Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 55, Hammond, Lake County, 27 August 1912 — Page 8
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THE TIMES.
Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1912.
Orphans of Chicago and Suburbs Attend Baseball Game Between Cubs and Braves
Nearly 25 Per Cent Raise Is Recommended by the City Council at Meeting Last Night; $50,000 Short Term Loan Negotiated.
TAXES WILL GO
Present city levy 91M
NfT city levy 1.65 Total Talaatloa . . 926,137.405 Distribution of 1U ey leryi Gemoral . 91.25 Slaklag toad 12 War .15 IJa-ht .15 Park .05
City taxes In Gary will shoot up nearly twenty-five per cent for lilt. A rate of 11.65 for city purposes during 191S was established by the common council at an adjourned meeting last night. Th current city rate Is $1.26 on the hundred dollars. A 950,000 I.oaa Floated. The council also authorised the controller to negotiate another $60,000 short term loan to meet current obligations. This loan is floated in anticipation of the fall tax receipts. War
rants bearing a September date and
maturing in November will be Issued.
They will be in $1,000 denominations.
will bear interest at six per cent, and will be sold at or above par. Previously when Gary was in the fifth class
of cities the government did not have to borrow money for short terms for
when the city treasury was depleted banks allowed warrants to go to pro
test. They were then redeemed at tax
collection time. Statutes do not give fourth class cities this privilege and
consequently short term borrowing has
to De resorted to. mere la already a
$25,000 warrant issue outstanding so
the city will have to repay to the
Broadway bankers two months hence
some $75,000 principal plus interest. Reason For Increase.
One of the reasons for the lncroase in
the city levy at Gary is the action of
the council some time ago slicing down saloon licenses from $500 to $300. With one blow $50,000 In revenue was lost to the city. And there was only
an increase or $1,000,000 In the tax valuation so the council finance com
mittee had to trim down many appro priatlons.. It is estimated that counting 11
censes, refunds, general and special
taxes the 1913 Income will be $415,000. Of this amount the $1.25 for general
purposes will bring $240,000 and $90,000
or more for special funds light, water,
sinning, ana parlc funds. Saloon and other licenses and -. refunds will up
wards of $80,000. This leaves but $322,000 (approximately) to conduct the government during 1913, a sum less than this year's.
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one of the livest organizations in the country. It has entertained some of the big men of the country. It has William Dudley Foulke as one of its most actlvn members.
Yesterday Miss Brooks received the
assurance of Judge Owens that he would institute an investigation of the
records of Judges Frank Green of
West Hammond and Judge Wlttenburg
of Burnham. The action of these judges in releasing dive keepers without a fine or any punishment whatsoever will be looked into. Coroner Hoffman also became an ally of Miss Brooks and is going to see this alleged West Hammond death chamber probed to the very bottom. An inquiry is also to be made to determine why the Harrison case was not reported to the coroner.
STEEL MILL FORGERS
ARE CAUGHT
j to substantiate their statements. One I widow at Lake' Kegonsa is quite inIslstent in her inquiries and has even t sent a stamped envelope for an anI twer.
BURNHAM LEAGUE AT MEETING fContlnued from Page l-
in Burnham last Sunday. The attempt was frustrated by the citizens there who do not want the god name of Burnham injured. Carl West of the Juvenile court in Chicago told Miss Brooks that Burnham was a more fertile field than West Hammond. He said that the conditions there are nothing short of astonishing. Some time ago there were half a dozen homes destroyed by an Incendiary fire. It is said that there is a lawless element in Burnham which covered up the clues that might have lead to the apprehension of the real culprits. The case was superficially investigated and then dropped. Story Wa Fiahy.
There was a report circulated about town today to the effect that three
women detectives from Chicago bad
come to West Hammond, engaged rooms in the resorts and then caused
the arrest of the proprietors.
These reports could not be verified and are believed to be untrue. One of the police officers who was on the Job last night said that the resorts were
all closed as tight as a drum and that
there was not one of them that con tained an Inmate.
