Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 49, Hammond, Lake County, 20 December 1913 — Page 1

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SCHWAB'S WIFE SUES Hi FOR DIVORCE

Mr, Maud Morrs Schwab, daughter, of the late Nelson Morris and sister of : the late Edward Morris, yesterday fll- ' ed suit for a divorce against Henry C Schwab, vice president of A. M. Rotha- . child & Co. i The only charge contained In the bill Is desertion. The custody of their son, Henry Charles Schwab Jr., 10 years old. Is asked by Mrs. Schwab, and her bill states that she has ample means

and does not desire any allowance of alimony. Mrs. Schwab, as one of the beneficiaries under her father's will. Is wtalthyV- Z:f':-,, - . ,.- . Mrs. Schwab returned ,from.her latest European trip In July. The . statutory period of two years required In cases where desertion only Is charged expired on May 1, the Ull stating the couple separated on My 1, 1911. Wife Disclaims Any Blame. Mrs. Schwab In her bill says she was SERIOUS SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 4f' "H The Rt. Hon. Gen. Louis Botha. P. C London, Dec. 20. The British government is very seriously concerned over recent occurrences In British South Africa, arising out Of what East Indians consider discriminatory legislation against them. Thousands of El't Indans In Natal are on strike, and In riots which have occurred several have been killed and many injured. Viscount Hardinge, viceroy of India, has tried to pacify matters by expressing his sympathy with the East Indians in South Africa and asking for a thorough Investigation by the Imperial authorities. This action on the part of Lord Hardinge has not been received In South Africa as an unmixed blessinff.

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SCHWAB IS PARTNER OF TIM ENGLEHART. Mrs. Henry C. Schwab, who has applied for a divorce 1b Chicago, la the wife of (he vice president and secretary of the Sooth Broadway Land company of Gary. Timothy W. Englebart Is president of thla corporation. Mr. Schwab Is heavily Interested In property la the Hldge road dlstrirt and many uptown Broadway holding;, especially In the. Tenth avenue dUtrict. He la frequent visitor to Gary and la extensively known In Ita boalneaa circles.

born In Chicago and has been a resident here since her birth. She was married to Mr. Schwab on June 6, 1901. Her bill gives no intimation as to the cause of their separation, except the statement that It came about through no fault on her part. The bill recites that a son. Henry Charles Schwab Jr., is the sole and only isnue of the marriage. Attorneys GiileU and Whinery 'introduce Petition for Restraining Order Against Hammond's Proposed Sewer System. (Special to Thh Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 20. Iate yesterday a complaint bearing the signatures of Attorneys Jno. H. Gillett and Wm. J. Whinery of Hammond was filed in the Lake County Circuit Court asking that the city of Hammond be restrained from letting a contract for the proposed deep sewer system, or leveling assessments to pay for Its construction. This is the second Injunction suit that has been started, the ether being- withdrawn upon the rescinding of all actions on the first sewer project. The complainants num. ber thirteen. In. tjje new complaint capital' is made of the raise in the estimate. The first was $675,000 and the last 895,000. This, state the attorneys means a corresponding increas in assessments which will amount to the following: for twenty-flve foot lots on the line of the sewer, formerly J25, now $33; for twenty-fle foot lots off the line of the sewer at first $15, now $19. In the new complaint the city is practically charged with everything embodied in the old, in spite of the change in the plans which the city claims to have made. There still remains the charges that the city Is attempting to create a power plant out of the pumping sta-.ion as the dimensions of the building are still the same, and according: to the document, the engines are far to large for the purpose of pumping sewage. As before the attorneys are of the opinion that by tho expenditure of $10,000 the city can purchase sufficient equipment to pump sewage. The board of works, the city engineer the city attorney and the mayor will be subpoenaed today or early Monday morning to appear at Crown Point on January i. Those who are attempting to enjoin the city are David Nichols, Charles S. Bunnell and wire; Wm. R. Teeple, James Kenney, Eva Winkler, Henry E. McGary, John I. Simpson, Melvin I. Anglin and wife and Frederick W. L. Jarchow. CHAUFFEUR'S TRIAL IS CONTINUED John Pietrczak. the Hammond chauffer, who figured in the injury of X. Bradtke in West Hammond two weeks ago. will be tried next Saturday before Judge Frank D. Green of West Hammond. The case which came up this morning before Judsre Stachowicz was taken on a change of venue to the other justice. Bradtke, a boy, was struck by a machine Pietrczak was driving. Breltunnr'a La Venda Cigars are eon Idered supreme by the best Judges. A4v. ft

