Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 12, Hammond, Lake County, 1 July 1909 — Page 1

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MYSTERY Attempt Slay Result Fatally for Victim, and Noted Specialist Is Called. What Is alleged to be really an attempt to kidnap one of the vrreck victim from Mercy hospital In Gary, where he lias been confined since the wreck on the South Shore line near Chesterton, "M made recently by men giving their liaroea an Attorney J. X. Chilian and Dr. Sloctixomery, both claiming to foe officials of the South Shore line. The attempt to take away A. F. Moore, the young man who was injured in the wreck, resulted in serious trouble at Mercy hospital, and resulted In what may prove a fatal relapse to the patient. Since that time the young man has suffered several hemorrhages Of the brain. Yesterday it -was found necessary to call into consultation one of the greatest specialists in the west. Dr. John B. Murphy of Chicago. Trouble Occnrs Sunday. The trouble, which was kept very quiet, occurred Sunday night, and since that time until late yesterday the condition of the patient has grown steadily worse. Conditions are now so unfavorable that it is feared that he may not survive. This is due, the local physicians believe, to nervousness induced by the .excitement when the two men attempted to take him away from the hospital. The story of the affair, as told by witness is startling, when it is taken Into consideration that to move or even excite young Moore would probably provo fatal. Dr. Montgomery claimed to be the chief surgeon of the South (Continued on page five.) ATHLETIC GLU3 BANQUETSOFFICERS Hammond Athletic Club Has Fine Time at Majestic Last Evening. OUTGOING OFFICERS HONORED New Baseball Field Will Ee Dedicated Next Sunday Morning at Nine O'clock. The Hammond Athletic club last night tendered a banquet to some of its out-going officials and their successors at the Hotel Majestic. These officers were the guests of honor, while the other officials constituted the other guests. The out-going officials are: J. E. McGarry, director for six months; J. E. Cashman and George Heiser, housegovernors for six months. Their successors, respectively, are Attorney E. G. Sproat, Earl Chettman and Frank Bak-

r. The other guests were: O. C. Hub- club rooms this evening for the purbard, president; R. I. Farrell, recording; pose of initiating fifteen new members, secretary; Percy Smith, financial sec- j This Is one of ten largest classes that retary; Edward M. Dibos, treasurer; ! the lodge has initiated recently and directors George P. Stevens, J. V. ' concludes the campaign for member-

Milllkan, Dr. H. C. Groman, M. A. Monnett, J. E. McGarry, Otto Klemperer, C. H. Billings; house-governors, J. G. Avery, Gus Portz, O. W. Stewart. "Will Open w Ball Field. J. E. McGarry acted as toastmaster and master of ceremonies in general, and by the time the banquet was over and every member had expressed his enthusiasm for the club, the midnight hour had drawn near. A banmipt for oil th -ii,v, Tr.omao mQ u Q , anair nereaiter. ine cluD now has an active membership of 220, and everything In the organization is In firstclass shape. The new ball field will be opened next Sunday morning at 9 a. m., when the first and second teams meet. Four Take Degrees. At the meeting of the chapter last evening In the local Masonic temple there were four candidates initiated into the mysteries of the past and most excellent degrees. The candidates were F. I. Ellick of Chicago, J. A. Mueller, . E. S. Emerine and A. S. Terry,.