Court Reporter Harrison, who made
a stenographic record of the hearing
of Mayor K. M. Woaczvnskl. todav
made the statement that tne mayor's j lawyer offered to Introduce affidavits I
STATE BOARD 10 PASS . OyUESTIOH Reformer Visits Gary Coroner to Plead for Exhumation in Death Mystery.
Miss Virginia Brooks, the Joan of Arc of West Hammond, came over to Gary yesterday afternoon to have a conference with Dr. Frank Smith, coroner of Lake county, in connection with the proposed exhumation of the
body of an Indiana Harbor girl said to have died in West Hammond resort. It is alleged that the body was secretly buri". .
Coroner Smith told the young wom
an graft fighter to see the Cook county coroner at Chicago and that if the Illi
nois authorities would investigate the case he would see to it that the body be exhumed and a postmortem examination made. It is probable, how
ever, that the state board of health will have to give the necessary permit.
THE EAST STR
The long sought band of forgers who their Pittsburgh, headquarters at one
Pittsburgh dispatches last night
have been specializing on Illinois Steel
Company pay checks at the expense of hotel men all over the country was run down in Pittsburgh, Pa., yesterday. More than fifty warrants were held by the Chicago police on the lookout for the forging -gang. Similar warrants were held by police In other cities, as it is said that $50,000 has been raised by them on the steel company checks alone. Two men and a woman," supposed . to be the principals of the gang, were rounded up by the Pittsburgh police yesterday, along with a complete forging outfit and a supply of checks. Harold Anderson of Waupaca, Wis., was arrested as the leader. He is said to have represented himself, when passing checks, as E. R. Baker, purchasing agent fdr the South Chicago plant of the steel company. Along with Anderson, Anton A. Ag-' gerbeck, a Chicago man long known to the local police, was picked up as an aid. The third member of he band is Mrs. Blfrlda Beggy. She is unknown to Chicago police, but will be brought here with her asociates. The trio was. arrested by the Pittsburgh police on advices from the Pinkerton detective agency in this city.
They were much wanted, as both the Ilinols Steel Company and the Illinois Bankers' Association were on the trail. The country had been covered with
circulars .bearing, descriptions and photographs.
As was customary with the dealers
in spurious checks, they we're maklnz
were to the effect that the forgers were in the act of passing one of their checks At the time they were arrested. The forging utensils and finished product were found in abundance at their suite in the hotel. According to representatives of the Plnkerto agency the forgers made their headquarters at the Palmer House . while , working in Chicago, which has been . the scene of most of
their operations. While the forging trio was
1NGENT
ACTION IS IS TAKEN
Good news to autoists, motorcylists and pedestrians who have to travel
'over the deadly Gary, Toleston and , Clarke grade crossings comes in the
shape of council legislation which will being ' force all railroads to safeguard their
taken at Pittsburgh three of the lesser, death traps or be subject to a heavy lights were gathered up at Indiana penalty. An ordinance to this effect Harbor where the game was being i was passed by the Gary aldermen last
played with supplies furnished by the, night.
OUGHT TO TAKE AWAY JIS LICENSE
Wisconsin Fathead Makes
Fool Statements, and Is Headed This Way.
Miss Virginia Brooks left Hammon-1 for Chicago today for the purpose of avoiding a possible meetlns with Dr. A. P. Burrus of Janesvllle, Wis., who is said to be on his way to West Hammond to declare his love for Miss "Virginia Brooks. Miss Brooks said: "Isn't that ri
diculous. This doctor getting sentimental about me. He says that he loves me . because I look like his grandmother. Talk about your lefthanded compliments. One paper will refer to me as the 16-year-old reformer, another as the Joan of Arc of
big three. The checks have ranged from $S0 to $100, All were made payable to "EL R. Baker," the supposed purchasing agent. The men will be brought back to Chicago on a warrant, one of the many available sworn out by the KuntzRemmler Restaurant Company, which suffered to the extent of $60 at the hands of Aggerback and his gang. The forger, who was arrested at Park Ridge Friday, was yesterday Identified as Edward Wilson of Peoria,
111., a man known to have been in
volved in many deals. A scar on his face resulted in his positive identification as the man who victimized the Hyde Park Bank Wilson confessed last night that he was arrested in Chicago last year on a charge of horse stealing South Chicago Calumet.
