Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 140, Hammond, Lake County, 19 November 1913 — Page 1

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Whiting Saloonman Trying Safety Appliance on Revolver Is Shot Through Hand, While Patrons tind Places of Safety. (Special to The Times.) Whiting. Inch, Nov. 19. With mis guided trust In the glib assurance of a salesman Mike Supa, a Whiting saloonkeeper, today spoiled a sale, shot a hole through the palm of his hand and qualified for a new branch of the "I didn't know it was loaded club." One of his customers is alive today because, he, not having such child-like confidence, ducked. "This Is a revolver with a safety appliance," said Mike over the bar of his place at White Oak avenue , and 121st street. Til sell it to you cheap. Look-a-here. I pull the trigger and It won't go off." Joe Has to Be Shovfn. Mike's friends Joe comprised the audience at this demonstration. When the saloonkeeper pointed the gun at him he ducked even though tho other had his hand over the business end. "Bang" went thegun, so loud that Officer Mores stationed on the corner Jumped a foot in the air. As the policeman came to earth again he heard the snap of a bullet through a plate glass kindow and the lustry scream of the wounded. He drew his gun and charged. Mike Surprised Joe Not. The fat left hand of Mike Supa had a hole through it from which blood streamed In torrents. Before a physician could be found he was weak from the loss of blood. Dr. Futman, who attended the patient, expects no serious complications. LAND WITH UNIQUE HISTORY 18 SOLD Cuneo Buys Tract on Lake George For a Fish Dinner Resort. George W. Lewis of East Chicago has sold to John Cuneo a piece of land bordering on Lake George, to be used as a fish dinner resort. The tract is 650 feet wide and extends from Wilcox subdivision in Hammond, west to Calumet avenue, and the riparian rights attached, include the full width of the lake. The land was sold at an approximate price of $1,000 an acre. The land in this section has an Interesting history and has figured more or less in the courts. The land was conveyed to the state of Indiana by the government in 1853. Later, somebody overlooked this transaction, and the government made a survey of the bottom of Lake George and platted It, a number of patents being Issued to private parties. This gave rise, to numerous actions at law to quiet title.

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Which is Woodrow Wilson and which is Francis Bowes Sayre, his prospective son-in-law ? The younger man is Sayre, of course, but if the ages of the two men were not so far apart it would be safe to say that it would be difficult to tell one from the other. The chief difference between the two men now, leaving out the matter of age, seems to be in the fact that Woodrow Wilson wears glasses while yeung Mr. Sayre does not,

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BEFORE Question of Concurrent Court Jurisdiction Again Brought Up Before the Supreme Court. The question as to whether or not the Lake Superior court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Lake Circuit court . in matters pertaining to will contests Is to be decided by the Indiana Supreme court on appeal from Judge Becker of the superior court. It arises out of the contested will case filed In the superior court several weeks ago by Harvey Marchant the Hammond drayman and Martin Strohman his brother-in-law against the heirs of the late Henry Chester whose estate is valued at approximately $100,000. The estate is represented by Attor ney Otto Bruce of Crown Point, while the arm of McMahon. & Conroy represents Marchant and Crumpacxer and Crumpacker, Strohman. On Monday Attorney Bruce submitted to the court that the case should be dismissed on the ground that the statute expressly provides that all con tested will cases must originate In the circuit court. The attorneys for the contestors argued that the law was en acted in 1852 at a time when there were no superior courts in Indiana and none in Lake county, and that the statute creating superior courts, - expresly says that. the superior courts shall have concurrent Jurisdiction with the circuit courts, and that proceeding under this statute the Lake Superior court Is now handling probate matters. Judge Becker however was Impressed with the old statute and dismissed the case.. The question of concurrent Jurisdiction between superior and circuit courts has been before the supreme court before but never in relation to contested wills. ACCUSES WEST HAMMOND SALOON Jacob L." Singley. who was found ying in a stupor on Douglas street yesterday morning, regained consciousness at the Hammond Central police station yesterday atfernoon, nearly seven hours later. He told a story that he had been In a West Hammond saloon and Is of the opinion that he had been drugged. When Singley was found the police were led to believe that he was Intoxicated. A physician examined the man, but no traces were found that he had been drinking. Singley was taken to his homo at East Hammond and the case will be investigated. Company Incorporated. The City Fuel and Supply company of Hammond has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. The directors are Walter Sohl, Paul J. Par duhn, Herman Nock, Fred Brueckner and Attorney Lincoln V. Cravens. Wal ter Sohl originated the business two years ago and has made a success of itBeing , incorporated now, the company Intends to increase its business along the fuel and building material lines. Its yards are located at Sohl street and Michigan avenue. Breltung's La Venda Cigars are the highest class In all its sizes Adv. tf fe and Woodrow Wilson.

