Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 7, Hammond, Lake County, 25 June 1908 — Page 1

Fair and cooler today and Thursday fresh northwest winds, becoming variable. EDITION VOL. in. NO. 7. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1908. ONE CENT PER COPY. , TOWLE OPERA HOUSE flO LAGK OF ICE S LEASED TODAY li Hlii Mgr. Winfield of Stair-Ham Both Knickerbocker and v Pure Ice Companies Keep Old Prices. lin Combination Circuit is the Lessee.

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Member Confesses and Tells Startling Story of Cocaine Habit in This City Until There Are Now Fifteen Users in Club.

DRUG IS BOUGHT Hammond Druggists Now Refuse to . Sell Deady Drug, But the Users of It in Hammond Claim They Have No Difficulty in Obtaining the Dope. - FEATURES OK COXFESSIOV, There are fifteen young men In Hammond who are laves to cocaine. ' j The new recruits are being; nought and obtained by members of the "coke elnb." Hammond users of cocaine bay all their dope from a well known Whiting druggist. Through a confession on the part of a Hammond "coke" fiend who claims that he has reformed, the Times now has a list of 15 Hammond young men who are the victims of the cocaine habit and several of them are the sons of prominent people In this city. The young men are Lnmrn i-.i. other and frequently get together to snuff- deadly drug which has already imumnru ai least two of them so that there is no hope of ever curing them of ' the habit. Others may4 be saved If heroic measures arc adopted but those already the victims are inducing their friends to try the dope with res' suits that , are terrible to contemplate. .THEIR FRIEXDS ARE VICTIMS. The most terrible feature of the vi hole situation Is the fact that two of the young men, apparently with a Mcphlsto's delight in their fiendish work, are trying to spread the habit nmong as many of their friends as possible. Since the recent expose of the Times the 'Hammond druggist v who was responsible for the sale of the "coke" In this city has become frightened and now refuses to sell to any but his most trusted customers. ' But the Hammond fiends, nearly n score of them, have found a new plnce to buy the drug and they claim that the druggist who Is selling It is simply coining money and manages ' to dispose of an enormous amount of the drug. GET DOPE IX WHITIXG. According to the admission of the Hammond man who until recently was one of the old gang, It Is now Impossible to get the drug In Hammond or Chicago but he asserts that a -Whit - lug" druggist whom the boys call "Phill" Is selling It In large quantities to Hammond men and certain Chicago' patrons. Only recently a large number of Hammond boys went to a place near St. Joseph, Mich., for the purpose of picking strawberries. The parents of these boys little knew that In the crowd was a ring of coke fiends who were supplied rith enougrh of the drug to last them cn the entire trip Used By Berry Pickers." It must be understood that not all of the boys who made this trip are "coke" fiends but there were five or 1 six users of this drug in the crow and they openly, offered it to anybody who cared to make the dangerous experiment. ; In the "coke" gang are two sons of . well known and respectable people. For this reason the The Times witholds the names. It is also thought Inadvisable, to print the list of the names for the reason that it would be almost impossible to prove an assertion that a 'particular man was a "coke" fiend no matter how well convinced a person might be that the man addicted to the use of the drug. Dope Users Worthless. The Times informant reported the name of a Hammond doctor and the list of the doomed includes several young men who have been in the police courts in the past year charged with various offenses. It is a sad commentary on the character of certain druggists who have , not neglected the opportunity to make a few paltry do'lars ; at the expense of the'lives and souls of . fellow beings ' According to the young man whn tipped off the names of the gang they 4. '"eciuei every once in a while and take up a collection. Each member of the party donates a quarter and then (Continued on paste 3.) After You

