Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 63, Hammond, Lake County, 6 September 1912 — Page 1

WEATHER. '

CONTINUED WARM AND

FAIR TODAY; SATURDAY COOLER. '

X

E

AE

TT71

(XMJNT1

TIMEB

EVEMIMG EDITION

VOL. VII., NO. 63.

HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1912.

ONE , CENT PER COPS. (Back Numbri 1 Cants Copy.

SCANDAL GROWS T

SHOCKING PROPORTIONS

BILI.KTIV. Another woman, who . may be bTonarht Into the rase la a resident of Gary. Mlas Brooks aald laat evening; that thle woman coald tell an Intereattns atory. West Hammond Is In a panic as a result of the thoroughness of the' Investigation that was started by The Times Into Its affairs. No one knows when there will be some other deep dark scandal unearthed. There are so many of them burled there. The story told by "Frankle" Ford, one of the denlatens of the reports Is a tale of civic intrigue and murder rvallng a combination of the horrors of the Belle Gunness "murder farm" and the recent New York police graft scandals. Miss Frankle Ford Is a dope fiend. This fact was known at the time of her disappearance. An hour after she had told her wild and inhuman story she collapsed for then -want of a stimulant and she was removed to the hospital ward of the bridewell. Threaten Minx Brooks. Miss "Virginia Brooks Is in danger of

her life. So desperate have the members of the vice, graft and murder rings become as a result of the revelations that have been made by Miss Brooks that they see In her disappearance the only way to end It all. They do not realise that Injury to her would only make the necessity for dealing swift Justice all the more necessary. When Miss Brooks returned to her home last night she found an anonymous letter which read; "You had better get out of this town If you want to

save your skin. You will be shot If

you stay here. A word to the wise etc." As stated in This Times several days ago Henry Blckncll, who runs a soft

drink emporium In Hammond, talked to Robert Clayton a few days before he died and was told by him that, "My stomach seems to be burning up." He also told Bloknell that he know more about the Messmaker case than he dared to tell and that he was greatly worried for fear he would be Involved in the ase some way on account pf what he knew. A few days later he died at the hospital. No Stopping; Now. Those who have been working In the

BIG DEALS ARE CLOSED

UP TODAY

FAMOUS PREACHER MAYBE BARRED FROM PULPIT.

(Continued on Page 8.)

ACCUSE

BRUNT OE BRIBE OFFER

SKIN GAME IS

WORKED ONCE

The Old, Old Story

Easy Victim of Peddler.

Sensational Testimony Is Divulged at Hearing of Hobart Injunction Case; Judge , Kopelke Refuses Restraining Order. ' Judge Johannes Kopelke, sitting In

Room No. ' of the Lake Superior court

at Hammond, yesterday afternoon denied the petition of a number of Hobart citizens for an Injunction to re

strain the town. board of Hobart from proceeding with the contract which it had let to Vitro Graztana for the con

struction of its $40,000 sewer system. Probably the most sensational testl

mony that came out was the statement

of Trustees Edward Kellman and Wll

Ham Scharbach that Wilson F. Brunt of Hammond had offered them a bribe

of $2,000 to award him the contract.

It wlll.be remembered that Green & Eons Company was the lowest bidder.

Wilson F. Brunt was next and Vitro Grazlana was the next with a bid over

$4,000 higher than the low man.

' Green & Sons withdrew their bid when they learned that they had received a large contract in Ottawa,

Canada and it was brought out in the the testimony that work this company

did in Crown Point and Gary was not

satisfactory.

The case has caused a great deal of

(Continued on Pag 8.)

OHIO PROGRESSIVES TO NAME CARFORD

3 't s

r

'"tutu' : i--.''v:r

E

of the the

Hammond

housewives are up In

arms over the action of a concern

which calls itself the American Household Supply Co. of Chicago. M. "W.

