Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 13 September 1911 — Page 6

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THE TIMES. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1911-

Crown Point Mews

Happenings of a Day In Lake County's Lively Capital

SHUCKS

From the Diary of Si. Lence

Jeb Tlte writes thet he's been a-stop-pin' V a swell hotel out west. Guess Jeb means stoppin' there b'tween meals.

Crown Point ain't recorded enny street car accidents fer qilte ar spell. Thanks due to Mr. Halleck W. Seamen, who hei been specially careful in runntn' his cars up Main street. A benefit dance will be given tor the Crown Point baseball team at Central Music hall on Saturday night and the affair will draw a big crowd. Manager Lehmmi has donated the hall for the evening and good music will also be donated for the occasion. Everyone should attend this dance to help out the club in a financial way, as the expenses of, keeping In the league are

amputation at the knee might be necessary, but the family's many friends are hoping that such will not have to be done. The Lyric photoplay house will celebrate Its first anniversary on Sunday evening, after a most successful year to the management and satisfaction to

j the public. On Friday evening special souvenirs will be given to the ladies who attend, and also a three reel show with special features will be added to i celebrate the anniversary. ! Several Crown Point young ladles i attende dthe performance of "The Rosary" at the Orpheum at Hammond on Monday night and a most enjoyable

I time was reported. Those attending:

i the affair were Mesdames Edward Edcr.

George Kramer anil George Weis, Miss

es Anna Englert, Grace Schmal, Klla Massoth, Bertha Kramer, Pearl Keiser, Etta Dubois. Frances Grimmer, Lillie

Reed and Ttllie Weis. The Woman's Home Missionary so

clety of the Presbyterian church held

its afternoon meeting yesterday after

noon". Mrs. Kngstrom, field secretary In this district, addressed the business

ACCUSED OFFICIAL MAKES CONFESSION.

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large. Crown Point, however, has been men on the practicability of the matable to do this much better than most ter and related her experience to the of the teams in the north part of the assembly. - .. . county, and it U reported that Whit- ; Don't forget the meeting and enIng, East Chicago and the Harbor eampment of the Lake County Veterans t teams are nearly 1,500 in the bole on association at the fair grounds tomor'(a.ccount of their high salaried players, row. Everyone fsespeclally Invited to Crown Point by keeping and living up attend, but more especially the civil to the association rules of not paying war veterans, the sons of veterans and more than fifty dollars per week for w. r, c. A picnic lunch will be one the team, has been able to finance the of the features of the day, besides an club without loss, which Is a goo rec- excellent program, previously printed rd. Jin these columns, of speeches, music Through the tapping of the water and singing. . main on Ridge street yesterday the city Mrs. J. R. S. Lenney is enjoying a went without water several hours, short vacation from her strenuous dumuijh to the inconvenience of ths pa- ' ties in the auditor's office, trons. The tap was necessary to com-1 , Mr and Mr.' G Bartholomae are plete the water main extension on far with friond. in

Ridge" and Union streets. Contractor Rader is now laying the pipe and soon will have the job completed, and the purpose for which the mains were laid, that of supplying the Lets factory with water and better Are protection, will be accomplished. The building of new residences in Crown Point goes steadily on without a hue or cry, and within the last five years the city has made more rapid strides In the erection of modern homes than any ten years previous in its history. At least twelve dwellings are now under way, with many more to be "built before snow flies. It is reported that Howard Kilborn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard 3llborn of Court street. Is in serious condition from the same trouble to his limb which affected him several years ago. At this writing the doctors thought

Chicago. The Thimble club of the Presbyterian church will hold a meeting with Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Tlnkham on

Saturday afternoon in preparation for their annual bazar. Invitations have been received by Crown Point people to attend a party given by Mrs. Lawrence Cox of Hammond. Mrs. C. A. Lincoln Is visiting for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wilcox at Hyde Park. The Chicago papers and the Chicago university are deploring the fact that Ralph Young, last year's football star on the university team, will not take his position this year. Young's loss will be a severe blow to the university's chances of winning this year against their strong opponents.

Never Accepted a Penny.

