Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 227, Hammond, Lake County, 15 March 1909 — Page 1

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Prod Lash Jr. Goes Into Partnership With Chicago Man for Purpose of Starting Another Place of

Amusement in Hammond.

G0!1 DORE IS

HOT GUILTY

East Chicago Jury Says

That Louis Laederach Didn't Prove Charges.

CASE IS NEIGHBORING COURT

Hammond Man Is Out Big Sum In Addition to His Attorney's Fees.

PALL BE BUILT Of! EAST STATE ST. Proprietors Will Fix Up Nice Place In. Order to Compete With Strong Housea With Which They Are to Enter Into Competition In Very Near-Future.

Hammond is to have itssixtii-theater. Fred Lash, Jr., has gone Into partnership with Bert May of Chicago, and together they will equip a fine new theater in the Lash block on East State street, where Jones' saloon was formerly located.

He argues that the very fact there ftre so many theaters makes Hammond a center of amusement and attrats a large number of people to the city, who would not come if there was -not such an abundance of amusement. Work Han Started. The work of remodeling the building to meet the demands of the new theater Is already going on. The front will be an attractive one. Mr. Lash

realized that he will have to make his place attractive and put on some mighty good attractions in order to meet the competition of the men who

are already In the business here. The name of the new theater has not yet been selected. There will be in th neighborhood of 200 seats In the new amusement house. The program will consist, as is the custom in 5-cent theaters, of an illustrated song and two moving pictures.

(Special to The Times.)

Ea.st Chicago, Ind., March 5. "Not guilty" was the finding of a jury In Justice W. A. Relland's court here last Saturday in the case of Louis Laederach of Hammond against Con Moore, a West Hammond saloonkeeper. The Hammond man preferred charges against Moore to the effect that the latter defrauded him out of $200 several weeks ago. Laederach, however, failed to produce sufficient evidence to substantiate his charges, and because of this Moore was found not guilty. Laederach claimed that several weeks

agro, he spent approximately $400 In Moore's saloon, but that the saloonkeeper had overcharged him to the extent of $200. and It was th? latter sum that he sought to reclaim. The case was taken to East Chicago for several reasons, and the end of it leaves the Hammond man out $400, according to his own statement, in addition to the court costs and attorney fees.

HAMMOND. INDIANA, MONDAY, MABCH 15, 1909.

POLICE COMMISSION

ON ANXIOUS SEAT

EDITION

ONE CENT PER COFrJ

CHORUS ID A IE LARGE Tl

Girlies Belonging to "Four

Huntings" Company Set

Wisconsin on Fire, Theat rically Speaking, Recent ly, But all Is Well Now.

FIRE NEAR DISTILLER?

Big Hay Shed Goes Up in

Smoke on Calumet Avenue.

AGE OF 10 OF

THKPUTEO The Misses Meisner Sought Police Protection and Eight Blondes and

Brunettes Go on the Warpath-

Manager Southerland Finally

Settles Troubles.

GAGLE CASEPOSTPONED Slayer of Little Tolleston Girl Will Be Tried W ednesday.

The 'William Gagle murder trial which was to have begun this morning at Valparaiso will be delayed because of previous cases which have not been finished as soon as it was expected. It is thought that the case will come to trial, however, not later than Wednesday, as that will give the court tlenty of time to dispose of the case now in hand. Seargant Glen Rembo of the Gary police station telephoned yesterday to the South Chicago police to inform them that the multitude of witnesses which will be brought from Chicago and that place cannot be used before that time. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder of Gary and other witnesses of Garv anri

Tolleston were also notified. I Chief Martin stated vcsterdnv th-,- !

the South Chicago police had been working diligently in securing information that would help to convict the relf confessed, murderer. He says that in spite of the fact that Gagle is preparing to put up a hard fight for his life, he believes that he will get the death penalty.

Fire which broke out today shortly

aner noon, destroyed the big hav bam

ax tne Hammond diartlllery, causing almost a total loss of the building and its contents. The origin of the fire Is unknown, and owing to the dryness of the hay the flames made rapid

jsims. rire departments Nos. 1 and 3 hurried to the scene and literally

nooaea tne big hay pile before they could get control :bf the fire. Department No. 4 went to Central station, where it protected the business district in the meantime. J. E. Fitzgerald of the distillery, although not at the scene at the time, upon hearing of the fire did not believe that the fire was one entailing a great loss to the company. With the good fire protection that he has, and knowing that the fire departments were at work there, he was satisfied that the flames would not be alloed to spread very far. The build

ing as 60x110 feet in size. At first when smoke was seen rising feared in the business district that the big plant itself had caught fire. The report, however, was groundless.

