Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 59, Hammond, Lake County, 26 August 1908 — Page 1

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tn&ATEUUL Generally fair today with rising temperatures Thursday partly " cloudy and warmer. VOL. in. NO. 59.LEADERS Judgi e V. S. Reiter Presides Over Republican Meeting Held at the Headquarters Last Night and Politicians From Down State Talk. H1CKEY SAYS WORK IS NEEDED Candidate For Lieutenant Governor Goodwine Makes a Hit With His Auditors and Party Workers Say They Received a Good Deal of Encouragement. The republican party held a consecration meeting In the headquarters over the Commercial bank last evening and as such It was one of the most earnest and enthusiastic political gatherings that has ever been held in Hammond. The meeting was presided over by Judge Virgil S. Reiter, who Introduced thev arlous speakers with exceedingly appropriate remarks. Those who spoke were District Chairman A. J. Hlckey, candidate for lieutenant governor, Fremont Goodwine, and "Wade Emerson. A. J. Hlckey talked on organization and explained the system which has been adopted by the state organization. It provides for close party organization and the details of the plan indicate that the state central committee "will spare nothing to agatn-win the state over for the republican party. 80,100 Fall to Vote. Mr. Hickey said that at the last election there were approximately 80,000 voters who stayed away from the polls. Of that number 60,000 were republicans and in some districts demo cratic candidates were elected by the stay-at-home republicans. In the case of Ed Simon of this city, Mr. Hlckey said in Lake county there was an average of twenty-seven republicans to a precinct who stayed away from the polls, and If the party workers in a single precinct had brought out all of the vote, Ed Simon would not have been elected, as his majority was only 44. With this illustration and many oth ers, the district chairman showed the importance of close organization and of hard work by the party leaders. Fre mont Goodwine, who never addresses a meeting without winning the admira tion of the entire audience, was the same big-hearted man that he is re puted to be, and made a friend of every politician present. Goodnlne Makes a Hit. Mr. Goodwine also talked of party or ganization and advised the adoption of a system by which the party would have a complete record of every voter in the city. To give an idea of how complete those records should be, Mr. Goodwine said that it ought to show that a certain young voter sits up nights with his best girl in order that she may possibly be induced to help in the good work of making him a republican. Wade Emerson of VIncennes was introduced by Judge Virgil S. Reiter as the man who has, in a large measure, been responsible for the fact that while the southern part of the state was once democratic, it is now safely republican. After Mr. Emerson had completed his talk his hearers did not doubt that such oratory and such clear-headedness as he showed, should greatly aid in the conversion of the entire southern part of the state to the pary of Lincoln and Roosevelt. Dare Not Look Bark. Speaking of Bryan and the democratic party, Mr. Emerson said: "They dare not look back. They are continually saying, 'Let bygones be bygones.' They cannot look back on a single party leader, until they get away back to Jackson and Jefferson, to whom they can point with pride, and Jackson issued $80,000,000 of government bonds which he offered to the world at 12 per cent interest and the world would have none of them. "In the last fifty years." said Mr. been In power just two measley years. It is true that Cleveland had two administrations, but part of the time the senate and the house were republican, was in power they brought the country to a panic that was so long drawnout and so distressing that It took years to recover from it." Mr. Emerson told several interesting stories and his talk was worthy of an mdience of 5,000 people Instead of the little group of party workers who fathered together to catch the inspiration of the coming campaign and carryIt into the activities of their every day Jfe. '

