Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 85, Hammond, Lake County, 27 September 1911 — Page 1

WEATHER. INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND WARMER TODAY. TIME t it EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 85. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number 3 Cents Copy

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Gary Attorney Will Try for the Ermine in Case Judges Becker and Kopelke Find Their Terms End in 1912 Instead of 1914. If the contentions of many Lake county lawyers that the newly appointed superior Judges. Lawrence Becker and Johannes Koplke will find thai their terms end in 1912 instead of 1914 !." correct. Attorney George II. Manlove. - of -Ga'rir, chairman of the Calumet .township republican commits, will be one of the republican candidates for a superior Judgeship. He so announced today. The. belief is that . Judge Virgil S Relter of Hammond, a republican, will seek re-election. There being three possible vacancies Gary will push forth a candidate foi ne of them as far as the republican ticket Is concerned. Corbet t In Race, Too. Attorney Hugh E. Corbett of late, democratic candidate for Gary. state senator, is being urged- to seek one of the- democratic nominations for superior Judge. In Will county, 111.. Mr. Corbett was defeated for circuit court Judge by but a narrow margin. When Mayor Becker of Hammond and Ex-Senator Kopelke of Crown (Continued on Fage 7.) ONLY BIT OFF FINGER Had Csargo Eaton Adver . sary's Arm Punishment : Would be Greater , ' Frank Ctdrso of IpdlanaHarbor -was found guilty of simple mayhenj after a trial before Judge Jonannes Kopelke on complaint made by Louis Brusz and was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to forty-five days in the Jail at Crown Point. . , He got into a fight with Brusz and bit oft the end of his finger. Had he been found guilty of mayhem the penalty might have been greater. The case has been on trial all day. Joseph George of Gary pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing diamonds from Attorney Dunn of Gary and 'was sentenced to from one to fourteen years in the penitentiary. A HE YOU READIXCJ THE TIMES? WOMEN CAN'T RIDE ASTRIDE AT SHOW 4 ? V I Contestants in the "ladies" Jumping class" at this year's fashionable Byrn Mawr horse show will not be permitted to ride astride. Amcvg the noted Philadelphia horsewomen who prefer to ride crosswise, and who had Intended riding so over the hurdles at the how, is Miss Polly Page, seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rodman Page. Despite her youth, Miss Page was sometime - ago elected master of foxhounds of : .the Upland Uunt Club.

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Famous Birdman Selects Norman's Field Near Douglas Park as Landing! Place; Huntington OnlyJ Other Scheduled Stop. Hammond has been selected as one of two Indiana cities in which C. . P. Rodgers, coast to coast flyer in the Hearst $30,000 prize contest, will make a landing. According to Rodger's advance man. L. Peters, who was in Hammond today. the aviator is scheduled to arrive in Hammond next Saturday and affecting his landing on Norman's field near Douglas park. Barring accidents. Huntington is to be the only other In diana stopping place. Grant Park, in Chicago, where the recent International aviation meet was held, will be the next stop for Rodgers after, he leaves Hammond. Rodgers flight and landing in Hammond is to be the occasion for a big turn out of Hammond people to welcome the first of the birdmen who is attempting to , fir from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Prominent Mm Will Gather. Mayor Small ey and the city officials and E. F. Johnston, secretary of the Hammond Commercial club, and other business men are tr be on the reception committee ,to . head the ' hundreds of spectators who are expected to gather. In connection with the arrangements, Mr. Peters left but one injunction for the Hammond people; to-wit: "Please keep off the field imtil the aviator has landed." Tiiis injunction Is made to protect the" popuhvee from Injury by the descending machine. It will be Im possible for the flyer to land within a few feet- of a given spot, and experience has shown the. flyer generally has a different choice than the one selected l;ythe cqmnjixie,; After, lie, has.jmade enough to satisfy the curiosity and ad miration of the spectators, v. ' ; . - Ttodgers Is' following the Erie . rajl road tracks as nearly as possible, and accordingly nearly everybody in Ham mond will have an opportunity, to see the airship if the schedule can be relied upon. The aviator who was laid up at Sala manca, N. T., owing. to an accident to his machine, is expected to start late this afternoon and go as far as Meadville. Pa, The landing f or . next Sat urday afternoon in Hammondcan be relied upon, however, only if the flyer does not meet with more trouble. A special train on the Erie is following him. 'If nothing unforeseen develops and the weather is all right, I hope, to get away from here some time tomorrow afternoon," said Rodgers last night"When I get up again, or start to get up, I don't think there will be a repeti tion of Middletown and Redhouse. "As It stands tonight, the planes have all been put together, the canvas sewed, and the wires strung. The ele vatlng plane, and the" rudder will be joined; on Just as soon as the 'plane is taken outside the slope. It will only take a short while to Install the en gines and attach the propellers. With any kind - of weather I ought to make . the thirty-three miles to Jamestown ' in short order tomorrow If evervthing Is working right, I am going to strike out for Meadville, Pa. seventy miles beyond that." 1S.FA1IECLMDIES (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind.. Sept. 27. Mrs Fannie Clark, 4906 Todd avenue, for the past four years a respected residen of East Chicago, died at the Baptis hospital, in Chicago, yesterday after noon at 6 o'clock after a lingering Illness. The funeral will be held from the home of her sister, 2632 Hampton court, Chicago, tomorrow afternoon, at 1:30 p. m. Interment will occur at Oakwoods cemetery, Chicago. Mrs. Clark has been ill for the pa?t fourteen months, and has practically been an Invalid during that time. Recently she was taken to the Baptist hospital for an operation, but on account of her weakened condition she was unable to stands the shock. She is the wife of Joseph F. Clark, who is employed as a driver for the Keeley Brewing company of Chicago. She -was 34 years old, and is survived by two sons, Joseph and Danny. HAMMOND BOY RIDES TO VICTORY ON THOR (Special to Thb Times.) Toledo, O.. Sept. 27. Shorty" Matthies of Hammond, son of Robert Matthles. riding a Thor. captured the majority of events in the closing meet of the Toledo Motorcycle club. Robert Flatter was seriously Injured when his machine crashed into the fence. He sustained a severe scalp wound, his left thumb was amput ated and a wrist fractured. Dan Darks' machine skidded during the three-mile race, throwing the rider. He ws badly cut about the head. . , .. ..

