Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 227, Hammond, Lake County, 25 February 1913 — Page 1

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WEED OF SANITARY

DISTRICT DISCUSSED

Hammond Chamber of Commerce Scene of Gathering in Interests of Pure Water; Calumet Region Cities Are All Represented; "Let All Unite" Is the Message From Chicago Engineers and Trustees; Judge Becker Voices Objections.

That the cities along: the shores of Lake Michigan in Indiana should create a sanitary district similar to that in Illinois so that a single system of sewage disposal could be adopted and the water supply of all of the communities could be protected from the sewage of any one of them, was the message that the engineers and trustees of the sanitary district of . Chicago brought to the representatives of the cities of Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago and Gary at the meeting- in the rooms of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce last night. Judge Lawrence Becker voiced the possible opposition to such a program when he pointed out that the cities of the region are already engaged In the problem of the purification of sewage and that they could j-solve the problem or keeping the water supply pure lndi it RAIL ACCIDENT ViCTIM, WHEELER Sons of J. Smelter, Killed on Nickel Plate, Claim the Body.. It was learned last night that John Smelter, 60 years old, the farmer who was killed at the Nickle Plate crossing :ln South Gary, 'was a ' resident .of i

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Finect undertaking pa-fX&rs,' Seventh avenue and, Washington street, -and took ..the remains back to ' Wheeler. : Smelter had been on a visit to & son who lives In Glen Park. He was ready to board the train for Wheler when the accident occurred. His wife died several years ago. Three other sons, one of whom is Robert Smelter, Third street and Thirteenth avenue. Tolleston, survive.. The other two boys are at Wheeler. MUDDLES PLAINTIFF; CASE IS DISMISSED

Augustus Lysiak; arrested on a j Schroeter member of the board of charge of forgery, was dismissed with- I Public works; Clarence Jewett, superout a" trial on the motion of Assistant i mtendent of the water department; J.

Prosecuting? Attorney Ralph Ross' when the prosecuting witness 'against I him positively identified Carl Ames as ' the forger The case was to have been tried this j atlernoon before Judge Johannes Koreike. The defendant was represent-I i-d by Attorney H K Granger Granger ! got the prosecuting witness to Identify j it when the 1 rfii flofor, ti,. ! stand he could not be identified. This brought the case to a sudden close. The case came from Walter Riley's court, in East Chicago. The prosecuting witness was Joseph Aukselewlcz. WILL MAKE HIKERS FORGET THEIR WOES Hlsa Laey Barns. Playing ths stirring strains of martial and religious music, a woman's band supported by several hundred Washington suffragists will greet General Rosalie Jones' triumphant pllgrrlm when they arrive near Washington. March L- and escort them Into the capital city. The pilgrim will be welcomed like conquering heroes as they march to final victory. Plans laid by Miss Lucy Burns, of Brooklyn, second in command of the . suffrage procession committee, include a royal welcome for Qeneral Jones' hikers. - Miss Burns says that everything will be done to make the tired pilgrims forget their long days Sit hardship. -.-

vidually as satisfactorily as they could by collective action. He was only partly successful in making his views take hold on those assembled at the meeting. His opinions were valuable, however, in presenting that phase of the situation. Those Present. There was present at the meeting Attorney Anthony, the legal representative of the board; Henry W. Lee, one of the district engineers and also editor of the Calumet Record; Engineer Sullivan, and other of the trustees and engineers of the sanitary district of Chicago. Among the representatives of the Indiana municipalities were Mayor A. G. Schlieker of Cast Chicago; Mayor Beaumpnt Parks of Whiting, Mayor John D. Smalley of Hammond, Dr. Wil-

