Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 206, Hammond, Lake County, 20 February 1912 — Page 1

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ON THE The .Standard Oil Company has a iarte force at work unloading material at the E. J. . E. tracks In Indiana Harbor for the new dock which they will begin to construct at the earliest possible moment, and rush to completion as fast as It Is possible to do the work and do It right. This will mean that large boats will be coming upvthe canal as far as the Junction of the main canal with its west branch early this summer. The necessity for haste Is the result of th destruction during the winter of the Standard Oil Company's pier at Whiting, a large part of this being washed away. It would cost an enormous sum PRIARY Becker of Hammond Second Choice and Crumpacker Third; Great Showing Is lEade by Friends of Gary Ilayor in Last Few Days. KNOTTS LEADS. - --HEPULLICAIT.' E, - D. CruaipwkeL, 4 . 27S James E. Watson 240 W. P. TJurbm .. ; . . . 50 Chas. W. Fairbanks . . . .". : ; . 41 J. P. Hanley ....... .". 36 J. P. Goodrich 25 Harry New 17 Chas. A. Carlisle . . , ........ 15 Ff 2d Sims. ... ......... 12 James W. Hemenway. . ..... 10 v - DEMOCRAT. Thomas E. Knotts 527 Lawrence Becker ......... 281 J. B. Peterson 120 Samnel Ealston 55 Jolm B. Eoehne ........... 33 L. Ert Slack . , . ...... . 35 Henry Barnhart 12 J. J. Xeegan .......... 8 Mayor Thos. K. Knotts of Gary is the choice of the voters of Lake County for Governor of Indiana if Ti'hs Timks gubernatorial primary is any criterion. Five hundred and twentyseven voters were received for Gary's chief executive, whose friends In the past few days sent in a perfect whirlwind of ballots and they fluttered Into ThhT Times office like falling leaves in autumn. Judge Lawrence Becker of Continued on Page 7.) In the matter of a new trial for Alderman Walter Gibson, sentenced last year in the Gary bribery trial, the bill of exceptions was signed in South Bend yesterday by Judge Vernon Van Fleet, and filed in the Lake circuit court at Crown Point this morning. This perfectH the appeal to the supreme court, whither the casev will be taken according to Attorney H. S. Barr. of Crown Point, who appeared with Attorney Boone of Hammond for the defendant. FLYEIl IS WBECKED. Philadelphia. Pa.,Feb. 20. The Pennsylvania Special. No. 2S, ihe Chicago-New York eighteen hour train, east bound, on the Pennsylvania railroad, ran into a light engine near Middletown, Pa., this morning. Both engines were demolished and the first car of the special was slightly damaged. One fireman had his leg cut off. None of thf passengers was injured.

