Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 2 December 1911 — Page 1

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WHAT IS HOME .' WITHOUT THE A'OL-1., NO. 44. DECEMBER 2, 1911. EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION. ARAB CHIEFS OX WAY TO EXECUTION; THEY DIED 15 MINUTES AETER CAMERA SNAPPED Rev. Anton H. Heitmann, Who Died Here Today. YOUNG GIRLS AT THE

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DY James B. Admits Blowing Up of Times Building; Gompers Shocked; Detective Burns Exultant; Life Term Probable. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 2. James B. Mi Naniara yesterday pleaded guilty to murder In the first degree, ending his trial for the Times bomb explosion, which killed twenty-one men. Immediately afterward his brother, John J. McXamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, entered a plea of guilty to having dynamited the Llewellyn iron works in Los Anereies on Christmas day, 1910. Aatlon May Prosecute. Yesterday's action completes tVf part of the state of California in the affair that has stirred the whole country, but District Attorney Fredericks said that if the United States government should institute any investigation concerning any. unlawful transportation of dynamite, or if authorities elsewhere in the United States should wish to delve into causes of explosions where labor was involved, it was a niatter in which he had no further concern, though any information at his disposal would be given to the proper authorities. Indicted for 19 Deaths. James B. McNamara's confession clears up the tragedy of the explosion and fire which at 1:07 o'clock on the morning of Oct. 1, 1910. wrecked the plant of the Los Angeles Times at First and Broadway and Caused the death of twenty-one persons. For nineteen of these deaths the JfcXimira brothers were indicted, and J. B. McNamara was on trial specifically for the murder of Charles J. Hagsrert' ' a" machinist whose body was found eafer"ajratiat"oTafty' 'other . , (Continued on-Page S. ,- .; "HIS HEART'S IDOL," MRS. WRIGHT'S PLAY "ills Hearst's Idol," a moving picture story of which Mrs. Paul Champaign Wright, 60 Sibley street, is the author, has been accepted by the editors and will be produced by the Ilex Co. Manager C. G. Kingweli of the Hammond theatre, has promised to show it here as soon as possible. ' This is the sixth moving picture . play to be produced for Mrs. Wright. Two more, "The Lilac Sunbonnet' and "The Price," have been accepted by the editors, -who in turn are trying to find a producer. "His Heart's Idol" is a drama of the American home, in which a little boys; the idol of his father, is the principal character. WILL HON0E HERO OF WAR OF REVOLUTION V CLINETWMST Commodore Paul Jones of Revolutnonary fame is the next national figure whose deeds are to be commemorated at Washington. The president, secretary of the navy, and other officials will participate in the dedicatory exercises next spring ot a memorial Vj the creat sea fignter. Congress appropriated $30,00 for the work several years ago. The statue of Jones here pictured is a colossal bronze figure, and will have for a background a marble pylon of classic desiKn.

