Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 301, Hammond, Lake County, 11 June 1912 — Page 1

7. ATCrEVENING EDITION WEATHER. FAIR TODAY; WEDNESDAY CLOUDY; SOUTH WINDS. .VOL. VI-, NO. 301. HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY,5 JUNE 11," 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number 2 Cents Copy.)

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Nine-Day Sensation in Chicago Over Disappearance of Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Will Soon Be Solved; Police Looking for Hammond Man Involved by Girl as Her Abductor; Blame Put on Parents of GirL

Catherine O'Brien, the sixteen-year-old girl who has been missing from her heme, 5145 South State street, in Chicago, since May 14 and for whom a city-wide search had been made, was taken into custody last evening by detectives from the Desplaines Street Station. Her companion on Hammond man now at large made his escape. The girl was found at West Madison and Union streets with a young man who escaped. She was taken to the Desplaines Street Station and after being questioned by Captain Thomas F. Meagher she was turned over to detectives from the Englewood Station. The O'Brien girl wore a light blue dress and a black hat trimmed with red. She at first told the police she did not know the name of the man with her at the time of her arrest, but later broke down and revealed his Identity. HAHOi GETS 1VEH . - Acceptance of un invitation extended by a committee of churchmen to the officials of the 1912 convention of the Indiana Y. M. C. A. to bring their assemblage to Hammond in the fall assures Hammond that her wants In that field are to be attended to. W. C. Belman. of the First National i-d-wwttitht morning from the Y. M'. C. A. headquarters in Indianapolis stating that Hammond 'had been favored by the convention, . A hundred and fifty delegates are to come on the-22 of November and will remain in session at the Methodist church until the 25th. The needs of Hammond will not escape the attention of the body as W C. Belman, to whose Influence and efforts the city s indebted for the honor conferred upon it, will push the project through. (Special to The Timbs.) Crown Point, Ind., June 11. The injunction ' proceedings against the Gary and Southern Traction Company instigated by the Panhandle road will probably, be heard In Judge Kopelke's court tomorrow, so as to occasion any unnecessary delay fn the construction of the line Into Crown Point. The Erie road which also hates to pee the lnterurban line invade a profitable source of revenue - to " them are hampering the traction workers to no light extent, yesterday keeping an engine moving continuously over the crossing so that no construction work could be done. Judge Ora Wildermuth of Uary, attorney for the interurban was a Crown Point visitor yesterday and speak optimistically over the futu're of the line proper. ARE YOU ItEADIX; TIIS TIMES Seen in Congress Lobby. -Senator fciotun. The genial ' senator from Idaho opines that the Republican party is being murdered at Chicago by . the Taft committeemen. He is fighting for Roosevelt. -

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NJUNCTION UP TODAY

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Lived With Man at Hotel. This .man, according to the O'Brien girl, met her the day she ran away fram home, following a quarrel with her mother over her conduct, and they went to a hotel at South State and Van Buren streets. From May 11 t.i May 20 they lived at this hotel, the name of which she said she could not remember. According to her story she and the man went to Hammond, where his home is, and they lived there until June 7, when she left him and returned to the hotel in South State street. She said that she met her companion again Sunday and they stayed at the hotel that night and were taking a walk on the West Side last night when stopped by the police. The girl said she had trouble with both her parents' because she went to dances against their wishes and was out late at night. She fled after she had quarreled with her mother. Henry Beckman has some original ideas he wishes to exhibit. He has taken out a permit for an JS.OOO apartment house to be erected this summer in 60 Highland" Street by Smith and Hopple. The plans are as dictated by Beckman the principle features being extraordinary arrangements for'venti-. lating, nd lighting.-f-i-yewrr-'a-ir- rn of Beckmans hobbies and sunlight his fetish. A pretty conservatory is planned as one of the departures from the usual dark-hall varnished-floor type of flats. The woodwork will be of the best material" and' prepared expertly. Round ab6ut town contractors are busy on a hundred different jobs. Highland. Detroit, Mason, Ruth. Walton streets. and. Conkey avenue in Homewood have totally 15 incompleted houses. Down town several business buildings are almost ready for occupancy. The DuBois garage on Fayette. 'the Hussey block at the corner of j Hoffman and Hickey, the Kaufman and jh uuimmg in oioiey street ana me Lewis Ritz market at 49 Hoffman arc some of those soon to be thrown open. The building activity Is city wide. Inspector Is Busy. E. E. Cole, building Inspector is realizing that his position Is not a sinecure during the summer months. With a hundred Jobs to watch, many of them small, like the erection of a garage where the chicken coop used to stand, he is Jumping Jupiter. A rush is on at the box office where building permits are to be had. The most important of the past week are given: Dwelling to be built by Martin Frame, 23 Ruth street, costing $3,475. Cottage,, Haymeh" Phlenski owner, 450 Sibley street, cost $1,700. Frame cottage, Gil Swetz, 456 Ash street. $1,500. Dwelling, Edwin Gavit. 65 Wilcox avenue, $.1,(JQ0. Frame house, B. H. Bunyan. 339 Oak $1.500. Brick residence. Max L.ovinger, ' 39 Detroit street. $3,600. Dry Kiln, Straube Piano Co., $1,00. Cottage, Tony Batustak, $1,000. Cottage, E. A. Little. 1157 Van Buren street. $1,000. Industries north of the Calumet river are -finding. H necessary to increase the size and capacity of their plants. The Betz Co. is erecting a four-story addition and the Federal Tile and Cement . people . will . begin at once the construction of an $S0.000 duplication of the present factory and thus double sales and salaries. The permit for the building has been obtained and the plans drawn and O. K.'d. Suicide Unidentified. The remains of the suicide who was found at Roby, near the Knickerbocker ice house No. 2 early Sunday morning by two Chicago boys, suspended from a tree with a rope around his neck, are still being held at Emmerling's morgue awaiting identification. Although many Inquiries' were made at the morgue yesterday and today, nobody has been able so far to reveal who he is or anything about his past. Seemingly he had a motive for keeping his identity, a secret, as all papers or anything which might leave a clew sras destroyed. The vicinity of the suicide was search ed by the police immediately after his body was. reported,, lut nothing of the least importance was found. The only clew which the authorities have to work upon Is a cleaning mark on the sleeve of his coat. Two other numbers show that his suit has been at the cleaners. WHY ARE READER t . YOU NOT A TIMES

