Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 257, Hammond, Lake County, 11 April 1913 — Page 1
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Gary Doctor Served With Warrant Charging Him With Performing Operation Which Caused Death of Woman. GRAND J1Y HEARD EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM SENSATIONAL CHARGES. While Dr. Israel S. Mlil9tone of Gary was being arraigned In the Lake superior court on the charge of performing a criminal operation on the wife of James G. Painter and, according to the charge, causing her death; the Gary law firm of Sheehan and Lyddlck was filing a suit for $10,000 damages against the defendant. The bond of the Gary physician was signed by Mendel Kreiman, Dr. C. W. Packard and himself. It was for $5,000. The alleged criminal operation was performed March 28, 1913. The patient developed peritonitis, and on April 9, 1913. died. A recent grand Jury of which Sam Woods was foreman Investigated the charge that Dr. Millstone had performed a criminal operation on the person of Sophia Denona on Jan. 15, 1911. It Is understood that there is another death Imminent in Gary as a result of a criminal operation. Evidences . that a wholesale business Jii criminal operations . la being donO In Gary ' are coming to light. ' ' ' Charges said to have been made by Mrs. James B. Painter of Gary in a deathbed confession ' and brought out by a coroner's inquest were so incriminating that Prosecuting Attorney James A. Patterson swore out a warrant Jn the superior court charging Dr. I. Millstone of the Gary health board with performing a criminal operation. The doctor was arrested today by Deputy Sheriff Blocki and was admitted to bail pending the giving of $5,000 bonds. Innest Reveals Crime. Mrs. Painter, who was 36 years old and who lived at 709 Jefferson street, passed away late Wednesday night at the Gary General hospital after a desperate effort had been made- by Dr. Craig, assisted by Dr. Pfaff, to save her life. Before her death it is stated (Continued on page four.) FLOWER SHOW GIVES JOY TO BLIND GIRL Helen Keller at the Flower Shew. At vhe International Flower Show in Ne York city the other day a bouquet of the prize-winning American Beauty roses was presented to Miss Helen Keller. Inhaling their fragrance her face was as alive with expression as though her eyes saw the deep wonder of the flowers' coloring and her ears heard the many compliments of the little crowd that surrounded her. "I need not tell you that I love them," she said. "I cannot see them, but I can enjoy their fragrance and delicate texture woven of k-jin4-iaiaad sunshine.'
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Settlement of Switchmen's Battle Expected. A settlement between the General Managers' association and the committee representing 6,000 switchmen, employed on nineteen railroads entering Chicago, who are demanding better working conditions, was expected today, following the arrival in Chicago of Charles P. Nelll, United States labor commissioner. Attempts to bring about a settlement between the employers and the men have been made for several weeks by G. W. Hanger, assistant labor commissioner, who was summoned to Chicago several weeks ago and requested to act as mediator. The great obstacle in the way of bringing about a settlement is the demand of the switchmen for time and a half forovertlme, -Sundays and holidays. Five thousand painters, paper hangers and decorators are still on strike, according to members of the Painters' and Decorators' club. The members declare that many of the painters are willing to return to work, but that the painters' district council is encouraging the men to hold out for their de mands. SHOCKING DEATH FOR FARMER Body Is Hurled Into Rapidly Revolving Buzzsaw. South Bend. Ind., April 11. Thrown into the teeth of a rapidly revolving buxi saw by a blow from a balance wheel, Jesse M. Cullom, a well-known farmer of North Liberty, this county. was terribly lacerated, but he lived long enough to be brought to a. hospi tal in this city. Examination of the body after death revealed his collar bone had been broken in two places, his shoulder blade had been crushed and six of his ribs were ground to a pulp. Besides these injuries the huge saw revolving many times a minute had cut a large wound in his back the instant his body had come in contact with It. The accident occurred when a piece of the balance wheel struck him a smart blow. Cullom, who was engaged In sawing wood alone was forced into the teeth of the saw by the blow. Cullom was 48 years old and was the son of W. H. Cullom, postmaster at Mill Creek, Ind. GIRL MISSING; ; ONEOFTWENTY . ... Further .substantiation, ot: the story that twenty young" immigrant T girls mysteriously disappeared from a. Baltimore and Ohio railroad train In Pennsylvania recently was presented . to Charles F. DeWoody, head of the department of Justice In Chicago," by Albert Silverson, superintendent of the Norwegian and Danish Young Woman's home. He showed DeWoody a letter from a Mrs. Peterson, living In Pennsylvania, inquiring if a Miss Beckman, bound from Copenhagen to the Chicago home, had arrived. Mr. Silverson said she had not. The girl was supposed to have been with the reported missing party. Building permits for 15,000 worth of construction work were granted today, the lion's share going to the C. I. Hoffman Construction company of Hammond. Among others this company secured a permit for the erection of a six thousand dollar brick residence for Attorney J. K. Stinson, who is a big stockholder in the company. The list of permits as Issued this morning Is as follows: Peter Wolf, foundation, $200! 