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Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
CUMBERLAND
PUMPKIN CLUB

Arrangements are being made for
the second annual social and banquet
of the Cumberland Pumpkin Club, an
event that is looked forward to with
a great deal of interest by many peo-
pie. The banquet will be held in Bate
mans Hall, Cedarville, on Thursday
evening, November 21st at $50 o'clock.
The affair is given under the auspices
of the Ladies Aid Society of Cedarville
Baptist Church.
The tickets for the banquet are nee
essarily limited and those who enjoyed
the social last year will have first op-
portunity for this affair. Those who
did attend the banquet a year ago will
be first to demand tickets for this
wear.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
Wednesday morning

There are two courts in session at
the county building today, Vice Chan
cellor Leaning is holding court in the
supreme Court room, and Judge R. P.
Tuller is holding court in the county
court room.
The Vice Chancellor is this morning
still trying the case of the Frick Co
against Thos. F. Mayhem, of Millville.
Two important cases are to follow
this, which have interest One con-
Germs the disposition of the old county
clerks office property, and the other
is the litigation between Messrs Pot
ter and Nixon.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
WHOLE NO. 1899
MATTERS IN THE
CHANCERY COURT

Tn cast of the foreclosure of mort
gage, J. Milton Compton. plaintiff,
against Sadie Cohen, defendant. under
her claim of purchase by township tax
sale, was not concluded yesterday be-
fore Vice-Chancellor Leaning, but
was continued till today.
The case of Frick Co., against Thos.
f. Mayhem, friendly suit to ascer-
tain amount of damages, was taken
up yesterday afternoon. This case
grows out of the erection of an ice
plant in Millville. The price seems to
have been $11, 900 for which the Frick
Co. was to put up the plant, which was
to produce 20 tons per day. Mr..
Mayhew had the plant erected on his
property in Millville; he agreed to
pay 20 per cent. when the machinery
arrived, so per cent. when the plant
was erected. and the balance in sun
dry notes at 6 months. IL months and
lS months, etc, thereafter, these notes
secured by mortgage.
The notes have not been paid, be-
cause of the claim not coming up to
the standard of production agreed up
on, and therefore an offset is claimed
by Mr.. Mayhem in way of damages.
VIM. A. Logue appears for the Frick
Co., and Hon. Lewis H. Miller for Mr..
Mayhem. The case consumed the af-
ternoon.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
A GREAT IMPROVEMENT

TheNlarge electric light globe before
the entrance of the Bridgeton Library
on East Commerce street, is a most
decided improvement and will be
greatly appreciated by the public. The
ladies of the association deserve much
credit for their enterprise in this and
many other enterprises for the good
of the institution, and for the city at
large.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
If You Are A Trifie Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, it's some
satisfaction to know that many peo-
pie can wear shoes size smaller by
shaking Aliens Foot-Ease into them.
Just the thing for Patent Leather
Shoes, and for breaking in New Shoes.
Sold Everywhere. 25c. Sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
n. Y. I'LL 3w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
SPECIAL MEETING.

Special meetings are being held at
the Friendship NJ. E. Church. Last
night there were three at the altar and
the services are growing in interest.
Tomorrow night Rev. V. C. Van Hoes
en- of the First NJ. P. Church, will
preach.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
Many at Theatres.

With the exceptionally fine enter
tainments that are being given in the
Bridgeton theatres there are many
people who are each night present at
the places of amusement.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
MANY Children are SickIY.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children Break up Colds in "a hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Sto-
mach Troubles, Teething Disorders,
and Destroy Worms At all druggists.
Zoe. Sample mailed FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
I'LL d 3W
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-11-14
City COuncjI

The next regular meeting of the
Bridgeton City Council will be held at
City Hall on Tuesday of next week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
WOMAN ARRESTED
FOR WHIPPING CHILD
Plummer Avenue Woman
Cause Arrest of Ken
nedy Woman.

