Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 49, Hammond, Lake County, 14 August 1912 — Page 1
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HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1912.
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Officials of Company, CityOfficials and Newspaper
Men Guests of Air Line Company at Epoch-Mak
ing Event in Its History.
NEW POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM FOR CITY
Officials Make Inspection of
Chicago Heights System.
Scores of Hammond people on Sibley witnessed the department of the first Chicago-New Tork Air Una train, via the Gary and Interurban from Ham.nond to South Bend today. Company city officials and newspaper men from the various cities through which tho air line operates, through Its subsidiaries and connecting lines, were, the passengers on the Initial trip. The event deserved to be celebrated more ostentatiously, as it means much . to . every community touched by the lines. The Chicago-New York Air Line proper, with its subsidiaries runs from Hammond to La Porte,' and connects at La Porte with the Northern Indiana Electric railway for South Bend. WILL OPERATE TOMORROW.
President Frank Gavlt, of the Gary and Interurban. said this morning that the . regular through service between
Hammond and South Bend, would be put into effect tomorrow, cars leaving
Hammond on an hourly schedule,
While the new service does not provide local accomodations, it will nevertheless give the cities on the line a short
er interurban schedule.
Among those who made the initial excursion from Hammond this morn
ing were: F. H. "Wooer, president of
"With a view of installing a new po
lice signal system in Hammond, Mayor
J. D. Smalley, Chief of Police Petei
Austgen and the police commissioner
Journeyed to Chicago Heights .yester
day afternoon, where a thorough in
spectlon was made of the new system
there.
Upon their return to Hammond the entire party spoke very favorable of the new system, which is now in use
at Chicago Heights, and at present it
is no more than possible that Hammond will have a like system in the
near future.
Although the City of Hammond is
known for its efflcent police depart
ment, the city should have better pro
tectlon on account of the large ter
ritory which it covers. At present, if
a heavy call came In, and fifteen police
men were needed, it would be lmpossi
ble to get them together Inside of fif
teen minutes, where as if a gong and
light system was Installed the entire
Uforce could be called at a moment's no
tice.
At present each officer is required to
call up the central station" every hour,
and Is then required to cover his beat
and call, up again- If a signal system was In use. It would 'do away with all
this and the desk sargent would know
Just where to locate the officer or his
beat. At night the light signal Is used and in the day time a gong signal. The
system also registers all calls of reports.
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WOMAN MYSTERY
Arrives From Gary With Baby Last Night in Indi
ana Harbor; Mother Is Held in Connection With Babe's Disappearance.
SHE'S OFFERED $5,000 A WEEK TO DO A UTTLE STUNT ON VAUDEVILLE STAGE
THREE CITIES INTERESTED
(Special to Thb Times.) Shelby, Ind., Aug. 14. Although it was not made public until today, Roy Conde, of Hammond, and occupants of his automobile, miraculously escaped a lucky accident a week ago Sunday hn the machine plunged down a twenty-foot embankment on the Shelby road. Nobody was Injured and the machine was .able to resume its Journey. With Mrs. Conde and several friends In the rear seat, Mr. Conde was driving south on the Shelby road. Another machine was coming towards them and Mr. Conde turnn out to one side to let It pass, struck a washout which was covered with grass, on the right of the road. The wheels started to skid, but by . (Continued on Page 7.)
Gary, Hammond and Cin
cinnati Watching With Interest Outcome of Murder Trial in the Ohio City.
(BILLETI.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Auk. 14. The body of the baby vraa taken from the waters of Lake Michigan today, and when confronted with the accusation the woman conf eased. Much mystery attaches to the disappearance of a three-weeks-old baby which In company with its mother arrived at the Harbor hotel, Washington and Block avenue, Indiana Harbor,at 5 o'clock last evening, from Gary. The police believe that the ltttleone has been killed and are holding the
mother, who gives her name as Illiana Reldan, to learn if possible what she has done with the baby. Their theory is that the child has been drowned in
Lake Michigan, and a watch has been established along the lake shore for
the body.
The prisoner Is hysterical much of the time and has the appearance
ofmewhat of being mentally deranged.
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won ARE SCARCE
The Jury having been secured after eight days of work, the trial of a Gary woman, accused of the murder of her husband, will begin in the criminal court at Cincinnati tomorrow. The trial will reveal some dramatic happening, of life. The eternal trl-
Workingmen are actually scarce' In Hamrriond. , Here Is " Superintendent
Guyer, of the Federal Cement 'and Tile
company, clamoring for twenty men at
once, and probably more later on.
