here we are,' all for JOHN D. SMALLEY for mayor. We are pleased to say to all our friends that we endorse the honest and efficient admlnlntratlon of JOHN ID. SMALLEY and most sincerely hope It will be con tinued to administer the affairs of our city for four years .more. We ask all our friends to support JOHN D. SMALLEY and the DEMOCRATIC ticket. ADAM R. EBERT. JACOB SCIILOER. GEORGE DRACKERT. HEXRT RIPFE. ANDREW FEIFFER. JOHN F. KROST. ANTOJt II. TAPPER. - - NIBf-fAS-LAUER. -1 -"'"vyr D.K-IS -i." OTTO KNOERZER. LEONARD KNOERZER. THEODORE C. KLOTZ. Advertisement. THEY BLACKED PETERJIP AND Well, Here Is a Touching Little Tale from Gary's Heart. Mrs. Charles Grolla of West Twelfth avenue, Gary, Monday afternoon got word to the police that a negro hao Invaded her home and tried to hold her up. Wan From Hammond. Chief Martin and Officer Miskovlch went out In search of the man and entering a Tolleston saloon they found a dark man. The "neg'-o" however, had red hair and blue eyes, which was a very extraordinary thing for a colored man to have so they took him along to the station. At police headquarters he srive the name of Peter Kelensky and he said that he came from East Hammond- Kelensky blackened his face with shoe polish. Just what Kelensky's motives were In entering the woman's home is not known to the police but they boked him on a holdup charge. BULLETIN. The aecond Eant Chicago pre-election ' contention to get into the Lake aa- ! perlor court thin month waa continued before Judge Relter thin morning un til 2 p. m. today. The position on the official ballot In the Twin Cities has 'become another bone of contention between the citizens' and the republican parties, and as a result an injunction procedure was Instituted In the superior court before Judge Reiter yesterday afternoon and argued today. The trial this morning was delayed by pleadings which the attorneys for the citizens' party had to get up this (Continued on page seven.)

DECIDE NEW CASE TODAY

WILL HAVE ITS OPENING TOMORROW.

EXPECT TO ARREST TRIBUNE EDITORS Mayor Knottn of Gary yesterday afternoon awore to affidavits charging Homer J. ( arr, editor, and hla non, Fred Carr, anarfatant editor of the Gary Tribune .with criminal libel. The affldavita were approved by Proneciitor Patterson aad they are acheduled to be filed in tbe auprrlor court today. Warrants are expected to be aerved late thia afternoon. Knottn haa already sued the Tribune for 925,000 damage. The action followa statement printed in the Tribune charging the mayor with having profited in public contract. NOT A PERTINENT CAMPAIGN ISSUE There haa been Injected Into thia campaign aa iaaue that la not pertinent thereto. It haa been aald that Peter Crnmpacker the republican candidate for mayor, la a corporation lawyer and therefore ahoald not be elected. It la trne that Mr. Crumpacker haa represented some of the local corporationa In n legal capacity. Why have they employed hlmf Becanne hla comprehensive knowledge of the law and hia aound Judgment made him a wise and safe counsellor. Hla employment waa a recognition of hla ability and hla retention haa been due to hla faithful, conaclentlona performance of duty. While he haa represented aome corporationa, he haa alao represented many Indtvlduala aa plalnttffa In nctiona agalaat corporationa and haa recovered some of the blggeat judgments ever obtained agalnat corporationa in thia county. The "New" published a lint of canes In which Mr. Crumpacker appcara aa attorney for corporations. Below Is given a partial lint of caaea in which Mr. Crumpacker haa reprenented lndividnala in auita against corporationa, together with the amount of jodgemntn obtained by the Individuals! Smith vs. laland Steel Co 910,000 Ambre va. Postal Telegraph Co. 4,000 Smith, adar, vn. Natloaai Fire Frofing Co 4,000 He! mica vn. Standard Oil Co. . . fi.OOO Mushrunh vs. Nickel Plate R.R. 2,000 Tnley vn. Michigan Central R.R, 1,000 Wllllama vn. Republic Iron Steel Co 3,500 Rurnadetta vn. City of WhitIng 2,000 Smutser va. Chicago A Erie - " ' R. R 1,MK Auntln va. G. H. Hammond Co.. 2.AOO Fordck va. Standard Oil Co 2.O0O Glllenpte vn. Inland Steel Co 12,000 LMra. Pat Riley va. Nickel Plate

