Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 63, Hammond, Lake County, 10 September 1912 — Page 1
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HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1912.
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R) PJJjCCCl III A JjnrPQ HAMMOND'S LATEST ACQUISITION AND HER Rf! A I Utl 1 f-fl 3 I ll DLUr L J I U HI I iLuU FOURTH NEW RAILWAY STATION IN FOUR YEARS. fnP liLLJ lUi TO A Fffi- SCARED. IS p i CHILD S SLAUGHTER
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Gary & Hobart Track Laying Calls Out Gary Police Reserves; Hammond Men Interested Spectators of Scene.
Riotous srene wpr witnessed In the RiilKe road district of Gory and frequent clashes between employes of the Gary and Hobart electric line and theclal police of the Michigan Central railway necessitated an appeal to the rourts and the calllr.sr oit of the Gary pollc reserves to prevent bloodshed. Wiser counsel prevailed but the turmoil which ended in n comic opera kept up all nlht lontr anil cild not end until three o'clock this mornlntr. Judge Becker and Carl Bauer of Hammond were Interested spectators of the proceedings. The trouble started yesterday afternoon when the traction employes started to lay their crossing at the point whera the Joliet cutoff division Intersects Rldgre road. A HiKh-handed Actio. Anticipating- the traction company's ctlon the Michigan Central had a locomotive, some flat cars and a squad of detectives and half a hundred of see-
Ho!fn Lapere, one of the important witnesses aisalnst the dlvekeepera, for whom a search of the redlit;ht distrists of a half dozen cities has been made, came in from Chicago yesterday afternoon, called at the residence of Miss Virginia, Urooks and Rave herself up. She was so afraid that she would
j be arrested before she could see Miss
Brooks that, although she waa emploed in Foss' resort ns a waitress, she pot off the strett car at Klndel's prove and ordered an automobile from a local parnpe to take her to Miss Urooks' residence. She thought
she minimized the chance or arrest in
this way.
nd when she arrived at the resi
dence of Miss Brooks she heaved a
slph and seemed to be plad to think that there was no immediate chance of her Incarceration.
She started out by sayinp that Hen-
ry Foss was & mlpnty nne man. np j
declared that he was pood to all the j
pirls. She said that she was employed
as a waitress at elpht dollars a week.
Then she admitted that she sometimes
served drinks. S'he denied that she was ever an Inmate of the resort.
Very Mafh Scared. Miss Lapere was so frtphtened that she constantly enst furtive plances about. Pho said only by pivinp her-
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The vivid story that fell from the Hps of a five-year-old girl yesterday caused the police of Gary, to arrest William Hiipps, a teamster, who is said to be no other than-E. J. Nivers. the name of "Uripps." It Is said, havlnp been triven to the newspapers by the police in order to keep the identity of the prisoner secret, and hold him for the Coroner's inquest over the body of four-year-old Maty Gruba, which was found with blood-stained clothtnp in a swamp near Gary Sunday afternoon. "He was such a nice, man to us and
lie pave us one day he me to run away ami
candy and pave me a a wa y and that's all."
