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Proceedings Will be Begun Shortly in Lake Circuit Court jELt , Crown Point
BRUCE IS IN CHARGE Three Distinct and Separate Accusations to Be Brought ' Against T. E. Knotts.
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 4. Special Prosecuting Attorney Otto J. Bruce of Crown Point, who was appointed to assist Prosecuting Attorney Charles Greenwald in the prosecution of the Gary blind pig cases, stated today that after the blind pig cases have yri disposed cf he would begin im-
If J SCHOOL
BACKER GETS PAPERS BUCK
D. Cree, Financial Backer of the Lincoln-Jefferson Law School, Recovers $100,000 Worth of Valuable Securities' Stolen From Him.;
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John F. Hayes, Private Secretary to Senator Beveridge Is Made Secretary and Committee Is Regarded as a Strong One.
According to Mr. Bruce the law provides that upon, the filing of an affidavit' charging malfeasance In of- - . - - - flee, the court must direct the official charged with this offense to appear in court within five days, where he must be tried by the court, without a Jury, and either be impeached or vindicated. HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE. ,
"When asked If he thought he had
enough evidence to impeach MJfyor Knotts, Attorney Brucella very posi
tively that he thought he had. He stated that Mayor Knotts had acted contrary to his sworn duty when he failed to suppress the blind pigs in
Gary, when he knew them to exist.
The second charge that will be
brought against Mayor Knotts is that he had no right to Interfere with the courts or to attempt to obstruct the
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TIMES BIREAU, AT STATE CAPITOL. Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 4. E. M. Lee, who was elected chairman of the republican state committee at the Claypool hotel yesterday afternoon, has lived in Lawrenceburg, Ind., for twentysix years. He is married and has one daughter twenty years old. He was elected mayor of Lawrenceburg In 1895,
l and served for two years. At different
times tie has served as a member of the school board and of the city council. At present he Is a special revenue collector. Meeting Harmonious. The meeting of the state committee was harmonious in every respect, and Mr. Lee wes elected without opposition. Henry. W. Bennett of the seventh district was elected vice, chairman without opposition, .and John Hayes, private secretary . to Senator Beverldge, was chosen secretary, , and Frank D. Stal-na,kr--at IndlanapQlis was T reelected treasurer. All, of these men-made short speeches thanking the committee for
net declaring thaUiy were
PILLS SHUT DOll FOR LACK OF COAL
(Special to Thb Timss.) East Chicago, Ind., Feb. 4. Every department In the Republic mills was shut-down this morhing on account of the coal supply. Coal is expected to arrive today and if It does arrive the employes of the mills will be pat back to work tonight. ' J'.' ' TheJast order for coal was delayed in some way and after working about an hour this monning the coal Supply ran out, causing the temporary closing of the mills. As soon as coal can be secured the work in the mill will continue. '
CHALLENGE Any: team
IN STATE
The Baptist Athletic club of this city are having a hard time in trying to schedule games around this part, of the region, as they have defeated everything in the county. The management of the club are doing everything possible to try and arrange a game with some of the best teams in South Bend and other towns in northern Indiana. Today the team issued a challenge to any team. In Indiana. Any team wishing a game from the champions- can easily arrange it toy addressing G. Morganau, 5 Doty street. V. -
Saloonkeeper Attacked on Street and Badly Beaten; South Bend Man Found Half Unconscious Near Hotel Carleton.
