Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 304, Hammond, Lake County, 14 June 1912 — Page 1

LAK EVENING TY TIME WEATHER. I UNSETTLED TODAT AND Trtn A TT a XTT" SATURDAY, WITH PROBABLE SHOWERS. 15 EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 304. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1912. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 3 Cent Copy.) QUS ENGINEERS VISIT THE REG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN HIGH CL EE OVER APPARENT SPLIT IN FOES' RANKS; SAY iHEY'LL WIN BY BiG MAJORITY IN NOVEMBER 1 .

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(By TIMES Staff Man.) Famous engineers from all over the. world took a close range view of the famous Calumet region and heard Its praises from the lips of the most ardent boosters In the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, the Whiting Commercial Club and the Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago to say nothing: of the great reception given them at Gary. This famous body of engineers constitutes the Navigation Congress -which recently met at Philadelphia and which ends its junket over the Great Lakes In the steamer Northland at Chicago this afternoon. Invite to Calumet Region. The traveling ' congress was induced to come into the Calumet region arrangements for this side trip having been made recently when Joint Harbor Commission of the Calumet region went to Washington to plead the region's needs before the war department. Gen. Bixby who is a warm friend of

RAILROADS WILL PAU600 IJ0W And Nobody Feels Sorry for Erie and Pennsylvania at Crown Point. ( Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 14. It dM not take the Gary & Southern lonr to communes operations after the injunction had been dissolved In Judge Kopelke's count to get busy on their track laying. Last evening the company had put in the two Panhandle crossings and will cross the Erie today. The stumbling block railroads accompllrhrl very little by their bluff, tre litigation costing it hem In the neighborhood of fSOO, beside g-alning' them the 111 will of hundreds of citizens interested in having the road completed as soon as poaSome very frank admissions were made by the company's la?wyea- regarding the rate of speed of their trains! they admitting that they went from forty to seventy miles an hour over the city crossings. With ouch a court rec ord accessible It will be vwy easy for the authorities to putt a crimp In the speed of the trains through the corpo ration. The two corporations created a poor Impression by their evident hold up tactics and it will not be at all surprising If sundry action is not taken against them for their frank testimony In regard to the speed of their trains.

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the Calumet region, made the suggestion that the congress be induced to visit the Calumet region, and the Lake county boosters,' nothing slow, carried the day. The commercial club visitors who met the visiting engineers are as follows: Hammond Chamber of Commerce, A. M. Turner, W. H. Conkey. Judfre Lawrence Becker, Attorney W. J. Whlnery, J. I. Brusel and M. P. Ludwlg,' the latter representing The Times. Indiana Harbor' and East Chicago Commercial Club: C. A. Westbcrg, Allen tralle, vv. k. Jewell. A. G. Schlleker, A. G. Lundqulst and Edward DeBriae. "Whiting Commercial Club: Gallus G. Bader. Frank N. Ga'vit, "Dr. A. J. Laier. and Mayor Beaumont Parks. reat Reception at Gary. After spending the forenoon at Gary and being entertained at luncheon there, the visitors and the reception committee boarded the Northland and (Continued on Pass S.)

SEASON OPENS ON SUNDAY

The motor boating season opens formally in Hammond next Sunday and elaborate preparations arc being made by the members of the Hammond Motor Boat club to make the day a pleasant one for themselves and their gusts. A basket dinner will be served at the club house at noon, and the afternoon will be devoted to motor boat runs up and down the river and Into Lake Michigan. The members have invited many of their friends and a big time is anticipated by all. - . v . . Bank Building Begun. The building of the foundation for the new East Side Trust & Savings bank has been commenced, and it is expected that the walls of the new structure will soon begin to rise. This is the first of a number of im portant improvements that are to take place in this section of the east side. The bank will not get into its new quarters until some time this fall owing to unforeseen delays in starting building operations.

