Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 126, Hammond, Lake County, 14 November 1911 — Page 1

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Chicago Man Lays Important Information Before Gov. Marshall Anent Lake County Town; State Starts a Quiz. 1F0IWI0II FROM IEIES 0I PARTNER Sensational Revelations Are Made to Governor in Conference, All of Which Chief Executive Believes Is True Suit for Injunction Against Telephone Co. Probable. TIMKS It I UK A I . A I" VTVIi: t AIMT At.. Indianapolis, Ind., Ncv. 14. That Mont Tennes, the notorious Chicago gambler is operating a pool-room in Hobart, in Lake county, and disseminating race track information by means of the telephone from that place to Hammond, East Chicago, Gary and ether places, is the burden of a complaint laid yesterday before Governor T. R. Marshall. Governor Takes Acticn. - ; The executive has started a rigid investigation and therstate's legal department ' has 'been put on the job to take action against the telephone company, if the news is true. """ Murphy was the side-partner cf Tennes and is now waging' a bitter fight against Tennes. He declares that Tennes is responsible for poolroom service in Indiana and has been guilty of "wire tapping and dynamiting. Is In Full Swing. Itace track gambling: in Indiana, according'to Murphy's statement to the governor. Is now in full swing and lnf ypoli-, Richmond. Terre Haute, .- .-Ville, New Albany, Logansport. end. Laporte. Valparaiso, HoAContinued on Page 7.) PRIEST ISVERY ILL. An ambulance made a trip to Pt. Johns yesterday for the purpose ot bringing the llev. Father liuchcit to St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond who lias been seriously ill for a number of months. A report from the hospital this morning states that Father Buchelt is very sick, but the attending physician's have the best of hopes for his recovery. Dog Case in Court. Mrs. Mary ' Wolf, S57 , Calumet avenue, was arrested this- morning on a warrant by Officer Trost for violating the city ordinance about harboring vicious dogs and allowing the animal to run at lai jjp. I'he date of trial lias riot been set and will come u p before Judge Harnett in thp city court. Mrs. Wolf furnished a $100 bond. PLANS JHULATION7 OF CORPORATION'S LAME Frankin Lane, of California, nember of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has advanced a plan for corporation regulation which provides for a national commission tc control interstate business. , consider complaints of oppression against competitors, and investigate and .dJust them.

FARMER VICTIM OF KEROSENEJXPLOSION George Cottrell, Living East of Lowell, Is in Critical Condition.