Morton, 519 Michigan avenue, calls at

tention to the fact that this company sends out solicitors to Hammond work

ing up suit clubs. He declares . that his wife was told that when she had

paid In $15.60 she would be given a suit. .When she went to-get it -she wa

shown a shabby affair, whelch she 'refused to take. Then the concern final

ly gave the Mortons a mattress which he says is worth about $5.

Little sympathy Is manifested for

people who will patronize peddlers and

solicitors who work these games. This

kind of men come into Hammond, scores of them a year, and take thousands of dollars out that ought to go to the home merchant. Hundreds of cases where women have been defrauded by peddlers have been published In these columns. Tet tho next time one comes around she will buy because she thinks

she can get something cheap. Show the peddler the door, or turn him' over to the police. Generally his is a skin game.

Two deals of Importance on State street have Just been negotiated by the firm of Gostlin, Meyn & Co. of Hammond.; Tbey involve more than $60,000 and indicate the trend of affairs In that direction. The Lake County Savings & Trust Co. purchased as trustee for Chicago parties the corner. 76x118, at State street and Oakley avenue, owned by

George Dpbln, for a consideration of $52,600. The property Is improved with a three-story brick building, which has a rental Income of over $5,000 a year. It pays 8 per cent net on the purchase price. It Is the Intention of the purchasers to add stores In the rear of the building and put In a heating plant that will heat the whole building. It Is certain that the per cent of profit on the entire Investment will be materially increased in this manner. It Is a matter of interest as showing what strides have been taken by State street real estate that George Dobln bought this property ten years ago for $18,500. - This adjoins the recent purchase made by F. S. Betz from one of the Bormans of Tolleston. It is one of a number of deals in State street and Calumet avenue real estate that have been In the process of negotiation lately. The other deal is the purchase by Gostlin, ,Meyn & Co. of the vacant property next to the Schutz theatre building. This property was owned by the New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad, and its purchase Is the cracking of the hardest real estate nut that has ever been tackled in Hammond. Railroads seldom sell property. Generally their holdings are so tied up with bond issues that it costs an enormous amount of money to secure their release. In this case it will cost the

(Continued on page 8.)

EW filOrlON DEPOT OCCUPIED flEXT WEEK

The Monon railroad will actually occupy its new depot in Hammond the last of next week. This is authorative. It may be doubted by many but word has been received from headquarters

that the actual occupation of the depot

will take place then.

It was nearly a year ago that the work of building the present one story building was commenced and it is now Just being made available. This, perhaps, explains the reluctance of people to spend their money In building and why contractors have to get 10 to 20 per cent more in Hammond in order to make any money out of a, contract.

REGISTRATION

VERY LIGHT

The registration of voters today la light, so much so that it was a question whether 5 per cent of the May registration would be reached today. In the Seventh precinct. Second ward, in Hammond, there are In the neighborhood of 500 voters. The superior court house Is their registration place. At the May registration 204 voters were registered. Up to 2 o'clock today only an additional twenty-five had registered. The registration places will be open until 6 o'clock this evening, and as long as long as there are voters present themselves in five minute intervals. Unless a voter's name is on the registration books, he will not be permitted to vote, no matter how well he may be known. The. fact that his vote Is not challenged will not permit the election officers to let him to vote.

HEAT RECORDS GO TO SMASH September heat records threaten to go to smash during the present hot weather period. Relief is not yet in

sight. But while the city folks are

sweltering, the farmer Is enjoying the heat with a good deal of complacency. He is not overly busy at this time of the year and every hot day adds to the prospects for his corn crop, for this has been somewhat backward.

1 : : - ' r7 M'4 -7 If i , .;jv.-.-r.fr ,1 , VA - l4 Si. ' v - - ' ' i i - mi

; v , t

PETERSOi HAS

CLOSE SUAVE

Turbulent Convention is ; Held With Lake and Porter Counties in Control.

(Special to Thh Timss.) Lafayette, Ind.. Sept. 6. Although Attorney John B. Peterson of Crown Point, easily Tjron- the tenth district democratic nomination . for congressman, at Lafayette, yesterday, against Michael Duffy of Benton county and Edward M. McCabe of Warren county, hia nomination nevertheless left a bad

taste with many of the Tenth district democrats, particularly .with those in the south end.