. There was a regular young carnival of. crime In Hammond last Wednesday night, but owing to the fact that the police suppressed the facts they did not become public until this morning. The victims of holdups were Nick Krost, proprietor of a saloon in 402 East State, street, who was held up by two men and badly beaten, and an unknown man from South ' Bend, who' was found in the vicinity of the Carleton hotel, so badly beaten that he did not know where he was. The case of the South Bend man is probably the most interesting, t Manager P. M. Riley of the Princess theater was on his way to the Carleton hotel when he noticed a man crying. Two other men were with him and they remarked that he had been "sloughed" over in West Hammond. ' Reported to Police. Riley went into the hotel and reported the matter. A number of men in the hotel went outside to find out what was the matter and discovered that the man had fallen into the snow and lay there half-unconscious. Both' his coat a.p.d his overcoat had been removed and his fsgoe and head were so badly beaten thathe was hardly recognizable. ' . "Thie police were notified and; took the half-tunconscious man to the police station.! Here he was found to.be so dazed that Vie could not .give a proper account
of hlaiself. j First he stated thatjhe-was
he
BULLDOG
ATTACKS
A
LITTLE GIRL
Had it not been, for the arrival -of George P. Stout it is likely that a vicious bulldog would" have killed "the ,iUlfr4&hterotJIurrumpher, who was on hsr way home from school. Mr. Stout was in hts coal office at Sohl street, near the Nickel Plate tracks, when he noticed that a large bulldog was making repeated jumps at the throat of a little girl, 'who was doing her best to keep him away. The child was screaming at the top of her voice, and Mr. Stout happened to see her just in time to arrive at her side after the dog had knocked her over. He managed to pick up the little girl and took her Into his coal office. She was almost hysterical with fear. The dog followed Mr. Stout to the coal office and tried to get In. In the meantime a boy came along and the dog attacked him. The boy got away by jumping upon a lumber pile.' Another little girl came along and the dog attacked her. Officer Shine was sent to the scene from-the police station. Henry Prohl, however, had a shotgun and soon killed the dog. A barber by the name of Walker was bitten by the dog before he was kiHed. It is not known whether or not the dog had the rabies.
of tie UmcolHrJenersuw ... , , ... r
oi Hamraona, is congratulating mmseii ; , , w,,t : tWu- .xl,e "Sid
upon the restoration of valuable pa- distrlct was the tempt'' bl0 5etary.
pers wnicn naa neen stolen ana wnicn Th meetinr was callecP fd .'order by
In their amount represented a fortune.. Fre. . slms who waa ihe acting chair-
One hundred thousand dollars in an of the reDUblican state committee.
bank and other corporation certificates, The name Cf Mr. Lee was presented by
life insurance policies and other valua- F j Stultz. Mr. Bennett s name was ble papers, stolen about six weeks ago, brought forward by Edgar Durre of the
were accidentally unearthed yesterday nrst district, and Mr. Hayes' name was
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WHITING CITY DADS NO SPOILSMEN
h. iit.t JXT:-TA . I i ' 5 '.T. rr."T" r-y" -il. I from fRosiM f :t fn h saJfl
v pl. Alvla Young wa.s called and took
:. (Special to Thii Times.)
Whiting, Feb. 4. The Whitlhg city
administration with a democratic mayor and three republican aldermen did not go on record in favor of the spoils system as far as the police department Is concerned. At an adjourned meeting of the council yesterday afternoon the men on the old force were re-appolnted. The council reconsidered its action in asking for the resignation of the members after having received assurance from the various policemen who were slated to go that they had done their dqfty in the
past and that they will continue faithful In the future, the recommendation of the councllmanlc police board to tc-"-tain them was accepted. Salariea Are Raised. It Is significant, however, that the police board was composed of two republicans, being Councilman Paskwleix, chairman, and Councilman Tipton; while the democratic member was Councilman
Ougcan. Of the six officers who wert
lated to go five are republicans. Those
retains: their places are Clay Collins
as resk sergeant. William Emmel, P. J.
Mullaney, Dave Plnkerton, James Vac ha . and John Hughes, all being republicans with the exception of Mullaney. Their
(salaries were also increased five dollars a month, Collins receiving S5 as desk sergeant, while the others receive $75
patrolmen.
N- other business was taken up at
this session of the council.
afternoon in a treasure den under a rear stairway at S 41-51 Dearborn street, !
Chicago. The valuable papers were con- J tained in a battered and insignificant looking tin box, such as .the disciples of j
Izaak Walton might use for , fishing ; tackle. " !
The treasure was found by Harry
Reese, a pressman, working for the
Publishers' Press, while he was In search of some stolen copper plates belonging to his firm. - He notified Mr.
