Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 35, Hammond, Lake County, 28 September 1912 — Page 1

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SEPTEMBER 28, 1912. KICJI1T PAGES.

SATURDAY AID WEEKLY EDITION.

Prominent Men Are Hailed as Dyer, Indiana, Bandits and Desperadoes

A party of well known Hammond men wore trailed ami stopped by the authorities us the "five men in the black car" who had committed the Dyer robbery yesterday morning. The real bandits escaped, despite the vigilance of police departments and county sheriffs of two counties. The five men in the black car who were taken for desperadoes, and who were the subject of much "kidding" this morning were William Ahlborn, president of the construction company which bears his name: James 1". Rhode, member of the bot.ni o public works; Captain Conra'd Greb, of No. 3 fire station; Charley Newman, Ahiborn's chauffeur, and a man from Chicago by the name of Rosetter, who Is the agent for a steam shovel concern, which is trying to interest Ahlborn in one of their machine?. Their experiences on their trip from Hammond to I.al'orte in Ahlborn's black five-paseriger Mitchell are recorded in two chapters. Hohde Arruwd of Robbery. It was at Glen Park, in the bailiwick

of Tim Enpl

into trouble, tioned on the

hart, A (

Ridge

that they try polio

road

first ran man s t a -

and 15 road

way hailed them with his club, and so peremptory was his challenge that the chauffeur "killed" his engine. "Where are you going to?" asked the cop. "To I.al'orte, answered Rohde, who

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the five, e from?'

Dyer, and stalling-," sai

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acted as

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"From Hammond." "You came f-om watse any time now

officer.

I When Rohde saw that tiie policeman meant business, and not caring for a , delay and all of them ignorant of the

Dyer robbery, he adopted a persuasive tone of voice, umi said to the officer, whose face he had known for years, but whose name he could not recall: "Come on now, you know us; why, I've know n you for years." "The h 11 you did," retorted the cop

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Mrs. Baranowski of West Hammond Found Dead on the Sidewalk Near Saloon; Blood Indicates Violent End.

Mrs. Ursula 1 .la rano wskl, sides at 517 i Hie Hundred fifth street, West Hammond,

dead

who reand Fiftywas found

f rom

on the Stanley

AMBASSADOR REID AND WIFE TO RETURN HOME FOR A SHORT VISIT IN OCTOBER

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sidewalk about 40 feet Szntan's saloon shortly

before midnight. She was removed to Stanley Czeehatiski's undertaking establishment. 2 20 One Hundred and Pifty-fif th street. 1'octors William 1. Weis of Hammond and IV. Harley A. Pradley of West Hammond were called and after a superficial examination of the corpse caused it to be removed to the undertaking establishment ami promptly notified the coroner. They found evidence that the woman had been draped or pulled herself alor.fr the sidewalk for 40 feet after she first fell at the steps of the saloon. The woman has been a hard drinker

.t iiuu'iihiis cnaruoter tor years. jMiss Virginia 1 '.rooks has taken steps i to have the children placed in the

bands ot the juvenile officers of the county. Was "Notorious Chnrncter. Some time ago Mrs. Baranowski received a t'rrnt deal of nublioitv as a

! result of the confession of one of the Filas boys that she had received stolen! (property from them. A little later her!

little daughter shot her brother withj a 22-oalihre rifle and killed him. I Mrs. Raranowskl has been known is;

I a umsnv urinKer. sne was regarded las being in the last stapes of alcohol

ism. I here was a pool of blood in the

vicinity of the saloon steps which

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C. H. Geist Authorizes Statement That New Power Station Will Be Put Up Right Away

