Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 146, Hammond, Lake County, 8 December 1908 — Page 1
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FIGHT IS BE1LL .
promised is era
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CASE BILL BE iraniDur
Lawyers Withdraw From Bar
Association Meeting, And Lawyers Wax Wroth
Simon - Wickey Legislative Contest Continued to
Another Teek.
CONTEST AT CROWN POINT
GARY lEM MAY HAVE TO GET
i SENSATION Lake County Bar Association Will Refuse Now to Support Gary's Plans.
At a meeting of the Lake County Bar association, held In the Lake suertor court room In Hammond, the members accepted the majority report ot wthe committee, which was appointed to devise and recommend plans for the relief of the congestion of the courts of Lake county, and approved of an ex
tra Judge at Hammond and a continuous court at Crown Point, while they rejected the minority report of the representatives from Gary, and even went further when they decided to
withdraw their promise to Gary that
they would work for a Gary court In
the fnture. GARY MEN WITHDRAW.
After the minority report of the
Gary delegation had been turned down the Gary members created a sensation In the meeting by announcing that, they would wltSdraw from further deliberations. i This action met with the disapproval of ithe rest of the Lake County Bar association to an extent that resulted In a retaliatory action In the form of a motion offered by Attorney J. G. Ibach and unanimously carried withdrawing all of the promised support for Gary's future plans for a court. SAY IT WAS BOYISH. . Many of the members of the Lake county bar denounced the action of the Gary attorneys as boyish. They said:
Former Editor of Northern MessrSi Eeiland and Nicholson wm
Indianian Sues Employ- Hear tiLe Evidence in
ers for Wages and Jury in N the Suit
Circuit Court Giv(s Ver
dict Today.
OTHER QUATERS
Members of Hammond Ath
letic Association Hold , a Meeting.
The members of the Hammond Ath
letic association met on the third floor of : the First National Bank building last evening and decided to take a tem
porary lease on those quarters for two months and look for other quarters in
the meantime.
; The constitution and by-laws were also read and discussed, and certain changes -were suggested. The consti
tution and by-laws of the association are to be framed after . those of the
New Illinois Athletic club of Chicago
although they will be greatly simplified to meet the needs of a smaller organi
zation. : Disturbs the Students.
The reason why the quarters over the
First National bank building were not
secured permanently was on account of
the. danger of disturbing the students
of the Chicago business college.
An arrangement was made, however.
by which the. quarters are to be occu
pled temporarily and the members of
the club have had assurances that a
(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Intl., Dec. 7. The St
mon-Wlckey legislative contest will be
tried before Justlcesyof the Peace 3tlch
olson and Reiland at Crown Point next
Monday afternoon. At that time both
Messrs. Edward Wickey of this city,
and Edward Simon of Hammond will be
present and give to the court their reasons for their recognizance by the
state legislature.
The case was originally to have been
tried this morning, but Mr. Wickey
Case Is Bitterly Fought and Court's I was unable to lend his presence to the
. . . . ' I opening session or tne hearing and the
insirucuons Are Uiven m qix. nil- postponement of one week was secured,
fa XTAia TOTI- mV Tr, J The case will be heard before Lake
1WW" ..v, .v- mintv. best-known iustlces. botn of
Vective Is Used in the Trial Pro- whom are known throughout the coun
ty lor tnelr absolute iairness ana
JUDGEMENT BROUGHT
AGAINST GOSTELLO
ceedings.
(Special to The Times.)
Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 8. Emll G.
Bentall, formerly editor of the Northern
Indianian at a time when certain peo
ple In Hammond, East Chicago and These will be ued by Mr. Simon,
knowledge of legal Jurisprudence.
Gives Peep at His Hand. The complainant gave the court
glimpse of his hand yesterday by re
questing a summons for U. S. Clerk Surprise of -Hammond. Mr. Surprise will be requested . to bring hts record
of naturalizations for the past year.
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BRADFOFID AT f;ElV JOB
Former Hammond Newspaper Man Is Now Deputy Treasurer.
other parts of Lake county were afraid ,
to pick up a copy of the paper lest
they found themselves brought In the
limelight In an undesirable way, was given a verdict for $360 against Thomas
F. Costello of the Gary Publishing com-
pany. '
Mr. Bentall had' sued the Gary Pub
lishing company for $446.81. Among
the parties made defendant were Thom
as .J?', costello, Armanis . Jvnotts,
Thomas E. Knotts, Lemuel Darrow of,
QUTH SHORE GO
SETTLES
A. J. Burns Is Given Nearly
Four Thousand Dollars by
Electric and Surety Com
panies for Injuries He Sustained.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
MAY RESULT FATAL Whiting Friends Fall Out and Host Is Stabbed by ; Companion.
