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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-06
Laurium Department
Will ENTERTAIN
THE DELEGATES
LAURiUM VILLAGE COUNCIL TO
MAKE 1T PLEASANT FOR
COUNTY CONVENTION
MEMBERS.

The village council of Laurium a,
its meeting last evening decided to
make the county convention which is
To be held in the Laurium town hail
tomorrow afternoon, as pleasant and
entertaining as possible for the visit
ing delegates.
The council decided to grant the del
ogates the use of the hall free, and fur
Their to secure the services of the
Laurium village band to play during
the afternoon.
Considerable dissatisfaction has been
Expressed in the past by residents Of
the village at the action OF some Of the
business men and others who have
been in the habit of cutting away the
ice from outside their places of bust
ness previous TO the spring breakup.
IL the practice was universal. ii would
not matter so much, but while some
business men persist in doing ;his 9TH
ers refrain. Consequently the walks
are uneven SO the council decided 90
issue orders when the proper time ar
rives for everyone TO clear away the
snow and ice from outside their bust
ness places on the same day. This will
result in uniformity
Clerk Prsk's Reports.
The following is the report o. the
clerk and secretary of the water ho1rd,
from February 1st, TO February sotn,
inclusive:
Receipts
Balance on hand Feb. 1st
l9l2 80. ........ ...,.,,.$26 l0h.Nl
lioton Traction Co. Snow
acct. .... 80. go. .,'.S iSb.4p
Water Rates ....... $3.50
Meters & Supplies . ..... 23S.7o
Robert Hall Sandstone go. SEQ
states Saving Bank Lease 5000
ildll Rent -. 49,. -. 80. 1910
House Rent ]. V. Wills. 300
Labor Mrs. Wilson go. e.. 200
totals $3.50. 80. 49,. .Sl'b3l'bo
Total Receipts Including
balance -. ,t..... rst. .S2S,O5-.4i
Disbursements.
General Fund Expense Account.
Salaries ........ -. ....$ 1898
Repairs on Town Hall .... Ill
supplies 80. -. 2r2l
LABOR ...... -. 80. ,..... S'Oo
Refund on Taxesc ..... 7.2o
lOtalS go. 80. -. ....''..F%l-'9l
Street Expense Account
Salaries & Transfers IS 1900
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
WANT MEMORIAL
FUND RAISED

The G. A. r. and the W. R. c.. under
whose auspices two performances are
to be given at the Hammond theater
next Thursday evening in order to raise
a Memorial day fund, are hoping that
the public will show some appreciation
of their efforts in a good and worthy
cause The tickets are in the hands of
the members of the W. r. c. and G. A.
r. and the teachers of the public
schools have also volunteered to assist
in the sale through the school children
The tickets sell for twenty Ave cents
and may be exchanged for reserved
seats next Monday and thereafter
Manager Kingwill of the Hammond the
alter has promised to turn part of the
evenings proceeds over to Memorial
day, and the program, which is to be
of a patriotic nature, is to be a good
one. 1t Is hoped that most of the tick
cts will be sold by next Tuesday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
HUNT FOR
MURDERER
IN CITY

The police force was kept busy yes
terday afternoon and evening picking
up suspects after they received word
from Chicago to keep sharp look out
for three young men who are wanted
there for killing saloonkeeper and
robbing him of 5000 in money.
About a half dozen suspicious char
acters were picked up, but each of them
gave sufficient proof that they knew
nothing of the robbery and murder in
Chicago
Sergeants Mcnamara and McGrath of
South Chicago were here last night and
told that the men were last seen in
Kensington. where they boarded an
eastbound freight towards Hammond
It was later learned that they got off
at Calumet Park, but so far they have
evaded the police. The three men
range from IS to. 90 years old and the
police are in ooes that they can To-
cate them in this vicinity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
WHAT WATTERSON
SAYS OF ROOSEVELT

IF that one of the Caesars who
goes by the name of Nero was in
sane. Theodore Roosevelt. aspiring
to be an Imitation Caesar, is insane.
THAT Is the long and short of 1T.
The man is a maniac. He knows not
clearly what i,sxaees. or says New
er an utterance efzh viii bear dis
cussion or dissection. That he should
cast friendship to the winds. intel
lectual dignity to the dogs. his own
antecedents TO kingdoms-come, were
proof enough that he Is mad. as mad
as Hamlet. That a few self-seeking
politicians and traitoreus newspaper
editors should follow him is only
proof that vanity and greed are still
factors to be reckoned with in pub
lie life. That. outside of these. he
gets any votes az all is proof of the
adage that a fool Is born every min
ute and that the poorest fake proph-
ct can get up a religion. and any
auack doctor a richly profitable pat
ent medicine
Let his family and friends take
him to an asylum before he does
something irreparable and II is too
late"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Hammond at Hub.