DESTRUCTION OF FRENCH BATTLESHIP BY POWDER EXPLOSION IN MAGAZINES POINTS OUT DANCER TO NAVIES OF OTHER NATIONS.

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Nai authorities of all the treat nations of the world are tunning inquiring eyes upon their own hattleehips eince the explosion that sent the French iightirr vessel Liberte to the bottom of Toulon harbor, with a loss of hundreds of lives. It i3 declared that danger of a similar catastrophe exists aboard United States war craft M. Delcasse, minister of marine of France, and Vice Admiral Bellue have begun an investigation of the calamity. The remains of . thi unknown East Gary murder -victim --will be .Interred in the potter's field in Hobart today. No clues as to the man's. Identity havo been learned, although scores of out of town people called at Wilde's morgue In Hobart to view the mangled remains. As the man was shot first and then placed on th Michigan Central tracks afterwards, where a passing train cut him to pieces, identification was made almost impossible. Deputy Coroner Gordon of Hobart today said that the man may have been the victim of ""robbers working with the air line camp at East Gary. Friday night, the, day of the murder, several Italians were paid off and discharged. The next morning when the murder came to light 9. number of the Italians made their getaway. WILL PUT UP STRONG FIGHT FOR HOWAT The van guard of the Lake county doctors who are to put up a fight for Dr. Howatt for the presidency of the Indiana State Medical society, left for Indianapolis-on the" Hoosier limited at noon today, , , ' - , The house off delegates will meet Friday for the. election of officers, and it is expected that by that time the local delegation will have things. pretty well lined up. - . .. .. - . Among those who are planning to stay on the Job until "Dr. , Howatt Is elected or defeated are Dr. T. J. Tpwer, Dr. T. W. Oberlln, Dr. E. M. Shanklin, Dr. Alvia Young and Dr. W. F. Howatt. The Lansing wrestling fans saw one of the most stubborn bouts that has ever been in this locality when Curley Anderson and "Kid" Oleson wrestled for one hour and forty-five minutes without a fall. Elood was streaming from Uie ears j and mouths of the contestants, and j the referee finally stopped the bout j for fear that the principals would sei rlously injure themselves, j Ernie Warner, the Hammond wrestl lor, had no difficulty In disposing of Toung Burns, his opponent. , The first fall was in 74 minutes and the second was in 16 minutes. A large crowd was attracted by the bouts. Frank Betz of Hammond was the timekeeper. A number of Hammond fans went over to Lansing In automobiles. A man by the. name of Burns from Hammond acted as referee.

