Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 37, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1911 — Page 5
Tuesday. August 1, 1911.
THE TIMES.
RENSSELAER PEOPLE NOW FIND OUT ONE PURTELLE
The people of Rensselaer are gradually awakening to a realization of the fact that Eugene Purtelle's scheme of building a railroad with funds subscribed by people of the community through which the road operates will not succeed. The Rensselaer Republican, which
has come to have a different opinion of Purtelle since The Times exposed him a year or so ago, has the fololwlns bout the nervy promoter: "Rensselaer people did not make up the $500 which Eugene Purtelle, the railroad promoter, wanted, and Mr. Purtelle left the city this Saturday morning on the 10:05 train. Before roing he said that he was dlsguested with the place and that he had realized for some time that he was making a fool of himself by trying to enthuse the people here. He had expected to go to Goodland this morning to try to get the people there to take up the project, but he did not go, owing to the fact that the automobile he had engaged became disabled. Mr. Purtelle should realize that his failure to receive support here is altogether his own fault. He has taken no steps to secure for himself the confidence of the people and the solicitors found the lack of confidence in him the cause of refusal to give aid to the project along the lines undertaken Friday. ' Gets Woman's S500. Purtelle gave checks aggregating $S09 or $400 in payment for labor and other things some two weeks ago and these checks were not paid by his Hammond bank because he had no
funds deposited there. Some of the men
who are holding the checks threaten to j Purtelle has the qualities that send Purtelle over the road if they get very far in railroad building.
are not made eoo.1. At Thayer w.crb
has been suspended and a Hammond newspaper states that the foreign loborers came there with a check for $S45 and there were no funds to Purtelle's credit. Purtelle tells an unlikely story about his backing refusing to pay the claims because he was not receiving the local support he should. He has refused to give any friend or advisor reason to believe that he has any financial barking;. He Is said to have sold to a woman near Roselawn $S00 worth of stock in the road and to have received that amount in cash. He has made a few
other small sales and the aggregate
of these is probably about all the money that has been spent in Rensselaer and In Newton county. A large number of people think that in voting the subsidy in Marion township and in granting the franchise in Rensselaer, and helping to secure the right of way the people have done about all that is necessary and until Purtelle makes good on a number of his promises the .community is under no obligations whatever to him. and
should not build up false hopes of getting a railroad. The Republican is for the railroad tooth and toenail, as it always has been, but it does not believe in encouraging the public to confidence in a man it personally distrusts and the publio knows that $500 would not be a. drop in the bucket toward building an interurban railroad. That some determined man with a small amount of money and a high regard for truthfulness and honesty might build the road we have always believed, but we do not believe that
will
HARD TIE TO GET THEVAULT HERE American Trust & Savings Equipment Gives Capital Some Excitement.
BIG CASE
BEGU
IANKRUPTCY
One of the largest bankruptcy cases which , was ever filed by clerk Charles 8. Surprise of the Federal Court in Hammond is that of the Michigan Sash Door Co. of Michigan City which Is
believed to have assets of $41,000 and
liabilities of from $100,000 to $150,000. i years.
The action was begun by some of the ( noticeable lack of gambling, the road
theetors -ef - the 'company -in which ! houses and resorts of the second rlasa
office for investigation as stated last Thursday in these columns. In view of the fact that it concerned territory over which he had Jurisdiction
and furthermore in view of the fact
that The Times Bureau, at the State Capital has made, public the fact that the communication had been forward
ed; Smith says he did not communicate with Greenwald. He thought Greenwald knew all he cared to know about
it. Conditions Better. But Smith did make an investiga
tion of conditions at Cedar Lake. He learned the identity of the signers of the petition and determined In his own mind and to his own satisfaction the motives which prompted the action. The result of his investigation was
to develop the fact that Cedar Lake is In better shape than it has been in
bmitft found that there was a
They are having a terrible time with the vault which the American Trust & Savings Bank of Hammond has purBank of Indianapolis. After the difficulty that was encountered in getting It out of the old building the work of carting it to the freight car was equally as great. The Indianapolis News last night said:
"An accident to the big trucks under the sixty-flve-ton steel vault which
was being moved from the old Fletcher National Bank building to the Monon freight yards tied up the work of mov
ing the vault from 5 o'clock Sunday
morning until 1 o'clock this morning
The accident occurred In Virginia ave
nue, between Maryland and Washing
ton street. The inbound street car tracks were blocked, and cars on the Prospect, English and ..Lexington avenue lines had to bo routed west In
Maryland street to Meridian and north
in Meridian to Washington street.