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showing that George Rosenbaum, hisK. fntln(, ' " wh thlnU, T lnnlr
like his grandmother.
accuser, had served a term of nine
months in the county jail for petit larceny and had also served time for obtaining money under false pretenses. If these facts can be substantiated it is safe to say that they may be unable to convict the mayor. ' And Rosenbaum, with no business standing in the community was released on $500 bonds while Mayor K. M. Wosczlnski, who has property and h,plds positions of financial responsibility in a number of organizations was compelled to put up $5,000 bonds. Today Miss Virginia-Brooks went to Richmond, Ind. where she Is to appear before the Commercial Club of that city and tell of her reform crusade. She left at ten o'clock and will be entertained by the commercial club mem-b-rs while there. The Richmond Commercial Club Is
The following Is the story which appeared In the Chicago Examiner regarding Miss Brooks' latest affinity: Janesvllle, Wis., Aug. 24. Virginia Brooks, West Hammond's Joan d'Arc is innocently enough the recipient of a new and different sort of notoriety. Dr. A. P. Bui-run, 'Sanesville's (Wis.) lovelorn physician, has announced himself as having found in her his ideal woman. And for Miss Brooks that is not in the least uncomplimentary, for Dr. Burrus, who called on the Rev. Mr. Morrill of Minneapolis to make good on his promise to introduce "bashful old bachelors," is very, very particular. Dr. Burrus has closed up his office and left town, bent, on meeting the militant reformer. Dr. Burrus is in love with Miss Brooks chiefly because he Bays she re
sembles his grandmother, and, moreover, this gallant wooer Isdetermlned to aid his "ideal" in purging West Hammond of Its' vice. It is In these words that Dr. Burrus explains his infatuation: "I am In love with Virginia Brooks of West Hammond. I like her because she looks like my grandmother, who came from Rhode Island. Her hair was shiny black and she had snapping black eyes. One morning she went downtown- and got nine yards of calico and made up a dress in the same day ail herself, and had It on to eat supper. She could, make good mince pies, too, and whip her weight in wildcats, and Miss Brooks can do It. She is fully up to the standard given to Reverend G. L. Morrill of Minneapolis. I would like to go down there and help her reclaim s that wicked city, and if Reverend Elder Morrill will give me an introduction, as he promised to all 'bashful bachelors," perhaps I may." Ill Requirement! for Ideal., It will be remembered that Dr. Burrus gave the following requirements
for his Ideal woman: "Now, If you have any lady bachelor from 25 to 35 that would like a first class, home, one that will come near physical standard and has good health,' you may give her my address. But I do not want my name made public in newspapers or otherwise. "A standard woman in stature is 5 feet to 5 inches. When arms are extended the measure from tip to tip of fingers would be equal to height, he
would have chest measurement near 35 inches and weigh nearly 130 pounds. Must not have hollow back.
