Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 102, Hammond, Lake County, 16 October 1909 — Page 1

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Body of Well Dressed Man, Evidently Killed Months Before, Found

kneeling TWIG TWISTED AROUND III All Evidences Point to Foul Play, According to Police. (Special f The Times.) East Chicago. Oct. 16. Kneeling on his knees in a ticket a short distance out of this city, with a willow branch twisted about his throat, the dead body of a man was nceidentaly discovered shortly after noon today, tied to a sapling. All the evidences point to murOer, thought if murder was "committed, it was evidently not for proposes of robbery, as $.1.47 was found in the pockets of the dead man's clothing. There was nothing: among: the effects which might serve as a clew to the victim's identity. The body was badly decomposed, evidently having been there for thr.-e months or more. It was clothed in a good suit of black broad cloth, which exposure to the elements had robbed considerably of its color, and bis underclothes corresponded in quality wli'i that of his outer garments. WAS FOl.XU IX HAMMOND. TUe gbastlyfin"d. "was-made inxlia-ro-t. mond. a half mile soutli of the river news of the discovery was first carried to East Chicago. A Polish man, whose, name has not been learned, was the discoverer, and frightened half out of his senses he carried word of what lie bad seen to a saloonkeeper in East Chicago, who in turn notified Undertaker John Hubc-r. Through Mr. Huber the East Chicago police were notified. The man who first saw the body was waiting for his wife near the Gibson yards, at a point about half a. mile south of the river In Forysth avenue. "While there he stepped aside from the roadway. Into the underbrush which skirts the road. About ten feet back of the road, his cttentlon was attracted to the corpse, and without waiting to make an investigation, he set oft post haste to the saloon to tell of his discovery. SIRE IT WAS A MURDER. When Mr. Huber and the police arrived on the spot Indicated by the saloonkeeper in his telephone message, 'they son found the Polish man who -had discovered the body and ha led them to the scene of the discovery. Mr. Huber and the police are Arm in the conviction that the case Is not one of suicide. The former, in speaking of the circumstance this afternoon, said: "It would have been impossible for the man to have committed suicide In the manner and position in which he was found. He was hung low In a little willow sapling and yie twig that was twisted about his neck could not have caused strangulation. I am of the opinion that he was murdered and dragged to the thicket and an attempt made by his murderers to give the appearance of his having hanged himself to the tree. Their work was most clumsy, however. The body was resting full weight upon the ground. j The coroner has been notified. C011L DEALERS BUS' Report They Are Doing a Rushing Trade for This Season. The coal dealers all report that they are doing a remarkable business for this time of the year. The continued cold weather has resulted In the laying In of the winter supply of coal earlier than usual, and unless the cold weather gives way to a prolonged Indian summer there will be a larger amount of coal used this year for heating purposes than ever before. In fact, the coal man Is about as gleeful at the prospect as the Ice man was last summer, when the summer actually set In, and there Is every promise of a bitter cold winter. Last year the coal man had a tough time of It. The winter was so mild that there was little coal burned, but it is expected that he will more than make up for the loss this year. When you go to Gary, Ind., taXe a ride tn the free sight-seeing automobile of the United States Land Co.

