Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 198, Hammond, Lake County, 9 February 1911 — Page 1

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EDITION .VOL. V., NO. 198. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers I OhU Copy.)

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People of North and Calumet Townships Will be Given Opportunity To Make Their Wants Known

(Special to Thb Time) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 9. The county commissioners late yesterday afternoon decided to put over the consideration of the question of building the cross county road for 30 days. This decision was reached on the suggestion of. Attorney Peter Crumpacker who said that in that time the people of northern part of the county could come to some definite conclusion as to what they want. SCHAAF WANTS MEETING. County Commissioner Richard Schaaf Pr., who comes from the northern part of the county, made the fact known to his fellow commissioners yesterday that the rising tide of indignation In the teritory he represented would not permit him to support the viewers in the selection of the material for the cross county road. Schaaf said that he would stand for what he believed his constituents want MEDICAL SOCIETY . TO JEET IN GARY Lake County Doctors Flock to Gary Hotel For ' "Eats." ' The Lake County Medical society is scheduled to meet this evening at the Gary hotel in Gary. A table d'hote dinner will be served at 6:30, after which the following program will be carried out: "Diagnosis and Treatment of Psoriasis" R. E. Hale, East Chicago. "Diagnosis and . Differentiation of Eczema" W. E. Greenwald, Indiana Harbor. "Tics" J. A. Graham, Hammond. General discussion led by J. W. Iddings of Merriilville. W. E. Putnam of Whiting and T. W. Oberlin of Hammond. MARRIAGE LICENSES. (Sperial to Tub Timks.) Crown Point. Wid., Feb. !. The following marriage licenses have been Issued here: Cledry R. Ogden, Chicago; Clara Hamilton, Chicago. John Honororeak, Gary; Marie Stoica, Gary. Vincentz Croptza. East Chicago; Sofia Nocek, East Chicago. Thomas Flaherty, Chicago; Anna Homley, Chicago; Grover Emond. Chicago; Mae Stitcher, Chicago. Hamilton Cox, Albany, N. Y. ; Elizabeth S. Klnncan, Albany, N. Y. Oscar D. Lottinvllle. Whiting; Nellie .G. Bague, Urbana. 111. Frank W. Beach, South Bend; Grace Nichols, Lowell. William J. Rouhselange, Crown Point; Anna M. Koes, Hanover Center. British Chancellor Is Seriously 111. i. v x - J 1 s ' n DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE.

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and for that reason he was In favor of letting the matter go over for 30 days until the wishes of the citiens of the three north townships could be ascertained. . BrRDEX OX VIEWERS. Schaaf wanted to make it clear that

it. is the viewers and not the county commissioners who are responsible for the selection of the material of which it was proposed to build the cross county road. The viewers. It is true, are appointed by the county commissioners and may have been Influenced previous to their selection by some one interested in a particular paving material but they are supposed to be honest and unbiased in their work. The viewers consist of the county engineer( who happens to be "W. F. Bridge as this project was commenced before Ray Seeley took up his duties as county surveyor) and two freeholders who reside outside 01 tie township in which the road is to be built. Section 68 of the acts of 1905 under which the county commissioners are Millionaire Philanthropist Makes Handsome Dona tion to Twin Cities, and Both Towns May Have Libraries. (Special to Thb Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Feb. 9. Forty thousand dollars has been appropriated for the building of either one or two libraries, as the library board may di rect. A letter was received at the last Meeting of the library board, held night before last, from the secretary of Andrew Carnegie, stating that $40,' 000 had been appropriated, this to be spent on a single building, or to be divided Into two funds, $20,000 to be made available for a building in Indi (Continued on page 8.) FIVE LIVES (Special to Thb Times.) St. John. Ind., Feb. 9. Mesdames Ben Berg and Peter Thlel and children met with what might have been a serious accident several days ago while on their way home to St. John from a visit with Mrs. Thiers parents, south from here. 'While nearing St. John they met Mr. Wehner of Crown Point with his automobile. The horses took fright by the flopping of the side curtains of the car and ran away. The occupants were thrown out and the top of the carriage torn off, while the two ladies and children were in a perilous condition for a time. By good luck all got off without any injuries, with the exception of a few scratches. The runaway horses was caught later a few miles from St. John, still hitched to the battered up vehicle. . Billy Now a Cop. William Stapleton, a former Hammond boy and who was employed on the old Hammond Tribune ten years ago, is now a member of the "finest". In Chicago, being stationed at present on the corner of Clark and Washington streets in Chicago's Rlalto. It is reported that he is to wed a wealthy Chicago girl next spring, and his Hammond friends are pleased to hear of his success. K CLEAN PAPER. FIT FOR TOUR CHILDREN TO READ IS THE TIMES.

