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Highway Robbers Get $145 and Watch From Chicagoan.
HE F1IIS WHEN SAFE
Victim After Mad Drive Falls Unconscious When He Beaches West Hammond.
Maurico Zielechower, traveling sales
man and collector for Hirschleder &
Schfeyer, wholesale calendar makers of
Chicago, was held up yesterday evening about G o'clock between Dalton, 111.
and West Hammond and robbed of
145, some small change and his watch
Zielechower was Just about to enter the West Hammond limits when two men masked with red handkerchiefs and armed with 38-calibre revolvers, stepped In front of the buggy and
ordered him to throw up his hands
Maurice concluded it would be the best thing to do, so he submitted with all
politeness possible. "Shot Like a Dog."
After the men had gone through his pockets and his sample cases they told him to whip his horse and get to Hammond as fast as he could or he would
bo shot "like a dog." Zielechower was taking no chances of getting shot like & dog, which could plainly be seen by the condition of the horse when he
arrived In West Hammond. The strain upon Zielechower himself had been such that he fell in a faint as soon as he arrived and it was ten minutes before he was revived. He was unable to
locate the police for over an hour, which necessarily delayed the chances of capturing the hold-up men although the police believe that they have a clew
which may lead to their capture.
Zielechower said last night that he was sure the men were Polish. One of the men wore a sandy moustache.
Zielechower believes he could identify
th inen if they were captred.
Zielechower Is a married man and
lives at 696 West Polk street, Chicago,
LAKE CO. CENSUS
REPORTS ALL IS
School Enumeration for the
Various Townships Submit Their Figures.
ARE THE 015 OPEN AGAIN?
(Special to Lke County Times.) Crown Point, Ind, May 1", 1907
The following is the report of the
various school enumerations and shows
the number of school children In Lake county under the age of 21, and over
6 years of age:
Center township 163 male. 1C2 fe
male, 2 colored male, 6 colored females,
total, 584.
Calumet 302 male, 281 female, 1
colored female, total 5S4.
Cedar Creek 171 male, 164 female;
total 835.
Eagle Creek 135 male, 120 female; total 345. Ilobart township 45S male, 450 female; total 948. Hanover 190 male, 217 female; total 407. North 319 male, 253 female; total 572. Ross 232 male, 206 female; total 438. St. John 309 male, 298 female; total 607. Winfleld 137 male, 95 female; total 232. West Creek 207 male, 217 female; total 424. Crown Point 331 male, 348 female; total 678. Lowell 161 male, 180 female; total 341. . Gary 147 male, 126 female. 1 colored male, 5 colored female; total 279. East Chicago 1393 male, 1387 female; total 27S5. Whiting 837 male, 740 female; total 1577.
Appearances Would Indicate That They AreGirls Stick About.
POLICE e THE TIP
However, When They Swoop Down
Upon Dump Reported, They Fail to Find Prey.
WENTWORTH AVENUE
SOOII JBE PAVED Now That the Improvement ; Furor Has Started West Hammond Cannot Stop.
Hammond 2746 male, 2793 female; total 5539. Total in county S245 male, 8076 female, 3 colored males, 12 colored females; total 16336.
NEW INTERUREAN LINE NOW BULLT TO GARY,
Work of Setting the Poles Between Gary and the Calumet River Will
Begin at Once and Road Will Be
Running This Summer.
AMMAN'S DECISION UP.
Supreme Court of the State Will Conalder Peculiar Ruling.
i The supreme court is to pass on the correctness of Judge Artman's liquor license decisions as soon as possible. The caso In which ho recently decided that a liquor saloon was per se a public nuisance, by reason of the mere fact that intoxicating liqudrs were sold "by the drink," to be drunk on the premises, although operated under a license, was today advanced for immediate consideration. The appellant was ordered to file his brief within five days and the appellee (the state of Indiana) within ten days thereafter. Five days more'wlll then be allowed for a reply brief, thus presenting tho caso for Ilnal decision on June 4, or as soon afterward aa the court can make up Its mind. Tho appellant, Edward Sopher, was prosecuted on en affidavit charging that he sold intoxicating liquors in a saloon in Noblesvllle, and "that said place above described where said spirituous, vinous, malt and intoxicating liquors were sold and said liquors to be drunk on the premises where sold. Is a public nuisance, and is to the inJury of tho citizens, etc." Tho prosecuting attorney merely proved the salo of liquor by tho testimony of gopher's barkeeper, and the defendant offered proof that he had a county license. But the court decided he was guilty of maintaining a 'public nuisance and fined him $10.
The West Hammond dives are run
nlng again if outward appearances can
be relied upon.
