Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 206, Hammond, Lake County, 18 February 1909 — Page 1

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EDITION .VOL. m., NO. 206. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY. JJlCe IGELEBRftTES IK. ORE CHEMIST Fiendish Pervert Who Strangled Lizzie Schroeder

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LIDPLIIS Hammond Saengerbund-Fi-delia Secures the Famous Pabst Theater Ensemble of Milwaukee to Play Here. TO APPEAR Oil THREE .DIFFERENTJCCASIONS Teuton Characteristics Will Be Displayed in Native Manner and Tongue on Towle Opera House Stage Early in April President F. C. Miller Receives Word. The enterprising: Hammond Saenger-bun-Fldella and Its wide-awake president, F. C. Miller, who livened things up considerably In Hammond since the consolidation of the two societies, have ventured upon a social undertaking, which, seemingly Is daring in its Inception, but which will undoubtedly be handsomely rewarded. F. C. Miller, the president of the society, this morning received a letter from the management of the Pabst Theater Ensembles of Milwaukee stating that this most famous German Stock company, east of New York, would appear in Hammond on three different nights, under the .auspices of the Hammond Saengerbund-Fidelia. Their first appearance will be, late in March or early in April. They will appear again on a night in the following week and once more thereafter. Will Be Popular la Hammond. This arrangement Is only possible because this famous stock company comes to Powers' theater, in Chicago, every Sunday night. On the other nights they play regularly in Milwaukee. Their plays are all given in the Ger- j man language, and there will be no change from this in Hammond. Their program for their three nights in Hammond is as follows: "Onkel Bernicke" Schwank, mit Gesang Von Gustave Kadeburg. ."Tante Regina," Lustspiel in vier Aktert Von A. Paul. "Vater und Sohn," Sihauspiel In drei akten Von A. Paul. v The coming of the German players was made possible largely through the efforts of F. C. Miller, and he is today receiving the congratulations of the members of the society for the success. That the plays will be popular in Hammond seems assured from the amount of interest that both Germans and non-Germans are taking in them. There are Germans in Hammond who have gone to Powers' theater regularly on Sunday nights, and theTe are many more, including non-Germans, who intended going. Now that that they will have the opportunity in Hammond will not miss the occasion. SKAT F00 THE SKAT PLAYEBS Tournament Will Be Held on February 28 at Carl Hems' Hall. Skat players in Hammond are looking forward to Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28th, when a tournament will be held at Carl Hein's hall. In West Hammond. The invitations will be sent out soon, but anybody who knows how to play this scientific game will be admitted. There will be three prizes awarded. This will be one of the last games of the season in Hammond. There has been some talk of organizing the players in Hammond to a skat club and forming a league with other northern Indiana cities, but little encouragement was given the movement. Hammond has about thirty able skat players, and whenever a tournament Is called at least two-thirds of these responded. It is evident that Hammond could put a strong team In the field, but the season is so far advanced that the matter would hardly be considered at this time. Teams from Michigan City and and South Bend played in a tournament last Thursday evenli ? at Michigan City. Cars on Schedule Again. After experiencing all kinds of trouble for the past week as a result of the storm the street cars are again running on schedule time, much to the relief of those who have been compelled to avail themselves of its service exclusively at this, time of the year.

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Crown Point, -Ind., Feb. 18. Special. With a face seamed and livid from an Inner terror, as if the ghosts of the dead that people his dreams looked at him in a path where the gallows looms ahead, "William Gagel, self-confessed strangler of little girls and human beast, cries for solitude in the jail. He was photographed yesterday for the The Times by permission of Sheriff