Cree of his find and the latter lost no time In rushing from his office to the office of the Publishers' Press, where his fortune lay. The finding of the stolen stocks puts an end to an exhaustive search by Chicago detectives," which has been 'going on for nearly a month. It is just a month today since Mr. Cree, returning to Chicago from California; missed his treasure and at once notified the police, who have been quietly searching for the stolen property since that time. The tin boXi which Is about a foot long and about eight Inches wide and five inches high, was kept In- the vaults of the Cree Publishing company, on the fifth floor of the Harvester huilding, ?34
Michigan . avenue. In discussing the
theft last night, Mr. Cree said: "I believe the box containing the par
pers was taken from the vault while I was in California during the holidays.
The door fthe Vault , opens Into the
hall, and I suppose that the thief was prowling along tire hallway while some member of the office force was taking
books out of the vault. It is likely that the door was lft open just long enough to give the thief time to enter and steal the box. When I .discovered the theft I notified the police,. but they found no clew, and I was beginning to think that I would never see any of the papers again. "Of course, the theft worried me a good deal, but I kept very silent about It. You can well imagine that I was relieved when I heard that the box had been found. AH the papers were recov
ered. Some of them are mutilated, but they are all right anyhow."
presented by D. teenth district.
D. Bates ofth e thlr
A committee conslst-
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gymnasium. A efi.oi.c".j. -nr-ftul
to arrange ' a. game with the Craw.
fordsvllle team, to be played at the
Baptist club's gymnasium, on State
street, tomorrow night.
The next definite, game which the
Baptist club have scheduled is with the Bessemer Park team of South Chicago.
The game is to be played Feb. 12, . at the Baptist club rooms, on State street.
The last game between these teams ended with a victory for the Baptist club by a margin of but one point.
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TAPPER TAKES FORCIBLE
POSSESSION Of BIDS. aaaBaaaaaaaaaa ; f -. . "
Contractors Start to Pre
pare New Home for Hammond Savings & Trust.
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County Central fciman of Democratic Party Puts the Kibosh on Story That He Wants to Be Sheriff of Lake County.
The Gary Evening Post, which has penchant fop bringing out political can didates, has added another to its Hat. Recently it brought out Homer J. Cam because the' latter' was gracious enough to grant the Post the use Of his press. That was a case of a democratic paper boosting "a republican editor. Two days ago the Post brought but Ed. Simon of Hammond, democratic county chairman, as candidate for sheriff on the demo cratlc ticket. That was a case of a democratic paper "knocking" a good democrat.' The whole is as clear as day light when It Is remembered that the Gary Evening Post is controlled ,, by one Thomas E. Knotts, political side kicker of one Lawrence Becker -of Hammond. - . Simon Ieiilea Report. "There Is nothing farther from my mind than to become a candidate' for sheriff." said Mr. Simon when asked about his aspirations. "I do not know who any. of the candidates on the deriveera tic ticket will beAV 5 With the balance of power, in Lake county so distributed that It becomes almost' necessary for the democrats to draft their candidates it is a trifle early
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UOilOiOD GARY
East Chicago O. E. S. Has a
Great Time Last Night at Party..
(Special to Thb Times.) ,
Charleston, N. C, Feb. 4, 2 p. m. The local wireless station here today picked
up a message from the steamer Kentucky, owned by the Alaska-Pacific
Transportation , company, which is en route on her maiden voyage from Tsew York to the north Pacific coast. The message declared, that the vessel had
spring a leak from some unknown cause and was sinking thirty-one miles
from Cape Hatteras. The "Alamo of
the Mallory line reported that she had
heard the message and would go to
the assistance of the Kentucky, "
There are thirty-five persons aboard
the vessel, which is an old Joy liner,
and which was recently sold to the
Alaska-Pacific Transportation company.
WALTHAM PAVED
Street Will Be First to Improved This Year.
Be
Waltham street, or rather that- por
tion of It which lies betwen Hohman
street and State Une streets, is one of the first which will be paved this spring, the board of public works . at
its meeting this morning havings ac
cepted plans and specifications for the same. Property owners have until Feb.