Last night a Times reporter passed
by the dive district on State street and
in an upper window of one of the re
sorts saw two girls sitting down tak
Ing life easy as though nothing had
happened.
When the trials of the girl3 who
were inmates of the dives came up last
weeK before Justice J lynn, he gave
them a light fine of fa and costs and
oraerea tnem out or town as soon as they could pack their belongings together. Some of them came over to Hammond where they still hold forth while the majority of them are still
in West Hammond.
When the justico levied the fines he
did, it was expected that the authorities
would see that his orders were obeyed but It begins to look like they weren't particular whether they are or not.
The citizens do not regard the police
as altogether to blame for existing con
ditions.
Last night word was received at the
police station that Boughs resort on Plummer avenue was running and that there were girls in the place. This was verified by a drunk who was arrested last night. As soon as the police heard
this, four officers proceeded to his saloon, two going In the front way and two In the back, but they were unable to find any trace of girls or customers In tho place although they searched from the main floor to the roof.
The police believe Bough must have
some sort of a trap whereby he can
practically I let his girls and customers disappear
when danger is near. , ,
However, the police say they are de
termined to keep up the campaign against the dives and sooner or later
they will get evidence against them and when they do, it will go pretty hard as several charges can be pushed
At a meeting of the West Hammond board of local improvements yesterday it was decided to pave Wentworth avenue as soon as the sewer Is completed on that street. Some unexplalnable streak of metropolitanism seems to have struck
M est Hammond and the citizens in
general all are In favor of the Im
provements. v eniwortti avenue runs over a mile south past the village hall from Plummer avenue and when
paved will be a nice looking street. The approximate cost of macadamiz
ing the street will reach up in the neighborhood of $15,000 but that amount did not feaze the board which seemed determined to have a new West Hammond and If they keep up the stride they have started, the success of the project is assured. The new sidewalks which were ordered put in by the old board will be started next week and it is expected that they will be completed by fali. If nothing bars the progress of the new sewer system it also is expected to be completed by fall and then with two of the leading streets of the village paved West Hammond ought to rank as an up to date little city instead of a village. It Is said on good authority that a movement will then be started to have it Incorporated a3 a town. Several real estate men are booming West Hammond and are meeting -with great success. They are rapidly getting a nice class of people located
throughout the village.
BRIDGE CONFAB
ITERES1G
Colonel Bixby, Representing United States Government, Confers.
SELLS RAILROAD
FORJEflRLY S400
Amusement Park at Mich
igan City is Sold by Sher
iff Under the Hammer.
NAVIGATION TRIUMPHS E;
Open Waterway Want Movable Bridges.
An Idea of the progress that Is being made on the Lake Shore inter-
urban may be had when It is known
that the line is already completed to Gary: -
E. F. Chapman, who has charge of
a portion of the work on the Chicago,
Lake Shore & South Bend electric line.
went to Gary this morning to start the
work of setting the trolley poles be
tween there and the Calumet river.
He was accompanied by four linemen against the dive keepers
afid a force of eight or ten laborers was picked up at Gary. The rails have
been laid as far east as Gary and the poles will now be set between those
points. Each pole will be set in a foundation of cement, making them very firm and lasting. The wires will not bo strung until all the poles have been erected from South Bend to Chicago,
which will not be before the latter part of the summer. It is estimated
that it will require about ten days to set the poles from Gary to Cal-
nmfit nftor WTiIrh ATr. Chnnmnn will
transfer the force to South Bend, Burglar Invades Cameron
working west rrom mere xo mis city,
following closely the work of laying the track, which Is now progress
ing rapidly.
LIPIISKI HIE
Street Residence; Steals Money and Watch,
METHODISTS INVADE WINONA. !
The Methodists of Indiana will here
after make their summer headquarters
at Winona. Rev. W. J. Vigus of Wa
bash, one of the best known ministers of that denomination in the state,
is organizing a company which rro
poses to erect a hotel at Winona lake
to be known as the Methodist build
ing. It is to cost about $75,000 and will bo built entirely by Methodist
money. It will compare with the $S0,-
000 building which the Presbyterians
r now completing at Winona lake.
IS PROFESSIONAL JOB
Sheriff Smutzer of LaPorte county
today was the auctioneer in the case
of the sale under the hammer of the
property levied on by him last summer
satisfy certain creditors of the ted States Coaster Construction
company of Ohio. The property consisted of a merry-go-round, a minature
rglt.na a n a Pa.rla h-KaaI oil lfiat.
All m Favor of Making Calumet an ed ln tna rke Frent park at Michi
gan City.
