Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 158, Hammond, Lake County, 11 December 1913 — Page 1
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TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 11. Dr. "W. F. Gott, secretary of the state board of medical examination and registration, reported to the board at Its meeting, yesterday afternoon, that he had completed his Investigation of fake medical institutes and quack doctors at Gary, and that evidence was being prepared . on which to.b.ase indictments against a number of persons. He said that one man already had been indicted. He said that conditions at Gary were deplorable, and that many persons were being duped out of money by these swindlers. One scheme which he said was worked at Gary left many a poor dupe practically penniless. He ea!d when a man called at the of ftce of one of these Institutes he was taken into a room and disrobed for examination. His clothing was left in another room, and while one "doctor" "made the ex
amination of the man another would go through the man's pockets and find out how much money he had. Then they would charge him all of his money except enough to take him back to his home. He told of one man that entered an office with $210 in his pockets. When the "doctors" were through with him he had $2 left and this was the amount required to pay his fare home. The board is also making a quiet investigation of an institution in this city. If it can find that a. licensed physician is connected with it the board proposes to revoke his license, and if the place is operated by some person not a licensed physician the board expects to prosecute him on a charge of practicing medicine without a license. , The board set January 14 as the day for hearing the case against Dr. H. A. Fink of South liend, who Is charged with Issuing to a minor a prescription for heroin tablets.
ROBERTSDALE W. C. 0. F. ELECT The W. C. O. F. court, No. 959, held a meeting last evening In Church hall at Robertsdale, During the business session election of officers took place. The results were as follows: Chief Ranger Miss T. Gefterth. Vice Chjef Ranger Mrs. J. Palenik. '. Recording Secretary Miss If. Biechrest. I 'Financial Secretary Mrs. A- Lesko. 'Treasurer Mrs. A. Mlhalchlk. . Trustees S. Spltka, Maria Vaclaviak. Sentinel Mrs. S. Skrobola.. Conductors Mrs. J. Sisko, Mrs. M. PJubiek. Delegate Miss Maria Blchrest. Chapter Elects Officers. Hammond chapter. No. 117, R- A. M., at Its regular meeting last night after transacting routine business, elected officers for the ensuing year. A smoker .was also, on the evenings program. The officers elected are as follows: IT. G. Petri eE. H. P. --J. B.'li'mnds -E. K. Iff. It. Rohde-?E. S. E. M. Shanklin iC; H. "' y -fJ; W. R. Flscue P. S. F. N. Hlckok Treasurer. R, S. Galer Secretary. O. Muehlberger R. A. C. "William Schumeuser M. 3rd V. WVR. Ford M. 2nd V. J. E. Hansen M. 1st V. 3. H. Kasper Guard. G. O. Mallett Trustee.
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Companion of Missing Hammond Girl Tells of Gary Experience. Auto Owner is Quizzed.
District Chairman Charles Murphy Gives Hammond Democratic District Convention in; Order to Get Lake County's Help in His Fight Hammond Judge Declines Offer of Anti-
Murphyites.
Many Are Fined. Visitors to Hammond from five parts cf the country met last night in the democracy of cclldom at the Hammond police station. They were all fined $11 this morninp. David Cripp of Coning, N. T.; E. S. Reed of Gary; Frank Jones of Cincinnati; Richard Sharp of Denver; and Tom Hamilton of 5823 Wentworth avenue, Chicago, were the guests.
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Ludwig 111 arriving at the Rathaus to receive the homage of the Munich corporation on the day of accession to the throne; insert she. vs King Ludwig IIL . Pictures have reached this country showing with what! orcip and ceremony Ludwig III was crowned King of Bavaria. As the new king rode through the streets on the dky of his accession he was cheered by thousands of enthusiastic people who filled the streets. Ludwig III was tfoTiin January, 1245. and on February 20. 1868, he married Archduchess Maria Theresa, who is direct descendant of ICinjr Charles I of England, and is called "Queen of England" by the Legitimists. The new king, of course, formally took the placa of the mad King Otto, who recently was found by a special commission to be sufferfng from iiicurable paralysis.
