Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 66, Hammond, Lake County, 5 September 1911 — Page 1

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HUE ID CRY AGAINST ALL

HE RESORTS Hammond Men Who Rent Houses in West Hammond For Immoral Purposes May Be Brought Into the Courts. A well-known Hammond man who owns property In West Hammond stated today that the resorts had ruin ed his property. He has a number of flat buildings in the vicinity of the redlignt district, and he stated that it Is Almost impossible to rent such property to respectable people. He declares that he received & number of applications from good tenants 'only to find that they would not rent his property on account of its proximity to the resorts. He says that it is the hardest thing In the world to get and keep good tenants. He declares that the whole neighborhood is ruined and that properly values have been lowered by the vicious conditions there. He declares that he is not surprised that disreputables come to the neighborhood, for it is the only place in the eity where they are allowed to stay. Hart Property Value. Henry Lindner said today that he heartily approved of the crusade that has been started against the resorts in West Hammond. He declared that in his opinion the raid that was made on the Colonial hotel a few days ago was merely a blind. He said that the people of West Hammond knew that the police officers there would not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. He points otit that only one place was raided and that all of the others .were not molested. He says that conditions .were just as bad last Sunday night as they have .been, at any; time In thn fu . (Continued on page $.y. SCHOOLS OPEN FOR A NEW YEAR Four Thousand Children Start in Fall Term at Various Schools. Approximately 4.000 school children wended their way to the public and parochial schools of Hammond today to resume nine months of school work after a pleasant three months of vacation. The indications are that the enrollment this year .will be larger by several hundred than it was last year, but it is not thought that the total enrollment will exceed 4.000. The first day was primarily devoted to assembling and assignment of lesson and tomorrow the work will begin In earnest. A general meeting of all the teachers In the public schools was held in the Central school building at 4 o'clock this afternoon, under the direction of Superintendent C. M. McDaniel. CONSIDER CIBBONS FOR CHURCH'S HEAD Among the cardinals and high prelates of tne Catholic church, who aro discussing the question of electing a successor to tbe pontificate, owing to Pop Plus' decline, there Is a group which. Insists that after so many ccaturies of Italian Popes, a foreigner should be chosen. If this element prevails. Cardinal Gibbons would become an important candidate;

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MANJISAPPEARS George Stelow, Standard Employe, Leaves Home For Parts Unknown. After drawing his pay at the Standard Oil company at Whiting, George Stelow, 4:9 Hoffman street, mysteriously disappeared and nothing has been seen or heard of him since. He left his home for .work at the Standard OH company, where he is emi ployed as a switchman. Saturday he received his pay and when last seen he was 'in Whiting.- He did not return home and left-no word or trace where he was going. Relatives appeared at the police station this morning and left the following description: Age 24, height 5 feet 11 inches, weight 145 pounds, boild slim, complexion dark, hair dark brown, eyes hazel. wore a soft gray hat, light navy blue shirt, coat, vest and trousers. Black lace shoes. Louis Olson, employed as a farm hand for August K. -J-arneeke. Columbia avenue, committed suicide early this morning by hanging himself from a rafter in the Jarneeke barn. When Mr. Jarneeke went into the barn about 6:30 this morning he found Olson hanging from the ceiling alongside of a feed box. Olson had evidently committed the rah'aot not over a half hour before,, as his body was still warm when found., . tkrtnine He then ,vldeftttirrmw tirmsetf from the feed box, a his, body was found relaxed' touching the barn floor. Coroner Shanklln was notified at once, and Stewart's ambulance was sent to bring the remains to Hammond, where the. body, is now held at Stewart's morgue. The inquest will be held this afternoon pr tomorrow morning. Mr. Jarneeke said this morning "That Olson had been drinking heavily for the past two weeks, and, in fact, was an inveterate drinker since he had been working for him. He was a good worker as long as he left the drink alone, but as soon as he started drinking I could do nothing with him. He left the house yesterday noon and I did not 'see him until I found his dead body this morning." Olson has been employed by Mr. Jarneeke for the past nine years and is about 65 years- old. He has no rela tive living In this country, and came here from Sweden." Funeral arrangements have not been made. DEATH OF MRS. JENNIE Demise Occurs in Wesley Hospital ; . Takes Place Last Night. V ; Mrs, Jennie Hellerman, wife . of Adolph Hellerman, one of Hammond's best-known merchants, died last Sunday night at the - Wesley hospital, in Chicago, where she had lingered for nearly eight weeks. Gall stones and heart troubles 'are given as the cause of her untimely death. The funeral has been arranged for Wednesday morning of this week. Services will be held at Hamburg's chapel, 4643 Prairie avenue, near Forty-seventh street, and interment will be made in the cemetery of the Sons of Israel. Mrs. Hellerman is survived by a husband and five children, the oldest of which is 15 years, and the youngest 3 years old. The children, . according to their ages, are Leslie, Rose, Erna, Josa and Immanuel' ; A host of Hammond friends regret the untimely death of Mrs. Hellerman and express their deep sympathy. Many of them are expected to attend the funeral services, which will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. - ATTACKS 16 YEAR OLD GIRL Charles Spitznagel, a foreman in. the Gary tin. plate JuiUs, was fined $50 'and costs this morning in the Gary police court for assault and battery; He was accused of attacking sixteen year old Clara Klaske whom he met as she got off a South Shore car at Clark road last night. The girl screamed for assistance and Spitinagel was unable to carry out his evil designs.

