Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 34, Hammond, Lake County, 23 September 1911 — Page 1

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MARKET II SCARE AT RUMOR

Wickersham Defies Trusts and Wall Street Is on Edge of Panic; Worst Up heaval in Years Hits New York. New York, Sept. 23. Trembling perilously- on the brink of a panic, Wali street yesterday was saved when the large banking: Interests threw their enormous resources to the support of the market. Alarm at the reports of approaching dissolution of the United States Steel Corporation resulted in an enormous "volume of selling by holders of the cor poratlon's stock in all parts of the eounty and Europe. ,The defeat of reci procity in the Canadian elections con trlbuted to the unsettled condition of the market. Not since the panic whicu grew out of the Northern Pacific "corner" ten years ago has such a con vulsion of the stock market occurred. To' a World correspondent at Bretton Woods, N. H.j Atorney General Wicker - ham said yesterday when asked If there Is any truth in the rumors that h Is to resign ; "As to my being forced out of the cabinet by threats of powerful corpora (Continjed on Page 7.) TOO POOR TO SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL Truant Officer Stanford appeared in Judge Barnett's court .this morning and filed a number of cases, charging two East Hammond people' with keep ing their children oat of school. The cases of Mike Juslck and Mrs. Frar.k Kodak came up this morning;.--"-In eachlntneeit was found that the

pajen ts? wer.,.ooT sed . wreMrblo-ta-. 'purchase, boka for. their children, and " another where the'fatfie-r wa .working nd the 'hidHher had' a. 1are timHV; to take care--o and the little Kodak girl-wa-kept at home to care for the children. ' . "There are many such cases like this," said Mr.- Stanford this morning, "but I always make an allowance when the people keep the children home a doy or to,, but when they keep them out of school altogether why we will have i to prosecute them." In some cases the parents have enough money to send their children to school, but they do not peem to take enough interest in the little tots to make them go. Mr. Stanford has waged was against these people and a number of Other cases will be filed next week.

SAYS PRINCES ARE SEEKING HER HAND Mr kte Von C!etis$?n Mrs. Id. Von Claussen, the dashing beauty who has gained International fame through the refusal of the Ambassador to Sweden to Introduce her at the Swedish court and her attacks on the character of ex-President Roosevelt, now declares, In Chicago, that Prince -Eugene of Sweden, Prince Joachim, the kaiser's son; Prince Paul Ourousoff of Russia, and Prince Sforza Cesarinl cf Italy, all want to marry her. Prince Joachim, she Bays, till writes to her frequently.

