Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 142, Hammond, Lake County, 21 November 1913 — Page 1

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Brown-Hill-Ellis Matrimonial Entanglements Are Unfolded Today in Sensational Trial in Lake Superior Court. Charles L. Brown, twenty years old, husband of two wives, went on the witness stand In Judge Kopelke's eourt today In a supplementary divorce proceeding hoping to rid himself of wife No. 1, Alice Hill Brown, in order that he might live in peace with his second wife. Fern Ellis Brown. "Wife No. 1 he says is forty years old. "Wife No. 2 is of an age fitting for a senior in the high school. In the court room crowded with habitues sat the two women listening to Brown's story of marital entanglements during the past four years. When Brown had finished his story, Judge Kopelke Indicated that the testimony submitted by Brown alone was insufficient to sever the bonds of matrimony but asked the attorneys for law on the subject. Attorney Cravens, J. K. Stlnson and Robert McAleer appeared for Brown. Mrs. Brown was represented by deputy prosecutor Ralph Ross. t On the witness stand Brown stated ' that he married his first wife under duress and threats from her relatives at a time when he was barely sixteen years old, guileless and ignorant of the ways of the world. He testified that she . had made all the arrangements for the wedding which she said was performed In the parsonage of a former north side priest In Hammond. His intimacies with Miss Hill he said begaln in her home where he was a boarder. Continuing his story in answer to the questions from Attorney Cravens, he said he left his wife within the first week fter their, wedding. The child ' which he said wis born to her prema" turely during this week, died immediately after birth. He next gave an account of himself at the Naval Training Station north of Chicago. In December of 1909 Thb Times reported a story of his marriage to Fern Ellis. A reporter found them at their home in State street, after a wedding trip to Cincinnati, they having gone there from Kenosha where they had been married. Brown explained to a Times reporter that he had secured a divorce from his first wife, by default Through his attorney he showed the court that his wife was a non-resident of the state, and the law requiring legal publication of the notice relative the institution - of divorce proceedings was printed in an obscure corner in a Lowell paper. The technicalities of the law had been complied with and Judge Lawrence Becker entered a decree granting Brown a divorce with this proviso however that he might not marry again within two weeks. Lack of a uniform divorce law in the United States, gave Brown a loop hole and a few weeks later he married Fern Ellis In Kenosha. Wife No. 1 however did not sit idly by. She appealed to the state's attorney's office, and upon proper showing. Judge Becker annulled the divorce. Wife No. 1 then swore out a warrant against her husband and Fern Ellis charging them with living in adultery, but in anticipation of the proceedings of today, this case was nolle prossed. Judge Kopelke this afternoon decided the case in favor of Mrs. Brown No. 1 and refused the divorce asked for by her youthful husbarrd. The latter marriage to Fern Ellis is therefore void. ; POULTRY H PLATS EXHIBIT ' - . New Years' eve is to be celebrated In Hammond with a chicken show for which tickets are selling two months in advance. Poultry fancies- of Lake county who recently organized In the Chamber of Commerce are looking forward to the first chicken show to be ' held in Hammond. The word chicken is nifant literally, not in its corrupted usage, so that no one ned attend the show who is not Interested In feathered biddies, hens, eggs, bantams and the like. As planned now th poultry show will be held on the last two days of this year and the first four of next. A Maginot building on Fayette street, formerly occupied by the "Bud" Cannon garage is to house the shew. Back from Business Trip. Frank Hitchcock, chief clerk to the general superintendent of the C. I. & 3. railroad, . returned . yesterday from a "business trip to New York city. Breitung's La Venda Cigars are eoc. Idered supreme by ths best Judges.Adv. tt

