Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 138, Hammond, Lake County, 8 November 1912 — Page 1

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VOfi. VTT., NO. 138.

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HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 8, 1912.

ONE CENT FEU COPY. (P.ack Numbers 2 Cents Copy.)

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Confession in Harry Moose j Perjury Scandal Is Ex- j rected to Break in a Few i

Days; Many Live in and Trembling.

Fear

WHAT SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE SAYS OF IT Moose went to the home of his parents. Mr. ami Mrs. Aimor W. Moose, at 701 Kast South street, w here it is

his all.

A sensation that will county is scheduled to ot next week when the aft

Moose confession is

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4n the arrest not only oi many uary t of out of tov, ri citizens, some In i ttblio office an.) some In private life. J 'ist where tl.o ax' i about to drop cannot bo learned by Tiik Times but i that it will fall there is no doubt. The j

Nemesis that resulted m Moot c s arret" t anil his willingness to go to the pf-rtetentiary has been wide in lis scope. The return of Meyer Himmelblau. tl-.e missing dictagraph stenographer, of Alderman Antony liaukus, the bail bond Jumper, and of scar Schmidt a "disappearing" witness in the Gary elet -th.n trials is sclo-d u 1 cd as some of the features In next wr.'K'i Kraft dnnia. I.lmeliuht On Contract. Not only this but a complete expose of the uorklnas of Gary's municipal contracts, with th... involving- of many unlooked fj.f t ! a it rs. is said to be in process. And it has been further learned that tb city lias been honeycombed with detectives, presumably of the Burns agency, ihn have been busy for the past five months in various capacities. It is stated that the detectives have appi arcd in ever conceivable guise they worked as employes in the mills, they appeared as lodgers at the Jails, they worked as bartenders and runners in the rvdltght district, they worked on street paving jobs, and they worked ns tel'-phono employes. Many Detectives Here. Tt will he rcmemb-red that from time to time Tin: Times printed stories that people who came into this region from the eastern steel mill district recognized certain mem they kisew had worked as detectives in the Pittsburg graft ca'5, while others recalled those who

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office o & ('rum in ft. wh

It is will In ties, ti. others The man w "Th, had S(

one of story to a g a 1 nst story of in the ( : did not atelc.

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out and 'l care of mi lv. Then told to Ril "After 1 and there

mother advised him Moos,, then went Anderson, Parker. acker in the J. M. S

to conto tho i'ra bill . build-

ore he mat tinderstood t u '. ued o i e

aid in th iccused.

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confession.

his admissions

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cn-'ession of the N.uth

s in part as follows: Knot is ciowd learned that 1 veil in the (hio prison and its members repealed this

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me and told all they had !' Th, n he said that the ny fall would be published ry and Chicago papers if I et out of Indiana immedl-

1.1 me that if I would set food' they would take financrally and political1 was handed Jl.l'OO and to Detroit. ' days went to Chicago met another member of

the Knotts crowd and he 'avu me an additional $l.fnti. Ho also told me to meet Mayor Knotts in Indianapolis at the lemoeraMc convention there in M;:reh. I did and he told ni" to meet him a month later in Hammond. "When 1 met Mayor Knotts '.n Hammond w ha ! a long talk about the graft cases. And before T left I was handed an additional $2,000. "Prior to this lime I had made a deposition in Detroit following the conviction of former Alderman Gibson. This was perjur"l from beginning to end and was forced from me at the muzzle of a revolver held by a man who was involved in the bribery." Moose, said Cain, the contractor, who was also a member of tho school board, pave him the first Jl.Ofli), also the second. He declared the other $2,000 ame from Mayor Knotts and was given him after he had signed an agreement, prepared by the Gary

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SOUTHERN STATESMEN TO COME INTO THEIR OWN AGAIN AND DOMINATE NEXT CONGRESS ESPECIALLY THE LOWER HOUSE

6- lgTcP- ,eft t0 right, Senator O'Gorman, VpT; i' Vv kf 0scar w Underwood nd senatp '"l eiSifc. &v. James; bottom, Champ Clark and yKSi A 0!v . Senator Kern. JirC-1'

IS SW PT R ccpiniiQ 0 oLiiiyyo

Town is Partially Destroyed, Phone Operator Saves Its Total Destruction.

