Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 123, Hammond, Lake County, 10 November 1911 — Page 1

WEATHER, UNSETTLED FRIDAT. AND SATURDAY; SHOWERS SATURDAY. VOL. VI., NO; 123. ONE CENTNER VCOIJY. . (Back Numbers t. Cents Copy.) HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911.

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One Hundred and TwentyFive Guests Will Honor Senators Shively and Kern and Other Notables at the South Bay Hotel Tonight. VISIT IX HAMMOND. Senators John W. Kern and Benjamin K. Shively. who. together with Congressman K. I. Crunrpacker and H. A. Barnhart, will make an automobile tour of the Calumet region, did not arrive in Hammond until between 3.30 and 4 o'clock. Senator Kern did not afrivo in Indiana Harbor until shortly after 3 o'clock, and th9 automobile trip did not start until shortly afterwards. The business houses of Hammond have been decldatei for the occasion and the city presents -.a gala appearance. -4; (Special to The Times.) Indiana Haittor, Ind., Nov. 10. One hundred and twenty-five members of the Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago and their guests will banquet tonight at the South Bay hotel, the guests of honor being Senator B. F. Shively and J. W. Kern. Congressmen H. A. Barnhart and E. D. Crumpacker. and Col. Zlnn. i Many of the merchants and business men have decorated their ; places of business with bunting and flags, , and !f the weather permits at the time of the automobile parade It is expected that a large crowd will be on the streets to get a glimpse of the distinguished visitors. The complete list of guests follows: J. G. Allen, .Louts Aeby. William Alexander. P. D. Flock. G. J. Bader, I Brissey, C. W. Barre-tt, , J.'- It. Brant. A. p. Brown J. Brown. H.' A." Barnhart. B. Chew, W. H. Conner, B. Cohen. W. B. Conkey (Hammond), P. Callahan. E. D. Crumpacker, W. C. Dickey, C. F. Dallas. D. W. Dupes, E. E. Dubbs. -E. De Brlae, J. S. Dewey, J. Doppler, H. M. Doll. R. Ehrhart, A. DeW. Ersklne, William Edwards, Dr. W, Greenwald, C. E. Fowler, J. R.' Farovld, H. A. Fredenhagen, J. J. Freeman. G. H. Fetterhoff (Whiting). G. H. Fifleld, W. J. Fnnkey, F. H. Fish, WiUIam Fox. B. J. I Glazebrook, E. S. Gilbert, J. A. Gavlt (Hammond), W. H. Gostlin (Hammond). J. H. Glllett (Hammond). H. C (Continued on Page 6.)

TRIAL SET FOR TUESDAY Edward Shields of the Indiana Harbor police department - was arrested yesterday morning by Constable Huber on a -warrant sworn out by Harry McCoy Charging him with assault and battery. J The case will come up before Judge Prest and was set for trial" Tuesday mornirTg. Nov. 14, at 9 o'clock.ROCKEFELLER? WHO'S HE, CIRL INQUIRIES

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Goad's Le.igti . y Miss Grace Leigh, young woman playing in "The Quaker Girl," in London, whom William Rockefeller said, upon landing in New York after his trip abroad, was the finest girl he ever saw, doesn't even know when she was shown a newspaper containing an account of the interview with the oil king's equally ia- . mous brother. .

