Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 79, Hammond, Lake County, 20 September 1911 — Page 1

WEATHER. fair Wednesday;. LAKE THURSDAY INCREASING CLOUDINESS. EDITION VOL. VI., NO- 79. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 1911. ONE CENT PER OOP.Y. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy ) MARSHALL STEPS IN OPERA SINGERS, NEWLY WED, POOH-POOH RUMOR THEY MAY BE PARTED BY POPE

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Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20. (Times' Bureau at State Capital) Mark Thistlethwaite, secretary to Governor Marshall, authorized the statement today that Governor Marshall, after several days of investigation, has agreed to back the Gary bribe prosecutions with state money and state power. The report is that Emery B. Sellers, a Monticello lawyer, will assist in the prosecutions, but the governor's office refused to discuss this report.

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The demand for more individual power by the councilmen, and the adoption of the annual tax levy and appropriations, furnished the cause and the occasion respectively for a crisis, from which the city fathers and Mayor Smalley and his appointees emerged on the wave of a compromise which had been effected shortly before the council meeting1 last night after a day of wire-pulling. Whtn the council adjourned there wns somewhat of a re-adjustment of dictatorial power, which, according to the contending parties, left no strain or sore feeling, it will be interesting to watch the outcome of the compromise, as the insurgent councilmen say hey are in a position to abolish the board ar.y time they see fit. The cities' and towns' law has shorn the councilmen pretty well of their power, and so while they cannot wield any power directly, they do not propose to be Ignored entirely because they still have the power to block the board of public work, because neither body can act entirely independent of each other. Tie I'p the Fund. According to the tax levy and appropriations adopted last night, the board and Mayor Smalley's appointees will have to come before the council to ask for appropriations for various purposes. .Heretofore the finance commlt(Contlnued on Page 6.) WOM WILL: YOU HAVE FOR CHAIRMAN? The republicans of Lake county are beginning to talk of the county chairmanship for, next year. F. Richard Schaaf, who has gone through two successful campaigns, will retire on account of the fact that he is now postmaster of Hammond. "Walter. J. 'Riley of East Chicago, who did such efficient service in that part of the county during the last two campaigns. Is prominently mentioned for the office. Riley represents the better element in the party in East Chicago, and it is understood that he would be acceptable to the party workers there. It is also an Interesting fact that C. L. Kirk of East Chicago is also prominently mentioned for the chairmanship. Kirk Is recognized as one of the leaders of the party in East Chicago, and it Is believed that he would be a good man for the place, Ernest Shortridge has been spoken of for the chairmanship, but it is understood that he will not accept. ; CAN'T TAKE, AFFINITY INTO HIS OWN HOUSE Mrs.FerxJirttsnd Rnriey Ecjde Ferdinand Pinney Earle, of manifold 'affinitr fame, couldn't get lodging woe:, he took his newest wife, who was Miss Dorothea Elbert Stewart, of Wokingham, England, to his castle at Monroe, N. Y., after their return from Europe. The castle had been leased for the summer and fall tc Kellogg Durland, the writer, and Mrs. Durland Just couldm't find room . for the Earles when they showed up, They're back In New York now "waiting for the lease to expire.

