Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 112, Hammond, Lake County, 22 October 1913 — Page 1

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The experience that four foreigners had In the federal court before Judge Anderson yesterday, -when their second papers were cancelled because they had been obtained through alleged fraud and misrepresentation will undoubtedly put others who intend to get their second papers, on guard. Three of the four who lose their second papers were saloonkeepers and their future business appears to be Jeopardized, especially at the time when they will apply for the renewal of their licenses. Whether their licenses will be taken from them immediately rests with the county authorities. They will have to wait another five years now before they can get their second papers. The four foreigners in question are: Peter Skeflsh, of Kast Chicago;

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New York, Oct. 22. Six men were killed, four injured and all Staten Island was plunged in darkness and deprived of trolley car service by the explosion of two mammoth boilers last evening in the plant of the Richmond Light & Power Company at Livingston. A 300 foot section of roof was torn off and tons of debris were hurled 250 feet into the air and dropped in Staten Island Sound. Chicago Junction, Ohio, Oct. 22. Mrs. William Harwoodr her two small sons ,eight and three years eld, and her mother, Mrs. Frank Weeks, of this place, were instantly killed yesterday at Nova, near here, when a buggy in which they were riding was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio express train. A freight trains obscured the approach of the express, and when Mrs. Harwood drove on the track the accident occurred.

New York, Oct. 22. Mrs. Emcieline Fankhurst, addressing in Madison Square Garden her first American mass meeting, expounded the English militant suffrage campaign to a sympathetic audience. About $1,500, a record for a suffrage meeting, was realized. This will go to swell the English women's war chest. Mrs. Fankhurst was introduced to the cheering thousands by Charles Edward Fwussell as the "general of a bloodless revolution."

New oYrk, Oct. 22. William Sulzr opened headquarters at a

Broadway hotel today for his campaign

state capital. t He- plunged into the fight as soon as he stepped from a late train from Albany last night, but from today until the election, Nov. 4, he planned to conduct an organized campaign with his private secretary, Chester C. Flatt, acting as manager, Eis friends in the 10th assembly district, who succeeded in making him the nominee on the progressive ticket almost immediately after he was deposed as governor, shared his confidence of success. ,

DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS WEDNESDAY,. OCTOBER 22D i Wednesday, October 22: Rlppe'a hall, Ciofftlln n-trret; Hepnra hall, Huffman atrrett Stodoln's hall, Columbia avenue. Speakers to alternate at these meetIngai VV. Lots, J. t'onroy, J. Gnvit, J. Ilerfcer, J. Stodola, lok leaner and Con Uurss. All voter arc Invited to attend these meeting Adv. FOLLOWS FOOTSTEPS OF RENOWNED AUNT Miss Lilla Campbell. Miss Lilla Campbell, who is playing the part of Lady Cudworth in Louis N. Parker's "Disraeli" with George Arliss this season, is a niece of the celebrated English actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell. She bears a rather strong resemblance to her distinguished aunt. although of a more delicate type of beauty. She is but 19 years of age and made her stage debut last season. , Miss Campbell wanted to make her own way on the stage and not reach recognition through her celebrated relative, and for this reason has been reluctant to before refer to her family connection.

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saloonkeeper. Joseph Michnik, Gary; carpenter. Julian Kolodzinski. Gary; saloonkeeper. Dane Vukodinovich, Gary; saloonkeeper. District Attorney Charles Miller introduced evidence to show that the saloonkeepers at the time they procured their second papers testified that they had not violated the state Runday liquor law, when according to his evidence they 'had. The action against Mihak. an Kast Chicago man, was dismissed as it was found that while his second papers while not absolutely In accordance wth all the court rules, merely showed a technical error. The civil cases pending before Judge Anderson were either dismissed by the plaintiffs or contisued by agreement.

