Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 165, Hammond, Lake County, 2 January 1912 — Page 1

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THE WEATHER. FAI RTODAY; - 1PR . TO PROBABLY UNSETTLED EDITION TOMORROW. , ONE CENT PES COPY. ' (Back Numbers 3 CcaU C) f , VOL..VIvN0.165. HAMMOND, INDIANA. TUESDAY, 'JANUARY. 2, 1912.

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1 GIRLS ERE'S FAT Hammond Squire Makes Of fer to Any Couple Who Would Wed; Will Not On ly Marry 'em Free, But Will Give Them a Present. ntfi .-iris listen! Judge E. F. Ames of Hammond will marry any couple free of charge where it is shown that the wedding is the result of a leap ' voar rroposal by the bride. Not only that, but he will throw a present into the bargain and add his blessing. Is It .ny wonder that some of the region's best known bachelors, such Brand fellows like '"Patsy" Riley of the Princess theater, members of the Gary Bachelor club. "Mike." Kelly. "Doc' White, the other White, who. in con ; tradisttnctlon to the disciple- of Hippo cratus. is called "Lawyer" White "Tine" Miller: Jude W. J. Riley of East Chicago, Carl Ames, Para Abalman and Judse Kopelke of Crown Point, pnea'.t home through the dark alleys or hire a taxi? V It Is probable that the unmarried men of the region will hold a mass meeting in the near future at , which they will launch "The Unprotected f " Continued on page 8.) 'iSlinOF--REGION REMOVED What Has Been Conspicuous Per Thirty Years fi Cet.t Ck-nc Forever I. .Si.

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One of the i old landmarks of ..tlae Calumet region .has been removed. '.For t i rty years it has been one of the 5onl I c.ivvs things about the city of Ham i . t"rtd. ; ',. . ; ' s -Thmija.tid'4 of people have seen It and ' haro admired It. It was one : of the '' most .aTtisttr articles of adornment in 1hi"city: . It was one of the real con- ' .tribtttfciff to the city beautlf pi. " ' ;

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1 ti w rt was removed by a rtitniess, inartistic rbrr. a man in whom , real sentiment 1 as no place, it nan cnangea . me - 2 Lre . Appearance of the locality where it was formerly located. j -:-' '4- Kn-Seriator and . ex-Postmas tef; Vll- : ll'snv H. Goetlin has had his moustache whaved off. Besides revealing! the fact '. ill at GostlSn W an "Irishman, a thirg at no one suspected.: there Is an In vesting fact about that patcii of hair. It lik been located on that self-same per Hp for the past thirty years. " ils Is the first time in ail of those a.r? that Gostlrn has had ; it . shaved i JT. Shortly, before ' tli",' elttio-n L of ..James "A. Garfield to tlie presidency of the Vnited States Gostlln decided to ;srow a moustache.. It 'has - been An article of personal adornment - ever sincey until yesterday. , - : When the news reachea'lndfanapolfs there will be great sorrow' among the cartoonists.' --- '; . : Taken to Hospital. ; ; ; William F. HerrdersonJ 2n." Ixgan stre'-t. was remoj sed to St.' Jlargaret's - hospital yetsterda:.- afternoon,' where he w-Hl underso an operation', for. appendiTESTIFIES AGAINST EMPLOYERS OF GIRLS STE.R.W- ? 'Isaac Stem, s-.iperiritendent of tho V Ashe bulldini;-. New York. wher a hundred and forty girl . employes Of th Trtaugle Waist Company T met 5 death Irk th fire of March 25 last. f in-' ti vsil liable witness for th proaecutiorHl i the trial of the pro.-rietor of the iomany, who. are formally ; cha?S!rf with responsibility Jar, th 5: death of on of .'.ke girls, . The sketch shows htm-' as he appeared on the stand. " .

