Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 12 September 1908 — Page 8
THE TIMES.
Saturday, Sept. 12, 1908.
YOUNG THIEF IS
CLEVERLY NABBED :
Wife- of Deimtv Sheriff
Horst Aids in Capture of Young Crook.
IS SENTENCED IN A
Free Man at 10 A. M., at 4 1 M. He Is On His Way to the Penitentiary.
Crown Point, I nil., Sept. 12. Jnntlc, and the mighty arm of the law, depended nrvlftlj- and with terrible foreee upon one George Squire yesterday, and from being a free man at 12 o'clock In the morning, nenteneed from two to fourteen yearn at the State reformatory
t Jeffersottrllle at 1:30 o'clock In the
afternoon, on his way to nerve his sen
tenee by nightfall, much wan the kaliedeftcopeic program of the day's
events In the life of this ytnng man,
, f ate used a brave woman, and a faithful dog as her allies yesterday In determining the future of young Squires life, and amid the conflicts of the reformatory at Jeffersonville, he will have ample time to meditate and
at least, after years of lawlessness,
he was In the end apprehended In the act for which he was sentenced, by one
lone woman and a devoted dog. Xoted Snspieioaa Character.
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock as Mrs. George Horst, wife of Deputy
Sheriff Horst of this place, was coming
up town from her home on "West Joliet street, about a half mile from the court house, she noticed a suspicious looking character going down the street toward
her home.
In company with Mrs. Bosel at the time, she remarked that she was afraid the man was bent on some crime and
she left her woman companion and
hastened back to her home.
There she found her surmises had
been correct, for the man had entered
the house from an unlocked rear door
and was ransacking the place In search
of valuables. Mrs. Horst is a crack shot, having made from time to time remarkably good scores and rifle and
pigeon shooting, and the first thing she thought of was her revolver'" on the second floor of the house. Unable at the time to procure the weapon, she next thought of a big hound that the
family kept chained near the barn. Tangled In Chain.
Mrs. Horst entered the rear door,
with him, and the vicious dog made a
lunge at the man, who, seeing the danger, rushed by Mrs. Horst who had
become entangled in the chain. Getting quite a start before the woman and
dog could right themselves, Squires ran for a corn field near a neighbor
ing hill, with Mrs. Horst and the dog . at his heels, but he was so fleet of foot that the chase had to be abandoned and Mrs. Horst came post haste to town and informed her husband of the
attempted robbery. He, with a deputy
started in pursuit of the man and after a long chase of five miles, going in
a direction toward Cedar Lake, sue
ceeded in capturing him and brought
him back to town.
Squires was arraigned before Judge
McMahan of the circuit court, where he plead guilty to the charge against him and the court sentenced him as above reported. It is said Squires has a previous jail record and although ; only 19
years of age, has the appearance of a
hard life. Lady is Congratulated.
Mrs. Horst is being congratulated on
all sides for her brave attempts to capture the crook, and it is certain that had she been able to procure her pet rifle, she would have brought Squire
to town alone and unaided.
Mrs. Horst 13 well known throughout
Lake county, being before her marriage
the daughter of Erbert Bixennan, at one time superintendent of the county poor
farm. She rs also an honorary mem
bcr of the Crown Point Gun Club and has at times made some remarkably
good scoring at the clay bird shoots.
OCT FOR THE C O. P.. : The Hammond Times, which from Its ' beginning , baa been run an a neutral paper so far as polities were concerned, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, came oat la a long double column editorial under the caption, "Bold Gentleman, Prosperity Be Thy Page!' and ' declared Itself for William Taft, eandldate for president on the republican ticket. The editorial for plain language, argument, literary attainment astd philosophical reasoning la u classical masterpiece. Its utterances at times are eloquent, while its arguments 'in support of Its action are forceful and clinching. It came mm a bolt out of a clear sky or a bomb thrown Into the enemies' eannp. Republicans all over Hammond were delirious with Joy over such a valuable addition to the ranks, while the . democrats were thrown Into a state of consternation, and well they calgbt, for the Influence of The Times is an established fact, and its power and influence for the good of the republican party and the people of Lake ' county generally will be appreciatively felt during the coming campaign. Permit us to extend congratulations, Bro. Times. Lowell Souvenir.