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Hi CITIES C. A. Westberg, vice president of th East Chicago cornpany, called Peter W. Meyn up on the telephone this morning and stated that in the neighborhood of

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naroor Dusir.ess men wouia com to Hammond next Thursday night for the purpose of attending the meeting of the Hammond Business. Men's associa tion, which is to take up the question of the development of the Calumet riv-' er and the Indiana Harbor canal for the purposes of navigation. T6lay the officers of the Hammond Business Men's association got busy with its members in an effort to get out a large attendance. The meetincr will be held in the Lake superior court house, room No. 1, tomorrow night. . C. I. Comfort of the government en gineer's office will be present and will give. those present a talk. Mr. Com fort has made an exhaustive Investiga tion of river and harbor matters in the Calumet region and he is expected, to have some interesting observations. . The city of Hammond and the cities of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor are vitally interested In the development of tjhe river and canal and it is this bond of friendship that exists between the two communities.Tomorrow night the two communities will get busy on one of the biggest development projects, that has been proposed since the region began to attract-the attention of the world as a great manufacturing district. ANOTHER SENSATION PROiSEDJOR GARY Boone Takes a Mysterious Case Requiring Grand Jury's Attention. Attorney D. E. Boone of Hammond has been employed as special counsel to take a matter of considerable importance before the grand Jury which Is now In session in the Lake Superior court house at Hammond. . Boene would not state what the mat ter is but said that if the grand Jury brought in an Indictment it would add another sensation to those which have already been sprung in Gary. He was asked if the matter had anything to do with the Gary gratt casew and denied absolutely that it did. He said that It is an entirely new matter. Kvidently there is a wave of reform sweepUg over, Gary which will result in a number of minor prosecutions. The new sensation is expected to be sprung when the grand Jury returns Jts lndlctmeits. THE HOME NEWSPAPER OP LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE TIMES.

DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER GUEST ATiiAJESTlC Cot Natham W. Reynolds, a member of the distinguished family of that name of civil war fame, is spending a few days in Hammond, being a guest .. .. . . . , . , . at the Majestic hotel, where he is rest-i ing up after a slight indisposition. His erect figure and military bearing, his uniform, all bespeaking the soldier de spite his advanced years he is 72 years old occasioned comment and Inquiry in the community where things military are the exception rather than the rule. A teporter for The Times was received by Col. Reynolds in his room at the Majestic hotel this afternoon. An inherent military discipline Vdupled with words of greeting, denoting, a man accustomed to the company of officials and men of rank, was the first Impression gained upon entering the room. A glance at the documents and literature in the room and the trend of the " conversation with the veteran revealed the mind of a man now living with the memories of the past. Will Retire Soon. .'( Col. Reynolds is still in the service of the United States army, but he intends to resign next month and retire to his .home at Indianapolis. He is given light dutlesvand is practically at liberty' to select his own work, the gist of which consists in'visillng various United States 'rnilitary stations. At the time of the Spanish-American war, when he was ready to retjre, he! remained in the army at the request of President McKinley, and since then j circumstances have shaped themselves' so that he did iiot care to retire until'

now. - j Col. Reynolds is a widower and has J Two more small robberies were rea son in the Philippines. He Is one of. Ported to the police this morning, and three or four of the famous family sur-; each occurred in the same vicinity viving, and one of the sixty-eight of where the robberies Monday night the same family who served In the civil ; took place. war. He speaks with pride of his ac- The home of Emil Pickert, 463 150th qualntance with the late Charles Grif-j street, was entered some time last fin, whom he knew Intimately when night, and the thieves made their getthe Hammond man was secretary of I away with a ladies' gold watch, two state. J Kold rings and 65 cents in change. EnOne of Col. Reynolds' produest pos-i trance was gained by forcing a window sessions is a little badge given him by j and the house breakers made their esthe late King Edward upon his visit) cape without being detected, to St. James' court as a temporary: The Pickert home is only a few doors staff officer on General Miles' staff. j from the Reeder residence, 4R9 150th The veteran soldier was first con- street, which was broken into Monday

nected with the Eighth Indiana infantry, but most of his years have been devoted to field and staff detail. HIGH SCHOOL BOY SUFFERS -ACCIDENT Walter Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Thompson. 412 Cedar street, received a painful injury yesterday noon wjien he cut his' hand on a fruit Jar, causing a deep gash, and it was found necessary to take six stitches to sew up the wound. Walter was lifting a fruit Jar from a shelf at his home on Cedar street when the glass broke badly cutting him hand. Dr. Howat was summoned to attend the injured hand. Waltw Is a student of the Hammond high school and will be kept from his studies for a week. NOTHING 3 OP OREATER IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAN TO KEEP POSTED ON PASSING EVENTS Vt TOUR LOCALITY BY READING "Wi TIMES EACH EV ENINO.