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THE COCSCIt, I,AST SIGHT Fixed the city's tax levy for the year 1911 at $1.80, based on a valuation $10,000,000. Adopted salary and appropriation ordinance for the year 1912. Authorized a $40,000 bond Issue, bearing per cent interest, for the extension of the water mains; issue to run for ten years. Created separate pension funds for the police and fire departments by providing a levy of one-twentieth of a mill on the total assessed valuation for each department. Referred a ordinance, providing for the licensing of non-resident peddlers and solicitors, not including farmers, newspaper and religious tract venders, to the committee on licenses. Appropriated $90 for the purchase of 18 copies of Thornton's Laws for Cities and Towns.. Received the resignation of Jacob Friedman, city sealer, to go into effect Oct. 1st. Compromised with Mayor Smalley and the board of public works for individual recognition for the councilmen in - return-for which "the council left the board intact. "' WRSr BUETHER HAS A HARROW ESCAPE Falls Across Railroad Track Shortly Before Arrival of Train. "While Mrs. John Buetner. 419 Logan street was crossing the Michigan Cen trol tracks near her home east of Calu met avenue yesterday afternoon she slipped and fell across the main rails rendering her unconscious and-breaklng two ribs. Luckily a street car passes !the Michigan Central tracks and con ductor Mellvllle and Acromial! Cup noticed the body laying across the rails. The car was stopped and they went up .the track where they found Mr3. "Eueltner. I They carried her to a house nearby land some difficulty ,waa found in get- ' ting a doctor. She was then removed i to her home on Logan street where she gained consciousness about 45 minutes after the accident. 1 I Word from her condition this mornling reports her as not oelng Id ny J critical condition and she is resting well i with the exception of her two broken j ribs. . Mrs. Buettner was unable to telt jjust how the accident happened and saia sne, aia not Know now sne was knocked unconscious by the fall. j . She was returning . from the grocery j store and carried an armful of packages and taking a short cut she walked across the tracks. She noticed a train a long distance ahead and turned around to look for her dog when she tripped on the rail. Her body was found lying half across the main track and rail. . Mr. Buettner is a railroad man and in employed as switchman at Gibson on the night shift. PRES. TAFT COMINGWill Pass Through at Mid1 fill nigm xnursaay. . i President "William Howard Taft will pass through Lake county this week, but his visit will be very brief and will take place during the middle of the night and the ' chances are that the chief executive will be asleep. He speaks in Kalamazoo on Thursday and In Joliet on Friday. H is scheduled to leave the Michigan celery city at 10:30 o'clock. Thursday r.Ight, over the Michigan Central, which ought to take him through Gary and Hammond shortly after midnight. - He will be due in Joliet at 2 o'clock Friday morning. Will Attend Sessions. Mayor Smalley and some of the city officials are planning to go to Chicago some time this week to attend the In ternational Municipal convention which is in session there this week. I WHY ARE READER? TOtJ NOT A TIMES

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. Emma Eames, the singer, and her newly acquired husband, EmIlio de Gorgoza, united in pooh-poohing any idea that the papal authorities may annul their marriage. A dispatch had been received from Rome before their arrival, stating that the Pope would declare their union void In case an investigation now under way-reveals that de Gorgoza's first marriage "was a religious ceremony.

HllflOi COUNTYCLUB

Hammond is to have a $60,000 country club if the plans which were discussed at a meeting of representative business men in title' rooms of the University Club iast night ar carried "j'-rrr:" .'.-. " The club- will b unfque ra that ft will be situated so close to town that it will be possible for the business man to Walk to the golf links from his work an engage in a round of the game before supper. -.-.''' The club grounds are to be located In "West Hammond just across the state line from Homewood. This will make it immediately accessible from the best residential district of the city. Plana for a 115,000 club house have been drawn by local architects and were placed on exhibition at the meeting last night. The club house Is of rural English architecture and is to bo located at the west end or Ruth street, t'liib Houne Commodious. The club house will be commodious. It will be surrounded by wide comfortable verandas, there will be a large lounging room on the main floo a good (Continied on Page 7.) IS S00H0 RETURN Taxpayers of Ninth Ward Need Not Worry Over His Absence. Taxpayers of the Ninth ward, in Hammond, who are represented in the city council by Marion Hower, need . not worry about his absence from the city, according to Mr. Hower's statement to The Times last night. He says that h has not given up his residence in Hammond, and that while he has been away from the city for some time he expects to be back soon. For a number of months Mr. Howcr has been engaged in the building of a house for his son-ih-law. Attorney Newton Hembroff, at Indiana Harbor. Instead of going hack and forth to his work, he staid ' at the . Harbor, but maintained a room in Hammond with E. S. Coooper, 8 Mason street. "Mrs. Hower and myself expect to be back in Hammond soon; my work at Kthe Harbor is almost finished and we will then go back into housekeeping," said Mr. Hower. DEAN IS INTERVIEWED W. H. Blodgett, staff man for the Indianapolis News who is in Gary covering the bribery scandal, was in Chicago last night and had a long inter-! view with Thomas B. Dean, who unearthed the scandal. The interview Is said to cover 4,000 words and presents some facts not yet made public Mr. Dean is said to still insist that he has dictograph records on Mayor Knotts and backs up the statements he made earlier in the sensation regarding them. La Vendor Cigars are pronounced exceptionally good by all smokers.

