Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 193, Hammond, Lake County, 2 February 1907 — Page 1

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Democrat Elected From St. Joseph County by Small Plurality Wins. SCHOOL BILLS KILLED High License Measure Doomed to Untimely End When it Reaches House. (Special to Lake County Tlmea). Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 2. E. Volncy Bingham, tho democrat who was declared elected to the state senate from Bt. Joseph county, by a plurality of twenty-four votes, will be permitted to keep hi3 seat. It can be announced from authoritative Information that Thad M. Talcott and Republican County Chairman Cirnmerman of St. Joseph county have not made a suffl- ' clently strong case in the contest against Bingham. Tho election committee which has been hearing the evidence and the arguments In this ca3e since the beginning of the session, has made no formal report on tho matter as yet. None of the members of tho committee, republicans nor democrats, will allow themselves to be quoted. But the statement that Bingham will not be unseated comes auttiortTatlvely, anyhow. The committee will make Its formal report next week in all probability. It will recommend that Bingham be retained; thta will make the personnel of the senate thirteen democrats and thirty-seven republicans. It seems that the decision of the committee Is based on the general proposition that the contestant in the case did not make a strong enough and a definite enough case, A good deal of evidence was adduced to show In a general way that there was some police Investigation at the polls of the two disputed precincts; also that some Illegal vote3 were cast in the fifth precinct of the tnlrd ward. But th evidence waa nc t a character sufficiently to overturn the presumption In favor of Bingham's election as shown by tho official returns. "Burden of Proof" Too Mueli. The , evidence was of such u character that lie who had tho burden of proof was bound to lose. Had it been tho business of Bingham's attorneys to prove, in a positive way that the election was entirely legal, Bingham would have lost. Perhaps not quite so safe, but still conservative is the prediction that on next Monday the senate will pass the $1,000 license bill, and it will be sent over to the house there to be knifed, probably. This high license bill passed to engrossment in the senate In a whirl this week. Sentiment all one way. "When it was up for the special order yesterday, however, there developed serious opposition to the measure, and when the senate adjourned about 1 o'clock, it was hard to say what the result would be. A careful canvass made todaj however, tends to prove that the bill will pass the senate. Those in closest touch with the house Insist that tho house will kill the bill and this may be one reason that the senate is willing to pass It. No real test has been made of the matter in tho houstf as yet, however. As surmised in these dispatches several days ago, the death of tha Indiana university bill, authorizing that school to conduct a school of medicine at Indianapolis, carried with it the death of tho Purdue bill, asking for the same privilege. This measure was defeated in the house yesterday by a vote of 56 to 42, a bigger majority against the Purdue bill than against tho Indiana measure. Iteorgnnlzation ill TVot Be. Both measures are still pending In the senate. What the course will be hero is not known. There Is some talk of a revival of the fight there, but it does not have tho marks of authorltatlveness as yet. The first bill to fail for the want of a constitutional majority was the bill before tho houso yesterday afternoon, looking to the reorganization of the state board of tax commissioners. This bill eliminated tho governor from the board, added a third commissioner, gave tho board some additional powers and increased the salaries of the tax commissioners from 52.000 to $2,500. This was one of the administration measures, insofar ns the fact that it was recommended by the governor in hi3 message might make it an administration measure. It will be j brought up again. Tho senate finance committee meet-j ing last nirht recommended for passaga the bill appropriating $38,000 for j the erection of monuments to mark the . . , T J I . in nits iiiui.tiut Luuipa.ii irs Vleksburg. The committee will port unfavorably Kirkman's bill prepriating $10,000 to reimburse 161st Indiana regiment. re-ap-the WILL ATTEMPT TO BREAK WILL. A case has been started in the Lake circuit court with a view of breaking the will of the late George W. Young. The case is brought in the Interest of Lane Young, the 12-year-old son of too deceas."il hv c.r-.-, ,i i

aa oequeatneu only $j by i continue. 1 shall vote against this ionr,AVU1' The estato ls valued at I measure because rny conscience so dicj. 0,000. Valparaiso Messenger states,'

