Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 71, Hammond, Lake County, 11 September 1911 — Page 1

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Novice at Wheel -Meets With Disaster Near Gary on Saturday Afternoon; Skull of Passenger Is Crushed; Two ' Other Men Hurt. BASOX'S AVTO ACCIDENTS lit REGIOTi KILLKD IX KEG I OX . . 1XJIRED IX REGIOX. AITOS WRECKED . . ." . 1 .50 .30 The first automobile fatality of the year in Lake county took place near Gary last Saturday afternoon when a South Shore interurban limited car, running at a high rate of speed, crashed Into an automobile containing: three men. Idling one of them and Injuring the others. The accident occurred at Ambridge avenue. William Hllty, 28 years eld, was killed instantly. His ekull was crushed. Capt. Samuel Phipps, 48 years old, suffered a broken arm ana internal injuries. Dana Avery, 21 years old. suffered internal injuries, and was taken to his home in Tolleston. The machine was purchased last Sat(Contlnued on I'age 7.) PASSENGER HIT BY flOTORCYCLIST An he was stepping from a street car at the Wolf Lake bridge Herman Hadley of Robertsdale was ijuerd about 3 " o'clock Saturday afternoon when he was struck by a motorcycle owned by George Preurs, 8253 Buffalo avenue, Souf-h Chicago. the car earner tor a stop, at th rk ge JUadley wjuj hit by the jHotor effie," throwing hint to the ground.. Preurs, the motorcyclist, was also thrown to the roadside, rendering him unconscious for nearly half an hour. The Hammond police were notified, and Chief Austgen and Captain HanIon drove out to the accident In the police patrol. When they arrived Preuss had gained consciousness and, although bruised, he was able to proceed on his journey. Neither men was seriously injured, and luckily escaped with a few bruises and scratches. Neither man was to blame for the ac cident, as they both claimed It was as much one's fault, as the other. Preuss tried to avoid hitting Hadley, but was almost on top of him and could not stwp r his machine. If he had turned he would have met his fate by running Into the bridge or down the embankment. , Hadley said that he stayed at Cuneo's at Robertsdale. but when Cuneo was called up by telephone this morning he said he did not know the man. MUST CONFESS ALL TO ESCAPE PRISON is5 p ' f & I C" 1 s V '- Hi .5!, s A i t V v. Rodney J. Diegle, convicted serjeant-at-arms of the Ohio Senate, Is playing a game of hide-and-seek: with, the penitentiary. It Diegle tells all he knows about the crookedness during the last general assembly, he probably will be paroled. He has made a partial confession. Attorney General Hogan has charged that legislators are keeping Diegle, who is out on bond, well supplied with money and under the Influence of liquor, to prevent him. ifrom relapsing iato & repentant mood,:

