Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 252, Hammond, Lake County, 13 April 1911 — Page 1

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UNSETTLED TODAY AND, 1U THURSDAY, WITH SHOWERS. EBfPIONONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbri 1 Cants Copy.) VOL. IV., NO. 252. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1911.

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James Oakley Koontz, Plaster Peddler, Brings Pro ceedings in Justice Court For Ten Thousand Dollars More or Less. (BULLETIN.) THE TIMES kereby aree to y one f Mr. Kwati' Inmbag plasters if ke will call off the dogs of war. Lake County's enterprising lawyer and lumbago plaster seller has begun action for ten thousand dollars in Squire Brest's justice court in Ham mond against Thb Times. So far he has set no date in . collecting the money. , James Oakey Koontz. who claims to be the only Hammond lawyer who has a certificate admitting htm to practice before the United States Supreme court. but who spends most of his time selling an Indian plaster which he says is unequalled for lumbago and aches, is the man. Whatever Yea Say la Right. James Oakey Koontz wants it be known that Thb Times has - damaged him "something like ten thousand dollars." It may be more, it may be less. James Oakey K. is indefinite, "some thing like then thousand dollars," he says. It may be his plaster business Is on the hummer, and that therefore , Oakey has dug up, mne injured feel . ings in order to get "something like ten thousand dollars" from Tub Times. At any rate Mr, Koontz In taking the preliminary steps to enrich himself with the ten thousand dollars has pro duced a document which must make 1 Blackstone Kent and Shakespeare howl with rage for being outclassed at last, and that by man who advertises an ..Indian plaster for lumbago. It's , " acumen t with some class. In fact it is ' l a elasa by itself. From a distance it . V J" v-JV.papr. ihte- being -due to the ' fact" IhJt it is type written and igned In. a big bold hand., such as attorneys are expected to display. "Jas. O. Koontz, Atty." are the significant words at the end. To add further to the appearance that the 'document Is of a legal nature, it is wrapped in yellow cover such as attorneys usually use. , A Thing of Benoty. The document ' itself is a hybrid be (Continued on Page 7.) JL FREE SPEECH IS AIM OF LEAGUE DHITLOOO The Free Speech League ha," been Incorporated by Leonard Abbott, Brand Whitlock, E. B. Foote,: Theodore Shroeder, Gilbert E. Koe, Bolton Hall and Lincoln Steffens. The object Is: "Especially to preclude the punishment At any mere psychological offense: and to oppose every form of governmental censorship over any method for the expression, communication or transPi loa of Ideaa,"' -

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MEET AT LAS! HIGHT Dr. J. H. Long of Gary was last night elected president of the Lake County Dental society at a meeting held in the Gary hotel. Other officers named are as follow: Dr. K. I Meyers, Whiting. vlc presi dent. Dr. B. S. Gardiner, Gary, secretary and treasurer. Following the election of omcers a banquet was held with the following dentists In attendance: Robert Gllles, W. H. Davis, G. L. Smith and a A. Bell of Hammond; K. L, Meyers of "Whiting; W. P Laue and Harold Stephens of Gary; "Walter Wilson of Indianapolis. Later in the month another meeting will be held, at which time Dr. G. W. Cook of Chicago a noted pathologist will lecture. EFFORT HADE TO ROB DEPARALIEHT STORE Thieves Try to Pile Through Padlock; Professional Yeggs Suspected. (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, April 13. Evidences of an attempt by burglars to enter Seifer's big store were discovered yesterday morning when the store was opened up for the day. A padlock on a rear door, half filed through, bore mute testimony to the evil designs of night marauders, frustrated evidently by some Incident which frightened the thieves away. Mr. Selfer was in the store Tuesday night until 11 o'clock, looking over accountsr and he is sure that nobody made any attempt to enter the place while he was there. The police are of the opinion that professional yeggmen who have been making the Calumet re glen the scene, of; tbelr depredations all winter, are responsible for the at tempt. ' The rear door of the "Big Store" is made fast by means pf a strong pad lock and hasp.: The clasp of the pad lock was. nearly filed through,- but there; was no clue discovered which might serve as a means of Identifying the thieves. The back door of the store is ex posed to view from the alley and it is believed that some one passing that way frightened the burglars away T0LLEST0I1 HAS BAD FIRUAST III6HT Building Owned by Senator Gavit Consumed by the Flames. f The two story building, west of the Michigan central tracks, between Third and Fourth streets, Tolleston, formerly occupied by Louis Gordon , as a saioos was destroyed at one o'clock last nigh by fire from, an unknown cause. The building is owned by Frank. Gavit of Whiting and is valued at $2,000. was unoccupied at the time of the fire. It is thought that the fire started In a small buiiamg adjoining ine uavi building used for the manufactory of gloves and mittens. A call was sent to the central fire station and they made a record ; run t Tolleston, but owing to the high win which was blowing the fire had gained to much headway and all that could be done was to save a number of smaller buildings in the vicinity, including large coal shed and the Michigan cen tral and Pennsylvania stations. GALUL1ET IHSTITOTETO ERECT SPLENDID BLDG . Dugal Cree, the president of the board of directors of the Calumet In stitute, which Is about to commence the erection of ' a magnificent new building In Hammond, reports that he has had great success in the sale of stock in the company. ; It is the purpose of Cree to make Hammond the headquarters of all of the vast and extended activities of the Calumet Institute, which Is taking the place, of the Lincoln-Jefferson College of Law and the Lincoln-Jefferson university. . : ' . So many Hammond people have been Interested in this project that Cree has made arrangements to dispose of a quantity of stock among the people' of this locality. So far the sales have amounted to between $25,000 and $30,000. All of this money is to be. spent In Hammond in the constructing of the .new office and school building of the Calumet Institute.

