Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 67, Hammond, Lake County, 6 September 1911 — Page 1

TIME EDITION VOL. I., NO. 67. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers S Cent Copy.) -

WEATHER. : CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY; TOMORROW UNSETTLED.

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CLAIRVOYANT SOUGHT BY THE POLICE OF GARY After Visit to Woman Gary Girl Loses Her MindWoman Flees From the City Doctors Believe Victim, Taken to Hospital, Was Either Hypnotized or Drugged by "Raymond-""

Uncovering of facts that may produce a sensation In Gary Is expected to rise from the strange case of Miss May Krnest, a seventeen year old girl, who la temporarily insane as the result ef an alleged visit to a woman clairvoyant, who It Is said hypnotised her. Whether the clairvoyant story Is merely a blind la now being Investigated by the police. Delirious sayings of the girl would indicate that she may have . been drugged. She ie now at the ho.ua ' af her sister, Mrs. Miller, 638 Jefferson atreet. The cries and moans of the un Matters of Vital Importance to West Hammond to Be Taken Up in Cook County Courts; Citizens Laugh at Colonial Hotel Raid. Two momentous matters will be decided In the, courts in Chicago the 'next twoweek which will determine whether orv not the present board' of j trustees of the village of West Hammond ,1s to continue to defy the wishes of the people or whether the citizens of the village are to rule. The injunction proceedings by which a taxpayer seeks to enjoin the village board from entering into a contract with the Interstate Klectrical Co. for the purchase of power was to have (Continued on Page . INSURGENTS CAMP UPON TAFTS TRAIL Sc na tor um m ins Brlstow, of Kansas, and Cummins, of Iowa ,are two Republican insurgent Senators who are camping on Taft's trail, endeavoring to defeat him for the renomlnatlon. Brlstow has called the President's speeches "cheap politics." Cummins has endorsed , LaFollette for the 1912 nomination, declaring . Taft is out of harmony with the party's rank and file.

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fortunate girl can be heard throughout the neighborhood and she is only quieted when given opiates. Miss Krnest has been the employe of Dr. White as stenographer and of the Broadway five cent theatre as a- ticket seller. Her mother lives in Patterson, N. J. and he Is sufrposed to have gon! to "Raymond," a woman clairvoyant at 778 Broa jjs.last week. Here it is said that she told that her mother wa ill. The story further is that she brooded

(Continued on Pag 6.) E UP BEFORE REFEREE Harry C. Sheridan, referee in bankruptcy, will sit In the federal court at Hammond as special master in chancery on an order of reference from Judge A. B. Anderson ofthe court in the case of George V. Bacon of Gary, an alleged bankrupt. It is expected that the case will take two days. Bacon will fight the effort to have him adjudged bankrupt and has employed the law firm of Crumpacker, Crumpacker & Tlnkham of Hammond to represent him. The petitioners have employed L. I Bomberger of Hammond and the Chicago law firm of Hlner, Bunch and Latimer., It Js understood that the case wilt- be an interesting one. TTrenyld nee w evk x by he rid a a mtt d" will be turned over te" the con'rt. , i - While In .Hammond - Sheridan will preside over the election of a trustee In the case of the Michigan City Sash and Door company. The Hammond garage matter will not come up for ad judication for some time. SOUTHWARD REALTY . TREIIDJIOTICEABLE Hammond People Join Colonly Which Buys Acreage on South Side. The colony of Hammond people who will erect suburban homes on the unsubdivided acreage in the south part of the city was augmented by two today when Frank Hammond bought two acres and Percy A. Parry five acres from Fred Humpfer, agent for Joseph Humpfer, Sr. This brings nearly a total of a dozen families already who -wiHj ouna up anotner oeautirui residential district for the city. So significant has been the southward trend, in Hammond residential property lately that there is a marked demand for one, two and five-acre tracts that were lately put on the market at from $1,200 to $1,500 per acre. It is anticipated that within a few years the district south of Kenwood avenue will be the most beautiful residential portion of Hammond with the plans now in prospect for suburban building, landscaping and private parks. GROWN POINT WAS A BUSY PLACE Court Opening and Com missioners' Meeting Drew Big Crowd Thither. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., (wspt: 6. What with the opening day of the Lake Cir cult Court, the meeting of the commissioners and the county council the courthouse presented a busy aspect yesterday. At least 150 North aud Calumet township saloonkeepers an.l their attorneys attended the . commls sloner's session in connection -huh e curing ther licenses and the court kept busy all afternoon bearing the cases. Attorney Matthews was on the job bright and early but very few were denied the necessary papers to conduct their liquor business. It is ex pected that at least three days will be consumed in going over, the saloon li cene se matters.

