Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 6, Hammond, Lake County, 8 March 1913 — Page 1

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vol. ni.,NO.e. MARCH 8,' 1913. EIGHT, PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION.

YEAR OLD GIRL'S TALE Shockingly Sordid Story , of Child Told in Hammond Police Court This Morning in Which She Makes Many Serious Charges. A tale of crime against nature and humanity was unfolded ' this morning -j In the office of Chief of Police Austgen of Hammond by 16 year old Mrs. Ruth Rachtol Dankert which has never been

surpassed in the experience of ths po-: lice chief. Warrants Are Issued. As a result of the girl's story warrants were Issued for the arrest of a Mrs. Sally Roberts on the charge of conducting as aslgnatlon house at 18 Plummer avenue In the rear of the Settlement House. A warrant was also Issued for the arrest of William Dankert. 27 years old, husband of tas girl wife, on the charge of wife desertion. Other arrests are likely to follow, as Chief Austgen. and Judge Rarnett are determined to bri'tig ali who are in any way connected wi th the downfall of the girl. to Justice. Her Terrible Condition. Ruth is in the women's department svt the police station, in the hands of s physician. Her body Is racked with pain on account of the diseases that she contracted 'and this morning she learned, from the physician that in due time she would become a mother. She seemed little surprised, but words, of anguish escaped her Hps just the same. Tells Story To Witnesses. In telling her story to. the chief, in ' the presence of newspaper men and

Judge Baraett. the girl dropped bits of . -oson which showed a rips experl-

! S hardest Jie in tirs ww", " tlon. - with,- no . taiat ot braxenaea -of i boast to it Among other things shs salAl . - ' -1. That It is easy -to get' money out of a married -man, because you can scare them into giving, up. . J. That it is easier to get "accomo- ' datlons" in East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Gary than it is in Hammond. Accuses Policeman. . ' S. That an East Chicago policeman in plainclothes but wearing his star .had bought herdrinks and made a date with her which she did not keep. 4. That she is sick and tired of it all

and does not care whether she - lives or dies; that If she finds somebody ; who will be good to her, she will try her best to lead a new life.. Knows Eight And -Wrong. Ruth la a creature of circumstance . and environment. She has been neg lected, left to shift for herself. With nil this she has today-a clearer conception of what 4s right and wrong than many 'of the older men' and women who ruined her. , Ruth 1b one of five children. Her , father whose name is Bechotle left his wife and is said to live with, a Mrs. Barnes. Their home according to Ruth (Continued on page five.) NICE FAT JOB FOR TAFT'S SECRETARY r Charles D. Hilles. One of the Republican Job-holders at Washington who didn't mind the change on March 4 from public to private life was Charles Dewey Hilles, secretary to former President TaftThe day after inauguration Mr. Hilles became a partner of Edmund Dwight. resident manager at New York of the Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, limited, of London.' As-secretary to the - president he received J7.500 a year. , In his new position be ww get about $20,000 per annum.