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SUSPECTS RELEASED The Hammond police arrested three suspects in connection with the G. & I. holdup yesterday, but the men were able to prove an alibi as they left Rensselaer yesterday morning. Chief Austgen released the men, who gave their names and addresses as: Bert Anderson, Rensselaer, Ind. John R. Marriott, St. Louis, Mo. Fred Wilson, 405 Fifth avenue, Jamestown, N. Y. Another holdup took place in Gary late Saturday night when two masked men robbed Walter Brown, a Gary & Interurban railway conductor, at the "J" railway crossing and Ninth avenue, as he was about to , cross the tracks to see If they clear'to admit of the passage of the car. The bandits searched him and secured $8, but overlooked J300 In bills which was in his hip pockets. There were but few passengers on the car at the tim. and neither they nor the motorman knew that in the hadows of the car a robbery was tak ing place. The case was reported to the police. It is believed that the robbery was previously planned and, the spot being a lonely one, 'gave the thieves a good place to work. ' C:"tr Comfort rt rofti the United States engineer's office, has been In Hammond since Friday conducting ah investigation of-the amount of tonnage that originates in the Indiana Harbor canal and the Calumet river at Hammond with the idea of forwarding his report to Colonel W. H. Bixby, who will sub mit it to the war department. Mr. Comfort first appeared before the members of tho board of public wofks and stated his mission. He then went to Mayor Smaliey's office. He was re f erred to W. H. . Gostlin, who Is proba bly the best informed man on Industrial, river and harbor conditions In the Calumet region. Gostlin had the gontract for doing the first dredging on the Indiana Har bbr canal and -has done considerable dredging on the Calumet river in the vicinity of Hammond. When Gostlin came to Hammond he saw nine sailing vessels tied up to the docks in the vicinity of the Hohmati street bridge. He referred to this fact In his talk with- Comfort. In view of the fact that Comfort was after data about the shipping In the Calumet river, Mr. Gostlin and John Beckman of Gostlin, Meyr & Co. went with him to the leading manufactur ers of the region and secured from them estimates of what advantage the river would be to them in the event it is opened to navigation Comfort will secure all of this Information and compile it. He will then forward it to W. H. Bixby, the head of that department of the war department, and Bixby will make his recommendations. The fact should not be overlooked that Bixby is the best friend Hammond has ever had in he United States egineer's offlce. Now that he has been elevated to a position of greater importance it is expected that he will be able to do more for Hammond, Bast Chicago ad Indiana Harbor than ever before. It is popsible that the Calumet river and Indiana Harbor canal will get a big appropriation at the next session of congress on these recommendations. NEW YORK MAIARRESTED Fred Wilson, who gave his address as 403 Fifth avenue, Jamestown. N. T. was' arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Fick at the Monon freight de ir C , - J.' T fLh'" !f:U?! L" rfe! " v "TIF 1IVMI1 V lilt dKU and was on his way home. He said he wanted work and had very little money. He was released by Chief Austgen this morning and promised to get out of the city. Tapper Offers Reward. Anton Tapper, president of the board df police " commissioners, whose house was robbed about a month ago, todayoffered a reward of $50 for the return of a watch and chain which were among the stolen articles and which he treasured very highly as &' keepsake. The watch is an eleven-jewel Elgin movement, size. eighteen, movement No. 579594. Peuber O, gold hunting case Xo, 305271,. private number 607, "

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; - Eugene V. Debs, the famous -militant socialist leader who apeared at the Orpheum alst Saturday night, addressed a large audience which was conjposed of Hammond. Gary, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor people. Nearly every seat in the house was occupied, and the close attention that the speaker receivea for nearly an hour and a half was evidence of the fact that his audience was deeply interested in the gospel. Mr. Debs talk consisted mainly of an arraignment of the old political parties, which he said were the parties of the- ""interests," and an appeal to the voters, especially the workingmen to arouse themselves to a class conscious ness, and vote the socialist ticket. Is EtHhuBlantteally Received. In the main he spoke In general terms. Those who cam to hear details. as to how the socialists would proceel once they-had , secured control of the government, went away disappointed, for he bridged this most important period with a picture ot Utopi. could of course not be -expected that he should go into details, on a question on which many books have been .written. and his followers had to 'take lt"for granted that when the time arrives, the (Continued on Page 7.) Cr- B- Peterson, who is to succeed Ptain J. C. Downing as the Hammond agent of the Monon, arrived in Hammond this morning to look over his field and to make arrangements to bring his family up here. He leaves again for Indianapolis this evening and will return next Wednesday to remain in Hammond permanently. At Indianapolis Mr. Peterson held the office of city ticket agent for the Monon and the C, H. & D. railroads with offices in the Claypool. He has had eleven years of railroad experience, having begun in Huntington eleven years ago. For a time he was also stationed at Lafayette. ROOMS Usually a boarding house that Is. good enough to be -advertised i jrood enough to board t.

