Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 2, Hammond, Lake County, 20 June 1911 — Page 1

VEMM WEATIIEIU FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW; SLIGHTLY WARMER. 1U EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers X Cent Copy.) VOL. XI., NO. 2. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1911.

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V. S. Reiter Sustains Motion to Dismiss. Prosecution Thrown Out of Court State May Appeal

The ouster proceedings by which an effort was being made to deprive Mayor A. G. Schlieker of East Chicago of his office came to a sudden end this morning when Judge Virgil S. Reiter decided that section 240 of the acts of 1905, entitled "An act concerning municipal corporations" repeals that part of section 35 of the act of 1897 concerning impeachment of public officers of a municipality. AO CHAKGES (iOVK 1STO. It was on this technicality that the case against Schlieker was dismissed. None of the charges against the mayor were gone into consequently the merit of them will not be known unless another action Is , brought with the same purpose in ' view. The dlscoverj" of this technicality by which the case was dismissed was made by L L. Bomberger of the firm of Bombergfr, Sawyer & Curtis. Th arguments before the court were made by L. L. Bomberger and C. B. Tlnkham of the firm of Crumpacker, Crumpacker & Tinkham who, together with Abe Ottenheimer of Kast Chicago were employed to defend Schlieker. LEWIS SAVED t PERHAPS! It Is Interesting to note that had this point been raised in the trial of Chief Of Police Albert Lewis he, too. would have been permitted to continue in of- - flee instead of "awaittnjp-the- appeal" of 1 his case. The state In this case wa3 represented by Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Greenwald, the relator, and City Attorney John Gavit of Hammond. Attorney Gavit said this morning: "We will take an appeal from Judg Reiter's decision. "We might bring a criminal prosecution against Schlieker, but that would involve a jury trial and all of the delays that are characteristic of that kind of an action. TAKEN TO HIGH COIRT. "Under those circumstances Schlieker might delay the trial of the case until his term of office expired. By taking an appeal we will be able to hear the decision of the supreme court by next fall, and that will be much better." It is possible that Mayor Schlieker will be tried under the indictment which was returned against him before the ouster case will be decided In the supreme court, but the chances are that GOAL CONTRACT TO BE LET NEXT MEETING Present Board will Not Let Councilmanic Ring Control Contract. The members of the present Hammond school board propose to let the contract for next year's coal supply before A. S. Stanton takes his office In August. , Of course, the contract will go to the lowest and best bidder and no favoritism will be shown one way or another. But for one year, at least, the present members of the board propose to put a crimp in the alleged plan of certain councilmen to control this con tract. The school board, in anticipation of such a move, has decided to let the contract for a year's supply of coal at the next meeting of the board. The board has already advertised for bids for the year's supply of coal, and so the letting of the contract will comply with all of the legal requirements. There are no new developments in the school board matter. The charges that graft was solicited from Henry Bicknell and Valter Hammond In return for a position on the school have not bee denied. Whether or not these charges will be an object of councilmanic investigation remains to be seen. No Clue to Boat Thieves. No further information has been learned regarding the river thieves who stripped the motor boat of its fittings belonging to Charley Schaffroth, 435 Summer street, last Wednesday night. The United States revenue cutter at South Chicago was notified and a strict lookout is being kept for the Kullty parties. They got away with about $50 worth of fittings, nameljs brass, batteries and coils. s

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the last of the Schlieker prosecutions have been ended. It was hinted by Mayor Schlieker's friends today that the whole prosecution of these cases was inspired by certain interests that are seeking an inlet Into East Chicago, and sensational developments may ensue. PLENTY OF EVIDENCE. While this is strenuously denied by the prosecution;, which declares that it Mayor A. G. Schlieker. has abundant evidence against Mayor Schlieker and that the civic Interests of the community require his removal from office. It will be interesting to watch these developments, In the near future. The action against Mayor Schlieker was watched with the most intense interest in Gary, for the reason that It is generally conceded that Knotts' eiemies would have begun similar action gainst him if the case against SchllekI er had succeeded. FORESTERS HEAR OF STATE COURT WOR Baumgartner Court Has, Pleasant Evening to Hear Reports. a Baumgartner court. Catholic Order of Foresters, held a big meeting last night, which was "followed by a sosession, to which the ladies of the Foresters were invited. More than 200 persons enjoyed the program and re freshmenta. The meeting was the first one after the state convention which had been held last week, and Interesting reports were heard from M. K. Lauerman, state vice chief ranger; Leonard Knoerzer, delegate to the state convention; Joseph Weis and George Kussmaul, state trustees. Among the visitors wefeaJo a number from "Court Luers, which has the honor of having George Hanlon, one of its members, a member of the state court, he being a trustee. The meeting of the state court, which was announced for today, to be held in Hammond, will not be held until about the middle of July. The change Is due to a conflict of dates. Preliminary Hearing. Joseph Misacher, the horse thief who was arrested In Chicago last Saturday for stealing a horse belonging to Jake 1 Diamond, will be tried in Judge Ames'! court Wednesday, June 21, at 9 o'clock.) It is thought by the police that Misa-j cner is connected with a gang of horse thieves and it may be possible to bring some of them Into court. Misacher brought the horse to a Chicago market and disposed of the rig and horse for $S0 and it was valued at close to $150. Misacher will have a preliminary hearing and will probably be held to the superior court. Attorney Boone will act for the defendant.

