Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 29 December 1909 — Page 1

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Wyittis hied ' PULLING WIRES DIVORCE

Friends of Ed. Simon Show Animus

Behind Attack on Democracy's Leader and Rally to His Aid

TERES Disgruntled Office Seeker . One Who Started Attack on Simon. With less than forty-eight hours left before the democrats of Lake county will nominate delegates to the Tenth district convention, to be held in Hammond on Jan. 5, the wire pulling in Lake county and all over the district, is at its height. Hammond is the center of activity, and here the only object seems to be to forestall any movement on the part of Ed. Simon, democratic county chair man, to enter the race for the-dis-j trict chairmanship, successfully. As far as the activities of Tom Knotts in Gary are concerned, it is apparent to everybody that Tom considers this the first opportunity to become a figure In the Tenth district and, therefore, his activity with the war cry for re-organization. My Btckw Sphinx. Mayor Becker.- who -couM, I f he desired, be- possibly the leading factor to dictate the chairmanship," has thus .far not done any open work one way or the other. Local democrats do not want to believe that he is working hand in glove with Tom Knotts and his sort of democracy, and while there is said to have been a strained political feeling between Mayor Becker and Ed. Simon, it is rather believed that he is neutral. Accepting this theory, the whole stir in Hammond is due to the activity of (Continued on page five.) Binzen and Scanlon Saloon Cases Are Ended in the Michigan City Court and Attorneys Now Are Anxious for Decision. The famous Binzen and Scanlon saloon cases, which have been in the courts since the remonstrance was circulated in Calumet township last May after which the county commissioners refused to grant licenses to the Gary men, were terminated today at Michigan City. Judge Harry B. Tuthill of the superior court heard the last of the arguments when Attorney Leonard of the plaintiffs finished his plea this morning. Quite a large crowd of interested Gary people Went to Michigan City yesterday to hear thi finish of the cases and the summary of the evidence. Those who heard the evidence and are Impartial In their judgment say it was impossible for them to determine how the case would terminate. "Among those who went to Michigan City were Sam Sax, Major John McFa'dden, Dr. F. A. Smith, George O Donnell, C. H. Ma(loney and Mike and Theodore Binien. 100 Witnesses Heard. Thre were no startling charges made on either side by the attorneys. Attorney Matthews took the floor at the opening of court yesterday morning and made an exhaustive review of the evidence submitted during the two weeks' trial of the case, in which was heard the testimony of over a hundred witnesses. Judge John H. Gillett followed for the saloon men and made a careful review of the case from their (Continued on page five.)

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WHAT ONE DEMOCRAT SAYS "Ed Simon isn't getting a fair show and a square deal. Some of the dirtiest work imaginable, is being done against him. A malicious article printed in a paper that professed to be friendly to him, has sent all over the district to knock him. Why? Simply because he refused to bpost its editor for the oil inspectorship. It is dirty politics and that's all I've got to say. Suppose Ed Simon, whom we all respect, saw fit to do this thing ? Suppose he wanted to show up some of the tactics that have been used in the democratic party in this county by some of its self-constituted leaders, what would it result in? Why it would result in the party being all shot

to pieces. . If Ed Simon told what he knew, why it would be split up into all sorts of cliques and everybody would have a hammer out for everybody else. I wouldn't blame him if he did, but he is too clean a democrat. Mr. Simon has a few friends, a good deal more than some of these soreheads that are fighting him because he won't use his position" to get them fat jobs- Governor .Marshall": knows this, and it won't do anybody any good here to throw the hooks into Ed Simon. The Times, even if it i3 republican, is the only daily that is giving Ed a square deal. If I were him, I would go after these fellows and show 'em up right. He can do it if he wants." A EMEND OF ED SIMON. C00IISEL11 WERE wen 'AT nnmiifj DT LU fll UHU.II1 I I. County Seat Folk Are Much Interested in Peculiar Court Tangle. 1 OS AFTER GETTING DEGREE Names of Other Women Are Drawn Into Mysterious Case Which is Being Tried In Chicago. ro n foini, ina., uec. za. crown Point people are much interested in the Counselman case, now the sensation of the Chicago courts. Clara French-Counselman, the young woman to whom Willis Counselman was married in Crown Point a few days after the wealthy broker had received a court decree divorcing him from his insane wife, was eliminated yesterday as the "woman of mystery" in the legal snarl that has followed quickly on the heels of the divorce and remarriage. It was not Clara French-Counselman who went to Kenosha, Wis., and there forged the name of Lula M. Counselman, the insane wife of the business man, to a receipt for a registered letter which was to have notified Mrs. Counselman that divorce proceedings were pending against her. This point was definitely settled at the continuation of the, hearing on the motion to set aside the Counselman decree before Judge Chetlain yesterday. And with the elimination of Clara French-Counselman from this end of the complicated case the "woman of mystery" become sever more of a mystery than ever. The names of two other women have ben drawn into the case. One is that of Lydia Cope, a female detective' once employed by Attorney Trackaberry in the Virginia Ro wden-Adrian C. Honore breach of promise suit. The other is the wife of Attorney Thackaberry, Counselman's lawyer In the divorce suit. Subpoenas have been Issued for both women. Both will be questioned before the present proceedings are finished. TEXAXT-HTTNT IJT THE TIMES.

