Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 182, Hammond, Lake County, 23 January 1912 — Page 1

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nun WEATHER. MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY; WEDNESDAY FAIR; MODERATE WINDS. EDITION ONE CENT PEE COPY. (Back Numbers 1 Ctitt Coy. , HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912. VOL. VI., NO. 182IDIG IE mon DOLLA SPENDS LIFE IN GOVERNOR'S MANSION AND' IN OFFICIAL WHIRL OF CAPITOL

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West Hammond Man Drops Dead While Celebration Was Going on In White Eagle Hall

Death in sudden and shocking form to vlncer.i manxki did not Interfere with a wedding celebration that was going on under the nm root In tha White Eagle hall, West Hammond, last night. A defective light wire with which Szyrnanski cartie in contact In his saloon under the hall is thought to have caused his sudden death. A coroner's inquest (n the city hall this afternoon , will in all probability result in an investigation for the blame. The only conclusion that could be reached today was that a street light service wire, carrying a high voltage, fell onto a commercial wire leading: into Szymanskl" saloon, and charged It so heavily that-contact with it proved fatal. 'Heart r'atlnre rof f Iee Granger, superintendent of the electric tig-tit department of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company i which furnishes light to West Hammond, sa d that in his opinion, after an THEY CLAiffl N Considerable, Interest is being taken by local railroad men In the' organization of thei Chicago Stockyards company, which Is said to hav secured corttrol sf the Chicago Junction, railroad, fflMated wlt'a the Indiana Harbor Belt raMroai- ' Ioc4 railroad officials claim, the know nothing . of; the new corporation. , ; ' - ?-u-r rrt-rirn-t -t -" 11 v" " ' 5 ' " ' "Tl.e ftuca&o Stbffe YarOf onrpany. the" mysterious nw corporation whichlast Summer acquired the' ownership ofthe local. stock yards and the Chicago .Junction Railroad, has increased, it capital stock from $1,000,000 to $8,000.000. The new ttock, if the company desires, wll be available 'for financing extensions and improvements at the "yards." The first million of stock, it was an POLICEMAN IS INJURED While walking through the passage- ' way between the -Hohman building and i Smith's saloon on State street late last night Officer Hilbrlch slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk and as a result he received a severe injury to his ankle. The accident occjrred about midnight, as Hilbrlch was seeing If the rear doors of ,th Hohman street stored were locked. He was not able, to step on his leg and he found some difficulty in getting back to the street. Br. Young was' called and it was found that the officer received a fracture of one of the bones In the ankle. A cab was called and he was removed to his home. He js reported getting along nicely this morning, and will be able to be on duty again in a short time. ' ; ; WORKS WAY TO TOP OF GREAT COMPANY Forrest F. Dryden. just elected president of the Prudentie.1 Insurance Company of America, is a splendid example of what a man can accomplish by willingness to work and persistent effort. He is a son of trie late Senator John F. Dryden. and entered the. service " of ' the' Prudential Jtt th aga of eighteen.

