Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 18 August 1908 — Page 8

Tuosdav, Aasmst 13. 1903. STORIES WERE WITHQUTFOUNDATION Cain Construction Company Stands on Its Own Bottom in Gary. MICH BLACK H.'ND Chicago Citizen Soldiers Preserving the Peace in Springfield.

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!V7. A. Cain Is Rated in Dunn andj Bradstreet for One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand.

The stories that have been circulated In Gary regarding the connection existing between the Gary Construction company and the Cain Construction have been ascertained to be utterly groundless. The only relation between the two companies was in the matter of the completion of the Broadway improvement when A. F. Knotts and R. W. McCrea dissolved partnership and Vf. A. Cain agreed to assist Mr. Knotts in completing the Broadway work he had begun, until he could get an experienced man to go on with the work. The Times story of August 15, in which 4t was stated that the Cain Construction company was embarrassed because of the failure of the Gary Land company to pay cash for its share of the improvement of Madison street, was a mistake and the error arose through the fact that the Cain Construction company was confused with another construction company. The TiJiEs made a thorough investigation of the facts in the case and finds that the Land company's action in first signing waivers for its share f the Improvement of Madison street, was due to a misunderstanding regarding the ownership of a strip of land n Madison street, south of the Wabash tracks. "When the matter of ownership was finally settled all of the difficulties between the Cain Construction company and tfie Gary Land company were quickly adjusted and the Land company agreed to pay for its share of the improvement in cash. W. A. Cain, who comes from Ohio and is at the head of the Cain Construe, tion company. Is rated in Dun's and Bradstreefs at $125,000. Mr. Cain has a reputation in Gary of being as financially responsible as any man in the city. It is unfortunate that he should have been placed in the position of being financially embarrassed, when in fact his company is prosperous and has plenty of flnanciak.backing. It is true that Mr. Cain asked the Land company, as a favor, to make its payment for the Madison street improvement in cash, but this was simply a business proposition. It was not an admission that he was pressed for the money. BOARD HOLDS MEETING Crown Points Town Dads Get Through a Lot of Important Business. Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 18. (Special.) The town board met for their adjourned session last evening and transacted business of much importance and interest to property owners throughout the town. All the members of the board were present, and among the important business transacted by them was the question of barns and sewers. The petition of the East street property owners, praying for the removal of barns off the street line in the residence district was read and considered by the board. Ex-Senator Kopelke was fathr of the petition and was present last evening to see what action would be taken on his pet measure. The petition, signed by over sixty of Crown Point's principal property owners and business men, received the approval of the board and an ordinance was passed restricting the futher building of barns on the street line and ordering the removal of barns now on the street line in the residence district to a distance of forty feet from said line. The legality of the ordinance remains to be seen, as the board and town attorney had no time to go into that part of the question. Another ordinance relative to the question of sewage was passed and it restricts property owners from using any other outlet for their sewerage than the town plant. An ordinance was also passed relative to the building of gravel roads, but at a late hour had not been spread upon the books. Numerous bills were presented and were order paid during the evening. MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED. Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 18. (Special.) The following marriage licenses were granted yesterday: Edward Tetherson, Mamie Fiscus, Chicago. Wm. II. Thomas, Theresa Thompson, Chicago. S. Wm. Christensen, Elizabeth Arnold, Chicago. Patrick Brady, Elizabeth Heveran, Chicago. Carl Vonasch, Martha II. Mueller, Hammond. Allen Hackett, Lena Einsiedler, Chicago. Addison L. Bair, Adah E. Barry, Chicago. Joseph M. Woods, Emily Charleson. Chicago. Xiclore X. Flavor, Marie Sodian, Indiana Harbor, Allie Blood, Thayer; Laura Fletcher, Lowell. Wm. II. Girling. Margaret Pekar, Chicago. Erwen Roseman, Aufusta Tangerman, Hammond. Wm. J. Treiberger, East Chicago; Alice M. Lwis, Milwaukee. Daniel Stratten, Trances Bigger, Lowell.