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Naomi Anstey. Miss Naomi Anstey, whose engagement to Honorable Wilfred Egerton, son of the Earl of Ellesmere, has been announced, is one of the beautiful women of London. She Is the daughter of Colonel Anstey and Is a talented musician. i

1911 to be Bull Year and May End in Boom, Declares John W. Gates

BY JOHN W. GATES. Yes, 1911 will be a bull year. By that I mean a bull period not only in the financial district, but in all commercial lines.. . Pay; no attention to bearish stock exchange gossip on the steel trade. I know our company, the Republic Iron & Steel organI3','?n, i. operating to 88' per cent capaeltyaBd! twnawre-yoa ilrat"ueiwl'Owportion has for three weeks iast worked to 80 per cent of capacity. And the steel and iron trade is typical of other industries. Business is good. It will soon be excellent. By the end of the year I should not be . surprised to see a boom. Securities have been advancing for the simple reason that they have been ridiculously low. They should continue to advance because they are worth the money. With Intervals of natural reactions I look for a bullish year throughout 1911. My favorites? Practically all the standard rails and ipdustries. They are cheap, including Steel common, Union Pacific, Atchison and the Hill properties. Among the growing properties I may mention the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. "Katy" Is a good road, efficiently managed, and with Hawley in control its prospects are brilliant. ,

Bill Passes the House. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. The bill providing for two additional judges for the Hammond court paused the House thin afternoon by a vote of 88 to 3. The bill baa gone to the Senate. GRAND JURY ADJOURNED YESTERDAY The session of the grand Jury which was expected to last for at least five or six weeks . adjourned In the Lake superior court at Hammond Wednesday after having been out for only two weeks. While no authentic information has been received, . it is understood that only three indictments have been returned. These are for crimes and misdemeanors of which the general public already has cognizance. The adjournment of the grand jury came as a surprise to even the court attaches, excepting, of course. Judge Reiter and Prosecuting Attorney C. E. Greenwald. It is thought that the adjournment may have been only temporary and that this inquisitorial body may retain its present personnel and meet at some future date. It Is known that W. C. Harding, W. H. Olds, Thomas Buckley, Monroe Schock and Dr. Robinson, all of East Chicago, were called before the grand jury to testify in some cases of alleged graft. Whether the grand Jury found nothing in these charges or will meet at a later date to take up the consideration of alleged crookedness in street paving in Kast Chicago is purely a matter of speculation. Cases in Superior Court. 7151 Frederick W. Sauer vs. Pennsylvania Co., et al. Appeal. 7152 Julia Wirtz Drackert et, al vs. John D. Wirtz et al. Partition. 7153 Simon P. Grebner vs Simon P. Grebner. Petition to sell real es-

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THIN FROM GAR, UNHURT

George Murphy, a lineman working for the Chicago Telephone company in J Gary, fell from a Gary & Interurban car when it suddenly rounded a curve Just east of Hammond, and that he survived the accident is the marvel of those who saw him fall. The car was going at a good clip w-hen It hit the curve and Murphy, who Is said to have been somewhat intoxi cated, was thrown out backwards. An eye witness of the accident said it sounded like the falling of a ton of j brick when he hit the ground. "The car backed up and several of; CContinued on page 8.) STATE BOARD APPEARS Iti EAST CHICAGO One of the sensational developments in the graft probe in East Chicago is the falct that the state board of accountants appeared in East Chicago unexpectedly today and have asked to make a thorough investigation of the books of the city. A number of these books are said to have been used as eidence in the recent meeting of the grand Jury at Hammond and It was necessary for City Clerk Walter Spencer to send over to Hammond for them. Located in Valpo. '.The two runaway boys from Warsaw. Ind., one of whom was the son of the chief of . police, Charles Moon, and for whom the Hammond police were looking yesterday, was located in Valparaiso yesterday. They were found stowed away in a Pennsylvania box car in which the were bound for Chicago,1

A CHALLENGE.