GOMPERSOOESi'TCOI Committee of Ten From Different Unions Will Meet With Him.

oarnuei wompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who was expected to be in Hammond yesterday afternoon, to confer with Lake county labor leaders concerning the rupture in the ranks of electrical workers, failed to appwar. Instead a telephone message from Mr. Gompers' secretarv was

to the effect that Mr. Gompers desired'

a committee or ten in Chicago tomorrow. The announcement that Mr. Gompers would be in Hammond yesterday brought out a' large number nf th

The Four Huntings gave a good performance of their "Fool House" at

Towle's opera house last night, and a

large crowd saw the bill. The chorus attracted particular attention for it has

been doing some sensational work late ly.

It appears that twenty-four weeks ago when leaving New York, an emnity

arose between the dark and the light, the might-bc-peroxides and blackberry colored chorus girls. The other -ght

m Wisconsin It was culminated whn shoe buttoners, lace handke:-chle.

powder boxes and even a smal ltrunk

as well as other articles generally found useful in a woman's war, were brandished promlscously back of the theater in the alley where the sixteen chori engaged in a free-for-all. Whnt Tremble AVa. The real troubTe arose' because Marguerite and Lydia Meisner, two of the fairest damsels, resented the imputation that they had not been chori for a century. The brunettes laid for the blondes or vice versa, nobody knows (?) but anyway one faction spied the other in ambush and they went to. And when honor was partially satisfied

sacre bleu! the Misses Meisner sought

ponce protection. And the following j

..ctu.une a v,K iriiiiK dropped on a

ouxom Dlondes tiny foot, accidentally

of course (?), she sought a warrant for

one brunette and the Meisner girls were on hand and right behind her tr

ODtain a warrant also.

Sutherland Did not foot.

Now the Meisner girls are brunettes

and trouble in the clerk's office rose to a hubub when the entire sixteen en

tered the office.elght brunettes for war

ior eigne Dlondes, and eight blondes wanting assault and battery warrants for eight brunettes. All of

which ended when Manager J. C. Sutherland, who was hotfooting after them, entered breathlessly and In a few Jerky

sentences explained what "tying a can

some people meant. And after that

tne warrants were withdrawn and ev crvlhinff want . . 1 . . i . .

- ""t oiuu6 jusi as nice as

peanut brittle. Some say it isn't all over yet, but anyway, it proves that the average chorus girl's Ufa isn't all the glare and glamour of the footlights as the school girl Imagines. BOARD OTSlONTRACT

Mayor Becker Maintains a Sphinx-Like Silence on the Subject. CONSULTS CHICAGO SPECIALIST Question of "How Old Is Ann" Is

Superseded By "Who Are Police Commissioners?"

DOCTOR AUDITORS

mrajra or nioien, Hammond's

new police commission. Va lant en

twenty-three miles lu the air and Is

expeeted to come down a aoon aa may

or Becker can break away from C1U-

cnro.

Finder pleaae notify police depart

ment.

The question of "How old Is Ann?"

is not in it any more in Hammond with that of "Who is the new do-

llce board?" If Messrs. Tapper, Drackert and Swanton are to constitute the

new board, only one of them. Mr.

Swanton has any definite knowledge, and his notification was merely in-

rormal. According to Mr. Drackert, he has not received any assurances from

the mayor to the effect that he would be appointed, and as to Mr. Tapper, he has not seen the mayor in the last week.

In the meantime Mayor Becker is

maintaining a sphinx-like silence, and stays practically out of the reach of his questions, not that dislikes meeting them, but because it has been imperative for him to go to Chicago.

Fearing a return of his recent malady

which confined him to the hospital some time ago, he went to Chicago today to see a specialist, and that accounts for the definite lack of information to

day.

The best Indications now are that

the curtain will be raised on the mystery tomorrow evening at the regular

city council meeting, when that body will be called on to approve the bonds

of the new board. In the meantime the candidates and the people are on the anxious seat.

Whiting All Agog Today Because of Stirring Lecture Given Yesterday Be

fore Men's Club of the

Congregational Church.

WILL BUILD A FlflEBUSIISSBLOCK

Gus Muenich Decides to Spend $20,000 in Putting Up Nice BuHding.

UAC

K DOCTORS

ARE DENOUNCED

Noted University Man Gives Fearless Talk in Which He Advocates Pure

Living and Jumps on Charlatans and Fakes With Both Feet at the

Meeting.

