Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 29 December 1911 — Page 1

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Railroad Man Scouts the Story That Baltimore and Ohio Gets Into Field at Gibson, and Shows Why Story Is Improbable. : The report printed in a Hammond paper to the effect that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has trade arrange- , ments by which it is to have the use ot the Indiana Harbor licit terminal facilities Is ridiculed In well informed railroad circles. The reasons wy the 13 & O. has not secured a. Afoothohi at Gibson" as this fanciful yarn states are numerous. 1. The. B. t O. secured its own terminal belt line when It recently purchased the Chicago Terjr.inat Transfer railroad and renamed it the Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Terminal Railroad Co. This gives the railroad its own terminal into Chicago and belt facllix ties which correspond to those afforded the New York Central lines by the In- , diana Hnrbor Belt railroad. ,

J. The Indiana Harbor Belt- is con(Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Dec. 2$. The. county . commissioners meet Tuesday and the tounty council meets Thursday of next week. Two very important matters are to be taken up. The county coraftvUsioners will let the contract for the bullying of the $150,000 county infirmary that is to be built south of Crown Point and . the county council are, expected to appropriate. $15,000 for the new Chicago avenue bridge over the canal at East Chicago and for the temporary bridge at Canal street. It Is also understood that the county council will make an appropriation for a fill for the approaches of the concrete viaduct that is to be built oa the Ridge road over the E. J.. & E. railroad. This will eliminate another railroad crossing and will make this road all the better as a great cross-county thor oughfare. Other matt iten or a. routine n up. It is not nature will be take known whether or not an extra appropriation wUl be made for the purchase of the proposed addition to the fair grounds. - HESSVILLE LADY FILES DIVORCE SUIT fWell Known Couple to Ain TTheir Marital Troubles in Court. Two divorce cases were filed in the Lake superior court this morning. I'.lanoha Vanes of H?sviIU has filed a it - u.vu.ib in which me pia.ntirx Kfeiis i reparation ironi ner nusoana, Walter Vanes. The charges in the complaint are sensational. The coupl" were married only six months ago. The wedding took place on June 21, 1911, and the couple separated Dec. 2& of this year. It Is charged in the complaint that the defendant became intoxicated and would swear at the plaintiff. It is charged that he neglected hf.-r while she was sick. f On one occasion it is charged that the plaintiff left the- defendant alone in the house when she was so sick and weak that she could not lift a glass of water to her lips. It is charged that he would not provide her with clothes, although he was getting $S0 to $$5 a month, and that her shoes would not keep her feet dry. i ...... . rAA ti11a VAn-Ae, A. . -j '

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The couple were married April 6, 1904, at New Orleans, and separated July. 1909, at Detroit, Mich., at which place the defendant abandoned the plaintiff. The plaintiff asks that her maiden name, Florensteln Moralzes, be restored.

RINK REOPENED. (Special to The TiMKs.) Whiting, Ind.. Dec. 29. The skating "i :irlr!k here which was closed temporarily Vthe other day on account of complaints V'Veceived by the chief of police that the 'i oof-of the building was in poor condition has again been reopened having been inspected as satisfactory. The repairs strengthened the structure In accordance- with the recommendations .'of he police. , u I . ..'..-.. -: ' ' ;- '.'.-..-'- -:

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Work is being strenuously rushed on the Chapin & Co.'s new warehouse and elevator, the city's newest industry, on Columbia avenue, and the contractors are employing a large force of men in the hope of completing the two buildings jy spring. The warehouse is being: built entirely of concrete and will be a solid, stable structure. It will be one story high, 245 feet long and 80 feet wide, but will be spacious enough to re-handie an Immense amount of feed. Ti e warehouse will al?o be a large building, being 46x100 feet. Heavy con

