Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 56, Hammond, Lake County, 22 August 1912 — Page 1

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COUNTY FAIR EDITION

VOL. VII., NO. 56

HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912.

ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers S Cants Copy.)

It la reported on pood authoritythl councllmen by the way theav vote

that an attempt has been made to bribe one of the "West Hammond councilman. The dlvekeepers are determined that their licenses should not be revoked. In fact, that is jthe big issue in Wesf Hammond. If the licenses are revoked It will mean the end of the dives. That is why it is worth hundreds of dollars to the dlvekeepers who are still hanging- on. It is reported that there is a Jackpot of $1,000 which Is to be divided among the councllmen who vote right at the meeting tonight. It is a wholemU attempt to corrupt that body. . A man who is on the inside stated that arrests of both the briber and the person who. was bribed is one of the possibilities of the day. West Hammond is going to Judge

on the revocation order tonight. No pleas that the dlvekeepers are orderly now will go. The fact that they have been disorderly in the past dlsuallfles them. There will be a big crowd of 'West Hammond citizens present at the

meeting, and each alderman is to be held to strict account for what ha does. Those who vote for revoking the licenses are to have the confidence of the people, and those who vote against revoking the licences are to be henceforth considered the enemies of reform. Tonight is to be the crucial test. The cttixena of West Hammond who favor reform are expected to get dose to their aldermen today and tell them

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to do the right thing.

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Indiana Harbor Unfortunate Taken From Place After Night; Principals Nearly Succeed in Keeping Affair Quiet.

"HOSSES" AT THE COUNTY FAIR PROMISE TO GIVE UNEXCELLED RACING FRIDAY.

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Falling of Grand Stand During Parker Speech at Marshall Notification Ceremonies Causes Serious Injury to Gary Lawyer and Two Other Well-Known Men From Calumet Region.

Three Lake county men were injur- ( Marshall. They were: ed in the grandstand accident which APPELLATE JUDGE J.

That an Indiana Harbor young woman died in a West Hammond re-

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dark from the place and buried in Oak

Hill cemetery at 9 o'clock at night, j was the mystery unearthed taday by I Times reporters. I When the West Hammond city j

councilmen meet tonight to determine whether or not they should revoke the licenses of the dlvekeepers, the ghosts of a score or more people who have died in West Hammond, indirectly or of the dives, will be hovering over them. Today an amazing story comes to light of the death of Miss Esther Harrison of Indiana Harbor in Henry

Pftss' rpunrt. her hurinl After the shad- '

ows of darkness had fallen, and the effort that has been made to keep the matter quiet. Taken From Harbor. Had it not been for the persistence of The ' Times reporters Miss Esther Harrison would have vanished from the face of the earth without the friends, relatives or the upper world knowing anything about it. Miss Harrison was an Inmate of a

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Hammond. Slightly injured in the Region of the stomach. Injuries pronounced not serious. ATTORNEY JOHN F. REILLY of Hammond. Skin scrubbed off of left leg. Compelled to walk Vith a cane. ATTORNEY R. E. HOUREN of Gary. Three ribs broken. May have internal injuries. It Is a etrange circumstance that Reilly was the only man from Hammond and' Houren was the only man from Gary. Judge Ibach Is living in

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Attorney Reilly said that there was but little warning of the accident He said that the grand Btand just settled down. The accident occurred during Alton B. Parker's remarks. Attorney John Rellly got back late last night after he had spent th day in his hotel recovering from the shock of the accident. Yesterday he sent a telegram to Henry Bicknell asking him to inform his wife that he was not in

jured in the accident. He did this to

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COUNTRY CLUB IS

EARING COMPLETION

Tennis Committee Wants 2femes-ol Entrants for, .. Tournament. .

OUTRAGED FATHER FINDS HIS DAUGHTER

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Lowell Mason Contractor Has a Shotgun and Wants to Use It.

