Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 29 January 1912 — Page 1

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EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 187. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY, (Back Numbers 2 CBta Cmn i -

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Hammond's ex-Mayor and Present Superior Court Judge Boomed for Gubernatorial Nomination by Sonth State Democrats. ! Judge lAwrence Becker of Hammond for governor. ( This Is tho name that Lake County democrats, particularly his personal friends want to see at the head' of the democratic state ticket next fall and today they are full of enthusiasm be cause of unexpected suport that ha come from down state to help the boom which' they had been quietly nursing aiong tor oraev time. They are more convinced than ever that he in the logi cal candidate who would fill the bill 'n every particular. They have taken it for' granted that when the time arrives that he will per. init his name to go before the conven tion as a candidate, and thus far they (Continued on page t.) COOK GO. DEPUTIES CIATyXCITELlEIlT Four IPlayers Are Arrested,' But Walk Quietly Out of ' the Village Bastile. Five deputies from the-office of Sheriff Zirnmer of Cook county last Saturday night swooped down on the gambling resorts conducted in West Hammond and arrested, the keepers and several inmates. Graham and.McQuis. ..ton were each placed under $200 bonds .to appear beforj) Judge Frank Green a .week from today. Two wagonloads of gambling paraphernalia were confis cated and put in safe keeping in the . village halt ; . While the deputies were standing .around booking prisoners and superin tending the unloading of the furniture mur oi ine prisoners cjuieuy jen ny a rear door, in th'S city hall, and made their escape across the Tine' into Ham . mond. The deputies, not 'knowing that the state line was so close,, followed the four to Meeker & McCune's saloon at the. four corners in .Hammond and tried to place them under arrest again The ex-prisoners, feeling ; themselves safe under the protecting skies of Indiana, resisted arrest and the deputies threatened violence, but other Ham mond men who wer present Interfered and prevented bloodshed and arrest. IfilfilORAL DANCES Gary's Police Chief Puts Ban on Turkey Trot and f Grizzly Bear. Chief of Police Joseph Martin of Gary issued instructions to his men on Sat- i urday to bar the immoral "turkey trot" and "Ibear" danres". son Gary dance j floors. As far as Is known the police eucceededi keeping the lid down. t. The Manhattan Gaiety Girls, who i were ,to appear In a Gary theatre- last night, left town without giving n per- i formance. It is understood they left! in disgust "because they had bn in- I formed by Chief Martin that they j would he arrested if they attempted to j give any of thrir Immoral dances In the theatr FOUND INJURED I G. Ttelnherftz, 510 Murray stree-t, Hammond, was found in a helpless condition on Plummer near Calumet avenue yesterday by Conductor Erlckson of the Indiana Harbor railroad. Reinholtz was unable to walk and was; trying to get on his feet. j Erlckson noticed him on the ground. and went to his aid, where he found Keinholta was intoxicated and had received a badly sprained ankle. The police were notified at once and Officers Miller and Law were called. The police patrol was called and he was removed 'to' his home. He was unable to tell how he receivedjthe injury and it Is feared that the accident will lay him up for sone time-. He is reported getting along nicely this morn-

