Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 74, Hammond, Lake County, 14 September 1908 — Page 1
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Partly cloudy today nd Tuesday) rinlng temperature Tuesday. EDITION .ONE CENT PER COP1V iYOL. mi NO. 74. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER "14,1908. STANDARD GARY G. 0. SUICIDES D POPE PIUS X., WHOSE GOLDEN JUBILEE ISELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
ROPE ROUTE
Eobert Nabstadt Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil by Hanging at His Home in West Hammond This Morning Because of His Troubles.
QUARRELS WITH WIFE OVER VISIT Theatrica lTrip in Afternoon to Local Palyhouse Angers West Ham
mond Man and Ee Takes His Life
As a Result cf Argument With
His Wife.
MM UlTHSIIEiS 10 THIEVES
Calumet Region Visited by Amazing Number of Robberies to Which the Police
in Various Places Cannot
Get Any Clues.
LOSES HER
JEWELS
Yesterday Miller Station Is Scene of Cash Register Robbery Which ' Is Boldest of Series of Successful Crimes That Has Executed For Some Time.
Beitpondent because of family troubles. Robert Nabstadt of 605 AVest State Ktreet, went Into the woodshed ill the rear of his cottnse and taking a piece of loosely twisted rope, he tied it to a strip of half-inch board and after placing a noose about his neck, he tied it to a strip of naif-inch board, and after placing the noose about bis neck, he allowed himself to fall forward until he strnpgled to death. The act must fcnve been accomplished with a great tleal of effort on his part for at no time were his feet from the floor. Had Quarreled With Wife. Nabstadt liad quarreled with his wife early in the evening over going to the -theater. Mrs. Nabstadt has visiting with her a young woman by the name of Miss Dacy. She is said to
have: told her husband that she and Miss Dacy were going to the theater. Her husband remonstrated, but she persisted in her intention and finally she and Miss Dacy went down and bought some tickets. When she came home in the afternoon, her husband asked her how many tickets she had purchased and she replied that she had bought two. Folks tin to Theater. About 5:30 o'clock, Robert Nabstadt left the house and later in the evening
Mrs. Nabstadt and Miss Dacy went to j
the theater without seeing -Mr. Nab
stadt. When thy got home from the j show, Mrs. Nabstadt remarked that h-.'v
husband had not returned and that she wondered where he could be. Seh told Miss Dacy to come and lie on the bed beside her until her husband came homo. He did not return to the house that night and in the morning Mrs. Nabstadt got up at 5 o'clock and went out to the woodshed to see if he could have gone there to sleep. j Sees Horrible Sight. She was horrified to see her hus- - band - hanging to the board with the rope buried in the flesh of his neck. She ran back, to the house and exclaimed, "My God, Robert has hung himself." " , Miss Dacy was afraid to go to the shed to see-the grewsome sight and some one had presence of mind enough to notify the police and call a doctor. Dr. Graham responded and cut the man down. A hurried examination revealed
the fact that he must have died early j
the evening before. The police searched the pockets of the dead man and found a note which read as follows: "Dear father, mother, sisters and brothers I bid you my last gwMlbye. I have ruined your hapfriacss and I think it is best for us nil that I should go. I love you all but life is no more for me. Please forgive me. Your lovlug son and brother ' ROBERT. Did Aot Like His Work. Mr. Nabstadt was recently employed as foreman in the plant of the Superior Malting Company. After that plant burned down he went to work for Thomas Swanton in the Hammond
The Calumet region is over-run with sneak thieves and robbers. The police are no more set to work on one case than another bobs up and takes their attention. If the robbers were united in their efforts to perplex the police, they could hardly be more successful. The robbers made two good hauls in the neighborhood of Gary between Friday night and Sunday morning. Mrs. Mary Sayles went to Chicago for a short visit nnd when she returned she found jewels missing to the value of $225. Early Sunday morning Edward Klopf, the town marshal ; of Miller, was notified that thieves had entered the saloon of George Buckingham
and lifted the cash register containing f 82 in checks.