SCORES OF BUILDINGS GOING UP

RATTLING KTI1

S HELD Hammond Boosters Plan Aggressive Campaign for New Chamber of Com merce Members; Judge Becker Speaks. When it comes to exhorting there is some question as to which is the best. Rev. C. J. Sharp or Judge Virgil S. Rciter, president of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. Both of the above named cxhorters . exhorted last night with the result ' that a vigorous campaign for new members is to be inaugurated. Rev. C. J. Sharp has been selected as the chairman of the special committee which is to start a new campaign for members. Other members of this committee are Harry Johnson and Dr. J.'T. Clark. Rev. Sharp is to have the priv ilege of making some additions to his committee. - - Rev. Sharp is to have full power to act and is left to devise any plan he thinks best to increase the membership to the desired 400. The membership is now 200. Make (;om1 Suggestion. The meeting last evening was notable in a great many respects. Judge Vlr gil S. Reiter made a talk In which -he urged that the people of Hammond, who have made what little they, have as a result of the increase in the population of the city and the resulting , increase in the value of the property, 'get behind the movement for a : better city by taking out a membership in the Chamber of Commerce. , - , This idea was supplemented by a very good suggestion 'made by Judge Lawrence Becker of Hammond. Judge Becker suggested that a committee (Continued on page five.) SPMRDIflAfiCE IS VERY EFFECTIVE One Woman Driver, How ever, Turns Corners at High Rate. As a result of the speed war in which the Hammond police department have taken an active part during the past three weeks a great deal of dif ference has been noticed in the speed of the machins, not only among the people of Hammond, but those of Chica go and other cities. That the speed war has been effective Is shown by the fact that no arrests have been made during the past week as heretofore, when the peed signs were put up, ten arrests were made in one day. The Ciicago automobile owners who was in the habit of burning up Indianapolis avenue and- other streets leading into Hammond have learned that Chief Austgen and his force mean business and now when they ride on these roads there is a noticeable reduction of speed. There are still a number of reckless drivers in Hammond, including one woman in particular, who turns corners at a high rate of speed without giving warning and endangers the lives of pedestrians. So far Hammond has been lucky, and now is the time to avoid any fatal accidents. These certain drivers are being watched by the police, and if the practice is kept up arrests will be made and the party will be prosecuted. YOU CAN SEE UNCLE IN SILENT PRAYER Hammond Man Glad He Attended Services at Negro Church. In a letter to Roscoe E. Woods, Uncle Henry Bicknell, who is visiting at Nacogdoches, Tex., tells the following story: "You will be surprised to hear that I attended a negro church here. The preacher closed the services like this: Oh, Lord, protect us from war, pestilence and sudden death; earthquakes and tornadoes. Oh, God, deliver us from Roosevelt and Rooseveltisms and other d n terns; for Jesus sakes, amen." While there is no suggestion as to what took place within Bicknell's throbbing breast, it is a 10-to-l shot that he breathed a fervent .amen, and put an extra pants button In the contribution plate. ARK YOU "JSJLDtNQ THE TUUCIf

