Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 280, Hammond, Lake County, 9 May 1917 — Page 6

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THE TIMES Wednesday, May 9, 1917

IfORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED

At a meeting of the common council of the city of East Chicago held last night at the city. hall, wilh all members present, a large volume of business was transacted, a good deal of which was of supreme importance. A letter was read from a committee of Polish citizens inviting the council and members of the city administration to attend the demonstration celebrating the adoption of the Polish constitution. The celebration will be held at Columbia hall on Sunday, May Sr at 2 p. m. The invitation was signed by Joe Wadas. T. H. Orabowsfci, Pete Cierenewski, John Bochnowskt and John Krupa. ' The invitation was accepted and the communication placed on file. Letter From War Department. A letter was read from Adjutant General D. T. McCain, of the war department at Washington, thanking the council for their expression of confidence in the administration in this period of war. Appropriations. $1,000 was appropriated for police maintenance on suspension of . rules; $2,000 for fire maintenance was referred to the police and fire committee; $1,200 for the purchase of a road roller and scarifier combined was passed on suspension of rules; $1,000 for sewer maintenance was also passed on suspension of rule; $5,000 for the department of health to take care of the small pox epidemic was passed on suspension of rn lea. Publication of Bills. X motion was carried that hereafter the city dispense with the publication of billa and that such .bills be read to the council once a month. - An ordinance of J 300 to pay for publications already had was rejected. Wet Territory. An ordinance designed to add certain territory to the. wet district of Indiana Harbor was passed to its third reading. Licenses. An ordinance providing for the licensing of peddlers of food and merchandise was referred to the law and ordinance committee. An ordinance to license and regulate certain ' public er.tertainment houses, providing for a license fee of $100 per year, was passed on suspension of rules. It is said that this is aimed at the coffee houses so-called. Salaries. The engineers at the pumping stations were given an' increase of $5 per month in the salaries. The ordinance wa passed on suspension of rules. Building Commissioner. A report on the efficiency of the building commissioner. Carl Anderson, was given in writing by a committee to which this matter was assigned a month or so ago. The report stated that office hours were not regularly kept; that plans and specifications for new buildings were not kept on file: that violations of the. building ordinance were permitted; that the commissioner was seldom available; that buildera, architects and contractors paid as little attention to the office as possible;, that the commissioner was seldom in condition for intelligent conference. The report was referred to the fire and police committee. Immorality Za City. A letter was read from John Galvin, railing the attention of the council to faxnees in the enforcement of law. He said that gambling was going on, that houses of ill fame were in existence, that streets and alleys were not cared for, that the fire and police departments were hampered by favoritism, and that automobiles were permitted to race through the streets at dangerous speed. The communication was received and placed on flle. It will also be read to the board of safety at their next meet ing-. XJTbrary Board. The mayor announced that thre were two vacancies on the library board, due 1 LJ 1 3 fUJUSlE Less than 5 per cent of persons at age 65 are self-supporting. The others are dependent on their children, relatives or charity. START TODAY putting a little aside for tomorrow's use. $20 a month now at age 25 gives you a LIFE INCOME of $100 a month, starting at age 60. p No Medical Examination Required. Incomes of $10 a month and up to start at ages 55, 60 and 65. Investigate now no obligation. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S. S. F. ENGLTON, District Agent. Suite 210 Hammond Bldg. Phone 791 Hammond.

Insured?

A natural question for the thousand spectators who saw the fire in the business district last night. The loss might have been larger; IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOURS. Insurance with us is a Bank's guarantee of prompt adjustment and satisfaction. Hammond Savings & Trust Company HOHMAN ST. BETWEEN SIBLEY AND FAYETTE STS. W. G. PAXTON, FRANK HAMMOND, President- Secretary-Treasurer. General Banking Business Insurance in all Its Branches TEL. 62.

to the expiration of the terms of Mrs.'