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COUNTY PLf S BIG THINGS NOW

Infirmary for Lake County to Cost $150,000 Is Being Considered; Bridge and Courthouse Propositions Are Being Taken Up. LAKE corsTv , COUNCIL. CONSIDERS. 1. The expenditure of $150,000 for the construction of a new and moder infirmary. 2. The expenditure of 0,000 for a bridge over the Indiana Harbor canal at Chicago avenue, in Kast Chicago. 3. The expenditure of $25,000 for the. purpose of additional property from Ben, Hayes for the use of the superior court at Hammond. (Special to Thh Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Spet. 6. There are . some big things in the air at Crown Point these days. Both the county council and the county com missioners are in session, and If the plans now under consideration carry me county council will Drobablv set new record for the amount of money it appropriates at a single session.' The largest expenditure contemnlat ed and one which Is of Interest to the whole county is the proposal to build a county infirmary south of Crown (Continued on Page 6.) COUPLE ARRESTED ON - SERIOUS CHARGES Jessie Friend, : of Peru, Married Woman, Living With Another Man. After leaving her 13-year-old daugh ter and husband at Peru, Ind., about two weeks ago, Mrs. Jessie P. Friend aged 28, was arrested in a flat near Oakley and Indiana avenues late last night in company with Dick Hudson She is charged with a serious crime. The couple is believed to have been living together about two weeks. Her husband arrived in Hammond about 4 o'clock S'esterdav afternoon and at once appeared before Judge Ames and swore out a warrant for her arrest, not knowing at the time that she was living with another man. After some difficulty Mrs. Friend was located and about 10:30 last night con stable Huber, her husband and another officer went into the apartments and found the couple about to retire. They were placed under arrest and were brought to the police station to await trial this morning. The couple was held at the police station all night. This morning the couple were brought before Judge Prest, where each pleaded guilty, receiving a fine of $1 and costs amounting to $13.15 each, which they Paid. , Mr. and Mrs. Friend formerly lived in Hammond, and went to Peru, where Mr, Friend found, employment. About two weeks ago Mr. Friend said his wife wanted to return to Hammond to live, but he did not want to give up his work and his wife left him. Since that time Hudson and Friend's wife have been light housekeeping, Hudson Is a Hammond man and is employed as a painter. ; Mrs. Friend refused to live with her husband after this morning and said she did not care about living with, a man that would have his wife arrested. Her husband tried to patch matters up and Mrs. Friend still refused to live with him. Mr. Friend has the custody of his 13-year-old daughter. MYSTERY UNSOLVED. The disappearance of George Stelow, 429 Hoffman street, Hammond, still remains a mysteryto the police and is considered a baffling case, as they have not the slightest clew,to work upon. The last seen of Stelow was last Saturday In Whiting after he had drawn his pay at the Standard Oil company where he was employed. The fact that he had drawn his pay leads to the belief that he may have met with foul play. He did not tell his relatives that he was goign away anywhere and they expected him to return home that evening. One New Case DevelopsOnly one case of diphtheria has developed aince last week when Dr.; W. D. Weia, secretary of the board of health. Issued his warning.. Tha patient Is a six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Brauer, 141 Grover street, the Brauers living in the same neighborhood of the Meyers, whose child died of the disease. The Brauers have four children.

KING'S ADMIRATION UPSETS HER PLANS; AMERICAN GIRL MUST ENTERTAIN HIM

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Th Duchess of Roxburgh, who was Miss May Goelet, of New' York, Is In such favor with King George of England that she baa felt it necessary to change her plans and remain in Edinburgh throughout the entire Scotch social season. The king, when extended an invitation to any party, invariably expresses the wish that the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh be there.