"We are In a position to offer appli
cants good wages, ana at the same
time afford them an opportunity to
learn a good trade," said Mr. Guyer
this morning in speaking of the labor
shortage.
The Federal Cement Tile company
has been booming right along, so much
that it was thought adviseable sometime ago to double the capacity of the plant, and therefore the shortage of laboring men.
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angleone woman loving two men, the murder of one of them, her first husband in Cincinnati, while the Gary man to whom she was wedded believed that she was away visiting relatives; and the violent death since at Hammond of one of the principal witnesses In the case, will come to light at the trial which begins tomorrow. Went On Heath IHIaxlon. On the night of April 4, Charles Radeloff, 39 years old, a hard working engi
neer, was shot by his wife, while they
were In a Cincinnati park. He died a
few days later and in the meantime the
woman fled back to Gary to the home of
her sister, Mrs. Fred Schrefper, Jeffer
son street near Eighth avenue. The Ohio police traced her to the Steel City
and Gary officers arrested the woman.
Then ft developed that she has a sec-
jond husband, Henry Stoker, a mill em
ploye, who for the first time learned
that his wife was married to another
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Flolla Walla Mayor Rolla Well of St. Louis, who wax appointed treasurer of the campaign committee for the Democratic party by Governor Wilson, is president of the Business Mn'i League of 8t. Louis and baa been Interested in the development of w astern waterways. He la a graduate of Princeton. In the class of 7. and waa Governor Wilson's preconentlon campaign manager In tn middle west.
TEAfilSTERS' LOCAL
CAN'T SPARE TGI1 ' -
Diplomatic Business Agent
Settles Friction Over Drivers' Wages.
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JOHN 0. BOWERS
NAMED FOR CONGRESS
(BULLETIN.) Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 14.
John O. Bowers of Gary
was nominated for congress here today from the tenth district on the bull moose ticket. I-Ake county delegates to the Tenth district Bull Moose convention, at Rensselaer, today, were ready to put forward one of four candidates for the congressional nomination. Being unlnstructed they were ready to throw
their votes to John O. Bowers or A, F.
Knotss of Gary, Senator Frank Gavit
of Whiting, or Jesse Wilson of Ham
mond. Prof. Bowman, of the Valpar
aiso, was no longer figured in the race.
as he is said to have withdrawn his
name several days ago.
The Porter county delegates who
Rose Stahl Rose Stahl. who a grain stars this coming season in Charles Klein's play, "Maggie Pepper," received the biggest offer ever made to an artist, when JC JF. Proctor, the New Tork vaudeville manager, offered her $5,000 for one week's engagement at the Fifth Avenue theater In New York.
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were in Hammond this morning wait
ing for the Monon train said they too
were unlnstructed,' but seemed to favor
John O. Bowers," of Gary. Bowers and Jesse Wilson went to Ronsselaer this morning, accompanied by a contingent of Bull Moose delegate. Before leav
ing, Jesse Wilson was still In the receptive mood for the nomination, say lng that it would depend upon developments at Rensselaer whether he would permit his name to go before the convention. Frank Gavlt did not go to the convention, because of the official inspection . trip that was being made over the Chicago, New Tork Air Line today. Before the train arrived it waa said among the delegates that Wilson would throw his support tu Gavit. ' Along those who went to Rensselaer from Hammond this morning were John O. Bowers, of Gary, Jesse Wilson, C. G. Klngwell, Henry Burk, of Hammond, Judge Fetterhof, of Whiting, R. S. Greer, E. N. Morgan and Harry F. Wood, of Chesterton.
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GEO. TATE'S DEATH
Injured Man Dies This
Morning at St. Margaret's Hospital.
Startling Revelations Expected to Follow Inquiry by the Members of the
Cook County Board of Review Tomorrow.
