Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 120, Hammond, Lake County, 7 November 1911 — Page 1

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(Special to The Timks.) Crown Point, Ind., Nov. ".Unaware of her husband's death or her own dyingcondition. Mrs. A. Aubrey ceased to Jive this morning: at 5:30, tweryfour hours after the fumes of coal gas had brought tragedy into the homo of the aged Crown Point couple. Four of their children who were rushed by motor to the scene of the deaths by asphyxiation yesterday, spent the day and the entire night at the bedside of .their, unconscious,, mother. Respiration was "barely perceptible, and

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BURY Early building of the United States government building for Gary is seen in the. transfer of five Fifth avtnue lots by the Gary Land company to the United Slaves of America. The. decwas made on August 8, was recorded on Nov. 3, and the transaction was made public today. One dollar is given as the consideration. Property for 9125.000 Building. Upon this property the government will erect a $123,000 building, this amount being appropriated by congress last year. The lots in question are 1, 2, 3, 4 and t. block S2, of the Gary Land company's l)rt subdivision. This property Is loREGULATE P00LR0DIS The council will hold Us regular meeting tonight and a number of im portant questions and ordinance will come up before the meeting. A number of estimates left over from the last me'ting will also be considered. The question of regulating vthe different poolroooms in Hammond will be talked of and it is expected that an ordinance will be passed to that effect. Considerable trouble has been given the police by poolroom keepers who allow minors to habit their places and keep their places oyen after an unreasonable hirur. Complaints have come into"the police station daily asking the police to keep minors out of the poolrooms and nearly ttfy night the young boys are warnU to stay out, hut are back again the next day. According to Chief Austgcn, who is heading this move, fully 85 per cent of the robberies that have been committed by the yonna; men of Hammond brought out testimony that 1hey were all planned in the poolrooms. "If we can regulate these places and close them up the same as a saloon, we will be able to keep the young men off the street and we think it will les- I sen th. robberies said the chief. YOUTH OF 27 COMES TO SUCCEED TANG 'v. .... XT. Tn Tone Chang Yin Tang, recalled as Chinese minister to the United States, will be succeeded by S. Alfred Sze, now connected with the Chinese foreign office. Sze Is only twenty-seven years old and was educated in the public schools of America, and at Cornell University. His father was attached to the Chinese legation at Washington for several years.

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so quietly did it diminish and finally cease that death occurred some minutes before it was realized. J. A. Aubry, the Hammond druggist; E. A. Aubry, the city controller; Mrs. M. Dunn and J. D. Aubry are the children who sleepless, spent the last day in the presence of their mother. Condolences were offered .them by nighbors and friends, who sent messages throughout the day. ... No arrangements for burial havebeen considered, as yet, and nothing definite will be known until last tonight. SOON TP START cated In the south side of Fifth avenue and has for its west frontage Adams street. An I in potting Civic Center. -' The federal building will have as Its neighbor to the west the $250,000 Y. M. C. A. building, now approaching completion. Across the street from it will be the $65,000 Carnegie library building, work on which will be started next month. In the. same locality Klaw and Erlanger will erect a $73,000 opera house. With the completion of these structures this part of Fifth avenue will house the most imposing- group of structures in Gary. It is said that the steel corporation gave the land to the government gratis in order that the full amount of tile appropriation would be available for building purposes. West Hammond Scene of Desperate Holdups Which Police Fail to Make Pub lie; Saloon and Two Ital iansJVre Robbed, There wer two bold holdups bv des perate gunmen in West Hammond last week which the police of the village failed to make public,'' Two men entered the saloo nof Charles Arndl, at the corner of ttate street and Burnbam avenue, and after ordering a drink they covered Mr. Arndt with their revolvers and proceeded to rifle the cash register. Mrs. Arndt came into the room just as the robbery. was taking place, and she too was covered by the revolvers of the robbers. Mrs. Ardnt describes the two -hwldrrps - as being wen dressed young men. ... Mr. Arndt says that he has seen them in Hammond a number ot times, and could easily identify them if he saw them again. The robbery is one of the boldest that has taken place In "West Hammond In a lung- time. On the same evening two men who answer to the. description of the two who robbed ArncH's place, held up two Italians and robbed one of $16 and the other of $1". The Italians did not submit peaceabbly to the robbery and one of them was terribly beaten. One of the men had both of his eyes blackened. There is every indication that the men who pulled off the robbery are experienced yeggmen from Chicago". 200 Moose. Supreme Organizer J. S.Maholm of Indianapolis Is here tonight to ! offi ciate at the initiation of the largest fraternal class ever put over the grill in Hammond. The Loyal Moose will initiate 200 candidates at Weis' hall. Funeral of Babe. The funeral of Wilbur Masepohl, the infant son of , William Masepohl, was held from the family residence at 326 Pine street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Brauer officiated and interment was held at Concordia cemetery.

