Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 162, Hammond, Lake County, 28 December 1911 — Page 1

!TM TO THE WEATHER. 'I ft. FAIR. AND CONTINUED COLD FRIDAY; RISINa TEMPEKATURE. EDITION VOL- VI., NO. 162. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers 2 Ceota Cop FIRST GUNS FIRED NEW CIVIC PEACEABLY INCLINED STATESMEN FEAR DEMOCRATIC LEA pERS' WOOL TAX VIEWS 1 91 2 POLITICAL BATTLE

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Meeting of Republican State Committee Is Harmonious Taft's Friends Are in the Saddle February 2 Is

Date Set for Meeting to Select Chairman Taggart Will Have to Fight to Hold State Committee.

TIMES - BI HEAIV ' i AT STATE fAPITAI. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28. The meeting of the Republican state .committer, i yesterday, really "was a' harmonious affair much harmonious than had been anticipated. True, the various . politicians and representatives of the various factions were buzzing around the committee rooms and there was a lot of political work done, but it was all directed toward trying to bring about the best possible solution of the problems that confronted the committee ajnX to cleap up the party situation. In his. it is believed the- committee was eminently successful. The committee selected January 2 Lively Time at Meeting of Gary Democrats - Last Night Two Crowds Select Delegates New Party Is Christened. tivr of1 mvAi; iKi,EGATEs ; ELECTED J; BY ' OAKY ' JJEMOCnXTIC- FACTIONS. Kaottn ilrlexnlr Hayor T. K. Knott. J ii due Or I.. Wlldermuta, Street Commiaintoner I. C. Klaerty. "laladleted drinomrT" delegate Attorney H. E. Corliett, I'ounrllmn M. N. t astlvmnn, Attorney Robert Emmett O'Connor. 1'lumt townnliip delegate Albert Koepke. , ' Knottn' rnirrersry delegatrnt Al. r. Moat, Bill Cain, Col. A. V. Mayo, J. J. Farrell. John J. jhoflr. KnnHn' rnirrKcnrr alternate Rudolph MaraMz. J. T. Marlch, R. R. Jensen, Phil Mekatlnaky, J. V. Coatello. Not unexpected was the split among the Gary democrats when they assem(Continued on Page 7.) TRUST LAWYER WHO GAVE SECRETS ? 3' v 3 r . Albert 'h. Veeder, the packer's attorney, told yesterday of events that lead up to the great stockyards boom of 1892, which resulted really In the present industrial development In Lake county. It was in the panic following the news that the beef harons would not locate near' Tolleston that caused hundreds who had invested to lose their earnings.