The first detailed statement of Mayor Knptta' Bide of the case was made in a lengthy interview last night to an Indianapolis newspaper man, who is well-acquainted with the mayor, and who declares that the chief executive of the city of Gary -was as cool and calm as if he was dictating a simple letter to his stenographer "I have seen Knotts under fire many times before," declared the Indianapolis newspaper man, "but never have i seen him bo self-possessed as he was last night." "That Dean or any one else ever offered him a penny for a franchise or for anything else in his official capacity," is the statement made by the mayor. He said further: "I never accepted a cent from either Dean or any one else. I never visited Dean's room at the Gary hotel and I was not inti

mate with him in anyway. I never took any trip with him, and if Mr. Dean has a dictagraph or any other kind of graft that records my conversation with him, I demand now that he make it public at once and make it all public, and I am sure that there will nothing appear that I or any other man may be ashamed of." Knew for Two Months of Trap. Mr. Knotts was asked if he knew that Dean was a detective and to this he replied: "I didn't care who Dean was, for I had information for more than two months that Dean was trying to trap somebody." On being asked to explain Dean's visit to his office on the day he was arrested, the mayor said: "The evening before I had a social engagement and Dean met me the next morning. We went together to my office.", Then he was asked how the money got in his desk. "That's easy," answered

Knotts. "Dean put it there." "Did he hand the money to you?" asked the newspaper man. "He did not, that is a dirty lie," answered the mayor as he denounced the story. , . , Mayor Knotts declared that he was unable to understand Dean's mothe. In the course of the interview it developed that Mr. Knotts had been arrested eight or ten times in the three years he has been in Gary. Ready to Expose Crooked Work.

"If there has been anything crooked going on," declared Mr. Knotts, "I

want to know it as-badly as the next man, and if any friend or anybody

knows of any wrong-doing in my administration, I hope he will tell it at

once and tell It just as quickly as possible."

On it being suggested to Mr. Knotts that the accused officials take an

immunity bath and tell all they know about the situation, Mr. Knotts said

he hoped they would,

It is the intention of the mayor to ask for a change of venue from Lake

county when the case comes up for trial

There is talk on the streets today f that the members of the council in-j volved in the graft cases may be sacri

ficed to weaken the case of Mayor Knotts. The story is common street talk and efforts to trace it down have not as yet revealed the source. It is said that the members of the council are suspicious of each other and all are averred to be suspicious of the mayor, and the mayor Is declared to be suspicious of the crowd. The trend of suspicion is rampant in Gary. EvJry stranger is regarded as a possible detective and while there are reported to be several private detectives in Gary many of those mistaken for them are as' far from being detectives as printers are of being saints. However, it does not take long to get on

A. F. KNOTTY

I Dean Heating Compay, of which he s

ISSUES DENIAL! and which went after the Gary fran-

icnises.

liber &vtoUs News Dispatch.)

Vjond. Ind.. Pept. 13. A. F.

its, brother of and attorney -fo

Thomas E. Knotts, mayor of Gary, speaking for his brother concerning the case, said- ' 'This case will come up in court and I prefer to try it there. I have made some investigation, and am still investigating. Briefly, I can say that I am satisfied that Dean never offered my brother a cent and my brother never asked Dean or any one else. for a cent. When" this case is tried and the evidence heard the public will discover that this charge against Mayor Knott is a greater farce than the other charges were. ' "I am satisfied from all the circumstances that if any money was found in ths pigeonhole in the mayor's desk it was put there by Dean without my brother's knowledge, just before Dean left the mayor's office and informed Deputy Sheriff Morris, whom he met at the door, where to find the envelope."

Local friends say that Dean has capitalists of St. Louis, enrcago and Pltts-

urg interested with ihm and that he is

worth between $150,000 and $200,000, as he inherited money from his father and has been sucessfl in business venture. - Attorney Arthur Hopkins, of Louisville, who is also a state revenue agent. Is Dean's local attorney. After Dan had his first experiences at Gary and suspected "graft' he came to Louisville and in Mr. Hopkin's office laid the plan to catch the aleged grafners. He and Mr. Hopkins gave tire dictograph a tryout here. ( . Mr. Hopkins says there is nothing at all in the reports that Dean is a detective, r He says that he is a business

man straight out and that his promotion plans have all been legitimate and practicable. Dean is about forty years

old. " - ' '

PLANNED TRAP IN LOUISVILLE Louisville, Sept. 13. T. B. Dean, the promoter, who figured so prominently in the Gary bribery case, was born and reared in Louisville, and was in business here up to about a year ago. He

conducted, the Dean Paper Company, In Main street, for some time, but the place was burned -a few years ago an ! Dean later sold the company to the paper trust, which moved it to Chicago. Since then Dean has been interested in eastern Kentucky coal lands and In th

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Don't forget the children. They love Cascarets because they taste good do

OQd never gripo or sicken.