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BRIBERY CASE Samuel Parker of South Bend, Gteraor Marshall's choice to art as apeelal ronosrl In the Knott' bribery raaea, arrived la Gary duiiaa; tbo afternoon and treat Immediately to the olDeea of W. F. llodaen, where the two attorneys were rioaed together for quite awhile. Attorney Parker refnaed to talk for publication, bnt It In anderntood that hla appointment la the action la anfturrd. He Till not see Judge McMahan at on re, preferring to Trait until Saturday, vrhen the decision on the motion for ehange of Ttnne will be banded in. Parker in alrendy very decidedly In touch with the rase, and Is gathering up the looae enda. He baa given the matter considerable thought and baa made reaearehea Tvhlch vrlll atand blm la n-ood atead when the cue la thrashed out In the eourta vrhrthrr In Lake county or elsewbere. SAFE BAS Twenty-Five Out of Thirty Necessary Subscribers As sured, So There Is Now no Further Doubt of Plan's Success. Twenty-five of the necessary thirty Hammond people who are needed at 12,000 each to finance the purchase of land and the building of a country club house have been secured. This makes the project to protect Homewood from the encroachment of undesirable neighbors an assurred success and makes it certain that the fine fcew club house will be built this fall. " Those --who have subscribed - for the shares of Stock - at $2,000 each are as sured a good Investment, and they haV ar satisfaction of knowing that they have aided a laudable civic enterprise. - 11 is pointed out that there are probably fifty residences in Homewood that have cost $10,000 or over. Were . , , it not for this project to protect Home1 , . wood this property might greatly de predate in value. 11 is thought that for this reason every owner of valuable residential property in Homewood ought to be Interested in the project. It Is not only a worthy project, but it is a matter of I self-protection. Membership lists will be circulated in Hammond beginning with today and so great Is the interest in the pro ject that it is believed that a membership of 200 can be secured at $50. The dues will be $36 a year. Those who are promoting this project do not want the impression to prevail that they are antagonistic to the Lake County Country club. When they got the opportunity to secure all of this acreage so close to the best residential district of Hammond at a price that would make it available for country club purposes, and when it' became apparent that it is necessary to- utilise this in some way to prevent it from becoming a menace to the fine) residences in this locality the country club was I the logical solution of the problem. ME BURGLARIES 0(1 NORTH SIDE night. Mr. Pickert did not hear any noises during the night and did not know how the thief could have got into the house without being heard. An attempt to break Into the Pennsylvania depot was " also made some time last night, and while the thief was at work, he is believed to have been scared away. An attempt was made to gain entrance by cutting the putty from the glass on a side Window. No clues have been obtained so far on any of the recent robberies. - SON OF AXJSTGENS DEAD AT DYER (Special to The Times.) Dyer, Ind., Sept. 27. Clarence, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Austgen, died this noon after 'a two weeks" illness. It is expected that the funeral will be held next Friday morning. T TIMES WANT ADS SERVICE TO YOCI ARE FOR

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School Board Appoints Drs. Howat and Kelly to Make Annual Inspection as to Physical Condition of Children. Drs. W. F. Howatt and L. H. Keller were appointed by the school board at its session last evening to make the annual health inspection of the school children. They will examine the pupils as to their physical health, with an eye particularly to such handicaps as cause children to be backward in their studies. 1 Defective sight and hearing and im proper digestion are found among the most numerous causes for retarding study and creating a lack of interest in school work. Often these troubles are not very pronounced, and in many such cases it does not occur to the parents to give the child medical treatment. Too often the child's mental condition is considered apart from his physical well being, and his unsatisfactory standing in class work is ascribed, to t undeveloped mentality and passed off with the comment that the child is stupid. Thus far theannual medical exam inations have been found very bene ficial. The examining physicians are supplied with blank slips which they All out and send to the parents, suggesting to them that the child be given Immediate attention, leaving the choice of a physician to the parent. In the examinations particular stress is laid upon the eye, ear, nose, throat, teeth and the digestive and nervous systems. " ..-: " t BOUT IS FORBIDDEN. .. (Special to Tea Tmsa) London, Sept. 27. la the Klag'a bench division of the higf court of justice, today, an injunction -was issued against the proposed Johnaoti Wells fight, at Earl's Court, absolute ly prohibiting the contest. DIRECTORS MAKE DENIAL. New York, Sept. 27. Chairman Elbert H. Gary and J. Pierpont Morgan, on behalf of the directors of the United States Steel corporation, gave out last night an emphatic denial that the company was considering dissolution or disintegration or was negotiating with the federal department of justice with any such purpose in view. SEEK PLOT IN EXPLOSION. Paris, France, Sept. 27. It wa3 rumored in Paris' last night that the Are and explosion on the battleship Liberte, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives, was the result of a criminal plot. This snspicion is partly confirmei by the fact that a dangerous Are wa3 found on board the battleship Patrie soon after the Liberte was wrecked. It is reported a fire was discovered on a third ship, The LaVendor Cigar is a home product None better. ' ALASKA BOTTLED UP, CORNELL HEAD SAYS Jacob Gould ccburman Jacob Gould Schurnian, president of Cornell L'nlversity. Just back from a trip through Alaska, declares the government's "ultraconservative policy of conservation" is throttling the development of that country.

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