fCo&tinued on Pas 5.) Against , Interurban on Charge of Discriminating in Rates in Favor of Illinois Patrons. Test cases on the charge of alleged discrimination against Hammond patrons of the South Shore line are impending as the result of an episode in which ' four city officials figured this morning. The officials Involved are " Jacob r- liumman, street commissioner, ana Frank O'Rourke, city sealer. Their complaint' against the South Shore line wit" runuucior on a car inia morninS. after having accepted their Hammond-Hgewisch tickets, refused to ccept their tickets which they had bouBht at Hegewlsch and which were 10 carry lnem to I,mln. unless they wo,,la eacn Pav an additional nickel, They refii.-,';.! to do so and the conduc1 'r and ti,e ,ra,n detective, William nuter, ordered them to get off the1 train which thpv lid. th tr.in ha.iJ been brough. lo a stop In a marsh two m'ies west of-Hegewlsch.' They talked back to Hegevisch, and returned from there via the South Shore line. Result of Complaint. The test of the South Shore's rulings were made today after a number of complaints had been Trade to the board of public works by Schroeter In particular to the effect that the South Shsr -.line-was iscrlrninating against Hammond patrons as against Illinois passengers on the lare rates to Pullman. (Continued on page five.) TIM ENGLEHART BACKJRCffl TRIP Says Prices on Canadian Acreage Near Proposed Plant Are Exorbitant. After an absence of one week Alder man Tim Englehart, the Ridge road real estate magnate has returned to Gary. His visit out of town took him to Canada and to the blue grass region of Kentucky. Mr.- Englehart Went to Sandwich, or Pontlac. as it will be called, where the steel corporation is to build its Canadian plant. f "I didn't buy any more property at Sandwich," said he: "No one can toll yet where , the main gate of the steel works is to be. "Why those Canadian natives are crazy about their prices. They want higher prices than Gary acreage lands command. .'I was also In Kentucky where our company shot aonther oil w"

ILL TRY COURTS ON SO. SHORE

LAWYERS KOONTZ

James O. Koontz of Lumbago Plaster Fame, Chief Figure in $10,000 Damage Suit Is Called a " Thoroughbred Shyster." (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb.. 25. The third day of the ten thousand dollar damage suit brought by James O. Koontz the so-called Hammond lawyer and lumbago plaster representative against the Lake County Printing ami Publishing Co. ,in the Lake Circuit Court here wi3 replete with sensational testimony and productive of enough legal pyrotechnics to bring the I.lalntifT and one of the witnesses on the -verge of bc-ng; fined for contempt of court. Kaont nas warned several times by Judge McMahan to be more careful of the nature of the insulting questions he was asking witnesses only to- be at last warned again that If he offended once more he would be fined for contempt of court. At another ! stage of the proceedings, Lawyer Price formerly of East Chicago who Is assisting the plaintiff was ordered to take his seat by the court. Attorney E. G. Sproat of Hammond when asked an offensive question by Koontz called the latter a liar and was taken to task for It by Judge McMahan. Koontz appeared on the stand on redirect at the opening of court and Price sought to bring out that Koontz had been so shamed by the article telling of the plaintiff's arrest and conviction for insulting a woman that he quit going to church as he said was his custom. Attorney C'rumpacker trie I to get at the makeup of Koontr's $3,000 library but met with poor success. The plaintiff's memsry was exceedingly weak. He could remember the titles of only a few of his book and what they Took Wages Part In Legs! Advice. He had said on direct that he was paying a, stenographer ten dollars a week, but admitted on ' re-cross that the stenographer wanted a divorce and was to take out a part of her salary in legal advice. He could not name any Hammond business man who had employed him as a lawyer except one. When asked by Attorney Crumpacker if he had given his $3,000 library in to the assessor last year Koontz said that he bad not, but that he had paid taxes to either the "county clerk or Johnson the county recorder or Bomebody anyway I don't remember." Koontz' s only witnesses were Messrs. Prevo and Hubbard. Th former said he had paid Koontz $25 for defending a relative in what Koontz called a "bastardly" case and Mr. Hubbard testified that he was a Juror In one of (Koontz cases for which Koontz said he i cvui v,vvv io.ou s.jl ucicuuui. The plaintiff! rested and County j Clerk Shortridge was the first witness j f or the defense. He said that he knew OTi,y ot two cases that Koontz had la luc v,u., t lJlem a. caso j " lu" wmcn at. I M- Bruce was appointed to succeed Koontz"r r vn sna. Attorney W. F. Hodges testified that the Tudor trial, for which Koontz (Continued On Page 8.) CROWN POINT CITY COUNCIL MEETS (Special to Tub Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 25. The city council met last evening to hear the remonstrance against the opening of West street, only two parties presenting their objections and formal demand for damages anent the proposed opening of the thoroughfare. The declaratory resolution for the opening of the street was thereby confirmed and the council will now assess the benefits and damages. The resignation of John Rietman, councilman from the second ward, was handed in and acj cepted with regret, the, council fixing j next Friday night in special session for the purpose of appointing a new ! member to fill the vacancy. 1 The contract and bond of Houk Bros, .for the new well at the water works plant was approved and accepted and the work on same ordered commenced at once. Trost Is Improved. After a second illness within the past month, Jimmy Trost, 327 Indiana aV -nue was able to be up and ar' .id this morning, and with his rajr. Improvement, Jimmy expects to e on duty again ,at the Hammond central police station in a short time. Mr. Trost has been suffering from a severe case of rheumatism. Bills Are Allowed. The police commissioners held their regular meeting at the city hall last evening, and with the exception of allowing a few bills, no business of importance was transacted. The police are now preparing for the Installation of the new signal system and expect to come to a decision in a short time, as to what system will be installed. :

