Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 288, Hammond, Lake County, 23 May 1908 — Page 8

THE TIMES. Saturday, May 23. VAQ8CASE MAY BE ffflAY SOIIG FESTIVAL Divorce Scandal Costs Bisnopric. EHUED TO PORTER S TRULY A CONCERT

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Unprejudiced Jury Cannot be Found, it is Said, in LaPorte-

NEW VICTIMS SKULL FOUND LaPorte May Feed Upon Sensation All Summer, According to Indications. It Is probable that the trial ot Ray Lanipherr, who Is charged with complicity with Mrs. Belle Gunness In the murder of Andrew Helgelin and others of Mrs. Gnnness' victims, will be venued to the circuit court In Valparaiso, In the adjoining county. t It Is anticipated that there will be great difficulty in obtaining an unprejudiced jury in LaPorte county. When it became apparent that the case would be tried outside of LaPorte, Judge Virgil S. Relter of the Lake superior court was asked If there was any possibility of Its being venued to the court at Hammond or Crown Point. Xo Chance to Get It Here. Judge Reiter said that the law requires that a case be venued to an adjoining county unless it Is deemed ad visable Jo go farther away for the ac commodation of the witnesses. He also said that a case of the kind would ordinarily go from a circuit court to another circuit court. It could go to a superior court by the agreement of the parties, but he. said he did not believe that the attorney for the defense in a murder case would agree to such a change for the reason that a decision might be reversed oh that account. LaPorte expects to be fed on sensa tionalism all summer, Prosecutor Smith and H. W. Worden, attorney for Ray Lomphere, having agreed upon holding the trial of Lamphere during the pres ent term of tour, probably the latter part of June or the first of July. Un less a change of venue is taken by the defense. Circuit Court Judge C. Richter probably will preeide. Indictments Are Returned. In returning seven true bills against -Ray Lamphere this afternoon the LaPorte county grand jury also indicted Mrs. Belle Gunness for the murder of Andrew Helgelein of Marsfleld, S. D. No warrant was issued for Mrs. Gunness, as she was declared officially dead by the verdict. of Coroner Mack, but In order to vote a true bill against Lamphere as an accessory In the killing of Helgtelein It was necessary to indict Mrs. Gunness as the principal. , IVew Victim's Skull Found. Simultaneously with the return of grand jury indictments aaginst Lamphere, Sheriff Smetzer today recovered a human head from the catch basin at the Gunness farm. Whether the head is that of a hitherto unsuspected victim or is the missing head of a body previously exhumed, is not certain. There are grounds for suspicion that the head is that of a new body, although the authorities lean to the belief that Mrs. Gunness threw the head alone Into the catch basin and then buried the remainder of the unidentified body in the chicken yard. Found in Remote Position. A head was missing when four bodies were exhumed from one grave, after the discovery of the body of Andrew K. Helgelein. The head found today is badly decomposed, but not to such an extent as the body to which the authorities believe it belongs! It has dark hair clinging to it and a guess would place the victim as a man of middle age. Mrs. Gunness disposed of the head in a place of remote from the graves of other victims is one of the many un known quantities which figure in the Gunness story. Murder Bills Are Specific The indictments returned against Lampheile were even more sweeping than had been generally anticipated They assure a criminal trial which un doubtedly will attract attention all over the country. There are three, indict ments cnarging Lamphere with the murder of Mrs. Gunness and with arson by setting fire to the dwelling house. Three counts of this indictment are similar in form and are for the deaths of Myrtle Sorensen, Lucy Sorensen, and Philip Gunness, the children who were with Mrs. Gunness in the house at the time of the burning of April 28. FORSlEflEl ID DEATH Kind Priest and Undertaker Alone Bury Society's Outcast. Sam Rosen, who died in the shadow of the law and whose immediate fam ily, consisting of a wife and four grown children, refused to stand for the expense of the funeral, has at last been laid to rest and the county was saved the expense through the kind ness of Rev. Felix Seroccynski of the Polish church and Undertaker C. A Hell wig. The undertaker had made four trips back and forth to St. Margaret's hos pital with the man, but when Father Seroccynski volunteered to purchase the grave if he would take the body to the grave, he readily consented, and the remains were interred in the West Hammond cemetery yes"terday. It is not known whether or not his relatives will appreciate this act of benevolence, but the citizens here are giving both much credit nevertheless! Whoever mentions the leading newspaper of this region, mentions THE TLSJJES first. -

