Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 139, Hammond, Lake County, 30 November 1908 — Page 1

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IVR. Schaaf of Lake County Is Again Urged to Become Candidate for State Chairman ,and Showing of Lake Is Brought Out. 11 11 LAKE GO. ATTRACTS ATTEnTlOH Aftermath of Eeceat Election Brings f a Great Many Things to Light , That Give the Republicans Over ! the Entire State a Great Deal of ' Concernl" (Special to The Times.) Indianapolis, lad- Not. 30 Colonel Wlafleld T. Durbln of Anderson, lsnot a candidate for the chairmanship of the republican state committee, nor Trill he be. He la rather Inclined to be nettled by the reports that be wants the place. "You can. say for me positively that I am not a candidate for the state chairmanship," said Colonel Darbin. "I don't- want the place and would not take It. Bio one has had any authority to say that I wanted it or would be a candidate. I Intend to give my time to i business from now on, as I have.de- ' voted enengh to politics." ' Our "Dack Is Mentioned ' ' Xo one can tell at t.his time wio will -bV elected republican state c'. - man. T'xii-efa 'uTiret-sre'tor: new -t!:n -- cently there has been a suggestion of Dick. Schaaf, Lake county chairman, for the place. It was learned today that Charles W. Miller, one of the prime ministers of the Beverldge contingent, discussed the state chairmanship with Schaaf, urging him to become a candidate. Schaaf's showing' in Lake county is attracting attention throughout the state. He is a bundle of energy, and showed during the campaign that he (Contlnoed on page 7.) LIVERYMAN RETIRES FROM BUSINESS D. B. Hostettler Out After Series of Misfortunes and Blows in Business. T. B. Hostettler. the liveryman, will tomorrow retire from business. TheState street business man, whose place of business is opposite the Whitaker barn, confesses that he is up against it, and has received such a succession of bumps lately as to make it impossible for him to continue any longer at the State street stand. Loses Tenm of Horses. The crowning blow to Mr. Hostettler came a week ago when he lost a team of horses and carriage by theft. The outfit was rented and never returned and Mr. Hostettler is out about $400 as a result. Henry .Whitaker has purChased a quantity of the barn equipment, and Mr. Hostettler is disposing of his iiorses today. The Hostettler livery barn was formerly the John Huber establishment, and Mr. Hostettler came into possession of the place four years ago and has had several partners since that time. He bought out Mr. Isfort last summer and since has been running the place alone. Mr. Hostettler has come to be known as a straightforward business man, obliging and popular, and his friends will learn of his retiring from business with regret. He will remain in Hammond for the present. HAMMOND BR'G CO. RECEIVES ITS CHARTER The Hammond Brewing company of West Hammond, 111., received its charter yesterday frm the state of Illinois and is now regularly incorporated under the laws of the state. It is capitalized at, $200,000, and the names of the directors are the same as given in The Times a few days ago. The company is making encouraging progress, and It is expected that the pla4 for all of the buildings will be iady for the contractors in a short time,. . .

