Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 45, Hammond, Lake County, 9 December 1911 — Page 1

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WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT THE TIMES? n CLOUDY,. UNSETTLED SATURDAY; SUNDAY GENERALLY JfAIK. ,VOL. L, NO. 45. DECEMBER 9, 1911.-.EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.

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HIS X ' Although Miss Virginia Brooks, West Hammond's Joan of Arc, did not appear In Gary to address a vice crusade meeting1 last night the fact that she was to erf me and may yet come may be responsible for some activity "against various forms of vice in the steel city. That this may be done was shown last night when E'nathan Braddock appeared before an Inquisition composed of Mayor Knotts, Folic 'Chief Martin and the safety commissioners, dock took Miss Brooks' place Christian church brotherhood Monday night and said some Bradat the meting things that caused the police heads to (summon them before them. Newspaper men were invited to be present. What Board Learned. " A newspaper had misquoted Bradeck. clals Bo it was found, and the city offlwere somewhat peeved over the charges he had made but when the man faced the inquisitors last night they found that he had made statements which are seemingly true. The safety BIG PLAIT 10 RESUME Hammond Cheered Today! fey WotTTQ TViqt Rf QTirTaYvl Steel Car Plant Will Get Busy Early Next Year; . Lethargy Shaken Off. - .vi.'... . --

(feet wide and will be the minimum that Coincidently with the visit' of J. M. . jg permitted by the government over a Hansen, president of the Standard Steel J navigable stream. The work of conCar Company to Hammond comes the ' structlon will comment next spring, information that two western railroads . The county commissioners also de-

have ordered 500 car each from theicj,jed to build a 'temporary bridge over company and Ths Times is advised that , the canal at Canal street. This bridge

these cars are likely-to be built in Ham mond. , One of the officials of the company aim .tala tKat n y-.r-A - 1 Ann -m would be. sufficient to warrant the starting1 up of the steel car department of the local plant. This is positively the most encouraging news that has -been received n .Hammond in, weeks. Taken together 'with the announcement of the receipt of big orders from the government by the Simplex Railway Appliance Company it becomes apparent that next year is to be one of great prosperity for Hammond. . . The orders that have been received by te Standard; Steel Car Company are BOO box cars from the Missouri Pacific and 600 jflat cars from the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. Get Wtern Order. It will be noticed that these orders .are from western railroads. When the Hammond plant of the Standard Steel Car Company was built It was the purpose to have all cars intended for the western railroads built here. - Since the revival of activity in the equipment market most of the orders that have been received by the company have been from eastern railroads. Now . ' (Continued on Page 6.) Romulo E. Napn is the eight-year-old on of thff Argentina minister at Washington. ,H is a marvelously bright youngster. He is a talented musician and speaks several languages besides his own native tongue and English, most of which he has acquired since the family's recent departure from their South. American borne

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board learned: That Braddock stated that two first subdivision hotels had been used (knowingly or unknowingly) for immoral purposes and that the same accusation had beer made against houses in Virginia street. That United States secret service men are watching the red light district of Gary. vThat girls had been seen entering certain south side saloons. That a new building being erected In South Jefferson stret Is to be used for Immoral purposes. (;ire Information Source. Braddock denied that he had made the statement that the police were col-i lecting tribute and it could not be proven that he was not misquoted. He stated that? he had information that unmarried couples were making rendezvous of the Broadway and Unity hotel3 but that this was some time ago. Similar charges were made that certain (Continued on page 8.) The Scherzer-Rolling Lift bridge, similar to the one built in Hammond, was adopted by the county commls- , sioners at Crown Point for, use over th a"1 hleaKO avenue- , j i ii: unue will i '.".(. iii ucisjiuuiJf permit of a 40 -toot roadway. 'eight foot walks on either side and the space is taken up by the girders. . i . j. ne span user tins r.a. uiri .10 113- do will cost only $10,000 and is intended to take care of the immediate needs of the locality. The two remonstrances against tn granting of saloon licenses to Lake County saloon keepers are being argu ed today and adjournment will be tak en tonight. AIM PROMISE TO WATCH CREWS Complaint Made by Dr. W. F. Howat Seems to Be Well Founded. E. L Allnut, yardmaster for the Erie railroad, Haminond, snid today. that he is doing 'everything in .ills power, to make the train crews obey the or dinance prohibiting the blocking, of street crossings. He said that he had Investigated the complaint made by Dr. Howat to the police and found that the offender was an employe who had only recently come on the road and that the complaint was well founded. "We want to keep the se crossings open, even if .we would have to get an entirely new set of train crews," said Mr. Allnut. GARY BAIIKRUPICY CASES HEARD TODAY George V. Bacon Tangle May Be Straightened Out By Referee Sheridan. The affairs of George V. Bacon, the deceased Gary real estate man, which we're taken into the bankruptcy effurt prior to his death a few weeks ago, and which have been the object of an investigation since then, are up before Referee in Bankruptcy Harry C. Sheridan, acting as special master, today. It ,v as believed that there could be an amicable settlement of the case made . between the principal creditors and the estate, but matters have' been more; involved" than was anticipated , and he court has been all day yesterj day nd part ,of, today trying to j straighten them out. ' " " " There was a first meeting of credit ors In the case of Fred J. Bolles of Gary, who has no assets. Seabright & Whi are representing him. .There was Also a special meeting In the case of Eqw-ard Snyder of East Chicago,