Grant. The story that he shows remorse is false. He glories in his deeds

His fanglike teeth and cruel lips gleam terror behind all his bravado that makes GRAND JURY Wilt BE GALLED FRIDAY Trial of William Gagel to Rushed in Lake Circuit Court SoonGAGIE'S STEPS ARE TRACED Hammond Police Chief Had His Suspicions About Fiendish Murderer. The grand jury will be called tomor row to indict William Gagle, the self. confessed murderer of . little Lizzie Scbrocder. An effort will be made to have his cane brought to trial as quick' ly ax possible and have the prisoner disposed of. George Dutton, charged with crim inal assault, and Edward Wilkerson, charged with grand larcens', both colored, will be called before the grand Jury and Indicted. Meet in Crown Foint. The Schroeder case will of course be the most interesting. It is expected that the grand Jury will meet in Crown Point tomorrow to act on the cases which are called to its attention. Officer Newman went out to the William Lohman farm, near Tolleston, and had a talk with Mr. Lohman regarding Gagle, who worked for him at the time he murdered little Lizzie Sihroeder. What'Lohnian Says. Lohman says that Gagle worked for him for some time after the killing of the little Schroeder girl and then left for parts unknown. Lohman said that Chief of Police Rimbach of Hammond later had his suspicions regarding Gagle and told Lohman that if he ever came back to the farm to report the matter so that he could be arrested. Gagle came back only once afterwards and then remained only one day. START ANOTHER STORE Summers Drug Company Takes Possession of the Brown Building. The Summers Drug' company today closed a deal by which it takes possession of the Brown building, near the corner of Hohman and Clinton streets, into which it will move the stock now in the Bicknell drug store. In closing the deal H. M. Bicknell, for the latter's location. Summers Drug company also came In possession of the Bicknell stock, and it is this stock that will be put in the South Hohman street store.

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GAGEL. like a satyr, but there is a paten one shudder to see the beast in him A.F.KN0TTS' PAPER : : IS POSTPONED MaWaaaaMi Wednesday Night Club Has Round Table Meeting In Its Place. IELR0Y THE NEXT SPEAKER Program Is Now 0u4 for Months of March and April With Five Numbers. The postponed round-table meeting in memory of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lincoln, which was set for Sunday afternoon before the Wednesday night club, was held last evening. It proved to be eaqually as interest ing as a lecture, especially when such men as W. C. Belman, Dr. W. F. Howat, C. M. McDanlel, Rev. C. Smith, Dr. E. M. Shanklin and J. J. Anderson became interested in It. Was at Capital. Attorney A. F. Knotts was sched uled to speak on the "Social Question" last evening, but owing to the fact that he is at Indianapolis this was omitted and will be reserved for a lat er date. Professor F. D. McElroy of the high school will lecture next Wednesday evening on "Thomas Hardy and His Philosophy." Program Announced. The program for March and April is as follows: March 3 The Philippine Islands. March 10 The Catholic Church as a Democratic Institution, D. J. Moran. March 17 Pasteur, Professor Clyde Allee. March 24 The Development of the ! Child Mind Dr. H. C. Groman. March 31 Woman's Suffrage, Mrs. J. G. Ibach. April 7 Injunctions, Judge V. S. Reiter. April 14 Reminiscenses of Southern Spain, Miss Alta Adkins. April 21 The Manufacture of Gar, William J. O'Rourke, Esq. April 28 Superstition and Its Cure, Rev. William F. Swltzer. Meets in the auditorium of the public library. No admission fee is charged. Ev erybody Is cordially invited. Articles of Incorporation. Articles of incorporation have been filed in the office of the secretary of state for the following: The Churubusco Hardware company, Churubusco; capital stock, $25,000: retailers; incorporators, James W. Burwell. John W. Smith, Walter K. Burwell, Willard Z. Smith, Elmer E. Gandy and Charles C. Miller, t The Fisk Manufacturing company, Churubusco; notice of Increase of capital stock from $8,00 to $10,000; Vallorous Brown, president.