get out South Shore of Mercy DISGRACE (Special to The Time&) East Chicago, Ind., July 1. Laboring under the hallucination that his name and family had been disgraced because his roomer had been robbed of some money and his watch, Ollie Hgorth, 415 One Hundred and Forty-second street, 48 years old, committed suicide. Hgorth, whose wife left several weeks ago for a visit In Sweden, was found last night at 9:30 by his 19-year-old son, Albert. Father and son were to occupy the same bed, but when the son entered the bedroom he found his father strangled, tied to the bed post with a four-in-hand tie, while his body lay In bed. Hgorth was an example to his neighbors for uprlghteousness and integrity, and when several weeks ago his roomer, George Clark, came to him and told him that money and watch had been stolen from his room, this began to prey on the man's mind. "He thought the good name of himself and family ruined and began to imagine that fifty detectives were on his trail, or that somebody had placed the valuables Into his wife's trunks and that she Is being held by detectives. Ccntrary to his custom, he went to the postoffice last evening for the mail, a thing which he has not done for many ytars Hgorth was employed as a rougher in the Interstate mills, and has lived in this neighborhood far the past twenty years. In addition to his boy, Albert, he also has a daughter, who is married and live at Summerville, Tex. The Gentry Brothers' shows may not show in Hammond next Sunday if the church element can show the stronger hand. A meeting of representative remonstrators from the various Protestant churches is called for this evening in the Methodist church, at which time steps will be taken to suppress the circus. The company has done considerable poster advertising, and some quarters its coming was hailed with delight, for this element seemed to he circus hungry, there not having been one In Hammond for a long time. ELKS WILL MEET TONIGHT . Fifteen New Members to Be Taken Into Order Tonight. I The Hammond Elks meet at their The membership of the lodge is now near the 200 mark and It is expected that the plans for the erection of a new home will be taken up this fall and carried to a successful consummation. The meeting tonight will be an Important one and it is expected that there will he a full attendance. The ! lnlerr!'1 among the members Is now greater than ever and this order, like the Masonic order and others, is proving that nothing succeeds like success. The names of the candidates who will be Initiated tonight are: W. J. Paxton, H. E. Green, Jacob Fisher. Jr., H. A. Deiderich. H. F. Shumaker. L. J. Granger, L. S. Palmer, Jos. A. McKenney, W. T. Ottenheimer, Edward W. Bump and C. N. Jewett, all of Harrmond, and W. A. Gainer, C. D. Gainer and D. J. Paskwietz of Whiting. Come to the piano factory and see how good pianos are made. For Bale at factory prices. Straube Piano factory, Hammond, Ind, tf

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HAMMOND, LAKE CO. DENTISTS Two Lake county men were honored by the Indiana State Dental association, which closes a three-day convention at Indianapolis today. Dr. L. A. Salisbury of Crown Point was made executive committeeman, while Dr. R. R. Glllls of Hammond was called on to read a paper on "Pulp Nodules." The committee on the president's report, of which Homer E. Strain, Bloomlngton, was chairman, recommended the naming of a committee by the new president, which would confer with the state board of education, In regard to the dental inspection in the public schools. It also recommende dthe startlingof a movement which would place a dentist on the state board of health. Today's session will be the last of the meeting. It will be taken up entirely with clinics, of which forty-eight had been planned. These cover special subjects and extracting and orthodontls. Sensational Affair Will Be Tried Next Week; Case Is Continued on Change of Venue to Judge Ames' Court. The case of the 'l3t- of Indiana vs. A., B. Stemen, which was Set iot o'clock this afternoon In Justice Frank D. Prest's court, but a change of venue was taken to E. P. Ames, and the case was continued to July 7. Stemen la a switchman In the employ of the Erie railroad, and lives at 86 Douglas street. He Is charged with wife desertion by his wife, who together with her baby, was sent to the home of her relatives in Fort Wayne by Mr. Stemen. The case is a very involved one, and It is understood that many well known people on Douglas street have been called In as witnesses. The waj-rant for the arrest of Stemen was sworn out by H. G. Strumpfer of the Calumet Detective agency, who is said to have been employed by Mrs. Stemen to watch the actions of the Hammond railroad man during her absence. Employs n Ietective. It is also understood that Mr. Strumpfer was employed by a well-known Douglas street man to watch the actions of his wife when he was away from home. The case is being prosecuted by State's Attorney Charles Greenwald, and the defendant Is represented by Attorney W. J. McAleer of Hammond. There were a number or interested spectators at the trial, who expected some rather interesting developments. It is understood that Mrs. Stemen and her brother arrived from Fort Wayne today to prosecute the case. The di rect charges are wife desertion and an effort will be made to have Stemen held accountable for his alleged failure to provide for his wife's support. Mrs. Stemen alleges that her husband did not send her more than two or three dollars a month for her support, and he on the contrary, says he has money order receipts to show that he sent her on an average of $20 a month of his wages. The attorney for the defense asked for the change, and the case was continued for the reason that all of the witnesses could not be pfocured. REFORMATORY UNDER FIRE Governor Marshall Demands InvestigationIndianapolis, Ind., June 31. Governor Marshall has ordered a general investigation into the contracts, and other affairs at the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonvllle, and the members of the state board of charities went there yesterday afternoon. A Chicago firm has filed an affidavit with the governor in relation to the installation of a heating plant. It claims to have been double crossed by the reformatory management in letting a contract after it had submitted plans for the system and was virtually given the work. The governor wants the investigation to take the widest possible scope, and every contract made by the institution as well as the distributions of the convicts work under contractors will be Inquired Into. It is said that Contrator Bottorf, who paid Assistant Superintendent Barnard $100 a month, has been banished from the institution. It is thought Superintendent Whitaker is to go and that there will be a complete chanse in the membership of the board.