BRIDGE GRANTED BY BOARD

j who has no assets. Abe Ottenheimer 1 ia representing- him... , , v

CLERK AID SISTER ARE BOTH GONE

Henry Duffner, Agent of the ttickel Plate Railroad at Hammond, Has to Scratch His Head to Figure Out Dope. This Week. How would you like to be a railroad agent and waked up one morning to hnd that your ticket agent had run away with your sister, or your sister had run away with your ticket agent, whichever way you want to put it? Henry Duffner, agent of the Nickel Plate railroad in Hammond, on last Monday found himself minu,s a chief clerk and a ticket seller, and in return found that he had a brother-in-law. Peter Thompson, formerly o( Bettsvllle. O., but for two years chief clerk at the Hamm6nd station, and Miss Clara Duffner, sister of Henry Dukner aid until recently a. ticket agent in the same office, were very quietly married in Chicago on Nov. 23. They kept their wedding a secret until last Monday when they informed Mr. Duffner that they expected to leave that evening on their honeymoon trip on the 'Frisco lines to the gulf coast. I-eft In Lurch. Mr. Duffner found his explanations about being left In a lurch! futile, and finally gave his b'.eseing to the pair. It was learned that Mr. and" Mrs. Thompson intended leaving on the 6:28 Nickel Plate for Chicago that evening, and accordingly- Mr. Duffner sent a mutual friend to the couple with the supposedly confidential information that a heavy ncg shower awaited them at the depot. Nothing of tni kind had been planned, but the travelers taking the cue of the good friend, wento Chicago on tne street car with a good laugh up their sleeves, thinking that they had given Henry the "si'j.." the second time. Dn finer to Leave Temporarily. -"ate-wasfclivl to Mr.- ttrffBerjwever, in his prdirment for help, for on the next morning D. P. Thompson, a brother of the bridegroom and also a railroad man. arrived in Hammond to visit his brother, he, too, having been in the dark about the wedding. He learned that his brother and his bride had left, on the preceding evening, and Mr. Duffner promptly put him to work in the ticket office. The Thompsons arc expected home next week and will make their home ft 418 Bauer street. Both are well known ar.d popular in Hammond, and have the good wishes of scores of friends. Thrir romance started in the railroad office two years ago. The wedding ceremony was performed by aCatholic priest if Chicago. Dnffner to Travel. Mr. Duffner expects to get away during or immediately after the holidays for a three months" leave of absence, his plans being to spend the time st .he Pacific coast. He denied today that the coast had any other attraction for him aside from the cli mate and the scenery. To the friends of Mr. Duifner this rtatement is important as he is unmarried. JURYlfi WILE, BE ISOLATED . Gibson Bribery Case Stage In "All Set at Crown Point. Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 9. Anticipating the probability that th veniremen selected ne.xt week in the Gibson bribery j case will have to be isolate;! from tne rest of, the world during the progres sof the trial, beds have been put in the Jury chambers so that the Jurymen can be guarded andv kept at the courthouse all night. Evefy pre caution possible will be taken to guard against any crooked work with the Jurymen selected and which ever way the verdict is rendered, those in charge are determined that it will be solely upon the merits of the case and frea from outside interference. A great deal of local Interest is being aroused and it is anticipated that the courtrom will be well attended durr ing the progress of the trial by those anxious to hear the much discussed dictagraph get in its incriminating evidence. ANOTHER TIMES BABY. Frank C. Williams, secretary of theLake County Printing & Publishing company, reports the arrival of a new boy at his home this morning, and mother ' and son are doing famously. Frank is., of course inordinately proud of the stork's present, which is the first one for him in fifteen years. Incidentally the new arrival raises great hopes in the bosoms of Col. Jack Crawford, Joe Meyer and Dick Marr, - in whose lonely domiciles the "Nothing Doing" sign has been hung. up near the "Go d Bless Our H'm" motto for these uiany years-