Crown Point, work by Miss phone operator, hron, ten mile:, struct ion by fi buildings were

lnd, Hemic saved

Nov. . Pronip' i Griffin, a tele the- town of Ho

east of here from

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I Sievcrs Tilock, j boots and shoes. ! J a u y i K. Hines had

Miller and Crawford, and tiie Hilly PuiMiug. I.ie In l-"ire, 11 household effects de-

several j stroyed. The Masonic Society saved a loss of : part of its paraphernalia. The flames

iained. with that amount.

insurance

Southerners will probably dominate ! Oscar Unjerwood, of Alabama, will , I probably be PMrnocratic floor leader In the next congress. Champ Clark, otl the hou,e and senator Ollie James, of Missouri will be re-elected speaker; i Kentucky, will be one of the poweri

In th senate. Senators O'Oorm&n, of New York, and Kern of Indiana, will be am on st the leadrs of the uppei house from the north.

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Fdjourned TERM NOV. 15

S9i935 Jobs Await Wilson Pselslon

$.5,iiiii si about half

An overheated

ment of Smith Hros.' hardware

furniture store started the blaze which

destroyed th

of j jumped actoss the street and seriously jdamaire.i the K. rf P. Hall, 1 r. Frecte'a

tiuildinu:. pr. I'lo''d's on -story franm

furnurp in the hase-

and structure, ine i:noru tsajsioy bunainb,

j J. M. Morrows Huildinp, Teetz ment i market, .1. 1 . McAlj.m ustaurant. J.

mple. the

structure, the Masonic A. P. Itulldinsf. the

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TAFT PEOCLAMTION IS ISSUED. Washington. Nov. g. President Taft yesterday issued a Thanksgiving proclamation, setting ;.side November 28 for the observance of that day. The

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, lnd., Nov. S. The county commissioners will hold an adjourned session of the board on the fifteenth of this month to pay the election expenses and to take up the matter of the adoption of plans for the two new bridges in East Chirapro. One of these bridges Is to be built on Forsythe avenue and the other on

Canal street. Tho various bridge com ! panics will submit plans and these will 'be Kone over by the board. I The board let two road contracts

Washington, 1. C, Nov. g. Woodrow Wilson will be confronted with a serious dilemma when he takes office, in the army of government employes, now to a irreater extent than ever before

under Civil S.ervice rules. If he re- I verses orders of his republican predecessors puttinir new classifications under the Civil Service supervision, such, i for instance, as the order by which President Taft took 5 0,00 -J fourth class postmasters out of politics, he lays himself open to serious criticism. If, on tho other hand, he maintains the status iuo, his political associates will argue he is continuing a hostile political machine built up as a weapon to continue the administration in power. On June 30. 1611. when the last report was made, there were 391.350 offi

cers and employes of the government. Of these 227, Col held positions subject to competitive examinations under the Civil Service rules and their jobs have censed to be "political appointments." The Civil Service act has been in force twenty-eight J ears. At first it was applied to ltss than ten per cent of -the Bv'nnn:iil positions. Although no exact lipures are at hand, it has been extended by one President after another until it includes nearly all except a few hifrher positions, such as first, second and third class postmasters, internal revenue and customs collectors, fiscal agents and certain supervisory officers in various branches of the government. Many thousands of the employes now under the classified rules are merely re

publican political appointees transferred to this ciassiiication which now serves to keep t'm ni in office. "Why should "we continue in office this republican machine, built up by McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft?" is the question which the democratic leodirs are asking themselves. "We are not opposed to civil service reform," is tho way one prominent member of the House and a Senator elect, expressed it a liav or two before

election, "but if Wilson wins we are jroinsr to ask him to rescind some of those republican orders lontr enough to get in a few democrats. Then he can go In for civil service, reform as strong as he pleases." The vast army of government employes in Washington and elsewhere are on tenterhooks.

proclamation is in part as "The year now drawing to a

been notably favorable to our fortu-j nate land. At peace within and with-' out. free from the pertm bations and calamities that have a filleted other j peoples, rich in harvests, this country h is abounding c.ue for contented ' gratitude. I, V,"ii:i.:m Howard Taft.'' invite my countr recti to Join en;

th" 2Mh d v of this month.' riate praisj and thanks to

follows: yesterday. It is through with saloon close has 'licenses matters for the present session.

'OH SCHOOL

SELECTS THE CAST

Th u rsda in appre God.

.UA.M H TAFT.'