"BILL',' FLINN, NOTORIOUS PITTSBURG BOSS; WHO IS FOR ROOSEVELT, WAS DEPOSED FOJt TEN YEARS:

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WORK IS STARTED GRADING

The work of grading the site of the Champion Bolt company's site at the southern end of Forsyth avenue began today and further evidences of activity on the part of East Chicago's newly acquired industries is visible. It is an Interesting fact that has just come to light that every bit of dockage on the east side of the canal has been soUt out with the exception of. one piece. The whole dockage on the west side of the canal has been sold out with the exception of that on the west branch. This makes it apparent that future industrial development will have to take place along the south side of the river, south of East Chicago and east of Hammond, or in the vicinity of Wolf lake. The people of East, Chicago are feeling very optimistic over the prospects for the immediate future, and it is expected that this will be the banner year in that city. ARE YOU READING THE TIMES? Seen in Congress Lobby. W. B. McKlnloy. President Taft's manager s.ays it's all over but the shouting. . "We have them beaten to a frazle," declares the confident McKlnley, ,

HUNDREDS ATTEND MOOSE CARNIVAL

Festivities Begin Last Night; Water Carnival . Starts Tonight. Festivities began last evening at the ' Moose carnival and will be rehewed tonight. Watch the procession that marches steadily from 7 until 9 and you will have no doubt of the success of the enterprise. About 4,600 followed the trail from the corners to the midway at the' rear of the old Hammond Co.'s office last evening. And they were entertained by good shows, pleasing rides and some mighty fine fellows. The opinion now Is that "those Moose are the liveliest wires you ever saw." Most surprising was the excellence of the attractions an very encouraging was the amount of tneir patronage, Once and for all Hammond people showed that they care no more for a i nickel than 5 cents. In fact, it is ru- ! mored that one estimable woman of South Hohman street, who Is forever spending a "five-cent nickel," blew in a j 10-cent dime. , 1 In case you should be interested in baboons and your ancestry, they have twenty of them in one cage in one of the Hatch shows, who are furnishing , the concessions. Then there is a woman whf ra m v sets in an eler-trlc i ! chair while a few thousand volts pass through her body. All possibility of faking is. precluded by demonstrations. A couple of fat boys give an exhibition of fast fighting. They weigh so much that only seeing would bring conviction. ! Naturally the water circus is to be ' the main feature. It Is a pageant of acquatic sports and will open tonight. I Other shows are elaborate editions of j circus features. i A peculiar circumstance at the carni- ' val last evening was the respect shown the Moose by a couple million mosquitoes In attendance. They absolutely refuse to bite. Even the double temptation of a "v" cut open work waist or a lisle silk sock tempted them not. AVhat inducements the Moose offered remains a secret, but many were in many were inquiring how' brought about. the arbitration was Detroit Man Arrested. Stanley Popin of Detroit, Mich., was arrested by Homrich and Htsterman at 'Detroit and Michigan avenue last night on a charge of suspicion. During the past few days the police have been looking fora murdered and Popin answerin gthe description of the man wanted he was arrested. After giving sufficient proof he was released thH morning

NATION-HIDE DEMAND

FOR CONVENTION SEATS

FOR BALLOT THRILLS" Vice Presidential Nomination Looms Large in Interest as Preparations Are Completed for Gathering.