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County Commissioners Are Deluged With Applicants For County Sealership; Board Will Build Bascule Bridge at East Chicago. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, lnd., Nov. 7. Since The Times announced that the county commisisoners would have the appoint lng of a county sealer, under the new law, there has been a deluge of appli cants for the position. There are al ready seven applicants and it is ex pected mat there will be more. It is not known whether or not the' county commissioners will make the appoint ment at this meeting of the board. ji.x-i.niei or police Albert Lewis of East Chicago is making application for the position after he was impeached from office. Others on l.Ut. . . i . , , . . me iisi ot applicants are Henry Lund". Hammond; Elmer Ragon Continued on page 8) NEW CIVIC A new civic organization is f"o come Into-belnsf on the .south side in Hammond next Friday evening at a meeting which is to be held at the Wallace school building; 7" t; The new organization has not yet been named, but it is to be along the lines of the North Pide and East Side Improvement associations. There are a number of important matters which the neworganization proposes to take up and these will be gone over on Friday. It is expected that the territory from which the new association will' draw its members will be everything south of Highland street. There is a great deal of local pride among the property owners of this locality aid they propose to manifest it in an effort to make the whole neighborhood more attractive as a residential district. y IBVM.ETIM.) It In believed that glgantie fraud nave been perpetrated In the vlllase election in Went Hammond by the ofIrialN who ere Intrreatetl In having the bund inNue authorized. Yitne"ea found that they had been handed mutilated ballot . They were known to he nnlnit the bond Inane. Minn llrooka, who haa been worklnjr ever alnce d-,IIKbt , dlaeonrad . when thejr resort to nurh tactic." ' Miss" "-Tifgtnla "BrOoks" has "been the commanding figure in the election that is being held in West Hammond today She has been busy all day f;oing over the village with a horse and buggy and taking the voters to the polls. Busses have been pressed into service by the opponents of the bond issue In an effort to get out the vote. From j present indications the election will show a big majority' of the voters is almost unanimously opposed to the Issue. There are a great many people on the north side who are also opposed to the issue. ARRANGE FOR Thanksgiving services were arranged by the newly organized Ministerial association at its second meeting in the rooms of the University club at noon today. Other subjects were presented for discussion, but no definite action taken. Instead of the usual union meeting in the morning, a special service will be held in the Baptist church on Thanksgiving evening, at which the ministers and members of all Hammond churches are to be in attendance. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. A. Hoffman of the Presbyterian church, and the music will be led by the choir of the Baptist'congregatioa. The service will , begin at 7:45 and will be made sliiort and spirit--

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la., left Burlington on Tuesday last on a walking tour across Illinois to Chicago. The distance is 207 miles. Thev expect to reach Chicago on Nov.' 8, via Monmouth, Galesburg, Kewanna, Princeton, Mendota. Sandwich. Aurora.

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schedule is thirty-two -miles.. The your.g women started their walkipg toursseveral months ago with short trips, and credit an abundance of healthi-, an J good spirits to their outdor trips. They are dressed in khaki and carry'lglit knapsacks. - ' 1