HASIT
WOULDN'T STAND FOR ACTIONS
Assailant Not Content With One Weapon But Uses Two
For Deed.
M'ALEER SUED FOR 50000 DOLLARS
Settlement Is Made in Chicago and
General Accident Surety Company Is Compelled to Stand for Portion of
the Amount Which Painfully In jured Man Will Get.
Laporte and J. D. Price of the Co-Oper-
building will be constructed in the near atlve Construction company, each os-'
future which will have, one floor
adapted to their purposes, i
There was a large, attendance at the
meeting last night. , and the , , interest
which was manifested In every phatse of the discussion is evidence of the
great interest in the club project as a
whole. " " -.
There were a number of new members admitted last evening, among them !
tensibly a stockholder in the paper as averred in the complain. The verdict
brought in by the .Jury which wrestled
connection with1 affidavits which he is
supposed, to have received from Balti
more' and New York City, giving the
dates of arrival of the foreigners
East Chlcgoans in general are confi
dent that Mr. Wickey will retain his
seat. The naturalizing of foreigners in
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor was
prosecuted most carefully, one of the
firef 'questions asked the aspirant for citizenship being, "When did you come to the United States." Should the for
eigner give answer that he had not been In this country for more than a year, he was refused any recognition. The naturalizing in this city was done
mainly under ' the' efforts of the Young
Men's Republican club, who by their
with-. ihe case after it adbeen in-1 lntllnatfi knowledge of the. forms ne-
" ... I cessary xor naturalization, were enaoi-
&:au yesterday arternoon until 3 a. m.
today, was against Mr. Costello alone
and the judgment of the court was en
tered against him.
The case was bitterly fought, and it
ed to proceed with care and judgment In their petitions for citizen's papers!
being Otto Klemperer, the manager -of h8 reported that it is to be but the be-
the Lion Store furniture department, ginning of a series of other suits. Mr.
Rev. F. M. .Elliott . and several others. Bentall had some months ago been ar-l
MAYLOGATE IN LAKE GO.
In fact, the Interest which is being
manifested by the older business men
of , the city in the enterprise is one of the most promising features about the
new association.
(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 8. Ralph B. Bradford, formerly of Hammond, where he was connected with Thb Times and previous to that editor of the
Hammond Tribune, has been appointed by Treasurer Albert Maack, as his assistant in the treasurer's office in Crown Point. Since Mr. Bradford has settled in Crown Point he became associate editor of the Crown Point Register and secured a half Interest in that publication. Although he will be in the treasurer's office dally, he will retain his Interest in the paper. His appointment is highly approved, both by his many friends and those of Mr. Maack. People who will have occasion to visit the treasurer's office on business matters will find Mr. Bradford' most accommodating, speedy and accurate in his work. He has dealt with the public for years and the people who will have to meet him will be benefited thereby. Miss Mae Maillet, who was in the treasurer's office previous to Mr. Bradford's coming in, is now employed in the auditor's office.
GOODMAN AND WHITE. on thurdAy NIGHT.
Athletic Clob AViH Meet This Week for a Good Card ot Bouts. Forfeits have been posted with a Chicago paper to insure Che return match of ten rounds between Danny Goodman and Frankie 'White, local featherweight boxers. Under the terms of the agreement signsd they are to meet at Hammond, Thursday night, at 124 pounds, made at 3 o'clock, and box to a decision. The referee has yet to be selected. If Goodman wins he will take on several other bouts that have been offered him. One of these is a battle with "Kid" Sullivan, which the club at Fond du Lac, Wis., is anxious to close.
HIGH SCHOOL TIDINGS.