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VOTES . DOWN RESOLUTION The promised insurrection at the re publican convention in East Chicago Saturlng evening, failed to materialize. All went off smoothly as on greased wheels, excepting when Willis K. Roe's resolution, construed ' as a slap at the national administration, was introduced. Then a storm of protest arose. and the resolution was voted down. Otherwise there was no excitement. The convention was for the purpose of naming delegates to the Hammond convention at which the county central committee is being organized this afternoon, - and electing delegates and alternates to the Tenth Congressional district convention at LaFayette on Wednesday. The following were chos en to represent the Twin Cities at the last named convention: Delegates E. W.. Wlekey, C. E. Fowl er. M. R. Shock, Ben Goldman, Tom (Continued on Page 8.) BAPTISTS TO BUILD A $30,000 CHURCH v 1 1 1 Ground to Be Broken This Spring and Dedication to Take Place in Fall. PLANS ARE ALREADY OUT Plans for a $30,000 Baptist church lt. Hammor.:d. haveb;en ordered with in structions to hurry the work in order that ground may be broken th'.a spring, and the' dedication to take p.' ace next fall. .... ;- ' u -,;:' v! The dsclsion to build this year wan leached; last. Saturday .night 'at a regu4 lar meeting of the. board of trustees; arid when it was submitted to the con' gregat.ion yesterday jnarning' it. w 'P-pf-SVealiy the conrregatloni'.Tha-i-ular congregationiiV covenant, meeting Will W held on Wednesday Of 'this week -at which time, the congregation will formally indorse the plans of the trustees. The new edifice is to be located on the north side of glbley street, opposite the present frame Baptist church. The congregation owns a lot here of 100 feet frontage. While the building wilt not cover the entire lot, it will all be used for church purposes. This site is fr; of debt, and in addition the congregation has another 100 feet which will be sold. Fifty feet of this Is occupied by the present church, '. whlla another fifty -seven feet -are situated on (Continued on page five.) BARNIE'S MUSIC USp. Barnie Young's orchestra is furnishing the music at the Chicago auto show, He has a twoweek's engagement there. This is his sixth consecutive season in which he plays at the shows. . New Boy at Crumpacker's- . A new boy arrived at the home of Mr: and Mrs. ! Fred . C. Crumpacker, 46 Warren street, yesterday morning and Fred now has a pair to draw to. The young man and his mother are, doing splendidly, and the father ' is looking into the vista of the future to see a possible niche in politics for another sturdy, male representative of .the great Crumpacker family. AKK YOU READING THE TIMES? FELS AS DEFENDER OF THE McNAJlAKAS . " i ' " - ' Joseph Feis, the millionaire eoap manufacturer of Philadelphia who haa become welt known through hla efforts In behalf of the single - tax, propaganda, t'j.k. up cudgels for tna McNamara brothers in a dictated statement he $ave out at Toronto. He says they are no more to be blamed than any other vlctlma of our nrescnt day civilization.

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New York suffragettes have organized a theatrical etocit company, and will t argua the merits of their cause through dramatic situations rather thwrf by speeches. They expect to confine their activities to New York for the present, but later will visit states where suffrage amendments are pending. AnSong th real actreses they have enlisted are Miss Fola- LaFollette. Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale, Miss Vlda Sutton.and Mrs. Charles H. Caffln, the director, who was one of the Ben Greet players In Ehgland.

Rl'ElROV Frank D. McElrov. DrinciDal of the .IIammond high school, and a member of the commission appointed, by Governor Marshall to got the public sentiment of he taxpayers on the advisability' of industrial and agricultural training, Invited the public through the columns of TBE Times td hear a free lecture .. at t tie iiammond. itieatur on Thursday night of this week on, the The commission will be ; In Hammond on next Thursday, and will meet in the afternoon In the University club to get expressions from a score of men prominent in' their lines of work. In the evening Frank Duffy of In dlanapolts will make a public address. his subject to be industrial training. Mr. Duffy is secretary of the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners sof America. He is recognised as a safe and sound thinker and.has been promU nent In Industrial education for twenty years. At the present time he is a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Pro motion of Industrial Education. 500 STRIKE ' AT INLAND MILLS TOD AY Five hundred men employed at the sheet mill at the Inland at Indian Harbor went out on Saturday, with the result that the sheet mill is now shut down temporarily. The strike seems to be the result of a misunderstanding, the mill people declaring , that there had been no cut in the wage scale. The trouble developed on the o'clock turn. .Many of the men due.to go to work at 2 failed to put in an appearance,--and those who reported foi duty quit a short while after. -. . It is not' believed that the trouble will continue for ' lorig, but in the meantime the rolls are greased to pre vent them from rusting in case the strike is of longer duration than - at present is indicated. . : . START HABEAS CORPUS SUIT Outcome of Suit Against Cah Register Man " Is . Awaited. 'x 'i'r Habeas corpua proceedings . were started in the Lake superior court this morning by Attorney L. T. Meyer, representing Ebn N. Bunnell of the NaTh defendants are Thomas Grant. Leo E. Peutsch and Iouis Morris In one i-ae anl Grant. Deutxcji anjl,Paul-I. Glaser In another. Th.snlts arc the outcome .of crne trouble that IJunnftll had with the defendants In this case some weekg back when Bunnell Is said tohave used violence towards one of them. r - " . GRAND DASCE. First Grand Dance' given by the Molders of Lets, Mfg. Co. on Saturday evening February 3rd at Central Music $Iall, CrowrfTPointf Prize waits at 12 o'clock, valuable priez to. best gcentierivfLii -and lady. Everybody Welcome. . J COMMITTED. .

