Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 96, Hammond, Lake County, 10 October 1911 — Page 1

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Mayor Schlieker of East Chicago May Be Tried in Superior Court Before the Gary Bribery Cases Are Pulled Off.

It is now a toss-up whether the state will be rocked with the Gary or the East Chicago bribery scandals first. Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Greenwald said today that the cases of Mayor Alexander G. Schlieker of East Chicago, Gary's next door neighbor, and his co-defendants in the briberyconspiracy cases will probably come to trial next week before Superior Judge Lawrence Becker, who was elected mayor of Hammond at the same time that Schlieker won the East Chicago office. In the event that the case goes to trial at once four of the bribery cases of Gary, City Engineer Wiiliston. (Continued on page 8.) The grand jury met yesterday in con- ' -yer iteir. 'jritha numberoJL Gary jnaU teta. it is understood that it adjourned until . Oc. 18, at which, time a number of indictments will be returned against well known Gary men. It is rumored that in this connection that proceedings will be started to (have the charters of several of the large corporations which are now doing business in Lake county revoked. A big sensation fs promised when the names of " the indicted men are announced. The adjournment of the grand Jury was taken to enable the prosecution to put further evidence before it. It is said that enough evidence has already been secured to warrant the indictment of a number of men, but others may be involved when additional evidence is secured. Only 30 Miles an Hour. J. S. Lamar of Valparaiso was arrested last night by Officer Kretitzke at Indiana boulevard and State Line street for violating the speed law., Lamar furnished a ?20 appearance bond and his trial was set for Saturday morning, October 14, before Jifrge Barnett. Lamar said he was a broker and was only going about thirty miles an hour when he was placed under arrest. THE TIMES IS TRYIXG HARD TO MERIT THE SICCESS IT HAS ACHIEVED. WRIGHT BROTHERS TRYING NEW FLYER s At KIttyhawk, N. C, where ti, Wright brothers, of. Dayton, O., first experimented with their aeroplane t i years ago, they --s now conducting another series of experiments, an-J it 13 believed they are perfecting a machine that will emulate in fights the gull and buzzard. These birds fly with little motion of. their wings.

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Hence After It Had Fastened Its Fangs in Her Arm He Refused to Shoot It.

Miss Stella Wilezewski of 112 ISSth street. West Hammond, who was severely bitten in the arm by a dog last Saturday, is reported setting along: nicely this morning and is in no danger of blood poisoning. Miss Wilezewski never knew the dog to be savage before, but attributed its savagery to the fact that she had been away from home for some time and the dog not knowingher, sprang at her and dug its sharp teeth into her arm. It was found necessary to pry the dog's jaws apart before the brute would let go and her painful wounds wer? attended to by a physician. The girl's father, who owns the animal, refused to shoot it, as he values it very highly. George Davis, Alleged Murderer of May Marshall, Will Know His Fate by Night; Attempt to Prove Him Insane Fails. The trial of George. Davis, a Gary negro charged with the murder of May Marshall, was concluded at noon today. It is expected that the court will Issue hie lnstructloaa.,tlwla. attcrjoo ryi SiHwi the case will go to the jury along about two o'clock. The trial has been full of interesting incident. s The defense was represented by two negroes, Alexander & Green, and the state was represented by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ross. In his arguments to the jury Ross asked that the death penalty be inflicted. He spoke of. the murder as a cold bloded affair and then outlined the case that has been made out against DavN. Davis' attorney tried to plead for tbe prisoner on the grounds that he is insane. He introduced Tr. W. R. Arthur of Gary who stated that he knew David personally and that his observation was that he is probably insane. Ross then went after him and finally made him admit that if Davis is insane everybody is insane. The defense then brought a doctor from Chicago whom it claimed was ansalienist of note. He was Dr. Spence C. Dickerson. Dr. Dicke-rscn. however, would no testify in the case for some reason or another and that put an end to that matter. The case was concluded and the arguments on both sides were heard. The jury will decide Davis' fate this afternoon. EAVY fill I CALUMET RIVER Man Will Be Sent Under the River to Discover If There Be Any Leaks. Several tons of chains were required yesterday to sink the 36-inch -water mains in the Grand Calumet, river near the Columbia bridge. The mains, which were laid by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock company, were placed twenty-six feet bi'low the surface of the water, and because they were sealed at both ends so that they were air tight float- ' ed on the water until weighted down by the chains. ' The sealing of the mains served two purposes, first tluit of laying the pipes evenly without a break and secondly to exclude the filth and germ-carrying water from the pipes which will eventually be connected with a direct line to the pumping station. At first it was planned to sink the high pipo which extended clear across the river by opening one end and pumping clear city water Into the main. The evacuation of the air and the weight of the water would have sunk the pipe evenly. The least break in the joints wosld, however, have spoiled the job, and this could not have been discovered with water in the pipes. Accordingly the mains were left sealed and were sunk with the chains. A man will 'be sent through the pipes to look for leaks and flaws, and it any are found the work will have to be done over again. THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE TIMES. " .