BOOING FORSYTH AVENUE

Possibilities of East Chicago Thoroughfare as a CountyHighway Seen by Property Owners; Its Opening Would Be Big Thing. Forsythe avenue which is the main north and south thoroughfare in East Chicago, and one of the few highways in that city which still has a future as a county highway Is considered ripe for extension and improvement. Strangely enough the movement for the improvement of the highway originates in the country district, and has Andrew Welter a big Munster property owner and president of the Hammond-Gary Produce company as its chief booster. The opening of the highway would benefit the town of Munster particularly the east side of the town, and Mr. Welter argues that it would benefit all the territory through which it would be opened. Forsythe avenue is paved in East Chicago and this improvement extends as far south as the Hessville road. Soutth of this road it is opened with the exception of a few spots although in some place sit needs widening and straightening. The plan now is to make it an eighty foot highway, and to run it as far south - as Hartsdale where it will connect with another macadam highway a little to the east which runs Into the Jollet road, a paved highway, Forsythe avenue extended lies a mile and a half east of Calumet avenue in Hammond. In North township Forsythe avenue touches the property of the Indiana Land company, that of Phil McLaughlin and E. Schreiber, the Knickerbocker farm, the Knoeners' land and the old Wicker property. The road is on a half section line. . -v i . tits? The Hammond Order of Elks, No. 485, held an enthusiastic meeting at their club rooms "on Hohman street last evening, and was attended by an unusually large gathering. Besides taking In a class of six candidates, a large number- of Important business matters were disposed of following its regular routine work. One of the important features of the meeting was the report of the entertaining committee on the success, of raising funds for the Elks' new $25,000 borne, to be erected on their property on Rlmbach avenue next spring. The builc ng of the beautiful new home is (most assured and a cam paign is now being outlined to raise the balance of tlae money, It was announced last night that the annual memorial services of the Elks' lodges throughout the country will be observed on December 1, in commemoration of the departed brothers of Elkdom during the past year. The program of the Hammond Elks' memorial services is to be more elaborate this year than ever before. The Hon. B. Ritche of Lima, Ohio, has been secured to deliver the principal memorial address of the day. -Mr. Ritche is known as one of the ablest speakers in the country and Hammond citizens are congratulating themselves that they will be able to hear him. He was the first exalted ruler of Lima, Ohio lodge No. 54, of Elks, and the grand supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of the world. He Is the author of the K. of P.'s present ritual. The- place of the memorial services has not been definitely settled. Death of Pioneer. Mrs. Rhoda J. Johnston, a. resident of Lake county for sixty-five years, died yesterday at the home of her son, W. W. Johnston, 343 Douglas avenue, West Hammond, of diseases resulting from old age. She was born in Merrillville. Ind., in 1848. Three daughters and a son survive the mother. - -They are Mrs. P. Jansen of Griffith, Mrs. J. Doughett of Highland, Mrs. Jamieson and W. W. Johnston. Mrs.' Johnston's stepmother, Mrs. E. J. Swift, is still alive. The funeral . will be held Sunday from the home of the son. Gelson of Crown Point will be In charge and Rev. Tannehill of Knox is to officiate. The service will be held in the home at 10 o'clock and at the grave at 12 o'clock. Interment is to be in the Ross cemetery. Heat, waen ana wtir roa want tt Get a Gas Heating stave, No. Ind. Gas Elec Co. Adv. Mtf iKHB V TOTJR TRIAL StTBSCRIP. TIOIS TO THB TUIS9 FOR Jk HOSTS.

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GREAT OVATION IN

Frarncis Burton Harrison (Insert) and crowd that greeted him on arrival at Manila. Pictures ave just reached this country showing the extent of the ovation that was tendered Franete Burton Harrison, new governor of the Philippines, on his arrival in .Manila. Thousands of enthusiastic lplnos turned out to greet the new governor, whom they believe favors early Philippine independenca