23 to remonstrate.
Plans and specifications were also
adopted for the Highland street, pave
ment, the Erie railroad having deeded
an eight-foot right of way across its
tracks.'
GOOD BASKEE6ALL
GAME FOll TOHIGHT
Tonight is the occasion of the basketball game between the Crawfordsville high school team and the team representing the Hammond high school. It is expected that those who enjoy a good game of basketball will turn out to see the game, for it is doubt'ul If there will be a better team In the :ity this winter.
The Crawfordsville boys have the game down to an exact science and are expectedto win from the local aggre
gation. The question Is merely one of
keeping down the. score.
The Hammond boys are ambitious.
however, and it is expected that they will play to win. The game will be
played in the high school gymnasium.
The Hammond Savings & Trust com
pany now has possession or jviai con
ey's old . saloon, and today the contractors are busy ripping up the boards
In the place and making it ready for
occupation by the bank. Anton H Tap
per took forcible possession this morn
ing. .... .
The officials of the Hammond Sav
ings & Trust company say that if Mat Boney has a grievance it is against the brewery. They claim that they have had
a lease on the place he occupied for
several months.
They claim that Boney has twice been arlven notice by A. H. Tapper to
vacate the place, following the ex
Di rat ion f his lease, and that he has
assumed that the McAvoy Brewing Co.
would see that he retained possession
of the place. ,
It is understood that the McAvoy
Brewing company had the lease on the old Tapper block, and naturally when this company was asked to vacate to permit the Hammond Savings & Trust
Co. to occupy the building, Mr. Tapper
rave the brewine company a lease in
his" new building.
In the meantime it is said that Mr.
Boney tried to get the new lease lnde
tendentlv of the brewery. Failing In
this he delayed until the lease was fin ally granted to the brewing company.
(Special to The Timeb.)
East Chicago, Ind., Feb. 4. There
was work at the East Chicago chapter of the Eastern Star last night, a class of eight candidates being put through their paces amid a general festive time.
The candidates included residents of
Gary and Hammond, four of them ba
ng from the former town, two from the
latter and two mo from East Chicago.
They were Mr. and Mrs. James Sprowls
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eason of
Gary, John Stafford and MISs Lytta Mc.
Mahon of Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Jones of East Chicago.
Following the Initiatory work there
were refreshments, a uutcn luncneon
having been provided for the occasion
This was served by a committee com
posed of Mrs. William Meade, Mrs. J. G.
Allen, Mrs. Burt Clapper, Mrs: T. J.
Phillips. Mrs. L. D. Williams, Mrs. E.
Jacob and Mrs. Massman.
There were a number of out of town
visitors who dropped In quite unex
pectedly, the visitors coming from Ho
bart, Hammond and Gary. Luncheon
was served to- sixty-eight and during
the xourse of the evening Mrs. Abe Goodfrlend sang a solo, her selection
being "O, Promise Me."
CONKEY ONE OF
THE CREDITORS
(Special to Thb Times.)
Chicago,. . Feb. 4. Among the fou
hundred creditors of Lapp & Flersheim
Lhe big Jewelry firm which went into
bankruptcy , the other day, is W. B.
Conkey. the Hammond publisher. Hi
claim against the jewelry firm
$4,857.
state IZiitcml Association steers LLty c Liquor Question, But It Wants to See Governor the Next President.
TTTSTATION.
' ,tikv:
HICK LYfIGH IS
ELECTEDPBE5IDEIiT
East Side Improvement As
sociation Holds Annual Business Meeting.
TIMES' BtREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, ind., Feb. 4. The Indi
ana Democratic Editorial association, in session here, today passed strong reso
lutions booming Governor Thomas li. Marshall for the democratic presidenti
al nomination. Senator B. F. Shlvely was given an indorsement, as well as
the democratic congressmen.
The editors, however, handled the liquor question like a red-hot coal and
steered shy of it altogether, refusing to take any stand whatever on the
question. ....... The following officers were elected President Clay W. Metsker, Plynv outh.