1ST BIDE If! CLOUD
OF DUST Oil CARS
South Chicago City Railway
Company Lets Its Sprinklers Stand Idle.
WOMEN RUIN THEIR DRESESS
Dirt An Inch Thick Is Permitted On Stony Island Line No Relief In Sight.
CRUKKER' IKES BIG HIT
(Continued from page 1).
DIFFICULTIES ASSUME
SERIOUS DIMENSIONS
Contractors and Building
Trades Arrive at No Settlement Yet.
The labor difficulties between the
Contractors' association of Gary and
the members of the building trades
assumed more serious proportions yes
terday, when H. B. Smith of the carpenters, said that the unions would no longer recognize the contractors' asso
ciation.
He stated that efforts had been made
to arbitrate matters with the repre
sentatives of the Contractors' associa
tion but that in each case the contractors had refused to treat with the representatives of the building trades
after It appeared that they could come
to an agreement.
The business men of Gary yesterday
circulated a petition in which they asked the Contractors' r.ssociation and
the members of the building trades to
get together and adjust their differences by arbitration.
Mr. Smith said yesterday that there
are only a few or tne laDorers out
on a strike and the rest have been
locked out by the contractors, and consequently it was up to them to treat
with the men they had locked out.
Mr. Smith said that the t carpenters
and others engaged in the building trades were all getting work In East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Ham
mond and that they could stand the
strain as well as the contractors.
It is not known when an. adjust
ment will be made. The business men of the city may persuade the contend
ing parties to come to an agreement,
but at the present time it seems to be exceedingly doubtful that anything can
be done. ...
Universal complaints continue un
abated, regarding the dirty, grimy con
ditions of the local street cars. The conditions which the South Chicago, as
well as Hammond, Whiting and 'East
Chicago people are subjected to are be
coming almost unbearable. On the Stony Island avenue line the dust is so thick at times that the whole car is filled with a cloud settling on the dresses of the women and children and running them. The seats are also covered with women entering the cars with white dresses, have them soiled before they reach their destinations. Even the conductors on some of the cars are complaining, one conductor ho has been the In the employ of the company for years said he Intended to resign on account of the dust. "It is little use," said he, "to try and keep the cars clean.
We must during the warm weather keep
the windows open. It Is the fault of the
streets and. roads. They are not properly sprinkled. It ould be a very easy matter to keep down the dust if the road bed was sufficiently sprinkled." Sprinkler Makes One Trip. Some of the roads are not even wetted once a " day. One of the company's sprinklers made one trip down Stony Island avenue the other day. That was all the water the street received. The hot sun dried up the little water that was on the track and in fifteen minutes the dust was as thick as ever. Before the sprinkler reached Stony Island avenue and Seventy-ninth street they ran short of water but no effort was made by those who operated the sprinkler to continue down Stony Island avenue after the return of the full sprinkler.
On the South Chicago-Hammond cars
conditions are Just as bad, on Sheffeld avenue, and Indiana boulevard the fine
particles of dust sift in the windows
and cover the seats, etc. A trip from Hammond to South Chicago in the cars
will soon convince the officials of the company of the service which Is handed out to their patrons wh are compelled
to ride on their "junk" line.
If the company are short on sprink
lers It is their place to secure others
or operate them at night. There can
not be too much water, put on the road
and streets at the present time during
the dry weather. How much : longer
will the patrons of company be com
pelled tc put up with unbearable condi-
The Ginger Jar
MAY
CHARGE
PEONAGE
ances of his party managers that . he would receive the entire democratic vote of Lake county. PROMISES TARIFF REVISIO.V. Congressman Crumpacker told of the excellent development wrought In nortUern Indiana's industrial affairs since his advent into the lower house at Washington. He expounded the republican doctrines against the overwhelming trusts and told of the origin of the Sherman anti-trust law. I "We will revise the tariff at the next session of congress," he declared, "and will place it on a protective basis, protecting the American laborer
and offering retaliation to those who have mistreated us in tariff grants." SAYS VOTING IS SACRED DUTY.
