Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 48, Hammond, Lake County, 13 December 1913 — Page 1

LAKE FAIR TODAT AND SUNDAY: NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. VOL. ni., NO. 48. DECEMBER 13, 1913. EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDTFION.

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WANT 10 Murphy Democrats in Tenth District Desire Annulment of Lafayette Meeting, and Have New Scheme to Retain Power. Lafayette, Ind, Dec. 13. Those Democrats of TJppecanoe county who are standing by Charles J. Murphy in his fight to retain the chairmanship of the Tenth district central committee are circulating; petitions appealing; to the state committee to annul the action taken by the Tippecanoe county central committee In regard to the election of delegates to the district convention to be held at Hammond December 29. The county central commute last Saturday determined on the manner of selecting; delegates, leaving; the selection to committees of five to fifteen Democrats in each precinct. The pe titioners desired to have the state committee instruct the county central committee to select delegates by the primary method. PanHMt of the Petition. . The petitioners represent the Tag gart faction of the county Democracy, and their purpose is. if the state committee upholds their appeal, to select two delegates from Tippecanoe coun ty who will vote for Charles Murphy for district chairman. It Is asserted that Murphy is endeavoring to buld up a machine, In the Tenth district to in sure his reappointment to the public service commission, when hs present term of two years expires. John B. Peterson, congressman Tenth district, is said to have instruct ed all postmasters in his district to "take off their coats and work for the selection of Murphy delegates through out the district." Mayor George R. Durgan Is leading the flgt hagalnst Murphy In this coun - tvT bin It is saiVi 3lwni not make- any effort to defeat th petition that is in tended for the state- committee. To- Flffft Taggart CroTr. The county central committee, which is a TMjrgan organization, intends to wait until the primaries are heald. provided one is ordered by the state committee, and then plunge Into the fight and . show the Taggart faction how fairly It can be beaten. It is believed here that the state committee, being a Taggart organization, will grant the petition of the Taggart men in this county. County Chairman Isherwood said today that the method of selecting delegates was one that had been followed for several years. The selection of precinct com mitteemen Is by the same method. TIP TO AUTO OWNERS. Abe Martin Says: Tllford Moots has sent his toorin' car to the garbage for the winter, and is using his gasoline money to buy Red Cross Christmas seals. ARB YOtT A TIMES READER. ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE, FACES JURY " Cleve Culbertsoa. Wllltston, JJ. D., Dec 13. Charged with the murder of three persons, Cleve Culbertson. formerly of Henderson. Neb., is now on trial here. Culbertson Is accused of murdering Mr. and Mrs. t. T. Dillon and their daughter, aged fourteen. The crime was one of the most cold-blooded ever committed In the state. No motive has been found.

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Captain Rlmbaeh of the Hammond pollc department t him afternoon brought Hoale Ryan to her mother front Chicago. He found her In Chicago staying with a girl friend. She vraa picked up by a plainclothes nai In at dance hall la Chicago last night and told to go home. The sudden disappearance and mys terious absence of Rosle Ryan of Ham mond Is no longer a mystery. All melodramic plots that have been created to fit the case have exploded with a bang and the case is being dropped as quickly as it was taken up. The girl is no nearer home than when she left. That she is in Chicago of her own accord and not in the hands of white slavers has been determined. What she has been doing there is an other matter. Delia Graves, the girl who escaped from the maudlin party that spent the evening of November 30 at Murphy's and Bee Burke's Ridge road saloons. is at work in a Hammond hotel. Evidently Rosie sought .work after the night which her compnion, Victor Barnhart, says she spent at a Broad way, Gary hotel. No word of her reached Mrs. Ryan In Hammond from the Sunday afternoon of her departure for a Gary skating rink -till yesterday forenoon when sne called her mother on the phone saying that she was at work on Dearborn street. This seems to have satisfied her mother and the police are no longer working on the case. Mrs. Ryan told a reporter this after noon that she expects her daughter home at any moment. Barnhart has been released by the Gary police and the mysterious disappearance of Rosle Ryan is a matter of ancient history. MORCVCILSTS ORGANIZE CLUB At a -special meeting last Thursday night a number of enthusiastic motorcyclists xaet at the Tale Motorcycle of fice at 22 State street, and launched what is to be known as the Hammond Motorcycle . club. Fifteen members were taken In and the following offic ers were elected to serve during the en suing year: " President Walter Whalen." .. Secretary Arthur Andre. Treasurtr Harry Harder. , At the next regular meeting next Thursday : evening the club hopes to increase its membership to forty-five and when a total of fifty members is reached the list for charter members will be closed. The club Is being or ganized for the social benefits which the members will derive from it, and several motorcycle runs are being ar ranged for next season. Until the club secures headquarters, meetings will be held at, the Tale motorcycle rooms at 229 State street. , SHANNENBERGER - IMPOSED UPON Roby Saloonkeeper to Re sume Business. Having rid himself of a partner underisable to him, George Shannenberg-