For bpening exercises yesterday
morning Professor Spohn made a fe
remarks concerning the deeclamatory and the coming oratorical contests. He
said that each one ought to start work
ing hard on their orations, and those who expect to enter the declamation
contest next year should start on their
declamations now. '., Wednesday evening after school the last of the inter-class series will take place. The principal game will be
between the juniors and sophomores. The winner of this contest will play the seniors for the championship of the school. There is some speculation as to how the contest between the juniors and sophomores will come out. In the first part of the season Mr. McElroy said the standing wouldn't be in the order of the classes. The game Wednesday night will decide the truth of this. The cold snap was felt yesterday. Several of the recitation rooms were cold and everybody wanted to get as near as possible to the radiator. The orchestra practiced last evening in the kindergarten. Professor Learn
ing out of the high school material has made a good orchestra and this was demonstrated when they .played on
numerous occasions. Principal McElroy was absent from his school duties yesterday. Professor Spohn is acting in Mr. McElroy's capacity during his absence. " All teams practiced basketball last night. The workout last night was in the form of a game between the freshmen and sophomores from 4:30 to 5:1, and the seniors and Junlora from 5:15 to 6. The same . teams Will prac tice the same time this evening. Quite a neat sum was realized at the declamatory contest. This will go to the athletic association to help defray expenses. Several people had to take a quiet little journey home to secure their report cards. Yesterday was the time limit and several had to pay the penalty, making up the time after schooU
rested . for embezzlement at the insti
gation of the Gary Publishing company and will now bring damage, suits
against the company. He sued lor i
wages due him for a period extending from Dec. 30, 1907, to March 21, of this
year, and was represented by Ballard & Stanton of Gary and his brother. Attorney Bentall of Chicago. Bruce &
Gallion represented the Gary Publish
ing company. The trial of the suit lasted two days and the passages-at-
arms between the opposing attorneys brought out considerable acrimonious invective. Mr. Bentall is now a broker
in New York City.
Madison County Man Says
Hammond Looks Pretty Good to Him.
QUAFFED FLOWING 601
Honeymoon Trail to Ham
mond Beset With Difficulties.
The DifRcty. One objection some people have to getting back to nature Is that nature is so poorly equipped with, push buttons. Puck
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT. , New Cane. . , 5255. Abraham Bloom and Gustave Emsheimer et al. vs. C. Dobson. Suit on account. '- . 256. Henry - Bleker and William Bicker vs. Sam Ableman. Appeal. 5257. Agnes Dettrlch . vs. Louis A. Bryan. Civil 523S. Ctrl Samuelson vs. X. T. Kohn.
. "They were on their honeymoon and they were both too drunk to spoon.', Not quite that , bad. Jack O'Connell and a young woman, who gave her name as Mary Doe, to hide her identity, came to Hammond to secure a marriage license. , As usual they found that they could not secure the much coveted document here and would have to go to Crown Point to get it. That was indeed a sad state of affairs. In fact it iso got on their nerves that they both
went into a local saloon and started to burying their grief in the flowing glass while they waited for the train. The train came. and went, but before it arrived the sparkle of champagne bubbles had become more Interesting to both of the young people than a trip to Crown Point for a marriage license and so they let the old train go to Crown Point without them. It was not long before they were both intoxicated, not to say, drunk or anything else you want to call it, and at 6 o'clock when they ventured out into the open they were picked up by the vigilant officer. This morning the chief of police took compassion on them and they were both released.
Judge Cassius M. Greenley, judge of the superior court at Ellwood, Madison county, who will cease to hold office after the first of the year on account of the democratic landslide down-state, is browsing around in Lake county. with the idea of locating where republicans are safe. Judge Greenley says he considered Anderson and Hammond, but of the two
he likes Hammond best. He says that
Anderson seems to be dead, while
Lake county looks good to him.
The judge has decided in Elwood,
from where many of Gary's leading citizens came, and he was attracted
to this part of the state by their
stories of its great prospects.
Judge Greenley was formerly a law
partner of Burt Call, who is now a I
member of the , Chicago law firm of Knapp, Haynie & Campbell. His wife Is dead, but he has one daughter living with him, and he expects to bring her to Hammond with him. PUN AlpflElG
Republican Senators Will Have Confab at Capital Thursday.
Attorney W. J. McAleer of this city secured a settlement from the South
Shore Gas and Electric company of $3,750, for his client, Albery Burns, 120
East Hanover street, who had the ling- ; ers of one hand burned off through attempting to operate what Is known as the "booster" and "kicker" at the electric light plant in this city. Mr. McAleer sued for $50,000, but as attorneys always sue for more than
they expect to recover, the settlement for $3,750, without even having the case go to trial, is considered a very good one. Costa Gas Company $2,500. The settlement was made in Chicago. The General Accident Surety company, which shoulders such risks for , the South Shore Gas company and other corporations, paid $2,500 of the loss and the South . Shore Gas jcompany paid $1,250 of the claim. I , The Gas-company was represented by ATtey5TSfro".andtfateety.
was represented by Attorneys Levy, Meyer and Kennedy of Chicago. That the case was settled before it came to trial is " evidence enough to indicate
that Mr, McAleer had a good case
against the company. f
Albert. Burns -was injured on the 29th
day of November, 1907. The complaint states Mr.-Burns-was working for the company as a helper on the day the accident happened. It is alleged that in spite of the fact that he had had no
experience working as an electrician and that he was only a helper, caught hold of the wheels on the "booster" a"nd
"kicker" and immediately his body was charged with 2,300 volts of electricity. Injuries Were Very Painful, As a result, his hands were lacerated, bruised and burned; the fingers and thumb on one hand were burned off and the plaintiff was made a pitiable and helpless cripple for the rest of his life. It was alleged that Burns lost a thou
sand dollars in salary as a result of
the accident, all through the carelessness and "negligence of the defendant company. The case came up in the Lake superior court in Hammond but the at
torneys for the defense took a change of venue to Porter county, where it was expected that the case would be tried. ' - Mr. Burns is married and has a family. '
(Special to Thb Times.)
