Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 137, Hammond, Lake County, 15 November 1913 — Page 8

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THE TIMES. November 15, 1913

West Hammond Mayor at Council Meeting Says That Thoroughfare Now Being Paved Is a Stone

Wall Between Two Cities.

CONSERVATION CRISIS REACHED, SAY FRIENDS OF MOVEMENT; SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT COMING CONVENTION

Mayor K. M. Woszcynskl, City Clerk

Ignatius F. Mankokswi, City Treasurer

Jacob Czaszewlcs, City Collector Prank

J. Wachewicz, Judge Adam Stachowicz and Aldermen M. Modrze jewski, J. L Lew&ndowskl, John Jaranoweki, C. J. Wunchel and their co-operators in the administration of city affairs in West Hammond buckled on the armor of the gallant last night and today stand with

the sword of the spirit defending the

state line between Indiana and Illinois.

Call It A Stone Wall.

"In Its present condition State Line

straet is a stone wall between the two cities," said Mayor Wosaczynski to the

council. "As it is laid out by Lake

county and the city of Hammond It

will become an alley. As it must eventually be, owing to our decided

stand it will become a thoroughfare,

cementing: the business interest of both places, relieving' South Hohman street ' of its heavy traffic, making a boule

vard of It by so doing-, and Increasing

the value of property ou both sides of

tba line." C-oujidlmnn Speaka at I.enjrth.

At no time since the historic meeting wteen the council of West Hammond

voted out the dives has an issue creat

ed such excitement as at the session

last evening. J. L. Lewandowskl. who

represents the first precinct of the sec

ond ward on the State Line spoke for the property owners, not only on one Bide but on both. "Indiana property owners," said he, "do net want additional frontage, they believe It should go into the street. At some .places the lot is thirty-five feet Irani tne east curb that has recently been laid. The Hammond board of public works should listen to the people." "We Will Never Give I p." With a government survey of the line before them councilmen reached a decision. The plat, one originally made by City Engineer William F. Bridge, had been re-marked by Engineer Rossiter of Chicago. It showed that the state line is seven feet west of the Hammond curb from Ogden street south, that the street varies in length, being forty feet from Plummer avenue to Ogden street, twenty-eight feet from Ogden to the golf grounds, and from there on sixty feet (tentatively). It has, according to the plat, three jogs and curves that, as an alderman put it, "will make it look like an old street in Singapore." In official action the city council said: "We will not permit Hammond, Indiana, to' take an inch of Illinois ground. We take this stand, and will maintain it, for the benefit of both sides. Public sentiment compels it and will establish our rights." Hut on the Other Rand. So far Hammond is not officially cognizant of the controversy ana therefore what West Hammond has actually done must come first. West Hammond intend to take the issue into the United States courts and there endeavor to earn the right to build its street from the state lin west and have

Hammond move back. As it is, houses, flats, saloons, pharmacies and hornet are in the street, according to the plat presented last night. To move them would mean thousands and thousands of dollars. It is understood that West Hammond will compromise. Ijon in Indignant. Peter J. Lyons, the city engineer of Hammond, exploded this morning. He had some excuse. He resents that Tra Times In Its exclusive story yesterday mentioned him solely as representing Hammond, for he claims to be acting on a survey made by the county and therefore not responsible. "I took every precaution." he said, "and before we started the improvement, a year after West Hammond did, "I obtained a written agreement as to tho course ' of the street which was signed, after a discussion before Mayor Woszczynski, by Ray Seeley. Lake county surveyor: William F. Bridge, city engineer of West Hammond, and myself. That agreement is binding. AeetiMea Mayor ond Clerk. "It is their incompetency that caused them to raise this row," said Lyons. 'I mean that Woszczynskl and Minkowski got the assessment rolls balled up in the courts and got their feet tangle, dby Incomprtcncy." Lyons exhibited the agreement, which is as follows: "This is a description of center line of pavement of State Line street beginning at Plummer avenue, 31 f e t from west line of State Line street and running in a direct line to a point at the south curb of 154th place, 28 feet from the west line of State Line street; thence on a straight line to a point 23 feet from the west line of State Line street at south curb line of Ogden street; thence to a point on

the north curb line of Carroll street, 21 feet west of the east line of State Line street (In Hornwood; thence in a direct line 30 feet cast of State Line street; thence south to the south line of section 17. parallel with and 30 feet distant from the east line of State Line street. "(Dated) Sept. 15, 1913. "(Signed) WM. F. BRIDGE. "RAY SEELEY. (and) "P. J. LYONS." Overlap Sixteen Feet." Peter Lyons said this morning that