Public Works Body Passes Upon Some Important Matters.

stated yesterdav that riiamBknin. .v.

- v vxci t y

FOUR POSITIONS President Taft Gives Watson His Choice. Washington, -March 15. President Taft has offered James E. Watson his choice of four positions and has stated that in two of these cases the offer will be held open two months so as to give Watson plenty of timep think it over. Any one of the four positions will take Mr. Watson away from Indiana. He already has indicated to Mr. Taft that he does not care to accept any of them, but prefers to return to Indiana and engage in the practice of

law.

union men, hall. They

Whiting. Indiana Harbor and Garv.

Prominent among the visitors was Murphy, a big labor lead er U'hn i a

ag

gregation of electrical workers who refuse to bow to President Finneran of the district. The non-appearance of Mr. Gompers of course tabooed the open discussion of the subject which he was expecte dto arbitrate or settle. Other matters,, however, were taken" up and discussed in their order of business.

The board of public works this morning approved the contract for th

who met in Odd Fellows Benedict avenue sewer. Robertsdale,

came from East Chicacrn ! ana Piacpa a" order through the Towle

. ! Green House for rvnrk thmhu.n. m..

... ......... i . . i jie board intends to enlarge the number of flower beds in the various paras, as well as the shrnbberg bushes. The order also provides for a number of trees, as the board is ready to beautify the land around fire station No. 4. This is city property, and the boys at the fire station have already

uune considerable work putting

ground in shape.

HMD-BOX AT TOWLE!? SOOfl

immy Clabby and Jimmy

Gardner After Hammond Meeting.

Jimmy Clabby vs. Jimmy Gardner, at

Towle's opera house, is one of the pos

sibilities of the near future. This show

would attract hundreds of people to

Hammond, according to the promoters

and would be one of the best bouts that

could possibly be arranged.

Fights are being pulled off in Indi

anapolis under the very eyes of Gov

ernor Marshall, and the Hammond fight

rans do not see why they should be prevented from seeing the sport in

Hammond.

Manager Nye of Towle's has agreed to the arrangement, providing every

thing is all right and there will be no

interference, and it may be possible on Wednesday, April 7, to sit in a com

fortable opera chair and see two of the

best fighters in the business.

It will be remembered that Jimmy Clabby and Jimmy Gardner have had two pretty fierce encounters. In one Gardner got the decision and in an

other the referee called It a draw

Clabby hopes that the third fight will

result in a decision in his favor.

FLOATER III THE RIVER

Crown Point Reports Tell of

in the

Kankakee-

Drowning

SHOTS ALARM- PEOPLE

(Special to The Times.)

Crown Point, Ind., March 15. It was reported here yesterday that the unidentified body of a man had been found floating In the Kankakee rfver, near Kouts. Ind.. late on Saturday night and that all efforts to locate his whereabouts or home had so far proved futile. The manner of his death Is also unknown, and there is no evidence to show whether he met his death accl-

j dentally or met with foul nlav His

Next Wednesday. March 17. the hoarrl ! discoverJ' is creating a great deal of

will hear remonstrances on the South i excitement in that section of the coun-

Hohman street assessments before at)- i y' and 'fforts re being made to

the

(Special to Thb Times.) Whiting, Ind., Mrch 15. Dr. Win

field Hall set this old town by the ears

esterday afternoon when he addressed

about 250 men at the Men's club. Dr

tiaii is a member of the faculty of

Northwestern Medical university and made his auditors sit up and take not

ice. He roundly abused fakes, charla tans and the quack doctors who ad

vertise in the Chicago papers and said

that they were a disgrace to humanity

-net responsible for great suffering among their dupes. Dr. Hall preached

the theory of cleanliness and clean living and his remarks were very

forceful. Ajs an illustration he de-

clared..that JLrn.en.livecL.us .tJaey ought

to live people would think nothing of

having pictures of beauty unadorned strung from one end of their homes to

the other. That the nude is only im

modest in the minds of those who are immodest was the tenor of Dr. Hall's

remarks. His lecture attracted much

comment because of the fearlessness

of the teachings he sought to inculcate. The members of the Men's club of the Congregational church, under whose auspices the talk was given, are loud in their praise of Dr. Hall's theories.

MASONS POISONED AT BIGJELEBRATIOI! Scores of Men Made Violently 111 by Meat at the Vincennes Banquet. Vincennes, Ind.. March 15. Scores of persons were poisoned by eating meat at the noon bamjuet of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the institution of Masonry in Indiana Sat

urday and Saturday night several wera

In serious condition. The poisoned men fell on the streets

in hotels and in stores, and all the

physicians in Vincennes were called to

care for them.

