Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 39, Hammond, Lake County, 28 October 1911 — Page 1

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UNCLE SI ISSUES A NEW ORDER

Says That Hammond Bank Unconsciously Violated Rules in Using Washington's Profile Similar to Design on Stamped Envelope . The American Trust & Saving's Co. of Hammond Is the victim of a peculiar circumstance. Owing: to the fact that Jt adopted the profile of Washington of a similar design to that used on two cent stamped envelopes, the Vnited States government has ordered that it must destroy all of its stationery. This means that -letter heads, envelopes, cheques, drafts and all other stationery bearing this stamp must be destroyed together with the dies from which they were produced. The loss Is estimated to be In th neighborhood of $500. It is not known how the government's attention was called to the fact that the Hammond bank was using thq famous Washington profile in this manner but it is presumed that postal inspectors noticed It on the stationery of the bank and took the matter up. It will- be necessary for the bank to have an entirely new set of dies made and to purchase an entirely new equipment or stationery. This is a very unique case and a similar circumstance has never been known in this locality. PLAYS AT KENTLAND (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 28. The i Crown Point high school football team will go to Kentland today for their fli-si game of the season, and are expected to inake '"a ""strong showing ' against the j Kentlan.l 'team. ( The local school opened its aeasori .rather late this year bri account of a deficiency in good football material, but have at last rounded up a fast light team that will make any of their opponents realize they have been irj,,a football game. Following Is the line up that will tussle- for victory i n today game: Claude Pettibone, right end; Ernest Bartholomae. right tackle; Lowell Newton, right guard; Major Allman, center; Lesile Kinsweiler, left guard; Ben Bailey, left tackle; Vernon Dickson, left end; Walter O'Connell. quarter back; Clifford Ettlir.fr, right half; Beryl Grant, full back; Johx War'd Wheeler, left half. Highest Shriner in ... i 9 1 t

John F. Treat. John F. Treat of Fargo, N. D.p imperial potentate for North America of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will be the guest of Orak Shrine of Hammond Monday at an important ceremonial given largely In his honor. Mr. Treat is a well-known, successful business man of Fargo. He has served a number of years through the various offices of the Imperial council, and in the course of advancement was elected the official head of the order by the imperial council which'met at Tlochester, N. T., last July. He is now making official visitations throughout the country. He has recently vi'd a number of temples In the northwest and on the Pacific coast. ;

ENRIGHT SENT UP FOR LIFE Maurice (Moss) Enright, labor gunman, was found guilty of the murder of Vincent Altman. and his 1 punishment fixed as life Imprisonment in the state penitentiary by a jury in Judge McSurely's courtroom today. The condemned man was the business agent of the United Plumbers association. He was known as the "King of the Sluggers." The verdict was returned at 10:05 a. m. Enright leaped from his chair as the verdict was read, swayed toward his counsel and exclaimed: "My God! I never dreamed of this!" o "

1911 RAILROAD RECORD -' VS LAKE COUNTY JIRED IS REGION'. KILLED IX REGION... . .32 ..40 Another Gary rail victim lost his life on the Elgin, Joliet and Eas-tern railway tracks early today. The victim is Thomas Thornton, 47 years old. whose body was delivered to the under takers at the United States Steel Corporation's emergency hospital. Whether Thornton was killed inside the steel plant in the "J" railway yards, or somewhere along , the right of way, was not given out. Efforts to get details of deaths or accidents are met with resistance as officials or employes giving out any Information are liable to suspension. Only when a case is reported to the coroner does knowledge of deaths in the industrial plants become pu bl fc. - Thornton was crushed about the limbs. 'He Tormrly Tersided -"tnTScTan-tonPa., and of late has been employed in the .North Works' Inn of the steel company." J " ' ' If . he was actually slain within the confines of the, steel plant he Is the sixth employe to be killed In the mills during the month of October. PLANS REVIVAL - (Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., Oct. 28. Rev. and Mrj. C. C. Pirtle, evangelists, will come to Whiting November 6. to conduct a series of revival meetings at the First Church of Christ. The meetings will be held for an Indefinite period. Visit to Hammond - " A

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STEEL TRUST CHIEFS AND LEADERS IN 'GOVERNMENTS ACTION BROUGHT FOR DISSOLUTION OF BILLION-DOLLAR CORPORA TION