ATHLETES ACCEPT A M .TUiER'S OFFER Hammond Athletic Association Holds Regular

Meeting Yesterday. TIME DONATES EQUIPM Charter List Will Be Kept - Until the Fifteenth of December. Open ' The meeting; of the Hammond Athletic association, which was held tn the proposed clati rooms on the third floor of the First National bantc building yesterdya morning, resulted In taking the biggest step towards the realisation of a dream of a Hammond athletic club since the plan was proposed. At the meeting yesterday two im portant steps were taken. one was to definitely decide to accept the gen erous oiler of Mr. A. M. Turner, who will lease the quarters in the fear r,i the Chicago Business .college, for a nominal r-istal. Committee Is Appointed. . The other was the appointment of a committee which , will decide on the arrangement ' of the club rooms and submit the plans to the association so that arrangements can be made to have partitions put in before the first of the year. , , , The members of the new club were delighted at the announcement that Mort Towle, who owns the equipment of the old Iroquois Athletic club, will donate it to the hew organization. This will give the members an unexpected boost at the very start and will be a very acceptable gift. The work of furnishing the new quarters will be taken up in the near future. " " The members of the club were enthusiastic over the prospects and, with the interest that is being taken and the new meaabers who are coming in it is expected that the club will become one of the largest and most influential in the city. ' The chart i" membership list will be kept open, until the 15th cf .December and after flat the initiation fee be raised from $3 to J5. Preside-r ic executive, and the plans of the mem-, bers are being carried out with the greatest of harmony. ' 1 The committee on constitution and bylaws will report at the next meeting of the club, and it is expected that the laws which will govern he new club will be adopted then. CONTEST CASE LAGGING Crown Point Lawyer Comes to the City to Hear Evidence. J. Frank Meeker of Crown Point was in the city this morning for the purpose of hearing the evidence in the contest between Sam Ableman and John C. Becker for the office of township trustee. For some reason or another the case seems to lag. The republicans who were interested in the cntest at the start are losing their interest, as they naturally would after such an elapse f tkne after the election. Several subpoenas were issued and were to have been served by the sheriff, but they did not get out in time for the witnesses to appear today. Mr. Meeker does not .feel that he wants to spend an indefinite amount of time working on the case and it is possible that the contest will be dropped unless there are some unexpect developments. After the attorneys In the BeckerAlbeman contest over the Office of township trustee appeared before special commissioner Frank Meeker in the Superior court building this morning, it was decided to postpone the hearing of the evidence until next Wednesday. A number of subpoenas were issued Saturday, but it did not give the deputy sheriff time to serve the papers, and so the hearing was delayed until Wed nesday. WORKING Of! IGEROOSE Twenty-Five Men Are Put at Work on Knickerbocker Structure. Work on the reconstruction of icehouse No. 3 for the Knickerbocker Ice company, which burned down some time ago, will begin tomorrow. Twenty-five men will be put to work. It is expected that the work will be far enough advanced by the time the ice season arrives that ice can be stored there and that the construction will then keep pace with the Ice harvest. Ice house Xo. 3, located on Wolf lake, was one of the largest ice houses is the country. One Saturday afternoon several weeks ago It caught fire from some unknown cause and burned to the gtound.

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I DAMAGE SUIT Gary Man Asks $20,000 Damages From Interurban Company. BLMdES INTERURBAfl CO'ilPM Injured Man Wants One Thousand Dollars for Mental Anguish Which He Sufered. For medical attention;. For loss of time....... For mental anguish . . . For crippled condition. Total damages asked. 209 1,000 1,000 18,000 ,.$20,200 Frank Kelleman, of Gary. is suing the Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend interurban for over $20,000 damages be cause or . injuries ne received wnen a car rounded a curve in Gary while he was on his way to work and struck him before be could get out of the way. Blames Interurban Company, Mr.: Kelleman blames" the Interurban company for the reason that the car was going across Broadway at the rate of forty miles an hour ar.d did not slack up in spite of the fact that the view of the approaching car was obstructed by the curve. The itemized list of the amounts that Mr. Kelleman wants for. damages is in teresting. He claims that as a result of the accident his legs and ankles were badly lacerated and he beileves that the suffering and mental anguish he was compelled to go through ; are worth earily $1,000. In fact he would prob ably not goithrough another ordeal of the kind for f 1,000.'.: Retains Two Attorneys. Mr. Keeleman has retained McAIeer and Modjeska as his attorneys and in the complaint, which they filed, they claim that. the car did rot whistle, that it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour -and that it Is impossible to see It approach on account of the curve. They allege that as a result of the accident ; their client. Is a "pitiable and helpless cripple." V

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HAMMOND BANKERS However, They Declare It Be As Well to Be on Guard. While people all over the country are being put on their guard by bankers against the $5 counterfeit bills the counterfeiters of which were recently captured, local . bankers are hojding out another warning to people. It is to the effect that just a time like this people should be doubly careful as to other bills that may be worthless. Counterfeiters are Just looking for times like these when everybody is looking for a particular note as it will give them an opportunity ring other phoney money. This has been discovered in Chicago within the last twenty-four hours were everybody was looking for $5 bills that caused such a sensation. In the meantime a new counterfeit $5 bill is being circulated and if the forgers find out that people In a certain community have not been warned they will consider the people of such a place so much easier prey. While the people have been on the alert in Hammond for the detection of any of the worthless bills It is not thought that any of it has been circulated here so far. This develops upon an Inquiry by a Times' reporter at the Hammond banks. FUNERAL JAKES PLACE Attorney Peter Crumpacker Attends the Funeral of His Father.