A legal tangle which may result In' the ejectment of a well known Gary attorney and which may possibly lead to serious complications between the tenants of the Tieschbein building in Gary, was precipitated by nothing more or less than a Bermuda onion. That odorous vegetable, which is at once the bane of the culinary artist and the ingredient of" many of his choicest concoctions is alleged to have been cooked with such frequency in the aforesaid building that the other tenants whose tastes differ from those of the attorney, have resolved to either have him ejected or get out themselves. They Like Onions There. Suit was brought In Judge Townsley's court in Toleston to have Gustave Heart, the defendant In the suit, give possession of . the premises at once. The case was probably .venued to Toleston for the reason that the people of that agricultural community would not likely be as prejudiced against the succulent bulb as those who are not so close to nature. The attorneys in the case have discovered that there is no statute against the cooking of onions In flat buildings, but it is understood that the people of Gary have secured assurances from "William Kliver the republican candidate for joint representative that hereafter he stands on an anti-onion

platform and prohibitory legislation of no uncertain kind Is sure to result. Look on Statutes For Onions. But the prosecution Is to be carried on this time under the statute which constitutes such things as the cooking of onions, a nuisance. It will then be BANK " INSPECTOR AFTER SALOONKEEPER Wolf Markovitch is the Target For State Officials at Indiana Harbor. OTHERS TO BE LOOKED OP ndiana State Bank " Starts Investigation and Gets Bank Inspector to Visit City. Indiana Harbor, May 23. (Special.) It now develops that the presence of Bank Inspector C. W. Camp in Indiana Harbor was for the specific purpose of Investigating the charges against Wolf Markovitch, a saloonkeeper, who combines a banking business with the liq uor traffic in his saloon at Cedar and One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street. The ' Investigation did not aim to be general, but it may become" so before the present case is disposed of. The matter was brought to the no tice of the state auditor through the officials of the Indiana Harbor State bank and yesterday Markovitch was in consultation with his attorney, Judge T. M. C. Hembroff, for advice to get him out of the difficulty in which he Is involved with the state authorities. The Indiana Harbor State bank of ficials heard of Markovitch's business from time to time and It- also came to their knowledge that he was issuing bank books similar to those which are Issued by the Indiana Harbor State bank in the savings department. - - Claim There Was a "Hun." It has been stated that there was a run on juarKovucn s saioon-Danx on Saturday and that depositors waited In vain to see the color of Markovitch's money, or indeed, for Markovitch himself to put in an appearance. The self-constituted banker on the other hand, denied that there had been anything that resembled a run and no one could be found who would substantiate the rumor with the names of any who participated In the alleged run. The maximum penalty imposed for a first offense of the kind with which Markovitch is charged, is a fine of ?1,000, and for a second offense a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment not to exceed six years.

ABOUT ADVERTISING No. 15.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMUSING AND CONVINCING.

(BY HERBERT KAUFMAN). The advertiser must realize that there is a vast difference between arauaing people and convincing them. It does not pay to be "smart" at the Inch rate of the average first class daily. I suppose that I could draw the attention of everybody on the street by painting half of any face red and donning a suit of motley. I might have a sincere purpose in wishing to attract the crowd, but I would be deluding myself if I mistook the nature of their attention. The new advertiser is especially prone to misjudge between amusing and convincing copy. A humorous picture may catch the eye of every reader, but it won't pay as well as an illustration of some piece of merchandise which will strike the eye of every buyer. Merchants secure varying results from the same advertising space. The publisher delivers to each the same quality of reader, but the advertiser who plants flippancy in the minds of the community won't attain the benefit that is secured by the merchant who Imprints clinching arguments there. Always remember that the advertising sections of newspapers are no different than farming lands. And It is as preposterous to hold the publisher responsible for the outcome of unintelligent copy as. it would be unjust to blame the soil for bad seed and poor culture. Every advertiser gets exactly the same number of readers from a publisher and the same readers after that it's up to him the results fluctuate in accordance with the intelligence and the pulling power of the copy which is Inserted.