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Leaps in Lake Finds That Settlement Work Doesn't Fay Because Her Education Unfitted Her for Work Although she had a college education, Miss Cecile Estv whose parents live near Crown Point, attempted suicide by drowning on Minnay and was competed to work in Chicago as a waitress. She bad taken a course in sociology, intending to enter settlement work. She found her endeavors insufficient to earn her a living. She tried to get work in offices, but the same training that had fitted her for sociological work seemed to have unfitted her for the business world. Too proud to admit to her parents her ideals had failed, she took the first job she could find, as waitress. In the Chicago police station, where i!Ul RAILROAD RECORD IX LAKE CO0XTT - : hi ,kim En ix reqiox. .. -35. lJNJLRi:i IX IlEGIOX.. ....30 Charles Bock, general division fore man at Gibson, was fatally injured about 11:50 this morning when he was struck by a switch engine at Gibson, cutting off both pf his legs. Just how the accident happened no one knows, as there were no. eye-wit nesses to the shocking affair. His body was found alongside of the tracks when it was immediately removed to St. Margaret's hospital by Burns' am bulance. s His mother and sister in Chicago were at once notified and will try and reach here before Back passes away as he lies at the hospital hovering between life and death, the attending physician not giving any hopes for his recovery. Bock has been employed at (Sibson for the past four years and has lived with his sister, Mrs. E. Turner, 504 Summer street. During hi stay here Bock has made a wide circle of friends and was very popular among the youn people. Bock is 22 years old. and held a fine position at Gibson. Ho is now in a semi-conscious condition and is unable to tell of the accident. The particulars of the case have not been learned. It Is said that he was on his way to din ner when the. accident occurred. KILLED ON HIGH LINE The body of on unidentified man evidently killed by a railroad train was found on the Gary and Western railway high line at Adams street early this morning. Gary police removed the remains to Finerty's morgue in East Seventh avenue. There are three cuts on the body, onr; on the skull, a broken jaw, and a partially severed left arm. So marks of intentional violence were found and It is believed that the victim was crossing the track elevation to avoid ifsTng the Broadway or Madison street subway. Theremains are evidently that of a workmen, presumably a foreigner as four slices of rye breail wereJ found li the pocket. A description of the body is as follows: Age 32, 6 feet. ISO 'pounds, fair complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes, smooth shaven, one lower gold tooth, cap, dark coat, corduroy trousers, black button shoes, grey shirt, new dogskin gloves. SEAMAN GETS TIME EXTENSION (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 10. The city council met last night for an adjourned session, to take up the matter of the water rates and after due consideration decided that no increase would be made on the rates until after the present assessments are paid. The' lists will be revised, however, and all patrons that have not been assessed for the full amount will be charged accordingly. The council also passed an ordinance granting to the Gary & Southern Traction company an extension of time in which to complete and operate their road within -the city limits, fixing the date at July 1. 1912. The company will be compelled to live up to the terms of the extension or have their .franchise rights revoked.