The funeral of Theopholis Crumpacker of Valparaiso took place yesterday afternoon in the Christian church at Valparaiso, and was one of the largest ever held in that city. The remains were viewed at botli the residence and the church and all of the relatives of the family were present at the funeral. Even Peter Crumpacker, who has been very sick at the Augustana hospital in Chicago, bunded up and managed to attend the funeral and see the face of his father for the last time. One of the notable things about the funeral was the presence of so many of the old friends of the deceased. It is said that the church was filled with old gray-bearded and gray-headed friends of Mr. Crumpacker. The interment was in Graceland cemetery in Valparaiso and the funeral cortege was the largest that has been seen in Valparaiso receuty. Messrs. Fred and Own Crumpacker returned this moaning from Valparaiso.

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Many Hardships Are En countered by Hammond People Who go to Beatrice to Witness Interment of Well-Known Man. OHE TRAI1I IS ; DELAYED 9 Conductor Forced to Take Party on Train and Let Them Off at Grif i fith where Further Trouble In Shape of Long Delayed Train Is Met. ' Malphus r, Frame, who died sudden ly-last Wednesday night, -was burled yesterday noon la Lutungton ceme tery, near -Beatrice, Porter, county, Those . who attended the funeral will never forget the rigors of the day. Forty-five people from Hammond, in eluding friends and relatives, accom panied the body to Its last resting place, and they were met by hundreds of people from the surrounding coun try near Beatrice, who knew Mr. Frame when he was a young man and lived in Porter county, 'The Rev. W. F. Switzer of the First Methoditft church of Hammond offici ated at the services at the grave, hav lng also officiated earlier ' in the tay at the! home atv336 Walter street. Carpenters Are Pallbearers. Mr. Frame having been a carpetter and contractor the honor, of pallbearirs ;fell upon his associates in the . trade TThe-' following actj'i a ' pallbearers Charle3IJear'ii0if, tiiL..-y iiyrTlt, H: Z 11 W. A. Kirk, Joseph Tratebas and R. N. Porch. . "-;' Owing to the Inclement weather and a nine-hour delay of a train on the C, C. .& I, which should have taken the Hammond party back, the home trip was anything but pleasant. The Hammond party gathered at milk depot at Quinn's stop and waited there for several hours for their train The roads were Impassible. It was necessary to walk to any of the farm houses for shelter, and few of the city people went out prepared to wade through the mud. Driven to desperation by the cold and the delay the party stopped a work train and piled into the caboose despite the objections of the train crew. After considerable parleying the conductor agreed to take them to Beatrice, where they had better accommodations to wait for their train. Arriving at Beatrice, however, the people refused to get off and forced the conductor to take them as far as Merrillvllle. Having arrived at Merrillvllle they again refused get and Insisted on being taken Griffith. The conductor pleaded with them that it was against his instruc tion to carry passengers, the majority finally prevailed. They were taken to Griffith, where they learned that the train for which they had waited at Quinn's stop was nine hours late. They when they succeeded in getting the waited there until nearly midnight, midnight. Erie express to stop for them. BOY UNDERPRORATION "Sympathy" Lad Under Guardianship of Attorney Joseph Conroy. Louis Koczelnak, the little Polish boy mother made such a demonstration in the police station in an effort to have the police release her son, is under probation. The case came up in Crown Point last week, and because Judge W. C. McMahon was too busy to go into the case to any great extent at that time the boy was placed on parole and Attorney Joseph Conroy was made responsible for the little, fellow's, conduct and his appearance in court at the time of the trial. It is understood that if the little fellow behaves himself in the meantime and does not get into any more trouble the case against him may be dismissed. Louis Koczelnak is the boy who broke into Klitzke's milk depot and stole $3.50. He is regarded by the police as an incorrigible. ADVERTISED 3IAIL. The following letters remain uncalled for in Hammond postoffice for week ending Xov. 30, 1908: Miss Elsie Anderson, John Broderick. Miss May Brannan, Ed C. Clarke, W. F. Fiannigan, Charles Jones, D. O. Johnson. Jack Kennedy. Miss Morst, Mr. Ira McJunkin. Miss Francis Printer, Conrad Ruts, Edward Swan, Otto Schenke, Miss Mary Strippi. Samuel T. Wright, Hon. George W. Wall, George Wilson. . WM. H. GOSTLIX;' Postmaster.

