Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 168, Hammond, Lake County, 30 April 1908 — Page 1

WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Friday probably frost tonight. -..y.-JUilM;. EEMTIO yOL.II.NO. 168. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1908. ONE CENT PES COPY. MISS ELSIE HEINEMAN. SIXTY RAILROAD MEfi PROMOTION FOR OlAMOi ROBBERS LOSE THEIR HEADS General Offices of Chicago, Indiana and Southern at Gibson Closed. HAMMOND MAN ARE UNDER ARREST? J. E. Dickinson Gets Notice Inspector Wheeler's Detec tives Said to Have Cap--tured Them at Aurora. . of His Advance to Important Position.

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Ten Thousand Visitors Ex pected in Steel City to At tend Democratic Conven

' tion and Hear the Silver Tongued Orators There. GQV.JQHNSQN SAYS - HE IS COMING Beevers Arrive By Scores for Big Barbecue and Democrats From All Over State of Indiana Will Be PresentCity Is To Be Decked in Gala Attire. Three refrigerator car filled with meat arrived la Gary. Governor J. P. Johnson of Minnesota may yet attend barbecue. . Seven hnndred and fifty dollars has been raised and more is in sight if needed. Democratic leaders from all over Indiana will be present. Provisions have been made for the feeding of 10,000 people. Gary Is to be made gay with hundreds of yards of bunting. With the Lake county democratic convention and barbecue, which is to be held in Gary May 2 and 3, but two d 'S,!T t becomes apparent that the new Steel city 13 to again outdo itself. The marvelous energy and splendid enterprise that seems to characterize every one who calls hlmslf a citisen of the new steel city is apparent everywhere, and again the admiring eyes Of the whole country will be cast upon a city whose citizens do not stop at expense, are not thwarted by difficulties and who label everything -they undertake with the word, success. Yesterday Ed. Simon, the democratic county chairman, telephoned to Detroit to Governor John Johnson of Minnesota, who is making ther ace for the democratic nomination for president, and talked with him regarding the prospects of his being able to visit Gary on the occasion of the barbecue. Governor Johnson Informed Mr. Simon that he expected to be in Blue Island, 111., next Friday, where he would speak if the severe cold from which he is now suffering did not make talking impossible. He promised Mr. Simon that he would come to Gary and make an address providing his cold gets better, and it is understood that the various Gary committees are making arrangements with the presence of the governor taken for granted. But even if the Lake county democrats should be disappointed by Mr. Johnson there will be a galaxy of democratic leaders which will make the barbecue a notable one. Ben Shively of South Bend, one of the silver tongued orators of the state, will v be present. Michael Foley of Crawfordsvllle, who is also known all over the state as an orator, will be present. Stokes Jackson will speak and even Thomas R.- Marshall, the democratic candidate for governor, will be present if he gets back from his trip to the southwesfin time. There will be dozens of lesser lights and letters addressed to the leaders of the party in all of the towns of northern Indiana have been enthusiastically answered and delegations have been promised. With an enormous crowd of democrats assured, providing the weather is propitious, there have beerfEmpIo, yes, generous, preparations made for their reception and entertainment. Every business man, be he democrat or republican, populist or mugwump, will have flags and bunting in front ' of his place of business. Gary people are broad enough41 to put aside party prejudices for the advancement and advertisement of the city. : The big tent where the speeches will 'be made, if it rains, is to be decorated with flags, and the barbecue grounds, where the tons of meat will be cooked ana the speeches will be made, if the weather is fair, will be made gay with every conceivable kind of decorations Yesterday three refrigerator cars loaded .with beeves, mutton, veal and pork were shipped into Gary. ' The cars were from Armour's and were covered with flags and bunting and bore the sign, "For Democratic Barbecue, May ,2 and 3." On the grounds where the barbecue Is to be ield a trench 35 feet long and several feet deep has been dug. Across . Continued on page S.)