With a lineup containing some of the
best baseball material in this region,
including two star men of the Chicago
City league. Hammond will journey TO
Crown Point tomorrow where they will
open the season with last years pen
nant winners.
They will leave the 1850 Erie
and besides large number of fans who
will take the train there will be a num-
ber in automobiles who will make the
trip. The game will be called at .
o'clock sharp in order that the Ham
mond delegation will be able to return
on the Ais train.
Crown Point viii also have num-
her of new stars in their lineup this
season and have rounded up into a fast
team. As in previous years there is
still considerably rivalry between the
two teams and the fans from both cities
eagerly await the outcome.
The batting order for tomorrow $
game will be: Mol, RI; Mette, If; sta
ten. IS; Hansen. 3b, Kruger. c: Fowler.
/ h: Whitney. Rohde Link. CT. Burge-
mann Tietz,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
MISS BROOKS TAKES
OFFICE LAST NIGHT
President of New Board An
nounces That She Will
Advise New Plans.

The first meeting of the Sobiesky
school board of West Hammond, dis
trict No. 156, was held last evening. X.
NJ Woszczynski. the president of the
board turned over the gavel to MISS
Virginia Brooks, the new president.
Miss Brooks at once announced
up of the schools of the south end of
the village Her plans for the coming
year were outlined
She plans to establish a playground
in the vicinity of the school and have
Ii equipped some of the Chicago
Fairgrounds are. 1t will have gymnastic
and the boys of that part of the city
will be encouraged TO play on the
school grounds instead of the
streets
She also plans 10 inasgurate night
school for persons under 81 years Of
age The school laws of Illinois pro-
vide for the selection of a teacher to
take charge of this work.
For those who are over II years Of
age volunteer teachers VII have to
pected to be the means of improving
the character of the citizens in this To-
cality.
Miss Brooks expects also to provide
courses in domestic science for the
benefit of the patrons of the public
schools She will start a free kinder
garten so that the mothers of young
children may be relieved OF the re-
sponsibility of looking after them dur
ing certain hours of the day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Extend the Work.

At a meeting of the ladies of the Set
tlement house yesterday afternoon
plans We're perfected to extend the
work OF the settlement house Miss
Virginia Brooks, president of the Set
tlement House association, will in the
future spend four full days of the week
at the house in order that she may give
her personal attention to the work di-
rectly.
The association yesterday received a
pledge of ten dollars to be paid month
ly by -wo persons who are interested
in the progress of the settlement house
Beginning next week Miss Brooks
Will send out hundreds of circulars to
tho ladies of Hammond and West Ham
mcnd asking each of the ladies to CO.
operate with the association in any of
the five departments which are enum-
Grated as follows: Day nursery work.
night classes, neighborhood work. pub
Iieity and soliciting.
Mrs. Hart was yesterday appointed
as the new matron in the settlement
house to succeed Miss Ruckman. There
We're eight children in the day nursery
today, and the settlement house is now
equipped to care for even larger num-
ber.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
TIDE TURNS TOWARD
CITY Of HAMMOND
Good Prospects for the Lo-
cation of Two Fine New
Industries.

