Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 165, Hammond, Lake County, 19 December 1913 — Page 1

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Strenuous efforts are being made by relatives of Edward Donnahoe the brutal murderer of Dr. North rup in this county to get him out of the penitentiary. Mrs. Ida Tapper of Minneapolis. Minn., in a letter wrttten to the Indiana state board of pardons, pathetically pleads for the pardon of her brother, Edward Donahoe, who Is serving a Ufa sentence In the Michigan City Prison for the murder of the Benton Harbor, Michigan man. Mrs. Tapper writes that Donahoe's mother has Just died of a broken heart, her dying words being a message to her convict son, with a prayer that he may prove his Innocence. The sister believes her brother Innocent and declares she will not relax her efforts to prove that he was wrongfully convicted. . First Given Death Sentence. Donahoe was convicted of the murdr of Dr. Northrop In October, 1904. He ELEMENT Imbued with the fear that on a sec in.. jn a ecuond passage to merica th ey might bej barred by the proposed an nti-JmrXsra-tlon bill, the roving uncitlzened foreign element of Lake county ls not going IIUiC ,ur m. nonuaya. me usuaj migration at this season of the year Is for the present a thing of the past and the thousands of dollars that have heretofore been 8 Dent in .lecurlns rassare ' and impressing European villagers with - the free riches of America are being j doled out to Kcal merchants. I That Is far from being a sorry state of affairs, except for the steamship companies. j Paul B. Llpinski, the agent for all Pacific and Atlantic lines, laments the condition which, he states ls slgniflcant, of the conservatlveness and retrenchment of the times. He says emphatically that the anti-immigration law which Wilson is believed to favor, is one of many things that ought not to be. "Just the hint that they may be barred from this country will keep those here from making visits home," said he this morning. The Mexican situation, the currency bill, the new tariff, and other measures do not appeal to Llpinski as being sane legislation. "The American public,' said he today, "has come to think all corporations are no good even when you and I and the other fellow put our interests together for self-protection, to make better goods, and find bigger markets and cheaper distribution." The professed opinions of P. B. Llpinski, at whose place of business ln 600 Hohman street passage can be secured on as many as twelve ocean greyhounds . In one day for Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa and the Orient, are listed below: "There Is practically no inter-continent traffic, the steamship ticket business is at a stand-still, the worst I have known It all because of the pending anti-immigration bill which Roosevelt and Taft buried and Wilson ls expected to pass. The foreign papers anticipate this and foreigners are not going home for Christmas. "Wilson is a theorist. All college professors are socialistic. He does nothing to settle the Mexican situation. Big business doesn't know what to expect. Eighty-seven insurance companies sold out this year because they couldn't stand the pressure of the new laws, corporations are retrenching, business men don't know how much to invest, and while the country is In a healthy condition, everything is crippled by the uncertainty at Washington." New Gates in Operation. The new electric gates at the Hohman street and Plummer avenue grade crossings were, operated today for the first time. ' The gates are very substantial . and the .warping, bells can be heard in an unroar. Breitung's La Vend Clears ar tn li;rt claa la all it sixes. Adv. U

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was sentenced to death. A few days before he was to be executed Governor Hanly commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. The body of Dr. Northrop was found in Lake County. Indiana, near a highway, while Donahoe, after a long chase, was arrested at the home of his sister In Syracuse, N. Y. When Donahoe was arrested, blood was found on his shirt. This, the sister says, was bLrto bJeCt t0 ! due to the fact that he was su almost constant nose bleeding. She says he ls now losing his voice. ,,. j.-- -- -i.'. in aaamon m uwiK ocu, a.nu kb is the only member or the family left I to nlead for him she asks for his oarSon as grave doubt "xlsts as to hL, aon, as grave aouei exists as xo nis guilt Dr. Northrop went to his death from a bullet wound in the head. The sister declares she will appear before the board of pardons at its March meeting to plead for her brother, whom, she says, she will give a home as long aa he lives. ' American beauties or orchids will avail you nothing. Aigrettes, even in ,7t,aa nSot be bought! the face of a hu no good. Women cannot be bough No sir-ee. Mrs. G. A. Soden, a dlsi ., . . , -v, I i