'Virginia avenue, from Washington to Maryland, is slightly down grade and the trucks began to gain momen
tum as the moving progressed. One of
the wheels of the rear truck struck a
brick only slightly elevated above, the other bricks in the pavement along the car tracks. These trucks swung
slightly sideways, and the shifting of
the weight caused the smashing of one wheel in another truck and a tire from
another big whel to come oft. Ai
though the big vault titled, it did not
leave the trucks. The work of repair
ing the trucks and getting the vault in position to be moved again took the entire day and half the night. A six-
teenhorse team was engaged in the
work of moving.
"At Maryland and Alabama, street
this morning the front trucks hit
slight depression in the asphalt street
A switch engine of the Monon wis backed up on the switches .which terminate at Alabama street and was hitched to
the vault. Plenty of sand was required, and the engineer of the dinky" took seven 'pulls" at the vault before it was finally moved across Deleware street. At noon it stood alongside the car on which it was to be loaded to be taken to Hammond, where it will be used in a bank.'
THE LATEST DELICACY.
Tionseta, Pa., Aug. 1. Instead
of following the new fad of swat-
ting flies, Flaubert Marcy, a farm-
er of Tldloute township, Is
swarming them In coops and raising them for their eggs, for which
he expects to find large sale as a luxury In food. The eggs contain
a high percentage of oil and albumen. He serves them at his own
table in three fromi as toastles, as flour cakes and In the form of
cornstarch pudding and says he
finds them both palatable and nutrltious. The coops are of woven wire and cover a space of fifty feet by
forty and are ten feet high. In the center of each coop is a tank
of water into which the little
workers drop their eggs, which
Marcy gathers up once a day, There are thousands of them in every setting.
When dried the eggs have a sort of hull, which may easily be
removed by friction, leaving a
product that looks like rice. It
may be served in that form or
ground into flour and baked.
R
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there Is believed to have been a bitter
factional quarrel which finally resulted In the ousting of the president of the company. ' The concern is said to be one of the oldest in this part of the state and was organized 40 years ago. The petition Is for involuntary bankruptcy and the former president of the company ic said to be one of the complainants. - It Is related in the complaint that on or about March 1. that the directors of the company signed over to themselves a part of the property of the concern. In view of the fact that the four months, within which time this assignment could be set aside, expires today, the case was filed. The attorneys are Barry & Crowley of Michigan ICty and Slick and Slick of South Bend.
QUESTION. NOW ONE OF VERACITY (Continued from Page l.)
were not harboring prostitutes as they once had, the refusal of the Monon to eater to Sunday picnics had resulted in an Improvement of conditions on the west side of the like and in the words of Smith. "Cedar Lake is 100 per cent more orderly than it has been In years." The petition that was forwarded to
the governor was unwarranted, in hts opinion, and an appeal or a complaint to the deputy prosecutoi would have received the same consideration ad though it came from the governor.
LAWYER . " SHOOTS HIMSELF (Continued from Page l.
home until shortly after 1 o'clock, hav
Ing determined to make a later train.
"While he was walking through Gar
field park, the shot was Bred from the bushes. Poyle declares the shot was not fired by holdup men, and nothing
was taken from his clothing.
The bullet had entered his chest near the left shoulder. He was rushed to the nearest hospital In an automobile and an X-ray examination of the wound was to b made. It was declared that there is no imminent danger of death. "Doyle is a son of Prosecuting Attorney Michael J. Doyle of Menominee, Mich., and settled in Hammond only recently. Mrs. Cullen scouted the theory of a suicide attempt. ' "Gerald was in the very best of spirits when he left the house," said Mrs. Cullen. 'He was going to marry a beautiful girl on Thursday. He had provided a home for her and he had plenty of money. There is no young man in my list of acquaintances who
had brighter prospects or more reason for being happy than' he. I can not understand why any one would want to take his life. He had no rival in love so far as we know.'
"Doyle told the physicians he was
walking along slowly and musing over
his trip aid his approaching marriage
when there was a flash In the brush
and he felt the ting of the bullet in his shoulder. He said there was no command to throw up his hands nor any warning of an attempt on his life."
TO
PAY HALF OF COSTS
The elimination of grade crossings suggested by The Times the day Henry Krogman was killed was assured today when the officials of the company
upon solicitation by Mayor Smalley I t and John L. Rohde of the board of public works agreed to pay half of the
costs of the Calumet-Conkey avenue grade crossing elimination. The board will take up its work In this connection next Monday. The danger can be partly eliminated by opening a highway along the Krle which shall . connect Conkey avenue with Calumet avenue without having to cross the tracks. h are explained. The requirements are also enumerated. The plan Is considered an exceedingly liberal one -in view of the fact that in the event the funds of the as
sociation become depleted the company would make up the funds necessary to
pay the benefits. The company also
pays all of the expense of maintaining the association.