The Hammond Country clubhouse and grounds are the scenes of the greatest activity these days, in preparation for the opening and dedication which will occur on Labor day. The

road paving to the clubhouse, permitting the parking of autos near the grounds, is now completed and landscape gardeners are busy putting in the finishing touches. Committees for the opening day's entertainment are very busy. The golf and tennis committees are practically ready to start their tournaments. Henry Conkey of the tennis committee, is anxious to have the names of all players of both sexes who will enter the dedication cup contests in singles and doubles. These entries must be sent in by Monday, Aug. 25, so that the drawings may be made. It is expected that 600 people will

attend the dedication exercises and the invitations will go out this week.

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Today's 3:00 trot, first heat: Lucy Stately, b. m., sired by Stately, owned by J. Pettlnger, Warsaw, first. Worth H. second' Harold Medium, g. g., Flelday Medium, A. G. Ireland, Chicago, third. Counts, b. g., St- Bells, A R. Muster, Valparaiso, Ind., fourth. Time, 2:26i4. -" ' Today's free-for-all race, first heat: Our Colonel, b. h.. Col. Cochran, Jones stable, Chicago, first. Agnes Bennett, b, m., S. W. Bennett, T Holmes, Laprte, Ind., second. William H., s- g, Alclayone. Moorehouse & Smith, Goshen, third. The Bankrupt, b. g.. Prodigal, McCarthy & Getjte," Chicago, fourth. Time. 2:12.

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An irate father, armed with a shotgun and looking for his 15-year-old daughter who had been "shanghaied'' into the bottomless pit of vice in West Hammond, yesterday laid bare another chapter of the unspeakable conditions

that exist in West Hammond. The father, George Davis, a mason

i contractor of Lowoll, who was accotnI panied by a number of his friends, en- ! tered West Hammond in ati automobile, and after making a long search, they I were informed that the girl Gertrude' i was at the home of Peter Mak, the for- ! mer village president, who has a long

and unsavory record behind him both for his private and public life. The father and his companions failing to find the girl in West Hammond drove to Burnham in search of Miss Brooks, who directed them to Mak's farm on the Calumet river, and after receiving this information he headed directly for the farm. The girl is said to have been the victim of all manner of outrages, and the father, knowing this, swore to empty his double-barreled""shotgun into her seducers. The father said that his daughter left his home In search of

house work and that he learned only in a roundabout way that she had become the victim of West Hammond's vice ring.

CONTRACTOR AHLBORN BUSy Oil THE ROADS

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CROWDS AT FAIR

Estelle Mason With Yukon

Dog Team Excites Much Interest.

RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S RACE CARD

2:30 pace, first race: Harry Bennett, b. g 3 5 8 Wilts, b. h 2 2 2 Bonnylin C. b. m 6 11 5 Bonnie Tell, s. m 11 7 9 Monday Pipes, br. s .5 8 8 Ha,zel Penn, b. m I 1 1 Little Billie, bl. g 7 4 4 Jess Bell, b. g S 6 Mack Glen, b. g 4 .3 8 May Holden. wh. m, 12 12 Belle Crouch, c. m. ........ 810 7 Lady Wonder, bl. m..,....10 9 10 Time 2:1 f, 2:16',4, 2:164. - 2:17 stake pace, second race; John KT b. g 6 6 8 6 Belle Pointer, b. m... 1 1 1 1 Bessie Gomah. bl. m..4 5 5 6"" Princess J, b. m 2 2 3 2 John Wrenn, b, g 3 4 3 2 3 A. G. 'I., b. g 5 3' 4 4 4 Time 2:144. 2:134, 2:15, 2:14.

WINNERS IN THE CATTLE DEPARTMENT (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. The following blue-ribbon winners have been selected by the judges in the cattle department: Bruno R. Kleine, Crown Point, wins all prizes for Red Poles. Ayreshires Geo. Lauerman, Crown Toint. Fred Krieder, Merrillville, wins first prize on milk breeds. Sweepstakes on beef breeds won by John Schiewe of Crete, 111. Sweepstakes h-erd of milk breeds won by Peter and Percy Jansen of

Cattle Show Awards Are Made; Judges Busy With Blue Ribbons.