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Jessie Parshall, employea in an Akron, onio, caudy store, has tilscovered after more than sixteen years that Ehe is really Lois Mae i-eigh-ton, sister of Warren Leighton, wealthy Pittsburg man. She wa3 stolen away from her home wnen a baby, and another chilo. substituted by the thief, died not long afterward. The substituted baby had a curiously flat ear, and to bring Lois into closer resemblance with this child, the kidnapper, has confessed In Pittsburg that he hammered her ear with a heaTjr stone. It was by the resulting scars that she was iden-

LAPORTE 'HOSS' TRADE VENDED TO LAKE CO. Laporte County David Harum Lands in Court at Hammond. . A horse trade whfch was along the lines of the famous one that " was negotiated by David Harum has become a matter of serious litigation . and the case, after being started in the LaPorte circuit court was venued to the Porter circuit court and then to:- 'the Lake Superior court. In the complaint HenryTwSchaumberg complains of John Larsen and says that on Feb. 16. 1911 that Larsen sold him a bay mare which he claimed was in perfect condition. The plaintiff claims that he was able to find no defects in the animal and that she seemed to be In perfect health. He says that under these circumstances he agreed to pay 225 for her. "After making the purchase he discovered that she had a. disease known as "heat fistula" and that this reduced her value $125. Attorney Theodora Miller appears as the attorney for the plaintiff. TOO MANY WIVES; HE MURDERS ONF. Webster Dr. Homer E. Webster, who confessed to Cnicago police that he murdered one of his two wives in a ravine near Dixon, 111., now declares he is ready to pay the penalty, but prays for the forgiveness of his first wife before he die3. . It was through his love for her, be said, and his desire to have the other woman out of his way. tnat 1.- drovb into the woods with the wife he didn't want, and ; therestabbed her to dath.

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ANNIE SCHMIDT . HELD IN JAIL Will Testify Against Truant Officer at East Chicago on Thursday. Annie Schmidt will be held at Crown Point by the authorities until next Thursday when she will be permitted to testify against Isaac Stanford, th truant officer. It is understood that confessions that she has made recently implicate Stanford even to a greater extent than before. Following the trial of the case the girl will be sent back to the girls reformatory. Attorney D. E. Boone will have charge of the defense. He says that he will be able to prove that Stanford dll not contribute to the delinquency of the girl. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF POSTPONEMENT? Cases in Which Knotts Is Charged With Embezzlement go Over. William Frazier will be arraigned before Judge Johannes Kopelke In the Lake Superior court at Crown Toint on the charge of perjury In connection with the trial of the Knotts electlou conspiracy cases at Crown Point. The trial is set ' for next Thursday and it is understood that every effort will be made to have the case postponed on account of the effect that a possible conviction would have on the trial of Knotts on the graft charges. Another item If interest to the peo ple of the county and particularly of Gary is the fact that the three cases. Stat vs. Thomas E. Knotts, in whic'i City Clerk Harry Moose charged him with embezzlement, misconduct in office and with perjury have all gone over for the term and will not be tried for sev eral months. Fire Preventive Day. Following the suggestions raade-by Governor Thomas Marshall and Mayor John D. Smalley for the recognition of a fire prevention day, the subject of fire prevention was formally included in the week's curriculum in Hammond's public schools. The first lesson was given yesterday andfor the balance of the week the opening exercises in each room will be devoted to instructions on how to prevent fires.

