Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 178, Hammond, Lake County, 16 January 1909 — Page 5

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GARY LOBBYISTS ARE EXPECTED BACK TODAY Will Make Report as to What Has Already Been Accomplished. MAY HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Garyites Can't Understand Why Kepresentative Kliver Has Called Off the Trip of Solons. Several of the lobbyists from ndianapolis, who have been attempting to push Gary's chances for a superior court are expected to return today to report to their fellow citizens what nas Deen accompnsnea ai xne capnai In their behalf. Among these are Attorney George Manlove and Tom Knotts. It is also expected that Representative William H. Kliver will re turn today to tell his friends what he thinks of legislative life. Mr. Kliver will also hava a number of .enquiring friends who will want to lenow something concerning his Interview which was printed In the Indianapolis News some time ago. In which he is alleged to have stated that the invitation will not be extended to the legislature by the citizens of Gary. May Hold Meeting Toaight. As far as could be learned yesterday the people of Gary have no idea that the scheme had been abandoned, although there Is something in the wind that woald tend to substantiate the report. The financial committee which has been busy raising money among the individuals report great success and there is no question as to the city's financial ability to carry it through. t is thought by some that the real reason for not bringing them to Gary is that it will give a bad "impression to bring the legislatures to Gary because they feel that they might be accused of taking an undue advantage. A meeting of .the citizen's committee may be called this evening for the purpose of hearing the reports of the lobbyists at Indianapolis on what they have accomplished. LOVE FOR CHICKEN -NEGROES' BOIIIATIOH Four Are Captured by Gary Police After Robbing a Hen Coop. The negro's proverbial life for chicken, put several Gary darkies in trouble, from which they may have a hard time extricating themselves. Judging from the amount of evidence that has already been secured against them. The best evidence against them were fifteen chickens which they are charged with having stolen last night from the coop of John Sulskl. who lives at Eleventh avenue and Adams street. About two-thirty last night John Suleki heard a noise in his chicken coop which sounded suspicious to him. Hastily dressing he went otuside and there he found the chicken coop door open. Fifteen of the birds were gone, but instead he found an overcoat and cap. These things he took to the police station. Officers Juric, Mulcahey studied over the problem until it finally struck Mulachely that he knew the coat. He lead the way to the south side where he knew that several negroes were putting up in a shack. Beaching Sixteenth avenue and Pennsylvania street they entered a shack there and found several negroes sitting around. The officers searched the house and soon found the chickens which had already been killed. They placed the fellows under arrest. The following were taken to Jail: John Williams, 2S years old; P. J. Haines, 48 years; Joseph AVeston, 28 years, and Lester Rogers, 25 years old. Their trial was set for oday. Permanent Exposition Buildings. The Alaska-YukontPortland exposition will be held on the grounds of the Washington university, which will fall heir to the buildings and power plant. Three of the buildings will be of reinforced brick and will be made use of permanently by the university after the exposition. - Gem Theatre 622 Broadway --Saturday and Sunday--EDDIE KING Real Jew Comedian from New York City ZELMA WHEELER Singing and Dancing Soubrette CHAS. VAN in the greatest act on the Vaudeville Stage Pictures and Songs changed dally Matinee Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 P. M.