The people of Hammond will be
pleased to know that the tide of indus
trial activity which started with the To-
cation of the United States Steel plant
at Gary and which moved westward to
Indiana Harbor. Calumet and East
Chicago will soon expand TO Hammond.
1t is understood that there are two
large industries which are seeking To-
cations within the boundary lines Of
Hammond. One OF them is now MAX
ing the preliminary surveys for the site
of large plant
The names of these concerns are not
being divulged by those who are on
the inside. for the reason that other
cities in the region and outside of the
region would be after them.
Developments in the matter are ex-
pcted within the next month or two.
Two large acre tracts are under con-
slderation by the two concerns which
seek a location here, and If they can
both be landed it will make the real
estate activity in Hammond greater
than yer in its history.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
hammond THROBB|NG
WITH RENEWED LIFE
Never Since 1897 Has The City Ex-
perience as Much Building and
Business Rush as Now

Never in the history of Hammond
has it witnessed such intense bust
ness activity as is now in evidence.
The whole city seems to be galvaniz-
ed by the prospects for the greatest
year in its history.
The office of the building inspec-
tor is besieged with people who are
seeking building permits. The archi-
tects are working night and day and
are searching the country for
draughtsmen
The contractors and bidding on job
after job and already so busy that
they seem Indifferent to new work. Real
estate men are SO busy that there is
nothing in the history of the city to
compare with the present activity.
The surveyors offices are filled with
people who are laying out new sub-di-
visions are demanding that new sur
veys of lots be made. Every man you
meet seems to be carrying blue print.
INDUSTRIES COMING.
Street improvements this year will
exceed any. previous record. Miles of
sewers. walks, pavements, gas and
water mains are to be laid. The work
| of extending and widening streets is
! occupying the attention of scores of
| people in all parts of the city.
| The air is full of rumors of new in
dustries and costly extensions and i'm
| proverlents to the old ones. Two large
| Industries are seeking locations In
| Hammond and will probably buy sites
within the next month or two.
Gangs of surveyors representing the
! railroads and the Industries which are
| seeking locations in Hammond are at
/ work. The map of the city is being
| changed so rapidly that a new may OF
/ the city would have to be gotten out
| every six months in order to be at all
| UP to date.
The Hammond, Whiting & East Chi
| cago Railway company is waiting only
! for the settlement OF certain fran
| chise matters to begin the construction
of lines to the cities west of Hammond.
CIVIC INTEREST GREAT.
A commercial club has been organ
| lied in Hammond to look after the civ
| ic needs of the city and the improve
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27

Whiting High School last night by
winning three frsts in oratory,
defamation and music established d
record never before equalled by any
Lake county school and Whiting to-
day is the proudest city in the world.
The young representatives of
Writings now famous school system
fighting against schools far superior
in point of attendance can have any
thing they want.
In the eleventh annual contest in
music and defamation of the Lake
County High School Association. held
in the Hammond theater before un
usually large crowd of people in Ham
mond last night. the following winners
We're declared:
whiting. first: Song of Greeting.
Sextette from Lucia" Root. (Arr.)
Hammond second: The Bridal
Chorus from the Rose Maiden" Cowen.
Girls Contest.
Edna O'Hara. Whiting. first: Dora"
TenDyson.
Eimly Nelson. Lowell. second. The
Lose Word Van Dyke.
Mildred Carter. Hammond third:
King Robert of SICILY Longfellow.
Boys Contest.
Lawrence Smith. Whiting. first: The
New South, Grady.
Lester Ottenheimer. East Chica go.
first: Speech of Patrick Henry"
Arthur Mccormick. Gary: "Toussiant
LOverture." Phillips
Lawrence Smith of Whiting ticing
with Lester Ottenheimer of East Chi
csgo for first place in the boys con-
test. gave Whiting the lions share If
the honors Whiting won the chorus.
(Coutinued on PAGE 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
LAKE co. MAN
TELLS TERRIBLE STORY
Survivor of Titanic Now in
Indiana Harbor Owes
Life to Mrs. Astor.
SEES SISTER AND BABY DROWN

Ernest Person. survivor of the
Titanic wreck Is In Indiana Harhor
having arrived yesterday in company
with William, Strom of 1905 Grapevine
street. an employe of the Standard
Forging company Mr.. Strom had
gone to New York to search for his
little daughter Thelma, aged 3, who
in company with Mrs. Strom and the
latters brother Mr.. Person, had taken
passage the ill-fated steamship. Mr..
Strom knew that his wife had perish
ed, but he had hoped that he might
find the girl among the unidentified
children rescued. His search for the
little one proved fruitless and he has
now given up all hope of ever seeing
her again. Person was one of a num-
ber of men saved through the inter
cession of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. VINO
pleaded that they be taken into the
life boat on which she was pas
senger.
Probably none of the survivors of
the awful disaster had a more har
rowing experience than Person. Ar
irving on deck after the last of the life
boats had been lowered away. he he
saw his sister and little niece swept
fContinued on PAGE So
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27