SOME DOUBT WHERE CHAIRMAN MURPHY STANDS

TIMES BlRE.tr. AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 29. This is the day when the Democrats decide whether Tom Taggart is to continue In control of the Democratic- state committee or whether the ontrol will pass to the antl-Taggart faction which has had Its long, gleaming knife out ready for him. The district conventions are being held today all over the state for the election of district chairman who will compose the state committee. Present Indications are that Taggart will be found to be In control. It is believed that he will have eight of the thirteen members of the state committee-, and this number can easily elect the chairman selected by Taggart. There Is a report that after the members of the state committee are elected today and the smoke of the battle has cleared away, Taggart will Issue a statement to tho effect that he has nJ candidate for state chairman, and that in his opinion the selection, of a state chairman should be left' in the hands of the Democratic state, officials, who will be candidates for re-election. This would be a smooth move on the part of Taggart, -4t Is admitted, and" :t would- probabty meet with the approval of a large element of Democrats. Tag IS COP OR FIREMAN THE HARDER JOB? Capt. Nill and Officer Borcht ert Discuss Weighty I Problem. . Does the fireman ever get any of your sympathy theso cold days whtm you see him or read cf him going out at all hour3 of the d;iy and night? Of course, he does if you are human, but it is wasted sympathy when you are comparing- Ills winter hardships with those he encounters in the summer time. Xot that he does not deserve some in the. winter time, but not nearly so much as in the summer time. Such at least are tho sentiments of Assistant ' . ... Kire Chief William Nill, who is located at station house No. i. 'Billy," as he Is familiarly known, was standing at the Four Corners discussing New. Year's resolutions with Oscar Borchert, the policeman who rwas sleuLhinsc- in the business district at this particular time. "Really, Billy," I feel kind of sorry for b xhese nights when I hear your clanking wagons rumbling down the street while I am enjoying a cozy bed. I see you half dressed, throwing water which freezes as fast as i; hits an object and you poor fellows all cov ered with ice." said H third person who had taken part in the conversation of the two uniformed men. "Your sympathy is appreciated hut a little bit out of place just at this time j of the year," said "Billy diplomatically, i -peel sorry for us in the summer time. ; and we'll appreciate It more, at least, ; ; I would. The heat will take the starch j out of a man sooner than the cold. ! Now every - fireman is a lightning i j uresser. He tan dress as warm as he has a mind too, and the work that falls to hi,s lot helps to kfep him warm.. We . I wear warm rubber boots heavy clothes ! j which are covered with water tight ! rubber coats and trousers. What rubber coats and trousers. What If "But its different in the summer time. The sun is baking hot. the fire is hotter, the work instead of keeping you warm ..ike it does In the winter time wears yon out. Our rubber boot.i and-rubber clothes then become sweatboxes. Then ttie more you do the worse yon feel the beat, but Its just the opposite in the winter." "I hate to think about the heavy blue uniforms we will have to wear again next summer," commented the policeman. Cooper Deserter? A dispatch to The Times thin afternoon from Chicago Pays that government officials are seeking Louis Cooper of Hammond for deserting the XorWi Chicago naval school.

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i. crete foundations will support the large structure. When the plant is finished the Chapin company expects to have a capacity of about ten to twenty cars of feed a day. Just what time the work will be comrfV.ed Mr. Chapin was unable to state this morning, but providing the weather is fuvorable and the material does not hold the contractors back, he hopes to be run.tltig in full blast by spring. As soon as the Hammond plant com mences opciation the Chapin company will shut down Its plant at Milwaukee, giving Hammond the main office and plant. gart could consistently take this position, because he has all along refused to admit that he has had a candidate for state c.halrmn There has been talk for some time among the Democrats to the effect that the Democratic state officials ought to have a hand In he election of a state chairman because they will be candidates again and ought to have the right to say who shall direct their campaign and spend their money. Of course, such an arrangement would still be a Taggart victory, because the state officials who will be on the ticket again are all Taggart men and they could be counted on to pick a state chairman who would be entirely satisfactory to Taggart. A dispatch from Fort "Wayne yesterday quoted Senator Steve Fleming as still predicting that Edward G. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, will be elected state chairman. There Is a belief here the state officers might possibly pick Hoffman for the chairmanship and that it would not be at all unsatisfactory to Taggar. In fact, the report even goes o far as to say that there may be an understanding among all parties, concerned tht such a plan shall be put throagh.,-On the face -of It, this looks like a ridiculous story, but . one can (Continued on Page 4.) lilAACK WILL GO TO CALIFORNIA County Treasurer and Family to Sojourn For Time on Pacific Coast. (Special to The Times.) Crown , Point. Ind., Dec. 29. Albert Maack, who finishes his second term of office as county treasurer next Sunday night, intends to take a Veil deserved rest after vacating the office. He has plans for himself and his fami- ; ly for a winter trip which shall take him to California. Asked about his plans for the future after returning from the Pacific coast, - ,n outgoing COUnty treasurer said he ' 1..1..M . , 1 - ..!. . . .3 t . could not speak with any definiteness. "Of course. I intend to get back to Hammond, but the removal will not be made until I have had time to build a house there." . Asked whether he would devote all : of his time to the Lake County Title j and Guaranty company, In wnjch corporation he Is the biggest individual ' stockholder, Mr. Maack said that his - plann along those lines were still indefinite. "I may devote some time to the Lake ; County Title and Trust company, but I would not say now that I shall devote all my time to it. Really I do not know what I am going to do. TOM CHOSEN - NINTH TIME The members of the I. B. T. C. S. & H. No. 362, met last night and elected officers for the ensuing year. Tom Harle, the popular secretary and treasurer, was re-elected to serve his ninth term. The full list of officers is as follows: President H. Baughman. Vice president Charles Seaman. Secretary-treasurer Thomas Harle. Recording: secretary F. R. Woods. Trustees George Detzner. three years; Laur. Duell. two years; AVilliam Cox, one year. LOOKING- OVER THE GROUNDS ; (Special to Tub Times.) ' Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 29, Many ' architects and contractors are In evidence this week at the county farm looking over the site of the immenae new building to be constructed there, J the contract for the same to be award. 1 ed at the meeting of the commission!ers next Tuesday. It Is said at least twenty contractors will submit bids for tho work, but that a preference will he given Iake county men if their figures are near the mark. TIMES WANT ADS I SERVICE TO YOT!I ARE FOR