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Hammond Young Lady Who Was In Door of Jewelry Store and Saw Details of Diamond Robbery. LISTS ARE iNGQRREGT Everybody Falls Down Contest and Prize Again Goes Oyer. m AH the answers to the missing word contest of Wednesday were wrong. Many people supplied all the words correctly but the word "six" in the Wilcockson ad. Everybody fell down on that. The prize of f 1 will go over until tomorrow. The first supplying today's list, gets $2. The list of missing works in yseterduys' paper is as follows! Sommers Pharmacy "Reputable." . Ladd's Agency "Cover." Wilcockson &. Co. "Six." C. O. D. Laundry "Sanitary." ' MOVEMENT MEETS WiTHJUGH FAVOR Important Meeting on SunDay, May 10, to Start Things. The movement in West Hammond looking to the formation of a Prop erty Owners and Business Men's association is meeting with considerable favor and already there have been nearly two score" names secured to the resolutions calling for . the " organiza tion of the association and in which the, date for the first r meeting is set on'Sundaj-i May 10 at 2 p. m. The new organization promises to be an influential one in the village and is expected to prove of valuable assistance to the city officials in their etrorts to determine what the public desires along the lines of public Improvements and public policy. The following is a copy of the resolutions which are being signed by many of the residents of the village: WHEREAS. The village of West Hammond has grown in population to such an extent that there arises daily questions of vast importance to the citizens, business men and property owners, and WHEREAS, There Is not at the present time an organization for the purpose of advancing and protecting the interests of West Hammond, generally. NOW THEREFORE, We, the undersigned, business men and property owners, pledge" ourselves to attend a meeting to be . held on Sunday, May 10, 1908. 2 p. m., at Henry Blissmer'3 hall, No. 450 West State street, in the village of West Hammond, for the purpose of taking steps at that time toward the forming of a Property Owners and Business Men's association, whose purpose shall be to advance and' improve the buiness ands ocial interests of our community in every possible way. MODJESKAJfi TRIAL Hammond Man Wanted Case Taken From JuryThe casesof the state of Indiana vs.- I. I. Modjeska5 and Henry Huber, which were venued to the Porter county circuit court, are being tried in Val paraiso today. John F.' Sawyer, the special attorney appointed by the court.to try the case, is appearing for the state, and W. j McAleer is the attorney for the defendants." A jury was -selected yesterday and the case went to trial at 3 pi m.. The hearing of the evidence was then begun and the state finished its case about noon. Modjeska was the defendant placed on trial and it is understood that the case against Huber will be decided by the outcome of the Modjeska case. Modjeska's attorney moved this morning that the case be taken from the jury but he was overruled by the court. The report from Valparaiso is that John F. Sawyer is prosecuting the cases vigorously" and " the interest in the case there seems to be great.

NEWS GOMES' AS A SURPRISE Office Politics Thought To Be in a Measure Eesponsible for the Change, The general offices of the Chicago, Indiana and Southern raUroad and the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad at Gibson were shaken as by an earthquake yesterday and as a result sixty employes In the counting department, including John Stewart, the auditor, have had their official heads removed. The auditing and counting departments of the two railroads are to be moved to Cleveland at once and it Is expected that the work of the lojal Office will be done by the employes of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway company which is one of the other Important roads in the Vanderbilt system. The suddenness of the change was one of the most remarkable things about it. No one had even the slightest intimation that a change had even been suggested. The high officials were as surprised as the lesser one

with possibly the exception of E. Ryan, me general superintendent of the roads. The reason for the change has not been announced but the impression prevails that it is a continuance 6f the policy of retrenchment. It is generally believed that the officials of the company became convinced that there was no use of maintaining a separate set of accountants in Hammond when the rorce in Cleveland could do the work with the addition of a few extra em ployes. Then, too, it . is understood that th office politics has had a great deal to do with the change. John Stewart, the auditor, has been at outs with F. Ryder, the general . superintendent, for some' time. There have been other officials who have failed to hitch and it is believed that the contention which has arisen from these causes is one of the things that has determined th officials, of the company on their action of yesterday. - - Those employed in the traffic denarn ment will retain their positions . and it is understood that they will not be compelled to follow in the footsteps of their less fortunate friends in the ac counting department. The sixty employes who were let out are all well paid and it is understood that very few of. them will be taken back in other capacities. The change is equal to the permanent shutting down of one of the Hammond industries and is looked upon as one of the results of the recent panic. AVIS THIRD MEMBER Believed He Will Hold Over on the Board of Public Works. I : r:"rreter .t 'c l"c "at win appear in the personnel of the newboard of public wcrks tomorrow when its supersedes the old board, composed of John L. Rohde, Fred Krost and Peter L. Davis. Notices of appointment were sent out yesterday by Mayor Becker to Messrs. Ebert and Schloer and there being no notice td a third member of the board, it is understood that Peter L. Davis will hold over. Mr. Davis has not served as long on the board as the other two members and if allowed to serve as long as they did, his term will not have expired tomorrow. The old board will meet tomorrow morning and approve the minutes of the foregoing meeting, after which it will step down in favor of the new board, provided the latter's bonds have been filed with the city controller and accepted. At noon today their bonds had not been filed. It is not expected that Jacob Schloer, one of the newly appointed board members, will be present owing to his absence on a short honeymoon trip. ENGAGE YOUNG TENOR The Hammond Male Chorus Lands a Fine Drawing Card. Robert Boice Carson, the well-known young tenor, has been engaged by the Hammond Male Chorus and will be with them on the night of Thursday, May 14, at Towle's opera house. Our people are fast awakening to the fact that when this local chorus of male singers announces an entertainment, it is a settled matter beforehand that that entertainment will be an enjoyable one. The members of the chorus have been working hard since their appearance in December last and assure us that on May, 14 they will have by all odds the. best and most tuneful numbers to offer the" music lovers of Hammond.