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ing so radically wrong with the service that It should have proved fatal to any one. He said that he had- Dr. Ostrowski's statement to the effect that Szymanski might have suffered with a weak heart, and therefore Mr. Granger thought it possible that a slight shock may have superinduced heart failure, Fire In Flats. ; Almost simultaneously with the fa tality in the White Eagle Eagle Mall building, a defective electric light wire which was thought to have been discon nected and which was not on the meter. caused a fire in the upper flat of the Hodel building, coi ner Garfield and Lincoln avenue, occupied by Harrison Cappis and his family. The Cappises had just returned from an evening's outing and fovnd flames shooting from the ceiling connecting the chandelier. Fire department No. 1 of Hammond answered the alarm, and (Continued on page five.) MLEDGE OF IT nounced, was paid in cash last October. At that time the company acquired the common stock, of the old Chicago Juntion Railways & Union Stock Yards Company, under Its ofifer to exchange its S per cent bonds for the stock on the baste of 200 per r-nt In bonds for 100 per oenJ in stock, or alternatively, to guarantee 9 per en t annual dividends i ."The identity of. th interests bacK O I. the "new 'c)KmiJany n,uVe ' been carefully cotioeaied, but It understood that they are the Armours. 'Swifts and Morriseti'. The ocers and directors of the company are lawyers and clerks living, at Port land. Me.- They are the following: "Persldent, Clarence E. Eaton; treasurer, T. L. Croleau; clerk, James E. Manter, directors, Eaton and Croteaii and Albert F. Jones, Albert A. Richard and B. M. Maxwell, all of Portland.'?CONSTABLE S ACCUSED Jake Teitleman, constablg, and Deputy Constable. Frank Schefano were arraigned today before Special Judge Twyman on the complaint of John Gallno of Indiana Harbor who charged them with extortion. Teitleman was 4not arrested until last night, but Sche fano was arrested before.. It is alleged that the proprietor of the Cassa .Roma ,a hoarding house in the Harbor, was holding Galino's baggage on account of a board bill which she claimed he owed her. Gallno went to see Schefano with reference to getting his goods and chat tels, and paid the deputy constable $5, which he divided wltn Teitleman, ac cording to the complaining witness. Teitleman declares. Gallno got - $3.50, while Schefano kept the remainder of the five dollars: The constable and his deputy then went to the Cassa Roma, It is' alleged, ana secured the luggage for Gallno. Gallno later became dissatisfied and preferred the charges against the of ficial.t which" 16d to' their arrest. The state is represented in the prosecution by IJeputy Prosecuting Attorney Joe Meade. GETTING MORE m ORDERS DAILY The Simplex Railway Appliance Co. is receiving new orders every day. They are not large oni s, but the car building activity all over the country is being reflected in an increase in all lines of activity. - It is expected that in another month or two that the plant will be back to normal.' . .This .moans that . "00 or 800 men will be employed where there are now only 400 or 500. , DAUGHERTY IS NAMED (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 23. Ever since dispatches to The Times giving the fli st news that Charles J. Daugherty would be the next postmaster were printe J, Jhe . news has been scouted here and last Saturday when the news of the confirmation of Mr. Daugherty's appointment' was given It was again disputed. ,; News from Washington today sets all doubts at rest. President Taft today signed Mr. Daugherty's commission' as the nxt' postmaster of yfrown Point. " -(