B. p.. L. Glazebrook and George W. Lewis. The vacancies were filed by the election of Mrs. J. C, Dixon to succeed Mrs. Glasebrook and of George W. Lewis to succeed himself. !on't forget Red Hammond chapter 19th. Cross day of the Saturday, May 6-9-10t QtyBfreffr MMBSHBSSaSBBMBMII Don't forget Red Hammond chapter 19th. Cross day of the Saturday. vMay 6-9-10t Two recruits, Fred Barfield and John Quae, left for Ft. Wayne today. Both were Hammond residents. Daniel Sweeny and Earl Moore of Whiting enlisted today and will leave the first of next week. ohni Permits were granted today to John Martin for the , construction of two frame cottages at 867 and 869 New York avenue. Each will cost $1,600. Four aliens of Hammond have so far complied with the president's order that alj non-citizens turn over their firearms to the rolice, stated Chief Austgen today. Chief of Police Austgen again urges owners of dogs and chickens to keep them away from gardens. Numerous complaints have been made to the police and steps are to be taken to curb the destruction of gardens. Michigan City penitentiary authorities notified Hammond police today to be on the watch for two trusties who escaped from the prison yesterday. W. U. Squire, 126 -Freeland avenu was brought to the police station last night, with a broken arm. He said that he had been attacked by three men. Dr. I J Chidlaw was called and the arm was r set. He was taken home. Liberal subscription to the United States 3 Pr cent liberty loan is indicated in Hammond by the amount of Inquiries made at the banks. Many of these subscriptions will be in hundred dollar denominations, it is stated. The First National Bank has subscribed $75,000 to the loan, Ivan Joseph Kratace, IS month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kratace, 1190 Columbia avenue, died las night of pneumonia. The child is to be buried tomoyrew morning in the Holy Cross cemetery. Ammoniated phosphate. fertilizer costs but. $2 for a 125 pound sack, gardeners, and not $25, as a typographical error made a stqry read In Thb Times yesterday. Don't forget Bed Cross day of the Hammond chapter Saturday, May 19th. 5-9-10t EVANSVILLE OBJECTS TO COAL PRICES See No Reason in Increase Lay Case Before Attorney General. EVAJX'SVILLE. IND.. May 9. Hundreds of Evanaville citizens have signed a petition in circulation here, calling upon, EI Stansbury, attorney-general of Indiana, and Lane B. Osborn,. prosecuting attorney of Vanderburg county, to investigate the high, price of coal in the city. Many citizens who have signed the petition, say they believe the several advance in coal here since last fall have been due to the fact that local operators and dealers are in an unlaw ful combination to control the output of coal, and to keep the price up. Thf: petition asks ,that tho attorneygeneral and Frosecutor Osborn ti'ke steps at once, and "if it is found that an unlawful combination exists, us defined in Chapter 21, Section 3866, Burns' Revised Statutes of Indiana, that st'ips be taken to dissolve the same, or if the combination is in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, that the matter be placed before the United States district attorney a Indianapolis." The petition says that since September, 1916. the price of coal here has Increased from 60 to 60 per c?nt., and in some instances even more. Formerly coal sold for, 8 and 9 cents a bushel here. Now it is being retailed at 16 cents a bushel, and recntly operators gave out the statement that the price may go to 25 cents next winter. LOWELL ft.,.l,t i 1 . A V. 1 . I VliaitCD VlllllUU ICLl LUIS IliUriMflg i. U T Bremen, Ohio, where he goes to erect a large dredge boat. Mrs. John Nolan aad daughter Lena, were Chicago visitors yesterday y. as lii Paul Williams of Shelby, wa Lowell on business yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Curtis, who moved to Kennedy, Wis., last spring, have returned to this country and will live in one of the John Black places. TIMES arert1tBK Wirt mnbla y ! brcalc all your biuinea records fet rlxbt away.

DISGUISED AS A HARMLESS SAILING VESSEL, GERMAN RAIDER SEEADLER IS STILL CRUISING IN SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS

Drawing of the German raider "Seeadler," sketched from memory by the master of the "Charles Gounaud ' with assistance ef other released prisoners of the raider. That the German commerce raider Seeadler, which has destroyed many allied ships off the coast of South America, is still at large is the belief of maritime authorities. The Seeadler is the captured American ship Pass of Balm a ha, and is disguised as a harmless sailing; vessel.