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Gostlin, Heyn& Co. Pur chase 292 Lots on North Side and' Take Immediate Steps to Hake Splendid Street Improvements. Gostlin, Meyn & Co. have purchased 292 lots on the jiorth side, the residue of the estate of Mrs. Florence Langfield, and will at once take steps to have several streets paved, grass plots laid out and trees planted. The action of this company in making this purchase at this time indicates that it has faith in the immediate fu ture of the north side. This will mean that this section of the city is about to see greater activity than it has ever known since the old rolling mill, boom twenty years ago. The trouble with the north side has been that most of its lots have been owned by non-residents whose only in terest was in. selling the property and getting out. The trouble with the north side "has been that most of its lots have been owned by nonresidents whose only' interest was in selling the property and getting out. These non-resident owners opposed all improvements, grumbled about their taxes, permitted the weeds and underbrush to grow up on the lots and contributed nothing to aid in the development off that section of the city. Retarded Progreea. i No sooner would the North Side Im provement association plan an adequate sewer system or urge the paving of certain streets than the non-resident property owiiers would knock- the plan in the head.? ' Time and" against it seemed to this body o boosters as though, their efforts were' futile So much of the(Continued on Page 5.) HALILIOIID LAD HURT BY FLIPPII16 TRAII1 Railroad Accident Happens at Crossing on Conkey and Calumet Avenues. RAILROAD RECORD , rs lake: cocntt INJURED IN REGIO.V. U KILLED IN REGION 13 George Bien, 16-years-old, was seriously injured this morning while attempting to flip an Erie freight train. The accident happened at the crossing on Conkey and Calumet avenues. An Erie north-bound freight was headed ' towards the Erie yards and was going at a good rate of speed when Bien attempted to catch it. f'-i He grabbed the iron railing on a box car, and at the rate -of the train was going, threw him up against the car, causing him to loose his grip and then threw him three or four feet from the train. He was picked up and Emmertlng's ambulance , was called, where he? was removed to St. Margaret's hospital.. He is in charge of Dr. L H. Kelly, who stated he was badly bruised and had a bad cut on his head, about three inches long. The boy complained of his arm and back hurting him. He has a big bruise on his back about a foot long. It was learned that the Bien boy was sent up town on an errand by his mother, and seeing the freight train, thought he would ride it. His father, George Bien. lives at 661 Moss avenue, and is employed in the car shops at the Standard Steel Car works. TESTIMONY IS C0NCI,UDED The taking of testimony In the case of Gillespie vs. the. Inland Steel Co., which has been on trial in the Lake superior court ior me past ten days, was concluded this afternoon at 3 o'clock and the arguments will begin tomorrow morning. , It is expected that the arguments will take all morning and the case will go to the Jury some time in the afternoon. All of next . week will - be taken up with civil Jury cases. In Judge Belter's court, and the follow ing two weeks of the term will be de voted to civil court cases. . v. . ". ' ' 'J' Albert Johnson's Funeral. The funeral of Albert Johnson was held from the home, ; 241 Hoffman street, at ; 2 o'clock. Interment'' was held at Oak Hill cemetery. He is survived by a wife, a brother and six children. He has lived in Hammond for" the paat three years.

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" " it:"-:. X;:"v DEL10GRATS TO -FEAST AT 'IJATIOOAL' DqUET Lake County lien to Dine With Nation's Leaders At Indianapolis. Hammond's militant democracy is at Indianapolis this evening, where it will be seated at the "National Achievement" banquet, which will be given in Murat temple. Among ,thoseH who are at the state capital this evening are: John A. Gavit, county chairman; Judge Lawrence Becker, Mayor John D. Smalley, City Clerk Otto Duelke, City Engineer Peter Loyns, Adam R. Ebert, president of the board of public works; John L Rohde, member of the board of public works; William Ahlborn, president of the Ahlborn Construction company; .Edward Simon, former county chairman; Judge Fred Bamett, City Treasurer William Wolter, Attorneys J. K. Stlnson and J. IS. Stlnson. - Atorneys John B. Peterson of Crown Point left with the Hammond delegation this morning, as did also Mayor Knotts, John Nyhoff ' and Alderman Feuerof Gary. .. " . Most of the Lake county men expect to be home by tomorrow. - ' . THINK POPE'S LIFE IN DANGER Special precautions have been taken at the Vatican in Rome to protect the life of Pope Plug as a result of the attempt on the life of a priest in St. Peter's recently by a man named Deaanti who declared that he hoped ultimately to kill the Pope." Here after Swiss guards' in plain clothes will be stationed In the papal ante-chambers with orders to exclude any one not possessing a ticket from the papal majordamo. The Pope wll be accompanied by a bodyguard when he walks in the J gardens. .' - : -'' - "