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BE LET BY County Infirmery Job Will Be Awarded at Present Session. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Jan. 2. Tna County Commissioners meet today for one of the busiest sessions of next year. and probably a weeks time will be taken to complete their work. Several important contracts are to be let dur tng the present pitting of the commissioner's court, notably the county in firmary job estimated to be the largest contract ever awarded on public build ings in Lake county's history. A big crowa or LAke county citizens are on hand ear!yv today, t the liquor licenses granting and conisderatlon consuming a .majority of the court's time today The contract for the county infirmary will be awarded tomorrow, providing the bids come wfthin reaching distance of the estimated cost of the buildings. The police made another raid at a flat at 108 Indianapolis avenue, Robertsdale late -Saturday night and placed six inmates of the place under arrest. They were: - Ue.esie Martin, 704 Towle street, Hammond. ' - , Mike Kelly, Chicago. " John Smith, fioith Chicago. - Peter Ioff. South Chicago. Anna lloman, Jout.1Chiisigo. Kate Ilaypdan.. iiouth ClJicago. , Andrew'i ytorgics ; c-f Ilamrioncl. ' prorr;etqr of hres.rt .wa latl r y r st una '.' beoT.ed i tint pttl itu station, lie gave bond for fCOiT and -trw trial wlil come p before .fudge .Barnett t'hiji week. The defendants all appeared before Judge Harriett in the. city court thH morning anl entered a plea of guilty receiving a fine of $10 and costjt amouptin,? to $17.50 each. ' , This is the second resort of its kind that has been raided by the police during the past' two wcks. The resort owned by Ktergtn las be5j under suspicion by tlie -f ollc-f, for a long -while, paid no heftd and of late has been run-. ring his place wide open. A number of other places re - being .watched and unless conditions change more arrests will follow. VETERAfi LAKE CO. ; ;DOiSDEllD Sam Pratt of Crown Point, Surgeon in Civil War, Dies in Military Home. (Special to .Thb Times.) ... 'Crown Point," Ind., Jan. 2. Word was received from- the. National Military Home, at Marlon, Ind., on Sunday nlghr announcing the doath of lr. Samuel R Pratt, "who succumbed after being lu feeble health ..for several months. , Mr. Pratt was one,of .tfe.e best known men in this .'vicinity. ... ad, before his decline, owing' to 'his ad vancedvage, was an authority on many fpf the practices of his profession. He was 78 years of age at the time of.his.death and has a military record of which few can equal. lie served as surgeon in the 87th Ind. Ileglment and the 12th Ind. ; Cavalry durlngthe. entire' civil war. and his reminiscences of .; the war days and his activities during -that time were we'i worthr listening , to. After his retirement as surgeon he practiced medicine in several ' cities of the" United States finally practicing at: Hebron, Ind. until the death of his' wife-wben he retired and-moved to Crown Point. His only child, an adopted daughter Bessie: II. wife at Fred A. T;uf. died last February ond-isince her demise, the old gentle man" failed rapidly; He will be brought to TCrown-Paint' fof burial ".besides his wife, who "dted about- 18 years ago. In the Crown Point cemetery. The-services' wif be. held onWednesday. afternoon -at 1-:50 o'clock' at the Methodist church .under the auspices, of the fi. A. K. ; Dr. F:ra tt win Mason but of late jears took no acUye prt la the work of the order. . .-. -. . . ." CONTRACT WILL BE t LETTOMORROW (Special to Thb Times.) ' Crowa Point, Ind.t Jan. Z The county f cnir,4ssinners are busy with the monthly . consideration of saloon licenses-.- This-is expected to take all day. i The -contract for ther-cons'traetiori of the. new, 150, t00 infirmery; will not he let.'nntll . tor.iorroy.f,:.The ; bounty I council wJIK not'nieet 'jjBtn. tpraorjowc,.'

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POLICE RAID FLAT IN SUBURB

GARY GETS THE FIRST.!