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The ltev. Anlcn Herman Heitmann, seventy-nine years old, for thirty-six years the presiding priest at St. John Evangelist's Catholic church at St. John, died at 1:20 this afternoon at St. Margaret's hospital. His death was due to old' age and white 'he was unable to speak he retained consciousness almost until to the last. The funeral arrangemtnis have not yet been made., but the probalities are he will be burled at St. John.' Father Heitmann -was born in Lastrupe; Oldenburg, diocese of Munster, Germany, on September 18th, 1832. He made his studies at the Gymnaium of Vechta and in the University of Munster; ' on December 24th. he emigrated to America. He -was ordained priest in Fort Wayne, by Bishop Luers, on March 5th, 1S65. His first appointment' was that " of assistant, at St. Mary's church in Fort Wayne, untii October 1870. He was the pastor of St. John's church, at St. John, from October 1870 till July 1st, 1906, when he resigned, and continued to live as pastor emeritus at St. John. He was sv-eceeded by the Rev. Charles Keyser, who presided - over the parish untl? November 21st. of the same year, when the Rev. A. M. Buchheit the present pastor took ch-arge. T ! at the Hospital. Last summer the aged priest's health began to fail visibly and in the latter part of May. he was removed to St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond where under the kind treatment of the sisters his health was again partially restored. He left the hospital after five weeks, but. on November 13tTC It was .'"aga'in necessary to bring hin. back. ,It was then seen that 'he could not survive his old age much longer. Hi health failed. rapidly beginning this week, and on Wednesday of "this week he lost his power of speech. He was conscious however, and listened intently to the prayers that were recited to him by a sister at his bedside. The progress of his illness was followed with, tha closest attention by his former parishoners who held his name as a household word. : He was reluctant to retire from ac tive duty when it was suggested to him several years ago, but he was finally induced to turn the reins of the congregation over to a younger man His few f remaining years he spent almost like a hermit, taking only enough exercise to Keep mm irom going to the hospital. The balance of his time he spent in prayer and meditation. -Waa Prepared to Die. As a priest Father Heitmann led his congregation by example rather than i'by preaching. He took little interest in worldly matters and things of this nature which forced themselves upon his attention were used by him as arj gunients to show the vainness and emptyness of lire. His private life was a, rigid adherence to this principle. He permitted himself no luxuries and; many times even refused to availhlm-j self of the accepted necessities of life. His death, which came too early for all but him, Is deepl5-.mourned by nundreds of former parishioners. THINKS S5. LIGHT FINE! ' K j MegeWlSCn Jan. MpetWa( More From RileyJudge Indiana -Harbor." Dec. 2. John Zemerich of He;?ewisch was arraigned before Judge Walter .1. Riley yesterday ftt 6 p. 'nC and fined $5 and costs for being intoxicated. John had conio fo East Chicago Thanksgiving nigh', to attend a dance in Oklahoma. lis took aboard such a package that he was arrested, lie made the necessaryarrangements for bail for his appearance in court yesterday morning at IS o'clock, and was 'released. Ten o'clock arrived and John had not materialized. At ten-thirty however there was a commotion In the corridor and the man from Hegewisch . entered the court room with a grand flourish. He was kit "lit" up. So much so that Judge Rliey thought it necessary for John to steep it off before his trial could proceed. So he was shown to a cell in the polico station and by 6 o'clock was in ondltion for a hearing. When Judge Riley fined him five and costs, he grinned and seemed somewhat relieved that his sentence had not been six months lii jail, for Judge Riley's fame has extended across the state, line. He paid gladly, remarking that hereafter be would remain in Hegewisch where ths whisky was not "doped." The LaVendor Cigar is a home product. None better.

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New Plant Is Opened Quietly; Promises to Prosper; Will Be the Main Car Shop For Big Packing Concern. .Special to The Times, i Indiana Harbor, Ind.. Dec. 2. Three hundred men went to work this morning at -the Oudahy Packing company's new car plant in Calumet, this establishment having opened up for'operations today. The new. plant was opened quite unostentatiously and work will proceed steadily with the present force. The building with its "saw-tooth" roof, so constructed in order to give the greatest possible amount of light, has been completed as far as the casual observer could notice, but there have been a large number of inside details that have occupied the 'attention of a working force since the roof was on, and everything was ship-shape this morning for the construction of cars. The plant is built entirely of brick, cement and steel, the buildings being, therefore, most substantial. The plant and its yards are provided with two miles of construction track, the shop itself being an immense structure. At this shop all of the Cudahy refrigerator cars will be constructed and erected, as well asVaU repairs made. At first it was intended to do only the repairing of the company's cars at this point, but it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and a serious fire at Omaha, which swept away the car plant there, made it necessary to rebuild at once, so it was decided to put up a completely equipped car shop on the newly acquired holdings of the company at Calumet. Work has been rushed forward at a rapid rate ever since the idea of erecting the jnain car shops of. the big packing company was first ":fornVulatd.'-witit the'result t,hat the Just -completed plant '? now ranks among the foremost industries of this rapidly growing section of the Twin Cities. filOllOIl FLYER KILLS DEAF HAMMOND BOY George Malatin and Companion Caught in Snownear Indianapolis. George J. Malatin, 14 years old, son of Martin Malatin, a fireman at the Hammond pumping station, was accidentally killed near Indianapolis last night, when he and his companion, Bertrand Zvlobly, were struck by the Monon flyer. Mobly was also killed. Both of the boys were inmates of the state deaf school, and were walking along the tracks in a snow storm. Unable to hear, they did not notice the approaching train. , '? -. A telt-erram relating the accident was j received at the aMlatin honif, on Hart ri.K( RVPIhIh H i llirtsd 1. Ihi mAi-n. I j Jng. The fatner lnade inlmediate ar , rangemelUs to go fo jnuianai.oi3 to bring the body of , his soir" back tor burlaIThe boy whose death was caused, becousc of his defective Hearing-, suffered an Injury to his hearing when he was about 2 years old. ""The aA-ident is said Mr. Malatin and his family are wel! known in Robertsdale, and they have i many friends there, who extend to them their sympathy in this bereavement. - " BUSINESS. OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER The outlook for an upturn in the businss of the railroads of the countryis growing brighter, according to George Sherwood Hodgins. who has contributed an article on "The Railway Situation at the Close of 1911" to the December number of American industries. Mr. Hodgins adds, however, that no very startling or sudden revival of business is expected by those besl qualified to speak. "We have the right to believe." he continues, "that when once we get til's ship on an 'even keel," political agitators will not be allowed to shift the ballast at their pleasure. We have been passing through a frying phase of industria evolution and the result wii; ultimately be of t!.e greatest auvsmagC. Prosperity is bound to come back, but like the rising tide, it is marked by a broken line made by many oncoming and receding waves. The line of this advancing tide, irregular though It be, need not deceive, us. Behind the eddies and slack waters of trade there ' the growing feeling of condence which must win and which shows us that the tide has at last turned and 'is even now flowing In."

