Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 240, Hammond, Lake County, 30 March 1911 — Page 1

THIS

LAKE

GOTO

IMEB

CLOUDY TODAY AND TOMORROW; NO CHANGE IN TKMP. Ji ii Ji EDITION VOL. V., NO. 240. HAMMOKD, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAKCil 30, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY. Baek Numbers Cent Copjr.)

i t

savage ummimm

Mill Workers Fight for Thirty-one Minutes, Until Exausted and Covered With Gore

(Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, March 30. A thirty-one minute mill was fought out between two Inland employes "yesterday , afternoon on the prairie across the canal from the towering chimneys of the great steel plant. KIGIIT A PIERCES ONE. The men engaged in the encounter were Bartley Kane, a dubber and Charles Forester a heater and the mill was fought out to satisfy a grudge of long standing. The Marquis of Queensbury rules were followed strictly ,a ring being marked out in the sand, the men stripping to trousers and undershirt and with bare knuckles and in the midst of the blizxard which was raging at the time, they pummelled each other until both. were barely able to stand.. TIMES Br RE .4 V, AT STATE CAPITA L. Indianapolis, Ind.. March 30. Em-

EMPEROR LOSES 3 SUBJECTS

atwr.pww' JPi wmls--Joseph - of Austria lost

three loyal subjects Wednesday when Stanley Galouski, Hammond, and Steve Constantfne and Joan Micu of Indiana Harbor took out naturalization papers. ? These men have been faithful subjects of the emperor, but they were compelled to take out these papers by the Proctor law. as they run thirst emporiums in their respective locali ties and must do this to retain their saloon licenses. Frank Kropa, German, East Chicago, also took out naturalization papers. The cases of all these men will he finally decided by Judge Anderson July 3. SAD DEATH OCCURS. -4 (Special" to This TimepO Crown Point, Ind., March 30. One of the saddest deaths recorded in. Crown Point for some time occurred early TVednesday'inorning when Mrs. Charles Wolferman, living with her husband and Ave small children on Jackson street, passed away after a lingering illness. Mrs. Wolferman had been 111 with typhoid fever and a complication of diseases for several weeks, but it was thought that her recovery was Assured. She was attended by her sister. Dr. Wolferman of California, who .made the long trip east to give hef medical attention. The funeral of the respected woman will be held at the Methodist church on Friday afternoon.

NEWLY ELECTED SENATORS WILL GIVE BANQUET TO OTHERS WHO DON TOGA

r k: 1 ( M'l

Senator Pomerene, of Ohio; Senator Lea, of Tennessee, and Senator Kern, of Indiana, will be hosts at a banquet to other new Senators who, like themselves, are about to don their togas, in the New Willard Hotel In Washington Saturday night. Senator Pomerene says that the banquet has no political significance. "It is to be given .In order that the Senators who will tat'" their seats for the first time when the extra session of Congress convenes April 4 may pet better acquainted," he said.

FIFTY -WITNESS MILL. The spectacle was observed by about fifty mill hands who acompanied the belligerents to the ecene of the conflict and watched the fray with all the interest that characterizes the witnessing of a prizefight. HAD GRIUGH AT EACH OTHER. Zest was added to the performance by the knowledge that the police might at any minute get wind of what was

In progress and come upon the scene and "break things up." Kane and Forester have long cherished feelings of 111 will -toward each other. They work close together and lost no opportunity to say disagreeable things to each other. Yesterday matters reached a climax and Kane offered to bet his salary, $38. due that day, against $10 that he could "trim forester good and proper. If the latter would but give him the chance. ACCEPTS CHALLENGE. Forester accepted the challenge and (Continued on page eight.) WHO WANTS THIS rilGE LITTLE JOB? Anybody in Lake County .Who Can Fill Requirements Has a Chance. There Is a postmastership going begging In Calumet township. Last year the office paid $342. and the growth, of the 'office "should 'inakeIl"'"pay "co-nsidi erably more in the future. Who wants to be postmaster of East Gary? fncle Bam is now cutting wide Circles in an effort to find some one to take the job. Of course, all of the civil service requirements will have to be complied with, for fourth class postoffiees are now under civil service and the postmaster may retainMiis job as long as he wants to. providing he Is satisfactory to the community he serves and does his work according to the requirements of the United States postofflce department. Those who think they would like to hold the office of postmaster at Fast Gary are notified that an examination will be held April 15 at Gary, Ind. MuM lie of Age. A man who aspires to this responsible position must be at least 21 years of aee and a woman, should she aspire to the postmistressship, must be legally of age. , All applicants must reside within the territory which is served by the office. In other words, the postmaster must be one of the patrons of the office. The application form and full information regarding the examination may be had for the asking from the postmaster at East Gary or the postmaster at Gary. Applications should be properly executed and mailed to the clvir service commission at Washington within seven days before the date of the examination.