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i , . f Q , , th. , Z,t ? .... . tRat notnlng under the 8un coum tempt a vn election day. She is the , temptress, not the tempted. j To organise CI-ic Uagne. nrr ftr.An irhn with Jane Adams i -kt wt -uoioir rcnmaantoi that WOmen of Chicago In asking Superlntendent Shoop of the public schools to reslen. encouraged the women of West Hammond to organize into a civic league patterned on the order of the civic department of tlie Hammond Woman's Club. "The women of Illinois got the vote Dy lODDying ax spnngncia, saia .nr. . Soden. "When women come to exer- . else the're vote their not going to do 1 what they are. told because the yare j told to but will vote intelligently. Suffrage means opportunity to give expresson to the ideas we have." YEAR WILL WIND UP WORK A year-end building boom broke ln Hammond today that is bringing in its wake an unheard of anti-holiday activity. Nine business days remain before 1913 ls ushered out, and in that time new permits will be granted for not less than $70,000 in new buildings and possibly as high as $78,000. One project may be held off until the first of January. i George P. Pearson has the contract for the complete remodeling of the old Masonic temple. It is to be made into an up-to-date hotel. A NEW STORE BUILDING Carl Kauffman of Kauffman & Wolf, is to erect a $10,000 store building on the southwest corner of Sibley street at Calumet avenue. A permit will bo granted tomorrow or Monday , for the. erection of a threestory brick office building and transfer yards at Gibson to cost between $50,000 and $60,000. Work Is well under way on a twostory brick business block at 237 North Hohman street to cost $3,000. Tle owner ls Theodore Sterglos. The blockj is opposite the South Shore station. The foundation for a cigar factory being built by E. Simon is in. It will cost $4,000. A New Building. . Permits have been granted to William Lucht for a dwelling to be built at "182 Jefferson street, to cost $1,100. and to the C. I. Hoffman Construction Company for a cottage at 541 Chicago avenue, to cost $1,600. Make that cola room bearable with Gas Heating Stov No. Ind. Gaa Kleo. Co. Adv. If tt

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Society Folk at Hammond COUntrV Club'S Christmas Dancing Earty Gets Shock J That IS the TOWn'S Talk Today, One of the greatest sensations that has taken place in Hammond society circles, occurred last nlsht at the Hammond Country Club, the occasion being the annual Christmas danclng annual cnristmas dancing "J"?' of the c!ub or aa the calendar dubbed it the mistletoe dance. . . . .. I Ident occurred about the mid- j dle of R Prosram of dances and came , like a shot out clar sk'- '. ic uauicrs iroa me mazy measures of the WALTZ. Tea, honestly they did. What D'ye Know About Thlaf Just a plain old-fashioned dreamy waits where you didn't have to count up to 8 in a grapevine, where you could just look into her eyes and tell her how much you thought of her. For nearly a year now the society j folk at the Country Club have been dancing everything but the old-fashioned dances. Tangro and tangoechottlsche. hesitation waltz and Boston, the swallow and the one-step and others too numerous to mention have plunged the club in & maeltsrom of giddiness. Has Blood In Ilia Eye. Then along came John E. Pitrarerald. ! John refused to go tango-niad. They urged him to take lessons. "Nothing doing," said John. "I believe In life, . liberty ..and the pursuit of happiness put i refuse to take the tango-hurdle." That settled it.

Somebody asked the entertainment nBht force of employes gave a rarecommittee to sandwich in a waltz. It wel1 dlnler ln honor of Eugene Kerg-

