Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 226, Hammond, Lake County, 24 February 1913 — Page 1

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John G. McAfee, Gary Contractor, Meets With Tragic End in Little Calumet Marsh

A young Gary contractor at two O'clock yesterday afternoon met a terrible death while 'duck hunting In the Little Calumet, marshes near the Id Tolleston Gun club. The top of his head was blown oft caused by the accidental discharge- of his shot-sun which went olT as the hunter slipped on the ice. Top of Head mown On. John G. McAfee. 2S years old, a member of the Gary plastering firm of Burge and McAfee, is the name of the victim. In company with Arthur Burge, his partner, McAfee went to the Little Calumet marsh near Twenty-sixth avenue and First street,. for the purpose of setting some blinds to be used in a duck' hunt. . The pair ' wero , returning from the place when McAfee slipped on TO COME

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Henry W. . Lee, editor of the Calumet Kecord. who Is. one of the most enthusiastic officials of the Sanitary District of Chicago says that the whole Calumet region will be intersted In a meeting which will be held at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce this evening. Says the Calumet Record: "Representatives of Hammond, Whitins. East .Chicago' and, Gary will con. fer with Messrs. Thosj' j5ullvan Chaa. Amsony1. Henry Wi Lee.- and 'Langdon Pi-rce-of the Sanltarjr patriot of .phfv - a; saiiultary district in northern Indiana. The pth-pose is to -divert all pollution from Lake Michigan. , 'The Sanitary . District of ., Chicago has reversed the "flow of the Chicago river and is now engaged In diverting all the Calumet sewers from the lake via tlfe Calumet-Sag canal, which is tinder construction. Several of the Indiana towns discharge ' their sewage and factory wastes directly Into the

PEDDLE LIQUOR WITHOUT LICENSE Charged with selling liquor without a license, three Chicago men came to grief at Kast Hrimond yesterday afternoon, when they'were placed under Brrest by Officer Stelow-. They were: Adolph Steiner,523 Park street, Chicago. - " '- .V. Oncar Krause, 2651 Evergren avenue, Chicago. , Sidney Katz. 907 Collins street, Jollet, Illicois. ' ' " .. They furnished bonds for their appearance before City Judge r.arnett and their cases set were for .Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. It Is understood that the three men are employed as agents for I. Katz of Jollet, 111., and last week had secured a large number of orders from the residents at East Hammond. Yester day 42 gallons of liquor was being dis tributed among the foreigners and unable to show a license. Officer Stelow placed the men under arrest.. Some of WOULD YOU KEEP UP THEN HAVE YOUR Miss Mag-ale Teyto gettlar

Tho photograph shows Mr. Antoino PoIIak.' ' tho foreign inventor. giT- ' Ing- his new invention of photographing the human! voice.. Miss Maggie Teyte, the well-konwn opera singer, took part in the experiment, which waa held at tho yanderbilt Hotel, Ne York. - ...

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the ice. t A "Miihob And Odfellovv. There was a loud report and McAfe dropped to the ice. Burge turned around and saw that his companion had the top of his head blown off. Thinking:, that there was some chance of life he ran for assistance but when other men got to the scene It was apparent that death had ensued Instantly. The remains were taken to Williams morgue in TolUston. McAfee lived at the Sidney hotel. Sixth avenue and Massachusetts street. He was a member of the Masonic and Oddfellow lodges and members of those organizations will have the luneral in charge. The dead man came from Stanton, Pa., where his people reside. The young man was engaged to be married in March.

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lake and others into the Calumet riv ers. By. co-operation between the tates it is hoped to Insure the com plete purification of Lake Michigan. "Last week Messrs. Anthony. Lee and Pearce-held a conference with Gov Ralston, who promised his good offices iin the- matter. Monday's meeting will doubtless be productive of Important developments. , ; Will Finish Canal. Jt Trustees-""?. the Sanitary. District have decided to complete the-, CalumetSag channel regardless of the War Depafnient" decision against. a, .nljjpreaaT efi alow, of watar Tor drainage purposes. "The board voted an appropriation of iSS.tXJoto continue construction. ' "Dtiring- an executive session .'of the board Edmund P.' Adcock, attorney for the board, outlined the district's case in the suit brought by the government jin 1807, enjoining the district from obtaining a 4,000 cubic feet per second flow of water through the Calumet (channel.-' The case will be heard by Judge Landls on April 15." the liquor that was sold Is Maid to be of a very poor grade and was not labeled on the bottles.G. A. R. "Movie" Benefit. Tne Pastime theatre, on State streee, opposite the store of E. C. Minas, will give -benefit performances for the G. A. R. afternoon and evenings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The show will have patriotic subjects such as battle scenes and Sherman's ride. The idea is to provide money with which the Decoration day "expenses may be defrayed. Hill Buys Stock. W. A. Hill is now the largest Individual stockholder in the United fBoiler Heating and Foundry company of Hammond and as such he wil be engaged 'at the plant on Wilcox street as assistant to President - William McEwen. 1 ! " Mr. Hill bought out the interests of C. H. Cass and Walter Williams. WITH THE TIMES? VOICE PHOTOG U APHED her voice photoaraphed.