up to the plaintiffs in the case to prove First: That one Gustave Heart occupies quarters in close proximity to theirs in the Tieschbein building. Second: That said Gustave Heart prepares, cooks, frys, boils, stews, roasts and presumably eats great quantities of the genus allium, that

liliaceous plant commonly Known as the onion. Third: That because of its peculiar nature said plant when cooked, stewed, etc., gives off an aroma which, to all but the initiated, is obnoxious. Fourth: That this aroma permeates every nook, corner and crevass of the building and frequently causes nausea and other allied complaints. Wherefore, the said cooking, stewing and preparing of onions constitutes a nuisance and should be abated. Wants Gus Put Out. The plaintiff complains of the defendant and says that in his opinion the defendant will not in the future alienate himself from his favorite dish, and therefore he prays the court that the said Gustave Heart be ejected from the premises. There will probably be several exhibits. Exhibit "A" will be three barrels of onion skins which have been picked up in the alley within the past few days. Exhibit "B" will be a frying pan with some burned onions in the bottom of it. and exhibit "C" will be a box which encases two cubic feet of onionized air. The evidence is said to be conclusive, but Gustave Heart is a fighter and the people of Gary have no idea of how the case will come out. THINKS HESAW BOYS Lads of Their Description Applied for Lodging at Brew's Home. The first real clew concerning the whereabouts of Chester M. McCormack and Ralph McCabe, the boys who on Tuesday evening so mysteriously disappeared from their homes at 6643 State street, was discovered yesterday morning by Lieutenant McWeeney of the Woodlawn police station. J. J. Brew of the Wisconsin Steel company, living at One Hundred and Fifth street and Hoxle avenue, reported to the police that two boys answering the description of the two missing Parkslde lads, appeared at his home and sought a night's lodging. "They were seven or eight - years old," said Brew, "and came just after dark. They asked me for a night's lodging and declared that they were on their way to Peru 111. I thought that they lived in the neighborhood and sent them home. That is the last that I saw of them, but since seeing all this about them in the newspapers I am convinced that they were the two missing boys. This report resulted in Detectives McNulty and McGuire and the father of the McCormack boy hurrying out to Brew's home to get every detail and all information concerning the lads. They learned from many persons In the neighborhood who had seen the two boys that their appearance did not correspond to that of the two missing lads. Clarence Brew, son of the man who made the report, de clared that the boys had given the names of James O'Rourke and John Keefe. They said they were frum Sixty-third street and South Park ave nue, but he declared, as did others that the boys did not resemble the pictures of the missing youngsters. WESTERN YALE MEN GATHER. Cleveland, O., May 23. Boastful of the prowess of their college and at testing this spirit with cheers and class yells, and by leaving a trail of blue flags in the center of the city, 600 graduates of Tale flocked today for the annual meeting of the Associated Western Yale clubs. From Pittsburg to Hongkong the alumni of the New Haven college thronged, making the gathering the largest and most representative in the history of the asso ciation.