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to replace the pier and as It is to be abandoned anyhow It is economy to dispense with It now and utilize the Standard Oil Company's recently acquired dockage property along the canal. The dock is to be 900 feet long and the piling will be driven forty feet into the ground. The material now being unloaded consists of twelve by twelve timbers, piling and Wakefield sheeting. Within a few days the K. J. & E. will lift their bridge so that the dredge may pass through this will be set to work as soon as the weather will permit. RAY CALL ANOTHER fEETING Question of Closing Johnson Street Is Still a Live Topic State Street Hopes to See Sohl and Johnson Streets Merged Into One. .The people on tho north side. Hammond, and also the . business men on State street and Oakley ' avenue are thoroughly aroused over the question 'f 1 1 e Ti aato $iAt J bsob stree Mat h Kh was to have . comt" up in court yesterday,' hV was finally pbstpWetl," for awhile. One' of j the men who was a leader in the opposition to close Johnson stfeet when the campaign against that project was started several months ago, called at The Times office this morning and said that the matter of calling another mass meeting is under consideration. He said it looked to him as though the attorneys who were handling the ter had waited until the interest in the matter had subsided and then thought thev would go ahead with their plans to close the street. 'They are mistaken," said he, "if thr.y- think that the people of the north tide have lost interest in this matter. If the case gets Into the court they will fnt that there will be scores of interested property owners there who will demand that the street be open." May Be Important Street. The possibility that the Krle left coal storage warehouse wilt be removed, to Highlands and that this will result in the opening or Sohl street as far south as Con key avenue has aroused the State street business mn. They hope to see Sohl street and Johnson street made one continuous thoroughfare all of the way from the country districts to the south of Hammond to One Hundred and Forty-first street, Hammond. They take the view that the rouble with State street as a business thoroughfare is the fact thai there are no important intersecting streets between 'Oakley avenue and Calumet avenue. They think that if Sohl street could be opened all of the way through to the north side that it would extend the business district on Kast State street all of the way to Sohl street and possibly farther. HAMMOND GETS - - NEW CONVENTION Hammond was yesterday settled upon as, t he place where the tenth district republican convention will be held on March 18. Chairmen from the various counties In the district met at Montlcello. Ind.. yesterday and decided upon Hammond because of its railroad accessibility. it has been decided by the republican county central committee also to hold a meeting at Hammond on that day to appoint delegates to the state convention at Indianapolis, and as It will be a double-decker, and the day before the county convention, some politics will be played. LOWER, THAN CHICAGO PRICES Egg and butter prices In Hammond are still hovering around the 40-cent mark for the dozen and the pound, respectively.In one of the leading stores in Hammond the price for the highest class product Is 38 cents, other stores are a cent or two higher or lower. It all depending how their supply market 1S. -" - - Prices era the whole are a few cents cheaper in Hammond than in Chicago.

TEDDY TO BAT! OHIO ANXIOUSLY

WAITS TO On Eve of Colonel's Keynote Speech, the State Promises Split Delegations to Both National Conventions. This is the first of a series of articles m d written arter a close study of po litical sentiment and conditions in tin states or tjnio, Michigan. Indiana, Illtnos. Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia. Florida, North and South Carolina and Virginia. The articles will appear at intervals of a few days, as Mr. McNltt advances on his trip. The series will be written from an independent viewpoint. BY VIRGIL V. M'.MTT. (For The Times. COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 20. Politics is our grandest national sport, and the season of 1912 opens here Wednesday. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. ex-champion slugger and base runner, wfli then endeavor to re-establish himself in the game. The job of being an umpire served very well for a time, but what could be expected when the umpire, as full of fight as ever, concluded that his old team was getting licked? ' In the case of the colonel, there were friends and fans to urge him to resume his player's uniform. "Would he? Will a duck swim? So Teddy will appear here Wednesday before the Ohio constitutional convention, to make hts- keynote speech. He will tell the country where he stands with reference to trust prosecutions, the Initiative, referendum, and recall, and other issues and problems. If nominated, he will make his fight from his Columfcus platform. Can Roosevelt "come back?" Who are the men behind his candidacy? Is he as strong as of old with the men in the ranks? Is he regarded as the same Roosevelt that he used to be? COt STRY Pl'III.ES OVER KNOTTY POLITICAL ftlERIEs! While we are asking questions, here are some more: Is It true that President Taft already has enough delegates, counting those from New York, Pennsylvania and the southern states, to. nominate? Who Is the' popular choice among the democrats. Harmon, WUson. Clirk or Underwood? The purpose of the writer is to visit all of the central and southern states with a.vlew to learning the sentiment of kite peSp'r and" to preWwc--':m'"ssic-ceedtng articles ..sucJj,riswers .to'', the above questions as may be ' gleaned from a Study of popular opinion. , To get back to Columbus the crowd is waiting mighty anxiously to see what Teddy will do when he comes to bat. Will he denounce "malefactors of great wealth." as of years back, or will he champion the cause of the prosecuted steel trust, as of a few months back? Will he be outspoken against "big business," or will he counsel moderation? Ohio republicans are today divided Into three camps. President Taft's supporters, who Include federal nephews and most local organizations; Roosevelt boomers, rather hard Just now to classify; and radical progressives, who refuse to Join the Roosevelt ca'jse. There are many of these I Follette man, who still feel unreconciled. OHIO 1HEV BACKING TEDDY NOT OLD-TIME PROGRESSIVES. . Walter Brown, republican organization leader of Toledo and chairman of the state ..central committee, is in charge of the Rooseve' t boom In the state. He has never besn known herer tofore as a progressive. Neither has Dan R. Hanna. son of the late senator, who is working hard for the colonel from Clex-eland. Hanna. has has not STARDARD STEEL CAR CO. GETS W ORDER Railway Association Reports Shortage of 23,000 CarsThe Standard Steel Car Co. has received an order for sixty steel "cars from the Birmingham Southern railroad. The recent osder for steel passenger cars from the Pennsylvania rail, road consists of fifteen suburban coaches and thirty-five combination passenger and baggage cars. There is now a shortage of 23,011 cars, an increase of 10,817 cars over the preceding two weeks period, reported by the American Railway association. There Is a decrease in the surplus of raw that is also significant. On Jan. 31 there was 5,592 cars, a decrease of 46,887 cars as compared with the previous report, and 100.763 as compared with the same period in 1911. DR. SMITH ANNOUNCES Dr. Frank A. Smith of Gary, county coroner of Lake county, another one. of the county officers who took his office the first of January, today announces his candidacy for renomination on the republican ticket. Though he has only served the people less than two months Dr. Smith has given every evidence that he is an efficient official, thoroughly capable of performing the functions of his office, and henceforth, as by precedent, entitled to a second term. . J . -