PRESIDENT OF "IRONWORKERS' UNION IS IN LIMELIGHT IN, MCN A MARA BROTHERS' CASE

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Frank M. Ryan, president of the Inter-nation Bridge and Structural Ironworkers" Union, Is one of the labor officials to whom attention has been attracted In the developments following the confession and septence of the McNamara brothers. Ryan's offices are- at Indianapolis,

wnere a leaerai grana- jury is to.

unaer direction .or u. s. .District Atorney Miller, of the dynamiting outr

ages oi tne aic amaras ana others SHANK MAY BE NEWESHAHDIDATE Indianapolis Mayor Said to Be Trimming His .Sails v For Nomination. TIMES BlRE.tr, AT STATE CAPITAL,. Indianapolis,- Ind., Dec 9. It is becoming apparent to a good many of the politicians here that Mayor Lew Shank of this city Is trimming his sails to enter the race tor the Republican nomination for Governor next year, and if he does not get into the race a good many people wiU miss their guess. Shank is not making an open campaign for the nomination. He has not said to anyone, as far as Is known, that he s a candidate' for the domination. But the opinion is growing that he is doing a lot of things that Would lead him in that direction. In fact he has been doing things which cannot well be explained on any other theory than that he has the Governorship in jrie'w. Shank came into promineiee here through his unique political activity some years ago. He proposed to be a candidate for a county office at on: jtime, but he found after he was in ths race for the nomination for a few weeks that another man was almost sure to defeat him for the nomination. Then he switched over to another race and was a candidate' for; ths t office. Some of his friends pointed out to him (Continued on Page 7. Say Mr. Merchant You want people to do their Christmas shop ping early, don't you? Well lWhy don't you do your Christmas advertising early? ' x Do If --Now Don't wait till the day before Christmas. The early , advertiser gets the business. People are buying now . '

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IYAW begin an investigation, December 14. alleged to have worked with them.' ' LITTLE PAUL DOUGLAS IS CRITICALLY ILL Son of Superintendent of Standard Plant at - St. Luke's Hospial. ? Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Douglas of Glendale Park, who have for a week watched the condition of their 3-year-old son Paul, who is at St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, have grave doubts as to his recovery, and the deepest sympathy Is extended to the family. About a yeaf ago the child developed eye trouble which recently caused it to lose the sight of one eye. While treatment for' the eye1 was being given, other serious complications set in until yesterday, .the attending physicians said that practically evefy organ in 'the body is affected. The little patient took adecided turn for the worse a week ago today. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas have two children, Paul being the younger. Eleanor, the oldest child, is 7 years old. ICE COMPANY' TO BUILD IIEtnTRUCTURE New Equipment ' Needed For Big Increane in -Business. Extensive improvements and a general overhauling is being made at the Hammond Pure Ice Company's plant on Russell street and the repairs are expected to amount in a total of thousands of dollars. A new building is being erected . at the plants which wilt cost in the neighborhood of $2,000, an3 will be used by the condensing department. In thi3 building a new water power system is , being installed for the purpose of cooling the water. On account of the large business which the company has done in the past year they found their plant inadequate and voted a sum. of money for new machinery and repairs. The work is expected to be finished shortly after the first of the yea. Pastmaster's Night. The initiation of Fred Nutall at the annlal pastmaster's session of the Bine lodge was an interesting ceremonial last night. After the initiation refreshments were served. The following were the officiating officers: William v K.' Howat, W. M : William H. Gostlin, S. W.; T. Edwin Bell, J. W.; Hugh F. Heikle, S. D.; Harry' E. Sharrer, J D.; Charles R. Dyer, S S; John W. Davis, J. S.; William H. Spellman, Craft; R. Scott Galer, Frank Traver, Otto Morbeck. About two hundred ' were in attendance and the work is said to have been the finest ever had in the temple. Attend 'Banquet. A nirinber of Hammond people will attend the annual banquet of -the Indiana society which will be held at the Congress hotel in Chicago tonight. Among those who will be present are A. M. Turner, W. G. Paxton, ' Harry Johnson, . John F. Sawyer and I I Bomberger' '

NEGOTIATIONS FOR 1WERIWSM

Negotiations are pending for the location in North Township of the largest industry that has ever located in Lake county since the Indiana Steel company bought its site at Gary. The Times is in possession, of the facts, but as the publishing of the details of the project might hurt it and

embarrass those who are working for the success of the deal, the publication of the story will be held up for the time being. ' ' : -