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Left to right Vrey Baltimore, Md., June 14. The democratic leaders, who are now foregath ering In this city In considerable numbers, are apparently very happy. All are agreed that this is a democratic year, and the watch with great equanimity the mighty struggle now going on at Chicago between the Taft and Roosevelt factions of the republican party. Chairman Norman K. Mack and Sec retary Urey Woodson of the democratic national committee are in the city. They will remain here until after the close of the convention. To all who take the trouble to ask their opinion as to the outcome of the presidential cam paign, they reply that democratic sucARE SADLY Lake County Courts Long Way Behind; Litigants Say That Time Is Lost Unnecessarily; Lawyers Partly to Blame, 'Tis Said. In spite of the fact that there are now three judges in the Lake Superior court and that a great deal of Lake County litigation is tried in Porter and Laporte counties the dockets of the Lake County courts are about as congested as ever. It is true that there have . been a great many more cases filed in the past year or two than ever before but those who are familiar with the way the courts are run are convinced that a great deal of time is unnecessarily lost in disposing of the litigation that has piled up in the courts. There are two sides to this question. The court will set cases day after day and find that the attorneys will not try them. They plead that they are busy in other courts and can not be in two places at the same time. Both to Blame. On the other hand there are a number of lawyers who claim that the lawyers put one over on the judges and that in many insrances they could go to trial If they were forced to do so. The judges are criticised for not forcing the attorneys to trial in nine cases out of ten. They point out that If their business has grown to such proportions that (Continued on Page (.) " C. OBRIEN'S STORY LEADS T03 ARRESTS iLeon L. Kesner, James Staf ford and Charles Davis Held. Leon L. Kesner, 6248 Washington avenue, a salesman, was arrested yesterday as the result of charges made by Catherine O'Brien who - accused a Hammond man also. Kesner, according to the girl, accompanied her to a downtown hotel whllS she was away from home and mistreated her. He said he never heard of the girl until he read articles published in newspapers regarding her. The police say Kesner is a brother of Jacob L. Kesner, 4736 Grand boulevard, who signed his bond. 1 Two other arrests were made in connection with the delinquency of the same girl last evening. James W. Stafford, 538 South Wabash avenue, owner ef four hotels, and Charles Davis, owner of a hotel at 603 South Wabash avenue, were taken into custody and charged with contributing to the delinquency eg a child.

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cess this fall Is positively assured. The matter of contesting delegations will trouble the democratic national committee very little. . In fact, these contests will all be taken care of in a few hours the day before the opening of the convention, j V Who will be the democratic nominee? This question la as much of a puzzler today as it has been at any time during the pre-conventien campaign. No candidate will come to Baltimore with even a majority of the delegates, and a two-thlrda vote is required to nominate. In the number of instructed delegates Woodrow ; Wilson and Champ Clark are in the lead. The managers of all the booms appear absolutely cer tain that their respective candidates DECISIONS? NATIONAL COMMITTEE MISSISSIPPI. Second district....... Taft S Fourth dIMrle. .. . . . Taft 2 rtftfc dlKtrtct . . i . . . Taft 3 Sixth district......... Taft 2 Seventh district.... Taft 2 Eighth district....... Taft 2 - MISSOURI. Delea-aten at large... ..-.Roeaevelt 4 FUsjljrtxtotviv -Bopevelt 2 Tklre district. . ... .... . 'TaftS Fifth district.,.. Roosevelt 2 Seventh district. ........... .Taft 2 Fourteenth district. ...Taft 2 NORTH CAROLINA. Third district ..Roosevelt 2 Ninth district... Roosevelt 2 Contested delegate awarded to Taft IS Contested delegates awnrded to Roosevelt 12 Total contested delegates given so far to Taft 159 Total contested delegates given so far to Roosevelt.... 13 Total rases pending .80 In the third and ninth North Carolina cases there were no contesting Taft delegates. The contesting delegations were both under Roosevelt Instructions. The fourth North Carolina district contest, which was passed for future consideration, has the same status. FARMERS WIFE JIES IN BED Baby's Cry Calls Father's Attention to the Mother's Tragic End(Special to The Times.) Dyer, Ind., June 14. Finding his wife a corpse beside him in bed was the horrible experience of William Becker, a farmer living west of town across the state line in Illinois, last night. Heart trouble is ascribed as the cause of the sudden death of Mrs. Becker, but this will not be definitely established until after the coroner's inquest. Mr. Becker spoke to his wife last night about 11 o'clock. About midnight he was awakened by the crying of the batby in the family. Mr. Becker got up out of bed and tried to wake his wife, when he discovered that she was dead and that the death chill was already beginning to creep over her body. Dr. A. J. Chevigny of Dyer was summoned, but all he could do was to reaffirm the husband's discovery. Mr. Becker is about 40 years old and is the mother of seven children, the oldest of whom Is 12 years old. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Permits Are Slow. Building permits of any importance have taken a big slump during the past week, only one having been taken out. to the amount of $5,000. As usual there has been a number of new permits taken out daily, but during the past week things have been excepj tlonally quite. The only reason that " can account for this is the unsettled J condition of the weather. ; Two-story brick, lot 1, block 5. Robens' add., 28x48x20; 1317 Roberts avenue; Joseph Studer, owner; Henry GoebeL contractor; $5,000.

