Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 115, Hammond, Lake County, 31 October 1908 — Page 8

Saturday, October 31, 190S; 8 NET OF EVIDEHGE CLOSES OH MILLINER SAYS WIFE KICKED HIM FROM HOUSE ; - v Beerman Thinks Police Are Adding Insult to Injury in His Case. IAI1S FOR OGDEti BLOGJOf LE1ED ALL !H READINESS FOR HOTSAND DANCE Gary Club Has Sent Out Invitations to Various Cities. AN OS Authorities Inclined to Fasten Guilt of Fire on Miss Braswell. F. M. Savage of Joliet Erect ing One of Finest Buildings in Gary. FUN BEGINS AT NINE O'CLOCK HER CLOTHES ARE REMOVED HE IS PLACED UNDER ARREST ANSWERS TO MANY PURPOSES

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Spectacular Features of Greatest Campaign Indiana Has Ever Had Will End Tomorrow Night in Blaze of Glory.

Step Said to Be a Cross Between a

Two-Step and Waltz With a Shuffle to It.

REPUBLICANS Ai

DEMOS. CLAIM MARION

Brewery Posters and "Bar Flies" Have Injured Democratic Cause By

Driving Away Liberal Minded Ke-

publicans and Temperance Democrats to Watson.

Investigation Is Made and It Found That Insurance Three Days After Fire.

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Says He Only Objected to Her Enter

taining Men in His House While He Was Abed.

(Special to The Times.) Indianapolis, Oct. 31. Toolgrht will practically ace the end of the campaigm

in Indiana. Both parties are planning; to shoot their final wads. The leaders will not be inactive Sunday and Mon

day, bnt the spectacular features will

cease with thin week. The eagle has

about screamed its last scream and the last tail feather has about been

plucked.

The democrats here will wind up

their campaign In this county tonight

when John W. Kern, candidate for Tice

president, will be the stellar attraction.

Kern has been touring the state all week. He will speak at Tomllnson hall 'tonight and then start -out bright and

early tomorrow for his concluding

speech making day of the campaign. Mlaze of tllory Tomorrow.

The republicans of Marlon county

M ill conclude in- a blare of glory to

morrow night -when Senator Beverldge will be starred. The senior senator has also been out on a special train all week. Tomorrow will likewise be his

last day.

The result, in this county Is very much In doubt. Democrats claim the county from 2,500 to 10,000. The re

publicans insist that they will have from 2,00 to 5,000 majority. The demo

crats are counting on the saloon vote to give Marshall, a majority and. on the county grafts to elect . their . county ticket. An unprejudiced person would probably concede the county to Taft and admit an awfully . close race be

tween Marshall and Watson. The county officers . will probably be. .divided, the democrats getting , the administrative and the republicans the judicial nes. The legislative ticket is uncertain. The saloon element la. for the democratic . candidates. Good . citizens, who are for the .democrats for the county offices, are for the republican nominees for the general assemly. Both Sides Yell Fraud. Both sides even now shouting "fraud"

are preparing to resist unlawful tactics at the polls. The democrats declare, that 3,000 negro repeaters have been polled and the republicans assert that detectives have discovered the presence of 1,200 democratic floaters. The republicans will control the election machinery, . Inasmuch as the board of election commissioners has two republicans to one democrat . and . inasmuch further as the county commissioners, who have charge of the voting machine, are all republicans. The "liberal" element, including, of course, the thousands of Germans in the city, may be democratic. "Liberal" support, however, is calculated to cost Ihe democrats votes. Brewery posters, activity on the part of the saloon men and -flagrant opposition to temperance by "bar flies" and hangers-on will no doubt' injure the democratic cause by driving from the party liberal-minded republicans and temperance democrats. Democrats Have Cash. The democrats are well supplied with funds. . For the first time in twelve years they are meeting expenses and appearing flush. ' The 'democrats.

, backed by the brewers, are also benefited by a special' fund raised by the liquor interests and disbursed by the brewers. This amount Is unknown but it is large. It will be used Tuesday in getting the turbulent element to tie polls. Each saloon man is expected to line up republicans for the democratic state ticket. The fund will aid greatly in enabling the saloon men to make god on the orders received by them. Leaperate efforts have been made In this concluding days to control the vote of organized labor. This is an all-Important factor Inasmuch as there are 65,000 unionists in Indiana. The democrats claim 85 per cent of the unionists. The republican insist that their defense of the candidates has been honest and sincere and that they will at least break even with the democrats on the labor vote. Watson Will Run Taft Closely.

