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Judge John Ii. Gillett is Engaged as First Counsel For "Wets' in Gary Saloon Fight

JUDGE HANLY HERE TODAY

Wets' Consider Acquisition of Legal Talent a Thing That Will Help. The "wets" and "drys" assembled In Hammond today from all parts of the county to fight the preliminary battle in the courts, which is to finally decide whether or not Gary and Calumet township is to remain dry. Tho line-up on both sides was a magnificent one and the Lake Superior court room was crowded with the attorneys and interested parties in anticipation of the final battle. JUDGE GILLETT FOR "WETS." Representing the "wets' is ex-judge of the Indiana supreme court, John H. Gillett, of Hammond, and Attorney William Leonard of Ft. "Wayne. These men will take the place of Attorney John Gavit and W. J. McAleer, who represented the "wets" originally. The fact that Judge John II. Gillett was induced to take up the cause of the "wets" is considered a victory by them. In the event that the question g-oes to a Jury, the fact that Judge Gillett, a man of undisputed high character, is representing the cause of the "rotl" will go a long way with certain 'arrjriaen. - ; - . j . DRYS WELL REPRESENTED. The "drys" are represented by w. H. Matthew of Plymouth, who has been representing the local optionists for the past two years. Attorney Otto J. Bruce of Crown Point, an indefatigable enemy of the liquor, traffic, is also representing the drys and will assist Mr. - Matthew in the case, which will come up before Judge Haniey today. Judge Charles Haniey, who is expected to arrive from Rensselear, has been retained as special judge in this case. HAN LEY BUSY ffIIE JURY IS OUT. Judge Virgil S, Relter of the Lake superior court instructed the jury in the case of Smith, administrator, vs. the National Fireproofing company, and it went out to deliberate on some 400 interrogatories this morning. It is expected that it will tike eighteen hours to answer the interrogatories. While the jury is out on this case Judge Haniey will he hearing the evidence in the case of James Scanlon and Mike Binzen vs. the commissioners of Lake county. The first action will be the consideration of the motion of the attorneys for the "drys'' to dismiss the appeal to the superior court. GARY JIK OX HAND. James Scanlon and Mike Binzen, whose application for a liquor license was rejected by the county commissioners and who have appealed their case to the superior court, will appear before Special Judge Charles Haniey, and the beginning of the final desperate struggle of the saloonmen will be on. THEIR LAST HOPE. Thes last vestige of the saloonkeepers' hopes rests on the outcome of this case. They will have no other recourse In securing a license if their case now pending before the superior court fails. The saloonmen have hired the best talen that can be secured to prosecute the case and they will fight at every stage. It is possible that today there will be nothing doing aside from deciding several legal points, such as whether or not it will be necessary to select a jury. With these matters disposed of, the case will then be continued until Judge Haniey has finished his term of court at Rrnsfla.T, after which the trial of the case in Hammond will be pushed to completion. EXPECTED JTHIS EVENING Mayor Becker on His Way Home From the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Mayor Becker is expected to return this evening from Bittle Creek. Mich., where he had been at the sanitarium. Those arrangements were made early this week, when Mr. Becker felt himslf greatly improved after taking a two weeks' rest and the electrical treatment. If the city's chief executive finds himself strong enough he will take the greater part of tomorrow in working over the Gary & Irterurban franchise with the board of public works.