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v V V-.-. v is 5 - , ; .fed ..V.VC'.V.y x- - 3 The publication of a story that he is a divorced man is said to be responsible for the sudden drop of the Rev. Charles L. Goodell from fifth to tenth position in the balloting for new bishops at the general conference of the Methodist church. TRY TO REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTIONS Hundred Property Owners at Gary Banded into Improvement Society. SMITH ELECTED PRESIDENT Case Will Be Taken Directly to Either Circuit or Superior Court For Trial. The obstructions on Washington St. in Gary must go! So saith nearly a hundred property owners on the above named public highway who have banded themselves into a society for the purpose of opening up the street from north to south, by legal process, and in the highest courts in the state if such action is found necessary. The officers of the society which have been recently elected the: C. A. Smith, president; Rudolph Maraz, secretary; Steve Pursa, treasurer. Almost every property owner on the street, and sev eral of those who are on parallel streets, anu iisewise anectea. are earnestly pushing the matter forward Several hundred . dollars have already been donated to the cause by the mem mers or the society, and if need be. the present sum can be raised to any amount necessary. Will Flsht in Court. This band of Washington street prop erty owners nave instructed their at torney, i rank Fetterer, to file their case in either the Lake superior or the circuit court. Here the matter will be brought to a finish fight, and it will be determined, forever, whether Gary, the ideal city, will have one of its main streets cut in half, have its bus! ness ttiiu irumu uiuctiea oy tne unsurmountable barrier, and in time to came congest the main street, Broad way, with the teaming and stream of pedestrians, because of the detour which will be necessary to get around the embankment. ine oostruction in question . is the elevated track of the Wary and Western. The town board of Gary has permitted this road to block all streets between Broadway and Madison streets with their huge, unsightly pile of sand, according to the charges of the asso elation. The track cuts the street in two at right angles between tenth and eleventh avenues. This causes ac cording to the property owners on the street, a depreciation of the value of the lots, varying from twenty-five to fifty per cent, according to their proximity to the obstruction. Want Obstructions Removed. At the last meeting of the town board a petition signed by a number of property owners along Washington street requesting that the obstructions on that street be removed, was presented for the consideration of the officials They refused to discuss the matter on tne grounas mat tney had vacated that portion of the street and were powerless to compell the Gary and Western to remove the obstruction Ihis question was under litigation several months ago, when the property holders secured an injunction against the blockading of the street and the injunction was later dissolved. Attorney Fetterer's stand in the mat ter is that the town board of Gary con trols, but does not own the streets Therefore, they have no right to ap propriate any portion of this highway for the use of private individuals or corporations. The streets of the city are owned, and were designed for the use of the people and not for any in dividual interest. THE1 TIMES circulation Is not a de sire, it Is a fact.

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A sensational shooting affair took pface in the Calumet Terminal railroad yards at East Chicago, shortly before midnight last night and kept the police of that city and Hammond on the jump for a few hours. In the shooting affair Frank Abramson, a nineteen-year-old Muskegon, Mich., lad was shot in the back. His recovery depends on whether or no blood poisoning sets in at St. Margaret's hospital, in this city, where the youth was brought in an ambulance from East Chicago. Hovr It Happened. Frank Abramson, the victim of th shooting, in company with John Olson, aged 21, and Joe Marring, aged 19, also claiming to be from Muskegon, while passing through the Terminal yards, who was ordered to stop by Carl A. Olson, a special detective employed by the railroad company. They were act ing vefy suspiciously and started to run. Olson again ordered them to stop but they paid no attention and whiffing out his revolver the officer fired at the gang of fleeing men. One of them stopped. Talks While Bleeding. It proved to be Abramson. He came back to where Officer Olsen was standing and asked him what he wanted. The detective had only fired one shot and was Innocent of the fact that he had shot Abramson. "I want you to stop and tell me what vou fellows are dolner in the vards." The two men talked back and forth for about five minutes when Abramson astonished the detective. 'Well, I'm shot" if you care anything WON'T BE DEPRECIATION Unsettled Business Condi tions Prevalent at Gary However. The real estate dealers of Gary have announced that there will positively be no reduction in the price of real estate as a result of the remonstrance against the saloons. This is expected to. in a measure. hold up the real estate market which has ben greatly depressed on account of the certainty that there will be a Washington streets, closed his place of great many buildings vacated as soon as the saloons begin to go out of the business The only sacrifices that are being made are by the individual propery owners who are being frightened by the prospects of so many vacant mercantile rooms and who are trying to 'get out from under." j Martin Bennet, one of the Broadway saloonkeepers whose place of business is located between Ninth and Tenth, closed up his place yesterday and will discontinue his business on account of the uncertainty regarding the license. It is said that the constables In Gary are kept busy serving writs of renlevin on saloonkeepers Business houses wich have sold them goods on the representation inai mey are doing a certain amount of business have read of the prospect of the saloons being closed and are now forging their customers to terms. It is said that three pianos and any amount of other household goods have been replevined on account of the fear that the Gary saloonkeeper will not be able to pay his bills In fact, the whole tendency of the crusade has ben to unsettled business conditions in the new steel city. John Hayes, a blacksmith whose shop is at the corner of Eleventh avenue and business. SIXTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF BEN HUR WINDS UP. David W. Gerard of CrnwfordsvUIe Is Again Elected Supreme Chief of the Order. Crawfordsvllle. Ind., May 23. The sixth biennial convention of the Tribe of Ben Hur closed here today with the election of the following officers: Supreme Chief. David W. Gerard, Crawfordsvllle; past chief, the Rev Earle Wllfley, Crawfordsvllle; supreme scribe, John C. Snyder, Crawfordsvllle; supreme keeper of tribute, S. E. Voris, Crawfordsvllle; supreme medical ex aminer, Dr. J. F. Davidson, Crawfords ville; assistant supreme medical ex aminer. Dr. Royal H. Gerard, Crawfordsvllle: sunreme judge, H. J. McGinnis. Sandborn, Ind.; supreme teach er. Miss A. P. Kelley, Stockton. Cal.; supreme captain, Charles E. Carter, Logansport; supreme guide, J. H. Wartman; supreme keeper of Inner gate, J .T. Parker. Parkersburg, W. va.; su preme keeper of outer gate, Frona Van Andel, Lincoln, Neb.; supreme actuary, Charles W. Illff, Crawfordsvllle; supreme executive committee, John R. Bonnell, Crawfordsvllle; E. R. Bryson, Covington, Ky.; and George II. Haven, Boonville, Ind. MANY IMPORTANT BILLS LEFT 0VEE. Washington, D. C, May 23. The adjournment of Congress leaves a number of important legislative measures high and dry, the number being so great, in fact, that many persons are inclined to regard the Sixtieth Congress as a "do-nothing" one. One of the most important measures enacted was the child labor law for the District of Columbia, which may well be taken as a model for all similar legislation throughout the country. The session also served to -secure to labor the liability of employers. Insured the continuance of the Hepburn rate law, stopped race track gambling in the national capital, and passed several other measures which - are equally meretorious.