Opinion is growing that Marshall will not run much ahead of Bryan and that Watson will keep close to Taft. It had been generally thought that there would be 23,000 votes between the presidential ' and gubernatorial nominees. Now it -is thought that the number will be reduced to 10,000. Watson undoubtedly has made gains the last ten days. The republican plan of organization has been fruitful of final results and Increased enthusiasm for the republican cause has lifted gloom that for a time existed. Democrats insist that the Watson gain has not been at the expense, of Marshall. " They say that the republicans have finally succeeded In making some noise

Everything is In readiness for the

big ball of the Hot Sands club tonight, at the Victoria hotel.

Nobles of the Shrine from South

Bend, Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis and Chicago have been invited to attend the affair and it Is expected that many of

them will be present.

All day yesterday and today the dec

orating committee have been busy dec

orating the dining room with corn

stalks, ripe corn and pumpkins. Small

branches of colored oak leaves a-re

placed around the walls of the dining room..

The dancing will begin at 9 o'clock.

Blgelow's orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion. The dance of the Hot Sands club is somewhat of a cross between a two-step and waltz and the shuffle of feet as they tread over the hot sands will be difficult to distinguish between that and a shuffle of a buck dancer.

The following are the members of

the Gary Hot Sands club: William Hampton, Murat temple, Indianapolis; William Luscombe, Kaabe temple, Dav

enport, la.; Frank Hall, Medinah temple, Chicago; H. G. Hay, jr., Korean temple, Rawlins, Wyo. ; E. R. Shover, Syria temple, Pittsburg, Pa.; Robert Donaldson, Medinah temple, Chicago; W. G. Riley, Osiris temple, Wheeling, W. Va.; L. G. Shepson, Syrian emple,

Pittsburg, Pa.; John F. vondermark.

Murat temple, Indianapolis; E. E.. Elbe, Medinah temple, Chicago; J. H. Cother,

Medinah temple, Chicago;' Ingwald Moe,

Medinah temple. Chicago; Edwin A.

Assman, Medinah temple, Chicago; E. A. Schmidt, Cebale temple,' Rockford, 111.; M. L. Maxon, Saladln temple, Grand

Rapids, Mich.; J. H. F. Prentiss, Murat temple, Indianapolis; H. G. Bowen, Me

dinah temple, Chicago; L. H. Reed, Me

dinah temple, Chicago; G. C. Phillips,

Bedla temple. New York; W. H. Gates,

Oriental temple, Troy. N. T.; R. E. Rowley, Medinah temple, Chicago.

Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 31. The network of accusing evidence is rapidly winding around Miss Lucile Braswell, who is suspected throughout Indiana Harbor of having set fire to her millinery store on last Saturday evening.

Miss Braswell has not yet returned to

Indiana Harbor. She says the insur

ance expired three days after the Are.

Miss Braswell is known to have removed her clothes from the building on Saturday afternoon, taking them to the Lake Shore depot in a suitcase. These

are but a few of the incidents leading up to the fire that convince those who know the woman tliat she was the incendiary. Chief of Police Hlggins,

however. Is still at a loss to under

stand the woman's motive In doing such

an act, and is skeptical of her guilt.

According to the tale told to the po

lice department. Miss Braswell recently questioned Mrs. B. L. Travis, who re

sides In the same building, regarding

the insurance on her furniture. "You

really should carry insurance," she told Mrs. Travis.' "Some of these nights fire will break out up here and you will

be without a home. People think I

have no insurance but I have."

An effort will be made to locate the

woman in Gary. A few weeks ago she expressed a desire to start life anew

In the steel town. Her burden of debts

which are said to amount to several

hundred dollars, restrained her from so doing, and this perhaps lent the motive

for the destruction of her stock.

AHTI-TAFT1TEST0 MEET

Colored People of Gary Will

" Wind Up Next Mon- .. day Night.

Robert Wynn Johnson, editor of the Colored Press, has got another plan on foot now for a big anti-Taft meeting.

as the colored editor was not discouraged by the last one he held, which

did not prove to be a howling success

Mr. Johnson Is planning to give the next event In the democratic headquarters, between Twelfth avenue and

Thirteentn streets, on Washington, on

Monday night.

