Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 108, Hammond, Lake County, 24 October 1911 — Page 1

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Grand Jury Indictments Result From Alleged Combine. Penalty If Convicted May be Heavy One

That the Master Plumber's Association of Gary had formed a combination for the purpose of Inducing certain supply men to sell to them exclusively is the charge that has been maii against certain of its members in the city of Gary. It now develops that the independent plumbers of Gary are back of lha prosecution o? the members of the association and that they have dug up an old Indiana stature upon which they are basing; their prosecution. I Conditions Explained. To get a clear idea of the situation; It should be known that the Master i Plumber's Association or Gary is an open shop organization while the independent plumbers are 'for yie close'! shop. To this extent labor union difficulties enter into t Ills .prosecution. The unions are not. however, aiding in the prose- ' cation of the members of the Master Plumber's. What Punishment Is. Should -the master plumbers of Gary be convicted of the charge under which they have, been indicted the penalty is r fine not less than J50 and not more than $2,000 to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year. Those who have been indicted are C. II. Maloney. the president of the association, H. H. Highlands. John S. Anderson. Carl Huettner, Edward Burke and John Burke. Dissolution May Come. It Is said that one of the possibilit le-j. of the trial of these cases is that the court may order the dissolution of the BOYS BREAK INTO STATE ST. PO Alex Joseph, "3 Sibley street, who on numerous occasions has been arrested and turned over to the hands of the Juvenile court, was arrested with F. Zalozasskl. a newspaper boy known as "Zollle" at the Sihley street trucks, early this morning. , -V Officer Kick suspected the lads and brought them to the station, where they later confessed of breaking into Gill & Newell's pool room at the corner of State and Tlohman and stole a quantity of cigars, cigarette. gum, candy and 70 cents in pennies. The lads are employed as pin setters for Gill & Newel, and after the place was closed the lads went to the rear of the building and gained entrance by climbing a telegraph pole and crawled along the ledge to a second story window. . X i j- t Vi Km-a Via.m tiacn In trnnhla man.. limes peiore, ann n.ve given xn poin e any amount of trouble. Kaf-h of the lads live on the streets, and- "Zollle" practically has no home, as he can be seen loitering around at any time of night or morning. ' y The lads will be held at the station until Truant Officer Stanford will be able to take care of them. Deputy Sheriff Tom Piatt of Crown Point was notified this morning CLAPP WILL COME " TO TAFT MEETING Senator Moses E. Clapp has set the fears of Minnesota's regular Republican organization at rest by accepting the invitation extended him td attend the Taft meeting to be held in Minneapolis. Senator Clapp's affiliation with the progressives gave rise to belief, when no immediate response was received from him, that he meant to snub the president by remaining away.

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C. H. MALONEY. One of Indicted Men. Master Plumber's Association. Attorney D. E. Boone represents the independent plumbers. The following is the law under which the prosecutions have been begun. It will be noticed tjiat the law is very (Continued on Page 7.) Minister's House on South Side Robbed by Slick Couple of Crooks, Who Work on Sympathies of Charitably Inclined. Expert confidence work was performed in the home of Rev. E. B. Cross during the last . week by two clever inside workers," who ofxained nuarters in His home at 1124 Monroe street, and left last night with cash and Its equivalent in jewelery and silverwear to an approximate value of $250. Five other-rooomers involuntarily contributed to the -pot" which was taken by a pa!rof crooks. Arrayed In the best and latest, speaking the choicest and nicest, "Raffles" and "The Thief" aplied' for rooms at the Cross home last Monday, giving the names of Mr.-and Mrs. Roy Chalmers. Their home was in the east and their destination in the west, according- to ! their highly probable explanation. Mr. Chalmers stated that he Intended seeking employment In Hammond for a few weeks. Everything went according to the Yules of conduct as laid down in the statutes of ministerial homes until last evening. Breaking in upon the quietude of the Cross family in their. nightly session in the library. Mrs. Chalmers made a tearful appeal for help with a letter as evidence of sincerity. She said that her former husband was dying and asked help, according to the letter, as a final wish that she, his divorced wife, come to his bedside. Highly colored and embellished this was plausible at the time. Of course, she explained she could not tell her husband because of a green-eyed jealuuty mat ne iosierea. w ouia iner,oss family help her?- Sure with tears in their eyes. Take the sordid filthy lucre. She was to leave In the morning, but, owing to an undue haste, she miscalcu(Continued.on page five.) MEN ARE IN BAD SHAPE Attending physicians are inclined to be skeptical as to the quick recovery of the two Injured Hegewlsch men at St. Margaret's hospital whom the Western Car company officials pronounced only "slightly Injured." The men were victims of a boiler explosion in which one was killed on last Saturday. Their sufferings, at St. Margaret's hospital, are not lessened as i-et and their vitality Is nearly spent.