Inhuman treatment of a little blue
eyed girl provoked into existence yes
terday a humane society OF ten. After
dispensing with g. little piece of bust
ness they had in mind the emergency
body dispersed. The whole proceedings
lasted but briefly and resulted in the
conviction in Judge Prests court of
Mrs Anna Kennedy, $50 Piummer ave-
nue., on the charge OF cruelty to S-year-
old Belva Miller. for whose care she is
being literally paid by the girls IA
ther, George Miller. now in Pennsylvania
The daughter of Mrs. Kennedy. former
ly Mrs Gromiere, but now Miss Anna
Kennedy, social reporter. was also
arrested. She was not convicted.
Habitual use of a raw-hide whip on
the person of Belva Miller earned for
Mrs Kennedy the hatred OF her neigh
Dor women. Every resident Of the 400
block on the south side OF Piummer
avenue was up in arms. The husbands
urged their wives to act and support
ed them in their demands that the
whippings stop.
Cries In the night disturbed the sleer
frail form marked and wounded by
stripes that civilization refuses to give
it's criminals was too much for Plum
mer avenue. The women were arrest
ed yesterday morning and their tria
called late in the afternoon The war
rants were signed by Mrs Anna Pence
Those who testified were the wives OF
William Pales. Guy Campbell. William
Green, Thomas Green, William Flynn
A Wertzserges and the Misses For
ence Flynn and Mary Bates
Judge Prest suspended sentence tt
! mediate over the proper punishment
According to evidence given the house
hold of Mrs Kennedy, whose husband
Is employed in the American Bridg,
works. must be a small edition of tn,
Spanish inQuisition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
hammond S[EUTH
NAbS AUTO THIEF
Clever Work Results In Capture of Bob
Patten After He Had
Left Gary

Capturing crooks Is come to be
disease affecting the entire Hammond
police force.
A mild hammered fatherly looking
man of middle age sauntered across
State street at Oakley avenue. in Ham
mond. about o'clock last evening. On
the postoffice corner he stopped and
leaned wearily against the two-deck
mail box His presence was noticed
by another man equally as weary of
manner. To all appearances the two
might have belonged to the same fra
ternity.
Bob" said Captain of Police Rom
bach (the mysterious guy who was in
troduced in the opening paragraph.
''whered you go after you left the
Gary hotel through the Sixth avenue
entrance at 10 o'clock last evening""
Bob Gives Up.
II went to-oh, the DEVIL might
have known you were a BULL" and
Bob began to swear fiuently and
volubly in soft detected way that in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
DR.. c. |. SMITH :
BUYS ACRE TRACT
Dentist Joins Colony of
Hammondites Who Will
Have Country Homes.

DR.. G. L. Smith is the latest to join
the exclusive colony of Hammond peo-
pie who are going to live on regular
country estates just south of the city
limits.
DR.. Smith purchased an acre of
ground from w. G. Paxton and will
some day build ne suburban home
upon it. Othe RS who have purchased
acres in this section of the city are:
Frank Hammond. DR.. T. W.. Oberlin,
Richard Winckler Otto Matthies, P. A.
Parry and w. G. Paxton.
Mr.. Taxton expects to build fine
country residence next summer on sew
en- acres of ground. Considering the
extent of the site and the cost of the
residence and the improvements it is
expected that his will be the finest
residence in Hammond.
This poincs to the south side along
Holman ST, eet, as the finest residential
district in the city of Hammond. IT
is expected that deals will be closed for
other acre tracts in few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
BOARD
TURNS ITS
DEAF EAR
Taxpayers of Burnham Are
Greatly Excited Over Ger
tain Street Improvements
Against Which They Have
demonstrated.

There was a red hot meeting of the
Burnham board of local improvements
last night when the board turned a
deaf ear to the remonstrances of the
property owners and authorized GER
tain street improvements in spite of
them.
Today the people of Burnham are
asking: What interest can the board
of local improvements have in insist
ing on making an Improvement that is
opposed by 90 per cent of the property
owners of the town."
When the matter was put to a vote
President c. w. Whitney of the town
board voted against the proposition.
He was supported in his stand by Tein
Rau one of the trustees
Those who favored the Improvement
in spite of the remonstrances of the
property owners were William Fur
man. c. F. EIdred. and Joseph Gapzie-
wicz.
People In Arms
According to w. A. Schroeder. one OF
the indignant citizens, Special Assess
ment Attorney S. K. Markham is one
Of the prime movers in the deal. The
property owners were represented In
their fight against the Improvement by
Attorney Fox of Chicago.
Fox made a speech in which he said
that his clients were not opposed &c
improvements but that they had been
1Continued on Pe ege
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
$4,000
BRIDGE IS
WANTED
Development of Hammond
East Chicago Factory Dis
trict Is Sadly Retarded
Because of Lack of Bridge
Facilities ON Forsyth Ave.