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pheum theater on Sunday matinee. gether when he was employed as an "The Wolf" is from the pen of Eu- electrician by the Edison company in gene Walter, author of several dra- Chicago. Being capable he went to mas, but is so different from the usual Panama where good salaries are paid run of plays that It leaves a distinct and planned the wedding for this wi-n impression of Its own on the mind of ter. It will take place on the fifth of the spectator. The story and theme December If the boat on which Rhae are new. There is an abundance of and Gay are going arrives per schedbright dialogue, droll humor and the ule. Rhae Is the bridesmaid to be. pathos and sentiment of the play are Brewbaker has rad a spectacular and not of the artificial sort. The stage fortunate rise. He graduated from settings are remarkably elaborate, the Central school In Hammond and 'and many of the scenes are so well took up electricity, working at It days

managed as to receive hearty applause, and studying It by correspondence of

Tap, left to right: Mia. A. B. Cummins, Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher and Henry S. Graves. Bottom, Frederick H. Newell (left) and Gifford Pinchot. Ttsat a crisis haa bean reached in the conservation movement is the opinion of many who have been Idantiitod with it from the befrinning. At the Fifth National Conservation congress, to be held in Washington, November 18-20, the dangers facing conservation will be discussed. Among: the prominent men and women who will take part in the eongress are Gifford Pinchot and Henry S. Graves, both former chief foresters of the U-.ited States; Frederick H. Newell, director of the reclamation service; Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, wife of the senator from Florida, and Mrs. A. B. Cummings, who represents the Iowa Federation of Women! crabs.

Hamcnnd, Ind., Nov. 14.

Judge Reiter this morning stripped

the burdensome matrimonial fetters from Harvey Jenkins a young Hammond

man and his eighteen-year-old wife, Irene Rosen'oaum Jenkins. The husband who filed the original bill for j divorce was not in the court room and

the divorce was granted on the wife's

cross complaint and carries with it an

alimony of $250 and the young womfn's right to her maiden name.

The mother of the girl wile was

I with her in the court loom and gave I a nodding approval to the fatherly ad

vice that Judge Reiter gave the girl incidentally with the decree. From the testimony offered It appears that Jenk

ins and his wife married against the

:-s of their parents who thought

toth loo ycung. They were marked in Clilc.uj in Jurv of last year. In

both tho err !lair cruel trea'jm-jr.t was allege-- eause 'or the dlvor: s.

! ? u.o bad," ji d Judge tler.

peak;ntc to Mrs. Jenkins, "and T oiien

thu.k to n.yrelf when i see cases like yoi'i.s that we haven t laws to ,r. -t.-; ; ;( iA- ngainst tnei own fon'u.

ni'.'s. You am now beyond jr.r ycur. and let us hope that In the fi-

ti? von will be guiilcd by your pst

experience and the advise of your ; mother."

The mother added a fervent "Thank

you, Mr. Judge, as the court thumbed

the leaves of his minute book to make the entry.

Another matrimonial failure which

apparently began with the marriage

on June 18. of this year, was recorded In the superior court this morniing

when the law firm of MeAleer Bros, filed a divorce complaint for MBrs.

Hazel Ilageman against her husband John Hageman. She alleges cruel

treatment fo a cause, and asks $2,000

alimony.

The engagement of "The Wolf" promj Ises to be a record-breaker, and peopie will marvel when they think of i witnessing this remarkable production at the same prices the theater has been accustomed to.-

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nights. He learned aptly and obtained practical experience in Chicago. Ho is now an assistant engineer in charge of electrical work at the Gatun lock. In the Panama canal system, so that the romance is really one of the tropics where the sheen of the moon on tho water brings to the minds of men visIons of their loved one. Milo went to the canal zone with Miss Gay's "yes" and he will return with her promise, "I do."

the state line overlaps sixteen feet and j that John Fisher ,once county engineer, knew exactly what he was up against. Therefore the public haa had this knowledge ever since. City Clerk Minkowski of West Hammond says

that City Engineer Bridge had no authority to make concessions to Hammond and that he did not draw the route.. The clerk also denied the gossip that Bridge was no longer in the employ of the city and said that he was still on the job. He did not criticise Bridge only to intimate that he had made a mistake in signing the agreement. la 1'. S. Courts Once. Years ago the Schrums of the Calumet Pickle W'orks took the question of the state line Into the United States courts In order to locate their land boundaries. West Hammond officials say that the finding at that time is identical with the government survey now In their possession. The worst phase of the whole matter is that the Improvement of State Line street may be held up indefinitely, probably for years.