Late Saturday night more than 100

cases had been reported and other victims from nearby towns had been taken to their homes.

Those in the mo?t serious condition

were Frank S. Merserve. former iudee

of the Uwrence county (111.) circuit

court; B. D. Deltman of Evansville and a Mr. Samson of Owensboro Kv

Twenty victims were taken to the hospital and the others are being attended

at the hotels and at private residences.

BUILDING IS TO COST 20,000 Structure To Be Erected on South Hohman Street Next to Meat Market.

Gus Muenich will erect a fine threestory business block on South Hohman street this spring, which will cost $20,000. The building will be 40 by 100 feet in dimensions, and will be thor

oughly modern in every respect. The stores on the main floor have not yet been rented, but it is believed that there will be many aplicanis for them on account of their central location. The property which Mr. Muenich owns is next to Thomas McCay & Son's meat market, on the west side of Hohman street. The property is now oc

cupied by a small cottage, which will be

moved to another lot. The upper floors of the new store will be devoted to club rooms, which may be built to order for any one of several clubs which are interested in

secured a new location.

MiiUHne a Beauty.

The new building will be one of .the handsomest in the business district

of Hammond. It will be a credit to the city in every particular, and Mr.

Muenich's friends are congratuling him on his delcision to build.

This is but one of several improve

ments which are contemplated for this district, and are destine.? in t.r.mr.ir.t,

ly change the appearance of the citv of

Hammond.

Mr. Muenich also points out the fact

that the school house is not an ob

struction to the progress of the business district in a southerly direction

but as soon as there is enough business

south of the school house to warrant

the building of business blocks they

wui beimit .

Astonishing Series of Bur

glaries Is Confessed by 11-Year-Old East Chicago Girl, Whose Deeds Amaze Police Department.

PICKPOCKET AID HOUSEBREAKER Girl Says She Gives Away the Things She Steals and Police Believe That She May Have an Accomplice Who Has Hypnotised This Eeaiarkable Girl.

ACTHH1Y HOT MARKED

Real Estate Market Is Slow

in Hammond During

(Special to The Times.) East Chicago. Ind.. March 15. "I'm not afraid of the chief of police, nor th

Jail nor the whole police force." was the remarkable statement made by the most remarkable burglar who was ever gathered in the toils in East Chicago. Kurly robbers and expe.-t knights of the jimmy may have made similar boasts in the past, in a spirit of bravado, but this burglar is no hardened "professional," but a soft-voiced gentle looking little girl, barely 11 y'eara of age. whose caieer of crime has been in progress since she wio but four years old. The girl s name is Julia Landis and she is the daughter of respectable parents, her father being: I'aul Iwmdis, a machinist, who resides at 4S31 Wegg avenue.

the Wee

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Building and plans for huilflins-s

showed more activity in the last week than the real estate market. There was nothing discouraging about the latter, but buying 'and selling will have to be a good deal more brisk than it has been for some time before the real

estate men will wear their best smile.

wnne the situation is not at-all radi

ant for the dealer, It is propitous time for the small dealer, and the indica

tions are that at no time could he

make a deal which would be more to

is advantage, for the market is inl

and depressed just now.

- .. , AiTMtfa -ott -ywtHrrtay;' The girl was arrested on Saturday hy Officer John'- Thompson, after - a complaint had been entered of a double

ourglary by William Riley of Chicago and Todd avenues. Her confession proved her to be the perpetrator of a, f ries of crimes that have been r.nz-

J zling the police department of thi3 c'.ty for the pist few weeks. Rilev declared

that his house had been twice entered while the family were downstairs, the first raid having been accomplished March 4 and the second on March 10. On. the occasion of the first burglary, a savings bank containing between $5 and Sfj was the only noteworthy thing' that was taken, although bureau drawers showed evidences of having been rummaged, and boxes and baskets upset. On March 10 the haul was larger, two valuable bracelets and a silk gown being among the booty. By Merest Chance. It was by the n -rest chance that Officer Thompson traced the crime to the door of Julia Landis. Following the rer.,rt of th burglary, lie recollected having met the child In the al-

(Contlnued on Page Three.)