BAT NELSON TO SEEK DIVORCE Portland, Ore., Dec. 11. Bat Nelson's "dream of love is over." In a short time he will apply for a divorce from his wlfet Fay King Nelson, daughter of Jack Xing, athletic trainer of Portland. Mrs. Nelson arrived here today and announced it was "off for good and always" with Battling. ''.The famous ex-lightweight.' champion Is'a Tiiie'hoj", said Mrs. Nelaon, "but he wooes like he fights, with a " dogged persistency , that distracts. It was a mis-match," continued the pensive bride. She also announced she will not. have any of Bat's money or jewels. Mrs. Nelson will return to Denver and
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Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 11. Tippecanoe
county democrats, when they learned
yesterday that Charles Murphy, district chairman, had set the meeting place of the district convention at
Hammond, realized that the conven
tion was arranged for that city in order that the present chairman might have the help of Lake county in his fight to retain l is position. Looks to Lake County. It is understood here that Murpny looks to Lake county to furnish his principal strength in theh convention contest, although he expects White, his home county, to do its part for him. Tippecanoe county's twenty-nine votes. It Is believed, will nearly all be against
Murphy. That ii
anti-Murphy men
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MONEY FLOWS, BUT WEATHER DECIDES WHICH WAY
Heat waves in December are not conducive to a big holiday trade and business men of Hammonu are disappointed in the weather. It is not even a good thing for the consumer from the business man's standpoint, for as one said today, "the workman spends his money recklessly in weather such as this, "Then all of a sudden there comes a, rawr blustery, blizzard and people wake up to the fact that they are not properly clothed for winter weather, that
East Chicago and Gary Men Take Prominent Parts in Progressive District Convention at Lafayette Yes-
KNOTTS SEEKS TO QUIT GARY; WANTS CUBAN POST WaMbtntrtOB, D. C. D-c 11. Myor Thoman E. Knotto of Gary vras krre yeaterday and admitted that he la erh.ing; t be appointed eonaal at Clcnfoeigos. Today accompanied by Senators Kern and Shlvely he will call at the state department to preaa hta claims. Knott gota out of office en January 6.
the assertion of the the coal bin Is nearly empty, that storm here now and thev i aors tcius be made, basement windows
are busily engaged in making good ! rePaired and Christmas is only a. little
Lafayette, Ind.. Dec. 1. Several hundred progressives from the tenth congressional district met here yesterday afternoon in response to a call Issued by Dr. G. R. Coffin of Monticello, district chairman, and the most important business transacted at the meeting was the adoption of a resolution indorsing the primary election law and to pass concurrent resolutions in each county for primary elections under the state law. W. E. Roe of East Chicago, a delegate from Lake county, laid before the meeting the primary proposition, and the tenth district is the first to Indorse
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The Gary "police are fully convinced that Rosier Ryan, the missing Hammond girl, has been the victim of a white slavers Victor Barnhart, an expert In the offices of the Illinois Steel mills at Gary, has been taken into custody by the police of the steel city as one in wh'ose company Rosa Ryan, the 19-year-old Hammond girl was' last seen.
He Is a married man and the owner of a motor car, which he confesses was the
one In which the Hammond girls rode. He claims to have left Rosa Ryan at Sixth and Broadway at eleven o'clock
on the evening of November 30. Since
then she has not been seen or heard of When Barnhart was taken into cus-
today in Gary he turned pale and ask
ed that nothing be said to his wife. Companion Tells Story.
Delia Graves of Hammond, the companion of Rosa Ryan told her story today. She claims to have bolted the party from fright at the untoward conduct of the three mert in whose company she had visited Bee Burke's and Murphy's roadhouses. The police of Hammond and Gary are both of the opinion that Rosa Ryan has been held
secreted for ten days In a Gary flat or are In the hands of white slavers. Rosa Ryan was evidently drugged. Miss Graves lives in the Hotel Carleton where she boards with her mother. Rosle disappeared in Gary on the
night of November 30 after she and her
girl companion had taken an automo
bile ride with three strange young men. When the party stopped at Burke's
ROSIE, RYAN'S DESCRIPTION . Age: twenty. Five feet Ave inches. 1 About 125 pounds; medium build. , .Brown hair. . ; Full face; fair complexion;' pronounced dimple. ' ' ."Wore: light waist, black skirt, black shoes and stockings, threequarters length green coat, black cloth hat with green ribbon and green plume trimmings.
road house at Glen Park, Delia Graves,
also of Hammond, effected her escape.