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Hobart's Labor Day Celebration Is Witnessed by Thousands; One Accident Mars the Day When Lad Is Run Over by Machine. SEASON'S AUTO ACCIDENTS YS REGION AITOS WRECKED 48 INJURED IN REGION 48 (Special to The Timkh.) Hobart. Ind., Sept. 5. With the Hobart Motorcycle Club in charge of the day's events on Labor day, they not only afforded a day of pleasure to the sport seeking people of Hobart, bu,t also attracted large crowds here from the neighboring cities who came to share the amusements of the day The motorcycle races were held at 1:30 after which a bal game was played (Continued on Page 8.) SPLENDEO . Some remarkable shooting was done at the Labor day tournament of the fir'U r.iiresJ !t;-;i tl'r'jL i; s?h r j,hoot t x pwtTfc vyesrferasiy: r Jesse Young, ya."' Chicago umateur, broke 199 targets out of a possible 200, and dusted the last one so palpably that IWerfNs John C. Becker was almost tempted -to allow him a perfect score. The program" began at 10 o'clock in the morning and provided a 200 target match made up of twelve, fifteen and one twenty target events. The twenty dollars high average money was divided equally among Young, D.-E. nomas, M. Knuessel and L. R. Keller; Weat-her conditions were good, although the wind was a bit too fresh for perfect flight. Scores generally were high some of them phenomenal. The third squad, made up of Young, Graham, Emery, May and Goode, twice ran up 7 out of 75 ire their fifteen-bird strings. Their total average was 93.1. Scores: J. S. Young .199 - M. Knuessel 193 D. E. Thomas. 192 E. S. Graham 191 I R. Keller 191 C. E. Emery ....189 H. W. Cadwallader 189 - J. M. Wileoxson 189 J. M, Surprise..... 187'' George Roll 186 J. G. Becker 183 George Eck 182 - , R. Seelig 182 C.'W. May 182' - H. Fenstermaker 180 0. P. Goode .170 1. Nim'ets 169 H. W. Van Ness ...... 163 A. Buse 'f . .... .70x55 E. A. Surprise . .. ..... . . 67x75 H. Ewen .56x76 AUTO ISlifO Oil STATE HUE South Chicago Man Suffers Loss, But Family Has Miraculous Escape. A valuable five-passenger automobile belonging to John Smith of South Chicago caught flre on state line and Indiana boulevard early Sunday morning and was totally destroyed. Mr. Smith and his family left South Chicago Sunday morning for an automobile trip and when at state line and Indiana boulevard the gasoline tank exploded, setting fire to the machine. Unable to extinguish the flames, the machine was abandoned after the occupants fled. . The family escaped serious injuries when the gasoline tank exploded as the machine was running at a fair rate of speed. Through the alertness and presence of mind Mr. Smith threw on the emergency brakes and got Bis family out of the car, before the gasoline tank caught fire, Xo one was hurt. Nothing was left of the car except the engine and framework. TIMES WANT ADS SERVICE TO lOlii ARE FOR

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The assertion of Mrs. Upton Sinclair that her husband was bo wrapped up in his profession that he was unfitted for domestic life seems to b disproved by this picture, showing Sinclair with his nine-year-old son. .. .