MONON AGENT

GOES TO BEDFORD ; yia .v v.-.-, nfF JSK(. . Lake county patrons of the Monon railroad at Hammond were looking in vain this week for the pleasant face of Agent O. B. Peterson In the ticket office. Upon Inquiry they learned that Mr. Peterson an-i Charles H. Adamson, formerly of Bedford, Ind., had exchanged places as agents. The change went Into effect this week, although the families of the. two railroad men are still In Hammond and Bedford respectively Mr. Adamson and his family will occupy the Peterson flat on Doty street as soon as it is vacated. Mr. Adamson comes to Hammond with a record for hard work. He has been with the Monon but two years, having, formerly been with the C. A E. I. and the Southern Indiana. He is a comparative stranger in these parts, but he likes Hammond and his pleasing personality will make him and his company many friends. Mr. Peterson's uniform kindness and courteous treatment-of the public endeared him to the Hammond patrons of the road. His many friends wish him success in - his new position, but inasmuch, as the -work In the two offices is about equally heavy, he will very likely, .have no easier work. Mr. Peterson halls from the central part of the state, and .therefore asked for .the chancre of locations. ; , . fjRS. J. A. r.iEADE Sickness Since Thursday . Proves Fatal to Ham- , mond Lady. Mrs. Jerome A. Meade, 295 Truman avenue who was found in an unconscious condition in her. home last Tuesday afternoon by her husband and Mrs. J. M. ' Turner, dtfed this noon at the family residence. Her death Is attributed to paralysis of the brain. The funeral services will be held at the family residence, 295 Truman avenue, at 10:30 X m. Monday. The Rev. C. A. Smith of the St. Paul's Epis copal church will officiate and inter ment will be' made at Oak Hill ceme tery. -. Mrs. Meade. has been in ill health for more than a year ' and" three weeks ago was discharged from St.' Margaret's hospital with her health greatly improved. She remarked to her many friends that she was experiencing much better health and, expected to be well again after she had' regained her strength. , On last Tuesday, afternoon she was found In an unconscious condition a her home,-as a result of a ' formation of a blood clot. Her condi tion became critical and, although everything was done known to medical science, -hopes for her recovery were almost abandoned Yesterday she suffered a. relapse and passed away this noon shortly after 12 o'clock.. With the exception of a year in which she visited in Kankakee Mrs. Meade has been a resident of Hammond ' for the past twenty years. . She was a member of several social organizations and also a staunch member of 'St. Paul's Episcopal church. She ; was highly respected among those who knew her and her untimely death Is very much regretted. Mrs 58 years old and. besides Meade was! a husband, is survived by a niece. Miss Lola B. Allen of Kalamaxoo, Mich. Mr. Meade is employed 'at 'the Hammond ' distilierv. ' STILL FIGURING - HIS CHANCES Culver Veach is still waiting to see whether or not he will win the house 1 and lot which the Chicago Examiner! offers in its voting contest. 1 Veach put in over a million votes I and thinks that he ought to 'have a! good chance . to win the prize. If he fails to win the house he will not get anything for his trouble. ' . Leaves for California. After spending the winter in the salubrious climate Of lower Lake Michigan, Richard Wlnckler will spend the spring mrmths In California 4 to, get away from the rigors of winter." He left for California last night where he ,wiU Join his wife, who has been there for some time. -

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Famous Indiana Society of Chicago Finds That Idea of Hammond's Entertain ing Distinguished Body Meets With Approval. A. M. Turner, president of the Ham mond Country Club, has received a let ter from William B. Austin, president of the Indiana Society of Chicago in which he acknowledges receiving Mr. Turner's letter suggesting thai Ham mond entertain the society at Its an nual outing this year and the clipping from Ths Times outlining the proposed plan for the entertainment of the mem bers of the Boelety. Mr. Austin said that the Idea ap pealed to him and that he would pre sent the matter to the chairman of the entertainment committee for his con sideration. He said that the matter would be decided within the next few weeks. Mr. C. W. Hotchklss. one of the di (Continued on Page 8.) Tuesday, March 11, the West Hammond .primary election is to, be held. This election Is for - the "purpose of naming, the' candidates - for the various city officers, but, In vtew of the fact that there is practically -only one ticket in the field a nomination is equivalent to aar election. So cost Tuesday "West Hammond Is going to say whether or not It approves of' the decent administration that has had charge of the affairs of the city " for the " past two years or whether It wants to turn back to the old corrupt gang which fleeced the people of great sums of money through improvement projects and practically stole their homes from them. "Many tricks have been used to fool the people. .Candidates have been put up for office when the sole -purpose of. (Continued on page t.) - SIXTY ACRES SOLD 10 fl. ' ' 1 There has been a desultory real estate activity in the Calumet region in the past week. . The most important acreage deal was the sale of 60 acres f West Pullman land, owned by Mrs. Carrie Wicker and her sister to Otto Reuter of Chicago. " Mrs. Wicker was represented by William Hastings of Hammond and Reuter was represented by Jas.. Waring of the Hibernian bank of Chicago. The deal has been hanging fire for several t months. j The property is located between One j Hundred and Twenty-first and One j Hundred and Twenty-third streets and j between Ada and Morgan streets.. The : consideration is not named. The prop- j erty will be sutx-dlvlded nt Once. Hastings also reports the sale of a house and lot on Hickory street, owned j by Nick Mosier to S. De Witt, and fifty 1 feet on Detroit -street, owned by . j Eder to K. G. Groat. j Iawrence Becker reports that he has I sold eleven and 8. half lots in the Beck- ) er-Tapper Realty company's sub-divl- : sion. There has been a great deal of; interest in this property and this sec-1 tion of .the city generally. ; Gostlin. Meyn & Co. report the sale ' of two lots on Henry street to Chas. j Koenig and a lot and a half on HyslOp ' street to Lawrence Long, Jr. Just Two Drunks. With the exception of two lone! drunks , who were arrested and re-J lea-Bed this morning, few matters of importance occurred at the Hammond Central station last night. An unusual quiet spell has been evident for some time and the only reason that is 'given Is the fact, that "Bosh" Trinen has the patrol in working order again for a moment's notice. I " .'