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TOWS. " taken any active part in pollttc'u befOre mis year. , ..'. James R. Garfield of Mentor' Is. of course, for his former chief. Garfield was a candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention at the election last fall, but was defeated. lie wasn't willing to indorse the initiative and referendum plan that his district wanted, so a man of . more aitvanMd progressive ideas beat him out. o miicn for the organizers. . If you would know whether Roosevelt is still popular with the people, watch newspaper reports Of -What bnnen o ft.r Teddy's train enters Ohio at Steubenvine eariy Wednesdav. M.vV. iv,. colonel's' popularity , has waned. We may Judge when we hear v.th ,- proTlmlty tends to electrify the popu-J ice into tnronglng to the stations to see him, as of old. One thing Is pretty certain: Ohio will send a split delegation to the Chicago convention. Without much reference to popular demand, many local officials and organisation chlers who want to beat out the democrats will pull for Roosevelt, because he is regarded as a votewinner . - . TAFT'S HIO GENERALS WOJTT STIR VP ANY ENTHVSIASM. President Taft's fortunes are in the GAR ASSOCIATION TO BE REORGANIZED Judge Kopelke Takes Initiative in Movement for More Active Body. A meetlne o the Lake County Bar Association has been called for next Monday morning, at nine o'clock in Room No. I for the purpose, as outlined by Judge Johannes Kopelke, of establishing an effective organization of the Lake County Bar Association. It is said that this movement started as a result of the fact that a number of things have occurred recently to discredit several attorneys who art practicing in Lake County, and it is believed that the situation ought .to be handled by the bar association. Probably the prime motive in calling the meeting is the general demand that the Lake Cujnty Bar Asociatlon be reorganized and made a live organization. , For a year or two its officers have not called a meeting and it is expected that the meeting next Monday will either result in the election of a nw set of officers or In the calling of meeting for that purpose. Bill on a Visit. Bill O'Rourke, formerly employed by the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co., Hammond, is visiting in Hammond today. He is with the Detroit Suburban Gas A Electric company, and makes his home in Detroit. Ills friends are more than pleased to see him back.