FORGER CAUGHT

ED HANDED Max Gross Gets Suspicious at Critical Moment Nabs Sharper. IS AN OLD OFFENDER Paroled Prisoner From Penitentiary; Wife Heartbroken as She Believed Husband Reformed. Max Gross, a butcher at 9047 Commercial avenue, nipped the little confidence game of J. A. Murphy.a bogus check worker, right in the beginning of his operations In South Chicago. The town was easy graft for forgers and utterers of bogus checks until a few months ago, but the number of cases where business men were victimized became so great that every check offered In a South Chicago store is the subject of the closest scrutiny. Murphy walked into Gross' butciier shop Thursday afternoon and made a small purchase, offering In payment a check made out In the name of James Kelly. Gross got suspicious and held the man. He forced Murphy Into a room back of the shop at the point of a gun and called the police. Murphy attempted to get out of the back window and dropped into the arms of a couple of policemen, who took him to the fifteenth precinct station. Captain Storen of the South Chicago police at once recognized the prisoner as an old offender and called him by name. Murphy, who was protesting his innocence and trying to convince the police officials that his nan was Kclley, wilted when Captain Storen ad dressed him as Murphy, and admitted that he had been sent to the peniten tiary for passing spurious checks three and one-haff years ago, ori charges preferred by residents of Woodlawn, when Captain Storen commanded the Woodlawn station. Paroled Eighteen Months Ago. Murphy further declared that he had been paroled about eighteen months ago to his uncle. He asserted that he had been living an honest life since his parole, and had got married and settled down. He gave his address as 7".39 Champlain avenue, and his wife was sent for. Mrs. Murphy left the bedside of her mother, who is said to be in a dying condition. She was heart-broken at finding her husband under arrest, as she had believed him to be thoroughly reformed. On account of the character of the charge and the possibilitv of Murnhv having victimized other business men in South Chicago, he was held at the station without being booked, while the officers searched for other rosslhle victims. Tills morning evidence was heard against him in Judge Goodnow's court, and the young man was held to tho grand Jury. Murphy is twenty-five years old, about five feet six inches "in height.' with sandy hair, and Is apparently suffering from a disease of the eyes that gives the lids an inflamed appearance. BOWSER'S VIGOROUS PROTEST AGAINST $1,000 LICENSE BILL. Although Opposed by Saloon Element In III Eleciiou lie Sny There is Another llenson For Ills Opposition. When the Mattlngly $1,000 license bill came up in tho senate at Indianapolis yesterday and as soon as the reading of the measure, section by section, was completed, Senator A. J. Bowser was recognized and he made i V!r... ! r ; . . . , i r ' , amst bill---a uiac ne began by saying that 5 absolutely unbiased, and to substc his statement in this regard he said that on the first day of November, the AntiSaloon league at South Bend, 1ms issued a circular In which it was stated that he was an unfit man to be elected to the general assembly, as he represented the saloons. Senator Bowser read the circular to the senate. "On the very name dav that thia ir Ocular was issued," said Senate n... co "the saloon keepers of Lake county met and declared that I was a temperance man and was unfit to be senator -My opposition to this bill, therefore Is not because I represent either of the two classes that oppose )r t or,,

apposed to the measure because it is j

.1 W i siuipij u re enue-raislng measure. B no stretch of imagination can I conceive it to be a bill to further the cause of temperance or to uplift the victims of drink. There is not a ray or hope In any provision of this meas - - - j ure for tho drunkard and his children. , The money that the state will derive j i nvjiu u,e pocKets or the vic tims of the saloon after all. and the saloon man will simply work a little harder to lure his victims. The bill is an invitation to the blind tigers to

