Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 79, Hammond, Lake County, 22 September 1921 — Page 1

UNT FINEST IN LAKE TBI WEATHER fair tonight and Fridays somewhat "armfr In south portion tonight. Y TIMES II. teliTrred oy Carrier in Simami ana W. SiainoBl BOc pat montb on rcrcata iwaa urwi stand 3o T ropy. A OL. XV, NO. 79. T1IURSDA.Y, SEPTEMBER 22, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA STATE FAIR DUSTRIAL HORROR MflY

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French Troops Arrive Share In The Relief Work To (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. Sept. 22. Eight hundred and fifty bodies have been recovered from the explosion at the Badische Anilinsoda Vabrik works at Oppau, according to telegraphic advices received here late today from the stricken German cities. The dispatch states 2.500 had been treated for injuries received in the explosion. T5T FRANK E. MASON "LThe "en?frV medi - jer..n.j-. -- ... eal .taff of the Frencn i n. - -ratlon,cn the Rhine arrived a bud ushafen to assist in treating the v.st numbers of Persons who were Jnlured in the gigantic explosion which wrecked the plant of the Badische AnlUnfabrlk Company at OlPau with loss cf ltfe estimated at 120L a.ooo am raJURiD Abovst 2.000 persons were injured AH the hospital, in Ludwigshafen and Manrhein are crowded and scores cf public buildings and private houses have been converted into hospitals. General Degouette. commander-in-chief of th. French army of occupation and a detachment of French troops have arrived on the sene to assist t?ie Germans in relief work. -Hundreds of families are homeless. omn wipsk out Following an investigation official, cf the company issued a statement saying that the blast had occurred in a warehouse containing 209 tons of ammonium sulphate. The exact cause is not yet Vnown. The litUe suburb cf Oppau. on the Rhine, was , . scene of desolation and woe. while te countryside for miles around bore witness of the terrific force of the explosion. WRECKAGE SXASCHEB TOB, CUD Doctors, ambulances and medical supplies have been rushed to Ludwigshafen from all the nearby cities. Thousands of workmen, volunteers and soldiers are engaged in searching the wreckage of the factory and the homes for mpre bodies. Temporary morgues have been erected all around the scene of the explosion and today they presented scenes. of pathos. Frantic women besieged tht buildings searching for mlssinc fathers, husbands, brothers and sons. JBVXKV TAMTLT SUHMS Police guards had been established around the morgues and it was an mai they could do to hold back the screaming, weeping. surging mass. Every family in the wrecked town bad suffered bereavement and many persons far distant from the s-ene had been killed either by the shock or by flying debris. Many of the bodies were so badly lorn and mangled as to make identification impossible. It is expected a public funeral will be held for those. SOKX BLOW If TO PIECES Some of the victims were completelyMown to pieces, making it uncertain that the exact number of killed will be known unless they are checked up through the company payroll. The relief workers had a gruesome task. As they tore through the mass of wreckage they came upon human legs Ind arms and bodies from which the heads had been torn. DETONATION TEBKXTIO Graphic stories were told by survivors. They said that there was a dull roar, followed by a burst of flame and then a terrific detonation which shook the earth like an earthquake. Enormous clouds of black and greenish smoke rolled upwards in clouds. The seismograph instruments in the schools at Stuttgart. 60 miles away, lecorded tremors similar to those made by an earthquake. 300 ASE IN MA NITTCET.N Three hundred residents of Mannhein were killed and 200 w"ere ."cjured. After the explosion living workingmen Red covered with blood and grime, fghtlng their way through the thick clouds of chemical fumes. Many ot them were naked as they had just completed bathing after their shift in the works when the explosives let go. DAMAGE WAS FEAR PUT. Iron gates In the plant were torn to pieces like paper. Strong wooden beams were reduced to toothpicks. Enormous steel tanks were crushed together and blew up like a line of exploding soap bubbles. Farmers in their fields two miles from the plant were killed by the shock. The war-time bombardments of Oprau, Mannheln and Ludwigshafen byallied aviators were nothing comparea to the explosion of yesterday. DAMAGE 300,000,000 MARKS There were no newspapers In Mannheln today. The plants had been damaged by the blast. Late dispatches placed the total damage at 200.000,000 marks, (normally $48,000,000 In American money) or which 138.000,000 marks is covered byInsurance. At the Mannheim offices of the Badische Anillnfabrik Company it was learned 4.0P0 tons of salt petre that was storeJ In the plant had exploded. (CcntJaroed oa page nine.)