EXPECTED

IS CASE

Echoes of Strenuous Days in Gary Heard in Crown Point Trial Yesterday Mayor Knotts Accused of Being Party to Frameup. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., March 30. Ghosts of th past came back yesterday in Superior Judge Kopelke's court room when former Chief of Detectives Oscar Harry Schmidt testified in the $3,500 damage suit of Attorney- E. G. Ballard against Eva M. Godwin and Seabright and White for malicious prosecution that Mayor Thomas E. Knotts was a party to the "frame up" that kept Ballard in the Gary jail for several hours when bail was offered for his release and that the mayor deliberately remained out of sight so as to keep Ballard incarcerated by hiding most of the day in City Engineer A. P. Melton's flat in the Knotts building. Winkler and Cey to Testify. More sensations are looked for today when it is expected that Richard Winkler, now of Chicago late candidate for county clerk on the democratic ticket and former private secretary to Mayor Knotts, will take the stand in Ballard's behalf as will former Police Captain, Catey- now a Merrlllville farmer, who it is said will substantiate Schmidt's, story of the "frameup" to "get even" with Ballard by the various modes of persecution. Althongh Catey, Winkler and (Continued on page eight.) SCHLOERS RETURN JBE1 SOUTHEBILTBIP South Does Not Appeal to Hammond Man as Permanent Residence Place. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schloer returned to Hammond last night after a nine weeks' tour through the south. Both were very much improved in health, and while they enjoyed every day of their trip, they were glad nevertheless to be back in Hammond last night. Mr. Schloer was the first to leave, going to Mineral Wells, and was' later joined by Mrs. Schloer at New Orleans, where they remained for the Mardi Gras season. From New Orleans they went to Mobile, where Mr. Schloer met his old friend, John McKinney, a former Hammond barber, who now has the biggest barber shop in Mobile. At Mobile they took the boat for Tampa, Fla., beingr two days and three nights on the water. In Florida they stopped off at several places, going first to St. Petersburg and visiting Pass DeGrill. They also went to Fort Meye and Jacksonville and St. Augustine. On their way home they stopped off in Tennessee, visiting the various places noteworthy for their history in connection with the civil war. Their last stopping place was Cincinnati. In Florida they met Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bauer and Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas. The Bauers and Thomases expect to be home soon. Mr. Schloer speaks about Florida like many northern people who have been there. He says it is a nice country in which to take a vacation, but that most of the state has little that appeals to the northerner as a' permanent resi dence place. He said a St. Petersburg (Fla.) paper stated the lttiation exactly when it said that the sell the climate and the sunshine and throw the land into the bargain. DEATH OF GEORGE GRAY jOF WHITING Whiting. March 30. George F. Gray, one ow Whiting's best known residents and highly respected citizens, died at the Presbyterian hospital last night after an illness of three , weeks. His death was due to gangrene. which could not be checked despite several operations and amputations. ' He had been in poor health, however, for a number of years, having suffered with diabetes. Mr. Gray was 53 years old and is survived by a widow and one son, Edward Gray. He was employed as a bookkeeper in the offices of the Standard Oil Works and had been a resident of Whiting for nineteen years. His present residence was on Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Gray was a member of the Whiting Masonic lodge and the funeral, which, however, ha fiot yet been arranged, will be held under its auspices. USED THINGS THAT TOU DON'T WANT CAN BE SOLD IT VOU AJI VERTJSfcJN THE TIMES.