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THE TIMES win be able from time to time to present items of absorbing interest to the people of Lake County dealing with the dictograph as used in the famous Garybribery cases. These excerpts are authentic and will be a part of the evidence used in the trial of the cases at Valparaiso: No. 1. Dean "What did the mayor say about my matter, Mr. Bowser?" Bowser "I started to tell you that I told him there was f 8,000 in it for us. flight here is where he got interested. He wanted to know what I knew about you personally and if you were all right and if you had the money to go ahead and build the plant. 1 told him you were and asked him how he stood on the A. F. franchise:Tom said, 'to hell with A. F. he don't get me any money, there is

nothing in his matter for me. If Dean and his franchise is all right we will put it across.' I only talked with bim a short time tonight but he knows he has to come clean .with me.' He told me to come and talk with him tomorrow. He was anxious to know about you personally so you must give him good references when he is ready. I will put it through for you and I am the one man in town can do it." "And remember, the leading citizens of Gary have witnesses on these records." Authorities of Hammond at Meeting Held Last Night Followed Gary's Lead and Gave Out That no Fights Will Be Permitted. The goose that laid the gold egg has been cut off in all it pristine glory. No more prize fights in Hammond was the decision reached last night at a meeting between Mayor Smalley and the police commissioners and the lid In Hammond will he clamped down tight for an indefinite period. This will prove a sore disappointment to a bunch of Iikp county and Chicago fight fans, who had expected to attend a grill between Phil Sehlossberg and Tim O'Neil at the Hammond Athletic association next Thursday night. The fighters themselves 'who have been training for a month are disgusted. The edict will also dash the hopes of a number of "dips" and sneak thieves who evidently would have re lieved those over-burdened with money and valuables like they did at the Clab-by-Brown fight. The fight Thursday night was being widely advertised, and even so far that the Chicago newspapers told in half column stories that special trains and street cars would run out to Hammond, which gave a wide opportunity for all the "dips" in the country to attend the fight. But Mayor Smalley and the Hammond' police commissioners saw far enough ahead that no protection could be given to the city of Hammond against thieves and thugs by wholesale. "If the promoters of the fight attempt to pull anything off the fight will be stopped and all parties present will be placed under arrest if it takes every one of the police force to do the trick." This was a verbal statement given from the police headquarters this morning. A large number of protests have come to the mayor and Chief Austgen objecting to the fighting game from men who do not want to chance their business, houses and interests to a lot of thieves and riff-raff that follow the fighting game. The fight game in Hammond has again been short lived. The lid was (Continued oft page five.) LID JAMMED ON TIGHT Although Mayor Knotts has issued an edict against boxing in Gary and Chief Martin has nailed the lid on tighter by confirming the mayor's action, the final process of official action will take place tonight when the board -of safety ecrmmisisoners, it the major's wishes are abided by, will hermetically seal the lid down until Many of the prophets declare that the words that will follow "until" will be "the Valparaiso trials- are . over with." ' ' ; - The lid was clamped down last June with much ceremony, but when the last set of Valpo trials were finished It was pried off again.