lEEKER IN T WINS SUIT - The supreme court ot Indiana In reversing the Lake circuit court in the case of Charles A. Johnson, auditor of Lake county, vs. Louis A. Bryan, the Gary real estate owner, has settled a problem that will mean much in fees to the county. Owaer Mailt Pay. Some time ago Bryan and the auditor agreed to a friendly suit to decide whether the county should collect a fee for descriptions in cases of tax salesi Accordingly Attorney William Matthews of counsel for the Bryan companies and the county attorney, J. F. Meeker, went to bat in the circuit court. A decision favorable to Bryan was rendered. .An appeal was then made. Attorney Matthews said this morning: "This suit was more of an accommodation to the county officials. It will mean money to the county. In the case involved the dispute was over a fee of 27 cents." Montreal. OnU Nov. 21. Canadian Pacific train No. 1, known as the Imperial Limited, runnig from Montreal to Vancouver, was wrecked near Heron's bay, Ontario, early this morning. Reports by way of Fort "Williams say that the trans-continental flyer plunged into Lake Superior. It was admitted that the train had been wrecked at Heron's bay, that the engine went into the lake and that the fireman was drowned, 'but further than these no details were available early. The delay in receipt of news was said to be due to the fact that wires were down. GOOD PROGRESS ON BAPTIST CHURCH Work on the new Baptist church has progressed to such an extent that thero is talk of an earlier dedication than at first expected. The four walls of the edifice are practically up to the top and constructional iron work has started on the manunoth dome which is to place the building among the, high buildings in town. TO QUIET TITLE FOR BIG HAMMOND TRACT Suit for quiet title involving 168 lots on the north side in the Avery addition was filed in the superior court today by Attorney George B. Sheerer on behalf of the Northern Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, which, owing to the fact that it is a non-resident corporation, wants the firm of J. S. Blackmun & Co. appointed as administrator for the estate. Mrs. Avery in her will left an undivided one-fourth or her vast estate to charities, and this now necessitates the quieting of title.

MANILA TO NEW GOVERNOR OF PHILIPPINES

OTHER STREETS TO VIE WITHSTATE ST. Sibley Steet Is Now Desirous of Being "All Lit Up." Undaunted by the trials of Hohman street and her illuminous lamps, other sections of the business district are considering the -question of ornamental light. The Jatest of these . movements has 4;,..5, 2ye?t from ,,Hoh manstret.-. ,W-Oakley venue.7'""-T""': ' MWillfjay.tientl lights by spring," said Alderman John Kane, a property : owner In that strip of street. We intend to make a gay thtroughfare out of Sibley street so that we can draw business from other parts and compete with Hohman and State streets." The Hub clothing store, a progressive firm, has also become active in the light question. It advocates an ornamental system for Hohman street from Logan to. the city hall. Land Deal Off. , By mutual consent Fred Dietrich and Albert Ratzlaff, a deal for a twenty-acre tract of land held by the former was called otf today, the transfer money which was passed some time ago having been returned in the office of Attorney George B. Sheerer this afternoon. The land lies south of Hammond, near Saxony, and is valued around $350 an acre. 11 FLIRTATION BRINGS THEM TRAGEDY Dr. 121am, whose home Is in St, .Joseph, Mo., killed W. Putnam Cramer of Chicago on Tuesday last in a room in a hotel in Kansas City, where they had met to discuss , Cramer's alleged attentions to Mrs. Elam. Dr. Elan says his revolver 'was ' fired acciden-tall.r.