0) ill in Thicket EXT Detroit, Mich., Oct. 15 A damn the young Plttaburg "Pheooni" crowned hid first year la a major league today with a halo of glory twlatlus the tigers tall into a thousand knots and all the B-yah'a of Baghey Jennings bunch were rattle. Bight to nix wa the final t score and Honua Wagner's Pl-rats are the World's Champions. The score by Pittsburg ..0 2020301 0 8 10 0 Detroit 00000000 0 0 6 1 Batteries: Pittsburg Adams, Gibson. Detroit Donovan, Mullin, Schmidt. Football. EAST. At Athnca Cornell 6, Fordham 12. At Syracuse CrUsle 14, Syracuse 11. At Cambridge Harvard 17, Maine O. At Princton Princtoa 8, Sewanee O. End of First Halt. At Hanover Dartmouth e, Williams O. Ead of First Half. At Philadelphia Penn. 11. Brown S. End of First Half. West Point Yale O. Wett Point O. End of First Half. U EST. At Chtengu Cliioago End of First Half. ". Illinois 0. North Side the Scene of Political Meeting This Evening at Which Present Mayor's Methods Will Be Handled Without Gloves. "'The North Side, Its Needs, Its Demands and Its Neglect at the Hands of the Becker Crowd of Political Ringsters" will be the subject of the speeches that will be delivered at the first republican meeting of the campaign, which will be held In a vacant store room, corner of Gostlln and Hohman streets, tonight. There will be some hot shot poured into Becker and his gang of political highbinders and by the time the speakers get through the crowd will know a thing or two about the way things have been conducted In Hammond during the past six years. They will be informed about the insatiable political ambitions of Mayor Becker which have made him throw every other consideration to the winds, except that of succeeding himself in office for a third term. They will be shown how the north side has been neglected and abused, and despite its natural advantages, has been held back by the Becker administration until property values are now the lowest in the city. Hot Time IManned. The meeting will be a slzzler, and there Is not a property owner or resident of the north side who should not be persent and lend his support to the efTort that is being made to free the city from the political octopus, whose tentacles are reaching out for more and more power. The Hohman street bridge, a disgrace to the city, which ia tolerated by the administration when a little effort would have induced the county council to build another. The bridge that Becker tried to repair wit!- nonunion labor until the carpenters?' business agent storped him will be pelnted to. The failure of the city of Hammond to compel the South Shore interurban line to build a depot, when Gary, with one-third the population Hammond has, was able to get a $30,000 depot. wiU also be spoken of. The north side has a bitter grievance against the city administration, and they will probably show Becker in the coming election whether they can be neglected with Impunity.

i FOR BECKER I0H i

From Poverty to Riches in 6 Years. (The Fourth Installment.) CWhen lawrence Becker eanie to Hammond in 1896 he was a poor man. CThe Times has stated that the records show him to be worth more than $100,000. CHOW DID HE GET? Cln the first story we showed his interest in the Porter county farm valued at $23,650. Cln the second story we showed that he and his relatives own the lion's share of the Becker-Tapper Realty company, which owns property conservatively, VALUED AT $64,800. Cln the third story we showed him to be the owner of 8.9 acres of land in the Standard Steel Car district valued at $18,000. CThis brings his total holdings, up to this writing to be $55,495. C0n Eimbach avenue, in Hammond, Mayor Becker has a beautiful home, consisting of lots 23 and 24 in Eimbach's addition to Hammond. The lots are 25 feet in width. This street is one of the prettiest in Hammond. Mr. Becker's residence is a handsome brick structure. In addition to these lots Mr. Becker owns an interest in lot 41, Commercial Club addition to Hammond, situated near the U. S. locomotive works. CA conservative estimate of these holdings is $15,000. CHowever, there is a mortgage of $4,000 on the Rimbach avenue property which Mr. Becker is USING WITH MUCH F0XINESS ON THE UNSOPHISTICATED VOTER. CWhen he meets anyone who asks him about his numerous holdings, he whips out the $4,000 mortgage and declares that EVEN HIS HOUSE IS MORTGAGED. CClever, eh? CSubtracting the mortgage from the $15,000 valuation, however, leaves a balance of $11,000, the equity on the property. CMr. Becker has also a splendid law library in addition, which is said by fellow-lawyers to be worth fully $2,000. CAdded to the $11,000 and the total of YESTERDAY'S HOLDINGS, $55,495, MAXES A GRAND TOTAL OF $68,495. CHow did he get it? Cln four chapters of the story of Mayor Becker's rise FROM A POOR MAN TO A POSITION OF AFFLUENCE, his total holdings reach the fat sum of $68,495. C Remember that this has come to him during the time he has been in Hammond. Remember that he has held public office for nine years of this period. CThe most interesting stories of Mayor Becker's acquisitions, however, are still to come. CWatch for the fifth installment how Becker came to Hammond a poor man, POSES AS A POOR MAN, and is in reality rich. CEvery voter in Hammond will read it.

