Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 99, Hammond, Lake County, 12 October 1907 — Page 1

jVMl! 7" r CqsM SsSKrtn 9746 StmtSiIa 1605 TctsU Yest2i2T li;3Sl EDITION VOL. H. NO. 99. FOUR EDITIONS DAILY. HAMMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 2, 1907. ONE CENT PER COPY.

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fflli EARS TODAY Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Kenney of Lowell Surrounded by -Children, Grand-children and Great Grandchildren to Honor Event. BOTH PIONEERS TO THIS STATE EARLY IN LIFE Mr. Kenney is 83 Years of Age and His Wife 77 Both Remember When Indiana Was Over-Run With Indians Came From Maine Overland With Four-Horse Team. Lowell, Ind., Oct. 12. Special After 69 years of married life Mr. and Mrs. Jerry . M. Kenney, who live east of this town, are today celebrating their anniversary surrounded by their childrtn, grand-children and great grand-children who have once more gathered under the parential roof to live over with the venerable couple their childhood days. Although they are many and the friends are still more, all will gather around the festive board today to do honor to the happy pair. The reunion came as a surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Kenney, but they entered into the f-plrit of the occasion and the little old homestead took on a new lustre today. Mr. and Mrs. Kenney were married Just BS years ago today, and five children, nineteen grand-children and eleven great grand-children have come to bless the union. Today Mrs. Kenney is 77 years of age while her husband is 83 years, and both retain every faculty and converse as well as their children. VT Tr , ...... V, w- In llnnnii'sll .11 1 , JV L 1 1 II T J V (l.l UUUI lit Jiv.'ltW . V . 1 , Me., In Kennebeck county on .November 10. 1823. In the fall of 1S37, when at the oge of fourteen years he with his parents to Indiana, driving all the way from Maine with a four horse team. They flrft settled ln Porter county, whera Hebron now stands. In the spring of 1S38 they moved closely to where they now live, his father, building the first log; home then on the prairie. The trip from Maine to Indiana was not without its hardships and Mr. Kmney though a mere boy at the time, tells of many thrilling incidents with the Indians who w here ln large numbers at that time, and always eager for the white man's scalp. For many years Mr. Kenney assisted his father in farming the soil, and with little or no civilization and only the red man to deal with, there being only a few white men here then. He has lived to see this county one of the most wealthy' in the state of Indiana, he himself being the possessor of 500 acres of the best land there is. a part of which he filed on from the government and the balance he bought at a low price. quite a ran spinier, et.gag.ng quite extensively in that labor all along the country stretching from Door Prairie, LaPorte county, to where he now lives. For twenty-nine years he was merchant and postman at Orchard Grove, having retired only a few years ago to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Mrs. Kidney, whose maiden name was Phoebe "Woodruff.' came with her parents from Ohio to near where she now lives, with a team ln the year 1S39. To her a great deal of credit is due for the part she performed In bringing about the comforts they now enjoy in their old age. She has always been a very industrious lady, beloved by her children and all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney are about the only survivors of those who settled In Lake county In the years of 1S37 to 1S40. , 0L , 4 X x mi5

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MR. AXD MRS. JERHY M.KB.M2Y ur bOfci.iVenerable couple who are today celebrating fifty-ninth wedding anniversary, aurrounded by children, grand-children and great grand-children.

INVITED TO INSPECT BASEMENT ROOM Supt. McDaniel Asks Public to Visit Lafayette School.