ment associations IN various parts OF
the city are holding meetings regularly.
The banks buster than they ever
were before with the work of financing
all of this activity. Every transfer of
real estate, and there has been more
transfers in Hammond during the past
week than in any other part of the
county excepting only Gary, which
Hammond eQualed in number and ex-
ceeded in the value of the property. in
valves financial adjustments.
Hundreds of thousands of local and
foreign capital is being spent in the
city every month. The building activity
of the city is such that the entire ap-
pearance of certain neighborhoods is
being changed
BIG LABOR DEMAND.
There is an unprecedented demand
for labor. The Standard Steel Car Co.
wants 200 men at once. men are want
ed at Gibson, the Simplex Railway APP
pliance Co. wants them and there
a dozen other plants that would take
more men If they could get them.
Even the social and fraternal socie-
ties and clubs are working out building
projects. Hammond is building a $25.-
! 900 country club house now and the
Elks and the Saengerbund- Fidelia will
soon build handsome club houses.
| Not since the year 1907, over Ave
years ago, has there been such activity
as is now in evidence. Business men
are so busy that they talk in short
sentences and shove one man aside to
have half dozen words with another.
BUILD MANY RESIDENCES.
Scores of handsome residences are be-
ing built in Hammond's beautiful south
side residential district. Another six
months will witness the transfer of the
last lot in Homewood from the pres
ent owners of the sub-diyision to pri-
1 vate parties and new sub divisions are
being opened up to take care of the de-
mand for this kind OF property.
The law offices OF the city are husy
looking after the legal matters and
litigation that arises out OF this activ-
ity, and the courts are struggling to re-
duce the number of cases that are pill
| ing up on the docket
And this is only the beginning. In
a few months more the city will be in
the throes of even greater activity. 1t
is hard to tell where the thing will
end.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
CONFERENCE
BRINGS men
TOGETHER

While no conclusion has as yet been
reached in the East Chicago and Indi-
ana Harbor traction situation. there
seems a. tendency on the part of the
two committees to get closer together.
and a solution seems nearer than a t
any time since the question became
vital.
There was meeting of the East
Chicago committees last night which
lasted from early evening until mid
night The business men had been
asked to attend this to give express
sion to their views on the subject. and
the question was discussed publicly
until 1920 o'clock. At that hour the
mayor joined the committees and the
latter went into sessiong behind clos
ed doors. While the committeeman
would not divulge just what was done
after the public was excluded, it is
given out that a more general tone Of
harmony prevailed than was the case
at any previous time, and 1t looks as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Democratic Smoker.

Everything Is set for the big smoker
and luncheon that Is TO be given this
evening to the members of the Jeffer-
son club and their friends at the head
quarters in the First National bank
building.
William ONeil of South Bend, demo-
cratic nominee for lieutenant governor,
will be the guest of honor and is ex-
pected to give good address this even
ing shorter talks on timely political
subjects are to be given by some of
the local leaders.
No restrictions because of political
faith have been placed on the invita-
tions The event of this evening has
been long anticipated and the club
members and their friends are looking
forward to a most pleasant evening
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Gardens on Sale.

This afternoon Auetioneer Fryhofer
placed the Hammond Gardens on sale.
The sale viii be one of the most unique
and interesting that has ever been held
in Hammond. The sale began al =
afternoon.
There was a large attendance. Au-
tomobiles were in readiness to take the
bidders to the grounds. 1t is expected
that sunday afternoon will see even a
large attendance and more enthusiasm.
The fine weather will go long way
towards getting out. the crowds. The
lots will be auctioned off on the ground
so that the purchaser can see just what
he is getting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Especial to THE TIMEs.) }

Dyer. Ind. April 27.-A daring at
tempt to rob the First National bank
of Dyer was made here last night, but
the thieves were frightened away or
decided that the big steel vaults were
too tough a job for them to handle
A small amount of change left In the
cash drawer, consisting of a few dol
lars, was taken. The robbers effected
an entrance to the banking institution
by means of a back door transom. Once
inside they ransacked the Offices, but
found nothing of value. 1t is believed
that the presence of an electric bur-
glar alarm connected with the vaults
convinced the robbers that they stood
a poor chance of dynamiting the strong.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
DO NOT EXPECT TO
MAKE SELECTION THEN
Chamber of Commerce Has
Not Found Anyone Yet
Suitable for Place.