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wtU b royal, C cAhafttn, mn& king's mstross piijk. wlU whit oeming mar sarly cummer.- . ' - .,. i IT CLOSEDBIG DEAL, "Toii can say for me that the pulling power of THE TIMES as an advertising ' medium Is unexcelledj" said Fran J. Wachewicz 517 State Line St., when he settled for a little real -estate advertisement that he ha'd inserted for two nigtats.4.tJ.; ,- ,l "" On the. strength of It, h.e turned a five thousand dollar deal, acting as 'an 'agent, for Frank E.'' Stakemiller to sell the latter's two story flat building on Condlt street. Henry Soelker of St.' John was" the purchaser. 1 .', " Mr. "VVachewicB. has more than six hundred pieces ;of property listed in . Hammond, and West Hammond, btfth"vacant and improved. , : : : . - - ; "'""'- ' ' GOVERNORS- WIFE IS- " A TRUE HOME-MAKER t Mrs. Uwirl V. ' Dvaa. Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, wifa of the newly-inaugurated governor of DUnois, is a truly aanuraDie wiie ana mother. She adores her husband and Is bringing up ten children with marked success. ' She is as democratic as her husband. Elevation to the governor's mansion.- has not - changed her. and as the wife of Governor Dunne she Is. Just the same as when Vhe was the wife of Mayor Dunne of Chicago, or' the y fe of Just plain Mr. Dunne,

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ape.ie wia giv way to aaiktr vstwv ll-;fHwef or ostrich xluraa. -1 n Wlthr lVisjtr aresaed Manama, and. blues, linen, gold, old gold, brass, and tntd favor with the late spring and f " GIRL MISTREATERS ; SEVERELY PUNISHED Immorality Is Being Flayed ; in Crown Point Cir- - cuit Court. '. ; (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., March 8. Immorality is being punished with a vengeance in Lake county.;' Two Gary men, Mike1 Perplch and Olino Cusinauno of Gary, have been sentenced' to the penitentiary tor from two' to ' twenty-one years.- Ernest Younger of Gary was found not guilty and was. discharged. These from Gary which justifies its rei-right district on the ground that it is a protection to young girls. These' trials have bth been at Crown ' Point. Two more are on, tap for next

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week before' Judge William C". McMa- i and that Inheritance tax will produce hon of the Lake circuit court. One is!ocr aaa - 1. .. -riv . the e against Wiiliam-Stone of East j -1250'?;0 J"h' ar' Both 'houses . . ,u . agree' to bill making all road, tax

iiitajju ac-ii jt vriiuiii iiici c urg iww charges in the circuit court and one in the Juvenile court. This will be tried Wednesday. . - '- 1 - - The other is the case against Thos. Cochrane of East1 Chicago against whom two dharges are made. In all the court has bad five cases involving the mistreating of "little girls. WILL MEET ,;. ., ;;,v.THE FARMERS Support Is Promised City 1 Sealer O'Rourke. City Sealer Frank J. O'Rourke, who is -trying to arouse interest among the farmers in the -icinity of Hammond to take advantage of the city market this summer, has taken steps for a number of farmers' meetings to be held in the! very near future. '