Must not have shoulder blades prominent like wings or have short legs from knee' down. ; Must not have pug nose or thick lips.1 Under Hp must not be ; short with upper teeth projecting, he must-not have skin disease or enlarged "-lands about neck. "The head should measure around base of brain-21 Inches. From top of nose-over occipital spine, about 13 inches. The last measure Is the most Important. he must not have lop ears. Rather fine hair and fine features preferred and a well developed chin. Good cooks and nurses are generally prefereable and, make best wives. "A standard man is one-tenth above the female sex." v Willing to Take a Chance. Just how far .he Is certain Miss Brooks answers these requirements is not known. Nor , does the doctor say thathe is certain she makes her own dresses as his grandmother did or bake mince pies or whip her weight In wildcats, but evidently he is willing to take a chance. Just at present Dr. Burrus' whereabouts are a mystery. The sign on his office door says he Is out of the city until Monday next. Perhaps he has gone down to West Hammond to make a personal investigation. Meanwhile several letters have been received from aspiring 'women who believe they meet his requirements, and some of them doubtless enclose measurements
Gates must be Installed and operat
ed from 7:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. at the follow'ng crossings: Pennsylvania Adams street. Michigan Central Adam, Washing
ton, Madison, First and Harrison streets. South Shore interurban Ambridge, Broadway and Virginia streets. Nickel Plate Broadway. Signal arm bells must go in at the folowlng crossings: Pennsylvania Washington. Nineteenth. Fifth, Jackson, Roosevelt. First and Clark road. Wabash Clarke road. Fifth, Washington, Madison and Roosevelt streets. B. and O. Clarke road. "J" railway Ninth avenue and Clarke road. Michigan Central Second, Thirteenth, Main and First. Michigan Central Joliet cutoff) Broadway, Adams, Fortieth and Ridge road. South Shore interurban Martha
street and Clarke road. C. L. 8. ft E. Clark road. Nickel Plate Forty-first, Adams, Harrison and Ridge road. A fine of $100 a day stands for violations of this ordinance.
The East Chicago police now have
in custody a man who seems to have missed his vocation which Is that of a bum and should have been that of an
; actor, tragedian preferred.
The wonder Is Dan McGown, or thus
' he styles himself at least, and his little I game is to lie down and groan until
some bystander is attracted to his plight. Between gasps and groans of
! pain he confides to the sympathetic
bystander , that he has been run over by a car, and is In terrible distress Inside. The next step is the police sta
tion, the next is a physician, and the
j, third Is generally a hypodermic injecr'tion of morphine or some such sooth
ing narcotic. This last seems to be the aim to which the little melodrama tendsOn Thursday McGown was brought to East Chicago by Conductor Harry Tague of the South Shore who found him lying beside the tracks groaning. With apparent difficulty McGown ex
plained that he had been struck by a train and injured internally. Tague took him aboard his car and at Fosyth and Chicago avenue turned him over to the police. Arrived at the station his appearance of distress was so convincing that Dr. Townsley was sent for. He administered a shot of morphine and sent the man to the hospital. Here a few more shots were introduced into the carcass of the sufferer, so that it was not long before he was in prime condition to make his escape which he did. Sunday the erstwhile patient showed up at the terminal depot. He rolled his eyes and claimed to be In the mos dire distress. This time Dr. Goldberg" was the physician summoned. He administered strychnine and the patient, cheered up, demanded a pipe, a drink of whisky and a new suit of clothes. Fortified with these the patient
j thought It a cinch that he might move l his freight toward "home." It was then that dawning recollection caused Chief McCormack to recognlze in the recovered sufferer the i features of the visitor of Thursday. . The circumstances were related to t Judge Riley and he gave him sixty
Jury voice and tested the strength of
the directors' table by emphasizing his argument. Quite a crowd gathered outside as the windows were open, fancying the proceedings to be an an-tl-T. R. movement. Qneatlon of Umpires. President McAleer stated that he was up against it in the matter of umpires. It was shown that the Chicago umpires from whom the selections have heretofore been made this season, have a union which" renders them ineffectual, inasmuch 'as they refuse to recognise the right of the president to discharge any of their . . . V. .. .. . 1 .
. . . " . , I days In the county Jail. McGowan's
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specialty on which he prides himself is fooling the doctors. , He even has
the death rattle down to a fine point.
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a warn
toxlcated, and even this is not consid
ered sufficient cause for dismissal by
the umpires" union, which organiza- I
tion insists that they be re-engaged.
It was decided in view of these facts j to give President McAleer a free hand in the selection of umpires, and he
will hereafter choose these officials from wherever he pleases.