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SAYS GREEN IS J.UCKY HAN Attorney H. A. Bixby Says Election Matter Was Submitted to Judge. Frank Green of West Hammond will be of the five justices of the peace of Thornton township, according to information which Attorney H. A. Bixby, representing Mr. Green in the election contest, says he received. Attorney Bixby says the matter had been submitted to Judge Reinecker, Cook county judge, who ruled, that a clerical error, which may have caused a miscount, could disfranchise the voter, and that the only thing that would be left open to the contestants for the office is to secure a recount. Attorney Bixby says that he is satisfied that there will be no recount on the other side, for the reason that the same recount would add ten more votes to the total of Frank Green, ten having been miscounted In the third precinct at Lansing. FUNERAL OCCURS THISJTERHOOf Bemains of the Late, Louis Scherer Are Interred in Oak Hill Cemetery. Louis Scherer, who died last Wednesday morning, was buried this afternoon, the service having been held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Baptist church. They were attended by many friends and relatives, who wished to Bhow their high esteem and respect to the model young man. Interment took place at Oak Hill cemetery. The pall-bearers from the K. of P. lodge, under whose auspices the funeral was held of which the deased was a member, were as follows: Messrs. Thomas H. Jordan, C. W. Hubbard, Otto Russand, Henry Gable, H. Meyer and O. H. Baler. The honorary pallbearers selected from his friends in the Lion store and elsewhere were as follows: Messrs. Pave Lovegren. C. E. C. Payne, E. J. Miller, F. Brincken, all of the Lion store, and Clarence Eder and Roy McCool. HER BROTHER IS KILLED Shocking News Comes to Mrs. D. J. Moran This Morning. Mrs. D. J. Moran of Hammond received a telegram from New York city this morning informing her of the death of her brother. Professor F. L. Tufts, of Columbia university. Professor Tufts was in charge of the department of physics in this school and was testing some electric light wire when in some manner, as yet unexplain, he was electrocuted. As soon as word was received here Attorney p. J. Morn left for New York city, to be present at the funeral. The news of the death of Professor Tufts came as a shock to both Mr. and Mrs. Moran. Settled in Court. The fact that the Standard Steel Car company of Hammond has been very fortunate in not injuring many of its workingmen during the years it has been In operation in this city is emphasized by the filing in the Lake superior court of a claim for $40 by the attorneys for Louis Elko. The claim will be settled in open court this afternoon and will never come to trial. Elks Hold Meeting. The local lodge of Elks held a very important meeting at their lodge room last night, and while the members are not ready to make tny announcement for publication, it is nevertheless known that the action taken last night, together with what will follow, will have an Important bearing for the future not only for the immediate benefit of the lodge and its members but for the city at large.

Judge John H. Gillett By "Wets"

SPORTING EXTRA PLEASESM FANS Third Annual Publication of the Times Baseball Editions a Success. COMPARE WITH THE OTHERS Times Sporting; Extra Out at 5:30, Prints More Scores Than Chicago 8 O'Clocks Do. Where would the Hammond-Cub-Sox baseball fan be if it were not for The Times' sporting extra? Well, the answer is simple, and in baseball 'parlance it might be properly said that he would be up in the air without The Times' extra. Think of the hours and even minutes of anxiety and worry that elapse from the time The Times' extra blazes forth on the street until some blooming red, or grass green, sheet comes out from Chicago claiming to be the biggest sporting extra in the world and the sun and moon included, and then containing only four or five Innings, just enough to boost the loving and faithful fan higher than ever. Oh! it is easy to see him soar and sore. But this old world has advmii Q whole lot in last three years and ac commodate that were good enough then are too slow now: But Tub Times is up to the times, and. therefore, the wise fan appreciating this. The Times' sporting extra is more popular than ever. In twenty-four hour s, its circulation was increased by just 100 additional copies over the previous night. The Hammond baseball fans may rely on it that when inventions will makeMt possible for the absent fan to hear the crack of the bat and the umpire say, "Strike one strike two, strike three, yare out," that The Times will add this feature if it happens in any way possible to connect it. with the newspaper. And you may bo sure you'll get the latest news developments too. SUIT IS FILED TODAY Inland Steel Company of Gary Defendant in Per sonal Injury Action. William P. Patterson, the administrator of the estate of Mate Mitre, has brought suit in the Lake superior court to recover $in,000 damages from the Indiana Steel company at Gary for the death of Mitre. Mitre was working as a common laborer for the Inland Steel company on Feb. 24, 190?, when he was ordered by his foreman to remove some salamanders from one of the pits In the plant. Just at the time the butt conveyor was moved and. Mitre was caught In the endless chain. His legs were crushed and his left pelvis was ruptured. After suffering toribly for a number of days he finally died March 5 1909. Albert E. Carver ls the attorney for the plaintiff, and he is suing for $10,000 damages.