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and 27 as the days on which delegate3 are to be selected to the district conventions, which will be held on January 31 for the purpose of electing district 'chairmen in all of the thirteen districts of the state. Then it also chose February 2 as the day for the meeting of the state committee for the purpose of reorganization and the election of a new state chairman. The date for reorganization was a compromise, and i was unanimously adopted as a happy solution of the question which had been discussed for weeks. It was known that the administration forfej, headed by Captain Harry S. New, national committeeman, wished to have Continued on Page 7.) Returns Indicate Tom Taggart Will Control Committee Incomplete returns rom the various counties of the state indicate that in the selection of delegates to the democratic district conventions to be held Friday the Taggart faction yesterday gained a firm hold on state committee. The returns indicate eight Taggart members of the new committee, enough to elect a Taggart chairman. The results ' for district chairmen appear to be as follows: First district B. F. Bosse, Evansville, antl-Taggart. Second district Fabius Gwln, Sh,oals, Taggart. ''Third district Mark Storen, Scottsburg, Taggart. Fourth district F. M. Griffith. Vevay, claimed by both factions. . Fifth district Choice to be a Taggart man. Sixth district Charles X. Beck, Richmond, Taggart. . Seventh district Bernard Korbljr, Indianapolis, Taggart. Bluff ton. For E. G. Hoffman, first: Taggart : man probably his second choice.' ' Ninth district W. R. E. Longley, Noblesville, Taggart. ' Tenth district Charles . Murphy, Brookston. Eleventh district E. E. Cox. Hartford City. For E. G. Hoffman, first; Jaggart man probably his second choice. N ' Twelfth district E. G. "Hoffman, Fort Wayne, anti-Taggart. Thirteenth district Peter J. Kruyer South Bend. Taggart. In contra-distinct ion to the factional mepting of Gary last night, the Hammond democrats held an harmonious meeting at Huehn's hall, the meetings having been held for the -purpose of fleeting delegates to the district convention at Lafayette, today, where the district chairman is to be nominated. There was not much at stake, as the re-election Charles Murphy, the present chairman, was cut dried and preUigcsted, but in Gary any meeting for all the democrats Is the signal for an internal war. Considering the weather last night, the meeting in Huehn's hall was well attended. It lasted more than an hour,' Judge Lawrence Becker, County Chairman John A. Gavit and Attorney Walter Lotz having been prevailed upon for short addresses. John L Rohde presided as city chairman and John A. Gavit acted as secretary. The following were named as th ten delegates to which the city of Hammond is entitled: Kd. Simon. John F. Rellly, Theodore KloW, Oscar Plageman, Lawrence Becker, Otto Diielke, Peter Wolf, Adam Kbert, J. F. O'Rourke and John Seward. The alternates named were Mayor J. t). Smalley, John L Rohde, John Gavit, James Trost, William Ahlborn, S. E. Swaim. Edward Aubrey, John Cuneo, Phil Schmidt. August Jarnecke was elected delegate for North1 township and Sclireiber alternate. Among those who went to Lafayette this morning via Hammond and the Monon were' Kd. Simon, J. F. Heilly, Theodore Klotz, Otto Duelke, Peter Wolf, Adam Ebert, J. F. O'Hourke, John Rohde, John Gavit, James Trost, William Wolter.' August Jarnecke, Oscar Plagernan, lawrentj Lena-. Dr. W. P. Weis, all of Hammond; M. X. Castleman, Joseph Mortis and W. H. Hamilton of. Gary. ' The entire delegation will remain over for the Jackson day banquet, and more weie expected to leave on the afternoon trains. ' Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the North Side Improvement association will be held at Green's hotel on Calumet avenue tomorrow night. It is expected that the principal matter Of Interest will be the election of officers, but other matters of civic interest may be taken up. -

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Movement on Foot in Ham-mond-to Organize a New Commercial Club and Put ii on a, Plane With Other Civic Bodies of Region. There is a proposition on foot in Hammond to organize a new commercial club, provide it with new quarters and put; it on the plane with other live commercial organizations in the region. One of the features of the new commercial club will be a fully equipped grill rodrir where the business men of the city can take their noon day lunches, take their friends out to dinner and vhere nuonilay discussions of matters of public and civic interest may be had. , 1 1 a a Model. This is along the lines of the Chicago Civic club, which has just built a new six-story .club house on Plymouth court, anil of which the prncpal featur s the grll room, where Chicago's civc welfare in talked over from day to day. The business men of Hammond have long felt the need of a grill or restaurant room where they could take their jioon day meals and where, if the occasion presented itself, they could take their business associates to talk over matters cf interest. To Promote Membership, It is thought that the grill' room feature would be the. thing to -give a membership in the proposed new commercial club an element of value that such membership has not heretofore had. - The grill room could be equipped for $1,000- to $1,500. and a suitable chef could be hired to run the cafe for what he could make out of It consistent with the serving of good meals and the trovjtinig or good service. " Ide .Jllaltra Hit. .'. '"The Idea tia made" a great hit wtth a number of the business men of the city and a site for- the grill room Is already under consideration. It is said that this would mean the abandoning cf the old Hammond Business Men's association, the scope of which has never been broad enough for greater Hammond. G The grill room will also be used for all civic or semi-civic organizations for a banquet room, They will be able to rent It for the evening and have a banquet sewed at a nominal price. There i.s now no suitable place in Hammond where a banquet can be served at 6 o'clock. GIBSON POSTOFFICE MADE SUBSTATION ji Office Is Put Under Jurisdiction of Postmaster F. R. Schaaf Jr. ' The Gibson postoffice has been made a substation of the Hammond postoffice. This will destroy its identity as an Independent office and will add to the Importance of the Hammond office. The change is said to have been made on the reccomendatlon of the postoffice inspector. The Gibson office C. A. Taylor, who has ben postmaster. Taylor will retire and the office wil be put in charge of a clerk. The office will be undr the supervision of Postmaster F. Richard Schaaf I just as are the West Hammond and Robertsdale offices. The service will be the same as It has been. The advantage is that the salary of the postmaster is done away with. The i office will be put in one of the stores over to Gibson and will go to the per son who makes the best bid "for the office. " j GAY MAY RECOVER. Word from W. M. Gay, who was in jured last week in a 28-foot fall from i the top of a gas tank at the new plant of the Northern Indiana Gas plant at East Chicago, is reported in about tha same condition thlsT morning at v St. Margaret's hospital. At first it was thought that Gay's injuries might prove fatal, as he received a severe injured to his spine, but as yet very little change has been noticed In his condition. He also received a number of severe internal injuries. JOHN WILL MOVE. John W. Millikan, who has for many years kept a sporting goods store in the Central block and maintained a rendezvous for the sporting element, has decided to move his store into a State street location. He has rented the east room in. the Long building, formerl- occupied by the Minas 5 and 10-cent store, and expects to be established there as soon as possible.