DAISY NORRTS. INDIAN GIRL, CHARMS VISITORS AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

ruitort at Glacier national Park are charmed by the grace and beauty of Daisy Xorria, a member of, the Pcigan tribe of Indiana. . Dreaaed in picturtaque Indian garb, thia dainty lass presents a must fetching appearance, and is admired by pale-' facts and redskint alike. Alias Morris act-' ed as maid ' of honor , in a very , strange wedding ceremony in. Glacier Park last aummer. While Hobert Ueinl, Washington correspondent of Leslie's Weekly, and his bride of a few days, formerly Miss Helen . Cor bin of Indiana, were honeymooning in the park they were honored with the request, to which they assented, to become members of the tribe. The initiatory ceremonies included a re-marriage. Hiss N orris was called to assist and acted her part as maid of honor most beautifully. is? 1 BREI1 PROPERTY n n Gary Politician-Realty Dealer Disposes of Other Valuable Holdings Before Leaving for Extended Stay in the South. John A. Brennan, who a short time ago, sold the Brennan block at Sixth avenue and Broadway for $75,000, yesterday afternoon disposed of two more parcels of property in Gary . for which he got the sums of $15,600 and $35,000 cash respectively. Gosfcea Hifw m Bayer. The Brennan residence at Seventh avenue and Jackson street, opposite Jefferson park, was sold to W. A. Cain for $15,600. I The two-story business block 'at the northwest corner of Sixth avenue and Washington street, brought $35,000. It was sold by W. P. Patterson, the realty broker, to Mayor Samuel Spahn of Goshen, Ind. This building has 60 feet frontage In Washington street and covers' 65 feet In Sixth avenue, the depth of the lot's (Continued on Page t.) LATE ADDITION TO CONGliEfcSi) ION All SEE Mra. WtlUant P. Jaeksm. . Sirs. William P. Jackson, wife of the new senator from Maryland, is one of the latest additions, to congressional society in Washington. The Jacksons have taken a house in the national capital on fashionable Massachusetts avenue for the term of office of the senator,, which expires on March 3, 1913. .