First vie president S. Paul Poynter,
Sullivan. j . .
Second vice president Frank Gwinn,
New Albany. Secretary C J. Arnold, Greencastle.
Treasurer A. C Hind ley, Manches
ter.
Members, of the legislative commit
tee chosen were:
First district G. H. Hasen Boon-
vtlle. . Second George R. Griffin, Spencer. . Third I M. O'Bannon, Corydon. Fourth- W. T. Gobden, Lawrence burgv " Fifth W. A. King, Danville.
Sixth John Deprez, Shelbyvllle.
Seventh Millard Cox, Indianapolis.
, Eighth A. D- Moffett, El wood.
r Ninth R.- P. Carpenter. Noblesville.
, .T Tenth -J. P. Simms, Montlcello. Eleventh E. E. Cox. Hartford City.
Twelfth Thomas Bresnahan, Fort
Wayne. u Thirteenth H. F. Schrlcker, Knox.
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Indiana - Michigan League
. Was Perfected Yesterday Afternoon at Gary C. It. Woods Is Made Secretary v of Organization. ?
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IF YOtJ ARE A POOR LETTER
WRITER, SEVD THE TIMES TO TOCH
1T.IE.VDS 'HO LIVE OCT OF TO WV
The announcement that the meeting of the East Side Improvement association last night was to be featured by a smoker brought out a good attendance, one of the largest, .in fact, that the association has ever had. The meeting was held in the Gomitz hall, and after the election of officers for the ensuing year, no attempt was made to take up any-other ' business."- '"' " The following officers were elected: President Nicholas Lynch. Vice president J. C. Harlan. Secretary H. F. Millies. Treasrer James Bilby.
SAYS GUS IS A DISSAGREEABLE H!l
Hammond's divorce attorney. Judge William H. Sickman, has brought another of his famous suits for a divorce. The complainant is Sarah E. Hertning, and she has brought the action against her husband, Gustav Henning. That Mr. Henning was so disagreea
ble that it was-impossible to live with
him, is the burden of Mrs. Hennlng's
complaint. She. claims that her hus
band would sit for days without speaking to her, and she being a sociable
creature simply could not stand It. ,
The complaint states that the couple were married in Chicago July 17, last
year, and that they were separated Jan.
. 1910.
The Indiana-Michigan baseball league
perfected their organisation yesterday afternoon at a meeting at 'Gary, and it is now assured that nothing can stand.
in the way of organised baseball for this section of the country for the next season. The permanent officers were elected as follows: , President1 Senator Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart. - Secretary Carroll R. Woods, Gary. Treasurer F. A. Marshall, Niles Mich. r . The meeting was most successful in point of attendance and work accom-. plished. All of the cities which have been ofTered franchises were repre-i sen ted except Michigan City,- and the representative from that place was absent on account -of - sickness. Those present at the meeting, besides the officers elected,- wepei Fred Dresch of Goshen, Charles Billings of Hammond, Sam Sax of Gary, and William C. Kunert of .Tolleston. , - Reported Enthusiasm. ( Every . representative reported ' that
the fane in -their "towns had becomevery enthusiastic over the league proposition, and that the support of the-
leaders among them who have been interviewed has been promised to the fullest extent.
The meeting was called at 3 o'clock . in the. Gary, hotel. The report of the committee on becoming members of the national association was to thee effect that the league would be admit- . ted under class D. This will give the managers every protection that every other team In the country now enjoys, under the . national . commission. -The acceptance, 'Of the constitution and bylaws was -deferred until the next meeting. ; .' . Qnenttona D1iUMted. The question of taking in two more teams and making it an eight-club league' was also considered, nd the secretary -was -Instructed to write to other cities Inviting them to be repre-
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Q'S TAKIXG THE TIM EST
THE TIMES CAX GET YOU A GIRL.
Infant Son Dies. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wood, ITS Clinton street, was buried this afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery. The child di?d yesterday afternoon. ' '"'