HEAED BY EUEE. Perhaps Gary's first big snowstorm is waiting until the sueprior court question Is fully settled. Even If Comlsky didn't have any Intention of purchasing a site for a baseball park in Gary we are glad to have a visit from the "grand old man." There are lots of women In Gary who can't trust their husbands because they are trtist-busters. That big hole in the ground at the corner of Seventh, avenue and Massachusetts street is Where Gary's city hall will stand before many moons. About one-fifth of a volunteer church choir can sing and the other fourflfths would like to. r The Gary and Interurban snow plow took a trip down Broadway yesterday Just to be ready In case we ever have any snow. There may be many girls in Gary who have faces-like poems, but so far we haven't heard of any winning Carnegie medals. - It will b a matter -of a short time until Gary will have more restaurants than saloons. And it might be a good time to see what the moths are doing with your next year's summer suit. But cheer up it will be only six weeks from now until the pussy wil lows will begin to appear, about Gary, GOAT ISDESTR0YED Pat Gorman's Classic But ter Is Roasted to Death. (Special to The Times.) ' East Chicago, Ind., Jan. 15. Alas, alack! Gorman's goat is no more! The festive . animal that has amusecj and annoyed residents of Stieglitz Park for almost three months, has gone to the animal heaven (?) and will no more feast on freshly hung wall-paper, school teachers' lingerie and dainty victuals stolen from window-sills. All that now remains of the aggressive little beast is a charged skeleton and a distinct oder of burnt flsh. The goat was destroyed In the fire which last night consumed the Gorman meat market and grocery at Steiglitz Park. The fire broke out about midnight and the owners of the build ing were unable to get It under control. There was no need of calling the East Chicago Are department, as long before the department would have ar rived the building was in ruins. Pat Gorman, who operated the business, de clares that he can give no explanation of the building's catching fire, but believes that It is of incendiary origin. The damage on the building will amount to about $800, most of which Is covered by insurance. There will be a loss of about $200, however, besides the goat The goat was kept in a little shed attached to the market and the flames were so intensely hot that no one dared venture near enough to the shed to release the suffering animal, although several expressed a wish that its life might be saved. These were In the minority, however, as the greater part of the Steiglitz Park residents are heartily glad to be rid of the little pest, and while they regret the misfortune that has fallen upon Mr. Gorman, their minds are now greatly re lieved by the sudden extermination of his goatshlp. Vale Billy! MAKE A STOP III GARY Michigan Central Railroad Officials Will Take Good Look at the Town. A number of Michigan Central rail road officials visited Gary yesterday in their private coach. They came to the steel city on their annual inspec tion trip and took a long stopover at Gary because of the Interest which they felt in the city. When the private coach came into the city the first thing that entered the minds of the people who saw them was that Gary was soon to have a de pot, but then they began to recollect that the officials had promised the city gates at the Broadway crossing and it was understood that they had come to the city for that purpose. " The only object that they had, how ever, in making a stop at Gary was merely to see the city and become con versant with -is growth. When other favors were asked for by the city they would then be in a better position to know whether or not it was necessary The train was made up of one coachand an engine and was headed east ward from Gary, Slow to Realize Change. Bulgaria's Sag is so new that the Turkish gunners did not recognize it ana wim Dians snots turned back a steamer flying it The official realiza tion of events is often slow in coming. When John Quincy Adams sought to enter Berlin as American minister to Prussia he was held up at the gate and the officer of the guard had doubts about letting him in. never having "d of tha UDlted States of America. superior kaew all about the United States, and on his intercMsiaa A dims Vis silo we 1 to xreceed,

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QJUILOVE- LOSES GOAT Gary Lawyer Hornswoggled by Senator Arthur Bowser. Says the IndianapolisStar yesterday: "George Manlove, who represents Gary here in connection with the pro posed superior court, experienced a few anxious moments in the senate chamber yesterday afternoon, lie had been In conversation with Senator Bowser for a time; then went to another part of the chamber to talk with another man. He returned to the seat where he had left his overcoat and hat and they were gone. For an hour he remained waiting, hoping against hope that something would turn up. Then Senator Bowser came back with many apologies. He had worn Manlove's hat and oat away. EMPLOYES GET STOCK U. S. Steel Corporation Allot 33,000 Shares of Big and Little Steel. New York City, Jan. 16 A total of 33,000 shares of stock has been allotted by the United States Steel corporation to its employes this "year under the profit-sharing plan, according to announcement made today. This is the first year that the privilege of buying the common has been extended to the.! employes. They may take 15,000 shares of this at B0 and 18,000 of the preferred at 110. Applications already received, it is stated, make it probable that the entire allotment will be oversubscribed. GRIFFITH. Wedding Bells Are Ringing. Wedding bells are ringing today. Though his friends were not wholly unprepared for it, yet L. A. Southworth, senior member of the firm of Southworth & Bennett, sprung a neat little surprise on them all by leaving this morning on the early C. C. & I train, in company with Mrs. 'Ethel Ellis, and announcing at the last moment that they were to be married in Chicago today. The more determined ones declare that If he did leave them so neat ly things will be fixed properly on their return from their honeymoon. They expect to leave tonight or tomorrow for a week's visit with rela tives and friesfis In the eastern part of the state, after which thev make their home here. "Woodie" Melcher and Harry Orsborn have accepted positions at the Standard Car works of Hammond and began work today. B. B. Potter was a Hammond visitor yesterday. We will give a dance Wednesday evening, Jan. 20th, at Spring Hill Grove, St. John. Come and have a good time. 16-3-t The second meeting of the Commercial club of Griffith met last evening and after deciding in a general way as to the constitution and by-laws, a committee, composed of J. Grimmer, John Hough and Matt Berieger, were appointed to draft the above articles. A committee of-flve was appointed to look after the membership of the club, and after other business was transacted the meeting was adjourned to meet in one week, Friday, Jan. 22, at 8 o'clock. A. I Russell transacted business in Gary yesterday. Contractor Rumsey made a business trip to Tolleston yesterday. AGENTS ARE ARRESTED Chicago Business House Comes to Grief in Its Efforts. For once the illegal entering of homes and business places by Chicago agents to take possession of goods on which their firms hold chattel mortgages, was stopped and the trespassers brought In contact with the law. Six men, lead by F. J. Winkler, an agent for a Chicago firm, were arrested last night by the Gary police on the charge of trespass, because they attempted to enter the bakery of Joseph Mueller on Jefferson street and Fifteenth avenue to take away an oven on which the Chicago firm held - a mortgage. The men arrested were: E. J. Winkler, Monroe Barnes, Fred Williams, William Gilbert, Harvey Meyers and Joseph Crow. They will have a hearing before Justice Townsley next Tuesday. Hold Husband Responsible. When a married woman beats man, even with an ax, in the presence of her husband, she can not be held legally responsible, for the act must be presumed to have been committed by the husband's direction and ander coercion from him. At least that is what a Pennsylvania court has ruled in the case of a woman who violently assaulted an objectionable Tisitor after her husband had refused to obey her command to throw the visitor out. The opinion of Mr. Bumble as to what the law is i3 frequently corroborated.