T. R. Snaps Teeth, but Is Mum on Steel Suit New York, Oct. 28. Theodore Koosevelt yesterday flatly declined to make any comment on the Steel Trust suit. He greeted interviewers smilingly, but to all their questions said repeatedly, with his usual emphasis, "I have nothing to say." - - "Have you read the petition," the colonel was asked. "It was read to me," said Mr. Roosevelt. "It sets forth you were deceived with regard to the Tennesse Coal and iron Company deal. Are you going to let them 'get away' with that?" "You can't charm me Into saying one word," said Mr. Roosevelt, snapping his teeth, x V ,.--.... ,: -.-.. .. !-- "Well, asfde from' the Tennessee Coat and Iron matter, what do you think of the expediency, and common sense of the suit as a whole?'""Not one . word," said the former President. "Will you .issue a statement after you digest the petition?" Mr. Roosevelt smiled and said nothing, i "It might interest you to look up my testimony before the congressional committee in August," Mr. Roosevelt suggested, as he waved the interviewers farewell. 'To what I said then, I have nothing to add." Attempts made to see Andrew Carnegie were unsuccessful. His secretary said, however, that Mr. Carnegie had prepared no statement. It was intimated there might be a statement from the Iron master later, but even of this the secretary was not sure. SiieS READY FOR BIG TIE MONDAY Potentates Galore to Add Lustre to Big Orak Ceremonial. On Monday, Oct. 30, Orak Shrine at Hammond will have as Its guests some of the most famous shriners .in the United States. The guest of honor will be Imperial Potentate John Frank Treat of Fargo, N. D. Other potentates who will be present are-: Ellas J. Jacoby, past potentate of Murat temple, Indianapolis, now the second ceremonial master of the imperial council. Freeland W. Kendrick, imperial inner guard and potentate of Lulu 'temple. Philadelphia. Robert Daily, illustrious potentate xf Medinah temple, Chicago. Nelson W.'Iambert, past illustrious potentate of Medinah temple and now a member of the imperial council. E. H. Merritt. illustrious potentate of Mizpah temple. Fort Wayne. Joe oSnntag, Illustrious potentate of Had! temple, ICvansvjlle. John W. Sterne, past potentate of Had! temple. Illustrious Potentate William Goldsmith of Zorah temple, Terre Haute. In addition to these the re will be officers of Murat shrine in .Indianapolis. Medinah temple, Chicago, and Saladin temple. Grand Rapids. Features, of the ceremonial will be "stunts" played on the visiting guests upon their arrival at the depot, an automobile parade in which the candis dates will wear strange costumes, luncheon at the Elks' club at 6 p. m., the ceremonial at 8 and a big banquet at 10 o'clock. If you smoke a La Vendor once yen will always call f oi"-b.em. CIASSIFIED ADVERTISING flada tenants every day for some peopleoften for many people, i

GARY DENIES TRUST'S GUILT; "STOCKHOLDERS ONLY

j - - Bf E. H. GARV, ,' i. i v-v JCf''m V'M Steel Corperatiou. -. I t ' X : Trk, tUnk It iruH be Improper 4n-- me Y tkl, timcte mftke ny "comment toMrrBlnc the tnrit which hara been brought mxalut tbt l otted States Steel Corporation, except to Bay that I regret exceedingly thnt the Department of Justice felt railed upon to Institute proceeding-. If any barm revolts it "111 fall upon the stockholders, acKrearn tinge a very large number, and any loss to them munt.be deplored. It la a time for every ene to keep eool, with e disposition patiently to await reaults, knoAvtng that In tbe end Jftatlee will be done to all Interests. I believe a disclosure of all tbe facta applicable to the allegations contained In the government's bill of complaint as a ground for relief will show thnt the suit ought to be decided la favor of the corporation on the merits and that tbe following facta will be established: . 1 That In the oraranlsatlon of the I nlted States Sleel Corporation those in charge bad no lateatlon of forming a monoply or orrestralnlng trade. -) That the corporation never has exercised or attempted to exercise a monoply to restrain trade. 3) That the conduct of the affairs of the corporation has clearly and positively negatived any effort or Intention to violate any provision of the Sherman law. 4 That the existence of tbe corporation has been of benefit and not of Injury to Its employes, It scustomers. Its competitors and the a-cncral public.