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tC) Marceau. A daughter just born to Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., of New York, .who was miss Marjorie Gould, will be one of the richest babies in the world. She is heiress to a fortune of at least $30,000,000, and is the first grandchild of George J. Gould. She will be named Edith Kingdon Drexel, after her grandmother. Miss Mar0 Jorie Gould and Anthony J Drexel, Jr., were married April 19, 1910. ' ' ' r '

CUBS TAKE MEAL - IN HAMMOND Hammond was first base in a home run being made, by Needham, Evers, Richie. Doyle, Zimmermnn and Schulte of the Chicago Cubs, in the latter's Chalmers 30. from the fateful postseason affair to their homes in the east. After spending half of the noon hour at luncheon1n the Maine hotel, the motorist left for the second bag. Fort Wayne, which they hoped to make late this evening. After giving a successful exhibition of heavy hitting and speed around the festive board, the general opinion of the assembly was that they are stiJl the Indomnible aggregation that exist d under the name of Chance's machine. The home plate will be Troy, N. Y.. where Evers has his home. At that city Evers will act as host for a few days to the rest of the party. MAKF COURT LIFE GAYEST IN EUROPE Joua ititgtly arter, recent United States minister to Roumania, vwho har beer 'nsferred to Argentine, says it is only Crown Princess Ferdinand of Houmania who makes lire "socially digestible" at Bucharest, the capital. She is ' very popular with ner future subjects, and her personality has made Roumanian court lire the gayest and most delightful In ail Europe.

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A large number of West Hammond citizens were subpoenaed to West Hammond to testify as character witnesses In the case of the state of Illinois vs. James Finneran, who Is now on trial for mistreating a little ward of the Sisters of St. Francis. It Is said that among those who were subpoenaed were Richard Zimmerman. Henry Lindner, .ludge Frank Green, Johnny Pat ton. former mayor of Rumbam? President Hessler of the village of West Hammond; John Murray and others. - The defense la now introducing testimony in its side of the case. It is expected that the trial of the case will be ended the latter part of this week and that the case will go to the Jury Friday er Saturday. A Chicago dispatch says: "Charges that wealthy contractors are conspiring to railroad him to the penitentiary were ' made yesterday afternoon by James Finneran, president , of local No. 571 of the Electrical W7ork-ers'-unlon, when he took the stand in Judge Gridley's court, where he is charged with a serious offense. The complaining witness is Evelyn Florin, 15 years old, a student nurse at St. Margaret's hospital, Hammond, Ind. '"Attorney Rittenhouse brought out that the electricians have been out on strike for about a year. " 'It is the employers' association that is behind this prosecution,' testified Finneran., 'There 13 absolutely no truth in this girl's charges'." CHASES GYPSIES FROM HAfllOND TO JOLIET Man Claims That Nomads Have Stolen Wife and Child. Searching for his wife and child who he claims were kidnaped by a band of gypsies now In Joliet, Fred Garrington of , Chicago has followed a caravan of the gypsies from Hammond to that city. Garrington married one of the young women of the tribe several years ago. Her parents objected to the marriage, he says, and lured her back to their camp. Since then they have refused to allow him to see her. It is believed that the parents were aware of the approach of the offices Garrington had with him and concealed her. THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE TIMES. : -