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liere ale shourii two Arab chieis of Tripoli, sentenced to death by an Italian courj mnrtlal for stealing an ax from an Italian soldier. The picture was ttcke-n as thpy were on their way to the scene of executiorv They were shot fifteen minutes afterward. Word come from Tripoli that warrants have been issued by Italian authorities against the two correspondents, one of them an American, who sent out news of the atrocities practiced by the eoldiers of the army of Invasion. -They are charged with having been In collusion witk the Turha. '

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HITS CURB: C. J. Wunchei, the well known West Hammond baker, was the victim of an automobile accident last Wednesday night that might,feasjly have been more serious than it pf yed to be. Mr. Wunchei a party of friends were returning 'tTOta : a wedding in Wunchel'a vHupm.otile..v The prestolite tank was running Sow anil the 'lights were get Mag f'-Hfr:WVT,""tfmtVti ed to erive over to I'aiumet avenue on Highland street. - . . Highland street lias a jog in it ta i the point between the Monon and Erie j tracks. The car struck the curb at this ; jog and the result was that three of the wheels of the car collapsed. In the car at -the time of the accident were Mr. Wunchei, Charles Gabal of Fernwood. 111., fiis three edaughters and Miss May Brenge of Hammond. None, of the party were thrown out of the car or injured in the least. Excepting the wheels, the car was not Injured and after three new wheels were put on it the. car was in as good shape as ever. WEST HAMMOND YOUTH ARRESTED William Peodaski, another 17-year-old West Hammond lad, was arrested j last night on State street by Officers j Bunde. and Kinsele on a .'barge of lar ceny. He will be held at the police ! station until Monday morning, when his case wil(come up before the juvenile court, in the superio court. , U is charged on the 9tli of November Peodarski h-to'.e an automobile tire ! from an automobile belonging to lr. ' Ostrowski, which was standing in front of his oftiee on , Douglas street. The I automobile tire was ttvw and was slol- ! en from the rear of the machine. Peodgarski then took the lire to Beinii.e. ! ill., where he Is said to have sold it to the firm of Latuliiie Bros, for a certain . sorrto of nu,ney. The warrant was worn lout by Officer Ok raj of. the West liamI lnod police, and he will appear against i .v, -.nunr- t-,,i j " . I i iV, -Eac.J. : t Attorney Joseph Convoy, accompanied j by his wife, went to Philadelphia on a business trip. Thoy exiiect to be gone j j for several days. Mr. and. Mrs. Conroy have written a number of letters to tl.cir friends in this locality. Twenty-three Days to Christmas Twenty-three Means "Skidoo." You For That. Shop Today