463 Michigan avenue. I. G. Pollard, frame cottage, $1,000; 1152 Monroe street. C. I. Hoffman Construction Co., twostory bi Ick dwelling for Attorney J. M. Stinson at 37 Waltham street; $6.000. C. I. Hoffman, brirk and frame dwellings at 451 and 453 Bauer street; $6,000. C. I. Hoffman Construction Co., frame cottage, 444 Oak street; $1,200. C. I. Hoffman Construction company, porch and repairs at 224 Towle street; $600. DEATH OF WATCHMAN AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Henry . Schmidt, 433 Sibley street, who died at St. Margaret's hospital on Thursday night as a result of fatal injuries he received two weeks ago when he was accidentally struck by a switch engine while doing duty as a watchman for the Michigan Central on its Charlotte street crossing, will be buried tomorrow morning. Funeral services will be held at All Saints' church at 8 o'clock and Interment will be made in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Schmidt was 63 years old. He Is survived by a widow and nine children. He has been a rodent of Hammond for many years and had many friends here who are very sorry to hear of his untimely death. THE TIMES IS TH VINO HARD TO rIERIT THE SUCCESS IT HAS ACHIEVED.
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Crown Point and Hammond at Last to Be Connected Directly by Interurban Railroad; Franchise Is Asked in City. The Gary & Southern railroad is about to invade Hammond. It is today asking a franchise from the Lake county commissioners from the point at Forty-third avenue to the Ridge road and thence to Hammond, where the line expects to come into Hammond over Columbia avenue. With the Gary & Southern the situation is similar to that of the Gary & Interurban. The companies seek to get the necessary franchises before the new public utilities bill goes into effect. Atfer this bill goes into effect it will be Impossible to speculate in franchises or to engage in any promotion enterprises except on the restricted lines laid down In the bill. The action of the Gary & Southern is not a surprise as it was forecasted in an interview with John Brown. which was published in The Times a month or so ago. The Gary & Southern also asks that it be given a franchise from Crown Point to Cedar Lake. Both of these matters are under consideration by the commissioners. The commissioners are out In automobiles today making an investigation of the roUte of the proposed line with the Idea of determining whether or not it would be advisable to grant the franchise. The commissioners now have 50 road petitions in various stages of comple tion. This indicates the unprecedented road building In Lake county and these roads, more than, anythng else, are serving to develop the district - - and make 'JremarT&bleTC gion. Hammond people will have an opportunity to hear ten high school contestants this evening for the honor of a place in the Lake county declamatory contest, which will be held at Gary on Friday evening, April 25th. The program will be given at the Christian church. Of the ten contestants this evening two boys and two girls are to be selected. One boy and one girl of the winners are to take part in the Northern Indiana contest, and the balance are to participate in the county contest. The program for this evening is as follows: "Song of Spring" Arthur Pearson High School Glee Club "For Expansion ...... .Joseph C. Sibley Raymond Mette '.'The Death Penalty" .Victor Hugo Karl Helwig "Defense, on Being Found Guilty of Treason" R. Emmet Louie Peterek "A Plea for Cuba".. J. Mellen Thurston Clure Burge "Liberty Under Law". Geo. Wm. Curtis William Arnold Music The Miller's Wooing Faning High School Glee Club "Dora" Alfred Tennyson Mabel Powley "The Honor of the Woods" .Anonymous Adele Dunbar "The Soul of the Violin".! Margaret M. Merrill Leoda McAleer "Laddie" Evelyn Whitaker Marguerite Knotts "Billings of '49"... Edwin Balmer Lydia Wolter Music "The Voyagers" Facer The Eighth Grade Chorus Solo Mr. Learning Decision of Judges. Awarding of prizes. SUFFRAGE LECTURER TO INVADE HAMMOND Miss Alice Henry, editor of the Women's Trade Union League organ, "Life and Labor," will speak in Hammond at Weis hall under the Equal Franchise League of Lake County. Her subject for the evening's lecture will be "The Minimum Wa-ge Law." The program will begin at 8:15. OTHERS ARE WISE, t'alosi Scont Scrap, Country Club LonK Cut. For Pins; Cut and Sweet LontH Flae Cut Tobaecon, have tickets good for premium. See the Hurt. Ualau made McHie-Scotten Tobacco Co.