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I That was the pith of the story that Mlve-year-old Sophie Stefanle, playmate of the dead plrl, told to the; police. J They did not wait to hear more befure i sr ndinp out to arrest Bripps, but afteri ward they spent hours in questioning '.the child and in proving such of her statements as they could, i The entire community has been stirr- ( ed to a frenzy of uncertain emotion. ; An anpry throtip pathered about the j undertaker's shop where lay the body i of Mary Gruba, and an anpi ler thronp
p.itherert nhout the police station whete ltripps is carefully puarded. All afternon people walked hurried-
MARKET TO BE READ! NEXT WEEK
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JURY MAY SIT TWO WEEKS f
That the i-nterest In the coming: trl
mnlal conclave of the Kniphts Tem
plar at Denver Is considerable in north
ern Indiana ta shown from the list of acceptances that have been received by Dr. IL E. Sharrer, who Is instruments.! In organizing a special trip on this occasion. The persons who have . Indicated they will go and the number of additional persons who will accompany them Is as follows: C E. Bauer and 6, Herman Betz and 0, J. D. Bruaae.1 and 3, G. D. Erannon and J. W. A. Buchanan and 1. "W. C. Cole and 2. E. II. Crowell and 1, 5. W. Dacy, C. B. Floyd and 1, R. S. Galer and 1. Fred W. Gerdts, L B. Guyott and X. John C. Goldinp and 1, Y. J. Henderson, D. J. Heist and 1. J. B. I Hinds and 2, W. F. Howat, F. N". Hickock, L. E. Hohman and 3. J. Floyd Irish and y, Georpe W. Jones and I, Vf. K. Jeppe.ssen and 1, J. H. Roper, E. J. Ridd, Clark Learning and 2, Charles H. Mayer and 1, A. Moock and 1. T. Moore, Otto Muehlberger, W. G. Petrle, J. J. Ruff and 2, C. C. Runner and 1, L. Skellenger and 1, H. E. Sharrer and 2, F. O. Shillinplaw, Stanley Sutton and 1, William J. Thompson and 2, E. M. Wells and 1. A. K. Whitelaw and 1, Claude A. Allman, William II. Davis and 1. and Ted Jenkins and 1.
At the meeting of the Orak Shrine In Hammond last nipht It was decided to hold a ceremonial on Oct. 29. There, will be fifteen candidates from Gary, and It is expected that in all there will be between forty and fifty candidates. The ceremonial date has been selected with the idea of its proximity to the dedication of the new $1,500,000 temple in Chicapo. This will bring a lot of notables to Chicago, and It is hoped that the imperial potentate will be ente-rtained by that Lake county Shrine.
Two days after the Orak ceremonial, which will occur on Tuesday, the dedi- j cation in Chicapo will be held. This is
an exceedinply important date in Shrine ' circles. Other matters of importance were ' taken up. The Hammond band and ! patrol will be put in traininp to represent this Shrine In the Chicago dedica- ' tion. !
City Sealer Frank O'Rourke and J. D. Brusel, the two market commissioners appointed by Mayor Smalley with the understanding that they- appoint the third member of the commission, expect
to pet together today or tomorrow
the appointment, and tt ts
When the prand jury convened It was thoupht that it would not require more than a week to In vestlpate the cases which have come up but now it sppears that this body will be at least two weks at Its work,. And all of this business has accumulated during the ' summer vacation. When the last cour year ended the prosecutor's office felicitated Itself on the fact that it hadicleaned up the docket. Now there have beti so many crimes in the rst few mo;r.hs that there Is
ly back and forth between the undertaker's and the jail, uncertain what to believe what to do. "Once Mr. Brings took Mary and me down to the edge of the swamp and pave us some Ice cream," said Sophie. And then for an hour the child was piled with anxious questions to fix the date of that ocurrence. They questioned her about childish events of which the dates were known. Finally, by this association of events, they fixed the date of the ice cream party at the swamp eilpt as Autrtist 9. And August
and 9 was the day before the disappearance
of Mary Gruba. hlld Tell of Fllpht. "And the nf xt day was the last one,'" said the little pirl. "Mary and I met Mr. Bricps and went nar the swamp. And he pave me a nickel and said I must run away and pet s me ice cream for myself. And just then Mary's mamma called her, and Mary cried 'cause she didn't want to po homo and Mr. Bripps picked her up and got on a street car." There was the narrative. The day when Mary Gruba cried because her mother called her was the last day she was seen alive a month ago. August li.. "It's a horrible story," said Chif
ACCEPTS COMMERCIAL
SALE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
tnat a man representative of the unions will be given the position. None of the commissioners is to rece.ive any salary, although beginning next June, the city sealer, who. according to the ordinance, shall also act as niarket-
' master, will receive a salary of $25 a i nonth. Mr. O'Rourke, discussing the market j this morning, said that he hoped it I could be opened by Saturday of this I week, or nearly next week at least.