'to re-establish Mmslf -Trt-'tfceH D. LINE. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 22. Bert Flow ers, engineer of a fast eastbound freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad, died yesterday of burns suffered ; Monday night. James Ricthie, fireman of the freight, la possibly fatally burned, and Sidney Walters, ftrakeman, is severely injured. The freight train was derailed to save the lives of passengers on a Grand Trunk passenger train. 4 . ' Loss of Life Feared. The Pennsylvania and Grand Trunk j cross Just west of this city, and there jis a deep ditch at the crossing. Th.j Grand Trunk was on the crossing and was heavily loaded. It was feare4 that, had' the freight crashed into the passenger train, great loss of life would have resulted. Operator Throws Lever. The operator threw over the lever that set the derail against the freight train. In another lnstan.it the freight engine and twelve cAs had piled upon the track, and Flowers had suffered fatal injuries. The injured traintien were brought to the hospital here and from the first the recovery of Flowers was Jn doubt. Weather Stopped It. The South Side Improvement Association did not meet Monday evening owing to the incelmency of the weather and the illness of officers. Many met informally in Larson and Johnson's grocery store on Highland street and talked politics until late however. Accept Deeds. The board of public works this iporni.ng accepted deeds for eleven lots on Torrence avenue which the city Is purchasing to aid in the straightening of Chicago avenue. - The matter of the Kennedy avenue extension was laid over till Nov. 10. The contract for East State street's ornamental lights was made a matter of records. McTfte's Canadian Club nt IO eenta per can. Nothing; better. If Ine coupons will ret you a aafet yrasor Adv.

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BULLETIN. Coroner Frank Smith. James Dorian, Joseph Dentch and William Patterson were served vrtth warrants in Garytoday by Depnty Sheriff "Briee" Whitaker on the charges of having Incited riot. Coroner Smith la also charged with having; appointed a nonresident to net as a deputy officer while the riot of last Sunday In Gary waa In progress. The casea were nled la the superior court In Hammond this moralnar. Prosecuting Attorney J. A. Patterson bavins Issued the warrants. The bond for each of the defendants waa fixed at Ave hundred dollars. All the defendants are supporters of R. O. Johnson, the Gary Citizens' party candidate for mayor. Their arrest today is the HcOme hack" from the Knotts Democrats, nine of whom were served with warrants yesterday. Mayor Knotts of Gary this morning left for Hammond, where ho will request Judge I. A. Becker of the Lake Superior court to issue warrants on (Continued on page eight.) speaks for chpacker The republican campaign meeting at the Straube Piano works where j I'otn. r.iimnalrc.. tfi. mavnruiUv fin. t didate was the principal speaker, was featured by the appearance on, the platform and an address by E. L 'Allnut. VB til -last March,-It -will be re membered, Mr. Allnut was the president of the Jegerson club, the leading democratic organization in Hammond. The reason for his ,-switch" from one party to another; was given by him in an interesting half hour's talk last night. Crumpacker centered his address around "Chicago Made Politics" in which he arraigns some of Mayor Smalley's principal workers. PREACHER IS TEMPTED (Special to The Times.) Hessville, Ind., Oct. 21. Joyriders, natives and hikers on Hessville Road yesterday witnessed the tempting of a divine who for four hours wallowed in cold mud under a balky five passenker auto. The temptation was to swear. According to the combined testimony of a dozen who kept vigil he did not do so audibly. He was on his way to officiate at a wedding when, something broke. . Everything went wrong. While the preacher lay prone on hla back innocent passers-by smiled sweetly and asked foolish questions. He arose and with his fountain pen inscribed the following soft answers on the back of a card board announcing a Sunday School rally: This car is not in running order. Otherwise I would not be underneath it. Something is broke. I do not know what it is. As the shades of night were falling the parson cranked her tip and pulled away. He touk the sign with him and will use it again at the first opportunity. NO QUORUM AT COUNCIL MEETING Mayor John D. Smalley, Ed AubYy, city controller; Otto Duelke, city clerk, and Aldermen Sturm and Hubbard were the only city officials present at the council chamber last evening when it belame time to call the regular semi-monthly meeting. "There is no use for us to wait," announced the mayor, and together with Messrs. Duelke and Kolb he descended to the street, where a hired motor car waited to carry the party to a Maywood Park ward rally. t There was nothing of importance awaiting the action of the council and had a meeting been held it would have been brief. Smoke McHie Canadian Club Mixture. For pipe or cigarette, best that leaf and skill can produce Adv.