The ra?t the high s, the Shrew,' f ol io ws : Papusta. a

which has been selected for hool p! iy, "The Taming of to be given on Iec. 6. is as

SILENT PET LATEST FOIBLE OF FASHION

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, Hianea j Widow 1 Curtis,

PtRwoe.

The latest foible of fashion la the fur fox scarf. The Inanimate decor ation is used by the young lady In the guise of a pet. It is also used for a neck covering on evenlnst gDwas. It la one ot the winter's novelties.

rich gentleman of Pa, In a

Phillip Hudson im-entio. an old pentleman of Pisa... Ivucentiii. son of Vincentio, in love with Hianca .Ollie Roth Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katnarir.a . . Friedly Johnson Gremio. suitor to Hianca ... .John Dye Hr.rtensio. suitor to Hianca ... Raymond Met'n Jranio, servant to Lticerntio . Clure BurgfrtiondeUo, servant to I.ucentio Robert DeWeese Grumio. servant ti Petruchio Crill Hurge , Reliant Alvin Schreiber Katharine the Shrew I.eola McAleer. daugiiters to Hatitisa

Mildred Carter I oi othy Crumpackcr Servant to petruchio

j Marguerite Knotts ! "The Taminjr of the shrew" is one j of Shakepear'"s greatest comedies. The j story is as follows: j Haptista has two daughters. Kathj arina and Hianca. lit will not allow j Hiana to marry until after Katharina

i i.i s. jtttt as Katnarine is so j shrewish no one cares to marry

j Finally Petruchio comes and says he j will marry Katharina. Me proposes and she refuses to have anything to do j with him. The father enters the room ; and petruchio say he and Katharine j are going to be married on the followi ing Sunday. Of course. Katharine ,leies all, but on the following Sunday ! Pet rnehio and Katharine are married, j Then l'i.;ruchio set-i out to tame Katiiarine by leing more shrewish than she, i and In the end h-- succeeds. Tn the meanwhile Hianca Is beset by three J suitors, I.ucentlo, G"emio and Hortensio.

I'lnaliy Iucentio wins her. The humorous parts of the plot are centered in the characters: Curtis, a curious o!d servant. Grumio. a servant. Hlondello, a servant. Miss llouk. the public speaking teacher, who Is training the cast said: "The play this year is going to exceed the one of last year. The people in the cast have had more experlenc In this line of work and are perfectly qualified to give excellent results.

WHERE MR. TAFT IS POPULAR.

Austin, Tex., Nov. S.- It is believed that Zapct.i county, situated far down in the Rio Grande border region of Texas, is the champion Taft county of the United States. There wore 3 To votes cast in the county at the election on Tuesday, and ail of tliem were for t lie Taft presidential electors. Four years ago the same county cast a solid vote for Taft

TABULATED VOTE TOMORROW

In answer to the inquiries of scores of subscribers in various parts of the county. The Times wishes to announce thatlt will publish tomorrow the vote for all the candidates In every precinct in the county. The task is a monumental one or the tabulated returns would have appeared in these columns before this.

SORRY, JAMES! The following message of sadness comes all the way from Fort Washington, Md.. where James Pearbyne a former Gary boy is one of Uncle Sam's officers: Times: By Mr. Crum packer's defeat the Tenth district lost an abl and honest representative and I lost 50 honest dollars. JAMES A. HK 'AKBYNE.

mmii boy " i KiLLLD 11 liMD:

With all the realism that amateur actors could put. into thorn moving pictures were taken of a tire in the heart of the business district of Hammond. The fire was discovered in the blacksmith shop at the broken corner by a citizens, a police of'c.cer was notified, the aiarm was turned in, crowds of citizens came from all parts of the city, the streets were filled with excited people. Chief Peter IMlsehneider arrived on the scene with the chemical wagon and took chnrpro of the campaign axainst the conflagration. Then a general alarm was turned in.

The hook and ladder wagon arrived j from department No. 1. followed by the J steamer, then came No. 4 with hook and ladder and steamer from Conkey t avenue and No. 3 from Calumet avenue i

and Hoffman street. Trattte T1eI I p.