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Hammond Man May JSC ! Honored With Important Position in Indiana Music Teachers' Association Election Held Tomorrow. Professor Clark Learning, music teacher In the Hammond public school, was yesterday slated for the presidency of the Indiana Music Teachers' association, which held Its convention at Lafayette. Oliver Willard Pierce of Indianapolis was also a candidate, while and Princeton bid for the next convention. More than 100 music teachers were enrolled at the thirty-second annual convention. The music festival, In con nection with the convention. Is one of the greatest treats of the kind Lafayette music lovers ever enjoyed, and they showed their appreciation by patronizing the recitals generously. Want TerapheTS Licensed. An Interesting feature of the convention this year is the round table discussion and symposium work. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock there will be a round table session on piano, voice and public school music. The main speakers will be: "Piano," Glenn Dillard Gunn, Chicago; "Voice," Karleton Haokett, Chicago; "Public Music," Edward B. Birge, Indianapolis. One of the subjects before the convention Is the proposition to have the legislature pass a law providing for the registration and licensing of teachers of music in lndiarta and providing for a state board of examiners in music. Copies of a sample act to be sent to the legislature wore distributed to the delegates. The proposed act would make the board of examiners composoD of seven practicing teachers of music appointed by, the povf.ior. j Before licenses are Issued every' teacher is to submit to an examination, paying a fee of $10, according to the proposed bill. Certificates of schools of music and conservatories of good standing will entitle the holder to a license to teach. The bill provides that the teachers in schools will be exempt from the provisions of the proposed act, but in case they desire to engage in the practice of teaching music apart from their duties in the schools they must take out a license. MBS. SOI BURIED Prominent Lodge SocietyWoman Interred at Oak Hill. Mrs. H. who died P. Smith, fell Towle street, Tuesday afternoon after a long siege with tuberculosis, was buried this afternoon. Services were held at the North Side Congregational church at 2 o'clock and were under the auspices of the Daughters of Liberty and the L. O. T. M., of which organizations she was a member. Mrs. Smith was the wife of H. P. Smith, business agent for the Hodcarriers' union. She was 55 years old and leaves two children, Mrs. Fred Behrlng, and an 11 -year-old son, William. She had many friends in Hammond, who mourn her untimely loss and extend their sympathy to the bereaved family.

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The work of the inventors' council of the Hammond Business Men's association is beginning to bear fruit, and as a result the Liberty Cow Milker company may locate in Hammond and occupy the Business Mens' association's factory building. Otto Knoerzer, chairman of the council, and the other members of the councel have gone into the proposition which Theodore Umrath. president of the company, has to offer, and they are satisfied that the concern is worthy of recommenrlat Ion. The company needs a working capital of $20,000, and $12,000 of this amount is still to be subscribed, and the indications are that it can be raised right here in Hammond. Mr. Knoerzer for one, to show his good faith In inducing the concern to come to Hammond, has subscribed $1,000, and others already have signified their intention of following suit. Invention Is Unsurpassed. The Liberty Cow Milker company has an Invention which is thus far unsurpassed for h;-h grade, speedy and sani tary milking. Of the various milking machines on the market that patented