"COME ON THE MOTIVE WHEE! IIS A BOY Papa K. C. Grcman Is Passing the Cigars This Morning. It's a boy! And papa Groman herewith announces the candidacy of his first hopeful for the nomination of mayof Boyville. He arrived at Dr. H. C. Groman's home, 26 Rimbach avenue, this morning at 10 o'clock, and tips the scale at nine pounds. Needless to add that being a doctor's son, both he and his mcther are well. Arriving at a time when the atmosphere is charged with politics, a movement for a local boy city, when the palm of the world's championship on the diamond is awarded, and Ketchel and Johnson about to change each other's maps, it is rather difficult just at the present time to say definitely wliich of these environments will have 1 le most stimulating influence on the youngster. Suffice It to say that th? father is inordinately proud, the added reason being that his is a son, while the other heads of families who grew chesty within the last few months point to a young lady. So if you happen to see Doc Groman taking extraordinary long steps these days, or run down a pedestrian while driving his machine forgive him, for his head I3 way up. And the cigars? Well, they are in keeping with the boy. xoTicn. We have 120.000 to loan on Hammond and Lansing Improved real "estate in small amounts. Get our price and terms before making your loan. LANSING STATE BANK, 10-12-6t Lansing, I1L

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POWER FOB THE EECKEE MACHINE.

PARENTS MEETINGS PROVE GRATIFYING Mothers Turn Out in Force to Hear Boyville 's Cause Extolled. PROMINENT ffiEH Gift TALKS Movement To Be City Wide and All Are Asked to Join and Eenefit. Comparison of notes by the promoters who have put their shoulders to tho wheel for the success of a Boyville in Hammond shows the parents' meeting's in the various schools last night to have been very gratifying. It was the mothers mainly who turned out to hear the evangel that is so promising for the boys of Hammond, and that may assure a new stepping stone In the up bringing of boys, not only in this city, but all over the country. If the thing is a success a year from now the eyes cf the country will rest on this cosmopolitan city, for what Is possible here is possible In any community which is of more uniform character. The mothers who left their work and children last night to go to the school In their various districts may consider themselves pioneers In this movement. Their presence was gratifying, ror it showed that they realized the

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Committee Appointed to Investigate McElroy Belting Co. Leaves Today. The committee appointed last Thursday night by the Hammond Business Men's association to investigate the McElroy Belting and Hose company of Chicago left for this city this forej noon to carry out their purpose. The committee appointed is composed of (Messrs. P. S. Betz, as chairman; Judge W. W. McMahon and Attorney A. F. , Knotts. The committee was accom panied by Otto Knoerzer, president of the O. K. Champion Machinery company, he being one of the most active members of the Hammond Inventors' and Investors' council. The McElroy Belting company Is now established in Chicago and is doing a good business there. If it finds the indorsement of the local men, its coming to Hammond will afford a good Investment for Hammond capital. meaning of the movement, and it is confidently hoped thf.t when the next meeting Is called that the attendance will be even larger. In each of the schools where meetings were held there were addresses by representative men of the city, who caught the idea end spirit, and when they had finished the parents were ask. ed to join in the discussion. The speakers called attention to the fact that tho movement is to be city-wide, that all the parents should be interested and that all the boys, rich and poor, and no matter of what religious denominations should be urged to Join in order that all may have an equal chance.

FUNERAL FROM HOUSE

Obsequies of Jacob Hoke Will Take Place at Late Hom3. Jacob Hoke, the Hohman street crossing watchman who was accidentally killed yesterday when he was struck by the Bouth-bound Erie No. 4, will be burled tomorrow afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the house, 28 Sibley street, under the auspices of Calumet lodge of Odd Fellows, Mr. Hoke having been a member of the Kendallvllle (Ind), lodge of Odd Fellows. The Dorcas Rebekahs will also attend the funeral In a body. Rev. J. E. Sharp of the Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be at Oak HU1 cemetery. Out-of-town members of the family are expected to arrive today two daughters coming from Kendallvllle, two sisters of the deceased from Avllla, Ind., and one from Archbald, O. Owing to the absence of the train crew yesterday the Inquest will not be completed until next Monday. Union Electricians' Grievance Is Mayor's Refusal to Consult Them on Appointment of City Officer; Picks His Own Sidekicker. Not only has the Building Trades' council a bitter complaint to make against Becker's ring methods, but the union electricians have a grievance that all of the political manoeuvering Becker can do from now until election will not square. Becker has an ordinance passed providing for the creation of the office of city electrician. Like most of the offices Becker has created they were made for the benefit of his political friends rather than the good of the city. This can be beautifully demonstrated. As soon as the Hammond electricians heard that the office was to be created a number of them. Including Fred Newell, went to the mayor and asked him to appoint a union man. As is Mayor Becker's custom, he had not asked the advice of the members (Continued on Page Five.) HES TP 00GT0RS Drs. Oberlin and Gilson From Hammond Land Honor. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 16. Dr. T. W. Oberlin and Dr. E. H. Gilson of Hammond were successful contestants from Lake county in the state medical examinations. The first announcement of the successful contests for county health, commissioners and city and town health officers, the examinations for which were recently held under the provisions of a new law, was made by the state board of health yesterday. The papers were distributed among the members of the board after the examination was completed and yesterday's meeting was the first that has been held since the tests were given. The board has not yet completed the examination of all the papers, and for that reason the names of all the eligible physicians who took the examination are not yet available. The papers were marked on a basis of 1,000 per cent, and 750 per cent was necessary for eligibility. The last legislature passed a law requiring all county and city health officers to pass an examination before receiving an appointment in tho health department of their municipalities. FUNERAL TOMQRROY7. Mrs. Laura Wohner Will Ee Buried at Oak Hill. Mrs. Laura Wolner, 11 Gostlin street who was found dead yesterday morning by her son Hugo with whom she made hr home, will be burled tomorrow afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery. Funeral services will be at the house at 1 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Dessmelr of the German Methodist church. Interment will be In the family lot.