In the meantime long lines of hose i had been laid out, the pumps in the i

steamers were pet to work and water was thrown on the flames. Three frightene,i horses were rescued from the burning blacksmith shop and finally two firemen were hauled out and rlaced on the hose cart. In two minutes traffic was tied up on the streets, automobiles, wagons and pedestrians came from all parts of the city. Street cars wero utlayed on their schedules. Police officers established the fire lines and the whole thing was acted out so well that a great many people believed that a fire had actually

taken place. There were some humorous features, however. When the two firemen were taku out of th burning: buildins. ap-

asphyxiated. Dr. H. K. SliarT. W. Oherlin and Pr. J. A. are shown standing by laugh-

Tha election o the i,resiil eney j upheaval and all' able speculation Hammond's next

Postmaster Srha if's commi not expire until Jan. 1st. P'l The plum is worth Ji,4('0 is awarded only for sicral the party, and is one of the tenth district. Hammond i

Governor Wilson tc esages a patronagf tdy there is consideris to w ho is to be post master, althougn

si on does

a year an t service to best in th. s classified

Chester Frazer Is Killed in Accident at Manchester.

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of Mr. and Mrs. Hohman street.

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It Chester It. Fraze. , I la r.niiioiid.

killed in an accleut at Man- I

ter, Md.. yesterday aft. : ooon u . s ive.l hv long distance tel, uhono late

last night. Mr. Kra'.oe and P. Brown left on the first train for Manchester

last nigni ana win return witn tne rt-

maOis S'l'iietime today. The funeral will b- tiebl from th.

family resi ience Snielav afternoon nt 21

o'clock. The P., v. C. J. Sharp will conduct the services anil interment, will lie made at dak Hill cemetery. Of the fact that could he learned Frazee was at work yesterday repairing a boiler an l was found dead about F o'clock. About 4:3o o'clock h" cane' out from the inside of the boiler and 111uuiitd what time it was going back to work. Frazee. was working with an overhead electric light and in some manner he was lect rocuted. When the foreman came along about f. o'clock, he called to Frazee, receiving no answer a few minutes later he found his lifeless body.

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j ui LLLbiiyiij in mm DISEASES f l l 113,1 I C. I'.elman. cashier of th.e First f-v f- M S Rllff ill I 1 3 II i'J A io.al bank of Hammond, and Wil- ft H L M ft MM

! 3 H fi- I 'ij ill 't'n liKf IflOttl I j went to Chicago yf-sierday to tcsti-l IlIlL I W I I 1 I I

ii ra I go e r nm en t

it zgc r.i Id. a former -

T M'ATK ( AI'lTU.. sub-t rtasurv official in Chicago and Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. S.-An now prominently i..m;i!e l with the , Hammond ha. tifty-hve , asos of analy sis of t he vote cast at the election Illinois K.itiip.in-!: t ',,,:,,, ,-v ,,f Ham- '"easies. two of .hpht lu-ria. one of

I last Tti-flnv shows that there was a moivl. I .tna !i p..N and one of ciii kenpox. Dr. !:c.,t shortage fmrn the vote cast at ,,,. t , . .. ' U " W"U' -"; ''' "f i.i,.. ,.i..,i ,..,-, ...,,i . i he.iiih. has no reitt'i ts ot typhoid in

" ' 1 .....w.- I tempting to put me it'.tn the : n;tenti- , . ,, , fa. t has caused some of the politicians arv , fair lu.,n, ul ,..,. ! I"11""' h"-- "- ;'r" ' to wonder whv and how it happened. ' , j cases in the hospital. Tne hospital Praelically complete figure from all , 1 nls l-'i)!",,n v ;" '" '' j cases are ion i from IMmmond. some the counties n the state show the fol- ("OI's" AN ' "ZMeraid. iormer te!l-r t , f patients having been l.rought in lowing vote cast last Tuesdav: Wilson. the Ch,C!l!0 S"1'" ' 1 ''a'; 1 y ' wh,,'t! ,ri"1 from the surrounding cities. Democrats. 2T2.:,00; Taft. Kepublhan. fr the alleged theft of $17.-...O0. which j w hile typhoid Is not classed among

i 11 e I'Oivto e l o , - t o io , ' - . . ,j-e t ri ' . . , . .

... ,.,.ntagiMis diseases, pomes in wnicn

iirt.C .n Feb. . I SO 7. I .-...,,.. ,ta

, d , e loe.iieu n e 10 o 01 . . - -j. before Judire Handis. I , ; ....,.,. r.