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Mrs. Mary De VaUe. Mrs. Mary D VaUe of Oakland, Cai, who killed her hasband last July, hu.3 been found gnilty manslaughter by a jury which recommended extreme leniency. The testimony showed that her husband put her to work in the fields,-broke her bones by beatint her and finally drove her fromhcunjnthher children. ,

DECLARES CLAIMS ' ARE ABSURD Mr. Smalley and his democratic managers play up la black headllaea the 'business basis upon which they have placed the a (fairs of the city of Hammond.' Such claims are absurd and are the old brand of political bunkum. Mr. Smalley was the flrst comptroller of the city, after a state law created such office, and he had to proceed as he has done because the law act out In detail Just what his duties were. The comptroller's office as the head of the department of finance Is an Important one, but his duties are clerical aad such as any ordinary bookkeeper can perform. Mr. Smalley Is and always haa been n coed bookkeeper and every one admits it. but the duties of mayor require in that office a man of executive ability, discretion and Judgement and in addition. enouRh back bone to counter-act and defeat the selfish maaoueverinKS of a scheming arana;. Here is where Smalley la lacking.Adv. The La Ten dor clear la a noma prod ucL Slon better. Adv. ARKANSAS WOMAN IS A FIRE FIGHTER ,':.:4 .' WVt Miss Mary McCabe. The fire drill in the schools of Arkansas is a recuK of the work being: done in the city schools of Little Rock by Miss McCabe, vicepresident for Arkansas of the National Fire Prevention association. Miss McCabe is doing much more than this in her enthusiasm for fire prevention. She has visited a number of the cities and held mass meetings in which she addressed the property owners, advising them to abandon tha- shingle roof, and as far as possible the inflammable buildings, even in residence districts.

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Whiting, Gary and Indiana Harbor Men Bringing Foreigners Here. With the arrival of two thousand adidtional naturalization blanks in the superior court clerk's office in Hammond this morning, the work of filling them out for applicants could begin anew again. Deputy Clerk Roscoe Hemstock who has the work in hand Is confident that all blanks will be used up by November 4th. The office will be open day and night to accomodate the applicants. Those coming In the evening however must come appointed, otherwise the rush would be to great. Appointments have already been made for this evening, and Thursday evening and for Monday of next week. Walter Schrage of Whiting will chaperon a delegation of a hundred or more Whitlngites to Hammond on that evening. Tom O'Connell of Indiana HarboF expects to be over this evening with a hundred applicants. G. S. Stewart of Gary has arranged to bring over seventy five more Knotts men on next Thursday evening, and Attorney Marcus Hershcovitz of Indiana Harbor is also to bring fifty or more applicants before the naturalization clerk on Thursday evening. Deputy U. S. Clerk Charles Surprise in the federal building at Hammond has about four hundred blanks left and at the rate that applicants are appearing before him in the day time, he figures this number will last him to the end of the campaign. Fifty five papers were issued in his office yesterday. New City Directory. Under the direction of Edgar Smith, eight men are canvassing Hammond, compiling information for a city directory. That the city needs a new one is a matter of public knowledge. The Smith directory will be issued shortly as canvassers are nearly through. They have discovered the population Of this city to be around the 30,000 mark. A New Sign. The IJon Store is prepared for the illumination of Ilohman street. An electric sign was placed over the sidewalk opposite Fayette street today. Is your house cold when you reach home? Get a Gas Heating Stove. No. ind. Gas & Elec. Co. Adv. 2otf