Judge Reiter Gives Bill in Divorce Case, But Couple May Find Themselves in a Tangle Unless They Watch Their P's and Q's. Mr. and Mrs. "Wohrle have secured a divorce. It is called a "limited divorce," and about every limit that could be placed on a divorce is placed on this one. The only other divorce of the kind .granted in the Lake superior court is the one that was granted by Judge Harry B. Tuthill to Dr. and Mrs. Otto Negele. If you had the kind of a divorce that was granted to Mr. and Mrs. Wohrle you would find yourself in the following predicament: 1. You and your wife would be divorced for five years. 2. Even if you should "make up" you could not lawfully live together for five years without being married again. - 3. After five years you and your wife would- find that you were again married and would have a legal right to live together. 4. If in the five-year period you had decided to get a license and re-marry, at the end of that period you would find that you were bound by two wedding ceremonies. Would Be Married Twice. 5. If you married before the five-year period Is up and then decided to get a divorce after the five-year period was over the question would arise, "Would you not have to get two divorces in order to be legally separated from your wife?" It is a terrible tangle, and the chances are that the couple "will have to go to Judge Virgil S. Reiter from time to time for explicit instructions on the momentous subject, "How not to live together." Other provisions of the ' decree are that Mr. Wohrle must pay his wife $5 a week for the support of the children. Mrs. Wohrle is to have the custody of the children. Limited divorces, such as the one which w-as granted to the Wohrles yes terday, are only granted when, in the judgment of the court, th'i parties to the controversy are incompatible and it would be unwise to permit them to become involved in any other matri monial tangles. While there was no positive evidence introduced that Mr. Wohrle was attempting to secure a divorce for the purpose of marrying Mrs. Lena Schafer, the evidence tended to show that this is true, and the limited divorce will prevent Wohrle from accomplishing i this purpose if he Is disposed to do so STOP THAI & YEARS Captain Downing of the Monon in this city announces that the paper train which leaves Chicago at 2:45 a. m. on New Tear's morning will be stopped at Hammond. . This will give the Hammond people who may care to go to the theater and then go to one of the hotels or cafes to await the coming of the New Year a chance to get back home before morning. - In previous years those who went to Chicago on New Year's eve were compelled to return on the 12 o'clock Michi gan, just when the din of the bells and whistles was at its height, instead or remaining until the last dog was hung. A few Hammond people who expect to go to Chicago this year appealed to Captain Downing to see if this train could be stopped at Hammond, and he received word today that it would. BASKET-BALL Game to Be Played by H. S. Alumni. ! The members of the high school alumni who played basketball here when they went to school and who are now either at work or going to college ; will take advantage of the Christmas ; holidays to play the Hammond Athletic i association basketball team. j The game wil be played in the gym- : nasium of the Hammond Athletic as sociatlon tonight. The game should prove an Interesting one, for the rea son that ail of the players are well known locally. .