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Band of Fearless Adventurers Visit Haunted Traptow House Last Night, Near Tolleston, to Beard the Spook in His Den. POLICE AND NEWSPAPER MEH INVESTIGATE Times' Reporter Who Was First to Report One of Party- Was. Armed With Revolver, Flash Light, Bowie Knife, and Bible Spirit May Have Been Frightened Away. As fars as ghosts and haunted houses ar concerned in Tolleston here is absolutely nothing doing. The good, staid and simple minded residents of Toleston from now on can fee perfectly safe n going out of their homes after dark and visiting their neighbors with absolute safety. The reports which have been current In Tolleston .for the past two weeks that the old home of Ernest Traptow, about a mile west of Tolleston, was haunted by ghosts have grown until It was up to some one to solve the mystery or the residents of Gary's sister city would not dare to venture from their homes at night. To select men who were brave and courageous enough to encounter all the dangers of the workings of the spirits was no small task. The Gary police were called upon and responded. Last night Sergeant Glen Rambo, Officer Gus. Newman, a Times reporter and representatives of the other papers in Gary decided to solve the mystery. The little coterie of brave hearts left Gary about 11:30 o'clock for the scene of the haunted house, which Is situated in a lonely stretch of timber near the Michigan Central tracks. Armed to the Teeth. Each one in the party was armed with revolvers, flash lights, 'hatchets and bowle knives. Tolleston was reached at last, and the walk of a mile down the dark right of way of the Michigan Central railroad commenced Before half the distance was reached there is no doubt that every member of the party wished they were safe in their warm ted. At each crack or a twig or rolling of a pebble down the embankment, would be a Ehudder through the frame of the one time courageous soul, and their blanched faces plainly betokened their fear. By the time the Traptow house was reach ed the heart of each was working like a trip hammer. Garlic Odor Prevalent. A key had been secured to the house and the party entered the darkened rooms. From the moment their feet crossed the threshold one thing was certain, that no ghost could possibly live In the house and so the courage of the party returned. The odor of garlic which issued from the house was enough to chase any apparition to the tall timbers. Steve Gravochic, the former occupant of the house, from the number of empty bottles in the house, had probably been In the habit of seeing ghosts at night. The party remained In the house several hours, searching the basement. closets and attic, but not a sign oi a ghost could they find or a sound be heard. It was a tired looklnk lot of Individuals who trudged their way homeward at two o'clock this morning ARRANGE FIRST JUIET TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 16. The first junket of the legislature has been ar ranged for next Thursday night. The Anderson Commercial club has ar ranged for a big meeting at which will be discussed the merchants' bill for reform in the methods of conducting county business. An invitation was sent by the Anderson club to the legls lature for all members and everybody connected with the legislature to at tend this meeting, and arrangements are being made to go. Special traction cars will take the crowd to Anderson leaving here at 4:30 p. m. and start back from Anderson at 10:30. And everything will be free car ride and all. t is expected that this junke will have an effect on the passage o the biyy, which the Anderson Com mereial club has all along so earnestly supported. OUT FOB EASY HONEY A man, who is believed to have at tempted to dispose of a forged or worthless check. Is being sought by the Gary police last evening. The fellow entered the saloon of John Bonlck at Sixteenth avenue and Broadway, and tried to have a check cashed for $50. Nobody being willing to exchange this amount with a stranger, h offered to let it go for $6. This again aroused the suspicion of the saloonkeeper, who summoned the police. Officer Mulcahey responded, but by the time he could arrive the- fellow bad disappeared.