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WRIT PLEA , Tha cases of two life men in . the MicWganrtyprrse-will- evrefoT the state board of pardons at the meeting to be held in December. Petitions have been filed for the parole of Edward Donahue, sentenced from Lake county, July, 1905, to death on the gallows. J. Frank Hanly, who was then governor, commuted Donahue's death sentence to life imprisonment Just a few days before the date fixed for his execution, and when the gallows was ready for the victim. Donahue lured a Dr. Northrup, a veterinary burgeon to Lake county on the pretense of a horse trade, and after killing him secreted his body not far from the highway near Hobart, where it was found. Pleea From State. Donahue fled the state and was not captured until several months later, when he was found at the home of his sister in Rochester, N. T. His tial was one of the most sensational murder trials ever held in the circuit court. FREE WOOD FOR THE POOR Thomas F. Drury, manager of Swift & Company's ice plant at Wolf Lake, today inserted an ad in The Times telling the deserving poor of Hammond that they may have wood to burn for the asking. " It 'has been so long since even the undeserving wealthy could afford to burn wood that this little want ad will create a furore. Every form of vehicle from a mud scow to a motor truck is expected to pull up alongside of Drury's wood pile. It is Mr. Drury's pet charity. The wood is not without value, by no means. The ice plant which is very extensive is repaired every year. This fall there is more than the usual amount of wood. But when the "poor" get at it the big sticks will quickly disappear. Mrfl Drury lets a men be the own judge of his poverty. NOVEMBER "HEAT" WAVE TO CONTINUE l 24 HOURS LONGER A cool breexe expected in this locality tonight will fail to break November's "heat wave." This was the promise today of Major H. B. Hersey, acting weather forecaster. He predicted clear, pleasant weather for the next twenty-four hours, and probably even longer. "From present indications! it looks as though the present mild Spell will continue until Saturday, and probably longer," said Major Hersey. "It should be a clear and mild day for the football, game. I do not see any prospect of rain, other than a possible shower in sight." Make that cold room bearable with m Gas Heating Stove. No. Ind. Gas Kleo. Co. Adv Mt

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Hammond Country Club Inaugurates Unique Event Which Is Largely Attended; Saengerbund-Fi-delia Is Gue st of Honor.

One of the most remarkable enter tainments ever given at the Hammond Country club took place last night when the first annual German night was inaugurated. The members of the Hammond Saengergbund-Fidelia were guests of honor and nearly 300 people were in attendance at the affair. The function was successful, as it was predicted it would be, and the entertain.ment committee present last night felt repaid for its labors. The work of arrangement and decoration had transformed the dining hall into a palm garden. Steins and potted ferns along the plate racks,, floor palms surrounding the fountain, table palms in corners of the room made it look like a typical rathskeller abode. The walls were hung with illuminated signs in German script, the clever handiwork ST1EGLITZ PARK (Special to Thb Times.) Whiting, Ind, Nov. 21. Mayor Parks and the city council carried out the program with reference to Stlgllts Park at a special meeting last night and passed an ordinance annexing the suburb which had been dlsannexed from East Chicago earlier in the week. It was dlsannexed from East Chicago because of no water supply and its close proximity to Whiting. By the anexatlon of Stiglltz Park, the city of Whiting gains control of 129th street and 94 ares of land. It consists, of Stlglitx Park sub-division, Davidson's addition to East Chicago, one mile of . railroad right of way, Davidson's 2nd addition to East Chicago. 10 acres of land along the B. & O. rightfwTira'cT William Ahlborn, Tom Lavene. Newell Brothers, William Prohl and other street, road, sidewalk and grading contractors find that while the present season is on the wane that the ensuing year of activity is not far off. Indications are that there will . be an early revival of contract letting by Individuals, corporations and the city hall board. By the first, of next week Sheffield avenue, which is being paved for four miles north of Gostlin street, will be finished. Tom -Lavene has the first mile of the street and William Ahlborn the next three. The job has been a long and hard one owing to obstacles, such as posts and poles, which had to be moved. ' ' William Ahlborn has commenced the paving of Calumet avenue from Gostlin street north, having completed the grading of that extended thoroughfare. The spaning of Lake Gforge, an engineering feat, was completed some time ago. Though the question of protecting this grade from the wash of the waters was raised by The Times the county commissioners have not found time to act on the matter as yet. The paving of Calumet avenue will be finished by January 1. Then Hammond will have a motorway frm lake front which will invite travel into town. IN LINE? Clarence H. Stiver, deputy revenue collector, is here from Hammond this afternoon. Mr. Stiver is prominently spoken of as chief deputy of the Indiana department wh'en the new collector is appointed. Michigan City News. Working, for Charity. Camp Fire Girls, an auxiliary of the Boy Scout camp of Hammond, are engaged in a campaign for charity. Under the direction of Miss Merriet, of the high school, members of the order are soliciting subscriptions to a magazine in Hammond, West Hammond, E4st Chicago. Robertsdale and Whiting. The fund is to be used for charity at Christmas time. Hammond Library Notes. Magazine Articles, poems and stories about Thanksgiving have been listed at the library and placed on special shelves for the use of the public Many pretty Thanksgiving posters decorate the children's room. Miss Lillian Krlnbill will tell stories to the children on Saturday morning from 10 to 1L LIBRARIAN.

