Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 78, Hammond, Lake County, 19 September 1911 — Page 1

WEATHER. ... . FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW; COOLER TODAY. vm mm. EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 78. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911. ONE 'CENT PER COPX Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy .) i JOHN D. PEEVED WHEN TAX BOARD REFUSES TO CUT IN HALF MILLION DOLLAR VALUATION PLASTERED UPON SUMMER ESTATE flnORlY

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HAMMOND GETS NEW BANK

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Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 19. (Times' Bureau at State Capital.) The federal government has announced that Hammond is to have a postal savings bank. Efforts to quietly land such an institution" for Hammond have at last been successful and the new postal savings bank will be opened officially Oct. 21st: .

count TO GATHER THIS EVE

Adoption of the tax levy for 1911, an attempt by certain conneSlmen to abolish the board of public works, and steps to establish a fire and policemen's pension fund are some of the matters of much Importance to the taxpayer and property owner which are expected to come before the Hammond , city council this evening. The tax levy will remain unchanged as compared with last year, and will stand at J1.S0, unless some of the councilman, acting under the cloak of economy succeed in abolishing the board of public works on - the the ground that the city would save their salaries. If the forces that aTe trying to bring about this state of affairs believe that they would be outvoted, they

will very likelv not attempt anything!""" " y . " w'" PP" this evening. It was the same coun- j ,0 the vstate ln tne Proceedings, oilmen who are advocating the abol- , Se"ch wrrant proceedings involvi.hing of the board who were most inff the Jf". tock and fixture of activi at Indianapolis last winter , wrence Starcik of New Chicago are order to get legislation which would ! ,SO PndIn nd expected to be - give them back their former power j ard some time in -October at Crown when acting on committees. The at- i

tempt failed, and the boardof public' works retained the power" of taking ' the initiative in Improvement matters, without having to wait for the Individual council men ; ' . Under the law the council can abol-,.;jS5'l-toMirg,f &2iow..xtsts,. tnd- the mayor, the city engineer and one other person ,x would ; then constitute the board. ' Under those circumstances it Is rather hard to see just where the rouncilmen would benefit themselves directly If that is what they are after. A state law makes provision for the establishing of a pension fund for firemen and policemen. The law allows a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 mills oh the dollar for this fund. The time to ask in view a committee representing the firemen and another the policemen have been working to gether in ordar to eret favorable ac i tion by the council. A fire and police- j man s pension is maimziineu in an progressive cities, anil the last Indiana legislature took cognizance of the need and passed a law legalizing the levying of a tax for this purpose. CASE IS JPOSTPONED. The injunction proceedings by which a West Hammond taxpayer seeks to restrain the memHers of the board of trustees from entering into the contract with the Interstate Klecrical Co. for the building of a power line to Blue Island was to have- come up in court in Chicago yesterday, but was continued until a week from today. NERVY NAT LUCKIER THAN HIS CREA TOR . z i rOSEn4v.V--Sa15.'' James Montgomery Flagg, comic artist and illustrator, was lined $15 after spending three days in the Los Angeles jail. "Nervy Nat," a character often depicted in Flagg's drawings, was wont to make funny remarks to arresting officers. Flags tried it and failed to get away with it.

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CASE UP OCT. 51 (Special to The Times.) Crown -Point. Ind., Spet. 19. Otj Oct. 2nd and Oct. Sth search warrant proceedings will be heard in the circuit court at Crown Point to determine the right of ownership of saloon, liquors and fixtures taken in a raid by Sheriff Grant and his deputies, George Blockl and Albert Morris, from the places of Peter Sarttch and Toney Tomsix of Gib son and Toney Kulscar of Hammond several weeks ago. The proceedings involving the latter's goods, will be heard on Oct. 5th. Should the saloonkeepers fail to ap pear to claim rightful possession or be unsuccessful in their claims, the goods will be ordered destroyed. The proceedings involve the goods only, and as yet no affidavit has been filed against the saloonkeepers, and It Is doubtful whether there- will be. Martin J. Smith, deputy Drosecutor. ! anrl A f a..... 1 T Big SCPap Imminent Be tween Crown Point and North End of Lake Coun ty; Hammond Men Have Pot of $10,000 Up. They are getting ready to rub Crown Point's fur the wrong way In the northern part of the county. The S.000 appropriation that was made by the county council for the purpose of enlarging the air grounds at Crown Point is the cause. For a long time .' the horsemen of northern Lake county have been wanting a race track.' When they heard that the county council-had made an appropriation ,of $8,000 for an addition to the fair grounds at Crown Point, the question was raised at once,-"Why now have two fair grounds In Lake county and alternate the fairs between the two." This suggestion -was no sooner made than a number of ' Hammond horsemen made up a pot- of $10,000 which they say they will add to that which has already bee napproprlated by the county council and purchase a fine piece of ground for fair ground purposes. ; It is proposed to locate the new fair grounds in the northern part of 'the county just north of the Little Calumet river and midway between Hammond and Gary. As soon ' as the' people of Crown Point come to a realization Of the true significance of "this new movement and have recovered from the flt of indig;natlon that is sure to com, the I Hammond men propose'to take Up the matter with them and discuss it calmly and deliberately.' At the present time It is Impossible to reveal the identity f the men who hold the $10,000 that is to b given towards this- proposition, but H will come out soonerbr later. It is expected ,that the people ot the northern cities of the county will at once rally to 'the support of the plan, and there will be a lively fight on this proposition during the coming winter. AUDITOR CALLED TOE VANS VILLE (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 19. Charles A. Johnson auditor of Lake County left today for Evansville, Ind., where the County Auditors" Association of Indiana has been called together on Important business. Mr. Johnson Is one of the officers of (he association.