Baioor. weeper, prepanng j $;J ln flnes It represents the only arto reopen in the business in his former ; -.,. hlI. n. thn lno. oUa imi.i

place on Indiana boulevard. Shannenberger and a man named Harry Brannon, formerly of South Chicago, were in partnership with the license in the former's name. On the first of the month the partnership was sued for possession of the place for back pent, but the owners have informed Shannenberger that they believe hjm to be a decent tenant, and he will accordingly re-establish himself In the business. He expects to open early next week. A man who held himself out as Shannenberger's former partner, informed The Times that Shannenberger had skipped out with 1300 belonging to the business. The charge proved to be an unjust one, as Shannenberger is known to be a reputable business man. The only "skipping out" that he did was in taking down his own license from the wall to prevent Brannon from doing any further business which he considered injurious to his own interests. That would explain any unjust charge. HORSES FALL ON

ICY PAVE JflE NTS - squati and th motorcycle delegation j are one and the same James Buckley. Traveling on Truman avenue was j phief of Police OkraJ sees a dreary made dangrerous this morning on ae- j outlook ahead, nothing but peace, nocount of Its Icy condition and several brlety, lawfulness and monotony. If teams aire said to have received nasty ; some one would break loose and start

falls. A team of horss belonging to Downey and Ports slipped and fell, one of the horses being severely cut between the front legs. It was necessary to cell a veterinary surgeon as the animal bled profusely from a wound it received. Breltung's La Vnnda Cigars at coo. side red supreme by the bast Jodfea . Adv. ' tt IT SAVES MONEY, MAKES MONEY TIMES' ADS.

THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYED fRAMP CHICAGO STREETS; BREAD LINE FORMS; COMMISSION RECOMMENDS MUNICIPAL JOBS

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Chicago, Dea 13. Not before4In some years has Chicago held so many thousands of unemployed men as now. The bread lines are longer than they have been before in Beeral winters, and the demand for free lodgings at the municipal lodging house is : S00 per cent greater than last winter. Officers of the United Charities assert that they handled hiry-four more requess In the first eight days of this December than In the entire month a year ago. ,Thoy also say 5,500 skilled workers are out of employment in South Chicago, and that 20,000 others are on half time. The total unemployed are estimated at from The entire "West Hammond police force, fire department, militia, detective force and court bailif can be seen any nice warm December morning riding about town on a bicycle. The personage referred to is Officer James Buckley, who works under the generalship of Chief of Police John OkraJ, answering fires, quelling riots, capturing bandits, apprehending bold highwaymen and starting the morning lire. ' y The total revenue for the month of November and so far in December is being Joe Cleming who is said to have entered a freight car and attempted burglary. . . . He was frustrated. Icobad Crane would like "West Hammond. It is a good town for easily frightened people to live in. Having been blacklisted by the crook's fraternity, only respectable persons who are looking for hometiites go there. Sunrise Court Xo. Longer, Sunrise court Jsan Institution of the past. There -was a tirne not long ago, when ; Judge Adam Stachowicz arose with the sun on a Sunday morning and (galloped over to the city Jail. When the first direct rays of sunbeams were dancing across the court room a group of highly disreputable males and females would be lined up, lectured and fined by the judge. The tune was usually $6 for a souse; $11 for a rough-house, f 15 for an assault, and so on correspondingly. Now there is nothing doing. Since the abolition of the sunrisecourt owing to the closing of dives, the West Hammond police force has gradI ually diminished until now the patrol something it would be an awful shock to him now.. But no one will. Bailiff Trost HI. Jimmy Trost, bailiff in the city court and state humane officer, is confined to his home today at 327 Indiana avenue with a svere attack of rheumatism. This- is the second time within the past three months that Mr, Trost has been confined to his home with rheumatism and his many friends are I wishing him a speedy xscovery.