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ASKS 10, FOR DEATH OF TRANCO Atorneys Herod and Barnett of Hammond have filed a suit in the Lako superior court in which they are asking $10,000 damages from the Lake Shore JO. ATViicrn r C-tii Vt et rr va i 1 rna A far thfl death of Jan Tranco Jr.. who was killed at the bridge over the canal at Indiana Harbor. The suit is being brought for Jan Tranco Sr., the father of the dead boy. The death of Tranco occurred May 7, 1909, according to the complaint. It is alleged that young Tranco went to secure work on the new bascule bridges that were then In process of construction. He was directed to cross the bridge, which had a pasasgeway that was in frequent use by pedestrians, and was not warned of the danger of passing trains. He was run down by a passenger train and killed, and as a consequence his father Is suing the railroad for $10,000 damages. The claim for damages is based on the fact that the boy had been educated and provided for and that the father was deprived of his earnings by his death. Mrs. Peloski Visits Hospital in Englewood and Is Unable to Express Opinion as to .Wounded Boyte Guilt or Innocence. Mrs. Peloske, the mother of Clarence Peloske, who was shot by Officer MeWayne of the Englewood station, after he had been ordered to submit to arrest and tried to run away, was seen by a Times' reporter this morning, and said that she had seen her son in St. Bernard's hospital and had talked with him. Mrs. Peloske was very reticent about the affair and said that her son was so ill that she could not learn many of the facts about the shooting. She did not express an opinion as to her son's guilt. She said that she did not see any of the police officers and consequently could not learn their version of the affair. The doctor was not present and she was unable to learn much about the condition of her boy. XeUfhbor Drove Boy Away. Regarding the warrant that was Issued in Hammond for her boy's arrest, she said that it was the result of a neighborhood row. "A young man, who , lives next door," said she, "had threat cned to do her boy bodily injury and he ; left for Chicago to get away from him." Mrs. Peloske said that she did not ! know where Claren, had gone, and the first she knew of the shooting was what the officers told her after Captain 0"Brien had sent word of the shooting. Mrs. Peloske seemed grieved that her hoy had become involved in trouble with the Chicago police, and expressed the hope that when the true facts were known it would not to blame. be shown that he was by Mr. Umrath is the simplest and most sanitary, so simple that one man ! can operate three at a time and milkj ten cows mechanically during the time ! that one cow is milked in the old- j fashioned way. For the present Mr. T'mrath has a number of them install don a model farm near Glenellyn, 111., where they are giving perfect satisfaction. Mr. Umrath has spent four years in Germany and two years In this country studying out his patent and has evidence sufficient that it is the bcst machine on the market, and may possibly revolutionize the dairy, .business. He has also several otheiy-patents, such as, for instance, a device to pasteurize the milk immediately after It is taken from the cows, and another in which electric procesj by wl;oh this done can be maintain'" . ojf f very farm. .,v-.t "rp' council also took up , , r j.p--positlons, among them jas.n's water filter, and r ... ,i al poultry spray. The I Gecrr Wag' a ,4, tetter at the Llrn store irtmer.t. Largest furniture will rur fire "

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DUO! ARRESTED IN GARY

Jake Diamond, 17 years old, a fruit peddler from Hammond, got himself in trouble In Gary again yesterday, when he was arrested for cruelty to animals by Officer Gus Newman. , The revolting scene took place yesterday afternoon on Eleventh avenue, near Broadway, and many persons who saw the boy cruelly beat the team of old horses, who had all they could do to draw their heavy load, felt like giving Diamond a dose of his own medicine. The young man is the son of Jacob Diamond, a garden truck dealer. of Hammond. The boy makes dally trips to Gary, and with the heavy load3 that are hauled sometimes ' the poor tired horses are unable to haul them. . Yesterday was not the first time that young Diamond had been warned by the police. Officer Newman, who happened to be on Eleventh avenue at the time, saw the brute flogging his horses. He was immediately placed under arrest, and his trial will come up in Judge Fitzgerald's court this morning. It is predicted that he will get the extreme limit of the law. Although the waves of Lake Michigan at the Lake Front park are splashing a seductive "welcome" to the sunbaked Hammondite, the lake itself as a swimming place is not yet the most inviting place. The first immersion will drive the last breath out of the lungs leave the swimmer gasping for a new supply, not to mention the goose flesh, that In a Jiffy. But despite all this, the bathhouse has already enjoyed a good patronage. The season started with a rush, and the beach will renew more old acquaintances as the season grows older. UUntil the board of public works makes other arrangements, IL Roberts will have charge of the bathhouse. The building is being remodeled to some extent in order to create room to accommodate the clothes baskets, which the board has ordered. With this new system it will he possible to accommodate 100 people, or more than twice the number under the old system. AT 81ATE CONVENTION Indianapolis, Ind., July 1. F. F. Heighway, county superintendent of Lake county, here attending the County Superintendents' assoication's semiannual meeting now In progress at the state house, is responsible for many of the questions on examination for diploma that have racked the brains of children now on vacation. He was a member of the committee on diploma questions. E. P. Wilson, the county superintendent of Union county, stood for half an hour yesterday answering questions asked by perplexed supprintendents. John B. Butler of Vermilion county read a paper on "The Stimulation of Professional Zeal Among Teachers." John F. Haines Is known among educators all over the country as the originator of the Boys' Corn club. Mr. Haines Is from Noblesvllle. His first corn club was started there. Today corn clubs lor teaching noys how to plant and grow corn are found all over the country. LAKE SUPERIOR COURT m Cases. 57? 4. Sila3 II . Strawn vs. Csongo et al. Foreclosure Frank of mechanic's lien. 5785. Bartholomae & Roesing Brew ing company vs. Herbert D. Jones et al. Suit on note. When you go to uary, Ind., take a ride in the free sight-seeing automo bile of the U. S. Land Co. It