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The staid old town of Rensselaer is riled like a week old barrel of cider. It has just discovered that the so-called soft drinks, "Homo" and "Jingo" which its respectable people were consuming by the barrel was actually; a beer. J. J Weast who : was running the- alleged "blind tiger? where "homo" and "Jtnifo' wr" discovered 'te-said t6have3umped bis bond aftec being arrested.. A chemical analysis-showed "homo" to contain 4.4 alcohol and "Jingo" 2.6. The law allows only one half per cent of alcohol In a 'soft drink." Th "Jingo" drink is said to have been Imported from Hammond, and in quiry in Hammond establishes the faot that the Evansville brewery which has an agency here manufactures a "soft drink." Mr. Bradford Still 111. J. M. Bradford, former county commissioner, who is bic' at his home on Conkey avenue, is-not snowing' much change. His condition is such that he Is compelled'to spend some time in bed. Charles Bradford, a brother of the Hammond man, arrived in Hammond today from Tacoma,- Wash., to remain for a few days. He formerly had his residence in Hammond. FEDERAL JURIST WHO QUITS JOB - -' 1 " tr JZ 1 ,7S -? 1 - T

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CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS WOPdAN? ' Five feet 2 inches tall; dark brown hair; weight about 120 pounds. Between 20 and 30 years old; well proportioned; small hands and feet. Face full and round, probably pretty in life; nose narrow and low in bridge. Four porcelain front teeth attached by brldgcwork to a gold crown over an eyetooth. Dress, green suit trimmed in black braid; black embroidery about collar; similar braid reaching twothirds of the way down skirt; two vents in back of coat, trimmed with black buttons. Brown shoes, medium high heels, exactly six inches long. Corset marked "R. & G.. tapering waist, style A 61." Collapsible gold bracelet on right wrist; lion's head on clasp. Open work white shirt waist. Two white underskirts. Black stockings. Drab colored elastic belt with blue and gold ornaments. Corset cover. Wrists bound with part of baby's skirt. '

(BlXLETI.V.) GARY, 3 I M. Mrs. J. A. Jfeal of Indianapolis, whose daughter has beea mlssiaa-. Is on her way here to Identify body of young woman, If possible. That the unknown young -woman whose body was found floating in the United States Steel corporation's harbor ' in Gary " yesterday morning Is a murder victim Is now the agreed theory of the police '"and the coroner1 staff. :'.:..';" :' V Xjr . Absence of -water in the lung3 And hands tied together , with fiendish cruelty that produced blisters that are not postmortem tines, lead Deputy Coroner Gordon and Dr. E. E. Evans, who performed the autopsy, to declare (Continued on Page 7.) TIMES'. BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL j Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20. John L. Griffiths for Governor and Robert K. Davidson for state chairman is the latest dope on the Republican side of the Indiana political slate. It is said that this is the slate framed up by Edwari H. Schmidt, T;nited States marshal. Ever since ; Schmidt was appointed United States Marshall by President Taft a few months ago, after one of the bitterest fights even seen in Indiana politics, a good many Republicans have looked on him as the practical leader of the party in this state, and they are calling on him' for all kinds of things, including indorsements for various appointments. (Continued on Page 7.) DEATH OF F. J. DILLON. Frank J. Dillon, a most respected citlxen and a pioneer of the steel car business, died at hl3 home on Bauer street last night at 11 o'clock after an Illness of about thrpe weeks. The funeral will be held from All Saints' church Friday morning- at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Father Barrett will officiate and the requiem high mass will be sung. Interment will take place at St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Dillon Is very well known in Hammond and very popular - and resepected. He moved to Hammond with the Standard Steel Car works and has made a wide circle of friends who will mourn his death. He was employed at the Standard Steel Car works as a foreman in the paint and equipment department and has held that position with the company since 1903, when they had their plant at Butler, Pa. He also held a high position with a steel company at Pittsburgh, Pa., where he learned his knowledge of the steel trade. Mr. Dillon was 38 years oU and was taken ill three weeks ago with anemia. His condition gradually grew worse and not having the strength to bear up his sickness he died at 11 o'clock last night. He is survived by " a. wife and six children, and their' many friends extend their deepest . sympathy to the bereaved family.