Our- ate 11. Geist, the pas trie lipht magnate, is the for the statement that the

and elccauthor:! y No i-1 hern

Indiana Gas & Electric companv is troiiiK ahead with its plans for the construction of a $70,000 power station at the junction of the canal an i the Calumet river in Fast Chicago. Mr. Geist says that the repcrt is true, muh of the machinery hns been

bought, the contracts are bfintr let fr.r j the larg-e sized turbine engines and (the plant will be the most modern in the Fnited States, j This n-ws Is regarded as misnty 1 tacled edueator of a quarter of a i significant. The reason hcinf that it

has been generally understool that the buiidinw of th nev.- power plant w;is dependent entirely on th question as to whether or not the Maldwin I.ocomotiv company purchnses its power

from th'1 1 turers U if: So it is Northern 1 pany is t:oi this fall, it tract with

works and Willi tills c planning to r iju i re t hi .!

cot:;pa;iy or i.ianuluc-

asy to de.'uee that if the 'liari t.las F.K'ctrio c.uii4 to buiid its power housa must have landed the conthe 1 '.aid win Locomotive if It iarcj'i the contract ompany, t.ien it must bo build soon or it would not

extra v.ower right away.

t news that, has been

iltty !n a long time.

Investigating Body Manipu-1 Former Governor Causes the

lated by State's Attorney

Returns "No Flagrant Vice

Bills" on!

Conditions

Across the Line.

Bull Moosers and Democrats to Sit Up and Take Notice; Is Going to Speak for the Republicans.

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Hiss Virginia Brooks' estimate of State's Attorney Wayrcan and the manner in which he conducts his office are row confirmed. Yesterday the deputy In charge of the prand jury went to far in his attempts to keep out evidence and to prevent the indictment of Frar.kie Ford, Henry Foss, George Rcennaum arc! the rest of the West Hammond gans?. that one of th grand Jurors arose in his wrath and demanded that iss Urooks be permitted to tell what she knew. "No bills" were returned in all of the West Hammond cases, including that againft Mayor Wosczynski. It is said to hai be. n the rawest deal that

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was ever put over I ney's office. It will row beer Miss Brooks and h out affidavits a trail bc'ieves to he t ho

plotters of the c!ty of Testify In A dozen residents of 111., includine M 1 - Vir

the state's attor-

Continue 1 or

no iiprfnry for r friends to make a those whoni she leaders in the exit" West Hammond.

Vain. W ' st Hammond, srinia Brooks, the Page 5.)

TIMES BIKKAl AT STATE CAI'ITOL. Indianapolis, Jnd., Sept. 2S. nouncoraent made yesterday

Frank Hanly, former Governor of Indiana, would take part in the campaign and make Republican speeches over the state bepinnir.it text wet k, ! has caused the Bull Moosers especially, and the Democrats incidentally to sit up and take notice. If there is any man in Indiana that the Democrats and Hull Moosers had hoped would remain out of the campaign it Is Hanly. H SpppcbfN Heady. It is announced that Hanly already has started the preparation of his speeches for use in the campaign. He ; will make his campaign tour under the auspices of the Kepubliean state committee, and his dates will he arranged by the state speakers' bureau. For some time there has been a constant demand from various counties for Hanly to make speeches. From many places letters have been received by the state organization urjrinK it to , fret Hani- to make some speeches. It

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ROCKEFELLER PASSES

THROUGH HAHMi

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Multimillionaire Avoids Chicago by Taking Belt Line from Hence.

Ambassador ana Mrs. white. aw Reia Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will return to America soon for a short visit. Mr. Held Is coming prlncpally for the purpose of delivering an address at ..he dedication of the new state education building at lbany. N. Y., the middle of October.

CARPENTER KURT IN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE

While at work on erection of a house yesterday. Hiyar S

street, employed as painfully injured wh-n collapsed, throwing him

below. He was picked i workmen and removed to It. oberlin. when- h- is tinpr alone: nicely. Ia his i

a two-by-four, which caused most of his injuries, consisting of some painful bruises. His condition is not serious and ho will be able to tje. up and -around, ajr-aln- in '?'short tima.. .

This is the late: received j ;1 this h

It is on- of the indications of the comiiuv of ti.e loom thp.t -vomises to mako North township the iivest place on the ma p.

