Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 62, Hammond, Lake County, 5 September 1912 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1912.

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GIRL LAYS BARE WEST HARiOi

, DEATH IN DIVE

'Frankie Ford Describes Sudden End of John Messmaker With Doped Drink. Inmate Of Foss Place Tells Thrilling Story After Arrest.

Operations of Weat Hammond's crime ring: were bared and details of the mysterious John Messmaker death were brought to light with the arrest last night of "Frankle" Ford, 20 years old, who had been an inmate of Henry Foss' dive at West Hammond. According to the story told by the girl, who was the companion of Messmaker the night he died, he expired an hour after taking two drinks prepared at the Foss bar. The dying man's last words were a comment on the strangeness of the drinks, according to the girl in whose arms he passed away. Then he told of the "sure-death," dope bottle which she said was a permanent fixture at the Foss establishment. - s '

"FRANKIE" FORD'S STORY.

Another Beautiful Club Building For Hammond's Social Center

"Messmaker was in good health. In the drinks which preceded his death he remarked about the peculiarity of the stuff. It was horribly smelling. After drinking them he didn't speak. 'I believe Messmaker is dying' I called to Foss. He came in white as death. Til call Dr. Hoffman be stammered. Foss got in a fight with me over the dying man's money. Then they got us all out of town In a hurry. There was a deathbottle in the house. Every person fought shy of it."

I don't know Just what was in that bottle, but every person about the plact knew of its death-dealing properties and fought shy of It with the same alacrity that Foss guarded it," the girl told poll cement soon after her arrest. In fullest detail the prisoner described the life in vice-ridden West Hammond, which she termed a hell-hole "even for me." The arrest of "Frankie" Ford was the result of a pursuit of several days which was prosecuted on' the strength of an anonymous letter addressed to Miss Virginia Brooks, the "West Hammond reformer. Last Monday "Frankie" Ford's presence in Chicago was learned, and the following day she eluded her pursuers by taking a trip to Milwaukee. A re-

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JOY RIDERS DITCHED ADDpQTpn FOUR ARE HURT " rnn T..rrT

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Staver so as to Hide ' Their Identity.

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captures at the Hammond police sta-

, tion pearly this morning when Victor ! Imhoff, giving, his address as Roby, i Ind., was placed behind the bars on a

- charge of grand larceny. Considerable j credit is due to Officer John Kunz, who The Hammond police are making an by partial description, aided in locating effort to learn the identity of a party I the thief in Rammer's saloon, State of Joyriders, two men and two women and Hohman streets, where he was

louna asleep in a chair. As it has been his usual custom for

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MEETING

DREW BIG GATHERING

TAX LEVY FOR NORTH TOWNSHIP

who were injured last night south of t

Hammond and left a badly wrecked Staver auto from which they removed the license tag. The accident . happened at midnight on the road leading to I Hohman street past the Dr. "W. D. Wels farm. Dr. ."Wels was awakened by one of the men who had plunged through the windshield, as the car left the road for the ditch and sought medical attention. One of the women was quite badly bruised. The Joyriders did not know of the turn In the road and ran plump Into the ditch pitching them all out of the machine. They refused to disclose -their identity even to Dr. Wets and were all able to return to Chicago on an early train. 1 SENATOR PERKINS TO LEA VE PUBLIC UFE

the past week, Imhoff went into Cuneo's saloon at Roby and ordered a dj-ink. he bartender was in the act of checking up the cash register, when a call from an automobile party took him to the rear of the saloon. A sum of $89 in bills and pay checks was left standing on the bar, and Imhoff taking advan

tage of the opportunity picked up the Township expenditures ....$5,315 money and made his getaway. Local tuition 3,750 Upon arriving at the back at the bar, On each poll ." the bartender failed to miss the stolen Special school tax 6,500 nJoney until Mr. Cuneo arrived and On each poll found the shortage. Not untH 720 was I Special School bond fund.. 1,540 the robbery reported to the Hammond ' Road tax expenditures 2.800 police, the money being taken between f Additional road tax 1,000

North township farmers as a whole are among the richest in the state. The

mortgages on the average on all their lands and improvements barely exceed 1 per cent, but this is wiped put when their personal property is taken into consideration. The total value of land and improvements is $320,950. The total amount of mortgages is only $3,260, while the personal property ' is valued at $35.S20 The tax levy for North township for 1913. based on the expenditures of last year, will be $1.17 on $100, 4 cents lower than this year. A 6 cents reduction was made on the levy for the special school bond fund.

while the poor fund levy was increased j

Irom 1 to 3 cents. 103 Polls in Tonnxhip. The expenditures last year as the basis for the estimate and the tax levy for 1913 itemized is as follows: Expenditures. Levy.