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ARESTED Sheriff F. S. Carter Angered aV Silly Action of the Chicago Authorities. MANY LEGAL COMPLICATIONS xisoner Is Let Out on $1,000 Bail and Will Now Fight Extradition. Fred .Winter, who was arrested In Chicago on a fugitive warrant after he is aleg-ed to have stolen $500 worth of tile roofing, was released Saturday on $1,000 bail. . There are legal complications regard ing the release of the prisoner on bail which may cause a great deal of trouble before the case is tried. Ac cording to Sheriff F. S. Carter, the 111! nols authorities should never have per mitted Winter to give bail th'ere but should have awaited the extradition of the prisoner to Indiana and permitted him to give bail here. To show what a botch Chicago made of the affair, as soon as. Carter heard of the arrest of Winter in Chicago, he went to Indianapois and Springfield to arrange for the extradition of the prls oner. Let Him Out on Bail. While he was completing the ar rangements the authorities In Chicago let him out on bail. This complicates things In such a manner that there Is some question as to whether he can be extradited until after his hearing later on. It Is understood that Winter is to fight extradition and in that event he will have an opportunity to take ad vantage of technicalities and may not be brought to. "Justice at all. Caspar Schmidt, Winter's; business partner, has not yet been arrested and it Is not known what the sheriff will do In his case. Winter and Schmidt are aleged to have stolen the roofing from a roofing company In Cloverdale, Ky. - Winter lives at 2242 Lakewood avenue, Chicago. : ' . SHIMIH -THEATRICALPR01TER Hammond Officer and Wm. Dietel Open Family Thsater at StandardFrank Shine is now a full-fledged theatrical promoter. The strange thing about it all is that Frank was able to keep" the truth from us for such a long time. Frank Shine and Billy Dietel have started what is to be known as the Family theater in the Standard district. It is to be a 5-cent theater and will be similar to the Wonderland on West State street. The scramble to get into the 5-cent theater business seems to be so great that the next thing in order will be the formation of a club of managers of 5-cent theaters. The latest Information is that Har vey Brooks will not lease Postmaster William H. Gostlin's theater on State street, but that Billy Craick, an electrician, has secured the lease and will run the theater. The work on Mr. Gostlin's building Is being rushed and It Is expected that it will be ready for occupancy before spring. Mr. Craick has been employed with the Campbell Plumbing company, and it is understood that he will cease his connection with that firm. DUCK HUNTERS' GLOOM Hammond Nimrods Blame Summer Drouth for Poor Sport This Year. Duck hunting this season Is a fiat 'failure. The past drouth and resulting low water are directly responsible for this. The season, which opens Sept. 1 and closes April 1, may yet be productive of good shooting, but not any more this year. It is probable that if there is plenty of rain early next spring that the shooting will be good, and Hammond hunters are hoping that this will be the case. "There is nothing to the duck hunting this year," said George Dracket, one of the busiest hunters in Hammond. "There may be a stray duck here and there but there will not be enough to warrant a man spending his time. I was down to the Kankakee two weeks and all day long nary duck did we see." Frank Williams, another of Hammond's nimrods, when asked about the hunting, said: "Don't know; I'm too busy." THE StMBER OF COPIES OF THE TIMES SOLD OX THE STREETS OF HAMMOXD ALOXE EXCEEDS THE ENTIRE CIRCULATION OF AXV OTHj ER PAPER IX THE CITY.