CITY IS CERTAINLY REFORMED

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Municipal employmentAls one of the suggestions urged upwi Mayor Harrison by hia commission,.; on the unemployed. The commission has passed the following resolutions: ' - 1 The committee :on unemployment is convinced that a very large number of persons in Chicago are at present out of work a number so large as to constitute a grave ldastrlal and social situation. ; I 2 -Temporary relief, such as food and shelter, should fof at once undertaken for the really tietdy cases. Such relief should be undertaken by the municipality or through existing relief agencies. '-? . - ,.3jjCbeujmmitft?, y 'ft tjartheV. tnvlwoAN ANSWER TO A BOAST THE TIMES recognized as the greatest advertising medium in this part of the state has always refrained from comparisons, preferring to let patent facts speak for themselves. The following assertion from the Gary Tribune Is bo amusing and bo untruthful that we cannot pass it by. x Today's 20 page Issue of the Trlbane, the greatest regular edition ef any newspaper ln Northwentern Indiana. 03 colamns or 1.S60 Inches of advertising. Today the merchants ef Gary show their recognition of the Trlbane as Gary and Northern Indiana's a-reatest newspaper. YESTERDAY'S ISSUE OF THE TIMES CONTAINED 16 PAGES AND IN THAT 16 PAGES WERE NEARLY 95 COUL'MNS OR 1900 INCHES OF ADVERTISING. In other word? THE TIMES ran over 100 more inches of advertising and only carried 16 pages to do it. - r The statement ridiculous in its falsity that yesterday's edition of the Gary Tribune was the greatest regular edition of any newspaper in Northwestern Indiana provokes a titter. THE TIMES HAS ON MANY OCCASIONS IN REGULAR EDITIONS ECLIPSED THE 20 PAGE TRIBUNE ISSUE. THE TIMES is the greatest advertising medium in this part of the state. TWELVE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS lit: I V TT 'jf. r 4 Santa Claua Will Soon Be Her Buy v Your Preitau Nwt . . . 4

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c vaucago s bread Uaca. ed that a large proportion of the or em ployed are worthy and deserving persons, who desire work rather than charity. 4 Therefore . the committee recom mends that the city take immediate steps to consider the feasibility of establishing some form of municipal em ployment for as many of the unemploy ed as possible at a fair wage, prefer ence to be given to those having fami lies dependent upon them. 6 That the municipal lodging house be instructed to prepare at once a list of all available men for emergency street cleaning joos, that men may qtilckly and without expenet to them selves be given such worSc,. aoicTii 3 -MOWN With the exception of two or thre Indictments, warrants have been serv led on all returned recently by th ' grand jury in the Lake Superior court. While true bills were returned for three Gary men for rioting on election jday, the gand jury it is said felt that the election day troubles were largely ; a local matter between the contending parties, and that the burden of prosej cution should be thrown onto the citl- ' zenshlp of these communities rather t than on the 'whole county. Among those indicted Is- Joseph Myslivy, son-of an East Chicago councilman who with' others is charged with having taken an automobile from a public highway and holding It for a reward and storage. George Hallas and Ed Florlck young men of his age were indicted - with him on the same charge. The auto is said to have been stalled on an East Chicago street, but was left in the care of the chauffeur by William Dobler the owner. The (Continued on page eight.) THE FLAM TRUTH ABOUT THE MATTER I have been asked a great many times if it was really true that the large stock of Kimball pianos was to be cloned out regardless of cost, or If It was only an advertisement. To all such inquiries I will answer for the last time. We need every inch of store space for our large display of Exeelirior and Indian uaotnrcycles and sporting goods. We positively will not carry pianos after January 1. A look through our stoek will convince the most skeptical that this Is a real cloning out sale.. Prices are convincing. This is. proven by the fact that during the past three weeks over one-half of our stock of 75 pianos has been sold and delivered. We have about 30 left to dispose of before January 1. Elegant pianos, second hand, new and shopworn. $90, $125, $175, $247. including the best makes of the worldfamous Kimball factories. It is an opportunity for any one who has any idea of ever ownjng a piano. R. M. Brown. Mgr., Kimball Piano Store, 9119 Commercial. South Chicago. Open nights, . Easy, payments.

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(Special to THE TIMES.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 13. Prosecuting Attorney Tames M. Patterson of the Thirty-first judicial circuit of Indiana will nlfer be compelled to defend himself in an impeachment proceeding in th , Lake County Circuit Court here.; . It is safe to say that the now-famous impeachment proceedings ; will never be tried in Crown Point or anywhere else in Lake county and the probability is that the case will be dismissed when Judge H. B. Tuthill comes to hear the evidence. It is said by prominent lawyers that Mr. Patterson cannot under the law be impeached in any but the highest court in the state. He is a judicial officer and the law provides t for the impeachment of judicial officers only in the supreme court. It is said that those who brought charges against Mr. Patterson are aware of this fact and are preparing to file impeachment proceedings at Indianapolis following dismissal here. . -