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PAUL CASE ENDS mQUEER SUIT Aftermath of Trial in Judge Jordan's Court Causes Filing of Papers. WIFE GUMPS ON HUBBY'S TRAIL Says That Herman Did Gymnastic Stunts With Children Which They Didn't Savor. Louisa Paul baa a grievance against her husband. She Is not going; to re lease hi ni from the bonds of matrt niony, however. Instead, she Is going to try and persuade the court that he ought to support her, and she asks $50 a month for the support of herself and children. Mrs. .Paul is the frail little woman who appeared in Judge Jordan's court a few months ago and asked that her husband be put under peace bonds. She stated at the time that he had accused her of having improper rela tions with her bartender, and she re sented this very much. She employed J. K. Stinson as her attorney and after he had made his plea the Jury sur prised every one by refusing to place Herman Paul under peace bonds. Mrs. Paul is still after her husband and this time she has filed a case in the Lake superior court in which she asks that Mr. Paul be required to sup port her. Tells of Married Life. Mrs. Paul alleges in her complaint that Mr. Paul, who owns a saloon on Morton avenue in the Standard dis trict, abused both herself and her chil dren. She tells of an incident in their married life in which he took her by the arm and swung her around the room and struck her with a rope. She alleges that he did gymnastic tsunts with her children and inferred that the children did not always enter into the spirit of the play. Mr. and Mrs. Paul were married June 5, 1902, after Paul had been previously married to Mrs. Paul's sister. Mrs. Paul alleges that Mr. Paul threatened on several occasions to put Mrs. Paul's "lights" out, which she took to mean that he would kill her, and she also alleges that he threatened to break her neck. THEY BODE WITH THE GREAT COMMONER Messrs. Lawrence Becker and Ed Simon Confer With W. J. Bryan. PRAISE THE CAPITAL AFFAIR Reception Had By Presidential Can didate in Hammond Was Only a Beginning. Mayor Becker and Ed Simon, democratic county chairman returned this morning from Indianapolis where they had attended the Kern notification ceremonies. Mr. Simon upon landing in Hammond this morning said that it was a monster crowd that had gathered in Indianapolis. "Of course Mr. Bryan was the chief attraction," said Mr. Simon. "The reports that he has from all the states in the country in general are most encouraging." Got a Great Reception. Mayor Becker and Mr. Simon rode with the Bryan party in the special car and had long interviews with the democratic leader. The reception, according to their reports, which the great commoner received in Hammond, was only a starter. No matter how small the hamlet. if the train stopped there for only a minutes, hundreds of people crowded around the rear platform to see Mr. Bryan. Whenever he had a spare minute he would say a few words, but the stops were always too short for the people that had gathered to hear him. LUTHERAN MINISTERS CONTINUE IN SESSION. Choir Entertnins Visitor Last Xlght With a Delight ml Program. Services in St. Paul's church this evening will comprise part of the day's program for the convention of the Lutheran ministers who are assembled in Hammond for a three days' session. Two sessions were held today, one in the forenoon and the second in the afternoon in St. Paul's German Lutheran school. The three days' session will end tomorrow noon. Last evening the visltng ministers gathered in the hall of St. Paul's school and listened to a musical program rendJered by the mixed choir of the church.

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TWO VIEWS OF WRIGHT AEROPLANE WHICH UNCLE SAM IS TO TEST.

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machines before the government experts at Port Myer, va. The aeroplane is now ready for the government trials, and the sensational performances are expected. The Fort Myer trials will be the first that the brothers have made in public in this country.

INSPECTOR HAS FILEDAFRDAVITS Pros. Atty. Boone Charges Men With Keeping Unsanitary Places. OFFICIALS CAN FIND NO EXCUSE Work of "Investigations Is Being Carried On and Other Affidavits Will Be Filed. Ivan C. Weld, the representative of the denartment of agriculture, and Frank A. Tucker, of the state department of food inspection continued their work of inspection yesterday, and today affidavits nnvp laced In the hands of Prosecutor D. E .Boone, charglnff Richard Slebert with keeping an unsanitary place for the production of food, on Sibley street, and William Normann of 1111 Sheffield avenue with conducting an unsanitary dairy. It is understood that the condition of the Normann dairy was most unsanitary. One of the dairies which was described in yesterday's Times, belonged to Normann. Normann is said to be a man of considerable wealth and the health officials say that there is positively no excuse for the condition of affairs which was found there. May ot De Able to Convict. Prosecutor D. E. Boone said he did not believe that it would be possible to convict in cases like that at Siebert's and Normann's, but he did not state why he thought that these offenders could not be made amenable to the law. The work of investigation is being continued and it is thought that there will be other affidavits filed against the offenders as rapidly as evidence can be secured against them. Judge William W. McMahon is not in the city and it is possible that the warrants may not be issued today. There has been considerable sentiment aroused against the unsanitary conditions which prevail in some of the places in the city where food is produced and any effort that will be made to prosecute the offenders will meet with the approval of the public. Warrants Soon To Be Out. In the case of Richard Siebert; his bakery in 439 Sibley street was inspected and found to be in an unsanitary condition. The affidavits were tiled against Siebert and Normann and they will be arrested as soon as the warrant can be made out. It is expected that there will be a large accumulation of cases of the kind before the food inspectors get through, if the revelations which are continually being made are as revolting as have been the case so far. BOX OFFICE WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW. Towle's Opera House Management Adopts a New Wrinkle This Season. Manager D. M. Nye of Towle opera house has adopted a new wrinkle this season which will be put into operation tomorrow. This is no more nor less than having the box office Open at the theater henceforth for the sale of tickets. Hitherto it has been customary to have the seats on sale at the drug stores, but now the chart will be kept at the theater. The office will be open for the sale of seats for "Lena Rivers" at the opera house tomorrow morning a 9 o'clock.