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SAYS HOT GUILTY But He Is Sentenced From 1 to 8 Years at Jeffersonville Just the Same. Fred ,Hlder of Tolleston pleaded not guilty to . the charge of burglarly and asked for the submission of his case to the court. He was tried, found g-uilty and sentenced to from one to eight years in the reformatory at Jeffcrsonville In the superior court at Hammond this morning. Hlder was picked up by the police in Tolleston at four o'clock one morning. He had a bag over his shoulder when he was ordered to halt. He started to run and the police fled several shots at him. He was finally captured and was found to have robbed a tailor shop in Tolleston. He had two companions but by the time the police located the place that had been robbed they got away. Death of Infant. Ralph Frank, the-six weeks' old son of Mr. -and Mrs. Frank Jones. 1S1 Ingraham avenue. West Hammond, was buried this morning, the child having died Wednesday night. Services were held at St. Joseph's Catholic church at 8 o'clock. SENATOR FATHERS RADICAL TAX BILL Senator Jones. The most radical inheritance tax bill ever introduced in congress has been fathered by Senator Jones of Washington. According to the provisions of bis bill, fortunes orer SI 6,000.000 would be taxed 50 per rent. The tax is irradaated. and an exemption of $25,000 is provided for in case of bequests to members of the immediate family. -
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Do you know what an aqua-aerodrome is? Well, Wolf lake is one. An aqua-aerodrome is a place where hydro-aeroplanes disport themselves. And there are a number of hydro-aero- ; planes today, disporting themselves about Wolf lake.. And Wolf lake is one of the best aqua-aerodrome in the country. Why? Because it has large surfaces of smooth water upon which the hydro aeroplanes may glide and yet the wat - cr is nui uerp ciiuubo in many places tq drown the aero-aquiator. John Noonan is going to aviate and aquiate a little at' Wolf lake tomorrow. That Is he has had his heart tested and found all right and the aviators have promised to take him up. It appears that a man by the name of.Glllson has invented a new hydroaeroplane which he is trying out at Roby, in the rear of the plant of the American Maize Products Co. He has pitched a big tent which he uses as a hangar and claims to have six hydro-aeropjane In it. He is making flying experiments every day. Tomorrow, if the weather is fair and the wind is still, he wants to try carrying a passenger in his new car. Passengers are scarce in that locality,' but finally John Noonan volunteered to make an ascent. The ramp has been there about a week and a half and will be there a week or two longer. The tests are arousing a great deal of interest among the citizens of " Robertsdale and Roby and large numbers of people stand around waiting for flights. Accepts Settlement. Attorney William J. McAleer has accepted a settlement of $1,500 for his client, the father of May Seliger, a sister-in-law of Councilman Henry F. Eggers, who-was asphyxiated by gas. The settlement was made by the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company through Its attorneys, Bomberger, Sawyer & Curtis. Look Out for Him. The Hammond, police today received a circular telling them to be' on the lookout for a fake collector for the Ladles' Home Journal and other Curtis publications. A reward of $50 is offered for his -capture. The fraud's name Is H. M. Learned. He Is about 35 years old and weighs about 180 pounds. He is of light complexion and has blue eyes and brown hair. ARE YOU A TIMES READER?