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MONON AGENT DEAD
Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 1. (Special)
James Elliot, formerly agent of the Monon railroad at Armour, died at his
hame at Cedar Lake Sunday evening of
consumption. Mr. Elliot was 49 years
of age and leaves a wife and six chil
dren to mourn him. He was well known
here. The funeral services will be held at the Hanover Center church tomorrow morning, the interment being at the Catholic burying greund there.
MEETING NOT HELD
, A dilligent search of the entire community failed to reveal a single member of the Hammond Business Men's
association who attended the meeting , hls own note
last night, which was called for the pc.st and every one avoided him for fear
that he would attempt to make a loan on one of his worthless notes.
sponsibllity became current. At first they were scouted by his friends but leter there were -unmistakable evidences of unscrupulousness. Checks were drawn on the various banks In Hammond when there were no funds there and when Doyle knew there were no funds of his on deposit. He was called In and asked to explain. He claimed that his father had sent $500 and he did not see why It had not arrived. - Forced to Kaise Money. His excuses became so palpably un
true that he was finally forced to raise the money with which to meet his obli
gations at the bank or suffer the conse quences.
After his experience with two banks
in the city cut off that avenue of tem
porary relief from financial embarrass
ment Doyle attempted to negotiate
loans from various people in town on
He became a regular
EMPLOYES FAVORED BY
SCHEME
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them was verified today at the office of The Times Indianapolis Buerau. Furthermore: , M. J. Smith, deputy prosecuting attorney at Crown Point, said today that he had received a communication from Governor Thomas It. Marshall regarding conditions at Cedar Lake. The letter from Governor Marshall enclosed a petition signed by certain Cedar Lake and Lowell people and the governor merely stated that the matter had been called to his attention and that he submitted it to the prosecutor's
purpose of diseusslng several matters
of importance. President J. E. McGarry was siclc and could not be present. Joseph Wels, the owner of the hall in which tlio meeting was to have be-sn held, said that he was unable to be present. The last that was seen of Secretary E. F. Johnston was when he and one
Said He Owned Farm. He told those from whom he attempted to make loans that he owned a valuable farm in Michigan and told others that he had a big fee coming from a law suit which he and his father, and well known and respected Judge in
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CAFE, CASINO, PAVILION, RATHSKELLER, GARDEN, AERODROME, THEATER, RIDES
GARDEN OF PLEASURE
"Askvthe Man who's been there
lone man were vainly waiting for , Menominee, had tried, some one to show up. That was at Finally people became tired of his 8:30. , I stories and he was entirely discredited Secretary E. F. Johnston left the city in this community. He left the city early this morning on a business trip, with stories of excellent connections he presumably looking for the meeting bad established with a Chicago law
uitu was 10 nave Deen neia iasi nignt. . firm.
The Chicago Journal tonight carries the following story of the tragedy: "Gerald Doyle, a young lawyer of Hammond, Ind., who was to marry Miss Helen Jones, a society girl of Menominee. Mich., Thursday was found unconscious from a bullet wound in the chest. He was lying in a clump of bushes in Garfield park. "A revolver, with one empty chamber, was nearby. The po'ice believe the young lawyer attempted to commit suicide, but are at a loss for a motive. "Doyle denied he had shot himself. He is at the Robert Burns hospital. He
save he was shot from ambush by a
stranger. He did not know whether his assailant was a man or a woman. Doctor Sees Him Fall.
"Dr. M. O. Hoover. 1936 Grand ave
nue, was driving through the park and
hfcard the shot. He found Doyle near by. He saw the man stagger and fall.
" "I'm shot," cried Doyle. "' Who shot you?" Dr. Hoover a?ked " 'I don't know," he gasped, then became uncenscious. "After the physician had made preparation to probe for the bullet and Doyle was told he would recover he said :
' -I don't know why anyone should shoot me. I did not shoot myself. I have no reason for wishing to die." "Young Doyle was on his way to :he home of his bride-to-be. So far as It is known he had no rivals for the girl's hand. "It had been Doyle's custom to visit his uncle and aunt. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Cullen, f19 Independence boulevard, whenever he was in Chicago. He went to the Cullen home Monday afternoon and passed the evening there. Mlnates HU Train. "It was his plan to take a 10:0S o'clock train to Menominee, but he missed it and remained at the Cullen
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lief along the following lines: 1. The money needed fo relief, fol
lowing personal Injuries, will be fur
nlshed by the company. 2. Settlements will be made lm
mediately and -without the aid of law
yers.