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INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, Orville is preparing to test one of the JOHN id BADLY HU SHOWS 6 Lowell Contractor Well Known AH Over Lake and Porter Counties, Though Bone in Broken Leg Pro trudes, Remarkable Nerve IS BROTHER OF HlMOi LADIES Horse Falls on Dredging Contractor Near Beaver Dam Ditch Yesterday Afternoon and a Shocking Accident Takes Place in Consequence Injured Man Taken Home. Special to The Times Crown Point, Ind., Aug, 20. John Hack of Lowell, brother of Mrs. E. A. Mee of the Hotel Carleton, and Mrs. Mat Honey of Hammond, one of Lake county's mont prominent and representative citizens met with a palnfnl and serious accident, suffering a compound fracture and break of his leg; vesterriiiv nfternoon. lie was siioerf ntenrfinsr the work on his contract of dredging the Beaver dam dltcb at the time of the accident. Near the old Jep Thomas farm, about one and one-half miles west of town it has been necessary to clean out the ditch by hand and with scrapers and teams and it was at this work and place that Mr. Hack had his leg broken. Helps Mired Horse. One of the horses attached to a scraper got mired in the ditch and Mr. Hack tried to lead him out. In turn ing the horse around the animal fel over on to Air. iiacic s leg, breaking both bones of that member below the knee in such a manner that the horse protruded through the flesh. Brought to Town. Medical assistance was summoned at once and the doctors brought the unfortunate man to town where Drs. Hauk and Blackstone set the bones. He was afterward taken by automobile to his home in Lowell. ..vm.oi,t r,f T v IToLr n-ttnaccAO r f an. -" otLiutjH j say that he never uttered a moan or; groan, aitnougn suueiing intense pains and agony from his injury and that he bore the trip to Lowell without a sign of the terrible pain he was in. Contractor Well Known. Mr. Hack is over 62 years of age and la known all over Lake county and Porter county, having been engaged in the dredging and bridge work for a number of years and was completing a large contract at the time of his injury. The physicians declare that the in - jury was painful in the extreme and at Mr. Hack's age it will probably be some time before he will be able to be out, and "Old Ironhand" as he is familiarly known, will miss his opportunity of squeezing the hands of his friends until they howl with pain.