Letters have been sent out by C. A
westberg. vice president of the East
Chicago company. to Mayor Smalley OF
Hammond, Parks OF Whiting and
SchllesxerA of East Chicago. to members
of the boards of public works of these
cities the East Chicago city council
and the commercial clubs of the cities
effected. and other business men whose
influence is desirable. asking them 10
use their influence with the county
council which meets Sept 8, for an
appropriation of $1,000 for the Forsyth
avenue bridge over the west branch of
the canal.
This is the only opportunity to get
the appropriation through this year. as
the council meets but once a year. The
urgent necessity for the bridge is such
as to make IT very necessary the money
should be Appropriated at the earliest
opportunity and a representative body
of men to urge the granting of the ap-
preparation, is looked for to attend the
meeting. The Letter is in duplicate, and
Is follows:
Dear Sir:-The County Council
meets Sept ard, and among other
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
SQU|RES PUT ON
THE GRILL NOW

And now Miss Virginia Brooks Is
going after the justices of the peace
of West Hammond and Burnham. Miss
Brooks is of the opinion that nothing
has made reform in West Hammond
50 difficult the fact that when dive
keepers and women of scarlet reputa-
tion were arrested the justices of the
peace released them on minimum fines
or with no fine at all.
For instance. when the West Ham
mond police arrested the diyekeepers
on charges OF running disorderly
places they were taken to Burnham,
where Judge Wittenburg gave them a
kindly smile and released them.
The police had evidence against
them. but Judge Wittenburg could not
see II that way. Not one of them
were compelled to pay fines And
there have been other cases where ia
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
WHITING WANTS TO
KIDAAP ROBERTsDALE
Postal Authorities Trying
to Round Up Ham .
mond's Little Sister.

The people of Robertsdale arc up In
arms over the attempt that Is being
made by Whiting to have that district
included in the whiting postoffice dis
trict-
There are two things which spur
Postmaster, Ned1l OF Whiting on to his
effort to include Robertsdalo IN his
Jurisdiction. One Ia that the Increased
receipts would add Considerably to his
salary and the other is that the in
creased revenue of the office would give
Whiting free mail delivery.
But the people OF Robertsdale are
against the proposition. They now get
mail from thirty-two trains daily
Two OF these are north and south
roads. Whiting has but four mail
trains and all OF them are east and
west roads.
Robertsdale now has FREQ delivery
service, and all Whiting can oyer II tho
prospect of free delivery II the receipts
OF the office warrant II. 1t is expected
that practically everybody in Roberts
dale will sign the petition.
The city of Whiting has been looking
with envious eyes on Robertsdale for
several years. The building of the
American. Maize Products Co. and the
! resulting development of Robertsdale
| is what has caused 1t.
| But the people of Robertsdale ara
satisfied TO remain a part OF Hammond.
| They have efficient fire service, good
water, as compared with that in Whit
| Ing. an efficient police force and free
delivery.
1t is expected that the postoffice de-
partment will deny the application of
Postmaster Nedjl to include Roberts
dale in the Whiting postal district
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
PARTY WORKERS TO
GET OUT VOTE
Democrats and Republicans
Will Strive to Get Big
Registration.
Especial to THE TrMEs.) J

Crown Point Ind, Aug. 2e-with the
record registration of voters only a
little more than a week away the par
ty workers on both democratic and re-
publican folds are using every efforts
to get the voters out on the second
chance to vote. Center township
registered apout SO per cent of its vot
ers at the last registration, but there
are enough left unregistered in the
township to swing the tide of victory
to either party.
As far as the bull moose movement
is concerned in Center township IT
amounts TO practically nil, and the
party workers will spend little time in
trying to win the few supporters from
the coonels fold. The registration here
will be held in the same place as was
held asst time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
ANOTHER VETERAN
ANSWERS LAST CALL
Soldiers Of Civil War At
tend Obsequies Over
Remains of Comrade.