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BLUES TELEPHONE CO. FORBOTS DEATH Says That Ed Finnerty Had to Watch Office Owing to Lack of Instrument. FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW Services Will Be Held By Father Jansen at Late Home Interment at Mt. Olive. The funeral of the little 12-year-old Edward Finerty will take place tomorrow from his home, Seventh and Washington streets, Gary. The services at the residence will be conducted by Father Jensen, and the body will then be taken to the train and shipped to Chicago where it will be buried in the family lot at Mt. Olive cemetery. ' Carriages will be taken to the train and this procession will undoubtedly be a large one, owing to the prominence of the family. Pnta Blame on Company. When seen yesterday Mr. Finerty says that If It had not been for the slowness of the Chicago Telephone company, his boy would never have met his death. Mr. Finerty says that h kn the boy at the liven' barn where his ambulance was to answer the telephone and notify him in case he was called. The undertaking office is located on Seventh and Washington streets and had no telephone. It was while in the discharge of his duties that he hn playing with the Gormley boy and the shot was fired which resulted In his death. Mr. Finerty states that it -wa not more than fifteen minutes after h sent the boy over to the livery stable to watch the telephone that he heard the report that he had been shot. Tf the telephone, according to Mr. Finerty, had been put in in a reasonable time after the contract had been signed, it would not have been necessary to send his boy to the livery stable at all. Boone Will Inveatlgate. It may be possible that a full investi gation of the shooting will be taken up this morning by Prosecuting Attorney D. E. Boone. He is rot yet satisfied to drop the case and will probably hear the evidence today. SALOON RIOT BREAKS OUT IN MILLER (Special to Times.) Miller, Aug. IS. Marshal Edward Klopf had his hands full when a riot broke out last night in the saloon of Iverson Brothers, where a crowd of people had gathered or an evening ses sion, and some to celebrate Catholic church holiday, although there Is none on the calendar. A storm was brewing among differ ent factions who gathered in the saloon and without much warning several of the men came to blows in which quite a number of people were injured. Marshal Edward Klopf appeared on the scene, like he adwaj-s does where he is needed and promptly put three of the ring leaders under arrest. The men arersted were James Mercondonia, James Domic and Angelo Caffy. AH three of them furnished bonds and were released to have a trial later In the week. One of the trio pulled a knife on Marshal Klops, which the lat ter, however, forced from his hands iMarsnai iviops lias confiscated the knife. OLD SETTLERS MEETING Will Meet Next Week at Fair Grounds in Crown Point. The following invitation is issued to the people of Lake county through The Times: Lowell, Ind., Aug. 16. Editor Times We hope to meet your readers at the annual meeting of Old Settlers and Historical Society on the fair grounds in Crown Point, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1908. We hope to have an interesting collection of relics at the meeting, to be placed in the room in the new library building for safe keeping. Come and have a good visit and basket dinner with old-time friends. We need your help to gather and keep the historical records of our county. . Respectfully, O. DIXWIDDIE. Pres

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4 TRIAL IS POSTPONED Writ Spyer, Son-in-Law of Jacob Munster, Is in a Serious Condition. When the case of Stephen C. Sumner, business agent cf the milk wagon drivers' union, Harry Ferry, business agent of the teamsters' local, No. 742, and George Turner, secretary of the milk wagon drivers' union, was called yesterday afternoon in the Hyde Park branch of the municipal court, the police asked for a continuance until August 27 to wait the outcome of the Injuries of Wirt Spyer, son-in-law of Jacob Munster, who lives south of Hammond, whom the three men are accused of having shot Sunday morning. Spyer is at his home, 4 32 West One Hundred and Tenth street, with a bullet wound just above his heart. His condition is serious and the physicians say he may not recover. Mrs. Spyer when seen at her home yesterday said: "My husband has been persecuted by the union for the past year. Time and again they have threatened to do him injury. It was only last Friday that Sumner and two other men came to see Mr. Spyer and told him that unless he Joined the union they would put him out of business." Lieutenant Mooney of the Kensington station thinks that there were others mixed up in the" shooting, and said that he had three other milk drivers under surveillance. "The three men have not been home since the shooting, but we know where to place hands on them just as soon as they make a false move," said Lieutenant Mooney. Union officials are all great believers in the innocence of Sumner. They all say that just because Sumner had threatened to put Spyer out of business does not indicate that he is guilty of the attempted murder. is FOUND HANGED The body of an insane man, who for several days has been frightening people on the lake front near Twentysecond street, was discovered early today hang from a plank projecting into the water from the dock at Nineteenth street. A wire was around the neck and the corpse was only partly dressed. Ainert Jansen, 10021 Commercial avenue, South Chicatro. ami .t.v. Johnson, 1438 Wabash avenue, two Illinois Central employes, found the body. The man was about fiftv vm He was about fifty years old. He was recognized as a stranger who has intimidated people by his strange behavior. Overcome By the Heat. Mary King, 68 years old, of 8934 Superior avenue, was overcome by the heat yesterday afternoon while walking at the corner of Eighty-ninth street and Superior avenue. The South Chicago police ambulance was called and Mrs. King was taken to her home where she received medical sttontinn irom Dr. Suttoiu

