Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 89, Hammond, Lake County, 1 October 1908 — Page 1

cora Fair and cooler -with frost tonight; Friday fair with rising temperature. EDITION VOL. III. NO. 89.HAMMOND. INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908. .0NE CENT PER COPY.,

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(ES REPUBLIGl SPEECH

Leading Indiana Harbor Man Tells Of Peril To Country If Bnyan Is Elected President Of U. S.

EMPLOYER OF MEH WANTS 11. TAFT ELECTED Republican Meeting at Indiana Harbor Is Great Success and Congressman Edgar D. Crum-

packer Speaks. (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 1. "V. C. Dickey, president of the WardDickey Steel company, of Indiana Harbor, is not only determined to support the election of W. II.. Taft, but in a magnificent effort at the Indiana Harbor Auditorium last night took the platform win Congressman Crampacker - and told the people there why Mr. Taft should be elected. Mr. Dicky has gone even farther than other manufacturers, and with a striking array of facts and figures, demonstrated why the republican ticket should be elected. It was a great night for the republicans. , Republicanism held a rousing rally at Cohen's Auditorium, In this city,' last night. Congressman E. D. Crum packer, sponsor for the famous harbor project, and "W. C. Dickey, of the Ward-Dickey Steel company, occupied the platform, and by their sound logic, terse expression of republican legislative welfare, held their audience for nearly two hours. MR. DICKEY THE FIRST SPEAKER. Mr. Dickey was the first speaker of the evening. A business man himself, he chose as his subject, "Why the Republican Party Should Succeed ItselfFrom a Business Man's Standpoint." His talk was Instructive. Mr. Dickey Is the owner of a small steel mill Jn this locality, from which tons and tons of finished product are shipped annually. Athough the plant employs bnt fifty men, when running full blast, the alliance of Mr. Dickey with the republican cause will not fnl to have its effect on the citizens of Indiana Harbor generally, among whom lie is respected as logical, far-seeing and a prince of employers. Mr. Dickey told of the decease in the selling price of bar iron from $80 per ton In 1873 to less than one-third of that amount at the present day. The decrease was worked out under the republican protective tariff system, which gives labor in this country a square deal and ousts the foreign product from our market. He recited his difficulties in driving the English make of steel

from the Aew England states almost forty years ago. "The potectlve tariff has also caused the foreign competition to enter into competition with itself in other countries, thus throwing a direct reflection of the tariff system

abroad," he declared. The speaker was

cester (Mass.) firm proving his contention that the prices of the finished

product at that time was $80 per ton. He also told of the decease in the 16 to 8 cents per poured. In 1873 the

terlal from the Russian government. It was made In Siberian prisons, by life prisoners who paid nothing for their work and who never lived to tell

the secret of how it was made. It is now made in McKeesport and Indiana Harbor, sells for less than half the cost and Is equally as good, if not better

than the original product. "Isn't that kind of government good enough for ja," asked Mr. Dickey. His denunciation of Bryan ns a political kangaroo, jumping from one spring-board to another in n three-ring circus, was very amusing. "He has broken the free silver and Imperialism spring-boards,' said Mr. Dickey, "and is now trying the government guarantee spring-board.". This would have the effect of destroying the country's credit abroad and demoralizing the nation throughout. "In fact," said the speaker, "our wives and daughters could go to the poor-house, you foreign laborers wh came to this land of the free to secure paying labor, can return to your homes, and we voters may all go to the dogs, for there would be no government left. It would be a repetition of the awful times of 1803 and 1894 under the last democratic rule." Congressman Cruropacker spoke but briefly, declaring' that Mr. Dickey's address had done more for republicanism than he could say in an hour. He outlined the beauties of the Ameican nation the only nation on earth where a man is raised from obscurity to a position of wealth and respect. "The republican party has been the friend of labor throughout Its rule. It has legislated for it and will continue to legislate for it," declared the congressman and the hall shook with the deafening applause. He declared that the democratic party was not worthy of any consideration. It has failed in Its duties heretofore, he explained. Its leaders have been wrong on every vital point. Bryan was characterized as a dreamer and a theorist. His acceptance of the government guarantee of bank deposits as the paramount issue of the year was merely a vote-getting scheme and within six months after election there will not be a man In Lake county who will acknowledge that he ever believed It. The congressman's voice was not In the best of condition and showed the strain under which he has been placed in his speaking tours of the state. As he closed his address it was noticed that his voice almost broke. He closed with an Impressive plea that the voters of Indiana Harbor get busy and "vote

the republican party from the president down, and roll up the biggest republican majority that this country has ever seen." About three hundred citizens attended the meeting, most of whom were active and enthusiastic workers. The Ladles Republican club was present with a representation of twenty members. They are now about forty strong, and, according to statements made, will march about thirty strong to the AVntson(iarfleld rally In Hammond on Saturday night. WILL VOTE FOR TAFT.HE- IS NOT HER FRED