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BANDITS Blanche Adair the Vampire For Whom Hammond Young Men Are Led to Crime; PoHCe Secure Con fessions From Men. YOUTHS SENTENCED. Minrlw THamondy Walter Young and Nathan I.ove were arraigned in the Superior Court before Judge Be.ker - shortly before noon today. In vlew of the fact that the three prisoners before him were young and "hod clean records, h Imposed the Ilhtest sentence possible. Earn nu 'entenced to serve an Indeterminate term of from two to fourteen year la the JelTersonvlIle Rrformalory, and In addition waa disfranchised for four rears and fitted one dollar. Each one pleaded guilty, as hla name waa railed. Love said that he wna Intoxicated anil added tht hla name heretofore had never appeared on a police record. There was a woman 4n the. case; the pace was killing, and the Hammond police department was working like a Russian detective bureau, and as a result three well known young Hammond men are today facing the penitentiary for their self confessed crime, of . having held up Nutini and LeclonI the State street fruit dealers last Friday. Maurice Diamond, Nathan p. Love, and Walter Young, are the three boys who are charged with holding up the Italian ;. fruit dealers. All threo contested last night after they had been "sweated" hour after hour in tha police Ftation.; . Blanch Adafr Arrsitted. ca m aiso iked up in the police fetation hir the charge of disorderly condudt,, she havln.i been arrested '. in- a rem in the MaineiHotel with Love. She wan not directly implicated in the hold up, but it was former sake that Love needed money. She denies having had guilty knowledge of the crime, nor was she Implicated in any of the confessions that were made, and it was the Intention of. Chief Austgen this mcrnlng to order her to leave town. The Adair woman is twenty-one years old. and (Continued on Pare 7.) SOME CAT FIGHT ' THIS WILL E Billiard Match at University Club toBe a Stemwinder. There is more excitement among the members of the University club over a match billiard contest between Dr. 11. C. Groman and Roscoe E. Woods that is to be held in the club rooms next Saturday night, than there is in the backyard when all the neighbors' cats gather, , The club is to give a smoker on this occasion, and the billiard contest is to be the principal enetrtainment." - Th contest will be for $10 a side, the winler to donate the proceeds of the game to the club. Elaborate preparations for the game have been made. Each of the contestants, has selected a manager and a coach. Dr. H. C. Groman' has selected Dr. E. M. Vhanklin as his manager and Drs. T. W.Oberlin and Harry Hay ward for his coaches. David Emery ' is Wood's manager and Dr. H. E. Sharrer his coach. Harry Johnson s the stakeholder. The referee will be Ralph Wicks, the scorers, Fred Mott, Jr.. and Judge V. S. Reiter, who together will select a third man. The game Is to run 100 points and begins at 8:30. It IU be concluded at any time between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Bill Hastings has ben selected as bookmaker. Dr. T. W. j Oberlin, chairman of the house commit- ' tee, will be sergeant'-at-arms with full ' power to put an end to all rioting. j Reports from both camps Indicate ' that the contestants areJn good training, and will he fit when the referee i spots the halls. There will be two rows i of chairs around the tables, , and these I will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. Refreshments wll be served during the evening. Prepares Annual Report: The police commissioners held their regular meeting - yesterday, and with the exception of the regular routine working, nothing important was taken "P. Desk Sergeant Schafer Is busy preparing his yearly report which will be ready In a few -days. - -

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Miss Lucy Hoke Smitii, daughter if Hoke tsniith, new senator from Georgia is one of the most interesting debutant of the winter. Miss Smith has lived practically all her life amid official surroundings of some kind. She spent part of her early girlhood In Washington, when her father was a member of Presi

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DIG DEAL 111 BLACK OAK South of Tolleston and the Black Oik district figured prominently in the real estate market when, the recording of a deed at Crown Point made public the transfer of forty acres at the. unusually high price of $750 an acre or $30,000 for the whole tract. The Ira Matthies estate is the seller and Frank R. Mass, trustee, with offices In W. G. Wright's real estate exchange old Security bank headquarters. Sixth avenue and Washington street, Gary, is the purchaser. , ' The property in question is the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 13, township 36, range 9 west. It fronts In the north side of Twentyfifth avenu and is a little west of Clark road. The land is just northeast of Black Oak. DIRECTORY MAN NEEDS EXPERIENCE Who Has One of the New Hammond City" Directories? . A typical case' of the failure' of .a business!-project through the failure to advertise is shown in the case of the new Hammond city directory. Six week agiJTj.triis directory, which is said ' to be a very good one, was published and 'a few - copies distributed. Outside of the few business men who were Induced to siybscribe no one knows that there is a new directory in existence.' ' "- ' " ' v Inquiry was made of at least .ten business men tn Hammond who ought to have directories, and none of them knew that-a new book had been issued. , Finally, after several inquiries had been made . Secretary E. F. Johnston, j of the Hammond Business Men's asso ciation, was asked if he knew of a directory and said that one had heen issued about six weeks ago. If the publishers of the directory had used advertising space in the newspapers the whole city would have known of it. The idea-is ridiculous, when a person slops to think of. it, that so important a document as-,a city directry could be Issued without more than a few score of people knowing of It. No Steps Taken Yet. . J. K. Stinson, secretary of the Lake County Bar association, stated tody that he had heard of a movement to re. drganize the association, but that no steps had been taken as yet. 1 The association has not had a meeting for a year, and it Is the purpose of the lawyers who are Interested in the matter to make a live, effective organization out of it. - " " ' "