"Corporation Lawer" the conspicu

ous label hanging from the nominee's coat tails. Is the thing that his op

ponents object to, and he waa told so In ao many words on the convention floor. '

There was open warfare between the

politicians of Lake County and those of Tippeoanoe and Benton Counties. William Moore of Indianapolis, who is said to be a representative of Tom Taggart,

arrived here last night and waa working for the nomination of John B. Peterson of Crown Point for the nomination for Congress.

The Democrats In the south end of

the district were opposed to Peterson

on account of his connection as a cor

poration attorney, but Lake and Porter

County leaders came here with the In-.

tentlon of putting Peterson aaross despite opposition. Mayor Thomas Knotta of Gary and Judge Lawrenoe- Becker of Hammond, leaders of the Lake County forces, had their men well organized. The announced candidates for the congressional nomination were Peterson of Lake County and Michael Duffy of Benton County. ' -( Dnrgas Withdraw. Mayor George Durgan of Lafayette, who might have given Peterson . a strong race did not permit his name to go before the convention, although his name started a ' demonstration. Durgan said he had promised District Chairman Murphy not to oppose Peterson, and that he meant to keep hia word. He was greeted with applause when he ended by saying; "I have fought corporations too long to be in favor of corporation attor-i neys." District chairman Murphy pre sided at the meeting. There were 101

(Continued on Page 8.)

DURBIN'S

ITINERARY

r . . v V. Information' -was. furnished , certain officials of the First Methodist Church -of Chicago yesterday,' which vmiy result in the barring of the Rev. William R. Newell, an evangelist of national reputation, from that edifice. The facts were presented as a consequence of the 'action of churches in Toronto, Canada, which have been closed to the preacher. The publication of evidence and findings in the trial of the minister by Moody church. La Salle and Chicago avenues, led to the First church's action. The hearing was in 1909, but so carefully was the scandal hushed that although the church following had a fair Idea of what had taken place, no inkling of It waa permitted to become generally public. Part of the facts were not even made known to the congregation. The names of several women were mentioned and suppressed. It was the orl glnal intention of the Moody church authorities to keep the whole scandal under cover..

Arthur l Oarford. Arthur L. Garford. a wealthy automobile manufacturer of Elyrla, will probably be nominated by the Progreaeivea of Ohio for the governorship at their convention In Columbus- oa Sept. 6, Garford has been very prominent in the councils of the Republican I arty in Ohio for yearn. Ha withdrew from the G. O. P. a lew weeks ago, and announced that be had determined to enlist under the SrograaiYe banner.

Police vs. Firemen. ' Sunday afternoon will be a gala day for the police and firemen, when they will line up against each other at the H. A. A. park to see which is superior on the baseball diamond. After weeks of hard practice both sides are reajf for action and from all appearances the game will be the scene of an Interesting battle. Earlier in the season the two rival factions got together at the H. A. A. park and It will long be remembered that after an Interesting session lasting several hours the police came out on top with but a small margin. Last

seaon the firemen turned the trick onJ

the police and now with a game apiece each player will -do his utmost to win. Ardent fans will pack the bleachers and grandstands to catch a glimpse of their respective idols, and if the fans are not amiss they are expecting to see Joy, gloom, base hits, home runs, bunts, double plays, grand stand pick-

BOYS ESCAPE FROM OFFICER Albert Hizieclki, 11 years old, and Michael Jablumskl, 14 years old, living in West Hammond, escaped from John Kulezyk, a Juvenile court officer, in Chicago, last night while they were being taken to the Juvenile home. The Juvenile officer was waiting for a car at West Twenty-second street and Archer avenue when the boys broke away from htm and ran. Kulezyk also had a 14-year-old girl in his charge, and he was afraid to chase the boys for fear that the girl would escape. A message was sent out . by the police and Jablumskl was taken into custody several hours later.