Medical Man Renounces Allegience to King Edward of England. Dr. J. A. Graham, who came to this country from England a few years ago for the purpose of taking a peek at Gary and then decided to locate in Hammond and practice medicine, lias renounced allegiance to the king, has bid farewell to his native country forever and will vote for Taft and the whole bloomin' republican ticket. Dr. Graham is a man of wide experience, lie lias made footprints in many foreign lands. He was a resident of Canada for a number of years and is one of the most popular of the young business and professional men of this city. There was no question in Dr. Graham's mind as to which party would claim his vote. To make him an American was to make him a republican and now that he is no longer a subject of King Edward's he is more than willing to become a citizen under the first administration of Hon. William Taft. His wire is a good old soul. As happy as can be. Each night she takes it in a bowl, Hol'.ister's Rocky Mountain Tea. For Sale by Otto Jsegcle.

armed with an Invoice from a Wor

price of steel used in battleships from government purchased ail of this ma North Side Mother Wishes Her Boy Who Is Good Lad Set. Straight. There are two Fred Yarcks in Hammond. Both are boys. One is a good boy and the other is the boy who is charged with stealing fruit from a local dealer. Now it happens that Fred Yarck, who lives in 343 Douglass avenue, in West Hammond, is a good boy and liis mother is pestered with questions regarding his arrest. She is afraid that the alleged misdeeds of the Fred Yarck, who lives in Sheffield avenue, on the north side, will be charged to her son and so she asks that The Times explain the fact that there are two Yarcks and that her Fred is not the Fred who stole the fruit. The Fred, who is not mixed up in the theft of the fruit, is the son of John Yarck and the other Fred is the son of Fred Yarck. If there are any other questions that would like to be asked about the difference in the identity of these two boys consult The Times question and answer department run under the able management of Gerald Bowruaa.

HE FINE MEETING Soldiers of the Civil War and Auxiliary Body Meet In Hammond Today For Their Annual Convention. THREE HUNDRED VISITORSjRE HERE Local G. A. R. Post and ladies of W. R. C. Are Highly Complimented By the Visitors for the Work of Entertainment That They Have Done for Brigade Meeting. Soldiers, G. A. R. men and members of the Lake County Brigade association were in Hammond today, where the convention of the association and the thirteenth district department, Indiana iV. R. C, were in session. Xearly three hundred visitors were fed In the K. of P. hall this afternoon by the local relief corps. The dny, al though a little row, brought out a good many, of the men and women, M ho aim to attend these annual conventions as regularly as possible. The automobile junket and the camp fire this evening in the Methodist church are the principal events for entertainment, but the visitors found much pleasure in their meetings and in renewing old acquaintances. Every body was happy and complimented the local post and relief corps for the work that had been done in behalf of the visitors. Business Houses Decorated. Some of the business houses showed patriotic spirit and displayed the na9 j& a7 4- J JOHN GERLACH. Picturesque Hero of Many a Battle, "Who Lives in St.. John Township and Is In Attendance at Brigade Meeting:. tional 3olors. .and the proprietors may be sure that this token of respect is not unheeded by guests of the city. The business meetings were held in the G. A. R. rooms in the superior court building for the Brigade veterans, and in Long's hall for the Relief Corps. Seventy-five brigade men answered the roll call, while two hundred women of the district occupied Long's hall. The day for each group was divided into two business sessions, one being held in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Nearly forty machines driven by citizens of Ilammnfid were placed at the disposal of the two organizations, in which they toured the city this afternoon. ' First Auto Ride For Many. For many of the mit was the first auto ride, and it was not with little hesitancy that same of them could be induced to "get in." Many of the visitors have personal friends in Hammond witli whom they will spend the night, while others will leave for their homes this evening. The camp fire tonight is not only for the people here in convention but also their friends, and a verv good program has been prepared to entertain those who attend. Prominent among those who are at tending the W. R. C. convention is Mrs. Anna Tucker, president of the state organization. She is from Noblesvilie and is the mother of state pure food inspector, F. V.. Tucker. JOHN MIKA REBUILDS AND WILL HAVE GRAND OPENING. John Mika, who had the misfortune to suffer the loss of his place of business by fire recently, when the Koscioski hall and saloon burned down, has rebult the place at 101-103 One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street. West Hammond, a block from State Line street, near Douglas, and will have a grand opening and dance on Saturday and Sunday. He will have fine music, free hot lunch and a number of other attraction. He invites all his friends lo attena. Adv. 3t-