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BY 300 GUESTS of Adolph Hirsch, and these exposed hobbies and foibles of various members. The tables were bared of linen in regulation concert garden style and everything was In keeping. Refreshments were served in steins by waiters and the menu was German throughout. In the main hall a' huge picture of Bismarck adorned the wall and a huge German flag draped with the stars and stripes hung from ths balcony. The orchestra played German national hymns and airs until the program started. Each guest was greet ed with German salutations by the reception committee, and It was truly, made a German night. The program itself was a decided novelty. Dr. Heinrich Sharrer, the club's president, gave an address of Continued on page fourteen.) IS TAKEU owned by the Standard Oil company; and 8 acres of unsubdivlded acreage. Whiting ' will begin immediately to open and improve, 129th street. With its annexation to Whiting, Stiglltz Park will gain the municipal water system and other modern improvements, such as gas, electricity, fire and police alarm system " which, they have been fighting for for years. At the special meeting last night, tha telephone company franchise was passed. ' The police and fire alarm systems will be Installed with the completion of contracts with the Chicago Telephone ' company.. . The telephone company gains permission to install underground conduits for their - telephone wires. They agree to perform the labor of installing fire and police alarm SHRIR ARE OFF FO . Headed by Potentate H. E. Sharrer of the Orak Shrine, sixty Shriners left today aboard a Monon special for Indianapolis where they Will participate in a circus and ceremonial put on by the Murat temple. Shriners from all parts of the state will be present. A full patrol captained by Shrlner Bonnie Wilson, lead a parade at noon from the Masonic temple to the Monon depot. That ludicrous comedy trio, Otto Rah. Charley See and John Mortland lead the patrol. Hundreds witnessed the procession. The Shriners who went follow: Dr. H. E. Sharrer. C. E. Paine, W. 3. Hutton, Frank S. Betz, W. : C. Rose, Frank Hern, B. A. Parker, T. J. Hauer, J. C. Perry, Thomas Taylor, W. IV Hanna, W. W. Morea, W. B. Conkey, O. C. Speichert. F. K. Gcrdts. L. Ske lenger, T. G. Taylor, Carl Lundquist, Herman B. Betz, Jake Brusel, Dr. W. A. Buchanan, Charles See, R. E. Garber, George C. Locklin. George P. Daily, Otto Rabe, Frank Beta, Jr., A. H. W. Johnson, A. J. Swanson, Lawson Meyers, Bennie , Wilson, William Hopp, Max Schmidt, C. L. Chapman, W. C. Norris, E. G. Schill, R. Fowler, O. J. T.or.n V. S. Tipitfr. R. A . MePhall. 1T. f"J Petrie, Herbert Wiley, H. R. Mandurf, F. W. Hicks, J. K. Karmsen, and Dr. George Orf. I The Gary, Indiana Harbor and Crotvn i point representations were small com pared with the crowd from Hammond. MAGINOT BUILDING NEAR COMPLETION . Micchael Maginot, the feed supplies merchant, has his new concrete and tile two-story building at Tayette near Oakley avenue ready for the finishers. It has been four months in the building. The first floor wtU be arranged for a salesroom and the second flojr 'for storage purposes. The store h.im Fayette and Russell street entrances. City Case Continued. The case of Devorak against the cHy of Hammond for damages above thone allowed by the board of public works for the widening of Calumet avenue, which waset for trial today was continued by agreement of the attorney until tise first week in January. Breitung's La Venda Cigars are the highest class In all Its slies-Adv, t

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