Special to The Times.) Lowell. Ind., Nov. 14. George Cottrell a well-to-do farmer living four and one-half miles east of here was seriously and fatally burned early this morning and his home set afire as the result of his trying to light a dying fire in his sitting room by pouring gasoline on it. Cottrell was pouring the explosive out of a can on the dying embers when such a volume of gas was gencraied that the can exploded. The farmer was covered with the burning oil. He ran outside, a human torch, and jumped into a horse trough in his barnyard and extinguished the flamea and ran desperately into the house where he rolled over the burning rugs and his wet clothes quelled the blaze. Two doctors were called to Cottrell's bed-side and he is in a critical condition. He is about 40 years old and has a family. STEAM PUMP 1$. SIX MONTHS LATE Hammond Will Probably Find Iut Out Very Shortly, However. The pumps which the steam pump men promised would be ready for installation inline addition to the pumping station by the 1st of June of this year are not here yet, and it is not known when they will arrive. It has taken nearly a year from the time the dtclsion was reached to add to the pumping capacity of the Hammond statttVgft the plant insralle,ir" Despite the fact that there MS an urg ent need for the extra pumping capacity during-tie 'summer season, the worn nas been delayed so many times that it seems as thought it will never be done. Tom present indications it will be the first of the year, or possibly later, before the pumping station will be ready. At the present time the travel ing cranes, wun wnich the pumps are to be installed and which will be used to handle them while they are being repaired, are being put in. FRED BASSGW AGAIN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE Fred P.assow, 447 Summer street, was! arrested last nigbt by Officer Trost on a warrant sworn, out by Oetecfive Burke of tiie Michigan Central railroad on a charge of flipping' freight trains. Hassow's character is not of the best, and has figured in many escapades in Hammond and has been constantly under th eyes of the police department. He is now under parole in the superior court, having been released on bis good behavior since the time Jake Diamond's home was entered when he and i a number of other boys stole over $100. ', Mr. Burke has been trying to catch : Bussow for some time, but was una- ; hie to lay his hands on him and asked the aid of the police department. Bas- ! sow has not been working and all that i be has been doing of late has been rldIn r Alf.-liic-iTi Cftntvfll ft'ii7ht train. A number of other boys have been doing the same thing and are warned to stay off off the trains. j The case was continued before Judge I Barnett this morning until tomorrow at i 9 o'clock. Bassos was placed under a j $100 bond, which he was unable to fur- ! nish. ... The latest discovery In domestic jeieoce is the remarkable new system I of cooking brought out bj- M. Nicholas Soyer, chef. of the celebrated Brooks' Club of London, England, known as "Cooking fn Paper Bags:" It is claimed that the system Is labor-saving, doinar awav with the washing or pots and pans: that it keeps the smell of cooking from pervading the house; that it makes every dish more savory and nutritious than is possible with the po-and-pan ystem of cooking; that It is economical, the food weighing practically the same when drawn from. as when put in, the oven; that it makes possible hygienic cooking, no germladen cooking utensils being employed, and that it means quicker cooking, lower fuel bills as a consequence, and, because of better cooking, better health. The Chicago Daily News is exploiting the system in great detail and announces a series of descriptive articles and practical recelpes. by the new system, to run every day for a period of two months. The subject is, of cours. of the most praciical interest to every household. THE HOME NEWSPAPER OP LAKE COUNTY 13 THT3 COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE TIMES. .. ...

CONGRESSMAN WHO SEEKS TO ABOLISH NEW COURT OF COMMERCE CHARGES THAT IT NULLIFIES INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

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Congressman Thetus W. Sims, of Tennessee, is more determined than ever in his search for support of bis bill abolishing the new United States Court of Commerce, following the court's decision reversing the Interstate Commerce Commission in the "Spokane case," affecting intermountain shipping rates through the West. By the courts' decision, he says, the result of ten years of work by western cities is set aside in a day. He declares the new court nullifies the commission's efforts, resulting in the accomplishment of nothing at an enormous expense.

PHILLIPS TO BE HELD T0GRAND JURY East Chicago Man Guilty of Shooting Unable to Clear Up Mystery. (Special to The Times.) Kast Chicago. Nov." 1 4.- Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Meade declares that there is some mystery back of the Harris murder which he has not as yet been able to fathom. For this reason he has J decided to dispense with the preliminary hearing previously arrang ed T for andtake .the .MsepfMui;rsy Phillips cnarged with the murder of Harris, direc to the grand jury. Thi will, convene on Monday next and it 's the Intention to Tush the. case to an early trial in this term of court, if possible. Phillips was arraigned before .Tudgrf Walter J. 'Riley in the vity court yesterday morning, where he entered a plea of not guilty. The plea was ent(Contlaied on Page O'KEEFE GOES TO OKLAHOMA HOTEL Cox Co. Manager Resigns to Take Up Work in the Southwest. Memories of happy winter days spent beyond the zone of snow and ice were temptations to J. O'Keefe, manager of the Cox cigar store. Deserting at the first touch of winter weather O Keefe resigned his position in the shortest time possible, obtained another in the same brief period and will leave this week for Oklahoma City, where the pleasant autumn is in its prime. From there O'Keefe will pursue his fa vorite phantom to the torrid zone, if necessary. At any rate he has agreed to retreat farther south at every approach of the northern specter. Oklahoma City, in the estimation of O'Keefe and some others who are not so fortunate as he, comes the nearest in perfection to the new'Jerusalem of any mortal municipality. "Its not merely a pile of brick and morter," said O'Keefe, "but a living thing with an individuality. It is the most human of cities made up ofthe most human people?" O'Keefe will have chaise of a cigar store vowned by the Manhattan company of New York. It is situated in the new Shirvey hotel, the finest in the southwest. The shop will of necessity be the most aristocratic in the city. Herman Clause, former manager of the cigar department in the Lion store, has taken the place of O'Keefe at the Cox store. CASES AGAIN POSTPONED 1 . The mandamus case in which the citizens of the village of West Hammond are attempting to force the village trustees to call an election for the selection of a new set of city officials has again been postponed. The witnesses were all called to Chicago with the expectation that the case would come, up yesterday, but it was not reached and it is now apparent that nothing will be done until about Wednesday or Thursday of this week. John Hessler,. August Zimmerman. Ignatius Mankowski and Miss Virginia Brooks, together with Paul Kamradt and the other members of the board were in Chicago readl for the trial. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES?

