Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 66, Hammond, Lake County, 13 September 1912 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912.

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BATTLE

One Calls the Other a Bull Moose on Yum Kippur, and Excitement Waxes Intense in Gary's Legal Circles This Morning.

Everything was serene in the Gary police court this morning. Special

Judge John M. Fox was dishing out

even justice with both hands and the bail'.fTs wore dozi ns away, when proceedings were Interrupted by a lively

battle between two attorneys. Henry Price end I. Leon Gould were the par

ticipants.

The trouble started when Gould Is

said to have been retained by a for

eignrr In an assault and battery case, and Price is said to have later grabbed

oft the job and the fee also. .onll Didn't Like It.

Coulsen Gould strode into court ex

pecting to be the attorney in the case,

when he spied Counsel Price already

rolling off yards of arguments.

"Why. you big grabber!" shouted

Gould as he shot out his right jnltt and removed his nose glasses to a,

place of safety.

"What for do you mean by taking an honest lawyer's fee, and on New

Tears day. to?"

"Pit down yourself." shouted Price,

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SOCIALIST SPEAKER AT EAST CHICAGO

COMER IS ORDERED RELEASED

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Seymour Stedman.

Attorney Seymour Stedman, a member of the Chicago bar, whose ability as a lawyer and speaker is recognized

throughout the country, will speak at East Chicago Saturday evening. Sept. 14, at 7:30 p. m., at the corner of Chicago and Forsyth avenues. Mr. Stedman ranks among the foremost speakers on the American platform, having few equals, possessing a brilliant mind and great eloyuence qualifies him as an interesting and convincing ta'.ker. You will enjoy yourself while he is talking. Mr. Stedman will explain the causes underlying the present social conditions and give a remedy, which, if applied, will be a panacea and the end of want and misery. Come and hear him.

The mond of A. Gary.' show

prsnd jury in session at Hamtoday declared that the killing II. Gibson, "the worst nigger. In by Claude Competer, on the grounds in Gary, was justifiable

homicide and in self-defense and ordered the release of the defendant. There were witnesses from Gary who testified that Gibson was a terror. There was evidence that he tried to kill another negro before he was himself killed. One witness testified that he found

himself in a basement with the big negro and that t fie threat had been made that he would be killed and his heart thrown in the furnace. The grand Jury heard testimony in five other murder cases, and it is expected that indictments will be returned in all of them.

NO, 'TISN'T LATE PHOTOGRAPH; TAKEN

WHEN 'TWAS "DEAR WILL" AND "DEAR TED'

PREDICT HOT FINISH

N COP FIGHT

IHFAkTELE paralysis

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Popular Young Man Victim of Dread Disease at the County Seat.

(Special to The Times.) Crow-i Point, Ind.. ?ept. 13. The sad. but ex.ected news of the death of Walter Hixon. eldest pon of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hixon living on East Joliet street, was spread around the citv. The DODUlar young man was

passing away at 1:12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, following a four days siege of Infantile paralysis. Everything possible was done to rave him and prolong his life but the physicians held out Tittle hope and his death was expected. The deceased would have been 21 yearn of age this month. He was popular and a favorite in the coterie of young society folk of this city and his sudden death comes as a shock to the entire community. He was a graduate of the Crown Point High School and for some time past has been in the employ of the county auditor's oice as an assistant. The funeral will be held at the Hixon home today. Owing to the contagious nature of the disease from which he died, the services will be held in the open. The remains wi l be placed In the Maplewood mausoleum.

McCEE IS A HERO WITH N. Y. MOOSE

At the meeting of the "West Hammond council last evening the personnel

of two committees was changed, a police officer, M;ke HKIe, was dismissed and the question of retaining the rest of the police force was referred to the committee on "police and ftre." There was a large attendance at the meeting and a crowd of sympathetic citizens sat in the council chamber and applauded the acts of the reform tslement in the council. It is apparent that th mayor, K. M. Wosczynski, has the upper hand and that he is going to run the affairs of his administration according to his pre-election pledges.

Tne changes in the council committees, for instance, were made because

Windup of Turner Cup Contest at Country Club Tomorrow Afternoon.