Mr. O'Rourke had word from August! quite w-ell-known in Hammond." He is Jarnecke - that he would arrange a ' survived by a widow and .the followr meeting among the farmers near Sax- ! ing children: Bayard T. Clark. Pueblo, ony some time next week, and John 1 Colo.; Leslie Clark, one of the pubYynch at" Highlands has promised the ! Ushers of the Rensselaer . Republican; Hammond market master his co-opera- i Mrs. William Porter of Hammond; Er-

tlon In his neighborhood. It Is important for the farmers to have an understanding with the city officials of Hammond relative the public market, so that they can plant accordingly. . "We will bend every effort," said Mr. O'Rourke, "to make the city market a success. Our lihort experience last year showed that It can be made such. That, however, -was merely a-tryout in comparison to what we want to do this year. '.One of the first, requirements Is that the- farmers plant the- proper things for a' city market, and it is for this purpose we want to get the farmers together." ,

LEGISTATURE IS IIS

Simon Salary Bill Becomes a Law; Crown Point Lobby j . . . - - . . - . , Defeats Neal Marriage Bill; Who, Pray, Slipped One Over. on Senator Fleming?. Justice of the Peace BillAffecting North Township Meets Death.

TIMES BlREAlT, I AT STATE CAPITAl.. 1 Indiananolls. Ind March 8. The (legislature is on its last legs. The ' governor will receive no bills after to(night. Senator Steve Fleming,- who ; seldom misses; anything he - goes after ! and who is this best scrapper that ever held a seat In the Indiana legislature', bar none, let one slip past him yesterday. It is the first time that such a thing ever happened to Steve. He was immensely interested in the . bill Introduced, at the request of the Indiana Hotel . Keepers Association to change the liquor laws so. as to permit saloons to keep open every, day in the year except Christmas. Memorial Day. Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and all election days and Sundays. The bill was introduced by Senator Traylor.. It was passed by the Senate and went to the House, where it was passed also. '.The bill, was then sent, to the enrolling clerks to be prepared for submission to the Governor, and before, they had started work on it It was discovered that the bill did not contain an enact ing clause. This, of course, made the bill absolutely worthless and ineffec tive. . . This startling discovery caused con sternation. Fleming .ran around to find out what had happened, .and so did I everyDoay else. The Governor's office even made an investigation .to ascertain whether the bill was a real one or not. It was rumored that the Governor did not favor the bill anyhow, and j that it would not worry him. in , the,; least to have to veto .it, but that-If . there was no enacting clause In . tho bill he would be relieved of the. trouble. It was found that there was no enacting , clause. : ..j Then a motion was made In. the.' House to recall the bill and the mo-M

tion carried. Then an attempt. .was j pen? How could, anyone slp ona )lke made to amend thes bill by inserting. a.n'j that over .ori'Flemlng? -., . ,t T' , ( , enacting- claase, - bit,- hls j e'ff orf failed' 1' -4CottBNiaLi Pag ;.-

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TIMES BIREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL. . . . . , . Indianapolis, Ind., March " 8. Working "kgainsf heavy odds 'Representative Van Home this afternoon succeeded in saving the Gary saloon bill in the house of the legislature by a vote of 61 to 30.' The bllJ has already parsed jthe Senate and it is thought- the feovernor will v sign It. The bill tares , 169 saloons in Gary whose existence was jeopardized. ' This '' forenoon , Van Hofne polled the -.house .for a vote, but -could not get . enough but this afternoon , at three o'clock, he made another effort and -feeling sure, called .for. the vote. It was one of the hardest pieces of work he ha had thus far in serving his constituents. . ,1 " House passed under suspension , of rules ' Cravens bill to make increase seven and one quarter cents in state tax levy. Estimated this will produce 91,341,290 additional revenue r w , : above twenty dollars payable in cash and bill goes to governor. .Both houses cleaning up all business today. " BOARD OPENS BIDS; " (Special to Thb Ttxxs.) Crown Point, Ind.. March 8. The county commissioners are opening the bids on the work of repairing the roads of Lake county. These will be announced later on. Auditor Johnson Is at Indianapolis, but the commissioners are going ahead with the work of the session. A number, of minor road contracts were let yesterday afternoon in addition' to those reported in Thb Times. . ! DEATH OF E. L. CLARK. j ' tt 5 '- ? -t rr Ezra L. Clark, who died In Rehsse eh a j laer on Thursday, aged 74 years,, was net L. .Clark of Helper, Utah: Mrs. Joseph H. Carson and Mrs. Robert P. Johnson" of this city; Mrs. James Mead of Hammond, 'and Miss Eva. M. Clark of Rensselaer. He also leaves on- sister, Mrs. Mary Porter of Coats, Kan. He was a lirother-in-lawi of Mrs. A. W. Cole of this city. The fjuneral will be held at tht First Methoftist church in Rensselaer Sunday. afternoon, the services being conducted! by Rev. C L. Harper 6f jRensselaer, assisted by Rev. H. L. KindSg of Delphi. , . Have cottifort in the bathroom with a Gas Hea ting Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.