Neither of these cases were as bold
as the one which occurred in "West Hammond when the residence of Mrs. William Green was broken into in
broad day light and several hundred
dollars worth of jewels were taken. Just to show that the crime area Is not confined to the cities of the Calumet region, the boarding house of Fred Belfast at Maynard was robbed early-
Friday morning of about $200 in cash. In not a single instance have the
! thieves been, captured and so sure do
they seem to be of their ability to make good their escape that they seem to be absolutely fearless in their work. The fact is being pointed out every day that there ought to be A central place in the Calumet region where all of the crimes, which occur from South Chicago to Miller and from Whiting to Crown Point, ""can be reported and a watch can be set for the thieves. The work of the police departments as individual departments is not criti-
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SUPPORTS THE TICKET
Whiting Employes of Stand
ard Oil Company Get Information That Corporation Wants Taft and Sher
man to be Elected.
REPUBLICANS
GREAM CHEERED
Two Hundred W6rking Members of
Plant Get Literature From Oil
Company Advocating Their Study
ing the Principles of the Repub
lican Party
The year's most important event in Catholic circles is the celebration of the pope's golden jubilee, which marks the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination as a priest. The ceremonies, which begin on Sept. 18, will last for several days and will be attended by a vast number of clergymen from all parts of the world. The pontiff was born Giuseppe Sarto, his birthday being June 2, 1S35. He was ordained In 1858, was parish priest until 1875 and became bishop of Mantua in 1884. He was made a cardinal in 189 and was elevated to the pontificate on Aug. 4, 1903.
DEATH GOMES AS SAD SHOCK James H. Whitby While on His Engine Falls Unconscious, Dies Soon After.
Continued on pase B.
COURT CONVENES
FOR A NEW TERM
WELL KNOWN R. R. MAN DIES
RESCUE PARTY HEADS OUT FROM GARY
South Chicago Man tailed
While on His Way Back From Michigan City.
ENGINE PUTS HIM IN DANGER
Judge Reiter Faces Big
Docket With 300 New
Cases Today. The superior court c.onvened this morning for the first time since the long summer vacation began. There was an invasion of lawyers in the city who thought that the court calendar would, be set for the term, but the only thing which was taken up were some probate matters. Tomorrow the calendar for the term will be set and it is expected that
Glue Works. He did not like his work j nearly every lawyer in the county will there and that had something to do be ln attendance at court to look after with his despondency. ! j-ji3 cases. Formerly he lived in Davenport, la.. Judge Virgil S. Reiter, whose busibut moved to this city after he mar-1 nessilke administration of the affairs
rled. His father is Jacob Nabstadt or
1024 West "Ninth street, Davenport, la., and he has been notified of his son's suicide. The inquest is to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Nabstadt was an Elk at Davenport and the Elks here have been asked to take charge of the funeral services.
LOWELL LAOY IS HURT
(Special to The Times). Kankakee, 111., Sept. 14. Mrs. J. M. Buckley, a well-known lady of Lowell, Jnd., was quite badly hurt here yesterday by a fractious colt in a runaway. She was thrown out of a buggy and sustained a number of cuts about the head. She was taken to a doctor's office, where the cuts were sewed up.
of the cojjrthas won for him the approval of every lawyer who practices here, is facing an even greater amount of business this term than he did last. Last term the amount of business which was done by this court was the marvel of the other courts in this section of the country, and as the superior court at Hammond is becoming more and more popular, because of the facility with which cases are handled, the business begins piling up.
The lawyers have all had a good vacation and are ready to plunge into the strenuous work of the winter terms.