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OHIO HELPS SOLVE PROBLEM OF HOW TO CARE FOR CONVICTS; -PRISONERS BUILD A MODEL HIGHWAY; STATE MAY MAKE ROADS

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; A solution of the problem of how to give convicts a square deal seems to be at hand In Ohio. Recently twenty-five prisoners, unshackled antl under the control of a single unarmed guard, built a model brick highway near Columbus, the state capital. They did their work so well, and seemed to. be so contented while doing it. that State Highway Commissioner James R. Marker now favors working all state convicts except the more dangerous ones, on the roads. , Governor Cox has recommended to the legislature Important changes in prison administration. A bill is now before the legislature vhlch if passed would result in a large majority of the convicts being employed on the public roads. '-. ....... : .. '

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GET RELIEF Heart Failure Overcomes Richard Ehrhardt of Indiana Harbor on Stairway to Hammond Physician's Office; funeral Wednesday. The many friends of Mr. Richard Ehrhardt proprietor of tho Indiana Harbor Plumbing Company will be greatly shocked to hear of tils sudden death in Hammond yesterday morning at ten o'clock. Mr. Ehrhardt was found in a dying condition lying face downward on the stairway leading to Doctor Keller's office In the building at 169 State street. An ambulance was called and he was taken' ,to St. Margaret's hospital, but he was found to be dead when the hospital was reacned. Tho remains were then taken to Emmerling's undertaking rooms and the inquest will be held today. The diseased was , being , treated by Doctor Keller for heart trouble and it Is presumed he was on his way to the doctor's office ! for treatment when he was suddenly stricken. Tho, funeral will 'take place jat 1:30 Wednesday afternoon from the family residence 3235 Fifth avenue, Chicago and-the interment will be at Waldheim. , , Mr. Ehrhardt would have been , 51 years old had he lived till next, Saturday. He had been prominent in business circles in Indiana Harbor for the 'past nine years, having been engaged j In the plumbing business here during i that period. He was a member of the (Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor j and East Chicago and also the Royal League. A widow and four children, ' Mable, Julia, Ada and Richard are left to mourn him. GETS COPY OF BILL. A copy of the Carlin bill, giving federal jurisdiction over larceny of interstate shipments was received by Chief of Police Austgen this morning. The bill was signed by President Taft on Feb. 13.i The-blil covers the offense of car thieves, breaking seals, ' entering cars with the intent of stealing, or plundering freight - houses, boats or wharves. The offender , is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 or Imprisonment of not more than ten years. The offender can now.be held on a state and federal charge. ' ' Martin Schmidt Dead. ; Word was received Ut Hammond from pemott. Ark., this morning bearing the sad news of the death of Martin Schmidt, a former resident of this city. His death occurred last Wednesday following an illness of several dayB. Mr. Schmidt waa a' resident of Hammond for a number of years, where he was engaged as a barber. He was well, known and his many friends were shocked to learn the news of his death. YOl'K OW.1 BARBER! A Mark Croaa .Safety Rnior FREE. To get one Quickest aave VVIOS 1 SCOUT tickets. McHle S, TOb Co. A