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HOW did this strike you tor the first j day of fall? VANDALS have defaced some, of the Dan-Brown-For-Mayor signs. FRED CRL'MPAC TTE R Is at Indianapolis looking after legal business. W. J. HASTINGS has been country lubbing in Illinois the past few dajs. TItE early Wednesday morning windstorm played haoo with Hammond's beautiful shade trees. CARROLL R. WOODS, former Hammo"!T3 newspaperman, doesn't forget the old town. He Is prospering In BlueMelds, Va. HUGH IE GRAHAM and Chas. Hick are up in the Wisconsin woods snaking out muskles, with splendid success, s they wrote. CHARLES SCHRVM of West Hammond paid ill. into the Hammond treasury this morning for speeding on Calumet avenue. FRED a DIETRICH represented Hammond this week at the National convention of Master Bakers of America In Chicago. THE qualifying round for the Hammond Country Club golf championship will be pulled off at the Country Club next Saturday. SCORES of Hammond people went to the fair today and tomorrow will see the roads to Crown Point black with Hammond autos. THE Eleventh Ward Brown Club will hold a meeting tomorrow evening In the gymnasium of the Lafayette school. Several good speakers have been booked. "SINCE you seem to take so much interest In my dress." says Roscoe Hemstock, "you might as well tell them that I'm going to put on my longs about Cctober 1." TOU might not believe It on first thought but if you walked the length of all of Hammond's concrete and i-rik e-idewalks you would hae covered 110i3 miles. HERMAN KELLNErT wlho is now en' Joying a long visit at his old home In Salzgltter. Germnay. writes that he Is having the time of his life fishing and climbing mountains. THE HODGES CHAIN CO. las rented part of the F. S. Betz plant and is already turning out about Jl.Mfl worth of non-skid tire chains weekly, fhf businebs "is growing rapyiiy. WHOEVER is back of the K. K K. in Hammond is bound to tome out sooner or later when the Klan asks the city council for a permit to put on a Karnival like the other lodges. EVELTN" KARGER. the press agent, and her dal, were In tnn today. Evelyn is eulogizing grand opera stars now. but says she'd rather be back on the road ahead of a circus. HAMMOND girls say it's not the original cost of bobbing their hair, but the upkeep. Oh. my dear. It is something frightful. Every week they have to have a hair trim and a neck shave. A BRONZE tablet commemorating the death of James H. Wilson, brother of Charles W. Wilson, of Hammond, killed in the Argonne, has been erected at Wabash college by the student bod v. ADAM SCHROEDER. 4003 Broadway, Chicago, was in town yesterday looking Tor his wife. She has been gone five weeks and he had just heard she was in nammond, so if you see her him a hand. glVT JITNETS have been profiting through the inconvenience to street car patrons because of construction work starting on the Conkey avenue sewer. It is necessary to transfer at the Erie tracks and many prefer riding the flivvers. JOE KRUPA, 1218, 150th street. East Chicago, left his Ford on Fayette st.. near the Central school yesterday and ran up to Judge Klota' office for a little visit. When he returned the car had been stolen. The license number was 5022S. JOHN PTSHER, the motorcycle cop. who was shot by a negro several months ago and who is now at Mayo Bros, hospital at Rochester, Minn., sent a telegram to Chief Austgen yesterday stating that he would undergo another operation on Fridr.y. IRVING BETZ, whose motor tastes used to run to long nosed racing cars, has switched to a more sedate field and is now the proud owner of Hammond's first 1922 Model 61 Cadillac coupe. He is even reluctant about putting It Into the Hohman street r. r. ANSWERING a query The Times does not know whether the Ku Klux Klan Is organized in Hammond or not. Many reports are out and one is good as another. OLD DOC. YOUNG Is as busy as the proverbial paperhanger with the hives. Doc says his football team this year opens at Buffalo and will take the measure of them all this season. "A EOT SCOUT never cries, no matter what happens," were the words used by Marlon Vantelt, age twelve, of Huntington and he forced a smile as physicians Bet his right leg which was broken in an automobile accident. IT may interest West Hammond folks to learnithat unofficial rumor has it that the "flying . squadron" of federal prohibition agents who pay no attention to state lines and who pfnrh -wherever pinches are necessary, are headed this way.