i The congressman demanded that Gompers be forgotten on election day and that the labor chief's request for Bryan votes go unheeded. "Voting is
a sacred duty and should not be In fluenced by any one leader," he ex plained. t
The labor laws In southern states were revealed in detail, and compared with those of republican states,- and cheer after cheer rent the hall as Congressman Crumpacker, the pride of northern Indiana, closed his address by saying that Bryan was a silver-plated candidate, running a vaudeville campaign on a ragtime platform.' The evening was one of republican enthusiasm and predicted , a brilliant conclusion to what is to be one of the hottest political fights Lake county has
ever known. Almost two thousand pieces of literature were distributed, aside from buttons and posters. Among the county candidates who were present and delivered short talks were Auditor Johnson, Treasurer Maack, Recorder Jones, Clerk Shortridge, Tom Grant and candidate for representative, , E. W. Wlckey. These men were all greeted with impassioned shouts and the manifestation of the crowds' satisfaction in the list of candidates was supreme. FOREIGNERS FOR HAFT. That the foreign element of Whiting is practically solid for Taft and Sherman was exhibited in a meeting of the Croatian Republican club, with about 200 members, held immediately before the republican rally. At this
meeting, resolutions were passed approving the republican selection and denouncing Bryan policies.- President Haralovich declares that he will deliver a solid foreign vote, this year and is rapidly getting the foreign element into line for the work of the campaign. The rally was well attended by East Chicagoans and residents of Robertsdale, who appeared to be well satisfied with the meeting. It will long be remembered as one of the most enthusiastic political gatherings ever held In
this city. . 4 '--' '
Mr. Billy Sunday paid W. B. Conkey,
one of Hammond's prominent citizens, a short visit one, day last week; . In-f cidentally the evangelist smashed hi own recard.
la the Hammond fight fan's spelling book A-n-d-e-r-s-o-n spells Dennis, ft We don't know wher,e to apply it Just at present, unless It be for the political game, but we are going, to preserve it for future reference. It says: ."If you meet a knocker hit him where his brains ought to be and kick him where you think they are." BUI collectors please take notice.
Nick Emmerling has an elegant new hearse which he would like to show
off while the weather is dry. ar.i
It would not he startling to hear that the management of Towle opera house will soon give away sandwiches
and cigars with each ticket.
It ia pretty hard to figure out Just
how the special session is going to hurt Uncle Dick Schaaf any. Hegewlnch might a well get ready
for another celebration. Of course he lives there now but it was in the Hammond slaughter house that he developed his brawn and became used to the sight of flowing blood. 4e The Hammond Buninena Men's club Is said will adopt a plank for Its platform tonight by which It will pledge themselves to become boosters. Is one to understand from that they have not been boosting heretofore? If the truth were told.( The Social club held Its regular meeting this afternoon. The program provided for a paper on "Modern Literature." . Mrs. De Swell, a member of the club was absent. In her absence the club members raked her over the coal for trying to marry off her daughter to young Moneyly. The rieeeaaed left many friends but still more debtors and and if -he had not been such a spendthrift there might be a number of people today who would mourn his death. ' The conaumation of the - deal will
mean a great deal for Hammond It is understood, but those who know say that a couple of fellows got into the
j trough first with both feet and the
result Is that we fellows have to put
up the price.
HAS PLAN FOB
IIETEB1Y f Con tinned from pax
arrests wmm Kensington Police Station Orgy Subjected to Fierce Grill.
Toney Booras, South Chi
cago Greek Champion, Padrone Victim.
A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL
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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 thousand
will testify no change of climate be
ing necessary. This simple discoverybanishes 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.
EVERY BUTCHER DREAMS OF winning the "badge of quality," ringed with gold and decorated with public opinion. You'll find this badge in our HIGH-GRADE MEAT MARKET in quality of meats, spotless premises and sanitary surroundings your safeguard for good cheer and health. Best meats, honest weight, pleasing prices here. FRED KUNZMAH 88 State St Hammond
It was Tony Booras, proprietor of the Palace pool and billiard parlors.