With four golfers, two of them long j handicap men. in practically a tie, the j

fourth and last flight for the cup donated by President A. M. Turner will take place a Hammond Country club tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The. sweepstakes tomorrow will be In three classes, with prizes for the winner of each ciass. Class A Includes those whose scores are from 51 to 60, class B those who play from 61 to 70 and class C for those who play from 71 to SO. s Result of three Saturday matches to date and handicaps tomorrow are: Total Sscore. Hdp. Otto Gersbach, 160 13 F. H. Mott 160 4 P. A. Parry ltft 2

E. F. Johnston 161 W. J. McAleer 162 Ir. fireman 1 15

It. M Johnson lfirt C. A. Smith Ifi7 A. M. Turner 1 fiS Dr. Sharrer 169 Lawrence Cox 174 P. Gauthier 175 Charles Hinder 176 W. If. Crawford ISO

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Well-known Catholic Clergymen EnRoute to Hammond Meet With Disaster

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Gentle reader, don't be shocked or frightened- This isn't a recent picture. In fact, 1; was taken during the lust presidential campaign, and is used at this time Just to show that after all friendship Is but a fleeting thing.! It was always "Hear Theodore" and "Dear Will" in those "dear old days beyond recall." Now it ls well, no matter what. The terms of endearment have been dropped and other terms have taken their places.

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WHITING PIONEER PASSES AWAY

! Although there had been some talk (about nominating Attorney Hume Sammons of Newton county for Joint repreisentatlve from Lake and Newton coun

ties on the democratic ticket, the better informed democrats in Hammond this morning, said that Pammons was

'not In the race and that the nomination lis practically conceded to John

Wildasin, former sheriff of Newton county. This much is certain that Lake County is willing to give the honor to Newton. The joint convention will be held in Hammond tomorrow afternoon.

ALLEY IMPROVEMENT

IS NOW ORDERED

from Clary to Hammond, were to participate in a

church mission, three Roman Catholic priests and a layman were near the brink of death late yesterday afternoon when' they ' were Injured in an automobile accident at Twenty-third

avenue and liroadway.

Control of Cr.

The machine driven by one of the

priests was hurled against an

trolley pole and its occupants

out on the pavement, raised by a machine

iron

spilled

Clouds of dust In front caused

the driver to attempt to raise his wind shield and in doing this he lost control of the car for the barest space of time. Hut it was enough to cause the vehicle to swerve to the Iron pole in

the. center of the street. The injured: HfT, Ildvrnrd Konlmkl, rector of St. Mary Magdalena church at South Chicago. Revere wounds about the head; condition serious; removed to Gary General hospital. Hm-. I. A. KnbelleR. rector of St. Hedwig's church at Gary; head, face, hands and shoulders badly lacerated; removed to the Mercy hospital. Itev. Fnther Inn jknimkt, rector of the Roman Catholic church at Hawthorne, 111.; face and hands cut. John A. Fahlsh, 2109 .South KpauldIng avenue. Chicago; cut about the face and hands. Ride Rnda at Hospital. The car was the property of Father Kowleskl of South Chicago. Father (Continued on rage 7.)

Board : of- Public " Takes Action on Alley.

Mrs. Carl McCarthy An swers the Last Call at Her Home Yesterday.

MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP

"Suspenders Jack" McGee. "Suspenders Jack" McGee, the man who nominated Oscar Straus for rovernor of New York at the recent Progressive convention at Syracuse, Is something of a hero with the New York moose. It is recognized now that rtraus was the best man the Progressives could have named and had It not been for the Inspiration of McGee some other man doubtless Jaould nave been nominated.

Sunday, Oct. 27th. was fixed last night

by the Hammond Motor Boat club as j the day for the holding of the annual 1 speed race for the MeGarry cup. Two ; annual races have already been held for this trophy. Miller and Hunter hav-

; ing won It the first time and Peestadt j Bros, last year. They were the only I contenders for the cup. but It is probable- that there will be a third coni testant for it this year. In the two past j annual events the speeders went better than twenty-live miles an hour, the ! Keesadt boat having even gone, twen

ty-six miles miles. The latter boat has been changed from a displacement boat to a hydroplane in an effort to give it more speed. The Miller and Hunter boat will be a displacement boat again this year. Next Sunday the club will hold a basket picnic at McDermott's, near Hiverdale. The trip will be made in the water crafts. Another basket picnic is scheduled for Sept. 2THh. The election of officers is due at the next regular meeting which will be held on the second Thursday of October. Nominations were made last night, and five names were put up for commodore, five for vice commodore, five for rear commodore, three for sec

retary, two for treasurer and five for captain.

(Special to The Times.) Crown I'oint, Ind.. Sept. 13. The Iake county championship motorcycle races will be held at the fair grounds track on next Sunday afternoon, and the prizes offered will make the various events esneciallv interesting.

