Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 299, Hammond, Lake County, 8 June 1911 — Page 1
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WEATHER. FAIR TODAY AND FRIDAY; NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. IME VOL. V.. NO. 299. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.) HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1911.
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CASE COSTS $500 EVEN BEFORE IT HAD STARTED After Battling for Week Jury Is Finally Secured in the Caldwell Case From Gary Trial Will Probably Be One of Longest-Winded in History of Lake County Courts.
According to Judge Lawrence Becker It costs JSO a day to run one of the Lake Superior courts. If that is the case it cost $4SO to get the jury in the case of the State of Indiana vs. John Coldwell. The jury was finalty secured at noon yes-day after six days of constant effort. The Jury was sworn and it was some time before the attaches of the court were brought to the realization of the fact that the case is a least ready for trial. The opening statement was made by Judge Cassius Greenlee for the state and his remarks consumed an hour and a half. The opening statements of the LATEST DEVELOPMENTS That there promises to be a, sensational outcome of the recent council meeting at which a member of the school board was elected, was given out this afternoon. Rumors that have been circulated widely since the election bear out the accusation -that : support of -certain aldermen was offered In return for money. It is quite probable that a contest will result over the affair, and the democrats who feel that they were given a rough deal may decide to Institute court proceedings. The election of Arthur S. Stanton as the third member of the school board to succeed Henry Bicknell when the latter's term expires next August, has given rise to all kinds of rumors as to how It happened. Just how near the trth some of the rumors come was vijdenced this morning when a promising one was nipped in the bud. In substance it was this: "Councilman Harry Eastwood, who "put over" Stanton last Tuesday night, cast the deciding vote for Dreesen last year," and this year the republicans, in appreciation of East wood's vote in helping to election Dreesen, who is a republican, turned around and helped Eastwood, who is a democrat, elect Stanton, who Is also a democrat. The true history of the Dreesen election as borne out by the city clerk's minutes is that Dreesen was elected by a secret ballot and that Eastwood was absent. Aside from that, whatever is left of the rumor, is true. Here is another one: Eastwood and Stanton were both in the race for coun(Continued on Page 5.) MARY MANNERING IS WIFE OF RICH 3IAN Miss Mary Maimering, noted actress, divorced from James K. Hackett, actor, on January 5, 1910, has been married to Prank B. .Wadsworth, Michigan millionaire. fWadsworth, president of the Michigan Steelboat Company, of Detroit, r divorced last July.
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defense will not be made until after the state nishes the introduction of it. testimony. The case promises to be tho same long drawn out affair that it was when Charles Bloomhoff was tried some weeks before. The state is proceeding with the greatest caution and seeking to prove the guilt of the last of the conspirators. The $nOO jury is composed of the following: Robert R. Woods, James W. Westby, F. E. Brownell, Daniel Calnon.
Airred Phillips. Michael Fasran. Jesst Little. Milton R. Hart, John Hackenrider, Fred VTelmer, James Pinkerton and Joseph Gerlach. Better passenger service between Hammond and Crown Point on the Erie is the demand that is being made by Secretary E. F. Johnston of the officials of that road. Johnston has an idea that the old decrepit Erie could be made as valuable to Hammond as an interu'rban line if those who have charge of the western end of It were as progressive as they are in the east. ' In the east the Erie has purchased a number of gasoline-electric cars whlcBf"1" are self propelling and which are used on the branch lines as feeders for th main line. . . - One or two of these cars have been seen on the Erie tracks in Hammond. They look a great deal like an interurban car except that the front end of tha coach contains the gasoline engines and the electric motors which propel the car. May Install Cr. If Johnston can induce the Erie offi cials to install one of these cars for service between Hammond and Crown Point a schedule will be arranged so as not to Interfere with the regular freight and passenger service. In his letter to Agent A. M. Deweese of Hammond, which has been forwarded to the proper officials in New York or Chicago, Johnston pointed out tnai tne Erie railroad is the only railroad be tweent the populous cities of the northern part of Lake county and the countyseat where so much county business is transacted. He stated that the traffic between these two localities is so great that the matter of constructing an interurban line Is seriously contemplated. He further showed that the Erie railroad could take care of a great deal of this traffic if it Installed the Strang gaso line-electric car. Johnston wants all of the business men who are interested In having a more frequent service to see Deweese and urge upon him the Importance of establishing better service between Hammond and Crown Point. CROWN POINT'S ONLY FACTORY CLOSES Proprietor Decides He Has -Had Enough; Employes Lose Their Jobs. (Special to The Timer) Crown Point, Ind., June. 8. M. Auerbach, proprietor and manager of the shirt factory on Main street, has closed the place Indefinitely on account of labor troubles. The employes recently walked out on a strike for higher wages and the management not being able to meet their requests decided to close the plant which may be perma nent as far as the future manufacture of shirts and overalls Is concerned. The closing of the plant throws from fifteen to twenty girls and about six men out of employment. It Is not known what the final outcome or results of the strike will be, but it is hoped that an amicable settlement between the. manufacturer and his employes will be arranged and the plant again be put In operation. Clerk 3ack at Job. Carl Ames, who has been, back at his work in the Lake superior court for the past week, is very much improved and expected to be able to walk without the use of hi a crutches in a few weeks.