TIMES REPORTER ACCEPTS Finds Conditions Far From What They Are Represented Apartment Light and Airy. Owing to the cry that has gone up recently by mothers who are patrons of the Riverside school and whose children are affected by the change which was made possible by opening a school room In the basement of the LaFayette building. Superintendent C. M. McDaniel has extended a special Invitation to the patrons of Hammond to make a Investigation of the sanitary conditions that exist In the LaFayette school. A reporter for the Lake County Times visited the school today. The room is situated In the basement In the southeast part of the building and accommodate forty-six sixth grade pupils. The entrance to the basement is not Inviting, owing to the fnrnace and the heating pipes that are in evidence. The school room, however, Is separate from these surroundings and when the door Is closed is no different In appearance from those of the upper floors. . The walls are ten feet high. The windows are screened, the screens being fastened in such a manner that they can easily be torn off in an emergency case. According to the janitor they are occasionally torn off by the pupils during recess hours. The door leading to the school room is as wide as any other school room door In the building. Toilet Some Distance Away The boys" toilet is in the basement nt least twenty-five feet away from the school room, in a separate room which has a self-closing door and is situated on the other side of the hall way. There is no foul odor percept ible, but there is, the odor of disen fectant prevalent both in the class room and In the toilet room Itself. The foul air "shaft J which , led from '. the school room?! nto the basementTiasTjeeE closed up and the air will pass through the building's main foul air shaft. The sewer drain that was located In the middle of the cement floor has been closed i.p and made air tight. The cement floor has been overlaid with a wooden floor, the two having an air chamber between them. .The walls are plastered with plaster having been applied to laths and not to the brick as Is the case in the upper rooms. There is also an air chamber between the main walls and the plaster. The hot air pipes which pass through the room heat and dry the air. The ventilation in the room Is as good as in any other part of the building. Should fire start in the neighborhood of the furnace the children in the basement room are nearer to the door of'exlt than the pupils of other rooms. The basemtn halls are darker than the upper halls and tend to make the entrance uninviting. There is, however, as much lisrht in the basement 1 r,om as ln the upper rooms. The room j dld not seem to be different in temperature from rooms In the Central school building and was if anything, warmer than the rooms upstairs. The odor that is peculiar to all school rooms was the only one that was noticeable in the new room. M:. McDaniel assured the Lake Coi'ntt Times this morning that he and the members of the board of education would be on the constant look out for Improvements that can be made and that on the whole the room is as sanitary as the average school room ln Hammond. UKVTHF.U Fair tonight and SundMj s slightly pooler tonlKht; slowly tImIdk temperature Sunday. xN

SURPRISE NO'

UNITED STATES COURIER Judge Anderson, With Ap proval of Attorney General, Appoints Popular Young Deputy Clerk of Federal Court to Office. IS DISTINGUISHED AS YOUNGEST OF HIS CLASS Duties Entail Much Responsibility and Cover a Multitude of Matters That May Arise Between the Country and its Citizens Both of a Civil and Criminal Nature. Charles Surprise, deputy clerk in the United States court in the district of Indiana received notice this morning that the United States commissionership had been conferred upon him yesr terday by Judge A. R. Anderson, of the federal court with the approval of the United States Attorney General. Inci dentally the appointment makes Mr Surprise the youngest United States commissioner's ln the country. The honor to the young man was not entirely unexpected as he has had a host of friends in Hammond and all over the country who have been supporting him for this desirable position Mr. Surprise succeeds Judge V. S. Relter who resigned shortly before he was ap pointed judge of the Lake County Su perior court. "While the appointment rests with the Federal district Judge, no federal officer rray hold it with the exception of the clerk of the Federal court or one of the deputies and then It can only be gained with the consent of the United States attorney general. Immediately after Judge Reiter's resignation from the commisslonershlp friends of Mr. Surprise ega.n tdbusy themselves in his behalf and although Judge Anderson was in Europe at the time the work had so well progressed that it needed only his signature upon his return last week. Mr. Surprise now holds both offices, that of deputy clerk In the United States court and as United States commissioner and has his head quarters in the Federal building. The office to which Mr. Surprise was appointed yesterday is a fee office. That there is considerable responsibility at tached to It can be seen from the fol lowing outline of his duties. Duties are Varied. To issue warrants for offences against the United States; to cause of fenders to be arrested and imprisoned cr held for trial and to order the re rr.oval of offenders to other districts to hold to security of the peace and for good behavior; to carry into effect the award or arbitration or decree of any consul of any foreign nation; to sit as Judge or arbitrator in such differences a?, may arise between the captains and crews of any vessels belonging to the nations whose interests are committed to his charge, and to enforce the obediance by imprisonment until such award arbitration or decree Is complied with; to take ball and affidavits in civil causes; to discharge poor convicts imprisoned for non-payment of fines; to take oaths and acknowledgements; to institute prosecutions under the law relating to crimes against the elective franchise and civil rights of citizens, and to appoint persons to execute warrants thereunder; to authorize search warrants authorizing internal revenue officers to search premises where a fraud upon the revenue has been committed; to issue warrants for deserting foreign seamen; to summon masters of vesels to appear before him and show cause why process should not be Issued against such vessel; to issue warrants for and examination of persons chared with being fugitives from justice, and to take testlmonv and proofs of debt in bank- ' ruptcy proceedings. . Mr. Surprise comes originally from : Lowell, and has been In Hammond slightly over a year and consequently his advancement is all the more I marked. ESCAPES - FROM PRISON The police of Hammond have been asked to watch for a 'trusty" who I escaped-from the state prison at Michigan City yesterday. The man was alj lowed special privileges and had the liberty of the yard. It is not known just how he got away, but he was iouna to oe missing ai iuh ia.n lctt-i night. He is described as being about e - . . , . . 1 1 11 1 . ' 5 feet 7 inches tall, sallow complexion and about 42 years of age. He wore a prison suit of clothes when last seen. It is thought that he this way. headed Two cases were filed in the superior court this afternoon, one an injunction suit brought by the Lake Shore Sand company against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad company, and the second a divorce suit brought by Mrs. Anna Carr against her husband. Edward Carr.