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TAX LEVY CHANGES ARE MADE

Lake County Town and City Tax Levies. Gary For 1P12, $1.26 for 1911, 91.61 1 decrease, .35. Kant Chicago For 1112, 2.0O for 1911, S3L43; decrease. AX Hammoid Far 1912, 1.0 j for 1911, S1.KO. Miller For 1912, f 1.54 1 for 1911, 91.44 1 Increase, .10. llohart For 1912, .75; for 1911, $1.05 1 decrease, .90. "ote Miller thin year adda 10 renin for park purposes and the Hobart township tax la fixed at $1.10. Some varying changes are noted in the 1912 tax levies which have been fixed during the past week by various municipal corporations in Lake county. Of the cities Gary and Kast Chicago present a drop jof .35 and .43 respectively. Last year Gary's assessed valuation on which the $1.61 levy was based on amounte dfo more than thirteen million dollars. This year the valuation Is near the twenty million mark, or nearly twice that of Hammond. So what Gary makes in the levy reduction the city again lofes in the six million dollar valuation increase. Miller town, which now has a valuation of $1,200,000. has added ten cents to Its levy. This is for park purposes. While Hammond's tax levy remains unchanged, the city is expending approximately eight thousand dollars for an improved pumping station and extension of the water mains. Half of the cost can be defrayed by the cash on hand In the water department, while a forty thousand dollar year bond issne takes care of th balance. The new tax levy alio makes provision for' separate pension funds for the police and fire department. , - j - COUNTRY? CLUB EifiJECR Those Promoting Movement Declare That They Will Have no Trouble . A. M. Turner said today that he thought there was no question that the country club would be a success. Already nineteen Hammond citizens have signified their intention to subscribe for $2,000 worth of stock in the enterprise. Only thirty in all will have to be signed up to make the project an assured fact and then Hammond will be in the unique position of having an lntown country club. Scores of people over the city have indicated their intention of Joining and it is believed that the club will have a membership of ove r 100 to start with. The initiation fee will be $50 and the dues $36 a year, so that the club will be self-supporting providing 100 members are secured. If the next week brings about the results that have been attained this week the work of getting the grounds In shape will begin at once. ' The club house -will' be ' built ' this fall and winter, and will fee In- read iness for next spring. In fact, it Is hoped that the club house and grounds will be In fine shape for next year. Those who are back of the project are. enthusiastic over the prospects. An Indication of the hold that golf takes upon a person is shown by the dispatches from Grand Rapids. President Taft was ; a guest at the Grand Rapids Country club. He saw some of the members playing golf. "I'd like to take a crack at that ball," said the president, and forthwith he pulled off hi coat and went out on the links to play. EMBER PERIOD CLOSES The Ember day period, in the Catholic and Episcopal churches entailing fast and abstinence, closed today. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are observed In the Catholic chur-hes, and Wednesday and Friday in the Kpiscopal churches. UNITED STATES STEEL PROFIT Net earnings of the United States Steel corporation the current year will be close to $11,000,000. They are more likely to be below that figure than above. In 1910 net earnings were approximately $141.000, 0"0. In 1910 the corporation established & new high record in production of steel for sale, the tonnage reaching 10.723.93S. In the current year it Is expected that the figure will approach 10,300,000 tons. " The above figirres show the Influence low prices have on earnings. With production of finished steel for sale only 400.000 tons below what it was in 1910, net earnipgs this year will show a shrinkage of $31,000,000 or morecompared with last year. The amount this year will be only about $10,000,000 over dividend requirements. . . .

EIGHTEEN -YEAR-OLD GIRL ADMITS SHE IS PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR AND HOBO

Indianapolis police were astounded when pretty eighteen-year-old Marian Eaton Smith, whose parents are said to live in Albany, N. Y., confessed to them that she was a burglar and a hobo, and had robbed so many residences she couldn't remember them all. She declared she had entered upon her career of crime two years ago, and had twice escaped from penal Institutions sinqe then. The' girl appears to be well educated and displays a surprising knowledge of classical literature. "j"

DETECTIVES APPEAL WEST HABID CASE Another Defendant Complains of Treatment at . Hands of Police. .Melvin I, Anglin and Walter Bamnv iwgainMii -T the calumet IeteetJva Agency, who Were arrested in West. Hammond recently on the - charge of carrying concealed weapons after they were spotted .as detectives getting evi-! dence against the dives in West Hammond, were each fined $25' and costs by Judge Green- yesterday afternoon, They appealed the case to the Cook county criminal court and" furnished bond. B. Hilger, a West Hammond resident who was arrested on the complaint of

Mrs. Wasserman on the charge of hav-lon

ing permitted his goat to destroy her flowers, was dismissed by Judge Green after paying the court cJsts, amounting to three dollars and a half. Complalna About Treatment. Mr. Hilger is contemplating bringing an action against Andrew Esser, the policeman who arrested him, and1 the city of West Hammond, for the treatment accorded him in connection with his arrest. Having learned early last week that Mrs. Wasserman had asked for a warrant for his arrest, he

presented himself at the village hall j terlor Fisher, former Secretary Garfor trial, but was informed that he field. Gifford Pinchot and many other