(From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.) West Hammond's boasted reformation, credited to Miss Virginia Brooks, the Joan of Arc of the city, whose victory at the polls last spring was declared to have ended graft and vice In the Illinois side of Kimmond, is asserted to be merely an Illusion. Lurking within the very njicleus of West Hammond's city government are tar dodgers and boodlers, it is alleged, and
a1 feud that eventually will shake the
town Is being quietly nursed by two factions of the reigntn? administration, i ; . Whether there are tax dodgers In West Hammond Is to be determined tomorrow afternoon, when the board of review of Cook county Is to investigate and to have before It numerous prominent officials and citizens of the little city. The board has summoned a large number whose names do not
appear upon the personal property as
sessment listed by the board of asses
sors of Thornton township, in which
West Hammond Is situated. Whether or not the assessors had poor eyes, the
names of some wealthy men were
omitted by the printers, or they really "dodged" both assessors and collectors, is to be ascertained by the board
It Is the most remarkable evidence of Intense farming In the Calumet region. It Is proof .conclusive that the high cost of living In Hammond and all over the country Is uncalled for, when such results can be obtained from one acre. There are hundreds of acres of land In Hammond equally as unpromising as this was. .which - could be utilised for the asking, and at a time when the school children on : their vacations
could make a real pleasure out of the work.
In this instance, the firemen will
realise not less than $110 from the po
tatoes alone.
Of coarse. It took much hard labor
on th part of the' fire laddies to make
their little paradise what It today, and the hundreds of people , who have stopped at the station, and admired the
wonderful results, say that everything was earned In accordance with the biblical command, "In the sweat of the brow." . The garden does not include
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Freight, express and furniture wagon
drivers of Hammond were elated this
morning, when they were informed by Tom Harle, business agent for the
Teamsters' unicn that he had at last reached an amicable,, settlement with
the team owners on tho question of j
wages for the drivers.
As a result of painful burns which he reclved in a gas explosion at his home on Truman avenue a week ago
Saturday night, caused the death of
George E. Tate at St. Margaret's hospital at 3 o'clock this morning. Funeral arrangements have not been made and will be announced later. On the night of the explosion Mr. Tate with his wife, found the fumes of ga in the house. Going to another room, Mrs. Tate lighted a candle and upon returning into the gas filled room a loud explosion occured, causing severe burns to both Mr. and Mrs. Tate. Mr. Tate the most severely burned was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where he suffered much pain and showed ery little improvement. Lat
night he suffered a relapse and. passed ! away at 3 a. m. this morning. Mrs. j Tate who was taken to a neighbor's!
home has recovered. Mr. Tate is well known In Hammond where he leaves a family and a largo circle of friends to mourn hta death. He was 35 years old and is a member of the Loyal order of Moose and Amalgamated Steel Workers of East Chicago. Besides a widow he is survived by eight children.
HEGEWISCH CHILD HURT Sentima Pepromartoa, 4 years old, 9737 Avenue M, was probably fatally injured last night when she- was
dler's wagon driven by Hyman Miller, j 17 years old, 8819 Escanaba avenue, GrOif
Hegewlsch.
CUP COMPETITION
STARTS SATURDAY
W. J. Meyers Recovering.
J. Meyers, who was a victim of a
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Enthusiasts Expect
Good Showing In Saturday's Totals.
Excellent scores have been made by
Hammond golfers at the country club's
FROM ONE ACRE. Here ts what Beveat flresaea at station No. 4 la Hammond, at Coafcey avenue and the Eric tracks, raised on aa acre of ground, this summer, patting fhefr spare time Into the wrfci Potatoes, HO bushels. Cabbage, 1,110 heads. Sweet eem. T bsshels. Cucumber. 4 bushels. Tonitotn, 6 bushels. Beans, 5 bushels." Radishes, Z bushels. Oaloaa, 10 bushels.
the lawn, prettier than which there la none in Lake county. . Lawa la Beautiful. When Assistant Fire Chief "Billy" Nill and his little band of fire fighters
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MILLIONAIRES WIFE - NAMES 3 ACTRESSES
Visits Chicago Officials. Mayor K. 11. Woszcfclnski of West Hammond will go to Chicago tomorrow to arrange a conference with the
The Question ! Green Line Street Car company rel-
had been pending for so-ne time, and i atlve the Burnham avenue viaduct. On
its settlement, naturally, averts any i tne outcome of this conference will strike, the drivers beintr as much od- I depend the calling of the mass meet-
posed to rouble as the team owners. The hours remain unchanged, but the wages are somewhat rained, according to ' Mr. Harle's lnformatl : to the Times this morning. Mr. Harle recently submitted his resignation to the union, on the ground that the Pabst Brewing company had offered him-a better position, with more money, than he formerly had with the company, but the union, met the terms
j.of the company and retained him aa
business agent.
ing of West Hammond citizens to discuss the advisability of issuing bonds to raise money to defray part of the expense of building the viaduct.