R- H 2.500 j In new born en for the people.' These Harper vs. Republic Iron & j homea are of a preponaewslng and arubStcel Co 1,600 ! ntantlal nature. Indicating that the Jahnke vs. City of Hammond 10,000 ' ownera have cast their lot here pcrmaGray va. Knickerbocker lee Co. S.OOO ( nently In acarrh of the comforta and Slwy va, London Guarantee A advantagea which a modern home proAccident Co . 2.0OO vlden. Thia condition brings about

Stangewlta vn. National Forge A 1 ron Co Walton va. Chicago Terminal Ry. Co Olnon. admr., va. Knickerbocker Ice Co IO.OOO The above lint contains only a part of the caaea in which Mr. Crumpacker han represented an Individual In an action agalnat corporations and In moat of thene cawen it wan necenwary to fight them through the upper courtn before the judgmenta were finally paid. Mr. Crumpacker'a record throughout the yeara of hla practice ahowa him to have taken all merltorioun caaea for any client who came to him. He alwaya haa been willing and In now willing to take any buatnena againnt corporationa whenever be ran get It. Advertisement. Entertains Friend. Wilson H. Henderson, of the night schools, has as his guest the first of this week, R. R. Luta, an official in the division of education of the Russell Sage Foundation. Henderson and Lutz were in attendance at the Grand Rapids convention of national vocational educators. Peter Crumpacker aad Judge Reiter will address a meeting at the Moose hall. 160 State ntreet. Thursday night, October SO, at 8 o'clock. Every voter in urged to be prenent and hear the political situation handled without gloves Adv. , 29-2

ATTORNEY IS HURT. W. J. McAleer, the attorney, met with a mishap while driving his Haladay

motor car onto Hohman street at Gost'lin at eleven-thirty last night. Had he ' not traveled slowly he would have been injured, possibly fatally. The machine struck an unfinished street car track and was dumped Into an excavation. An axle was broken. Attorney McAleer had taken a witness home from Crown Point. Thieves Again Rob Booth. Sneak thieves broke into the telephone booth at the Nickle- Plate depot sometime last night and robbed its contents for the fourth consecutive time within the past six months. The robbery was discovered by the Nickle Plate agent this morning, but with no clews of importance, the police were unable to secure any trat-e of thy thieves. The work is thought to have been done by local talent. That Straw Vite. V A straw vote taken among, train and f e?ugld" houamtn-at th-e- ?-tbn "Hump'' yesterday by E. I AUriut showed the following -results on the Harajnond myoralty contest: Crumpacker 40 Smalley .....30 Simons .....IS Abalman .....11 Wright 1

CAMPAIGN ISSUE NO. 4 DEFINED.

MAYOR SM ALLEY'S

ADMINISTRATION AND AND PROSPERITY.

Fronperity and the healthy growth of the city are Indicated In the confidence manifested by Ita building operations, particularly in the building of homea, In thia respect Hammond, nndcr the admin I at rat ion of Mayor John D. Smalley, ataada aa the banner city of Indiana. IN THE BUILDING OF HOMES MOKE MONEY HAS BEEN EXPENDED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN D. SMALLEY THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF HAMMOND DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. That thia contention la founded on facta may be acts on every i hand aa the city never in Ita history enjoyed nuch a building boom. But ten ' months of the year 1013 have panned ' and yet In that period building per- ' mlta tanned by the city of Hammond have reached the aggregate grand total of more than a million dollars. Thin, too, when bnt few bnildinga of ' large proportion were erected and 1 moat nil of this vast mini was Invested

1 alno the well kept premises which are S.OOO j the pride of home ownern nnd on evI rry hand la noted with the thrift and IO.OOO contentment of the man who la king

of hln own premlnen, a domain which tage Grove Addition have all been late enjoyn making attractive without proved during thin administration, and an well aa within. J during the pant three yearn more Huodreda of people renlde In Ham-Jbomen have been built and of greater mond who are employed elnewbere. : value than bad been built altogether They arc enabled to do thin on account In that addition since tbe time of Hamof transportation facllltien and are at-j mond becoming a city. trarted here by our churches, nchoola. J Thene are but a few of the many libra rien and other public buildings and , ntreetn wbone Improvement han been dubs. .AH of thene featurea are nnr--the work of those controlling dty aftured by the city admlnlntratlon. Thene . falra and the Improvement of everypeople nee our mllen and miles of one of which han brought proport Ionpaved atreeta. They nee othern acquir- ate development, growth, prosperity Ing homea on thene attractive thor- . anil contentment. onghfarea and are not content until What greater monument could they, too, own their own homea. Mont j Mayor Smalley leave than that of makof thene people would never be home'lng the city one of borne ownera, for a ownera but for the administration , city of home owners mennn a city of policy concerning public Improvement is content, pencefal and happy people. The admlnlntratlon han adopted the DO, YOU, MR. TAXPAYER. WANT policy of paving atreetn, putting down ; TO SEE THIS POLICY CONTINUED f nldewalka and laying water mains la j WILL YOU VOTE TO TURN OUT THE