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DUCKS 01 LAKE FRONT PLENTIFUL

There are thousands of ducks on the lake front of Hammond. The ducks ap parently have been driven in by the. cold weather in the north. They have been there for the past two weeks. Joe Kasper says that several men who were concealed on Cuneo's pier shot 102 ducks before noon the other day. Most of them are blue bills. T be1 water is black" with" tbenv rwhy they do not go father south, is a mystery. , . Today they are said to be resting on the water a quarter of a mile out. It is when the wind rises that they are compelled to fly in closer to shore and the hunters are able to ki! so many. HORSE STUCK IN MUD. A call came in at the Hammond police station about 7:30 la.t night from P. M. Kindle who reported a horse stuck in the ditch half way between his grove and the Indiana Harbor Belt line. The police patrol was sent out with rope and tackle and after a half hour's hard work the horse was finally hauled up to terre flrma. The horse belonged! to John Lowenhart of Knox, Ind., who was driving home from Chicago. Carter a Delegate. Arriving in Atlanta, Ga., early Monday as a delegate from Hammond 40 the American Federation of l.abov. Barney Carter notified friefids of his temporary address for the convention week. I.ast year Mr. C irter attended the assemblage at St. Lo'.iis as a representative of this city. 'Seemingly he made a star delegate f.ir he was reappointed upon his return.By the latter part of the week the. union meeting of labor officials from every city of the nation will clo;-". Mr. Carter Is expected back on Sunday, lie will make a report at a. meeting of the local union next v?eek. ALLEGED SLAYER IS STOICAL IX COURT 1 HT - I I ox JAWE QU1NN o Mrs. Jane Quinn, survivor of three husbands, two . of whom died from mysteriously inflicted gunshot wounds, remains Unmoved in her prison quarters in Chicago, where she is held on a charge of having caused the death of her last life partner, John Quinn. The yoilig woman was stoical all through the coroner's inquest, even when her late husband's bloodstained night shirt, which he wore when he was shot In bed, was exhibited.

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BUS QUESTION "Where Shall We Have the Eats?" Is Burning Topic For Newsboys Debate. Proprietors of certain Hammond hotels are anxiously awaiting the decision of a body of young gentlemen having It In their power to increase the income of the above said hotels in no small manner. Where shall we eat? is the question for debate. - It has long- teen the bane o f 'r e,i ist&m:tu4?.or wealthy -rlwbmen and stone-broke tramps alike and now it is confronting the newsboys of Hammond. Where they will dine on Thanksgriv ing day will be decided by the asso elation at a meeting at Huehn's hall on Friday evening. Like many fashionable bodies, it is the custom of the Newsboys' union to observe, extol, honor and participated in. the celebration of all national, local or foreign holidays. Hallowe'en they marts historic by a now notorious hayrack ride around the city. Windows were shattered and real estate suffered, hut it all was wiliinglj" sacrificed to the gladsome eve of All Saints' day. On last St. Patrick's day race lines were forgotten. The Italian, German and Polish all joined with the Murphys and O'Reilleys in the joyous observation of the birth of a celebrated Irishman. Interviews with the lending lights of the fraternity revealed that the "What shall we eat?" question has long been eliminated from the discussion. By mutual agreement it was ruled that turkey, or raiher the plural, turkies I would be the base of operations onthe festive board. Dressing and puddings, pies and cakes will give their moral support, but the realjssue lies with the turkey.' PINNED UNDER A HAYRACK (Sppciai to The Times.) '-Crown Point, Ind., Nov.' It. Saturday night's wind cam within an ace of being the agency that snuffed out the life of Irving Williams, a brother of Philenus Williams of this place, who lives on a farm ahout eight miles east of this city. Yliile returning home Saturday evening riding on a hayrack the wind overturned the rack, it fall-