.02 .05 .50 .50 1.00 .17 .30

Takes Prisoner Back. F. E. Martin, deputy United States marshal of Indianapolis, made a short visit with Chief Austgen this morntng preparatory to taking a prisoner bacn to the capital. The prisoner was a sailor, arrested at .Michigan City on a charge, oi. obtaintng money under false pretenses. ' t' . . , . .... - V-S'j " J-'-----. --;" At Last! At Last!! 5 M. H. -McGovern of the MeGovern Construction " company of Chicago, which built the South Hohman street pavement, was in Hammond this rooming with the company's engineer to view the pavement, and .to learn what

repairs are necessary. Mr. McGovern promised to- have the repair work under way In a week or ten days. -

'BAD 81000 IN CONTRACT CASE TRIAL

In London School.

Charges that there has been perjury on the witness stand has aroused both sides in the Hobart sewer injunction case which is being heard in Judge Johannes Kopelke's court room this morning. There is a lot of bad blood being aroused in this suit Md it is not un-

Xrving Beti, the oldest son of Frank likely that there wll be a fight or two S. Beta, head of the F. S. Betz Manu- before the matter is over as there have

facturing company hero, who went been numerous threats along this line, abroad with his father this summer, The case was continued untilVthis is now attending Clark's school in Lon- I afternoon and further testimony will don. England, one of the most famous be brought out. The feeling at Hobart institutions of its kind in Great Britain. Is at white heat. The people who are

back of the injunction are regarded as enemies of progress and those who favor it are being called grafters. It Is not thought that there will be any decision in the case for several

days. Judge Kopelke will not take up his regular settings until this case Is

disposed of.

TIMES BUREAU. T STATE CAPITAI-

Indlanapous, Ind., Sept. 5. As a reilt of the big party conference here sterday, the Republican party in In -

liana is coming down the pike with Its

lead up and its tall over the dash

ioard. The meeting yesterday was a

ig sucess. The calling of this meet

rig is regarded as one of the best rokes yet made by State Chairman ims, for it brought together not only

he members of the state committe but he state candidates, many county

halrmen and a large number of prominent party workers from all over the state. They were here for the purpose of hearing reports and planning the campaign, and they did both. James

B. Watson made a red hot speech as did

other republican leaders. Chas. Johnson and Vernon McGirr of Lake county at

tended. . If there was any doubt . about the vigor and vim that is going Into the Republican campaign It was brushed away by the fact that the state com-

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DEMOCRATS OAfdE THEIR; flOlIJEE Hon. J. B. Peterson, Crown Point, Has the Edge on the Plum Today.

6:30 and o'clock Jills morning. . Hatless. Imhoff left the drink on ta bar and hurried down Indiana boule- ) vard, where he caught a street car

Poor expenditure 8,000

.10 .03

Total $31,155 $1.17 The total value of corporation prop-

to Hammond. Upon arriving at the I erty in the township is $617,360. Infour corners ho went to Loderer's hah- ! eluding the real and personal values erdashery and purchased S -wap. From j and excluding the mortgages, the net there he went to, Kammer's Saloon, and j total valuation Is $970,770. after purchasing a drink, sat down In a! The number of polls in the township chair and fell asleep. j is 103. Imhoff was at first described as wear-: The tax levy was fixed last Saturday ing a blue suit, which mislead Officer j when the advisory board and the trus-

Kunz, and he wore a brown suit and a light gray cap. Immediately after he found the money was missing Cuneo came to Hammond with his bartender and identified Imhoff as the man who had been In the saloon and took the money. Imhoff was then placed under arrest by Offlcf r Kuni and taken to the

i Hammond police station, where an effort Is being: made to find out his past ; record. A charge of grand larceny will likely be filed direct in the superior court. J