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Lake County Republicans Are Worried Over Plank in State Platform Which Makes County as Well as Township the Unit.,

ASK WHAT THE OUTCOME ILL BE Charles Frederich's Old Scheme in Dividing Lake County Into Two Different Parts May Be Solution of Vexed Question Unless Another Is Soon Presented. The republicans of Lake county are exceedingly concerned over the fact that the state platform of the party tsands for making the county as well as the township the unit in the matter of securing a remonstrance against saloons. Heretofore should a majority of the voters of a ward or township decide in favor of prohibition, they need only to secure the signatures of a number of voters equal to a majority of the votes cast at the last election to make such ward or township dry. County May Go Dry. Should the law, which is approved by the republicans in state convention, be placed on the statute books the county ir addition to the. other political divisions mentioned heretofore will be the unit and should the "drys" f Lake county be able to secure more than l!lias ;.many, .signatures to ,a remonr st race as there were votes cast in the last election, the county would go dry. Dufferent From Other Place. I. i 1 . . . a nc mw is very peculiar as anecting Lake county. In most of the counties cf the state the county as a whole is either- a rural community dotted here and there with small towns which are suburban rather than urban in character and in some cases are not much larger than good sized cross roads settlements. . In others there are large cities located very nearly in the center of the county which are large enough to dominate the rest of the county politically and in such matters as prohibition. Hold Liberal Views. In Lake county, however, the metropolitan spirit rules the northern portion along the lake. The community is industrial and the people demand an open town and a liberal attitude towards the saloon. In the southern part the reverse is the rule. The quiet residents of its sleepy agricultural communities frown on the capers of their northern neighbors in spite of the fact hat these neighbors build their court houses and pave their countrv roads. What Will Hammond Be Republican leaders are asking themselves what will be the probable outcome of an effort to make Lake county dry if the county is made the unit. Would it not be possible for the voters in southern part of the county together with the few which could be gathered in the northern part of the county to secure a majority of the votes at the last county election and in this manner close up every saloon in Hammond, Whiting. East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Gary? - ' The population in the northern part of the county is growing so fast that in the near future the northern cities will dominate the county just as the larger cities do in other counties but It is the Interum that the leaders fear. Fredericks Has a Scheme. It is even possible that it might be necessary to adopt Charley Frederick's idea of dividing the county of Lake Into two counties. Calumet county and Lake county. j These are matters which are giving the republican leaders a great deal of concern and It is an assured fact thatj the democrats are going to use these 1 arguments in the coming election to win or keep the saloon element on the side of the "Peerless Leader." Law May Be Changed. The republicans will reply, however, that a republican plank does not nec essarily mean a republican law and that the chances are that if the county is made the unite the law will be written to exclude counties containing ci ties or over 20,000 inhabitants. The indications are that prohibition will enter, into the coming campaign to a greater degree than ever before. The democrats will be allied with the saloon elements and the republicans with the prohibitionists. It Is possible that the result may be either a democratic state administration or Indiana placed In the rapidly growing list of dry states. N MARTHA SOCIETY MEETS. The Martha society of the First Christian church is meeting this afternoon with Mrs. Gestner at her home in North Hohroan street. This is the regular monthly social meeting and a pleasant program has been-arranged.