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ERIE CONDUCTOR 0.. r Attempting to bribe an Krie conduc tor an' thus' beat the railroad company for his. fare, to this city from Him mond. "Roy Evans, who was returning to his home in Virginia, was held up in this city and Is now a prisoner In the county Jail. When he found that the evidence was against him, Kvans turn ed on -Erie Police Captain Toussaint. The policeman, he asserted, had offered to rplease his prisoners immediately aft.ertheir. arrest if they would "come across..? says the -Huntington Herald. Evidence was against the " tramp and he went to jail.' His companion, George Garretson, frankly admitted his part in the affair and his story was so straight that he was released. . . - - . .The train riders came under Captain Toussaint's observation at Hammond but it was then too late to arrest them He. was returning "to his home in this city from Chicago on train No.' 8 and as xne irainieit HammonU he saw the tramp get' on. At thrt-e stops be tween Hammond and Huntington, the train was searched, buj. because of limited time, the fampswere not discovered.' At the beginning of the trin they had - attempted, to bribe the con ductor to ""carry "them to Marion for about half fare and ', when' he turned them down they got oxit of sfght. SPARTAN. YOUNG BRIDE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Stanley Rhodes, formerly Mabel Russell, favorite of Gaiety theater-goers. London, was badly injured in an automobile collision at Maidenhead, England. Her hus band, who was driving their car, was killed. He was only twenty one and a nephew of the late Cecil Rhodes. . They had been married but three months.

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THE LATEST NEWS. Important developments cropping oat today In connection with the bribery case nret Ooater proceeding will be ntnrted In a few darn aural n at Mayor T. K. Knotta and the city officials arrest

ed for graft. Prosecutor C. K. Greenwald this morning held n long conference with Attorney W. P. Hodgea of Hodgea and Rldgley regarding the caaea. Mr. Greeawald, It la aald wan convinced that there sufficient evidence to warrant his pushing the caaea and will go ahead with tbeni. Friday s act as the day tor the preliminary bearing. Attorneys for the defense will make a motion to qnaah the affidavits on the ground of errors. This morning Prosecutor Greeawald had a long talk with Attorney Hodges, the two going over the evidence assembled. "When they were through it was announced that the prosecutor would proceed with the cases. 'Prosecutor C. V.. Greeawald this morning visited Dean's room In the Gary botel and found the muck, talked-of dictagraph wires. Rumors that the axe is to fall la other departments and that detectives other than Dean have been busy In Gary. REPLAYED A meeting of the Northern Indiana Baseball association held Saturday night, changed - the standing of the leaders for the pennant,, a protested game by Whiting against Crown Point having 'been decided In favor of the complainants. '' ' " ', i , This deprived Crown Point of . one victory, and bythe same token a leas from Whiting making the standing up to Saturday night placed Crowj Jo' one game ahead of Eiwt CSlsafa,' half , ganvi nhea'f;tu5da;yfiloi , Crowa Point - aal change - the stand ing placing East Chicago in the lead by' one half a game, and bringing Crown Point and Indiana Harbor together bV wilhfn ..a margin of nine ' points in Crown Point's favor, which ia almost a time for second place. The decision created no end of ex citement. In baseball circles, throughout (Continued on Page 7.) MARTIH HAUSLEY TROUBLE Attacks Business Man De fending His Auto and Also Assaults Woman. Henry- Laderach, the jeweler. Is car rying a black eye and a bruised head this, morning from the effects of an as sault last night when Martin Hansley of East State street tried to run away with Mr, Lade.rach's automobile. Mr. Laderach returned in his automo bile last night at about 9 o'clock from a trip to Chicago. I'pon arriving home he went across the street to get something to, eat, when he noticed Hansley following . behind him, seemingly was bent on trouble. Mr. Laderach then went on his way to get some eatables, leavln Hansley behind. Mr. Laderach's chauffeur, Harry Mukmuller, was in the Laderach home, and he heard someone outside trying to start the machine. He then started to see who it was when at th same time Mr. Laderach started back home and found Hasley cranking the machine. Mr." Laderach tried to stop Hansley. and told him to go home, but Hansley in return grabbed Mr. Laderach's watch and chairiand refused to give it back until Mr. Laderach took it away from him. He then pounced upon M. Laderach and knocked him down, al(Continued on Page 3.) SUPT. TOIL'S FATHER IS DEAD Owen McDaniel, 70 years old, father of Superintendent C. M. McDaniel, died last Saturday evening at his home in Crawfordsvllle, Ind after an Illness of onl ytwo hours. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel left for Crawfordsvllle yesterday noon to attedn the funeral, which was held this afternoon. Mr! McDaniel was retired and enjoyed the respect and esteem of the whole city of Crawfordsvllle. He is survived by a widaw. adn an only son. Superintendent McDaniel of Hammond. The latter has the undivided sympathy of the entire community of Ms unexpected loss. '