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Miss Lizzie Brown of East Chicago Tells of Her Terrible Experience With Human Vampire Now Behind the Bars. (Special to THE TIMES.) East Chicago. Ind.. Feb. 18.— Lured by William Gagle, self-confessed murderer of Ella Schroeder, the little 9-year-old Tolleston girl, who met her death in terrible form in July, 1907, to a place not far from the scene of the dastardly murder, was the story told yesterday by Miss Lizzie Brown of this city. Was Lured from Home. As in the case of the assault attempted upon Miss Stella Urbaniak and others of South Chicago, Gagle lured Miss Brown from her home under promise of employment. He was seen in the neighborhood of the Brown home several times during the past month, but his business was not known until he knocked at the door of the Brown home. The mother of the fiend's prospective victim lives in an unpretentious cottage at 4805 Alexander avenue. She was asked by Gagle whether she had any daughters that could go to Gary with him, where he would give them employment in a restaurant. "I own a small restaurant and want someone to wash dishes for me. I will pay $6 a week to the right girl," he promised. Mrs. Brown suggested her daugh ter, Lizzie, and despite the fact that the child is but 17 years of age introduced her to the stranger. Promised Employment to Two. Lizzie seemed anxious to go, but Mrs. Brown objected at first. "I felt that something was wrong all the (Continued on Page Five.) C. R. Wells, 28 years' old, of Gary was accidently shot in the head last night, at 7:30 o clock, by a companion and life-long friend, Peter L. Paul. The shooting was the culmination of hunting trip throughout the day, in which both of them had enjoyed pleasant day. On the way back - they stopped at the Binzenhof buffet where they had a few drinks, and had no sooner stepped out than the Shooting occurred. , The fact that the gun which shot Wells was pointed directly at him led the police to believe at first that an attempted murder had been committed but after a careful investigation they came to the conclusion that it was pure accident. Both of the young men are employed in the steel mills and had come to this city from St. Louis to gether with three other companions. SETTLE CASE YESTERDAY Suit in Superior Court, Aft er Several Days' Trial, Comes to End. The case of the Standard Steel Ca company vs. Katherine Douglas, which Mrs. Douglas claimed an undi vided one-third interest in forty acres of the site upon which the plant this company is located, was settled yesterday for $1,500. even hundred and fifty dollars, one half of the amount, will have to paidlby the Standard Steel Car company and $750 will have to be paid by the Towle estate, for the reason that the Towles at one time owned the property and gave the persons who purchased it from them a warranty deed for the property. This made them partly liable for the settlement. Attorneys Crumpacker & Crumpacker and Attorney Jones, representing the Standard Steel Car company, believe they have made a vjry satisfactory settlement for the Douglas claims. - Quite the Reverse. "Are you familiar with "The Man Without a Country"?" asked the student of English literature. "Nb," replied the pretty summerWirl, 'but I am familiar with the country without a man." Life.

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LUCKY H T. Thornberg Attends ?rize Fight, Loses Diamond Ring in Hall and Later - Recovers It After It Was Trampled Upon. LUGKTI TO GOOD FORTUNE f A. Mutt Had It He Could Buy an Automobile for Desdemona and a Square Meal for Himself No Pewer Than at Least Twice 1 a Week. Thorn Thornberg, an East Chicago chemist, thinks he is the luckiest man n the state. Last night be attended the fight over in West Hammond and had a seat in the midst of the big crowd in the center of the hall. When he got back to Hammond after the fight he discovered that he had lost an $85 diamond out of a ring setting. He remarked the fact to several 1 friends he met in Hammond and they sympathized at his hard luck. It happened that a man by the name of George Simmons was in the crowd at the time and when he heard Thornberg's story he related the story of a friend who had lost . a diamond set under similar circumstances, and advised Thornberg to go over to the hall and look for the diamond.' "- And There It Was. Simmons suggested that he would go along and help him to look for It. To gether they went over to the hall and made their way through the overturned chairs and the rubbish to the place I in the hall where he had been sitting. According to the story which Sim mons tells, it was not long until he saw the diamond shining like the head light on a street car. He pointed it out to Thornberg and th East Chicago man could hardly believe his eyes. The ring was taken to a local Jewelry firm this morning and is now being reset. Simmons is very happy to think that H was through his suggestion that Thornberg went back to the hall and looked for the ring. Simmons said that Thornberg dispaired of ever seeing the diamond again. SENATOR TO BE RETAINED I nanM j Hemenway Will Be Kept at Important Job for a Year. Washington, Feb. 18. It seems prac tically settled that. Senator Hemen way will be retained by the senate committee on appropriations for sev eral months, perhaps for a year after his term as senator expires, March 4, The committee has a vast amount of research work it wants done, and it feels that Mr. Hemenway Is the man to do it. Practically every, member of the committee realizes that the time has come when there must be re trenchment in public expenditures, and they look upon Mr. Hemenway as the man to point the way. The investigation Into the secret service will not be finished at this session and the committee desires Mr. Hemenway to finish that task. CONTRACT WILL BE LET Hammond Brewing pany Will Close f Deal Saturday. CornBig Next Saturday will be an important day in the history of West Hammond's infant industry, the Hammond Brew ing company, in that the contract will be let for the construction of the build ing. The various contractors who are bidding on this job have the privilege of making any changes or corrections in their bids up to the time they are opened. This is thought to be in fairness to them, as the time which has elapsed between the time when the bids were first asked for and the time they are to be opened has been sufficient to have made possible some alterations In the prices of materials. The meeting will be held at the office of E. A. Kinkade in West Hammond and will probably be attended by all of the directors and many of the stockholders of the new company.