GARY WILL SEND

BIGDELEGATIOr. Republicans There Expect To Come 300 Strong To Watson Meeting. MOTION CARRIED WITH A WHOOP Congressman W. E. Smith, of Iowa, Will Speake in Gary Next Tuesday Night. I move yon, Mr, President, that the Gary Republican club send a delegation of 200 members of the G. O. P. to Hammond on the evening of 0t. 3 to attend the WatsonGarfleld meeting.. I suggest that badges big enough to cover the entire breast of each of the members of this delegation be printed with the words i "Five Hundred Majority for Watson in Gary," and that we Join in the big, parade which is being planned by the republicans of Hammond on that occasion." CAPTAIN H. S. AORTOX... The above motion was carried with a whoop at the meeting of the executive committee of the Gary Republican club, which was held last evening at the Gary hotel. And the best thing about it is the fact that what Gary undertakes Gary does. One of the members of the club said he thought it would do the republicans of Gary as much good to come to Hammond as it would to have a meeting of their own in Gary and so the work of boosting the project was left in the hands of a good committee of workers. Seat Reserved for Them. Seats will be reserved in the big tent for the Gary visitors and Hammond will welcome the Gary citizens to what promises to be the biggest political meeting which will be held in Hammond during the campaign. The invitation to the Gary republicans was tendered by President Woods of the Young Men's Republican club of Hammand, which organization has charge of the Watson-Garfleld celebration. President Manlove of the Gary Republican ' club said that Congressman Walter-E. Smith of Iowa will be in Gary ' next . Tuesday evening. He will speak at the Binzenhof hall and a committee on arrangements was appointed to start things to going for that meeting. This committee is composed of W. F. Hodges, W. M. Dunn, Joseph Cothrey, C. H. Maloney and Dr. J. W. Newklrk. The Gary brass band will be employed and posters will be printed and distributed at once. An effort will be made to have the meeting as much of a success as was the recent Crumpacker meeting. JOHN PAPPVERY BUSY Using Mispelled Word As Argument Against . Republicans. What is the correct spelling of the office which James E. Watson and Thos. R. Marshall are now running? Webster's and the International dic tionaries spell it G-o-v-e-r-n-o-r. The republicans of Hammond however, omit the first "r" In the word. Go-v-e-n-o-r is the way they spell it on the big banner which is stretched across Hohman street from the republican headquarters. It is there in big letters and may prove to be a boomerang. May Be Boomerang:. John Papp is using it as a strong campaign argument in the Standard Steel Car settlement and unless Chairman Schaaf has the mistake corrected many good votes may be lost next November. "Jake" Teitelman who is opposing Mr. Papp argues that the new way is the result of the Roosevelt's spelling reform wave and that it merely goes to show to what extent the Roosevelt spirit sways in this part of the state. LAO'S CASE UP Tru. Officer Muzzall Makes Startling Statement About Truants. Truant Officer Muzzall has ordered that Mr. and Mrs. Geleott appear in court for their son, Peter Geleott, and say why he should not be sent to the reform school. It is understood that parents of the boy realize that they are unable to care for him properly and it is not believed that they will not stand in the way of his being sent to the reform school. Truant Officer Muzzall made a startling statement today when he said that there were hundreds of truant boys in Gary. He said that he expected to round them up and then tak their parents to task for not compelling them to go to school.

