Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 87, Hammond, Lake County, 29 September 1911 — Page 1
WKATHUR. COOLER AND V GENERALLY FAIR ' ' TODAY AND SATURDAY. 1' AK mi LLd EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number 2 Cents Copy .) VOL. VL, NO. 87. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1911.
COUNTY
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POLICE GUARD ' COUNCIL K
Stormy Session of West Hammond Village Board Takes Place Last Night. Threats Made by Engaged Taxpayers.
City Left Without Police Protection.
DR. W. F. HOWAT ,IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT!
Hammond Man Wins Stiff
Battle at Indianapolis This Morning.
Four policemen were needed In the village hall In West Hammo'hd last evening to protect the lives of the board of trustees at a special meeting which was held last evening. Threats -were made on the part of the citizens that they would take the entire board out and tar. and feather it. but the police officers overawed- them by threats of wholesale arrests. It Was m Stormy Snalon. It was the stormiest meeting that the corrupt village board of "West Hammond ever had, and It is a wonder wonder that there were not a number of bloody rights before the meeting adjourned. Captain Barnie Johnson left the entire village without police protection from 9 o'clock at night until 1:30 In the morning so that he might protect the village trustees from Injury. There is no question that the cttlsens of the village were looking for trouble.. .The village hall was packed to the doors and there were scores of . people in the hallway and down the
stairs trying to catch a few words of
the proceedings. How It Started.
The first trouble started when Trustee Henry Fritche made a motion to
postpone the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting. The mob In the coun
cil chamber shouted, "You don't dare have them read. You are ashamed of
them." . ' .
Finally the tumult became so great
that president Hessler threatened to
turn the police on the citizens. FinaV
ly Hessler got cold feet and this part of the program of the "gang" was not carried out. The proceedings of the previous meeting were read, and the people learned all about how their trustees had taken a vacation to avoid
setting the date for the city election. They learned all about the Interstate Electrical Co. deal and the other things
that were put over at this meeting. Clerk Refused to Do It.
Then one of the trustees requested that certain things be stricken from
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TIMES' BIREAV,
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 29. Dr. W.
F. Howat of Hammond at a hot and ex
citing election held here today was
elected president of the Indiana State
Medical association, through the great
boosting work of the Hammond doctors
of the Lake County Medical association
Four ballots were necessary to a choice.
On the ' first ballot Montgomery of
South Bend got 2S, Howat 26, McCulley of Loganspo'rt, 17; Whiteside of French
Lick, 4; 2nd ballot Montgomery. 30; Howat, 20;McCulley, 14; Whiteside, 5; 3rd ballot, Montgomery, 34; Howat, 31;
McCulley. 10; Whiteside, 4; 4th ballot
Montgomery. 36, and Howat, 41.
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Safety Commissioner White
of Gary Finds Himself in an Embarrassing Situation as Result of Dismissal of Nestorovich Case.
arai.. Ha-aj4ir.S-t': Miller f ' ' BtttrTTa ' the spring of -1311. Geo. IV sit la ,aaidlthat there Is to be a, grand
ee 01 Hown townsnio i c-... ,. rwW scboet ?rus- i Tfennwl rliAmio.r.l nr --ir-a At
,TlWr; a,bitter : flgM , between the
nd. the trust
ever- the possession of the school house
lii Miller and suit has been started by Attorney Ora Wildermuth, representing the Miller school trustees, to secure a deed to the property. The town of Miller was incorporated
June 15, 1907. Previous to Its Incorporation and for some time subsequent to it the school In the village was under the control of the township trustee. For some reason or another no school trustees were elected in Miller until the spring of 1911 and so even after the incorporation of the village . in the schools still remained under the purisdlctlon of Trustee L E. Barnes of hobart township.
,Trttteeo .Demand Property.
tees of Miller. These trustees at once George Nestorovich by Judge Johannes
made a demand ort Trustee jJafnes for Kopelke in the criminal branch of the
superior court in Hammond yesterday
a deed to the. two story brick scnooi
house that is located In Miller.
Barnes refused- it relinquish possession to the .property and so it has be
come necessary for the school trustees to bring suit In court to Have the property transfered from Hobart township
to the corporation of 'Miller.