Next spring St. Joseph's Catholic church in Hammond will commence the construction of a magnificent new edifice to cost $100,000. The new church will be the finest building of its kind in Northern Indiana. It will be of pure Roman design, it the plans by local architects are ac cepted, and will be the most conspicuous building, architecturally, In the entire Calumet region. It will front on Hohman street and will make this splendid thoroughfare one of the show streis of the city. St. Joseph's church is not going to make the mistake of hiding a splendid struc LAWYER PUT

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Judge Virgil S. Reiter today fined Attorney Francis A. Baranowski of Indiana Harbor $5.00 and costs for contempt of court. The specific charge against the Indiana Harbor attorney was that counseled a witness that he need not appear in " court thereby obstructing the process of the court. JJISMISSED FROM OFFICE. Baranowski Is the . man who was tppojnted deputy prosecuting attorney Ja" Indiana . Hatbofe A allowing -the resignation of J. A. Patterson.' 'He did not hold the office long, however. for his incompetence was soon proven and he was dismissed from office. The incident arose'in the trial of John Makowski. ' When the case came up to trial It was discovered that one of the witnesses, Tony Obrlnski, was missing. A bench warrant was Issued for the arret of Obrlnski and he was haled into court FIXE IS ASSESSED. There he informed th judge that he had been advised by his attorney, Francis Baranowski, that he need not appear. The court at once Issued a bench warrant for Baranowskl's arrest. lie was haled into court and questioned. "When the court had nnlshed asking him about the facts ot the case he turned to Bailiff John Agnew and asked if Baranowski was a member of the Lake Court Bar. NOT ADMITTED TO BAR. He was informed that he had never been admitted to the bar. This precluded the possibility of disbarring him. The court then fined him $5 and costs and he was committed to Jail until he could raise the money. - The witness. Tony Obrlnski, was fined a similar amount for his failure afti nnnu m II Ail nCAUI IU GO AHEAD AGAIN Promoter Promises Crown Point Baker Work Is to Go on Uninterruptedly. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 20. Encouraging letters have been received from Halleck W. Seaman by John Brown of the First National bank. In which the promoter of the Gary and Southern states that he is about to begin uninterrupted work on the construction of the line. Difficulty in getting those finacing the projort together, to conclude certain business negotiations vital to the construction work, has caused some delay, "but Mr. Seaman states that the end of this week will see the matter settled, and construction commenced. It is to be hoped the promoter's vlev of the matter is correct as there are many who are becoming weary of the dilatory methods of Mr. Seaman and would countenance any action that would deprive him of his franchise rights providing the line could be built by other interests. The public certainly has been lenient with Mr. Seaman and it is up to him to at once show his good faith in the matter by building the line. Seven New Eaglets. The Hammond Eerie of Eagles will initiate seven candidates this evening. The session will be followed by a luncheon and smoker. . The candidates are William Traike, Joseph Gies, Chas. W. Watson, J. S. Daisy, E. M. Kroer, Philip Kranscope and Thomas Jackson.

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ture of this character on a side street as other churches and fraternal orders have done. An idea of the enormous size of this new church may be had from the fact that the Lake Superior court housecould be put inside of it and there atili would be plenty of room. ARCHITECTURALLY BEAUTIFUL." The architecture of the building has? an Individuality that will make Ii famous all over the country. . From the front of the building1 will rise two square towers on higher than the other to conform to the old homan design. Over the rear of the building there) will be an enormous dome that will rise to a height of over 125 feet. This will be of glass backed up by gold leaf (Continued on Page 6.)

IK JAIL THIS MAN IS GIVEN LESSON Francis Baranowski. er he had been summoned and he too was put in jail. Attorneys Abe Ottenhelmer, W. B. Van Home and J. A. Paterson put up the money to secure the release of Baranowski and Obrlnski after they had been in durance vile for several hours. LATEST HHS CANADA AT VERGE OF ELECTION. Ottawa, Ont., Sept 20. The voters ; of Canada will decide tomorrow j whether Sr "Wlfred Laurler, premier of Canada, shall retain his seat, or ' whether R. L. Borden, . leader of the 1 conservatives, Bh all take his place and ' end all chance for reciprocity. To defeat the prime minister and the trada agreement the conservative element will have to add twenty-five more members to . parliament than it has now. L. P. Pelletier formerly attorneygeneral of Quebec, is fighting against reciprocity in the province. Another dominating figure in the campaign is R. P. Roblin of Manitoba, minister of agriculture. -" LIQUOR VOTE IN DOUBT. Augusta, Me., Sept. 20. Got, Plaisted said the resut of the vote ia Maine on the prohibtion question is still in, doubt, although thr is an apparent official- majority of 26 against prohibition. "The clerks have twenty days in.whch.to make a correction and until that time the result cannot positively be known," he said. BAD ACCIDENT TO LINER. Queenstown, Sept. 20. The "White Star line steamship Olympic was in collision this morning with the British cruiser Hawke in Osborne Bay, Isle of Wight and was beached." The Olympic had Just left South Ampton on her way to New York. Every berth was filled. "

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