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Seven papers dealng with important branches In medicine and surgery were on the program today for the Tenth District Medical Society meting at Gary. The forenoon session was held at the Emerson school having opened at 10:30 o'clock. The forenoon session also gave the visitors an opportunity to inspect the magnificent school building and to test first hand the luncheons that are prepared by the pupils in the school. The afternoon session was held In the Gary Commercial club rooms and a 6:30 o'clock diner was also served there, the Gary Medical Society having been host. Get European Ideas. Much interest was centered In the paper of Dr. T. Joseph Toner of Gary. He gave some observations cn infant feeding, ideas picked up from his recent tour of the- hospitals of England and the continent. On December 11, when the society holds Its anual meeting In Hammond. (Continued on page -ig:ht.) GRAND JURY EXAMINES WITNESSES Chief McCormlck. Sergeant Welfenbacb. and Officer C. S. Spencer of the EJast Chicago police department were in the Superior court house at Ham mond this morning in answer to a summons to appear before the grand Jury, e.n& with a cumber of other witnesses waitimy their turns to be admit-. iea. - .. - . While all three of them stated that they did not know Just what informa tion was wanted from them It was said art'und the corridors that they were expected to give some evidence against a. man named Green who is charged with having cruelly mistreated a number of horsos. A number of Gary foreigners who were admitted Into tho grand Jury room one at a time, are thought to have been summoned to give info-ma-tlon regarding some of the Gary murders. There is an Impression abroad al leged election frauds of recent date may be delved into, but if there is to be any probing along this line, there has been no evidence on the outside unless the appaarance of the East Chi cago police officers may be construed as such. FARMER HAS SOME VERYHARD LUCK After He Had Raised Fine Field of Corn Some One Else Claims It. Albert Reel a farmer residTng near Maynard, Ind., planted four acres of corn on a strip of land near the Maynard brick yard this spring. He tolled in the blazing sun and after watching the blades grow into yellow kernels of corn valued at 75 cents a bushel. Reel learned to his astonishment that the lease which he thought he held on the land was valueless as the land was the property of John Trlnen. According to a story that Is told. Reel rented some land from another farmer near Maynard, securing a lease on the same. The strip of land to which Reel holds the lease adjoins the four acres which Trinen claims he Is owner. The farmer evidently told Reel to cultivate all cf the land and believing that he held a lease on the other four acres Reel planted corn cn it. The crop turned out excellent and after Reel had done everything with the exception of shocking the corn, he found Trinen in the field one day preparing to carry the corn away. Reel was then informed that he had planted corn on Trinen's land and that the corn was the property of the land owner. It was more than a blow to Reel and he at once swore out a warrant for the arrest of Trinen on a charge of larceny. The case will be thrashed out in Judge Prest's court next Tuesday morning. It is said that Trinen had the same kind of a case in court two years ago. The out come of the case is likely to end In a legal battle In the higher courts. MtHli'i Canadian Club lO cents per can. Nothlna; better. Nine coapmi Will set yon a aafet yraaor -Adv. lASSrrTEI ADVERTISITIO nine our offer before moat of the people tn thfa efty t whom It would havn nay la terra.

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Claud Kitchin (left) and A. Mitchell Palmer. Two representatives seek the house leadership, soon to be vacated by Oscar W. Underwood, who expects to be the next senator from Alabama. They are A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania and Claude Kitchin of North Carolina. Kitchin has the advantage of being the ranking member on the ways and means committee next to Underwood. Palmer, however, enjoys unusual prestige as a friend und confidant of President Wilson.

GARY WEE RE HOSTEL! IncliaAapjp That 500 Stayed Away From Gary Convention Because They Couldn't Get Room With Bath. WHY SOME PEOPLE STAYED AWAY Amos W. Butler of Indianapolis, serrrtary of the state board of chaiitle. last night watd that Gary la setting; to be quite a convention city. "Bat," added Dr. Butler, "the city needs more hotels. "Why at leant BOO delegate didn't eome to Gary beeaune they learned that they couldn't set rooms with bath." Rather than go unnathed for three tJ T" they . remained nway. Dr. Butler didn't aay when he counted them. The twenty-second annual session of the Indiana Conference of Charities and Correction came to an end in the First Baptist church last night. By this morning nearly all of the delegates had left for their homes. Madison is the 1914 meeting place. Session Last night. Dr. W. A. Millis presided at the final session at the Baptist church last night. Dr. J. N. Hurty, state health secretary was one of the speakers. The program was as follows: Committee on Rural Life Dr. W. A. Millls to Preside. Invocation. Music. Address Dr. W. A. Millls. President (Hanover College, and Chairman of Committee on Rural Life., "The Rural Church" Prof. P. E Lumley, Prof, of Sociology, Butler College. "Rural Sanitary Conditions" Dr. J. N. Hurty, Secretary State Board of Health, Indianapolis. "Farming Conditions" Prof. G. I. Christie, Superintendent Department of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University. "Rural Roads" Chas. Carroll Brown, Indianapolis. (Illustrated by stereoptlcon.) , Adjournment. Vlalted Steel Mills. Yesterday afternoon the men and women delegates were the guests of the United States Steel corporation on a trip through the mills of Gary. Belated News. In one of the hardest fought battles that has been staged at the Hegewlsch park this season the fast Greenberg Stars nosed out the speedy Fuehmyer Colts Sunday afternoon by a tight score of 16 to 13. The game was attended by a large gathering and was featured by the stellar work of "Wiedelbey, Larson and Cornell. The Stars are elated over their victory, as the Colts' back field was composed of three of the star men on the Hegewisch A. A. team. Breltung's La Venda Cigars aid cos. idered supreme by the beat Judges. Adv. tX