It is alleged in the complaint that following the election of the school
trustees they were entitled to posses-
arrangements were made to start a
probe into the case. Nestorovich appeared in court as a result of an appeal made . from the Gary city court where he was given a stiff fine and a
six months jail sentence on the mere testimony of "Marioocha" cn Italian female resort keeper In the south end of Gary. A charge of getting money
under false pretense had been made
sion of the school property in Miller I against Nestorovlc and It was alleged
and that it was the duty of Trustee
Barnes to execute a deed to the proper
ty to the school trustees of Miller.
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PLANT IS TAKING
The-Hammond .Pure Ice company. Whose controlling stock changed hands recently, is doing splendidly since the re-organlzation. The plant Is running
REVIVE
FRANCHISE MEMORY
Y0UF1G f.lAFMS
RESCUED FROM CAR
Goes Without Food or Wa
ter for Three Days Suffering From Illness.
DARROW, FIGHTING TO SAVE McNAMARAS, DEFENDING CAUSE CLOSE TO HIS HEART.
State street property owners today
revived an interurba frachise fight, of two years when they insisted that the
board1 of public , works instead of or-
East
from a
(Special to The Times.)
Chicago, . Sept. 29. Suffering
severely sprained back which
CITIES M
UNIT
North Township has' Common Interest in Harbor Plans of Tremendous Importance
Clarence Darro , chief counsel for the M -.Namara brothers,, chargr " with murder In 'onaection 1th the dynamiting of thIxBf Anjeles Times plant. Is . mow endeavoring to obtain r change ot venue as a,-9-sult of Judra Bor'e::8 cltinr of ore of the attorneys fo? the defeas fT contempt. Darrbw; "or of the best ? .known i lawyer la the United , States, .has fought jegal battles for organ! ;d laVr f r sixteen, years, nto-fr foghtfoTf a cause wr well 'as 'hfia, Uent a caTjs that - La close to hu v heart. I ' " ' ' ', ,
UHITIHG PIONEER DIES OF GRIEF
GEORGE
DECISION ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 29. Lake
county's eyes will, be on the Lake Circuit court room at Crown Point tomor
row when Judge Van Fleet will render his decision in the bribery cases, anent
a change of venue for the defendants
from Lake County. It Is now generally understood that the defendants' attorneys will not carry the proceedings with the high hand they have in the
past and some very interesting developments are anticipated at tomorrow's calling of court. The advent of
Samuel R. Parker, South Bend's reputed best criminal lawyer adds more than a common interest in the cases and the legal profession, as well as the layman
wll be on hand to watch developments.
Parker Is said by the profession to be j
a man wno -sees tnrougn inings ana he undoubtedly will have ample oppor-
Tremendous interest in the de velopment of the Indiana Harbor canal and the Calumet river was aroused and a feeling of neighborly common interest was engendered at the joint meeting of East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Hammond business men in the Lake Superior court house last evening. It became apparent before the
meeting was over that the four cities in North township have a common Interest In the development of their waterways and that this common Interest will result In closer relations is certain. Probably the most Interesting development of the evening was the facts)
made public in the speech of
Mayor
Beaumont . Parks of "Whiting. Mr. Parks said that the Standard Oil company had secured an option on a piece of land at the junction of the Indiana Harbor canal and the West Branch which connects with Lake George upon which it proposes to erect large docks and pumps for filling tank boatsr. ORIGINATES BIG TOSSAGE, He said that it "would surprise the people of the Calumet region to know
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Former Pleads
WAS NOT TO
BEBUFFALOED Hammond Boy His Own Case
and Wins It.