CAMPBELL PLANT TO START JANUARY 1ST Good News Received From President of the Company. Proof of the quickening of industry was contained in "a telegram from J.

T. Porrance. president of the Campbell Soup Co., to Gostlin, Mcyn & Hastings, stating that his company plans putting Its Hammond plant Into operation about the first of the year. The. Campbell Soup Co., purchased the Reld-Murdoch plant last January and at the time begin plans for the erection of a six story factory covering twelc acres. Work on the building will start next year. Meantime the company will use the old ReidMurdoch plant in whicii machinery is now being installed. In his telegram to Mr. Meyn's firm. Dorrance states that his brother, A. C. Dorrance .vice-president of the Camphell company, will be in Hammond Friday . It is understood that the Campbell people will employ at least 500 people when they begin operation the first of the year. They are the manufactur ers of the famous Campbell soup and Campbell's pork and beans. The Keid-Murdoch plant was sold ; the Campbell people by --Peter W. Meyn and William J. Hastings for $300,000. E GETS VERDICT VALPARAISO. Ind, Sept. 22.-Tn the superior court the Jury in the -a-of Caldorone vs. the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago railroad yesterday afternoon brought in a verdict r. $30 for the plaintiff. He sued for $:.- 000, alleging that the defendant srr--r car company, negligently ran into m automobile. Today a case for damages by Sho. a Michigan City furniture dealer, for damage, against the City of Hammond, was commenced for trial. He is asking for damages because h ran his automobile Into an obstruction ri the streets of. Hammond, that was noi flagged as d.ngerous. This case was to be tried by a JuryIn superior court but was dismissal this morning. , KLAN OFFICERS MUST (INTERNATIONAL NEK'S SERVICE! WASHINGTON". Sept. 22. Off Icials of the Ku Klux Klan may be asked . come to Washington to consult with Department of Justice officials relative to the affairs of that organization, attorney-general Daugherty indicated today. Ti-.e Attorne y-Gene-Tal said that no decision has been reached as yet a to whether the government will tak action is deemed necessary that it may be that it can be best brought about through State court procedure. "There Is no room in this country for a self-constituted vigilajice organization," the Attorney-General said. "The department of Justice Is well organized for enforcing the law and there is in need for any organization which seek to define the rights of American citi zens. THIS BARBER IS ROUGHLY HANDLED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MCSKOUEE, Okla.. Sept. 22. C. C Anderson, a barber, of Boynton, near here, was reported to have departed from that city today, following: his whipping last' nlght.at the hands of the party of IS masked men w'ho accused him of being a home wrecker. Anderson was taken from Boynton early in the evening. A reporter fo, a morning newspaper here answered a mysterious summons, appeared at Summit, Oka., at an appointed time last evening and was made a member of. th" party. According to the reporter, Anderson walled In pain while the lash was being administered, and promised ferver-t ly to leave Boynton at once. His captor. Informed him they did not represent the Ku Khix Klan. FRED SCHULTZ TO PENAL FARM Fred Schultjs. a well known Hammond character who always mado his home wherever his hat was off, starts r 1i i c in Am ' n or f nr tVl itflf na ', T tartw this morning for the state penal farm to spend the next six months. Fred ii.is .appeared In lh c.ty co ir; resular:y v 'thin the 'af t . couple of yfnrs, It was generally 'or beih?r drunk b')' 'this moi'nlntr Fred faced a c;ir.r;ro of attempted robberi. Officers Bo.. Fandrci and AVright grabbed him nt Columbia avenue anr. Summer street. !ai ,-nsrht after he had attempted t'i bre.ik 'ntr a home n Summer stree-. - He eot.ia m. tilt, of Bullty.