(Special to TlIR TlMKS.) Uhr.. .linwent races have already

Whiting. Ind., 5ept. 13. Death j bPn BrranK,.d. one a duration race to claimed another of Whiting's pioneer ! i . ir,,,t i.n.mii. fr....

j j iuni flAl ui.iiui' , ' . ... ..vv 'and most respected citizens early y8- ; aA a flve-mtie rloaslf Thnno

terday morning when Mrs. Carl Mc-;hrh(nd tne races say that enough enCarthy, passed away at the family rcsi - j t ri,s have been carded to make the deuce on Iowa avenue following a ! afternoon's sport exceptionally lnter-

iltngering iilnes sover two months. The ! ,-stt n'-. i funeral will bw held from the Sacred j .. 1.-.:- ' v. ..

I Heart church tomorrow morning. Mass will be held at 9 o'clock. The rern.-'ins! twill then be taken to the family resi- j idence, where they will be held until

; tomorrow night, when the remains will be shipped to Louisville, Ky. ffir buri'il. j Mrs. McCarthy was first taken down j ill over two months ago. She was rej moved to St. Margaret's hospital at Hammond, where after spending six j weeks she was removed to her home. 'There she rapidly regarded her strength and Wednesday ate a hearty j supper and seemed to be In the best of : health and spirits. Iur!ng the night she sintered a sudden relapse, passirg I away early Thursday morning. Death (was due to heart trouble, i Mrs. McCarthy was 65 years old and

has been a resident of Whiting for the past twenty years. During that time.

Another effort will be made by the board of public works to have the first alley east of Hohman street, between State and Fayette -streets, paved. It

Joseph H. Kasper. secretary of the Iake County Trades and Labor Council, who is at St. Paul. Minn., as a delegate to the convention of the International I'nion of Steam Kngineers. was one of the principals yesterday in an auto collision In which one man lost his life. The St. Paul Pioneer of yesterday had the following narrative nf th nceMent

to the International T'nion of Steam Kngineers. in. biennial session a' the Hotel Ryan, was seriously injured when the auto in which he was riding crashed into a tree in Minneapolis yesterday afternoon. The auto was leading the other cars in the tour of the Twin City by the delegates in a body. "It was at nrt thought that he injuries would prove fatal, but the attending physicians last night expressed

HOFFMAN UP BEFORE SOCIETY

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is hoped that the ertort will succeed ( the belief that he would recover. The this time, as the Improvement is one j rate of speed at which the machine was

At the meeting of the I,ake County Medical society, held in the rooms of the University club last evening, Dr. Andrew Hoffman appeared voluntarily and defended himself against the. charges that have teen made against him in the Chicago newspapers. A committee of doctors was appointed to make an invetigaticn of the cjiarges a gainst .hint a nd report back to the. organisation. There were in the neighborhood of twenty of the 10ft doctors in the association present at the meet Ing. Dr. Hoffman's statement to the medical so. -let y was made the principal matter of interest. After his defense, he was asked questions by members of the medical fraternity. Most of these questions were intended to support his arraignment of the newspapers. Dr. Hoffman admitted that a large part of his praetiee had been among

that is much needed. In its present I shape the alley is nothing more than'

a cesspool in rainy weather, and a garbage dump throughout the whole year. At the session this morning the board of public works Instructed the city engineer to prepare plans and specification for the pavement. With

traveling is placed eight to fifty miles the car with Mr. declare that it was

variously an hovir. Mongan.

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at from ! the inmates of these resorts, but he said

Those in however, twenty.

fanned by Another Cur. "The accident took place opposite 3174 Fourth street, when an automobile which they Jiad been following and

the letting of the Hickory street wan to the right, turned to the. left to pavement contract to the Ahlborn Con- j enter an alley directly in front of the struction company and the Roosevelt ! car with the engineers. The chauffeur, avenue pavement contract to Downey j n order to avoid a direct collision,

Xr Pnrt7 Cnn!riir!inn rniiiriinv this '

morning.

ARCTIC EXPLORERS MAKE RICH FINDS

she gained a wide circle of friends and v.ns beloved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Daughters of Liberty, L. O. T. M. Rosary Society and the A. O. H. Auxiliaries. Resides a husband she Is survived by a sister nr.l a mother in Kentucky.

Mrs. Borchert Improving. Mrs. Oscar Borchert, who underwent a critical operation t the family residence last week, is reported rapidly Improving and today was up and around for the first time since her illness. Mrs. Tiorchert Is well known in Hammond ajid the news of her rapId recovery is good news to her many friends.

End Holiday. Reform Jews, who observed the New Year, ended their celebration yesterday, while the Orthodox Jews continued the observance of the day until this evening. Yesterday, however, was the principal day, but with the observance of the Sabbath tomorrow it really becomes a three-day holiday

period for many, and for those who I

lay aside their business on Sunday another day is added.