Sad Ending Comes to Respected Engineer Near Elue Island On Saturday. The sudden death of James H. Whit-
bey, which occurred Saturday evening at Blue Island, came as a sad shock to his family and many friends. He was supposed to be in his usual good health
but was subject to a peculiar type of
heart trouble which fully developed during that day. He went out on his usual duty as railroad engineer and while at Blue Island had a fainting attack at 2 o'clock and when revived, concluded he could finish his 'run. About 5 o'clock the attack returned and he fell into the arms of one of the trainmen in an unconscious condition, from which he could not be revived. Death was apparently sudden and painless. His body was brought home in the evening after the news had been telephoned to his wife
Land friends.
an Favorably Known. Few men about Hammond have been better or more favorably known than Mr. Whitbey. He was born in Peoria, 111., Oct. 22, 1847, and being past 60 years of age, was one of the oldest railway engineers in the service. He came to Hammond from Michigan City an. 1, 1895, connecting himself with the Northern Indiana railroad, which by several changts, is now the Indiana Harbor Belt. Through all of these changes Mr. Whitbey remained with
j the road and it was always known if
there was any task that required particular skill and faithfulness. Mr. Whitby was chosen to perform it. His
railroad career reaches back over many years, having been an engineer more than twenty years. Several years after the death of his former wife, and while living at Michigan City, Mr. Whitby was married to Miss Frieda Pepper, who has shared with him his happy home life for fifteen years. Besides there is left a daughter, Mrs. Lillie Howell, and the
little (rrand-da tighter, Anna Howell, one brother of Wichita, Kan., two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Ward of Hutchinson, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Hudson, of Washington State. The funeral services will be conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock' and the interment will be made at Peoria, 111., on Thursday, the
Gary Police Head Rescuers and Man
Is Sent on His Way Rejoicing.
A rescue party going in a launch to the assistance of a man who was stranded on the stiore off Lake Michi
gan near Bailey town, broke down
(Special to The Times) Mhltlnjc. Ind.. Sept. 14. Ponltlve dec
laratlona have been adduced that the
Standard OH company, victims of
Judge I.nndln' $20,000,000 fine, ttIII map-
port the republican- candidate for na
tionnl office in thin year's campaign.
The Information was received yester
day by a Times representative from
reliable source and In absolutely of tbe
utmost importance to local office-seekers as it ftive them the assurance that
they may be carried into pouer on the
strcngrth of the national ticket, at least,
Receive Literature.
For several weeks, office employes of
the Standard Oil company at Whiting,
have received the issues of Harper's Weekly, one of the dominant republican
papers of the year. Articles of un
usual strength, advocating the Taft
Sherman platform, and denouncing
Wattersonian ideas as advanced by Mr.
Bryan have appeared weekly. The cam
paign waged by the Harper company
has been vlril) In the extreme and will
influence Its readers to a marked de
gree.
There has been no charge made for
these papers and the recipients have
often refused to accept them from th
postoffice, believing that they will
some day receive a bill for the sub
scription.
Weeklies Gift of Company.
Investigation at the Chicago postal
headquarters, through which the Harp
er magazines pass, .revealed the fact
As Far as Erie Officials Can Learn that the weeklies are the gift of the
Standard Oil company, who have paid a
ERIE TRAIN IS
1H-. BAD .WRECK
Thirty-Four People Meet
With Injury as Express Goes Into Open Switch.
TRAIN LEAVES HERE AT 11:35
LOS HUE
:
Every Race and Color, is
Represented at Splendid Gathering Held in Republican Hall and Many Speakers Give Addresses.
COLORED PREACHER
EXHORISHIS RACE
Strong Argument Made By Colored
Speaker in the Brownsville Affair When He Upholds the President and Declares That Negroes Were Wrong In Stand They Had Taken.