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ARE BANQUETTED Twelve Members of Ham mond High School Team Get Their "H." M'ELROY ALSO GETS SURPRISE Earlham Grad Now Principal of Hammond School, Pleasantly, Remembered. There are twelve proud young men in the Hammond high school today 'and there is nobody that wll gainsay them their right to be so, for they are the schoo'a twelve select men who have the right to wear the "H." The "H" was awarded them by the principal of the high school, Frank McElroy, it having been promised them early in the football season on the condition each man to be awarded with the "H'Vbe a student in good standing and pay in at least three high school football games this year. Coupled with this condition was the, necessity of defeating Crown Point twice and thus securing The Times cup for the Hammond high school. Principal McElroy made a banquet at the Hotel Carleton which he gave the occasion for awarding the letter. Coach Allee Remembered. At 6:30 last Saturday evening Mr. McElroy as host, together with Superintendent C. M. McDaniel, Coach Allee and twelve football players sat down to the feast. This over, they went to the hotel parlors where some time was spent in speech-making and short ad dresses, including all who were pres ent. The students had a little surprise for their able coach, Mr. Alee. They presented him with a fine Jersey vest embellished with the letter "E," signi fying his alma mater, Earlham college. At the gathering of last Saturday Wal ter Kennedy was made captain and Juius. Meyn assistant manager. The "H" was awarded to the following twelve: ; Bernard Graves, '11. William Atwood, '09. Floyd .Murray, '09.. Raymond Zoll, '10. Will Roth, '09. . Julius Meyn, 10. -Frea.EBertrcaptain.-09. Carl Bauer, '10. - Cleon Whitney, '10. Will Whitaker, '09. Hollis Hunter, '09. Walter Kennedy, '10. MORE CITATIONS Judge Reiter Wants More Law in the Gary Remonstrance Case. Judge Virgil S. Reiter of the superior court, who has taken under advise ment the motion of the attorneys for the remonstratois to dismiss the appeal of the attorneys for the saloon keepers, today asked for further cita tions of authority before he will an nounce his decision. It is not believed that Judge Reiter will announce his decision in this case, which will determine the fate of the saloons In Calumet township, until the early part of next week. The Judge Is very busy la other court matters, and as there are a great many fine legal points Involved It is expect ed that he will take his time In look ing up the law and making his de cision. The time of the court this morning was taken up with a motion hour, and this afternoon the cases which will come up for consideration in the or der given below are Sellg vs. Mai and Korft vs. the Federal Cement and Tile company. The court house was crowded with attorneys who desred to be present in court at the regular Monday morning motion hour, and the court has not had such an air of hustle and bustle In some time. BOY IS HEARD FROM John Dunlevey Is Rounded Up "by Police at Toledo Ohio. John Dunlevy. the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dunlevy, who conduct a saloon in East Hammond, has been heard from. This morning they received word from the chief of police at Toledo, O., that the boy has been located there and fhat he would be sent home. Robert Shaw, who was a boarder with the Dunlevys, has been arrested on the charge of having been Implicated in the kidnaping and will have his trial tomorrow In Judge Prest's court. The parents who were very .much worried about the absence of their son have not yet learned the details of how their boy happened to get to Toledo. The last they saw of him was two weeks ago last Friday when he left his home to go out with his schoolmates of the Wallace school to play "shinny."

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Times Exposes Brings Out Chicago Detectives to Get Line on Druggist Who Peddles Cocaine to cago Fiends. ChiNEWSPAPER MAKES A iSTARTLIIIGSTATEIIIT J psaisaBSssSM Says That Indiana's Farcial Fights in Liquor and Horse ". Racing Bring Out State's Negligence Over Moral Duty of Its Druggists In This "Vicinity. . "The state of Indiana, with all Its lurid legislative and election fights over the sale of liquor, gambling, horse racing and other alleged deadly evils, has been, It is said, almost criminally asleep to the arrowth of this newest and most terrible evil, and culpably negligent of the moral duty It owes to Its neighbors as to its own unfortunate, misguided or weak-minded citizens. Following the expose of THE TIMES regarding the sale of "coke" In Hammond, detectives representing state officials have tried ot catch some of the local druggists In the act of selling; the drag. It Is understood . that some ofthem have even tried to impersonate 1ojjj, fiends, but their efforts have been oi no avail for the reason that the draggists who are ens-aged in this nefarious . traffic know their customers and will trust only those who have proven them selves reliable. Yesterday the sale of "coke" in Hammond was commented on by Chas. H. Lelchliter in a feature article In the Chicago Record-Herald, in which (Continued on page 7.) STORM ASSUMES CYGLOmCSIZETODAY Much Damage Is Done by High Wind, But Rain Helps a Lot. The storm last evening was characterized by a wind of cyclonic proportions. All day yesterday a drizzling rain fell and the wind blew at a velocity that made light articles which were not anchored down the prey of the storm. - - The damage to telephone and telegraph wires was considerable and there was also some damage done to signs and buildings about the city. The storm was one of unusual severity, considering the season of the year. The rain came down in torrents and the ' precipitation of last evening was i sufficient to make up for the lack of rain this fall. .V . WEST HAMMOND C0MMEHCIAL CLUB TO HOLD MEETING. The West Hammond Commercial club is due for a meeting this coming Wednesday evening. Prominent among the questions for discussion at the meeting will be that of lighting the village. No satisfactory arrangement has yet been reached and as the commercial club is vitally interested in the welfare cf the village it may soon be expected that the club will put itself on record favoring a propositioa which it may discuss at its meeting. MAYOR BECKER HSS LOST 30 LBS. IN WEIGHT Friends of Mayor Lawrence Becker are delighted to see him on the streets again after his long illness: x He ehows plainly the effects of the siege and says that he has lost thirty pounds fivfiesh, since he was tak?n ill. Indeed, 'the city's executive is hardly recognizable so wasted are his features. He is compelled to use a cane, but has now reached the stage where recuperation will be rapid. "I feel fine," said Mayor Becker, this morning, "and will aooa be my old self again