SHOOTS HIHSELF AFTER

ATTACKING Tearing his arrest after attacking pretty 18-year-old Zaro Bias of East Hammond, Joe Mllak, 24 years old, pro prietor of a barber thlp at Columbia and Morton avenues, attempted suicide last nlarht by shooting: bimseir in tno head with a 32-caliber revolver. Out of the four ihots that be fired only two took effect, luckily causlns alight scalp wounds. He will recover. Milolr was taken ln custody by the Hammond police department and U be-ino-held under the charges of the 18-year-old Kast Hammond glrL He waa given medical aid an d after sleeping off the effects of an Abundant supply of liquor which It is said he drank yesterday, he is able to be up ana around today. Recently a number of young glrla lvejbeeji attained, la a like mae at East Hammona, ana acorams iu his description Mllak answers the description of the man they have had so many complaint about. This afternoon the young girls who have been uttarkf-d at East Hammond will be brought to the Central station, where it is possible that Milak will be identified as their assailant. . Milak is single, 24 years old and is SECOND DAY OF 111 SUIT Defense Introduces ManyWitnesses; Case to Jury on Monday. The second day of the suit for $50,000 damages brought by J. O. Koontz of Hammond against the Lake County Printing & Publishing Company brought th case well into ths defense's s'ide. Among the witnesses who appeared and testified that the plaintiff's reputation as a lawyer was poor, and that he was ignorant of the law were Attorneys Legrand T. Meyer, Joseph H. Conroy. Testimony as to his reputation with women was given by Judge E. P. Ames and Tom K. Sigler ' of the Hammond News. H. M. Johnson cashier of the Citizens' German National Bank and Dr. A. A. Toung said that he was reputed to be a colored man and Dr. Toung gave expert opinion that Koontz was of Ethiopian extraction. The case will be resumed on Monday in Judke Kopelke's court end It is expected to go to the Jury by night. GET MORE CARRIERS. times nriiEAr, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 13. Washington dispatches say the postofflce j department has authorized three addil tional carriers for Gary and one for Whiting. OLD COUNCIL IS READY TO STEP OUT Mayor John D. Smalley will dismiss the members of the eristing council with a bless you my children on Tuesday evening and welcome the Incoming body on two) weeks from that evening. That will 'be the passing of what is left in tha council of the Becker administration. The new council with a few instances is a new one. Kane and Plageman, the radicals, remain to entertain the mayor. Dave Boone will be there with his cigar. At the last meeting of the old council Tuesday evening no legislation will be undertaken. All additional appropriations have been made and there is practically nothing of importance np except the matters brought up by the Hammond Woman's club.

YOUNG GIRL proprietor of a barber shop at Column bia avenue and Morton court. Accord ing to the story told by Zaro Blaa at the central station this morning after she had identified Mllak as the man, who had attacked her, she stated that Mllak unwarnlngly attacked her yes terday afternoon and when she refused to go with him Mllak threatened to shoot her. Cries of terror and fear from the girl foiled Mllak ln his attempt to do her bodily harm, and after a struggle she succeeded in running away. Mllak had been drinking and early last evening in the presence of several witnesses attempted to fire four shots Into hia brain. Two of the bullet took effect on the top of his head, causing scalp wounds and glancing' from the' top of his BkulL Witnesses were of the opinion that to bullets, naa taken amlned. . "' ; : ' , . "" ' This morning Mllak was sullen ahd refused to talk. He claimed that the liquor be had drank was responsible for his actions and was glad that the revolver shots did not do him any more harm than they did. ' Chief Austgen hopes to learn more important facts 14 his investigation this afternoon.. BROWN GETS $5,000. Valparaiso, Ind., Dec IS. William TAnrn Ham AM wVi r. 1. A ITn oil that he was a total wreck through an accident caused by the carelessness -of the Illinois Car company, by which he was employed, was given a, verdict of $5,000 by the jury in Judge Tuthlll's court last night. The Jurymen took the case at' 4 o'clock, and, after wrestlingwith a large number of interrogatories, had little trouble in getting together on the result. M. M. Bruce of the Lake county bar, and D. yf. Kelly of this city had charge of Brown's case. Breltung's 1a Tenda Cigars are the Alshest class In all It slses Adv. tt ARKANSAS GIRL SINGS WAY TO FAME Alias L&uise Cox. Little Rock, Ark., Dec 13. Arkansas, ; not particularly noted for singers of national - prominence, although it is rapidly coming to the front ss a rausl- : cal state, has furnished at least one notable recruit to the ranks of grand j opera. Miss Louise Cox, daughter of ; Colonel George W. Bruce of Conway, was "discovered" a few years ago by j Mrae. Nordica, who pronounced her (voice-one of great promise. Previous ! to that time her most ambitius appear1 ances had been in church choirs and her services wre in. trest demand,. .