George C. Parkin. Senator GeofgeG Perkins, of California, b-s announced his intention to leav public Ufa on March 4, 1915. when bis present 'e.-m expires. Us gives failing health as the cause of bis retirement. Senator Perkins aas been in active public Ufe vore than forty years. In 1869 be was elected to the state senate, serving eight years; later he served four years as E-vernor of California. He has served In the United States eenata alnoe

Taken to Hospital. M13S Martha Graun of Cedar street, Hammond. . owing ty a sudden attack of appendicitis yesterday morning while at her work in the Goshen Shirt factory, on Condit street, had to be removed to the hospital, and underwent an operation yesterday. This morning she was reported to be as well as she could be under the circumstances, and her many friends hope she will have a speedy recovery.

te were In session In the latter's office In Hammond.

Small Blaze.

Fire department No. 1 made a run to 189 Plummer avenue about 8:30 o'clock: last night when a ' small blaze had started In a small frame cottage. The damage was small, and upon arriving the fire department found that the flames had been extinguished.

Parochial Schools. All Saint's parochial school, on Sibley street, leads all other parochial

sehoos in the citv for the number of

pupls attendin, the first day's enrollment for thts year showing an attendance of 460. St. Joseph's parochial

snhool showed a first day's enrollment of 400, but more pupils are still expected. St. Casimer's school, on Cameron street, has an enrollment of 215

to begin with, but this number does not

inclde all tn the congregation.

St. Paul's Lutheran school, on Sib

ley street, has an enrollment of 1S2, whie St. John's Lutheran school on the

north side has an attendance of 88. Both All Saints and St. Joseph's Catholic schools have high schools, the latter being In its second year, while All Saints' high school Is in Its fifth year, having graduated it's first class last year.

Col. Carlisle Is Named for Congress.

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Prestollte company, which has opened a plant In part of the building recently built by the Federal Cement Tile Co., today began the manufacture of prestollte." In remarkably short time the machinery has been installed and a force of men put to work. The company will employ forty men when It gets to running full force. Superintendent George Guyer of the Federal Cement Tile Co., says that the labor problem Is still a serious one and Is cutting down the output of his plant. He says that he has advertised in all of the foreign papers, as well as in the local papers, but without the results that he desires.

Martin Carmody Robbed. Martin Carmody, 438 Truman street reported " to the police this morning that some time last night bis buggy had been stolen from his premises. Upon investigating the buggy was traced to Calumet avenue. No other clues could be found, and the thief is still at large.

Republicans of the Thirteenth Indiana congressional district met in delegate convention in the Elks' temple in South Bend yesterday afternoon, listened to good speeches and by acclamation nominated Col. Charles Arthur Carlisle of South Bend for cOngres. CoU Carlisle made a splendid race for governor, and following his defeat by Col. Durbin The Times suggested editorially that the' republicans of the Thirteenth district should send him to congress. , .

NEARLY 3,000 ATTEND. An increase of 264 pupils is reported for the first day's enrollment In the Hammond public schools, as compared far the first day last year. The attendance last year on the first day was 2.527, whereas this yeaiirthe estimated attendance Is 1,791, an increase of fifty.

having been allowed for the Irving

school, as this building is not yet open owing to the eirjht-room addition, which is nearlng completion. The enrollment at the various schools this year is as follows. Franklin 225 Wallace 293 Lincoln 279 Washington 260 Riverside 302 Lafayette 572 Central 322 Irving (estimated) 323 In the Central school there are 322 grade, pupils and 215 high school pupils, an Increase of five over last year's first day enrollment.

A lively scrap for the tenth district congressional nomination to be made at Lafayette was predicted for today, and the "big guns" in the party .realiting this,1 left for the battle ground last night to work, if necessary, all night. Attorney John B. ' Peterson and

Mayor George Durgan of Lafayette entered the convention as the prlncl- 1

pal contenders for the honors, with '

Mike Duffy of Benton as the perennial third candidate. Peterson was con

ceded before the convention to be the !