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Retained in Gary Saloon Fight t i MARSHALL DOESN'T WANT BRWS MANTLE Thomas R. Marshall Says He Is Satisfied With Being Governor of Indiana. HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE Governor, While in Washington, Is Interviewed Regarding Position on Presidency. Hammond democrats are vastly interested in the news that comes from Washington today to the effect that Governor T. R. Marshall is going back to his law practice in four years and doesn't want to be president. The dispatch says: "Governor Marshall of Indiana and Mrs. Marshall arrived this afternoon and are staying at the Riggs House. The governor Is enthusiastic over democratic sentiment as it found expression at the banquet in New York, which he attndede. "'There was genuine enthusiasm there and plenty of It,' he said. "The governor was besieged by news paper correspondents who asked his views on many questions of public interest, to which the governor responded with ready answers. One correspondent told him of a remark that John Sharp Williams made the other day to the effect that the country should keep its eyes on Governor Marshall in connection with the next democratic nomination for president. "At this point the governor interrupted. tiovernnr Sntlxfled with Job. "'I'll have to ask you to cut that out,' he said with a smile. 'I've got a pretty steady job as it is. It will last four years and then I'll be ready to go back to my law practice." "The governor while in Xew York promised to write l.nnq words for Chairman Mack's ii"v National Democratic Magazine. His subject will be 'The Tariff.' and he will urge the importance of getting back to n tariff for revenue basis. "The governor will attend the Gridiron dinner Saturday night, when lie is scheduled to make a speech. As one of the rule of the cltih forbids the reporting of speeches what lie says will never be known outside the circb s in which it is delivered. "The governor will call at the census bureau tomorrow to gather information that will be useful jn enforcing the new uniform accounting law in Indiana. On his way to Indianapolis he will stop at Columbus, .. to consult with state officials in regard to the operation of the uniform accounting law of that state. Assist Poor Woman. The agent of the Wahasli depot in Hammond called up the police station last evening and stated that there was a woman in the place who was unable to find friends In this city whom she had come to visit. She stated to a police officer that she was looking for a man hy the name of Pltmasurk!. who was a driver on a wagon. The police officer took the woman to the Standard district, where her friend was found.

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Indianapolis Newspaper Gets Interesting t Letter From Hammond, Dealing With the Saloon Question in Gary, and Prints It. TIMES EDITORAL ELICITED LETTER Indianapolis News Receives What It Prints With Irony a Communication Which Is Inspired By Conditions, and Writer Thinks There Is No Truth and Principle. Says the Indianapolis News, under the caption, 'A Gentle Reader:" The News has received an anonymous letter, postmarked Hammond, which is too good not to share with its readers though it is not our custom to publish anonymous letters. We print it verbatim et literatim: Indianapolis News, Indianapolis. In Closed find Ortickle witch your Temperenz paper would not print. What about reducing expences in Polise Courts and Jails witch is always vour Storry. What you know a bout Lacke County You had better take Ck Your hippo crits and blind tigers down In your End. All you Papper is good for is to pul the Wool over the Peoples Kies there is no suht thing as truth and Prinzible. this is from a reader of your Paper always noticed that you would not give an inch if you Know you are wrong, we say It is the Chicago American. torial from the Hammond Times, which reads as follows: DRUNKENNESS MORE COMMON. Gary is beginning to taste the efficacy of local county option and remonstrance. "Shut out the saloons," says the temperance reformer, "and you'll have a nice quiet little citv." Iiet's look at the faefs! Since the saloons have been ousted entirely from Gary there has been a great deal more drunkenness than has been known on any like days before the saloons were closed. Arrests for drunkenness are common. There are said to be blind pigs springing up al lover the city. Traffic on the trains coming Into Gary at night shows scores of drunken men who go to Hammond, to East Chicago, to Miller Station and to other places for liquor, who fil Ithemselves full of it, who annoy passengers and make women blush for shame. Gary Is a manufacturing citv and th employes of the mills will not be deprived of their beer and whisky, if they can't get it in one wav they will get it in another. It Is a little early yet to show what effect the closing of saloons Is going to have on Gary, but the aspect looks anything but promising. To be frank, it looks very bad. It is something for people In cities like Gary to consider carefully. HE HAD TO GO TO JAIL After Mrs. Charles Ikner made strenuous efforts to secure bail for Patrick H. Bettenbender, charged with bigamy, and failed to do so she finally gave it up as a bad job and this morning in the city jail she told her affinity, for the couple certainly seem to be affinities, there was no hopo for him and that he would have to go to Jail. This after Constable Bob Grant took the prisoner to Crown Point, where he will have to stay until he is ready for trial. One of the remarkable things about the relations between Mrs. Chas. Tkner and Patrick H. Bettenbender is that, in spite of the fact that they were married, when he was aready the lawful husband of another. Mrs. Charles Ikner accepts the situation without a murmur and seems only concerned In preventing Bettenbender from going to jail. ANOTHER PASSES AWAY (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., April IS. Making the third death in this community within two weeks time of Lake county's pioneer ladies, Mrs. Margaret Endress passed to the Great Beyond late Wednesday evening after two years of suffering, being practically helpless from the effects of paralytic strokes, which she was a victim of three times. Mrs Endress would have been &0 years old next month and has lived in Lake county for fifty-three years, and is one o? its pioneer settlers. Her husband died some ten years ago, and of the union six childre nwere born, four of them still surviving: Mrs. Jake Hartman of Hammond, Mrs. Buse of Tolleston and Mrs. John Babbitt, and Henry Endress of this place. She was born in Haf, Germany. The funeral will be held at the Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon. Interment at Crown Point ceme-terv.