ing upon Mr. Williams and pinning! will be cleared for the eight hours him to the ground, where lie was com- j argument that are expected for toraoipelled to remain for nearly three hours. row. - Searchers found Mr. Williams, who Is I All talk that has been heard so far as about 30 years of age. in his awful j to the outcome of the case Is of course predWamem some time later and re- merely conjecture and means nothing

leased him from his perilous position. Dr. Houlc was called to give medical

attention and found Mr. Williams quite 'the court house as to the merit of tha badiy bruised and .suffering from the j test imony, although there Is more room exposure to the elements. At this, for argument on that question. There

writing the injured man is recovering nicely and will be none the worse for the accident in a few days. Still After Girls. W. B. Conkpy is still rushenj with business, lie needs twenty-five girls at once. He does not care whether of not they are fat or thin, good looking or only fair looking, Americans or Americans of foreign extraction, young or old. just so they ere old enough to qualify under the factory laws of the state. . , . He wants ambitious girls, girls who will be in for making as much money as they possibly can consistent with doing good work. Conkey offers splendid opportunities to the right kind of girls and wants them to make applications for positions at once. The Conkey plant is busier than it has been for years. It could do even more work than it is doing. The employes of the plant are more than satisfied for the reason that they are able to have steady employment at good wages and are able to make lots of overtime money.

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Judge Van Fleet Rebukes Defendant

Bribery Case After Williston Loses His Head

(BlI.IiETIV) Valparaiso. Ind., Nov. 14. 3 p. m. Character wit for Dcf - or now trKtlfylng that Dean reputation In I.oulnvllle for truth, htneaty and mor ality are good. Twelve wltnennes are I to tentlfy. It ! probable that all the evidence will be flnlnhed tonight and preparations made for Instructions to the Jury nnd final argument. (BIM.ETIX.) Valparaiso, Ind., Mt, 14 Charlea Wllliaton Tn severely reprimanded by the court thin morning when he passed the He to Attorney Parker for the ntate. Parker hi avsked " illston If It wan not a fact that he had been In Chicago at the time his baby wot born. 'Wllllston admitted that It was. Attorney Parker then asked, "la It not also a fact that you were drunk on the night your baby was born t Wllltstou shouted. "o, and you are liar to say so." There was a great consternation In the court room. Judge Van Fleet nt once reprimanded Wllilston and told him that there was no occasion for the use of such language. Attorney Parker then arose and stated that he had tried to act the part of a aentleman all through the trial (ml that he could not account for such conduct on the part of the witness. Williston reallxlng his mistake atammered an apology. Tt Is feared that WIIHston's break will have a bad effect on the jury. It Indicates the state of mind Into which the defendant han got himself. The defendant Introduced about 20 character witnesses. Attorney W. J. Me t leer examined tbem la the Intereats of the defendant.: Mc.!eer questions were framed for the parpoae of establishing Wlllixton's reputation for truth and veracity. Attorney Parker, however, was able to bring out In his onesttonlna; of these witnesses the fnct that Iheywere'lBtripersonal frlndsof!r Williston or frfendi of the Knott administration. - - .' ' IJo-an has a number of character' wltneses whom he will introduce this after noon. It is expected that the testimony will all be In by this afternoon and that the arguments will begin tomorrow morning 4Bl'I.L.ETX. Valparaiso, Ind., ov. 14 Wllliaton was put on the stand this morning for n short redirect examination. Prior to this, th following tiary people were Kworn In to tentlfr to WHIston's good character. Rev. Appleby. Snyder of the Post. Dcnnowlta of the Tribune, Holmea of the South Side Bank, Hunter, cashier of the Northern State. Plew of the First National. Dnvia, SchalbleJ Michael, Erlrknou, Wlldermnth, Kelly Prlletler, Meyer, Herr, Supt. Wirt, Morrlaon, Brown. Seabrlght, It ot hernial Mrs. Voder Starr, Cutler. Matanskl and Baldwin. (BY M. I. l.tDWIG.) TIMK SlafT Man.) Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 14. The Jury sitting in the first of the Gary bribery cases, in which C. A. Williston. the city engineer is charged with having received a bribe from Thomas B. Dean for voting for the latter' s heating franchise Is about to hear the closing arguments in the case made famous because of the dictograph records. Character witnesses . in behalf of Williston and Dean took up the greater part of the day along with the preparation ot the court's instructions to the jury and the arguing thereof for their presentation. MY START ARGlMESiT TODAY. It is not improbable that the state may get in an hour's argument today but it is more probable that.the boards ns ?ach i nlics to ide Is confident. The same apthe statements heard around were very decided opinions yesterday (Contlnued on Page 7.) MUCH-NEEDED IMPROVEMENT By the installation of four drop sewers and the laying of several ' hundred feet of sewer pipe the Erie railroad has at last eliminated the duck ponds that were such an unsightly feature of the depot grounds. These improvements were recommended by the Hammond Business Men's association and the railroad has authoriped them built, with the result that the surroundings of the depot will be much improved in appearance. A. M. DeWeese, the agent of the railroad, said today that no one wanted to see a new depot erected In Hammond any more than he did, and that he hoped the. day was not far distant when he would be able to announce that the Erie railroad would build a handsome new station. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES?