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HESSVILLE HAS SPIRIT OF 76 DAYS

Down With Taxation Without Representation Shout Village Patriots History repeati Itself but methods change. Whereas Paul Revere had horse and the minute men of Lexington used muskets to protest against taxation without repersintation, A. K. Jarnecke, president of the de facro government of Hessville rides in an automobile and his constituents use typewriters. The Republic of Hessvl'.le which had declared Its independence from the city of Hammond has gone in for written propaganda. The first shell was shot yesterday and desultory nrinp was continued today. THE CiAM-AV-" DK(AEEH. King Dan Brown and Premier McMahon are finding the Hessville colonists a troublesome lot of eubjects. It is expected that winter will bring second Valley Forge with George Washington Ferderich, the town marshal, crossing the Little Calumet to meet the forces of King Brown. The cry of the Hessville Republic varies from that of the thirteen colonies. Instead of objecting; to taxation w ithout representation the thirteen precincts of Hessville are united under the banner "down with taxation without benefits." The government within a. government says that the Impoverished marsh land wll not bear the city taxes.. TO BO Ann Ft NrTIOsiJl. The annexation of Hessville. by th ity I'f Hammond has been declared !"pal by the state gupr'nie court b' t t petition for. rehearing has been til o ind pending disposition of the motion ti tovrn bard. town -chfol boa-d and town officials including the constabulary continue to function desplt he assumption of authority by the city of Hammond and the magnificent presence of a uniformed metropolitan cop. It is the spirit ot '78 In Hessville. "Millions for d?fns but not one cent f"r tribute" and "Give us liberty tt death' are the noble sentiments o: the citizenry. Believing they have been misrepresented by tory pre.s, the HessvilU n'ionists have decided to enlighten tht peopfe a. .to the true facts regarding the so-called . revolt . What benefits are we receiving from Hammond? they ask, and answer, none. PnOMISES BIT XO BOEFIT.. The grabbing of the Hessville terri tory, comprising a third of the area the city of Hammond 3 square miles is for the purpose of, bringing more money Into the treasury of the Dominion of Hammond, they say. Ham mond has made many promises o! tienefits but given none. The Hessville people declare that the building of sewers through th marsh land by the city of Hammond would confiscate the land to pay for the .improvement. They say that there is nothing that Hammond has to ;,-ive that they want and that t ti -: acquisition of the territory Is against the will of the people. They are un willing subjects. ' To support thejr claim that the an nexatlon of the Hessville territory with a five year, clause was illegal they cite & case in which Memphis. Tenn., annexed an abuttinr area of land by an act of the legislature under similar terras arid It was held illegal by the supreme court of the state. "If we don't hang together we will hang separately," .ayeth ye Hessville patriots . EVERETT TIRED OF PRISDN LIFE 1 1 NTERN ATI0N AL NEWS SERVICE 1 TOPEKA. Kansas, Sept. 22. Everett A. Harding', who posed s a cousin o President Harding and claimed to b Assistant Secretary to the president, is tired of the hum-drum life of Lea-'-vn worth federal prison. He has petitioned United States District Judge John C. Pollock for a release on habeas corpus proceedings, it was revealed today. Harding, who was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment last April for Impersonating a federal officer, allege. In hi. application there is no such office as "Assistant - Secretary" to the president and that, therefore, he is illegally held. ANTI-BEER BILL HAS RIGHT OF WAY riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. Supporters of the "bone dry" search, and seizure section of the anti-heer bill forced the senate today to take up the conference of the measure By a vote of SI, to 23 a motion by Senator Sterling. Republican, South Dakota, that the senate resume consideration' of the conference report was adopted despite efforts made bv Senator Penrose. Republican, Pennsylvania, to have the $3.00.000,000 tax revision bill taken up instead. The senate's action gave the antibcer' measure the right of way ov'r ail other pending legislation.