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fighter, a product of the West Hammond vice district years ago, brought up under the tutelage of Con Talty, is a fugitive from justice today as a result of a murderous assault made last night in Meeker and McCune's saloon, in Hammond, on Dr. J. A. Graham, a Hammond physician, wellknown over the county. A Dastardly Act. Hurley jumped on the physician when he had his back turned and tried to cut his throat with a goldhandled pen-knife, in the presence of a number ot Hammona people wno were In the buffet. Graham rained blow after blow on Judge A. B. Anderson's reversal of Harry Sheridan, referee in bankruptcy in John Brown's claim against the bankrupt Calumet Institute of Hammond in the federal court yesterday, will cut the returns of the other creditors of the institution to about five cents on the dollar. Stockholders In Hammond. Kast Chicago, Gary and Crown Point won't be tickled with this news. Referee Sheridan some time ago ruled that the Brown claim of $5,200 should be allowed as a common claim. The evidence was to the effect that the institute had harrowed $5,200 from the Crown Point banker more than four months prior to the school's bankruptcy, taking in return therefore a second mortgage, which however was not executed until a few days after the four months limit went into effect. Had it been executed prior to the time when the four months. limit went in to effect there conld have been, no questiORabout,. its legality. 7' Having been ruled against the Brown petition was taken up to Judge Anderson for review and Judge An derson yesterday held that where it could be proven that the money had been loaned more than four months prior to the bankruptcy, and that the lender had no knowledge of the borrower's condition, the mortgage should be considered as dated from the day the noney was transferred and the lender considered a preferred credi tor. Accordingly Mr. Brown was al lowed $5,200 his original claim, $389 as interest, and $200 for attorney fees. Mr. Brown was represented by Attorney Otto Bruce who had as his co-council Charles Miller of South Bend, United States district attorney The total indebtedness of the insti tute is in the neighborhood of $100,000 not including $30,000 worth preferred creditors' shares. SfiSALLEY ADDRESSES Mayor John D. Smalley, Attorney Walter Lota and Judge Becker ' addressed and some of the democratic candidates addressed a representative number of voters in the eleventh ward in the garage at Calumet avenue and 1 Payette street. Mayor Smalley gave-the voters some-interesting-figures regarding Hammond's credit under a former republican administration and compared them with the city's financial standing today. He attributed the condition of today to a businesslike democratic administrations that followed and assured his audience that he would follow the democratic policy should he be elected. Mayor Smalley never laid any claim to being a public speaker, but his campaign experience hps already made a good public speaker of him. Attorney . Walter. Lotz, is one of . the best speakers the democrats have in the campaign, and as such he makes an interesting talk without bringing in personalities of campaign "mud.' Among the candidates who spoke were Otto Puelke. candidate for treasurer. "Billy" Kolb candidate for city clerk. Judge Fred Harnett, and some of the councilmanic candidates present Dies at Home. Walter Vanessen. 179 Clark street, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vanessen, died at the family residence yesterday afternoon following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held from the residence Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock and the remains will be taken to the Oak Glenn cemetery at Lansing for interment. Smoke MeHle Canadian Cinh Mixtore. For pipe or rlararette. best that leaf and skill can produce, Adv.

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Hurley who is now a dive-keeper in the south side levee in Chicago as the latter slashed at his face and throat with the knife. Hurley wrenched himself away. No one tried to Intercept him and he escaped through a side door. The knife was found in pieces on the floor. Hurley used a little blade an inch long. The physician will be scarred for life as the result of the attack. Revenue the Motive. The motive of the crime was revenge. Heavy drinking led Hurley to plan the attack. At the JeffriesJohnson fight in Reno Hurley met Dr. Graham for the flrst time. Their ae(Contlnued on page eight.)

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NUMBER OF The present democratic city admin istration asks your support at the polls solely on its past record. What has It done for the citizens or the city of Hammond? How have they Improved the street car service? How have they protected the safety and lives of our citizens at rail-road crossings? What have they done toward track elevation? What steps have been taken in behalf of the Interests of gas and electric, consumers What has besn done regarding telephone service and rates? Does the way they have handled the deep sewer question cause you to have faith in their ability to handle the big problems of Hammond? '- Have they kept the -streets and allys rn good -oonitton-r haa the army of street employes just been holding snaps In reward for past or future favors? Have the water-works problem been solved so that at all seasons and under all conditions, citizens are assured of an adequate supply .of pure, clean water? Has th garbage of the city been disposed of with regard to the health of the people of - every section of the city and in such manner as to be a source of revenue to the city instead of a big item of expense? ' The only thing that has been done in four years has been in the way of street improvements and those who have paid these special assessments know how Inadequately and inefficiently this has been done. Nothing else has been clone except to raise the tax rate and provide for an increase of salary for every city officer, which will begin for them January, flrst, if you re-elect them. The administration is npgative in every respect except for selt interest. Because of its past record it is not entitled to yeur endorsement. Make a change. Elect the Republican ticket and with men of ability, honest and Integrity of the Republican nominees In office you can hope for greater and better things for Hammond. Advertisement. Smoke MeHle Canadian Club Mixture. For pipe or cigarette, best that leaf act skill ran produce. Adv. "COIN" HARVEY TO RUN FOR CONGRESS W. H. "Coin" Harvey. When free silver as a campaign issue collapsed, the world lost sight of W. H. "Coin" Harvey, the author of "Coin's Financial School," a book which brought the issue into prominence. Mr. Harvey, after a twentyyear hibernation in the mountains of Arkansas, is back in the limelipht attain as a candidate to represent the Third district of Arkansas in congress. Good roads is the 1913. campaign issue with Mr. Harvey.

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