Besides such eminent speakers as L.

w. w asnington ot tne waiters union

of Chicago, and R. O. Ranson, formerly

of the Bethel church, Chicago, now of New York, and many others, there will be provided amusements of various characters. There will be free refreshments for instance, and then they will have a little dancing to amuse - the crowd between the speeches. This novel political event, In which men, women and children are invited, Is to be held under the auspices of Mr. Johnson's new organization, the Anti-Taft Debating society.

LEADING LABOR .

PAPER MAKES POLL

Publication Says Canvass of

Workingmen Is in Taft's Favor.

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and that they are being deceived

the sound created by themselves. Stokes Jackson. democratic state chairman, sees a land-slide to Bryan and an overwhelming victory for Marshall and the democratic legislative tickets. Sims, republican chairman, does not expect a land-slide, but Is confident that the normal republican vote will be polled. This would mean a victory by from 25,000 to 35,000.

JOHN J. MILLER HELD Is Charged With Embezzlement By His Former Employers.

Union labor workers in the Calumet region will be Tnterested in the story published in the Labor World, in Pittsburg, a labor paper of general circulation, containing a prophecy that, despite the efforts of Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. Judge Taft would get his full share of the labor vote next Tuesday. Calls Gompers Campaign Fallnre. The following is the forecast:' "It can be safely said that the campaign of Samuel Gompers in behalf of William J. Bryan has been a failure, so far as delivering the labor vote to

Bryan is concerned. Mr. Gompers has

succeeded, however, in making so cialists out of many workingmen, prob ably 75 per cent of whom were former

ly democrats.' v ith a view of ascer

taining the effect of Samuel Gompers'

campaign on the labor vote, the Labor

World has had a straw vote taken in eighty-six mills and mines in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, In

diana, Maryland, with the following

results:

"These mills and mines employed

union men and sympathizers with or ganized labor.

"West Virginia Six mines and four

mills were canvassed, with the follow

ing result: Taft, 2, 08S; Bryan, 1,241;

Deh,f, 501; other candidates, 34.

"Pennsylvania Twelve mines and

eight mills were canvassed, with the following result: Taft, 8.562; Bryan, 2,801; Debs. 1,058; other candidates, 2. "Ohio Fourteen mines and nine mills were canvassed, with the follow

ing result: Taft, 6,926; Bryan, 4,946; Debs, S42; other candidates, 103. Poll Illinois Miners. "Illinois Eight mines and three mills were canvassed, with the following result: Taft, 4.589; Bryan. 3,580; Debs. 641; other candidates, 18. "Indiana Eleven mines and six mills were canvassed, with the following result: Taft, 5,636: Bryan, 5,277; Debs, 914; other candidates. 21.

"Maryland Four minfs and one mill

were canvassed, with the following results: Taf't, 851; Bryan, 804; Debs,

154; other candidates, 2. "Total Taft. 2S.632; Bryan, 18,602; Debs. 4,110; other candidates, 181."

Indiana Harborr Ind.. Oct. 31. Peter

Beerman, the Guthrie street saloon

keeper, was arrested last evening fol

lowing , the affidavit in "surety of the peace proceedings filed ' by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Beerman. The affidavit was

filed before Judge George W. Jones of Whiting by Byran M. Cheney of East Chicago, who declares that Beerman at

tempted to kick down the door of his

client's house and has threatened her

on divers occasions. - Beerman has a police record. Ac

cording to one local attorney, he has only been out of Jail long enough In

the last six months . t buy a square

meal. - As soon as he is released from

the custody of the officers he becomes intoxicated, gets into trouble and is given another ten or thirty days In the

county jail. . Says He's Victim of Circumstances.

According to the story told by Beer

man to Judge Reiland;"" he Is the vie

tlm of circumstances. ;'He declares that several nights ago he retired rather

early, feeling somewhat tired, after

strenuous day with the police officers

His wife, he declares, believed him to

be asleep and, in company with another

woman, permitted two men to enter his home. The wine and beer is said to

have flowed fast and long, until Beer

man decided to make a hand in the pro

ceedings. Going to the telephone, he called the police department, Informing

them of what, happened., Mrs. Beerman,

seeing that she was about-to be de

tected, and perhaps desiring to give her

company the necessary time to "skip,'

pushed Beerman, dressed In his night

robes, from the house, locking the doo after her. Then, In order to make he

tale more effective, she called the po

lice, told them that "Beerman was on

tarantum again and was trying to kick

the door down."