Gary-will have the honor of the first' meeting of the Tenth Indiana District Medical society the new organization which followed State President Howit's resolve to organise the body an nounced at the banquet In Gary last fall. The meeting will be held in the Gary hotel Jan. 12 and a fine program Is being arranged. There are over 150 doctors In the district. West Hammond Man Displays Much Bravery in Trapping Holdup 'Men Who Attacked Edward Rosene Across the Line. Ex-Trustee Ernest Langbein of West Hammond, a foreman In the Western Steel Car & Foundry company, played an Important part in the capture of two alleged hold up men in West Hammond late Saturday night. The men under arrest are J;hn Patterson and Frank Hilock, both of Chicago. They are believed to be , desperate characters. Their Hammond victim was Edward Rosene. .-' Rosene had spent the evening ar the residence Of Ernst Iangbeln, 45 West fiummer avenue. He. left the bout at ' 2 o'clock. He .iad -lot gone far when lie was murderously assaulted by two men. " of them hit iilm, over the head wit!- a piece of lead pipe. Fortunatrly the blow was a slanting one and Rosene --badly hurt. He managed to make fils getaway. - . He raiu back to the homo of lang 1 i'n j ').-?, laijoil -Jii.ft-ij,' b jut 4a Vutfvui- t.e . tt .. bis piU'f!iintr.i n'itn v!ie two men and aid that he : had knocked one of their, down in the fight that followed. iet on Trail. , Zjancbein . hastily, dressed arid he and Rosen went out to locate a police offlcec They mat a man bv th name of Swatijoii, employed at tllbson, , who was just petting home from work. . Swanson ..said that two - suspicions men ,were following him. Langbeia hen ; suggewted. Ihat ,'ywanson go oft home while he went, ior a'u .- officer.' I.anscbein found Officer Essrr patrolling a lieat between Foss' ; and , ilonahan's saloon and took him back towards State street, where he had parted with Swanson. ' .' ; :' - . .Xiahgbeirt, Rosene and Esser saw- the twi,fraen ; standing'; in front of Carl Hflri's saloon. V The of fleer questioned then and upon, theirN failure t .'give f.a H s Tac to ry a n s wer s- t ri ey were- take n to the police station. " ' ' On the way down to - th 'station Langbein noticed that one of the men was trying to throw: something away. jl rn? cciiiu me uLHcers aueniion ana a search 'of bis pockets revealed a piece of lead pipe with which Rosene was probably assailed. The men are still in Jail, where they will be held until they can be given a hearing before Judge Frank Green this afternoon. The attack upon Rosene occurred in. front of Henry Fritche's place and Rosene is thankful thaf he did not suffer from a fracture of the skuy. langbein Is being congratulated by his friends upon his . success in bringing about. the arrest of the two men. , " " . . HEW ORDERS - ; COIITIIITTO -GOQE. Car Manufacturing Plants Preparing For Year of t Great Industry. The Standard Steel Car company has received ft new order fo!" 500 bax cars from the Missouri Paclficrailroad. V The Hankell-Barker company at "Mich igan City has received, an ,'orderVfor 1,609 refrigerator cars from the Great North, ern railroadThe American. Car & Foundy Co. has received orders -.for 2.000 i-art from various wtirces,. Th& United States Steel Co. lsjnow operatinjr' to 8'Q per cent of its caoaolty and this is expected to.; be Increa-1 to 85 per cent wlthin the next two weeks. The new order for 600 cars from the Missouri Pacific mea.ns that the Standard Steel Car' company now has 2,000 cars : ordered by .j western", railroads. These -cars wil "he bu Ut at th Hammond " -plant,'. andw as , exclusively announced in THjB Times, th plant expects to open up , certain" ,6epartments by the 1st of Kebruaryv This vlll be followed by the pper,ti!ff-of other departments. ' . Tlie ortlerihjr of new. equipment by the railroads continues. 4 It. Is? reported that .the. Wen tern Hteel Carand wjr.n dry Co.jit tjepewisch has orders enough to keep ths plant soina two year..v

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Openly boasting to - detectives t his intimate relations with Mrs. Kena Bacon Morrow." hel 4 tor the murder of her husband by the Hvde Park police," Harry G. Gilmoure, a forri:,er auttimobilc salesman and: boarder at tho Morrow home, was taken Into custcniy li Rock Island yesterday- and brought back to Chicago. , Although he talked fjipely of his relations with the widow, Gilmoure stubbornly denied that he.was in any way implicated in the murder. Mrs.1 Morrow, wTjo is accused of having shot. her husband, "Charles D. Morrow, a retired inventor, who wat. found- dead on the rear porch of his m by servants last Thursday morniig. was unable to secure bail yesterday, and as a result was compelled to spend her seconddav ih a prison cell.