GRIFFITH. "A. R. Moody of Chicago was a business visitor here today.

- M. Grlswold of Valparaiso was a pleasant caller here yesterday on his

way to Crown Point.

Stanley Irvin, who has been in the law office of McMahon . & Conroy at Hammond the past summer, left Mon

day for Champaign. 111., where he will

take a course of law.

Sflss Whitney, county supervisor of .schools, was here yesterday, . visiting

the various rooms of the Franklin

school. .

The baseball boys will give a dance at Spring Hill grove, St. John, Wednesday, Sept. 20, All who ' enjoy a good time are invited to be present.Willis Welsh has been suffering with one. of his eyes into which he unfortunately got something a couple of days ago.- Dr. Iddings succeeded in, finding the offending particle and he is now getting better.

met region?" is a question asked many

times by persons from other parts of

the state. That Lake county can al

ways be depended' upon to furnish a

sensation is another remark frequently

heard. There are two sides to the Calu

met region and a few people In Lake county are the ones who have given it a bad name. Some of the greatest in

dustrial establishments . are in Lake

county and the Calumet region and thousands of workingmen are employed In these establishments. A large per cent of-these working people, particularly in one of the wards of Hammond, Gary, Indiana Harbor and parts of East Chicago, are of the Very lowest grade of aliens, brought here because they work for little or nothing. Many

the trail of some of the ordinary shad-j of them are criminals and very few of owers Two or three may be found 'them have any respect for the law.

watching Hdges and Ridgley's offices These aliens in times past have been

at all hours of the day,

Green-wald Take Hold. W. H. Blodgett in the Indianapol!.3

News says yesterday:

"Prosecutor Greenwald has taken hold

of the cases and declares that he will

used by the politicians to elect to of

fice men who do not enforce the laws. The corporations have things their own way. In some instances their taxes are rebated. In other Instances their taxes are ridiculously low. Valuable fran-

Beverly Chew, John Tt. Farovid, Matt Sternberg and J. J. Freeman. It was Matt'e launch', which braved the perils of the deep and the party went away singing: "O Matt is the mate and the captain "- . bold . - And the owner of.Cy Gy Zy, And the bo'sin tight and tbe midshipmita , ' And the whole damn crew is he."

ii was sir. vt estDerg who .was responsible for the transposition of the well known ditty, he being "lit'ry." A hitherto unknown quality was discovered in John Farovid, who on ordinary occasions Is all business and dignity, but he will henceforth be recognized as one of Indiana Harbor's leading comedians on account of the ability he displayed aloig these lines, in keep

ing the minds of his fellow passengers diverted from the dangers which eurr"nded them.

Beverly Chew appeared to excellent

advantage in the role of hero, not. however, new to him, when he divested himself of shoes, stockings and trousers and plunged into the raging Calu

met to shoulder the Sy Gy Zy off a rock near the Columbia avenue bridge. That's no joke either. The boat actual, ly struck a rock and was stranded

there until a call for volunteers resulted in Bev's daring feat. The start was made at the Pennsylvania, avenue bridge and the canal. It had been the intention to go down the canal and river, crossing Lake Calumet and landing in Pullman, where dinner was to be enjoyed at the Flor

ence hotel. " But, alas: for the plans of

mice and men. Cap Sternberg, well informed skipper that he Is, was uninformed as to the whereabouts of the channel in the lake, and his good ship's bottom soon found a coral reef and it required much pushtng and shoving and chugging of.the engine before" she was headed about and once more stood on her course up the river. Riverdale was then the destination of the hungry crew and passengers and a fine dinner was enjoyed at the hotel was on the homeward journey that the second serious snag was