Commercial avenue and Ninety-second
street, that came, to the rescur of George Mageoras, the 15-year-old bootblack, who was arrested charged with stealing $206 from his employer, Steve Gianopulous, who conducts a shoeshining parlor at 201 Ninety-second street. According to Mr. Booras, the boy came to him with a pitiful tale and among assertions stated that he had received no compensation for his eight
months' work, and that he had not been provided with sufficient clothes and at no time received other than his board. It appears that the youngster has no relatives in America and came from Greece some time ago to work for the complaainant. Booraa a Leader. Tony Booras is a leader among his Tellow countrymen In Chicago and Is identified in many reptuable business
Institutions, both in South Chicago and throughout the city, among them being a wholesale commission house on South Water street. He has made a thorough investigation of the charges against the youth and has even gone so far as to take the matter up with the Creek consul in Chicago. From what could be ascertained the "case may lead to an investigation in other parts of the city where alleged peonage Is carried on among the Greek shoe-shining parlors. The case was continued last Thursday in Judge Torrison's court until
next Wednesday when, it seems, some startling revelations will be made.
Two arrests were made last night in Kensington in connection with Wed
nesday night's moving picture and dance in the nude debauch in Kensing
ton "In honor" of Police Lieutenant
James Mooney. Chief of Police Shippy
says that other arrests will follow
and five policemen who were v present
at the carousal and witnessed the performance face dismissal. Business
men and politicians who participated
In the affair are running to cover as a result of the exposure, for Chief Shippy declares that all concerned, whether
policeme or citizens, shall be punished. Those arrested yesterday were Chas,
Zledenhagen, president of the Twen
tieth Century club, which arranged the "stag" for the purpose of purchasing
a $600 diamond star for presentation
to Lieutenant Mooney at the opening
of the new Kensington police station
and Rocco Navigato, proprietor of the saloon in the rear of which the orgy occurred. The arrests were made on
warrants issued by Municipal Judge
Torrison of the Hyde Park court on application of Lieutenant Mooney, act
ing under OTders irom uniei snippy.
They charge the .presentation of an In
decent public exhibition.
Indiana Postal Items.
useful rnenaa. People are loved not for their goodness, their beauty, their wit or their wisdom, but for their utility. "Can he or she be of any use to me?" is the question which arises in the minds of many men and women when introduced, and if the answer is in the negative there is no continuance of the acquaintanceship. Gentlewoman.
Washington, Sept. 12. The Controller of the Currency today announced .the
election of George L. Foster as assitant cashier of the Lowell National bank of
Lowell, Ind.
The postoffice at Brownstown is to be
moved September 15 to a building owned by A. C. Gregor, in Walniit
street, near Main street.
The Star mail service from Merom to Merom Junction has been reduced to
six times a -week.
E. Kemper has been appointed post
master at Stone Bluff, Fountain county
vice P. T. Steuart, resigned.
Robert E. Whalen has been appoint ed . regular, and William Carroll sub stitute rural carrier on Route 6, at Vin
cennes.
The Postoffice Department has issued
an order to establish postoffice station
No. 3 in Richmond, at the corner o
Main and Fourth streets, on October, 1
A postoffice commission has been sent by the department to Alva McKenney
at Hatfield.
A Word of Wisdom.
People are, always happier for hav
ing been happy; if you make them
happy now you make them happy 20
years hence by the memory of It Sid
A Home Index. We experienced great difficulty in keeping track of bills, receipts and other important household papers, until we got an indexed letter file, such as is used in offices. Now, when ques
tion arises concerning a bill. ' it is
quickly settled by producing the file
inese are inexpensive and occupy
very little room. Harpers Bazar.
tical plan of draining this district and carrying the sewage and surface water Jnto the drainage canal. If necessary ' It Is proposed to issue bonds and build a canal connecting with the
sanitary district canal, co-operating, if
possible, In every, way with the peo
pie of Chicago In this matter. The
project would not Involve a great cost,
certainly insignificant in comparison with the cost of the Chicfago drainage
canal, as the cost of excavating a con
siderable part of the canal would be slight and as for the rest of it, the channel is in good part provided, for
Michigan City has grown to be one of
the most commanding points in the
northwestern part of Indiana. DETAILS OP SCHEME.