East Chicago and Laporte, not to be "out of It," indulged in a little side
scrap, Abe Ottenheimer and Manager Woerstell giving it back and forth over a forfeited game. In fact scrana
developed as thick and fast that in John Evans of Stieglitz Park has
some instances two were In progress rallen from grace ana again xouna mmat once. j self in the hands of the police on SunThe meeting finally adjourned with-111 afternoon, when he was arrested out any bloodshed, harmony having f lvn hl w"e f nd Crei! been completely restored and friend- 4 the houe- hJs,,S a""le hablt ships which appeared on the verge of John UBed to ,nduse ln quUe equenttotterlng, re-established. I1'- but he " to have gotten over The little excitement only served to'11 of lat' However coming home loadput the league on a better basis than ed Sunday he was reminded that It before, the members all realizing after would be good sport to drive his famlthe smoke of battle had cleared away ! out doors. He proceeded to carry that after all the scrappy disposition h,s reminder into execution. The poof their conferes was but the result of ' "wr'r8 telephoned for and Officer their zeal for the teams they repre-! John Sancia started in pursuit. A sent, and this spirit tends to promote, 'tourist from Chicago coming by ln his rather than decrease the Interest in auto. Officer Sancia asked him for a
the league.
LAKE COUNTY
BASEBALL MAGNATES IN SCRAP
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he and Mr. CConnell and President McAleer had It back and forth. Another source of friction was the protested game between Gary and Hammond which took place June 23 at Hammond. The protest arose over a ball batted by one of the Hammond players, which Umpire Reading called fair and the Gary contingent called a foul. Game to De Played Oven, The unplre after the meeting decided the ball to have been a foul. The matter was decided in Gary's favor after an hour's deliberation between the directors ln executive session, and the game was ordered played over. Some warm arguments were presented both pro and con and there was considerable hot oratory. Manager J. A. Umpleby presented Gary's side of the case, and E. G. Sproat, who was introduced as assistant manager of the Hammond team, represented Hammond. Mr. Sproat brought along his
ride to the scene of the disturbance, which was granted. Arriving at the house the officer tnuriA the nl A.r a barrlcAded Rfflinst htm
' MEN ATTEND ' and the owner thereof ensconced ln a At the Indiana state convention of chair in a window with a gun in his postmasters at Marlon last week Luke . hand. He threatened to shoot the officounty was given recognition by the cer, It is said, but the later nothing election of A. G. Taylor of Creston to daunted proceeded to climb through the office of secretary-treasurer, and the window. as a delegate to the national conven- After a struggle the man was overtlon which will be held at Richmond, powered and a pair of handcuffs slipVa., Sept. 19 to 21, next year. Gary over his wrists, and the auto was may get the next state meeting. 4 again called into service to take the Among the other Lake county post. prisoner to Jail. Yesterday Judge masters present were W. C. Nichols of. Walter J. Riley sentenced the man to Lowell, A. G.- Taylor of Creston, and P. fifteen days In the county Jail, In addlJ. Kooy of Highlands The convention tlon to giving him a lecture on how adjourned on Saturday.. Many f the, cheap It is for a man to lick his wifevisitors were accompanied by their . f wives. As part of the entertainment JK1B "wiMB NEWSPAPER OF LA KB program the officials and their part- COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BE. ners were shown Marion in automo- STOWED BT ITS READERS ON TH1 biles. I TIMES.
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East Chicago to East Hammond, South Bound.
73 72 71 74 73 72 71 75 74
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Cars leave State and Hohman streets lor 63rd and Madison avenue, Chicago, at 5:10 a. 5:35 and every twenty minutes thereafter until 8:50 p. m., then 9:15. 9:45
and every thirty minutes thereafter until 11:45 p. m. Cars leave East Chicago for 63rd street and Madison avenue, Chicago, at 6:25 a, m. and every twenty minutes thereafter until 9 p. m. then evory thirty mlautes thereafter unil 11: SO p. m, then 11:50 p. m. and 12:50 a. m. " . .