3. The companies plan of relief will be In charge of a. "manager" who will have full authority to make all settle
ments.
4. The company will furnish artificial limbs and tr- ises where these are
needed. 5. No relief will be paid to any em
ploye or his family If suit is brought
against the company. The company vUll not deal with an attorney where
relief is to be furnished.
6. No relief will be paid for In
juries caused by intoxication.
7. In cases of temporary disable
ment the company will pay one half of
the wages the employe received at the
time of his disablement. Bnaed Ob Pay.
8. In cases of permanent disable
ment the settlement will be made some
what according to the circumstances
of each case but the following will
give an Idea of nature of the settle
ment. (a) For the loss of one hand
or one foot, one year's wages, (b) For the loss of two hands or two feet, two
year's wages. fc) For the irrecover
able loss of sight of one eye, half year's
wages, (d) For the irrecoverable loss
of sight of hfcth eyes, two years' wages
In the case of death the company will pay the funeral expenses, not to exceed $100 and two years' wages computed on the basis of the average
amount earned during the past two
years. Employes" Benefit Asuoolat Ion.
The object of the association is to provide its members with a certain income when sick, or when disabled by acc dent, and to pay the families certain sums in cae of death. To create at.d maintain a fund which shall be1 intr to employes, to be I'seil In the
payment of benefits to them and cos them the least money possible consid ering the benefits received.
1. The association is in the execu
tive charge of a board of trustees consisting of members representing the plants and departments of the American Steel Foundries. There are pro
visions for a manager, medical directors and others necessary to carry on the work of the association mid all of these are to be paid by the American Steel Foundries Co. 2. There is a very liberal eligibility requirement which makes it possible for all of the present employes of the company to become members of the association. tiHnmrat Small. 3. There are twenty classes of members and these classes are graded according to their earnings. The monthly assessment is based on the earnings of the employe and ranges from 30 cents to $2.50. 4. The assessments of members are deducted from their earnings or In case of a lay oft are paid In cash by the member. The company has Issued a book which gives all of the facts about the Employes' Benefit Association. In it all of the advantages of the association
he season and captured the medal unit next shoot with a score of 93. C.
Muri, Wm. Trolke, D. F. Cowgill and
H. Dierks having made close scores for second place. The club has re-organized and have drawn up a new con-
titution and are a bunch of enthusi-
stic nemrods. The following scores
were made:
G. W. Hunter 93 C. Muri 58 William Troike 57 D. F. Cowgill 55 II. Dierks 52 P. Fleake 47 J. Schellinger 21
Building Permit.
Lot 39, south half of 40, block
Hoffman's second addition; 22x40x3; 313 HeDry street; F. C. Thomas, owner and contractor . ..$1,009
Detective in Trouble.
Detective A. F. Gaetje of the B. & O.
railroad swore out an affidavit yester
day afternoon for the arrest of J. J.
Donegan charging him with provoca
tion. The case will come up
Judge Prest and the date of trial has
not been set.
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Picnic Falls Flat.
The big Cedar Lake picnic which
was .advertised for today under the auspices of the Chicago theatrical
workers nearly fell flat owing to the threatening weather. But one train-
load of picnickers passed through
Hammond.
Ray Seeley Recovering.
nay aeeiey, county surveyor, who
underwent an operation for appendicitis at St. Margaret's hospital two
weeks ago, hopes to be released from
the institution this week. He Is able to sit up in a wheel chair now. From
the time he was operated he has shown
continual Improvement and no relapse
Is feared at thin time.
Goes to Joliet Herald.
Thomas Slgler, . a former newspaper man who went from here to Joliet to take charge of the city editor's desk
on the Joliet Evening News, has Chang
ed his position and is now connected
with the Joliet Herald.
Mrs. Huinpfer's Condition.
Mrs. Fred Humpfer, who underwent
an operation at St. Margaret's hospital
yesterday. Is reported today to be do
ing as well as can be expected. Mrs,
Humpfer is not in any imminent dan
ger, but her condition is conceded to be
serious.
Sell3 Out Interest.
Charles Van Sickle has sold out his
interest In the Gem theater to Pete
Brahos, his partner, who will now have
full charge of the place.
Doing Swell Business.
The American Trust & Savings bank
which recently opened a place of bus!
ness on East State street is reported
to be in excellent condition and Is in
creasing its deposits every day.
"The business we are getting far cx ceeds my expectations." said Presiden
Oscar Krinbill today. "We have passed the $50,000 mark, and that is doing pretty well for a bank which Is only
a few weeks old."
New Poolroom.
A new poolroom is being opened up
at 87 State street and expects to open
its doors to the public by Aug. 13.