Lake County Men of Affairs

J A f AfcTCT .'J . W. B. VAN HORNE OF W. B. Van Home, prominently w politicians, has never sought an office. Lake county. He came to Indiana, Har and has built up a practice that might who has been for years a fixture In thl with every movement for the upbuild! in the strictest sense of the word, being Knights Templar. Knights of Pythias, member of the Commercial c jb of Ame also of the Commercial Clux auxiliary. Marshall Construction company, which land adjoining the Inland's property on Immense factory for the making of stru large interests. Old timers say that Hammond is experiencing one of the most remarkable cold spells in the history of the city. It has been colder than in years past. In fact, the mercury has gone as low as 20 below zero, but not in forty years has a cold spell begun so early in the winter and lasted so long. For nearly six weeks Hammond has been experiencing zero weather most of the time, and over a month of this cold weather occurred before Christmas. During the entire winter last yar, there were only a few days of zero weather and there have been years when there was no enow on the ground at Christmas time. The harvesting of ice has been going on for over ten days, and from present prospects the various ice companies will have harvested all the ice the houses will hold before the winter season is far advanced. This might mean cheap ice were it not for the fact that competition in this business is a MILLER BACK George Miller of this city, who has been studying law at the University of Michigan and who has been coaching the Ann Arbor high school team at the same time, has returned for the Christmas holidays. Miller will complete his law tudles at Michigan next June, and will then begin the practice of law in this city. Miller was looking about yesterday for a shingle and a place to hang it. IT CANT BE DONE Yet you might as well try to lift yourself by your boot, straps as try to keep up with the times without reading your home newspaper. By the way, come to think of it, wouldn't today be a good time to subscribe?

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INDIANA HARBOR 1th local politics, but who, unlike most is an attorney well known throughout bor in September, 1902, from Chicago be envied by many a pioneer lawyer s community. He has been identified ng of his chosen city. , He Is a "jlner" a member of the Masons, Shriners, Elks, Royal League, Modern Woodmen rica. Knights of the Maccabees and He is the attorney for the McCllntockrecently purchased the large tract of the canal, and which will soon erect an ctural steel, on the ground, and other IT, THE FORT! YEARS! thing of the past and ice prices are , maintained at trust figures regardless j of the quantity of the supply. Old Timer Talk. George A. A. 'Mason, one of the old timers in this region, said today that not in forty years has there been so much cold weather'early In the winter. Fred Rlmbach is of the same opin ion. Mr. Rlmbach said that there had , been colder weather, but not in his ' memory was there a winter when the cold weather began so early In the winter and continued for so long. The amount of snow fall is also larger, so far, than it has ever been before. It is estimated that the snow fall has been eight Inches deep on the level, and, of course, the drifts are deeper. While building operations were continued all last winter practically without interruption, there has been little building going on this year for prac- j tically a month. TEACHERS ATTEND IT The fifty-sixth annual session of the Indiana State Teachers' association is being held this week in Indianapolis, the convention opening today and will contiue through Thursday evening. A very Interesting program has ben prepared, touching on every phase of educational work. Lake county is well represented at the meeting. A. A. Hughart is a member of the executive committee. Prof. J. E. Roessler occupies the office of president of the modern language section. On Wednesday's program there will be a discussion of some needed school adjustments. In this connection Prof. Homer F. Black of the university manual training department id slated to speak on the. matters of the private school. President Brown is also in attendance. The college presidents w-ill have a distinct meeting of their own In which the question of needed legislation and other measures will be considered. TVO FEET OF SNOW Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 29. Nearly two feet of snow has fallen here since Christmas night. The Pennsylvania company had a force of two hundred men cleaning the snow from the yards here. ADVERTISE AICD tSAVI lit THE TTMEa. ADVKHT1S