about knowing it," said the youth and sank to the ground. Officer Olsen summoned Dr. A. G. Schlieker and the weakened man was taken to his office where the bullet was extracted from his back. Later he was sent to St, Margaret's hospital at Hammond In an ambulance and it Is believed he will recover. Notice was sent to the Hammond police that they were to arrest two lodgers, Joseph Murray and John Olsen who were supposed to be in the Hammond jail. The men were arrested and are now held at the East Chicago police station as witnesses. The Calumet Terminal has it is reported been robbed of $1,000 worth of merchandise within the past week and the railroad detectives believe the three men are part of the gang that has been doing the work.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED AT COUNTY SEAT. Herman Gustav Mehl, Chicago; Rosa Dirkes, Chicago. James Hoslmer, Whiting; Mildred P. Bowman, Whiting. Ewen Ray, Shelby; Clara Ebert, Lowell. This is the lowest marriage license isse for months, the daily average being eight and nine. NEW CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT. 7988. Independent Brewing association vs. Lois Breitspecher, Curl, Fancher and Pattee, plaintiff's attorneys. . 7989. Nicholas Bohr vs. Adam Adler. Foreclosure of mortgage. Barr and Wheeler, plaintiff's attorneys. 7990. Susan Kappelman vs. S. Harbert, et al. Quiet title. Bruce and Bruce, plaintiff's attorneys. STATE INSPECTORS VISIT EAST CHICAGO Samples of Water Are Taken for Inspection by State Board. PROBLEM OF GREAT IMPORT Dr. W. D. Weis, of Hammond, and Dr. A. G. Schlieker of East Chicago Act as Guides. East Chicago, Ind., May 23. Special.) A mighty effort is to be made by the various states bordering on the great lakes to purify the water, with a view to checking the ravages of typhoid fever which has during the past few years grown to be a problem of ever increasing gravity in cities which depend upon the lakes for their water supply. With this end In view East Chicago was yesterday visited by Dr. Barnard state chemist,' and Food Inspector Frank Tucker, who came over accompanied by Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the board of health of Hammond. They were met by Dr. A. G. Schleiker, secretary of the board of health of East Chicago. Take Samples of Water. Together the quartet went over to the sewer outlet and took samples of the water near the mouth of this, and also some of the water near the intake, for the purpose of analysis. From East Chicago they went on to Whiting to investigate conditions there