SALVATION V NEEDS E Mindful of the many demands being made en Gary people at this time for war. charity and church collections. Ensign Thomas Noble, commanding the Gary barracks of the Salvation army, has put in a plea for small monthly subscriptions. , AldlaK Bis Industries. "It must be remembered," said Cadet Alfred Brooks, assistant to the ensigrn. whj recently was promoted from the rant; of captain, "that ar- army is doing considerable charity work. "Last night we gave shelter to elev en new steel workers. These men come to Gary without funds. They get work easily enongh and can get credit at the mill restaurants, but they can't get credit for lodging and it is up to some one to give the ho a place to sleep. Gary needs all the workmen she can get and they must be sheltered till they draw . enough money to rent a room." The army will also Keep up its work amen the poor women, mothers and babies ofthe foreign quarter. Small monthly subscriptions are solicited. The army shelter is located at 16th avenue and Delaware street. famous hotel bobbed ground Cedar Point Hotel Goes Up in Flames Yesterday Af ternoon at the Lake. (Special to Ths Timzs.) CROWN POINT. IND.. May 9. The old Thistlewalte hotel, one. of the landmarks at Cedar Lake, burned to the ground yesterday afternoon, presumably from a lire which spread from the burnintr of leaves and rubbish around the place. Tin- fire occurred about four o'clock in the afternoon and by live o'clock, the old hostelry on the picturesque banks of the lake of the Red Cedars was a mass of burning embers and not' a timber was left to mark the site of a hotel that was known and probably hospitaled thousands of Lake county people in its palmier days. The hotel was owned by M. Thistlewalte, a wealthy southern lard owner, and was ran by the Hoffmans for the last few years and has not been a paying proposition for several years, its location being out of the way of the lake traffi An ice house, stocked with ice, also burned to the ground during the conflagration and the loss is estimated at from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars, upon which there was no insurance. A number of Crown Point mechanics employed around the lake at the time of the blaze' assisted in saving hundreds of dollars worth of furniture and other conCits of the building. TOLLES MAKES 11 One hundred men, anxious to Increase their personal efficiency and as a result their personal incomes, sat at the feet of Harry Newman Tolles, b,f the Sheldon school of Chicago, a"T the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce dinner at Indiana Harbor last night. Mr. Tolles set fo-th the underlying principles that enter into the right relations between members of commercial organizations, between all civic and commercial associations, between competitive firms and individuals, and between employers and employes. Co-operation and confidence were the keynotes of his addrens. Incidentally he touched upon character building and moral worth as essentials In developing1 efficiency'. Notwithstanding the fact that his task came at the close of an excellent dinner served by the ladies cT tlj Christian church, followed by the business session of the Chamber, he was listened to with close attention for over an hour of rapid fire, straight from the shoulder argument, enlived with interesting bits of personal experience. REV. J. M. JOHNSON ILL Rev. J. M. Johnson, pastor of-First Reformed Church of Gary, is confined to his home. 2273 Washington street, with an attack of nervous breakdown. The

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pastor expects to be out in a few days. The Christian Endeavor society of the church will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. L. M. Houchin, 23rd avenue and Washington street.

E. TO HOLD BSE MEETING Among other things planned by the council of national defense for the city of East Chicago is a mass meeting to be held In the near future to which all citi-ens will be invited. The general work of the council will be to so organize and marshal the forces and resources of the community that East Chicago may do its part in the great struggle that it upon our nation. Every day develops more and more clearly the issues that every individual and every city will soon have to meet. Stronger and stronger grows the impression that our nation will be tested as it never kas been tested before and that action must be taken at once to unify and make available our various elements of strength. Vor this coming meeting a speaker has been obtained who has made it his business since the declaration of the existence of a state of war to analyse Just what war means and Just what the various cities cm do to terminate it as quickly-as possible. This speaker is a man who is kiown and admired and loved by his fellow men in East Chicago and Hammond as well as in many other cities of the state. It la Joha E. Lftthrop, head of the department of city planning of the American hCity Bureau, and secretary of th.e In diana City Planning Commission. C. L BEFORE EJMIO MEN C. L. Kirk, president of the East Chicago and' Indiana Harbor Water company; was in East Chicago Monday and appeared before the board of works in regard to added territory for the location of their filtration plant. Mr. Kirk says that the present territory owned by the company Is inadequate for the construction of the plant and the erection of such buildings as they will 'need for storage and equipment. He asks that certain territory adjucent to their prsfnt land and now included in Iake Frpnt park bo 'sold by the city to the water company It was found that this matter would have to go before the city council as well as the 'board of works. It is probable that the necessary ordinances will be introduced at the next council meeting permitting the . company to purchase this land. GARY SCHOOL PLAN FOR CITY II CHINA The Gary school system may be adopted by one of the cities of China. Dr. E. I. Osgood, a medical missionary, who spoke here at the Central Christian church on Sunday night, spent Monday visiting the Gary schools, and may have some of the features adopted in the schools of Chu-Chew. Since Dr. Osgood saved the city from destruction in 1910 the Chinese have consulted and honored him in every possible way. Under his direction sewers and sanitary improvements have been constructed, streets widened and paved, sidewalks introduced, parks and play-grounds laid out and so many improvements made that Chu-Chew is fast becoming the model city of China. The (school system Is being enlarged and extended to girls, new subjects are being taught and. Dr. Osgood hopes to have the Chinese adopt many of the vocational arid other features which are so prominent in the Gary .schools. The features of economy make the Gary -schools desirable in China and the duplicating schedule makes it of great value in such congested places as are common in the new republic of China. MAY FIX JUDGE'S PAY AT COUNCIL Alderman Hauren of the Gary council Indicated there might be a report at council fixing $1,200 as the addition to the city judge's salary when he begins to try civil cases. Judge Dunn would then get $2,400. When Gary enJoys the benefits of second-class city salaries it is thought the judge may get $3,0OQ, although he can be paid $4,000 at this time. JUNK DEALER IS ARRESTED Deputy Sheriff Ols arrested Louis Simon, 10th avenue and Adams street, Gary, on a charge of accepting Junk from minors. A warrant had been issued for Simon's arrest. .