GOV. HANLY WILL

SPEAK AT GARY Commercial Club's Banquet Will be Graced by Several Celebrities. DATE IS SET FOR NOV. 21 James Whitcomb Riley, Hon. C rumpacker and Mann and Will Davis Will Attend. (Special to Lake County- Time.) Gary, Ind.. Oct. 12. It will be a matter of some surprise to the peo ple of Hammond and its Immediate vicinity, that Governor Hanly will actually speak in Indiana within nine miles of Hammond, Nov. 21. The governor will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be given by the Commercial Club of Gary, and in ad dition there will be invited other cele brities from over this part of the country that will make the banquet a notable one. There will be many other speakers of note present, among them being Congressman James R. Mann of Illinois, who has proved himself an ardent champion of a system of Calumet re gion waterways, and Congressman E. D. Crumpacker, of this district who has promised to do all ln his power in the coming session of congress to secure an apporlation for Indiana harbors. James Whitcomb Riley will represent Indiana's literary talent. President Brown of Valparaiso university, will represent the educational Institution of the state, and Will J. Davis, of Chicago' who will lease the Gary opera house, will represent the theatrical world. The banquet Is expected to be a brilliant affair and will place Gary in the limelight in a very favorable manner. This affair is but an indication of the splendid spirit there Is behind the building up of Gary, and on Nov. 21, the date set for the banquet, Gary will her debut. S A MISERABLE THIEF Joseph: ' FarejK Fined " for Stealing Clothes of Gary Accident Victims. Whiting, Ind., Oct 12. Special Joseph Farrey, an Italian junk dealer of Chicago, was up before Judge Jones yesterday morning, charged with stealing and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $16.75. Farey Is charged with entering Undertaker Hellwig's barn and taking clothes which belonged to the victims of the Lake Shore accident at Gary last Sat urday night, and also a large piece of canvas which belonged to the United States Express company, which was used to carry the bodies to Whiting, This was valued at $10, but after his arrest Farey returned all of the ar ticles he had taken. FOOTBALL CROWD HERE A cold, cuddled-up crowd, blew in from Michigan City this morning on the 11:54 Michigan Central. It -was composed of the sturdy aggregation from the Michigan City high school who will do battle with the locals for the supremacy of northern Indiana. The fight this afternoon will be one to the finish as both teams will endeavor to show that they really are the best team after all. Coach Allee's pupils have gone through a hard week of training to bring them around to a hardened state and drill into them the fine points of the game. The battle which was so interesting on the home grounds of the enemy gives promise of being just as attractive this afternoon and there will no doubt be a large crowd in attendance. It is thought that there are at least twenty-five supporters of the visitors on the local grounds ready to root for their home team. They in turn will be opposed by the local students in a body together with a number of loyal .citizens ready to back the home team from start to finish. The game was called at 3 o'clock at the Harrison Park grounds. "JUGS" ENTERTAIN. Special to I.nke County Timea.) East Chicago, Oct. 12. The reception given last night by the J. U. G. club proved to be a success. The hall was beautifully decorated in crimson i on gold and the favors that were dlstributed were red and yellow roses, the colors of the club. Misses Lillian Endgall and Gladys James presided at the punch bowl, while Messrs. Conrad Moff and Lester Ottenheimer were in I charge of the cloak room. Music was furnished by McKelvey and Havill, and the club members were complimented for the good music that was rendered. The young people were chaperoned by Mrs. Louis Loucks and fifty or more people who attended the function voted the J. U. G. club to be good entertainers. Times' Want "adi" Brine Results.