Prominent Men Injured Last Hight in Auto Accident Near Spring Hill St. John

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Going down grade and around a bend at the rate of forty-five miles an hour. the big $5,000 Oldsmobile belonging to Charles Jewell of Hammond struck a culvert a quarter" of a mile east of St. Jotm yesterday afternoon and hurjled Its owner and three other occupants, who were on a joy-ride, into the ditch. injuring two of them painfully. The Injured are: Frank Young of Crown Point, cut by glass, when he was thrown througTi windshield. . 'Tedily" Sherer, chauffeur for Charles Jewell; sustained fracture of tarsal bones In his right foot. With tbe exception of a few scratches and bruises Charles Jewell, who was driving, and Peter Crumpacker of Ham mond, who was in the rear seat, escaped injury. Dr. Houk of Crown Point was summoned to the scene of the accident and after administering first aid, carried the four to Crown Point in his machine, and later In the evening he brought the Hammond men home. The body of Another body blow was administered the discredited and obstreperous vil lage board of West Hammond this J morning when Judge Carnes of the j Cook county Circuit court mandated the , board to call an election forthwith for , the purpose, of electing city officials. T, atiemnt further to defy the wishes of the West Hammond voters and taxpayers by delaying the election means a jerking up for contempt of court, and at last the mis-governed people of West Hammond are beginning to. .see daylight after having floundered around for years in the political slime. Only last week the taxpayers secured aninjunction against the outrageous Interstate Electrical company and the board who were trying to foist a holdup franchise upon the village. BnT"the political pirates and pillagers are not ready to be separated from the "good thing" they had these many years without a fight to the last. This is evidenced by the most recent act of the village board, which last Friday voted to pay out of the city treasury the law firm of Atwood, Pease & Loucks to defend the board in the" mandamus proceeding for its in-excusable delay in calling the city election. The decision of the court this morning has clearly shown the board to be in the wrong, and the taxpayers do not propose to be held up for the legal fee to protect the board. Ignatz Mankowskl, the village clerk, who is with the taxpayers, said this morning that he would refuse to issue a warrant for the legal fee. and unless the village board goes into its private rocket for the amount another mandamus suit may result compelling the village clerk to sign the warrant. Nor is the Interstate Electrical Co. quite satisfied with the blow it received last weeki" when tho court enjoined it in the franchise matter. Its secretary has informed the village clerk that the company proposes . to compel him through the courts to sign the warrant for $S:5, which it claims for the plans and specifications drawn up by its own engineer, C. J- Huff, for the pole line provided in the defeated franchise. Mankowskl is standing pat there like he is in the legal fee matter. Attend O'Brien Funeral. J. T. Murphy, T. F. Murphy, Mr. Ebbert, Mr. Welch and Mr, O'Malley accompanied the body of Thomas O'Brien here from Hammond Thursday night. A large number of railroad men from Hammond and will come tonight to attend the funeral services, which will be held at the Catholic church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Greencastle Herald. Second Rank Conferred. The second rank was conferred upon one candidate" at the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias last night. The work was followed by a social session and smoker.

new automobile was demolished, the wreck representing a damage of a thousand dollars. The machine was towed to Crown Point, from where it will be sent to Chicago for repairs. The party left Hammond between 3 and 4 o'clock, and made a short stop at Dyer. Frank Young and Charles Jewell occupied the front seat out of Dyer, while Peter Crumpacker and "Teddy" Scherer sat in the rear seats. Coins Forty-Five Mllea. On the old macadam roar to Crown Point are some bad turns for fast going machines. The driver was not prepared for A turn, a down gradeand culvert all at once. The indicator on the speedometer was not permitted to register less than forty-five miles an hour on the open road, and going at this rate the machine swung to the extreme outer edge of the road, striking the culvert in the hollow. The occupants had no time to prepare themselves for the danger. Frank Youns went through the glass simultaneously with the crash of the machine into the culvert. Although not unconscious, he was bleeding from many places. "Teddy" Scherer was painfully injured by the hard fall he received. He found himself unable to step on one foot, j and he may be laid tjp a long time as me result oi nis acoi.ienc Jt was 9 o'clock last night when the Hammond men reached their homes. BAD EXPLOSION IN KANSAS CITY.. Kansas City, Oct 10,- A premature explosion in, en excavation, .lor the new $ 1 60,oGO,)5) railroad' "depot today killed two men and injured five. It is feared the property loss will be great. . FLOOD LOSS HEACHES MILLIONS, Denver, Col., Oct. 10. Telephone and telegraph service Is crippled and more than 300 miles of railroad are out of commission in the flood swept district of southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico, covering an aera epproximating 100 by seventyfive miles. There are rumors of heavy loss of life. HOSTILITIES ARE RENEWED. Mexico City, Oct. 10. Thirty rebels have been killed and seventy wounded in a battle between revolutionists and federal troops near Shipia, Decorzo in northern Mexco. RIVALS QUARREL OVER GIRL. Covington, Ind., Oct. 10. Charles E. Foxworthy shot and killed Mitchell Kiger at the Foxworthy home, eight miles north of here, today. The shooting is said to have been caused by the Insistent atttentions of Kiger, who is married, to Miss Mary King, a cousin of Foxworthy. Foxworthy is in jail. CITY MATRIMONIAL BUREAU. IS FAILURE Mayor James R. Hanna. of Des Moines, la., who established a municipal matrimonial bureau at the Des Moines city hall after several had written him asking iiira to find them wives or husbnds, was disap- ; poin d at the first day's business. ', The mayor waited in hia office for I two hours, ready to tie nuptial knots l free of charge, but not one couple i-t in an appearance.