Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 205, Hammond, Lake County, 19 February 1912 — Page 1

Tl 'J 1L4 ITION VOL. VI., NO. 205. HAMMOND, INDIAN A,MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 19, 1912. ONE CENT PER OOCT. (Bck Numben J CwU Cey

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The . mangled remains of Ton? MBgans a section hand, employed by the Gary & "Western railroad were found by a number of his fellow work- ' men yesterday "morning on the tight of way of the Michigan Central railroad near Kennedy avenue.' How Mengann met' his tragic death is not known but it Is thought that he was struck by a fast Michigan Central train late Saturday night as he was walking along this right of way. Near his mangled remains lay a package of meat and a partially fined Jug of whisky which may have been the cause of his being struck. His body was cut in two near the chest an J sections of his remains were found a distance of 20 feet apart. MISTER ROASTS THE

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Denounces Gary Y. M. C. A. For What He Says Was an Outrage; Promises a Few More Sensations . Before He Leaves Steel City. ' THIMBLE SAYS: : "Istafeaa of reeeivfnir nay food for k Mirrlafaurat t ffcrlr spiritual life at t met' cenedy , vrrtlfeav ","-1 !" " " IVouel yt sate4 T-"AmuM imtw . I tnwt aie the dtfTeirenra, betweta tnref-net comady eate4 sy one uaa at tk T. M. C. A. and m . tot toratlf tuurtnl by three-nea at the Orphean. v - Y. M. C. A- SAYS: : 'There mil nothing la the moielim kat did not tend to broaden bright em and spiritualise. Sol Smith Huesel wu one of the noblest and kindest men on the stage. If Trimble had half aa much kindliness la hta heart he would be better liked. He ia trying to work op another sensation." , Rev Nelson H. Trimble the retiring pastor of the Central Christian church caused a sensation In the Gary T. M. '. C. 'A.4 yesterday afternoon when he , arose In the midst of the Sunday afternoon entertainment and denounced the asoclation for the "outrage" It was perpetrating by desecrating a Y. M. C. "A. with a comedy sketch on the Lord's Day. The Gary clergyman, who won much advertising when he anaugurated the idea of building a church In a day and hauling sinners to church In the police patrol arose Immediately after Thadellah Rice, an impersonator had Riven his part. Ri-;. who was Introduced by A. R M&cArthur, superintendent of the Presbyterian church Continued on page 8.) THIEF GETS MEDAL T AFT CAVE SINGER 1 y - -. v;5? k ti 3 Y','- I -Si. . AUeXANDCR HEINRMANM Alexander ileinemann has asked New Xork police to help him recover , u gold medal made especially lor him

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mi aiier me presiaent nd Peard ktra sing at the German embassy in Washington. It Is the first medal ever presented to any singer by the f president, Helnemann says it was tolen from him on his way back to New JTork.

The Jug of whlykey forms the only clew which might tell how he met his death. It Is thought that he beeame intoxicated and unable to walk any further, he fell across the track, falling asleep. His body did not look as if he had fallen from the train, and neither was the jug of whiskey broken. His remains were removed to Burns morgue at 7:45 yesterday morning where an Inquest will be held, sometime today. The funeral arrangements bave not been made. . v Mengans lived with a number ol other laborers In a car on Kennedy avenue near the Gary & Western track. The last they saw of him alive was at 6 o'clock Saturday night when he left for town to buy gome eatables. GET THE TIMES' ROOSEVELT STORY TOMORROW Watch for a nenaattonal Roosevelt story la The Times tomorrow. Dont foraet to order a copy from your aewsdealer. It Trill be a hammer. FANS HOLD Gary Man Says There Is Little Doubt But What City Will Be in League. Thar a was nAln of the. Kori.&erji Indiana Baseball" associ&Udn on Saturday at: the Commercial club, Indiana Harbor, at which plans for the coming sea son were discussed. Not much was accomplished in the way of actual business, bst the loose threads were piked up with a view to beglnnlg the work in earnest ' In the absence of President W. J. McAleer, Secretary Charles E. Fowlar presided 'and Abe Ottenhelmer acted as secretary. The Gary works team sent a representative In the person of Manger Cor sidlne. Mr. Consldlne while expressing a deep interest In the league, declared it was Superintendent (Continued on page 8.) F. R. SCHAAF HAS HOT MADE WIS MIND Lake County Can Have a Place on Republican State Ticket If It Wants It. Postmaster f Richard Schaaf returned from West Baden Sunday and was surprised to see by Thb Times that the republicans of Laporte have started a boom for him for the office of secretary of state of Ind ana. Schaaf. said that he had received in the neighborhood of seventy-five letters from friends in Lake county and from all parts , of the state urlng him to make the race. , Schaaf says that it is very kind of his friends to urge him for the nomination, but that it will be impossible at this time for him to decide what he will do. He says that politicians from both factions in state politics are urging him to run and have Indicated that they would be glad to give Lake county a place on the state ticket if they want it. FLATTERING REPORT HEARD The annual meeting of the Masonic Building association was held in the Masonic temple" last Saturday night and it was found that the association lias prospered beyond expectation. ' At the rate the Indebtedness is being wiped out it appears that the splendid building, which was dedicated only three years ago, will be free of debt in another five years. In view of the fact that the old .officials have iven perfect Satisfaction they were all retained in office for another year. They are as follows: President Dr. H. k. Sharrer. Vice president Carl K. Bauer. Secretary and treasurer Theodore Moor. tirectors-Carl Bauer, J. T. Hutton, Dr. H. K. Sharrer, Dr. "W, F. Howat and Theodore Moor. THERE'S A CHAWCE THAT TOO OUGHT NOT TO POSTVOXE THAT -SHOPPING- AT LOSGE1L READ THE TIMES' ADS ASD SEE IF THI KOT SO. '