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JUNK DEALERS ARE NEARLY FLEECED Town of Miller is Excited Over Plot Revealed in That Place. Miller, Ind., Aug. 18. (Special.) The town of Miller was the place selected by two Chicago sharpers to fleece two Chicago Junk dealers out of their hard earned cash and their plans worked beau-tifull. Sam Schtel, a Jewish junk dealer from Chicago, was induced by C. H. Hadfield to pay $150 for sixty-five tons of old steel rails belonging to Gust Lambers of Miller, on the representation that they were the property of A. Binzen, who was the confederate of Hadfield. Charles King, another junk dealer, was also induced to purchase 1,500 feet of 2-inch pipe belonging to the John Lynch Steam Shovel company under similar circumstances. - Saturday night C. H. Hadfield and A. Binzen arrived in Gary and at once made the acquaintance of Town Marshal Edward Klopf. Hadfield presented a card upon which was his name and the fact that he represented the Island Disposal Company, not incorporated, of Chicago. The card stated that all debris would be quickly removed. The card also stated that the company purchased scrap iron. Ifow They Worked It. A Binzen stayed in Miller all night, but Mr. Hadfield went to Chicago. The next morning Hadfield came out with Sam Schtel, the Junk dealer, and introduced him to A. Binzen, whom he said was the owner of the rails. There was quite apile of rails and they were finally sold to Schtel for a stipulated sum and JISO was paid on the purchase. Hadfield then went to Chicago again and in the afternoon he brought out Charles King, to whom he sold the 1,500 feet of iron pipe on the same representations. A. Binzen was the confederate in this case, but the deal only netted the pair $50. The two Chicago junk dealers soon found that A. Binzen did not own the rails or the pipe and that they had been the victims of the clever game. The Chicago police were notified and they are working on the case with Town Marshal Klops. Klops has, of course, a good description of the bunko steerers and It is expected that they will be cautpred as other cases of a similar nature have been called to the attention of the Chicago police. M3V CIRCIIT COlllT CASES. Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 18. (Special.) The following new cases have been filed: 8051 In the matter of the partnership of Peter K. Love and Nels Hokanson, Peter K. Love surviving partner. Civil. J. Frank Meeker, plaintiff's attorney. 8052 The Republic Metalware company vs. Carl Johnson. Civil. T. S. Fancher, plaintiff's attorney. 8053 Mike Cnoiganowich vs. Mick Mickolich. civil. McCracken & Fitzgerald, plainti's attorney. 8054 Joseph Auoak vs. Anton Rocandlc et al. Civil. McCracken and Fitzgerald, plainti's attorney. 8056 Carrie Ramsey vs. Eva C. Brvan et al. Civil. J. Kopelke, plaintiff's attorney. 8057 Alice Regan S. Kahen vs. Chi-cago-Toleston Iand & Investment Co. Quiet title. J. Frank Meeker, plainti's attorney.

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LABOR DAY PLANS ALHOSTGOMPLEIED Promoters of Big Time in Gary Expect 3,500 to be in Line.

WANT WISER TO MAKE ADDRESS Bids for Concession Must Be in Not Later Than Sept. 2 Committees Appointed. Plans for the labor celebration at Gary are being rapidly formulated and the complete program for the day will be issued in a few days. Posters which will ba distributed all over this section of the county, have now been printed and will be circulated tomorrow. In the big parade the labor leaders estimate that there will be over 3,500 men in line, forming the largest Labor day parade that has been seen In this section of the country. Want AVIser to Speak. As to the speaker of the day an attempt is being made by the speakers' committee to secure A. B. Wiser of South Bend, one of the best known orators in this part of the country, as well as one of the most staunch union men. It has not been definitely decided whether or not the local men can land him, but they believe it Is possible. Persons wishing to secure concessions at the ground are notified to place all bids with John-iT. Hewitt of Gary or W. T. Ginn of Hammond. These bids must not be in later than Sept. 2, so as to give the successful ones a chance to get their apparatus In place. The following committees have been appointed by the executive committee, which is composed of the following: Frank Greenwald, chairman; T. W. Ginn, H. P. Smith and Charles Dages. The Committees. Finance: J. T. Hewitt, L. A. Titus, and H. B. Smith. Grounds: L. Drummond, W. H. Kliver, William Wolf and D. Polk. Program: J. T. Hewitt, L. A. Titus and Nick Conzen. Music: composed of the executive committee. Parade: Composed of the executive committee together with the chairman of the other committees. Printing: J. T. Hewitt, W. T. Ginn and Nick Conzen. Concessions: Composed of executive committee. DIES AFTER OPERATION Death Claims Mrs. Anna Roseland, Gustave Johnson and Others. The death of Mrs. Anna Roseland, wife of Nels A. Roseland of 9165 South Chicago avenue, occurred Sunday afternoon at the South Chicago hospital as the result of an operation. Mrs. Roseland was 45 years old and had been suffering for some time with gallstones. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Interment being at Oakwoods, in charge of GrieseL The death of Gustave Johnson, 65 years old, 203 Eightieth street, occurred this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. Florence Laura Peterson, two j-ears old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Peterson of 8746 Buffalo avenue, dieo. on Saturday at noon of whooping cough. The funeral took place yesterday at Oakwoods cemetery in charge of Adams. The death of Mrs. Sarah Bradbury, who had lived with Dr. Harriet Mitchell of 975 One Hundred and Sixth street, occurred Saturday afternoon, of old age. The funeral took place this morning, the remains being shipped to the southern part of the state, where was her former home. ".-. Poor Carlo? Traveler Here, landlord, what'i the matter with your dog? I've driven him away a score of times, but he always comes back again xnd sits close up to my armchair watching every mouthful I take. Do turn him out and let me have my dinner in peace. Landlord Please, sir, ray Carlo is such a knowing brute. 1 expect you have got the plate he generally eats Off. Strav Stnrieo