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IS WILLISTON THE GOAT? Gary lawyers were somewhat surprised at the action of the defensa yesterday in admitting that Williston had received money from Deao and that he was promised more but that it was for a real estate deal. "I would take it," said one attorney, "that A. F. Knotts and Wr. J. McAleer are protecting Mayor Knotts in this. You see by having: Williston admitting under oath on the witness stand that the moneywas for a real estate deal therp is no chance for him later to confess, tell the possible truth, if this is not it, and involve the mayor. "You will find that all the way through the. protecting mantle will be thrown about the mayor and the other defendants will be placed in a position so that they can give no testimony that would Incriminate Knotts. - In other words, tha aim of Williston's lawyers is to save the mayor at all hazards, as I see it." LATEST tlWSl "SLUGGER" GETS LIFE TERM. Chicago, Nov. 14. Maurice Enright, business agent of the United Aesocia tlon of Plumbers, .recently convicted of the murder of Vincent Altman, was sentenced "to life imprisonment by Judge "William H. McSurely. Enright had been denied nts'teiat. TRAIN KILLS 3 V BROTHERS. Rhiriecliff, r. J., :Nov. 14.t Salvator Gambani was killed on the railroad here yesterday. Later fa the day his two brothers were walking down the track for the purpose of identifying the body , when they, too, were run down by a train and instantly killed. TUG RESCUES FORTY-SEVEN. Astioria, Ore., Nov. 1 The fortyseven passengers and Bailors on the schooner Washington, which struck on Peacock Spit early yesterday afternoon, were brought to this port last night, having been rescued from death after a battle with the elements extending over nearly thirty hours. SWEATERS FOR SOLDIERS. Washington, D. C, Nov. 14. Coats will no longer form part of the uniform of United States troops in the field. The war department has decided that a light sweater will be just as comfortable and a more practical garment than the present Bervice coat. Not only will the sweater be worn when the men are up and about but it will also be need tp supplement tha blanket as a sleeping; garment. KAISER'S ART SHARK SEES OUR GALLERIES s5 Dr. William Bode, art' commissioner for the kaiser, general director of the Kaiser Frederick museum In Berlin a d acknowledged to be th world's greatest authority on ancient paintings, has come to the Unite.! States accompanied by. his daughter, Miss Mao Bode, to Inspect our art collections. He will see the galleriea of J. Pierpont Morgan and other money kings who fcave gone la for precious art.

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