SAYS IT'S ALL OFFIt's off again, at least as far as Hammond is concerned. Nat. Lewis and Joe Sullivan, npresentive respectively Phil Schlossberg and Tim O'Nell, the much matched "middleweight boxers, met yesterday afternoon and decided that Inasmuch as the Hammond people had failed to came through with a forfeit guaranteeing that they could decide the contest next Thursday night that they would call It off as far as the Indiana city is concerned. They agreed, however, to keep the agreement in force as far as the contest Itself is concerned and see if some other club In the middle west does not care to bid for it. These bids, however, will be limited to ten days at tho outside, and Jf there are no good offers in that time the whole thing will be dropped and the boxers will turn their attention to other matches. Chicago American. GRIT HUNTER AWAITS RESULTS Hammond Business Man Reported to Be in Serious Condition. Messages concerning the condition of Grant Hunter arrived at different 'times today from the Wesley hospital, Chicago, giving the disconcerting information to friends that no relief has come to the abdominal region which is seemingly paralyzed. It Is not known whether an operation is thought advisable by the consulting physicians, who yesterday held an X-ray examnaton. . , Some time ago Mr. Hunter was operated upon at the Wesley Institution, and a tubulcular bone extracted from his shoulder. At this time abdominal trouble was discovered. The severe development was - unexpected and necessitated a return to the hospital on last Monday.

ii i Township Trustee ' L. E. Barnes of Hobart Is not monarch of all he surveys but he could easily survey all of the territory over which he in monarch. Since the annexation of so much territory by the city of Hobart there remains in Hobart township Just one half section of land that Is not within the corporation limits of some town or another. It Is this half section of land over which Barnes has Jurisdiction. It is an exceedingly isolated piece of lanl too. There is not a house on It, no road runs through it and a rallroai only grazes one corner of It. Consequent! :.- Barnes Is only a flg!urehead. He looks nfter the township roads, he has no schools to look after .he has never visited his barony and 'about all he does is to draw his salary ! for looking pleasant. S. S- ASHLEY FREED. (Special to The Tides.) . Indiana Harbor, Oct. 2. The steamship S. F.. Ashley, which was grounded at the Inland docks for the past couple of days, was pulled free yesterday afternoon and was towed over to the second of the high bridges which was uninjured in the recent accident, where the balance of her load was taken off. It had at first been thought that this could not be accomplished, as It was feared that the Injury to the dockage might have affected the second bridge. Case Continued. '-Th'e case of the state of Indiana vs. J. J. Zlegler. of Gary was continued before Judge Ames this morning until Saturday morning, Nov. 4. Ziegler is employed by the Wells Fargo Express company at Gary and Is charged with embezzlement. His bond was fixed at $500.

SUFFERERS

HALF. A SECW

NEW OFFICERS LAKE . CO. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. President--W. S. Painter, Lowell. Vice president Mary H. Curtis, Crown Point. Secretary--Miss Grace Brooks, Gary. Executive committee--E. N. Sanine, East Chicago; Frank Love, Griffith, and Walter Taugg, Hobart. Speaking of science in relation to teaching. Dr. Rettger of Terre Haute university, who Is appearing twice daily before the assembled teachers of Lake county in their annual convention now being held in Hammond, presented in their practical phases,-heredity, environment, mental Influences and the combining of recreation and study. Recreation in the school room was '- There was considerable excitement in West Hammond yestecday as a result of some trouble that the Indiana Harbor Belt Warehousing and Forwarding Co. has had with the Interstate Storage and Forwarding Co. pver the sub-leasing of the old canning factory building owned by the G. H. Hammond Co. There came very near being a fight between Charles Loy, the agent of the Interstate Storage and Forwarding Co., and F. R. Gibson, the manager of the Indiana Harbor Belt Warehousing nd. Forwarding company. Loy is said to have threatened o brain Gibson with a club, and Gibson stood him off with a revolver. The West Hammond police were called to prevent trouble. It. seems that, troubleha been brew ing for some time.'- According" tr-the? officials of the Indiana Harbor Belt Warehousing and Forwarding Co., E. N. Bishop was unable to fill the old canning plant and 'was In bad financial straits when he came to them and asked them to help him out. S The warehouses of the Indiana Harbor Belt Warehousing and Forwarding Co. are on the nldiana side of the line and the warehouses of the Interstate Storage and Forwarding Co. are on the Illinois side of the line. , , . . There has been considerable activity In real estate in Hammond during the past week. The demand for high grade residential property continues to grow apace. Gostlin, Meyn & Co. report that the yhave'sold eight Homewood lots in the past two. weeks. Among; the purchasers. Is Jesse K. Wilson, who has scured 50 feet of frontage on Highland street and who will erect thereon a fine residence next spring. Gostlin, Meyn & Co., also report the sale of a number of north side lots). C. Gauther, treasurer of the Enterprise Bed Co., has purchased the old home of Judge VirgiL S. Reiter. This place was sold by Judge Reiter to W. A. Beilefelt and Beilefelt sold It to Gauthr er. The consideration Is said to have been $5,000. George A. Guyer of the Federal Cement Tilw company sold his residence on Williams street to W. H. Woods of 19 Michigan avenue. The HammondGary Realty company has Fold a number of lots in the East Side park addition. A CRIMINAL FAMILY. In the arrest of Albert Dawson. 18 years old. who is charged with stealing a suit of clothes, the Gary, police have a prisoner whose family history exhibits criminal traits. - I Dawson's father. Is now. serving time ! in a state prison for shooting a woman I In a house of.ill fame, and his brother is an escaped convict from Pontiac j prison. He does not know where his j mother JaT. . . : ' ' J The lad himself Is wanted at the rei formatory at Independence, Mo., where he broke prison and made his getaway. HOBART'S MANY CANDIDATES Hobart's erop of candidates for town offices outstrips a Kansas alfalfa crop. For marshal, Oscar W. Carlson and Albert B. Wyant have hung out their signs. Claude Toothlll and William J. Killigrew are skirmishing for the job.