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FETAKKXiS- B. MAKE (SON .. OLLIEr Statesman jwho an hoping fofa united scptJment In - Congress In support 'Of remedial measures, following the taJrift beard s; report upon the wool farirc foer William " Jennings Bryan Is .going to tako tip tha cudJelfwforTrawi:MfooL i.'.-grym ,,U- iwbduted ,A''peaJL..at.-tb Jack son.day banquet in Washington. It has tteen intimated by the Nebrash6. maB' friends that he may demand that tae Democratic caucus uphold the Democratic free wool doctrine. Rep. Francis Burton Harrl??iLf New york and ReP- Ollie James. ' of Kentucky, members of the Jiirjse -ways and means committee, are among the Democrats who still state that they are opposed to any duty whatever on raw woo!, and that when consideration of schedule K is taken up. they will use every effort -toward the elimination of the present. tix.

MOTHER m SISTER QUARREL The case of the state of Indiana vs. Anna Straka came up for trial in Judge Prest's court, Hammond, yesterday afternoon and by agreement of Joe Galeja, the complaining witness, and' the court the case was dismissed. Anna Sraka and Joe Galeja are brother and sister, and during a quarrel Galeja first charged that f his sister assaulted him and he swure out a warrant for her arrest. Yesterday ht said he did not have any trouble with his sisterVand asked the court to dismiss t he case. ' BUNCOED AND STUNG ? SURE, YES! I T was all because he didn't . read the papers. Everybody has heard of old Hiram Gink, who went to the big city and bought a gold brick. That was twenty years ago, but he is" still the. same old Hi. His boast then was that he, didn't flead the papers, and .he "makes the, same brag now. IF HE HAD INVESTED $1 A YEAR WITH THE NEAREST EDITOR IT WOULD HAVE SAVED HIM $200. . But he said his old dad had never paid out good money for "any of them measly sheets, and, by gum, I won't nuther!" So he has been EASY MONEY FOR THE COX. 1LENV It is the men who do not read the papers on whom thi3 gentry live. TAKE THE HOME PAPER.

BANNER YEAR FOR BREWERY

Manager Fred Carter of the .Hammond Brewing company said today that this is the banner year for the . Hammond Brewing company. He said j that the Ilamnmncl -Brewing company woulit beat the 1907 record of the Crown Brewing company by 2,000 barrels, which is doing very well for a young institution. The company noy has about 8,000 barrels ot beer in the warehouses and expects to have 15,00z by the 1st of May." The busy season comes in the summer time, and preparations will begin to be made for that time in the near future. 5 .... The fiscal year of the company ends the 1st, of January. At' taisr time the management expects to be iifcle to make a splendid showing to the stockholders. ' ' TELEPHONE PATRONS WnNntAT RATE Northwestern, Lake County's Independent Company, Enters New FieldL (Special to The Times.) . Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 28. Tfve Northwestern Telephone company have had a force of linemen steadily engaged in installing their . telephone system in Crown Point, in keeping with the franchise granted them by the city and will soon be ready to operate with the Crown Point exchange on the agreel schedule. It is said that some of the business men are desirous of a flat rate for the servlee of both companies, and will make advances -to see if the matter cannot be arranged betwen them so that their country patrons may talk free to them, they paying the toil charges on a flat 'rate basis. The opportunity to talk over both systems from one phone will be a god send to most of the local patrons, and will re-establisth a service that was considerably missed by the business" men when the Northwestern Company was put out of commission for franchise violations.