and they continued their inspection to ? all knowing sufferers of rheuma- .,. .. , i tj8mt wnether muscular or of th

mo nut;. iiiey aiso luuk samples of the water which finds its way into the Hammond intake and will not leave this region until they have supplied themselves with data regarding the water supply of every lake town in Indiana. Work Under Way in Illinois. In Illinois this work has already been under way and It is in progress in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and other states which have a frontage on the great lakes. The states bordering on Lake Michigan, however, have been the most active thus far. The various state representatives will get together after they have collected all their data and completed their researches and report their finding, after which they will carry the matter to the United States government authorities with suggestions for the relief of the populace of the various lake towns. Adamless Edens. The time Is long past when the fact of women adopting horticulture as a profession Is at all likely to create surprise. Other callings for women may be more remunerative, but there is none more wholesome and healthy for mind and body. Country Life. Read The Times and get the news.

Our Electric Fixtures " ARB MATCHLESS OUR GAS FIXTURES Are Yet to be Matched And between the two we have the BEST COMBINATION on the market. Oar goods and prices are right. American Fixture and Light Co. Broadway, GARY, IND.

Men's Club of Whiting Congregational Church in Big Event.

JOHN KAi.lRAOT AS ARTIST Home Talent Furnishes Quartette Songs, Violin Solos, Comet and Trombone Duets. Special to The Times " , Whiting. Ind., May 23. The May song festival given by the Men's club of the Congregational church Thursday night was truly the concert of con certs. The attendance was large, the church being crowded, to its utmost capacity, and all agree that it was th best concert which was ever given la this city. Henry Beaubien, the president of the club, presided as master of ceremonies winning his usual amount of favor with the audience, and to him and the other members of the club much credit is due for securing the best of local and out of town talent. Mo eh Applause. The program is too lengthy to bo given in full and suffice It is to say each number was rendered in an excellent manner and brought forth; "4 liberal amount of applause. Of the out of town talent Miss Gladys May Sims of Pontiac, IlL. showed in the vocal solos which she rendered that she was an artist of no little ability, as "The First Violet" by Mendelssohn was exceptionally fine, a? were also the other classics given by her. Roy C. McMullen of Joliet, 111., was also heartily encored after rendering the vocal solo, "Oh, Flower of all th,a World," by Amy Woodforde Finder.. Miss Coyla May Spring, a teacher of oratory from Chicago gave several readings and la exceedingly well trained In this art. The first number bjr Miss Spring was a "Scene from Ingomar" and could not have been given, better. "The Old Time Religion" by Miss Spring was also worthy of mention. John Kamradt of Hammond, the reader of gas meters, who recently won much fame as a pedestrian in his walk to Gary, was truly the hit of the even ing in his vocal and guitar "Old Plantation Melodies," and Louie More. He proved much of a comedian, keeping the audience convulsed during the enr tire time allotted to him. Several asked that a few moments of grace be given to John, but owing to the length of the program this was not possible, but the genial gas man assured the audience that he would eppear la public again before long. It will undoubtedly take Mr. Kamradt twice as long to go his rounds until the excitement subsides, for every housewife will be wanting him to render his masterpiece, "The Gas Bill's Growing Smaller Since Father's Feet Are Sore," whenhe makes his monthly calls. The local talent consisted of Prof. P. A. Heimbach and Miss Edith Oliff, soloists, and Messrs. Gray Morgan, Place and Heimbach In a male quartet; Roy and Myrtle Ingraham in violin solos and Prof. W. W. Holliday and Roy Welsby in a cornet and trombone duet. The high school orchestra, too, gave several lively selections and ths affair from beginning to end was one grand success. A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL Joints, sciatica, lurobagos, backache, pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures. She feels It her duty to send it to all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself at home as thousands will testify no change of climate being necessary. This simple discovery banishes uric acid from the blood, loosens the stiffened joints, purifies the blood, and brightens the. eyes, giving elasticity and tone to the whole system. If the above interests you, for proof address, Mrs. M. Summers, Box R, Notre Dame, Ind. INSURE YOUR HEALTH , and COMFORT i on stormy days ;vA by wearing a SLICKER Clean - Light Durable Guaranteed Waterproof 3Q9 Everywhere I

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