Whiting, Ind., Dec. A birthday
party which John Grubach gave his
friends, over Cllentza'a saloon in Whit-
lug last Sunday night, In celebration of
his twenty-first anniversary, may cost him his life. The young fellow lies at
St. Margaret's hospital hovering be
tween life and death as the result of stabbing wounds that he received early
yesterday morning from his friend, Em bro Branchlch.
Embro, according to eye-witnesses.
became unruly In the course of the
evening's festivities and Grubach, see
ing that his entertainment was threat
ened with rowdyism, ordered his friend from the room. Embro left with bad
grace, but returned shortly after, 'and
standing in the doorway, beckoned to Grubach to come out, intimating that
he wanted to speak to him. Grubach walked into the trap and followed Embro from the step of the building to an
adjacent lot. Buries Two Knives In Him. Here, Embro jerked out two jack'
knives from his pocket and began bury ing the blades in the body of his for
mer friend. When he had completed his dastardly work Grubach had sustained
two cyts in the left arm, two in the shoulder, two in the neck and two in
the hips. He fell to the" ground, un
conscious, and was found there later by
some of his friends, who summoned the police. Sergeant Collins and. Officer Dewey searched for the assailant and were directed to his boarding house, at One Hundred and Twenty-first street and White Oak avenue. There they found Embro heavily - dressed, wearing "four suits of clothes. He was just , about to put on his last shoe when he heard the officers on the doorstep. Hurriedly he crawled under his bed and there resisted the officers a long time. Before
beginning :toares he had borrowed $15 from his landlady, without telling
her, howtyer. that he Intended to leave.
He Is at present in the Whiting jail awaiting the outcome of Grubach's injuries. - -
CALLED lEETIf
The Faithful in the Demo
cratic Ranks Are Getting Suspicious That There Is Some Dark, Dark Schema Going On.
ORDER WHEN THE
lETIi WILL BE?
Talk About Beveridge Being at Head
of Machine Said To 'Be Bosh, But He 13 at the Head of the Republican Party In the State of Indiana Now. -
LODGE CHIEF IS DEAD . Head of Indiana Maccabees Is Dead of Cancer at V Detroit.
(Special to The Times.) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 8 -A horrible suspicion has cropped oat here among some of the faithful in the democratic ranks that there Is something going on, and that the first tbiuK you know a deep, dark, scheme will come to light that will raise the dickens and then some. . .Why hasn't Representative Wells of Allen county and the rest of the members of his committee Issued that call for a conference of democratic legislators f That's the question for him to answer, and until it Is answered the rest of the bunch will not sleep much of nights and will walk the floor right steadily. Meeting Was Announced. It will be rememebred that there has been " published from time to time a statement to the eiect that the democratic" members will meet here on the 15th of this month totalk t lines over and plaJif&Ieg'isltV junim fvr -i becoming session. .One day two or. three weeks ago Wells was in town and-gave
out the announcement that such a conference would be held, and that it would be called by himself, Senator Ranke of
Allen qounty, Senator Grube of Warsaw and . Representative Hostetter of Put-
WABASH MEH INVITED
CONVICTS ESCAPE. Chief of Police Rimbach received word from the- Jeffersonvllle reformatory of the escape of three dangerous criminals. They are: Martin and John Whalan and Charles Russell. They escaped from Jeffersonvllle by sliding ddwn a rope from the walls. They were all bad men and were in the reformatory for indeterminate sentences.
IP YOU ARE BUST, TRY TO FORGET A I.OT OP THINGS ASO RE1IE3ZBEB TITE WAJIT AOS.
(Special to Thb Times.) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 8, It is secretly rumored about' here that there will be a meeting of the republican senator, in this city next Thursday.
Close secrecy Is being maintained about the call for the meeting and no one appears to know anything about It when queried. It Is understood that a proposition wll be considered whereby all the senate committee appointments to be made at the coming session of the legislature and other plunder Is to be taken out of the hands of LieutenantGovernor Hall and handled by the senate Itself. The local option question will also be considered.