Its drainage at present flows Into
Lake Michigan. It Is proposed to ex
cavate a channel along the shore line
from Michigan City west to Gary.
This would be an ordinary ditch twen
ty-flve feet wide, fifteen feet deep. At
Gary It would flow into the Grand Calumet river through Gary, Indiana
Harbor, East Chicago and Hammond,
to Blue Island where it would connect
with the Calumet-Sag auxlMary canal
of the sanitary district. The popula
tion of the various cities and locali
ties enumerated Is in the neighbor
hood of 100,000 and they are growing
at a remarkable rate. This plan would
divert the sewage from the lake to
the drainage canal and would afford re
lief in this district of which these
communities are so much in need. RAILROADS WILL CO-OPERATE.
It is believed that it will not only meet with the approval of the people
of northwestern Indiana but will have
the assistance and co-operation of the
railroads, as this plan provides for the
use of the present bridges and no
changes in the right of way, and this
Is an important matter In that section
People who are acquainted with affairs in Indiana, it is said, are assured that the project will meet with favor in
the legislature.
It is not reasonable that the health and well-being of the citizens at the south end of Lake Michigan should
continue to be endangered on account
of artificial barriers, created by terri
torlal subdivision, thereby depriving citizens on one side' of an- imaginary
line takng benefit of natural advan
tages which should be common- to all.
RISE ABOVE JEALOUSY. .
No such condition can long obtain
and the good sense of the citizens o
both states will cause them to rise up
above any petty Jealousies when the health of the whole population is at stake and it is not consistent that after the state of Illinois has expended millions to prevent the pollution of Lake Michigan that the Calumet district, either In Illinois or Indiana, may long continue to poison the waters of Lake Michigan.
TEE CREAM OF THE Morning News
Police Chief Shippy puzzles over m
plan to make women use crossings and quit "zlg-zagglng" across streets.
Plans arecompleted for a $3,000,000
office building of the Peoples Gas company, which win be one the world's largest.
Oak Park horse show opens with;
brilliant society gathering.
Three Chicago priests are mentioned
as possible successors for Bishop Spald
ing of Peoria, but the election is not likely to take place for a month.
South Side women organize to fight
smoke, and urge E. H. Harriman to electrify the Illinois Central railroad before they present a huge petition to
council.
Dr. George F. Shrady, coroner of the
borough of Manhattan, declares that the electric chair does not laways kill, and cites case of man who' recovered
consciousness after shock. v.
Feature of dance given by Alfred G.
Vanderbllt is the throwing of the mas
ter of ceremonies into the swimming
pool.
Orville Wright sets still another
record for an aeroplane flight in a
test .at Fort Myer, Va., remaining lq the air one hour and ten minutes. Bride of two months found murdered in New York and husband is sought, it being believed the crime was
committed last Monday.
" "L" motorman in New York, who runs his crowded train into a string of empties. Is killed in the collision and many persons are injured. Marquette club's steamer Theodora Roosevelt, ends day's cruise at Muskegon, Mich., where big" meeting is held. Report is current in New York that Andrew Carnegie is the financial backer of Governor Hughes. Bryan speaks at many" points in Ohio and ends the day with a big meeting at Wheeling, W. Va. Chairman Gary of the United States Steel corporation points out the benefits of business co-operation in speech at London banquet. , Longs In grain take advantage of art early and tempting opportunity to capture profits; provision list strong; cattle lower; hogs higher and sheep lower. Chicago Telephone shares advance five points to 153 following announcement -of big jstock-dividend. -. Active stocks in Wall street take a drop. Distillers, Railway Steel Springs and American Locomotive leading.
Timely Text. "Don't fool with Satan," says an oldtime brother, "unless you're a good hand at fighting fire, and even then you're likely to play a losing game. Best thing to do is to keep ten miles ahead of Satan if you can!"
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