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Hammond and Gary Court Bills Almost Violate the Speed Limit in Going Through the House Up to Governor Now. TIMES BVREATJ AT STATE CAPITOL. Indianapolis, " Ind., Feb. 18. The house passed three court bills yesterday. It cleaned its calender of all of the court bills that have been making trouble. It gave Hammond an additional judge of the superior court. gave Gary an entirely new superior court, gave Howard and Tipton coun ties each a separate circuit court and placed Grant and Delaware counties In the same superior court district. Looked Like a Farce. The Hammond-Gary fight turned out to be practically a farce, after all. For weeks It waged fiercely and armies of lobbyists from each city came to town to root for one or the other of the court bills. They jumped on each other and called names and did other things that are not found In any standard work on polite manners. They were not going to allow each other's bill to pass. No sir. Hammond had to have a court and Gary none, said Hammond. Gary must have a court and Hammond shall have none, said Gary.' And the people generally looked on and said it was a beautiful scrap Wiekey the Mediator. But Representative Wickey came along with the proposition early in the game that Hammond and Gary both get what they wanted. Wickey's proposition was spurned at first. Neither side would listen to him. They were going to have it their own way or not at all. Gary is nothing but a sand hill, said Hammond, and it does, not need a court. Hammond has a court and that's enough, said Gary. They Are All Frieada Son, . But Wickey stuck to his original proposition and began to win favor. Hammond and Gary began to show signs of softening. It was not long until they were actually on speaking terms again, and pow and then a Hammond and a Gary booster would go out and take a drink together. The first thing we knew they had each other around the neck and were 8s friendly as two cities could get. Each was for the other. Wickey's proposition was working. It continued to work until yesterday, and when the vote on the two bills was taken it showed that Hammond had an additional judge and Gary had a new court. Wickey Just smiled. Some Very Base Hints. There are some people who are base enough to hint that during all of it Hammond and Gary were not mad at each .other at all. It is even hinted that the two towns just farmed up one and handed It to the legislature by making that body believe they were mad as hornets when they were not. If this suspicion is true It is only just to the two towns to say they did it welL It would be a good stunt to put on In vaudeville. TURNS IT TO GRIEF Joy and Tears Mark a Whiting Wedding Feast. (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., Feb. 18. The happy wedding of Miss Cecilia Stesanski to Stanski to Stanisland Lubaskl was Stanisland Lubaskl was suddenly turned into a grief stricken party yesterday afternoon when It was learned that Teophil Stesanski. the uncle of the bride had died suddently at the table where the wedding dinner was being served. The uncle of the bride was happy with the rest of the guests and kept his surrounding In an uproar of laughter with his wit and jollity. At, once he became quiet and leaned forward against the table. At first his strange action went unnoticed, but soon some one addressed him and receiving no answer, they thought him asleep. Attempting to rouse him they found him to be dead. Consternation took possession of the happy wedding party, which broke up in confusion. Mr. and Mrs. Lubaskl were married yesterday morning at St. Adelbert's Polish Catholic church, and celebrated their wedding at the home of the bride, 1200 Schrage avenue. The deceased was employed In the Standard Oil works and leaves a wife and three children. He was 40 years old. The inquest was set for this afternoon and the funeral has been arranged for tomorrow morning. Services will be held In the same church where three days previous he had attended the wedding services. The funeral will be under the auspices of St. Adelbert's society, of which he was a member. Interment will be at Con cordia cemetery.