HERE IS THE TALE OF A TRAMP ROOSTER

Tats Is the tale of a tramp rooster that deserted his old some lm Oyer and became a "hobo. - From what cast be leaned the rooirter used to are down t the K., J. fc E. tracks la Dyer to pick op the attray a-ralna of cora that dropped from box ears that oace .held umln. . . Oae day the rooater saw a. alee pile .of eora' la' aa mpty box ear ao he Jumped jato the ar aa4 !yrke ha ftalahed Jkim .saet the trocar oo'lng sad didn't atop ontll It came, to Gary...-; , .y :,Vf.'.:T'- ':': The next day tho ear headed Jollet way and . as- It passed ' through Dyer Mr. Rooster hopped off, aoae the worse for his trip. However, he now had the vrandeMast Is him aad the very next day the fowl was down at the railroad yards. ' A trala passed, the rooster flipped It aad arrived la the Kirk yards at Gary. Even wince then the "hobo" has made his home la the Kirk aad steel mill yards, frettlasr enonah grub ant of the empty grain cars aad sleeplag nights In a. box car. The trainmen have come to know the tramp rooster and do ' not ' molest him. When grain Is scarce-tho wily bird "panhandle a meal from the trainmen's lunch baskets. Accordion- to a switchman, who has a reputation for veracity, the tramp rooster frequently makes trips to Jollet and Sooth Chicago, : as he has come to recoa-nlse the . men who make the various run a. The kirk yard em ploycs have 'become attached to the bird aad their only fear la that he will get laJnreoV some of these days while ufllpplBKn moving cars. ENGLISH SUFFRAGET IN U. S. PEACEFUL 4 F , ' ' ah Mrs. Pallia Saowdea. Mrs. Philip Snowden, one of the most prominent of the English suffragists. Is now in America. In a recent address before the Ohio legislature she declared that ahe was opposed to the militant tactics of the Pankhursts and . their - following In England. "The campaign for stiff rage is a campaign for the divine right of personality." she said. - "All legislation on modern conditions affecta women. Women who do ; not1 want to vote are those "who . do not know the. aor-

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TOGETHER TO BOOST i ...... Calumet Ave. Improvements ' Discussed at Big Association Meeting. The question of urging thebuildlng of twetury Taullditigs' ou CaTumot ave.;-4q Hammond, and the discouraging of the buildihg 'of any. less than that helghth was the principle topic of discussion at the meeting of the East Ride Improvement association, in Hammond, last Saturday night. Thb Times story In which the fact was made public that there are to be seven new buildings on Calumet avenue one, only one of which Is to be less than two stories and two of which are to be three stories high aroused a great deal of interest on the part of property owners In that section of the city. . . This is more building than has been announced, on any, business street in the city of Hammond in its entire his tory. The people of this street realize also that there is a chance tp make Calumet avenue the principal business street of the city if an imposing lot of structures are built on It now. A committee, composed of Henry P. Downey,'William J. Whinery, John C Becker, J. Floyd Irish. E. Ullrich, Nick Lynch,'' Bill Lynch, Edward Aubrey, Fred Granger and President Dlnwiddie of the association. Is to meet with Leo Wolf of the firm of Kaufman & Wolf tonight and urge him. to .build two stories high at the corner of" Sibley street and Calumet avenue, 'where he recently bought several lots, and is now making the excavations .or a building.' The association ' took up the question of the slag and stone trusts, but took no action on the matter because the. membership was misinformed on the matter of the. cost of stone. Nobody there ktiew that the price of stone had been advanced from "0 and 82 "cents a yard to $1.10, the present price of slag. . TO JET The board of directors of tha Hammond;Chamber of Commerce will meet In the club rooms tonight for the purpose of taking .care of -the regular business 'of the organization, i A number, of important matters will come up for consideration, and it Is expected that there will be a full membership of the board. An election of officers will be held In the near fiiture and it Is expected that preparations will be -made for this. j It is possible that the matter of the exactions of the slag and. stone trusts will be taken up for consideration. That has become the principal subject of conversation of late, and everybody is convinced that something should be done to remedy conditions. The coffee with the real flavor is made , with - Electric Percolators -Nor. Ind. Gas & Elec Co. . '

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(Special to Tub Timss.) , , . - . Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 24. The people of the county seat here are jubilant over the. passage by" the legislature and "signing by the governor of the bill separating the. Lake and Porter circuit courts and making Lake circuit court continuous. j . - -. . 'Judge William C. JMahan will sit in Crovn Point all the time and Lake county is given a half a courtVniore than it had. The county now. has three continuous 'superior courts and one continuous circuit court. - VThe governor signed the bill this morning and ythat makes it a law. He will now have to appoint. a judge for the Porter circuit court, but no 'appointment is announced as vet. 4 '-

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Chief Austgen Shows Up Chicago Detective Who Talks of "Fence"