Chicago, Til., June 11. With the first session of the Republican Nation al Convention but a few days off, ap plications have already been registered for more than 100,000 seats from persons who want to see "the big show." The Coliseum as now arrang ed will accommodate 11,190 spectators. Complaints and ravings about inability to obtain tickets of admission to the convention have already become such old stories that they no longer cause more than passing interest. There will be accommodations for 150 persons on the platform being built for the officers of the convention and distinguished guests, and requests for invitations to that ' vantage point run well up into the thousands. Interest Is Intense. These conditions illustrate only faintly the intense interest in the convention and its proceedings. The entire country seems certain that this is to be a gathering at which sensations will be frequent and startling. While the deliberate and calculating political leaders believe that the Presidential nomination will be determined by the work of the National Committee in the seating of contested delegates, the men and women who are "on the outside looking in" believe that there will be thrills enough in every session of the convention to warrant the making of great efforts to secure seats in the convention hall. Ftnry Price Bid. At the theatre tickets ofTices and the news stands in the big hotels there are piling up commissions from not only Chicago residents but from all quarters of the country for the purNOT SO CONFIDENT. j Chicago, June 11. Roosevelt at' Oyster Bay, today again expressed belief that the convention wouMi nominate him, as the Republican voters in numerous state primaries i asked, but his confidence was not soj pronounced as it was before the steam roller flattened out his dele-. gates from Indiana. CONGRESSMAN KILLED. "Washington, June 11. Representative Robert C. Wickliffe of Louisiana was instantly killed by a train at the northern end of the Potomac river station this morning. CHICAGO WORKERS IN BALANCE San Francisco, Cal., June 11. The International Union of Stereotypers and Electrotypers in annual convention yesterday referred the contested application of the Chicago delegation tor seats to tne committee on credentials, which reported that it( was unable to agree and put the sub Meet over for future consideration. iThe charter of the Chicago local re cently was revoked by President Freel of the international union because the men joined in sympathetic strike with the web pressmen of Chicago. BARNES DUE TO AID NEW. Chicago, June 11. State Chairman William Barnes, Jr., of the New York state republican committee was j 1 i .1 tV, Kln) i " v- - the Taft campaign directors. He was to take hold with Col. Harry S. New and the Taft steering committee. Chairman Barnes "gets on the nerves" of Col. Roosevelt more successfully than any other man in the country, say politicians. Col. New and Chairman Barnes are looked to to do team work. ERUPTION IN ALASKA. Kodiak, Alaska, Sunday, June 9 (via tug to Seward, June 11). Kodiak and Woody island villages are buried under a foot of ashes as result of the eruption of Katmai vol- . v,IritT ThnraHav o flornnnn 1 . . . . . . . and lasting Torty-eight hours. No lives have been lost here, but many other settlements near the volcano must have suffered terribly. Ordered Out of Town. Louis Hinkforth was arrested by Officer Carlson on Hohman strset last night, where he was found in an Intoxicated condition. He was booked at the station, and gave his address as Milwaukee, Wis. This morning he was released and ordered out of town.

llATtSTMU'IS

THE SITUATION TO DATE

SCORE) TAFT, 84 ROOSEVELT, 0 . Yesterday's results: INDIANA At Large, First Third, Fourth and Fourteenth districts IS ( PREVIOUS DECISIONS.... 72" 'Total contest decisions. 84 0 Indiana Winners (at Large); HARRY S. NEW, CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS. JAMES E. WATSON, JOSEPH D. OLIVER. , Indiana Losers (at Large) Albert J. Beverldge, Edwin M. Lee, Frd K. Land Is, Charles H. Campbell. Today's program: Kentucky Eighteen contests. Louisiana Twenty contests. chase of convention tickets. These tokens of admission are not supposed to be sold, but fancy prices are now being bid for them. Work on the construction of the dais that will extend across the entire front with bunting is going on, the members of the Coliseum, facing the seats of the 1,078 delegates and the same number of alternates. Is now going on. A squad of fifty or more carpenters Is constructing the dais and superimposed platform that will be assigned t the presiding officer all those who are called upon to address the convention. While the transformation of the big Coliseum with ,4 ew flooring, the building of rails and runways to keep delegates and spectators In their proper places apd the draping of the walls (Continued on Pace 3.) EAST CHICAGO LAD STARTOTROIIll Only Five Months Here and Lifts Fellow Employe's Pay Envelope. Paul Steiner. aged 19 years, who has been in the United States only five months, was tried in the lAke superior court before Judge Virgil S. Reiter, this morning on the charge of grand larceny. He was charged with taking an envelope containing the wages of another of the employes of the Republic Iroa & Steel Co., East Chicago. The charge of petit larceny was substituted for that of grand larceny and the defendant was found guilty. Sentence of 90 days in the county jail, was imposed, but on the representation.! that he would not be guilty of such an act again the court agreed to let him furnish bond that he would pay back; the money to the company as soon as he earned it. The defendant was represented by H e. Granger and the state Meade of East Chicago. by Joseph. Sneak Thieves Busy. Sneak thieves continue to be busy lit Gary, and some time during last nightr i they broke into the residence of W. A. Rooda, a Broadway jeweler, living at 600 Connecticut street. Rooda reported to the police earlj this morning that the thieves tole one Elgin watch, 11-Jewel movement, a gold chain with double monogram, and a charm with letters engraved there on. Rooda told the police that entrance to his home was secured ir.rough a rear window. . Seen in Congress Lobby. Senator Dixon. The steam ' roller has not yet crush ed out the famous Dixon smile. Mr. Roosevelt's campaign manager stilt ays; "We'll win on the first ballot,"