Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 303, Hammond, Lake County, 13 June 1911 — Page 8

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THE TIMES. ruesday, June 13, 1911.

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East Chicago Citizens Take Steps Last Night to En

force Laws; Affairs in East

- Chicago Are Characterized as Crookedest in the U. S.

tSpet-Jal to This Times.) ,KasI. Chicago. June 13. Steps were taken last night for the launching of a new civic organization which will have as Us object primarily, the enforcement of the law and the improvement of public morals. The nucleus of the organization is the Congregational Men's Club and the Methodist brotherhood but it Is not the purpose of those who are promoting It to make It a sectarian affair. The movement has been quietly conducted for some time and yesterday's meeting was an Invitational affair, one hundred and fifty citizens of the twin cities having received circular letters bidding them to attend. The invitations were signed "Committee on Organization" and were as follows: Dear Sir: For some time a movement has been silently under way looking toward the organization of our best citizens into a league for the promotfbn of civic morality and the enforcement of law. At a committee meeting attended by ten representatives of two independent organizations held Thursday evening. June 1st, it was decided to hold a meeting of the most desirable citizens with this end In view. Your name was ruggested as a ?efchable member. We therefore extend to you an invitation to be present at such a meeting held at tl.e city hall at eight o'clock, Monday venlng, June 12th. If you have the interests of the city of East Chicago at heart, it is your duty to be present at this meeting. Yours in the interests of a better municipality, COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION.

Gwilym Jones called the meeting to

order and called upon R. G. Howell to

explain Its objects, more fully, after

stating them very generally himself.

Mr. Howell declared his understanding of the objects to be the enforcement of law and uplift in politics and

morals. After his remarks he was elect

ed temporary chairman. S

(John Hartman thought the explanations were not sufficiently explicit and

the chair called upon Dr. Edward

Jacobs of elucidate further. Dr. Jacobs

said his idea was to promote such In

stitutions for the public welfare, ug

playgrounds and parks, and' Tie believ

ed that in order to bring this about it , would be necessary for those desiring ti tee these things brought about to

go before the city council as an organi

zation.

Martin Peterson said ho thought the

organization might accomplish much

toward their object, by using

Influence for the abolition ' of road

nouses. He called attention to the fact that one of these institutions

whose repuation was notoriously un savory, was permitted to flurish un

trammeled in the heart of the city. It

was his idea to take up the matter of

the indictments of the city officials, and

see tnat they were given a square deal. If they were guilty they should be giv

en all that was coming to them, but if

It was a case of persecution, thev

should not be given the worst of it. F. Xm Evans said his understanding of the purpose-of the organization was the double one of promoting civio morality and enforcing the laws. Ej W. Wickey aid there was plenty of

room for Improvement over the methods now In force In East Chicago officialdom. Robert Stirling opined that the saloons should either be kept open or closed, consistently. As it was now it was easy enough to buy whisky within the metes and bounds of East Chcago and he for one, was willing to do his part toward keeping them closed. John Roberts thought the organiza

tion should take an active interest in the saloons and those who kept them seeing to it that only good men held licenses and going before the county j commissioners and remonstrating against those who did not conduct orderly places and who failed to live up to the requirements of the law. He thought something ought to be done about permitting merry-go-rounds to disturb the peace of the sabbath by unf seemly noises, and he advocated the abolition of all noises calculated to disturb the quiet of the city on the day that should be devoted to worship. He named the tooting of horns and rat-

l tling of bells by boys returning from

ball games as especially obnoxious. E. S. Witmer referring to what Mr. Roerts had said regarding keeping saloon licenses in the hands of good men, that no decent man would own a sa

loon license. He also roasted the po

lice and rivers of sprinkling wagons, who he said let the water run over their tanks and overflow into the street, while they read novels on the

curb, and that they otherwise loafed

on their jobs. That 'they were too much Inclined to stop at every saloon

for axlittle nip.

D. J. Reid said he did not believe

that the city officials under Indictment

needed any assistance in getting a

square deal. The grand jury had done

grand work and he hoped the petit

jury called upon to pass on the cases of

the Indicted officials, would keep up the good work. He said that the government of East Chicago had been "rotten" for the thirteen years during

which he had lived here, and that it

was no worse than it had ever been.

He expressed surprise at seeing Mr.

Howell interested in the movement, declaring that he had proposed a similar

one four years ago v when conditions were similar and his idea had been opposed by Mr. Howell. He said there was more crookedness In East Chicago than in any city In the United States, and In thus characterizing the city, he did not even except Gary.