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hands of -Charles Pick; A." I. Worys- and I C. JLaylln; Not one of the three is a strong campaign general, "and riot one has a. hold On popular imagination. The Taft campaign in the state will depend largely, upon- momentum. Undoubtedly many thousands of republican voters have .not yet concluded which candidate they will favor. ' Governor Harmon seamed almot eortstn of a solid Ohio delegation to the democratic convention at RalMmore until a few davs ago. A hn ne-opposed the Initiative and referendum in a speern before the , consitltutional convention, a majority of whose members had ben elected on I. and R. pledges, he proi. voked a storm among so-called progressive democrats. Woodrow Wll son is arcordingly likelv to have some of the Ohio votes 6r the first ballot. Ed. II. Atonre 1 la tmnn'. state campaign manager. ' Is doing ' his best to put down the uprising. At this time, to Judge from reports from the country at large. Taft will be renominated through, the advantages of his position unless Roosevelt sentiment develops Into a Roosevelt stampede which is not Impossible, On the democratic side, it will be a case of the allies against Woodrow Wilson. The latter will be stronger than any of his rivals, and will have to run against the field. - DR. SHANKLIN TO COKDUGT WEST Is Unable to Connect, However, With Eye Witnesses to Tragedy. Kr. E. ar. Shanklin of Hammond, who has been commissioned to conduct the inquest in the Tony.Mengarvs. the Italian section hand, whose body was found dead on the Gary & Western tracks, near Kennedy avenue, Sunday morning, has been unable thus far to get into communication with eye-witnesses to the accident. The body waj prepared for burial by Undertaker Burns, and sent to Chicago yesterday afternoon for burial today. Althouglrthere were eye-witnesses to the accident, the evidence surrounding the case is almost conclusive that Mensans was accidentally killed by a train DUFNER RETURNS A BACHELOR Henry Dufner. agent for the Nickel Plate railroad, Hammond, returned to Hammond from California last Saturday evening, after a month's vacation, which He spent on the coast. Contrary -the expectations of many of his friends who thought he would return with a ' bride, Mr. Durner returned alone. His sunburned face and improved l.ealth are'evidstioe of the fact that Mr. Dufner enjoyed his vacation immensely. ARB TOf HEADIXG THE TIMES f"

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Two persons were murdered in the "black belt" of Gary, one late yesterday afternoon and the second late last night. Both of those dead are negroes and one of the victims assassinated was an eighteen-year old girl who, it Is believed, was first attacked and who was then strangled to" death. The second victim, a man of thirty-five years, was shot down in cold blood. The assassin made his escape and a dragnet had been thrown over the entire Calumet region for his apprehension. The murdered; HARRIET THOMPSON, eighteen years old, reramon law wife of David Jackmom, strangled to death in the par. lorn of her home at 1(147 Mouth Madison treet. JACK JOHNSON, thirtr-flve yenr old, shot through the head, dying Intantly, at the corner of Sixteenth avenue and Connecticut atreet. Negro Minister In Aceuaad. For the murder of the Thompson girl. Rev. William Steele, a brother-in-law of the dead girl, is held at police headquarters and is charged with the crime. Steele, who says that he Is the pastor of the Gary Colored Baptist (Continued on Page 7.) T Jacob Katz of West Hammond Is involved in a daring "check kiting"! scheme, in which his associate are said to have secured $7,000 fraudulently from three Chicago banks. j Katz is a lawyer, whose name appears in the Hammond telephone directory as "Katz Co., Bankers an-1 Real Estate, 34-154th street. West Hammond." He Is a member ojf the Chtcago . Bar association "-and has offices at 40 North Dearborn street, Chicago,-',,' , , ; , . .'- JtMr;Katt 'stated" to-a-:T:rBa.eTorter this morning that. her husband had no guilty knowledge of the -criminal acts of his associates' and was merely a tool In their-hands. She said that she had no fear' of the outcome of the case against him. One of the Chicago papers had the following account of the indictment and arrest of the men implicated in tKis trouble. The cleverest and most daring of CALUMET REGION NEEDS HELP FOR FALLEN GIRLS Hammond Woman Finds a Helpless Lass; Tells of Cities' Needs. WORK FOR PHILANTHROPIST That cities In the Calumet region are in need of an organization which is willing to work for the uplift of fallen girls, products of the conditions in thos cities, was again forcefully demonstrated last Sunday when such an unfortunate was placed in a home in Chicago by Mrs. H. E. Granger. 488 Hamlin street, Hammond, after the girl had been rescued by Chief of Police Peter Austgen. The need for this organization is all the more apparent when it is remembered that this Is not an Isolated case. But for systematic work, and funds to draw on, many more girls ctuld be snatched away from the evil Influences in which their unfortunate circumstances place them. Mrs. Granger took the girl to the "Chicago Rest Cottage," a place for such girls, ,at her own expense, and. gave up the greater part of Sunday to accomplish her mission. When the members of the local W. C. T. 1., of which Mrs. Granger is the vice president, heard of her work they at once offered to reimburse her. But the fact remains that the Women's Christian Temperance Union, as the name implies, is an organization primarily to promote the ideals and practice of temperance, and there is no organization in Hammond whatever that makes the rescue of fallen girls its sole mission. Case Waa a Patnette one. The case of last Sunday was a par-ticularl)-pathetic one. It is a common (Continued on Page 7.) Child Dies Yesterday. Helen F. Kemp, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Kemp, 526 Garfield avenue, died last night, at 11:30 o'clock, following a brief illness. The funeral will be held from the family residence tomorrow afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock. .Interment will occur at Greenwood cemetery.