was announced, consternation reigned. j. "Walts?" asked a bud. "Where have i neara mai wora oeroreT Why, its a dance something like lnto Petry about," answered hen erudite partner. J Wel1 111 tTV anything once." she said. It Wan m Great Sight. So they all went to it, and for about two minutes there was the greatest exhibition of hltch-and-kick-trln-and- ! fa-over-your-partner stunts that you I ever 9aw- No one could waltz. They s. .l"'a"ia UP wn lne aip ana : "e, fPan'sn araw ana th grapevine It took 'em all a minute to get started, but when they did, how many en cores do you think they insisted on? I Only six. The waltz was the hit of the evening. It Is not thought that the tango is going to supplant the dreamy waltz not for a while. BRING HOME THE BACON Desk Sergeant Oscar Borcheit and . Officer Ben Strong, two of Hammond's well known nlmrods. returned with a well filled game bag from Monon, Ind., this morning where they spent the past two days slaughtering rabbits. A total of 82 were killed during the tyo days' hunt, which is probably the largest number that has been killed by any hunter this season. The rabbits were killed for the purpose of serving them at the annual banquet of the police to the city administration next Tuesday evening, and according to Chef Frost, they are going to have some feast. Desk Sergeant Borchest says that the rabbits are so plentiful near Monon, Ind., that he saw as many as two and three rabbits running at one time. No fish story, either. STANDT HEADS BARTENDERS I The the annual meetinar lasL nie-ht of -the Bartenders' League Local No. 38 of Hammond, the following officers were elected: President Herman Standt. Vice President William Baldwin. Treasurer Ed Abbott. Financial Secretary Fred Wilhelm. Recording Secretary Wllam Conrad. Trustees John. Mller, Nick Krost and Charles Stowman. The organization is in a fluorishlng condition, having sixty memoers at the present tme and money in the treasurs'. Leaves on Trip. Dr. C- E. Chamberlain left this morning for a two yeeks' visit with relatives and friends in Ney York On his return trip he will visit Toledo and his parents at Findlay, Ohio. This summer Dr. Chamberlain made the same trip in his American roadster automobile. AUK YOU A TIMES HEADER.

IHONDIS HORHAiJIiST HOW Hard Times All Bosh as Far as Hammond Is Concerned.

"Hard times talk la all bosh as far as Hammond Is concerned," said John Itohde, president of the board of public works today. "The labor situation in thls cUy ls normal for th,s tlm of year. laborers command 25 cents an hour, a wage for unskilled labor that until re- . cently was unheard of." John Rohae is observant and a good -authority. He picks well his words an says what he really Ibelieves, so r therefore this statement coming- from j him represents the unflustrated convic(tlons of pioneer and veteran business I men who have lived In Hammond : through panics and prosperity, mostly the latter. i Although everyone sympathizes with the clothing man and the coal dealer, to say nothing of the furrier and the boot ana snoe man, n is omy me transient railroader and mill workers who are in u,mmnH lnnkin? for wnrlc that are loWt permaneUy rea'y out of emP'ment permanently AU pla"tS la'ing 8me UnU1 af" v.r,iiiV. hnt t.i oimtnrna ter the holidays but this is customary, Many corporations retrench each year at this time to make repairs, while at the same time they are taking inventory. SUBWAY OFFICE IN CELEBRATI The 'Gibsoa subway , office was the scene of an infomial ' celebration i at eleven o'clock last night, when the ' er- eatables were mostly nome ; cooked an aUoted portion havlngbeen Tbe eatables were mostly . home . Vi umcj vj c n i vuo wnu wic exception of Mr. Kerger to whom the entire affair was a surprise. The lestive board was spread by Herbert Austgen who acted us chef and chief decorator. Mr. Kerger leaves Saturday for the North Chicago Naval Training station where he will train and prepare himself for a lucrative position ln the navy department of the government He is considered a very proficient machine bill clerk and has been in the employ of the New Tork Central Lines for the past ten years. He came to Gibson about a year ago from Blue Island. He has made a host of friends who regret his leaving and extend to him their best .wishes of success. Those at the office feast last night were Phillip Steinmetz, H. C. Austgen, Bert Lightcap, V. L. Young, A. Lawrence, Eugene Xerger the guest of honor, W. Knight. A. Jonas, C. L. Lightcap, W. F. E. Goodman, Miss Miller, Glen Hower and "Bob" the Janitor. Police Stop Fight. After stopping a free-for-all fight for the second time late last night, Offiicers Carlson and Cordua caused the arrest of three Hammond men at Plummer and Morton avenue, on a charge or fighting. They were booked as fol lows: William J. Verrow, Charles Riley, 111 Clinton street; William Gallagher, 117 Douglas avenue. This morning they were arraigned before City Judge Barnett and fined the sum of $5 each. Breltnng'a La Venda Cigars are eoa sidered supreme by the best Judges. Adv. t six dayjTto CHRISTMAS i .4 '.Zjr. The Christmas Rush Is on. but It Will Be Worse Tomorrow.