GARY

LOST LADY FOUND IN HIND

Mrs. C. H. Ormsby of Benton Harbor Whose Disappearance Was a Mystery, Is Found by Her Husband in Hammond. BELIEF EXPRESSED THATSHEJSDERANGED Postal . Jard Addressed to Her Husband From Missing Woman Is First Clue Had By Her Folks Since She Left Her Home on the Tenth of Last Month. Mrs. C. It. Ormsby, of Benton Harbor, who ha been mysteriously missing from her home since Sept. 10, has been in Hammond most of the time wince then and yesterday revealed her whereouts to her faintly and friends by mending them a postal card upon which was her Hammond address. The postal card was addressed to her husband nt Benton Harbor and as soon as he received word of her whereabouts he boarded an interurban car, came to Hammond and took his wife back home. The case was one of the most puzzling the police have been asked to deal with in the annals of the department and all hope of locating the missing woman had' about been given up when she ' explained the .mystery by writing the postal. '' Last Seen Sept. 10. Previous to the discovery of her whereabouts, the last seen of Mrs. Ormsby was on Sept. 10. On that date Mr. Ormsby purchased a round trip ticket for his wife at Benton Harbor and put her on a Southern Michigan car. she was to have gone to South Bend to visit her daughter, Mrs. Edward Z. Stewart, of 736 California avenue. Nothing was known of her disappearance until the following Saturday when Mr. Ormsby came on from Benton Harbor to join his wife. Upon reaching the Stewart home he learned that his wife had never arrived there and inquiries among her friends in South Bend failed to produce a single clew as to her whereabouts. The police were notified and when they failed to find trace of her, her relatives became greatly alaramed and a systematic search of all the surrounding towns ws instituted. Detectives on Case. Chief McWeeny delegated detectives to investigate the case and numerous clues were run down, but all were attended with failure. From the time she was put on the car at Benton Harbor by her husband until he received the postal, absolutely no trace of her could be found. The fact that she had more than $100 in a hand satchel with her at the time of her disappearance Inclined the police to the theory that she had met with foul play. The river was watched and every hotel and boarding-house was visited, but not a single tangible clue could be found. Many Cities Notified. The police at Indianapolis. Fort Wayne, Elkhart, Goshen. LaForte, Michigan City, Grand Rapids, St. Joseph, Big Rapids and other cities were telegraphed to, and Sheriff Joseph Tennant of Benton Harbor, mailed circulars with a minute description of the woman, broadcast. The first news of her recovery reached South Bend yesterday when her daughter received a communication from Benton Harbor signed by Mr. Ormsby in which he said. "Mother is here and well. Was in Hammond where I went and got her." . Thinks Mind I)ernnged. Mr. Stewart when seen last night said: "1 have not received an explanation from Mr. Ormsby as yet. but both my wife and I are of the opinion that her mother's disappearance is accounted by her mind being temporarily unbalanced. She was not well when she left home and we think her mind became affected while on the car and that she forgot her identity for the time being. "How she came to go to Hammond is a mystery to us as she has no relatives or friends there and what she has been doing all this time is just as unexplainable. Her mind must have suddently cleared and remembering where she was, wrote to her husband. We are much relieved now that she was been found safe and well as her absence led us to fear fhe worst." COMING BACK TO SPEAK. John S. Parry, secretary of the California Union Labor party, who spoke to the people of Hammond last Friday evening, will speak here again next Sunday afternoon at ituehn's hall. Mr. Parry has been secured for a second time through the Lake County Trades and Labor party.

IS BACK FRi GAPITAL Lake County's Democratic Representative Talks of Special Session and Says He Is Confident Marshall Will Be Elected. CAUSTICALLY ARRAIGNS THE WHITE RIBBONS County Chairman Returns From InIndianapolis to Take Up the Work Hitherto In Hands of Acting Chairman John L. Rohde, Who Has Done Good Work, He Says. Ed Simon, Lake tlve in the genernl from Indinnapitlls special legislature county representaassembiy, returned this morning", the having adjourned lust night. Despite his all night ride the democratic county chairman was at the headquarters at an early this morning; to dispose of the bitxiness twhlch had accumulated during his absence. He went at it with a will, working in his shirt sleeves to make up for lost time. He came back from the legislature, more confident of democratic victory this fall than ever, and full of fight to the finish. Leaders Confer With Him. . Democratic leaders dropped in pretty soon ta meet Mr. Simon and talk over the legislature. Jle went to Indiaaolis opposed to the county local optio i bill and came back still opposed to it. He gave his hearers a little insight into the inner workings of the legislature, and he promises that the last is not yet aired about the methods that Governo Hanly and the republicans used to pass the county local option. "For a legislature of coercion, by a governor there has been nothing like it in the history of the state. Intimidation and promises ruled and it wr.s general talk in Indianapolis that practically every patronage job either national or state which was under the control of the republicans had been bartered away." Henegate Democrats On Commission. "Democrats generally are very dissatisfied with the investigation relative to Governor Hanly's promise to Representative Knisely. At first they attempted to secure renegade democrats on the commission and succeeded In keeping one there Representative Pierson of Clay county. They found Hanly not guilty and all that was left for Honan to do was to kep still. "Talk about lobbying, I want to tell you that if the breweries had done half as much as the white ribboners did Governor Hanly would haie ordered thj militia to turn them out of the state hcuse. The white ribboners, however, were privileged characters to the extent that discommoded the legislators and insulted those who did not vote according to their notion. Hanly I'ses Wimp. "The republicans now have county local option and what of it. It does not change the democratic platform in the least, nor does It represent the sentiment in the state. The republican legislators were whipped into ltne and let me assure you that Hanly has dorve. it and that the republicans have to accept him whether they want to or not. "As to the campaign, everything looks like the election of Marshall. To give you an instance of how things look, the state central committee put cut 150.000 Marshall buttons. I wan:cl 2 000 more for this county and they did not have them, saying that I would have to wait a while. "In one of the hotels in Indianapolis, four one hundred dollar bets are offered on Marshall and there are no Watson backers to take them up. "Coming nearer home, I feel that the oiganization's.work has ben in good hands under the direction of John j Rohde. I can go right on where he left off. We are not spending our money on fire works, etc., but we are I doing effective work, just the same." I FAIL 10 SEE II Kaufman and Wolf Advertise Some Bargains On Page 3. Kaufman and Wolf, the progressive Hammond merchants, will henceforth, for the benefit of their bargain-seeking customers, advertise on page three in The Times and give a daily account of some of their bargain specialties. Times readers will always find the advertisement in the same place, on the upper right hand corner of page three. Be sure and read it over each day for it will tell you where you can get better bar&ins than you can buy by going to Chicago eh expensive shopping trips. y