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Recent Negro Murders and Crimes in Gary's Black Belt. February 26, 1911 Robert Doraey murdered John Borrrn by beheading: him. November , 1911, William Steele shot by his wife Carolina Steelej recovered. December 13, 1911, Jo Hmi and Bud Owsley broke Into home of Mrs. Carolina Old (white woman) abet her In Jaw. He waa nht by her son; b1h men sentenced to state prison. December , 1911, Toy Tan ehot and killed by Yip Ley (Chinese ton if war). June 2S, 1911, May Marshall murdered by George Davtit. December 13, 1911, I.llllnn Smith ehot nnd killed. " February 19, 1912; 'jack Johnson murdered by Robert Johnson. February 19, 1912, Harriet Thompson murdered. check kiting schemes. Involving heavy loss to many Chicago banks, extending east, west and south, and planned on a scale that would make "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" confess himself a second rate financier, was disclosed yesterday when the grand Jury lridicted the following: " J ' , ' JAMES LAWRENCE HUSTOX. FRANK W. FOWLER. WILLIAM Li. SUTTON. ! jacob katz. .michAei weh .. vfeii and Katz surrendered themselves late yesterday afternoon at the criminal court building and gave bonds in . t2.500 each to answer the charges. Huston was missing from his home on South Park avenue, whence he was reported to hay fled three weeks ago. Sutton, his brother-in-law. was b.eing sought by detectives-at a late hour last night, but was said to be in the city. (Continued on page five.) Gary. City Council Reduces Saloon License" From $500 to $200 Largely Through the Efforts of Alderman Castleman, Last Night. What Was Done at the Gary Council Last 'Night. Passed ordinance repealing high saloon license ordinance thus restoring low licenses to Gary. Created city scalrrshlp and established weights and measures rales. Reform ' aldermen snowed under by adroit move of Alderman Castle, man who rinenda Impeachment rules ordinance, so that It is "sterlUed" and the' main power Is rested in Mayor Knotts. thue thwarting any antl-Knotts moves. Petition signed by ItOO citizens nnd saloonkeepers asklnn; low license rrxtorntlon because ef bribery allegation received. Alderman Castleman equipped with much Battle Axe tobacco and two brass spit tons makes fiery "peech and re-Iterates charges that Banker II. J. Hay bribed ex-Alder, man Daukus. Police on guard at meeting stop many noisy demonstrations. Moving two large brass spittoons xvith him as he meandered around the floor of the Gary common council. Alderman M. N. Castleman. known n. "Old Battle Axe", the tobtcco chewing Ktatesman of Gary acted as whip of the house at the council meeting tonight and forced through two important measures. .ie knocks orft the hih saloon li-

REPEAL HIGH LICENSING ORDINANCE

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