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I if ARA6 CWIEFS SENTENCED Jo DEATH FUND TO WIDOWS. When the McNamara brothers were arrested on the charge ' of dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building members of the various labor unions over the country believed them to be innocent; They rightfully determined to raise enough money to . provide a defense for them that would be equal .to that which would be pitted 'against them by the state of California. If the men were Innocent union labor intended to go lh limit in clearing them of the charges. It is said that this fund was close to $170,000, of which $100,000 has already been spent. A balance of $70,000 remains. Since these traitors to the cause of unionism have admitted their guilt and have proven themselves unworthy , of the sacrifice . ; which union labor has made for them. The "TtMliA suggests lnatt'he' balance- -bf-this fund be paid over to the widows of the men who were murdered as a partial compensation for the terrible loss they have suffered. By this act union labor will prove itself not in sympathy with such acts of violence in which the lives of t innocent persons are sacrificed and perhaps the fund will be sufflcient.to keep the families of the victims of this terrible crime fro:ii want. The gift could be accepted by these sorrowing widows as an evidence of the fact that the unions of the country desire to show in some practical way the sympathy that goes out to them from the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of union men who do not believe that murder is a means to an end in furthering the progress of. the labor movement. The Times further suggests that the secretary of every labor union in the Calumet region at once send a telegram to the secretary of the American Federation of Labor suggesting this disposition of the funds remaining. HIGHLANDS ADVANCES (Special lo The Times.) Highland, Ind.. Dec 2. At a meetml w.c " "'8" -

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land last week a commercial club was i " formed which is to be known as the , q, , - Highland Commercial club. Klection WOrK at OtandStlii. of officers was held and the following; The season of Idleness In the buildwere elected for the ensuing year: j trades is at hand. Bricklayers, President A. I Reiner. stone masons and laborers fn all parts Vice president Joseph Douthett. of the region are being laidoff after Treasurer John Kortenhoven. season of unusual activity. Con-

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Directors, three year term Peter men today. He has all of his jobs unKooy and Richard Hook. der roof and the work of completing Directors, two year term M. J. i the interior finish alone remains. Other Grimmer and H. S. Daugherty. contractors are laying off men and it Director, one year term Joseph is believed that several hundred men

Douthett. As yet it has not been definitely decided where the commercial club will hold its meetings, but at present regular meetings will be held in the school house. Meetings will be held the first Tuesday of every month. The object of the club will be to boom the town of Highlands. The project now in hand is to get. a street car line connecting Highlands with Hammond and the cities of the Calumet region. TRAILS MEET OX BRIDGE. Two east-bound freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad were in collision at noon - yesterday while crossing the bridge which spans Whitewater nver, just west of. the Richmond passenger station. None of the train crews-wa. injured, though escapes were narrow. The bridge is one hundred fee high, and the enginemen, though, realizing a collision was inevitable on account of the slippery rails, remained at their posts. ,Three cars, all loaded with merchandise, were hurled into the river. Traffic was delayed for several hours. - If you smoke a LaVendor once you will always call'for them.

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to Hold Children; Authorities Aroused by the Search For Fourteen-Year-Old Esther Wiseman; Prosecutor Greenwald Promises an Investigation.