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to be expected. The chances are slightly against any one of the active candidates securing the nomination. This looks like a "dark horse" year, and the steed that looms up largest against the horizon of democratic politics is none other than W. J. Bryan. There can be no doubt but that the old standard-bearer is still a great power in the party; and should he be called upon to give aspeech at the convention and respond with an eloquent appeal like the "crown of thorns and cross of gold" speech, the delegates might be carried off their feet. This is the thing that other candidates fear, and they are planning to checkmate such a scheme should it be sprung. "CriarTetrW. ! DeLaney of Hammond has Invented a ttcket and label cab inet that he believes will come into general use and will be worth a great deal of money. He was granted a patent on his de vice on the 11th of this month. ; He expects to go east in a few days to talk over the matter of financing his patent with -eastern capitalists. Mr. .DeLaney believes that the greatest use for his patent is by druggists who now have a great deal of difficulty in handling their labels. Mr. DeLaney's contrivance consists of a box containing the roll of labels, are fed and a knife which cuts them off. Mr. DeLaney. admitted this afternoon that he had been granted a patent on his device and said that he thought It would be- a-boone to druggists. He says he has a number of orders for his device already. TWO AFTER COUNTRY CLUB CONTRACT. The F. S. Beta Co. of Hammond and two Chicago firms are bidding on the furnishings and decorations for the new Hammond Country club. Mandel Bros, have submitted a water color drawing showing the interior of the club house as it would look furnished, according to their plan. Jt is surprising to note the enterprise with which these Chicago firms go after a contract of this kind. Some of them will even go to the extent of marking off space on their floors the size of the room to be furnished and then arrange the furniture and win dow draperies just as they will be arranged when the room is completely furnished. No Clue to Attempt. A report was made at the police station early' this' morning that some one was trying to break into the Prevo grocery 'store.' on Calumet avenue. Upon investigating Officer Law found a window open, -but no trace of thieves could be found, or nothing was disturbed. A cat was seen in the rear of the store, which is thought to have been making the noise. A Fine Party. The members of the university club and their ladles were entertained at cards In the club rooms last night. There-were eight tables. After the card playing some of those present danced. The-prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cox. The entertainment committee plans a fish dinnner at the lake front for some date in the near future and will arrange the fourth annual joy ride as soon as the spring chickens are large enough. It has been suggested that this year there are enough automobiles in the club to make it possible to "take the ladies on the annual joy ride. Whether or not this plan will be consummated cannot be determined for a time at least. - ARB YOU READING THIS TIMES I

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Mayor Knotts Baltimore Crowd Makes