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ONE CENT PER COPY. La Author-Post-GINEERS PROVE Project Will Have Great Bearing on Future Development. In the opinion of Postmaster W. H. Gostlln of Hammond, the digging of the Calumet auxiliary to the drainage canal, by means of which all of the territory south of Seventy-Unit afreet In Chicago and as far east as Gary will be drained, will be authorised by the war department In the near future, and an initial appropriation of 8,0O0,00O will be made by the Chicago drainage district to dig the canal. Mr. Gostlln has watched this project very closely for the reason that tha digging of this, the Sag canal, will mean .more to the Calumet district In the future than any project that has ever been attempted In this locality. Should the Sag canal be built In tho near future it would Benefits to Be Derived. 1. Reverse the flow of the Calumet river so that pure lake water would be drawn through the Indiana Harbor canal and the Calumet river, and would flush the whole stream from Gary to Hegewlsch. 2. Forever prevent the pollution of the water of the lake at South Chicago, Hammond, Whiting, Indiana Harbor and Gary by the -sewage which 1 dumnf & ATciciie rivvr"" aTM'fejfctav" Into the lake when the rains flush the Calumet -river. S .. . 3. Provide the whole Calumet district with a. ship canal that will tap the lakes to the gulf canal, which Is sure to be built In the next ten years. 4. Make the Calumet river a flowing stream and a thing of beauty, instead (Continued on page five.) Hill HAS A HEW CATERER Jack O'Keefe, Noted in Whiting, Opens Up Place in HammondJack O'Keefe of Whiting, who runs a hotel and restaurant in the Oil City and is generally credited with having one of the best restaurants In the region, will invade the Hammond field and will open one of the finest cafes In the city. Mr. O'Keefe has secured the lease oa the Gelsen building on State street, and will sublet the bar privilege to John T. Brennan, who will be the proprietor of the buffet. The restaurant was recently equipped by Jim Smith of this city for the purposes for which it is intended, but Smith had some difficulty in making arrangements to secure a county license and finally was compelled to give up his idea ot securing more suitable quarters. The new promoters of the project expect to put in a restaurant that will be a credit to the city, and are said to have plenty of backing in their venture. The proprietors of Jack O'Keefe's Hammond cafe Vill make their bow to the public In a few days. CHANGES ON THE ERIE New York, July 1. A number of changes were announced yesterday la the transportation and traffic depart ments of the Erie railroad that became effective today. John B. Dickson, who for several years has been assistant to the general manager, has been appointed superintendent of the Rochester division, vice W. J. Sharp, deceased. In the traffic department. W. S. Cowle, assistant general freight agem, r.as Deen. made general eastern freight agent, vice H. S. Stebbins. who becomes division freight agent at Rochester. II. Wilson succeeds Mr. Cowle as assistant general freight agent and F. IL Dowie has been appointed commercial agent at Detroit. J. C. Flood becomes division freight agent at Youngstown, O., vice Mr. Wilson. L. II. Geller succeeds Mr. Flood as commercial agent at Cleveland. ThTe headquarters of Division Freight Agent J. H. Hackett at Gallon will be removed to Akron, O,

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