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AGAINST RESORTS West Hammond People May Get After Hammond People Who Rent Property For Immoral Purposes; Officials Spend More Coin. The meeting of the village board of West Hammond last nleht rrmiltAri in another wild and uncontrolled effort to spend the funds of the village as fast as they accumulate." The board of trustees authorized a bill of $250 paid to Attorney John W. Creekmus. who was employed by August .Zimmerman - and John Hessler. to save thelr jobs for . them when the city officials, elected at the one and only city election that was held following the decision of the vilage to becomo a city. 'attempted to take over (.Continued on Page 6.) COSMOPOLITAN BARRED FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY Valeria West Literature Is Thrown Out of Racks by . Library Board. "Common Law" and "Get-Rlch-Qulck" fiction are to be barred iron the magazine racks of the Hammond puihHc library. ' As this ruling can. only be applied to one of the standard periodicals, there 4s ny need of generalities. Inshort, Mrs. Sawyer, the librarian, jpWlt WSfWrJfWptTflt aJft the Hearst monthly, that is simply the glazed paper - edition 6f his Sunday magazine section, la to be torn out of reading room because of. Its sensationalism. ' - , Henceforth the Valera West's and and Walllngford sWill have to be presented in some of the other numerous magazines that the library shelves contain and of which the following are a Part: . - , American Machinist. Atlantic Monthly, Blackwood's Edlnburg Magazine. The Bookman, Boston Caledonian Century, Concrete Engineering, Christian Science, Collier's, Correct English, Cosmopolitan (never again). Craftsman, Cumilated Index.'Current Events,' Current Literature, Delineator. Dial, Engineering News, Epworth Herald, Everybody's Fortnightly Review, Forum. Goodhouse Keeping, Hampton-Columbia, Harper's, Harper's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated London News. Independent, Iron Age, Journal of American History, Keith's, Ladies' Home Journal. Lippencott's, Literary Digest, Living . Age, McClure's Manual Training, Muslcfftn. Musical Courier, Nation, New England, New Era, Twentieth Century, North American Review, Outing, Outlook, Physical Culture, Popular Electricity; r Popular Mechanics, Fopuiar Science, Public, Publicm Librarian, Puck, Quarterly Review, Periodical Literature, Review of ReVlews, Saturday Evening Post, School Review, Scientific American, Scrlbner's, Strand, Success, Survey, Technical World, Twentieth Century, World of Today, World's Work and Young's Magazine. A number of juvenile magazines are also on the subscription list. SALOOlAfJ GIVES 815 FOR 15 CENTS On a warrant sworn put by Eugene Brown, William Panko of West Hammond was arrtsted this morning by Constable Huber on a, charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. A few days ago Panko went into the saloon of Max Lovinger, 575 Morton avenue, and asked to have a check cashed on the American Steel Foundry for only 15 cents. Mr. Lovinger was out at the time, and ' Mi-.' Brown, 'ne bartender, rashed the check, and Instead of giving Panko 15 cents, as the check called for, he handed 'Panko1 $15.' ' . A short time after Brown noticed that the check was only good for 15 cents, arid' he ,'a't " once located Panko and asked him for the remainder of the money. Panko clatmed he only received' 15" cent's, as" the check called for, and refused to give up the balance of the money. A number of men were in the saloon at the time and saw the $15 handed over to Panko, which they will testify to. The fact that the check' was misleading was shown this morning, as It read give to the bearer "Fifteen" and at the end of. the line It read only 15 cents, which Brown did not" see. " The triel will come up before Judge Prest tomorrow morning. , WHT ARE 'YOU , NOT A TIMES READER?--