DINNER FOB TEN STAKE
Bowling Teams Get Busy and "Counter-Challenges Are Issued.
Word has been received in Hammond of the death of Stephen B. "Borden, of Hartford City, grand commander of the Knights of the Maccabees of Indiana. He expired yesterday at Detroit, Mich., where "he went two weeks ago to undergo an operation. He was suffering from cancer of the liver and the operation which was undertaken as the
last resort, showed the case to be hopeless, and it was realized that the
end was only a matter- of days. Mr. Borden 'had only a matter of days
Borden had long been Identified with with the order of Maccabees and was
elected great commando..- in May, 1907, to succeed Milo Meredith of Peru. Prior to his election he was engaged in-the
harness and saddlery business. The selection of a successor to tho great commander devolves upon tha executive conmiittee, now composed of Lieu
tenant Commander W. B. Mowbry of Peru and Recordkeeper J. W. Replogie of Goshen. Should they fall to make a state convention would be necessary to
fill the vacancy.
Washington No Light Weight. George Washington waa six feit two inches in height. He weighed about 200 pounds.
Attorney W. J. McAleer of Hammond Is the captain of a bowling team repre
senting the University club, which hereby Issues an unqualified challenge to the doctors, the lawyers, or the barbers of the city for a match game. Attorney McAleer Is especially anxious to get the goat of the doctors and any negotiations that might lead to a match game with this aggregation, be they allopaths, homeopaths or osteopaths, will be eagerly commenced. The games will be played either for or without a consideration. That consideration will be a dinner for ten. Should the doctors decide to take up the gauntlet they will communicate their desire to Attorney McAleer, who will make the arrangements. The members of the University club are interested In the coming contest and are confident that they have a team of winners. The games will probably be played on the alleys of Bradford & Son in this city.
OTTO HAEHNEL BOBBED
GIVE PEDRO PARTY. The Young Men's club of All Saints church will give a pedro party Wednesday evening, January 6, in Long's hall on State street. Prizes will be awarded the winners of the games and a very pleasant party is being planned. It is expected that there will be a large attendance as the proceeds will be used for the benefit of the church.
Resort on Mud Lake Is
Again Entered by-
Busy Thieves-
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Banquet for Collegians Will
Be Held in Chicago University Club.
A number of Hammond-Wabash men
received word yesterday that they ara Invited to the banquet, which is o be held in the University club in Chicago, Dec. 15, 1908.
The banquet will bo of especial im
portance considering the . fact that
Governor-Elect Marshall, who is a graduate of Wabash college and a trustee of the school, will be present.
It is expected that there will be
scores or ioy&t waoasn college men at the meeting, and there will be many of the honored members of the alumnt
present. The committee, which represents the Chicago alumni, is composed of the following: Charles Milroy for the seventies, Henry A. Ritter for the eighties, Charles H. Leech for the nineties and, W alter L. Runyan for the noughties.
OLD LADY PASSES AWAY IN MUSTER YESTERDAY.
Otto Haehnel, who has a clubhouse
over on Mud Lake, was again victimized by robbers. Last night thieves broke into his clubhouse and stole $65 and an Elgin watch. The watch is described to the police as having a picture of a locomotive on it. The robers entered the place through an unlocked door. There was $50 taken from a bureau drawer and $15 from an old cigar box. The thieves had an easy job of It as the key to the bureau drawer was In the lock and all that was necessary was to turn It. Those who were In the house say that they did not hear a sound during the evening and they did not discover the loss until this morning.
Few of Them Fail. A girl regards her life as a failure Jf she has not succeeded in making i fool ot at least one man.
Miss Vina Neven, Aged 71 Years, Passes Away In Xelghboring Town. Mrs. Vina Neven, 71 years old, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her son in Munster. Mr. and Mrs. Neven are among the old residents of the village, but during the past years have been residing with their son, who conducts a blacksmith shop there. The funeral has been arranged for
tomorrow afternoon, after which burial will take place In the Munster cemetery. The services will be held at 2 o'clock.
ELECT OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR, The Knights of Columbus met last
evening In the club rooms and held an
impottant meeting. After several business matters had been disposed of the syinual election of officers took place and are as follows: Grand Knight J. W. O'Brien. Deputy Grand Knight John O'Callahan. Recording Secretary Walter Halfman. Financial Secretary D. L. Carlan. Chancellor John J. Malloy. Treasurer John A. Kmsmaul. Warden Joseph Roy. Inside Guard John Heiser. Outside Guard Frank Hill. rr. a TT- T- t- i i