.ther indication 'hat with ires :ts .'. H. G. ist with his the whee- for the Calu-

it is t-,,;-itr to outstrip known manufacturing seccounty before olnu.

It is such, liv

shouid-M' t. met region, ever;' other tioii in the

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, ,he Kreun,n iiwi-sssy w b a ft fea-s.

b fellow j ts liome by j

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ties .r have

Indiana's so ly of Sou tli 1 i mond audienc hall on the is.-arrantrements

a; or. I '. R shive1 a.ldress a llain-

eveniiiK at Hiielin s

the campaign, and been made to ac-

William Itockefeller. one of the kintrs of finance and one of the world's wealthiest men, pass"1'! through Hammond on the Michitra n" Central yesterday on his way to St. Paul. He is a brother of John r. Rockefeller, the richest man in the world, and went through on one. of the flnst private cars that has ever been seen in Hammond. He came In from New York on the Pennsylvania railroad and saved an hour in the trip to St. Paul by com-

intr inroutrn Hammond. His visit to I Hammond was just an incident in transcontinental travel. j He avoided Chicago entirely. The trip! through this city was without incident!

MODERATE REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY There has not been very much activity in the real estate market dur1ne the past week. Most of the sales are of residences and there have been occasional deals in business property. The real estate firms are all doing; a little business, however, and the prospects for fjreat fall activity are promising. It is expected that the eomintf year will be the best in the history of the city.

HAMMOND KNIGHTS BUY LOT FOR HOME

The Kriphts of mond have pur. ha frontatro on State I.inz and will hold

Pythias of Hanised fifty feet of street from Martin it with the idea of

QUEEN ROUSES IRE ' OF THE SOCIALISTS

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can be ascertained.

"LITTLEST REBEL" j HERE SUNDAY

buildintr on it in the future. This is the first definite step that has been ti.ken by this organization towards erettinK a heme of its own. It is also another tribute to the future of this street. It is expected that Hie buihlintr plans of the K. of P. order win b. ant ounccd Inter. PREFERS . DRA MA TIC TO MUSICAL ROLES

commodate a bitr crowd. He was due to arrive in Hammond this afternoon, and upon his arrival he will be entertained by the local democratic leaders'. Senator Shlvelv is recognized as a democratic authority on the tariff and what lie will have to say will be listened to with interest. He will very likely talk on thirf. his favorite subject, this even in sr.

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Hammond Merchants to Offer Special Inducements in all Lines of Merchandise and Refund Fares to Out-of-Town Folks Sale Starts Saturday, Oct. 5, and Will Continue for Seven Days.

VlURDtR OF A BISHOP

THREAT III h LETTER

Mysterious Foe Writes Five Have Been Chosen to As

sassinate Alerding.

Sometimes real opportunities come the way of the ultimate consumer, ami one of these times for the people of the falumet rcplon will be from Saturday, Oct. 5 to aturday, Oct. 12, ir,clusie. the dates set for the "First Co- perative Trading- Festival," or "pedal Par.iin Week," in Hammond. Py the plan, as previously announced in Tub Times, practically every merchant of importance in the city is preparing to make a special effort to drawpeople to Hammond to trade durimr the bisr Co-Operative Sale. There will be special bargains at nearly every store, and the wise, emnomi.al buyers can certainly have money by taking advantage of this unusuxl opportunity to do their shopping in Hammond.

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of diti

may

;m; pu sort m i

but ni :i:!

run 1 t he town cusl Snoppel

ronaae a mop nviy (b-sire. Lake fount y pany will ti

ll da 1 of their r home to H. mm

A pleasdnn- l-. the a rra n c etnr n t . day's issue of Tt that a person is i

.- are the me; (hints troinsr to ial induce mertts to the buyin tc.e way of pri.es und as-

i "- enable merchandise, have crrm-ued to red f.,rej to all out-t.f-durlnur the sale. i s 1 1 i ' i u ' e their pat-

as ion li y stores as they id !!m ti by iri'iiiK to the S.iv!i-.s ..n 1 Trust compres. nted with the ',ish railro.nl fare from their

ml and return.

a tu re of tli is part

of

as state.) in Wednesiv. Tut1:?, is the fact .d c oripclled to make

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REYNOLDS, SOCIALIST, HERE MONDAY

ROUTINE SESSION.