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CALLS TRIAL FARCE-COMEDY.

"I considered the two previous trials as farce-comedies and think thi3 the same," declared R. D. Ross, a retired merchant of Valparaiso, while being examined for jury service on the third of the Gary election cases. The court was aghast, the lawyers coughed, the small audience giggled, and Mayor Knotts rubbed one of his chins softly and smiled. Mr Rosa was dismissed and the routine of preliminary work went on. But somehow Mr. Ross' face had the contented look of a man that is up-right, down-right and outright right and knows it, and don't care who else knows it. New Session of Legislature Will Be Compelled to Make Higher Levy; Lake County Hard to Assess Properly. TIMES BIREAl, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. Ind., June "0. There seems to be but little doubt now that the next legislature will be compelled to increase the state tax levy, as was predicted in these dU.patrh.es several days ago. On account of the great increase in the expenses of the state, even under the democratic administration which promised economy, this appears to be a foregone conclusion. ,, - Lake Hard'.Niit to CrackOne of the most difficult places In the state, if not the most difficult of all, in which to make a fair assessment of lands is Lake county. One man who has been making a study of this matter says the trouble with Lake county lies in the fact that all land has a speculative value which makes it prac tically impossible for an assessor to ascertain the true value. It Is pointed out, as an example, that one man who owns about 2,000 acres of land in that county holds it at $1,500 an acre, because he believes it will eventually all be bought up for factory sites. The land is not worth anything near that figure now, it is said, and if the as sessor were to assess it on that basis the owner would throw a fit. So the assessor is left to use his best judgment in the case, and he may get the figure too high or too low. Lake county is the only county in the state, however, in which this situation appears to- such an extent. I'p o County Itoanln. It wa.s pointed out a few days ago that the only thing that could prevent (Continued on page 8.) J. F. Jarneckp. the owner of the land south of the city limits, from whose strip of land the road connecting the Ridge road with Columbia avenue in order to avoid four riiilroad crossings, does not look with favor upn the prject. He and Trustee John C. Becker went over th e-rminH vtor-j-Mr. Jarnecke se. med to be impressed with the arguments of his neighbors who argued for diverting some of the traffic from the corner created by the Intersection of the Ridge road and Columbia avenue. Mr. Jarnecke did not absolutely refuse to dedicate the road, but hla attitude was not encouraging to those who would like the death trap at least partially eliminated. Should Mr. Jarnecke refuse absolutely to open the road the only recourse left would be a formal petition to the county commissioners, which, if fllowed by a remonstrance, would cause a long delay In the courts. BOXING QUESTION 1 ISJDEFERRED Although the directors of the Hammond Athletic Association held a meeting last night no decision was reached as to what course shall be followed In the future regarding more boing bouts. The question was laid over until next week. ' , The police commissioners received some of the directors last Saturday afternoon to discuss the advisability of future contests, but the commissioners remained non-commllal.

JARNECKE REFUSES TO FAVOR PLAN

MRS. NATHAN BRYAN.

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Mrs. Nathan Bryan, wife of the new Unjited States Senator from Florida, is noted as one of the beautiful women of her state. Sh will be un addition to tfc Senatorial society circle at Washington when aha goes there with her husband.

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C. W. KOTGHKfSS WEDSiWGRK WILL HOT BE

BlflGHAuMI LADY General Manageilof Indiana Harbor Belt Becomes a Benedict Today. (Special.,t titE:.)': : .. : Binghamton, X. Yf, June 20. C. W. Hotchkiss, general manager of the C, I. & S. and I. H. Belt lines of Indiana, was married at 3 o'clock this afternoon to Miss Jane Watcrhouse of this city. The ceremony took place at the home of the groom's brother, C. II. Hotchkiss. The couple will spend their honeymoon in the cast and take up their residence next fall at Michigan City. BOARD TO LET BIG CONTRACmOMORROW Pipe Bids and Other Sup plies to be Opened by City Officials. Bids for one of the biggtst city hall contracts will be opened tomorrow at the session of the board of public works. The bids are for water pipe and pro vide for enough material for nearly two miles of mains. One section of. the bids provides for 6,400 feet of 36-inch pipe and the other for 4,950 feet of 16-inch pipe. The thirty-six-inch line is to be laid in Columbia avenue, north" from the river, to Huehn avenue, 'thence west in Huehn to Sheffield avenue to connect with the main there. The 16-inch pjpe is to be laid in the side streets lead ing off from the new 36-inch mains. The specifications are so arranged that a bidder can either bid on the pipe alone or on the pipe and connections, or on the pipe and the laying of the same. The additional jnains are required to carry . the water after the 15,000,000 gallon a day pump is installed It was originally Intended to run the i Co,umb,a avenue main as far north as Root street, but upon reviewing the plans it was found that the needs o the city could be met for some time by going only aa far as Huehn ave nue. In this way it was figured some $20,000 could be saved The original project was estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $S5 000. NO LET-UP ON Unmuzzled Dog Crusade in Hammond. Only three dogs were killed by the dog squad yesterday, and since the dog I crusade has been kept up unmuzzled and stray dogs are getting very scarce on the streets. "The people are keeping their dogs locked up and are not allowing them to run loose on the streets since The Tjmes began its crusade against the dogs." said Chief Austgen. "During the last three days over thirty tags have been taken out and now there are over 700 licenses filed. We have killed over 100 dogs so far this season."