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Chicago Manufacturer Who Employs 400 Men and Women Tailors, Is Conducting Negotiations With Gostlin and Meyn. IIDOSMfflLL WELCOMED G. Prebensen Says His Employes Can Live Cheaper in Hammond Than in Chicago and Has Practically Decided Where His' Establishment Will Be Located. Hammond ls to have a new Industry, which is likely to prove to be one of the best in the city. G. Probensen, a manufacturer of suits, cloaks, waists and furs, has decided to locate in Hammond and move his large tailoring establishment here. At present he is located in 1028 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. But he has decided to get out where taxes and rents are cheaper and where the transportation facilities are better. He states that he will employ in the neighborhood of 400 men and women tailors, eventually, and expects to employ several hundred at the very start. He is of the opinion that his employes can live cheaper In Hammond than they can in Chicago, and, consequently, they will be better satisfied with their lot. Industry Is Welcomed. ,?Jjrv. -.'..l --" a-.r.;. -f-j-s: .- r the city by Gostiin, Meyn & Co., and he has practically decided where his establishment will be located. The local business men, who have been apprised of the fact that the Chicago clothes manufacturer has located here, are very much pleased. They say that the more diversified Hammond's Industries are the less will be the probability of the cities being affected by periods of business depression and industrial disturbances. They point to South Chicago as a city which went all to pieces during the recent hard times, for the reason that South Chicago is entirely dependent on the iron and steel industry and when that support was taken away a business collapse was the result. FIGHT FANS TURN INTOJICKPOCKETS West Hammond Invaded by Chicago Thugs and Holdup Men. West Hammond and Hammond were Infested with pickpockets last night as a result of the invasion of the city by a large number of fight fans. Frank Green caught a man, red-handed, in the act of taking his pocketbook and $33 In cash. He grabbed the fellow and called for the police. The officers arrested the man. who gave his name as William Mills, but his pals came out from Chicago and reimbursed Mr. Green for the money he had lost and the West Hammond business man refused to prosecute the case. The police made complaint, however, and William Mills, the man,who was caught picking Mr. Green's pocket, was lined ?-. 11ns crook was accompanied by several confederates to whom Green's pocketbook was passed after it was stolen from his pocket. Thief tirts Off Knitily. It is believed that these confederates are the ones who put up the money to reimburse Green an-', in this manner secured the release of the leader of the pocketpicking gang and his dismissal from court after he had been fined the minimum amount of $20 and costs. Many of tiie proters of the West Hammond athletic contests are of the opinion that Mills should have been given the limit of the law as a warning to other pickpocket who might attempt to operate in West Hammond and bring the town into disrepute. Several Hammond men have reported the loss of their pockctbooks to their friends after a visit to West Ma and it has actually become dangerous j i mane ir.e trip there with any amount of money on one's person. It is understood that In addition to Frank Green, several South Chicago men lost various sum of money last night. They claim to have lost the money on the way from the fight to the street car.