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The E. C. Minas Company's Achievements in Hammond Business World to Be Properly Commemorated by a Big Sale19TH ANNIVERSARY SALE BEGINS- FRIDAY Twenty-Seven Departments in The Big Store Will Vie With Each Other in Special Sales and Price Cutting That Will Mark a Big Business Achievement. nineteen years tn buslnes la Him. mond! That is the enviable record of E. C. Minas of this city, whose company, named after Mm, will celebrate this anniversary tomorrow. To commemorate the occasion fit tingly, the E. C. Minas company haa Inaugurated a big anniversary sale, ' which begins tomorrow and ends on, Saturday evening, Feb. 27. Each one . of the twenty-seven departments of tha big East State street store is offering special sales and the price figure 19 will be conspicuous on many articles. A beautiful Colonial table tumbler will be given away as a souvenir with each tl'purchase. This souvenir is of nearcut glass and is an elegant decoration for any sideboard. The big E. C. Minas department store on East State Btreet. as it stands there today, is a monument to Mr. Minas success as a business man, created through his Industry, coupled with integrity and the spirit of a square deal. Mr. Minas has been one of the uitn to whom State street owes much, and who has been one of its most ardent boosters, until today It rivals with Hohman street for honors. Pluck and Optimism Win. The beginning of Mr. Minas in Hammond was anything but prosperous. Beset on all sides by drawbacks and handicaps, there was little then that evinced the future merchant prince of Hammond. Pluck, optimism and business ability ' won, however, and the success that he deserved from the .beginning came finally, but not unexpectedly. Mr. Minas is Imbued with a civic pride that is exemplary. He is in hearty sympathy with anything that stands for the advancement of the city and In the counsels of the men to whom Hammond looks up to when some grave question confronts, he ia an Important figure. With all this, however, he carries his laurels gracefully. He works hard and spends much of his time Inculcating business principles, founded on Integrity, among his clerks. Mr. Minas' advertising campaign has also enabled him to reach his present pinnacle. The anniversary sale, beginning to morrow, will be a practical demon stration of what the E. C Minas store can do and will do for Its patrons. The green tags that hang on every tree and post around the city Is a novel, piece of advertising which will draw crowds. MADE RECORD TIE Chicago People in Novel Romance That Ended at County Seat. Crown Point. Ind., Feb. 18. Witnessing a popular theatrical performance in Chicago at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, made man and wife before 4 o'clock the next afternoon In a Justice -court some forty miles away, la the unintentional career of Frank Hebin and Miss Jessie F. Speer, both ot Chicago, who were married In Judge Nicholson's office yesterday afternoon. Going to the theater with never a thought of getting married, until some part of the play they were witnessing brought the idea to their minds and prompted the proposal on the young man's part, Jo be accepted by the young lady and in less than twenty minutes on their way to the Indiana marriage mill, Is a record rarely equalled In the annals of the marriage records here. The groom, who is a popular sales- ; man for the Tungstolier Electric Fix ture company of Chicago, is well known in Crown Point and Manager Keeney and Tom Piatt of the local electric light company acttd as master of ceremonies until the marriage was performed. The bride is well known In Chicago an is said to be possessed of a considerable fortune in her own right. The happy couple Ifft today for Chicago where th-y will receive congratulations of friends on their secret mar.

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