John Hartman asked whether

Charles Pitzele had been asked to the

meeting. On being Informed to the

contrary, he replied that he did not

think it right that Mr. Pitzele, who ha!

started the movement and given much

time to it' ad spen his own money, should have been ignored. If anyhlng came of the movement it looked to him as though Mr. Pitzele's thunder woulit be stolen ty those who had followed up his lead. Charles Johns thought the organization should be limited to twenty-five from the outset so that the management should be in the right hands. ii could be Increased later. He had heard of similar organizations which had been "packed" with friends of the enemy, and which lost their effectiveness by being thu3 empowered to play Into the hands of the very ones whom It was their object to defeat. After those present had expressed themselves the chairman appointed a committee of te nto draft by-laws for the organization which will hold a meeting two weeks from last night at the city hall. The committee was composed of E. S. Whltmer, Rev. M. M. Day, Charles Bowen, H. A. Carpenter and E. S. Drummond of Indiana, and Gwilym Jones IX J. Reid. F. L. Evans, Frank Williams and Ed Jones of East Chicago.

LAKE WOODS PARK HAS Alt INTERESTING HISTORY

Lake Woods Park which ls soon to within a half mile of the park, over in

be thrown, open to the public has a

history that is interesting. It was known for many years as the Seehase farm and the particular site now occupied by the numerous white and green buildings was used for a pastura and resounded to the tinkle of cowbells for years. Some twenty years ago, when the stock yards, which ore now located in Chicago, came near locating the the woods, the plot of ground was laid out and there was a. big boom on. This boom however wa3 punctured in due time, and the land was never used for stock yards purposes. With the remarkable growth of Gary, however, five years ago, the land came into prominence again and Otto C. Bormann and other capitalists obtained the site, feeling that it was naturally adapted for park purposes.

Years ago, Mrs. Bormann and his coileagnes huned foxes, wolves and other game in the premises, and shot ducks and other fowl in the very place where the park now stands. "Right on the spot where the bandstand now is," said Mr. Bormann. "I cut down a big white oak tree, hollow to the core, and took from the bees that were housed there

in 200 pounds of the finest honey that was ever gathered by any bees on ih? face of the earth."

Mr. Borman was born and reared

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the wods Just to the north. He first saw the light of day In a log house there, when foxes and wolves used to come to the very front door and steal chickens. "There were many Pottawattamie Indians In the vicinity at that time," continued Mr. Bormann in a reminiscent vein, "and my father used to trade with them for furs and berries. He shipped the furs and berries to Chicago, and the berries were not shipped- In tiny boxes like they are today, but in barrels. ' v "Father used to trade fire water, as It was called for berries and for furs, too. Used to barter a pint of the liquid

for a bushel of berries, and the Indians seemed to think they had the better of the bargain at that. It was a wild

country In those days, and the whole region was a wilderness, full of wild game. Indians and all manner of

bandits and robbers. "My brother Frank, and myself once found a cache left by a band of robbers. We dug up a dozen re-olvers, some bowle knives and a lot of ammunition. We have also dug up many Indian relics, and we have now a collection of Indian relics we found in the early days. We gathered flint arrow heads and stone Implements used by the redskins. If the Indians could return today Jhey would be much surprised to find a white cit yln their old hunting grounds."

matter Bowser says that he Is to be separated from the cly payroll. Al

though no 111 will is maintained

against Commissioner Frank N. Bor

man he will have to go when the board Is abolished.

In anticipation of a hot time at next

Monday night's session of the Gary j

council Mayor Spooner and members of j

the Valparaiso city council will be on j hand to witness th legislative proceed- j

lngs.

PREDICTS IW STEEL

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A dispatch from Washington, D. C. this morning states that the treasury department will soon officially select the site 'for the new federal building at Gary, and it is thought that definite

I Information concerning the erection of i the building will be at hand at an early I date, i

The new federal building will be located at the southeast corner of Adams strt and Fifth avenue on five lots which were donated to the government by the Gary Land company.

Although it is not known definitely j what the cost of the federal building j

will be, the department some time ago

set aside $75,000 for the starting of the work. The total' cost at that time

O. K. WITH TOM

(Continued from Page 1.)

According to the Economist, the fl

nanclal and industrial Journal of Chi- was said to be $125,000

cago, trie calumet river near feoutn , Chicago is to have another large steel i plant in the very near future. '"DIAMOND BILL"

Here is the way the Economist

heralds the coming of the new industry:

"The Calumet district in the imme

diate vicinity of South Chicago will soon have another huge iron and steel

Industry from the east as negotiations which have been under way for some time for a site will be closed shortly. The site Includes a tract of a little

over 30 acres on the east side of th

river, lying between the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad jjn the north and the shipyards on the souxn Two other pieces were under consid

eration, but were given tin even after

an option had been secured upon one. The company contemplates the purchase of the land and the construction of the plant Is one of the largest In the

Frazler's release was secured by Sheriff Thomas Grant. The former diamond agent then turned against his benefactor, and because Mayor Knotts sent him money he came to Valparaiso yesj terday, where he told a weird story of

how Sheriff Grant forced him to obtain a confession from Mle Yokonovlch and that he broke the latter's jaw at one time when he was instructed to beat him. If Frazler's story yesterday made any impression on the' Jury nobody noticed it, because he has "doubled crossed"

Rejuvenation of the famous Gary

council combine and a war to the knife

between its members and Mayor

Thomas K. Knotts Is promised as the

next thriller In Gary's stirring drama

of municipal politics.