BUYS 40 ACRES ; lil PITER COu.JTY Otto Muehlberger Buys Unimproved Farm From Hebron ManOne of the finest bits of unimproved land in Porter county was purchased today by Otto Muehlberger, foreman of Thb Times stereotyping room, consisting of '40 acres, west of Hebron, just outside of the city limits. The' purchase price was $100 per acre, and Mr. Muehlberger considers' that he got an excellent bargain In the property, which was owned by James V Rice. The farm will be held until Mr. Muehlberber and famlls' Join in the "back-to.,-the-farm" movement. N. YOUNG DEAD. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 5. Nicholas Young, a well known resident of this place, a . brother to Peter Young of Hammond, died at his home on Goldsborough street on Saturday night from stomach trouble. Mr. Young was well known in Lake county and was about 63 years of age. He was married to Mrs. Josephine Fredrich, a sister of Charles Fredrich of Hammond, several yers, ago and he leaves his wife to mourn him. The funeral services will beNhld this afternoon at the house, the interment to .be at the. Crown Point cemetery. ' SOCIAL STAR SET? SHE QUITS 'LONDON ft ' lZi "fit" i EmcTie GriQsbu Miss Emllle Griggby, whom New York society did not know, but who was the favored guest of Princess Mary at the king's coronation when she went to London, has sailed for America. She has given up the lease on her London house, and everybody over there is wondering wheth'er the American girl's "nocial star has already set.

HAPinnnn' I I i a -a s a W b I-...-. : BOY WEDS T The Hammond friends of James P. McMahon, son of Judge W. W. McMahon'of Hammond, will be interested to know of his approaching" arriage to Claire lanch Waldron of Lawton, Mich., a beautiful . and accomplished young woman. The - wedding ceremony will be solemnized tomorrow, and Judge W. W. McMahon and his wife will leave today to attend the wedding. Miss W'aldron Is a' graduate of the Western State Normal , school, in Kalamazoo. Mich., and is .the daughter of E. E. Waldron of Porter township. Van Buren county. She has been a teacher in the schools in Lawton for -the past two years. She is exceedingly popular among the young folks of Lawton, and the approaching marriage will be quite an event. James McMahon. has been a student in the law. department of the Washington & Lee university of Lexington, V. Following the wedding he will go to Lexington to continue his studies. Following tbe spring term Mr. McMahon and , his bride will take an extensive wedding trip. . James McMahon f is well known in Hammond, and his friends and those of his highly respected family will be pleased to learn of his approaching marriage. . BOARD IN SESSION. (Special to ThbTimEs.) Crown Point', '' Ind.,'' Sept. 5. The county' commislsoners were . in session this morning and spent' most of the morning hoars in allowing bills. This afternoon' the commissioners will take up the question of the renewal and transfer of saloon licenses. The Hobart -annexation matter has not yet been decided by the commissioners, but it is expected that a decision will be given at most any time before adjournment. The decision-will determine th right of the town of Hobart to annex everything not already within the corporate limits of some town or another in Hobart township. EAST CHICAGO v MAN ARRESTED Harry Heider of East Chicago wa arrested yesterday morning by Officer Miller on State street for drunkenness. He appeared before Judge Barnett and pleaded guilty, recetvging a fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $11, which he paid.' ' - "A Gas Range is built to do all klndj of cooking in a better and more reliable manner than any appliance using other fuel. If in. doubt, stop at the Gas Office and see for yourself. ARE YOr READING THE TIMES f

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ORGAIHZED LABOR HAS Ilil II

Splendid Labor Day Parade and Celebration. Greatest ever held in Region. Gary and E. Chicago Workers Participate in Affair