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HIS LIFE Shocking Accident Happens at Indiana Harbor Inland Steel Plant, in Which One Man Is Killed and Locomotive Demolished. 1011 RAILROAD RECORD IX LAKE CJOUNTY IXJIRED IX REGIO.V..'. KILLED IX REGION .1 .16 (Special to The TiMEa) Indiana Harbor. June 8. The fog of yesterday morning was responsible for a tragedy at the Inland steel mill In which one man lost his life and a locomotive was practically demolished. The man who was killed was John Nayalgu, aged 31 years, and the accident occurred at 5 o'clock. A small engine was pulling a train of cars loaded with hot metal from the blast furnace to the open hearth. It had Just emerged from the tunnel when it crashed Into another train to which was attached two engines, one in front and one . behind. The fog hung so thick that it obscured the signals and neither of the engineers saw them, and the result was a head-on collision. Nayalgu was standing on the footboard of the front engine belonging to (Continued on Page 7.) Henry C. Wolfe, who has been associated with Miss Virginia Brooks in her crusades in West Hammond, was arrested this morning on complaint of Mrs. William Elliott, who makes some queer allegations. In preferring charges of disorderly conduct Mrs. Elliott claims Wolfe: 1. Threw a monkey wrench at her little girl. 2. Cut off the hande of the pump so that the family was without water for three days. 3. t Objected to her running the sewing machine. 4. Made himself disagreeable about the place. Wolfe is a bachelor and lives in a single room in the house. The rest of the house is rented out to the Elliotts. As soon as the warrant was sworn out Wolfe was arrested and placed in Jail. In Jail for Houra. In view of his activities in West Hammond the police were not at all in ajhurry to notify his friends so that he could give bail. Mr. Wolfe stated that he wanted to see Mrs. Florence Brooks so that he could get bail, but Mrs. Brooks was not notified until along about noon. During the stirring times in West Hammond, when Miss Virginia Brooks was making the village and the whole country sit up and take, notice, Henry C. Wolfe was the constant advisor of Miss Brooks. Wolfe is expected to give bond today and his hearing will be set for some time later In the week. LADS WHO THREW STONES ARE CAPTURED Four Eart Hammond lads were placed under arrest by Juvenile Officer X. Stanford yesterday afternoon, where they will be brought before the Juvenile court, Judge Lawrence Becker. They are charged with having thrown a stone through the windows of a number of passing Lake Shore suburban trains as. they passed the Standard Steel Car works. The boys names are Frank Pouch, 208 company house; Willie Olson, 660 Fields avenue; Peter Soleram, 167 company house, and Karman Daniel, 155 company house. Tuesday one of the boys threw a large stone through the train window on the 1:14 Nickel Plate and the missle barely escaped striking two people. Four More Lose Lives. Out on a dog hunt this morning the police killed four more unmuzzled ca nines, bringing the total close to fifty that have been killed this season. Chief Austgen says this order will be in ef fect during the warm weather.
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MRS.' RICHARD LEWIS IIARGREAVES GILiCE BRYAN). Lincoln, Neb., June 8. Miss Grace Dexter Bryan, youngest daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. William J. Bryan, and Richard Lewis Hargreaves, a' young business man of Lincoln, were married last night at 8 o'clock at Fairyiew, the Bryan suburban home, before a company of nearly a hundred rejatiyes and friends of the two families. A reception which followed the ceremony was attended by several hundred Lincoln and out of town guests. f " Miss Bryan was given away by her father. Her gown was of white satin, with an embroidery destRiL -of roses and lilies of the valley. She wore along train and veil. A diamond crescent, an heirloom of the'fiargreaves family, was the only Jewel. The bridesmaids were gowned In pale lavender.