HUNTER SAYS HE Si NO AFFIDAVITS

Prosecuting Attorney Clyde Hunter at Gary today denied that L. Throck morton Gibson had presented any affl davits against gamblers to him for sig nature. Throckmorton in a statement to The Times, said he had asked the prosecu-. tor to sign warrants against four gamblers, but the papers had not been signed. Yesterday Throckmorton broke into print when, through his attorney, Ralph Ross, he filed abatement suits against the tenants and owners of six alleged dives. Throckmorton formerly conducted a gambling house. He said to The Times that certain individuals had tried t put him out of business and he had taken steps Jo show them tney couldn't break "his back." Attorney Ross, who filed, the cases, today left for a short stay at West Baden. The cases will be heard in Superior court next Tuesday. "If any respectable person lays evidence before me and aska me to sign affidavits their wishes will be granted." said Prosecutor Hunter. JDHF.SQN STUDYING FEDERAL INDICTMENTS Mayor R- O. Johnson of Gary, one of the defendants In the federal election cases, is spending part, 'of his time studying the indictment papers. They consist of twenty-eight pages of typewritten charges and are full of legal intricacies. The mayor, Chief Forbis. City Sealer Renollet and County Sealer Hay of Gary, will appear for trial in federal court on May 4. ft .iMIIHMIWIIWr !" 1 r- ,tt - v H

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CARLSTROM IS KILLED (B7 United Pre.) EW YORK. May 9. Victor CarlStrom, the first aviator to make a successful flight from Chicago to New York, was killed today at Newport News, according to information received "by the Aero club of America here. Carey Eppes, a mechanic, also was killed. The machine in which Carlstrom and Eppes were flying collopged at a great height. PAYMASTER IS ROBBED (By Vnlted Preaa.) CHICAGO. May 9. Two armed ne groes in an automobile held up E. J. Noble, paymaster of the Illinois Fuel Company, and obtained $5,700 early this afternoon. Noble was returning from the bank with a satchel containing the weekly 'payroll. The negroes attacked him as he was entering the company's o ffices. They escaped. Trial Calendar Lake Superior Court, Hammond, Ind., Entries Za Room 1. 11280 City of Ew Chgo. v Kemp; pltf. dis. as to lots 5 and 6 in block 7, 4th Add. to Ind. Har. and Jessie Armstrong; also as to lot 3 in block 66, Orig. Town of Ind. Har. and Albert E. McDonald; and as to lot 31 in block 1 First Add. to Ind. Har. and Theodore Malik. (May 4). 14859 Richardson and Boynton Co. v Ottenheimer; find for pltf. $316.87. Judg. (May 4). 15314 Whiting Land Co. v Davenport et al; find and Judg. as per form. (May 4). 15587 E. Side Tr. & Sav. Bk. v Stinson; find for pltf. $170 plus $30. Judg. (May S). Entries In. Room 3. 14663 Peden. admr. v Aetna Explos. Co. Find for pltf. $400. Judg. except costs satisfied In open court. Judg. (May 4). J5899 Paich v Paich; find for pltf.Divorce. Judg. (May 2). 16133 Adelsperger v Davidson; Judg. for $50. Judg. (April 80). Judgment satisfied in No. 8275, J. D.5, p. 209. Additional Cases Piled. 16145 Rm. 1 Divorce; Belle Lund (F. Barnett) vs. Erick Lund. Lots 25, ' 26 and 27 in block 2 in Homewood Add. to Hammond. ALLEGES DESERTION Alleging desertion William H. Babcock of Hammond has filed suit in Gary superior court for a divorce from his wife Eleanora Baboock. The complaint filed by Attorney J. H. Piotrkvisai specifies the. couples . was married in June 1914 and lived together for six months. ASKS RECEIVER Paul Ptnkerton nas asked ror a receiver for the Atlas Building & Investment Co., a $200,000 corporation of Gary and East Chicago. Pinkerton alleges that the company owes debts to the ex tent of $15,000 and it is mismanaged. He also specifies that the company owes for material for a building it is erecting at East Chicago., W. J. Hyde heads the list of stockholders of, the company which. has offices m the Phillips' building. Gary. Attorneys Curtis and Kuss filed tb,e papers for Pinkerton ifi Gary superior court. A building' permit has been issued at Gary for the erection of a , threestory brick hotel at 8th avenue and Washington street. Gary, for Mrs. Rose Elsler, wife of S. Elsler, a business man. The structure, which will be of brick construction, will cost $35,000. Work has already been started, the site be inr on the southwest corner.