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HAMMOND GETS - CONVENTION (Special to Thb Timer) -Monticello, Ind., Feb. 19. At a meeting of the county -chairmen of the tenth district, held here today, it was decided to hold the district republican convention in Hammond on the 2Sth of March. Chairman C. A. Johnson' of Lake county attended the meeting.

SERVICE TO IPROVE VERY SOOW Rank Service Given Patrons of Lake Shore Railway Will Soon Be Eliminated When Track Elevation Is Completed in Chicago. In two months it is expected that there will be an Improvement in the abominable service that has been given the people of Hammond, Kasi Chicago, Whiting and Gary by the Lke Shore railroad. ; For over four years the Lake Shore trains have been going into Chicago over the Rock Island tracks from Stony Island. This has . been due to the fact that track elevation work has been going on at Grand Crossing. This work has now reached a stage of completion that warrants the belief that the Lake Shore trains will be running over its own tracks in a couple of months. When this change takes place the service Info Chicago will be greatly improved It will fee much better than It h.ls ever ben Ini the past and the delays lhat hare been caused by grade crossings ajt Grand Crossing will be obviated. . t! - " . ' -m : ' " . ..- .-1 . Tfc people Tjtive. ,leen. patient owlnjr to the fartt that the cause f"thse dalays have . been . generally understood. Grand ' cYosslng has been completely changed since, the ' work of track elevation commenced. . si ' 'The track elevation project at Grand Crossing has cost over 14.000,000 and Is said to be the most remarkable work of its kind that has ever been undertaken in the west. It gives the people of Hammond- an idea of the time it will take and the money that will be involved in slmiliar projects In Hammond, where ' the Monon, '"Erie and Nickel 'Plate cross the Michigan Central. ' Popular Priest Better. Father Barrett of All Saints' church, who 'was very sick on Saturday and yesterday, showed' some Improvement In his condition last night and today the symptoms of pneumonia which showed last Saturday had nractically disappeared. He is, however. tin confined to his bed in the care of the physician, and after he regain his strength sufficiently he will in all probability have to take a rest, as his present condition Is largely due to overwork. TALKS IN BILLIONS TO STEEL PROBERS i 'VN V Jamea j. Hill, builder of the Great Northern railroad and mine end railroad owner, posed for tbls photograph after he had entertained the Stanley steel investigation committee at Washington with the story of how he acquired for a mere S4.500.000 ore lands and railroad property on the Mesaba range which he now value? at half a faUUoa dollars. , ,

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MISS CHRISTIE JUcPONALD, American opera prima donna who studiel for years under Madame A Ida, has written for The Times a series of t six articles on the culture of the voice. " . ' She has made use of notes taken while she was studying, as well. as her own personal' -observation and experience, and her. advice ought la be invklu-

j able to every, man, woman or child in-LAKE COUNTY who sings, or tries to. j ;. The first of the articles will appear .tomorrow, and the others dally' there- ( after, .j ": : : - ; r - - - - ' ' : ' c . . ? i ..