ISSUES INVITATION

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Novel Command at Gary Picturesque Convention is Held in Gary's Workaday World on Saturday Night.

Probably Gary never witnessed such a picturesque convention as the republican caucus for eleven precincts r held In JBennett's hall Saturday night. .. .. . . . . ' ; A.rowd of three hundred men of whom one-third were negroes and the majority of the white men of Slavic races crowded .'the small building while, ten police were on hand to preserve order.' So packed was the meet-

ng that" the secretary had to usethe riting desk. ,

Parry Took X Okanccs. : - ' ' " W'-H.' F.yffa Parry, who was t be chairman of the meeting Judiciously provided himself with a large atoye poker which could serve .other than gavel purposes should the ipeoaaion demand. . .Chairman .Parr bad . barely; '.room enough to mdve about and Hanked -iieirr"hlm ; were; several " hurlx democratic-dive keepers who did much to create a turmoil. , '; ; ,

Boaon Were "Gentlemen who wil volunteer to

vetion at Lafayette, we need three," shouted'Parry as he pounded the poker on the table. - - - ' . - ' -, Instantly three hundred hands went up into the air and as many voices shouted "I", "I will." The bedlam kept up' for' five minutes. "Gentlemen, you will have to pay your-own expenses," declared the affable Mr. Parry as, h'e lit another perfecto.; , f' ' "What's that? shouted those neat him. , " 1 "Pay our own expenses? ; Never! - We'll not go." "No, we'll not go." came the three hundred aad the uproar continued for several minutes the time being punctuated by many shouts of "no" "no." A few in the back thinking that a fight was going on shouted "throw him out, throw Tilm out" but Mr. Parry raised !hi poker on . high and. cautiously looked right and left for any bricks thatfmlght come his way and the noise subsided once again. - ... - , ' "Til call for three volunteera who wil pay their own expenses," shouted Mr. Parry. , .... ; ', -J. ; - ; But there was no response. Honors with-expennes 'attached weren't' desired by the "Patch" patriots. s ,' , ' ; .; ' ' Everybody Wu Broke. ' "I nominate Jack Burke," shouted a negro as he glanced towards the aaloonkeeper of that name. , ? "I'm broke," shouted Burke In response, v Then somebody nominated a Hebrew. clothier. (i . , "Business is bad I can't afford it," shouted this gentleman. "I nominate John Keseric," cried another. ; .. , . "How much does it costrvasked ths gentleman. "Fifteen or twenty dollars," answered Mr, ;Parry. I don't want to go." . .: Finally three volunteers for delegates- and as many alternates were enlisted. , . : . . When Parry told the men to go to their precincts he shouted: "Gentlemen repair to your respective precincts." ' . .

"Gemmen repair yoh precincts," "gang. . The quo warranto proceedingagaint M. H. Castleman. the Gary alderman, by., which the Commercial club seeks to oust Mm from the council, have at last begun in the Lake superior court, Hammond. , " ' Attorney Henry. F. McCrackcn represents the Commercial club and Mclcer Bros, of Hammond represents Castleman. The morning was taken up with the work of making up the issues, and it is expected that this will take until this afternoon. - ; The. taking 6f; evidence wilt egii some time this afternoon. It is expected that th trial of the' case ' will last for two or three days. ,A large number- of witnesses, prominent in Gary official circles, will bf called. Garfield club Meets. The Garfield club of the Christian church holds a regular meeting this evening. : A .debate between some: of the members is op the program to enliven the session. " ' ' TJBED THINGS THAT TOU DON"! WANT CAN BE SOLD IF .YOU ADVEKTISR IN THIS THUS