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Hammond To Have Fine Attractions .. Four Nights in the Week After Aug. 23. Messrs. M. M. Towle, M. M. Towle, jr., and George Towle retired today from the active management of Towle's opera house and concluded Important negotiations by means of which they have leased Hammond's splendid amusement place to James, Wingfield of the Stalr-Haralin combination circuit. Chicago. Mr. Wingfleld and D M. Nye of Chicago, who will be the resident manager for Towle's opera house, are out today looking over the property. Many Improvements Under Way. Towle's opera house, when the contemplated Improvements are made on the theater, will be changed so that it patrons will hardly recognize it A new fire wall of brick is to be built in the lobbies.: Canopy curtains, gentlemans smoking room, ladies retiring room, new upholstery and box fixtures will be among the imprpvements to be made In the theater. The house will be renovated and changed throughout An electric sign, 14 by 11 feet in the shape of a "T" will swing from the first balcony on Hohman street. Will'. Open August 23. The date for the 1908-09 opening of iowles opera house will be August 23 and by that time the opera house will be spick and span from ceiling to basement. This season there, will be four shows at Towles a week and" a Sunday matinee. The prices for week days will run from 15-cents -to ,75 cents and on Sundays, and. holidays 25 cents to 75 cents. The attractions on the Stair-Hamlin circuit will be brought out to Hammond. These are the same playing at the Great Northern in Chicago. Mr. Nye, the new manager, is an experienced theatrical man and intends to give Hammond some good attractions. George Towle ,the former facting manager of Towle's, has not deelded yet what he will do." A SINGULAR ASSAULT According to Mrs. II. J. Flagg, a war rant was saworn out In the office of the prosecuting attorney this morning for -the arrest of II. K. Granger, the steward of the local carpenter's union who is alleged to have assaulted Earl Flagg, who is the married son of II. J. Flagg, and resides on Ash street on the north side. ' The assault is said to have occurred in front of some new brick flats which are being built on Carroll" street. According to the story which was told by the elder Flagg at his residence in 230 Indiana avenue. Earl Flagg lies at his home in a precarious condition as a result of the alleged assault committed by Granger. Granger had been In the flat, which was in the process of construction, and according to the story told by H. J. Flagg, saw Earl Flagg standing at the bask end of his wagon. Granger is said to have remarked, "That Is the fellow I want to get," and going out to the wagon approached Flagg from the rear and struck him over the head. Flags- fell to the navement an th lere for some time and then according to a domestic employed at TV. J. McAleers, pulled him into the basement of the building out of the hot sun and the young man lay there for some iie before he was. finally taken home. The assault occurred last Monday and today the young man is in a bad condition, according to Dr. William D. Weis who attended him. Dr. Weis said today that he was as yet unable to determine Just how serious the condition of the young man Is, but he believes there is a congestion of blood on his brain, -I Mr. Granger, on being interviewed this afternoon, admitted having some trouble with Flagg, said that Flagg had struck him first and had hit him over the arm with a club, with such force that the club was ' broken. KNOCKS OUT INDIANA LAW. Indianapolis, June 23. The Indiana Supreme Court today held 'inoperative the law of two j ears ago designed to compel express companies to deliver without additional charge packages within the limits of cities of 2,500 population and more.' The court holds that the state courts have no jurisdiction over express companies. Business la picking up. People are coming; back to town. Should you not keep your "rooms and houses to rent" before the pub lief advertise on page 7 In our want "ads." Have it

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BUlfi! JUSTICE TO SIFE'SEESCUE Warrant Sworn Out For Woman Who Insists on J Forty Day Fast. MEMBERS "OF SECRET" CULT Mrs. Hunter Left Her Home About a Year Ago Husband Has Sympathy of Citizens. Judge Hunter of Burnham went to Waukegan this morningv to finl his wife, Mrs., Mary Hunter, who is a mem ber of the Starvation cult. Mrs. Hunter is.nowon her thirteenth day of the fast and Chief of Police' A.' A. Walker formerly of Hammond, but now of Zion City, ordered her arrest yesterday on the charge of disorderly conduct. The authorities want to prevent another death similar to that of Mrs. Jane Thompson, who died a week ago today after a fast of forty-one days. Just as the officers were leaving the station to serve the warrant Stale's Attorney Hanna of Lake county interposed with the suggestion that Mr.nunier De taken into custody as an la Bane peison, and this caused delay in ner aciuai arrest. Made Out In Waukeean The warrant for Mrs. Hunter's arrnf cnarges disorderly conduct. It was . "dUKesan Coroner L&J'r,'Z, ,S, Inter9t dPly in th I investigation Into the death of Mr Thompsan and the working of the cult announced today that he would wait for a time Derore ordering the exhumation of the body in the hope that Thompson would be captured. Mrs. Hunter expressed her entire willingness to answer any questions that might be put to her. So far as the police know there are only three places where watch can be kept for Thompson. These are: "Pllgrom Brothers' House," 2910 Bethel avenue, Zion City. Home of . Mrs. . Christine Peterson, Thompson's- sister, 7S40 Sherman avenue, Cheltenham Beach. Home of Mrs. Mary Anderson, another sister, 9034 Erie avenue, South Chicago. Says She Isn't Afraid. "I am in the Lord's hands," she said, "No evil can befall me and I am not afraid." Until a year ago the home life of Judge Hunter and his wife has been a happy one. She became acquainted with the brotherhood cult and since that time she has been spending most of her time away from home. Judge Hunter having heard of her predicament, hurried to "Waukegan this morning in order to be of assistance to her if possible. Judge Hunter has the sympathy of the community for the troubles that he has to bear. WILL MEET TOMORROW, There will be a meeting of the Hammond Hive Lady Maccabees Friday evening in the old Masonic Temple. All the members are urged to attend as business of importance will be transacted. in The Times,