Police Make Investigation.

Two policemen .were detailed to cove

the report and found . Beerman about

to pound the door down, with a heavy piece of wood. He was, arrested and

taken to jail, but Mrs. Beerman was

omewhat alow and her spouse was re

leased by the city "authorities.

Mrs. Beerman then consulted her at

torney and the filing. of. the case In the Whiting justice shop, twas the result. Beerman owns considerable property In the Harbor and was able to secure the

necessary $500 bond, preparatory to his trial on Monday in the Whiting courtHe Intends to fight the case bitterly, and Is negotiating wit.h, local counsel for the proper handling of his defense.

Storerooms Will Be on First Floor,

Photograph Gallery, Lodge and Banquet Hall on Second.

Thespians for the new Ogden build

ing, at the corner of Broadway and the Fifth avenue alley, have been com

pleted by Architect Walter Hudson,

who Is now preparing to rush the work to completion. The building is being erected by F. M. Savage of Joliet, 111., at a cost of 125,000, and will be one of the most substantial buildings In the city. ,

The structure will be two stories in

height and will be used for stores and offices. On the ground floor there will

be three 20 by 100 foot storerooms, facing on Broadway, and on the alley there will be six offices and three large reception rooms'. There will also be a

fine photographic gallery for the Crose Photo company, who plan to move into the building when it Is completed. They will have beside their gallery, with a big slanting skylight, dark rooms and working rooms made especially for their use and many other conveniences. Another feature of the building will be one of the finest lodge rooms In the city, 40 by 40 feet in size and made

expressly for lodge purposes. This

room, it is said, has already been spok

en for by one of the most prominent organizations In the city. Adjoining the lodge room will be banquet and candidate rooms, paraphernalia rooms

and two ante-rooms.

The outside of the building will be

of the Baraque Rennalsance style and

is plain and tasteful. The material

used will be stone and brick. The foundation has already been put In and

the brick work will be started within the next few days.

MORRIS AND COMPANY MAY BUILD THIS FALL

NORTH TOWNSHIP CAMPAIGN ENDED

(Continued from page one.)

Have a Big Site on South Side in Gary for Storage Plant.

(Special to The Times.. Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 31. Failure on the part of John J. Miller, formerly . an employe of the United States Brewing company, to turn over the monies owing the brewery, resulted in hl3 arrest at Whiting last evening by Constable Charles Miller. The arrest was made upon affidavits filed before Judge William A. Reiland by John W. Doerscher, representing a Chicago bond agency. According to the terms of the complaint Miller is charged with the embezzlement of $75.18 belonging to the United States Breweries. Until two weeks ago he was in their employ as driver and collector. In such capacity it was his duty to collect bills and remit his collections to the company. The latter provision was not carried out. Miller apparently converting the money to his own use. He will be tried before Judge Reiland this' afternoon, unless an amicable arbitration is effected before that time.

WH1SKEYGAUSETR0UBLE

Too much bail whisky and lack of funds put the impression that he had been, robbed into the head of Albert Falazinski yesterday evening, and thinking that the police of Gary could help him out, he told his troubles to them. To make the story worse, he said that he had been robbed by a woman. The police investigated his story and found that it was not founded on truth.

The woman whom the foreigner charged with robbing him was Mandy Nade-

hawk. All that she confessed to doing was that she had thrown the drunken man from her husband's saloon.

A Thriller. Slow Waiter "Have I ever been In the country, sir? No sir. Why do you ask?" Tired Customer "I was just thinking how thrilling you'd find it to sit on the fence and watch the tor" toises whiz .by." Pick-Me-Up.

rink will accommodate , at least 2,500 persons, and Mr. Fowler, Is sanguine in his declarations that the attendance at this wind up of their campaign will be almost that number. .. William Jennings Bryan will address his band of followers in Gary for fifteen minutes. At 7 o'clock, Mr. Bryan is expected to deliver an address covering his platform on- every contestable point against the Interests of the

republican party. For- fifteen minutes, democratic leaders believe that some 1,500 or 2,000 voters and their wives will struggle In aiveffort to catch a fleeting glimpse, at' least, of the man who would" really like to fill the president's chair, ., but who seems doomed to defeat. Then Mr. Bryan will go to Indiana Harbor where he will speak. Following the Bryan meeting, the