There Were No Hammond Passengers Aboard. '
Thirty-four persons were Injured
early yesterday in the wreck of Erie
train Xo. 4. due in Hammond at li:35
a. m., Chicago to ew York express, at
themselves and were forced to remain ! Geneva, Pa., a small station eight miles
some distance out from shore for four hours. Their position would have been extremely dangerous if the lake had been at all turbulent, but as It was they just suffered slightly from the cold and' from exasperation. The man, James Connelly, who had telephone to a friend in Gary for assistance, was finally rescued and brought with his craft into Gary. Stranded Out ln Lake. Connelly became stalled several miles out in the lake Saturday while attempting to make a run from Michigan City to South Chicago in a frail craft that would not seat over "three passengers at the most. When just off of Baileytown his engine stopped abruptlv and he was unable to get it into
west of Meadvllle, Pa., the wreck, rail
road officials believe, being; due to ene
mies of the company opening a switch
shortly before the train arrived.
All of the injured were brought to Meadville, and twenty-three of them were taken to Spencer hospital. Five of these, after having their injuries
dressed, continued their journey, while eighteen still remain in the hospital. Thirty-one of the injured were passengers and three railroad employes. A majority of the former were Italian and Greek" laborers. Believe Malice Caused It. Railroad officials assert they are convinced the switch was maliciously opened to wreck the train, but think it was done by persons having a grievance against the company rather than
for robbery. A key was used to open
year's subscription in advance for up
wards of 200 of their employes. The method of campaign managing has been kept very secret until discovered by" The Times representative and is a new one in political circles. It is believed that other corporations will follow the example of the oil interests and elect their candidates by the distribution of such sensible campaign literature as that produced by the Harper company.
running condition again. Feeling that1tne switch, the lock hanging loose from
his only hope was to paddle himself th. bar
into shore before the wind carried him out to sea, the man, with an improvised oar, succeeded in getting himself to land. Here he worked for some time in an effort to get the machine to work again, but the effort proved unsuccessful and he was compelled to telephone to a friend in Gary for assistance.
C. H. FEEDEEICH BUYS STEERS.
Charles Frederick, who can find more ways to make money than any other man living bought the steers which were singed in the Erie fire on Saturday and sold them at a nice profit to John Wilson of Crown Point.
WRECK OBUKE SHORE Several Passengers Reported Injured Near Chesterton Today.
The train was due at Meadville at
12:50 a. m., but was about one hour late, and was running more than fifty miles an hour. Upon striking the open
switch the entire train left the track,
the locomotive turning over on its side.
Two of the cars, a combination and baggage and a day coach, were demol
ished.
Several persons are reported to have been Injured In a coillson between two Lake Shore trains at Chesterton, Ind., frrty miles cast of Chicago, at 1 o'clock this morning;. It was stated at the
family leaving Hammond on the Lake i local offices that n suburban train which Shore railroad on the 7:05 train Thurs-'leaves Chicago at 11 p. m. and stops day morning. for the night at Chesterton crashed Into Mr. Whitby was formerly a member jau cast-bound special at Chesterton, of the K. of P., an active member of Calls were sent here for a wrecking the Royal American and an official crew and physicians, and they were member of the Methodist Episcopal jhurrfed to the scene shortly after raidthuroh.. His pastor. Rev. W. F. Switzer, jnlaht. -Later news shows that two are will conduct the services. Truly a 'dead and 40 Injured. The collision was noble christian and an honorable citi-Ja rear-end affair and the excursion was zen has fallen out of the ranks - (running from Indianapolis.
LEAVE ON TBIP THROUGH LAKE COUNTY.
Hammond Democrats On Trip To Pee How Organization Is Faring in Old Lake. Ed Simon, democratic county chairman and John L. Rohde left Hammond this morning for a trip through the county for the benefit of the organization. Mr. Simon leaves this week for Indianapolis to attend the special session of the legislature as a member of the state assembly. During the absence of Mr. Simon, Mr. Rohde will be in charge of the campaign and the trip today is made in order to introduce temporary chairman to some of the leaders down in the county..