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The Boyville citizens of Lafayette ward went on a hike to Gibson yesterday. They started from the Lafayette school at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and walked to the T. M. C. A. at Gibson. Here they were met by Secretary Mil ler, who turned the house over to them They became so interested in the games and in the place that they were com pelled to take the train back In order to arrive home in time for supper. The morning basketball game was played between the Riverside and Laf ayette wards, and the Score was 29 to 3 in favor of the Lafayette ward. The lineup of the two teams was as fol lows: Riverside. Lafayette, Robert Twlss c. Holland Stimpson Russell Burk rf Frank Delaney Chester Hilton If Cecil DeWolf John Harris rg.....Glen Dickover Jacob Brussel lg Ray Paffers City of Hammond Orders Police Patrol, Which Will Put Hammond, on a Par With Any City of Its "Size in the Country. A some what belated Christmas present came to the Hammond police de partment when the police commissioners announced that they had ordered a $2,50Q auto patrol from the Rapid Auto people in Detroit. The contract provides that the machine must be delivered by March 1. The company, however, promised to deliver it within five weeks, if possible. The machine is as good a one for the purpose as there is in the state. Ham.mond will be put on a par with Indianapolis for police service, and the local department will have realized a dream of years standing. The machine is of thirty-horse-power and runs easily twenty miles an hour. Its speed limit is about thirty miles an hour. The body of the machine Is of strong wire netting, strong enough to prevent any criminal from escaping. Ten people can ride in the cage, while two can use the seat. The whole cage can be lined on the inside with canvass, thus protecting the inmates against wind and rain. ion FROM- CITY Tommy Livingston is counted among the missing in Hammond today, he having taken French leave, several days ago. Physically Tommy, as he is known. Is in bad shape, but medical aid from the police department might have been forced upon him had he been willing to accept. He was taken in custody by the local police on the charge of having rifled a friend's pocket of two dollars while the latter was under the influence of liquor. When Tommy was brought to the station it was found that he was nearly a physical wreck. The police took pity on him and instead of putting him in a cell permitted him to lounge in their quarters and ordered a doctor for him. While waiting for the latter's arrival Livingston left the room under a pretense and departed for parts unknown. Cars Run Jan. 1. Attorney Frank Gavlt, of the Gary & Western railroad, today stated that such good progress is being made with the setting of the polise along the route of the road to Gary that the cars will be running to the city limits by Saturday. t He says he finds that the men are making good progress In spite of the cold and that nothing but colder than zero weather can stop the work now. ASTER TI SB fit TBI TIXEIi

DREAM REALIZED AT LAST

POLICE SHAKEUP EXPECTED

Rumor Has It That Officer Charles See May Again Be Made Desk Sergeant; New List of Changes Is Expected in Near Future. Although there appears nothing: oil the surface just at present that would indicate a shakeup in the local police department, a few changes here and there would not be a complete surprise. Chief of Police Austgen says, he knows nothing of any contemplated changes, or if; he does he is not saying anything. At any rate, these changes. If any are to come about, will be ordered from higher up, coming from Mayor Becker directly through the hoard of police commissioners. The board now has only two members. Messrs. Anton Tapper and George Drackert, they being democrats. As the shakeup, or rather shakedown, may affect only republican members of the department, their case rests entirely in democratic hands unless Mayor Becker sees fit to appoint a republican. In the place of Tom Swanton, who resigned three months ago. .The state law provides for the appointment of a bi-partisan board. Said to Affect -See- and DeBow. The change which is 6ald to be Imminent will, according to report, affect primarily the rank of Sergeant Louis DeBow and Officer Charles See. The latter is said to be slated for promotion to take the' place of Louis De Bow as night desk sergeant, while the iContinued on pi. go five.) Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Line Will Be Rehabilitated in Such a Way That Its Own Father Won't Recognize It. The fact that the new capitalization 01 tne Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line is to be $2,000,000 instead of $500,000, is an indication of what is to be done in the way of rehabilitating' the local line. It is a fact, generally known, that until the regime of A. L. Drum & Co., the Hammond, Whiting & Etst Chicago Electric Railway company stood, practically Idle. For years the road was allowed to run down, until two years ago the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line was the worst pieca of traction property in the Chicago district. After A. L. Drum & Co. took hold of the line a general program of rehablll. tation w-as adopted. The work was carried on slowly, however, owing ta the meager finances of the company. Abandon ACRrrel ve Policy. The urgent necessity for the rehabilitation of the line made an aggressive policy of railroad extt-nsion out of the question and while it would have been possible for the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line to have headed off competition and secured a practical monopoly in the region by the building of extensions to Indiana Harbor and Gary, the lack of capital made this impossible. The result was that this work of pioneering was done by the Gary 3c Interurhan line, the Chicago, Lake (Continued on Pa,je Eight.) CARDINAL SATOLLI NEAR DEATH (Special to The Times.) Rome, Dec. 23. Cardinal Satolll's condition took another turn for the worse today. His end Is believed ta be near. MRS. WILLIAM JOHNSTON DEAD Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 29. Mrs. William Johnston, aged 53, died suddenly at Chesterton yesterday. She was 'related to Senator Beverldge,

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