I fie (jiiaiailiiues itie fnioiiv .mi.ovo !l l0n'' j tlie hope of prev. tiling tile spread of derai prcsecit- n,as!'f.s. With the number f cases d. "N'i effort. t ow jn )ho ( i(v ,.t,j,p1T-ie nr.ght lederal nttor- ..:l!.jv result if anv laxity in the nuar-

h ( vorv pos- ! . i mi inn

put me behind

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Met fever iiil the vcar around, trie city

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among the first class postoffices, and its postmasters receive their appointments from the president. Speculate On Itolnle. In the speculation for the likely arjpcduteix, the name of John P. Kohde, thpresetit member of the Hanimond boarl of public works is heard most frequently. Another combination that has been figured out. Is that John Sma'.ley instead of entering the mayoralty raca next year to succeed himself, will step

aside for John 1.. Rohde, and that he instead will await the post office appointment. While, tho president usually makes his appointments in accordance with the reccommenda t ions of the congressman, the latter usually, listens to taa promptings of the party leaders. Judaro Lawrence Becker controls the Hammond situation, and he and John P.

jRohde being the closest of friends, it ia jonly reasonable to suppose that he will reccommend John Rohde if the latter

doesn't want the democratic mayoralty nontlnat Ion. "Pie oonter" Hush In On. The patronage; upheavel is under way all over the state and the nation. Thu (ConUnued on page five.)

Conductor Is Held. William Pa Tulipe of Pansing. III.-, former conductor on th.; Gary & Interurban, who was arrested several weks ago on serious charges preferred by a I t-year-old West Hammond girl, is being held under $:'.T.OO bonds by the South Chicago police. His case will be taken before the grand jury.

east last Tuesdav: Wilson, 272.:.0'.i; Taft. Republican, s-veit. Progressive, l.lv.ftSi.

Dels, Socialist, about o,ihmi; chafln. Prohibition, about 2o.00ti; Socialist Labor candidate, about l.iioo. This make. a total of I2.'.4 7 votes east in the state, and it is believed that when the official ficurer. are all received they will not change this total more than a few votes. Four years ago the total vote in Indiana for President was as follows: Republican, 34S.J.&3: Democrat, 33S.2G2: Prohibition. 1S.U45: Populist. 1.1U3: Soialist. 13,476; Socialist Labor, 643; Independent, 514. Total 721.120. Thus it will be seen that the total vote this year in the state was 78,179 short of the vote of four vears ago. Jt is said that about 743. 0ou voters registered in the state this year. Thus, the total vote falls a hundred thousand short of the registration. Various reasons for this falling off

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fy in tho case of the against George W. I

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w prominently e inois Ki(U ip , not: t ltd. 'The go v .o : : men t uptlng to put me

ary by fair means i This statement v.. George W. Pit zg era

tiie Chicago sub for the alleged t he reported mithe federal bulb

will begin Mnii.iav

The money has never bee I am t ho ictim of fDon." said Mr. Fitzgoral has been spared by the ne s to collect evidence sible means, in order to

tho barrs. Miy WltonMM ie Third Drttrrr. "The federal attorneys have subpoenaed 150 witnesses against me," he said. "Most of these are my personal f ru nd.s. "All who are to be witnesses at the trial are begin taken to the federal building and put through what it almost the third degree by the federal attoine.vs. contrary to the constitutional right of a wit ntss to refrain from (Contii-"d on Pa ice 7.) IllJ lOl' A TIJltS BK.tDEIl f

of prev.

With the i, urn the city an .-p suit it' anv laxity

were a Mowed.

While there are more or less of

let fever ail the vcar around, ti

at this j. articular time is entire'.y of this difcase.

THE VOTE ON CONGRESSMAN Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. ft. The vote

ongress in the tenth district is as

WILSON'S DAUGHTER HAS TASTE FOR ART

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follows: John B. Peterson (Pern.)... John O Bowers iProg).... I-I. 1 1. Ci iinipaiiii-i' t 1 1 - p. . . Peterson's plurality, 1,469

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Eleanor Wilson. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson spoke intimately of her girls in an interview recently. "LJeanor," she said, "la our .rtist- "Sho Is now studying at the Academy of Fine Arts In Philadelphia. She has been there for two years, and her instructcrs say she shows Kreat tnltrt. Her work is not at all feminin" in Jouch, It is strong and verlle. and we hope some day that she will be an illustrator. Margaret -r.herlted her father's voice but they say tht Nell'o laUerltixl my talent for painting.'

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