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AT Crown Point. Ind., Dec. 29. The announcement of the double tragedy to the Button family at Livingston, Mont., as told in this paper last evening, came as a surprise and shock to Crown Point folk, who wev well acquainted with the family while they resided here. Marital troubles were said to exist while the family resided here, and since their location in Montana word has been sent to friends here stating that things went from bad to worse until it culminated in the terrible tragedy of Wednesday. Dr. Button was known as a man of many eccentricities and his last deed is simply in keeping with the prediction of many who were aware of the . family dissension. So further reports has reached here as to the disposition of the bodies, or the fate of the children of the unfortunate pair. The members of the village board of West Hammond are back at their old tricks of "putting one over" on the dear public. It Is understood that the same board which did not have enough money to hold a city election now proposes to vote the law firm of Atwood, Pease & Locke of Chicago $1,500 for defending them in the mandamus case which threatened to deprive them of their official positions. The board meeting was to have been held last night, but the members did not dare to face their constituency with any such deal as this and so the meeting was adjourned until this afternoon when there will b less chance of having a 1o of indignant ' citizens present. . .... It has come to be quite the thing among the members of the board to hold their meeting In the afternoon so as to avoid the embarrassment of facing the citizens who have elected them. It is generally believed that if j the citizens get to attending the afternoon meetings' in any numbers that tthey will be held before 7 o'clock in I the morning. Aldermen Braxen. It is said that in no city in the United States Is there such brazen defiance of the wishes of the people as there is in "West Hammond. The members of the village board, with the exception of the few who are trying to do the right thing, sneak about the city like whipped dogs and pull 6tt their joba when they think the people are not looking-. They are getting so that they do not dare hold their board meetings In the evening, when every other village-board holds them and thereis an air of mystery about their actions that indicates that they have much to conceal. Xot only is $1,500 considered an outrageously high attorney's fee, but the Idea of shouldering the people with the burden of the fight, that the board members made to retain their miserable Jobs Is Faid to have aroused the people to a high pitch. THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT EESTOWED BY ITS READERS, ON TUB TIMES. WHY YOU NEED THIS NEWSPAPER w IIATEVEK your busi ness you NEED a news paper, lou . cannot keep house without it. IN ANY ISSUE YOU MAY SEE AN ITEM THAT WILL PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR TEN YEARS, It may be a bargain ; it may be news of somebody who want3 to buy an article that you have to sell ; it may be a hint as to how you can improve your methods or make more money. By following the markets you know when to buv or sell. Bv fol- - . . . " .. . lowing the advertisements you know where to trade. - THE PAPERS TELL YOU OF MORTGAGE AND TAX SALES, OF AUCTIONS AND Or OTHER EVENTS WHEREBY GREAT BARGAINS MAY BE PICKEO UP. Taking a paper is commercially profitable, especially to the man who keeps his eyes open. WHY not SUBSCRIBE I

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Sab age Tight Started Against Anti-Knotts Crolvd, "By Leaders