(Special to The Times.) Whitingr Ind., faept. 29. John Hannephin, a pioneer and a most respected citizen of Whiting, was found dead in bed by his daughter, Mrs. Wesley Jenkins at his home, 119th street ' and Sheridan avenue, yesterday, afternoon at 3 o'clock. ..-"
Aiinougn air. nannepnin nas not t Occasionally a nroletarv succeeds in
been ill, his numerous friends claim his ..puttns olle over the lesal fraternity death was due to worry over the death- an then there ,s Teolclng in the ranks of his wife, which occurred nine weeks; e the ' proletariat ago today. - . ! Such an occasion presented itself yesThe funeral will be held ' from the erday .afternoon in Judge Ames' conrt. family residence Sunday morning' at h r . w vrm
mond newspaper carrier and later with Wells-Fargo Kxpress company, but now night " manager for the company
in Chicago, with a thousand men under
The plain-
tiiT in the case was J. S. Blackmun,
agent for an insurance company, .and
Mr. BLackmun, . through ' his attorney.
K. Stlnson, sought to collect an in-
ped to Chicago, where they will be taken to" Blmhurst, 111., for interment in the Arlington cemetery.
... ... . . him, pleaded his own case. en to hear of his sudden death and ex-I v. -
tend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr. Hannephln was
CASE HOW HAS ;OIFFEIieiMSFECT
Activity by Governor and
His Aides Indicate Bitterly Fought Case.
M'LEOD IS ALSO VICE PRESIDENT . Following the announcement ' that H, . S. McLeod of St. Louis has purchased an interest in the Mcllroy Belting &.
Hose xompaar. it l(,?c''earned., Jh-t w he- tHMvyV'iOtax
"1 tbi-'i.-
"signed
Floyd -"" -esIgned,
treasurer ef -the coti
This Is made poss
by the
that Jerry Brennan T.sn(a s
member of the Tinners' union "there
and the G. A.- R. post. He was 74 years
nearly at full capacity, and manufac- I derlng the Hammond, Whiting & East ;
tures enough of a surplus to warrant the company taking contracts for carloads of ice. Some of the ice is being Shipped to Indiana points, while some also goes to Indiana cities. The local management is pretty much In the hands of Charles Randall, but G. M. Foland of East Chicago, who, with E. W. Wickey, bought the controlling stock, makes a point to visit the plant every day for a general su
perintendence'. He also is a principal . stockholder and superintendent in the
Lake County Pure Ice company at East
Chicago.
Chicago Street Car company tearing up
its track on State street, east of Calumet avenue, consider that company's subway franchise. In view of the dedevelopment along other lines, and the stagnation in fnterurban matters, the admonition ' is considered to be a pertinent one, and the outcome will be watched with interest. The property owners along State street submitted a petition which the , board placed on nie.
Bids were asked for on a sewer in
Park place. Plans apd specifications for
rendered him helpless to rise, without! old and conducted a tinshop in Whit
rood or water for three days, and sub- ing. jected to the chill of the night airj He. is survived by a brother, James without additional covering of any .. Hannephln, of Louisville, Ky:, and four kind, Frank Newman was rescued this ' children. Mrs. Wesley Jenkins, who has morning by the police from a box car lived with him since the death of his
in the Terminal yards.
The man is in a serious . condition from exposure and want, and in great pain from his injured back. He has a severe cold which threatens to develop Into pneumonia, and altogether he presented a most pitiable object. He was taken to Sti Margaret's hospital. The man is young, not over 22 years,
and said his home is In Washington, T. j C. He had been employed in Chicago!
wife; Mrs. Catherine Spring of Austin, 111.; Harry Hannephin of Chicago, and Charles Hannephin of Whiting. .
LATEST NEWS
WEST HAMMOND AWAITING RESULTS
With the question as to whether or not a mandamus will Issue to compel the board of trustees of West Hammond to call an election for the election of city efflclals to be decided by the court ih a few days; with the injunction suit by which a taxpayer seeks to enjoin
the village board from entering into a contract with the Interstate Electrical eomifeny to build a power line to Blue Island; with the case against Martin Flnneran, following his indictment, ready to come up In a few weeks; with Village Clerk Ignatius Mankowski threatened with an action to mandate him to pay out certain- funds of the village to the Interstate Construction company and with the people of the village on the tiptoe of expectency to know what State's Attorney Wayman is going to do about dives in West Hammond, the people there are merely awaiting developments.
an alley south of Indiana boulevard I concrete firm and sprained hia iTAFT FIRM IN TRUST ATTACKS.