STUPENDOU

CONTRACT IS Report Current That Deal is Closed Between Builders and American Car and Foundry Co. for $700,000 Worth of Buildings. OTHER CONCERNS WILL SOON LINE RIVER FRONT American Bridge Works is Among Those Concerns Which Plan to Build Enormous Plants Indiana Harbor Watches Every Move With Interest. (Special to I.nke County Times.) Gary, Ind., Oct. 12. It is rumored that the contract has been let for the erection of $700,000 worth of buildings to be put up on the site west of Gary recently purchased by the American Car and Foundry company. This concern Is contemplating the erection of an enormous plant In the vicinity of Clark Station and is to be one of the Beveral concerns that will eventually line the banks of the Calumet river all the way from Gary to Indiana Harbor. In addition to the American Car and Foundry company, which is now reported to have appropriated such a large sum for the .erection of the first buildings on the site selected for their Indiana plant. It is well known that other subsidiary concerns are soon to begin the erections of plants on river frontage in this vicinity. American ltrldgc Works Is One. Among these is the American Bridge Works company, which will build an enormous concern next spring, and the American Tube works, which will also soon begin the building of a western plant. The people of Indiana Harbor have been watching the activity of these enterprises and have noted with satisfaction that they are being located in close proximity to their city. In fact, when the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend interurban line is completed, which will be some time next spring, the Harborites have figured that they are going to be as close to these new concerns as the Gary Land company's subdivision, and will probably prove as attractive as a place of residence for part of the employes of these new concerns as Gary itself. GRAND JURHDJOURliS Brings in Only True Bill; Dalton and Laube Trials Begin Monday. The grand jury for the Lake superior court adjourned yesterday in only one indictment at this, its fourth session. A true bill was voted against Fred Stein, the young Chicago forger, and he was brought before Judge Reiter who withheld sentance until Oct. 21. With the exception of indictments against Tom Dolton, the Gary murderer, and Mrs. Bertha Laube, of Hobart, on the charge of mal practice, the jury did not bring in any in dictments in open court, these having been brought in at former sessions. Dolton's trial on the charge of mur der, wfll begin next Monday in the superior court after which the case of Mrs. Laube will be taken up. The evidence against Dolton Is very strong and at this time it looks as though the case will not last very long. A more bitter fight is, however, ex pected in the Laube case. Attorneys for the defense are prepared lor a hard battle. In which they hope to clear the woman. The prosecution Is said to have damaging evidence against Mrs. Laube and will try to hold her responsible for the death of Mrs. Frank Brock of Lake Station. REFUSES TO MAKE BED; JiVOHCE ASKED On the grounds that his wife refused to make his bed for him and several other charges, Mike Lapkovitch of East Chicago, will bring suit for divorce. He has lived with his t

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wife for eghteen years. Things seemed j sion which shook the whole city of to be getting worse and worse in the j Indiana Harbor and was felt in many: Papkovitch household during this time i of the other cities of the Calumet reuntll the henpecked husband says he j gion. occurred at about 3 o'clock this could stand It no longer, and has ac- j afternoon, cordlngly filed suit for divorce in the ' At first it was thought to have ocsuperior court. j curred at the Aetne Powder mills, but Other cases that were filed are Eliza- I a telephonic inquiry at that place re-

beth Burrouphs Green against George "W. Green for separate maintenance, Benjamin Humphrey against the city of East Chicago, and Peter Starlka against the Pennsylvania railroad company.

WAS H1BEDU raSSl

It Now Develops Steel Company's Land Agent Has Enemy Who Threatened His Life.

ONE ATTEMPT FRUSTRATED 111 CAPTAIN'S OFFICE Real Estate Man Gets Drop on Would-be Slayer, and With Gun Leveled at Him Orders-Him to Leave Town Within Ten Minutes.