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Dulttw Hvsxtm, WOLF HUNTERS COME BACK WITHOUT GAME Find Traces I of the Brutes, But Nothing More v ; ; Tangible . John Nimets of Black Oak and his party, consisting of Henry Ewen and Frank Buie of Black Oak and William Grugel of Lansing, I1L, returned from their wolf hunt last night without bringing home any game, however. They got track of five wolves east of Dune Park .but were unable to trail any of them to its lair. They might have had better luck had they not put in much - of their time searching for one of their party, Grugel, who became separated from them early in the day. Grugel has the reputation of being a veteran wolf hunter, and Nimets said this morning , that he believed , that Grugel had absented himself from the other three purposely to see how scared they would be of the wolves. Just about the time they were ready to start home Grugel. apparently accidentally ran Into the searching party. He told - the three that . he had been "lost". from them.. The natives near Dune Park assured the hunters that there were wolves in the forests, as they had often heard them howl In the nights, and tracks were found of them in the snow yesterday. Nimeta and his party made the trip in an automobile, and he says that he will go back again after another good snow fall. He says there are no rabbits to be seen in this territory, and he believes that they have been eaten by the wolves. In one place, however, they came across a fine squirrel colony. JOIIII ECKLURD SLAYS A WOLF John Ecklund of Dune Park,, an employe of the Krug Sand company, yesterday shot a timber wolf which had taken refuge in a hystack near Dock Siding. Employes of the sand pits met the Black Oak hunters headed by John Nimets. The Black Oak hunters also trailed wolves in the Black Oak vicinity. - BOYS GOTJ0FF LIGHT. Freight Car Looters Leniently Dealt With. Three Hammond boys, employed at ; the -Erie yards, came near getting themselves In serious trouble yesterday morning when they were arrested by a number of special agents for entering a freight car and stealing a number of hats and shirts. They were John M-gomery, Alex Benson and Herman Walters. . They at first denied the charges, but after being taken before Chief Austgen of Hammond, they confessed their guilt. Not wishing to punish them too severely, as this was their first offense, the lads were taken before Judge Prest, where charges Of melicious trespass were preferred. Each entered a plea of guilty and received a nominal fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $11.60. An Electric Sign captures transient trade. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.

CONFESSES

East Chicago Police Receive Statement from Pittsburg Man Who Believes His End Is Near, Which Unravels Mystery Surrounding Disappearance of Vincent Kozlowska; His Grave Under Shed Adjoining Saloon in Which He Was Killed.

" Somewhere in the vicinity of One Hundred, and Fiftieth street and Northcote avenue, -East Chicago, lies the grave of a man murdered eight years ago. It is believed that the grave stands underneath a shed built since the crime, and the spot, since the suspicion of its grim mystery leaked out, is the object of much curiosity. , A man in Pittsburg, who believpd himself to be on his death bed, is said to having confessed to the crime, and since then the police have made sev