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John W. Kern. Through the energy of a few Interested persons "practically all of the opening of Hohman street from, its present southernmost point through to the Little Calumet river, where It will join with the. street that the village of Munster has opened to this point. Is assured., " . The' promoters of this project do not propose to have it delayed by condemnation proceedings, and so they have gone ahead' and secured deeds to the These have practically all' been signed And will be turned over to the city of Hammond, In which the territory is located. The opening of this street will, insure the building of a splendid highway 80 feet wide all of the way from Hammond to Munster. Things are In such good shape that It is proposed tohave the county commissioners build a concrete bridge over the river at this point. Steps to Interest them lri this "project will be taken at once. The Interest manifested by the owners of the farm land a-long the new road Insures the success of the project. While other street opening projects are being delayed, or while property owners on other streets are standing in the way of the more progressive people of the region, the success of the Hohman street project Is now assured. It 'is said that the quiet activity of the boosters of the Hohman street project is rousing the property owners who would like to see Calumet avenue opened to the river and that they expect to get busy on this matter at once. SNEAK THIEF CLEANS OUT BOAT HOUSE . Sneak thieves entered the club hcftise of the Hammond Motor Boat club on the river some time during the past forty-eight hours and made their getaway with pennants, pictures and other miscellaneous .articles. ; Last night Frank Drackert - of the Hammond Motor Boat club reported the followlng'.missing articles to the pj lice: . Ten purple and white pennants, one 8-foot pennant, taken from the top of the club house; one H. M. B. C. flag, red white and purple; one American flag, one electric' mission table lamp, six small picture -frames, 5 oak and one Dlack; two large photograph pictures of boats 14xlT; three dozen teaspoons, The club has not the least idea who the thief was and has turned the matter over to the police whoare working on the case. - DEATH OF TOLLESTON LADY The tolling, of bells of the. German Lutheran church of Tolleston tht morning announced the death of a wofor more than a half century. Mrs. Frieda Brown passed away at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon following a short illness. She w-as 85 years old at the time of her, death. Thecause of her demise Is given as old age. - Mrs. Brown had made her home with August Brow-h, who lives in Chicago street near Second. She was the widow of Ludwig Brown, a . Lake county pioneer, ,who died several years ago. But one. son, August, survives. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon-, from the Brown residence. Services will be conducted at the Lutheran church by Pastor Rump. interment-will be In Tolloston cemetery. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES?

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- Benj- F, EASL CHICAGO GIRLI IN ELOPEMENT Second Marriage at - Nineteen For Hattie Funkhauser. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago. Nov. 10. Friends of Hattie Funkhouser will be surprised to learn of her elopement yesterday with Clarence Boyer of Gary, to whom it is understood she was married shortiy after a license was Issued In Chicago.. This is Miss Funkhauser's second marriage, although she Is only 19 years of age. Her first husband was James Waters, whom she married" last fall and from whom she was divorced in the spring. Mrs. Boyer Is the .daughter of Mrs. Clara Funkhauser, widow of the late John Funkhauser, who lives in the Emery building. Boyer is from Toledo, Ohio, and this residence was given in the license. He has for some time been employed as a clerk in a Gary store. SUBMITS TO OPERATION Recovery is now possible in the case of Grant Hunter at , the Wesley hospital fin Chicago, whose HCe was almost despaired of by consulting physicians who delayed for two weeks the operation which was necessarily made late y f terdar. Paralysis of the 'iowsIs a ,,onj;tion tli.. effected the entire ', system and constantly endangered the- life of the 4hfr!ples man was the peculiar complaint jthat brought the case before the best of Chicago ' specialists. Once in the 'operating room all the surgeons left j the fate of Hunter in the knife, their only - alternative. The obstructions were removed and the organs may resume their functions. Mr. Hunter is now beyond the danger fcorie and in a convalescent condition. As he is naturally a man of iruih strength and potsef.eci of great vitaMtj his recovery is expected to ba 1 1. 1 hi. - - EDITOR LOSES SUIT. (Special to The Times.) ! Crown "Point." Ind., Nov.' 10. The suit of Nat L Smith Versus J. E. Eastman was .decided in .Judge. Kopelke's court yesterday,. Contractor Smith being given a judgment of $Si2.?l and attorney's 'foes of $50, 'making a total of $892.91 on his original claim of $906.78.. . Th.e. jsuit was for .the recovery of the above amount for services rendered by Smith In the building of the barns and house on the Eastman country estate near Schererville. Eastman claims the bill was greatly In excess of the estimate given him at the time