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ROYAL LEAGUE FUNCTION AT HARBOR A SUCCESS. Although Cllne's Hall is in Darkness Until 10:30 O'clock Because of Deranged Machinery, When Lights are Finally Turned on AH Is Delight. (Special to Lake County Times.) Indiana Harbor, Feb. 2. Although the machinery in the East Chicago Electric Lighting plant broke down early in the' evening last night, and left Cline's hall In darkness until 10:30 o'clock, the first grand ball given by the Harbor Council Royal League, was the greatest event of the season. Over two hundred couples were In attendance. The grand march at 10:30 was led by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weiskopf. Music was furnished by Prof. Knoch of the Harbor and was perhaps the best ever heard in this place for danoIng. " i ....... - During the evening C. E. Fowler- introduced James E. Hardin of Chicago, who is advisory archon for Illinois and is also a member of the supreme council. Mr. Mardin gave an address on "Tho Good of the Order" which delighted the guests. The gentlemen who received and helped to make the evening a delightful one for those present, were: Messrs. W. W. Moberly, C. P. Burdick and Dr. W. I. Hughes. The committee on arrangements to whom most of the credit is due for the complete success of the event, was composed of Messrs. J. F. Bevans, C. L. Fowler and William Galvin. DISREGARDS DAKOTA DIVORCE. Connecticut Court Frees Husband Despite "Wife's Decree nnd Remarriage. Stanford, Conn., Feb. 2. Judge Ralph Wheeler of the superior court has handed down a decision in the case of Samuel A. Weed vs. Daisy C. Weed of Stanford in which he gives the plaintiff a decre'e of divorce on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Weed went to Dakota in 1S96 and got a divorce from Weed and married again, but the first husband refused to accept the decree and five years ago brought the present action. After the Dakota divorce Mrs. Weed married Charles F. Bates of Stanford and has children by him. BOYS TO REFORM SCHOOL. Michigan City. Ind., Feb. 2. Judge Tuthill yesterday morning sentenced five boys of the East Side Boys" Industrial school at Plainfleld, to which pIaeo they wiU be taken tOClar by Pro" bation Officer Joseph Oliver. The boys were implicated in the theft of copper wire from the licnigan central railroad several weeks ago out of which grew the cases against A. Cohen, who was charged with receiving stolen goods and buying junk from minors. EARTHQUAKE DUG A WELL. It has just been discovered that the upheaval of April IS did funny things to the wells in the courtyard In the rear of the San Francisco mint. For years prior to April 18 these had been ordinary, well-behaved wells, yielding water plentifully when a steam pump was employed. But now they are spouting artesian wells, from which a steady stream oi aier rows wtten no pumping is done. This was diseovered yesterday when the pump was taken out for repairs, the courtyard being flooded within a short time. The wells were bored many years ago. and are about 175 feet In depth. There was apparently a subterranean connection between them, for the lUUilCtllvu vv. rvv v iUl lilt? pumping of water from one lowered the water in the other. Normallv the water was witnin tnirty feet of the surface, and that was the condition when the pump was taken out last March. Yesterday, for the first time since March the pumps were again removed, when it was discovered that the water flowed freely.-Sau Francisco Chronicle,

BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN

Engineers Say That First Estimate of Twelve Millions Is Low. 00 FIVE MILLIONS It is Eelieved That Canal Should Be Built With, View , to Cities' Future Needs. Washington, Feb. 2. If the Calumet river is to be turned backward in its course from Lake Michigan to form a drainage canal into the Mississippi, as planned by the sanitary board of Chicago, the international waterway commission insists that the cost of the project shall be Increased by $5,000,000. The local Illinois engineeers estimated that the sum of $12,000,000 would cover the cost of this great work, but the international board, including in Its membership some of the ablest armyengineers in the country, regard that project as crude and certain to bo insufficient to meet the needs of the future. Board Looks to the Future. They say that it can scarcely dispose of the flood water of the section to be drained, even in Its present sparsely populated condition, while if the inhabitants multiply as expected the Cal umet river under the local engineers' project would actually be forced back ward and into Lake Michigan, lust as it goes now, in spite of all the expensive Improvements. So the international board is prepared to recommend a project costing in tho aggregate $17,000,000. PAPER AT THE REFORMATORY. W. II. Whitaker, superintendent of tho Indiana Reformatory, has almost completed preparations for a dally paper at that Institution, which shall furnish the inmates all of the best new3 of the day without sensationalism or undue prominence to the shady side of life. A new cylinder press has been put in and all that is needed now are a few compositors. The paper will be four columns wide eleven by fifteen Inches. The name now in use for the weekly. The Reflector, will be retained. REVERSES LOWER COURT. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. That a railroad company is not responsible for injuries sustained by passengers when a train ls standing still through the carelessness of another passenger, and that a railroad company is not held to the same degree of care under all circumstances, is the theory upon which the appellate court Wednesday reversed the case of P. M. Rose against the P., C, C. & St. L. Railway company, appealed from the Clark circuit court. Rose boarded a P., c, C. & St. L. train at Louisville for Jeff ersonville and alighting at the junction to change to a train bound for Xew Albany. On the platform of the car he slipped on a banana peel and was injured in the fall. He recovered damages and tho railway company appealed. BARNEY YOUNG AT AUTO SHOW. Barney Young begins a week's engagement in Chicago this evening when he will conduct Young's Chicago orchestra at the Automobile show which will be held at the First Regiment armory. Young's Chicago orchestra is composed of Young's members of the Chicago band and a number of hi ilararnond prayers