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Queen Alexandra's Christmas crift pictures. For the first time since the death of King Edward, Queen Alexandra has b een photographed, the pictures being intended as a Christmas eouvenlr for her intimate friends. The new photo graphs bear testimony to the miraculous manner in which she has retained the appearance of almost youth. She was born December 1, 1844.

DEATH COMES TO CLAlJRSJMDEd Hammond l Is - Shocked ,to Hear oi Demise of Well Known Young Woman. Residents of Hammond were shocked beyond measure this mornig to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Florence Nason McFadden, wife of Edward McFadden, engineer at the

Hammond building. Death occurred warning and disregarding the rules of at the family residence at 5&9 Hohman "treet car companies early last eventsreet this morning at 8 o'clock and in cost Rls Gronlac his life while is attributed to acute dilation of the,1" was rldlnB on a Gary and Interurheart j ta,i car enroute from Gary to Indiana Last Monday Mrs. McFadden gave j Harbor.

birth to a fine boy and while her condiitlon was not thought to be serious, she was quite ill. Yesterday afternoon a sudden change for the -worse! was noticed and last night her condition became critical. After much suffering she passed away shortly after 8 o'clock this mornig "Jlr. McFadden and his mother, Mrs. Catherine Brostrom were at home. Mrs. McFadden was 23 years old last June and 5 years ago she was married 5 to Edward McFaden. - To them three j children were born. Florence, 4 years i old, Edward 2 years old and the infant ! baby boy born last Monday. She was ; well known in Hammond and was high- j ly enteemed by all who gained her ac- j quaintance. Besides being a member of the Rosary Society of the All Saints j church she was an active worker in i the Ladies Catholic Benevolent assoelation. Several years ago her parents met a tragic death in a snow slide In Colorado. Besides a husband ani three children, Mrs." McFadden is survived by five sisters and one brother. Sister Antonette Marie, St. Joseph's convent, Dubois county, Ind., Misses Margaret, Genevieve, Edna, Lillian and Edward. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced later. WIRE ENDANGERS officer's life, Officer John Kunz, at the four corners, had a narrow escape from death today whe nthe trolley of the Chicago car line broke and fell to the pavement. It missed Officer Kunz by a bare foot. For fifteen minutes traffic was tied up while the highly charged wire bounced around distributing sparks. Aubry's First Night. The Aubry theater, munaged by Tom Sigler and Clark A. Holt, opens this evening with a bill of vaudeville and pictures. The Aubry is .located in the heart of a new business district on the north side and is one of five new brick blocks. It cost $5,000 and ws.s erected by Ed Aubry, city controller, exclusively for theater purposes. Auto Catches Fire. A motor car owned and driven by E. N. Bunnell. Hammond representative of the National Cash Register company, caught afire this morning on South Hohman street. The blaze was in tho tank. A hose wagon from No. 4 fire dpartment extinguwhed it. The damage is estimated at 120.

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Refusing obey conductor's As the car wa8 between Fillmore !and Pierce streets In Fifth avenue Gronlac, it Is said, sought to get off. 1 conductor neia his coat sleeve and tried to restrain him. as the car was j In motion. As Gronlac went to step , from the car the conductor tightened ' his grasp on the man's arm but waS: unable to hold him. Gronlac fell and the force of the fall slammed his head against the brick pavement. He was picked up ' unconscious and rushed to Mercy hospitai wnere ne oiea in a lew minutes. A fracture at the base of the skull caused death. Gronlac was 45 years old. The accident occurred about 6:20 p. m. and the car platform was crowded at the time. ! Gronlac's remains were taken to TTH n&ft tt' a n v aril a G A vr a t 4W rt -i i a bh4 J Zl i " ' ' ,T .t (Washington street. It is said that 'Gronlac lep---s a wife and five children . , . ,i,. , known up to noon. Breltungs La Venda Cigar ere the alghest class la all Its slscs-Adv. tt Make' that' cold room tearat'ie with a Gas Beating Stove, No. Ind. Gas Slec Co. Adv. . , , . ' Htf i . . jf ive Hays to - Christmas Dec. 20 Better Late Than Never. Buy That Christmas Present Now.