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TXBOA K3TTMATEE

John D. Rockefeller doesn't like It because the county equalizing board has refused to reduce th valuation of $1,017,000 placed upon Forest Hill, hla summer estate In Cleveland, O. The oil king Bent his attorneys and real estate experts to ask the board to cut Its estimate to $539,380, but the members voted unanimously to stand by the original 11 gu rues. Now John D., through hla attorneys, says he is going to appeal to the state tax commission.

LBY GETS

mm GARY'S TAX LEVY. fiary'B tax levy for 1312 ). S 1.26 Gary'K tax levy for l.t Decrease JtS Gary aainord valnstlua for 11I 13,000,000.00 Gary's assensed a nluatlon for 1912 19,S57,SSS.0O Grow larrrane more than 6,000,000.00 Budget for 1012 291,407.30 The Gary common council last night fixed the levy for 1912 at $1.26 which is 35 cents less than that of 1911. Reason for this radical reduction is due to the fact that the assessed valuation of prop erty in the steel city iu.i in a year's time, leaped from a little more than thirteen million to nineteen and onethird million dollars or an Increase of more than six million dollars. Reduction Is a Surprise. No doubt the reduction -will come as a surprise as a levy of at least 150 was expected. v A communication from County Auditor Johnson readK last night informed the council that Counting railway and express valuations and deducting mortgage accounts the assessed valuation of Gary as made by Major John MacFad(Continued on Page 7.) LATEST MEWS WM. M'KINLEY'S NIECE SUED, New York, Sept. 19. Mrs. Mabel MfKinley Baer, a niece-of the late president, is being sued in the state Supreme court here by Abraham Schultz, 16 years old. He alleges that he was Injured by being run over by the automobile of the defendant, and asks $2,000 damages. MARTIAL LAW IN SPAIN. Madrid, Spain, Sept. 19. Martial law was declared throughout the kingdom of Spain today. The strike situation is growing worse. At- Cullera a mob stormed the town hall during the trial of several men who had been arrested for participation in the earlier riots of the strikt and shot the judge to death. THREE DIE IN 100 FOOT PLUNGE. -Kansas City, Mo., Sept 19. Three persons were killed when a street car left the tracks and plunged, over a hundred foot imcline at, Sth and Bluff streets here late last night They were the sole occupants of the car. WHY ARE READER? ' YOU NOT A TIMES