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(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 24. A sen sational hold-up in which masked robbers, gunplay and other dramatic details figured, took place early last night at the Lake Shore depot. The robbers. two in number, made their escape with $223.22 belonging to the railroad com pany and to the Western Union Telegraph company, after going through the pockets of two frallroad employes, the only persons in the depot, robbing them of small amounts in cash, and frightening' them half out of their senses. Tihe employes were the night opera tor. Blake Everingham, 3710 Hemlock stret, and J. Going, malntainer. The cash which belonged to the Western Union and which amounted to $148.08 and which had been left in operator Everingham's charge, was taken from the safe, while the balance of the Facts About Gary's Latest Bank Merger. The Seeurlly State, capital S25.000, merge with the tSary Trust and Savings, capital S2.VK10. Tlie Security State secure the control of the Ciary Trust and moves Into Its quarters. Combined assets of the (wo banks will be $2.-M,000. The Knotts brothers, who nominated the Gary Trust, retire from the banking field. Bank mergers In Gary The First Trust and Savings with the First National, January, 1911; the Calumet Trust and Savings with the First National, February, IJMOj the fnlted Deposit. Loan an( Trust company with the South Side Trust and Savings, last week; Security State with the Gary Trust and Savings. Total banks merged Four. Present banks In Gary Gary State, Northern State, South Side Trust and Savings, State of Tolleston. and the new merged bank, the name of which' will be decided today. Save for the completion of necessary legal formalities the Security State Bank of Gary and the Gary Trust and Savings bank, the Knotts institution, are now one bank. The formal transfer took place this morninjr following a meeting of stockholders of the two banks and the state auditor through deputy auditor for banks Arnold has approved the merger. The combined assets of the merged (Continued on Pag 7.) LADIES SEARCH IN VAIN FOR AUNT Landing In Hammond late last night via a South Chicago street car Miss Bessie and Mrs. Lyod Keller of Peru, In., gave up in despair a three day3 search for 228 Williard Park court, Chicago. From Cottage Grove to Maywood the young ladies were misdirected. Even the city directory failed to reveal the address they sought. But going on sunnositlon and the hastv directions of J poilcemen they continued the search, i "Why sure I know where Williard j Park Is," a copper would Bay. "Take ;a Mllawukee car to Riverview and then ! walk ten blocks south" and four east." And off the Babe in the Woftes would go. Late yesterday they were directed to Madison street and enroute to Uobey street, boarding the wrong car they ! landed in Hammond and found ac commodations at a hotel. This morning they . departed for their homes ten miles east of Peru. The address they sought was the home of a maiden aunt. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING finds "find able" things and makes all lost articles "findable.'

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3 1 0 0 0 4 11 1 money stolen was snatched from tho money drawer in which the receipts of the day taken in by the railroad company, are placed. Robbery Arc urn at 9)45. The robbery occurred at 9:45 o'clock, just after a train had left the depot. The operator had locked the door to the office and the Inner door to his caga and in company with Going had gone to the basement to look after the furnace. When the two men returned they, found two men. one a large man, tall and muscular and stout of build, unlocked the office door anij entered, followed by Going. Inside, they turned to find themselves confronted by the two men who had also entered the place. Everlnham was ocdered to open the cage door while Going was commanded to throw up his hands. Feeling the cold steel of a revolver's barrel just above his collar, Everlnham was (Continued on page S.) Former East Chicago Street Commissioner, Charged With Irregularities, Faces His Accusers Today in the Lake Superior Court. The trial of William C. Harding, the former street commisisoner of East Chicago, who is charged with a number of the irregularities which have characterized the Schlieker administration, began before Judge Lawrence Becker yesterday afternoon after the issues had been made up in the morning. All yesterday afternoon and until noon today was taken up with the examination of the jurors by Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Greenwald, who la (Continued on page 8.) SCAFFOLD FALLS; MAN INJURED (Special to Thb Times.) Lowell, Ind., Oct. 24. A scaffold broke down at Sander's building whil men, were at work yesterday forenoon and precipitated brick, barrels, boxes and Chester Lury a young man who was catching brick to the floor below. The boy had a gash cut In his fore head and was otherwise bruised, but his Injuries were not serious. The cause cj i me coiiapse wtui uue 10 a. cross piece holding the jilatform uj breaking." RUFUS WALLINGFORD CREATOR DIVORCED eo.Kandofprn George Randolph Chester, former Cincinnati newspaperman and creator of "Get Rich Quick Wallingford," must pay his wife $1,600 a year alimony and $2,400 for the support and education of their two children, by the terms of an interlocutory decree of divorce granted Mrs. Chester in New York. She charged her husband with Infidelity.

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