MOTHER OF f r inn

II 111 III w II PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Marie Freitag, one of Ham mond's pioneer women, mother of former Mayor Fred R. Mott, died yesterday afternoon at the Mott home. 876 Hohman street, after an illness of two years. The immediate cause of death was a stroke of paralysis which occurred at 5:30 o'clock. Funeral services will be held at St, Paul s Lutheran church Monday morn ing at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Claus will j officiate and interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. About two years ago Mrs. Feitag was taken ill with a stroke of paralysis frcm which she never fully recovered. She was, however, able to be up and' around until two days before she suffered the final stroke. Last "Wednesday she complained of difficult breathing, and she began to weaken gradually. Mrs. Feitag was born in Frankfort-on-the-AIain, Germany, on August zs. 1334 was married to Jacob H. Mott in Chicago on November IS, 1854. Five children were born to this union, Charles K. Mott, Fred K. Mott, Emma Mott, Jacob Mott and Mary Mott. She came to Hammond December 1, 1874, and was married to John G. W. Freitag in 1879. . She was highly esteemed in . Hammond where she was well known. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church and was an active member un til the time of her serious illness. She is survived by one son Fred R. Mott and seven grandchildren. TO CRUSADE AGAINST ALL GAMBLING FORMS Following up the warning issued by Chief Austgen earlier in the week that "'all gambling devices in Hammond must go," Deputy Prosecutor I. I. Mojeski announced this morning that he will see that the above orders are obeyed In every Instance, and Monday a crusade will be begun against all gambling games in Hammond. "I will give them a day of grace," caid Mr. Mojeski. "for every merchant in Hammond who has permitted gambling in his place of business, to give them time to destroy the various gambling devices. "When I say gambling devices, I mean dice games, punch boards, slot machines, cards, etc., where money is changed hands. I intend to bring the first offender int court and make an example of him." The war against gambling In Hammond this week has so far resulted in six arrests. Yesterday constables swooped down upon five gamblers who were playing cards at East Hammond. They were brought before Judge Pres where charges of gambling were preferred against them. They were Nick Marnye, Josha Petrovitch, Digo Petrovitch, Yosha Cotfa and Yoko Yokorov. Each pleaded gnilty this morning to gambling and were fined to and costs eaA.

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. Dec. 20. Thh Times' perdlction a week ago toaay that the impeachment proceedings in their present form against Prosecuting Attorney James A. Patterson, would be held unconstitutional by the trial judge was verified today. At the time it was not known that Judge Cassius M. Greenlee of Gary would sit as special judge. 1 Regardless of the first setback which the state received this morning on a constitutional question the case Is to be prosecuted to its finality, this an nouncement having been made this morning by Attorney George Herschman of Crown Point who represents the attorney general's office in the prosecution. Fof the present the supreme court will have to rule as to where the case is to be tried, whether in the lower court or before the su preme court. The attack on the legal regularity of the proceedings was made In the form of a demurrer submitted by lha defense attorneys. Judge John II- Gillett, , C. B. Tinkham and Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Ross and argued by Judge Gillett. In a scholarly argument In keeping with his high reputation for legal erudition. Judge Gillett was able to convince the presiding judge, that if the proceedings were regular under the legislative enactment under which they were brought, that a conflict In the constitution would have to De admitted. Judge Gillett argued that section 171 in article seven of the Indiana constitution, the Judicial article, puts the