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AUGUST 26, 1908. CONSTRUCTION GO. !L BE FINED Twenty Dollars Per Diem If Work Isn't Completed By Sept. 21. FAILS TO LIVE UP TO CONTRACT Contract For Paving of Pennsylvania Avenue Is Let to Reynolds & Nooney. Special to The Times Whiting, Aug. 26. Whiting is very tired of waiting on contractors who would like to pave streets with exuses. At a postponed meeting held last night, a resolution was adopted, as- ! sesslns the Gary construction company $20 a day for every day that it loses after Sept. 21 in the completion I or one Hundred and rslneteenth street. The Gary Construction company is making every effort to have the street completed by Sept. 21. Didn't Live l"p to Contract. The Gary Construction company havine failed to live un tr its rnntmrt in 1 the paving of Xew York and Pennsylvania avenues, the uncompleted contract was awarded to two different firms. To Xedjl & Vater was awarded the contract for the paving of New York avenue. This work must be completed with thirty days or else the contractors must forfeit $10 daily until the job is completed. Pennsylvania Avenue To Be Paved. The contract for the paving of Penn sylvania avenue was awarded to Rey nolds & Nooney, with a provision that t i the contract must be completed with itwenty days, and that the compan I forfeit $10 a day for every day th jit looses in completing the street after I twenty days. iiLAVENE BID ACCEPTED The board of public works this morning accepted the contract and bond of Lavene Bros, for the East Ogden street asphalt macadam pavement. Plans and specifications for the West Ogden street was presented by the city j engineer and accepted by the board of public works and the citv clerk in- i siruneu iu auveriise lur oias. i I . . , . . rne ciern was also instructed to re-j advertise for. bids on the Ada street! sewer. The bids that were received were above the estimate AUT0ISTS PASS THROUGH THE CITY AGAIN. Sirs. C. H. Porter and Daughter Bark Here on Way Kant. Are Mrs. C. H. Porter and her daughter, Alice Porter, who have attracted a great deal of attention by their trip 'from Chicago to New York and back again, were in the city this afternoon and took lunch at the automobile cafe, 'In the car were Misses Segraces and Miss Ida Dangerfield. The party is on their way to Kokomo where they will get a new automobile which is .waitlne- fnr thm.

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WARTENA FAMILY SI ii Robert Wartena Very 111 and Two Others Victims of Typhoid Fever. ARE WELLKNQWN IN HAMMOND Injured Young Man Popular in Lo cal Social and Athletic Organization. A. terrible streak of hard luck has struck the Wartena family, who for merly resided In Hammond and are now living In Rensselaer. In addition to the accident which recently befell Robert Wartena it Is said that his father Is very 111 with typhoid fever and two other members of the family are sick with the disease. The parents and family of the Hammond boy who was so well known in high school circles in sad distress and the relatives in this city and in East Chicago have gone to Rensselaer to see what they can do for the unfortunate family in their sickness. Robert Wartena was a member of several high school organizations of an athletic or social nature and he was not only very well known but he was popular among his many acqualntences. Case Takes Turn for Worse. Word was received from Rensselaer this morning tht Robert Wartena, who was recently burned about the chest and legs with escaping steam while he was drilling, has taken a turn for the worse and is in a precarious condition. Robert Wartena worked for Luther Wartena in Hammond and then went to Rensselaer where he has been working ever since. Robert Wartena is 19 years old and the accident which has placed him so near death occurred several days ago. Lorenzo Wartena, an uncle of the in jured boy will go to Rensselaer today to see his nephew. It is hoped that he will recover from his burns but it is believed that the chances are small. Wartena attended the Hammond high school for a time and was a member cf the local football teams, starring many games. RETURNS FRO! H. Y. Millinery Buyer Surprised at Amount of Trade Done in the Market. Miss Margaret Rohrman, the manager and buyer of the Lion Store millinery department, has just returned from New York where she has been buying the materials for her fall hats. Miss Rohrman was provided with an exceptional opportunity to see the new styles and become acquainted with the newest fads in hats. She has made large purchases of millinery and sundries which are sold in her department, and has a great many interest ing novelties which will soon be ready for display. The millinery department of the Lion Store is one of the largest in this sec tion of the state. Mrs. M. Martin is employed as expert designer and trim mer and in addition there are between fifteen and twenty other employes in this department. Miss Rohrman Is preparing for a big trade this fall and she says that she was surprised at the amount of buying that is being done In the New York millinery market. Miss Rohrman buys directly from the manufacturer and in this manner is enabled to sell her product much cheaper.