would be summoned in due time. Yeaterday afternoon, while asleep after a night s work, Officer Esser called at his home and told him that Judge Green wanted him at the village hall. But upon his arrival there he was placed in a cell and was denied telephonic communication with his friends or lawyer until he had signed a recognizance bond which Judge Green- sent over from his office. Mr. -Hilger says he was entitled to either an - Immediate hearing or admittance to bond without first having been subjected to Incarceration. . Anglin and Bamm are two Hammond residents and according to the state's evidence did not have an Illinois license to carry a gun. ' i The 1,000 steel gondola cars which have been ordered for the Monon railroad are to be built by the American i Car & Foundry Co. This is a western order that the Standard Steel Car Cu. I figured on but did not get. j Th' olsters are, however, to be bul'.t : by tl implex Railway Appliance Co. i cf H .-mond. The bolster bodies are (also to be built by the local company. ; The cars 40 feet long Inside, weigh 40,j 000 pounds and have a capacity of 100,- ! 000 pounds. The American Car t r'oundry Co ialso crot Fit order fnr f 5nft fefrlireratrir cars which are to be built for the Frisco Refrigerator Line. Why the Hammond plant does not get some o these orders is stilt a matter of comnrnt. The Pennsylvania Railroad Is making inquiries for 1,150 freight cars and from 75 to 100 ' steel passenger and

SIMP LEX GETS ORDERS FOR

CAR SUPPLIES

baggage cars, other smaller order the results or tne Drtbery WYesugaa re to bo piacejt .. ,. Qon became known.. -

LAKE CO. MEN TO

ATTEflOJOIlVEIITIOIJ Lake County Conservation Delegates Leave for Kansas City Tomorrow. ... . ' -(Special te Thb Timer) . .Ctowb- Points Ind; 6ert.f .23. Oscar TJThwiadle f Diehard Grove Sam i, Woods of Lottaville and P. A.: Parry. of . Hammond . will . leave tomorrow for j Kansas City, Mo. where they will be delegates "to the. National Conservation (Congres which gathers there for threo ' days next wek. President Taft . will j address the convention on Monday ' night at a banquet . Dispatches from J Kansas City says that delegates to the conservation congres have begun to 'wive in considerable numbers. The j downtown section of the city Is taking a gala appearance. Building after building is one great mass of color from sidewalk to roof and the national colors are everywhere In the shape of shields, bunting and counties numbers of flags. The affair promises to be the most ! notable gathering of its kind yet held A number of subjects dealing with the conservation of natural resources will be discussed during th-e thre dayB" sea ion. but especial attention will be glven to the question of soil fertility and Its maintenances. Secretary of the Inj men of note will be heard. . " " ' " ' ' ' " FACES EARLY TRIAL ON BRIBERY CHARGE .Geo. K 6 Senator Georgo K. Cetone, of Dayton, will be one of the indicted Ohio legislators to be placed on trial during the fall term of court on a charge of accepting a bribe. It It alleged Cetono took $200 in. marked bills from a detective posing as a lobbyist. He Is a fruit grower and commercial traveler, and commanded the respect of everyone in his home city before

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MARSHALL

AFTER M ATTORNEY

Gov., Thomas R. Marshall Expects Favorable Answer to Offer Made to One of Indiana's Keenest Criminal Lawyers. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23. One of the keenest criminal lawyers In Indi ana, who Is to give his final answer to Governor Marshall Monday, will proba bly take up the state's end of the prosecution of Mayor Thomas Knotts and city councilmen of Gary, who are charged with bribery by Thomas B. Dean. Governor Marshall, returning from Syracuse, X. Y., yesterday, reiterated the statement given out by Mark Thistlethwaite, his secretary. several days .ago that the governor had decided to take a hand in the problems of Gary. Thinks Aetton Necessary. Who the lawyer is has not been an nounced and Governor Marshall said that the man's name could not be given out until he had accepted the offer made him. The governor adhered to his former assertion that it should be seldom necessary for the state to take a hand In local situations of the sort depicted at Gary, but he said because additional information had reached him from the northern Indiana city, he be lieved that It was Imperative for the state to step In and be sure that the coming trftl was conducted with the utmost vigor. V Fleet la Approved. Governor Marshall asserted that the selection of Judge Vernon W. Van Fleet of Elkhart to hear the argument for a change of venue of the cases from Lake eounty met with his approval. It is understood that the ponltion the governor 'has taken hinges on Information which has. reached him to the effect that Prosecutor Greenwald of ' Lake county Jim hesitating about pushing the easea; jyarnst ; thV riiayr and" councilmen. The" prosetitfon Is alleged ttt have give nout an Interview to & newspaper man, declaring that such was his intention, but later repudiated that statement. HAMMOND MEN BUY RESIDUE WEBB ESTATE Blackmun, Kaufman and Wolf in $20,000 Deal; Market Is Active. One of the biggest real estate deals of the month was closed a day or two ago when J. S. Blackmun, Leo Wolf and Carl Kaufman purchased seventyone lots owned by the Webb estate In the eastern portion of the city. The deal involved in the neighborhood of 120,000. This practically cleans up the holdings of A. H. Webb in this locality. A few years ago he sold out the residue of the Homewood addition, to Gostlln, Meyn & Co. Most of the Homewood property has now been sold. The deal was really closed several months ago, but It required an order of the court to approve of the sale, and this order was not entered until a few ' In the meantime J. S. Blackmun ha. been busy selling the property and has already sold twenty lots. It is ex- ' ,,l P P y ne sold out within a year or two.