While the directors of the Hammond
Chamber of Commerce expect to take
up the question of securing a perma
nent secretary. who will be paid by the
organization at the meeting which viii
be held Monday night. it is not believed
that any one will be selected at this
meeting
The fact is generally recognized that
it Will require a man of peculiar quail
ties to take this position and make a
success of it. From the preliminary
q scussion of the question it is appar-
ent thar an exhaustive search for the
right man will he conducted and that
the qualifications of number of appli-
oants for the position viii be gone into
before any one is hired
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
j. LINE
BUILDS To
BALDWIN
u. S. Steel Corporation Ap-
propriates $4,000 to Cover
Cost of Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern Extension to the
Baldwin Works, Calumet.

The United States Steel corporation
directors at New York have made an
appropriation of $4,000 to cover the
cost of the extension OF its subsidiary
the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern railway
from the present right of way to the
site or the Baldwin Locomotive works
at Calumet.
Engineers have already begun the
work of surveying and good part of
the route has been staked out. The
j" railway it is called has its
Gary-South Chicago line parallel to
the north side of the locomotive work s
and it's Gary-Joliet branchi is parallel
CONTINUED on Page 6)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
Found Not Guilty.

Dusan Duchice. one of the partici-
pants who was arrested Sunday night
following a drunken brawf at East
Hammond. appeared before Judge Bar
nett in the city court this morning.
where he was found not guilty of as
sauIt and battery
The defense had a large number of
witnesses who proved that the defend
ant did not take any part in the fight
and that it was his brother who struck
the complaining witness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
ATTEMPT MADE TO
LOOT DYER BANK

modern safe and they gave It up as a.
bad job
Entrance was effected also to thu
general store of l. Keilman g. Son and
small amount of money was taken
from this store. In the automatic tele-
phone booth the receptacle containing
the phone tolls was cut away and TAX
en-
Marshal Stech has but one clue to
the affair. About o'clock this morn
ing, so 1t has been reported to him, two
men In a runabout were seen in The
streets of Dyer. driving up ana down.
and 1t is believed that they were the
robbers. though there is no other evt-
dence of the face than the word of q
sleepless householder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
MOTHER IN ENGLAND
THANKS THE POLICE

A letter in reply to the letter that
was sent TO Brighton, England, some
time ago regarding the death of Vim
cent j. Barnes, who was found floating
in the Calumet river last month, was
received by Chief Austgen this morn
ing thanking the Hammond police de-
partment in taking care of the remains
and asking that all the letters and pa
pers that were found on the body be
sent to his mother, Mrs Barnes, of
Brighton England
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-27
NEWSPAPERS
ARE SNUBBED


The newspapers of Lake county
can consider themselves snubbed
and slapped on the wrist by the
coterie of officials of the Lake
County III. :. Oratorical Association
servants whose salaries they help
to pay and the patrons of the vari-
Gus schools who provide these Off
cious gentlemen with bread and
butter will have to look elsewhere
than In the newspapers for extend
ed accounts of IA public function
from which they subscribers
have right to expect the fullest
information. To make long story
short the association decided that
IT would shatter all precedents this
year and ignore the newspapers of
Lake County as far as the usual
extension of courtesies. Not only
this hut reporter for this paper
was refused admission to the pre-
1imfnary contest in Hammond
yesterday morning. Such conduct
on the part of those who are
simply public servants is utterly
inexplicable. school associations
in other counties like all other pub
lie institutions are only too glad to
have the newspapers work hand In
hand with them TO give NIL publici-
ty to affairs In which the taxpayfnE
patrons of the school are Interested.
II Is up to the Boards of Education
of these various schools TO demand
explanation from their en-
pioyes. Seventy thousand renders Of
this paper Mt least would like to
know what sort of nm explanation
they can make.