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Jamiesort in Pittsburg Dispatch. BIG BLIZZARD COMING, SAYS WEATHER BUREAU. Grownd Hoe to Fnee Blast From Medicine Hat If He Ventures Out Late This Evening. (Special from Chicago.) Ry all the goosebone signs and the official weather prophecies, Mr. Groundhog is coming out of his hole this afternoon to grub for worms and lay in wait for unwary pullets until his regular spring season of high living begins. If he is a wise old Mr. Groundhog ho will wear his winter weight undergarments and his fur-lined overcoat. And ho will follow tho illustrious example of Mr. Hiawatha and bring his mittens and his snow shoes with him when he leaves his winter quarters. If perchance the official weather prophecies are right, Mr. Groundhog will need no smoked glasses when he takes his annual February squint in the direction of the sun thi3 afternoon. He and a snow storm are to make a Joint appearancetind. Jt J..prophejsled that the snowstorm wiii ba :so thick that not even an electric lisrht will u -------.7 Uv w u u. wat a day that will satisfy any and all of the Groundhog family. The snowstorm is to be a regular blizzard if the government weather prophets know their business. It was hatched at Medicine Hat two days ago and has been gathering strength down across the Dakotas and Minnesota. It ls due to arrive here with the milk train and the papers this afternoon. The following is the forecast: "Saturday, snow, with decidedly colder weather. Cold wave, with temperature 10 degrees below zero. Saturday night, fair and cold. Sunday, fair and cold; brash to high northwesterly winds Saturday and Sunday." Yesterday wats another famous midwinter spring days, with a minimum tempertaure of 27 degrees and a maximum of 32 degrees. , WHOLE BLOCK 3URNS. (Special to Lake County Times.) South Chicago, February 2 V fire which started late this afternoon In the residence of II. "V. Guntinc nt 0S2S Aevnue II dentroyed an entire block of houses nt a loss of over 925,OOO.Three Are engines were present at the scene. AND THE CAT CAME BACK. Ireland, Ind., Feg 2. While William B. Morgan, postmaster, was preparing to go to bed Thursday night he heard a noise at the well. On rushing out to learn the cause, he saw the house cat trying to get a drink of water out of the bucket. The cat was so frightened at the interruption that it upset the bucket and went tumbling after it into the well. Mr. nforgan drew up the bucket hurriedly, poured the water out, and asked his wife to bring a lamp. When the light shone on the water in the well Mr. Morgan let the bucket down again. The cat swam to the bucket, caught hold of the side and held on until Mr. Morgan drew it safely to the top. The cat was almost drowned, but was able to purr its thanks to him and lick his hands in gratitude for safe delivery. CALL BACHELORS BARNACLES. Boston, Feb. 2. The following petition from the unmarried women of tho town of Wakefield has been received by the legislature: "We, the unmarried women of tv,o town of Wakefield, petition your hon orable bodies for a law levying a tax on bachelors, said tax to be graduated as follows: From twenty to twentvfive years, $3; from twenty-five to thirty years, $10; from thirty to thirtyfive years, $13: from thirty-five to forty years, $20; over forty years, chloroform in large doses. "And your petitioners further represent that bachelors are a barnacle growth on the ship of society, impeding its progess and of no earthly use except as pallbearers. We are not advocating this law be cause we are single; that concerns us I ne least, xi you uun i oeiieve it, ask us and see." It has not been decided to what com. taltte to refer the petition,