Gilmoure, who used , to' be. a salesman for th Alco Automobile company, was arrested &t-.tht -Harper, hotel In Rock Island by Detectives Ward and Talon of tr, Firth street statlonl' lt was learned that he' arrived in Rock Is-, land las& Tuesday, the day "preious to the shotl-ng.' He was not'there on business as, fai'ias coirld be 1 earned. ; . . . :'f -''.- v ' -

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WILD CELEBRATION RESULTS IN ARREST East Hammond Denizens Are Haled Into Police " Court. , ( Uan Caeak and Sam Elejen, 26 company house, past Hammond, were 'ar' rested Saturday- nlgrht by Special Officer Zlvich at their boarding house- oir a charge of intoxication and assault and battery. ' f Roth men were celebrating In "advance of New. Year's eve and were cauolnn considerable disturbance In ' the neighborhood! Officer Zivich heard them and attempted to place them nnder arrest. They . rcBlsted him and he had to use force to bring themt the station. They were found guilty before Judge j Earn ett yesterday morning, Caeak re ceiving a fine of l and cobUj. amount ing to $11, and Elejert wus fl'.ied $5 and costs, amounting to J15. ' FIRE ON BRUNS WICK STREET Fire departments Nop. 1 and S were called to 3 Brunswick street about 10:30 Saturday ' right, where a cottajre occupied by Conrad Jacobs partially burned to the ground. By the time Nos. 1 and S arrived the building was a mass of flames and It was impossible to save but-a Jower portion of the building. The origin Is-unknown and the loss is estimated at about J400.- ' . ; De&fch of Infant. Liouisa Schmidt, the . infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt, 34.5 Pino street; -died yesterday rtorning at 5 o'clock following a phort Illness.; The funeral will be held" from the St. Joseph church at 8 o'clock Wednesday niorning.i Th Ile-, F'Jtlior Plaster, will - officiate .'"ami" Interment? will take p'see u t. Joseph's- cemetersj , .