FOUND GUILTY OF CRIME

Charles E. Coons of Hammond Charged With Unnatural Crime Pronounced Guilty By Jury After Being Out Short Time. JUDGE HAS NOT SENTENCED HIM No Question In Jury's Mind of Prisoner's Guilt and Law Provides for the Infliction of Punishment That May Last Twenty-One Years in the Penitentiary. Charles E. Coons was found guilty of shocking charges at 2:25 this afternoon, twenty min- . utes after the jury had been Instructed by Judge Virgil S. Kelter. The law provides that a man who has been found guilty of the crime with which Mr. Coons is charged shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary from two to twen-ty-one years. Attorney Crumparker made a motion for a new trial and that will have to he passed upon by the court before sentence can be passed on the prisoner. The plea of Attorney Fred Crumpacker, for the defense, and of Attorney T. M. Hembroff and Joseph Conroy, for the prosecution, in the famous Coons case, in which the defendant was charged with a most unnatural crime against his daughter, Miss Mary Geib. have been heard. Judge Virgil S. Reiter has given his instructions to the jury and that body of men is now deliberating on the verdict. Court Room Is Packed. The court room was packed to the doors this afternoon when Attorney Conroy finished his arraignment of Charles Coons and there was hush fell over the court room when the arguments were ended and the jury, which is to determine the fate of the prisoner, left the jury box and went into the jury room. It is not believed that the jury will be out long. Arugments Were Limited. The arguments of both the attorneys for the state and the attorney for the prosecution were confined to a limited period of time. Attorneys Conroy and Hembroff called attention to the condition of Miss Geib. They claimed that it would be the most unnatural thing for her to desire to see her father punished for it if he was not guilty. They pointed to the matrimonial record of Mr. Coons and showed that he had been married three times, and had trouble with all of his wives and finally had attempted to break up another family by charging that the father had been guilty of alienating the affections of Coon's wife when he was not even legally married to her. Attorneys For State Talk. The attorneys for the state stated that after Coons had ruined the lives of three older women he then began to entice younger girls to his room in the Maine hotel and finally when reduced to the last extremity, had ruined his own daughtr [daughter] by first winning her affection and then taking advantage of it. He ended his argument by pointing to Mr. Coons and calling him, "that insatiate brute." Crumpacker's Plea. Considering the testimony which had been introduced in the trial, the fact that the sympathy of the jury must have been with the girl, that Charles E. Coons, because of the very nature of the charges, was without friends, and most important of all the credibility of the girl"s testimony as compared with that her father, the defense was as strong as it could be. Mr. Crumparker took the position that Mr. Coon's attitude affection toward his daughter was only a natural one. He said the evidence had not brought out a single thing which showed that the relations of the father with the daughter had been other than they could be. Tell of His Manner. He said that the only evidence which tended to show that Mr. Coons was guilty of the specific thing with which he was charged, was the testimony of the prosecuting witness. He spoke about Coons' frank manner and of the many admissions he had made that would not have been made had he tried to shield himself in every way possible. Judge Virgil S. Reiter's instructions to the jury in the famous Coons' case were so clear and complete on the matter of guilt or innocence, without the reasonable question of a doubt, that they brought forth favorable comment.

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