.Many to" lie "Klred."

Official decapitation of the members

of the safety board, reduction of police

salaries and even the probable im

peachment of Mayor Knotts is hinted

at by Alderman Emerson I Bowser.

leader of the combine,' which made

Knotts sidestep last winter.

Lined up with Bowser in the latest war on the mayor is Alderman Castleman, Alderman Biukus who was arrested by the mayor's police orr a trumped up harg Alderman Gibson, whom the mayor aided, it is said. In a bribery deal and who now seeks to have him put In jail. Alderman Szymanskl, whom it is alleged the mayor gave orders to be slugged, and Alderman Simlasko, the victim of further entanglements. The latest split on diplomatic relations between the much troubled mayor and the aldermen comes as the result of alleged false testimony on the part of his late detective, (DogFace) Charley Tonkovich, the notorious slugger, whom Bowser and Szymanskl allege told a well fabricated story at Valparaiso yesterday. White For Toboggan. Alderman Bowser is hot on the trail of Safety Commissioner Emmet N. White's scalp and according to him both White and President II. IT. Highlands of the safety board are to be In the down and out class before many moons. It appears, so Bowser says, that White tried to tamper with himself and other witnesses in the Valparaiso cases by telling them that they were needed by the court yesterday when in reality the statement was untrue and the prosecution had great need of them. On account of White's activity in the

rmmtrv and thv win not nniv initio n Mayor Knotts ana bnerin: lrant so

big plant, but will give employment to , many times that his word has no a large force of men. . j weight whatever. Netcotlnflons Started l.ons Ago. i Frazier came to Gary last night in "Several years ago the negotiations ' company with Mayor Knotts from Valwere opened for the tract, which ex- paralso. Frazier was dressed In a neat tends along the east bank of the river grey suit of clothes of . the latest fashand has for Its southern boundary ! ion and was cleanly shaved. There 100th street. An East Side real estat ! was no trace that the former Garyite operator, who was , Interested In the j had spent nearly a year in the Crown transaction, said that the deal In no j Point jail on a serious charge, way involved he closing of 100th At 'least his friends about the city street. He admitted that a big concern i hall did not notice lt Fraz,er was was after the site and meant to erect treated with the "utmost courtesy, and a plant without delay, once the land; favrir Vnntt. Ail, nnt have hi hand

was secured.

GARY PASTOR WON'T STAiCRITICISM Rev. J. E. Smith of Baptist Church Hands in His Resignation.

on Frazier's shoulder the former prize fighter had his arm around the mayor's neck. Frazier was not only shown around his former haunts, but he was treated to a ride on the new police motorcycles and everything was done for his enter tainment that was possible. It Is said that Frazier will stay In Gary and will be given some fat Job or else he may try his double-crossing act again. All safes and cash registers, however, will be kept securely locked when "Diamond Bill" Is around. Frazier, by his statement yesterday, is only getting himself deeper In trouble, and he now may face serious perjury charges, as Alderman E. L.

Rev. J. E. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church, tendered his resigna

tion to the congregation last Sunday ; Bowser has affidavits signed by Capmorning immediately after the conclu-; taln BU1 and "Dog Face Charley" that sion of the morning sermon. It is said wl11 create a sensation when the time that Rev. Smith's resignation Is due to comes when they are produced, the criticisms of a number of members I

of the congregation concerning a de- I HOOSIERS

lay in me cnurcn Dunaing at tne corner of Jefferson street and Fifth ave-

The church has been holding services in the basement of the building for the past two years previous to the time Rev. Smith came to Gary. Since that time Rev. Smith has succeedeTl In raising $8,000 in funds and the congregation is said to be out of debt, all but a small amount. On account of being unable to raise more funds at the present time it Is said that frequent criticisms were

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the Siiuth Chicago police station has decided to challenge the departments of

Owing to the success of the local police revolver team. Lieut. Mooney of

Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Gary for a revolver meet-to be held

either at the Chicago Gun club or on an Indiana field. Chief Martin of the Gary force is a personal friend o4

Lieut. Mooney, and there is no doubt

heaned nnnn the nastor. nnr! raih.r

than stand the unjust attack he re- ! but what the meet will materialize, signed in order to allow some other J minister to take up the work. Rev." THERE ARE MORE. THAN THREE Smith will remain in Gary and take un i TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED

evangelistic work.

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