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Washington, D. C. April ,11. Post-' Burleson has de master General termined to effect the most radical reorganization of the postal service ever proposed in the history of civil service reform in this contrny. The plan upon wilch he is at work is distinguished by these features: All postmasters shall be placed un der civil service and required to pass examinations for admission, retention, and promotion. Postmasters shall be appointed and transferred without regard to locality, so that, for example, a tesident of San Francisco could be made postmaster of Crown Point and a resident of East Chicago postmaster of New Orleans. WOl'LD OSTRACIZE POLITICS. The new postmaster general has told his friends that his highest ambition is to take the postofflco department completely out of politics and make It an organisation of the highest business efficiency. Ho has submitted an outline of hit plan to President Wilson, who has commended it enthusiastically and assured hi mthat all the Influence the admin istration posseses will be used to put It Into effect. TRY TO KILL CHINESE OFFICIAL. London, England. April 11. The Pekin correspondent of $he Dally Telegraph reports that an unsuccess ful attemptwas madejto assassinate Gen. LI Yuen-Heng, vlCfr-president of the republic. One hundred executions followed the attempt, Gen. Chi Yu-Llng, the alleged ringleader, be ing among those decapitated. BULGARIA AND GREECE CLASH London, England, April 11. Bulgaria is making formal claims to the possession of Saloniki now occupied by the Greek troops, according to an Exchange Telegraph company's dis patch from Belgrade, Servia. - The dispatch adds that Bulgaria is taking military measures to support her claims, while Greece Is concentrating her army along the railway leading to Saloniki. POPE LITTLE BETTER. Rome, Italy, April 11. The condition of Pope Pius was unchanged this morning when Prof. Marchiafava'and Dr. Amiel examined him. His tempj had increased slightly, regis1 . tering nearly iu ucw ojuijiiuuw developed during , the night. The pontiff again was able to hear mass yesterday and to take communion. He even sat up in bed while hearing a report. HAUID MERCHANTS FAIL IRMEDEBT Some Flunk Out of Closing Store Plan Four Nights ' a Week. It appears that the Hammond merchants' agreement entered into a week ago to close all business places at 6 o'clock on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays was short lived, and some of them at last are feaid to be planning to keep their places open again in the future as they have in the past. An agreement requiring signatures to this effect was circulated yesterdasr and found some signers. ( j A week 5ago it was pointed out that unless all the merchants wlio signed their name to the original agreement calling fori four closed night3 of the week stoop by their agreement, that the moveriient as far !as uniformity would fa'l. Some of tha - m-ihants who sign.-? at the time wer5 skeptical f bout the outcome, and pointed to past efTorts which resulted In failures. The department" stores and the 5 and 10ocnt stores will., however, st-tad by the agreement which they signed last week. ' - What's in a ninet Try WIXEGOLD. rhfnlic tobacco and you'l kaovr the Mwer.McHle-Scottea Tobacco Co,
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Burleson Plans To WHAT P. M. G. THim The postmaster general believe postmasters should be a professional class trained In their dutiea and devoted to the service as a life work. He thinks a postmaster should not be restricted to one locality,' but should be promoted from the smaller to larger communities, according . to ability displayed. The postmaster general has decided to subject all fourth class postmasters to a civil service teat. Those who pass It will be-retained and those who do not will be removed. This examination will be open to outsiders also and an eligible list of fourth class postmasters will be established. PLANS BIO. EXPERIMENT. It Is Mr. Burleson's Intention In the appointment of fourth class postmasters to experiment with the proposition of Ignoring geographical considerations. Wherever a vacancy occurs the man at the top of the eligible list will be appointed, regardless of the fact that he does not reside In the community affected. - If this scheme works well Mr. Burleson will ask congress to enact legislation placing the first, second, and third class postmasters under similar civil service regulations, and subject to assignment without regard to locality. ATHLETIC PRACTICE AT PARK Beginning next Monday the classes In the Hammond high school wiirhold athletic practice every other afternoon at Harrison park. Lucien Hlrsch, who is to be Varsity captain, and the capAl ' - J. . t- 1 arranged a. series of events to take, place between the freshmen and sophoraores, the Juniors and seniors and Inter-class events as well. ; The class captains are as follows:' JR. DeWeese, freshmen; R.' Hudson, sophomore; R. Mette, juniors; Wlllia mSwanton. sen iors. Tou set Instant warmth and com fort with a Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co. It FORMER LEGISLATOR SENTENCED TO JAIL Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Coudrey, Former Congressman Harry M. Coudrey and Harry B. Gardner, both of St. Louis, have been sentenced by the federal district court to four and a half years in the federal penitentiary and given a fine of TL500, the maximum undar the law. They were convicted of using the mails to defraud in the promotion of socalled "twin life insurance com-
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