struck. -When Cap Sternberg realized! that his craft was actually on a rofk, 1 all hands were ordered forward. There was a dash, for the bow of the boat. ' but still she stuck secure. Then it was discovered at Tom O'Connell : had not obeyed orders, and had remained aft. so he was hustled-forrard. In the nsntime Beverly Chew had , nobly respWded to a call for volunteers. had plunged into the deep, trous- i erless, sbckless and shoeless, and with a mighty heave released the Sy Gy Zy

with a jerk which almost precipitated the entire passenger list into the heaving'main. . Beverly looked fine in this heroic action, his costume of gray sweater, slouch hat, pipe and spotless white athletic underwear, adding a

picturesqueness to the scene which might have served an artist for inspiration. , But it was not all pleasure and hero-, ism. There was a business side to the undertaking. Even those who constituted the party, familiar as they are with the industries on the canal and

river and of the Industries to be located in. their vicinity, were amazed at the activity their banks presented. To anyone not having made the trip, it was a revelation. The building and preparations for building included the work that is being done on the big Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company's mammouth plant, whose "holders" are already well under way, and the clearing and grading of the Goldsmith Detinning works. Work on the big tract recently purchased by the Buckeye Steel Castings company has not yet been begun, . but when this plant is located along its intensive canal frontage, it will add greatly to

the appearance of industry. It is understood' that the board of United States engineers will advise the

war department that as fast as the canal is finished to a width on top of 200 feet, and on the bottom of the channel of eight feet, and to a depth of twenty feet, it be taken in hand by the government and so maintained. The East Chicagocompany has its dredges at work and la rapidly bringing the channel to these proportions, which have long since been complied with as to a large portion of the canal. It will be a matter of only a short while now before the East Chicago company's expenses in thisconnection will cease, and the expense of maintenance of the entire ditch will fall upon the government Before the party landed a trip out into the lake was made for a short distance, in order to see what had already been done in the harbor by the govern

ment In the way of the establishment

of lights. The lights, one of which Is already installed and the other now being Installed, are thus described: A white acetylene lens-laTitern ligiit, showing 0.3 second, eclipsed 0.7 second, visible about 11 miles, will be displayed from a black skeleton steel tower on the outer end of the north pier designated frot range light A white acetylene lens-lantern light, showing 1 second, eclipsed 1 second, visible" about 12 miles, will be dis

played from a black skeleton steel frame tower located on the end of the stub pier extending Into the channel from the outer end of the south pier and 205 yards, 260 45' WSW, . W. from the preceding light, designated rear range lights. The lights will be 20 and 30 feet above the surface of the water, respectively. Operated automatically. She whole is being constructed and installed under the direction of Commander O. W. Blamer, U. S. N., Inspector 12th lighthouse district, and Irving L. Gill, assistant superintendent. The channel dredging is reported practically complete by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Zinn, United States engineer for the district.

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GEO. BACON FOUND DEAD IN CHAIR

CCont!nne from Page L

at Hammond where he had been spend

ing a good deal of time during the past few weeks. .For some time he has b-en

very seldom at his .!ary offices. During

the summer month'? he hat' made the

trip back and forth to his summer honifj

near Hoburt in a big touring car. '

uapt. Karon was round sitting in a chair in his home early this morning by his valet. " At first It was though, that he was dead and Dr. Gordon of Hobart was summoned. When he arrived he anounced to the family that Capt. Bacon had ben dead for some time. A widow, one son, George V. Bacon, a young newspaperman and two daughters survive him. Capt. Bacon came to Chicago from the east about the time of Gary's founding. While there he made thousands of dollars in the loop district real estate business. Uomlng to Gary he became associated with -Walter S. Ross and the Perrys and Ulrichs. He is reputed to have cleaned up thousands of dollars in Gary.

push them to the limit. He objected to , cnises, belonging to ine people, are givapproving the affidavits made against ' en away, public lands are handed over Knotts and others until he was sure ' to the corporations and the man who that there was sufficient evidence on , really pays the taxes Is robbed right

which to base them and that the arrests ( and 1c" were not a grand stand play. Kight i This condition of affairs was not

dictograph records were placed before brought about suddenly. It did not

the prosecuting attorney and he read come with the building -of Gary. There the testimony and said he was satisfied j has been a system of graft in this counthere was a case and approved the af-i ty .for many years until now it has befldavits. The prosecution asserts it has come so odious that the people are, de-

the evidence to convict every one ot termined to put an end to it.

