Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 2 August 1911 — Page 1

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VOL. VI., NO. 38. HAMMOND, INDIANA, 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 3 Cents Copy.)

HEW PLANT STARTS IH GARY

High officials of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company are from Pittsburg today to witness the formal placing in operation of the 64-inch sheet mill of the Gary Sheet and Tin Plate company of "the company. The product of the big sheet mill will be used principally in the manufacture of curved steel sheets for smoke stacks. General Manager John A. Gross, of the Gary mills, supervised the test try-out . Tomorrow it is expected that the mill be in active operation. Three officials are here from Pittsburg to witness the first product rolled. They are Vice President A. G. Young, assistant to the president, S. A. Davis and Chief Consulting Engineer M. A, Irvine. Steel for the sheet mill will be supplied by the Gary works of the Illinois Steel company.

SUICIDE ACCEPTED THEORY

Chicago Police Believe That Hammond Lawyer Tried to Kill Himself; More Evidence Comes Out That Doyle Was Involved. Did Gerald A. Doyle, the Hammond lawyer found in a Chicago park yesterday, fear arrest upon his arrival at De Pere, Wis., on account of his responsibility in connection with the alleged pausing of a number of checks in Hammond; did he fear that he would be disgraced on the eve of his marriage 'Wltk U.l.n TnnAa tl nrattv VOII n tr Kfk - " . i"-" 11 " V. ...... , t' ' J J ciety girl of Pe Pere, with his physical conditio: such that he did not believe Himself capable of undergoing xne i train a wedding and did. all these 1 tlilngsrredu-ceTVirrt-to sucH- tate-oil desperation that suicide, seemed to be the only relief from the mental strain from which he-was suffering? This Is the hypothetical question that the acquaintances of Gerald Doyle are asking as a result of what Is now believed to be an attempt at suicide on the part of the young attorney. sister Was Drowned. One of the sensational discoveries in connection with the Doyle affair is the fact that his sister committed suicide by drowning. This fact was discovered in a peculiar manner. Doyle owed Manager Jack Glennon 45 for board and room and made one excuse ater another to get out of paying It. Finally Glennon ordered him out of the place and retained some books, a suit of clothes, a grip and some papers. In one of the books there was a newspaper clipping which stated that Miss Doyle, daughter of M. J. Doyle of Menominee, Mich., had committed suicide by drowning. Manager Glennon stated that Doyle had given him a couple of checks when he did not have funds in the bank. "I went to his office," said Glennon, "and told him what I thought of a man who would do a thing like that. Doyle went out in the building and borrowed the money to save himself from prosecution." ' Cheek Stories Pop T'p. And the incidents of Doyle's brief career in Hammond, that tend to show (Continued on Page 7.) A Peculiar Occurrence. Ridge road residents near the Monon crossing at Munster were startled last night when two explosions rent the air. An investigation showed the peculiar reason the blowing up of the rear shoes of an Illinois car bearing the tag 1423 M. The owner of the car with his family was en route from South Bend to Chicago and in coming through Hammond said that he had never known two tires to blow up simultanet Usly before.

INTRODUCING CHAIRMAN STANLEY AND HIS CONGRESSIONAL PROBE COMMITTEE; THEY'RE INVESTIGATING SECRETS OF STEEL-TRUST.

Here are the men composing the congressional committee that la inyestigatlng the steel trust Reading from left to right they are: Top row J. H. Boston, J. A. Sterling, Ollle Young and E. A Dantorth. Lower row D. J. McGillicuddy, Jack Beal, A. O. Stanley, chairman, and Martin UtUeton.