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County Chairman John Gavit of Hammond, Mayor T. E. Knotts of Gary, and City Chairman H. E. Corbett Have Words. White the Knotts' delegates were seated at the Lafayette district convention through the influence of Charles Murphy of Brookston, so it is claimed, and the "Unindicted Democracy of Gary" delegates had to sit in the gallery, indications are that conditions will be the reverse at the county convention, which is to be a more important affair. A Aew Alliance In Sight. This comes mainly as a result of a falling out that has occurred between the Gary burgomaster and County Chairman John Gavit, Judge Lawrence Becker and Ex-Chairman Ed Simon. Hammond democratic potentates, and Judge George Jones of Whiting. As a result a rival delegation which will come from Gary headed by City Chairman Hugh E. Corbett, late democratic candidate for state senator, will probably be seated at the county powf-wow in preference to the Knotts clan. 1 While last year the fortunes of the (Continued on Page 6.) HOT FROM THE -SEAT OF WAR. City Chairman II, E, Corbel t of f.ary and cohort n are . defeated ! battle for drmorratic supremacy at I.nfayette, yenterday. Mayor T. K. Knott and his faction are officially rrroKnixed by dlntrlet democrats as the "whole works" In Gary. Rival delegates claim that this vras done thronxh the influence of Charles Murphy of Brookston, Mnror Knotts has verbal clash with County Chairman John Gavit bemuse' b ' recngnlnr-d C ity Chairman Corbett over the Knotts chairman, Harvey Curtis. Promise irtven that anti-Knotts delegates will be recosjalsed at the county convention. County Chairman John Gat It's candidacy for re-election as county chairman to be aided by anti-Knotts i-lsn and opposed by Knotts followers. Former Knotts followers and many democratic city officials of Gary recognize Corbett as city chairman of Gary. Knotts democrats sore at Judge Becker of Hammond and Judge Jones of Whiting- for their nlleged statements regarding dictograph nark. ICE CROP BLASTED. Not a"- pound of ice has been harvested in Lake county so far this seaj son, the ice being only three or four inches thick at the present time. The ice men say they will not begin to worry until about the 1st of February. In the meantime they think the ice will have attained the required thickness. They will consider nothing less than eight inches. With favorable weather the largest ice house in the region can be filled in a few weeks. Most of them, in fact, carry an oversupply harvested last year. . .The Knickerbocker people are said to have thirty thousand tons of Ice in storage from last, year, and the other ice houses have a supply correspondingly large. - Two days ago the weather was excellent for ice, but the wind has shifted again and shifting winds, no matter how cold, delay the freezing process. No Quorum Present. A quorum not being present, the Elks did not hold their regular meeting last night , and the "evening, was spent in a social hour by those pres- ! ntThe clubrooms are being decorated and prepared by the entertainment committee for their next social function to be held at the clubrooms Monday evening. Jan. 1. Invitations were sent out yesterday to the " Elks and their friends and a large crowd and enjoyable time is looked for. Report of Sale Delayed. Hammond's report on the sale of the Red Cross seals will in all probability not. --be ' made until the latter part of next week or early the following week, for the reason that Mrs. Ralph Ross, chairman of the committee which had charge of the selling of the. seals, is out of town on a visit.

CHAIRMAN'S ELECTION STARTS TOMAHAWKS.

1 T. j.. v' v is Hon. Charles Murphy. CORBETT MAKES PREDICTION "The Knotts delegates were seated at Lafayette yesterday," said Corbett this morning, I guess that Tom got around Murphy, and from what I hear from my friends down the state, the credential report on Gary was dictated by Murphy and was written long before the credential committee met. So, we could do nothing. "However, wait until the county convention. . Gavit and the rest of the Hammond' leaders will be with ust. l am the regular city ohaifmari. Judge Reiter decided , so in the rooster fight, former Chairman Simon recognized me and now Mr. Gavit recognizes tne as such." LATEST HEWS HERO BECOMES INSANE. .u.iya.aru, iuu., uc. jiciuci i. House, hero of a boiler explosion E. on the United States torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones oft San Francisco Bay last July, has been adjudged insane here and will be sent to the government hospital at Washington. He never recovered from the injuries received in the explosion. SUN YAT SEN ELECTED. Shanghai, China, Dec. 29. Sun Yat Sen was elected president of the republic by the Nanking conference, yecterday. This means that the peace conference between " Wu" TItfg Fang and Tang Shao Yi is closed. The president will assume charge of. all negotiations. H00SIEE FIGHTS THUGS. Chicago, Dec. I2'9. rWesley"Carter of Evansville, Ind., fought with fpur bandits at South Wabash avenue and Vt 1f?th street ut I n m tndav fnr the possession I of ' a Masonic' charm'. The struggle resulted in two of, the holdup men heing arrested and Carter j saving his charm, as well as his money. carter, who is a rauroaa man, is a visitor in Chicago. COX A CANDIDATE. Lawrence Cox stated today . that there is absolutely no question about his candidacy , for the office of sheriff. He declares that he will make the race and believes that he has an -excellent chance to secure the nomination. LOWELL MAN WEDS. (Special to Thi Times.) Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 29. William Haass of Lowell, Ind., was licensed today to wed Miss Anna Hagrefe- of Milltown, S. I. The couple will married this afternoon. . . . be Meeting Postponed. Owing to a lack of a quorum for the meeting of the Hammond library board last night, the meeting was postponed until the next regular night. The maJority of the members were detained by unavoidable circumstances. Has no Relations Here. Violet Buehler, the m'i.ssing Chicago