TROUBLE FOLLOWS IS UNCTION

ACTIVITY IN REALTY MARKET

discussed yesterday by the primary sec tion, "Hereditary Tendencies' was the subject of a lecture by Dr. Rettger thl morning and a resolution that this convention go on record as In favor of compulsory dental and physical examinations in the public schools wm adopted today. t . " "Bacteria" was analyzed and Illustrated by Dr. Rettger in a scholarly discourse which was the feature of the Friday morning session In the Methodist church. Last evening from the pulpit Dr. Rettger gave a travelogue replete with, diverting stories of foreign travel. Only a portion of the 450 Lake county-teachers were able to attend, but Hammond people filled the vacancies. Not until today did the convention take any official action. Committees for nominations made reports and, " (Continued on Page 7.) , The Indiana company has been seen r- ': ing- more business than it conld taka care of, while the other company ha 1 had a hard time to keep Its warehousef' full. . . ' i So the Indiana company leased thejl basement of the canning factory for' $30 a month, the first floor for 50 month and agreed to fill the second; floor for a considoration of $1 a ear. Mr. Gibson claims that the lease en -these various floors was made for six months with the option of six months. Only verbal leases were entered Into. He claims that now the Interstate Stor- ' age and Forwarding company has become more independent and la trying to hold his company up for additional rentals. . '-.-' It was .necessary for the .Indiana Harris? Betfr-rtiyanVj to' a t bertif e Judge- Dever of the circuit court, Chicago, and restrain Ahe Interstate company from interfering with the work of removing part of the goods that has been stored there. The injunction was granted. ' A day or two ago the work of amoving these goods was again begun, while the Injunction was still in force, and it was then that Loy is alleged to have threatened to brain Gibson. . It Is not known where the trouble will end. . Judge Barnett had a number of cases to dispose of in the city court this morning and the court room had its usual busy appearance. The case of Charles Lindquist, charged with drunkenness, came up first, and on a verbal agreement between Judge Barnett and himself, the case was laid aside for one month and. at the end of that time Lihdquist Is to report his conduct.'; Lindquist Is a married man, and Is under $100 bonds. The three cases of Bam Wolper of Indiana Harbor, arrested fer violating the city ordinance., having peddled and sold bakery foods without securing a city license, was contlrttipd until Nov. 4. Wolper was arrested about two weeks ago on the ' same , charge and last week was arrested twice Inside of an hour after being told that It was necessary to have a license.- He Is under a $50 bond. The cases of Charles Traiiklll, who was arretted for dlng plntnbing work without a li'-en.se, was continued until Saturday, Nov. 4. The raise of Mrs.. Reheeoa. KIpIh, charged with lcUinsc her chickens run st large, was continued until Nov. 4. MOOSE MEET TOMORROW Intricate we.cretB involved In tha service of the Order of Moose will be explained to 175 candidates at an initiatory meeting in the K. . of P. lodge rooms tomorrow evening at T o'clock. Clerks, lawyers, tradesmen, doctors and business men who have made application during a long campaign conducted by Organizers O. M. Mayholm and F. A, Engles.wlll.be given the degree. Among them are Thomas Shaine. Nicholas Emmerling, W. A. Williamson and H. A. Hudson. Associated in the work of organising Dr. White and J. E. McGarry were diligent workers with the state officials. Plans for a building project wfll be considered in the near future. . Every effort is being extended to sustain tha enthusiasm of the cast campaign.

NUMEROUS CASES IN CITY COURT