Post 500 of the G.. A r. today hon
ored the memory OF comrade. Veteran
Charles Walton, who died Monday at
the age of So Fourteen old soldiers
attended the funeral and ten accom-
panied the body to the burial In Rose-
NH cemetery Evanstoss
Pillows of roses and wreaths OF
myrtle were lying on the coffin In the
Emmerling chapel this morning. In
twos and threes the veterans entered.
It seemed that death was not terrible
thing to them, for their words were
cheerful and bright.
The service was brief and unusual.
Hymns were sung with spirit and zest
by men whose eyes shone with pride
They talked of his bravery and honor
of the years he had spent in the serv-
ice OF his country and the years he
had lived for his fellow men. 1t seemed
reunion more than funeral.
.1 wonder II he knows we're here.
said one.
TT doesn't matter" said another
'.for he knew when he died that we
would be-
| Canes clicked on the sidewalk as the
veterans marched in a body to the 1913
Lake Shore. trifie halting In step
but otherwise sprightly they walked
UP the depot platform. Men removed
their hats and women smiled sweetiy as
they could with tears In their eyes.
| Charles Walton has been resident
| of Hammond for many years. His home
has been with his brother, 234 Hoffman
street Two sisters. who live in Chi
cago, were present at the funeral
] They are Mrs. William Parker. 405'
Evanston avenue, and Mrs. John S. Mil
Ter. 1885 Kenmore avenue.
/ The veteran soldiers who were II
attendance are:
Edward c. Weeks of the Ninth Ohit
cavalry. company NJ; K. @. Watson o
| the Fourth Indiana cavalry, compan!
L: Peter Klassen of the Eighth Illinois
cavalry, company d: W. S. Hubbard o
| the 169th Pennnsylvania, company e
F. NJ. Elliott of the Eighty-sixth Indf
/ ana, company G: DR.. Vaughn of th'
| Fourteenth California, company c
Fred Lash of the First New York artil
lery, company H: George w. Prougl
1 of the Forty sixth Indiana, company A
d. Dickson of the Ninth Illinois, com
pany G.
c. Larrabee OF the Thirteenth rndi
| ana infantry, company 1; L Hartlerod
of the Forty-sixth Indiana. compan.
H; George Post of the Ninth Indiana
company H; H Crowell of the Sixty
eighth Indiana, company c.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
.HEGE WISCH TO HAVE
FAIRGROUNDS
Twenty Acres to Cost When
Improved 100000 in
Public Park.

The city of Chicago is spending $780,
900 for a playground park In Hege-
wisch. This fact has not been gener-
ally known, although those who have
gone into Chicago on the South Shore
line recently have noticed the activity
there.
The city has purchased twenty acres
of ground and already has spent $780,
600 on improvements. Large quantities
of black dirt are shipped in from Gary.
III.
The park is to be similar TO those In
other parts of Chicago. There will be
community buildings, athletic appara-
tus, wading pools. baseball field and
broad stretches of lawn.
Thus it happens that Hegewisch, the
Chicago suburb that has received the
abuse of the newspapers for years, Is
at last to have one of the finest insti-
tutions in the country.
Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago
and Indiana Harbor, with their boast
ed school facilities is not to have any
thing nearly so fine as the Hegewisch
Fairgrounds.
Johnny Patton, the chief of police Of
Burnham, has the contract for the team
work on the job. He says that the
Improvement is to cost at least $780,
900 and will be fine thing for the
city.
Other Chicago suburbs that are II
have Fairgrounds are Irondale, GRAND
Crossing and Burnside. Chicago is IA
nous for its Fairgrounds, and 1t is az
interesting fact that two of them are
to be located within ten miles of Ham
mond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
HIGHLAND BANK
STARTS BUSINESS

Highlands now has bank. 1t Is
known as the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of Highlands and is cap
italized at $4,000. The stockholders.
fifty of them, met last night and elected
officers and directors.
The officers are A L Reiner. presi-
dent; F. Richard Schaaf. vice presi-
dent; H. S. Daugherty, cashier. and p
j. Kooy, assistant cashier. Besides the
officers the directors are John ]. kraay'
Frank Berwanger and Nick p. Korten-
hoeven.
A bank building is TO be erected at
once, and Highlands and the people on
the ridge in that vicinity will soon
have banking facilities right at home.
1t is understood that there are
enough funds of the town and enough
people n the vicinity who have large
deposits in other banks to insure $780,
600 of deposits from the very start.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
STATE OFFICER
IN HAMMOND

John d. Williams, examiner of the
building and loan department in the
state auditors office, is still in Ham
mond at work auditing the books of
the associations which have their head
quarters here. The probabilities are
that he will spend several weeks in
Lake county.
Mr.. Williams will make his reports to
the state auditor, and appreciating the
rivalry among the various associations
for word of commendation and in
order that all may have uniform treat
ment he will not make any statements
to the press regarding his findings of
any association.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
WHY ROOMS
WERE SCARCE
THIS YEAR