GRAVEST COAL CRISIS

BT MILDRED MORRIS STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 The gravest coal crisis confronting the nation in years is due within the next sixtydays, experts forecast today. Nothing short of coal famine durinp the winter faces the middle west ami northwest which are supplied by the bituminous coal fields, according to present Indications. The weekly production ot ritt: ininous coal has been nearly 2,500,0? tons short of normal. When the 'rush season" begins, which will be about the middle or end of October, railroads will not have enough cars to move coal, it is predicted. I "From then on it will he a question of transportation." Sjdd S. Pratt, presi dent of the National tbal Association today. "There has been a shortage of f-f " for th Past three years. There 0. S. FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER PHANTOM STILL Officers of the law believe they arrived at Dyer yesterday morning a few hours too late to capture the phantom still which gossip Insists is In circulation among illicit distillers of the Calumet region. This still is of varying proportions according to the numerous stories but it Is never smaller than twenty-five gallon capacity. That it is portabk-. all agree. It is here one day, there another but ne-ver stays at one place lrrg enough for "(fleers to get a lin--on it. The moonshiners ke'p it mov ing. Each member of the ring getj it when his masjv Is rr'-perly soured and send It on Just as soon a.- th last drop of moonshine has trickled from the colls. . That's the story anyway. The r'a son given is that twenty-five or more men can make moonshine but if it comes to the worst only one will ever be fined for having a still in his pos session. whreas undr .the -old style a'! twenty-five of them might get caught rrd-handod. Chf-f Simons and several assistants slipred down to Dyer yesterday on report that Amll Muntau has the phantom at his house. This time It was a twentv-flve gallon outfit. The officers dropped in on Amil but found no still. They got several gallons of moonshine and some mash. Amil protested he had no knowledge of the mvthical still but said he had planned to use Alex Mineschan's. However, his plans were knocked ir. the head when the officers grabbed the Mfnsrhan Mil! south east of Hesville several days ago. Muntau was released under bond and will be tried in ,th nmnd city ciurt Sptrmber 28, $1,000 Ham MRS. EARL SAYS HUBBY WHIPPED HER Declares She Was Made 111 By His Brutality. The divorce market opened with a slight flurry and closed five cases higher today. Mary Earl, is askin a decree of divorce from William Earl, the custody of their son and $1,000 alimony. McMahon and Conroy. Mrs. Earl alleges that her husband gave her such a severe whipping that it made her ill. McAleer, Dorsey and Giilett today lied divorce actions for Sarah W. Palmateer and Blanford I McKay. " In his petition for divorce, Harry A. Glass declares that his wife Catherine, provoked him by talking of her sweetheart in Detroit and that she knew the names of too many saloon-keepers and the location of too many wine room to suit him. Attorney Albert E. Griffiths. MURDERER TAKES HIS LIFE t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 ELLEV1LLE, ill., Sept. 22. The body of K. M. Pace, charged with the murder in East St. Louis, Sept. 3, of Mrs. Emma Fortner, was found danglln from the end of a cot strap in the Jail here today. race had failed in two previous attempts at suicide. Pace in alleged to have shot Mrs. Fortner because she refused to leave her husband and elope with him. TULSA SHOOTINa AFFRAY TODAY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 TULSA, Okla., Sept. 22. "Bud" JUeClure wa shot and Instantly knled and Mrs. Stephen 1. Tripp was serious ly wounded in a shooting affray here early today. A quarrel between the McClure and Tripp families, who occupied the same house, led to the shootintr, Tripp in a statement, said McClure shot Mrs. Tripp with a revel ver.. Tripp then seized a rifle, he aid and shot McClure. Mrs. Tripp's condition was reported as serious today.