every part of the city where Improvemrata of thin kind will be apt to Induce people to build homea. Under former administrations this waa imponnlble. AT THE BEGINNING OF A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION BUT A FEW YEARS AGO THE WATER

WORKS WAS A BANKRUPT INSTI- NOVEMBER 4T1I MEANS A CONTINTUTION AND IN THE HANDS OF A. I UATION OF THIS POLICY AND A

RECEIVER. Lack of fundn prevented the extension of water maina Into new territory. Thia In tarn prevented build-

BIG STORE OPENS UP TOMORROW

Tomorrow marks the grand opening of the big H Alschuler department store, Fifth avenue and Broadway, Gary. The grand opening will continue tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, and the people of this region are Invited to visit the establishment. Alschuler's was founded in 1907. With the building of the new annex the store is now twice as big as it formerly was. The management seeks the county trade and as The Times Is the only daily that covers the county, especially the country districts, attention is invited to the store's page advertisement, which appears elsewhere in this newspaper. Good Transportation Facilities. The Alschuler department store la the most strategically located In Gary. The following car lines pass its doors: South Broadway line Gary and Interurban. Tolleston line Gary and Interurban. Ambridge line Gary and Interurban. Indiana Harbor line Gary and Interurban. Hammond line Gary and Interurban. Ridge road, Lottaville and Crown Point line Gary and Southern. East Gary, Garyton, Chesterton, Val(Continued on page seven.) IT IS TO BE A FEAST. Prepare to water at the mouth. Cream of Tomato Soup with Crotons. Chicken a la King. Saratoga Chips. Roasted Sweet Potatoes. Baking Powder Biscuits. Pear Preserves. Pineapple Salad. Salted Wafers. Spone Puddinrr With Cream Sauce. Boston Coffee. How does that effect you? Well there is no need of getting excited about it for you will not be Invited to partake. It is strictly & feminine feast, to be prepared by the advanced cooking class of the night school. It will be devoured by that same assemblage. ...... Under-the- guidance ,of. TUlsa. Norma Locklin this menu Is to' be1 carried out tomorrow evening at six o'clock. Instead of going- home for dinner, girls are to hurry from work to the Central school building. It is the first affair of the kind. aVCBSCRIHE: FOR THtB TIM IB. THE ERA OF GROWTH lng except In the more populoun part of the city where water waa furnished. Aa a consequence the progress and growth of the city waa retarded. Thia administration haa operated tbe water worka ayntera at a profit and no mack no that It haa been able to lay water malna wherever tbe trend of growth of the city haa demanded. Aa a renult, the home builder got busy and these atreeta where nubntantlal Improvement have been made are now dotted on either aide by attractive and substantial homes. That thia policy of making street Improvement and laying water malna baa brought the prosperity and growth that haa taken place In almont every part of tbe city la ahown by the rapidity In which the construction of buildings or homes followa up the improvements.. The appended flgurea ahow the cont of bulldlnga which have been i erected aa homes on atreeta Immedlatri iy folowlng the Improvement of thene ! streets!

Detroit street 9S0.7SO Highland street 01.520 Hynlop Place 18.000 Park Place P.OOO Elizabeth street 16"00 Waltham ntrect S2.60O Bauer ntreet 37. TOO Becker ntreet 17.050 Carroll street ll-SOO May ntrect S0,5tM In addition to thin the streets In Col-

- MAN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CONDITION, OR WILL YOU VOTE TO TURN HIM OUT AND PLACE IN POSSESSION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY MEN WHO WILL ABANDON THIS PROGRESSIVE POLICY f A VOTE FOR JOHN D. SMALLEY AT THE ELECTION ON GREATER. MORE 1 AND PROGRESSIVE j Advertisement. . SI BSTANTI L HAMMOND.