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Precincts" back of, his nearest' neighbor as , a . - DtdlMl. go as 'delegates to the district conechoed a darky whe gave orders to his I Sr.llTH-r.lILLER GO. INCREASES ITS STOCK Company Will Branch Out on a Much Larger Scale Now. The Smlth-Mitjer Co. of East Chicago, at a recent meeting of its stockholders, decided to Increase Its "capital stock from 125,000 to 1100,000. . The company intends to branch out on a much larger scale than heretofore and . will put up a great many new buildings during the next year? They have In the past few years -erected' several hundred houses, but this'.is not a marker compared with the business they Intend to do in the future. The company is officered by C. C Smith., president; Harvey E. Jackson, vice ' president; Bruce Miller, secretary and general manager. These men,' together with J. M. Stinson of Hammond and' ' W. Tly Diamond, constitute the board of directors. The Smith-Miller is one of the most enterprising building concerns-of this region, and has done much toward the upbuilding "of East Chicago. The Important step in the increase of capital stock signifies much. THE TIME ALWAYS HAS FOUGHT FOR. HE INTERESTS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE FOR THE MAN . WHO WORKS FOB A. LIVING.

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Gary Has Tempestuous Meetings to Name The De- . . gates; Gary Republican Caucus Marked by -Lively Doings. In the Bemnett hall eonveatloa,. where eleven predicts net nuder a Kaetta stollce guard, aeveral democrats tried to break up the meetlag. Ke tronbVe occurred. Beaaett ball election will have to go before 'the county convention credential committee for settlement la mack as there la three acts of delegate claiming the heaora bat the nanven lor tboae elected ia aorne of the preeiacts are Identical en all lUta. Both Major MaeFaddea aad ft. P. Frnnrln dalm that they will he elected chairmen. Attorney Henry Price eaaaea trouble la Btauteahof ball when he -eased W. F. Hodge of ballot Ir-rea-ularltiea. " Many- were for throwing Prlee eat. Resulta as to the chairmanship of tlu Calumet township republican com mtttee which also Included the Gary district are still in doubt Both Major John MacFadden and H. P. Francis claim the majority of the twenty-six committeemen and until the meeting is called to elect the township chairman proba.bly a week hence, the outcome la problematical. Francia men claim all but one, of the eleven precincts in' the north part of Gary, six of the eleven m the south end of the city, the two rIn Tolleston and concMle the two townshlp-Grlfflth , and the jest to Major MacFadden. ; On the other hand ' the major lays claim to five the north end. Griffith and most of the sooth end. -- -, ;;;."'?. ' '.if- '. Klevea Precaneta la Coateat. - . The meeting for the south district, of Gary comprising eleven districts with W. II. F. Parry as chairman resulted in quite - mix up. Mr. Parry was made (Continued on Page 7.) BEATTIE IS ELECTED. (Special to Ths Timbs.) . ' Crown Point. Ind., Jan.- 29. A goodsized gathering of the faithful of the party met at the courthouse assembly room on Saturday night to perfect the Center township republican organization and select delegateav or the. tenth district convention at Lafayetta on Wednesday. The meeting was called to order , by the' chairman, Joseph Beat tie, who was unanimously selected as township chairman for the ensuing (Continued on Page 8.) Give Dancing Party. The Saint Cecelia society of West Hammond gave a dancing party at the Kosciuszko hall on 155th street yesterday afternoon and evening. Each entrance ticket entitled the holder -to a chance on an elegant Morris chair, which was raffled off during

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the Iuckey holder -of the ticket and was therefore presented with the chair. The i music was ' furnished by Clement S Goyke's orchestra. REAUZES AMBITION; SINGS GRAND OPERA 7W ALICE NIELSEN

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Miss Alice Nlelson Is realizing her ambition. - When she was known' aa one of the best comic -opera aingera In America, she-had hopes of climbing higher in her profession than the limitations of that sort of entertainment. She went abroad and studied earnestly. Now aho Is in grand opera, and Is fast singing her way Into public favor. .'