The larger number of people en-
poyed in the factories and offices this
year, compared to last year, is Civ
en- by Supt. c. NJ. Mcdaniel as probably
the strongest reason why rooming ac-
commodations this year for the teach
ers are scarcer. There is no danger of
a lack of roooms, however. as the re-
sponses this year were only tardy. As
a matter of fact, fifty applications have
been received already and more are
coming in daily. so that by the time
all the teachers have arrived enough
accommodations will have cen found.
Many of the teachers too make their
own reservations before leaving on
their vacations.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29

timated that he had been expecting
trouble and was rather relieved to over
with
You're Robert w. Patten. alias
Stewart. alias Warren, who steals au-
tomobiles for a living" drawled Rim
bach by way OF Identification. '.Have
a cigar and let's take walk"
Then to the bastile.
Waltxes Him to the Cooler.
The stroll was not without destin-
alton. Robert was frisked by Captain
Hanlon, booked with proper sarcasm
by Sergeant See and locked up by Of
lcer Law. That ceremony of the keys
completed the capture of another no.
torious crook, tChicago papers please
give credit to Captain Porter)
1t may sound melo-dramatic but II Is
nevertheless true. Captain Rimbach
followed his suspect for four days.
While he was not always on Ms trail
he knew about where he could be
(Continued on Page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
WHO HAS
THE PRIZE
BABY HERE?

Who has the prize baby in Ham
mond?
A committee drafted by the Lake
County Trades and Labor Council will
have to answer this question next Mon
day at Kinders grove. Not in a dark
little room, where no one can see them.
not in an iron cage where they are
protected from all harm, but out in the
the babe and In the presence of hun
will this interpid committee have to say
loudly and distinctly This is the fin
est. fairest. prettiest handsomest prize
baby in Hammond" and then duck, If
there is there is time.
The names of this committee have
for obvious reasons not been made
public. The baby in the contest must
be not over two years old. The baby
contest will be only one of many feat
| uree at the big Labor day celebration,
which is the official celebration of the
Lake County Trades and Labor Coun-
| Gil.
I The organization has adopted a pol
| Icy OF awarding only cash prizes. be-
! lieving that this will be the most salts
| factory course In the afternoon there
| will be races and games. including a
ball game. There will be good music
and dancing to delight the heart of the
young
This is the he-eighth annual picnic CIV
en- by the organization, and every one
has been a. success, and with the way
the committees have worked the one of
next Monday will be a success.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
Got AWAY With It.

A half dozen men monkeyed with 21, :
600 volts of red-hot lightning between
IL and this morning and got away
with it, A poe on the Ridge road
near Oak Hi cemetery was moved in
order to aow the widening of a street.
This business of this poe is to aid in
the support of high tension wire
which carries $1,000 volts. The task Of
removing the pole to another location
was dangerous.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29

Bowing in preparationf or the eague
heason of 1928 is going on mighty
in the Cox alleys. With the varying
weather 1t is Impractical to set dates for
the meeting of teams and so the roing
is impromptu Six league teams have
aready organized and two more are ex-
pected to take on new life soon. The
opening games are scheduled for the
ast week of September.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
A New Club.

Cosmopolftes compose the greater
part of the Irish American club in
Hammond. A New Yorker by the
name of William Martini and a Chi
cagoan known as F. Conway Will rep
resent this city in the Physical Gull
ture Instructors association meeting
in Chicago next month.
L. f. Dugas, who is promoting the
Irish-American here. claims for Mar
TIM record of 5S minutes In the ten
mile run, and the fast time of one
hour dtwenty-five minutes in the
fifteen mile. He will enter his man in
the last distance at Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
voritism has been shown.
Rank Bond Deal.

yoritism has been shown.
Rank Bond Deal.
The rawest deal was the action In
releasing George Rosenbaum on $500
bonds, after he had been charged with
bribery and Green's compelling Mayor
X. NJ. Woszczynski to furnish $1,000
bonds. Rosenbaum is not a fixture in
the community and has served term
in the county jail on the charge OF
petit larceny. while Mayor Woszczyn-
ski has been in West Hammond for
years. where he has held many posi-
tions of trust. The mayor is also a
property owner.
When Miss Virginia Brooks yester-
terday showed County Judge Owens
some original methods used in the Of
fees OF justices OF the peace at West
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