Three shots fired in quick succession this afternoon in the upper Monon yards caused a commotion in the business district. Fpon Investigation it was learned that Charles Merriweather, constable in Justice Prest's court, had fired the shots at two fellows whom he was seeking on a warrant sworn out by George Huffman, on the charges of assault and battery. They both made their escape among the box cars, how-

K ever.

proving it

March 12.

having continued It from

GANNON IS ELECTED

(Special to Thb Times.) Washington. 1. C, March 15. By a big vote of 194 to 188, the hotise rules were adopted and the regular republicans control the house. Joseph O. Cannon of Illinois was elected speaker of the body.

clear up the mystery by the authorities there. Word from Rensselaer, received this afternoon, indicates that the drowned

man was Clem Pigler of Terre Haute, j

a game wareien. who was hunfg on the rfver and fell over backward into the water from heart disease

Carriers Exchange Places. A Hammond mall carrier and one at Chelsea, Okla.. have traded jobs. Wallace Abernathy of Chelsea, Okla., wante dto come to Hammond, In the Calumet region of opportunity, and Jim Donlin wanted to go to Chelsea in the southwestern land of opportunity, so they Just swapped Jabs.

TWO INCORPORATIONS

TIMES' BlREAl

AT THE STATE CAPITAL. (Special to Thb Timks.) Indianapolis, Ind., March 15. The following Iake county concerns were today Incorporated: William Ahiborn Construction company, Hammond; capita!. $50,000; directors, William Ahiborn. Elbert Fisher. Fred Westphal. Indiana Harbor Realty company, Indiana Harbor; capital, J50.00; directors. James P. Lewis, S. E. Thompson, Stewart Johnson, Henry Ear, Stuart Sheperd.

First Croation Grocery and Market company, Indiana Harbor; capital, $5.000; directors. George Racich, Matt Tonkovitch, Andrew Klobuear, Mike Cvitkovltch, John Sopcich.

SHRfflS HAVE BULLY TIE AT CORNER SHE LAYING

Longest Continuous Sleep on Run Between Hammond and Indianapolis Was Fifteen Minutes; Sleeper's Na me Unknown.

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SWITCHMEN'S UNION! Hammond lodge X. r will pfv kr dance at Huebn'a hall St. iat rlek' Day, March 17th. Young' OichMrira. Grand March at friJH). Tleke BO cnti) ladle free.

The Hammond Shriners went to Indianapolis in the laying of the cornerstone of the new Murat temple and besides, having a splendid time, ninde their presence felt. They returned to Hammond Saturday night reporting the

I best time they ever had in the lives.

The Iake county Shriners assemble at the Great Northern theater. Chicago, from where they went to see Little Nemo at the Illinois theater. Thev were then taken in charge by Judge

tiarry is. TuthiM nf the Laporte perfor court untii train time at

a, m. The Lake county delegation had a private car of their own. and judging from the reports a sleeper was about as necessary as it would be on the shuttlo run between Gary and Hammond. The longest continuous .sleep reported on the trip was fifteen minutes, and the crowd overlooked that fellow. All efforts to get his name were unsuccessful. Impressive ceremonies, as well as good-fellowship, marked the. laying- of the cornerstone Saturday afternoon of the new Murat temple of the Mvstic Shrine at New Jersey and Michigan streets. Nearly 2,000 Shriner from Indiana. Ohio and Kentucky took part in the exercises.

W?:t.r o. Hir.gg or Greenfield past grand master, agisted hy members of

wie Indiana grand lod

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pi

former Vice

and other men at Stun e .

'-" i. -, laid t

1 nerr- were repr.-sffctnlivfs from An. t!o.- temple of u.iyt(jn. Medina tf.m. I'le, Chicago, and Syrian temple Cincinnati. Tie latter was represented by a generous number of its nobles ,.,,

en r.y Kdward and patriot.

The arrival of ,he Syrian tc , merab-r was greeted l,v the Arab band

j..a.rtu or .Murat temple, and

visu ors We

the

escorted with proper cere.

mony to the German House, where social session was held. There werq also a number of the members of Ko. sa,r T(mPl'- of !,uisvilie. Kv, accompanied by George V. You n jr. potertata of the temple. There also arrived from Louisville Edwin I. Alderman, imperial potentate f,:,r xorth America. From Cincinnati came William M Meiish. pastor imperial potentate who at present is deputy ?rand master of the grand encampments of Knights of Tepla-rs of the United States. Melish has the additional distinction of having1 conferred the full ceremonial on tha first class of Murat temple in 1884 The visiting Shriners Wpre entertain ed at a banquet, smoker and vaudevilh, at the German House, and a banquet at the Columbia club.