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More Dictograpji Dope. The dictograph Is urd aa a part of the ao-ealled "oerjury rhool-profen-alonal wltneM" ayatem of the Chlreo Railway Company's personal Injury claim department, aeeordlna; to aa attorney formerly employed In the claim agent) offlre. 'Witneasen who are enticed Into the company's offlcca, and Nometlmea r rlalmaata ere flattered and rajfoled Into 'making raah statements, srbich ar4 recorded on dictograph under heir chairs and to which at foWcj sneantnar may be arlycn y the leu& ajaestloaa' and othcv device not" tolerated ' In i a court room ar noed, itna the attorney.' - ' ... ; By artlflce Ignorant fteonje can aomerpnea bo made to believe hat there ! a possibility of prosecation for perjary If tliey-go agalast the claim agent's Interpretation of t he dictograph records and are bulldosed In this way." At Conference in Gary Graft Cases Yesterday Are Selected for NameS Are Selected fOr Judge'S Approval; No New Moves Expected Until Friday. A meeting, of attorneys for the defense and for the state in the Gary bribery cases yesterday resulted in the naming of a list of six Indiana legal lights whose names will be presented to Judge W. C. McMalan, one of whom he will' probably select as special judge to sit in the graft cases. ' This work couples with a mysterious visit made to Valparaiso today by Special Prosecutor Hodges and the announcement that Alderman Walter Gibson would probably be the first one to be! tried, are the latest big, developments in the graft scandal that has been claiming the attention of the country. , Xo new moves are expected until Continued on Page 8.) LIKES ELOPING; TRIES IT A SECOND TIME. Margaret Case, daughter of James L Case, owner of the Case Awning company, who eloped with and married Walter Mewes, a Jockey, in 1905, announced today that she had eloped for a second time. She is now Mrs. Margaret Case Mewes Baker. She was wed to Howard Fay Baker at Crown Point August 21. Mrs. Mewes and Baker announced their engagement some time ago and invitations were sent out for their wedding, the date being set for Sept. 20. "But we thought it would be great fun to elope," said the bride. "So now we will have to call in those wedding Invitations." -

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Authorities Puzzled Over Mysterious Find in GaryHarbor This Morning; Remains of. Young Woman Are Dragged Out of Water IBtXLKTIX.) The police, who found that tbe T Oman's bands were tied behind her arc working on the theory thnt she Is tbe unfortunate vrho wan thrown oIT n Chicago excursion boat several weeks ago by two men. A possible murder mystery camtto light in Gary this morning when ste?i workers found the body of a young woman floating in the ore-colored waters of the haVbor slip of the Gary steel worlTR No clew as to the identity wa.i found on tie corpse. May Be Floater. Whether the body was carried from Chicago TfJ- the violet undertow caused by Sunday night's storm or whether it is that of a woman drowned at some Indiana point is now being worked out bv the police. . I Badly Decomposed. I The corns tifld pvMpntlv Vpn In tho water three or four days and Is badly luocompysea. racial ifjeniuicaxion ;3 practically' impossible because of the mass of bruises and swelling about the head. , Description- of Corpse. A description of the body is as follows: Between 25 and 30 years, possibly younger; black or dark brown hair; Ave feet one; weight about 130 pounds; green suit with dark rope trimmings; white lace waist; drab colored elastic belt with blue ornaments; high tan shoes; grey felt hat with green ribft'on and green feathers; black,, stockings. Xo underwear was found on the body nor were there any traces of Jewelry. ELI ACCUSES MIKEEll Lucesa appeared at the police station yesterday afternoon and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mike Galvich on a charge of petit larceny. The arrest was made by Officer Law and was brought to the police station, where he was unable to furnish bond. Lucensa claims that the defendant stole a suit of clothes from him and values the garments at $12. The date of trial has not been set. - NEW SYNAGOGUE INCORPORATED TIMES' BlUE.il' AT THE STATE CAFIAL. Indiapapolls. Ind., Sept. 19. he Bethal congregation of Hammond was incorporated here today. The directors are Mayer Rubin, Adolph Hellerman, Charles ArklnJ Maurice Spitzer and Max Schroeder. J Jacob S. Karnikof Crown Point filed with . the ; secretary of . state a notice of change of name to Jacob Goldman.

Calls his Attention to Law Violations in in City of Indianapolis, Histc ry of Cedar Lake Episode. Lake C unty Officials are Vindicated.