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Peter Young of Hammond Doesn't Know How He Was Hurt Saturday. Peter Young of 78 Street street, who was Injured in some way last Saturday night while following his work as jnight watchman in the State Line Erie (yards, is still unable to tell how it happened. His condition was somewhat im proved today, and he spoke readily. He Seemed to be surprised to be in the hospital, and when asked how the accident befell, he said that he could not remeber. His temperature is normal, and he does not sem to be suffering with the exception from the compound arm fracture. The arm has not yet been laid in a cast, but this will be done either today or tomorrow. He doesn't know whether he was assaulted by brass thieves or hit by a train. Nick Young of Crown Point, a brother of the injured man, came up this morning to see him. VISITS IN" HAMMOND. Dr. John Whitehill of Rolling Prairie, Ind., Is spending a few days with friends in Hammond and Chicago. Dr. Whitehill received his license in Indiana only a few months ago, having just graduated from the College of y Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago

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ONE CENT PER COPY., ID RIDE Indiana Harbor Man Who Collides With Street Car, Sustains Fractured Skull and is Hurried to St. Margaret's Hospital. IS STRONGLY SOSPECIED Joseph Eekahr, Struck by Interurbaa Car ,1s Picked up Twent-Five Feet Away Friends Say He Was Dazzled by Strong Headlight as it Approached Him. (Special to The Times). Indiana Harbor, Ind., Aug. 26. A skilled surgical operation and a wild midnight ride to St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond sufficed to save the Ufa of Joseph Rekehr of Oklahoma, for a time at least, but his condition is believed to be critical. Rekehr was struck by a westbound C, L. S. & S. B. street car at 9:15 o'clock last night. Whether the accident was the outcome of a pre-arranged plan of self-sacrifice or wheth er Rekehr merely failed to see the approaching car, is not known. Considerable credence is given the theory of suicide, however, although no 4eBPnd.ency on the part of the victim has been noticed by his friends. . Well Known in Harbor. Rekehr is a Lithuanian, about 38 years of age. Ha is a well-known, figure in Indiana Harbor, having been employed for two years as bartender in the Bremen buffet. He recently took a position in the C, I. & S. yards at Gibson, Ind., and has been working steadily. He is reported to have reached his boarding place at the Martin home, between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, about 7 o'clock. After performing his evening ablutions he went to the saloon of C. Eartley at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and Euclid avenue and while he never drank to any unusual excess, he had considerable liquor aboard when Injured. At 9:15 o'clock Proprietor Eartley declares he saw Rekehr rise from his chair and glance down the street. Interurban car No. 60 was approaching at a terrific speed, under the control of Motoramn Albert Kull. With an inarticulate cry, he rushed from the saloon and literally threw himself In front of the moving car. Victim Badly Hurt. The grewsome collision was almost deadly, and Rekehr was picked up twenty-five feet away, at the side of the road, fatally wounded and bleed ing profusely from a deep scalp wound. Closer examination showed that the man was suffering with a severe fracture of the skull. Mortician Teal's Red Cross ambulance was called into service and the unconscious man taken to the office of Dr. F. H. Sauers on Michigan avenue. Dr. Ainsley. the railway company's physician, soon joined Dr. Sauers and a consultation of the two physicians found it necessary to prosecute an immediate operation. "The man's life was in the balance," said Dr. Sauers to a Times representative, "and we decided that the operation would give him a new lease of life, if not enable him to wholly recover." N'ntnre of Operation. A piece of the skull bone, portion of the base, and located immediately above the lobe of the left ear, was removed. The bone structure taken away, evidences of consciousness began to appear and the doctors, strong In the belief that the man would recover, ordered him taken to St. Margaret's hospital at Hammond. Undertaker Teal's ambulance conveyed the injured man from Indiana Harbor to the hospital In forty min utes. Although it was feared that the jarring ride would affect the patient, he reached the hospital safely and was put to bed by Interne Miller. Motorman Kull was deeply shocked by the unfortunate accident, to which he was made an unwilling party. "I saw the man rush from the street corner and throw himself in front of the car before I could reserve the brakes," explained Mr. Kull to The Times correspondent last night. Dispatcher Kellog of the Hanna line made a thorough investigation of the near-tragedy and announced that he was fully convinced that the accident was one of suicidal intent. Had Made Other Attempts. "Acording to the story told me by an Indiana Harbor saloonkeeper," he declares, "Rekehr has made two or (Continued on page 8.)

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