Sheriff Asked To Asslat. Today Mrs. Ryan, the mother of the girl,' asked Sheriff Whltaker to take a hand in the case.- T - Last night Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Ross and Captain Hanlon of the Hammond police department made a secret investigation In the Gary segregated district but they found no trace of Rosie. ' 1 Chief Martin of the Gary police today admtted that his men had been working on the case for several days and that a complaint would have been
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that statement. If Tippecanoe can send a solid anti-Taggart machine delegation to Hammond it is believed other counties will send enough anti-machine
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REILAND SECURES CLIENT'S ACQUITTAL Jury Deliberates But One Hour Over Verdict.
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Airs. Joe Asher. Little Rock. Ark, Dec. 11. Mrs. Joe Asher, wife of County Judge Asher of Little Rock, is the only accredited woman delegate to sit in the councils of the National Good Roads asociation. She gained her knowledge of road building by accompanying her husband on his ro nding during the past six years, and is now considered an expert road builder. She attends all county nd state good roads meetings and is permitted to take part In the discussions. She has been appointed a dele-gate-atl-larse for Arkansas by the governor. At the good roads convention in 1D12 Mrs. Asher merely as a compliment was asked to make a speech. She made so favorable an Impression that she was placed on the program for the 1913 convention at Detroit .
After an hours deliberation the jury in Judge Reiter's court this afternoon returned a verdict of "not guilty", for Barney Chanacker, an Indiana Harbor man, who was on trial for an alleged criminal assault upon Sofia Chszanoska. The case was bitterly contested for several days with Attorney W. A. Relland of Indiana Harbor the leading counsel for the defense. Reiland was assisted by Attorney W. J. McAleer of Hammond, and went into the trial confident that he would clear his defend
ant. He represented Chanacker In the lower court, where he also secured his
acquittal. Reiland and McAleer made i found
out a case of conspiracy against the complaining witness. They showed that the defendant was worth $4,000 and that he would be liable in a civil suit in case he would be convicted. The state was represented by Attorneys Paul McClonkey and Hembroff & Glazebrook. the. latter conducting the defense In court.
ways off. The money that should have
gone for these things, if winter had
arrived sooner, has been spent .for amusement." Although this is rather a gloomy philosophy, the business man who exploited it is a cheerful fellow. "The trade is good," he said, "and we have no complaint to make, but if it were to get real cold and stay that way. we would shatter all records for business in Hammond.",
j With the sun shining bright, the air
warm and the earth free of snow the Christmas window displays do not have the same setting as usual. The good weather enables many to get out who would otherwise be housed and the stores are full in the afternoons so that the belief of Mr. Business Man that people like to shop In snow may not be rigJit-
HAMMOND POLICE ANN 0 YjQAR Y COPS According to the Gary police Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Ross and Captain Hanlon of the Hammond police last night conducted a private investigation in the Gary seg-, regated district while, in search of Rosie Ryan, the missing Hammond girl. The Gary police assert that the two officials might have accomplished more had they first come to the police Tstatlon and not ignored them as they did. , .
JONES NO LONGER A FAKIRS' MEAL TICKET Sage of State St. Performs a "Miracle" in His Billiard Parlor.
Charles Jones, the sage of State street, has exposed another of the grafters that feed upon the gillibllity of the uninitiated. Jones is about as old as Solomon and nearly as wise. He has lingered so long on this sordid globe that nothing
'surprises him an dhe can read the Sat- . urday Blade without winching. He coni ducts an ordinary billiard parlor in 85
LITTLE BOY SAVES FLIER FROM WRECK Wabash, Ind Dec. 11. While walking on the Big Four tracks on his way to school yesterday Robert Lane, ten,
a broken rail. Hearine a train
whistle, he dashed down the track, pulled off his coat and flagged an express train. Passengers and crew made up a purse for the boy.
FOURTEEN DAYS TO CHRISTMAS
New Ball Team.
HAMMOND TEACHER TO LECTURE AT VALP0 Miss Norma Locklin, teacher of domestic science in the Hammond schools, is to speak at the corn, bread and dress show in Valparaiso, beginning today and lasting the r;st of the week. .