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LAKE COUNTY HAS GHASTLY RECORD 187 Deaths Requiring In quests Shown in 1911 by Coroner's Record. auiciaes ........... 24 -Islam by railroads 49 JSlain.by interurbitns B Slain by street cars .......... 1 Killed in other-accidents. .... , .49 Natural deaths that rll e coroner's inquests .,55 Total deaths, most of which mi.ki " . have been averted Of the one hundred and eighty-seven deaths that were of such extra-ordinary character as to cal for a coroner's inquest in Lake county fifty-five were from natural causes and one hundred ?d thlrty-two went to their graves in a violent manner. Murder, suicide and accidents claimed them but the railroads head the list forty-two lives having been sacriced in twelve months on the rails of Lake county. These facts were made public today when Coroner Frank Smith at his office In Gary gave out a resume of his report to be made to the state statistician Classified the deaths are as follows: Deaths found to be from natural causes after an Inquest was held: 32 white males, 1 white female, " 1 black female, total 55. - - Homicides: 8 white males, 1 white female, l yellow male (Chinaman ' murd -ered at Gary); l .black female( woan murdered at Gary by George Davis who Is to hang next month), total 11. -Suicides: 18 white males, 4 white females, 1 red male (Frank Little Buffalo. Sioux - Indian chief and Janitor for Mayor Knotts, killed himself in the Gary clly hall) 1 black female (Gary negress), total 24.. Kllled-on steam railroads: 42 'white miles, killed on interurban railroads: 5 white males. Killed on street car lines: 1 white male.. Kllied In all other accidents (steel mills, factories, explosions, etc.) 43 white males, o white females, 1 colored male) killed in Gary sheet and tin plate mills) tbtaV18". ANOTHER HOLD-UP. ' As he was returning horn from the Standard, Steel district, where he had been on business, August Schafer, 313 State street, was confronted by three mei shortly after darkness Sunday evening, who demanded his money and valuables.- ' . The hold-up occurred at a lonely spot on Columbia avenue while Schafer was walking towards State street. The j three men sprang at him from the shad, j ow of a building and, finding nothing i valuable on his person, they dlsap-j peared. j During the hold-up one of the men ; struck - Schafer .with some obstacle1 which he thought may have been a blackjack. The other man grabbed him around the arms from the back, while the other searched his pockets. He w.is unable to give a description of the m?n. as it all happened so suddenly and"; on account of the darkness. Mrs- Novak 111. Mrs. R. F. Nowak, 571 Summer street, was taken sejiously. ill last night. Her sickness is thought to have been due to ptomaine- poisoning. Shewas verymuch better today. Something that she ate while on a -isit to Chicago on Sunday' Is thought to be- responsible ff her' condition. ' ' '

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sal Calumet Project Incorporation Takes Place.