Waterloo, Iowa,' Sept. 29. Presl-
were accepted. Bids for the Carroll street walks- were' opened and taken under advisement until Oct. 2nd.
Holds a Meeting. The North Side Improvemet association holds a meeting this evening in Wocznski's hall and every member is requested to be present,-as matters of Interest to every taxpayer on the north side will be brought up for discussion. No formal notices have been sent out for the meeting, the secretary, Mr. Zuvers, having relied on the newspapers to make the announcement.
surance premium which Wolf had paid , to a .Chicago- collector, - who in. turn i failed to notify the local agent of the 'receipt of the money. Wolf came to the court room' with his receipts in his pockej, and having figured the outcome in a case Uke his, declined to be rep
resented by an attorney, and asked for j
a jury trial. To those who did not know of Wolf's receipts, it looked as j though he was adding unnecessary exJ penses to the suit which might go against him. A jury of six men would have answered, but Wolf Insisted on twelve and his wish was granted. At the proper time he produced his reIceipts, leaving" the plaintiffs to' pay the court costs, including the tost of a jury which he so carefully asked for.
The entrance into the Gary bribery j
cases of the Hon. Samuel. Parker of South Bend, president of the State Bar association and one of the leading lawyers in the middle west as special prosecutor and his selection by Governor Marshall, is the. biggest bomb thrown into the camp of Mayor Knotta and the other bribery defendants since the steel city scandal came to light. Adherents of the mayor concede with others the following facts: 1. That Governor Marshall, himself a shrewd lawyer, would have never Interfered had he not been convinced from the evidence that there was enough of it to warrant conviction. Also the governor's action showed that he believed some of the-local authorities would be lax in the prosecutions. 2. That the selection of Samuel Park
er and his acceptance means that no man of his legal caliber woul stake his reputation In cases that will attract nation-wide attention unless he were sure that the evience was convincing. 3. That Special Juge Van Fleet and Special Prosecutor Parker will not
'act
rtt,r. u as Vice
president and J.
as the treasurer. Irish "'d.his stock and is no longer conipcted with, the istitution. It is expected that some addittornrr .. stock will be Interested in the company ad that money will be provided to carry on an aggressive campaign for business. Denies the Story. . A. M. Turner stated today that the storj-that he and Tim Englehardt were negotiating for 1,500 acres of land in the Calumet river marsh on either side of rBoadway is not true. He said that he was out automobile riding with Englehardt and that the Gary real estate dealer tuggested that, this land would be a good investment at $50 to $75 an acre. Turner merely stated ,in a joking; way that if it could'be bought cheap enough that he might become interested in the purchase of some of it.
TEE.HEE! TEE HEEI He Was Cooking His Wife's Dinner.
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back while wheeling concrete.
he quit his 'Work he did not
When
know
where to go and he started to walk) dent Taft gave warning to tne Dusiback home. He proceeded as far as j ness world in a speech Jiere yesterday
East Chicago, when he was unable to I
walk further and sought shelter and a place to lie down in one of the empty
ZukNIs FreedKazimir Zuk, 260 company house.
East Hammond, who was arrested on,
There are all kinds of police court trials, in this region.. We hate to give the court away, we hate to give the
man away and he cannot give his wife laway but he entered the court room in
TriTAT rnr I charge of a bailiff, having spent an uni? Jt 1C1A1j iU J comfortable night in a cell. The court JJTJJJJgg THEM'room was crowded with men and worn-. en eager to hear the preliminary trial Jacob Friedman, , city sealer. who ,n a most ""usual case, and out of the goes out of office tomorrow, will ad- ttfrong rose a ponderous woman who dress the Hammond Woman's club to- with heavy stride, reached the side of morrow afternoon at its meeting which he Prisoner and sat down, will be held at the Presbyterian church.! "state versus Blank, called the
. clerk, .'is tne aeienoani reaay tor
trial?" asked the Judge.