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GIRL ARRESTED TODAY Anna Serbin in Jail on the Charge of Robbing Her Employer. .. Miss Anna Serbin, aged 20 years, re siding in the Standard district "and em ployed as a domestic In Long's hotel. 251 State street, was arrested' today by Cap. Emil Bunde of the Hammond po lice on a charge , of petit larceny. Miss Serbin had secreted about her person a number of articles of wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. Long. The police have had many complaints about Miss Serbin. She was formerly employed at I. L. Cohen's and was accused of stealing things there. She has a bad reputation for larceny, according to the police . Miss Serbin is in Jail this afternoon and none of her relatives have come to her relief. LOCALS ARE lilTEO Cumberland Lodge Shoot Will Attract Many From Hammond. Several Hammond people have been Invited to Join the members of the Cumberland lodge in their annual Fourth of July of July celebration at the Kankakee river. The Fourth has always been celebrated by a shooting match and this year the members and their families will have a general good time The shootingcommittee has arranged for the entertainment of those present. The train will leave Chicago on the Monon at 6:30 p. m., on Friday night. July 3, and will stop at the club house. The members plan ' to return Sunday night, July 5. The Cumberland lodge Is located in one of the most beautiful spots on the Kankakee river and has long been the summer resorting place of Ham mond and Chicago business men. WALTER ENGEIKAN SENT HOME. Hammond Police Send Lad Back to . " AVIdovred Mother. On a description furnished the Ham mond police Walter Engelman was picked up at the Nickel Plate depot by Officer Trlnen and taken to the police station where he was found to answer the description furnished by his parents in Huntington, who claim that he is a runaway. The boy's address is 11 Simon street, Huntington, and he promised to go home if the police would release him. They did so and he was sent home at once. Chief RImbach and Judge McMahon both gave the boy some good advice and he tearfully tore himself loose.

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PET CAT IN TRAP BITES BENEFACTOR Mrs. N. J. Zoll on Truman Avenue Fears Bloodpoisoning May, Follow.' .- CAT MBS INTO STEEL TRAP While Trying to Release Suffering Animal Lady Is Bitten last Night. Mrs. N. J. Zoll, who resides in 307 Truman avenue, Is threatened with MaAJ i . "wuu poisoning as- a result of bein . , , . o omen by a cat, under peculiar circumstances. One of the neighbors had set a rat trap under the back porch for the purpose of catching some of the "varmints" in 'the neighborhood. The children discovered the trap which was of the steel variety and pulled It out from under the porch. T . " v8 not long before Mrs. Zoll's cat. which Is a large Thomas, happened to pass by the trap and was caught by. the leg. The cat set up a pitiful howl and Mrs. Zoll soon came to its rescue. Cat Bite Is Dangerous. When she went to release the animal however, it rewarded her efforts by biting at her viciously. its teeth were burled in her arms several times and it was with difficulty that she finally released the cat's hold and rescued the ungrateful pet. Mrs. - Zoll's arm began to swell at once and fearing that the hfte mfcrv,i v... , . O"poisonous she went to the noih.