U. S. METALS CO.
IJOl'l HU11G RIVE
Two Hundred Men Are Put
to Work at Local Plant This Morning. . The United States Metals Refining company is now a humming hive of industry. After a three months shut
down the plant in East Chicago, which is looked upon as ' one of the most staple in the region, has begun operations again and expects to run on now uninterruptedly. There have been in the neighborhood of 200 men employed from Hammond and East Chicago and the prosperity of the region has advanced td just that extent. The 200 men who were put to work
are in high spirits. They are saying that if the republican party is to be blamed for bringing on the financial crisis, which they doubt, it must also have the credit for bringing about a speedy return of prosperity. The new building which is now being built will be ready for occupancy ln a little while. The work of construction is being rushed and is giving employment to a great many men.
The republican meeting on the south
side Saturday night was all harmony.
due to the early round-up of both orr
ganlzations, and the energy and activity of the candidates. There was a
large crowd present at the halloa Sixteenth and Broadway, where the republicans have rented a hall for this -purpose. That number represented nearly every race and color in the city, and Gary is in a position to boast of a few varieties. Many Good Speakers There. Among the speakers of the evening were Judge Albert C. Huber. William H. Kliver, D. C. Beaty, M. Weil, Clarence Bretsch, Charles Greogory, and Rev. Blake, the colored pastor. One of the finest addresses on the evening was made by Mr. Gregory, a colored man, who addressed his fellow men In particular. In reference to the Brownsville affair, Gregory made a great hit when he asserted that there were fourteen million ' "iiegroes In -the -'United States and that they should not hurt themselves by voting for democracy for the satisfaction of getting revenge for 168 colored soldiers, whether they were right or wrong. As far as his personal opinion was concerned, Mr. Gregory thought that the colored men were wrong and should have been summarily dealt with, and upholds tha
action of the president. All Nationalities Present. Nearly every nationality was present at the meeting which was the most unique crowd ever gathered together in the county. Besides negroes there were Polish people, Hungarians, Servians, Turks and practically every race in the city. They decided to organize a club which will affiliate with the larger organization, and hold meetings in this hall at stated periods. It will also be used by the various races, whenever they desire to hold a meeting by themselves to boost republicanism. - Monday the Colored Republican club of Gary will hold a meeting in this hall where they will be addressed by John McFadden and Captain Norton. The colored men have formed one of the
finest and most complete political organizations fn the city, and have at their head a number of experienced leaders.
SHY IT ISfH REGULAR Republicans at Standard Will Organize Another Club.
BOARD HOLDS MEETING. The Malt Creams yesterday defeated the Star Athletics of Whiting by a score of 17 to 7. The game was played on the ; north side grounds with a good crowd in attendance. The Malt Creams are open to play any team in Hammond.
FOREIGNER IS BADLY INJURED.
Shocking Accident Takes Place at Inland Steel riant Today. Indiana Harbor, Ind., Sept. 14. A shocking accident took place at the steel mills at this place shortly after the noon hour today when a foreigner had his arm torn from its socket in an accident and otherwise severely injured. The steel mill people refused to give out any information as to how tie accident occurred. The victim was taken by ambulance to St. Margaret's hospital at Hammond.
There are some of the republicans in the Standard district who object to the manner in which the republican club there was organized. There were a number of them who wanted Joe Kahlman, a popular and well known saloon keeper, to be their president and they claim that Jacob Tietleman took too much power ln his own hands to bring. about his election. . Some of the dissatisfied onesdid rot like the manner in which Joe Kahlman was turned down and they left the hall after telling Tietleman what they thought of him. It is now very likely that Joh Kahlman will get his friends together and organize a new republican club which will embrace a largo number of the residents of the district. The republicans of the district will listen to an address in Slavish by Chas, Greenwald, the candidate for prosecuting attorney. At that time it is proposed to organize a sixth ward Republican Club with Tietleman and the officers of the old club minus quantity.
GARY LOCKOUT ENDED
Word comes from Gary this afternoon that the lockout there is ended and a satisfactory arrangement has been made between the contractors' association and the locked out... Tha laborers are to get 33 cents per hour.