SAYS WORKWOMEN ARE FOR SUFFRAGE

r

j ups. bone-head plays and most everyfar . . i i k,. i.

of baseball rules. There is plenty of loose money

i MA.f . n tkl. t-i .1 if vrl

n the cities the Ice men are up t , , .

pork and beans will be sighted next week. The last game between the police and firemen drew an attendance estimated at 600 fans, but at the rate the tickets are going there will be a

Lake county corn, however, Is

better than the corn south of It, and the farmers hereabouts will have no complaint to make.

In th

against rush orders and the wagons are out all day long and a good part of the night, and yet it Is nothing unusual for customers to be disappointed.

Board Opens Bids. The board of public works this morning opened the bids for the Jefferson street sidewalks and awarded the contract to Nack brothers. Plans and specifications for the pavement on Harrison street were placed on (file. A confirmatory resolution for the Madison street pavement was adopted and bids asked for. The primary assessment roll for-the Indiana avenue pavement, section B, was placed on file.

Don't forget the auction Bale of farms next Tuesday morning at 10 .a. m., at Crown Point courthouse.

record breaking crowd when the game is called at 2:30 o'clock. They will line up as follows: Police J. Wallak, c; J. Snyder, p; J. Kunz, lb: G. Hanlon, 2b; B. Thompson. 3b; O. Borchert, es: B. Law. If; W. Malo, subs. Firemen Yangohr, c; Rosen, p; Schulte, lb: Raasch, 2b; Tanrra.- 3b; Schroeder, ss; Volkman. If; Bowman, rf; Kock, cf; Ryron, sub.

A FEW I5IMT38 FOR CAR FARB OR POSTAGE IF YOU'RE ANSWERING ADS. A FEW DIMES FOR TOUR OWN "WANT." IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING IN THE TIMES AMD THE USUAL RESULT IS A JOB.

s jscx . :( v

COUNTY COUNCIL - DOES FINE WORK

Passes Upon Several Important and BadlyNeeded Bridges.

Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 6. It has been announced that Col. W. T. Durbln, republican nominee for governor. will make campaign speeches at the following times and places: Sept. 17. Valparaiso, morning: Hammond, afternoon; Gary, night. Sept. 18. Laporte, morning; South Bend, afternoon and night. Sept.- 18 Elkhart or Goshen, morning; Lagrange, afternoon; Angola,night. . . ' "Jamee EL Watson will 'speak -at South Bend with Col. Durbln. and William L. Taylor, former attorney general, will speak with Col. Durbln at Angola.

Bridge Appropriations. Forsythe avenue over the. canal, Scherzer bascule

bridge $ 75.900

Hohman street over the Llttle- : Calumet river, concrete 40,000 Hobart bridge over Deep river, - ' , steel' and concrete 25,000 Schneider over the Kankakee river, stel find concrete ... 11,000 Harts ditch on the Ridge road, - steel and concrete 12,000 Total 163,000 ""tSpecial to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept 6. Indicating its appropriation of the needs of the north end of the county whre tremendous industrial ' projects art! bringing millions of dollars worth of taxables Into .the county, the county councilmen at the behest of the county commissioners, county surveyor Ray Seeley and scores of citizens yesterday made an appropriation of $163,000 for five bridges in various parts of the ounty. It Is the largest" and most important improvement that has ever

RQBY IAN PLEADS GUILTY

Victor Imhoff of Roby. Ind., who was captured by ' Officer Kunz yesterday morning after he had stolen $89 In money . and pay checks from Cuneo's saloon on Indiana boulevard will be taken before Judge Kopelke today where he will plead guilty to the charges of grand larceny. Yesterday afternoon at the police sta

tion Imhoff was given the third degree

and after a long questioning he made a full confession of the theft. The pay checks which were found missing when Imhoff waa arrested, were found In some brushes along the roadside where he had thrown 'them to escape detection. Part of the money Is also still miss

ing, but Imhoff testified that with the

exception of a few dollars which he spent. Is all he knows anything about. With the money which was stolen. Imhoff told a Times reporter that he was going back to Germany.' Nothing else has been found against ImhofT's char-

WHITING VISITED

BY STICK-UP JEN Foreigner Is Held Up and Given Brutal Treatment by Thugs.