E. Jones, formerly of Iowa, will man
age the business and has Installed new
pool and billiard tables, including fix
tures of the latest type.
Tou won't be without a gas range I
you call and see the ranges on display
at the office of the Northern Indian Gas & Electric Company.
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SOUTH BEI1D MARKET WIHS DESPITE FOES
Neighbor's Squabble.
The case of the State of Indiana vs.
Van WUHgan was continued in Judge
Ames' court yesterday afternoon and
he date of trial set for Wednesday
August 9th. Van Willigan lives on the
Ridge road and is charged by Andrew Kubeck the complaining witness wi,th provocation.
Moving Out of Old Depot.
Captain Downing, the agent of the
Monon railroad, Is moving out of the old depot and is making ready for the destruction of the old shack which has
been used for depot purposes for so
long.
It is expected that Contractor Mc-
South Bend, Ind., August 1. South Bend's public market, conducted by tha municipality, has proved a great success. After one week's experimenting the authorities have concluded that the establishment la well worth continuing. The cost of fruit, produce and poultry has been considerably reduced as a result of the direct sales to the consumer, and it Is expected that with the public market constantly growing In favor it will be only a matter of a few more days before the farmer will be offering fresh and smoked meats for sale. That the grocers have noticed a great falling off in the sate of country and dairy products Is denied ty them, and Interviews with many of the leading members f the so-called local grocers' trust tend to belittle the experi-
before ! ent of the city. Several of the gro
cers admit, however, that they are unable to buy vegetables and fruit from the farmers of the surrounding country, all of it going to the market and being sold direct to the consumer. Seek to Belittle Plan. All of the interviews are "knock" on the public market, claims being avanced to the effect that goods are sold under insanitary conditions and that the purchaser Is required to carry his stuff to his home instead of having it delivered. However, the people do not appear to mind these objections, and the hundred and more farmers always sell their stocks long before the closing hour, 10 a. m. j The one big problem which the authorities had to solve was that of the peddlers, who appeared early at tha
market and bought out the farmer before the consumer appeared on tho
scene, then selling' the good at a higher
Clay will move the old depot or razpr,cek p,ddU now arVnSrifiow&A'tt
it at once and will make the excava- ,,- thl nnr, -vn.,..i,, ,h(.v m
tions for the new one. The contract , , , m , K
price oi ;u.uou dia not include me
plumbing and heating contract, which was awarded to W. E. Russell.
Great bargains now being o:Tered on
slightly use1 Gas Ranges. Ranges on
display at tv-ifiern Indiana Gas &!
Electric Company's ofiice.
j The market is conducted entirely
without expense to the farmers anj producers. All they have to do Is to register and remain in the stalls until 10 a. m.. unless their stocks are disposed of at an earlier hour.
Sues for Damages.
Stanislaus Madejzyk has started an action against the Interstate Iron & Steel company to recover $10,000 damages which is alleged to be due as a result of the breaking jf a chain which was pulling a line of cars. Madejzyk was the engineer and alleges that when the chain broke the engine was released and collided with some cars, causing serious injury to himself. He declares that the accident was due to the rusty and defective condition of the chain.
Valuable Prises Given. Some valuable prizes are offered to the winners in class C In the competitive drills which will be held by the uniform rank at the Indiana brigade meeting at Lafayette next week. The Hammond uniform rank is entered In the class C competition, which is restricted to companies which have never won a prize at an encampment. The local team Is drilling every night this week in the hope of being in championship form next week. The prizes for class C are a first prize loving cup worth $150, a second prize company banner worth $100, and a third prize American flag worth $75.
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NOW IS THE TIME To borrow a little money If you are In need. We will loan you for any purpose whatever, any amount from $5.00 up, and all that we require as security is household goods, piano, team, or horse and buggy, etc. Loans made in Gary, Hammond, Hobart, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor, Whiting, Crown Point, Chesterton and Valparaiso. Name ...................... Address Indiana Loan Company Corner Fifth and Broadway, GARY, IND. Phone 322
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Small Dog on Rampage.
A small dog that had all tne sytnp
toms of being mad. ran amuck on
Lewis avenue yesterday afternoon an
after snapping at several people It I reported that the cur bit several chll
drcn. Mr. Ball living at 210 Lewis avenue reported the incident to the police and inquired if he had the right to shoot the dog and he was informed that he had. He has not Informed the police whether he killed the: dog or not.
Rifle Club Shoot. The Hammond Rifle club held their regular shoot at Sharpshooter's park Sunday afternoon and held the best shoot of the season breaking one record and three men making ciu.' scores for second place. G. W. Hunter carried off the honors of the day when he made high score of
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