Hammond is being given a black eye by Charles T. Hass of the Haas Detective agency of Chicago, who Is eetting considerable space in the Chicago papers with his. story 'to the effect that one of the most notorious automobile "fences" In the country Is located here. , - . The tatter is to be taken up at the meeting of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce by Roscoe E. Woods of the publicity committee with the idea of discrediting the story in Chicago.' 4 Hass claims to represent several automobile Insurance agencies 'and it is believed here that he is making a play for the favor of other of these compaThe jntrttthfulness of Hass; story was called to the attention of ,.Thi Times by Chief of Police Austgen of Hammond. Austgen knows Hass and has the goods on him. ... "There is no automobile 'fence' in Hammond," said Austgen, "and it is an JURORS DENY BEING A LOT OF HORSE THIEVES There was considerable amusement in the trial in tho Superior Court in Hammond this morning of Thomas Torrey, charged with horse stealing, when Attorney H. E. Granger, representing the defendant, asked five or six of the juryment If they were members of the "Horse Thiers Association." The Jurors replied with considerable emphasis that they were not and finally Judge Johannes Kopelke said: "Mr. Granger you mean to, say, 'are you a member of the Anti-Horse Thief Association.' " The court attaches, judge and Jury had a good laugh at Granger's expense, j The case went to the Jury this afterI noon. The jury this afternoon returned a verdict In which Thomas Torrey was ' found guilty. The judge has not yet j passed sentence on the defendant, but j Is expected to do so some time today. The Volks theater troupe of Chicago, which is to give the German comedy, "Unter Zwei Wappen" at the Hammond theater this' evening, arrived -In town this afternoon ready for the performance. With nice weather and no counterattraotions to contend with, the management expects to see "a large audience avail itself of the opportunity of seeing -the well-known German artists. It will be an opportunity for the Germans of Hammond to prove that they appreciate an Effort which is made for their benefit, aid a good attendance tonight will insure future performances. The company is one of the strongest in the country, while the play is one having many laughs, and some excellent Character delineations. Germans will have an opportunity of seeing the finny side in their national make-up, Which they appreciate the .more they are Americanized. OFFIC1AL1 ITXIOIV SCOUT SCRAP with the onion label stands for snperlorlty. All dealers saddling- It. Save you tickets.

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a bad "name by this' cheap' detective agent. He knows he tells an untruth when he says that one .of .the most notorious 'fences' in the country Is la Hammond.' ' , - "I defy him to prove it and there are fewer stolen machines brought to Hammond thany to any of he cities in tho suburbs of Chicago. Several years ago a stolen machlnewas brought out hero and sold to Martin Llnx. . t : "F proved beyond iho " question of a doubt that the man-who" sold It to Una had been In Hammond for three days and haa offered it to a' number of 6th era before Lin finally bought it-' ' "TTMinMr''non(r- ; - v. 'tt7 machine - this Wian Hass Came" out to Hammond and cfaimed It.. He charged the.n that 'Llnj was a' 'fence', but this was, proven, to be an absolute, untruth. . "While he was in my office in this connection Mrs. Hill the mother .of Christ Hill who has been sent to the penitentiary pleaded with me to see what I could do towards getting her son out of prison. . "Hass got hold of her later and told her. that he could get Hill out. Ho induced her to pay him $64 of her hard earned dollars on the representation that he could work things, to get her son out. .. , " "One day she came to me and asked what I had done towards getting her son put.- -1 then learned that Hass had told her that Joseph' Conroy, Abe Ottenhelmer and I had all three promisnd to help get her son out of prison and there she- had been giving ner hard earned wash money. "Conroy and Ottenheime-r denied thla story to ra. I advised Mrs. Hill that she was being defrauded by Hass. - She refused to pay him any more money. This is the kind of a man that Is giving: Hammond,, black eye and upon whom the Chicago papers . are placing their reliance for truthful facts regarding? these automobile fences." . , . NEWSPAPERMAN FOR SENATE SECRETARY; 1. V-.' . 7. Robert M. Gates. Robert M. Gates, a Washington newspaperman, is generally looked upon as the probable winner in the race for the position of secretary to the U. S. senate. "Colonel" Bob, as he i called by hie frierria. has represented southern newspapers in Washington for the past ten years, and knows more southern politicians than any other nttfn. He is a commanding figure about the capitoi, and with bis six feet four Inches of height, topped off by his iron gray hair, la frequently mistaken by visitors for senator. .

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