NEW MEXICAN CABINET TO BE SWORN IN AND REVOLUTION NOW MAY END

The selection of a new Cabinet In Mexico probably will mark the end of the Diaz regime and also the end of the revolution. Senor Llmantour probably will bemade provisional President when President Diaz resigns, aa he is expected to do later. The Cabinet chosen is as follows: Foreign Relations Francisco Leon de la .Barra. Interior Not filled yet. Justice Demetrio Sodi. Public Instruction Jorge Vera Estanol. j Fomento Manuel Marroquin Rivera, i ' Communications and Public Works Norbeto Domlnguez. Finance Joset Yves Llmantour, Incumbent. ' : War and MarineGeneral Manuel Gonzales Cosi, incumbent. SNOWBALL 1BBLY COST WOK LIFE Miraculous iJlMspe of Crown Point Woman Near Monon Depot Platform. Boys throwing snowballs at a horse I which nearly cost a life. The animal was hitched to a milk wagon belonging to John Pohlplatz of the Jersy dairy, and was frightened at the corner of Calumet, avenue and Sibley street. Herman Winkler, the driver, was thrown from his seat as (hp n-airnii was iinst and the horse broke away with the shaft tearing down" Sibley street toward the business district. Mrs. Alice Toukey of 'Crown Point was standing on the Monon railroad platform near the intersection of the! tracks and Sibley street, and men who ' were near by. but unable to stop the ' animal, thought that it was bound to strike her and possibly kill her. The horse swerved from its course in time to miss her by a few feet and was ! brought to a stop near there. Following are. the competitors and their subjects for the preliminary high school declamatory contest to be he' J i W J Scholar," by Grady. Joseph Hirsch "Liberty I'nder the Law,' by Curtis. I-au.-a Hay ward "The Martyred President." by Beocher. Ellen Peterson "Homes of the People," by Grady. t Gordon Shillinglaw "Liberty and Union," by Webster. William Arnold "The New South," by Grady. Frledley Johnston "On tbs Ameri- ! can Flag," by Chatham. S - Elizabeth Rack "The Southern Negro." by Urady. Kdgar Crumpacker "Against Dismemberment." liy Webster. Elliott Conroy "Eulogy of Wendell Phillips," by Curtis. Eva Arkin "The Southern Soldier," by Grady. Hugh Murphy "Secession," by Webster. In the finals first, second and tbirC prizes will be given away in the amounts of eight, five and two dollars. Another Appointment. Indianapolis, Ind., March 30. (Times "Bureau.) Governor Marshall today appointed Dan N. Link, democrat, of Auburn, member state board to succeeds John L. McCord, republican. Flace was offered to John Neian of Evansville, who refused. Link is a .5 lawyer,

contJTs IN COMING . CONTEST

Cursor J)E hA BAHRtf MAYOR KNOTTS WAS BRAVE MO SUFFERS Gary Men Will Never Visit the Aetna Powder Mills " ' Again. Mayor Knotts was knocked out ,for several hours last evening and a physiI clan's services were needed to bring the Gary executive back to happiness. The mayor's illness came about as a result of a "powder headache" caused by inhaling nitroglycerine fumes at the Aetna powder mills yesterday aft- ! ernoon where he went with several - i .. , others to inspect the workings of the dynamite factory. Lurked Courage Before. , - i i i .. .i i . i , ,, , " , . , ... piiDiic worK.s ann tne special rommii- , 4. , i ,, hl . ... . -n . ' 4 . ,,,1 thom tim, rct..v ; . ' . . .. ' , : their bravery reached the top notch i anH ,h. mavr t Mei.nn John NvI hnff Arthur Carn.lufT W F VTodires ,r, a s v.r. .v. ,...,! ,i,,w n Superintendent Walter Edwards. . Trembling the visitors approached lh. mIn. h urr h. vui wa half through Mayor Knotts was seasick. Terror of the visitors was increased when Superintendent Edwards said:

Hoiini' Happy TkoaRht. injury or deatn ol its empioes ny "Gentlemen, there are 1.000 pounds making provision, volentarily, for the of dynamite in this room. Don't stamp support of the Jependents of the deyour feet or cough as it Is liable to go 1 ceased. off- V I in this particular case George W. "I think It is about time to go, or! Williams, a locomotive crane foreman

I am afraid that we will miss our car," suggested Mr. Hodges as he nervously fumbled about for his watch. Acting on this happy thought the delegation left at once. Findings of the investigators will be next regular meeting, which will be held Wednesday of next week, DEATH OF MRS. M. GAUTIER (Special to Thb Times.) East Chicago, March 30. Mrs, Mathilde Gautier, who died Tuesday morning at the home of her son, Peter