Mr. Friedman will appear on the pro-
crntvi at lha (nvitntinn of the nroerani
committee and will be expected to ad-i "Yes, Your Honor." tne pale little dress the ladies on the work in con- prisoner weakly replied. nection with the office which he va-1 ,"What is your plea?' k...lU !
cates. specializing on weights and ft"11-
Burke to Build. A. J. Burke, agent , of the . Standard Oil company in Hammond, has just purchased a fifty-foot lot on Highland street from. Gostlin, Meyn & Co. and will erect upon it a residence to cost not less than $3,500. Work will , begin, op. , the .new. xesi-
dence at once and it is expected that it will be ready for occupancy this fall.
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box cars in the Terminal yards. The attention of employes was directed to his poor refuge by his groans, and communicated their discovery to the poltf e. BANKRUPTCY 3ASES. Harry C. Sheridan, referee in bankruptcy, will be in Hammond. Saturday to take up the question of adjudging the estate of George V. Bacon, bankrupt. ...... There will also be an efectlon of
trustees in the Gary Coal - Company case. 1 Two new cases were, filed. r-'In one McMahon & Conroy are appearing for Paul Topovich of Indiana Harbor. The hearing in this case will be held Oct. 25. In another Sigsmund JU. Eisfer of Gary has been adjudged a, bankrupt and the hearing is also set for Oct. 25.
thot tbo cror-iitlvp must enforce the --j ...... .T...t di... I measure Sana pure
tracks near May. street on suspicion, . . . , . ... ... . fl . "what co-operation they
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are you supplied with
law against illgal combinations and that he. will not stay the attorneygeneral's hand. At the same time, Mr. Taft pleaded for charity and moderation in dealing with the situation while the evils affecting business were being remedied, so as to encourage capital and private investment.
wur ARE READER?
YOU NOT A TIMES
BRINGING $1,000,000 IN GOLD. Seattle, Wash., 2fcpt. 29. The Northwestern, the last steamer to leave Nome next month, will bring out $1,000,000 in gold dust and will carry also all persons who do not intend to wintr in the northern camp. Practically all of the rich placer ground that could he worked by hand
has been exhausted and the remaining auriferous earth Is being worked
by dredges. ...
day afternoon ag no charge could be found against him. When Zuk was arrested and searched a raior and -a.- candle were found on
his person and it was thought . he might be implicated in some robbery.
The police have - had trouble with
Zuk In the past and at one time he
was arrested for stealing a bicycle.
Meets on Monday.
The program committee for the
Walther centennial to be observed by the Lutherans of Lake county on Sunday, Oct. 22, will meet at the parsonage of the Rev, Theodore Claus next Monday . evening. The committee is composed of the Lutheran ministers and school teachers in Lake county. The arrangements will be comprehensive, so as ,to provide for a big program. '
foods. He is ex- ery wen.
ladies as to "ounsei : may expect' "It Isn't necessary, -Tour Honor. I
from the citv official and what -riehts propose to prove an alibi."
they possess under the pure food law. I "And what is your alibi?" asked the Mr. Friedman's active and fearless Judge, work as city sealer has given meaning The prisoner flushed and hestltated. to his office. He was generally recog- The masculine woman by his side nudgnlzed as more than a figurehead, and ed htm prodded him on to speech but has made the housewife feel. that she it. was only an incoherent spluttering.
ARB YOU READING THE TIMESt
had at least one standby In her fight against the combination of short weights and impure foods. The .invitation to Mr. Friedman to address the members of the Woman's club is in a sense a recognition of his efficient work, an honor of which he is. justly proud. In addition to Mr. Friedman's address there will be other toptcs of interest to the members. The meeting will be open to the public, which will be admitted upon the payment of 25 cents admission fee.
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entirely lost upon the Judge.
"May I speak it privately to Your Honor?" implored the distracted de-: fondant, glancing anxiously back at the congestion of spectators. "This is an open court," enlightened the Judge. "You say you can prove an alibi, yet you hesitate. Speak up. What is your plea?" " - "Very well." meekly spake the little man, bracing himself for the ordeal. "I will say that I was at the time of the commission of this crime at home pre- f paring dinner for my dear wife. Flushing scarlet, he dropped int hia : ' seat, and, shaking with sobs, he collapsed in complete humiliation aga!nt the strong shoulder of his better halt.