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Construction company

the last of a number of pave

ments on eight streets in the east part of the town will go in this season. Practically all the pavements in this improvement campaign have been completed. They are giving this part of the city a new ton? and aspect, and are considered material factors for the improvement of property and an Increase of values. Improvement for l.lnht Mroel". The streets in this improved territory are bounded on the north by the river, on the east by Columbia avenue, on the south by the Michigan Central tracks and on the west by the. Calumet avenue. The streets in this section are Roosevelt avenue, Wilrox. Truman, Indiana, Murray, Login.

Charlotte and Hickory. At the request of lti property owners the hoard of public works ordered Wesirumite pavement for these streets. On account of a remonstrance of til" property owners on .b-sse street, the board rescinded all action which it

i pavement on this

turned to the side and smashed Into a tree. Mr. Mongan was thrown ugalnst the tree with considerable force and was picked up unconscious. "The injured man was rushed to St. Barnabas hospital, where he was given immediate attention. It was found

that his worst wound was back of his !

right ear. and the doctors at first feared that it would cause his death. He had not regained consciousness early t his ,innrnln?. "The ilia, liine was nearly a total wreck. The owner of the other car. in which he was the only passenger, gave his name as C. Odell. There were seven people in the stricken car beside the chauffeur, among them being J. P Mellody. third vice president; J. J. Shoehan. William Harris and Joseph Kasper. All of the occupants of the iar exonerate the chauffeur, who, they declare, could have followed no other course." Mr. Kasper escaped without a scrahii.

that his relations with them had never been other than in a professional capacity. Priile Tinny Thing. Dr. Hoffman denied a number of things which have been cjinrged to him by the Chicago papers. Some of them follow: 1. He declares that the report in the Chicago p.'ipers that he has a mistress in the resorts of We Hammond is un-

i t rue.

i He declares that the report in the Chicago papers that he is a morrihine Hind is untrue. 3. lie admitted Hat he gave John Messniaker a shot of apomorphine as an

! emetic and something e.lse as a stimu

lant. 4. He said that he. knew it to be a fact that F.st her Harrison was a morphine fiend and that she took as high as .''ft grains at a dqse. Dr. Hosmer of Gary read a very interesting article on Die subject of "Mistakes in Surgery." These mistakes were ones that had 'onie to his attention in the course of his practice. The paper was very interesting.

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had taken

street. J. K. Prevo wi: for the Roosevelt specters' reports

TTMES WANT AD3 BERVICE TO YOUI

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Dr. R. M. Anderion. During the first week in November Dr. R. M. Anderson, of Forest City, la., will arrive in San Francisco with a valuable zoological and ethnological collection from the Arctic regionsAnderson and Vjlhjalmar Stefansson, another Arctic explorer, left for Alaska in 1908. During the intervening years they have made many valuable discoveries, the most important of which has been the findlne of the Pcandlnavian colonists of Greenland, vbe were last heard of In 1412.

s appointed inspector avenue pavement. Inwere received on the

Logan, Walter and Charlotte street pavements and the Michigan avenue sidewalks. Instruct ion was sent to the Michigan Central railroad to cut its unsightly weeds along its right of way. liids for the Pearl street walks were opened arid laid over. Clans and specifications for the Wultham street sidew;.iks were accepted.

Re-elect Officers. The stockholders of the Kmployes Life and Casualty company met in the office of the organization last evening and elected officers for the ensuing year. They are as follows: .1. D Smalley. president; Dr. H. K. Sharrer. vice president: Frank Hosier, secretary and Walter Hammond, treasurer. L. L. llomberger is the counsel for the ceimpany, and J. Charles Si(z of Chicago Is the actuary. There are a large number of the stockholders of the company in Hammond who will be pleased to know that te company is In a flourishing condition.

MASONIC MEETINGS RESUME With the- beginning of September, : regular meetings in the Masonic .lodges have been resumed and from i now until next summer the sessions ; will be held without Interruption. The Hlue lodge meets this evening and will in all probability have a number of candidates for the first degree. The Comma ndcry meets (unyr. i row noon to gr to Kast Chicago in ft ; body to act as escort to the grand j lodge at the corner stene laying. The 1 regular meeting of the Commander" iwill be held on Monday night.

VAUDEVILLE STAR IN MUSICAL COMEDY

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An Enjoyable Event. The special concert given last night by the Itaptist orchestra at the church een Sibley street proved to be an enjoyable" event fr a large audience. The orchestra was made up of sixteen pieces and was directed by Prof, mil Dietrich throughout a program of fourteen numbers. The entire orchestra has made remarkable progress because of the encouragement and co-operation that It has received at all times from the pastor, the Rev. Floyd H. Adams.

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Elizabeth Brfce. t Elizabeth Brice, the ropular vaudeville star, will be in musical comedy this season. She is an Important member of A. IL AVooda "Tantalllng Tommy."

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