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May 9. Atchison , 99 U American Beet Sugar 90 Va American Car Foundry 62,i American Lgcomottve 63 Anaconda 77 American Smelting 96 i American Tobacco 119 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 56 Baldwin Locomotive 51 Baltimore and Ohio 69 M: Canadian Pacific 159 American Can Co. 41 . New York Central 87 Colorado Fuel 45 Central Leather - 82 Chesapeake and Ohio . 56 Crucible Steel ' , 60 Vi Erie , 23 Arnerfcan Steel Fdrs. 67 General Electric . , 152 s Great Northern 105 Illinois Central 101 Maxwell Motors 43 U Mexican Petroleum : 86',i Norfolk and Western 118 Pennsylvania ' 5 1 Peoples Gas 75 Republic Iron and Steel 77 i Reading SS'.i IT. S. Rubber ' American Sugar 168 Ti Southern Pacific 90 Southern Railway 23i Chgo. Mil. and St. Paul 73 H Texas Oil 202 Vi V. 3. Steel 114i Union Pacific lSOlj Utah Copper n J : Western Union 91 Wabash 10?4 Willys Overland J9 American Woolen 4 7 14 CHICAGO OZtAZK rUTTJKES. Wheat May, $3.11; July, $2.45; September, $2.07. 14 14 14 Corn May. $1.58; July, $1.47 ; September, $1.38'. Oats May, 69 c; July. 65c; Septem. ber, 55 c. CHICAGO IIVE STOCK. " Hogs Receipts, 28,000; market, oc tive and 10 to 15 higher; mixed, $15.30 fi 15.95; good. $15.65615.90; rough, $15.3; 15.65; light; $14.65 Q 15.85: Pigs. $10.VO 14.00; heavy, $15.3516.00; bulk or sales, $15.65615.90. Cattle Receipts, 17,000; markci. steady to strong; beeves. $9.20613.50; cows-heifers, $6.50 11.50; stocker:feeders, $7.4010.!5; calves, $7.50ll. 'CXICAQO PBODTTCX. Butter- Creamery extras, J8c; cres---ery firsts, 37VJc; firsts, 3637c; secon 3235!c. Eggs Ordinaries, 3031c; firsts.' 32c. Live PoultryFowls, 23c; ducks, 1., -17c; geese, 12 14c; turkeys. 22c. Veal 50 to 60 lbs., 1414V4c; 70 tt SO lbs.. 14V4l14c; 90 to 110 lbs., 164 17c: over wyt kidneys, 140 to 175 lbs.. 1214c: coarse and boney. 9 12c. Potatoes Cars, 12; Minn.. $2.60 2.'' : Wis.. $2.60 2.70; fancy western. $;.' 1.95. HE DID EVERYTHING BUT PLAY 'EiV R. Everett Parks has filed suit in Gary superior court through 'his attornews. Carver and Carver of Gary, for $250 which he seks to collect from Mary Cereau of Hammond. In his bill it stares he gave the defendant advieo on buying pianos, looking up pianos, selling pianos and tracing pianos. Ir. one item he specifies $15 for a day'.services in looking up pianos in Gary. Tra Tina gives tae world's sm '9v 4