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"The Wolf" at Orpheum.

"The Wolf. the play that set all

Chicago talking for more than ten weeks during itf run in that city at

the Chicago Opera house, and also held New York spellbound for nearly a

year at the Lyric, comes to the Or-

HanTioncl, Ind., Nov. 14. Saturday nfjfht shoppers, already accustomed to the brilliant illumination of Hohman street, will find this thoroughfare dark tomorrow evening, of the fears of some of the people on the street come true. Failure on the part of a number In the Hohman street business district to sign the customary agreement is said to have brought about an ultimatum

from the Northern Indiana Gas and Klectric company. Those who have already signed in the hope of boosting the street are making every effort to

get their reluctant neighbors in the "bandwagon." The opposition is based mainly on two things. Some ai gue that the rents are already too high, and others say that the Improvement enhances propas it is said," Miss Brewbaker told the reporter, "and he did not fall in love with P.liae, one twin, through a photograph sent to Panama where he works, and then coming to Chicago propose to Gay, the other. That is untrue for he was engaged before he went into government service." A Hammond Graduate. The twin sisters arc twenty-one and live in 4461 Oakenwald avenue. They are as alike as the traditional peas and had Milo tried to pick one out by her picture he would have had difficulty. But as it happened he met them to-

SOME GOOD ABOUT PAPERS Once in a great while politicians say something good about good newspap-1 era. Frank O'Rourke, manager of Mayor John D. Smalley's successful campaign, this morning attributed the failure of the ritual murder charge to cause the execution of Beills in Russia, to the enterprise of the -Scripps-McRae newspapers, aided by Hearst's Journal, Examiner and American, bis monthly magazine. O'Rourke goes further. He gives credit to "Bob" Tayne, editor of the Cleveland Press, ' a Scripps-McRae sheet, and to Mary Boyle O'Reilley, a star writer for the syndicate. "Before Hearst took it up ?.n editorial appeared in the Cleveland Press," Bald O'Rourke this morning.

"in which the outrage against Beilis was set forth." Jacob Schroeter of the board of public works, engaged in the conversation. He lived near Russia in Germany fifteen years ago and understands the sentiment that brings on' such trials.

Board Meets. The board of public works this morning passed a resolution to notify the 'Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company to remove a pole from the ' northeast corner of Morton court and State street to the north property line on Morton court. It is an indication of renewed Interest at that corner where three big business blocks are to go up next spring. Primary assessments for the cement curb and sidewalks in Kenwood were placed on file. The inspector's bond for the Brown avenue pavement was accepted.

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Hammond, Ind., Nov. 14. Milo Brewbaker, an electrical engineer in the tervlce of Uncle Sam, son of Charles E. Brewbaker. 235 Pine

street, is the lover in a pretty romance : all parts of city.

Hammond, Ind., Nov. 14. Entered on a clean-up campaign to promote the city beautiful idea forty women of the Hammond Woman's club met last evening at the home of Mrs. Ralph Ross of Mason street, to hear a report by Mrs.' Eugene Cooper,

chairman of committee that has in

vestigated the streets, and alleys of Hammond. Dad Sights and Worn Odorn. Thirty women, picked from the department, of which Mrs. Carrie Hernden is chairman, went on a tour of inspection the first of the week. Wearing goloshes they went over the town's good, bad and indifferent alleys. They found the garbage in uncovered tubs and buckets and on sunsightly ash piles; they saw tin can lots and iron heaps, the menace of files, disorderly conditions of railroad right of ways and children acting as alley pickers. All of which is tended to by seven sickly looking dump caj-ts. Mrs. Eugene Cooper read the report as below: "Time was when a Woman's Club met to talk and like the kitten chasing its tall, went in circles that never got anywhere. The Civics department of the Woman's Club is following straight lines east and west, north and

south, and the dream Is of a city beautlfut.