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wuuiius wasnea ana an antlsentie anniirt TVito i - -I j. wad ii ij I H I H fCy the arm was some better but Mr. Zoll is living in fear of blood poisoning. lier only assurance is the fact that the cat was never known to have fits and is a large healthy animal. It is still running about the house and was not badly injured by the Jaws of the trap MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MEETING. Eighteenth Annual Convention Ready for Three Days' "Work. .Laporte, Ind.. June 23. The Municipal league of Indiana met this afternoon in the coliseum for its eighteenth annual session Since last evening: dele gates have been arriving from various parts of the state so that the attendance at the opening session was grati fying. . J. T. McNary, of Logansport, presldent.of the league, called the convention to order and after theinvocatlon and a piano solo by Miss Ethel G. Hiley, daughter of Councilman Hlley, Mayor Darrow welcomed the delegates to the city, and President McNary responded, in the absence of Mayor Geo. S. Durgan of Lafayette, vice-president of the league who had been selected for tht work on the program. Mayor Durgan will not arrive until tomorrow. The afternoon session was brief, adjournment being taken until evening, at which time the first papers will be read and discussed.

PRIGE ADVANCED IN CHICAGO

Ice Companies Declare That They Have No Difficulty in Filling Orders. 4 "While the Chicago Ice dealers were swamped in an effort to supply the trade during the recent torrid weather the Hammond companies were easily able": to cope with the situation and although . there were some slight de lays every Doay wno wanted ice was supplied. The local branch of the ' Knicker bocker Ice company in answer to the question as to whether or not there had been an Increase in the price of ice, stated that the prices which have prevailed during the entire season will not be changed. ; The Knickerbocker company In Ham mond has been getting 20 cents a hun dren pounds for ice when a book con taining a thousand pounds is purchased The cash price Is 25 cents. The Ham mond .Pure Ice company charges 28 cents a hundred for its distilled water ice when a book with' a thousand pounds is purchased and 30 cents when the Ice is purchased In small quantities In Chicago the price of ice has been steadily advanced. The cost of dls tribution is greater there and the price when small quantities are purchased, which was 35 cents, has been advanced to 40 and another Increase is expected at any time. Much Ice Is Used In Hammond. . The Knickerbocker people in Ham mond say that they have a large supply of ice on hand and there is no danger of running short no matter how hot the weather is The Hammond Pure ice company manufactured its own ice. The plant has a capacity of 40,000 pounds daily hut the demand has been so great that it has been found necessary to increase the output of the plant by another 10, O00.pounds. . . "The only trouble we have had." said the manager Of the . Hammond Pure Ice company, ""is that on cool days, the people all lettheir . supply o? Ice-get low and then as soon as the .weather gets warm again there is an Immediate clamor for Ice." ' "Some of our customers are unrea sonable and expect us to get their homes with Ice in a very few minutes without realizing that there are a hun dred other people who are Just as insistent in their demands that we pro vide them with ice at once. HllOIOJTEeESTEO Home Lumber Company of Hobart Made up of Local Capitalists. Frank Scharboch who is to manage the Home Lumber company at Hobart which is owned by John Beckman and other Hammond capitalists was in the city yesterday on business. The Home Lumber company was organized for the purpose of supplying the Increasing de mand- for lumber in Hobart and vicinity. The building of Gary has had the effect of booming building operations in Hobart and a great many peole are building houses which are to be rented to those who work in Gary and prefer to live in Hobart. Hobart is on the Pennsylvania rail road and only a few miles from Gary. T Vio 0 Vkrt i"k m a loco no rt ' - .v. .... . the new steel town and the Hammond men are looking for a healthy growth there in the future. WEST HAMMOND COMMERCIAL HOLDS REGULAR MEETING. r . By-Laws as Far as They Are Completed Are Adopted Club Looking Toward Calumet Deep Waterway. The by-laws, as far as they are completed for the West Hammond Commercial club were taken up for discussion last night at the first regular meeting of the club. As soon as the balance of the by-laws are completed they too will be taken up by the club. Several of the chairmen of the com mittees having been absent nothing was done in the way outlinglng worn for the various committees. The club is anxious to affiliate itself with the Calumet deep waterway movement and some steps will be taken in the near future In order to add the prestige of West Hammond Commercial club to the movement. The next regular meeting will be held in the club's permanent club rooms if the Kindkade & Co.'s building will be completed by that time. The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, now uses the union label on its printing. The "fair wage" clause is Inserted In the provincial government contracts.