More Encouraging (?) News Received From Halleck; Promoter Says Work Will Begin Next "Week; Let Us All Hope So. Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 2. (Special.) News of the most encouraging and satisfactory kind came to headquarters yesterday regarding the building of the Gary and Southern interurban when President John grown of the Business Men's Association received word from Halleck "W. Seamen at Chicago statin;? that the bonds for the building of the line had been sold to Eastern capitalists and that construction work on the line would now be continued until completed ana that tl road -weaJJio lit operation, to "meet the requirement of the franchises held by him. -This is the most reassuring news those interested In seeing Crown Point and Gary connected by an interurban, have had since the project was started and removes the last obstacle In the promater's path. "Mr. Seamen has been up against the worst kind of a fight in putting the project through," said a friend, "and his latest success further enhances the trust and confidence placed in him by his many friends here who have never hesitated to say that if possible Mr. Seamen would be the man to keep his word and b'ulld the road." There are others who have no faith in Mr. Seamen at all. It is said that work all along the line will be commenced next week, such as the spanning of bridges and culverts and everything gotten in shape for the track laying gang who will follow close on the heels of this work. BERRY FILES SUIT HAMMOND Former Park Manager Claims $192 in Wages Due. The case of Gerald Berry vs. Gary Park Company which was venued from Judge Huber's court, Gary, to Judge Ames of Hammond, was set for trial Thursday morning, August 3rd, at 10 o'clock. Berry was formerly manager of the Lake Woods park and Is suing the Gary Park Company for wages to the extent of $192 which he claims due him. Attorney F. IN". Gavit will act for the defendants and Attorneys Sheenhan and Lyddick of Gary will represent the plaintiff. 4r J!-

HIGH COST

SPECTRE LOOMS UP

Hammond Man Finds Where Potatoes Cost Some Time Ago 11 Cents a Peck and Now They Are Advertised at 45c a Peck. With another increase of about ten per cent in grocery and vegetable prices as compared with last year, the high cost of living specter is waxing larger and more ominous in the eyes of the wage earner. Lake county merchants who are selling to the consumer frankly admit that they do not know where the advance will stop, and next winter may see famine prices for some articles. Even the potato, the old standby of the poor, has bid goodby to humble surroundings and Is ranging himself on the display counter on a par with the tomato and the apple. Dave Lovegren, manager of the grocery department of the Lion store in Hammond, dug up some old advertising files this morning and came across the interesting Hem to the effect that ten years (Continued on Page 7.) TILL SEPT. The lty council met last night but XIX- Xiot traairt -aiijr busin.es, there having been none In the first place and If there had been business there would have been no quorum, The minutes of the preceding session were read and approved, John Kane having acted aa chairman in the absence of Mayor John D. Smalley. The councllmen present were Messrs. Moriarty, Whitaker, Paacaly, Papp, Kahl, Hower, Lauer, Sturm and Kane. Adjournment was taken until the third Tuesday in September to allow for a summer vacation. ON TRACK Henry Huber, who owns considerable property on East State street has some original ideas on track elevation. He said today, " When track elevation comes there will probably be an 'over and under' crossing at Hohman sreet and Plummer avenue. "Railroads always prefer to have this kind of a crossinf and save the expense of interlockers and the delak that they cause. My suggestion would be that the Michigan Central go over the Monon, Erie and Nickel Plate tracks and then have the tracks of these last mentioned roads depressed so that State street would go over them. "In this way there would be no unsightly elevation of tracks through the business district of Hammond and such streets as State and Sibley street could just bridge the depression through which these tracks run. If you are a judge of quality try a LaVendor Cigar. II J:

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SOUTHERN SOCIETY GIRL, RECENTLY WED. NOW RETURNING FROM HONEYMOON ABROAD

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The recently married Atlanta belle. Mrs. Mitchell King, la expected home from Europe within a few days. She tnd h;r husband have been abroad since the ceremony. Mrs. King waB Miss Jeanette Swift and is a popular member of southern society.