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Shiveley. VJfRESTLING BOUTS WERE A FIZZLE MS.HMSI No Crowd Appears at H. A. A- and Management Call off Mat Matches. On account of a very small crowd at the wrestling matches at the Ham mond Athletic Association gymnasium last night the contests were called off by President Mason and it is doubtful if the club will ever attempt to stage them again. All the contestants that .were scheduled to appear, on the program w-er present- but left the hall without even attempting' to put on their mat-togs. 1 After waiting for nearly an hour j for a suitable crowd it was announced ,that the contests would be called off and the money refunded. , It is rumored that the Hammond Athletic Association is. abmit to disband as the club has not bee na paying proposition and Is deeply in debt. DOCTORS FINE PROGRAM . Between 50 and 60 doctors, members of the Lake County Medical society and their guests, . sat down to a splendid banquet at the Masonic temple last evening after listening to the llnest prograjn of medical papers that Lake county physicians have ever heard. The dinner was "served by Mrs. Mary L'pker and was up to her-usual stendaia. Those present say that it wan one of .the finest affairs that have recently been held In Hammond. The visitors were- highly pleased. After the dinner at the Masonic temple the program of medical papers was continued. There waa ample material for the elir.ics and the doctors all agreed that the lectures were exceedingly Instructive. ' The afternoon session of the meeting was held in the rooms of the University club. The main club roomo was filled "with physicians and they listened Intently to the papers that were read and to the discussions that followed. Dr. George It. Osborn of Michigan City, the councillor of the Tenth district medical organization, was present' at the meeting lst night, and it was finally decided that a meeting shall he held at Gary, on the second Thursday In aJnuary. at which the doctors of the district will select their officers. . The 'rrte'etihg ' in' Mariimond yesterday ! conceded. b" every, one. to. have been a great success, and Drs. K. M. Shankiin and II.' J. 'White "of "the cdmriiftfee fn program end Er. T. W. Oberlln, Dr. VS'm. D. We's and Dr. C. S. Itoardrnan of the committee on arrangements are. being congratulated on the success crt tne affair.-'"

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(BCLLETI-. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 10 ren finished both eroM-ezamlaatioB and redirect at 2i24 tbU afternoon. Hia testimony traa not shaken by the defense, with the poralble exemption of tbe statement reararding; hla secarfnK tbe franchise. ' He declared on cross-examination that he called the arrant a "good" , one in an Ironic fashion. FollovrlaK Dean's testimonx George P. Washburn, an expert connected with. the National. Dictograph company of Chicago, was -called to explain the workings of the Instrument used by Dean. It was put In his bands before the Jary. The defense objected Judge Van Fleet overruled. State Is laying foundation for Introduction of dictograph evidence. j (BY M. P. IITDWIG.) (TIMES Staff Man.) Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 10. When Thomas B, Dean, promoter, speculator, detective and now the central ! figure in the Gary, graft cases leaves ! the witness stand today in the Valparaiso Circuit Court, he will have been dragged through the muck and mire and soused in muddied evidence the like of which has never reverberated between the walls of a court room in this part of the state. Attack His Character. The attorneys for Wllllston had all night to whet their knives for Dean.a&4- h-Ixmisvllle- gang, w a? up'brlght and early anxious to get at the state's star witness. To get In the-verbatim dictograph records and other corroborative evidence and to shield their client from the heavy character attacks upon him by the defense,' will be the program of the state's attorneys, while the defense hopes to clear C. A. Wllllston. city engineer of Gary, the first steel city official to be put on trial. May Take Two Weeks. They will try to take from Dean his last vestige of manhood and morality, and they will brand him as the hired spy of a coterie of men who are said to be known but whose names will not; be brought Into evidence. That, as nearly as can be gathered now, will be ; the program for the defense. It is thought that two weeks will be required to accomplish all this. . Yesterday the . word - was . passed around .the courthouse that nearly a dozen Louisville men had arrived ready to testify against Dean, .as. to his character and reputation. - He. on the other hand. Is said to have' the necessary witnesses, too, .who are. ready to respond when needed. An Extraordinary Case. 'AS the trial proceeds ' it "grows .more interesting, especially if the attorneys on both sides only use a few of the weapons of attack and" defense with which current rumor credits them. As far as It has proceeded It lacked nothing -to-make It ' an extraordinary' ca'se for both the layman and the legal practitioner. - Practically every seat In the audience section was occup'ied today, and many noted lawyers of Lake, Porter and Laporte counties were present to witness a proceeding made attractive to. them because of the array of legal talent on both sides. -Therewas clash after clash on the question of admissibility of evidence-between Gov. Marshall's personal representative, Samuel Parker of South Bend, attorney for the state, and Charles P. Drummond, also of South Bend, attorney for Wllllston. Compared With Pig Cases. The fact that these cases are. being tried with an unusual earnestness In contra-dlstinction to the almost farclal proceedings of the Gary blind pig cases has been repeatedly commented on in circles where the trial of today has been discussed.- ' An apparent throat trouble with which Mr. Dean is suffering is annoying not only to him but to his audience as well, for the reason that his voice has no carrying power. He could not appear to his best advantage, but with- ! al proved to be a good witness. Clash Over Dictograph. ; " The first clash between the opposing lawyers-on the question1 of admitting Mr; Dean's alleged dictyograph record i verbatim came early In the day yesterj day, and although the state gained, a I noint when Judge Van Fleet ruled that the witness may look at the copy to refresh his memory, the manner how he should refresh his memory" and what information he got from the typewritten copy In his hands continued to be the subject of debate until the state finished. How Dictograph Worked. . !, Not having qualified as an expert on dictograph construction and mechanism Dean was limited to a brief description of the Instrument and Its operation.