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ah FTERTHE JUD Gary Is to Demand . One v if eat on the Superior Court Bench, and There Is Al ready a Host of Fence Fixers Busy. In making up their list of judicial nominations for the circuit and superior court the republican politicians of Lake county will have to make room for one Gary candidate. Both the Gary republicans and progressives have announced that they will demand one seat on the superior court bench and the slate makers will get official notice of the fact In a few days. From the present outlook the fusion spirit that won the Gary city campaign will con tinue to. exist , in causing a union of both parties in the judicial campaign. Seat a Muat Be Divided. The seats of Superior Judges Virgil S. Reiter (republican, elected) and Lawrence Becker (democrat, appoint ed), and Johannes Kopelke (democrat. appointed) are being eyed by many. Circuit Judge McMahan's seat is not being discussed. It is conceded that Judge Reiter will be renominated-if he wants the place and that one of the other two seats must be given to Gary. Plenty of Good Material. The Gary republicans-progressives have plenty' of good material for the bench. ' There is Attorney Frank Welrheimer (republican), whose reputation for honesty and legal knowledge is not disputed .there is George H. Manlove (republlcan.) W. F. Hodges (progressive), John O, Bowers (progressive), Clarence M. Renollett (republican), Ex-Judge Cassius M. Greenlee (republican), Ross Moore (progressive), Gustave Wldholm (progresive), C. V. Ridgely (republican), and several other possibilities. Josef Kain DeaoV Following an illness extending over a period of nearly three weeks Josef Kain, 646-150th street, Hammond, died at the German hospital in Chicago Monday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. His death is attributed to stomach trouble. Funeral services will be held at the family residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Fraley will officiate and interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Kain and family moved to Hammond from Chicago about four year ago and has since been engaged In the tinsmith and plumbing business. He acquired a large circle of friends and the news of his death caused a shock among his many acquaintances. He was 51 years old and besides a wife Is survived by three children. Will Open New Store. E. L. Allnut, who was formerly a partner with J. W. Leary in the ownership of the Crystal buffet on State street, has leased one of the store rooms in the new O. K. Champion building, . corner Hohman street and Muenich court, with the intention of opening a coffee, tea, butter and egg store. Heat. vBen and wtwre you want It Get a Gaa Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas afc Elec Co. Adv. " litt