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(Special to The Times.) Valparaiso, Ind., June 8. The state has rested In the Gary election riot cases, now on trial at Valparaiso, and the defense has begun the introduction of testimony. The rlrsv witness call- j ed by the defense was Mayor Thomas : E. Knotts, who was merely examined , on a special point regarding the appointment of Chief of Police Joseph! Martin. i on the stand. He was followed by John Mulcahey, one of the police officers. It is expected that the case will be completed this week. At the opening of court yesterday there remained but two witnesses to be examined. About twenty , witnesses from Gary went to Valparaiso yester(Contlnued on Page 8.) JOE DUNSING GOES IN GROCERY BUSINESS Former City Controller of Gary Will Cover Entire Region With Wagon. Joseph. Dunslng, formerly city controller of Gary has decided to go Into business for himself. Two weeks ago he began working up a route of. customers for a sundry line of groceries with the expectation of covering tho entire Calumet region. In order to do this more effectively he purchased a Sampson auto truck from C. H. Stewart. Mr. Dunslng expects to make his headquarters In Hammond. Another Bicycle Stolen. Anotherxbicycle thief got away with a wheel belonging to W. S. Lawson, 47 Rimbach avenue, about 11:30 yesterday morning. The wheel was a Rambler make, black, G. & J. tires and was valued at $15. No trace of the bicycle has been found so far. ARE YOIT BKADU'Q THE TIMES!
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(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, June 8. Here is a problem of conduct for the students of amenities both social, financial and business, as the latter pertains to dealings in horseflesh. Otto Seehase owned a horse which six weeks ago he sent to Frank Buse at Black Oak with instructions to sell it If possible. After boarding the animal for the period named Mr. Buse managed to dispose of it to a man named George Geskey of Saxony, on easy terms. The terms were twenty-five cents cash and the balance in monthly installments of the same amount until the purchase price, $2, was paid up. The horse is liable to die of old age almost any day and the question naturally arises: Should the horse die before the contract Is fulfilled, who would stand the loss? Should the purchaser be required to pay the balance of the two dollars? Then, supposing the Inevitable happens before the next payment Is due. To whom should the original payment go? Should Otto Seehase get it, or should It go to Buse for board of, the animal and to apply on his commission for making the sale? Or should it be turned back to the purchaser? And also. Who should pay the funeral expenses? All of these things are troubling Mr. Seehase to such an extent that he found several gray hairs over his left temple which he is Bure were not there before the horse deal was entered into, to say nothing of a brand new wrinkle In his forehead. He has submitted the intricate problem of conduct to the readers of Thb Times in the hope of getting a hint as to what course to pursue In case the apparently Inevitable comes to pass before the obligations are disposed of. Mr. Seehase wants to do the polite and gentlemanly thing at all hazards. DATE OF TRIP Judge Lawrence Becker and Anton Tapper, who had tentative plans providing for a European trip, have not decided definitely as yet whether they will go this summer. The trip is to be for 'business primarily and Is not to be very extensive. Mr. Tapper may decide to delay the undertaking for a month or so owing to slight attacks of appendicitis that he has had. He will not attempt the trip unless he can be reasonably sure that he will not suffer an attack while on the road or abroad.
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GOVERNOR HO SURE THING O'Brien Phantom Is Causing the Ralston Contingent Many Sleepless Nights, But Lebanon Man Is Believed Generally to Hav e Best Chances to Secure the Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination.