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RAFFLES IS STILL FREE Mysterious Mr. Raffles Gives His Pursuers Many Nice Chances, But so Far Has Succeeded in Eluding Them. RAFFLES WANTS TO RE T Times Also Wants to Find the Person With a Times Sporting Extra Who Can Pick Out Raffles and Win $10 in Gold, Besides the Other Prizes. Raffles really wants to be caught. In fact, before he leaves Hammond he intends to be caught. If some one is lucky enough to catch him either today or tomorrow it will be worth In the neighborhood of $100, but if Raffles is permitted to remain at large until Sunday the prizes will not be as valuable on account of the fact that The Times does not issue a sporting extra on that day and none of the stores which have offered prizes will be open. There are only two changes in the big "Mysterious Raffles" program, which is interesting the people of Hammond to such an extent that they are continually talking of his exploits. Hours of Chae Change. One is the announcement that the hours during which tiie many offers of prizes for Raffles capture are good has been changed to 4 to 5 p. m. and 6 to . 7 p m., on Friday, Saturday and S'ii ndaY ,' .fir"tiKii tRr :j 1 . . B ' fles' engagement here. ' - The capture of Raffles must be made between those hours or the prize offers will not hold good. A matter of great interest to the children is that Raffles will smile ten times at the matinee which is to be given in the Bijou theater Saturday afternoon. Every person who succeeds in making Raffles smile on this occasion will get a nice fresh box of candy. This offer is one of the best that Raffles makes during the week, and at least ten boxes of candy will be given away to those who make Raffles smile tomorrow afternoon. To VlRit AH Store. Another matter of interest is the fact that Raffles will enter the establishments of the merchants, who have contributed prizes for his capture, this afternoon. Tomorrow he promises to enter the store of every merchant who has offered a prize for his capture, and accordingly it may be worth $100 or more to visit one of these stores and run across the mysterious man. Besides, he may also be seen at his light fingered work tomorrow, for he intends to steal everything he can lay his hands on. Iast night he had some great experiences. He touched a man for his watch, and and came near starting some trouble at the corner of State and Hohraiin street when the victim, who is well known in railroad circles, discovered that his watch was gone. InUen Purchase In Store. Yesterday he went into E. C. Mlnas' hardware department and bought some screws without being puspected. and yet it would have been worth $100, or more, to the clerk who Sold the screws to have captured him. He stopped in front of Silver's jewelry store, on State street, and asked two girls if that was the wach they were giving away to the person who would capture Raffles. The girls looked up, and one of them replied: "I am not a bureau of information." She little knew that she might have had a a satchel full of money if she had only said: "You are the mysterious Mr. Raffles of the Bijou theater," and "I always buy a Times extra." What in the Offer. Catch Raffles between 4 and 5 and i and 7 p. m. tonight and the following shows what it will be worth to you: The Bijou theater offers $J5 in gold. The Times offers $10 in gold. E. (.'. Miliar offers a $115 suit to either man or woman who catches Raffles in his store. He also offers a $T. suit to a boy or girl who catches the mysterious man in the store. Paxton & Baker offer a $2j suit to either a man or a woman who succeeds in catching Raffles In their store, and a $5 suit t" tiie hoy or girl who catches him in the store. ;old Wntch Offered. Mr. Silver, the jeweler. ofTs a gold wafh to any one who will catch Raffles in his store. This watch is easily worth $15. The Idlehour theater offers $10 In gold to the person who rat'hfs Raffles within 100 feet of this Easi State street 5-cent theater. liny iorUnjc Ktrn. To win the $!0 offered by Tub Times It is necessary to have a sporting edition of The Times in one's pocket and say, "I aliiayi huy a TIM KS eitra, upon discovering Mr. Rafflts.

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