There were only routine matters j taken up at the meeting of the West ! H.tmmorid council last evening. A few j iiiiproveruMt matters, that have been; frequently mentioned before, were ta-j

ken up.

"The T.ittiest Rebel, at the Hammond t h nitrht, will be one of that has over been se It is expected that

la rsre a tt. ndatice us 1 1

' the attraction liter tomorrow the best thiit'ii n in Hammond, th.re will be a

advance sale

"BIKE" THIEF BUSY A'GAIN

is noo.l. 'ne will be in the trirl who plav tlest Rebel" i:

f the Kiirnum brothers . adirie; role. The younj; the part of the "Hitvery clever.

SWITCHMAN INJURED.

T h e bi.-ycle mond ; cessi'l.!

...ii. e (earned this morning tliat thieves were operating" inllaaitrain .-stf rilay. They were suciu rnakint? their getaway with

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hery, h m a 1 1 .

only one whe C'oialit street, had been .,,1

d. Prank Campbell, KM rej orted that ills bicycle en from the yard some

.eorire

son as a switch

injury to his foot thi member was crushed 1 of steel. He was lirou tin an engine and was

at Oibpa in fill

unloved ecjved ;

noon when the y a heavy piece ;lit to Hammond removed to St.

Queen Wllhelmlna.

By her opposition to of universal suffrage Queen TY'llhelmina has Ire of the socialists.

he pTanting in Holland, arouseil the She did not

mention the subject in ner recent speech opesinp parliament. Socialists will endeavor to force a suffrage bill through the Dutch parliament

time esterda v

tion was given: Colonial make, coaster frame, -.veil worn, white wheel, black ami jrreen wheel, almost now red

rhe following descrip-

wheel. fr first bi.-y ported in

out bad y worn. This is :!e theit that lias been Hammond in a month.

brake, black rim on front j rim on rear tire on back

t he re-

Mar;rn ret slice. lie nicely at afternoon.

St. as

Spital in Purns' ambuls reported getting alongMargaret's hospital this his injury is not serious.

WIND UP WITH THE GUNTHERS The Hammond baseball team will close its season tomorrow afternoon when it will play the United Sfates leaguers at Guntlier's park. Although the Hammond team Is not expecting a victory, they will make an effort to put up the best game they can and try to bring the bacon back home. A large crowd of fans will accompany the team to Chicago tomorrow morning.

CHIEF SHOWS MERCY.

Robert I.oyd, giving his address as : Hammond, was arrested this morning ! by Officer Unime at no State street, i where he was found in an intoxicated I condition. This being his flrt offense j he was released by the order of Chief ' Austgen several hours later.

TOURNAMENT

SHOOT.

Members of the Hammond Gun club will go to Chicago tomorrow to shoot in the Chicago and Suburban league tournament to be given under the auspices of the Hong Lake club at the Chicago Gun club grounds. This is to be the sixth of a series of tournaments, and one more Is to be held after tomorrow's events.

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South Pt tid, lrd., Sept. 2S. P.ishop H. J. Alerding- of port Wayne a rid

tight residents of Mishnwaka have been threatened with death by a ipys-j terious person who has beer Hooding i

the socialist if governor of u elm's hall on

the mails with me members of St. P.-.v In consequence a a nervous ooliapso

Slates authoriti

ies directed

oh u reh.

i pastor is suffering and tiie United are seeking the an-

Stephen M. Reynolds candidate for the of lice Indiana, will speak at 1

Monday night. Sept. :b". A large crowd Is expeett .1 ami will be the most important me that the socialists will hold here

to i mg the present campaign. T here j be a further announcement of

meeting next Monday.