Heat, wnen and wMrt jro want It Get a Gas Heating Stova No. Ind. Gas Jk Kiec Co 4.dv. litl
The Booster club of Hammond, affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, has secured- Jessup's gymnasium as winter headquarters for basketball. Charles Van Gilder of Peru; L. N. Carter, captain of the Rockford " Military academy; William Mowry, high school star; Robert Callahan, T. M. C. A. player, and Bmil Bower, are members of the squad from which the team will be chosen. Th-e "Boosters" expect to. make a good showing.
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State street where a number of elderly men like himself gather to play threecushion billiards and while away an
afternoon or evening. Spare Thy Team, A woman on crutches entered the Jones establishment yesterday and solicited charity. She had two little toddlers with her and looked as helpless
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East Gary, Ind.; Dec: 11. There is much excitement here as the result of the exhumation of the body of an infant buried in the Lake Station cemetery, :; A weird scene was witnessed here today when Deputy . Coroner Brink of Hobart, acting under instructions from Coror.er Frank Smith of Gary, dug up the remains. They ate those of the infant daughter of Mr. and IMrs. Burril Pierce, the father beiii a section foreman here. A post-mortem will be held today to ascertain the truth of a rumor that the child had died of carbolic acid poisoning. Several days ago the marshal and justice of the peace at East Gary, following the circulating of stories that the child had been poisoned, demanded that Coroner Smith make an investigation. He held an inquest and learned from the parents, the doctor and the undertaker that the child had died of natural causes, being weakly throughout its life. However, the poisoning stories would not down and today's post-mortem is expected to reveal whether the whole affair is pieced from malicious gossip or whether the child really was the victim of poison. '
MILITARY CANTON INSTITUTED IN GARYYESTERDAY A Canton (military lodge) with 21 charter members was Instituted at Odd Fellows' hall yesterday afternoon. Canton No. 9 of Soiith Bend conferred the degree of Patriarch Militant. The officers of the jlocal canton, Gary No. 6, are: A. G. Shay, commandant and cap-
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it was a i-uuiui tptjciiii je anu wouiu have brought tears to the eyes of anybody but the sage of State street. "Have a chair," he said, formally. With much stress she seated herself. To all appearances one leg was missing and the other one infirm. Tears were In her eyes. It didn't faze Jones. "Lady," began the sage, tapping her on the shoulder, "tell me honestly, doesn't it tire you to walk around on o3 foot and hold theother on up?" Then the miracle happened. She rose to her feet, both feet, and stamped the floor with the one that was supposed to have been cJt off In a wreck, and walked out of the place. "Oh, madanie," Jones called, "you forgot your crutches.Faklra Mlwht an Well Avoid Joaea. The sage of State street can penetrate any foible or folly. He doubts very much if there is any way In which he was not stung during the years in which he gained his knowledge and understanding.
Charity Performance. Three performances of "His Only Son," the former vehicle of Charles Ross, will be given for charity, December 31, at the Orpheum theater. The entire proceeds of the box office are to go direct to Hammonds poor.
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BREAK UP VENDETTA. A vendetta in the forming has been temporarily broken up by the restraining influence of surety bonds which hold Saia Cutean and John Oana of Indiana Harbor to keep the peace with Nick Stanley, who told Judge Edward P. Ames Of Hammond that his life was threatened by them. Constables who went to arrest Oana were met by the latter brandishing a butcher's cleaver.
NEW COMMISSIONER IS A BULL M00SER
MARRIES AT CROWN POINT The news that Barbee Hook, one of the best-known young millionaires In Los Angelei, was married Friday at Crown Point fto Mrs. Imbgene Marre, a widow of Chicago, was revealed yesterday when the couple arrived In Los Angeles. They are now honeymooning at the Hook country place near Glendora. '
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IVlnfred T. Deanison. Winfred T. Dennison, whose appoint ment as one of the members of the new Philippine . commission Is now before the senate waiting for confirmation, is a Bull Mooser. He was born in Portland. Maine, and is forty years old. Harvard university graduated him as a lawyer and he went to New York where he became asoclated with Henry L. Stimson In the U. S. attorney's office. He made a name for himself In legal circles in the prosecution of ihe sugar trust and went to Washington as so assistant to the attorney general, from which place President Wilson appointed him to the Philippine commission.