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A supposed member of the black hand, Vincent Crapa, was captured yesterday by the Chicago police, after & struggle with detectives at Eightyeighth street and Cottage Grove avenue, where he was waiting for a victim to deposit 11,000. It was the first "red-handed" "bUrir hond" captured ever m. the alleged agent of the murderbund ."6 rresiea while attempting to extort money from his victim according -upo.mment, the meeting place being a clumD of huh of street and Cottage Grove avenue. De'rllu" i-ngabardl and Bernacchl rrfade the arrest after a struggle, following an all-night vigil m the rain. Their prisoner gave the name of Vin.ent rapa. 44 years old, 771 Greenwood avenue. He is believed to ir, other attempts at extortion by Italian itrrurisis. Dread Plot Dert-lopa. Carpra, the police snv - his intended victim Bendetti Cairo, a well-to-do grocer, living at 7737 Greenwood avenue. He was caught while waning xor si.ooo, which the grocer was to place under the sidewalk near the spot where the prisoner was captured. Subjoined are the details a i dime novel: Ensconded In his elegant grocery store, Bendetti Cairo, the spaghetti magnate, was idly stabbing an envelope which had been thrust into his lap by the scurrying mall man. l"A prospectus for canned tomatoes," he murmured, as he dragged the Interior into broad daylight. He emitted a low whistle. Then an effiaculatlon! "The 'black hand'!" he cried and dashed the missive to the floor. It was even so. Across the grimy paper was scrawled: "Dear Sir: We send you these fewlines to let know our misery. We are four persons, and you must excuse us if we seem to bother you. The time is hard. First we advise you not to act likf A hnv. Vnn Tinilf lra.n thl. . 1 i t' iiiid in viliy yourself and your wife. ; You muet obey inose uemanas. xou can pay. We ask of you 1,000." INTERURBAN FOREMAN IS ARRESTED YESTERDAY, B. H. WIddell Comes to Grief Whll Trespassing: on Right of Way. Miller Station, Aug. 18. (Special). B. H. Widdell, a foreman In the employ of the Chicago. Lake Shore and South Bend Interurb'an line at Miller Station, was arrested yesterday ,by Town Marshal Edward Klopf for persisting In stretching a right of way fence across Lake street, one of the principal streets in the city. Mr. Klopf notified the foreman of the gang that the stretching of the wire fence aver the street would not be tolerated. The foreman got into communication with the officials of the Interurban line, who, it Is alleged, told him not to pay any attention to the Miller marshal. He followed out these orders and his arrest followed. Yesterday afternoon H. Wallace, the general manager, and H. B. Cummins, the chief engineer of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South. Bend line, came to Miller and balled their employes out. The case will come up In a justic court In Miller later In the week. TOLESTON. Mrs. W. Hood visited friends in Chicago over night. Miss Dorris White of Hobart Is the guest of Miss Mary Sleeger for a few days. Miss Annie and Huga Schreiber of Hammond visited friends here Sunday. Frank Reisstg and Frank Deppe of Hobart were business visitors here Saturday. George McKee of Chicago spent Sunday here with relatives. Charles E. Phillips spent Sunday with relatives in Warsaw. Mrs. W. S. Kaehler and son Donald returned home yesterday from an extended visit in Benton Harbor. Miss Meta Borman Is the guest of relatives In Hobart for a few days. Ross Brown of Valparaiso visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester T. Stewart and son of Elston, 111., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hewitt Mrs John Hesterman and children of Hammond are spending a few daya with relatives here. Otto Doege has returned home after a few weeks' vacation in Molwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Papka spent Sunt day with friends in Hobart. Miss Ruth Clark of Hammond spent Sunday with friends here. The Bohemian Turner Lodge of Chicago, held a picnic here Sunday on Joseph Husack's addition to Toleston. Mr. Husak presented the society with a lot in his addition on which the society will erect a hall. About three hundred people were present. A IX TALK ABOUT PTTBLICITT IB -GREEK TO. YOU" UXLKSS TOU ID. TERTISH OCCASIONALLY,