girl, is not Mated to Mrs. Margaret Wednesday, will b tried in Justice B. Buehler, a well-known Robertsdale P.-Ames' court on Jan. 12. woman, nor is she, as far as can be i The fur coat In 'controversy is now" learned, related to the Buehler Bros, j In the. possession of Mr. Morris. 1 who who conduct the State street meat obtained It on a writ. of replevin which, market in Hammond. . ! was served by;. Juties Taussig, the con The authorities are now searching stable tn Judge Ames court. - Constaall the h'Wp'itals to find the girl, their ble Taussig was a witness of the 1-c-on'-liision being that the girl is either -ieged forceful eviction of the Gary men in a hospital or that she has eloped, -from the Bunnell home.

KNOTTS IS CROWED

THE KING j.. District Democrats at Lafayette Yesterday Shove Corbett-Castleman Faction in the Discard; Gary Scrap Feature of Convention. I. J. B. PETERSON HAKES A SPEECH Lafayette, Ind., Dec. "29. Mayor Tom Knotts is the cock of the walk in the democratic : party in Lake County and Harvey W. Curtis his right hand man is. city chairman. So that the air is as full of politics as the market is full of cold storage eggs. I V H. E. Corbett Alrierran Castleman and their cohorts were skinned allva at the district convention held herd i yesterday afternpon and ordered to go ,way back and sit down. 1; A FIGHT FOR LIFE. It -was a typical democratic gathering and featuretiby, the nasty scrap ir . Ub Gary delegation won by the mayor , accused of accepting a $5,000 bribe in ! the Dean heating franchise scandal. ! liake county sent a large delegation to the convention today, in fact the, delegatlui was larger than the county wis entitled to, as there were contesting delegations from Gary, one headed by Mayor Thomas K. Knotts and tho other composed of democrats who are. I fighting the Knotts faction In Gary pontics. with Mayor Knotts came County Chairman J. A. Gavit of Hammond, John L. Rhode, also of Hammond, and the following well-known, Gary men: City Judge O. L. wildermuth, P. C. Flnerty, Col. C. G. Mayo. T. W. Englehart, J, J. Marten, Aid Most, John Burke, N. J. Fisher, Otta Snyder, Frank Borman, W. II. Piper, Edward Koepke and w. A. Cain. WAS TUB WHOLE THING. W. I- Spooner of Valparaiso represented Porter county at the convention. "I'm the whole delegation," he said The contesting delegation from Gar did not accompany Mayor Knotts and, his party 'to the mayor's office, where the Gary executive and his followers paid-their renpects to Mayor George) R. IJurgan. Instead the rival delegatlon marched to the Hotel Lahr and remained there uVitlV the convention opened. The Hammond delegation, sixI teen strong, was made up of some of 5 the .. best-known men there. Judgei ' Lawrence Becker fell nrtd sprained hlsi ankle this morning- and was unable t .come. Mt hphvs ' Although ei.kctiov roxcEtinrv the re-election of Charles ;Murphy of Rrookston as chairman ot 1 Continued on Page 6.) BlllEL TAKES CHANGE OF VENUE IN CASE tnri.i.ETix.) lr. Bunnell today InMroefed hln t(ornrj to demand retraction from the tSary Kvenins Pout relative Itn defamatory article of last night when It carried bold headline atatlnx that tho Hammond man had been arrcated on the charge of swindling. An matter of fact, warrant were nerved ou him c ha rein? him with annaolt and ' hat. tery. A change of venue was taken this morning by Attorney LeGrand T. Meyer for his client, E. K. Bunnell ot Hammond, from Justice E. V. Ames to Justice F. D. Prest. In the state cases ' in which Louts Motrin, tne uary rur dealer," and Attorney Paul Glaser of Gary are the plaintiffs on charges ot ! assault and battery. Judge Prest has set the cases fop trial at 10 o clock toT.orrow morning. i The replevin suit for a fur overcoat. wnicn precipuatea ine persona.! . encounter between the Hammond and Gary men at the former's home -last