the arrested men. The state. In addition to the dictographs, will have twen-! ty-five witnesses, many of whom are not yet aware that they are to be used. These witnesses will testify to seeing the members of the council in company with Dean about the hotel and seeing them in Dean's room. - . ' They also overheard conversations rWt will be repeated. This -means that Dean was not alone in his investigations that there were others in the detective line assisting him by getting the names of those who were seen in his company Some of -the councilmen. It is asserted, would not at first go to Dean's room to talk" with him. Then he was taken sick and in order to talk about the franchise he sent for the members of the council lie wished to see. They found him in bed and talked freely while the little dictograph, secreted under the bed in which the pretended sick man lay, took down ev

ery word said. " , General Cleanup In Sight. It begins to look as if there is to

be a general cleaning up of the Calumet region and that the arrest of Mayor Knotts of Gary and a lot of his councllmen is the first step in that direction. The bringing of ouster suits against city officers and impeachment proceedings against officers whose duty it is to enforce the laws are talked about , and there Is a grave suspicion that Gary is not the only place where detectives have been at work. Feeling Is so strong in Lake county that there has been several suggestions that the Marion county grand jury should be asked to make an investigation -of the conditions that brought about the defeat of the franchise referendum bill in

1 The active medicinal ineredients rf

The statement is made at Hammond, Rexall orderlies, which is odorless,

IT The

LI Land Co,

(Special to Tns Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Sept. 13. A voyage fraught with perilous incidents was undertaken yesterday when the launch Sygysy conveyed a party of Indiana Harbor citizens and others up the canal and down the river on a tour of Inspection for the purpose of ascertaining just what is needed in the way of improving the channels by the government. The party was composed of C. A. Westberg, Tom O'Connell, W. K. Englehart of Chicago. A. G. Lundqulst,

CONTROLS EVERY UNIMPROVED LOT IN THE HEART OF THE OF THE CITY OF GARY. This Company will pave every street in the First Subdivision. Sewers and water mains are now in every alley in the First Subdivision. The prices of lots in the First Subdivision include the cost of paved streets.

FOR CONST I PAT, ON A Medicine that Does Not Cost Anything Unless It Satisfies.

If you are a judge of quality try a La Vendor Cigar.

at Crown Foint ana at tary that Dean

was told as soon as he bfgan to broach the subject of a heating franchise he would have to "cnmi across" before h could get a "look in." Dean said he was busy, after that information, crossing back and fyorth until he sprang the trap. Dean makes another statement that is startling. If true. He says that in making his deal with one of the city officers for the heating franchise he told the official that he did not like to carry so much money with him and suggested that he send it to Gary by express. "I don't want any more express business in mine," the city officers is said by Dean to have replied. "I got $10,000 not a great while ago and it came by express after banking hours and I had to hire a couple of men to watch it all night." Dean says that the two men were members of the Gary police department and that the conversation is re'nrtie.l on a die ograph. "What in the r, latter with the Calu-

tasteless and colorless, is an entirely new discovery. Combined with other extremely valuable ingredients, it forms a perfect bowel regulator, ' Intestinal invigorator and strengthener. Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy, and ar notable for their agreeableness to the palate for their agroeabness to the palate and gentleness of action. They no not cause griping or any disagreeable effect or nconvenience. Unlike other preparations for a liks purpose, they do not create a habit, but instead they overcome the cause of habit acquired through the use of ordinary laxatives, cathartics and harsh physic, and permanently remove the cause of constipation or Irregular bowel action. "We wll refund your money without argument if they do not do as we say they will. Three sizes, 50c, 25c. and 10c. Sold only at our store The Rexall Store. The Lion Store I'hainiacy, Kaufman & Wolf, I'lops.

For Years to Come

the' properties of the Gary Land Company, situated directly south of the Steel Plant and other subsidiary companies of the Corporation, will be the home of the merchant, banker, clerk and workmen. Compare the price -of our Improved Lots with those south of the

1 Company's properties. A clear title to every lot J

Is this mot Reasoe Enough?

Why you should purchase property for residential purposes in the First Subdivision? Beautifully situated, high and dry, accessible to plants of the Steel Company, to schools and churches and the business center of the city. A few unsold lots in the First Subdivision ranging in price from $450 up.

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