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In a semi-confidential tete-a-tete, i sarnisheil hv Mines and thrusts at; everything from cabbages to kings, the Hammond common council last evening hauled in the white flag and resumed hostilities after six weeks of passiveness. Owners anil nneratnrs of several mov ing picture theaters were present to witness the action of the council with regards to an ordinance decreasing the annual tar on their places of business. After much parley the act was passed as prepared ana recommenaea djt onmmlttoo that hnd tippil nnnninted for that purpose at the last regular meet ing. ! From $40 to 135. ITuH.p tho new ordinance, to take .ffoM the first nf January, all picture house seating less that 351, that Is, not over 350, will pay 0 a year 10 the city. The rate at present Is $150 for all houses, irrespective of seating capacity or admission fee. vThe first stipulation will cover the nickel shows thoroughly. The Prlntha nem. the Tdlehour. the Pas time, the Gartner and the Aubry have seating capacities unaer sou. n waa the managers of these houses who raised the issue and asked for lowered rates. They should be pleased with tWs reduction of $110. Objection Rained. a ii.rmn TCane rose before the council to state that he considered the new license too low, "although," he added," "I am "In favor of a sliding scale." Alderman Eastwood expressea himself in favor of a stipulated amount as "the saloons might want a sliding scale based on the sise of establish ments, too." . Oscar Flageman, the triumpnanx candidate for re-election from the Second ward was so unfortunate as to STATE ST. PROFITS AT SISTTER STS. EXPEIISE Live Merchants on Hohman 'p-WLIak Collections by Saturday. "We should worry!" That U the attitude- of East State street in the matter of Hohman street lights. "There were five pedestrians our street for every one on Hohman stree Saturday night," said one merchant. We Should "Worry. That Is apparently the way in which the Northern Indiana Gas Company feels about the reluctance of some to pay for what they agreed. "It's their own funeral," says the public. Everybody but those few merchants realizes the pulling power' of lights, even people who have never been, in business and are not supposed to know advertising values. The outlook ' appeared brighter this morning when the eras company in broad day light , switched on the current. "We are taking this opportunity," said Mr. Crawford of the company, "to arrange the light properly. Some are not facing the buildings as they should." In the meatime those merchants who have taken it upon themselves to bring their brothers in line are busy. They hope to have all collections copmelte in time for the Saturday night trade. TWO HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Two barely escaped death last evening on the grade crossing at Hohman street and Plummer avenue. Two freight trains, minus cabooses, were backing up, one on the Erie and one on the Monon. They slid through the night, silently, ominously. "Hey, hey, . whoopee, get oft. the track," yelled one man standing on the Erie to another on the Monon. "Whow, watch o-u-t for that train," cried the other at his would-be savior on the Erie. Neither noticed the approach of a train on the "track they were on. In fact, each was so excited about the other's danger that he didn't realize his own position on a track. One jumped just in time and the other was pushed to safety. Citizens claim that the practice of backing freights into town is a dangerous one and that it should be taken before the council. CHILD HAS FATAL FALL Whiting. Ind.. Nov. 19. The two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sallyer of Fred street suffered a serious accident yesterday afternoon by falling out of the window. He fell a distance of about' six feet, striking his head on the cement sidewalk. A physician was summoned, but after continuous efforts was unable to arouse the child from a stupor as the result of a concussion of the brain. The parents are .frantic over the accident, and fear the child will not recover. moke McIIle Canadian Club Mixtore. For pipe or cigarette, beat that leaf and a kill can produce. Adv.

Interrupt Kane by calling the matter to a vote. "If you don't like to hear us talk," said the veteran, "you can make a motion to adjourn.' Provided for Orphenm. The high mark of the ordinance sets the license for picture and . vaudeville shows with a capacity of over 600 at $135. That fixes the Orpheum. Houses seating between 300 and 600 are to pay $90. That very probably attends to the Bijou. Picture theaters seating over 600 must pay $75, and that- fit" the De Luxe. . The penalty attached to this ordinance is a fine not to exceed $300 or Imprisonment not over six months. Churches, clubs and societies are eliminated. Appropriation f 2,800. An appropriation ordinance was passed which transfers from the general funds the sums of $1,000 for street cleaning, $500 for sewer cleaning, and $1,000 for street repairs. A communication was read and approved in which the commissioners of Lake county request permission to build gravel roads on Harrison and Xiake avenues, the first from Indiana boulevard to Lake, and tho second from Harrison to 119th street. Jacob Nutting, claiming to be disfigured for life by a tumble from his motorcycle on the Columbia avenue bridge on the evening of September 1, stated his case in a letter to the council. He asks $3,000 damages. Nutting says that boards protruding upward from the planking of the bridge caused the accident. The fall drove the broken glass of his goggles into his face. The letter was referred to the city attorney. OoAeea oif Prevention. The reading of Nutting letter (Continued on page five.) W. S. Shields, author of the much argued deep sewer system, arrived at the city hall late today with a , new edition of plans and specifications, less expensive than the original. The difference Is estimated variously at from $50,000 to $150,000. Peter Lyons, city engineer, is preparing to go into careful detail with the press, that the public may know the changes that have been brought about through the $1,000 exxpended by the city for that purpose. The plans which Shields of Evanston brought with him today are "practically complete," he said. ' Will Resume Activity. The Injunction proceedings having been dropped by the anti-deep sewer socitles It is quite possible that the 1,300 signers ,of the remonstrance will be open for conviction in the near future, as soon as the recent campaign has become dim and distant. As the deep sewer system stood in the original It would have cost the city a million dollars. Plans called for a 750 horsepower engine In the rumplng station. This would provide enough surplus poweer to furnish lights for all the streets of Hammond. The objection of antls was based on this and other alleged extravagances. STATUE FOR HERO OF THE REVOLUTION Sculptor's model for Barry statue. After five years of discussion over models for a monun-.ent to Commodore John Barry of Revolutionary fame the National Arts' commission has accepted designs for the monument planned by John J. Boyle, sculptor, of New, York. The statue will be ten feet high and will rest on a pedestal 16 feet high. Thus the entire monument will rise nearly 27 feet above a plateau 65 feet wide.

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