fS QUARREL

OVER BODY Death of Charles Reveals His Life. Dubridge Past 1ICH ISJIS ? Chicago Heights Woman Claims Right to Bury the Remains Hammond Wife Denies. The death of Charles Dubridge. teamster employed by Golden brothers, who received fatal inH. io T". 1 . i -lurnu.iy uy me overturning of his wagon while he was drivinsr into tho grounds or the Standard SfPf! c,r company's works, has revealed a remarkable state of affairs in his domestic life. Two women, each claiming to be the widow of the dead man, awaited the verdict of tho coroner over Dubridge's remains this morning. One Mrs. Dubridge No. 1, sat in the undertaking establishment where the body lay in the morgue and was surrounded by three small girls, her daughters. In a little home In 37S State street was Mrs. Dubridgo No. 2. surrounded by four children, two of whom belonged to the late teamster by his first wife. . The feeling that the two women bear toward each other may bo bettor Imagined than described and there was no hesitation on the part of either of them to epeak her mind about the other. Xlemain Object of Controversy. In the meantime the remains of the dead man are being made the object of controversy between the rival wives, one of whom desires to have them buried this afternoon while th other ls determined the funeral shall be deferred until tomorrow. According to the story of wife No. 1 she had lived with her husband until about two years ago, when attracted by the charms of Leona Gorman, he began to spend his money on the latter and left -herd -ter -children in want. On account of this condition she was forced to take in boarders, and ond wife Into the hous whti lrir No. 1 was absent. Her story continues that Dubridge finally deserted her entirely and taking the two older boys and wife No. 2, who was Mrs. Charles Gorman until then, with him he departed for Indiana Harbor. Here, according to the story, she sought him out and asked him to come back to their home. He refused, and she knew nothing of him any more until she heard of his death yesterday. Her presence at the inquest, she said, was not so much for the great love that she felt toward him, as for the care for the children that she had. She says she wishes to establish her claim as the rightful wife of the deceased in order to recover whatever damages may be awarded on account of Dubridge's death. This she intends to do for her children. Husband of No. 2 Does Time. As far as wife No. 2 is concerned she, according to wife No. 1, ran away from her husband, Charles Gorman who, in a fit of jealousy, followed her and finding her in Dubridge's company, fired a gun at her, for which act he served a sentence in prison. The story of wife No. 2 of course, Is a different one. She says that Mrs. Dubridge No. 1 deserted her husband and left the home with one of the boarders, Thomas Blocks. The 16-year-old Dubridga boy standing beside his step-mother vouched for the truth of that statement and added that this took place on August 3, 1905. Mrs. Gorman-Dubridge reluctantly admitted that she had not been granted a divorce from her first husband, Charles Gorman, but that since leaving him she had lived In the best of peace with the late Dubridge. As far as the money is concerned that mleht roi

sibly be paid to the widow as damages Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend infor Dubridge's death, wife No. 2 said terurban. was in the citv todnv and

that she washes her hands of it en-

tirely and that she is above wrangling right of way from Hammond to Chlabout money over the body of a dead cago would begin next week and he too man, and that as far as disposing of stated that the road would ba in run-

the body and making the funeral ar rangements she would have the last say about that, especially since the teamsters union, of which Dubridg was a member, would stand by her. Union Up a Tree. As for the teamsters union Its officers are undecided what it will do in the affair. At a special meeting which was held last night it was decided to withhold any contributions toward defraying any of the funeral exnenses. At the inquest tills forenoon it was established that Dubridge came by his . , ,4. t , death from Injuries ha received. The , , . body was given over to wife No. 1, who . ... . . ... maoe arrangements to nave it buried .. . , 4 A , this afternoon. According to the latest . , , , . ... . , . renorts it looked as thone-h xvif i reports it looked as though wife No would win out, on the matter of the time of burial as the undertaker gave the body over to her care. STANDARD STEEL ENLARGES. Butler, Pa., Feb. 2. Tha Standard olcci v.d i turn jjdwy is iiianixig arrange- - ments for large additions to Its Ww Castle plant, which promises to employ 1 r ,'i A i i : t r-r i . . 1 7i Tlrt a A 1 1 i r r a 1 -m n ine main buildIng will be 1.100 feet in lenc-th Ma chinery will be installed for the man ufacture of motor trucks and the assembling of steel car frames. This iwork is carried oa now la Naw Castle.