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Times gubernatorial balloting, primary j fhesGary; &-Interurban street car conbrinjs Tho. E.r Knott of Gary to the - ductor, charged with entering, the car fore withva vote if nearly 300 and in barns , of that railroad with the intent the lead 'by a comfortable majority. 1 to commit a felony, disagreed. The sixth day - results' " have not been 1. The Jury-, was .out 28 hours and is counted and , the final results of; the said to have stood II to 1 for acauittal

prlmary will ; be announced tomorrow In the first edition of The Times. t It will be seen that the republican candi

dates fall far below the democratic j. sary tO'tryHtfie case again but Attornames. 0ne new name was added to-I neys Sheehan iL Lyddick feel confident

day by friends of former Senator Ja-ni es W. Hemenway. The last days voting 1st very heavy and great interest, is shown In the outcome. The. fifth day balloting is as follows: . REPUBLICAN. E. D. Crumpacker ... ........... 142 ' James E. Watson 116 ! W. P..Durbin ..'r:..:..;. Chas. W. Fairbanks' : J. P. Goodrich. . . .-.'.-. J. F. Hanley Harry New . . . ; t . .v. ; . . . Chas. A. Carlisle V. . . . Fred Sims '. ... : . . . I T. . . .. James W. Hemenway . . . . DEMOCRAT. -Thomas E. Knotts . ; 21 20 16 12 .12 r .278 Lawrence Becker . . , . . . . . . . .240 J. B. Peterson '. . .'. '. . . . . . ... . . . 101 Samuel Ralston . ." . . . . . . 50 John B. Boehne ........ 34 L. Ert Slack ...... . . ...... ... 23 Henry Barnhart . . ... ........ 10 J. J. Eeegan ....... . , . . . . . . . - 7 INTEREST IN . BIG HAMMONDWHITING GAME Since the managers of the Dave" Lederers and. the Whiting Owl club , teams got together last week, every basketball fan in the region Is taking a great interest in the game and from all prospects it promises to be one of the most exciting and hard-fought battles that will be seen this season. A recordbreaking crowd is expected and as there Is considerable rivalry - between the two quintets they will be in the pink of condition and will be seen in hard practice work this week. . Not only will the two teams Dattle for the championship of the county, but they will play for a side bet of 50. which will be placed In the handsof Thb Times sporting editor next Thursday night, when the final agreements will be drawn up. Hammond had Its money ready yesterday and could easily have raised the ante $50 more, biit the Owls considered that the given amount was enough.. ARK YOU RRtmK THK TIMES f

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cX' ? ,t-5 s Dill JURY v GREES: DISCHARGED The Jury in the case of Benjamin Ma, There is no way, however,, of learning the facta 4about the way the vote stood. The, disagreement will make It necesthat v thelr client will never be - convlcted. 4s If is said that the evidence against Hay was too much of a clrcumstanial natureMay had-a plausable explanation of his presene in he cr barns an 1 this probably saved him.. lTWO JURIES INDICT UTAH LABOR LEADER US 4 T rwmimm J-E-MUNSEV J. E. Mun3ey, business agent of the ironworkers union in Salt Lake City and one of the labor leaders of the west.-is under two Indictments since his arrest on the federal charge of aiding. In: a- conspiracy for the transportation of dynamite.- He had been previo-jsly indicted by the Los Anaeles grand jury. - - -

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Prosecuting Witness In Gary Bribery Cases Says no Dictograph Claims Were Made on Mayor Enotts