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G.O.P. CLUB II SESSIOI

; Rousing Meeting Held by Junior Republican Organization Has Small But Enthusiastic Attendances Many Speeches Made. The members of the Young Men's Ha publican club had a rousing meetra last evening at the Lake superior 00 art house. There was not a large attend ance, probably not more than fifty of sixty members present, but the absence of numbers was compensated tor by the extra enthusiasm, and thosa present learned some things about Becker and . his administration that opened their eyes. There were ten or twelve speeches made and every speaker added soma new information for the use of tha campaigners to that which has already become public property, John Peterson told his hearers 08; the utter disregard the Becker admin-: istration has shown of the rights of tha people In his closing of streets In all sections of the city. He showed that Hammond's highways are blocked on all sides by railroad yards and shops and. by such buildings as the Erie Coal Storage plant Streets have been closed (Continued on page five.) TEACHERS ROLD MONTHLY INSTITUTE North and Calumet Township Educators Meet in Regular Session. AT CENTRAL SCHOOL, BLOG. Superintendent Heighway Unable to Attend, Principal love of Griffith Presides. Teachers of the North and Calumet township schools held their regular monthly institute at the Central school in Hammond this morning and went through an Interesting program. Sui perintendent F. F. Heighway was ex- ' pected to be up from Crown Point, but could not make connections. Mr. Love of Griffith, principal of the Highland schools, presided. The program for the day was as foN lows: FORENOON SESSION. 1. Opening Exercises Miss Martha; Schaaf. Followed by talk on "Teach-, ers Activity in Music Work in tha School. 2. Roll Call. All present. 3. Chapter 5 In Nature Study Miss 4. Chapter 6 in Nature Study Mlsa" Ruby Wilson. Followed by discussion on Causes for Day and Night and change of Seasons, based on statement In geography. Intermission. 5. Chapter 7 in Natnre Study Mr. Dollar. AFTERNOON STSSION. 1. Tlie Importance of Doing a Few Things Well as Compared with Doing Many Things Poorly Professor Avery, Tolleston. 2. The Art of Story Telling as an Aid to Teachers Miss Mathies. 3. Model fit sson in Gi-ammer Superintendent Heighway (omitted). 4. Address by Trustee Becker of North township (omitted on account of his absence). TO GET FIGHT ITEWS. Harrington - Parker Buffet Arranges fcr Returns. News cf the Ketcht .'-Johnson fjg-ht will be received at th new bu.Tet of Harrtnt n Parker and v;'l h one of, the features of tho jjrand o: -nlng that is to be held tonight. While Harrington and Parker's buffet has bt en open f'r tome time, the grand opening- will i ot take place until today. Thsro wil b a fine . roast beef lunch served and other jriod things t eat. The new b-jfTet is located on East State street in tha new building that has been br.iH by Dr. T. Edwin li.-U and is one cf t,he most up-to-date places on the street. Harrington pnd Parker also running a successful saloon ia Chicago.