MEN DECIDE "fJOT" -TO GOJDUT THERE Gibson Boilermakers Vote on Strike PropositionAs a result of a meeting of the boilermakers employed at Gibson a vote was taken on the question of striking" and the majority of them decided not to go out. The vote, .according to reliable Information, stood nirie'in favor of striking and ten against. The 'constitution of the ' boilermakers provides that there .must' be a ' two thirds vote, in favor , of a strike before the men" can go out so, that according to the vote that was taken last Saturday there, is no strike nt Gibson. t . 1 .- T 1 thai ...1 let B .7 Tint , .. . . . r.,.nrw,c,A. IT,, fill t In U 1' K 1 nfltnl' . ilh I i : ., , , . " ... Doner rnanei muu ntry rtftaiu tiic ii , , . " . , strong sentiment' against the strike at Gibson. The men have said tNgt -they are satisfied with conditions as they find them at Gibson and there seems to be little disposition to bring on a strike that would result in a winter's idleness. SPECULATES: MUST SING AGAIN ,. M me. tc rn brie K ? " ' Hra. Marcella Sembrich has lost a large ; share o! t.Me fortune she had amassed by her singing, it Is reported In New York, and Is contemplating a return to 'he stage or concert platform If engagement shouH be fort. - lng. Her losses on the stock exchange in . the past y- or so ars sa': to be more than $2,000,000.

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day's walk called for by' ' their STRANGER KILLED ON PENN. RAILWAY Opinion as to Whether He Committed'SuicTde'is Divided. WA& PARTLY BLIND 1911 RAILROAD RECORD ' IX LAKE COCNTT INJtRED IX HECIOX. KILLED I REGIO.. . .33 . .42 (. (Special to The Times.) Kast Chicago, Nov. t. An unldentl . - , . , . fled man,' believed to have been a waitj er, was Rilled . tins morning at 7:30 o clock by a local Pennsylvania freight train. Westbound, at the T'orsj'th avenue crossing. It was a case of suicide, according to Chief Leo McCormaclt and Officer Charlie Rajchinitz, both of whom witnessed . the accident and declare that the man deliberately threw himself under the wheels of the train. The man was blind in one eye and some who saw the tragedy are of the opinion that the victim failed to see - -(Continued " on page IT) COAL DRIVER FALLS FROM HIS WAGON SeiiOUS Injuries Sustained by Crown Point Man in' Accident. (Special to The Times. Crown Point. Ind., Nov. 7. While delivering a load of coal after dark Will Smith driver for the Donnahaj coal yards, feM from the wagon a distance of about eight feet, to the pavement badly lacerating his face and shoulders and cutting a deep gash in his skull, rendering him unsclous. The ambulance was called and he was taken to his home, where his condition was reported critical yesterday. Later reports are to the effect that he is improving. The cause of the accident is not known but it is reported that the injured man experienced extreme difficulty In staying on the water wagon all day and found his seat on the soal wagon. the most" insecure thing on earth about the time he took his headlong dive. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ell aalable property READILY and makes all GOOD property "leable."

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Special to The Time?. Valparaiso, Ind., jov. 7. The busy court grind in the alleged Gary bribery cases is well on its way and Judge Vai Fleet is Vushing the work of securing a jury In the trial of engineer C JUL Wllliston, the first of the defendants to be tried on the charge of -receiving graft In connection with the granting of a heating franchise to Thomas O. Dean, has been progressing quietly. As one attorney expressed it, "Things are going along as smoothly as a Justice court trial. The state has tenta tively accepted ten of the jurors, the defense has tentatively accepted the same number. One of the attorneys in the case said he thought that the Jury would be impaneled late this afternoon. Olncrs think that the Jury will not be secured until tomorrow. There Is a rumor, to the --effect that Engineer Willlston has become suspicl on that he is to be made the goat in ihtse cases and that this explains the SCHLIEKER IN NASTY