"The facts revealed by a campaign of

investigation find these conditions:

"1. Open garbage receptacles, made

up of old tubs, buckets, boxes, etc., in

revolving about a dual likeness of the

Misses Rhae and Gay Chaffee. twin nieces of Major General A. R. Chaffee, U. S. A. It will culminate in the marriage of Miss Gay Chafee to Milo Brewbaker at Chrlstobal, Panama, about December 5. Sinter Tell Story. Miss Iva Brewbaker, the young man's Bister, revealed the truth of the romance to a Times reporter this morning in order that the story already in circulation might be set right. "We want it modified," said Mrs. Brewbaker. mi support of her daughter. "Milo is not a relative of U. S. Grant erty values on Hohman street and that therefore the owners of the property should pay for the lighting. A third class says that the city should maintain th lights. There is no opposition to the price itself, twenty dollars a 'year for every twenty-five feet of frontage. It 1s admitted that this price Is reasonable and the only question with the opposition is as to who should pay, the landlord or the tenant. Those who signed did so readily and waived the question as to landlord and tenant. The tenant merchants realized that the attractive illumination would draw business which in a year would return the investment manifold. Some of the , business men in the Hohman street district are considably wrought up over what they term the unprogressiveness of the people who would be benefitted, and some have suggested that a list of all those for and against the proposition be made ou so that everybody on the street might know who is who. The State street merchants it will be remembered, lost no time on getting together and acted in unison first in choosing their lighting system and then signing a contract for It. Their activity as was generally admitted gave them a considerable advantage over their Hohman street neighbors and the equilibrium was re-established onlyafter the Hohman street ornamental

2. Alleys contain a series of un

sightly ash piles. "3. Papers scattered broadcast. "4. Manure piles and manure In uncovered boxes.

"5. Alleys and vacant lots unsightly

from general rubbish such as old iron,

tin cans, bottles, uncut weeds, etc.

"6. Seven dump carts for garbage

collection. "7. Alley pickers, mainly children who scatter contents of boxes and de

stroy covers where such are in evi

dence.

"8. Spitting on the streets. "9. The menace of flies.

"10. Disorderly condition of railroad rigjit of ways in. center o city. "Following are suggestions: "1. Uniform galvanized-iron covered cans owned by city and safe guarded as are the U. S. mail boxes. "2. Removal of ashes. "3. Receptacle In down town district for papers. "4 Manure in tightly closed receptacles. "6. Removal of all rubbish, cans, bottles, old iron etc. "6. Efficiency test for garbage collectors (a physician called to East Chicago, passed. In East Hammond, a cart bound for the dumping ground. The physician on returning met the same cart still going to dumping ground). "7. Keep out alley pickers. "8. Enforce ordinance on spitting on streets. "9. Elimination of flies. "10. Conversion of right of ways into miniature parks by means of lawns and shrubbery. "Civics Department, Hammond Woman's Club." A pin map of the city is being completed to be exhibited in the First National Bank. Black pins will Indicate dirt, red will show disease breeding places, and so forth, following a simple code.

system was installed. It Is the fear that this regained prestige will be lost to them that is actuating the Hohman street merchants to keep their system intact. Some of the Hohmon street people are beginning to yonder what the street will look like with a "dead light" here and there In the brilliant row. The whole system dead would be nothing less than a nuisance.

CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS

Hammond, Ind., Nov. 14. According to the sworn statements

regarding campaign expenses as required by law, Hammond candidates j in the recent municipal -election got j away comparatively easy. i Eleven of the candidates have already filed their reports with City Clerk Duelke, and in this connection it is ' a significant fact that with the ex- . ception of Sam Abalman . and Dave Boone, two independent candidates, all those who have come to the front thus far are democrats. Sam Abalman scheduled a total of $130.00 of yhich $105 was for printing, $15 for livery and $5 for notary public and $5 for car fare. ; Dave Boone's Itemized expense 'ac

count reads as follows: Money expended $00.00 Promises fulfilled, or, unfulfilled or anything of value, in any wise contributed to aid or promote my nomination or

election to said office $00.00

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iest. Most of the democratic candidates also show a $10 contribution to the

city central committee which had charge of the campaign. Those who have already reported scheduled as follows: Otto Duelke, treasurer-elect $68.00 Oscar Plage'man, councilman 2nd ward 22.50 Edward Burns, councilman 3rd ward 7.25 Joseph Kolanko, councilman 6th ward 12.00 John Kane, councilman-at-large. 14.55 Frank Kockler, councilman-at-largee 18.25 Fred Leverenz, councilman-at-large .' 27.65 W. B. Muir 14.00 Patrick Reilley ........ , 20.00

Never Killed Robin.

A bird enthusiast who is being taught taxidermy by L. H. Scheer, 182 State street, desires to correct one statement in the Times written up by the taxi- ; dermist; "Mr. Scheer," says this party, "has speciments of every bird that I

has ever flown in Lake county except the robin. He looks at that sweet feathered creature in a sentimental light and will not disturb it, let alone kill one. He scolds unmercifully any one of his patrons or students who kill a robin and he will not stuff it for them.'"

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