strongest man, and it seemed probable J, this morning that if Durgan realizes 1 his defeat in advance, that he would not permit his name to go before the

convention. The Lake county delegation, which was selected last Tuesday, is composed of the following delegates art alternates: Delegates George W. Jones. George Klmmet. A. S. Hull, P. A. Parks, Ainsley Himes, Ed Walton, M. G. Sternberg, J. L. Rohde, John Kane, Lawrence Becker, Ed Aubry, C. Friedrlch, Walter Lota, E. Simon. William Ahlborn, Frank Roth, John A. Gavlt, Wil

liam Hamilton. William Cain, H. J. Curtis, T. E. Knotts. T. W. Englehart, H. Sulsbaugh, F. Zawudskl, P. Finnerty. Hud Snyder, 1 George Hirschman, Peter Hein, William Kostbade, John Dorman. Alternates B. Parks, J. Hall, E. Hummel. M. Rcil, Jacob E. Friedman, H. C. Rutledge, F. H. Fish, Robert

j Martin, Theodore Klots, Fred Harnett,

A. A. Young. V. J. - O Rourke. S. E. Swaim. W. F. Howat. J. F. Reilley, John Pascaly, W. D. Wels, Frank Borman, O. L. Wildermuth, M. Gill, A. C. Mayo, John Hamilton, E. N. White, Sam Law, John Lucas, William Piper, 11. Aulwurm, A. L Courtrlght, E. Parks, N. Fagen.

Palast Soli $40,000

Kosten Und Hoch Diesen Herbst Soli Grund Gebrochen Werden

The plans and specifications of the

new club house that is to be built by

the Hammond Saengerbund-Fidelia

have been completed by Architect Mac Turner and indicate that Hammond is to have another club house

of which it may be just proud. The building is to be erected at once on a large lot on Muenich court. It is of striking architectural design, German rennaisance, and is to be of rough brick ard white terra cotta. In dimensions the building will bo 70x144 feet, and It will be three stories

high, although the lower floor will be a half floor, or base. On the basement floor there will be a large dining room 50x2 feet in size. This will be finished with paneled sides and beamed ceilings. Off from this will be a ladles dining room 20x30 feet In dimensions. . ' J TO HAVE CI.T-'B FEATURE. Thebuffet will also be on this floor and will be accessible both from the street and from the interior of the hall. A bowling-alley and a billiard hall are two other features that are attractive. -' In the rear of the basement floor Is a four-room flat for hta custodian. , It Is experted'"that? there, w Utr t e . fa enar mo us .Everui fromth. dining room and buffet In view ofVlhe fact that this will be a unique ; institution' in which the German citizen and others may cater ttt hi liking for "beef", good German cooking and "hiusit;.: f The basement floor, In fact, will be given over tq. the.. club features of the Saengerbund-Fldelia. The kitchen and .pantry wU be. perfectly equipped. On trie second floor will be the singing hall. This is really to-be a remarkable auditorium and will give Hammond a place in which it can accommodate twice as many people as may. now be seated in Its largest auditorium. PLAN mO'HALl,. The main hall will seat 2.000 people. It is to be 65xS0 feet In slza without a

ft ajr no pnniicoQi ACED AflSSOURl BANKER POISONED?

Of all the chews I ever knew UXION SCOUT is the best for you. (Save tickets for premiums.)

Deal Ls Closed.

The Times today received word from Miss Carrie Wicker of Chicago that the deal by which the Central Industrial Site company has purchased 1,400 acres of ground has been closed. This is the largest land deal that has be?n negotiated in Ixike county In a long time and Involves a large sum of money. The 'identity of those back of the purchase and the uses to which the property is to be put are still unknown.

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Meeting Is Postponed. There was not enough of the members in attendance at the meeting of the South Side Improvement association last evening to warrant the officers in calling the meeting to order, and so it was postponed until the next regular

meeting in two weeks. -

Mrs

E. C. Trumbo. la awaiting wltti

Mr. and

Savannah, Alo..

anxiety the report ot an expert cLemlst on whether trace ul pjisun nata been discovered in the viscera ot Klcano C lrui.io. a ueuiitiy and aged banker, whose deaiu occurred recently under mysteriuu circumstances. Last November against tre .visbes of his family Trumbo married Miss A.nes McUuire of St. Josvp'-. Mi a young florist many vears his junior. Mrs. .Trumbo has now gone into elusion at the borne ot friends. She reiuiKiJi.ta.nuUu a jaautiubutbod ila?.