A request from the Chicago police department detective bureau yesterday asking that the Gary poliire locate four-year-old Ksther Wisematn brought to light the harrowing fact that young girls barely out of their teene are still being employed in the many of the lowpool and billiard rooms In the foreign quarter of the city where they are subjected to influences that soon lead to their ruin. The child was found after a fifteen minute search by Capt. Gus Newman. She was serving coffee in a Greek establishment at the northeast corner of Eleventh avenue and Washington street where from ten to fifty Greeks. Macedonians and Bulgarians congregate at various times of the day and night. last night detectives arrived from Chicago and restored the girl to her parents. Greeswald To Act. ! When Prosecuting Attorney Charles Greenwald heard of the case this The Thanksgiving presentation by the Guy ; Hickman company consisting of the matinee performance of the "College Students" and the evening. "The. Blue and the Gray,", were i received by thm largest audiences, v"-!, ,tve L attended:' UJMlee tit tw : 5fn A., f siHJUMj with the .work of this company. The hits of the company are made by Guy Hickman. Miss Helen Forester and George Ford. His company has ' presented six different plays since their opening performance of last Sunday night and will still present three new plays before they close their engagement. It must therefore be recognized that it Is necessary to have artists of the best kind to do this work and the Hickman Stock company have certainly established a reputation of being the best stock company that ever played in Hammond. The Blue Grass Quartet has always been a feature of every performance- as tlrelr singing is of a high grade. For Saturday night, at the request of a number of people who failed to see the first production on Sunday last "The Swamp Angel" will again be presented at which time the diamond ring, offered by the management, will be given away. , "Blades of Blue Grass' wflll be presented for the Sunday matinee and the engagement will come to a close on Sunday night when the rollicking comedy, "Out on a Lark," will be given. ItTs the hope of the management to be able to have a return engagement of this company "before the. close of the season. Those who have not seen them should take advantage of the last three performances. Popular prices of 10, 20 and 30 cents j prevail for all performances, excepting (Sunday evening, when the prices will : be 10 "ft 30 anrl Rft rr,. tractor J. H. McClay alone laid off 46 J in this branch of the building trades will be laid off within the next week. Pump Machinery Arrives. Five carloads of material for the new pump to be installed at the city pumping station have arrived and will be set up at once. . Work under the direction of Mr. Carmichael, " of the Snow Pump company, will begin next Monday. Several more carloads are n the way. An idea of the massivei ness of the machinery can be gained when it is learned that the flywheel alone weighs thirteen tons. Church Conference Tonight. The quarterly conference of the First Methodist church will convene this evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. Brlggs, the district superintendent, will be present and will preside. The business of the church will be transacted committees and officers will jnake their reports and plans for the year will be completed. Dr. Brlggs will preach at the morning service on Sunday. " . ' THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BESTOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE TIMES. ' , "

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Poolroom Owners Conspire ; mornig he announced that he would take steps to prosecute the proprietor. The girl will be brought, back as ft witness. . "I will make an example of this) man," said the prosecutor this morning. Shocking Discoveries Maoe. First Intimation thRt the pool rooms were harboring girls of tender age came to light a few weeks ago when' Pr. I. Millstone, health commissioner and Mrs .Charlton, health and police matron, found shocking conditions x-' isting in a number of south side establishments. The damning fact that young girls were employed by the Greeks and that many of them slept in the same building where the men congregated was. published at the time but no prosecu tlons resulted. Sbystera In Collusion. "As soon as the police learn that foreign pool room Is harboring youna (Continued on Page 7.) BRIBERY TRIAL OF GIBSON TOJE SHORT Emerson Bowser to Follow First Gary Councilman on Stand. Although the trial of 'Alderman Walter Gibson of the Gary council for accepting .nd soliciting a . bribe has beem postponed, until : Monday, Decern ber llth ifc ts ll tv -'C, ct vt'l t Co- 1 ' '" 'U. Had the; trial ' at Gibson" SitU' fc Crown Point on next Monday the state would have mad an endeavor to "com plete Alderman Simiasko's, case by that time, but as it is, only Gibson's case will.be tried before Christmas. Boiraer to be Tried Soon. ' In consequence the completion of Gibson's case will witness the shift of . the scene -of action to Porter ounty where early next month Alderman Emerson L. Bowser , is to .be tried on bribery harges. There will be a change in the defense at the Crown Point trial ss Attorney David Boone of Hammond will be chief of counsel for him. - . Special Prosecutors Parker and Hodges and Special Judge Van Fleet who took part in th eWilliston trial at Valparaiso will appear in all subsequent trias. SISTERS APPRECIATE HOLIDAY GIFTS A dozen baskets of fruits and provisions were received at St. Margaret's hospital on Thanksgiving Day for a holiday cheer for the patients and the sisters of the hospital are surely very grateful to the senders. The children of the afayette school tent most of the baskets, and the sisters want the children and the teachers there to know that they appreciate the kindness verjr much. WILKIE IS SEEKING SMUGGLERS ABROAD If-'' JOHW. ET. WJLKlf? John B. Wilkie. chief of the United States secret service. Is engaged in a diligent search abroad for evidence to clear up a series of mysterious emuggling transactions by which hundreds of thousands -of dollars worth of go'xis .ave been brought Into this country. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and Collector Loeb of the port of New York are co-operating with Wilkie in his et forts to run down the arausKtere,

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