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(Special to The Tihes.) ' ' Easi Chicagb, Nov. -".Mayor A. G. Schlleker and " a party composed " of CJeorge W. "Lewis, A. G. Lundqulst and E. J. Block narrowly escaped serious injury in an auto smashup yesterday while eB route from Crown Point, where they had been in the interests of the proposed bridges over the canal and to appear in court In behalf of the proposition to extend Parish avenue and Dickey place through to Whiting. They were all In Mayor Schlieker's machine and when within two miles of Schererville they started up a hill," the automobile skidded, Mayor Sehlieker lost control of it, and It ran off the side of the road, smashing Into a fence KILLS WIFE WASHING FOE HOME. . Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 7. James Nolan pleaded guilty to the murder ot his wife, who, as a washerwoman, had paid for their home and a house next door. Nolan was sentenced to prison for life. TURKS TAKE DERNA. TRIPOLI. Constantinople, Turkey, Nov. 7. The government has issued an official statement, in which it is asserted that the Turkish forces have occupied Derma." Tripoli, after severe fighting, in hich 500 Italians were killed. It is also said that the remainder of the Italian" expeditionary force was captured with eighteen guns. "DRYS" ARE WINNERS IN MAINE Augusta, Me., Nov. 7. Maine re tains constitutional prohibition. Gov Plasted and his council late last night decided to accept the corrections in the vote of four towns, cast in the ) special election in September, thus reversing ine resun as indicated on the face of the first official returns. TRY SENATOR'S KIN AS SLAYER. Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 7. Charles EJ. Vanpelt, brother-in-law of United States Senator Works of California, is on trial for the -murder of Attorney Charles H. Tindall, a lodge man, whom he shot to death here August 25. 2 FOOTFALL FLAYERS DYING. Anderson, Ind., Nov. 7. Bruce Adams o the. Fairmount football team and Dick Brown of the Anderson Books were thought to be dying today from injuries. Adams suffered a broken back and is paralyzed from head to foot. Brown broke three ribs, which crushed into his left lung. The injuries were received in Saturday's game. THE TIMES ALWAYS HAS FOUGHT FOK ' HE INTERESTS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE FOR THE MAN WHO WORKS FOR A UVTNCL

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action of T. W. Knglehart and W. A. Cain in securing Attorney Drummond of South Bend to represent him specially. , So far there have been 15 veniremen turiitC down. It Is believed thai the number of veniremen that 'will be refused will be double this number be fore the Jury is finally accepted. Most of the work that has been done s- far is preliminary and the real sensations of the trial are not expected to be sprung until the trial of the case l gins. - The action of James W. Kawarnic an alleged detective In going about the streets maligning Dean and telling nasty stories of Dean's private life is said to be reacting against the defense. It is pointed out that if the defense really had anything on Dean that it would wait and bring out the evidence In court. Consequently the mournings of this man Kawarnic are not taken seriously. Kverything possible Is being done to acrete a sentiment against Dean in the city of Valparaiso. The same tactics that were employed in the trial of the last'Knotts case afe In evidence. v A AUTO WRECK and precipitating its occupants to the ground in a hurry. Dr. Sehlieker was sent flying over In front of the machine, but plcke4 himself up without a scratch. Postmaster Lundquist sns- -tained a painful braise on the left leg above the knee. Xlr, Block was scratched about the face and his teeth cut" his lower lip, while Mr. JIs- left -cJieeJc. , was barked. Mr." B'lo'ck'a raincoat' was" also ripped up the back.. The' machine was badly damaged , 4 ' ' :" ' "- The party limped sadly to Schererville. where they telephoned Kast Chicago for another machine, but before this had .arrived they., were overtaken ' by VT. R. Van Home In company with C. A. Westberg and Tom O'Connell and Walter Spencer. The latter volunteered to wait with the rest of the Kast Chicagoans for the other car. thus making room for Messrs. Block and Lundquist in the Van Home machine, which proceeded on its way while Dr. Sehlieker and Messrs. Lewis and Spencer Waited for the other car to arrive. ' DIES AT CEDAR LAKE. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, lnd., Nov.-7. The death of John Horner, a well-known man of Armour, Ind., was reported yesterday, he succumbing at the home of - his mother, Mrs. Barbara Horner, yesterday morning. He was 41 years of age and leaves a mother, two brothers and two sisters to mourn 'him, namely, Frank , Horner of Hammond, Jacob Horner ot Nebraska, Mrs. Mary Krnst and Mrs. John McTagart of Elizabeth, N. J. The funeral will be held at Hanover Center church on Friday morning at 10 o'clocKT"tbe interment being at the Hanover cemetery. GEN. WOO TH HOPES TO REGAIN SIGHT , General William Booth, 'head oC the Salvation Army, after making an intenaed visit to Germany arid Denmark, will undergo an operation hi London whic he hopes will restore his falling sight. , The general, who is .igbty-threa years eld, is . almost totally blind.

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