Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 283, Hammond, Lake County, 20 May 1912 — Page 8

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THE TIMES. Monday, May 20, 1912.

THE GREAT

COHONER

IN GARY

William Jennings Bryan will lecture tonight at the Majestic theatre. Fourth avenue and Connecticut street, Gary, for the benefit of the Mercy" hospital. The distinguished commoner will be tendered a reception at the Gary Y. M. C. A. at half past six by acommlttee of one hundred appointed by President A. B. Keller of the Y. M. C. A. Following the reception there will be a supper In the association dining: room. Tickets for the benefit lecture are 50 cents, 76 cents and one dollar. The topic will be "The Signs of the Times."

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out that they will not build until the transportation troubled are at an end are subject to serious inconvenience and financial loss, and East Chicago is perpetuating the reputation for crooked dealing In public affairs, and stands disgraced In the eyes of all decent and intelligent citizens in other cities. Whether graft is at the bottom of the present standstill or not, the. public are Justified to so regard the situation say the taxpayers. They have lost all patience with the dilatory methods of the men who are hired by them to look after their interests, and whispered suspicions are rapidly becoming little short of public accusations. Even the aldermen who have had the confidence ofthe people ars becoming the objects of suspicion, perhaps unjustly but nevertheless with a certain amount of reason. Taxpayers are crying loudly for action. They are satisfied with the franchises as drafted by the street car companies and amended by the committee of citizens appointed by the major to loelt Into them, and by the board of public -works. They can see no reason why the aldermen who are supposed to carry out the wishes of the taxpayers should seek to make changes in measures endorsed by the most representative men of the community. That is to say they can see no honest reason. The murmur of discontent has increased to a veritable roar against what can be classified as only one of two things: The most inexcuable stupidity, or a shameless bid

for graft.

ONE DYING. FIVE OTHERS WOUNDED. TWENTY UNDER ARREST RESULT OF PENNSYLVANIA RIOTS IN WHICH WOMEN TAKE PART

MAY HAVE MURDER MYSTERY

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William Iytton, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, as "a result of shooting Tom Needham of Indiana Harbor, was arraigned in the Lake Superior court before Judge Virgil S. Relter this morning and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to the penitentiary at Michigan City for an indeterminate period of 2 to 14 years. He was 3 4 years of age. Hugo A. Robst, charged with embelling money from a Hammond grocer. Willet Hayes of Gary, charged with being an accessory In the performance of a criminal operation which resulted in the death of a girl In Gary hospital. Mike Kubic. charged with petit larceny, and Thomas Clayton, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a boy in Hammond, all pleaded not guilty.

IS IT A BID FOR GRAFT?

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car men who have been obdurate in their stand against paying any individuals anything for their franchises, a chance to "come across." In the mean time progress in the city hi at a stand ' still, the Baldwin Locomotive company who have given

were removed to Finerty's morgue in

Washington street near Seventh ave

nue.

Probably A ToIIeston Man. The young man was cleanly shaven

and probably had just come from a Gary barbershop and was walking to

wards his home in Tolleston. He wore

a blue serge suit with a faint green stripe, tan shoes about number 8 sir..

soft shirt with a white tie. Inside

his coat pocket was a soft white collir

and a blue polka-dott tie. The hat

was a fiat grey kind of 6 7-8 size. Tie had on black sox and white underwear

and also wore suspenders and a' tan

belt. The only articles found in the clothing were two bottles of bicycle cament and a bill from William Begun. 1S59 Jefferson street, Chicago for a bicycle. The corpse is that of a young man between 25 and 30 years, 160 pound3. black hair of a dark brown hue, and brown eyes. A pair of scapulars waj on the body which would indicate that his religion was Catholic. It is also possible, so the police say, that the man may have been robbed and thrown from a passing train.

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Where the riots occurred near Scran ton, Pa. Mounted Soldiers and Police onn Guard. One dying, five others grounded arid twenty under arrest for rioting is the net reBult of bitter warfare between police anu mine workers mad Idle by the suspension in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania, Women have taken a prominent part In the rioting. Six of the twenty arrested have been women. Twelve of the twenty arrested rioters are tn prison cells, under heavy ball. The above photograph was taken on the scene of a riot near Scranton, Just after the riot was broken up. One boy was fatally wounded here.

the size of a baseball. The patient had experienced much difficulty for several weeks 'in swallowing, and for some time had subsisted solely on a

liquid diet. The rapidly increasing J

growth of the tumor had made It impossible for him to swallow at all and strangulation seemed imminent. The patient was rushed to the hospital Saturday evening and prepared for an operation. The physicians who had his case in charge differed considerably in their diagnosis, some of them declaring the growth malignant, while others maintained it to be what is known by the medical profession as "benign." All were agreed that recourse to the knife was the only means of saving the patient's life. On operating It was found that the growth was not cancerous, nor tubercular, the

protru&erance being merely a fibroid gland. The operation required an hour. Barring danger from blood poisoning.

which is believed to be slight, there I

seems little doubt that the patient will recover, but the long drain on his system will make It necessary to build up the patient "from the ground up," as Dr. Kinlock expressed it. The pressure having been removed, it is believed that Mr. Keough's voice will be restored as soon as he regains his Btreng'--. The lakeside hospital has been besieged by Mr. Keough's army of friends and admirers, with inquiries as to his condition ever since the critical nature of his illness became known. The Tribune yesterday printed the

following, in his Sunday column, "Offside Plays," characteristic paragraph dictated in a whisper by the newspaper man just before he was taken to the hospital Saturday evening: The pen may be mightier than the sword, but it has been put up to us good and strong that when you want to guess at the root of what ails you, the chlv is mightier than the prescription. That's the gig we are Just about to play. Root for us.