IS NOW ANTICIPATED

no possibility of the railroads getting enough cars to supply the demand for winter coal. In the middle west and the northwest it will be impossible to relieve the suffering that will result. For the householder will be afl'eOed as voll as industries and public utilities. There will not be enough coal moved to keep stroet car and electric light plants going, not to mention industries that may be ope.-ating. "Prices always rise when there is shortage in any commodity." According to Pratt, the slump in soft coal, as shown by the present average weekly output of 7,500.000 tons asainst the normal averace or 10. "0". 000 tons tons mraiM a'.. out hnif the Industries of the country arc paralyzed. A sudden revival of industry would make the situation .vute. oven with enoURh cars to move i-oal lrrau ..f k; shortage in production WILL FIGHT MILLER ROAD Members of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. at the noon-day- luncheon today votd unanimously to support .the legal fight against construction of the Millet Heach toad. The case which was filed by North Township cities during the early s-jmmcr came up in the regular order on the Circuit Court docket this week but was pafsed because of a jury trial then in session. East Chicago has shown an inclination to drop the fight now that holding out this long has been the means of cutting about $100,000 off of the construction cost? because of decrease in prices of materials. Hammond business men believe that every effort "should be mad to.' halt its construction as a county road beransrHammond. East Chicago and WhUin will pay over half of the cost whereas Gary will draw the great benefit. ''Hammond and East Chicago may each expect to pay at least one-fourth of the cost." said A. M. Turner. "It will n--t stop there for we have heard of road after rad which the south townships arc Just waiting a chance to spring if this z-es through. They art bound to try to get even with us and it wlil man the j-addMne of an imivense debt on the taxpayer. And remember, e'-ery time a county road U built, the territory north of the LittliCalumet River pays S3 per cent, of the cost and the balance of the county pays only 15." Tht Chamber of Commerce also con-id-red the plan which was advance! recently for taking care of the needy of Hammond. The committee composed "-eprer entatlv es of various civic organi zation has bcn appointed and complete working plans will be announced soon. Call for help are coming in reg-j)arv and it is expected that several thousands of dollars will be needed. Jt has been suggested that business men and people who have steady work pledge thermvdvrs to give one or two dnila-s a month for the next six monthIt is hoped to get 1,500 people to subscribe to this sehftii' CONSUMERS STORES STRINGS Steadily the string of Consumers Sanitary Coffee and Butter stores is increasing in the Calumet region. Todaythere are two stores in Hammond. Tomorrow one will open in Whiting and another In Indiana Harbor. Within a short time the fifth will make Its bowIn East Chicago. C. C. Wiedman, who was formerly in charge of the first Hammond store has now been made superintendent of the string in the roKien. He has shown himself a business getter since he took over the place at 1S State sl Later he opened the one'on Hohman st., op posite the Mee Hotel. Just to show how the company looks out for its customers in keeping with its slogan, "highest quality at lowest prices," a recent butter purchase may be cited. Representatives were at the Minnesota state fair. At the close of the fair all of the butter which had been entered for prizes was purchased. The quality of this butter coming from the heart of the country's greatest dairy district Is of course the verybest. Tct it Is being offered to customers as a special treat at unusuallylow prices. J ne new niting store win be at 517, 119th street, and the Indiana Harbor store is at 344S Michigan ave., both excellt locations. The Fast Chicago store will occupy the room used for years by the Rottenburg Grocery. Tomorrow the company will have fifty-one stores in the Chicago district. Extensions are planned for LaPorte, Valparaiso and Michigan City soon. FIRE DAMAGES McCRAY ELEVATOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANA I -OL1S. Ind.. Sept. 22. Fire in , the grain elevator on the farm of Gov. McCray near Krntland. last nigiu did $20,000 damage, the Governor was - . .... v v,. i . isrm was used to extinguish the blaze,