Gautier, 4S10 Mago-.m avenue, was laldicable

to rest this morn ng at St. Joseph's cemetery, Hammond. Funeral services were conducted at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Rev. Father George Lauer saying requiem The deceased died at 7:10 o'clock I Tuesday morning from heart failure; brought on by her advanced age. For j two months she has been quite ill andj unable to leave her bed. She has been ! a resident of East Chicago for about j nine months, having come here from Montreal, Canada, where she was born seventy-eight years ago. to be with her son, Peter, in her last days. She had been the mother of eight children, four of whom are living. The latter are Peter, Amanda, Moses and Napoleon. All excepting Peter live In Montreal. G. A. R. Meeting. The G. A. R. will meet on Saturday night in accordance with an arrangement which was made to meet in the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. The meeting was held in the court hcusc. i

IIUBSE MADE SHOCKING MISTAKE GAUS1I1G DEATH Administers Carbolic Acid Instead of Paregoric to Infant.

The carelessness of the nurse, Mrs. Ida Brady of New Paris, Ind. was responsible for the terrible death of Virginia R. English, the three day old girl of W. J. English of Cedar street, Hammond according to her testimony at the inquest by Coroner E. M. Shanklin of Hammond. The baby was born Monday, March 27 and apparently was in good condition. At 12 o'clock last night the nursu was directed to administer a dose, of paragoric to the infant. It is learned that the nurse did not have a nurse s certifiVate. On the same table with the paragoric was a botle of carbolic acid exactly the same size and the nurse, according to her own testimony, made the mis take of putting carbolic acid instead of paragoric in the tea spoon. it seems that she discovered her mistake too late and the poison was spilled over the child's face. Owing to its extreme youth the child died from the-effects of the burns at 6:15 this morning. The mother Is prostrated. The coroner has not returned his verdict in the case but has taken the testimony of the nurse. In addition to the carelessness of the nurse in this particular case there is some question as to the advisability of administering a dose of paragoric to a three day old baby. Paragoric, it should be known contains a small quantity of tincture of opium. So when the nurse was choosing between the carbolic acid and the paragoric she merely made the mistake of selecting the corrosive poison In the place of the small quautitp of sedative posion. FIRST OF IS FILED United States Steel Corpor ation Takes Care of Estate Case in Hammond Court; Procedure Is First of Its Kind in an Indiana Court. I Following the new policy of the , , , , , ... - nited States Steel Co. in w.hich settle rnents are made In cases of death and I personal injury rerardless of whether or not there is any liability an estate case has been filed in the Lake Superior I ' ,,; court by Attorney Cassius Greenlee of I Gar". Th 's interesting In that it is h'Pical of a reat ,nany othfrs lhat will be filed in the future. The i.uo of the" whole proposition is that the United States Steel Co. is the first cf tne reat corporations of the country to assume the responsibility for the In the coke oven machine department was killed while he was climbing down from the crane and his hands came In contact with the trolly bars, charged with the electricity which operated the crane, and was electrocuted. Reverse Usotil Proceed ore. Ordinarily the family of the deceased (Continued on page 8.) No Further Trouble. No further trouble has arisen within the past twenty-four hours in the Calumet region for the Chicago Telephone rompany. Kepairs were made atjan early hour yesterday near Foryythe avenue on the wjiich is said to have been cut by disgrnntlf pany. d employes of the coms George Showen Dead. tieorge snowen,, 13 v est siaie street. morning at 5 o'clock. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday afternoon, March 1. at ' o'clock. Interment will take place at Oak Hill cemetery. Showen was 63 years old. and was a member of the local painters' ' union j and was well known anion gthe unions and west side. He leaves Carrie Showen. a widow, Mrs. CnVinrkl TCi-iarrl "Moat-ct There was a meeting of the Hamoffices of mond school board in the the board in the Eder block last Monday. The salaries of the teachers were ordered paid. No other business of importance waa transacted. It is expected that the school teachers will be paid Frida;,-. A WANT AD COST IN THE TIMES :S LESS TILVN VACANT ROOM LOSS.

E GASES