prosecuting attorney in the same classUtoB lo be BUDmitcd will b of law

with judges. The next sect ion .nvldes - f r the -rBKv.i- of th.es ...two judicial officers for corruption or other high crime. The impeachment proceedings proceeded on the theory that the prosecuting attorney is a county officer for whose Impeachment the constitution makes a provision In article six, section 168 known as the administrative article. Judge Gillett reasoned that the law under this constitutional provision is In conflict with the consttutlonal provision In article seven, the judicial article. The arguments were finished last night and Judge Greenlee took the case under advisement until 9:30 o'clock this morning. He took an hour in reading his opinion which led up to the ruling on the demurrer. In the technical sense the demurrer admits the charges but overlooks them for the present In order to decide the question of constitutionality first. The Impeachment parties hadf their witnesses in the court room this morning ready for trial. HANDS0MED0NATI0N. Mrsi. W. B. Conkey, wife of the publisher, is giving St, Paul's Episcopal church a $2,500 pipe organ of Kimball make. It will be heard for the first time Christmas day. Rev. H. S. Webster is the new rector at St, Paul's. He will speak tomorrow morning at the first service in that church for some time. While the edifice was being remodeled no services wre held. 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF CURRENCY BILL Washington! D. C Dee. SO By a vote of 54 to 34, the United States Senate. last night panned the OwenGlass currency bill, with which the Democrats hope to relieve the financial condition of the country and to make provision against possible financial stringency. The measure may be signed by' President Wilson tonlgrht. Issue of currency, ajuaranteed by the government, based upon notes and bills representing commercial transactions and backed by a cold reserve. The new currency is expected to contract sad ezpasd ts meet the varied oemands of trnde. Concentration of the bank reserves of the country la reglonsl Institutions capitalised .by the banks of the country and controlled by directors elected by the banks. Creation of a market for the nesrotlable ' commercial paper ' which forms the bulk of the assets of the banks, where. In lme of atreas. those assets may be easily and without loss transformed Into cash. Kstshlisbmest of from eight to twelve great regional banks throughout the country, which will issue currency. rediscount paper and centralise and mobilise the reserves of the local banks. Creation of federal! reserve board of seven members appointed by the President, with final powers of control and supervision over the entire "lyslem. '

WHAT TIMES SAID SATURDAY, DEC. 131 . Prosecuting Attorney James M. Patterson of tire Thirty-first judicial circuit of Indiana will never be compell-ed to defend himself in an impeachment proceeding in the Lake County Circuit Court here. It is safe to say that the nowfamous impeachment proceedings will never be tried in Crown Point or anywhere els in Lake county. 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 for the impeachment of judicial officers only in the . supreme court.

THE PATTERSON IMPEACHMENT s CASE IN BRIEI Special Judgre C. M. Greenlee tains the demurrer of the defense) which attacks the constitutionality of the law aider which the Impeachment proceedings were brought, holding; that the prosecuting attorney la a Judicial offcer mnd therefore try able only by the supreme court. Attorneys for state will at once ap peal to supreme court for a ruling; oai the .decision of the lower court. Qura. only and la not Intended to ro Into the merits f . the' charges tn the.ltnpeaoh ment articles. Supreme court's ruling la te be followed by a renewed effort to press the chsrges, It depending On . the b Ik her court's decision whether la the higher or the lower court. , MISS SCOTT, DEFENDANT, LOSES SUIT In two separate rules," both on accounts, Judgie E. P. Ames yesterday gave Judgment to Frank Wschewlcz, the West Hammond real estate dealer, against the M. V. Scott company, one Judgment being for $136 end the other for 76. The. plaintiff was represented by Attorney Charles R. Dyer, of the law firm of Moran and Dyer. WachewicsB showed itemised bills of money expended for the company at times when he acted as its real estate agent. Miss Minerva Scott is the head of the M. V. Scott company, but the plaintiff showed a partnership between her and Gilbert S. Wilhelm. Miniature Christmas trees. Fine shaped. Hermann Holtz, 57 Sheffield avenue, phone 789. . . 18-6 msntisB for tvr Tiwam. HE'S CHAMPION. CORN , BOY OF WISCONSIN. Paul Koschnick. Paul Koschnick is tho champion corn grower of Wisconsin. H was one of the 195 entrants In the corn and grain contest, launched, by the Fon du Lao Business Men's association last spring, and produced 13S bushels and 33 pounds of corn from a measured acre, beating the former Wisconsin record by 13 bushels. He Is twenty years old. He received 33 tn gold as LU sriie.

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