DRIVEN BY LOVE INTO UNDERWORLD

this ding .lurwill the

thor of the tl: The latest savs live me:

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mittee of St. September 2T.

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.-nt to victims been selecteil to stai to "the comchurch," dated ned with a eror c

SHARP READY ' FOR CAMPAIGN

AUTO INJURES BICYCLIST

Rev. C. J. has taken h pai gn in th.

( 'omm crce ization is

th.

Shai j Id of

Hammond

said today that now beli! peife

my Maihies. :infuily ir.Ju:

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T. Wle yester.j;

at the c " t n e r c avenues, wh n kno leti down mobile. Mat hi w hen the act id. ing severely b the bi.-y cle wa Tio number X-lT-ftii Indian making an cfT. IT. Is said Hiai any assistance. h COUid 1'C all'

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h n w e be able to g, prising work tli at the cam Monday or V

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mbersll 'ban

the Cted 1 C r y

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Ha i a re

rate preparations arc

e by tio Ninth rogiinert for lai reunion w lii. h w-it b" i imand, (let. ( and ... Arrins;. beirur made to hold camp 1

i'eing their It in nents 'e on

d a w a y In f i

the eveniiiu' t is being arr; nouti.ed next

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week.

LAMME RETURNS WITH TROPHIES

LODGE CAN NOT RAISE PREMIUM

, Francis Reeve. is George Eiiwardes, the manager of the Gaiety Theater, London's foremost musical comedy playhouse, complains that every girl that becomes popular in his theater leaves him as noon as an American engagement is offered. Frances Reeve is one of the n tun her. She received American offers the night of her first success and accepted one that came at the end of her first Gait-.ty season. That was four years ago, and she has been here ever since. She left musical comedy at the end of the first season to 'ake up the leg-ittcnata drama, and baa never Xrretted the change.

Officer Prank l.. mm hunter and nhrrod. spending the past fifte Ind.. and parts of Miss ed for duty at th.- di he wil Rake tin- plat geant Oscar Porchert.

on his vacation. Officer Ramme hr night him some gray squirrels, of a rare variet yarn! otto his hunting trip. He s: liked the country so we' going buck again next ye.

d frog

b

'. renown who hai

in days at fvru. .uri. has returne station, w here of Desk Serttliil left todav

Utiea, N'. Y.. Sfpt. 27. .Iiidta- Ray in the Unit'-d States court here yesterday hf Id that the supreme lodge. Knights of Pythias, has no right, to increase the

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assessment of an insured member. A ri thur V. H. Smith of Montgomery counj ty refused to pay the increase asked In

.; the assessment for insurance. H. had h j it policy bearing date of (let. 2'".,

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STOP! I.IXIKl I.ISTKN! I I( SI OI T SCR A P tobaiTO in the leit Hcrnp toitoreo on the market today. If you're from Missouri we can how ;nu. Sate tickets for valuable fre-tniams.

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large bird ' for $3, On" and (-.tiling for a monthly astrophies of I cessment of $3. In 1S02 he was direct-

he ed to pay $4 SO and did so. Past Janu

ary his assessment was raised to J 1 4.70 and his tender of the original amount was refused on order from the supreme lodge. He took the matter into the supreme court and it was removed to the United States court with the result that Judge Ray has decided that the supreme lodge must accept the original premium,

Mr. May Wbittacre. "I loved him. I believed in him. I thought the man I loved so much wouldn't wrong nie. He told me to do !t and 1 did it. What is there so terrible in obeying; the man you love?" Thus Mrs. May Whittacre, seventeen, bride of a few weeks, told a Cleveland jujtre how h-r husband, eged twenty-eight, forced her Into & life of fhame while he idled. Whittacre was given six nonths In the workhouse and a fine of J1W. The girl as clven intu Uie castodx

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1 ft ter alatank.