The merry-go-round was sold to
Richard Noland of Chicago for $1,S00. The other bidder was W. D. Kimball
of Cleveland.
The miniature railroad, which con
sisted of 1,000 feet of track, engine and cars, was knocked down to George
H. Staiger of Michigan City for $334. A pretty cheap railroad! J. H. Clancy and W. D. Kimball, both of Cleveland,
were bidders for the property.
Mr. Clancy got the Ferris wheel for
$600, though he had to bid against
Messrs. Noland and Kimball for it.
The claims amount to about $6,000.
After the labor, claims have been paid and the court costs, etc.. It Is expected that the creditors will get about
33 1-3 per cent. Attorney Lee Osborn represented the creditors at the sale.
BRAIN
STORM
RUIEBOMD Brokers Worn to a Frazzel by Continued Excitement in Wheat Pit.
COtlFUSIOyj ORDERS Traders Pressed Into Service Get Mixed And Add to . the Panic
As an indication of the wide spread interest in the matter of the opening of navigation ln the Calumet river,
there were nearly fifty of the citizens
of Hammond and East Chicago and the other cities along the Calumet river
who assembled in the federal court
room and argued for better bridge ser
vice, higher bridges, and more bridges. Nearly all of the railroads were represented, too, but these representatives
had little to say, evidently preferring the more subtle methods usually adopt
ed by them to accomplish their pur
poses rather than openly antagonizing.
The meeting was a triumph for a navigable Calumet and Lieutenant Colonel W. II. Bixby, the government's
representative, won a warm place ln the hearts of the residents of the Calumet region by his determined stand in fa
vor of the enforcement of the gov
TIME TO WIPE IT OUT.
0k MURDER ! WP pi Mi -1 If Will $ I
of projects they had on foot to operate
boat on the river If the bridges would
be opened and it is probable there would be quite a traffic on the Calumet if the stream is only opened to navi
gation.
Gori Back to Old Times.
One of the old rivermen told of the
time between 1S85 and 1903 when big
schooners were towed up the river
and deposited cargoes of lumber on the
Chicago, May 17 Excitement ran riot
again today ln the wheat pit. Nothing daunted by the show of weakness at'
tho start of the market this morning.
the bulls took hold with the same vim
and determination as in the previous wild and exciting daB of the present week.
Every available corner of the pit
was occupied by brokers who were
stepping over themselves in their eagerness to execute orders, mostly of
which were to buy and the main from
outside sources.
The pressing into service of brokers
who have not been on 'change in many months has worked some hardships and caused losses to several brokerage
houses. An order today to buy fifty thousand bushels of July wheat at the market when the market was selling around 8S cents was In
terpreted "sell." a new broker executing the order. Within five minutes the market was selling around 89
cents, thus entailing a loss of $500 to the brokerage house for whom this broker executes orders on 'change.
That it was a runaway market and
that the public are the largest Indl-
docks ln Hammond. This had been
made impossible since by the inability vidual buyers may be seen from the of the boats to get through the bridges, fluctuations today. July wheat opened
Lake county was found to be one of at 97 to 96 and sold up to 102H. an
tv. mr.Bt noiriiepnt of the bridtra own- other day or a range or six cents a
ers and It is 6aid there are four county
bridges that will have to be raised from
two and one-half to four feet to ac
commodate even the smaller of the
pleasure boats on the river.
Mayor Becker ln speaking of this
bushel.
Dementia Rules Pit. If this kind of & market continues
much longer, "Americano dementia' and paranoia brain will be the by-word
in LaSalle street. The market had &
Doyle in Philadelphia Press.
Work Appears to Have Been Done
By Person Skilled in the Practice.