workmen aie busy now on the ground putting it in shapo, one of the neces
sities being a drain pipe which 'is to!
drain the held from the center. Cinders or stone are to be spread, over the sand, and the whole area is to be platted for wagon spaces. Nearly every week the market idea is brought before the public by some city adding this municipal feature. The latest market which is to benefit the public, but which is really a private enterprise is to be established in Chicago by "Jim" O.'Leary, the Chicago sporting king, who has decided to turn his Luna Park property into a "basket bourse." The market days in Hammond will in all probability be Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
a whole term of criminal wnrk ahead. A great many of the Jnurderers are expected to pelad puiltj". That will save
on itlme and expense. '; X
not unlikely But some of the will have to be
tried.
' time.
They will
The first
ta ke a great
week of the
deal'of
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Jury's time will be taken up with the murders and cases of major Importance. The last wek will b given over to bind overs.
The case of the Indiana Harbor worn
an who drowned her baby will take un
til noon today. While it is believed by-
some that she Is insane It is expeted that she will be indicted and the question of her sanity will be taken up at the trial. The prosecutor's office is not expected to waste any sympathy over this case on account of the well known character of the woman in the esse. This mornins- Prosecutor Charles E.
Grrenwald caled a conference of the I
deputies in Hammond and East
capo for the purpose of considering the work that haa piled up' during the summer.
JEFFERSON CLUB IS . TO BEET TONIGHT
I j City Organization Is To Be
Cared for by Club Members.
i Re-Elect Directors. j The stockholders of the Employe's 'Life and Casualty Co. met at the offices , of the company in the Citizen's National Bank building last evening and ! elected the old board of directors. I This board met and adjourned until next Thursday at wh!-h time it will 'elect the officers of the company. Tlie greatest enthusiasm was shown and the
prospects tor trie company are goon.
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The people of this community fail to realize that the auction sale of lots for
the Campbell Realty Co. in West Hammond is one of the most remarkable of Its kind that has ever been held in the city. There were just two sales, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, and yet there wer 103 lots sold altogether. In amount the Bales aggregated $15,000. A. J. Campbell, the head of the company, says that the secret of the success of the sale is the fact that it was so cleverly advertised. The facts about this property were presented. Its location adjoiuing the Hammond Country club undoubtedly had a great deal to do with the success of the project. The Campbell Realty Co. will not
put on any more auction sales for the reason that they believe there will be an increase in th-s price of West Hammond ots in the coming few months and they want to take advantage of it. However, they will sell lots at private sale to those who care to look them up. There were 300 lots In the sub-division and ovr one-third of them were sold.
Fire In Clark Street.
Fire of an unknown origin broke out i in a two story frame cottage at 172 . Clark street last night and for a time i proved a stubborn blaze for the fire department. Th call was mad.; about midnight and after a fast run. the fire department were able to distinguish the blaze after a difficult time was had in locating where the blaze had started. The building is owned by August Iirewanp and the loss is estimated n it bout $100. ;
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Iir. F. L. Dun!. .p. cis.it- chemist under Wiley in the bureau Washington, has left
who was assoDr. Harvey W. of chemistry at
the government
service and will accept a commercial position in Chicago. Dr. Dunlap was a member of the pure food board and came into public notice as o : of the authors of charges of irregularity against Dr. Wiley. The former chief of the bureau complained that he was hindered in the administration of the pure food laws because Dr. Dur.lap ami Solicitor McCabe, who with him made up the pure food kowd.. iwttB .yKL Agaifiat, JbXau
ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 10. Two Hammond young men. namely, Charles
I-riedrich Jr. and Charles Newman, with an automobile party were arrested here last night for speeding. As they were about to leave the square on Main street the machine made the turn at a speed estimated to be about twenty miles an hour by those preferring the charges. The party was taken before Judge Atkins' court, where the case was continued until Thursday morning, the young men asking that time to procure counsel and prepare their case. It Is said
that W. J. McAleer of Hammond be engaged to defend the party.