IPOLICE BILL

STATU QUO Speculation As to Governor's Attitude on Pet Measure. AtJOTHERJH BALANCE Cities and Towns Law Hangs Fire Neiier Proposed Acts Show Party Influence. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, Ind.. eb. 2. Ther Is no change in the status of the metro i n114n. .11 I 1 1 ... pouce mu wnicn is now up for ,ts second reading In the hous. The governor and senate are tlll thought to be- against it. But whether the governor will fight to the last ditch for his pet measure -remains to be seen. It is thought by iom who know the governor that he will not fight too hard, as tho metropolitan police law, especially in Hammctid, has given him so much worry that, to a certain extent, he would be glad to be rid of It. Of course, it would not be advisable for the policy that he has maintained to openly advocate the abolishing of the metropolitan law. Although considered to b a party measure, the lines on the first vote were not too Btrictly drawn. It will be remembered that Ed Simon (democrat). Lake county s representative, voted against It, as did also Schuyler Dwyer (republican), Lake and Newton county's representative. As yet Senator Bowser Is non-committal on the subject, preferlng not to speak until it comes his turn to vote, but thosa vho came to Indianapolis from Hammond during the session of the legislature, say that Bowser promised to give Hammond what the majority of th voters want and that with tha democrats in power in Hammond and a strong saloon element, the sentiment Is against the metropolitan police law. Cities and Towns Law In Balance. Tha cities and towns Jaw is also hauglng In- trie -balancer and it's expected that by next week -enough, amendments will be added to it to turn it loose. It ls not expected that party lines will be drawn, as the fight seems' to be for lower government expenses, for this reason it Is advised that tha city judgeship be dropped and the offices of the board of public works ba given back into the hands of the councllmen. The men who are holding the offices under the present law do not proposa to sit idly by and seo themselves dethroned. They are fighting hard to prevent the abolition of any offices. Mayor Becker of Hammond and Mayor Guthrie of Muncie are already here arguing in favor of the law and asking that it be given what they call a "fair trial." Nearly every representative and senator ls receiving letters from municipal office holders asking that they be left undisturbed. REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS MEN APPROVE I. C. PROJECT. Believe That Clone Communication AVith Hegewineh Will lie an Good a the Locating: of n Xew Induntry Here. Tub Lake County Time3 story regarding the project of the Illinois Central to build a road to Hammond and install a suburban service aroused a great deal of interest among tha business and real estate men of tha city who realize the importance of a good service to Chicago and especially to Hegewlsch where the new Western Steel Car and Foundry company will employ several thousand men in tha near future. One of the local real estate men realizing the Importance of this move took steps at once to confirm the report and found tho Times' story correct in every detail. stated that the work of purchasing tha - ning order ry next summer. This together with the fact that tha j Standard Steel Car company will be manufacturing steel cars by that tlma indicates that Hammond Is to have unprecedented prosperity next summer. BULL AS GUARDIAN. Bluffton, Ind., Feb. 2. The surveyors for the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago traction line were driven from . , , , . . Creek township yesterday by an In- , ... xuriaiea duii. xney are now looKinsr , . . . for a matador so they can comrjlete .v. i the surveying across the farm. Iloutx Z X . t questioned the right of the men to n c l 1 work on his farm. One of them told him they had papers from the govern ment which granted them the privilege of working there. He believed tha men to be jesting with him, and he Immediately went to his barn and turn ed the bull Into the field. The survey ing party made a hastv retreat into an '-'"'' i.iT liiaa nun Lug d.rvovin. inct.m.t and Houtz yelled to l.-m to show tha I j bull the papers from the government. Some arrangements will be made to get across the Houtz farm. Every farmer in Rock Creek township Js fighting the road, as it will cut througa their farai3 diagonally