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A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the mills of the Illinois Steel company was held in the Calumet theatre hall last night. More than 50 steel rollers feasted ln honor of Richard Brunt, who. on May 15, 18S2, controlled the machinery that roiled out the first steel rails in the mills. He was superintendent of the work Xor several years, but now Is retired and Jives at 245 Jinetytbird-rptTCt
While Paul Llpinski, the well known steamship agent, slept peacefully at his home 912 Cameron street, on the North Side, last night, a clever burglar broke into his house, walked upstairs into tho room in which he was sleeping, lifted his trousers, vest and coat from a chair, and walked down stairs with them where he went through the pockets at his pealsure. As a result of his work, the burglar was richer by a sum of $94 in money and Mr. Lipinskl's gold watch and chain valued at $175. The break was one of the boldest ever pulled off in Hammond and had
every ear mark of the professional burglar. Mr. Lipinski was not alone ln the house at the time, as his maid was sleeping in another room but a short distance away from the chamber occupied by the former. Neither Mr. Lipinski nor the maid were awakened and it was not until morning that the crime was discovered. The burglar evidently paid his visit about midnight. Mr. Lipinskl's wife was not at home, having been removed to the Hospital several days ago. He retired last evening shortly before 10 o'clock and noticed that all the windows and doors were carefully fastened. The maid retired shortly afterwards. When he awoke in the morning h discovered that his trousers, vest and coat were missing, and he at once began an investigation. As he descended into the street floor, he
found the vest and coat carefully hung on the balustrade with the pockets turned inside out. A quick glance showed the owner that the fine gold watch and chain which adorned the vest were missing. A further search revealed the trousers spread carefully over a chair ln the dinning room, the
crease. The pockets of this article of apparel were also inside out, and the money and pocket book were gone. Mr. Lipinski at once telephoned to the police and several officers were dispatched to the scene. It was found that the thief had gained entrance by springing the lock on the dining room window, and forcing it open with a jimmy. Foot prints about the yard showed that the thief had made a careful study of the premises before he entered. How he managed to work open the window and enter the room without the occupants hearing him was a mystery, as Mr. Lipinski Is a light sleeper. The house is situated on the outskirts of the city, and the neighboring houses are far enough away to aid the burglar ln his work. It is though that the job was done by some clever crook who was aware of the amount of money Mr. Lipinski carried, or who saw him In Hammond with the gold watch and followed him home. He might have then made the plan and with the aid of a pal who kept watch, entered the house and made a getaway.
The work was certainly not that of an
amateur burglar as every feature
showed the hand of a clever and daring old timer. It is not known whether the man with his pal was also responsible for the holdup committed at West Hammond early this morning or not but it is more than likely that they were the same pair. The money taken from Mr. Lipinski included a $50 gold certificate and this may be the means of tracing tlie fugitive. The police of the outside cities and towns were notified of the robbery but no description of the man or men could be given. No one ln the neighborhood noticed any suspicious people in the vicinity or loafing about the neighborhood. It Is possible that some "Yegman ' or "Gay Cat," as the clever Western crook is known, was following the railroad ties to Chicago and fell by chance onto Mr. Lipinskl's house where after a little study he planed out the affair and escaped on some freight train.
ernment regulations and the opening
of the river to traffic.
mttr. ald the. was not a. bridxre potent factor the tame class of news
across -the Calumet river owned by the ftaa iittuwruiauoa ior me pnu ,.ntv thaf should not he on the 1unk week. Despite the fact that foreign
pile. He referred to the penuriousness markets did not sliow the responsive of the county commissioners and .his strength to our advance of yesterday, sentiments seemed to be those of all traders pay no he.-d to it whatever, of th tmsiness men present- On the contrary they buy wheat ln spite
of the foreign situation. eorasKa,
Kansas. Illnois. Iowa and Indiana all
It seems ridiculous out many oi tne flir,sh(.A their auota of the bull news.
boat owners testified that it takes them Crop damaff0 reports are as thick as
from one to tour nours to get tnrougn fl,es on moiaH8eB, Some of them from
any of the bridges in liammona. Kansas tro so far as to estimate only
Engineer Bixby said an Investigation a i,aif crop; while Nebraska reports a
of the subject by hlosef had resulted new invasion of green bugs which is
in the discovery that there are fifty- doing great damagn.
eight boats that would ply back .and When the gong Bounded at 1:15, the
forth on the river but do not do so dosing hour, the market showed an ad-
on account of the obstructions. vance of about four cents a bushel for
He said there were only four bridges July, September and December wheat.
that had government permits and in- Tho close was strong ana predictions Hmatoa that ns tiiA others were ob- for new high records are heard on
structlons. the war department might every side.
have occasion to cause their removal. The coarse grains Joined the bull
Speaking of the future of tho Calu- procession ln a modest way today.
met river Colonel Bixby spoke in glow-I Early prices in corn showed a fair ading terms of the possibilities of the vance with Indications that the bull
river for navigation and then made speculators are preparing a campaign
the sienlncant statement that although ln that cereal. An effort by bear op-
tho government had only authorized erators to buy back short contracts in
the dredging of the river to a depth of July and September corn disclosed the twenty feet to the Chittenden bridge fact that there was very little for sale.
and to a depth of fifteen reet to the
forks two miles east of this city the
The meeting was opened by Colonel pr0spects were good for a further ex-
Bixby who stated the reasons for hold- tension of the improvements on the
ing the public hearing.
Kennedy, Nigger In the "Wood Pile.