This Is In line with the tendency inivent loOK on lne I'ecla "l " a number of instances to buv out th'raoe desDite the dropping out of

j residue of old subdivisions and place I the property on the market. A numi ber of such deals have been made late I ly. Invariably they have been Fuccess-' ful. Gostlln . 1 " . ' i oc v nave ;i numoer o . . . . : . , - . ,

i j-ais jx-uuiiiK ior ine sale oi prop-' . . . erty in Hammond and report that a ! which the crew has been fightng day large number of inquiries are being ' and night for a week, the Santa Clara made for property in Hammond. In Qf tne America and Cuba line, with a spite of complaint in some quarters i , , . , . k .. .. . cargo of Mexican hemp, Is being carabout business conditions, the real es- a tate market seems to be active. j ed for by the experts of the New The Hammond-Gary Realty company, York fireboat squad at her Staten iswhich has a subdivision in the vicinity ; and pler today. Large holes burned of the new east side park, reports that it , . . . . , ... . . ' . . through her afterhatches show how they have had a good week and that a'l lI"U6 number of lots have been sold. j narrow was the boat's escape from destruction at sea. Another Wheel Stolen. A bicycle belonging to J. F. Van ! TWO SLAIN IN A CIRCUS FIGHT. Mere, 193 State street, was Ftolen early! .... n. , e . tj,i-. last night when he left it standing in! Madill. Okla., Spt. 23. Tom Rorie, front of that number. i i liveryman, and L. L. Reed, carpenter. The wheel was practically new and dead; T. O. Thomas of Kingston, was valued at about 25. He gave the;0kla., and a youth wounded are the

cushion frame. Brooks condition, new tires. saddle, good Firemen Called Out. Departments Nos. 1 and 3 made a run to the Fitzhugh-Luther company, Columbia avenue and 150th sreet, about 7 o'clock last night, where a box car caught fire. Very little damage was done and the origin Is unknown, but Is thought to have been set on fire by tramps. "

JUDGE MS LATE

Hearing of Arguments for Knotts Change of Venue Do Wot Begin Till One 'O'clock Today