Incorporation papers have been filed in Indianapolis by the Philadelphia Land & Improvement company whichrecently purchased all the unsold va cant property with the exception of a few business lots In Indiana Harbor, from the East Chicago company. The company is incorporated for $1,000,000, the incorporators being Judge Walter Riley, William J. Riley, Lyman Riley, John Reppa, rell Funkhouser. The directors are Walter J., William J. and Lyman Riley. The officers have not yet been elected, but will be at a meeting of the stockholders and directors to be held in the near future. Most of the stock is held in Phila delphia, but the main offices will be lo cated in Calumet in the offices now oc cupied by the , CalumetKennedy com pany, in the new telephone building The Calumet-Kennedy company has decided to continue in the telephone building Instead of moving Into the store room now occupied by the South Shore lines as a waiting room, whicn was originally intended, and the wait ing room will remain as heretofore. Judge Riley will represent the corpor ation at this end. The land acquired hy the Philadelphia Land & Improvement company in the recent purchase represents the largest Profits Oh Ore Unreasonable Washington, Jan. 23. Unreasonable profits are made' on iron ore of the lake region;' excessive earnings flow into the treasury of the United States Steel corporation from its ore transportation facilities, which suggest the necessity, from the standpoint of public policy, of segregating the ore railroads from the giant corporation, and , large intercompany profits are made by consolidated o're, iron and steel companies, according to a preliminary report on the LATEST NEWS AMABASSADOR'S MOTHER DIES. Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 23. Mrs. Emma L. Wilson, mother of Henry Lane Wilson, American Ambassador to Mexico, and John I. Wilson, former United State Senator for Washington, is dead at her home today. She waa eighty-one years old. . HANG THREE MEN AND WOMAN. Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 23. A mob of 100 men last night broke into the Harris county jail here, overpowered Jailer E. M. Robinson, and took four j negroes, three men and one woman, out and hanged them to trees one mils from town. The bodies were riddled with bullets. It is estimated that 300 shoots were fired. JUDGE FINDS SOMEWHAT BETTER Hammond Squire Returns From Visit to West Creek Farmer's H6meJudge EL P. Ames returned from Lowell, Ind., last night, where he was visiting at the bedside of T. A. Vason, a prominent farmer and an old resident of West C3 ek township. Mr. Vason is well known In Hammond and throughout Ike county. Aout two week? ago hit was taken down with pneumonia, and his condition was considered critical at one time. His condition showed some improvement last night. THERS ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED EVERT DAY THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUNTT PUT TOGETHER.

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A FUNNY REPORT. In speaking of the organisation of the new corporatlen, tha Indianapolls News says: "The corporation is the second formed In East Chicago within a few days to deal In real estate. Tha other, a $400,000 concern, waa ineor. porated as the Baldwin Land company. Walter J. Riley is head of the directorate. A report from East Chicago is to the. effect that a large number of residents of . Gary are. preparing to move to East Chicago o take part in the boom promised .as a result of the Baldwin Locomotive company's removt) decision." This will tickle the rUibilltlea of the Gary folk, and the depopulation of Gary Is certainly 1 some newa story; ' . ' " rea lestate transfer outside of factory property eve put through in thesa parts. It embraces 8,000 lots. The company has not yet deeided when It will place the property on tha market. coat, of production W tba t feV ----rby j;.rl. t r: ' -. M r .Tha . repof P wtJI , ed 10 ,i resi dent Taft and sent to the1 house committee on ways and ta an4 for eonsideration in connection with, the proposed revision of the steel tariff schdal, upon which the democrats will caucus today. , - s Roaaa Aid Atoaopoly. The report is based upon aa investigation of two-thirds of the country'e production of iron and steel from 190S to 1906, inclusive. Limited : data for 1802 to 1910, Mr. Smith adds, make It clear that the five-year figures sub stantially represent present conditions also. Insofar as the steel corporation "enjoys monopolistic power," ' the report (Continued on' Page 7.) Developments in Steel s Trust Probe at Washington. Government wonld ' spilt roads from steel Irnnt. Such a movement would segregate the -J" railwayyards and shops at Gary from the parent corporation. President E. J. Bafflnarton of the Illinois and Indiana teel companies, Gary I.aud company and Gary Heat, Light and : Water ' company subpoenaed to bring . records to Washington, ' House committee ready to slash steel schedules. ' HITT TAXES'' A HAND IN SALVADOR'S WAR . .s. Reynolds Mrrr Reynolds Hltt. United States minister to Guatemala, has become an active figure In the revolution in Salvador since President Cabrara. of Guatemala began to land assistance to the revolutionists Illtt. jilting upon orders irom Secretary Knox in Washington, has notitl.-d Cabrera that the Washington traty of 1907 must be lived up to, rr hi government will' Incur the wrath at Unci Sam. ,

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