SUDDENDEATH. (Special to The Times.) Crown -Point, Ind., Sept. 10. Mrs. Joseph France, living with her husband and children north of Crown Point, died Sunday morning of heart failure. Mrs. France was the mother of one of the larpe-.t families of children ever raised In Laka county, sixteen being born to her, of whom thirteen are still living. F.d France, proprietor of the Panhandle saloon of this city, being one of the sons. The funeral will be held at the Turkey Creek church on Wednesday morning, the interment beint
a,t JJae TurKe re,els cemetery,
Expressmen Organize. Th Piano, Furniture Movers Kxpressmen's association, which
organized in Hammond about a month ago, met at a special meeting at Gol
den Bros.' offices last night. Among the important matters was the election of officers for the ensuing year. The election resulted as follows: President Fred French. Vice president Siiiu Carley,
Secretary and treasurer Levi Golden. So far the organization has proven successful from every standpoint and now every drayman and expressman In Hammond Is a member of the association. The motive of the organization Is to form a universal price for moving and expressing, a'nd today a price list will be out. The association will meet every Monday.
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At a meeting of the board of directors of the Hammond Country club heid last night a list of the committees to
govern the affairs of the club was sub
mitted by President A. Murray Turne
for its approval and approbation. The i selection reflects great credit on Mr. Turner and his executive and adminis- ; trative ability for the personnel of the j various bodies is remarkably strong! and fitting. The chairmans-hip of each i committee is also a director in the-
club. the committees and trieir membership Is as follows: Finance Frank Denting, chairman; H. M. Johnson. Leonard Knoeizer, V. T. Dyer and t . A. Krinbill. 1 1 on nr AY. 15. Cunkey, chairman; Dr. T. E. Bell, W. D. Kay. Cal Kaufman, R. S. Groman, E. F, Johnson and Dr. H. E. Sharrer t.roiindx "John E. Fitzgerald chair
man: C. E. Bauer and Dr. H. C. (Jroman. Ipnrt and Hiiim W. I. Ray chairman; W. J. McAleer, Lawrence Cox, M.
C. Cleveland, and Charles A. Smith.
Itulrs L. L Bornbet per, chairman; Henry Conkey, F. D. McElroy. R. 11. MclIU and P. J. Lyons. Meiitbersblp ..Jesse K. Wilson, chairman. George V. lewis. Dr. G. L Smith, Otto Knnerzer. and .lolin C. Hall. 1 '.uteri nln men t H. K. Sharrer, chairman; t t. il. Kifleld. Adi.lph Hlrseh. Fred Mott, Jr,.; T. W. Oberlin. J. F. Sawyer and R. O. Winckk-r.
A meeting of the Jefferson club Is scheduled for tiiis evening. It is to be a business meeting, at which the lirst plans for an active and aggressive, cam-
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this the meeting will l open to an democrat w htier ...t Jaey . arj menihers of the club or not. The city organization Is to be completed so that a line may be had on every voter in every precinct. Particular attention is to be given during the next few weeks to such democratic voters who have not yet registered, the object being to Impress them with the necessity of registering at the October session to insure their votes.
A democratic candidate speaking about the political situation, said that I the general apathy with reference to j politics is remarkable in both the lo- i
cal and national field. He admitted I that the democrats were not as active ! I as rntg'.t be expected and found conso- j nation in his conclusion that they were i
i doing more than the other political pa rt ies.
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j Congressman E. D. Crum-
- packer- Addresses - Hamilton Club Members in Chi-" cago Last Night on the Political Situation.
GROWTH OF 207 IN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Nearly Three Thousand Pupils Are Enrolled in Hammond Schools.
FREE LUNCH OR NO FREE LUNCH!