DISTRICT CONTRACTING AGENT

Office Has Been Created on Pur pose for Popular Michigan - Central Agent. I. E. Dickenson, who has been employed for a number of years as the agent of the Michigan Central railroad in this city has Just received notice of his appointment as contracting agent of the Calumet district. This is an office that has been created for Mr. Dickenson in this region and is considered a big promotion. It is not only a position which gives him greater liberties and greater responsl buttles but it places him in line for other promotions later on. The news of Mr. Dickenson's success will be well received in Hammond where he is exceedingly popular.. The people of this city have given Mr. Dickenson credit for the liberaWty of the Michigan Central railroad company towards the people of Hammond and consequently they are well pleased to find that he is also held high in the esteem of the company by which he is employed. Mr. Dickenson will have as his field all of the territory between Blue Island, 111., and the eastern limits of Gary. This will include Hammond, West Hammond, East Chicago, Grasseli and Indiana Harbor. For the time being he will retain his position as local agent but later on when times Improve there will be another agent appointed and Mr. Dickenson will be given the sole duty of looking up business for the company in this region. . He will be provided with an office of his own and will have every facility for landing the Michigan Central's share of the freight which originates in this vicinjty. Mr. Dickensch has ben lifted out of the class of the ordinary employes of the - railroad. He has been given the responsibility of , looking after the Michigan Central's Interests in one of the , inost.linportnWlocalJlWes.lojag its line and all of his friends will be Interested in his making good. N'S HARD LUCK West Hammond Officer's Oldest Child Dies and Wife FollowsThe blows of fate are reigning hard and fast upon Barney Johnston, the West Hammond policeman. Early this morning his wife died at St. Margaret's hospital, ten days after the death of her 5-year-old son Barnard. Mrs. Johnson, who is only 33 years old, gave birth to a fourth son several weeks ago, but ever since that happy event in the Johnston family, the mother never has been quite well. A few days before her oldest son was taken severly ill with spinal meningitis and finally died. The mother was in the hospital unable to see her dying child or to attend his funeral at Mt. Olivet. Consequently the remains were put temporarily in a vault until the mother should be well enough to attend the funeral, but the loss of her child was too much for the sick mother to bear. iarly this morning she died. The unhappy husband has the sympathy of every one who knows him. The Johnston home, at 319 State street, was one of the happiest in West Ham- I mond, until death and sickness enter ed two weeks ago. ' The deceased was at one time a member of All Saint Court, Woman's Cathblic Order of Forresters, but recently withdrew her membership. She joined the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Aid society and was a member of the All Saints church. Funeral arrangements have not been definitely made, although it Is expected that interment will take place next Saturday morning at Mt. Olivet. INT LOCATIONS HERE Secretary E. F. Johnston of Business Men's Club Gets Letters. Since the reorganization of the Hammond Business Men's club its secretary, E. F. Johnston, has received several letters of concerns seeking a factory site. The letters having arrived since the last meeting of the club that body has not yet taken any formal action -or given' the concerns asking for admissions an answer. One of the concerns which has made application is one of the best known In the central states. It promises to increase its capitalization by $50,000 and wants Hammond people to subscribe to 130,000 of this amount. The second company is a smaller one and could 'easily find accommodation in Hammond. -