Meyer Ilimmelblau. the Chicago stenographer who made the shorthand notes in the alleged dictograph records in the Gary bribery cases, last Saturday, repeated his statements made originally in an affidavit in which he charges, that he and Thomas B. Dean who instigated the cases, faked tha records. . Himmelblau who is now subject to prosecution in Indiana on the charges of perjury, because he testified to the contrary In the AVilllsfon and Gibson bribery cases several months, refuses to come into Indiana, and accordingly his depositions were taken last Saturday by the attorneys for the state and defense. ' i A four hour session was held in room 1010 of Title and Trust building in Chicago, in which Himmelblau was first put on direct examination by Attorneys W J. McAleer and Clarence Bretsch for the defense, and then cross-examined by Samuel Parker and W. V. Hodges for the state. The whole proceedure was in the nature of a court proceeding, without a presiding judge however, there was no discussion or conversation about anything which was not meant to gi Into the records. Dram Hears Deposition. Thomas B. . lean, the, prosecuting 1 witness was permitted to be in the room, but aside from being present, he took no other part in the proceedure. Ile'dld nt offer a word of reproach or denunciation to the young man on whom he relied for supporting testimony, and who is now on the other. side by admitting that he Is a perjurer. ' ' ' The testimony in the depositions deals with only, two of the bribery cases pending, , that against -Mayor Knotts-, and Councilman , Emerson Xt9?r9r Y-TTi'-V'fJr-V -' HImnjelblau's . testimony ' in the Knotts -case, was brief, as he said that he bad made no dictograph records on - (Continued on page .) Williston Admitted Truth of the Records Himmelblau Attacks. The atatemeat ef Meyer Hlmnaelblaa teat the Dm dictograph records are forgerlea recall the atateaneata made la the Valparaiso trials by alefeadaat C. A. A llllntoa. AVIII. latoa himself admitted that the reerda were true la substnace, aad hla attorneys pat up the plea that Deaa had gf vea him liquor to drink. Williston declared that the traa. Bsrtloas talked of la the dictograph reeorda referred aot to a bribe hot a real estate transaction. COMMITTEE TAKES , UP PRICE MATTER Lake County Bar Members Investigating Claims of i Henry C. Price. , The committee on the qualifications of attorneys for admission o the Lake County Bar association, which consists of Judge W. W. McMahon, John F. Sawyer and, Fred. Crumpacker," expects to take up' the matter of admitting Henry C. Price, the Gary attorney, to membership. It Is understood that the qommlttee has information, in the form of affidavits, ofisome alleged irregularities in connection with Price's practice of. law in Indianapolis and that y will act on this Information. In the meantme it is understood that Judge Johannes lyopelke is seeking some information regarding Price from the same source. Price's vindication, if he Is vindicated at all. will be only after his case has been thoroughly gone into and all of the evidence against him secured. Price seems to court an investigation and the members pf the committee of the bar association seem inclined to go into the matter thoroughly. . HcElroy Back. F. D. McElroy. principal of the Hammond highschool, returned yesterday morning from the south part of the state, where he bed Joined the commission appointed by Governor Marshall to Investigate the needs of Industrial and agricultural training' in the public schools, he being a member of the commission. '. The Yommission practically finished Its work of. investigation . with its down-state visit, when 'l; stopped at Terre Haute, Evansvihe and other cities. . - . . ,

WHAT DEAN SAYS. .Thomas B. Dean, prosecuting witness in .the Gary bribery cases, arrived in Chicago last night "with all his Irish up" and took rooms at the Congress. Dean says he will prosecute young Himmelblau and answered the charges of "faked ev idence" by saying thit "the defense's tactics in buying up Himmelblau, the weakling, were simply in tine with the methods used on Harry Schmidt a similar sort of man in the Gary election fraud cases at Valparaiso. "We do net claim to have dictograph evidence against Mayor Knotts. What we have is far stronger. WHEN HIS CASE REACHES ITS CLIMAX HE WILL BE THE MOST 'SURPRISED MAN IN INDIANA,'' said Mr. Dean. "I have," he continued, "affidavits from reputable men to whom Himmelblau tcld of his plans to, hold me up. HE TRIED IT, FAILED AND THEN SWITCHED TO THE DEFENSE. - "I want you to say for me that I am not a Burns detective. I have no connection with the , United States Steel corporation and I want to say further that Its official are a crowd of moriP cowards who" are afraid to come out lit the open. They like to see these things done,

yeV thy - grveTioveeitab : moipa,L; pnysicai or rnanciai assistance. They are cowards.' V ' 7 J. W. BELSHAWv A jC ANBIDATE (Special to Thb Times.) Lowell. Ind.. Feb. 19. J. W. Flelshaw, one of the best-known professional men in this part of Ijike coumy, will be a candidate for representative from Lake county on the republican ticket at the coming' county primaries.' He made' his announcement today and his candidacy meets with favor. Mr. Belshaw is an attorney who has given much attention to legislative matter and from the fact that he was born and raised In Lake county, feels that he is about as fully cognizant of its needs as the next man. Sam Sheridan Weds. Leap year has captured another wellknown Hammond bachelor for its own. A dispatch to The Times from Chicatro says that Samuel Sheridan of Hammond and Miss Eva Pense of Danville, 111., were" licensed to wed In Chicago today. It will be interesting to watch what- the genial Sam's friends do ti him when he returns, to this, vale of tears. SHE'S OUT TO RAISE . . HUNDRED THOUSAND Mas PE.Cr,V-PeNNYACKEfV tr. Percy V. Pennypacker, of Austin. Texas, chairman of the national endowment fund committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Is waging a 4-amiaign to raise $100,000 for national club purtx-ises. It is expected that the full amount will be raised during the week : of February 22. which has been -et aside for the purpose. There sre 800,'VW members of : the Nvleratliin. Each state has been apportioned s stated amount to raise. .

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