(BULLETIN.) I (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 23, 4 p. m. Judge Van Fleet convened hia court nt Crown Point ftt Ii30 nnd la ltatenlno; to the argument for n change of venne from the county. . The principal argument of the attorneys who are necking change la that The Lake County Tlmca with a circulation of 12,000 r cache all parta of Lake county haa no polaoned the minda of the people againat Knotta and the other defendanta that they are unable to get a fair nnd Impartial trial. The wide influence of The Timea -wii repeatedly mentioned. In fact, The Tlmca aeema to be the laaue In the caae In apite of the fact that It haa never more than printed the newa In theae case a. It la believed that It will take all afternoon to fin ink the argument. (Special to Thb Timec) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 22. Though attorneys for both the prosecution and defense in the Gary bribery scandal cases were on deck here bright and early this morning, court was not convened until 1:30 this afternoon because of the non-arrival of , Judge Vernon Vati Fleet of South Bend, who was to have come to the Lake circuit court for the purpose of arguing a motion for a change of venue In the cases of the state Ma. Knotts, Bowser. NyhofT and Wil listen all of Gary. Court Cenveuea at 1:80. Judge Van Fleet arrived In Crown Point at 12:30 and dined before court wks convened. His failure to put in an appearance.' In... the., cases this morning Was due- entirely to" misunderstand1nV''1he" bIng osder-tfte Tni predion that the first' session was set for" this afternoon. s ! " ' The affidavits for a change of venue, accompanied by thousands of names on petitions, signed by friends of the accused, as well as the counter-affidavits secured - by the state's attorney's were all put In Judge Van Fleet's hands and the arguments begun. Puts TIMES ob Trial. The tenor of the affidavits for the change of venue showed a surprisingly bitter feeling against certain newspapers in Lake county and the personal feeling betrayed in the context of the affidavit was a matter of speculation and comment. The affidavit In particular singled out Thb Times and Indicated In Knotts' mind that Thb Times and not he Is on LATEST JEWS WARD QUITS EACE. Elmira, Y., Sept. 23. Two aviators flyng from opposite sides ot the continent were to feature the W. R. Hearst $50,000 ocean-to-ocead air race today. With Robert G. Fowler ready at daylight to attempt fights - the SIerrag from Colfax. NOV., with Calbraith P. Rodgers bouyfed up by his record-breaking distance J fight from Hancock and confident of duplicating the performance, the v . . , ' James J. Ward. FIRE IN HEMP IMPERILS A SHIP. I New York. Sept. z3. t With a afterhold, ' , , , . ; tilllUIUtM IUK HIC i " net results of a shooting affray in a crowded circus tent here yesterday. Rorie, it is stated, objected to Reed's show of authority Reed had been deputized as a special officer for the day and a dispute culminated in both men drawing weapons. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISIXG eontana naoet of tn mwi ot work to be aad.

HIS ARRIVAL

THE JUDGE WAS LATE. Judge Van Fleet of South Bend passed . through Hammond on hla way to Crown Point at 11:50 a, m. today. He was interviewed In the parlor car of the Erie train by, a representative of The Times. The judge said that there must have been a misunderstanding about the time he was expected to be In Crown Point for he did not expect to arrive there before noon. He was Informed that the attorneys hadbeen waiting for hjm all morning. He said he was sorry about that and could not understand how they got the Idea that he would be 4here before noon. Judge Van Fleet is a tall, darkhaired man of about 40 years of age. He has the appearance of being m prosperous . business man rather than a judge. He has black hair and wears a short cropped black moustache. The Judge said that he would hear the arguments for a change of venue this afternoon. trial in the case. The document paid a tribute to the circulation of Thb Times and its widespread influence, throughout Lake county and the Calumet region, but contained a number of statements that were absolutely false and which on the whole were irrelevant to the accusations brought against Knotts. ' - SEALIAI! SEI1DS OUT 1I0TIIER Cllii V 'Steenth Promise xi o Begin urban Is Made. (Special to Thb Timbs.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 23. Wor has been reclved from Halleck W. Seaan of the Gary & Southern lnterurban that ho had left yesterday for Cleveland where his bonds for the building of the road would be sold. Seaman stated also that construction work would corrvence at once, and go on interruptedly. A large force of men an being recruited at Gary to work on tho track laying and it is said that at least ninety will be employed to rush the work to completion. The steel rails ar also said to have arrived and are being unloaded In large quantities preparatory to the track laying.. The latest news Is the beat In months and now looks like business after a long and tedious wait. ARB TOU READING THB TIMES T FRIEND OF SARAH'S COMES OVER TO ACT 6 lame Si'mone Mme. Simone Casimer-Perier, tha French actress, has arrived in New York w-ith a prodigious amount of luggage and her husband, the son of an ex-president of France. Sha is to appear in anglicized versions of French plays, among them "La Rafale," said to be the equal in daring of anything ever produced in her own country. She ia an old friend and protege ot Sarah Bernhardt'.

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