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'; STREET OPENING TO , BE COUSIDERED North Side Business Men's Association to Hold Im portant Meeting. The North Side Improvement association, an organization of wideawake taxpayers, organized for the purpose of dealing with Improvements affecting the qorth side in particular, holds a special meeting tomorrow evening at Green's hotel, on Calumet avenue, to take up the matter of vacating and closing Johnson street, the north side thoroughfare which promises to be important in the development of that section of the city. I Inasmuch as the closing of the street would be detrimental to every individual property owner north of the river, between Hohman treet and Calumet avenue, with the exception of the manufacturers, it is expected that there will be a big attendance of interested property owners. This is the only business that will be taken up at the meeting. - . . " ' S -The movement to close up Johnson street Is fathered by F. S. Betz and the Simplex company and Mr; Betz and the Simplex company's representatives and others in favor of the closing will be given an opportunity to present their sides.' It is expected that the first steps to counteract the closing movement will be taken up next Monday, when petitions remonstrating against the vacation will be circulated on the- north side. ' - 7 ' TVJQ 1UDUSTRIES THAT AREJOIHG WELL Conkey Publishing Co. and Stein - Hirsch Working Full Forces. The Hir3h-Stein Co., one of the Important industries of Hammond, is doing a good business and has a full force of men at work. It is Industries of this character that are making 'Hammond a fairly prosperous city, while other -cities of the region feel the effects of the business depression. ' The vW. B. Conkey Co, is doing well. It has a full force employed, and has orders for a great many "catalogues on hands. This concern is another of the reliable Industries of Hammond.: which may be counted upon to keep going no matter how. badly paistl y zed the? other industries are '

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East Chicago Gambling Case Proves to Be Easy For Defendant; Hot Words Pass Between Chief of Police and Reformer. (Special to Thb Times.) East Chicago, April 13. The case of the state against Charles Pitzele charg ed with gambling in Sam Cohen's sai loon on Sunday, Feb. 19 last, was disj missed in Judge "Walter J. Riley's court yesterday for lack of evidence and because of a faulty affidavit. ' Chief of. Police Albert Lewis, who was the complaining witness . in the case, blames Deputy Prosecuting attorney J. D. Kennedy for the. fiasco, charging that he balled things up by drawing up an affidavit that would not hold water. He declares that he detected the discrepency in the affidavit, and called Kennedy's attention to it, but that the latter assured him it was I all right. Wfeere Fault Lay. : The fault in the affidavit My tn the accusation freed of legal verbiage that the defendant, Charles Pitzele, made his living by gambling, and omitted to specify the time and place in which he participated in a gambling game. Also (Continued on Page 7.) NORTH TOWNSHIP BUILDING OPERATIONS FOR 11L Previously aanonneed. Moaoa depot ......... . .L2S6,SO0 35,000 . . 1,29 1,500 Total Again the pessimists are forced to back up and admit that there is cause for optimism in the building situation. The Monon depot was never included when Thb Times received word from 'Judge Fle3ds that work would begin at once. And since the last review of the building (situation it has been learned that enough new projects have been actually started to - make it apparent that the builders mean business. A. H. Rohrer's residence is ready for the roof, Charles Cleveland's residence will be under roof next week. Judge Virgil S. Relter will begin the construction of his, new residence in a few weeks. The plans are now being drawn by Architects Bump & Berry. Today the buildings are being removed from the property owned by Mrs. Bertha Servin. on State street, and the plans for a two-story store and office building are being completed by Architect Mac Turner. The time has come when . wooden Bhacks in the business district of Hammond are not tenable, , and the owners of valuable inside property have begun to re&lize that they will have to Improve their property with modern buildings in order to get the necessary income out of the valuation of the property. A Probably the most activity In building inthe business district is on East State street. There are building projects on Kast State street aggregating 90,000, as compared with. $85,000 on South Hohman street. This gives something of an Idea of the race of these two streets for supremacy as the principal business street of the' city. JURY STILL OUT. After being out for four hours at 3 o'clock the jury in the- case of the state of Indiana vs. Sarah Gobitz.had failed to arrive at a verdict, and it Is feared that It may be out the rest of the afternoon. , In the case Assistant States Attorney Ralph. W. Ross took occasion to repeatedly refer to the character of the defendant and her reputation in the community. - This proved to be the only sensation of the case, although it was expected that there would . be many of them In this case. Sarah Gobitz did not seem to mind the constant allusions of the prosecutor to her character, and withstood the grilling -without apparently being affected in the least. ' THB TIMES IS TRYING HARD TO MERIT HUE SUCCESS IT BAI CHIEVED.

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