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Rumors Are Rife That Mayor John D. Smalley Is to Take the Bit in His Teeth and Fire the Department Heads Holding Office by Appointment. A housecleanlng ln the Hammond city hall in which department heads, holding office by appointment are to be swept out, is rumored to be due after the first of the year. In this connection it is also said that the new council will abolish the board of public works, ulthough there is some question as to whether it can make thia threat effective until a year from next January. The outgoing council In fixing the tax levy for 1914 made provision for the salaries to be paid tha board members next year, so that Mayor Smalley could continue at least another year with the board despite any opposition that might arise. Should the new council be hostile to ine ooara it couia refuse to make a salary appropriation for 1915. An analysis of the rumors regarding the board of public works, reveals the activities of the anti-Rohde faction in the democratic party. Itohde'a ability as chairman of the board of public I works is unquestioned, but his dominat ing position in party affairs has created an undercurrent of opposition to him which has come to the surface at different times. Rohde .appears to be the issue in the. board ot public works situation."" In a nutshell' if Is Just a case of ploms and pie. Some one else wants to get at the counter. The same feeling in" the party will probably force Mayor Smalley to make changes in other, departments. It is a reasonably safe prediction that 'there will be no changes on the safety board which controls the police and fire departments. Chief Austgen sits firmly ln the police saddle, and Chief Dilschnelder of the fire department is not apprehensive. A change in the . city attorneyship is looked for sometime after the first of the year. John A. Gavlt the present incumbent has a big practice and as the representative of railroads who are public utility corporations, he is said to be ready to relieve Mayor Smalley of any embarrassment that might arise out of the fact that he represents both the city and public utility corporations. Other appointive offices controlled by the mayor directly or indicertly, are the offices of city engineer, street commissioner, building inspector, electrical Inspector, city sealer, city controller, superintendent of the water department and engineer of the pumping station, park commissioner, and ln a meas ure all those employed by these department heads. Abolishing the board of public works is generally conceded to be a backward step, as all the work that Is now bei ing done by this body of three men i would fall back, either on the mayor, , the city engineer and the street commlssloner, requiring assistants for ! them, or the various powers vested in j the board would to some extent be di vided among the councilmanic committees, there to become a football for ward politics. MEET 'AT A FAMILY REUNION The Grangers of Lake County, most of whom live in Hammond, were entertained at a family reunion last evening at the home of H. E. Granger of Hamlin street. Among those present from out of the county were Robert Granger and wife of St. James, Mo.. and Daniel Blocker and family, a Dunkard minister on Minot, X. D. Robert Granger and Daniel Blocker and their families are all members of the Lake County tribe oi'wOrangers of which there is an army. SEEKS REMEDY FOR CONGESTION The congestion of the four corners. State and Hohman streets, has caused one Hammond man to arise with a solution for the future. "In five years traffic will tie up the four corners so that It will be impossible to preserve orrtor," said he today. "Even now there are times when all is confusion. Having South Chicago cars wait somewhere on th loop until their time is up and not stand at the corners would help and the removal of the flat iren building on the northeast corner and the paving of the triangular lot there would alcviate the trouble for all time."