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STATE'S STAR WITNESS AT VALPO " (Bl'LLETlV.) Valparaiso, Ind.,' Kot, 'lO, 1:30 p. ox, T ho nuts B. Dean Is still on the witness stand and Is pro-ring- to be a star witness. He Is being rross-examlaed by 'Attorney' Charles Drummond" of Sooth Bend and Is bearing up unde the lire erea better than the state ex pected. ; . ..4 It Is coaeeeded that Attorney Dram ntond has not yet been able to shaka him from hln story or to. confuse him in the least. . Attorney Parker seems to have -lb situation well In hand. Parker la now laying' plans to have, the; dictograph testimony - introduced la full. So ' tar he has not been able to bare the steno graphic records of - the - conversation that 'was token over the .dictograph Introduced as testimony ; but the court did allow Dean to- refresh his memory with the distograph record. The next witness will be M. HlmincU ban, the stenographer 4who was nt .thai other end of the dictograph.' He wltt testify regarding - bis ---work - and ' It la possible, that through his .testimony. Attorney Parker will be able to 'have the full stenographic report of the coa versation between Dean and Wllllston) Introduced as testimony. Another '' witness who " was " at "the other 'end of the dictograph and .nbn nlll testify Is Samuel Watson, preldent of the Northern State Rank of. Gary, who will testify as to the coo-, versation between. WIHitson: and Dean. The ease now seems to be exclusively in tbe hands of. Attorney - Parker of South Ilend, for tbe state, and Attorney Drummond of . South. Ilend, far' the defense. They are the principal attorneys In the trial so. far. . It nan thought that on account of tbe showing that Drummond made yexterday that W. J. McAleer' of Hammond might take charge of the case today, but Ilrumtnond was back on the job this moralag when court opened shortly after 0 o'rlock. - . . ' . The dictograph used by Dean and as described by him works on the principle of a telephone. That portion of the instrument corresponding to the transmitter In a telephone, but - which is in the shape of a dik about four .Inches in diameter, hung under Dean's bed la room 308 of the Gary hotel. It was In, this room that Dean says the vital business pertaining to the briberies toole place. t Took Stenographic Record. From the dictograph' disc which, hung, at the foot under, the bed a wire led to. the head end of the bed, front where It went under the carpet, along the door frame and down the hall to room 304, where the receiving end of the dictograph was. Here, according to Dean's testimony, were stationed ' M. Himmelblu. who made a stenographic record of the sentences . that came to him over the wire. - On another receive lng end of the same -wire in the same room, according to Dean's " testimony, stood' Samuel J. .Watson, president of the Northern State Bank of Gary. Like Himmelbl.au, he was supplied . with a.

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