PERIL LIES IN DARKER T OF CITY Manager Green says that he does not care t commit the company one way or another ,; regarding tr.$tri(S MeTita orj sftreet cars, but that, bVoes not think t!?ie'cary in the iQtedTperiians of the- business district. ' He says that In his opinion the motorman could turn out the lights between the Broken Corner on Ho.iman street and Oakley avenue on Stato street. "The other portions of the city are not sufficiently lighted to enable the motorman to avoid running over people and to prevent collisions in cases where vehicles suddenly appear from the side streets," he says. But that Is Just where the trouble lies. In the business portions of the city there Is enough light to offset the powerful streak emitted from the street car headlights. In the darker portions, this light absolutely blinds those who approach It In a vehicle and they can see nothing else. FIFTEEN YEAR OLD L ELOPES TO HUB Clerk, According to Valparaiso Story, Refused the License. Kouts, Ind., Aug 2. Miss Bessie Lint and Leonard Berrier, Jr.. two prominent young people of this city, eloped to Crown Point Monday morning to get married. But the girl's father got wind of the affair and promptly notified the Crown Point officials not to Issue a license and to detain the girl. When the couple applied for a license it was refused and the girl was taken in charge to await the father's coming. Miss Lint Is 15 and Berrier is SO Vacation in the East. Attorney John F. Sawyer will leave soon for Oyster Bay, Mass., where he expects to spend a week or two of his vacation. Oyster Bay is ' the place famous as the summer home of former President Theodore Roosevelt. WHERE

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The following poll of 1,500 voters in every State of the World's Work Magazine, and indicates in a striking manner the Governor Woodrow Wilson, for President in 1912:

WOODROW WILSON WM. H. TAFT THEODORE ROOSEVELT JUDSON HARMON ROBT- M. LaFOLLETTE CHAMP CLARK WM. J. BRYAN.......

Total 1,505 . The ballots were sent to subscribers of the magazine regardless of their party affiliations, five times as many ballots being sent to each State as it possesses electoral votes. Of the 2,415 voters to whom Blank ballots were sent, 1,505 responded.

CRUSADE FOR STREET WIDEIIG POPULAR

Calumet and Sheffield Ave nue Widenings Would Be Public Improvements. The crusade for . wider - streets tn Hammond Is galntnp momentum svery where: '-Otto-Haeltnc!. the- owner ot a large amount jf p-f "j perty .on tne hoof -Lake George aayCdiai & 1 afio In favor of the extension and-widening of Calumet avenue. He says that he believes that those who oppose these great public lm provements are obstructionists and that public opinion against them ought to be so strong that they would not dare to oppose great public Improve ments. And now the property owners on Sheffield avenue from Gostlin street to Douglas Park. The street is now 60 feet wide and it is proposed to make it 67 feet wide by taking oft 3V4 feet from each side of the street. The proposition to widen East State street is going forward without much opositlon. Louis Roth says that he is opposed to the plan but Mr. Roth has opposed other Improvements of this character. He raised the biggest howl against the extension of State Line street through Plummer avenue because he happened to be assessed for a small sum to help pay the expense. But State street will probably be widened in Fpite of Mr. Roth, who owns over 100 feet between Oakley avenue and Calumet avenue, for the rest of the property owners are in favor of the improvement and want to see It put through. New Streets Open for Traffic Many new streets In the northeastern part of. the city are being rushed to completion these days and furnish traffic with new and most desirable outlets. Tast Chicago is More than meeting Hammond half way and is completing the pavement of many streets to the Hammond corporation line. Both cities have made wonderful progress in the last year In this line. No Manager Yet. Schutz's theater is expected to open for business about the middle of September. It will open under the management of the American Vaudeville association. So far as can be learned no manager has been assigned to the Hammond theater so far. Only the best theatrical attractions will be booked and the theater will be one of the most attractive in the city.

WAS GOVERNOR T. R. MARSHALL?

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FLIPS TRAIN AFTER HOLDOP THEN FALLS AND 1AY OIE Chicago Man Figures in Sensational Holdup in a Crown Point Saloon Yesterd ay ancT Will Lose His Life as a Result.