LAST LEGS PROGRESS LAKE ; r COUNTY BILLS The VaiHorae kill lacreaslag the salary of Edward Siaaoa audlterelcrt of Lake toast y walek THE TIMES vlgoroaslr advocated aad first publicly suggested was algae last "alght by Gov. Ralstoa aad will kteaa a law npoa the' pabllcatloa t the statatea. Tala bill Is reeagalsed as the fairest salary adjastaaeat salary bill la thve leglslatara. Without a voice raised la -aajee-tlaa the Hons last sight tadetaltely i pastpoaed aetloa aa ' Seaatar Keal'a' bill fought by the ; Crew a Palat' lobby reqalrtag health eertUtrates, t rasa the' parties ta- all aaarriages, thea tabled a motlaa for reosalderatloB, whleh acaaa that tha bill eaa aof possibly be acted apoa agala at; this session f the TLegtslatare. . -f ':'.' v v - , The. VaaHarae bill : axlag : 4ba eaipeasstloa of court reporters la Lake Csuaty . at, StHOO pr una ma passed hy a vote of 33 to T. The . bill . pravldlaie that the )astlee of the peace la Haaataoad,' Esat Ckleage aad Whiting shaU gat salary- of fl.OOO per annual lastead of fcs was killed apoa the aaetlsa f. Rcprescatattve MeCombu to post pone Indefinitely. . and.'the 'bill was made a. special order of business for 10 o'clock next Monday, ! which means that It can never come to ; jlife again, because that is the last day of the session, and Governor Ralston would not have to receive it if sent to bim. V .- r The question now,is-how' did It cap FOR EXCfTlf.G PRIOilRy Johnny Fatton,; the Former - "Boy Mayor,' Is Again a Candidate. . Things are lining up rfor the Tillage election in BurnHam. There are to be two tickets in the field and a great deal of Interest is being taken in the coming primary election.' ' ' The progressive people's "party ticket is headed by Johnny Patton, formerly the president of the village board and then known as "the boy mayor -of Bunham." On his ticket are Roy Merrls. Rein Rau and Joseph Gapcswics are candidates for the. office of town trustee.' ' , '"-i' "" The other ticket is to be known as' the independent. voters ticket and Will be headed by Aaron Leedy. Candidates for the office of trustee on Leedy's ticket "will be Walter B. Combs, Harry Darling and. Jess Hill. ' The clerk and treasurer hold over for the term. The 'election is . expected to be an exciting one, from start (until the very end, as there has been much riv airy between political factions -there. ; HIS INAUGURATION : . MARKS PEUD'S END Dr. H. D. Hatfiel. . - - Ths Inauguration of Dr. H. D. Hatfield as governor of West Virginia on March 4 marked the end of a feud which had become famous throughout the country. Thi.s feud started .between the Hatfield family and their Kentucky- -neigh bors, j the' McCoys, back, in "tl, when the governor's uncle, "Devil Anse" Hatflehl. was accused by "Ran'l" McCoy of stealing" the tatter's razor-back ' hogs. At Hatfield's Inaugural the descendants of "Ote" Ran'l" were present in force,: and they didn't bring ..heir gung along. .... . . .. . ... . .

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