Republicans Flock

to Hammond for Organization Session. . (BlTLkETIW.I "I At the meeting to organise the Lake county republican - central eoaanuTtte thin afternoon, Cbarlea AJohnnoa oC mm rsiai, anoiior oi iase cari was elected chairman ananlnonaly, and Vernon McGIrr of Hnnamond, oecretajry, wrlthoat opposition. For trenmarer two candidates were Xpnrt la nomiaatloa Jadate A. C. Haber of Gary, and Fraalc Hammond ef Hammond. The latter was elected'. A vote of thanks wan Klven K. R. Sehaaf, Jr the retlrlajf chairman, aad P. C. Cratmaaeket ta retiring secretary, for their splendid work. - Crown Point was selected as the att for the cennty convention. . The organisation of the republican" county central commits took place at Huehn's hall in Hammond this after noon. ' Party workers and leaders front the meetlna. . . ! 'The meeting follows the selctlon ot 1 ' precinct committeemen from all' oven j th county. - The committeeman maka j the selection of the county chairman and the county secretary.-, . The selection of Charlea Johnson of: Crown TPolnt for the office of county chairman la a foregone conclusion and will probably be unanimous. Great in terest and enthusiasm is shown in th meeting. Outsldn of some stir from Gary In the credentiala commlttee it la expected .that, hrmonyt-Jl prevail In i all quarters. .The preliminary work of the party leaders over th county c.'it-; . aid cf Gary, Indlcif-vthisfcjatt-faet lis al dl trerenceV ' Wjlt 1 be - avoMed."' ! ' . In Gary, two factions cls-im the township chairmanahip and there are two lists of delegates claiming regularity. HAIHIOITD MEETING IS . HAmiONIOUS .'.'.' - ' . .- ' ' - . . - , The 1 meeting at Hammond at whichi precinct committeemen atnd delegates to the district convention at iafayette were aelecied, proved to be a har monious one. . r t F. Richard Sohaaf. the county chair man, was elected to the office of chair man or the meeting. Attorney vernoni f McGirr -was made . secretary r of ' tha V meetlna. - - ''' V It took just twenty-two 'minutes fo the various precincts to select theie committeemen. The delegates and al-i ternates to the district ; convention were then selected. i The following is the list of precinct committeemen and the delegates and alternates .who were selected: -Precinct. Committeemen. No. I Julius Linnerman j No. 2. ..............William Tirana No. J;...... Left to next succeeding Chairman. ... ....... ,Ctto Haehnet No. S. -g . v i. . . . .William Rose . ...C. W. Fowler . . .W. B. Newman i. :1 . .Henry Burge ....Sam Ableman ....I. I. Modjeska .... . . Josef "Swint . ... Jacob Wikep " ...A. M. DicksoK . ... '..XV. R. Ford . ...J. M. Granger ...II. E. Granger ..-..; F. S. Cotton . . . .Arthur Schut . .C XV. Heimbach . . . .Charles Ames , . . j . . ; ,Ray Wells No. 8. No.':. No.-10. No. 11 No. 12. NO; IS. No. 14 No.H 15. No. 1. No. 17. No." 1 8 . No.' 19. No. 20. no. 2i : The following Were elected delegates Vo 'attend the 'republican convention to be- held at .the Victoria theatre, Iafayfltlhd.. on the 3!st .-day-of .lanary'191?. pursuant to the. roll of t he VUst riot chiilrnnn tjir the -Tenth congressional : district No., 1 No. : No, . S No. , i No. I Nor' No. And No. .. S .................... Henry Burg . . . . . , . . . . K It. Sehaaf. ,,Ht tirj; Whliaker- . . , . . Joseph Swint ....... ...K. S. Cotton .B. K. Escher . ... K, S. Srtnine the following alternates: .'.... .;'i.Frak r. Trent No. No. No. 9.. J9.. 11.. 12. , , . . ; .Rnlrli W. Robs ,.r. . .1. . Julius) Taussig '...William Marchant . .'. . . ,CharIr Hubbard ....Fred fvumparker ; .J ike Wiker No. 13.. No. 14. V'THREE WEEKS OF GOODNESS For the third, connect; live week not an arrest has been mads by the Hammond police over Saturday nlsritt. ; It is, something unusual that a drunk is not picked up, especially on . Saturday night, and the police cannot understand the quietness, ,althougn.,they are perfectly sJ.tisfied at the present rata. '