of the two women as the big car struck the icy waters, but they were powerless to do anything to save the lives of the occupants of the car. Some of the crew say that the car turned over just as it struck the water. The girl was seen by one of the sailors to leap from the machine into the river. In the darkness they lost sight of her, but as soon as they hauled over the spot where the machine was last sen they found her body floating. Although the ponce said that the fpeed of the machine was unslackened as it reached the river, it was evident from the marks on the planking for the last sixty feet before the automobile plunged into, the water that the chauffeur had made desperate efforts to stop. Apparently he had reversed his power as well as applied the brakes, and the p'.anking of the bridge bore marks where the car had ckidded along until it had turned almost half around.

OUT OF ONE HOSPITAL IN ANOTHER After being laid up in the South Chicago hospital for six weeks with a

broken leg, Victor Johnson, 241 Seventy-fifth street. Grand Crossing, received another Injury to his leg yesterday afternoon which will keep him at St. Margaret's hospital for a short time at least. N Yesterday Johnson came out 'to the lake front to enjoy a fish dinner and It was while h was - preparing for the feast that he partook of too much amber fluid.' When he stepped outside Johnson's head began to whirl and .as a resirft he. fell from the sidewalk, spraining his ' leg. An attempt was made to get him on a street car, but they could not get film into the car. Barrow's ambulance from Whiting was called and he was removed to St. Margaret's hospital. i

NO FIGHTS SATURDAY.

There were no fights or any attempts at fighting in East Chicago, so that the clash between Manager Joe Simpson and Chief Ieo MeCormick was not forthcoming. .. . , . .

II. E. KEOUGH VERY ILL AT HOSPITAL

Brilliant Sporting. Writer Submits to Operation in Chicago "Lakeside-"

Hugh Keough, former editor of The Times and known throughout the country as "Hek" of the Chicago Tribune, one of the most brilliant sporting writers in the United States, underwent a serious operation yesterday at the' Lakeside hospital, Chicago. A fibroid gland which had attained the siie of a baseball was removed from his neck and the operation, while a very delicate -one, wing to the proxi

mity of the excresence to the jugular vein and its involving of the vertebrae, was successful, and Mr. Keough has now a yood fighting chance for his life. Mr. Keough has been practically an invalid since the latter part of February, when he suddenly lost his voice on a trip to WTaco, Tex., with the White Sox. It was believed that the trouble was caused by a cold, but his failure to recover his vocal powers after a reasonable period, caused ,his friends to arrive at the conclusion that

no ordinary cold was at the bottom' of his trouble. He consulted noted throat specialists and finally was advised to take the baths at Mudlavia, Ind. He returned from a fortnight's sojourn at the health resort about a weeks ago. in no wise improved by the treatment, and apparently weaker and more III than before. He had lost weight and his appearance alarmed his wife and friends. About Thursday a growth was discovered on his neck. When first noticed it was found to have increased alarmingly. Friday morning it was as

FOUR WOMEN AND TWO MEN DROWNED (Continued from Page one)

the auto party a resort on the

the intelligence that had been at Cuneo's

lake in Hammond. When the car, which was a big black touring machine took the fatal plunge it was south bound. The police believe the members of the party were Indlan-

ians. Four members of the South Chicago police station saw the approach of the car and realizing that the driver was unaware of his danger, spread spread : themselves across the bridge and attempted to head off the car, but the -driver, thinking that the party was about to be placed under arrest, failed to.cut down his speed and in another instant he was off the draw into the river. At the same time that the police were trying to head oft the oncoming car members- of the crew of the two Are, boats saw the death plunge and Imme

diately pulled over where the machine

SHORTAGES ARE CHARGED Ifl EAST CHICAGO BOOKS

Former Officials Are Held Responsible for Thousands of Dollars.

large as an egjr; and by evening it was went' down. They heard Che mcreams

The State Board of Accounts yesterday sent to Governor Marshall reports of shortages in the acounts of six former officials of the city of East Chicago, which showed a total of direct charges against the officials of $9,362.39, and a total In constructive charges of $5,663.95. Ansel G. Slocomb, city treasurer from Sept. 1, 1906. to Jan. 3, 1910, is charged directly with $8,366.50, but has a credit allowed him for the payment of a bond; principal and Interest amounting to $4,603.86. Various , delinquencies and failure to deposit city money on time, thus losing Interest were the basis of the charges. In Mr. Slocomb's term from Jan. 8. 1910, to Dec. 31, 1910, he Is charged directly with 14,323.05 by the board, on which a payment of $752.93 hs been made. Errors In bookkeeping end other

errors In his office were responsible for the discrepancies, according to the report. William C. Harding, street commissioner of East Chicago from Jan. 3 to Dec. 31, 1910, Is charged directly with $63, and constructive charges are placed against him amounting to $3,611.82. Walter Lt Spencer, clerk cf the civil city during the same period. Is charged directly with $2,719.26, on which a payment of 772.08 has been made. Three members of the City, Health Board during the same period are charged constructively with amounts as follows: Raleigh P. Hale. $652.40; Frederick W. Sauer, $813.25; Alexander G. Schlelker. $686.48. '

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