(Special to TftB Tikes.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. Its the biggest fair in the history of Lake county, " and the history of Lake County faiis goes back 54 years. Yesterday was a' record breaker in many respects, today is another one, and still another record breaking day is promised for tomorrow the last day of the fair. The free attractions last night held a large crowd at the grounds. They will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night. They are of an unusual good quality. The racing program for today includes the 3:00 trot, ten entries;

I-the free for all racing, five entries; the 2:16 trot, eight entries. The card for Friday is an unusually i large and strong one. It is as follows:

2:22 race. Friday, August 23. 1. Elsie Etheridge, b m, Tr. Efcheridge. Dr. Morris, Hartford. MicK 2. Littl e Billie, bl g. Nutford. F. Reed, Benton Harbor, Mich. 3. Hazel Penn, b m, Wm. Penn, B. Sturgeon, Logansport, Ind. 4. Little Joe, g s, Ebenholden. B. Sturgeon, Lopsnsport. Ind. 5. Bell Pointer, b m. Elastic Pointer. Model Pacing Farm, Goshen. ' 6. Golden Manor, ch c, Pur Gold, Jones Stable, Chicago 7. Monday Pipes, br s, Hansa C, C W. Turner, Kankakee, III. : 8. Bonnie Tell, s m, Lutell, Dukes

;Bros., Warsaw, Ind.

9. Dorothy, b m. Count Louis, II.

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Sweepstakes for best bull showing ! uecker, LaPorte, Ind..

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Work on Road lorth of the River to Hohman Begins in Two Weeks.

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 22. One of the interesting features of the Crown Point fair is Miss Estelle Mason who is driving a team of dogs attached to an Alaska-Yukon mail sled on wheels. Miss Mason Btarted from Xome, Alaska, Oct. 27, 1908 to encircle the Globe and must be at the opening of the PanamaPacific Exposition at San Francisco.

May 1, 1915 in order to win the prize for which she has In view of $12,000. Miss Mason will leave here in a day or two for Laporte and from there will start for New Tork where she ' will take a steamer for England. She will then go to Stockholm and tRence to St. Petersburg "Where she will follow

the Russian transcontinental railroad to Valadrivostock, a distance of 5,000 miles without a wagon road. She will then sail for Yokohama, Japan, then go to Sidney Australia and return to Seattle Washington traveling from this point by road to San Francisco. These dogs of Mss Mason's are three quarter wolf and are very fine specimens.

Arrested for tealing. George Johnson. 73 Sibley street, colored, was arrested last night by Officer Law at his residence on a charge of petit larceny. Johnson has been employed as a porter at Plageman's barber shop, and Mike Messy, a barber, charges that Johnson took a raincoat, a pair of pants and another coat. This morning Johnson was put through the third degree process in Chief Austgen's office, and after answering a flood of questions, he was released. As yat the clothing has not been recovered.

In another week Contractor William Ahlborn will have completed that part

of the extension of Hohman street which lies south of the little Calumet river, he slag is now on this street and the top dressing will be put on later. In two weeks the work of building

the road north of the river will Tin begun. This will be a great improvement and will change the. appearance of the whole south part of town. The township ia about through with the work of construction on tl.e short township road that is being built between the state line and the street that paralells the Monon track. The road along the Monon track north of the old Humpher road is just about completed. These road improvements are all that will be nedeed in this section of the city for sometime t o come.

(SpeciaHo The Times.) ! Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. Among those who attended the fair Wednes- -day and registered at The Times tent , are: E. Pickard, East Chicago; Mrs. F. j Adank, Crown Point; J. R. Meade, j Walter L. Spencer, Joe Hartley, Joe I Hartley, Jr., V. H. Jeppeson. Mrs. 1 Julius Friedman, East Chicago; Miss ! Rae Goldstein, Springfield, 111.; Mrs. J. I Frleberg, Chicago; E. Jewett, Roberts-I dale; A. G. Borman, Hammond; Mat Jourdain, Mrs. Houk, Crown Point; j

.miss ii.isie Horner, rnuaaeipnia, jra. ,t Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Jacobson, East Chi- j cago; Miss Bertha Jacobson, Miss j Ethel Jacobson, Hammond; A. H. W. :

Johnson, East Chicago; Mrs. A. L. Courtright, Master Dean Courtrlght, John M. Hack, Crown Toint; G. H. Austin, Hammond.