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WIFE OF NEW SENATOR 4DONE THIS SUMMER Hammond Will Have to Go Without Water Relief ' Until Later in Year. ijLrcKHact. Mac Turner .has . completed the plans and specifications for the new 10,000 pumping station which Is to be built for the new steam pump that was recently purchased. The city officials are very impatient over the delay that has been experienc ed in the building and equipping of this new station. When the question of the advisability of installing steam or elec tric pumps was taken up great stress was laid on the fact that the city need ed the extra service for summer use when the demand for water is so much greater. The fact was pointed out that if elec tric pumps were installed it would be necessary to building a new pumping station and that the pumps could be ready for use in 60 to 90 days. While the steam pump men stated that it would take somewhat longer to install their pump they said that they would provide the extra service In six months. A great portion of this time has passed and now it is apparent tiat tne new pumping station will not be ready for use this summer. Certain manu facturers who urged the immediate need of additional pumping facilities favored the steam pump. When the fact is taken into consid eration that ail of this epcndlture of money provides only temporary relief and that the great question of building a gravity tunnel from Lake Michigan to Hammond, and the. pumping of water from this end to avoid the loss of prossue that results from forcing the water supply over such a long dis tance, the fact will begin to be appreciated that Hammond has another patched up job to its credit instead of solving its water problem for all time as Gary has done. FISHERMEN RETURN HOME Hughes Graham. John McCune and Charles W. Hicks have returned from a two weeks' fishing trip at Mercer, Wis., where the sport has been excellent. Graham caught tbe largest muscallonge. It weighed thirty-seven pounds and measured forty-seven inches from tip to tip. He caught it on the second cast one day just as he was leaving cam p. It required over an hour to land the big fellow and then the guide had to shoot him before he could be killed. The party spent most of their time fishing for must-allonge, and caught several that weighed from eight to ten pounds. One day they spent fishing for black bass, but their catch, which was a large one. either was stolen or got away. The three Hammond sportsmen are tanned to a nut brown color and had the time of their lives. To Sing in Chicago. The 'Hammond Quartet," composed of Messrs. Glenn Shortier, Leo Engleton. TJon Grady and Floyd Monnett, which has appeared a number of times at the Princess theater, may sing in Chicago in the future, if plans which are now under way culminate. They have an offer to appear at an Englewood play house on Saturday and Sunday nights. Mr. Engleton's brother-in-law took over this play house some time ago

CROWN POINT'S CITY CANDIDATES For Mayor H. H. "Wheeler. For City Clerk H. V. Parry. For Treasurer H. J. Lehman. Aid. 1st Ward John Donnaha. Aid. 2nd Ward J. Wirtz, J. Reitman. Aid. 3rd Ward Dr. Allen Salisbury. Aid. 4th Ward Dr. Edward Krost. Alderman - at - Large Richard Bielfeld. Fred Ruff, Daniel Vincent. Julus Griesel, Erhardt Bixeman and Adam Dillabaugh. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 20. Though not officially elected Crown Point can take a squint at most of her city offi cers-to-be and shake hands with them. All that it needs to make them offi cials of the municipality of Crown Point is to cast one vote for them on the day after the fourth when the town election will be held. With the fliing of the petitions with Clerk Lehman last evening it was discovered that the above named gentlemen had no opposition for the city offices and the only contest in the election on July 5 will be for aldermen of the second ward and the two aldermen at large. The opposition to former county clerk H. H. Wheeler failed to materialize and Representative M. Grimmer decided not to make the race. INJUNCTION CASE IS SETTLED Oin OF COURT Power Companies,. Decide Wire Stringing Case Last Night. The case In which the Gary & Interurban Railway Co. sought to enjoin the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. from using Its poles for the purpose of stringing wires was settled out of court last.nieht. The two companies were never very far apart in this controversy, and so it was a comparatively easy matter to settle the controversy without litigation. The Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. had the contract to supply the Vulcalose plant at Osborn with power, and was anxious to have the controversy settled so that it could carry out Its contract. Attorneys Bomberger, Sawyer & Curtis represented the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. and Attorney Frank Gavit represented the Gary & Interurban Railway Co.

LONDON BRIDGE AS IT APPEARS WITH ITS DECORATIONS FOR THE CORONATION

London BiU"DG fcGrztes ZrG.

London image is here uown in coronation dress. The decorations are dimple but effective. The leftmost oi the two ta.ll buildings seen in the picture is the monument erected Jo eommemorata the great lire of London aevexaicenturiea ago.