Hamofficer Monon
John Boland Arrested. John Poland, another East mond man, was arrested byMiller at Sibley street and the
tracks on a charge of drunkenness last night. Holand plead guilty before Judge Barnett in the city court this morning, receiving a fine of $1 , and., coats, amounting to $11.
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Geraldlna Farrar. Geraldine Farrar, the American prima donna. Is seriously lll in a sanitarium in Munich. Germany. According to reports current in -'aris and London Misa Farrar Is suffering from a nervous breakdown, the result of grtef over the announcement of the engagement f Charlottle Ivrs. an American actress, to, Antonio Scottl, the grand opera baritone. The nacres of Miss Farrar swnd Scotti have been linked together In engagement and marrlagu rumors tor half a. do&oa
A special meeting or the Hammond Saloonkeepers' Asoeiation was scheduled for this afternoon to decide the free lunch question. The question has been up for several weks. but it was decided that a special me. tine w;'s the proper thinp for so important a question. The majority of the members of the association are oppose, to the free lunch,
but the final result Is in doubt as long as any considerable number still desires to maintain the ancient institution. Besides there n number of saloonkeeper not members of the association who would not feel themselves bound by the action of the association and could therefore take sdvantage of them for drawing patronage. To circumvent this, it is not Improbable that an effort will be made to have a clause inserted in the Proctor liquor law now in force, which prohibits free lunches in saloons.
Yesterday saw an increase of approximately K pupils ' in the public schools of Hammond, as compared with the opening day, the total yesterday having been L'.',"jti. or nearly 3.000. The enrollment on the Tirr-t day of this year was 2.S27. win-reas last year the attendance at the end of the first week was i.TiV.t; thus an increase of i07 pupils is shown at the e.nd of the first week this year, as compared to the orrespondi ng time last year. The eninera t ion yesterday was distributed as f o i o w s Riverside 314 Franklin -31 Wallace .111 Washington Tfi Lincoln 326 I.afay cdte 5:IK Central (grade) 3 4 n Central (. hip it) 217 It-Mtig 321 Wilcox 21 Oib. -on 15 Total 2.9ti0
Congressman Kdpar D. Crumpacker of Valparaiso addressed the Hamilton ciub of Chicago at a luncheon yesterday in behalf of president Taft's campaici! for re-election. He warned his listeners against "swapping horses while crossing a stream" and asserted that American business interests demand a continuation of the Taft administration. Congressman Crumpucker hail little fault to find with Col. Roosevelt's policies, previous and at present. "They are not my policies, that's all." he told the club members. But he declared a.;at:ist oodrow Wilson in vigorous terms. WIImou an Arintnerat. "Wilson is an aristocrat in breeding and action." the speaker said. "Books he wrote before he entered the political held show lie clostly approaches th'- deadly principles of socialism. His public acts prove him to be a turncoat In ideas, and his election would not mean that he is a urcat
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NORRIS DISPLEASED WITH BOSTON COURT
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SAILOR HELD FOR SWINDLING
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Telling I'ostmaster George P.echer and his wife of Oyer, six. miles south of Hammond, that he knew where their missing son was, Frank Wilson, home on furlouurh from the U. S. S. Chester,, was given $65 by the couple to find the boy. He was arrested by Chicago postal authorities on a charge of defrauding the mails. Wilson pretended to be an army officer. After collecting the money Wilson wrote Bechcr that he needed $25 more to pet his son out of trouble.
Tried tt yet f Whatf Why l .MUN SOOIT SCRAP, the finest of the lot. Once chewed all others eschewed. Try It. (Save the tickets for premium.)
George W. Norrl.
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As soon as congress convenes
December, lieprtsi-titative George
Norris. .f NebrasKa. will jsk lor
Investigation of the Federal Court at Boston, which ordered secret hearings in the United States Shoe Machinery company case. "This Is a bad precedent," recently dec'ared Mr. Norris. "Il it should be allowed to go unchallenged It might bring about an era of star chamber sittings on the very case that the public is most Interested !n. We must have an la-vesUca.U'MU'