(Special to The Times,) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 2. That "the way of the transgressor Is hard" was never better Illustrated than In the case of one John DePalmes, who met with a shocking accident here yester day, after a day steeped In crime. DePalmes who gave his address as 1522 Michigan avenue, Chicago registered at a local hotel on Monday night. Well appearing and passing as a drummer or commercial man De Palmes left the hotel yesterday morning with tha evident intention of returning, but later on In the day credited himself with an attempted holdup, which later resulted In the aforesaid accident which means his probable death. Held lp a Saloon. Appearing at Jacob Miner's saloon about 3 o clock in ine aneruuua u--Palmes made a survey of the place. The barroom was empty at the time Mr. Neiner being away but Mrs Neiner hearinug the entrance of the supposed customer came to the door of the room. DePalmes seeing a revolver behind the bar, is said to have leaped over the fixture, and pointing the gun at Mrs. Neiner and a woman companion he CHALLENGE TO L Indiana Where Challenge Is Sent for Duel; Principal Arrested; Police Get Hold of Challenge. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., Aug. 2. Probably the first instance of a formal challenge to a duel ever made in the state of Indiana, has been brought to the attention of the police In the case of two Servians one of whom Is under arrest awaiting trial before Judge Riley. The challenge was attended with - all the formality of an old world Incident of the kind, the difference being that in this case thechallengee. instead of accepting the guage, had the man who asked him to fight, arrested. The principals are Lako BoIokovjcji and Rodman Mlloshevich Servians who fought Saturday night over the ousting of the former from a lodge of which both were members. Lako fancied that Rodman was responsible for his exnulalrtn and tVlfl mpn f (" 11 0" h f .iTTlftn ,.... . getting the better of his adversary. 1 The matter rankled in the breast of (Continued on Page 7.) Grandmother Dead in Judea Mr. J. J. Cohen, the manager of the White Store in Hammond, received a letter yesterday to the effect that his grandmother, Mrs. Cohen, 98 years old, died in Jerusalem, Palentine. Mr. Cohen said that she visited this country on two occasions but had returned each time. It is out of the question for Mr. Cohen to go to Jerusalem for the funeral as the interment would take place long before he could get there. New Set of Reference Books The last volumes of the Encyclopedia Rriiani were received at the Ham mond public library this week. The set rnntlsts of twentv-elght volumes. The edition Just out is the eleventh and cost over a hundred dollars. Union was recently made by the perponderance of sentiment for CUMMINS.. 17 8 4 2 2 3 8

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backed them both Into the kitchen and locked the door. Made Far Cash Resetter. ; DePalmes made lor the cash, register but the cries of Mrs. .Neiner evidently scared the holdup man and he made his escape from the room, running toward the Erie station. Sheriff Grant and his men were notified and gave chase, following the crook through the cornfields to the Erie station. There he attempted to board a passing freight train but on trying to flip the caboose his clothes became entangled In the iron railing and he was jerked to the ground, sustaining horrible bruises on his head and body, to such .an extent that physicians are doubtful of bis recovery. . Identified Aa the Mam. He was Identified as the man at tempting the holdup at Neiner's saloon and after dressing his frightful wounds he was taken to the county farm. There is no chance of DePalmes making a "get away" from the county farm as his Injuries are such that he will not be able to do any hold up work for many mons, providing yesterday's transgressions do not prove his entire undoing.

LATEST NEWS HUSBAND IS THIEF. Laporte, Ind., Aug- 2- Alrin Grffith, a Lake Shore Railroad employe, has confessed that he had robbed cars ot valuable merchandise. Mrs. Griffith, his wife," wentTln ' society' at Elkhart, Ind. She dressed in such style - and extravagance as to cause comment in her social '. set. Gth admitted -ft t't ' y drcsraists, i ' i 1 v s"hi worirs ; . - .... - - -iValparaiso, ma.. Aug. 2.-r-Mrs. Grant Orr of Chicago was cliosen toast mistress at the annual alumni banquet of Valparaiso University August 16, preceding the commencement exercises, when 4 00 student will receive diplomas. Hon. Z. T. Sweeney former consul to Constantinople, will deliver the commencement address. SEND THE TIMES TO TOUR FRIEND, 300 LETTERS FROM HOME EACH TEAR. Engaged to Wed Col J; I. Astor

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