Organized labor in . the Caluiet region, was on parade in Hammond yesterday, and never before were the hundreds of spectators, who lined the curbs to see the marchers, so impressed with the dignity of labor, as yesterday when they saw the members of the various crafts from the different cities in the county march to the rhythm of tuneful music. The ocasion brought out the largest crowd that Kindel's Grove has ever known, for'a picnic which was held under the auspices of the Lake County Trades and Laber Council. Headed by the members of the city administration, and a platoon of police in uniform, the long column of union men began to move at ten o'clock, under the direction of Barnie Carter, the grand marshal of theday. It" was apparent at once that the marchers were In a happy frame of mind. Banner after banner carried ahead of the different locals came forward and behind them the members of the crafts, garbed in a uniform suitable for "the day. Gary, East Chicago and Whiting were wel represented. The float section cf GOP NIPS ELOPElEi ''i'M-iiiumtJ Comely Indiana Harbor Lass Furnishes a Little Romance for the County Seat -Rude Policeman Stays Ceremony, However. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 6. When it comes to experiencing all the thrills and emotions of a genuine love affair and it's attendant romance, Molly German. a comely lass of Indiana Harbor 'can gtye her American sisters cards and spades at the game, and furnish maI terial for a love yarn that would make

a Beatrice Farfax or a Laura Jean , discovered a Black Hand letter pinLibbey walk several blocks out of their ned to the door" of his residence deway to get the details. Molly by the way jmandlng ?800 be placed on a stum9 is some comely lass, as has been here-,. . . . . , . . tofore stated and it S Molly's looks. In tlt d3 before midnight, under coupled with her bewitchingorelgn ac-!Penalty of- his farm building being

cent, and the fact that her rather has made barrels of hard American dollars, that Is responsible for the loss of sev(Continued on page 8.) ATT ANNUAL - STATE MEETING Hammond Man Present at Important Y. M,C. A. Gathering. W. C. Belman of Hammond went to Laporte yesterday to be present at the annual meeting of the state executive committee of the Young Men's Christian association. The meeting is being held at Laporte on account of the large number of new building projects that have originated in the northern part of the state. A building has been erected in Michigan City, one is being erected in Laporte and one is being erected in Gary. A railroad men's Y. M. C. A. is now in operation at Gibson. The committee will inspect thebulldings In all of these cities and will leok into the progress of the work there. The state committee is composed of about twenty men, headed by T. E. Stacy,rthe secretary. W. C. Belman, who has -been interested In Y. M. C. A. work, is a member of the state committee, arid is on the program. It is understood that no further building projects will be considered until the work under way is done. The committee is expected to make an inspection of the Glbrotv Y. M. C. A. tonight. The secretary there is expecting about fifteen of the members of the state committee to be there for dinner tonight, but no program has been arranged.

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the parade which brought up the rear elicited many compliments for the number and the decorations and designs. In a general review it would apear rather Improper to 'dwell on particulars, but the Lion Store float was the subject of such general comment for its design, and color scheme, as to deserve special mention. The float was a. fanciful sign in which the idea was to furnish a huge canopy underneath which sat a pretty school girl. The body of the canopy was white and the trimings purThe picnic at Kindel's Grove had all the usual attractions, but the most fact' nating thing about -tbfi whole affair was the immense crowd. At times It was so dense as to be almost uncomfortable. It was after midnight when the last merryTmakers left the grove for their homes. The various committeemen are very well satisfied with the outcome. They consider the picnic to have been a success socially and financially, and el though a lot of hard work was entailed, they feel that their efforts have not been in vain.

LATEST JEWS BEATTTE ON STAND AGAIN TODAY Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., Sept. 5. Again today Henry Clay Beaute, Jr., indicted for he murder of -his wife, rose with the dawn and leaning on the window of hla r.heerless cell , ' studied carefully the typewritten rcnrq of his tetti:... lnqnest And -pre J' day's struggle Jwth ths cross-examination of Prosecutor L. O. Wendeaourg: t ; ', HAIL FOUR FEETDEEP. ' Cheynne, Wyo., Sept. .5. Horsa ftreek renorta a Rtnrm whii-h has left hail four feet deep over a area f country. At the foot of RouUJToy muuuuiiu it, is reported to oe iwenij five feet deep. CropsSare destroyed for a radius of twenty miles and stoclc f killed by the score, while the damage from wind is enormous among the farm homes of that section of Wyoming. BLACK HAND NOTE Tfl FABMT.R. i Valparaiso, Ind., Sept. 5. Hans , " . . - rj iQll., burned, A sheriff's posse was ordered seirreted about the. farm to apprehend the blackmailers. -" HELL HELP ALONG ' LA FOLLETTE BOOM . Medill' McCormick. wtalthy Chicago newspaper publisher, . is one of those who will be placed in charge ; of a headquarters to b oaned In Washington, to conduct .a campaign in behalf of a progressive presidential candidate, probably Sen.. L&Follette.. . , ,

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