democrats will hold aurally In Cohen's

Auditorium hall. Although the excitement at the Bryan meeting will be

almost in the extreme, the democrats are working hard least, by-any possible chance, their henchmen may become entangled in the alluring meshes offered by the republican meeting. Chairman P. A. Parks, however, de

clares . that this meeting will be addressed by prominent democrats," well

able to handle the questions confronting the democratic voters of Indiana Harbor. A fairly good attendance is expected. Whiting is also to have" a big meeting. Mayor CV E. Bookwalter, of Indianapolis, will address about 1.000 voters of the oil city at Goebel's hall, with Prosecuting Attorney D. E. Boone, of Hammond, as his platform mate. Chairman William Vater is working hard for the success of this meeting, which will mark the close of one of the quietest campaigns Whiting has ever known. The republican party hoy is so confident of success at the polls, that they have even abandoned any Idea of opening 'headquarters. Every republican is pledged to the support of Taft, Watson and the solid county ticket. Quiet work has prosecuted among the laboring men and foreigners, and Whiting lined up for a good 500 majority on next Tuesday. The platform will be occupied by several of the county candidates and local committeemen, Messrs. Frank Gavit.

Charles B. Manbeck and Dr. G. S. Hllliard promising to be on hand and assist In the oratorical offering of the evening. In all, the politically - Inclined residents of either of the sister cities will have plenty of opportunity In which to hear both sides of the questions now confronting th American public. It was be conceded that the Bryan meeting Is going to draw a good attendance, many of whom will visit the meeting merely for curiosity.

It Is expected that the work on the Morris & Co. cold storage plant, on the south 3ide, near the Pennsylvania tracks, will be started this fall If the present plans of . the company are carried out. The lot upon which they Intend to build has a two hundred foot frontage on Broadway, 250 feet on Twenty-first avenue and 262 feet on the

Pennsylvania tracks. Nearly all of this ground they Intend to occupy with buildings, so that the structure when complete will be one of the largest in the city. It is " thought that it will be even larger than the Immense building being erected by the Armour company on Broadway, at the Wabash tracks. The cost of the barns, storage plant, warerooms, etc., will probably reach as high as $75,000. If the construction work begins at once they can probably have it under roof before winter. The plans for the building have been drawn by

the company's draftsmen in Chicago and the work will be supervised by their men. It is planned to make this plant the distributing point for northern Indiana as well as Gary, and will be built with that purpose in view. The erection of this building will materially help the appearance of the south end. There are several other buildings which are proposed for this section of the city, such as a bank building, which will likely be started In the spring.

When you see Pianos advertised for one-half what they claim they are worth, stop and think. Either they are defective or the agent has been asking a double price for them. Do you . want to buy of such a firm? High grade Pianos ,such as the Starr, Richmond and Remmington, are thoroughly tested before leaving the factory, consequently there is no defective stock to work off in a so-called Piano sale. JVhen you get ready to buy a Piano look up the firm's record and see if they are responsible. STARR PIANOS Are sold on time at standard prices the world over. Every Piano is up to the high standard maintained by the Starr Piano Co. for the past forty years, as attested to by 70,000 satisfied purchasers. We also carry the largest stock of Talking Machines, Phonographs, Records, Musical Merchandise, Popular and : Classical Sheet Music and Music Books in Northern Indiana. EDWIN M. DICKINSON EVERYTHING IN MUSIC 272 State Street. ' Hammond

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(Condoned from Pace One. the Pennsylvania inquired the way to that station where they thought that

they would meet them. WfdRM Is Found. Unfortunately, however, they passed each other on the opposite side of the street and reached their destination without 'making' connections. Again intuition told them to counter march, and this time they met each other half way down Broadway. The shining countenance of their standard bearer Hisgen, engraved upon a button which they wore established their Identity and

labors flying wedge had been found. "Hooray for Hisgen," said Mr. Ballard, candidate for congress. "Hooray for Hisgen," answered the flying wedge in unionism. And then they clasped hands like long lost friends. By that time the lateness of the hour made it necessary to call off the meeting, and after a short conference, and the flying laborers wedged their way into Chicago. I ' Monday night, however, they will return to Gary and will hold a postponed meeting. The fire works will be set off

at the corner of Sixth avenue and Broadway, where the speakers wilt appear in an automobile and talk to the crowds in the street. There will be two meetings held, one at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and another at 8 o'clock. As the speakers are said to be five of the best which Hisgen has In the campaign it is likely that they will draw a big crowd.

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