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Shocking Tragedy

Woman Literally Roasted Alive

(Special -to Thfj Times.) Lowell, Ind., Jan. 2. Pouring keroscne from a can to stimulate a dying fire, resulted in the inevitable here last Saturday, and as a result Mrs. Daniel Stratton is dead after ten hours of untold agonies and her two and a half year old daughter Is suffering severe burns. Mrs. Stratton who lived with her hus band and a daughter in the; -flat above Kimmet's store was prepating the noon day meal last Saturday, and the Are be ing very low she picked up a two gal lon can of coal oil to throw- a dash into LATEST NEWS BENJAMIN DEFEATED. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 2. (Times Bureau.) Warren T. McCray of Kentland was elected a member j of the State Board of Agriculture here today defeating C. B. Benjamin of Crown Point who served two terms. HITS AND KILLS WOMAN. Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 2. Mrs. Albert Gloye was struck and killed by a motorcycle driven by Carl Fisher. rMs..Gloj-e's husband, with whom she was walking, vainlj' tried to drag her out o f Uw- wyso thr'machln'e,''wriicb. came up behind them. i Marshalltown," lit.. Jail &.-i4.n.kJ persons were injured, two seriously, when northbound passenger train 34 on, the Chicago Great Western Railroad was wrecked s near ' Luray, la., - -nine miles south of hsr. The, wreck was cause, by fa. broken rail. Three o fthe injured .trainmen and the others were from Iowa points. FIVE PERISH, TEN HHET. . Devils Lake, N. D., Jan. " 2.- Five killed and ten seriouslyjniured is the list officially-reported In the wreck of the great Northern' Oregonian " train near this city. . ''. .. , '' : w'f M'MANIOAL EH R0TJTH. . ;l Los Anseles, Cal., :jah. 2. Oitle'Me Manigal-waa smuggled from the connty jail last 'night '-'by f our' detectives and is believed to , be on his way ;to Indianapolis to testify before the federal grand jury there - in the dynamite prOme.' McManigal, accompanied3 by Detective McLaren1 and ' UndersberifE Brain, left the county jail shortly be fore 6 o'clock. They entered an automobile at a side entrance and were whisked away in the- direction of the Santa Fe railroad station. : PROMISE BIG CUT. IN STEEL. Washington, D.-C, Jan. 2; Substantia reductions In duties are looked for in the democratic steel tariff' schedule, which the house ways and Tmeans com mittee: probably will ,Jiave;, ready tor submission about the middle of this month. It is stated that, in many in stances the Payne Jaw "rates . will be cut In hah: and that the highest, rate of "duty allowed i on ' any , product of t steel or iron will not be more than 35 per pent ad valorem. l jt; ; " . StRAUBEHnORKS C11IEF.IS OPTIMISTIC ,'. 0 ' . - '' E. R. Jacobson Happy Over . Year's Trade and Next . Year's (Prospects. i' : . E. It. Jaeobsoaiof the Strati ba Piano works was Exceedingly optimistic over the prospect! for the new" year. "We usually: los? down bt-tweeri Christmas and New Year's for the purpose of tak Ins thti annual inventory," said Mr,.Jaiobson'j. ."tut .this year we find- thax we have'ttt'keep going all through the holiday, season... , .' ,..., r . .. " " i Mr."" ;r&cobsorrsaid today that the last year 1st "the hest h has ever had, and he xpctsatre comivig year to bi'even bn4tiV. -'Substantial -.mproveimrt- are to fee -made expanded. - :nd the business ills to -pe

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the dying embers. Qiilck as lightning and with a loud report the can exploded, the fire having followed the burning fluid into the can. The explosion blew out the bottom and scattered the contents over the woman and her little daughter who was standing near by. Their clothes were saturated. Little Girl !aved. Insane with fright - and pain, Mrs. Stratton ran from her kitchen onto th porch and over a platform Into another house, only to dash out again. Completely enveloped In flame:) and shrlek(Contlnued on Page 8.) GRASS1LL1 P,0. OFF CIAP Uncle Sam Decides to Abelish Important Little Crr(Special to Tkji Tjks.) ' Kast vchloagU' Jan. 2. -The Grassellt postofflce is no more. It , went out ci? existence at midnight Dec. " 31 and bo--glnninj? New Year's day .the . handlim? of "mail for the blsr chemical jlant ail-.l for the United States metaSs across tJi way, as well as' its '.distribution ainoitx the workmen, wti inaugurated at the East Chicago poilSt:e. it . is now jp to . Postmaster Mc-se Specter, to give a hlsrh standard of service, ap that provided VKile i'thfe Orassellt ctflce. , was , i n existence, with 15amuel .1V. ,Ogden ss postmaster and G. H. Jordan as assistant postmaster was of the besU The taking on of the office and of Oklahoma in general, means' a great deal to the (Continued on page 8.) ACCIDENT IN THEATER A: slight accident occurred: In th Orpheum theater In Hammond Sunday afternoon,, when, as a rotult of the ? loosening . of a radiator in the ceilingin the gallery, a boy . was. slightly injured. His name Is Edg.jr Sohl. . ; Dr. Buchanan, the house physician, , waa called, but found tl at Outside of a slight scalp wound the Injuries wern not erlous. -A force of 1 men was tit once put to work testing,. all of the other1 radiators in the treater so that there will he no further danger. - - Indicted feyLJ. S. ; in Dynamite Cass. I '1 ANTON JOIIAXKSEX.

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