BILL IS BLOW TO LAKE

COUNTS GRETNA GREEK

The future of Crown Point as La Ice County's Gretna Green, Where eloping j couples can have a knot tied In fifteen' minutes is endangered by a bill which i passed the Indiana senate yesterday by! a vote of 36 to 5. Senator Gavit of Whiting, was one of the five solons opposed. The, bill introduced by Senator Neal makes it unlawful for any county clerk to Jssue . a marriage license to any applicant Unless' the. applicant j ha, ten day; previously to the issuance of the ncenierv the 'enerk s. 'certifi cate showing both parties to the, pro posed marriage to be Ires from' communicable diseases. The Wil provides a penalty for any clerk who issues, a license: to any person without having received and filed the certificate. . Senator Curtis endeavored to amend the bill to strike out the second section, which contains the ten-day provision, but the Senate killed the amendment. Senator Traylor afterward offered a similar motion, put in REV.VJiLUAm TO PREACH TONIGHT The. public is . cordially invited to attend the third of the course of lenten sermons to be delivered in St. Paul's Episcopal church this evening at 7:30. The preacher Is to be' the Rev. W. B. Williamson, rector of the St. Andrew's church, Valparaiso. These Tuesday evening sermons by invited preachers are proving to be very popular and have brought out large congregations each week. Mr. Williamson is one of the newer priests of this (Episcopal) diocese, and has not been heard In Hammond before. He Is said to have impressed very favorably all who have heard him, and will undoubtedly be greeted by' a large congregation of the members and friends of St. Paul's parish, SMUGGLED CHINESE TO BE'DEPORTED Gong Park and Ng. Ngeoreg, two Chinamen who were captured by the Hammond police in a box car at the Gibson yards last Thursday morning after being smuggled into this country across the Canadian border line, were taken to Chicago yesterday in charge of federal officers. From Chicago the two captives will be taken to New York, where, on March 3. they will be deported with a ship load of .other Chinamen back to their native land. Although federal officers are making a wide search for the smugglers, few clues of importance have been learned. There was no reward for thfe capture of the Chinamen. RE-LIVE SHERIDAN'S THRILLING RIDE Hammond Veterans Have Treat Before Them. Sheridan's ' ride, a special twd reel feature, will be run at the Pastime theatre, on State street, this evening. It was upon the request of a number of old veterans that Manager Burge will secured this noted picture and a large number of the "boys in blue" will be seen in the audience this evening The film Is said to be very clear, as it cost an enormous sum to reproduce the scenes. -. . . - OFFICIAL! " UJfIO!V SCOUT SCRAP wttk the alea label steads for superiority. All dealers haadHag It. Save year tickets.

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eral arrests of parties tvhq - are thought to have been, accesorles to the fact of the killing, or witnesses. Two of 'the men" arrested are out on bail, while another is tfeing held In the East Chicago-city jail in default of a bondsman. . , , v STORY IS WITHHELD. ' The story was known 'to The Times several days ago, but the authorities feared that its-publication' might' interfere with the ends of justice as' the arrests had not been made, and in deference to their wishes it was ' withheld. '.'.-.. - Eight years ago, one warm summer evening. Vincent Kozlowska left his ' (Continued un Page .) a different' 'way. ' but 'his motion, too.

was voted flown. ' " Time Would Seen L.osg. It ean be readily, seen, t.hatc. the provision Requiring the filing of a certificate . of good, health.. . ej days before the issuance of ' the : marriage . license, will put; .a. damper 00. many-a-couple,-as there Is always the danger of publicity: . .furthermore the wait; of tea days, a situation that -can jsot be toler-. , ated by twp.so madly in love, that they -must. 1ob. thfceVai.4hsfyru hm m a drawback, ; ' " 'T'f :. , ' i ' Watching, the. marriage mill rlnd. Is) one of the pleasant -pastimes for many Crown Pointers. . Some ' of the - old colonels and majors, and other retired veterans. at. the. county, seat put in tiie greater part of the summer time watching the. flitting couples and really get a good vacation out of the show. . Similar Un la Michlgaa. Crown Point's proximity to Chicago

(Continued on page a.) Ethel Ripley's Funeral. Funeral services of Miss Ethel Ripley, 230 Hohraan street, Hammond; will be held from the family residence Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev, M. J. Cameron of the. Congregational church win officiate and, Interment, will be at Oak Hill cemetery in the family lot. LOTS OF PROPOSALS FOR MOVIE ACTRESS Miss Dol res CasslaelU. How would you like to be proposed to eight times in one week? This Is what really happened to the fair nnd clever Dolores Cassinelli. who is a moving picture heroine. Hiss Cassinelli received a letter of proposal from a German baron the other day. H said he was so smitten with her thst he would leave on the first steamer after the arrival of the let ter requesting him to come. Among the sevarai proposals was one from a plumber. He promised Miss Cassinelll if she should accept him. he would quit hitting the pipe and also stop sleeping under the bath-tub, making sixty cents an hour. Miss Cassinelll emphatically says "that she win have no plumbers or barons There la a reason

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