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Word Received Late This Afternoon Indicates Right Men Have Been Nabbed. A TELEPHONE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED AT THE TIMES OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3s30 O'CLOCK FROM INSPECTOR WHEELER AT THE HARRISON STREET STATION AttAT lHia TWO DIAMOND ROB-. BERS "WHO ROBBED BASTAR & M'GARRY HAD BEEN CAPTURED AT AURORA, ILL. The message stated further that the men under arrest were on their way to Chicago in charge of detectives from Central. The men under arrest are "Bloomlngton Red and Ike Bowen, two of the slickest crooks in Chicago. Jeweler McGarry is in Chicago for the purpose of Identification. Inspector Wheeler of the Chicago police called up Jeweler McGarry of the firm of Bastar & McGarry this morning in I regard to two well-known Chicago crooks and Mr. McGarry went Into Chicago to Interview the Inspector. The men arrested have been under suspicion ever since the robbery, and Mr. McGarry's father-in-law, who is on the Chicago police force, communicated with Mr. McGarry. Photographs of of both men were sent to Hammond and Bowen was Identified by' Tommy Malo as the man who pulled off the diamond robbery. Detectives were, at once put on the trail of the men and further Identification will be made Just as soon as the crooks are brought to Chicago. If they are the mem -wasted, requisition will be made upon Governor Dlneen for them and they will be brought to Hammond at once. Inspector WTheeIer said to the Times that he believed the men were the ones who did the robbery. DR. 1LLETS HONORED Accepts Position as Member of Faculty of Northwestern Medical. It was learned today that Dr. A. J. Willits, one of the most successful of the Hammond physicians, has accepted a position as a member of the faculty of the Northwestern Medical college and will in the near future give up his residence in this city. Dr. Willits came to Hammond something over a year ago from Lowell, where he had a large country practice! Dr. Willits had taken the place of several of the older doctors who happened to die about the time he located there and his work proved so satisfactory that they were reluctant to have him leave. When Dr. Willits came to Hammond he was welcomed by the medical fraternity and has since built up a fine practice. The many friends that the doctor and his wife have made In this city will regret exceedingly their leaving the community. The doctor is to be congratulated, however, because of the honor which has been bestowed on him and he will doutbless find his new activities much to his liking. It has not yet been learned in what department the doctor will teach, but it is understood that his post is to be an imporant one. Tokyo, April 30 The training cruiser Matsushima was sunk off the Pescadores Islands this morning by the explosion of a projectile. The cruisers Itsuknshlma and Hashldate rescued nearly half of the crew. It is feared that over l."0, including the captain of the Matsushima, are lost. Boats Save Lives of i41. Admiral Yoshtmatsu, commander of the training squadron, reports that an explosion occurred in the stock magaslne of the Matsushima at 4:08 o'clock tils morning while anchoring at Makans. a harbor on the Pescadores

Members of Whiting Greek Church Ask Col. Meyer to Carry Warning Message to V. S. Eeiter in Lake Superior Court. PRIEST " STILL MUGS ' Oil TO HIS JOB Sensational Denouncement in Parsconta Injunction Suit and Now Charges of Perjury May Be Brought Against Former. Head of Church in Oil City. That a number of Waiting women made threats to Colonel L. T. Meyer that they would ride Rev. Parscouta on a rail unless Judge Relter ousted him was a startling development of the Injunction proceedings concluded In the Lake Superior court yesterday. Sensational developments came out today In the Parscouta case from Whiting. . ; . On Tuesday afternoon while tho court gave a recess, a group pi the women gathered around Colonel LeKrand T. MeyfcrwjKi was the. attorney for the trustees, and asked him to ar range a.n , interview for them with Judge Reiter. "Why do you want an Interview?" asked Colonel Meyer. "We want to tell the judge," said one of the women, "that if he does not oust Parscouta today that we'll ride him out on a rail tonight." Colonel Meyer, however, told them of the futility of influencing the judge and asked them to await the outcome 'of the trial, which they did. it is sate to say that Judge Reiter was not advised of the women's threat. Unless the Rev. John Parscouta of the Greek Catholic church of Whiting moves lively, his parishoners will hale him into court again for contempt of court. There is already some talk of prof erring charges of perjury against him. Father Parscouta after Judge Reiter issued temporary restraining orders against him last Tuesday, pleaded with his parishoners to remain at least another two weeks in the parish and occupy the parsonage. His former subjects, however, are relentless; they want him to get out immediately. - How well Father Parscouta is liked can be taken from his parishoners: actions. On Tuesday night the entire congregation crowded into the llttyo church to hold a thank offering. The Rev. Valentine Balog officiated. Among those who attended the celebration was Charles Greenwald of Whiting, republican nominee for prosecutor. He happened to be on the street when the services began when all at once he was surrounded by a crowd of the foreigners who insisted that he attend the services. Charley saw no other way out of it but to attend. COLONIAL CLUB PARTY. Mrs. W. H. Spellman of Carroll street is entertaining the members " of the Colonial club this afternoon at her home. A pleasant time is being enjcyed by the members. Inlands. The Malsushima Immediately iunk until only the bridge was visible. Efforts at rescue by boats from the cruisers Ha.shidate and Itaukushlma continued until 9 a. m., saving the lives of 141 men. Including some officers. Oyama's Son May Be Lost. The majority of the officers were not saved, and at the time of the admiral's report the cadet wi board numbered fifty-eight out of a complement of 30O. The sons of Baron Cbinda, vice minister of the foreign office, and of Prince Oram a, field marshal, are among the cudets who It Is feared are lost alst Capts. Name, Yoshmorl and Yanhiro.