Marshall Supporters at Capital Uneasy

TIMES BCREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., June 14. "The Chloroform Special" is the name that is being given to some special cars that are going to the Democratic national convention at Balti more. This name comes from the fact that the men who are getting tip the special car movement are now bent on chloroforming the presidential booms of certain of the Democratic candidates. LOADED TO THE GUARDS. ' For instance It is reported here that Mayor Tom Knotts, of Gary, is arranging to take a number of his DemoE Two men, who disappeared while on a fishing trip, are believed to have been drowned In the lake at Indiana Harbor. The missing men. Peter O'Toole, 13749 Wabash avenue, and John Pass, One Hundred and Twentyfourth street and Prairie avenue, were last -seen sitting. t the pier, at Indiana Harbor by their two companions, An ton Berschlnskl and Dooley Nearlng of Riverdale. All four "had been fishing. BerschinBki and Kearing left the pier for a few minutes. "When they re turned O'Toole and Pass were missing. Milk Thief Busy Now. A milk thief is one of the new thieves that has been called to the attention of the police, Frank Kralawitz, 725 Walter street, having reported that for a week straight the milk has been taken from the porch at the rear of the. house. The milk man swears that he leaves the milk on the porch every night, but when it is looked for in the morning no trace of it can be found. The milk has been taken between the hours of 1 and 5:30 a. m.. but the police and Kralowlti are at a loss to know who the party is. Identity Still Mystery. The remains of . the unidentified man who was found at Roby last Sunday morning . suspended from a tree with a rope around his neck is still being held at Emmerling's morgue, his identity being just as much of a mystery as ever. Out of the large number of people who has come to view ills i body, no one has ever remembered see ing him before. His remains will be held one more day and if nobody claims his body by tomorrow morning he will be Interred in the Potter's field at Hessville.

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cratic friends from the northwest part of the state in a special Pullman car to Baltimore, and that It will be a real "chloroform special." loaded with a liberal supply of political chloroform for use on the boom of Governor Marshall for the nomination for President. It is reported here that

Knotts has left nothing undone in the way of making arrangements for the success of the trip and that It is the purpose of the Knotts party promptly to chloroform the Marshall bom whenever it bobs up at Baltimore. A FORMIDABLE ARRAY. The personnel of the Knotts chloroforming party Is not known here, but it Is said that it will be a formidable array of Democratic workers from that part of the state. It is said that they wll have everything aboard their (Continued on Page 6.) CONVENTION PRELIMINARIES SEEN AT GLANCE Taft men think president will have seventy majority If all southern delegates remain firm. Missouri delegates at large awarded to Roosevelt by unanimous vote; colonel gets 12 and Taft 18 contested delegates during day. Mayor Harrison appealed to by republican leaders to guard Coliseum 'against feared "attack of mot)." ' Seventeen Roosevelt men : slated for places oh new republican na- .- tional committee agree on plan, in , case of nomination of Taft, to have presidential electors cast their ballots in the electoral college for i. . Roosevelt. v5" "' : -Taft men wait in rain for arrival of Senator Root. " Governor Meade of Vermont arrives and begins active campaign . for vice presidential nomination. A. M. Stevenson of Colorado in a speech before the Hamilton club, defends himself against the attacks of Francis J. Heney of California in connection with the work of the national republican committee, and asserts that the charges of fraud are groundless. Five hundred Daughters of the American Revolution gather in the Field room of the Art Institute and . tender reception to the wives of republican leaders and the national delegates, Senator Kenyon returns from Washington with reports that Cummins sentiment is growing. Efforts to bind the Illinois delegates to the republican, national convention to the Roosevelt program regarding the temporary chairmanship will be made at a meeting to be held In the Congress hotel Monday morning. CRUMP ACKER COMING. ' (Special td Ths Times.) Washington, D. C, June ' 14. Congressman E. D. Crurnracker, who has) been so busy that he had not intended) to come to the national republican convention, has changed his mind and will leave Washington on Saturday mgnc for Chicago, where he will attend th big show. GAKf IE I'D