(Spctal ta Th! TuiBkL r ,' Z. " Whiting, Ind ept. 6. Crime broke out anew In Whiting agata last night . when two stick-up men at the point.cf

a gun, neia-up a sireei cieaner empioytd by John Muslin. The street cleaner a foreigner, was brutally treated by the two hold-up men, who threatened the man's life If he did not give them his money. The hold up occured on Cleveland avenue and 115th street about 12 o'clock last night and with a team of horses the street cleaner was driving a large street sweeper. Acostlng him. the two stick up men stuck a shining revolver to the street cleaner's chest and demanded his money. Having nothing on his person than a little change he got down from the sweeper. . At the point of the pistol the hold up men marched him to a dark spot at Roberts avenue where in the search Tor money they roughly handled him. Finding nothing of value they gave him a , rough shove and made their get away In the darkness. . The police were noti- . fied but no trace of them could be found. The horses which had been left standing at Cleveland avenue and USth street took fright during the street cleaner's absence and ran away. When, the animals were captured It was found that the sweeper had been broken In a number of places, the hornus escaping

injury. ,

RUNAWAY SENT HOME

Henry J. Goodwin, the 16-year-old son of J. J. Goodwin, a wealthy St. Louis publisher, rifost go back to St. Louis tonight after a three days' so-

oftn anmoneia ai a single session oi 1ourn ,n Hammond. The father Is .

to arrive this evening to take

l"" ( pected to arrive this evening to

Kant Chicago Jubilant. home his son, who ran away from The most important .of the projects, j home. v of course, was the bascule bridge over Goodwin, Jr., landed in Hammond three the canal at' Forsythe avenue. This ' days ago, and while he never worked

was Important because it will make 1 oeiore ne managea to persaae a rtam

LEADS JOINTS RAID

IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Mrs. Raymond Robins. "It Is the worklngman to whom the women must look for the ballot." recently declared Mrs. Raymond RobIns, wife of the noted Chicago reformer. "It la he who best knowa the needs of the working woman, because they are practically the earns as hia own. He knows, too, that the woman's ballot will help him to gain

his own rights.

i possible the early building of the plant of the Northwestern Iron Company j which is to cost $11,000,000. i The county could do no less than to make this appropriation as an aid to the greatest industrial prlject since the building of Gary. And It acted promptly and gracefully. There was nl penuriousness shown and now Lake county can point with pride to the fact that it does ai it can to encourage ltd industrial development.

The bridge over the Little Calumet

Mrs. Robins Uvea" In a Chicago ten- river at Hohman street is to be one of

ement She left a life ef luxury to 'the first of a number of beautiful conhelp the workers, . and la widely known (or tho zood that she has dona. . (Continued on Page .)

mond minister to intercede for him to get employment at the Conkey plant. There he was employed In the composing room when his father's agents found him. He boarded at the E. B. Cross home, 1124 Monroe street The boy had run away from', home in company with two others, whom he left at Kansas City.

OfR POET. A luscious chew, a juicy chew. Its praises I would shout; For all the Scraps I ever chewed. It is the best thla UNION SCOUT. Get It ysew. Save the premium tlca-cts.

' Jr "L-...' ' i -a

I :'; . - V i

Gov. Lee Cruce. Gov. Cruce of Oklahoma recently went out on a raiding expedition in Oklahoma City. He was accompanied by State Enforcement Ofpcer W. J. Caudill. and two of the letter's deputies, and the four of them CarrieNationalized ten "boot legging"- establishments in the city, barrels and barrels of beer and thovssands of dollars worth of gambling parapher naiia were destroTed. The governor says the prohibition law wity be enforced In OI:: noma City if he has to call out the state militia.