TIMES' BVREAF, AT STATE CAPITA1 Indianapolis, Ind., June 8. One day you hear it said that Samuel M. Ralston, of Lebanon, is the only candidate for governor who has any chance to capture the democratic nomination, and that he has everything sewed up tight. .The next day you hear that there are dozen other candiates and that Bala ton has no cinch on 'the nomination. One day you hear that William H. O'Brien, auditor of state, ana one or the right hand men in the Taggart camp, will be a candidate for the nomi nation, and the very next day you hear TOOK WEEK E RACE TRIP Chicago Realty Dealer Who Was Hurt With His Wife While Going to Automo bile Races Passes Through VLake County Today. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind.. Juno 8. H. D. Joneir-of some prominence In Chicagro real estate circles was in the city today in hi bie Fiat car enroute from mat nar.nll to Chicago. Mr. Jones is the last. of the Chlcago-Indlnapolis speedwnv rare contingent. It has taken mm Just a week to get nome ana uitrcu, hansrs a story. Mr. Jones left Chicago the bunoay oeforn Decoration day to go with his wife Hurt her brother to the races on a big seven passenger car. Just north of Rensselaer air. Jones lost control of the monster an.. it flopped over in the ditch. It was thought that Mrs. Jones was fatally injured but developments showed that her hurts were not vital. The brother escaped Injury but Air. jones was slightly hurt. The glass iront anu frame was demolished, the hood torn nff th. war lenders DOin rippwu on and the body of the car wrenched and dented so that the Journey was halted. The car was garaged in Rensselaer and the injured returned to Chicago. Th.s is the first day that Mr. Jones was able to go after his car. IT III til I HI ORPHEOfil THEATRE One of Largest Classes in Hammond High School to Graduate. Those attending , the Hammond high school commencement exercises at the Orpheum this evening, and there prom ia tr he an audience, will see the largest class that has been graduated in the history of the school. They will hear an excellent speaker. Dr. Scott F. Hershey. who comes all the way from Newcastle, Pa., to deliver the commencement address. Dr. Herschey will be the guest of Judge V. S. Belter, the latter having known the speaker for many years. One of the strongest features of the program is the music by the high school orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Clark Learning. His selections are such as to please every lover of classic music. The Lyric double quartet will sing a number of songs, and they are a big drawing card anywhere. Mrs. Aurora Arnold Craig, a singer of more than local fame, will also appear in one number. Miss Lillian Spafford will appear in a violin solo number. . Appropriate decorations have been hung In the theater. The graduating class, composed of thirty-two members, will occupy the stage. The diplomas will be presented by Superintendent C. M. McDaniel. The admission price is only 25 cents. The entertainment is worth many times that amount, but all that the faculty desire is to raise enough money to pay the expenses for the evening. . WHY ARE READER? - YOU NOT A TIMES
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that he will not be a candidate under any circumstances. So, after you hear It all, you hardly now what ta think about It. But after all is heard one Is led to still stick to the belief that Ralston has the best chance of anybody thus far to win the nomination. He is making an active campaign in his own behalf, and no one else is doing much. The O'Brien phantom has been the one thing that has been causing tho Ralston fellows sleepless nights lately. The talk has been that Taggart was drawing O'Brien Into the race in order
(Continued on Page 8.) LATEST NEWS CORPORATIONS I'ACE LAW. Washington, June 8. Five hun dred Indiana corporations face proceedings in the United States court3 to penalize them for violating the corporation tai law. It was stated at the Treasury Department yester day that a reasonable time will be allowed to elapse within which the de linquent corporations may make amends by paying the tax altogether with penalties prescribed by statute. or by making overtures for compro mises with the Internal Revenue Bureau, but if the corporations do not bestir themselves within 6uch reasonable time, the Federal authorities will proceed against them, even to the extent of taking possession of their property and converting their assets in so far as may be necessary to pay the tax and accumulated penalties, :: . LAKE COUNTY rROABSr , Indianajiolls, ; Ind., JuneJ 8. i (Times Bureau.) The "" State Ta Board announced its total valuation of electric lines in Lake county $410,833 as follows: Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend, $184,745; Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago, $226,088. TREASURE FOUND. San Diego, Cal., June 8. A message received here from a party of treasure seekers aboard the Star Eureka says their expedition to recover an immense cache of gold, hidden by the crew of a Chilean cruiser off the Honduran coast more than twenty years ago, has been successful. The treasure has been estimated from $15,000,000 to $65,000,000, according to re ports circulated here. The steamer is headed for this port. MARRYING SQUIRE DEAD. Michigan City, Ind., June 8. Jonathan Snook, whose office has been visited by hundreds of Chicago couples on matrimony bent. Is dead here. For forty years he dispensed justice in a little room where under a large paper bell he joined perhaps a thousand Chicagoans in marriage. The ceremony generally concluded with advice taken from personal experience. 'HEADS' BUREAU' OF : MEDICINE-SURCERY. Gerf CF.STOKES General Charles F. Stokes, U. S. N., Is now the chief of the bureau cf medicine ad surgery at Washington. .
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