Jacob Teitelman Breaks into Political Society in Hammond Last Night by Giv: ing a Classic Party For-' got to Ask J ohn Papp,

II . J. M'ALEER ACTS AS TOASTMASTER Many Hammond and East Chicago Politicians Gather Bound the! Festal Board and Mr. Teitelman's' Political Future Looks Very Bright ' to Him. They are talking- about nothing el4 today from Indiana boulevard to Ken wood avenue. Jacob Teitelman, one ef East Ham' mond'a prosperous citizens and a vrelW known saloonkeeper, made his official debut Into Hammond politics last night with a great deal of eclat and at hl place f business !n Hammond's newest suburb entertained a large party friends and political leaders at a lunch eon. Those who were wined and dined say that the affair was about aa sod-, able a social affair am could be imagine In a month of Jonah days. The social function, iacidentally incidentally marks the entree: of Mr. Teitelman into the polldcal arena, m he fondly hopes, and Incidentally brought to light a bit of local political history.--..,;,..., . , -t . Jake at Last Gets Even. - Since Mayor Becker, turned down Mr, Teitelman as a possible Vlderman lor John ; Papp, - whom .'ha 'ip.39tated, ih -Standard .saloonkeeper felt the enub qirfte keenly. He was considered some pumpkins at the Standard until Pappwon out and thought his star had set. Well Mr. Teitelman's star, in fart didn't begin to rise until last night and it is now in Its zenith. He determined to make Alderman' Papp look like ten cents worth of soupbone and planned a party which should be the talk of the settlement for moons to 'come. He certainly was successful according to the people who sat around the banquet table,' By some strange oversight on 'Mr. Teitelman's part Mr. Papp was not invited and Mr. Papp's friends are sore. Big Crowd of Politicians. It was a representative crowd of re publican politicians from Hammond and East Chicago, who warmed their reet.on the Teitelman hearthstone last evening and partook of the elaborate lunch which was sperad before them.After dinner was over, the flowing bowl was brought In and while those present quaffed a great variety of mixtures there was speech making and great conviviality. Bill McAleer was toastmaster and among those who responded to toasts were Dr. Otto Negele, Judere Virell s Reiter, Prosecutor D. E. Boone, Justice Frank Prest, Attorney John Gavit. County Chairman Richard Schaaff, Charles Friederlchs, Dr. T. Edwin Bell Attorney Owen L. Crumpacker, Assessor Bert Lscher and Jacob Teitelman himself. - - ... . Ah but it was' a memorable evenins? for Jacob. ' The room in whlcbT the banduet was given was decorated with flage and bunting and "the picture of "Peaceful" Bill Taft, the republican nominee for persident, was posted conspicuously. Red, white and blue fans were sriven the guests as favors. Several of the guests faMed to note, however, that the picture of "Sunny Jim" was absent from the decorations. While the banquet was being served, a quartet of negro singers entertained the guests with their songs and musical instruments. Those present were: Fred Frledley. M. J. Smith. Judge V. S. Reiter. Bert Escher. David Boone. Charles Flagg. . John Gavit. W. J. McAleer. Carl Ames. Richard Schaaf. G. C. White. C. Friedrichs. T. E. Bell. ' Gus Jacobscn. . Dr. Negele. B. F. Falrchild. Mr. Peters. Dn Schutt. i, Sam Lavine. M. Goldstein. B. Cohen. M. Cohen. Dwen Crumpacker. Mr. Wolf. I. I Modjeska Morris Dobson. F. D. Prest. P. J. Burke. J: Taussig. Leo SmallUerg. John Huber. K. Galagatseff. H. Evans. Costa Cunacoft. Max Tuttle The International Ladies' Garment Workers union will hold its convention in Boston, Mass., next year. In the Interval special attention is to be paid to local organising work by the local organizers and also by special international organizers.