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County Stock Raisers Have Magnificent Display of ' Animals (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, ind.. S.pt. 2 2 --Tiv? display of hordes and live stock at th-5 county fair eclipses the exhibit at th: state fair. This was the opinion of experts who viewed the daily stock parade lat'l ei-e-ninp;. ; It Is agreed unanimously that it is the greatest fair that Lake' county has ever known. The word has gone ou' throughout the county that none can afford to miss the fair and as a result the attendance today promised, to break all records. More people passed through tit turn.siiles yesterday than ever before on a Wednesday. The crowd todq.v will approximate twice as many as yesterday. The diphtheria scare at Crown Point is subsiding and while there are a jew cases of the disease it J3 not detracting from the big show. Good time was made :n the tac-s yesterday considering the slow track. The results follow: Mile Trotting Race Nellie th? Great, first; Baby Doll, second; E8na Gray, third; Greyhound, fourth. Tim.', 2:18. Pace Kenluch Girl, first; King Corporal, second; Lowell Dick, third. Time, 2:30. Running Lad, first, TJ-23, second, B. Lickley, third; trolcano, fourth. Half Mile, Running Mollie O, first; Maizilla second; Rough Weather, third.

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T THE MARKET' The bl?geF real estate ale that has been put on in Hammond In months will take place October 1st and 2nd when Madison Terrace, the forty, acre tract on both sides of Madison street just south of Standard avenue and with business lots on Calumet avenue, w ill be put on the market. The subdividing of this beautiful acreage has been completed along the broad liberal lines that characterise all of additions laid out by Woods. Martin & Company, some of the unusual features of which are as follows: All of the residential lots are 20 feet instead of twenty-five, but not less than two lots will be sold to any purchaser and restrictions prevent building a hme on less than 40 feet of frontage. SU n DIVIDING PB.OOHXSSITX Making the lots 20 feet accomplish s several things. The smaller unit enables a man o buy 40. 60 or SO feet. If a lot is split it gets away fro-n fractional feet. Thus two one-half lot would be 50 feet. It eliminates the difficuTbes in figuring street assessments. The modern bungalow has such a large foundation that less than 40 feet is not enough. Another feature of the new subdivision is the fact that Standard avenue Is laid out to a width of 112 feet to conform with the plans of the city to make this a great boulevard between Hammond and Gary. Eighty-two feet came off from the new 40 acre subdivision. This conforms to the dedication made in the South View addition which Woods, Martin 4 Co. laid out a year or two ago, Just south of Kenwood. MAmr STSEZTS PAVED In this day of high pavement costs it is interesting to note that more than half of the frontages on all streets in the subdivision are improved with eoun ty pavements the cost of which has been paid by the township. Calumet avenue, Madison avenue and Standard avenue were all paveel by tne county. Jefferson and Monroe streets and one side of Jackson street are the only ones that remain to be paved. Madison terrace is on the south slopof the same ridge that has been the chief attraction of such subdivisions as Glendale, Kenwood. Hyde Park and other high class south side residential districts. JUBSTmXCTZOJTS UNWISE Roscoe E. Wood.s. the president or the Madison Terrace company, who has had a long and successful career as a subdivider, has undertaken In Madison Terrace to Impose protective, but not prohibitive restrictions on the property. The.-.e include the following: Building line restrictions excepting on business lots on Calumet avenue. Side line restrictions to prevent neighbors from building too close together. Houses to cost $3,000 or more on all streets excepting Standard avenue, where they may cost 5,000 or more. No less than two 20 foot lots may be built on. No fences In front of the house. No fences higher than 5. feet. AVOID BLACX SOU. COSTS The south three-fourths of Madison Terrace, is a fertile farm which raised bumper crops this year. Thus for the first time in the history of Hammond city lots are to be sold where the expense of $100 to $300 that has been (Continued on Last Page) FLOODS iN J ORTIJAL LONDON, Sept. 22. One of the worst storms in years has swept Lisbon, Portugal, causing many deaths, ac-cordir-to a d it-patch from there today. Rain fell an torrents and street were reported turned into rivers. Many persons were washed into sewers and fTv - i.i Ainru in me. coiiapse o houses. the

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