Gary, Ind.. Oct. 12. (Sreclal.) That the man who entered the residence of Captain II. S. Norton of the Gary Land company and engaged in a revolver duel with him did not do so solely with the object of burglary, but for the purpose of assassinating him Is the opinion of many of the friends of the popular land company's agent. It is furthermore suspected to be the opinion of the captain himself. v It now developes that there has been a man who has followed Mr. Norton with the avowed intention of getting him out of the way. He has tracked him all over the northern part of Lake county and was only compelled to desist when Mr. Norton with his usual decsiveness, got the drop on him with his revolver and after informing him of his knowledge of the man's purpose, gave him ten minutes to get out of town. The scene took place in Mr. Norton's office some time before the supposed attempted burglary took place. Manv people who know all of the details of that terrible duel which was fought out ln the semi-darkness of Mr. Norton's residence and so nearly resulted in the death of the steel company's property agent are convinced that the man who entered the house, did so with the primary purpose of killing Mr. Norton. Clreunwtnucen Aid Belief. There arc many facts connected with the case that would bear out this be lief. It will be remembered that the man who invaded Norton" housd first entered the room occupied by his daughter. The daughter was awakened by his presence in the room and half rising she asked, "Who is it?" No sooner had she moved that the robber fired at the half-reellning figure. Captain Norton heard the shot and gasping his . revolver, rushed to the door of his room where the duel began emptied his revolver and the robber or assassin, whoever he was, had done the same. It will be noticed that the invader, whoever he was. did not take any chances. He fired as soon as he saw a living target. It is also a fact that there were valuables, including a $10

TAKE FOURTH ID FINAL.

GAME

Three Fingered Brown Wins Final Victory for Chicago Tigers Unable to Hit His Delivery and Have Few Chances to Score The Score:

12 3 456 78 9 10 11 E H Chicago ElI313I3IIII3iIi3E!lQ El-HEI Detroit 13 13 EI.E3 E3 EI M M 13 Q-SE! Batteries Brown. Kling; Mullin, Archer.

After a aerie of contests lasting Ave days, the Chicago National League !aebnll team triumphed over tbe Detroit American l.fRue pennant 'inner. In only one of the frames, the first one on Tuesday, did the Tigers uliow themselves to be In the same class with tbe Cubs. "Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and today It vra tbe same story, tbe Cubs outclassing their opponents.

ARBOR SHAKEN BY EIPLOSIO

(Special to Lake County Times.) Indiana Harbor, Oct. 12. An explovealed the fact that there had been no explosion there. The only other theory, some large store of dynamite or perhaps one of those dynamite wagons , might have been exploded sornewiiere ln .the vicin

bill, which he must have seen and yet did not take. As an Indication that the family ,of Captain Norton are of the opinion that he was the victim of an attempted assassination, thev are so wrought nr

over the affair and are so nervous that they have not been able to sleep since, and it is said that Mr. Norton will move back to Chicago until they recover their fright. Altogether there Is a long chain of circumstances that lead the friends of Mr. Norton to believe that an effort is being made to get him out of the way "Wnrned of III Daugfr, It is said that some time ago a man whom Norton had befriended came to him and told him that there was. a man who had revealed the fact that ho intended to lay for Captain Norton and kill him. The man was pointed out to the captain and it was discovered that he waa actually following him wherever he went. One day Mr. Norton went to Indiana Harbor and back to Gary and he noticed that he was followed all the way. . Finally when he came out of his of fice in the old jn'stof lice building ha saw the fellow in the waiting room. Norton is six feet tall and a powerful man. He walked over to the man who had been following him and, grasping him by the shoulders, almost picked him up.and carried . hlra into tils Inner. Here he sat the fellow in a Thnir and informed him that he kneV all about what he was. trying to do. Ha then pulled a revolver and, it is said he pointed it at th$ fellow and told him that he had just ten minutes to; (7" t nut nf tnwn The fellow left and has not been seen since. This surprising turn that has been given to the supposed burglary will interest people from one end of the Calumet region to the other. A plausible motive for such a crime is apparent. A man in Mr. Norton's capacity is compelled to deal decisively with a large criminal elementThere is no doubt that he has offended some of the people with whom he baa dealt and revenge may have been thO' motive. OF THE 'The pitching department of the Tlgrra vras found to be woefully week while tbe same department of tbe Cuba showed correspondingly strong. Jobaay Kllnfc as backstop, showed up 100 per cent stronger than Schmidt or Payne and his work went a long way towards bringing about tbe victory. The four straight wins for "the Cubs was unexpected even by the most sanguine Cbieago rooter. ity of Indiana Harbor, or that blasting is in progress somewhere. At the time of going to press there was no reliable information available and the scene of the explosion has not been located.. . . State 'Food Inspector Frank Tucker appeared in "the local court this morning before Judge McMahon against Nicholas Bereolls and William Brahos, both of whom were charged with violation of the pure food law. The casa was continued until Oct. CS. when tha rest of the similar casts will be tried.