three of progeny, also best "cow and

calf, won by I. J. Bemiller. Elkhart, Ind. Champion bull and champion cow Won by W. B. Owen, Hobart, Ind. Champion bull and champion cow of any age Won by F. W. Strickland & Son, Lowell. Prizes on shorthorns, various grades, about equally divided between W. H. Michael of Lowell, Ind., and John Schiewe of Crete, III. For Holsteins, about equally divided by J. B. Blachley of Merrillville, and Fred Krelter of same vicinity. ! For Jerseys, between I. J. Bemiller of Elkhart, and W. B. Owen of Ho

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Carthy, Chicago. p . . . ' . . , -11., Bonnylin S.. b m. O. M. Smith,' Henry.Ill. . 12. Wilts, b h,jC. T. W, B. R. Baer, Logansport, Ind. 13. The Grandson, b hj Indiana Dan Patch, C. J. Kramer, Crown Point. Ind. 14. Lottie D, b m, John Kendall, Logansport, Ind. 15. Jess Btjll b g. Chime, Bell, A. R. Muster, Valparaiso, Ind. . 16. Exene, br f, Elmore. A. R. Muster, Valparaiso, Ind. 17. Mack Glen, b g, Essebee, Jl M. Cotherman, Goshen, Ind. (Continued on Page 8.)

SEVEN YEARS WITH ONE MAN ENOUGH, COYLY ADMITS MRS. RAYMOND HITCHCOCK

MANY FROM

GARY ATTEND (Special to The Times.) ' Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. Hundreds of Gary people who never attended the county fair owing to the poor transportation facilities, are taking advantage of the Gary & Southern

j line this year and are helping swell

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Wood Is Fined.

On a charge of assault and battery upon his wife LeRoy Wood was found guilty in Judge Barnetts Court yesterday morning receiving a fine of $10 and costs amounting to J24.40. The assault was caused over trouble of long standing, when some months ago Wood was arrested on a charge of non-support. He was at the time found giulty and was compeled to pay $8 a week for the support of JaU wit and child.

YESTERDAY A GREAT DAY

- (Special to The Times.) I Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. With a record-breaking crowd In attendance

the first day of the 1912 Lake county !

fair was ushered in yesterday. Not even the jubilee fair celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the fair association drew the crowds that attended yesterday, and if the remaining two days' attendance keeps up In proportion the attendance bark will be hard to boat. Not an accident or arrest occurred to mar the general success of the first day, the crowd bfing orderly and bent on having a good time, the many stands and concessions profiting thereby The attendance at the night fair was also' good, the free attractions delighting the crowd, being of a variety and excellence surpassing all

previous efforts In that line ever given by Ihef fair association. Trained horses, ostriches, Japanese equilibrists and wire walkers, hey rube comedians, contortionists and acrobats, male and female, go to make up a show that is worth twice the admission paid to get into the grounds alone. The exhibits in. floral hall are above standard and

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SPLENDID FREE SHOWS AT FAIR

(Special tolHB Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 22. The free shows at the county fair this year are the finest exhibitions of their kind ever seen. - By eliminating fireworks the management has been able to provide a number of attractions of ex

traordinary merit. The clever horses , a11 through the grounds, with the ex-

which do a fancy Jumping and dancing act are hfttc r than those seen at the biggest circuses. The crowd loudly applauds the exhibition and it is deserving of the highest praise.

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TRB TIMES IS TRY I Mi HARD TO

MERIT THE SUCCESS IT ACHIEVED.

cepttoH Of fruits and vegetables which are out of season, the exhibits in thir respective lines are noteworthy for their excellence. Yesterday's race events at the county fair were all that could be asked for, considering the condition of the track, it not being fast on account of the recent rains. The "going" was good, however, and the races close enough to make things exciting for the spectators.

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Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hitchcock. x "We have been married seven years, which I think is . quite long enough. Anyway, it's longer than the average theatrical couple stick together." ' Thus spoke Mrs. Raymond Hitchcock, better known by her Mage name or Flora Zabelle. on her recent return from France. It is significant that she was accompanied on the return trip from Europe by the strange mnn who ia known as "Cousin Charlie," and who was responsible for the verbal tilt between Hitchcock and his wif Just as she sailed for France a r few weeks ago, ' ,