Dr. C. E. Button of Woman and With Suicides in

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Crown Poin Ind., Dec. 28. Dr. C..E. Button, formerly one of the city's most prominent physicians, fired two bullets into his wife Emily last night, killing her, and then followed by a mob intent on vengeance, stopped and fired a bullet into his own brain, dropping dead on the sidewalk. A wire from Livingston, Mont.;, here, brought the shocking intelligence this morning. The Buttons left

Crown Point some time ago

was formerly connected with the musical department of the University of Chicago. The couple Had four children

and were well known all oversthe county. Kecentiy mrs. Button secured a divorce from her husband. Details of the tragedy are lacking except that the doctor crept up behind his wife on the street. He fired at her four times. Two bullets found their mark. Mrs. Button staggered to a nearby office and as she fell to the floor, dying, her last' words were: "I hope they get him, he killed me." Button, pursued by an angry mob, saw escape was impossible and fired the remaining bjollet in jjowgjiead. ,

GARY FOR DEALERS WERE OUSTED E. N. Bunnell of Hammond Objects to Their Presence .: and Fires,ThemJ . : Two charges of" assault and .battery one "by Attorney Paul Glaser and .the other by Louis Morris a fur dealer; both of Gary, were preferred against' K. X. Bunnell, the Hammond manager of the National Cash Register. The warrants were issued in Judge K. I". , Ames Court in Hammond, as was also a writ of repleVin for a fur overcoat. which Is now In the possession of Mr. I Bunnell 'but which originally belongel . to the fur dealer. A disagreement about the value of a fur coat on which the Hammond man had made a cash deposit, brough about a personal visit yesterday from the fur dealer who was acompanied by hl.i lawyer. They called on the Hammond man at his home, 848 Hohman street, and he according to their. charges, ejected them forciblyfrom the house. The replevin suit and the assault and battery suits are to be tried in Judge Ames' court tomorrow, Mr. Bunnel having given bond. clobiilT sold out jan 13 Assets of Defunct Hammond Athletic Club Will Be Sold at Auction. An advertisement of the sale of the assets of the Hammond" Athletic Association was published in The Times tday and the sale will take place on the thirteenth of January. It is not expectedthat the athletic equipment of the association will bring much but the ball field with Its fence and bleachers will bring in a good price. There have been a number of inquiries regarding the 'matter and Receiver John C. Becker says that he believes he will receive a number of bids on the field. 1 It is believed that the Hammond ball team will be one of the bidders. There are a number of ball fans who are of the opinion that a Hammond baseball team will make money next year and they are anxious to get the ball park for this team. t ' . ORDER SET ASIDE; VICTORY FOR DECENCY The judgment of ?825 in favor of the Interstate Electrical company, and which was taken against the village of West Hammond several weeks ago, was set aside by Judge Windes of the circuit court, Chicago. The order was entered lec. 25 and is a victory in favor of the decent element in West Hammond which is fighting against graft and conniption there. The case is now set for trial on the jury calendar, and will came up for trial in a month or two. The judge said that the case looked bad on the face of it. and it is believed that there will be some startling revelations when J the case conies to trial.

Crown Point Slays Crowd at Heels Montana. The Times.) Tor the west. Mrs. Jtsutton GUARDING I. C. TRACKS; THREE TRAINS DERAILED Policemen of the"; Woodlawn, Kensington and South, Chicago'ifctation were, detailed to ypatrol the 4 racks of tlie Illinois Central, railroad yesterdaymorning following five derailtnjrtts of trains near the fcjafkslde antl South stations Tuesdaj-ntght. , .Three passegerv-tiiins were derailed. .an atterng wafwale to .( wreck fourth one, and a freight (rain wan broken In the middle andipartly ditched. No one was injured. -. - ' "Machinists employed by the railroad have been on strike for some time and possibility of he derailments having been due to labor differences prompted the detail of policemen to guard tho tracks. Private detectives of the road were also assigned to guard against further trouble. CHILD OP RICK M AxN IS SUED BY SERVANT MP THEftESE HAKAN SON MOPEKING5Ly These sketches were made In tha New York courtroom where the t2D.000 da mire uit of Theresa Ha kanson agair.Ft Hoihj Klngsley, fourteen-year-old daughter of Darwin Kin ley, president of the New York Ufa Insurance .Company, ras heard. Miss Hakanson. who was formerly a rant In the Kingsley home. charj;al that the girl ojted her off a sink to the. floor, ca'iising ;wrmaneni nluries. M ss Hopo leaUfiwI that tha servant feU. .