Several months ago Guy Surprise, Of near Lowell, wrote to Governor Thomas R. Marshall complaining of conditions at Cedar Lake, where he said there was open gambling and where the saloons were continuous law violators. Governor Marshall at once wrote to the prosecutor's office at Crown Point, enclosing the .complaint made by Surprise, and asked that the local deputy make an investigation of conditions at Cedar Lake. Story Was All True. Tub Times bureau at Indianapolis apprised this paper of tha fact that Governor Marshall had called the attention of the prosecutor's office to the complaint. Following the printing of this article in The Times a local Hammond paper made a superficial investigation and reported that the prosecutor's office bad not received any correspond ence from the governor regarding conditions at Cedar Lake. Makes Lots of Trouble. It misquoted Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ross and ha balled up tbe sit uation beautifully, when Thb Times made known the fact that Governor Thomas R. Marshall HAD sent the let ter to the prosecutor's office; that it was received by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney M. J. Smith of Crown Point, owing to the fact that It had been ad dressed to that place, and that Smith had made an investigation. Lak County Interested. In the Hg'ht of theae facts the eoj-re-spondert'eo which took '"place suDse quently is of considerable interest to the community. It is a good lndlca tion of the harm that can be done by the making of ill-advised "and unmet sured statements which can not later be substantiatea. Surprise's second letter to Governor Marshall is characteristic of his wholo attitude ln this controversy. He re lates that Prosecuting Attorney Green wald and his deputy, Ralph W. Ross, deny receiving-orders to enforce the law. Makes Bash Statements. His letter is an impeachment of their veracity, and yet the fact later develop ed that Greenwald and Ross had really not received a letter from the govern or and they were telling the truth. The letter was actually received by Smith, who attended to the matter. and kept his own counsel. Had Surprise talked with Attorney M. J. Smith"about the matter before rushing a letter off to the governor he would have been convinced that Smith was doing his duty. Evidently Surprise enjoyed writing to the governor. Governor Is Nettled. In answer to Surprise's second letter complaining of conditions at Cedar Lake the governor forwarded to Smith a brief letter in which he .suggested that Smith either start prosecutions or make Surprise go back o n his state' ments. It could be seen by the tone of the letter that the governor was becoming nettled at Surprise's persistence for he called him "this man." and the suggestion that he might "go back" on his statements indicates that the governor was losing confidence in him. Smith's Letter Rich. Smith's letter to Marshall was a work of art. It contained an affidavit by Surprise himself in which he admitted that he had never actually made complaint to either the prosecutor's or the sheriff s office. This put Surprise In an absolutely ridiculous attitude, for everyone knows tha't Surprise should have first taken his complaint to the prosecutor and never bothered the governor of the f.tate. The Hammond Daily News comes in for a castigation in Smith's letter to the governor, and is shown up in its true light. Motive of Attitude. The real motive of whole nasty attitude of the. News was shown to be its aversion to Sheriff Thomas Grant. The governor was apprised of the exact facts in the matter, and it is safe tor say that he Is now convinced that the office of the sheriff and prosecutor ln Lake county are being efficiently administered. Attention should be called to the last paragraph of the Smith letter to the governor. It has a subtle touch of Irony in it In his suggestion that there are other places ln Indiana where law violations are just as numerous as In Lake county, -knd yet he was not disrespectful. No Place For Marshall. Like most controversies of this kind this one could have been avoided if Governor Marshall had been left out of the whole affair and complaints had been made direct to the prosecutor,

Smith Arraigns Mars ill. "he author of that doctriiA. as

expressed on that occasion Is now the Chief Executive of the State of Indiana, and with this statement in mind, I can understand why liquor law violations, gambling, prize-fighting and prostitution exists in the City of Indianapolis, the seat of government of the state, and within the shadows of the dome of the Statehouse. -can understand why liquor law violations and gambling exists at West Baden and French Lick. "I can understand why gambling, poolselling and book-making flourishes on the Indiana shores of the Ohio river. I can understand why liquor law violations and gambling exists in Michigan City, within the shadows of the State pententlary. I can understand why liquor law violations, graft and othr law vio lations exist in the Magic City ot Gary, and I can also understand why there are law violations in "Lake county, and with an average amount of optimism and hope a my command, yet I cannot believe, that we shall ever see the -day when all this shall ceaso to exist! but I do believe that the officials ff Lake county are doing' their beet to enforce the laws of the State tinder tb eircumijtanceio "they'failTn -tliriilsi'ii'V nouDt ror.the same reasofffHat. xn i officials of other countlesferiLjl namely, because certain so-called laws that Vre being violated are not backed up by public sentiment." ? ' where they originally shoulil have been made. . The actual correspondence Is as follows: i Surprise's Second Letter. ; "Cedar Lake, Ind., Aug.' 26. 1911. Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Governor State of Indiana, Indianapolis. Ind.' Dear Sir: On July 25 your attention was called to law violations at Cedar Lake. In reply you stated that Prosecutor Greenwald had been ordered to enforce the law. Assistant Prosecutor Ross emphatically denied receiving such orders. Nothing has been done. They have taken no action whatever. I am enclosing clippings from the Hammond News, wherein Mr. Ross states his denial and indignation be- - (Continued on Page 8.) SHED BRING STAGE ANt CHURCH CLOSER Mi I d r2dRoT lea rvxd. Miss Mildred Holland, wellknown actress who is in vaudeville this year, is busying herself on her travels about the country interesting ministers in the organization of actors' church alliances in different cities. She T-ould have cards3 posted in all theaters calling attention to the church designated in , ( might find welcome.

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