To tho surprise of everyone It was discovered that the whole matter was
brought to an issue by City Attorney
J. D. Kennedy of East Chicago who
wrote a letter to the war department ln which he stated that the city he
represented did not want to be bothered with the matter of opening and closing
the Forsythe avenue bridge and sug
gested that as there was no navigation east of East Chicago It would do no harm to leave the bridge closed alto
gether.
During the hearing. Mayor DeBraie
made a faint effort to uphold the con
tentions of his city attorney, but he found that Engineer Bixby knew more about the Calumet river than he did and the logic was all taken out of the
Calumet river ln Hammond.
FIND COillflS
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State Pure Food Inspector
Praises Observance of Law in This City.
Corn "Safe and Sane." There is nothing ln the news to
cause an exceptional nurry in corn values with the exception of a sym
pathetic advance to keep in line with wheat values and the possibilities of
farmers refusing to Bell the balance of
their holdings at current prices.
There are indications that the same
upheaval will occur in the oats market
as the one now going on in wheat
Prices scored an advance of almost
three cents a bushel for all of the active futures, making new high rec
ords for both July and September. The same pests are at work In the oat field
that have damaged the wheat crop. The bull and the farmer are certainly hav
ing a feast these days.
MANY GRADUATES
AT V ALP AE AIS0.
Valparaiso, Ind., May 15. The com
mencement exercises of the Valparaiso
high school will take place Friday
When yon are ln Hammond call at THE LAKE COUMV TIMES and see a modern, newspaper plant tarn oat
modern newspaper. No trouble to show
burglar taking care to preserve theboir the wheels go round.
Frank W. Tucker, Stats Tut Food
argument that the traffic on the river I Inspector, who has been in Hammond,
compared with the traffic on Forsythe j Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana evening. May 21. Prof. I. W. Haworth
avenue did not make advisable the Harbor for the last ten days inspecting Df tha Chicago university, will make
frequent opening of the bridge. the restaurants, meat markets, gro- the address. The graduates will be:
The first persons to be requested to
give arguments in favor of the opening of the bridges were the boat owners who have time and again found it next to impossible to make a trip of any length on the river on account of the numerous unopenable bridges. Boat Owners Testify. Amor.g the boat owners who testified were John Harvey, representing the Great Lakes Dredging company, and Joseph Spahn, Captain Nick Kahl and William Stein of Blue Island, all the owners of large passenger steamers. The testimony of these men was one of the surprises of the meeting for it became at once apparent that instead of being a useless pond, the Calumet river would become an important natural highway, for all kinds and descriptions of boats of the bridge problem could be satisfactorily solved. Mr. Harvey of the Great Lakes Dredging company said his company
was at the present time contemplating
the establishing of a steamboat service between South Chicago and Gary
that would involve the running of one
boat each way every ctay.
t The other men mentioned above, told
ccries. etc., left yesterday afternoon for Jonn Earle, Dow Johnson. Geraldine
his headquarters at Noblesvllle, Ind.
Ho will remain working territory near
there for two or three weeks when he will return to Hammond and will again go over the various business places here to see how the pure food law Is being observed. Before he left yesterday he said: "I find that conditions prevailing in Hammond are fair, in fact they are far above some of the cities that I have been in. At Indiana Harbor conditions are very bad and I have had quite a talk with some dealers who are not keeping within the restrictions of the law. "By the time I come back to Lake county I believe thing will be a lot better as I have cautioned proprietors on goods that do not come up to the requirements of the new law and If they continue to sell them I shall see that they are prosecuted". Wh'-n askerT how thirgs were at Writing. Mr. Tucker said:" "Conditions are about the same as ln Hammond and I can not find any fault with them as nearly all dealers are keying within the law.
McNlese, Helen E. Pagin, Arthur Byron Smith, Edna Sabina Summers, Grace M. Worchus, Carolyn Whitlock, Kathryn Anderson, Andrew Joseph Case, Walter P. Fabing, Cartha Mae Card, Harold Harrison, Phoebe Hess, Walter Koehny, Leslie Lembke, Ada Sievers. Ella Vincent, Eva Wheeler, II. G. Miller and Myra B. Thomas.
HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE DISTINGUISHED. George Miller, graduate of the Hammond high school, now a senior at Wabash college, was honored a few days ago by being placed on the eligible list for the Baldwin prize in composition and delivery. Any member of the senior class desiring to do so, has the privilege of writing an essay, and the best eix are selected and delivered by their respective writers. Miller's essay was one of the sir chosen, and If he proves to be superior to the other five in delivery he will be $100 richer in consequent aside from the honor.
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