painful accident early yesterday morning, when he had his foot crushed between two cars at Gibson, Is reported o.ttln a alnnir nlrelv at,'" St Marearet's
hospital this morning, and will be able lfnks during the past few days and to be up and around again in a short th bogy mark is drawing nearer and tjme , - .nearer for some of the -cracks. . m Rev.- C- A. Smith yesterday came In
with a card of 60, Dr; H. C. Groman one of 53 and H. M. Johnson one of 56. J Other players show great improvement In form and Saturday's match ' promises welt. Instructor F. Dickson ! looks for some close scoring. - Owing to the bad weather last Saturday and the break In the cup compej tition, the rules committee has decided : . to start the competition anew next Saturday and the scores made for the i next four successive weeks will be the : final total for the cup competition. All 1 golf players belonging to the club are asked to participate and their attendance Is urged.
A Quiet Night. There was little of Importance at the police station last night, not even the usual drunk being arrested or the hobo requesting a night's lodging. There will be several pay days In the near future, and the police are expecting; soma trouble in short time.
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ATTEMPT TO LOCATE YOUNG WAN FAILS West Hammond Authorities Can Get no Trace of Mysterious Woman.
West Hammond police today attempted to locate the mysterious young woman, who rode with John Messmaker, of 233 Freeland avenue. West Hammond, shortly before he was taken violently ill on Tuesday night. He died yesterday noon at St. Margaret's hospital, and the body Is now at the Netdow morgue awaiting a pos mortem examination, and V funeral on Friday afternoon of this week. While Messmaker apparently died of
alcoholism, his case seemingly has been complicated by a h;poderjnic injection of morphine.. Dr. Andrew Hoffman, who was called into the. case, stated to the Times yesterday, that if Messmaker was suffering with acute alcoholism.
his case was aggravated by the injection of morphine. The identity of the administrator of the morphine Is according to the West Hammond police a mystery, and it is In the hope of gaining some Information along this line that the young woman is being sought. Asked by the Times today, whether he had given Messmaker the Injection, Dr. Hoffman, although pressed for the Information, refused to answer either in the affirmative or In the negative, giving as his reason the fact that .he Times has brought his name into case against his wishes. Messmaker was a railroad engineer, running out of Gibson, and Is survived by a family.
School Improvements. At the meeting of the Hammond board of education las: night. It was decided to add two more rooms to the Central building, by putting partitions
in the auditorium. Including these two rooms, the building, altogether, will have twenty-three, and the probabilities are that If there Is a long delay In building the .industrial high school, that Is the co-jrse of time more rooms will have to be added. By partitioning oft two rooms In the auditorium, the use of the auditorium is practically destroyed..
Runaway Boys. Elex Fisher, 68th and Langdon avenue Chicago, another runaway boy, was picked up by the Hammond police last night and will be returned to his parents some time today. The runaway is 16 years old, and states that he came o Hammond to find work with no Intention of running away from home. He has been missing since last Monday. '
Mrs. Mary illalr Broksw. Mrs-Mary Blair Brokaw has named three actressesa In ber suit for divorce against V. Gould Brokaw, millionaire clubman. Two years sgo Mrs. Brokaw won her suit for seperation with sa allowance of J20.000 a year. Mr. Brokaw'a first wife was Miss C oralis C Oondsrt. who divorced him five years later on around of cruet and In tram ma treat mart.
Remains Sent Away.
The funeral of A. J. Hewes of
Schrumville was held from the family residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was made at the Tolleston cemetery on the family lot.'
Fire in Bunkers. - TTie hose wagon of fire department No. 1 was called to the Mcllroy Belting plant this afternoon to put out a flr-e which had broken out in the coal bunkers. It was brought under control before the flames could make much headway.
Found Guilty.
The case of the state of Indiana vs. Leon Holda came up for trial in Judge
Prest's court last night, and bein
found guilty the defendant was fined $100 and costs on a, charge of as.-iault and battery. Tonej Bordres appearing as complaining witness, charging that Holda unwarringly struck him over the heart witli a two-by-four, causing a deep scalp wound. Following this case Bordres will start a suit for damages.
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Funeral Held Today. The funeral of Mrs. Henry C. Walter, 69 Sibley street, was held from the family residence this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The remains were then taken to the St. Paul's) Lutheran church, where services were held at 2 o'clockInterment was made on the family lot at Oak Hill cemetery.,
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Miss Helen Wars Misa Helen Ware, wl.o has got. close to th hearts of American theatergoers in the last few years, will appear this aeason in a new piece, "The Trial Marriage," which Is expected to eaune a wave of discussion across tho land.