WEDDED 60 YEARS TOD AY

-T - L.-' t " ' ,'v- . ' zi MR. AND MRS. (Special to The Times.) Lowell. Ind., Jan. 16. After sixty years of married life and happiness Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Palmer, who live in Lowell, today celebrated heir anniversary at the home of their youngest son. Jasper Palmer and wife, sur rounded by their seven sons and two daughters, who have gathered together to live over with the venerable couple, their childhood days. Relatives of the esteemed and venerable couple from all parts of Lake county were present. Mr. Palmer was born in the state of Pennsylvania In the year 1829, and is now In his seventy-ninth year. His wife, whose maiden name was Mariette Burch, was born in New Tork state in 1830, and will soon be 78 years of age. PioHeem in Indiana. Both came to Indiana with their par ents when quite young, the former settling in St. Joseph county, near South Bend, and the latter in Marshall county, near Plymouth. In 1S46 Mr. Palmer came with his parents to Lake county, settling In West Creew township. He assisted his father with the farm work until 1849 when he returned to Marshall county and was united in marriage with Miss Marietta Burch. Mr. Palmer still engaged in farming until ISop when he went overland to California to seek riches in the gold fields. It took him and three com panions, John Wilkinson, John Douch and James erguson, five months to make the trip, and his children, grand and great grandchildren enjoy hearing him tell of the many thrilling experiences he and his party encountered with the Indians and the ther incidents of in terest while making that memorable trip. Krtnrni to Lake County. He remained in California two years, engaged in the gold mining, lumDer and real estate business. Returning to Lake county he made the voyage by vessel via Nicaragua to New York City. Mr. Palmer has the honor of having built and launched the nrst two-masi sail boat ever launched on Cedar Lake. This was In the year 1859 and was made a grand event. The Crown Point brass band played and Invitations were sent out to people from all parts of Lake county. Things took on a regular ourth of July cele bration appearance. Being one of the pioneer settlers when there were no railroads In Lake county Mr. Palmer was one among others who hauled his farm products by ox team to Chicago, a distance of forty-five miles, taking nearly a week to make the round trip. After two of his children got large The Golfer's Hondel. That faithful friends, my pipe, I tak e, ! And gladly fill the seasoned bowl. Then clouds of smoke above me rol 1; Outside it rains without a break, rtut shall I let it vex my soul? That faithful friend, my pipe, I tak And gladly nil the seasoned bowl. Today I meant at golf to make A record score at every hole; Instead of that I heap on coal. Then doze In peace; and when I wak That faithful friend, my pipe, I tak And gladly fill the seasoned bowl! Glasgow Herald. A Shock That Might Be Fatal. "Doctor," said the convalescent, smiling weakly, "you may send in your bill any day now." "Tut! tut!" replied the M. D., silencing his patient with a wave of his hand. "You're not strong enough yet." Leslie's Weekly. China Not for Dissection. To the European nations which participated in the grisly Boxer carnival, that event has proved also somewhat of an awakening. The tendency to treat China as a corpse waiting for dissection has almost passed away. The disposition to recognize in the Chinese people rights other than that of buying western print good3 and illuminating oil, Is perceptibly growing. China's new infant emperor will probably attain a ripe old age before the much-talked-of national "awakening" is complete, but the situation in the far east to-day Indicates that China will, at least, be given a chance. TELEPHONES Office 491, Residence 892

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Will Xewklrk, who has been confined to his bed with sickness, is able to be out again. The oyster supper given by the senior class of our hlph school last night was largely patronized. Some boys, while scuffling, broke the large front glass at the bowling alley last night. , Quite expensive fun and, perhaps, the boys will be more careful In the future. The remains of Ellis Pargcant. who did in Pueblo. Colo., arrived here today on trie 1 o'cloc k train. Burial will be under ciiarg of the Masonic lodge of this city. A series of protracted meetings by Rev. T. I Drake is being held at Orchard Grove. Iarge audiences are in attendance each night, and much interest Is manifested. Mrs. Mary Moxell, who had the misfortune to fall and break her hip. is getting along very nicely under the serious circumstances. Her daughter. Mrs. Henry Keilman, of Chicago Heights came yesterday to visit her. -OYER. Another one of our good dances Wednesday evening. Jan. 20th, at Spring Hill Grove, St. John. All are welcome. 16-3-t LANSING. Mr. Peter Pecect was a Chicago visitor yesterday. Mrs. F. Schultz was in Hammond Thursday. Mrs. Hughes visited in Hammond Thursday. Mrs. Lange. was a Chicago visitor yesterday. TOLESTOF. The street car company tried to keep up their schedule yesterday and succeeded fairly well for the first day. Great to see the car come pounding down the street. Mrs. Albert Heuke and daughter, Anna, were South. Chicago visitors .sterday. Mr. Theo. Kosche attended the conference of the teachers e the Lutheran parochial schools of Lake county in Hammond today. Mr. Borman says that it keeps hlra busy handling all the real estate buyers. It seems that the advance in prices over in Gary is affecting the local market. Undoubtedly are- real estate dealers will take advantage" of it anyway. And Tolleston has the goods all right, all right. Sulphur, Glycerin, Quinin, Sdium Chlsrid, Caosjcumt SaKe Alcohol. Water. Perfume. Ask your doctor. Ask your doctor Ask your doctor Ask your doctor. SALES 650 Broadway

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