IlllG (Special to Tub Times.) Crown : Point, - Idd., Sept. 6 Judge Willis 'W. McMahon of the Lace' Circuit court at Crown ' Point is busy with, a number of naturalization' cases in' which the applicants are asking for their second papers. The eases were taken to McMahon for the reason that many of the saloonkeepers who made application under Judge A. B. Anderson of the federal court at Hammond thought that Judge Anderson was too particular about tha kind of citlsens that come into, the United States. Whether or not Judge McMahon wili be as sttlct remains to be seen when he passe upon the large number of applicants who are now before him. These naturalization matters will-take the rest of the week and the real opening of the Lake Circuit Court will not take place until next Monday. . ANOTHER HUB WEDDING OFF Bride Leaves Husband After Ceremony. After Deing married a little more than two months, John A. Sledge filed suit In the circuit, court in Chicago yesterday afternoon to have the ceremony annulled. Sledge is said to be a policeman, living at 4646 South California avenue, Margaret Sledge la the defendant. ' They were married at Crown Point June 4, but never lived together. Sledge charges his wife told him she did not think the marriage binding and would not be recognized by the Roman Catholic chuVeh because they were married by a layman. PRINCESS HELEN OF SERVIA WEDS Princess Helen of Servia was married Sunday, at Petersburg, Rubsia, to John Constantinovitch, eon of Grand Duke Constantino Constantinovitch. The young couple received many beautiful gifts, among them a $20,100 necklace, presented to the bride by King Nicholas of Montenegro.

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CRUEL IS ARRESTEE feOSS LINE Nearly Pulls Child's Ear Off and Stitched Are

Required. ' The diversity of Miss Virginia Brooka' plans was shown in "West Hammond, yesterday when she had Mry Giabulir arrested for an inhuman assault upon the woman's child.It seems that the child took a tomato from a neighbor's garden and the mother lead it by the ear all of the way home. So roughly did she handle the child-Jhat she nearly pulled its par off. Miss Brooks learned of tha incident and had the woman arrested. She ap peared in Judge Frank Green's court this morning, where Judge Frak Green gave her a severe reprimand, and on her promise to be more human Miss Brooks asked that the ca.e be dis missed. The child was taken to a doctor who found it necessary to take several stitches in the child's ear in order to prevent its being disfigured for life. EUGENE DEBS TO LECTURE AT ORPHEDQ Socialist Party Secures Fa mous Speaker for an Address. Eugene V. Debs, the great socialist leader, will be a speaker at the Or pheumheater next Saturday night. It is expeciea inai Re win attract a large attendance for the reason that he is a national' character and has been nominated for president of the United States on the socialist-labor ticket. Laboring men generally are interested in his visit, and business men and professional men who are interested In the progress of the socialistic movement. will go to hear its chief exponent, . " On Sunday George Sidney in "Busy Izzie" will be the attraction at the Orpheum theater. This is a musical comedy, and there are forty-two people

in the company which will produce it. On Monday "The Rosary," with John! ' Drury at Father Kelly, will be the at-,Tl,. Tjl mill T A traction. The show is to be given un- Lake COUnty FaiTO Land

der the auspices of the Catholic Order of Foresters. All of the Catholic priests of the city have been Invited by Manager St. Clair to be present as his guests. "Th Trnval E-A4,..t V. I V. ... - - . . .. i ,n i ui. nun ii w a I to. have come to Hammond from Chica go, where It had an all summer run at the Studebaker theater, was compelled to cancel the Hammond engagement on account of its failure to get its "paper" on the billboards of the city. A Charged With Assault. A warrant was sworn out in Judge Prest's court, for the arrest of Harry Graves on a charge of assault and battery. The affidavit was signed by Mrs. Barbara Graves., the complaining witness. The arrest wa3 made by Constable Huber this afternoon and the date of trial has not been set. TIMES WAXT ADS SKRVICE TO lOtl ARE FOR