The Hodcarriers' local. No. 41, of Lake county, has this day-deposited a certified check of $100 with tha Gary Evening Post to be donat.I to any charitable institution in Lake County named by the editors of Thb Times and Post, if any person o persons can prove by the evidence of the following contractors, who are in most cases members of the Employers, Builders and Material Men's association and who have done business here since Gary's Infancy, that the wages of hodcarriers and building laborers have increased 50 per cent from 1908 to 19 U, as the committee of the Commercial club reports. J. Bier wagon. J. H. McClay. , George Pearson. Ben Roop. Eric Lund. , T. Daegling. E. T. Palmer. Kisselbach Co. . Callahan & Schock. C. Cronin. : Gallagher & "Williams. v William Ahlborn. McNulty Co. E. T. Spoor. The Cole Co. The Hyde Co. The Busse Co. The Naylor Co. T. Rlcketts Co. II. Hall. (Signed) H. P. SMITH, President H. C. L, No. 41, of Like County. CLUB PROBE PUTS BLUE LE Gary Commercial Club's Industrial Committee Assert 42Jlmployej:: Other Recourse Than to Declare Open Shop. SOME PUNGENT POINTS IN COMMERCIAL CLUB'S COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUILDING COSTS HAVE RAISED. 1. To an ngreed Increase In wage scales. 2. To aa Increase In cost of certain lines of materiel. 3. Restrictions as to output of labor, together with other requirements of certain crafts. 4. Inefficiency of labor In certain crafts. FOR ORIGINAL TROIBI.ES. "The ColIlns-McNulty faction of electrlclal workers have contributed largely, both directly and Indirectly, to these disputes, and It vras through their conntant and unreasonable demands and requirements that the electrical contracts were finally compelled to bring In the Reld-Murphy faction of electrical workers." URGE THE "OPEN SHOP." "VVe, therefore urge the Commercial elub to apolnt a special committee on Industrial conditions to tnke an active part in the present trouble, and to do all things necessary and expedient for the observance of open shop principles in this city, whose duty it shall be to keep the club Infoormed as to Industrial conditions here, thus Insuring; to the investor freedom from the machinists of the unscruloun labor leader and the annoyance of the over Industrious and highly technical business agent, ct the same time affording the honest man and honest day's pay for an honest day's work as well as procuring for him jnst treatment, yet freeing him from bearlnjc the burden of the dispute of others not directly his own." Blame for the present labor strike In Gary Is placed upon the shoulders of the Collins-McNulty faction of the international electrical workers union and the responsibility for the increased cost of building in Gary which makes construction in the steel city higher than it Is in Cicago s laid upon the arbitrary action of some of the unions, their increase in wages and their al(Continued on page Ave.) Funeral Held Yesterday. The body of Mrs. James Melser of Towle street was sent to Tippecanoe for burial yesterday. Services were held at the home in the forenoon by the Rev. W. F. Switier of the Mtrtodist church. The pall bearers were George S. Pearson. Paul Koenig. Ed Melser, James Bellby, Jesse Moriarty and H. Millies. Resigns His Job. J. T. Seward, 76 Plummer avenue, has resigned his position with the Nickel Plate railroad as special officer, and went to. work for the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad.

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F IS (Bt'LLETIX.) From the situation aa revealed In the Superior Court this afternoon It look as If the payroll cane wil go to the jurr tomorrow. It has been demonstrated as a result of evidence which was introduced in the Lake superior court, in Hammond, -that the payroll frauds have cost the Indiana Steel company over $100,000. It is believed that had they not been discovered when they were the amount might easily .have reached a half a million dollars in a very few months. The stupendous size of the( thefts, which were made possible by carrying straw men, dead men and missing men on the pay rolls, are only beginning to be appreciated by the outsider. It is now apparent why the Indiana Steel company is making every effort to bring the guilty parties to justice; why high salaried men are taken from their work and spend days at a time waiting to testify in the case. . At first it was thought that the frauds did not involve more than $10,000, then the amount mounted to $25,000, and now that the prosecution has Introduced most of its evidence involving the' amount of the frauds it becomes apparent that over $100,000 is involved. The prosecution declares that it has evidence enough to convict Charles Bloomhoff, now on trial. The defense on the other hand states that most of the evidence so far involved John Cald well and not the defendant who is on trial. The trial of these payroll cases has been going on for over three weeks and prospective date of its conclusion is being extended from time to time, until it is not known when the case will go to the jury. ' James Dickey of Shelby, a well known citizen there and the father of Clyde Dickey of Indiana Harbor, ap peared before Proseucting Attorney C, E. Greenwald today and complained of the alleged action of Officer John Weifenbach In brutally assaulting youn Dickey. According to the story that was told by the elder Dickey, his son was arrested on tho charge of being intoxicated. He was taken to the police station, where it is said that Dickey made some "fresh" remarks to the officer. Instead of reporting the matter at the trial of the case. Officer "Weifenbach is said to have struck Dickey in the nose with such force that the nose was broken. Dickey was floored by the blow, and claims that he was permitted to lie in a pool of his own blood on the cold ! cement floor of the Jail. There were a number of "bums" in the. jail, and they are said to have moved Dickey from one place to another in the jail so that he would not have to lie In pools of blood. Dickey, according to the story told by his father, was allowed to lie in jail all night with the result that blood poison set in and now the young man's life is despaired of. ' A warrant was Issued for the arrest of Officer "Weifenbach, and he will be taken Into custody as soon as the sheriff can lay hands on him. ' BUYERS FOR E. C. MINAS CO. INNEW YORK All the buyers of the different departments of the E. C. Minas company are now in New York City purchasing stocks in various lines, and will return to Hammond with the most correct and fashionable styles for the approaching spring season. In a few weeks the big store will be showing the most complete and attractive line of wearing apparel ever seen in Hammond. j Arrange For Ball. J Final preparations will be made this ' evening at the meeting of the Uniform . Rank of Knights of Pythias for the annual ball which is to be given at the Masonic temple on Washington's birthday, Feb. 22. The members of the or der will appear in their uniforms and ; the hall will be appropriately decorated for the occasion. ( Two candidates are to receive the Uniform Rank at the meeting thlSj evening. . '

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