It Will Be a Sad Xmas For The Little Children Left Behind This will be a sad Christmas for 14-year-old Joey Juric of Gary, and his sis ter Annie, who is two years younger. Las night their father. Detective Peter Jurlc of the Gary police depart ment, shot and killed their mother and then turned the pistol on himself, receiving wounds that caused his death a little while late. Victim Ilia Former Wife. The tragedy occurred shortly after 8 o'clock at Eighteenth avenue and Broadway, in the heart of the south (Continued on page seven.) 13 year old girl coaxed home Elsie Kelline of Hammond Is Stranded in Milwaukee. Stranded .among strangers and without any means of getting back home, pretty 13-year-old Elide Kelline of S State" street, Hammond, was; found wandering on the streets of Milwaukee yesterday morning by police officers, and is being held in custody at the house of detention there. The information was received ln Hammond yesterday afternoon by a telegram from Chief J. T. Janssen of the Milwaukee metropolitan police. Upon receipt of the telegram Chief Austgen notified the girls parents at 65 State street and today Mrs. Kelline left for Milwaukee to bring her daughter back home. According to the facts gathered by the Hammond police, the 13-year-old girl disappeared from her homo several days ago, but as she has disappeared several other times previous to this, It was thought that she would return home as usualSeveral weeks ago a man giving his name as Brennan, commenced boarding at 65 State street and the girl became intimately acquainted with him, it ls said. It is thought that Brennan Influenced her tp leave home and accompany him, and after taking her to Milwaukee he deserted her. Further particulars are expected Ip. the case today, and police authorities are ln hopes that they i will be able to take Brennan Into custody. Should he be arrested, Brennan J faces the Mann white slave act. BID ON BIG The firms bidding on the deep water sewer system contract are listed ' as follows by P. J. Lyons, city engineer. Lavene Brothers, Ahlborn Construction Company, firm represented by George Sheerer, and Downey & Portz of Hammond. Proudfoot & Company, John Boddle Company, Federal Tile & Cement Company, American Light & aterworks Company, and M. H. - McGovern of Chicago. There are perhaps five or six other firms that ati considering the project and are expecting to place bids. Bids will be opened Monday by the board. MAKES REPORT TO THE BOARD i Anthony Tapper, Inspector for the paving of "'YV'aH Street" the first alley eats of Hohman street betweeu Fayette and StaAe streets, today made his report to tHe board of public works. The records of the meetirn? did not show however whether Mr. Tapper had been paid off or not. The. primiry assesment roll of Drackert street and the inspector's reports for the Brown avenue pavement and the Logan street "B" walks were accepted.

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THIRD GAEY OFFICER TO MEET VIOLENT DEATH Detective Peter Juric, vrfco Immt might Killed Micself after alayluK fcts former wife, la the third member of the Gary police department to meet with violent death durlag the paat two years. Officer Anthony Drennan, like Jorle, committed anlclde. ln 1911. ..' A few months i(o Officer Wilson wan killed while in the performance of hla dnty, falling- into an nngmarded cellarway In the rear of the Baldwin Jewelry store, Call buildIn, i The elaylag of Mrs. Jurlc marks the fourth Gary homicide within eight . weeka, and the second Vhla week. Yesterday morning Joe Rlkovich succumbed after betas; stabbed.

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Judge John H.Gillett For Defendant Attacks the Law When Court Opens (Special to Thb TlMIs.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 19. Th Impeachment proceedings against Prosecutor James A. Patterson opened here this morning before Special Judge C. M. Greenlee with an attack on the consttutlonality of the lavr under which the proceedings ar brought. Judge John H. Glllett of Hammond supported by his co-counsels, C. B. Tlnkham, Deputy Prosecutor Ralph. Ross and his client argued during the entre forenoon, citing cases frora everywhere In the country ln support of his contention, but little Indian supreme court reasoning on the subject. The gist of his argument was that Impeachment proceedings can Us (Continued on page seven.) ASSOCIATIONS TO MEET Next week and ln the following week the Hammond Building Loan and Sav ings association, and the Hope Building Loan and Savings association will hold their weekly meetings on Tuesday Instead of Wednesday nights, the latter being the regular nights. The temporary change has been deemed advisable to accommodate stockholders and officers who will therefore have no business matters to think about on Christmas and New Tear's eves. Gun Club to Meet. Members of the Lake George Gun club will hold a special meeting it their club rooms at Klmlel's grove this evening, and considering its importance every member is earnestly requcstvttt to be yresent. The frattire of the evening will be the annual (-lection of officers to serve during th ensuing year, and a number of important business matters will come up for discussion. Following the meeting refreshments will be served. Miniature Christmas trees. Fins shaped. Hermann ' Holts, 57 Sheffield avenue, phone 789. 18-S.