DIVORCE CASE HOTLY

Fourteen witnesses were iworn In the divorce case of Laurena Rich vs. William Rich. Judge John H. Glllett and Attorney J. K. Stlnson appeared for the plaintiff and Attorneys R. R. Pettlcord and D. E. Boone appeared for the defendant. The parties are from Hobart township. The case is being tried by Judge Johannes Kopelke.and is the first regular trial of the present- term of the Lake superior court. The trial Is being held In room No. 1. while the workingmen are completing the furnishing of Judge Kopelke's court room. The defendants in the case of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend railroad vs. John Kerner and Henry (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Sept. 6. The ques tion, of an appropriation for the elec tion of an iron life, bridge over the canal at Chicago avenue, similar to that which crosses the river at Hoh man street in Hammond, is the main issue before the County council at Its meeting today. It is expected that the council will make the appropriation owing to the urgent necessity for the structure and the mportancj of Chi cago avenue to the traffic of the region especially since the road to Gary is b' lng bult. If the appropriation Is granted- it wil then be up ,to the county conwnii toners -to Tearfy oh -I lie worK.nt mak ing planu and -letttrig .ih' contract Delegates from East Chicago and Indi an Harbor -will appear before the council today to. urge the Importance of the measure and the necessity of Immediate . action. : The Improvement has been a crying need for some time, the present temporary structure which necessitates a sharp turn in the road by all vehicles making it. having been regarded as more or less of a nuisance ever since It was built." It will not be long, too, before the bridge will be inadequate for the rapidly Increasing traffic, it having not been built for hard use nor for a long period of service. HAVE REACHED NO DECISION YET . - Lake County Commissioners Want Agitation to , Quieten Down. (Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept, 6. The county commissioners have not intimated what will be their decision In the Hobart annexation matter. It was reported yesterday that one of them made the remark that the decision of the board would not be made until the present agitation in Hobart quieted down. This is taken to mean that the decision will be adverse to the wishes of the people of Hobart. This is assumed on account of the fact that most of the agitation baa been on the part of the Hobart people in favor of annexation. DR. W. II. VEIS BUYS ST. JOHN FARM Considered the Best In the Country. ". Dr. W. D. Wels, who recently sold some of his acreage in his farm south of the city to William G Paxton, lost no time in re-lnvestlng the money in Lake county farm land. He has bought a forty-acre tract in St. John township from Adam Kolllng. he land is located about half way between St. John and Crown Point and has frontage on the macadam road running north past the Bohllrrg school. ' Dr. Wels considers Lake county land as good as any in the country, and believes that he has an exceptionally good piece of property. The price on his St. John tract was in the neighborhood of $110. ARE TOC REAUI.XG THE TIMES t

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Hopp took a change of venue from Judge Virgil S. Reiter, who was hearing the case in chambers this morning, to the Porter superior court. The case is a condemnation suit, which has been started to secure for the railroad a piece of. ground which is owned by John Kerner and upon which Henry Hopp has a first mortgage. Attorney F. J. Lewis Meyer appeared for the South Shore line, and Attorney Fred Barnett and I V. Cravens appeared for the defendants. Some time ago the defendants in this case started suit agalnt the railroad for damages, alleging that it had appropriated a part of their property. LATEST NEWS WBECKED- AUTO NEAR GARY. Chicago, 111., Sept. b. Attorney. Charles E. Hartley reported to tha police tha.t on Saturday last whea motoring from Toledo to Chicago he passed a dismantled automobile la the roadside ditchabout four miles south of Gary, Ind. "We were going at about twenty miles an hour, possibly more," said Mr. Bart!ey, "so that I did not have time to examine the machine. All I know is that it was a touring car and that it was very tlarlc colored. The tires had been removed and from the fleeting glance we got it appeared as though tomone had taken away the valuable parts and left the hulk remaining." 81 DEAD, SHIP ON ROCKS. Lima, Peru, Sept. 6. Eighty-ona persons, mostly useriger!, . ae known to be drowned and a score more are believed to have been swept to sea as resul of 'the wrecking of the Chilean .steamer Tucapel whiclx went -jon, the niti'i ''.'.lJ 111 ""''.f '..lnii, cost near here -during Jthe . 'Ftorniwhich has been raging here for' two days. . ' WLLS0N TO OPEN DITCH PROJECT I Denver, Col., Sept. 6. Secretary of Agriculture James WiLson arrived (here today to take part in the dedication tomorrow of a vast irrigation project designed to water 200,000 ceres of land within sight pi Denver, Secretary .Wilson will nspect the project .including IW? 335 miles of icanals. The system has just been completed at a cost of $6,000,000. TWIN BOTiS SLAIN. Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 6. Tho bodies of the 19 year old twin sons of Henry Beauer, a farmer living east of Aberdeen, were found yesterday by deputy sheriffs , in a lonely spt twenty miles northeast of. Montezano and near the shack of the boys' uncle John Turno. Bullet holes in the heads of both boys . indicated the manner in which they met death. A posse is in search of Turno, who is missing. START SORE-ARM EPIDEMIC IN ARMY Gffnl. Leonard Wood . (?) c fCw-S f ' Gen. Ieonard Wood chief ot staff of the United States Army, has put into effect an order for the compulsory anti-typhoid vaccination of every man in the sevlco. Th task will take three yeailt

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