SCHREIBER CASE IS SETTLED OUT OF COURT

The litigation which resulted when clrtain stockholders of the Schrleber Potato Machinery company sued Ernest G. Schreiber "for the amount of their stock on the grounds that he had entered into a verbal agreement with them to take back the7 stock at any time they desire to sell, came to an end yesterday when the matter was settled out of court. . The terms of the settlement were such that Schreiber agreed to pay the stockholders all the stock cost them, together with interest at 6. per cent. The costs are to be pa'd. by the defendant, Schrieber, and the attorneys fees by the plaintiffs. , The following stockholders received rrrecRs from the American Trust & MAINE BLOWN UP BY A MINE. Washington, D. C, Dec. 9. The. United States battle ship Maine, which sank in Havana harbor in February. 1898, as the result of an explosion, was blown up from the outside. This was announced yester-4 day by the naval board which has been examining the wreck. The findconfirms the report of the original invesctigators, who made a superficial examination of the wreck shortly aft er the disaster! STEAMSHIP 1,000 FEET LONG. London, Dec. 9. A greater ocean liner than any yet built has been ordered from Harland & Wolf at Bel fast by the Hamburg-American Com pany, according to the Standard's Queenstown correspondent. The ves sel will be over 1,000 feet long; will be, eleven stories high and will have accommodations for 5,000 passengers It will have 80,000 horsepower, twice that of the Olympic or Titantic. An exact duplicate of the marble swimming pool pound at Pompeii will be one of its luxurious features. BUZZARD CAUSES DEATH. Denver, Col., Dec. 9. Mrs. John L Hadden, a bride of -three weks, died today as the result of hardsntps ex perienced by herself and her husband. an v attorney' of Cambridge,; Mass. They were lost Tff the mountains eight davs. during which time a-severe bllz zard raged. Mrs. Hadden died on a train bound for Denver from Rifle, Col. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden went to Utah on their- honeymoon. Banauet Tonight. The members and their families of the Hammond-carpenters' union. No. 599, will be treated to a large banquet and entertainment to be held at the Mason!j temple this evening. Everything is in readiness and the committee has arranged for a good time - and a large crowd. They have also arranged an entertainment program which wiil commence at 7:30 p. m. All mebeps and their failles arS cordial!?' invited to attend. Kendrick Oets Job. Contractor W. H. Kendrick has secured the contract for the construction of the foundations for the new..$15,000 transformer station which the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company is erecting at the corner of Sheffield avenue and Hanover streets. The conhtract for the building itself will be let this week, and the building is expected to be Completed this winter. Try a La Vendor cigar. It's good!

LATEST MEVJSj

Savings bankthis morning for their

respective interests in the. company: Jacob Kasper, judgment for $1,371 and costs satisfied; Joseph Kasper, two sharet; William Ahlborn, 2 shares; M. Rothschilds, 2 shares; Paul H. Mueller, 25 -shares; Katie Mueller, 5 shares; An ton Grueppe, 5 shares, and Carl Bauer. 6 shares. The shares were $100 de nominations. Atto:irtey J. K. Stinson, with whom I, V. Cra.ens was associated, represented all of the plaintiffs. The defendant was represented . by George B.vSherer, after a number of other attorneys had been employed, and were discharged for one reason or another. It Is licit believed that Schreiber himself-has purchased, the stock, but he was able to Interest outside capital in the enterprise. i After he got. the money it was paid out through the American Trust A Savings, bplt,,,-, j.--finf 3nrrhae- -of jtock. Trcdnftdisgruntled stockhoMers.fioed ' inot it? ' -any way .affect the control of the stock Of . the . company. tThat still . remain with. George Eder and his friends; who have taken over the management of " the .company. ; ' i . ' Under Eder's management the company "lis begun to earn money, and it Is thought that it will soori be a good paying investment. . .Recently the capital stock'.of the company was increased : from $30,000 . to. . $50.00.0, but sale of the additional stock was held back pending the . settlement of this litigation. KITTY GORDON TO WED EX-HUSBAND? . fcrrrry GORDON CAPT. UBHFZY ZEKESFOZD ' Kitty Gordon, who baa been called the most beautiful of English actresses and who at present is appearing in New York, may not marry Count Kenry Fries, the Austrian nobleman, next June as she had planned. Instead, she probably wiil be remarried tj Opt, Henry i3eresford, of Lodon, brother of Lord Declea, the husband of Vivien Gould. She divorced Beresford "last March, but he haa ben striving ever since to effect a reconciliation. and now he ha a cabled him t3 Join her In New York Christmas ant! ta!k things over. They have one child, an 'eight-year-old erirlr -at present a pj?U la a Scottish convent.

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