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filed for several days. --There will be no delays such as as charac-, terized. the previous cases in ! which Knotts was involved. Indiana laws provide for rapid justice on this point. More Arrests "Are Expected. . '.More arrests are to be made in the Gary bribery scandal. This fact was"; learned; today from an unimpeachable authority It is ex' pected that tJte developments will com shortly i In the meantime Charles E. Greenwald looms up as a big figure in these, cases. The affidavits upon which the arrests .were made in these cases were not approved until this morning by the prosecutors office. .The Indiana law requires that an affidavit must be approved by the prosecuting attorney or one of his deputies. The case may be thrown out of court if this approval is not secured. Story Is Not True. However, it is understood that if for any reason the prosecuting attorney should have refused to approve an affidavit when there was a reasonable probability of guilt that the court could approve it. It was reported-today that Deputy Martin J. Smith of Crown Point had approved the affidavits and that he had been reprimanded by Green-. 1 wald for doing so. Smith waa interviewed by THE TIMES this morning and said: "I did not approve the affidavits and they have not, to my knowledge, been anproved. In the light of this fact the story that I have had trouble with, Greenwold is ridiculous. I received instructions from Greenwald not to approve any affidavits from the north end of the county without first consulting him about it and I have followed out these instructions to the letter." Ridgely Does Not Know. " ' -The question, "Is Thomas B. Dean a detective?" 'was put point blana;, by THE TIMES today to Claude V. Ridgely, of the firm ot Hodges & Ridgely, who represent Dean. Mr. Ridgely hesitated and then replied, "I don't know."

"When did he employ you," was, the next, question. "Dean came to Gary about six months ago and three months ago he retained us as his attorneys," was the answer. "When he employed you did. .he state that he wanted to get a heating franchise in Gary, or did he say that he wanted to catch a Jot of thieves?" "He said he wanted to get some evidence against grafters and he wanted to know what the Indiana laws were regarding bribery." Simply After Officials. "Then for the last three months, at least, Dean has beca after grafters and not after a heating franchise?" ' Ridgely nodded. Deputy Sheriff George Block! was In Hammond today and told the dramatic tory of the arrest of the Gary mayor as follows: "When Dean came out of Knotts' office Albert Morris rapped on the door and went in. I followed him a few minutes later. Following his conversation with Dean, Knotts began to open his -mail. Morris said, 'Good morning, mayor.' "Knotts looked up, smiled and said, 'How's everything. "I said, 'Mayor I have a paper to read to you." The mayor looked up curiously. Knotts Was Surprised. i "You are charged with bribery, said I, and I have a warrant for your arrest. ,

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Lake County city, town, hamlet and farm is rocked to its center by the astonishing developments in ths Gary bribery scandal. ' . That more arrests are to be had; that the affidavits on which arrests have been1 made, have been approved! by the state; that ouster.; proceedings against all thei accused officials dre to be j commenced shortly; that! Mayor Knotts is to spring ai sensational counter - bomb within a short time, are the latest developments. Decisive steps to oust all those from; office who are connected with the bribery rcc?u are;, esected any' within forty-eight hours. ? In tlie meantime Mayor Knotts has not been idle. That he expects j to ' fire a bomb into the camp of ; his enemies shortly is something else besides gossip. 1 The ouster papers may be filed i today and again they may not be

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